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Heavy Snow Hits Air Travel,
Roads Across Britain
People walk through the snow in Piccadilly Circus in
central London, last month. Authorities say air travel
across Europe has been disrupted by heavy snow,
leaving stranded passengers at Heathrow airport,
while rail services and roads were also affected by
the blast of wintry weather.
By David Stringer
BLIZZARDS and freezing tem-
peratures shut down runways, train
tracks and highways across Britain
and Europe, disrupting flights and
leaving shivering drivers stranded
on roadsides.
Airports in Britain, Germany, France,
Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark
reported cancelations or delays to flights
December from December 18.
Heathrow Airport would not accept any
arrivals December 19 and would allow
only a handful of departures after snow
and ice forced the closure of runways. By
the following day the airport announced a
full closure and told travellers not to even
go to the airport due to crowding.
They said: “Several hundred workers
were doing their best “to keep passengers
in the terminal as warm and as comfortable
as possible while we do everything we can
to get Heathrow moving.”
London’s Gatwick also announced
closure the following day.
When the London airports opened two
days later, British Airways told travellers
not travel to Heathrow unless they had
a confirmed booking. They also advised
those whose travel was disrupted severely
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easyJet says it will
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As Ireland was battered by its worst
snow in decades, airports in Belfast and
Dublin remained open but warned on their
websites of cancellations and delays.
TREACHEROUS
Conditions on British roads were treach-
erous, Automobile Association official
Darron Burness said. “One of the biggest
problems is that large amounts of snow are
falling very quickly on to frozen surfaces,
making driving hazardous,” he said.
Hundreds of motorists were left stranded
on a major road in northwestern England
‘Ordinary’ Kate
Middleton
Reflects Class
Divide
By Jill Lawless
A MIDDLE-CLASS girl studied hard,
got good grades, went to university,
fell in love, became a princess.
A fairy tale? An aspirational
dream? A snob’s nightmare? Kate
Middleton’s story is all these and a
window on the intricacies of Britain’s
complex, inescapable class system.
For some, the fiancee of Prince
William is an ordinary woman from a
hardworking family whose acceptance
into the royal “firm” shows a monar-
chy embracing modernity in a country
where class is no longer a barrier. For
others, media obsession with Kate’s
class background shows a country still
ossified by status envy.
In the eyes of an elitist few, the
descendant of coal miners is not good
enough for the future king.
“There are those purists who say
he should marry a princess from one
of the European royal families,” said
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following a deluge, prompting police pa-
trols to offer food and water to drivers.
Jeremy Clarkson, host of BBC motor-
ing program Top Gear said he was among
drivers forced to abandon their vehicles
close to Oxford, west of London. “It was
very bad out there,” he said.
In Italy, the Autostrada of the Sun – the
country’s main north-south highway – was
jammed with hundreds of vehicles, whose
chilly occupants slept in their cars, vans or
trucks. Though snow had mainly cleared
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PM Seeks Action Against
Violent Protesters
PRIME MINISTER Cameron says he
wants to bring the full weight of the law
against protesters who attacked a car car-
rying the Prince of Wales and Duchess of
Cornwall amid violent protests in London
over a rise in tuition fees.
David Cameron said that protesters says
police should take lessons from the “regret-
table” incident but that protesters should
take full responsibility for their actions.
Thousands of students and youths pro-
testing in the streets of London December
9. The demonstrations, over rises in uni-
versity tuition fees, turned violent when
some students vandalized buildings and
threw objects at police.
Metropolitan Police Chief Paul Ste-
phenson commended his officers for their
bravery and said the nearly 3,000-strong
contingent handling the student protests
showed restraint in dealing with “thugs.”
Police said 33 protesters were arrested
but would not say whether any of the
arrests were linked to the royal attack.
Scotland Yard said most of those arrested
had been released on bail.
More than 40 students and 12 police
were injured during the protests.
The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David
Gilmour issued a public apology after the
riots for climbing atop of one of Britain’s
That’s Kate
Middleton? Critics
Slam Wedding Coin
THAT’S KATE Middleton? Britain’s
Royal Mint released, on December 23, a
commemorative coin featuring portraits
of Prince William and his bride-to-be,
but critics said the results were far from
lifelike.
Images of the couple on the memento
bear little resemblance to either the prince
or his 28-year-old betrothed. Middleton
appears plump in the face and lips and has
bags under her eyes, while some critics
suggested William looks more like former
US Vice President Al Gore.
Available in silver or gold, the £5 coin
– which costs£9.99 to buy – marks the
April 29 wedding of the second-in-line to
the British throne.
“This coin is of historical importance, to
get it so wrong seems ridiculous,” Ingrid
Seward of Majesty magazine told Britain’s
Sky News.
The Royal Mint said the coin was
designed by its in-house engraving team
and insisted the portraits had gone though
“a rigorous approval process.” Both the
Queen and Prince William had given their
consent to the design and staff had used
photos of the couple to produce the images,
the mint said in a statement.
INSPIRATION
“The inspiration for the design came
from photographs of the couple at a sport-
ing event,” the mint said.
Dickie Arbiter, a former royal spokes-
man, said it is often difficult to produce
accurate images on a coin.
Engravers managed a better likeness
of William’s father and mother, Prince
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Vol. 28 No. 10 January 2011
Visibly shaken Camilla and Charles.
most important war memorials during the
violent student demonstrations against
rising university fees.
Charlie Gilmour, 21, said he was sorry
for the “terrible insult” to the thousands
who died for the country. Gilmour – a
Cambridge University history student –
said he did not realize that the monument
he climbed was the Cenotaph, which com-
memorates Britain’s war dead.
“I feel nothing but shame,” he said. “My
intention was not to attack or defile the
Cenotaph. Running along with a crowd of
people who had just been violently repelled
by the police, I got caught up in the spirit
of the moment.
THE HEADLINES
Nine Men Charged With
Pre-Christmas Terror Plot
TWELVE men were held during a series
of dawn raids by unarmed counter-
terrorism officers last month in London,
Cardiff, Stoke and Birmingham. Three
men, two from Cardiff and one from
London, were released without charge.
Lord Carlile, the independent re-
viewer of counter-terrorism powers, de-
scribed the alleged plot as “significant”.
Police were granted more time to
question the suspects, aged from 19 to
28. They were detained under the Ter-
rorism Act.
The remaining nine suspects were
charged December 26 with conspiring
to cause an explosion or explosions in
the UK “of a nature likely to endanger
life or cause serious injury to property”.
Chief magistrate Howard Riddle re-
manded them all in custody to appear
at the Old Bailey on January 14.
The operation was the most high-
profile anti-terror raid in Britain since
April 2009, when 12 men were detained
across northern England.
Conservatives Flashed
Most Election Cash
BRITAIN’S Electoral Commission
says the Conservative Party spent
twice as much as the Labour Party in
the 2010 election campaign.
Figures released last month show
PM David Cameron’s Conservatives
spent £16.7m on the election.
Labour spent just £8m, a drop
from the £10m it spent on its 2005
election campaign, which ended
with Labour leader Tony Blair’s re-
election as prime minister.
Total campaign spending on the
2010 vote clocked in at £31m. The
Liberal Democrats, now part of the
coalition government, spent £4.8m.
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in the past month . . .
Not All Happy Over The
William-Kate Marriage
THE approaching marriage of Prince Wil-
liam and Kate Middleton has been met with
general approval from the British public, and
the nation is genuinely happy that the pair
has finally named a date. There has been
few dissenting voices regarding the coming
nuptials, but a comment by the Bishop of
Willesden, the Rt Rev Pete Broadbent, got
him in to a lot of hot water.
The Bishop’s remarks on his Facebook
page that the marriage may only last seven
years and his reference that the royal family
are philanderers, has been met with outrage
by the Anglican Church. The Bishop of
London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, has
written to the Rt Rev Broadbent asking him
to withdraw himself from public ministry until
further notice.
“I was appalled by the Bishop of Willesden
comments about the forthcoming Royal mar-
riage,” explained the clergyman.
“In common with most of the country, I
share the joy which the news of the engage-
ment has brought,” said the Rt Rev Chartres,
reiterating that he had sent apologies to St
James Palace.
The Rt Rev Broadbent has apparently
apologized unreservedly about his Facebook
statements, but has still been requested to
refrain from public ministry.
Four-Wheel-Drive Player’s
Protest Earns Him Jail Stay
RED cards on the soccer pitch usually
conclude with a few games suspension or
a small fine, but for Joseph Rimmer, 28, it
resulted in 24 weeks jail time. At a South-
port & District League match in February,
Rimmer, from Melling in Merseyside, who
plays for Lonsdale FC, objected strongly to
getting sent off during a game against rivals
Harrington FC. Referee David Harkness was
adamant about the sending off, however, but
never suspected he was putting his very life
in to jeopardy. The irritated Rimmer walked
off, jumped into his Landrover, and drove
on to the pitch doing a series of wheelies
before heading for the astonished ref who
took cover between the goal-posts. He also
disrupted another game on a nearby pitch.
He eventually brought the vehicle to halt,
made his hands in the shape of a gun and
threatened to shoot the ref.
At a recent appearance at Liverpool
Crown Court, Judge Brian Lewis, called it a
disgraceful incident, and beside the jail time,
banned Rimmer from driving for two years.
David Harkness has been a soccer referee for
35 years, but says after this experience and
after concerns that Rimmer would come to
his home, he is unsure if his part-time career
as a ref will continue.
Mother Gets Chips, Pie And
A Crocs Head ‘Thrown In’
ZOE Green’s visit to the local chip shop in
Stafford, was enlivened by the appearance of
a crocodile’s severed head lying on the pave-
ment outside the fast food establishment. Her
three-year-old son Austin, was fascinated
with the open mouthed object and begged his
mother to let him take it home. Suspecting
it was a child’s toy, maybe a plastic replica,
she allowed Austin to pick up the strange
skull, proclaiming he would show his Dad
the strange find. The ten inch cranium was
brought to the Green home, where thoughts
of a plastic replica proved completely false,
however. The crocodile’s head was stinking
to high heaven in just a few days.
“I didn’t think it was real,” said Mrs Green.
“But after a couple of days it really began
to smell.”
The RSPCA have since taken over an
investigation, regarding the gruesome
animal part.
Woman Calls 999 Over Her
Missing Snowman
A MISSING snowman stolen from outside
a house in Chatham, Kent, was reported
to the local police, who were not pleased
to receive such a frivolous 999 emergency
call. The homeowner said she had built the
snowman just five hours previous, using one
pound coins for its eyes and teaspoons for
its arms. She went out to check on it and
discovered it was gone.
“It’s not a nice road,” said the caller.
“But you don’t expect someone to nick your
snowman! ”
Chief Inspector Simon Black of the Kent
Taskforce was outraged that the woman had
taken up time that could have been used on
proper emergencies that flow into the 999
centre, especially during the recent snow
storm that left many people stranded. Police
returned the call of the woman, explaining
that a stolen snowman was not the life and
death situation that is the purpose of the 999
crisis call centre. Police have prosecutorial
powers for people misusing the system.
“This call could have cost someone’s
life,” said CI Black. ”It was completely ir-
responsible.”
An investigation revealed that the woman
was genuinely concerned about the theft of
the two pound eyes and the teaspoons and
was given the benefit of the doubt. She was
not charged.
Jean Still Has Her Christmas
Tree From 1928
JEAN Eadie of Aberdeen, probably owns the
oldest Christmas tree in Britain. Her parents
paid a half-a-crown for the small artificial
tree in 1928, and every year since, it’s been
brought out highly decorated as part of
the Eadie family Christmas festivities. The
85-year-old pensioner was three-years-old
when the tree was bought and considers it
her most precious heirloom. She even has
some of the original decorations that came
with the purchase. The tree brings back
fond memories of late parents, John and
Margaret-Jane Gall, and her husband who
passed away in 1991. It may have gotten
a little ancient, but Eadie has no plans to
throw it out.
“It will never end up in the bin,” She said.
“I’II leave it to someone in my will.”
Police Warn: Don’t Warm-Up
Your Car Unless You Are In It
WOLVERHAMPTON police have warned
motorists not to leave their cars, while wait-
ing for the engine to warm up at this cold
and snowy time of the year. David Whittaker
was sitting in his vehicle giving it a chance
to get a little warmer before driving to work,
when he heard the phone ring from inside
his house.
He went inside to answer the ring, leaving
his car still idling peacefully.
After a minute or two he was back in his
driveway, ready to go to work, but his car
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BY LARRY GARDNER
was gone. An opportunistic thief has taken
those few minutes to inflict further aggrava-
tions on what had been an disturbing wintry
morning.
“I feel stupid of course,” said Whittaker,
who admitted that leaving your car unat-
tended with the engine running was not a
conducive arrangement for following safety
rules that everyone is familiar with.
Over fifty vehicles had gone missing
in similar circumstances since the early
December snows reckon local police, who
issued warnings for motorists to watch for
snow thieves.
Hayden’s Jaffa Cake Could
Have Had A Sting With It
TWO-year-old Hayden Mugford loves his
chocolate covered jaffa cakes, but if his
mother had not kept her eye on him as
he chomped through his afternoon snack,
things could have turned out rather nasty.
Mom, Alison, noticed something attached
to the bottom of the biscuit and as her son
was about to bite down she snatched the
jaffa cake away from him. Further scrutiny
revealed the remains of a wasp embedded
in the biscuit. A stunned Mrs Mugford, 25,
took the offending biscuit with the wasp still
attached, back to where she had purchased
it at the local Tesco supermarket in Tiverton,
Devon. While staff offered sympathy and a
full investigation she was shocked to be of-
fered just twenty pounds in compensation.
Tesco’s Jaffa Cake supplier called it a
freak accident and said the factory where
the product is made was a clean and well
maintained environment, and there was no
evidence of insect infestation. Alison Mug-
ford was not happy with that explanation.
“£20 is not enough to think of the dam-
age that could have been done,” said the
irate mother of three.” What if I had not
been watching my son and he’d eaten the
wasp.”
Tesco and Mrs Mugford are still talking.
Blind Pet Left To Die In
Garbage Collection
HEARTLESS homeowners who put a blind
guinea pig out with the garbage, hoping
dustmen would put the animal through the
compacter in the refuse truck did not get their
wish. The dustmen handed the creature over
to the RSPCA, rather than the metal jaws of
the garbage truck. He had been put in an
empty phone and answering machine carton
with the message, “His name is Fred, please
take care of him-thank you”.
Staff at the Ashley Heath, RSPCA branch
in Ringwood, Hampshire, forwarded the
animal to a local vet who determined he
was not a male, but a female. She has a
shrunken right eye and poor vision out of the
left one, which was probably due to a birth
defect caused by the mother’s malnutrition.
The four-month-old guinea pig has been
re-christened “Beattie,” and is eating well
and enjoying the tender loving care of the
volunteer staff.
January 2011
The RSPCA is attempting to locate the her father. However, they have threatened
homeowner using the serial number on the to take her dog.
empty phone box, where a prosecution over
animal cruelty is a distinct possibility.
Williams explained she is not working and
does not have money to bring this debacle
to a conclusion though her grandmother has
Fishing Rod Assault Man provided some financial assistance towards
Found Hiding In Mother’s Attic the debt. “It’s so stressful” she said, querying
VICIOUSLY beating a man with a fishing rod how the council could have let this get so far
over a £200 debt sent Michael Gartside into along, and her 160 unpaid, fixed penalty cita-
hiding as police sought him on charges of tions reach such a level of intricacy.
grievous bodily harm. The Council’s transport-board-member,
He had taken his impatience out on Luke Phillip Hughes, was not sympathic. “This is
Gillvrey, 21, who owed him the money, and it taxpayer’s money,” he said. “Other people
turned into brutal and physical confrontation who park illegally are expected to pay their
at a local park. For four months he evaded fines.”
the arm of the law, before a police visit to The situation continues.
his mother’s home in Torquay, found him
hiding in the attic. At Exeter Crown Court, Homeless Man Saves Woman In
the 22-year-old Gartside was found guilty of River, But Has Clothes Stolen
GBH and sent to jail for two years.
The court reprimanded his mother, Janet WHEN a homeless man jumped into the river
Gartside, 52, for assisting her son when she Thames to save a woman from drowning
knew there was a warrant out for his arrest. near Blackfriars Bridge, he received ac-
She was unimpressed by the judge’s tone colades of bravery from the Port of London
of voice however. Authority after holding onto her until a lifeboat
“Any mother would do the same,” she arrived.
Thanks to his efforts, a tragedy was
retorted.
averted,” said Martin Garside of the PLA,
Man Robs Bank, Spends Loot praising Adan Abobaker for being extremely
On Drinks At Local Pub brave and selfish.
