Storms and Floods Bombard

Inside: n Boris Johnson Fails His On-Air IQ Test ... page 3 n Immigration Consequences of Alcohol-Related Arrests ... page 5 n UK’s Favourite Soaps ... page 7 n Sandra’s Recipe ... page 9 Vol. 31 No. 10 January 2014 n Books “Private London ... page 12 POWER OUTAGES, TRAVEL DELAYS AS Over 150,000 customers left Storms And Floods Bombard UK… without power, some for days ENVIRONMENT Secretary Owen Paterson criticised power com- panies in the UK last month, accusing them of “letting their customers down badly” following the storms before the Christmas period. The minister’s remarks came after over 150,000 homes and businesses were cut off following the storms. Not limited to the UK, the storm over Christmas, with tens of thou- caused major travel problems in sands of homes in north Wales parts of western Europe, strand- and Cumbria also left without ing passengers travelling for power because of the storms, Christmas at Paris and London which caused travel disruption airports and leaving hundreds and flooding in the run-up to of thousands of homes without Christmas. power. Most of the final 600 proper- The storm caused four deaths ties to have lost power before in Britain, including a man who Christmas were reconnected on jumped into a fast-flowing river December 29. to try and rescue his dog. However, even then UK Power Torrential rain across parts Networks said four properties in of Scotland led to flooding and “very rural” parts of Kent were still problems on the roads and rail without power because of dam- network, with 14 people evacu- age to equipment to the property ated from flooded homes in East which will require further repairs. Ayrshire. Strong winds and heavy rain The South East of England was also caused problems across worst-hit by the power failures other parts of the UK. CELEBRITY CHEF LOSES CASE Sports Broadcaster Nigella Lawson’s Phone Hacker: Queen Annoyed David Coleman Ex-Assistants By Nut-Munching Police Officers Dies At 87 DAVID COLE- Acquitted Of Fraud By Jill Lawless “Queen so narked she Buckingham Palace declined to com- MAN, died last THE QUEEN was so annoyed by police ment on the nut allegations. month. The sports By Cassandra Vinograd JAILED broadcaster who and Jill Lawless officers eating nuts laid out at Buckingham has started marking the Palace that she marked a line on the bowl to Goodman was briefly jailed in 2007, covered 11 Summer TWO FORMER assistants to Nigella monitor the level, jurors heard last month bowls to see when the along with private investigator Glenn Olympics for the Lawson and her ex-husband were acquit- at Britain’s tabloid phone hacking trial. Mulcaire, for eavesdropping on the voice BBC and six foot- ted of fraud last month, ending a trial in The allegation was in an email from levels dipped.” mails of aides to Prince William and Prince ball World Cups, which allegations of unauthorized em- then-News of the World royal editor Clive Harry. He denies new charges of conspir- was 87. ployee spending on Goodman – who has been convicted of – CLIVE GOODMAN ing with Coulson to pay police officers for Coleman retired from the BBC in 2000 luxury goods were eavesdropping on the voice mails of royal two royal phone directories. after covering the Sydney Olympics. He overshadowed by staff – to his editor, Andy Coulson. lot ... memo now gone around to all pal- Goodman and Coulson are on trial became the first broadcaster to receive titillating glimpses Goodman’s 2005 email claimed royal ace cops telling them to keep their sticky alongside former News of the World edi- an Olympic Order medal to recognize his into the celebrity staff had put out a selection of nuts includ- fingers out,” Goodman wrote. tor Rebekah Brooks and four others on a contribution to the Olympic movement. cook’s tumultuous ing cashews, almonds and Bombay mix “Queen so narked she has started variety of hacking-related charges. “We regret to announce the death of home life. around the palace. marking the bowls to see when the levels The nuts email was used as evidence David Coleman OBE, after a short ill- The jury at Lon- “Problem is that police on patrol eat the dipped.” Continued on page 4 ness he died peacefully with his family don’s Isleworth at his bedside,” Coleman’s family said in Crown Court re- a statement. jected prosecution of stories based on Snowden’s leaks dis- 29. Among the dead are the civilian BBC director of sport Barbara Slater claims that sisters Elisabetta and Francesca closing the scale of surveillance by spy pilot and two police officers aboard the described Coleman as a “giant” of broad- Grillo had used credit cards loaned to agencies in the United States and Britain. aircraft. Thirty-two people were