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Vol. 27 No. 11 February 2010

Britain on course for its THE HEADLINES

Britain coldest winter in 30 years Brits Overlooked At
Counts By Jane Wardell

BRITAIN is beginning to count the economic

Globe Awards

Cost Of cost of its longest cold snap in 30 years as

vegetable crops are spoiled, workers remain
trapped at home and shoppers stay away
Big from the traditional January sales.
With temperatures hovering PRICES

Freeze just above freezing in most of

the country during December
and into January, the Federa-
tion of Small Businesses esti-
mated that the final bill for the
stretch of bad weather could
top £13bn.
PANIC
There were also reports of
panic buying of grocery staples
and warnings of higher food
prices because of blighted har-
vests and delayed deliveries,
despite reassurances from ma-
jor retailers of adequate stock
levels.
Some smaller supermarkets
reported running out of essen-
tials, including bread, milk and
salt. Brisk sales were reported
for goods such as soup, por-
ridge, stewing meat and salt
– used to grit icy pavements
and roads.
“Our members have had a
run on vegetables and food,”
said Stephen Alambritis, chief
spokesman for the Federation
of Small Businesses. “The re-
placements have been thin on
Photo: NASA/GSFC, MODIS Rapid Response the ground.”
Tony Blair’s
Prince William Attracts NZ Crowd
PRINCE WILLIAM showed that Britain’s
monarchy still has pulling power in New
Communications
Zealand when he was greeted by crowds
eight-deep last month as he arrived to open
Chief Testifies
the country’s new Supreme Court building
in the capital, Wellington. On Saddam
“We love you William” a young woman
called as the second in line to the British
throne was draped in a traditional chiefly
Maori cloak before facing bare-chested
warriors – in a traditional challenge to
visitors. Chiefs of the local Te Atiawa
BRING NEW Alastair
Campbell tifying
“There is concern that farm-
ers have not been able to bring
the harvest in for such items as
potatoes, sprouts and cabbages,
which reduces the amount avail-
able to stores – and pushes up
prices,” he added.
In Ireland, a major vegetable
exporter to Britain, the big
freeze had already destroyed
£13.5m worth of potatoes and
other produce, according to
the Irish Farmers’ Association,
which estimates at least 75
percent of crops will be lost to
frost damage.
With roads still icy and train
services still running under
capacity in Britain, the bad
weather was also keeping shop-
pers away from the traditional
January sales.
The number of shoppers
entering stores in early January,
when blizzards swept across
many parts of the country, was
down 30 percent on last year,
according to market research
firm Synovate.
Some areas of the country
Continued on page 6
FORMER Prime Min-
ister Tony’s Blair’s
communications chief
denied last month that
a special dossier was
tailored to exagger-
ate Saddam Hussein’s
military strength, tes-
before a Brit-
Ricky Gervais hosting and
hoisting a pint at the 67th
Annual Golden Globe Awards
last month. © HFPA
See Page 11 for full story
UK Raises Its Terror
Threat Level To ‘Severe’
BRITAIN raised its terror threat
alert to the second-highest level last
month, one of several recent moves
the country has made to increase vigi-
lance against international terrorists
after the Christmas Day bombing
attempt on a Europe-US flight.
The threat level was raised from
“substantial” – where it had stood
since July to indicate a strong pos-
sibility of a terrorist attack – to
“severe,” meaning such an attack is
considered highly likely.
In making the announcement,
Home Secretary Alan Johnson said
the raised security level means that
Britain is heightening its vigilance.
But he stressed that there was no
intelligence suggesting an attack is
imminent.
“The highest security alert is
‘critical,’ and that means an attack
Continued on page 6
UK Bans Controversial
Islamist Group
By Raphael G Satter
THE GOVERN-
MENT banned
an Islamist group
whose proposed
protest march
through a town
known for honor-
ing British soldiers

CUSTOMERS TO
ish inquiry that no one killed in Afghani-
ordered him to make the case for the stan drew national Anjem
2003 war. outrage. Choudary, Bakri

YOUR BUSINESS!
Alastair Campbell is facing questions The group, Islam4UK, were
about whether he “sexed up” the infamous banned beginning last month, said
intelligence dossier that outlined Britain’s Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The
Britain’s Prince William, right, shares a traditional “hongi” greeting with
Advertise in the next Maori elder Sam Jackson upon his arrival to officially open New Zealand’s
rationale for war with Iraq – making
Saddam Hussein’s weapons arsenal seem
move will allow authorities to arrest
people who meet in the group’s name
Supreme Court, in Wellington, New Zealand.
issue of the Union Jack! tribe greeted him with a traditional press- for two hours to shake the prince’s hand
more dangerous than it was.
Campbell, who was Blair’s chief com-
and seize its assets.
Islam4UK reacted with outrage.
ing of noses ahead of a ceremony to open and chat briefly with the young royal, munications strategist from Blair’s start in Omar Bakri Mohamed, a Lebanon-

Call: the building. the eldest son of the late Princess Diana,
Protesters who want to abolish the to a background barrage of chanting,
British monarch’s role as New Zealand’s whistle-blowing and loud banging from
1997 until August 2003, said he was pres-
ent at many key meetings, but did not shape
the policy that dictated the outcome.
based cleric who serves as the group’s
spiritual leader, claimed that the ban
could push some of his members to
1-800-262-7305 symbolic head of state and Justice Depart- protesters.
ment employees demanding higher wages In his speech opening the building, the
“At no point did anyone from (prime
minister) or anyone on down say to the
violence.
The government’s decision comes

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staged noisy street protests but Prince prince noted the dire emergency in Haiti intelligence services, look, you have to after Islam4UK drew national out-
William was unfazed, later shaking hands following last month’s deadly earthquake, tailor this case,” he told the panel. Continued on page 6
with some of the protesters during a public noting “how much the people of Haiti are He said Britain’s intelligence chiefs

Information walkabout to meet wellwishers. in our thoughts and prayers at this terrible
The 27-year-old prince was acting as time.”
representative of his grandmother, Queen The South Pacific country’s Supreme
were content with the dossier and that the
facts were not overstated.
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ujnews@ujnews.com performing a string of other duties during period of nearly 150 years when its final
his three-day visit. appellate court was Britain’s Privy Coun-
figures from Blair’s inner circle to give
his version of events to the Iraq Inquiry,
Excited royal watchers stood in hot sun cil, based in London. Continued on page 6 at press time
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in the past month . . .

UK Christmas Sales Strong
As Grocers Gain
SHOPPERS in Britain shrugged off the
Kudos For Delivery Of Badly-
Scottish Post Office Gets an early morning phone call from the police A spokeswoman for the Met said that the
Addressed Letter
TODAY’S demanded they take the photos to the local
police station with an explanation. But Helen
White, 41, holidaying with her two children
‘paperwork home’ set up on one desk by
mice consisted of ‘paperwork that did not
relate to operational police matters’.

worst recession in a generation and braved
a snowy cold snap to go on their biggest
pre-Christmas spending spree in four years,
the British Retail Consortium reported last
month.
The group said that December sales were
better than retailers had “dared hope for,”
but warned that renewed concerns about
tax rises and job losses likely meant that the
spending flurry was a temporary respite in
Britain’s difficult economic recovery.
There is also growing evidence of a diver-
gence in the sector, with sellers of staples
like groceries reporting solid earnings as
more specialist retailers struggle.
Tesco PLC, the country’s largest retailer
and biggest grocer, posted its strongest
sales growth in three years in December, but
computer games group Game PLC reported
a big drop in sales and lowered its full-year
profit forecast.
The cold weather also boosted demand
for warm clothing and supported Internet
sales as snowed-in shoppers bought goods
online.
This Cow Could, Possibly,
‘Jump Over The Moon’
WHEN A resident of Blagdon, Somerset,
arrived home to find the tiles on his roof
broken and damaged she called the police
suspecting a burglary had taken place. Noth-
ing appeared to have been taken and the
inside had not been disturbed. A high school
student living next door would resolve the
mystery however, when he explained he had
heard a loud noise and looking out from his
window saw a cow on the neighbour’s roof.
William de Cothi,17, brought the whole family
to witness the strange event and then took
a photo of the cow in position. The bovine
eventually tired of its lofty perch and jumped
back in to the neighbouring field, leaving the
roof in serious need of repair. Local farmers
could not verify whether a cow could jump
six foot like this one did, but a photograph
by the teenager proves one of them has a
jumper in the herd.
A spokesman for the Somerset police,
remarked that the photograph proved it was
not a burglary and they would delete their
Owner Unhappy At Police
former conclusion from the records.
Shooting Of Stray Pet Deer
Edwina The Duck Capitulates HEART-BROKEN Tracey Steniford of Pilton, driver who ran over a female pedestrian in
After 22 Happy Years Devon, is still upset over the heavy-hand- Llanelli. Amazingly after making apologies
A 22-YEAR-old Mallard duck, thought to be
the oldest living duck in Britain has died.
THE SCOTTISH post office showed their
mettle when they delivered a Christmas
card with an incredibly obscure address.
Addressed “to Mr Bill and Mrs Evelyn (sorry
don’t know their surnames) little house op-
posite Heylipol Church.” It ended up at the
Glasgow Mail Centre, where investigators
began tracing its destination. A search for the
Heylipol Church revealed it was on the island
of Tiree in the inner Hebrides, just north of
Mull. The mystery letter was then success-
fully delivered to Bill and Evelyn O’Flynn.
It had been sent by a neighbour, Angela
Sutherland, living some three miles away
who remains highly embarrassed over the
attention her badly addressed mail received.
She admitted she had spent Christmas, on
the mainland and with all the travel arrange-
ments and gifts involved, she had not been
paying attention with the correct address on
the Christmas card.
“I was so happy to get the card,” said
O’Flynn, who acknowledged that it was a
recent friendship and she would not have
known our last names.
Amputee Soldier Wins
British Skydiving Title
A SOLDIER who lost both legs in a terrorist
booby trap in Northern Ireland in 1992, has
been named British Skydiver of the year.
Alistair Hodgson,39, of Milnthorpe, Cum-
bria, was in such excruciating pain at the
time of his injury he begged his comrades
to shoot him. Skin grafts and a series of
operations followed by years of rehabilita-
tion saw the 39-year-old former member of
the Parachute Regiment, take up skydiving
some ten years ago. He called it, “the most
fantastic thing I’d ever done.” The British
Parachute Association presented him with
the Taz Causer award. The double amputee
and his wife Pixie, have held the national
freestyle skydiving championship for the
last two years and are looking towards the
world championships in Russia, scheduled
for next August.
“It’s a massive playground,” said Hodg-
son. “To fly across the sky and feel power,
speed and freedom.”
Apologetic Driver Then Drives
Over Victim’s Foot
DYFED-POWYS police are looking for a
edness of local police who killed a deer she
had raised as fawn.
BRITAIN
BY LARRY GARDNER
way. A police spokesman said it was their
only option, and a tranquilizer dart takes five
to six minutes to take affect, in which time,
there could have been a monster pile up.
Steniford remains unconvinced.”
“It was a Sunday,” she said. “There
wouldn’t have been too much traffic.”
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Portrait Could Be ‘Bonnie
Prince Henry’
THE SCOTTISH National Portrait Gallery
is proud of its five foot pastel of Bonnie
Prince Charlie, but experts suspect that it is
not the “Young Pretender,” after all, but his
brother, Henry Benedict Stuart. The pastel
by Maurice Quentin la Tour was completed
in 1747, two years after the Jacobite cause
ended at Culloden. The sitter is majestically
clad in armour looking almost victorious.
The portrait has been used as an authentic
likeness of Charles Edward Stuart, and the
gallery paid £22,000 for it in 1994.
It is now understood that la Tour painted
both brothers, and somewhere along the
way, maybe because of the armour, Scot-
land’s warrior prince got confused with his
younger brother. Henry Benedict Stuart, or
the Duke of York, as he had been christened,
had a lifetime career at the Vatican, and
became incredibly rich as a Cardinal with
estates all over the world. He showed little
interest in the British crown after his brother’s
defeat, devoting himself to a life in the
church. He died childless in 1807.
Dr Edward Corp, an authority on Stuart
history, from Toulouse University, had origi-
nally refuted the claim by Bendor Grosvener
of the London art dealers Phillip Mold, that
it was Henry and not Charles. But he later
changed his mind, while a recent article in
the British Art Journal confirmed that the
sitter had been wrongly identified.
and determining the woman was okay the
motorist drove off. Problem was, as she
and her brother Stephen, refused to interrupt
their scheduled leisure time and refused.
Police arrived at the campsite the following
day, where Stephen explained he had taken
some photos of various locomotives. He is
an enthusiastic train-spotter, but refused to
hand over the film and camera. When they
drove home the following day, a galaxy of
flashing lights emerged on the highway and
the family were pulled over by police, once
again requesting the photos. They refused
again. The police eventually arrived at the
family home and the whole thing was finally
sorted out with the decision that the Whites
were not a terrorist threat.
“This has totally ruined the holiday,” said
Stephen White.
“Just because I’m a bit of a train geek.”
It’s been a few months since the incident,
but the Whites reckon it’s one holiday they
won’t forget in a hurry and they won’t be
considering vacations back to Pembroke-
shire anytime soon.
Eric Feeling Blue Over Newly-
Painted Blue House
ERIC LAKE,64, certainly brightened up his
council bungalow when he painted it a fluo-
rescent blue, but the local council in Ruabon,
Wrexham, thinks it’s entirely inappropriate
and want it painted back to its original grey.
The Welshman was trying to liven the place
up for him and his wife Emily, who suffers
with arthritis agoraphobia and can’t get out
of the house. Eric is disabled, and admitted
life was depressing enough without putting
up with the flaking grey, exterior paintwork
of his home.
“The blue was suppose to bring a little
colour in to our lives,” he said.
Wrexham council are angry he did not ask
permission to repaint his house a different
colour, but it would have made no difference
anyway. Chief housing officer Andy Lewis
affirmed “The fluorescent blue colour was not
in keeping with neighbouring properties.”
Lake is ready to compromise however,
but complained, “Why does it have to be
grey?”
Untidy Policeman Harboured back to Ludovick and his daughter Mary.
Mouse Nest On His Desk
WHEN a police station reported a mouse capture, but never saw her again after his
infestation last month, exterminators were forced deportation.
called in, and found a mouse nest on an
officer’s desk.
“Some of the desks were so messy it
was a wonder anyone could find anything,”
said one officer.
“It got to the stage where mice drop-
pings were found on desks and that’s when
everyone thought ‘it’s time to do something
about our desks’.
“That’s when one guy found a mouse
nest in his paperwork. It’s fair to say he was
a little embarrassed.”
Big Bums And Thighs OK, But
Not Beer Bellies
A NEW health study by Oxford Univer-
sity suggests that large buttocks and heavy
thighs are a ultimate deterrent against heart
and metabolic diseases.
Hip and backside fat is instrumental in us-
ing the hormone adiponectin, which protects
the arteries, and aids blood sugar control and
cardiovascular problems.
The hormone soaks up treacherous fatty
acids and has an anti-flammatory element
thwarting artery clogging. While the re-
search supports large hips, buttocks, and
thighs, it sees rotund bellies as a dangerous
accoutrement to good health. The study
was published in the International Journal
of Obesity.
“Fat around the hips and thighs is good
for you,” said lead researcher Dr Konstan-
tinos Manopoulos. “But around the tummy
it is bad.”
Cherokee Nation Search Among
Clans For Scottish Ancestor
THE CHEROKEE Nation is sending a del-
egation to the next International Gathering
of The Clans, to uncover the mystery of a
celebrated ancestor named Ludovick Grant
of Clan Grant. The Scot was captured after
the battle of Prestonpans in 1715, during the
rebellion and instead of being hanged was
sent to America as an indentured servant.
After his time was served, he spent thirty
years amongst the Cherokee indians, taking
a common-law wife named Eughioote which
produced a daughter Mary. The daughter
married within the Cherokee nation, and
many of today’s tribe can trace their ancestry
The Scot had been married in Edinburgh to
Margaret Redwood, five years before his

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Ian Knight and Christine Christopher of The formerly abandoned animal was drove off she ran over the women’s foot. Pest controllers were called to an office in
Ringwood, Hampshire, rescued the former bottle-fed until it could fend for itself, though Police say they have little information to Kennington used by weapons and technol-
duckling many years ago after witnessing it it never strayed far form the Steniford farm. go on, but it was a blue car with a woman ogy experts at the Metropolitan Police after

being attacked by its siblings. They originally
called him Edward, but when he started lay-
ing eggs they changed the name to Edwina.
After some rehabilitation they attempted to
return the duckling to the wild, but it just
followed them home. She lived in the garden
and garage, where her morning began with
a breakfast of tea and toast.
The family is devastated. She did not like
the cold weather that enveloped Britain, over
Christmas, and the family admitted she was
The doe had strayed on to a dual-carriage
way. Devon & Cornwall Police with the aid
of North Devon Animal Ambulance monitored
the situation for some hours concerned that
the deer could cause a major accident on the
busy road. Finally, a police marksman shot
the animal in the cause of public safety.
Steniford does not understand why they
could not use a tranquilizer dart to subdue the
red deer, or close the road off for ten minutes
while the creature was ushered to a another
driver. The injured victim was transported to
a local hospital.
Train-Spotting Holiday-Maker
Tracked By Special Police
BRITAIN’S anti-terrorist squad was on the
ball recently, when it was brought to their
attention that a man with a camera was
taking photos of trains near an oil refinery
at Milford Haven. A CCTV camera picked up
the vehicle number plate of the occupants
YOU KNOW
reports of ‘mice everywhere’.
They found that a family of mice had
set up home in a pile of paperwork on one
police worker’s messy desk, reported the
Daily Telegraph.
An internal police report reminds workers a Brit who would
of the Met’s clear desk policy under which
desks should be cleared at the end of each Love a gift sub to
Union Jack
day so cleaners can do their jobs.
It states: “Employees came across a
number of mice at a police building.

