Yet, talking of heritage, why is it that, as the Royal Family becomes more British and less German in almost every generation, with marriages to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Lady Diana Spencer and Miss Kate Middleton, so many of our other heritage icons come to be owned and often made by foreigners? Well, there's one happy exception: the Mayor of London's new Son of Routemaster bus, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, is made by Wrightbus in Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Maybe they should offer to build black cabs too.The Last Night under Alberts dome is always a feast of fine music, feet-stomping promenaders, and a revelry that is essentially British, enthusiastic, but contained. A far cry from the catcalling, shouting and ribald comments that a certain presenter has to endure on stage in the Park. But the promenaders and other denizens of the Dome miss the whimsical, non-musical moments that are the vital, and probably most popular, ingredients of Proms in the Park. This year, the evening was enhanced by the glittering glamour of Australias First Lady, the Queen of Moonie Ponds, Dame Edna Everage. A blinding vision of turquoise, purple and, indeed, all the colours of the rainbow. I was honoured to present the great lady with a bouquet, in humble thanks for gracing us lesser mortals with her presence. Dame Edna accepted them with little grace, and tucked them carelessly under her arm, without realising that they were being preserved in a Cellophane bag of water, which immediately spilt all over the stage, making it appear to the casual observer that the occasion had proven too much for the Dame, with resultant unfortunate physical consequences.?While?today's , the Defence Secretary, that Britain is to buy 22 new Chinook helicopters is most welcome, one does get the sense that whole deal has been put together on the back of a fag packet.

But even Silver conceded that Sterling was a first-time offender. In almost 33 years of his ownership, this was the first time the NBA has moved to discipline Sterling.

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