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and a few patches of cloud. Gentle south-
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FOOTBALL fans are to be at By Sam Lister
the centre of a review into the Deputy Political Editor
sport after threats to create a
European Super League City and Manchester United
caused public fury. planned to form the tourna-
The probe will look at how ment with top Spanish and
supporters can have more say Italian clubs while being pro-
East Anglia: Dry and fine with lengthy over the game, different own- tected from relegation.
spells of sunshine and blue skies. Gentle ership and how money flows The Prime Minister decided
easterly winds. High 16C (61F). Fairytale day...William and Kate’s wedding
through clubs. to press ahead with the review
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Warm. High 17C (63F).
whether an Ofcom-style inde-

should be created.
It will look at wider issues in
pendent football regulator the game following the high
profile problems with football
BBC show marks
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Warm. High 18C (64F).
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Sports Minister Nigel financing in recent years,
Huddleston said the outcry including Bury Football Club
over the attempt by six English going bust.
clubs to join a new tour- Conservative MP
the Cambridges’
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Sea: North Sea: Moderate. Irish Sea:
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nament,
quickly collapsed
after a backlash,
which Tracey Crouch, a for-
mer sports minis-
ter and keen
10th anniversary
must be a football fan, is By Nicola Methven
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lots of sunshine but patchy cloud will build across northern and eastern areas. moment. review. THE BBC will celebrate the 10th anniversary
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must capitalise on this much to so many people in this after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
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inherited the Royal Family’s love
of the outdoors as he shows off
his new bicycle on the eve of his
third birthday.
This cute image of the little lad
on his sparkling red Frog bike
was released by Kensington
Palace last night.
It was taken on his first day at
nursery school in South
Kensington earlier this week by
his proud mother Kate, who is
known for her striking
photography.
Louis appears to be a mix of
both her and his dad William,
although he perhaps most
resembles Kate’s father Michael
Middleton.
Uniform
The prince, who celebrates his
birthday today, is wearing his
nursery school uniform and
sporting a rucksack – as well as a
broad grin.
A spokesman for Kensington
Palace said: “The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge are
delighted to share a new
photograph ahead of Prince
Louis’ third birthday.
“The photograph was taken at
Kensington Palace on Wednesday
by the Duchess, shortly before
Prince Louis left for his first day
of nursery at the Willcocks
Nursery School.” The Frog
WILLIAM AND KATE, AGED THREE
Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021 3
Picture: DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE
By Mark Reynolds
Tadpole, on which Louis is
perched, is considered one of the
best “first bikes” for youngsters
and retails at around £200.
Unusually, this year the young
Prince – fifth in line to the throne
– is expected to celebrate his
birthday in London.
His two siblings Prince
George, seven, and Princess
Charlotte, five, usually spend
their birthdays in the countryside
with their parents.
But while Louis is still too
young for primary school,
George and Charlotte are both
pupils at Thomas’s Battersea and
returned to classes on Tuesday,
following the Easter holidays.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 39,
was spotted treating her brood to
some fun school stationery at
Smiggle on King’s Road in
London on Monday.
George and Charlotte’s private
primary school is a short drive
from Kensington Palace, where
the Cambridges are based during
term time.
The Palace is also Kate and
William’s administrative base and
traditionally where they conduct
royal duties from.
They spent most of their time
at their rural home Anmer Hall,
in Norfolk during the lockdowns.
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CORONAVIRUS:
FROM PAGE ONE

COMMENT
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scheme which is expected to be
ready for lift-off on May 17.
It would allow millions to jet off
PAUL CHARLES to the Iberian peninsula for a long-
awaited summer holiday – their
Travel consultant first in 13 months.

IT IS not just May 17 the whole
travel sector is eagerly
awaiting for, but three other
dates, or checkpoints, as the
Global Travel Taskforce refers
to them.
June 28, July 31 and
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The prospect of a wave of tourists
flocking to the Balearics and
beyond was greeted with joy and
relief in Madrid yesterday.
Tourism chiefs in Iberia – which
covers Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar
– told the British public: “You are
our No1 and we have missed

October 1 are to be pencilled
in your diary as they will be
the dates when the
Government further opens up
travel as we hopefully ease
our way out of this pandemic.
Do not under-estimate the
impact of the removal of the
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you dearly.”
Speaking exclusively to the Daily
Express, Secretary of State for
Tourism Fernando Valdes said:
“Spain is very eager to welcome
back Britons this summer after an
extended period.

Permission To Travel Form
from May 17. This means
anyone can travel overseas
without needing a reason, and
won’t need to be interrogated
North Korea-style by armed
police at the airport.
I understand the
Government will reveal which
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“The UK is our No1 market.
“We have missed our British visi-
tors dearly and we are very hopeful
to welcome them back soon.
“We feel vaccine certificates will
help boost tourism and again raise
hopes for summer holidays on
Spanish shores.”

countries are in the new traffic
light colours of red, amber and
green on either May 6 or 7.
As global data is updated on
Thursday each week, this
enables the Government to
take stock of the latest data on
May 6 and then publish its
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Many destinations popular with
British tourists will require them to
have received a vaccine jab and
provide proof of a recent negative
test before they are allowed in.
Efficient

thoughts on how countries will
be rated.
I still understand from
high-level sources, and
believe, all of Europe, and
countries such as Turkey, will
be either amber or green in the
first traffic light map. Add to
that green possibilities such
as Israel, Barbados, Morocco,
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Covid passports, or health certifi-
cates, would allow them to meet
this obligation and means a second
summer season is not lost.
However it is not clear yet
whether tourists must have had one
or two doses of the vaccine.
But Mr Valdes lauded Britain’s
world-leading vaccination pro-

Maldives, Seychelles,
Grenada, St Lucia, Antigua
and the British Overseas
Territories and it’s easy to see
why 20-30 countries could be
green from the outset.
Rebook
The US will go green before
July 4 as President Biden
reopens borders to the British
as part of a reciprocal deal. At
the same time as the traffic
lights, the Government will be
publishing a Covid-19 charter
outlining consumer rights on
travel. This will cover off what
consumers can expect if a
country changes colour at
short notice and how they can
seek a refund or rebook.
The Government will also
reveal more about how those
who have been fully
vaccinated will be able to
escape self-isolation at home
for 10 days when returning
from an amber country. A test
may still be needed but
someone fully vaccinated will
not need to stay at home.
Cabinet Office papers confirm
this is being studied in detail.
The US has already led the
way here, saying that US
citizens who’ve been fully
jabbed don’t have to
quarantine at all when they get
back but merely have to take a
PCR test on day three of their
return.
Then, on May 10, the PM is
expected to give the go-ahead
for travel overseas to begin.
This is the one-week notice
period he has already set out
before opening up the next
phase of undoing lockdown.
gramme as “very efficient” and said
he was confident it would pave the
way for a “summer restart for
international holidays between
Spain and the UK”.
He added: “We are ready to
receive visitors with protocols,
measures and advice in place to
ensure their safety during their visit.
“Our tourism sector has been
working intensely behind the
scenes to prepare for a tourism
recovery.
“We know British visitors are
vital for many tourism-reliant areas
in Spain and we share a
long and successful tourism history
with the UK.
“We look forward to tourism
bouncing back and seeing British
visitors enjoy the diversity our
country has to offer.”
The UK Government is expected
to reveal which countries feature in
WHY COVID SAFETY RULES COULD ADD 91% TO THE COST OF A FAMILY TRIP ABROAD
FOREIGN family holidays this summer
could cost as much as 91 per cent more
because of Covid protocols, says
research by hotel booking site Hoo
which looked at requirements for
popular countries not on the red list.
FRANCE: Families hopping over the
Channel are likely to see the biggest
rise in holiday costs. A week-long Paris
visit will be about £460 per person.
But travellers must take a Covid test
before departure at £120, a second on
arrival at £50 and a third test to return
costing £60. A further two tests are
then required for all travellers two
and eight days after coming back to the
UK costing £190. That means £420.
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its new traffic light system on May
6 or 7. It is thought that all of
scheme could be up and running as
early as May 17, but certainly in
ments on these matters by June, we
will be able to have a summer holi-
Europe and countries like Turkey time for the peak summer season. day, probably not in the same man-
will be either amber or green. Mr Valdes said: “We hope by ner as 2019, but a well-needed
Green means quarantine-free early May the UK will clarify the restart to international tourism.”
travel would be allowed, while date for restart and that all of Spain Fully vaccinated travellers could
amber would mean 10-day isola- will be under the minimum possi- even be allowed to sidestep tests
tion periods for those returning ble travel restrictions . and quarantine. That could mean
from these destinations. the rapid opening of holidays to 30
Solution
Red means no entry will be countries that previously said they
allowed from these countries. would ask travellers for proof of a
The Department for Transport “A travel corridor between Spain jab, like Spain, Portugal, Cyprus,
wants an official certification and the UK is another possibility. Croatia, Turkey and Israel.
scheme enabling Britons to “We want tourists to travel to Britain’s biggest holiday firm Tui
instantly prove at borders they are Spain with all the guarantees of has reported bookings for July
safe to cross. Covid passports their safety and a travel corridor onwards are up 500 per cent, with
would prove travellers have been could provide a possible solution. Spain, Greece and Turkey the most
inoculated against the virus. This “If we are able to reach agree- popular destinations. However,
By Giles Sheldrick also free. The total of £310 means the
average cost of a holiday to Rome will
GREECE: Quarantine rules have been be around 63 per cent more.
dropped for travellers from more than SPAIN: No test is required on arrival,
30 nations – if they have been jabbed but like France and Greece, the cost of
or tested negative for Covid-19. a test before travelling sits at £120. This
However the same additional costs means travelling will cost £370 more,
will be incurred for those travelling to increasing a week-long holiday to a
Greece as France – the only difference popular destination such as Tenerife
being the test on arrival is free. from £681 per person to £1,051.
It means an additional £370 per USA: While no test is required on
person, increasing the cost of a seven- arrival, one is needed in order to travel
night stay in a popular destination like at £60 with a second in order to come
Crete by around 68 per cent. home at £71. With the average trip to
ITALY: Travelling to Italy requires the Orlando costing £891 per person, the
same testing regime as both Greece and additional £322 to cover testing
France. But the test before departure is requirements means a trip to Disney Big increase...in
lower at £60, with the test on arrival World will be 36 per cent more. cost of a Paris trip
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TRAVEL BECKONS
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No 10 probes leak
Things are hotting up...
Spanish resort of Las
Palmas and tourism
chief Fernando Valdes

some experts have warned of a
sting in the tail, with foreign family
holidays from all firms potentially
costing as much as 91 per cent more
as a result of testing protocols.
The Covid passport is likely to be
digital, offering proof the holder
has received a Covid jab, and certi-
fied by the Government.
Offer
Officials are now in a race against
time to make the scheme work.
A Department for Transport
spokesman said: “We are working
on a solution to enable residents to
prove their Covid-19 status, includ-
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ing vaccination status, to other
countries on the outbound leg. We
are working on this as a priority
and intend to have the solution
ready as soon as possible.”
The good news comes as Covid
stopped being the leading cause of
death in England and Wales. The
virus was third in March, behind
dementia and heart disease, said
the Office for National Statistics.
Between November and
February the virus was the leading
cause each month.
So far 33,257,651 Britons have
had their first Covid jab while
11,192,601 have had their second.
Spain’s state of alarm – its name
of PM and Dyson’s
private messages
DOWNING Street says it will
launch a formal inquiry into the
leak of private messages
between Boris Johnson and
billionaire Sir James Dyson.
The dramatic move comes
amid Tory fears of a civil
service mole trying to sabotage
the Government.
It was revealed in a series of
leaked texts that Mr Johnson
had promised Sir James he
would “fix” a tax rule so the
entrepreneur’s staff could help told the Commons Treasury
make ventilators for the NHS.
No.10 had initially said there
would not be a probe into how
the texts were made public.
Are you ready to
But yesterday it announced
an internal inquiry, led by the
fly off on holiday Cabinet Office.
this summer? The PM’s official
spokesman told a
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the source of leaks of Sir James Dyson
Mr Johnson’s private
for lockdown – is due to end on communication “as related to
May 9, eight days before the UK
this issue of Dyson”.
embarks on stage three of its road- The BBC reported the texts
map to freedom. were exchanged last year after
While scores of travel operators the businessman failed to get
have been left on the brink by an answer to a letter he had
Covid travel bans, no country has sent to the Treasury.
felt it more than Spain, the Sir James – who has recently Covid-19.”
world’s second-most visited coun- changed his main address in
try after France. Before lockdown it business filings from
attracted 82 million tourists a year Singapore to the UK – wanted
to be sure his staff would not
– including 18 million arriving from
the UK – with the industry provid- have to pay extra tax if they
ing more than 12 per cent of the travelled to Britain to work on
country’s income. In total, Britons the ventilators.
pumped £16billion into Iberia. When he did not receive a
reply, he took the matter up
with the PM. In one text he said employer, Greensill Capital.
OPINION: PAGE 12
By Martyn Brown
his firm was ready but “sadly”
it seemed no one wanted it to
proceed.
Mr Johnson replied: “I will fix
it tomo! We need you.”
The PM then texted Sir
James again and referred to
Chancellor Rishi Sunak,
saying: “Rishi says it is fixed!!
We need you here.”
Two weeks later, Mr Sunak
Committee that the tax status
of people who came to the UK
to provide specific help during
the coronavirus pandemic
would not be affected.
Downing Street said it will
publish correspondence
between Mr Johnson
and Sir James
“shortly”, after
the PM told the
Commons he
was “happy to
share all the
details”.
Sir James
said in a
statement:
“When the
Prime Minister
rang me to ask
Dyson to urgently
build ventilators, of
“We were in the
midst of a national
emergency and I am hugely
proud of Dyson’s response – I
would do the same again.”
He added: “Not one penny
was claimed from any
Government, in any
jurisdiction, in relation to
Labour says the messages
are part of a pattern of
government “sleaze”.
They emerged as the
Government faces allegations
of “cronyism” after a string
of reports about former
Prime Minister David
Cameron lobbying for his

HALF OF US ARE PLANNING A STAYCATION

India reeling from surge of cases
INDIA has reported a global
record of 314,835 new Covid
infections.
The figure in the past 24 hours
means its total has passed 15.9
million cases, the second-
highest after the US.
The previous record daily case
count of 307,581 was in the US
on January 8.
India’s alarming surge puts
more pressure on the country’s
fragile health system.
Deaths in India rose by 2,104
over the 24 hours, raising the
overall toll to 184,657, India’s
Health Ministry said. Many
By Mark Reynolds
hospitals are reporting acute
shortages of beds and medicine.
They are also dangerously low
on oxygen.
The High Court in New Delhi
has ordered oxygen be diverted
from industrial use to hospitals
and the government is rushing
tankers to replenish supplies.
The judges said: “You can’t
have people die because there is
no oxygen. Beg, borrow or steal,
it is a national emergency.”
Health minister Harsh Vardhan
said yesterday that “demand and
supply is being monitored round
the clock”, with more going to
the seven worst-hit states.
Ambulances in New Delhi rush
from one hospital to another
seeking an empty bed, while
grieving relatives line up outside
crematoria.
The Health Ministry said that
of the country’s total production
of 7,500 tons of oxygen per day,
6,600 were being allocated for
medical use. It also said that 75
railway coaches in the capital
have been turned into hospitals
providing an additional 1,200
beds.
SOME 28 per cent of people have
already booked a staycation this
year, a survey has found.
And more than half (53 per
cent) are planning a UK getaway,
according to American Express.
On average, people have spent
£353 per person on bookings in
this country.
Wales and the Lake District
were the top destinations, followed
by Cornwall and the Highlands.
People booking staycations are
advised that lockdown restrictions
are easing at different rates across
the UK and to check cancellation
policies in case a trip cannot
go ahead.
As plans for social get-togethers
By Vicky Shaw
are made, 18 to 34-year-olds
said they have already spent an
average of £73 on their post-
lockdown wardrobe, compared
with an overall average of £37
per person.
Four in 10 over-55s said they are
looking forward to returning to
hairdressers and beauty salons,
compared with 18 per cent of 18
to 34-year-olds.
Over a third of people (39 per
cent) said going out to eat and
drink is the activity they are most
looking forward to.
Some 2,000 people were
surveyed in March.
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COVID-19 has been overtaken as
England’s number one killer for the first

time in four months.
Deaths from the disease fell by three
quarters in March compared with
February, Office for National Statistics
figures showed.
There were just under 4,200 registered
in March, making up 9.2 per cent of the
total from all causes. It was down from
more than 16,600 in February, which was
30 per cent of all deaths.
The UK yesterday recorded 2,729
more daily infections, up slightly from
2,672 last Thursday, with 18 deaths –
down 40 per cent from 30 a week ago.
Some 33,257,651 have now received a
first Covid jab while 11,192,601 have
had a second dose.
Covid-19 was the third leading cause
of death in March behind dementia and
Alzheimer’s disease at 10.1 per cent, and
ischaemic heart diseases at 10 per cent.
Decline
In Wales, the virus also ranked third,
making up just 6.3 per cent of all deaths.
The steep decline, driven by the lock-
down and vaccines, came after Covid-19
had been the leading killer from
November to February.
Kevin McConway, emeritus professor
of applied statistics at The Open
University, said: “It’s very good news to
see that Covid-19 has been pushed off its
depressing position as the leading cause
of death in England in March. I expect it
to have gone even further down this list
when the April analysis comes out.”
Death rates for some other diseases
such as dementia, flu and certain lung
conditions were also lower than usual.
Prof McConway said: “A strong possi-
bility is that many of those who would be
expected to have died from those causes
in March would have died previously
during the pandemic, from Covid-19.
“For influenza and pneumonia, the fall
in death rates is really large – in March
they were considerably under half the
average rates from 2015-19.
“Lockdown restrictions and social dis-
tancing reduce infections from all respira- ‘Very good
tory diseases, not just Covid, so they news’... Prof
would have brought down flu and pneu- McConway
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monia deaths too.” Alzheimer’s Research
UK said the figures would be “of little
comfort to people with dementia”.
Hilary Evans, the charity’s chief execu-
tive said: “These latest figures show that
as one crisis appears to ease, another
remains as urgent as ever.
“The Government must honour its
manifesto pledge to double its funding
for dementia research.”
More than four in five people aged
over 80 in England have now had both
vaccinations, according to NHS England.
The figures, which include jabs up to
April 18, estimated 78 per cent of those
aged 75-79 have had both doses, along
with 43 per cent of those aged 70-74.
Meanwhile, two studies have provided
further evidence of the impact of vacci-
nations in the UK.
Researchers analysed data from more
than 1.6 million swab tests from 373,000
participants in the ONS Covid infection
survey between December and April.
They found infection rates fell by 65
per cent among people who had a first
dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca
or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at least three
weeks previously (the time needed for
immunity to develop) compared with
unvaccinated people.
The risk of infection with
symptoms fell even fur-
ther, by 74 per cent.
After a second
Pfizer dose, infection
rates dropped by 70
per cent overall and
90 per cent for
symptomatic cases.
There is not yet
enough data to assess
two doses of the Oxford
vaccine but experts said
both jabs appeared to
have very similar benefits. The shots were
just as effective in people aged over 75 or
with underlying health conditions.
Study author Sarah Walker, professor
of medical statistics and epidemiology at
the University of Oxford, said she was
“cautiously optimistic” it will be possible
to control the virus with vaccines.
The results suggest inoculations cut
transmission, as well as disease, and work
against the Kent variant, she added.
However, she warned that coronavirus
is “very good at throwing us curveballs”
and “we’re always going to be one small
step away from the potential for things to
go wrong again”.
Protection
A second study on antibody levels
showed 95 per cent of people had a
strong immune response to one dose of
either vaccine.
The response lasted at least 10 weeks,
supporting the UK’s decision to delay
second doses for up to 12 weeks to allow
more people to gain partial protection.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said:
“Vaccines work and today’s findings
from the ONS and Oxford University
provide further evidence that both the
Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are
having a significant impact on reducing
infections across the UK.
“With over 33 million first jabs
already in arms, saving lives and cut- MAGGIE Keenan, the first person in the world to
ting the risk of infection, it’s vital be vaccinated outside a clinical trial, has paid
everyone gets their second dose tribute to the “incredible” NHS staff giving out
when invited, to protect you and millions of Covid-19 jabs.
your loved ones.” The 91-year-old grandmother of four made
Public Health England’s weekly history when she got her first dose of the Pfizer/
surveillance report confirmed that BioNTech vaccine on December 8 in Coventry.
cases continue to fall in all age groups. During a video call with NHS chief executive
Rates were highest in those aged Sir Simon Stevens, Maggie said she was
10-19, at 42.3 cases per honoured to kick off the drive and urged others
to come forward when invited.
100,000 population, and She said: “I’m telling everyone to go to get it
lowest in people in their – it really is the best thing I’ve ever done. I hope
70s at just 7.2 per
100,000.

