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MANCHESTER City boss RobertoMancini celebrates his team’s last- gasp title miracle yesterday —hours after he and some of hisstars paid a visit to CHURCH. The 47-year-old devout Catholicand two players joined a local con- gregation for morning Mass at7.30am. Their side went on to seal the Premier League crown in themost thrilling finale ever — scoring two added-time goals to beat QPRand snatch the prize away fromarch rivals Manchester United.It was City’s first top-flight title in
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By DAVID WILLETTS
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TWO British heroes havebeen shot dead by turn-coat Afghan cops.The soldier and RAFofficer were killed whenthe two traitors openedfire as they kept guardat a meeting of localofficials.
Loyal Afghan policemenand British troops firedback, killing one of therenegades. The other fledinto the desert after Satur-day’s outrage at PatrolBase Attal in LashkarGah province.
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FOREIGN Secretary Wil-liam Hague yesterdaydeepened a row betweenthe Government andbusiness chiefs — by insist-ing the only growth planmust be to “work hard”.
He hit back after firmsclaimed Ministers werenot doing enough to res-cue the economy in mea-sures outlined in lastweek’s Queen’s Speech.Mr Hague said: “Theyshould be getting onwith creating more jobsand exports rather thancomplaining. There’s onlyone growth strategy —work hard!”He also insisted theCoalition’s advice meantmuch more than LordTebbit’s “Get on yourbike to find work” callin the 1980s.Mr Hague added: “It’s‘Get on the plane, go andsell things overseas, goand study overseas.’”Communities SecretaryEric Pickles said: “Gov-ernment will create theconditions for us all towork a little bit harder.“Government can’t cre-ate growth, only the con-ditions for growth.”But British Chamber ofCommerce director ofpolicy Dr Adam Marshallsaid: “Businesses are bust-ing a gut to find newgrowth opportunities.”
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FOUR inches of snow blanketed South Yorkshire on May 14, 1960, as a spring-timeblizzard caused travel chaos in Sheffield.
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SCANDAL-hit former ItalianPrime Minister Silvio Berlus-coni is lining up one of his“babes” to be the country’snext leader. The 75-year-old, who quitlast year after being charged over his sleazy bunga bunga parties, isbelieved to favour glamorousbusinesswoman Daniela Sant-anche for his old position.Brunette Santanche, 51,part of a group known as Silvio’s Babes, hasemerged as a front-run-ner to be the nextleader of his centre-rightPeople of Freedom Party. The political siren,
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ers — more cash and inde-pendence if they booststandards for poorer kids.The Deputy PM willalso offer career boostsfor staff willing to workin schools with largenumbers of disadvan-taged pupils.Mr Clegg will tell teach-ers: “We’ll give you thecash, we’ll give you thefreedom. But in returnwe want you to redoubleefforts to close the gapbetween poorer pupilsand everyone else.”
DEFENCE SecretaryPhilip Hammond hasgagged Armed Forces’chiefs from speaking inpublic without hispermission.
He ordered military topbrass and senior civil ser-vants not to give speechesor be interviewed unlesshe said so.
The move has been branded“insulting” and “paranoid” bysenior sources. It shows howthe bitter spat between ToryMinisters and Forces’ com-manders is worsening.David Cameron lost his tem-per with generals last year forcriticising swingeing cuts andthe Afghan withdrawal policy.The PM fumed: “You do thefighting — and I’ll do the talk-ing.” A senior source told TheSun last night: “Slapping agag on the chiefs just goes toshow how much trust hasbeen lost on both sides.
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“We’re still fighting a war —now with even less resources —but the Government no longertrusts us to explain why.”
Mr Hammond is desperatelytrying to cut the Ministry ofDefence’s budget that plunged£38billion into the red underLabour.He will announce this weekplans to ensure the MoD willnever get back into debt. Hedeclared yesterday: “I’ve bal-anced the books.”But his dry style and fail-ure to express strong senti-ment for the Forces have lefthim deeply unpopular.Another senior figure said:“Hammond is a bean counter.His heart isn’t in the job andthe blokes can see that.”
Mr Hammond’s officials lastnight admitted that a freshDefence Instruction Notice hadbeen issued over the permis-sion needed to speak in public— but insisted it was just areminder of an existing order.
A spokesman said: “No onehas been gagged. Senior civil-ians and officers have alwaysbeen required to gain permis-sion to speak publicly beforeaccepting any invitations.”
