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400 migrants
arrive on day
Suella signs
£63m deal
FOUR hundred migrants
crossed the Channel on Monday
– the same day that Suella
Braverman signed a £63million
deal with the French govern-
ment to tackle the crisis.
The Home Secretary sealed the
pact as the number of people to
have made the treacherous journey
this month reached 2,225.
The total for 2022 so far is 42,100 – the
number coming from Albania alone has
surged to 12,000 this year.
Senior officials from ‘Britain’s FBI’
have now warned that Albanian crimi-
nals are committing ‘blatant manipula-
‘Exploit modern
slavery laws’
tion’ of the UK’s modern slavery laws.
The National Crime Agency said Alba-
nian organised crime groups are bring-
ing workers into Britain by small boat to
work in the drugs trade, such as on can-
nabis farms.
In some cases Albanians have
been ‘coached’ on how to exploit modern
slavery laws if they are arrested, officers
said. Police forces have even seen tem-
plate-style standard letters which make
almost identical claims about alleged
modern slavery abuse.
The warning indicates for the first time
the true scale of exploitation of the Gov-
ernment’s ‘National Referral Mecha-
nism’ for modern slavery claims.
Lodging a claim usually means police
investigations must stop – and claim-
ants are treated as victims rather than
perpetrators. ‘The Albanian criminal
Raab vows to launch ‘robust’
defence over bullying claims
DOMINIC Raab will ‘robustly’
defend himself against allegations of
bullying today after his chief critic
was accused of ‘sour grapes’.
The Deputy Prime Minister is braced
to be grilled over his behaviour when he
stands in for Rishi Sunak during Prime
Minister’s Questions. The former For-
eign Secretary has faced a series of anon-
ymous briefings in recent days from civil
servants unhappy about his conduct.
Former Foreign Office permanent sec-
retary Lord McDonald yesterday claimed
some officials were ‘scared’ to enter Mr
Raab’s office. But he acknowledged that
no one had ever lodged a formal com-
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community will manipulate the National
Referral Mechanism in a fairly extensive
fashion,’ said NCA intelligence manager
Steve Brocklesby.
‘If an Albanian illegal migrant is
arrested in a cannabis “grow” [farm]
then often the first thing they’ll do is
claim to be a victim of trafficking.
‘That is very different to most other
users of the National Referral Mecha-
nism. In many ways it’s blatant manipu-
lation and is something we believe is
instilled in them before they actually
arrive in the UK.’
Mr Brocklesby said ‘standard letters’
are submitted by people who claim to
have been trafficked.
‘We hear lots of stories [from police
forces] about how the letters might be
the same or the individuals concerned
are putting up stories that with a little
bit of detective work are being dis-
proved,’ he said.
‘We are convinced organised crime
groups and criminals are using the
National Referral Mechanism process
for their benefit.’
NCA deputy director Andrea Wilson
said offenders were ‘abusing’ modern
slavery laws ‘to stay in the UK to com-
mit crime’.
The NCA said the Albanian-linked
drugs trade was active across the coun-
try in cities, towns and even rural areas.
And Albanian gangs are smuggling
profits of hundreds of millions of pounds
out of the UK each year, officials went
on. Mr Brocklesby said there was a huge
‘pull factor’ for poor Albanians with ‘no
prospects’ to come to the UK in order to
work illegally or in crime.
By Jason Groves Political Editor
plaint. And two Government sources said
Lord McDonald tried to extend his con-
tract while Mr Raab was at the Foreign
Office, but the request was rejected.
An insider said: ‘It feels like sour grapes
to be raising this now.’ Labour has tried
to turn the focus on to Mr Raab following
the resignation last week of minister Sir
Gavin Williamson over bullying claims.
Mr Raab has told friends allegations
against him are untrue. Mr Sunak yes-
terday said: ‘I don’t recognise the char-
acterisation of Dominic’s behaviour.’
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Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
HE’S been splattered in slime and
was filmed squealing in mud – but it
seems love is blind for teenage fans of
Matt Hancock.
The former health secretary has set
pulses racing on social media thanks to
his appearance on I’m A Celebrity... Get
Me Out Of Here. TikTok users have
praised the West Suffolk MP, 44, as
‘cute’, ‘perfect’ and even a ‘heart-
throb’ during his stint on the ITV series.
Clips of the former Tory frontbencher
have been hits on the video-sharing app
while several accounts dedicated to
him have been set up in the last week.
One person wrote: ‘I love him bro, I
don’t know what problem people have
with him.’ Another read: ‘I feel for Matt.
They [the campmates] are all bullying
him in my eyes and it’s not right no mat-
ter what he did.’
Other comments posted below the
videos said he was ‘actually so sweet’
while another read: ‘He’s actually per-
fect, don’t care what anyone says.’
It is not the first time a politician has
caught the eye of young social media
fans. In 015, scores of teenagers cele-
brated then Labour leader Ed Miliband
with the online ‘Milifandom’ campaign.
By Katie Hind
CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS
URING the pandemic,
D
whenever Matt Hancock
would appear on TV to begin
yet another Press confer-
ence, my sister and I would
roll our eyes.
He seemed like an especially boring
politician – one who was a bit too fond
of calling for ever harsher lockdowns.
By the end of the pandemic, even my
ten-year-old niece could do a fine
impression of him.
And when he was caught breaking his
own social distancing rules in a steamy
clinch with his married lover Gina Cola-
dangelo, I confess I howled with laughter.
But that all changed last December,
when I met the ex-health secretary at a
drinks party.
A cold winter’s night, a hotel bar – and
there was Matt, so much taller than he’d
looked from behind his pandemic podium.
The natty pink tie set off his deep blue
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eyes. Under his well-cut suit, this man was
clearly buff. As a showbusiness reporter,
I’m used to going up to famous strangers
in search of a story. But as I approached
the honourable member for West Suffolk,
drink in hand, my heart was thumping. He
was a dish!
N
OW I know that I’m not alone. The
44-year-old – who had the Tory whip
withdrawn as punishment for
appearing on I’m A Celebrity... Get
Me Out Of Here – has become Britain’s
most unlikely heart-throb.
Teenagers on TikTok are in raptures over
him, in what some are calling a repeat of
the equally surprising ‘Milifandom’ that
formed a few years ago over ex-Labour
leader Ed Miliband.
Back in the bar, I introduced myself. ‘I
know who you are, Katie,’ Matt replied
smoothly. He was grinning (such lovely
white teeth!).
I blushed (so charming). Did he really
know who I was? Who knows? But he had
me. I hadn’t been this starstruck since I
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met the footballer Frank Lampard
in 2005. Matt joked about being
seen at a party – the No 10 lock-
down get-togethers were then in
the news. By then about six
months clear of high office – after
Boris Johnson had reluctantly let
him go when news of that rule-
breaking affair with Gina emerged
– he told me he was sick of hearing
about PPE.
He was extremely self-deprecat-
ing – and he could tell a brilliant,
gossipy story about a senior politi-
cian while also making it seem as if
he was interested in you.
When we discussed his crusade to
help dyslexic children – he was
diagnosed with the learning disa-
bility at the age of 18 – I was struck
by the depth of his passion.
The week before, ITV presenter
Phillip Schofield had thrown a
ealth
– meet last ye
cheap jibe at Matt when he
appeared on This Morning’s sofa.
‘Was it your dyslexia that meant
you misread social distancing
rules?’ demanded Phillip. Hundreds
complained to Ofcom as a result.
Matt was clearly still stung by
this so, in a bid to impress him, I
shared some fruity anecdotes
about Schofield that he lapped up.
We talked, just the two of us, for
90 beautiful minutes. When he left,
it was as if a light had suddenly
gone out in the room.
For days afterwards, I bored my
friends, family and colleagues
about how handsome and charm-
ing Matt Hancock was. Some of
them might have thought it was a
little strange.
But now I know that I’m one of
many. A slightly older, very classy
and distinguished colleague of
mine was equally bowled over when
she met him recently just before he
entered the jungle.
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who Matt was from reading
about him in the papers and
seeing him on the news.
But when she met him in the flesh
she immediately admired his hon-
esty, thought he was wonderfully
entertaining company – and she
too thought he was much hunkier
in the flesh.
Finally, the entire nation has real-
ised that there’s far more to
Hancock than we thought and it’s
a treat that we can see him every
night in our living rooms.
Matt, if you’re reading this, you
know where to find me.
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label him
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By Martin Beckford
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A WESTMINSTER sleaze
watchdog has been flooded with
complaints about Matt
Hancock appearing on I’m A
Celebrity – but is powerless to
reprimand him.
Parliamentary Standards Com-
missioner Kathryn Stone revealed
that ‘dozens’ of members of the
public had written to her to com-
plain about the ex-health secretary
abandoning his constituents to
appear on the series.
But she told MPs that the West
Suffolk MP had not been placed
under investigation because he has
not broken any specific part of the
Code of Conduct.
Miss Stone told the Standards
Committee yesterday: ‘My office
has in recent weeks received dozens
of complaints about Matt Han-
‘Supposed to be
fulfilling duties’
cock’s choice to appear on a reality
television programme while sitting
as a Member of Parliament – a
choice that’s resulted in him losing
the whip.
‘It raises important questions
about members’ proper activities
while they’re supposed to be fulfill-
ing their parliamentary duties and
representing their constituents.’
But asked if she could investigate
Mr Hancock, she replied: ‘No,
because it doesn’t breach a rule per
se, unless we are thinking about the
conflict between personal and pub-
lic interest, and settling that con-
flict in the interests of the public.’
It came as Rishi Sunak said he
was also ‘disappointed’ in Mr
Hancock’s decision to do the show.
The Prime Minister told reporters
at the G20 summit in Bali: ‘I think
politics at its best can and should
be actually quite noble... It is incum-
bent on all members of parliament
to do the things that earn people’s
respect and that’s serving your con-
stituents really well, making a dif-
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Now BA travellers could fly abroad Non! Fears over champagne

without even showing a passport shortage despite cost squeeze
PASSENGERS flying with British Airways
may no longer have to show a passport
before boarding international flights.
The airline is trialling new biometric
technology which requires travellers to
scan their face, ID and boarding pass
before leaving the house.
Holidaymakers will only need to show
their face to a camera once they’ve
reached the airport gate, which will ver-
ify their identity in under three seconds
and allow them on board.
A six-month pilot has been launched at
Heathrow Terminal 5 for passengers fly-
By Jim Norton
Technology Editor
ing to Malaga, Spain. BA said for the first
time customers would be able to enrol
from the ‘comfort of their own homes’
and keep their passport ‘safely in their
pocket until reaching their destination’.
David Breeze, from BA, added: ‘This is a
secure and efficient tool that makes for a
smarter and smoother airport experi-
ence, which will reduce the time it takes
us to board aircraft.’ Participants who
take part will get priority boarding.
FRENCH champagne producers are
warning of a shortage of upmarket fizz
ahead of Christmas.
Despite the worst cost of living squeeze in
50 years, producers insist that the wealthy
continue to splash out on the sparkling
wine. The claims come from Moet Hennessy,
whose brands include Veuve Clicquot, Dom
Perignon and Moet & Chandon.
Chief executive Philippe Schaus told
Bloomberg: ‘We are running out of stock on
our best champagnes. As people are com-
ing out of Covid there’s been pent-up
demand for luxury, enjoyment and travel-
ling.’ Mr Schaus said demand was so strong
by Sean Poulter
Consumer Affairs Editor
that his company was calling it the ‘roaring
20s’. Poor harvests in 2020 and 2021 are
likely to have also reduced stocks.
The claims would seem to suggest that a
slump in UK sales has been reversed. A
survey in April showed Veuve Clicquot had
lost 16.7 per cent of its value in a year. Moet
& Chandon was down 10.7 per cent and
Bollinger had fallen 16.2 per cent.
It comes as the price of champagne has
risen, with a bottle of Taittinger Brut
Reserve NV up from £36 to £39 in a year.

How does this happen?

By James Tozer

A CORONER yesterday demanded to

know how a boy of two could die from
Coroner’s call
exposure to mould in his home in one
of the richest countries on Earth.
Awaab Ishak’s parents repeatedly begged
housing officials and medical professionals
to help, a heartbreaking inquest heard.
for answers
But through a mixture of bureaucracy and
communication breakdown, nothing was done
to stop the appalling mould spreading across
the walls, floor and ceilings of their flat in Roch-
dale, Greater Manchester.
after death of
Coroner Joanne Kearsley said Awaab’s tragic
death, which came on the back of coughing fits
that lasted for up to three days, should be a
‘defining moment’ for the housing sector.
‘I’m sure I’m not alone in having thought,
boy aged two
“How does this happen?”’ she said.
‘How, in the UK in 2020, does a two-year-old
child die from exposure to mould in his home?’
The youngster’s family said they were left feel-
ing ‘absolutely worthless’.
‘We cannot tell you how many health profes-
from exposure
sionals we’ve cried in front of and Rochdale
Boroughwide Housing staff we have pleaded
to, expressing concern for the conditions our-
selves and Awaab have been living in,’ they
said. ‘We shouted out as loudly as
to mould in f lat
we could, but despite making all of
those efforts, every night we would
be coming back to the same prob-
lem.’ The death prompted calls
from campaigners for action to
tackle unhealthy conditions in
social housing and private rentals
across the country.
Meanwhile Housing Secretary
Michael Gove last night said it
‘beggars belief’ that the chief exec-

‘We shouted as
loudly as we could’
utive of Rochdale Boroughwide
Housing (RBH), Gareth Swar-
brick, was still in a job.
Awaab’s father, Faisal Abdullah,
came to the UK from Sudan as an
asylum seeker in 2015, settling into
the one-bed flat the following year.
In 2017 he began noticing ‘black
dots’ on the wall and, having never
seen mould before, asked RBH for
advice, the inquest heard.
He was advised to paint over it,
but not told to use specialist anti-
mould paint, and the problem
returned. At the start of 2018 he
was joined by his wife, Aisha
Amin, and in February that year
Awaab was born prematurely at
31 weeks.
By 2019 the mould was worsen-
ing, with Awaab suffering repeated
respiratory infections, and Mr
Abdullah applied to be rehoused.
Health visitors and midwives
wrote in support of his applica-
tion, but the inquest heard the
requests were not logged properly.
As a result, housing workers were
unaware a young child was living
Appalling: The black mould seen in the Rochdale flat
in the flat. Meanwhile, Mr Abdul-
lah had been put in touch with a
solicitor representing tenants with
damp and mould problems, and a
claim was submitted in July 2020.
The inquest heard it was RBH
policy not to conduct remedial
work on properties subject to legal
claims until solicitors had
approved it. In December 2020,
Awaab was struggling to breathe
through his nose and suffering
with a ‘continuous cough’.
On December 21, he went into
cardiac arrest and died while
being transferred to the Royal
Oldham Hospital. Fungus was
found in his blood and lungs. He
died of ‘a severe respiratory condi-
tion caused due to prolonged
exposure to mould in his home
environment’, the coroner con-
cluded, blaming poor ventilation.
Through family lawyer Kelly
Darlington of Farleys Solicitors,
Awaab’s parents said RBH needed
to ‘stop discriminating, stop being
racist, stop providing unfair treat-
ment to people coming from
abroad who are refugees or asy-
lum seekers, stop housing people
in homes you know are unfit for
human habitation’.
Mr Swarbrick said Awaab’s
death should be a ‘wake-up call
for everyone in housing, social
care and health’. He admitted the
housing association – which owns
Tragedy: Awaab
Ishak’s coughing
fits lasted up to
three days
and manages Rochdale’s former
council housing stock – failed to
‘recognise the level of risk’ of the
mould. In response to the allega-
tion of racism, he said RBH was
‘proud’ of its work with Rochdale’s
‘diverse’ communities. Danny
Meredith, Rochdale Borough
Council’s cabinet member for
housing, said Awaab and his fam-
ily had lived in ‘degrading’ condi-
tions. The Labour councillor said
the ‘appalling state of their home
and the indifferent response to
their pleas for help’ were ‘sham-
ing’ and raised ‘serious questions’
for RBH, and he too was writing
to Mr Swarbrick.
Experts have warned of a ‘dire’
problem with damp and mould
in social housing, with an age-
ing stock and soaring energy
bills causing tenants to cut back
on heating. Mr Gove’s Depart-
ment for Levelling Up, Housing
and Communities has said
upcoming legislation will ‘drive
up standards’.
 WAR IN UKRAINE
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 V1 Page 

Ukraine tensions grow as

Russian rockets kill two
after landing on Nato soil
By Mark Nicol
and James Franey

Russian missiles landed inside

nato territory yesterday – reviving
fears fighting in ukraine could spi-
ral into the worst conflict in Europe
since the second World War.
The weapons exploded on a grain
farm inside Poland after apparently
being intercepted by ukrainian air
defence systems, triggering a diplo-
matic crisis and a military response.
Two people were killed in the blast in the
rural village of Przewodow, five miles away
from the country’s border with ukraine.
Polish fighter jets were scrambled and
troops were brought in to surround the
scene. as a nato member, Poland can call
upon members of the defence alliance to
come to its aid after an armed attack.
This protection is enshrined as part of
article 5 of nato’s founding doctrine – the
Washington Treaty.
The explosions triggered an emergency
meeting of Poland’s security council,
including its prime minister and defence
minister. Footage released on social media

‘Ready to defend every

inch of territory’
last night showed a huge crater along with
overturned and damaged farm-vehicles.
uK government sources said they were
investigating the circumstances while
Poland’s neighbours expressed their deep
concern. The dramatic development came
on another day of bloodshed and destruc-
tion in ukraine, with more than 100 Rus-
sian missiles landing in major population
centres, killing three and cutting the
power supply to millions.
But these attacks were overshad-
owed last night by local reports, POLAND BELARUS RUSSIA
which were eventually confirmed
by Western security officials, of WARSAW Blast: Tractor-trailer lies overturned next to crater left by strike
Russian rockets striking Poland. at a grain-drying plant just five miles from the Ukraine border
While the missiles were most Przewodow tions shortages and fatigue. The landed on nato territory. Latvia
likely intended to land inside KYIV rockets which landed in Poland fully stands with Polish friends
ukraine, the incident will undoubt- hit by Lviv were likely intended to hit Lviv, a and condemns this crime.’
edly further raise tensions between missiles
nato officials and their UKRAINE major city in western ukraine,
which also came under shelling
Estonia’s Ministry for Foreign
affairs added: ‘Latest news from
Kremlin adversaries. yesterday. However, should nato Poland is most concerning. We are
Russia’s president Vladimir members conclude the rockets consulting closely with Poland
Putin and his foreign minister ser- Kherson were intended to hit Poland – per- Estonia is ready to defend every
gei Lavrov, who is currently MOLDOVA A haps in an attempt to halt the sup-
KEY inch of nato territory.’
attending the G20 summit in Bali, ply of military aid – the situation Last night, uK defence commen-
came under pressure last night to Russian Ukraine Odesa could get more complicated. tator Rear admiral Chris Parry
apologise for their error and the control held/regained 100 miles Last night, political leaders in said it was ‘time to station
loss of life it caused. Black Sea nato states expressed their con- advanced nato anti-air systems
The fresh bombardment of cern at Russia’s latest actions. on nato’s borders and intercept
ukraine, and the likely inadvert- prompted ukrainian president conflict could ‘grind on’ through Latvian deputy prime minister anything that looks like it would
ent attack on Poland, followed Volodymyr Zelensky to talk of the 2023. They consider the war to artis Pabriks tweeted: ‘My condo- cross those borders’.
days of celebrations in the war- ‘beginning of the end of the war’. have reached a stalemate, with lences to our Polish brothers in us state Department spokes-
torn country after the withdrawal However, Western officials offered each side cancelling out the other arms. Criminal Russian regime man Vedant Patel said yesterday
of 20,000 Russian troops from the a more sobering assessment yes- and suffering the same problems fired missiles which target not evening: ‘We will get to the bottom
Kherson region. Their withdrawal terday indicating their belief the such as heavy casualties, muni- only ukrainian civilians but also of what happened and determine
appropriate next steps.’
He said the us was not in a

Why a military response by alliance members is unlikely
NATO is highly unlikely to launch a military
response to yesterday’s strike on Poland.
But the situation could become signifi-
cantly more complicated if member states
conclude that Moscow intended to hit a
location where Western military supplies
are stored.
Nato’s principle of collective defence,
which is fundamental to the alliance, com-
mits all members to take ‘such action as it
deems necessary, including the use of
armed force’, in the event of an ‘armed
attack’ on any member.
The principle is enshrined in Article  of
the Washington Treaty and has been recog-
nised since Nato was founded in 1949.
It dictates that armed force is an option in
such a scenario but is not a response that
members would be obliged to pursue. It
would not be engaged if the missiles
entered Poland by mistake.
Poland may instead turn to Article 4 of the
treaty, which allows it to call on its fellow
members to ‘consult together’ when its
‘territorial integrity, political independence
or security’ is threatened.
It can then take action to restore security.
position last night to confirm
reports that two had been killed
but said ‘we are ready to stand
with our nato allies and partners
but we do not want to get ahead
of hypotheticals’.
Pro-Russian accounts on Twit-
ter suggested the damage was
done by ukrainian s -300 air
defence missiles rather than the
Russian rockets. But us sources
suggested their analysts were con-
fident the explosions were caused
by Russian missiles.
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Watchdog ‘fuels
Continued from Page One
of colonial value’. And it thinks that geography
should acknowledge ‘racism, classism, ableism,
homophobia and patriarchy’. Critics of the
move accused the agency of going ‘woke’ as
well as being ‘anti-white and anti-Western’.
‘It’s alarming,’ said Chris McGovern of the
Campaign for Real Education. ‘Campuses are
being ordered to go woke. This QAA enforce-
ment of anti-white and anti-Western racial
hatred and division is iniquitous. It will under-
mine racial integration in our country and
breed either resentment or self-loathing.
‘The QAA should be promoting enlighten-
ment and knowledge, not prejudice and igno-
rance.’ Last month a Daily Mail investigation
found that universities were already ‘decolonis-
undergraduates should be taught it is ‘still pre-
dominantly a white, male and Western field’.
ing’ science and vocational subjects following
pressure from activists.
The latest advice from the QAA is incorpo-
rated into 25 ‘subject benchmarks’, which cov-
ers what students should study and the stand-
Professor Dennis Hayes, of Academics for
Academic Freedom, said the advice codified
‘the politicisation of university subjects’.
He added: ‘This allows activists to push their
feel-good political ideas. Instead of teaching
Boss with a
ards they should meet.
The benchmarks include instructions on
equality, diversity and inclusion.
Biomedical students should ‘critically engage’
with how the subject has ‘contributed to and
the best that is known and thought in each
discipline they have been occupied by political
activists always defending alleged victims. The
loss to students is considerable. They are being
denied proper access to the study of subjects
rainbow icon
benefited from social injustice’ and how influ-
ential scientists might have ‘benefited from
and perpetuated misogyny, racism, homopho-
bia, ableism and other prejudices’. Economics
and therefore legacy of human knowledge.’
Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology
at Kent University, said: ‘The focus on colonial-
ism, white supremacy, and decolonisation aims
and passion
for pronouns
to encourage young people to feel
ashamed about the nation’s past and
to embrace the values promoted by
advocates of identity politics.’
Alan Smithers, professor of educa-
tion at Buckingham University, said:
‘It is deeply depressing that decolo- By Eleanor Harding
nising should have become official
policy. All subjects should be judged THE Quality Assurance Agency is
in their own terms. The QAA should led by Vicki Stott, who took over
be ensuring the quality of what uni- as chief executive last year.
versities provide, not pushing cur-
rent fads and fashions.’ She appears to have social
The new maths benchmarks were causes close to her heart and
revealed by a group of 12 professors has played a campaigning role
who branded them ‘politicised’ in a in previous jobs. She worked at
letter published online. St Hugh’s College, Oxford, where
The QAA describes itself as ‘the she was bursar and listed as an
independent body entrusted with ‘LGBT+ ally’ as part of the ‘Equal-
monitoring and advising on stand- ity and Diversity Unit’.
ards and quality in UK higher educa-
She said at the time: ‘I wanted
to be an ally because I feel pas-
‘Pushing fads sionately that we should all be
and fashions’ able to be exactly whoever we
are, no matter where we are.
‘I want our students to feel safe
tion’. It is partially funded by mem- and supported, no matter how
bership fees paid by universities, who they identify, and I want our staff
use it to provide monitoring and to feel that they are valued, no
advice on course quality.
In 2018, the Office for Students matter who they are.’
recommended the QAA should be On her Twitter profile, she is
the ‘designated quality body for open about the causes she sym-
higher education in England’. The pathises with – by displaying an
agency adopted the role, and since LGBT+ rainbow icon and declar-
then has provided the OfS with advice ing her pronouns as ‘she/her’.
about quality. She has also retweeted a
It has no powers of its own and regu- thread critical of Cecil Rhodes,
latory decisions are made by the OfS.
However, universities still view it as the 19th-century imperialist
the authority on quality. whose statue students have
A QAA spokesman said: ‘Subject tried to have removed at Oxford
benchmark statements do not man- University. Previously she
date set approaches to teaching, worked at Birmingham, Warwick
learning or assessment. and Manchester universities, fol-
‘They are created by the subject lowing experience in the com-
communities for the subject commu- mercial and charity sectors.
nities, to be used as a tool for reflec-
tion when designing new courses or
updating existing courses.
‘It’s up to the individual academics ity body.’ From March 2023, the
and their departments whether or QAA’s official role in England with
how closely they follow this guidance. the OfS is due to cease.
‘The subject benchmark statement Susan Lapworth, chief executive
activity sits within QAA’s role as a of the OfS, said: ‘The OfS sets
membership organisation and is sepa- requirements for the quality of uni-
rate from our role as designated qual- versities’ courses in England and

Subject by subject,
CLASSICS AND ANCIENT HISTORY
The Quality Assurance Agency says
courses ‘must now engage with and
explain’ the connections between the
subject and ‘imperialism, colonial-
ism, white supremacy and class divi-
sion’. Students should study the work
of ‘people from oppressed and mar-
ginalised groups’.
Teaching should include topics
such as ‘post-colonial and decolonis-
ing approaches’ and perspectives of
groups ‘dominated by empire’. Mod-
ules should also be included on disa-
bility, gender and sexuality, bringing
out diversity in ancient material.
GEOGRAPHY
The agency says concepts and tech-
niques formed through ‘colonial
enlightenment science’ contributed
to the ‘overseas expansion of British
and European empires, which was jus-
tified using narratives of white, able
and heteronormative superiority’.
It adds: ‘Racism, classism, ableism,
homophobia and patriarchy, must be
acknowledged and countered.’
HISTORY
Tutors should ‘engage closely with
work to decolonise the curriculum,
including challenging Eurocentric
conceptual frameworks and the dis-
mantling of subject practices that
perpetuate inequities’.
COMPUTING
Courses should acknowledge and
address ‘how divisions and hierarchies
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
anti-white hate’
decides if those requirements are met.
all decisions about the quality of higher
education courses are made by the ofS
and not the Qaa.
‘the ofS does not expect universities
to follow the Qaa’s benchmark state-
ments and we do not endorse or support
how to find offence
of colonial value are replicated and rein-
forced within the computing subject’.
MATHS
the Qaa says: ‘the curriculum should
present a multicultural and decolonised
view of mathematics, statistics and oper-
ational research, informed by the stu-
dent voice’.
ECONOMICS
the agency wants students to be taught
that it is ‘still predominantly a white,
male and Western field’.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Students should ‘critically engage’ with
how the field has ‘contributed to and
benefitted from social injustice’ and how
influential scientists might have ‘benefit-
ted from and perpetuated misogyny, rac-
Social
causes:
Vicki Stott
heads the
university
degrees
watchdog
the content of those documents. Should
a university regulated by the ofS choose
to use these documents it must ensure
that it continues to meet the ofS’s
requirements for course quality, freedom
of speech and academic freedom.’
Comment – Page 16
ism, homophobia, ableism and other
prejudices’.
LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND
SOCIETIES
Students should reflect on ‘historical
and contemporary forms of injustice and
inequality related to imperialism, coloni-
alism, class or gender divisions’.
PSYCHOLOGY
the Qaa says: ‘Courses are historically
based on research and theory from
homogenous white, educated, industr-
ialised, rich and democratic countries
and do not represent diverse voices and
contributions to the discipline.
‘as a consequence, curricula often priv-
ilege a narrow range of voices (for exam-
ple, white, cisgender, non-disabled).’
This will turn our
universities into
factories for
indoctrination
ritain has some of the great-
B est universities in the world.
People come from all over the
globe to study here, attracted
by our broad offer of courses,
excellent teaching, and culture in
which – at least until recently – free-
dom of speech was integral to a
lively student life.
as we know, this freedom has recently been
eroded. radical students have ‘cancelled’
certain lecturers who fail to conform to their
narrow Left-wing ideology. University
authorities have cravenly stood by or even
colluded as dedicated academics have been
hounded out of their jobs like Professor
Kathleen Stock, forced from Sussex Univer-
sity by transgender activists.
So far, however, there hasn’t been a formal
imposition of wokeness and repression. ide-
ological conformity had not yet permeated
every university lecture hall.
But now, freedom of speech and the aca-
demic rigour it supports have been dealt a
catastrophic blow with the news that the
Quality assurance agency, an unelected,
unaccountable ‘charity’ whose role is to
provide ‘quality assurance’ to higher educa-
tion providers, has incorporated
‘critical race theory’ into its recommenda-
tions to universities.
For the first time, all universities are being
advised to ‘decolonise’ their curriculums,
and include teaching on concepts such as
‘white supremacy’ in courses such as
classics.
Precious hours of teaching time will now be
taken up by the Qaa’s ‘advice’ – which will
be treated by universities as gospel – to
incorporate ‘racism, classism, ableism,
homophobia and patriarchy’ into geography,
for example, or how ‘hierarchies of colonial
value’ are reinforced in computing.
T
he Qaa advice is incorporated into 25
new ‘subject benchmarks’ and includes
new instructions on ‘equality, diversity
and inclusion’ for each subject.
in contrast with universities in totalitarian
states like China, which promote govern-
ment doctrine, our universities have always
been autonomous, free to decide on their
courses and their content.
But now they are turning into indoctrina-
tion factories, taking their cue from a central
political body: the Qaa.
Because while in theory the agency is an
independent body advising on standards
and quality in UK higher education, this
advice suggests it is totally politicised, and
determined to impose its Left-wing ideology
Page 
COMMENTARY
By Frank
Furedi
EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENT
of decolonisation on every course.
and by decolonisation it doesn’t mean
explaining how Britain gave its colonies
independence. no, it means depicting every
aspect of our past as evil and shameful.
to give such a body free hand to promote
this dubious ideology is utterly
inappropriate.
D
o biomedical scientists really need to
know all about how their subject
‘benefited from and perpetuated
misogyny, racism, homophobia,
ableism and other prejudices’ as per the
Qaa advice? What about developing the
skills, knowledge and imagination needed to
create a vaccine for a new pandemic?
People may be confused by the Qaa’s
description of itself as a quality assurance
agency for higher education – implying that
it’s like ofsted which sets education stand-
ards in schools and sends out teams of
inspectors regularly to ensure they are being
adhered to.
the Qaa is nothing like ofsted, however.
its people have no understanding of quality
in the sense ofsted does. Yet they wield inor-
dinate power because universities feel
obliged to kowtow to them – and are even
paying for the privilege.
the Qaa states that its funding comes
partly from ‘higher education providers’ –
that is, universities, whose income is derived
mainly from taxpayers and students’ tuition
fees. So students are actually paying to have
their course content diluted and polluted by
ideology masquerading as fact.
Britain is unusual in having a centralised
university system.
So, when bad ideas come along they quickly
become integrated into universities through-
out the country.
Until now, there has been no systematic
attempt to inflict this absurd ideology across
all universities. But the new advice from the
Qaa radically changes the landscape.
it would take a brave vice chancellor to
challenge its right to dictate terms to univer-
sities, but i can only hope that one does so
before it is too late.
Page  Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Hunt’s Budget
squeeze on savers
Pay soars...but prices rise faster
By Jason Groves Political Editor

MILLIONS of savers face a Budget

squeeze tomorrow when Jeremy WAGES rose at a record pace in the year By Lucy White
Hunt unveils plans to raise £54billion to September – but are still being out- Chief City Reporter
to balance the Government’s books. paced by the soaring cost of living.
Whitehall sources said tax-free allow- Regular weekly pay jumped by an which includes doctors, nurses and civil
ances for ISAs and other savings products average of 5.7 per cent, the strongest servants – went up by only 2.2 per cent.
would remain frozen, despite their value rise outside of the pandemic period Real pay, which takes into account ris-
being eaten away by high inflation. since records began in 2001, according ing prices, was 2.7 per cent down on a
The annual £20,000 ISA allowance has been to the Office for National Statistics. year earlier.
frozen since 2017 and is set to remain so until
after the next election. If it had risen in line But with inflation at a 40-year high of Unemployment rose from 3.5 per cent
with inflation it would already be £22,235. 10.1 per cent, most families are still left to 3.9 per cent, or 1.2million. The
Other tax-free savings rates will be frozen in feeling the pinch. number classed as long-term sick was
a further blow to investors, who also face the While private sector pay rose by 6.6 2.5million – up more than 465,000 on the
prospect of lower allowances and higher rates per cent, wages in the public sector – figure before the pandemic.
for both capital gains tax and dividend tax. Tough decisions: Jeremy Hunt
It comes despite growing warn-
Edward Leigh urged the Chancel- UK to be ‘a country that pays its
ings that the scale of the tax grab ‘We must not throw the baby out for Budget Responsibility, whose
risks plunging the UK into a with the bathwater and think fis- lor not to raise taxes to fund a way, that doesn’t borrow at the
forecast of the economic outlook
deeper recession that could fur- cal policy can’t be used at will dictate the size of tomorrow’s ‘larger and larger state’, adding: expense of future generations and
ther damage the public finances. Budget package. ‘Will he remember the good voters that can be trusted when it comes
all to help stabilise the economy
Economist Gerard Lyons, who going into a recession. The danger ‘We now have created a situation of Middle England, people who’ve to sound money’.
advised both Boris Johnson and where the OBR is effectively set- rarely if ever been on benefit, Speaking at the G20 summit in
Liz Truss, yesterday warned an ting the immediate stance of fiscal who’ve worked all their life for Bali, Rishi Sunak said the tough
‘austerity’ package of tax rises and ‘A country that policy. The danger is a pro-cyclical their mortgage and for their pen- package was needed to tame infla-
spending cuts was ‘not the policy policy,’ he said. sion pot and they fear that more tion. The Prime Minister acknowl-
mix that the economy needs’.
pays its way’ ‘If economic expectations are and more of them are going to be edged that the UK’s international
Mr Lyons acknowledged that poor, the finances look poor, so dragged into higher rate tax? reputation for financial prudence
Miss Truss ‘overdid it and spooked is a short-lived recession becomes austerity or tax hikes follow – but ‘Their pension pot attacked so had taken ‘a bit of a knock’ and
the markets’ with her ill-fated a far deeper one, with long- these in turn make the economy the state can get larger and larger said rising prices were ‘the number
mini-Budget in September. lasting scarring.’ and finances worse.’ and more and more spent on those one challenge we face’.
But, writing on the Conservative Mr Lyons said the Government Some Tory MPs also warned Mr on benefit.’ He added: ‘It’s important that
Home website, he insisted: risked being in thrall to the Office Hunt to limit the tax raid. Sir Mr Hunt said people wanted the we get a grip of that.’
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 V2 Page 

Who are ya... is this a red card for simulation?

