Royal Baby Charlotte

Born Finally Makes

Her First Appearance

Prince Harry Scores

The Winner In New
Zealand!

Will Doggy Bag

Campaign Succeed
In The UK?

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PM Announces
New Plans As UK
Immigration Rises
RR By Sylvia Hui

Vol. 33 No. 3 June 2015

3 Queens Meetup In Liverpool

THREE FAMOUS ocean liners
have sailed together in Liverpool for the first time to mark
Cunards 175th anniversary.
The Queen Mary 2, the Queen
Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth saluted the city where
Samuel Cunard began his transatlantic line in 1840.
Thousands of people lined
the River Mersey to watch the
three queens perform a synchronised sailing display.
As the fleet completed its
manoeuvres, the Red Arrows
performed a fly-past.
Captain Christopher Wells,
who was at the helm of the
Queen Mary 2, said it was a
very special weekend.
It allows us to celebrate our
anniversary in the city where
the company was founded.
To have that celebration is
very important not only to us,
but also to the city, he said.

Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth meet May 25 in the Mersey, Liverpool for a gathering in front of the Three Graces and
thousands of people on the riverside.
`
Photo by James Morgan. cunard3queens.com

Charles Meets Sinn Fein For First Time On Ireland Visit

PRINCE CHARLES began an official
visit to Ireland by meeting the leader
of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party
for the first time, in another symbolic
milestone of the peacemaking process.
Charles clasped right hands and chatted over tea with Gerry Adams amidst
a crowd at the National University of
Ireland in Galway.
The encounter took place at the start

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of Charles four-day visit to the Republic

of Ireland and the neighboring British
territory of Northern Ireland. Adams, a
reputed former Irish Republican Army
chief, had never met a British royal
before.
This is Charles third trip to the Irish
Republic since the outlawed IRA called a
cease-fire in 1994. On the following day
he visited Mullaghmore, where the IRA
assassinated his great-uncle Lord Louis
Mountbatten in 1979.
Prince Charles paid an emotional tribute to Lord Louis Mountbatten, slain 36

at press time

RRStephen Hawking To Appear

At Glastonbury Music Festival

STEPHEN HAWKING is a scientific

superstar. Now hes going to mix with
rock stars, taking the stage at the
Glastonbury Festival.
Organizers said last month that
Hawking will make a special guest
appearance at the Kidz Field during
the festival, which runs June 24-28
in southwest England. It did not give
details of his performance.
Hawking, who is almost completely
paralyzed from motor neuron disease,
is one of the worlds best-known cosmologists his book A Brief History of
Time has sold in its millions.

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BRITAINS High Court has awarded

actress Sadie Frost, sports star Paul
Gascoigne and a group of other claimants some 1.2m in damages after their

years ago by the Irish Republican Army,

as the British royal tours Ireland on a
mission of peace and reconciliation.
Charles received a standing ovation
at the end of his speech in the western
Irish town of Sligo, where he declared
that healing is possible even when the
heartache continues.
He noted the centuries of conflict
between Britain and Ireland and the
decades of turmoil over the British territory of Northern Ireland that claimed
3,700 lives as well as the price his
own family paid in an IRA attack in 1979.

Britains Prince Charles shakes

hands with Gerry Adams during the
princes Irish trip.

phones were hacked by journalists seeking scoops for the

Mirror Group Newspapers.
Frost received 260,250, while former soccer star Gascoigne won 188,250 in the lawsuit filed by eight victims.
Justice George Mann says the victims suffered a serious
infringement of privacy.

RRArmy Removes WWII Bomb Near

Londons Wembley Stadium

THE ARMY safely removed an unexploded World War II bomb

found near Londons Wembley Stadium May 22.
The 110lb bomb was discovered by workers at a construction site near the stadium. It is believed to have been dropped
over London during German bombing raids in the early 1940s.
The discovery of the device prompted police to evacuate
hundreds of people from their homes and offices, as army bomb
disposal experts worked through the night to try to defuse
the bomb. A blast wall was built around the site in case of an
accidental explosion.

PRIME MINISTER David Cameron,

on May 22, announced plans to crack
down on illegal immigration and
tighten Britains borders as new official figures showed a significant rise
in the number of migrants.
Net migration to Britain surged
to roughly 318,000 in 2014, up from
209,000 the year before, the Office
for National Statistics said. The figure,
which represents the estimated number of people moving to the country
for a year or more minus the number
departing, is the highest in a decade.
Immigration has become one of the
most divisive political issues in Britain, and increasing numbers of Britons
argue that uncontrolled migration has
a negative effect on the country from
employment to social infrastructure
such as housing and health services.
SPEECH
In his first speech on immigration
since he won a second term in the
general election, Cameron outlined
stricter controls targeting illegal migration, including giving police new
powers to seize immigrants earnings
if they do not have the right to work
in Britain.
While a strong country isnt one
that pulls up the drawbridge, it is one
that properly controls immigration,
he said.
The data showed that 641,000 immigrants came to Britain last year, up
by more than 100,000 since 2013. Of
those, just under half were from within
the European Union.
Under EU rules, citizens from the
28-nation trade bloc have the right to
live and work legally inside Britain.

Irelands First Gay

Marriage Possible By
July, Minister Says
DUBLIN (AP) Some of Irelands
gay couples planning a civil partnership may receive a surprisingly fast
upgrade to marriage.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald announced May 25 that the bill
to legalize gay marriage, following
its landslide approval in May 23
referendum, should be passed before
lawmakers planned July 16 summer
recess.
She says as part of the law, those
gay couples already scheduled to be
wed in civil partnership ceremonies
following the bills passage will have
their pre-booked events legally
upgraded to full-fledged marriages.
Fitzgerald said: I am very conscious that many couples will want
to get married as soon as possible. I
am working to make that happen.
Gay couples in Ireland have been
entitled to marriage-style civil partnerships since 2011. Like marriages,
these must be scheduled at least
three months in advance.

RRUKs New Conservative Government

Outlines EU Referendum Plan In PompFilled Queens Speech
RR By Jill Lawless

POMP MET politics as

Queen Elizabeth II donned a
diamond-studded crown May
27 to read out laws planned
by Britains new government,
including more autonomy for
Scotland and a referendum
on whether to remain in the
European Union.
It was the 62nd time the
89-year-old monarch has
delivered the annual Queens
Speech, but this years proposals have especially profound implications for the
future of the United Kingdom
she heads.
Prime Minister David
Camerons Conservative
administration said it would
renegotiate the United
Kingdoms relationship with
the European Union and
hold an in or out referendum

on membership by the end

of 2017.
At home, it promised a
strong and lasting constitutional settlement with major
new powers for Scotland and
to a lesser extent Wales.
The speech, delivered by
the queen but written by the
government, is the centerpiece of the ceremonial State
Opening of Parliament. It follows a May 7 election that unexpectedly gave Camerons
center-right Conservatives a
parliamentary majority and
with it the power to implement a political agenda without coalition compromises.
This is the Queens
Speech for working people,
from a one nation government that will bring our country together, Cameron told
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in the past month . . .

No Offense To Royals: Monkey

In Japan Keeps Name Charlotte

ing the comments and saying Jayawardena,

who has Sri Lankan heritage, was not British
enough to be in our Parliament.
A MONKEY born in a Japanese zoo will keep
UKIP deputy chief Paul Nuttall said last
its name Charlotte, after all.
month: Weve suspended him immediately,
Oita city officials settled a national debate which is the right thing to do, and we do have
over whether calling the monkey Charlotte a history of getting rid of people when they
offends its British royal namesake.
do something wrong very quickly indeed. a second look last month.
The officials said last month they will stick
The sign is above one of the urinals in the
to their first choice because there was no
10 Most, And LeastWorking gents was at Debenhams in Cardiff, Wales.
protest from Britains royal family.
A customer who snapped the image said:
Class Cities In UK
We have decided to respect the feelings
I
presume
it is an innocent spelling mistake
of the people who voted for the name to MANY Brits grew up working class back in as opposed to a genuine cause of concern
the
UK,
and
a
Monty
Python
sketch
satirised
congratulate the birth of the princess, said
for staff, as it appears a number of other
how bad they had it as kids.
city spokesman Kazuyuki Adachi.
urinals are fully functional.
But
there
is
now
a
list
that
shows
us
The name flap began when the popular
the
most
and
lease
working
class
areas
Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden
Dog To Perform Best Man
named a newborn macaque Charlotte, which back home.
The most? Stoke-on-Trent, who would
Duties
At Couples Wedding
was the favorite in a public ballot. Immediately after the decision was announced, the have guessed that one? But, figures in DANNY THE DOG will be asked to do his best
zoo was flooded with protests from some government census data apparently dont trick ever soon for Tasha Martin and Gus
Japanese who said it was disrespectful to lie according to a Mirror newspaper study. McLellan, when the four-legged friend will
The good ol Potteries win (or loses) the title!
British royals.
be Best Dog at their wedding.
Adachi said officials took seriously the In Stoke, over a third of the residents are
Martins Border Collie Danny will walk her
in
jobs
that
are
described
as
semi-routine
views of both sides.
down
the aisle and then perform the best man
which are also associated with the working
duties for Gus MacLellan.
class populous.
MacLellan, told the Paisley Daily Express:
Oyez! Town Crier At Royal
The figures show that 68,841 of the
Danny
of our family and there was no
Baby Birth Captures Attention 182,808 of working age are in such routine way he iswaspartgoing
to be left out. We want a
work.
AS DOZENS of journalists trained their lenses
small wedding, just the two of us, but Danny
And,
the
Top
Ten
most
working
class
on a set of firmly shut double doors, waiting
was always going to be involved.
for a glimpse of Britains new baby princess, cities in the UK are:
As Ill be getting married in a kilt, were
1.
Stoke-on-Trent;

2.
Kingston
upon
Hull;
a man in an outlandish costume stepped in
trying
to fashion a harness out of the same
3. Wakefield;
4. Sunderland;
to capture the worlds attention.
tartan for Danny to wear. Danny will also
5.
Wolverhampton;
6.
Carlisle;
And it wasnt for the first time.
have the rings and were hoping he can carry
Our American friends wondered: Who is 7. County Durham; 8. Leicester;
them in a wee tartan pouch.
this guy in the funny outfit and the silly hat, 9. Peterborough; 10. Lincoln
Normally, dogs arent allowed in the
Nationally,
25.2
percent
of
the
population
shouting Oh Yeh?
church, so its good of them to agree to that.
were
in
working
class
jobs
such
as
agriculWell, its Oyez, and, Town crier Tony
Gus and Tasha, both 34, have been dating
Appleton took to the steps May 1 outside ture, childcare and production. Whereas, for three years after meeting online. They will
predictably,
the
city
of
Westminster
was
Londons St Marys Hospital to loudly
marry June 5, and live in Paisley.
proclaim the birth of Britains newest royal the least working class with just 12.1 of the
population
in
routine
work.
member, a baby girl born to the Duchess of
Royal Birth A Fake Says
The top 10 least working class cities in
Cambridge.
Russian Newspaper
But contrary to what some may believe, the UK are:
1.
Westminster;
2.
St
Albans;
ACCORDING
to a Russian newspaper, Brits
Appleton was no royal messenger. He says
4. Winchester;
and the world shouldnt get too excited over
hes simply a royalist and president of the 3. Cambridge;
the new Royal Baby Charlotte.
Guild of International Millennium Town 5. Brighton & Hove; 6. Oxford;
8. Tunbridge Wells;
The pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda
Criers, which is not affiliated with Britains 7. London;
9. Chelmsford; 10. Chichester
made the nonsensical conspiracy claims
royal family.
The lovely St Albans in Hertfordshire based on Kate Middletons looks on emergOyez, oyez (Hear ye)! he yelled before
reading a birth announcement from a scroll. came second with a relatively low 13.9 ing from the hospital with the baby.
They printed that Kate looked too beautiful
His booming voice, ringing bell and colourful percent of the city in routine jobs, and the
to have just given birth when she was leaving
costume was watched by TV viewers around University city of Cambridge came third.
the Lindo Wing last month. Their claim being
the world.
Department Stores Out Of part of a bizarre conspiracy theory that has
I feel so proud, because Im a real top
royalist. I love the royal family, he said. Order Toilet Sign Apologises emerged in Russia.
The papers source being commentaries
Theyre the best emissaries for our country.
by women in Russia who said that it was
For Any Incontinence
They make us so much money, they do so
impossible for the Duchess of Cambridge
much for tourism.
to look so good immediately after the birth,
Appleton also made the same perforalso questioning whether the baby was in
mance after the birth of the princesss elder
fact born days before.
brother, Prince George, in 2013.
In comments written by readers, they
alleged that it was impossible for Kate to
UKIP Drops Candidate For
look so radiant.
She is at least three days old. There is
Saying Hed Shoot Rival
nothing which would help a woman, even if
THE UK Independence Party has suspended
she gave birth with the help of best doctors,
a candidate in Britains election after he said
stand up five hours after giving birth and
he would shoot his Conservative opponent.
In the heat of back-and-forth of debate A DEBENHAMS sign maker was probably leave the clinic on her feet.
The claims became even more ridiculous
and opinion of the general election UKIP redfaced last month when their error was
when one woman said that Kate Middleton
candidate Robert Blay took things a little too pointed out to them on a store toilet door.
Instead of using the word inconve- had not even given birth to the new princess
far with one comment last month.
Blay was recorded by an undercover nience on the sign, the apology was for any herself.
reporter saying of Conservative candidate incontinence this may cause amazingly Congestion For 44 Years Man
Ranil Jayawardena that he would put a bullet appropriate
Finds Rubber Dart Up Nose
It was probably not the first out of order
between his eyes if Jayawardena became
sign for the loo the customers may have YEARS and years of sneezing and nasal
prime minister
The Daily
Mirror ran footage of Blay mak- seen, but it was probably a good cause for congestion plagued Steve Easton for 44
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years. But, with the symptoms resembling

hay fever, Easton thought that was the cause.
Having spent years with a case of sniffles
or a headache, 51-year-old Steve Easton has
finally cleared that blocked nose not by
with a doctors treatment, but after one huge
sneeze unlodged the tip of a toy dart which
had been there since he was a boy .
Steve, of Camberley, Surrey, said: I
started a sneezing fit and it came out of my
left nostril.
I thought, Whats this? Where the hell
has this come from? and pulled out this rubber sucker. I was completely blown away.
His mum and dad Quentin, also 77, who
now live in Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire, remembered they had taken him to
hospital when he was a child.
They had found him playing with his dart
gun, at their home in Camberley, and noticed
one of the rubber tips was missing.
Mum-of-three Pat said: John said hed
swallowed it and there was just one of these
darts without a tip. I took him to the hospital
and they spent a lot of time looking for it but
in the end they said perhaps it was a mistake.
Steve has suffered from hay fever and the
sniffles all his life but as far as he is aware the
sucker caused him no other health issues.

will be available to purchase from December,

ahead of the crucial Christmas season.
Jim Procter-Blain, marketing director at
Hornby, told Sky News In terms of quality,
our Thomas range is made to the same exacting quality as the rest of the Hornby range
of model trains paying absolute attention
to detail and assembling every item by hand.
In the UK market, Thomas & Friends is
the number one pre-school character with
total sales of merchandise related to the
brand up 18 percent year to date, according
to research from NPD data.
The popular childrens TV series, once
narrated by ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, has
recently had a makeover with CGI cartoon
shows aired regularly in the UK on Channel
5 and Nickelodean channels.

Petition For North Of England

To Join Scotland Gaining

Number Plate Fetches A

Record 233,000 At Auction

AN AUCTION in Chesterfield brought a unique

car number plate owner a nice 233,000
last month.
The buyer, a woman from London, is now
the owner of the Britains most expensive
ever number plate KR15 HNA.
The letters and numbers spell KRISHNA,
the name of the supreme Hindu Deity.
Amazingly, the starting bid for the plate
was just 27,000, but it soon reached the
final sales amount at the Casa Hotel.
The previous record for a number plate
was 100,000 for MR51 NGH.
Another plate, KR15 HAN brought in an
equally handsome figure of 98,500.
Matthew Dainton of DVLA Personalised
Registrations said: We had high hopes
for KR15 HAN and KR15 HNA after a lot of
interest being registered beforehand. Both of
these current style registrations contributed
to an enthralling atmosphere in the auction
hall, and its fantastic to see the prices they
have achieved.
Surprisingly, it is thought the buyer, an
Englishwoman of Indian heritage, does
not yet have a car on which to attach the
new plate.
The worlds most expensive plate cost
518,000 and reads 25 O. It was bought by
John Collins, who runs a Ferrari dealership.

Thomas Classic Train Range To

Be Relaunched By Hornby

WITH THE relaunch of its classic range of

model trains on the popular childrens books
and TV series, Hornby is to re-establish its
link with Thomas the Tank Engine.
The model railway set specialist last
produced Thomas The Tank Engine products
in 2013 but has agreed a new licence with
HIT, the pre-school entertainment company
which has control over the usage of the
Thomas & Friends brand.
The launch of the new Thomas and
Friends range coincides with the 70th anniversary of the popular kids character and

IN WHAT suggests that many are not happy

with the Conservative Party earning another
term as Government in Britain, a petition
has been launched for the North of England
to join Scotland.
It has been suggested that hundreds of
thousands of people in the north of England are apparently so disillusioned with
Westminster that they want to secede from
England and join Scotland.
Thousands of Northerners are backing
a petition on Change.org to create a new
border that would mean cities including
Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Hull, Leeds
and Sheffield would become Scottish.
According to the petition website, the
deliberations in Westminster are becoming increasingly irrelevant to the north of
England. The northern cities feel far greater
affinity with their Scottish counterparts
such as Glasgow and Edinburgh than with
the ideologies of the London-centric south.
The needs and challenges of the north
cannot be understood by the endless parade
of old Etonions lining the frontbenches of the
House of Commons. The north of England
should join the newly independent Scotland
and regain control over its own destiny. We,
the people of the north, demand that in the
event that Scotland becomes independent
the border between England and the New
Scotland be drawn along a line that runs
between the River Dee and the mouth of The
Humber (see map above).
At time of going to press the petition had
nearly 50,000 signatures.

