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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 companies 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 RRB&B Owners Lose Appeal Government and intelligence officials luxury clothes, designer handbags and Over Gay Discrimination have said the leaks compromised British RRCritics 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 RRFaulty 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 RRGuardian: 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. Lewis, the legal expert, said there have LIKE US! terrorism. The helicopter crashed through the been only a handful of forced C-sections The Guardian has published a series roof of The Clutha pub on November in the past 15 years in Britain. unionjacknewspaper Page 2 ujnews.com January 2014 in the past month . . .

Bangor Earns Sexiest Town holder stuck in his bum. many times and within days the father of ography Undisputed Truth. The man, in Newport, South Wales, was the youngster, Ben Simpson, recognized the His publisher, HarperCollins UK, said in Title According To Research a statement that it had been “unaware” of RESIDENTS of Bangor in Northern Ireland reportedly unable to move and called the TODAY’S Teddy in the photo. emergency services from his mobile phone, TODAY’S According to Metro the bear was lost and recent changes to UK immigration law and were, last month, deemed to live in the sexi- for that reason Tyson had to reroute to Paris. est town in the UK. reported the Mirror. found on an East Coast train at King’s Cross. Firemen came to the rescue when they BRITAIN Simpson said: “Wow the power of the Under Britain’s immigration rules, anyone The residents themselves were cited in BRITAIN sentenced to more than four years in prison a study which suggests that they spend the removed the toilet roll holder before the internet and kind folk – that’s my daughter unidentified man required medical treatment much, both men and women said it was their Phoebe’s bear – she has been in tears all is barred from entering the country. most money on bringing more spice into Tyson served three years of a six-year their sex lives. from paramedics. role to care and empathise with their patients. weekend and I’ve just shown her the picture The man was apparently offered “suitable Doctors are also seen as intelligent – and she is over the moon. Thank you all sentence in the 1990s for raping a teen- Research by adult entertainment special- age beauty-pageant contestant. He also ists Lovehoney has revealed where in the UK advice” by firemen to avoid getting into a though many women admitted a decent pay so much!” similar situation again. packet also helped. Simpson had also posted two pictures of has been convicted of assault and cocaine people spend the most bringing excitement possession. into the bedroom. The Fire Brigades Union in Wales is However, one in four of the female nurses his daughter with the bear aboard the train, quoted as saying: “We do have to deal with polled in the survey said they still thought just minutes before she lost him. Britain’s Home Office declined to com- Bangor’s residents spend 6.7 times the ment on Tyson. national average on their bedroom “gear”, wacky things. their uniform meant men did not take them including 10.7 times more on raunchy gifts “Sometimes someone will tell you a story seriously. Winter Blunderland Closed and ten times the national average on fetish and you just think: ‘I can’t top that’. Amy Coles of Uniformdating.com said: Game Of Thrones To Be Used “To be honest, if I managed to get myself Due To Thin Santas, and clothing for women. “It’s surprising to see so many members Antler-less Reindeer To Promote N Ireland into one of these sorts of scrapes, the last of the British public reverting to stereotypes People can check how sexy their home CHRISTMAS didn’t really happen at a Winter GAME OF THRONES has drawn in millions of town is using the interactive sex map at: thing I would want would be a whole crew when it comes to considering the relationship viewers. Can it bring in tourists, too? of firefighters coming to see me!” potential of those in uniformed careers.” Wonderland in Milton Keynes last month. www.lovehoney.co.uk/sexmap/uk.html Nicknamed a ‘Winter Blunderland’ the Tourism officials in Northern Ireland say they are looking at ways to capitalize on the Clowning About No Joke As park closed after just one day after parents Breath Tests Conducted Before Not A UFO – A Real Flying complained about a very thin Santa, reindeer success of HBO’s fantasy TV series. Customers Entered Pubs Public Become Alarmed Tardis Spotted Over Devon without antlers and a plastic ice rink. Much of the Game of Thrones is filmed in A STRANGE epidemic has struck a Norfolk According to the Daily Mail some families Northern Ireland, which provides a backdrop POLICE in Norwich last month conducted A TRIO OF enthusiastic Dr Who fans last of castles and rugged coastlines for the breath tests on pubgoers before they entered town: clowns randomly appearing on the month fulfilled their lifetime ambitions . . . paid nearly £65 advance entrance fees for streets, sometimes alarming the townsfolk. the attractions at Campbell Park. The fees series’ fictional land of Westeros. drinking establishments. of flying a life-size Tardis over their county Northern Ireland’s Enterprise Minister Doormen at pubs were using their dis- Several unnerving clown sightings have of Devon. included meeting Father Christmas, seeing been reported around King’s Lynn, with the huskies and reindeer, and skating. Arlene Foster announced the tourism strategy cretion on whether to allow a customer to The remote-controlled Tardis, powered last month but gave no details. enter depending on how much alcohol they craze spreading around the country having by tiny rotors, made its maiden flight over Tickets to Santa’s Grotto cost £6, but it initially started in Northampton. was closed for most of the day. When it did Foster said she wanted to attract more appeared to have consumed. countryside near Hatherleigh. Unfortunately, than two million visitors a year to Northern Thirty bars and clubs in the city took part A member of the public contacted police it seems that will be its first and last flight – as open, parents said the Santas were young, last month after being scared by a man in full skinny, dressed in cheap costumes and Ireland by 2016, compared to some 1.8 in a month’s trial to help revellers gain “better it ended with the Tardis crashing to earth and million people in 2013. knowledge” about their boozing. clown outfit, reported The Metro. smashing to pieces. scared their children. Police told Norwich’s licence holders they Superintendent Carl Edwards said no one The project was the work of Ben Whit- The first visitors to the site were quick were “expected to be responsible” about who had been injured or assaulted, but advised ing, 32, Rupert Brandon-King, 31, and Ben to complain about the experience on social UK To Hold First Same-Sex they let in, but no actual alcohol limit was that people ignore the clowns so as not to Bailey, 25, to celebrate the show’s 50th media. One mother spent £42 on pre-booked Weddings On March 29 been introduced. give them the attention they’s looking for. anniversary. tickets for various parts of the festival, only THE BRITISH government says the country’s Venues that took part displayed the “Firstly I’d like to stress that it isn’t against The trio work together at Flyonix, a to find “men dressed in Santa outfits from first same-sex weddings can be held on slogan: “Are you trollied? #DeepBreath”. the law to dress up as a clown,” he said. company specialising in remote aerial cin- Poundland” (a discount store). Saturday, March 29. Insp Ed Brown of Norfolk Police said: “Nobody has been assaulted and it ap- ematography for film and TV. She wrote on her blog: “This was definitely Equalities Minister Maria Miller announced “These kits allowed door staff to better gauge pears that the people involved are waiting for no Wonderland. It felt like an opportunity to last month that gay couples “can now plan how much alcohol someone has had and in a passerby to be startled by their appearance rip off parents who had hoped to have a for their big day and demonstrate their love and run away, and then the clown runs after Over-Filling A Mini Returns – turn helped them refuse entry to someone This Time It’s Sprouts magical day out with their children. and commitment to each other by getting who is too drunk.” them for a short distance. “The Santa was disappointing to say the married.” “We appreciate this can worry people, CURIOSITY forced a Slough greengrocer to least. Unfortunately, his beard was falling Parliament legalized same-sex marriage especially the young or elderly. The most solve the solution to a question that had been Hull Hire Porn Star To Win down and you could see his normal clothes in England and Wales in July. effective way to behave if you are to see bothering him … how man Brussels sprouts underneath his costume. Not exactly magi- Gay couples will be able to get married in 2017 City of Culture Title someone dressed up is to give no reaction would it take to fill a Mini. cal and our children asked where the real civil ceremonies, and in religious services HULL HAS launched a very successful cam- – because that’s what they are after.” Lawrence Jones said he was challenged one was.” from orders that authorize it. paign to win the 2017 UK City Of Culture title, to put a festive twist on the classic feat of Miller said couples in civil partnerships, but city leaders’ choice to feature a porn star Doctors And Nurses Still Most how many people can be squeezed into a Huge Dinosaur Skeleton which have been legal since 2005, will be Mini – a common challenge back in the 60s.. in the bid has brought criticism. Brits Ideal Partners Fetches $650,000 At Auction able to convert their relationship to marriage Poppy Morgan, 30, who has made It took Jones a day to be able to reveal by the end of next year. nearly 170 adult films, featured in an official WITH THE NHS often under criticism, it was that the answer – for those that have always A HUGE dinosaur skeleton found in the United refreshing last month to have a survey sug- States has fetched £400,000 at an auction brochure given to judges visiting Hull. She wanted to know – it takes 38,182 sprouts England No Longer Outlaws was featured alongside Sir Tom Courtenay gest that doctors and nurses are the most to fill a Mini. in England. and Maureen Lipman in a section on film fancied of all professionals in Britain. The vegetables weighed the equivalent The female Diplodocus longus skeleton, ‘Incorrigible Rogues’ and television. The poll found that doctors were the most of 29 festive reindeer and if laid out end to nicknamed “Misty,” measures 55 feet long ENGLAND’S repeat rascals can breathe a dateable men in any uniformed profession and 19 feet tall. The brochure was part of Hull’s success- end, would be the length of a mile of tinsel. little easier tonight. Being an “incorrigible while nurses remain the number one choice Jones said: “I was more than happy to Summers Place Auctions said the skel- rogue” is no longer against the law. ful campaign reported Hull Daily Mail. for the nation’s men. eton was rare because it was found mostly Business marketing group Bondhold- help Mini find the answer to this festive Britain’s Ministry of Justice said that the Their caring qualities and ‘empathy’ challenge. intact near a quarry in Wyoming by accident. old-fashioned-sounding offense, created ers jointly produced the guide with the The skeleton was treated at a fossil laboratory city council at a total cost of £7,000. The made them more appealing to singles than “I was so surprised at how many sprouts in the early 19th century, was one of more soldiers, sailors, police officers, firefighters in the Netherlands before it was assembled than 300 obsolete offenses which had been organisation’s marketing manager Nicola actually fitted in the car, it was much more in Britain. Baker said: “Poppy Morgan is an acclaimed and others. than I had originally guessed.” scrapped over the past year. The poll of more than 1,500 adults by The auction house, in southern England’s The 1824 Vagrancy Act was aimed at the actress – albeit in the adult film industry. She After he finished his challenge, the sprouts West Sussex, said the buyer is an unnamed won Best Female Actress of the Year at the matchmaking website Uniformdating.com were painstakingly picked out of the car by punishment of “idle and disorderly persons,” included both those who wear a uniform to institution that would put the skeleton on “rogues,” and “vagabonds.” It defined an 2006 UK Adult Film and Television Awards hand and taken to a local soup kitchen to be public display. in London. This guide is clearly not about work and those who don’t. put to good use over the Christmas period. “incorrigible rogue” as a homeless person Asked which man or woman in uniform who violently resisted arrest or escaped condoning porn but it is about celebrating Mike Tyson Scraps UK Hull’s diversity of culture and entertainment.” they would most like as a partner, 29 per confinement. cent of women went for a doctor. Social Media Brings Child And Promotional Appearances Many such laws have been heavily Lost Teddy Together Toilet Roll Holder Stuck In Next most popular were firefighters and FORMER heavyweight boxing champion amended since or slipped into obsolescence members of the armed forces – both fancied IT COULD only be tears when little girl left Mike Tyson has scrapped promotional as they were replaced by newer legislation. ‘Embarrassing Place’ by 12 per cent. her favourite Teddy on a train last month. appearances in London because previous The Ministry of Justice publishes an an- Causes 999 Call Among men, 26 per cent chose a nurse But, that was only until another passenger convictions bar him from entering Britain. nual account of new and expired offenses. EMERGENCY services responded to a 999 but a further 17 per cent went for a doctor. later found the furry toy and took to Twitter Tyson, 47, was due in London last month Last month’s report said that as 309 old ones call last month to find a man with a loo roll Asked why a health expert appealed so with a photo. The Tweet was re-tweeted as part of a promotional tour for his autobi- were scrapped, 327 new ones were added.

