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pressures and regulatory loopholes push- fied crops are common and meat from While the United States was encourag-
immense simplicity in how he saw the ing meat taken from the progeny of clones
world. Right or wrong, it led to decisive cloned livestock and their offspring has ing students a decade ago to handle major
and genetically engineered foods into the been deemed safe to eat – although a vol- power plant projects, much of Europe was
leadership.” European market, whether citizens like it
“I had come to like and admire George. or not – or even know about it. untary moratorium on sales of foodstuffs Goldsmiths, Cooks Wanted closing down specialist engineering centers
and losing its expertise, said Rossi.
I was asked recently which of the political Food safety officials said last month taken from clones remains in the place. In European Work Markets “We’ve tended to be perennially bad at
leaders I had met had most integrity. I listed they are investigating how a bull from the OPPOSED SHEEP SHEARERS for Britain, judo
George near the top. ... He was, in a bizarre But opinion polls in Europe consistently Continued on page 4
embryo of a cloned US cow came to be teachers for Spain, goldsmiths for Hol-
sense ... a true idealist.” show a public opposed to both genetically
On the invasion of Iraq: “I ... regret with
slaughtered and eaten in Britain, where
farmers must apply to sell such meat. modified and cloned food.
land. European nations are finding some Susan Boyle To Sing For
surprising gaps in their job markets, and
every fiber of my being the loss of those They’re also investigating whether milk The French, with their strong culinary competing to woo the overseas workers The Pope During UK Tour
who died. ... Tears, though there have been from a cow bred from a clone made its traditions and powerful farmers’ lobby, with in-demand skills. SINGING sensation Susan Boyle said last
many, do not encompass it.” way into the food chain. are particularly opposed. So are Italians, Nations across the continent list short- month she feels humbled and honored
“On the basis of what we do know Britain’s Food Standards Agency and with 72 percent voicing their opposition ages in hundreds of occupations. Even as by the opportunity to
now, I still believe that leaving Saddam in leading scientists say there are no safety to genetically modified foods in a recent some countries tighten their already strict sing for Pope Benedict
power was a bigger risk to our security than concerns about such milk and meat – but survey. Polls show similar levels of op- immigration rules, many are relaxing visa XVI during his tour of
removing him and that, terrible though the the issue dominated the news bulletins, position in Germany. restrictions to help industries import can- Britain.
aftermath was, the reality of Saddam and with television news programs replaying British consumers have been wary didates for the jobs that domestic workers The unlikely pop star
his sons in charge of Iraq would at least file footage of sickly cattle struggling with of tainted beef and dairy products since can’t – or won’t – take up. who shot to global fame
Continued on page 4 mad cow disease. an epidemic of brain-wasting mad cow Many Europeans refuse low paid jobs, after she sang on the TV
COMPETE disease in the 1990s that saw British beef while failure in the past to plan properly show Britain’s Got Talent will perform
new look!
stalls compete to sell organic teas and More than 100 people died from the human “Too often the cart has been put before Bellahouston Park on September16, the
free-range sausages, there was widespread form of the disease after eating infected the horse – in Britain, the government has Roman Catholic Church said.
unease over the news. meat products. looked at restricting immigration first, and Boyle, 49, will also sing I Dreamed
“If that’s allowed what will they allow The public also came out against geneti- only then at the need to train up domestic A Dream from Les Miserables. Her
workers to do the jobs previously held by rendition of the song on the talent show
Holiday Company Goes Broke Amidst Summer Season foreign workers,” said Abigail Morris, has been viewed millions of times on
BRITISH Travel company Sun4u col- who were still abroad were in Spain. It was employment policy adviser at the British the Internet.
lapsed last month, leaving more than a not immediately clear how they would get Chamber of Commerce. She told Scotland’s The Daily Record
thousand holidaymakers potentially facing back to Britain. Britain has its own peculiar shortages – newspaper last month that “I’ve always
a nightmare getting back to Britain. Abta said those with Atol (Air Travel needing ballet dancers for the famed stage wanted to sing for His Holiness and I
The firm announced on its website that Operators’ Licensing) packages should of Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House can’t really put into words my happiness
it had ceased trading and urged people be able to continue with their holidays as and sheep shearers for the windswept that this wish has come true at last,” she
to contact travel organisation Abta. It is planned. A spokesman said: “There are slopes of Scottish farms. went on “I am humbled and honoured
believed the Birmingham-based company approximately 1,200 people away at the PERMANENT by this invitation and I hope I can do
was hit hard by the flight bans imposed moment and most of them are in Spain. But the country’s government will set my best.”
earlier this year because of the ash cloud The collapse of Sun4u follows the a new permanent immigration quota next Benedict’s four-day trip will be the
crisis. recent failure of tour operator Goldtrail year, promising to dramatically cut levels first papal visit to Britain since Pope John
A statement on its website read: “Sun4u Holidays. of migration. Business leaders warn the Paul II in 1982.
Limited has ceased trading as of 11th Around 16,000 Goldtrail customers cap will leave the country short in vital His itinerary also includes an address
August 2010 at 2100hrs. For further were abroad when the Greece and Tur- industries. in Parliament and the beatification of
information please contact Abta’s claim key specialist went into administration Vanessa Rossi, an analyst at London’s 19th-century Catholic convert Cardinal
handlers CEGA.” The notice listed a tele- in July. Chatham House think tank said Europe is John Henry Newman.
suffering from its failure to train enough Boyle will sing for the pope the hymn
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who last month finally completed his quest to Churchill memorabilia is bringing big prices dart Peninsula, lies the small village of Inverie bombshell actress would remember. There
walk the river Amazon from its beginnings in at auction-houses across Britain, where and a pub that is regarded as the most remote were only 51 of this particular 175S model
Peru, to its outward pouring in to the Atlantic recently, Keys sold an ashtray and a half watering hole in mainland Britain. Refresh- that were made.
at Belem on the Brazilian coast. He originally smoked cigar for $6,200. ment at the Old Forge is an 18 miles journey
started his 4,000 mile journey on April 2,
BY LARRY GARDNER
if you don’t live in Inverie, and a seven mile Diana Dors was born in Swindon as Diana
2008, with a fellow Briton, who decided “But I have never, or ever will, handle Mary Fluck. After coming out of RADA, she
after three months enough was enough. Ed something which had so much interest or Evans of Cadw, who is reluctant to close the sea crossing on the local ferry. Ian and Jackie landed a film contract with the Rank Orga-
then teamed up with Peruvian, Gadiel “Cho” publicity,” said auctioneer Andrew Bullock, old medieval landmark, but says he will- if Robertson have run the old Inn for twenty nization at the age of 16, appearing in her
Sanchez-Rivera, 31, and they completed regarding the sale of Churchill’s teeth. “It’s he needs to. years, put have recently put it up for sale first motion picture in 1948. She was often
been absolutely incredible.” with an asking price of around £800,000. labeled the British Marilyn Monroe, a title she
the walk together. Uncertain welcomes from Man Flew In Murdered, The Knoydart Peninisula is renowned as
isolated villages, strange creatures, thick one of the wildest and isolated landscapes never disputed. Her curvaceous appearance,
unyielding jungle, 100-degree-plus heat, and Company Kept Abreast And Flew Out Again sexy personality and a ready smile with hang-
in Britain, and the Old Forge has become a ing locks of platinium blonde hair made her
a botfly that embedded itself in his head were Of Decency Laws A BRITISH ex-pat living in Thailand, thought beacon of warmth and welcome amidst the
some of the aggravations he suffered during he’d earned an easy £30,000 by flying back wind and heather. an immediate hit with the male population.
THE ADVERTISING Standards Agency has to Britain, killing Sharon Birchwood, 52, of She appeared in a plethora of films and a
his 860 days of walking. put their foot down against a Welsh com- It’s not your regular burger and chips
Ed Stafford, 34, hails from Mowsley in Ashtead, Surrey, at her ex-husband’s re- joint either, boasting a gourmet dining room multitude of television appearances before
pany’s sales pitch for selling metal hinges, quest; and then flying back immediately after her death through ovarian cancer in 1984,
Leicestershire, a former officer in British door and window handles. with starters like Mackerel and Horseradish
Army who served in Afghanistan. He left the the deed was done. But a single fingerprint Mousse, or Wild Boar Pate with Apricot at the age of 52.
