a british task force left to liberate the falklands and an official enquiry later cleared lord carrington of any responsibility. the young peter carrington had been a distinguished soldier in the second world war. awarded the military cross as a tank commander. a hereditary peer, highly educated, charming, he was the last survivor of churchill's 19505 government. margret thatcher appointed him foreign secretary in 1979. he played a major role, helping end the gorilla war helping end the guerilla war in rhodesia and negotiating the birth of independent zimbabwe. lord carrington spent four years as the nato secretary—general and then, in his 70s, he took on the role of eu mediator, as yugoslavia collapsed into war. after he finally retired from public service, lord carrington was clear it should be a clean break. it is a great mistake when you are quite old, to pretend that you are not and go on boring people with your speeches and i think you have done your bit and should shut up! lord carrington was a natural diplomat. he was the last patrician tory aristocrat to hold such high office. th

a british taskforce left to liberate the falklands, and an official inquiry later cleared lord carringtonpeter carrington had been a distinguished soldier in the second world war, awarded the military cross as a tank commander. a hereditary peer, highly educated, charming, he was the last survivor of churchill's 1950s government. margaret thatcher appointed him foreign secretary in 1979. he played a major role helping end the guerrilla war in rhodesia and negotiating the birth of independent zimbabwe. lord carrington spent four years as nato's secretary general. then, in his 70s, he took on the role of eu mediator as yugoslavia collapsed into war. after he finally retired from public service, lord carrington was clear it should be a clean break. it's a great mistake when you are quite old, to pretend that you're not going to go along boring people with your speeches. and i think, you've done your bit, and shut up. lord carrington was a natural diplomat. he was the last patrician tory aristocrat to hold such high office. the formerforeign secretary lord carrington, who's died aged 99. we h

the former foreign secretary lord carrington, who has died aged 99. secretary in the labour government 1977—79. he gave me his recollection of lord carrington. well, he was a very formidable negotiator, and i think he did extremely well in lancaster house conference, in getting an agreement ofa conference, in getting an agreement of a large number of very different kinds of people, including ian smith and robert mugabe. and ifind it helped me when i was dealing with africa. we travelled together out to kenyata's funeral, and we talked about what was going on. he are so many you could totally trust. i believe he made a major contribution andi believe he made a major contribution and i believe his resignation was a printable resignation which did a lot of good for politics generally. i think he was right to resign. it would have been very difficult to continue with the war going on with the foreign secretary in the house of lords, and i think that was one of lords, and i think that was one of his main reasons for resigning. lord carrington would have app

first, lord carrington, the former foreign secretary, has died at the age of 99.ar government of sir winston churchill. lord carrington served as a tank commander in the second world war and his long ministerial career ended when he resigned at the time of the argentine invasion of the falkland islands in 1982. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins looks back at his long life. people looking for an example of a british politician resigning as a matter of honour often point to the carrington. he was foreign secretary when argentina invaded the falkland islands. britain was unprepared and the foreign office blamed for ignoring intelligence.” the foreign office blamed for ignoring intelligence. i am responsible and i thought honourably that i should go. a british task force left to liberate the falklands and an official enquiry led cleared lord carrington of any responsibility. the young peter carington had been a soldier in the second. a hereditary peer, a highly educated and charming, he was the last survivor of the winston churchill's government. margaret tha

in 2008, lord carrington took bbc parliament on a guided tour of one part of the palace of westminstert in 1945 because the house of commons chamber had been bombed, and the house of commons sat in the house of lords, and the house of lords was relegated to the king's robing room, which, as you can see, is not very big. but in those days, the house of lords was pretty small, and it accommodated everybody without too much difficulty. lord carrington. now, let's take a look at the wider world of politics. here'sjess ure with our countdown. at five, the royals had their eyes to the skies as the raf celebrated their centenary with a spectacular airshow of red, white and blue. at four, is that air force one? no, it's a giant inflatable baby donald trump flying over parliament square as protesters welcomed the us president. at three, defence minister tobias elwood is not known as a gossip... but he certainly can't hold his water. at two, former labour leader ed miliband turns town crier. it's coming home! it didn't come home. gareth southgate‘s boys were knocked out of the world cup by croat

lord carrington was the longest—serving member of the house of lords.ghout his life, i lunched with him not very long ago. he always was kind to young people, he encouraged them, you never, never felt other than you were dealing with someone who cared about you. and that was a truly remarkable quality in anyone, but in someone of such quality, it is, i think, almost unique. he was a great leader. he gave credit to others when things went well and he took the blame when things went badly. an old—fashioned set of virtues which perhaps we should occasionally remember. he was a politician and a public servant to his core. he had intellect, integrity, experience and great ability. when he spoke in your lordship‘s house in later years, his wisdom was valued and welcome. i've been told that on one occasion, he interjected on a conversation with margaret thatcher that she was having with a foreign visitor, saying, "the poor chap's come 600 miles, do let him say something!" laughter. my noble lords will have appreciated his great capacity to advise and persuade.