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KATE Garraway says her sick
husband is sometimes aware
enough to remember to flatter
her since he returned home.
But she said Derek Draper,
53, who was in hospital for a
year with Covid, struggles to
keep the conversation going.
The former political adviser
was admitted in March last
year and was so ill that doctors
placed him in a coma.
Kate said of his return to
the family this month: “It’s
been wonderful having Derek
home and there are lots of
little positives.
“There are little moments of
reaction and he actually said
By Steph Spyro
something the other day. I
walked in the other morning...
and he said, ‘New dress?’, which
was just amazing.
“And it was, actually! So I
thought it was amazing on so
many levels because he
recognised it and he realised
and remembered that I need a
lot of flattery, so there was some
emotional connection there.
“It was just a little moment
and then, of course, there
was nothing.”
She told her Good Morning
Britain co-hosts that it was
unclear whether being at home
was helping him or the positives
were just being noticed more
“because I’m there to see the
little things”.
Derek has been taken off
all machines and breathing
apparatus but has care at
home, which Kate has adapted
for his needs.
Last month ITV broadcast
Finding Derek, a documentary
exploring his illness and its
effect on their two children.
In one scene, Kate, 53,
recalls being told by Derek’s
doctors that he was the
most seriously ill person
they had seen who had
remained alive. Ordeal...Derek Draper is back home
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THE number of Britons who

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among the millions who have
had the Oxford/AstraZeneca
vaccine has risen to 32.
Total case numbers have now

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reached 168 following the
latest figures from the MHRA
– the UK’s medicines regulator.
They showed the total with
blood clots had increased
by 68 since April 5 and the

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by 10.
But the regulator said
despite the rise, it is still
extremely low in the context of

the world to get jab

By Hanna Geissler
everyone comes forward. There’s nothing to
it, you don’t even feel anything.”
Asked how she will remember her first jab,
Maggie said: “I’ll be telling my great-
grandchildren all about it. It’s such an
amazing thing to have done. I feel really
honoured to have had it done, to have been
the millions of doses given.
It added that the benefits
of the AstraZeneca vaccine
continue to outweigh the risks
for most people.
Of the 168 cases, 77 people
So proud... suffered brain clots, while 91
Maggie suffered other “major
Keenan in thromboembolic events”.
the call with Of those, 93 were women
NHS chief and 75 were men.
Sir Simon The average age of people
Stevens, left, with brain clots is 47 while the
and receiving average for other types of
her first jab blood clot is 55.
from matron One case was reported after
May Parsons, a second dose of the vaccine.
right The estimated number of
first doses of AstraZeneca
administered by April 14 was
21.2 million, making the
overall case incidence of
blood clots 7.9 per
million doses.
Professor Adam Finn, a
member of the Joint
holiday”. She thanked NHS staff leading the and now I feel like the dawn is coming. It’s Committee on Vaccination and
drive to protect the nation, adding: “They almost unbelievable that we’ve managed to Immunisation, said the reports
are incredible – the NHS has achieved an roll out the vaccine so successfully. of more blood clot cases is “as
enormous lot by doing the work they do.” “I’m really grateful to all my colleagues for expected”. He added: “There
Maggie was joined in the call by matron the bravery and courage they’ve shown, is now a very high level of
May Parsons who gave her the first shot at which has helped us care for our people and awareness of this syndrome...
University Hospital Coventry. care for our patients like Maggie.”
and cases are being reported
May, who has worked for the NHS for Sir Simon ended the call by saying:
nearly 20 years since moving from the “Maggie, you’ve been an inspiration. May,
reliably and quickly.”

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the first and to have set the ball rolling.” Philippines, said the speed of the rollout you’ve set the health service on the path
The former jewellery shop owner received had been “almost unbelievable”. towards this hugely successful vaccination
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A GROUP of students’ unions
have written to the competition
watchdog, urging it to “take action
to uphold students’ rights” over
tuition fees and rent payments
amid the pandemic.
The open letter, backed by
student leaders at 19 universities,
calls on the Competition and
Markets Authority (CMA) to
demand blanket fee refunds as a
result of Covid disruption.
The Department for Education
has confirmed that all remaining
students in England will not be
allowed to return to in-person
lessons on campus until mid-May
at the earliest.
The letter says: “This year,
students have been paying full
tuition, despite most having lost
By Eleanor Busby
key parts of their educational
experience and many having been
sold a promise of
‘blended learning’
that has not been
delivered.
“Hundreds of
thousands of
students have been
left with no viable
route to redress on
any meaningful
scale, and as far as
we can make out the
CMA has completely
ignored the issue.
“Almost all students
have experienced a
diminished experience
By Hanna Geissler
CAT owners who cuddle and
sleep with their pets could be
at risk of catching Covid.
Experts say the pets only
in comparison to that which was (OIA) received 2,604 complaints suffer mild symptoms but
originally promised. from students in 2020 – the highest could act as a “viral reservoir”.
“Most have been denied access number ever received in a year. Professor Margaret Hosie of
to campus facilities and services, But the OIA, which can offer Glasgow University said: “Cats
many have had partial tuition refunds, has stressed often live very closely with
practical material that there is a time lag in their owners, licking their
components of complaints reaching it as students hands or faces, sometimes
their course have to raise the issue with their sleeping on or in their beds.
removed or university first. “There could also be risks
dramatically A CMA spokeswoman said: “We associated with washing the
changed, and are sympathetic to the situation cats’ food and water bowls and
hundreds of many students find themselves in, cleaning out litter boxes.”
thousands have but this is a complex area legally Prof Hosie’s team revealed a
been asked by the and consumer enforcement action four-month-old female ragdoll
Government to not may not be the best or quickest kitten was put down after
return to campus solution for students’ problems. catching Covid-19 from its
accommodation that The issues caused by lockdown can British owner.
they are still being vary a lot between different cases.” The virus was found in the
charged for.” The Daily Express has launched lungs but her killer pneumonia
The Office of the a crusade to ensure students get a may be “coincidental”.
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A DAD told a judge:
“This is a **** show”
after a speeding driver
who killed his daughter
dodged jail.
Ola Onubogu, 53, was
doing 47mph in a
30mph zone in Coventry
when he ploughed into
11-year-old Isabelle
Boshell in October.
Local Onubogu, who
admitted causing death
by careless driving, was
handed a six-month
suspended sentence and
a driving ban at Warwick
Crown Court.
But on hearing he was
spared prison, Isabelle’s
father Matthew stood up
and told the judge “this
is a **** show” before
storming out.
Judge Anthony Potter
later told Onubogu that
if he had obeyed the
speed limit “you would
have been able to avoid
that accident”.
Going going gong...
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PREMIER League giants
Liverpool say they
cannot afford to buy the
£10,000 medals of the
footballing pioneer who
helped to form the club.
John Asbury spent 30
years in various roles at
Anfield, eventually
serving as chairman.
His collection includes
three League winners’
medals which were given
to directors and players.
Auctioneer Adam
Partridge said: “The
family approached
the club but received
an email to say that
they didn’t have the
funds available.”
The sale takes place
on May 5.
Liverpool had been
poised to join the
European Super League.
Prue: I have a rum paunch
after freedom cocktails
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GRAHAM Norton says Twitter is like
a rough neighbourhood – and its
bosses must act now.
The TV presenter’s job as a judge on
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK made him
realise how fortunate he was to build
his career before social media.
Graham, 58, who has a Twitter
account but rarely uses it, said: “The
drag fans are really lovely. But I am
aware there is this toxic cabal – and if
they don’t like one of the drag queens,
they go for them in a horrible way.
“If you’re in bed at night reading
horrible comments about yourself,
who knows what damage that does to
you? I feel for young people who
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By Mark Jefferies
think they have to engage on those
platforms. I don’t think we’re any cru- could tweet, ‘Morning, what a lovely
eller or nicer than we’ve ever been.
“I just think that social media
has given us a weird way to
shout at the television so that
the person on the television
hears you.
“Ultimately, Twitter in par-
ticular has to do something –
because it’s like a neighbour-
hood. If it’s rough and
Rough...Graham is
not a Twitter fan
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By Nicola Methven
PRUE Leith says she has a double
chin chin and an extra stone to
carry from a cocktail blowout
lasting three weeks.
The Bake Off judge, 81, has been
drinking every night with friends
since lockdown relaxed.
Prue’s merry confession
continued with details of an orgy
Jolly outlook... she went to as a teenager – but
Prue, left, with, insists she didn’t join in despite
from top, hubby stripping off entirely.
John, Bake Off The star told Jonathan Ross a
co-star Paul love of blue curacao has been her
Hollywood and downfall as Covid restrictions
Dr Rupy Aujla eased this month.
Prue said: “Rule of six every
night with cocktails – the result is
I’ve put on a stone. Alcohol doesn’t
half put it on. I make them up – I
like anything with blue curacao.”
The South Africa-born star, who
married second husband John
Playfair four years ago, believes
her love for life has kept her young.
“It’s happiness. I’ve just had a
really lucky life. I like my job, I like
my family, I like my friends, I even
like my husband.”
Bouncing
On her unintentional appearance
at an orgy in Paris, Prue explained:
“I thought I was going to a party.
Went with a very nice guy.
“All I can say is room after room
of bouncing bottoms everywhere...
on the floor, in all the rooms. I was
so embarrassed.
“Anyhow, this guy thought it was
fantastic. So he just vanished. So
there I am, 19 or something. So I
went to the bar and somebody
immediately said to me, ‘Why have
you got your clothes on?’
“I realised the only way to be
invisible was to take my clothes off.
So I took my clothes off.”
Prue’s latest TV venture is
Channel 4 series Cook Clever,
Waste Less with Prue & Rupy.
She says her co-presenter, Dr
Rupy Aujla, “believes food can be
medicine. Most doctors don’t, they
think pills will do.”
Meanwhile, Bake Off is set to be
filmed in a “bubble” again, possibly
returning to Essex or moving to
Sussex. Prue said: “I know it’ll be
in a white tent and I’m sure it’ll be
in June.”
● The Jonathan Ross Show is on
ITV at 9.35pm on Saturday.
dangerous, people move out and it that all the time, it would be
becomes a no-go area. quite annoying.
“It doesn’t matter what you say. You “It’s very hard to sustain if it’s noth-
ing like you. Years ago I remember
day’, and people will tweet Dolly Parton telling me, ‘Pick a per-
back, ‘Oh, that’s easy for you sona that’s pretty close to you, other-
to say’.” wise life becomes difficult’. So mine is
The Bafta-winning chat basically me – but turbocharged.”
show presenter will return to The Irishman also told the magazine
host the BBC’s Eurovision he was a show-off growing up, joking:
coverage on May 22. “You don’t get into an industry like
But he admitted what we this unless you are a vortex of need.
see on screen is not the real “We all like positive affirmation, but
him. He told Saga maga- we don’t all require people sitting in
zine: “That’s an rows and clapping.”
amped-up version ● The full interview is in this month’s
of me. If I was like Saga Magazine, out now.
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Johnson yesterday told the planet
that fighting climate change is
not just about politically correct
“bunny hugging”.
On Earth Day he urged world
leaders to join forces to cut carbon
emissions, and told them that tack-
ling the crisis would create jobs and
boost economies across the globe.
Mr Johnson warned that hitting
radical new targets for cutting
greenhouse gases was not going to
be easy. But he said investing in
green technology and making
environmental changes will allow
the world to
“build back bet-
ter” following
the pandemic.
Speaking at a
virtual climate
summit hosted
by US President
Joe Biden, Mr
Johnson encour-
aged other
countries to follow the UK’s lead
by setting ambitious goals to pro-
tect the environment.
He said: “If we’re going to tackle
climate change, we have to deal
with the disaster of habitat loss and
species loss across our planet.
“We’ve got to be consistently
original and optimistic about new
technology and develop new
solutions.”
He added: “I’m not saying any of
this is going to be easy and there is
Deputy Political Editor
obviously going to be a political
challenge. It’s vital for all of us to
show that this is not all about
some expensive, politically correct,
green act of bunny hugging, or
however you want to put it.
“There’s nothing wrong with
bunny hugging but you know what
I’m driving at. This is about growth
and jobs...We can build back better
from this pandemic by building
back greener.”
Mr Johnson has vowed to cut UK
emissions by 78
per cent by 2035
– the toughest
target in the
world.
He said the
UK had already
reduced levels
set in 1990 by
42 per cent and
the economy has
grown by 73 per cent. And he
assured the summit: “You can do
both at once. ‘Cake, have, eat’ is my
message to you.”
The PM added: “Let’s use this
extraordinary moment and the
incredible technology that we’re
working on to make this decade
the moment of decisive change in
the fight against climate change.
“And let’s do it together.”
President Biden – leader of the
world’s second worst polluter after
HARRY ‘ENERGISED’ BY LATE GRANDFATHER’S ECO LEGACY
THE Duke of Sussex paid tribute to his By Mark Reynolds
grandfather’s support for the natural world
as he marked Earth Day by highlighting proud and energised to continue doing
“generations of conservation champions”. my part in this legacy. I join the incredible
Harry said he felt “proud and energised” African Parks team and communities
to continue the legacy of the Duke of around the world in shared dedication to
Edinburgh, who was an early proponent of our environment and collective wellbeing.”
environmentalism. Speaking as president Meanwhile, Harry’s brother William
of conservation organisation African called on scientists to collaborate as they
Parks, the duke said: “It’s critical we had in developing Covid vaccines.
continue to look at the strengthening and He said: “These lessons apply not just
protecting of biodiversity, not just as a to pandemics but to the most pressing
value we hold – but as a responsibility that challenge in human history – stopping
the climate emergency. If we do not act in
is vital to our way of life.
“On this Earth Day, I reflect on this decade the damage to our planet will
generations of conservation champions, be irreversible, impacting not only those
including my late grandfather and feel of us alive today but generations to come.”
China – announced he wants to cut but our cities and our states all said the country would try to push
US greenhouse gas emissions by at across our country, small business, the reduction to 50 per cent.
least half of 2005 levels by 2030. large corporations, American work- The EU agreed a new climate
Analysts said the move is “major ers in every field.” law, which includes a goal to cut its
progress” but is still not enough to He added: “All of us, particularly emissions by 55 per cent by 2030,
bring the US in line with interna- those who represent the world’s based on 1990 levels.
tional climate goals, as its target is largest economies, have to step up. As part of diplomatic efforts in
estimated to be a 41-44 per cent “Those that do take action and the lead-up to the summit, the US
reduction on 1990 levels. make bold investments in their and China issued a statement
people, in clean energy futures, will pledging to work together and with
Investment win the good jobs of tomorrow and other countries on the issue.
make their economies more resil- Chinese leader Xi Jinping said
However Mr Biden told the sum- ient and more competitive.” wealthy nations should do more to
mit: “The signs are unmistakable. Japan unveiled a new 2030 tar- help the developing world tackle
The science is undeniable. The cost get, aiming to cut emissions by climate change.
of inaction keeps mounting. 46 per cent on 2013 levels – up on He said China will “prioritise”
“The United States isn’t waiting. its earlier goal of 26 per cent – to ecological conservation and
We are resolving to take action – achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. “will strive” to achieve carbon
not only our federal government, Prime minister Yoshihide Suga neutrality before 2060. And he

Joe takes Ayla to nursery
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THE Banfields plan to harness their
children’s eco enthusiasm to make
permanent changes.
Key workers Joe and Mandy,
both 43, and kids Amelie, nine,
Archie, six, and Ayla, four, took
the Daily Express Earth Day
pledge by turning off their heating,
ditching their car, and cutting out
meat and fish yesterday.
Joe, from Milton Keynes, walked
and cycled with his children to
school. He said: “The thing that’s
really good about Earth Day is that
By Steph Spyro you’re spending more money on
eco stuff but using less money on
it’s teaching the children a load of the heating, it balances out. You’re
things that we can then just make not using more money overall.”
part of everyday life. We’re For lunch it was vegetable
harnessing their enthusiasm when cottage pie and dinner was pasta.
they’re not moaning about going to The family, who back this paper’s
school in a car.” Archie, who helped Green Britain Needs You campaign,
turn the heating off, said: “We like also refilled their bird feeder and
doing eco stuff.” planted a bee bomb to make their
Joe added: “I’ve put a jumper on garden more pollinator friendly.
and the children have blankets Amelie said: “We should do
rather than it being baking hot in Earth Day more often because it
the house.” Amelie added: “If makes the planet better.” Joe with children Ayla, Archie and Amelie
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By Steph Spyro
LAST year was Europe’s warmest on
record, scientists say.
The annual temperature in 2020
was at least 0.4C higher than the
next five hottest years, all of which
occurred during the last decade.
It was also one of three warmest
years ever recorded globally, the
European State of the Climate
report revealed.
Scientist Freja Vamborg, of the
Copernicus Climate Change Service
(C3S) and the report’s lead author,
said: “Our findings highlight the
continued warming trend across
Europe and the rest of the globe.”
Greenhouse gases were also at
their highest levels in 18 years.
Carbon dioxide concentrations
rose by 0.6 per cent and methane by
nearly 0.8 per cent.
This is the highest annual level
since at least 2003 when satellite
observations started.
C3S director Carlo Buontempo
said: “It is more important than ever
that we use the available information
to act, to mitigate and adapt to
climate change, and to accelerate our
efforts to reduce future risks.”

vowed: “We will strictly control
coal-fired carbon power projects,
we will strictly limit the increase
in coal consumption.”
Russian leader Vladimir Putin
said his country already “makes a
gigantic contribution” by absorb-
ing about 2.5 billion tonnes of
carbon dioxide each year.
But he also stressed the impor-
tance of slashing methane emis-
sions, which have a significantly
stronger global warming effect
than carbon dioxide – and asked
others to join the fight.
Mr Putin said: “We invite all
those interested countries to join
collaborative scientific research to
jointly invest in climate projects
that can make a difference. Russia
is genuinely interested in galva-
nising international co-operation.”
Mr Johnson last year unveiled a
10-point green plan for efforts to
cut UK emissions.
The Government rejected calls
from experts to make Britons
change their diets to food that is
lower in meat and dairy.
But Business Secretary Kwasi
Kwarteng yesterday said: “I’m
certainly reducing my meat con-
sumption, not only for environ-
mental reasons but also for health
reasons. Maybe I can move to a
full vegan diet at some point.”
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AFTER nearly a year of living
with the pandemic, it has been
a struggle for many people to
remain positive. While happier
times may still feel a way off,
one thing that has been a
tremendous help is getting
outside and opening our eyes
and ears to the natural world.
No matter where you live,
rural or urban, wildlife is never
far away. Parks, gardens,
cemeteries and ponds are
teeming with wildlife.
Singing robins and blackbirds
are being joined by wrens and
great tits as they build up to the
COMMENT
IOLO WILLIAMS
Welsh nature observer
crescendo of a spring dawn
chorus. In lakes and pools,
frogs are gathering to spawn
and in woodlands and gardens,
snowdrops, daffodils and
primroses are adding colour.
I live on the edge of a small on the roads and walkers in the
village in mid-Wales and, for
the first time since childhood, of goats making headlines. The
I wandered the country lanes
and watched as spring
unfolded. I looked for bird
nests, just as I had done in my
youth, and marvelled at the
variety of bees and butterflies.
For the first time, a pair of red
kites nested in a wood a
stone’s throw from my kitchen
window and I watched as the
single chick took its first flight.
Did wildlife benefit from the
lockdowns? Certain species
took advantage of fewer cars
hills, with Llandudno’s gangs
biggest difference was that
people were forced to walk
their parks and fields and, often
for the first time, took notice of
the natural world around them.
This was summed up to me
by a friend who lives in a block
of flats in Birmingham. She had
just seen a peregrine falcon fly
past her window. As she told
me: “This has not just made my
day, it’s made my week, and
given me renewed vigour to
battle through these times and
come out smiling the other end.”
That’s what wildlife can do
for you.
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TEACHING children to think like
all-rounder Leonardo Da Vinci could
help them tackle the climate crisis,
researchers have suggested.
University researchers from
Cambridge and Edinburgh say pupils
would benefit from science and the
arts being taught together around
climate change or food security.
Professor Pam Burnard said:
“If we look at the amazing designs
Da Vinci produced, it’s clear he was
combining disciplines to advance
knowledge and solve problems.”
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Our hopes and dreams

for safe summer travel
T
of malign forces
HERE will be rejoicing in both Britain
and Spain if a safe, efficient and
affordable way of giving millions of us
freedom to travel is secured in time for the
summer holidays.
Long months spent at home have offered
families across the UK a new appreciation
of the importance and delights of gardens

Picture: GETTY
and local parks – but we are a country
burning with wanderlust.
A Covid certification scheme could be in
place as soon as next month.

