The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over.

Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers".

Our editor came to work today in a vibrant pink shirt. Vibrant. Several members of staff have had to go home sick.

The population of the United Kingdom has, for the first time, reached sixty million. If they stood on each other's shoulders they would reach perhaps twenty feet in the air before toppling over.

Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.

As a Doctor, I'm often asked: why can't we see more pictures of Albania?

I'm sorry for croaking at you this evening. This is PM, I'm Eddie Mair: the walrus of news.