12/05/2010

Other UK News In Brief

Wales Makes Peace With No 10

Wales' First Minister Carwyn Jones says he wants a "constructive relationship" with the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat UK government. Mr Jones said his main aim, with the confirmation of David Cameron as prime minister, was that "the priorities of the people of Wales come first". The leader of the Welsh Assembly Government said he wanted an early meeting with the new premier.

Right Of Way For Clarkson

Self-confessed motor-mouth TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered to reopen a footpath through his property after a public inquiry on the Isle of Man. The BBC Top Gear presenter sparked protests from ramblers when he diverted a path on land at his holiday home, a lighthouse on the Langness peninsula. He claims there had never been any rights of way across the land. But a public inquiry concluded he interfered with a right of way and he must now reinstate the path.

Bookie Robbed

There's no news on how much cash was taken yet after two armed robbers raided a betting shop in Surrey. Police have not revealed how much cash was stolen after the men - armed with a hammer and a suspected firearm - forced into a branch of Ladbrokes in Thames Ditton on Monday evening. Officers said the pair broke a side door in the shop and smashed a glass screen to get behind the front counter. They threatened the two members of staff, who suffered minor injuries, before making off with a quantity of cash.

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