If a way is found for households to go on
holiday again without experiencing long
delays at airports and prohibitive costs,
then hordes of us will reach for suitcases
and head for favourite destinations.
Britons abroad can be assured of a warm
welcome in countries such as Spain, which
before lockdown welcomed 18 million
tourists a year from the UK.
We are not just a source of jobs and
prosperity; the annual arrival of fun-loving
British tourists is part of the rhythm of life
in communities throughout Europe and
beyond. Fernando Valdés, Spain’s Secretary
of State for Tourism, told us his country has
“missed our British visitors dearly”.
The feeling is mutual.
If holidays are possible this year we can
look forward to reunions with our
continental friends and celebrations that go
on late into the summer night.
Green and prosperous
Y
ESTERDAY the House
of Commons voted
unanimously to declare
that China is guilty of
carrying out crimes
against humanity and
genocide, over its treatment of
the Uighurs in Xinjiang prov-
ince. China has already sanc-
tioned a number of MPs who
have campaigned on this and it
is good that the Commons as a
whole has stood behind them.
China is a totalitarian state in
which dissent is crushed ruth-
lessly, as we are seeing in Hong
Kong, and in which genocide is
pursued brazenly. And it poses a
direct threat to our way of life.
But it is far from the only
threat. Today we face any num-
ber of dangers, from Islamist
extremism and state-sponsored DANGER ZONE: China’s leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, are on Britain’s radar
Iranian terror to a Russian state
which poses the most immedi-
ate menace to our safety. And
that’s without even considering
going to form a key part of our
5G network. But last year, a

B
ORIS Johnson understands that the race
to switch to a green economy has
nothing to do with sentimental “bunny
hugging” but is, in fact, a chance to trigger
a technological boom.
The Prime Minister, who took part in an
online Earth Day summit with President
Biden yesterday, has no interest in turning
his back on progress and modernity.
Going green is not about limiting our
freedom to travel or pushing up energy
the likes of North Korea.
Earlier this week it emerged
that the Government intends to
introduce a bill to counter espi-
onage and underhand action by
hostile states such as Russia and
China. Anyone working on
behalf of a foreign government
in Britain would have to regis-
ter their work here or face crim-
inal charges. And the Official
Secrets Act will be updated to
Stephen Pollard
Political commentator
but the threat is far greater than
isolated assassinations, and on a
much wider scale. Much so-
called fake news is Russian in
origin, circulated on social
media by bots – computer gen-
investigating an explosion at an
ammunition depot in 2014. The
Czech authorities say it was
carried out by the same two
men who were responsible for
the Salisbury poisoning.
reassessment by the National
Cyber Security Centre of the
threat the company poses to
our security led to a ban on the
company’s involvement.
China has already established
many deep footholds in the UK,
not least in universities, many
of which have grabbed its cash
without thinking through the
consequences.

costs. We need to find ways to heat our
homes and power our transport systems
which are not reliant on finite fuels, which
are often found in states run by dictators
deal with people who work to
undermine our safety, such as
cyberhackers working for for-
eign states.
erated accounts designed to
look like real people.
Investigations into the origin
of anti-vaccine conspiracy theo-
ries, for example, show reams
I
But the Russian economy is a
basket case and, for all the
immediate threat posed by
Russia, the greatest long-term N FEBRUARY it was
danger is from China – far reported that some 200

and are also poisoning our planet.
This newspaper has great green ambitions
because we believe the UK can lead the
new industrial revolution. We want to see
communities that have missed out on
prosperity proudly buzzing as prosperous
centres of manufacturing and innovation.
Louis is prince of grins
T
HE USSR may no longer
exist but Vladimir Putin’s
Russia is one of the
most malign forces in the mod-
ern world. The Soviet Union
was, as Ronald Reagan called it,
an “evil empire” – exporting
communism by force was in its
DNA. Russia today is different
of posts emanating from so-
called troll factories in Russia.
And there is no doubt that
Russia has tried to influence the
political process here, such as
by pushing Scottish independ-
ence through its agents as a way
of destabilising Westminster.
Not that it is always under-
hand: it is prepared to be bla-
tant and use military force,
invading part of Ukraine in
wealthier and far more unre-
lenting in its expansion.
Under leader Xi Jinping’s
“Belt and Road” programme,
China is investing in nearly 70
countries and organisations. For
too long, this was viewed credu-
lously as some kind of eco-
nomic boon. Some realism has
entered the discussion and it is
starting to be seen for what it is:
a plan by China to make other
academics from a dozen
universities are being investi-
gated over their possible, albeit
unintentional, help to the
Chinese government in building
weapons of mass destruction
through commercial deals over
research struck between univer-
sities and Chinese companies.
Despite the reality of China’s
intentions being clear, the West
is split in its response. Germany

P
RINCE Louis beamed with joy on his
first day at nursery school. We wish the
three-year-old the happiest of birthdays
today. The delight he clearly brings to his
family is especially poignant as the country
mourns the passing of his great-grandfather.
Louis looks thrilled with his new push
bike in the photograph snapped by his
mum, and we hope his time at nursery will
be as gleeful as his grin.
but no less dangerous. It is more
of a gangster state, which uses
its military strength and an
army of agents to undermine us.
According to Sir John Sawers,
the former head of MI6, we only
know about 10 per cent of
Russia’s aggressive intelligence
activities. We all remember the
Salisbury poisonings in 2018,
2014 and having built up its
troops on the border.
This week the Czech govern-
ment expelled 18 Russian dip-
lomats it says are spies after
‘China has already established
many deep footholds in the UK’
nations dependent on it eco-
nomically, and an attempt to
gain back door control.
Take communications com-
pany, Huawei. It was originally
is craven in its dealings with
China and New Zealand is
actively seeking more Chinese
involvement in its affairs.
If we do not stand together,
we may well fall apart. The free
world has seen off ruthless ene-
mies before so we know we can.
But that, unfortunately, is no
guarantee that we will.

Leo
Publican’s attack
on Starmer was
far from measured
ROD Humphris, joint landlord
of the Raven pub in Bath, has
been hailed as a hero in some
quarters for his aggressive
treatment of Sir Keir Starmer
during the Labour leader’s visit
to the city.
Brimming with indignation at
the impact of the lockdown,
which Labour supports, the
publican not only launched into
a bullying diatribe against Sir
Keir but even tried to throw him
out of his establishment.
But Mr Humphris deserves no
cheers. During subsequent
media interviews in the
aftermath of the confrontation,
he showed a pathetically limited
understanding of the pandemic.
More importantly, his loud-
mouthed, bad-tempered
approach is hardly the way to
engage in politics.
People who dislike Sir Keir’s
policies – and that looks like
the overwhelming majority at
the moment, judging by his
decline in the polls – should
challenge him in civil debate,
not descend to abuse. There is
already too much nasty friction
in our system.
With his cry of “get out of my
pub”, Mr Humphris is another
example of intolerant cancel
culture at its worst.
■ THIS WEEK Sir
Lindsay Hoyle,
right, celebrated the
completion of his
first year in office
as Speaker.
He has done
a great job in
uniquely difficult
circumstances,
presiding over the
Commons with
unobtrusive humour and
authority. What a relieff that
the poisonous, partisan John
Bercow was not still in charge.
With his ingrained, attention-
seeking arrogance, he would have
made the Parliamentary response
to the pandemic all about him.
■ THE DOOM-mongers keep
getting it wrong. They said
Brexit would leave Britain
trailing disastrously behind
Europe. The vaccine rollout
made a nonsense of that. They
said Covid would wreck the
economy. But we are bouncing
back with vigour.
They warned that a huge
mental health crisis is looming
because of lockdown, with a
surge in suicides inevitable.
Yet research published this
week by Manchester University
showed no increase in
suicides between April and
October last year.
Just like our country, Britons
have turned out to be more
resilient that the pessimists
think. They have not allowed
media talk of despair to turn
into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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N HIS epic novel 1984,
George Orwell painted a
chilling picture of Britain Unpromising film
under totalitarian rule. His
creation was a nightmarish
world of mass surveillance
fails to live up to
and indoctrination, where liberty
was obliterated, language manipu- its hyped image
lated, literature suppressed and his- THE MUCH-HYPED
tory treated as nothing more than psychological thriller
an instrument of socialist propa- Promising Young Woman
ganda. “He who controls the past provoked a typically modern
controls the future. He who con- controversy on its recent
trols the present controls the past,” release, when one review
proclaims one of the party bosses. questioned whether the star
Ever since its publication more Carey Mulligan had sufficient
than 70 years ago, 1984 has been glamour for the central role
widely heralded for its message of the femme fatale.
about the horrors of political The actress herself even
repression. Yet, to today’s woke publicly complained about
fanatics, the book is not so much a the criticism. But having just
warning as a blueprint. Total com- watched this so-called
pliance with their dogma is their “black comedy”, my own
view is that Ms Mulligan’s
goal. Thought control and punish- looks are the least of its
ment are their means to that end.
problems. Much worse are
In true Orwellian spirit, they its unconvincing
seek to ccreate a climate of fear characterisations,
where
wher dissent is crushed. incomprehensible plot, crude
Their
T malignant influ- stereotypes of both men and
ence
e is already under- women, and utter lack of
mining
m British tradi- humour.
tions of tolerance and A real lockdown let-down.
openness. Just as our
country begins to
emerge from the lenge to their creed, free speech is
ordeal of lockdown, under unprecedented threat. Social
there
th is a real risk that media has become an arena for
the embrace of post- witch-hunts, where even the great
Covid
Covi freedom may be author J.K.Rowling is treated as an
outweighed
outweig by the zealots’ enemy of the people.
capture of the public realm. Another indicator of the revolu-
All too many of our institutions tionaries’ dangerous illiberalism
have succumbed to this extremist was their hysterical over-reaction
ideology in all its contempt for our ues. The National Trust, once a body of major companies now hold to the recent independent report
heritage and its toxic fixation with dedicated to the preservation of our courses in the Orwellian pseudo-sci- on racial disparities, which argued
identity politics. Indeed, at times it historic buildings, now sees itself as ence of “unconscious bias training”. that Britain, far from being a land
feels as if we are in the midst of a part of the vanguard of change and Only yesterday, I was sent an of institutional bigotry, is actually a
cultural revolution. Schools and
universities now boast of “decolo-
nising” their curriculums, while
draws up a catalogue of shame to
highlight some of its properties’
past associations with colonialism.
email by one of my publishers, ask-
ing me to fill in an intrusive survey
packed with questions about my
place of relative harmony.
The report’s main author Dr Tony
Sewell was likened to the Nazis’ Dr
classical sheet music is held to be In the same vein, the world- ethnic background, sexual orienta- Goebbels or a member of the Ku
racist. Earlier this month, one renowned botanical gardens at Kew tion, gender identification, parental Klux Klan. This is all wholly unBrit-
teaching trade union sent guidance are currently conducting an audit occupations, and whether I received ish. Ours is the country that pio-
to kindergartens on how to combat into the “legacy” of imperialism on free school meals as a child. neered Parliamentary democracy
“white privilege” in toddlers. their plant collections. A vast The publisher explained that the and the concept of human rights.
Doctrinaire purity tests are eve- bureaucratic industry is being cre- survey was part of a project to We cannot let the woke jugger-
rywhere, leading to the withdrawal ated to enforce the new code. address inequalities. Because the naut lead us down the path to des-
of books and the removal of stat- Incredibly, more than 80 per cent woke mob cannot tolerate any chal- potism in the name of equality.
UNJUST TREATMENT OF VETERANS DESERVES FORMER MINISTER’S FURY
VETERANS Minister Johnny Mercer, threatened with punishment for doing justice and reconciliation, that should
himself a distinguished former officer, their duty for their country. And how on apply as much to the former British
has just left the Government in fury at its earth will they receive a fair trial, given troops as to the ex-paramilitaries.
failure to keep its promises to end the both the highly charged media coverage Defenders of the unfair system blather
judicial witch-hunts against ex-soldiers of their cases and fading witnesses’ about the need to uphold international
who served in Northern Ireland during memories of events almost 50 years ago? law, but can they name one democratic
the Troubles. The Good Friday Agreement was country which hounds veterans like this?
meant to draw a line in the sand over
His anger is absolutely justified. It is
an outrage that brave men should be Ulster’s dark past. If there is to be any FREDERICK FORSYTH IS AWAY
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Naturalist Simon Barnes stands in for our columnist
AM ANXIOUS. Any day now. At least I hope
so. I’ve been listening out, waiting for the
sweet relief those sweet two notes will
bring. Cuckoo! I know for a fact that a
cuckoo that summers not far from here is
currently in France, having travelled up
from the Congo rainforest. Perhaps he has
seen the cuckoos from the shallow Norfolk
Valley where I live.
Every year I have lived here a cuckoo
arrives in late April and at once the
place is lit up with his sound, as if
he had always been there. And
then a few weeks
THE difference between male
later you notice and female mute swans is
the silence and subtle, at least to human eyes:
wonder if you’ll the male has a more
be lucky again pronounced bump on the
the following base of his beak.
year. We have Two have taken up residence
lost half of our in my garden. They spend all
cuckoos in the their time together and are very
past 20 years, for affectionate. I’ve spent the last
no single obvious fortnight trying to work out
reason. In some which is the female and I’m
places the decline coming to the conclusion that
has been steeper than in others. I neither is. Homosexuality has
used to hear them on Streatham been documented, according
Common in South London when I to one claim, in 450 non-human
species including monkeys,
was a boy; you’re highly unlikely apes, dolphins, bats, mallards,
to find one now. albatrosses, penguins and
One of the problems with black swans.
looking after cuckoos is that they I shall continue observing
migrate. They escape the winter without prejudice.
cold and food shortages (they like
caterpillars best) by flying down to
Africa, a journey fraught with
dangers which involves a crossing GREEN TIP: Use the
of the Sahara. Butterfly Conservation
website to learn five
We can now track their jour-
common garden butterflies:
neys. For the past 10 years the comma, peacock, small
British Trust for Ornithology has tortoiseshell, red admiral
been fixing satellite tags to cuck- and small white.
oos. Before it began the best
record of wintering cuckoos was
82 years old. So I can tell you
that PJ is in France as I write, IT IS always a joy to
perhaps calling coucou instead celebrate good news in
conservation – after all,
of cuckoo. Another bird, Carlton it’s rare enough. This is
II, is still in Africa; a third, the 10th anniversary of
Valentine, is presumed dead. SAVE: Saving Asia’s Vultures
Information from the project from Extinction. Here is a
gives us ideas of the important problem that does have a single
areas for wintering cuckoos, and obvious cause: diclofenac, an
of the way in which they time their anti-inflammatory drug given to
journeys. This can relate to shifting cattle, but it kills the vultures
weather patterns as well as the that feed on their carcases.
perpetual problems of the chang- The drug is now banned in
ing climate. So listen out. That sim- five countries and vulture-safe
ple, far-carrying call is a male’s zones have been set up in
imploring plea for a female – and many places. There have been
should you ever hear this followed population crashes of 99 per
by a weird bubbling sound, you’ll cent. Now they’re beginning to
build up again in some places.
know he’s got lucky at last. It’s a long hard road. Wish
them luck.
John Ingham is away

HAVE you ever looked at a butterfly and longed

to know what’s going on? I have just learnt how
they manage to fly – sometimes on thousand-
mile migrations – on those apparently fragile
wings, and how they can be divided by their
flight preferences into darters, flappers,
jumpers and gliders.
It’s all in the newly published Butterflies, by
Martin Warren, left, – a book that makes you
want to cheer. There’s even a chapter called
The Amorous Butterfly. Who could resist?

john.ingham@reachplc.com
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DOMINIC Raab has
rejected accusations that
a £4billion cut to the
overseas aid budget
By Sam Lister Fighting for was “sneaked out” by
Deputy Political Editor Britain in his department.
World War The Foreign Secretary
BRITAIN has expressed its “deep One... told the International
regret” for failing to commemorate the King’s Development
hundreds of thousands of black and African Committee: “We haven’t
Asian military personnel who died Rifles in done this in anything
1916 who
fighting for the British Empire. operated in
other than a fully
Boris Johnson said he was “trou- East Africa, transparent way.”
bled” that troops who lost their lives Uganda and It comes after Mr Raab
were not honoured equally because of Somaliland set out how £8.11billion
the colour of their skin. of the aid budget would
The Prime Minister offered an be allocated – around 80
“unreserved apology” for the failures, per cent of the total UK
which were laid bare by an investiga- spend – including
tion ordered by the Commonwealth £906million for
War Graves Commission. humanitarian
He said: “During the First World preparedness and
War, millions of people from response.
Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Some 200 UK
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in the struggle against tyranny. the Children and Oxfam,
“Their contribution to vic- of the Government, I their lives for our freedoms at the Lammy, who worked on the 2019 doc- said in a joint statement
tory was immense, not just in offer an unreserved moment of greatest peril.” umentary Unremembered: Britain’s that the cuts represented
numerical terms but in their apology. Our shared Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Forgotten War Heroes that brought a “tragic blow” for many
courage and valour, and many duty is to honour and expressed “deep regret that it has the scandal to light, said some were in of the world’s most
paid the ultimate price so that we remember all those, taken so long to rectify the situation” mass graves. at-risk communities.
might live in peace and whatever their The commission’s report found that Professor David Olusoga, whose TV It added: “The
freedom today. background, around 335,000 black and Asian sol- company made the programme, said Government has not
“I am deeply trou- who laid down diers who fought for Britain were not the failure to properly commemorate even spared countries
bled by the findings commemorated in the same way as black and Asian soldiers is “one of the ravaged by humanitarian
of the special com- Scandal...Prof their white comrades. Some had no biggest scandals I’ve ever come across crisis, disease, war
mittee. On behalf David Olusoga headstones – while Labour MP David as an historian”. and poverty.”
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DRUGS used against
ovarian and breast
cancers could also help
fight other forms of the
disease, scientists say.
A study suggests the
medicines, known as
PARP inhibitors, are
able to kill cancer cells
that harbour a genetic
mutation by destroying
their DNA defences.
The same mutation is
found in around half of
all kidney cancer cases
as well as in some lung
or bile duct cancers, and
mesothelioma, linked to
asbestos exposure.
In findings published
in the journal Cancer Mars rover with
the Ingenuity
Research, experts say helicopter,
PARP inhibitors could which flew
offer a new approach for 10ft in the air
treating these cancers.
Study co-leader Prof
Chris Lord, of the
Institute of Cancer HUMANS could be one step By Rhiannon James producing propellant on Mars
closer to living on Mars after to make the trip home.”
Research in London, Nasa extracted oxygen from produce up to 10 grams of Trudy Kortes, a director
said: “This could its atmosphere. oxygen per hour. Nasa’s Jim at Nasa’s space mission
become a brand new It was done by a toaster- Reuter said: “This is a critical technology unit, said: “This
genetically targeted sized unit inside Nasa’s rover. first step in converting carbon process allows us to convert
approach to treating Five grams of oxygen was dioxide to oxygen on Mars. these abundant materials into
cancer, and could offer produced – equivalent to what “The results from this useable things – propellant,
hope to patients with an astronaut would need to technology demonstration breathable air, or, combined
various cancer types breathe for 10 minutes. are full of promise as we move with hydrogen, water.”
including a common The atmosphere on Mars is toward our goal of one day On Friday a mini helicopter
form of kidney cancer.” 96 per cent carbon dioxide seeing humans on Mars. made history by being the first
while oxygen is only 0.13 per “Oxygen isn’t just the stuff aircraft to land on another

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cent in Earth’s atmosphere.
we breathe. Rocket propellant
depends on oxygen and future
planet. It rose to about 10ft
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COMPOUNDS in green
vegetables can boost
skin and organ repair, a
study has discovered.
University of
Manchester scientists
found that a compound
called sulforaphane can
lead to better division of
human skin cells, which EARLY signs of Alzheimer’s years By Joe Morgan oped a tracer, called BU99008, for
aids “regeneration”. before the disease takes hold could use in PET, or 3D, scans to detect
Sulforaphane is found be spotted using a scanner to iden- toms become noticeable enough to the response of astrocytes early.
in broccoli, Brussels tify small changes in the brain. be diagnosed. Dr Amit Kumar, researcher at
sprouts and cabbages. Scientists say the tracer – reveal- Researchers used brain tissue Karolinska Institute in Sweden,
Dr Svitlana Kurinna, ing a digital reconstruction of what from six individuals who died with said: “Our study shows that
who led the study, which is going on in the brain – could aid Alzheimer’s disease and seven con- BU99008 can detect important
was published in Nucleic early identification of the disease. trols who died of other causes. reactive astrocytes with good selec-
Acid Research, said: This may give patients a They were able to identify reac- tivity and specificity.
“We know that skin better chance of benefiting from tive astrogliosis, which is a marker – “The results can improve our
sometimes cannot early treatment. a distinctive process happening in knowledge of the role played
efficiently repair itself. While there is no cure, early inter- the brain – that shows the organ by reactive astrogliosis in
“But the mechanism vention can help lessen the symp- attempting to defend itself Alzheimer’s disease.”
we discovered uses the toms of memory loss and confusion. from the disease. Professor Agneta Nordberg,
body’s own processes to It also increases the possibility of This means that astro- at the same university, said:
induce division of cells.” medical trials and the chance to cytes, cells in the cen- “As far as we can judge, this
She continued: “At make lifestyle changes such as con- tral nervous system, is the first time
the moment, once tissue trolling blood pressure which may may be attempting to that BU99008 visualises
becomes fibrotic and help preserve brain function. fight the disease reactive astrogliosis in
scarred there’s no way of Alzheimer’s is the most common before the earliest Alzheimer’s disease
reversing it to a fully form of dementia, affecting around physical signs of brains. The results can
functional state. 47 million people worldwide. Alzheimer’s. have broad clinical
“Our ultimate goal is In the UK there are around The team devel- implications.”
to improve regeneration 850,000 sufferers. The study appears in the
of functional skin – and Changes in brain function can Researcher... Molecular Psychiatry
maybe other organs.” In rude health...scan of a healthy brain begin 10 to 20 years before symp- Prof Nordberg journal.