Fake? The Qataris posted photos

From Sam Greenhill online of supporters from – clockwise
in Doha – ‘England, Argentina and Portugal’

and Bangladesh, countries where thou-

THeY are gleefully banging the drum
for england – but are they really Three
lions fans or paid fakes?
videos of excited supporters swarming
through Doha, capital of World Cup host
Qatar, have been posted online – prompting
questions about their authenticity.
The Gulf state has been accused of paying
hundreds of ‘fake fans’ to sing and dance in
a series of choreographed events.
in one video posted on TikTok, a happy
crowd waving england flags and a banner
proclaiming ‘it’s coming home’ march along
the seafront. But online commentators
reacted with scepticism, with some accus-
ing the Qatari authorities of paying migrant
workers to dress up. Almost identical vid-
eos show similar crowds wearing the col-
ours of Brazil, Argentina and portugal.
viewers of the england video on TikTok
channel Qatari living posted cynical
comments underneath, including one who
wrote: ‘saw them all dressed as Brazil
fans yesterday.’
several users writing comments under the
england video posted flag emojis of india
sands of workers were recruited to build
World Cup stadiums and infrastructure.
last night the ‘england fans’ were out in
force again – and insisted they were genu-
ine supporters and not being paid. A bois-
terous group singing ‘it’s coming home’
waved flags outside the team hotel.
one of the men, sharik, 37, told the Mail:
‘We are all indians from kerala state, work-
ing in Qatar. it is true we have not been to
england, but we love the england team.’
sajid, 38, said: ‘england is our passion and
the team will go all the way to the final. it’s
coming home.’

By Rebecca English
Royal Editor

THe england squad touched

down in Doha for the World
Cup last night on virgin
Lions fly in
to Qatar on
Atlantic’s gay pride plane.
Dubbed ‘rain Bow’, the jet is
decorated with a cartoon of
oscar, a man pulling a Union
Flag and wearing rainbow-
coloured trainers.
The Airbus A350 sports the reg-
istration number ‘Gv-prD’ – in a

Virgin ‘gay
nod to gay pride. The choice to
use it for the trip is seen as a clear
challenge to Qatar, where homo- Symbol:
sexuality is illegal and its treat- Oscar and
ment of the lBGT community his rainbow
has been widely condemned.
virgin said its gender-neutral trainers on
uniform policy – allowing staff to yesterday’s

wear non-traditional clothing –
would not apply on the flight to
keep them safe from trouble with
the Qatari authorities.
A virgin spokesman said: ‘The
safety and security of our people
and customers is always our top
priority. We’re proud our leading
gender-identity policy allows our
people to express themselves
through uniform choice.
‘We complete a risk assessment
on all countries we fly to, consider-
ing laws and attitudes towards the
lGBTQ+ community and expres-
sions of identity. it was recom-
mended the policy was not applied
on today’s charter flight to ensure
the safety of our people.’
england will begin their bid for
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pride’ jet
glory against iran on Monday. The
Three lions then face the UsA
next Friday before a potentially
crucial final group game against
Wales on november 29.
The england players were given
a rock-star welcome from around
200 cheering fans outside their
Qatar hotel last night.
some had waited all day and
manager Gareth southgate
Virgin flight
acknowledged them with a
clenched fist salute as the joyous
supporters screamed the names of
the stars and waved flags.
inside the souq Al Wakra hotel,
the players were greeted by the
manager accompanied by a camel
and a falcon, two symbols of Qatar.
The hotel is in a bustling, beach-
side area popular with tourists.
on Monday prince William vis-
ited the team at st George’s park,
their staffordshire training base. and communities of Wales, he has final since 1958. But it would be
As the new prince of Wales, he is been president of the english quite disingenuous for someone
already feeling the weight of
divided loyalties with both eng-
land and Wales making the finals.
Football Association since 2006
and is an openly committed fan.
A source said: ‘prince William is
who hasn’t been shy about sup-
porting england his entire life to
start changing his allegiances.’
Although he is now committed delighted and hugely proud of the World Cup special:
to promoting the people, culture Welsh team for reaching their first Sport – Pages 72-76
Page 10 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Sunak and Xi to meet

warn: Don’t go soft on
From David Churchill
at the G20 Summit in Bali Blue suede
shoes: Rishi
RISHI Sunak was accused of ‘going Sunak in
soft’ on Beijing last night as it loafers and
emerged that he will meet President traditional
Xi Jinping today to call for greater batik shirt
UK-Chinese cooperation. at summit
The Prime Minister will meet the Com- dinner
munist leader on the sidelines of the G20
summit in Bali and ask him to be part of last night
‘coordinated action’ to tackle global
issues such as climate change.
He will also say that the world’s problems
can’t be solved without having China ‘in the
room’ and that he wants a ‘frank and con-
structive relationship’ with Beijing.
But it sparked a furious backlash from Tory
MPs critical of China’s human rights record
and influence. It is the second backlash the
PM has sparked in a matter of days over his
stance on relations with Beijing.
Ahead of the summit Mr Sunak softened his
tone by branding the country a ‘challenge’
rather than a ‘threat’ to British values.
And it is in stark contrast to what he said
during the Tory leadership contest, when he
said ‘for too long’ Western leaders had ‘rolled
out the red carpet and turned a blind eye to
China’s nefarious activity and ambitions’.
It is also a shift from the hardline stance of

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his predecessor Liz Truss, who wanted to
declare China a threat to national security.
It comes after serious differences between
the UK and China over the British Govern-
ment banning tech firm Huawei from 5G
mobile phone networks amid security threats,
a crackdown in Hong Kong that has led to
refugees fleeing here, and human rights
abuses against China’s Uighur ethnic group.
Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith,
co-chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary Alli-
ance on China, said: ‘I am worried that the
present prime minister, when he meets Xi
Jinping, will be perceived as weak because it
now looks like we’re drifting into appease-
ment with China.
‘If we don’t have them down as a
strategic threat, then nothing gets are discussing at the G20 – the glo- Mr Sunak was running to be PM, propping up Putin’s fascist inva- committee, welcomed Mr Sunak’s
done on the ever-pressing threat bal economy, Ukraine, climate he said: ‘China is the biggest long- sion of Ukraine by buying his oil meeting with Mr Xi.
that they pose... in what world are change, global health – none of term threat to Britain and the and attempting to bully their She said: ‘It is important they
they not a threat to us? them can be addressed without world’s economic and national neighbours, including Taiwan. meet to prevent miscalculations.
‘They’re a threat to our values, coordinated action by the world’s security – as the Director General ‘They torture, detain and indoc- We cannot simply cut off China, we
they’re a threat to economic sta- major economies. And of course, of MI5 and Director of the FBI trinate their own people, including must work to create the space for
bility, they’re a threat to us because that includes China. have said. in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, in con- dialogue, challenge and
of their failure to cooperate with He said the PM wanted more ‘At home, they are stealing our travention of their human rights.’ cooperation.’
the World Health Organisation cooperation and a ‘frank and con- technology and infiltrating our Tory MP Alicia Kearns, chairman Today the PM meets Mr Biden.
early on and that led to Covid structive’ relationship. But when universities. And abroad, they are of the Commons foreign affairs Comment – Page 16
spreading all over the world.’
Asked last night whether he was
going soft on Beijing, Mr Sunak
referred to China as both a ‘chal-
lenge’ and ‘threat’.
He said: ‘I’m very clear that China
poses a systemic challenge to both
...but Saudi talks
our values and our interests, and it THe Prime Minister failed Mail Foreign Service
represents the single biggest state to raise the case of mur-
threat to our economic security. dered journalist Jamal tance of progress on social
‘And that’s why it’s right that we Khashoggi with Saudi reform – in particular wom-
take the steps that are necessary Crown Prince Mohammed en’s rights – in the conserva-
to protect ourselves against that.’ tive Arab state, but did not
Mr Sunak will be the first British bin Salman yesterday.
Instead, Rishi Sunak used mention the 2018 assassina-
PM to meet President Xi in person
the meeting at the G20 sum- tion of Mr Khashoggi at the
for nearly five years.
Downing Street is hoping to emu- mit to plead with the ruler to Saudi embassy in Istanbul.
late the meeting between US help bring down energy prices The CIA concluded that bin
President Joe Biden and Mr Xi on by stepping up oil production Salman ordered the killing,
Monday, where there was a thaw- in response to Russia restrict- and the UN Commissioner for
ing of relations. ing supplies. Human Rights held the state
Last night the PM’s spokesman Downing Street said that of Saudi Arabia responsible
said: ‘None of the issues that we Tricky subject: PM in a meeting with the Saudi Prince yesterday Mr Sunak raised the impor- for the ‘premeditated extraju-
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 11

as MPs E ven to the casual

observer, the body lan-
guage of China’s Presi-
dent Xi was striking:
Is Rishi set
Beijing to repeat
Standing ramrod straight
on the red carpet after a near
three-year absence from the
world stage, he awaited the
handshake of presidents and
prime ministers in the manner
of an ancient emperor receiv-

Cameron’s
ing satellite rulers.
Xi did not appear like a fellow par-
ticipant at this G20 summit in Bali,
but the host – which was the clear
intention of this stage-managed per-
formance, as he stood front and cen-
tre, underlining his status as a global
force to be reckoned with.

disastrous
Certainly there has been much to
please the Chinese apparatchiks
back home.
Particularly significant was Biden’s
clear eagerness to engage with Bei-
jing. The US President said he wanted
to ‘keep the lines of communication
open’, insisting there would be no
‘new Cold war’. Healthy ‘competition’

naivety over
between the two nations should not
become ‘conflict,’ he insisted.
Our own Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,
meanwhile, employed a similar form of
softly-softly diplomacy – and one that
differed sharply from the rhetoric he
deployed during the Conservative
leadership contest this summer. Then
he declared China to be ‘the biggest

Tense: Mr Sunak and Sergei Lavrov, circled, opposite
PM goes eye-to-eye
China?
long-term threat to Britain and the
world’s economic and national secu-
rity’ – which is exactly what our secu-
rity services would tell you.
Yesterday, in a notable climbdown,
Sunak corrected himself: he now pre-
fers to view the country as a ‘systemic
challenge’. It was a nuanced linguis-
tic change but a seismic one nonethe-
lost in the West, the world has all but
less, and one that should be a cause
of great alarm.
For this is not the first time our
COMMENTARY averted its eyes from Xi and his hide-
ous regime – which, by the way, is
leaders have been guilty of cosying up busy aggressively expanding its own
to this slippery despot. military force.
Turn the clock back a decade, and By Mark Right now, at least for Sunak and
Biden, it seems that taking on another
the then Prime Minister David Cam-
eron and his slick Chancellor George
Osborne were virtually bending over
Almond international enemy – particularly a
superpower like China – would feel
backwards to oil the wheels of Brit- too much to handle. But that is sim-
ish-Chinese relations. ply not good enough. If our proxy war
the even greater issue of China’s with Putin has illustrated anything it
The consequences of this ‘golden threat to our national security. Today
era’ of co-operation – the phrase used is that we cannot risk appeasing
– partly thanks to Cameron and another global agitator.
repeatedly by Osborne during a five-
day trip to China in 2015 – are still
Osborne’s spectacularly naive era of
appeasement – our dependence on

W
being felt to this day. China is visible across all of society.
Back then, the two men in no 10 and

with Putin’s stooge 11 were relentlessly committed to

RUSSIA’S representative at
promoting ever closer links with the
Communist superstate.
Be it in our homes, our schools, our
cars, hospitals, our CCTv systems,
our telecoms networks or workplaces
– so many of the gadgets we use in our
e have to make a stand on
Chinese belligerence and
opportunism, and ensure
there are certain lines – such
From David Churchill daily lives are built by China or made as Xi’s designs on Taiwan – that can-

the G20 summit was stared
down by Rishi Sunak yes-
terday as the Prime Minis-
ter attacked Vladimir Putin
for not turning up.
Mr Sunak glared at Rus-
sian foreign affairs minis-
ter Sergei Lavrov as the
gathering began officially.
He said: ‘It is notable that
Putin didn’t feel able to
join us here. Maybe if he
had, we could get on with
sorting things out.
‘Because the single big-
gest difference that any-
one could make is for Rus-
sia to get out of Ukraine
and end this barbaric war.’
In a bizarre response, Lav-
rov asked how England
would feel if its language
was banned in Ireland. ‘It
didn’t make a huge amount
of sense,’ an insider said.
Earlier, President Volody-
myr Zelensky appeared via
video link and said he was
glad to be addressing the
‘G19’ – refusing to recog-
nise Russia as a member.
S
O much so that, a month after
Osborne’s visit, the favour was
returned and President Xi was
given the full red carpet treat-
ment on a state visit to the UK.
He was treated to a ride down the
Mall in an ornate carriage, a 103-gun
salute, an address to the Houses of
Parliament and a white-tie royal ban-
quet at Buckingham Palace, where he
notably eschewed the traditional tail-
coat to sport instead an elegantly tai-
lored ‘Mao Suit’, so named after the
style favoured by his brutal predeces-
sor Mao Zedong.
It was a stark – and deliberate –
reminder of Xi’s true intentions: he
serves himself and himself only.
Rishi Sunak would do well to
remember that today. For Xi may be
with Chinese components
and technology.
The Huawei debacle – which saw
the tech company’s contract to build
the UK’s superfast 5G network
scrapped over security concerns only
after construction had begun on Brit-
ish soil – represented an embarrass-
ing and belated attempt to row back
on this deep-set mission creep.
And it’s not just infrastructure;
Britain is now built on Chinese
money too.
Many of our top universities have
become fat on generous donations
from individuals with links to the
nation’s Communist Party, while fees
from an influx of rich Chinese stu-
dents have rocketed.
Recently expressed concerns over
the theft of intellectual property by
not be crossed.
Because appeasement will lead Xi
to think we are weak which, in turn,
could lead him to provoke a war with
the West.
And if you thought the inflationary
impact on the West of the conflict in
Ukraine was bad due to our reliance
on Russian energy, war with China
would be in a different
league altogether. Our economy and
our very way of life is so inextricably
linked to China that we simply
wouldn’t be able to shut Xi out. This
may all sound like paranoia, but we
need to be realistic – and cautious.
Western leaders, including the PM,
have to walk a diplomatic tightrope.
Certainly, we cannot afford to fall out
with China – and nor should we be
afraid to maintain an open dialogue.

avoid Khashoggi
dicial execution’ of Mr
Khashoggi, who was a critic
of its monarchy.
However, the Crown Prince
– known as MBS – denies
prior knowledge of the plot,
and eight unnamed people
have been jailed in Saudi Ara-
bia in relation to the murder.
A Downing Street spokes-
man said the pair ‘discussed
the importance of continued
UK-Saudi cooperation in the
face of regional security
threats and international
economic instability.’ They
added: ‘In light of the global
increase in energy prices
sparked by Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine, the Prime Minis-
ter said he hoped the UK and
Saudi Arabia could continue
to work together to stabilise
energy markets.
‘The PM welcomed the
strong trade relations and
defence and security collabo-
ration between our two coun-
tries, and the leaders commit-
ted to look for opportunities
to deepen investment ties in
strategic industries.’
sporting a more traditional business
suit as he smiles and shakes hands at
the G20 summit, but he is still the
same old tyrant.
On home turf, he presides over the
ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims
and other minority groups in the
northwest province of Xinjiang.
Meanwhile, debate intensifies as to
whether he is preparing to invade
Taiwan – which he views as an inal-
ienable part of China, despite the
wishes of the island’s democratically-
elected government.
nor must we forget his blatant lies
about the origins of Covid, and the
recent brutal oppression of Chinese
citizens in a bid to eliminate the virus
his state scientists most likely acci-
dentally unleashed. And then there’s
China from our universities’ research
departments have come too little,
too late. All of this speaks to the
great shift of modern geopolitics in
recent decades that has seen China
come out on top.
In just 20 years, China’s share of glo-
bal trade has ballooned. Since 2000 it
has overtaken all of France, Germany,
Japan and Britain to become the sec-
ond largest economy in the world
after the US. Things have never
looked better for President Xi.
After all, while the current cost of
living crisis bites for the West, Putin’s
barbaric war in Ukraine is only boost-
ing China’s position as a
global power. not only is Russia now
selling more gas and oil on the cheap
to China to replace the markets it has
Indeed, danger lies in not talking
to Xi.
But that doesn’t mean the answer is
allowing yourself to be lulled into
some kind of ‘special bond’, in the
style of Cameron and Osborne.
Many will rightly be concerned over
whether Sunak – at heart a ‘Davos’
man accustomed to an international
platform of schmoozing and deal-
making based on mutual benefit – can
truly understand the ruthless lengths
the Chinese Communist Party is pre-
pared to go to achieve its goals.
For all the perceived pleasantries,
Xi’s China is a dictatorship which will
stop at nothing for control. Sunak
ignores that at his peril.
Mark Almond is director of the
Crisis Research Institute, Oxford
Page 12
By Sophie Huskisson
Health Correspondent
HEALTH unions have accused
the Health Secretary of ‘gas-
lighting’ and wasting their time
during crunch talks to avert
unprecedented pay strikes.
It came as it was revealed the
NHS could be so overstretched
that staff will have to break rules
to treat patients.
Yesterday Steve Barclay met six
NHS unions amid fears more than
half their members could strike.
But hopes of avoiding a crisis
appeared to be fading after a
union source branded the talks
with the Health Secretary a ‘waste
of time’.
The source told the Daily Mail
that Mr Barclay had got together
‘a load of unions, with members
who are so concerned about pay
that they want to take strike
action, refused to talk about pay,
and then turned the tables to talk
about patient care.
‘Someone said to me that it was
a pretty impressive bit of gaslight-
Minister accused of
‘gaslighting’ in strike
meeting with nurses
ing. If he’s not going to talk about
pay then we’re not going to get
very far.
‘Obviously patient safety is huge,
but it all stems from pay, like
vacancies stem from pay.’
Mr Barclay tweeted: ‘I hosted a
roundtable with unions represent-
ing a wide range of NHS staff
today. ‘I reiterated my admiration
for all healthcare workers and we
discussed ways we can work
together to make the NHS a
better place to work. My door
V1
Dispute: NHS staff want a 17% pay rise
remains open and we will continue Physiotherapy, GMB and Unite,
to meet.’ Rishi Sunak told ITV all met Mr Barclay.
News: ‘We have enormous grati- Approximately one million NHS
tude for our nurses, and indeed all staff members, including junior
the other workers in the NHS, for doctors, midwives, IT staff and
what they do and have done for us porters, could strike this winter.
over the past couple of years. The next result from unions bal-
‘But what the unions are asking loting their members should be
for is a 17 per cent pay rise, and I from Unison, which closes its vote
think most people will understand on November 25 after asking
that that’s unaffordable.’ 350,000 NHS workers whether
The Royal College of Nursing, they want to strike. The RCN saw
Unison, the Royal College of Mid- staff at the majority of NHS
wives, the Chartered Society of employers vote for industrial
GPs urged to
send patients
directly for
cancer scans
New push to cut waiting times
FAMILY doctors have been
ordered to send thousands
more patients directly for
cancer scans to slash waiting
times for routine diagnoses
from 12 weeks to four.
Health bosses want GPs to
bypass hospital doctors and
request more scans themselves.
Currently patients with vague
symptoms can face long waits for
an appointment with a specialist,
tests and their first treatment.
But new guidance tells GPs to use
their judgment and order more
scans for symptoms such as coughs,
fatigue and dizziness – skipping the
need to see a hospital ‘middle-man’.
The move is expected to cut the
typical wait for a routine diagnosis
and free up hundreds of thousands
of hospital appointments.
The policy will apply to vague
symptoms that fall outside a two-
week referral target, which applies
‘Catch and treat at
an earlier stage’
when GPs have a stronger suspi-
cion of cancer.
Guidance has been in place since
2012 telling GPs they have the right
to refer patients directly for scans.
But NHS England is now pushing
them to use the power in a bid to
get more people diagnosed with
cancer in its earliest stages.
The 2012 guidance said chest
X-rays, ultrasound and brain mag-
netic resonance imaging (MRI)
scans were among ‘priority areas’ to
which GPs should have free access.
However, some doctors failed to
make the bookings or were pre-
vented by local health chiefs or hos-
pital bosses. Now NHS England is
trying to standardise the approach
so that regions which may not have
access to all the tests can get them.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
action last week. GMB national
secretary Rachel Harrison said:
‘It’s not rocket science.
‘Give NHS workers a proper pay
rise, that means they don’t have
to use food banks or quit the serv-
ice in droves.’
It came as a leaked letter from
NHS chiefs and regulators to hos-
pital bosses revealed that over-
stretched staff ‘may need to
depart from established proce-
dures to care for people’, due to
‘such challenging times’.
By Shaun Wooller
Health Editor
Its guidance also allows GP teams
to use a wider scope of tests.
Some hospitals have shown that
when GPs refer directly they can
cut waiting times.
In 2018, the Royal Free London
NHS Foundation Trust showed that
direct access to computed tomog-
raphy (CT) scans for suspected
lung cancer meant patients waited
an average of 29 days instead of 66
between referral and treatment.
Health Service chief executive
Amanda Pritchard will tell the NHS
Providers conference in Liverpool
today: ‘By sending patients straight
to testing, we can catch and treat
more cancers at an earlier stage.’
Dr Katharine Halliday, of the
Royal College of Radiologists, said:
‘For a patient with cancer, every day
counts. Quicker diagnosis means
less invasive treatments, better
recovery and better outcomes.’
Professor Martin Marshall, of the
Royal College of GPs, said: ‘GPs
want to ensure timely diagnosis for
their patients so that those with
cancer can receive the appropriate
treatment and those without can
be reassured.
‘This is why the college has long
been calling for GPs to have better
access to diagnostic testing in the
community, and, whilst the devil
will be in the detail as to how it will
work in practice, today’s announce-
ment is a positive step.’
n Health Secretary Steve Barclay
will vow to end the postcode lottery
in waiting times to see GPs and
receive treatment when he
addresses the NHS Providers
conference today.
He will make a commitment to
focus on what matters most to
patients, including ambulance
response times and hospital dis-
charge delays.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
My ‘rape horror’at the
hands of Weinstein,
by US governor’s wife
From Daniel Bates
in New York
THE wife of California’s
governor broke down in
tears last night as she told
a court how disgraced film
producer Harvey Weinstein
allegedly raped her.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom
sobbed while describing the
‘horror’ she claims she experi-
enced as Weinstein forced him-
self upon her in a Beverly Hills
hotel room in 2005.
Mrs Siebel Newsom, who is mar-
ried to governor Gavin Newsom,
said the alleged experience was
‘hell’ and her ‘worst nightmare’.
Preparing to testify in Los Ange-
les led her to have nightmares for
the past month, she said.
The dramatic testimony came
during the trial in which Wein-
stein faces 11 charges of sexual
assault from 2004 to 2013.
He faces up to 140 years in
prison if convicted. Weinstein, 70,
‘I panicked,
I was frozen’
is already serving a 23-year sen-
tence for similar crimes after a
trial in New York in 2020.
Mrs Siebel Newsom, 48,
sat nervously in the witness chair
and recounted how she first met
Weinstein in September 2005 at
the Toronto International Film
Festival, when she was an aspir-
ing actress. Today she is a docu-
mentary filmmaker.
Breaking down in court, she said
she saw him ‘staring at me’. Mrs
Siebel Newsom said Weinstein
was ‘the kingmaker, he was the
top of the industry’ at the time.
She gave him her phone number
under the impression he was
interested in her work and he
later asked her to come to the
Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Weinstein asked Mrs Siebel
Newsom to come to his suite
High-profile: Jennifer Siebel Newsom and husband Gavin
instead of the bar where she had
expected to meet him.
Asked why she went, Mrs Siebel
Newsom said: ‘Because you don’t
say no to Harvey Weinstein.’
They talked for a few minutes
before Weinstein left and said he
was ‘going to get more comforta-
ble’, she told the jury.
Through tears, she told the
court that Weinstein asked her
from down the hall to ‘help me’ so
she went, only to find him in a
bathrobe. Mrs Siebel Newsom
V1
said: ‘I thought maybe he was
hurt, and I didn’t understand.
Then I saw that he was touching
himself, and he grabbed me.
‘And he tried to get me to touch
him... honestly I panicked. And I
just was like frozen. This was not
why I came here.
‘It was like a complete manipu-
lation of why I was there. And I
just remembered physically try-
ing to back away.’ But Weinstein
would not let her through the
door. They then ended up in the
bedroom. ‘He lifted me and I don’t
Accused: Harvey Weinstein is
serving a 23-year sentence
remember if he carried me or he
dragged me,’ she said.
She went on: ‘He starts groping
my breasts and touches himself.
I’m standing, I’m resisting,
against the bed. And he’s touch-
ing my breasts and touching
himself.
‘Horror. Horror. I’m trembling,
I’m like a rock, I’m frigid. This is
my worst nightmare. I’m just this
blow-up doll that [he is] just try-
ing to masturbate off of.’
She added: ‘I was just worried I
was going to get some disease, it
was so gross. He was just so big
and so determined, he was so
aggressive.’
She said that she later felt ‘tre-
mendous shame’ and didn’t con-
tact the police. Weinstein’s law-
yers say the two had consensual
sex and that she sought to use
him to advance her career.
Mrs Siebel Newsom was asked
under cross-examination why Mr
Newsom accepted Weinstein’s
campaign donations if he knew
what he had done to his wife.
Mrs Siebel Newsom claimed it
was a ‘complex’ situation and
that Weinstein was a major Dem-
ocrat donor.
The trial continues.
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Skip pocket
money...just
give kids
screen time
Daily Mail Reporter
PLAIN old pocket money is no
longer enough to get children
to help out around the house.
Instead, parents reward them
with treats such as extra screen
time, add-ons for video games
and more phone data.
A study of 500 families with
children aged 12 to 16 found that
84 per cent offer alternative
rewards. Some 56 per cent of
them say it stops children spend-
ing all their money at once, and
the rest say it is cheaper.
The most popular treats are
extra screen time on phones or
tablets, chocolate or sweets,
purchase power in video games
such as Fortnite, having friends
round, shopping trips and later
bedtimes.
The research for Sky Mobile
showed that, on average, young-
sters complete four chores per
week, including setting the
table, washing up and loading or
unloading the dishwasher.
Soled! Steve
Jobs’ £183k
Birkenstocks
IF you saw them in a charity
shop, you wouldn’t want to
spend more than a fiver on this
battered pair of second-hand
sandals.
But their new owner decided
to dig deep, given they were
worn in by tech pioneer Steve
Jobs. The late Apple founder’s
pair of Birkenstocks sold for a
staggering £183,636 – setting
the record for the most expen-
sive pair of sandals to ever sell
at auction.
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Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
At 58, Fiona’s f lair for f lares
AS presenter of Antiques Roadshow,
she is used to delving much further
back into the past than the 1970s.
But that is where Fiona Bruce
appeared to have received her fashion
inspiration as she attended the TV
Choice Awards on Monday night.
The 58-year-old, who also hosts
Question Time for the BBC, looked
Netf lix fails to
make it into top
50 shows chart
... but that was before The Crown returned
By Paul Revoir
Media Editor
NETFLIX has failed to break
into the 50 most watched shows
in the first week it was included
in official television ratings.
Yesterday, the official TV audi-
ence measurement body Barb
released its weekly list of most
viewed programmes, covering the
seven days between October 31
and November 6.
The list was topped by the launch of
I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
with 12.3million, followed by Strictly
Come Dancing, with the Saturday epi-
sode of the dance show getting 9.9mil-
lion, while the results show got 8.8mil-
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lion. The 50th programme was an
episode of ITV Evening News, which
pulled in three million viewers.
Other shows among the most
watched in Barb’s rankings were The
Great British Bake Off on Channel 4,
which pulled in 7.4million viewers,
BBC1’s SAS Rogue Heroes (5.6mil-
lion), ITV’s Coronation Street (5.5mil-
lion) and BBC1 show Have I Got News
for You (5.3million).
There were no shows from any of the
streaming giants on the list, although
the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi
has appeared on it before.
Netflix joined the official figures on
November 1. But the new season of
The Crown – one of the streaming
company’s biggest shows – was not
included in the latest top 50 because it
TV Helen’s salute to grannies
HELEN Skelton insists her stint on this year’s
Strictly Come Dancing would have been
impossible without her parents’ help.
The Countryfile presenter, 39, whose ex-
husband, rugby star Richie Myler, walked
out on her in April, says they are always
on hand to look after her three children.
‘I’m pretty sure that grandparents keep
this economy running,’ she told Closer
V1 Page 15
Daily Mail Reporter On stage announcing Emmerdale as
Best Soap, she said: ‘Thank you to the
glamorous on the red carpet in a black ladies on the table in the middle for
lace jumpsuit with extra-wide flares. zipping me in and out of this jumpsuit
But Miss Bruce admitted the outfit, when I went to the loo earlier.’
which would not have looked out of Miss Bruce went home from the
place on a Seventies glam rocker or awards empty-handed as Antiques
other stars of the decade such as Abba, Roadshow missed out on being named
presented her with certain difficulties. Best Lifestyle Show.
HOW TERRESTRIAL TV TRIUMPHS
Broadcast in the week from October 31 to November 6
PROGRAMME CHANNEL VIEWERS
1 I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! (Sun 9.02pm) ITV1/Breakfast 12,340,000
2 Strictly Come Dancing (Sat 7pm) BBC1 (inc HD) 9,908,000
3 Strictly Come Dancing (Sun 7.16pm, below) BBC1 (inc HD) 8,817,000
4 The Great British Bake Off (Tue 8pm) Channel 4 7,410,000
5 SAS Rogue Heroes (Sun 9.02pm) BBC1 (inc HD) 5,624,000
6 Coronation Street (Mon 8pm) ITV1/Breakfast 5,481,000
7 Have I Got News For You (Fri 9pm) BBC1 (inc HD) 5,263,000
8 Coronation Street (Wed 8pm) ITV1/Breakfast 5,231,000
9 Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (Sat 5.59pm) BBC1 (inc HD) 5,140,000
10 Coronation Street (Fri 8pm) ITV1/Breakfast 5,138,000
11 Emmerdale (Mon 7.29pm) ITV1/Breakfast 5,095,000
12 Emmerdale (Tue 7.29pm) ITV1/Breakfast 5,027,000
13
14
Emmerdale (Wed 7.29pm)
Emmerdale (Fri 7.29pm)
ITV1/Breakfast
ITV1/Breakfast
4,992,000
4,924,000
15
16
BBC News At Six (Mon 6pm)
Blankety Blank (Sat 8.37pm)
BBC1 (inc HD)
BBC1 (inc HD)
4,834,000
4,779,000
17 Gogglebox (Fri 9pm) Channel 4 4,679,000
18 Emmerdale (Thu 7.29pm) ITV1/Breakfast 4,565,000
19 Top Gear (Sun 8pm) BBC1 (inc HD) 4,498,000
20 BBC News At Six (Tue 6pm) BBC1 (inc HD) 4,453,000
wasn’t launched until November 9. Other shows in the top 20 included
Figures released last week showed Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel on
1.1million watched the first episode of BBC1, ITV1’s Emmerdale, Channel 4’s
the new series on the day it came out, Gogglebox and BBC1’s Top Gear.
and a total of 2.2million watched the For broadcast channels, Barb
episode in its first four days, less than measures ‘consolidated seven-day
the number who tuned into the 50th viewing figures with pre-broadcast
most-watched programme. viewing and viewing on tablets,
Figures for the first day Netflix was PCs and smartphones included’.
measured, November 1, revealed the But ‘subscription video on
most watched episode that day was demand’ figures for services such
the fifth part of The Watcher, its thriller as Netflix are understood to be
about a married couple being harassed calculated by dividing total
by a stalker, which had 120,918 ‘views’. viewer minutes by a show’s
A Netflix source pointed out that the duration to give the number of
service did not have any big launches viewers. However, they only
in the week Barb released figures for. include viewing on TV sets. Seventies style: Fiona Bruce at the TV Choice Awards
Dutch to outlaw ‘hippy crack’
A DRUG known as ‘hippy crack’ is to be By Colin Fernandez
By Jennifer Ruby banned in the Netherlands in a world first.
Environment Editor
Showbusiness News Editor From January, the gas nitrous oxide will
be illegal to buy, sell or own except for legit-
imate uses in medicine and catering. Inhaling the gas can induce heart attacks,
magazine. Miss Skelton said juggling danc- fainting, nerve damage, vitamin deficiency,
ing with caring for Ernie, seven, Louis, In the UK it is the second most commonly
misused substance after cannabis among anaemia and weakness in the legs.
five, and Elsie, 11 months, is ‘all-consum- 16 to 24-year-olds, but only possession with Dutch road safety campaigners say it has
ing’, adding: ‘But my parents are amazing. intent to supply is currently illegal. The also played a role in 1,800 accidents across
It’s the easiest parenting time of my life.’ Home Office is considering a stricter ban. the country over the past three years.
Page 16
COMMENT
University watchdog
captured by wokery
TheRe was a time when universities
prided themselves on being temples of
intellectual freedom and original ideas.
Thinking the unthinkable, listening to
dissident voices and bucking conventional
wisdom were to be encouraged, not feared.
Today, our high seats of learning appear
to have sacrificed that pluralism on the
altar of a single Left-wing orthodoxy; one
which brooks no opposition or alternative.
They have become factories of wokery,
instilling in young minds the spurious
notion that almost every advance in
Western civilisation was achieved on the
backs of oppressed people of colour.
The effects of slavery, colonialism and
white privilege are so insidious they say,
that they have permeated every corner of
life – and every academic discipline.
Now the university standards watchdog,
the Quality Assurance Agency, wants this
‘critical race theory’ embedded into the
teaching of subjects from maths to classics.
Some of its guidance is beyond satire. For
example, computing students should
address how ‘hierarchies of colonial value’
are ‘reinforced’ in their field.
Biomedicine courses must teach how
influential scientists ‘benefited from and
perpetuated misogyny, racism, homophobia,
ableism and other prejudices’.
On and on it goes, this vacuous credo,
fuelling guilt and resentment in young
people – many of whom will become the
leaders of tomorrow – and distracting them
from their studies.
Yes, slavery was abominable and terrible
things were done in the name of empire.
And yes, these wrongs and their
consequences must be studied and learned
from. But shouldn’t that be done in history,
sociology or possibly geography classes?
‘Decolonising’ maths and science curricula,
or seeing the study of languages through
the prism of ‘injustice and equality related
to imperialism’ is absurd and self-defeating.
It undermines academic integrity and will
alienate students. They come to university
to learn, not to be preached at and shamed
over the sins of long-forgotten ancestors.
Sir Isaac Newton may have benefited
from the profits of colonialism but does
that mean physics students should ignore
his seminal laws of motion?
The fact is that not every person of colour
is a victim, just as not every white person is
privileged. And not every problem in Africa
or Asia is a legacy of colonialism. Yet in
today’s universities, speaking these obvious
truths could easily get you cancelled.
It’s a form of mind control more suited to
an Orwell novel than the higher education
system of a 21st century liberal democracy.
Beware the dragon
MI6 chief Richard Moore last year named
Chinese expansionism as one of the biggest
threats to British life.
Beijing was engaged in large - scale
espionage in the UK, he said, and wanted
to use technology to create ‘a web of
authoritarian control’.
During his Tory leadership campaign,
Rishi Sunak seemed to have got the
message, echoing his words of warning.
Yesterday however, the PM’s tone had
softened to a worrying extent. Rather than
being a clear and present danger, China
was now merely a ‘systemic challenge’.
As the world’s second biggest economy
after the US, it makes sense to maintain
cordial diplomatic and trade relations with
China where possible. But Mr Sunak must
not be seduced (as David Cameron was)
into treating it as a trusted friend.
And letting Chinese technicians near our
vital infrastructure, would be folly – as Boris
Johnson realised when he banned the
communications company huawei from
helping develop the 5G telecoms network.
China is an oppressive surveillance state
bent on world domination. All dealings
should be approached with extreme caution
and good faith should not be assumed.
You can’t run
Britain with a Civil
Service hell-bent on
blocking policies –
and plotting to get
ministers sacked
T by Leo
he Mail’s readers
do not need me to
tell them Britain’s
McKinstry
migration system
is in crisis.
More than 42,000 migrants
have landed illegally on our
shores this year — easily the
highest total on record — in
what the home Secretary has
memorably, if controversially,
described as an ‘invasion’.
But where exactly lies the
fault for this disaster? Is it in
our politicians, who have
failed to deal with the asylum
issue year after year — or is it
in the machinery of the state,
on which they must rely to
carry out their will?
There is no doubt that min-
isters, being elected, should
bear ultimate responsibility
when their policies founder.
But that assumes they run
departments that are actually
prepared to do their work.
Insult
And the fact is that, fre-
quently and increasingly, they
do not. Instead, in recent
months, various departments
have shown a dangerous and
growing readiness to leak
unfavourable allegations
about one minister or another
to the media, in a brazen
attempt to torpedo the
careers of any elected politi-
cian with whom they happen
to disagree.
This is not just an insult to
us voters — who after all are
the ones who are truly meant
to ‘hire and fire’ governments
whose policies we like or don’t
like. It is a poison that sickens
our very democracy.
Only last weekend, Justice
Secretary Dominic Raab —
who has developed robust
plans to overhaul our coun-
try’s entirely unfit-for-purpose
human rights legislation —
was castigated in a series of
leaks to the Press.
The Oxford-educated former
lawyer, according to various
anonymous briefings (includ-
ing to the Guardian), suppos-
edly created a ‘culture of fear’
during his previous spell in
the same role, which came to
an end in September.
Raab has never been the
subject of a formal complaint,
and a spokesman has insisted
he ‘always acts with the
utmost professionalism’.
Yet according to these
targeted briefings, his return
to his old job last month left
several officials so traumatised
that they had to find ‘respite’
by moving elsewhere.
What exactly caused this fit
of the mandarins’ vapours?
One especially bizarre claim
was that Raab had once
picked the tomatoes from his
Pret A Manger salad and
thrown them across the room
in frustration.
Of course, we were not
present at the time — and
perhaps Raab really is a
monstrous bully. But if the
worst allegation against him
is that he sometimes took out
his stress on fruit and
vegetables, it hardly makes
him Al Capone.
Then there is Suella Braver-
man, the home Secretary.
Some four weeks ago, during
the brief and benighted pre-
miership of Liz Truss, Braver-
man was forced to resign as
home Secretary on absurdly
overblown charges. She was
accused of passing an official
document from her personal
email to a fellow MP.
One Tory MP said the offence
was ‘very minor’, adding that
most Cabinet ministers had
done the same. Yet Braver-
man has unyielding views on
the illegal migrant crisis (to
which she is determined to
find a workable and lasting
solution), is a fierce critic of
wokery and is something of a
street brawler in the so-called
culture wars.
Little wonder that when
Rishi Sunak reappointed her
to his Cabinet three weeks
ago, her return was greeted
with ‘despondency’ in the
home Office, according to
(naturally) the Guardian.
Civil servants fell over them-
selves to complain about her,
with one telling the liberal
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
paper: ‘It was like that feeling
you get as a football fan after
a l o n g VA R c h e c k t h a t
disallows a goal’, and another
chipping in: ‘Relief was the
overriding sentiment when
she went.’
In recent weeks, the Left-
wing media have run story
after negative story about the
home Secretary, in a blatant
campaign to have her fired.
Braverman has survived —
at least for now. But one of her
recent predecessors in that
great office of state, Priti
Patel, was not so lucky.
Patel’s own efforts to get a
grip on immigration, epito-
mised by her £120 million
scheme to deport illegal
migrants to Rwanda, pro-
voked an unhinged backlash
within her own department.
A campaign on Twitter
(where else?) was launched
under the insulting title ‘Our
home Office’. (It is of course
the voters’ home Office, not
the staff’s.)
Contempt
This crusade denounced
Patel’s Rwanda plan as ‘racist’,
while stickers bearing the
slogan ‘refugees welcome’
were slapped all around
the premises.
even more mutinous was a
poster that read, in the manner
of an undergraduate slogan:
‘We have the spine to say, “No
Minister”. No to hostile envi-
ronments, No to shutting
down democracy and No to
racist deportations.’
In an online staff meeting
(many civil servants rarely
bother to turn up to the office
these days), the ‘overwhelm-
ing majority’ of contributors
were negative about Patel.
With characteristic perspec-
tive, one compared working in
the home Office to ‘serving
under the Third Reich’.
That wokery has seized the
home Office and much of
Whitehall is barely in doubt.
Mandarins rejoice amid
‘minority networks’, ‘positive
action schemes’, ‘monitoring
data’ and training courses in
‘Critical Race Theory’ and
‘Unconscious Bias’ — all far-
Left, mostly American imports
that have become gospel
among the elite.
The Tories might be in office,
then, but their ability to
implement their agenda is
being drastically curtailed by
their opponents in the Civil
Service, many of whom hold
them in contempt.
Much has been said of ‘the
Blob’ — that unaccountable
mass that stymies meaningful
reform by governments.
Vendettas
But the new trend is for an
activist Civil Service, openly
leaking about ministers they
dislike — and that is worse
than the Blob. It’s the Blob
with attitude.
Why has the situation
deteriorated to such an
extent? The truth is that the
liberal establishment has
never forgiven the Tories
for Brexit.
ever since Britain’s member-
ship of the eU came to an end
— again, thanks to a resound-
ing democratic vote with
which they disagreed — the
Blob has been determined to
do its worst.
Civil servants are meant to
be impartial — and these
vendettas against senior
Tories undermine the fabric of
our democracy.
Just occasionally, the bias
is explicit. As Matthew
Rycroft, Permanent Secretary
at the home Office, has all too
graphically revealed, there is a
streak of arrogance towards
the elected politicians that
now infuses the department.
At a conference in June last
year, Rycroft said there was
no need for civil servants
to ‘slavishly’ follow official
policy. ‘It is for us to be
stewards’ on some issues, he
grandly declared.
Such moral superiority is
nothing less than a disaster
for this country. No wonder
that illegal migration, like so
much else, is mired in
such chaos.
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 17