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wobbling a bit. area. A spokesman for the NDAA regretted and they were identified as a family from “Action was taken to remove the mice
“It’s like losing one of the family,” said a the tragedy, but admitted the doe could have Lincolnshire. The family was on vacation from the premises and there have not been
very sad Ian Knight. caused carnage on the much traveled high- and staying at a nearby campsite, where any sighting of mice since.”
February 2010 ujnews.com
not become a ‘shadow king’ and is instead
determined to spend the next few years
developing his military career.
The 27-year-old prince has ruled out do-
ing anything that would undermine the role
of his father, the Prince of Wales, as heir to
the throne.
Prince William embarked on a five-day
visit to New Zealand and Australia on Janu-
ary 17, at the invitation of his grandmother,
the Queen.
William’s dream is to become a search
and rescue pilot, and royal aides said that
Winter – With A Vengeance he was “incredibly motivated” to achieve
this. He would develop his role in the royal
ALMOST all of Britain suffered from the Big Freeze last month, with temperatures family and would consolidate his charitable
commitments and other duties.
down to minus six degrees Centigrade in some areas, and with sleet, ice and CHARLES GOES GREENER
snow hampering all forms of transport. Prince Charles is planning to place solar
Walking was also a precarious business, and icy winds added to the wind-chill factor. panels on the roof of Clarence House in a bid
Apart from all that, it was quite cold as well. to generate his own electricity and heating.
I fell over in the snow twice – and my left Harbottle & Lewis, who act for the Queen and He has asked experts to look into how to fit
arm still aches, but is improving gradually. Prince Charles, has issued a warning to the the panels to the existing tiles without ruining
in the same regiment.
Philipps, 45, who lives and works in South
Kensington, said that the princes were “very
good company. I hope that I have captured
some of the brotherly banter that character-
ised the sittings,” she said.
It was, she added, a behind the scenes
glance at the human element of royal re-
sponsibility, and emphasised their brotherly
relationship. The National Portrait Gallery
director, Sandy Nairne, said: “The portrait
captures them formally dressed, but infor-
mally posed.”
The brothers are pictured in the library
of Clarence House, the home of the late
Queen Mother, which has been their official
residence since 2002.
LAST DITCH MOVE TO HALT
REVAMP
Campaigners have launched a final legal
bid to stop the removal of pavements from
Exhibition Road, Kensington.
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About 30 disability charities have applied
for a second High Court hearing to challenge
the legality of the plans, which will create a
single surface for pedestrians and cars.
Work was set to begin last month on the
removal of the kerbs to turn the road into a
“shared space”. But Guide Dogs, a charity
for the blind which is leading the campaign
group, claims that the plans by Kensington
and Chelsea council are “dangerous and
unlawful”.
The High Court has ruled that an applica-
tion for judicial review was “premature”, but
Guide Dogs hopes to reverse that decision.
FINALLY
The legendary Dr William Spooner has come
out with some choice quotes: “Was it you or
your brother who was killed in the war?” And:
“I want you to come to tea to meet Mr Casson.
“But I am Mr Casson.” “Come all the
same.”
squentinholmes@yahoo.co.uk

‘Beautiful People’ Website

Many people were stranded in their cars, photographer and to Rex Features, the agency the look of his Grade-II listed 180-year-old
on trains and at airports, and weathermen say which distributed the image, demanding dam- London residence.
that this was the worst winter in 30 years, ages for invading Miss Middleton’s privacy It is believed that the cost – up to £150,000
which I can well believe. and calling for the pictures to be withdrawn
Many flights and trains were cancelled, from circulation.
and some passengers ended up sleeping on The firm said that legal proceedings would
– could be recouped by 2021.
The prince has converted his Jaguar and
Land Rover to run on biodiesel derived from
Ejects Fat People
the airport floor. It is amazing how England be taken if it did not receive a satisfactory re- used cooking oil, and his classic Aston Martin CERTAIN MEMBERS of a website for members to decide on who should be al-
never seems to be prepared for changes in sponse, and that counsel had been instructed to run on bioethanol fuel made from surplus ‘beautiful people’ had their memberships lowed to join.
the weather, even though a constant topic of to prepare a court case. One source claimed British wine. cancelled last month after “packing on the EXCESS
conversation in every branch of society. that Miss Middleton seemed unperturbed by Jerry Stokes, British president of the solar pounds” over Christmas. Hodge said: “Every year we see that
One day we shall learn how to control the being photographed. power firm SunTech Europe, has discussed BeautifulPeople.com said it acted after some of our members from western
weather, but I doubt whether it will happen The pictures were not published in Britain, the project with the prince, and said: “He 5,000 users posted photos of themselves cultures eat and drink to excess over the
in this century. in response to the Palace’s request, but is very excited. The key thing is not to be celebrating Christmas and the New Year – holidays and clearly their looks suffer,”
HOLMES? WELL HARDLY they did appear in Germany, where similar disrespectful of the visual impact.” revealing they had “let themselves go”. he said.
I have, finally, seen the new Sherlock constraints do not apply. THIS AND THAT….. “We responded to complaints by mov- “The USA has been grossly over-
Holmes film. It has confirmed my earlier This does seem to me rather like a storm Commuters returning to work early in the ing the newly chubby members back to indulging since Thanksgiving – it’s no
misgivings. in a teacup. Miss Middleton herself said that new year were devastated to find that road the rating stage. This is the same as hav- wonder that so many members have been
There seems to be no rhyme nor reason she was “unperturbed” by the matter, so and rail fares had gone up by 20 percent. ing them re-apply,” said Greg Hodge, the expelled from the network. We hope they
in this production. The “plot” is confused what harm has been done? If Kate was being Passengers reacted angrily, with one civil managing director. will be back after shedding the festive
and there seems to be no continuity. A scene harassed or the pictures showed her in an servant saying: “People already feel pretty “Their re-applications were reviewed pounds.
in which “Holmes” (Robert Downey Jr) is embarrassing situation, I could understand shafted by the quality of the services. The by existing members and only a few “In the UK and Canada, Christmas and
having dinner in a restaurant then cuts to a it, but playing tennis? Surely a sense of increases are totally out of kilter with what hundred were voted back in. Over 5,000 the New Year are all about over-eating,
scene where he is stripped to the waist and proportion is needed here. people are experiencing day-to-day.” were rejected.” over-drinking and watching TV on the
indulging in a boxing match. THE BARE FACE OF FEMINISM But there is some good news: There will Most of those expelled came from the sofa.”
The bearded Holmes would be more suited It’s called feminism. Women were being be an extra bank holiday in 2012 to mark the US and Canada, but nearly 900 were from In an attempt to soften the blow to those
to a Pop video than a detective story – and invited to go on stage and dance naked in Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The 83-year-old Britain, reported the Daily Telegraph. given the boot, the website sent details of
the film is more reminiscent of a James Bond front of hundreds of people – “to strike a Queen’s official birthday on Monday, June 4 The social networking site, which boasts fitness centres where they could work off
picture than a crime investigation. Jude Law blow for modern feminisim”. is set to be declared a one-off bank holiday. 550,000 members worldwide, allows its their holiday excesses.
as Watson is more believable and the two Organisers of Trilogy, a three-part show The traditional late spring bank holiday will
women in the picture – Mary Morstan and about feminism, were hoping to recruit more be held back a week to June 5 to provide a
Irene Adler (Kelly Reilly and Rachel McAd- than 100 women “of all shapes and sizes” to four-day break.
ams) are at least good to look at as well as perform a high energy dance at the Barbican ROYAL BROTHERS: FIRST PORTRAIT
efficient performers. and Battersea Arts Centre last month. The brotherly relationship of Princes Wil-
Although the film does nothing to enhance The 10-minute frolic was the main feature liam and Harry has been captured by artist
the Holmes canon, it will be popular with of the show which came to London after its Nicky Philipps in the first commissioned
the young (for whom it could be their first Edinburgh debut last year. portrait of them together. They are both in
experience of the eccentric sleuth), but no Director and performance artist Nic Green military uniform, but the pose is casual.
doubt author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be said: “The performance is about women The work was unveiled at the National
turning in his grave. coming together to celebrate the very nature Portrait Gallery last month.
TENNIS: ROYALS SUE of who they are and all their differences. In The princes sat for Philipps between Au-
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Northern Ireland Head Steps Down
After Wife’s
Teen Affair
By Peter Morrison
THE PEACE process faces a new chal-
lenge as Northern Ireland’s leader was
forced to step down – at least temporarily
– amid outrage following revelations of his
wife’s affair with a teenager.
In an emotional statement last month,
First Minister Peter Robinson said he
would step aside for a few weeks to answer
questions about his wife’s romantic and
financial dealings with the 19-year-old for
whom she helped raised tens of thousands
of pounds when she was 58.
Iris Robinson, also a lawmaker, said
that she began the affair less than two
years ago while she was suffering a bout
of mental illness and comforting someone
after a family death. Giving few details,
she said she had encouraged friends to give
her lover financial support.
The BBC reported that Iris Robinson
allegedly solicited £50,000 from people
in business so her lover could open a res-
taurant. The BBC suggests Peter Robinson
acted improperly by failing to alert par-
liamentary authorities about the financial
transactions.
The scandal has outraged Peter Rob-
inson’s socially conservative Protestant
power base, and threatened to undermine
the Democratic Unionist Party’s partner-
ship with the Catholic Sinn Fein – critical
to maintaining Northern Ireland’s shaky
coalition government.
TREATMENT
Looking pale and drawn, Peter Robin-
son said his wife was now receiving psy-
chiatric treatment and that he was stepping
down to deal with family matters and to
allow an inquiry to take place. He denied
any wrongdoing.
“I continue to contend I have acted ethi-
cally, and it is particularly painful at this
time of great personal trauma that I have
to defend myself from an unfounded and
mischievous allegation,” he said.
If Robinson had resigned outright, Brit-
ain’s secretary for state Shaun Woodward
had said he would have to call a snap
Assembly election, unless all sides of the
power-sharing executive agreed on a suc-
cessor within seven days.
Robinson’s temporary departure side-
steps the need for elections, but his party’s
partnership with Sinn Fein is already badly
strained by disagreements over who will
run the province’s justice system. Officials
in Britain have expressed concern that the
turmoil could hurt the peace process at a
sensitive time.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
issued a statement urging “all politicians in
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Iris and Peter Robinson in happier days.
Northern Ireland, whatever the turbulence
of recent events, to remain focused on the
business of government and to recognize
the crucial importance of intensifying
engagement in those issues which remain
to be solved.”
REPLACING
Robinson’s Protestant colleague Arlene
Foster, who is replacing him, promised
lawmakers that the 61-year-old politician
would be back “with a clear record,”
quickly.
But Britain’s and Ireland’s governments
fear that the scandal weakens Robinson’s
party in its negotiations with Sinn Fein
over if and how responsibility for policing
and justice should be transferred to the As-
sembly. Sinn Fein wants the Assembly to
take charge of policing and justice as soon
as possible, while parts of the Democratic
Unionist Party want to wait until finances
are in place for the move and the communi-
ties involved feel comfortable.
Robinson said he would continue to
work on policing and justice, even without
holding the title of First Minister.
Both parties are now trying to shake off
scandals. Late last year, the niece of Sinn
Fein leader Gerry Adams publicly accused
her father – Gerry Adam’s brother Liam –
of sexually abusing her for several years
between the late 1970s and 1980s. She had
told Belfast police about the abuse earlier
in confidence.
Liam Adams fled to the Republic
of Ireland to avoid a November 2008
Belfast hearing over the charges. Gerry
Adams admitted he had known about the
alleged abuse since 1987 but had not told
authorities – in keeping with Sinn Fein’s
longtime policy of rejecting the Northern
Ireland police.
Scotland Says UK’s Deal
With Libya Was A Mistake
SCOTLAND’S first Minister is criticiz-
ing the British government for including
the Lockerbie bomber in a prisoner
transfer agreement it signed with Libya
in 2007.
Alex Salmond told British lawmakers
last month that a the deal former Prime
Minister Tony Blair struck with Libya
was a mistake because it failed to respect
Scottish law. Libya asked for Lockerbie
bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi to be
released under the agreement.
Scotland’s government refused and
released him only last August, on com-
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The episode has embarrassed Gerry
Adams and his Irish nationalist Sinn Fein,
which spent decades backing the Irish Re-
publican Army’s attacks on civilians who
cooperated with the police. The outlawed
IRA renounced violence and disarmed
in 2005.
DISMISS
Adams was quick to dismiss any con-
nection between the two cases, telling Sky
News it was “offensive” to compare his
family’s attempts to come to terms with
the issue of abuse with Robinson’s scandal.
But the two cases, revealed in close succes-
sion, are a distraction at a critical time.
“These scandals have hit when the
power-sharing executive is in maximum
danger,” Irish historian Tim Pat Coogan
said. “There is embedded volatility in
Northern Ireland. You’d be letting all sorts
of problems pop up if you delay things like
a policing deal for too long.”
Tensions in the region have risen in
recent months and a recent surge in attacks
by Irish Republican Army dissidents has
raised fears about the area’s stability. In
March, militants killed two soldiers and
a policeman – the first killings of British
security forces in Northern Ireland since
1998. Last month, a Catholic policeman
was badly hurt when a bomb hidden be-
neath his car exploded.
Robinson will step down for six weeks,
but an official with Robinson’s Democratic
Unionists, speaking on condition of ano-
nymity suggested that the embattled leader
could stay away for another six weeks
while noting that Robinson would remain
at the head of the party. The real question
may be whether Northern Ireland can
cope with a government held in suspended
animation for that long.
passionate grounds,
after doctors said he
was suffering from
cancer and only had
about three months
to live.
Al-Megrahi flew
home to a hero’s
welcome in Libya.
Abdel Baset His Scotland-based
al-Megrahi lawyer Tony Kelly
told the Associated
Press earlier this month that he is still
alive.
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Government Apologises
To Thalidomide Victims
By Meera Selva affected people still living in the UK.
THE GOVERNMENT apologised
last month to people who were
harmed in the womb when their
About 2,000 babies were born
between 1959 and 1962 with Thalido-
mide-related defects, but most died
mothers took the anti-nausea drug within a year of being born, he said.
Thalidomide. “I’ve had letters from parents of
Health Minister Mike O’Brien told babies who died at the time, saying this
lawmakers the government expresses apology means a great deal to them as
its “sincere regret and deep sympathy well,” Dobrik said.
for the injury and suffering endured Thalidomide was given to some
by all those affected when expectant pregnant women in Europe and
mothers took the drug thalidomide Canada until it was found to be caus-
between 1958 and 1961.” ing a range of birth defects including
The government recently agreed missing or shortened limbs. Many
to give £20m to help Thalidomide countries – including the US – did not
victims in Britain deal with their approve the use of Thalidomide at the
health problems. time, though it is now occasionally
Nicholas Dobrik, who works for the used for treating multiple myeloma, a
Thalidomide Trust – a charity that rare blood cancer.
helps those affected by the drug – said The money given by the British gov-
it was the first time the British govern- ernment will be administered through
ment has apologised. There are 466 the Thalidomide Trust.
Britain Suspends Direct
Flights To Yemen
BRITAIN said last month it would create tary, intelligence and border security
a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific chiefs, and talks between Brown and Presi-
airline passengers for tougher security dent Barack Obama.
checks and suspend some international Currently, Britain keeps a watch list of
flights in response to a growing terrorism more than one million people refused a
threat posed by Yemen and Somalia. visa or entry into the UK – and a smaller
Prime Minister Gordon Brown told list of suspected terrorists.
the House of Commons he had ordered a “The security of our citizens must be our
hardening of air travel security after the priority,” Brown told legislators.
failed Detroit airliner attack and amid He said Yemen is “an incubator and safe
alarm from intelligence agencies over a haven” for terrorists, and with Somalia,
developing terrorism threat in Africa and poses the most significant terrorist threat to
the Arabian peninsula. the world after the border areas of Pakistan
Brown said Britain would expand a and Afghanistan. Security officials believe
watch list which already contains more about three quarters of all terrorist plots
than one million names, start full body against Britain originate in Pakistan’s
scans at UK airports which have already northwest frontier.
started and suspend the two weekly direct Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew
flights between the UK and Yemen. into London last month for international
Steps to tighten airport security fol- conferences to discuss Yemen and Af-
lowed a meeting between Britain’s mili- ghanistan.
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Conservative Party Goes Back To Basics