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Union Jack is thrilled to introduce our readers to our new columnist Richard Lamberth
I LOVE LONDON. This is my main qualification for writing this column and I am
delighted to be bringing you tales from the soft under-belly of London Life! I have had a
long business career mainly based around the City Of London and over the last 25 years
I have seen the UK capital manoeuvre to become the financial and multi cultural centre
of the world. As a child I used to love the story of Dick Whittington finding the streets
of London paved with gold probably too young to understand the metaphor it was
naturally a disappointment to find the grey flagstones when I first got there but for many
people gold has indeed been discovered right now it is the property developers digging
up the nuggets! Over the next five years an astonishing 400 skyscrapers (over 40 storeys
high) will be added to Londons skyline so no surprise that virtually all the construction
cranes in the world can be found within the orbital M25 motorway.
I qualified at the London School of Journalism and I live in Roehampton, south west
London with my wife, Anita and four sons. My young sons are actually at school in
Portugal so we spend a lot of time there but my main business interests revolve around
consultancy in the insurance, financial services and real estate sectors which brings me
back to the city I love all the time. London is an exhilarating, historic, beautiful and
dynamic place to live but can at the same time be overwhelming, congested, noisy and
brutal whatever way you look at it, its never boring and I want to bring the UK capital
to life for you with this column.
* * *

The Darling Buds Of May

May has been an exciting month for Londoners. The British General Election built to its
climax on May 7 and the unexpected outcome
left everyone stunned. Actually, London is
a bit different from the rest of the UK but
remains the focus at election time as the seat
of government. How so different? Well, the
city is an absolute melting pot of multicultural
diversity did you know if it was in France, it
would be the fourth biggest city there in terms
of French population? The average age of a
Londoner is 34 and some three million city
dwellers were not born there. This all makes
London lean to the left but the Labour Party
failed to gain very much ground at all with
a net gain of just a couple of parliamentary
seats. This was probably one of the greatest
measures of Labour leader Ed Milibands failure to even motivate his traditional supporter
base to come out for him on the day. The
Liberal Party was wiped out in London and
lost some senior MPs including Vince Cable
the former Business Secretary and veteran
MP Simon Hughes. Another famous name
was lost from the London political scene
when Oscar-winning actress, Glenda Jackson retired from Parliament this time around.
And so a majority Conservative government
under David Cameron reigns supreme.

VE Day Celebrations

Hot on the heels (literally the next day,

Friday, May 8), came the celebrations to
commemorate the 70th anniversary of VE
Day, which marked the end of the war in
Europe. Once again, as in 1945, London
was the focus of these events. The capital
was bombed heavily and suffered some
43,000 civilian casualties from German
bombs which continued for the six years of
war the last doodlebug or flying bomb
landed in west London just five weeks before
VE Day in 1945.

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World War II veterans assembled in

Whitehall, proudly sporting their hard-earned
medals but looking increasingly frail as the
years go by. In five years time, the 75th Anniversary will be a big one but as these dates
pass, there are fewer people around who
were actually there. The BBC held a fantastic
concert on Horse Guards Parade, the historic
setting where Winston Churchill appeared on
the balcony 70 years ago to declare the war in
Europe over. The show was hosted by everpopular BBC radio broadcaster, Chris Evans
in a touching tribute to the men and women
from the United Kingdom and our allies who
gave so much in the fight against tyranny.
London still bears the scars of six years in
the front line of World War II. Many streets
feature out of place buildings in fine Victorian
and Regency terraces where the bombs fell
and post war austerity dictated an altogether
more utilitarian style. There are the remains
of churches almost completely destroyed in
the Blitz like St Dunstans originally built in
Saxon times and which just about survived
the Great Fire of London in 1666 only to
be razed to the ground by the Luftwaffe.
Famously of course, the nearby masterpiece
of Sir Christopher Wrens, St Pauls Cathedral
survived providing possibly the most iconic
picture of London at war.

London also saw the first appearance of

the new Royal baby in May. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Windsor was born on
June 2, 2015 at St Marys Hospital, Westminster. The name was a PR masterpiece with its
nod of respect to both Williams mother and
grandmother. The second child to Prince William now becomes third in line for the top job
with everyone else on the list moving down
a peg. The usual press and media frenzy
outside the hospital and attendant Union Jack
wielding royalists were taken aback when the
Royal couple went home the same day as the
baby was born. They then stayed just a few
days at Kensington Palace before heading to
their country home in Norfolk.

The new generation of Royals have added

new life to what had become a seemingly
outdated institution and the Royal family are
enjoying a level of popularity not seen for
decades. With many members of The Firm
seen doing normal jobs and engaging with
ordinary people at all levels, this is an institution which Brits and Londoners in particular
are keen to hang onto. One of the joys of
London life is seeing members of the Royal
family on a fairly regular basis just recently
I was crossing the road in Westminster with
my children when I spotted a sleek burgundy
Rolls Royce approaching with the Royal crest
on the roof signifying that Her Majesty the
Queen was on board we just watched her
glide past a few feet away from us! Europeans
cant seem to get enough of the British Royal
family and many in the crowd outside the
hospital where the new baby was born were
from our mainland neighbours particularly
eastern Europe maybe food for thought for
some of the political parties keen to stir up
nationalistic sentiment in advance of Britains
in/out referendum on membership of the
European Union scheduled for a couple of
years hence.

Billy Elliott Musical

Celebrates 10 Years

And finally, the smash hit London West

End show, Billy Elliott The Musical saw its
10th Anniversary with a gala performance
at the Victoria Palace Theatre this month.
Created by Londoner Sir Elton John but
apparently the brainchild of his husband,
David Furnish this musical extravaganza has
been wowing audiences since 2005 and Sir
Elton said on the evening Its a wonderful
show. It never dates, it never gets tired, the
children are amazing. With two children of
his own to enjoy it and a new musical written
and ready to go (but about which he would
reveal nothing!), there is clearly no stopping
the 68-year-old star.
@LamberthRichard
Richard.Lamberth@outlook.com

THE ROYAL LETTERS

Badgers, Beef, Fish:

Letters Show Prince
Charles Passions
FOLLOWING years of legal wrangling
the government, last month released a
series of letters between
Prince Charles and senior
officials that were written
about a decade ago. The
communictions between
them have been kept private until now.
The correspondence
provides a glimpse of
Charles writing style, as
well as his efforts to influence officials on topics
from badgers and albatrosses to climate change.
Here are some excerpts:
THE ARMED FORCES
Charles mostly stayed
away from hard politics,
but did on one occasion
raise his concerns about
cuts to the defense budget.
Writing about the delayed replacement of military aircraft,
he said: I fear that this is just one more
example of where our Armed Forces are
being asked to do an extremely challenging job (particularly in Iraq) without the
necessary resources.
Sent to PM Tony Blair, Sept 8, 2004
FARMING AND SUPPORTING
BRITISH PRODUCE
Every support must be given to beef
farmers so that they can seize the new
opportunities and cope with the reduction in support in other words they
must be encouraged to co-operate and
learn about marketing ... I wondered if
it would be possible for the government
to channel funds specifically to help the
beef sector...?
So much depends on the consumer
demanding British produce and I only
wish that more could be done to encourage people to buy British ... it would be
splendid if the Government could find
innovative ways to give the necessary
lead.
To Tony Blair, Sept 8, 2004
ILLEGAL FISHING
I particularly hope that the illegal
fishing of the Patagonian Toothfish will
be high on your list of priorities because
until that trade is stopped, there is little
hope for the poor old albatross, for which

I shall continue to campaign.

The decline of the albatross is thought
to be linked to unregulated fishing.
Charles also raised the
question of whether the
Royal Navy could play
a role in tackling illegal
fishing.
I am probably being
very ignorant about all
this, so please forgive me,
but is the Royal Navy, for
instance, included in the
discussions on this issue?
I daresay you will tell me
there are all sorts of legal
problems that prevent any
worthwhile action...!
To the Fisheries Minister, Oct 21, 2004
BADGER CULLING
I do urge you to look
again at introducing a
proper cull of badgers
where it is necessary. I, for one, cannot
understand how the badger lobby seem
to mind not at all about the slaughter
of thousands of expensive cattle, and
yet object to a managed cull of an overContinued on page 4
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PM Cameron Reshuffles Cabinet That Will Face Conservative Rebellion

By Sylvia Hui
PRIME MINISTER David Camerons
Conservatives may have won the British
election and ushered their coalition partner out the door, but that doesnt mean
its all smooth sailing for his government
for the next five years.
With influential Euroskeptics clamoring in his own party and a very slim majority in Parliament, Cameron will have
a hard time tackling the big headaches
looming over his second term: Britains
membership in the 28-nation European
Union and the growing movement for
Scottish independence.
He would like to be seen as leading a
governing party which is united on a core
issue at the center of the political debate,
but thats unlikely to happen, said Colin
Hay, a British politics professor at the
Paris Institute of Political Studies. Its
going to be really tough.
Camerons Conservatives won an
unexpected majority in last months
election, ensuring that he returns to
10 Downing Street with enough power
to govern alone. His first term saw
Cameron sharing power with the leftof-center Liberal Democrats, who held
key positions in a sometimes-awkward
coalition government.
Within hours of declaring victory,
Cameron re-appointed his four highestranking ministers those heading defense, the Treasury, home and foreign
affairs to their posts.
Mr Cameron announced his cabinet
reshuffle the week after the election.
STABILITY
The message from Mr Cameron is one
of stability and continuity: Keep calm
and carry on, as the Times newspaper
put it in a headline.
That is easier said than done in Britains rowdy Parliament, where Cameron
does not have full support from his party
on the two key topics of Scotland and
membership in the EU. The Conservatives now have a tiny majority holding
just over half of the House of Commons
650 seats meaning that a dozen defiant
Tories could potentially derail important
policies.
Rebellion has long simmered in the
Conservatives more right-wing factions,
where many want Britain to pull out of
the EU. The presence of the pro-EU
Liberal Democrats in the government
meant that such a move had been out
of the question for the past five years.
Radical Conservatives also disagree
with their more moderate colleagues
over how to deal with the question of
Scotland, where the separatist Scottish
National Party gained an unprecedented
landslide victory in the race for seats in
the British Parliament, winning 56 of
Scotlands 59 seats.
Cameron and those who back him
will do everything to keep Scotlands
centuries-old union with England, but
some Conservatives are leery of ceding
too much power to the north without
getting reciprocal benefits for England.
REFERENDUM
The infighting over those two issues
is likely to come to a head in the next

PM CAMERONS CABINET CHANGES

THERE WERE promotions for leading female ministers: Amber Rudd is Energy and
Climate Change Secretary while Anna Soubry and Priti Patel will attend Cabinet as
small business and employment ministers.
Grant Shapps is now international development minister, moving
from party chairman.
Sajid Javid moves to Business Secretary from Culture Secretary
Greg Hands is now George Osbornes number two in the Treasury
as Chief Secretary
The new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, is Veteran
Amber Rudd Tory MP John Whittingdale.
Greg Clark is promoted from Universities Minister to Secretary of
State for Communities and Local Government
Robert Halfon has been named as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party and minister without portfolio
Oliver Letwin has become head of the Cabinet Office while Matt
Hancock becomes Paymaster General and Minister for Civil Service
Efficiency
Anna Soubry andIain
Duncan Smith remains as work and pensions secretary while
Justine Greening stays at international development
Patrick McLoughlin has been reappointed transport secretary while Liz Truss stays
as environment secretary
Jeremy Hunt remains at health, and Theresa Villiers continues as Northern Ireland
Secretary
Stephen Crabb stays in place as Welsh Secretary; David Mundell takes the Scottish
Secretary post
Baroness Stowell remains as leader of House of Lords and takes on the role of
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Feldman taking over from Grant Shapps
Boris Johnson will not be made a minister but will attend separate Tory political
cabinet meetings.
two years. Responding to widespread
British distrust of Brussels, Cameron
has promised to hold a referendum on
whether Britain should leave or stay
in the EU by the end of 2017. He has
maintained that he can negotiate better
terms for Britains EU membership and
increase Britains ability to control the
flow of EU migrants to the country.
Cameron had plans to meet with restive Conservative legislators to discuss
plans for EU reform in an effort to unify
the party before discussions with EU
leaders about possible modifications to
the terms of Britains membership.
But many rank-and-file Conservatives
want much tougher changes, and some
have made up their minds that no settlement will be good enough.
Camerons two major dilemmas are
linked: A British withdrawal from the
EU would make Scottish nationalists
very unhappy and hasten their independence bid.
One area where Cameron will feel less
restraint in his new majority government
is about welfare cuts, which are expected
to hit the poor even harder than those
already implemented under his last

DAVID MILIBAND has criticised his

brother Ed Milibands failed campaign
to become Britains prime minister,
but says he wont run for Labour Party
leader now that his younger brother has
stepped down.
David Miliband told the BBC in New
York last month that voters didnt want
what was being offered by Labour when
they gave a majority victory to Prime

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said last month he would consider
handing over more power to Scotland,
but stopped short of agreeing to demands from Scotlands First Minister
Nicola Sturgeon to grant the territory
full fiscal autonomy.
Cameron and Sturgeon met in
Edinburgh for their first talks since
last months general election, in which
Sturgeons pro-independence Scottish
National Party gained unprecedented
national influence.
Sturgeon called the talks constructive, and said the two agreed
that previously drawn up plans to
transfer greater governing powers
from London to Scotland should be
implemented as soon as possible. But
she said she and Cameron disagreed on
whether Scotland should control all of
its tax and spending policies.
Scotland has its own parliament and

government, which decide policies on

topics including health care, justice
and education, but it must defer to the
central UK government in London on
broader issues such as defense, immigration and fiscal policies. The two
share the same currency the pound.
Sturgeons party upended Britains
political landscape last month making
the SNP the third-largest bloc in the
House of Commons after Camerons
Conservatives and the Labour Party
a force that Cameron cannot ignore.
The SNP failed to realize its dream
of making Scotland an independent
country last year, when Scots voted 55
percent to 45 percent to remain inside
the UK in a historic referendum. But
since then the partys popularity has
surged, not diminished, and Sturgeon
argues that support clearly shows
Scots want a sea change in British politics that listens to their aspirations.

Turmoil Stirs In Labour Party

AS THE DUST settled last month, the
Labour Party was struggling to regain
its balance after suffering one of its
worst election results in modern times.
Shocked by the extent of the loss, leaders
are trying to figure out how to rebuild the
party and regain the publics trust.
There is turmoil everywhere.
The countrys biggest union and top
funder has signaled it will have its say in
the leadership contest and a front-runner
for the job quit just days after launching
his bid. Its leader in Scotland won a confidence motion but resigned anyway.
Today the Labour Party stands at a
crucial juncture either we realize how
bad our defeat was, learn from that and
advance, Mark Ferguson, editor of the
LabourList blog, wrote in a commentary.
Or we deny the scale of our electoral,
cultural and emotional rejection by the
British people, curl up into a ball and,
slowly but surely, slip out of existence.
Labour, as the name implies, is supposed to be the party of the working man,
and woman a left-leaning organization
with the unions at its core. The unions
actually created the party over a century
ago to promote its causes in Parliament.

UNSHACKLE
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair
made great efforts to unshackle the
links when he became leader in 1994.
His decision to move the party to the
center so-called New Labour was a
recognition that the country had changed
fundamentally. The original foundations
of the Labour Party were no longer
there as the steelworks closed, the
shipbuilding yards were shuttered and
the coalmines abandoned.
Attracting the middle classes was the
mantra of Blairs years at the helm. His
partys comfort with wealth creation and
its insistence that income taxes would
not be raised worked Labour won three
consecutive election victories under Blair,
something it had never done before.
The changes Blair instituted sat
uneasily with many in the old ranks
of L
abour, who thought the party had
moved too far away from its core principles. Ed Miliband, who led the party to
its defeat on May 7, tried to bridge the
gap and introduced a series of modest but
headline-making tax-raising plans. But
his strategy didnt work and the party
remains divided and it now shows.

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The Conservative leader has pledged
to reduce the deficit by finding 12bn to
cut from the welfare bill in the next few
years. He has not revealed where the
money would come from.
The Lib Dems provided a kind of
counterbalance, said Hay. They helped
to hold the Conservative Party together
at a time when some on the right were
pushing for more cuts to welfare and
public services.
Without their coalition partners, the
Conservatives face a return of the unpleasant nickname theyve long tried to
shake: the Nasty Party.
Some analysts already detect shades
of the last majority Conservative government in this one. Like Cameron, former
Prime Minister John Major in the 1990s
had a fragile majority and struggled
to control a party deeply divided over
Europe.
But they also believe that Cameron is
a political realist. While he himself favors
staying in the EU, hes also canny enough
not to underestimate his rebellious party
members.

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Minister David Camerons Conservatives. The result, he said, was devastating for the progressive cause.
David said that his brother Ed, like
former Prime Minister Gordon Brown
during the 2010 election, allowed himself
to be portrayed as moving backwards
from the principles of aspiration and
inclusion.
Ed defeated David in a battle for the

party leadership in 2010. David, a former

foreign secretary, later resigned from
Parliament to head the International
Rescue Committee in New York, and
says he remains committed to that job.
David said he had been in touch with
Ed since the election, and praised him
for showing enormous dignity and courage in the face of bruising attacks during
the campaign, which saw the Labour

Partys support in Scotland crumble in

the face of nationalist gains.