Abobaker’s lifesaving episode did have
BANK robber Christopher Allnut, 42, did not
try to hide or run after holding up a Barclays a downside though. When the 37-year-old
Bank in Winchester. Infact, he remained homeless man returned for his clothes after
loudly visible. He walked into a nearby the rescue, they were missing. Someone
Wetherspoon’s pub, The Gaol House, threw had stolen them. His hat, a wooly sweater,
his ill-gotten gains in to the air and declared, a pair of gloves and a hip flask had all dis-
“I’ve just robbed a bank and the drinks are appeared. No good deed goes unpunished,
on me.” but the local police did pitch in with a few
He had left the bank with £1,600, but warm garments.
dropped £350 in the street, and when
police arrived to arrest him, most of the Award In Search Of Hero –
stolen money was gone. Regulars at the Authorities Seek Officer
Gaol House, gleefully took him up on his A BRAVERY medal awarded to a Welsh
offer of free drinks. Police made a public police-officer who rescued a bather in trouble
appeal for the money to be returned, but at Kimmel Bay in 1938, has turned up in a
few responded. New Orleans pawn shop. Detective Kevin
At Winchester Crown Court, Allnut of Higgins of the New Orleans Police depart-
Southampton, was detained under the ment became aware of the medal and got in
Mental Health Act, where Judge Keith Cutler, touch with North Wales Police. He suspects
imposed an indefinite hospital stay. The court that a family member would be thrilled to
was told that the bank robber had a history receive this old medal commemorating a
of mental problems and earlier that day, daring rescue. The pawn-shop owner could
turned up twice at the nearby police station not shed any light on its origins. The medal is
demanding to be arrested for stealing a bottle well worn and bears the inscription, “DT Sgt
of whiskey. Allnut apologized for scaring the JR Oxley for a gallant rescue of a drowning
female tellers that he would shoot them if person in Kimmel Bay, July 1938.”
they did not give him £5,000, and admitted Librarians in Abergele, have been pour-
he was lying and did not have a gun. ing over old newspapers in an attempt to
discover more of this courageous rescue,
Thousands In Parking
and the search for the whereabouts of the
Fines Outside Woman’s Oxley families, but nothing yet. The north
Own Residence
Wales branch of “The National Association
CHARLOTTE Williams has wracked up over of Retired Police Officers,” is also going
£11,000 in parking fines even though her through its records, but with no success.
vehicle is parked outside her father’s home There was an Army Camp at Kimmel Bay,
where she lives in Llanelli. so maybe it was a Army medal and not a
Carmarthern Council demands a £30 Police award ?
resident’s parking permit in the town, but If you’re an Oxley, reading this Union Jack,
because of the complicated regulations and you can shed some light on this award;
regarding the fee, Williams, 21, is struggling Detective Kevin Higgins of the New Orleans
to comply. She moved back in with her father Police Department would love to hear from
at his Old Castle Road home after becoming you as would the North Wales Police press
unemployed in 2008. Her car registration office at 01492-804666.
shows her living at the old address, so the
Council won’t issue a permit. But they are The Perfect Gift
issuing lots of citations and say they have
written to Williams 381 times to sort it out. A Union Jack Subscription
Council bailiffs have arrived at the address
to garnish possessions in lieu of legal fees, See Page 3
but the property and its assets belong to
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at the Victoria & Albert Museum until Febru- Isle Bronze fine art foundry in the Highlands
ary 27. of Scotland.
It is not a very big exhibition, but the robes The cast of the Piccadilly Circus sculpture
are really exquisite – beautiful colours and is to go on display at the Victoria & Albert
materials. I asked a girl at the sales counter Museum in April.
whether some of the robes were for sale. It was agreed when the rights to the work
“Oh yes,” she said. “That one is four fifty were sold 20 years ago that only 10 copies
and the other is seven fifty.” Remarkably would be made, and this is the last of them.
cheap, I thought – until I realised that she was
talking in hundreds, not just pounds!
NEW INTERCITY TRAINS
Britain’s ageing InterCity trains are to
The King’s Speech – A
The prices were £450 and £750 respec- be scrapped and replaced with a new fleet Royal Globes Winner?
tively. as part of an £8bn bid to ease commuter THE British film The King’s Speech,
Among the exhibits were the Emperor’s of- congestion. took the lead with seven nominations for
Students Clash With Royal Car ficial dress, his festive dress, his military and
travelling outfit, and informal dress – made
Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond
has unveiled plans to scrap the 34-year-old
Best Drama in the annual Golden Globes
Awards to be
STUDENT protesters “ambushed” the car carrying Prince Charles and the Duch- mainly from silk, although western fabrics vehicles in favour of a new generation of handed out at a
ess of Cornwall last month as they travelled to the Royal Variety Performance became popular as a novelty after the late trains, cutting journey times on lines from star-studded cer-
19th century. London to Wales and Scotland. emony in Bev-
at the London Palladium near Oxford Circus. NEED A CAB? TAKE AN OYSTER The Government has also confirmed erly Hills, on
One rioter managed to push a stick through an open window of the limousine and jabbed London cabs have been equipped with the go-ahead for the £5.5bn Thameslink January 16. It
the duchess in the ribs as a baying mob of tuition fee protesters surrounded the vintage Oyster-card style payment systems. It allows modernisation. will be televised
Rolls-Royce on its way to the theatre. passengers to pay for journeys simply by WEST END FACELIFT FOR 2012 on NBC-TV to
A police source said that one of the car’s The Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of touching “readers” with their Visa cards. A London’s West End will have a £1bn more than 160
rear windows was opened in error as the London, will take the most active role in pre- total of 80 cabs are using the system as a trial, makeover in time for the Olympics, it was countries world- Colin Firth
protesters moved in. The attack is the biggest paring them for married life. This is likely to accepting payments of up to £15. announced last month. wide.
royal security breach in decades and raises include how to cope with arguments, remain Visa said that it was hopeful that thousands Business leaders said that the investment, Directed by Tom Hooper, who was
new questions about protection for the royal faithful, prepare for parenthood and cope with more will sign up to the service before 2012. to benefit the capital’s retail and leisure sec- nominated for Best Director, his movie
couple. the in-laws. “This will end the inconvenience of not be- tions and infrastructure, is a sign of “growing also brought nods to British star Colin
The breach was even more serious than at The Archbishop, Dr Rowan Williams, who ing sure if you have enough money for a cab confidence” in the area. The developments, Firth, 50, who portrays the future stuttering
first appeared, with thugs managing to reach will officiate at the service, will meet the home,” said Visa’s David Goodridge. funded by public and private sector invest- King George VI, and to Helena Bonham
deep into the car’s interior. Armed officers couple to ensure that the wedding is pitched The system will use a reader and a screen ments, will ensure that visitors will be able Carter, 44, as his wife Elizabeth.
were seconds from drawing their weapons, correctly to their relationship. explaining the system mounted behind the to enjoy “world class” entertainment during Of his nomination, Firth thanked the
but the police driver managed to accelerate ON THE CARDS driver. It is based on one that has been used the 2012 Games. Hollywood Foreign Press, adding “I am
away from trouble. Police said that the duch- Transport for London is issuing a souvenir in New York for several years. For journeys New retail developments, hotels and a truly grateful to be in the company of so
ess was “very scared” when the rioter leaned edition Oyster travel card to mark the royal of more than £15 passengers can use the £22m overhaul of the Hippodrome, Leicester many of my colleagues.”
into the car. marriage. This will follow the tradition set device as a normal chip and pin reader. Square, turning it into a “leisure casino” are Australian star Geoffrey Rush who
“She is laughing about it now, but everyone in 1981 when a special ticket was issued Figures show that the average London black on the cards. gives a strong performance as a speech
was rather shaken,” he said. for the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady cab fare is £12. This, says Robert Davis, Westminster therapist to George VI, is up for Best Sup-
The Rolls Royce was surrounded as it Diana Spencer. This system also gives users the opportu- City Council’s deputy leader, will ensure that porting Actor.
travelled down Regent Street, with protesters If the issue is successful, it could be nity to place a tip on the card. Goodridge said: “when the eyes of the world are upon us, it Of Firth’s nomination, Bonham Carter
kicking at the doors and shattering a rear repeated in 2012 for the Queen’s diamond “It’s often the case of a tip being whatever acts as a showcase for the country.” said, “I find it’s very funny that Colin’s
window. At one point it was rocked and hit jubilee and the London Olympics. change you had. Now it is built into the system, FINALLY probably going to get an Oscar for playing
with paint bombs. PHILIP, AT 90, TAKES IT EASY and in New York we saw that tips actually From the Melbourne Herald: Alcoholic somebody who can’t speak, yet as soon as
The police source said that at first the stu- As Prince Philip approaches the age of 90, increased.” beverages are banned in Saudi Arabia. Under the camera is off, he talks non-stop.”
dents did not appear to be aggressive. He said: he has decided on a definite cutback in his LAST CAST FOR EROS the country’s Islamic Sharia law, those who Another British film, Made in Dagen-
“They were very friendly but then things turned workload. He will step down from about 20 A replica of the statue of Eros made by consume alcohol are canned publicly. ham an award-winning British comedy ,
nasty when the hard core stepped in.” of his most demanding roles next year – the Alfred Gilbert has been finished at the Black sholmes168@gmail.com with Sally Hawkins was a no-show for
The Metropolitan Police Force is likely to first time that he has considered cutting back a Globe.
face an inquiry into how the royal couple be- on his responsibilities.
came trapped in such a vulnerable situation. He will give up chancellorship of Edinburgh
Famous Christian Landmark Tree Chopped Down In television, Judi Dench in Return to
Cranford is up for Best Actress in a mini-
University, held since 1952, and of Cambridge POLICE were searching for vandals last tree is thought to be descended from the
OTHER ROYAL NEWS month who chopped down a thorn tree original and sprouted on Wearyall Hill in
series or motion picture made for TV, and
Top hotels in London will be charging a University, held since 1976, after his birthday venerated for centuries by Christians. Glastonbury.
past Globes winner Hugh Laurie is again a
“Kate Rate” for rooms for the night of the on June 10 next year, a Buckingham Palace The Glastonbury Holy Thorn Tree, “The story goes that Joseph of Ari-
contender for Best Actor for House.
royal wedding The rush for rooms has pushed spokesman said. said to have links to the earliest days of mathea pushed his staff into the ground
Despite the strong competition, The
prices to a record high with demand from But he will maintain a busy schedule of and pronounced it to be weary – that’s why
King’s Speech has favourable odds to be
around the globe. ceremonies and events, and remain patron Christianity in England, has been reduced crowned a Royal winner at the Globes
to a six-foot stump by vandals who sawed it’s known as Wearyall Hill,” said Coles.
Prices for four- and five-star hotels have or president of more than 800 other or- off its limbs. “The tree is said to have grown from the
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Heavy Snow Hits
Travel Across Britain
Continued from page 1
or melted early Saturday, the highway was
still closed in one direction, with traffic
backed up for nearly 25 miles.
Paris was sprinkled with a light coat of
snow overnight, as many people prepared
to set off on their Christmas vacations.
More snow was predicted, leading civil
aviation authorities to cancel 15 percent of
flights at Charles de Gaulle airport.
COLDEST
Britain may experience its coldest
December on record, weather service
forecaster Mark Seltzer said.
Police in Leicester, central England,
said the snowy weather had helped uncover
a cannabis factory in the city. Officers
raided the premises after spotting that snow
had melted on the building’s roof as a re-
sult of heat from industrial-strength lights
used in the cultivation of the drug.
Horse racing meetings and dozens of
soccer games in England and Scotland
were called off as a result of the conditions,
including a high profile match scheduled
for Sunday in London between Chelsea
and Manchester United.
Flu D
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th Toll
T ll Ri
Rises T
To 27
EXTREME weather conditions have not
helped winter sicknesses this year. 27
people have died from flu in recent weeks,
including 24 from swine flu, according to
official figures.
Ten more fatal cases of confirmed flu
were reported in the week preceeding
Christmas.
Nine children and 18 adults have died
since October, the Health Protection
Agency (HPA) data confirms, and there
are growing concerns about how many
young people are being struck down by
the virus.
People are being urged to get their flu
jabs after figures showed many people in
“at risk” groups – such as pregnant women
– had not been vaccinated.
Just one of the 22 people who died, and
whose vaccination status was known, had
received the most up-to-date flu vaccine.
The NHS helpline is also struggling
after calls soared by 50 percent in the past
few days, it has been claimed.
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Challenges UK
Deportation
By Sylvia Hui
LAWYERS for a Russian woman
detained in Britain on suspicion of spy-
ing launched a legal challenge to her
deportation order last month, claiming
she was the innocent victim of a bungled
secret services operation.
Ekaterina Zatuliveter, who worked
as an assistant to Liberal Democrat law-
maker Mike Hancock, was detained last
month pending deportation to Russia.
Hancock’s office said the 25-year-old
was arrested on the grounds that her
presence in Britain “was not conducive
to the public good.”
Zatuliveter denies any wrongdoing.
Her lawyer said the government
has failed to provide any evidence that
Zatuliveter is a threat to national se-
curity. Her law firm filed to challenge
the government’s decision to deport
the Russian, and she is also seeking
Zatuliveter’s immediate release from a
detention center, about 60 miles north of
London, where she is being held.
Alexander Sternik, charge d’affaires
at the Russian Embassy in London, told
reporters during a press briefing that his
embassy has “a limited relationship”
with Zatuliveter.
Wikileaks Chief
Says US Preparing
To Indict Him
THE FOUNDER of WikiLeaks fears the
United States is preparing to indict him,
but he insists that his government secret-
spilling site would continue its work de-
spite what he calls a dirty tricks campaign
against him.
Julian Assange spoke last month from
snowbound Ellingham Hall, a supporter’s
10-bedroom country mansion where he
was confined on bail as he fights Sweden’s
attempt to extradite him on allegations of
rape and molestation.
Attorney General Eric Holder has said
repeatedly a criminal investigation of the
WikiLeaks’ continuing release of some
250,000 secret US State Department cables
is under way and that anyone found to have
broken the law will be held accountable.
The Justice Department has provided
no other public comment on who is under
investigation or its legal strategy.
A British High Court judge freed As-
sange on bail earlier on condition he reside
at the 600-acre estate in eastern England,
wear an electronic tag and report to police
daily. Assange spent nine days in prison
after handing himself in to British police
on December 7. He is wanted in Sweden
for questioning about sex allegations lev-
eled against him by two women he spent
time with while visiting the country in
August.
Swedish officials – and the lawyer for
the women involved – have denied accusa-
tions from Assange and his supporters that
the allegations are politically motivated.
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‘Ordinary’ Kate Middleton Reflects Class Divide
Continued from page 1
William Bortrick, editor of Burke’s Peer-
age and Gentry, the genealogical bible of
British blue bloods.
That is not a widely held view in Mar-
lborough, the prosperous market town 60
miles west of London where Middleton
went to school. Many here welcome the
infusion of ordinary English blood into
the aristocratic Euro-hybrid of the royal
family.
DISMISSING
“It hasn’t really worked out, marrying
a cousin, has it?” said photograph vendor
Lou Eastham, dismissing centuries of royal
matchmaking.
Down the street at the Marlborough
Conservative Club, retiree Peter Goddard
agreed that Middleton’s “humble origins”
were an asset.
“Two hundred years ago, her family
didn’t live in a castle,” he said. “Good
for them.”
Since nothing is ever simple when it
comes to class in Britain, it’s not surpris-
ing there’s a furious debate about just how
common Catherine Elizabeth Middleton
really is.
Unlike the United States, whose most
powerful uniting belief is that anyone can
rise to the top through hard work, for cen-
turies in Britain birth was destiny and that
legacy still resonates. If you were born into
the upper classes, you’re likely to remain
there even if you lose your fortune. The
penniless aristocrat who can’t afford to
heat his castle is no less aristocratic than
the wealthy one.
Even now, in an arguably more socially
mobile era, class origins stick more than
elsewhere. Mick Jagger remains for many
a faintly disreputable rock’n’roll rebel
despite a knighthood that made him Sir
Mick. And for all his millions, David
Beckham’s working class accent is as
much a part of his persona as his looks and
soccer prowess.
NOBILITY
As for Middleton, she is not a member
of nobility or the aristocracy, which makes
her an unusual bride for the man who will
likely be king one day. William’s mother
Princess Diana was the daughter of an
earl, and Prince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah
Ferguson also has aristocratic ancestors’
her great-grandfather was a duke.
Middleton’s maternal ancestors were
manual laborers and coal miners, a fact
trumpeted in tabloid headlines like “From
pit to palace.” The tabloid Sun claimed
that her family’s journey from “slag heaps
... to the heart of the Establishment is a
remarkable and uplifting story of social
mobility.”
But Kate is not exactly working class.
Middleton’s paternal ancestors have been
affluently middle-class for more than a cen-
tury: merchants, lawyers and mill owners
in the northern English county of York-
shire who amassed comfortable fortunes,
sent their children to private schools and
became pillars of the community.
Kate’s parents Carol and Michael
Middleton are millionaires who run their
own party-planning business. Before that
January 2011
“mockney”, mock
Cockney, accents in
an attempt to seem
cool.
ORDINARY
Yet Middleton’s
background is or-
dinary enough to
launch the oft-re-
peated story about
William’s posh
friends quipping
“doors to manual”
as a gibe at her
mother’s former
job. Or for com-
mentators to snipe
about Carol Middle-
Kate Middleton and Prince William.
ton chewing gum
they worked in the airline industry Carol during William’s military college gradua-
as a flight attendant, Michael as a flight tion ceremony, attended by the Queen.
dispatcher. Such reactions suggest Britain is still far
DOMINATE from a classless society.
They sent Kate to Marlborough College, Will Atkinson, a sociologist at Bristol
a £30,000-a-year boarding school whose University who has studied the class
handsome red-brick buildings and neatly system, said social mobility in Britain has
clipped lawns dominate one end of the been stagnant since the World War II.
town. Alumni include the poets John Betje- “Kate Middleton has taken a very un-
man and Siegfried Sassoon and musician usual path to the top,” he said. “It’s not a
Chris de Burgh. path that’s open to most people.
“She’s not middle-class,” said Neil “You get the occasional David Beck-
Clarke, a workman digging a hole in the ham. You get the occasional Kate Middle-
road just outside the school’s tall iron ton. But most people will reproduce their
gates. “You wouldn’t be able to afford that parents’ class.”
on a middle-class salary.” That is backed up by educational charity
Middleton’s Marlborough education the Sutton Trust, which says England lags
helped give her an ease around the upper behind many other developed countries in
classes, and on the evidence of her one social mobility. It points out that 60 percent
television interview, polished manners of ministers in the British government went
and a genteel accent to match those of her to private schools, which are attended
royal fiance. by just seven percent of the population.
Accent is still a key class signifier, Almost 70 percent of the Cabinet went to
although times have changed since those Oxford or Cambridge, the country’s two
of humble origin had to shed all hints of most prestigious universities.
working-class or regional origins if they Others, though, argue that the walls of
hoped to rise in the world. Today it’s just as the upper-class citadel have been ham-
common to find upper-class kids adopting mered down, the old ruling class replaced
by a new elite, based on wealth and educa-
tion rather than birth.
That’s Kate POSH
Peregrine Worsthorne, the impeccably
Middleton? Critics posh author of “Democracy Needs Aristoc-
racy,” said the royal family was making a
canny move by marrying William “into the
Slam Wedding Coin dominant class, the bourgeoisie, the rich
but not well-born.”
Continued from page 1 “I don’t think they sat him down and
Charles and Diana, the Princess of told him ‘Look, sonny boy, you’ve got
Wales, in an official coin released to to marry into the bourgeoisie,’” he said.
mark their 1981 wedding. In 2008, the “Nowadays they are the people he would
mint released another coin to com- be likely to meet. It’s part of a natural
memorate Charles’ 60th birthday. historical process.”
