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Vol. 31 No. 3 June 2013 Slaying Dambusters Remembered RRTwo Men Held Over Plane Threat Denied Bail A JUDGE has denied bail for two men who allegedly threatened to blow up a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain. UK residents Tayyab Subhani, 30, and Mohammed Safdar, 41, were ar- rested May 25 after their Pakistan Inter- national Airways flight was diverted to London’s Stansted Airport with a Royal Air Force fighter jet in tow. The pair appeared a few days later at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court in Lee Rigby eastern England charged with endanger- ing the operation of an aircraft. They By Sylvia Hui spoke only to confirm their names and addresses but their lawyers said they POLICE arrested a 10th suspect would deny the charge. May 28 in connection with the They are expected back in court on vicious street killing of a soldier August 5 to make a formal plea. in London, an apparent Islamic RRPolice Announce New Leads extremist attack that has horrified the country and heightened racial In Madeline McCann Case tensions. POLICE SAY they are investigating new The 50-year-old man was detained in leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, Welling, east of London, on suspicion of the Briton who disappeared six years ago conspiring to murder 25-year-old soldier in Portugal at the age of three. Lee Rigby, Scotland Yard said. Scotland Yard said it has identified The latest arrest came as more details several “persons of interest” and “both trickled out about the background of Mi- investigative and forensic opportuni- chael Adebolajo, 28, one of the two main ties” in the case. The force said last British suspects in the May 22 slaying. He month its work is under way to support and Michael Adebowale, 22, were shot and police in Portugal, even though they wounded by police at the scene. have closed their investigation into the Rigby, an off-duty soldier who had disappearance. served in Afghanistan, was run over by a McCann vanished from her family’s vehicle and repeatedly attacked with meat vacation home in Portugal’s Algarve cleavers near his barracks in London. region on May 3, 2007, days before her British officials say the two main sus- fourth birthday. The case has generated pects had been known to them for some intense media interest in Britain. time, but revelations that Adebolajo had British police launched Operation been arrested in Kenya in 2010 – and Grange in 2011, to try to solve the claims that British security officials had puzzle. tried to recruit him as an informer after Detective Chief Superintendent that – have fueled questions about whether Hamish Campbell said officers have UK authorities could have done more to been encouraged by the progress made prevent last week’s killing. so far. A ROYAL AIR FORCE Lancaster Bomber sweeps low over the Derwent Dam in England during the Battle of QUESTIONING One of two suspects in the slaying of Britain Memorial Flight, last month. The event commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Dams raid on RRPolice: Tiger Escaped Lee Rigby has been released from the Germany during WWII. The raid, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, commenced on May 16 1943 when Pen To Attack Keeper hospital and taken to a police station for 19 RAF Lancaster Bombers of 617 Squadron launched an air assault using ‘bouncing bombs’ - destroying questioning. The suspect, whom a family WHEN zoo keeper Sarah McClay was friend identified as Michael Adebowale, the Mohne and the Eder dams, and damaging a third. As a result the Squadron has ever after been mauled to death by a Sumatran tiger at 22, will be questioned by officers from known as “The Dambusters”. (AP Photo / Rui Vieira) Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQY9PckycY an animal park in England, its owner Scotland Yard’s counterterrorism com- alleged she had entered the animal’s pen mand, police said. He also has been against safety rules. arrested on suspicion of the attempted But police said last month that’s not murder of a police officer, police said, but Cameron’s Conservatives Suffer In UK Local Votes what happened. provided no details. After conducting an investigation, By Cassandra Vinograd voters appeared to punish the ruling gov- slashing public sector jobs and welfare Four other men and a suspect arrested police said the tiger escaped from its earlier remained in custody at a London DAVID CAMERON’S Conservatives ernment, fed up with economic doldrums payments. pen and attacked 24-year-old McClay took a drubbing in local elections amid and austerity measures. Britain’s national- The prime minister now finds himself police station, while one other man has May 25 as she was working in a staff been released on bail. Two women were a surge of support for an anti-European ist party appeared to be the recipient of a in the difficult position of trying to shore area at South Lakes Wild Animal Park Union and anti-immigration party, heaping sizeable protest vote against the political up right-wing backing ahead of the next released without charge in the case. in northwestern England. On May 26, a London-based rights pressure on the British prime minister to elite and the EU, analysts said. general election in 2015, while trying to She later died of her injuries at a appeal to the dissident right-wing of his According to returns May 3 from 34 maintain his own affinity for more left- hospital. Continued on page 4 own party. contests across England, the right-wing wing causes. Cumbria police said they are trying to Echoing results across Europe, British United Kingdom Independence Party, PROTEST or UKIP, won 139 county council seats, find out how and why the tiger escaped. Task Force Set Up while the mainstream opposition Labour The results are a mixture of typical The park owner claimed McClay Party gained 291. midterm protest and “rage against the broke the rules by entering the tiger’s machine,” said Tony Travers, director of pen for an unknown reason. To Target Radical Your Very Own DOWN the government department at the Lon- The Liberal Democrats – junior partners don School of Economics and Political RRScottish Cardinal To Atone Preachers YORKSHIRE in Britain’s coalition government – were Science. BRITAIN’S government is setting up a down 124 county council seats, while “It is a traditional midterm protest vote For Sexual Misconduct new terrorism task force to tackle radi- PASSPORT Cameron’s ruling Conservatives lost 335 and it’s found its lightning conductor THE VATICAN last month ordered cal preachers and extremism following DIRECT FROM THE ‘YORKSHIRE seats in the vote. through UKIP,” Travers said. “However, a disgraced Scottish cardinal to leave the brutal killing of British soldier Lee EMBASSY’ SANCTIONED BY: UKIP leader Nigel Farage – whose party there is a more generalized protest that Scotland for several months to pray and Rigby. The Independent State of Yorkshire Cameron once referred to as a bunch of isn’t just against this government in its atone for sexual misconduct, issuing a The group will look at whether new and Colonies “fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists” – midterm, but is also a protest against rare public sanction against a “prince of powers and laws are needed to clamp said the results will send a “shock wave” mainstream elite politics.” the church” and the first such punish- down on religious leaders who promote "It's reet gud, lad!"– through the British political establishment. He suggested UKIP’s appeal – and the ment meted out by Pope Francis. extremist messages and who target "So cum on, don't be gormless" “This is a real sea-change in British local election results – bear echoes of the Cardinal Keith O’Brien resigned potential recruits in jails, schools and politics,” Farage told the BBC. Tea Party movement in the US, complete as archbishop of St Andrews and Ed- mosques. –IT'S EXACTLY LIKE NOWT ELSE– Cameron’s popularity has taken a beat- with cries of “we need to get our country inburgh and recused himself from the The force will include senior minis- •Citizen page/form •All notes in Yorkshire ing as the government sticks to a strict back.” March conclave that elected Francis ters, London’s police chief and the head language •Idioms •Yorkshire to policy of austerity to cut Britain’s debts, “This is a vote against ‘they’re all the pope after a newspaper reported un- of the MI5 domestic security service. English translations •Visas same.”’ named priests’ allegations that he acted Sunday’s announcement came less •Yorkshire anthem While last month’s results will jeop- inappropriately toward them. than a week after 25-year-old British $ 50plus •Yorkshire motto O’Brien subsequently acknowl- 9 $1.25 s&h £1 = ardize the Conservative Party’s success soldier Lee Rigby was run over and CA RESIDENTS •History of Yorkshire in the 2015 general election, Travers was edged he had engaged in unspecified ADD 90¢ TAX stabbed to death in a London street. language & literature $1.51 skeptical the local elections would steer sexual misbehavior. He apologized and Hard-line Muslim leaders have identi- •Yorkshire prayer •Sporting Cameron further to the right. promised to stay out of the church’s fied one of the two suspects as Michael affiliations •Notes for the gormless uro = public life. Adebolajo, an Islam convert who •Comes in Yorkshire embassy envelope Last month, the Vatican said O’Brien, allegedly used to take part in events LIKE US! once Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic To order: (800) 262-7305 $1.29 organized by British radical group al- www.ujnews.com at press time unionjacknewspaper Continued on page 4 Muhajiroun. Page 2 ujnews.com June 2013 in the past month . . . Band Fans Refused Entrance If ous sighting to the council through the Fix My of the women. Star Wars Club. They Couldn’t Name Lead Singer Street website, reported the Brighton Argus. The study shows that builders are per- Police were called after members of The complainant wrote: “I was recently ceived as the biggest culprits when it comes the rival Norwich Sci-Fi club arrived to get BOUNCERS and police officers told fans walking my affenpinscher (a toy breed of TODAY’S of the band The Vaccines they could not TODAY’S to accidentally exposing their derrieres. But autographs from two Doctor Who actors dog) around the Hanover area of Brighton young people with baggy trousers came in at the event. enter a concert unless they could name the when I noticed that a wormhole or vortex has lead singer. BRITAIN a close second followed by ladies wearing More than a dozen sci-fi fans from both opened up on Montreal Road. On closer in- BRITAIN low-rise skinny jeans. groups, including several in fancy dress, There had been an apparent tip-off that spection it seems to be some kind of portal to pickpockets were planning to target the of the decade-long mission. The average Brit is apparently exposed were involved in a bitter exchange outside other times, places and dimensions. I would Successful candidates must come to a backside more than three times a week the venue at the University of East Anglia. show. With this in mind, fans were asked have investigated further but I was concerned to name the indie band, the lead singer and through a two-year selection process and and 24 percent of us are disgusted by the Jim Poole, treasurer of Norwich Sci Fi Club, my little dog would be sucked into it. Is this train for another seven years before heading sight, compared to 18 percent who just find was asked to leave as he approached Doctor titles of their albums, before being allowed meant to be there? At first I believed it might into the venue in Llandudno, north Wales. to Mars, never returning to Earth. it irritating. Who actor Graham Cole for an autograph. be part of the Brighton Festival but I believe Co-founder and CEO Bas Lansdorp said he Two thirds of Brits claimed they would feel That provoked a tense stand-off between But six people were unable to answer it could be a hazard to the general public. some of the questions, so had their £18.50 expected more than half a million applicants embarrassed if they unwittingly committed Poole had the event organiser Richard Walk- The person added: “I went past the other to apply before the August 31 deadline. the offence, with women (79 percent) feeling er, 63, who then took their dispute outside. tickets confiscated and were refused admis- day and it seems to have got worse – it is sion, reported the Daily Mail. “Mars One is a mission representing all more embarrassed than men (52 percent). Walker said the visiting club had been now emitting an unsettling yellow light and humanity and its true spirit will be justified However, a small percentage of over trying to undermine and embarrass the One of those refused entry, Andy Bellis, a large snake appears to be emerging from the lead singer of local band The Uninvited, only if people from the entire world are 55’s (seven percent) admitted they actually convention by posting comments on social the wall.” represented.” felt ‘cool’ when they showed off their bums. media sites such as Facebook. accused the police and venue bosses of A Brighton and Hove City Council spokes- being ‘heavy-handed’. Mars One has received applications from Polycell Senior Brand Manager Samantha But Poole said he had attended “in good person said officials would not be investigat- over 120 countries, and is taking its mission Balloch says: “Polycell is campaigning to rid faith” to collect autographs from two ac- He said: “I got to the door with my tickets ing the claim. and we were pulled aside by security who very seriously. the nation of unsightly cracks. tors for a Doctor Who signature diary to be asked us, “Do you know the name of the As part of the application process every “It’s not fair that exposed bumcracks are auctioned for charity. band you’re seeing tonight?”. Female Hulk Attacks candidate is required to explain why they want often referred to as a ‘builder’s bum’ and the After police were called by Poole, he was “We said The Vaccines, and he asked us Teenager, Police Seek to go to Mars in a 60-second video. likes when there are many more offenders.” asked to sit in the back of a police car while if we could name their lead singer. ‘Large Green Woman’ officers spoke to those involved. “I couldn’t think of his name off the top Hopscotch Grid Earns 10-Year- Lego Fanatic Creates Scene A police spokesman added: “The two rival of my head and then he asked us to name FOLLOWING the attack of a 17-year-old girl, From Casino Royale Film groups were spoken to and advised to keep police in York were hunting a woman in her Old Girl A Police Warning out of each other’s way.” their albums and I didn’t know them either.” DUNCAN McCONCHIE’S love of Lego has The band’s lead singer is Justin Young late teens, dressed as the Incredible Hulk. The femalel attacker was covered in green driven him to build a meticulous creation of Love Of Her Life Found, And and their albums are What Did You Expect the opening scene from the the James Bond From The Vaccines? and Come Of Age. body paint with dyed red hair but is believed Marjorie Is Only . . . 106 to be a white woman, in her late teens or early film Casino Royale out of Lego bricks and A NEVER-MARRIED woman of 106 has an- Venue Cymru manager Sarah Ecob filming his creation. said an operation was launched after they twenties and around 5ft 8in tall. nounced that she’s found the love of her life. She is wanted after attacking the young The ‘building’ and filming took Bond fan – who has never been married – says she received intelligence about pickpockets McConchie two weekends to produce the preparing to target the event. girl, who was left with bruising to her face has found the love of her life. and a black eye in an attack outside a Mc- three-minute clip. The Australian woman, Marjorie “I apologise to Mr Bellis,” she said. “We He added that recreating the spectacular will be refunding the ticket money to him.” Donald’s restaurant. Hemmerd,e could even be accused of taking PC Cheryl Hunter said: “This appears bathroom fight scene that took up most of a toy boy, as her favoured man is 73-year-old to have been a wholly unprovoked assault. his time. Gavin Crawford. Boys Break 132-Year Tradition “Thankfully the injuries were not too IN THESE DAYS where children are criticized The recreation of Daniel Craig’s Bond Both live at a care home in Melbourne and To Attend St Trinians School severe. However, the outcome could have for not being more active, it came as a character has received a positive response, first met three years ago. been far more serious. surprise to many that a 10-year-old girl was with fans full of praise for the remake, Hemmerde says: “We just sort of melted THE SCHOOL that inspired the films St reported Metro. Trinians will admit boys for the first time “If you witnessed the assault or can officially warned by police over chalking out into each other. We get along like old friends, in 132 years. identify the woman I need to speak to about a hopscotch grid onto the pavement. the age gap doesn’t seem to matter.” The Perse School for Girls in Cambridge, this incident, I ask that you contact the police Lilly Allen was given the warning by two New BBQ Invention Should Crawford added he has found his prin- or Crimestoppers straight away.” officers as she played the skipping game Please Many With No Gardens cess: “Marjorie is very outgoing and has which inspired Ronald Searle’s cartoons of outside her home in Ramsgate, Kent, reported delinquent girls in gym slips, is to break with A NEW invention could prove to make hav- good outlook in life,” he said. “She is Doris The Daredevil ‘Gets the Daily Telegraph. always very cheerful and appreciative and tradition by teaching boys. She was issued the warning, which is ing a barbeque a posibility for thousands They will be able to join the private junior High’ On Her 99th Birthday this summer. we laugh together all the time. I think we described as criminal damage, after making both have learned that life is far too short school from September 2014 and the senior ABSEILING down a building was not a big the outlines in white chalk, which washes The BBQ Bruce Handrail Grill is perfect school, which opened in 1881, four years for those living in cities who do not have a not to enjoy it.” deal for Doris Long, as she’d been at it for away in rain. Kew Gardens Aged Care social life later. Tricia Kelleher, principal of the Stephen 14 years – what was unusual was that it was Her father, Robert Allen, 51, has since patch of turf at their homes. It allows the grill Perse Foundation, said the “time was right” th to hang from a balcony rail like a plant pot manager Vicki Fraser said watching the Doris’s 99 birthday. lodged a formal complaint to Kent Police relationship blossom had been heartening. to allow boys into the school. Doris Long, of Hayling Island, Hampshire, over the incident. or – for those without a balcony – simply be “I’m very proud that the school was the fixed to a wall. “That they found each other is beautiful. It’s already held the world record for the oldest Kent Police have identified the officer who so positive for them both and so genuine. It inspiration for St Trinian’s and my feeling person to abseil, reported the BBC. But this issued the warning and say the officer was German designer Henrik Drecker’s com- is that the criminality aside, the girls were pact BBQ has enough capacity to cook a proves it’s never too late.” didn’t stop her from scaling Portsmouth “overzealous” and has had that explained to However, the pair say they have no in- independent, individual and feisty,” she said. University’s 110ft Mercantile House in a bid him. The officer concerned will now apologise couple of burgers and two sausages at once. “We want our girls to be like that and now James Fisher, who lives in a flat in a high- tention of making their relationship official. to break her own record and raise money for to the girl and her father in person. Hemerde explained: “I’m too irresponsible. I we want to offer that to boys too.” Rowans Hospice. rise building in Southampton, Hants, said: Ronald Searle, who died two years ago quite like living in sin.” Long, who took up abseiling at the age of New Design Of Underpants “This barbecue would be perfect for me as I aged 91, was born and grew up in Cam- 85, has carried out a total of eight descents have no garden. For the first time ever, I will bridge and memories of its feisty school Hides . . . Bum Flashes Massive Creepy Crawly Was for the charity. After her descent Long, who be able to have friends round in the summer Just Regular Spider girls never left him. is known as ‘Daring Doris’, said she was UNDERPANTS designed for men and women for a barbecue at my flat – something I never It was only in 1993, he wrote to the looking forward to her birthday party. will prevent that ugly ‘refrigerator repairman’ thought I’d say.” A CCTV camera on the M3 motorway was school librarian at the Perse School and unsightly rear crack to which many of us are The BBQ is available online, via home scaring drivers out of their seatbelts last revealed the Perse Girls pupils were part of month when it showed a giant spider crawl- Future ‘Brit Martians’ Apply By involuntarily exposed. design retailer Connox’s website, and costs his inspiration for the St Trinian’s cartoons. Polycell has designed special underpants approximately £50. ing across lanes of the roadway. the Thousands For Residency for men and women – to stop the ‘unsightly The oversized eight-legged creature was Complaint To Council Over MARS ONE, a not-for-profit organization cracks’ from showing. Standoff Between Star Wars And filmed apparently scuttling across junction 6 ‘Wormhole’ Exposing Route To whose goal is to establish a human settlement The aptly named PolyPants have a of the motorway in Hampshire. on Mars, has no shortage of volunteers. higher, more secure waistband to protect the Dr Who Fans Calmed By Police Thankfully for passing drivers it was Another Dimension More than 78,000 people – over 3,500 wearer’s modesty. It comes as the company, WHAT WAS a peaceful sci-fi convention in actually a trick of the eye caused by a AN UNUSUAL request was made of Brighton being British – have applied for the chance which manufactures Polyfilla, has commis- Norwich nearly turned into chaos last month, normal-sized spider being magnified on the council last month when they got a report to leave Earth forever and live on Mars for a sioned research revealing that 55 percent of when police were called to separate Star camera lens. from a resident that a there had been a sud- reality TV project. British adults admit to accidentally showing Wars and Dr Who fans. It was spotted by Road Management den appearance of a wormhole to another The Mars One project, based in Holland, their bums in public. The trouble flared at the fourth Norwich System for Europe staff from Hampshire dimension. aims to establish a human settlement on the From those surveyed, 61 percent of men Sci-Fi and Film Convention at the University County Council who tweeted the picture The concerned local reported the mysteri- Red Planet by 2023 and televise every aspect admitted to offending compared to 47 percent of East Anglia, organised by the Norwich which quickly went viral.

