England Women Score Victories for the Country and the Game
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Vol. 33 No. 4 July 2015 30 BRITONS DIE IN ATTACK HISTORIC WORLD CUP RUN Dark Cloud Of Death Hangs England Women Score Victories R Government To Sell Its Remaining Stake In Royal Mail Over Tunisian TREASURY CHIEF George Osboarne For The Country And The Game said the government will sell its re- maining stake in Royal Mail as part of Seaside Paradise £4.5bn in new measures meant to bring TUNISIA’S postcard destination for down the public debt. tourists was reeling from the terror that Mr Osborne did not offer a precise blighted another day of play at the Medi- time frame for the sale of the govern- terranean seaside resort of Sousse. ment’s 30 percent holding, which is The previous day, a man identified worth an estimated £1.5bn. He pledged as Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui, to sell when the government could be armed with a Kalashnikov and grenades sure of getting “value for money,” – a gunned down tourists on a private beach, nod to the sale of an earlier stake that and then moved methodically through critics say cost taxpayers millions the grounds of a luxury hotel – to the because it was sold at too low a price. swimming pool, reception area and offices. The Conservative-led government There were 38 people killed, 30 being sold a majority stake in the postal ser- British, and many wounded in a deadly vice in 2013, putting the system under noon rampage by Rezezgui disguised as private control for the first time in its a tourist. Survivors told of the horror of 500-year history. losing their loved ones. Others wept as they accounted their injuries and escapes R UK Honours Waterloo from the gunman. Soldiers On 200th Anniversary On this day the private beach of the 370-room Imperial Marhaba Hotel was Of Victory immaculate with chairs lined up under BRITAIN has unveiled its first memo- straw umbrellas – and police tape seal- rial to the thousands of soldiers who ing it off. Only the emptiness and an fought and died in the battle of Wa- overturned lounge chair with flowers terloo as the 200th anniversary of the accumulating hinted at the horror famous victory over the French nears. There was still the sunshine, but some Descendants of those who died on people cried as they placed their offerings. the battlefield observed the ceremony UPDATED last month at London’s Waterloo train The Foreign Office has updated its station. Actors dressed in traditional travel advice to warn that further terrorist red coats stood guard during the cer- attacks in Tunisia are possible, and urged emony. people to be vigilant. THE UNION JACK feels it is worth not- that has been kicked have all opened the with the men’s English Premier League The battle on June 18, 1815 dealt Holiday firms have put on extra flights ing the blow that has been struck, the bell floodgates to the women’s game. the most watched league in the world. French Emperor Napoleon a crush- on top of scheduled services for people that has been tolled, or, even, the ball Football is England’s national sport, ing blow. wanting to return home. Flights to the R Continued on page 5 The 9th Duke of Wellington, a country have also been cancelled. descendant of the military leader who Security was stepped up at events led British troops to victory, helped marking Armed Forces Day across unveil the monument, quoting from Britain, officials said amid a news report Princess Charlotte To Be a letter the first Duke of Wellington that officials foiled a bomb attack by the describing the terrible losses sustained Islamic State group on a military parade during the battle. in London. Other descendants also spoke of the Tunisian authorities have arrested Christened This Month hardships their families had endured. several people on suspicion helping the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, the newborn The ceremony is set for July 5 at St Charlotte’s late grandmother, Prin- gunman, and at least two more suspects daughter of Britain’s Prince William and Mary Magdalene Church on the Queen’s cess Diana, was christened at the same R Northern Ireland Bakery are wanted by police. his wife, Kate, will be christened in a sprawling Sandringham estate in Norfolk, church. Diana’s family was closely tied to Owners To Appeal ‘Gay Prime Minister David Cameron an- private ceremony this month. on England’s eastern coast. the royal family and she was born on the nounced a minutes silence would be held Sandringham estate in 1961. Cake’ Verdict June 3 at noon BST to remember the Charlotte, the couple’s second child THE OWNERS of a