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HALF a million peopleare set to lose theirdisability benefits underGovernment plans.Work and Pensions Sec-retary Iain DuncanSmith said last night hewas determined to intro-duce radical reforms toslash the annual cost by£2.24 billion.Around 500,000 peoplewho receive disability liv-ing allowance (DLA)could no longer be eligi-ble for the replacementpersonal independencepayment (PIP).Mr Duncan Smith saidthere had been a 30%rise in the number ofclaimants in recent years,with the annual cost ofthe benefits soon toreach £13 billion.
Under the reforms, twomillion claimants wouldbe reassessed in the nextfour years and only thoseconsidered to be in needof support would qualify.
DAVID Cameron willthis week pledge totackle the rocketing costof child care.Brits pay some of theworld’s highest charges,taking a
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Green Party leaderCaroline Lucas, 51, is tostand down from the rolein September.
BRITAIN’S vital Puma chopper force will be spared the axe, it was revealed last night. The Sun exclusively told how thehelicopters — set to play a key role in Olympic security — wereunder threat in the annualdefence budget review.But Defence Secretary PhilipHammond personally stepped in toreprieve the fleet and hundreds of jobs. A £355million upgradeprogramme will go ahead. This ison top of 14 new Chinooksordered last year for £1billion. A source said: “If Labour were stillin power they would have probably scrapped the Pumas to save cashin the short term — losing capab-ility in the long term. Thisdecision will help bolster our JointHelicopter Forces.” The Hercules — the RAF’s “Fat Albert” workhorse known allover the world — will get a£353million boost tokeep it flying into the2020s.
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BLUR drummerDave Rowntree isin training tobecome a solicitor.Rocker Dave, 48— the 90s Brit-popband’s oldest mem-ber — is workingin a London lawfirm’s “dispute-reso-lution” department.He graduatesfrom law school inSeptember, justweeks after Blurplay at the Olym-pics closing cere-mony in HydePark for whichthey are reforming.
Dave — full nameDavid AlexanderDe Horne Rowntree— stood as a Lab-our Party candidatebefore making hiscareer move.
In a2010 interview, hesaid: “I’m seriousabout the law.”TOP telly chef Hes-ton Blumenthalalmost choked ona piece of steakduring a live show.Heston, 45, couldnot breathe whenhe gagged on thelump of meat andhad to rush off thestage at a theatre.The star suffersfrom a rare condi-tion in which histhroat goes intospasm when heeats certain foods.The audience inSydney, Australia,were unaware ofthe drama as hestruggled to dis-lodge the steakwith his fingers —before calmly com-ing back on.Heston said: “Ican laugh about itnow but it wasscary.”
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SABINE was thrilled bythe nail-biting finale tothis season’s PremierLeague. She said:“Everything changedin those last threeminutes. It just goes toshow that the motiva-tional author Og Man-dino was right whenhe observed, ‘There isan immeasurable dis-tance between lateand too late’.”
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NEW mum Peaches Geldof has told how her tinyson had to be rushed to intensive care withbreathing problems.
Little Astala needed emergency treatment minutesafter he was delivered by Caesarean section.
Peaches said: “It was the most terrifying experience, to haveour tiny baby whisked away like that. I was yearning for thatskin-to-skin contact I’d waitedso long for, and to not be ableto hold and nurse and comforthim was so upsetting.”
The drama occurred afterPeaches’ fiance Thomas Cohenhad cut the 7lb lad’s umbilicalcord. Astala has since made a full recovery.
Peaches, 23, told Hello! mag-azine: “He had a lack of some-thing called surfactant, whichmade it a struggle for him tobreathe. He was in intensivecare for a few days.“To be able to finally holdhim and take in all his littlefeatures was wonderful.”Peaches said her dad Bob Gel-dof is delighted with the newaddition to the family.She said: “He was incrediblygentle with Astala. He tookhim aside and was so quiet,which isn’t something mydad’s renowned for.“He’s besotted with Astalabecause he’s his first grand-child but especially, I think,because he’s the first boy inthe family.” And she saidrocker Bob now had aphoto of the baby as ascreensaver on hisphone, which was takenby musician Cohen.She added: “Astala’ssticking two fingers upand has this really rebel-lious look on his face.When he saw it, Dadsaid: ‘That’s my boy!’”Peaches’ full interviewis in the new edition ofHello!, out now.
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