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It will not just be the native and sterile as another glass mall.” Many of the embassies and consulates first drive-thru service, it will be the best.” Lambeth Council Leader, Lib Peck, said: in Mayfair and Marylebone have realised About half of Selfridges’ products are now “The Southbank Centre is an important as- they are sitting on property gold. By moving available to order online but it is envisaged set to the borough, and the skate park has to a less costly area, they can work in more that everything apart from perishable food become an established part of it. We would modern and efficient buildings while pocket- will be represented by the end of the year. like to see skateboarding kept on the South ing millions in profits from the sale of their Other innovations include a new interactive Bank, and are confident that a satisfactory grand current addresses. text messaging service for home deliveries solution can be found.” Their move out will delight home-hunting ROYAL JOBSHARE so that they arrive only when someone is in Hospital Stored Body Parts billionaires as many of these neo-classical to receive them. THE QUEEN plans to scale back her public duties and give Prince Charles a “palaces” are likely to return to being One of London’s largest hospitals stored single family homes or prestigious apart- Skateboarders Fight Southbank organs, including children’s body parts, for bigger role as “co-head” of the royal family, sources have revealed. ment schemes, set among some of the finest Plan up to two decades without informing griev- After Buckingham Palace and senior figures in Whitehall started discussing the monarch’s squares and wide stucco avenues in London. Skateboarders and graffiti artists who have ing families. advancing years, they concluded that her 64-year-old son – the longest-serving heir apparent The shift is set to turn Nine Elms at Vaux- put the Southbank Centre undercroft on the The parts were taken from bodies and in British history – should take a more prominent position representing the sovereign at key hall into the capital’s new embassy quarter. international tourist map for 40 years are stored for tests by the forensic medicine events, particularly those abroad. Desperately Seeking A Mate fighting plans that would see it turned into department at King’s College, London, as For the first time in 17 years the Queen bought by the National Portrait Gallery. restaurants and shops. far back as 1992 on behalf of the police or London Zoo has launched a desperate Long Live Southbank has lodged an ap- coroners. was accompanied by Prince Charles and the It will now go on display this autumn in a appeal to find a mate for a “gorgeously ugly” Duchess of Cornwall at the State Opening of new exhibition exploring the rise of new social plication with Lambeth Council to protect When the department shut in 2000, they fish on the brink of extinction. the undercroft by listing it as a community were handed to Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hos- Parliament. Also, in a 40-year first, the Queen classes during Elizabeth’s 45-year reign, The Mangarahara cichlid has died out in will not attend the Commonwealth Heads of which ended in 1603 (I remember it well!). asset. More than 25,000 people have signed pital for storage. The findings came to light the wild and the zoo wants to start a breeding an online petition, with messages of support after a separate audit that showed police Government Conference and Charles will take Dr Tarnya Cooper, chief curator, said it project to save the species but the only three her place at the two-day event in Sri Lanka from around the world. stored almost 500 body parts and organs. was “wonderfully exciting” to add a new pic- known fish in captivity – two in London and A three-day event, organised by Long Live in November. ture of the Virgin Queen to the collection. The one in Berlin – are male, and two of them are Finally … The 87-year-old monarch, who still Southbank recently, showcased the artistic gallery owns nine and this dates from around more than 12-years-old. and skating heritage of the site. Under plans “I got sacked today for downloading conducts more than 300 engagements each 1590. The artist is thought to be Isaac Oliver, There had been a female at Berlin zoo but year, has been gradually scaling back her published by the Southbank Centre, the games onto the work computer and causing the most gifted assistant of the celebrated attempts to breed ended in disaster when undercroft, a famous skateboarding venue everything to crash,” I told my friend. diary at home too and her legendary stamina miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard. the male ended up killing her. The Zoologi- can no longer be taken for granted. since the Seventies, would be lost forever. “That’s a bit harsh,” he replied. “It’s quite unusual, although not unprec- cal Society of London has already searched Speaking on behalf of Long Live South- “They don’t mess about at air-traffic One well-placed source said the Queen edented, to find a picture of this quality that the world’s public aquariums. Now their would “never, ever abdicate. However, her bank, Henry Edwards-Wood said:” South- control,” I said! is previously unknown”, Dr Cooper said. only chance is to find a female in a private bank say in their plans that they will create a [email protected]. appointments across the board are going The work was discovered in a house collection. to be reviewed and Prince Charles, who clearance in south-east England and sold Anyone who can help should email the zoo is already doing more, will become more by Christie’s to a dealer for about £290,000. at [email protected]. Just fill out form details and add prominent”. The dealer then helped the gallery with its Significantly, a decision about the future acquisition. Selfridges To Offer ‘Drive-Thru’ second address on another sheet of Charles’s own son, Prince William, is due It will go on show alongside other bor- Shopping to be announced soon. It is believed that the rowed portraits of Elizabeth and her courtiers Selfridges is to offer what it claims will be second in line to the throne will quit his role as well as pictures of Elizabethan merchants, the world’s first “drive-thru” shopping service $PECIAL! as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot for an lawyers, goldsmiths, butchers, calligraphers, at a department store. army “desk job” which will allow him to take playwrights and artists who were all painted Customers will be able to order their pur- SUBSCRIBE TO UJ NOW AND ADD A GIFT on more royal duties. as a new passion for portraiture spread chases online before collecting them without SUB FOR A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER through the emerging middle classes. ever having to get out of their cars. FOR JUST $68 FOR BOTH Joint State Opening Of Parliament 1 YEAR SUBSCRIPTIONS! (in US) Prince Charles last month attended his first The exhibition, Elizabeth I and Her People The 104-year-old Oxford Street store is State Opening in 17 years accompanied by will run from October 10 to January 5, 2014. building its drive-thru reception area behind his wife Camilla in a dazzling tiara and looking very much like a Queen in waiting at his side. She wore a champagne-coloured lace and silk gown with a dramatic train, by her Helen Mirren Gives Noisy favourite designer, Bruce Oldfield. She ac- cessorised her floor-length gown with her own four-string pearl necklace, pearl drop Drummers A Royal Rebuke earrings and white gloves – plus a dazzling SILENCE for the queen, mote As One in the Park, a gay diamond-encrusted Boucheron tiara, which please. music festival being held later once belonged to the Queen Mother and A troupe of street drum- last month. which was loaned to Camilla by the Queen. mers got a shock when Helen “Not much shocks you on The Queen was driven from Buckingham Mirren, dressed as “Queen the gay scene,” parade orga- Palace to Parliament in a horse-drawn car- Elizabeth II”, emerged from a nizer Mark McKenzie told the riage, escorted by mounted members of the London theater to berate them Telegraph. “But seeing Helen Household Cavalry, for the state opening. for disrupting her show. Mirren dressed as the queen Dressed in an ivory gown and wearing the Mirren is starring in The Audience, cussing and swearing and making you diamond-encrusted Imperial State Crown, a drama about the weekly meetings stop your parade – that’s a new one.” which includes 2,868 diamonds, 273 pearls, between the queen and Britain’s prime Chris Dangerfield, a comedian, was 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and five rubies, ministers over her 60-year reign. filming the drummers from his nearby she looked resplendent as she delivered the Outside noise became too much for balcony when a cardigan-wearing figure speech from a gilded throne in the House the actress to bear during a Saturday’s burst through the stage door, gesticulat- of Lords. performance. Mirren acknowledged to ing wildly. The State Opening of Parliament marks the the Daily Telegraph newspaper that she said he couldn’t hear what Mirren was formal start of the parliamentary year and a used less-than-royal language in her rant. saying over the drumming, but “I could speech by the monarch can be traced back “I’m afraid there were a few ‘thes- tell it was hostile.” as far as the 16th century. pian’ words used,” Mirren was quoted as “I talked to a few of the drummers The Queen has missed only two such saying. “They got a very stern royal tick- this morning,” he said the following day. ceremonies during her reign – in 1959 when ing off but I have to say they were very “The conductor, who really got it in the she was pregnant with Prince Andrew and sweet and they stopped immediately. ear, said he was terrified.” in 1963 when she was expecting Prince “I felt rotten, but on the other hand Festival spokesman Mark Williams Edward. they were destroying our performance said organizers “are terribly upset if we so something had to be done.” caused her any distress. If she’d like to House Clearance Treasure The drummers were marching let her hair down and attend the festival A postcard-sized portrait of Elizabeth I through London’s West End to pro- she’d be more than welcome.” discovered in a house clearance has been

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10th Suspect SPECIAL FROM UJ’s American In Arrested In The UK, Cat Snitzer Woolwich Will Drum On AS A RESIDENT of Woolwich Soldier’s Slaying area, my heart has been broken by Continued from page 1 the events that transpired in this Floral tributes for British group that lobbies on behalf of suspected leafy suburb. Lee Rigby, a drummer soldier Lee Rigby arrive daily, terrorists said Adebolajo and his family and gunner for the Royal Regiment filling the pavement nearby had contacted it about six months ago com- of Fusiliers, was mercilessly hacked where the slaying took place. plaining about harassment from Britain’s to death yards away from The MI5 domestic spy service. A case worker Woolwich Barracks. who spoke with him said he appeared “paranoid and erratic,” the group said. Coming home from school, my “His sister contacted the office to com- roommates were glued to the TV plain about constant harassment from MI5, screen, the images were sickening, which extended to Michael, his brother, we were sure it was not a terror and his father also,” said Moazzam Begg attack, (we thought it was road of the London-based group CagePrisoners. rage, why else would someone “They were all being approached in be run down?) How wrong we different ways,” Begg told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “One of were... Traffic was routed out of the them, he lived and worked abroad. He’d neighborhood, and a bizarre quiet been approached by MI6 (Britain’s exter- descended over the area. We had not nal espionage agency) at his workplace seen the video of the “impromptu” and had been offered some money. They interview with blood soaked hands, wanted him to work for them.” fielding calls from back home, TORTURED Begg said Adebolajo told the case- assuring them it was some violent worker he had been tortured and threatened gang fight (it happens around here with rape while in Kenya, and that he had sometimes) we did not know the been interrogated for several hours upon full hell that had reined down. As his return to London. At first, British intel- the horror unfolded and what really ­attackers waited for the armed police that, because we are not a group of Kierkegaard, the list goes on. I ligence services let him be, Begg said, but had happened came to light, I was to come, (some say they took up shrinking violets in this town, and learned more from my MA than in March 2012 they met with him and of- fered him a job as an informant. Adebolajo sickened. to 30 min to get there) and charged someone would have “gone mental” anything in my life, sure sometimes refused, he said. The poor soldier going about his them, apparently wanting this all on him. While he speaks of his land, it got heating, after all I am a true Kenyan officials said Adebolajo was day, going through whatever random captured on TV. As you will already and how the troops must occupy it in American Patriot, I once almost arrested in Kenya in 2010 with five others thing that was on his agenda, had be aware, the men are not dead even a London accent, confusion is rife. knocked a desk over while storming near the country’s border with Somalia. survived duty in Afghanistan only to though the police unleashed a hail How did this happen? The answer out, but I was back next week ready Police believed that Adebolajo was going be slaughtered on the quiet tree lined of bullets, and they are now being may never be fully known. However, to listen and debate. University is to work with the Somali Islamic militant streets of Woolwich. While we were treated in two separate and unnamed group al-Shabab. one part has been exposed, and it supposed to be about the exchanged Kenyan government spokesman Muthui wrapping our heads around a fallen hospitals in London. is frighteningly close to home. My of ideas, it is supposed to be a safe Kariuki told the AP that Adebolajo, who soldier in our own neighborhood, Houses are being raided all University, that I am very fond of place to fight, for disagreement, but was carrying a British passport, was taken the news started to pour out. The across South East London, and and devoted to, has been flung into above all it is to learn, not spread to court before he was handed over to Brit- three “Angels of Woolwich” rushed other suspects being questioned, the debate, as it has emerged that hate. ish authorities in Kenya. in to try to prevent further harm and while the poor soldier’s family is the attackers went to the University A soldier lost his life in the most Britain’s Foreign Office confirmed that sought to comfort the soldier. While going to have to live with this for of Greenwich, and may have met at senseless way, a family lost a father, Adebolajo was arrested in Kenya in 2010 and said the agency “provided consular a mother placed a hand on his back the rest of their lives. His son is the Islamic Society. No, no, no!!!! I a brother a son, and a husband. assistance.” and prayed, her daughter stood over going to grow up with out a father know absolutely nothing about this Nothing can ever bring that back. It was not clear how Adebolajo came to her and the soldiers body. Another because a home-grown terrorist, of society, to be honest I know nothing Something must be done, there are be arrested and how he returned to London. woman put her hands in her pocket a Christian background, became about any of the societies. no easy answers but it is time to Kenyan officials have denied allegations and asked one of the attackers for the radicalized. The terrorist has been I go to school to study, I socialize really start looking. that he was tortured under interrogation. knives; she had balls of steel. When known to stand around downtown more outside. The school is a vast Lee Rigby’s service is over, may Last month, Kenya’s police chief David Kimaiyo added confusion by contradicting the attacker told her, “they wanted to Woolwich preaching, and to think melting pot of people and ideas, he rest in peace. earlier claims and saying that Adebolajo start a war” she responded, “There we all could have walked by this when I did my MA in Media Arts •If you want to help our wounded had “never been arrested in Kenya.” are few of you and many of us”. Just scum and never thought twice Practice and Philosophy that was and fallen soldiers and their fami- CONVERTED sit with that for a minute. She spoke about him is incredible. There are part of the draw, no two people lies, please go here: Earlier, hardline Muslim leaders de- on the morning news about how she a lot of preachers on the street in the course were from the same scribed Adebolajo as a British citizen of www.helpforheroes.org.uk/news/ thought it was better if they attacked corners in Woolwich, but some have country or ideology. We would latest-statement/ Nigerian descent who converted to Islam her than a child. She has gumption, suggested he preached of his hatred debate and shout at each other attending demonstrations and lectures with Photo: Cat Snitzer British radical group al-Muhajiroun. something we all need. The two for England. I really can’t imagine while reading Kant, Heidegger Rigby’s killing and Adebolajo’s appar- ent links to radical Islam have fed a spike wayward priests have been sanctioned by “hypocrisy” O’Brien’s case revealed. inappropriate sexual behavior with men in anti-Muslim sentiment in Britain, with the Vatican with punishments of “prayer O’Brien was vehemently outspoken prompted gay rights groups to demand police and activists reporting a surge in THE HEADLINES and penance,” and the statement made in his opposition to gay rights, condemn- an apology. hate crimes, violence and vandalism. clear Francis supported the move and that ing homosexuality and calling same-sex “There is little doubt that the credibil- Around 1,000 supporters of the far-right RRScottish Cardinal To Atone the Holy See would decide his future fate. marriage “a grotesque subversion of a ity and moral authority of the Catholic group English Defense League marched For Sexual Misconduct REFUSED universally accepted human right.” Last Church in Scotland has been dealt a seri- through central London, May 26, to The Vatican has refused to even year, the gay rights group Stonewall ous blow, and we will need to come to protest the soldier’s killing, clashing with Continued from page 1 confirm whether it was investigating the named O’Brien “Bigot of the Year.” terms with that,” Tartaglia said in a March a smaller group of anti-fascist demonstra- allegations against O’Brien, even though That he then admitted to engaging in 4 homily after O’Brien resigned. tors and scuffling with riot police. Police leader, would leave Scotland for several months of “spiritual renewal, prayer and the Scottish Catholic Church’s media arrested 13 people, mostly on suspicion of office said the complaints had been for- causing public disorder. penance” for the same reasons he decided not to participate in the conclave. warded to Rome and that it expected an A mosque in the northern England town investigation. of Grimsby was firebombed, according to The statement didn’t specify that the The Legendary decision was imposed on O’Brien by Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, who is the mosque’s chairman, Diler Gharib. . running the archdiocese until a succes- In the West Midlands, police charged the Vatican as punishment, and in fact went out of its way to suggest that the sor to O’Brien is named, has spoken of two people with racially aggravated public the outrage directed at the church for the order offenses during weekend protests. decision was O’Brien’s. But in the past,

