:link,:visited {
  text-decoration:none;
}
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p,li,dt,dd {
  line-height:1.333em;
}

/***Main Content***/
#blq-content {
  padding: 14px 14px;
  color:#50555c;
  font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
 }

/***Main Link colours/styles***/
#blq-content a:link {
  color:#006699;
}
#blq-content a:visited {
  color:#663399;
}
#blq-content a:hover {
  color:#333333;
  text-decoration:underline;
}

#blq-content a:active {
  color:#880000;
  text-decoration:underline;
}

h3#emp_title{
	margin: 0;
	font-size:1.8em;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.col h1, .col-a h1, .col-b h1, 
.col h2, .col-a h2, .col-b h2{
	margin:0;
	padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 7px;
	padding-left: 17px; padding-right: 17px;
	background: url("/staticarchive/6f9259382cb61021d4e4b5fc3de8a999fb3dad9a.gif") no-repeat scroll center top;
	font-size:1.5em;
	font-weight:normal;
	color: #6e7c87;
}

.col-a .box, .col-b .box {
	background:#FFFFFF url("/staticarchive/38ddc2fae936c31da138ed2850acd8da78d443b6.gif") no-repeat scroll 0 bottom;
}
.col-a .box, .col-b .box {
	margin-bottom:1.167em;
	padding-bottom:6px;
}

.col-a .box .content, .col-b .box .content, h3#emp_title, #emp1 {
	background:#FFFFFF url("/staticarchive/d5e97dda8fcafccc2c91af824cac612f44a15557.gif") repeat-y scroll 0 0;
}


/***Grid***/
/* emp title, description and position */
#comment a {
	display: block;
	padding-top: 13px;
	font-weight: bold;	
}
#emp_title{
	display:block;
	padding-left: 17px;
	padding-right: 17px;
	padding-top: 4px;
}
#emp1{
	text-align: center;
}

.clearfix {
	display:inline-block;
}

.content {
	padding:8px 17px;
	padding-top: 1em;
	padding-bottom: 1em;
}
.content .when span {
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.content .date {
	color: #006699;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 1.5em;
}
.row, .col {
	width:946px;
}

.row .col-a {
  width: 466px;
  float: left;
  margin-right: 14px;
}

.row .col-b {
  width: 466px;
  float: right;
}

#regional{
	margin-top: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 12px;
}

#regional a{
	display: block;
	padding-top: 13px;
	padding-bottom: 13px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	border-bottom: 2px solid #e5d3e2;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 1.05em;
}

#regional_left{
	float: left; width: 200px;
}

#regional_mid{
	float: left; width: 30px;
}

#regional_right{
	float: right; width: 200px;
}

#top_banner{
	width: 974px;
	height: 150px;
	background: #fff url("/staticarchive/123351845043125adf49f532226a51a56182b50f.jpg") left no-repeat;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
}


/* Latest political Stories */
#stories h3 {
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	color: #333333;
	font-size: 1.05em; 
}
#stories p {
	font-size: 1.05em;
	line-height: 2.2em;
}
#stories p a {
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* Blog lists */
.lists {
	width: 100%;
}
.lists h2 {
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	margin-left: 18px;
}
.lists h2 strong {
	color: #6e7c87;
	font-size: 1.5em;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.lists ul li {
	float: left;
	width: 189px;
}
.lists ul li img {
	float: left;
	padding: 0 8px 12px 0;
}
.lists ul li ul li {
	clear: both;
	float: none;
	width: 167px;
}
.lists p {
	clear: both;
	margin-left: 18px;
}
.jonTwitter { float: left; clear: none !important; }
.sendStories { float: left; clear: none !important;margin-right: 35px; }