Letter: Alexander Grant obituary

Michael Crabb wrote:

• Although Alexander Grant (obituary, October 5) has obtained permission for the National Ballet of Canada dance Onegin John Cranko was given company's inception in 1984, the season after leaving Grant. It was a big disappointment, definitely a pain, Grant mainly because the media gave credit to his successor, Erik Bruhn.

Napoli Peter Grant had stage Schaufuss in 1981 was the first full Napoli in three acts had occurred outside the territory of the choreographer Bournonville. And it was a total triumph. Grant, however, was equally proud to have contributed to higher national ballet choreographers. A total of 12 new Canadians ballets commissioned during his seven years in Toronto -. Not a bad way

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Theresa May accused of lifting cat anecdote from Ukip leader

Nigel Farage tells the story of expulsion almost word for word, for lovers of railway in July, recording suggests

The statement of Interior Minister Theresa May, a Bolivian student was saved from deportation by the existence of a cat seems to have been lifted almost word for word the leader of the UK Independence.

In his speech to the Tory conference May said the court, citing the Human Rights Act, said that the man should not be deported because he would be separated from your cat.

Their comments led to a dispute with the Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, who has been accused of giving a "ridiculous and childish" example to criticize the act. Behind the line is a deeper political dispute over whether Britain should leave the act.

In July, the head of UKIP, Nigel Farage, told an audience of 200 people at the Institute of Railway Eastleigh Hampshire how a court ruled that "man should not be deported because - and I do not know I do this - he had a cat. "A recording of his address is on the site of the new Eastleigh.

in Manchester this week may correspond Farage, not only in his phrasing, but the time to talk about the immigrant himself, which he said "can not be deported because - and I not making this up - he had a cat. "

• Farage told the Guardian: .. "I became more used to the Conservative Party imitate our policies and phrases in a desperate attempt to pretend that its members remain Eurosceptic not mean that we're one of those games that still believe in public meetings, and questions from the audience. SWP [Socialist Workers Party] top, so obviously the writers Theresa May speech.
• "Maybe this is the beginning of a trend? Airplanes taxes, cut foreign aid, a referendum on Europe, colleges. Who knows?"
A government official. "Not only ms was taken by inventing stories about the Human Rights Act of cheap laughs, was plagiarized lines UK Independence Party cheer"

The immigrant had avoided deportation after it was determined that it would violate his right to family life. In Eastleigh, Farage said the incident happened a few weeks ago and the man in question was Peru - when he was actually in Bolivia. Also falsely claimed that the man had been convicted murder. Apart from the visa to stay longer, he was a law-abiding citizen.

two politicians by mistake that the man had received permission to stay under the Human Rights Act when it was because the court had not previously to treat your partner as a spouse which grant a right of residence.

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Ban on selling cigarettes from vending machines comes into force

Aa English pubs

first to feel the effects of the new legislation, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, ready to follow

ban makes it illegal to sell cigarettes in vending machines and require owners to ensure the advertising of snuff on machines retirement, which came into force in England on Saturday.

Northern Ireland intends to implement the ban on snuff between February 1, 2012, and Scotland and Wales are committed to introduce a ban.

• Other measures to protect young people against the dangers of tobacco use are also considered.

major retailers in April 2012 in England and Scotland will get rid of all their local screens snuff, with small businesses should follow since April 2015.

Wales and Northern Ireland also plans to implement similar regulations.

The government should launch a public consultation before the end of this year on whether to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.

US rejects Iranian 'charm offensive' (AP)