And not, for Worsthorne, an entirely
“The Royal Mint has been record-
ing historical events for over 1,100 welcome one.
years,” said Dave Knight, of the “We’ve got a meritocracy and the results
Royal Mint. don’t seem very encouraging,” he said.
The coin is the latest official mer- “They’ve led us into the most ungodly
chandise to celebrate the royal wed- financial mess.”
ding. William’s office has also already Class purists appear to include the
approved a souvenir tankard, plate former editor of Burke’s Peerage, Charles
and pill box that feature the couple’s Mosley, who was quoted by the Daily
entwined initials, the prince’s coronet Mail newspaper as saying William should
emblem and the date of the wed- have married someone from its pages,
noting that “even if you take out the men,
ding.
the married women and those too old that
would still leave around 10,000 for Prince
William to choose from.”
RELAXED
His successor is more relaxed. Bortrick,
the grandly titled “executive and royal
editor” of Burke’s Peerage, turns out to
be an affable 35-year-old modernizer who
has wrenched the tome into the 21st cen-
tury by including offspring of unmarried
couples’though not, he stresses, “children
of scandalous liaisons”, and listing children
in order of birth, rather than putting the
boys ahead of the girls.
He thinks the marriage of William and
Kate is “a very positive thing for everyone
for the family and for the country.”
That sentiment is reflected on the streets
of Marlborough, where the romance of the
royal union has warmed many hearts, in-
cluding that of Jane Corbett, a milliner who
has made hats for Middleton in the past.
“What I think is special is he’s chosen
the woman he’s in love with, regardless of
her background,” she said. “It will make
for a very modern monarchy.”
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A CONCEPT known as “deemed export”,
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civil and even criminal penalties. There is
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intent is irrelevant.
So, employer/petitioners of the above
mentioned types of working visas must put
in place a process whereby someone with
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Employers with significant head count in
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IT WAS December 9, 1960 when
the first episode of Coronation
Street was aired in the UK.
Corrie, now tagged the longest-running,
and most watched soap opera in the
world, is to have it’s set relocated to a
more modern, and much larger venue in
Manchester.
Coronation Street, set in Weatherfield,
a fictional area of Greater Manchester,
northwest England, was created by Tony
Warren, who initially named the show
Florizel Street.
Although originated by Granada Tele-
vision and has been shown in all regions
of ITV almost throughout its existence.
Since first being aired it has been one of
the most financially lucrative programmes
on commercial television, underpinning
the success of its broadcaster ITV, and on
September 17, 2010 became the world’s
longest-running TV soap opera currently
in production.
But space demands and modern technol-
ogy calls for filming to be moved from the
Granada complex in central Manchester to
Trafford Wharf, near Salford Quays.
LARGER
The new street, complete with the
famous houses and cobbles, will be con-
structed to a larger scale to cater for the
demands of high definition TV.
The 7.7-acre site, which still needs plan-
ning permission, will also give the soap the
option of expanding with the building of
new parts of Weatherfield.
ITV’s other Manchester operations
will move to the Media City complex in
Salford, near a new BBC office that will
house programmes such as Match of the
Day, BBC Breakfast and Blue Peter.
On the current Coronation Street set,
Coronation
Street with
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Rovers
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built “to greater scale than before”. best loved soap remains at the top of its
“HD is with us so we’re going to build game for another half a century,” he said.
it to ensure it stands the test of time,” an ITV also currently produces the Jeremy
ITV spokesman said. Kyle Show, Countdown and University
“All of the old favourites will be there Challenge in Manchester, but no decision
– the Kabin and the Rovers Return – but has been made about whether they will
it gives us options going forward for ex- also move.
panding. That’s the beauty of being on a The BBC is due to begin the move into
purpose-built site. its new complex next year. BBC Sport,
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open in 2012 the departments that will be transferred
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what happens in the future who knows, but A BBC spokesman said: “We would
it gives us options from a production per- like to offer a warm BBC welcome to our
spective that we don’t currently have.” colleagues at ITV.
The show celebrated it’s 50th by airing
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LIFE on Coronation Street will never be the
same again. Events unfurled this month, in
Corrie’s 50th anniversary year, that will have
major repercussions for everyone who lives
on the Street. And we’re not just talking a
dodgy hot-pot in the Rovers, oh no. We’re
talking an explosion in Nick and Leanne’s
trendy new watering hole, The Joinery. An
explosion so big and so loud that it knocked
an oncoming tram off the viaduct, hurtling
it onto the cobbles and killing some of the
Street regulars. Who will live and who will
die is a closely guarded secret and I’ll bring
you the list of survivors and casualties in the
next column in the New Year.
Elsewhere this month, Gary’s returns from
Afghanistan. He’s a changed man, stunned
by what he’s seen and shocked by the death
of his mate Quinny. He drowns his sorrows in
the Rovers and his temper flares out of hand
as he struggles to cope with all that’s gone
on in the army.
Meanwhile, David’s sent home after hav-
ing his charge dropped for attempted murder
of the local butcher. He’s been diagnosed as
an idiopathic epileptic which could account
for the lapse in concentration he suffered
while at the wheel of his car which made it run
poor Graeme the butcher over on the Street.
Or then again, David might just have found
his excuse. He’s an evil one that David, and
you just never know.
Over at the trendy new bar on the Street,
before it went up in flames, Nick and Leanne
were having a fling behind the bar and behind
Leanne’s fiance’s back. Mind you, Peter’s
been a bigamist in his past and has an eye
for Carla Connor at the moment too, so it’s
safe to say that Leanne’s looming marriage
to Peter doesn’t have the Hallmark seal of
approval on it, just yet.
Also this month, John discovers Charlotte
was the one who nicked his house keys,
the one who made the DVD that scared Fiz
witless, the one who’s been sending scary
notes to Fiz made from letters cut out from
newspapers. But what does he do when he
discovers all of this? He sits down to enjoy
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she threatens to blackmail him over what he
knows about Colin Fishwick’s death and that
John bured Colin under the factory founda-
tions. So John’s stuck between a rock and a
hard face who tells him she wants him in her
life even if she has to share him with Fiz.
At the Rovers, Owen the builder sets
his cap at Liz the barmaid. It’s all going
swimmingly until Liz’s ex-husband Big Jim
McDonald returns and squares up to Owen.
Owen’s not one to back down, and he won’t
leave Liz alone just because Jim’s returned.
But even I was stunned by the lengths that
Owe went to, to ensure Jim got the mes-
sage to leave Liz alone. Owen pays one of
his builders to get his mates in to give Jim a
good hiding when they find him drinking in
town. Jim ends up battered and bruised and
in hospital, warning son Steve that Owen’s
a bad ‘un alright.
And Molly and Tyrone face a sad Christ-
mas when she tells him that only does she
not want to have another baby with him,
but that she’s leaving him too. As everyone
knows, except Tyrone, their baby has been
fathered by Kevin Webster but he’s turning a
blind eye and a deaf ear to Molly’s pleas for
them to make a fresh start of things. Kev’s
got more on his mind than moaning Molly.
His youngest daughter Sophie has become a
born-again Christian and is struggling to find
a church that doesn’t take issue with her be-
ing a lesbian, while his eldest daughter Rosie
is fast becoming the strumpet of the Street.
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On leave from the Army for his 18th birth-
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oldsters leave the kids to it. The next morning
Bianca goes to wake Billy, who’s asleep on the
couch, and finds him dead. Alcohol poisoning.
Carol can’t cope, blames everyone else for
what happened, and bans most of the family
and all of his friends from his funeral. And in
grief, she preposterously begins a secret affair
with one of his friends, Connor...
Jane reluctantly stays with Ian, though in
a strange twist of events, Ian finds himself
hiding in the closet at the Masood’s house
(he’d broken in to spy, to find out what they
were bidding for the Argy Bargy) and is stuck
there when all the women walk in to get
made up for a party at the Vic. As all the girl
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with him and says she doesn’t love him. He
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orientation. Others were motivated by
religion, faith or disability.
British human rights activist Peter
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campaigns on gay rights issues, described
the rise as alarming, although he noted
that “it’s really hard to say with any au-
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hotel room, and then just chat about their
marriages. Jane confronts Ian and tells him
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with Masood, but didn’t.) In true Beale form,
Ian gives it all he’s got to convince Jane to
give their marriage another go, and when she
agrees, he immediately starts a secret affair
with Glenda (who, btw, is also having a secret
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A blast from Billy Mitchell’s past resurfaces,
a girlfriend from the Children’s Home he grew
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the tremor, which lasted for more than a
minute, was centered on the country of
Cumbria, in northwestern England.
Peter Kelly, owner of the Yewdale
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Tindall, 32, had proposed at the couple’s
Gloucestershire home.
Phillips, 29, who is 12th in line to the
throne, said she was “shocked”, but “very
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THIS month’s recipe might seem to be
backwards to be featured in January, but
as I had several requests in December
obviously it is something of interest, and
you can keep it until next Fall. The reputation
for fruit cake in the States is dismal, and
has a great reputation for being used as a
door stop, or recycled annually! However
a really nice fruit cake is a treat, just need
to plan ahead, I have converted so many
of my American friends to a “proper” fruit
cake. I usually make mine in October to be
ready for Christmas, however I do have a
friend who loves it so much that she makes
it all year round!
Making a fruit cake takes time, and you
need a really good deep cake pan. Make
sure the oven is preheated, and don’t open
the oven door any more than needed or
it can cause the cake to fall. (Even if that
happens you can still finish it and cover it
with the icing!) This particular recipe makes
two cakes, and it is one of those times when
halving it doesn’t work out as well, if you
don’t want to use straight away the second
one can be frozen. By making it ahead if
using it, you have a chance to let the cake
“marinate” with a few additions of brandy or
rum . . . or both! Sometimes it can be hard
to find the dried fruits, I always find some
though at the local health food stores
My preference is the traditional use of
marzipan and Royal icing. I don’t like the
fondant type of icing, too sweet for me, but
it does make it easy, whatever your prefer-
ence, I’ll include the icing recipe anyway. I
hope you enjoy my version
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Christmas Cake /Fruit Cake
1½ lb chopped citron (candied peel)
1/2lb chopped and pitted dates
1/2lb glace (candied) cherries
3¾ cups raisins
2¾ cups currants
1lb chopped or ground almonds
3/4 cup brandy
1lb brown sugar
1lb softened butter
15 egg yolks beaten until thick
4 cups all purpose four
1 Tbsp each cinnamon, cloves, all spice
and nutmeg
1½ tsp mace
15 egg whites beaten until stiff
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Mix together the first six ingredients; pour
on the brandy and let sit while preparing the
rest of the ingredients. Cream the butter and
sugar until light and fluffy. Add the beaten egg
yolks gradually beating constantly. Reserve
one cup of the flour, and gradually add the
dry ingredients beating well after each addi-
tion, then add the beaten egg whites. Sprinkle
the reserved cup of flour into the fruit and
fold in the fruits into the batter. Grease and
line two deep cake pans with greaseproof or
parchment paper, have a 2-3” cuff above the
pans. Place a pan of water in the bottom of
the oven ( it makes it easier to put pan in the
oven and then pour the water in). Bake for
two or three hours until done, tested with a
tester; ovens and altitudes vary so the time
can be different. Remove from oven and let
sit and cool thoroughly. Remove the paper
off the cake and wrap well with plastic wrap
and aluminum foil. Depending when you
will use the cake (try to allow two-three
weeks if possible) pour about 2-3 Tbsp of
brandy over the cake periodically, wrapping
up tight after doing. This is what keeps the
cake so moist.
When ready to use, glaze the cake with
apricot jam or marmalade, then wrap with
rolled out marzipan. Let sit overnight, then
decorate with preferred icing.
Royal Icing
2 egg whites
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1lb confectioners (icing) sugar
Beat the egg whites with the lemon juice
uuntil it is the consistency of cream. Beat
in the sugar a little at a time, continuously
sscraping the sides of the bowl, until the icing
is smooth and shiny . . . it will be very sticky
tto use, Leave to dry and decorate.
(I welcome suggestions, comments,
aand enquiries and can be reached at
YYourcuppatea1@yahoo.com.)
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The Past Reaches Out To Grab Us
AND SO, welcome to 2011!
There are so many things to commemo-
rate this year, so many reasons to celebrate
the joy of being British or even ex-British.
The national highlight of our year will
probably be the wedding of Prince William
and Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey
on April 29. Surprisingly, the declaration of a
public holiday for this has not been met with
unalloyed delight by some of Her Majesty’s
subjects largely because it means that there
will be three four-day weeks in a row. The
timing of the wedding creates a four-day
public holiday weekend for three consecu-
tive weeks. The Monday after the wedding
is already a designated bank holiday and the
weekend before has two Easter bank holidays
on the Friday and Monday.
Politicians are worried because with coun-
cil elections, Scottish parliament elections
and the referendum vote on a new voting
system all coming in the first week in May the
voters may not be especially engaged.
A hundred
years ago the
Edwardian era
came to an end
with the corona-
tion of George V
(1865-1936) on
June 22, 1911.
That didn’t quite
usher in the
modern age for
King George V
George was a bit
of a lad. In December, he went to India to be
crowned Emperor of India in a great durbar
in Delhi. He then moved on to Nepal seem-
ingly intent on wiping out the wildlife there.
Comfortably ensconced in a howdah atop his
elephant, our new king despatched 21 tigers,
eight rhinos and a bear.
HUNTING
This was masterly hunting at its imperial
best. The King was accompanied by 12,000
fellow hunters and 600-odd elephants with
another 2,000 mahouts or attendants. The
elephants surrounded each of the victims
and our king did the rest, along the lines of
an abattoir I suppose.
1911 started with a spot of violence in
Stepney, 100 Sidney Street to be precise. A
gang of Latvian revolutionary burglars were
deemed to be holed up here after a break-in
in Houndsditch. Most importantly Peter the
Painter was believed to be in hiding there
too. Winston Churchill became personally
involved in the eleven day siege, finally au-
thorising the use of the Scots Guards. After
six hours of heavy gunfire during which a
bullet passed through Churchill’s hat, a field
artillery gun was summoned. However, fire
consumed the building before the artillery
could be employed.
The police stood with their guns facing the
front door awaiting a desperate break-out but
it never came. Inside, they found the bodies
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of two of the Latvi-
ans but no Peter the
Painter. A hundred
years later we are
no wiser about what
happened to him or
whether indeed he
ever existed. The
bullet that missed
Churchill’s head was
to save the British
nation 30 or so years
later but at the time he was severely censured
for exposing himself to such danger.
AIR MAIL
In February 1911, the
first airmail flight took to
the skies – in California
where one Fred Wiseman
carried three letters to
Santa Rosa. On the very
next day, 13,000 air letters were delivered by
a Frenchman in a flight covering no less than
13 kilometres in Allahabad, India. But it was
we Brits who set up the first airmail service
later in 1911 connecting Hendon to Windsor.
The purists amongst us may argue that the
real beginning of airmail came in January
1785 when correspondence was carried in an
air balloon that sped from Dover to Calais.
Also in 1911, Harland and Wolff men in
Belfast were able to launch the hull of The
Titanic. This was held together by no less
than three million rivets, the very same rivets
which were shown to have popped when the
ship hit an iceberg the following year, a struc-
tural weakness blamed for causing the 1523
deaths in the icy north Atlantic waters.
The 1912 tragedy was not remotely
foreseeable for 1911 was a year of great
optimism. Across the country work was
proceeding apace in the provision of public
electrical supplies. A patchwork of compa-
nies was busy wiring us all together. There
were great celebrations when the elevator at
the metro station at Earls Court in London.
Meanwhile the development of the public
The Titanic launch.
telephone service was beginning to link us
and provide more evidence of the brilliance
of modern communications.
MODERNITY
Modernity was all the rage. Particularly
enraged about it were the suffragettes. In
November, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and
Emmeline Pankhurst led a march on the
Houses of Parliament. Their protests met
a brutal response from the police. Many of
the women were arrested, opting for prison
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sentences and hunger strikes, leading to
terrible scenes of forced feeding. Though
women over the age of 30 won the vote in
1918, it was to be another ten years on top
of that before universal suffrage for all was
finally achieved in the UK.
On July 11, 1911, Terry Thomas was
born. The gap-toothed comedian grew into
the archetypal cad, famed for his catch-
phrase, “I say,
what a bounder”.
In 1960, at the
height of his
career, he was
starring in a mid-
night show at the
Liverpool Odeon.
When he came
off stage he was Terry Thomas
beside himself
with rage to discover that his cigarette
holder, encrusted with 42 diamonds and
valued at £2,000, had been stolen from his
dressing room.
Two of the missing sparklers soon turned
up but it was to be a fortnight before the
remainder were discovered. They had been
secreted in a roll of carpet belonging to a
young comedian who had asked Thomas
before the show if a place in the programme
could be found for him. Thomas had angrily
turned down the request – and the young man
had taken his revenge for this slight.
GUILTY
He pleaded guilty and was given two
years probation for the crime. He went on
to become one of Britain’s best-loved and
successful performers though I shall leave it
to you to find out for yourself his identity.
On the last day of the year, a mother went
into labour in Ambala India, producing a fine
baby boy on the first day of 1912. The boy
was christened Harold Adrian Russell and
Dora Philby was no doubt delighted with her
hard labour. His career diplomat father, St
John Philby, nicknamed the boy Kim after
Rudyard Kipling’s hero, ironically since he
was to betray his country. A year after
Kim’s defection to Russia in 1963,
Dora died drinking a bottle of gin a day
after her husband had rejected her for
an Arab lady.
Thus the past reaches out to grab
us!