Prince Charles Letters

Continued from page 3

population of badgers to me, this is
intellectually dishonest.
To Tony Blair, Feb 24, 2005
CLIMATE CHANGE
Do rest assured that you have a great
deal of support and all I would say is that
you may find it worthwhile to explore not
just what industry can do to cut emissions, but also the wider community.
Energy efficiency could make a huge
difference and would engage the public
in the whole subject in a way that simply
focusing on industrys role will not.
To Tony Blair, Feb 24, 2005
HERBAL MEDICINE
Charles, long known as a champion of
alternative medicine, complained about
a European Union directive on herbal
medicines.
He wrote that the directive is having
such a deleterious effect in this country
by effectively outlawing the use of certain
herbal extracts.
I think we both agreed this was using
a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
To Tony Blair, Feb 24, 2005
PRESERVING HERITAGE
Charles repeatedly apologised for pestering a minister on the redevelopment
of an old hospital.
I think you will know by now to
your cost! that these are matters about
which I care deeply chiefly because I
have witnessed so many failed opportunities to create imaginative, and innovative
heritage-led regeneration initiatives ... At
the risk of being a complete bore about
this, I do pray that we could discuss these
matters more fully.
To former health secretary John Reid,
Feb 24, 2005

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PUB QUIZ ANSWERS CALL OF ROMANCE

Former RAF Jet Pilot

Recovers From Injuries,
Begins Touching Life Story
RR By Ron Choularton

MARTIN LLOYDS story is one of

survival, refusal to give in, and sheer
determination.
Not that Martin offers his tale to anyone who will listen, it just happened that
after attending quiz nights at the Shakespeare Pub & Grille in San Diego, Martins life changed, and his previous life
events came to light after conversations
with two ladies. One, Negar Mirgoli, is
soon to be his wife, and the other lady
passed on his story to the Union Jack.
Martin, had served 14 years in the
Royal Air Force as fast jet flight crew, followed by earning his commercial pilots
licence and flew for British Airways
Express for a year, before he was hit by
a car driven by a 71-year-old.
Explaining to the UJ his devastation
Martin said: I had an ambition from six
years old to be an airline pilot, and I had
spent 30 years getting there before it all
got taken away.
Martin recalled: Sunday, May 31,
1998 at 2:15pm in Norfolk. In one incident I lost my driving licence, motorcycle
licence, HGV licence, flying licences and
ultimately my marriage licence when my
wife of nine years decided that after three
years of looking after me she couldnt
take it any longer and left.
BEGINNING
This was the beginning of Martins
story, to many it could have been the end.
Martin injected humour into the
description of his terrible injuries: I
broke 43 bones, had 53 units of blood,
11 operations resulting in 16 scars and
who knows how much brain damage, as
I was always this stupid!
But it would take more than humour to
see the Londoner through three months
in hospital which saw him lose the whole
of his right leg and have his right arm
fixed at 90 degrees at the elbow. Martin
told us: This limb was so badly smashed
(I went over the bonnet of the Vauxhall
Cavalier and through the front windscreen my arm broke the glass) that it
doesnt have an elbow and there is not
much muscle, skin or nerve tissue left.
Martins determination came to the
fore, as he didnt view any of his injuries
as a handicap, and, over the last 15 years
he has, become the first handicapped
flight instructor, and then examiner, in
Europe. He is a commercial pilot on both
sides of the Atlantic, and the first leg amputee helicopter pilot in North America.
CALIFORNIA
Moving to California in 2003 Martin
took up a position as the Chief Flight
Instructor with a company in El Cajon,
CA, at Gillespie Field and is also Head
of Training.
The aforementioned wife-to-be?
Martin tells the tale from that fateful
quiz night meeting forward: Negar had
already told me on that first evening that
she was afraid of flying and that I had to
take her, so she called me two days later
(I was going to call after three days so I
didnt appear either too desperate nor
uninterested) and we arranged a flight.
I was determined to be professional and
not too forward, and it took me another
month before we officially got together.
With a sense of fun, Martin told us: I
took the unorthodox step of presenting
her with a Resume to apply for the position as her boyfriend!
SURPRISE
Fast-forward to just a few months
ago: Since we met at Table 9 for that
September 2011 Quiz night, I thought it
was about time we got hitched, and what

Abstain from beans

Pythagoras; 6th century BC

Negar Mirgoli and Martin Lloyd.

better place to spring the surprise than
at the same place? Martin, now 53, said
jokingly: I didnt want to do the timehonoured thing and get down on one
knee, as with only having one, I would
fall over! So, I came up with a plan to use
the Quiz Mistress to announce a bonus
question for just one person (Negar) at
the end of the question session.
This is where the second lady, Shakespeares General Manager and Quiz
Mistress Ruth Barton, enters the story
Martin met Ruth before the quiz, and
she was excited to be a collaborator in
his romantic scheme. And, at the right
moment Ruth read out loud to the packed
pub: We have a special bonus question
this evening However It is only
for one person Negar Mirgoli and is a
request from Martin Lloyd. The question
is Will you marry him?
Negars answer?
YES, of course!!!
Loud cheering, and applause followed
by extra libations!
Editors note:
I contacted Negar after hearing of the
happy evening. It did not surprise me that
she had a story of her own.
She was born in Tehran, Iran and
immigrated to The US in 1979 due to the
countrys revolution. The family left their
home country with four suitcases on a
90-day visa to the US. Negar describes
herself as fabulous at 45, and joked:
Thirty-six years later, we are still here.
No, I am not illegal, anymore!
I asked Negar how she has dealt with

the changes in the the last few years of

her life?
Her answer was more than enlightening: You have no idea how loaded your
question really is! I am a survivor, as is
Martin. When life hands me lemons, I
dont just make lemonade. I open up a
lemon stand, and sell lemons, lemonade,
lemon tarts, lemon cake etc ...
ROLL
No one sets off thinking that their
lives will turn out the way it does. We
must all roll with the punches. If you
are referring to how has my life changed
since dating Martin and how has his restrictions affected me? I will reply this
way Over the years I have dated many
men looking for Mr Right. With Martin,
I can see what his short comings are.
Most of the whole bodied individuals
that I have dated had the right packing
on the exterior, but were very emotionally disabled. At least with Martin I can
tell what is wrong with him. I do not
treat Martin any different than the rest.
We have disagreements and arguments
when Martin is willing to engage with
me, just like any other couple. There
really is no difference. Martin is a very
generous man who loves me a lot. I
always wanted to be with someone who
thought that my crazy was amazing. And
he does!!
Martins final thoughts on Negar: I am
the Yin to her Yang and my British calm
has helped her to become more grounded
in her outlook to life or is it that she is
just exhausted? Who knows!?

SO IT JUST goes to show that vegetables

have been around for ages, and since my
recipe this month uses broad beans, decided to write a bit about that. Broad beans
are not grown here as they are in Britain,
(dont know why, its like elderflower why
cant we grow it here either?!) and a suitable substitute is the fava bean, usually
Italian. I use the ones from Trader Joes, and
usually serve it with a parsley sauce over. I
have used tinned/canned broad beans from
my favourite Brit shop also. According to
Gary Rhodes New British Classics cook
book, broad beans have been around in
the West since the Bronze Age (wonder
how they know that?!) and were often
used dried through the years, especially
for the winter months. Egyptians apparently
loved the vegetable, but the priests at the
time, deemed them to be unsuitable as
they felt the hollow stems were used by
the souls of the dead as a passage way to
life after death charming! At one time
though they were as popular as potatoes
in daily eating.
Any road, this recipe is based on an
older BBC Good Food one, and is super
simple to prep, and a nice summer dish.
Now for something entirely different
I recently was privileged to be chairperson
for a fundraiser tea, for our local Senior
Friendship Centre, benefiting the Caregiver
resource Centre something close to
my heart as I worked as a program nurse
there for six years, and then was able to be
caregiver at home for my Jack. ( he is
now in a nursing home). We did a special
tea, with silent auction and vendors. It is
amazing how popular a tea is, and even
though it usually isnt authentically British,
it is always lovely to see how much people
appreciate dressing up lovely hats and
outfits and enjoying having the niceties
of tea. I so enjoy being involved in helping
to provide this still, however as I get older

with various infirmities, I realise its too

much nowadays, so this will be my last
fundraiser I am proud to know I have
been able to help give back to this wonderful Sarasota community for 30 years!
However to quote Monty Python Im
not dead yet!
So, now onto the recipe, it takes only
about 30 minutes, and is a nice light supper. I like to use only the asparagus heads
with this meal. Creme Fraiche is more
available now in the general supermarket,
and when I find it, I often freeze some, the
texture changes but the flavour is still there.
It is found in the dairy section, sometimes
near the cream cheese, or sour cream, you
may have to ask for it.
Hope you like my version

Smoked Salmon, Broad Bean

And Asparagus Pasta

2 Tbsp butter
5-6- scallions/spring onions, chopped
1/3 cup white wine
1 cup ( 8oz) crme fraiche
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
2 Tbsp chopped dill ( fresh if available)
1/2 lemon
1 can, or about 1 cups broad beans
1/2 lb young asparagus
1 cups pasta, ziti, curly
or elbow macaroni.
8oz smoked salmon, cut into small
pieces
Melt the butter in a pan, and gently saut
the onions for about one minute, add the
wine, and boil hard to reduce to about
three Tbsp. Lower the heat and stir in the
creme fraiche and the nutmeg, and gently
simmer three-four-minutes or until slightly
thickened. Add the dill and squeeze in the
lemon juice (I also grate a bit of peel with it)
Cook the broad beans if needed. Trim
the asparagus and cut into pieces. Cook
the pasta as directed on the package, and
add the asparagus tips in the last few
minutes of cooking time. Drain well but
reserve some of the pasta water. Toss the
pasta and asparagus with the cooked broad
beans, smoked salmon and sauce, and if
needed to loosen a little add a bit of the
reserved pasta water; serve immediately
(I have actually also had this chilled, just
need to make the sauce a bit thinner) Yield
four servings
(Recipe from Sandra F Cherry. Your
comments, requests and recipes are
welcomed. If you want to contact me
please Email me at: Sandra Cherry
Yourcuppatea1@yahoo.com)

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Pollsters Confounded By Conservative Victory

AND SO FOR the first time since 1992, the
Conservatives have won a General Election.
But what a win! They didnt actually sweep
the board but they cleaned out all their main
rivals.
It was the BBC exit poll broadcast as
the polling booths closed that gave the first
indications of the political earthquake about to
occur: from a sample of 22,000 voters across
the UK, the Tories were tipped to win 320plus of the 650 seats, with Labour trailing
miles behind on 230 or so, and the Scottish
Nationalists (SNP) becoming the third party
with 55 or more of Scotlands 59 MPs.
All the talk throughout the campaign had
been about minority governments with the
Tories probably having to court the Liberal
Democrats and the Ulster Unionists, while
David Cameron constantly banged on about
Ed Milibands Labour Party being wiped out
north of the border and needing to rely upon
the Scots Nats to run the country.
Of all the campaigning ploys Camerons
endless repetition of the probability of a Labour/SNP coalition was arguably the single
most effective tactic. It emerged as being

one of the things

most English voters
detested, especially
since broadcasts
from Scotland reinforced nationalism in
its most rabid forms.
COLLAPSING
The one thing
most certain was
the collapsing LibDem vote. As the
polls closed, they said farewell to 56 serving
MPs. By the cold light of dawn, that number
had evaporated leaving just eight. It was,
said Nick Clegg, the Liberals worst result
since the party was founded and led to his
immediate resignation.
What was surprising was where his votes
went. Labour was confident of wresting them
back, after all Labour had suffered chiefly
from Liberal success. But no, the votes went
to the Conservatives, their allies a matter of
hours before. The Lib Dems were wiped out
in the West of England all twelve of their
seats falling to the Conservatives. In fact, the

UK-US TAX INFORMATION

HMRC They Want Your

Money (As Well As The IRS!)
A FEW WEEKS ago, in a moment of relative
calm, I was browsing the UK governments
website and I came across Consultations,
where they seek the publics views on various proposals. (Its very easy to reach, the
Consultations button is at the top of the
homepage www.hmrc.gov.uk.)
Not surprisingly, I was looking at the
documents put out by HM Treasury, which
includes the HMRC. Amongst the really
interesting items (Orchestra Tax Relief, The
Specifications of the New One Pound Coin),
I found a document that had been issued
last summer, so the consultation period
ended long ago.
However I thought I should pass this on to
you because it could effect a large number,
possibly even most, of us. I think the title describes plainly what it is about Restricting
non-residents entitlement to the UK personal
allowance.
If youre a UK citizen you currently retain
the entitlement to a UK personal allowance for
your lifetime. This holds true even if youve
taken US citizenship, because the UK has no
trouble with people holding dual citizenship.
The effect of this entitlement is that relatively
small amounts of income from the United
Kingdom are not taxed there simply because
they are less than the personal allowance.
They are not strictly tax-free, since tax would
be payable on them if it were due. The only
reason it isnt due is because the personal
allowance is larger than the income involved.
So if no personal allowance were available to non-residents, every small amount
of pension, rental profit, state pension, etc
could become subject to UK tax. In some
cases, taxpayers could obtain a Residence
Certificate from the IRS to notify the HMRC
that no tax is due in the UK. But this is a
time-consuming process, involving forms to
both tax authorities and the IRS charge $85
for the privilege!
Rental income would become subject to
UK tax, because the first taxing rights are
always with the country where the property is,
in this case the United Kingdom. It would then

be necessary to claim foreign tax credit here.

All those letters sent by the Non-Resident
Landlords Scheme to say that you dont need
to file a UK Tax Return any more will be so
much waste paper!
The personal allowance in the UK has
increased dramatically over the past few
years. In 2006-07 it was 5,035, and its
now in 2015-16, 10,500. That is quite a
leap, particularly compared to the exemption
amount here going up $50 a year! This increase was one of the changes insisted on by
the Liberal Democrats (remember them?) in
order to bring some people completely out of
the charge to tax. And now they think its too
high to be available to us non-resident folks!
Much of the Consultation Paper concerns
people from other countries coming to work
for a short period in the UK, and being
entitled to a personal allowance, whereas
UK residents going to some other countries
for a short-term work period may not get
a similar benefit there. I cannot imagine a
case where an employee is sent overseas
for a few months without the employer
covering in some way any additional tax
liability. Unfortunately, it seems the authors
of the paper have used an example that
could encourage an anti-foreigner knee-jerk
reaction, rather than a well thought through
example. They also imagine that being able
to claim a foreign tax credit will answer all
our problems!
To date, the government havent taken
this proposal any further, or published the
responses to the Consultation Paper. I will
now be keeping an eye open for it, and will
let you know if/when they do!

very last result in St Ives was the final nail in

the yellow coffin as the Tories crushed the
sitting Liberal Democrat.
They also lost everything they had bar
Orkney to the SNP in Scotland, They said
goodbye to another 11 seats to Labour in
London and the North, lossing Vince Cable
and Simon Hughes in the process. It was
defeat on an unparalleled scale from which
it will take three or four general elections to
recover. Ironically it seems as though Tory
tactical voting kept Nick Clegg in a Sheffield
Hall where his rock-solid majority was reduced to a couple of thousand votes.
QUIRKINESS
The quirkiness of Britains first-past-the
post system put paid to the hopes of the
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)
whose leader, Nigel Farage had vowed to
step down if he didnt win Thanet South in the
eastern tip of Kent. He lost, and duly stepped
down... then his supporters announced that
he was taking time off. Doubtless to return
in time for the UKIP leadership election in the
autumn where he will be the only UKIP person
anyone has ever heard of.
A day or two later, UKIP revealed it had
refused to accept Farages resignation. After
all, if you lose the player in a one-man band,
there is no more music!
In all, UKIP registered 12 percent of the
votes cast, capturing a single seat. But they
came third in scores of seats and were

Police Investigate Over 1,400 Suspects For Past Sex Abuse

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looking into potential links between multiple British investigations into past child sex abuse said
last month that more than 1,400
suspects have been identified.
The National Police Chiefs
Council, which coordinates separate abuse allegations across
Britain, said 261 suspects were
people of public prominence.
They included 76 politicians, 135
people from TV, film or radio, and
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ASTONISHING
But the story of the night was Scotland.
Here the SNP took 56 of the 59 seats on offer.
An astonishing return since they polled exactly
50 percent of the vote. They would have been
hoping for a share of government with their
performance. As it is, Camerons majority in
the Commons will enable the SNP to repeat
their mantra: that we are ruled by a party none
of us voted for. It is a seductive argument
which will doubtless inform the outcome of the
Scottish Parliament election next year and
could call up yet another Scottish referendum.
Nicola Sturgeon, the SNP leader, is evasive
on the subject but it is noticeable that she
and other SNP politicians endlessly refer to
government by Westminster. Never to the
UK or British government as though they
are governed by a foreign power. In politics,
semantics is everything, and the simpler the
distortion, the harder it is to challenge.
This stunning Conservative victory literally
came out of the blue, a bolt that destroyed
Labour and the Liberals but the vagaries of
the voting system produced an SNP tsunami
north of the border and put the footings down
for the establishment of UKIP as a permanent
third party.
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PROMINENT NAMES

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Phoenix, Arizona which is completely different
from the gentle Surrey hills where she lived as
a child. She is an Enrolled Agent here and was
called to the Bar in London. She has worked
in tax for a very long time, but is still amazed
at how complicated both the US and UK tax
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runners-up in 120 places. At the last election,

they had come third in four seats and never
before had been runners-up anywhere. They
have laid impressive foundations and seem
just as likely to take working-class votes as
middle-class ones.
SUFFERED
The Labour Party suffered from the late
surge in England where voters seem to have
decided that they didnt want the SNP telling
a British government where its priorities lay.
They made not a single gain in their targeted
marginal constituencies where working-class
votes appear to have defected to UKIP, thus
keeping the Tories in.
This wasnt just the UKIP and SNP threat
as Ed Miliband realised. Even his own supporters were lukewarm in their support for
him. If many lifelong Labour voters could not
see him as Prime Minister, there is little likelihood that floating voters would be irresistibly
attracted to him. He belonged to the generation of MPs on the Blair and Brown eras and
was irrevocably tainted by the invasion of Iraq
and the financial crisis that stained the last
parliament and a half of Labour rule.
So Miliband went, cutting a dignified but
hapless figure in his farewell speech. It is now
to the intake of the 2010 General Election
that Labour has to look. There are several
outstanding women and men who could
step up with four years or more to establish
themselves. Their names will emerge in time

be offenders who operated inside

schools, childrens homes and
religious bodies. Of the total, 216
are dead.
Norfolk Chief Constable Simon
Bailey said the referrals were increasing on an almost-daily basis.
He added that revelations about
the scale of abuse by late childrens
entertainer and charity fundraiser
Jimmy Savile no doubt had an
impact on the unprecedented number of allegations.
Britons were horrified to learn
after Saviles death in 2011 that he

had been a serial predator, abusing

children in places including hospitals for decades.
Other well-known figures have
since been investigated for or convicted of using their positions to
get away with abuse.
Home Secretary Theresa May
said it was almost certain more
allegations are to come.
An official inquiry is underway looking into whether British
public agencies had neglected or
covered up abuse allegations from
the 1970s.