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Now it can be revealed there is a hidden The Mayor’s embarrassing performance “£4.50, it’s £4.50!” he cried. extra beneath former Arsenal vice-chairman came after his controversial speech in which And finally … David Dein’s £9m property – a Batcave-style he suggested some people were simply not I wish I knew who kicked the jack out from car ramp leading into his neighbour’s under- intelligent enough to progress in life. under the car I was working on. ground garage. He also struggled to give the cost of a The suspension is killing me! Mr Dein gives the people living next-door single cash fare from his home to his work Wishing all my readers a Happy and access to a special tunnel so they can drive on the day of his fares announcement, one Prosperous New Year! through his property to reach a parking area of his biggest of the year. [email protected] New Safety Plans For for seven vehicles. “This is not about me,” Oxford-educated Last week, he was given the go-ahead by Mr Johnson protested as his IQ was tested Westminster council to demolish his five- by LBC radio presented Nick Ferrari during Wounded Warriors bedroom house and dig down two storeys to his AskBoris show. But there was no es- London’s Cyclists build a 12-metre swimming pool, gym and cape. “A man built a house with four sides And Prince Harry NEW MEASURES to save the lives of cyclists on London’s roads have been staff quarters beneath the new home. of rectangular construction each having a Reach South Pole The car tunnel was in existence when Mr southern exposure. A big bear comes along. given the go-ahead after Boris Johnson persuaded ministers to agree a Dein bought the property this February. Once PRINCE HARRY and twelve wounded What colour is the bear?” Mr Ferrari asked. soldiers have made it to the South Pole. major overhaul of safety rules. the doors are opened from the outside, the “The bear is probably brown, I don’t have a driver goes down more than 3.5 metres. The 29-year-old was a member of Rules on traffic lights, priority at road junctions and street signs have all been updated clue what colour the bear is, this is irrelevant one of three teams on the 320-kilometre in favour of cyclists by the Government after urgent talks with the Mayor. Cycling Commis- Kate Celebrates Playboy Anniversary to the discussion,” responded the Mayor. Walking with the Wounded South Pole sioner Andrew Gilligan hailed the breakthrough – after a spate of six deaths in 13 days last And Special Fashion Award “White, because the bear is on the South Challenge. Pole,” corrected Mr Ferrari. month – as “the news London cyclists have been waiting for”. Kate Moss celebrated the 60th anniversary The trek involved injured soldiers, But Mr Ferrari had also blundered, be- and set out in late November encounter- They will mainly help to improve safety at of housing projects in the capital. of Playboy magazine by co-hosting a party cause polar bears are actually found at the road junctions, which account for about two The Trust’s director, Dave Smith, said: at the Playboy Club in Mayfair earlier last ing a few weather-related delays enroute. North Pole. The charity said last month that the teams thirds of accidents involving cyclists. Eye- “These will be genuinely affordable homes, month to mark the unveiling of the January/ He also got the next two questions wrong level traffic lights for cyclists will be installed at prices that local people on local wages can February issue of the magazine and stars the arrived at the South Pole at 18:25am EST and his embarrassment did not stop there. He on December 13. at 12 locations, starting next month. actually afford. 39-year-old supermodel in bunny ears and struggled through three excruciating minutes Their introduction there will be the first “We need community land trusts across tail on the cover. The prince immediately radioed home in an attempt to answer how much a single with an emotional appreciation of all time they have appeared on UK streets, London to ensure that our great city doesn’t She told of the “weird” and “surreal” experi- cash fare would now cost from Angel to though they are common in mainland Europe. become a home for only the rich and the ence of being honoured with a Special Recog- the soldiers had struggled through, the London Bridge. Ottawa Citizen reported. Other measures to boost safety include tri- ruthless. St Clements, we hope, will be just nition Award at the Vodafone British Fashion It should have been simple – he lives near als of re-phasing traffic lights to give cyclists the start.” Awards for her 25 years in the industry. a few seconds head start to pull away from Work on the project, which will include In front of an audience that included singer vehicles, Dutch-style two-stage right turns to a community space and café, will begin in Rita Ora, actresses Gwyneth Paltrow and prevent cyclists having to cross several traf- spring. The freehold to the site will then be Sienna Miller and the Prime Minister’s wife, fic lanes and signs more tailored to cyclists, gifted to the Trust from the Mayor and the Samantha Cameron, she said: “It’s so weird, Birthday, Anniversary, with route numbers and directions painted on Greater London Authority upon completion. it’s surreal. Thank you to everyone that I have the carriageway as a feature of “quietways”. QPR Unveils Plan For New 40,000 Seat worked with and has kept booking me.” The Mayor’s controversial cycle super- Edie Campbell, 22, was named Model of or any other reason . . . highways will be improved with significant Stadium At Old Oak In West London the Year – dedicating the award to her pony, segregation for riders and some re routing. QPR bosses aim to create an “O2 of Dolly – and One Direction star Harry Styles, Transport minister Stephen Hammond the west” rather than a traditional football 19, was presented with the British Style said: “The Government wants to see cycling stadium when the club moves to a new Award by his friend Alexa Chung. a $35 present made safer and we welcome local authorities’ 40,000-seater home. Also, there were Pixie Geldof, Kelly Brook innovative designs. They plan to relocate a mile north of their right here! “Over the last few years we’ve worked very 18,000-capacity stadium in Loftus Road to A Florida closely with TfL to deliver better infrastructure Old Oak Common in time for the start of the company for cyclists. “There is always more we can do 2018 season. and there is a lot of research under way into Mayor Boris Johnson said he hoped the further measures we can look at.” move would help spark a £14bn development Since 1977 of hundreds of acres of industrial wasteland. London’s First ‘Community Land But QPR chief executive Philip Beard, Trust’ For Affordable Homes recruited in 2011 from the O2’s US own- ® London’s first “community land trust” on ers AEG, said the stadium could only work the site of a derelict mental hospital where financially if it could attract uses other than Danny Boyle puts on film festivals has been football. approved by planners. He said: “You can’t build a stadium for 19 Pet Movers The project will see the Grade II listed home matches and leave it empty for 340 St Clement’s Hospital transformed into days of the year. We are looking to build a sta- Millie Woolf hundreds of affordable homes, to be sold at dium with facilities that can be used all year 1938 - 2005 round with events, conferences, dinners.” prices tied to average earnings in the area. Walter Woolf VMD Under the unique model, each homeowner Beard, who helped turn the former Millen- nium Dome into the world’s most popular ext. 223 holds a stake in the whole site – meaning [email protected] spiralling house prices are avoided, even as music venue, added: “We made sure that the cost of property in the capital continues every single seat at the O2 had better lines of sight, acoustics and atmosphere than any 4120 W. Cypress Street to soar. 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He was given insisted last month even though the UK to do to repair the damage to the public living standards with wages, more often ber 21, as the families of those who died a life sentence, but Scottish authorities economy is growing faster than most of finances wrought by a near collapse of the than not, being outstripped by price rises, in the deadly airliner bombing over the released him on humanitarian grounds in its peers. banking sector and the country’s deepest particularly with regard to energy costs. town 25 years ago gathered to remember 2009 when he was diagnosed with prostate That was the message from British Trea- economic recession since World War II. CRITICISED the victims. cancer. He died in Tripoli last year. sury chief George Osborne as he unveiled ANNOUNCEMENT Public health experts criticised the gov- Pan Am 103, which was bound for New Relatives of some of the victims gath- his latest tax and spending plans. Despite One notable announcement was an ernment earlier last month in a letter to the York, exploded over the southern Scottish ered at Lockerbie’s Dryfesdale Cemetery, painting a brighter economic picture and earlier-than-planned increase in the British Medical Journal, saying rising food town less than an hour after takeoff from laying down wreaths and cards and pausing even suggesting that the country could be state pension age to 68 for most of those prices are cutting the caloric intake of poor London on the evening of December 21, for a moment’s reflection before a memo- running a budget surplus by the end of the currently in their 40s. In addition, he an- children, creating a situation that “has all 1988, killing 270 people either aboard rial stone. decade, there were few giveaways to hard- nounced a capital gains tax on overseas the signs of a public health emergency.” the plane or on the ground. Many of the Last month, senior Scottish officials will pressed households up and down the land. buyers of property, quickly dubbed the The Trussell Trust, a charity that operates victims were American college students attend a service at London’s Westminster Osborne cautioned that the public cof- “oligarch tax” by British media. food banks nationwide, has warned that flying home for Christmas. The attack Abbey. In the United States, US Attorney fers remain strained and that the country Osborne did offer some concessions with winter approaching, the worst may remains the deadliest terror attack to have General Eric Holder and other officials will have to wait longer to see an end to the such as measures to curb energy bills and be yet to come. taken place in Britain. will speak at a ceremony at Virginia’s years of austerity. He pledged to “fix the extending a free school meals program for The coalition government, which was Only one man, former Libyan intelli- Arlington National Cemetery. roof while the sun is shining” even when children up to seven years old. formed in 2010, insists that its strategy the budget is expected to turn a small cash The measures on energy in particular for dealing with Britain’s debt is the right surplus in 2018-19. come in response to attacks from the op- one and that a failure to get the public Former UK Soldiers Jailed “The hard work of the British people is position Labour Party, which argues that finances into shape will spell more misery. paying off and we will not squander their the Conservative-led government is presid- Measures taken over the past few years For Mosque Bombing efforts,” he told a boisterous House of ing over a recovery that is only being felt include cuts in welfare payments as well TWO FORMER British soldiers have shown video footage of the pair carrying Commons during his Autumn Statement. by a few, mainly the rich in and around as increases in the pension age. been sentenced to six years in prison for the bombs and launching them at the door MUTED London. Earlier this year, Labour leader Osborne pointed to the latest forecasts firebombing a mosque in northeastern of the building. No one was injured during Though Britain’s recovery from the Ed Miliband promised to freeze energy as evidence the strategy is working. He England. the incident. savage 2008-9 recession has generally prices for 20 months if he wins the next said the country’s debt burden should start Stuart Harness, 34, and Gavin The attack took place in May amid a been muted, it is currently doing better general election, scheduled for May 2015. falling as a proportion of national income Humphries, 37, made petrol bombs and spike in other mosque attacks and racially than most other major economies around ATTACK by 2016-17 after peaking at 80 percent of threw them at the Grimsby Islamic Cul- aggravated offenses across the UK in the the world – its quarterly growth rate of 0.8 Labour’s finance spokesman Ed Balls annual gross domestic product the year tural Center. days after a British soldier was murdered percent in the third quarter is better than continued the attack in his response to before. While Osborne was delivering The two were jailed after admitting on a London street by two men in an Is- Germany’s 0.3 percent and the European Osborne, arguing that the government’s his statement, the Bank of England, as arson. During their trial, jurors were lamic extremist attack. Union’s 0.2 percent. austerity medicine has held back the Brit- expected, kept its main interest rate un- Osborne said the British economy is ex- ish economy and that the recovery from changed at the record low of 0.5 percent pected to grow 1.4 percent this year instead recession is the slowest in a hundred years. and refrained from injecting more money David Coleman Dies At 87 of the previous forecast of 0.6 percent. Despite the improving outlook for the into the UK economy. Continued from page 1 half a century, his blend of extraordinary broadcasting’s most authoritative and knowledge and evident passion making identifiable voices that graced so many him an instantly recognizable figure. Queen Annoyed pinnacle sporting moments.” He also presented the BBC’s Sports British Prime Minister David Cameron Review of the Year for 22 years from 1961, By Nut-Munching tweeted: “Sad to hear David Coleman has Sportsnight With Coleman between 1968 died – the voice of BBC Sport for as long and 1972, A Question of Sport from 1979 Police Officers as I can remember.” to 1997 and a series of other major sporting COLEMANBALLS events such as the Grand National. Continued from page 1 Coleman’s breathless style of com- Coleman was awarded the OBE in the by the prosecution of Goodman’s inside mentary invariably led to gaffes and he 1992 New Year’s Honors List. knowledge of activity at the palace and his was frequently lampooned by satirical communications with Coulson about it in TV program Spitting Image. Coleman the runup to the 2005 wedding of Prince also found himself the subject of a regular Sinn Fein Chief’s Brother Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. column in satirical magazine Private Eye, Jailed For Daughter Rape The trial stems from the revelation with its “Colemanballs” feature document- in 2011 that employees of the Rupert ing commentators’ gaffes to this day. THE BROTHER of Sinn Fein party leader Murdoch-owned tabloid eavesdropped Coleman was said to like the title and one Gerry Adams has been sentenced to 16 on the voice mails of royalty, celebrities, of his own gaffes included, “That’s the years in prison for repeatedly raping his politicians, athletes and even crime victims fastest time ever run, but it’s not as fast as daughter when she was aged four to nine. in its search for scoops. the world record.” Liam Adams, 58, laughed with prison guards as he was taken from Belfast Crown INVESTIGATIONS Coleman was born in Cheshire, northern England, in April 1926. He was the son of Court to begin his sentence last month. His The news led Murdoch to shut down the Irish parents and for a time his sporting victim, Aine, now 40, watched from the News of the World, Britain’s best-selling ambitions focused on participation as he public gallery. Sunday newspaper, and sparked police pursued a career as a moderately successful She testified against her father after investigations into tabloid wrongdoing. middle-distance runner. accusing Sinn Fein, and specifically her Murdoch’s News Corp has paid millions in Coleman moved into journalism, be- uncle Gerry, of trying to silence her and compensation to hacking victims. ginning his career as a reporter on the save the party embarrassment. The defendants deny a variety of Stockport Express. He continued to report Gerry Adams testified he had known of charges related to hacking, bribing public during his national service before earning the rape allegations since 1987 and con- officials and obstructing investigations. his first BBC assignment as a freelance fronted his brother, but did not tell police An eighth defendant, former News of the reporter in 1952. until 2007, the year that his Irish nationalist World news editor Ian Edmondson, was Coleman’s rise started in earnest in party abandoned its policy of refusing to dropped from the trial last month – seven 1958 when he was recruited by the BBC to cooperate with police. weeks after hearings began – because doc- front the new Saturday afternoon program tors have declared him unfit to stand trial. Grandstand. 