lord carrington has died today at the age of 99. secretary in the labour government 1977—79, lord 0wen. thank you so much for being with us to talk about lord carrington. your recollections of him ? to talk about lord carrington. your recollections of him? he was a very formidable negotiator, and i think he did extremely well in lancaster house conference for getting an agreement for a large number of very different types of people, including ian smith and robert moog abe. and i found them very helpful when dealing with africa. we travelled to kenya on a's funeral and talked very frankly about that night he made a major contribution and i believe is an resignation was a principled resignation that did a lot of good for politics generally. all he was right to resign, it would have been very difficult to continue with a war going on with the foreign secretary in the house of lords. that was one of his main reasons for resigning. if we go back briefly to zimbabwe, what's striking is that he managed to keep all those people in a room to

lord carrington, the former foreign secretary, has died at the age of 99. as a tank commander in the second world war and his long ministerial career ended when he resigned at the time of the argentine invasion of the falkland islands in 1982. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins looks back at his long life. people looking for an example of a british politician resigning as a matter of honour, often point to lord carrington. he was foreign secretary when argentina invaded

the former conservative politician, lord carrington, who was the last surviving member of churchill's has died at the age of 99. he resigned as foreign secretary in 1982, after taking responsibility for the argentinian invasion of the falkland islands. he had previously chaired the lancaster house talks in 1979 which led to the establishment of the state of zimbabwe, and later served as secretary general of nato. the prime minister led the tributes to lord carrington, describing him as a "statesman who was respected globally, for his remarkable lifetime of public service." the chief medical officer for england has warned people in the salisbury and amesbury areas, particularly children, not to pick up "any foreign object which could contain liquid or gel". the comments follow the death of mother of three dawn sturgess from nerve agent poisoning. her partner charlie rowley has regained conciousness but remains in a critical condition in hospital. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds has more. this is thought to be charlie rowley the day before he fell ill, buying drinks in salis

lord carrington resigned because his department had failed to predict that argentina would invade. his experiences in the second world war. from the age of 19—25, one had the second world war. you lost one a big chunk of your life. 0n the other hand, it was an experience, which of course i don't think anybody who hadn't been in that period of time would understand. an hereditary peer, he served as defence secretary under edward heath. when the conservatives returned to power, margaret thatcher appointed him foreign secretary. he chaired the lancaster house talks in 1979, which ended the guerrilla war in rhodesia and paved the way for multiracial elections in the new zimbabwe. the invasion of the falklands in 1982 highlighted failures in the foreign office. it was blamed for ignoring warnings of argentine intentions. by the time the british task force left to liberate the islands, lord carrington had resigned as foreign secretary. he spent four years as nato's secretary—general before in his 70s, taking on the role of the eu mediator in a disintegrating yugoslavia. he travelled exte

can i join a minister in paying triggered to lord carrington. he served this country with such distinction in both the forces and in government and his decision to resign the office of foreign secretary will be remembered as an act of great principle and honor. i share the joy at the rescue of the boys in thailand and salute the bravery and sacrifice of the diving team including the seven british divers. on the question of tonight's match, i'm afraid i'm not going to be watching it. it will be the only game that i have missed. labourbe representing tonight for the anniversary of the genocide -- something very close to my heart given my father's role in trying to prevent it. but let me wish the team the best of luck and hopefully for the final on sunday. i may know very little about football but i can see that england's progress so far at the world cup shows what can be achieved when all the individual players work effectively as a team -- [cheering and laughing] clear game plan and when they are all working together, and of course when , everyon

in the guardian, the obituary for lord carrington. you met him?ter carrington quite well in the 19905 when he was the european union negotiator tried to bring peace to yugoslavia, the wars between serbia and croatia, he was a great character. he spent a huge period in public servers. he resigned when argentina invaded the falklands because he thought ministers had to ta ke because he thought ministers had to take responsibility for what happened, the buck had to stop somewhere and even though he wasn't to blame he thought he should resign. he was someone from a different age. different to modern politics. he believed ministerial responsibility was very important. he had a great sense of humour full lock one day, after difficult talks, coming out i said to him how did it go and he looked rather paid an e2 it was like a bearpit. —— rather pain and an he said. he had been a war hero. margaret thatcher was laying into some leader who had come a long way to see her and she would not be quite so he said to her, this chap has come 600 miles, shouldn't we

more tribute to lord carrington a little later. mother—of—three dawn sturgess died on sunday evening. her partner charlie rowley remains in a critical condition. our correspondent ben ando is in amesbury. what's the latest, ben? the latest is that work is continuing at the flat behind me that was lived in bike charlie rowley. they are trying to establish how it was that dawn sturgess and charlie rowley came into contact with this dangerous agent novichok. the public have been warned not to pick up foreign objects that could have been used to transport liquid or gel, no syringes, bottles, containers, plastic or glass. the chief medical officer says don't pick it up unless you dropped it yourself. she is issuing that particularly at a time when school holidays beginning and children will be out and about. it suggests that what the police haven't found here isa what the police haven't found here is a clear indication of how charlie and dawn came into contact with this nerve agent. it is possible there could be something lying around s

and tributes have been paid to the former foreign secretary lord carrington, who has died aged 99.