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Prince Harry: Army Kept

Me Out Of Trouble

Britains Prince Harry takes part in a five-a-side football game at The

Cloud, a multi-purpose venue in Auckland, New Zealand.
PRINCE HARRY has thanked the army ing in the native language.
for keeping him out of trouble and has
Harry showed off his athletic skills on
called for national service to be brought his final day in Auckland when he scored
back.
the winning goal in a friendly five-a-side
In an interview published in the Sun- soccer game. The game was designed to
day Times, the 30-year-old prince also highlight the upcoming FIFA World Cup
revealed that hes content being single for under 20-year-old players which New
and reflected on how the army gave him Zealand hosts during June.
a chance to escape the limelight.
Harry was speaking at the end of his
Definitely, without a doubt, it does weeklong visit to New Zealand. Prior to
keep you out of trouble, he said. I dread that he spent a month with the Australian
to think where Id be without the army. army. The royal now plans to spend the
Harry, who is completing a decade- summer working with animal conservalong military career, voiced support for tion groups in Africa, which he said has
national service as he spoke of the trans- been a long-held dream for him.
formative effects on men he knew in the
Harry said he had been given plenty
army. He even encouraged his nephew
and niece, George and two-week-old of gifts to take home to his young niece
Charlotte, to be involved in the military Charlotte and he hoped to visit New
Zealand again, perhaps in 2017 during
one day.
Its done no harm, just good, for me the British and Irish Lions rugby tour.
The royal, who is fifth in line to the
and I know its the same for William,
throne, also commented on last months
he said, referring to his older brother.
The prince said he hoped William publication of his father Prince Charles
and Kates children would learn to cope private letters to senior government
with the pressures of growing up in the officials. Britains government released
about two dozen of the letters after fightroyal family.
Harry, who attracted hordes of enthu- ing for years to keep them private.
My father never really gets listened
siastic female fans during his recent trips
to New Zealand and Australia, also said to, which is disappointing because whathes very happy not having a girlfriend. ever he says normally is right, and about
The prince finished his weeklong 10 years ahead of when the problems
New Zealand tour last month in which actually happen, Harry said.
The letter-writing was controversial
he visited remote islands and engaged
with indigenous Maori by paddling a because as Britains future king, Charles
traditional canoe and delivering a greet- is expected to remain politically neutral.

KEEPING UP WITH BRITAINS

FAVOURITE SOAP OPERAS

THIS MONTH on Corrie, Carla changed her

name back from Barlow, legally and officially,
to her other surname of Connor. I assume
its to honour the love of her life Liam, rather
than the Connor she married who went with
prostitutes and bundled Leanne into the boot
of his car. Carla is becoming very cosy with
Nick Tilsley and the two of them even share
a stolen kiss.
Since returning from Milan, Sarah and
Bethany are now living permanently with
Gail, Michael, David, Max and baby Lily.
Its a small house with a lot of people in it.
Gail begs Sarah to take her daughter back
to Italy but Bethanys not having it and tells
her gran: Talk to the elbow, Gail, at least
its got a point.
Owen made his exit this month when he
flew out to Portugal to stay with his ex-wife
and Katy before heading to Aberdeen to start
a new job. Anna remains as horrid to young
Faye as she possibly can, forcing her to look
after the baby that she still doesnt want. The
baby is finally given a name, and is now called

RR By Gregory Katz

crime, he said.
Nonetheless, police took the unusual
step of apologising for mishandling the
alarm.
Our call-handling system and procedures for working with the alarm-monitoring companies were not followed,
they said. Our normal procedures
would have resulted in police attending
the scene, and we apologise that this did
not happen.
PATIENT
They asked victims to be patient while
police sort out the recovered valuables
in order to return them to their owners. They said the investigation is still
expanding and appealed to the public for
information.
Apparently no one took notice of the
group as it went about its business in the
diamond district that was nearly deserted
over the holiday weekend.
Security footage showed the men,
wearing dust masks, entering and leaving
the building repeatedly after their arrival

her Gail Potter Tilsley Tilsley (she married

Brian twice) Platt Hillman McIntyre Rodwell
and long may she reign.
Up at the allotment, Roy and Sharif meet
Cathy, who is on the allotment plot next to
theirs. It turns out that Cathys husband has
died around the same time as Roys wife
Hayley passed away and the two of them chat
over cups of flask tea. Theres a friendship
brewing, slowly and subtly, but its there,
the sadness of widow and widower uniting
them both.
Kevins childminder has broken her leg
and Jenny rings work to tell them shes
not coming back and puts herself at Kevs
disposal to look after little Jack. Its all a bit
suspect, we know somethings not right
with Jenny but we dont yet know what.
She rushes little Jack to the doctors for no
good reason and then hides this from Kevin
until Sophie tells her dad that she doesnt
trust Jenny. Jenny takes little Jack into the
Kabin and tells Rita and Norris shes taking
Jack out for the day. Going by tram? asks
Norris, which even for him was a bit low, as
Rita points out. Norris was referring to Alan
Bradley of course, but little Jacks mum Molly
was killed by a tram too.
Glenda Young
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Britain Posts First Fall In

Consumer Prices Since 1960
RR By Pan Pylas

BRITAIN SAW consumer prices fall in

April for the first time since 1960, official figures showed last month, but few
economists think the annual drop will be
anything but short-lived.
The Office for National Statistics
said May 19 that consumer prices were
0.1 percent lower than the year before,
mainly weighed down by cheaper air and
sea travel. Lower oil prices likely played
a role in that as did the relatively early
Easter this year.
According to the statistics agency,
Aprils fall was the first decline since
1960. Though consumer price inflation
figures only began to be compiled in the

Scotland Yard Arrests 9 In

Major London Jewel Heist

WITH METICULOUS planning and

remarkable good fortune, the thieves
who broke into a safe deposit in Londons
diamond district seemed to have pulled
off the perfect jewel heist. But their luck
ran out May 18 when more than 200
Scotland Yard officers closed in on them.
The nine arrests were a triumph for
embattled detectives whose early work
had been criticized because of an embarrassing failure to respond to a midnight
alarm at the start of a holiday weekend.
That gave the thieves more than 48
hours to carefully remove the contents
of the safe used by jewelers in the Hatton
Garden district.
The suspects, all British men between
ages 43 and 76, were questioned in a
London police station after coordinated
morning raids in northern London and
the southeastern district of Kent, Scotland Yard said.
It said bags containing a significant
amount of high-value property were
recovered at one of the addresses but did
not assign a value to the heist.
AUDACIOUS
The audacious robbery over the Easter weekend fascinated Britain. Dressed
in fluorescent vests and hard hats, the
thieves entered the high-security vault
area in the London diamond district, carrying bags and wheeled garbage bins for
carrying off the booty.
To gain entry, they climbed down
an elevator shaft and drilled through
concrete walls that were six feet thick,
later making off with the contents of 72
safety deposit boxes.
Commander Peter Spindler last month
defended the police performance in the
face of the earlier criticism.
At times weve been portrayed as
if we have acted like Keystone Cops
but I want to reassure you that in the
finest traditions of Scotland Yard, these
detectives have done their utmost to
bring justice to the victims of this callous

Miley Windass.
Sean and Billy go for a walk in the country
and call into a pub for some lunch. They like
the look of the place and decide to stay the
night but when the landlord finds out that
theyre a couple, he tells them the room has
gone and he wants them out. Sean stands
his ground and calls the landlord for what he
is, a coward and a homophobe while Billy
realises how much he loves Sean.
Julie receives bad news when Dev phones
her from India. He calls to say hes staying
out there for two months longer than he
expected as his uncle has died.
Internet date Adrian arrives to take Eileen
out a second time. He seems a nice sort of
bloke, a fork-lift driver. Hes ordinary, reliable
and arrives to see Eileen with a bunch of
flowers in his hand. Jasons taking the new
relationship in his stride, hes seen enough
of his mams fellas come and go. Meanwhile,
Todd continues to wind his mam up pretending hes internet dater Jeff from Dubai, a rich,
successful and fictional online match that
Todds made up for his mum.
Elsewhere this month, Gail was married
again. Yes, she finally said I do, again.
In fact, what she said was I absolutely,
definitely, 100 percent do! before yanking
Michael towards her for a smacker on the
lips. Her marriage to Michael now makes

late on Thursday, April 2. They worked

throughout the night and left Friday
morning, returning on Saturday night and
leaving again on Easter Sunday morning.
They had picked their spots carefully
local jewelers routinely store valuable
gems in the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit
facility overnight and on weekends.
The facilitys intruder alarm sounded
shortly after midnight on April 3, but
police did not respond although they
asserted that a private security guard
did check the outside of the premises
and found nothing amiss.
The crime was not discovered until
the jewelry district sprang back to life
on the Tuesday morning after Easter.
Scotland Yard later charged eight of
the suspects with conspiracy to burgle.
Police said a 42-year-old British man was
arrested also for conspiracy to burgle and
ws being questioned in London.
The eight men who have been
charged, were set to appear in court
May 28.

mid-1990s, the agencys number crunchers have used historical information to

calculate rates further back in time.
With oil prices appearing to have
bottomed out over the past few months,
most economists think the country is not
heading for a sustained period of falling
prices, or deflation.
Deflation can be a concern as it can
weigh on economic activity if consumers
put off spending and businesses fail to
invest. Fears of deflation were largely
behind the European Central Banks
decision this year to launch a 1.1 trillioneuro ($1.2 trillion) monetary stimulus.
EFFECTS
Samuel Tombs, senior UK economist
at Capital Economics, thinks the UKs
drop in consumer prices will only last
a month as Easter-related effects turn
positive, though it could take another
couple of years before inflation returns
to the Bank of Englands two percent
target.
The Banks governor, Mark Carney,
has been sanguine about the recent low
rates of inflation and has noted that it can
have a positive effect as wages increase
faster than consumer prices.
Alongside falling unemployment,
low prices, especially for fuel, have
boosted consumer spending, which is
consequently providing the main thrust
to economic growth at the moment,
said Chris Williamson, chief economist
at financial information company Markit.

Given the rosy growth backdrop,

most economists think that the Bank of
England will start raising interest rates
sometime in 2016, having kept its main
rate on hold at the record low of 0.5
percent since March 2009.

Airbus: Would
Reconsider
Investment If
UK Leaves EU
THE HEAD of the UK arm of Airbus has
warned the aerospace company would
reconsider its investments in Britain
should the country vote to leave the
European Union.
Paul Kahn has joined several prominent
business leaders in expressing concern
about the promised referendum on EU
membership. Prime Minister David Cameron has vowed to hold such a vote by the
end of 2017 after he has tried to negotiate reforms with the 28-member bloc.
Business leaders are starting to make
their views known, mindful of consequences that a so-called Brexit would
bring.
Kahn says that should Britain vote to
leave, Airbus would reconsider future
investment if business conditions were
more favorable in other parts of Europe.
Airbus also has European operations
in France, Germany and Spain.

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SEE ALL THOSE dolphins all going places?

That always affects me, from my early days in
Torquay, Devonshire I owned this coffee bar/
caf/restaurant and it seemed that the whole
of the British Isles descended on us for the
summer. On weekends we stayed open from
Friday thru Sunday night, non-stop, with very
little sleep. What an exciting and busy time
it was. The entire theatre crowd, the rock
groups, hoteliers and tourists alike would
sooner or later, day or night, end up there.
Its June, so where in California are we
off to.
Local at first, the British Home 10am-3pm
on June 6, for their annual get together and
Faire, always lots of fun people, good entertainment, Scottish/Irish dancing; great British
food (Cornish pasties, sausage rolls) and lots
of olde British memorabilia to handcrafted
items, at very affordable prices! We always
come home with lots of good books.
Then nip down to the Olde Ship in Santa
Ana for Afternoon Tea who is celebrating their
15th anniversary July 15 with a champagne
toast, along with the ever popular Ray Bush
and the BBC Jazz Band. That should be fun.
They have just started Happy Hours 3-6 pm
Monday thru Thursday. Its also headquarters
for all things soccer, showing the Champions
League final game June 6 and the womens
world cup for four weeks direct from Canada.
If that isnt enough excitement for you
check out the original Olde Ship in Fullerton.
No TVs. Just a great pub. Enjoy a fabulous

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Sunday Brunch 9-2. Its where we first met

the founder, the late Doug Collier, who weve
never forgotten, trying to hold a conversation while hes humping a barrel of beer to
the bar. We were all laughing hysterically.
Loved that man!
After that well head south to San Diego
and the Shakespeare Pub to meet up with our
editor Ron and brother Jeff: Scrounge a pint
on Ron. Well worth it!
San Diego is always a great place to visit
with lots going on all summer from the museums to music to tall ship festivals.
On the way back well stop and visit the
battle ship Iowa in San Pedro. Guaranteed
Karen will be hungry again, so problem solved
within walking distance: Andrew Silbers
Whale and Ale. Best pub in the Southbay.
Were giving you plenty of notice Andrew.
We had so much fun and good eating on our
first visit in 2000 that we keep going back.
June 19 well be heading to Santa Monica
to Ye Olde Kings Head for Stubbys Big 60th
Birthday Bash, a very popular regular! Lisa
let me know they have everything in stock
in the way of memorabilia for the new baby
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. With plenty of UK
Cadbury dairy milk chocolate in stock.
Now we have decisions to make: should
we turn left (port) and head to Catalina Island?
Nice but more for the tourist or should we
turn right (starboard) heading up the coast a
little further to Ventura. Take a boat ride with
Island Packers (www.islandpackers.com) to
the US National Park Islands: Anacapa, Santa
Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara,
all remote, desolate, and great for hikes,
camping, plus the ability to roam more of the
islands, plus whale watch from the top (see
April column www.ujnews.com) do it again
and again. Great adrenaline for the entire
family or a romantic indulgence for couples.
July 3 were right back home to celebrate
Brit Night with Ventura Fusion Soccer Club
who just won, for the 7th time, their US Open
game 4-3, on penalty kicks against California
FC. Fusion bring a lot of premier league teams
from the UK during the summer, so check
out their schedule www.vcfusion.com go to

www.vcreporter.com April 30 for an excellent

article Going Global. More Brits to be proud
of: Ranbir Shergill, Graeme Smith, and Pat
OBrien who founded Fusion and went on to
pack stadiums.
July 5 we see musician/singer John Mayall
who is playing at the Canyon Club in Agoura
Hills. Brilliant!
After all that running, we need a break, so
were off up the California coast: 8th wonder
of the world, having lunch at Nepenthe near
Big Sur, then on to Camerons Inn in Half
Moon Bay who are going great guns with
their newly expanded camp grounds. Now
not only campers, but hookups for all RVs.
Are you listening Pam and Mike Bennett of
the British Connection in Torrance?) Perfect
for your new luxury motor home. No one will
blame you for parking next door to the pub.
Surely thats common sense.
Its an exciting time for the Cameron family
at the moment as they are breaking ground for
a brand new 50 room hotel! Lets all meet up
in July, invite David Kidd of You Say Tomato
in San Francisco, whos just returned from
Stoke on Trent. Lucky blighter, did he take us
with him? No! He expects us to stay here and
hold down the fort and never go anywhere.
So well get him to show us all the new hot
spots in SF, which we luv! Magnificent City!
It seems that most British shops are still
stocked with Cadburys chocolate and its
somewhat of a mystery. I spoke briefly with
Sean Kavanagh-Dowsett of Tea and Sympathy in NYC who was featured in the May
issue of Vanity Fair. He feels that Hershey had
no idea that the public would turn on them
like they did, and that cost them dearly, both
financially and goodwill. Doesnt feel they
will dare to go after shopkeepers and risk
more bad press.
Either way Hershey made itself a huge PR
blunder and one which we feel they will live to
regret. It wasnt warranted, wanted or asked
for, and its caused so much ill will, Hershey
may not recover. Im sure in hindsight they
must now regret ever taking on the British!
Stop the Presses: 2am Sunday, May 24.
What an incredibly proud moment it was as

Top Gears May Explains

Coincidence Of Number
Plate Row In Argentina
IT WAS last year that the Top
Gear TV show crew were kicked
out of Argentina because of
what was deemed an offensive
number plate on the vehicle they
were using.
At the time Argentinas ambassador demanded an apology
for the plate that was said to
have referenced the Falklands
The offending plate and Jeremy Clarkson.
War of 1982.
A lot of hot water, mainly
to one as the odds of them choosing that
surrounding Jeremy Clarkson, has flowed particular vehicle with the plates H982
under the bridge since then, and Clark- FKL. But May replied: That is true of any
son himself has been fired from his number plate because they are all unique.
job anchoring the world-famous BBC The number plate is meaningless, you
programme.
have to want to see it.
But recently, one of Clarksons coMay also argued that the car has had
presenters James May explained to the same registration from the get go as
Absolute Radios Breakfast Show that it is not something that can be legally
the whole issue was a huge coincidence. changed and therefore they couldnt have
May told the show presenter Christian tampered with it or they wouldnt have
OConnell that there were only two of that been able to cross the borders.
certain model of manual, right hand drive
May added that the alternative plates
928 GT Porches in the country, and, as it found in the car which spelled out Bell
happened, their show picked the one with End were intended for use during their
the inflammatory number plates.
car football and would not have been used
OConnell offered the odds of 13 million on the roads.
we gingerly and very carefully escorted Carman Phil to the Norris Theatre on Palo Verdes
Peninsula to watch Phil and wife Pats, only
daughter, 14 year old Eliana perform on the
trumpet, in the 70 piece Asia America Youth
Symphony Orchestra under the direction
of the renown composer and jazz pianist
David Benoit.
What a magnificent performance it was.
The program included Dance of the Knights,

David Benoit and Eliana at

Norris Theatre.
selections from Carmen, selections from
West Side Story, and George Gershwins
Rhapsody in Blue. They closed the evening
with an exciting rendering of Coldplays Viva
le Vida.
Karen and I have known Eli since she
was a few minutes old, so it was with great
privilege, pride and joy to join Phil, Pat, her
sister Patty, Elis nanny (when younger)
Rebecca, and many local friends to one of
the most enjoyable evenings weve had in a
long time. Eli, were all so proud of you!!!!
Get well soon Phil as there will be many more
concerts to enjoy.

