New Brit awards statuette is unveiled | Music | The Guardian

Created by the influential British designer Vivienne Westwood, godmother of punk and grande dame of the UK fashion scene, it features a vintage-style union flag draped around the traditional statue, which wears a bronze helmet embossed with the Westwood logo.

The award will also be the first of its kind to carry a political message. At its base is scrawled: "Stop! Climate change." Some may question the grammar, but it is hard to argue with the sentiment.

EU Referendum: Off and on it goes

The rescue operation in the Okhotsk Sea has now been resumed, but it was set back more than was at first admitted yesterday when the towing cables broke. As we now learn, the towing equipment was damaged as well.
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If this was being carried out in Western waters, with – say – a tourist ship involved, there would by now be wall-to-wall coverage as the drama intensified and the weather forecast offered a deteriorating situation. But because those at risk are Russian and a long way away, this is all you get.