John Polley
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In keeping with the spirit of Christmas,
kudos to Rod Stewart for coming to the aid
of a 21-month-old Oliver Thomas who was
having his third open heart surgery. Oliver’s
parents, Jennifer and Geoff, were over-
whelmed with gratitude when Rod donated
$10,000 to help with the medical costs. Rod
was watching the CBS LA news and was
touched by the story and the grief the par-
ents were going through. We found it rather
THE Cinderella Panto at the El Portal The- commendable as he didn’t do it for any other
atre in N Hollywood was overwhelmingly reason than kindness. Rod already has seven
successful!! Sold out run. Congratulations!! kids (oldest is 46) and his eighth (Aidan)
Pantomine is born in America. Written/ due in February. His latest album The Great
produced by Kris Lythgoe and produced/ American Song Book V is in the stores.
directed by Bonnie Lythgoe, The Lythgoe British Ambassador to the US Sir Nigel
Family Productions gave a huge sigh of relief Shinwald weighed in on the 30th anniversary
when the costumes and entire set (shipped of the untimely demise of John Lennon on
from London) were finally released at the LA the CNBC Chris Matthews Show, of the mini
dock in November after the huge arms scare. rebellion of the youth in the 60s and how it
“This is the first of what now will become an did change a lot of our thinking: a time of mini
annual event,” Kris said to us on the phone. skirts; the mini car; the Concord; and winning
“Next year A Snow White Christmas. This the World Cup, and not won since!
was a modern version set in Beverly Hills On a recent visit to New York, promoting
which people thought was fantastic and his book Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the
wonderful! What was fun, was to visit with First Crisis of Globalization, former Prime
the cast after the show! The Opening Night Minister Gordon Brown appeared on the
Cast of the Cinderella Panto at The El Portal Theatre. Photo: Leigh Ann Rahn.
ujnews.com January 2011
John Stewart Show. Much to his credit, I felt
he got it spot on with his view of the future
of the economy whether you’re a lay man
or an intellectual. In eight minutes Gordon
Brown and Jon Stewart nailed what I’ve been
watching hundred’s of hours of American
television to try and figure out, how this
money mess happened. Can’t wait to read
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We got a lot of email thanking us for
reminding readers of a day gone by (see
last month’s column on Procol Harum) and
the music we rebelled on. Recently on the
David Letterman Show Ricky Gervais was
talking about the student unrest in London
over the tripling of fees at university (which
I did find rather ironic). The same politicians
wanting to increase fees are the same ones
that had much lower tuition costs, isn’t that
hypocritical! Ricky also reminded us of the
50p in meter for either a bath or clothes wash
(for me it was a shilling in the meter just to
stay warm).
Talking of the cold, this time last year we Industry Sheriff’s Cadets at 10 Downing Street, London.
were telling you about the fabulous time we
had with the Bromley Cadets visiting here in said “Hands down our trip to Bromley guest the Consul General Dame Barbara
LA and the whirlwind tour they had of police England was outstanding and a once in a Hay, actress Roma Downey and husband
activities. This year is was time for the LA life time experience. I am blessed to have Mark Burnett, along with David Sefton were
cadets to visit jolly olde England. the opportunity to a 10-day trip overseas. the celebrity guest speakers with invocation
On November 17, 17 law enforcement Comparing and contrasting the different life by Sophie Keller. MC Alex Hyde-White,
explorers from Industry Sheriff’s Station style’s realizing how different yet similar the yes, Wilfrid’s son, whom I worked with on
departed for Bromley, England for a trip of a British Cadets are to the LASD explorers. the TV version of The Letter and became
lifetime. Upon arriving at Heathrow Airport, Every day was a new adventure, despite good friends with. Chip off the old block.
Bromley Police Constables greeted the group how cold England can get, my favorite part Alex played a doctor in a recent episode of
from California and whisked them away to of the trip was getting the chance to enter Karen’s favorite show, NCIS.
the host borough of Bromley. During their the gates of Buckingham Palace and watch Top winner of the Raffle and Silent Auc-
nine day stay, the Metropolitan Volunteer the changing of the guard. In addition we got tion went to Steven Weinstein, garnering a
Police Cadets and their Coordinators from the chance to interact with the Metropolitan cruise both on the Queen Mary II courtesy of
Bromley transported the group to the Brit- Police by role playing in a scenario of being Cunard and a coastal cruise for six on the tall
ish Museum, Windsor Castle, Parliament, rioters and throwing wooden bricks at the Continued on next page
Stonehenge, Tower of London, 10 Downing constables in training. The list goes on and
Street, Churchill War Museum, Trafalgar on, England did not disappoint!”
Square, Buckingham Palace, Bath, Imperial On a really sad note for all of us plane
War Museum, and Canterbury. The explorers buffs, the government is retiring the Harrier
were also treated to a day at the Public Order Jet. Another 60s icon bites the dust. What
Training Centre, where they assisted in the next? The Tiger Moth Bi Plane? Not if you
riot training of police constables by becoming know where to look!!
unruly rioters, throwing wooden bricks. We drove 60 miles through the rain in
sunny Southern California to attend the Brit-
By being sponsored by the Bromley Bor-
ough, the explorers were honored to actually ish event of the year, the BABC’s (British
stand on the front doorstep of 10 Downing American Business Council) Annual Christ-
Street and to stand behind the gates of mas Luncheon at the Miramar Hotel in Santa
Buckingham Palace while the changing of the Monica and what a party it was!! Special
guards was conducted. For two-thirds of the
explorers, this was their first time of flying on Contact Leo and Karen at PO Box 5691 Oxnard, CA
an airplane, let alone being out of the United 93031 or britishlad12@yahoo.com
States. Lasting friend-
ships were formed and
this trip solidifies the
bond of international
exchange between two
volunteer groups who
hope to make this a
yearly exchange.
Cadet Guadalupe
Tino said “England was
an overall amazing ex-
perience, but there were
certain things that to
me will forever remain
in my mind. The first
unforgettable memory
that I have is the overall
bonding and friendship
that we the Sheriff Ex-
plorers of Industry were
able to create with the
Volunteer Police Cadets
of Bromley England.
Another experience that
I enjoyed was visiting
the London Dungeons.
Although the fear level
was not extreme, the
history behind it was
enlightening.”
Cadet Karla Gaeta
January 2011
Leo & Karen’s California View...
Continued from page 8
ship, the Bill of Rights compliments of www.
americantallship.org and the UJ newspaper.
Quite a Nautical luncheon.
It was to say the least a fabulous get
together of loyal old friends, which carried
over to Ye Olde Kings Head for continued
merriment. Leading the charge, founder and
former owners Phil and Ruth Elwell, enjoying
a pint with the current and very successful
new owner, Donal Tavey.
What I found rather amusing was the
number of people at the luncheon that are
now successful business men/women that
Phil had at one time or another thrown out
Actress Roma Downey and guest speaker Mark Burnett at The
BABCLA Christmas Luncheon in LA.
Karen’s California Events Calendar
December
For upcoming British events in the Los Ange-
les area, check out www.britweek.org.
The Press Room in Santa Barbara has been
the unofficial British Consulate since 1995 and is
one crazy place New Years Eve with celebrations
starting 3pm. Get there early or you might have to
take a seat across the street (805) 963-8121.
The Lookout Pub in the Channel Islands of
Oxnard has a crazy and classy new Pub Quiz
Master on Tuesdays, check it out!! Stop by for a
pint and dinner. Naturally you can watch all your
favorite sports on their wide screens. You can’t
go wrong, especially with the New Years Eve bash
at 4pm and Midnight (805) 985-9300.
31: Join the King’s Head in Santa Monica for
the the Biggest New Years Eve Celebration in town!
Celebrate the British New Year at 4pm and do it all
again at Midnight!! Bagpiper/DJ/Party favors and
lots of fun…January 1 watch the Rosebowl on TV-
Wisconsin vs Texas. Happy Hour Monday-Friday
4-7pm. (310) 451-1402.
31: The Mayflower Club of N Hollywood has
another full month of activities planned: Gala New
Year’s Eve Celebration December 31 at 8pm; The
Chandler Station Band 15th; Laurel and Hardy,
Sons of the Desert 18; and Panto Puss and Boots
runs through-February 5 on weekends only (818)
769-9805.
31: Fox and Hounds in Studio City has their
British New Year’s Eve 2-5pm with music by UK
Beat and 4pm British countdown. Arrive early for
best seating (818) 763-7837.
31: The Olde Ship in Fullerton and Santa Ana
host New Years Eve in style for your partying
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of the pub, including myself!! What does that
tell you? To become successful, you’ve got
to get thrown out of the KH!
And how can a man like that be so dearly
loved. I’ve never seen a man so happy to be
back in the Pub (home) and greeted by both
new and olde customers alike. Pictures at
www.ujnews.com
Now onto Christmas day with my ex-wives
who, along with Karen, are calling themselves
“The Sister Wives.” Happy holidays everyone
and we’ll see you in the New Year!!
Birthday’s: Cleo Laine 83; John Barry 77;
Adam Ant 56; Lulu 62; Greg Lake 63; Gor-
don Ramsey 44; Jack Osbourne 25; Ridley
Scott 73; Billy Idol 55; Ozzy Osbourne 62;
Dame Judi Dench 76; and Dave Clark 68.
pleasure with the usual 4pm countdown. You’ll
be a stranger there but once (714) 871-7447 or
(714) 550-6700.
31: For those Brits in San Diego, ring in the
New Year at Shakespeare Pub and Grille with
the rest of the UK and Ireland. Celebration kicks-
off at 12 noon with a countdown to 4pm. Live
bagpipes and drums to bring in the New Year
(619) 299-0230.
January
21: Riverside Dickens Festival presents
Pickwick’s Pub Night Dinner Theater.
22-23: Main Days of the Festival in the
Riverside Convention Center on 5th and Orange
Streets, Riverside. Pageantry of 19th century
England with Queen Victorian and Her Royal
Court: teas, Evensong, famous Authors – Dick-
ens, Twain, Poe and Wilde; Dickens characters;
Gordon Highlanders; children will play in Olivers
Alley; The Crummles Theater Troupe will perform;
food and entertainment with an Ale Pub, and
music hall with Belles of Bedlam. Mr Fezziwig’s
Ball is Saturday night (951) 781-3168 www.
dickensfest.com info@dickensfest.com.
The Royal Society of St George, www.royal-
societyofstgeorge.com
You Say Tomato of San Francisco has just
celebrated their 7th anniversary!! Kudos to
David Kidd for making his dream come true!!
(415) 921-2828.
23: The Celtic Arts Center will be celebrating
once again with a traditional Burns Supper at the
dinner hall of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church &
School in Winnetka. So get out your kilts and dust
off your ghillie-brogues and join us as we pay
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Brans
Branson’’ Naughtie Lets A ‘Naughty’ Slip On Air
Working A Shift RADIO presenter James Naughtie has
apologised for causing offence live on air by
any offence caused but
FFOLLOWING OLLOWING the loss of a bet, Sirr
Mr Hunt appeared to
mispronouncing Culture Secretary Jeremy take the incident in his
Richard
R ichard Branson is to dress as an airr Hunt’s surname.
sstewardess tewardess and serve drinks on boardd
strike, reports the BBC.
The presenter told his listeners of Radio Hunt tweeted: “They
aann Air Asia X flight, 4’s flagship Today programme that he would
After losing a bet with the boss off
say prepare for anything
shortly be talking to “Jeremy C***”. before going on Today
tthe he low-cost airline, his forfeit will seee Naughtie told listeners shortly after his
but that took the biscuit.
hhim im wearing heels, make-up and a redd error that he got himself into a “verbal I was laughing as much James Naughtie
ddress, ress, and will be asked to perform m tangle courtesy of Dr Spooner”. Spooner-
llavatory-cleaning
avatory-cleaning duties.
as u Jim.”
isms were named after William Archibald “Or should I say Dr Spooner,” he
The chairman of Virgin Group iss Spooner, who was notoriously prone to
eexpected
xpected to work a shift on board onee
added.
transposing consonents in his speech. According to emails sent in response to
ooff Air Asia X’s flights between Londonn Naughtie had inadvertently used the first
SStansted
tansted and Kuala Lumpur on Febru--
his mistake, Naughtie said: “Some found it
letter of the Culture Secretary’s title instead funny, some were fairly offended.”
aaryry 21, reported the Daily Telegraph. of the ‘H’ in Hunt’s surname. “Occasionally these things happen in live
Sir Richard placed a wager with Airr Naughg tie said he was “very
Naughtie veryy sor ryy ffor
sorry” or broadcasting,
g, he continued.
broadcasting,”
A Asia
sia X chief executive Tony Fernandess
oonn whose Formula One team wouldd
finish higher in this year’s constructors’’ EEx-Lawmaker
L k Pleads
Pl d Guilty
G ilt In
I Expenses
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S d l
cchampionship.
hampionship. AN EX-LAWMAKER has pleaded guilty to admitted to fraudulently claiming nearly
SINGLE three charges of false accounting in the first £20,000 in false IT invoices and rental-
While neither Virgin Racing orr criminal conviction of a politician related to income reports.
FFernandes’s
ernandes’s Lotus F1 team scored a Britain’s parliamentary expenses scandal. Hundreds of British lawmakers were
ssingle
ingle point in 2010, Fernandes wonn David Chaytor had previously denied exposed last year as having made attempts
tthe
he bet by virtue of better finishingg the charges and mounted legal challenges to bill the public for items including swank
ppositions.
ositions. to have them dismissed. second homes, horse manure and porno-
The two bosses agreed the loserr But the 61-year-old former Labour Party graphic movies.
would
w ould perform flight attendant dutiess lawmaker changed his plea last month at Chaytor faces a jail term of up to seven
oonn board one of the other’s aircraft. London’s Old Bailey criminal court and years. He will be sentenced on January 17.
Seats on board the flight are likely too
be be auctioned, with the proceeds goingg ATTENTION FORMER
to to the charity of Sir Richard’s choice. ROYAL MARINES
Sir Richard famously donned a Now living in the US
wedding wedding dress in 1996 for the launchh
of of Virgin Brides and also wore a dresss There is now a Royal Marine
at at the unveiling of Vie, Virgin’s rangee Association Branch formed in
the US.
of o cosmetics
cosmeti
smetics
cs and toiletries.
and toiletri
toiletries
es. Please contact:
John Topping, Secretary
tribute to Robert Burns with a wonderful evening Royal Marine Association
of food, music, dancing, and poetry. The price USA Branch
8409 Lake Crest Terrace,
of admission includes the traditional meal and
Fairfax Station, VA 22039-2678
something to toast with, as well as the evening’s
Phone: (703) 690-8944
entertainment www.celticartscenter.com
www.rma-us.org
Cameron, owner of Cameron’s Inn, along with
Auri Naggar, the Inn’s karaoke host and part of
the Giants’ hosting crew for years, were invited
to a special VIP photo reception to pose with the
San Francisco Giants World Series Championship
trophy. “They ran a tight ship,” recalls Cameron,
“telling us not to touch the trophy. I couldn’t resist
and did sneak a quick touch with one finger. It’s
rather fun to think my fingerprint resides on that
Jolly Good
wonderful World Series trophy piece. I got repri-
manded but not kicked out, so it was worth doing.”
Cameron’s Inn was a headquarter spot in the Bay MEAT PRODUCTS
Area for Giants fans and all eighteen flat screens
were on one channel. It was definitely the place to Bangers
be and the Inn filled to overflowing with folks wear-
ing the black and orange. (650) 726-5705. Pork Pies
Cricket – www.corinthiancricketclub.com/
schedules Sausage Rolls
29: The Saint Andrew’s Society of LA holds
their Burns Supper, a very special evening to
celebrate the birthday of Scotland’s Bard and pay
tribute to the life and works of the great Scottish ASK FOR THEM BY NAME IN YOUR
poet. This is the oldest organization in Southern LOCAL BRITISH SHOP AND PUB
California devoted to the promotion of Scottish
culture. www.saintandrewsla.org
February “Our Name Says It All!”
1: Ozzy Osborne at the Gibson Theatre (818)
777-3931. (323) 290-2265
March
8: Eric Clapton at Universal City www.eric- FAX: (323) 294-3943
clapton.com his last concert prior to Dublin and
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St. Piran’s
n Day March 5. Join us for our
1st Annual Pasty Throwing Contest and
favorites. (Ribena, flakes,
Spring Sale. Food and Prizes! All proceeds
go to the Helix Charter High Speech and
Crunchies, beans, etc.) Debate Team. Check our website for details.
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~ This paper reaches the British community in all parts of Florida and, of course, the US ~
EXPATS are better off abroad and love our
life here, a recent survey by NatWest Bank’s
International Personal Banking revealed. It
found nine in ten British expatriates are more
financially secure as a result of their decision
to move to the USA and other countries.
Less than 20 percent of expats want to
return home, having found a quality of life
higher overseas than in the UK. Said Dave
Isley, who conducted the survey: “It seems
the grass really is greener for Brits living
abroad. The fact that fewer want to return
than three years ago when we last asked,
proves that the pace of life, work, balance
and earning potential makes life sunnier in
more ways than one.”
Q UK-USA CULTURAL CORNER Having
watched every American Idol show of every
season for eight years, they’ve lost me now
Simon Cowell is gone. His refreshing British
honesty, fulfilling his required role as a talent
judge, not to coddle deluded contestants,
made the show the juggernaut it is. Ameri-
cans seem to believe – I observe after 20
years among them – that they have to be
kind all the time, which cloys. Example from
this review of the transplanted American
show The Fastasticks by London theatre
critic Charles Spencer in a UK newspaper:
“SO SWEET IT MAKES YOU SICK….Help
could somebody please call me an ambu-
lance? I have just been subjected to a po-
tentially lethal overdose of charm, whimsy,
manipulative sentimentality and corny
philosophising and I fear I may not survive
to the end of this review.… If ever there
were proof that America and Britain are two
countries divided by a common language, it
must be surely be found in the sticky, sugary
depths of this ghastly musical. In the USA
since it opened in 2006 there have been
11,000 productions in 3,000 cities. Here
it has never prospered … the British know
a great pile of steaming phoney-baloney
when they see one. I’m going to sign off
and get my stomach pumped.” Don’t beat
about the bush Charles – tell me what you
really think.
Q ORLANDO BACC are putting on an
exceptional event for members and guests
at the Daytona International Speedway.
Sponsored by Rolex watches, join other
British racing fans for an exciting day out.
January 29 and 30, 2011. Phone the BACC
offices (407) 226-7251 for details.
Q SCOTTISH FESTIVALS. Always a
great day out. Dust off your sporrans, wear
something tartan and go.
SARASOTA Scottish Festival January
29. Call (941) 342-0509.
JACKSONVILLE Scottish Games Sat-
urday, February 26, 2011. Call (904)
725-5744.