injured, casting. She went on: “His was one of them by Lawson and Charles Saatchi for Rusbridger said the leak amounted to 12 seriously. Continued on page 4 household expenses to run up unauthorized about 58,000 files. charges of £685,000 (more than $1m) on R B&B Owners Lose Appeal Government and intelligence officials luxury clothes, designer handbags and Over Gay Discrimination have said the leaks compromised British R Critics Slam Woman’s security and aided terrorists. Peter O’Toole high-end hotel rooms. THE CHRISTIAN owners of a hotel in Forced C-Section In Britain Defense lawyers for the Grillos – sis- Rusbridger says The Guardian had southern England have lost a UK Su- “made very selective judgments” about A LOCAL British authority is coming Dies At 81 ters from Calabria in southern Italy – had preme Court appeal over whether their under harsh criticism for having a court claimed that Lawson approved their high what to publish and had not revealed any PETER O’TOOLE, refusal to let a gay couple stay amounted intelligence staffers’ names. He said: “We declare a pregnant Italian woman incom- spending partly in exchange for their to discrimination. petent, forcing her to have a cesarean sec- 81, who achieved in- silence about her drug use. have published no names and we have lost stant stardom as an Peter Bull and his wife, Hazelmary, control of no names.” tion and then taking her baby into custody. Continued on page 5 were ordered to pay damages in 2011 Much is unknown about the case of an actor in Lawrence of to Martyn Hall and his partner Steven unidentified Italian woman with a history Arabia and was nomi- Preddy for turning the couple away from R Faulty Dial May Have of mental illness who came to London nated eight times for Chymorvah Private Hotel in Marazion in un 2012. According to a court ruling in an Academy Award, southwestern England. Played Part In Glasgow June, she was “profoundly unwell” and died last month after a The Bulls – both devout Christians – Helicopter Tragedy experiencing paranoid delusions when long illness, his agent Steve Kenis said. had refused on religious grounds to let INVESTIGATORS last month said she was detained at a hospital in Essex, Hall and Preddy share a room. east of London, under Britain’s Mental In the same statement, the actor’s helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has daughter Kate said, “In due course there The Bulls had denied sex discrimina- issued a worldwide safety alert after a Health Act. tion and ultimately took their case to The woman has since hired a British will be a memorial filled with song and fault was found in the model of craft that good cheer, as he would have wished.” Britain’s highest court. crashed into a pub, killing 10 people. lawyer to try to get her baby back. She Five Supreme Court judges ruled has two other children in Italy who are O’Toole got his first nomination in against them last month. A problem detected with the fuel dial being cared for by her mother. The baby’s 1962, for Lawrence of Arabia, his last Hazelmary Bull said she was “deeply meant that the indicator could fall straight father is a Senegalese man living in Italy in 2006, for Venus, setting the record for from green to red without any warning, who has not been involved in the case. most nominations without a win, though disappointed and saddened” by the ruling. the firm discovered. Continued on page 12 The issue was found on some of the JUSTIFIABLE R Guardian: We Have manufacturer’s EC135 aircraft – the same Legal experts said the decision to type as the police helicopter involved in force the woman to have a C-section was Published One Percent the Glasgow, Clutha pub tragedy last very rare but potentially justifiable if the £1 = Of Snowden Leak month. woman was unable to make medical deci- $1.64 THE EDITOR of The Guardian says his Operator Bond Air Services tempo- sions for herself. newspaper has published just one percent rarily suspended flights of its 22 EC135 John Hemming, a member of parlia- uro = of the material it received from former helicopters last month after a fuel gauge ment and the chair of an advocacy group National Security Agency contractor fault was discovered on an air ambulance called Justice for Families, has questioned $1.37 in the North West of England. why the baby was placed for adoption. Edward Snowden. at press time Alan Rusbridger was questioned last The suspension affected air ambulance It was not known exactly what mental month by Parliament’s home affairs and police helicopters across the UK, illness the woman was diagnosed with. committee as part of a session on counter- many of which have now resumed flights.

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