Tricketts of Merthyr Tydfil thought they on a glass was enough to identify him as
forces in 2002. He was soon playing for the got a winning advertising campaign with a Chutney. Its main course includes locally
local rugby club, but was always on the look- poster emblazoned, “WE SELL BIG KNOCK- a man with a record, and police detectives caught fish and crab and of course the tra- Two-Tune Serial Beggar
out for something a little more adventurous to ERS.” The posters discreetly shows images flew out to Thailand to retrieve his DNA. ditional haggis, that can all be washed down Fined In Court
do. His new career as a stock-broker was not of a women’s breasts, covered by a pair of Both pieces of evidence were enough to lay with a pint of “Pretender or Hebridean Gold,”
a case against Paul Cryne, 62, who claimed BUSKING outside the Anchor pub in Hast-
filling that void. Originally, he thought that the door knockers. The ASA admitted it only courtesy of a local mini-brewery. Walkers ings, Dean Langley’s repertoire of two songs
Amazon would take around a year to walk, received one complaint, but the company’s innocence at the Old Bailey. A jury however, and hikers can get a shower at the pub, but
found him guilty. Judge Jeremy Roberts soon got a bit old hat for most regulars. Oa-
but the mountainous ravines of Peru and the business is in door and window installation there are no rooms to let. sis’ Wonderwall, followed by Don McLean’s
tangled rain forests of Brazil soon had him and they decided the poster was not relevant ordered him to serve at least 28 years and The Village of Inverie has an adult popula-
six months in jail and added, “You may well American Pie over and over again finally
contemplating a much longer journey. After to Tricketts actual business product. tion of around one hundred, but offers self- brought out the landlord who told him to play
splashing in the sea at Crispim beach with a Tricketts said the new advertisements spend the rest of your life behind bars.” catering flats and B&B accommodations. It
The case was the classic insurance fraud something else or move on.
large bottle of champagne, he was soon on had only been on display the last couple of has a post office and a primary school. Jackie A fracas occurred as tempers frayed and
a flight back to the UK where a pint of good months, and they had received only positive coupled with the money expected from the Robertson says they have loved living in this
English beer was a top priority. Enjoy his sale of the ex-wife’s home. Mrs Birchwood words were exchanged. Police were called
and humourous feedback from it. beautiful part of Scotland, but are looking to and the two-tune busker was arrested. At
travel logs at: walkingtheamazon.com. who walked with the aid of a stick was retire from the hospitality business.
strangled to death by a length of electri- Hastings Magistrates Court, Langley, 29,
Marmite Now More Expensive cal wire. The divorce had been extremely pleaded guilty to begging and behaviour that
Man Angry At Helicopter Than A Gallon Of Petrol amicable and the wife had left everything to Oldest Barber In Britain, could cause alarm and distress. The guitarist
Sentenced To 12 Months In Jail A JAR of Marmite, now costs more than a her former husband in her will. But Graham Jack, Dies 94 had a record of serial begging and was fined
WHEN debris from a helicopter was flung up gallon of petrol. Sales of this beefy mixture Birchwood, 54, could not wait and was look- BRITAIN’S’s oldest barber died last month £80 for threatening behavior, £50 costs and
against Houshang Jafari’s new Range Rover, with an acquired savoury taste rose by two ing for ways to pay mounting business debts. at the age of 94. Jack Wardell of Tumble a £15 victim surcharge.
the car owner lost his temper and attempted percent last year, but at over five quid a jar Birchwood was found guilty at Croydon in Carmathernshire, learned his hair-cutting Langley may have gotten away with a
to stop the copter from taking off again by it’s more expensive than gas. It’s made from Crown Court, last year, and was sentenced skills as a thirteen-year-old teenager and warning if he had not been so provocative
grabbing the skid bars. His intemperance a left over yeast product after making beer, to 32 years in prison. opened his own barber’s shop in a cor- with the police. Defender Sam Wingfield,
could have caused a fatal accident, and and is a high protein food loaded with vitamin rugated iron shed five years later. He cut looking for sympathy from the court re-
at Bristol Crown Court he was given a 12 B and folic acid. Unilever turns out some 60 Rainbow The Hen Lays hair for some eighty years. Local councilor minded them “Its not the most heinous of
month jail sentence. The private helicopter million jars of marmite a year. Adam Leyland A Big Double Egg Clive Scourfield, always popped by for a crimes.”
taxi service had picked up its passengers of the Grocer Magazine remains baffled as short-back-and-sides and remembered the
and had just moved off the ground, when the to why the price of a jar has risen some 25 RAINBOW the hen, laid a monster egg last experience as a chatty social scene where Robbers Throw ‘Booty’ At
irate neighbour made his appearance. The percent in the last five years, as most of its month. Jeremy Power of Cheltenham, keeps local gossip was part of a good haircut. Chasing Police
Court was told that the attempt to impede ingredients have not been subject to rising a couple of chickens in the back garden, while Known as “Jack the Barber,” he didn’t
a recent fresh egg breakfast was a sight to POLICE say smash-and-grab raiders hurled
the helicopter take-off when it was just six costs. Marmite first made its debut on gro- fully retire until his 91st birthday. luxury watches at chasing officers as they
feet off the ground, could have sent the heli- cery shelves in 1902. behold. Rainbow had dropped one large egg “It was the social inter-activity that kept
that weighed in at 130g or 4.6oz, that twice the attempted to flee from the scene of a rob-
copter crashing in to a nearby block of flats. him working so long,” said the Councilor. bery.
The pilot in charge, Dr Mark Blockland, was size of a normal egg (56.7g or 2oz).
Castle Damaged By Vandals The egg also had another fully developed Scotland Yard says the gang threw expen-
commended by the court for his considerable Might Not Be Repaired Again egg inside.
Diana Dors’ Original 1949 sive wristwatches to deter police after they
skills, in keeping the aircraft and the passen- Sports Car Brings $3m snatched an estimated £500,000 of goods
gers safe. An eyewitness who took pictures THE WELSH heritage preservation agency “This one has really caught us by sur-
Cadw, is not happy that the money and time prise,” said Power. “It’s almost like a comedy A FLAMBOYANT blue sports car that once from a London jewelers last month.
of the incident, said the whirling blades had The gang threatened a security guard and
come very close to nearby houses. they spent in renovating Bronllys Castle at egg, it’s so big.” belonged to the late actress Diana Dors, sold
Talgarth in Powys, was unappreciated by The Guinness Book of Records says the for $3m at the RM auctions in Monterrey, smashed into a store with sledgehammers
Before sentencing Jafari, 58, Judge at the Bentall Center in the southern London
Michael Roach called it a “deliberate and vandals who pried off some of the ancient biggest chicken egg ever laid, was dropped California last month. The 1949 Delahaye
stones at the top of the 80ft high keep, and by a white leghorn at Vineland, New Jersey Roadster was bought for her by an admirer district of Kingston.
much more a reckless and dangerous act.”
threw them to the ground. Cadw had only just in February of 1956, that weighed in at when she was just seventeen-year-old. She Two suspects were eventually arrested
finished a major conservation programme 454g or 16oz. It had a double yolk and a didn’t even have a driving license at the nearby, and two more detained later in the
Sir Winston’s Teeth Take Bite there, and says it will probably have to close double shell. time. The company went bankrupt two years nearby Wimbledon suburb.
Out Of Auction Bid the castle again for more repairs.
A SET of Winston Churchill’s dentures sold Bronllys Castle was built in 1144, and
at auction for $23,700 at Keys auction-house
in Aylsham, recently. Nigel Cudlipp, whose
was once the ancestral home of the Earls
of Hereford. After the Welsh independence
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arch with a private income. staff “undertook a swift assessment” and
MARYLEBONE LA PLAGE decided to allow the train to continue until
Commuters can enjoy a spot of relaxation it came to a halt at Warren Street, which it
amid the rush hour on the “beach” at Maryle- did at 6:57am.
bone station, north west London, set up on The incident resulted in the suspension of
the concourse. They were also handed sticks the Northern line between Finchley Central
of rock as they passed through the station. and Archway and Camden Town to Ken-
Chiltern Railways, which created the nington via Charing Cross.
sandpit beach scene, said that the stunt PRINCE ANDREW’S HOME RAIDED EMMA’S ON ‘THE WALK OF FAME’
was to encourage people to travel to seaside A masked gang raided Prince Andrew’s TWO TIME Oscar-winning British
destinations. home last month while he was on holiday actress-screenwriter Emma Thompson,
DRAMA ON THE UNDERGROUND with the Queen in Scotland. 51, has now added to her many accolades,
A Tube disaster was narrowly averted Four balaclava-clad trespassers dressed her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
last month when a driverless train careered in black are believed to have used a Range “I can’t tell you how thrilled I am,” she
Royal Wedding: Is It Still On? down the Northern line for almost four miles.
Tube staff rushed to divert passenger trains
Rover at about 5am to smash through the
gates at his home, where his ex-wife Sarah,
declared.
