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ARMISTICE DAY NOVEMBER 11 Now in Our GET YOUR 31st Year! POPPIES HERE! UJ READERS Go to www.ujnews.com/Poppies Vol. 31 No. 8 November 2013 Locations listed nationwide! (Bulk orders available) Three-Month-Old Prince George R Biting Spiders Force UK School Closure CREEPY crawlies, in the form of a Christened In venomous spider infestation, has forced a school in Britain to close a week before Halloween. The Dean Academy, a secondary London school in southwest England’s Glouces- tershire, closed October 23 to get rid of the false widow spiders. The spiders are commonly mistaken for their relative, the black widow spider, whose bite can be fatal. The school said no one has been bitten by the spider but local health authorities have advised it to close for the day to deal with the infestation. Experts say the Steodata nobilis, a species of the false widow, are becom- ing more common in the UK and are the most dangerous of the 12 species of biting spiders known in Britain. But they stress that spider bites are rare in Britain, and in most cases the symptoms are mild. The spider’s bite may sting, swell up or cause discomfort like a wasp sting, but has not been known to cause deaths. By Gregory Katz rived – an illusion created by his father, appears to have put his playboy days Diana, whose coffin was laid before R PM Threatens To Act DRESSED IN a lace and satin gown Prince William, playfully moving the behind him. the chapel’s altar for her family to pay Against Press Over Leaks designed in the 1840s, Britain’s three- infant’s arm. George, who was born on July 22, their last respects in private before her month-old future monarch, Prince The private affair at the Chapel wore a replica of a christening gown 1997 funeral. PRIME MINISTER David Cameron George, was christened October 23 Royal at St James’s Palace was also made with exquisite antique lace for William and Kate chose seven god- has threatened unspecified action over with water from the River Jordan at attended by Prince Charles, next in Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter, and parents, among them William’s cousin, the Guardian newspaper’s remarkable a rare gathering of four generations of line to the throne, and the queen’s first used in 1841. Zara Phillips, daughter of Princess disclosures of American intelligence ma- the royal family. 92-year-old husband, Prince Philip, As trumpets blared, baby George Anne and a close friend of the couple. terial, saying officials would find it tough The occasion had historic overtones: who has shown remarkable stamina arrived at the chapel in his father’s Palace officials said water from the to stand back if the media don’t show the presence of Britain’s 87-year-old since returning to the public eye after arms with his mother by their side. River Jordan – where Christians be- enough restraint over what they publish. monarch and three future kings, a two-month convalescence following Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole lieve Jesus Christ was baptized – was Although Britain has no First Amend- Princes Charles, William and, of serious abdominal surgery. and sister, Pippa and brother, James, used for the christening. ment-like protection guaranteeing course, little George. All told, it was an exceptional day for were also at the ceremony, where Pippa Some royal watchers camped outside freedom of the press from official The Queen, usually the center of a monarchy that seems to be basking in read from the Gospel of St Luke and the palace for more than 24 hours to interference, governments have gener- attention, quietly ceded the spotlight public affection since the 2011 wedding Prince Harry from the Gospel of St John. obtain a good vantage point to watch ally relied on informal lobbying to keep to her rosy-cheeked great-grandson, of William and Kate Middleton and The chapel has a strong connection the guests arrive, but the ceremony sensitive national security stories out of who seemed to wave at her when he ar- the maturing of Prince Harry, who to William’s mother, the late Princess was private. the papers. Cameron told lawmakers last month that his government is trying to talk to media outlets about “how damaging some of these things can be.” But he Hurricane-Force Gusts said that if the outlets “don’t demonstrate BONFIRE some social responsibility it would be Batter UK, Europe; 13 Dead very difficult for government to stand NIGHT back and not to act.” By Gregory Katz ricanes because those are “warm latitude” The Fifth of November A SAVAGE coastal storm powered by storms that draw their energy from seas far R Brother Of