On her appointment the new Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, said "London is the world's greatest global city". 😕

 

Would someone please explain the difference between "score" and "scoreline"?

Why do so many forecasters tell us that a particular type of weather - showers, rain, wind etc - is "to be had"? I doubt that I may refuse to have it - even if I remain indoors.

This morning, on the BBC Today programme, weather forecaster Darren Betts told us, that "We'll change the temperatures..........". Other forecasters often say "We'll move the rain away" and utter sentences such as "We'll move the cloud off to the east." Are they not over-estimating their powers?

Why do so many rugby commentators and police officers on TV now refer to the ground as "the floor"? I always thought a floor was part of a building.