Emma won a
TINA Brown, writer and Princess Diana’s biographer, forecast in April that Prince out of the way of the engineering train after Duchess of York, also lives and their daugh- Best actress Acad-
William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton would announce their engagement in it became detached at Archway station and ters, Princesses Beatrice, 21, and Eugenie, emy Award in 1992,
began rolling south. 20, often stay. for her performance
June and marry in November. in Howards End,
She quoted “a highly-placed source in royal circles” but it is possible that the source could It was not stopped until it reached War- The Duchess, 50, was away while An-
ren Street station 13 minutes later, when a drew, also 50, and the princesses were on a costarring Anthony
have got the dates mixed. Now there is another school of thought which places the engage- Hopkins, and for her
ment announcement in November, with the wedding next June. steep rise in the station platform brought it cruise in the Western Isles with the Queen,
to a halt. Prince Philip and Princess Anne. adaptation of Jane
In some ways this makes more sense: it CAFÉ AT THE PALACE Underground controllers frantically or- The family’s absence meant that there Austen’s Sense and Emma Thompson
would certainly direct attention away from After 173 years of receiving royal guests, dered trains ahead of the runaway train not were no police protection officers on duty Sensibility. in 1995. as Nanny McPhee
the 30th anniversary of Charles’ and Diana’s Buckingham Palace has opened its own cafe to stop at stations to prevent it from crashing at the lodge. The trespassers drove into the In her latest film Nanny McPhee Re-
wedding on July 29, 2011. The weight of for the 400,000-plus tourists whom it expects into them. grounds for a few minutes before realising turns, a Western (released in August), she
publicity on William and Kate would wash over nine weeks of the summer. Transport for London and the Rail Accident that they had been caught on security cam- plays Nanny, a mysterious stranger who
over the anniversary itself. But those who would expect nothing less Investigation Bureau launched an urgent eras and speeding off. arrives in town, resolves a conflict and then
Could this be a re-run of Prince Edward’s than bone china will be in for a disappoint- investigation and banned similar engineering A police source said: “They could have been leaves. She also adapted the screenplay.
wedding in June 1999 at St George’s Chapel, ment. The special issue blue plates and cups trains from the Underground network. burglars – but they could have been terrorists.” OFF SCREEN
Windsor? It seems to suit William and the rest marked “Garden Café, Buckingham Palace” The drama began at 5:25am when the Thames Valley Police are investigating. In between filming and scriptwriting,
of the royal family, who want a greater de- are cardboard. engineering train – being used for rail mainte- As usual, Buckingham Palace has declined Thompson is involved with the Refugee
gree of privacy and, in the current economic Nuala McGourty, director of retail at Buck- nance work – became defective as it headed to comment. Council in the UK that helps refugees and
climate, a less expensive formula for royal ingham Palace, said that the café expected south into Archway station. Engineers began FINALLY asylum seekers, and also a UK-based hu-
weddings than in the past. less recycling than at other coffee shops, to move the defective train northbound by Notice in a Swiss hotel: If you have any man rights organization.
Prince Philip’s 90th birthday falls on June as customers are likely to smuggle out their coupling it to an out-of-service Northern line desires during the night, pray ring for the Working for the Refugee Council, she
10 next year, and seeing William settled cups, plates and even trays as souvenirs. train; but at about 6:44am the engineering chambermaid. met an orphaned teenager living on the
would, no doubt, be his finest birthday pres- “But if someone would like to take a cup train became detached from the Northern line And in a Viennese hotel: In case of fire, do streets in London, seven years ago, and later
ent. So the latest forecast is a dress rehearsal home, then we are very happy to offer them train and began to move southbound. your utmost to alarm the hotel porter. she and her husband Greg Wise, adopted the
on Friday, June 3 followed by the wedding on an unused one,” she said. A TfL statement said that Underground stewartquentinholmes@yahoo.co.uk boy “Tindy,” from Rwanda, now 23. He
Saturday, June 4. The café, on the west terrace, is open to recently graduated from Exeter University,
PRINCESS ANNE AT 60 anyone who pays the £17 Palace entrance achieving a degree in human-rights law, and
The Princess Royal celebrated her 60th fee. Cameron Criticized
Independence
they are very proud of him.
birthday on August 15. She said that she Along with traditional British fare of scones
would spend it “quietly at home”. Still among with jam and cream and Sandringham- For Iran Nuclear Gaffe Britain’s New Security
the fittest 60-year-olds in the land, she still pressed apple juice, there are Greek salads, Party Leader: OPPOSITION politicians have been
Adviser To Step Down
wears size 10 clothes, some of which are bagels and French strawberries-and-cream
‘I’m Terrible At
needling British leader David Cameron
20 years old. cakes for sale. for telling a town hall audience that Iran BRITAIN’S government says the country’s
Born Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise on All proceeds are reinvested in the royal
This, I Quit’
“has got a nuclear weapon.” national security adviser has confirmed he’s
August 15, 1950, she is now second in line collection. The prime minister was speaking stepping down, less than three months after
to the throne and is patron of more than 200 £3m SALE FROM ROYAL LOVE THE LEADER of about Turkish accession to the EU before taking up the newly created role.
charitable organisations and carries out more AFFAIR a British political a crowd of local residents in the English Peter Ricketts, previously the country’s
than 700 engagements a year. Jewellery bought for Wallis Simpson by party says he’s seaside town of Hove last month when he top diplomat, was appointed by Prime Min-
She is married to Vice-Admiral Timothy King Edward VIII, who gave up the throne quitting his post made the slip. ister David Cameron’s new government to
Laurence and has two children from her because of his love for her, is to be auctioned because he’s not He was saying that the EU would be lead the government’s security work and set
previous marriage to Mark Phillips – Peter at Sotheby’s in London on November 30. proved to be very better off in Turkey joined because it could up a new national security council.
and Zara. Twenty pieces, including work by Cartier, good at his job. help solve problems “like the Middle East Cameron clashed last month with key
Although a picture of her in the Evening the Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s favourite In a rare state- peace process and the fact that Iran has got allies in Pakistan over terrorism, after he
Standard last month made her look fright- jeweller, are expected to raise about £3m. ment last month, a nuclear weapon.” questioned Islamabad’s commitment to
fully old and frumpish, I’m told that she SALE OF REGENT ST TO Malcolm Pearson, Malcolm While Britain, the United States and tackling terror groups inside its borders.
looked much better in a BBC interview on FOREIGN INVESTORS head of the UK In- Pearson others accuse Iran of covertly seeking Britain’s government said the departure
television. London’s most famous shopping street is dependence Party, which advocates nuclear weapons, they haven’t accused the of Ricketts was unconnected, and insisted
SAVOY HAS NO SOUL, being offered for sale to foreign investors. withdrawing Britain from the Eu- country of actually possessing one. had always intended to serve only as an
SAYS BARMAN The move by the Crown Estate, which ropean Union, said he had stepped Cameron’s Downing Street Office in- interim adviser.
Peter Dorelli, former head barman at the gives all its profits to the Treasury, would down. sisted that it was clear he was referring to Cameron’s office says Ricketts would
Savoy Hotel, has accused bosses of “selling cash in on the recession-defying success of The party has two members in the Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. leave his post in 2011.
its soul” with a new regime of service and the retailers in the area. House of Lords, and 12 representa-
Birthday, Anniversary,
sale of furniture and fittings. The Estate is likely to use any capital injec- tives at the European Parliament,
Mr Dorelli, who worked at the American tion to help support the £750m redevelop- but failed to win any seats in the
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British Airways
Apologizes For
Ditch Queen: One Public Idea For Cuts Protests Over
SAT Tests...
By David Stringer almost exclusively by cutting costs, not dish among the country’s aristocracy.
Crash Message raising taxes. FROZEN Continued from page 1
SELL OFF the Queen’s swans. POSTED In June, Osborne said the £7.9m in Standardized tests in primary and high
PASSENGERS on a British Airways flight Make lawmakers work for free. More than 45,000 ideas for savings have annual government funding to Queen schools stir anxiety for parents and school
from London to Hong Kong were mistak- Force prison inmates to generate been posted on the Treasury’s website by Elizabeth II’s royal household, used to pay administrators in England. A drop in scores
enly told to prepare for a crash landing, members of the public and government salaries and the costs of official functions, often provokes accusations that schools are
causing panic onboard. cheap power on the treadmill. workers. They range from the deliberately would be frozen for a year. failing, while better scores lead to claims
The carrier said last month it had apolo- As Britain’s government decides how extreme – scrapping Britain’s monarchy, Contributors to the website say that that the tests are becoming too easy.
gized for causing customers distress after to make the toughest spending cuts in to the seemingly sensible doesn’t go far enough – England’s 11-year-olds this year were
an emergency message was accidentally decades, it has asked the public for help. – have staff book hotels on- A wackier calling for Queen Elizabeth doing a bit better at mathematics and writ-
triggered. The result? A list of wild ideas on how to line, not through expensive II either to step down, or ing and somewhat worse at reading.
Passengers were warned during a flight save money – proposals that Treasury chief travel brokers. plan demands drastically reduce the num- Some 71 percent of students were up to
that the Boeing 747 may crash into the George Osborne insists will be seriously “We asked everyone ber of her family members standard for writing, up from 68 percent last
sea. They heard the message: “This is an considered as he draws up a five-year across the country – the treadmills and who receive public money. year; 81 percent hit the target for English,
emergency. We may shortly need to make austerity plan. people who use our schools, rowing machines “The French have not had up from 80 percent. In reading, however,
an emergency landing on water.” Osborne wants to save £30bn to quickly hospitals, transport systems a monarchy for more than only 84 percent met the standard, down
Michelle Lord, who was onboard, told reduce Britain’s huge national debts, racked and other public services in prison gyms 200 years and tourists still from 86 percent a year ago.