Pat and Eliana with Carman Phil.

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By Stephen Ure

Naturalization And How To Get It

So what happens at a naturalization

interview? You will be asked questions from
your application and background and you
will be given an English and Civics test. The
English test includes a reading, writing, and
speaking test. The civics portion tests your
knowledge of US history and government;
all 100 potential questions are available for
study before the test.
The general process to become naturalized:
1. Complete Form N-400, Application for
Naturalization and submit to USICS along
with supporting documents, photographs,
and application fee.
2. In a few weeks, you will receive a receipt
notice acknowledging receipt of your application. This will include a receipt number that
identifies your application.
3. In another few weeks, you will receive
a letter from the USCIS for a biometrics appointment. This is for fingerprinting.
4. Go to the fingerprint location and get
your prints taken.
5. You will receive a notice for your naturalization interview and tests. You may also
receive a notice asking you to bring items
such as your drivers license and tax returns
to the interview.
6. On the day of the interview, you will go
to your local office at the specified time for
the interview and tests.
7. Once you pass the interview and test,
you will receive a notice with a ceremony
date.
8. Go to the ceremony on the given date
and take the oath of allegiance.
9. Why is it important to get naturalized?
If you have your permanent residency (green
card), you may think that there is no need
to become naturalized. Whether you just
recently got your green card or have been
a green card holder for many years, getting
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of the benefits of being a naturalized US citi-

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to discuss the specifics of your own case. I can
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RR By Derek Gatopoulos

ADVOCACY groups seeking to get the

British Museum to return the Parthenon
Marbles to Athens expressed disappointment last month after Greeces culture
minister said he would not launch a court
challenge for the famous collection.
The sculptures, which for more than
2,000 years decorated the Parthenon
temple on the Acropolis in Athens, were
removed more than two centuries ago by
Lord Elgin, a Scottish nobleman, and are
on display at the London museum.
Culture Minister Nikos Xydakis last
month said Athens would not seek court
action against the museum but preferred
a diplomatic route.
Dennis Menos of the International
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Thousands of British + Anglophile readers in all parts of Florida

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BEING IMMERSED around the clock in

business and social dealings with the
expat British community in Florida I observe
firsthand how uninformed many longtime
residents are. On the subject of medical
costs, I still hear If I get sick Im just going
back to the UK for free treatment. First they
should say when not if since everybody
eventually gets sick. So reading three weeks
ago in the Expat Telegraph an article called
Expats Outside Europe Must Pay To Use
The NHS I thought it timely to address this.
The final words of the article concluded
Times are changing and if youre not a
UK pensioner you can no longer just nip
back to the UK for free healthcare when
it suits you. This is a part of the British
Governments ongoing austerity measures
which came into effect April 6, 2015, aiming
to save the NHS 500m a year. Patients
should expect to be asked questions about
their resident status in the UK. To save
you research time fellow expats, I clicked
around the labyrinthine NHS website and
ploughed through its bazillion pages to
find the one YOU want: www.nhs.uk/chq.
pages/1086.aspx There you will find all your
answers, so Bookmark it!
n BRIT FLOYDS SPACE AND Time
World Tour Comes to Florida. This British
band is considered be the worlds greatest
Pink Floyd Show. This is their most ambitious show to date, with a spectacular new
light show and even bigger stage production, an amazing journey through five
decades of Pink Floyd, from their creation in
1965 to the release of their new album, The
Endless River. This includes performances
from The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish
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The Division Bell plus a host of other Pink
Floyd musical surprises. Paying attention
to every musical detail, Brit Floyd faithfully
recreates the true live Pink Floyd concert
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sonically perfect as it is visually awesome,

says the press blurb. At Miami Beachs
Fillmore Theatre on Thursday, July 16.
Information and tickets www.LiveNation.
com or in person at Fillmore Box Office
(305) 673-7300.
n SOCCER could be your
business in the USA! About
seven years ago, Scotsman
Alan Georgeson, now a downtown Miami resident, partnered with his
son Scott to set up soccer training camps
in South Florida where the interest in the
sport from local Brits and Americans is
huge. Soccer 5 USA (see www.soccer5usa.
com) was started in Boca Raton. As its
hardly a mecca for Footie, they wisely
moved operations down to Miami, glowing
with the likes of visiting England teams and
David Beckham visits. (Golden Boy was just
in town again May 23 for further talks on
his longed-for Miami stadium). Soccer 5
USA has built and operates several soccer
fields and is now looking for participants
and franchisees. See ad on back Soccer
page this issue.
n FLORIDA FACT The amount of international freight moving through Florida,
via Miami International Airport, topped all
50 states for 2014, with over one million
tons. The value of international freight was
over $61.5bn and highlighted the airports
lead in international commerce. Hey, Florida
is not just beaches and glamour, People.
n THE ALL BRITISH CAR CLUB meets in
Volusia County. To get involved phone Frank
Hervery on (386) 574-0809 and peruse
their website www.volusiabritishcars.com
n LONGTIME BRITISH favorites Def
Leppard with Styx and Tesla, with 100
million albums sold, return to Florida where
they have performed often before. Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in
1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave
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www.defleppard.com Thursday, June 25

at Coral Sky Amphitheatre in Palm Beach.
www.livenation.com
n UK-USA Culture Corner. Were
used to the mammoth portions served in
American restaurants and the resultant
doggy bag habit. Yet I recall quite an effort
to persuade my visiting mother to leave with
leftovers whenever we ate out in Miami.
Mum thats what Americans do, I insisted.
Nobody here is going to think youre being
lowclass. Besides, why waste good food?
So there is now a campaign afoot in the UK
to convert the British to this practice, writes
a columnist in the Miami Herald, because
the BBC reports 21 tons of food wasted per
UK restaurant per year. About the weight of
three double-decker London buses noted
the American writer! This is all apparently
because the British are too embarrassed to
ask for a take-home box. Considering how
stingy we are it must be that or snobbiness.
Since leftovers are always more flavourful
the second day anyway, it is one sensible
American habit we should adopt pronto.

News of
the Booze

n The Kings Head Pub in

Sunrise west Ft Lauderdale

has opened a second location
in Pompano Beach. Phone the Kings Head
2 on (754) 222-8671 to ask what they have
to offer a thirsty Union Jack reader. The
owner Jeff is American and the pub opened
five months ago but they never emailed a
press release so heard by chance and too
far for me to drive. So pop in and peruse
for your own verdict. (Note: I was a guest
at the Grand Opening of the first Kings
Head in 1994 when they also hired me for
PR work. The then British owner Shirley
Hodgson had the yummiest home-cooked
British pubgrub on the menu and was a

warm, welcoming woman conducive

to a great pub, methinks).
n THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT in Florida: All consular services for British nationals in our state and UK-US trade matters are
handled by the British Consulate-General
office in Miami on (305) 400-6400. You
can also email queries to askflorida@fco.
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does NOT handle any USA immigration
matters always consult an immigration
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are handled via the website www.gov.uk/
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n BRITISH CLUBS CORNER The longestablished and well-attended Boca British
Womens Club has a new President Sue
Tempest (561) 715-4365. The club, which
I helped found back in 1998 via a launch
mention on this page, holds day and
evening gatherings in the Boca and Delray
Beach area. Members comprise women of
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BAKEWELL BAKERY, INC, IL
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757-723-7480
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www.bestofbritishonline.com
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BEST OF EUROPE, CA
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713-464-8167
661-943-0257
623-536-1190
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THE SIXPENCE, GA
HOT RED BUS, CA
909-981-6069
912-238-1348
213-804-5692
www.sixpencepub.com
www.hotredbus.com
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TASTE OF BRITAIN, GA
954-523-1259
JACKS LONDON GRILL, FL
770-242-8585
727-289-7170
BLUE ANCHOR PUB & RESTAURANT, FL
www.tasteofbritain.com
www.jackslondongrill.com
561-272-7272
TAVERN
RESTAURANT
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513-605-4700
321-768-8369
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www.britishshoppe.net
321-639-6839
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JUNKET, THE, CA
BRITANNIA ARMS SJ, CA
856-354-0204
510-524-4622
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www.thejunket.com
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THE PUB HAMPTON, VA
LADY DIS BRITISH STORE, OR
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757-838-2748
503-635-7298
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www.thebritishpubs.com
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BRITANNIA ARMS Capitola, CA
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831-464-2583
916-344-8472
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www.touchofbritain.com
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LION & ROSE PUB, (San Antonio), TX
440-237-3913
THINGS UK LTD, OK
210-822-7673
918-258-7654
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TRANSATLANTIC BRIDES & PARENTS ASSN, FL
LITTLE CROWN & ANCHOR
941-235-9306
386-756-0896
702-876-4733
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BRITISH AMERICAN CLUB, N CALIF
www.crownandanchorlv.com
540-722-3976
916-771-9782
www.theunionjackpub.com
LITTLE TASTE OF BRITAIN, UT
BRITISH BEER COMPANY, MA
801-390-2318
UNION JACK PUB 2, IN
508-888-6610
www.littletasteofbritain.com
317-257-4343
www.britishbeer.com
www.unionjackpub-broadripple.com
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www.lbpmonterey.com
1-866-868-6386
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www.thebritconnection.com
www.sherlockspubco.com
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BRITISH IMPORTS OF PLYMOUTH, MA
THE
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801-531-7074
508-747-2972
610-383-0600
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www.britishsupplies.com
www.thewhiptavern.com
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941-358-1353
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http://britishislesonline.com
http://the-white-horse-pub.com
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WHITE
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816-500-7472
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term of Parliament.
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court as its top arbiter with a British
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proposals rather than legislation. The

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Crime And Mystery

Writer Ruth Rendell

RUTH RENDELL, 85, prolific crime and

mystery writer, perhaps best known for
her Chief Inspector Wexford novels, died
last month. She was 85.
The cause of death was not announced, but Rendell had suffered a
serious stroke in
January.
She was one
of Britains most
popular crime novelists and authored
dozens of books,
including many written under the pen
name Barbara Vine.
Rendell was a member of the House of
Lords who had received wide recognition
and many awards throughout her long
career. Her Inspector Wexford series was
made into a popular TV series, winning
her many new fans and accolades.
She began her literary efforts by writing some very bad novels that were
never published, she told The Associated
Press in a 2005 interview.
Once she found her way, Rendell
produced novels at an astonishing pace
more than 60 books over four decades,
including 20 featuring Chief Inspector
Wexford.
Rendell lived in recent years in the

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3: Plaza Pantry in Ojai holds their monthly
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5-7: Colorado Medieval Festival at 1750
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6: The Brass Ring Thing XV Renaissance
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NY www.carrouselmuseum.org
6: British Home June Fair fundraiser at
647 Manzanita Avenue, Sierra Madre, CA 91024
(626) 355-7240.
6-7: Texas Pirate Festival at Middlefaire in
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o The Olde Ship in Fullerton (714) 871-7447
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6-28: Wild Rose Renaissance Faire RR 1,
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7-15: Barons Renaissance Faire at Tozier
Track, Anchorage, Alaska www.3barons.org
11-14: BC Renaissance Festival at Thunderbird Show Park, 24550 72nd Ave, Langley, BC,
Canada www.bcrenfest.com
12-14: Kansas City Scottish Highland Games
at E.H. Young Park, Riverside, MO www.kcscottishgames.org
o Ye Olde Kings Head in Santa Monica,
CA offers Champions League final Sat June
6th; Fathers Day is June 21 so bring dad in for
a pint and a Sunday Roast dinner; Royal Baby

scenic Little Venice neighborhood of

London, which is known for its canals
and colorful houseboats, but the pleasant
surroundings did not alter her hard-eyed
view of human nature.
I dont think the world is a particularly pleasant place, said Rendell. It
is, of course, for some people. But it is
a hard place, and I dont think its being
cynical to say that.
She spent many afternoons attending
sessions in Parliament after she had
finished her morning writing sessions.
Her official title was Baroness Rendell
of Babergh.
Rendell told The Independent newspaper in 2014 that her personal hero was
South African Bishop Desmond Tutu
because hes such a good man and hes
had a hard life and always looks so happy.
The same year, she told an audience
at the Cheltenham Literary Festival
that she shied away from writing about
child murder for fear that writing about
it might in some way show criminals
how to do it.
I would rather not be involved, rather
not be responsible, she said.
The same concerns kept her from
writing about cruelty to animals, she said.
Rendells husband, Donald Rendell,
died in 1999.

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Hot Chocolate
Singer Errol
Brown Dies At 71
In The Bahamas
ERROL BROWN, the lead singer of the band Hot Chocolate,
has died in
the Bahamas,
his manager
reported last
month.
Manager
Phil Dale said
the singer,
best known
for hits You Sexy Thing and It
Started With A Kiss, died of liver
cancer. Dale said Browns death
had come as a surprise, saying
(Brown) had been poorly over
the past few months but he never
discussed it.
The manager added Hed be
sadly missed by his friends and
family. He was an extremely good
personal friend.
Brown is survived by his wife
and two daughters.
Hot Chocolate had numerous
chart hits in the 1970s. In 1981,
they played at a pre-wedding
party for Prince Charles and Lady
Diana in Buckingham Palace.
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Northeast Ohio June Calendar

By Joe Nicholls. Joe & Kevin McGinty can
be heard on The Sounds of Britain and Ireland
Sundays NewTime 6-7pm (EST).on Clevelands
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2: SHANO, Scottish Heritage Meetings, St
Bartholomew Church, 435 SOM Center Rd,
Mayfield 7:30pm, (216) 464-1116.
4: DBE Monthly Meeting, Monthly
meeting,Lyndhurst, 7pm, (440) 461-2533.
5,19: British-American Club, Fish & chips
dinners, 8564 Ravenna Rd, (off Rte 82) Twinsburg, 6:30-8:30pm, (330) 963-6370.
5,12,19,26: West Side Irish American Club,
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5,12,19,26: RSCDS Cleveland Hts. Group,
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at 7:30pm prior to regular classes, Communion
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7:30pm. (216) 432-9038.
7: Scottish American Society, Monthly meeting, Akron, 1pm (330) 882-0342.
12,26: British-American Club, Pub Night,
Specialty Dinners, 8564 Ravenna Rd, Twinsburg,
6:30pm, (330) 963-6370.
10: Calon Lan Welsh Club, Lunch Meeting,
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(330) 758-4202.
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2015, two day event, Athensarea, (330) 467-3953.
20: Cleveland Manx Society, Luncheon
meeting, Welshfield Inn Restaurant, Burton, 1pm,
(216) 481-2476.
27: SACSO, Ohio Scottish Games, Lorain
County Fairgrounds, Rts 58 & 18, Wellington,
8am-5pm. (440) 835-9794.
27: British American Chamber of Commerce Link Club, Hospitality tent at Ohio Scottish
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The Cockney Lad

And Jim Crow
By John Sharer

SMASHING BOOK! I can relate to this book

on so many levels. Having grown up on the
west coast and now living in the South I can
tell you that this is very recent history and, in
many ways, things have not changed much
at all. There is hope and much improvement
in some areas but almost none in others.
Peter Mason begins his life in London,
his early teen years were spent watching
and listening to the buzz bombs and V-2
rockets, completely wiping out a block of
134 flats where his best school chum lived,
all the while wondering if he was going to
be the next one to
be killed. Although
his family survived
the war physically
at least his Mum
did not survive it
mentally. Peters Dad
returned home from
army service abroad
to a once vital, attractive and healthy
woman to someone
who, although only 44, looked much older.
Her nerves were shredded by the constant
noise and struggles. His Dad finally left and
Peter and his sister were left to care for their
mum. The doctors couldnt figure it out at
the time and put it down to something thats
going around. She passed away a short
time later. Peter was 17 and decided it was
time to move on. As the book opens Peter
is at Southampton, wearing a Savile Row
suit albeit one that had been made for a
300lb man and never picked up so his uncle
had it tailored (not very well) for Peter. He is
standing on the dock watching all the lovely
people disembark while awaiting his turn to
sail. Beth, his sister, hadnt come with him
to see him off, Peter had urged her not to
she couldnt afford the fare from London,
nor miss the time off work. In actuality he
wasnt sure he could bear to say goodbye in
front of everyone he knew he would cry if
she were there.
The voyage is uneventful, Peter makes
some friends with some Americans, they
love his accent and are all curious as to why
hes heading to the States. One boy, Chuck,
tells Peter hes a Rhodes scholar. Peter asks
why he would come to England to study
roads. Chuck doesnt make fun of him and
they turn out to be friends. Peter has a good
heart and trusts people, he treats everyone
the same and that doesnt serve him well
later. Peter learns about American words,
American football and, all in all, the guys

take care of him. At the end of the voyage

Chuck gives him some money along with his
phone number and address and makes Peter
promise to keep in touch. Peter spends a
week in New York where he meets some very
interesting people and decides its time to go.
Hes heading to Jackson, Mississippi. On the
bus he sits next to a black man Solomon
Broward who is also going to Jackson to
visit his children and grand children. Solomon
had been in England during the war so they
had something to talk about. They told each
other about their families and lives. Peter
asked him about how the blacks are treated
and all Solomon would say is that he would
let Peter form his own opinions. While at one
of the stops a lady got on and asked Solomon
to move so she could sit down. He didnt want
to but did. The lady then said asked Peter to
move over to the inside he refused and
she said she understood why he wouldnt
want to sit in that seat, he bluntly told her it
had nothing to do with who had been sitting
there before. This was his first, but certainly
not last, encounter with racism.
Peter arrives in Jackson and finds a hostel
to stay in. He gets a job and makes a few
friends. While there he finds himself smack in
the middle of blacks vs whites. He witnesses
a hit and run and the pedestrian is killed. What
follows during the subsequent investigations
and trial will amaze some readers, this wasnt
long ago. Peter also meets and becomes
quite close to one of his hostel-mates families, as well as Solomon Browards family.
There are two girls involved I wont go into
more detail.
There is a hanging, a severe beating,
lies, payoffs, threats, persecution as well
as love, people who care and want to see
the right thing happen. Peter makes his own
inroads into race relations and tries to make
a difference. He discovers that even people
whom youve worked with for a long time and
thought were your friends will draw the line
quickly when it comes to race. He also finds
that sometimes you have to back off in order
to protect the ones you care about.
At the end of the trial, which seems to
have taken forever, Peter decides its time
to go back to England. Its certainly been an
adventure and eye opening but its time. His
sister is waiting for him and life is going to be
good. There are still challenges to overcome
but he doesnt give up.
There are many ups and downs that Ive
left out again, some people will find it distressing but others wont be surprised. The
ending may surprise some but I think it was
absolutely the right decision.
I know it isnt a true story but in many
respects it is a true analogy of the way things
were, and in some places, still are. I remember being in England over the years on visits
see mixed race couples and it seemed it was
much more accepted there than it was here
even on the West Coast where everyone was
supposed to be open.
Dont miss this one it is a super read I
devoured it in three days. I havent read his
first book but look forward to picking it up.
Summer has just about arrived here in Savannah and itll be time to head to the beach with
another book soon!