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He also nuses and offer other incentives but continue visa holders are eligible to apply for employ- sat on a gymnasium floor in a circle of 12 to come up short of the needed numbers to ment authorization and children can attend sitting volleyball players, batting the ball address demand. Availability of the proposed school just like children of other principle around amid whoops and laughter. “W” visa will be made available in 2015 visa holders. Harry served as a combat helicopter in stan twice, and he wore a brown camou- and start off with a supply of 20,000. That The Senate is presently debating amend- pilot in Afghanistan, and the British vet- flage uniform and tan combat boots when number can increase yearly to a maximum ments to the entire bill and then it will continue erans said that makes him easy to talk to. he met with the British team. of 200,000. A new Federal agency will be through the legislative process. At this time, INTEREST His first deployment, as a forward air established to monitor unemployment rates the fate of the “W” visa and the entire bill is “He knows what it’s like out there,” said controller in 2007-2008, was cut short after and specific demand. uncertain. There should be some clarity on Army Capt Dave Henson, a member of the 10 weeks when details of his whereabouts Currently, there is the H-2B visa for lesser the fate of this Bill in the coming months. volleyball team. “He’s been on the ground were disclosed in the media. skilled foreign workers but that only address- and in the air.” On his second deployment, he was a co- Henson, 28, lost both legs when an pilot and gunner on an Apache helicopter. es those jobs that are seasonal or less than Mitch Wexler is a Partner with the interna- one year in need. This fills the gap to address improvised bomb exploded in Afghani- He acknowledged to reporters he had tional immigration law firm, Fragomen, Del Rey, stan two years ago. He said Harry took a targeted Taliban fighters, and when asked year round need, typically on a project basis. Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, resident in its Irvine, The wages paid to “W” visa holders must be personal interest in the athletes’ recovery if he had killed anyone, said, “Yeah, so, California office. He has been practicing immi- and the quality of their health care. lots of people have.” that which is paid to similarly employed US gration law for over 28 years and is a Specialist workers. The fact of the matter is that for an Royal Marine Matthew Hancox, 25, He’s was attending the Colorado games in Immigration & Nationality Law, certified by the because he believes the wounded deserve employer to employ a “W” visa worker (as State Bar of California, Board of Legal Special- said the prince recognized some wounded with many work visa classifications), it will ization. He welcomes all queries to mwexler@ veterans he had met before and asked them recognition, according to a statement from actually be more expensive than employing a fragomen.com or (949) 660-3531. how they were recovering. St James’ Palace in London, the official “He’s very down-to-earth,” said Han- residence of the royal family. cox, who was shot in the chest in Afghani- stan in 2011. British Fugitive Caught The prince also attended a volleyball match later on the Sunbathing In Spain Saturday night. By Harold Heckle vestigations. The visit to Colo- SPANISH police snuck up on a British During his escape from custody in 2009, rado got underway fugitive as he sunbathed, arresting him in Moran assaulted four security guards and when Harry charmed a dramatic raid that even saw the suspect vaulted over the courtroom dock. He was dozens of dignitaries, leap onto the roof of a nearby outhouse to convicted in his absence of conspiracy to British expatriates, try to get away. commit armed robbery. students and military The arrest of Andrew Terence Moran, Alerted to his presence near the Medi- officers at a cock- 31, last month came some four years after terranean coast, Spanish police tracked him tail party welcoming he assaulted and escaped from security down last November. However, Moran him to Colorado. He guards during an armed robbery trial in managed to get away after using his ve- also joined the crowd the United Kingdom. hicle to ram two belonging to the police in singing “Happy Moran was found at a luxury villa in and driving off at high speed on the wrong Birthday” to Frank- Calpe, a resort on the Alicante coast, bor- side of a highway. lin, a Coloradan who dering the Mediterranean Sea, an Interior Moran was due to appear in a Madrid was celebrating turn- Ministry statement said. court where a judge will begin extradition ing 18 at a golf club Police video footage showed how of- proceedings. south of Denver. ficers stealthily approached a swimming Devalda was arrested in March 2011 She won four gold pool while hiding behind walls before at a hotel in the southern luxury resort of medals in the 2012 pouncing on Moran as he relaxed in red Marbella. He was extradited to Britain Olympic Games in swimming trunks. where he was sentenced to nine years London. As soon as police jumped over the walls, and eight months in jail for conspiracy to A captain in Moran tried to flee, leaping onto the tiled commit armed robbery and seven months Britain’s Army Air roof of a pool-side outhouse before being for jumping bail. Corps, Harry has de- captured. Online video: http://www.youtube.com/ ployed to Afghani- According to Britain’s Serious Orga- watch?v=HpqwbrOGls8 nized Crime Agency, police also seized two handguns, 60 rounds of ammunition and a machete. “Moran thought he could evade capture fleeing to Spain, frequently changing his appearance and using false identities,” said Matt Burton, SOCA’s head of in-

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Ukip party garnered 25 percent of the votes, are “all the same” the rest of the EU and guarantee an in/out vote ited an impromptu memorial that sprang up VIGILANCE an impressive result achieved from a standing with leaders who all by 2017 – provided he wins the next election. near the site of the Boston Marathon bomb- “Obviously, what we do for the future, start. Before the elections Ukip had 24 coun- went to the “same This ploy failed to buy him the Ukip votes ings, striking a combative tone May 14 we have to do everything we can to work cillors across the entire country. Afterwards schools and Oxford he wanted. Farage has said he will work in in saying that democratic and multiracial with law enforcement agencies to maintain they had nearly 150. Consequently, they colleges”. Yet his coalition with the Tories as long as they ditch countries like the United States and Britain our vigilance,” Cameron said after walking now have voices on councils but nowhere background is the Cameron as their leader and replace him with will never give in to terrorists who feed through the memorial amid tight security. have they won control of one. Which is just same as that of the – guess who? You got it – Boris! on “the poisonous narrative” of violence, “But, I think, above all, we have to say very as well since the one thing they are lacking politicians he lam- It is an extraordinary demand and comes extremism and victimhood. loudly, very proudly, very clearly that we is a set of policies. poons. He himself is the son of a stockbroker, at a time when Britain’s position in the EU Cameron was accompanied by Massa- are proud to live in a country – whether it Their presence is most marked down the went to a public school and worked in the is offering so much. Cameron talked with chusetts Gov Deval Patrick when he vis- is America or Britain – that is a democracy, east of the country: West Sussex, Kent, Suf- City, leaving the Conservative Party when Barack Obama last month about a new trade ited the makeshift memorial that includes that loves freedom, that loves diversity, folk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Coincidentally, John Major signed the Maastricht Treaty. deal between the USA and the EU which T-shirts, letters, running shoes and other that is a multiracial country and we’ll never these are the places to which most European His secret is to have linked his obsession would mean billions extra trade for the UK. items in the city’s Copley Square. The give in to terrorists.” immigrants have been attracted by farm work with leaving the European Union to immi- Yet now he is being forced into a corner by his memorial grew in the wake of the April Cameron was in Boston to offer his generally and fruit picking in particular. Here gration by claiming that the EU causes the own Euro-sceptics – and Ukip – to legislate 15 explosions at the marathon finish line condolences and discuss lessons that can the population identify most strongly with excessive immigration. for an in/out referendum in this year’s parlia- that killed three people and injured more be learned from the bombings. The trip Ukip’s antagonism to foreign workers. PROMINENCE mentary calendar. It is, of course, something than 260. followed a White House visit during which It is strange what qualities can be elector- One of the major changes in the past three a Prime Minister cannot do – legislate for The United Kingdom, Cameron said, the prime minister met with President ally attractive for they are what has created years has pushed him into undue promi- what the next government must do. It is why has experienced that sort of terrorism in Barack Obama. this massive surge in support for Ukip. One of nence. This is the retreat of the Lib Dems we have elections after all, to ask the people the most charismatic politicians in the Britain from the political scene. For generations they what they think should be done now in these Obama Hosts PM Cameron of today is Boris Johnson, Mayor of London. have attracted the pro- conditions, not to carry on with whatever CLUMSY test vote, contentedly policies the previous government has been His appeal seems mainly to lie in being a opposing everything pursuing. For Talks On Syria, G-8 faux-naïf, a clumsy, tousled blond innocent. and causing violent DISAGREE PRESIDENT Barack Obama last month take part in setting up a transitional govern- He gives the impression of a complete lack of swings in by-elections Cameron and others (the Labour Party and welcomed British Prime Minister David ment in Syria. self-regard. Nothing he does remotely embar- and council votes. Lib Dems included) give the impression that Cameron to the White House to talk on Separately last month, the Obama rasses him. Recently he was ambushed by a It will come as no they want to be in the EU but are terrified that subjects ranging from Syria’s civil war administration announced it will provide TV interviewer, Eddie Mair, who detailed four surprise to you to learn the people might disagree. It is high time they to preparations for a coming summit in $100m in new aid to Syria, strictly for matters: Boris’s lying to his party leader; his that in the council vote stood up and nailed their colours firmly to the Northern Ireland of the world’s leading humanitarian relief for Syrian refugees apparent sympathising with a public school on the night when Ukip mast of the ship of state. industrial nations. and not linked to any possible decision conman; marital infidelity, and inventing a Nigel Farage swept so much before it, At this rate, the UK is heading for total Iran, the Mideast peace process, coun- on arming the rebels who seek to topple Times newspaper quote for which he was that the Lib Dems fared worst of all parties, anonymity. Scotland may well vote for inde- terterrorism and trade were topics during Assad from power. sacked. Mair concluded, “You’re a nasty losing a third of all their council seats. pendence next year, and in a referendum a the meeting. Total US humanitarian assistance in piece of work.” Indeed in the parliamentary by-election on majority might vote for us to leave the EU. We The US and Russia agreed last month the war, now in its third year, will surpass Johnson grinned mutely and shuffled that day when the Labour stronghold of South shall end up as an over-crowded squabbling to arrange an international conference to $500m. uneasily in his seat. Afterwards he praised Shields came up for grabs following David anachronism consisting of England and bring representatives of Syrian President The Obama administration has said it is Mair for excellent journalism declaring that it Miliband’s resignation, the Lib Dems came Wales and the Six Counties. Bashar Assad’s government and the op- considering providing weapons to vetted was right the BBC should hold public figures seventh, miles behind the British National The one thing our politicians should re- position to the negotiating table. There is units in Syria’s armed opposition, among to account. Boris’s peccadilloes will have Party candidate and with only 150 more member is that in the council elections only no date yet, but such talks would focus on other military options, following the recent not the slightest adverse effect upon his votes than the Loony candidate Howling Laud 31 percent of the electorate bothered to turn setting up a transitional government. revelation of a US intelligence assessment popularity. Hope. Little wonder then that in the same out. Of those a quarter voted for Ukip. Let’s be Syria’s civil war has killed at least that suggested chemical weapons use by In much the same way, Nigel Farage is election Ukip came second behind Labour generous and say eight percent of all voters 70,000 people, according to the UN, and the Assad regime. equally able to have his audience rolling in with the Tories out of sight in third place. stuck an X against a party that hates wind has forced hundreds of thousands to flee Obama and Cameron also will review the aisles. WORST farms, gay marriages, foreign workers and the country. priorities for the Group of Eight summit. TOFF Protest vote or not, Ukip has put the wind the European Union. Cameron said after a meeting last month Cameron will preside over the June 17-18 He is commonly pictured walking down up the Tories. The Conservatives share of Now just ask yourself if it is really worth- with Russian President Vladimir Putin that gathering in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland. the street dressed like a toff with a pint of beer the council vote stood at 28 percent, their while listening to a word that Nigel Farage they both agreed that “we must help drive Obama plans to stop in Belfast, the in one hand and a cigarette in the other, his worst-ever performance. It was estimated says. And why exactly are they all running this process.” capital of Northern Ireland, before joining face scrunched up in laughter. Boris himself that Ukip took three-quarters of their votes scared of him? The Prime Minister also said Britain, the summit. It will be Obama’s first trip to has described him as a “rather engaging from the Tories and a quarter from Labour. 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Kat’s face, we know she’s thinking the same As their wedding day gets closer, like an Bomber To Be Salvaged thing we are. We remember when Zoe pulled oncoming train, Sharon still has a thing for Phil, the same thing on Dennis (and look how well and now Jack is getting contacted by Ronnie By Gregory Katz THAT turned out!)... (who is about to be released from prison). Across the Square … Ian and Denise are Ronnie is also contacting Roxy, who is keeping A FAMOUS German WWII bomber has still a couple and as a result Denise is dealing it a secret from Alfie. But one disaster at a time: spent decades submerged in the English with the regular snickers of all…We are wor- After he goes to visit Ronnie, Jack realizes Channel – but that’s about to change. IT’S NEVER a good omen when the bride ried about Tracy: She is back working on the that he doesn’t love Sharon the way he loved British officials last month announced wears black to the wedding. You’d think the flower stall during the day and the Vic at night Ronnie so as she walks up the aisle toward a complex salvage operation to rescue oft-married Sharon would know that by now, (when does she sleep?) … Lauren continues him, all dressed in black, he says ‘sorry, I can’t the only known surviving example of the Dornier Do 17 bomber but first... to lurch around the Square drunk, with a bit marry you’. What does Sharon do? Exactly German Dornier Do 17 bomber, an aircraft young men died on both sides, which is Phil continues to limit Lola’s access to of help from Lucy who spikes her lemonade what Angie woulda done: She slaps on a fake nicknamed “the flying pencil” because of why we don’t intend to restore it. We Lexi til one afternoon when she pops in for an when she IS actually trying to be sober, and smile and tells their guests that the party will its narrow fuselage. will conserve it and place it on exhibition unannounced visit and Phil reluctantly lets her Joey is getting sick of it (just as Lucy had go on. Now she’s back with Phil and Jack has The wreck is located just off the Kent alongside the wreck of a Hurricane shot see her daughter, and she catches that Lexi is hoped)… taken a break from Walford, while little Denny coast in southeast England in about 60 down at much the same time in which a seriously ill and needs an ambulance. While Now that Liam has got mixed up with the is confused. So are we Denny! feet of water. The plane had been shot British pilot died.” Phil, at first, thinks there’s nothing wrong, and gang, he can’t get out. It doesn’t matter that Do you love British TV? (Of course you down during the 1940 Battle of Britain, Plans call for the plane to be lifted out of then has no idea what to do, Lola jumps into they stabbed him and put him in hospital and do!) If you do, check out my regular blog, a monthslong struggle over the skies of the water in three or four weeks if prepara- action, impressing everyone, EMS, doctors, he finally saw the light and testified to get Dispatch From the Downton Abbey Diaspora, Britain that saw RAF fighters engaged in tions go well. But Dye cautioned that the The Social, and Phil. The result: Lola is now them arrested. They have been bailed and on PBS Thirteen’s website: www.thirteen.org/ a colossal life-or-death struggle with the recovery would be dangerous – divers will allowed more access – even overnight visits are harassing him and he is afraid to leave program-content/dispatch-from-the-downton- German Luftwaffe. only be able to work for 45 minutes at a – and Phil agrees... the house – and now they are going after little abbey-diaspora-15/ This latest Dispatch has Experts said the bomber, discovered time, among other challenges. Max is having trouble with Kirsty, who