Britain’s The Sun tabloid that her fellow up as the previous government bailed out – to send in their ideas for flock to Versailles,” one Schools Minister Nick Gibb defended
travelers were deeply frightened when the banks and launched stimulus programs how to save public money to be adapted to of the ideas posted on the the tests as “a vital staging post in a child’s
taped warning was played over the airliner during the global financial crisis. and get more out of our Treasury site reads. education.”
address system. He has ordered government depart- services,” said a Treasury produce power Other submissions call “Proper tests help us identify the great
“People were terrified. We all thought ments to prepare for budget cuts of 25 spokeswoman, on condi- for the national for the UK to share its plush schools, often in disadvantaged areas,
we were going to die,” said Lord, 32. percent to raise £30bn in savings and will tion of anonymity in line – and costly – overseas which get superb results for all children.
British Airways said cabin crew quickly announce details of his plans in a major with policy. electricity grid. embassies with its allies, We can all learn from the best practice these
reassured passengers that the flight was not speech in October. Among edgier ideas are sharply cutting the costs of tests help identify,” Gibb said.
in danger. The company said it is investi- Ministers have already announced a plans to put Britain’s population of almost the diplomatic service.
gating how the error happened.
“Our cabin crew immediately made
slate of cuts – axing 700 new schools,
halting payments to pregnant women to
100,000 prisoners to work. Dozens of entries demand cuts to devel-
One suggestions calls for convicts opment aid paid to poorer countries. While Blair Donating Profits...
an announcement following the message fund healthier diets and scrapping £10bn to cook meals for public hospitals or ministers say fast-growing economies like Continued from page 1
advising customers that it was played in worth of projects agreed under ex-Prime government-run care homes for the elderly. China and India won’t in the future receive arguably be much worse. ... I am unable
error and that the flight would continue as Minister Gordon Brown. A wackier plan demands treadmills and money from Britain, Prime Minister David to satisfy the desire even of some of my
normal,” the airline said in a statement. But the country’s Conservative-led rowing machines in prison gyms to be Cameron has already pledged not to cut the supporters, who would like me to say: it
coalition government says it needs help to adapted to produce power for the national UK’s overall aid budget. was a mistake but one made in good faith.
meet its ambitious target, not least because electricity grid. Friends opposed to the war think I’m be-
Taxpayer groups praised the govern-
Immigrants To UK Osborne intends to balance Britain’s books Other offerings propose lining the
roofs of government buildings – including ment’s approach, but said Osborne’s
ing obstinate; others, less friendly, think
I’m delusional. To both I may say: keep
Down Four Percent Secret’s Out On Driver Parliament – with vegetable gardens and Treasury must now prove it is listening to
selling the produce at a profit. Another the public’s ideas – however wild.
an open mind.”
On his successor, Gordon Brown: “Was
Last Year For TV Show Top Gear idea suggests seeking corporate sponsors Britain has a deficit of about 10.4 per- he difficult, at times maddening? Yes. But
A GOVERNMENT agency says the THE OPAQUE visor of one of Britain’s for Britain’s spectacular, but expensive, cent of GDP, while debt stands at £903bn he was also strong, capable and brilliant,
most famous helmets has been lifted. military parades. (US$1.4 trillion). Government lawmakers and those were qualities for which I never
number of long-term immigrants
entering the United Kingdom fell 4 The identity of The Stig, the always- One submission suggested asking the say the scale of the country’s financial lost respect. ... Political calculation, yes. Po-
percent last year. But, because fewer anonymous test driver on Top Gear, the Queen to sell off her swans for meat. Under woes mean the public largely accept litical feelings, no. Analytical intelligence,
people left, Britain still gained more wildly popular British television show ancient laws, the Queen owns most swans spending cuts are necessary. absolutely. Emotional intelligence, zero.”
people through migration in 2009 than about cars, has long been kept secret. in Britain and the bird was once a favored Online: http://spendingchallenge.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ On alcohol: “Stiff whisky or G&T before
the previous year. The BBC had asked Britain’s High dinner, couple of glasses of wine or even
The Office for National Statistics Court for an injunction blocking the
publication of an autobiography reveal-
Cloned Beef Flap half a bottle with it. So not excessively
excessive. I had a limit. But I was aware
said last month an estimated 567,000
immigrants arrived in 2009, down ing The Stig’s identity. But lawyers for Spreads Alarm... that it had become a prop.”
from 590,000 in 2008. Last year’s publishers HarperCollins said it was Continued from page 1
not granted.
figure included 91,000 British citizens,
The publishers said in a statement
Britain’s livestock sector, for example, Goldsmiths, Cooks Wanted...
including people born abroad to a Brit- is heavily dependent on high-protein soya Continued from page 1
ish parent and British natives return- that “Ben Collins has a great story to and maize byproducts, nearly all of which
ing from long-term residence abroad. tell about his seven years as The Stig.” are imported from the United States, Brazil planning for the future,” she said.
The number of people leaving Brit- Collins is a professional race car and Argentina – countries which have Members of the European Union allow
ain was down 13 percent to 371,000 driver. His story is to be published later moved aggressively to adopt genetically citizens of most other members states
for the year. this month. modified foods. free movement to live and work in their
The report says the number of im- Top Gear producer Andy Wilman The European Feed Manufacturers’ countries. But their skills shortages mean
migrants from the Czech Republic, said on the show’s website that “the Federation said farmers across the con- most also loosen immigration rules in some
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, whole point of the Stig is the mys- tinent had no choice but to rely on those specific sectors to be able attract talent from
Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia fell 35 tique.” countries. beyond Europe.
percent to 52,000.
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What Are You Sending Home This Christmas? It arrived one Wednesday morning in an
enormous cardboard box plastered with all the
same labels the first box had sported. More, if
Britain Urges
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A CHRISTMAS present from the States is What emerged ferent but each of them assured me that they anything, because it was a much larger box.
something special. A little of the anticipated was a beautifully would pass on the message and I would be Once I had entered the outer box, ramjam On Excess Signs
pleasure may be diminished by the sender sculpted skink by got back to the same day. full of polythene pellets, I encountered a second
having to declare the contents of the parcel Scott Bisson of Ore- Finally I caught up with Jenny again. Ah, closed cardboard box. For a brief moment I felt IS IT A SIGN of simpler times to
and its monetary value in US dollars but that’s gon, which had been she said, bit of a problem. We got it mended like a grave robber. I lifted out the second box come?
a minor quibble. tenderly encased in but as we put it back into the box we heard a with fearful fingers. There inside was another The government told local authorities
There is ample compensation in the unfa- the most careful of crack. There is nothing for it but to heat the pile of polythene pellets in the middle of which last month to cut down on the number of
miliarity of the wrapping and the strangeness wrappings. It was end and turn the tail into a stump. (As I write was a large sealed tissue paper envelope. road signs, traffic posts and advertising
of the contents. Disappointments are rare. exquisite but…it was in mid-August, I am still awaiting this promised With infinite caution, I slit the cellotape boards littering the landscape.
That said, most presents fade from the broken. solution.) to find the most delicately spun fibre glass Communities Secretary Eric Pickles
memory long before New Year but not the I photographed In July, I decided the time had come for me encasing a purple skink. and Transport Secretary Philip Ham-
one we got last December. the poor creature, to take direct action. So I rang up the source It was in four pieces. mond said they have sent a letter to local
It was packed in a box bearing a veritable and emailed its picture to the sender. Time of the skink – a shop in California. And the moral of the story. Well, I wouldn’t councils urg-
laundrette-full of warning notices: Handle with passed. Three months altogether. From the Adamm, the owner, could not have been trust Parcel Force to deliver anything undam- ing them to
Care, Glass This Side Up, Fragile, Thank You suggestions that flew back and forth across nicer. He would send me another skink and aged however carefully it is wrapped and reduce “street
for Taking Care with this Parcel. the Atlantic crystallised the idea that I should recompense me for the forty pounds the however courteous the requests. Stick to clutter.” Pick-
You get the idea. get it repaired and send the bill to the shop Christmas present had now cost me. clothes and soft toys this Christmas. les says British
It also came with a price tag. Literally. whence the skink was sent. I selected a new skink from his website: a INSTITUTIONS streets “are be-
Parcel Force Worldwide, a distant relative I SPECIAL purple creature, this time with fearsome legs Still on the subject of British institutions – the ing overrun by
assume of the Royal Mail, contacted me with I tracked down a glass repair firm in London, and a curled tail. His forty pounds compensa- NHS is often viewed as an impersonal and im- scruffy signs,
a demand for £20 before they would deliver reassuringly styled London Glassblowers. By tion landed in my PayPal account within a perfect state-run monolith, a necessary safety bossy bol-
it. VAT accounted for twelve pounds of that mid-April I felt we were getting somewhere as matter of hours and I sat back to await the net for those unable to cough up for private lards, patch-
with eight for Parcel Force’s Clearance Fee Jenny (of LG) was taking a personal interest in arrival of our Christmas present. medicine. But it is an institution of which most work paving
added for good measure. the skink. All I had to do was send it to her and It came late in July. This time because Brits are inordinately fond as evidenced by what and railed-off
ASSURED she would use special glue to affix the back VAT had gone up along with Parcel Force’s happened to my good friend Bert last month. roads – wasting taxpayers’ money that
Naturally, we paid the impost and took two inches of the skink to the six inches at the standard rates, it cost £34 to have it delivered. He was due to go into hospital for throat could be better spent on fixing potholes
possession of the fragile parcel, just in time business end of the reptile. I rang the UK Border Agency to complain surgery. Two days before he was to present or keeping council tax down.”