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With the dawn of a new other object pronoun tion – that you did beat your wife. plause for…” Now the presenter will assume some kind of insistent drumming, probably year, perhaps I can rid myself of this as in, “Me and her Now “begs the question” simply means a manic voice and shout, “Give it up for...!” (I haven’t measured this but it seems likely) deep-seated irritation by sharing it went to the pictures.” “makes me want to ask” as in “You say you I blame reality shows where celebrities will fractionally faster than the human heartbeat Honestly, had I bitten are retiring from the public scene. That begs lay in the Big Brother House (or the Australian in order to intensify the pressure. with you, kidding myself as I do so a pillow I couldn’t the question, Are you getting too old for an jungle, or the X-Factor studio, to mention but There may be a less dramatic reason for that the erudite UJ readership will spit more feathers. active career?” a couple more favoured formats) all day, go- the background noise since during these long Have we really No, it doesn’t! ing on a personal journey which is certain to silences I have heard the audience shouting sympathise and perhaps take up the sunk so low as to Gone the way of all flesh is the distinction have been a roller-coaster of emotions before out, “For Gawd’s sake get on with it!” cudgels for me. think, “Me went to between “to lay” and “to lie”. I have stopped they are ejected by The Public Vote. I mean, can you imagine going to the doc- In my passage through life, I have wit- the pictures” is correct English? counting the number of times when people This final feature offends me not because it tor and asking for your blood test results and nessed many more people on their own As for the first person singular pronoun, will announce that they have spent a lazy is a linguistic error but because it is a deeply he sitting there with the figures before him, particular journeys. Most often it will be “I”, that is reserved to be misused in a differ- morning laying in bed. Occasionally I have irritating use of a rhetorical device – the “Well, John, the test results are in as you some celebrity who will describe their journey ent way, as in “Between you and I, something even asked them how many eggs the idleness pause for effect, or aposeopesis, to give it correctly surmised and they tell me that…” in some reality show triviality. More often should be done.” Often the “I” is carefully produced. I have given that up. its technical name. You would be excused for reaching forward than not they will drag in the imagery of the articulated to ensure that the listener is aware Did I say “given up”? What is that all There is a case for slightly pre-pausing the for the medic’s throat as he pauses for 15 funfair assuring us that it will have been a that the speaker has standards. This I find odd about? Surely all it means is to stop doing name of the winner. It allows for the merest seconds before adding, “…There is nothing roller-coaster ride, adding for sake of clarity, since it should be “between you and me”, a something… smoking, say, or eating sweets flutter of a heartbeat if there is a moment’s to worry about.” “of emotions”. preposition (“between”) taking the pronoun for Lent. hesitation before the name is revealed. It Sorry, I am just beginning to warm to Thus is experience elevated to epiphany. in the object case (“me”). sort of primes the audience’s pump: you my task, becoming the grumpy old pedant It is not merely what they have done, their I reckon that using “I” – in whatever breathe in, then expel the air with a hearty that age confers on me the right to be. I journey, but also that during it they have context – is often regarded as sounding Peru Court Sentences round of applause – the heart is right there mean doesn’t it make you spit when people sometimes felt happy and on other occa- grammatically accurate, but with a hint of in that applause. pronounce the letter H as “haitch”. Or when sions less so. snobbery. After all, we were always taught UK Women For Drug PAUSES they talk about an argument starting as Please let’s keep “journey” as a word to it was rude to put yourself first. Nowadays, But, no, what we have these days are “kicking off’”? characterise movement from one place to that seems a very old-fashioned idea, so “She Smuggling pauses that stretch far into the night. “Ladies Same old, same old. Blah-di-blah. another – and leave the roller-coaster to the and I went to the cinema” is something you and gentlemen, the television audience has End of... amusement parks where they properly belong will never hear. A COURT in Peru has sentenced been voting and the third person to be evicted [email protected] and on which I, and most other UJ readers, And whilst I am at it, why is “I” so often two British women to six years and would not be seen dead. written as a lower case vowel? eight months in prison each for try- COMPOUND EXPECTING ing to smuggle 24 pounds of cocaine “On which I”, did I say? I really should I have long given up expecting anyone to Spain in their luggage. have said “me” there. Everybody else seems to know how to use the expression, “to beg A lawyer for the women, Meyer Fishman, said Michaella McCol- lum of Northern Ireland and Me- lissa Reid of Scotland received the UK-US TAX INFORMATION sentences last month after taking advantage of an “early termination” (at least) unreasonable. But you may also process that brought reduced sen- Exchange Rate have a lower gain because of exchange rate tences in exchange for collaborating fluctuations, and fewer taxpayers complain with authorities. Confusion about that! It’s just another factor that will Prosecutors have said the women affect your gain/loss for tax purposes. could have faced up to 15 years in I THOUGHT for the beginning of the year prison. I would write about exchange rates as If you want to check the number of dollars you have as a result of using your ex- Prosecutor Gustavo Carbajal said it seems topical before you sit down on the court also ordered them to pay nd rd change rate is correct, just remember that the 2 or 3 of January to complete your $3,500 in civil reparations. 2013 taxes! Or at least start thinking about pounds are a big currency, so the amount of dollars will always be greater than the The women were arrested on Au- the preparation of your taxes! The two gust 6 at Lima’s airport as they tried exchange rates most used in tax prepara- equivalent in pounds. So £10 will be $16.50 and 16.50 is a bigger number than 10! This to board a flight for Madrid. McCol- tion are the annual average figure and the lum was 20 and Reid 19 at the time. year-end exchange rate. may seem obvious, but I know sometimes When including items of UK-source people forget if they have to multiply or income (dividends, interest, pensions) divide and it helps to know what sort of on your tax return, you generally use the result you should be looking for! annual average figure. This makes sense The exchange rate as of December 31, Perfect because you will probably have received 2013 is used for reporting foreign assets a number of payments during the year on information returns. This includes the and rather than find the exchange rate for Foreign Bank Account Reports and forms Gift 8938. When you have determined the high- Immigration • Divorce each payment, it is easier to use an annual average. Of course, you can use the daily est value during the year of the asset or on exchange rate for each receipt, but this is the account, you don’t use the exchange One Year clearly much more work. I use www.oanda. rate for that day. That would be too easy! com for obtaining historical exchange rates No, you use the year-end exchange rate, Green Card – “historical” in this sense is everything so the figure you put on the form doesn’t of that isn’t today! necessarily relate to any amount you actu- If you have a foreign capital gain to ally owned at any time. Working Visa report, it is often better to use the daily rate. Since I’m writing this before the end of Union You may at least want to find out which is the year, and my foresight is not 20/20, I the better rate. If you are using the dollars can’t tell you yet what either the annual into pounds rate, e.g. £1 = $1.65, it will be average exchange rate will be or the rate Labor Certification st Jack to your advantage to use the lower of the on 31 December 2013. Both figures will daily or average rate. If you are using the be included in large print in my next column pounds into dollars figure, e.g. $1 = £0.61, – so please keep reading! Company Transfers then the higher the number, the lower the See dollar figure will be. Mary-Heather Styles is qualified in both For a capital gain there is also the US and UK tax and has over 30 years’ experi- page purchase price to report. The IRS take the ence of working in (and paying) taxes. She International Students view that the exchange rate to use for this is based in Phoenix, Arizona and is looking is that for the date of the acquisition. This forward to a sun-filled New Year. 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Kat though, overhearing Alfie Speaking of nasty little kids, Faye’s new Outwardly unsympathetic Lucy is threaten- is her worst fear realized; that he now finally friend Grace torments little Simon, dressing ing to turn him in to Janine, but will she?… sees her the same way her abuse and abuser him up in Amy’s frock and smearing his Across the Square… the new owner of has always made her see herself. While it is face with make-up. Grace ropes in Faye in Booty, Sadie, turns up and thinking she’s Alfie’s forgiveness she wants, it is her ability her evil plan, and Faye’s too weak to say no. smarter than she is, gets off on the wrong to forgive herself that she needs… IT’S THE run-up to Carla’s wedding to Peter But when the police are called, Grace finds foot with just about everyone in the Square… And now for something (almost) com- and she’s wondering if she’s done the right the strength to tell the truth about evil Grace Roxy gets news from Ronnie that she is pletely different: If you ever wondered what it thing in asking Hayley to create her dress and now lives in fear of what Grace might DOES EVERYONE deserve a second chance? getting out of jail, but Roxy is keeping that a was like behind the scenes on the EastEnders when she sees Hayley’s designs include do to her. Is there anything that is unforgivable? Second secret from fiance Alfie (Dad of baby Tommy, set, check out these little two-minute video puffed sleeves and frills and Carla’s not best Over at Streetcars, Eileen’s son Todd has (and third) chances and forgiveness are al- the baby Ronnie snatched). When will they snippets with different members of the cast pleased. She is not, after all, a puffed sleeves secured himself a job but he’s broke and ways needed somewhere in Albert Square… learn that secrets always come out in the and crew: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/ and frills sort of a girl. Moaning to Peter in no one will loan him any cash. So when he Just as Max is about to forget about end – and not in a good way – usually in a b006m86d/features/enders-uncovered the factory, Carla wonders if asking Hayley takes a call from someone wanting an airport Kirsty’s faked pregnancy and take her back, screaming match in the Vic! Likewise Kat, as Video clips of actual scenes from the show to design her wedding dress was a good run, he takes the spare Streetcars cab and Lauren turns up back in the Square, having Tommy’s Mum and victim, got a letter from on the BBC’s EastEnders website are always idea: “I’ve just asked a terminally ill woman does the airport run himself, pocketing the left rehab, claiming she can handle it all on the court informing her that Ronnie was being blocked for anyone outside the UK, but they with no sense of style to design my wedding cash fare. her own. She says she got everything she let out and she clearly wants to talk to Alfie must have missed these because they are all dress. Do I walk down the aisle looking like a Down at Underworld, Sally gets promoted needed in less than a month. She has taken about it but is put off by his new engagement, viewable. Shhh! Don’t let Aunty know! sack of spuds or shatter her dreams, break to supervisor now that Hayley’s no longer up jogging to deal with her demons, but it and by overhearing Alfie counsel Tyler over Hey Downton Abbey fans! Until Season 4 her heart and sack her?” working in the factory and Mrs Connor will is tough to be a tea totaler in a place that his problems with Whitney. After hearing of Downton Abbey premiers on PBS January Over at the Rovers, Liz warns Tina that be going off on honeymoon soon. And yes, revolved around drinking. And she has lots of about Tony’s suicide she goes on a self- 5, my blog Dispatch From the Downton Abbey she’s playing with fire when she spots her Sally’s as smug as you’d think she’d be with fences to mend. Tanya keeps calling to check destructive tear and sleeps with Joey. When Diaspora, will keep you up on all the latest. flirting with the groom-to-be, Peter Barlow. the news she’s back in charge. on her, trying to get Max to send her back but Tyler finds out, naturally the engagement is Read it on PBS Thirteen’s website: www. Liz catches Tina and Peter just about to kiss Elsewhere, Steve starts a history class at he won’t. He wants the chance to prove he’s off. But Tyler is wavering and that is when thirteen.org/program-content/dispatch- each other in the romantic environs of the college. He admits to Lloyd that he’s only do- a good dad. He has his own fences to mend. Alfie tells him (and Kat overhears) that he from-the-downton-abbey-diaspora-23/ Enjoy men’s loo in the pub. Liz tut-tuts over Tina ing it to get away from his mum and Michelle And he still does want Tanya but since she can forgive her, but in his heart, if he knows and join in the discussion! And between now as Peter celebrates his stag night with the nagging at him in the pub. Steve’s enjoying isn’t coming back, he’ll settle for Kirsty… she’ll do it again, he has to make a break. It and January 5, PBS stations all across the lads. Kirk asks Peter: “Weren’t you married his college course in history but spends all his Cagey Janine hires still fuming Lucy to looks like that is when it hits Kat that her end country are rerunning past Downton seasons, to two women at the same time?” and Peter time talking about his new class mate called work in her real estate empire. It seems her with Alfie is final. so if you missed the beginning, now is the replies “It was bigamy”. Steve doesn’t miss Andrea. It’s Andrea this and Andrea that, job mostly entails carrying folders around Both the friendship and business relation- time to learn what all the excitement is about! a beat. “It’s big o’ any fella to be wed to two and when he gets a text from her in the pub, and pouting, but she quickly gets a promotion ship between Kat and Bianca seems to be at Check your local PBS listings. birds at the same time!”