northern ireland in one hundred seventy one seventy two was taken by ministers in particular lord carrington then secretary of state for defense thornberry then went on to talk about bricks and well labor m.p. and form a shadow fire and emergencies minister chris williamson was there in the chamber and he joins me now here on the green outside parliament thanks for being on the show was jeremy goldman's labor party prepared for the apparent meltdown in the government this week they've been in a very difficult place i think ever since the referendum voted to come out of the european union and i think they've been struggling to come to terms with that and i'm amazed frankly the trees may still imposed the seams of these limp it like qualities to. cling on to. think it was. ever how one said that sort of in office but not really empowered. anything to suggest that those like just philip stella creasy george. flint so many other names i can say you know often grist as the m.p.'s on your benches they are the ones going to keep if you know in power then in office well i think they are mistaken if

and later, i'll talk to the former foreign secretary lord 0wen about the legacy of lord carrington —ied at the age of 99. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup. they are here and determined to make history in moscow. england won when away from the final. we're just looking to keep breaking those barriers down. it has really been an enjoyable journey and we want to keep it going. in the next few hours we will have our first finalist, france and belgium kick off soon in st petersburg. and i'm will perry with the rest of the day's sports headlines. the hundred million man — christino ronaldo joinsjuventus. i am john watson at wimbledon. ina in a championship. sets serena williams surges on. her 11th wimbledon semifinal. evening. who d have thought, england still here in the final week of the world cup? history has been thrown at them at every turn here in russia, be it a first quarterfinal since 2006, now the first semi—final since 1990, emulating 1966 is the next target. first cro

nato leaders didn't have much of a backbone they really didn't stand up against donald trump had lord carrington who died last week been secretary general george robertson manfred werner there would have been a different response but i think nato was far too passive and i believe that mr putin when he meets with mr trump on the sixteenth will take advantage of that by realizing that the nato alliance is not as solid as it could be and a large part a large part of this is the personality of the president and the way that he treats people you could argue he treats kim jong un he treats xi jinping and treats lattimer putin with far more respect than he treats his closest allies and quite frankly his trip to england right now is not going to be a happy one there are tens or hundreds of thousands of people protesting in westminster with this great baby trump looming. if he decides to be awkward with the queen queen elizabeth is a testy lady and i think the president might have met his match but we'll see what happens back to your earlier point about nato born as a military fang now surviving in the p

tributes have been paid to the former foreign secretary, lord carrington, who has died aged 99. as france beat beligium to gain a spot in the world cup final. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the broadcaster, henry bonsu. tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times leads with facebook‘s fine by the information commissioner's office after the watchdog accused the social network of breaking the law over how it safeguarded user information in the cambridge analytica data leak. that's also the front page story in the guardian, which also shows the faces of the 12 young footballers successfully rescued from a cave in thailand. the telegraph focuses on us president donald trump's comments that theresa may's government is in turmoil after cabinet ministers and party figures resign. meanwhile, the i divides its front page between those continuing resignations within theresa may's party and also looks ahead to england's world cup match against croatia tomorrow

be reading a book on market garden, arnheim, 1944, trying to capture the three bridges, major lord carrington war —— second world war, they were the trade union leaders, and that is why they urged ted heath to seek negotiation is their fear of social divisions. i am from the other side of the argument at that time, a younger generation, but the great integrity of the man, lord carrington, when there was any hesitation about who's full was it that we were not prepared for the falklands, he carried the can and resigned. and history will show it was not quite as simple as that, but this was a man he knew what he believed to be right, great patriot. very amusing, very relaxed, with a co re very amusing, very relaxed, with a core of steel. what would he have made of all this? he would have been appalled that britain has made a conscious decision to leave the top table of european politics and four 1000 years, one way or another, we have been there, always at the centre of it. now we are going to allow the french and the germans affectively to create the rules to which we will be subjected. lord he

northern ireland in one hundred seventy one seventy two was taken by ministers in particular lord carrington then secretary of state for defense form barry then went on to talk about bricks and well labor m.p. and form a shadow fire and emergencies minister chris williamson was there in the chamber and he joins me now here on the green outside parliament thanks for being on the show was jeremy goldman's labor party prepared for the apparent meltdown in the government this week they've been in a very difficult place i think ever since the referendum voted to come out of european union and i think they've been struggling to come to terms with that and i'm amazed frankly the reason may still imposed the seams of these limp it like qualities to. cling on to. think it was every one said that sort of in office but not really in power. anything to suggest that those like just philip stella creasy george will go so many other names i could say you know it's been great as the m.p.'s on your benches they are the ones going to keep if you know in power then in office well i think they are mistaken if t