for Christmas. Since I was twenty pounds A further two months drifted away whilst about having to pay through the nose to get himself to Winchester Hospital he got a phone The government says it will publish
down on the deal and the customs label as- Jenny got Bruce involved, oh, and Ant(h)ony a broken present. They assured me that I was call – from the specialist who was to perform further guidance on simplifying the
sured me that this was a “Glass Work of Art” (“He only comes in twice a week and I’m not entitled to a refund on the first skink. All I had the operation. streetscape later this year.
worth quite a bit more, it was singled out to sure when…”) and finally the good news to do was send the packaging. Oddly I had The surgeon was ringing to apologise for Richard Kemp, vice chairman of the
be the climax of the gift-fest that customarily arrived that the skink had been repaired. An- omitted to save it from last December! the operation having to be postponed: the Local Government Association, said au-
follows our assault on the goose. other twenty pounds departed from my bank COMPENSATE piece of kit he needed had broken down and thorities should proceed with caution.
Noting the warnings still plastered all over account to pay for repair and postage. Anyway, the great thing was that my he was looking for a replacement. Make of “Signs which some people think are
the box regarding the fragility of the Work Unaccountably, two more months went new skink would more than compensate that story what you like. It just makes me feel clutter other people will consider sources
of Art, we unpacked it with soft hands and down the plughole as I contacted various for all the disappointment and expenditure. proud of our Health Service. of essential information, particularly if
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Even today I remember the excitement and flying bug through the ATC which gave us
jubilation of sitting in the cockpit of a Spitfire the opportunity and curiosity to go on to live
and gazing around in awe, dreaming of flying very interesting lives, and in David’s case,
one, but of course they were obsolete by the flying opportunities around the world includ-
time I was old enough to enlist in the RAF. ing planes from the DC3 to 747s. His story
Dozens of handmade models later, and is so fascinating I’ll feature it in an upcoming
walls full of spitfire pictures (eight, much to column, hopefully to inspire young people to
Karen’s delight). I didn’t need to be asked get out and live life to its fullest. I remember
twice when Colin Bedding phoned me asking as a youngster getting my copy of the Eagle
if we’d like to witness running up the newly magazine and seeing the exploded view of
rebuilt $140,000 Rolls Griffon 65 V12 engine a Spitfire in the center pages and wanting
in the now restored Supermaine Spitfire FR to build one.
SPITFIRE!!! All anyone needed to do was MK XIVe at the CAF museum in Camarillo. Only 957 MK XIVs were built with the
look up in the sky, and become mesmerized. Upon arrival everyone was lovingly and V12 Griffon 65 engine entering service in
Not that that’s what got your attention. The actively putting final touches to the plane, 1944 and was most successful of all the
unmistakable purr of a Royce Merlin engine almost but not quite ready to take to the air variants at destroying the V1 Flying Bombs,
was the first you heard, before this magnifi- again as 90-year-old crew chief Les Bedding accounting for 300 kills. In October 1944 it
cent aircraft appeared before your eyes and stated. Les joined the RAF at the age of 19, had the distinction of being the first to destroy
what a beauty! primarily worked on Spits and Hurricanes a jet-powered Messerschmitt Me 262. The
Designed by Reginald J Mitchell. It was spending four years in India, and of course Supermarine Spitfire somewhat resembles
a work of art and it was art. It personified has one of the best working knowledge of the North American P-51 Mustang in the
mankind’s ability to invent, design,and func- Spitfire mechanics, his own son Colin now sleek design and size, however the five-
tion like no other machine at the time could an active part of the crew. blade propeller is one of the most obvious
differences. Elizabeth Peterson and Tony Gower, landlords of Royal Clayton’s
and yet deliver a message in firepower few Steve Barker will officially fly the Spit (not English Pub in downtown LA.
could touch! able to make our interview) followed closely In 1985 this Spitfire was purchased by
As a wee laddie growing up during WWII by David Baker, another grateful alumni of David Price and shipped to Santa Monica
and is now on loan and been rebuilt by this tional! His chef Lalo takes pride in entering 45; Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) 63.
one of my earliest memories was my father the Air Training Corp (ATC) with 52 years as competitions, and with brother Tito they do Just had a pleasant conversation with
taking me to RAF Station Ternhill , Shropshire a professional pilot with over 26,000 flying dedicated bunch. This plane can be viewed at
the CAF (Commemorative Air Force) South- themselves proud with presentation. Check Deputy Consul General (LA) David Wild to
for an air show. My early years were spent hours on 129 different types of aircraft, the out the website www.royalclaytonsenglish- get the word out for the Ashes Cricket match
growing up in Newcastle-Under-Lyme. Dad Spitfire will be #130. ern California Wing Museum at Camarillo
Airport (805) 482-0064. We’re all anxious to pub.com to see for yourself what we’re September 26 at Woodley Park and to let us
was a modeler/designer for Royal Dalton Both of our fathers were with the RAF talking about. The staff and customers are de- know he’s been posted to Beijing China leav-
Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent. Bomber command and both of us got the see her fly again after seven years.
lightful and made us feel extremely welcome. ing October. What a contrast LA to Beijing!
How would those Fly-boy RAF types ever Bob went so far as to say “Tony is a good guy David and family have been with us for awhile
have survived without their village pub? and Elizabeth is even better.” Bob has been and are a delight and have served the com-
Driving up in their MG sports car which is coming into the pub for the last four years and munity well. We will miss them enormously
probably why anywhere in the world you’ll even has his own stool staked out. and wish them the best in the future.
find a British pub from Gibraltar to New Delia, Some English and many Artsy (well it is PS. The Spitfire MK XIV finally flew August
from Antigua to downtown LA! the Arts district) fill the place. It reminds me 18 and again on the 21st at the Camarillo Air
Did I say downtown LA? Yes, and that of Greenwich Village. Sunday lunches are a Show. It was a quick last minute decision
should please the airline crews who often specialty. They even sport a cricket team. and it was flown by the chief pilot, Colonial
get hotel accommodations there. A quick We highly recommend visiting this pub (213) American Steve Barber, after six years of
taxi ride will take them to the most guarded 622-0512. 1855 Industrial St in LA 90021, restoration and I missed it! But I caught up
secret in California: Royal Clayton’s English near the Interstate-10. with Steve and asked how it flew? “Lovely,”
Pub. A magnificent Pub in the heart of the An Industry note: our pal Nigel Lythgoe he stated. “We had looked all over the world
Arts district of LA (one of 16 districts). The has jumped back into the fray and regained for parts. What an accomplishment! We’ll fly
landlord Tony Gower, previously owned the the show American Idol as executive produc- it again next week and I’ll call you personally
Derby and wife Elizabeth formerly of The er. We love Nigel. He’s a great Brit. We’re be- and invite you.” As it stood alone on the
Hollywood Athletic Club transformed a toy hind him 100 percent. Celebrating birthdays tarmac surrounded by vintage aircraft, it
manufacturing building into what can best this month: Peter O’Toole 78; JK Rowlings looked magnificent!
be described as a true English pub.
When you walk into the Royal Clayton’s,
you are immediately struck by the juxtaposed
beauty of this gritty yet glamorous pub with
a crowd to match. Part of the pub’s allure
Caf crew members: Robert Seeger, Hullbridge; Ernest Acosta, Moorpark; is its stunningly raw, original 19th Century
Dave Spence, Harrow Middlex; Alan Gaynor, Dublin; Colin Bedding, Architectural form and decor. Cement floors
Chrystal Palace; Les Bedding, Chrystal Palace; and David Baker, London. and gutted ceilings are set off by an 11ft
tall Gothic Mirror and
200-year-old doors
that create a textured
canvas for the Tudor
Era paintings that adorn
the bar like a crown
jewel. Where else can
you go and have a pint
with King Henry VIII?
Elizabeth convinced
Tony that this was
where they needed to
be, as the Arts district
is the up and coming
area of LA. There’s a
French cafe across the
street, many little the-
atres down the street,
reasonable parking
around the corner, and
many lofts being sold
lately to the East Coast
folks that are discov-
ering LA and wanting
their piece of the good
life in sunny Southern
California, especially
with a neighborhood
pub to call their own.
The food is excep-
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For upcoming British events in the Los
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renowned Ted Heath He was 99.