is Tiffany to get to him... news about Downton Abbey, Mr Selfridge, and by divers five years ago, is remarkably “We are not guaranteed success,” he said. whiney and jealous of the bond that Max has At Michael’s house there’s a knock at the Christie’s Auction House? Hmmm … Enjoy undamaged despite the passage of time. “There have been previous aircraft recovery with Tanya, the mother of his children, so she door and, SURPRISE!, it’s Janine! She’s back and join in the discussion! Officials at the RAF Museum in Lon- projects that didn’t go so well, cases where blurts out that she is pregnant, thinking that will and she wants her baby and her old life back. And if you’d like to keep up with all things don said the challenging salvage will be the structure has disintegrated on retrieval. get his attention – but he only wants her to get Before she left, seven months ago, she was EastEnders, just email me here at the Laun- the biggest recovery of its kind and they When it breaks the surface, gravity and an abortion. On the way to get that abortion in such a post-partum state that Michael had derette and I’ll sign you up for our FREE, hope to one day display the bomber at the the laws of mechanics come into play, so she confides to Kat that she lied – she isn’t manipulated her into thinking that she would weekly EastEnders e-newsletter called The museum. we very much hope the frame we’ve con- pregnant at all. And before she can go to get destroy her daughter’s life. That is why she E20 Chronicles: [email protected] Museum director Peter Dye said the structed will support that structure.” her fake abortion Max tells her he wants to left, but now she’s back to her old self and it Signed, Your Faithful Reporter bomber will be exhibited next to a Hawker Corrosion is another obstacle that could keep the baby, and Kirsty announces to the Vic seems there’s nothing Michael can do to stop Deborah Gilbert AKA E20Launderette Hurricane fighter that had also been shot spoil the procedure, he said. down during the Battle of Britain. “We feel it’s important that they be Deirdre cooks coq-au-vin from scratch (was exhibited side by side,” he said, pointing that the chicken’s name?) and tries to pass out that two German airmen died in the UK-US TAX INFORMATION off a Freshco chocolate cake as her own, Dornier. “With time, we recognize that Rob rubs Ken up the wrong way too. He takes Peter to one side in the kitchen and The Downside Of Keeping Business whispers: “You know who he reminds me The Sun’s Politics Editor of?” to which there’s a pause, a beat before Charged Over Bribery Connections With The UK SYLVIA GETS a call from an old friend in a Ken dares speak the name of his nemesis care home, called Dorothy. That’s the friend, again: “Mike Baldwin!” All mouth, no trousers BRITAIN’S prosecutors say The Sun AFTER MONTHS of my badgering, I hope translating a set of UK company accounts not the care home. Dorothy moves rooms in and an ego the size of Salford. tabloid’s politics editor Clodagh Hartley you are aware your UK bank accounts, into a US format. This is time-consuming the care home and finds an unopened letter Speaking of dull, Stella can’t pay Owen for has been charged over a conspiracy to investment accounts, pensions and other and detailed work, but worse may follow! addressed to Sylvia from December 2011. The work done on the Rovers as her insurance pay thousands of pounds worth of bribes financial assets must be included in the There are circumstances when you can letter’s from Roy’s dad, St John – which I think won’t pay. Owen’s not best pleased, as you to a press officer working in the British information filing you are required to do as be taxed in the US on the income of a is pronounced Sinjun, like Injun. Back home, can imagine and tries to wreck the place to government’s tax department. part of the fun of being US taxpayers. One foreign corporation, even though none of Hayley can’t understand why Sylvia lies to Roy get his fixtures and fittings back. Long story Prosecutors say The Sun paid bribes to group of assets I haven’t yet mentioned it has been paid out to you in the form of about the letter and begs Sylvia to let Roy read cut short – Stella offers Owen half the pub in press officer Jonathan Hall in return for is shares in a UK family company. This dividends or salary. This will not happen in the letter to give him some closure about his payment. But which half, the Rovers or the information about unannounced spending sort of company often has relatively few all cases, but as you can imagine, it’s not dad. “Don’t you go all middle-class words on Return? She also says yes to Karl’s proposal plans, deficit reduction work, and policy shareholders, and a small number of them welcome news if it applies to you. me!” Sylvia warns her daughter-in-law. As this of marriage, second time around. decisions. Hall, 51, was also charged in can often control the company, in the sense There are also circumstances when is soap, the letter contents will come out and As Dev does his grieving over dead wife relation to the payments. of making decisions for it. you may have to file the form if you are an not before too long and Roy may indeed get Sunita, Mary mothers the kids and smothers Hartley, 38, was arrested last year as Sometimes smaller companies do not officer or director in certain foreign corpo- closure of a kind which might make up for him Dev. “She treats me like the third twin,” he part of a sprawling bribery probe linked pay dividends, so there is no income for rations, so it is not always necessary to having to increase the price of hot drinks in the complains but he can’t deny she’s doing a to Britain’s phone hacking scandal. The you to declare. It’s then easy to forget be a shareholder. The form even needs to café by 10p. I know, it’s shocking. great job with his kids and they like her a investigation has already ensnared some you own the shares or realize they may be be filed for dormant companies, although Over at Eileen’s it’s happy families as lot, even if she is, you know, a bit too much of The Sun’s most senior staffers. the type of investment the IRS would be it is then only one page. The penalties for fireman Paul returns safely to the fold and Mary at times. The Sun’s executive editor, its deputy interested in. This would be unfortunate! not filing are at the excessive level the IRS Eileen’s bosom, asks Jason to be his best Elsewhere, Faye tells headmaster Brian editor, its defense editor, and its former As I hope you have realized by now, the loves to use. man and phones Todd in London to book a that Anna’s been hitting her. She hasn’t, of chief reporter all face charges. So does IRS’ interest extends beyond simply those There is no doubt some people will weekend there for him and Eileen to see a course, it’s just Faye’s devious way of getting The Sun’s former editor, Rebekah Brooks. foreign assets you receive income from, be picked out for IRS correspondence or musical, have dinner and visit her other son. herself removed from Anna’s care and into although it is certainly interested in those worse because they have included assets At Barlow’s Bookies, Peter’s got a face like her dad Tim’s flat. And it works, that is, after Britain Holding Off On as well! on form 8938 that should have been filed a wet weekend after Rob has the place tarted Anna’s questioned by the child protection If you have shares in a company like this on other forms. This is a situation we want up to attract new business. He even installs team, Faye’s been outed as a liar and Tim (and you remembered about them!), you to avoid if at all possible. It may be this is a new coffee machine, which goes down gets to look after his daughter 24/7 which is Media Regulation Plans would include details about them on Form one of the greatest advantages of form BRITISH OFFICIALS are holding off on well with the punters, but not with Roy at the probably 22/7 more than he actually wants. 8938 (the one that was first required with 8938 to the IRS. café who’s upset this new gadget, giving And finally this month Izzy’s not happy plans for a state-backed media watchdog, 2011 tax returns). You would have to com- To avoid this, taxpayers have to be the first sign that opposition from the out coffee for free, will steal his customers that Gary’s spending so much time with plete Part II of the form, including (amongst aware of the tax filing implications of the away. Rob tries to wheel and deal behind the Tina instead of with her. Oh dearie me, Izzy, newspaper industry is slowing down ef- other things) the number and type of your various foreign assets they own. Advisers forts to more closely regulate the country’s counter of the betting shop and Peter remains just wait and see what he gets up to with shares, an approximate valuation and the are unlikely to ask sufficiently open-ended patient, for now, but it’ll all blow up soon and Tina next week. scandal-tainted press. name and address of the corporation. questions to cover all eventualities, so all Prime Minister David Cameron’s of- the quicker it all comes down on Rob’s head, Glenda Young Unfortunately, that may not be the right previous UK-residents need to know what the better. He’s the dullest man in soap and Coronation Street Blog fice said last month it was temporarily thing to have done! There is yet another information to be offering. delaying the presentation of its plan for a no mistake. Over tea at the Barlow’s where http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com IRS form, 5471, you may need to complete Mary-Heather Styles is qualified as a barrister new, government-backed regulator to give each year instead of form 8938. And if in the UK and as an Enrolled Agent here in the US. officials more time to examine an alterna- you are thinking, well one form instead She is based in Phoenix, Arizona where she runs tive proposal being floated by Britain’s of another, how bad can that be, it just Transatlantic Tax, Inc. As the heat of the Arizona newspaper industry. means you haven’t seen form 5471! The summer kicks in, Mary-Heather enjoys the view of The question of how best to police the basic form is four pages (although there blue sky and Squaw Peak from her office and com- UK press has been debated since the phone are extra schedules) and they involve pares it favorably with the grey skies of Surrey! hacking scandal erupted in 2011, exposing a culture of breaking laws, corruption and cover-up at the highest levels of British journalism. Politicians have endorsed tighter regu- lation, but newspapers are resisting it by promoting their own, more media-friendly plan. Jolly Good Police Identify Man Whose Body Found MEAT PRODUCTS In Chimney Bangers A CORONER is being asked to decide why a man was in the chimney of a law Pork Pies firm where he was found dead. Police in Derbyshire refused to com- Sausage Rolls ment last month on speculation that 42-year-old Kevin Gough got stuck during an attempted burglary. Police indicated, however, that there was no suspicion that ASK FOR THEM BY NAME IN YOUR anyone else was responsible for the death. LOCAL BRITISH SHOP AND PUB The coroner’s inquest was opening later in the day in Derby, near Manchester. The body was found last month during “Our Name Says It All!” remodeling work at Moody & Woolley Solicitors. The man apparently had died (323) 290-2265 several weeks ago. Martina Longworth, a partner at the law FAX: (323) 294-3943 firm, said “our sympathy goes out to the man and his family and friends.” Los Angeles, CA 90043 Page 8 ujnews.com June 2013 for 2014, but a coupe version is planned for the future I believe. Comedian Jimmy Interior-wise, Jaguar have always been good in this department with their Connolly Tarbuck Arrested leather etc. It is difficult to get away from the mundane interior design in modern-day mo- BRITISH media say comedian Jimmy tor cars today, maybe we, the car buying pub- Tarbuck was ar- lic, have been somewhat brainwashed into rested and ques- believing into what we should, and what we tioned about al- shouldn’t have on our motor cars. Any new leged child abuse worthwhile innovation is quickly duplicated – the latest in a IT IS NOT the first time a new Jaguar sports even on other manufactures bread-and-butter long list of Brit- car has been touted as the pure successor model cars. Variable mood or ambient interior ish entertainers to the legendary E-type nor will it be the last, lighting has been around for some time now to face sex crime I fancy. Certainly, the name of this new Jag but (and maybe I’m wrong on this) but vari- allegations. suggests that the intention was there. In able colored instrument lighting is something The BBC, the previous times the XJS, XK8 and XKR have I myself would like to see. Large touch screen Press Association and others say 73-year-old Tarbuck was arrested April all been touted as the legend’s successor, 2014 F-Type Jag LCD monitors are pretty standard nowadays they weren’t, and nor will this new F-type. and most people want them, personally I hate 26 and later released on bail. Let’s face it, a legendary car comes about them but the F-type has one. Police in Britain don’t usually very rarely. Sometimes a little luck and even circuits was priority at Jaguar back in the 50’s Jaguar just by its characteristic look, similar I can’t help thinking how marvelous the name suspects who have not been accidental nuances play alongside a master- and 60’s – when Mike Hawthorn’s and Ivor to how one can recognize an Aston Martin. cockpit of an E-type Jag looked, it never charged. North Yorkshire Police said ful design effort to elevate a model into a Bueb’s D-type Jaguar took the checkered flag The Director of Styling at Jaguar, Ian Cal- failed to impress any new passenger who “a 73-year-old man has been arrested legendary status. at Le Mans in 1955 a resultant derivative of lum knows this as it was he who styled the happened along for a ride, “Wow, how fast in connection with a historic child sex Enzo Ferrari called the E-type Jaguar the this magnificent D-type racing Jaguar for road Aston Martin DB7. For me, as good a looker will this bloody thing go” (or some such sort abuse investigation.” most beautiful car ever designed and he was use became a possibility. Then, when the D- as this faceless F-type is, I don’t think it’s was a typical remark). The force said the alleged victim was right at that time. To match that accolade type repeated the Le Mans success in 1956 enough. It might sell OK though especially So there you have it, or first impressions at a young boy in the 1970s. today is almost impossible and yet it is, and & 1957 the derivative E-type was inevitable, in the emerging Chinese market in which least, it’s billed as the first Jaguar sports car A comedian and quiz-show host, should be, the aim to reach for and I con- and its subsequent success assured. Tata Motors, Jaguar’s parent company have since the E-type, the inbetween others now Tarbuck has been a fixture on British gratulate the design staff at Jaguar for trying. Other car manufacturers had witnessed focused. British motorists will buy their fair being referred to as sports grand tourers. television since the 1960s. There is no getting around it, this new F-type for themselves that success on the track was share too as the Brit’s have always been Does this read like I am being a little harsh in The arrest is not part of Operation Jaguar is a great looking sports car for this meaning success in the marketplace. Jaguar favorable to Jaguars, more for nostalgia my first impressions? Perhaps so, but I’m a Yewtree, the sex abuse investigation day and age. They didn’t try any E-type retro learned this earlier when the XK120 took Le than anything else I think. As for sales in Jag lover, I have owned quite a few of them centering on late entertainer Jimmy styling thank God, somehow though it doesn’t Mans in 1951. The new 2013 F-type Jaguar other markets, well, only time will tell. There and have probably sat behind the wheel of Saville. look much like a Jaguar at first glance except has no such heritage and very little visual are three different versions to choose from, a Jaguar more often than I sat behind the for the leaping cat emblem, maybe I’m a bit characteristic to turn one’s head, so basically, The basic F-type which has a 340hp 3-litre wheel of all other cars combined. I want a Police Charge Teen old fashioned but I like to see a bit of chrome the car needs to stand by its own merit and V6 engine, the F-type S which is a 380hp new sports Jag, I just wish it was race proven on these modern day styled motor cars. carve out its own character. The recognizable version of the 3-litre V6 and a F-type V8 S and looked like it could blow any other car In Acid Attack Jaguar lost their identity a long time ago face of a particular brand of automobile is which boasts a 495hp 5-litre V8 and is ca- away from both the outside and inside, and inasmuch as one has to read the name on usually the radiator grille. The horizontally pable of going from zero to 60mph in only 4.2 unmistakably . . . look like a Jag. Maybe this On Woman their new model cars to distinguish it from oriented oval grill with the bumper striped seconds. All three models are supercharged. will grow on me though, I’ll wait and see. BRITISH police say a 15-year-old boy has another make. There is no characteristic face across it on the E-type was not continued They are available only as a soft top roadster Happy Motoring. been charged in connection with an acid on the Jaguars anymore, and they need one. on its successor, the XJS, and then it sort of attack on a woman in northeast London. For the sports car, the flagship car of the reappeared years later on the XK8 and XKR Adventurer Dies Attempting To Cross Greenland Ice Cap The 28-year-old victim – who police Jaguar marque, they also are in need of some some with a chrome bumperish stripe and have named only as Tara – suffered in- racing heritage, meaning the E type didn’t just some without. It has somewhat disappeared BRITAIN’S Foreign Office says an Goodeve-Docker was raising money juries to her face and torso when she was come about, it was derived from the racing again on this new F-type leaving it without adventurer has died and two others for charity to honor his grandfather, who attacked after answering the door April 30. heritage and success of the legendary C any familiar character. I feel like one should were injured as they were trying to cross died two years ago. On his website, he Scotland Yard said that the teen is and D-types. Success on the world’s racing be able to recognize a brand new designed Greenland’s ice cap. described the 310 mile-to-370 mile trek accused of throwing corrosive fluid on The Foreign Office said last month as one of the great polar challenges. a person with the intent to do grievous that Philip Goodeve-Docker died and He had expected dangers to include bodily harm. two others on the trek remained hospital- polar bears, crevasses of up to 547 yards The teen – who cannot be named be- ized. Media in Greenland say the three- deep, temperatures as low as minus cause of his age – was to appear in court. man expedition got caught in a strong 50 Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit), and Police said that the victim remains in cold wind that sweeps across the icecap. winds. the hospital, where she is being treated for burns.

