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Before you next trip to Britain get your Essential London Kit Kit includes discounted tickets to: • 3 Day (Zones 1-2) Peak London Travelcard • The London Eye • Tower of London • The Original London Sightseeing Bus Tour Go to: ujnews.com [click on the VisitBritain Shop logo] Vol. 28 No. 5 August 2010 Vets Mark 70 Years Since The Gold And Silver For Obama, Cameron: Battle Of Britain Britain In Euros Bomber Release BRITISH veterans of the Battle of Britain, the furious aerial conflict between British and German aircraft in 1940, joined July 11 in a ceremony marking the 70th an- Not BP’s Doing niversary of the battle. Around 5,000 people, including Prince By Desmond Butler Expert: Lockerbie Bomber Michael of Kent and Air Chief Marshal Sir PRIME MINISTER David Cam- Stephen Dalton, the senior commander of eron last month turned aside US Could Live Much Longer the Royal Air Force, converged at the Battle A CANCER expert whose medical assess- of Britain memorial at Capel-le-Ferne near calls for an investigation into the ment of the Lockerbie bomber helped lead the English Channel port of Dover. release of the Lockerbie bomber by to his early release has been quoted as Malcolm Triggs, a spokesman for the Scotland and said there was no indi- saying the Libyan could live for another event, said 19 veterans attended. A Spitfire cation that oil giant BP had swayed 10 years. fighter and Lancaster bomber flew past Last year, Karol Sikora examined Abdel in tribute. the controversial decision. Baset al-Megrahi for Libyan authorities and “The Battle of Britain was, for this Both Cameron and President Barack estimated he had three months to live. Al- country, arguably the most important Obama, who met with him at the White Megrahi, who has prostate cancer, was battle of the 20th century,” said Group House, condemned the release of the freed from a Scottish prison on compas- Captain Patrick Tootal, secretary of the Libyan bomber. sionate grounds and sent to Libya. Memorial Trust. Still, Cameron said the release of Abdel He had been convicted in the 1988 “We pay tribute each July to the men Baset al-Megrahi from a Scottish prison bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which of RAF Fighter Command – ‘The Few’ was not the doing of the British govern- exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing – who were at the forefront of preventing ment nor, apparently, the result of any 270 people, including 180 Americans. a possible German invasion, as well as to lobbying by BP to win oil concessions The Sunday Times quoted Sikora, the the many men and women who supported from Libya. Rather it was a decision by the medical director of CancerPartners UK, as them and helped to ensure that we all live government of Scotland on compassionate saying al-Megrahi, 57, could live another in freedom today.” grounds, he said. decade. “The few” recalls the tribute paid “It was the biggest mass murder in Sikora is cited as saying: “It is embar- by wartime Prime Minister Winston British history, and there was no business rassing that he’s gone on for so long.” Churchill: “Never was so much owed by letting him out of prison,” Cameron said. so many to so few.” Said Obama: “I think all of us here in the During the conflict, which raged be- United States were surprised, disappointed SuperFan tween July 10 and October 31, 544 British Britain’s Mo Farah, left, celebrates with his fellow- and angry.” and allied airmen were killed. countryman second placed Chris Thompson after EVIDENCE Follows Pompey It is believed that about 100 British air winning the Men’s 10,000m event, during the Cameron said at a joint White House force veterans who served in the Battle of European Athletics Championships, in Barcelona, news conference with Obama that any Everywhere! Britain survive. role that BP may have played in the Spain, July 27. – AP Photo/Matt Dunham Lockerbie release “is a matter for BP to answer.” But he went on to say there was Ian Does It For England no evidence that Scotland’s decision was In Pea-Shooting Venables became one of Britain’s swayed by BP. THE HEADLINES most notorious criminals in 1993, when Cameron said he and Obama were in WITH ENGLAND’S footballers crashing he and another 10-year-old abducted “violent agreement” that the release was out of the World two-year-old James Bulger from a shop- a mistake. Cup in relative dis- Greenpeace Activists ping center and beat him to death by an However, they did disagree slightly over grace, England’s Shut Down BP Stations isolated railway line in Liverpool. the issue of an investigation. Several US Ian Ashmeade has ACTIVISTS in London, last