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pint and killer burger on the patio or their great whole family, noon at Woodley Park in Van a man who “likes to keep himself to jazz band before lead-
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experience their outstanding Ploughman’s at Liberty Station, 9am-3pm on October 3. ers who identified with the behavior a cast of Jim Henson puppets and celebrity Lions in 1950 and New Zealand’s second
Lunch. We were astonished at the size and More about the San Diego British Car Day on- described could be offended by the im- human guest stars. test against Australia in 1955.
presentation of the meal. Clayton’s is definitely line at: http://sandiegobritishcarday.org/ plication that it was suspicious.
a neighborhood Pub complete with mascots 9, 10: Last but not least is Seaside Scot-
tish Festival held every second weekend
“We also considered that some listen- Lennon’s Loo Fetches $14,744 At Auction
Henry and Etta. Their motto: Beauty is in the ers might be offended by the suggestion
A TOILET used by John Lennon has
eye of the beer holder! (212) 622-0512. of October at Ventura County Fairgrounds that they report members of their com- 1969 and 1972.
along Hwy 101 in Ventura, beside the sold for £9,500 – nearly 10 times its guide Auction organizer Stephen Bailey
11-12: Shaver Lake Renaissance Faire munity for acting in the way described,”
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~ This paper reaches the British community in all parts of Florida and, of course, the US ~
enthusiasts are invited to BRIT BASH, the sold-out performances in London, Sydney,
annual celebration of British motorcars and and Amsterdam. LFO premiered in London
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HEALTH INSURANCE
Deaths Dropped Most In UK survived the rules and rituals of a stiff British
boarding school and became a man just
before the Second World War. Fittingly, this
FOR BRITS ACROSS USA
THE RATE at which women died from from breast cancer dropped by 10 to is where Boy ends and Going Solo begins. In
breast cancer dropped faster in Britain 16 percent. In the UK, it fell by more Going Solo we follow Dahl during his travels
than in any other major European than 30 percent. The authors said the into Africa then join him on his RAF flight
AND FOR FLORIDA BRITS! Very affordable health country during the last two decades, decreasing death rates could be due to missions during World War II. Although he
according to new research. wider breast cancer screening and more came across some very tricky situations;
savings account plan (HSA) MEDICARE targeted treatments.
NEW!
In previous studies, Britain has often encounters with tigers and do or die aviation
ranked last among Western Europe for pursuits with the German Luftwaffa, to name
Plan for
Older Brits
Very Affordable Health Insurance cancer survival rates. The UK does not
spend as much money on new cancer
In an accompanying commentary,
Valerie Beral and Richard Peto of the
University of Oxford wrote that incom-
a few, Dahl tells these stories in such a way
that salutes the vitality of youth and captures
Age 70-80
— Ask Us! Plans for Brits Relocating to USA! Member
drugs or other treatments as other coun-
tries including France and Germany.
In a study published online in the
plete records may have led to previously
“misleading claims about the supposed
inferiority of UK cancer treatment.”
the thrill and fear one is faced with when set-
ting off into the unknown world for the first
time alone. Dahl’s joie de vivre is contagious,
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EURO & DOMESTIC in which they fell behind just
CUPS RESULTS,
FIXTURES & DRAWS
premiership before halftime. He headed
home a Joey Barton free kick to
atone for a miss late in the first LEAGUE
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
(To be played
September 14/15,
28/29, October 19/20,
GROUP C
Man United
Valencia
GROUP F
Chelsea
Marseille
roundupBy Ridge Mahoney after a foul by Johnson and Blake struck 10
half, when he blasted over the
bar from eight yards out. Carroll’s hat trick
and a pair of goals by Kevin Nolan propelled
City to a 6-0 smashing of Aston Villa, with
TABLES ASofOFSeptember
As AUGUST 282
November 2/3, 23/24
& December 7/8)
Rangers
Bursaspor
Spartak Moscow
MSK Zilina Arsenal – Goals by Theo Wal- minutes later with a free kick. Johan Elmander Barton’s goal starting the onslaught in the
GROUP D cott and Andrei Arshavin pro- two second-half goals tacked onto a West 12th minute.
GROUP A GROUP G
Ham own goal brought Wanderers a 3-1 BARCLAYS PREMIER
Inter Milan Barcelona AC Milan
vided the Gunners a 2-1 victory
Werder Bremen Panathinaikos Real Madrid
at Ewood Park. Walcott polished road victory. Stoke City – Abdoulaye Faye’s Chelsea
P
3
W
3
D
0
L F A Pts GD
0 14 0 9 +14
Tottenham FC Copenhagen Ajax
FC Twente Rubin Kazan Auxerre off a ball from Robin Van Persie and after Chelsea – Frank Lampard goal 10 minutes into the second Arsenal 3 2 1 0 9 2 7 +7
Man Utd 3 2 1 0 8 2 7 +6
GROUP B GROUP E GROUP H Blackburn equalized, Arshavin poked home a failed to convert an early penalty half cut a 2-0 deficit at Wolver- Aston Villa 3 2 0 1 4 6 6 -2
Lyon Bayern Munich Arsenal
Cesc Fabregas shot that had been deflected. but Didier Drogba scored from the hampton in half, but that’s all the Bolton 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 +2
Birmingham 3 1 2 0 6 5 5 +1
Benfica
Schalke
Roma
Basle
Shakhtar Donetsk
Braga Van Persie left in the 34th minute with a knee spot late to clinch a 2-0 defeat of Potters could muster in a 2-1 loss. Ricardo Wolves 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 +1
Hapoel Tel Aviv CFR Cluj Partizan injury and was replaced by Marouane Cha- Stoke City. Florent Malouda struck the winner Fuller equalized six minutes after Spurs had Newcastle 3 1 1 1 7 4 4 +3
Man City 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 +2
makh. Walcott spaced a hat trick in-between in the 32nd minute to give Chelsea maximum taken a 1-0 lead at Britannia Stadium, but Sunderland 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 0
EUROPA CUP five minutes later Stoke conceded again and Tottenham 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 0
Play-off 2nd leg goals by Arshavin, Abou Diaby, and Chamakh points from their first three matches. Nicolas Blackpool 3 1 1 1 6 8 4 -2
AEK Athens 1, Dundee Utd 1 (Agg: AEK 2-1) in a 6-0 pummeling of Blackpool. An own Anelka and Salamon Kalou each scored twice never caught up again. Liverpool 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 -2
Aston Villa 2, Rapid Vienna 3 (Agg: Rapid Vienna 4-3) Fulham 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 0
FC Utrecht 4, Celtic 0 (Agg: FC Utrecht 4-2) goal in stoppage time brought Arsenal a 1-1 after Malouda broke open a goalless game in Sunderland – Darren Bent Blackburn 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 -1
Man City 2, FC Timisoara 0 (Agg: Man City 3-0) draw at Liverpool. a 6-0 trampling of Wigan. converted a penalty kick he’d
West Brom
Wigan
3
3
1
1
0
0
2 1 7 3 -6
2 1 10 3 -9
Motherwell 0, Odense BK 1 (Agg: Odense 3-1)
The New Saints FC 2, CSKA Sofia 2 (Agg: CSKA 5-2) Aston Villa – Caretaker manager Everton – Steven Pienaar hit won in stoppage time to down Everton
Stoke
3
3
0
0
1
0
2 1 3 1 -2
3 2 6 0 -4
Trabzonspor 1, Liverpool 2 (Agg: Liverpool 3-1) Kevin MacDonald boosted his case the crossbar with one of Everton’s Manchester City, 1-0. Celebra- West Ham 3 0 0 3 1 9 0 -8
EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW as a permanent replacement for 23 shots that failed to produce a tions were muted by an injury to Frazier
Martin O’Neill when Villa used a goal in a 1-0 loss at Aston Villa Campbell that prompted his substitution at NPOWER FOOTBALL LEAGUE
GROUP A GROUP E GROUP I
Juventus AZ Alkmaar PSV Eindhoven ninth-minute goal by Luke Young to beat that extended their winless start to the season halftime. A penalty kick by Bent and an own CHAMPIONSHIP
Man City
Salzburg
Dynamo Kiev
BATE Borisov
Sampdoria
Metalist Kharkiv
Everton, 1-0. John Carew headed the ball to three matches. They also piled up an 18-4 goal gave the Black Cats a 2-0 home lead QPR
P
4
W
3
D
1
L F
0 11
A Pts GD
2 10 +9
Lech Poznan Sheriff Debrecen into the path of Ashley Young, who relayed advantage in corner kicks. Tim Cahill scored over Birmingham they couldn’t hold, and Cardiff 4 3 1 0 9 2 10 +7