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A PRISON chaplain yesterday
admitted he may have been
“conned” into thinking Fishmongers
Hall terrorist Usman Khan was a
reformed character.
Rev Paul Foster said the killer, in
jail for plotting to set up a jihadi
training camp, “appeared to show
remorse for what he had done”.
He told the inquest into Khan’s
Deceiver...Terrorist Usman Khan deadly terror attack: “He had con-
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versations with me about wanting to
change and make a fresh start.”
But 11 months after his release
from HMP Whitemoor, Cambs, Khan
murdered Jack Merritt, 25, and
Saskia Jones, 23, and wounded three
others in a frenzied knife rampage.
Jonathan Hough QC asked the
chaplain if he would have been sur-
prised to know there was intelli-
gence that Khan was trying to radi-
calise inmates and “might commit an
attack” when he left prison.
Rev Foster said: “That would be a
surprise. If that intelligence is cor-
rect, he was...presenting himself in a
way that was likely to deceive the
likes of myself and others....It is pos-
sible I have been conned.”
Khan, 28, ran amok at a confer-
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BROADCASTER Trevor Phillips
is grieving after the death of his
eldest daughter from anorexia.
Sushila Phillips, 36, a freelance
journalist, had battled the
disease for 22 years.
The York University graduate
died “peacefully in her own bed”
on Wednesday with her dad, an
anti-racism campaigner, present
and in her mum Asha’s arms.
Strongest
Her sister Holiday, 33, said on
Facebook Sushila “was one of
the wisest, kindest, strongest
and funniest people I knew.
Eternally compassionate in the
face of unspeakable suffering,
grateful for the small things
every day.
“The sun on her face and a
smile from a stranger, she had
the most wicked sense of
humour, and she was committed
to fighting for justice for people
suffering with mental illness.”
ence staged by the Learning Together
prisoners’ education programme.
Co-founder Dr Amy Ludlow said
in the run-up to the tragedy at the
City of London’s Fishmongers Hall
Khan gave the impression he wanted
to live an “ordinary life” and had
been “generally fairly upbeat”.
He was shot dead by police on
London Bridge after the November
2019 atrocity. The hearing continues.
Trevor with
his daughter
Sushila
By Sarah O’Grady
Holiday promised to continue
her sister’s efforts to help those
affected by mental illness “in
every way I can”.
The post had Sushila looking
gaunt but happy as she sat in a
garden with a glass of rose wine.
Trevor, 67, recently wrote
about “watching helplessly as
my older daughter battled a
severe eating disorder”.
He added: “Hours before
writing these words she and I
bade farewell on a familiar
threshold: the specialist unit to
which she admits herself
periodically when the daily
struggle against her demons
proves too exhausting.”
Trevor and his ex-wife, a
psychotherapist, would not
comment further yesterday.
There are 1.6 million with an
eating disorder, says the charity
Anorexia & Bulimia Care, with
young people most at risk.
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below; and, The Edinburgh-born vocalist tunes like Bye Bye Baby and
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a recent
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was lead singer of the group dur-
ing their 1970s heyday.
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his grieving Twitter said: “It is with profound lion records, being heralded by the
sadness that we announce the press as “the biggest group since

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family
death of our beloved husband Beatles”.
The Beatle
and father Leslie Richard
hard Former
Form home secretary
McKeown. Leslie died ed Jacqui Smith paid tribute
Jacq
By Joe Morgan suddenly at home on n to the star, writing:
20 April 2021.” “One of my first loves.
“O
DOUBLE amputee Tony Charismatic Sending love, condo-
Se
Hudgell is walking 100 McKeown, born to lences and thanks for
le
steps without crutches Irish parents, joined the memories.”
th
in memory of Captain the pop band aged IIn 1975 McKeown
Sir Tom Moore. 18 in late 1973,, was fined £100 and
Six-year-old Tony– replacing founding ng banned
bann from driving for a
who last year raised over singer Gordon Clark.
ark. year afafter he struck and
£1.5million for the NHS His arrival coincided
i id d with
ith killed
kill d an elderly
l neighbour in
hospital that saved his the Bay City Rollers’ Edinburgh.
life – has only walked ascent to fame and Alongside McKeown in the
six steps unaided before, McKeown remained band’s heyday was bassist Alan
but will attempt it to lead vocalist until Longmuir, his younger brother
honour his hero. 1978. The group Derek on drums, plus guitarists
Adoptive mum Paula, enjoyed huge success Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood.
of Kings Hill, Kent, said: at home and abroad He toured more recently under
“Sadly Tony never got to with their distinc- the name Les McKeown’s Bay
meet Captain Sir Tom. tive tartan outfits City Rollers. He leaves wife Keiko
“But there is not a day and upbeat pop and their son Jubei.
goes by that Tony does
not speak about him.”
Tony, whose six-mile
walk on crutches with
prosthetic legs last June
earned a Pride of Britain
award, had amputations
after injuries inflicted by
abusive parents.
His new challenge in
aid of London’s Evelina
Children’s Hospital starts
on April 30, which would
have been Captain Sir
Tom’s 101st birthday.

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By News Reporter
ACTOR Jude Law has
welcomed a £7million
scheme set up to help
independent UK films
hit screens worldwide.
The UK Global Screen
Fund, a Government and
British Film Institute
initiative, will provide
grants for costs such as
international distribution.
Talented Mr Ripley
star Jude, 48, said: “This
additional investment
will assist in sparking
new international
partnerships for the UK
industry, generating
more jobs and taking our
productions to new
global audiences.”
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SMALLER mobile providers
have outshone the Big Four in
terms of value for money, cus-
tomer service and network reli-
ability, a survey found.
GiffGaff came out on top
with 91 per cent of users saying
they would recommend them.
Giants O2, EE, Vodafone and
Three serve nearly 90 per cent
of the market. But they fell
below GiffGaff, Tesco Mobile
and Sky Mobile, which all
piggyback on O2 network.
Smarty, owned by Three and
a new entry to the Which? poll,
Right buttons...GiffGaff ranked joint second place with
By Rhiannon James
Tesco and Sky. EE and Vodafone
failed to perform well overall,
falling in the bottom half of
rankings and with particularly
poor value for money ratings.
Which? called the findings
unsurprising given that seven
per cent of their customers
received incorrect or unexpect-
edly high bills.
Three scored the lowest of
the Big Four with 10 per cent of
customers “experiencing unex-
pected or unreasonable hikes”.
One of its customers said a
universal change in tariff had
made it more expensive to use
the provider, despite having a
substantial balance to use up.
O2 was ranked the highest
out of the big
firms, and
came in at
number five.
However,
just one in
four rated the company as
offering “excellent” value.
Rocio Concha of Which? said:
“The biggest mobile providers
are being outshone by their
smaller rivals. A provider
should not only give network
reliability but also value for
money and customer support.”
To avoid overpaying, Which?
urged people to compare deals
when theirs
ends. EE
insisted it
“offers cus-
tomers the
biggest net-
work and the fastest speeds
with more 5G coverage than
any other provider”. Three said:
“We don’t think this is an accu-
rate reflection of our network
or customer experience.
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Was Rolling
20 Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021

By Fergus Kelly

I
T WAS an album with a title and cover
that were as typically attention-seeking
and suggestive as the group whose

Stones’ biggest
music it showcased. The arresting image
featured the lower trunk of a very obvi-
ously male figure in tight Levi’s jeans on
which was an actual working fly zip. Sticky
Fingers, released half a century ago today,
represented a fresh start for the Rolling
Stones and included what would become
one of their best-loved songs: Brown Sugar.
Yet what would go on not only to be the
album’s most enduring feature, but also
change the face of marketing, appeared on

hit their logo?

the LP’s inside sleeve and the record’s label:
a pair of voluptuous red lips out of which
stuck an equally bawdy tongue.
It became synonymous with Sticky
Fingers, as instantly recognisable a corporate
logo as the bitten apple on an iPhone or the
golden arches of McDonald’s, and marked
the moment the band became a brand.
When the Stones celebrated their own
50th anniversary together in 2012, the
American artist Shepard Fairey, who they
commissioned to update the image, called it:
“The most iconic, potent and enduring logo
in rock and roll history… the essence of
rebellion and sexuality that is the allure of
rock and roll at its finest.”
Yet the designer who created the original
tongue and lips was initially paid just £50 for
Introduced 50 years ago
his troubles. Since then it has generated bil-
lions of pounds for the self-styled “greatest
rock and roll band in the world”.
today on their Sticky
The release of Sticky Fingers was a pivotal
moment for the Rolling Stones, and not just
because it was their first album of the new
Fingers album, the now
decade. The group’s founder Brian Jones had
been found dead in his swimming pool two
years previously.
iconic lips and tongue
They had ditched their old label Decca
and set up their own, called Rolling Stones
Records, to give themselves greater artistic
image marked the point
control – a requirement given urgent impe-
tus by the alarming discovery they didn’t
even own their back catalogue of hits.
the band became a
Too late, they discovered that their depart-
ing manager Allen Klein (who was simulta-
neously also at the heart of The Beatles’s
brand... and helped earn
deeply acrimonious break-up) had signed
over to his company the American copyright
of their entire Sixties output, songs ranging
them millions of pounds
from Satisfaction to Jumpin’ Jack Flash.

T HEY had also just toured the UK for

the first time in five years, which
became known as the Goodbye Tour
after the Stones announced their intention
of becoming tax exiles and of moving to the
south of France immediately afterwards, a
relocation prompted by the income tax and
surtax of between 83 and 98 per cent they
were paying. From then on, they vowed,
things would be different.
While the creator of the lips was little
known, the zipper cover was the creation of
that master of pop art, Andy Warhol. He and
Jagger had met and become friends when
the band first toured the US in 1963.
The zip was pulled down to reveal an
image of a pair of white briefs, stamped in
gold with Warhol’s name.
Despite much speculation about
who was modelling the jeans in
the picture, at first believed
to be Jagger himself, the body
almost certainly belonged
to a model and actor friend
Jagger’s mouth
of Warhol’s called Joe was a big talking
Dallesandro (whose other
claim to fame is that he is
point at the time,
the “Little Joe” who fea- and often not in a
tures in the lyrics of
Lou Reed’s Walk on the complimentary
Wild Side).
The image proved far too ris-
qué for some countries.The strait-
laced
l d culture
lt andd censorship
hi off the
th
right-wing Franco regime in Spain
meant the cover was replaced
‘Mick there with what became
known as the “can of fin-
gers”: gruesome disembod-
ied digits emerging from a
treacle can.
When Sticky Fingers was
eventually released in
Russia in 1992, following
the fall of the USSR, the
way’ cover featured blue jeans on a
female model, with a zipper
and Soviet army hammer and
MEETING OF MINDS:
Andy Warhol, left with simplicity.
l India
d was very much h in fashion
f h at
Jagger, created the the time, but I thought something like that
main zipper cover for might go out of date. I just immediately
the Sticky Fingers LP picked up on the tongue and mouth.”
It helped that, as best-selling author and
broadcaster David Hepworth points out:
sickle-inscribed
i kl i ib d belt
b lt buckle.
b kl Warhol
W was paid “Mick Jagger’s mouth was a big talking point
£15,000 for the artwork (about £215,000 in at the time, often not in a complimentary
today’s money). It was an awful lot more way. So the logo was taking a characteristic
than the other artist involved with the album people objected to and blowing it up.”
would receive.
John Pasche, who will be 76 tomorrow,
John Pasche regarded it as a protest sym-
bol: “The kind of thing kids do when they
had just completed his MA at the Royal stick their tongue out at you.”
College of Art at the time, when he was rec-
ommended to Jagger.
His black and white drawing was then sent
to New York, where it underwent a redesign
The tongue and lips came from an illustra- – most crucially in its now familiar colour –
tion of the Hindu deity Kali that the singer by the Sound Packaging Corporation, a com-
had seen in a shop near his home. pany whose other creations had included the
Pasche recalled that Jagger sought, “an
image that could work on its own… like the
distinctive banana on the cover of the Velvet
Underground & Nico album.
Shell Petroleum logo. He wanted that kind of The Stones were sufficiently pleased with
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By Mark Waghorn high BMI, but low levels of fat
tissue around their midriffs, could
CARRYING just a few extra be at lower risk.
pounds in a pot belly or muffin top Dr Tiffany Powell-Wiley, of the
can trigger heart disease, even if National Institutes of Health in

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you are not overweight. Maryland, US, said: “Studies that
Research found just a little mid- have examined the relationship
dle age spread around your abdo- between abdominal fat and cardio-
men can trigger the world’s num- vascular outcomes confirm visceral
ber one killer, irrespective of your fat is a clear health hazard.”
body mass index (BMI). She added: “The timing of this

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Scientists analysed studies on
abdominal obesity and discovered
it indicates high levels of visceral
fat – which wraps around the
organs and is linked to cardiovas-
cular disease, diabetes and stroke.
Health warning... ab flab could kill
by waist-to-hip ratio, calculated by
dividing the circumference of your
waist by that of your hips
Ratios of 0.85 or more in women
and 0.9 or more in men indicate
information is important as the
obesity epidemic contributes sig-
nificantly to the global burden of
cardiovascular disease.”
The good news is you can do
something about it.

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And in a statement published in
the journal Circulation, they say
medical check-ups should always
include abdominal as well as
BMI measurements.
Abdominal obesity is measured
high levels of visceral fat.
So even people who would not
be considered overweight, could
have an increased risk of heart dis-
ease if their bellies are round.
Meanwhile, obese people with a
Cutting down on calories and
regular exercise – about 150 min-
utes a week – can burn off abdomi-
nal fat. And the most beneficial
physical activity is aerobic exer-
cise, said the US researchers.
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A BIRD’S-EYE view of Concorde on its By Tom Bevan digital shot is being sold via a block-
SURVIVORS of the final flight could be yours via a digital chain auction. Blockchain is the tech
Chernobyl nuclear auction – said to be the first of its kind. Heathrow to Filton airfield, Glos, where underpinning cryptocurrencies such as
disaster are more likely The iconic image shows the super- it was grounded on November 26, 2003. bitcoin and ethereum. It allows
to have genetic mutations sonic craft soaring over the Clifton Lewis said the innovative sale salutes information to be distributed, but not
that could lead to cancer. Suspension Bridge in Bristol. revolutions from three centuries, add- copied, meaning each piece of data has
But the problems have It has been described by broadcaster ing: “The image was about uniting engi- only one owner. Lewis’s photograph has
not been passed to their CNN as arguably “the greatest aviation neering triumphs of the 19th and 20th been “minted” as a non-fungible token
children, scientists say. photograph” of all time and shows centuries, showcasing Isambard (NFT) – transforming the digital work
The world’s worst crowds clamouring for a vantage spot. Kingdom Brunel’s suspension bridge into a verifiable asset that can be traded.
nuclear accident spewed Photographer Lewis Whyld, 43, from and the Concorde. The 24-hour sale starts when a reserve
radioactive elements London, took the shot from the skid of “Now it unites those with technologi- price of 20 ethereum (£35,000) is met.
into the atmosphere on Hot shot...Lewis Whyld a helicopter as Concorde flew from cal advances of the 21st century.” The ● To view, visit: foundation.app/whyld
April 26, 1986.
It killed up to 27,000
people – though some
experts believe even
more died – when a
reactor exploded at the
Ukrainian power plant.
Now scientists have
compared thyroid
tumours, tissue and
blood from hundreds of
survivors with those of
people not exposed.
They found victims
subjected to radiation
had more cancer-causing
double breaks in their
DNA. These are hardest
for the body to repair.
Young survivors were
the worst affected.
However, a separate
study found children
with at least one parent
exposed to radiation
from the blast did not
inherit cell mutations.

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By Alice Hughes
BRITONS will spend the
equivalent of 22 years,
one month and four days
of their life online.
A study of 2,000
adults found the typical
week will see 59 hours
spent using the internet.
This amounts to 128
days a year, or 22 years
over an adult lifetime.
The study by
NordVPN also found
that during the week, For sale...the
seven hours and 55 iconic image
minutes is spent of Concorde’s
streaming TV shows and final flight
films while three hours
and 10 minutes goes on

Spine-tingling Spitfire back over the skies

video calls and four
hours and 42 minutes
listening to music.
A further four hours
and 57 minutes a week
are dedicated to social
media, four hours and 36 A SPITFIRE was seen in all its splendour By Jo Riley
minutes on gaming while across the skies yesterday “sending shivers
online life admin takes down the spine” as it took part in training. flies at more than 100 displays and 800
up to one hour and 55 The legendary plane was practising for the flypasts.
yearly RAF Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight. Admirers get the chance to see the planes
minutes. in action as six Spitfires join two Hurricanes,
Aviation photographer Claire Hartley
Daniel Markuson, of captured pictures of the Spitfire TE311 a Lancaster, a C47 Dakota and two
NordVPN, said: “The above its RAF Coningsby base in Lincs. Chipmunks from May until October.
pandemic has changed She said: “The sight and sound of it in the Last year, two memorial aircraft took part
our online behaviour. clear blue sky made the hairs on the back of in a flypast to honour the 100th birthday of
Britons are using social my neck stand up.” Sir Captain Tom Moore.
networks, and video “I follow the flight every time but due to A Hurricane LF363 and a Spitfire MK365
platforms to fill the gap Covid restrictions this is the first time I’d completed three passes over his home in
left after their social seen them back flying this year.” The BBMF Bedfordshire. Training flight...Spitfire flying over RAF Coningsby yesterday
lives were taken away.”
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By Emily Beament
HELICOPTERS are Agony...brother Damik hugs mum Katie,
lifting hundreds of bags left. Above, Daunte’s coffin, and the choir
of stone on to England’s
highest mountain to Overcome...From
left, dad Aubrey,
repair paths and prevent Rev Sharpton,
further erosion. mum Katie,
Work is starting this sister Diamond
week on the most and Mr Crump
popular route up to the
summit of Scafell Pike in
the Lake District.
It is climbed by more
than 250,000 walkers a
year but more are
expected with the easing
of lockdown restrictions.
But pressure from
walkers and Cumbrian
weather is leading to
rapid erosion of paths,
said the National Trust.
It is hoped the work,
which includes replacing
stonework, defining the
footway and installing
drains, will protect the
area and the upland
grassland habitat and the
rare plants it supports.
Most of the work on
the six-month project is
to be carried out by
hand by a team of
rangers using materials
found on the mountain
where possible.

Tears for son shot ‘in error’ by cop

Organiser Joanne
Backshall said: “Human-
related erosion is out of
control.”

'LQHUWLPH FAMILY and friends bid farewell to a black

man shot dead by a US police officer after
By Dan Townend “Daunte was a shining light. He was
loved. He was a man in the making. He

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she mistook her gun for a Taser. attorney Ben Crump as they paid died – we can’t understand why.
Daunte Wright’s funeral was held at a tribute. Rev Sharpton said in his Why did he die the way he died?”
church in Minneapolis two weeks after he eulogy: “I don’t care how much A gospel choir sang and some

ZKDWVKHV was killed during a traffic stop.

Father-of-one Daunte, 20, was shot by
Kim Potter who has since resigned and
settlement they may be given,
you can never fill the hole in
their heart caused for no reason.
mourners wore T-shirts that
read “Justice 4 Daunte Wright”.
The killing sparked protests

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been charged with manslaughter.
His dad Aubrey, mum Katie and sister
Diamond were joined by the civil rights
“God has turned the page in
the state of Minnesota – and we
are never going back no more.”
in Minneapolis. The funeral
comes two days after Derek
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encounters. They found Yorkshire Local Councils Association July, it would be open to members to
pairs were more likely to A COMMUNITY stalwart who has and the rules are quite clear. co-opt the two councillors back.
have healthy options served his area for more than 50 years “If a member doesn’t attend meet- Other councillors have been hit by
when they sat with has been “sacked” as a councillor for ings for six months without a good the six-month rule where they had to
co-workers who failing to attend meetings on Zoom – reason, they must be disqualified. attend meetings virtually.
regularly ate well. because he does not have a computer. “If we had not disqualified the two
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journal: “People may But he was disqualified after been picking litter up every morning.” apologies and remain on parish coun- last year because he failed to
change behaviour to national rules meant that, as he had Chairman Tony Fisher said Strensall cils, but not being able to attend attend a meeting for six months via
cement a relationship. not “attended” a meeting in six with Towthorpe Parish Council had no because they could not use Zoom was video-conferencing, which sparked an
“Co-workers may months, he could no longer serve. choice but to disqualify Mr Baxter not considered a sufficient reason. angry backlash.
also give each other All council meetings have been on under national rules. He said it was “quite sad” as Mr Earlier this year, a fiery exchange
license to go for Zoom because of Covid restrictions. Another councillor, Raymond Baxter had been a parish councillor at Handforth Parish Council in
unhealthy foods or exert Mr Baxter, from Strensall, North Maher, has also been disqualified too for more than 50 years, but added: Cheshire went viral when members
pressure to make a Yorks, said: “I haven’t got a computer. because, although he does have a “We have no choice”. were disqualified for not attending
healthier choice.” There’s a playing field here and I have computer, he“doesn’t do Zoom”. Mr Mr Fisher said when normal parish meetings.