month, The young ages of the victim and his senators have proposed an investigation, been forced to fly closed down BP petrol stations in protests killers horrified the country. the flag and “blow Continued on page 4 Ian Ashmeade against the companies lack of implemen- The two killers were given life sen- it all” as he walked tation of more green policies. tences, but were released on parole in away with the world pea-shooting title Environmental group Greenpeace 2001 after being given new identities to Peer Charged With last month. managed to cut fuel supplies to all 50 protect them. Armed with tripods and laser guns BP stations in the city. The oil firm said But, Venables was indicted again False Accounting competitors took aim at a putty target 35 to 40 had been shut but many of them earlier this year on the child pornogra- on the village green in Witcham, Cam- had now reopened. phy charges. He appeared at London’s Of Expenses bridgeshire. The protesters stopped the fuel by Central Criminal Court by videolink 2009 winner George Hollis was pipped A CONSERVATIVE member of the removing safety switches on forecourts. from prison. House of Lords has been charged with false by 53-year-old Ashmeade in the tourna- The action comes as BP reported an In a statement released by his lawyer, ment’s 40th year, reported The Metro. accounting over his expenses claims, Brit- £11bn loss after the oil spill in the Gulf Venables said he thought about the mur- ain’s chief prosecutor said last month. of Mexico and chief executive Tony der of Bulger every day and said he was John Taylor – also known as Lord Hayward stepped down. “genuinely ashamed” for viewing child Taylor of Warwick – is accused of dis- Greenpeace said it wanted the com- abuse images. honestly claiming more than £11,000 for Check out our pany to adopt greener energy policies. accommodation and mileage in 2006 and JOHN ANTHONY Portsmouth The action was described by BP as “an Fugitive, Facebook ‘Hero’, 2007, said Director of Public Prosecutions Football Club Westwood – yes, irresponsible and childish act which is Moat, Killed Himself As Keir Starmer. that’s his real name – who hasn’t new look! interfering with safety systems”. Taylor, a former barrister who became missed a Portsmouth game in 30 At one station in Camden, north Police Moved In the Conservative Party’s first black mem- years!! London, Greenpeace climbers replaced THE FUGITIVE wanted for murder fi- ber in the House of Lords in 1996, is due to See page 8 Leo & Karen’s BP’s logo with a new version showing nally killed himself after police moved in appear at a London court on August 13. California View – Photo: Leo Lewis the green “sunflower” disappearing into to arrest him July 10, ending a weeklong The party said the 57-year-old has re- a sea of oil. manhunt that transfixed Britain. signed from his position as the party whip. Bill Gates Meets UK At others, protesters put up signs Police in northeastern England said Whips are party enforcers who ensure saying: “Closed. Moving beyond pe- Raoul Thomas Moat, 37, was found members attend important debates and Deputy PM For Aid Talks troleum.” alongside a riverbank on July 9. Au- vote according to party policy. thorities surrounded him and a six-hour Taylor was the sixth person to face crimi- BILL GATES has met with British Dep- Venables Jailed On standoff ensued. nal charges of false accounting following a uty Prime Minister Nick Clegg in London The fugitive – wanted for wound- scandal over lawmakers’ inflated expenses. for talks on aid in developing nations. Child Porn Charges ing his ex-girlfriend, killing her new Leaked documents revealed that hun- Clegg said after the meeting at the ONE OF the men who killed a toddler boyfriend and shooting a police officer dreds of lawmakers in the previous Parlia- Cabinet Office that his government is when he was just 10 years old in a crime – turned a shotgun on himself when ment had used taxpayers’ money to fund committed to working with the Gates that shocked Britain was sentenced to jail police moved in. everything from swanky second homes to Foundation to eradicate polio. last month for new child pornography The incident took place in Rothbury, horse manure and a mole catcher. Scores He said last month the meeting was charges. about 30 miles north of the city of New- of them were either forced to resign or an opportunity for him to gain a better Jon Venables, who is now 27, was castle. The picturesque village and its decided not to run for office again. understanding of the new British admin- sentenced to two years in prison after surrounding countryside had become the istration’s plans for international aid.