SarahVine
Is there ANY Mariah’s lost her Christmas spirit
MARIAH CAREY has been
banned from trademark-
for the exclusive right to
use the title on everything

difference ing the phrase ‘Queen of

Christmas’ — which she
wanted to use because of
her cheesy Nineties classic
All I Want For Christmas Is
from music and perfume
to sunglasses and coconut
milk. Silly girl. She should
have gone for Christmas
Diva. No one could have

between the
You. Mariah had applied denied her that.

i HAve never
been a fan of
beauty contests, but
this offshoot of the

Tories and
Miss America compe-
tition in new Hamp-
shire has reached new
depths of absurdity.
Brían nguyen (pic-
tured right with some
of her fellow contest-

Labour? ell, who’d have

ants), is the first
transgender woman
to win the Miss
Greater Derry title.
i don’t know about
you, but i’d say that

W
thought it? After
years spent
searching for the
legendary magic
money tree, it seems the
Conservatives have finally
found it. And lo! it turns out
to be the British taxpayer.
As the nation’s salary slaves wearily
roll up their sleeves in anticipation
of offering yet another vein for HMrC
to bleed dry, the public sector waits
for its cash transfusion.
Top of the prime Minister’s priority
for handouts in this Thursday’s
Autumn statement? Why, welfare
payments, of course. After all, we
must keep the long-term economically
inactive in the style to which they
have become accustomed.
There are around 1.23 million job
vacancies, yet no one seems to want
to fill them. According to the office
for national statistics, the number of
people off work permanently due to
‘long-term’ sickness has risen by
402,000 since the pandemic started.
in some parts of the country,
unemployment is around 20 per cent.
But that’s not because of a shortage
of jobs. it’s because … well, why
bother if you don’t have to?
As ever, it’s the squeezed middle
who are being asked to bridge the
gap. Which might not be such a bad
thing in itself. After all, many of us are
willing to chip in more in times of
need. it’s just that we seem to be
getting less and less in return.
she deserves to be
AS I watched the torrential in a pageant all of
rain beat down yesterday her own.
morning, I was reminded that
Thames Water’s hosepipe ban
remains in force until 2023. Thank
goodness someone’s taking this
climate emergency seriously.
Hell is people next door
A pensioner is facing a mad? A friend once received
£30,000 fine for using pot a stern letter from her local
Waiting times in A&e can be more plants to block her neigh- authority, informing her she
than 12 hours.
bour’s right of way in their had been reported for
And yet most recent figures show shared driveway, while noise pollution.
an increase in nHs budgets from
Daniel Craig is rowing with Had she been hosting wild
£123.7 billion to £151.8 billion. The his neighbours over plans to parties or playing radio 4 at
money just seems to be evaporating.
cut back trees at the ear-splitting volume?
But when you read that some agency £6 million mansion he shares neither. Her crime had
nurses are being paid up to £2,500 a
with wife rachel Weisz. been to put up a set of wind
shift, is it any surprise? Why is it that our chimes. There’s nowt so
The nHs is riddled with waste and
neighbours can drive us all queer as the folk next door.
incompetence, and badly needs
reforming. Yet is there any sign that
such reform might be on the cards? RUSSIAN Foreign MATT HAnCoCk’s
of course not. The Government is Minister Sergei reality-Tv gamble
too scared to even mention it. Just seems to be paying off.
Lavrov has the air
throw more taxpayers’ money at it of a man who can eat First, his jungle camp-
and hope this will all go away.
polonium for breakfast mates grudgingly respect
But it’s not going away, is it? The his ability to swallow
Conservatives are digging themselves without even blinking
every challenge thrown at
into a tax-and-spend hole that they — which probably him. But he has also
show no signs of even wanting to get explains why he
become a viral heart-
out of. wasn’t remotely throb. My fellow column-
What happened to that bold
fazed by Prime Minister ist, katie Hind, describes
reforming agenda? Because that was Rishi Sunak’s stern him as ‘a dish’. i know
the point of the Conservatives, as the
telling-off at the G20 Matt, and while he’s
opposite of labour. They were about clever, funny and a great
efficiency and taxpayer value-for- summit. It was like
watching a marmoset cook, he’s as sexy as the
money; growing the economy by sheep’s vagina he ate in
encouraging and rewarding an trying to menace a
that bushtucker trial.
industrious workforce. Ambition, sabre-toothed tiger.
aspiration, achievement.
There’s none of that now. Why
bother working hard for that
SIR Rod Stewart has in Iran has imprisoned

F
or some reason, all this
Government seems to
want to do is throw good
money after bad.
Take the suella Braverman deal
with the French. We’ve agreed to
hand Mr Macron another £8 million of
taxpayers’ cash (on top of the
£54 million a year we already give him)
without, as far as i can see, attaching
any conditions. no targets or
obligations on the part of the French,
just a vague entente cordiale.
And since the sums we have
donated so far seem not to have
motivated them to do anything —
indeed, migrant numbers have shot
up — what’s to suggest a few million
more will make any difference?
Basically, all it will achieve is ensuring
the British taxpayer pays for the
French police. Which demonstrates
spectacular incompetence.
As for the nHs, where to begin?
Gp appointments are as rare as hen’s
teeth, nHs dentists even more so.
There are 7.1 million people waiting
for treatment, including hip
replacements and cataract surgery.
promotion or pay rise if the taxman
is just going to claw back any gains
and chuck them into yet another
giant public sector black hole?
if you want businesses and
individuals to bust a gut to get the
economy going, you must offer them
something in return. And from where
i’m sitting, it’s not clear that they are
offering them anything at all.
nor is it clear, for that matter, what
the difference between voting
Conservative or labour at the next
election will be.
Is Meghan at it again?
IN THE latest edition of her podcast
Archetypes, the Duchess of Sussex
reveals that ‘a very, very influential
woman’ begged her not to give up
on her ‘activism’ when she married
Prince Harry, because ‘it means so
much to women and girls’. I can’t
sarah.vine@dailymail.co.uk
help wondering whether this might
not be one of those ‘recollections
may vary’ situations, similar to when
Meghan claimed that South Africans
had celebrated in the streets when
she got married, just like when
Nelson Mandela was freed.
revealed he was offered
£850,000 to perform at the
World Cup in Qatar. ‘I
turned it down. It’s not
right to go,’ he said.
David Beckham and
Gary Neville, take note.
Meanwhile, according to
some sources, the regime
No wonder
the NHS is
flat broke
niCe has recommended
prescribing £875 trainers on
the nHs to alleviate knee
pain caused by osteoarthri-
tis. Apparently, the shoes
work by correcting irregular
walking patterns.
i am no stranger to the
misery of knee pain — but
in most cases (including
mine) this can easily be
almost 16,000 protesters,
many of them young
women. But England are
preparing to take on the
Iranian football team as
though none of it was
happening.
Not exactly the
beautiful game, is it?
alleviated through simply
placing an arch support in
your shoe. This costs about
a tenner . . . £875 trainers,
my foot. no wonder the
nHs is bankrupt.
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Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 19

Low sperm counts ‘are a Ephraim

threat to human survival’
SPERM counts have more than halved since
the 1970s, with experts warning of a crisis
that could ‘threaten mankind’s survival’.
Obesity, sedentary lifestyles, poor diets and
chemicals from plastics and pesticides may
be harming men’s fertility, it is believed.
And it is possible most men won’t be able to
conceive naturally in 20 years, experts say.
An analysis of sperm counts across 53 coun-
tries, including the Uk, the US and Australia,
found a decline of almost 52 per cent between
1973 and 2018.
Some experts still debate whether male fer-
tility is getting worse, and want to see more
evidence, advising men not to panic. But Dr
By Victoria Allen Science Editor
Hagai levine, from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, who led the research published in
Human Reproduction Update, said: ‘We have
a serious problem on our hands that, if not
mitigated, could threaten mankind’s survival.
While it may not be likely that we end up with
a majority of men who cannot conceive a
baby naturally in 20 years, that is possible.
‘We should not just assume this is going to
be alright – men need to take action on their
weight, diets, exercise, stress, sleep and the
chemicals they are exposed to.’
Our 8billion population – Pages 26-27
‘Well, everyone else
seems to be doing it’
Hardcastle WHY did Charles summon
Andrew for a dressing
down before the Queen
died? The Birkhall meeting
left Andrew in no doubt that his return to
the royal fold was never going to happen.
A source whispers that Charles had been
tipped off by the Queen’s senior staff that
Andrew’s persistent lobbying of the ailing
monarch to restore him as a ‘working
royal’ was taking its toll. Andrew knew
that if his mother didn’t rehabilitate him
then all hope was gone. A crucial question
posed by Charles was, in the event of

Kate Moss’s stalker Andrew’s restoration, which charity would

want him?

WILLIAM could be spared a Prince of

Wales investiture after Welsh Senedd

killed parents after

speaker Elin Jones called for the cere-
mony to be ‘consigned to history’. He
certainly won’t be replicating his dad’s
Ruritanian experience wearing an ornate
gold coronet with an orb on top that was
actually a table tennis ball painted gold.
Charles’s head had been wrongly meas-

f leeing mental ward

By Andy Dolan
ured by the Worshipful Company of Gold-
smiths with the Queen remarking: ‘It
extinguished him like a candle-snuffer.’

APPEARING at the Cenotaph, the Duke

of kent had a brass button missing from
his field marshal’s greatcoat. It’s not the
first time he’s suffered a wardrobe
A PARANOID schizophrenic malfunction. On the Buck House balcony
given a restraining order for in June, alongside the Queen for what
harassing kate Moss killed his would be her last Trooping the Colour, he
parents after fleeing from a psy- wore the sash of the Order of St Michael
and St George on the wrong shoulder.
chiatric hospital – telling police Does the duke, one of the oldest
later he ‘had a job to do’. members of the Royal Family at 87, need
William Warrington believed he was a new valet?
in telepathic communication with the
supermodel and Vladimir Putin and
that the Government had ordered
him to kill his divorced parents, EMMA Thompson was
Valerie, 73, and Clive, 67. awestruck at her first
While he was in hospital his family sent Hollywood party after
11 emails expressing fears about him. In winning an Oscar for
one the day before the killings his mother 1992’s Howards End.
said: ‘I am afraid for the safety of myself, ‘Anthony Hopkins,
my other children and any others he Faye Dunaway and
comes into contact with.’
Warrington, 42, left a secure courtyard at Jack Nicholson were
Wotton lawn Hospital in Gloucester and there. All these people
simply walked out of the front door, Bris- knew each other and
tol Crown Court heard. were used to stepping
It was over two hours later before staff over Robert Mitchum drunk on the floor.
realised he was missing and called police. I felt so dislodged and out of it like a geog-
He was due to go on trial yesterday raphy teacher from north-west London.’
charged with murder, but instead the How did Emma, pictured at the Oscars,
cocaine and cannabis user admitted the
navigate the comatose Mitchum?

‘I am really going
to enjoy this’ Police mugshot: William Warrington
DElIVERANCE director John Boorman
was asked by U2 manager Paul
McGuinness to help promote the band
manslaughter of his parents on March 2 before they were famous. ‘He came up and
by reason of diminished responsibility. played me some of U2’s music and asked if
He was ordered to be detained indefi- I could make a pop video for them,’ recalls
nitely at Broadmoor secure psychiatric Boorman, 89, who is quitting Ireland for
hospital for what a judge described as Surrey after 50 years. ‘The music didn’t
‘planned assassinations’. His siblings told appeal to me at all so I declined.’
the court: ‘When he lost his mind we lost
our brother – and then, the ultimate trag-
edy, we lost our mother and father.’
In the years leading up to the killings, APPROVING of handsome actor Jonny Lee
Warrington, then living with his mother, Miller’s casting as her ex-lover Sir John
assaulted her and began sending his par-
ents ‘extremely aggressive’ messages. Major in The Crown, Edwina Currie
In December 2020, she moved him into a enthuses: ‘Goodness me, if Mr Major had
multi-occupancy property she owned in wanted to pick a particular actor he
Cheltenham. On February 17 this year, couldn’t have done better.’ Your turn at
two weeks before killing his parents, he the tap end Edwina!
attacked a housemate with a Stabbed: His parents Valerie and Clive Harassed: Stalking victim Kate Moss
knife and was sectioned under pagne and a Phantom of the leaving in her car – driving over other man saying, “I am really
the Mental Health Act. Opera mask at her home. her as he did so – for his father’s going to enjoy this”.’ Police
He had a previous conviction On the day of the killings, address in Cheltenham. later arrested blood-spattered MEETING the Queen at the Royal
for criminal damage, and in Warrington took a taxi from Neighbours of Mr Warrington Warrington walking nearby. Academy of Arts, Sir Rod Stewart wasn’t
2018 was arrested on suspicion Wotton lawn Hospital to Bour- were woken by banging shortly Gloucestershire Health and tongue tied. ‘I said “Ma’am, I picked up
of harassment, the court heard. ton-on-the-Water, Gloucester- after 6am. ‘They heard Clive Care NHS Foundation Trust, my knighthood today”. She asked who
The following year he was given shire, where his mother lived. Warrington pleading for help which runs Wotton lawn Hos- did it and I said William and she said,
a restraining order to stop him He stabbed her and dragged and asking, “Why are you doing pital, said: ‘As well as support- “Did he get it right? Because if he didn’t,
from contacting Miss Moss her body outside, kicking her this?”,’ said Anna Vigars kC, ing Gloucestershire Police with I shall tell him off”.’
after he left a Second World in the head to ‘make sure she prosecuting. ‘While they were their inquiry, we are undertak- Email: john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk
War helmet, a bottle of cham- was dead’. He then slept before making the call they heard the ing our own investigation.’
Page 20 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Can you put your FINGER on

The hands of Windsor: The Queen holding her distinctive glasses in 2007
The Queen is said to have hated
her hands. But should any
royals be proud of their pinkies?
The Queen may have been the most
photographed woman in history — but she
was shy about having her hands pictured.
So revealed celebrity photographer Rankin
this week.
During a photoshoot for her late Majesty’s
Golden Jubilee in 2002, Rankin asked if the
Queen might consider posing with a sword.
her reply, as the photographer recounted on
a recent podcast, was both swift and
disarmingly honest: ‘I don’t like my hands.’
Glaswegian-born Rankin, 56, who has
captured famous images of David Bowie, Kate
Moss and Madonna, suspects this was a
characteristically diplomatic ‘get out’.
It’s not the first time that hands have been
a talking point for the monarchy. The Queen
claimed Charles had an ‘interesting pair of
hands for a baby’. Perhaps his are the most
recognisable of Windsor hands today — but
can you spot them here and match the other
pairs with their royal owners?

1
As a princess, she can wear tiaras and all types of bling, but her style
is down to earth, modest and classy — like her simple wedding ring

4
From being a hero Navy pilot, this prince has recently hit choppy
waters — is his hand-wringing perhaps a sign of regret for past sins?

7
Like many members of the Royal Family she’s a skilled horsewoman —
but she’s gone from holding the reins to a new job handling the reign
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 21

whose royal hands are whose?

2 3
A £60,000 engagement ring from her property developer husband is the ideal fit for a princess’s paws Call the air ambulance! These princely nails need a manicure

5 6
What could be the nail-biting dramas behind these not-so-cute cuticles? They’re easy to spot and the owner of these hands has joked about his ‘sausage fingers’

8 10
In this family, it’s never too early for a young
9 A young man, destined for greatness,
princess to learn and perfect a royal wave She once played Tig on her blog and handed a royal scoop to Oprah who has won the hearts of the nation
1. The Princess of Wales 2. Princess Beatrice 3. The Prince of Wales 4. Prince Andrew 5. Prince Harry
THE ANSWERS 6. The King 7. Camilla, Queen Consort 8. Princess Charlotte 9. The Duchess of Sussex 10. Prince George
Page 22
Why sleeping around doesn’t
affect your marriage chances
THOSE with a promiscuous past have
traditionally had a reputation for being
poor marriage material.
But it turns out that having multiple
sexual partners does not affect your chances
of getting hitched after all.
Researchers found that the effects of pro-
miscuity on marriage rates was temporary
and the number of sexual partners did not
appear to have an impact.
A US team from the Universities of Utah
and Oklahoma analysed data on nearly 9,000
people collected for 18 years up to 2015.
They discovered the recent number of
sexual partners was linked to a reduction in
By James Tozer
and Richard Marsden
FORMER Tory leader Sir Iain Dun-
can Smith was last night ‘aston-
ished’ after protesters who
harangued him and his wife as ‘Tory
scum’ walked free from court.
Paul Goldspring, chief magistrate for
England and Wales, cleared two defend-
ants accused of intimidating Sir Iain, his
wife and a friend during last year’s Con-
servative Party conference, saying their
behaviour was a ‘reasonable’ use of their
right to protest.
A third suspect accused hitting Sir Iain
with a traffic cone was also acquitted. Giv-
ing evidence this week, Lady Duncan Smith
described the atmosphere as they walked to
a fringe event in Manchester where he was
speaking as ‘quite worrying’.
And Sir Iain said he feared for his compan-
ions as they were followed and insulted for
around half a mile last October.
He said he turned around after a traffic
cone was ‘smacked down’ on his head to tell
the group: ‘You are pathetic.’
The 68-year-old said yesterday’s decision
sent out a message that politicians were
‘fair game’. He told the Daily Mail: ‘Seem-
ingly you can now walk down the street
screaming abuse at me, and your right to
protest trumps my right not to be intimi-
dated. No matter how threatening the
behaviour of protesters is, no action will be
taken against them.’
Mr Goldspring acquitted a man named as
the odds of marriage, but this effect only
lasted a year.
Writing in the journal Social Science
Research, they said: ‘We propose that the
effect of multiple sex partners on the likeli-
hood of marriage is seasonal, reflecting a
period where the persons are enjoying sex-
ual activity with less commitment.
‘Women with multiple sex partners are
just as likely to get married as are virgins, if
somewhat later.
‘A man or woman who is still engaging with
multiple sex partners as a young adult does
not compromise his or her marriage pros-
pects down the road.’
MPs are fair game now
– IDS hits out as ‘Tory
scum’ protesters go free
Acquitted: Radical Haslam, Ruth Wood and Elliot Bovill leaving court yesterday
Radical Haslam, 29, of Salford, and Ruth
Wood, 51, of Cambridge, of using threaten-
ing, abusive or insulting words or behaviour
with intent to cause harassment, alarm or
distress. Former Greenpeace activist Elliot
Shark on the Titanic! Card ace
fleeced millionaire passengers
A PROFESSIONAL card player targeted
millionaire passengers on the Titanic to
fleece them, a fascinating document
has revealed 110 years on.
Card shark George Brereton had with
him a list of all the first-class passengers
when he boarded the ship for its maiden
voyage to New York in 1912.
He identified the wealthiest and cir-
cled or starred their names on the list
as a potential ‘mark’. He even wrote
the word ‘millionaire’ next to the name
of Charles Hays, president of Canada’s
Bovill, 32, was also cleared of the traffic cone
attack due to a lack of evidence.
Mr Goldspring said the case against
Haslam and Wood centred on the use of the
phrase ‘Tory scum’ as they followed Sir Iain
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Grand Trunk Railway and a VIP guest of
White Star Line boss Bruce Ismay.
Brereton ensconced himself in the
first-class smoking room. When the
Titanic started to sink, he was recorded
as being in the room ‘at work’. He took
to the lifeboats but Mr Hays was among
the 1,500 who died in the disaster.
In Brereton’s pocket was the list in a
20-page booklet given to first-class pas-
sengers. It could fetch £60,000 in a sale
this weekend at Henry Aldridge & Son
Auctioneers of Devizes, Wiltshire.
and the two women. He said using that
phrase was ‘both insulting and pejorative’.
But he accepted their behaviour was ‘rea-
sonable’ in the context of Articles 10 and 11
of the Human Rights Act – the rights to free-
dom of expression and freedom of assembly
and association.
Wood, who manages a project for a home-
lessness charity, told the Manchester Magis-
trates’ Court: ‘There was nothing particu-
larly threatening about what we were doing.’
Haslam, who said he was a general artist
and student, added he saw it as an ‘oppor-
tunity to have my voice heard’.
Sir Iain highlighted how the incident took
place just 11 days before fellow Tory MP Sir
David Amess was murdered by an Islamist
terrorist, which prompted calls for politi-
cians’ security to be stepped up.
He said that in stark contrast yesterday’s
acquittals meant ‘every MP and public serv-
ant is now fair game’.
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 23

Is this an unknown portrait of

Shakespeare I see before me?
1608 painting could fetch £10million at auction
THERE have long been only
two portraits of William Shake-
speare recognised as valid
portrayals – both created after
his death.
But today a picture claimed by
some to be the only one painted
during his lifetime will be put up for
sale, with the owner hoping it could
sell for more than £10million.
Dated 1608, the painting hung in
Swinton House in Masham, North
Yorkshire, until it was sold at an auc-
tion by Christie’s in 1975.
The auction catalogue shows that it
was described as ‘portrait of a gentle-
man, aged 44, said to be Shakespeare’
by Dutch artist Paul van Somer.
Yesterday art expert Duncan Phillips
said its owner enlisted him to investi-
By David Wilkes
gate it after discovering it bore the
monogram of Robert Peake, an English
painter who held the post of Serjeant
Painter to King James I.
Mr Phillips said it sold for only ‘about
£400’ at the 1975 auction according to a
note in a copy of the catalogue. But he
‘Waiting to be
rediscovered’
is now ‘95 per cent sure’ it could be the
‘forgotten face of Shakespeare waiting
for centuries to be rediscovered.’
He said: ‘The age of the sitter is
recorded on the portrait as 44. William
Shakespeare was 44 in 1608.’
Mr Phillips said Peake was commis-
sioned by the Office of the Revels, the
Crown department that oversaw the
presentation of plays. He also worked
in the premises in Clerkenwell, Lon-
don, where some of Shakespeare’s
plays were rehearsed.
Peake was regularly commissioned to
paint the portraits of high-ranking
members of Jacobean society.
But leading Shakespeare expert
Michael Dobson yesterday described it
as ‘wishful thinking’ – and said it does
not resemble the recognised portraits.
He said: ‘It is not labelled as a por-
trait of Shakespeare, who would surely
have insisted on having his coat of
arms in one corner of the canvas.
‘It does not resemble either of the
portraits of Shakespeare vouched for
by his family and friends, the Stratford
funerary monument and the print on
the title page of the First Folio.’
Only two paintings of
Shakespeare are recognised
as valid. One is the engrav-
ing by Martin Droeshout in
the First Folio of his plays,
published in 1623.
The other is the effigy at
his funeral monument in
Holy Trinity Church in
Stratford-upon-Avon. Bold claim: The portrait bears Shakespeare’s name

Blunder police name sex victims

A BLUNDERING police force published the
personal details of hundreds of sex assault
victims on its official website.
Names, addresses, dates of birth, offence
details and information about suspects
were left on view by Suffolk Police.
As an urgent probe was launched by the
Information Commissioner’s Office, the
charity Suffolk Rape Crisis said the error
‘could put women at threat of further vio-
lence’ and added: ‘Survivors need to feel
that Suffolk Constabulary are safe and
trustworthy.’ One local victim complained:
‘It feels like being abused all over again.’
Suffolk Police said the details should not
have been uploaded but ‘the matter was
quickly resolved and the information can
no longer be accessed’.