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See page 3 June 2013 ujnews.com Page 9 OBITUARIES Bank Of England “Anyone can be a Father, mate professional, a Paul Shane, true gentleman, a good Sees ‘Modest, but it takes someone special friend, and a joy to Sustained’ Recovery to be a Dad” Hi-deHi! Actor work with. “He didn’t suffer By Danica Kirka A HAPPY Fathers Day to all you Dads, hope PAUL SHANE, 72, the actor, has died fools, always main- you get something special other than a tie following a short illness, his agent has said. THE BANK of England predicted a mod- tained his sense of hu- est and sustained economic recovery for … does anyone really wear them now? The star of the 80s BBC sitcom Hi-de- mour, never stinted on the time he gave Britain last month, but tempered hope that June is also the official birthday of the Hi! was surrounded by friends and family to his fans. the worst might be over with predictions Queen, and the annual Trooping of the in a hospice in his home town of Rother- that inflation will remain above its targets Guard, always loved watching that, but ham, South Yorkshire. “He lightened my life and I’ll miss him enormously.” for the next two years. unfortunately the Queen is unable to at- Shane played holiday camp host Ted Shane was a coal miner before starting In presenting the central bank’s quar- tend on horseback as she did for all those Bovis in Hi-de-Hi!, but also starred in terly inflation report, Governor Mervyn years. She and the Duke of Edinburgh are You Rang M’Lord and Oh, Dr Beeching! out as a cabaret act touring working men’s clubs in the 1960s. King offered a twinkling of optimism that taking on fewer things now, which they His role in the fictional Maplin’s holiday should be entitled to at their ages, rather In his later career he appeared in Em- good things might be in store for a country Queen Mothers Cake camp saw him regularly trying to scam struggling to get back on track after the marvelous though aren’t they, who cannot holiday-makers out of money. merdale as Solomon Dingle, as well as 3/4 cup chopped dates 2008 financial crisis. It has been in reces- admire their stamina on the Thames boat 1 cup boiling water He starred alongside Su Pollard, who having parts in Holby City, Doctors, trip for her Jubilee. Coronation Street and A Touch Of Frost. sion twice since then. 1 tsp baking powder played chalet maid Peggy Ollerenshaw, “This hasn’t been a typical recession Well we are officially celebrating the 1 cup brown sugar and Ruth Madoc, who played chief yellow He is survived by three daughters and Queen’s birthday with our Sarasota British six grandchildren. His wife Dory died and it won’t be a typical recovery,” King (Demarara if you can get it!) coat Gladys Pugh. said at a press conference to explain the Club, and are going to have Tea Dance. I 4 Tbs butter The show, set in 1959, was inspired by in 2001. expect we shall all wear hats or fascina- Tributes to the actor have been ap- report’s findings. “Nevertheless, a recov- 1 large egg the experiences of co-creator Jimmy Perry, ery is in sight.” tors, although I always look a proper 1 tsp vanilla who worked in Butlins after the war. pearing on Twitter, with comedian Ricky Charley with them! Looking forward to Gervais calling him an “old school Britcom The cautiously more cheerful outlook 1 tsp baking powder It ran for eight series between 1980 gave King, who will step down as governor the event and having a special tea menu Pinch of salt and 1988 and also launched Hi-de-Hi! as hero”. I thought I would feature a special tribute Actress Lisa Riley tweeted: “RIP Paul in July after 10 years, a chance to deliver 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour a catchphrase. his final inflation report with a bit of good to the Queen’s Mum, another beloved 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) Linda Kremer, Shane’s agent for 15 Shane I adored you in Hi-Di-Hi great lady, with the Queen Mothers Cake. My comedy actor lost!!” news after a tenure marred by global eco- Topping: years, said: “Paul Shane was a consum- nomic gloom. Mum was in the ATS during WW2, (also 2 Tbsp butter my sister in law, Sylvia) and Mum had the King has presented 82 inflation reports 1/2 cup brown sugar honour of being presented to the Queen 2 Tbsp cream since joining the central bank 20 years ago Mum. She commented on how wonderfully UK, Denmark Eye Visas – first as chief economist, then as deputy gracious she was, making her feel she was governor and finally as governor. He will the only one being visited that day, and my version. be replaced by Mark Carney, now head of what an incredible complexion the Queen Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. For Afghan Interpreters the Bank of Canada. had with the most brilliant blue eyes. Put dates and baking soda in bowl, My best friend Penny, who had the tea pour over the boiling water, and set aside. By Sylvia Hui for Afghan translators and as lawyers for British Inflation Eases room with me, had a sister, Jane who Cream sugar butter, beat in egg, vanilla, BRITAIN and Denmark proposed last Afghan interpreters launched a legal bid By More Than Expected loved cooking, and she would often share baking powder and salt. Blend in the flour challenging the UK government’s deci- recipes with me. Jane knew a former lady and optional nuts. Drain the dates, and stir month to give hundreds of Afghan inter- OFFICIAL figures show that con- preters who worked alongside their troops sion not to give them the same assistance in waiting for the Queen, who apparently in. Mix well, place in 8” square pan, and awarded to Iraqi interpreters. sumer price inflation in Britain eased loved to cook, and this recipe is suppos- bake 20-30 minutes or until done with a the right to settle in the UK and Denmark in April, largely on the back of lower in recognition of the risks they face if they Iraqis who qualified for assistance were edly from her. I know it was always a firm cake tester. Place on a cooling rack. eligible for a one-time package of financial fuel prices and airfares. favourite when we had the tea room, and Place topping ingredients in a sauce- stay in their war-battered homeland. The Office for National Statistics The plans were welcomed by activists assistance or exceptional indefinite leave is really yummy. pan, and bring to boil, boil for three to enter the UK, outside normal immigra- said May 21 that the annual rate fell to Don’t try to substitute for the butter minutes, stirring all the time (this makes in Britain who had argued the UK was 2.4 percent in April from 2.8 percent turning its back on Afghan interpreters and tion rules. used, as this really makes the flavour a lovely fudgy topping) pour over cake, CONCERNS the previous month. The fall was big- great, and it freezes well. hope you enjoy and let sit until cool. Yield 9-12 servings giving them a worse deal than Iraqis who Some welcomed Britain’s move though ger than anticipated – the consensus had worked with British forces. others raised concerns that many interpret- in the markets was for a more modest (I welcome comments, requests and recipes and can be Britain, which contributes the second- ers who do not qualify for the plans may fall to 2.6 percent. reached at [email protected]) largest number of troops to NATO’s Inflation nevertheless remains operation in Afghanistan after the US, is be left in danger. Rosa Curling, a lawyer representing above the Bank of England’s target DON’T CHANCE THE LOCAL RUNNING OUT OF YOUR preparing to end its combat role there by three Afghan interpreters who launched of two percent. the end of 2014. Prominent lawmakers a court case on the issue, called the an- The drop in inflation hit the pound, UNION JACK – SUBSCRIBE! ~ SEE PAGE 3 ~ and activists have called for Afghan in- nouncement a step in the right direction as investors speculated that it may terpreters to be offered settlement options but said limiting the offer to front-line prompt the central bank to enact an- and criticized the British government for staff would offer no protection to Afghan other monetary stimulus soon. failing to address or account for Taliban translators who don’t meet that criteria. After the figures were released, the reprisals and other dangers. pound was trading 0.5 percent lower CLEAR “These interpreters remain at risk from threats from the Taliban and to refuse them at $1.5190. Prior to their release, the “The prime minister has been very clear access to the same resettlement options pound was trading around the $1.5213 that we should not turn our backs on those mark. who have trod the same path as our soldiers would be unacceptable,” she said. in Helmand, consistently putting their lives Officials in Denmark, which deploys at risk to help our troops achieve their forces to Afghanistan under British com- mission,” a statement from Prime Minister mand, also announced similar proposals David Cameron’s office at Downing Street last month. Afghans who worked as said last month, referring to the volatile interpreters for Danish forces in Helmand southern Helmand province. would be granted visas to Denmark, where The proposals would allow about 600 they can apply for asylum, Defense Min- interpreters who have worked on the front ister Nick Haekkerup said. lines in Afghanistan for more than a year “We do not have a judicial responsibil- to relocate to Britain on a five-year visa. ity but a moral obligation to help,” Haek- Those who do not meet the requirement kerup said. will get a training and education package The minister had no estimate of how with the Afghan security forces and wages many Afghans would be affected. equivalent to their current salary, or be Denmark is due to pull out of combat given 18 months’ salary. operations in Afghanistan in August, leav- “These proposals give them a choice: ing 300 soldiers to train Afghan forces. The opportunity to go on working in Afghanistan, learning new skills and to go on rebuilding their country, or to come and make a new start in Britain,” Downing The Most Famous Street said. CHANGE The statement appeared to signal a Wave In The World change of heart by Cameron, who ear- lier last month told reporters he believed most Afghan interpreters should stay in Can Now Be Yours! their country to help rebuild after years of conflict. Many of us who have watched ALREADY A Those remarks hit a nerve in Britain, Her Majesty celebrate her coming as tens of thousands of people Diamond Jubilee this year saw BESTSELLER! signed a petition urging immediate asylum the royal wave many times as the Queen showed her appreciation­ of millions of Britons. Church Of Scotland Votes We even got to see it after Her Majesty’s meeting wth “JamesBond” and her daring “parachute jump” into the To Allow Gay Ministers Olympic opening ceremony. 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Prince William and Dragons, a small British family business allegations he made anti-Semitic remarks In 1996, he suffered a freefall parachuting the former Kate Middleton aren’t telling, that was hired by Princess Diana to design in a television interview. Mud, Sweat accident in Zambia. His canopy ripped at and palace officials are not revealing where a nursery for William and Prince Harry, is Nazir Ahmed was suspended from the And Tears 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), partially opening, the royal baby will spend its first few showcasing a hotel nursery suite that offers Labour Party in March following a report causing him to fall and land on his parachute months, since renovation of their future the royal treatment for wealthy common- that he blamed a Jewish conspiracy for – By Bear Grylls pack on his back, which partially crushed three home at Kensington Palace is taking longer ers – from £2,230 a night. vertebrae. Grylls later said: “I should have cut his 2009 prison sentence for dangerous AS A book reviewer for the Union Jack, I finds than expected. Despite the price, the suite is more driving. the main parachute and gone to the reserve William’s tour of duty as a search- understated than lavish. There’s a crib books to review in unexpected places. Last but thought there was time to resolve the Ahmed had insisted he did not recall April while attending the NBC TV Summer and-rescue pilot in Wales is scheduled adorned with a coronet and delicate making the alleged comments to an Urdu- problem. Accord- to wrap up around September, and the drapes, a luxury miniature play table and Preview day in Pasadena I got to meet the ing to his surgeon, language broadcaster in Pakistan, but was one and only Man vs Wild Bear Grylls. He was Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as the a changing unit, all painstakingly painted due to appear before Labour’s National Grylls came “within pair is formally known, are preparing to by artisans in soothing, muted shades of there to promote his latest TV series which a whisker” of being Executive Committee on Wednesday is airing this summer on channel 4 here in move from an isolated cottage on a Welsh beige and pastels. about the accusations. paralysed for life island to new digs at Kensington Palace in “We wanted to create a sanctuary the US. As well his latest book was the in the and at first it was CONFIRMED oversize goodie gift bag for the press. I didn’t central London. where it feels very safe, very peaceful,” His lawyer Stephen Smith said he did questionable wheth- But the timing isn’t quite right. Major said the company’s managing director know he was an author of several books. He er he would ever not think Ahmed would have received a is a multi-faceted individual though many refurbishment works at the palace likely Lucinda Croft. fair trial from the Labour panel, and the walk again. Grylls won’t be finished until at least a month or Her firm also designed nurseries for people just associate him with crazy ways to spent the next 12 party confirmed that Ahmed had resigned. survive. Edward Michael “Bear” Grylls turns two after the infant is born. The baby (and Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew’s He remains a member of the House of months in and out future monarch) is due in July. two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and 39 on June 7, yet to look at him is to look of military rehabilita- Lords. at a fit 25-year-old man. Bears is a British A major relocation can complicate Eugenie. The alleged remarks came to light when tion at Headley Court before being discharged things for any young parents-to-be, and Croft would not say whether she is adventurer writer and television presenter from his medical treatment and directing his the Times said it had obtained footage of and he is known for his TV series Man vs William and Kate are no exception, despite working with William and Kate on their an Urdu-language TV interview where efforts into trying to get well enough to fulfil his their wealth and prestige. nursery, citing the royals’ privacy con- Wild, (Born Survivor in the UK). In July 2009, childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest. Ahmed blamed his 12-week prison sen- Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief The couple’s chosen quarters at the cerns. She recalls her mother’s shock tence on pressure put on courts by Jewish- His incredible achievements are well docu- palace have fallen into disrepair since its when, three decades ago, a tabloid reporter Scout at the age of 35. His autobiography is mented on film for future personal exploration. owned media organization. a captivating read and a great gift to share. former occupant, Princess Margaret, the found out she was working with Diana to The controversy came a year after Grylls married Shara Grylls (née Cannings sister of the Queen, died in 2002. Workers design William’s nursery and called to ask He touches base on the many aspects of his Knight) in 2000. They have three sons: Jesse, Ahmed was suspended from the Labour life and his insights. He is as charismatic in are still upgrading it and getting rid of an about the details. Party amid reports he offered a bounty for Marmaduke, and Huckleberry. A family on asbestos problem. DESIGNING person as he is on screen. the move, they live in a house boat on the TEMPORARY the capture of President Barack Obama – Grylls’ first book, Facing Up (UK) / The comments he denied. Thames River. That means that once the infant arrives, The late Diana – who Croft says was Kid Who Climbed Everest (US), described Grylls is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, an William and Kate will most likely have “very hands-on, very involved” in design- his expedition and achievements climbing to organisation which provides training, financial, and to make do with their current temporary ing her nursery – lived for many years at the summit of Mount Everest. It went into the practical support to young people in the UK. He is VP home in London, a smaller two-bedroom Kensington Palace, where both William Boston Exhibition UK top 10 best-seller list. Grylls’ second book for The JoLt Trust, a small charity that takes disabled, property also at Kensington Palace. and Prince Harry spent their early years. Facing the Frozen Ocean was shortlisted for disadvantaged, abused or neglected young people on They could, in theory, bring the baby Deborah Saunt, a London-based archi- Shows British-Owned the William Ham Sports Book of the Year challenging month-long expeditions. back to their cottage in Wales, although tect who has worked with many wealthy Award 2004. His third book Born Survivor: Global Angels, a UK charity which seeks to aid that seems farfetched, given that it’s 280 clients, says the priorities in designing Treaty – 1763: A Bear Grylls was written to accompany the TV children around the world, were the beneficiaries of his miles from London, where the duchess is nurseries are the same no matter the child’s Revolutionary Peace series of the same name. It features survival 2007 accomplishment of taking a powered para-glider expected to give birth. background: lots of natural light and access skills learned from some of the world’s most higher than Mount Everest. Grylls’s held the highest to the outdoors. The less elaborate the bet- A NEW exhibition at Old State House, hostile places. This book reached the Sunday ever dinner party at 7,600 metres (25,000 ft) in aid of Palace officials will not comment, say- The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, and launched ing where the royal couple chooses to stay ter, she says – and that goes for a future Boston, features exclusive original Brit- Times Top 10 best-seller list. He wrote an king or queen as well. the 50th anniversary of the Awards. His successful is a private matter. ish signed copy of Treaty of Paris, never extreme guide to outdoor pursuits, titled Bear circumnavigation of Britain on jet skis raised money for Wherever that may be, come autumn “When you design for very young before shown in North America. Grylls Outdoor Adventures. In 2011, Grylls the Royal National Lifeboard Institution. Grylls’ Everest the new family will be able to move into children it’s really about trying to imagine Last month The Bostonian Society released his autobiography Mud, Sweat and climb was in aid of SSAFA Forces Help, a British-based their permanent London home, Apart- the world through their eyes, creating the opened a new exhibition, 1763: A Revo- Tears: The Autobiography, followed by A charitable organisation set up to help former and serving ment 1a at Kensington Palace. The name kind of stimulation they need,” she said. lutionary Peace, exploring the history and Survival Guide for Life in late 2012. members of the British Armed Forces and their families is misleading: The property is actually a “Those things don’t necessarily cost a lot significance of an epoch-making peace Grylls grew up in Donaghadee in County and dependents. His 2003 Arctic expedition detailed in four-story house with a nursery, 20 rooms of money ... (children) don’t care if it’s on the occasion of its 250th anniversary. Down, NI until the age of four when his family the book Facing The Frozen Ocean was in aid of The and a private garden. cashmere or cotton.” Britain’s original signed copy of the 1763 moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. Prince’s Trust. So what will the royal nursery look like? The child will be third in line to the Treaty of Paris, which forever redrew He is the son of the late Conservative Party You can contact Lorraine Chambers at While few will ever get a glimpse inside British throne after Prince Charles and the geo-political boundaries of European politician Sir Michael Grylls and Lady Sarah [email protected] the room where the future monarch will William. The royal baby’s soon-to-be- North America, is the featured object of Grylls. Lady Grylls was the daughter of Patricia grow up, design experts are offering some great-grandmother, 87-year-old Elizabeth the exhibition, and has never been seen Ford, briefly an Ulster Unionist Party MP, and suggestions based on experience. II, is Britain’s reigning monarch. on the North America continent until now. cricketer/businessman Neville Ford. Grylls New TV Show On February 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, was signed, putting an end to the seven a cardio-tennis coach, who gave him the Based On Oz BP Withdrawing Some Staff From Tripoli year war. Celebratory fireworks exploded nickname “Bear” when he was a week old. in the night sky over London and Paris. In Grylls was educated at Eaton House, Virginity Auction OIL COMPANY BP says it is tempo- month it was temporarily withdrawing Boston, a great crowd gathered beneath Ludgrove School, Eton College, where he rarily withdrawing some nonessential some staff from its embassy in Tripoli the balcony of the Old State House to hear helped start its first mountaineering club and FOLLOWING the auctioning of a Brazil- and non-Libyan staff from its office in in light of recent political unrest peace officially proclaimed Birbeck, University of London, School of Con- ian girl’s virginity last year, the filmmaker Libya’s capital following similar action Militias have stormed and sur- Belonging to the British United King- tinuing Education (aka the Faculty of Lifelong is now promoting a reality TV show based by Britain’s Foreign Office. rounded government buildings in dom, the Treaty on display at the Old State Learning) where he graduated with a degree, on the same content. David Nicholas, a BP spokesman, said Tripoli in recent weeks, and rallies to House is one of three manuscript treaty obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in Australian, Justin Sisely filmedVirgins the move is “a precautionary measure” protest the armed groups have ended texts signed by representatives of Britain, 2002. From an early age, he learned to climb Wanted, a documentary film project in on advice from the Foreign Office. He in violence. France, and Spain. The exhibition has been and sail from his father, who was a member which both a man and a woman auctioned wouldn’t say how many staff will be af- BP has a limited presence in Libya, on view at the Old State House from May of the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron. As off their virginity, last year. fected but stressed that the Tripoli office where it has long-term exploration 25, and will run until October 7. a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned Now Sisely is promoting it as a real- remains open. contracts but is not currently engaged Information: The Bostonian Society a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate. ity TV series, which is set to debut at The UK Foreign Office said last in any operations. www.bostonhistory.org He practices yoga and ninjutsu. At age eight an entertainment trade fair in October in Cannes, France. “It is now a factual series,” Sisely told The Huffington Post. “We have signed a distribution contract with a leading global multi-national distributor of television content.” Bit O'Britain Catarina Migliorini, the female virgin, reportedly received a winning bid of more than £500,000 for her virginity from a Japanese man known as Natsu. British Foods, Goods Predictably, her male counterpart, Alex Stepanov, only received a top bid of about £2,000, from an Australian woman iden- & Gift Shop tifying herself as Kasandra Darlinghurst. Sisely says the project created a huge Visit our Shop & Experience amount of interest and he was receiving at least 50 emails a week from virgins and a “Wee Bit” of the potential bidders wanting to be involved in a follow up. Flavor of the UK. “We have received over 500 videos of men and women from all over the world outlining why they should be the next virgin to auction their virginity,” he said.

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Sky Lantern (9-1) d’Italia, May 4-26, while Mark Cavendish its new director of rugby, with his replace- The Kiwis opened their English tour with a Major, concluded May 12, with Tiger Woods earning his 78th PGA victory. Woods carded won the 1,000 Guineas, (which was celebrat- who won the last two stages came away with ment as national coach set to be named three day, 107 run win at Derby. New Zea- ing its 200th running) by half a length from the the red points jersey. Cavendish riding for the after this summer’s tour of South Africa. land 289-5 dec and 199-5 dec. Derbyshire a 13 under 275, two strokes ahead of the field. Scotland’sMartin Laird was the top Brit previously unbeaten, The Judge. Omega Pharma-Quick Step team won five of Johnson guided the Scots to an impres- 154 and 227. Rain interfered at Grace Road, Chris Froome, the runner up in last year’s the races 21 stages. A chest infection forced sive third-place finish in the Six Nations Leicester, where the four day match against finisher, three distant with a ten under 278 … Graeme McDowell captured the World- Tour de France, won the Tour de Romandie in seven time Olympic medalist Sir Bradley after taking over as interim coach follow- the English Lions was drawn. New Zealand Switzerland, late April. The 27-year-old lead Wiggins, last year’s winner of the Tour de ing the departure of Andy Robinson in 285 (Hamish Rutherford 126). The Lions Match Play crown at Kavarna, Bulgaria, May 19, beating Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee Team Sky rider, won five of the six stages, France, out by the 14th stage, but fellow Sky November. 444 (Joe Root 179)-7 at close. England won while a third place finish during the final Team member Alex Dowsett did win the time Scotland said a “worldwide search” the first Test at Lords by 170 runs, after the 2-1 in the final. “It’s very special,” cooed the delighted Northern Irelander. stage gave him a 54 second overall winning trial in stage 8. to identify a full-time coach is ongoing, bowlers tore apart the Kiwi’s second innings advantage. The county championship mid-May after with Johnson taking up a role “that is with still a day left to play. England 232 and Ronnie Dominates some five or six matches completed, has absolutely integral to Scotland’s standing 213. New Zealand 207 and 68 all out. Comments about retirement and a lack Wigan Win The Cup Sussex on top with 85pts, and Middlesex a on the world stage in the next decade and West Indian batsman Chris Gayle, went of enthusiasm for the game of snooker Half a dozen major injuries and eventual point behind. The top four clubs have won beyond.” into the history books during the India Premier have followed Ronnie O’Sullivan, the reign- relegation from the Premier League, saw three of their games so far, including Durham Johnson says “I am looking forward to League T20 series, April 3-May 26. Playing ing world snooker champion, from press Wigan, perceived as hardly an equal match (78.5pts, and Yorkshire 76pts. Northampton- the challenge of the new role as well as for the Royal Challengers of Bangalore interview to recent press interview. At last for Manchester City in the FA Cup Final at shire led division two by some 25 pts, after continuing with the Scotland team.” against the Pune Warriors, Gayle hit the month’s World Snooker Championships at Wembley, May 11. But Wigan, who were accumulating 87pts from their five games. 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Hawkins ranked jor trophy in the club’s history with a 1-0 win 38-year-old midfielder ended his career at At Tour De France 11 bookies were arrested too. … Zimbabwe 14th in the world and in his first major final, over Manchester City. The Latics displayed a Paris St Germains home match, May 18. THE HEAD of Team Sky says Chris drew their short home Test series 1-1 with saw the frames slip from him as O’Sullivan’s confidence and enthusiasm, never frightened Teary eyed and emotional he was roundly Froome will lead the British outfit at this Bangladesh. Zimbabwe won the first Test talent burst over the green felt. O’Sullivan to push forward, and edged a sky blues side applauded by a 40,000 plus crowd and a year’s Tour de France, denting Bradley by 335 runs. Zimbabwe 389 and 227-7 dec. dispatched Marcus Campbell (10-4) Ali that struggled for rhythm and cohesion. The couple of dozen family members. In a playing Wiggins’ hopes of successfully defend- Bangladesh 134 and 147. Bangladesh won Carter (13-8) Stuart Bingham (13-4) and game turned drastically in the 83rd minute, career spanning over 20 years, he won 19 ing the title. the second match by 143 runs. Bangladesh then Judd Trump 17-11, in the semi-finals. when City’s Pablo Zabaleta got his marching trophies with Manchester Utd, Real Madrid, Team principal Dave Brailsford said 391 and 291-9 dec, Zimbabwe 282 and 257 At the post-championship press conference, orders. As the game neared the end, Wigan’s the Los Angeles Galaxy, and a final French last month that “given Chris’ step up in (Hamilton Masakadza 111 not out). he made no promises to come back next Ben Watson headed the ball directly from a league championship at PSG. He made 115 performances this year, our plan, as it has Murray Injury, Laura Robson year and said his future snooker plans were corner in to the net, leaving the City defense appearances for England, 58 of them as been since January, is to have him lead the suitably stunned. Later, Roberto Martinez Improving undecided. captain. He’ll be remembered for a number Tour de France team.” glorious achievement would be tempered by of awesome nettings. However, many will Wiggins said early last month that he The Madrid Open, May 3-12, witnessed Rugby Union the fact that Wigan will play in the Champion- remember that spectacular free kick against was hoping to pull off a rare Giro d’Italia- Andy Murray take out Florian Mayer of The rugby season ended with the final ship next season, after a 4-1 loss at Arsenal Greece in the final seconds of a World Cup Tour de France double this year, having Germany in his first match, while world of the European club championship, the saw them relegated. City coach Roberto qualify game, that curled round the Greek previously suggested he would play second number one Novak Djokovic was eliminated Heineken Cup, May 19, with Toulon beating Mancini, barely had time to get home from defensive wall to give England a 3-2 win, and fiddle to Froome at the Tour. by a Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria who won Clermont Auvergne 16-15, in an all French the match, before he was fired. qualify for the 2002 World Cup in three sets. The Scot then labored badly Brailsford says the decision process for contest. Irish club Leinster, won the Amlin Playoffs & More A lethal yachting accident on San Fran- this summer will be “evidence-based” but against Gilles Simon of France, before win- Challenge Cup the day previous, after a Newport County returned to the Football cisco Bay took the life of British Olympian “it is crucial there is clarity of purpose and ning in straight sets, while Tomas Berdych 34-13 victory over Stade Francais. On the Andrew “Bart,” Simpson. The yachtsman for that reason we will go to the Tour with ended Murray’s participation in the following domestic side, the Saracens (77pts) topped League for the first time in 25 years, after beating Wrexham 2-0, in the Bluesquare was with other crew-members of Artemis one leader.” round, by punishing the Briton’s rather lack the Aviva Premiership with Leicester runners Racing, training on a catamaran for the lustre display in three sets. British number up with 74pts. Newcastle won the English Conference play-off final at Wembley. The goals came in the last four minutes of regular approaching America’s Cup. The catamaran ~ BOXING ~ one Laura Robson, who has suffered a Championship with 98pts, Nottingham was tipped and he got caught underneath. Efforts series of first round losses in recent tourna- second with 74pts. Ealing Trailfinders won time in front of a 16,000 crowd. Spennymoor McDonnell Wins Vacant Town beat Tunbridge Wells 2-1, to win the to revive him proved unsuccessful. Known ments, parted with her Croatian coach of Division One. Hull Ionians won Division two affectionately as Bart, he teamed up with IBF Bantamweight Title just eight months, Zeljko Krajan, before the north and Henley, Divison two south. Ayr FA Vase, at Wembley. Also at Wembley, May 19, Yeovil Town beat Brentford 2-1 in Iain Percy to win the Star class yachting start of the Spanish event. She beat Magda- are the Scottish Premiership champions gold at Beijing, the world Star class cham- JAMIE McDONNELL won the vacant lena Rybarikova of Slovakia in her opening with72pts, three ahead of Gala, while the the Division One play-off final. Yeovil were IBF bantamweight title when he edged promoted to the football league ten years ago, pionships in 2010, and a silver medal at the match, and then prevailed against Agnieszka Glasgow Hawks won the Scottish National London Olympics. Andrew Simpson from the previously unbeaten Julio Ceja with a Radwanska, the Polish world number four, League title. Pontypridd were well clear at and it will be the first time they have reached controversial majority decision in his home the Championship tier. Earlier, Bradford (who Sherbourne, Dorset, was 36. 