UK Forests Saved

I have been blogging about the UK Coalition government's misguided plans to sell off its national forests (see here and here). Those plans have finally been abandoned. The Independent is reporting (here) that, in the words of Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, "we got this one wrong." Indeed they did. Thank goodness the government was responsible enough to recognize the error of its ways and reverse course.

On This Date

On January 4, 1972, Rose Heilbron (1914-2005) became the first woman judge to sit at the Old Bailey. She was also the first woman barrister to win a scholarship to Gray's Inn, the first woman treasurer that honorable society, the first woman Recorder, and the first woman to be named King's Counsel.