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HICKEY
BACK in the headlines courtesy of a new
romance with retired lawyer Ian Hollis, 17
years her junior, I’m reminded actress Sarah
Miles, pictured, has unseen letters from late
lover Laurence Olivier in
her attic.
After rediscovering the
“forgotten” letters in her
Sussex home – their
extramarital affair lasted
“off and on” for seven
years – the Ryan’s Daughter
star, 79, was previously
approached by an unnamed biographer
about making the contents public.
Apparently reluctant, over three decades
since Olivier’s death, Sarah’s remarked: “I’m
not sure Larry would want that.”
NOSTALGICALLY recalling Margaret
Thatcher publicising her 1980s anti-litter
campaign in Westminster’s St James’s
Park, Leader of the Commons Jacob
Rees-Mogg mischievously adds: “Actually,
litter had to be put down for her to pick up,
as there wasn’t any immediately to hand.”
PRESENTER Jonathan Dimbleby, who left
the BBC after 32 years in 2019, takes aim
at the corporation’s recent coverage of
Harry and Meghan’s “toe-curling” US
television appearance.
Highlighting the BBC News website’s
reporting of the couple’s explosive claims,
he complains in The Spectator: “There was
no hint of scepticism and no reminder that
these were unsubstantiated allegations
against unnamed individuals who would
never answer back.”
Brother of fellow broadcaster David,
Jonathan memorably had a royal scoop of
his own: it was during his 1994 TV interview
with Prince Charles that the heir to the
throne admitted to adultery with Camilla.
HOLLYWOOD actor Sir Patrick Stewart,
now backing Labour MP Tracy Brabin’s bid
to be mayor of his native West Yorkshire,
was bemused about a bizarre falling out
with former party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Labour luvvie Sir Patrick, 80, has since
recounted: “Jeremy said
‘oh you’re looking very
well’, and I made some
light-hearted riposte
along the lines of ‘you
can’t judge a book by
its cover’. For some
inexplicable reason, this
annoyed him. He shot
back ‘You know, Patrick,
you could just have said thank you instead
of making a joke out of it.’”
Stewart, pictured, added: “I couldn’t
understand how he could take offence at
such an utterly innocuous remark.”
THE late Sir Sean Connery is voted Britain’s
second best “male film star of the 21st
century” in a new much-publicised poll,
only losing to Tom Hardy.
Yet he actually retired as long ago as
2003. Explaining his decision at the time,
Connery bluntly concluded of the movie
industry: “I’m fed up with the idiots.”
DISCUSSING the days when she hosted
star-studded garden parties, Dame Esther
Rantzen remembers on her latest
podcast “a very celebrated lady” enjoying
a steamy romp with a male companion
“behind the Portaloo”.
Offering his own recollection of Esther’s
gatherings, former That’s Life! co-presenter
Adrian Mills reveals comedy favourite
Frankie Howerd insisted on chasing him
around the swimming pool.
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By Emily Retter
P
ERHAPS the writing was on the wall
when a teenage Emerald Fennell was
ordered by her exasperated teachers
to bounce a tennis ball alone during
PE lessons at upper-class boarding
school Marlborough College. Home
Oscars
may have been with the smart set in
London’s Chelsea, where family pals
included Sirs Elton John and Andrew Lloyd
Webber, and the Delevingne sisters, Poppy
and Cara, were firmly in her circle.
But despite the silver spoon, the actor,
writer and director, loved for her roles
in BBC’s Call The Midwife and Netflix’s
The Crown, was never going to be
the jolly hockey sticks type epitomised
sparkle
by Marlborough’s famous pupils such
as the Duchess of Cambridge and
Princess Eugenie.
She hated sports and would rather be read-
ing gothic horror stories.
Destined early to defy expectations, asked
by her mum at the age of seven what she
wanted to be when she grew up, the little
girl answered “actress” – but added, a little
more unpredictably: “I want to write stories
for royal
about murder.”
And it’s that dark ambition which has now
landed the game-changing 35-year-old a
place in the history books as she becomes
the first British woman ever to be
nominated for Best Director at the
Academy Awards.
The nomination also makes her, alongside
Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao who’s also in the
running, the sixth and seventh women ever
jeweller’s
to find themselves up for the Oscar. Never
have two women together appeared on the
Best Director shortlist, either.
And only one woman in all 93 previous
years has ever won, The Hurt Locker’s
Kathyrn Bigelow who beat her ex-husband
James Cameron and his behemoth Avatar
in 2010.
For Emerald, the best friend of Killing Eve
creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, it’s her debut
daughter?
self-penned feature film Promising Young
Woman starring Carey Mulligan, that could
now help her make history on Sunday.
B
UT it’s not your usual Oscar fare:
indeed Emerald is still pinching her-
self that her uncomfortable “comic
horror thriller” about rape was made at all –
let alone that it’s up for five Oscars overall,
including Emerald again for Best Original
Screenplay.
Thanks to her darkly comic film, she is the
The oldest of two daughters, Emerald’s
father is high society jeweller Theo Fennell,
first British woman EVER nominated for a
whose customers have included the
Beckhams, Madonna and friend Elton.
Her mum is author Louise Fennell, and her
Best Director Academy Award. But then,
sister Coco is a fashion designer whose
clothes have been worn by the likes of Rita despite her impeccable connections,
Ora and Daisy Lowe.
Emerald’s portrayal of Camilla in The
Crown takes us into potentially sensitive
Emerald Fennell has never played to type...
areas, her father was friends with the
Duchess of Cornwall’s rival, the late
Princess Diana.
She says she was always remain on very good terms with
fascinated by Camilla and the Duchess of York, also a
had asked her agent to loyal customer, and her for-
look out for a part play- mer dresser, Jane Andrews,
ing her. was working as a shop assis-
“She’s always struck tant at Theo’s Fulham shop
me as interesting – so when she killed boyfriend
much is written about Tommy Cressman in 2000.
her. I discovered how Apparently, she is not
funny and brilliant named after the jewel but
she is,” she explained. rather Emerald was inspired
With a nod to her by the 1930s it-girl Lady
own background, she Maud ‘Emerald’ Cunard,
added: “I’m basically who became infamous
playing a chain-smok- for encouraging her
ing posho standing in
a corner making cut- IN THE FAMILY: Emerald with her
ting remarks. So it’s not father Theo, writer mum Louise and
a stretch.” Her parents fashion designer sister Coco

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A SIMPLE blood test
could tell whether a
patient with chest pains
has had a heart attack.
Early treatment is vital
to limit damage but
current tests can be
invasive or take time.
Chinese researchers
looked for markers in
the blood that form a
“unique fingerprint” to
diagnose a heart attack.
They found small
molecules, called
metabolites, in the
blood which can identify
tell-tale markers.
Study corresponding
author Dr Xiangqing
Kong, of the First
Affiliated Hospital of
Nanjing Medical
University, said: “Such
markers could be
helpful in confirming
a heart attack in a
timely manner
when angiography
is unavailable.”
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By William Janes
DOLPHINS build
friendships and develop
rivalries – much like
humans, a study reveals.
The mammals, said to
be one of the most
intelligent animals,
create team membership
based on co-operation.
Dolphins who have
assisted each other in the
past go to their aid when
called – but the opposite
is true if they haven’t
helped, say University of
Bristol scientists.
They also respond to
friends of allies –
suggesting they
remember who is and
isn’t likely to assist them.
The findings are based
on 30 years of studying
Bottlenose dolphins in
Australia. Biologists also
used sound playback
experiments to assess
how males responded to
the calls of others in
their “alliance network”.
Study leader Dr
Stephanie King, who
published the findings in
Nature Communications,
said: “Bottlenose
dolphins form the most
complex alliances
outside humans.”
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DAME Helen Mirren says the
1970s were a “terrible time”
for women when they were
“more objectified than ever”.
The Prime Suspect star, 75,
who won a best actress Oscar
in 2007 for her performance
in hit movie The Queen,
said she was “really cross”
she had to live through the
1970s as “an adult”.
Speaking in the latest edi-
tion of Reader’s Digest, out
this week, the actress said
women were suddenly “objec-
tified” – treated as sex objects
– as soon as the Swinging
Sixties slipped away.
The star, who featured in the
controversial 1979 erotic film
Caligula, said: “The 1970s
were a terrible time for
women. It was the
worst time. We came
out of the feminist
revolution of the
60s and suddenly it
all went away.
“Women were
objectified I felt,
more than before.
“I’m actually really
cross I had to live
through the 70s as
an adult.”
Asked if she
Helen in 1970s and, inset, last year had ever had to
By Stian Alexander
dig her heels in working in the
movie industry, she admitted:
“Sometimes I had to stand my
ground in my career.
“I was always a little bit
bolshy and a bit annoying, I’m
sure, as a younger woman.”
She also said she remem-
bered her mother Kathleen
telling her she should learn
how to iron a man’s shirt.
Dame Helen said: “My
mum was once ironing a shirt
and said, ‘Come here, I’d
better teach you’.
“I said, ‘No Mum, I don’t
want to learn how to iron a
shirt, I’m not interested’, and
she replied, ‘Well believe me,
one day you’ll find your-
self ironing shirts’.
“At the time I
remember thinking,
‘I will never iron a
man’s shirt –why
should I?”
Dame Helen won
three consecutive
BAFTAs for best
actress – 1992, 1993
and 1994 – for her
role in Prime
Suspect, which
ran from 1991
to 2006.
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we are gathered
here today...
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housing estate
could not believe
their eyes when they
saw this herd of
grazing deer outside
their homes.
Alex Sarzi-Sartori,
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the window and the
deer were just right
there, chilling in the
shade, so I grabbed
my camera.”
The deer had
braved the A12 to
reach the estate in
Harold Hill, Romford,
east London, from
Dagnam Park.
However, Harold
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Surrounded By Time
Prince Philip once famously
asked Sir Tom if he gargled with
pebbles. By the sound of this
new record, he still does.
The Welsh wonder may be 80
but his 42nd studio album is
bang up to date. Tracks range
from the slow, soulful lament of
the opener, I Won’t Crumble With
You If You Fall, to the remarkable
spoken cover of Todd Snider’s
Talking Reality Television Blues.
Tom’s version of Malvina
Reynolds’s No Hole In My Head
gives the 60s’ folk song an
upbeat modern pop groove with
a seasoning of attitude, and he
makes Bob Dylan’s One More Cup
Of Coffee sound as bitter as Caffe
Nero with a twist of playfulness.
It’s quite an achievement for a
star of his vintage to sound so
The Selecter
Too Much Pressure
Forty-one years on, the
Coventry Ska band’s debut
album still has more energy
than anything in today’s charts.
Highlights include hit single
Missing Words and the
claustrophobic title track.
Pauline Black had the best voice
in the whole 2-Tone scene. The
deluxe re-issue comes with
fan-pleasing bonus tracks.
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current and yet so unforced.
Especially considering that
Jones broke into our charts and
hearts 57 years ago, making him
a contemporary of The Beatles
and the Stones.
Jones was easily the best
singer of the 60s. The miner’s
son from Pontypridd had range,
control, and charisma by the
bucketload.
Naturally, he was catnip for
mums all over the world. A
sex bomb indeed. By 1967, he
Imelda May
11 Past The Hour
A long way from Dubliner
May’s rockabilly roots maybe,
but the perfect showcase for
her rich, bluesy vocals. From
the torch song title track to
the alluring stomp of Just
One Kiss, with Noel Gallagher
as co-vocalist and Ronnie
Wood on guitar, the album
serves as a testimony to
May’s smouldering talent.
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was the biggest-earning singer
in Britain. Those who dismissed
him as “cabaret” were
wrongfooted by his late 80s
reinvention.
Tom collaborated with Art
Of Noise on Kiss, followed by
artists as diverse as New Model
Army, The Stereophonics and
Heather Small.
Tom has sold 100 million
albums but is never content to
rest on his laurels. When he
reworks the 1969 standard The
Windmills Of My Mind, he and
the album’s co-producers Ethan
Johns and Mark Woodward
take care to make it sound
hauntingly different.
After celebrating his life-long
love of gospel and blues last
decade, his search for new
audiences continues. Like album
closer Lazarus Man, Jones rises
up and never dies.
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T’S ST GEORGE’S DAY AT
THE BBC! I appreciate it’s St
George’s Day in lots of other
places as well, but what I
mean is there’s an actual
programme with that title
(apart from the “It’s” and the
exclamation mark, those are my
own) going out on BBC4 tonight
at 10pm.
I must admit that I’m slightly
surprised.
I didn’t think the feast day of
England’s patron saint was an
occasion the BBC was all that keen
to celebrate these days, now that
it’s considered rather too closely
associated with political
undesirables of a numbskully
Mike Ward
previews
tonight’s TV
persuasion. (Now that St George’s
Day is, I mean, not the BBC,
heaven forbid...)
But then last month it put
together similar programmes to
mark the feast days of Saint David
and Saint Patrick, so I guess it’s
somewhat made a rod for its
own back.
I’m assuming Saint Andrew will
get his own show as well, come
November.
And besides, these programmes
are only music compilations,
celebrating performers with close
ties to their respective nations, so
I guess the makers are on fairly safe
ground.
The Irish one, for example,
included U2, Van Morrison and The
Pogues, while the Welsh featured
the likes of Sir Tom Jones, Dame
Shirley Bassey and Baroness
Bonnie Tyler.
Lining up tonight for England is
a particularly broad range of acts,
including Sir Elton John, Maddy
Prior and Joe Strummer.
By far the oddest, though, is the
pairing of the Spice Girls with
Echo And The Bunnymen.
This song of theirs, On Top Of
The World, was recorded for the
England football team ahead of
the 1998 World Cup in France –
and, as the official anthem,
displayed a level of optimism that
any England fan older than about
12 could have told them was the
kiss of death.
“Looking like it’s going to
happen,” they sang. “Knowing that
the time is right /With pride on our
side and the passion / We’ve got
the glory in our sight...”
I believe there was even an
extended version, where Posh
Spice sang: “And don’t worry,
folks, my husband definitely won’t
get himself sent off for kicking out
at Diego Simeone in the 47th
minute against Argentina.”
Elsewhere tonight, the
penultimate part of CHURCHILL
(C5, 9pm) brings us up to 1945.
The war will soon be over, the
Nazis will have been crushed,
Hitler will be dead – and Winston
will call a general election,
confident that a grateful nation
will sweep him comfortably back
to power.
“Looking like it’s going to
happen,” he sang. “Knowing that
the time is right / With pride on our
side and the passion / We’ve got
the glory in our sight...”

PICKS OF THE DAY DID YOU KNOW? Rosie Jones began writing for The
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Olympics. She has also written for Harry Hill’s Alien
and the ugly can be members of the Fun Capsule and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
superteam at the heart of this
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catastrophic events of Batman v
Superman: Dawn Of Justice, the US
government sanctions hard-as-nails
Amanda Waller (a menacing Viola
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villains into doing its dirty work –
rogues such as hitman supreme
Deadshot (Will Smith), cannibal Killer
Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)
and the Joker’s madcap moll and
manic blonde bombshell, Harley
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the show in this yarn about the
end-of-the-world antics of the Squad’s
adversaries and their minions.

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C4, 8pm
Jimmy Doherty (left) goes
on the trail of turmeric
while visiting India and
finds himself at a wedding
ceremony where guests
are showered with the
exotic spice. Elsewhere in
tonight’s episode,
presenter Kate Quilton
finds out how much milk
goes into a bar of Drama: A Touch Of Frost, ITV, 8.30pm
chocolate, while Andi
Oliver seems to have The naked bodies of three men are found placed in
drawn the short straw as the shape of a triangle, leading Jack (Sir David Jason,
she uncovers the reason above) to suspect the work of a satanic group.
why asparagus causes Meanwhile, press baron James Callum’s plans to
some of its eaters to have make his mark on Denton are hindered by an
very pungent urine. Plus, investigation into his lover’s death in a houseboat fire
she finds out why only – and the suspicious demise of his former girlfriend
some people can smell it. may be the key to unmasking the sadistic killer.

Soap: Coronation Street,

ITV, 7.30pm
When Corey emerges
from Asha’s bedroom,
brother Aadi’s furious to
realise he stayed the
night and threatens to tell
Dev. Corey goads Aadi
telling him Asha (Tanisha
Gorey, right) has a
voracious sexual appetite
but Aadi snaps and
Travel: Trip Hazard, C4, 8.30pm punches him on the
nose. Elsewhere, Gary
Rosie Jones (above left) takes fellow comedian Jamali calls at the factory and
Maddix (above right) to Norwich. The pair learn an tells Sarah how Izzy’s
18th-century folk dance from locals who are keeping really struggling and it
the tradition of Molly dancing alive, tour the city’s would be good if she
cathedral and watch tiny trains go round and round at could return to work.
the UK’s largest indoor model attraction. The duo also Meanwhile, Fiz is horrified
taste a variety of wines at a nearby vineyard and sober when Gemma tells her
up in time to attend a blacksmithing course. Hope attacked Joseph.
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Government desperate in
a time of national crisis
WITH local elections looming
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer
picks this time to bring allegations
of sleaze regarding the early supply
of ventilators to the UK.
With people dying, the
Government was clearly desperate
to obtain them in a time of crisis
so its actions are hardly surprising.
Michael Carter,
Rickmansworth, Herts
BBC would have praised
Labour for same actions
WELL done Leo McKinstry for
exposing the BBC’s use of licence-
fee money to cover a story which
Labour is using to boost the party
and its hapless leader’s dismal poll
ratings (“How political point
scoring has led to litany of ugly
smears”, April 22).
I can only imagine how, in the
same circumstances, it would have
used leaks from its snitches to
praise a Labour government for
saving lives by cutting red tape to
buy ventilators.
Roy Daniels,
Luton, Beds
Starmer needs to sort out
his own party and policies Business hitting us hard
IF SIR Keir Starmer is serious about
wanting to be elected as our Prime trying to recoup losses
Minister he should first eradicate
the nasty smell emanating from the
roots of his own party. He should
then, Labour Party Conference
permitting, set out clearly his own
policies for the future.
Alex Dempsey,
Chalgrove, Oxon
Critics of aid cuts need to
do homework on China
I SUGGEST we send Covid
vaccinations to India for free with
the foreign aid money we would
have sent to China (“UK aid to
China slashed to £1m”, April 22).
Those opposition MPs criticising
the Government should really get
their facts right.
China is a very wealthy country
thanks to the world buying its
cheap, inferior goods. It’s the
Chinese government which is
keeping its people poor by spending
money on nuclear weapons.
Suzi White,
Taunton, Somerset
These monsters deserved
much harsher sentences
IT’S hard to imagine anything more
evil than the actions of the three
arsonists who set fire to Michelle
Pearson’s home while there were
children inside sleeping
(“‘Cowardly monsters’ get life for
arson horror”, April 22).
Four of Michelle’s children died,
and she herself died in excruciating
pain, which few of us could imagine,
while bearing the huge burden of
grief of losing her precious children.
Those responsible deserved far
more severe sentences than those
that they have received.
This is a case that makes me wish
we still had a hangman.They should
have paid with their own lives.
Jean Norfolk,
Knottingley, W Yorks
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April 23, 2021
ON THIS DAY
Letter of the day
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Boris right to
be decisive
and resolute
HERE we go again, Boris Johnson under fire
from the country’s professional moaners for
texting Sir James Dyson to try and secure 52 years ago (1969)
more ventilators at the start of the pandemic Northern Ireland Prime
Minister Terence O’Neill
(“Johnson refuses to say sorry for ‘saving delivered an ultimatum to
lives’”, April 22).
Unionist MPs over people’s
This happened when others were running right to vote, calling on them
around like headless chickens complaining
to accept or he would resign.
about the lack of PPE etc. Desperate The demand for “one man,
situations demand desperate measures.
one vote” had been one of the
I’m now waiting for some clown to criticise most powerful slogans of the
the speed and efficiency with which the civil rights movement,
vaccines have been acquired and dispensed We also hailed Robin
around the country. Knox-Johnston who became
Moaners probably prefer the EU’s three- the first sailor to perform a
speed approach: slow, dead slow and forget it. solo, non-stop
Michael Hartland, circumnavigation of the globe
Pontefract, W Yorks in his 32ft boat Suhaili.
DECISION: Prime Minister acted to try and save lives
94 years ago (1927)
Cardiff City beat Arsenal
other, not compete for superiority. stand in today’s world and how 1-0 in the FA Cup final at
The Duke has rewarded Lady much harder do we have to push Wembley – the only time
Louise for sharing his love of against the narrow-mindedness and in the tournament’s history
carriage driving. Does that really wrong-doing against us? that the trophy went to a
YOU are right to point out that non-English side.
petrol has drastically risen in price make him a feminist? Jill Baxter,
Christine Kershaw, Tywyn, Gwynedd It was also the first final
(“Return to the shops will push to be broadcast live on the
Minehead, Somerset
up inflation”, April 22). radio and the first at which
The rip-off began a while ago as Scammers never stop in the anthem Abide With Me
my fuel had been as low as 112p Police carrying Tasers is quest for your money was sung.
but has been 129p a litre for weeks. one step away from guns IF PETER Piepke (Letters, April 21), 37 years ago (1984)
We have all used more gas and
I AGREE that all frontline police thinks he has solved the problem of US Health Secretary
electricity during lockdown but the
price will still go up.
officers should have maximum
protection against criminals and
scam callers by asking them to write
to him he is living in dreamland.
Margaret Heckler announced
that a team at the National
Holidays booked last year have thugs but routinely carrying Tasers They do not go away and Cancer Institute in Maryland,
been cancelled and advertised again is one step away from guns, and constantly change phone numbers. led by Robert Gallo, had
at a higher price as commerce discovered a retrovirus (HIV)
mistakes, look at Wild West America In the last three weeks I have had
makes up its losses. It’s no wonder (Letters, April 22). 27 scam calls. The only success I responsible for causing Aids.
we suffer from inflation. By the end of 1984 there
Far better that Home Secretary have had is blocking each number
Robert Beveridge, had been 3,665 recorded
Priti Patel starts to walk the walk and asking BT to stop foreign calls. Aids deaths in the US and
Colne, Lancs and ensures that a deterrent is a Keith Lavin,
762 further cases reported
proper and meaningful deterrent. Manchester in Europe.
Being generous doesn’t Neil Harrison,
mean you are a feminist Stokesley, N Yorks Forecast bleak in hunt for BIRTHDAYS
better weather prediction
I AGREE with Virginia Blackburn
that it is charming that Prince Philip
Pervert’s light sentence Model Gigi
THE Met Office is getting a new
bequeathed his carriage and ponies is an insult to all women computer that’s costing over a
Hadid is 26.
Her younger
to Lady Louise Windsor (“Philip’s JUST how can this be allowed to billion pounds (“Computing the sister, Bella,
parting gift showed a feminist happen (“Jail reprieve for dad who climate”, April 22). is also a
touch”, April 22). took upskirt pictures of 250 This will, no doubt, enable it to model.
But one does not have to be women”, April 21)? get the weather forecast wrong Slumdog
labelled a feminist just because you This vile man had more than twice as quickly. These people can’t Millionaire
give credit where credit is due, 6,000 images of women’s private get the weather right on the day so star Dev
whether male or female. parts and underwear. I think I will continue to look to the Patel is 31.
He was one of the perceptive few How can this attract such light sky for my weather forecast. He’s a
taekwondo
who realised that for a happy life punishment? It can only encourage Graham Partington,
black belt.
partners should complement each more perversion. Where do women Liverpool British-
American
DO PEOPLE TAKE PASSWORD SECURITY SERIOUSLY ENOUGH? comedian
John Oliver
I CAN’T aware of the dangers. At SAD to say but father forgot his social is 44. He’s a
Yes believe that work we have to change No in this day and
age people are
media password the
other day and I managed
Liverpool FC
fan. US
one in 10 our password every few filmmaker
people still use their months and you can’t still unbelievably stupid to guess it at my third
Michael
name in online use a previous one, so when it comes to their attempt, as it was his Moore is 67.
passwords (“Passwords even if people wanted online passwords. dog’s name followed by
His films
‘too easy’ to guess”, to be stupid and use I know we all have to my mum’s date of birth. often criticise
April 22). their name or something have lots of different It’s not rocket science capitalism.
We have had this kind obvious, they can’t ones for all the things to take some incredibly
of thing rammed down because it has already we have to access but simple measures to TODAY’S GIGGLE
our throats for two been used before. just write them all down tackle the fraudsters. What do you call it when
decades now and Jonathan Peters, back to front and hide Alison Robinson, one cow spies on another?
everyone I know is very Liverpool them, like I do. My Newark, Notts A steak out.
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AT A GLANCE LOCKDOWN DELIVERS FOR DOMINO’S
STOCK MARKET
FTSE 100 6938.2 +42.9
FTSE 250 22364.9 +279.1