. Lloyd sends a saucy reply while Steve’s not over harder working Billy, making her (now) a frazzled end, until Kat steps in and offers And if you’d like to keep up with all things Julie’s heartbroken after she and Brian are looking. Steve isn’t best pleased and Michelle Ian’s boss. She is now, with no qualifications great counseling to fellow abuse survivor EastEnders, just email me here at the Laun- visited by social services who come to check won’t be either, when she finds out. “From to speak of, supposed to analyze expendi- Whitney (though not before Whitney messes derette and I’ll sign you up for our FREE, out their flat to see if it’s suitable before their little acorns….” says Lloyd, joking to Steve tures and report to Janine how to make her things up with Tyler). Tyler leaves the Square, weekly EastEnders e-newsletter called The application to become foster parents can go about his growing friendship with Andrea. business more profitable. OK. Looking at the but with Kat’s advice and a little push from E20 Chronicles: [email protected] further. Julie fusses over the appointment, “Michelle’ll have my little acorns in a jar if books she sees discrepancies, and Ian has to little sister Tiffany, Whitney rallies and gets Signed, Your Faithful Reporter determined to make a good impression and she finds out!” he replies. admit he is paying blackmailer Carl out of the a permanent job at the Community Center Deborah Gilbert AKA E20Launderette get the child she so desperately wants. But And in other news, Deirdre’s gone to Brian doesn’t want what Julie wants and he Canada to be with her Ken, leaving Eccles the hasn’t the guts to tell her. So when the flat dog, with Tracy who looks after the dog as inspection’s over, he walks the woman from well as she looks after her daughter Amy – it’s Policeman Charged Over ‘Plebgate’ Incident social services down the Street, tells her his unfed, unwalked and unloved. heart’s not into fostering, in fact he hates kids Glenda Young By Danica Kirka swore as he tried to make his way through “plebgate” incident challenged the ethics after having to work with the little beggars http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com the gate, but he has long denied using the of Scotland Yard’s police, whose reputa- PROSECUTORS charged a policeman term “pleb” or telling officers to “learn tion had already been battered by corrup- with misconduct last month after a dispute your place.” He has described the words tion exposed in the phone hacking scandal. over whether a senior politician insulted attributed to him as “a bad caricature of But prosecutors failed to make a deter- Police Decline To Re-Open police officers outside the prime minister’s what an ill-mannered 1930s upper-class mination on who they thought was telling office grew into a crisis about the integrity lout might say.” the truth – noting that no independent of Britain’s largest force. Prosecutors said In the storm that followed, he was accounts exist of what occurred. CCTV Probe In Diana’s Death Keith Wallis is being charged with send- forced to resign, but questions were raised images failed to settle the issue as footage ing an email to a lawmaker that falsely is consistent with both accounts. LONDON’S police force said last month Paul, died in claimed that he witnessed the September. about the police account. The so-called there is “no credible evidence” that British a car accident 19 incident. Prosecutors also allege that special forces were involved in the deaths in Paris on Wallis arranged for his nephew to support of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, August 31, his story. Dodi Fayed and it will not reopen the 1997. The case revolved around Andrew investigation. A jury Mitchell, a senior Conservative Party Scotland Yard has been looking into for the in- politician who was accused of swearing claims that the SAS had played a role. It quest into the at police and insulting them when they Jolly Good conducted a “scoping exercise” to assess deaths of Di- refused to open the gate outside the prime the credibility of the information and ana and Dodi minister’s Downing Street office so that he decided whether it warranted reopening Fayed re- could ride his bicycle through it. Mitchell the criminal investigation, and police said turned a ver- was accused of calling them “plebs” – a MEAT PRODUCTS they were given unprecedented access to dict in April 2008 saying that “the people’s condescending term for working-class British special forces records. princess” and her boyfriend were unlaw- people that struck a nerve in this class- Bangers fully killed, saying the car’s driver and “Every reasonable line of inquiry was sensitive society. paparazzi share blame for the deaths. 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See page 3 Page 8 ujnews.com January 2014 BRITISH AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL Virgin Racing Formula-E Noise pollution should be well down for the Formula E race events Fergie Attends British though. The electric FE cars, though, are not totally quiet as they emit Christmas Party In LA about 80 decibels which is slightly more than your average motor car. The numerical decibel level potatoes though, engine and fuel cell is Brit- increases exponentially, as 100 decibels is I WONDER how many readers of my Great ish. Still, as only two of the ten FE teams are 100,000 times louder than one decibel. The British Car column have stood track-side by home based, competition for a British team 80 decibels emitted from an electric FE car the starting grid of a Formula One event? to succeed is much more difficult in FE than is by no means excessive to the human ear, Chances are, that if you have witnessed a in F1, where eight of the 11 teams including and, in fact this quietness is a safety hazard Formula One start in close proximity three or World Champions. Red Bull are British based. for the marshals and pit crews of the race so more times, you may have developed some So here’s wishing the Virgin and Drayson there is now in place a plan to develop and permanent hearing impairment. In fact one teams’ good luck in their upcoming ventures. introduce some artificial sound on the cars of the loudest places on earth is inside the As for the FE cars, they are no slouches, when entering the pit lane. cockpit of a Formula One racing car. 0-60 mph is under three seconds and with As for myself, I am a little hearing im- The object of every Formula One driver at a top speed of about 140mph. Contrary to paired. I’ve gone to too many F1 events or the start is to get to the first corner as quickly what many people believe motor racing is more probably listening to rock music too as possible, and with 22 cars attempting this not all about speed, with today’s technology loud – Tinnitus I believe is what most race task simultaneously, the moment becomes the achievable speed has gone beyond what car drivers suffer from, one hears sounds one a breathtaking, but deafening crescendo, any driver can endure. Motor racing is being doesn’t want to hear in high volume, but has British Consul General Chris O’Connor, Sarah Ferguson, and Paul about 150 decibels to be exact. It is this able to negotiate the race track with a similar trouble hearing sounds that one does need Wright at the BABALAs Christmas Luncheon. terrific earsplitting intensity that adds to the yet particular car over a set distance quicker to hear. Deaf as I am though, I don’t think THE Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, of us that hasn’t made a mistake at one exhilaration of watching a Formula One race. than the competition, with that written I see no I could stand the thought of F1 ceasing to For this year’s Formula One season the less a spectacle in FE racing than that of F1. was the guest speaker at the 54th Annual time or another. be, due to a takeover by FE. I would miss BABCLA Christmas Luncheon held at the cars’ engines have been changed from that earth shattering roar of an F1 start with Also in attendance included the Irish CG the current 2.7 litre V8’s with a maximum Zero emission, I think, is a misnomer Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. Finbar Hill; the Australian CG Christopher though, environmentalists like to use that 22,000 BHP blasting in my ears; I can hear We’re guessing it was one of their most 18,000rpm to 1.6 litre V6 engines restricted that with no problem. de Cure; Peter Asher, of Peter and Gordon to a maximum rpm of 16,000. With this phrase, one has to take into consideration successful events, drawing a lot of media fame (who graciously hosted last month’s engine rule change I have no doubt that how much emissions have escaped into the There are 10 races scheduled for this attention including CBS Entertainment KLOS Breakfast with the Beatles while the sound created from them will change atmosphere when making and charging the opening Formula E season with the venues Tonight (ET) who did a complete seg- Chris Carter was on vacation); Gene Sim- significantly, yet I doubt that the decibel level batteries, a lot more than zero that’s for sure. scattered in major cities around the world. ment covering Sarah. The TV show also mons (“Kiss”) and wife Shannon Tweed; will decrease as a result. But, it is possible Technological development though is what They are all street races like Monaco featured nationally the luncheon, British Ruth and Phil Elwell, founders and cre- it may increase now that these new engines FE is all about in the hope that the research whereby the tracks are configured on exist- consul general Chris O’Connor and wife ators of the Kings Head Pub; MC Carlos are turbo charged. and development gained in this Formula can ing roads and streets; in fact Monaco is one Martha Nelems, President of the BABC Amezcua; Irish comedian Patrick Kielty; Now, in 2014, a new Formula racing series benefit all car makers in the near future and of the venues. The first race is in Beijing on Paul Wright Esq OBE. The event was so and from the UK, soul singer Quinn Archer will begin that will co-exist with Formula One help reduce our overall carbon emissions in September 13, this year. In the US the races successful, ET included our video footage, who performed. There was a special tribute to provide a much anticipated, favorable and our everyday life. And let’s face it, that can next year are in Los Angeles and Miami on requiring a special trip into the studios the to Nelson Mandela. yet quieter following. It is Formula E which is only be a good thing. February 14, and again March 14. Then following day. it’s over to London on the June 27. There With 550 people in attendance, Sarah Credit goes to Joanne Lichtenstein and Zero emission electric powered racing cars. According to the world’s expert environ- Gillian Campbell for organizing the event, There are 10 teams slated for the inaugural mentalists we have already gone beyond the are some famous names involved with the did not disappoint. She was entertaining teams including Mario Andretti, Alain Prost, and often very funny. She apologized for as they did a fabulous job!! Karen took lots season, two of which are British, Virgin and point of no return on carbon emissions for our of photos which will be posted at www. Drayson Racing. planet, it is that scary. As for fuel savings and Jay Penske and Leonardo DiCaprio. I myself her past number of small faux pas, vowed will be rooting for the British teams and my to pick herself up, and promised to do babcla.org and www.ujnews.com Happy The power train and electronics for all carbon emissions on one single FE race or New Year to All. Formula E teams will be designed and con- even a season’s, it’s a drop in bucket. Even money’s on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin better. I spoke to her briefly, suggested structed by McLaren Electronic systems and in F1 racing where the cars are the most team, Alex Tai is the team principal there but she be kind to herself. 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“The smell of buttered toast We also had an Aga cooker, and it made Witness At UK Hacking Trial: the kitchen so toasty and warm… ah well simply talked to Toad, and I can reminisce all I want, it was still bloody Brooks, Morgan Joked with no uncertain voice, miserable to have to go out in the snow, talked of warm kitchens, of ice, damp and wind… A WITNESS has told Britain’s phone her about Brooks, “`Careful – she’ll tap January I find we often do even more hacking trial that she overheard tabloid your phone.”’ breakfasts on bright frosty entertaining nowadays as the actual Christ- editor Rebekah Brooks and her rival, Piers Brooks was then editor of Rupert Mur- mornings, of cosy parlour mas period gets so frantic, so we wait until Morgan, joking at a party about illegal doch’s Sun newspaper and Morgan edited it has passed. I thought I would share an eavesdropping. the Daily Mirror. firesides on winter evenings. easy and elegant dessert that has been a Media lawyer Ambi Sitham said last Brooks, former News of the World When one’s ramble was favourite of mine for many years. month that the pair exchanged pointed re- editor Andy Coulson and six others are over and slippered feet were The bananas need to be just ripe, if well marks at a birthday party. She said Morgan on trial on hacking-related charges, which ripened they will be too soft. I also like to told Brooks, “`I already know what your they deny. propped on the fender, of the use Golden Shred marmalade if you can splash is, or your cover is, because I’ve Morgan, who faces no charges, has purring of contented cats, find it...although any good quality orange been listening to messages.”’ denied knowledge of phone hacking at and the twitter of sleepy marmalade will work. I hope you enjoy Sitham said Morgan also joked with his newspaper. 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Cut ber, thanks in part to decreases in the prices authorities violated diplomatic protocol weather over much of the States, and I 4 firm bananas, peeled the bananas in half and again lengthwise of food, gas and electricity. and opened British diplomatic bags. can’t help feel a wee bit guilty of being able Whipped Cream-optional so they are about 3 x 1-2 inches, and The Office of National Statistics re- The Foreign Office said in a statement to enjoy balmy sunny days… but I sure spoon the sauce over. Microwave again ported last month that inflation dropped to last month that Guardia Civil officers at have earned my dues of not having to go for 90 seconds at half power, gently move 2.1 percent in the year to November from the border between Gibraltar and Spain through all that winter weather anymore! us toasting crumpets with a toasting fork… the bananas around and microwave again 2.2 percent in October. opened the bags on November 22. (20 Wisconsin winters!) However I do (I still have it, hanging on my wall!) … it another 60-90 seconds. Samuel Tombs, UK economist at Capi- It said that the British embassy in Ma- recall many UK winter days and evenings. wasn’t that we didn’t have a toaster etc but Serves 4-6 tal Economics, cautioned that inflation may drid has made a “formal diplomatic pro- This quote reminds me of the joy of sitting just seemed romantic to do that … even I also wish you all a Happy, Healthy edge up next month as recent domestic test” to Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in front of the fireplace… I even remember though the crumpets often got charred! New Year, and thanks to all of you who energy price rises are included. Further and asked it to investigate the incident. The have written to me in the past year, I love (Your comments, requests and recipes are welcomed. If you want to contact to hear from you! out, Tombs said inflation may fall below Foreign Office declined to comment on the me please Email me at: Sandra Cherry [email protected]) the Bank of England’s 2 percent target contents of the bags. given that price pressures across much The incident is the latest spat between of the economy appear to be weakening. Britain and Spain over Gibraltar, a UK Even though the rate is still above the domain. Disputes over the territory flared Iran Arrests Man On Charges Of Spying For Britain Bank of England’s target, policymakers recently when Gibraltar constructed an IRAN’S MEDIA says authorities have The arrest comes as Iran and Brit- Rouhani in June. The British Embassy will likely be reassured to keep interest artificial reef, which Spain says affects in Tehran was closed in late 2011 after rates low for a while yet. arrested a man on charges of spying ain are patching up ties following the its fishermen. for Britain. election of moderate President Hassan hardliners overran the building. The semiofficial ISNA news agency said Saturday the man was arrested in the town of Kerman in southeastern Libya: We’ll Allow Quizzing Of Lockerbie Suspect Iran after authorities spent months LIBYAN Justice Minister Salah Mar- only person convicted in the attack, tracking him down. gani says his government will allow US but many questions surrounding the A Kerman judiciary official, who and British investigators to question bombing, who ordered it, and how it was not named by ISNA, said the man Abdullah al-Senoussi, Gadhafi’s noto- was carried out remain unanswered. If had exchanged information with four rious spymaster, over the Lockerbie Libya were responsible for the atrocity, British intelligence operatives. The man bombing. al-Senoussi could be a critical source of has not been identified but the report The former intelligence chief is ac- information. says he is currently standing trial and cused of complicity in the 1988 bombing Margani told Britain’s ITV News last has confessed. of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, month that it was “the intention” to allow Scotland, in which 270 people died. investigators to question al-Senoussi. Iran periodically announces the ar- Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Britain’s Foreign Office said it could rest of alleged foreign agents. Often few al-Megrahi, who died last year, is the offer no comment at the time. further details are released.