Q MIAMI AUSSIE CLUB our cousins
and good blowkes. Know any Aussies in
Miami? There’s a Miami Aussie-Kiwi club I
attend as the token Pom. If you a Miami area
Aussie or Kiwi reading this, email me your
name and phone to Britishflorida@aol.com
for details of our next night out. Put Aussie
Club on subject line. By the way: What do
Aussie men call Speedo swimsuits? Budgie-
smugglers.
NEW BRITISH BUSINESS
SPOTLIGHT
Q TAMPA-ST PETERSBURG AREA:
Trust a fellow Brit to service your beloved
baby – your car. Martin Mills, British owner
of MEC Auto Repair in St Petersburg (727)
526-8200 has just moved from the UK and
set up shop. “I want to target local expat
customers who would expect honesty and
British thoroughness in my work,” he said.
Sort of bloke-to-bloke. His garage offers
complete repair, for British, American, and
Asian Automobiles, including British Clas-
sics, with a FREE A/C or diagnostic check
ujnews.com January 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011 from 6pm. Q BRITISH CLUBS SPOTLIGHT:
Tickets details, call (954) 577-8243. Palm Coast – (Daytona area) British Club
Q PINT AND A PIE PUBS CORNER: Call Espeth (386) 446-5912.
Each month, I feature one Florida pub Villages Area British Club (352) 753-
picked at random from my files. This is 9636. Looking for British Clubs and British
not a recommendation – an endorsement Events in Your Corner of Florida? I don’t
from moi costs a few glasses of Pinot have space here to list them all, so drop me
Grigio ! So you may deem it divine or dire. an email with your name, city and contact
Pop in and see. phone and I will reply with details.
CLERMONT: The British Stage Door
for new customers. Anyway, do give his Pub (863) 424-8056. English family own- Q ATTENTION FLORIDA’S BRITISH-
business a try – Let’s all help each other. ers Alan, Linda and Jason Scott. OWNED BUSINESSES, SHOPS and
Q NEW JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY NOW
Q BEST OF BRITISH CORNER: To PUBS: If you wish to get bulk cop-
FORMING: Apparently there are Jane Aus-
honour the funniest man we ever produced ten appreciation societies all over the world, ies of the Union Jack, (50 papers a
– TOMMY COOPER – who made you roar month minimum), to offer your custom-
celebrating our genteel English chronicler,
before he’d even spoken. So I will share one but none in Florida. So an enterprising ers, phone our circulation department
of his classic gems each month: Doctor, I 1-(800) 262-7305. The paper is free,
American called Arnie Perlstein has just
can’t pronounce my F’s, T’s and H’s. ‘Well started a South Florida chapter of JASNA but a small delivery charge applies.
you can’t say fairer than that then. So I went
(Jane Austen Society of America). Janeites, (Or go to: www.ujnews.com). Over 800
to the dentist. He said ‘Say Aaah.’ I said who love all things Austen, will gather in distributors nationwide.
‘Why?’ He said ‘My dog’s died.’
South Florida locations. The next event
Q MIAMI: Renowned British designer The opinions in this column are Patri-
is Sunday, January 23 at Nova University
and fashion illustrator Barbara Hunalicki, campus in Davie. To join or just attend call cia Kawaja’s and not necessarily shared
of BIBA fame in London’s Swinging Six- Arnie on (954) 647-6154. by Union Jack Publishing.
ties, has a new exhibition called FLASH:
A Portrait of Barbara Hulanicki. It features
colorfully infused digital prints, a reflection
of Hulanicki’s wild and free imagination in-
spired by experiences over several decades
in London and Florida. Hulanicki, who has
lived in Miami Beach for many years and
whom I know socially, began her career
in the early 1960’s as a freelance fashion
illustrator. Having covered a number of im-
portant collections in major London-based
publications including Women’s Wear Daily,
British Vogue, The Times, The Observer and
The Sunday Times, Hulanicki emigrated to
Miami in the late 1980’s. Like many of us
transplanted Brits she reinvented herself,
as a designer of interiors and exteriors just
in time for the boom of Miami Beach’s re-
emerging Art Deco District. FLASH exhibition
runs through February 4, 2011 at the Calix
Gallery in Wynwood Arts District near down-
town Miami. www.calixgustav.com.
Q FT LAUDERDALE – a great Irish night
out – we love the Irish! A Taste Of Ireland
Gala And Auction extravaganza featuring
great food, live music, open bar, incredible
auction items, plus an exclusive performance
of Martin Casella’s uproarious comedy hit
The Irish Curse produced by the Mosaic
Theatre in Plantation (west Ft Lauderdale)
January 2011
Sandwich Shop Theft Of Stradivariuss
STOPPING for a sandwich proved to be an
expensive bite for a world-famous violin-
ist when she had her £1.2m Stradivarius
violin stolen.
Internationally acclaimed violinist Min-
Jin Kym was on her way to catch a train
when opportunistic thieves struck, reported
the Daily Telegraph.
They stole her 314-year-old Stradivari-
us violin along with a Peccatte bow worth
£62,000 as she bought a £2.95 sandwich
at London’s Euston station.
Kym, 32, had put her prized instrument
– one of only 450 in the world – down as
she chose her lunch at a branch of Pret A
Manger.
Pret worker Hafid Salah told of Misss
Kym’s panic when she realised her violinn
had vanished.
He said: “She and her friend were onn
computers and iPhones and not lookingg
at their bags.
“She came up to me at the counter andd
said: “Have you seen my bag? Call thee
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very difficult to sell them on as they are soo
rare and distinctive.”
South Korean-born Miss Kym hass
performed with some of the world’s lead--
ing orchestras and released Beethoven’ss
Violin Concerto in D Major on the Sonyy
label.
Insurers have offered a £15,000 rewardd
for information leading to recovery of thee
violin and bows. It was on long-term loann
to Miss Kym and it is not known whoo
owns it.
Elton John Edits Newspaperr
For World AIDS Day
ELTON JOHN last month turned news--
paper editor, overseeing an edition off
Britain’s The Independent to mark Worldd
AIDS Day.
The December 8 paper featured moree
than a dozen pages of stories related too
the fight against HIV, including contribu--
tions from some of John’s famous friends,,
including Elizabeth Taylor, Stephen Fryy
and Bill Clinton.
In an editorial, John highlights progresss
in the battle against the disease, notingg
that there has been “a 25 percent drop inn
new infections across the worst-affectedd
countries since 2001.”
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IT WAS the Los Angeles Auto Show again last
month, and this year there was no shortage of
new models on display to tempt the public to
into buying. The general feeling in the Motor
Industry is that the lull over the past three
years is at an end and the general public are
in need of new cars.
There were lots of exciting new models
from most of the vendors so perhaps the
speculation in the industry is correct. There
were also quite a few concept vehicles from
several car makers showing the direction
they were heading for the future, including
one which was no less than astonishing – it
was the Jaguar C-X75. I’m not exactly sure
of what the CX stands for, Conceptual, Ex-
perimental, perhaps but the 75 is to celebrate
Jaguars 75th anniversary in the car making
business.
Jaguar’s Director of Design, Ian Callum
was on hand to show this masterpiece to the
press for their opinions and the general con-
sensus was Wow! Plus a thumbs up from all
who witnessed it’s unveiling for it was no less
than stunning, the star of the whole LA car
show. It’s a Hybrid, partly battery-powered
like many of the concept cars on show, and
it’s the way of the future I suppose. But thiss
Jaguar, unlike the others that are coupledd
with a conventional internal combustionn
engine, uses Jet Propulsion for its auxiliaryy
power to both charge the Lithium ion cells att
a rate equal to their discharge, and to providee
additional power or thrust if you like to propell
this futuristic Jag beyond the capabilities off
battery power to an astonishing 205mph withh
acceleration beyond what is achievable withh
the very best internal combustion engine.
Unlike an aircraft’s jet engines the C-X75’ss
turbines do not provide thrust to move the carr
but instead compress air to drive a generatorr
that produces electrical charge which in turnn
is stored in the battery pack. The majorityy
of concept cars on display at Auto showss
never make it past the conceptual stage andd
are present to show the capabilities of theirr
representative design teams and to give ann
insight to the way the companies are head--
ing. Many of these are too futuristic in lookss
(like something out of the Jetson’s) and thuss
pointing too far in the future, not the case withh
the Jaguar C-X75, it is to become a reality forr
their 75th birthday.
Style-wise, it is futuristic but not overly--
so, hence it is stunning none the less. Thee
legendary C-Type Jaguar was used as a
template for its styling according to Jaguar’ss
Ian Callum but the intention was not to lookk
back but forward. Ian had this to say aboutt
his new design: “The C-X75 is everything a
Jaguar should be. It possesses remarkablee
poise and grace yet at the same time has thee
excitement and potency of a true supercar..
This is as close to pure art form as a conceptt
car can get and is worthy homage to 75 yearss
of iconic Jaguar design.” Well, I can’t say I
disagree with him, except perhaps that somee
Jaguar cars over the last few years havee
hardly been iconic, this one should be though,,
2011 Jaguar C-X75.
it is a real beauty, and with the performance
of a real brute.
Here’s how it works, plug in Lithium-ion
batteries provide power to four independent
195bhp electric motors for a combination of
780bhp and 1180lb ft of torque vectored to
all four wheels. Charging of these battery cells
from a domestic power supply takes six hours
and allows the car to travel approximately 68
miles. For performance over what the batter-
ies will allow, and/or to re-charge the batter-
ies en route two micro gas turbines (which
weigh only 36kg or 77lbs each) operating at
80,000rpm kick in to supply power directly to
the four wheel motors. An underbody Venturi
system incorporates a movable aerofoil and
directional control of the jets exhaust gases
to ensure maximum down force to keep the
gg g the road at speed,
car hugging p , each micro jjet
Snowbound Pub Provides
‘Dream’ Lock-In For Seven
STAFF and two locals at a Yorkshire pub
thought they were in heaven last month
when adverse weather conditions saw them
trapped by 16ft snowdrifts.
Five staff and two local residents
enjoyed the ultimate lock-in at The Lion
Inn at Blakey Ridge on the North York
Moors.
They were cut off since the heavy
snow blocked in the isolated Lion – the
fourth-highest pub in England, reported
the Daily Mail.
The snow was so deep that vehicles in
the car park were completely buried. But
despite their ordeal, the spirits of those
trapped remained high.
ACCOUNT
Waitress Katie Underwood, 18, gave a
live account: “It was really novel at first
and quite exciting. The snow is immense.
Most of the windows in here are blocked
up, but we’ve got a door open at the back
to get some air when we need to. “It’s been
freezing, but we’ve been lucky that it’s a
pub and B&B we’re trapped in. We’ve got
plenty of coal for our fire, which has been
great, and there are rooms upstairs so we
have somewhere to sleep, and plenty of
food. We’ve been eating as much of the
fresh food as we can so as not to waste
it – but obviously we can’t eat as much as
we would usually serve to customers so
some has been thrown out.”
Katie, who has worked at the pub for
four years, has been stuck with colleagues
Rob Sinley, 22, Joe Bell, 20, Stuart Dow-
ujnews.com
engine consumes 35,00 litres (1,236 cubic
ft) of air a minute supplied through carefully
honed intake ducts. The movement of this air
was one of the principle drivers of the design
cues that helped the designers to shape the
surface of the bodywork. The turbine theme
is also echoed in the alloy wheels which
appear to have been cut from a single block
of aluminum with a spoke design inspired by
the fan blades on the jet engines. Through the
rear window and inside a clear yet sealed
compartment is where the twin micro turbines
are housed, they are clearly visible from
outside of the car and look magnificent in
their elegant aluminum housings.
It is apparently whisper quiet inside the
cabin and outside the jet exhaust is suf-
ficiently muffled to produce a subdued jet
eengine
g e roar.
oa Thee compact
co pact packaging
pac ag
ag g ofo the
te
son, 25, and Danny Butter-
worth, 23, along with the two
local residents.
Ironically, the Lion’s land-
lord and landlady missed the
enforced lock-in. They were
at their home five miles away
when the drifts hit.
turbines allowed the designers further free--
dom at the rear of the car which is shapedd
like the trailing edge of an aircraft wing. Thee
jets can be powered by a range of differentt
fuels including diesel, bio-fuels, compressedd
natural gas or petrol. Under the front bonnett
is where the Lithium-ion batteries are storedd
along with the front wheel electric motors..
I’m not sure how much luggage space theree
is but there should be some, as the wholee
power package is somewhat smaller thann
a conventional internal combustion enginee
and gearbox.
As for the cars range, on a full tank of fuell
and with the batteries fully charged, it is ann
astonishing 560 miles, the fuel tank capacityy
is 16 gallons (60 litres) which calculates too
the car using one gallon for each 35 miles,,
not too bad for a 205mph supercar whichh
can accelerate from 0-60 in only 3.3 secondss
and 50-100 in a further 2.3 seconds. Totall
weight of the car is 2,976lbs (1,350kg)..
Yes, this is truly an astonishing motor carr
which could point the way to the future off
the automobile, it has everything, looks, per--
formance, economization and an extremelyy
low carbon emission and it’s a Jag, and thee
best looking Jag that has come out throughh
the factory doors for quite some time. Price??
Well it has not been set yet but I asked Iann
Callum anyway, his answer was a mixture,,
somewhat of a shrug as if to say he wasn’tt
too sure and almost a question to me “doess
$250,000 sound about right” to me it did, andd
a bargain, I thought of this car of the very nearr
future. Let’s face it this could very well be thee
future of the motor or I should say Jet car.
appy Motoring
Happy oto g
The Lion Inn at
Blakey Ridge on the
North York Moors.
© Puzzles by Pappocom
Fill in the grid so
that every row,
every column,
and every 3x3 box
contains the digits
1 through 9.
Solution on
page 15
Solution, tips and computer
program at www.sudoku.com
January 2011
Room by Emma
Donahue
““PEOPLE are
llocked up in all
ssorts of ways,”
M
Ma tells the un-
rremitting prime
ttime journalist.
AAnd metaphori-
ccally Ma is right
bbut not every-
bbody has been
llocked up, under duress, in a room for
sseven years.
Right off the bat, through the eyes and
vvoice of a five-year-old boy named Jack, we
ffeel something ominous. Everything about his
ddescribed world seems contained and limited.
W
We soon realize that Ma and Jack are confined
tto a room and have been since the day Jack
w
was born. Unsettlingly, he has never known
aanything else. What happened to Ma is every
pparent’s most crippling fear. Kidnapped at
nnineteen, Ma is a prisoner of a sadist called Old
NNick. As adults we understand why Jack is put
iin the wardrobe each night when Old Nick gets
hhome, where he waits counting the creaking
oof the springs until Old Nick leaves and he
ccan come out once more. Because rations
aare scarce, everything is repurposed; toilet
ppaper rolls become building blocks, a balloon
iis blown only once a month, the rug becomes
a flying carpet. Their limited book collection is
rrecited by heart, and no food is wasted. Ma, to
pprotect Jack, has never told him that there is
aan outside world – the light from the skylight
iis God’s shining face and the people on TV
aare only on TV. Ma pulls from every resource
aaround her to educate and nourish her son in
tthis most bizarre setting.
As a reader you can see that Ma’s survival
iinstincts are locked on high alert, but for Jack,
eexcept for the rare days when Ma is “gone,”
iit is mostly fun and games. Emma Donahue
ttook a chance using Jack’s five year old voice
tto tell this story. Little boy talk could be a
ddisaster but instead the reader is drawn to
JJack’s untainted imagination and later, upon
hhis release, to his naive, confused, or maybe
nnot, first impressions of the “outside” world.
TThe idea behind this mesmerizing novel and
tthe way in which it is narrated are both excep-
ttional. Donahue, this year’s runner up for the
M
Man Booker prize, trusts the reader’s maturity
tto carry little Jack’s story forward.
Very clever Room is about the strength of
a mother’s love and the notion that such a
strong s mother-son bond can be built regard-
less l of circumstance. Despite everything,
Jack’s J Ma made him feel safe inside the
room. r Jack never really fully understands
that t for his Ma the room represents the place
where w her nightmare began, because for him
iti is home. It is Ma’s courage and unflinching
love l that makes her hell his sanctuary. Need-
less l to say, this is an exceptional story.
Definitely worth five teacups!
(Five is the top
Teacup score)
LLet Tanya know how many teacups you give the
bbooks she recommends in this column. Email:
ttanyasm1th@yahoo.com
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has become a great venue in Houston
for viewing Rugby and Football (the Former Officer Says
BRITO
BRITONSS real Football, that is!), and is the home
of the True Blue (Glasgow) Rangers
He Saw Nessie Twice
TEXAS IN Supporters Club. Other pubs in the
Houston area featuring Rugby and
Football matches are The Richmond NORTHEAST OHIO
By Martin Arms and The Bull and Bear. By Joe Nicholls. Joe and Kevin McGinty can
Burniston BABC St Andrew’s Day Gathering be heard on “Sounds of Britain and Ireland”
Tel: (713) 256-1173 Email: mburniston@gmail.com What a fabulous night it was Sundays 4-5pm on Cleveland’s WCPN 90.3FM
at Sherlock’s at Carillion West in and www.wcpn.org).
A TV ‘Feast’ Houston, as the BABC celebrated St January
I WAS delighted to turn on the television Andrew’s Day in fine style. Kilts and 7, 21: British-American Club, Fish & chips din-
recently and find that one of my favourite tartan garb were certainly in fashion THE SON of the man who took one of ners, 8564 Ravenna Rd, (off Rte 82) Twinsburg,
British restaurants was being featured on the as revelers enjoyed Scottish music the most famous photographs of the Loch 6:30-8:30pm (330) 963-6370.
Food Network on a programme called Outra- from the Murder the Stout band, and Ness Monster, Simon Dinsdale, a retired 7, 14, 21, 28: West Side Irish American Club,
geous Foods! Feast, run by Brits Richard tasted the delights of single malts at a police detective from Essex, insists the two Irish-style dinners, 8559 Jennings Rd, Olmsted
Night and James Silk with wife Meagan whisky tasting. Caledonian Kitchen minute film recorded 50 years ago by his Township, 6-9pm (216) 251-4075.