6-3, 6-1. It was a milestone for the British the top of Wales’ Principalty Premiership Saturday afternoon wrestling was so ring last month. youngster, having beaten some-one in the with 96pts, while Ebbw Vale won the Welsh beat Premier sides Wigan, AstonVilla and The favored Ceja, who entered with a Arsenal to reach the final of the League Cup popular on TV in the 1960s & 70s, that retail- top world five for the very first time. The next Swalec Championship with 123pts. ers in the High Street petitioned broadcast- 24-0 record and 22 knockouts, threw meaty round however, the former 2011 French Open where Swansea prevailed 5-0) hit three goals shots throughout the 12 rounds, none bet- in the first thirty minutes, to beatNorthamp - ers to reschedule the sport to another time champion Ana Ivanovic, ousted Robson after Boxing ; Big Sheffield Punch-Up complaining about lack of shoppers in their ter than a left hook to McDonnell’s chin a third set decider went in the Serb’s favour. A plethora of fisticuffs erupted at the ton Town 3-0 in the Division two play-off in the 11th. final. On May 27 Crystal Palace overcame empty stores. Mick McManus was only five Andy Murray did not have a good 26th Motor point­ Arena in Sheffield, late April, foot six inches, but he was one of the crowd But McDonnell absorbed everything birthday at the Italian Open in Rome, May where a full card of contests had boxing Watford 1-0 at Wembley to win promotion thrown by the 20-year-old Mexican, and to the Premiership. pulling favourites, and with his belligerent and 11-19, where a back injury forced him to fans’ full attention. Amir Khan topped the nasty disposition he was the man everyone a strong final round persuaded the judges retire from his opening game with Marcel bill, winning a unanimous decision over Julio Late Boxing loved to hate. His feud with rival Jackie Pallo, to give the local the fight with scores of Granollers, after the score stood at one set Diaz (40-8-1) of Mexico. The former WBA & Two British boxers made first forays on saw 20 million TV viewers tune in to see the 114-114, 115-113 and 118-110. apiece. It’s suspected, that the injury will IBF light-welterweight champion (28-3) from pair fight each other live in 1962. The New “I was actually enjoying it,” McDonnell force the Scot to miss the French Open. the North American continent last month. Bolton, fighting in front of British fans for the Super-middleweight James DeGale (15-1) Cross Londoner was born William George (21-2-1, 9 KO) said after claiming his first Laura Robson tangled with the Williams first time in two years is looking to reclaim Matthews, and started wrestling in the late world title. “He had a big record with 22 sisters. She beat ventured to Quebec, where he took out Beijing Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2, his throne. It’s been five years since an gold medalist Sebastien Demers (31-6) in 1940s, where he became appropriately knockouts but I dug in because I wanted but lost to Serena, who was coming off American held the world heavyweight title, but the second round. 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Swansea City: A 3-0 loss to UPS & DOWNS TABLE Fulham in the season finale didn’t BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE May 19 By Ridge Mahoney Bromich Albion and that was just enough to appreciably dampen spirits at the Arsenal: The Gunners qualified obtain a 5-5 tie, the first such result in Premier Liberty Stadium, for the Swans CHAMPIONS: Man United BARCLAYS PREMIER for the Champions League for a League history. Also hitting the net were Shinji finished ninth and won the Capital League Runners-Up: Man City P W D L F A GD Pts Cup. Angel Rangel, Itay Shechter and Dwight Man United 38 28 5 5 86 43 43 89 16th straight season after edging Kagawa, Alexander Buttner, and Robin van Relegated: QPR, Reading, Wigan Man City 38 23 9 6 66 34 32 78 Persie (plus an own goal). Rio Ferdinand’s goal Tiendalli got the goals in a 3-2 victory at Wigan, EUFA Champions League: Man Utd, Man Chelsea 38 22 9 7 75 39 36 75 Newcastle, 1-0, to claim fourth Arsenal 38 21 10 7 72 37 35 73 place. Lucas Podolski got a pair of goals, assured that manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s final and a Michu goal at Old Trafford tied up a City, Chelsea, Arsenal Tottenham Hr 38 21 9 8 66 46 20 72 game at Old Trafford would be a winning one. match the Swans lost only in the final minutes. Everton 38 16 15 7 55 40 15 63 including one during a burst of three goals EUFA Cup: Tottenham, Swansea Liverpool 38 16 13 9 71 43 28 61 in eight minutes, in a 4-1 defeat of Wigan. Ferdinand scored his first goal since 2008 to Tottenham Hotspur: Despite West Brom A 38 14 7 17 53 57 -4 49 edge United past Swansea, 2-1, and after the compiling 10 points from four NPOWER CHAMPIONSHIP Swansea City 38 11 13 14 47 51 -4 46 Theo Walcott (with his 21st goal) and Aaron West Ham U 38 12 10 16 45 53 -8 46 Ramsey also scored as the Gunners broke final whistle Ferguson lifted the 13th Premier matches played in the final 16 days CHAMPIONS: Cardiff City Norwich City 38 10 14 14 41 58 -17 44 st of the season, Spurs finished short Fulham 38 11 10 17 50 60 -10 43 open a 1-1 tie in the 63rd, 68th, and 71 League championship trophy won by United Runners-Up: Hull City Stoke City 38 9 15 14 34 45 -11 42 minutes. Walcott struck in the first minute at since Ferguson took over at United in 1986. of a Champions’ League spot in Promotion Playoff winners: Crystal Southampton 38 9 14 15 49 60 -11 41 fifth. Gareth Bale’s goal ended 89 minutes of Aston Villa 38 10 11 17 47 69 -22 41 QPR and the Gunners held on all the way for Newcastle: A 1-0 home loss Palace Newcastle Utd 38 11 8 19 45 68 -23 41 a 1-0 win. to Arsenal on the final day of frustration for Spurs, which squeaked past Relegated: Bristol City, Wolverhampton Sunderland 38 9 12 17 41 54 -13 39 Sunderland, 1-0, despite a 35-8 edge in shots. Wigan Ath 38 9 9 20 47 73 -26 36 Aston Villa: Darren Bent opened the season meant a 16th-place W, Peterborough Utd. Reading 38 6 10 22 43 73 -30 28 the scoring at Wigan in the fifth minute finish. The Magpies put a small Clint Dempsey scored with a spectacular Queens Pk R 38 4 13 21 30 60 -30 25 and after Villa fell behind, Ron Vlaar star on an otherwise dim season by avoiding sliding chip and then laid on the winning NPOWER DIVISION ONE earned a 2-2 tie with a superb volley relegation with a 2-1 defeat of already-down goal for Emmanuel Adebayor for a 2-1 Spurs CHAMPIONS: Doncaster Rovers NPOWER FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP on the hour. Gabriel Agbonlahor’s two second- Queen’s Park Rangers on the penultimate comeback win against Stoke City. Runners-Up: Bournemouth P W D L F A GD Pts weekend of play. Afater falling behind early, West Bromwich Albion: After Cardiff City 46 25 13 8 72 43 29 88 half goals powered Villa to a 2-1 victory at Promotion Playoff winners: Yeovil Town Hull City 46 24 7 15 61 52 9 79 Norwich City that all but cemented their place Newcastle assumed command before halftime back-to-back blankings imposed by Relegated: Bury, Hartlepool U, Portsmouth, Watford 46 23 8 15 85 58 27 77 Manchester City (1-0) and Norwich Brighton 45 18 19 8 67 42 25 73 in the Premier League next season. with a Hatem Ben Arfa penalty and a Yoan Scunthorpe Crystal Palace 46 19 15 12 73 62 11 72 Chelsea: Juan Mata scored Gouffran strike. City (4-0), the Baggies exploded for Leicester City 46 19 11 16 71 48 23 68 five goals on the final day of the season to tie NPOWER DIVISION TWO Bolton Wan 46 18 14 14 69 61 8 68 early and Fernando Torres won Norwich City: The Canaries Nottingham F 46 17 16 13 63 59 4 67 it late as Chelsea concluded the were singing after a late winner by Manchester United in the Premier League’s CHAMPIONS: Gillingham Charlton Ath 46 17 14 15 65 59 6 65 highest-scoring draw. They were trailing, Derby County 46 16 13 17 65 62 3 61 season by downing Everton, 2-1, Jonathan Howson brought them a Runners-Up: Rotherham Burnley 46 16 13 17 62 60 2 61 to clinch third place. Frank Lampard broke 3-2 victory at Manchester City and 3-0, when James Morrison scored just before Third Place: Port Vale Birmingham 46 15 16 15 63 69 -6 61 halftime, and closed to within a goal when Leeds United 46 17 10 19 57 66 -9 61 Bobby Tambling’s all-time club record by 11th place. Goals by Anthony Pilkington and Promotion Playoff winners: Bradford City Ipswich T 46 16 12 18 48 61 -13 60 scoring his 202nd and 203rd goals in a 2-1 Grant Holt had provided one-goal leads, but Romelu Lukaku connected five minutes into Relegated: Barnet, Aldershot Blackpool 46 14 17 15 62 63 -1 59 the second half. They conceded two more, but Middlesbro 46 18 5 23 61 70 -9 59 defeat of Aston Villa, after which he signed a Howson’s tally in the 65th minute held up. Nor- Promoted from Blue Square Bet Pre- Blackburn R 46 14 16 16 55 62 -7 58 new contract with the club to play for Jose wich closed out the home season at Carrow trailing, 5-2, struck three times in six minutes. mier: Mansfield Town, Newport County. Sheffield Wed 46 16 10 20 53 61 -8 58 Lukaku netted his third goal in the 86th minute Huddersfield T 46 15 13 18 53 73 -20 58 Mourinho, most likely, next season. Road by hammering West Bromwich Albion, FA CUP WINNERS: Wigan Millwall 46 15 11 20 51 62 -11 56 Everton: After 11 years and 4-0. Robert Snodgrass set the rout in motion to complete the comeback. Barnsley 46 14 13 19 56 70 -14 55 with the first goal, Holt added a second, and West Ham United: Kevin No- UEFA CUP WINNERS: Chelsea Peterborough 46 15 9 22 66 75 -9 54 518 matches, David Moyes signed CAPITAL ONE LEAGUE CUP: Swansea Wolverhmptn 46 14 9 23 55 69 -14 51 off as manager in a 2-1 loss at after an own goal Howson delivered the fourth. lan’s hat trick carried the Ham- Bristol City 46 11 8 27 59 84 -25 41 Chelsea. Tim Howard’s fumble of Queen’s Park Rangers: Loic mers past relegated Reading, 4-2, CLYDESDALE BANK SCOTTISH PREMIER a routine save led to Chelsea’s opener and Remy’s penalty kick in the 11th after they’d coughed up a 2-0 lead NPOWER FOOTBALL LEAGUE ONE though Steven Naismith equalized Everton minute was matched and then supplied by Nolan’s opener and Ricardo Vaz CHAMPIONS: Celtic P W D L F A GD Pts Te’s goal in the 34th minute. West Ham lost Runners-Up: Motherwell Doncaster R 46 25 9 12 62 44 18 84 couldn’t reply again. Goals in each half by surpassed as QPR fell in the Bournemouth 46 24 11 11 76 53 23 83 Kevin Mirallas brought Moyes a victory in his home finale, 2-1, to Newcastle. The goal broke for the 12th time in 17 away games when it Third-Place: St Johnstone Brentford 46 21 16 9 62 47 15 79 fell, 2-0, at Everton. That loss mark tied for Relegated: Dundee Yeovil Town 46 23 8 15 71 56 15 77 final game in charge at Goodison Park, a 2-0 a 376-minute goalless streak. Their only point Sheffield Utd 46 19 18 9 56 42 14 75 in the last four matches came when they tied, second-worst in the Premier League. EUFA Champions League: Celtic Swindon T 46 20 14 12 72 39 33 74 triumph over West Ham United. Leyton Orient 46 21 8 17 55 48 7 71 Fulham: The reeling Cottagers 0-0, in late April at Reading, with which they Wigan Athletic: The Latics UEFA Cup: Hibernian, St Johnstone, MK Dons 46 19 13 14 62 45 17 70 tied for worst goal difference at minus-30. somehow won more games on Motherwell Walsall 46 17 17 12 65 58 7 68 ended a seven-match winless run Crawley T 46 18 14 14 59 58 1 68 by finishing the season in style, win- Reading: Nigel Adkins regis- the road (five) than they did at Tranmere R 46 19 10 17 58 48 10 67 home (four). Eight years in the top IRN-BRU SCOTTISH DIVISION ONE Notts County 46 16 17 13 61 49 12 65 ning 3-0 at Swansea. Alex Kacan- tered his first victory as Reading Coventry C 46 18 11 17 66 59 7 65 iklic, Dimitar Berbatov and Urby Emanuelson manager in a 4-2 victory at Fulham flight ended with a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa in CHAMPIONS: Partick Thistle Crewe Alex 46 18 10 18 54 62 -8 64 which they came back from a 1-0 deficit with a Preston NE 46 14 17 15 54 49 5 59 scored to secure 12th place, three spots lower sparked by Hal Robson-Kanu’s Relegated: Airdrie United, Dunfermline Shrewsbury T 46 13 16 17 54 60 -6 55 than they finished last season. Bryan Ruiz pair of goals. The already-relegated Royals goal by Emmerson Boyce and an own goal but Carlisle Utd 46 14 13 19 56 77 -21 55 couldn’t hold on. Relegation had already been IRN-BRU SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO Stevenage B 46 15 9 22 47 64 -17 54 scored twice within a seven-minute span that needed additional goals from Adam Le Fondre Oldham Athl 46 14 9 23 46 59 -13 51 also featured a Hugo Rodallega shot off the and Jem Karacan and eight saves by Alex confirmed for the FA Cup winners by losing 4-1 CHAMPIONS: Queen of the South Colchester U 46 14 9 23 47 68 -21 51 at Arsenal, despite a Shaun Maloney equalizer Scunthorpe U 46 13 9 24 49 73 -24 48 crossbar as the Cottagers rallied but fell short McCarthy to hold off a Fulham rally and claim Promotion Playoff winners: Alloa Athletic Portsmouth 46 10 12 24 51 69 -18 42 their first win since early February. just before halftime. Relegated: Albion Rovers Bury 46 9 14 23 45 73 -28 41 in a 4-2 loss to Reading. Hartlepool U 46 9 14 23 39 67 -28 41 Liverpool: A 1-0 defeat of Southampton: Ricky Lambert equalized 10 minutes after the PREMIER LEAGUE IRN-BRU SCOTTISH DIVISION THREE relegated Queen’s Park Rangers NPOWER FOOTBALL LEAGUE TWO left Liverpool in seventh place and Saints had fallen behind against CHAMPIONS: Rangers TOP SCORERS BY TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts with 61 points, nine more than Stoke City but they were unable (No team relegated) Gillingham 46 23 14 9 66 39 27 83 to ride the momentum of the home crowd to (League goals only) Rotherham U 46 24 7 15 74 59 15 79 they earned last season but still WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP: Celtic Port Vale 46 21 15 10 87 52 35 78 in arrears of Merseyside rival Everton. Philippe a second goal and ended up tied, 1-1. After a Van Persie Tops BPL Scoring Burton Albion 46 22 10 14 71 65 6 76 Coutinho’s goal midway through the second goal by Steven Nzonzi in the third minute, the SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP WINNERS: St Mirren Cheltenham T 46 20 15 11 58 51 7 75 Saints were under siege at home by Totten- Arsenal – Theo Walcott 14. Northampton 46 21 10 15 64 55 9 73 half ensured that Jamie Carragher’s Anfield Aston Villa – Christian Benteke 19. Bradford City 46 18 15 13 63 52 11 69 ham, which eventually prevailed, 2-1. Rio Ferdinand Retires From Chesterfield 46 18 13 15 60 45 15 67 farewell would be a winning one: he retires Chelsea – Frank Lampard 15. Oxford United 46 19 8 19 60 61 -1 65 with 737 club appearances and more than Stoke City: Michael Owen came International Football Exeter City 46 18 10 18 63 62 1 64 off the bench in his final game, a 1-1 Everton – Maroune Felliani 11. Southend Utd 46 16 13 17 61 55 6 61 16 years of service, seventh-highest in club Fulham – Dimitar Berbatov 15. ENGLAND defender Rio Ferdinand has retired Rochdale 46 16 13 17 68 70 -2 61 history. The week before, Daniel Sturridge hit tie at Southampton in which