Last post... One in 3 children

have never written a letter
A THIRD of children have never
known the joy of sending or receiving
a letter, a survey has found.
Almost seven in ten haven’t even writ-
ten to the Tooth Fairy. While many mostly
speak to their friends online, 84 per cent
said they would be excited to get post
through the letterbox.
Just one in five children had sent or
received a letter in the last three months,
while only 39 per cent had written to a
family member. Dinah Johnson, founder
of The Handwritten Letter Appreciation
Society, said: ‘I think it would be really
sad for anyone, young or old, to never
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have received or written a letter. Nothing
replaces getting a letter that’s solely for
you where one other person has taken
time to think about you exclusively.’
The figures come from The Diana Award
and Nationwide, who have launched The
Positive Postbox – a programme to
deliver positivity to school children.
Schools have been invited to sign up to
the scheme, which sees youngsters writ-
ing a letter or drawing a picture that will
then be posted to another child at a part-
ner school across the country.
Page 24
By Oliver Price
ONE of the racist killers of
Stephen Lawrence has
been attacked in prison by
blade-wielding inmates.
David Norris, 46, who was
jailed for life ten years ago for
the murder of the black teen-
ager, needed hospital treat-
ment following the incident.
He was reportedly left bleeding
heavily from his face after he was
slashed by two men at Dartmoor
Prison in Devon.
Norris was said to have been
cornered outside his cell just
after 8.30am on Sunday. As other
inmates kept watch, two burglars
wielding self-made knives slashed
him from his ‘forehead to his
chin’ before prison officers inter-
vened, dragging him to safety as
he ‘howled in agony’, a source at
Dartmoor told The Sun.
After receiving stitches to his
wounds, he was kept in hospital
overnight. Doctors say he may be
permanently disfigured.
Police are investigating the
Knife attack
on Lawrence
killer in jail
Serving life: David Norris
attack, said to have related to an
argument with fellow inmates.
The assailants were reportedly
placed into segregation.
The assault comes less than
two months after the Daily Mail
revealed Norris had been caught
with a smuggled smartphone, in
breach of prison rules. Stephen
Lawrence’s father Neville said he
was ‘disgusted’ that Norris, who
hid the phone inside his body,
had been able to send selfies to
friends from his cell. He called for
prison staff to be sacked.
Norris had also used the phone
to send a WhatsApp message
including a foul-mouthed rant
against Justice Secretary
Dominic Raab, who blocked his
bid to move to an open prison in
May. The phone incident could
mean that Norris is transferred
to a tougher jail and scupper any
hope he had of an early parole.
Five men were initially arrested
over the racist murder of 18-year-
old Stephen, an A-level student,
who was stabbed to death in
Eltham, south-east London, in
April 1993.
Two – Norris and Gary Dobson,
now 47 – were brought to justice
following a belated forensic
breakthrough. Both were jailed
for life in 2012 after being con-
victed of murder. The judge, who
said neither had shown the
‘slightest regret or remorse’,
ordered Dobson to serve at least
15 years and Norris at least 14
years before being considered for
release. The Prison Service said:
‘A prisoner is being treated in
hospital for non-life threatening
injuries following an assault.’
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
‘Come and sit down, Daddy,
and let me explain the
Autumn Statement to you’
Kids learn with
gift of the GABA
SCIENTISTS have found a key to
explain why children are often bet-
ter at learning than adults.
Researchers at Brown University in
the US imaged the brains of young-
sters aged eight to 11 before, during
and after a visual learning exercise.
They saw a rapid boost of GABA, a
neurotransmitter that locks in new
learning, which lingered for min-
utes. Adult levels stayed the same.
‘Our results point to GABA as a key
player in making learning efficient
in children,’ said Dr Sebastian Frank,
lead author of the study published in
Current Biology.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 25

Lost and hound

Runaway collie hands herself in at police station

Open and shut case: Rosie walks into the police station Found dog: Settled at the station and, right, with Mr Harper
By Claire Duffin station found Mr Harper’s name 62, added: ‘It’s thunderstorms, wearing a collar, so a lead was

STEVE Harper feared he
might never see his beloved
dog again after she was
spooked by a firework and
ran off in panic.
But they were to be reunited
when Rosie, a clever border
collie, handed herself in at a
police station half a mile away.
Security cameras captured the
moment when the ten-year-old
rescue dog walked through the
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automatic doors then wandered
around the station before lying
down near the entrance.
Officers at Loughborough police
and number on her collar and he
collected her soon afterwards.
Rosie was off the lead in the
Leicestershire town’s Southfields
Park area on November 3 when
she was startled by a firework.
Mr Harper, 68, a retired biochem-
ist, said: ‘She’s very frightened of
fireworks. She ran away and went
under the hedge. I thought I’d find
her cowering under it and be able
to soothe her but she had gone
into the council offices and when I
got there, she had left and was
nowhere to be seen.’ His wife Julie,
fireworks and even the Master-
mind music that has her diving
behind the settee.
‘I was so pleased and so happy
she was safe and so proud of her
that she was clever enough to find
her way to the police station.
‘Steve was distraught. He
thought he had lost her. Then the
police phoned and asked if we had
a black and white collie and said
that she had handed herself in.
She was so pleased to see him.’
A Leicestershire Police spokes-
man said: ‘Thankfully she was
available to contact Rosie’s owner,
who was delighted she had been
found safe and well. What a lovely,
clever dog.
‘Our staff fetched some water for
Rosie, and made fast friends with
plenty of fuss.’
Since police posted the footage
on their Facebook page, it has
attracted more than 2,000 views
and shares.
Social media users praised
Rosie’s initiative. One said: ‘She
clearly followed signs for the
nearest lost and hound’.
Page 26 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

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figure that would have Stone Age
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only a generation or two ago.

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As the UN’s demographic experts explain,
the world’s population is likely to soar even
higher in the next few decades, hitting
8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050. By
the 2080s it should reach 10.4 billion, where

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it will remain until the end of the century.
So many people! But if you’ve ever been
trapped for hours in traffic on the motorway,
or have fought for space on a packed

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commuter train, or have flown home after a
break abroad and been shocked how
crowded everywhere is, then none of this, I
suspect, will come as a surprise.

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Today, our own population is estimated to
be around 67 million. But it’s not really so
long since it was exactly half that. To picture
Britain in the heyday of the Victorians, for
instance, you have to subtract one in every
two people.
Indeed, the further back you stand, the
more astounding the UN’s figures begin to

8
look. In the Stone Age, around 10,000 BC,
there were no more than 4 million people
worldwide. By 3,000 BC, when civilisation
began on the banks of the Nile in ancient
egypt, there were about 40 million. By the
birth of Christ there were about 200 million.
And in 1700, as Britain was on the cusp of
the Industrial Revolution, there were still
only 500 million.
Then came the explosion. Thanks to
improved health and living standards, the
world’s population hit 1 billion during the
Napoleonic Wars, then 2 billion about a
century later.
And when you look at a graph, the line
since then has been almost vertical, shoot-
ing relentlessly upwards, year after year.
You could, of course, tell this as a story of
progress. But most of us are too sensible to
pretend that such expansion has come
without a heavy cost. And when you look
forward to the year 2030 and beyond, it’s
hard not to feel a shudder of dread at the
prospect of such a crowded planet, with life
becoming a ruthless, brutal, even bloody

D
struggle for space and resources.

oeS that sound too bleak? If

so, remember that experts have
been warning for years that
such heedless expansion could
have terrifying consequences.
only a year ago, the acclaimed documen-
tary film 8 Billion Angels explored the
. . . herald famine, mass migration, 
implications of such a population milestone,
from the gigantic industrial farms sprawling
across the plains of Kansas to the swelter-
ing, smoke-wreathed slums of greater Delhi
— whose population was just 1 million in
1950, stands at 32 million today and is
new plagues and water wars – or
a glorious era of human progress?
expected to reach 42 million within a
decade. The film opens with a quotation
from world-renowned primate expert Dame
Jane Goodall, who knows more than most
about the fragile balance between
mankind and the natural world.
‘What I really, really, really would Manila, Tokyo and Mexico City, figures suggest that by 2030, almost online this February, prompting With more people burning more
love to change, without causing and you’re immediately struck by 700 million people may be driven closer military ties between egypt carbon and the planet becoming
pain or suffering,’ she says, is to the appalling air quality, the from their homes in the heart- and Sudan, and raising the spectre ever hotter, mosquitoes, ticks and
‘reduce the number of people on atmosphere poisoned by emissions rending quest for clean and of a major war for control of the other disease-carrying insects have
the planet, because there’s too from millions of homes, vehicles, drinkable water. And as expanding Nile’s water supply. more places in which to thrive.
many of us. It’s a planet of finite factories and human beings. cities become ever more desperate Another possible flashpoint, Meanwhile, as the rate of
resources and we’re using them In the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, for heat and light, so water sources according to geopolitical analysts, deforestation, land clearance, and
up. And that’s going to cause so smog kills an estimated 15,000 will become more endangered. is the basin of the rivers Tigris the encroachment of urban
much suffering in the future.’ people every year. For more than a decade, tension and euphrates, where Turkey, dwellings into previously wild areas
If you’re a technological utopian, In China, air pollution accounts has festered in north-west Africa, Syria, Iraq and Iran are all increases, so the risk of zoonotic
convinced there’s no such thing as f o r a s t a g g e r i n g 1 . 6 m i l l i o n after ethiopia began work on one competing for water. diseases — caused by pathogens
too many people and that science deaths a year. And in Delhi, the of the world’s largest hydro-electric The Turks plan to build 22 dams that jump from animals to humans
holds the answer to everything, fumes from cars, factories and dams on the Blue Nile. and power plants along the upper — becomes ever greater.
then you may disagree with her. power plants are estimated to have Its neighbours downstream, rivers, which could leave their As hospitals become more
But as the film shows, the formida- damaged the lungs of 2 million egypt and Sudan, were outraged, neighbours desperately parched. crowded, superbugs will become
ble challenges of resource compe- children so badly they will never insisting that the ethiopians were But as ominous as these potential more common just as their
tition and environmental destruc- properly recover. depriving them of much-needed water wars might sound, they are resistance to antibiotics grows.
tion just can’t be wished away. Then there’s the ever-fiercer water for cities such as Cairo and nothing compared with the serious And with larger battery farms
Visit booming megacities such as competition for resources. UN Khartoum. But the dam went danger of increased pandemics. being created to meet the demand
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caused by environmental scar-
Revolution
Napoleonic city . . . This is how many states will
ultimately die.’

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I
somehow. But no society, however
advanced, has a divine right to
exist for ever.
The great civilisations of the
Americas, such as the Aztecs and
the Incas, were devastated by
smallpox and never recovered,

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while the island peoples of
the Caribbean were wiped
out completely.
In perhaps the most ominous
precedent, the highly sophisticated
society of the Mayans in Central
America collapsed in the course of
two generations in the 9th century,
with cities abandoned almost
overnight. Much of the story

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remains a mystery, but many
historians blame overpopulation,
drought, epidemics and ecological
collapse — all of which sound
disturbingly familiar today.
So is this the fate that awaits our
grandchildren? Famine, plague,
war and death, the Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse?
Fortunately there are a few
chinks of light amid the gloom.
As the Un report points out, the
rate of population growth is
slowing, and in the very long run,
well after we’re all in our graves,
the total is likely to fall.
The richer people
become, the fewer
children they tend to

7bn
have. So by 2100,
according to the
report, declining
fertility rates
mean the
world’s popula-
tion may begin
2011 to come down.
Fo r
pessimistic
more

Arab Spring experts, that’s

6bn
simply too late.
uprising Some
think the world
even

should adopt the

controversial one-child
policy followed by China

3bn 1999 between 1979 and 2016, which

the prices of restricted most families to a single
Simon’s five child and probably prevented at
metals fell
Creation of by more than
50 per cent,
least 400 million births.
Such a policy seems very
unlikely, though — not least

1960
Depths of the
5bn 1987
the euro with customers
preferring cheaper
and more innovative
substitutes such as
plastics, fibre optics, ceram-
ics and aluminium.
But Ehrlich never retracted his
because the countries that will
see the biggest increases
in the decades ahead, such
a s E g y p t , n i g e r i a , Pa k i s t a n
and the Philippines, have
shown no interest in such
draconian restrictions.
Cold War Black Monday basic argument. As recently as

2bn 4bn
2018, he told an interviewer
crash that a ‘shattering collapse of
civilisation’ was a ‘near certainty
in the next few decades’, because
might actually propel mankind of the intense competition for
into a kind of vicious circle, with food and water, as well as the
1927 the struggle for resources leaving effects of chemical pollution and
I think a more plausible answer is
the one offered by the documen-
tary 8 Billion Angels, which calls
for a worldwide effort to educate
poor women about fertility
and contraception.
As the film points out, the more
women know about their own

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people just as poor, downtrodden climate change. bodies, and the more power they
and despairing as they had been at are given over their own prospects,
Cusp of Great the beginning. the less likely they are to have

Depression 1975 Scholarly arguments about this

for food, the risk of viruses leaping
from birds and animals to human
beings becomes greater ever year.
Again, all this might sound
unnecessarily apocalyptic — if it
weren’t for the fact that we’ve had
several stark warnings in the last
century alone.
The Spanish flu of the late 1910s
and early 1920s, which killed an
estimated 50 million people world-
wide, is widely thought to have
spread from farms in Kansas. The
bird flu outbreaks of the 2010s
were driven by the enormous rise
of battery poultry farms.
And the Covid epidemic is
generally traced back to Wuhan,
China — a city whose population
U.S. defeat in
Vietnam
had soared from about 4 million
in the early 1980s to more than
12 million today.
Should we have seen Covid
coming, then? The short answer
is yes — not least because
scientists had been warning for
decades that more people, more
cities and more travel made future
pandemics inevitable.
As long ago as 1798, the great
clergyman-turned- economist
Thomas Malthus predicted that
rising living standards and a
surging worldwide population
‘Malthusian trap’ have raged ever
since. But the debate has become
even more charged in recent
decades, as we’ve come to appreci-
ate the environmental costs of
economic progress.
In 1968 the Stanford biologist
Paul Ehrlich published a manifesto
entitled The Population Bomb,
warning that hundreds of millions
of people would soon starve to
death because of overpopulation.
In the short term, of course, he
was completely wrong. Indeed, he
lost a famous wager with a more
cornucopian economist, Julian
Simon, who saw population growth
as offering ‘more hands to work
and brains to think’.
Simon bet Ehrlich that $1,000
worth of five metals — chrome,
copper, nickel, tin and tungsten,
then all in short supply — would
fall in value during the 1980s.
In the ensuing decade the global
population grew by 800 million, yet
lEnTy of experts in
other fields have come
to similar conclusions.
The respected U.S.
defence analyst Robert Kaplan, for
instance, has spent the past three
decades writing about what he
calls the ‘coming anarchy’.
As long ago as 1994, Kaplan
warned that unchecked population
growth, especially in West Africa,
the Middle East and South Asia,
would mean a future of ‘disease,
overpopulation, unprovoked crime,
scarcity of resources, refugee
migrations, the increasing erosion
of nation-states and international
borders, and the empowerment of
private armies, security firms, and
international drug cartels’.
When you go through that list,
item by item, you can’t say he was
wrong. And that makes his
conclusion even more chilling.
‘Future wars,’ Kaplan predicted,
‘will be those of communal survival,
large, unplanned families.
Even so, we can’t expect an
overnight transformation.
The world’s population will
keep growing for the rest of
our lifetimes.
Even in Britain, our population is
expected to reach 70 million in
about 2030, though the rate of
growth has slowed dramatically in
recent years.
So while we should escape the
very worst consequences of the
demographic boom, the pressure
for more housing, in particular, is
only going to get worse.
And if you think the roads and
trains are packed now — well, just
wait till you get to 2030!
‘Hell,’ the French philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote, ‘is
other people.’ As it happens, he
was wrong about most things.
But in this respect, I fear,
h e w a s c o m p l e t e l y, u t t e r l y,
depressingly right.
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Speed limits of
20mph ‘don’t DAY
SPEED limits of 20mph have ‘little
improve safety’
impact’ on crashes, casualties and
drivers, according to a study.
Schemes to reduce road traffic speed
in certain areas have become increas-
ingly popular.
At 30-40mph, the risk of pedestrian fatali-
ties is up to 5.5 times greater than at speeds
of 20-30mph. But a three-year study of a
20mph project across Belfast suggests the
measure did not make roads safer. Research-
By Xantha Leatham
Deputy Science Editor
ers from Queen’s University Belfast, Edin-
burgh University and the University of
Cambridge studied 76 city centre streets
before and after the new limit.
When compared with nearby streets, a
20mph limit made little difference for colli-
sions, casualties or speed. In fact, drivers
hardly slowed down at all – which could
explain why crashes and casualties did not
improve. Collisions dropped by just 3 per
cent and 15 per cent respectively one and
three years later, while casualties fell by just
16 per cent and 22 per cent respectively.
None of these reductions was deemed sta-
tistically significant.
Average traffic speed fell by only 0.2mph
one year later, and 0.8mph three years later.
The only significant decrease was in traffic
volume, with 166 fewer vehicles per week in
the morning rush hour. Writing in the Jour-
nal of Epidemiology and Com-
munity Health, the team said
that the policy may only work
alongside ‘other interventions
such as driver training, CCTV,
community speed watch and
police communication’.
In 2017, Manchester council
halted funding for a 20mph
limit, as it made ‘no difference
‘Problem with
compliance’
to speed or accidents’. Yet tri-
als in Bristol and Edinburgh
saw collisions fall significantly.
RAC spokesman Simon Wil-
liams said there seemed to be
‘a serious problem with com-
pliance’, adding that chicanes
and speed bumps may help.
Mary Williams, of safety char-
ity Brake, described 20mph
limits as ‘life-saving’, adding:
‘The difference between a
20mph and a 30mph limit is a
doubled stopping distance.’
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FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE
NOVEMBER 16, 1949
BRITAIN’S oldest miner, 81-year- old
William Henry Stevenson, of Wednesbury,
Staffordshire, has been sacked. The National
Coal Board had to do it because ‘Old Bill’
refused to stop working. Doctors had
warned him his heart might let him down.
NOVEMBER 16, 1987
SCOTlAND Yard chiefs are to review
security surrounding the Royal Family amid
growing concern about the ‘persecution’ of
the Princess of Wales. Buckingham Palace is
increasingly alarmed at the activities of
photographers with motorbikes and two-
way radios who are accused of making the
Princess’s life a misery.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
FRANk BRUNO, 61. The
london-born boxer won
the WBC heavyweight
title in 1995, losing it to
Mike Tyson six months
later. He still has a strict
exercise regime, getting
up at 5am every day: ‘It
keeps me out of trouble,
having something to focus
on,’ he says. His mum once told him he tried
to smash his way out of his cot as a baby.
PETE DAVIDSON, 29. The U.S. comedian
and actor made his name in sketch series
Saturday Night live before starring in
the films The Suicide Squad and The king
Of Staten Island. Dubbed ‘the perfect
celebrity rebound boyfriend’, he has dated
Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor, pop star
Ariana Grande, actress kate Beckinsale
and socialite kim kardashian.
BORN ON THIS DAY
ClU GUlAGER (1928-2022). The actor
from Oklahoma played the only character
Ronald Reagan killed in his film career, in
1964’s The killers. Gulager also starred
in Western series The Virginian, which was
shown on BBC1 in the 1960s and 1970s.
Born William, his nickname came from
martins nesting at the family home when he
was born (he was part-Cherokee and their
word for the birds is clu-clu).
EllEN AlBERTINI DOW (1913-2015). The
U.S. actress studied mime in Paris with
Marcel Marceau but only stepped into the
limelight in her 70s after retiring as a drama
films and performed Rapper’s Delight in
movie, she said: ‘I still sing it all the time.’
IN 1966, Cathy Come
Home, directed by ken
loach, was shown on
BBC1. It exposed Britain’s
severe housing shortage
and was voted best drama
in a British Film Institute
poll in 2000.
IN 2008, On The Buses
star Reg Varney — who
played Stan Butler in the
TV series — died, aged 92.
WORD WIZARDRY
GUESS THE DEFINITION
Pocillovy (coined 1984)
The hobby of collecting:
A) Postcards. B) Teddy bears.
C) Eggcups. (answer below)
PHRASE EXPLAINED
Give someone the elbow: Meaning to reject
or dismiss someone; it alludes to the image
of nudging someone aside in a rough or
contemptuous manner.
QUOTE FOR TODAY
all pro athletes are bilingual.
They speak English and profanity.
Gordie Howe,
Canadian ice hockey player (1928-2016)
JOKE OF THE DAY
WHY did the chewing gum cross the road?
Because it was stuck to the chicken’s foot.
Guess The Definition answer: C
Compiled by ETAN SMALLMAN
and ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 29

On Twitter @richardaeden and on Instagram @edenconfidential richard.eden@dailymail.co.uk

Madcap mum
Curtis, king Goldie steals
of romcoms, Kate’s show
DESPITE wearing an embellished

moving out of
nude gown, Hollywood star Kate
Hudson still managed to be
upstaged by her Oscar-winning
mother, Goldie Hawn, on the
red carpet.
Larking about and pulling silly

Notting Hill
faces, the 76-year-old attracted
more attention than her daugh-
ter, 43, who had kindly invited her
to the Los Angeles premiere of
the latest instalment of the Knives
Out murder mystery films.
IS hit romantic Kate, pictured as a tot with

H comedy starring
hugh Grant and
Julia Roberts
helped transform
a once run-down corner of
We s t L o n d o n i n t o a
neighbourhood of American
n HOW much is lunch with a
showbusiness legend worth?
Try £100,000 if it’s Dame Joan
Collins. That’s what a mystery
punter paid at a black-tie ball
at the Royal Lancaster hotel
in London when lunch with
the Dynasty star at Club 55
Goldie, is the daughter of pop
star Bill Hudson. She made her
name in the film Almost Famous.

in St Tropez went under the

bankers and Russian oli- hammer for Shooting Star
garchs, with property prices Children’s Hospices.
soaring to match those in
Mayfair or Belgravia.
But now screenwriter Richard moving, but they suffered a
Curtis and his girlfriend, the property disaster earlier this year
broadcaster emma freud, are when their 18th-century holiday
quitting Notting hill. home in a Suffolk seaside village
‘It’s like the ravens leaving the was badly damaged by a fire
tower,’ one of their neighbours caused by an electrical fault.
tells me, somewhat dramatically. The blaze was particularly
The couple are understood to traumatic because their beloved
have put their home, in a pet cat, Meep, and four kittens
particularly desirable corner of were killed.
the area, on the market. Curtis’s film came in for criti-
Curtis, 65, declines to comment, cism recently for failing to reflect
but the five-bedroom, end-of- the ethnic make-up of the area,
terrace house would be worth which has been at the heart of the
more than £20 million. he and West Indian community since the
emma, 60, are thought to have 1950s and home of the Notting n ANTON DU BEKE’S five-
paid £3.6 million for the property hill Carnival. Comedian Omid year-old son, George, knows just
in 1998, the year before his film, Djalili claimed ethnic actors were how to impress the parents of
Notting hill was released. axed and his own role as a cafe friends. Speaking about George
It’s not clear why the couple, owner reduced in order to make and his twin Henrietta, the show
who have four children, are the film ‘more white’. judge says, ‘They love Strictly,
and watched it last year . . .
‘One of George’s friends came
n IT’S not just David Walliams who’s made a disclose that the acclaimed author and illustrator Clara, and research scientist round for a play-date the other
fortune from children’s books. I can reveal illustrator, whose books include Dogger Tom. Asked what she considered her day, and George opened the
that Shirley Hughes, who died in March and Alfie, had an estate of £13.6 million. greatest achievement, Hughes had the door and said to the mum, “Did
aged 94, left almost £14 million in her will. It will be split between her three chil- simplest of responses: ‘Creating picture you know that Anton du Beke
Newly released probate documents dren, journalist Ed Vulliamy, author and books that some small child might enjoy.’ from Strictly Come Dancing is
my Daddy?” It was so funny.’

To keep up to Happy memories for n PIeRS DUNhILL,

great-great-grandson Pop star’s
season to
of luxury goods brand
date with the
To keep
latest royalupnews
to ambassador’s widow founder Sir Alfred
Dunhill, has come up

be stroppy
with a novel idea: alco-
date
and with the
gossip, sign
SIR Christopher Meyer’s
widow, Catherine, enjoyed
holic tomato sauce.
entrepreneur Piers
a joke with the Rev Canon has teamed up with
latest royal news
up to my weekly Alan Gyle after the inspira- food scientist Christo-
pher Beard to produce
tional memorial service for
andnewsletter
gossip, sign her diplomat husband at
St Paul’s Church in
a variety of boozy food-
stuffs, including frozen
CAN someone tell Paloma
Faith the season of goodwill
up to my weekly Knightsbridge yesterday.
Sir Christopher, Britain’s
milkshake cocktails.
‘It’s called Naughty
will soon be upon us.
The pop star, 41, used her
newsletter former ambassador to the
US, died suddenly in July
and is going to be mas-
sive,’ he assures me at
performance at Rosewood
Lo n d o n ’s Co u r t y a r d
aged 78. the launch of healing
the Wounded Child Christmas Party to accuse
At the service, where her record label of failing
mourners included Sir John charity at Tramp in St
Major, former Desert Island James’s, London. to promote her 2020 festive
Discs host Dame Sue Piers says of his part- single, A Christmas Prayer.
Lawley recalled his appear- nership with Beard: ‘I ‘This is one of the under- budget on it.’ It doesn’t,
ance on the Radio 4 show. knew he was a playboy, rated Christmas songs on however, seem to have left
‘My definition for a casta- so I lured him in asking the market, and it’s actually a lasting impression on
way is that they would have for investment by over-
laying my message good, as it’s with Gregory Faith, a former coach on TV
wit, wisdom and eclectic Porter,’ she told guests. talent show The Voice.
taste in music. he had all of over a photograph of a
mailplus.co.uk/ that,’ she said. ‘he bal- sexy, blonde model — ‘But no one has heard of She admitted: ‘I can’t
and it worked.’
palacenewslaetter
palacenewsletter anced Tchaikovsky with
Little Richard and AC/DC.’
it because no one at my
label put a marketing
remember the lyrics because
I only sing it once a year.’
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The 77-year-old sleuth

who’s taken British Gas,
BT and even her council
to court ... AND WON!
By Helena Kelly ROSALINDE’S
FIVE GOLDEN

S
HOULD you meet Rosalinde
Bond at her local bridge club,
you probably wouldn’t notice
RULES FOR
anything out of the ordinary. COMPLAINING
But this elegantly dressed, 5ft
3in great-grandmother from Fenny 1. A LWAYS k e e p yo u r
Drayton, Leicestershire, is far from receipts. These are essential
your average 77-year-old. evidence and it can be
For over the past year, Rosalinde has taken difficult to substantiate a
some of Britain’s biggest companies as well claim without one.
as her local council to court . . . and she has
won every time. 2. WRITE to a company
First, she secured £203 in compensation straight away if you are
from BT after it mistakenly cut off her unhappy. It’s important to
household landline. have a clear record of your
Then, she gained £658 from Warwick- complaint and it gives them
shire County Council after her husband, a chance to offer a solution.
David, 79, was handed a £30 fine for
parking in a restricted area that had 3. FAMILIARISE yourself
not been properly signposted. with consumer laws so that
And now, in her proudest achievement you know your rights.
yet, she has netted £883 from British Ro s a l i n d e s ays t h e
Gas’s HomeCare boiler repair scheme
for shoddy service. Consumer Rights Act 2015
‘When I first complained, I felt like can be researched online
British Gas just thought I was a little old or found in libraries if you
lady they could squash into the ground,’ do not have access to
says the grandmother of eight. the internet.
‘But I won, and I felt like the scales of
justice had been balanced.’ 4. DON’T be worried about
Of course, British Gas HomeCare, BT and representing yourself in
Warwickshire County Council may not have court. Rosalinde insists
been aware that Rosalinde was a solicitor there is no need to fork out
before she retired in 2011. for expensive solicitors’ fees,
Even so, her victories are a remarkable Victory: as even a base-level under-
testament to the power of complaining and David and standing of consumer law is
fighting your corner when you know a big enough to get you through a
company is in the wrong. Rosalinde
Bond court case.
Rosalinde’s battle with British
Gas started last winter. 5. ALTERNATIVELY, con-
When the couple’s gas boiler sider taking out legal
unexpectedly turned itself off over- freelance engineer who business or individual
expenses insurance. This
night on November 22, 2021, had been subcontracted by will ever intimidate us,’
can cover your legal costs if
Rosalinde and David were relieved HomeCare. The engineer fixed she says. As a former
you need to pursue disputes.
that they had the energy firm’s the problem temporarily — but by solicitor, she is well aware of her
HomeCare cover in place. the following morning the heating consumer rights. You cannot generally buy
was off again, leaving the couple She worked in law for 40 years, this directly, but it is typi-

T
in the cold for a further ten other parts becoming damaged. specialising in contract law and cally an ‘add-on’ option to
days while they waited for a follow- The engineer told Rosalinde the consumer affairs, and ran her own other types of insurance,
HE couple, who live in a up appointment. boiler was so dangerous it could firm of solicitors. such as home or motor.
three-bedroom bunga- On some days, the temperature have set their house on fire. So she took the company to court
She immediately agreed to have
low, were paying £235 a outside dropped to just a few for her troubles.
degrees centigrade, and it fell to a new one installed, at her own Even before the boiler had worth of their HomeCare cover
year for a plan that freezing at night. expense. But the endless delays, broken, the couple were feeling
entitled them to an annual boiler fees, along with the couple’s legal
The delays were particularly poor communication and shoddy they were getting poor value for costs — a total of £883.
service — and the cost of any stressful because David has service from HomeCare left money from HomeCare.
emergency repairs. But Rosalinde accepts that bat-
terminal bowel cancer and relies Rosalinde ready to fight British Their annual service was often tling big firms is not for the faint-
However, when they needed the on hot water to keep his medical Gas for compensation. delayed and Rosalinde says they
policy most, it failed to deliver. hearted. In all, the process took
equipment sterile. ‘I had tried to contact it several once waited 15 months for an just under nine months and
It took HomeCare eight days to Anxious about her husband’s times, but it did everything it could appointment. involved using her legal knowledge
send out an engineer. welfare, Rosalinde eventually to avoid the situation,’ she says. After taking the case to Nuneaton to prepare all her own evidence.
W h e n t h e m a n e v e n t u a l l y decided to fork out for an The couple raised a complaint, County Court in Warwickshire, a Had the couple lost, they would
arrived, he was late and driving independent gas engineer. but were unhappy when they were judge agreed that there had been have been forced to pay their own
an unmarked van, which left During his visit, he noticed a offered a £324 goodwill payment. a breach of contract. court fees of £290. But Rosalinde
Rosalinde wary. crack in the heat shield — a vital T h a t’ s w h e n R o s a l i n d e ’ s On September 9, Rosalinde won
She later learned that he was a safety feature on boilers that stops fighting spirit really took over. ‘No back the cost of around two years’ TURN TO NEXT PAGE