it for Luke Young to score his first Villa goal just before halftime but Everton surrendered Ipswich 4 3 1 0 8 3 10 +5
GROUP B GROUP F GROUP J settled for a 2-2 draw. Millwall 4 3 0 1 11 4 9 +7
Atletico Madrid CSKA Moscow Sevilla in nearly two years. Carew’s squandered a second-half goal to Wolverhampton, which Burnley 4 2 1 1 5 2 7 +3
Bayer Leverkusen
Rosenborg
Palermo Paris St Germain
Sparta Prague Borussia Dortmund
penalty kick in the 10th minute preceded a held on for a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. A Tottenham Hotspurs – Play- Leeds
Norwich
4
4
2
2
1
1
1 6
1 6
4 7 +2
4 7 +2
Aris Thessaloniki Lausanne Karparty Lviv battering by Newcastle in a 6-0 defeat. James bobble by keeper Tim Howard gifted Black- ing his first competitive match Coventry 4 2 1 1 7 6 7 +1
GROUP C GROUP G GROUP K Milner bade goodbye to Villa by scoring burn the goal by which they downed Everton, since suffering serious injuries in Doncaster
Barnsley
4
4
2
2
1
1
1 6
1 6
6 7
7 7 -1
0
Sporting Lisbon Zenit St Petersburg Liverpool the final goal of a 3-0 defeat of West Ham. 1-0, on the first day of play. a motorcycle accident, goalkeeper Scunthorpe 4 2 0 2 5 4 6 +1
Anderlecht Steaua Bucharest Swansea 4 2 0 2 5 4 6 +1
Lille
Levski Sofia AEK Athens Napoli Stewart Downing and Stiliyan Petrov hit goals Fulham – Dickson Etuhu’s goal Carlo Cuducini let a feeble shot Reading 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 0
Gent Hajduk Split Utrech in the first half. in the 87th minute earned the Cot- sneak under his body for the only Watford 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 0
Derby 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 -1
GROUP D GROUP H GROUP L
Birmingham – Roger Johnson tagers an away point at Blackpool, goal of a 1-0 loss at Wigan. Younes Kaboul Middlesbro 4 1 1 2 2 5 4 -3
Villarreal Stuttgart
Getafe
Porto|
Besiktas scored in the fourth minute and 2-2. Bobby Zamora’s strong head- could have snatched a point in stoppage Sheff Utd 4 1 1 2 2 5 4 -3
Club Brugge Hull 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 -4
Dinamo Zagreb Odense CSKA Sofia Craig Gardner tallied shortly after er from a Moussa Dembele cross provided time but he headed Niko Kranjcar’s free kick Nottm Forest 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 -1
PAOK Young Boys Rapid Vienna
halftime to build a 2-0 lead that was a 1-0 lead, but a John Pantsil own goal and wide of the net. A pair of goals by Gareth C Palace 4 1 0 3 4 8 3 -4
Preston 4 1 0 3 1 7 3 -6
CARLING CUP DRAW frittered away despite playing with subsequent score put them behind with 14 Bale 11 minutes apart earned Spurs a 2-1 Bristol C 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 -5
Third Round a man advantage. A foul by Johnson started minutes to play. Etutu ran onto another ball victory at Stoke. Leicester
Portsmouth
4
4
0
0
1
1
3 3
3 1
8 1 -5
6 1 -5
(To be played week of September 20)
Brentford v Everton; Portsmouth v Leicester; Bolton’s comeback with a penalty kick and from Mebele to lob the keeper for the tying West Bromwich Albion – After NPOWER FOOTBALL
Stoke v Fulham; Chelsea v Newcastle; the hosts scored again to claim a 2-2 draw. goal. Brede Hangeland scored for both teams, more than a goalless hour of soccer LEAGUE ONE
Aston Villa v Blackburn; Tottenham v Arsenal;
Millwall v Ipswich; Wolverhmptn W v Notts County; Two goals by Gardner 14 minutes apart and his goal for the Cottagers came just in at Anfield, West Brom fell behind P W D L F A Pts GD
Burnley v Bolton; Birmingham v MK Dons;
Liverpool v Northampton; Scunthorpe v Man United;
wiped out a 1-0 Blackburn lead and yielded time – the 89th minute – to salvage a 2-2 draw and in the final minutes lost James Sheff Wed 4 3 1 0 9 1 10 +8
West Brom v Man City; Sunderland v West Ham; a 2-1 win; his first goal, in the 57th minute, with Manchester United. Simon Davies had Morrison to a red card as well in a 1-0 defeat.
Peterborough
Carlisle
4
4
3
2
0
2
1 11 7 9 +4
0 8 3 8 +5
Peterborough v Swansea; Wigan v Preston came just three minutes after Rovers took the tied the game in the 57th minute. Recent signing Peter Odemwingie struck his Oldham 4 2 2 0 6 2 8 +4
lead. Scott Dann and Liam Ridgewell scored Bournemouth 4 2 1 1 11 5 7 +6
ACTIVE NATION SCOTTISH CUP DRAW Liverpool – Raul Meireles, first goal for his new club in the 81st minute Huddersfield 4 2 1 1 8 5 7 +3
First Round late goals 11 minutes apart in a courageous signed in the wake of Javier as Albion downed Sunderland, 1-0. Brighton 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 +1
Charlton 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 +1
(To be played September 25/26)
Golspie Sutherland v Fort William; Rothes v Nairn County; 2-2 draw at Sunderland. Mascherano’s move to Barce- Colchester 4 1 3 0 6 5 6 +1
Civil Service Strollers v Wigtown & Bladnoch; Edinburgh
City v Clachnacuddin; Glasgow University v Burntisland
Blackburn – Rovers equalized lona, debuted in a 1-0 defeat West Ham United – Carlton Walsall
MK Dons
4
3
2
2
0
0
2 6 6 6
1 5 6 6 -1
0
Shipyard; Beith v Linlithgow Rose; Coldstream v Forres against Arsenal when Christo- of West Bromwich Albion. Fer- Cole failed to convert a penalty Rochdale 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 +1
Mechanics; Fraserburgh v St Cuthbert Wanderers;
Hawick Royal Albert v Dalbeattie Star; Newton Stewart v
pher Samba’s outlet pass sent nando Torres scored his first Premier League and Mark Noble stuck one away Hartlepool
Southampton
4
3
1
1
2
1
1 4 7 5 -3
1 5 2 4 +3
Preston Athletic; Edinburgh University v Brora Rangers; El-Hadji Diouf free to square a goal since late March when he worked a in a 3-1 home loss to Bolton. Matt Leyton Orient 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 0
Deveronvale v Inverurie Loco Works; Lossiemouth v
Whitehill Welfare; Vale of Leithen v Keith; Huntly v Girvan; ball that Mame Diouf drove into the net, but one-two with Dirk Kuyt and nailed a first-time Upson started the scoring early in the second Yeovil
Plymouth
4
4
1
1
1
1
2 3 5 4 -2
2 3 6 4 -3
Selkirk v Bo’ness United; Gala Fairydean v Sunnybank Blackburn conceded another goal to lose at shot in the 65th minute. David Ngog ran onto a half with an own goal for the visitors. Noble’s Notts Co 4 1 1 2 4 9 4 -5
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THE speedy Welsh winger, Zealand, South Africa and Samoa:
ICC Promises Prompt Action Mark Jones, has been forced
to retire following a long battle
three victories in a row here seem
highly unlikely.
Over Fixing Allegations to return from a knee injury
sustained in the Welsh train-
France coach Marc Lievre-
mont slammed his side in the
ing camp last November. The wake of a “nightmare” 41-13
By Stuart Condie 30-year-old was an automatic loss to Argentina in Buenos Aires
By John Polley
THE INTERNATIONAL Cricket Coun- allegations of this sort.” choice for Wales over many late in June. “It’s desolation,”
cil has promised to take “prompt and Pakistan cricket is in crisis after years, winning 47 caps and scoring 13 Lievremont said. “I don’t know how we could
decisive action” against any Pakistan British police started investigating al- tries. sink so badly.”
Compiled by Larry Gardner
player found guilty of fixing or manipu- legations by a British tabloid that two of He will stay with his beloved Llanelli The Pumas’ losses to Scotland came
lating matches. its players deliberately bowled no-balls Scarlets side as a coach. Alongside him after a spectacular slide from grace since
BRITISH GOLD IN SPAIN The ICC said last month that its Anti- against England last month in exchange will be Simon Easterby, 35, another man their brilliant achievements in the 2007
THE European Athletic Championships in Corruption and Security Unit is investi- for money. forced out with a knee injury. He too has World Cup. They have won just four of their
Barcelona, July 27–August 1, exposed the gating newspaper allegations that fixing Individuals in illegal betting hubs al- been a Scarlets’ stalwart, on top of winning fourteen Tests since then and have only
extent and world class quality of the British is endemic in Pakistan matches up to and legedly have that information passed on 65 caps for Ireland and touring as a Lion scored six tries in their last dozen games.
athlete and the expectation that exists for the including its current tour of England. to them so they can bet on a sure thing. in 2005 when he deputised for the injured No wonder the French were gutted.