immigration By Gregory Katz
CONSERVATIVE Party chief David
BLUNDER
Columnist Simon Jenkins of the liberal
can get,” Cameron wrote in a Sunday
column. “That’s why we’ll back com-
By Stephen Ure Cameron is turning back to basics – focus- Guardian newspaper said Cameron ap- mitment by recognizing marriage in the
ing on marriage and education as Britain’s pears to have made a strategic blunder that tax system.”
general election looms this spring. may cost him support among the relatively BENEFITS
The man who in the last two years prom- large number of voters who are not in Many European countries and the
Immigrant Visas For Widows ised a “green revolution” and reached out
to gay Britons to widen the party’s appeal
traditional nuclear families.
“He thought he was saying the right
United States give some tax benefits to
married couples. Critics of Cameron’s
And Surviving Children Of A now has based his early campaign on tra-
ditional conservative topics, emphasizing
thing about family, but there’s no point
in alienating people,” Jenkins said. “In
proposal, however, say his incentives only
give tax breaks to couples wealthy enough
to have one parent stay home, while mar-
the importance of marriage and vowing to seeking to sound good about family values,
Deceased United States Citizen improve Britain’s teachers.
Cameron and his party are often saddled
he contrived to alienate a large proportion
of voters who don’t live in conventional
ried couples in which both spouses work
would get no tax breaks at all. Those tax
UNTIL RECENTLY, the death of a United The new law additionally helps surviving with an unwanted elitist image – hard for families.” breaks would – in effect – penalize single
States Citizen (“USC”) spouse had harsh spouses who had begun accruing unlawful an Eton graduate to avoid – but the man Jenkins said the proposed tax breaks or divorced parents, critics contend.
immigration consequences for the surviving presence while awaiting adjudication of their expected to be Britain’s next prime minis- also seemed costly at a time when the “This policy ultimately takes money out
spouse and children. Under the previous immigrant petition. Such widows are deemed ter did not shy away from that description Conservative Party has promised to rein of the pockets of the poorest families and
regulations, if the USC spouse’s death oc- not to have accrued any lawful presence last month calling for a “brazenly elitist” in public spending because of Britain’s gives it to rich ones,” said Danny Alexan-
curred within two years of marriage or before under the new law. This is helpful for those upgrade of the teaching profession. ballooning deficit. der, a spokesman for the opposition Liberal
adjudication of an application for an immi- who want to adjust their status to that of a “We’re committed to a comprehensive The election must be called by early Democrats. “The Tories’ first instinct is to
grant visa, already approved visa petitions permanent resident. Generally, an individual program of reform to elevate the status June; opinion polls show Cameron’s party help those at the top.”
could be revoked and pending applications who has accrued unlawful presence must of teaching in our country,” he said. “We has a solid chance to end 13 years of La- London waitress Hannah Graham said
were denied. As of October 2009, surviving leave the United States to obtain an immigrant want to make it the noble profession – the bour Party supremacy. most people would not choose to marry,
spouses no longer face automatic ineligibility visa. However, due to the fact that the new career path that attracts the best brains, is Cameron’s aim is to suggest his party’s or refrain from divorcing, because of tax
or revocation of an immigrant visa following law deems surviving spouses to have not well-rewarded and commands the most policies can fix “broken Britain” – a buzz breaks.
the unfortunate death of their USC spouse. accrued such unlawful presence, they will respect.” phrase used to describe a country troubled “Most people marry because they
According to the new regulation (Depart- be able to adjust their status from within the The focus on education followed a by a plethora of social woes including high believe in the institution,” she said. “If
ment of Homeland Security Appropriations United States. This provision only applies Sunday newspaper column promoting teen pregnancy rates, binge drinking, and Cameron thinks this is a method of keep-
Act for FY 2010 Section 568), widowers to those who had a pending application at family values and tax breaks for those a rising gang culture. ing a family together, that’s not correct. If
of a USC can self-petition for an immigrant the time the law was enacted on October who marry. “A stable home is the best start a child I want to get out of it, I will.”
visa regardless of the length of marriage 28, 2009.
prior to the USC spouse’s death. The self-
petition must be filed within two years of
the spouse’s death or within two years of
The new law also provides protections
for other classifications of survivors. Such
survivors are those who were living in the
British Insitution Cadbury
the law’s passage, whichever is later. If the
surviving spouse remarries, the new law
does not apply.
United States at the time of their sponsor’s
death and continue to live in the United
States, and had a pending application for
Purchased By Kraft
This new law applies not only to surviving the following: immediate relatives (parent, By Jane Wardell and Robert Barr company, replacing Mars Inc, and Kraft company with massive debt,” said Jennie
spouses but also to their children. Widows minor child of a USC), family preference AFTER MONTHS of fierce resistance, CEO Irene Rosenfeld said the deal pro- Formby of the Unite union, which had
who were already living in the United States at relatives (spouse, unmarried children of a Cadbury’s about-face to accept a sweet- vides “both immediate value certainty and campaigned against Kraft’s offer.
the time of their spouses’ death and widows USC, married children of USC, spouse or ened £11.5bn takeover from Kraft Foods upside potential” as she tried to appease FEARS
who never lived in the United States before child of a permanent resident, unmarried Inc – forming the world’s biggest candy concerns about the loss of Cadbury’s “We have very real fears about how
or after the death can now self-petition for children of a permanent resident, sibling of company – has alarmed British unions, iconic status. Kraft will repay its debt, particularly as it
an immigrant visa. The new law also applies a USC), employment-based dependants (if lawmakers and chocolate lovers. The company’s roots go back to the has ratcheted it up still further in order to
to surviving spouses whose immigrant visa there was a pending I-140, not just a PERM With Cadbury shareholders expected to grocery store opened in 1824 by John purchase Cadbury,” she added.
petitions were pending or denied following certification), Refugee/Asylee relatives, and agree to the deal and a rival bid from The Cadbury in Birmingham, central England. Four Labour Party lawmakers, whose
the death of their USC spouse. In order to non-immigrants in “T” or “U” status. Petitions Hershey Co looking less likely, opponents A Quaker, Cadbury believed cocoa and electorates cover two key factories in
take advantage of the new law, such spouses of a survivor who meets the above criteria fear the US multinational’s impact on one drinking chocolate were healthy alterna- Britain’s manufacturing heartland, said
must self-petition by October 28, 2011 and may continue following the death of the of Britain’s oldest and best-loved brands. tives to alcohol, considered to add to the in a joint statement they were worried
must not be remarried. All surviving spouses sponsoring family member. However, such Just days after Cadbury declared its miseries of the working class. “about the kind of future that Cadbury’s
must still prove that he or she was the legal survivors may not self-petition as in the case suitor a “low growth” company with a The popular Dairy Milk bars were would have as part of this giant multi-
spouse of the deceased USC and that the of surviving spouses; they must find a substi- “long history of underperformance,” the launched in 1905 as a challenge to domi- national whose corporate priorities are
marriage was entered into in good faith and tute sponsor to complete and file an affidavit British maker of Dairy Milk chocolates nant Swiss chocolate makers. decided a long way away from the West
not solely for immigration purposes. of support to show financial responsibility. and Dentyne gum capitulated to a raised “We have great respect for Cadbury’s Midlands.”
This new law provides a positive change for bid of 840 pence per share. brands, heritage and people,” Rosenfeld The deal, one of the largest transna-
a number of surviving family members who The deal, comprising 500 pence cash said. “We believe they will thrive as part tional takeovers since the credit crunch,
Gift Subscriptions previously had no options to legally remain in and 0.1874 new Kraft shares for each Cad- of Kraft Foods.” is further sign that food companies are
the United States following the untimely death bury share, is a nine percent premium to its But unions are worried there were no seeking to gain scale by combining, after
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Britain Counts
Cost Of Big Freeze
Continued from page 1
were beginning to thaw slightly after the
extended cold snap caused at least 29
deaths – the tiny village of Altnaharra in
Scotland registered a record low of -22.3
celsius, almost as cold as the South Pole
– raising hopes that business would soon
return to normal.
IMPACT
Richard Dodd, spokesman for the Brit-
ish Retail Consortium, which represents
the top 10 British food retailers, and
thousands of smaller businesses, said that
a short spell of cold weather would not
have a material impact on food supplies
or prices.
“There are much more significant fac-
tors affecting food prices such as the price
of oil and exchange rates,” Dodd said.
The government’s Department for En-
vironment, Food and Rural Affairs said it
had received no reports of “major problems
with food supplies reaching retailers,” and
stressed that Britain has a diverse supply of
domestic and international goods.
IHS Global Insight economist Howard
Archer said that the longer the bad weather
persisted, the greater the adverse impact
on the economy “which is still in a brittle
state” – Britain limped into the New Year
still officially in recession, although mod-
est growth is forecast for this year.
“Even so, it needs to be borne in mind
that the overall impact of these events are
often substantially less than feared, and
much of the temporary loss in economic
activity is subsequently made up,” Archer
said, noting that the Internet means that
many employees can now work from home
and that shoppers can buy online.
Blair’s Communications
Chief Testifies . . .
Continued from page 1
the most wide-ranging investigation into
the war thus far in Britain.
The committee, chaired by John Chilcot,
is expected to focus on precisely when
Blair and President George W Bush made
the firm decision to invade Iraq.
The Iraq Inquiry started hearing tes-
timony in late November. Critics of the
invasion had long demanded an investiga-
tion into whether the war, which has been
extremely unpopular in Britain, was ille-
gal. Many were disappointed when it was
announced that the inquiry had no power
to apportion blame or establish criminal
or civil liability.
Blair is expected to testify in late Janu-
ary or early February. He has said many
times since leaving office more than two
years ago that he is confident his deci-
sions were correct. Until his appearance,
observers expect Campbell to provide
the most insight into the preparation of
the dossier.
UK Report Calls For Tougher
Dog Breeding Standards
By Jill Lawless
BRITAIN considers itself a nation of dog
lovers. But a new report says the country
needs tougher breeding standards and bet-
ter education to curb deformity and disease
caused by the quest for the best beagle or the
perfect Pekingese.
Last month’s report by a leading biologist
comes after sponsors shunned the coun-
try’s most famous dog show over cruelty
claims.
“The time has surely come for society as a
whole to take a firm grip on the welfare issues
that evidently arise in dog breeding,” said the
report by Cambridge University professor
emeritus Patrick Bateson.
The report was triggered by a BBC
investigation that claimed breeding process
that focused on appearance rather than health
had resulted in high levels of deformity and
genetic illnesses.
The 2008 documentary was a public
relations disaster for the dog industry. The
BBC stopped televising Crufts, Britain’s
biggest dog show, after more than 40 years.
UK Bans Controversial Islamist Group
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rage by proposing a protest march
at Wootton Bassett, 75 miles west of
London. The small market town is
well-known in Britain for its quiet repa-
triation ceremonies for British soldiers
killed in Afghanistan.
WATCH
The town’s residents join the families
of the dead and war veterans to line the
streets and watch servicemen’s bodies
being driven through from a nearby
air base.
Anjem Choudary, Bakri’s UK-based
colleague, threatened to bring 500
Islamists through the streets of Woot-
ton Basset to highlight Afghan civil-
ian deaths at the hands of NATO-led
forces. After the lawmakers called the
move a distasteful publicity stunt and
many called for Choudary’s group to
be outlawed.
Bakri said that the ban was “the
gravest mistake,” describing his group
was peaceful think-tank whose younger
members would be pushed toward vio-
lence if it were driven underground.
In a telephone interview from Tripoli,
Lebanon, Bakri claimed that he was
lobbying for a peaceful reaction to the
ban.
“We (were) never involved with any
violence, yet,” he said.
ARGUES
Bakri’s group argues that, as Mus-
lims, they’re not bound by British law
and has expressed support for bin Laden
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UK Raises Its
Terror Threat
Level To ‘Severe’
Continued from page 1
Two major charities, the Royal Society for The report – which echoes earlier calls
is imminent, and we are not at that level,”
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and for reform – said inbreeding makes dogs less he said on British television.
the Dogs Trust, withdrew their support for resilient and more prone to disease. Even
Johnson declined to say what intelli-
the show, and pet food company Pedigree worse, some types of dogs have been bred to gence the change was based on, or whether
dropped its sponsorship. encourage extreme characteristics – such as
the move was related to the failed Christ-
INTERVIEWED smaller heads, flatter faces and more folds in mas bombing attempt.
the skin – leading to health problems.
The Kennel Club, which runs Crufts, and THREAT
the Dogs Trust commissioned a report from DISORDER He said the decision to raise the threat
Bateson, who interviewed breeders, vets, The report pointed to syringomyelia in
level was made by the UK’s Joint Terror-
animal welfare charities and pet owners. King Charles spaniels – a disorder in which ism Analysis Center. He said the center
Bateson’s report said that while many the brain continues to grow after the skull
kept the security threat level under constant
breeders had high standards, others suf- has ossified – and skin conditions in wrinkly review and made its judgments based on
fered from “negligent or incompetent dogs that have been bred to be even more
a range of factors, including the “intent
management.” adorably furrowed. and capabilities of international terrorist
He recommended tougher breeder ac- Some dogs’ large heads means they
groups in the UK and overseas.”
creditation rules, more inspections of must be delivered by Cesarean section; the The changes came days after Britain
breeding premises and micro-chipping of report found 92.3 percent of Boston terriers
suspended direct flights to Yemen’s capital
all puppies so they can be traceable back to and 86.1 percent of bulldogs were born in response to the growing threat from
their breeders. that way.
al-Qaida-affiliated militants based in that
Bateson said the dog-buying public was Bateson said that “to the outsider, it country. Prime Minister Gordon Brown
partly responsible for the problems, and seems incomprehensible that anyone should
said his government also was creating
recommended an education campaign by admire, let alone acquire an animal that has a new terrorist no-fly list, and targeting
animal welfare groups to ensure people only difficulty in breathing or walking.”
specific airline passengers for tougher
bought puppies from reputable breeders and But breeders insist the problems with security checks.
healthy parents. pedigree dogs have been exaggerated.
The measures followed a discussion
“Responsible breeders have never sought between Brown and President Barack
to exaggerate,” said Susan Jay of the London Obama last month. They match similar
Bulldog Society. “I am a championship judge
in bulldogs and I have never liked the exag-
moves made by US authorities last month
to enhance security at airports and on
and al-Qaida. In its previous incarna- gerated ones, with the very heavy wrinkles planes, as intelligence officials warned that
tion as al-Muhajiroun, the group was and the low-to-the-ground bent legs.
al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen was continu-
linked to several terror suspects and was “Unfortunately the people you cannot ing to plot attacks on the United States.
accused of recruiting British Muslims reach, and the people you want to reach, are
to fight in Afghanistan and Chechnya. the irresponsible breeders – people who are
Bakri has acknowledged that some of al- only in it for money.” Part Of Manchester Airport
Muhajiroun members have engaged in TOUGHENED Closed – White Powder Found
militant attacks but says the group can’t The Kennel Club said it “broadly wel- Police last month closed and evacu-
be held responsible for their actions. comed” the report and had already toughened ated part of Manchester Airport in
Bakri, who was deported from Brit- its welfare standards. England after finding an unidentified
ain in 2005, added that, whatever In the wake of the BBC report, the club white powder.
happened, his followers could regroup introduced new standards for more than 200 The action came after airport staff
under a different name. breeds, saying the rules would eliminate fea- found the power in hand luggage a
“Tomorrow we can call ourselves tures “that might prevent a dog from breath- man planned to carry onto a domestic
whatever we think is suitable for us,” ing, walking and seeing freely.” The changes flight to London.
he said. included fewer folds on the loose-skinned Police cordoned off the check-in
shar-pei and “the preclusion of excessive area where the powder was discovered
weight in Labradors.” and passengers are being checked in
2009 UK BANK HOLIDAYS The American Kennel Club maintains at other terminals. The man is being
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Potato Harbor (round-trip five miles back to
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path to look out over the ocean, whale and
bird watching. The day was fabulously sunny
and everyone returned in a relaxed mood.
Just don’t be late, as the boat doesn’t wait!
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The gray whales are now in their winter sailor I’ve had the pleasure of sailing with for
migration south to the Baja coast where the last four years. Our Captain had a dream
they’ll give birth before returning on their to help ‘youth at risk’ and the boys and girls
6,000 mile trip back to Alaska. How these clubs who get the best opportunity possible
magnificent animals find their way each year for a successful life. He joined forces with
never ceases to amaze me. They average 100 Island Packers a year ago to help keep this
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ing them in their travels, breaking away and along the coast. Last week 60 percent of the Hikers on Santa Cruz Island leaving Cavern Point heading back to Scorpion Anchorage.
dancing alongside the boats, as thrilled to passengers and crew were British, helping
see us as we them. How could anybody haul sails and steer the vessel. Ah! A nautical of the Mission Chronicles. The show dubbed and utter idiot was driving down the freeway
ever think of slaughtering such a gift which lot to say the least. Love Love Love will also feature Martin con- the wrong way. In fact, there wasn’t just one,
belongs to all of us! Starting in February we’ve a special pro- ducting his own arrangement of the Beatles there were hundreds!! Is it my fault they drive
Karen and I had accepted an invitation gram for ‘youth at risk’ on the wrong side of the road?!
from Cherryl Connally, whose family have to teach them to build I was stopped by the Sheriff the other day.
been running whale watching and island a small boat by hand, He asked why did I run? “You haven’t done
trips since 1968, and it shows. Captain from scratch, then learn anything,” he said. “To tell you the truth” I
Anthony Lombardi and crew of Andrea, to sail the boat, this in replied, “My last wife, she ran off with the
Dee Dee, and Dave went out of their way to two three-hour session Sheriff! I though he was bringing her back
ensure everyone not only had a good time, a week for nine weeks. again!”
but lingered an extra hour to fully enjoy the Should be an exciting
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We were also impressed by the knowl- adults. www.american- Continued on page 14, plus One of a dozen gray whales
edgeable volunteers from the National Park tallship.org spotted off Santa Cruz Island.on
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KEEPING UP WITH BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE SOAP OPERAS
DON’T BE alarmed Easties, but we are deviat-
ing from our regular, monthly synopsis-fest
to take a little sentimental journey; way back
to 1985, so put the kettle on...
It was 25 years ago this month, February
19, 1985 to be exact, when, along with Ali
Osman and Arthur Fowler, that Den Watts
pushed in the door to Reg Cox’s bedsit and
spoke those immortal words: ‘Ooh, it’s stinks
in ‘ere!’, and it all kicked off. That was the
beginning of EastEnders.
Of course old Reg Cox was dead; killed
by Nick Cotton while being robbed of his
war medals. And lo these many years later,
Nick is still the same lovely, misunderstood
boy; Rotten apple of his Mum’s eye (when
he isn’t plotting to kill her or miscellaneous
others).
When EastEnders was first brought to the
States in 1987, by PBS, it was introduced
here in New York by an article on the front
page of the New York Times Arts and Liesure
section (an intro that most shows can only
dream of). In that article, it said that it was
Princess Diana’s favorite TV show. I thought,
I’d like to know what Princess Diana is watch-
ing, and so I tuned in. I was hooked from the
first episode.
But even so, at first, I wondered what
strange language was being spoken. It took
me a while to learn the lingo: I’d watch every
episode taking notes, which I dutifully brought
into work the next day to ask the resident Brit
on staff what it all meant. Of course, he was
from the North of England, so had a hard
time understanding them himself, but still
he labored to teach me what he knew of the
wacky expressions. Then, with my newfound
knowledge, I’d go home and watch the show
again on tape. And THAT, ladies and gentle-
men, is how I, (an American), learned how
to speak English. Cockney English.
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Albert Square was like a strange land to
me; inhabited by Miss Brahams and a motley
crew of strangers that I’d come to know and
love, or hate, or love to hate. I loved all the
character actors; the quirkiness Dot and
Ethel were like Monty Python on steroids.
But couldn’t (and still can’t) figure out why no
one in the UK has a washing machine and the
refrigerators are so small. I thought ‘Bundles
For Britain’ missed the boat: We should have
sent appliances.
In 25 years, I have learned a lot by watch-
ing EastEnders: I have learned that the East
End of London has a high mortality rate; that
they need better driver education. I have
learned that misplaced sperm causes a lot
of trouble. I have learned that daffodils can
kill; or maybe not. I have learned that if you’re
having trouble conceiving, you should have
sex in the Queen Vic; or with anyone other
than your husband. I have learned that it’s all
about famerlee. Yes, famerlee: Can’t live with
’em; can’t bury ’em under the floor boards,
(and get away with it) no matter how inept
Di Marsden is.
But I kid because I love. What attracted
me in the first episode is what keeps me
watching today (even though it’s a very dif-
ferent show; recently, it seems to have been
overly influenced by us damn Americans
whose own TV shows are populated by pretty
people who can’t act.) I hope that Walford will
always be home to great character actors like
the great ones, June Brown, John Bardon,
Rudolf Walker and Natlie Cassidy. It’s been
a great ride so far and I’m looking forward to
the next 25 years.
Happy Silver Jubilee to Eastenders! I
declare, well and truly, that God bless her
and all who sail in her!
And I believe in dancing with the one
that brung ya; so if your local PBS station
is one of the ones that is still broadcasting
EastEnders, SUPPORT THEM! Some stations
having upcoming pledge drives are: UNC in
North Carolina, who are having their annual
Pledge Night in late February. WLIW/Channel
21 New York, and WLVT in Allentown, PA are
both having theirs in early March. Check their
websites for all the details.
If you’d like to keep up with all things
EastEnders in between our little chats here,
just email me here at the Launderette, to sign
up for my FREE, weekly EE e-newsletter:
E20Launderette@gmail.com. TA!
Signed, Your Faithful Correspondent,
Deborah Gilbert, AKA Ishcabibble
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’TIS STILL THE season to be merry and
in the Rovers Return there’s a pantomime
production of Cinderella. Oh yes there is!
Oh no there’s not! Oh yes, there was! Claire
Peacock plays the lead part with Steve Mc-
Donald as her Prince Charming. The locals
lap it up while Betty plays to her strengths
as the Fairy Godmother and smoulders in an
armchair wearing pink wings.
‘Tis also the season to be Tilsley, and
Nick returns this month. While he may be
played by a different actor, Nick Tilsley
remains the apple of his mother’s eye, the
fruit of her womb, her golden-eyed boy who
can do no wrong. Gail doesn’t know yet that
he’s returned only because Audrey’s been
on the blower saying that she wants Gail’s
wedding to Joe stopped in its tracks as she
thinks Joe’s a bad ‘un. And so Nick returns
to do his grandmother’s bidding but finds he
quite likes Joe after all and gives his mum
and Joe his blessing on their wedding. Mind
you, he doesn’t like Joe as much as he likes
Tina, Joe’s daughter, and Nick and Tina lock
lips. Audrey, meanwhile, is much taken with
a male escort called Lewis that she meets at
the Weatherfield Council annual bash. And
so when she needs someone to accompany
her to the social event of the year, the Hair-
DJ Played ‘Jump’ As Woman Mulled Suicide
By Raphael G Satter
A RADIO DJ is being criticized for play-
ing Van Halen’s Jump as police tried to
talk a suicidal woman down from a high-
way bridge last month.
A British mental health charity said it
was horrified by the incident January 14,
and is to bring it up with Britain’s media
regulator.
Disc jockey Steve Penk, who owns
Revolution Radio and hosts its morning
show, said he played the song at the re-
quest of a commuter sitting in traffic on a
stylist’s Soiree,
she rings up Lewis
and pays for his
services for the
event. He’s a nice
man, is Lewis, but
Audrey needs to
remember he’s
only going out
with her because
she’s paying him
to do so, and not because he’s falling in love
with her. Well, not yet, anyroad.
While all the festive merriment takes
place, Weatherfield’s weirdest affair con-
tinues apace. Yes, it’s Kevin Webster and
Molly Dobbs, the mechanic and the shop
girl; him with his greasy fingernails and her
‘meat pies are on a two for one offer’ eyes.
How can any man refuse? But Kev receives
devastating news when wife Sally tells him
she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer.
This brings Kev up sharp and puts his focus
firmly on his family. He tries to dump Molly
as he supports Sally as best as he can, but
Molly’s got a grimace set like a bulldog and a
look in her eyes that suggest she isn’t going
to be given the brush off quite as easily as
Kevin would like.
Over at the Barlows’, it’s the war of the
granddads as Ken and George go head to
head for the attention of their grandson,
little Simon Barlow. Ken’s doing himself no
favours by organising a public meeting and a
petition against son Peter’s new bar that he’s
trying to open on the Street. Peter’s not best
pleased about the lack of support from his
dad, as you can imagine, and tells him if he
doesn’t stop his shenanigans, he’ll stop him
from seeing his grandson again.
highway shut down while police negotia-
tors tried to talk the woman off the bridge.
He said several commuters had called to
express frustration at the delays. Penk
said he made no reference to the woman
in playing the song.
“This audience was just climbing the
wall,” he told The Associated Press. “They
were frustrated” in traffic on the highway
that rings the northwest of Manchester.
Penk refused to apologize for the deci-
sion, saying he was standing by his audi-
ence. He said he was stunned by the media
February 2010
In the corner shop, Dev’s allowed access
to see his toddler twins when ex-wife Sunita
thaws. Dev takes all this as a sign that Sunita
wants him back and that they’ll get back to-
gether and live happily ever after. Hmm…
wasn’t it Oscar Wilde who said that remarriage
was optimism over experience? Anyway, the
fact that Sunita’s now engaged to be married to
someone else doesn’t seem to matter to Dev,
he’s just focussed on his family life. Another
one, eh? It must be that time of year.
Over the road in The Kabin, Norris and Freda
celebrate when they win a whopping £1,000 in
a magazine competition. While this was good
news for Norris, it was bad news for Graeme
the window cleaner. Because when Norris
found out that he’d won the cash prize, he was
holding a ladder on top of which was Graeme,
cleaning windows. In the excitement, the
ladder slips from Norris’ grasp, Graeme falls
and does himself a mischief on the cobbles.
To make amends, Norris takes on Graeme’s
window-cleaning round. He’s only doing it so
he can peer into people’s bedroom windows,
which sounds like the only reason I’d ever do
that job too. But then I’m really nosy too.
And finally, this month was the last we’ll
ever see Blanche Hunt on screen after the
very sad death of actress Maggie Jones
who had played Blanche on Corrie for over
34 years. It was therefore poignant, but
fitting, that Blanche’s last word on screen
was: “Hallelujah!” Blanche’s absence has
been explained as if she’s gone on a trip
to Portugal with her friend May Pen from
the one o’clock club. You know May, she’s
the one with the gay son who won best of
show in Crufts.
Glenda Young
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coverage. The Sun newspaper quoted a
listener saying that playing the song was
“pathetic and nasty.”
Paul Farmer, who leads the Mind lobby-
ing organization on mental health issues,
said the DJ showed “a complete lack of
compassion and sensitivity.”
The 30-year-old woman eventually
jumped, sustaining only minor injuries
in shattering her heel bones, Manchester
police said. She would not have heard the
song on the bridge, and so it could not have
affected her actions, police said.
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‘Frost Called To The Water Halt…’ 120 Flights