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Great Stan Seamus Peter O’Toole was born August RONNIE BIGGS died last monh, he was “It’s been a screwed-up life in many 2, 1932, the son of Irish bookie Patrick 84. Biggs was a petty criminal who set out respects, but a different life,” he told The Tracey “Spats” O’Toole and his wife Constance. to transform his life with the daring heist of Associated Press in 1997. “I’ve never been After a teenage foray into journalism a mail train packed with money. much of a nine-to-fiver.” STAN TRACEY, 86 and service with the navy, he auditioned The plan worked in ways he could never British detectives tracked him down in pianist and composer, for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art have imagined. 1974, but the lack of an extradition treaty the elder statesman of Private London – and won a scholarship. He began his career Biggs was part of a gang of at least 12 with Brazil saved him. When Brazil’s Britain’s jazz scene. by James Patterson as one of the most exciting young talents men that robbed a Glasgow-to-London military government tried to deport him, Son Clark Tracey on the British stage. His 1955 Hamlet, Royal Mail train in the early hours of Biggs produced a son Michael with a Bra- said the musician with Mark Pearson at the Bristol Old Vic, was critically ac- August 8, 1963, switching its signals zilian woman and the law again prevented “passed away peace- OUR CHOICE this month is the book Private claimed. and tricking the driver his expulsion. fully”. He had been London by the wonderful #1 bestselling UNKNOWN into stopping in the In 1981, two men posing as journalists suffering from cancer. writer James Patterson, this time written International stardom came in David darkness. The robbery grabbed Biggs at a Rio restaurant, gagged London-born Tracey began playing along with Mark Pearson. What a roller Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia. O’Toole was netted 125 sacks of him, stuffed him into a duffel bag and flew piano during World War II after a stint as coaster! It takes place in London so readers unknown to most moviegoers when they banknotes worth £2.6 him to the Amazon River port of Belem. an accordionist. He went on to perform will be familiar with many of the locations – first saw him as TE Lawrence, the mythic – $7.3m at the time, From there they sailed to Barbados, ex- with the popular Ted Heath Orchestra and which make it all the more interesting. British World War I soldier and scholar or more than $60m pecting to turn Biggs in and sell their story spent several years as resident pianist at For those of you who who led an Arab rebellion against the today – and became to the tabloids. But Barbados also had no Ronnie Scott’s jazz club. aren’t familiar with the Turks. His sensitive portrayal garnered known as “the heist extradition treaty with England and sent His compositions included the Under Private series – Private him his first Oscar nomination. of the century.” him back to Rio. Milk Wood suite, based on the Dylan is an elite investigation In 1964’s Becket, O’Toole played King Biggs was soon EXTRADITION Thomas radio play. firm with offices in Los A mentor to many younger musicians, Henry II to Richard Burton’s Thomas caught and jailed, but his escape from a In 1997, Brazil’s Supreme Court re- Angeles, Paris, London Becket, winning another Oscar nomina- London prison and decades on the run Tracey became known as “the godfather of and Tokyo. Dan Carter, jected an extradition request on the ground British jazz” and released his final album tion. He played Henry again in 1968 in turned him into a media sensation and that the statute of limitations had run out. head of the London of- The Lion in Winter, opposite Katharine something of a notorious British folk hero. earlier this year. fice, is a former Royal At the time, Biggs said he didn’t want to Pianist Jamie Cullum tweeted: “He Hepburn, for his third nomination. He lived for many years beyond the go back to Britain. Military Police Sergeant, has been tasked by Five more followed: in 1968 for Good- reach of British justice in Rio de Janeiro played like a demon right up until his last Jack Morgan, head of Private worldwide, with “All I have to go back to is a prison days on earth.” bye, Mr Chips; in 1971 for The Ruling He was free for 35 years before volun- cell, after all,” he said. “Only a fool would keeping an eye on Hannah Shapiro. Hannah is Class; in 1980 for The Stunt Man; in 1982 tarily returning to England in 2001 on a want to return.” now 20, when she was only 13 she survived for My Favorite Year; and in 2006, his private jet sponsored by The Sun tabloid. But within a few years, debilitated by Colin Wilson, a terrible ordeal. Her mother had taken her last, for Venus. Biggs died last month, daughter-in-law strokes and other ailments, Biggs began to shopping in Beverly Hills for her birthday and The image of the renegade hell-raiser Veronica Biggs said. She did not provide yearn to see England again. while shopping they were kidnapped and stayed with O’Toole for decades, though details about the cause of death. Author Of ultimately her mother was killed. I won’t give SENTENCED The Sun newspaper helped arrange his he gave up drinking in 1975. He did not, return, even chartering the private jet that The Outsider away all the details but suffice to say it wasn’t however, give up smoking unfiltered Most of the Great Train Robbery gang flew him home. Aboard the plane was pretty. It was then that Jack Morgan was hired Gauloises in an ebony holder. That and was caught and sentenced to long terms in Detective Superintendent John Coles of COLIN WILSON, to protect Hannah. his penchant for green socks, voluminous jail. Biggs got 30 years, but 15 months into Scotland Yard, who took Biggs into cus- 82, the author who Fast forward seven years and Hannah is coats, and trailing scarves lent him a rak- his sentence he escaped from London’s tody with the words: “I am now going to gained fame with his going to attend Chancellors College in London. ish air. Wandsworth Prison by scaling a wall with formally arrest you.” first book, The Out- Dan has been assigned to keep an eye on her A month before his 80th birthday in a rope ladder and jumping into a waiting Biggs spent several years in prison, sider, has died. for three years. He flies to LA to meet her and 2012, O’Toole announced his retirement, furniture van. emerging as a frail shadow of his dapper Colin Stanley, Wil- fly back to London with her (he’s terrified of saying he would focus on the third volume It was the start of a life on the run that “gentleman thief” image. son’s publisher and flying). Hannah is settled in under an assumed would hone his image as a cheeky rascal of his memoirs. CONVINCED bibliographer, said name and has made some new friends and is CRITICAL one step ahead of the law. the writer and philosopher never fully coming out of her shell. Things are going well The 1980 Macbeth in which he starred Biggs fled to France, then to Australia Finally convinced that Biggs was a dy- recovered from a stroke in 2011. until Hannah and her friends are kidnapped was a critical disaster of heroic propor- and Panama before arriving in Rio de ing man, officials released him on August Stanley said last month that Wilson outside a Pub and that’s where the roller tions. But it played to sellout audiences, Janeiro in 1970. By that time, life on the 7, 2009, a day before his 80th birthday. He was admitted to a hospital in Cornwall, coaster ride really begins. Dan’s ex-wife Kirsty largely because the savaging by the critics run and plastic surgery to change his ap- had been living in a nursing home since. southwestern England, in October for Webb is the Detective Inspector leading the brought out the curiosity seekers. pearance had eaten up most of his loot In late 2011, Biggs appeared at a pneumonia and died peacefully December case, a funny story in itself there. She has been In 1989, however, he had a big stage from the robbery. London news conference to promote an 5 with his wife, Joy, and daughter Sally investigating young women’s bodies that have success with Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, a In all, he spent more than 30 years in updated version of his memoir. Unable to by his side. been grotesquely mutilated – can the cases be comedy about his old drinking buddy, the Brazil, making a living from his notoriety. speak because of several strokes, he said The 1956 publication of The Outsider, linked? Dan and Kirsty work together to try and legendary layabout and ladies’ man who For a fee, he regaled journalists and tour- through his son Michael Biggs that he a study of creative icons – from Vincent solve the case – a race against time as there wrote the Spectator magazine’s weekly ists with the story of the heist and offered had come to regret the train robbery and, van Gogh to Franz Kafka and Friedrich has now been a ransom demand. Something “Low Life” column when sobre enough T-shirts with the slogan “I went to Rio and if he could go back in time, he would now Nietzsche – that espoused a brand of ex- isn’t right – things aren’t adding up. Is Han- to do so. met Ronnie Biggs ... honest.” choose not to participate. istentialist individualism, catapulted the nah involved – is this a revenge plot against The honorary Oscar came 20 years after He appeared to enjoy thumbing his nose Still, he insisted he’d be remembered as writer to fame. her father? Do the kidnappers ultimately want his seventh nomination, for My Favorite at the British authorities. a “lovable rogue.” His nonfiction books about crime and her father and his talents? How the heck is a Year. “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride, Biggs recorded a song with punk band Not everyone agreed. the paranormal – including The Occult: dentist involved?! my foot,” he quipped as he held his honor- the Sex Pistols titled No One Is Innocent, “Biggs is not a hero. He’s just an out- A History – and horror and science fiction There are many twists and turns to the ary statuette. wrote a memoir called Odd Man Out and and-out villain,” said the train driver’s novels such as The Space Vampires gained fast moving plot and you go places that you World leaders, film critics and Holly- even promoted a home alarm system with widow, Barbara Mills. him a loyal cult following. won’t believe in this one! wood stars have paid tribute to O’Toole, He is survived by Joy, their three chil- There are five books – so far – in the the towering actor known for his burning dren and a son from his first marriage. Private series. This is the first one I’ve read blue eyes. Romance Novelist Ida Pollock – I can assure you that I’ll be picking up the Britain’s prime minister and Ireland’s IDA POLLOCK, 105, believed to be the world’s oldest romantic novelist, has rest! 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who fined the club £42,000 for time. In Slovenia a niggling confrontation saw Cup Soccer while Nicky Law and David Templeton inappropriate fan behavior. In NK Maribor beat Wigan 2-1, in a game that were late to take advantage as the time Ten non-league clubs entered the second ticked away. Second division Albion Rovers Spain against Barcelona, the saw both teams finish with ten men apiece. round of the FA Cup, December 7, 8, 9, but hoops got a real hammering and Jordi Gomez put Wigan ahead four minutes switched their home tie against Motherwell, only three made it to the next round. Kidder- to the Premier club’s home ground looking made their European goodbyes before the break, then Chris McCann got his minister came through at home 4-2 against after a 6-1 thrashing. New £49m marching orders and the hosts produced an for some financial advantage. There was not a Division Two’s Newport County, Grimsby big gate however, but there was a big shock. summer signing from Brazil, equalizer two minutes later. Maribor scored Town finalized a 2-0 win over Division Two Neymar, notched a hat-trick, the winner in the 59th minute, but Merteli got A Gary Phillips goal in the dying seconds strugglers Northampton Town with a goal in gave Albion a 1-0 win. Last remaining junior while Georgio Samaras got one a red card sixteen minutes from time. It left the final minute, while Macclesfield Town back in the final minutes. Wigan bottom of Group D, and its European side in the competition Fraserburgh, were won 3-2 at home over fellow Conference knocked out 3-0 at Stenhousemuir. Compiled by Larry Gardner Chelsea lost by the only goal in Switzer- dreams ended. side Brackley Town. The draw for the third land, where Mohamed Salah’s 87th minute round can give minnows a financial windfall Bayern Munich Are World Club Continued from page 16 goal put Basel in the winning seat. A Demba World Cup 2014 after an encounter with a big club. The born Pakistani cricketer to play profes- Ba netting ten minutes after the game had The draw for the 2014 World Cup brought three winners were out of luck however, but Champions sionally in England, where he was part of begun, was enough to give Chelsea a 1-0 win England together with Italy, Costa Rica and they did all draw home ties. Kidderminister The final of the FIFA Club World Cup, at Warwickshire’s winning team of 1995. His is over Steau Bucharest of Romania. Uruguay in Group D. England will commence meets Championship side Peterborough, Marrakech, December 21, saw Bayern Mu- involved in the Cricket Foundation’s “Chance Tottenham And Swansea Go their campaign in the rainforest of Amazonia Macclesfield drew Sheffield Wednesday and nich play a possession strategy that tied up to Shine” charity. Wasim Khan was appointed in the City of Manaus, June 14, against Italy. Grimsby got Huddersfield for the third round their opponents as the confident red shirted a MBE… David Beckham’s vision of a MLS Through In Europa Cup They will play Uruguay at Sao Paulo, June scheduled January 4-5. Germans weaved their magic to defeat Raja expansion team in the City of Miami, edged The final games of the Europa League 19, and five days later in Belo Horizonte will The quarter-finals of the Capitol One Casablanca. Goals by Dante and Thiago closer to reality last month, when Miami- Groups, November 28-December 12, wit- conclude their group fixtures against Costa English League Cup, December 17-18, saw Alcantara in the first twenty two minutes Dade Commissioners’ voted unanimously nessed Tottenham beat Tromso 2-0 in the far Rice. England have never beaten Italy or Premier League’s bottom club Sunderland, gave them a 2-0 victory, and their fifth major for Mayor Carlos Gimenez, to negotiate a north of Norway. An own goal put the Spurs Uruguay in a major tournament and have erase the grin from Jose Mourinho face trophy of 2013. Hosted for the first time in deal with Beckham’s people. A site is being ahead with Dembele getting the second. never played Costa Rica in one either. The after a goal by Ki during extra-time gave the Morocco, December 11-21, the FIFA Club talked about downtown, where the county Spurs kept their hundred percent winning United States drew Germany, and Ghana, Black Cats a 2-1 win. A double by Dzeko World Cup, featured club champions from the owns land in the Port of Miami, across from Group K record at White Hart Lane, after a and face Portugal in the heat and humidity aided Manchester City to a 3-1 victory at five FIFA regions, plus the champions of the the Bayside Marketplace. Beckham did not 4-1 overwhelming of Anzhi Makhachala. of Manaus on June 22. Leicester City. Spurs got rid of coach Andre host nation. The tournament’s has a knockout attend the meeting, but his representatives Roberto Soldado got a hat-trick, with Lewis FIFA have received double the application Villa-Boaz, but it did not help against West format with the European and South Ameri- did… Australia overwhelmed New Zealand Holtby scoring in the 54th minute. The Rus- for tickets worldwide that it has available, Ham at White Hart Lane, where two goals in can Champions seeded in to the semi-finals. 