approaching 2012 London Olympics. Britain’s “The integrity of the game is of para- There is no suggestion that the players’ Lawrence Dallaglio. Lewis Moody became only the second
medal count of six gold, seven silver and six mount importance,” ICC chief executive actions affected the scale of Pakistan’s Warren Gatland revealed last month that man, after Martin Johnson in 2003, to captain
bronze put them third in the medal table behind Haroon Lorgat said. “Prompt and deci- defeat – its heaviest in 58 years of test he had received offers elsewhere though he is England to a Test match victory over the Walla-
Russia and France, giving them their best ever sive action will be taken against those who cricket – any player found guilty of col- contracted to take Wales to next year’s World bies on Australian soil in June after taking over
performance at the Euros. Mo Farah scored seek to harm it. luding with bookmakers to manipulate Cup. His departure would be a real blow for the leadership role from Steve Borthwick, who
double gold in the 10,000m (Chris Thompson “However, the facts must first be estab- the result could be banned for life. Wales who have moved to extend his contract missed the tour with a knee injury. Johnson,
silver) and the 5,000m. Triple-jumper Phillips lished through a thorough investigation Pakistan lost the series 3-1 after going for two more years. the England manager, has refused to confirm
Idowu and world heptathlon champion Jessica and it is important to respect the right down by an innings and 225 runs in the “We went out to find the best possible Moody as a permanent successor to Borth-
Ennis took gold, as did Andy Turner in the of due process when addressing serious last match. coach in the world three years ago and War- wick, who was a surprise omission from the
110m hurdles and Dai Greene in the 400m ren has done a good job,” said Welsh Rugby elite player squad for next season.
hurdles, with a silver for Rhys Williams. There tish power in the less prestigious Europa Union chairman David Pickering. “He is a guy But although Moody, who played his first
were silvers for Mark Lewis-Francis (100m) League. who brings great stability with him, which is game for his new club, Bath, against Ulster
Michael Rimmer (800m) Christian Malcolm SOCCER Celtic made a £2m for the previous very important to us.” in August, lacks experience of captaincy, the
season, when it reached the Champions At 28 Gavin Henson’s international ca- 32 year-old believes he has now established
shorts
(200m) the Men’s 4x400m relay squad, while
Michael Bingham grabbed silver in the 400m League group stage and won Scotland’s reer is over. The double Wales Grand Slam his credentials to do the job for England on a
with Martyn Rooney just behind for the bronze. League Cup. winner has not put in an appearance at the longer-term basis.
There were bronze medals for Jenny Mead- Celtic is listed on London Stock Ex- Ospreys since March 2009. He has appar- “Yeah, I feel I can do it,” Moody said. “I
ows (800m) Perri Shakes-Drayton (400m Celtic Manager Calls For change’s AIM market, its international market ently agreed to feature in the next series of feel confident that in the three games I have
hurdles) Martyn Bernard (high jump) and the Winter Break for smaller growing companies. BBC’s popular celebrity show, Strictly Come captained England, I have grown in experience
women’s 4x400m relay team. CELTIC manager Neil Lennon says the re- Dancing. A pathetic end to what promised to each time and I will keep doing that if I am
PAKISTAN IN ENGLAND introduction of a midseason winter break to Blatter Eager To See Younger be a glittering career. given the chance.
England won their first Test encounter Scottish football would benefit players and FIFA Referees Simon Taylor last played for Scotland in Billy Whizz aka Jason Robinson is set to
with Pakistan at Trent Bridge by 354 runs, help combat exhaustion. the 2009 Six Nations but ruled himself out of return to first-class rugby. He retired from
that witnessed James Anderson claim 10 FIFA PRESIDENT Sepp Blatter believes top last year’s autumn internationals. Coach Andy the international scene back in 2007 and
The lack of a break has been cited by fig- international referees should be younger.
wickets. England 354 (Eoin Morgan 130) and ures including England coach Fabio Capello, Robinson is taking a careful look at Taylor’s has since been coaching at Sale. Now he
262 (Matt Prior 102 not out)-9 dec. Pakistan Blatter said in an interview posted on the self-imposed exile from the top side.
former England coach Sven-Goran Eriks- German soccer federation’s website last turns out for Lancashire second division
182 and 80. son and Manchester United manager Alex Scotland enter this year’s autumn pro- side, Fylde. Here he will be joining up with
At Edgbaston, England won by nine wickets month that a plan regarding top referees will gramme on a bit of a roll, having won their ex-England coach Brian Ashton who is a
Ferguson as a reason for British football’s be released in October or November and
on the fourth day. England 251 and 118-1 continued failure to match the international last three games – against Ireland in March consultant for the side.
dec. Pakistan 72 and 296. Pakistan thrust “there will be a rejuvenation.” and twice against Argentina in the summer.
achievements of Spain, Germany, France FIFA has a mandatory retirement age of 45 Ashton says, “He’s a freak of rugby. I’m
themselves back into contention in the third and the Netherlands. Taylor might seem to be supernumerary to
test at the Oval, beating England by four The Scottish Premier League had a winter
for referees. Blatter did not give any details of requirements but a shoulder injury to No 8 Jon- only sorry I’m not 40 years younger to play
wickets in four days. break for three seasons from 1998-99 to
what changes might be made. nie Beattie has left the Scots rather thin ahead alongside him.”
England 233 and 222 (Alistair Cook 110). The World Cup’s two most-criticized of their November fixtures. They will face New john.polley1@ntlworld.com
2000-01 before abandoning the experi- refereeing decisions – the failure to award
Pakistan 308 and 148-6 at close. ment.
The fourth and final Test was scheduled, Lennon said last month he’d “be in favor of
England a goal for a shot by Frank Lampard
that crossed Germany’s line, and a goal Britain In Fight For 2012 Olympics Basketball Spot
August 26-30, and will decide the series. a winter break” and that, having experienced
THE COUNTY GAME awarded to Argentina ever though scorer BASKETBALL’S top official says Britain FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann
it as a player with Celtic, he found it “very Carlos Tevez was offside when he received needs to make progress on and off the said last month that qualifying is a basic
The county championship mid-August was beneficial.”
a tight challenge with just five points separating the ball – involved referees in their 40s. court to earn places at the 2012 London requirement to show Britain deserves an
the top three clubs. Nottinghamshire with five CAS Upholds FIFA Rule On Olympics. Olympic entry traditionally given to the
Led by Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng, host nation.
wins from eleven games lead the table with Ireland Eligibility Injury-Scam Britain’s men defeated Hungary 91-82 last Baumann says organization of basketball
154pts, Somerset (152pts) and Yorkshire SPORT’S HIGHEST court has upheld a FIFA month to make a winning start in qualifica- in Britain is “simply lacking.”
(149pts) are close behind with four wins from ruling allowing players born in Northern Rugby Doctor tion for the 2011 European Championship. FIBA wants Britain to develop a more
twelve matches. Glamorgan beat Worcester- Ireland to play international soccer for the competitive league and enter better clubs in
shire by 241 runs, going seven victories from Republic of Ireland. Gets Warning NBA Games In London European events.
twelve games to lead Division Two by 177pts. The Court of Arbitration for Sport last THE DOCTOR who cut a rugby It will decide on Olympic entries for
Just a point distant was Surrey with six wins month dismissed an appeal by the Northern player’s lip as part of an injury cover- TICKETS have gone on sale for the first
Britain’s men and women next year.
from twelve games. Ireland federation, which claimed Ireland up will have a formal warning over regular-season NBA games in Europe.
The final of the Friend’s Provident Twenty20 “poached” teenage forward Daniel Kearns. her conduct attached to her record The New Jersey Nets and Toronto Rap-
championship at the Rose Bowl, August 14, He was born in Belfast and played youth for five years. tors will play a pair of games at the O2
saw Hampshire claim the trophy after both international matches for Northern Ireland. A General Medical Council disci- Arena in London on March 4-5. The NBA
teams had finished with 173 runs a piece. Of- CAS upheld FIFA’s decision that Kearns plinary panel said last month that the is planning a week of activities across
ficials gave the decision to Hampshire because had dual nationality and could choose which warning, which will be available to Britain, including basketball clinics and
they had lost fewer wickets. Somerset 173-6 team to represent. anyone seeking to employ Dr Wendy 3-on-3 competitions.
at 20 overs. Hampshire 173-5 at 20 overs. FIFA’s rules allow players with dual Chapman, is “in the public interest.” Nets guard Devin Harris says “everyone
The semi-finals were also played on the eligibility to switch sides before they play a Chapman has been cleared to involved in bringing the games to London
same day, same place, prior to the final. competitive senior international match. resume practicing medicine despite is excited about playing in one of the
Hampshire beat Essex by six wickets. Essex cutting Harlequins winger Tom Wil- world’s great cities.”
156-7 at 20 overs. Hampshire 157-4 at close. Celtic Loses Money After liams to mask his use of a fake blood The NBA has been playing preseason
Somerset beat Nottinghamshire by three Missing Champions League capsule to allow a replacement to be games in London for several years. The
runs after the D/L method decided the match CELTIC HAS reported pretax losses of brought on in a 2009 Heineken Cup Los Angeles Lakers will face the Min-
because of rain. Somerset 182-5 at 20 overs. £2.13m for last season after failing to reach quarterfinal. nesota Timberwolves on October 4 in
Notts 117-4. the lucrative Champions League or win any Williams’ supposed injury meant a this year’s.
ROSS FISHER SLAMS COURSE trophies. specialist goal kicker could come on to
RECORD, McIIROY IN CONTENTION Celtic’s turnover dropped 15 percent for the pitch for Harlequins in the closing
A powerful record breaking 10 under 61,
in the second round of the Irish Open put
the year ending June 30 aand bank debt
increased almost fourfold to £5.85m after
minutes of the match against Leinster,
which held on to win 6-5.
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