Silk, was described on the programme as provided both lamb and beef haggis father, Tim Dinsdale, is genuine. 9: Scottish American Society, Monthly meet-
a “nose-to-tail” restaurant. The TV show’s and, as an interesting alternative, Chef The 1960 footage is one of the best- ing, Akron Public Library, Downtown Akron, 3pm,
host, Tom Pizzica, was treated to the Feast’s Adrian Rodrigues donated some deli- known images put forward as evidence by (330) 882-0342.
Black Pudding served with peas and fried cious Indian dishes, as a precursor to those who believe in the existence of the 11, 25: SHANO, Scottish Heritage Meetings,
egg, Deviled Kidneys, Ox Heart: “tastes like an upcoming BABC Curry and Mince monster, reported the Daily Telegraph. Community Presbyterian Church, 5132 Mayfield
flank steak,” and Bath Chaps (I’ll let you Pie night to be held in December! The Dinsdale junior is determined to con- Rd, Lyndhurst, 7:30pm (330) 463-5559.
research that, but it sounds and looks very Indian food reminded me of those Sat- 2010 BABC St Andrew’s Networking On vince the public the video is authentic and 12: Calon Lan Welsh Club, Lunch Meeting,
interesting!) When interviewed, Richard said urday nights visits to the Curry Centre Tap - Becci Himes with members
of Murder the Stout.
has discussed his belief in the mysterious Denny’s Restaurant, Rt 224 Boardman, 1pm,
about the menu, “More pig, more pig, more after a session in the Dutch Mill in monster in an interview with the BBC. (330) 758-4202.
pig!” The restaurant does not use any meat Aberdeen. Sherlock’s is a monthly makes the tastiest scones, and the selection He said: “I saw this immense, extraor- 14, 28: British-American Club, Pub Nights,
or meat product from factory-farmed, inten- networking spot for the BABC. of teas is beyond compare. There’s also an dinary object, it looked like the back of a 8564 Ravenna Rd, Twinsburg, 8pm, (330)
sively raised animals and uses local farmers Houston Dynamo 2011 Kit antique shop next to the Tea Room. Bridget huge animal. 963-6370.
wherever possible. I highly recommend this Becci Himes, Executive Director of the has now started to sell a selection of your “It stood two or three feet out of the 15: SHANO, Robert Burn’s Dinner & Ball,
restaurant, especially for those adventurous British American Business Council, was a favourite British foods, including bacon and water, four or five feet across, reddish American Croatian Lodge, 34900 Lakeshore Blvd
eaters! Feast has recently opened a location VIP guest at the unveiling of the Houston Dy- sausages. On a recent trip to Queen B’s, the brown and had a blotch on the left flank Eastlake, 5:30pm (440) 392-2308.
in New Orleans. Feast is located at 219 namo’s new kit for 2011. Becci said, “I love couple at the next table had driven all the way which I could see very clearly. 27: Daughters of the BE, Westminster
Westheimer, near Downtown Houston. The my rugby. That being said, it ain’t bad being a from San Antonio, over an hour’s drive, just “And then it started to move – a most Chapter, meeting, Lyndhurst, 7:30pm (440)
telephone number is (713) 529-7788. The Dynamo VIP, especially when it comes to par- to have Sunday dinner! It really is one of the electrifying moment.” 461-2533.
website is www.feasthouston.com. ties!” Becci was the privileged guest of BABC best kept secrets in the area, and well worth Dinsdale, who spent his career examin- 28: British American C of C, Link Club, Lun-
High Planes Drifter??? member Stephen Powell of the Dynamo. The a visit. Queen B’s is located at the intersection ing evidence and was involved in tracking cheon, Lockkeeper’s restaurant, Valley View,
Richard Branson arrived at DFW Airport on event was held at the spectacular Venue of Hwy 27 & College Street in Ingram, Texas. down serial killer Steve Wright in Ipswich, 11:30am (216) 621-0222.
December 1, dressed in his Western “duds” on Main Street downtown. The Dynamo It’s always best to call ahead for reservations is adamant the film can not be a hoax.
to celebrate the start of Virgin America’s entertained quests with a rockin’ band and – (830) 367-4184. He said: “I’m experienced at looking ATTENTION CLUBS &
new service from the West Coast to Texas. light show. Chris Cannetti, new president of BABC January Cricket ‘Ashes’ at evidence and I can tell you that on the ORGANISATIONS!
Virgin America has built a strong reputation the Dynamo, was on hand to assure the fans The British American Business Council balance of probabilities there is something Check out other latest British related
on California to East Coast routes with rich that the Dynamo are going to have the best is preparing for its annual cricket match for large and unknown living in this loch.” events submitted by Union Jack read-
service and low fares. To this point the Vir- year ever. He also introduced the team’s new the ‘Houston Ashes’ as it challenges the local His father, an aeronautical engineer in ers at UJNEWS.com and click on the
gin America flights have always over-flown sponsor Greenstar Recycling. The BABC has Australians at the Australia Week Picnic and the RAF who died in 1987, was one of the CALENDAR tab.
Texas! With its new service to DFW, Virgin had a fabulous time with the Dynamo this Barbie in January. The BABC has not fared so world’s leading Nessie-hunters, making Do you have a not-for-profit event you’d
goes toe-to-toe with American Airlines, who year. They have had door prizes at events well lately, so it is making an extra effort this 56 expeditions to Loch Ness and writing like to share with everyone ... then why
has a big presence there. “It’s American’s and special ticket rates and breaking news time to win the coveted award! The venue for j
a number of books on the subject. not add it to the Calendar? ... it’s FREE?
dominance that provided an opening for us to on Dynamo events like the Man U game and the big battle has not been determined at this
come in with lower fares, newer planes, and the World Cup USA/England game. They’re time, but the match will take place on January
more passenger amenities,” said Richard. looking forward to an even more exciting year 23, 2011. This should be a very entertaining Ginger The Cat Dials 999 . . . At 3am
Rugby Fans Enjoyment in 2011 with the building of the new Houston day, so check out the BABC website at www. RETIRED lecturer Howard Moss knew his Ginger snoozing next to the phone – which
Houston’s population of Rugby fans has Dynamo stadium near Downtown. babchouston.org for the time and location. cat was smart, but got a rude awakening was slightly off the hook.
been treated to a fun time at Big John’s Queen B’s Going Strong Heather & Thistle Christmas Party when Ginger dialed the emergency telephone Computer checks proved the call had
Sports Bar, on Wilcrest in Houston, over I’m pleased to tell you that Queen B’s The Heather and Thistle Society of number. Police who answered a 999 alarm come from his home in Swansea.
the recent weeks. The place was packed for English Tea Room and Antiques in Ingram, Houston held its annual Christmas Party and in the middle of the night were surprised to “The officers quickly drew the only
the Six Nations games and the end of year’s Texas, just outside Kerrville is going strong. Gift Exchange at the Black Labrador Pub, on learn the caller was a ginger cat. possible conclusion that it was Ginger who
test matches. There was lots of good natured Whenever I visit my Mother, Mary Lemons, Montrose Boulevard in Houston on December Retired lecturer Howard Moss, 64, made the 999 call with his paw while he
rivalry between supporters of just about every in Kerrville we head to Queen B’s for a good 13. Membership has been dwindling a little crawled out of bed at 3am to find two police- was sleeping.”
country playing, and all attendees for the old-fashioned Sunday dinner. (I go for the in recent years, but the Society is really try- men on his doorstep. Moss, who used to teach at Swansea Uni-
early matches have enjoyed the full British Roast Lamb with tons of veggies – delicious!) ing to revitalize. One strong event organized They told him they were answering an versity, said: “I’ve had him 12 years and he is
breakfast offered by Big John’s. Big John’s It’s always a special occasion and lots of fun by the H & T is the Burns Supper, which is emergency call made from his house – but very, very friendly. But he was oblivious to
to visit Bridget and John always well attended. The Society’s 58th Moss told them he had been asleep for hours. the commotion he’d caused. He just jumped
Dale, the owners. This small Annual Robert Burns Supper will be held at The officers searched the house and found down off the table.”
old hill country converted the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 14703 Park Row,
house is very warm and Houston, TX 77079 (Hwy 6 and I-10), on
welcoming. The tables are Saturday, January 29, 2011. Ticket sales
laid out with lace cloths and are on a first-come, first-served basis.
fine china, and the place is This year tickets can be purchased on the
jam-packed with teapots, Society’s website using major credit cards
teacups and curios – all for via PayPal. http://www.heatherandthistle.
sale. You’ll find hats, gloves org/calendar.htm
and boas dotted around the
place for you to try on, be
photographed in, or buy! It’s
so much fun just to wander
around the place to see what
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FIFA SNUBS ENGLAND’S ATTEMPT
TO HOST WORLD CUP
ENGLAND’S top soccer officials were left
stunned and bitterly disappointed after a
coordinated bid to host the World Cup fell flat
at FIFA headquarters, December 2, The effort
included the personal intervention by prime-
minister David Cameron and HRH Prince
William, who petitioned FIFA officials to
favour England’s application to host the 2018
World Cup. England garnered only two votes
in the first ballot from the voting committee
of 22, and were thus eliminated. A scathing
article about corruption at FIFA by the Sunday
Times, plus a Panorama television report in
the same vein is thought to have soured FIFA
officials on England’s otherwise, favourable,
World Cup bid.
Seven executive members had reput-
edly pledged support for England’s bid, but
reneged when the actual vote was taken.
President Sepp Blatter who supported Rus-
sia from the start, is reported to have told
his executive committee to ignore media
reports when casting their votes. Russia will
host the 2018 World Cup, proposing games
in thirteen cities and with a promise to drop
visa requirements for the tournament. Spain-
Portugal and Belgium-Netherlands were the
other nations competing to host the soccer
extravaganza.
The gulf nation state of Qatar will host
the 2022 World Cup. The United States bid
failed, but they did get down to the final two
nations before being eliminated. Australia,
Japan and South Korea had also put in bids
for the 2022 tournament. Qatar is one of the
smallest nations in the world with a popula-
tion of 1.7 million, and has never qualified
for the final stages of the World Cup. It will
be the first middle-eastern country to host a
major sporting event. It will have to build a
complete soccer infrastructure, that includes
nine air-conditioned stadiums, a metro
system, and many more hotels, which will
cost the nation some $4bn. It is evident that
English soccer may have the best leagues
in the world, but it does not have an insider
status with FIFA.
THE ASHES
Australia and England drew their first
Ashes encounter at the Gabba in Brisbane,
where a determined second innings by
England changed the face of the first Test
match after Aussies, Mike Hussey and Brad
Haddin had put together a 307 run stand.
England 260 and 517 (Andy Strauss 110,
Alistair Cook 235, Jonathon Trott 135-1
dec. Australia 481(Mike Hussey 195, Brad
Haddin 136) and 107-1 at close.
At Adelaide, England’s batsman produced
fire and the Aussie bowling struggled to
contain a confidence oozing series of English
batsmen that’s upbeat and challenging de-
meanor led to an innings and 71 run victory.
Australia 245 and 304. England 620 (Alastair
Cook 148, Kevin Pietersen 227)-5 dec.
A three dayer at Melbourne against Vic-
toria gave the England players some respite
from Test pressure where the match was
drawn. Victoria 216 (Michael Hill 105)-2
dec and 278-6 dec. England 184-2 and 211
(Matt Prior 102-6 at close.
England lost their karma during the third
Test at Perth, however, where the Aussies
leveled the series after just 50 minutes of
play on the fourth day, December 19, winning
by 267 runs. Australia 268 and 309 (Mike
Hussey 116) England 187 and 123.
PRE-CHRISTMAS TEST RESULTS
Pakistan suspended the three players in-
volved in the spot fixing probe that tainted the
Pakistan tour of England last summer. They
were not in the Pakistan side that faced South
Africa in Abu-Dhabi, in a drawn two match
Test series which end 0-0… After drawing
the first two encounters with New Zealand,
India beat the Kiwis in the third and final Test
by an innings and 108 runs at Nagpur; thus
taking the series 1-0. New Zealand 193 and
175 at close.
India 566 (Rahul Dravid 191)-8 dec…
Rain thwarted a decision in Sri Lanka where
the first two Tests at Galle and Colombo
against the West Indies were drawn. The
third Test at Kandy was rained out too. Sri
Lanka did not even get a chance to bat. West
Indies 303-8 at close. Series drawn 0-0.
Bangladesh captured their first even gold
medal at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou,
China, winning the Twenty20 cricket com-
petition. They beat Afghanistan (who took
the silver) 118-8 at 20 overs. Bangladesh
119-4 at the nineteenth over by six wickets.
In the semifinals, Afghanistan beat Pakistan
and Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka… The ICC
Intercontinental Cup final at Dubai, a second
tier knockout Test series, saw
holders Scotland lose by seven
wickets to Afghanistan. Scotland
212 (Neil McCallum 104 not
out) and 82. Afghanistan 171
and 124-3 at close.
WESTWOOD &
MCDOWELL WIN
Lee Westwood confirmed his
status as the world’s number
one golfer with a stunning 17
under 271 at the Nedbank Challenge in Sun
City, South Africa, December 5. He finished
eight strokes clear of the rest of the field, in
a spectacular game of golf which included an
eight under 64 in the second round. The same
weekend in Thousands Oaks, California, in
the Chevron World Challenge,
US Open Champion Graeme McDowell,
came from four strokes behind to force Tiger
Woods in to a play-off. The Ulsterman holed
a twenty-five-foot putt on the first play-off
hole, leaving Woods to miss a fifteen footer.
McDowell collected the winner’s purse of
$1.2m, leaving Tiger Woods with a winless
streak stretching back 13 months. The Golf
Writers of America later added further acco-
lade to the Northern Irelander, by naming him
golfer of the year. Last summer, McDowell
became the first European golfer to win the
US Open in forty years.
RUGBY UNION
The final Rugby Union games in the
autumn internationals last weekend in No-
vember, saw world champions South Africa
proved too potent for England at Twicken-
ham, winning 21-11. A last minute penalty at
Pittodrie, by Ruaridh Jackson, gave Scotland
a 19-16 victory over Samoa. Australia
slammed France in Paris, 59-16, Wales
tumbled to a 37-25 loss in Cardiff, against
New Zealand, and Ireland beat Argentina
in Dublin, 29-9. Italy beat Fiji 24-16. The
autumn internationals concluded at Twick-
enham, December 4, where the Barbarians
beat South Africa 26-20.
Romania grabbed the final qualifying berth
in the Rugby Union World Cup scheduled in
New Zealand later this year, after overwhelm-
ing Uruguay 39-12.
WINNING WAYS FOR HATTON,
FROCH, BURNS & AMIR KHAN
The younger brother of Ricky Hatton, the
Manchester Hitman, Matthew Hatton, (41-
4-2) successfully defended his European
welterweight crown at the Reebok Arena, Bol-
ton, late November, stopping the previously
unbeaten Swiss challenger in the third round.
Roberto Belge’s record of 26 unbeaten fights
looked extremely suspect as a vicious body
punch ended his participation… Notting-
ham’s Carl Froch (27-1) reclaimed his WBC
super-middleweight crown at Helsinki, after a
unanimous decision over Arthur Abraham.
The German (31-2) produced an all-out final
round punching frenzy, but the Briton had
already done enough for victory… WBO
super-featherweight champion Ricky Burns
retained his crown at the Braehead Arena,
Glasgow, December 4, with a unanimous
decision over Andreas Evenson, a Colombian
born Norwegian. The Coatbridge Scot (30-2)
had Evenson (13-2) on the canvas during the
first round, and the challenger soon learned
that Burns had stamina and seemed bigger
and stronger…
IBF and WBO heavyweight champion
Wladimir Klitscho called off his fight with
British heavyweight champion Dereck Chi-
sora, just three days before their December
11, encounter in Germany. Klitscho claimed
a torn muscle injury, but says he should be
ready to fight again in 60 days…. Former
British heavyweight champion Matt Skelton
(25-6) was jailed for five months after lying
to police about who was driving his speeding
Porsche. Skelton,43, told police three times
it was his valet that was driving, when in
fact, it was him.
Amir Khan (24-1) quelled the doubters on
his boxing skills and a suspect chin with a
physical unanimous points victory over Mar-
cos Maidana in Las Vegas, December 11,
where he retained his WBA light-welterweight
crown. A fierce contest with both boxers
aggressively moving forward against one
another saw the Bolton man rely on proven
strategy in the final two rounds as the Argen-
tinean (29-2) punched hard and fast. “It was
his ultimate test so far,” said Khan’s trainer
Freddie Roach.
TENNIS
Andy Murray progressed to the semifinals
of the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals at the
02 Arena, London, before being beaten in the
semi-finals by Rafael Nadal in a gritty and
tense game of tennis 7-6(7-5)3-6,7-6(8-6).
Murray beat Robin Soderling and Spain’s
David Ferrer, but lost to Roger Federer in
the preceding matches. Federer beat Nadal
in the final.
Serbia beat France 3-2 in the final of the
2010 Davis Cup in Belgrade, December 4,
after being down 1-2 earlier in the contest.
Serbia have only been playing Davis Cup
tennis for fifteen years, so the victory is
considered very special.
MISCELLANY SPORT
Britain’s only gold medallist at the Olym-
pic Winter Games at Vancouver in February of
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2010, Amy Williams, was awarded the MBE
by the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace
last month. The 28-year-old from Bath, won
gold in the skeleton… John Higgins won the
UK Open snooker championship at Telford,
winning 10-9 over Mark Williams with the
final going down to the very last frame…
Nick Matthew became the first Englishman
to a win a World Squash Championship,
beating fellow Brit James Willstop, 7-11,11-
6,11-2, 11-3, in the final at Saudi-Arabia…
Scotland’s Women’s Curling team had
to be content with the silver medal in the
World Curling championships in Champery,
after being beaten by the Swedish women
in the final.
EUROPEAN SOCCER
The final two games of the Champion
Leagues group series (November 23-24, &
December 7-8) were completed last month
with the five British clubs moving along to
the knockout phase of European competi-
tion. At the Ibrox Stadium, Rangers put up a
defensive shield against Manchester United
and were reluctant to move forward. Near the
end, Steven Naismith made a nefarious chal-
lenge on Fabio de Silva in the box, and the
ref pointed to the spot. Three minutes from
time Rangers’ courageous defense strategy
was torn asunder as Wayne Rooney’s pen-
alty kick put the ball in the back of the net
giving United a 1-0 victory. A week later, Old
Trafford fans gasped in disbelief as Pablo
put Valencia in front on the 32nd minute, but
Brazilian striker Anderson brought the game
level after the break for Manchester United to
tie the match 1-1.
