R British Foreign Secretary Reopens Embassy In Tehran BRITAIN reopened its embassy in Tehran last month in a sign of newly thawed relations in the wake of a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. British Foreign Secretary Philip Vol. 33 No. 6 September 2015 Hammond attended the reopening ceremony and witnessed the raising of the Union flag over the compound. The embassy has been closed since November 2011, when it was stormed by demonstrators protesting the impo- sition of international sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Iranian Foreign Minister Moham- mad Javad Zarif welcomed the reopen- ing of the British Embassy, saying FANS SAY TA-RA CILLA it showed Iran’s regional and global significance. “This will be a new start in the rela- tions of Iran and Britain which has seen several ups and downs over the past years. Today we have entered a new stage of ties based on mutual respect, policy of constructive interaction and dialogue,” he said. A similar ceremony took place at the Iranian embassy in London. Sev- eral Iranian and British dignitaries, including former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, were seen entering the embassy residence, but it was unclear exactly when the embassy would for- mally resume operations. R Five Police Forces Probe Edward Heath Sex Abuse Allegations FIVE POLICE forces in Britain are investigating sex abuse alle- gations against the late Edward Heath, as the probe into the former prime minister’s past broadened. Detectives in Wiltshire, London, Kent, Jersey and Hampshire are now investigating. Heath’s name emerged last month, when Britain’s police watchdog said it would investigate whether police failed to pursue an allegation against him. Wiltshire Police say detectives and Mourners pay their respects as the funeral cortege carrying the coffin of British singer and TV presenter Cilla Black, travels to St Mary’s Church a national child abuse prevention char- in Liverpool, for her funeral service on August 20. ity have received “a number of calls” following appeals for information. Heath is the latest public figure in Liverpool, Cilla’s Resting where Cilla worked in the cloakroom. hymn All Things Bright And Beautiful. Cilla, I would just like to say thanks for Britain to be scrutinized for historic “She was a good laugh,” the 70-year-old O’Grady’s words brought tears and all the fun, thanks for all the laughs – and sex abuse allegations. Place After Her ‘Long And from Widnes said.”Cilla was so down to laughter, he said: “I don’t forget the hu- as I always used to say to her – ta-ra girl, Britain has faced a spate of such earth”, she added miliation of being in Gucci’s on Madison I’ll see you on life’s highway. revelations since the 2011 death of Former Beatles roadie Terence O’Hara Avenue in New York with Cilla haggling Black’s son Ben Willis summed things entertainer Jimmy Savile, when doz- Winding Road’ had many laughs with the singer down the over the price of a coat, which I desperately up, saying: “Mum’s death was such a shock ens came forward to say he had abused CILLA BLACK was laid to rest in her years said she attended his 21st birthday wanted. Cilla said, ‘If you want it Paul, to everyone but I for one take some solace at them. Subsequent revelations have home city of Liverpool last month. party at his home in Wellington Road, we’ll get it.’ She (then) said to the guy, least in knowing that it happened in one of implicated other high-profile figures. The 60s singer icon and TV presenter Liverpool. ‘There’s a mark on this.’ I’m going, ‘I can’t her most favourite places in the world - her was buried in Allerton Cemetery as as There were cheers outside the church see a mark.’ And then she said the classic sun terrace in Spain. She was doing one bagpipes played in the background, and as a bus passed with Gary Barlow, Tom line: ‘What will you do for readies?’” of the things she loved most – sunbathing thousands of people gathered outside St Jones, Lorraine Chase and Bob Carolgees LIGHT WENT OFF and listening to music, which was, after all, Mary’s RC Church in the Woolton area of among the celebrities on board. I loved her dearly. She was just such a her first love.” £1 = uro = Liverpool to say farewell to Black. SPOKE great friend. So I don’t know what I’m go- The coffin was carried from the church $1.13 Many rolled back the years to remem- Along with two of Black’s sons, Cliff ing to do really – the light went off a couple to the Beatles’ Long And Winding Road. $1.55 ber her times at the city’s world-famous Richards, and TV presenter Paul O’Grady of weeks ago and it hasn’t gone back on More on Cilla Black on page 4 at press time Cavern Club during the Swinging Sixties. spoke at the service, which began with the yet. I’m just going to miss her so much. Pat Humphreys knew Cilla Black from her days in Liverpool’s clubs in the 1960s, the most famous being the Cavern Club, British, And American Terror Train Heroes Receive Award from Airshow Disaster, 11 Dead Two Missing French President Perfect Gift! CHRIS NORMAN, the British man who A 12-Month helped foil a sus- pected terror attack on a train received Subscriptions France’s top bravery honour. To The IT consultant Norman, 62, was given the Legion Union Jack! d’honneur from French President Francois Hollande, alongside three Americans, in Paris August 24. Norman had told a press conference he decided to act because he thought he was “probably going to die anyway”. “I’d rather die being active, trying to get him down, than simply sit in the corner and be shot,” he said. Speaking after the ceremony, Nor- See page man, who lives in France, said: “I’m just 3 amazed, and I really appreciate the honour I’ve been given, this recognition of what for all the details! we did. A crane lifts a section of the Hawker Hunter jet that crashed into a highway August 22, after it failed to pull Continued on page 3 out of a loop maneuver during the Shoreham Airshow, England. R See story page 4 Page 2 ujnews.com September 2015 in the past month . Anti-Redhead Hate Crime City only just. Wherever he goes he turns heads surprise, quite little. In fact so little she could as well as several coins, a dollar, and a and has people coming over to see him. hold both old-fashioned deck chairs in one railway badge. It also contained a receipt To Host ‘Ginger Pride’ Festival TODAY’S hand! dating back to 1982 and a booking slip for IN AN ANSWER to recently-released police ‘Paint It Black’ – Not The TODAY’S Harford, from Aveley, Essex, said: “I knew a trip to Ireland. figures showing an increasing number of what I wanted, an old-fashioned deckchair Luckily, the receipt happened to have an crimes against people with red hair, three Song, St Mirren’s Away Team BRITAIN and people were saying to me ‘you should address for a Derek B Gamble in Rugby, Plymouth redheads are organizing a “Ginger Dressing Room BRITAIN look on e-Bay’ and that there were some Warwickshire. Pride” festival. SCOTTISH Championship team St Mirren Spam is an acronym standing for “Specially good offers on the internet.’ So, Massey, who drives the North Norfolk Stuart Parry, John Harding and Krissy have come up with a novel way they feel will Processed American Meat”. “When I saw the price, I couldn’t believe Railways diesel multiple units, decided to Lancaster have started laying out plans for put away teams at a disadvantage. Footnote: Calling unwanted email Spam it, they were a right bargain. track down the owner. the big Ginger event next year. Buddies chiefs ordered decorators to paint has done nothing to harm worldwide Spam “Even with the delivery, which cost much Officers in Plymouth have published crime He managed to find a Derek B Gamble the walls in the away changing room black, sales. Nor did the Monty Python skit song more than the chairs, it was a really good living near Rugby in West Haddon and after figures following a Freedom of Information in a bid to put visiting players off their game. “Spam”. deal. It was so good, I decided to get two, request revealing a series of incidents where calling him up discovered it was the same This season visitors are finding the décor one for me and one for my husband.” person. victims have been targeted solely because of The bargain price was £1.89 for each in the away dressing room at the St Mirren Woman Discovers Wedding Coincidentally Gamble happened to be their hair colour. The incidents include a seri- Park ground to be less than welcoming . chair plus £4.59 for delivery. ous assault and other reports of harassment Ring Is Not Hers – Locates Her When a small parcel dropped through visiting Norfolk on holiday and popped in to . all black. the North Norfolk line to collect his long-lost against people with ginger locks. Chief Executive at the Buddies, Brian Own After Radio Interview the letter box a few days later Harford said Some have argued that England has a she had no idea what it was, “So I opened possession. Caldwell, said he was determined to do all MARIANNE CROWLEY was baffled last Gamble said: “I am pleased and a little particularly strong history of anti-Ginger he can to make sure the team manager and the parcel.