dEQWHFK,32
FTSE ALL SHARE 3965.0 +29.4
Shares Traded 6183.4 million
POPULAR SHARES ON THE RISE
AstraZeneca 7673 +53
Barclays 182¼ +1½
BT Group 154½ +1¼
Centrica 56 +½
GlaxoSmithKline 1348½ +½ THE London Stock Exchange has By Geoff Ho
Int Consolidated Airlines 200½ +6½ pulled off a massive coup after it was
Lloyds Banking Group 42 +¼ picked by tech group Alphawave IP for its the silicon intellectual property business
Marks & Spencer Group 158 +3½ upcoming £3.2billion flotation. model was invented by great British
National Grid 915 +11 The group’s IPO (initial public offer- companies like Arm and Imagination
Rolls-Royce Holdings 102¾ +3 ing), one of the largest of the year for the and where there is a deeply experienced
Royal Mail 498½ +2½ exchange, is backed by City investment semiconductor community.” BIGGER SLICE: Chain’s sales were up 18 per cent in first quarter
Saga 375½ +15½ giants BlackRock and He added: “There is
Vodafone Group 134 +1¼ Janus Henderson. a long track record in DOMINO’S saw “exceptional during the quarter while store
Whitbread 3411 +36 The pair will own the UK of investors trading” during lockdown, collections are trading at
£367million of who understand the with first quarter sales up 65 per cent of 2019 levels.
POPULAR SHARES ON THE SLIDE shares, giving them value of licencing 18.7 per cent to £371.3million. Mr Paul believes Domino’s
more than 11 per semiconductor IP.” Pizza chain CEO Dominic can hold on to its gains.
Aviva 397 -2¾
cent of the company. The Anglo-Cana- Paul said delivery orders He said: “The investments
BAE Systems 500 -26½
between December 28 and we are making give us
BP 295 -¾ Alphawave, which dian company has March 28 were particularly confidence in our ability to
HSBC Holdings 415½ -¼ makes semiconduc- been profitable since good, more than offsetting capitalise on opportunities
NatWest Group 192¼ -½ tors used in elec- FAST-GROWING: Semiconductor group it first started three lower sales from its Covid-hit which lie ahead as the nation
Royal Dutch Shell 'B' 1302½ -4¼ tronic circuits, will years ago. collection business. begins to emerge from
Sainsbury (J) 248¾ -1 use the money raised from selling shares It designs high-performance, energy- Deliveries grew 6.8 per cent lockdown restrictions.”
Standard Life Aberdeen 274 -¾ to accelerate its growth around the world. efficient semiconductors for use in 5G
Tesco 226 -1¼ It says the flotation will raise its profile and other high-speed digital communica-
Unilever

WORLD MARKETS
4131½ -8 and allow it to reward and recruit key tions infrastructure.
employees and executives. The fast-growing company says it
The LSE has traditionally lost out on enjoys profit margins of 53.9 per cent
5HQWRNLOVSDQGHPLFFOHDQXS
WALL STREET 33,814.0 ▼ -323.2
technology company flotations to Nasdaq and that since its formation, revenues RENTOKIL Initial has had a during the first quarter. Some
TOKYO 29188.2 +679.6
in New York, but recently it has seen have grown annually at 161 per cent. For sparkling pandemic thanks to £75.7million came from one-off
HONG KONG 28755.3 +133.4
success, attracting Deliveroo and cyber 2020 it had revenues of £23.6million. strong demand for its disinfec- disinfection contracts.
GERMANY 15320.5 +124.6
FRANCE 6267.3 +56.7
defence group Darktrace, which is Last year it booked contracts worth tion services. Hygiene more than offset
preparing for its own £4billion IPO. £54.1million, compared to £19.6million The pest control group said weakness at its pest control
STERLING VALUE Alphawave executive chairman John in 2019. With the rapid growth in data use that its hygiene division, which business caused by people
Dollar 1.383 -0.009 Lofton Holt said: “We are a global busi- it believes that huge growth will continue. provides hand sanitiser, soaps working from home.
Yen 149.549 -0.943 ness and proud to be taking Alphawave The IPO is being managed by Barclays, and deep-cleaning services, saw First-quarter revenues rose
Euro 1.152 -0.005 public here in the United Kingdom where JPMorgan and BMO Capital Markets. a 48.5 per cent rise in revenues 12.8 per cent to £711.3million.
DOLLAR VALUE
Dollar/Yen
Dollar/Euro
108.100
0.833
+0.0486
+0.0018 ~+HDOWK\ORRNIRU7D\ORU:LPSH\ *UHHQVLOOSDUHQWLVOLTXLGDWHG
COMMODITIES
GOLD($) 1780.60
TAYLOR Wimpey believes the hous- agreed to buy, worth £2.81billion, GREENSILL Capital’s Australian and its leadership, for authorities in
KRUGERRAND(£) 1287.24 ing market will remain buoyant. up from 10,853 worth £2.67billion parent company is to be liquidated, a Australia.
SILVER(pence) 1882.72 The house builder pointed to the 12 months ago. move that will trigger further investi- Greensill’s demise threatens the
BRENT CRUDE($) 65.11 extension of the stamp duty holiday Boss Pete Redfern called the order gations into the conduct of its execu- survival of GFG Alliance, the metals
until October, low rates, strong cus- book “healthy” and added: “The tives and its financial affairs. and energy empire of billionaire
OTHER INDICATORS tomer demand and willing lenders. UK housing market continues to be Administrator Grant Thornton Sanjeev Gupta. Greensill was the
Base rate 0.10% Taylor Wimpey’s order book has resilient and we are trading in line said it will begin a further review of main lender to GFG, which owns
Halifax mortgage rate 3.99% 10,995 homes that people have with our full-year expectations.” the collapsed British lender’s parent, Liberty Steel.
Retail Price Index +1.5% (CPI +0.7%)
House price Index +8.5%
Unemployment 1,703,000 ++ THE FTSE 100 THE FTSE 100 THE FTSE 100 ++ MARKET REPORT
52 WEEK 52 WEEK 52 WEEK CONSTRUCTION group Morgan
COMPANY CLOSE +/- HIGH LOW COMPANY CLOSE +/- HIGH LOW COMPANY CLOSE +/- HIGH LOW
Sindall was the biggest winner
3i Group.....................................1235½ +12½ 1257 735½ HSBC Holdings .......................415½# -¼ 455½ 283¼ Paddy Power Betfair .............14905 +210 16915 8808
A.B. Foods .....................................2313 +5 2494 1624 Imperial Brands..........................1487 -11 1735 1219 Pearson ..........................................794# +4 867¾ 423½ among main market shares
Admiral Group............................3190 -14 3257 2240 Informa.........................................552½ -11½ 598½ 354½ Persimmon...................................3156 +26 3210 2020 yesterday, rising just under 20 per
Anglo American......................3094# +25½ 3199½ 1354½ InterContinental Htl.................5106 +84 5312 3152 Phoenix Group .......................722¼# -8¾ 786¼ 554½
Antofagasta ..............................1805# -36 1872½ 765 Intermediate Cap.Grp .............2039 +38 2050 980½ Polymetal Intl. .........................1634½ +55½ 2050 1389½ cent to 2,235p on the back of a
Ashtead Group...........................4712 +62 4727 1803½ Intertek Group............................6138 +92 6440 4416 Prudential ..............................1491½# -1 1577½ 934½ strong trading update.
TOURIST’S POUND AstraZeneca.................................7673 +53 9320 6794 Intl Consolidated Airlines....200½ +6½ 219½ 91 Reckitt Benckiser .......................6801 +18 7960 5854
Investors clamoured for the
Aveva Group ...............................3925 +90 4102½ 2600 John David Group ...................... 923 +26½ 940¾ 476¼ Reed Elsevier ...........................1943½ +24 1961 1527½
Australia 1.74 dollar Aviva................................................397# -2¾ 420½ 229 Johnson Matthey......................3266 +79 3300 1845½ Renishaw.......................................6525 +90 6900 3182 shares after Morgan said business
BAE Systems ................................500# -26½ 541½ 397 Kingfisher....................................360½ +1½ 361½ 138 Rentokil Initial .........................507½# -4½ 571 441¼ was even stronger than it forecast
Canada 1.68 dollar Barclays ........................................182¼ +1½ 189¼ 87¾ Land Securities.........................719½ +16 725½ 489 Rightmove...................................... 619 +19¼ 683¼ 453¼
China 8.37 renminbi Barratt Development ..........779½# +9½ 794¾ 432½ Legal & General......................271¾# +¾ 296½ 178 Rio Tinto.........................................6005 +31 6480 3557 when it unveiled its 2020 results in
Czech Rep. 27.85 koruna Berkeley Grp Hldgs ..................4590 +30 4889 3902 Lloyds Banking Grp.................... 42# +¼ 44½ 24 Rolls-Royce Group ..................102¾ +3 136¾ 39 February. Its secured order book is
BHP Billiton ..............................2186½ +8 2357 1263½ London Stock Ex........................7708 +42 9910 6914 RSA Insurance Grp..................682½ 683½ 339¾
Denmark 8.17 krone BP ........................................................ 295 -¾ 365¾ 193½ M&G...............................................210½ -½ 231¾ 109 Ryl Dutch Shell ‘A’..................1363¼ -3 1583½ 900 worth £4billion, an increase of
Eurozone 1.14 euro British Amer.Tob .....................2743# +6½ 3275 2448 Melrose ......................................163½# +3½ 186¾ 83½ Ryl Dutch Shell ‘B’..................1302½ -4¼ 1518 866½ 15 per cent on last year.
British Land ................................511½ +9½ 532 322 Mondi ......................................1980½# +13 1988 1282 Sage Group ................................646½ +3½ 765½ 558½
Hong Kong 10.16 dollar
BT Group .....................................154½ +1¼ 156½ 97¾ National Grid ................................. 915 +11 991 806½ Sainsbury (J) ..............................248¾ -1 254¾ 179¼ FTSE 250 caterer SSP Group
Hungary 389.70 forint Bunzl................................................2456 +32 2603 1640 NatWest Group ......................192¼# -½ 199½ 93¼ Schroders ...................................3530# +1 3665 2534 was the second highest climber of
Israel 4.25 shekel Burberry Group..........................2068 +14 2123 1252½ Scottish Mortgage................1251½ +44½ 1415 630
Coca-Cola HBC ...........................2539 +41 2544 1755
Next .................................................8050 +140 8296 4422
SEGRO..........................................1010# +16¼ 1011½ 789½ the day, up 5.5 per cent to 328.6p.
Japan 142.97 yen Ocado .............................................2217 +46 2895 1590½
Compass Group.........................1580 +18 1607 1050½ Severn Trent.................................2447 +15 2589 2168 The highest climber from the FTSE
Mexico 26.06 peso CRH ...............................................3426# +3 3528 2268 Smith & Nephew....................1492# +26 1736 1336½
Croda International..................6850 +72 6896 4759 Smiths Group.......................1630½# +10 1643½ 1172 100 was the Scottish Mortgage
New Zealand 1.86 dollar
Norway 11.10 krone DCC ..................................................6412 +62 7204 5006 Spirax-Sarco ........................... 12285# +90 12310 8546 Investment Trust, which ended
SSE....................................................1509 +50½ 1612 1171
Poland 4.98 zloty
Diageo ........................................3316½ +88½ 3319 2440
St James’s Place...................1309½# +8 1358½ 781½
3.7 per cent higher at 1,251.5p.
DS Smith........................................413# -¾ 424½ 252¾
Russia 98.96 ruble Evraz ..............................................630¼ +12 638 239 Standard Chartered .............478¾# +4¼ 513½ 336¾ Defence giant BAE Systems was
Experian Group..........................2771 +82 3171 2258 Standard Life ...............................274# -¾ 331 204½ the biggest loser, falling 5 per cent
Saudi Arabia 4.94 riyal Ferguson ....................................9286# +74 9458 5294 Taylor Wimpey........................184¾# +1½ 191¾ 99¼
South Africa 18.97 rand Fresnillo......................................908½# -20½ 1357½ 673½ Tesco.................................................. 226 -1¼ 247¾ 202¾ to close at 499.9p.
GlaxoSmithKline ....................1348½ +½ 1742¼ 1190¾ Unilever......................................4131½ -8 4892 3733 The FTSE 100 enjoyed another
Sweden 11.15 krona United Utilities..........................967½ +10¼ 978¼ 822¾
Glencore ....................................292½# -½ 305 136½ positive day, closing 0.6 per cent
Switzerland 1.23 franc GVC Holdings..............................1665 +2 1705 664½ Vodafone Group.......................... 134 +1¼ 141 101¾
Thailand 41.04 baht Halma..............................................2615 +39 2622 2079 Weir Group ...................................1941 +26 2107 808¼ higher at 6,938.2, while the FTSE
Hargreaves Lansdown............1697 +27 1865 1348½ Whitbread.....................................3411 +36 3595 2049
Turkey 10.60 lira
Hikma ..........................................2437# -8 2695 2100 WPP Group.................................952½ +5½ 978 540¼ 250 also made gains, rising 279.1
United States 1.36 dollar points or 1.3 per cent to 22,364.9.
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52 Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021 RUGBY LEAGUE: BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE Picture: MIKE EGERTON

1962: Stirling Moss

RESCUE EFFORT: Moss is
helped out of his wreck
crashed his Lotus-Climax
at 110mph during a
THOSE WERE
Formula One race at
Goodwood. He sustained
a broken leg, broken ribs
and serious head injuries
THE DAYS
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
and did not compete 2003: Brazil striker 2019: Shane Long
again in Formula One. Ronaldo scored a scored the fastest goal in
1983: Cliff Thorburn hat-trick as Real Madrid Premier League history
recorded the first beat Manchester United after just 7.69 seconds
maximum 147 break in 4-3 at Old Trafford to as his Southampton side
the World Snooker reach the Champions drew 1-1 at Watford.
Championship, achieving League semi-finals, 6-5 2020: Eric Dier was
the feat against Terry on aggregate. charged by the FA after
Griffiths at the Crucible. 2013: Sarah Stevenson, climbing into the stand
1986: Former England GB’s most successful to confront a Tottenham
cricketer Jim Laker died, taekwondo player and supporter following their
aged 63. His record of two-time world fifth-round FA Cup exit
taking 19 wickets in one champion, announced to Norwich. The Spurs
Test – against Australia her retirement at the age midfielder was later GROUNDED: Hardaker crosses for one of
in 1956 – still stands. of 30. given a four-match ban. Wigan’s four tries against the Tigers

French polish
DON’T MISS for Warriors
THIS AMAZING OFFER WINGER’S BRACE SINKS CAS
BEVAN FRENCH stopped, Smith took
added an extra
WIGAN 22 the line on, was ankle-
dimension to Wigan’s CASTLEFORD 12 tapped just short but
impressive attacking flicked a superb pass
arsenal as Adrian By Gareth Walker inside for Hardaker to
Lam’s side maintained wasn’t quite there but finish.
their perfect start. it was good to get him Three minutes before
French made his first back on the field.” the break, the home
appearance after a Wigan led 12-8 at the side crossed again,
delayed return from break after the visitors French finishing his
Australia, with Lam opened the scoring, first from a Liam



picking him on the left Derrell Olpherts Farrell pass.
wing to retain in-form finishing a smart move The Tigers drew level
Zak Hardaker at in the right corner. again soon after the
full-back. The response from restart, with Olpherts
It worked perfectly, Wigan was impressive. scoring his second. But
with Hardaker Hastings made a break it was not long before
excelling again and from inside his own French completed his
French crossing twice. half, and after he was own double.
Sam Powell’s late
effort sealed a high-
quality win and, with Fages smokin’ on top
VALID ON half-backs Jackson
THEO FAGES pulled HUDD’FIELD 10 ST HELENS 18
ANY SPORT!
Hastings and Harry
Smith providing
the strings as
champions Saints into his path. Then
Sim ply cut o opportunities for Fages and Jonny
your voucher auntd
French and others, Lam made it four wins
from four to keep Lomax combined to
has a wealth of send in centre Mark
attacking options. hold of top spot.
take into shop The Warriors coach Fages gave Saints
the lead after five
Percival. Chris
McQueen pegged
said: “We joked in the
week about Bevan minutes, courtesy of back the lead minutes
scoring a hat-trick in Jack Welsby batting a after the restart
his first week back – he Lachlan Coote bomb before Lomax struck.