Ex-UK Tabloid Editor Coulson In Perjury Trial

FORMER UK tabloid editor Andy
Coulson has gone on trial in Scotland
accused of perjury.
Coulson is charged with lying under
oath in the 2010 trial against former
Scottish lawmaker Tommy Sheridan.
He denied the allegations in court last
month, pleading not guilty.
The 47-year-old Coulson edited the
now-defunct, Rupert Murdoch-owned
News of the World tabloid between 2003
and 2007. He is accused of lying about
his knowledge of the tabloids practice
of eavesdropping on the voicemail messages of celebrities, politicians, athletes
and others in the public eye.
Coulson is a former communications

chief for Prime Minister David Cameron.

The trial in Scotland is expected to last
several weeks.

Royal Navy, Police

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MILITARY AND CIVILIAN police
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after warning about lax safety and
security procedures in Britains
nuclear fleet.
Able Seaman William McNeilly
last month released an 18-page
report via the WikiLeaks website
filled with numerous allegations
about safety and security problems in Britains nuclear fleet.
He said the aging Trident nuclear weapons program is a disaster
waiting to happen.
The Navy has rebutted McNeillys claims, saying the Trident
fleet operates under the most
stringent safety regime.
It says it is concerned about
McNeillys wellbeing and will
investigate both the unauthorized
release of the documents and its
contents.
The BBC said that McNeilly
had indicated he would soon turn
himself in.

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From Under Noses Of PSG

MAN UNITED manager Louis van Gaal says

he was forced to personally intervene to
clinch the signing of Memphis Depay to
prevent the Netherlands winger from signing
for Paris Saint-Germain.
United said last month it reached a deal
to sign Depay from PSV Eindhoven, with the
move set to go through once the transfer
window opens in June.
Van Gaal said he didnt want to sign D epay
until the end of the season, but pushed
through the deal for the player sooner than
planned.
Van Gaal says because of the market, I
have to handle (the transfer) because otherwise he had signed for Paris Saint-Germain.

Mane Scores Fastest Premier

League Hat Trick

SADIO MANE scored the fastest hat trick in

Premier League history last month, grabbing
goals in the 13th, 14th and 16th minutes to
put Southampton 3-0 ahead against visiting
Aston Villa.
The Senegal midfielders hat trick was
timed at two minutes, 56 seconds at St
Marys Stadium.
Mane converted the rebound after Villa
goalkeeper Shay Given saved his initial shot
to give Southampton the lead after 12:22. He
scored again on 13:46 before saving his best
for last by curling Shane Longs pass on the
edge of the area past Given at 15:18.
Liverpools Robbie Fowler held the previous record with a hat trick in 4:33 against
Arsenal in 1994, two years after the Premier
League started.

Rodgers Opens Door For

Gerrard Return To Liverpool

LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers has

opened the door for Steven Gerrard to return
to the club in a coaching capacity, saying
his departing captain would certainly be
someone Id love to have work here.
Gerrard is leaving Liverpool as the season
comes to an end, 17 years with the club, to
join the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS. He
is already taking his UEFA coaching badges
and has suggested he would like to return to
the club after he retires.
Rodgers says he has spoken to Gerrard
about his future and says Steven leaving
here isnt permanent, certainly as long as
Im here.

Chelseas Hazard Named

Writers Footballer Of Year

CHELSEA midfielder Eden Hazard earned his

second award of the season May 12 when
he was named footballer of the year by the
English Football Writers Association.
Hazard received 53 percent of the vote
from more than 300 journalists.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane was runnerup, and Hazards Chelsea teammate John
Terry polled third.
The 24-year-old Hazard has 20 goals this
season, and helped his side to reclaiming its
first Premier League since 2010.
Last month, the Belgium international was
named player of the year by the Professional
Footballers Association.

FOX To Televise Every Match Live

Of Womens World Cup Football
FOX Sports is planning the most expansive
and comprehensive multi-platform coverage
ever of the FIFA Womens World Cup when
the 2015 tournament in Canada kicks off in
just over two weeks, including
an unprecedented 16 matches
airing live on FOX broadcast
network.
FOX Sports is televising all 52
games live from six cities across
Canada between June 6 and
July 5, live on FOX; FOX Sports
1, Americas fastest growing sports network; and FOX
Sports 2. Digitally, all games are
available on tablets and mobile
devices via the FOX Sports GO app and online
at www.FOXSportsGO.com.
No broadcast network has ever televised
16 FIFA Womens or Mens World Cup
matches in a single tournament, and the

2015 event marks the first time since 2003

that any FIFA Womens World Cup matches
are scheduled for over-the-air broadcast in
the US. In addition to the 16 matches committed to FOX, five of which
are in prime time and include
one semifinal, the third-place
match on July 4 and final on
July 5, FOX Sports 1 carries
29 matches, including all eight
in the round of 16, two quarterfinals and one semifinal. The
remaining seven games are
slated for FOX Sports 2.
Combining games with anticipated pregame, postgame
and complementary programming, FOX
Sports is expected to provide almost 200
hours of coverage from FIFA Womens World
Cup 2015 averaging between six and seven
hours a day over the month-long tournament.

This years final will take place on July 5 in Vancouver.

FIFA WOMENS WORLD CUP 2015

MATCH TELECAST & GAME SCHEDULE

JUNE 6 through JULY 5

FOX, FOX Sports 1 & FOX Sports 2(All times ET; Subject to change)

Day/Date (ET) Group

Sat, June 6 6:pm
A

9:pm
A
Sun., Jun 7 1:pm
B

4:pm
B
Mon, Jun 8 4:pm
D

7:pm
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Tue, Jun 9 1:pm
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4:pm
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4:pm
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7:pm
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Thr, Jun 11 4:pm
B

6:pm
A

7:pm
B

9:pm
A
Fri, Jun 12 5:pm
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7:pm
C

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10:pm C
Sat, Jun 13 1:pm
F

4:pm
F

4:pm
E

7:pm
E
Mon,Jun 15 4:pm
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4:pm
B

7:30pm A

7:30pm A
Tue, Jun 16 5:pm
C

5:pm
C

8:pm
D

8:pm
D
Wed,Jun 17 4:pm
F

4:pm
F

7:pm
E

7:pm
E
Sat, Jun 20 4:pm

7:30pm
Sun, Jun 21 1:pm

4:pm

7:30pm
Mon,Jun 22 5:pm

8:pm
Tue, Jun 23 10:pm

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Rnd of 16
Rnd of 16
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Norway v Thailand
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Cameroon v Ecuador
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Japan v Switzerland
France v England
Colombia v Mexico
Spain v Costa Rica
Brazil v Korea Rep
Germany v Norway
China PR v Holland
Ivory Cst v Thailand
Canada v N Zealand
Australia v Nigeria
Switzrlnd v Ecuador
USA v Sweden
Japan v Cameroon
France v Colombia
England v Mexico
Brazil v Spain
Korea Rep v Costa R
Thailand v Germany
Ivory Cst v Norway
Holland v Canada
China v N Zealand
Ecuador v Japan
Switzrlnd v Camroon
Nigeria v USA
Australia v Sweden
Mexico v France
England v Colombia
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George Norths Concussion

Still A Worry

GEORGE NORTH, the outstanding young

Welsh winger, was suffering more than
somewhat as the season drew to a close.
He was sidelined for more than a month following repeated concussion injuries. He was
first concussed playing for Wales against
New Zealand in the 2014 November Tests.
He was then struck twice on the head while
playing against England in the Six Nations.
After that he got two more heavy blows to
the head in club games.
Warren Gatland, the Welsh coach, is
beginning to be really concerned that he
may not recover in time to be fully match-fit
for the World Cup. Jim Mallinder, Norths
coach at the reigning English champions
Northampton, has accused Gatland of being
unnecessarily partisan,
Hes looking after Wales and himself.
George is our No 1 priority. Were not interested in Wales (but) the players safety.
We wont make any decisions until things
are right.

Englands Selection
Problems Ease

Similar worries have been darkening the

skies over Englands fullback, Mike Brown,
who has been out since being concussed in
the Fenruary game against Italy. But the sun
has come out for him and he will now be fit
to make the 45-man England squad.
Another fullback Nick Abendanon is
currently hors de combat since he is playing in France. He is widely believed to be
the best fullback in Europe but unavailable

for selection because of being domiciled

in France. Ultimately it is down to England
coach Stuart Lancaster whether or not to pick
him and Steffon Armitage (also lost across
the Channel).
Watch out for Sam Burgess, a one-time
League international now settling down to
work in Bath where he plays regularly as a
back-row forward. He shows every sign of
getting in to the English World Cup squad.
Except that Lancaster believes he will make
a Test-class centre. Sam himself doesnt
mind. As befits a convert, hell play anywhere
any time
Its hard to understand why Lancaster is
so keen to see Burgess in the centre since
England are well-supplied with some gifted
lads. The latest of them is Jonathan Joseph
who scored four scintillating tries in the Six
Nations. He has just been crowned Players
Player of the Year and England Player of the
Year at the annual Rugby Players Association awards.

Aussies Relax Rules

The Australians have now relaxed their

ban on selecting Aussies playing abroad.
The ARU has announced that anyone with
more than 60 caps now qualifies to play for
the home country, wherever they ply their
trade. This will enable men like Matt Giteau
along with Drew Mitchell and George Smith
to return to the Wallabies. It may seem a bit
hard on chaps who have opted to ignore foreign money and stay loyal to their homeland
but after all rugby is a professional game. If
youre making a living, wouldnt you naturally
go to the peope who will pay you best?

Ireland To Host 2017

Womens World Cup

Ireland have long-term hopes of staging

the World Cup for the first time in 2023.
Their cause will have been done no harm at
all since they have been chosen to host the
Womens World Cup in 2017. The tournaments pool games and final will be contested
in Dublin, with Belfast getting the semi-finals
and play-offs.
jpolley2@sky.com

Euan Murray Retires From

Scotland Ahead Of World Cup
EUAN MURRAY, Scotlands most-capped tighthead prop
who never played on Sundays for religious reasons, has
retired from international rugby.
The 34-year-old Murrays decision comes four months
before the start of the World Cup.
With wife Sarah now expecting their third child, Murray has decided to step
aside and allow head coach Vern Cotter time to make plans for his replacement.
He has played for Scotland 66 times.
Murray says I have to be with my family as much as possible before and
after the birth.

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Sinclair Completes Permanent

Move To Villa From Man City

SCOTT SINCLAIR has completed his permanent move to Aston Villa from Manchester
City on a four-year deal after a successful
loan spell.
The 26-year-old winger his revived his
career at Villa since joining in January, scoring three goals and being a regular member
of the first team before getting injured.
The transfer fee was not disclosed when
the move was announced last month, and
Sinclair says this is the happiest I have been
in a long time.
Sinclair, who played for Britain in the
Olympic football tournament at the London
Games in 2012, signed for City for 6.2m
from Swansea that year but struggled for
game time.

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Continued from page 13
May 17, where he broke the course record
with a mindboggling 21 under 267. He let the
field know he was in devastating form with
a scintillating 11 under 61, during the third
round, which put him top of the scoreboard
and in the driving seat. He finished seven
strokes clear of the field. Same weekend in
Barcelona, Englands James Morrison captured the Spanish Open by four strokes with
a 10 under 278. The 30-year-old Guildford
golfer started his career as a cricketer, and
its his second European tour victory.

Texas Hosts Fighting Brits

Two Britons were in action at Hildalgo,

Texas, May 9, one won, one lost. Scotlands
Ricky Burns (37-5-1) the former WBO lightweight champion did not have things his way
against the unbeaten Texan, Omar Figueroa.
In a bout with plenty of inside punching.
Burns was penalized points in two rounds
for holding, while Figueroa who struggled
to make the weight, claimed a unanimous
decision to go 26 and 0. Doncasters Jamie
McDonnell (26-2-1) kept his WBA bantamweight crown taming the unbeaten Japanese
fighter, Tomoki Kameda (31-1) with a
unanimous decision. The Yorkshireman was
on the canvas in the third round, but got up
and back into a very physical encounter.
Same weekend in Birmingham, Olympic
super-heavyweight gold medalist Anthony

Joshua, went 12 wins,12 knockouts, as he

demolished the Brazilian, Raphael Zumbano
Love (36-11) in the second round Nottinghams super-middleweight champion Carl
Froch, (33-2) relinquished his IBF crown in
February, while last month the WBA stripped
him of his world title, for the reason he had
not defended it for over a year.
The so-called fight of the century in
Las Vegas, between welterweights Floyd
Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao (57-62) May 4, showed Mayweathers technical
skills ease him to a unanimous decision over
the Filipino and his 48th consecutive victory.
Mayweather now holds the WBC, WBA, WBO
and IBO crowns

Formula One & Rugby

The Mercedes team took one and two

places in the Spanish Grand Prix, May 10,
where Nico Rosberg led from start to finish. Team-mate and world champion Lewis
Hamilton, got stuck behind Ferraris Sebastian Vettel, and it was not until the 40th lap
when Vettel took a pit-stop that Hamilton took
advantage. He stayed in front for a second
place finish with Vettel third
The big European Rugby Union Cup finals
concluded May 2-3, with Gloucester beating
Edinburgh 19-13 in the European Challenge
Cup final. Toulon are the new European
club champions after winning 24-18 over
Clermont Auvergne. Both French sides
fielded an Englishman, Steffon Armitage for
Toulon and Nick Abendanon for Auvergne.
Both matches played at Twickenham On
the domestic agenda, Heriots are the Scottish champions. Pontypridd won the Welsh
premier league with 21 points to spare over
Ebbw Vale, while Bargoed are the Swalec
national champions.

Taekwondo, Sailing, &

Cycling

Britain took three medals at the World

Taekwondo Championships in Chelyabinsk,

Lampard Eager To Duel Former England

Mate, LA Galaxy Star Steven Gerrard
FRANK LAMPARD has faced off against
Steven Gerrard many times over their long
and fruitful careers in the English Premier
League, but Lampard has eagerly marked
the date of their next meeting on his calendar all the same.
Thats because it wont take place in
England, but halfway around the world
at StubHub Center in Carson, California
where theyll do battle for the first time
with their new clubs, New York City FC
and the LA Galaxy.
August 23! Its at their place, Lampard told ESPNFC.
Lampard and Gerrard join a steady
procession of international heavyweights
making the move to MLS in recent years, a
development Lampard expects will continue.

For his part, Lampard said he considers

himself very fortunate to have had the
twofold opportunity
to contribute to Man
Citys season and start
his new chapter in the
United States.
At 36, I got asked to come to the
champions and a club with this pedigree. I
am delighted that happened as it has done,
and I am delighted about the future and the
opportunity to go and play in New York,
try and make the best of it, individually
try to help there but also be part of a new
football club in one of the best cities in the
world. I am fortunate.

Leeds Hires Rosler As Its 5th Manager Of The Season

FORMER English power Leeds has
hired its fifth manager of the season,
with former Manchester City striker
Uwe Rosler taking on one of the most
challenging jobs in the game.
The eccentric owner of the secondtier club, Italian businessman Massimo
Cellino, turned to Rosler after branding previous manager Neil Redfearn as
weak and a baby.
Since buying a controlling stake of
the northern club in April 2014, Cellino

has lived up to his nickname of manager-eater by firing three coaches and

allowing Redfearns contract to elapse.
Cellino recently served a ban by the
English league for a tax conviction.
Leeds was the biggest team in England in the late 1960s and early 70s
and a Champions League semifinalist
in 2002 before running into financial
problems.
Rosler was fired by second-tier club
Wigan in November.