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insists it was worth it. ‘These
big companies should not be
allowed to get away with
such poor service,’ she says.
‘The only reason they do is
b e c au s e 9 9 p c o f t h e i r
customers don’t know how to
complain effectively.’
Consumer champion Martyn
James agrees: ‘Rosalinde and
David’s story is a great
reminder of what can happen
when customers put up
a fight.
‘Often when you complain
to companies, they reach out
with token gestures which
are not reflective of the actual
damage caused. But even just
the threat of legal action can
cause companies to offer
better compensation.’
For most customers, the first
port of call should be raising
an official complaint with
your service provider.
If you get an unsatis-
factory response, you can
pursue companies via an
independent ombudsman
such as the Financial
Ombudsman Service.
Most complaints are
resolved by the Financial
Ombudsman within 90 days.
However, Rosalinde says
payouts tend to be more
lucrative through the courts.
Her golden rules for
complaining include: always
keep receipts, write to
companies straight away
when something goes wrong,
and familiarise yourself with
consumer laws — which she
says are, on the whole, easy
to understand.
She also insists that anyone
can represent themselves in
court, so don’t be put off
thinking you need to employ
expensive solicitors.
People on low incomes —
such as those living on only a
state pension — are also
exempt from paying court
fees. Anyone who chooses to
sue a company, regardless of
income, will not have to pay
the defendants’ legal fees,
even if they lose the case.
This applies to all court
cases where the value of the
payout is less than £10,000 —
or £5,000 in Scotland.
More than seven million
households have cover with
HomeCare, which offers four
types of package at varying
levels of cost.
It is currently involved in an
advertising blitz as the colder
weather bites.
Money Mail has previously
reported on customers being
forced to wait for months for
emergency repairs.
A British Gas spokesman
says: ‘We accept the court’s
ruling, which was clear that
this wasn’t a case of negli-
gence. However, we under-
stand there were some short-
falls in our service, and have
apologised to Mrs Bond.’
h.kelly@dailymail.co.uk
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
C
HRISTINE HIllS is convinced that unless she
logs into her Premium Bonds account online, she
won’t win a prize. The 62-year-old bought £24,000
worth of bonds in late 2020. By May 2021, she
hadn’t won a penny.
She decided to log into her National Savings & Investments (NS&I)
account to see if she was mistaken. In the next draw, she won £25. The
next month she forgot to log in before the draw. She didn’t win a prize.
So the following month she logged in before the draw — and, once
again, she won.
The local government worker from leicester is convinced that it is a
pattern. NS&I insists it is just a coincidence.
Welcome to the world of Premium Bonds conspiracy theories.
Around 22.4 million people have Premium Bonds worth nearly
£120 billion. The bonds are tax-free and, unlike lottery-style draws, you
never lose your original stake.
There are two top prizes of £1 mil-
lion each month. In February
2023, NS&I will award its 500th
£1 million prize.
By Tilly
When the £1 million jackpot was
introduced in April 1994, the first Armstrong
winner was a man from Surrey with
£10,000 of holdings.
Other top prizes in the monthly into the draw, the random aspect
draw currently include 18 worth could be somehow manipulated.’ An
£100,000 and 36 worth £50,000. The NS&I spokesman says: ‘We know
smallest, and most common, prize that there are many myths about
on offer is £25. how to win Premium Bonds, but
Run by Treasury-backed NS&I, the the simple fact is that every eligible
annual prize fund rate is 2.2 pc at the £1 bond has an equal chance
moment. It means the odds of of winning.
winning a prize with a £1 bond is ‘Regardless of if you bought your
24,000 to 1 (up from one in 24,500 bond online, by phone or by post; if
in September). you were bought it as a child; or if
Ernie, the machine responsible for you have had it one month or for
picking Premium Bonds winners, 65 years — as long as you haven’t
first sprang into action in June 1957. cashed in your bond you could win.’
NS&I says Ernie (Electronic NS&I says each month, the
R a n d o m N u m b e r I n d i c a t o r Government Actuary’s Department
Equipment) generates numbers in a carries out independent checks to
random and uncontrollable way. make sure Ernie’s output is random.
Ahead of the first draw 65 years
ago, 49 million Premium Bonds were GHOST OWNERS ARE
purchased, worth a minimum of £1
up to £500. Today, the lowest amount ‘UNFAIRLY’ WINNING
of bonds that can be purchased is ANTHONY BARkER, from Rhos-
£25, and the maximum is £50,000. on-Sea, North Wales, believes there
Even though NS&I has always are thousands of ghost bonds entered
insisted Premium Bonds prizes are into the monthly draw which should
totally random — any £1 bond has not be there.
exactly the same chance of winning The 67-year-old points out that
as any other £1 bond — not every when a bondholder dies, their
bondholder is so sure. holdings remain live for a year until
Dozens of Money Mail readers have their estate is sorted — at which point
told us they are convinced that the bonds should be cashed in.
they’ve spotted strange patterns But he fears that if NS&I isn’t made
that can’t just be random. aware that someone has died, those
Here, we look at the claims — and ghost bonds could be entered every
NS&I’s response… month alongside legitimate ones —
and could win big.
NUMBERS CAN’T NS&I says that if someone dies, the
person legally entitled to their savings
TRIUMPH TWICE has to make a claim and notify it,
MYRA TuckER believes each which can be done online.
Premium Bond never wins a prize A deceased person’s bonds can stay
more than once. in the draw for up to a year after their
The 83-year-old from Bristol has death, instead of being repaid
been buying bonds for decades and immediately. Any prizes are then paid
currently holds £40,000. She has kept to the person’s beneficiary once the
track of her hundreds of wins over claim has been completed.
the years.
She says: ‘In 40 years, not one has LETTER-STARTING
ever appeared twice. It’s as if when a
bond wins it is taken off the grid. BONDS ARE DUDS
‘I know it sounds impossible but I ONE Money Mail reader, from
felt certain that just one of my Staffordshire, reckons bond numbers
winning bonds might have won on with letters at the beginning are
more than one occasion.’ passed over by Ernie.
A number of Money Mail readers He has a bond that was bought for
wrote in with the same theory. him in the 1950s, which begins with
NS&I says every bond is included in the letters ‘Ak’.
the draw each month. It says that in It has never won a prize, but he has
the past eight years, since it started had other bonds over the years which
recording the data, 376,535 bonds have come up with £25 every now
have won more than once. One of and again.
these bonds has won four times. NS&I says early bond identification
codes started with two letters
CASH-IN WARNING followed by six numbers. In 1973,
these were converted to start with
EQUALS VICTORY ‘000’ to match the format used for
GEOFF MAlY reckons that if you more recent bond numbers. NS&I
write to NS&I threatening to cash in had to change the format because it
your bonds, you’re more likely to win was set to run out of unique bonds
in the next draw. thanks to their popularity.
Geoff ’s father bought him four £1 Again, NS&I insists that every
bonds in 1957. In 1983, having not single £1 bond has the same chance
won anything, he decided to redeem of winning as any other. Whether a
his bonds and those of his two bond originally had letters at the
young sons. beginning has no bearing on
He wrote into the bond office in Ernie’s selections.
lytham St Annes, lancashire, asking Bonds starting 000 make up just
how to proceed, but heard nothing. 0.05 pc of the draw.
A month later he received a cheque
for £25 from NS&I. In the following LARGER BLOCKS ARE
months, his eldest son won £50
and £25. ADVANTAGEOUS
Geoff says: ‘Ever since then I have JOHN MAcAulAY, 75, is sure that
believed that, although all bonds go large blocks of holdings are more
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
If your bond starts with
letters you NEVER win.
But you DO if you threaten
to sell up or have only just
invested — while big prizes
go to ‘ghost’ customers...
We investigate
those tantalising
Premium
Bonds
CONSPIRACY
THEORIES
likely to win. The father-of-two
from Chelmsford, Essex, has held
the maximum in Premium Bonds
— currently £50,000 — since he
retired 17 years ago.
His holding is made up of some
larger blocks of bonds and much
smaller purchases dating back to
his childhood.
John is so convinced of his theory
that he’s considering cashing in his
smaller holdings and transferring
them into one large one.
He says: ‘The large blocks of
holdings are by far the most
successful, but I still get
an occasional prize from my
childhood bonds.
‘My newer bonds are bigger
holdings and seem to win more.’
So far, £1,000 is the highest amount
he has won, but he regularly wins
three or four sets of £25 a month.
NS&I says it makes no difference
if bonds are bought in one block or
in multiple blocks.
NEWER BONDS WIN
MORE FREQUENTLY
A NUMBER of readers say they
are sure that bonds bought more
recently are more likely to
win prizes.
Jeanette Norman has five £1
bonds from 1957 which have never
won, but she says that when she
buys new ones she wins. She adds:
‘My dad used to withdraw them
and reinvest them and always win,
which is what I’m going to try.’
Of all winners in November, 30 pc
were bonds bought in the past
two years.
Only 16 pc of winners bought
bonds more than ten years ago.
NS&I says bonds bought more
recently may appear to win more
often because there are more new
bonds than old.
Around 45 pc of bonds were
bought in the past two years due
to a pandemic- driven boom,
while only 6 pc were purchased
before 2004.
Each £1 bond is just as likely to
win, regardless of when or where
it was bought — it is simply the
luck of the draw.
In fact, the oldest bond to ever
scoop the £1 million jackpot was
bought in 1959 — and was picked
out as a winner by Ernie 45 years
later in 2004. The winner had only
a £17 holding.
Jill Waters, NS&I’s retail director,
says: ‘At least once per week
someone will say to me that only
the most recently purchased
bonds win prizes.
‘It’s totally untrue. Every bond
has an equal chance of being
drawn by Ernie.’
It’s true that the more bonds
you hold, the better your chance
of winning big prizes. But this
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Picture: BBC
Random: The old Ernie
machine from the 1970s. We
are now on Generation 5
does not mean it’s impossible to
bag a bigger prize if you don’t hold
the maximum amount.
Since 1994, there have been
12 people holding £1,000 and
under who have scooped the
£1 million prize.
And in August 2020, a woman
from Cumbria won the jackpot
with £5,900 invested.
According to Money Saving
Expert’s calculator, the average
annual winnings of someone with
a £10,000 holding is £200.
This rises to around £500
for someone with £25,000, and
around £1,000 for someone with a
£50,000 holding.
CERTAIN REGIONS
ARE FAR LUCKIER
ANOTHER debate is whether you
are more likely to win a prize if
you live in a particular part
of Britain.
Certainly, a number of Money
Mail readers told us they’d spotted
this pattern.
For example, of the 4,976,066
prizes in the November draw,
1,026,155 were won by people in
the South East.
Only 133,432 prizes were won by
people based in the North East,
and 447,875 in the North West.
Alan Hall, from Liverpool,
believes the city does not have
many big winners.
He says: ‘In the past, I have
taken prize cheques to pay them
in at my bank and the cashier has
quipped: “It must be Liverpool’s
turn to win big.” ’
But NS&I insists that if it seems
as though more prizes are won by
holders in certain areas of the
country then it’s likely to be
because there are more bond-
holders there compared to other
parts of the UK.
The South East is home to the
most UK bondholders.
Of the 22.4 million or so investors,
3,471,853 are based in the South
East, or 15.5 pc.
London is home to 10.8 pc of
customers, while 10.1 pc are based
in the East, 9.6 pc are in the North
West and 3.2 pc are in the
North East.
t.armstrong@dailymail.co.uk
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at the start of this month, the Bank of
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1.3 pc on offer at the start of the year. yesterday by raising its fixed-rate
Kevin Mountford, co-founder of savings bonds for new savers. Its one-year
platform raisin UK, says: ‘The rises we bond pays a top 4.45 pc, up from a
have seen in fixed-rate bonds have slowed much lower 2.79 pc.
down. Top rates of 4.6 pc or over along with Kent reliance’s
have all disappeared. If you see a shorter-term bonds. But you can bond at 4.95 pc was on sale for one-year bond from savings giant 4.45 pc, other top one-year fixed
bond paying north of 4 pc for still earn around 5 pc on longer- just one day, while the provider Halifax plummeted from 3.4 pc rate bonds come from Investec at
a year, grab it.’ term, five-year bonds. scrapped the launch of its one- to 2.8 pc for new savers, while 4.36 pc, with aldermore, atom and
The path of future interest rates ‘If inflation drops back as the year bond at 4.55 pc altogether. Leeds Bs headed down from TsB at 4.35 pc.
fell because the Bank of england Bank of england suggests, tying rCI Bank cut its one-year rate 3.75 pc to 3.4 pc. For 18 months DF Capital
expects inflation to fall back from up some money at this rate will from 4.6 pc to 4.2 pc and United Now it is competition between pays 4.75 pc.
the middle of next year towards look like a shrewd move.’ There Trust’s one-year bond at 4.65 pc providers for savers’ money rather If you are willing to tie your
the 2 pc target in two years’ time. was a frenzy of activity at the end was on sale for just 24 hours. than future rises in interest rates money up for five years, Tandem
It currently stands at a 40-year of last week as providers slashed Other top rates from secure which will drive returns up. offers 5 pc and Ford Money and
high of 10.1 pc. rates for new savers. Trust, Tandem, vanquis, Close and those top-rate bonds will rCI Bank pay 4.95 pc.
anna Bowes, from savings virgin cut its one-year rate from Brothers savings and Oxbury disappear as soon as the bank or remember, you can’t get your
Champion, says: ‘We could be at 4 pc to just 3.25 pc. Yesterday, it banks also disappeared. building society has attracted the money out of a fixed-rate bond
the peak on rates. Competition withdrew it from sale altogether. Cuts are still coming thick money they need. until the end of the term.
has waned over the last week on Charter savings Bank’s two-year and fast. This morning the But any increases are unlikely to sy.morris@dailymail.co.uk

At last, phone firms ordered to block ‘spoof’ numbers

PHONE companies will be forced to block measures to make it harder for criminal worthy, victims are more likely to answer They will also have to block numbers that
‘spoof’ numbers used by scammers to pose gangs to make contact with victims. and follow the scammer’s instructions. are on Ofcom’s ‘do not originate’ list, which
as trusted brands, under new Ofcom rules. Scammers are increasingly posing as Ofcom estimates around 700,000 includes those that banks and government
Almost 41 million Britons received a legitimate organisations, such as banks people had done so in the three months to departments never use for outbound calls.
suspicious call or text in the past three or government departments, by ‘spoof- August alone. Some companies have already voluntar-
months. The new rules, expected to ing’ phone numbers. Phone providers will also be required to ily implemented these measures, includ-
protect millions of people, will come into This technique allows them to hide or make sure that numbers meet the UK’s ten ing TalkTalk, which said it had seen a
force in May 2023. change their caller ID to disguise their or 11-digit format and identify and block 65 pc reduction in complaints about scam
It marks the latest in a string of new identity. If a phone number appears trust- calls from abroad spoofing a UK caller ID. calls since taking action.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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39

They’re set to
T enter circulation
HE first coins featuring
the portrait of King
Charles III will enter
circulation within weeks.
To begin with, the 50p
coins will be distributed exclu-
sively at Post Office branches,
at the Post
Money Mail can reveal.
And anticipation is already building
among collectors. Sellers on online
Office — and
marketplace eBay are advertising the 50p
pieces at inflated prices — before they’re
even available. Some are even listing the
new 50p coins for as much as £10.
are already
The excitement is partly because the
50p pieces will be the only coins in
circulation featuring His Majesty’s
portrait and ‘2022’ — the year of his
being listed
accession to the throne. The Royal Mint
isn’t producing any other denomination
of coin featuring the King this year.
So should you try to get your hands on
for £10 on
a new 50p in pristine condition? And will
it be worth a mint in years to come?
With 9.6 million of the new 50p coins
expected to be minted this year, experts
eBay. So...

Could the
believe they may sell for slightly more
than face value on the secondary market
— but don’t expect to make a pretty
penny in the long-term.
Joe Trewick, of researchers The Coin
Expert, says: ‘Given the high mintage,
we wouldn’t expect the coin to have
significant resale value.

new King
‘However, since this is the first 50p in
circulation to feature King Charles III,
there’s no doubt the value could initially
go higher as collectors rush to add it.’
The first coins will start circulating
when current 50p stocks featuring the
Queen’s portrait run low. This is FIVE 50Ps
currently expected to happen in mid-
WORTH

Charles 50p
December. Royal Mint started produc-
ing the coins at the end of October.
Other denominations featuring the
King’s portrait will not follow until next
POCKETING
year at the earliest.
Like all circulating coins, the new 50p 1. Kew
is denominated. This means its face Gardens.
value will only ever be 50p.

coins make
But that may not stop prices rising on Mintage:
the secondary market. 210,000.

O
Year: 2009.
Typical selling price:
n EBAy, searching for ‘King
Charles III 50p’ brings up more Up to £100
than 50 listings showing off the

YOU a mint?
latest design. Some listings
2. Olympics Football.
have racked up half a dozen bidders. Mintage: 1,125,500.
International bidders — namely Year: 2011. Typical
collectors in the U.S. who are fans of the
Royals — will be among those looking to selling price: £13
buy, the experts say.
Dominic Chorney, coin specialist
3. Olympics
at A. H. Baldwin & Sons, says: Triathlon. Mintage:
says 50p pieces minted in that sort London Olympic Games in 2012,
‘With the popularity of the
monarchy overseas, I’m sure many By Laura of quantity tend to sell for between and Peter Rabbit coins from 2018.
1,163,500. Year: 2011.
Typical selling
of the new coins of King Charles £1.14 and £1.37 on the secondary Some of these were minted fewer
III will be of interest to collectors Purkess market. So they are mainly than 1.5 million times. price: £10
and non-collectors alike.’ considered keepsakes, as opposed So, will enthusiasts be able to
The 50p features a portrait of the to collectors’ items. request a King Charles 50p in the 4. Olympics
King from his 70th birthday. The roughly 27 billion coins featuring Mr Chorney, of A. H. Baldwin & Post Office? Wrestling.
number being minted is roughly the the late Queen, which will continue Sons, says: ‘Almost 10 million ‘There is no harm in asking . . .
same number of 50p coins created to be accepted in shops. coins is an enormous number whether Post Offices hand the Mintage:
to commemorate Brexit, featuring Banknotes depicting the King of coins to mint in a year — as you coins out on request will be 1,129,500.
the words, ‘Peace, prosperity and are not set for circulation would expect when celebrating a down to their discretion,’ says
friendship with all nations’. until 2024, the Bank of England new monarch. Mr Chorney. Year: 2011.
As per tradition, His Majesty has confirmed. ‘As such, it is unlikely those coins Uncirculated commemorative Typical selling
faces left on the coin (the opposite Since 1968, there have been 104 will ever have any rarity value, coins to celebrate the late Queen
direction to the late Queen) and different 50p designs. Most of particularly as the Royal Mint has — which also feature the King on
price: £8
wears no crown. The reverse side these coins are far from rare as told us how many it is making. the obverse — are more likely to 5. Flopsy Bunny.
is a copy of the design used on the they are produced in such large ‘For comparison, the only 50p grow in value given their rarity,
crown struck to commemorate numbers. The most common 50p coins with any real rarity value are according to Mr Chorney. Mintage: 1,400,000.
the Queen’s coronation in 1953. face — the 1968 Britannia design the Kew Gardens coins [see panel] To buy from the Mint, prices Year: 2018. Typical
It depicts the four quarters of — has around 188,400,000 copies issued to celebrate its anniversary range from £11 for the Brilliant
the Royal Arms inside a shield. in circulation. In recent years, in 2009.’ Uncirculated 50p coin to a
selling price: £6
Between each shield is an emblem 10 million has become a typical Other low-mintage 50p coins whopping £2,395 for the Gold *Prices from Coinhunter
of the home nations. mintage figure for new 50p coins. include some of the 29 different Proof Piedfort 50p coin. and 50pence.co.uk.
The coins will circulate alongside Mr Trewick, of The Coin Expert, designs that launched ahead of the l.purkess@dailymail.co.uk

Smart meters being auto-switched to prepayment

CAMPAIGNERS have sounded the alarm
over a rise in households being switched
on to prepayment energy meters.
Prepayment plans mean customers are
required by their supplier to top up their
accounts themselves — leaving them at
risk of blackouts if their balance runs low.
The system benefits energy firms as it
eliminates the risk of households running
up large debts which cannot be paid back.
But charities and trade bodies are
By Helena Kelly
concerned suppliers are abusing their pow-
ers by remotely switching customers who
have smart meters without consent.
Some 450,000 households could be
switched this winter, estimates charity
Citizens Advice. Around 180,000 of these
are expected to be done via a smart meter.
Adam Scorer, chief executive of
campaigning body National Energy Action,
says: ‘Ofgem must come down like a ton of
bricks on suppliers switching households
onto prepayment plans remotely. This
should be an absolute last resort.’
Campaigner Giovanna Speciale, of South
East London Community Energy, says: ‘If
your supplier asks you to do this you should
very clearly say you do not consent.’
It comes as the Government admitted
millions of households with prepayment
meters could be left waiting for their
energy discounts this winter.
Every household is entitled to a £400
rebate, with payments spread into £67
discounts over six months.
The sum is automatically applied to
accounts except for those on traditional
prepayment meters. These households
must redeem the vouchers at their usual
top-up point, such as a Post Office branch.
h.kelly@dailymail.co.uk
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Page 40 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

By Fiona Parker
and Jessica Beard
How dry summer
R
ECORD numbers of
homeowners are

stacked up record
expected to file
subsidence claims with
insurers this year.
Experts say the hot, dry summer
means thousands more homes are
likely to be hit by problems caused
by sinking ground.

subsidence claims
This year is likely to surpass 2018’s
record total when 23,000 claims were
made amounting to £145 million.
Insurance giant LV= saw a 205 pc
jump in claims between June and
July, while other firms are reporting
cases rising five-fold.
Subsidence strikes fear into many
homeowners. The majority of cases
are down to soil drying up during
prolonged periods without rain.
Subsidence can reduce a property’s
value by as much as 20 pc. Lenders
Cracks can cut value of your home by a FIFTH
will often refuse to offer a mortgage frames as well as sloping floors. weather we’ve had this year has left

Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK / FRANCESCO SCATENA

until it has been resolved.
Most home insurance policies will
cover for subsidence, but firms
will ask new customers if it has been
a problem in the past. If there have
been issues, some insurers will
refuse cover.
Other firms may charge higher
premiums to cover these homes or
enforce bigger excess charges of
about £1,000 for homes with a
history of subsidence.
Subsidence occurs when the
ground beneath a building sinks
and the property’s foundations are
pulled down with it.
Tell-tale signs include diagonal
cracks around window and door
Homes built on clay soils are
particularly at risk because the clay
expands in wet weather and con-
tracts when conditions dry up again.
These soils are prevalent in London
and the South East, where houses
are more commonly affected.
England recorded its driest July
since 1935 this year and insurers are
responding to a rush of enquiries.
Last month, loss adjuster
Sedgwick recorded a 480 pc year-
on-year increase in the number of
UK subsidence claims. Loss adjust-
ers are the professionals tasked
with assessing the cost of damage.
James Preston, the firm’s technical
director, says: ‘The extreme dry
very little moisture in the soil.’
Insurance claim negotiator, Jeremy
Rollinson of Salmon Assessors, says
the number of subsidence claims
has doubled since the summer.
‘Claims have rocketed since the
extended dry period and extreme
heat we had,’ he says.
Richard Hazelgrove is alarmed at
the cracks that have appeared in his
d e t a c h e d h o m e i n Fa r e h a m ,
Hampshire, since the summer.
‘Everywhere you look there are
cracks, it’s really worrying.
‘They are around every window in
the house and most of the doors
won’t close properly, including the
ones leading onto our patio,’ says
the 64-year-old.
The cracks had appeared both
on the inside and outside of the
house in the summer, Richard
says, but they continued to
widen following recent
rainstorms and are now 5mm to
6mm wide.
Richard contacted his
insurance company as
he believes his house
is built on clay soil
and needs under-
Did you will be refused, extreme claims can cost hun-
pinning — but
has not yet had know? according to Mr
Preston of
dreds of thousands of pounds.
‘I had one case where a
a response. Sedgwick. One property had to be demolished
Cracks can The average cost of the most 14 years after a claim was first
appear quickly to fix subsidence common excuses made because insurers spent
but no repair work is £12,500, insurers will use too long arguing what to do with
can start until the according to for rejecting a the case.’
root cause of the Checkatrade claim is that some- Kate Pomfret, a consultancy
subsidence is thing else has manager, has spent the past five
identified. That can caused the damage — years in a dispute with Direct
take at least six months to such as wear and tear or Line over a subsidence claim.
investigate and fully diagnose, poor construction. The insurer now agrees that
Mr Rollinson warns. Disputes can also arise if some rooms in her four-bed semi-
‘You have to use lasers to subsidence is discovered shortly detached home in Birkenhead,
monitor which direction the after a homeowner has switched Merseyside, are affected by sub-
property is sinking in over time. to a new home insurance policy. sidence, but says others are not.
Only then can it be stabilised. Trade body the Association of At one point a loss adjuster
‘After that we recommend a British Insurers (ABI) has an appointed by Direct Line
further five to six-month wait to agreement designed to resolve dismissed cracks in her living
make sure it has been done this. For example, if subsidence room because it claimed they
properly before the repair work is found less than eight weeks had been caused by ‘vigorous
is done inside the house.’ after someone has switched activity’ in the bedroom above.
Tree roots are a common provider, it is the previous firm Kate, 46, says: ‘It has been an
cause, as they tend to pull which will handle the claim. unbelievably stressful few
moisture out of the soil below Both insurers will share the years and I just want this whole
a house. cost if a claim is made between saga resolved.’
Leaks from drains or water eight weeks and a year into a After Money Mail contacted
mains are another — they will new policy. But some cases are Direct Line it arranged for the
soften the soil or wash it away. dragged out for years as a result loss adjuster’s technical direc-
Victorian and Edwardian of disputes between firms. tor to visit Kate’s home.
properties are also more at risk Roger Flaxman, of insurance An ABI spokesman says: ‘If a
of subsidence because their claims advocacy firm Flaxman customer suspects their home is
foundations are shallower than Partners, says: ‘These cases can affected by subsidence, it’s
more modern builds. be similar to flood claims in that crucial they contact their insurer
Around 35 pc of subsidence they can be complex, take a long as soon as possible.’
claims made at this time of year time to resolve and the most j.beard@dailymail.co.uk

BT callers STILL facing 45-minute wait

BT CUSTOMERS calling its faults helpline are
still facing delays of up to 45 minutes.
Last week, Money Mail revealed how people
had been left waiting for an hour to speak to an
adviser. In three calls to BT’s helpline yester-
day, at 10am, midday and 2pm, the average
wait Money Mail found was 41 minutes.
On two occasions a recording said customers
may be waiting for ‘up to 30 minutes’ — but our
reporter was on hold far longer than this. BT
says half of its calls were answered within
60 seconds last week, falling within its target.
Each agent we spoke to said they had been
especially busy recently — with reasons rang-
ing from bad weather to Openreach strikes.
Money Mail is calling for new consumer pro-
tection laws to penalise big businesses if they
do not answer the phone within ten minutes,
as part of our Pick Up Or Pay Up campaign.
A BT spokesman says: ‘We’re very sorry that
customers who are calling to discuss technical
problems are waiting longer than 60 seconds
but we are experiencing delays in this area.’
moneymail@dailymail.co.uk
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
MoneyMailPage4141

Sally Sorts It Our fearless

readers’
champion

SCAM

Illustration: ANDY WARD

WATCH
SHOPPERS are being
WHILE skiing with my family in Utah, warned over Black Friday
in the U.S., on Christmas Eve 2021, I and Cyber Monday fraud.
had a serious fall. I was later diagnosed Last year, there was a
with a pulmonary embolism and spent 34 pc surge in scams
six days in intensive care. du r i n g t h e s h o p p i n g
I had comprehensive travel cover bonanza, with people
with a firm called Puffin, whose typically losing £1,072.
policies are underwritten by Axa. This year, nine in ten of
My daughter-in-law made a payment us are relying on the deals
of more than $3,000 (£2,600) to the on offer on Black Friday,
hospital, with a further $81.05 (£70) which takes place on
for medication. To date, she has not November 25, to do our
been refunded and the insurer still Christmas shopping.
hasn’t settled the claim — despite me Barclays bank advises:
making many phone calls. ‘Ignore any pressure put
It has now decided it requires yet on you — and if a deal
more medical information from my GP. seems too good to be true,
In addition, a letter to the U.S. hospital it probably is.’
confirming and guaranteeing payment
for other bills has yet to be sent.

My battle to get
My GP has already submitted my
medical history and stated that time when his business is
Axa has no grounds for citing non- already suffering the effects of
payment because of an existing the cost-of-living crisis.
condition which could have caused G. K., London.
the health incident. IT SeeMS Take Payments has a
most appropriate name — willing

insurer to pay
Please can you help?
H. M., Baldock, Herts. to take payments from its custom-
ers but less enthusiastic about
YOU should be taking it easy following stopping them when asked.
such a health scare. Instead, you’ve Your partner admits that his
faced an avalanche of obstacles trying notice to terminate was late, but
to have your ski accident bills met. he believes the company could
By the time I contacted you, in have used its discretion after he
September, the situation had gone

£150,000 U.S.
had explained the situation,
downhill. Your daughter-in-law, who including relating what the
lives in Las Vegas with your son, was salesman had told him about a
being chased by debt collectors on renewal reminder.
behalf of the hospital that treated you, I, too, felt it could have been
for $180,000 (£150,000) in unpaid more flexible, and so stepped in
medical bills. on your partner’s behalf.
This was alarming and confusing, An executive got on the case

hospital bill
since she had expected to be reimbursed immediately and I am pleased to
by Axa for the more than $3,000 she had say that within a day or so, your
kindly paid up front on your behalf at partner received a text informing
the time of the accident. him that his contract would not
Over many months of trying to sort out be renewed after all, saving him
the claim, you say you’ve been cut off more than £360.
more than once while on the phone I received no explanation from
to Axa customer services. You later Take Payments. But your partner
found out that the firm had been put the wrong dates on the factors that contributed to the told he would be informed when is mightily relieved.
dialling an incorrect number for paperwork which was sent to delay, such as late GP medical the contract was coming up for Auto-renewal of any service can
you when trying to return your the hospital to confirm the insurer reports. We have been in touch be convenient — especially for
calls. It had your email address, would meet the costs of your with the customer and have renewal so he could choose if he providers — but it is good practice
but for some reason chose not to stay. It seems the hospital feared settled the claim in full.’ wanted to continue with it.
But it transpires the company for customers to be reminded in
contact you this way. it might not be paid, so turned The insurer paid you an extra operates an ‘auto-renewal’ policy, advance when a contract is about
For months, the insurer was still to restart.
to its next point of contact — £200 as an apology. which my partner didn’t know.
checking your medical history.
You said the GP had confirmed your daughter-in-law. MY PARTNER took on the As soon as he realised, he
long ago that your emergency in She should no longer receive
emails demanding frightening catering for a golf club last confirmed he no longer wished n WRITE to Sally Hamilton at Sally Sorts
the U.S. was the result of your November. He signed a 12-month to continue with the contract. It, Money Mail, Northcliffe House,
fall on the slopes and unrelated sums. But if she does, she should contract with Take Payments so Unfortunately, his call was two 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT or
to a deep vein thrombosis you direct them straight to Axa. email sally@dailymail.co.uk —
developed on your knee following A spokesman says: ‘We are very customers could pay by debit weeks late for the notice period include phone number, address and
an operation five years earlier. sorry for the delay that H. M. or credit card. Unfortunately, apparently required and the a note addressed to the offending
Your frustrations were already experienced when claiming on however, the arrangement with company is insisting his contract organisation giving them permission to
at a peak, but the demand from her travel insurance and for the the golf club didn’t work out. is renewed for another year at talk to Sally Hamilton. Please do not
a collections agency for the inconvenience caused. When he originally met the more than £30 per month. send original documents as we cannot
unpaid hospital bills pushed you ‘We have performed a detailed Take Payments salesman, he was It is an unnecessary outlay at a take responsibility for them. No legal
over the edge. review, which has highlighted that responsibility can be accepted by the

STRAIGHT TO
I contacted Axa to ask it to there were a number of external Daily Mail for answers given.
explain its side of events and
to accelerate the claims process.
A few days later it confirmed it
I PAID for two nights at The Gower Hotel in WE WERE supposed to fly home to Luton

THE POINT
would be settling the claim in full.
Its defence for the lengthy delays Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, through from North Macedonia in June, but the
was the necessity to chase your booking.com for my wife and her 81-year- flight was cancelled with four hours to
GP several times for essential old mother. Four days before they planned spare. We had to pay to call Wizz Air’s
medical documents, which it says to depart, my wife caught Covid and I customer service, which put us on a flight
were not received until August. attempted to cancel the trip. But by the from Tirana, Albania — and we had to pay
You dispute this version of time I received a response, I was told I was a salvage fee of 6 pc — or £265. I have
events, but Axa is insistent this for the taxi to get there.
outside the cancellation period. been chasing the AA to reclaim this figure, We are still waiting for compensation
was central to the claim’s delay. but it is ignoring my emails, calls and
Nevertheless, it admitted the P. W., Ebbw Vale. and the refund of a couple of hundred
service you received was not up to THe accommodation website apologises for Twitter messages. pounds, and Wizz Air isn’t replying on its
the delay, which it says was because it had S. G., Torquay.
scratch and that errors were chat portal.
made. This includes the firm problems contacting you. It has since INITIALLY you received half of the salvage L. H., London.
calling the wrong phone number refunded your £200. fee back, but this still left you around £132
and not attempting to contact worse off. The AA says the delay in payment WIZZ Air has now refunded your flight cost
MY CAR was written off after an accident stemmed from the third party’s insurer. It and paid you compensation. A spokesman
you by an alternative method.
And the reason your son’s wife
which wasn’t my fault. I agreed a settlement has now refunded you the sum in advance apologises for the delay, which it says was
was chased for those vast hospital figure with the third party but was charged while it awaits the money. down to a backlog of refund requests.
bills? Axa’s agents in the U.S. had
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MoneyMail Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Don’t delay savings hunt