Canceled As Irish
the pleasures of standing in a line Heavy snowfall at the
freezing, exchanging pleasantries start of February was Controllers Protest
with total strangers. It was more the last we had to
like ‘One day in the life of Ivan endure. The thaw set MORE THAN 120 flights in and out
Denisovich’ except that it went on in finally on March 5 of Ireland were canceled January 20
for three months. and we had survived when air traffic controllers staged
SHORTAGE yet again. a four-hour walkout in a bid for
I do recall the desperate short- There is some- higher pay – a protest that elicited
age of Wilkinson’s Sword Edge. thing almost epochal little support outside the trade-union
Up till then we’d had to use Gillette about an extreme movement.
Blues, a blade that rusted within natural event and the Government and business leaders
three days of first use. By con- harsh winter of 62- condemned the controllers’ protest
trast, Wilkinsons were the height 63 was no different, ushering in a historic as selfish at a time when Ireland is
of luxury which (a) cut and (b) year. As the snows faded, we were treated battling record debts, cutting pay
lasted. My flatmate, Henry Harris, to the delicious Profumo Scandal (oh, the and slashing jobs.
was a Communist primary school pleasures of schadenfreude!). Patsy Cline The government’s minister for
teacher. Not that they had such died in a plane crash. Dr Beeching issued his trade and commerce, Billy Kelleher,
places in those days, rather he report promising swingeing railway closures. said the controllers’ decision to shut
taught his charges using statistics Bull O’Connor fire-hosed the civil liberties’ down the runways at the nation’s
and material supplied by the CP. marchers in Alabama. Valentina Tereshkova three main airports had ruined
Henry scoffed at Wilkinsons. became the first woman in space. One flew travel plans for 20,000 people and
The East Germans had come over the cuckoo’s nest. Martin Luther King was “further undermining Ireland’s
up with a far better blade in his delivered his ‘I have a dream’ speech and economic viability and reputation.”
Old farm at Overtown, Lancashire in deep snow. This photograph taken during view, the Rotblat, which his Party then abruptly we entered the modern age The Irish Aviation Authority
the very severe winter of 1962-63. Photo: Richard Johnson ©Creative Commons supplier doled out as he sold the on November 22 when John Kennedy was employs 300 controllers at Ireland’s
Daily Worker every Saturday outside assassinated. airports in Dublin, Cork and Shan-
AS THE 2010 British winter deepens and south, remaining stationary over southern Finsbury Park Station. It was the only perk he By comparison, this winter is a tame babe- non. In 2007 – as part of a national
records tumble, there is increasing talk it may England and depositing twelve inches on got from his political leanings. Look carefully in-arms affair, a few inches of snow and a wage-pact deal that employers since
rival the winter of 1962-63, which in turn was shortage of salt paralysing the country! have abandoned because of Ireland’s
the worst since records began in 1740. There is something almost epochal about an extreme dive into recession – the authority
I started my teaching career in Stoke I cannot end without sharing with you a promised the controllers a six per-
Newington in September 1962, a tough natural event and the harsh winter of 62-63 was no bottle of Lindisfarne Mead I had for Christ- cent raise that it now wants to delay
school with something in its design reminis- mas. It is the most delicious drink, an ideal gift until at least 2012.
cent of Sing-Sing, two galleries serving the different, ushering in a historic year. As the snows for a Brit (info@lindisfarne-mead.co.uk)
classrooms on the first and second floors. GUCCI
The ground floor of the rectangular hall was faded, we were treated to the delicious Profumo An odd post script to the break-in we had
used as a canteen for school dinners and the Scandal (oh, the pleasures of schadenfreude!). last September. One thing the thieves did not HOMETOWN UK?
inmates up above took particular delight in get was a Gucci watch I bought for my wife A little later than orginally scheduled,
dropping foreign matter on the diners below. Patsy Cline died in a plane crash. . . . many years back. It was lying at the back but directly below is the first of a
I won’t go into details… of a drawer in its case awaiting expensive
It was a school noted as much for its all and sundry as far south as the Channel at pictures of East Germans in the 1960s and repairs. sample of what will be a monthly
managerial incompetence as its pupil indis- Islands. Having gathered a bit more weight, reflect on the achievement of every single snippet of the nostalgic stories,
cipline where teacher survival was reckoned it engulfed south west England in a two- one of them who was clean-shaven, for their been It could have waited for ever had it not books, photos and maps that will
in teaching periods rather than terms. I had day blizzard of apocalyptic dimensions on blades were abominable. for the insurance money we got for the be available via the next issue of
no timetable for the first half-term as the December 29 and 30, leaving snow that One winner was the Pools Panel. Since so rest of the theft. I took it to a local jeweller Union Jack in conjunction with the
Deputy Headmistress, whose task it was, would remain on the ground for the next many football matches were called off, some before Christmas. Just after New Year, I got
unseconded Francis Frith Collection
couldn’t be bothered to work one out until it three months. wheeze had to be introduced to enable Little- a call from the manager of the shop to inform that includes over 7,000 photographs
me that the watch had been stolen from the
was clear which teachers would last more I returned to London and simply shivered. woods, Zetters, Vernons and the like to keep courier’s van down in Southampton – but I of UK towns villages, along with
than a month. The school shut most days now not because racking up the profits. And Horace Batchelor was insured and they were sending me a historical maps of every location
SURVIVAL the kids couldn’t find the place, nor even be- (of K-E-Y-N-S-H-A-M) to keep earning cash cheque for £500! in England, Wales and Scotland, all
That first term was enlivened by the Cuban cause the snow was impenetrable but for a far from his winning pools system.
Missile Crisis, the only occasion in my teach- more mundane reason: frozen lavatories. EPOCHAL John Polley gathered over a 150-year period.
ing career where ultimate survival depended It seems hard to credit that in all but the Eventually it came to an end that winter. john.polley1@ntlworld.com The Francis Frith links will even allow
more on events outside the classroom than most modern buildings in the early 60s, you to upload historical photos of
within. We were all utterly convinced that at the toilet facilities were out of doors. The your own to share with the thousands

