Bernard

Bernard Parks, a former chief who later served on the City Council, said McDonnell is in a tough spot amid the budget crunch and competing pressures from inside and outside the department.

Former City Councilmember Bernard C. Parks, who ran the council’s budget committee for eight years, attributed much of the city’s financial woes to the high cost of its public employee salary agreements.

In neighbouring Switzerland, the Simplon Pass into Italy and the Great St Bernard Tunnel were closed to traffic, while two cantons were badly affected.

Bernard Gentry, chairman of the Welsh Conservatives', told BBC Wales: "It's disappointing that these individuals have been charged. But we need to wait for the result of the court case before passing judgement."

Her stage credits include plays by Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw.