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US Bill Of
Rights To
Show In UK
For First Time
TWO OF the most famous documents in American history the
Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence are going
on display in Britain for the first time next year.
The British Library said last month the documents, on loan
from the US, will be featured as part of an exhibition marking
the 800th anniversary of the founding document of Britains
political system, the Magna Carta.
The exhibition will provide a rare opportunity to see under
one roof all three documents symbols of liberty on both sides
of the Atlantic and beyond.
The bedrock of our modern day society is rooted in the
historic documents of the Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights the result of brave citizens who
understood the importance of change and reform, said Tony
Marx, president of the New York Public Library.
SEPARATION
The New York library is lending the Declaration of Independence, which Thomas Jefferson copied in his own handwriting.
The Declaration established the separation of America from
Britain, and paved the way for the drafting of the American
Constitution.
The Bill of Rights, one of the 14 original copies of the document produced in 1789, is lent by the US National Archives.
Both documents could trace their influence back to the Magna
Carta. Issued in 1215 by King John, it established for the first
time that the king was subject to the law, not above it.
The exhibition, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy, runs
from March 13 to September 1, 2015.

RR200 Tons Of Syrian

Chemicals In UK For
Destruction

A 200-TON shipment of Syrian chemicals once stockpiled to make weapons

has arrived in Britain where it will be
destroyed.

Big Milestone For Royal Prince

By Gregory Katz And

Matthew Knight
THE PALACE released special
pictures, the Royal Mint is striking a commemorative coin and
newspapers are publishing glowing
tributes.
Whats all the fuss about? A
little boy who will be king.
Prince George turned one year
old July 22. While he may be
too young to appreciate it, the
milestone is causing a nationwide
frenzy.
Editorial writers call him a symbol of hope, newspaper headlines
hail him as Gorgeous George
and one published a 24-page glossy
magazine chronicling his first 12
months. Prince William and his
wife Kate, who plan a small party
at Kensington Palace, have said

A Ministry of Defense spokesman

described the materials as no more dangerous than industrial chemicals and said
they were in Britain after a long operation to disable Syrias chemical weapons
capability.
Syria finished handing over its 1,300
tons of chemical stockpiles in June in an
effort to avoid US airstrikes threatened
after a chemical attack on a rebel-held
suburb near Damascus was believed to
have killed more than 1,000 people. The
chemicals are being disposed of at sites
in various countries.
Britains Royal Navy played a role in
escorting the shipments, part of an operation overseen by the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

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After Inflation Spike

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THE POUND spiked near a six-year

high against the dollar last month after a
surprisingly big increase in UK inflation
fueled expectations that the Bank of England may start raising interest rates soon,
possibly by the end of the year.
Figures from the Office for National
Statistics showed consumer prices rose by
an annual rate of 1.9 percent in June, just
below the Banks ostensible target of two
percent. Inflation, which rose from Mays
4-1/2-year low of 1.5 percent, is now at
its highest level since January.
The consensus in the markets was for
a far more modest increase of 1.6 percent
rise. The forecast-busting figures gave the
British pound a further boost to $1.7192
at one stage, its highest level since October 2008 when the global financial crisis
was in full swing. It then settled back
to trade 0.4 percent higher on the day
at $1.7151.

little in public about the ups and

downs of parenting, but here are
some things we know about the lad:

George Has An Important

New Skill Walking

Official photos taken at the Natural

History Museum in London show
that George can walk perfectly well
on his own, thank you very much.
And George looks awfully proud of
himself as he takes confident steps
and raises his arms in triumph.
Dressed in bib overalls and a blue
shirt, he seems to be growing by
leaps and bounds.
Any parent can tell you that means
more work youve got to keep a
close eye on a toddler at all times. But
the royal couple has plenty of support
so its not likely George will get into
too much mischief before someone

With the UK economy growing faster

than most other developed economies, it
is thought the Bank of England will soon
start increasing interest rates, especially if
inflationary pressures are starting to build.
The banks main rate has been at an alltime low of 0.5 percent since March 2009.
Separate figures showing that house
prices rose by a monthly rate of 0.8
percent in May also reinforced expectations that the central bank will have to
raise borrowing costs to prevent another
potentially destabilizing housing boom.
Much of the increase in the June inflation rate, he noted, was due to demand for
clothing. Usually prices fall in the summer during the traditional sales season,
but Brettell said the warm weather may
have led retailers to delay or trim reductions as consumers took to the malls.

RRScotland Yard To Hire

Londoners Only

LONDONS Metropolitan Police have

announced a new policy of hiring only
Londoners in a bid to make the police
force more representative of the population it serves.
Mayor Boris Johnson said last month
the change would allow the city to
achieve our goals more quickly.
Beginning on August 1, only candidates who have lived three of the past
six years in greater London will be able
to apply for entry-level police positions
with the force that is also known as
Scotland Yard.
Officials say the goal is to have a
police force with the cultural competencies needed in a global city with a
varied population. Some 5,000 police
constables will be recruited in the rest of
2014 and 2015

intervenes.

George Plays Well With

Others Up To A Point

Parents know only too well that

an infants moods cannot easily be
controlled, and tantrums often can
be long and loud. So it took a certain amount of courage for William
and Kate to agree to have George
play with other infants at a muchphotographed play date in April
during a royal tour of Australia and
New Zealand. The future monarch got
along with everyone, even if British
newspapers suggested he might have
grabbed a few toys other children
were using and the pictures were
memorable.
Instead of going into a family
album, for viewing once every five
or 10 years, the pictures of playful

Prince George and his friends went

around the world in an instant,
showing the future generation in
the best possible light. Some British
papers crowed that the republican
movement in Australia had been set
back decades.

George Has Fashion Clout

Even If He Doesnt Choose
His Outfits

At his christening, which marked

his first public appearance since
leaving the hospital after his birth,
three-month-old George was dressed
in a replica of a christening gown
first used for Queen Victorias eldest
daughter in 1841. This outfit didnt
cause much of a stir, but versions of
the items he wore on his debut tour
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~ COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2014 ~

Scotland Welcomes The

Commonwealth To Glasgow
THE LOCH NESS Monster, tartan-clad
bagpipers and giant pieces of shortbread
took the place of footballers on the Celtic
Park pitch as the Commonwealth Games
began with a celebration of Scottish myth
ology and exports July 23.
Scotland is hosting the 20th edition of
the games for former British colonies as
its own future as part of Britain could be
coming to an end. With an independence
referendum coming on September 18, the
issue of Scotlands national identity is in
sharp focus, and organizers made light
of perceptions of the country with a selfdeprecating start to the games opened by
Queen Elizabeth II.
There was singing on whisky barrels,
the giant rubber Loch Ness Monster and a
giant haggis on the pitch during the rapid,
often chaotic Kingdom of the Scots
opening sequence. After rock star Rod
Stewart performed at the home of his
beloved football club, Scottish champion
Celtic, there was a rendition of Mull of
Kintyre from Susan Boyle, the church
volunteer whose soaring voice turned her
into an overnight reality TV star.
PARADE
But after the athletes from the 71
Commonwealth countries and territories
completed their parade onto the pitch, the
ceremony took on a somber tone as the
stadium fell silent to mark the Malaysian
Airlines crash. Around a third of the 298
victims were from the Commonwealth.
Malaysian athletes also donned black

armbands to remember their 44 compatriots who died when the jet was shot down
over Ukraine.
The games was officially opened by
the Queen after cycling great Chris Hoy,
Britains most decorated Olympian,
handed over the baton which has traveled
throughout the Commonwealth since starting a relay at Buckingham Palace last year.
The 88-year-old monarch showed her
lighter side when Hoy and Prince Tunku
Imran, president of the Commonwealth
Games Federation, struggled to retrieve
the message from the baton she left in it.
When the note was finally recovered, the
queen flashed a smile and held her arms out
aloft before revealing its contents.
INDEPENDENCE
The Queen, who is facing the breakup
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Big Stink Over Mans

Unconventional Bank Deposit

NOT TOO MANY paid attention to a man

who walked into a Barclays Bank during
a lunchtime last month until he began
to crouch down and defecate on the floor.
He was described as, apparently, in
control and one witness who was in the
Andover, Hampshire bank said: He didnt
say anything at all, but you can tell from his
face he looked angry, Gareth McCarthy told
the Daily Star. I wasnt really paying attention until I noticed a foul, but unmistakable
smell. I looked at the guy and he was just
calmly walking around the bank going to
all the areas he could.
Another witness said the man purposefully chose the stairs as a location for his
unusual deposits.
The determined dumper was described as
being in his 40s, wearing shorts and trainers,
and having a bald head.
The bank was closed for a short period
due for cleaning.

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tion of footballers, its really struck home.

I feel very, very moved to have spent the
last four days here with such amazing passionate people in such a beautiful country.
Of course, Ill be back again. I was here
two years ago in Rio, so its nice to see the
rest of Brazil over this trip.
On the last day of his four-day trip Harry
met recovering crack addicts in Sao Paulo
and visited an institute set up by the family of
the late Formula One champion Ayrton Senna
to tackle social exclusion and inequality.

Wales, Now The Home Of

The Largest Underground
Trampoline In The World

A TRAMPOLINE with a difference opened in

Snowdonia, Wales last month, hundreds of
feet below the ground.
Special features include three huge trampolines that hang in the old slate cavern at
varying levels. The trampolines are reached
by train, with each linked by a 60ft long slide.
Bounce Below was originally a coal mine
and is located underground in a 100ft x 60ft
cavern. It took 4,500 hours to remove 500
tons of rubble using a similar method to when
miners brought coal to the surface.
This giant underground playground is the
first of its kind in the world and was immediately very popular.
Visitors are kitted out in special overalls
and a helmet before being let loose in the
caves to bounce, climb and slide in the most
unique setting.
The walls are covered with technicoloured lights which illuminate the subterranean background with vibrant colours,
while the LED lights also reveal the beauty
of the underground cavern.
Commercial director of Zip World and
Bounce Below, Sean Taylor, said: Weve
got the worlds longest and fast zip wire, the
worlds biggest zip zone and now the worlds
only underground giant trampoline. I think its
fair to say we are fast becoming the most fun
place on earth.

A Cold Turkey detox programme will be

held on the Isle of Arran for a few lucky
techies who are obsessed with their electronic media links through their devices.
The three-day Tech Time-Out experiment will see participants denied access to
smartphones, tablets or a wi-fi connection.
The Scottish Youth Hostelling Association
will, alternatively, offer outdoor activities
such as hill walking, archery and abseiling.
Over 50 people applied for just six places.
The event takes place in September. SYHA
chief executive Keith Legge thought of the
idea after watching a YouTube video called
Look Up, mocking people walking around
with their eyes glued to their phones.
Legge told the The Scotsman newspaper:
By offering some Tech Time-Out, we think
the participants will see the benefits of
switching off once in a while and see what
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message of thanks on a mobile phone to the at not being able to pee for free. Erickson
people of Brazil for the reception he received takes curious loo finders from all over the
world and guides them around a variety of
during his visit.
Usually, following an official Royal tour, toilets and areas relating to sewerage history
letters are written as the trip comes to a in the capital.
Starting point of the tour is at the toilets
close.
But Harry changed things in the South by platform 19 at the aptly named Waterloo
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Weaving through the streets, walkers visit
The Prince, casually dressed in a polo top,
speaks without notes to the camera, with such locations as the Juba-loos on the
the skyline of Sao Paulo in the background. South Bank, day urinals for men in Charing
He said: Coming to the end of the trip, Cross and pop-up urinals in Charing Cross.
Also on the agenda is a stop at a lamp
four days in Brazil, weve had the most
near to the Savoy hotel which was powered
unbelievable time.
Thank you so much for all the hospitality by gas from Londons sewage system almost
and the warmth that everybody has shown a century ago.
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Stolen British Open Golf Cart

Hurts Guard

POLICE SAY a man was been arrested on

suspicion of assault after allegedly taking a
golf cart from the course staging the British
Open and driving it into a security guard.
The incident occurred at about at the end
of the final practice day before the tournament began last month.
Merseyside police say in a statement
e-mailed to The Associated Press that a
45-year-old man from the local area took
the golf cart from the Royal Liverpool course
and collided with the guard, who sustained
a slight leg injury.
Police say the man then steered the cart
into a barrier near an entrance to the course
in Hoylake.

Sainsburys Wensleydale
Cheese Carried A Bigger Bite
For One Shopper

AN INVESTIGATION was launched by health

experts last month after a shopper at Sainsburys supermarket found a tooth in a piece
of cheese she purchased at the store.
Jane Betts found the tooth whilst shopping at a branch in Cambridge and took it to
her dentist, assuming it was her own tooth.
The 42-year-old told The Mirror: This
was extremely disturbing and even more so
as I had just been to the dentist myself the
day before.

Because of this I thought a piece of my

own dental work had come off; I was completely disgusted to find that it was in fact
someone elses. I was also very confused
for several minutes as I searched my mouth
and all my teeth looking for where the piece
had come off. Now I just feel sick. It was a
bizarre and truly horrible coincidence.
A Sainsburys spokeswoman added: We
take great pride in the quality of all the food
we sell. We have spoken to Jane and will
of course support the environmental health
officer with any investigation.

World Cup Mugs Depicted

President Obama Instead Of
Chris Smalling

chain restaurants, has been sold to a Chinese

private equity firm for about 900m.
Gondola Group, which also owns other
British restaurant chains, said it agreed to
the sale with Hony Capital last month in
the latest example of Chinese investment in
European companies.
Pizza Express has 436 restaurants in the
UK along with 68 internationally, including
22 in China.
The chains chief executive, Richard
Hodgson, said Asia is a key part of the
chains growth strategy and Honys expertise
in the region will be valuable.
Hony said it aimed to capitalize on its
local expertise to help the chain grow in the
Chinese market.

Ultimate British Comfort

Meal Designed By
Colmans Mustard

CONSUMERS became victims of a Presidential mugging last

month when a ceramic
mug company mistook
President Obama for
Englands Chris Smalling.
The promotional World Cup mugs depicted the US president wearing an England
shirt with the St Georges cross intersecting,
but the name was Chris Smalling.
The company were left with 2,000 unsellable mugs due to Englands early exit from
the compeition. Then, realising their error,
they shipped them off to a clearance reselling
specialist in Dorset, who went public with
pictures of the catastrophic cups.
Karl Baxter, MD for Wholesale Clearance,
commented: The Dorset company in question ... was given the seemingly easy job
of sourcing royalty-free pictures of each
England squad player to use on the England
mugs along with other accompanying
items such as England coasters, England
mouse mats etc.
A young employee then, apparently,
goofed in his choice of photographs.

MUSTARD giant Colmans have produced

a meal that they say contains some of the
nations favourite ingredients.
The companys conducted a study and
their experts researched many of the ingredients that Brits turn to for that feeling of true
comfort in food and blended them into the
perfect meal.
The sausage macerole features a macaroni and cheese topping coated with crispy
cheese, layered over sausage casserole,
complete with mushrooms and onion gravy.
The concoction followed a study revealed
97 per cent of people turn to comfort food in
a time of need.
Classic British dishes such as a Sunday
roast, fish and chips and a full English
breakfast were the most popular choices to
bite away the blues.
A poll of 2,000 adults by Colmans Mustard to mark its 200th anniversary found
cottage pie, macaroni and cheese, bangers
and mash and casserole also rated highly.
Three out of four people also said they used
food to express their emotions to others.
Chinese Firm Buys UKs
The poll found more than half use food to
Pizza Express Chain
say I love you while 54 per cent will use
PIZZA EXPRESS, one of Britains best-known food to console someone in a time of need.

Shed Of The Year 2014

Finalists Revealed
For TV Show
A HEREFORDSHIRE pensioner who
created a glass dome in his garden out
of 5,000 old wine bottles is among the
finalists in the Shed of the Year contest.
Richard Pim, 73, of Pembridge, created
the 19ft wide, 11ft high den which he calls
the Blotto Grotto.
It is one of the 32 finalists whittled
down from more than 2,000 entries in
Cuprinols 2014 Shed of the Year competition with the winner to be announced during a three-part Channel 4 series Amazing
Spaces Shed of the Year.
The competition, which is in its eighth
year proves that the UK leads the way
with creative ways to convert garden
sheds into pubs, cinemas and even our
own offices.
Other finalists include Gary and Lorraine Curd from Yalding in Kent. They
converted their shed into a pub called the
Golden Pheasant.

Richard Pim, from Pembridge, a finalist in the eco category.

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New Law Could Let F1

Stage Race Around London
RACING drivers could roar through the streets of London in just a year under
new laws being rushed through by David Cameron.
Mayor Boris Johnson welcomed the chance for a spectacular Monaco-style Grand Prix
in the capital, potentially generating millions of pounds in fees and sponsorship.
It follows the huge success of this years
Tour de France stages in the UK, which saw
an estimated 3.5 million spectators line the
streets and boosted the economy by up to
100m.
Opening a new Formula 1 Williams factory
in Oxfordshire, Mr Cameron declared: We
are bringing British motor racing back to
British roads, to benefit local communities.
Local authorities will have powers to
suspend the Road Traffic Act, lift speed limits
and close roads.
Formula 1 Chief Executive, Bernie Ecclestone, has campaigned for a Grand Prix in
London, and drew up a potential race track
incorporating The Mall, Trafalgar Square and
Park Lane.
A spokesperson for the Mayor said noise
and air pollution resulting from racing event
would be considered carefully along with
the scope for jobs and growth.
The spokesman said: The Mayor is positive that London would do a spectacular job of
hosting an F1 Grand Prix; but it is impossible
to say what the impact might be without
detailed planning and research.

3,000 Creative Internships In

37m Training Scheme

Three thousand young people who want

to work in creative industries such as TV,
film, fashion and advertising will be given
paid training internships worth up to 15,000
each as part of a 37m programme it has
been announced.
Opportunities include being a runner on
the set of TV soaps EastEnders and Holby
City, collecting fans video footage for Simon
Cowells music TV company Syco, working
in marketing on West End theatre productions
and learning to write news bulletins. The
Government has committed to give 20m
and private sector employers and charities, led by trade body Creative Skillset, will
provide the rest.
At least 270 of the paid internships will go
to people from black, Asian and other ethnic
minority backgrounds in a drive to boost
diversity as part of the programme, called
Creative Access. The interns will receive six
months of training, mentoring and masterclasses and in London will be paid the Living
Wage of 8.80 an hour.

UK Islamic Leaders Blast

Barbaric Violence Of ISIS

The leaders of Muslim communities

in Britain have condemned the barbaric
violence of Islamic extremists fighting in
Syria and Iraq.
At an event in London called to promote
peace between the worlds religions, the

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Muslim Council of Britain, the Shia al-Khoel

Foundation and other Muslim organisations
said that fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS) were acting contrary to the
values of their religion.
They added that the extremists pose a
threat to Muslims of all denominations and
schools of thought and expressed their
outright opposition to the destruction and
killing that the Islamist fighters were inflicting
on the Iraqi and Syrian population.
They also appealed to all British Muslims
to shun extremist ideology and to resist any
attempt by extremists to lure young men and
women from this country to join the fighting.
The denunciation was delivered during a Big
Iftar event celebrating Ramadan at the Imam
Al Khoel Islamic centre in North London and
followed a similar joint message at Westminster by Sunni and Shia groups.
It follows mounting concern about the
number of British residents travelling to fight
in Syria. About 500 are estimated to have
joined the conflict so far.

Boris Island Airport Dead In

The Water, New Heathrow Boss
Pledges Fight For Third Runway

The Boris Island airport plan suffered a

potential death blow as three reports said
costs may soar billions of pounds above the
Mayors estimates.
The bill for new transport links to a Thames
Estuary airport could be more than double
predictions, said experts.
Researchers outlined huge further costs
of compensating Heathrows owners and
removing a sunken wreck full of explosives.
They also questioned the plans commercial
viability, suggesting it could lead to higher
passenger costs and business lost to competitors.
The Mayors chief aviation adviser, Daniel
Moylan, said the reports would be analysed
but he emphasised how they also highlighted
economic benefits an estuary hub would
provide.
John Holland-Kaye, new Chief Executive of
Heathrow, vowed to fight for the right to build
a third runway and claimed his expansion
plans enjoyed cross-party political support.
He also sought to repair relations with
Mayor Boris Johnson by saying they both
support the need for a hub airport for London.
He said his mission is to put an expanded
Heathrow at the centre of Britains bid to keep
pace with the global race for growth as an
issue of national importance.

From Hackney To Cambridge

A student from a London school once

regarded as the worst in England has received

a prestigious award from his Cambridge

College, and is on track to fulfil his dream of
becoming a surgeon.
Michael Ha grew up on a Hackney estate
with his parents, who were on benefits
for much of his childhood, and four other
siblings.
The 21-year-old was among the first
students from Mossbourne Academy, which
replaced failing Hackney Downs School, to
take A-levels and go on to higher education.
He studied medicine at St Johns College
and has been presented with a Larmor Award,
named after physicist Sir Joseph Larmor,
which is given to high students who make
an outstanding contribution.

Dead Parrots And

Lumberjacks Please
Python Fans

Landscape Art: Walk The Line To

See World-Class Sculptures
The landscape of East London is set to
be transformed by a sculpture trail featuring
dramatic works from the likes of Damien Hirst
and Martin Creed.
Nine pieces of art have been chosen from
more than 70 submissions for the inaugural
year of The Line, an ambitious project. It is
designed to introduce visitors to world-class
art on a three-mile route along the capitals
waterways.
Planning permissions have been submitted to install sculptures including a tower of
shopping trolleys by 46-year-old Londoner
Abigail Fallis, and Sensation, a painted crosssection of an over-sized piece of skin by
Damien Hirst, which is being lent from a
private collection.
Other works on the route from the O2 to
the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will include
Vulcan, a 15ft representation of the god of file
by the late Eduardo Paolozzi, and Network,
a man with his phone, by another Londoner,
33-year-old Tom Price.
Art dealer Megan Pipers realisation that
there are hundreds of works in museums
and gallery stores and private collections that
never see the light of day was the starting
point. She worked with regeneration expert
Clive Dutton to raise 140,000 through
crowdfunding to kickstart the plans.
The sculptures, many of which have not
been seen in London before, have been
loaned for two years. Fundraising continues,
and the aim is to open in late summer or
autumn.

Owners 40k Penalty For Illegal

Extensions To Kensington Home
A man who illegally extended his house in
one of Kensingtons most exclusive streets
must pay a 40,000 penalty after a court
found the value he had added to his home
was equal to profiting from the proceeds
of crime.
Mayur Naturbhai Patel did not have planning permission for extensions to his 2.8m
home in Portland Road, within a conservation area in Holland Park. The extensions
made room for a staircase and new ensuite
bedroom and could have added hundreds
of thousands of pounds to the value of the
four-storey, four-bedroom property.
But after neighbours complained, Kensington and Chelsea council ordered them to
be taken down.
Judge Phillip Matthews said he thought
Patel had acted with the utmost stupidity
and that it was no mitigation to say he relied
on the advice of architects.
The property, bought in 2011 for 1.65m,
was advertised for auction in January with a
guide price of more than 2.7m.

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By Jill Lawless
COMEDY IS a bit like history. It repeats itself, and what started out as satire can mellow
into farce.
The Monty Python troupe burst forth from Britain as the 1960s became the 70s, with
a delirious blend of satire, surrealism and silliness. Almost 35 years after their last live
performance, they were reunited for 10 farewell shows at Londons O2 Arena.
Were they comic geniuses? The evidence of their July 1 opening night says yes. Should
geniuses stage affectionate send-off shows for their fans? Maybe not.
Monty Python Live (Mostly) features performances of many of their best skits, interspersed with saucy song-and-dance numbers and clips both live-action and animated
from the classic TV series Monty Pythons Flying Circus.
Like aging rock bands, the Pythons have lost a member along lifes highway Graham Chapman, who died in 1989. The five surviving Pythons are now over 70. Like the
Rolling Stones, theyre more wrinkled than you remember, but still perform with gusto.
CONTRIBUTION
Each makes a distinct contribution. Eric Idle, who assembled this event with some of
the Broadway pizazz of his hit musical Spamalot, is a crowd-pleasing showman. John
Cleese and Michael Palin still perform together with quick-fire comic timing, and crack
each other up.
The only thing missing is surprise. Its inevitable fans have waited decades for
this but the Pythons get a standing ovation before they open their mouths. Many
fan-favorite sketches are here: the dead parrot, Spam, The Lumberjack Song, the four
Yorkshiremen, the Spanish Inquisition. Lesser-seen gems also get an airing, including
the argument sketch and Anne Elk, with her theory on the brontosaurus.
It ends how could it not? with the 15,000-strong audience joining in a jolly singalong of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
For Python fans, the show was broadcast to 1,800 movie theaters around the world.

Gandhi Statue To Stand In Parliament Square

BRITISH Foreign Secretary William
Hague has announced plans for a statue of
Indias pacifist freedom fighter Mohandas
K Gandhi to be placed in Londons Parliament Square.
The Gandhi statue would join 10 others depicting famous British and foreign
statesmen, including Winston Churchill,
Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela.
The squares lawn is also a site for
demonstrations and protests next to the

countrys Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.

Hague said during a visit to New Delhi
last month that Gandhi remains a towering
inspiration and a source of strength.
Gandhi helped lead Indias campaign of
civil disobedience to British colonial rule
until India and Pakistan gained independence in 1947. Gandhi was assassinated
months later by a radical Hindu nationalist
who objected to Gandhis vision for India.

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Queen Christens Huge New UK Aircraft Carrier

ITS A HUGE aircraft carrier that is still

missing one notable element: planes.
But the slight omission failed to dampen
spirits July 4 as Queen Elizabeth II gave the
largest ever warship built for the Royal Navy
her name during a celebration in Scotland.
In a departure from the traditional shattering of a champagne bottle against the
hull, the queen pressed a button to release

a bottle of malt whisky.

The HMS Queen Elizabeth is far from
being complete, but was named as it is to
be placed in the water. When complete, it
will be equipped with the F-35B Lightning
II aircraft, a multirole fighter.
At 56 meters, the flagship is taller than
Niagra Falls and has a flight deck the size
of 60 tennis courts.

Report Finds Islamic Plot To Control UK Schools

A GOVERNMENT investigation has
found evidence that Muslim fundamentalists successfully gained control
of some schools to promote aggressive
religious values.
The report published July 22 said
some young people in schools in Birmingham, Britains second-largest city,
were encouraged to adopt an unquestioning attitude to a particular hard-line
strand of Sunni Islam.
It also criticized Birmingham City
Council for failing to alert authorities

of practices that made teachers worry

pupils were learning to be intolerant of
diversity. Investigators did not find any
evidence of violent extremism.
The investigation followed an anonymous letter that triggered several inquiries, one of which found a culture of
fear and intimidation in some of the
citys schools.
The plan was put in motion by conservative Muslims active in the school
system.

British Experts
Analysing MH17
Black Boxes
DAVID CAMERON says black boxes
from the Malaysia Airlines plane
downed in eastern Ukraine were
being examined by UK air accident
investigators.
The Prime Minister said on Twitter that British experts at the Air
Accidents Investigation Branch will
retrieve data from the flight recorders
for analysis, following a request from
the Dutch government.
The Air Accidents Investigation
Branch (AAIB) in Farnborough,
southwest of London, is looking at the
flight data recorder, which records
information from instruments on
the plane.
On July 23 AAIB experts downloaded valid data from the first
black box, the cockpit voice recorder,
which should give them hours of the
pilots conversations.
As UJ went to press, security officials in Ukraine revealed the downed
Malaysia Airlines jet suffered an explosive loss of pressure after shrapnel
from a missile punctured it. They say
the information came from the planes
flight data recorders, which were being analysed by British experts.
Ukraine officials were present at
the examination of the data recorders,
but no other announcements were
made, and Dutch officials leading the
investigation were hoping to publish
their own more detailed report later.
However, it still remains unclear
who fired a missile, with pro-Russia
rebels and Ukraine blaming each
other.

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UK Enhances Airport Security

BRITAIN has authorized airport security
staff to require any traveler to turn on
electronic devices as a way to test for hidden explosives. France and Germany are
implementing similar measures, but only
for travel to and from the United States.
American intelligence officials are
worried about new al-Qaida efforts to
produce a bomb. Powering up computers
or phones allows screeners to make sure
that explosives have not been substituted
for batteries or essential components.
Travelers to and from Britain faced the
new rules from June 10. Travelers from

France to the United States began undergoing checks and the French measures were
expected to last through the summer. Germany says travelers to the United States
should expect checks, but did not specify
when they would start.
Security experts were skeptical. Michael
Boyd, who heads aviation consultancy
Boyd Group International, said would-be
terrorists will find ways to make it look as
if the device is working, for example by
calling up a family photo.
If you get good intelligence, he said,
you dont tell the other side you have it.

Scotland Welcomes The

Commonwealth To Glasgow
Continued from page 1
of Britain if Scots vote in favor of independence, reminded the Commonwealth
of our shared ideals and ambitions as a
diverse, resourceful and cohesive family.
Together, you all play a part in
strengthening our friendships in this
modern and vibrant association of nations, she added.
The ceremony used the power of the
Commonwealth to appeal to the philanthropy of its members by promoting
UNICEF inside the stadium and on the
global TV feed. The childrens charity
raised more than $4m in donations through
text messages within an hour from UK text
messages alone.
The UNICEF link saw former 007
Roger Moore, a UNICEF ambassador, add
a touch of James Bond to the occasion.
Noting another Bonds celebrated spoof
skydiving drop at the opening ceremony
of the 2012 London OIympics, Moore,
who introduced himself as Moore, Roger

UK Regulator Imposes
Caps On
Payday Loans
BRITAINS financial regulator last month announced new
limitations on what payday lenders can charge their customers, the latest step in moves to tackle poor conduct in the
short-term credit industry.
The Financial Conduct Authority said last month that from
January, payday loan rates must not exceed a daily rate of 0.8
percent of the amount borrowed significantly lower than
what many lenders currently charge.
Default fees for borrowers who fail to repay on time should
be capped at 15 and customers must never have to pay back
more in fees and interest than the amount borrowed.
That means that someone struggling with repayments on
a 100 loan should never have to pay back more than 200.
Britains payday loan industry has been under intense
scrutiny amid anger over its poor regulation. Last month,
the countrys biggest payday lender, Wonga, was ordered to
pay out 2.6m to compensate tens of thousands of customers
for dishonest debt collection practices.
Last year, 1.6 million consumers in Britain took out 10
million loans, with a total value of 2.5bn.

Moore, said he would make a more traditional entrance to his seat in the stadium.
At the moment there are no plans
for me to be involved, the 86-year-old
Moore said, smiling. Sadly, I am allergic
to helicopters.

Head Of Child Sex Abuse

Inquiry Steps Down
THE HEAD of an inquiry into allegations
of past child sex abuse high up in Britains
parliament has stepped down after criticism of her links to leading establishment
figures at the time.
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss last month resigned as chair of the inquiry following
controversy over the fact her deceased
brother Michael Havers was the governments top legal adviser in the period under scrutiny. Most of the reported incidents
happened in the 1980s.
Critics of her appointment argued that
victims would not have confidence in the
inquiry if it was led by someone so close
to the establishment.
British Prime Minister David Cameron
expressed support for Butler-Sloss, saying
the departure was her decision.
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PM Promotes Women, New Faces In Cabinet Shakeup

Overstaying A Nonimmigrant Visa

May Have Serious Consequences

WITH A FEW exceptions, all non-citizens who

are lawfully authorized to live in the United
States fall into one of two categories: (1)
lawful permanent residents (those with an
immigrant visa also known as a green card)
and (2) temporary visitors who are in the
country for a specific purpose (those with a
nonimmigrant visa or who entered through
the Visa Waiver Program). One of the biggest, and most obvious, differences between
these two classifications is the amount
of time the two groups of noncitizens are
allowed to remain in the country. A permanent
resident is authorized to remain in the United
States for as long as he or she chooses. A
nonimmigrant visa holder however, is only
authorized to remain in the country for a
fixed duration of time. Unfortunately, there
can be significant consequences for people
who possess a nonimmigrant visa or entered
through the visa waiver program and stay
past their authorized period.
Generally, a person admitted for temporary residence will face two types of
consequences should immigration officials
discover the foreign national has remained
in the country beyond the authorized period.
First, a person could be placed in removal
proceedings (aka deportation proceedings).
At any time after a noncitizens permission
expires, immigration officials can initiate
removal proceedings against the foreign
national. Immigration courts are not happy
places and those in immigration proceedings
typically have a difficult time proving eligibility
to remain in the country. For example, if one
wanted to apply for cancellation of removal
(which could result in a green card), the
noncitizen would need to prove (1) he or she
has remained in the country continuously for
ten years; (2) he or she is a person of good
moral character; (3) he or she does not
have certain disqualifying convictions; and
(4) he or she has a US citizen or permanent
spouse, parent, and/or child that would face
an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship should the noncitizen be deported. In
addition to the tremendously stringent legal
standard to win, the immigration courts can
only grant 4,000 cases per year. Thus, the
chances of prevailing on these types of cases
are generally not good. If, at the conclusion of
the immigration proceedings the noncitizen is
not granted relief, he or she may be ordered
deported. An order of deportation will create
a significant barrier to being readmitted to

the country.
Second, a noncitizen that leaves the country after the period of stay in the United States
has expired may face significant challenges
when applying for readmission. Once the authorized period of stay (which is documented
on the I-94) expires, the unlawful presence
clock begins to tick. A foreign national who
overstays the unauthorized period for more
than 180 days to 365 days and leaves the
country will be subject to a three-year bar
upon attempting to reenter the United States.
Still worse, a person who overstays a visa
for more than a year will be subject to a 10year bar after departure and upon attempted
reentry. In addition to the statutory bars, a
foreign national who attempts to reenter, even
after the three/10-year bar has expired might
also face additional scrutiny with officials at
the United States Consulate abroad. Fortunately, the three/10-year bars can be avoided
if the noncitizen is married to a United States
Citizen spouse. If the citizen spouse files a
family-based immigration petition on behalf
of the noncitizen and immigration officials
agree the marriage was entered into because
of a bona fide relationship, and not for an immigration benefit, the noncitizen can qualify
for a green card. Even after accruing over a
year of unlawful presence, the newly minted
immigrant visa holder will not be subject to
a 10-year bar upon attempted reentry into
the United States.
Thus, nonimmigrant visa holders who are
admitted for a temporary purpose should
be very careful about when their authorized
period of stay in the United States expires.
However, if these noncitizens find themselves
in the United States after their authorized
period of stay has expired, it is important
to consult with an immigration attorney to
review the foreign nationals options to (1)
remain in the country and (2) avoid any
adverse immigration consequences.
Mitch Wexler is a Partner with the international immigration law firm, Fragomen, Del
Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, resident in its
Irvine, California office. He has been practicing immigration law for over 29 years and
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(949) 660-3531.

By Jill Lawless
PRIME MINISTER Camerons government became younger, more female and
more Euroskeptic last month as Prime
Minister David Cameron shook up his top
team ahead of an election next year.
In the biggest Cabinet shuffle since
Britains coalition government took office
in 2010, Cameron moved Philip Hammond from defense to foreign secretary.
Hammond replaces William Hague, who
surprised many by announcing he was
becoming leader of the House of Commons
and will leave Parliament next year.
Michael Fallon, formerly energy minister, was promoted to defense secretary.
Education Secretary Michael Gove,
whose school reforms have angered many
teachers, was moved to the post of chief
whip, charged with maintaining discipline
among lawmakers and promoting the governments message on TV.
Several women gained promotion,
including new Education Secretary Nicky
Morgan, Environment Secretary Liz Truss
and Tina Stowell, new leader of the House
of Lords.
The changes bring the number of female
ministers to eight, among the 33 who at-

tend Cabinet meetings. Cameron has

been accused of packing his government
with middle-aged, privately educated
white men like himself.
CENTRISTS
Casualties of the cull included prominent centrists such as Hague, Attorney
General Dominic Grieve and Kenneth
Clarke, a pro-European Conservative
who has served in government posts
since the 1970s.
Critics accused Cameron of moving
his government to the right. The opposition Labour Party branded the shuffle
the massacre of the moderates.

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THE ROYAL & Ancient Golf Club held a
business meeting last month to determine
whether to allow club members to vote
by proxy for its historic September vote
to have female members.
Club rules require members to be
present to vote but R&A secretary Peter
Dawson said last month at Royal Liverpool
that its clear that the majority of R&A
members feel that postal voting would
be appropriate in this case. The rules of
the club do not cater for postal voting
and, therefore, those rules would have to
be changed for a postal vote to be held
legitimately.
Dawson announced in April that the
R&A would vote September 18 whether
to allow female members for the first time
in its 260-year history. The club has
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With an election due in May 2015,

Cameron is eager to neutralize the threat
from the United Kingdom Independence
Party, which has been wooing Tory voters with its call for Britain to leave the
European Union.
Cameron supports staying in if the bloc
concedes changes that Britain wants, but
has promised to hold a referendum on EU
membership in 2017.
Cameron also announced his choice as
Britains representative on the European
Commission. He chose Jonathan Hill, a
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Judge: IRA Fugitive Letters Flawed, Not Illegal

A GOVERNMENT policy of
issuing letters assuring Irish Republican Army fugitives they werent
wanted by police was flawed, but
didnt give criminals a get out of
jail free card, a British judge said
last month.
Justice Heather Hallett said the
contentious comfort letters, a
little-known offshoot of the Northern Ireland peace process, did not
amount to an amnesty.
The letters came to light after the
arrest of John Downey, who was
charged with a 1982 bomb attack
that killed four soldiers and seven
horses in Londons Hyde Park. His

trial collapsed in February after

Downey revealed he had been sent
a letter in 2007 telling him mistakenly that he wasnt wanted.
Amid a public uproar, the government appointed Hallett to investigate the policy.
The letters were an offshoot of
the 1998 Good Friday agreement,
which ended 30 years of bloodshed
in Northern Ireland. It allowed for
the early release of paramilitary
prisoners, but left a question mark
over hundreds who had fled, mostly
to the Irish Republic.
The letters were quietly sent out
starting in 2000 as a way of clarify-

ing the status of the on the runs,

or OTRs.
About 190 fugitives were sent
letters informing them they werent
being sought by police over outstanding crimes. Others had requests for such assurances turned
down.
Hallett found two cases in addition to Downeys in which letters
had been sent in error to people who
were in fact wanted.
Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers told the House of Commons last month that as far as this
government is concerned, the OTR
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If Only Life Was Neat

CAN YOU imagine living in a soap opera?

All around you, scandals are developing.
Deceit, dishonesty, arguments and mistrust
are the norm. Black is white, and everything
is black and white.
Well, living in Britain today feels much
like that.
Weve seen Sir Jimmy Savile utterly
demonised. To be honest I have never
met anyone who liked him: he was always
regarded as weird but the Establishment fell
for him devoting his time as he did to charity.
Apparently.
Now it seems he spent most of his life
pursuing his paedophiliac and necrophiliac
hobbies in a range of respectable addresses,
such as the BBC, Leeds General and Broadmoor Hospital. So far about 300 people have
come forward with accounts of sexual abuse
perpetrated by him..
Cyril Smith was another whose life was
distinguished with a knighthood awarded
on the recommendation of Sir David Steel,
Liberal leader in 1988 and who should have
been behind bars well before he died. He was
probably the heaviest MP of all time, standing
62 and a shade under 30 stones. So far,
144 people have come forward to complain
of the weight of his sexual abuse, mainly with
under-age boys. He shuffled off his immoral
coil in September 2010.
Others didnt manage to die quickly
enough and have seen their misdemeanours
come back to haunt them in old age.
Octogenarian Stuart Hall for one, the
broadcaster. Another lovable and highly
decorated villain. He spent his
career hosting rubbish such as Its
a Knockout, culminating in a right
royal load of tripe in June 1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
which featured Prince Edward,
Princess Anne and the Duke and
Duchess of York supervising
celebrities dressed up as giant
vegetables acting as targets for
fake hams.
Halls infectious laughter made
him an instant national treasure which he
remained till last June when he was sent
down for sexual abuse of girls, forfeiting both
his freedom and the OBE he had picked up
for his contributions to the national gaiety.
In May of this year another well-known
figure who had spent much of his adult life
publicising the sins of the famous also ran
into the brick wall of British justice. This
was Max Clifford, the celebrity publicist now
serving eight years for a range of sex attacks
on women who fell victims to his power. His
celebrity status put him above the law and
criticism for the last thirty years, so he felt
able to offer his contacts to attractive women
in exchange for sexual favours.
The latest celebrity to face his nemesis in
court was the veteran entertainer, Rolf Harris.
The Australian artist and showman had a full
hand of British Empire Medals the M, O
and C to accompany his AO (Officer of the
Order of Australia), all doubtless to signal his
contribution to charity. Like Stuart Hall, Max
Clifford and Jimmy Savile, Harris had spent
many years privately indulging his sexual
predilection for girls. He will be occupied for
at least the next three years in jug, serving a
six-year sentence.
At the age of 84, he is entitled to a free
television and 8 a week pension. He spent
the first month in Wandsworth and has now
been transferred to the Savoy of Slammers,
Leyhill Open prison for the remainder of his
sentence.
Britains politicians, while not criminal,

Jimmy

Cyril

SAVILE

SMITH

Max

Rolf

CLIFFORD

Stuart

HALL

WALL
of
SHAME

HARRIS

also behave like soap opera characters.

North of the Border we have Alex Salmond
whipping up enthusiasm for full Scottish independence. He has succeeded in lowering the
voting age in the September 18 referendum to
16 on the basis that younger voters will have
more years of independence ahead of them
than older ones. The logic of this measure
defeats me: why stop at 16, why not give
the vote to every child? Whilst were at it,
we may as well enfranchise unborn children
since they will have longest.
David Cameron gave the referendum
the go-ahead in October 2012 to
settle, he hoped, the vexed question of Scottish independence
once and for all. His problem has
remained unchanged ever since:
the Conservative Party is widely
detested in Scotland. They have
only one Westminster MP and
their popular support north of the
border is precisely nil: in May of
this year, the Conservative annual
Scottish youth conference was
cancelled due to lack of interest after only
12 tickets were sold.
Quite sensibly Cameron will not enter into
an open debate with Salmond. This he has left
(delegated?) to the leader of the Scottish No
Thanks campaign, the veteran Labour politician Alistair Darling. At least Darling has the
merit of being a Scot but he no longer features
even in his Labour Party. Despite having been
Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gordon
Brown and predicting the worst recession
in 60 years, he has cut a largely anonymous
figure since leaving office four years ago.
Scottish rejection of independence was
always regarded as a foregone conclusion.
Cameron agreed to the referendum as he was
convinced Salmond could not win the vote.
It still looks as though Scotland will say no
to independence but the margin between the
two sides is by no means wide. The fact that
Salmond can portray Cameron as a villain is
part of the soap opera mentality.
As is Camerons attitude to Europe and the
vexed question of an In/Out EU referendum.
There is little doubt that he does not want to
leave the European Union but his sceptical
backbenchers and the phenomenon that is
UKIP are forcing his hand. His recent objections to Jean-Claude Juncker becoming European Commission President were rebuffed
by all other EU members bar Hungary.
That Cameron lost this battle strengthened the eurosceptic mood. It has also made
it less likely than ever that he will be able to
secure concessions that will show we have

regained lost powers from Europe. Whatever

they are. No-one seems to know what we
have to get back to make membership of
the EU more acceptable to voters in an In/
Out referendum.
And thats probably the worst thing of
all. We live in the soap opera world where
everything is either right or wrong; there are
no nuances any more. But many celebrities
are worthy, talented and do much good work.
No-one can ever know whether Scottish
independence is right or wrong. Nobody can
ever be sure what we lose to the European
Union or how much we gain.
I came across an interesting fact the other
day: there were 10,944 casualties on the last
morning of the First World War, more than
on the D-Day landing in 1944. The reason
the fighting was so fierce was to ensure
that the Allies recaptured Mons which was
where the war had started in August 1914.
And of course the ceasefire was scheduled
for the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of
the eleventh month? Why didnt they stop
firing at 9 oclock?
People love symmetry and symbolism
since they appear to stand for some kind
of truth. In reality, we should all be content
with messiness and learn to accept that there
is never a simple truth about celebrities or
politicians.
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By Jill Lawless
ITS AN iconic scene of Britain at war:
Thousands of Londoners huddled in
Underground stations as German bombs
rained down.
But this is not the 1940s Blitz its
World War I, more than 20 years earlier.
For most people, the Great War evokes
images of mud, gas masks and the trenches
of the Western Front. The Imperial War
Museum wants to expand that view. A
century after the conflict began, the London
museum aims to provide a new perspective
on the war to end all wars.
Senior historian Terry Charman said
last month that many people are surprised
to learn that London was bombed first by
zeppelins, then by planes and that 300,000
people sought shelter in subway stations.
They say: Air raids? Really? Charman said. I think we see the First World
War very much through the prism of the
trenches of the Western Front. You forget
that there was a home front.
Reclaiming stories of the home front is
one of the missions of the museum, which
reopens last month after a six-month closure
for a 40m renovation.
FOUNDED
The museum was founded in 1917, as
the war still raged, to preserve the stories of
those who were fighting and dying. It retains
that goal, as well as its Imperial moniker,
a relic of a vanished British Empire.
In other ways the museum has modernized. It now covers recent conflicts,
including those in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and includes an impressive collection of
old and new military hardware. From the
ceiling of the buildings new atrium hang
a Spitfire fighter plane, a Harrier jump jet,
a V1 rocket and more.
But the museums curators are just as
interested in human stories. The World War
I galleries move from the battlefront to the
home front, to show how the first total war
shook society from top to bottom.
The permanent exhibition includes more
than 1,300 objects from weapons and uniforms to diaries and letters and alternates
between the big picture and small details.
Both perspectives have emotional power.

Its hard not to be humbled by the sheer

scale of the slaughter. After war was declared in August 1914 with Germany and
Austria-Hungary on one side and Britain,
France and Russia on the other seven million men marched off to war. By December,
one million of them were dead.
TRAGEDY
Multimedia displays capture the vast
tragedy of the Battle of the Somme, which
saw 20,000 British soldiers killed in one
day. Visitors learn about tanks, planes
and other technological innovations that
changed the course of the war. They share
space with crude weapons that suggest the
almost medieval savagery of trench warfare,
including catapults to fling grenades and an
iron-headed club for crushing skulls.
Many visitors will find the small, personal items especially moving. Soldiers
complain of boredom, rats, lice and cold in
letters home from the trenches. The wallet
of a soldier killed in battle holds faded
photos of his wife and children.
Most of the displays show the war from
the perspective of Britain, its empire and its
allies including the United States, which
entered the conflict in 1917. But senior curator Paul Cornish said that for him the most
evocative object was a frying pan bearing
a German patriotic message: The German
housewife sacrifices copper for iron. Copper was a prized war material.
SCARCE
She wouldnt have had much to put in
it, Cornish said. Meat, eggs and fat all grew
scarce as Britain tried to starve Germany
into submission.
This was a highly advanced society
reduced to beggary by the total nature of
the war, Cornish said.
All the words seen and heard in the
exhibition come from the wartime period.
The exception comes in the final room. The
last word is given to Harry Patch, the final
known survivor of the trenches, who died
in 2009, aged 111.
Ive tried for 80 years to forget it, he
said. But I cant.
Online: http://www.iwm.org.uk/

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KEEPING UP WITH BRITAINS

FAVOURITE SOAP OPERAS

TINAS funeral takes place and a fight

breaks out grave-side between Peter and
Rob. Theyre both arrested and taken in for
questioning by the cops and it doesnt look
good for either of them, but only one of them
is guilty of the murder of Tina. The question
is will the cops nick the murderer (Rob)
or will they arrest the drunken, shambolic
alcoholic (Peter). Tracys starting to wonder
what Robs playing at when he gets nervous
at Tinas funeral and starts mumbling something about Tinas demise that Tracy doesnt
quite understand not yet anyway.
Over at Underworld, Carla apologises to
her workforce to get the girls and Sean back
on her side and on their backsides behind
their machines. She even takes on Sally as
her PA, leaving Eva looking for another job,
which she gets, as in the way of soaps, the
very same day. Shes the new Rovers Return
barmaid and with a cleavage like that there
was never any doubt that she wouldnt be.
Steves not pleased that his mum has
taken on Eva without asking him, but theres
not much that will cheer up Steve right now.
He treats his 40th birthday with impending
doom. Its not a number. Its an audit. A
reckoning, he tells Michelle over a grumpy
coffee by the quayside. Theres a surprise
party waiting for Steve back at the pub that
he doesnt want to go to but Michelle gets him
there in time for the punters to raise a glass.
Steve decides to turn his life around. Im
going to be a better father, a better partner, a
better man, he tells them all, before picking
up Michelle in his arms and whisking her all
the way to the bottom of the stairs, wheezing
and out of breath. You can make your own
way up there, cant yer? he puffs.

AH, LOVE Walford style; aint it grand?

Even though David gives psycho Stewardess the heave ho there are more hurdles to
trip over and true to form he trips over all
but one: Its their wedding day and Carol is
in her wedding dress, waiting, but David is
MIA. Where did David go? He was suddenly
romantically inspired to try to find a 45 record
of his and Carols song, Misty Blue by Dorothy Moore, but wouldnt you know it? Nobody
at the Bridge Street stocks 45 records on
their stalls so he has to go running all over
London looking for one and all the stress
causes him to collapse with a heart attack
in the middle of the Square just as Carol has
given up waiting for him to show up for their
wedding. He is rushed to hospital, but soon
signs himself out against doctors orders to
try to make up with Carol, who has decided
it would never work. They share a dance to
Misty Blue before David leaves for the airport
and parts unknown, still clutching his chest
Phil is jealous about all the time Sharon is
spending at her new club, The Albert, so he
hires a couple of bozos to give her a fright (ie;
rob her at closing time). But things get carried
away and she gets hurt and almost dies. And
now she wont leave the house. And theres
a gun in the house, left by Ronnie (who has
left for parts unknown after finding out shes
pregnant. Its a multiple choice who the baby
daddy might be none of them good). Phil
doesnt know the gun was left there. Sharon
finds it and hides it in her dresser, and we
can see where this is going: Someone is
going to get (accidentally) shot. The only
question is, who?
Elsewhere Apparently, while Dean
was away he got his hair stylist license
and decides to set up shop in Walford. One
supposes that with all the bottle blondes in
residence he will do a booming business. But
where does he get the money? He gets it from
Stan, who has to get it back from Shirley,
who now owes it to Phil, and Phils patience
has run out with Shirley after she admits
she still loves him and they have A Moment,
and when he doesnt then leave Sharon, she
threatens to tell her it was him who set her
up. Check. Phil counters by threatening to tell
Mick that shes his real Mum unless she pays
up. Check mate...Oh, and Shirley disappears
for days and when she turns back up shes
got Heathers little son George in tow... And
Dean has the hots for Aunt Linda...
Miscellany: Dot makes only a cameo
appearance and we still have no idea whats
going on with alleged grandson Charlie
Alfie is desperate to make some extra cash

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Michael Rodwell arrives to see Gail from

jail. Hes over the moon that Gails been
writing to him about love and devotion and
shows a confused Gail the letter that hes
received from her. Only its not from her,
its from Kylie who sent it as Gail as a joke.
Gail sends Michael packing but its not
long before hes back and the two of them
become friends. But when Nick and David
find out what Gails been up to, where shes
been and who shes been with, they pay
Michael a visit to warn him off their mum.
Its Leannes birthday but shes got little to
smile about about as things turn nasty at
Nicks Bistro now shes told him she wants
a divorce. Leannes now with Kal and meets
his family, who seem to like her. But just
when shes showing them out of her flat
and saying goodbye, Nick stumbles past and
tells them about Leannes past, you know,
the lap dancing, the prostitution. He forgot
to mention burning a restaurant down for
the insurance, but perhaps he didnt know.
Kylie starts having trouble with little Max and
she and David are called into school to have
a word with the head. Sitting outside the
heads office on childrens chairs, Kylie and
David start punching each other just as the
head comes out of her office to call them in
to see her. It turns out that Max is causing
bother in class and hes started behaving right
naughty at home too.
And finally this week, Andreas husband
Neil tells Andrea hes not going back to that
place hes been working. Nigeria, I think, but
I could be wrong. Anyway, hes not going
back. Well skype more! cries a desperate
Andrea when Neil tells her he feels theyre
growing apart and wants to stay home. Neil
kneels and begs Andrea who abandons him
and runs all the way to the cobbles to give
Lloyd a goodbye hug as he jets off on his
jollies with Jenna.
Glenda Young
Coronation Street Blog
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com
before Kat has her twins (btw, did I mention
Kat is back?) but the stall aint cutting it so
first he tries cross-dressing to sell womens
clothes, then he tries (illegally) moonlighting
in Terrys cab which could cause Terry to
lose his license... And thankfully Psycho
Stewardess who bounced back to Terry after
David gave her the push, gets another push
from Terry, so she leaves the Square in a
black cab. Hopefully thats the last we ever
hear of her... Roxy is having a threesome with
Alex and his hair but it turns out hes married.
Hes got a secret wife and kid he left behind
in Latvia. When Roxy finds out, she gets
revenge the old fashioned way, by lacing his
tea with laxatives. When he emerges from
the loo, days later, she takes him back
Linda and Tosh both get broody Max is
having a full-on affair with DI Summerhayes,
who is slacking off in the Lucy Beale murder
investigation department
Things have gone from bad to worse for
Billy Mitchell since, well, forever but most
recently since Janine vamoosed, leaving him
with no job. Now Lee Carter comes forward to
say he saw Billy arguing with Lucy the night
of her murder. Turns out shed caught him
stealing fish from the chippy, but this new info
makes Billy a suspect. Now Jake has been
released and the new lead detective means
business. Might Billy go down for murder for
stealing some fish? Well, its Billy!
Recently I interviewed Cliff Parisi who is
currently doing double-duty on some PBS
stations, playing Minty on EastEnders and
Fred on Call the Midwife, and in my most
recent Dispatch From the Downton Abbey
Diaspora blog post on Thirteen/WNET-NY,
you can read part of our fun chat: www.
thirteen.org/program-content/dispatchfrom-the-downton-abbey-diaspora-27/ The
rest of the interview is in Issue #4 of The E20
Chronicles magazine which is available by
pledging to support EastEnders on WLIW21:
www.wliw.org/EastEnders.
To keep up with all things EastEnders,
just email me here and Ill sign you up for
my FREE, weekly EastEnders e-newsletter
called the E20 Chronicles:E20Launderette@
gmail.com. TA!
Signed, Your Faithful Reporter,
Deborah Gilbert AKA E20Launderette

UK Court Orders
Glee Name Change
In Legal Row
GLUM NEWS for the TV show Glee
Britains High Court ruled last month that
the musical show must change its name
because it breaches the trademark of a
chain of comedy clubs.
A judge told Twentieth Century Fox
that it had to re-name the series in Britain,
though the order wont take effect until an
appeal has been heard.
The studio was sued by Comic Enterprises, which operates a string of venues
called The Glee Club.
Judge Roger Wyand ruled in favor of
Comic Enterprises in February, saying
there was a likelihood of confusion
between the two brands.
Fox said it would appeal, and argued
that ordering a name change would be
unnecessary, unfair and disproportionate.
But the judge concluded that Glee
had to go.
I find it hard to believe that the cost of
the re-titling and publicizing of the new
name would be so prohibitive compared
to the value of the series, he said. I was
told many times during the course of the
trial how this series is a blockbuster.
The judge said it was possible the Court
of Appeal would take a different view, so
he put the re-naming order on hold until
appeal judges have analyzed the case.
Comic Enterprises is also seeking
damages. The judge said the final amount
would be determined later, but ordered
Twentieth Century Fox to make an interim
payment of 100,000.

Trip Leader
Recounts Fatal
Polar Bear Attack
A BRITISH expedition leader has told a
coroners inquest how he tried to gouge a
polar bears eyes to stop it attacking teenagers on an Arctic adventure trip.
Michael Reid recounted the attack
last month at an inquest into the death of
17-year-old Horatio Chapple, who was
mauled as he slept in a tent.
Four others were injured in the 2011
attack in Norways Svalbard archipelago.
Reid told the inquest in Salisbury, that
he tried to shoot the bear, but his rifle did
not go off.
Reid said the bear then attacked him,
and I thought the weakest part is the eyes
so I tried to take out the eyes with my
fingers, but was unsuccessful.
Reid grabbed the gun again. This time
it fired, killing the bear.

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Another Opportunity But
The IRS Sets The Terms!
MY REGULAR readers (and there are one
or two, and none of them is my mother!)
will know Ive written previously about the
programs the IRS has run to encourage
taxpayers to declare foreign income on
their tax returns and file Foreign Bank
Account Reports (FBARs). The current
standard program, set up in 2012, requires
a taxpayer to file amended returns and
FBARs going back eight years. Immediately you can see this is both expensive
in professional fees and challenging,
unless youre a hoarder! Add to this the
27.5 percent penalty the IRS charge on
the highest annual capital balance over the
eight years, and we can understand why it
hasnt been as popular as the IRS hoped!
This is a program for taxpayers who
genuinely risk criminal prosecution and for
whom any level of civil financial penalty is
a price worth paying.
The IRS came under pressure from
US citizens living overseas to offer a less
onerous alternative and in June 2012,
they introduced a streamlined procedure.
(Personally Ive never been able to understand why their non-filing is less culpable
than anyone elses, other, of course, than
the fact they have a US vote!) This new
procedure was available for people living
outside the US who hadnt filed US returns
at all and who were considered to be lowrisk in compliance terms.
If you qualified, tax returns and FBARs
for only three years were required, and
there was no penalty at all. Compared
to the 27.5 percent under the standard
program, this was a very good deal!
Until this year, there was nothing similar
for people living here. In June the IRS
announced changes to this procedure,
including making it available to US residents. The risk assessment has gone, but
all applicants must self-certify that their
failure to pay tax on the foreign income and
report their foreign accounts and assets
was not wilful.
Although taxpayers living outside the

US will have no liability to penalties, those

living here have to pay a penalty of five
percent of the highest total value of their
unreported foreign assets for the three
years under consideration, in addition to
any tax and interest due.
At first glance, this looks like a good
deal the IRS have recognized the higher
penalty is unreasonable for many people
in the program and if they opt-out an IRS
agent has to spend more time resolving a
case. Theyve taken the view that a lower
financial penalty will bring taxpayers in
and get them some money as well!
Heres the difficulty the five percent
has to be paid upfront and is non-negotiable. Many people (and Im one of them)
really cant see why any penalty is due
to the IRS on funds established before a
taxpayer became a US taxpayer. If a greataunt left you 100,000 which you kept in
the UK, not knowing it must be declared
here, are the IRS really entitled to 5,000
of it? (Great-aunt is turning in her grave!)
And theres another thing the Treasury
regulations provide for the first penalty
for non-compliance with FBAR filing to
be receipt of a naughty letter (not quite
how they put it!). Basically if your failure
to file is not wilful, and they are sure you
will be compliant in coming years, this is
the recommended penalty. Which makes
five percent not quite such a good deal!
One repercussion of this reduced
penalty may be the IRS becoming tougher
on people making soft filings, when
amended returns and payment are sent to
the IRS discreetly, without joining any specific program. I feel sure the IRS reviewed
these cases, before instituting enquiries or
transferring the case to a program. They
may be less generous with these decisions
in the future. The main aim of getting
taxpayers compliant is now combined
with getting money into the US Treasury!
Mary-Heather Styles is enjoying the
summer in Arizona, particularly spending
time in her air-conditioned office! She is
qualified and experienced in both US and UK
tax and can be contacted at (602) 845-1420
or mhstyles@transatlantictax.com.

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Threat Of Housing Bubble

Pushes Britain To Act

I SUPPOSE most every reader here had their

thoughts entirely focused on the World Cup
during that exciting month, I certainly had.
But, besides the World Cup and also the
England v Sri Lanka Test matches, there is
another sporting event that took place the
2014 Le Mans 24 hour motor car endurance
race. By the time you UJ fans have read this
the results will be in and the race will be over.
I do look forward to watching the Le Mans
race every year on TV. This 91-year-old racing event around the Circuit de la Sarth in Le
Mans, France, is one of most spectacular
racing events on the year. One can watch
the race from afternoon to late evening on the
first day, then hit the sack, wake up the next
morning and continue watching the next day.
Unlike myself though, the Le Mans Teams
and drivers have no such rest and relaxation
as they have been hard at it through the entire
night and yet still have a long way to go.
With the World Cup being on I missed a
good part of this years race as I was more
focused on Englands attempt to lift the
trophy. I was disappointed though, as usual,
with the Englands football and efforts, but not
so with the Le Mans 24 hour race.
There are four classes in the race which
means there are four winners. LM-P1 category which is the top category, this is for the Le
Mans prototype cars either Gasoline or Diesel
powered cars with professional drivers. LMP2 category is the second category; these
cars are similar to the first category except
with a lower fuel capacity and a cost restriction on engine and chassis expenditures. This
class must also have at least one of the three
drivers of gentleman standing (amateur).

LeMans 1923 Chenard et Walcker Sport

The third category is the LM-GTE Pro class;
this is dominated by the worlds top sports
car brands. The connection between performance on the track and the street has never
been more real. This is my favorite class
and over the years it has not been unusual
for this class to win overall as they normally
have fewer mechanical problems over the
24 hours. The fourth and final class is the
LM-GTE Am category, these car are similar
to the previous class but must be at least one
year old so as not to benefit from the latest
technical evolutions thus keeping the cost
down. They also must have all three drivers
of amateur standing or gentleman standing
as they refer to it at Le Mans.
Ever since 1923, Le Mans has never
closed the door to participation from gentleman drivers. Since 2011, there is now this
category reserved for their participation.
Whilst speed is important at Le Mans,
covering the most distance in the 24 hours,
reliability is also a major factor. For any car
that can endure 24 hours of non-stop racing
is in itself a major accomplishment. With
todays technology, completing 24 hours of
racing is a lot easier than it was in years past
when only a handful of the entrants were able
to last the course.
There are 50 cars that start the race and
this year most of them lasted the distance.

The LM-P1 class Porsches were heavily

tipped for success this year after not competing there for several years but they were
undone by reliability issues so it was again
the LM-P1diesel powered Audis that took the
overall top two spots. In the LM-P2 category
it was Nissan that took the first five places
of their class and fourth-through-eighth
overall. My favorite, the LM-GTE Pro class
was won by Ferrari this year, with Chevrolet
and Porsche coming in second and third
respectively. A surprise result, for me was the
LM-GTE Am winner, it was a good old British
Aston Martin Vantage that came in first in that
class driven by Poulsen, Heinemeier & Thiim
so my congratulations to them. Ive always
thought highly of The Aston Martin, so it was
nice to see them succeed at Le Mans. Overall
it was a good race this year at Le Mans, one
of the best for some time.
As for the Formula 1 season, where the
cost of these machines would put the Le
Mans cars to shame, we are now coming
up to about the halfway point in the season.
The Mercedes team are dominating the
events this year mostly due to their new
6-cylinder engine design. All cars competing in F1 this season must use a 1.6-litre V6
engine, as opposed to last seasons V8s,
and it seems that the Mercedes engine this
season is out-performing all the others. This
of course is coupled with a superior chassis
design for the British based Mercedes team
making this team stand out from the rest of
the field. This engine is made in Brixworth,
Nottinghamshire by a company formerly
called Ilmor Engineering but due to their past
successes was purchased by Mercedes. It
is British made though as is the rest of the
Mercedes F1 car. Louis Hamilton is a driver
for them along with Nico Rosberg. After
winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone,
Louis Hamilton is now only four points behind
leader Rosberg and is now the favorite to win
this seasons championship. Hamilton had
a couple of breakdowns in the earlier races
that set him behind his team mate but I think
Louis might make amends now and take the
championship. Anyway heres wishing him
well for the remaining races, its time for
another British F1 champion. The Austrian
Red Bull team has been dominant the last few
seasons but not anymore, now it is the British
based Mercedes Team that will succeed this
year, so heres wishing them well.
Happy Motoring

See Leo &

Karens August
column at
www.ujnews.com
Contact Leo and Karen or Car Man Phil
at PO Box 112, Ventura, CA 93002 or
leolewis12@yahoo.com

By Danica Kirka
CAN BRITAIN avoid bubble trouble in its economy?
Concerns are mounting that the countrys housing market is overinflated, with
London house prices rising almost 19 percent in 12 months. Experts fear it is
fueled by debt and the market might pop and come crashing down, as it did in
the US during the financial crisis, dragging the country into recession and leaving
millions of homeowners with properties that are worth less than their mortgages.
In an attempt to avoid such a scenario, the Bank of England last month announced measures to tighten credit and cool off the sector. The move is of interest
globally, as it will show how much a major central bank can keep a specific sector
from overheating in an economy that is otherwise still recovering.
SURGE
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said that while he did not see a bubble
in the property market now, the recent surge in prices warranted preventive action.
This is the limit of our tolerance, Carney said after a meeting of a Bank
of England committee created to prevent a repeat of the recent financial crisis.
PricedOut, a group that campaigns for affordable house prices, says people
with steady but modest jobs nurses, teachers and engineers have little hope
of buying a home, especially in the south. In Oxford, Britains least affordable
city, the average house price at about 340,000 costs 11 times gross average
earnings, according to the Lloyds Bank Affordable Cities Review.

Luxury Rolls-Royce Car

Sales Soar Worldwide
SALES OF luxury Rolls-Royce cars,
which cost hundreds of thousands of
dollars, soared all around the world
during the first half of the year, even in
Europe which is recovering slowly from
recession.
The Britain-based manufacturer said
last month that global sales were up 33
percent compared with the same period
in 2013.
Growth was strongest in Europe, up
over 60 percent. That increase came in
spite of fairly muted economic growth
across many parts of the continent,
where a number of countries remain

burdened by high levels of government

and household debt.
Across the Asia Pacific region, sales
spiked by almost 40 percent. Middle East
sales were also strong, up 30 percent,
while the United States and China also
saw double-digit sales growth.
The company said it sold 1,968 cars
in the first half of this year, compared
to 1,475 in the same period last year. In
the whole of 2013, it sold a total of 3,630.
Meanwhile, Rolls-Royces parent
company, Germanys BMW, said it saw
vehicles sales rise across the group by
almost seven percent during the period.

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Give me the lettuce that has coold

its heart in the rich earth,
Till every joyous leaf is schoold to
crispy-crinkled mirth.
The wayward endives curling head,
Cool cucumber slices small,
And let the imperial beetroot spread
Her purple over all.
(From A ballad to a Salad;
Warham S Leger 1850-c1915

WELL HERE we are in the midst of summer,

but nowhere can it be said that anything is
normal any more with such a strange
weather patterns all over the world. Of
course being in Florida, we have summer
almost year-round, but some January/February winters we have had frost and even
saw snow once of course it all was gone
in a short time. I have paid my dues though,
struggling through 20 Wisconsin winters!!
Salads are popular in the summer,
though raw vegetables werent very popular
at first, however the Romans are known to
have started with them, theorizing that the
raw lettuce etc would line their stomachs
so they could drink more!!
Raw leaves and herbs were eaten in
the 14th century usually with olive oil and
vinegar, then slipped out of favour until the
1600s, when they were mainly thought to
be best used for health reasons. Salads can
be served before or accompanying a meal,
or in some countries even after an entree.
I still will make an English style salad with
lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, cooked cold
potatoes, beetroot, boiled eggs, sometimes
salmon, or tuna, cheese, etc, and I will readily admit I just love Heinz Salad Cream!!! I
was overwhelmed when I first came to the

Curried Chicken &

Mango Salad

2 skinless, boned chicken breasts

1 tsp olive oil
1-3 tsp curry powder, according to
your preference ( I like to keep it light)
1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
3 Tbsp mango chutney (If you can find
Mrs Balls brand, it is superb)
2 tsp juice and zest of 1/2 lime
1 Bibb lettuce leaves pulled apart
1 ripe mango, peeled and sliced
1/2 red onion finely sliced (optional)
2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
States, where we had a choice of salad
(Green, Caesar, Iceberg with blue cheese,
Spring Salad etc) and then a choice of salad
dressings (Blue Cheese, Ranch, Russian,
Italian etc) It got to be quite confusing, however although all the choices are still there
I have learned to streamline what I want.

(Your comments, requests and recipes are welcomed. If you want to contact
me please Email me at: Sandra Cherry Yourcuppatea1@yahoo.com)

UK Sends Sherlock Holmes To Woo North Korea

CAN SHERLOCK Holmes help unlock

the mystery of the insular enigma that is
North Korea? The British government
considers it elementary.
Britain says it used an episode of TV

This months recipe will involve cooking the chicken in an oven, but I find in the
summer and indeed when just cooking for
myself, I use my toaster/convection oven so
I dont heat up all the kitchen. My favourite
lettuce for this recipe and for when I do
an English salad plate, I love to use the
Bibb lettuce, small, sweet leaves with a bit
of crunch, they are so good. Now usually
found in the organic areas of the supermarkets a bit pricey but worth it. I get so tired
of Iceburg lettuce and Spring Greens all the
time. Mangoes are more available than they
used to be I remember one visit we made
to my husbands brother in the Miami area
years ago when we lived in Wisconsin, and
their neighbour used to bring a bag full of
fresh picked mangoes from their tree each
morning we would eat them over the
kitchen sink and be able to be real messy
with them..yummm!!!
This is an easy recipe and perfect
for a light luncheon, hope you enjoy my
version, adapted from a BBC Good Food
Recipe. Lovely with a good wine, french
crusty bread.
Heat over to 350F, Mix oil and 1 tsp curry
powder, toss the chicken in it and place on
a foil lined baking tray; bake until cooked
through, about 25 minutes, turning once.
Leave to cool, slice.
Place remaining curry powder with the
yogurt, chutney, lime zest and juice.
Arrange the lettuce leaves on two plates,
top with the mango slices, then the chicken
slices and drizzle with the dressing. Scatter onion and sesame seeds on top. (Two
servings).

series Sherlock to encourage change in the

communist state.
The drama, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the detective, was shown at the
Pyongyang International Film Festival

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in 2012.
The Foreign Office said last month the
screening was a small part of a cultural exchange program we have with North Korea
to show a different perspective of the outside
world than they are normally shown.

Calling Dame Judi: UK

Needs New MI6 Spy Chief
WANTED: Spymaster. Discretion an
asset.
Britains MI6 intelligence agency announced last month that director John
Sawers will leave in November at the end
of his five-year term.
It said the recruitment process for his
successor would begin soon.
MI6, also known as the Secret Intelligence Service, is Britains foreign intelligence agency. Its most famous boss is the
fictional M in the James Bond stories, Judi
Dench although the real-life MI6 chief
is known as C.
MI6 said Sawers a former diplomat
who advised Prime Minister Tony Blair on
foreign policy had done an exceptional
job as Chief of the Secret Intelligence
Service. It did not elaborate.

Until the 1990s, the identity of the MI6

chief was kept secret. Sawers brought an
unprecedented openness to the job, delivering speeches and appearing at televised
parliamentary hearings.
His 2009 appointment brought allegations of a security lapse when his wife
posted photos of the master spy in his bathing suit on a beach, along with personal
information, on Facebook.
Then-Foreign Secretary David Miliband
dismissed fears of a security breach, saying: Its not a state secret that he wears
Speedo swimming trunks.
Sawers successor will lead an agency
under increasing criticism in the wake
of revelations by the anti-secrecy group
WikiLeaks and by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

Dolly Parton Thrills Crowd

At Glastonbury Festival

Americans Aplenty As UKs

Booker Prize Goes Global

DOLLY PARTON has won over legions

of hard rock fans at Englands Glastonbury
Festival, one of the biggest events on the
summer calendar.
The country legend played many of
her hits to a crowd estimated at 150,000
people in her first ever performance at the
often muddy festival at Worthy Farm in
southwest England.
Parton told the crowd at last months
show that she had been waiting her entire lifetime for a chance to perform at
Glastonbury. She penned and performed
a special song about mud to mark the occasion, even though the day proved mostly
sunny and fair.
The Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, James
Brown and other influential bands have
performed at Glastonbury over the years.

FIVE US-based writers are on the 13-book

long-list for the prestigious Booker literary
literary prize.
Announced last month, the list includes
Americans Joshua Ferris, Karen Joy Fowler,
Siri Hustvedt and Richard Powers, as well as
Irish-American writer Joseph ONeill.
Also on the list are Britains Howard Jacobson, Neel Mukherjee, Paul Kingsnorth, David
Mitchell, David Nicholls and Ali Smith, Irelands
Niall Williams and Australias Richard Flanagan.
This is the first year writers of all nationalities
have been eligible for the Booker, previously
open only to authors from Britain, Ireland and
the Commonwealth of former British colonies.
Some British writers fear the change may
lead to US dominance of the award.
The winner of the 50,000 prize will be
announced October 14.

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RRThis paper reaches the British community in all parts of Florida and, of course, the US
(954) 537-6011 has recently opened,
owned by British life partners Kevin Ashdown and Craig Ashdown. We were the
first gay couple to get wed in the UK after it
became legal, Kevin told me. Pop in and let
the lads brew you a real English cuppa and
enjoy the elegant ambiance of their tearoom.
Plenty of UK imports and items on sale too.
ITS ALWAYS noteworthy when we Florida
Brits get a new leader! In the 22 years
since founding the British Bureau of Florida I have dealt directly with every British
Consul based in the states Consular HQ
in downtown Miami, attending many of the
same British events in Palm Beach, Broward
and Miami. In chronological order: Philip
Brice, Robin Hoffman, Robin Baylis, Simon
Davey, Keith Allan, Kevin McGurgan and
now our latest British Consul-General David
Prodger, who takes office early this month.
Each had a different style and manner. Rob
Hoffman married in Miami during his time
here which several of us Brits attended and
was featured in this column. Lets say a
fond farewell to Kevin McGurgan, who has
been promoted to Director-General of UK
Trade & Investment for Canada plus Consul
General of Toronto. A Scotsman who will
find many Canadian Scots, he served as
Consul General in the Sunshine State since
2010, raising the profile of British excellence
and expanding the Consulates presence in
Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. He often wore his kilt to Florida formal
occasions, quite magnificently I thought.
Our new British
Consul General Miami
served in a number of
roles, both home and
overseas, within the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
since joining in 1999.
David Prodger Prior to that, he worked
in the private sector as a land surveyor,
project manager and business development
manager. His most recent post was Deputy
Head of Security Policy in FCO London
where. This included: overseeing UK policy
towards NATO including in preparation
for the 2014 UK-hosted NATO Summit
in Wales; leading the UKs EU common
security and defence policy; overseeing
bilateral security policy relations between

the UK and other European countries; and

relations between the UK and the EU and
NATO Allies, as well as other partners;
conventional arms control in Europe policy;
and UK space policy. Previous FCO postings
with various key responsibilities were at the
British Embassies in Brussels, and Buenos
Aires and other posts in the FCO covering
the Middle East and Latin America. Prior
to joining the FCO, David was a Chartered
Surveyor with the UKs national mapping
agency, Ordnance Survey, working on
projects to assist international land reform
in Central and Eastern Europe, sub-Saharan
Africa and the Caribbean. He also worked
as a computer analyst in market research
and in the upstream oil exploration and
production business with BP and others
across a range of locations from Papua
New Guinea, the Persian Gulf, the North Sea
and Colombia. David is married to Tiffany
and has three children. Your bustling British
colony of Florida welcomes you, David!.
n THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT in
Florida: All consular services for British nationals in our state and UK-US trade queries
are handled by the British Consulate-General
in Miami on (305) 400-6400. You can also
email queries to askflorida@fco.gov.uk
n PUB WIT: Somebody emailed me
photos of actual UK pub signs which aim
to lure in patrons. Alas, the sender omitted
the pubs name and city but I can see they
are real chalk-written signs by some witty
British owner. I so miss our natural wit.
1) FREE BEER. TOPLESS BARTENDERS.
FALSE ADVERTISING. 2) (Outside a university bar): ALCOHOL AND CALCULUS DONT
MIX. SO DONT DRINK AND DERIVE. 3)
CARLSBERG ONLY 1.64 a PINT. HELPING
UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX.
n LONGTIME BRITISH favourite Boy
George plays a DJ set at Club Space in
Downtown Miami on August 9. A true

legend of the music

world, known for his
live music career and
monster hits with Culture Club, Boy George
has always been a
dance music aficionado, and currently is
Boy George an accomplished DJ
and producer and preferring the tech side
of things, hes proven himself a dance floor
favorite around the world. Boy George will
be joined by fellow Brit DJ Marc Vedo. Info
on www.clubspace.com
n BRITISH ORIGINAL LILY ALLEN kicks
off her new USA tour in Florida, in support of
her new album Sheezus, released to much
critical fanfare. The album has peaked at
No 1 on iTunes in six countries with the
UK music bible Q declaring her Britains
smartest pop star. Since emerging in 2006
with her iconic debut single Smile, Allen has
sold over five million albums worldwide,
her talent as a songwriter acknowledged
in 2010 with three Ivor Novello Awards.
September 9, 2014 at the intimate Fillmore
in Miami Beach. Artist info on www.lilyallenmusic.com

RUGBY FANS! In Jacksonville, the

2014 USA Rugby League National Championship Game offers an incredible afternoon
of Elite Rugby League action. Also the Blue
Thunder team over from New Zealand, take
on the Presidents Barbarians with players
from Australia, United Kingdom and other
nations. Saturday, August 23 at University of
North Florida. There will also be a FREE Official Post Game Party for all match attendees. Call Spinner Howland of Jacksonville
Axemen Rugby Club (904) 536-7401 email
spinner@jaxaxe.com Year-round rugby info
from www.usarl.com
n

n NEW BRITISH BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

Oscars English Tearoom in Ft Lauderdale

n BRITISH-AMERICAN Chambers of
Commerce hold business and social events
throughout the year. Phone each direct for
current event and membership details.
Broward/Palm Beach BACC President
Roy Yates (954) 942-7330. Orlando BACC
(407) 226-7251. Tampa BABC. (813) 2217243 and ask for Joanne. ALSO: Florida
Association of British Business (FABB)
(305) 371-9340 see display ad this page.
n ERASURE the long-established
English duo are coming to Florida! Vince
Clarke and Andy Bell release the Violet
Flame September 23 and so begin their
worldwide tour. Formed 30 years ago, the
award-winning songwriter-performers can
boast influential and chart-topping pop

anthems of yesteryear like Oh Lamour, A

Little Respect, Sometimes, Victim Of Love,
Blue Savannah, Star, Chains Of Love, and
Breathe. Miami Beach Fillmore September
12, Orlando House Of Blues September 13
and St Petersburg Mahaffey theatre September 14. Tickets: LiveNation.com.
n SUBMIT NEWS ITEMS from all crannies of FloridaJacksonville, Orlando,
Gainesville, Tampa, Naples, Melbourne,
Destin, The Keys This Miami-based
columnist cant know whats happening
amongst the Sunshine States huge British
diaspora unless YOU readers notify me.
Have you launched a British business in
the last six months? Have a British event
coming up? Has a new British pub, shop or
British Club just launched? Email me details
with senders name and phone number and
put UJ Florida on the subject line. When I
launched this page in 1992 it was to serve
and inform our British community. That
still holds true
The opinions in this column are Patricia Kawajas and not necessarily shared
by Union Jack Publishing, Inc.

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Doubletree Grand Hotel, 1717 North Bayshore Drive,
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Go up the escalator. Park FREE till 11pm inside the
Publix at 1776 Biscayne Blvd, then walk east behind
Hilton Hotel to Doubletree. Or pay for valet at
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IIII BRITBIZ IN THE US & CANADA IIII

THE PRESS ROOM, CA
ACKROYDS SCOTCH BAKERY, MI
COOKS (DELI/KITCHEN), FL
805-963-8121
313-532-1181
813-832-2665
http://pressroomsb.com
www.ackroydsbakery
www.theenglishcook.com
THE
PRINCE
OF WALES, FL
AMANDAS UNION JACK, MA
THE CORNER SHOP, GA
904-810-5725
978-536-0874
404-579-9629
www.theprinceofwalesstaugustine.com
www.amandasunionjack.com
www.thecornershopga.com
THE PUB HAMPTON, VA
AMES BRITISH FOODS, IA
CROWN & ANCHOR BRITISH PUB, NV
757-838-2748
515-598-5127
702-739-8676
www.amesbritishfoods.com
THE QUEENS PANTRY, GA
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678-483-0900
BAKER ST PUB & GRILL, TX
ENGLISH GARDENER GIFT SHOP, NJ
www.thequeenspantry.com
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QUIPS PUB, PA
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717-397-3903
BAKER ST PUB & GRILL, TX
ENGLISH ROSE TEA ROOM, AZ
www.quipspub.com
817-377-9772
480-488-4812
www.sherlockspubco.com
RED
LION
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& RESTAURANT, FL
http://carefreetea.com/
863-439-1700
BAKER ST PUB & GRILL, CO
ENGLISH SHOP, MO
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720-382-1026
636-946-2245
www.sherlockspubco.com
ROYAL MALE, RI
www.theenglishshoponline.com
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BAKER ST PUB & GRILL, TX
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THE ENGLISH TEACUP, CO
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941-953-6707
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360-779-4273
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210-572-9307
918-286-2227
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BAKER ST PUB & GRILL, TX
(281) 461-4702
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386-462-2284
www.sherlockspubco.com
SHIP
INN, OR
HORSE BRASS PUB, OR
BRITISH BEER COMPANY, MA
503-325-0033
503-232-2202
508-888-6610
SIMPLE
2
UNIQUE, AZ
www.horsebrass.com
www.britishbeer.com
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THE SIXPENCE, GA
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757-723-7480
912-238-1348
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www.bestofbritishonline.com
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HOT RED BUS, CA
TASTE
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661-943-0257
213-804-5692
770-242-8585
www.hotredbus.com
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www.tasteofbritain.com
909-981-6069
JUNKET, THE, CA
TAVERN RESTAURANT GROUP, OH
510-524-4622
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513-605-4700
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954-523-1259
www.tavernrestaurantgroup.com
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LADY DIS BRITISH STORE, OR
THE BRITISH CHIP SHOP, NJ
561-272-7272
503-635-7298
856-354-0204
www.theblueanchor.com
www.thebritishchipshop.com
LION & ROSE (Sonterra), TX
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210-798-4154
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321-639-6839
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757-838-2748
www.thebritishpubs.com
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LION & ROSE (Castle Hills), TX
www.britanniaarms.com
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210-798-4154
916-344-8472
BRITANNIA ARMS Cupertino, CA
www.thelionandrose.com
www.touchofbritain.com
408-252-7262
LION
&
ROSE
PUB,
(San
Antonio),
TX
www.britanniaarmscupertino.com
THINGS
UK LTD, OK
210-822-7673
918-258-7654
BRITANNIA ARMS Capitola, CA
www.thelionandrose.com
831-464-2583
TRANSATLANTIC BRIDES & PARENTS
LITTLE CROWN & ANCHOR
ASSOCIATION, FL
BRITISH AMERICAN CLUB, OH
702-876-4733
386-756-0896
440-237-3913
www.crownandanchorlv.com
UNION
JACK PUB & REST, VA
BRITISH AMERICAN CLUB OF
LITTLE TASTE OF BRITAIN, UT
540-722-3976
CHARLOTTE, FL
801-390-2318
www.theunionjackpub.com
941-627-9908
www.littletasteofbritain.com
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BRITISH AMERICAN CLUB, N CALIF
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317-257-4343
916-771-9782
831-372-0581
www.unionjackpub-broadripple.com
www.lbpmonterey.com
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UPakWeShip
310-214-1790
1-866-868-6386
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www.upackweship.com
305-772-6156
www.londonlookshairdesign.com
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508-747-2972
281-920-2929
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www.sherlockspubco.com
801-531-7074
www.thelondonmarket.com
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713-522-6868
610-383-0600
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http://britishislesonline.com
www.thewhiptavern.com
727-517-3550
WHITE
HORSE PUB, FL
www.londonpride.com
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941-358-1353
478-953-4009
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www.britishpantryga.com
317-632-SCOT
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816-500-7472
801-562-0123
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www.macssb.com
206-883-7511
918-491-6533
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/
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http://patsysirishpub.com
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Karens Calendar of Events

AUGUST
1: St Andrews Highland Games at Greenmead
Historical Park, Livonia, MI www.highlandgames.com
o You Say Tomato in San Francisco has a
full line of British goodies to take home, on a
picnic or better yet, to gift to someone special
(415) 921-2828.
2-3: The World of Faeries Festival at Vasa Park,
35 W217 route 31, South Elgin, IL 60177 www.
theworldoffaeries.com
2: Ishpeming Art Faire and Renaissance Festival at Lake Bancroft Park, Ishpeming, MI www.
ishpemingrenfest.com
2-3: San Jose Renaissance Faire at Guadalupe
River Park, San Jose CA www.sanjosefaire.com
2-17: Washington Midsummer Renaissance
Faire at Kelly Farm, Bonny Lake, Washington www.
washingtonfaire.com
2-17: Big Bear City Renaissance Faire at Pedersens Mill, 39115 Rim of the World Dr. Fawnskin,
CA www.bbvrsinc.org (909) 237-0448.
thru 10: Join Lythgoe Family Productions for
a Princess and Piratessing-a-long concert at the
Kirk Douglas Theatre 9820 W Washington Blvd,
Culver City, CA. The show lasts one hour and if
your kids enjoy singing to FROZEN they will love
this show. There will be lots of fun activities to do
before the show including karaoke, face painting
and family photos. Space is limited so book
early. FREE PARKING! (213) 628-2772 www.
centertheatregroup.org
2-21: New York Renaissance Faire at Sterling
Forest, Rte 17A, Tuxedo, NY www.renfair.com/NY
2- Oct 26: Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire at

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3: Colorado Renaissance Festival at Perry Park
Rd, Larkspur, CO www.coloradorenaissance.com
o The Whale and Ale in San Pedro offers
Happy Hour Mon-Fri usually 5-7pm; Piano Night
is every Friday at 7pm; their menu is fabulous; they
do banquets, catering and specialize in having a
good time! I personally like the upstairs dining
room. (310) 832-0363.
4,11,18, 25: The Mayflower Club of N Hollywood holds Celtic Irish Dance workshops. Night in
a Harem Burlesque Aug 9; Laurel and Hardy, Sons
of the Desert Aug 19; and Chicano Rock Aug 23
(818) 769-9805.
4-10: Michigan Pirate Festival at Harbor Island,
Grand Haven, MI www.michiganpiratefestival.com
6: Plaza Pantry of Ojai, CA invites you to join
them for an English Afternoon Tea 1:30-3:30pm
(805) 646-6325.
8-10: Pirates of the Pacific Festival at Port of
Brookings-Harbor, OR www.piratesofthepacificfestival.com
16-17: Annual Silver Kingdom Renaissance
Festival at Ye Olde Commons, 120 Northside Rd,
Charlton, MA www.kingdomfestival.com
14-17: San Franciscos highly acclaimed
Lamplighters Music Theatre embark upon their
62nd Season this August with an uproarious
production of that swashbuckling perennial favorite
The Pirates Of Penzance. www.lamplighters.org
(415) 227-4797
16-Sept 21: Oregon Renaissance Festival of
Hillsboro at Washington County Fair Complex,
Hillsboro, OR www.oregonrenfest.com
16-Sept 28: Michigan Renaissance Festival at
Holly, Michigan www.michrenfest.com
23-24: Midlands Pirate Festival at Bellevue
Pumpkin Ranch, Papillion, NB www.festint.com
23-24: Illinois Renaissance Festival at Ellsworth
Park Danville, Illinois www.illinoisrenfaire.com
23-24: Cortland Celtic Festival at Dwyer
Memorial Park, Cortland, NY www.cortlandcelt-

icfestival.com
23-24: La Grande Celtic Festival at Union
County Fairgrounds, La Grande OR www.neoregoncelts.com
23-Sept 28: Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival
at West Newton, PA 15089 www.pittsburghrenfest.com
23-Oct 19: The Maryland Renaissance Festival
at Crownsville, MD www.rennfest.com
o The Olde Ship in Fullerton (714) 871-7447
and Santa Ana (714) 550-6700 Join them for Fish
and Chips Monday. Theyll cater your parties and
events, so book early. Check the website for the
latest entertainment www.theoldeship.com
29-Sept 1: Tortuga, A Pirate Festival at Willamette Mission State Park, Molalla, OR www.
piratesoftortuga.net
30-Oct 19: King Richards Faire at 235 Main
Street, Carver, MA www.kingrichardsfaire.net
30-Oct 13: Kansas City Renaissance Festival at
Bonner Springs, KS www.kcrenfest.com
30-Oct 19: Ohio Renaissance Festival at
Harveysburg OH www.renfestival.com
o Ye Olde Kings Head of Santa Monica offers
outdoor dining on the patio; visit their Gift Shoppe
and Bakery for your favorite British items; Karaoke
every Sunday; Trivia night is Wednesday; Happy
Hour Mon-Fri 4-7pm Enjoy! (310) 451-1402.
30-Sept 14: Des Moines Renaissance Faire at
Festival Park, Clear Lake, IO www.dmrenfaire.com
31: New World Festival at Chandler Music Hall,
71-73 Main St, Randolph, Vermont 05060 www.
newworldfestival.com (802) 728-9879.

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AUGUST
9: Irish Jam Session & Social Night at the
Olmos Bharmacy, 6:30pm.

Northeast Ohio Calendar

By Joe Nicholls. Joe & Kevin McGinty can
be heard on The Sounds of Britain and Ireland
Sundays 4-5pm (EDT) on Clevelands WCPN
90.3FM) & www.wcpn.org
AUGUST
1,15: British-American Club, Fish & chips dinners, 8564 Ravenna Rd, (off Rte 82) Twinsburg,
6:30-8:30pm, (330) 963-6370.
1,8,15,22,29: West Side Irish American Club,
Irish-American style dinners, 8559 Jennings Rd.
Olmsted Township, 6-9pm, (216) 251-4075.
2: British Car Council, British Car Day,
Includes Jaguar Club of Ohios Concours
DElegance & BACCs booth, Ursuline College,
2550 Lander Rd (just South of Cedar Rd),Pepper
Pike, All Day, (330) 467-3953.
5: SHANO, Scottish Heritage Meetings, St.
Bartholomew Church, 435 SOM Center Rd,
Mayfield 7:30pm, (216) 464-1116.
7: Daughters of the B.E., Monthly Meeting,
Lyndhurst, 7pm, (440) 461-2533.
8,22: British-American Club, Pub Nights ,
8564 Ravenna Rd, Twinsburg, 8:30pm, (330)
963-6370.
8,22: RSCDS Cleveland Hts Group, Scottish
Country Dance Classes, Communion of St Parish, 2175 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Hts,. 7:30pm
(216) 432-9038.
13 Calon Lan Welsh Club, Lunch Meeting,
Dennys Restaurant, Rte 224, Boardman. 1pm,
(330) 758-4202.
14 Jaguar Club of Ohio, Ice Cream & Burgers
Cruise-In. Winking Lizard. 5710 Fulton Dr, NW
Canton, 7pm (330) 467-3953.
23 Cleveland Manx Society, Potluck at
Takacs Farm. 1pm, (216) 481-2476.
SEPTEMBER
9: British-American C of C, Ryder Cup Golf
Outing, Redtail Golf Club, Avon, Golf 10:30am,
Dinner 6:30pm (216) 621-0222.

The 440 Train

by Linda Colucci

THIS MONTHS book The 440 Train by Linda

Colucci has been very eye-opening for me.
Its a wonderful, thought provoking read that
can, if you are open enough to allow it to,
change your life.
Marlo, Lucinda, Maddie and Bea come from
very different backgrounds and each has had
their own interesting journey but they find
themselves brought together. As they talk and
get to know each other, they discover that
although their journeys were different they
certainly have many things in common. Each
is a strong person, each one believes in fate,
each one realizes that they can to a certain
point- control their own destiny and must!
Marlo is the first one we meet she is the
main character the driver so-to-speak of
things. She starts out in New Jersey, where
she was raised, and is getting along fine but
is looking for more. She meets Thomas, the
man of her dreams, a rockstar who is also
a Hollywood Stuntman, and things fast-track
from there. During this time she keeps hearing a train whistle yes there is a train nearby
but, all the same it is disturbing. One night
after work, as she gets into her car, she sees
something stuck in her windshield she pulls
it out and it is a train ticket that reads The 440
Train First Class seating to the next chapter
of your life. What on earth does this mean? Is
it a message? Does it have anything to do with
Thomas? Marlo also has the gift of sight which,
after many years, she has learned to live with
and listen to. After a lot of thought and some
confusion as to exactly the relationship is she
decides to move to Los Angeles with him and
things are perfect for awhile. Through many
ups and downs when I say downs I mean in
the basement downs Marlo and Thomas stick
together and come out the other side much
stronger in both relationship and personally.
We meet Lucinda next, a fun-loving, tall and
striking blonde Texan. She is a hair stylist and
make-up artist in Austin Texas. Lucinda has
suffered some tragedies in her life when she
was younger but her intense faith and close
family ties have always gotten her through it.
She is doing quite well but has always been a
loner and although married once, it ended in
divorce over too many fights about his drug
addiction. She has disturbing dreams and is
awoke one night by a train whistle she jumps
up and runs around the house trying to locate
where the sound is coming from she feels a
haunting feeling that something is coming for
her. She is taking drama classes and she gets
cast in a Martin Scorsese film. While on the set
she meets Ricky and immediately feels drawn
to him. He doesnt seem to take much notice,
even though they seem to keep bumping into
each other. One day, when she is putting on a
skirt in wardrobe she gets poked by something
sticking in the back pocket its a train ticket
The 440 Train First Class seating to the
next chapter of your life. Ricky is there and
tells her someone must be playing a joke on
her and then tells her hed like to see more of
her. Fast forward and she also moves to LA to

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be with Ricky and although their relationship

too has its severe ups and downs, they stick it
out and come through it.
Maddie is Filipino and graduated at the top
of her class and lives with her family in Manila.
She is a runner and this keeps her steady. She
is also deeply faithful a Catholic. Maddie has
visions or gets visits from her Aunt Etana who
she was very close to. At times it scares her
but she grows to accept and nurtures those
visits. One Sunday afternoon while she is at the
New Delhi Asian games in Manila she meets
Howie an American hands-on healer and
hypnotist. He is working with the athletes he
is six-foot-three and blonde and really stands
out. She is quite taken by him and is taken
aback when she feels a tap on her shoulder
and its him! Fast track forward way too
many details to get into here she marries
Howie and moves to Los Angeles with him
and they have a child. She loves the house in
the canyon and helps Howie with his practice
but begins to feel that things arent right. She
keeps hearing a train whistle how can that
be? She lives in a canyon?
Finally we meet Bea. Although she resides in
New Jersey she is really a Southern Belle and
is quite successful in the field of office design.
Although very successful and basically seems
to have everything men around all the time
she doesnt feel fulfilled.
She wants love real love.
One night she gets fed up
and decides shes going
out to find love! She gets
dressed up to the nines and
goes to her local bar. She
meets Billie and although
he hits on her she realizes
he would much rather be with another guy who
walks in they talk for quite some time and she
urges him to go for it, which he does and
she again, finds herself alone. She goes into
the bathroom and as she asks for the Lords
help she hears a train whistle this isnt the
first time she wonders, What the darn tootin
is it with these trains? Cant a girl have a pee in
private? She hears a wonderful guitar player as
she leaves the restroom and thinks to herself,
this guy plays his guitar like hes fondling a
woman! She comes in and sits down and as
she looks at him, she reaches into her purse
for her compact and guess what she finds? A
train ticket! The 440 Train First Class seating
to the next chapter of your life. How the heck
did that get in there and what does it mean?
She meets the guitar player, Andy and after
spending a lot of time together they move in
together and also move to LA.
As it turns out all of the guys knew each
other already and at a get together on Malibu
beach one day, as the couples arrive and the
gals get introduced, we hear about each ones
past and how much they have in common and
they realize they have all been brought together.
Marlo decides to start a book club and these
gals are the first four.
I know Ive jumped around a bit but I dont want
to give it all away. Its a compelling read I read
it in two days would have been one but life
got in the way! It really makes one think about
life and things and has helped me to discover
that my 440 Train has arrived and its time to
get on board and start the next exciting chapter
in my life. Its a must read I cant wait for
Lindas next book!
***

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halting Wayne Reed in the fifth.

called it, an armchair ride. Two and half

lengths distant, was Kingfisher second and
Orchestra third, making it a clean sweep
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More Sport

Irish Trainer Aidan OBrien, took his

Epsom Derby winner Australia, to the
Curragh for the Irish Derby, late June, and
won easily at the prohibitive price of 1-8f.
Jockey Joseph OBrien, the trainers son

scombe has chosen to move to the Cardiff

Blues. This brilliant youngster captained the
Under-20s All Blacks to the world title three
years back but qualifies for Wales through
his Cardiff-born mother, Tracey. His ability
to play either at flyhalf or fullback make
this young man a very desirable player for
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Continued from page 16
year. Two time winner Alberto Contador,
went out after a collision on the tenth stage.
Vincenzo Nibali wen the 101st edition of
the Tour on July 27.
British national road champion Peter Kennaugh, won the weeklong Tour of Austria,
that concluded July 13. He had a one minute
three second lead going in to the final leg.

Golf; Justin Rose Wins Two,

Success For McDowell And Monty

Justin Rose came from three strokes

behind on the final round to win the Quicken
Loans National at Bethesda, Maryland, on the
last weekend of June. A four under 280 put
him in a play-off with Shawn Stefani, who
found the water, leaving the Briton to win it on
the first play-off hole. It was Roses sixth PGA
title, his first since winning the US Open last
summer. Tiger Woods competed for the first
time since his surgery,but did not survive the
cut. Same weekend, Englishman Greg Owen,
won the Web.Com United Leasing Championship at Newburgh, Indiana, taking the honours
with a nine under 279, one stroke clear of
Ryan Armour.Graeme McDowell started
the final round of the French Open at Paris,
July 6, eight strokes adrift of the leader, the
American, Kevin Stadler. The final eighteen
drew a four under 67, in wet and windy conditions that saw him retain the trophy he won
last year. The northern Irelanders one stroke
victory, a winning five under 279, should earn
him a Ryder Cup place Colin Montgomery
never won a US tournament on the regular
PGA tour, but hes making up for lost time. He
won the US Senior Open at Edmond, OK, July
13, beating Gene Sauers on the third playoff
hole when both had finished on five under
279. He won the Senior Masters two months
ago. Same weekend, Rory McIIroy blasted
off with a seven under par 64 in the first round
of the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen, but
a 78 on the next round severely slowed him
down. Justin Rose took the honours where a
six under 65 on the final round gave him six
under 268, and his second win of the month.
Mo Martin won the Womens British Open at
Royal Birkdale, Southport, with a one under
par 287. The American was the only player to

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Tindall Goes

Rory McIlroy celebrates winning the British Open Golf championship with
his mother Rosie after the final round at the Royal Liverpool golf club,
Hoylake, England, last month.
finish under par. Dame Laura Davies was the
top Brit finisher five strokes distant.

McIIroys Is Magic

Rory McIIroy put on a spectacular performance at Royal Liverpool, at Hoylake, July

20, where he claimed his third Major championship after winning the British Open with
two strokes to spare over his nearest rivals.
The 25-year-old Northern Irelander led from
start to finish in one of his most convincing
career displays to date. A confident jaunt
around the fairway epitomized a positiveness
and enthusiasm that was there for everyone
to see. McIIroy finished with a 17 under 271,
while the other best finishing Brit was fellow
Ulsterman, Graeme McDowell seven strokes
behind. Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, Ross
Fisher and Jamie Donaldson missed the
cut, as did former champions Sir Nick Faldo,
Ernie Els, Sandy Lyle and Paul Lawrie.

Mercedes Leads Formula One

120,000 racing fans gathered at Silverstone, July 6, for the British Grand Prix, where
Lewis Hamilton starting from sixth on the grid
claimed the glory. Mercedes team-mate Nico
Rosberg, used his pole position to keep him
ahead until the 29th lap when his gearbox
gave out. Hamilton took the lead and the
winning points, to put him five drivers points
distant of Rosberg. Williams Valtteri Bottas
was second with Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo
third. Kimi Raikkonen was involved in a high
speed crash on the first lap which delayed
the race for an hour before it was restarted.

The Finn got away fairly unscathed and was

diagnosed with severely bruised ankles. The
German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, July 20,
saw a crash in qualifying put Lewis Hamilton
back to 20th on the grid, but he fought his
way through the field to finish in third place.
Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, was
in pole position, he won. closely followed
by Williams Valterri Bottas. Rosberg leads
the championship after 10 of 19 races
completed on 190pts, with Hamilton chasing
with 176pts.

Boxing
Former WBO lightweight champion Ricky
Burns (36-4-1), who lost his first bout in ten
years and his crown to Terrence Crawford
in March, was unsuccessful at Glasgow late
June, in a WBC eliminator bout. Fighting the
unbeaten Dejan Zlaticann the Montenegrin
had the Coatbridge fighter canvas bound in
the first round and always looked dangerous.
Zlaticann(19-0) won a split-decision.Big
punch-up at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, July
12, where cruiserweight Nathan Cleverly
(28-1) stopped the Argentinian, Alejandro
Emilio Valori (15-5) in the second round and
his potential next bout opponent Tony Bellew,
(22-2) knocked out Brazilian, Julio Cesar Dos
Santos (26-3) in the fifth. Olympic superheavyweight gold medalist Anthony Joshua,
witnessed the ref pull out veteran 47-year-old
Matt Skeleton (28-8) in the second round,
pushing his record to 7-0. Olympic bronze
medalist, Anthony Agogo went 7-0 too, after

FIRST THIS year it was Jonny Wilkinson

who went, then Ian Balshaw followed and
finally, it is Mike Tindall. The remaining
playing survivor of Englands World Cupwinning team has decided to retire from
the game. Hard-running centre Tindall, 35,
earned 75 caps and captained his country
in a career that spanned 17 seasons eight
with Bath and nine with Gloucester.
He had hoped to coach with Gloucester
but the departure of Nigel Davies at the
end of the last season put paid to those
hopes. Instead he will get on with a far more
worthwhile career -being a celebrity. He is
married to the equestrienne success, Zara
Phillips, Princess Annes daughter who is
fifteenth in line to the throne. Well, at least
one member of the family is in a top fifteen.

Jones Off Too

Welsh prop Adam Jones is moving

across the Seven Bridge to join wealthy,
ambitious Bristol. They are currently in the
second tier of English rugby but have attracted a number of top Welsh internationals
to their cause. He will link up with former
Ospreys team-mates, Ryan Jones, Ian Evans and the gifted runner, Matthew Morgan.
Behind the players moves there lies a
far more fundamental issue that is crucially
paralysing Welsh rugby. Relations between
the Welsh Rugby Union and the four regions
(featuring the Scarlets, Blues, Ospreys and
Dragons) have finally broken down, with the
regions withdrawing support for the WRU.
The breakdown threatens the very existence of the regions with a loss of financial
support from the WRU.
Players like Leigh Halfpenny have opted
to move to Toulon while only Sam Warburton has signed for the WRU and will receive
a central contract. The one bright thing in
this whole sorry business is that Gareth An-

Gavin A Chieftain

By contrast, all is sweetness and light

up in Scotland where the authorities have
honoured one of the all-time greats of the
Scottish game. Gavin Hastings was named
as the first ever Chieftain of the Athletes
Village at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow. The Village Mayor is a longstanding tradition of the Games and the
organisers have sought to add a Highland
flavour into the mix during the games which
run to August 3.

Irish Need Lucky Break

The Irish are desperately looking for a

successor to Brian ODriscoll. Back in 1958,
flyhalf Jackie Kyle retired, possibly the most
brilliant player from his country. The search
to find the man to wear his mantle didnt last
long as Mike Gibson came on to the scene
in 1964. He graced the international stage
for 15 years but it was to be another 20
years before we saw his like again.
The twenty-year-old ODriscoll first
wore the green shirt in 1999 against
Australia fittingly his opponents in his
last international. He played 133 times
for Ireland, eight for the Lions, holds the
most number of Six Nations tries (26) and
won four triple Crowns along with two Six
Nations Championship, one the first Grand
Slam since 1948.
This is when the Irish need their fabled
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ley and Louise Renick captured top medals in

the sport of Judo. Olympic champion Alistair
Brownlee won the triathlon gold, with brother
Jonny the bronze, while Jodie Stimpson won
the womens gold. Disappointment for 2012
Tour de France champion Sir Bradley Wiggins, who was hoping for gold in the 4,000m
team pursuit. The Australians pipped the English team by five seconds however, and Sir
Bradley, Steve Burke, Ed Clancy and Andy
Tennant, had to be content with the silver.

Late Soccer

Continued from page 13

World Taekwondo Championship in Suzhou,
China, July 4-6, there was British medals
for European champion Bianca Walkden
(+67kg) and compatriot Mahama Cho
(+80kg) who won bronzes in their respective
weight classes The triathlon team of Lucy
Hall, Jonny Brownlee, Vicky Holland, and
Alistair Brownlee, took the gold medal at
the Mixed Relay World Triathlon Championship at Hamburg, Germany, July 13. A day
earlier, Alistair won the ITU World Triathlon
Series in Hamburg. British basketball star
Luol Deng, has moved from the Cleveland
Cavaliers to the Miami Heat.

Euro-Soccer

The World Cup was still in progress and

the media was ablaze with Germanys 7-1 win
over Brazil, but in Europe the 2014-15 continental competition was bringing the European
minnows together in the preliminary rounds.
One Scottish side, three Welsh teams and
three Northern Ireland clubs entered the first
qualifying round of the Europa League Cup,
July 3-10, with four of them making it into the
next round. Adam Rooney hit two in the first
leg and a hat-trick in the second as Aberdeen
overcame FK Daugava Riga 5-0, and won
3-0 away in Latvia. Derry City ran roughshod
over Aberystwth Town, 4-0 at home and 5-0
away, while Crusaders beat Lithuanians FK
Ekranas 3-1 at home and the away leg 2-1.
Linfield beat B36 Torshavn in the Faroes
islands 2-1, while a 1-1 home draw put them
through. Welsh sides Airbus UK Broughton,
and Bangor City, did not progress.
The second qualifying round, first leg, July
17, saw Crusaders take a 4-0 hammering in
Sweden as IF Brommapojkarna put the goals
away. In Switzerland, St Johnstone took an
early second half lead courtesy of Steven
Maclean, but FC Luzern equalized and the
game ended one apiece. Aberdeen drew 0-0
at Pittodrie, against Dutch side FC Groningen,
Motherwell tied 2-2 at Fir Park where UMF
Stjarnan of Iceland visited. A goal three minutes from the end gave Linfield a 1-0 win over
AIK Stockholm, while Derry City lost 1-0 at
home the Belarus side Shakhtyor Soligorsk.
Celtics new coach Ronny Deila, voiced
his aggravation that the Scottish club must
win three Champions League qualifying
rounds to reach the Group stage. He was very
relieved however, when Callum McGregor,
scored six minutes from time in Iceland to
give the Hoops a 1-0 win over KR Reykjavik
in the first leg, first qualifying round, July 15.
Welsh Champions, The New Saints, lost 1-0
at Slovan Bratislava, while Northern Ireland
champions Cliftonville, played a goalless
draw at home against Debrecen of Norway.

Scotland Welcomes The Nations

For The Commonwealth Games

Scottish pride was in triple abundance

at Glasgows Celtic Park, July 23, where
the opening ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games beamed out to a billion
homes worldwide.
The Games running through August 3,
featured some 4,500 athletes from 71 different countries in 17 sports over a period of
11 days of competition. Among the popular
sports of swimming, athletics, cycling, rowing and sailing, there was also lawn-bowls,
netball, archery and ten pin bowling. The
competing nations marched in to Celtic Park,
with the host nation traditionally being the last
to enter but the Scottish team did get the
loudest roar of the night.
The first day of competition witnessed
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The second leg, second qualifying round

of the Champions League, July 22, saw
Celtic take on KR Reykjavik at Murrayfield in
Edinburgh, as the Commonwealth Games had
commandeered Parkhead. It proved a stroll
in the park for the hoops however, where a
brace by Virgil van Dijk and Teemu Pukki
produced a 4-0 victory over the Icelanders.
The New Saints, played their home leg at
Rhyl, where Slovan Bratislava grabbed two
goals in the final 16 minutes for a 2-0 win,
leading the Welsh Champions to an early European exit. Cliftonvilles visit to Hungary got
into trouble in the 55th minute when Jamie
McGovern was red carded. The Northern
Ireland champions lost 2-0 to Debrecen, and
were eliminated.
The second leg, second qualifying round
of the Europa League, July 24, had Aberdeen
beat FC Groningen 2-1 in the Netherlands
and go through courtesy of goals by Adam
Rooney and Niall McGinn. St Johnstone will
join them in the next round, after a 1-1 home
tie with FC Lucern went to a penalty shootout
with the Saints winning 5-4. Motherwell was
beaten 3-2 in Iceland by UMF Stjarnan, and
thus ends their European adventure, while
the Northern Ireland sides, Linfield, Derry
City and the Crusaders made their exits too.
North America played host to four top
British sides on July 24, where 86,000 plus
watched Manchester United overwhelm the
LA galaxy 7-0 at the Rose Bowl. Manchester City came away 4-1 winners against
Sporting Kansas City, Tottenham topped
FC Toronto 3-2, and Aston Villa won 2-0 at
FC Dallas. AS Roma beat Liverpool 1-0 at
Fenway Park in Boston.

Sporting Passings

Argentinean born Alfredo Di Stefano, was

the first international footballer to receive
world acclaim for his spectacular on-pitch
skills. After winning championships in
Argentina with River Plate and Colombias
Millonarios Bogota, Real Madrid signed the
27-year-old in 1953, and his goal scoring
proclivities saw the Spanish side win the
inaugural European Cup consecutively from
1956-1960, plus eight Spanish league titles.
Di Stefano played six times for Argentina, and
four times for Colombia, before receiving his
Spanish citizenship in 1955. FIFA allowed him
to play for Spain, where he accumulated 31
caps and scored 23 goals. After eleven years
at Madrid, his goal tally was over 300. Alfredo
Di Stefano was 88.
Michael Scudamore, a Grand Nationalwinning jockey and head of a racing dynasty,
has died at the age of 81, three days after the
passing of his wife, Mary. Tributes were led
by his son, Peter, an eight-times champion
jump jockey, who described his father as
a hero.
The young jockey had his first success
at Chepstow in 1949, and would ride 496
winners until a nasty fall at Wolverampton in
1966, ended his riding career. He would win
all National Hunts prestigious races and won
the 1959 Grand National on Oxo, where only
four horses finished of 34 starters. Michael
Scudamore would turn his attention to training horses and an eager bunch of close
family would turn the Scudamore name in to
a British horseracing dynasty. His son Peter,
would be champion jockey eight times, while
grandsons Tom and Michael continued the
family tradition.
Basil DOliveira, 80, the South Africanborn England cricketer who became a pivotal
figure in the sports battle against apartheid,
died June 29 after a long illness.

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His death in England

was announced by Cricket
South Africa.
DOliveira played 44
tests and four one-day
internationals for England,
his adopted nation. He was
prevented from playing
top-level cricket in South Africa in the 1950s
because he wasnt white.
He was the central figure in crickets decision to finally turn its back on South Africa
during its apartheid era. In one of the games
great controversies, DOliveira was on the
England team that was to tour South Africa in
1968. South Africa deemed that unacceptable
and the tour was called off, leading to more
than 20 years of cricket isolation.
After the DOliveira Affair, South Africa
did not play another match outside the country for 23 years and did not play any international cricket between 1970 and 1991. Only
when apartheid was dismantled following
Nelson Mandelas release from prison was
the country readmitted to cricket community.
Haroon Lorgat, the International Cricket
Council CEO, said when he grew up in
South Africa, DOliveira was revered among
nonwhites.
He scored 2,484 test runs, averaging
40.06, hit five centuries and took 47 wickets
with his probing away-swingers. He also
scored more than 19,000 first-class runs
and took 551 wickets in his 16-year career
with England and county side Worcestershire.
DOliveira was born in Cape Town in 1931
and showed great skill as a batsman and
accurate medium pace bowler. But because
he was classified as colored and nonwhite
in South Africa, he wasnt allowed to play
first-class games.
He was persuaded to move to England by
the cricket broadcaster and journalist John
Arlott, who found DOliveira a place as a
professional player in the Lancashire leagues
in northern England.
In 1968 South Africas ruling National
Party had made it clear that it would not
accept DOliveira as an England player
visiting the country for the Ashes series. But
his selection to the team underlined a shift
in sports cricket would no longer ignore
apartheid. Having sparked friction between
the two governments, the tour was canceled.
South Africas sports isolation soon began.
In 2005, DOliveira was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire
in Queen Elizabeth IIs birthday honors list.
On June 30, on the third day of the second
test between South Africa and Australia in
Johannesburg, South African players wore
black arm bands to honor DOliveira.
The Wanderers stadium also observed a
minutes silence for a man who was never
allowed to play a first-class game in South
Africa and yet became one of the most important players in his countrys cricket history.

Man City Cancels Under-21 Game

After Racism Claims
Nasri Signs New Five-Year Deal
At Man City

FRANCE midfielder Samir Nasri has signed a

new five-year contract with Manchester City,
keeping him at the English Premier League
champion until 2019.
Nasri was one of Citys key players in its
run to the league and League Cup titles last
season, scoring 11 goals in all competitions
and becoming a regular in the team under
manager Manuel Pellegrini.
Nasri failed to earn a place in Frances
squad for the World Cup in Brazil.

Premier League Will Use

Vanishing Spray This Season

MAN CITY says a friendly being played by

its Under-21 team in Croatia last month was
abandoned after team management ordered
the players off the pitch following alleged
racist abuse.
City said in a statement that its 19-year-old
French midfielder Seko Fofana, who is black,
was targeted by an opponent from Croatian
team HNK Rijeka toward the end of the first
half in Novigrad.
The Premier League champions said a
decision was taken by the management staff
to withdraw the City team from the field of
play and cancel the game.

NBC Signs Tim Howard As EPL

Game Analyst

AT THIS years World Cup in Brazil. the bright

white foam was used by referees at free-kicks
to make sure defensive walls do not encroach
closer than 10 yards and proved popular with
fans and officials.
Premier League Chief Executive, Richard
Scudamore, said: At the Premier League we
are open to developments that enhance the
competition and it was clear from watching
the World Cup in Brazil that Vanishing Spray
benefited referees, players, and all of those
who watched the matches.

NBC SPORTS has announced that Everton

and USA World Cup goalkeeper Tim Howard
has signed a multi-year agreement to be an
analyst for the networks Premier League
coverage.
Howard will serve as an analyst at up to 10
Premier League matches and on-site studio in
the United Kingdom. He will work as a game
analyst in the booth or in an on-site studio
for the pre-game, halftime and post-game
shows. His assignments will be scheduled
around Everton matches and will focus on
top-tier games.

Serbian Tadic Signed By

Southampton

Ross Barkley Extends Everton

Contract

SOUTHAMPTON says it has signed playmaker Dusan Tadic on a four-year deal from
Dutch side Twente for an undisclosed fee.
The 25-year-old Tadic is the first signing
of the summer by new manager Ronald Koeman. He will replace outgoing captain Adam
Lallana as the creative threat in Southamptons midfield.
Tadic has played 25 times for Serbia,
and scored 14 goals for Twente last season.

Blackpool Still In Financial Crisis

THE CRISIS at beleaguered Championship

side Blackpool has intensified with fresh accusations being made in the civil war between
the clubs chairman and president.
Blackpools chairman Karl Oyston has
released an open letter hitting back at club
president Valeri Belokon, a Latvian businessman who has a 20 percent stake in the side.
It comes with fans fearful of the future
with only 11 registered players as of July
29 but no goalkeeper ahead of their first
league match of the season at Nottingham
Forest on August 9.
Belokon accused the Oyston family of
putting financial gain ahead of the club and
of having channeled away more than 24m.
Oyston adds that the family are in this for
the long term and expresses surprise that
Belokon has been backed by the Blackpool
Supporters Trust and the Seasiders Independent Supporters Association.

ROSS BARKLEY committed his future to

Everton for another four years.
Barkley enjoyed a marvelous breakthrough
season in the 2013/14 campaign, producing
a myriad of scintillating performances, earning a place in Englands World Cup squad and
drawing comparisons with iconic players like
Michael Ballack and Paul Gascoigne.

Man United Sign Richest Kit

Sponsorship With Adidas

MANCHESTER United landed the richest

uniform deal in soccer, a $1.3bn, 10-year
agreement with Adidas that replaces its Nike
sponsorship.
The contract, worth an average of $128m
a year beginning in 2015, was announced
after Nike decided against tripling the cost
of its existing 13-year agreement.
The arrangement with Adidas underlines
the durability of Uniteds brand considering
the team is coming off its worst Premier
League season.
Adidas currently pays about $50m a
season to Chelsea and Real Madrid, and
United could make far more from the German
sportswear firm than the $1.3bn, which is
described as a minimum guarantee.
Nike has one more season as the teams
uniform maker. It recently unveiled jerseys
featuring a gold Chevrolet logo for the start
of the American automakers $559m, sevenyear jersey sponsorship deal with the team.

Nick Clegg Wants Russia Stripped Of World Cup

BRITAINS Deputy
Prime Minister wants
Russia stripped of the
right to host the 2018
World Cup to punish
President Vladimir Putin for belligerent behavior in the Ukraine Nick Clegg
crisis.
While calling for tougher sanctions
against Russia, Nick Clegg told The
Sunday Times newspaper that it is unthinkable for President Vladmir Putin to
have the opportunity to exploit footballs
biggest sporting event to enhance his
own status.
Cleggs intervention comes after some
lawmakers in Germany called for the
World Cup to be moved because of Russias alleged involvement in shooting down
a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine,
killing all 298 people on board.

After this terrible, terrible downing of

that jet, it is essential that the European
Union gets tough on Vladimir Putin,
Clegg was quoted as saying. Weve got to
take tougher sanctions, but also weve got
to make it quite clear that he cannot expect
to get the privileges of being at the top
table of world affairs if hes not prepared
to play by the basic rules of world affairs.
BELLIGERENT
If he carries on with this belligerent behavior ... its unthinkable that
he should have the privilege of hosting
the World Cup in 2018. You cant have
the beautiful game marred by the ugly
aggression of Russia on the RussianUkrainian border.
Clegg, who leads Britains Liberal
Democrats, said the Russian President
had already milked the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February, and that hosting
the World Cup would be an enormous

advantage to Putin personally.

Theres no question
he sees it for himself
and for his prestige as a
huge gain, Clegg said.
The idea that the world
should accord Russia Vladimir Putin
that prestige is beyond
belief. I dont know how many people
have got to be shot out of the skies before
people say enough is enough.
Moscow has continually denied involvement in the downing of the plane.
FIFA is standing by Russia as the next
World Cup hosts, saying last month that
keeping the tournament can achieve
positive change in the country. FIFA
President Sepp Blatter had already rejected calls to strip Russia of the tournament after it annexed the Crimea earlier
this year.

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BRITISH TEAMS
Touring North America
ARSENAL
New York Red Bulls 1, Arsenal 0
MAN CITY
Sporting Kansas C 1, Man City 4
Man City 5, AC Milan 1
Man City v Liverpool (July 30)
Man City v Olympiakos (Aug 2)
MAN UNITED
LA Galaxy 0, Man United 7
Man United 3, Roma 2
Man United 5 Inter Milan 3 (after pens)
Man United v Real Madrid (Aug 2)
(August 2, 109,000 tickets sold-out)

TOTTENHAM
Seattle Sounders 3, Tottenham H 3
Toronto FC 2, Tottenham H 3
Chicago Fire 0,Tottenham H 2
ASTON VILLA
FC Dallas 0, Aston Villa 2
Aston Villa 1, Houston Dynamo 0
LIVERPOOL
Liverpool 0, Roma 1
Liverpool 1, Olympiakos 0
Liverpool v Man City (July 30)
Liverpool v AC Milan (Aug 2)
CRYSTAL PALACE
Columbus Crew 2, Crystal Palace 2
Philadelphia Union 0, Crystal Palace 1
Richmond Kickers 0, Crystal Palace 3

~ GOLF ~

Martin, With Eagle

On 18, Wins Womens
British Open

MO MARTIN hit the best shot of her life,

and it made her a major champion July 13
in the Womens British Open.
From the middle of the fairway on the
par-5 18th hole at Royal Birkdale, Martin
ripped a 3-wood that she first thought was
too short, and then worried might be too
long. It turned out to be close to perfect.
The ball hit the middle of the pin and
settled six feet away for an eagle.
An hour later, that turned out to be the
winning shot for the 31-year-old American
when Inbee Park and Shanshan Feng could
not stay under par.
I think I still need to be pinched,
Martin said.
Martin was the only player to break par
for the championship, finishing at 1-under
287 for a one-shot victory over Feng and
Suzann Pettersen.
Absolutely a dream come true, Martin
said. Safe to say its the best week of
my life.

SWANSEA CITY
Chivas Guadalajara 1, Swansea 1
Minnesota Utd 2, Swansea 0

Racehorse Owned By
Queen Fails Dope Test

WEST BROM
Sacramento Rep 1, West Brom 3
Sacramento Rep 0, West Brom 1 (Game Two)

A RACEHORSE owned by the Queen,

that won the prestigious Gold Cup at Royal
Ascot last year, has tested positive for the
banned painkiller, morphine.
The British Horseracing Authority
announced last month that tests on five
horses under the care of various trainers
showed the presence of morphine in their
A samples.
Last month, the queens bloodstock and
racing adviser, John Warren, said that the
monarchs five-year-old filly Estimate was
one of the five.
Buckingham Palace said that early indications suggest that Estimate consumed the
substance as a result of contaminated feed.
Warren said in a statement that Estimates trainer Michael Stoute is working
closely with the feed company involved
to discover how the product may have
become contaminated prior to delivery to
his stables.
Estimate finished second in this years
Gold Cup behind Leading Light.
Warren added: Her Majesty has been
informed of the situation.
Previously, Britains most publicized
case of a horse testing positive for morphine was Be My Royal after he had won
the 2002 Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.
The horse was subsequently disqualified.

RANGERS
Ventura Cty Fusion 3, Rangers 1
Sacramento Republic 1, Rangers 2
Victoria Highlanders 1, Rangers 2
Ottawa Fury 0, Rangers 1

Manchester United
Plans To Return To US
For 2015 Summer Tour
MANCHESTER UNITED is planning on
returning to the United States next summer for several high-profile games to be
played across the country.
Details are sketchy at the moment, but
The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported
that United has been invited to return to
the States next summer to play games in
New York, Chicago and Dallas, presumably as part of the 2016 International
Champions Cup.