Northern Ireland victims of the attack. after Prince George and fourth in line to bakery that refused to bake a cake sup- Britain’s terrorism threat remains at the throne, was born in London on May 2. porting gay marriage said last month “severe,” meaning an attack is considered The queen, her husband Philip, Prince they would appeal their conviction for highly likely. Charles and Camilla are expected join discrimination. The first bodies killed in the Tunisian Kate’s family at the ceremony, along with The Christian owners of Ashers Bak- massacre arrived at Royal Airforce Brize the baby’s godparents, who have not yet ing Company were convicted last month Norton on July 1. been announced. after refusing an order from gay rights Eight coffins were flown home on an Justin Welby, the Archbishop of activist Gareth Lee. He asked for a cake RAF C17 from Tunis to Oxfordshire, and Canterbury, will conduct the ceremony. featuring Sesame Street characters were taken off the plane one by one. After the birth William and Kate left Bert and Ernie and the words “Support Thirty of the 38 victims are thought to London for their mansion in Sandring- Gay Marriage.” have been British and the repatriation of ham, where they are expected to be Belfast judge Isobel Brownlie ruled the bodies is likely to take several days, based for the next few years. that the bakery had discriminated with inquests to follow. PATERNITY LEAVE OVER against Lee on grounds of sexual orien- The Princess’ father has returned tation and political beliefs and ordered it to work after nearly a month of unpaid to pay £500 in damages, plus thousands paternity leave. Prince William, second in legal costs. in line to the British throne, was back The judge said the bakery was a busi- Perfect Gift! on duty June 1 as an air ambulance pilot ness, not a religious organization, and after Britain’s latest princess was born on therefore had no legal basis to reject May 2. He works with the East Anglian an order based on a customer’s sexual A 12-Month Air Ambulance service. orientation or beliefs. William and his wife Kate, the Duch- Members of the McArthur family, Subscriptions ess of Cambridge, have spent most of the bakery’s owners, said that “after the last month out of public view at their much careful and prayerful consider- country home Anmer Hall with their two ation given to legal advice,” they had To The children, Charlotte and 22-month-old decided to appeal. Prince George. “We continue to insist that we have Union Jack! FIRST LADY done nothing wrong as we have dis- The US first lady brought gifts for criminated against no individual, but 23-month-old Prince George and six- rather acted according to what the Bible week-old Princess Charlotte. teaches regarding marriage,” they said. The US Embassy in London said Same-sex marriages were legal- last month that Obama brought a red, ized last year in the rest of the United American-made Berlin Flyer P-Wee Kingdom, but remain unrecognized in Wagon for George and an Amish rock- Northern Ireland. ing chair and a personalized Alpaca baby blanket for Charlotte. Mrs Obama spent a full day in London See page 3 before traveling to Italy. Officials said they didn’t know if £1 = uro = Obama gave the gifts personally to the $1.56 $1.10 for all the details! young prince and princess while she was at the palace. at press time Page 2 ujnews.com July 2015 in the past month . Man Wins Lottery, Has Zealand, on after they got stuck in an elevator ITV chief Peter Fincham said that “in Newquay mayor David Sleeman said the during a power outage. No one heard their hindsight” it should have been made more town was unrecognisable from a few years A Cup Of Tea, Books Family cries for help over the weekend until a cleaner TODAY’S clear to viewers that more than one dog was ago, when “you couldn’t walk the streets on A Butlins Holiday arrived on the Monday morning. TODAY’S being used in the finals of the competition. a Saturday without seeing someone wearing MANY PEOPLE, if they won big on the lottery, News reports say the sisters prayed to Broadcast regulator OFCOM said more a mankini or what have you.” would come forth with a number of imagina- pass the time. ANSA news agency says they BRITAIN than 200 complaints have been received. No “But now they’re not allowed in Newquay. tive ideas on how they would spend some of were treated for dehydration. BRITAIN decision has been made on whether a formal The police will tell them to go home and get their new-found wealth. They farmed Grange Farm for more than investigation will be launched. changed if they see them wearing one, and Last month, Peter Congdon did just that.