34-2 in the final of the World Rugby League sians got one back on half-time. with close to 100,000 English fans seeking the final ten minutes witnessed the hammers Moroccan champions Raja Casablanca, gave Cup at Old Trafford, November 30. A sell-out Swansea were beaten at the Liberty Sta- tickets. Brazil has admitted that construction prevail 2-1. Ashley Young and Patrice Evra the locals something to cheer about as they crowd of over 74,000 watched the Aussies dium by Valencia, where a goal by Parajo problems will mean that three stadiums would were on the mark to give Manchester United beat Auckland City, the Oceania Champions take their fellow antipodeans to the cleaners, after twenty minutes gave the Spaniards a not make the December 31st deadline. FIFA’s a 2-0 win at Stoke. 2-1, then they prevailed 2-1, over Concacaf taking the trophy for the tenth time. 1-0 victory. They also lost to the only goal usual dictatorial authorities appear to be on champions, CF Monterey of Mexico. In the Scottish Soccer Four English Clubs Make Euro-CL of the game in Switzerland, where a netting hold with inference that the three arenas will be semi-final against the South American cham- ten minutes from the end gave St Gallen a ready by February. An accident in Sao Paulo’s The fourth round of the Scottish Cup, pions , Atletico Mineiro of Brazil, Ronaldinho Knockout Round 1-0 win. Swansea goes through however, as Arena Corinthians Stadium, witnessed a crane November 30-December 1, saw Celtic ham- found the net, but the Moroccans came away The final games of the Champions the runner up in Group A. collapsed and two people dead. The arena is mer Hearts 7-0 in their Edinburgh encounter 3-1 winners. The other side of the draw saw League Group schedule November 27-28 Wigan went ahead at home in the seventh due to host the opening game of the tourna- with Kris Commons getting a hat-trick. Two Guangzhou Evergrande of China, the Asian and December 10-11, saw the four English minute with a goal by Leon Barnett, but the ment. Later, a man died from a fall from the goals in the final two minutes gave Rangers champions, win 2-0 against Al Ahly of Egypt, clubs progress to the knockout round, with Belgians, SV Zulte Waregem came back roof at the Manaus stadium, where work was a 2-0 edge at Falkirk. The Bairns’ David the African champions. Bayern beat the Manchester United and Chelsea topping with two, the winner being two minutes from halted as workers went on strike. McCracken was sent off in the 57th minute, Chinese champions 3-0 in that semi-final. their respective groups. Manchester United powered past Bayer Leverkusen by five goals to nil in Germany. Antonio Valencia reduced assets – while the internationals Sturridge Out For Up To Eight got the Reds started in the 22nd minute, are being played. Naturally the clubs in the ERC don’t like parting with their top players, SOCCER Weeks – Suarez Signs Contract an own goal by Spahic increased the total, Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge could be followed by nettings by Jonny Evans, Chris particularly because they might get injured. The French have most to lose since they sidelined for up to eight weeks after spraining Smalling and Nani. At a packed Old Trafford, shorts his ankle during training. Phil Jones only goal of the game in the 67th have attracted a great deal of money into their game and can afford to pay for the best Continued from page 16 The England forward has scored 11 goals minute was enough to see off Ukrainians, in 14 matches for the Reds this season and Shaktar Donetsk. European and southern hemisphere players. Thus all eyes are on France and which way him to resign or be fired. his partnership with Luis Suarez has proved Jack Wilshere put Arsenal ahead in the Mackay led Cardiff into the Premier League decisive in many occasions. first minute at the Emirates against Marseille, they want to jump. Autumn International Summary for the first time last season. Suarez also signed a new contract which and adding another one in the 65th minute will see him earning £200,000 a week. for a 2-0 win for the Gunners. In Italy against Rows Persist Over Of the home nations, England emerged with most credit. They didn’t miss giving Clint Dempsey To Return to Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said Napoli, Arsenal were down to ten men for the before Sunday’s 3-1 loss at Hull that “Daniel last fifteen minutes after Mikel Arteta got a The Future Of Argentina the heave-ho, and they followed Premier League Fulham that up with an impressive win over the is probably going to be out six to eight weeks. red card. The Italians won 2-0, with a goal in European Club Rugby US national team captain Clint Dempsey It’s a big blow for us because he’s been bril- Aussies. Their still relatively inexperienced will be returning to Fulham on loan from the the final minute, but Arsenal’s second place THE MOST worrying thing for club rugby as liant since he’s come in.” finish sees them through. side performed well against the All Blacks, Seattle Sounders. 2014 starts is what is going to happen to the an encouraging way to put the year to bed. Cottagers manager Rene Meulensteen Manchester City piled on Viktoria Plzen Heineken Cup. at the Etihad Stadium winning 4-2. Sergio Wales remain an enigma. They won an said last month the 30-year-old forward has Zola Resigns At Watford The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) is desper- autumn international for the first time in five had a medical test. FORMER Italy forward Gianfranco Zola has Aguero commenced the scoring with a pen- ate to avoid its four regional sides breaking alty in the 33rd minute, Sami Nasri, Alvaro years when they accounted for Argentina. Dempsey could spend about two months resigned from his position as manager of away to join the Aviva Premiership with They were steamrollered by South Africa at Fulham ahead of Seattle’s opener against second-tier English club Watford. Negredo and Edin Dzeko were the other English teams. The Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, marksmen. Against the reigning European and in the final match they were narrowly defending MLS champion Sporting Kansas Zola led Watford to the brink of a return to Scarlets and Newport Gwent Dragons are beaten by Australia. Yet again. It was their City. the Premier League last season, only for the champions at Bayern Munich, the Sky Blues seriously concerned about their revenue went 2-0 down but came back to win 3-2. eighteenth consecutive loss against one of team to lose to Crystal Palace in the League sources next season with the Heineken in the big three southern sides since Warren Championship playoff final. David Silva, a penalty by Aleksandr Kolarov continued doubt along with any top-level Rio Ferdinand To Work As TV and a third by Aleksandr Kolaroc produced Gatland in his first season as coach narrowly In an open letter to Watford supporters European competition of any kind. beat the Wallabies in 2008. Pundit At World Cup on the club’s website, Zola says “I feel that the goods. Meanwhile the English governing body, Sadness at Parkhead, where Celtic Scotland enjoyed a healthy 42-17 victory MAN UNITED defender Rio Ferdinand will it is in the best interests of the team that Premiership Rugby, are exploring the pos- over Japan to start with but then ran into the assess his former England teammates’ per- somebody new is given the chance to bring crashed out of European competition after a sibility of a cross-border link-up – an Anglo- 3-0 loss to AC Milan. Kaka, Christian Zapata same Springbok brick wall (0-28) as the formances during the World Cup next year. the success which we have all hoped for and Welsh league. This would fill the gap left by Welsh before getting respectably close 15-21 The BBC said Ferdinand will be part of worked very hard for.” and Mario Ballotelli put the nails in the cof- England’s potential European rugby exile next fin. Controversial banners depicting hunger to Australia. Japan, by the way, who will host its punditry team in Brazil alongside former Zola was fired by West Ham in 2010 after year. The WRU for its part is frantic in case the 2019 World Cup have never beaten a Six England players Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer two years as manager. striker Bobby Sands, and Scottish hero Wil- its regions defect over the Severn Bridge. In liam Wallace, brought a response from UEFA Nations team in Europe. They are the current and Phil Neville. a statement issued just before Christmas they Asian Five champions. Ferdinand, who will also have a role with West Brom Fires Coach affirmed their keenness to keep Welsh sides Poor old Ireland were within moments social media content during the tournament, in Europe, blandly stating they are ‘hopeful’ of beating New Zealand for the first time, said “I’ll be cheering on England, especially Steve Clarke BARCLAYS PREMIER that the regional sides will continue with “the leading 22-17 at Lansdowne Road as the 80 with quite a few of my clubmates involved. WEST BROMWICH Al- FIXTURES FOR THE MONTH participation agreement by the deadline of minutes were up. But the visitors kept the ball bion moved to halt its – Wednesday, January 1 – December 31”. alive and finally scored a try through Ryan Hull Owner Faces Fury From slide down the English Swansea v Man City; Arsenal v Cardiff; As usual the centre of the conflict is not Premier League by firing Crystal Palace v Norwich; Fulham v West Ham; Crotty, converted (at the second attempt) Fans Over Name Change Liverpool v Hull; Southampton v Chelsea; the game but the money. On the one hand, by Aaron Cruden. Ireland have played 27 coach Steve Clarke last Stoke v Everton; Sunderland v Aston Villa; you have the nations involved in the Six games against the All Blacks with only one LESS THAN three years after Assem Allam month, hours after the West Brom v Newcastle; Man Utd v Tottenham Nations and on the other there are the clubs rescued Hull from falling into financial ruin, club slumped to a fourth – Saturday January 11th – draw relieving the awful sequence of defeats. the goodwill toward the Egyptian business- Hull v Chelsea; Cardiff v West Ham; who compete on the European Rugby Cup [email protected] straight loss. Everton v Norwich; Fulham v Sunderland; (ERC). Ultimately it boils down to commercial man has turned into open hostility. Clarke lasted just 18 months in his first Southampton v West Brom; Tottenham v Crystal Palace; considerations. Allam injected about £40m into the club full-time managerial position, having previ- Man Utd v Swansea and was feted as a savior. The team then – Sunday January 12th – The national authorities make a fortune ously been assistant coach at Chelsea – Newcastle v Man City; Stoke v Liverpool out of broadcasting rights to the Six Nations secured a surprise return to the Premier where he worked under Jose Mourinho in – Monday January 13th – but the clubs have to keep playing – with League last season. two straight league title-winning campaigns Aston Villa v Arsenal But Allam’s desire to change the 109-year- – Saturday January 18th – – West Ham and Liverpool. Sunderland v Southampton; Arsenal v Fulham; old club’s official name from Hull City AFC to Clarke guided West Brom to an eighth- Crystal Palace v Stoke; Man City v Cardiff; ATTENTION FORMER Hull Tigers to attract investors and boost its place finish in the Premier League last season Norwich v Hull; West Ham v Newcastle; marketing appeal abroad has provoked fury but Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Cardiff left the Liverpool v Aston Villa ROYAL MARINES – Sunday January 19th – among many fans. team just two points and two places above Swansea v Tottenham; Chelsea v Man Utd Now living in the US the bottom three. In 2013, West Brom has – Monday January 20th – Coyle Loses Job At Struggling won seven of 34 games, picking up only 31 West Brom v Everton There is now a Royal Marine – Tuesday January 28th – Cup Winners Wigan points in that period. Man Utd v Cardiff; Norwich v Newcastle; Association Branch formed in OWEN COYLE has become the third manager Southampton v Arsenal; Sunderland v Stoke; the US. Swansea v Fulham; Crystal Palace v Hull; from English football’s second-tier League NOTICE TO UK BUSINESSES Liverpool v Everton Please contact: Championship to lose his job in 48 hours after – Wednesday January 29th – Become a Union Jack Wigan announced his departure following a Aston Villa v West Brom; Chelsea v West Ham; John Topping, Secretary Distributor and put Your Tottenham v Man City Royal Marine Association run of home losses. – Saturday February 1st – Wigan, which was relegated from the Business on the UJ Brit West Ham v Swansea; Cardiff v Norwich; USA Branch Business Map! 