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I was looking forward to getting back home and shut schools. Many gifts available on the site
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For four days, traffic came to a virtual waking in the morning to frosted patterns
standstill and the school, though still open, on the windows. I have heard people talk
received no pupils. My abiding memory is about the beauties of these frosted patterns,
of our school empty of everyone apart from always in retrospect. As I recall, nobody then Attorney-at-Law and Former U.S. Vice Consul & Visa Officer
staff, the building surrounded by shouting, ever mentioned how beautiful their bedroom
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remember a number of popular
TV programmes about the police
force, such as ‘Z Cars’, ‘Softly,
Softly’, and ‘Dixon of Dock Green’,
with Jack Warner’s genial greeting
at the beginning of each episode
– “Evening, all!”. This was the
time of blue police telephone
boxes, ‘Panda’ cars, policemen
taking their lives in their hands
when they were on ‘point duty’ at
busy traffic junctions in towns,
and when a local ‘bobby’ was
stationed in most towns and
villages – so-called after Sir
Robert Peel, the Home Secretary
who founded Britain’s first police
force in London in 1829. The
village policeman at Lamberhurst
in Kent made a great impression
on Mike Beech when he was a
boy, as he recalls in the ‘memory’
he contributed to the website of
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I MENTIONED in last months Great British Car
column that the Los Angeles motor show was
somewhat subdued because of the omission
of many of the exotic marques. It was similar
at the Detroit auto show this year except that
a second, separate show ran concurrently
showing only the ultra expensive motor cars,
perhaps this will be the trend for the future.
The majority of the British cars sold in
the US these days are not all ultra expensive
but most certainly are at the high end of the
market and a few of these new models were
on display in Los Angeles as I expected. There
was one British marque there that I didn’t
expect and was quite a welcome surprise, it
was the Allard J2X. I said a British Marque,
they are now made by Allard Motor Works
in Canada but there was no doubting its
British heritage.
The Allard Motor Company was an English
car manufacturer founded in 1936 by Syd-
ney Allard. The company, based in Putney,
London until 1945 and then in Clapham,
produced approximately 1900 cars until its
closure in 1966. Sydney Herbert Allard, born
in London, was educated at Ardingly College
in Sussex and after worked in a family owned
business selling British made Fords. Allard
was remarkable in that he achieved sporting
success in cars of his own manufacture. He
started competing in motor racing in 1928
with a Morgan three-wheeler which he ran
at Brooklands and elsewhere.
On August 31, 1929, the new Cyclecar
Club held a meeting at Brooklands where:
“the first race was won by Sidney Allard’s
Morgan, at 73.37mph from a couple of
Austins. Deciding he needed an extra wheel
for serious motor racing he bought a Model
B Ford and modified it for competition by
installing a highly modified BB truck en-
gine to create the first Allard special. After
campaigning this and another Ford with an
American flat head engine for a couple of rac-
ing seasons with some success he decided
that success in someone else’s car wasn’t
enough, he wanted to build his own. The
first car to bear the Allard name was the J1
which was made from a wrecked 1935 Ford
Coupe, the frame was shortened, lightened,
and fitted with a 1932 Ford front-axle as-
sembly, which was lighter than the ’35 unit.
The chassis was topped with a Bugatti Type
51 body. This oddball hybrid was a winner
from the start.
WWII disrupted motor car production and
the Allard garage was employed repairing
and maintaining army trucks throughout
the hostilities. After the war Sydney again
turned to car building, but with a new serious
approach. Like so many others in postwar
England, his major problem was a lack of
materials, particularly steel and aluminum
and because of this Allard relied so heavily
on proprietary parts for his cars. His choice
of Ford components rather than some other
make’s stemmed from a combination of
availability, cost, and his own familiarity
with them.
Designated K1, Allard’s first postwar car
was largely a carryover from the limited-
production prewar J1 except for a six-inch-
longer wheelbase. The engine (a British-built
221-cubic-inch Ford V-8 with 85 horsepower)
was virtually stock. Transmission, driveshaft,
rear axle, and brakes were also stock Ford,
as was the front axle. The K1 was followed
by the L and M models which were similar
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ujnews.com February 2010
Man Arrested For Twitter Bomb Joke
A MAN in Britain was arrested for making as saying.
a terror threat after he joked on Twitter that Police said they take misuse of Web sites
he would blow up an airport last month. like Twitter seriously, and will take action
Police arrested 26-year-old Paul Cham- to deal with users who cause “unnecessary
bers on January 13 after he posted a mes- alarm and distress” to the public.
sage on the popular micro-blogging site “Any inappropriate use could cause
saying he would blow northern England’s unnecessary concern and lead to com-
Robin Hood Airport “sky high” if his flight ments being reported to police,” a police
was delayed. Police said he has since been statement said.
bailed pending further investigation. Robin Hood Airport said it fully en-
“I would never have thought, in a thou- dorsed the police action. “Comments
sand years, that any of this would have made threatening airport safety are taken
happened because of a Twitter post,” the extremely seriously at all times,” it said
Daily Mail newspaper quoted Chambers in a statement.
UK Jobless Rate Eases To 7.8 Percent
UNEMPLOYMENT in the United King- The continuing high unemployment rate,
The Allard J2X
dom fell to 7.8 percent in the three months combined with a report of a record one-
in style to the K1 with some cars having a tion between Roger and Sydney Allard. Since ending in November, down from 7.9 per- month jump in inflation, underline the fra-
Canadian Mercury V8 engines fitted in place the Allard name is relatively uncommon and cent in the quarter through October as more gility of an economy struggling to emerge
of the British engines, they were all right- has its roots in France it is quite likely that people got part-time work – but full-time from the deepest recession since 1921.
hand-drive cars and were not offered for sale there is some convergence going back a employment fell in a sign of continued The number of people in full-time
outside of the UK although company records few generations. Bearing the same surname economic weakness. employment fell by 113,000 while there
show some cars sold abroad. The K series Roger obviously had an affection for the Al- The 7.8 percent rate matched the were 99,000 more part-time workers for
was really a stepping-stone model for Allard, lard motor cars of the past and has revived unemployment level in the June-August a total of 7.71 million, a record high. The
who would go on to even greater fame and the marque with his new version of the J2X quarter, the Office for National Statistics number claiming jobless benefits fell by
success with the J2 competition model. with today’s modern components. On the said last month. 15,2000 to 1.61 million.
On a research trip to the US, Sydney Allard standard configuration, power is provided by
found out that Americans wouldn’t buy his a GM 350 Ramjet with Tremec TKO 5 speed
K, L and M models but they might buy an manual transmission which are sourced Right-Wing Party Calls For Veil Ban
updated version of his original sportier look- and installed by third-party facilities of the BRITAIN’S right-wing UK Independence Education Secretary Ed Balls said last
ing J model, the result was the Allard J2, the customers choosing. Performance figure are Party called last month for a ban on face- month that banning veils in public was “not
car that put Allard in the winners circle and 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and if that is not enough covering Muslim veils in public places. British, it is unfair, it is not consistent with
Sydney Allard’s name on the sports car rac- the cars can be configured with a Chrysler But the government says forbidding our traditions of liberty and freedom.”
ing map. The 100-inch wheelbase from the J1 Hemi 5.7 or 6.1 litre at the customers request. the veil would violate British values of Balls said he “would not want to be
was retained but in place of the old transverse According to Roger the new J2X, now dubbed tolerance. in the kind of society where people were
leaf springs used on the J1, front and rear, the J2X MKII is a modern hand-crafted version UKIP European lawmaker Nigel Farage told how to dress when they walked down
J2 featured coil springs plus a De Deon rear of the famed British competition roadster that told the BBC that the veils are “a symbol the streets.”
axle with quick change center section and stirred crowds in Europe and North America of a divided Britain” and prevent Muslim UKIP, which campaigns primarily on
inboard 12-inch Alfin drum brakes. in the early 1950s. This modern version women being assimilated into the British a call for Britain to leave the European
Having improved on the chassis, Allard integrates the latest technology into the same way of life. Union, won 16 percent of the vote in last
tuned his attention to the power-plant, his design, to provide a safer, more comfortable A ban on the body-covering burqa and year’s European Parliament election, but
original off the shelf Ford V8’s were 18 years and reliable vehicle than its predecessor, face-veiling niqab is being considered in got less than 3 percent in the last national
old in 1950 so a more modern engine would without compromising performance. France, but no major British party sup- election. It has 13 European lawmakers but
be needed for serious competition. Several The Allard Motor Works of Canada is ports the idea. no seats in the British Parliament.
different engines were used in the first few J2 committed to keeping this Allard legend
model cars before Allard finally settled with alive by releasing no more than 100 copies
the big American V8’s, Chrysler or Cadillac, of the new J2X per year for the enjoyment of Hindu Man Wants His Cremation On Open Pyre
buyers had a choice of either. As for the sports car lovers around the world. This new A HINDU man who wants the right to his “soul to arise from the flames like the
result, the J2 was a fast, simple and reliable car is recognized by the Allard registry and be cremated on a traditional funeral pyre mythical phoenix, not be incinerated in an
competition machine that performed well has been awarded special serial numbers after he dies has taken his case to Britain’s industrial furnace.”
on both the road and the race track. It was and a place in the British Allard Registry. My Court of Appeal. A High Court judge ruled last year that
available in either left or right hand drive and own thoughts on this car was pretty much Lawyer Rambert de Mello said last such pyres are forbidden by UK law, which
as with his previous models, Allard used as the same as most other people at the show, month that his 71-year old client, Davender states that all cremations must take place
many proprietary parts as possible, most of it certainly is a head-turner and generated Ghai, wanted to be cremated on a wood within a building with a wall and a roof.
which seldom caused trouble and those that probably more attention than any other car at pyre that is open to the sky. Judges at the Court of Appeal said they
did could easily be replaced. The J2 and its the Los Angeles Auto Show so my hat goes Ghai said in a statement that he wanted would rule later.
racing counterpart the J2X was a familiar off to Roger and his staff at Allard Motor
sight on the race tracks during the 50’s and Works for the revival of this stunning sports
proved to be very successful for a time and, car and the magnificent attention to detail in Downing Street Sign Withdrawn Over Seller’s Doubts
until overwhelmed by the more sophisticated its recreation. To read more about the Allard A BRITISH auctioneer says it will not sell a 19th century street sign it had claimed once
and costlier Ferraris, Maseratis and Mercedes J2X MKII go to http://www.allardj2x.com or graced the most famous street in British politics.
was usually the car to beat at most any event. for you readers in California visit Allard West Bonhams hoped the cast iron “Downing Street” sign would fetch up to £6,000 at auc-
It was this car, a 2010 version of the J2X that in Santa Monica, http://www.allardwest.com tion last month. But it was withdrawn from the sale after a city councilor in Cambridge
was on show in Los Angeles, it has been re- where you can see and hear Jay Leno’s views said he thought it came from his city’s Downing Street – not London’s.
created by Roger Allard, president of Allard on this stunning motor car. The London street has been associated with the office of Britain’s prime minister for
Motor Works, Montreal, Canada. Happy Motoring, nearly three centuries.
Interestingly there is no direct family rela- Carman Phil The London and Cambridge roads were named for 17th century property speculator
Sir George Downing and his grandson, respectively.
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Brits Overlooked
At Globe Awards
By Jerry Watson
BRITISH nominees at last month’s 67th
annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly
Hills. did not take home a coveted statu-
ette, as they did the previous year.
James Cameron’s science fiction
global blockbuster Avatar captured the top
award for Best Motion Picture Drama, and
brought Cameron a globe for Best Director.
Two awards were the most any film or
TV show won, regardless that some had
numerous nominations.
Thanks to Ricky Gervais, the 48-year-
old British comic had the star-studded
audience in chuckles from the start with
his sarcastic but humorous ad-libs at
some, sprinkled throughout the three-hour
telecast. He was the first Globes host in
15 years.
Brits Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)
and Helen Mirren (The Last Station), lost
out to Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side,
for Best Dramatic Actress. And Daniel
Day-Lewis in Nine, saw Robert Downey Jr
in Sherlock Holmes” pick up the globe for
Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical.
In the Original Song category, The
Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)
outscored Paul McCartney’s I want to
Come Home. And in TV, Jeremy Irons lost
out to Kevin Bacon in Taking Chances, for
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV movie. The
BBC with nominations for Little Dorrit and
Into the Storm, in the Miniseries category,
were left out of the winners’ circle by
HBO’s Grey Gardens.
At one of the after parties held through-
out the hotel, Gervais admitted he was “a
Britain Rebukes Argentina In New Row
FOREIGN OFFICE minister Chris Bryant
announced a diplomatic rebuke to Argen-
tina following a new challenge to British
sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and
a section of the Antarctic.
Argentina has claimed the Falklands
since Britain first occupied the South At-
lantic Ocean archipelago in 1833.
An invasion by Argentine forces led
to a 73-day war in 1982 that killed 649
Police Arrest Six
Rugby Players Over
Rape On Tour
SIX HUDDERSFIELD Giants rugby
league players have been arrested on
suspicion of rape during a preseason
tour.
The players were questioned by
police in Newcastle after a 22-year-old
woman alleged that she was raped early
last month.
The team were in northeastern Eng-
land for a team-building exercise and
training.
Club managing director Richard
Thewlis said that there would be an
internal inquiry into the allegation.
Northumbria Police said that “the inves-
tigation is in the very early stages and
inquiries are ongoing.”
FLORIDA
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UK Bans Drinking Games, But
Resists Price Controls
By Raphael G Satter alcohol is killing us as never before.” Wales. Officials in Scotland have already
BAR-GOING Britons may soon be bid- Home Secretary Alan Johnson told BBC gone further, with authorities announc-
ding goodbye to their country’s all-you- radio last month that he had not ruled out ing plans to introduce a minimum price.
can-drink deals – as well as some of their minimum pricing, but he did not want Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon argues
more outlandish drinking games. to penalize “responsible drinkers on low that such pricing would “combat the dirt-
The government said last month it was incomes.” cheap ciders, lagers and low-grade spirits
banning irresponsible promotions and Instead, he would outlaw some of the favored by problem drinkers.”
boozy contests such as the “dentist’s chair” country’s more excessive promotions – The new rules – expected to come
– where alcohol is poured directly into including games in which customers are into effect this year after being approved
customers’ mouths – in an effort to tackle encouraged to drink against a time limit, by Parliament – would also tighten age-
Britain’s binge-drinking problem. free drink deals for groups such as women verification laws and force bars to offer
The government says the ban will limit or people under 25, half-price deals based tap water for free.
binge-drinking, but health experts say the on sports games, and prize giveaways for RESTRICTIONS
nation’s deepening alcohol problem would downing a set amount of booze in a 24- The restrictions are similar to a vol-
best be tackled by imposing higher mini- hour period. untary code drawn up by the Beer and
mum prices on Britain’s cheap booze. OUTLAWED Pub Association and adopted by much of
The raft of new measures is “better All-you-can-drink deals would also be Britain’s alcohol industry in 2005. The
than nothing,” according to Carys Da- outlawed, as would the so-called “dentist’s code called for ending “irresponsible
vis, spokeswoman for Britain’s Alcohol chair,” where customers are held down promotions,” including all-you-can-drink
Concern charity. But she said the restric- against a chair and alcohol is squirted into offers, but a 2008 government-ordered
tions “seem tame” compared to what the their mouths. report said such standards were being
Ricky Gervais hosted the 67th
government could do by ending pricing “The major point here is we are looking widely ignored.
Annual Golden Globe Awards
practices that result in alcohol selling for to target those who are acting irresponsi- “The industry has so far proved that it
at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly
less than water. bly,” Johnson later told BBC television. isn’t able to regulate itself,” said Davis, of
Hills, CA Sunday, January 17,
“You’d be hard-pushed to find a health But some Britons feel the rules are a Alcohol Concern.
2010. © HFPA
organization that doesn’t support mini- sign of a “nanny state” interfering with The Beer and Pub Association said it
mum pricing,” she said. the right to drink. supported measures to deal with problem
little nervous” being the first Globes’ host RISEN “As long as people aren’t creating drinking, but said the government was un-
in so many years. “If they ask me back, I Britain’s alcohol consumption has risen a mess, I don’t think games should be fairly targeting bars because most of Britain’s
know I was good,” he smiled. He revealed by 40 percent over the past four decades, banned,” said student Gabby Caldera. “It’s booze was sold through supermarkets.
he was “a bit ill,” with a slight temperature. although per-capita drinking is still lower fun between a group of friends.” “Pubs are struggling, and the country
Women would think it’s nothing, “but men than in many other European countries But Jean Sweeney, a cook in her 40s, is in recession,” said Brigid Simmonds,
think they’re dying,” he laughed. And that – including Russia, Spain, Germany and thought the ban was a good idea. the association’s chief executive. “This
said, he was off to the next party. France. “Setting limitations is good,” she said. is not the time for the Home Office to be
Earlier on the rain-soaked red carpet, Experts say that Britons’ binge-drinking “It could stop alcoholism.” burying business in yet more unnecessary
actress Helen Mirren declared, “This is my ways are increasingly putting their health The new rules apply to England and red tape.”
weather. I feel completely at home.” at risk.
Hopefully, Brits will fare better in the A parliamentary report published in
upcoming Oscars. December warned that three million
Britons were addicted to alcohol. Ear-
lier this month, The Sun tabloid carried a
photo montage of drunken New Year’s Eve
Argentines and 258 Britons. revelers, including an apparently drunk
Bryant said in a statement last month woman lying face down in the snow. And
that Britain sent a diplomatic note to last month, government-commissioned
Argentina’s London embassy after the poll suggested that one out of four Brit-
country last month passed legislation ons avoided some neighborhoods due to
claiming sovereignty. disorder relating to alcohol.
Bryant says Britain has “no doubt about Government statistics suggest the coun-
its sovereignty” over the islands, and a try’s alcohol-related death rate has doubled
stretch of other territory in the southern since 1991. Last year, Chief Medical
Atlantic and Antarctic. Officer Liam Donaldson warned: “Cheap
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We Brits just dodged a
chocolate bullet
AMONG ENGLAND’S top creations ever are
the E-type Jag, Concorde (but not the French
bits!) and Cadbury’s Flake. So here’s thrilling
news which affects every expat in America.
After two years of wrangling, bids and coun-
terbids to acquire Cadbury’s, Hershey’s USA
has bowed out. I track UK-USA trade closely
for my business and had been dreading a
likely Hershey takeover.
For years, Hershey’s in Pennsylvania
have made fake Cadbury’s bars here un-
der licence. Newly arrived expats buy the
soapy substitute in their local supermarket,
excited to spot the distinctive purple and
gold Cadbury’s wrapper. Then their British
tastebuds discern it tastes nothing like the
original. So they have to trek to their local
Britshop. (See their ads in this paper). Had
Hershey’s purchased Cadbury’s UK, they
might have tampered with the recipe for
the iconic Flake. Created in 1920, even
Winston Churchill munched flakes down
in his War Room. That’s why we trounced
Hitler, of course.
Now another American conglomerate,
Kraft, is still bidding, but we can relax. Kraft
have given a statement to UK business
media shrewdly vowing not to change
Cadbury’s intrinsic product. (See Pears
Soap blunder below). Also Kraft does not
make chocolate, so they’d be less inclined
to. Neither does Hershey – they just call it
that, tee hee. Fnd out more on www.cadbury.
co.uk. Their website even looks chocolatey
and tempting. For the corporate latest click
on the Cadbury’s Global menu.
TRUE STORY: An elderly English pilot I
knew died here in Miami. He told us all at a
Royal British Legion event that he had lung
cancer with weeks to live. So I mailed him a
small box to his home. Inside was my note
said: “Ivan, inside your room lie two of the
best things from England – YOU and these”.
Inside were Cadbury’s flakes. Two days
later he died and his son said that deathbed
choccy surprise brightened his final hours
more than I can ever know.
FOOTNOTE The makers of Pears English
soap, have sparked a campaign of consumer
outrage on Facebook called Bring Back the
Original Pears. The iconic soap has been
made the same way in England for 221
years and is the world’s first registered
brand. After a flood of complaints to the new
owner Hindustain Unilever Ltd based over in
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ingredients and made it “smell and feel
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online. “Since being made in India it smells
strongly of Frankincense, rather than its old
mild and spicy herbal fragrance. “they noted.
The old bar contained just eight ingredients,
including rosemary and thyme extracts
and Pears proprietary fragrance essence.
These were ditched and replaced with 24
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that you hope Prudence Pears-Buyer in
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product that is bought precisely because it
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tioning his visit to Florida last month I wrote
“this isn’t the celebrated and witty one, Boris
Johnson, (London Mayor). So I skipped the
January 22 Miami lunch and his speech.
Well that evening, as a guest at a reception
by Miami’s British Consulate-General I am
introduced to him. “Ah Patricia Kawaja…”.
Recognition lightbulb goes on. I squirm a
bit. “Yes I read your column. Sorry I’m not
the “witty and celebrated” Boris Johnson.”
But he was teasing me with a good-natured
grin. So let me set the record straight:
Mayor Anstee is exceptionally handsome,
urbane, witty and charming. In fact if Mrs
A. ever tires of him, he knows where I am!
(In my defence, the Lord Mayors of London
I remember from years ago were gnarled
old Cockney codgers who were 95 percent
chain of office and five percent charm).
Q DEERFIELD BEACH in February and
March. The Florida Renaissance Festival
takes place over five weekends at Quiet Wa-
ters Park. Olde English mediaeval life, King
Henry VIII actor and wives, English knights,
jousting and feasts, mediaeval-theme artisan
village, giant turkey legs, ales, performers in
period costume and stages of continuous
entertainment. I’ve been before and it’s
an amusing family day out for Brits. They
also (usually) usually need people to work
at the festival. Call (954) 776-1642, event
information on website: www.Ren-Fest.com
or call (954) 776-1642.
Q ROCK LEGENDS The Moody Blues of
Knights in White Satin fame. March 9, 2010,
8pm. With a legacy spanning four decades
of recording and touring, the band has sold
in excess of 70 million albums worldwide
and has been awarded an astonishing 14
platinum and gold discs. The Moody Blues
Multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold albums
and singles, have generated sold-old tours
for decades, making them one of the top-
grossing bands ever. Melbourne on March
9 at King Center. Box office (321)242-2219
Downtown Miami on March 5. Ticket infor-
mation on www.livenation.com.
Q BOCA Raton British Classic Car Show:
Got an e-type Jag or an Aston Martin? Nei-
ther do I. But you can ogle these triumphs of
British engineering, along with vintage Rolls
Royces, MG’s, Triumphs, Mini Coopers,
Jensens, and other magic motors at this an-
nual show. It’s a well-attended event. Part of
the fun is bumping into Britpals you haven’t
seen for ages, some of whom are older than
the cars they’re drooling over. I go most
years. Sunday, February 14. Free to attend
and takes place at Mizner Park in Boca. To
enter your British classic car in the judged
competition (small fee involved) call Susan
Micelli (954) 461-5361 Show info and entry
forms: www.goldcoastbritcar.org.
Q HELP BRING THE World Cup to
Florida. Miami is Florida’s official bid city
for the 2018 World Cup. (Seattle and Atlanta
are some of the 27 others across the USA).
Each USA bid city has been challenged to
reach 50,000 signatures to help its overall
effort. So British football fans in Florida add
your signature on: www.gousabid.com Tell
all your pals and email this on to them.
Q PUBLIC SERVICE CORNER, especially
for newcomer Brits: Florida is the most
fraudulent state in the USA – official FBI
statistics. In fact it was one of the first things
I was told by my bank when I set up in busi-
ness here. The latest one, exposed by the
Miami Herald a few weeks ago is that crooks
in the Florida submitted more bogus Medi-
care claims for supposed diabetes patients
than all the other 49 states combined. Any-
way if you have been scammed or suspect
one, this is where you report it: The Attorney
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Q FT LAUDERDALE Dame Kiri ti Ka-
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Charles and Diana’s wedding in St Paul’s
appears March 9 at Broward Center for
the Performing Arts. Based in London,
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Ticket information (954) 462-0222 www.
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Q FT LAUDERDALE ERIC CLAPTON solo
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Karen’s California Events Calendar

For upcoming British events in the Los 735-0101.
Outward ‘Bounders’ Sought
Angeles Area, check out www.britweek.
org
FEBRUARY
Rosie Lee Imports in Ventura has a new
shipment of Tea Pots from Russia that are
simply gorgeous!! (805) 643-5TEA.
For Generations Initiative
The Olde Ship in Fullerton and Santa 8: ACS/CAC Theatre Committee Meeting
Ana has a full range of Ales to whet your at Theatre Unlimited 8pm in N Hollywood. ONE MILLION Plus Out-
whistle to go along with their still NEW Check out the Celtic Arts Center new on-line ward “Bounders” across
menu. Check out their entertainment line-up store www.printfection.com and we hope
for your listening pleasure and Don forget to you all enjoyed Robert Burns birthday. the generations connect
make dinner reservations for February 14 You Say Tomato You should have fin- and share their stories in a
(714) 871-7447 or (714) 550-6700. ished off all those Christmas goodies you
3: Plaza Pantry in Ojai invites you to bought, so stop by David’s and restock. He unique, new online space!
an English Afternoon Tea 1:30pm (805) carries a full line of biscuits, teas, crisps, The Outward Bound Trust announces
646-6325. chocolates, sauces, and don’t forget your the launch of its latest initiative – Gen-
13: Mayflower Club of N Hollywood of- frozen favorites!! (415) 921-2828. erations – a project reaching out to all
fers their last Panto Evening February 5-6; 13-14: Queen Mary Scottish Festival those who have ever participated in an
Pub Night is February 13; and Clubnite is in Long Beach (562) 499-1650. Outward Bound course since its begin-
February 27 with Don, Paul, Linda, Marie Cameron’s Inn in Half Moon Bay now ning in 1941.
and Pooch (818) 769-9805. offers Buzz Time Trivia game boards that The Outward Bound Trust has extraor-
5: The Whale and Ale in San Pedro interact with pubs all across the US. It’s dinary and ambitious plans to reach out and
invites you to An Evening with Simon free to play and patrons are catching on to unite over one million former Outward
Spalding & James Hendricks. This dynamic the addictive fun of Buzz Time. “Folks who “Bounders” who have experienced the
duo of sea chanteys & acoustic folk music grab a game board and log in stay about fantastically life-changing Outward Bound
will appear 7pm to 10:30pm. This talented twice as long. The breaks between games courses over the past 68 years.
duo are multi-instrumental performers with allow time to order another beer and some The Trust has invested in creating a
a huge repertoire. And don’t forget February food,” says owner Cameron Palmer. The unique space www.outwardboundgenera-
14 with reservations at the most romantic Brit Night group who come every Tues. tions.org.uk for all the generations of Out-
restaurant in LA (310) 832-0363 www. signed on for the Northern CA Buzz Time ward Bounders to share their stories.
thewhaleandale.com. tournament and won!!! “We were quite The Outward Bound Trust believes that
6-7: Ye Olde Kings Head in Santa surprised as most of us were new to trivia, ‘Generations’ will create a new community
Monica invites you to enjoy 6 Nations but we worked as a team and pooled our of shared experiences that reach across the
beginning February 6; the Superbowl knowledge,” stated father Alan Palmer. The generations. The work of Outward Bound
February 7; and make your reservations team was presented a nice trophy and their crosses some seven generations and those
now for Valentine’s Day dinner February photo appeared on all the Buzz Time TV’s memories from long ago are as fresh today
14 (310) 451-1402. in N CA (703) 726-5705. as ever.
6-7: Riverside Dickens Festival 10-5 SHARE the trials, the triumphs, the highs, the
in downtown Riverside on Mission Inn Contact Leo and Karen or Car Man Phil at PO Box 5691 “We want to place the different genera- lows and above all, the learning, have
Ave between Orange and Lime (951) Oxnard, CA 93031 or leolewis12@yahoo.com tions of Outward Bounders in the same been equally powerful. There are a
“room” online and give them the chance million stories of personal growth,
to share their stories.” says Nick Barrett, adventure and fulfillment waiting to
Chief Executive of The Outward Bound be told and shared.”

