NowNow inin OurOur 31st31st Year!Year! Vol. 31 No. 2 May 2013 Mrs Thatcher Rolf Harris, Max Clifford Laid To Rest Latest Savile Scandal Arrests ROLF HARRIS, the veteran He also has hosted es involve seven female complainants who In St Paul’s entertainer who has released television shows, painted were between the ages of 14 and 19 at the By Jill Lawless and an official portrait of the times of the alleged assaults, they added in Cassandra Vinograd hit singles and painted the queen for her 80th birthday a statement. Queen’s portrait, has been in 2006, and performed at Clifford, con- MARGARET THATCHER the monarch’s Diamond sidered an af- was laid to rest April 17 with arrested as part of a police Jubilee concert last year. fable and sage investigation into sexual abuse A dozen people have “go to” guy for prayers and ceremony, plus allegations stemming from the been arrested as part of celebrities em- cheers and occasional jeers, as the Yewtree investigation, broiled in public Britain paused to remember Jimmy Savile scandal, British including former pop star relations fiascos, Gary Glitter and come- was arrested in a leader who transformed the media reported April 19. Also dian Freddie Starr. Former December 2012. country – for the better accord- arrested separately last month chauffeur David Smith, 66, Max Clifford He said Friday is the only person to have he’s been in a ing to many, but in some eyes for was publicist Max Clifford. been charged. “24/7 nightmare” the worse. Major media outlets followed The Only days following the since then and Soaring hymns, Biblical verse and fond Sun newspaper in identifying Harris, arrest of Harris, prominent vowed to clear remembrances echoed under the dome of an Australian-born artist, musician and celebrity publicist Max his name. St Paul’s Cathedral, as 2,300 relatives, television host who is a household name Clifford was charged with “The allega- friends, colleagues and dignitaries attended in Britain. 11 counts of indecent as- a ceremonial funeral for Britain’s only He was first questioned by police in No- tions in respect sault. of which I have female prime minister. vember but not arrested. He was arrested The Queen, current and former prime in March and released on bail pending Rolf Harris The 70-year-old public been charged are relations guru, the second completely false ministers and representatives from 170 further inquiries. countries were among the mourners pack- Asked about Harris, London’s Metro- 2011 at age 84. person to be charged as – very upsetting, part of a broad investigation into child sex Freddie Starr very distressing, ing the cathedral, where Bishop of London politan Police said they would not name Police said the allegations against Richard Chartres spoke of the strong feel- suspects who have not been charged. the man were not directly connected to abuse spurred by the scandal involving but completely the late BBC personality Jimmy Savile, false,” he told reporters outside of his ings Thatcher still evokes 23 years after REVELATIONS Savile. leaving office. Police said an 82-year-old man in Harris, who lives in Berkshire and professed his innocence, saying there was home. “I have never indecently assaulted “absolutely no truth and substance” to the anyone in my life, and this will become “The storm of conflicting opinions Berkshire, west of London, was arrested turned 83 on March 30, has been a British centers on the Mrs Thatcher who became March 28 as part of Operation Yewtree, entertainment stalwart for decades. He has allegations. clear during the course of the proceed- ings.” a symbolic figure – even an -ism,” he an investigation launched after revelations had musical hits with Tie Me Kangaroo Prosecutors said the charges against said. “It must be very difficult for those that Savile targeted hundreds of young Down, Sport – which he once performed Clifford relate to assaults allegedly com- Clifford will appear at a London court members of her family and those closely victims over five decades. Savile died in with The Beatles – and Two Little Boys. mitted between 1966 and 1985. The charg- on May 28. associated with her to recognize the wife, the mother and the grandmother in the mythological figure.” “There is an important place for debat- Rights Groups: UK Must End Army Recruitment Of 16 Year Olds ing policies and legacy ... but here and RIGHTS CAMPAIGNERS are taking aim a soldier recruited at 16 than it does at 18 in combat until they turn 18, in a handful of today is neither the time nor the place,” cases over the past few years some minors he added. at a British military policy that puts the due to longer training requirements and SECURITY UK in the same league as North Korea higher dropout rates. have slipped through. R New Hillsborough Inquiry