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Adam Lallana and Lambert hit the target against Tottenham but unfortunately so did TABLES own-goal victim Jos Hooivelt in a heartbreak- By Ridge Mahoney Liverpool: Back-to-back ing 3-2 home defeat. As of December 30 Arsenal: Olivier Giroud’s 11th losses to Big Four teams si- Stoke City: The Potters were BARCLAYS PREMIER lenced much of the title talk that goal of the season, a 65th-minute shattered, 5-1, at Newcastle de- P W D L F A GD Pts header from a Theo Walcott free had been building during the spite taking an early 1-0 lead Arsenal 19 13 3 3 37 18 19 42 Man City 19 13 2 4 54 21 33 41 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE kick, propelled the Gunners to a month. Martin Skrtel scored an when Oussama Assaidi cut inside Chelsea 19 12 4 3 35 19 16 40 Round of 16 Draw 1-0 victory at Newcastle. Walcott early goal from a corner kick to establish a from the left and curled a superb shot inside Everton 19 10 7 2 31 18 13 37 First Leg Liverpool 19 11 3 5 44 23 21 36 Tuesday, February 18 scored twice within three minutes to overturn 1-0 lead at Chelsea, but the home team re- the far post. Then calamity ensued: Glenn Man United 19 10 4 5 32 22 10 34 Man City v Barcelona; B Leverkusen v Paris St-Germain a 1-0 deficit at West Ham and Lucas Podolski plied twice before halftime and maintained the Whelan and Marc Wilson were shown red Tottenham H 19 10 4 5 22 24 -2 34 Wednesday, February 19 Newcastle U 19 10 3 6 29 24 5 33 celebrated his return to the lineup from a 2-1 scoreline until the final whistle. A terrible cards, manager Mark Hughes was sent to the Southampton 19 7 6 6 26 20 6 27 Arsenal v B Munich; AC Milan v Atletico Madrid hamstring injury with the clinching goal of a offside decision that negated a great scoring stands, and even though Thomas Sorensen Hull City 19 6 5 8 22 23 -1 23 Tuesday, February 25 Swansea City 19 5 6 8 24 25 -1 21 Olympiakos v Man United; Zenit St Ptrsbrg v B Dortmund 3-1 victory. Walcott scored twice in his first chance for Raheem Sterling tainted a 2-1 saved a penalty kick, the nine men were over- Stoke City 19 5 6 8 18 29 -11 21 Wednesday, February 26 start since September but the goals and one loss at Manchester City in which Liverpool run in the second half. Peter Crouch nodded Aston Villa 19 5 5 9 18 25 -7 20 Galatasaray v Chelsea; Schalke v Real Madrid also took a 1-0 lead, this one provided by Norwich City 19 5 4 10 16 32 -16 19 Second Leg by Per Mertesacker were snowballed in a 6-3 down a ball for Charlie Adam to score the West Brom 19 3 9 7 22 27 -5 18 Phillipe Coutinho. Luis Suarez scored twice Cardiff City 19 4 6 9 15 30 -15 18 Tuesday, March 11 loss at Manchester City. 0 opening goal and then headed the winner Crystal Pal 19 5 1 13 12 28 -16 16 Atletico Madrid v AC Milan; B Munich v Arsenal Aston Villa: A four-match losing in the first half and in between Sterling banged four minutes after Aston Villa equalized in Fulham 19 5 1 13 19 41 -22 16 Wednesday, March 12 streak ended with a 1-1 tie at home home a goal in a 3-1 dismantling of Cardiff a 2-1 victory. West Ham U 19 3 6 10 18 28 -10 15 Barcelona v Man City; Paris St-Germain v B Leverkusen City. Suarez also scored two in a 5-0 romp Sunderland 19 3 5 11 15 32 -17 14 Tuesday, March 18 against Swansea City, yet Villa let a Sunderland: A dreadful Chelsea v Galatasaray; Real Madrid v Schalke 1-0 lead slip after Gabriel Agbonlahor at Tottenham. miss by US striker Jozy Altidore English Championship Wednesday, March 19 scored in the seventh minute. Villa were B Dortmund v Zenit St Ptrsbrg; Man United v Olympiakos Manchester City: Edin Dze- marked a long period of futility P W D L F A GD Pts outshot 17-7 and boos rained down as they ko’s 50th goal for City logged Leicester City 23 15 3 5 39 25 14 48 at Cardiff City, but the Black Derby County 23 13 5 5 48 29 19 44 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE left the field. Fabian Delph’s goal in the 80th the club’s 10th consecutive home Cats rallied from a 2-0 deficit with a Steven Burnley 23 12 8 3 33 16 17 44 minute capped off a back-and-forth match victory, a 1-0 defeat of Crystal QPR 23 12 7 4 24 13 11 43 Round Of 32 Draw – First Leg Fletcher toe-poke and a stoppage-time equal- Nottingham F 23 10 9 4 33 23 10 39 Thursday, February 20 that Villa won, 3-2, at Southampton. Agbon- Palace. His 10th goal of the season, from a izer by Jack Colback to snatch a 2-2 draw. Ipswich Town 23 9 8 6 35 26 9 35 Anzhi Makhachkala v KRC Genk lahor opened the scoring in the 15th minute Jesus Navas cutback, ended a two-month Leeds Utd 23 10 5 8 34 26 8 35 Dynamo Kiev v Valencia CF Fabio Borini, who felt unwell before the game Brighton 23 9 8 6 28 21 7 35 Esbjerg fB v Fiorentina and Libor Kozak’s second-half goal restored scoring drought. Navas and James Milner but started anyway and nearly scored, left the Reading 23 9 7 7 30 28 2 34 FC Chornomorets Odesa v Lyon a lead that was also squandered, but Delph tallied off the bench and Vincent Kompany Wigan Ath 23 9 6 8 25 23 2 33 FC Dnipro v Tottenham match at halftime and went to hospital with Blackpool 23 8 8 7 25 27 -2 32 cracked home his first Premier League goal scored once for each team in a 4-2 City a virus. Midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng, on loan Huddersfield 23 8 7 8 31 26 5 31 Juventus v Trabzonspor from outside the box to win it. Blackburn R 23 8 7 8 28 27 1 31 PAOK Salonika v Benfica comeback win at Fulham. Yaya Toure opened from Swansea, converted a penalty kick he’d Watford 23 7 9 7 35 29 6 30 Slovan Liberec v AZ Alkmaar Cardiff City: The day after man- the scoring and after Kompany’s own goal won himself to guide the Black Cats to their Bournemouth 23 8 5 10 30 40 -10 29 Ajax v FC Red Bull Salzburg ager Malky Mackay was sacked, tied the match 2-2, Navas and Milner scored Birmingham 23 7 7 9 29 28 1 28 FC Porto v Eintracht Frankfurt first Premier League win in seven games, Middlesbro 22 6 8 8 32 31 1 26 Lazio v Ludogorets Razgrad Cardiff took a 2-0 lead on Sunderland five minutes apart. Kompany and Alvaro Bolton W 23 6 8 9 27 32 -5 26 1-0 at Everton. Charlton Ath 23 5 8 10 21 29 -8 23 Maccabi Tel Aviv v Basel with goals by Jordon Mutch and Negredo answered an early Liverpool goal Millwall 23 5 7 11 25 46 -21 22 NK Maribor v Sevilla Fraizer Campbell but the game ended 2-2 in a 2-1 victory. Swansea City: After Roland La- Doncaster R 22 5 6 11 18 36 -18 21 Real Betis v Rubin Kazan mah equalized in the 36th minute, Sheffield Wed 23 3 10 10 23 33 -10 19 Swansea v Napoli after the Bluebirds surrendered two late goals, Manchester United: Danny Yeovil Town 23 4 5 14 18 36 -18 17 Viktoria Plzen v Shakhtar Donetsk including an equalizer in the fifth minute of the Swans piled on the pressure at Barnsley 23 3 7 13 20 41 -21 16 Welbeck’s goal in the 57th Aston Villa but despite dominating stoppage time. Peter Whittingham missed a minute downed Norwich, 1-0, Round Of 32 – Second Leg much of the play had to accept a 1-1 draw. English League One Thursday, February 27 great chance in the 11th minute and South- and by that victory United ex- Rubin Kazan v Real Betis ampton quickly scored three goals to take a They scored first through Nathan Dyer at Nor- P W D L F A GD Pts tended its winning streak to six games. wich City; Dyer left just before halftime with Brentford 23 15 4 4 39 22 17 49 Basel v Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 victory that prompted owner Vincent Tan, Welbeck replaced Ryan Giggs at halftime Leyton Orient 23 14 6 3 48 23 25 48 Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Porto who left five minutes before the final whistle, an injury and a late save by Michael Vorm got Wolverhampton 23 14 6 3 38 17 21 48 FC Red Bull Salzburg v Ajax and chased down a blocked clearance to the Swans out of town with a 1-1 tie. Preston NE 23 12 8 3 32 22 10 44 Ludogorets Razgrad v Lazio to sever his relationship with Mackay. round the keeper and score his fourth goal Peterborough 23 12 3 8 35 27 8 39 Napoli v Swansea Chelsea: After conceding an Tottenham Hotspur: New man- Rotherham U 23 10 8 5 37 29 8 38 Sevilla v NK Maribor in the last five games. Chris Smalling and Port Vale 23 11 3 9 34 34 0 36 early goal at home to Liverpool, Wayne Rooney scored seven minutes apart ager Tim Sherwood celebrated his Swindon T 23 10 4 9 40 31 9 34 Shakhtar Donetsk v Viktoria Plzen Walsall 23 9 7 7 25 21 4 34 AZ Alkmaar v Slovan Liberec Chelsea rallied with goals by Edin to erase an early 2-0 deficit at Hull City, and home debut with a 3-0 thumping Bradford City 23 7 10 6 35 26 9 31 Benfica v PAOK Salonika Hazard and Samuel Eto’o before United then captured a 3-2 victory when an of Stoke City. Roberto Soldado’s MK Dons 22 9 4 9 36 32 4 31 Fiorentina v Esbjerg fB halftime, and held out for a 2-1 victory. fifth successful penalty kick of Coventry City 23 11 6 6 49 41 8 29 KRC Genk v Anzhi Makhachkala Ashley Young cross turned into an own goal. Crawley Town 23 7 8 8 25 30 -5 29 Lyon v FC Chornomorets Odesa Hazard started the sequence on the first goal the season put Spurs in front and goals by Colchester U 23 6 9 8 28 32 -4 27 A stoppage-time stop by keeper David De Gea Carlisle Utd 23 7 6 10 25 37 -12 27 Tottenham v FC Dnipro and got forward to lace a deflected ball high preserved the three points. Danny Welbeck’s Aaron Lennon and Mousa Dembele four Gillingham 24 7 5 12 32 42 -10 26 Trabzonspor v Juventus into the net; Eto’o bagged his third goal for minutes apart in the second half provided a Sheffield Utd 23 6 7 10 22 29 -7 25 Valencia CF v Dynamo Kiev first home goal since October 2012 was fol- Oldham Ath 22 6 6 10 25 30 -5 24 the club by touching home Oscar’s centering lowed by a superb effort from Adnan Januzaj comfortable win. The victory was also Spurs’ Shrewsbury T 23 5 8 10 22 26 -4 23 ball. Hazard scored the only goal and Eto’o first shutout since early November. A scuff Tranmere Rov 23 6 5 12 27 43 -16 23 THE FA CUP WITH BUDWEISER and a clinching strike by substitute Ashley Bristol City 23 4 10 9 33 36 -3 22 Third Round squandered a few opportunities in a narrow Young in a 3-1 defeat of West Ham. by Emmanuel Adebayor presented West Crewe A 23 5 6 12 20 46 -26 21 Blackburn v Man City; Aston Villa v Sheff Utd; 1-0 defeat of Swansea City. Bromwich Albion with an equalizer less than Stevenage Bor 23 5 4 14 22 42 -20 19 Newcastle United: Mathieu Notts County 24 5 3 16 27 38 -11 18 Barnsley v Coventry; Bolton v Blackpool; Crystal Palace: Manager two minutes after Christian Eriksen’s goal had Bournemouth v Burton; Brighton v Reading; Debuchy hit the crossbar with Bristol City v Watford; Charlton v Oxford Utd; Tony Pulis went down to defeat a header and Loic Remy nearly given Spurs a 1-0 lead in Sherwood’s first English League Two Doncaster v Stevenage; Everton v QPR; at home for the first time as game in place of Andre Villas-Boas. Adebayor equalized with a blocked clear- P W D L F A GD Pts Grimsby v Huddersfield; Ipswich v Preston; Newcastle romped to a 3-0 scored the equalizer and then the winner in a Chesterfield 23 11 8 4 33 19 14 41 Kidderminster v Peterborough; ance that ran just wide of the post in a 1-0 triumph. In the second minute of see-saw 3-2 win at Southampton. Scunthorpe U 23 11 8 4 33 24 9 41 Macclesfield v Sheff Wed; Middlesbrough v Hull; home loss to Arsenal. Remy failed to convert Burton Albion 23 12 5 6 27 22 5 41 Newcastle v Cardiff; Norwich v Fulham; stoppage time in a goalless game at Aston a penalty kick but still scored twice as the West Bromwich Albion: Nicolas Rochdale 23 12 4 7 35 28 7 40 Rochdale v Leeds; Southampton v Burnley; Villa, substitute Dwight Gayle swerved a shot Oxford Utd 23 10 8 5 34 21 13 38 Southend v Millwall; Stoke v Leicester; Magpies ran riot after conceding the first Anelka scored twice within six min- Southend Utd 23 11 5 7 28 20 8 38 Sunderland v Carlisle; West Brom v Crystal Palace; into the top corner to give the Eagles just their Newport 22 10 7 5 30 22 8 37 goal to thrash Stoke City, 5-1. Yoan Gouf- utes – his first two goals for the club Fleetwood T 22 11 2 9 34 28 6 35 Wigan v MK Dons; Yeovil v Leyton Orient; second home victory of the season. fran scored his fifth goal in as many home – to give Albion a 2-1 lead at West Morecambe 24 10 5 9 29 32 -3 35 Arsenal v Tottenham; Everton: Romelu Lukaku Cheltenham T 24 8 9 7 31 33 -2 33 – Sunday January 5, 2014 – games and Yohan Cabaye, and substitute Ham, and after Albion gave back the lead, Exeter City 23 9 5 9 30 31 -1 32 Nottm Forest v West Ham; Sunderland v Carlisle; snapped a five-game goal drought Papiss Cisse also netted as Newcastle won Saido Berahino’s sharp finish earned a 3-3 Dag & Red 23 8 7 8 30 28 2 31 Derby v Chelsea; Liverpool v Oldham; by netting the winner in a 2-1 its seventh league match out of the last nine. tie. Jonas Olsson capitalized on a defensive Hartlepool U 23 8 7 8 27 25 2 31 Port Vale v Plymouth; Man Utd v Swansea defeat of Southampton. Lukaku Plymouth A 23 8 6 9 20 25 -5 30 Norwich City: Gary Hooper error to notch the equalizer in a 1-1 draw at AFC Wimbldn 22 7 7 8 24 26 -2 28 scored his ninth goal of the season three Tottenham. Matej Vydra tucked away a feed Wycombe W 22 7 6 9 28 28 0 27 CAPITAL ONE CUP minutes after Southampton had matched an scored in the 13th minute but then Portsmouth 23 6 8 9 27 35 -8 26 Semi Finals fluffed an opportunity to double the from fellow sub Zoltan Gera to score his first Accrington S 23 6 7 10 25 31 -6 25 First Leg week of January 6 early strike by Seamus Coleman that was his Mansfield 23 6 7 10 25 33 -8 25 lead against Fulham in an eventual Albion goal in a 1-1 draw with Hull City that Bury 23 5 9 9 27 30 -3 24 Second Leg week of January 20 third goal in the past four games. Joel Robles Bristol Rovers 23 5 8 10 20 25 -5 23 Sunderland v Man United 2-1 loss. Hooper also scored in the 13th ended a four-game losing streak. York City 23 4 10 9 26 31 -5 22 Man City v West Ham U made his first Premier League start in place Torquay Utd 23 5 7 11 24 37 -13 22 of US keeper Tim Howard, who had been sent minute at West Bromwich Albion and despite West Ham United: The Ham- Northampton 23 4 7 12 17 30 -13 19 SCOTTISH COMMUNITIES off on Boxing Day in a 1-0 loss to Sunderland. being outshot 26-8 the Canaries held out long mers twice surrendered one-goal LEAGUE CUP Howard’s foul provided Sunderland with the enough for Leroy Fer to net a clinching goal leads at home in a 3-3 draw Scottish Premiership Semi-Final penalty kick by which it won the game. Ross in the 89th minute for just their second away with West Brom. After Joe Cole P W D L F A GD Pts Saturday, February 1 Barkley increased his transfer value by arrow- victory of the season. A Hooper goal in the opened the scoring in the fourth minute, Celtic 18 15 3 0 40 12 28 48 Aberdeen v St Johnstone fourth minute of first-half stoppage time tied Motherwell 