3
Gift Subscriptions Trust. For nearly 70 years generations There are over a million people who
See ful experience as the person taking a have attended Outward Bound. Now
of young people have been having the
To The Union Jack page same intense Outward Bound experience course this week. Over the decades the is the time to connect and share your
Are Available! and we want to hear about it. The person mountains have been just as daunting, story. All Outward Bounders need to
who participated in an Outward Bound the weather just as unpredictable and do is visit www.outwardboundgenera-
course in, say 1952, had the same power- the water just as icy. At the same time, tions.org.uk and tell it how it was.

the column!) Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out the

HAPPY VALENTINES Day to you all! At
time of writing this I have true empathy
with those of you having winter weather,
with memories of all those Wisconsin
winters I went through, as we have had
a long spell of really cold winter weather
here in Florida. Usually we use our central
heating four or five times a year, but have
had it on for two weeks or so already.
We do have a fireplace, and find that has
really helped a lot, and it is so comforting
to have a fire going.
I was trying to think of something delec-
table to have as a treat, and came across
a couple of previous requests for Custard
tart. When we had the Tea room, we were
constantly being asked for the “custard
tarts that Lionel loved”: The reference was
to the popular (still) series As Time Goes
By. I never really had the time to experiment
with them, but recently decided to make
them for some Brit friends who were com-
ing for supper (Funny my friends always
like it when I test out recipes on them for
In Tudor times custard was made as
a filling for pastry ‘coffins’ the name then
for tarts. My earliest recipe I have with
my recipe book collection is Mrs Beetons
Everyday Cookery, but the actual recipe
with her version is rather bland, and of a
light meringue texture.
I always liked custard tarts, but in recent
trips to the UK have been disappointed
with the commercial ones. This recipe is
worth the bother, and needs to be made
ahead of time, it needs to sit for a bit, and
is best served at room temperature. The
recipe calls for Demerara sugar, but if
you can’t find that, mix brown sugar and
white, it will be a bit heavier, but is close
to the correct taste. You could also try
what is called raw sugar here. I also find
fresh grated nutmeg is the best, and not at
all fiddly with a fine grater. I find a whole
nutmeg will last me for months and really
is the better flavour.
I hope you like my version.
Custard Tart
1lb Shortcrust Pastry
1 whole nutmeg
(or 2 tsp ready grated)
4 large eggs
3/4 cup Demerara sugar
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
pastry to fit a large pie dish, trim the edges.
Press into the dish, sprinkle the nutmeg
over the pastry and chill for 10 minutes.
Line the pastry with baking beans (I re-use
kidney beans and keep them in a container
to use again) Bake for 20 minutes. Remove
beans and paper carefully (they will retain
the heat), and bake another 10 minutes
until lightly golden. Turn oven down to
300 degrees F.
Beat together the eggs and sugar in
a large bowl. Add the cream, milk and
vanilla. Put the prepared pastry dish on a
baking tray, and place on pulled out oven
rack, be careful ... just enough to have it
pulled out a bit. Gently pour the egg mixture
into the shell right to the top. Sprinkle with
some additional nutmeg, gently slide back
into the oven, and bake for one hour or until
the tart is set (It should jiggle a bit in the
centre) Cool completely
(Sliding out the oven rack, putting the
pie dish on it, then pouring the filling makes
it easier to get in the oven without spilling
it, if you would try to fill it then lift down
to the oven)
The cooked tart should have a nice
browned topping when it is baked.
Yield 10-12 servings
(I welcome comments, requests and
recipes and can be reached at Yourcup-
patea1@yahoo.com)