OUR savings guru Sylvia beware chancers looking to make coin out of my change? You bet
Morris doesn’t have a crystal
ball. But she does have
trusted industry insiders
THE LAST a quick buck by listing them at
inflated prices online.
Just because you’re among the
your bottom 50p I will.

who spill the beans on
latest developments behind
the scenes at banks and
building societies.
So when she’s told firms are
rapidly shelving their plans to
launch new top-rate fixed bonds,
you know something is afoot. In
fact, her sources now believe rates
on bonds are starting to plateau.
That can mean only one thing:
get your skates on and hunt down
a home for your savings before you
miss out.
As you’ll see in Sylvia’s masterful
table on Page 34, you can earn
4.45 pc on the best-paying one-year
bond, or as much as 2.81 pc on an
easy-access deal, if you need cash
at hand in case of emergencies.
You’ll also find far better rates
on Isas and even children’s
accounts now compared with at
the start of the year.
Regular savings accounts are one
of my favourite ways to make a pot
WORD
By Lee Boyce
MONEY MAIL EDITOR
snowball in value, now paying as
much as 5 pc on deposits of up to
£500 a month.
I have a standing order set up to
send money to my regular saver on
payday so that in 12 months’ time,
I can pat myself on the back and
roll the lot into Premium Bonds —
or put it towards a family holiday.
Don’t chicken out by telling
yourself there are too many options
and there is too much uncertainty
in the economy right now.
Doing nothing would be like
going into a restaurant that has
plenty of menu options and just
walking straight out again because
you can’t make up your mind.
The excuse for leaving money in
poor-paying accounts used to be:
rates aren’t good enough to make
a difference. Now they do pay well
— and there’s no guarantee they’ll
go any higher.
So go, go, go! This is no time to
be gazing into a crystal ball.
Coin cash in
A CONfeSSION: I have a soft spot
for coins. There is something
thrilling about plucking an unusual
one out of your change and tucking
it away for safekeeping.
Thousands of us will do just that
when the new King Charles 50p
pieces enter circulation next
month. But a word of caution:
first to get hold of one, it doesn’t
mean you’ve landed a small fortune.
What you have bagged is a little
piece of history: the only circulating
coin to have King Charles and 2022
stamped on it.
My daughter Brooke loves the
Paddington 50p pieces. She’s built
her own little collection of unusual
coins nabbed out of her pocket
money and keeps them in a special
piggy bank.
It’s a brilliant early money lesson
— all the more reason we must
fight to keep cash circulating.
Before the pandemic, I visited the
Royal Mint in Llantrisant, South
Wales, and discovered my favourite
fact about coins: they’re pickled.
Blank coins are put in a pickling
bath to remove blemishes from
the surface. Ball bearings are
then added and swirled around in
a solution of sulphuric acid. After
a final wash and dry, they’re ready
to strike.
Will I be plucking a King Charles
Branch block
The Money Mail postbag has
heard from a trickle of readers who
are finding it difficult to open finan-
cial products in bank branches.
This includes savings deals
at the bank of which they are
already a customer, as well as
opening current accounts with
new providers. Some have been
told to wait for a month for an
appointment to see an adviser.
If demand from customers is that
high, why are banks cutting branch
hours to the bone, claiming that no
one uses them any more?
Inevitably, people will start
relying on branches less if banks
make using them an infuriating
experience, with snaking queues
and complicated machines
replacing human advisers.
Call me cynical, but it all looks
like a massive stitch-up. Do email
me if you’ve found branches
jam-packed in recent months.
l.boyce@dailymail.co.uk

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44 TELEVISION
PROPERTY SEARCH
Location, Location, Location, 8pm, Ch4
AFTER more than 20 years on our screens,
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer (pictured)
are now meeting first-time buyers who
have grown up watching their show — such
as twentysomething Ellen, who hopes Phil
can find her a home in buzzy Margate. She’s
got a pretty detailed wish list — not least a
second bedroom on a tight budget — and
sealing the deal will not be straightforward.
For Kirstie, meanwhile, the challenge
is to find a family home for Sophie, Matt
and baby Tate, who have already
viewed more than 100 houses in
Broadstairs, Kent, as prices have
soared and soared. At 9pm, there
are some truly aspirational
properties on show with the
return of Grand Designs: House
Of The Year. Among the special
homes Kevin McCloud visits
tonight are a cheeky pink
beach house built to
withstand high winds and
sandstorms on England’s
south coast, and an extreme
DIY eco-home in Scotland.
BB C 1
6.00 Breakfast (HD)
9.15 Morning Live (HD) Magazine show.
10.00 Expert Witness (HD)
10.30 Dirty Rotten Scammers (HD)
A man who was tricked into sending
an invoice payment to hackers.
11.15 Homes Under the Hammer
(AD,R,HD) Properties in Brixton,
Chesterton and Chelmsford.
12.15 Bargain Hunt (AD,HD) Eric Knowles
presents from Guildford, Surrey.
1.00 BBC News at One; Weather (HD)
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
1.45 Doctors (AD,HD) Daniel and Rob
have a heart-to-heart about
parenting teenage girls.
2.15 Money for Nothing (HD) Sarah
Moore upcycles a table, a dining
set and some beech tree leaves.
3.00 Escape to the Country (AD,R,HD)
A couple from Hertfordshire find
a new home in Cornwall.
3.45 The Repair Shop (HD) Jay Blades
and his team of experts restore a
fire helmet, a 1960s electric guitar
and a push-along toy dog.
4.30 The Travelling Auctioneers (HD)
Christina Trevanion and Will Kirk
visit Leicestershire.
5.15 Pointless (R,HD) Quiz, hosted
by Alexander Armstrong.
6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather (HD)
6.30 BBC Regional News; Weather
7
7.00 The One Show (HD) Live
magazine show, with Alex Jones
and Jermaine Jenas.
7.30 EastEnders (AD,HD) Amy tells
Jack to stay out of her life.
PM
8
8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals
(AD,HD) Four new chefs compete,
taking on skills tests in which
the first two chefs have just
20 minutes to serve a gnocchi
dish while the other two make
PM an elaborate apricot pastry.
9
9.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build for 9.00 Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond 9.00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of 9.00 Grand Designs: House of
PICK Children in Need (AD,HD)
Nick Knowles and the team are in
Leeds, where they and a group
of local volunteers transform
a derelict site into a new base
PM for the charity Getaway Girls.
10
10.00 BBC News at Ten (HD)
10.30 BBC Regional News
(Followed by Weather)
10.40 Louis Theroux Interviews — up on the sofa in a surgical boot.
Bear Grylls (AD,R,HD) Louis
spends time with adventurer and
PM television presenter Bear Grylls.
11
11.25 Wreck (AD,R,HD) Jamie Walsh
boards cruise ship The
Sacramentum in search of his
missing sister. Comedy thriller,
starring Oscar Kennedy.
PM
12
12.10 Wreck (AD,R,HD) Jamie wakes up
with a painful hangover, but is
determined to get his investigation
back on track. 12.55 Top Gear (R,HD)
1.55 Weather for the Week Ahead
(HD) 2.00 BBC News (HD)
MNT
(R) Repeat. (HD) High Definition. (AD) Audio Description. (b/w) Not in colour. (BSL) British Sign Language.
PICK OF TODAY’S TV
DIY SOS: THE BIG BUILD FOR
CHILDREN IN NEED, 9PM, BBC1
AS PART of the build-up to the live
Children In Need telethon on Friday,
Nick Knowles and the team take on an
especially mammoth Big Build in Leeds.
In fact, it’s such a huge
project that they cannot
do it alone. Along with the
usual army of volunteers,
the DIY SOS crowd
team up with Radio
2 presenters Scott
Mills (pictured with
Nick), Sara Cox,
Rylan, Trevor Nelson
and DJ Spoony, who
collectively roll-up
their sleeves to lend
a hand. The project
B B C 2
6.30 The Repair Shop (R,HD) The team
restore a model yacht, a garden
urn and a First World War pilot’s hat.
7.15 The Travelling Auctioneers (R,HD)
8.00 MasterChef: The Professionals
(AD,BSL,R,HD) The strongest chefs
from the first two heats return.
9.00 BBC News (HD)
11.15 Politics Live (HD) The latest stories
from Westminster and beyond.
1.00 Live Snooker: UK Championship
(HD) Coverage of the afternoon
session on day five at York Barbican,
featuring two last-16 matches,
played over the best of 11 frames.
The only match to go to a deciding
frame at this stage last year saw
Andy Hicks recording a 6-5 win over
David Gilbert to reach the quarter-
finals for the first time since 1995.
5.15 Flog It! (R,HD) Jonathan Pratt
and Michael Baggott assess items
at Barrow Hill Roundhouse in
Derbyshire. Presenter Paul Martin
visits nearby Renishaw Hall to
learn about the Sitwell Trio.
6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games
(HD) Previous winners Yasmine
Akram, Stephen Mangan, Ingrid
Oliver and Tom Rosenthal compete.
6.30 Strictly: It Takes Two (HD) A look
at how the celebrity contestants
are shaping up for Saturday.
7.00 Iolo’s Anglesey (HD) Iolo
Williams explores the flora and
fauna of Wales’s largest island.
7.30 Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat (HD)
Nigella Lawson shares the rituals
of her kitchen.
8.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
(HD) Strictly Come Dancing stars
Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette
Manrara hunt for antiques around
Oxfordshire, joined by experts
David Harper and Izzie Balmer.
the Lobby (R,HD) Monica Galetti
and Giles Coren visit ION
Adventure Hotel in Iceland, which
is built on a dormant volcano.
10.00 Two Doors Down (AD,HD)
PICK Michelle is off out so Beth and Eric
are looking after Alan, who is laid
10.30 Newsnight (HD)
(Followed by Weather)
11.15 Snooker: UK Championship (HD)
Action from the opening day of
last-16 matches, held at York
Barbican and played over
the best of 11 frames.
12.05 Snooker: UK Championship Extra
(HD) 2.05 The Elon Musk Show
(AD,BSL,R,HD) 3.05 Villages by the
Sea (BSL,R,HD) 3.35 Best Bakes Ever
(BSL,R,HD) 4.20 This Is BBC2 (HD)
will transform an empty lot into a
new HQ for Leeds-based charity
Getaway Girls. The charity started
life in the kitchen of a terraced house
and now helps some 800 girls and
young women in desperate need of
protection and support. While Nick
stays on site to oversee bricks and
mortar, Sara and Zoe learn more
about the Getaway Girls themselves,
hearing heartbreaking but also
inspiring stories from those who
have had their lives changed by
their involvement with the charity.
This is everything that DIY SOS and
Children In Need do so well — bringing
people together to create, as Knowles
puts it, ‘a giant ball of goodness’.
I TV 1
6.00 Good Morning Britain (HD)
9.00 Lorraine (HD) Entertainment
and fashion news.
10.00 This Morning (HD) A mix of
celebrity chat, lifestyle features,
advice and competitions.
Including Local Weather.
12.30 Loose Women (HD) Another
helping of topical studio discussion
from a female perspective,
featuring celebrity interviews.
1.30 News; Weather (HD)
1.55 Regional News; Weather (HD)
2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (AD,HD)
David Dickinson and his dealers
Henry Nicholls, Stewart Hofgartner,
Tim Hogarth and Mark Stevens
asses antiques in Burton.
3.00 Riddiculous (HD) Quiz hosted by
Ranvir Singh, in which contestants
take on Riddlemaster Henry Lewis
as they answer general knowledge
questions and solve confusing
conundrums; Regional Weather
4.00 Tipping Point (HD) Quiz show,
hosted by Ben Shephard.
5.00 The Chase (R,HD) Bradley Walsh
presents as Chris, Chloe, Ekow and
Jo answer general knowledge
questions and work as a team to
take on quiz genius the Chaser.
6.00 Regional News; Weather (HD)
6.30 News; Weather (HD)
7.30 Emmerdale (AD,HD) Amelia is
struggling, Samson sinks to a
new low, and David is deflated.
8.00 Coronation Street (AD,HD)
Howard gives Gemma reason to
suspect him, and Stu strives to
make a favourable impression
as Eliza moves in to Number 6.
Here! (HD) Ant and Dec look at
highlights from the past 24 hours
as the campmates continue to
grapple with life in the jungle.
10.30 News (HD)
(Followed by Weather)
11.00 Regional News (HD)
(Followed by Weather)
11.15 Peston (HD) Political magazine
show presented by Robert
Peston, featuring major
interviews with MPs, topical
guests and cultural figures.
12.10 Shop: Ideal World (HD) 3.00
Building Nightmares: The True Cost?
Tonight (BSL,R,HD) Michelle Ackerley
investigates. 3.25 Unwind with ITV
(HD) 5.05 Ainsley’s Mediterranean
Cookbook (BSL,R,HD) Ainsley
Harriott’s tour reaches Seville.
■ Family viewing ● Generally suitable for all ◆ Caution recommended
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
CHA N N EL 4
6.05 Countdown (R,HD)
6.45 Cheers (R,HD)
7.10 Cheers (R,HD)
7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond
(AD,R,HD) Starring Ray Romano.
8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond
(AD,R,HD) Ray and Debra argue.
8.25 Everybody Loves Raymond
(AD,R,HD) Comedy, with Peter Boyle.
8.55 Frasier (AD,R)
9.30 Frasier (AD,R)
10.00 Frasier (AD,R)
10.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA (R,HD) Cafe Hon in Baltimore.
11.25 Channel 4 News Summary (HD)
11.30 Chateau DIY (AD,R,HD)
12.30 Steph’s Packed Lunch (HD)
2.10 Countdown (HD)
3.00 A Place in the Sun (R,HD) A quest
for a property in the lively resort
of Corralejo on Fuerteventura.
4.00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses
(R,HD) Betty and Gordon search
for a holiday home in Alicante.
5.00 Four in a Bed (R,HD) The group
stay at Bay House in Scarborough.
5.30 Come Dine with Me (AD,HD) Ksara
is next to host in Bournemouth.
6.00 The Simpsons (AD,HD) Homer
angers Marge by binge-watching
their favourite show on his own.
6.30 Hollyoaks (AD,HD) Norma lets
Grace in on her plan.
7.00 Channel 4 News (HD)
7.55 Rory Peck Awards: Ramita
Navai and Karim Shah:
Afghanistan: No Country for
Women (AD,HD) Ramita Navai
and Karim Shah secretly film in
a women’s prison in Afghanistan.
8.00 Location, Location, Location
PICK (HD) New series. Kirstie Allsopp
and Phil Spencer help people to
move out of their parents’ and
find homes in Kent, including a
woman keen to live in Margate’s
vibrant LGBTQ+ community.
PICK the Year (AD,HD) New series.
The properties in the running for
the 2022 Royal Institute of British
Architects House of the Year
award, including a DIY eco-home.
10.00 Britain’s Most Expensive
Houses (AD,R,HD) The work of
Sotheby’s estate agents. John and
Mary view a £30 million mansion,
and Shereen mentors a junior
broker who wants to swap her
portfolio from Russia to London.
11.05 Unapologetic (HD) DJ and
presenter Yinka Bokinni and
social media star Zeze Millz
talk to Kojey Radical about
femininity coaches, the rules of
co-parenting and American slang.
12.05 Random Acts: Whose Voice Is it
Anyway? (AD,BSL,HD) 12.15 Married
to a Psychopath (AD,BSL,R,HD) 1.10
FILM Made in the 80s (AD,BSL,R,HD) 2.05
FILM: Skin Trade (2014) (15) ◆ (AD,HD)
Thriller, with Dolph Lundgren. 3.40
Unreported World (AD,BSL,R,HD) 4.10
Couples Come Dine with Me (BSL,R,HD)
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
SCOTTISH SITCOM
Two Doors Down, 10pm,
p BBC2
ALAN is glued to the
sofa with a broken leg
and milking his down
time for all it’s worth.
Michelle asks Beth
and Eric to keep an
eye on the invalid
while she runs
errands and, naturally,
Beth (Arabella Weir,
pictured) ends up in
charge of hospitality. Alan’s accident is
the talk of the neighbourhood, but there’s
more gossip to come when Colin stops by
— be warned, his newfound confidence
on the dating scene is a little unsettling.
FILM CHOICE
Krisha, 11.20pm, Film4
THIS American indie drama explores
the complexities of addiction with a
fresh eye. Krisha is an older woman, now
clean, who lost years to her addiction.
Spending Thanksgiving with her family
will be the ultimate test — not only for
her, but also her long-suffering loved ones.
CH A N N E L 5 exploded prematurely: a collection
6.00 Milkshake! Peppa Pig (AD,R) 6.05
Peppa Pig (AD,R) 6.10 Meet the Hedgehogs
(R,HD) 6.15 Oggy Oggy (R,HD) 6.25 Blue’s
Clues & You (R,HD) 6.45 Fireman Sam (R,HD)
7.00 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! (R,HD)
7.10 Peppa Pig (AD,R,HD) 7.15 Peppa Pig (R)
7.25 Paw Patrol (R,HD) 7.40 Milo (R,HD) 8.00
Pip and Posy (R,HD) 8.20 The Adventures of
Paddington (R) 8.30 Paw Patrol (R,HD) 8.45
Daisy & Ollie (R) 8.55 Odo (R) 9.05 Milkshake!
Story Den (HD) 9.10 Sunny Bunnies (R,HD)
9.15 Jeremy Vine (HD)
12.45 Shoplifters & Scammers:
At War with the Law (R,HD)
1.40 5 News at Lunchtime (HD)
1.45 Home and Away (AD,R,HD)
2.15 A Small Town Christmas Wish
FILM (2021) (PG) ● (HD) Premiere.
A young woman decides to take
a shot at love when she feels an
instant attraction to a widowed
firefighter on a reality cooking
show. Romance, with Alex Rinehart.
4.00 Bargain-Loving Brits in the Sun
(R,HD) Cameras catch up with
young couple Beckii and Simon.
5.00 5 News (HD)
6.00 Winter Road Rescue (HD)
Documentary following snowplough
teams and RAC patrols.
6.30 Eggheads (HD) Border Raiders
take on the regular quiz experts.
6.55 5 News Update (HD)
7.00 The Gadget Show: Better Tech,
Better Life (HD) Ortis and
Georgie show their guests
some automated tech to
make domestic chores easier.
7.55 5 News Update (HD)
8.00 Shoplifters: At War with the
Law (HD) Documentary following
shopping centre security teams
who are locked in a cat-and-
mouse battle to catch criminals.
(Followed by 5 News Update)
9.00 Inside Monster Mansion:
HMP Frankland (HD) Exploring
life inside HMP Frankland, the
men’s maximum security prison
in County Durham, which has
housed some of the country’s
most notorious criminals.
10.35 A&E After Dark (R,HD) The night
shift staff treat an elderly
pedestrian who has been run
over by a motorcycle. A CT scan
reveals broken ribs, a bleed in
the brain, and a broken shoulder.
11.35 Ambulance: Code Red (R,HD)
Paramedics rush a man to
hospital after a grisly circular
saw incident, and an air
ambulance helps a man
crushed under a great weight.
12.25 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s
Speeders (R,HD) 1.15 The LeoVegas
Live Casino Show (HD) 3.15 Police
Interceptors (R,HD) 4.00 Shoplifters
& Scammers: At War with the Law
(R,HD) 4.45 House Doctor (BSL,R)
5.35 Peppa Pig (BSL,R) 5.40 Peppa Pig
(AD,R,HD) 5.50 Pip and Posy (R,HD)
▲ Particularly liable to offend
TELEVISION 45
Oops! Bake Off’s summer pud
bombes explode prematurely
ROLAND
T
HE final of The Great toughest questions dealt with
British Bake Off (C4) the suggestion that Bear’s TV
was billed as a
celebration of ‘our
WHITE programmes value entertain-
ment over truth, but is that
actually such a crime?
beautiful planet’.
Let’s hope the planet was grateful, LAST NIGHT’S TV That’s what television does.
Viewers largely understand this
because it certainly wasn’t a cele- and are willing participants.
bration of dazzling bakery skills.
The Great British Bake Off: The Final HHHII one of the oddest revelations
For the technical round, finalists Louis Theroux Meets — Bear Grylls HHHHI was that Bear, a former vegan,
Sandro, Abdul and smiley scientist no longer eats vegetables.
private island in North Wales, he
Syabira — the eventual series Louis Theroux Interviews — Bear Lentils, he said, used to give him
winner — were asked to produce a Grylls (BBC2) we had already revealed that he had narrowly terrible wind.
seen clips of the TV explorer escaped death 21 times.
summer pudding bombe. ‘I used to break wind all the
‘I’ve never heard of a summer drinking his own urine and biting But what drives him? I’m not time,’ said Bear. ‘I haven’t broken
sure we were left any the wiser.
pudding bombe,’ said Sandro. the head off a snake, although wind in a year now.’
As it turned out, that wasn’t not at the same time. Louis was as engaging and Good to have that point
much of a disadvantage. The Bear is famously a rugged low-key as ever, but Bear is one cleared up.
resulting bombes looked like they’d outdoorsman with determina- of these people who speaks
tion, drive and relentless frankly and openly while giving ■ CHRISTOPHER STEVENS
of ingredients on a plate still optimism. Speaking on his small very little away. Perhaps Louis’s is away.
waiting to be assembled.
Abdul won that technical round,
because his bombe was slightly
less of a disaster than the others.
‘There is a sort of shape,’ said judge
Paul Hollywood with admirable
restraint and diplomacy.
Whatever happened to Paul as
Mr Nasty, the Simon Cowell of
patisserie? Perhaps the tasks were
simply too ambitious. For the
showstopper round, the judges
ordered an edible sculpture on the
theme of our Beautiful Planet.
Abdul chose a bee theme for his
cake. He produced a beehive made
from elderflower and almond
biscuit, plus bee-shaped macarons.
Not that I’d have known it was a
beehive if he hadn’t told us.
Then Prue Leith said of the
macarons: ‘If you thought about it,
SPORTING MEMORY OF THE DAY:
Footballer Cliff Jones told
Against The Odds (ITV) about
playing for Wales in the 1958
World Cup and struggling to
contain a gifted young Brazilian:
‘We thought, who was this kid?
Never heard of him.’ Pretty
soon everybody would know
that youngster’s name: Pele.
you could have made them a bit
more bee shaped.’ How stinging.
Sandro’s cake depicted the sea
and the sky. There were white
chocolate profiterole clouds, and
lemon biscuit sun and stars. It
sounds better than it looked.
Syabira made a cake in the shape
of an orangutan holding up a forest.
The verdict: a bit messy, but superb
flavour. It was surely Syabira’s
adventurous mix of flavours
throughout the series that landed
her the title.
Co-presenter Noel Fielding was
absent for the first two rounds of the
final because he was unwell, but he
wasn’t the only big personality
missing. This is the second year that
one of the favourites has gone out
in the semi-final: last year Jurgen
and this year cheery Janusz.
Bake off ’s producers will now
have to take a long, hard look at
the show to ensure it doesn’t go
flatter than Sandro’s bombe in
future. Let’s just hope that Matt
Hancock can’t bake.
Barely ten minutes into
WELSH TV VARIATIONS
BBC1: 1.30pm BBC Wales Today; Weather. 6.30 BBC
Wales Today; Weather. 8.00 Together Stronger.
9.00 MasterChef: The Professionals. 10.35 BBC Wales
Live. 11.10 DIY SOS: The Big Build for Children in
Need. 12.10am Wreck. 12.55 Wreck. 1.40 BBC News.
ITV: 11.00pm News Cymru Wales; Weather.
S4C: 6.00am Cyw. 11.00 Dysgu Gyda Cyw: Caru
Canu. 11.05 Dysgu Gyda Cyw: Sbridiri. 11.20 Dysgu
Gyda Cyw: Olobobs. 11.30 Dysgu Gyda Cyw: Blero
yn Mynd i Ocido. 11.40 Dysgu Gyda Cyw: Sbarc.
12noon Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd. 12.05 Nyrsys.
12.30 Heno. 1.00 Ar Werth. 1.30 Richard Holt: Yr
Academi Felys. 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd.
2.05 Prynhawn Da. 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r
Tywydd. 3.05 Antur y Gorllewin. 4.00 Awr Fawr.
5.00 Stwnsh. 6.00 Pobl a’u Gerddi. 6.30 Rownd a
Rownd. 6.57 Newyddion S4C. 7.00 Heno. 7.30
Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd. 8.00 Pobol y Cwm.
8.25 Dan Do. 8.55 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd.
9.00 Gogglebocs Cymru. 10.00 Nol i’r Gwersyll.
11.00 Y Byd ar Bedwar. 11.30 Y Ditectif.
46 DIGITAL & ON DEMAND
PICK OF DIGITAL & ON DEMAND TV
THE WONDER, NETFLIX
RISING star Florence Pugh
(pictured) plays English
nurse Lib Wright, sent
to a 19th-century Ireland
still traumatised by the
Great Famine of the 1840s,
to observe the ‘miracle’
of an 11-year-old girl,
Anna O’Donnell (Kila Lord
Cassidy), who claims not to
have eaten for four months.
Instead, Anna says she is
surviving on ‘manna from
heaven’. Lib comes into
conflict with the community
— including Elaine Cassidy
(Kila’s real-life mum) as the
girl’s mother and Ciaran
Hinds as the local priest
— after declaring Anna’s
WORLD CUP LAUGHS
Rob & Romesh vs The Three
Lions, 9pm, Sky Max
ROB BECKETT and Romesh
Ranganathan’s series
is the funniest thing
on Sky. For this new
special, the bantering
pair (pictured)
meet the England
football team —
and manager
Gareth
Southgate —
gamely
making fools
of themselves,
as per usual . . .
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Premier League Reload. 5.15 BT
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Badminton Unlimited. 7.00 The
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claim impossible. This
haunting drama is adapted
from the 2016 novel of the
same name by Irish-born
writer Emma Donoghue,
whose 2010 book Room
was turned into an Oscar-
winning film. The Wonder is
based on the 19th-century
phenomenon of ‘fasting
girls’, whose claims to be
able to live without food
would garner them much
attention. ‘I was intrigued
by these cases, which
seemed to echo medieval
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EACH episode of this fun spin-off
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but the addition
of ER’s Noah
Wyle has proved
entertaining too.
While original
star Aldis
UK Pro League Tennis. 5.00 WWE
SmackDown Highlights. 6.00 WWE
Raw Highlights. 7.00 Serie A — Full
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Serie A — Full Impact. 11.00 Live
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Sky 112 Virgin 181
12noon Friends. 9.00 Rhod Gilbert’s
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Live: Laugh at My Pain.
DAVE (DAYTIME)
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DISCOVERY
Sky 125 Virgin 250
11.00am Chasing Classic Cars.
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Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine. 2.00
Lone Star Law. 3.00 Alaskan Bush
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Bad Chad Customs. 7.00 Junkyard
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9.00 Deadliest Catch: The Viking
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Naked and Afraid.
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Freeview 20 Sky 143 Virgin 130
8.40am New Tricks. 10.00 Classic
Casualty. 12noon The Bill. 1.00
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Freeview 13 Sky 135 Virgin 106
9.00am How I Met Your Mother.
10.00 The Big Bang Theory. 11.00
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3.00 Young Sheldon. 4.00 Modern
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12noon Secrets of the Solar System.
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Sky 410 Virgin 521
9.00am Ski Jumping. 10.00 World
Touring Car Cup. 10.30 Snooker
Hodge can’t appear in every episode
— he’s too busy being in movies such
as Black Adam — he does manage a
few guest slots in the new, second
series as tech expert Hardison.
COMEDY CONTEST
Outsiders, 10pm, Dave
DAVID MITCHELL essentially
tortures comedians as his fun
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El-Ghorri, Darren Harriott, Jessica
Hynes, Phil Wang and Joe Wilkinson
are the game contestants sent into
the wild to muck up a wide variety
of challenges — which include
pitching a tent strong enough
to protect Mitchell from a storm.
147s. 10.45 Snooker: UK
Championship. 12.45pm Live
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Freeview 14 Sky 313 Virgin 428
11.00am ARABIAN NIGHTS. (1942)
(PG) 12.45pm FREEDOM RADIO.
(1940) (PG) 2.35 TEN WANTED MEN.
(1955) (U) 4.15 THE RIDDLE OF THE
SANDS. (1979) (U) 6.20 MASTER
AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE
OF THE WORLD. (2003) (12) 9.00
DEADPOOL 2. (2018) (15) 11.20
KRISHA. (2015) (15) 1.00am THE
DRESSMAKER. (2015) (12)
5STAR (DAYTIME)
Freeview 32 Sky 128 Virgin 151
12noon Dirty Home Rescue. 1.00
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Interceptors. 5.00 Dogs with
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and Away.
5 USA (DAYTIME)
Freeview 21 Sky 141 Virgin 153
12noon Law & Order. 6.00 NCIS.
FOOD NETWORK UK
Freeview 43 Sky 140 Virgin 285
6.00pm James Martin’s Christmas
With Friends. 7.00 The Great
British Bake Off. 8.00 Jamie’s
Best Ever Christmas. 9.00 River
Cottage. 10.00 James Martin’s
Christmas With Friends. 11.00 Guy’s
Grocery Games.
GOLD
Sky 110 Virgin 124
12noon dinnerladies. 12.40 Dad’s
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The Royle Family. 10.00 Men
Behaving Badly. 10.40 Live at the
Apollo. 11.40 Upstart Crow.
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Freeview 34 Sky 321 Virgin 425
12.50pm GREAT! MOVIE NEWS
EXTRA. 1.00 PATIENT KILLER. (2015)
(PG) 2.50 A DAUGHTER’S DECEPTION.
(2019) (PG) 4.35 GREAT! MOVIE
NEWS EXTRA. 4.45 MIDNIGHT IN
SAINT PETERSBURG. (1995) (15)
Thriller sequel, with Michael Caine.
6.35 GREAT! MOVIE NEWS EXTRA.
6.45 THE NET. (1995) (12) 9.00
DISTURBING THE PEACE. (2020) (15)
10.45 I AM WRATH. (2016) (15)
Time
7.00pm
7.30pm
8.00pm
8.30pm
9.00pm
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10.00pm
10.30pm
11.00pm
11.30pm
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Freeview 42 Sky 323 Virgin 426
12noon M*A*S*H. 1.00 THE
NEBRASKAN. (1953) (PG) 1.55 THIS
WEEK BACK THEN. 2.01 THE
NEBRASKAN. (1953) (PG) 2.25
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. (1957) (U)
3.20 THIS WEEK BACK THEN. 3.26
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS. (1957) (U)
5.20 BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA.
(1959) (PG) 6.15 THIS WEEK BACK
THEN. 6.21 BATTLE OF THE CORAL
SEA. (1959) (PG) 7.10 STORM CELL.
(2008) (PG) 8.05 THIS WEEK
BACK THEN. 8.11 STORM CELL.
(2008) (PG) 9.00 SON OF A GUN.
(2015) (15) 9.55 THIS WEEK BACK
THEN. 10.01 SON OF A GUN. (2015)
(15) 11.15 ARCTIC. (2018) (12)
GREAT! MOVIES CHRISTMAS
Freeview 52 Sky 319 Virgin 424
10.00am Another Christmas Kiss.
(2014) (PG) 12noon A Christmas
Melody. (2015) (PG) 2.00 The
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The Christmas Contract. (2018) (PG)
6.00 The Least Of These — A
Christmas Story. (2018) (PG) 8.00
The Christmas Candle. (2013) (U)
10.00 An Old Fashioned
Thanksgiving. (2008) (PG)
RADIO 4
FM: 92.4-94.6MHZ; LW: 198KHZ
5.30 News Briefing. 5.43
Prayer for the Day.
5.45 Farming Today.
5.58 Tweet of the Day.
6.00 Today. 8.31 (LW)
Yesterday in
Parliament.
9.00 Life Changing.
9.30 PICK One Dish.
9.45 (LW) Daily Service.
9.45 (FM) Book of the
Week: Colditz:
Prisoners of the
Castle. By Ben
MacIntyre.
10.00 Woman’s Hour.
11.00 The New Age of
Autarky? Ben Chu
asks if we are entering
a new era of national
economic self-reliance.
11.30 A Charles Paris
Mystery: Dead Room
Farce. With Bill Nighy.
12.00 News; (LW) Shipping
Forecast.
12.04 You and Yours.
12.57 Weather.
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BBC 4 E4 ITV2
9 (Scot 24) 13 6
Great American
Railroad Journeys
Hollyoaks After
spending the night
Dress to Impress
Natalie, Molly and
Michael Portillo away from home, Dumebi are hoping to
explores Montreal Imran returns win the heart of fitness
Canal Boat Diaries The Big Bang Theory coach Deji, and they
will be picking outfits
Robbie Cumming Bernadette receives
explores the English her PhD for him based on his
instructions
canal network
Secret Life of Farm Modern Family Bob’s Burgers Bob
Animals Documentary Jay teaches Manny tries to search for the
examining the to ride a bike key to the safe
behaviour of farm
animals, beginning by Modern Family Bob’s Burgers Gene
focusing on the sheep
Mitchell wonders ends up infected with
on a Welsh hill farm whether he fathered pinworms
a child
Nelson’s Caribbean Gogglebox The critics Family Guy Meg offers
Hell-Hole: An share their opinions to look after Joe
Eighteenth Century on what they have
Navy Graveyard been watching, with
Uncovered Sam Willis cameras capturing
investigates one of the their instant reactions Family Guy The Griffin
kids complain that
darkest chapters of
Britain’s imperial past
to Boris Johnson on
Good Morning Britain their parents enjoy
easy lives
Michael Dobbs Summer House Don’t Hate the Playaz
Remembers — After their epic With Oti Mabuse and
House of Cards meltdown in the hot Snoochie Shy
10.15 House of Cards tub, Kyle confronts
Political drama, lovebirds Everett and
starring Ian Lindsay. Meanwhile, 10.45 Family Guy
Richardson house guest Jaclyn
causes quite a stir
Brian has a political
change of heart
11.10 House of Cards Naked Attraction 11.15 American Dad!
Chief whip Francis
Urquhart plots the
Featuring a pansexual
Twitch streamer and
Steve runs away to
an all-girls school
downfall of the a bondage enthusiast
Prime Minister at a (To 12.05)
Conservative Party 11.45 American Dad!
conference (To 12.10) Jeff panics when he
loses his hat (To 12.15)
GREAT! TV ITV4 (DAYTIME)
Freeview 50 Sky 157 Virgin 189 Freeview 26 Sky 120 Virgin 118
1.00pm Body of Proof. 3.00 Sue 8.20am Magnum, PI. 9.20 The
Thomas: F.B.Eye. 5.00 Murder, She Professionals. 10.30 Minder. 11.35
Wrote. 7.00 M*A*S*H. 9.00 Randall Robin of Sherwood. 12.40pm The
and Hopkirk (Deceased). 10.00 The Champions. 1.45 Giant Lobster
Persuaders! 11.00 Who Wants to Be Hunters. 2.50 Magnum, PI. 3.50 The
a Millionaire? Professionals. 4.55 Minder. 6.00
ITV2 (DAYTIME)
Giant Lobster Hunters.
ITVBE
Freeview 6 Sky 118 Virgin 115
9.00am Secret Crush. 10.00 Dress to Freeview 28 Sky 131 Virgin 119
Impress. 12noon I’m a Celebrity Get 9.00am LittleBe. 12noon Best Cake
Me Out of Here! 1.00 Family Fortunes. Wins. 12.30 The Real Housewives of
2.00 Supermarket Sweep. 3.05 One New Jersey. 1.20 Absolutely Ascot.
Tree Hill. 4.00 Hart of Dixie. 5.00 2.20 The Only Way Is Essex. 3.15
I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Little Women: LA. 4.05 The Real
6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase. Housewives of Orange County. 5.00
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake
ITV3 (DAYTIME) City. 6.00 Masters of Flip. 7.00
Freeview 10 Sky 119 Virgin 117 Buying and Selling. 8.00 Dinner
8.40am Bless This House. 9.10 Date. 9.00 Million Pound Pawn.
Agatha Christie’s Poirot: The 10.00 Botched. 11.00 Bridezillas.
Tragedy at Marsdon Manor. 11.30 12midnight The Only Way Is Essex.
Heartbeat. 1.40pm Classic 1.00 Teleshopping.
Emmerdale. 2.50 Classic Coronation
Street. 3.55 Midsomer Murders: The MORE4 (DAYTIME)
Scarecrow Murders. The annual Freeview 18 Sky 136 Virgin 147
Scarecrow Festival takes a grisly 8.55am Food Unwrapped. 9.15 A
turn. 6.00 Heartbeat. Place in the Sun. 11.05 Find It,
PICK OF TODAY’S RADIO
ONE DISH, 9.30AM, RADIO 4
JAMIE LAING (pictured) ate including her young son’s
a lot of sausages when he all-time favourite, Thai
was growing up; the Made chicken noodle soup. As
In Chelsea alumnus went to he tells Andi Oliver as they
a boarding school where tuck in, it is quick to make
meals were mighty dull. and always comforting.
It was a different matter The psychologist
at home, though, as his Kimberley Wilson is also on
mother was a skilled and hand to find out if there’s
enthusiastic cook. Every any scientific evidence for
time Jamie came back chicken soup being not
from school, she’d serve just a comfort food, but
up something special — an actual cure for colds.
1.00 The World at One. 5.57 Weather.
1.45 Property of the BBC. 6.00 Six O’Clock News.
Robert Seatter unpacks 6.30 Rob Newman on Air.
iconic items of clothing Darwin’s hypothesis
from the BBC archives. that speech evolved
2.00 The Archers. from song.
2.15 Drama: The 5000. 7.00 The Archers.
3.00 Money Box Live. The Hunt Ball prep
3.30 All in the Mind. is in full swing.
4.00 Sideways. 7.15 Front Row. Arts news.
4.30 The Media Show. 8.00 Life Changing. People
5.00 PM; (LW) Shipping talk about turning
Forecast. points in their lives.
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
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ITV 3 ITV 4 MORE 4 PICK QUEST DAVE DRAMA 5STAR 5 USA
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Heartbeat An anti- World of Sport 6.55 Escape to the Hawaii Five-0 The Aussie Gold Hunters Richard Osman’s 7.20 Last of the GPs: Behind Closed NCIS The Secretary of
war protest has Featuring George Best Chateau Dick and team delve into the The Poseidon Crew House of Games With Summer Wine Barry Doors Jemima and the Navy’s daughter is
serious consequences 7.15 Live FA Cup Angel prepare to host world of superheroes unearth two monster David James, Rhys wins a competition — her family present kidnapped, and the
for Walker when one Football Salford seven weddings and comic books nuggets. Meanwhile, James and Isy Suttie but the prize proves themselves to Dr NCIS crew team up
of the demonstrators City v Peterborough 7.55 Grand Designs when a renowned the Gold Timers team 7.40 QI With Jo Brand, more trouble than it Amir Khan with a with the FBI to track
accuses him of assault United (Kick-off Kevin McCloud revisits urban vigilante is killed battles extreme heat Rob Brydon and is worth contagious itchy rash the case, determine a
7.45pm). Mark Claire Farrow and Ian as its members try Jimmy Carr motive and bring the
Pougatch presents all Hogarth who built a to find gold abducted girl home
the action from the home containing a
Grace Branson and first-round replay at sauna, spa, dance MacGyver In a key Salvage Hunters 8.20 Would I Lie to Sherlock A terrified Casualty 24/7: Every NCIS Gibbs’s surgeon
Grace investigate the Peninsula Stadium. floor and DJ booth mission to uncover his Drew Pritchard visits a You? With Olivia client claims his father Second Counts Nurse Dr Cyril Taft helps the
murder of socialite With analysis from on a small patch of important hidden Cornwall estate where Colman, Aston was killed by a Chloe treats 88-year- team investigate a raid
and patron of local Danny Webber and land in London in 2010 memories of Nikola he views a collection Merrygold, Jon monstrous creature old Enid, who has been on a naval base, and
charities Katya Bishop, Aaron McLean, Tesla’s lab, Mac is put of classic cars Richardson and stalking the wilds of knocked over by high- DiNozzo is reunited
whose entrepreneur commentary by into a dream state Michaela Strachan Dartmoor, so Holmes speed winds and has a with his old flame
husband Kit becomes Sam Matterface and and Watson head to severe head wound Jeanne Benoit
the main suspect. The Andros Townsend the countryside to
Bishops seem to have investigate. But what
led a charmed life, Griff’s Canadian SEAL Team Jason Salvage Hunters — QI XL Extended seemed like mere Skin A&E The specialist Criminal Minds Rossi,
until Grace digs Adventure Comedian leads the team on a Best Buys Salvage edition. David Baddiel, fantasy back in Baker clinic opens its doors Morgan and JJ try to
deeper behind the Griff Rhys Jones travels mission to bring down hunter Drew Pritchard Cariad Lloyd and Ross Street proves a very to patients with acne, find a killer who is
respectable facade across Canada, from the entire Halani looks back at some of Noble join regular different prospect psoriasis and cysts targeting an ER
and discovers all is the Atlantic coast to network, while Mandy the most memorable panellist Alan Davies when the duo look doctor, while Prentiss
not what it seems the Pacific northwest, offers Paul one of the finds and interesting and host Sandi Toksvig into an ultra-secret realises Hotchner is
visiting each of the biggest stories of his characters he’s to contemplate the army base at the missing. Crime drama,
nation’s provinces career. Last in series encountered theme of nature edge of the moor starring Joe Mategna