Hodgson’s magic fix HULL KR V LEEDS 6PM

ANDRE SAVELIO admits
new Hull head coach Brett
Hodgson’s ability to
improve the attitude of
HULL FC V WAKEFIELD 7.45PM
come in and change the
things he has so quickly.
“There are some strong
ASH HANDLEY wants to
follow Ryan Hall’s lead
as Leeds prepare to face
their former winger for
the first time.
Hall, now at Hull KR,

Inside tomorrow’s
players – including himself
– has taken him by
surprise.
The Black & Whites are
unbeaten this season, and
back rower Savelio said:
“It’s the stuff that you
don’t see, behavioural
things with people,
including me, that he’s
changed already. I didn’t



characters here, me
included, that at times
weren’t doing what’s best
for the team.
“I don’t want us to get
ahead of ourselves – we’ve
not been beaten but we’re
only four games in – but
he’s got us working for
each other.”
became Leeds’ fifth top
try scorer during his
12 seasons at the club.
Handley, who signed a
long-term deal at Leeds
this week, said: “Hally
was one of the best
wingers in the world. It
was great to follow in his
footsteps. I want to keep









 pushing to be better.”
think a new coach could GARETH WALKER
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FAST AND
SNOOKER: WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021 53

By Hector Nunns
MARK WILLIAMS has seen his
controversial break-off shot
WORLD OF SPORT
given the official green light
ahead of a titanic Crucible clash
against John Higgins today.
Murtagh is bowled
The pair have seven Betfred
over by milestone

FURIOUS
World Championship titles
between them – sharing some
epic battles at the iconic venue. THERE are three
things certain in this
CRICKET
Williams, 46, famously did his “I felt back to my
press conference naked after world – death, taxes
and Tim Murtagh best,” said Murtagh,
beating Higgins 18-16 in a 2018 who will be 40 in
final viewed as one of the taking County
August. “I felt in good
greatest ever matches. Championship wickets. rhythm and it was good
And Higgins, 45, has won The Middlesex to pick up a few
only one of their three classic bowler scooped wickets because
semi-finals in Sheffield. up another against Surrey
This year, Williams triggered a quartet to take it always
storm in his first-round match by his first-class means a bit
continuing with a negative tactic total to 850. more – our
employed all season. It involves
rolling off just the back cushion
BARE And thanks local rivals and
WITH to Sam Robson a quality side.
to nestle in the pack of reds – (46no) and MURTAGH “I didn’t
preventing any chance of easy ME... Robbie White know it was
openers for his opponent. Higgins and (52no), who took that many wickets, but
Three-time winner Williams Williams Middlesex to 114-3, his I enjoy testing myself
actually has the fastest average before the
2018 final, and Toby Roland-Jones’ against the best players
shot-time on tour and is one of (3-41) efforts in
which the and I’m glad to answer
the game’s great entertainers. dismissing Surrey in
The Welshman is angry other Welshman the annual question,
won, leading their first innings for ‘can I still do it?’”
players were consulted on the
row, and said: “I am the fastest
to a very 154 were not wasted. DEAN WILSON
revealing
player on tour – there are more
THE BIG PICTURE
press
important things going on in the conference
world than moaning about my
poxy break-off.”
Record seven-time world
champion Stephen Hendry,
commentating for the BBC, said:
difference between that and
other defensive shots?”
Higgins admits Williams has
Higgins said: “I’m so proud to
have come through with those
two guys.”
Racy Ron HARD TO
“I hate it. Mark has used it this
season but it is very negative.”
However WPBSA chairman
inflicted some of his most
painful defeats at the Crucible.
He said: “At this venue he’s
Williams said: “It will be
another great occasion against
John. Thirty years after we first
backfires SPLIT IT:
Parallel
bars
Jason Ferguson said last night: given me three of my biggest played and we are still RONNIE O’SULLIVAN was at the
“Asking the players for feedback ever losses; two semis and going. He is 45, I am 46 pegged back by Anthony Europeans
was certainly not a personal a final. He’s played and playing at the McGill at the Crucible. in Basle
attack on Mark Williams. unbelievable stuff worlds… it does The Rocket finished level
“He is one of the most against me. It will be not get any at 4-4 after the first
entertaining players ever, and a rolling back the years, better.” session of their best-of-25
class act. But the shot did creep and that 2018 final is frame last-16 clash.
in with other players. up there standard- O’Sullivan raced into a
BREAK WITH 4-1 lead boosted by breaks
“The rules committee chaired wise as one of the TRADITION:
by referee Jan Verhaas looked at greatest matches Williams has of 81, 105 and a superb
it and felt there was no need for here.” caused a total clearance of 138.
a rule change, and I agree. He’s Higgins, Williams stir with his But looking set to clear
done it because the standard of and Ronnie approach up for a 5-1 lead O’Sullivan, TENNIS OLYMPICS
long potting has improved so O’Sullivan all turned below, chasing
chas a
much… and what is the pro in 1992. seventh crown,
seven TOP seed Rafa Nadal TEAM GB chief
sscrewed the
scr booked his place in the Mark England says
cue ball back
cu quarter-finals of the British athletes are

Williams has iinto

n the
ggreen
ppocket while
Barcelona Open with
victory against Kei
Nishikori.
likely to have Covid-19
jabs before heading to
Tokyo for this summer’s
potting the
po Nadal won 6-0 2-6 Olympics.
pot shot at last red.
McGill roared
back, but blew a chance of
6-2 and will next take
on Britain’s Cameron
Norrie, whose
“For sure it looks
likely that the team
will be vaccinated
a first Crucible maximum
critics in 147, when missing the 13th
black on 97.
Shaun Murphy beat Mark
opponent David Goffin
retired injured.
“Kei is an amazing
beforehand,” said
England. “No athlete to
date has come forward
player so it is an to say they won’t be

break-off Davis 10-7 to set up a

second-round match
against Masters champion
Yan Bingtao.
important victory for
me,” said the Spaniard.
vaccinated or they are
anti-vaccination.”

quarrel The world No.7, who had

breaks of 93, 113 and 131,
said: “I am thrilled, there
haven’t been so many
victories this season.”
HECTOR NUNNS
1. Who recorded figures of 6-38 as India bowled England out for 112 on
the first day of the third Test in Ahmedabad?
2. Which former England defender has taken charge of
AFC Bournemouth until the end of the season?
3. Which Alfa Romeo driver is celebrating 20 years in Formula One
this season?
4. Whose 90th-minute goal gave Crystal Palace a
2-1 victory at Brighton?
5. Which runner from the Soviet Union won the
men’s 5,000m and 10,000m double at the 1956
Olympics?

Fury’s super-fight is no Josh, says Hearn 6. Which horse won the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby
and the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1989?
7. What number lies between the 5 and the 1 on a
dartboard?
A
ANTHONY
NTHO JOSHUA’S BOXING away despite a verbal the biggest fight in British
8. Which tennis player partnered John McEnroe to
£200mil
£200million super-fight By David Anderson agreement for a two-fight boxing, when all the three Wimbledon men’s doubles titles in the
agains
against Tyson Fury is deal, but promoter Hearn heavyweight belts will be Eighties?
“10 percent
“100 Fury’s camp on Sunday said: “It’s as done as it up for grabs. It may 9. What name is given to a type of competition in which each contestant
h
happening”. and says both sides are can be. It’s non-stop at happen in late July or meets all other contestants in turn?
Eddie Hearn tweaking the agreement. the moment, but it’s 100 early August so Joshua, 10. Which team did Chelsea beat in the replayed 1970 FA Cup final?
se a proposed
sent Fans are concerned how percent happening.” left, could be without 9 Round robin. 10 Leeds.
ven and date for
venue long it is taking to nail Saudi Arabia have trainer Rob McCracken, 4 Christian Benteke. 5 Vladimir Kuts. 6 Sea the Stars. 7 20. 8 Peter Fleming.
the und
the undisputed world down the details. Fury offered the biggest purse who will be with Team ANSWERS: 1 Axar Patel. 2 Jonathan Woodgate. 3 Kimi Raikkonen.
heavywe
heavyweight title clash to has threatened to walk and are nailed on to host GB at the Olympics then.
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NOWELL OR
54 Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021 RUGBY UNION: GATLAND EYES ENGLAND WING
SPORT IN BRIEF
Premier League DARTS
LEICESTER (3) ....... 3 WEST BROM (0) ... 0 PREMIER LEAGUE (Milton
Vardy 23 Keynes): R Cross (Eng) bt G
Evans 26 Durrant (Eng) 7-5; J Clayton (Wal)
Iheanacho 36 bt M van Gerwen (Ned) 7-3, N
P W D L F A Pts Aspinall (Eng) bt G Anderson (Sco)
Man City ................. 33 24 5 4 69 24 77 7-2.
Man Utd .................. 32 19 9 4 64 35 66
Leicester ................. 32 18 5 9 58 37 59 GOLF
Chelsea ................... 32 15 10 7 50 31 55 ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW

NEVER
West Ham ............... 32 16 7 9 53 42 55 ORLEANS (Avondale, Louisiana)—
Tottenham ............... 33 15 8 10 56 38 53 Early 1st Rnd scores (USA unless
Liverpool ................. 32 15 8 9 54 38 53 stated, Par 72): 62 V Hovland (Nor)
Everton ................... 31 14 7 10 43 40 49 & K Ventura (Nor), 63 C Champ &
Arsenal ................... 32 13 7 12 44 36 46 T Finau, B Horschel & S Burns, K
Leeds ...................... 32 14 4 14 50 50 46 Bradley & B Steele, M Hubbard &
Aston Villa ............... 31
Wolves .................... 32
Crystal Palace ......... 31
13
11
10
5
8
8
13
13
13
44
32
33
35
41
52
44
41
38
S Cappelen (Den), K-H Lee (Kor) &
K Stanley, 64 X Schauffele & P ONE TO
Southampton........... 32
Newcastle ............... 32
Brighton .................. 32
10
9
7
6
8
13
16
15
12
40
35
33
58
53
38
36
35
34
Cantlay, B Watson & S Scheffler,
65 M Thompson & W Gordon, D
Willett (Eng) & T Hatton (Eng).
WATCH
GRAN CANARIA LOPESAN OPEN
Jack Nowell
Burnley ................... 32 8 9 15 26 45 33
Fulham.................... 33 5 12 16 25 43 27 (Spain)—1st Rnd (Gbr & Irl unless will put
West Brom .............. 32 5 9 18 28 62 24 stated): 63 R Roussel (Fra), M his Lions
Sheff Utd................. 32 4 2 26 17 56 14 Kieffer (Ger), J Luiten (Ned), J B. credentials
CRICKET Hansen (Den), 64 W Besseling
on the line
LV= COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP (Ned), S Jamieson, R Bland, M
GROUP 1 Ford, J Suri (USA), B Evans, A Del in Bristol
Durham v Derbyshire (Emirates Riv- Rey (Spa). tonight
erside): Durham 307-4 (96 overs; D ICE HOCKEY
G Bedingham 170no, J T A Burn- ELITE LEAGUE: Coventry Blaze 5
ham 75). Sheffield Steelers 7.

Jack gets his big chance

Essex v Warwickshire (Edgbaston):
Essex 295 (89.5 overs; N L J RUGBY LEAGUE
Browne 68, P I Walter 66, R N ten Betfred Super League
Doeschate 56; O P Stone 4-89, O J HUDDERSFIELD... 10 ST HELENS.......... 18
Hannon-Dalby 4-73). Warwickshire Huddersfield—T: McQueen, McGillvary.
G: Sezer.
7-0 (4 overs).

to stake claim for Lions

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire
(New Road): Worcestershire . 305-
7 (96.0 overs; J D Libby 117, D K H
Mitchell 59).
P W L D Bt Bl Pts
Essex 2 1 0 1 3 5 32
Warwickshire 2 1 0 1 2 6 32
Worcestershire 2 0 0
Derbyshire 2 0 0 2 4 6 26
Durham 2
Nottinghamshire 2
0
0
1
1
GROUP 2
Hampshire v Gloucestershire (The
Ageas Bowl): Hampshire . 292-3
(96 overs; T P Alsop 127no, I G Hol-
land 114).
Leicestershire v Somerset (Grace
Road): Leicestershire 233 (82.4
overs; L J Hill 68). Somerset 53-3
(11.0 overs).
Surrey v Middlesex (Lord’s): Surrey
154 (55.4 overs; T J Murtagh
4-28). Middlesex 114-3 (40 overs;
R G White 52no).
P W L D Bt Bl Pts
Hampshire ........... 2
Gloucestershire ... 2
2
2
0
0
Surrey ................. 2 0 1
Somerset ............ 2 1 1
Leicestershire ..... 2 0 1
Middlesex ........... 2 0 2
GROUP 3
Lancashire v Kent (Canterbury):
Lancashire . 260-7 (96 overs; J J
Bohannon 87, D J Vilas 53) Kent.
Glamorgan v Northamptonshire
(Northampton): Glamorgan . 324-7
(96 overs; C B Cooke 107no, D L
Lloyd 65, K S Carlson 54).
Yorkshire v Sussex (Hove): York-
shire 150 (50.5 overs). Sussex
118-3 (43 overs; T J Haines 71no).
P W L D Bt Bl Pts
Sussex ................ 2 1 0
Lancashire .......... 2 1 0
Yorkshire............. 2 1 0
Kent.................... 2 0 1
Glamorgan........... 2 0 1
Northants............ 2 0 1
IPL (Mumbai): Rajasthan 177-9). R
Bangalore 181-0 (D Padikkal
101no, V Kohli 72no). Bangalore
won by 10 wicket.
1ST TEST (Kandy): Bangladesh
474-4 (155 overs; Shanto 163, Mo-
minul 127, Tamim 90) v Sri Lanka.
BASKETBALL
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP: Cheshire
Phoenix 85 Glasgow Rocks 69.
NBA: Philadelphia 113 Phoenix
116, Indiana 122 Oklahoma City
116, Cleveland 121 Chicago 105,
Washington 118 Golden State
114, Toronto 114 Brooklyn 103,
New York 137 Atlanta 127 (OT),
Houston 89 Utah 112, Dallas 127
St Helens—T: Fages, Percival, Lomax. G:
Coote (3).
WIGAN ................ 22 CASTLEFORD ...... 12
Wigan—T: Hardaker, French (2), Powell.
G: Hardaker (3).
Castleford—T: Olpherts (2). G: McShane
(2).
P W D L F A Pts
BRISTOL V EXETER 7.45PM
2 6 4 26 St Helens ......... 4 4 0 0 106 22 8
Wigan .............. 4 4 0 0 95 42 8
1 4 6 18
1 4 6 18
Catalans D ....... 3
Castleford ........ 4
3
3
0
0
0
1
91
103
44 6
60 6
By Alex Spink
Hull .................. 3 2 1 0 71 28 5
Warrington ....... 3 1 1 1 70 47 3
Leeds ............... 3 1 0 2 44 59 2 WARREN GATLAND will be
Hull K R ........... 3
Huddersfield..... 4
1
0
0
0
2
4
53
54
78 2
85 0
at Bristol tonight to watch
Leigh ............... 3 0 0 3 46 116 0 Jack Nowell start a rugby
Wakefield ......... 3
Salford ............. 3
0
0
0
0
3
3
34
16
96 0
106 0
game for the first time in six
SNOOKER months.
BETFRED WORLD CH’SHIP Less than a fortnight before
(Sheffield)—1st Rnd: S Murphy
(Eng) bt M Davis (Eng) 10-7; M
he names his squad for
Selby (Eng) bt K Maflin (Nor) 10-1. South Africa, Lions boss
TENNIS Gatland has chosen to see the
0 8 6 46
0 6 6 44
ATP BARCELONA OPEN England wing stake a late
(Spain)—Selected 3rd rnd: (1) R
1 6 5 19 Nadal (Spa) bt K Nishikori (Jpn) 6-0 claim for selection.
0 3 6 17
1 5 2 15
2-6 6-2, C Norrie (Gbr) bt (8) D Goffin Nowell has not started for
(Bel) 6-0 3-5 ret, (6) P Carreno-Busta
0 3 6 9
(Spa) bt B Zapata Miralles (Spa) 6-3 the Chiefs because of injury
6-4, (3) A Rublev (Rus) bt A since helping them complete
Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) 6-4 6-7 (4-7)
6-4, (10) F Auger-Aliassime (Can) bt
their historic Premiership- is. If anything, he could enter table by 12 points from Exeter crowning moment coming,
(7) D Shapovalov (Can) 6-2 6-3, (2) S European Cup double in a Lions tour in the best and beat the champions at ironically, in Bristol where
Tsitsipas (Gre) bt (14) A De Minaur
(Aus) 7-5 6-3.
October. But he has picked a condition he’s ever been in.” Sandy Park, Lam is wary of the Chiefs beat Racing 92 in the
crackerjack fixture to attempt The Premiership’s top-of- threat posed by his old mate. Champions Cup final.
TODAY’S DIARY to persuade Gatland that the-table clash will have “Back in our Saints days Injury to Wales fly-half
Premier League
missing England’s dismal Six Bristol director of rugby we spent a lot of time Callum Sheedy means
Nations campaign need not Pat Lam, right, and strategising and running England full-back Max Malins
Arsenal v Everton (8pm) ..........................
1 8 6 38 (Live on Sky Sports Main Event) count against him. Exeter head coach the game together,” starting at No.10 for the Bears,
1 7 6 37 Scottish League Two: Queen’s
1 4 6 34 Park v Stranraer (7.445). Exeter director of rugby Ali Hepher going said the Bears boss. who make seven changes and
1 6 5 19 BASKETBALL Rob Baxter said: “It’s down to from friends reunited “I knew then Ali had welcome back captain Steven
1 5 5 18
1 5 5 18 BBL Championship: Bristol v Warren Gatland but I think to coaches divided. a good rugby brain.” Luatua. Nowell is joined in the
Plymouth, Leicester v Glasgow,
London v Cheshire, Surrey v he’s got plenty of time. The pair won When Hepher Exeter line-up by fellow Lions
Sheffield, Worcester v Newcastle. “Where Jack’s fortunate is a European Cup started out on his hopeful Jonny Gray.
CRICKET that he’s got international together as players at coaching career he With Stuart Hogg, Sam
2nd T20 International: Zimbabwe pedigree, club pedigree at the Northampton, combining, headed to New Zealand to Simmonds, Henry Slade,
v Pakistan (Harare, 10am).
RUGBY LEAGUE
highest level and has been on as captain and fly-half learn from Lam, who was Luke Cowan-Dickie and Kyle
Betfred Super League (6pm): Hull a Lions tour before, so Warren respectively, to beat Munster running Auckland Blues. The Sinckler also on parade, there
v Wakefield (7.45), Hull K R v knows him, the character he is at Twickenham in 2000. experience he gained helped is plenty to keep Gatland
Leeds, Salford v Leigh.
RUGBY UNION
and the quality of player he Although Bristol lead the Exeter conquer Europe – the engaged.
Gallagher Premiership: Bristol v
Exeter (7.45).
Exeter .......16
P
Bristol .......16

Sale ..........16
Harlequins 16
W
13
11
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12
10
6
10
F
432
409
366
491
A
287
274
295
358
Pts
66
54
50
50
Hunter’s final hurt as Poppy earns her day
Detroit 117, San Antonio 87 Miami
107, Sacramento 128 Minnesota North’pton 16 9 0 7 8 349 306 46 ENGLAND captain Sarah By Alex Spink said: “Sarah understands she is in the best shape she
Lon Irish ...16 6 2 8 9 315 354 41 Hunter has been dropped the situation. has ever been.”
125, Portland 105 Denver 106, LA
Clippers 117 Memphis 105.
Bath..........16 8 0 8 8 362 433 40
to the bench for 67-3 win in Italy. But Red “She’s not quite at the England were denied the
Leicester ...16 8 0 8 4 336 340 38
CYCLING Wasps .......16 6 0 10 7 336 424 31 tomorrow’s Six Nations Roses boss Simon Middleton level she would want to be chance of a hat-trick of
Newcastle .16 6 0 10 2 238 298 30
TOUR OF THE ALPS—Stage 4: 1 P
Gloucester.16 4 0 12 10 347 420 26 final against France. has chosen to start Poppy and we need, which is to Grand Slams when Covid
Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 4h
39m 42s, 2 A Vlasov (Rus) Astana Worcester .16 3 0 13 7 234 426 19
Hunter, left, started Cleall at No.8 at be expected after 13 restrictions forced a
Premier Tech, 3 S Yates (Gbr) Team Guinness Pro14 Rainbow Cup
BikeExchange both at same time, (8.15): Edinburgh v Zebre, Ulster v her first Test for 13 Twickenham Stoop. months out. shortened format.
4 N Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic Connacht. months a fortnight ago, Middleton, who passes the “Poppy has a really good But victory over France
+58s. Overall: 1 S Yates (Gbr) 15h SNOOKER leading England to a captaincy to Emily Scarratt, all-round game. Physically would still be notable.
31m 48s, 2 Bilbao +58s. World Championship (Sheffield).