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Britain Searches For ‘Tall
And Talented’ Athletes
By Keith Moore
WANTED: Tall people with athletic
ability. Males must be over 6ft-3in,
females over 5ft-11in. Apply now for
a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to
become an Olympic athlete.
That’s the pitch launched by British
officials to locate and train potential
basketball players and rowers for the
2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
British Basketball and UK Sport are
promoting the “Tall and Talented” pro-
gram nationwide by advertising on radio
and TV and in schools and universities
for “exceptionally tall” candidates, aged
between 15 and 22, who are compet-
ing in any sport at least at a county or
regional level.
Applicants should be “quick, agile
and skillful and/or fit, powerful and
strong,” as well as “mentally tough and
competitive,” the ad says.
“No prior experience in rowing, bas-
ketball or any specific sport is required,”
it says. “We are looking for raw sporting
talent with the capacity to develop under
the guidance of elite level coaches in a
world class training environment.”
SUPPORT
Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng – Brit-
ain’s standout basketball player – has
lent his support to the program.
“This is a great way to identify and
tap into talent which may otherwise go
unnoticed,” the 6ft 9in forward said.
The domestic basketball league in
Britain isn’t as strong or well-supported
as elsewhere in Europe. And Britain’s
national team still hasn’t qualified for
the 2012 London Olympics.
Alien Warning By Health Club Controversial
A SIGN in one of Britain’s health clubs
warning “fatties” Aliens would eat them
first if they landed has been criticised.
The advert was meant to encourage
people to join up and lose those excess
pounds put on over Christmas, reported
the Daily Telegraph.
The sign, which features a green alien,
read: “Advance health warning! When
the aliens come, they will eat the fatties
first.” It then goes on to urge people to
take up a special offer to join the health
“Relatively in this country, (basket-
ball is) perceived to be minor but there’s
a good participation base,” said Warwick
Cann, a performance coordinator with
British Basketball. “There’s a lack of
facilities in the country, which limits
the amount of training and playing time
that basketballers can make, so com-
paratively they’re a bit behind on the
international spectrum.”
REQUIREMENTS
More than 1,000 applicants who met
the height requirements will undergo
general physical tests at various loca-
tions across the country in January. After
a six-month selection process, those that
make the cut will be put into specific
full-time training programs.
British Basketball is looking for
athletes who can transfer their skills
from other team sports. Cann said that
females who have played netball, a sport
similar to basketball, and exceptionally
tall soccer players have the potential to
be trained to become elite basketball
players.
“I’m confident that if we find someone
with the right age and physical attributes
and the profile that we’re looking for that
club and spa attached to Cadbury House
hotel in Bristol.
But it prompted an angry reaction
from some people in the local commu-
nity, with residents saying it is offensive
to those struggling with their weight.
The club, one of the largest indepen-
dent health clubs in the UK, has two
purpose-built studios and offers more
than 100 fitness classes each week. Vicky
Palmer contacted the health club to
complain after seeing an advert similar
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we’ll be able to immerse them in existing
programs,” Cann said.
He said officials are looking for ath-
letes who have speed, power, desire and
talent as well as height.
IMPORTANCE
Deng acknowledged the importance
of being an all-around athlete.
“There are many aspects to being a
good basketballer, both on and off the
court, but height is most definitely an
advantage,” he said.
While it’s the first time that Britain
has searched for basketball players,
the same model has proved effective
in rowing.
“We know that it’s very possible to go
out there and find athletes or even just in-
dividuals who aren’t involved in rowing
and convert them into world and Olym-
pic medalists in a fairly short period if
you put them in the right program with
the right coaches,” said Natalie Dunman,
lead talent identification scientist for the
“Tall and Talented” project.
Vicky Thornley won a gold medal
at last year’s under-23 world rowing
championships despite only setting foot
in a boat two years before, after being
selected through 2007’s Sporting
Giants program.
“I thought I might as well
have a go, and applied for it. I
didn’t think I’d be chosen for
rowing,” Thornley said. “I didn’t
really have a clue about rowers
and didn’t know that you had to be
tall or that it was a benefit.”
Vicky Thornley
to the sign in a local newspaper.
She said: “I am not overweight yet
I still find this extremely offensive and
patronising, but how much more so to
someone genuinely overweight?”
Health club manager Jason Eaton said:
“The alien campaign has been developed
as a tongue in cheek look at the fact that
people, generally, over the Christmas
period do put on a little weight.
“We do not intend to cause any of-
fence to anyone.”
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BBC America To Air British
Academy Film Awards
CATCH The British Academy Film
Awards on BBC America the same day
channel will broadcast five live matches
over the course of the legendary rugby
they air in the UK. Hollywood and Brit- tournament featuring England, Ireland,
ain’s biggest movie stars come together France, Scotland, Wales and Italy vying
at London’s Royal Opera House to honor for the championship. Last year’s winner,
this year’s best in film. And, as in previ- Ireland, clinched the championship after
ous years, many BAFTA wins have cor- a thrilling victory that came down to a
missed penalty by Wales, giving the Irish
rectly predicted who walks away with the
Academy Award a few weeks later. The the 17-15 win. BBC America’s first match
British Academy Film Awards air Sunday, will be from London, where England faces
February 21, 8pm ET 5pm, followed by off against Wales, Saturday, February 6,
two back-to-back encores. 12pm ET.
The nominations were announced last The RBS Six Nations Championship
month with Avatar, An Education and The will hold this year’s matches in London,
Hurt Locker leading the pack with eight Paris, Dublin, Rome, Edinburgh and
nominations each. Avatar is fresh off its Cardiff. The home field advantage for the
win for Best Motion Picture, Drama at the match alternates from year to year between
Golden Globe Awards. each country’s teams. The tournament has
District 9 follows closely behind with every team playing each other once – with
seven nominations, Inglourious Basterds two points being awarded for a win, one
and Up in the Air have six apiece and for a draw and none for a loss. The Six
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sap- Nations has a total of fifteen matches and
phire, Coco Before Chanel, Nowhere Boy the team with the most points wins. Victory
and Up each received four nominations. in every game results in the team being
The BAFTAs are awarded by the British given the title Grand Slam winner. There
Academy of Film & Arts and for a full list is also the title of Triple Crown competed
of nominations visit www.bafta.org. for each year, which is awarded if a team
SIX NATIONS LIVE from the four Home Nations (England,
RBS SIX Nations Championship, one of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) beats each
Europe’s biggest annual sporting events, of the other three Home Nations.
will broadcast live on BBC America This acclaimed tournament began in
1883 as the Home Nations Championship
starting Saturday, February 6. The cable
but was renamed the Five Nations when
Susan Boyle Snubbed, France joined in 1910. Italy joined the
tournament ten years ago, making it the
Gets No Brit Award Six Nations.
Nomination 5 1 4 6 9 7 8 3 2
WOMEN are dominating the nominations 2 9 7 8 4 3 6 1 5
for Britain’s leading music awards – the
Brits – but Internet sensation Susan Boyle 6 3 8 1 2 5 9 4 7
was snubbed on the shortlist. 8 7 9 4 3 2 5 6 1
Quirky chanteuses Florence and the
Machine, Pixie Lott, Lily Allen and Lady 1 2 5 7 8 6 3 9 4
GaGa all have three nominations. 4 6 3 5 1 9 7 2 8
Other British contenders include boy 7 4 1 3 6 8 2 5 9
band JLS, Leona Lewis, Bat for Lashes,
Paolo Nuttini and Dizzee Rascal. 3 8 2 9 5 4 1 7 6
Nominees in the international catego- 9 5 6 2 7 1 4 8 3
ries include Bruce Springsteen, Eminem,
Jay-Z, Michael Buble and Shakira. Solution to Sudoku puzzle on page 15.
Robbie Williams will receive an award
for outstanding contribution to music at
the February 16 ceremony in London.
The awards are the British equivalent
of the Grammys. Most winners are se-
lected by a vote of over 1,000 industry
members.
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NEW YEAR’S SPORTING
HONOURS LIST
BRITAIN’S sporting competitors were
amongst the chosen in this year’s New
Years Honours list. The new Formula One
champion Jensen Button received the MBE,
and the Brawn team-owner that made it
possible, Ross Brawn, gets the OBE. Button,
29, scored six grand prix victories to give
him the 2009 title. Scottish rugby veteran
Ian McGeechan, who took part as coach
and player on seven Lions tours, received a
knighthood. Gymnast Beth Tweedle, 24, who
grabbed two gold medals at the recent world
championships gets an MBE, as does Eng-
land’s women’s cricket captain Claire Taylor.
Scottish golfer Catriona Matthews, 40, won
the British Women’s Open last year at Royal
Lytham St Annes, just 11 weeks after giving
birth to daughter Amy, gets the MBE.
BRITAIN READIES FOR WINTER
OLYMPICS
This month, Britain sends 55 athletes to
compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Van-
couver, February 12-28. Britain’s best per-
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games was at Chamonix, France
in 1924, where a total of four
medals was achieved. This year
amongst the British competitors,
it has been noted that standards
are high and expectations remain
firm that Britons will be amongst
this month’s medals.
It has been more than 25
years since Torvill & Dean took gold in the
ice dancing, but Scottish brother and sister
duo, Sinead and John Kerr have shown
continual improvement. In the skeleton,
Shelley Rudman took silver during the last
winter Olympics in Turin, and was also silver-
medalist in the recent world championships.
Nicola Minichello and Gillian Cooke claimed
the gold medal at last year’s womens world
bobsled championships at Lake Placid, while
David Murdoch will lead Scotland’s curling
team and reigning world champions into the
Olympic fray. Then there is snowboarder
and cross-country athlete Zoe Gillings who
has been place five times in recent world
cup events and speed skater John Eley who
scored silver at the world championships
in 2006.
ENGLAND TIE SOUTH AFRICAN
TEST SERIES
England saw out the old year of 2009,
with a resounding victory over South Africa
in the second Test match at Durban, where
an innings and 98 run victory put them 1-0
up in the series. South Africa 343 and 133.
England 574 (Alistair Cook 118, Ian Bell
140)-9 dec. A desperate and successful last
Lotus To Only Take Part In Last Two F1 Test Sessions
LOTUS will only take part in Formula
One’s last two testing sessions before the
season-opening race in Bahrain, according
to driver Heikko Kovalainen.
The Finnish driver said last month the
Malaysian team doesn’t have enough spare
parts to test properly before the third off-
season session, which will be held at Jerez,
Spain, from February 17-20.
“If we had any problems, the test would
be over. So at the third test we know we’ll
be able to push the car hard,” Kovalainen
said. “I expect the car to be pretty reliable
straight out of the box. ... Then the ques-
tion mark will be how much performance
we have.”
Kovalainen expected to measure the
car’s “real performance” once the team’s
factory is set up and running, and he ex-
pects to achieve good results in 2010 after
two mixed seasons at McLaren.
“I don’t think people have seen the best
of me yet, and I don’t think I got the best
out of McLaren,” Kovalainen said. “My
aim at Lotus is to get the best out of the
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wicket stand at Capetown, enabled England
to draw the third Test.
AUSSIES WIN PAKISTAN SERIES
Rick Ponting became the winningest Test
skipper in cricket history, after Australia won
the 42nd Test match under his captaincy,
when the Aussies beat Pakistan by 170 runs
in the first Test match at Melbourne.
Australia 454 (Simon Katich 98)-5 dec
and 225 (Shane Watson 120 not out)-8 dec.
Pakistan 258 and 251. At Sydney, Ponting
made it 43,after the Aussies took the series
after winning by 36 runs. Australia 127 and
381 (Mike Hussey 134 not out) Pakistan 333
and 139.Australia won the series 3-0 at Ho-
bart, winning by 231 runs. Australia 519 (Rick
Ponting 209, Michael Clarke 116)-8 dec and
219 (Simon Katich 100)-5 dec. Pakistan 301
(Salman Butt 102) and 206.
TENNIS: HOPMAN CUP
Laura Robson and Andy Murray reached
the final of the mixed team Hopman Cup, Jan-
uary 2-9, in Perth, Australia, but were beaten
2-1 by Spain in the final. 15-year-old Robson,
a former junior Wimbledon champion, upset
Maria Jose Martinez-Sanchez 6-1,7-6 (8-6)
but Andy Murray lost his first match of the
tournament to Tommy Robredo 6-1,4-6,3-
6. The Spanish pair won the doubles 7-6
(8-6) 7-5. The British duo beat Kazakhstan,
Germany and Russia to win Group B, and a
place in the final.
MURRAY REACHES FOURTH
ROUND IN MELBOURNE
The first Grand Slam of 2010, the Austra-
lian Open at Melbourne, January 18-31,saw
team and the car, and I don’t see any reason
why the results won’t come. I don’t think
there are any areas I particularly need to
improve.”
In 35 races with the British team,
Kovalainen won one – the 2008 Hungar-
ian Grand Prix – while finishing in the
top three four times. He failed to reach
the podium last season and had to retire
Andy Murray cruise past South African quali-
fier Kevin Anderson in three sets. He then
knocked out two Frenchman Marc Gicuquel
and Florent Serra to reach the second week
of competition and the fourth round.
For the first time in twenty years, two Brit-
ish women reached the second round of the
singles. British number one Elena Baltacha
beat France’s Pamela Parmenter and then
Ukrainian number 32nd seed Kateryn Bond-
arenko in a three setter, but lost to number
three seed Dina Safina. Kate O’Brien beat
Austria’s Patricia Mayr 6-3,6-3, but went out
to Jelena Jankovic in the next round.
NUMBER FIFTEEN FOR PHIL,
NUMBER TWO FOR WOLFIE
Phil Taylor was in scintillating form as
he strove for his fifteenth world darts crown
at the Ladbrookes.com. PDC World Darts
Championship at the Alexandra Palace,
December 18-January 3. Three time former
champion John Part and winner in 2008, fell
4-1 in the second round to Kirk Shepherd.
Taylor powered passed Steve Hine, Robert
Thornton, Adrian Lewis and Mark Webster,
losing just one set on his way to the final.
Aussie Simon Whitlock edged five time
world champion Raymond van Barneveld
6-5 in a tight semi-final. Taylor did not have
it all his own way in the final as the unseeded
Australian remained competitive throughout,
but the reigning world champion conquered
7-3, and another world darts championship
was his.
The BDO World Darts Championship at
the Lakeside Leisure Centre, Frimley Green,
January 2-10, saw former champion and
five times.
“Some people think I’m a good quali-
fier, and not such a good racer, but that’s
only been while I was at McLaren,” said
Kovalainen, who partnered Lewis Ham-
ilton during his title winning season in
2008. “If you look at my time at Renault
in 2007 the race performances were actu-
ally very strong, and I felt I got more out
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England skipper Martin Adams and number
three seed making his 17th consecutive ap-
pearance at these championships. Martin
“Wolfie” Adams who was a losing finalist
in 2005, won the 2007 title, and this year,
proved the man of the tournament. The Peter-
borough thrower at 53, the oldest man in the
contest, beat the unseeded Dave Chisnall 7-5
in a thrilling and extremely close final.
FA CUP: TRAUMA AT OLD
TRAFFORD & ANFIELD
The third round of the FA Cup, January 3-4,
favoured the big guns where 12 premier clubs
drew home ties. It did not favour Manchester
United however, who were ousted by the
only goal of the match at Old Trafford, where
Jermaine Beckford’s 19th minute netting
gave Division One leaders, Leeds Utd, the
surprise result of the third round. A crowd
of 74,000-plus watched in astonishment as
Sir Alex Ferguson’s 23-year reign at United,
that included never losing a third round FA
Cup tie or losing to a lower-division club
crumbled. Fergie’s record collapsed under the
confident assault of a Leeds side that entered
the contest with a run of 15 unbeaten games
under their belt.
There was misery for Liverpool too, who
held Reading 1-1 away, but lost the Anfield
replay 2-1. Reading scored all three goals.
A Betrand own goal in the 18th minute gave
the Pool the lead. But Sigardsson fired in a
penalty to level the score, while Shane Long
broke the Kop’s heart in extra-time with the
winner.
Four of the remaining non-league sides
Continued on page 18
of the Renault than I did the McLaren. I
don’t really care what people think – I’m
more determined than ever to do a good
job for the team.”
Kovalainen says he and Jarno Trulli
will drive at the Jerez circuit and at the
final test session at the Catalunya Circuit
in Barcelona from February 25-28.
The season opens on March 14.
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Sporting Roundup
Continued from page 17
drew away games, which proved the demise
of all of them. Sunderland easily over-came
Barrow 3-0, Stoke City beat York 3-1,
Southampton’s only goal of the game pushed
Luton Town out and Notts County beat For-
est Green 2-1. Goal-feast of the round, was
Preston’s 7-0 routing of Colchester Utd at
Deepdale, where a second half hat-trick by
Jon Parkin had fans thoroughly delighted.
CARLING CUP
The semi-finals of the English League
Carling Cup were delayed after ice and snow
caused postponements. A James Milner
goal gave Aston Villa a 1-0 over Blackburn
at Ewood Park, January 14, while six day
later a goal-feast ensued at Villa Park with
the midlanders winner 6-4. Blackburn had
Chris Samba sent off, and the strain of ten
men proved too much to bear. Carlos Tevez
scored twice against his old club Manchester
United, as rivals Manchester City won the
home leg 2-1. Ryan Giggs put United ahead
in the 17th minute, but the sky blues would
not be intimidated. The second leg was a far
different affair with United 3-1 winners and
Wembley-bound after goals from Scholes,
Carrick and Rooney. Tevez scored for City.
SCOTTISH SOCCER
Dundee United coach Craig Levein, was
installed as the new manager of Scotland,
following the firing of George Burley in No-
vember. Burley failed to deliver a World Cup
place in South Africa. Levein was capped 16
times for Scotland. The 45-year-old began his
managerial career at Cowdenbeath in 1997.
Terms at Hearts, Leicester City and Raith
Rovers followed, before his latest move to
Dundee United. Levein commented that all
Scottish players would be considered for se-
lection, including Kris Boyd, Lee McCulloch,
Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor who
for one reason or another would or could
not play under the Burley regime. His priority
will be Scotland’s qualification for the 2012
European Championships.
The January 3, Old Firm derby at Parkhead,
proved predictably tense and a 58,300 crowd
were forced to wait until late in the second
half before goals brought the encounter to
life. Aussie striker Scott McDonald put a
header away in the 79th minute putting Celtic
ahead, but two minutes later Lee McCulloch
leveled for Rangers, and both clubs shared
the points.
The big freeze, January 9-10, witnessed
only six of the 16 scheduled fourth round
Active Nation Scottish Cup matches could
take place. Hibernian sent junior side Irvine
Meadow out 3-0,while Aberdeen beat Hearts
2-0. Dumfermline trounced Stenhousemuir
7-1, but it was not enough to get them in the
next round. The Pars substituted suspended
Calum Woods in the 51st minute, and they
never got the paperwork correct for the
match. The SFA overturned the result and
gave the match to Stenhousemuir. Coach Jim
McIntyre called it “excessive punishment,”
and said they would appeal. Hamilton Accies
scored three goals within four-minutes of
each other on the break, but Rangers’ Lee
Miller got a brace for a 3-3 tie. The replay
at Ibrox went to extra-time with Steven
Whittaker getting two in less than a minute
for a 2-0 result. A Niall McGinn goal after
35 minutes gave Celtic a 1-0 away victory
at Morton.
The fifth round is February 6-7.
AFRICAN NATIONS CUP
The scheduling of the African Nations
Cup in Angola, January 10-31, aggravated
many top European clubs who lost African
players in the midst of tight championship
races. Chelsea and Portsmouth lost four
players apiece, while other top clubs includ-
ing Fulham, Barcelona, Inter-Milan lost
players too.
Requests to reschedule the African Cup
tournament to June, by European clubs have
fell on deaf ears at CAF, which regards the
tournament as its biggest money earner and
sees the alternative June, as too wet a month
in Africa. The contest got off to a disastrous
start when the Togo team bus was riddled
with gun-fire in which three people died.
Manchester City’s Emmanuel Adebayor
was on board and said the whole team was
deeply traumatized and it was impossible for
the side to continue in the competition. The
government of Togo immediately ordered
them home.
After years of civil war, the Angolan hosts
spent a billion dollars show-casing this event,
including four brand new stadiums built
courtesy of China. With tickets ranging from
$2.50 to $13 apiece, it’s highly unlikely that
Angola will make a profit, but the govern-
ment’s public relations machine is making the
most of this occasion. The format of sixteen
nations in four groups of four, (minus Togo)
resulted in eight quarter-finalists scheduled
for January 24. Angola v Ghana, Ivory Coast
v Algeria, Egypt v Cameroon, and Zambia
v Nigeria.
MONEY PROBLEMS CONTINUE TO
PLAGUE BRITISH CLUBS
International financial consortiums have
been seen as the saviour of struggling soc-
cer clubs as lack of money and rising debt
threaten the very existence of many top
clubs. In years gone by, clubs were owned
by loyal local businessmen, but that trend has
changed drastically. The Glazer family took
over Manchester United in a controversial
swoop, that still genders opposition today.
June 09 revealed debts of £716m for what
is regarded as the richest club in the world.
Last month, a bond issue successfully raised
£504m, but most clubs are not as lucky.
Portsmouth were unable to pay their
players three consecutive times over the new
year, and they are fighting an order from the
HM Revenue & Customs (for unpaid taxes)
to wind up the club. Dubai businessman, Su-
laimen al Fahim bought the club in August,
but quickly resold it to a Saudi consortium
headed by Al al Faraj, who has yet to set
foot on British soil and see his investment.
Portsmouth is presently banned from the
transfer market, as it has not paid for many
of the players it recently purchased.
West Ham’s Icelandic consortium CB
Holdings went under during Iceland’s dev-
astating economic down-turn, and with debt
reputedly at £110m and one Icelandic bank
looking to get rid of 70 percent of the stock;
the Hammers future looked uncertain. Last
month however, former Birmingham City
owners David Sullivan and David Gold
leaped in feet first to takeover one of London’s
fashionable clubs.
Championship side Watford nearly went
under in December, when former chairman
Jimmy Russo, wanted a £4.88m loaned re-
paid that he had lent the club under his tenure.
Russo managed a million pound emergency
survival loan to the club the end of November,
Schumacher Impressed After Visit To Mercedes
MICHAEL Schu-
macher said he is
very impressed by
Mercedes’ prepa-
rations for the new
Formula One sea-
son following a visit
to the team’s head-
quarters. Michael
The 41-year-old Schumacher
German driver, who is returning to F1
after having retired three years ago,
ujnews.com
but a changes in the boardroom, saw him
resign, and his previously loaned money
became an issue. The new board finally paid
Russo his money back with the clock ticking
dangerously close to bankruptcy. Money is
very tight at this club.
Simon Jordan took over at Crystal Palace
in 2000, and saved the club from inevitable
administration. After nearly ten years in
charge, problems are emerging. Twice last
year they were banned from the transfer
market because of unpaid fees, and the play-
ers went unpaid for the months of November
and December. Jordan says its an unusual
circumstanced cash flow delay, and is only
temporary. Observers note that Palace has
been selling players to make end meet for
some time now.
A Middle-Eastern conglomerate called
Munto Finance headed by Roger Trembling
took-over Notts County in July 09, promising
all manner of good things. Former England
coach Sven Goran Ericksson was brought in
and former England mid-fielder Sol Campbell
was lured to play at the second division club.
But things did not go well. Campbell played
one game and left, Hans Backe was signed
as the new manager, but resigned after
seven weeks. A financial crisis arose later
in the year, where Roger Trembling ,made
a buyout deal with Munto and became his
own CEO. Ericksson remains, but the clubs
money problems remain also.
LATE SPORT
Andy Murray beat John Isner 7-6 (7-
4) 6-3,6-2, to reach the last eight of the
Australian Open Tennis Championships in
Melbourne…The fourth round of the FA Cup,
January 23-24, brought joy to championship
side Reading, when a goal by Gylfi Sigurds-
son three minutes from time gave them a
1-0 win over premier league’s Burnley. It
was a struggle for three other premier sides.
Division one leaders Leeds Utd, managed a
2-2 tie at Tottenham, Wigan were held 2-2
at Notts County, and Crystal Palace drew
by the same scoreline at Wolverampton
Wanderers ... Olympic yachting gold medal-
list Ian Percy and Andrew Simpson proved
their pedigree once again by winning the Star
class, world yachting championships in Rio
de Janeiro.
BRITISH RELAY TEAM FINALLY GET
WORLDS GOLD MEDALS
Thirteen years after Britain lost the 4x400
relay at the World Championships to a drug-
tainted American team, the runners will
receive their gold medals.
The US quartet was disqualified after
runner Antonio Pettigrew admitted using
performance-enhancing drugs. The British
team was upgraded from second to first in
the results from the 1997 championships
in Athens.
Retired British runners Roger Black, Jamie
Baulch, Iwan Thomas and Mark Richardson
will receive the gold medals at a ceremony
organized by UK Athletics.
FORMULA ONE
said last month he was “surprised” by
how motivated the team was during his
two-day visit at the English site.
“I have been in the factory in Brack-
ley now for two days and spent the
time to get to know the engineers and
the structures a bit better, and I am
extremely positive surprised about how
motivated everybody was,” Schumacher
wrote on his Web site. “This a world
champion team but it does not seem to
be spoilt by success at all; it seems to be
England Call
Up Yet Another
League Convert
MARTIN JOHN-
SON never ceas-
es to surprise.
In his short-list
of 32 players
announced in
mid-January, he
called up ex-
New Zealand By John Polley
rugby league
centre, Shontayne Hape, along with another
rugby league convert, ex-Wiganer Chris
Ashton. At the same time he has overlooked
the genuine claims of a couple of brilliant
youngsters, Danny Cipriani and Shane Ger-
aghty, both of whom will have to be content
with second team rugby.
Johnson is desperate for England to
score a few tries (aren’t we all!) and is
pinning his hopes on the incisive running
that the thirteen-man game produces. Two
New Zealand rugby league internationals
have already featured for England – Henry
Paul and Lesley Vainikolo. Their statuesque
contributions did not contribute much in the
way of try-scoring.
He is able to welcome back from autumn
injuries Delon Armitage, Riki Flutey, Toby
Flood and Nick Easter
England Six Nations Squad
Forwards: S Armitage (London Irish), S Borthwick
(Saracens), J Crane (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), L
Deacon (Leicester), N Easter (Harlequins), D Hartley
(Northampton), J Haskell (Stade Francais), C Lawes
(Northampton), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester),
T Payne (Wasps), S Shaw (Wasps), A Sheridan (Sale
Sharks), S Thompson, J White (Leicester), D Wilson
(Bath).
Backs: D Armitage (London Irish), C Ashton
(Northampton), M Banahan (Bath), D Care (Harlequins),
M Cueto (Sale Sharks), H Ellis (Leicester), T Flood
(Leicester), B Foden (Northampton), R Flutey, S Hape
(Bath), D Hipkiss (Leicester), P Hodgson (London
Irish), U Monye (Harlequins), M Tait (Sale Sharks), J
Wilkinson (Toulon).
3D Coverage Of England’s Games
England’s home game against Wales in
February will be Europe’s first live 3Dsports
broadcast, England’s sponsor O2 have
announced. The game can be seen live in
Odeon and Cineworld cinemas across the UK
on February 6. England’s Six Nations clash
with Ireland will get the same treatment on
February 27.
It is disappointing to see that the ticket
pricing has not reflected the need to attract
a younger audience. At £12.50 a throw, it
will be quite an expensive Saturday afternoon
out. I’d far rather watch it for free in 2D in a
rugby club!
News From The Backs
Here’s an accolade no-one would argue
with. Ireland’s genius of a captain, Brian
O’Driscoll, has been voted Player of the
Decade by Rugby World magazine.
hungry for more instead!”
Schumacher completes an all-German
driver lineup alongside Nico Rosberg for
the former Brawn GP team, which won
both drivers’ and constructors’ titles
last season.
Schumacher won a record seven
world championships during a 16-year
career, including five straight at Fer-
rari from 2000-04. He still holds the
record for most victories, with 91 from
249 races.
February 2010
He appeared for Ireland in 2000 and in his
first game in Paris the Leinster back scored
a stunning hat-trick of tries. He ended the
decade leading his Irish side to their first
Grand Slam in 61 years. In between, he
toured three times with the British Lions,
once as captain, though he suffered a spear
tackle in his first match and thereafter did not
feature in any games.
30-year-old Jonny Wilkinson has adapted
well to life in Toulon, securing a return to
full fitness and a recall to the England side
in the process. Talks are well under way
for him to sign up for a second year in the
southern French sun. Toulon are seventh in
the Top 14 table.
Gavin Henson of whom little has been seen
or heard in the past few months is apparently
ready to emerge from hibernation and is
looking to get back to first-team rugger for
the Ospreys by early spring. He has ruled out
a return in time for the Six Nations.
In Wales Stephen Jones at flyhalf is
dependability personified and James Hook
is an able deputy who has settled down well
in the fullback spot. An injury scare over
Jones’s fitness seems to have blown over
but keep an eye out for young Dan Biggar,
who turned out in the autumn and seems
destined to be the next great product of the
Welsh flyhalf factory.
Argentina Are A Southern Hemisphere
Side – Official
Argentina will not be admitted into the RBS
6 Nations after being told by the International
Rugby Board their future lies in the southern
hemisphere.
The IRB held their global rugby forum in
Woking last month with the Pumas’ future near
the top of the agenda following their remark-
able third-place finish at the World Cup.
Ranked third in the world, they are mar-
ginalised by a lack of inclusion in a major
annual tournament and formally applied to
join the Six Nations at the end of last year.
The obvious tournament for them is the
Tri-Nations. At least it is in the southern
hemisphere!
Snow Hits English Fixtures
The heavy snow at the end of December
and beginning of January had a drastic ef-
fect upon the domestic fixture list. Such is
the pressure that the only available slots for
re-arranged games come in the Six Nations
weekends of 13 and 20 March.
This would obviously mean clubs taking to
the field minus their international players with
all the accompanying wrangling about sides
being disproportionately disadvantaged.
A further complication is that the semi-
finals and final of the LV Anglo-Welsh Cup
are scheduled for the same weekends.
Something is going to have to give and
the chances are that the Premier Rugby
organisation will have to change their policy
on midweek games.
Wales Picks Uncapped Rees
For Six Nations
Wales has picked uncapped scrumhalf
Richie Rees for this season’s Six Nations
after Dwayne Peel was ruled out of the entire
tournament because of a groin injury.
Peel joined first-choice scrumhalf Mike
Phillips on the sidelines when he limped out of
Sale Sharks’ Heineken Cup defeat by Cardiff
last month with a recurrence of the injury that
affected his start to this season.
Cardiff Blues’ Rees or the Scarlets’ Martin
Roberts look set to start at No 9 in Wales’ tour-
nament opener at England on February 6.
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match in charge as Spurs drew at home 0-0
EURO & DOMESTIC
CUPS RESULTS,
FIXTURES & DRAWS
premiership with Hull City despite taking 30 shots.
West Ham United – Saves
by keeper Robert Green and a LEAGUE
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
STANDINGS
P
Group A
W D L F A Pts
roundup By Ridge Mahoney second half of a 2-0 loss at Blackburn. He
staunch effort brought the de-
pleted Hammers a 0-0 tie at Aston
Villa. Injuries to Carlton Cole, Zavon Hines and
Guillermo Franco pushed 18-year-old Mark
TABLES AS OFJanuary
As of AUGUST28
28
Bordeaux
Bayern Munich
6
6
5
3
1
1
0
2
9
9
2 16
5 10 Arsenal – Beat Bolton twice will not require surgery and should return Noble into his first Premier League start and
Juventus 6 2 2 2 4 7 8
within three days to gain six before the end of the season. A spectacular in the sixth minute fought his way past two
Maccabi Haifa 6 0 0 6 0 8 0 defenders only to shoot well over the bar. BARCLAYS PREMIER
Group B valuable points. Tomas Rosicky strike from more than 30 yards by Dempsey,
P W D L F A Pts scored shortly before halfime to following a goal by Damien Duff, brought the Wigan Athletic – Despite Chelsea
P
22
W
16
D
3
L
3
F
55
A
18
Pts
51
GD
+37
Man United
CSKA Moscow
6
6
4
3
1
1
1 10 6 13
2 10 10 10 cut a 2-0 deficit in half, Cesc Fabregas and Cottagers close but they ran out of time in a Hugo Rodallega failing to convert Man Utd 23 16 2 5 53 19 50 +34
a penalty in first-half stoppage Arsenal 23 15 4 4 59 25 49 +34
Wolfsburg 6 2 1 3 9 8 7
Thomas Vermalen tallied 11 minutes apart 3-2 loss at Stoke City. Tottenham 23 12 5 6 44 24 41 +20
Besiktas 6 1
Group C
1 4 3 8 4
to wrest away the lead, and Andrei Arshavin Hull City – Eleven saves, in- time and Hendry Thomas being Liverpool 23 11 5 7 40 26 38 +14
Man City 21 10 8 3 42 30 38 +12
P W D L F A Pts rounded off a 4-2 comeback win with a goal cluding a pair of double variety, sent off midway through the second half, Aston Villa 22 10 7 5 29 18 37 +11
Real Madrid
AC Milan
6
6
4
2
1
3
1 15 7 13
1 8 7 9 five minutes from time. Fabregas and Fran by Boaz Myhill stymied a Tot- the Latics won, 2-0 at Wolverhampton. Birmingham 22 9 6 7 21 22 33 -1
Everton 22 7 8 7 32 34 29 -2
Marseille 6 2 1 3 10 10 7
Maria Perez scored on either side of halftime tenham side that piled up a 30-9 James McCarthy marked his first Premier Fulham 22 7 6 9 26 26 27 0
FC Zurich 6 1 1 4 5 14 4
for a 2-0 away win. Four different players, in- advantage in shots and brought the Tigers a League start when he scored on the hour Blackburn 23 7 6 10 25 40 27 -15
Group D Stoke 21 6 7 8 19 26 25 -7
P W D L F A Pts cluding Eduardo and Sami Nasri, hit the target 0-0 draw at White Hart Lane yet stretched and after Hendry departed with his second Sunderland 22 6 5 11 30 40 23 -10
Chelsea
Porto
6
6
4
4
2
0
0 11 4 14
2 8 3 12 as the Gunners thumped Portsmouth, 4-1. their winless streak to seven games. caution, Charles N’Zogbia tacked on the Wigan
Bolton
21
21
6
5
4
6
11
10
24
29
46
42
22
21
-22
-13
Atletico Madrid 6 0 3 3 3 12 3 Aston Villa – James Milner fired Liverpool – Goals by Dirk second goal. West Ham 22 4 8 10 29 38 20 -9
Apoel Nicosia 6 0 3 3 4 7 3
a shot off the goal post in a frustrat- Kuyt early (sixth minute) and late Wolverhampton – Marcus Wolves
Burnley
22
22
5
5
5
5
12
12
17
22
38
44
20
20
-21
-22
Group E
P W D L F A Pts ing 0-0 home draw with West Ham. (re-taken stoppage-time penalty) Hahnemann stopped a penalty Hull 22 4 7 11 20 46 19 -26
Fiorentina
Lyon
6
6
5
4
0
1
1 14 7 15
1 12 3 13 Villa banged away at the Liverpool downed a stubborn Tottenham, kick at the end of the first half Portsmouth 21 4 3 14 19 33 15 -14
Liverpool 6 2 1 3 5 7 7 goal for most of the match – a close-range 2-0. A Kuyt shot that could have after Richard Steadman com- COCA-COLA FOOTBALL
Debreceni 6 0 0 6 5 19 0
volley by Stewart Downing was repelled won the game hit the post instead in stoppage mitted his second cautionable offense, but LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Group F
P W D L F A Pts and Gabriel Agbonlahor failed to put away a time of a 1-1 draw at Stoke City; defender 10-man Wolves couldn’t hold off Wigan in P W D L F A Pts GD
Barcelona
Inter Milan
6
6
3
2
2
3
1
1
7
7
3 11
6 9 breakaway – then conceded a stoppage-time Sotirios Kyrgiakos’ first goal for the club the second half and were beaten, 2-0. Newcastle
Nottm Forest
26
27
16
14
7
10
3
3
43
44
16
20
55
52
+27
+24
Rubin Kazan
Dynamo Kiev
6
6
1
1
3
2
2
3
4
7
7 6
9 5
goal to lose, 1-0. had provided a 1-0 lead, but an 89th-minute West Brom
Cardiff
26
26
13
12
8
6
5
8
52
50
28
29
47
42
+24
+21
Birmingham City – Cameron equalizer and Kuyt’s near-miss left a side Swansea 27 10 12 5 23 20 42 +3
P
Group G
W D L F A Pts Jerome’s fifth goal of the season missing Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, BARCLAYS PREMIER Sheff Utd
Blackpool
26
26
11
10
8
9
7
7
39
42
33
32
41
39
+6
+10
Sevilla
Stuttgart
6
6
4
2
1
3
1 11 4 13
1 9 7 9 rewarded a period of sustained Yossi Benayoun and Daniel Agger through FIXTURES FOR THE MONTH Leicester 25 10 8 7 29 27 38 +2
Unirea Urziceni 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 pressure and pushed City ahead of injury just short of a win. Maxi Rodriguez – Saturday, January 30 – C Palace
Middlesbro
26
27
9
10
10
6
7
11
29
39
29
32
37
36 +7
0
Rangers 6 0 2 4 4 13 2
Group H Manchester United, 1-0, late in the made his Liverpool debut as a sub in the Birmingham v Tottenham
Burnley v Chelsea
Bristol C 26 8 11 7 33 37 35 -4
P W D L F A Pts first half. A controversial own goal off Scott 78th minute. Fulham v Aston Villa
QPR
Doncaster
26
25
8
8
10
9
8
8
40
32
43
32
34
33
-3
0
Arsenal 6 4 1 1 12 5 13
Olympiacos 6 3 1 2 4 5 10 Dann, who was being jostled and perhaps Manchester City – Manager Hull City v Wolves Barnsley 25 9 6 10 32 39 33 -7
Roberto Mancini’s four-match Liverpool v Bolton Preston 25 8 8 9 29 33 32 -4
Standard Liege
AZ Alkmaar
6
6
1
0
2
4
3 7
2 4
9 5
8 4
fouled by Park Ji-Sung, left the teams knotted, West Ham v Blackburn Watford 26 8 8 10 36 42 32 -6
1-1. The draw ran City’s unbeaten streak to winning streak since taking over Wigan Athletic v Everton Coventry 27 8 8 11 31 39 32 -8
Scunthorpe 26 8 6 12 32 46 30 -14
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 12 matches. for Mark Hughes ended with a 2-0 – Sunday January 31 – Ipswich 26 5 14 7 31 37 29 -6
Last 16 Draw Blackburn – Christopher loss at Everton in which Robinho Arsenal v Man Utd Derby 27 8 5 14 28 40 29 -12
Sheff Wed 27 7 7 13 31 44 28 -13
(First Legs February 16, 17, 23 & 24, Samba blocked an attempted complained upon being substituted in the 61st Man City v Portsmouth
Plymouth 25 7 3 15 22 35 24 -13
Second Legs March 9, 10, 16 & 17)
clearance into the Fulham net minute. He had come on for an injured Roque – Monday, February 1 –
Sunderland v Stoke City
Reading 26 5 8 13 27 44 23 -17
Stuttgart v Barcelona; Olympiacos v Bordeaux; Peterborough 27 3 9 15 32 49 18 -17
Inter Milan v Chelsea; Bayern Munich v Fiorentina; and captain Ryan Nelsen added Santa Cruz after just nine minutes, and soon – Tuesday, February 2 –
CSKA Moscow v Sevilla; Lyon v Real Madrid; a second goal, also from a free kick, nine ensued discussions of a loan move to Brazil- Hull City v Chelsea COCA-COLA FOOTBALL
Porto v Arsenal; AC Milan v Man United
minutes into the second half as Rovers ian club Santos. Carlos Tevez scored three – Wednesday, February 3 – LEAGUE ONE
earned their first win since November, 2-0. goals in a 4-1 rout of West Ham United. Fulham v Portsmouth P W D L F A Pts GD
EUROPA LEAGUE Manchester United – Wayne – Saturday, February 6 – Norwich 28 18 6 4 62 29 60 +33
Last-32 Draw El-Hadji Diouf’s equaliser in the 77th minute, Bolton v Fulham Leeds 26 17 6 3 46 19 57 +27
(First Legs February 18 and after Morten Gamst Pedersen has scored Rooney struck the first four-goal Burnley v West Ham
Charlton
Colchester
27
26
15
14
9
7
3
5
50
41
30
26
54
49
+20
+15
Second Legs February 25)
early in the second half to provide a 1-0 lead game of his career, including Hull City v Man City Swindon 25 13 8 4 38 30 47 +8
Rubin Kazan v Hapoel Tel Aviv; Athletic Bilbao v Anderlecht; FC
Copenhagen v Marseille; Panathinaikos v Roma; Rovers squandered, garnered a 2-2 home three in the final eight minutes, Liverpool v Everton
Man Utd v Portsmouth
Millwall
Huddersfield
27
25
11
12
10
6
6
7
39
48
29
29
43
42
+10
+19
Atletico Madrid v Galatasaray; Ajax v Juventus; draw with Sunderland. to power United past Hull City, 4-0. Another Stoke City v Blackburn MK Dons 27 13 3 11 39 35 42 +4
Club Brugge v Valencia; Fulham v Shakhtar Donetsk; Bolton – Gary Cahill scored goal by Rooney, sandwiched between strikes Sunderland v Wigan Athletic Bristol R
Brentford
25
27
12
8
2
10
11
9
34
26
36
29
38
34
-2
-3
Liverpool v Unirea Urziceni; Hamburg v PSV Eindhoven;
Villarreal v Wolfsburg; Standard Liege v FC Salzburg; in the seventh minute and Matt by Dimitar Berbatov and Mame Biram Diouf, Tottenham v Aston Villa
Carlisle 25 8 8 9 32 35 32 -3
– Sunday, February 7 – Walsall 24 8 7 9 34 33 31 +1
FC Twente v Werder Bremen; Lille v Fenerbahce; Taylor converted a penalty kick to marked a 3-0 defeat of Burnley that was Birmingham v Wolves Yeovil 27 7 10 10 36 40 31 -4
Everton v Sporting Lisbon; Hertha Berlin v Benfica give Wanderers a shock 2-0 lead scoreless for more than an hour before United Chelsea v Arsenal Hartlepool 28 8 7 13 34 43 31 -9
Southampton 26 10 10 6 44 31 30 +13
Last-16 Draw at Arsenal, but the hosts restored broke the game open. – Tuesday, February 9 –
Southend 27 8 6 13 30 37 30 -7
Fulham v Burnley
(First Legs March 11, Second Legs March 18) order while romping back to win , 4-2. Portsmouth – Nadir Beladji’s Man City v Bolton
Leyton Orient 26 8 6 12 31 41 30 -10
Exeter 28 7 8 13 32 43 29 -11
Hamburg/PSV Eindhoven v Athletic Bilbao/Anderlecht Burnley – David Nugent’s goal in the 74th minute was about Portsmouth v Sunderland Gillingham 27 7 7 13 31 38 28 -7
Rubin Kazan/Hapoel Tel Aviv v Villarreal/Wolfsburg
Atletico Madrid/Galatasaray v Everton/Sporting Lisbon second-half equaliser earned the only bright moment of a dispir- Wigan Athletic v Stoke City Brighton 26 7 7 12 33 45 28 -12
Oldham 25 6 8 11 20 30 26 -10
Hertha Berlin/Benfica v FC Copenhagen/Marseille the Clarets a 1-1 home draw iting 4-1 home loss to Arsenal. – Wednesday, February 10 –
Arsenal v Liverpool Tranmere 26 7 4 15 23 45 25 -22
Panathinaikos/Roma v Standard Liege/FC Salzburg with Bolton on Boxing Day. Still hope of survival though after a 1-1 tie Aston Villa v Man Utd
Wycombe
Stockport
28
26
4
3
8
7
16
16
27
22
50
49
20
16
-23
-27
Lille/Fenerbahce v Liverpool/Unirea Urziceni
Ajax/Juventus v Fulham/Shakhtar Donetsk Two days later at Everton, they with West Ham. Blackburn v Hull City
Club Brugge/Valencia v FC Twente/Werder Bremen held out until the 83rd minute – after going Stoke City – A Matthew Ether- Everton v Chelsea COCA-COLA FOOTBALL
West Ham v Birmingham
down a man on the hour when Stephen ington corner kick was headed Wolves v Tottenham LEAGUE TWO
FA CUP Jordan saw his second yellow card – but back across goal for defender – Tuesday, February 16 – P W D L F A Pts GD
Robert Huth to score the goal in Rochdale 27 17 5 5 58 25 56 +33
Fifth Round succumbed twice and lost, 2-0. They were Stoke City v Man City
Bournemouth 26 14 4 8 30 28 46 +2
(To be played February 13-14) also resilient at Old Trafford, but after an hour, the 89th minute that earned the Potters a Wigan Athletic v Bolton Rotherham 24 13 6 5 37 24 45 +13
Bury 26 13 6 7 37 35 45 +2
Wolverhampton or C Palace v A Villa
Man City v Stoke
the gates opened up, and Manchester United 1-1 home draw with Liverpool. Tuncay Sanli – Saturday, February 20 –
Arsenal v Sunderland Shrewsbury 27 11 9 7 39 33 42 +6
Derby v Birmingham prevailed, 3-0. opened the scoring with a header in the 12th Everton v Man Utd Notts Co 23 11 7 5 50 21 40 +29
Aldershot 25 11 7 7 42 32 40 +10
Bolton v Tottenham or Leeds Chelsea – In a 7-2 trampling minute, and Abdoulaye Faye and Mamady Portsmouth v Stoke City Dag & Red 26 11 7 8 39 34 40 +5
Chelsea v Cardiff
of Sunderland, Nicolas Anelka Sidibe scored three minutes apart to forge West Ham v Hull City Chesterfield 26 12 3 11 37 34 39 +3
Fulham v Notts County or Wigan Wolves v Chelsea Morecambe 26 9 11 6 46 40 38 +6
Reading v West Brom and Frank Lampard each scored a 3-0 lead they nearly squandered before – Sunday, February 21 – Accrington 23 11 3 9 37 34 36 +3
Southampton v Portsmouth twice; Michael Ballack, Ashley holding on to beat Fulham, 3-2. Aston Villa v Burnley Northampton
Burton
27
26
9
10
9
6
9
10
37
40
36
40
36
36
+1
0
Fourth Round Replays Cole and Florent Malouda each potted one. Sunderland – Darren Bent Fulham v Birmingham Port Vale 25 7 13 5 28 25 34 +3
February 2
Didier who? scored goals 13 minutes apart Man City v Liverpool
Wigan Athletic v Tottenham
Crewe
Bradford
26
25
10
7
4
9
12
9
42
35
42
41
34
30
0
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C Palace v Wolverhampton
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stick around long with Bell. Then with three