In Turkey, against Bursapor, Kenny Miller
put Rangers ahead in the 19th minute but the
host struck back for an equalizer eleven min-
utes from time for a 1-1 result. Rangers will
continue their European quest in the knockout
phase of the Europa League.
Spurs were in a rambunctious mood
against Werder Bremen winning 3-0 at
Whitehart Lane. Goals courtesy of Younes
Kaboul,(6th minute) Luka Modric on the
break, and Peter Crouch hitting the third,
eleven minutes from time. A high scoring
game in Holland against FC Twente had
fans on tenderhooks, but the contest ended
all square 3-3. Wisergof found his own net
to put Spurs in front, while Jermain Defoe
would hit a brace.
At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea beat MSK
Zilina 2-1,after falling behind to a 19th minute
goal by the Ukrainians. Second half nettings
by Daniel Sturridge and Florent Malouda
brought the blues through to victory in front
of a 40,000 plus crowd. A Brandao goal nine
minutes from the whistle saw the blues fall
1-0 against Marseille in France.
Arsenal seemed to be holding their own
in Portugal against Braga, but Mathieus
broke the Gunners defense twice in the last
17 minutes giving the hosts a 2-0 win. At the
Emirates, a 3-1 win over Partizan Belgarde
put the Gunners into the last sixteen of the
Champions League for the 11th consecutive
season. A Robin Van Persie penalty broke
the ice on the half-hour, while Theo Walcott
and Nasri netted in the second half. Bacary
Sagna got his marching orders five minutes
from time, but by that time Arsenal had
completed the mission.
CITY & LIVERPOOL GO THROUGH
The concluding games of the Europa
League group games saw both Manchester
City and Liverpool progress to the knockout
phase of the competition. Manchester City
thwarted Red Bull Salzburg of Austria at
the City of Manchester Stadium where a 3-0
victory proved entirely appropriate. Mario Ba-
lotelli hit two, while Adam Johnson added the
third, twelve minutes from the whistle. In the
final group game they went to Italy for a 1-1
tie against Juventus. Nicolo Giannetti put Juv
ahead two minutes before the break where
a small crowd of under 8,000 witnessed the
action. Brazilian striker Jo later found the net
as the City went on to top Group A.
Milan Jovanovic put Liverpool ahead
in the 19th minute in Romania, but Steaua
Bucharest got an equalizer after the break for
a 1-1 tie. At Anfield, Liverpool did not sparkle
against FC Utrecht and fans could not have
been happy with the goal-less draw against
the Hollanders, but it did put Liverpool top
of Group K.
UNITED OUT
The quarter-finals of the Carling Cup,
November 30-December 1 saw holders
Manchester United trounced at Upton Park
as Premier League strugglers West Ham
produced a 4-0 thrashing for the Reds.
Jonathon Spector and Carleton Cole hit a
brace apiece. A goal in each half at the Emir-
ates saw Arsenal take Wigan 2-0, courtesy
of Paraquayan striker Alcaroz and Nicklas
Bendtner. Ipswich Town remained the only
non-Premier league side remaining, where a
penalty by Grant Leadbitter gave them as
1-0 win at Portman Road over West Bromich
Albion. The midlands derby at St Andrews,
saw Birmingham City overcome cross City
rivals Aston Villa 2-1, where a late goal by
Serbian striker Zigic, put the blues in the
semi-finals. Sebastian Larsson put the City
ahead with a twelve minute penalty, while
Gabriel Agbonlaher leveled for the Villa.
A crowd invasion after the match marred
a good game of football and the FA are
investigating.
FA CUP
The second round of the FA Cup, Novem-
ber 27, produced goals and some unusual
surprises. Conference south side, Dover
Town knocked out Division two’s Aldershot
2-0, after a double by Adam Birchall. Division
One’s Swindon earned a draw on their visit
to Crawley Town, but at home in the replay,
a Ben Smith goal in extra-time gave the
Conference side a 3-2 victory. FC United of
Manchester tied 1-1 at Brighton, after their
goalie saved a last minute penalty. In the
replay at Gigg Lane, however, United missed
a penalty that may have changed the game’s
direction, while Brighton powered forward
to a 4-0 win. Conference’s Droylsden Town
held Leyton Orient 1-1 at home, but in the
replay, after two men apiece from each team
had been sent off, the O’s triumphed 8-2.
The ninety minute scoreline of 2-2, produced
extra time and half a dozen goals.
WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
European champions Inter Milan, won the
six nation World Club Championship in Abu
Dhabi, December 8-18, beating TP Mazembe
Engelbert of the DR Congo (African club
champions) 2-0. It was the first time the
final had been contested by a non-European
or non-South American side, and the fourth
consecutive year a European club has won
the world club title. The Italians sealed vic-
tory earlier on with goals by Goran Pandev
(13th minute) while four minutes later Samuel
Eto’o found the net, and Joseph Biabiany got
the third, five minutes from time. Mazembe
beat Pachua of Mexico (Central American
champions) 1-0, and then went on to sur-
prise and stun Sports Internacional of Brazil
(South American champions) 2-0.
The other side of the draw saw Al Wahda
(Gulf champions) beat Oceanic champions,
Hekari United of Papua New Guinea 3-0,
while Seongnam IIhwa Chunma (Asian
champions) overwhelmed Al Wahda 4-1.
Inter-Milan cruised passed Seongnam 2-0,
beating the south Koreans with consider-
able ease for a place in the final which theyy
won 3-0.
SCOTTISH SOCCER
A referee’s strike and snowstorms thatt
deluged the Scottish mainland completelyy
disrupted scheduled fixtures late Novemberr
and December. The SFA brought in European
refs, as a weekend of strike action prevailed.
Scottish referees are complaining aboutt
criticism from the clubs about their integrityy
and performance and the threat of violence
from fans who could endanger their homes
and families. The SFA is looking seriouslyy
at the issues.
SFA’s Henry McLeish has revealed a new w Graham trained Hatton for 45 fights,
plan for the Scottish Premier League which
would split in to two divisions with ten teams
apiece, and the implementation of a winterr
break. Not all clubs are in agreement with the
idea however. The Artic weather caused such
a paralysis last month, that SPL secretary Iain
Blair said a extension of the Scottish soccerr
season could be a distinct possibility.
Inverness CT stole the glory over the Old
Firm last month. They held Celtic to a 1-1 tie
at Parkhead, November 27, and drew Rang-
ers 1-1 at home on December 11. Rangers
still lead the SPL.
SPORTING PASSINGS
Former British, Commonwealth and
European bantamweight champion Alan
Rudkin, (42-8) was a fiery 118lb fighter from
January 2011
Liverpool, that will be remembered as one of
those quality British boxers who deserved a
world title, but never got one. A formidable
and gutsy competitor who lost and beat
Scottish great, Walter McGowan, engaged
in three World title attempts against Fighting
Harada, Lionel Rose and Ruben Olivares.
Unfortunately for Rudkin, these men were
top class fighters at the peak of their careers,
though the Liverpudlian’s brave pugilism was
noted and applauded by the British sporting
press. Alan Rudkin was 68.
Motor racing fans will know the name
Tom Walkinshaw, who was born to a Scot-
tish farming family in Midlothian, but would
become a man to be reckoned with on the
international motor racing scene. After small
beginnings racing Minis from his garage,
he ran Formula Three, British Saloon Car
and European Touring teams, after an injury
forced him in from the driving seat. He made
his Formula One debut with Benetton in 1991,
where a young and talented driver named Mi-
chael Schumacher eagerly signed a contract.
He later took full control of the Arrows, where
he signed up then world champion Damon
Hill for the 1996 season. Recently, he held
part ownership in the Holden Racing Team,
but his new project was the Bundaberg Red
Racing Team. He may never have won a
Formula One championship, but this tough
Scot never gave up trying. He was also owner
of Gloucester Rugby Club. Tom Walkinshaw
was 64.
Tottenham Hotspurs fans will remember
the footballing skills of Ralph Coates and
Eddie Baily. Spurs signed Coates for a then
British record transfer fee of £190,000 in
1971, and he assisted them to a UEFA Cup
and League Cup win during his six year stay
at White Hart Lane. He was 64. Eddie Baily
joined Spurs after the war, put in 325 first
team appearances and later joined the man-
agement team before ending his association
w the club
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1956.
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EURO & DOMESTIC the opponents an equalizer, keeper Hum-
CUPS RESULTS,
FIXTURES & DRAWS
premiership berto Gomes conceded a penalty kick with a
clumsy foul then batted away the spot kick to
retain a 1-1 draw. Sebastien Bassong scored LEAGUE
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
First Round
(First Legs Feb 15-16 & 22-23,
Second Legs March 8-9 & 15-16)
roundupBy Ridge Mahoney in trouble and his foul was punished by a cau-
his first goal in 16 months in the 19th minute
at Birmingham and a late equalizer handed
Spurs a 1-1 result.
West Bromwich Albion – After
TABLES ASofOF
As AUGUST 28
December 27
Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal – Polish keep- tion and the penalty kick by which Chelsea Somen Tchoyi’s shot hit the cross-
AC Milan v Tottenham; Valencia v Schalke;
er Wojciech Szczesny made took a 1-0 lead shortly before halftime. bar, Paul Scharner’s goal in the 89th
Inter Milan v Bayern Munich; Lyon v Real Madrid;
Fulham – Diomansy Kamara minute came too late in a 2-1 loss BARCLAYS PREMIER
Arsenal v Barcelona; Marseille v Man United; a poised, confident debut at
Copenhagen v Chelsea Old Trafford but his teammates equalized on the half hour at Arse- at Aston Villa. Top scorer (six goals) scorer Man Utd
P W D L
17 10 7 0
F
38
A
16
Pts
37
GD
+22
FINAL STANDINGS couldn’t match the only goal he conceded and nal and five minutes after a Zoltan Peter Odemwingie missed the match because Arsenal 18 11 2 5 37 20 35 +17
Group A
they fell to Man United, 1-0. Samir Nasri’s pair Gera header was cleared off the of groin and calf problems. Odemwingie
Man City
Chelsea
19 10 5 4
18 9 4 5
28
32
16
15
35
31
+12
+17
P W D L F A Pts
Tottenham 6 3 2 1 18 11 11 of brilliant goals subdued Fulham in a 2-1 win. goal line, the Gunners notched a goal that netted twice and Tchoyi also scored in a 3-1 Tottenham 18 8 6 4 27 23 30 +4
Inter Milan 6 3 1 2 12 11 10 clinched a 2-1 victory. Clint Dempsey headed Bolton 19 7 8 4 32 25 29 +7
FC Twente 6 1 3 2 9 11 6 He dummied two defenders before rifling in thumping of Newcastle, their first win against Sunderland 19 6 9 4 21 20 27 +1
Werder Bremen 6 1 2 3 6 12 5 a high shot, and slid past defenders and the an equalizer eight minutes into the second the Magpies in the last 18 meetings. Stoke 18 7 3 8 23 22 24 +1
Newcastle 18 6 4 8 28 29 22 -1
Group C goalkeeper to slot home from a snug angle half for a 1-1 draw with Birmingham. West Ham United – Substitute Liverpool 17 6 4 7 21 22 22 -1
Man United
P
6
W D
4 2
L F A Pts
0 7 1 14 15 minutes from time. Liverpool – Dirk Kuyt’s de- Junior Stanislas brought the Ham- Blackpool 16 6 4 6 24 29 22 -5
West Brom 18 6 4 8 24 31 22 -7
Valencia 6 3 2 1 15 4 11 Aston Villa – Goals by Stewart flected equalizer in the 50th min- mers a point by drilling home the Blackburn 19 6 4 9 23 30 22 -7
Rangers 6 1 3 2 3 6 6 ute brought Liverpool some hope Everton 18 4 9 5 20 21 21 -1
Bursaspor 6 0 1 5 2 16 1 Downing and Emile Heskey ended rebound of a saved Scott Parker Aston Villa 18 5 5 8 20 30 20 -10
Group F a three-game Premier League los- at Newcastle, but they conceded shot in the 78th minute for a 1-1 Wigan 18 4 7 7 15 29 19 -14
Chelsea
P
6
W D
5 0
L F A Pts
1 14 4 15 ing streak and a 2-1 triumph over twice in the final 10 minutes to draw at Blackburn. Keeper Ruud Boffin made Birmingham
Fulham
17 3 9 5
18 2 10 6
17
17
20
23
18
16
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-6
Marseille 6 4 0 2 12 3 12 West Brom. Downing scored his sixth goal go down, 3-1, despite a staggering 21-7 ad- his debut in the absence of Robert Green, West Ham 19 3 7 9 19 32 16 -13
Spk Moscow
MSK Zilina
6
6
3 0
0 0
3 7 10 9
6 3 19 0 of the season in the 25th minute and Heskey vantage in shots. Liverpool spoiled the return sidelined while recovering from surgery to Wolves 18 4 3 11 19 32 15 -13

Group H tallied 10 minutes from time to preserve an to Anfield of former manager Gerard Houllier remove a cyst. A Yaya Toure handball trig- NPOWER FOOTBALL LEAGUE
P W D L F A Pts unbeaten record against West Brom dating and won their fourth straight home game by gered appeals for a penalty that were denied CHAMPIONSHIP
Shakhtar Donetsk 6 5 0 1 12 6 15
Arsenal 6 4 0 2 18 7 12 back to 1985. blasting Aston Villa, 3-0, with goals by David and by the time James Tompkins headed a P W D L F A Pts GD
Braga 6 3 0 3 5 11 9
Birmingham – Seven saves by Ngog, Ryan Babel and Maxi Rodriguez. It was goal in the 89th minute, West Ham were on QPR
Cardiff
22
22
12
12
8
4
2
6
40
37
14
22
44
40
+26
+15
Partizan Blgrd 6 0 0 6 2 13 0
Ben Foster staved off Wolverhamp- Pepe Reina’s 100th shutout for Liverpool. the ropes of a 3-1 defeat. Leeds 23 11 6 6 41 37 39 +4
ton for all but a brief interval of first- Manchester City – With- Wigan Athletic – Keeper Ali Swansea
Norwich
23
22
11
10
4
6
8
6
28
35
23
30
37
36
+5
+5
EUROPA LEAGUE half stoppage time, which is when out suspended and disgruntled Al Habsi fended off numerous Coventry 23 10 4 9 29 27 34 +2
Last 32
(To be played February 15, 17, 22 & 24) Wolves struck in their 1-0 triumph. striker Carlos Tevez, City romped attacks and in the final minutes
Reading
Burnley
22
21
8
8
9
8
5
5
34
34
24
27
33
32
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+7
Napoli v Villarreal Kevin Phillips headed wide on a great oppor- at West Ham, 3-1. Yaya Toure Mohamed Diame and Ronnie Notts Forest 20 7 9 4 24 17 30 +7
Rangers v Sporting Lisbon; Sparta Prague v Liverpool;
tunity in the final minutes. Nikola Zigic headed scored the first goal directly Stam were denied winners as the Latics held
Derby
Watford
22
21
9
8
3
6
10
7
35
38
29
33
30
30
+6
+5
Anderlecht v Ajax; Lech Poznan v Braga;
Besiktas v Dynamo Kiev; Basel v Spartak Moscow; a Roger Johnson cross into the goalmouth and tallied again when his shot came off out for a 0-0 draw at Everton. Tom Cleverley’s Doncaster 21 8 6 7 33 35 30 -2
the upright and rebounded into the net off Millwall 22 7 8 7 26 23 29 +3
Young Boys v Zenit St Petersburg; for Craig Gardner to tie up Tottenham, 1-1, goal five minutes before halftime ended the Portsmouth 21 8 5 8 29 28 29 +1
Aris Thessaloniki v Man City;
with his fifth goal of the season. the keeper. Adam Johnson collected the scoring in a 2-2 home draw with Stoke that Hull 22 7 8 7 22 25 29 -3
Barnsley 21 8 5 8 26 31 29 -5
PAOK Salonika v CSKA Moscow; Sevilla v Porto;
Rubin Kazan v FC Twente; Lille v PSV Eindhoven; Blackburn – Defender Ryan third goal. Tevez had started the month by also included an own goal, a bad miss by Leicester 23 8 5 10 33 40 29 -7
Benfica v Stuttgart; BATE Borisov v Paris St Grmn; Nelsen pounced, or more pre- scoring his 10th goal of the season in a 1-0 Hendry Thomas, and a Charles N’Zogbia Ipswich 22 8 3 11 25 30 27 -5
Bristol C 22 7 5 10 25 34 26 -9
Metalist Kharkiv v B Leverkusen
cisely lurched, to knee a ball defeat of Bolton. shot off the post. Sheff Utd 22 7 4 11 19 31 25 -12
Last 16
just over the goal line to score Manchester United – The Wolverhampton – Keep- Middlesbro 22 6 3 13 21 32 21 -11
(To be played March 10 & 17) C Palace 22 6 3 13 24 40 21 -16
Benfica/Stuttgart v BATE Borisov/Paris St Grmn the goal that gave Rovers a snow-encrusted Chilean miners and David Beck- er Wayne Hennessey posted Scunthorpe 20 6 2 12 23 35 20 -12
Besiktas/Dynamo Kiev v Aris Thessaloniki/Man City 1-1 draw with West Ham that marked the ham were on hand at Old Traf- Wolvers’ first shutout since April Preston 21 5 4 12 25 39 19 -14
Rubin Kazan/FC Twente v Young Boys/Znt St Petersburg
PAOK Salonika/CSKA Moscow v Sevilla/Porto debut of caretaker manager Steve Kean. It ford to see United down Arsenal, and Stephen Hunt connected on NPOWER FOOTBALL
Lille/PSV Eindhoven v Rangers/Sporting Lisbon also may have ended the season for Phil 1-0, on a headed Ji-Sung Park goal from a a near-post cross by Sylvan Ebanks-Blake LEAGUE ONE
Metalist Kharkiv/Bayer Leverkusen v Napoli/Villarreal Jones, who limped off with a serious knee deflected Nani cross. The scoring woes for in first-half stoppage time to beat Birming- P W D L F A Pts GD
Anderlecht/Ajax v Basel/Spartak Moscow
injury. Less than a minute after Mame Biram Wayne Rooney – without a goal in open play ham, 1-0, at Molineux. Ebanks-Blake and Brighton
Sheff Wed
19 10
21 10
6 3 31 15 36
3 8 34 21 33
+16
+13
Sparta Prague/Liverpool v Lech Poznan/Braga
Diouf equalized in the 87th minute at Bolton, since last March – continued when he shot a Hunt scored in the final eight minutes to Huddersfield 20 10 2 8 31 22 32 +9
FINAL STANDINGS
Rovers collapsed and allowed the goal that penalty kick over the bar. bring Wolves back from 2-1 down and beat Charlton
Bournemouth
19 9
19 8
5 5 31 25 32
6 5 36 21 30
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+15
Group A
P W D L F A Pts condemned them to a 2-1 loss. Set plays Newcastle – Manager Alan Sunderland, 3-2, to stop a four-game losing Colchester 19 7 9 3 25 23 30 +2