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Russia, where Liverpools Bianca Walkden

won the Gold medal in the +73kg weight
class. There was a silver for Damon Sanson
in the 80kg, and a bronze medal for Rachelle
Booth in the 62kg The sixth leg of the
Volvo Ocean race (the former Whitbread
round the world yacht race) concluded after
17 days at sea and 5,000 plus nautical miles
from Itajai, Brazil, producing a very close
finish at Newport Rhode Island. The Chinese
sponsored, the Dongfeng Racing team
reached American soil just three minutes and
25 seconds ahead of the Abu Dhabi Racing
team, who lead the fleet by six points. For
the Dongfeng team who missed the fifth leg
after been de-masted it was a remarkable
comeback. The fleet left for the transatlantic
seventh leg, mid-May headed for Lisbon,
Portugal. The ninth and final leg finishes in
Gothenburg, Sweden, later this month
Slovakias Peter Sagan won the Tour of
California, May 17, while Manxman, Mark
Cavendish, won four of the eight stages.
Cavendishs Etixx-Quickstep team was second, with Julian Alaphillipe behind Sagan.

American Pharoah Shows

His Talent

Trainer Bob Baffert claimed his fourth

Kentucky Derby winner, May 2, when American Pharoah (5-2f) beat Firing Line (12-1)
by a length and a quarter. A 170,000 plus
crowd gather at Churchill Downs for the 141st
running of the American horse racing classic.
Rode by Victor Espinosa, who won this race
last year too, and own by Ahmed Zayat, its
the first contest in the triple crown series of
races. Britains Simon Callaghan trained
the second horse, Firing Line.18 ran. Two
weeks later at Pimlico, Bafferts American
Pharoah (5-4f) tore the opposition apart to
win the Preakness Stakes, the second leg
of the triple crown, by an astonishing seven
lengths. Thunder and lightning rumbled over
head as race goers rushed for shelter as
the eight runners left the starting gate. The

Pharoah was in stall one on the rails, usually

considered a distinct disadvantage, but not
for this horse. The Belmont Stakes runs June
6, completes the third leg of the triple-crown.

England Beat New Zealand

At Lords

Englands bowlers produced a positive

attack mode at Lords on the final day of the
First Test at Lords, to claim a 124 run victory.
England 389 and 478 (Alistair Cook 162).
New Zealand 523 and 220.
After five games in the County Championship, mid-May, Middlesex lead the table with
84pts having won three games. Durham has
won three too, and are chasing with 71pts.
Lancashire top Division Two with 87pts, also
after three victories, with Gloucestershire
second on 56pts Zimbabwe became the
first visiting side to tour Pakistan, since 2009,
when gunmen opened fire on the Sri Lankan
team-bus. A large armed security operation
greeted the Zimbabweans who will play two
T20, and three ODIs

Late Sport, The Play-Offs

James DeGale, took a unanimous decision over Andre Dirrel (24-2) in Boston,
May 24, to claim the vacant IBF supermiddleweight crown. The Londoner had the
American down in the second round, and
though things went a bit quiet for a time,
DeGale (21-1) captured the final two rounds
that gave him the decision. DeGale became
the first Briton, to win an Olympic Gold medal
and a pro-World Championship.
Norwich won the big money match
against fellow Championship side Middlesbrough 2-0 at Wembley. The Canaries will
now be back in the Premiership next season.
Preston North End will play in the Championship next season, after beating Swindon
4-0 in the Division One Play-off final. The
Division Two play-off final end 1-1 between
Southend Utd and Wycombe Wanderers,
but the Shrimpers moved up a division after

winning the penalty shootout 7-6, in front

of a 38,000 crowd at Wembley. Bristol
Rovers tied 1-1 with Grimsby Town in the
Conference play-off final, but won the penalty
decider 5-3, and join Barnet in Division Two
next season.
Englands Melissa Reid won the Turkish
Airlines Open at Belek, where an 11 under
281, put her on the podium After winning two consecutive tournaments, Rory
McIIroy did not survive the cut at the BMW
PGA Championship at Wentworth. Korean,
Byeong-hun An, took the honours with a 21
under par A bad crash saw the Monaco
Grand Prix restarted eight laps from the finish, May 24, and World Champion Lewis
Hamilton who had been leading, found himself third on the grid behind the safety car.
The Mercedes mistake cost him the race as
team-mate Nico Rosberg took the chequered
flag with Sebastian Vettel second and
Hamilton third.

People

American goalkeeper Brad Friedel, announced his retirement from the English
Premier League after 17 years of consecutive
service. Liverpool signed him from Columbus Crew for 1.5m, and he would play at
Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and finally
Tottenham Hotspur. The 44-year-old from
Lakewood, Ohio, was a regular for the United
States side making 82 appearances between
1992 and 2005. He was only the second
goalie in the EPL to score a goal, which he
did against Charlton Athletic in 2004
MLS Commissioner Don Garber last month
was in St Louis scouting out a new franchise
opportunity, and then visited Miami, where
David Beckhams MLS franchise appears to
have come to a grinding halt. The University
of Miami has a 40,000 seater stadium that is
too big for them and discussions on a sharing
deal were apparently the focus. Beckham was
present, with the UM president, Dade-County
Mayor and Garber too, but no news yet.

Champions Chelsea End Five-Year Drought

THE FIVE-YEAR drought is over.
Chelsea is Premier League champion
again with three games to spare.
Chelseas players danced around the
field after securing the title with a scrappy 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace May
10 that encapsulated the recent cautious
pragmatism of Jose Mourinhos team.
Today was not a game to enjoy,
Mourinho said. Today was the game to
finish the job.
But it was a trophy that was really won
in the opening months of the season, with

Chelsea having been atop the standings

from the opening weekend. With only
two losses in 35 games, Chelsea was
rarely troubled in its pursuit of a fourth
league title in 11 seasons and the fifth
in its 110-year history.
Fittingly, the title-winning goal came
from Eden Hazard, a week after the
Belgium wingers dynamic, individual displays were honored by his fellow professionals with the player of the year award.
Although Hazards uncharacteristically weak penalty kick was saved by

JFK Inspiring Englands Attempt

To End World Cup Quest
ENGLISH SOCCER leaders are drawing
inspiration from former US President John
F Kennedys challenge to send a man to the
moon as the country tries to end its World
Cup title drought.
Martin Glenn, a former food company
executive, started work last month as chief
executive of the Football Association and
has made winning the 2022 World Cup a
majority priority.
The awkward thing about World Cups
is that a lot of other teams want to win it as
well but I really support that goal, Glenn said
on the FA website. When John F Kennedy
said (in 1961) he wanted to put a man on
the moon by 1970, everyone thought he was
bonkers. But he put NASA in place and gave
them funding.
There were no guarantees but everyone,
including the janitor, knew that the aim was to

get a man on the moon

by 1970 and they did it
by the end of the decade.
Winning the World Cup
in 2022 is not a pie-inthe-sky hope.
Englands only World
Cup success came on
home soil in 1966. The country has also
failed to win the hosting rights to the FIFA
tournament since.
The English FA isnt that popular around
the world of international football, Glenn
said. Lets work at that, not for popularitys sake but that our regard would grow
because people would see the immense
change that we are wielding to make sure
the FA is a progressive organization, and
the immense changes that we can make in
English football.

Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni at the

end of the first half, the Belgian headed
in the rebound for his 14th league goal
of the season.
The victory was enough to establish
an insurmountable 13-point lead and
dethrone Manchester City, which has
now failed in both its title defenses since
2012 despite heavy investment from its
Abu Dhabi ownership. Chelsea finished
the season eight points ahead of second
place City, and twelve points in front of
Arsenal in third place.

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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
FINAL
Olimpiastadion, Berlin
June 6
Barcelona v Juventus

EUROPA LEAGUE

FINAL
The National Stadium, Warsaw
May 27
Dnipro v Sevilla
FINAL
Wembley Stadium
May 30
Arsenal v Aston Villa

WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP

FINAL
Hampden Park
May 30
Falkirk v Inverness CT

UEFA European Championship

Qualifying Tables
& JUNE FIXTURES
Friday, June 12
Kazakhstan v Turkey; Andorra v Cyprus;
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Israel;
Croatia v Italy; Iceland v Czech Republic;
Latvia v Netherlands; Malta v Bulgaria;
Norway v Azerbaijan; Wales v Belgium
Saturday, June 13
Armenia v Portugal; Finland v Hungary;
Poland v Georgia; Rep of Ireland v Scotland;
Denmark v Serbia; Faroe Islands v Greece;
Gibraltar v Germany; Northern Ireland v Romania
Sunday, June 14
Estonia v San Marino; Liechtenstein v Moldova;
Russia v Austria; Slovenia v England;
Ukraine v Luxembourg; Belarus v Spain;
Lithuania v Switzerland; Slovakia v Macedonia
Sweden v Montenegro
Group A

Czech Rep.
Iceland
Netherlands
Turkey
Latvia
Kazakhstan

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 4 1 0
11 6 5 13
5 4 0 1
12 2 10 12
5 2 1 2
11 6 5 7
5 1 2 2 6 8 -2 5
5 0 3 2 2 11 -9 3
5 0 1 4 4 13 -9 1

Belgium
Wales
Israel
Cyprus
Bos-Herce
Andorra

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 3 2 0
13 1 12 11
5 3 2 0 7 2 5 11
5 3 0 2 9 6 3 9
5 2 0 3 9 10 -1 6
5 1 2 2 5 6 -1 5
5 0 0 5 2 20
-18 0

Slovakia
Spain
Ukraine
Belarus
Macedonia
Luxembourg

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 5 0 0
11 2 9 15
5 4 0 1
14 3 11 12
5 3 0 2 6 2 4 9
5 1 1 3 4 10 -6 4
5 1 0 4 5 12 -7 3
5 0 1 4 3 14
-11 1

Poland
Germany
Scotland
R of Ireland
Georgia
Gibraltar

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 3 2 0
16 3 13 11
5 3 1 1 9 4 5 10
5 3 1 1
11 5 6 10
5 2 2 1
11 4 7 8
5 1 0 4 4 9 -5 3
5 0 0 5 1 27
-26 0

England
Slovenia
Switzerland
Lithuania
Estonia
San Marino

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 5 0 0
15 1 14 15
5 3 0 2
10 4 6 9
5 3 0 2
11 3 8 9
5 2 0 3 3 10 -7 6
5 1 1 3 1 5 -4 4
5 0 1 4 0 17
-17 1

Romania
N Ireland
Hungary
Finland
Faroe Islands
Greece

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 4 1 0 7 1 6 13
5 4 0 1 8 4 4 12
5 2 2 1 4 3 1 8
5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 4
5 1 0 4 2 7 -5 3
5 0 2 3 1 5 -4 2

Austria
Sweden
Russia
Montenegro
Liechtenstein
Moldova

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 4 1 0
10 2 8 13
5 2 3 0 7 3 4 9
5 2 2 1 9 3 6 8
5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 5
5 1 1 3 1 11
-10 4
5 0 1 4 2 8 -6 1

Croatia
Italy
Norway
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan
Malta

P W D L F A GD Pts
5 4 1 0
15 2 13 13
5 3 2 0 8 4 4 11
5 3 0 2 7 8 -1 9
5 1 2 2 6 7 -1 5
5 1 0 4 4 11 -7 3
5 0 1 4 1 9 -8 1

Portugal
Denmark
Albania
Serbia
Armenia

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Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

P W D L F A GD Pts
4 3 0 1 4 2 2 9
4 2 1 1 6 4 2 7
4 2 1 1 4 5 -1 7
4 1 1 2 6 6 0 1
4 0 1 3 3 6 -3 1

Jimmy Greaves
Improving After Severe
Stroke, Says Agent

THE AGENT of Jimmy Greaves says the

health of the former
England striker is
improving following
a severe stroke.
Greaves remains
in hospital after suffering the stroke on

May 3.
Greaves agent, Terry Baker, posted
a statement on his clients Facebook
page last month, saying its a long hard
road ahead but there is room for cautious
optimism.
In a message to well-wishers, Baker
says Greaves and his family want to
convey how much it means . that there
have been hundreds of cards and gifts
and flowers and many many thousands
of messages of goodwill on social media.
With 44 goals in 57 international
matches, Greaves is Englands fourthhighest scorer and was part of the 1966
World Cup-winning squad.

FIFA Officials Arrested On

Corruption Charges In Dawn Raid;
Face Extradition To US
RR By Graham Dunbar

ZURICH (AP) Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFAs awarding of the 2018 and 2022
World Cups, only hours after
seven soccer officials were
arrested May 27 ending extradition to the US in a separate
probe of rampant, systemic,
and deep-rooted corruption.

FIFA, meanwhile, said the May 29

presidential election would go ahead as
planned with Sepp Blatter going for a fifth
term. Blatter was not named in either
investigation.
FIFA also ruled out a revote of the
World Cups won by Russia in 2018 and
Qatar in 2022.
The Swiss prosecutors office said in
a statement they seized electronic data
and documents at FIFAs headquarters
as part of their probe. And Swiss police
said they will question 10 FIFA executive
committee members who took part in
the World Cup votes in December 2010.
The Swiss investigation against persons unknown on suspicion of criminal
mismanagement and of money laundering again throws into the doubt the
integrity of the voting.
FIFA is fully cooperating with the
investigation and is supporting the collection of evidence in this regard, FIFA
said in a statement.
The Swiss announcement came only
hours after 14 people were indicted in the
US for corruption. Seven of them were
arrested and detained by Swiss police at
the request of US authorities after a raid
at a luxury hotel in Zurich.
The US Department of Justice said
in a statement that two current FIFA
vice presidents were among those arrested and indicted, Jeffrey Webb of the
Cayman Islands and Eugenio Figueredo
of Uruguay. The others are Eduardo Li
of Costa Rica, Julio Rocha of Nicaragua,
Costas Takkas of Britain, Rafael Esquivel
of Venezuela and Jose Maria Marin of
Brazil.
All seven are connected with the regional confederations of North and South
America and face up to 20 years in prison
if convicted.
The indictment alleges corruption
that is rampant, systemic, and deep-

The US case involves

bribes totaling more
than $100m linked to
commercial deals dating
back to the 1990s for soccer
tournaments in the United
States and Latin America,
the Swiss Federal Office of
Justice said.
rooted both abroad and here in the United
States, Attorney General Loretta E
Lynch said in the statement. It spans at
least two generations of soccer officials
who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars
in bribes and kickbacks.
Nine of the 14 that were indicted by
the Justice Department are soccer officials, while four are sports marketing
executives and another works in broadcasting. Jack Warner, a former FIFA vice
president from Trinidad and Tobago, was
among those indicted.
The Swiss prosecutors office said
the US probe was separate from its
investigation but that authorities were
working together.
The US case involves bribes totaling
more than $100m linked to commercial
deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer
tournaments in the United States and
Latin America, the Swiss Federal Office
of Justice said. The Justice Department
said the corruption is linked to World
Cup qualifying matches and the Copa
America South Americas continental
championship.
Dozens of soccer officials are in Switzerland for the FIFA congress and presidential election, where Blatter is widely
expected to win re-election at the helm
of the governing body of world soccer.
Blatter had been scheduled to attend a
meeting of the Confederation of African
Football in a different downtown Zurich
hotel, but he canceled his appearance.
Blatters only opponent in the presidential election, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein
of Jordan, said it was a sad day for football, but declined to comment further.
The arrests were made at the lakeside

Baur au Lac Hotel in downtown Zurich,

long favored as a place for senior FIFA
officials to stay. It was the stage for
intense lobbying for votes ahead of the
2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting decisions in December 2010.
In Florida, a small group of agents
from the FBI and IRS executed search
warrants at CONCACAF headquarters
in Miami Beach.
Neither agency offered comment on
the investigation.
The North American regional body,
known as CONCACAF, reported itself to
US tax authorities in 2012. Then based in
New York, the organization had not paid
taxes over several years when its president was Warner and secretary general
was Chuck Blazer of the United States.
Warner left soccer in 2011 to avoid
FIFA sanctions in a bribery scandal
during that years presidential election.
Blazer left in 2013 and has pleaded guilty
to charges, the Justice Department said
in Wednesdays statement.
Warners successor as CONCACAF
leader and FIFA vice president is Webb,
who was staying at the Baur au Lac this
week.
The Swiss Federal Office of Justice
said in its statement that US authorities
suspect the arrested officials of having
received or paid bribes totaling millions
of dollars and that the crimes were
agreed to and prepared in the US, and
payments carried out via US banks.
The bribery suspects representatives of sports media and sports promotion firms are alleged to have been
involved in schemes to make payments
to the soccer functionaries (FIFA delegates) and other functionaries of FIFA
sub-organizations totaling more than
$100m, the FOJ statement said.
A statement in German added that
the probe involved tournaments in the
United States.
International media gathered at the
street entrance of the Baur au Lac in
scenes reminiscent of the World Cup
votes won by Russia and Qatar more
than four years ago.
Then, former President Bill Clinton
was inside meeting FIFA voters who
later rejected the American bid in favor
of Qatar, and Britains Prince William
was part of the losing English bid team.
Suspicions of vote-buying and wrongdoing in those bidding contests have
dogged FIFA ever since.

Hull Manager In Shock At Players Failed Drugs Test

HULL MANAGER Steve Bruce said he
was shocked, saddened, disappointed
and angry after his midfielder Jake
Livermore failed a drugs test.
The 25-year-old Livermore, who
played once for England in 2012, was
suspended by the English Football Association and Hull May 15. He faces a
ban of up to two years.
Bruce broke the news to Livermore of
the failed test two days before, and said
his player is obviously in a dark place.
I cant come to terms with it, if Im
being honest, Bruce said. The conversation I had with him is the hardest

conversation Ive ever had with any

footballer.
Livermore has been a regular starter
for Hull since joining from Tottenham,
initially on loan, at the start of last
season.
TRACES
Later the same day, two other English
clubs announced their players had failed
drugs tests.
Third-tier club Sheffield United said
Jose Baxter was found to have traces of
a banned substance in his sample after an
out-of-competition drugs test.
United said it temporarily suspended

Baxter, and the 23-year-old midfielder

has informed the club that he engaged
in no wrongdoing involving any banned
substance.
Baxter began his career at Everton.
Later, Wolverhampton Wanderers
said goalkeeper Aaron McCarey had
failed an out-of-competition test for a
non-performance-enhancing substance.
The club said McCarey strenuously
denies deliberately taking any banned
substance and that he is subject to an
immediate ban from the sport while
the Football Association investigates
his case.