overs left, Bell finally succumbed bringing
together the last-wicket pair, Swann and On-
ions. Onions had been in this position before
during the First Test and had blocked out the
O’Shea hurt his leg playing for Ireland in
its unsuccessful World Cup playoff against
SOCCER France.
United has also been without defenders
Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans,
England manager Fabio Capello said
it is “a much-needed facility and through
my own experiences at Coverciano in Italy
I understand the importance of the centre
for England.”

ENGLAND hang on for an epic draw in the

final over to save the game. History repeated
itself once more and England had achieved a
draw that seemed like a victory.
Third Test South Africa: 291 (Kallis 108, Boucher51,
Anderson 5-63) and 444-7 dec (Smith 183,
IF YOU ever wanted proof that the limited-
overs version of cricket will never replace Amla 95)
Test cricket, two games in January will give England: 273 (Prior 76, Cook 65, Morkel
you all the evidence you need. 5-75, Steyn 4-74) and 296-9 (Bell 78, Trott
In the Third Test at Cape Town, England 42, Collingwood 40). Match drawn.
were looking for a series-winning match and A Great Comeback
after their overwhelming victory in the previ- Meanwhile, over in Sydney Australia
ous game, they seemed the likelier side. were taking on Pakistan for the second of
Andrew Strauss won the toss and unhesi- a three-match series. Ricky Ponting never
tatingly sent in the South Africans, given the ever wastes a winning toss by not batting
friendly bowling conditions. Ashwell Prince first and it was the same in Sydney. This
went to James Anderson’s first over and time, however, the Aussies struggled to get
in the very next over, to the first ball from anything decent on the scoreboard and were
Graham Onions, Graeme Smith edged a dismissed for a paltry 127.
simple catch to Graeme Swann in the slips. As is so often the case, the pitch eased
The priceless chance was spurned. Although and Pakistan made a pretty good reply,
Smith did not survive much after lunch, the knocking up 333, to put real pressure back
opportunity to get Jacques Kallis in so early on the home side.
was lost. And Kallis made the visitors pay, After three days of Pakistani dominance,
posting a good century. Australia’s second innings looked an ill-fated
With Kallis still in as the second day began, affair, only Brett Watson (97) holding things
the home side were 279-6, and looking at a together. By the close of the fourth day, Aus-
useful score. But in a frantic clatter, all four tralia were reeling on 286-8, an 82-run lead.
wickets fell for a further 12 runs – and Eng- But a wonderful 123-run partnership between
land were left rubbing their eyes in delight. Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle (38) pushed
But as so often happens, England failed to up the final asking total to 176.
capitalise on their good fortune. Alastair Brilliant bowling from Nathan Hauritz
Cook, Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen all got and Mitchell Johnson (3-27) wrapped up
started but couldn’t hang around and England a great comeback and gave Australia a 2-0
closed Day 2 on 251-7. Happily some judi- series lead.
cious hitting from Matthew Prior got England Australia: 126 (Asif 6-41) and 381
close to South Africa’s total. (Hussey 134, Watson 97)
Now the pitch eased and Smith and co Pakistan: 333 (Butt 71, Farhat 53) and
settled in to amass a match-winning total. 139 (Hauritz 5-53)
Hashim Amla fell three short of a deserved Other Great Comebacks
century but the England bowlers stuck at
England v Australia (Headingley July
their task and South Africa never quite ran
riot. But for all their hard work, Smith was 1981)
able to declare halfway through the fourth England’s second innings started with a
deficit of 227. At 135-7, Ian Botham took
day, leaving England a target of 466, fifty
runs more than has ever been scored in a charge hitting 149 from 148 balls. Needing
winning run-chase. 130 to win, Bob Willis took 8-43 and the
Cook and Strauss posted a century open- Aussies were all out for 111.
ing partnership, briefly raising impossible West Indies v England (Trinidad March
hopes but before nightfall on the fourth day, 1994)
both of them had gone along with Pietersen. Needing just 194 runs to win in a game
At 132-3, all hopes seemed lost. they had dominated, England were dismissed
And they should have been had it not been for 46 runs. Ambrose (6-24) and Walsh (3-
for the doughty presence of Paul Collingwood 16) did the damage, only Alec Stewart getting
in company with the classy and increasingly into double figures.
confident Bell. They added 112 runs in five West Indies v Australia (Barbados
hours, thwarting everything Smith could put March 1999)
up against them. West Indies conceded a first-innings lead
With less than an hour to go, Collingwood of 161. But Walsh again came to the rescue
fell, and neither Prior nor Chris Broad could taking 5-39.Needing 308, Brian Lara scored
an unbeaten 153 to secure an impossible
one-wicket win.
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Steve Waugh scored a ton in the Aussies’
See page 15 for more first innings of 445. They proceeded to bowl
India out for 171 and enforced the follow-on.
information or call us at India knocked up 657-7, leaving a target of
384. Australia fell 171 short, skittled by
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Argentina Winger Rodriguez
Joins Liverpool
LIVERPOOL signed Argen-
tina winger Maxi Rodriguez
on a free transfer from
Atletico Madrid on last
month to boost its attack.
The 29-year-old Rodri-
guez, who has agreed to a
3-½ year contract, will link
with Argentina captain Javier Mascherano
and former Atletico striker Fernando Torres
at Anfield.
“We were looking for players with
character and a good mentality,” Liverpool
manager Rafa Benitez said. “He can play
in three positions – on the right, left or as
a second striker – and is someone with a
very positive mentality, which is what we
are looking for.
“He is comfortable on the ball, can pass
and keep possession. He is good at getting
into the box and scoring goals and a good
finisher. Every year he gets five to 15 goals
from the right side of midfield.”
With Liverpool out of the Champions
League and FA Cup, Benitez has prioritized
finishing in the top four to qualify for next
season’s European competition, but the club
is currently seventh.
Benitez believes Rodriguez can help re-
vive Liverpool’s season, in turn, helping his
chances of making Argentina’s World Cup
squad next June.
United’s O’Shea Ruled Out
For The Season
MANCHESTER United’s defensive problems
were made worse after John O’Shea was
ruled out for the season because of injury.
Wes Brown and Gary Neville for spells this
season.
The defending Premier League champions
strong challengers again but have been
eliminated from the FA Cup.
Brian Laws Appointed
Manager At Burnley
BRIAN LAWS was ap-
pointed manager of Pre-
mier League side Burnley
last month.
The 48-year-old former
Burnley defender signed
a 2-½-year contract to
replace Owen Coyle, who
quit a week earlier to take over at neighbor
Bolton.
“We believe Brian will deliver a continuity
of the culture to which Burnley fans and
staff have become accustomed,” Burnley
said in a statement. “As a former Burnley
defender, he is especially familiar with the
club, the traditions we have and the passion
we all share.”
The priority for Laws, who was fired
last month by Championship club Sheffield
Wednesday, will be keeping Burnley in the
Premier League.
Burnley, in Law’s first game in charge
were beaten 3-0 by Manchester United.
England Plans Permanent
Team Training Base
ENGLAND has unveiled plans for a permanent
training base for the national team to emulate
France’s Clairefontaine complex.
England’s Football Association announced
last month that St. George’s Park in Burton-
on-Trent, central England, will have 12 pitch-
es – including one synthetic and indoor – plus
sports medicine and sports science facilities,
two hotels and a conference centre.
The project is finally taking shape eight
years after it was first announced.
England’s players usually use Arsenal’s
training ground before international matches
and meet up at a private hotel.
Everton Agrees To Sign
Arsenal’s Senderos On Loan
EVERTON has agreed to sign Arsenal de-
fender Philippe Senderos on loan until the
end of the season.
Everton said January 24 that the deal for
the 24-year-old Switzerland international “will
be finalized in the next 48 hours.”
Senderos joined Arsenal in 2002, but has
fallen out of favor and needs regular first-team
football ahead of the World Cup.
Donovan May Extend Everton
Loan Beyond March
LANDON DONOVAN may
stay at Everton if his 10-
week loan from the Los
Angeles Galaxy continues
to be successful. His first
two games have seen im-
pressive performances
from the American – a
2-2 draw with Arsenal and 2-0 win over
Manchester City.
The US international has made a strong
impression during his first two matches on
the right wing for the Premier League club, but
he is scheduled to head back to Major League
Soccer for the opening game on March 27,
and Donovan signed a new contract will the
Galaxy through 2013.
“The future is out of my control,” Donovan
said. “But who knows what will happen in the
future. Football’s funny and you never know
what could happen.
“If I look back after 10 weeks and say I
really want to stay then maybe I can make
that happen. If I say OK it was good, but I’m
ready to go then I can go, but for now I’m
taking it week by week.”

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