Foyle’s War When an World Superbike 24 Hours in A&E A 66- Ross Kemp: Extreme American Pickers Outsiders New series. New Tricks Sandra Dirty John: Betty Criminal Minds
employee at a military Highlights Action year-old is rushed to World Ross Kemp Mike and Jersey Jon Maisie Adam, Fatiha discovers her father Broderick Through A man murders
psychiatric hospital is from the 11th and St George’s struggling investigates South zero in on some big El-Ghorri, Darren committed suicide med school and law several customers at a
found murdered, penultimate round to breathe through Africa’s rape epidemic, money picks, while Harriott, Jessica while under school and many pharmacy in Louisville
there is no shortage of the season, which her tracheostomy meeting both victims Danielle and Robbie Hynes, Phil Wang and investigation for pregnancies, Betty
of suspects, but a came from Indonesia and perpetrators meet a legendary Joe Wilkinson take corruption, and begins supports Dan 10.55 Law & Order:
colleague of the man, bluegrass fiddler on their first set of to doubt everything Special Victims Unit
an exiled Polish Jew, three challenges she took for granted A baby’s abduction
holds himself from a playground
responsible for the leads to a twisted
The Motorbike Show 11.05 24 Hours in A&E World’s Most Evil How Do They Do It? Dead Canny Comedy 11.20 Spooks An Wanted On the run case of lies, betrayal
death. Foyle is Henry Cole brings his Mark, a 35-year-old Killers The story of Wensleydale cheese, short following a imprisoned religious from both the police
convinced there is and infidelity
latest restoration to a long-term resident Jack Unterweger, who paintbrushes and questionable psychic extremist leader sends and Leon’s killer, Lola
another explanation, stunning conclusion, at a neurological was heralded as an aromatic oils two men on a suicide and Chelsea make a
but his priorities shift road-tests a brand- hospital, is rushed to example of successful bombing mission, detour in a bid to find
when news of a new British electric St George’s struggling rehabilitation, only to How Do They Do It? 11.40 Mock the Week unaware one of them Sophie (To 12.00) 11.55 Law & Order:
missing boy from bike (To 12.00) to breathe (To 12.10) kill again (To 12.00) The Tesla Model S and With Ed Byrne, Milton is an MI5 spy (To 12.40) Special Victims Unit
London reaches swimming pools Jones and Katherine Reports of abuse
Hastings (To 12.05) (To 12.00) Ryan (To 12.20) surface (To 12.50)

Fix It, Flog It. 1.10pm Heir Hunters. PICK (DAYTIME)
2.10 Four in a Bed. 4.50 Kirstie
Freeview 36 Sky 151 Virgin 156
and Phil’s Love It or List It. 5.55
Escape to the Chateau: DIY. 6.55 12noon Highway Cops. 1.00 Border
Escape to the Chateau. Patrol. 2.00 Border Security:
America’s Front Line. 3.00 Nothing
NAT’L GEOGRAPHIC to Declare. 4.00 Star Trek: The
Sky 129 Virgin 266 Next Generation. 5.00 Star Trek:
9.00am Air Crash Investigation. Enterprise. 6.00 Star Trek: Deep
10.00 Lost Treasures of the Maya. Space Nine.
11.00 Nazi Megastructures. 12noon QUEST (DAYTIME)
Ice Road Rescue. 1.00 Alaska: The
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3.00 Air Crash Investigation. 4.00 11.00am Richard Hammond’s
The American Revolution: Drain the Workshop. 12noon Combat Dealers.
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6.00 Airport Security: Colombia. Repair Shop. 3.00 Find It, Fix It,
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Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted UK. Salvage Hunters: The Restorers.
9.00 Welcome to Earth. 9.50 Air 6.00 Wheeler Dealers.
Crash Investigation.
REALLY
PBS AMERICA Freeview 17 Sky 142 Virgin 128
Freeview 84 Sky 174 Virgin 273 1.00pm The Hotel Inspector. 2.00
12noon Terror. 1.00 Mutant Weather. Animal Cops Houston. 4.00 Dr
2.15 Born in the Wild: Kangaroo. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet. 5.00
3.15 World of Stonehenge. 4.20 The Helicopter ER. 6.00 The Bidding
Stuarts. 5.35 Terror. 6.35 Born in the Room. 7.00 Antiques Road Trip.
Wild: Kangaroo. 7.35 World of 9.00 Charlotte Church’s Dream
Stonehenge. 8.45 The Stuarts. 9.50 Build. 10.00 Beauty and the Geek
Terror. 10.50 World of Stonehenge. UK. 11.00 Ghost Adventures.
n VIVALDI’S Concerto For
Strings in C minor gets off
to a brisk but unremarkable
start, then takes a slower,
plaintive turn, making
the string section sound
grief-stricken. Today’s
AFTERNOON CONCERT
(2PM, RADIO 3) sees the
violinist Rachel Podger
joining the BBC
Philharmonic to perform
this Vivaldi gem in a live
concert from MediaCity
in Salford. Music, by J.S.
Bach and his eldest son,
Wilhelm, is also on the bill.
8.30 Net Zero: A Very 10.45 Book at Bedtime:
British Problem. Demon Copperhead.
What lies ahead if 11.00 Believe It! With
Britain is to eliminate Richard Wilson.
carbon emissions. 11.30 Today in Parliament.
9.00 Costing the Earth. 12.00 News and Weather.
How to juggle being 12.30 Book of the
a new parent with Week: Colditz:
being eco-friendly. Prisoners of the
9.30 The Media Show. Castle. By Ben
Katie Razzall presents. MacIntyre. 12.48
9.59 Weather. Shipping Forecast.
10.00 The World Tonight. 1.00 As World Service.
SKY ARTS
Freeview 11 Sky 130 Virgin 165
12noon National Treasures: The Art
of Collecting. 1.00 Tales of the
Unexpected. 2.00 Leonard Bernstein
By Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. 3.00
Portrait Artist of the Year 2020. 4.00
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Tales of the Unexpected. 6.00
Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 7.00
Landscape Artist of the Year 2018.
8.00 Portrait Artist of the Year
2022. 9.00 Nina Simone: The Lost
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11.30 The Eighties.
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Sky 108
8.50am Gomorrah. 10.00 True
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1.20 The Leftovers. 3.30 Gomorrah.
5.45 True Blood. 7.55 Game of
Thrones. 9.00 Perry Mason. 10.10
Gangs of London. 11.20 The Deuce.
SKY CHRISTMAS
Sky 303 Virgin 410
11.20am WHITE CHRISTMAS. (1954)
(U) 1.25pm BATMAN RETURNS.
(1992) (12) 3.35 8-BIT CHRISTMAS.
(2021) (12) 5.20 LITTLE WOMEN.
(1994) (U) 7.20 BAD SANTA 2. (2016)
RADIO 2 FM: 88-90.2MHZ
6.30 Zoe Ball. 9.30 Ken Bruce.
12.00 Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Scott Mills.
4.00 Sara Cox. 6.30 Sara Cox’s Half
Wower. 7.00 Shiny Happy Playlist.
7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Folk Show
with Mark Radcliffe. 10.00 Trevor
Nelson’s Magnificent 7. 10.30
Trevor Nelson. 12.00 OJ Borg.
RADIO 3 FM: 90.2-92.4MHZ
6.30 Breakfast. 9.00 Essential
Classics. 12.00 Composer of the
Week: The Harlem Renaissance.
1.00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert.
2.00 PICK Afternoon Concert.
4.00 Choral Evensong. 5.00 In
Tune. 7.00 In Tune Mixtape. 7.30
Radio 3 in Concert. Works by
Stravinsky, Brahms and Beethoven.
10.00 Free Thinking. 10.45 Between
the Ears: Miniatures. 11.00 Night
Tracks. 12.30 Through the Night.
RADIO 5 LIVE
MW: 693/909KHZ
5.00 Wake Up to Money. 6.00
Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell.
11.00 Naga Munchetty. 1.00 Nihal
Arthanayake. 4.00 5 Live Drive.
7.00 5 Live Sport. 8.00 Match of
the Day: Top 10. 8.30 5 Live Sport.
9.00 Rugby League. 10.00 Colin
Murray. 1.00 Dotun Adebayo.
(15) 9.00 A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR
CHRISTMAS: EXTENDED VERSION.
(2011) (18) 10.35 CHRISTMAS WITH
THE COOPERS. (2015) (12)
SKY COMEDY
Sky 114 Virgin 135
10.00am Silicon Valley. 12.30pm
Curb Your Enthusiasm. 2.30 The
Office (US). 3.00 Will & Grace. 5.00
The Office (US). 5.30 Futurama. 6.30
Will & Grace. 7.30 The Office (US).
9.00 Curb Your Enthusiasm. 10.25
The Righteous Gemstones. 11.40
The Late Late Show.
SKY DOCUMENTARIES
Sky 121 Virgin 278
8.50am Hillary. 10.00 Discovering:
Blondie. 10.30 Discovering: Cher.
11.00 The Seventies. 12noon Brazil
2002. 1.50 My Icon: Casey Stoney.
2.00 The United Way. 3.45 My Icon:
Chris Hughton. 4.00 The Directors.
4.55 Discovering: Joseph Cotten.
5.50 Hillary. 7.00 The Seventies.
7.50 Hostages. 9.00 FILM:
Gascoigne. (2015) (15) 10.50 Dark
Horses: Italy’s World Cup Triumph.
11.50 FILM: Busby. (2019) (PG)
SKY HISTORY
Sky 123 Virgin 270
10.00am Pawn Stars. 11.00 What on
Earth? 12noon American Pickers.
1.00 History’s Greatest Mysteries.
2.00 Secrets of the Lost Ark. 3.00
Pawn Stars. 4.00 Mountain Men.
5.00 How the Nazis Lost the War.
6.00 American Pickers. 7.00
Forged in Fire. 8.00 Salvage Kings.
9.00 Curse of Skinwalker Ranch.
10.00 Secrets in the Jungle. 11.00
Secrets in the Ice.
SKY MAX
Sky 113 Virgin 121
11.00am NCIS: Los Angeles. 1.00pm
Hawaii Five-0. 2.00 S.W.A.T.. 3.00
The Blacklist. 4.00 The Flash. 5.00
Supergirl. 6.00 Stargate SG-1. 8.00
Freddie Down Under. 9.00 Rob &
Romesh vs The Three Lions. 10.00
Jamie and Harry’s World Cup
Challenge: Got, Got, Need. 11.00
Fantasy Football League. 11.35 The
Russell Howard Hour.
SKY PREMIERE
Sky 301 Virgin 401
10.40am WOLF. (2021) (15) 12.35pm
OUT OF THE BLUE. (2022) (15) 2.35
9 BULLETS. (2022) (15) 4.25
WICKENSBURG. (2022) (PG) 6.05
THE LOST CITY. (2022) (12) 8.00
AMBULANCE. (2022) (15) 10.20
POKER FACE. (2022) (15)
SKY SCI-FI
Sky 139 Virgin 139
9.00am Teleshopping. 11.00 Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine. 12noon Star
Trek: The Next Generation. 2.00
Warehouse 13. 3.00 Fringe. 4.00
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. 5.00
Stargate SG-1. 6.00 Star Trek:
The Next Generation. 8.00 Merlin.
9.00 A Discovery of Witches. 11.00
The Leftovers.
SKY WITNESS
Sky 107 Virgin 112
12noon The Rookie. 1.00 Private
Eyes. 2.00 Blue Bloods. 3.00 The
Real A&E. 4.00 Bondi Rescue.
5.00 Nothing to Declare. 8.00 Blue
Bloods. 9.00 New Amsterdam.
11.00 Private Eyes.
SKY MAIN EVENT
Sky 401 Virgin 511
7.00am World Cup Breakfast. 10.00
World Cup Countdown. 5.00 Live
International Football. Turkey v
Scotland (Kick-off 6.00pm). The
friendly match at Diyarbakir
Stadium. 7.00 Live Grand Slam of
Darts. 11.00 World Cup Countdown.
SKY PREMIER LEAGUE
Sky 402 Virgin 512
12noon Gary Neville’s Soccerbox.
1.00 Premier League Years. 3.00 PL
Greatest Games. 4.00 Best Goals.
5.00 100 Club. 6.00 Premier League
Legends. 7.00 Premier League
Stories. 7.30 100 Club. 8.00 Gary
Neville’s Soccerbox. 9.00 Gareth
Southgate: Making A Manager. 9.30
Premier League Stories. 10.00
World Cup Preview. 11.00 PL Retro.
SKY FOOTBALL
Sky 403 Virgin 513
12noon EFL. 1.30 Scottish
Premiership Round-Up. 1.45 SPFL.
2.00 Bundesliga. 3.00 MLS Round-
Up Show. 4.00 EFL Highlights. 4.15
Scottish Premiership. 4.30 EFL.
4.45 EFL Greatest Games. 4.55 Live
International Football. 7.00 EFL
Greatest Games. 7.15 SPFL Greatest
Games. 7.30 EFL. 7.45 EFL Greatest
Games. 8.00 Scottish Premiership
Round-Up. 8.15 SPFL. 8.30 EFL.
8.45 EFL Goals: Leagues 1 & 2. 9.15
EFL. 9.45 Scottish Premiership
Round-Up. 10.00 EFL. 10.30 EFL
Goals. 11.00 Bundesliga Highlights.
SKY CRICKET
Sky 404 Virgin 514
12noon ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
11.00 Best of ICC WT20. 11.30
The Fletcher Years.
SKY MIX
Sky 416 Virgin 520
8.00am Grand Slam of Darts.
12noon Super League Highlights.
2.00 Fighting Fit 2020. 3.30 My
Icon: Keegan Hirst. 3.45 My Icon:
Sophie Cook. 4.00 NFL Highlights.
5.00 Ladies European Tour Golf.
6.00 PGA Tour Champions. 7.00
NBA Basketball. 9.00 Premier
League Stories. 9.30 Premier League
100 Club. 10.00 NFL Highlights.
11.00 PGA Tour Champions.
SMITHSONIAN
Freeview 57 Sky 171 Virgin 276
12noon America’s Lost Airship:
Weapon of War. 1.00 Impossible
Repairs. 3.00 Ice Airport Alaska.
4.00 Air Warriors. 6.00 America’s
Lost Airship: Weapon of War.
7.00 Hudson River Wild. 8.00
Rooted. 9.00 Miami Wild. 10.00
New Forest: The Crown’s Hunting
Ground. 11.00 Rooted.
TALKING PICTURES TV
Freeview 82 Sky 328 Virgin 445
12noon FILM: Innocent Sinners.
(1958) (U) 1.50 Look at Life. 2.00
Upstairs, Downstairs. 3.00 Saddle
Up. 3.10 FILM: The Oregon Trail.
(1959) (U) 4.55 Saddle Up. 5.00 FILM:
The Outcasts of Poker Flat. (1952)
(PG) 6.40 Saddle Up. 6.50 Go Go
with Matt Monro. 7.30 Time to
Remember. 8.00 The Onedin
Line. 9.00 FILM: Juggernaut.
(1974) (PG) 11.10 FILM: A Private
Function. (1984) (15)
TCM
Sky 315 Virgin 415
8.50am THE GLENN MILLER STORY.
(1954) (U) 11.15 CHEYENNE. 1.30pm
CHURCHILL. (2017) (PG) 3.35
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET
WEAPON. (1942) (PG) 5.05 THE
LONELY MAN. (1957) (PG) 6.55 THE
FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN. (1949) (U)
9.00 THE EXPENDABLES 2. (2012)
(15) 11.10 HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS:
BAD BLOOD. (2012) (12) 12.50am
OPERATION: DAYBREAK. (1975) (15)
W
Sky 132 Virgin 125
12noon Inside the Ambulance:
Coast and Country. 2.00 Tipping
Point. 4.00 DIY SOS: The Big Build.
5.00 My Family. 7.00 Junior
MasterChef Australia. 8.30 Inside
the Ambulance. 9.00 The
Undateables. 10.00 DIY SOS: The
Big Build Ireland. 11.10 Emma
Willis: Delivering Babies.
YESTERDAY
Freeview 27 Sky 155 Virgin 129
1.00pm Bangers and Cash. 2.00
Great British Railway Journeys.
3.00 Abandoned Engineering. 4.00
Narrow Escapes of World War II.
5.00 Nazi Hunters. 6.00 War
Factories. 7.00 Abandoned
Engineering. 8.00 Great Continental
Railway Journeys. 9.00 Bangers
& Cash: Restoring Classics.
10.00 Bangers and Cash. 11.00
Abandoned Engineering.
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ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20 HARDLY a week

goes by without
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email: pboro@dailymail.co.uk
PETERBOROUGH LETTERS Write to: Daily Mail Letters,
2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT
email: letters@dailymail.co.uk

Unexpected guest NHS can’t have it all

nHS staff voting to strike say they
are highlighting patient safety due to
understaffing, as well as wanting a
fair pay rise. But how many people in
CELEBRATE LIFE
OF A LOVED ONE
had me in a lather
the real world are likely to receive
anything above 5 per cent, let alone HAVE you lost a relative or
double figures? friend in recent months whose
The wage bill for the nHS, which life you’d like to celebrate? Our
covers the equivalent of 1.2 million full- column on Friday’s letters page
time posts, is about £57 billion a year. tells the stories of ordinary
The proposed 17 per cent pay rise
HE Ephraim young, and sympathetic to his people who lived extraordinary

T
Hardcastle story
about Philip
Larkin and
Kingsley Amis
building a wall of pillows
and bolsters when they
had to share a double
bed made me laugh.
It reminded me of a night in
Manchester in the early 1960s.
I was on a company training
course and staying at a guest
house near by. I was about to
go to bed one stormy night
when there was a knock at the
bedroom door.
It was the landlady, who
asked if I would share my
room with one of her regular
commercial travellers who
had been unable to find any
local accommodation. Being
Out Of The Mouths Of Babes
TEAcHIng a class of 35
five-year-olds in the 1970s was
always entertaining.
Sharing what they had done
over the weekend often
proved interesting.
One little girl told the class
that her brother had been to
Picture that!
TOUCHING TRIBUTE: My
three-year-old grandson,
Stanley, about to lay his
Friendly Fish Toddler
Group poppy wreath, made
with their hand prints.
Trevor Davies,
Littlehampton, W. Sussex.
One-line Philosophers
n BE TRUE to your teeth or
they will be false to you.
Maurice Brown,
Comber, Co. Down.
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plight, I agreed.
The landlady brought in an
enormous bolster which she
fitted down the middle of the
double bed.
He proved a decent type and,
apart from his loud snoring,
the night was uneventful.
Over breakfast, he told me
that he was a rep for
Unilever. He went to his car
and gave me four giant
packets of OMO washing
powder in appreciation.
It was a devil of a job to carry
them to the train for the
journey back to Kent, but
when I got home my mother
was pleased to receive them.
I said they were on special
offer and didn’t tell her about
my bedfellow.
Mike Main,
South Hykeham, Lincs.
see george. Uncle george?
grandad george? His best
friend george?
‘no!’ she replied. ‘That big fish
what eats people!’
Jaws — priceless!
Marilyn Mellor,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs.
Follow-up
In THE 1990s, I got a job in
a Jobcentre. I was the only
person trained to use a word
processor and found myself
typing all the office letters.
I took to labelling each letter
‘OBT 001’, ‘OBT 002’ etc.
One day I was asked by the
manager what ‘OBT’ referred
to and I said: ‘Own Bloody
Typist!’ He didn’t appreciate
the joke.
Robin French,
Brentwood, Essex.
Anagram
The Just Stop Oil brigade
= drive them out.
Hostile. Disrupt. Get a job!
Tony Crafter, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Joke
I’M gLAD supermarkets are
employing pensioners. I saw a
guy collecting trolleys the
other day — he must have
been pushing 70!
Robb Lambley,
Grantham, Lincs.
n BEAcH ball sales are down,
but they will bounce back.
David S. Willcocks,
Congleton, Cheshire.
UNAPEELING:
These easy
peelers must be
‘amazzing’ to
cost so much.
Spotted by
Tony Rae of
Jedburgh,
Roxburghshire.
would add nearly £10 billion to that.
There is only so much tax money to lives. Email a 500-word tribute
go round and, while no one begrudges and a favourite photo to:
lives@dailymail.co.uk or
nHS staff a rise, I suspect most
people would like to see the extra write to: Extraordinary Lives,
few billion used to hire extra staff, to Daily Mail, 2 Derry Street,
help ensure adequate patient care
London W8 5TT. Please include a
and bring waiting times down. phone number.
If staff numbers are really a reason
for striking, why ask for an unrealis-
tic pay rise that would probably leave remarks about other people at times,
the nHS understaffed for years? it’s human nature. I hope Mr Walliams
GARRY CARR, Yelland, Devon. doesn’t let this negative publicity
affect him. He does not deserve it.
Doomsday bandwagon HELEN DRYER, Gidea Park, Essex.
I WAS shocked to discover that the
campaign For nuclear Disarmament Wreath layers
backs Just Stop Oil and Extinction THE Mail’s Ephraim Hardcastle
Rebellion, although the aims of the asked last week why the Queen
latter groups have nothing to do with consort would not be laying a wreath
nuclear weaponry. at the cenotaph, even though Prince
Amnesty International, of which I Philip always laid a wreath.
was once a branch secretary, does, The Duke of Edinburgh did so
too, via the absurd mental gymnas- because he was a former Royal navy
tics that climate change affects officer who had seen active service
human rights. and been commended for his actions.
Today’s poem Has everyone liberal or Left-wing The previous Queens consort (Queen
taken leave of their senses, to throw Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and
in their lot with the counter-produc- Queen Mary) never laid wreaths.
TALK IS CHEAP tive Doomsday-cult wing of environ- CHAS KENNY, Ilford, Essex.
Some people who stand mentalism that drives the likes of Sir
for election
Are tempted to promise
David Attenborough to despair?
MARK BOYLE,
Price of strikes
Johnstone, Renfrewshire. IT SEEMS most public sector
the earth, workers are either on strike or
Caught up in the
raucous excitement Postal point planning to strike, all wanting more
money because of inflation. Those of
And then buoyed by their
sense of self-worth.
READER John Marshall (Letters) is
confusing the Post Office, which is
us old enough to have been through
this before know what the outcome
owned by the government and will be: worse inflation.
They think they can walk therefore the country, with Royal The solution? Accept a year or two
upon water, Mail, a privately owned company. of misery and hope the country
Change the world with a Post offices make little money comes out the other side with suffi-
wave of the hand selling stamps on behalf of Royal cient money to ensure we all survive.
As if all the problems Mail, but usually get the abuse when Alternatively, continue to strike and
were simple Royal Mail doesn’t deliver. bankrupt the country, so we become
JANEEN EVANS, Warminster, Wilts. a Third World economy and 2022 will
And can be solved when
action is planned. look like Utopia.
Unless they reward Brave Barclay PAT HOWARD, Gloucester.
I WOULD like to nominate Health
their opponents
They are storing up trouble Secretary Steve Barclay for a knight- Glorious gas lamps
hood after he had the courage to tell AS A Londoner born and bred, I was
no doubt,
the PM he wouldn’t be asking for an horrified to learn from griff Rhys
For those with the skills and
the talents
increase in the nHS budget to cope
with inflation next year, as he will
Jones’s article (Mail) that a bunch of
gasbags at Westminster council are
May have reason to soon make savings and efficiencies. planning to destroy the city’s
It’s nice to know that at least one of wonderful Victorian gas mantles and
If the changes made are Rishi Sunak’s team is determined to replace their gentle glow with
make their department economise blinding LED lights.
too sudden and live within its means. In my youth it gave me some
The status quo is JOHN BOWYER, Lincoln. pleasure and pride to watch tourists,
surely upset, particularly Americans, admiring
As folk who are cautious
by nature Walliams witch-hunt these wonderful street lamps and
taking pictures of them.
Are alarmed by the I cAn’T believe David Walliams is Some jobsworths take an almost
being pilloried for personal remarks
prospect of debt. satanic pleasure in destroying the
he made nearly three years ago. This historical and beautiful in favour of
So anyone seeking very talented man is a comedian, an anything new and ugly.
high office actor, a long-distance swimmer and S.M. WINSLADE-RAFTER, Sheffield.
Would be wise not to a bestselling author. Everything he
has attempted, he has excelled in.
promise too much
Or they may end I was lucky enough to see him live No respect
up disappointed when Little Britain was touring a few On THE day before Remembrance
years ago, before he achieved fame as Sunday, veterans in Parliament
When they’re told they are an author. We all make disparaging Square had to watch idiot Albanians
right out of touch.
John Slattery,
Worthing, W. Sussex.
Limerick How’s my blue
A young, anti-royalist bloke
Threw eggs at the King
as a joke.
and red rinse?
But his aim was the pits THERE has been a lot of talk
And he made zero hits recently about elderly ladies
With the albumen, shell or going grey and feeling invisible. I
the yolk. went grey during lockdown and
Paul A. Freeman, Abu Dhabi. decided to colour my hair blue
and red. When I walk down the
street, I turn heads and get lots
of comments. That’s not bad for
an 82-year-old.
WENDY H. SMITH,
Haslemere, Surrey.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 51

