The 3rd Baron Selsdon, who has died aged 86, was a banker, businessman and from 1999 to 2021 one of the Conservative peers elected to continue serving in the Lords after Tony Blair’s cull of the ...

I was raised in Selsdon, near Croydon in Surrey. Apparently while I was in my pram I was taken to a hillside and shown the Crystal Palace burning down. We had a small garden, so when the war began ...

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Speaking in the House of Lords today, Lord Selsdon said British families driving 4x4 cars to go skiing in the Alps were among the most prolific vehicle-based litterers. "They are the ones I've ...

This evening and tonight, it will be cloudy and windy with patchy rain. During the early hours, it will become increasingly dry with clearing skies. Tuesday Tomorrow, early sunshine will be ...

In the summer of 1934, the government set up a committee, chaired by Lord Selsdon, to investigate the possibility of providing a high-definition television service to replace the low-definition 30 ...

Tonight, it will remain cloudy with the odd spot of rain. Turning dry in the early hours with clear spells developing towards dawn. Staying breezy. Sunday Tomorrow will be dry but windy. There ...