and Iran: recruiting soldiers under the They called on Britain’s Ministry of In January 2012, the Ministry of Defense Security for the funeral – the largest age of 18. Defense to revisit its “outdated” policy of acknowledged that a soldier was mistakenly To Take Place Next Year in London for more than a decade – was Two groups said in a report published recruiting minors. sent to fight on the front line in Afghanistan A NEW inquest into the Hillsborough tightened after bombings at the Boston last month that Britain’s military is wast- While British soldiers cannot participate when he was still 17 years old. Stadium disaster that killed 96 Liverpool Marathon just two days earlier killed three ing up to £94m ($143.4m) a year training fans will take place early next year. people and wounded over 170. recruits who are under 18. They argued The High Court in London quashed More than 700 soldiers, sailors and air that it is an unnecessary drain on taxpayers the original accidental death verdicts in force personnel formed a ceremonial guard at a time of austerity and urged an end to December after secret documents exam- along the route taken by Thatcher’s coffin the practice. ined by an independent panel uncovered to the cathedral, and around 4,000 police Britain is the only member of the Euro- a police cover-up. officers were on duty. pean Union and only permanent member Lord Justice Goldring failed to give But while thousands of supporters and of the United Nations Security Council an exact date for the new inquest but said a smaller number of opponents traded that allows military recruitment from the last month “I will simply say they will shouts and arguments, there was no serious age of 16 – though soldiers cannot deploy start in early 2014.” He added that the trouble. Police said there were no arrests, until they turn 18. Most countries recruit venue of the inquest will be announced and the only items thrown at the cortege from the age of 18, though Britain and a within weeks, with campaigners prefer- were flowers. handful of other countries, including Iran, ring it to be held in London or England’s Before the service, Thatcher’s coffin North Korea and Zimbabwe, allow the northwest. was driven from the Houses of Parlia- recruitment of younger soldiers. The fans died in a crush at the FA ment to the church of St Clement Danes, Child Soldiers International and Forces- Cup semifinal match between Liverpool about half a mile from the cathedral, for Watch said it costs the UK military – which and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough, prayers. has borne severe cuts under government the home of English club Sheffield From there the coffin – draped in a austerity measures – twice as much to train Wednesday, in 1989. It is Britain’s worst Union Flag and topped with white roses sports disaster. and a note from her children Mark and Carol reading “Beloved mother, always in Thieves Steal 1934 ~ SCOTLAND ~ R Britain Dodges Recession our hearts” – was borne to the cathedral on Donald Trump’s Anti- a gun carriage drawn by six black horses. Your Very Own Nobel Peace Prize As Economy Grew In Q1 Spectators lining the route broke into NORTHUMBRIA POLICE say burglars Wind Farm Ad Banned BRITAIN dodged recession after offi- applause as the carriage passed by, escort- YORKSHIRE broke into the cellar of the Newcastle Lord BRITAIN’S Advertising Standards Agen- cial figures showed the economy grew in ed by young soldiers, sailors and airmen. Mayor’s house last month and stole “a cy has ruled that Donald Trump’s anti- the first quarter – a better-than-expected A few demonstrators staged silent protests PASSPORT number” of very uncommon items valued wind farm advert should be withdrawn in result that offered a bit of breathing by turning their backs on Thatcher’s cof- DIRECT FROM THE ‘YORKSHIRE at around £150,000 ($226,700). its current form. space to a government facing criticism fin, and one man held a banner declaring EMBASSY’ SANCTIONED BY: Police say the thieves made off with The independent advertising regulator for its tough austerity policies. “rest in shame.” The Independent State of Yorkshire a large amount of antique silverware as said last month that the ad from Trump The Office for National Statistics said An honor guard of soldiers in scarlet tu- and Colonies well as a gold Nobel Peace Prize which International Gold Club Scotland is mis- April 29 that the economy grew by 0.3 nics and bearskin hats saluted the coffin as it approached St Paul’s, while red-coated "It's reet gud, lad!"– was awarded in 1934 to former foreign leading and cannot be substantiated. percent in the first quarter compared secretary Arthur Henderson for his work The ad warns that wind farms would with the previous three-month period.