Strauss: Pietersen Wont Play For England This Summer

RR By Jack Bezants

SO DEEP was the distrust of Kevin

Pietersen that, even after his maiden
first-class triple century, he was told by
new cricket director Andrew Strauss he
would not play for England this summer.
In revealing statement last month
Strauss said that Pietersens England
ambitions were still bleak, Strauss said
he and Tom Harrison, the England and
Wales Cricket Board CEO, met with
Pietersen May 11, after the batsman
scored 326 not out for Surrey against
Leicestershire.
Pietersen told media after the innings,
I want to play for England again soon,
but Strauss informed him he would not
feature in the summer test campaigns
against New Zealand and Australia.
Strauss said he offered Pietersen a
non-playing role with the limited-overs
team but was turned down.
Pietersen, dropped following the
2013-14 Ashes whitewash in Australia,

scored his first century of the county season last month and finished his innings
the following day unbeaten on 355, not
long after Strauss comments.
The turbulent relationship between
Pietersen and Strauss emerged before
a 2012 test series against South Africa.
Pietersen was dropped from England
before the opening encounter for sending messages to the Proteas regarding
Strauss, his then-captain and, like Pietersen, born in South Africa.
Pietersen returned to the squad in
2013 but a year later, he was discarded
again after Englands humiliating Ashes
tour, where the side was routed 5-0, and
won only one limited-overs game.
He was told he had no future with
England, and his divisions with the ECB
were aggravated by his autobiography,
released last October.
Pietersen wrote about a bullying
culture in the England side, and alleged Strauss was approached by team

members who were intimidated to field

the ball. Pietersen also hoped that if the
board changed then I really believe I
could play for England again.
CRICKET

Bayliss Named As New

England Head Coach

TREVOR BAYLISS has been appointed

as the first Australian to coach England.
The 52-year-old New South Wales
coach succeeds Peter Moores, whose
second spell ended in a sacking in early
May.
Bayliss led Sri Lanka from 2007-2011,
took temporary charge of Australia for
their Twenty20 series in South Africa
in 2014 and has coached Kolkata Knight
Riders in the Indian Premier League.
Its an honour to be appointed England coach, said Bayliss. I firmly believe that the team has a bright future.

FINAL
TABLES
As of May 27

BARCLAYS PREMIER

Chelsea
Man City
Arsenal
Man Utd
Spurs
Liverpool
Southampton
Swansea
Stoke
C Palace
Everton
West Ham
West Brom
Leicester
Newcastle
Sunderland
Aston Villa
Hull
Burnley
QPR

P W D L F A GD Pts
38 26 9 3 73 32 41 87
38 24 7 7 83 38 45 79
38 22 9 7 71 36 35 75
38 20 10 8 62 37 25 70
38 19 7 12 58 53 5 64
38 18 8 12 52 48 4 62
38 18 6 14 54 33 21 60
38 16 8 14 46 49 -3 56
38 15 9 14 48 45 3 54
38 13 9 16 47 51 -4 48
38 12 11 15 48 50 -2 47
38 12 11 15 44 47 -3 47
38 11 11 16 38 51 -13 44
38 11 8 19 46 55 -9 41
38 10 9 19 40 63 -23 39
38 7 17 14 31 53 -22 38
38 10 8 20 31 57 -26 38
38 8 11 19 33 51 -18 35
38 7 12 19 28 53 -25 33
38 8 6 24 42 73 -31 30

English Championship

Bournemth
Watford
Norwich
Middlesbro
Brentford
Ipswich
Wolves
Derby
Blackburn
Birmingham
Cardiff
Charlton
Sheff Wed
Nottm For
Leeds
Huddersfld
Fulham
Bolton
Reading
Brighton
Rotherham
Millwall
Wigan
Blackpool

P W D L F A GD Pts
46 26 12 8 98 45 53 90
46 27 8 11 91 50 41 89
46 25 11 10 88 48 40 86
46 25 10 11 68 37 31 85
46 23 9 14 78 59 19 78
46 22 12 12 72 54 18 78
46 22 12 12 70 56 14 78
46 21 14 11 85 56 29 77
46 17 16 13 66 59 7 67
46 16 15 15 54 64 -10 63
46 16 14 16 57 61 -4 62
46 14 18 14 54 60 -6 60
46 14 18 14 43 49 -6 60
46 15 14 17 71 69 2 59
46 15 11 20 50 61 -11 56
46 13 16 17 58 75 -17 55
46 14 10 22 62 83 -21 52
46 13 12 21 54 67 -13 51
46 13 11 22 48 69 -21 50
46 10 17 19 44 54 -10 47
46 11 16 19 46 67 -21 46
46 9 14 23 42 76 -34 41
46 9 12 25 39 64 -25 39
46 4 14 28 36 91 -55 26

English League One

Bristol City
MK Dons
Preston
Swindon
Sheff Utd
Chesterfield
Bradford C
Rochdale
Peterboro
Fleetwood
Barnsley
Gillingham
Doncaster
Walsall
Oldham
Scunthorpe
Coventry
Port Vale
Colchester
Crewe
Notts C
Crawley
Leyton O
Yeovil

P W D L F A GD Pts
46 29 12 5 96 38 58 99
46 27 10 9
101 44 57 91
46 25 14 7 79 40 39 89
46 23 10 13 76 57 19 79
46 19 14 13 66 53 13 71
46 19 12 15 68 55 13 69
46 17 14 15 55 55 0 65
46 19 6 21 72 66 6 63
46 18 9 19 53 56 -3 63
46 17 12 17 49 52 -3 63
46 17 11 18 62 61 1 62
46 16 14 16 65 66 -1 62
46 16 13 17 58 62 -4 61
46 14 17 15 50 54 -4 59
46 14 15 17 54 67 -13 57
46 14 14 18 62 75 -13 56
46 13 16 17 49 60 -11 55
46 15 9 22 55 65 -10 54
46 14 10 22 58 77 -19 52
46 14 10 22 43 75 -32 52
46 12 14 20 45 63 -18 50
46 13 11 22 53 79 -26 50
46 12 13 21 59 69 -10 49
46 10 10 26 36 75 -39 40

English League Two

Burton A
Shrewsbury
Bury
Wycombe
Southend
Stevenage
Plymouth46
Luton
Newport
Exeter
Morecambe
Northampton
Oxford Utd
Dag & Red
Wimbledon
Portsmouth
Accrington
York
Cambridge
Carlisle
Mansfield
Hartlepool
Cheltenham
Tranmere

P W D L F A GD Pts
46 28 10 8 69 39 30 94
46 27 8 11 67 31 36 89
46 26 7 13 60 40 20 85
46 23 15 8 67 45 22 84
46 24 12 10 54 38 16 84
46 20 12 14 62 54 8 72
20 11 15 55 37 18 71
46 19 11 16 54 44 10 68
46 18 11 17 51 54 -3 65
46 17 13 16 61 65 -4 64
46 17 12 17 53 52 1 63
46 18 7 21 67 62 5 61
46 15 16 15 50 49 1 61
46 17 8 21 58 59 -1 59
46 14 16 16 54 60 -6 58
46 14 15 17 52 54 -2 57
46 15 11 20 58 77 -19 56
46 11 19 16 46 51 -5 52
46 13 12 21 61 66 -5 51
46 14 8 24 56 74 -18 50
46 13 9 24 38 62 -24 48
46 12 9 25 39 70 -31 45
46 9 14 23 40 67 -27 41
46 9 12 25 45 67 -22 39

Scottish Premiership

Celtic
Aberdeen
Inverness
St Johnstne
Dundee U
Dundee
Hamilton
Partick
Ross C
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
St Mirren

P W D L F A GD Pts
38 29 5 4 84 17 67 92
38 23 6 9 57 33 24 75
38 19 8 11 52 42 10 65
38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57
38 17 5 16 58 56 2 56
38 11 12 15 46 57 -11 45
38 15 8 15 50 53 -3 53
38 12 10 16 48 44 4 46
38 12 8 18 46 63 -17 44
38 11 8 19 44 59 -15 41
38 10 6 22 38 63 -25 36
38 9 3 26 30 66 -36 30

Scottish Championship

Hearts
Hibernian
Rangers
QOSFC
Falkirk
Raith
Dumbarton
Livingston
Alloa
Cowdenbeath

P W D L F A GD Pts
36 29 4 3 96 26 70 91
36 21 7 8 70 32 38 70
36 19 10 7 69 39 30 67
36 17 9 10 58 41 17 60
36 14 11 11 48 48 0 53
36 12 7 17 42 65 -23 43
36 9 7 20 36 79 -43 34
36 8 8 20 41 53 -12 27
36 6 9 21 34 56 -22 27
36 7 4 25 31 86 -55 25

Scottish League One

Morton
Stranraer
Forfar
Brechin
Airdrie
Peterhead
Dunfermline
Ayr
Stenhousemr
Stirling Alb

P W D L F A GD Pts
36 22 3 11 65 40 25 69
36 20 7 9 59 38 21 67
36 20 6 10 59 41 18 66
36 15 14 7 58 46 12 59
36 16 10 10 53 39 14 58
36 14 9 13 51 54 -3 51
36 13 9 14 46 48 -2 48
36 9 7 20 45 60 -15 34
36 8 5 23 42 63 -21 29
36 4 8 24 35 84 -49 20

Scottish League Two

Albion
Queens Pk
Arbroath
East Fife
Annan
Clyde
Elgin
Berwick
East Stirling
Montrose

P W D L F A GD Pts
36 22 5 9 61 33 28 71
36 17 10 9 51 34 17 61
36 16 8 12 65 46 19 56
36 15 8 13 56 48 8 53
36 14 8 14 56 56 0 50
36 13 8 15 40 50 -10 47
36 12 9 15 55 58 -3 45
36 11 10 15 60 57 3 43
36 13 4 19 40 66 -26 43
36 9 6 21 42 78 -36 33

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Anfield Bids A
Heartfelt Farewell
To Steven Gerrard

RR By Steve Douglas

709th and next-to-last game for his

hometown team but couldnt conjure up
one final moment of brilliance at a stadium he has illuminated so many times.
Instead, the 34-year-old former England captain produced a fairly low-key
display in a game that ended Liverpools
slim hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Manchester United Liverpools great rival has qualified instead.
Gerrard left Liverpool after the 6-1
loss at Stoke on the final weekend of
the Premier League season to join the
Los Angeles Galaxy here in the US. Gerrard scored his teams only goal.

CARRYING one daughter on his shoulders and with his two others by his side,
Steven Gerrard circled the field inside
Anfield and received the acclaim of his
adoring Liverpool fans one last time.
Red-and-white scarves were thrown
in front of him. He was serenaded with
songs. Teammates past and present followed him around, all wearing jerseys
with Gerrard 8 on the back, and were
careful to keep their distance, letting a
club icon savor the moment.
It was the end of an era at Anfield on
May 16 as Gerrard played his final home
match in the red of Liverpool he has
represented with distinction for 17 years.
The game ended in a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace, but that didnt really matter to
Liverpools fans. This special Saturday
was all about saying farewell to arguably
the clubs greatest ever player.
Ive been dreading this moment,
Gerrard said, addressing the fans, and
Im absolutely devastated I wont be playing in front of these supporters again.
DISAPPOINTMENT
There were no tears from Gerrard
perhaps out of disappointment at failing
to mark his last home appearance with
a win just from his three-year-old
daughter Lourdes, and probably many
inside the ground on an emotionally
charged evening.
These supporters here stand out
more than any, Gerrard said in his
final words to the crowd of 44,673. Ive
played in front of most supporters around
the world, but you are the best.
Gerrard played all 90 minutes in his

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Tennis: Andy Murray Wins In

Munich & Madrid

ANDY MURRAY captured the Munich Open

early last month, beating Germanys Philipp
Kohlshreiber 7-6, (7-4), 5-7, 7-6, (7-4) in
the final for the very first clay court victory of
his career. In fact, Murray, became the first
Briton to win a clay-court final since Buster
Mottram back in 1976. It was the 32nd ATP
win for the Scot, whose game is now steered
by new coach Jonas Bjorkman, as former
coach Amelie Mauresmo, takes leave to
have a baby. Earlier, Murray ousted Mischa
Zvereva of Serbia, the Czech, Lukas Rosol,
and Roberto Bautista The Scot won his
second clay-court tournament the following
week at Madrid in the Spanish Open, beating
Raphael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, in the final. Barely
two days after beat Kohlschrieber in Munich,
he faced the German in his opening match
in Madrid, which did not start until after midnight, which brought immediate ATP protests.
Murray beat Marcel Granollers of Spain on
the same day, before disarming Kei Nishikori
of Japan in the semi-finals. Heather Watson
went out in the first round of the ladies singles
beaten by Marianna Duque-Marim in three
tough sets. The Scots hectic schedule
continued at the Italian Open in Rome, where
he beat Frances Jeremy Chardy before pulling out of the tournament with exhaustion.

New Snooker Champion

The Betfred World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, April
16-May 4, witnessed a brand new champion,
as Stuart Bingham, claimed the snooker
throne with a 18-15 victory over Shaun
Murphy. The close encounter had Bingham
leading 14-11, then it went 15-15, before
the man from Basildon won the final three
frames. The 38-year-old Bingham became
the oldest champion since Ray Reardon
won here in 1978. His progress to the final
saw him beat Judd Trump in the semi-final,
and before that, Ronnie OSullivan and
Graeme Dott, two former world champions.
A display of utter calmness in the final frames
over-came an atmospheric tension amongst
the gathered spectators, as he collected the
winners purse of 300,000.

Cricket

The third and final Test against the West

Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados, saw a drastic second innings collapse by England, as
the Windies won by five wickets to salvage
the series 1-1. England 257 (Alistair Cook
105) and 123. West Indies 189 and 194-5
at close. The first Test was drawn, while

England won at Grenada by nine wickets.

Press reports surfaced that the new ECB
President Colin Graves, briefed the England
side before the series calling the West Indies a
mediocre side that should be easily disposed
of. Apparently, England players were not
happy with the Yorkshiremans straighttalking pep-talk. When the hosts got wind of
it, Jason Holder whose 103 not out, resulted
in a tie at Antigua, tweeted some mediocre
side eh. Englands scheduled ODI against
Ireland in Dublin was washed out.

County Cricket Changes

Former Test batsman Andrew Strauss

was made director of cricket at the ECB
and immediately fired England coach Peter
Moores. Strauss other changes saw Ian
Bell removed as vice-captain from the
Test squad, and Stuart Broad removed as
skipper of Englands T20 side. The saga of
Kevin Pietersen who was dropped from the
England side in February of 2014, continued
as he slammed 355 not out for Surrey against
Leicestershire at the Oval. His return to form
has not impressed Strauss, who told him he
is not being considered for the home Tests
against New Zealand and Australia this
summer. Pietersens triple century was the
first one for four years in County cricket, while
his total rejection by Strauss has apparently
left the 34-year-old very angry and stunned.
Most cricket pundits feel Pietersen should
have his chance, while Australia relished
facing a Pietersen-less England,
New Zealand have arrived for an early tour
of England, where two Tests and five ODI are
scheduled. They opened at Somerset, winning by 66 runs. New Zealand 237 and 310.
Somerset 204 and 277 (James Hildreth 115)
at close. The second game at Worcester, the
Kiwis won by 15 runs. New Zealand 261-9
dec and 275 (Martin Guptil 150)-9 dec.
Worcestershire 291 (Ross Whitely 103 not
out) and 230 at close.
Pakistan won their short two match Test
series in Bangladesh. They drew the first
match but won the second game in Mirpur, by
328 runs. Pakistan 557 (Azhar 226, Younus
140, Shafiq 107)-8 declared and 195-6 dec.
Bangladesh 203 and 221.

Golf: Justin Rose Is A

Winner, Mcllroy Provides
Quality, Welsh Man Wins

Justin Rose added a seventh PGA title

to his resume, where he birdied the last two
holes to win the Zurich Classic in Avondale,
Louisiana in late April. The 34-year-old
finished with a 22 under par 266,one stroke
ahead of Cameron Tringdale. Same weekend, David Howell finished one stroke behind
Wu Ashun in the China Open at Shanghai,
where an eight under 280 gave him runner-up
status Rory McIIroy was on the podium
in San Francisco, May 3, where he won the
Matchplay Championship 4 and 2, beating
Gary Woodland of the US in the final. The
Consolation match saw Englands Danny
Willet overcome Jim Furyk 3 and 2. Same
weekend, former Masters Champion (1991)
Ian Woosnam, claimed his first American

seniors title at the Champions Insperity Invitational at Woodlands, Texas. The 57-yearold Welshman, dropped a thirty foot putt in a
three way play-off, edging out Tom Lehman
and Kenny Perry, after they had all finish on
11 under 205

Rory Shatters Course Record,

Ex-Cricketer Wins In Spain

Rory McIIroy stormed unstoppable around

the course at Quail Hollow, Charlotte, NC, in
the Wells Fargo Championship, concluding
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Ennis-Hill Back On
The Track After Nearly
Two Years Off

OLYMPIC heptathlon champion Jessica

Ennis-Hill returned to the track for the
first time in nearly two years when she
finished third in the 100-meter hurdles
in a city-center meeting in Manchester
last month.
One of Britains best known female
athletes, she last raced competitively
in July 2013 a year after winning gold
at the London Olympics and has since
given birth to her first child, Reggie.
Ennis-Hill has a little over a year to
get back in top shape before the Rio de
Janeiro Olympics, and said it was good
to be back after clocking 13.14 seconds
into a headwind on a purpose-built track
in the Great City Games. Compatriot
Tiffany Porter won in 12.86.
Ennis-Hill said, I feel like its a starting point. I feel like I can build on that.