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Wembley glory might not
be enough to keep Kane
By Paul Brown
JONATHAN Woodgate believes it
has been too long since his winner
at Wembley sealed Tottenham’s last
trophy 13 years ago.
Woodgate’s extra-time header
clinched a surprise 2-1 victory over
favourites Chelsea in the 2008
Carling Cup final.
Spurs have won nothing since
but face defending champions
Manchester City in Sunday’s
Carabao Cup showpiece.
Now manager at Bournemouth,
Woodgate says it is time his old club
put that right.
But he fears even ending their
trophy drought might not be enough
to convince Harry Kane to stay at
the club. “They have to start
winning trophies with the stadium
they have built and the players they
have,” said Woodgate.
“They have the best striker in
England in Harry Kane. They need
VILLA COOL ON BARKLEY
ASTON VILLA have no plans to buy
Ross Barkley.
The on-loan Chelsea midfielder,e,
27, has not started for Villa
since February – even with
Jack Grealish injured.
Barkley, right, was a
substitute for an eighth
successive game in Villa’s
2-1 defeat by Manchester City.
ity
He came on but made little
impact and manager Dean Smith
FOOTBALL: CARABAO CUP FINAL
DREAM Matchwinner Woodgate
celebrates Spurs’ Carling
FINISH Cup final win in 2008
WOODGATE FEARS FOR SPURS
to start winning trophies for him.
Sooner or later they’re going to win
a trophy. Would it be enough for
Harry Kane? I’m not sure. They’ll
need more investment for Harry
Kane to stay, I’m sure of that.
“He’s been unbelievable again
this season. I’d say Spurs need to
invest to try to keep Harry Kane.”
Woodgate’s Wembley winner was
his first goal for Tottenham and
came only four matches after he
joined them in an £8million switch
from Middlesbrough.
But the 41-year-old, who was man
of the match that day, still believes it
was only possible because Michael
Dawson suffered a hamstring injury
in the build-up.
He said: “It was down to Michael’s
misfortune really. I am sure he
would have started. It’s the only
trophy I won so it’s got to be one of
By James Nursey
said: “Ross Barkley came
in on loan at the start
of the season. Frank
Lampard
L was the
manager
m at the time.
“He’s got another
two
tw years left on his
contract
contra at Chelsea and that
[buying him] has not been
discussed at all.”
DX1ST
my best moments as a player. My
son’s got my medal, along with the
man of the match trophy in his
room.
“My shirt will probably be in a
wardrobe somewhere, with all my
other shirts. I don’t have them on
parade in my house.”
His winner came early in extra-
time when Woodgate reached
Jermaine Jenas’s free-kick before
Petr Cech. His header hit the
Chelsea goalkeeper who knocked it
back off the Spurs defender and into
the net.
Woodgate recalled: “I was getting
cramp at the time. I pointed to JJ to
put it in the right area and I would
go and attack it.
“I didn’t always think [Didier]
Drogba was great at marking from
set-plays and he was marking me. I
thought if JJ put it in the right area,
Fernandinho hails Foden
FERNANDINHO has praised
Phil Foden’s star quality,
insisting he is ready to take on
the best in Europe.
The veteran midfielder
believes the young City and
England striker, left, has
improved in leaps and
bounds this season.
The Brazilian said:
“He is still young and
has a lot of things to improve,
Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021
Y
HOW THEY
LINED UP
Sunday, February 24, 2008
CHELSEA 1 (Drogba 39)
TOTTENHAM 2 (Berbatov
70 pen, Woodgate 94)
CHELSEA (4-3-3)
Cech; Belletti, Terry,
Carvalho, Bridge; Lampard,
Mikel (J Cole 98), Essien
(Ballack 88); Wright-Phillips
(Kalou 72), Drogba, Anelka
TOTTENHAM (4-4-2)
Robinson; Hutton, Woodgate,
King, Chimbonda
(Huddlestone 61); Lennon,
Jenas, Zokora, Malbranque
(Tainio 75); Keane (Kaboul
102), Berbatov
Referee: M Halsey.
Attendance: 87,660.
I would go and attack it. I know Petr
Cech punched it on to my head and
it went in.
“It was an incredible feeling. I was
just trying to run as fast as I could to
get in among the Spurs fans to
celebrate with them.”
Jose Mourinho’s sacking means
Spurs go into the game with
Woodgate’s former team-mate Ryan
Mason in the dug-out as interim
boss.
That is a role Woodgate took on at
Bournemouth before landing the
job full-time.
He said: “It’s important you stick
to your beliefs. Get your players
onside and have conversations with
them. That’s the key.
“I know he’s still a young guy but
he’s been trusted with that job until
the end of the season so he must be
good at it. It’s an incredible
opportunity for him. He’s Spurs
through and through so he’s
someone the fans can relate to also.”
By Gideon Brooks
but he is ready now. We are so
pleased and happy for him
because he has the opportunity
to show his quality every game.
“He is doing that and he is
becoming more important
because he scores goals and
makes assists.
“He helps the team in
different ways as well.”
55
FIGHTER: Lingard at West Ham
I almost quit
in lockdown
says Lingard
By Paul Brown
JESSE LINGARD has revealed
he almost walked away from
football as he battled mental
health issues during lockdown.
The Manchester United
winger has found a new lease of
life on loan at West Ham, forcing
his way back into the England
squad.
But he admits that lockdown
blues, his mother’s depression,
and his lack of game time at Old
Trafford had him thinking about
taking a break.
Speaking to YouTube talk
show Presenting, Lingard said:
“I could have easily quit in
lockdown. Not quit football
completely, just have a timeout
really. But the fight in me always
brings me back to life.
“I was going into games happy
sitting on the bench, and that’s
not me. There were some days
where I used to have a game at
8pm and we’d go to the hotel in
the afternoon, I’d sleep from two
until four, shut my curtains, and
then wake up in the dark and
you don’t get any sunlight.
“So I was advised by the
doctors, as soon as you get up in
the morning, jump out of bed,
open the curtains and even the
little things can really change
your attitude.
“I opened up to United, told
them what I was going through,
what my mum was going
through. I got my head
together.”
FOOTBALL
LATEST
● WEST HAM have joined a long list of
clubs interested in Norwich full-back
Max Aarons. The Canaries are ready to
cash in on £30million-rated Aarons to
fund a recruitment drive this summer
ahead of their return to the top flight.
● GRAHAM POTTER revealed he
came close to losing the sight in his
left eye after tripping while walking
up the stone steps leading off
Brighton beach during a day off in
preparation for his side’s game
against Sheffield United tomorrow.
● CARLISLE have activated contract
clauses which will see Jack Armer, Taylor
Charters, Josh Dixon and Joe Riley
remain with the club next season.
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A SELECT
BAND OF
COMICS
push for change while
ED SMITH’S exit brought to
an end the position of
England’s chairman of
selectors, which is a loss to
comedy if not cricket.
Smith, below, was a safe

the force is with them

pair of hands but some
predecessors were a hoot.
Ted Dexter had ‘Malcolm
Devon’ spearheading the
attack, wrote a hymn
entitled ‘Onwards Gower’s
soldiers’ and blamed the
celestial placement of Venus
for defeat by Australia.
After Ian
MAKE A Botham quit
as captain,
STAND
Tottenham
Alec Bedser
said he was
fans have going to sack
called for him anyway
their owners and Doug Insole dropped
to go after Geoff Boycott after an
the Super
League plot
unbeaten 246 against India
for slow scoring.
But you can’t top Freddie
Brown, who picked himself
for the Lord’s Ashes Test in
1953. He was 42 at the time.

RUGBY’S
WARNING
THE European football
rebellion should make
English rugby union’s
powerbrokers think twice.
Premiership clubs who
have wanted a closed shop
thought they were getting
somewhere last week.
Any deal still has to get
through the RFU Council,
and, having seen football’s
events this week, would
they want to be those who
signed the death knell of
dreams in their sport?
Remember, Exeter were in
the National Leagues.

T
he cringing apologies for rank and file have been buoyed by at these clubs is whether to push but helped to regenerate the east of
the European Super League this week’s unexpected and joyous on and try to remove those owners Manchester too. Tottenham, even
fiasco have been made
and emollient words
offered by the big six
owners – their talk is of
rebuilding bridges and trust.
They hope this will be the
end of the matter.
Short though football
supporters’ attention
spans tend to be –
trophies and shiny
new signings are
prone to work to
reset and erase – it
does not feel as
if the collective
memory card can
just be wiped in this
case.
The fan protests at
Manchester United’s
Carrington training
ground yesterday against
the Glazers show how the
Arsenal – but judge as you find, and
he has been found with his
victory for the common man. who brought shame to their though they were really just fingerprints all over the crime scene.
There is a realisation in the institutions. chancers trying to get in with the Likewise, any lingering trust
air that their small voices can, This is their moment to strike cool crowd, could be a different United fans had in the Glazer
after all, be heard. while the force is with them. story. Daniel Levy might want to operation has been traded in the
It would be naive to believe Sunday sees the Carabao Cup keep a low profile. Across London, chase for a fast buck. Nothing Joel
that it was purely fan power final at Wembley Stan Kroenke is facing a Glazer, left, says will alter that.
that sunk the ESL. The involving two of the mass protest against his The Glazers have proved
internal opposition plotters – Manchester
within the clubs – City and Tottenham. It
Their small ownership at Arsenal
ahead of tonight’s
impermeable to dissent in the past
over the millions the family have
in a few cases also sees the tentative
expressed publicly return of club fans with voices can Premier League game
against Everton.
leveraged out of the club since their
takeover 16 years ago, but this will
– from players 2,000 from each among One might imagine be a test of their skin thickness.
and management the 8,000 at the game.
hit home, as An opportunity to
be heard there would
something similar at
be It is easier to insulate yourself
against the noise when you are
did government enjoy live football again
threats of doubles as a chance to after all Anfield against John W
Henry tomorrow before
thousands of miles away and no one
can force the Americans to sell up,
intervention, but speak up. It is unlikely the Newcastle game but concerted calls for them to take
the cacophony there will be much in the way of given the sense of betrayal felt on their baseball bats home will carry.
of protest protest against Sheikh Mansour Merseyside. If anything good is to come out of
provided the from City supporters, despite the Henry was supposed to be the the demise of this grubby project of
straw that broke revulsion amongst their followers at lesser of the three evils when it self-enrichment then it might be the
the cartel’s back. their involvement in the carve-up. came to the American venture exit from the English game of some
The choice now Abu Dhabi benevolence has not capitalists who have bought into the of the rogues behind it. They will
for the supporters only transformed their football club top English football clubs – and not be missed.
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58 Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021 FOOTBALL: SUPER LEAGUE FALLOUT

IDEA WAS SO WRONG

MASTERS: Will review rules
I THOUGHT IT WAS A
JOKE, SAYS CARLO
CARLO ANCELOTTI is adamant the
European Super League was doomed
from the start because the rebel clubs
failed to listen to players, managers or
the fans.
The Everton manager has been in
ARSENAL V EVERTON 8PM
By David Maddock
a salary cap. Ancelotti said: “The
Premier League is the most
competitive league in the world, but it
can be more competitive.

League to charge at four of the sides involved in

the secret negotiations and was also
manager at Paris Saint-Germain and
“The Champions League is only
competitive from March until May. The
groups now are already decided who is

end Big Six Bayern Munich, who were both invited

to join.
The former Juventus, AC Milan,
going to be first and second. The new
format keeps the competition more
exciting from the beginning. But I

power play Real Madrid and Chelsea chief said: “I

thought it was a joke and I was sure it
was not going to happen, because,
what can I say – they were wrong.
think they can do better. The salary
cap means less money for the
managers, less money for the players.
By Matthew Dunn “These 12 clubs were wrong, full
But to try to equalise it a little bit can
be an idea.”
THE Premier League will stop, because they didn’t take Ancelotti argued that another
tighten up rules to ensure that into account the two most issue that doomed the Super
no members will be able to join important parts. League was the lack of
a European breakaway again. “One is the players and the “sporting merit”. And
Rule L9 will become the focus managers, and the other the Italian hopes to
of a general review led by chief part is the supporters. I demonstrate that
executive Richard Masters. would like to be mentality at Super
It currently says that written involved in the League rebels
permission from the board is schedule of the Arsenal tonight,
required to enter a new competition, over adding: “The sports
competition – now the international breaks. culture in Europe is
remaining 14 clubs want it to be Players have too different to America
made clear that such permission many matches and because in Europe we
will never be granted. that is why this live with the passion
Under the Premier League season there are of the result. We’re
regulations, a two-thirds unbelievable born to have
majority is needed to push injuries – there is sporting merit.
through any changes – leaving no time to rest.
“If you’re better
the Big Six one vote short of “The quality will
than another team,
being able to veto any move only improve if the
against them. The clubs who you have to win – you
players are in better
signed up to the Super League condition.” have to play the best
still appear to have broken L9 Ancelotti, right, the competition.
by entering a new competition voices of managers should “I hope to win at
without that permission. be listened to before any Arsenal with merit.”
But they may escape notion of a Super League is ARSENAL (probable): Leno; Bellerin,
Holding, Gabriel, Soares; Xhaka, Ceballos;
immediate sanction as opinion is resurrected. He agrees that Saka, Smith Rowe, Martinelli; Nketiah.
split among the other 14 clubs. the Champions League needs EVERTON (probable): Pickford;
While some feel sanctions reform, while he also thinks Holgate, Keane, Godfrey; Iwobi, Davies,
should be meted out, others feel the Premier League could be Allan, Digne; James, Calvert-Lewin,
that the loss of position with improved, and is not against Richarlison.
bodies such as the European
Clubs Association and the
fall-out with their own fans is
punishment enough.
Many clubs feel that the
biggest revenue-drivers in the
Mikel keeps his focus
Premier League will have
suffered enough if their trump
card of forming a breakaway in
future is removed through new
riding ‘roller-coaster’
FROM BACK PAGE it wrong” by signing up for
legislation. perform on the pitch. I’m used the Super League and Arsenal
to it. Since I joined it has been Supporters Trust board
PEREZ: IT’S a roller-coaster and more member Akhil Vyas told

NOT DEAD
things have happened in those
18 months than probably in
the past 20 years.
“We need to win every
Kroenke at the Zoom meeting:
“English football is clearly not
for you, you should leave.”
The Gunners director said:
It would be
FLORENTINO PEREZ has warned
that the architects behind the
European Super League will not
give up trying to get the project
game now in the
Premier League to
give us the best
possible chance to
“We asked ourselves,
what is worse: a
European Super
League or a
unfair for the
off the ground.
“The project is on standby,”
said the Real Madrid president.
“We’re going to continue working
be in Europe next
season.”
Tempers ran high
at a fans forum
European Super
League without
Arsenal? We also
asked ourselves what
players to pay
on the Super League. We’re all
together, reflecting on the future.”
A dozen clubs has been reduced
to just three – Real Madrid,
attended remotely by
Kroenke’s son, Josh, an
Arsenal director and chief
executive Vinai Venkatesham
do the fans want? The
global fan wants Arsenal
against Barcelona as often as
possible.
the price
Barcelona and Juventus – after yesterday. “English fans want to see
fans’ backlash forced nine to But Kroenke, above, insists more big matches, but you
rethink their actions. his father has no intention of also still want your cold
Perez added:“They have not selling the club while the nights in Stoke. We got it
given us a chance. We have to do
it now. We cannot wait three
board have plans for
substantial investment. He
wrong.
“It was never our intention BIG CHANCE TO OUST OWNERS
years.”
GIDEON BROOKS
admitted the Arsenal had “got to harm English football.” NEIL SQUIRES – PAGE 57

Damage has been
done.. now it’s our
job to win back
supporters’ trust
FOR all their marble halls,
busts of great managers and
tradition, Mikel Arteta admits
Arsenal’s reputation has
taken a hit.
First they pleaded poverty
– and made a grown man
dressed as a dinosaur
redundant – as their
considered response to a
pandemic before club
mascot Gunnersaurus was
reprieved.
Then Arsenal’s
powerbrokers joined a through, and all the territory
grubby cartel plotting to
make themselves richer
while three million people
worldwide succumbed to
coronavirus.
And only when a and they don’t have to
“tsunami” of public outrage
left the European Greed League
main hit
dead did majority shareholder
Stan Kroenke and chief
executive Vinai Venkatesham,
right, apologise to manager
Arteta and his players.
Gunners fans are expected to
picket tonight’s home game
with Everton and Arteta, left,
was careful not to condemn his
employers but gave a free pass
to the supporters’ anger.
“Some damage has been
done, for sure,” acknowledged
the Arsenal manager. “And now
it’s our job to try to rebuild that
FOOTBALL: SUPER LEAGUE FALLOUT
ARTETA ADMITS BACKLASH IS
BIG CHALLENGE FOR ARSENAL
By Mike Walters
trust with our supporters. It’s
been a very challenging time
and I would say it puts us on
the back foot again.
“Everything we have been
we won, it now feels like we
have gone back a bit.
“I would like everyone to
understand the players ayers
were not involved in it,
o “The level of support
be the ones paying the e wwe have around the
price for it. I don’tt
think it’s fair on them.”
Arteta was informed d come
of Arsenal’s initial
ial
subscription to the Super
League shortly before news of
the coup broke.
Much of the ridicule was
aimed towards north London,
asking how Arsenal – ninth in
the Premier League and 17
years without a title – and
Tottenham – with one trophy
this century and 60 years
without a title – belonged to a
European elite. Arteta said: “I
UNDER
FIRE...
Arsenal
fans are set
to protest
against club
owner Stan
Kroenke,
right
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didn’t have time to reflect or
evaluate it. I only found out a
little bit before it was leaked
and then everything was out of
control, the world reacted in a
unified manner before a big
tsunami killed it.
“You cannot deny our history,
and that history is attached to
results, attached to our way of
doing things and certain values
represent those in the
to rep
right
righ manner.
wworld is no
550
ccoincidence – that has
co over years and
years
yea with a lot of
people’s lives married to the
people
history of this football club.”
Arteta has accepted Kroenke
and Venkatesham’s apologies at
face value, saying: “I have to
respect their genuine intentions
to do the best for the club and
then to apologise.
“Vinai and the ownership
have the right intentions to put
the club in the best possible
position for now and the future,
Daily Express Friday, April 23, 2021
Main picture: JULIAN FINNEY
but they accept that it has had
terrible consequences and it
was a mistake.
“First of all, they are very
intelligent and professional
people and I’m sure they had
the right reasons to start
something, but clearly it wasn’t
done the right way and it was
time to step back.
“Competition, and an ability
to participate, has to be earned.
And that has to be out on the
pitch, and I will always believe
and defend that.
“The main reason why we are
here is we have the uncertainty
of winning and losing, and we
can dream. We can dream of
winning and the possibility to
be in a better place and a risk of
being in a worse place – that’s
what keeps us alive.”
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
(malaria), Alexandre Lacazette
(hamstring), David Luiz and
Kieran Tierney (both knee) will
all be absent against Everton,
while the Gunners will make a
late check on playmaker Martin
Odegaard’s fitness.
59
MESSAGE: Fans at Carrington
TRAINING
SCRAPPED
AS FANS
PROTEST
FROM BACK PAGE
regarding the club’s role in the
now doomed plans to form a
European Super League.
Solskjaer was forced to go
outside and address those fans
who had infiltrated the security
entrance, main entrance – and
even the training pitch – in a bid
to keep the peace.
The United boss was left
“disturbed” by the incident and,
following a meeting with
first-team coach Michael
Carrick, technical director
Darren Fletcher, along with
midfielder Nemanja Matic,
decided to cancel the planned
training session.
It is understood Solskjaer
feared fans might return to the
complex and was concerned
about the welfare of his stars.
On Sunday, the squad face
bitter rivals Leeds at Elland
Road, where police fear home
fans will stage a hostile protest
against United over the ESL.
Solskjaer, who was on record
as opposing the ownership in
2005, was said to have defended
Joel Glazer despite his part as a
chief architect of the ESL.
Solskjaer is understood to
have told the group Glazer
“loves the club”, which went
down badly.
Police were called to the
complex but kept their distance
as the group – who want fans to
have a 51 percent share in the
club – dispersed without further
trouble. The club confirmed they
were on site for half an hour,
leaving at 9.30am.
A planned joint march with
Liverpool fans – an initiative
between two rivals which shows
the strength of feeling – has
been cancelled on account of
the breakdown of the ESL
project on Monday.
But further protests are
planned for United’s Premier
League game against Liverpool
– who also joined the ESL
before pulling out – a week on
Sunday.
Supporters in their thousands
plan to march from the centre of
Manchester to Old Trafford
where they will stage a protest.
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A group of supporters breached
security at the Carrington training
complex yesterday morning to
protest against the Glazer family’s
ownership.
More than a dozen of them
blocked the main entrances and
held up banners saying ‘Glazers
Out’ and ‘51% MUFC’.
It came less than 24 hours
after co-owner Joel
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brewed in implement with a handle used in sports role in the 1985 American film Teen Wolf?
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bags or a mainly nocturnal flying mammal?
cupboard 7 Lasting from May-December 2015, The
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guess we meant 7 Days of the
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work out what they are? W U N D C A P N P A S B K
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theme is song titles with numbers. Solution in Monday’s the 1933 Hollywood musical Flying Down To R S W A N L A W H U N D S
Solution in Monday’s puzzle pull-out Rio? (4,7)
puzzle pull-out and the last 7 A cover version of Joni Mitchell’s song ‘This E F N I Z T O A R S H L I
one forms part of
the Mentathlon solution.
Flight Tonight’ was a 1973 hit for which
Scottish hard rock band? (8) H U A E N A B Y T B O O N
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