Man Killed In Remember, remember! hurricane-force gusts slashed its way warmer than the North Atlantic. This storm through Britain and western Europe Oc- also did not have an “eye” at its center like French Alps: ‘It Wasn’t Me’ The fifth of November, tober 21 and 22, felling trees, flooding most hurricanes. THE BROTHER of a British man who The Gunpowder treason and plot; lowlands and snarling traffic in the air, at London’s Heathrow Airport, Europe’s was killed along with his wife, mother- sea and on land. At least 13 people were busiest, cancelled at least 130 flights and in-law and unrelated cyclist while vaca- I know of no reason reported killed. giant waves prompted the major English tioning in the French Alps has broken Why the Gunpowder treason It was one of the worst storms to hit the port of Dover to close, cutting off ferry his silence to deny having anything to region in years. The deadly tempest had no services to France. do with the attack. Should ever be forgot! formal name – and wasn’t officially classi- BLOCKED Zaid al-Hilli, from southern England, * circa 1870 fied as a hurricane due to a meteorological Nearly 1,100 passengers had to ride told the BBC that French authorities had standard – but it was dubbed the St Jude out the storm on a heaving ferry from engineered a cover-up aimed at hiding FOR MANY who have lived in the US for storm (after the patron saint of lost causes) the real target of the 2012 killings, whose more than a few years, November 5 some- and stormageddon on social networks. Continued on page 4 brutality shocked people in France and times slips by without real recognition. Gusts of 99mph were reported on the Britain. So, this year we thought we’d give you a Isle of Wight in southern England, while Al-Hilli remains free on bail after little reminder. gusts up to 80mph hit the British main- Phone-Hacking Trial having been arrested in June over the Bonfires, the Guy effigy for burning, land. Later in the day, the Danish capital deaths of Saad al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, fireworks, baked potatoes, toffee apples, her mother, and a French cyclist. treacle toffee, parkin all came together of Copenhagen saw record gusts up of to Opens In London 120mph and an autobahn in central Ger- THE TRIAL in a case sparked by a French police are investigating the every November 5 to celebrate a piece of possibility of a hired hit amid a feud history that may have, at the very least, many was shut down by gusts up to 62mph. tabloid phone-hacking scandal began All across the region, people were last month with the selection of a jury. over the brothers’ inheritance. But changed the seat of the English govern- Zaid al-Hilli said the allegation was ment, literally! warned to stay indoors. Hundreds of trees The defendants: Rebekah Brooks and were uprooted or split, blocking roads Andy Coulson, both one-time senior ridiculous, saying he and his brother Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy were “very close.” Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework and crushing cars. The Dutch were told to aides to Rupert Murdoch and associ- Night, is an annual commemoration leave their beloved bicycles at home for ates of British Prime Minister David safety’s sake. Cameron, are charged with conspiring observed on November 5, primarily in EXPLOSION Great Britain. Its history begins with the to hack the phones of celebrities and £1 = events on the same date in 1605, when the Two people were killed in London by making illegal payments to officials for religious dissident Guy Fawkes, a member a gas explosion and a British teen who information. Brooks and Coulson were $1.60 of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested played in the storm-driven surf was swept top editors of Murdoch’s defunct News while guarding explosives the plotters out to sea. A man in Denmark was killed of the World. Six other defendants, all uro = had placed beneath the House of Lords. when a brick flew off and hit him in the but one former Murdoch employees, Celebrating the fact that King James I had head. are also on trial. $1.37 Despite the strength of its gusts, the This is the first criminal trial stem- survived the attempt on his life, people lit at press time bonfires around London, and months later storm was not considered a hurricane be- ming from revelations in 2011 of phone the introduction of the Observance of 5th cause it didn’t form over warm expanses hacking by tabloid journalists, a scandal November Act enforced an annual public of open ocean like the hurricanes that bat- that shook Murdoch’s media empire ter the Caribbean and the United States.