Peter from international football to focus on his Fleetwood T 46 15 15 16 55 57 -2 60 Crouch’s goal in the 47th minute Liverpool – Luis Suarez 23. Bristol Rovers 46 16 12 18 60 69 -9 60 a hat trick to fuel a rally that downed Fulham, Manchester United career. Wycombe W 46 17 9 20 50 60 -10 60 3-1, on the road. was matched 10 minutes later. Owen replaced Man City – Edin Dzeko 14. Ferdinand was recalled to the England Morecambe 46 15 13 18 55 61 -6 58 Man United – Robin van Persie 26. York City 46 12 19 15 50 60 -10 55 Manchester City: Jack Jonathan Walters in the 74th minute to end his squad in March by Roy Hodgson after almost Accrington S 46 14 12 20 51 68 -17 54 Rodwell’s two equalizers weren’t injury-marred career with 362 appearances Newcastle – Demba Ba 13. two years out of the national set up. Torquay Utd 46 13 14 19 55 62 -7 53 Norwich City – Grant Holt 8. AFC Wimbldn 46 14 11 21 54 76 -22 53 enough to prevent a 3-2 home and 163 goals. Walters scored in the ninth But Ferdinand provoked the fury of fans Plymouth Arg 46 13 13 20 46 55 -9 52 minute at Sunderland but despite going up a QPR – Loic Remy 6. Dag and Red 46 13 12 21 55 62 -7 51 loss to Norwich City in the season by withdrawing from the squad citing fit- Barnet 46 13 12 21 47 59 -12 51 finale played with interim manager Brian Kidd man in the 34th minute the Potters could only Reading – Adam Le Fondre 12. ness concerns only to fly to the Middle East Aldershot T 46 11 15 20 42 60 -18 48 in charge. Roberto Mancini was given the boot manage a 1-1 tie. Southampton – Rickie Lambert 15. to commentate on the World Cup qualifiers. after City lost to Wigan in the FA Cup final, Sunderland: The Black Cats Stoke City – Jonathan Walters 8. Ferdinand was annoyed last year with CLYDESDALE BANK SCOTTISH PREMIER closed out the season with a precisely one year after clinching the 2011-12 Sunderland – Steven Fletcher 11. Hodgson after believing he had been over- P W D L F A GD Pts Premier League title. Sergio Aguero and Edin 1-0 loss at Tottenham after ty- Swansea City – Michyu 18. looked for a place in the squad for the Euro- Celtic 38 24 7 7 92 35 57 79 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 16 63 Dzeko scored late in each half in City’s 2-0 win ing Stoke City and Sunderland at Tottenham – Gareth Bale 21. pean Championships amid the fallout from a St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 1 56 at Reading in the wake of Mancini’s dismissal. home by 1-1 scores. Those latter results help case in which his brother was racially abused Inverness CT 38 13 15 10 64 60 4 54 West Brom – Romelu Lukaku 17. Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 -1 53 Manchester United: Javier explain why Sunderland finished below both West Ham – Kevin Nolan 10. by England defender John Terry. Dundee Utd 38 11 14 13 51 62 -11 47 Hernandez scored United’s fifth those teams and just above the relegation zone Now, after making 81 appearances, Ferdi- Hibernian 38 13 12 13 49 52 -3 51 Wigan Ath – Arouna Kone 11. Aberdeen 38 11 15 12 41 43 -2 48 goal in the season finale at West in 17th place. John O’Shea scored to rescue nand’s England career appears to be ending Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 -1 45 Hearts 38 11 11 16 40 49 -9 44 more amicably. St Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 -13 41 Wolves Fire Saunders After Dundee 38 7 9 22 28 66 -38 30 Perfect Relegation To Third Tier IRN-BRU SCOTTISH DIVISION ONE WOLVERHAMPTON Wanderers has reacted P W D L F A GD Pts Partick Thistle 36 23 9 4 76 28 48 78 to its demotion to English football’s third tier Greenock M 36 20 7 9 73 47 26 67 Gift by firing manager Dean Saunders. Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 4 53 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 2 52 The club in central England was playing Hamilton Ac 36 14 9 13 52 45 7 51 in the Premier League last season but has Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 -3 46 One Year Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83 -25 43 slipped to back-to-back relegations. Cowdenbeath 36 8 12 16 51 65 -14 36 Saunders, a former Wales and Liverpool Dunfermline 36 14 7 15 62 59 3 34 striker, became Wolves’ fourth manager in Airdrie United 36 5 7 24 41 89 -48 22 of 12 months when he was hired in January but couldn’t halt the team’s slide down the IRN-BRU SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO P W D L F A GD Pts League Championship standings. It finished Queen ot Sth 36 29 5 2 92 23 69 92 Union next-to-last after a 2-0 loss at Brighton in its Alloa Athletic 36 20 7 9 62 35 27 67 Brechin City 36 19 4 13 72 59 13 61 final match. Forfar Athletic 36 17 3 16 67 74 -7 54 Arbroath 36 15 7 14 47 57 -10 52 O’Leary Receives Compensation Stenhousemuir 36 12 13 11 59 59 0 49 Jack Ayr United 36 12 5 19 53 65 -12 41 After Al Ahli Firing Stranraer 36 10 7 19 43 71 -28 37 East Fife 36 8 8 20 50 65 -15 32 FORMER Ireland defender David O’Leary Albion Rovers 36 7 3 26 45 82 -37 24 will receive compensation of $5.2m from Al See Ahli after a legal battle with the Dubai club IRN-BRU SCOTTISH DIVISION THREE following his firing in 2011. P W D L F A GD Pts Rangers 36 25 8 3 87 29 58 83 page O’Leary took the case to FIFA after he was Peterhead 36 17 8 11 52 28 24 59 fired 12 months into a three-year contract, Queen’s Park 36 16 8 12 60 54 6 56 Berwick R 36 14 7 15 59 55 4 49 with Al Ahli claiming he abandoned his job. Elgin City 36 13 10 13 67 69 -2 49 Al Ahli said in a statement that it would Montrose 36 12 11 13 60 68 -8 47 appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Stirling Alb 36 12 9 15 59 58 1 45 3 Annan Ath 36 11 10 15 54 65 -11 43 calling the FIFA ruling “unfair and contrary to Clyde 36 12 4 20 42 66 -24 40 the actual events which occurred.” E Stirlingshire 36 8 5 23 49 97 -48 29 Page 16 ujnews.com June 2013 Late Header Gives Chelsea End Of Europa League Victory CHELSEA PROVED that half-chances grace for Chelsea (last year’s European make the difference between good sides Champions) to claim their fifth European An Era and Champions, when they won the Eu- trophy since 1971. ropa League trophy final at Amsterdam, Earlier the Blues moved to the final of Gatland Announces 37-Man May 15, beating Benfica 2-1. Tight mark- the Europa League Trophy after winning ing and cup final tension was prominent both semi-final legs, April 26 & May 2, Lions Touring Squad in the early stages of the game. In the against FC Basel. In Switzerland, Victor WARREN GATLAND saw red when he selected As Alex 59th minute, Fernando Torres caught Moses put Chelsea ahead in the 12th the squad to go Down Under this month. There on to a ball deep from the heart of the minute while drama filled the final three were a number of controversial choices, none blues defence, catching Benfica flat- minutes of the game when Basel put a more so than taking Sam Warburton to captain footed, as he sprinted forward, took the penalty away and David Luiz scored in the team. Warburton was widely tipped to as- Ferguson ball around the goal-keeper and slotted the last seconds for a 2-1 win. At Stam- sume the role this time last year as captain of it in to the net. Cesar Azipilcuta was ford Bridge, three goals in a nine minute the Grand Slam champions Wales. Since then, penalized for hand-ball, thus putting the period, starting in the fiftieth minute, saw English fortunes have dramatically improved Portugese back in the game as Cardozo Chelsea prevail 3-1 after Salah, had put even to the point of beating the All Blacks in Retires scored from the penalty spot. The game the Swiss in front on half-time. Fernando the autumn series. heated up considerably, and it looked like Torres, Victor Moses, and David Luiz At that point no-one could see past Eng- extra-time would be added. However, a were the marksmen. Benfica overcame land’s leader, Chris Robshaw. and sat in a daze on a bench overlooking stunning 90th minute header from Bra- Fenerbahce with a 3-2 aggregate in the It all changed on March 16 this year in Car- SIR ALEX FERGUSON shocked nislav Ivanovic, delivered the coup de other semi-final. diff when Wales beat England 30-3. That was a the football world last monhby a statue of Matt Busby, another legendary game where Warburton could have captained United manager. Wales but he stood aside to give the respon- announcing his retirement a WORLD factors in City’s undoubted regression this sibility to Gethin Jenkins. Robshaw lost out. few games before the end of the Camera crews from TV channels season, ultimately costing Mancini his job. All signs are pointing to City appointing First he was overlooked for the Lions squad season. all over the world – Sweden, Norway, then he was even rested by Stuart Lancaster China, among others – scattered around Manuel Pellegrini as its new manager. for England’s tour of Argentina. Gatland has Though everyone knew it was coming, the ground. A member of a TV crew from Pulis Leaves As Stoke Manager Hull Back In Premier League After promised him that he will be called up in the one day in the relatively-near future, the Hong Kong said he had been dispatched to announcement came suddenly and Unit- the northwest of England at late notice the By Mutual Consent Three-Year Absence event of injury. STOKE SAYS Tony Pulis has left as manager The full squad below shows the rewards ed’s new manager was quickly announced. previous night after rumors of Ferguson’s HULL RETURNED to the Premier League last Sir Alex said: “The decision to retire is announcement spread. by mutual consent, ending his seven-year month after a three-year absence by clinching of Six Nations success with Wales literally tenure at the Premier League club. getting the lions’ share of the spoils. They are one that I have thought a great deal about Tourists from China took turns posing a second-place finish in England’s second and one that I have not taken lightly. It is for photos in front of Ferguson’s statue, By guiding Stoke to a 13th-place finish this tier ahead of Watford on a dramatic final day. represented by a full side with ironically only a season, Pulis secured the team’s status in fly half – traditionally the strongest of Wales’s the right time. outside the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand, under After drawing 2-2 with already-promoted It was important to me to leave an grey, overcast skies. The weather summed England’s top division for a fifth straight year Cardiff, Hull would have been denied the contributions to Lions’ sides. There are in fact but he came under increasing fire for failing to only two fly halves: Johnny Sexton and Owen organization in the strongest possible up the mood on a grim day for United fans. automatic promotion place if Watford had shape and I believe I have done so. The Like most United fans milling about, change its direct and physical style of play. beaten Leeds in a match ending later. How- Farrell will contest the spot. Scotland’s Stuart Pulis was the second longest-serving Hogg is normally a fullback but apparently quality of this league-winning squad, and Doherty believed David Moyes, the cur- ever, Watford conceded a late goal to lose the balance of ages within it, bodes well rent Everton manager, should replace manager in the Premier League, behind 2-1 and finish two points behind Hull. Gatland sees him as a strong contender for Arsene Wenger of Arsenal, in the wake of the No 10 jersey should Farrell or Sexton not for continued success at the highest level Ferguson. City Celebrate MLS Deal With whilst the structure of the youth setup will “I know everyone is going on about Jose Alex Ferguson’s retirement from Manchester come up to scratch. United last month. Yankees By Beating Chelsea Twice Remarkably Richie Gray is summoned ensure that the longterm future of the club Mourinho, but I’ve seen David Moyes for remains a bright one. years. He’s done really well at Everton Stink Over Locker-Room ‘Vandalism’ MAN CITY and the New York Yankees have from Scotland having given next-to-nothing to Our training facilities are amongst the joined forces to establish a $100m Major Scotland’s Six Nations campaign. He looks full with not a lot of money and he’s young,” BRIGHTON has formally apologized to Crystal finest in global sport and our home Old she said. League Soccer team. of potential but it is a travesty of justice that he Trafford is rightfully regarded as one of Palace after excrement was found on the floor New York City Football Club will be the should go in place of Robshaw whose place She was prophetic, Moyes was installed of its fierce rival’s changing room before the leading venues in the world. just days later as the new manager, on a MLS’s 20th team and is set to start playing unaccountably. Going forward, I am delighted to take the second leg of their second-tier League from the 2015 season. Lions Squad Breakdown By Country six-year contract. Championship playoff last month. on the roles of both Director and Ambas- TROPHYCOUNT “This is not a marketing gimmick,” City Wales (15) – Leigh Halfpenny, Alex Cuthbert, sador for the club. With these activities, Brighton chief executive Paul Barber said chief executive Ferran Soriano told AP. “This George North, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Mike It is worth a look at the 49 trophies Alex “we apologized to Crystal Palace as soon Phillips, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Richard Hibbard, along with my many other interests, I am Ferguson amassed during his entire foot- is about developing a team that will play very looking forward to the future.” as the vandalism in their dressing room was good football and will have a chance to win.” Ian Evans, Alun-Wyn Jones, Toby Faletau, Dan Lydiate, balling and coaching career in the beautiful discovered, and again more formally a few Justin Tipuric, Sam Warburton DEVASTATED game: City, which is owned by Sheik Mansour The morning of the announcement, just days after the match.” bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, England (10) – Manu Tuilagi, Owen Farrell, Ben Palace won the match 2-0 at Brighton’s Youngs, Dan Cole, Matt Stevens, Mako Vunipola, a short walk from Old Trafford stadium, ST MIRREN: will be the majority owner of the team. a woman wearing a Manchester United Scottish First Division: 1976-77 Amex Stadium on May 13 to advance to the The venture is being launched by City amid Dylan Hartley, Tom Youngs, Geoff Parling, Tom Croft. playoff final. Ireland (9) – Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, Brian shirt sat slumped over a pint of cider in a ABERDEEN: difficulties in England after the team failed to O’Driscoll, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray, Cian Healy, deserted pub. Scottish Premier Division (3) – 1980, ‘84, ‘85 Roberto Martinez To Leave Wigan win a trophy in the 2012-13 season, leading Paul O’Connell, Jamie Heaslip, Sean O’Brien Lifelong United fan Rita Doherty was Scottish Cup (4) – 1982, ‘83, ‘84, ‘86 ROBERTO MARTINEZ answered the specu- to manager Roberto Mancini being fired. Scotland (3) – Stuart Hogg, Sean Maitland, watching the news of Alex Ferguson’s Scottish League Cup – 1986 lation last month, when Wigan announced But given their recent woes, City still beat Richie Gray retirement on the TV sports channel. European Cup Winners’ Cup – 1983 his resignation from the club he took to FA Premier League rivals in two friendlies in the Lions June Fixtures (All times BST) “I’m devastated, I can’t believe it,” said European Super Cup – 1983 Cup Final glory last month. All roads point US last month. First match between the two 1: 12:30pm: Barbarians vs British and Irish Lions Doherty, still clearly in shock and settling to Everton being the new club for Martinez. giants was at Busch Stadium in St Louis, Mis- 5: 11am: Western Force vs British and Irish Lions into her second pint in “The Trafford.’ MANCHESTER UNITED: souri where$250 City Deductible$500 came out Deductible4-3 winners; then, $1,000 Deductible $2,500 Deductible $5,000 Deductible 8: 10:30am: Queensland Reds vs British and “It’s like a death in the family.” Premier League (13) – 1993, ‘94, ‘96, ‘97, Mancini Pays Price For City’s twoAge days Male later City Female bettered Male that score Female with Male a Female Male Female Male Female Irish Lions After waking up on her day off to the ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘03, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘11, 13. 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