Man City 6 3 2 1 11 6 11 by Morten Gamst Pedersen set up goals for Pardew, chosen to replace skid. Kevin Foley’s goal five minutes into the
Oldham
Peterborough
18 7
19 9
8 3 27 21 29
2 8 38 40 29
+6
-2
Lech Poznan 6 3 2 1 11 8 11
Juventus 6 0 6 0 7 7 6 David Dunn and Nelsen, and Brett Emerton Chris Hughton, celebrated his second half sparked the five-goal barrage. Exeter 20 8 5 7 32 34 29 -2
Salzburg 6 0 2 4 1 9 2
also scored in a 3-0 rout of Wolves. debut by beating Liverpool, Hartlepool
Southampton
19 8
19 8
5 6 22 24 29
4 7 26 18 28
-2
+8
Group K
Blackpool – DJ Campbell’s 3-1. Andy Carroll clinched the Brentford 19 8 4 7 23 21 28 +2
P W D L F A Pts
victory with his 10th goal of the season after FA CUP
CUP THIRD
THIRD ROUND
ROUND DRAW
DRAW Carlisle 19 7 6 6 26 20 27 +6
Liverpool 6 2 4 0 8 3 10 winner three minutes after half- (To be played weekend January 8/9) MK Dons 19 8 2 9 25 32 26 -7
Napoli
S Bucharest
6
6
1 4
1 3
1
2
8 9 7
9 11 6 time downed Stoke, 1-0, and goals by Liverpudlians Kevin Davies and Burnley v Port Vale; Coventry v Crystal Palace;
Plymouth 19 7 4 8 25 29 25 -4
Leyton Orient 19 6 6 7 27 26 24 +1
Utrecht 6 0 5 1 5 7 5 upped Blackpool’s take to six Joey Barton edged the Magpies in front, Bristol City v Sheffield Wed; Fulham v Peterborough; Swindon 19 6 6 7 30 33 24 -3
wins and 22 points in their first 16 Premier 1-0, and 2-1. Hughton was dismissed after Doncaster v Wolves; Brighton v Portsmouth; Rochdale 19 5 7 7 27 26 22 +1
Notts Co 18 7 1 10 23 28 22 -5
CARLING CUP DRAW League matches. Headers by Ian Evatt and a 3-1 thrashing at West Brom in which Peter Huddersfield v Dover Athletic; Crawley T Tranmere 19 6 4 9 20 28 22 -8
Semi-Finals Lovenkrand scored as the final seconds or Swindon v Derby; Bristol R 19 5 7 7 23 34 22 -11
(First Legs week of January 10, Second Legs Luke Varney gave the Seasiders a 2-0 lead West Ham v Barnsley; Reading v West Brom; Dag & Red 19 4 6 9 21 32 18 -11
week of January 24) at Bolton but they conceded twice in the final ebbed away on Hughton’s reign. Arsenal v Leeds; Sheffield Utd v Aston Villa; Walsall 19 5 2 12 18 32 17 -14
Ipswich v Arsenal 15 minutes to draw, 2-2. Stoke City – A five-match un- Leicester v Man City; Bolton v York; Yeovil 19 4 4 11 20 36 16 -16
West Ham v Birmingham
Bolton – American midfielder beaten run ended with a 1-0 home Blackburn v QPR; Swansea v Colchester;
NPOWER FOOTBALL
Stuart Holden fired home a spec- loss to Blackpool in which. Ricardo Wycombe v Hereford or Lincoln;Stevenage v Newcastle
Wycombe e;
Newcastle;
LEAGUE TWO
SCOTTISH CUP DRAW Fuller smashed a shot against the Burton Albion v Middlesbro; Millwall v Birmingham;
Fourth round tacular winner in the 88th-minute SSouthampton
outhampton v Blackpool; Watford v Hartlepool or Yeov vill;
Yeovil; P W D L F A Pts GD
(To be played January 8/9)
for a 2-1 defeat of Blackburn crossbar in the 36th minute. Matthew Ether- Chelsea v Ipswich; Sunderland v Notts Cnty or Bournemth;
Chelsea Bournemtth; Chesterfield 19 11 5 3 39 23 38 +16
Aberdeen v East Fife
attained despite playing with 10 ington and Rory Delap also hit the woodwork. Scunthorpe v Everton; Man Utd v Liverpool;
Port Vale
Bury
19 10
19 10
6 3 26
4 5 36
10
22
36
34
+16
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to be leaving Blackburn,” said Allardyce inn December 19, Surpassed Matt Busby’s 24 Years In Charge
SOCCER a statement released through the Leaguee Lawmakers
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Managers’ Association.
“I am extremely proud to have managedd Probe Debt At Ferguson Longest Serving
Manchester United Manager
this club and I enjoyed a fantastic relationshipp
with the players, my staff and the supporterss Soccer Clubs
Premier League Splashes during my time in charge.” By Rob Harris
Out On Agents’ Fees The new Indian owners announced that thee ALEX FERGUSON became Man-
A ful, has a young mind, and he’s always
first-team coach Steve Kean will take chargee BRITISH
BRITISH SOCCER will be investigatedd cchester United’s longest-serving willing to learn.”
THE PREMIER League says clubs in Eng- through the end of the season. by
by a parliamentary inquiry followingg m
manager December 19 with STOPPED
land’s top division spent more than £67m on concerns
concerns about the high level of debt aatt hhis team topping the Premier Ferguson, who has stopped
player agents’ fees in the past year. Liverpool Gives Away Free Premier
Premier League clubs and the owner owner- r- L
League through Christmas discussing his future plans after
Chelsea and Liverpool were the biggest Match Tickets To Kids ship
ship troubles at Manchester United andd bbut with heavy snow deny- previously changing his mind
spenders on agents between October 2009 TWO MONTHS after being rescued from thee Liverpool.
Liverpool. iing him the chance to about retirement to remain
and September 2010, splashing out £18.2m brink of financial ruin, Liverpool is givingg The House of Commons Culture Culture,e, m
mark the milestone with in the job, was awarded
between them from a combined total of away free tickets to children accompaniedd Media
Media and Sport Committee will asses assess
ss a win over title rival a knighthood by Queen
£67.1m among the 20 topflight teams. by a paying adult. whether government
whether clubs should face governmen nt C
Chelsea. Elizabeth II in 1999 af-
Chelsea’s payments to agents were It is the latest move by New Englandd intervention regulations
intervention and look at the regulation ns By extending his ter guiding United to
slightly down compared the previous year Sports Ventures – the Boston Red Soxx used
used by overseas leagues. rreign to 8,811 days, the a treble of Premier
but Liverpool’s were up £2.4m. ownership group – to repair Liverpool’s fraill The legislators will examine thee 668-year-old Ferguson League, European
The total outlay by Premier League clubs relationship with fans after buying the team m structures associations
structures of the four soccer association ns ssurpassed fellow Scots- Champions League
fell by £3.6m compared to 2008-09. from wildly unpopular duo Tom Hicks andd in
in Britain, with the English FA facingg m
man Matt Busby’s re- and FA Cup titles
The league’s biggest spender, Manchester George Gillett Jr in October. questions
questions about its lack of leadershipp ccord set during his two that year.
City, more than halved its payment to With the team already through to thee after
after the country’s failed bid to host th the
he sspells in the Old Traf- While he has be-
agents’from £12.8m to £5.9m. Europa League knockout phase, Liverpooll 2018
2018 World Cup. fford hot seat. come British football’s most successful
Chelsea And Wilkins Settle were struggling to fill Anfield for its Group K The last British parliamentary in in-
n- “In the history of football, the best manager, Ferguson is quick to point out
finale against Utrecht. quiry into soccer in 2009 issued 277
quiry ((manager) is Sir Alex,” said England that Busby had the tougher time, having to
A MANAGERS’ union says Chelsea and its ccoach Fabio Capello, the 64-year-old
former assistant coach Ray Wilkins have re- A full house was instead achieved, with upp recommendations and flagged up thee
recommendations rebuild United following the 1958 Munich
to four free tickets for fans under the age of 177 ““ludicrous
ludicrous levels of borrowing.” IItalian who has also taken charge of Real air disaster that killed eight players.
solved the dispute surrounding his departure M
Madrid and AC Milan. “For such a long
from the Premier League club. available when an adult buys a £20 ticket. But that all-party group lacked thee Busby went on to deliver the club’s first
ppower
ower of this latest select committeee ttime he managed the team and changed a European Cup in 1968 as well as winning
Chelsea announced on November 11 it Buddle Trial At Birmingham iinquiry,
nquiry, which can order the attendancee llot. He changed the team, he changed the five league titles during his first tenure
was not renewing Wilkins’ contract and that LOS ANGELES Galaxy and United Statess ooff witnesses and has greater resource
resourceses pplayers, he has been really, really good between 1945 and ‘69. He took charge
the former England midfielder would be leav- striker Edson Buddle is on trial at Premierr aatt its disposal. ffor the club.” again between 1970 and ‘71 and remained
ing the club with immediate effect. League club Birmingham during the Majorr TRIGGERS Ferguson has won 26 major trophies involved with the club until his death in
Wilkins threatened legal action on the League Soccer offseason. A committee statement said that th he
the ssince replacing Ron Atkinson in November 1994,, aged
g 84.
basis of unfair dismissal but the League The 29-year-old Buddle was the leadingg ““high-profile
high-profile coverage of Liverpoo
Liverpool ol 11986, including the Premier League elevenn
Managers Association said last month the scorer in the MLS for most of the 20100
two parties have reached a settlement.
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nd Manchester United” was one of th he
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Wilkins thanked Chelsea for “ensuring that season despite missing more than a monthh ttriggers
trriggers for the inquiry, while there ar re
are “It’s an incredible achievement,” saidd Germany 2011

matters have been brought to a swift and for the World Cup. Buddle ended the regularr ggrowing
rowing calls for fans to have a greate er
greater U
United assistant manager Mike Phelan, Group A
Germany, Canada, Nigeria, France.
harmonious conclusion.” season as the second-highest scorer with 177 ssay
ay in the running of clubs. w
who also played under Ferguson. “His Group B

A former Chelsea player, Wilkins had goals in 25 matches. Manchester United was debt-freee ssecret is his enthusiasm, his attention to Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, England.

two spells as the team’s assistant coach Buddle’s Galaxy teammate, Landonn bbefore
efore a leveraged takeover by thee ddetail, his work ethic – that’s something Group C
United States, North Korea, Colombia, Sweden.
and played a key role in helping the Blues Donovan, came to England on loan this year,, A merican Glazer family in 2005, but now
American w hhe was born into, which comes from his Group D

win the Premier League-FA Cup double last spending January to March at Everton beforee hhas
as liabilities exceeding $788m and fann bbackground
g y He is yyouth-
and his family. Australia, Norway,
Brazil, Australia, Norway, Equatorial
Equatorial Guinea.
Guinea.

season. returning for the MLS season. pprotests

rotests are evident at every match.
However, the Galaxy were frustratedd Liverpool had to go through a bit t-
bit-
Newcastle Hires Alan Pardew that midfielder David Beckham was injuredd tter
er court battle in October to force itits ts England’s Foreign-Based Africa. Byrne should be fit but
in March during a second stint on loan att A mericans owners to relinquish contro
Americans ol
control PPlayers Warned North is unlikely to be able to
ALAN PARDEW took over as Newcastle’s TTHE English Rugby Union has turn out at least for the start of
new manager, pledging to build on the work AC Milan. ooff the 18-time champions, after it tooo
hhad
ad acquired debts through a leveragedd ddecided to get tough on players the campaign.
of predecessor Chris Hughton and establishh wwho opt to turn out for foreign Scottish Optimism
the club as a Premier League force. Fre
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ssides. After this year’s World Andy Robinson’s string of
The former West Ham and Southamptonn “The Government has said that iitt
manager was hired by the northeast side onn
Twitter Woman w ill encourage the reform of football
will footballl CCup, the only players who will Scottish victories over Aus-
bbe selected for England will be By John Polley tralia, South Africa, Argentina
a 5-1/2-year deal to replace the popular Hugh-- A 22-YEAR-OLD Massachusetts babysitter ggovernance
overnance rules to support the co o-
co-
and Ireland has resulyted in his
who knows nothing about cricket has been
w ooperative
perative ownership of football clubs clubbs tthose who play for English clubs.
ton, who was fired December 6 despite leadingg IIt is an attempt to maximise preparations for contract being extended. There are however
Newcastle back into the Premier League at thee ooffered a trip to go watch a match in Australia bbyy supporters,
pporters, and there is widespread
widespr d
serious worries up north that the Lions’ selec-
bbecause of a mixup over her Twitter name. cconcern
oncern that the current governancee EEngland’s own World Cup in 2015.
first attempt and to a mid-table position. As matters stand, three players would tors may come knocking on his door. How
Hughton’s dismissal stunned Newcastle’ss Ashley Kerekes of Westfield has a Twit- aarrangements
rrangements are not fit-for-purpose,””
tter username of “theashes,” similar to ccommittee
ommittee chairman John Whittingdalee tthus become ineligible for selection: Tom the Scots would love to win the Calcutta Cup
players and angered fans, after the formerr PPalmer and James Haskell (Stade Francais) this year – they haven’t beaten England at
Ireland and Tottenham full back had revived thee iinternational cricket’s most celebrated rivalry ssaid
aid in a statement.
bbetween Australia and England. Cricket fans QUESTIONS aalong with Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon). All are Twickenham since 1983.
team’s fortunes in his 18 months in charge. ccurrently likely to be in the English squad The 2011 Six Nations
Supporters are also believed to be largelyy ffrom around the world bombarded her with The key questions the committee wil willll Championship (home sides first,
m
messages after the 66th Ashes series began ffor this but not the next World Cup. Of that
against the appointment of Pardew, whoo cconsider
onsider are: ttrio Haskell at 25 is in greatest jeopardy. local kick-off times)
has trawled around the lower reaches of thee llast month. She issued a series of polite deni- * Is there too much debt in the profes s-
profes- Round 1
aals before lashing out in all caps that she was SSo too is Danny Cipriani who is in Australia
Premier League and in England’s secondd ssional
ional game? ppreparing for a first Super 15 series with the February 4: Wales v England (19:45)
and third tiers during his 11-year manage-- nnot, in fact a cricket match. * Are there lessons to be learned from m February 5: Italy v Ireland (14:30), France
Of course, cheeky fans then encouraged MMelbourne Rebels.
rial career. ggovernance
overnance models across Britain andd There is a slight problem with this blanket v Scotland (17:00)
oother to follow her. Now she has over 7,600
Blackburn Sack Manager ffollowers and as her “fanbase” grew, her
aabroad,
broad, and from other sports? aapproach and it comes in the shape of Euro- Round 2
* What are the pros and cons of th he
the ppean employment laws. That being the case,
Sam Allardyce aattitude appeared to soften. But, within a few SSupporter
upporter Trust shareholding model? February 12: England v Italy (14:30),
BLACKBURN Rovers last month announcedd ddays, she was inquiring about the rules of the RRob Andrew has given himself a fall-back Scotland v Wales (17:00)
The Premier League said it “rec c-
“rec- pposition, “In exceptional circumstances, we
the firing of manager Sam Allardyce. ccenturies-old game. oognized
gnized the importance of engagingg February 13: Ireland v France (15:00)
Allardyce, 56, was relieved of his dutiess That prompted a campaign on the microb- mmight pick from abroad.” Round 3
iinn these types of inquiries” and plan ns
plans Charlie Hodgson, the Sale and England
along with his assistant Neil McDonald byy llogging website to “gettheashestotheashes” ttoo use its evidence to detail recen recentnt February 26: Italy v Wales (14:30), Eng-
the club’s new owners, the Venky’s Groupp aand Australian airline Qantas then posted fflyhalf, has been sidelined with a broken land v France (17:00)
sstrengthening
trengthening of financial and ownerowner- r- ffoot and might not recover before the Six
from India. tthe following on its Twitter account: “Qantas sship
hip regulations. February 27: Scotland v Ireland (15:00)
Rovers have lost three of their last fivee w
wants to see theashes in Australia. We’ll fly her NNations. Round 4
“It is a welcome opportunity too
games, including a 2-1 defeat by his formerr ffrom New York to Australia for the Ashes!” hhighlight
ighlight the numerous governance de e-
de- Welsh Woes March 12: Italy v France (14:30), Wales
club Bolton on Sunday. Vodafone Australia has since offered to pay vvelopments
elopments in our rule book over recen nt
recent Wales too have picked up a couple of v Ireland (17:00)
“I am very shocked and disappointedd ffor her match tickets. yyears,
ears, as well as enabling us to fram me
frame iinjuries in their preparations for the Six Na- March 13: England v Scotland (15:00)
tthe
he challenges facing the game andd ttions. Lee Byrne, their star fullback has a Round 5
hhow
ow we might appropriately regulatregulatete bbroken thumb. More seriously their brilliant March 19: Scotland v Italy (14:30), Ireland
EXPATRIATES tthem
th hem going forward,” the league saidd
iinn a statement.
wwinger, George North, faces three months v England
oout following surgery on a shoulder injury (17:00), France v Wales (19:45)

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