FIXTURES, DRAWS
AND RESULTS
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
QUALIFYING
SECOND ROUND
St Patricks Athletic 0, Legia Warsaw 5 (Agg 1-6)
The New Saints 0, Slovan Bratislava 2 (Agg 0-3)
Debrecen 2, Cliftonville 0 (Agg 2-0)
Celtic 4, KR Reykjavk 0 (Agg 5-0)
THIRD ROUND First Leg
Legia Warsaw 4, Celtic 1

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE

SECOND ROUND Second Legs
AIK 2, Linfield 0 (Agg 2-1)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 5, Derry City 1 (Agg 6-1)
FC Groningen 1, Aberdeen 2 (Agg 3-4)
Sligo Rovers 1, Rosenborg 3 (Agg 2-1)
Hajduk Split 1, Dundalk 2 (Agg 3-2)
Crusaders FC 1, IF Brommapojkarna 1 (Agg 1-5)
St Johnstone 1, FC Luzern 1 (Agg 2-2)
St Johnstone win 5-4 on penalties
UMF Stjarnan 3, Motherwell 2 (Agg5-4)

BARCLAYS PREMIER
FIXTURES FOR THE MONTH
Saturday, August 16
Man Utd v Swansea
Leicester v Everton
QPR v Hull
Stoke v Aston Villa
West Brom v Sunderland
West Ham v Tottenham
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Sunday, August 17
Liverpool v Southampton
Newcastle v Man City
Monday, August 18
Burnley v Chelsea
Saturday, August 23
Aston Villa v Newcastle
Chelsea v Leicester
Crystal Palace v West Ham
Southampton v West Brom
Swansea v Burnley
Everton v Arsenal
Sunday, August 23
Hull v Stoke
Tottenham v QPR
Sunderland v Man Utd
Monday, August 25
Man City v Liverpool
Saturday, August 30
Burnley v Man Utd
Aston Villa v Hull
Man City v Stoke
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
QPR v Sunderland
Swansea v West Brom
West Ham v Southampton
Everton v Chelsea
Sunday, August 31
Tottenham v Liverpool
Leicester v Arsenal

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GLASGOW COMMONWEALTH
GAMES
MEDAL STANDINGS
Rank Nations Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL
1
ENG
35 34
29
98
2
AUS
34 32
37 103
3
CAN
20
5
20
45
4
SCO
13 12
14
39
5
NZL
11
9
14
34
6
IND
10 19
12
41
7
RSA
9
7
11
27
8
NGR
6
5
8
19
9
JAM
5
3
4
12
10
WAL
4 10
13
27
11
KEN
4
4
1
9
12
SIN
4
1
1
6
13
MAS
3
5
5
13
14
CYP
2
2
2
6
15
CMR
1
3
2
6
16
PNG
1
1
0
2
17
PAK
0
2
1
3
17
SAM
0
2
1
3
19
NIR
0
1
1
2
20
BAH
0
1
0
1
20
BAN
0
1
0
1
20
IOM
0
1
0
1
20
MOZ
0
1
0
1
20
SRI
0
1
0
1
25
NAM
0
0
2
2
26
BAR
0
0
1
1
26
FIJ
0
0
1
1
26
GHA
0
0
1
1
26
GRN
0
0
1
1
26
MRI
0
0
1
1
26
TTO
0
0
1
1
26
UGA
0
0
1
1
26
ZAM
0
0
1
1
As of July 30

~ BOXING ~

Chisora-Fury
Fight Is Off After
Sparring Injury
DERECK CHISORA last month withdrew from his European heavyweight
title fight against Tyson Fury after
fracturing his hand during a sparring
session.
The Londoner was set to meet Fury
in Manchester to contest the European
belt and the vacant British title July 26
but the fight will now be rescheduled
with a new date to be announced shortly.
I cant tell you how disappointed I
am to have to pull out of the fight against
Fury, but it is on the advice of my specialist that I have to do this, Chisora
said following the announcement.
After a bad-tempered runup to the
fight, Fury reacted unsympathetically
to his opponents withdrawal.
Told you all what would happen find
me a real man to fight the furious1,
Chisora tweeted. If anyone feels like
a fight Im in Bolton town center and I
feel like a rumble.
Last months scheduled bout was
also set to be a final eliminator for the
WBO world title, currently held by
Wladimir Klitschko.
Chisora and Fury fought three years
ago, with Fury winning on points.

US Could Bid For

2026 World Cup
WITH THE US football teams considered
success and incredible viewing figures that
backed their run in the World Cup there are
already suggestions another bid may be
ready to be tabled for the 2026 tournament.
FIFA bosses have even spoken positively of the thought FIFA secretary
general Jerome Valcke said, speaking
to Brazil newspaper Globe: There is a
commitment to work with US Soccer. He
added: What we see in the United States is
staggering. The audience is unprecedented,
more than the NBA. The country has the
largest level of youth soccer in the world,
with 20 million young people playing.
IMPRESSED
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been
equally as impressed with the US, and
echoed Valckes sentiments: The level of
interest in the USA is very high.
This World Cup is really getting under
peoples skin the quality of the football
is incredible.
US Soccer president and FIFA executive committee member Sunil Gulati has
previously said the United States could
bid to host the 2026 tournament, but only
if bidding rules change.
The US, who previously hosted the
World Cup in 1994, lost out to Qatar for
the 2022 tournament.
Even the US President Barack Obama
lead a partisan chant for the team prior to
a press conference last month.

By Ridge Mahoney
(As of July 27)
Transfer window closes August 31
X- unknown transfer fee paid

Arsenal . . . IN
Calum Chambers (Southampton) 16m;
Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona) 35m;
Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United) X.
Out . . . Thomas Eisfeld (Fulham) X, Chuks Aneke (Zuite
Waregem), free; Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City),
free; Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), free; Nicklas
Bendtner, Chu Young Park (both released), Wellington
Silva (UD Almeria), loan.

Aston Villa . . . IN
Tom Leggett (Southampton) X, Isaac Nehemie
(Southampton), X, Kieran Richardson (Fulham) X;
Philippe Senderos (Valencia), free;
Joe Cole (West Ham), free.
Out . . . Marc Albrighton (Leicester City), free; Jordan
Bowery (Rotherham) X; Nathan Delfouneso, released.

Burnley . . . IN
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough), 1.5m; Michael
Kightly (Stoke City) X, Marvin Sordell (Bolton
Wanderers) X, Matt Gilks, free; Matt Taylor (West Ham
United) free; Steven Reid (West Bromwich Albion), free.
Out . . . David Edgar, Brian Stock, Keith Treacy,
Nick Liversedge, Junior Stanislas (all released)
Chris Baird (West Bromwich Albion), free.

Chelsea . . . IN
Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid) 32m; Cesc Fabregas
(Barcelona) 30m; Mario Pasalic (Hajduk Split) X,
Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid) 20m;
Didier Drogba (Galatasaray), free.
Out . . . Romelu Lukaku (Everton) 28m;
Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland),
Demba Ba (Besiktas), 4.7m; David Luiz (Paris St.
Germain), 40m; Tomas Kalas (Cologne), loan;
Mario Pasalic (Elche), loan: Lucas Piazon (Eintracht
Frankfurt), loan; Ashley Cole (Roma), free;
Frank Lampard (New York City FC), free; Samuel Etoo,
Henrique Hilario, Sam Hutchinson (all released).

Crystal Palace . . . IN
Fraizer Campbell (Cardiff) 900,000;
Chris Kettings (Blackpool), free.
Out . . . Jose Campana (Sampdoria) X; Jack Hunt
(Nottingham Forest), loan; Kagisho Dikgacoi (Cardiff
City), free; Jonathan Parr (Ipswich Town), free;
Neil Alexander, Daniel Gabbidon, Dean Moxey,
Aaron Wilbraham (all released).

Everton . . . IN
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) 23m;
Muhamed Besic (Ferencvaros) 4m;
Gareth Barry (Manchester City), free.
Out . . . Mason Springthorpe, Apostolos Vellios
(both released)

Hull City . . . IN
Jake Livermore (Tottenham Hotspur) 8m, Robert
Snodgrass (Norwich City) X; Jack Hunt (Nottingham
Forest), loan; Tom Ince (Blackpool), free.
Out . . . Joe Dudgeon, Abdoulaye Faye, Conor
Henderson, Eldin Jakupovic, Robert Koren (all
released); Matty Fryatt (Nottingham Forest), free.

Leicester City . . . IN
Leonardo Ulloa (Brighton & Hove Albion) 8m; Marc
Albrighton (Aston Villa), free; Jack Barmby (Manchester
United) free, Ben Hamer (Charlton Athletic),
Matthew Upson (Brighton and Hove Albion), free.
Out . . . Lloyd Dyer (Watford), free, George Taft (Burton
Albion), free; Zak Whitbread (Derby County), free;
Marko Futacs, released.

Liverpool . . . IN
Emre Can (Bayer Leverkusen), 10m; Adam Lallana
(Southampton) 25m, Rickie Lambert (Southampton),
4m; Dejan Loveren (Southampton), 20m;
Lazar Markovic (Benfica), 20m.
Out . . . Luis Alberto (Malaga), loan; Iago Aspas
(Sevilla), loan; Andre Wisdom (West Bromwich Albion),
loan.

Manchester City
Willy Caballero (Malaga) 4.4m, Fernando (Porto)
12m; Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) free.
Out . . . Marcos Lopes (Lille), loan; Gareth Barry
(Everton) free, Joleon Lescott (West Brom) free, Costel
Pantilimon (Sunderland) free; Alex Nimely, released

Manchester United . . . IN
Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao) 29m; Vanja Milinkovic,
FK Vojvodina X; Luke Shaw (Southampton), 27m.
Out . . . Alexander Buttner (Dynamo Moscow) X,
Patrice Evra (Juventus) 1.2m; Bebe (Besitkas) 2.4m;
Jack Barmby (Leicester City) free, Rio Ferdinand (QPR)
free, Federico Macheda (Cardiff City) free, Nemanja
Vidic (Inter Milan) free; Bebe (Benfica) 2.5m;
Ryan Giggs, released.

Newcastle United . . . IN
Remy Cabella (Montpellier) X, Siem de Jong (Ajax) X;
Daryl Janmaat (Feyenoord) X; Ayoze Perez (Tenerife) X;
Emmanuel Riviere (Monaco) 5m;
Jack Colback (Sunderland), free.
Out . . . Mathieu Debuchy (Arsenal) X; James Tavernier
(Wigan Athletic) X; Sylvain Marveaux (Guingamp),
loan; Dan Gosling (Bournemouth), free; Conor Newton
(Rotherham United) free; Shola Ameobi,
Michael Richardson (both released).

QPR . . . IN
Steven Caulker (Cardiff City) X;
Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), free.
Out . . . Yossi Benayoun (Maccabi Haifa) X;
Angelo Balanta, Hogan Ephraim, Tom Hitchcock, Aaron
Hughes, Andrew Johnson, Stephane Mbia,
Luke Young (all released).

Southampton . . . IN
Graziano Pelle (Feyenoord) X,
Dusan Tadic (FC Twente) 10.9m;
Out . . . Calum Chambers (Arsenal) 16m; Adam
Lallana (Liverpool) 25m; Rickie Lambert (Liverpool)
4m; Tom Leggett (Aston Villa) X, Dejan Loveren
(Liverpool), 20m; Isaac Nehemie (Aston Villa) X,
Luke Shaw (Manchester United) 27m; Lee Barnard,
Jonathan Forte, Guly do Prado, (all released);
Danny Fox (Nottingham Forest) free,
Andy Robinson (Bolton Wanderers) free.

Stoke City . . . IN
Bojan Krkic (Barcelona) X, Dionatan Teixeira (Banska
Bystrica) X; Phil Bardsley (Sunderland) free,
Mame Biram Diouf (Hannover) free,
Steve Sidwell (Fulham) free.
Out . . . Michael Kightly (Burnley) X; Juan Agudelo,
Matthew Etherington (both released).

Sunderland . . . IN
Patrick van Aanholt (Chelsea) X; Jordi Gomez (Wigan
Athletic) free; Billy Jones (West Bromwich Albion) free;
Costel Pantilimon (Manchester City) free.
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Phil Bardsley (Stoke City) free, Jack Colback
(Newcastle United) free, Craig Gardner (West Bromwich
Albion) free, Billy Knott (Bradford City) free; Carlos
Cuellar, Andrea Dossena, John Egan Re, Oscar Ustari,
David Vaughan, Kieren Westwood (all released).

Swansea City . . . IN
Marvin Emnes (Middlesbrough) X; Stephen Kingsley
(Falkirk) X; Jefferson Montero (Morelia) X; Gylfi
Sigurdsson (Tottenham Hotspur) X; Lukasz Fabianski
(Arsenal) free; Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon) free.
Out . . . Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) X; Alejandro
Pozuelo (Rayo Vallecano) X; Michel Vorm (Tottenham
Hotspur) X; Michu (Napoli) loan; Leroy Lita, Jernade
Meade, David Ngog, Darnel Situ (all released).

Tottenham Hotspur . . . IN
Ben Davies (Swansea City) X,
Michel Vorm (Swansea City) X.
Out . . . Jake Livermore (Hull City) 8m,
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City) X; Heurelho Gomes
(Watford) free; Cameron Lancaster, released.

West Bromwich Albion . . . IN

Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kiev) 10m; Sebastien
Pocognoli (Hannover) X; Andre Wisdom (Liverpool)
Loan; Chris Baird (Burnley) free, Craig Gardner
(Sunderland) free, Joleon Lescott (Man City) free.
Out . . . George Thorne (Derby County) X; Billy Jones
(Sunderland) free, Steven Reid (Burnley) free; Scott
Allan, Nicolas Anelka; Cameron Gayle, Zoltan Gera,
Diego Lugano; Liam Ridgewell* (all released).

West Ham United . . . IN

Aaron Cresswell (Ipswich Town) 2m; Cheikhou
Kouyate (Anderlecht) X;
Diego Poyet (Charlton Athletic) X; Enner Valencia
(Pachuca) 12m; Mauro Zarate (Velez Sarsfield) X.
Out . . . Joe Cole (Aston Villa) free Matt Taylor (Burnley)
free; Jack Collison, Callum Driver, George McCartney,
Jordan Spence (all released).

Report: Ecclestone Mulls F1 Commercial Takeover

BERNIE ECCLESTONE says he is
considering buying back the commercial rights to Formula One, even as the
83-year-old remains on trial for alleged
bribery.
Ecclestone is now a minority shareholder in the body that owns F1s commercial rights, having sold the majority
stake to the hedge fund CVC Capital
Partners, but remains as chief executive
of the companies that own the rights and
is still the sports main powerbroker.
Amid reports that CVC is looking to
sell out of F1, Ecclestone told Britains
Daily Express newspaper last month that
he is interested in taking back the stake
he sold 15 years ago.
ACTION
It is possible, although one or two
other companies are interested and I
would not enter an auction, Ecclestone

England FA Wants Garcia

Corruption File Published
ENGLANDS Football Association
wants FIFA prosecutor Michael Garcias ongoing confidential report into
alleged World Cup bidding corruption
to be published.
FA chairman Greg Dyke tells a British parliamentary panel that we as the
FA will ask for it.
Dyke says if FIFA and Garcia refuse
then I hope the Sunday Times gets hold
of it. The British newspaper has repeatedly alleged corruption in FIFAs choice

Premier League Transfers

of Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup.

Last month, FIFA said Garcias report should be delivered to FIFA ethics
judge Joachim Eckert in September.
FIFA and Garcia have never published his investigation files since his
appointment in 2012.
Garcias past probes include bribery
and financial wrongdoing implicating
Qatari former FIFA official Mohamed
bin Hammam, and former World Cup
marketing agency ISL.

was quoted as saying.

CVC had said it would dismiss
Ecclestone from his roles if he was
found guilty on the bribery charges, so
a buyback of the rights was regarded as
his only way to remain in control of the
sport he has run for decades.
However Ecclestone told the Express

that he believed it
would be difficult
to remove him even
if he was convicted,
because he has a contract with the company and not with
the shareholders.

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Royal Family Members Officiate At Tour De France

THE DUKE and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry
met the Tour de France competitors as they lined up at the
steps of Harewood House, host of the Dare 2b Yorkshire

Kamiji of Japan.

Cricket: England Welcome India

India began their tour of England, June

26-September 7, with a three day match
against Leicestershire that was drawn.
India 333-4 dec. Leics 349 (Angus Robson
retd out 126, Greg Smith retd out 100)-5 at
close. During a three dayer at Derby, India
won by five wickets. Derbyshire 326-5 dec
and 156-3 dec. India 341-6 dec and 143-5
at close. The first Test match at Trent Bridge,
witnessed a record last wicket stand between
Joe Root and Darren Anderson of 198 runs
that ultimately aided England to a draw. India
457 (Murali Vijay 146) and 391-9 at close.
England 496 (Joe Root 154 not out). The second Test at Lords saw India win by 95 runs.
India 295 (Alinkya Rahane 103) and 342.
England 319 (Gary Balance 110) and 223.
In the County Championship mid-July,
Nottinghamshire are top with 171pts from
a dozen matches including five wins, while
Somerset chasing have 160pts. Worcestershire lead the second division, after six wins
from eleven games and with a total of 186pts.
Hampshire have 160pts.
The third match in the three game ODI series featuring Scotland and the Netherlands
at Titwood, Glasgow, was washed out and
the series was shared 1-1. Scotland won the
first game by 144 runs after the D/L method
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close. The Dutch won the second encounter
by 44 runs. Netherlands 252-9 at 50 overs.
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Festival of Cycling, last month, for the Ceremonial Start

and officially got the race underway.
The race last visited Britain in 2007.

Compiled by Larry Gardner

Andy Murray Denied Second

Wimbledon Crown

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