19 12 1 6 27 25 2 37 Sunday, February 2 ing a free kick into the top corner for the winner the visitors took control, only for substitute Aberdeen 19 11 2 6 29 18 11 35 the game but the Canaries couldn’t score Inverness CT 18 10 3 5 26 16 10 33 Hearts v Inverness in a 2-1 victory at Swansea City that Bryan Modibo Maiga and skipper Kevin Nolan to Dundee Utd 19 9 5 5 35 19 16 32 Oviedo’s own goal tied up four minutes after again and were tied, 1-1. score for a 3-2 advantage that also didn’t St Johnstone 19 7 5 7 25 18 7 26 Hibernian 19 6 6 7 15 16 -1 24 RAMSDEN’S CHALLENGE a Coleman goal provided a 1-0 lead. Southampton: Three minutes hold up. They also coughed up a home lead St Mirren 18 5 5 8 19 27 -8 20 FINAL Fulham: Scott Parker’s goal in after Gaston Ramirez equalized against Arsenal, conceding three goals after Kilmarnock 19 5 3 11 23 32 -9 18 Sunday, April 6, 2014 the 87th minute completed a come- at Everton, the Saints conceded Carlton Cole had scored less than a minute Partick Thistle 19 3 7 9 16 32 -16 16 Rangers v Raith Rovers Heart of M 19 3 4 12 14 34 -20 13 back from a 1-0 deficit and gave the winner in a 2-1 defeat. They into the second half. Cole also scored at Ross County 18 3 2 13 16 36 -20 11 the Cottagers just their second scored three times in the first 27 minutes Manchester United in a 3-1 defeat. THE WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP Scottish Division 1 Fifth Round victory in the last 10 games, 2-1 at Norwich. P W D L F A GD Pts Saturday, February 8 Pajtim Kasami equalized before halftime and Dundee 18 11 3 4 33 16 17 36 Albion v Stenhousemuir after Parker had scored a disallowed goal, Hamilton Ac 18 10 4 4 23 13 10 34 Alloa v Dumbarton Falkirk 18 8 6 4 29 15 14 30 Celtic v Aberdeen he ran onto a loose ball and blasted home Raith Rovers 18 8 5 5 27 26 1 29 Dundee Utd v St Mirren the winner. Steve Sidwell scored midway Alloa Athletic 18 8 4 6 19 16 3 28 Forfar v St Johnstone through the first half to open the scoring and Livingston 18 7 4 7 32 32 0 25 Hibernian v Raith Rovers Queen ot Sth 18 6 5 7 24 21 3 23 Dimitar Berbatov converted a penalty kick Dumbarton 18 6 3 9 24 33 -9 21 Rangers v Dunfermline Cowdenbeath 18 4 3 11 24 40 -16 15 Stranraer v Inverness CT as the Cottagers dominated most of the play Morton 18 2 3 13 15 38 -23 9 against Villa in a 2-0 victory. 2014 FIFA WORLD CUP Hull City: Robert Koren scored Scottish Division 2 Group Draw The opening game of the 2014 Fifa World Cup twice and Tom Huddlestone cel- P W D L F A GD Pts ebrated his first goal in more than Rangers 16 15 1 0 60 8 52 46 will see hosts Brazil play Croatia on 12 June, Dunfermline 17 11 2 4 40 27 13 35 and the Final will be played in Rio de Janeiro 2 1/2 years with an impromptu Stranraer 17 9 3 5 31 24 7 30 on July 13, 2014. haircut in a 6-0 thrashing of Fulham. Ahmed Ayr Utd 18 8 5 5 32 31 1 29 Group A Stenhousemuir 17 7 4 6 28 34 -6 25 Brazil, Croatia, Mexico, Cameroon Elmohamady, George Boyd and Matty Fryatt Forfar Athletic 17 5 4 8 23 26 -3 19 Brechin City 18 5 4 9 28 36 -8 19 Group B also scored as Hull hit for six in the second East Fife 18 5 2 11 16 36 -20 17 Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia half. After netting the fourth, Huddlestone Arbroath 18 4 2 12 26 43 -17 14 Airdrie Utd 18 3 3 12 22 41 -19 12 Group C let the team physio shave off a piece of the Colombia, Greece, Ivory Coast, Japan Afro he’d grown and vowed not to cut until Group D he’d scored. Mission accomplished. Former Scottish Division 3 Uruguay, Costa Rica, ENGLAND, Italy Manchester United trainee James Chester P W D L F A GD Pts Group E Peterhead 18 9 6 3 38 22 16 33 scored for Hull in the fourth minute, gave Clyde 18 9 4 5 23 21 2 31 Switzerland, Ecuador, France, Honduras Annan Ath 17 8 4 5 34 28 6 28 Group F his former team the win with an own goal, Albion Rovers 18 7 5 6 27 23 4 26 Argentina, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Iran, Nigeria and squandered a last-ditch chance in a 3-2 East Stirling 18 7 5 6 26 27 -1 26 Stirling Alb 17 7 4 6 29 28 1 25 Group G Tigers’ loss. David Meyler had doubled Hull’s Montrose 18 6 5 7 26 28 -2 23 Germany, Portugal, Ghana, UNITED STATES advantage before United stormed back. Jake Berwick Ran 18 6 4 8 28 24 4 22 Group H Elgin City 17 5 5 7 31 32 -1 20 Livermore’s early goal gave the Tigers a 1-1 Queens Park 17 1 4 12 15 44 -29 7 Belgium, Algeria, Russia, South Korea draw at West Bromwich Albion. Page 16 ujnews.com January 2014 (Ben Stokes 120). November 30, when the referee stepped in Despite that assurance, there was a caveat New Zealand and the West Indies fought during the sixth round. A particularly vicious that the former Celtic and Norwich defender out a high scoring draw in their First Test left to the jaw had the Liverpool man (20-1-1) had to heal his rift with Tan, which seemed encounter at Dunedin, where the Windies on the canvas and the Haitian born champion unlikely given the owner’s apparent reluc- were forced to follow on. New Zealand 609 (22-1) return to the attack when he got up. tance to meet with him in recent months. The (Ross Taylor 217, Brendon McCullum 113)- Bellew bloodied Stevenson’s nose in the Tim Sherwood Appointed situation was then further complicated when 9 dec and 79-4 at close. West Indies 213 and third, during a hard hitting physical contest, Manager At Spurs Mackay received an email from Tan asking 507 (Darren Bravo 218). The Kiwis won the but admitted the better man had won on the TOTTENHAM appointed Continued on page 14 second Test at Wellington by an innings and night… European heavyweight champion the inexperienced Tim 73 runs in just three days. New Zealand 441 Dereck Chisora (19-4) finished off Czech Compiled by Larry Gardner Sherwood as head coach (Ross Taylor 129) opponent, Ondrej Pala (32-4) when the ref December 23 until the Andy Murray The West Indies 175 and 93. stopped the fight in the third round at the Cop- end of next season. This Voted BBC Sports Jubilant Aussies Regain The Golf – Manley Misses Mercedes, perbox in London. Chisora was hoping for a was viewed as a surprise match-up with the British and Commonwealth move by the north Lon- Personality Of 2013 Ashes As England Crash McIlroy Finds Form heavyweight champion David Price (15-2), ENGLAND’s successful run of three consecu- don club, a week after WIMBLEDON champion Andy Mur- Welsh golfer Stuart Manley, thought he’d who recently lost twice to American, Tony Andre Villas-Boas was fired. ray was voted the BBC’s 60th Sports tive Ashes series victories over Australia, Thompson. But the Liverpudlian suddenly came to a shattering end at Perth in the third won a brand new Mercedes Benz, with a The 44-year-old Englishman had not pre- Personality of the Year last month, hole-in-one at the third hole during the third relinquished both titles, leaving the domestic viously managed a team until being moved winning the accolade after becoming Test, where the hosts notched up a uncatch- crowns vacant. able 3-0 lead in the five match series. The round of the World Cup of Golf at Melbourne. from his technical coordinator job at Tot- the first British man to lift the trophy Scrutinization of the rules however revealed Darren Barker (26-2) came to grief during tenham to become interim manager. It was a at the All England Club in 77 years. Aussies recaptured the Ashes after a 150 his IBF middleweight defense against Felix run win. Aussie skipper Michael Clarke, that the free car offer was only available mixed week for Sherwood, whose first match The 26-year-old Scot ended one of during the first round of competition. Manley Sturm (39-3-2) of Germany at Stuttgart, saw Tottenham beaten in the League Cup by the longest droughts in British sport added insult to injury by predicting a 5-0 December 7. Barker had his hips give out series thrashing for the England team. After went to pieces on the next hole however, West Ham on before he oversaw a 3-2 victory by beating Novak Djokovic in straight taking eleven strokes off the fourth tee. “I on him and was down twice in the second at Southampton in the Premier League. sets in July. losing the First Test by 381 runs, England’s round before the ref intervened. Barker from team selection became complicated when won’t forget this day for a while,” he said … The win took Tottenham just six points Murray was presented with the BBC Better late than never for Rory McIIroy, who Barnet, had surgery on both hips in 2010, and behind leader Liverpool with the best away award last month in Florida by 18-time Warwickshire batsman Jonathon Trott, apparently, one of them dislocated during a suddenly returned home with the explana- captured his first win of 2013, December 1, record in the Premier League, showing the grand slam singles champion Martina winning the Australian Open at Royal Sydney. very feisty, first round. His continuing career potential in a team that has been recon- Navratilova as training commitments tion he was suffering with a stress related as a boxer could be over. condition. England travelled to the outback of The northern Irishman started the final round structed following the sale of Gareth Bale to prevented him from traveling to the Alice Springs for a two day match against a four strokes adrift of leader, Adam Scott, Hide Jailed, Tyson Banned, Real Madrid in the summer transfer window. ceremony in Leeds. Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI. The match who was chasing an Australian treble, having Klitscho Goes Political Chairman Daniel Levy said: “We are in the Sometimes derided for an appar- already won the Australian Championship fortunate position of having within our club a ently dour personality, Murray made was drawn, and the ground commentator Former WBO heavyweight champion Her- David Nixon, was removed from the micro- and the Australian PGA. McIIroy leveled it talented coach in Tim Sherwood.” We believe light of his personality after collecting up after nine holes, while a birdie on the final bie Hide (49-4) was jailed for 22 months at Tim has both the knowledge and the drive to the trophy. phone after making some disturbing remarks Cambridge Crown Court on cocaine offences. about Monty Panesar. Panesar was born hole gave him victory with an 18 under 270, take the squad forward.” “I know I’m sometimes not the one better than Scott ….Jamie Donaldson Hide, 46, was declared bankrupt in 1999, Sherwood’s highlight as a player was easiest person to support but I’ve had in Luton, but is of Indian descent. England and has been in and out of court for various 212-7 dec and 47-1 at close. AC Chairman’s shared runner-up position with Sergio Garcia captaining Blackburn when it won the Premier a lot of pressure on me for a long time at the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, South offences since. He was last in the ring some League in 1995. and I’m just glad I finally managed to XI 254-8 dec. three years ago… Former world heavyweight High level sledging appears to be part of Africa. A couple of eagles by Thomas Bjorn break through,” Murray said. “No mat- gave him the top spot with a 20 under 268. champion Mike Tyson, was unable to pursue ter how excited I try to sound my voice this Ashes series, which for the uninitiated, promotional pursuits in Britain for his new Cardiff Owner Controversially is deliberate sarcastic criticism while the The Welshman and the Spaniard were two Fires Manager Mackay still sounds incredibly boring. But I’m strokes distant. Same weekend, saw Tiger autobiography, Undisputed Truth, when he actually incredibly excited right now. game is in progress to verbally un-nerve was denied entrance to the United Kingdom, MALKY MACKAY even- and harass batsmen as they hunker down at Woods, who was seeking his sixth win of That’s just my voice. I’m sorry.” 2013, at the NorthWest Mutual World Chal- after his criminal convictions were taken in to tually lost a destabiliz- Murray received 401,470 votes the crease. In the First Test, Aussie skipper consideration… Reigning WBC heavyweight ing power struggle with Michael Clarke, was levied twenty percent lenge at Thousand Oaks, California. Woods ahead of British and Irish Lions full- and Zach Johnson went into a play-off after champion Vitali Klitscho (45-2) is relinquish- Cardiff’s divisive owner back Leigh Halfpenny on 65,913 and of his match fee after threatening England’s ing his crown for a career in politics, as his December 20, and be- James Anderson with a broken arm. England both finished with a 13 under 275, and the horse racing great Tony McCoy on Tiger missed a five foot putt handing victory adds his weight to the political complications came the fourth Premier 57,854. stuttered again in the second Test at Adelaide of his native Ukraine. His brother Wladimir, League manager to be losing by 218 runs. Australia 570 (Michael to Johnson. Graeme McDowell, who has To mark the show’s 60th year, a won this tournament twice previously, was who holds the IBF, WBO and WBA titles says fired last month. special diamond achievement award Clarke 148, Brad Haddin 118 )-9 dec and he wants Vitali’s crown. Owner Vincent Tan said he was compelled 132-3 declared. England 172 and 312. The the top finishing Brit, some ten strokes off was presented to Alex Ferguson, who the lead. to dismiss Mackay because he felt the “dirty retired as Manchester United manager third Test at Perth, played in unseasonal Miscellany linen” being exposed about the dispute was sweltering heat, had England on the back leg Cyclist Bradley Wiggins who won Olym- in May after more than 26 years in Boxing; Bellew’s Challenge creating a distraction. charge of the club. from the start, as the Australians forcefully Thwarted, Tragedy For Darren Barker pic gold and the Tour de France became Sir Mackay, who took Cardiff to its first pushed their confidence into overdrive to win Bradley Wiggins, after being knighted by Sebastian Vettel succeeded Usain League Cup final in 2012, was dismissed Bolt as the overseas award winner by 150 runs. Australia 385 (Steven Smith Britain’s Tony Bellew was thwarted in his the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Veteran only five days after being told by the south 111) and 396 (David Warner 112, Shane attempt to take Adonis Stevenson’s WBC cricketer Wasin Khan was the first British after claiming his fourth consecutive Wales club he would remain in charge for the Formula One title. Watson 103)-6 dec. England 251 and 353 light-heavyweight crown at Quebec City, Continued on page 14 “foreseeable future.”

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