Not another PM
Straight to the
POINT
÷ IF THE BBC and Sky ignored Just Stop Oil

ripe for ousting!

protesters, would they bother protesting?
SALLY MOSS, Reading, Berks.
÷ PERHAPS Ant and Dec should watch The
Repair Shop or Andre Rieu to see what truly
talented people can do.
ROBERT A. DELUCE, Crick, Northants.
÷ LOOKING at the map in the Mail, why were
no migrants sent to hotels in Scotland?
IT’S 1940 and there is a gathering Churchill’s insensitivity towards TERRY PAYNE, Banstead, Surrey.
storm of criticism surrounding Whitehall and a slap in the face for ÷ IF UK camera teams can find migrants on
Winston Churchill. The controversial those officials whose holidays have French beaches, why can’t the French police?
new PM has a reputation for making been cancelled, with many now LINDA HOWRIHANE, London SE12.
unreasonable demands on officials, required to work from Monday all the
way through to Friday. Some are ÷ SUELLA says her deal with France is ‘not a
according to an anonymous source.
His cigar-smoking has led to a number further obliged to start as early as 9am silver bullet’. Is she calling migrants vampires?
of staff requesting transfers on health and continue without a cappuccino T. J. HICkMAN, Southampton.
grounds, and his maxim ‘Action This brunch break until as late as 5pm. ÷ NOW Angela Rayner needs some firm
Day’ is widely derided. An insider The Prime Minister is unavailable for policies to match her enhanced bust.
remarks: ‘This is a thoughtless edict, comment, although he was recently RALPH DONCASTER, Carlisle, Cumbria.
was never agreed by committee and photographed in a pinstripe suit,
shows no consideration for colleagues chomping his trademark cigar while ÷ MAYBE the Met’s Matt Jukes should follow
trying to maintain a work-life balance defiantly holding a Tommy gun. Matt Hancock into the Jungle.
in desperate times.’ This not only invokes Al Capone but E. MARTIN, Ipswich, Suffolk.
It is also revealed that No 10 has again ‘promotes poor life choices’, in ÷ THERE is no such thing as ‘a decent wage’.
unilaterally suspended a raft of the words of anti-smoking The more you’re paid, the more you want.

departmental initiatives including
seminars on mindfulness, feng shui
and working from home. In addition,
civil servants will no longer be able to
claim for yoga mats on expenses.
There are also complaints concerning
his ‘We shall never surrender’ rant,
which ‘flies in the face of reality,
whereas some pragmatism is called
for’, opines someone close to the PM.
‘We are sure the Europeans are
prepared to show goodwill if we
ourselves are ready to compromise —
something that has been sadly lacking
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campaigners, who add: ‘Yet another
clanger from this unelected
imperialist, who eats and drinks to
excess. If only we in Britain could
follow the example set by Berlin and
its vegetarian Fuhrer und
Reichskanzler, who we know has us
ever in his thoughts.’
Some MPs are believed to have
submitted letters to the 1922
Politically incorrect: Churchill Committee already, although its
since September 3 last year.’ As for the chairman, as ever, remains
speech in which ‘the Few’ are thanked, tight-lipped on the matter.
this is seen as yet another example of S. HOGAN, Llanelli, Carms.
D. JOHNSON, Tayport, Fife.
÷ WITH respect, King Charles needs a haircut.
TONY DERRICk, Clevedon, Somerset.
÷ I HAVE a petrol sit-on lawnmower. I fear that
on my last cut of the year, the lawn will be
invaded by Just Stop Oil protesters. Do I make
them a cup of Earl Grey or mow them down?
R. kEMP, Dunstable, Beds.
÷ STRICTLY? Time’s up. Stop dancing.
J. WARREN, Egham, Surrey.
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clambering over Churchill’s including me, who keep calm

statue. These people have no
interest in this country or how
we gained our freedom, only
what they can take from it.
Mrs C. WARD, Leicester.
East and West
DONALD MACARTHUR
(Letters) is absolutely right
about Japan protecting its
national culture.
My family are Japanese and
I have travelled there nearly
400 times to live, work, study,
lecture and teach. In contrast
to the UK, Japan is safe, clean
and well-organised.
Although Japanese people
have welcomed outside ideas
for hundreds of years, they
manage to maintain their
unique traditions and won-
derful language, while Britain
seems hell-bent on denigrat-
ing its history and language.
While Japan controls immi-
gration to protect its culture,
British hospitality is now
abused by those who come
here for the wrong reasons.
British culture has been one
of the major civilising
influences on the world, so I
have no idea why so many
people are ashamed of it.
MICHAEL JAY,
Hampton, Middx.
Happy clappers Going for bust and carry on, no matter how
DURING the excellent multi- HOW Angela Rayner spends trying the circumstances.
faith service at the end of her money is her business. DEE STEWART,
Saturday evening’s Remem- However, from where I’m Cranbrook, kent.
brance event, people clapped standing, the £5,600 for a
YES, I’ll forgive Matt Hancock,
after the first hymn, Jerusalem, breast enhancement might
provided he sits outside in a
had been sung.
I had an intimation of this
have been better spent on
elocution lessons. Santa costume with his lover,
handing out his full I’m A
change in the public attitude STEPH SWABY,
Celebrity fee in £20 notes to
to worship recently myself. Doncaster, S. Yorks.
the elderly. Then takes his
Some weeks ago, as a minister, brain out of his underpants.
I was asked to conduct prayers
at the start of a local residents’
Hancock hubris ANNA BROOkS,
MATT HANCOCK says he fell Tarporley, Cheshire.
meeting. I was very pleased to in love, as if that justified
do so. However, I was rather
taken aback to be clapped at
cheating on his wife of 15
years, hurting his children and
Recliner rugger
the end. not following the Covid rules. WHILE we were watching TV,
So things have changed. He may think he can come my wife announced that the
However, a bit of joy in this out of I’m A Celebrity a hero, ‘armchair rugby’ was on soon.
unhappy world is not to be but the true heroine is his I’d be interested in taking
sneezed at, even if it may be a humiliated wife Martha, who part, but might have trouble
surprise to us ‘oldies’. has shown such dignity and getting my chair to the venue.
ANDREW McLUSkEY, strength. There are thousands BERNARD CONNAH,
Ashford, Middx. of single mothers out there, Shevington, Lancs.
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Is Jeremy Hunt right to tax electric cars?

DEBATE

WHY shouldn’t electric car owners
have to pay road tax, just like most
other road users?
Electric vehicles are heavier than
petrol and diesel-powered cars
because of their batteries, so their
impact on road surfaces is greater.
I would also argue that they
present a greater safety risk, as
they can’t be heard approaching.
It is imperative that all road users
pay their way. The only alternative
would be the widespread
introduction of tolls, and imagine
what an uproar that would cause.
ALAN WARD, Sleaford, Lincs.
IT HAD to happen and only this IT LOOKS as if we are being conned
Government could do it. Jeremy yet again. First we were advised to
Hunt has just shot himself in the purchase diesel vehicles and now
foot by announcing he will introduce electric cars are to be taxed. Why
not put a small tax on cycles,
road tax for electric cars. Talk about
hypocrisy. What about our carbon e-scooters and e-bikes, too?
footprint and climate change? Boris LAURENCE PRINCE, London NW3.
Johnson had announced the death I REALISE road tax is no longer
of the combustion engine in favour used to maintain the road
of electric cars. (Incidentally, I don’t network, but shouldn’t it apply to
own and can’t afford an electric car.) all vehicles? Why should some
PAUL MackINTOSH, users be exempt? Electric scooters
Darlington, Co Durham. and bicycles take up space on our
ELECTRIC cars cause wear and tear overcrowded roads, too — let
to roads, so it is reasonable that them all contribute to Mr Hunt’s
their owners should pay road tax. Budget tomorrow.
COLIN BLAGDEN, Stevenage, Herts. JILL McGARRY, Nantwich, Cheshire.
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Compiled by Charles Legge
QUESTION What became
of the famous
orange football used in the 1966
World Cup final?
You might expect that after scoring a
hat-trick in England’s 4-2 victory over
West Germany in the 1966 World Cup
final, Geoff Hurst would have been given
the match ball.
However, it was taken by German
forward Helmut Haller. He claimed it was
German tradition for the first goalscorer
of the game to keep the match ball. He
carried it under his arm when he went up
to receive his runners-up medal.
It remained in his home in Augsburg for
three decades until a British newspaper
campaign to return the ball to England
before the 1996 Euros.
Haller was paid £80,000 for the ball.
uri Geller signed the ball to ‘energise’
it and help the England team to success
in the tournament — they lost in the
semi-final.
The balls used in the 1966 World Cup
came in three colours: white, yellow and
orange. The one used in the final was a
leather Slazenger Challenge. Hand sewn
and composed of 25 rectangular panels, it
was inflated by a Latex rubber bladder.
It featured in a 1966 World Cup
exhibition last year, alongside Geoff
Hurst and Wolfgang Weber’s shirts from
the final, a winner’s medal and the
substitute Jules Rimet trophy.
Alan Troughton, Salford, Gtr Manchester.
QUESTION What is the
Mexican dish
caca de luna (faeces of the moon)?
CACA de luna is the Mexican name for
Enteridium lycoperdon, a slime mould
with the common name false puffball.
While it is not generally considered
edible, fruiting bodies are eaten by rural
communities in the Veracruz region of
Mexico. The dish has been given its
QUESTIONS
Q: How do active noise-cancelling
headphones work?
Colin Budd, Chester, Cheshire.
Q: Why is the Earth’s mantle hotter
than its core? How do scientists
estimate this temperature?
Charlotte Beasley, Redhill, Surrey.
Q: What did physicist Erwin
Schrodinger mean by ‘I have . . . no
hesitation in declaring quite bluntly
that the acceptance of a really
existing material world, as the
explanation of the fact that we all find
in the end that we are empirically in
the same environment, is mystical
and metaphysical’?
Erica Daniels, Frome, Somerset.
Spot the ball
we lost in ’66 The football
that didn’t
come home:
England’s
Nobby Stiles
during the
1966 World
Cup final
Picture: ALAMY
unappetising name as it’s said to resemble
part excrement, part moonscape.
Slime moulds are odd organisms.
Despite their fungus-like appearance,
they are eukaryotes (organisms whose
cells contain a nucleus) that are not
fungi, animals or plants.
Despite being studied by mycologists
— fungi experts — they do not conform to
two of fungi’s defining characteristics:
having chitin (which is also found in
insect skeletons) in their cell walls and
not being able to move during any stage
of their life cycle.
Slime moulds move, feed and dispel
undigested organic matter.
When mature, Enteridium lycoperdon
will form a fruiting body (reproductive
structures that resemble a puffball) and
produce spores. This dramatic change
can happen in just a few hours.
The process is not fully understood,
although it can be triggered by the
exhaustion of food supplies and changes
in temperature, moisture and pH.
Villagers mix these fruiting bodies with
salt and epazote, a pungent herb known
as Mexican tea, and wrap them in a maize
leaf. After being heated in hot ashes for
half an hour, the texture becomes viscous,
with an elastic consistency that is similar
to mozzarella.
K. R. Lewis, Norwich, Norfolk.
QUESTION When we did
something daft, my
gran would say we were ‘Doolally
tap’. Where does this come from?
DEoLALI in India was a British Army
transit camp in Maharashtra, 100 miles
from Bombay.
Established in 1861, it was in use
throughout the time of the British Raj as
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400g sausages,
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those waiting for a troopship to take
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with madness.
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Tap is a Hindustani word for fever, often 3 Heat oven to 200c/180c fan/gas 6 and put
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Revolution in Warsaw!
There’s a foodie uprising

Picture: GETTY
the drinks and the music have a
global feel: negronis and Long
Island iced tea cocktails, with the

in the Polish capital — Beatles and James Brown playing.

It’s a foodie revolution that is
turning the capital into a year-
round destination — and there’s a

and its Christmas fantastic Christmas market, with

a skating rink in the Old Town
main square. This year it’s from

market is tasty, too November 25 to January 6.

C
OCKTaILS poured from
trophy-shaped jugs, dugout-
style seats, tables within
real football goals: welcome to
Warsaw with a sporty twist,
courtesy of Poland’s very own version
O F The other food halls,
hala Gwardii is a cavern-
ous market selling sau-
sages, pickled cucumbers
and local cheeses. and hala
Koszyki is a fine art Nouveau struc-
ture where beef ribs and craft lager
are to be had listening to Chopin.
of David Beckham, who will be in With the raffles europejski
action at next week’s World Cup. hotel, where the rolling Stones
Nine’s bar and restaurant at Browary have stayed, having been snazzed
Warszawskie — a former brewery converted up, and the opening of Warsaw
into food halls, shops and restaurants — is Nobu there are two top-class
the handiwork of robert Lewandowski, hotels in town now, too.
Poland and Barcelona’s star striker, who is So, no more communist-era
pictured about to score a goal along with an dreariness. Warsaw’s revolution is
instruction to: ‘Get ready for the game!’ Festive: Warsaw’s Castle Square in the city’s Old Town gears up for Christmas something of a revelation.
By this he means: munch on
pretzels covered in fondue, launch that have survived into the 21st with its clutch of lively food stalls eastern hummus dishes and TOM CHESSHYRE
into vast piles of barbecue ribs, century thanks to low-cost dishes and bars as well as a microbrew- Philadelphia cheesesteaks. ‘This
and down craft ales and vodka such as pig’s liver, dumplings and ery, plus the much-anticipated ain’t a place to come if you want TRAVEL FACTS
concoctions, all the while watch- borscht (beetroot soup). elektrownia Powisle in an old Polish food,’ says an american DOUBLES at Nobu Warsaw from
ing latest matches on a series of But things are changing on the power station by the river Vistula student sharing our table as she
giant screens. food front in Poland’s capital and and billed as Warsaw’s version of tucks into a dim sum box. £131 (nobuhotels.com); B&B
Poland and Warsaw may be the reason is simple: the rise and London’s Borough Market. She’s right — there’s an interna- doubles at Raffles Europejski Hotel
famous for its bar mleczny (or rise of the food hall. here, Vietnamese noodles are tional flavour, almost as though from £221 (raffles.com). Fly to
‘milk bars’), nondescript and often This year has seen the opening served alongside stalls overflowing Warsaw is reacting against its Warsaw from £80 (ba.com). More
drab Communist-era canteens of both Browary Warszawskie, with spicy Indian curries, Middle former communist cuisine. even information: warsawtour.pl.
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16 to 64-year-olds not
working because of long-term
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War on Ukraine bolsters demand at BAE

BAE Systems revealed yesterday that it is By Archie Mitchell ing from all sectors and opportunities to
cashing in on soaring demand caused by
the war in Ukraine and expects a ‘very kets remains robust’. That includes in the BAE SET TO SIGN further enhance the medium-term outlook
as our customers address the elevated

strong’ year of orders.
As Rishi Sunak unveiled plans for the
defence group to build five more submarine-
hunting warships, the company said Rus-
sia’s invasion of its neighbour and rising ten-
sions elsewhere have demonstrated ‘more
than ever’ the need for strong security.
With BAE welcoming rising defence
spending across the globe, its shares rose
1.7pc, or 12.4p, to 738.6p. The FTSE 100
business has secured £28bn of orders so far
this year, with £10bn of that since July.
Ahead of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal
statement tomorrow, BAE acknowledged
that governments around the world are fac-
ing a financial squeeze.
But a spokesman for the group said ‘the
commitment to defence in our major mar-
UK where BAE will now build another five
submarine-hunting Type 26 frigates under
the latest deal with the Royal Navy, the
Prime Minister announced. The deal – which
the Mail reported in August was close to
being signed – will support shipbuilding
facilities in Scotland into the 2030s and
more than 4,000 jobs in the UK.
BAE is already building three of the war-
ships at its Govan shipyard in Glasgow
under a £3.7bn deal signed in 2017.
Other orders included a deal to make
infrared heat-seeking technology for Lock-
heed Martin’s anti-missile defence system.
And it will supply the US Army with its
Beowulf all-terrain vehicles, designed to
operate in snowy, icy, sandy, muddy and
swamp-like conditions. A BAE spokesman
MULTI-BILLION
WARSHIP DEAL
From the Mail
Mail, Aug 29
said: ‘Many of the countries in which we
operate have either announced increases or
are making plans to increase spending to
address the elevated threat environment.
‘Global events have more than ever dem-
onstrated the need for strong defence and
security in the face of aggression by nation
states.’ The group’s chief executive Charles
Woodburn said: ‘We see sales growth com-
threat environment.’
BAE has been one of the best performing
stocks on the FTSE 100 this year.
AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould
said the turbulent geopolitical picture is
‘good news’ for the defence firm.
‘Countries are making long-term commit-
ments to upgrade their military capability
and capacity and that brings with it long-
term growth potential for BAE,’ he said.
BAE also sought to burnish its environ-
ment, social and governance (ESG) creden-
tials. The spokesman said: ‘It is important
to recognise the defence industry’s contri-
bution to security and prosperity and that
BAE is a responsible, government-backed,
strictly regulated and ethically-led defence
and security company.’

Pound roars back

Sterling hits Chancellor urged to bring
$1.20 against back VAT-free shopping
fading dollar
THE Chancellor can give the
economy an ‘instant boost’ by
in favour of Milan and Paris. At
the time, the Government

ahead of reinstating VAT-free shopping for

international tourists, according
to a report.
Jeremy Hunt would raise an
claimed scrapping the tax break
would save £2bn per year.
But Oxford Economics said the
Government’s estimate is ‘inac-

Hunt Budget extra £350m a year in tax reve-

By John-Paul Ford Rojas
THE pound climbed back above
$1.20 against the US dollar for
the first time in three months in
a boost for Chancellor Jeremy
Hunt ahead of tomorrow’s
autumn statement.
Sterling has been rising in the
past few days as the greenback
weakens on speculation that the
aggressive pace of interest rate
hikes in the US could slow.
The recovery represents a strong
bounce-back after the chaos of previ-
ous Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s dis-
astrous mini-Budget, which saw the
pound hit an all-time low of less than
$1.04 in September.
Yesterday, the pound rose by nearly
three cents to as high as $1.2025 – its
highest level since August 18 and
16pc above its low point of $1.0386 days has been the dollar’s weak-
seven weeks ago. ness after US consumer price
The gains later partially faded inflation figures for October came
and sterling slipped below $1.19. in weaker than expected last
Sterling also climbed against
the euro, rising by as much as
a cent to €1.1478.
Its rally was partly down
to official figures showing
stronger-than-expected
wage growth of 5.7pc
in the UK. That could add
to the ammunition of Bank of
England hawks pushing for
another big interest
rate hike next
month in the fight
against inflation.
But the broader
currency story
over the last few
nues by reinstating the measure,
research by economic forecaster
curate’. The study, seen by the
Daily Mail, said the Treasury
failed to account for the
Oxford Economics found. increased number of foreign visi-
VAT-free shopping allows over- tors the scheme would attract.
seas visitors to claim back 20pc It said 1.6m more tourists would
on their purchases in the UK. It come to the UK to take advantage
was scrapped by then-Chancel- of VAT-free shopping, spending
lor Rishi Sunak when the UK left £4.1bn in hotels, restaurants and
the EU in 2021. other attractions.
The benefit of the increased
Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwart-
eng tried to reintroduce the spending would far outweigh
the cost of VAT refunds.
break in September’s mini-
Budget, but the move was Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey
Clifton-Brown, deputy chair-
reversed by Hunt weeks later.
It left the UK as the only Euro- man of Parliament’s spending
watchdog, said the Chancel-
pean country not offering VAT-
free shopping to international lor should consider a U-turn Short-sighted:
visitors. This has fuelled concerns on the policy. Last week Brian Luxury retailers
that wealthy Chinese, Middle Duffy, boss of luxury watch such as Hermes
Eastern and American shoppers retailer Watches of Switzer-
land, said axing the scheme was
claim wealthy
will snub shopping destinations shoppers will
such as London and Manchester ‘short sighted’.
head elsewhere
stronger than under Liz Truss’s competitively priced for export cial crisis, but they have since
short-lived and chaotic premier- customers. But it has added to dipped back to around 3.3pc.
ship. Even before the mini-Budget inflation pressures facing con- There could be more turbulence
the pound was trading at less than sumers and businesses as to come as Hunt attempts to close
week. Yesterday, US farm and imports priced in dollars become
$1.13 following a summer of politi- the £50bn black hole in public
factory inflation data was cal uncertainty after Boris John- more expensive. finances without crushing eco-
also milder than forecast, The pound is still down by 12pc
son’s ousting. nomic growth.
adding to the sense Since Truss was turfed out, Hunt against the dollar so far this year. Jeremy Stretch, a currency strat-
America’s price spiral may
have peaked. (pictured) and her replacement egist at CIBC Capital Markets,
That would give the US Rishi Sunak have sought to reas-
sure markets that they will get a
‘Going to be a sea said: ‘We do have the fiscal state-
ment coming and that is going to
Federal Reserve scope to
scale back the aggressive grip on public finances – reversing of negativity’ be a sea of negativity.
pace of interest rate most of Kwarteng’s poorly- ‘Having said that, with the
hikes seen over received and unfunded tax cuts, Gilts – parcels of UK government degree of policy tightening, the
recent months. and floating the likelihood of fur- debt – were another victim of the debate is going to be how much
The pound’s ther drastic action this week. mini-Budget. of it is going to be coming in the
position head- The pound’s weakness has had Market turmoil saw investors next year or two, and how much
ing into the some benefits such as drawing demanding rates of more than is going to be pushed towards
autumn state- US tourists to London and mak- 4.5pc for buying ten-year gilts, the the next parliament rather than
ment is much ing manufactured goods more highest rate since the 2008 finan- this one.’
Page 60 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Surging energy
costs hit profits
at Vodafone
By Archie Mitchell
Vodafone shares crashed
to a 20-year low as soaring
energy costs and stiff
competition hit business.
as the fTSe 100 telecoms giant
struggled in key markets, includ-
ing Spain, Germany and Italy, it
warned that profit for the year
will come in at a maximum of
£13.4bn, down from an earlier
forecast of up to £13.6bn.
Vodafone also warned it would
generate less cash than expected
as the economic outlook worsens.
Shares fell 7.9pc, or 8.27p, to
The stock has fallen by more than a
third since he took over in 2018.
95.89p, their lowest since 2002.
The latest slide piles fresh pres-
sure on chief executive nick Read,
who has faced criticism over Voda-
Under his leadership, Vodafone has
seen sluggish growth and failed to
complete meaningful merger and
acquisitions transactions.
fone’s poor share price performance.
Pence
400
investors including french tycoon
Xavier niel and activist Cevian
Capital, which earlier this year took
a stake and is pushing for the busi-
ness to strike more deals and sim-
300 plify its structure. Cevian has called
for Read to shed poorly performing
parts of the business.
200 Read insisted plans to merge its
UK business with rival Three are
making ‘good progress’.
The firms confirmed last month Feeling
100 they are in talks about a tie-up that the heat:
would create Britain’s biggest
mobile supplier with more than
Sanjeev Gupta
0 27m customers.
The company plans to keep a 51pc
1989 2022
stake in the combined business,
while Three’s owner, Hong Kong
conglomerate CK Hutchison, would
own the rest.
Liberty Steel closes in
Read has stated a desire to pur-
sue mergers in markets he deems
to be suffering from excessive com-
petition, including the UK.
on deal with creditors
The firm is under pressure from LIBERTY Steel has signed an nancing’, but the business did
Hargreaves Lansdown equity outline of a deal that could see not reveal any details of what
analyst Matt Britzman said it is its creditors recoup at least it contained.
‘certainly not plain sailing’ at some of their money while Sources yesterday told the
the telecoms firm.
He said: ‘Warnings that weaker allowing it to keep going. Financial Times that Liberty’s
economic conditions and rising Sanjeev Gupta’s under-pres- lenders could be repaid up to
costs are set to bring full year sure industrial group said the 55pc of what they are owed,
results down from previous deal – although it is merely ‘a but the final figure is expected
guidance put a dampener on term sheet subject to contract to be significantly less.
half year results.’ on an agreement in principle’ The deal is still subject to
Vodafone’s bleak outlook came – could allow it to restructure approval by the firms involved.
as it said overall sales in the six the debt that it borrowed But the creditors have halted
months to September 30 grew
just 2pc to £20.2bn. Profit fell through Credit Suisse and now their winding-up petitions
2.6pc to £6.4bn as it grappled collapsed lender Greensill. against Liberty, which has
with spiralling energy costs and The deal was hailed as a been fending off such applica-
rising inflation. ‘major step in the group’s refi- tions for months.

Barclays steps up fight

with Covid fraudsters
a PUSH by Barclays to claw back millions of
pounds from Covid loan fraudsters spurred a
surge in the number of companies forced to wind
up last month.
Compulsory liquidations climbed to 242 in octo-
ber, up from 210 in September and just 53 a year
earlier. It was the highest number since before the
pandemic, during which government support
schemes and bank-payment holidays offered
struggling businesses a lifeline.
The Insolvency Service said the rise was partly
caused by ‘a large number of petitions’ from one
bank, Barclays, which issued 45.
But there was also a broader increase in the
number of firms going bust.
The Mail on Sunday revealed earlier this year
that Barclays has enrolled a litigation firm to claw
back money from around 100 Bounce Back Loan
(BBL) borrowers so far identified as being sus-
pected of fraud.
Barclays issued 345,006 loans worth £10.8bn
under the Government’s backed BBL scheme, but
By John-Paul Ford Rojas
it is estimated that £259m was siphoned off by
criminals. Companies can face compulsory liqui-
dation when creditors such as banks petition for
them to be wound up. It does not mean those
companies are suspected of fraud. But Barclays’
pursuit of fraudsters increased the overall number
of companies it targeted.
a spokesman for the bank said: ‘Barclays looks
to support customers who are facing financial dif-
ficulty, including those who borrowed under gov-
ernment schemes.
‘However, in certain circumstances, including
where there appears to be a misuse of funds, for-
mal recovery action may be taken to recover tax-
payers’ money.’
The official figures also showed company insol-
vencies overall – including voluntary winding up,
administrations and restructuring deals known as
company voluntary arrangements – rose by 1,948
last month, 38pc up on last year.

FCA not prepared for pensions chaos

THE head of the City watchdog has admitted that
it was not prepared for the risk posed to pen-
sion funds by the sharp rise in UK bond yields
after Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-Budget.
Nikhil Rathi, chief executive of the Financial
Conduct Authority, told a House of Lords select
committee that the threat had not been ‘right
at the top of the radar’.
Peers are examining how a bond market sell-
off after Kwarteng’s disastrous fiscal statement
prompted a crisis in pension funds resulting in a
£65bn Bank of England intervention.
The collapse in bond prices left liability driven
investment (LDI) funds used by some pension
schemes scrambling for cash.
Rathi explained that yields on UK bonds – which
move in the opposite direction to prices – soared
by 2.5 percentage points in just five days ‘which
has just never happened at any major time in our
history, that particular risk wasn’t tested for’.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 61

UK confounds the critics

Alex
emember the sterling effort to close the fiscal gap of £70bn with arguably the biggest investor in renewables

R crisis and how britain was

a doomed nation as the
pound sped towards par-
ity after the mini-budget?
excessive tax rises. by fiddling with the
income and business tax regimes he risks
stifling confidence, growth and enterprise.
It is a travesty that Liz Truss and Kwasi
Kwarteng were so inept in presenting their
and green technology in britain.
For years, the UK’s defence and aerospace
engineers have been regarded as business
pariahs. The war on Ukraine demonstrates
how vital they are to preserving british,

Well, forget about it.
Currency markets are notoriously
fickle. As the daily leaks from Downing
Street about the scale of the fiscal task
ahead for the Chancellor in tomorrow’s
budget have emerged, the pound has
bounced. It hit $1.20 in latest trading
for the first time since mid-August.
The warnings from bears of the UK are
starting to look stale, misleading and dumb.
bank of America strategists forecast UK
inflation would head towards 20pc next
year. Former US Treasury Secretary Law-
rence Summers claimed the UK had lost
‘sovereign credibility’. Disgruntled Guern-
sey-based private equity baron Guy Hands
declared that britain may need an Interna-
tional monetary Fund bail-out.
The speed with which the Truss-Kwart-
eng government was turfed out and another
administration brought in speaks volumes
for the resilience of UK democracy and the
flexibility of economic decision making.
The pound has climbed 4pc in short order
and believers in gilt-edged stock are sitting
on handsome gains. There is a growing con-
Brummer
CITY EDITOR
sensus in the wider financial community
that the negativity about inflation and
interest rates has been overdone.
morgan Stanley chairman James Gorman
is among the optimists about prospects.
His big number for the United States next
year is four. That is 4pc for interest rates,
4pc for inflation and 4pc for unemployment
in 2023. In his view, the scale of the Covid-19
and energy shocks is not anything like the
financial crisis earthquake. If the US does
dip into technical recession, it will be mild.
And while the UK doesn’t always track the
American economy, trading and financial
connections means it often does.
The only hesitation is that Chancellor Jer-
emy Hunt, in his effort to establish britain’s
fiscal probity, will overdo matters in the
growth plans that lower taxes, investment
zones and other expansion-friendly meas-
ures are off the table.
It is critical that amid the sombre tones,
Hunt is able to elucidate some kind of vision
and optimism for UK plc. Proposals to limit
research-and-development tax credits for
smaller firms look like a silly error. Smes
and start-ups are the next generation of
bigger firms and need incentives not penny-
pinching and despair. Hunt has won the
markets over. Now he needs to re-ignite
consumer and business aspiration.
Defence measures
everyoNe in finance and investing these
days wants to wrap themselves in the envi-
ronmental, social and governance (eSG)
agenda. How meaningful are the judge-
ments they make?
Tech stocks have been a big favourite of
some eSG funds. but their consumption of
power to drive their algorithms is enor-
mous, making them huge emitters. bP is
categorised as fossil fuel evil and cast aside
as a sponsor of the british museum, yet it is
european and global social democracies.
bAe, which is proprietor of the UK’s main
seagoing, fighter aircraft and land defence
platforms, has been ignored by investors.
The reality is that order books are over-
flowing and earnings have just been
upgraded because of global demand for all
it does, ranging from high-tech avionics for
the Pentagon, to new ships for the royal
Navy and air defence equipment for Kiev.
blocking investment on eSG grounds is a
misguided vanity.
Wrong numbers
CHIeF executive Nick read’s efforts to
supercharge vodafone through the disposal
of half of its stake in the vantage towers
enterprise, and a merger with rival Three,
doesn’t appear to be getting much traction
with investors.
After a downgrade of free cash flow earn-
ings for the year, reuters quotes one inves-
tor as saying the mobile pioneer is ‘too com-
plex, too slow and too fat’.
If the shares are any guide, patience with
read’s leadership is draining away.

CHINESE OWNER EYES

SALE OF THOMAS COOK
THOMAS Cook’s Chinese owner is
considering a sale of some or all of
the travel business.
The 180-year-old brand was snapped
up by Fosun – then its biggest share-
holder – following its collapse under
a huge pile of debt in 2019.
Independent group Hays Travel
bought Thomas Cook’s 555 High
Street stores.
Fosun, founded by billionaire Guo
Guangchang, relaunched the Thomas
Cook business as an online-only travel
agent last year. And in the six months
to June 30, Fosun said Thomas Cook
saw ‘significant growth’, handling
£85m of bookings. It is looking for an
outside investor or a buyer for the
entire business, Sky News reported.
Fosun is believed to be raising funds
to cut its debt pile.
Thomas Cook went bust in Septem-
ber 2019 after failing to secure a
£200m lifeline from bankers and the
Government refused to help. Its col-
lapse triggered Britain’s biggest ever
peacetime repatriation, with the
Government and the Civil Aviation
Authority bringing more than 150,000
stranded holidaymakers home.
Landlord in
red as office
values slump
oNe of britain’s biggest
landlords tumbled into
the red as the value of its
London offices plummeted.
Land Securities yesterday
reported a half-year loss of
£192m amid signs that higher
interest rates are taking their
toll on commercial property.
The FTSe 100 giant said its
portfolio of offices, shops and
other buildings fell by 2.9pc to
£10.9bn in the six months to
the end of September, with its
central London estate driving
the decline.
The value of its City offices
dived 9.7pc to £1.7bn while
those in the West end were
down 4.2pc at £2.8bn.
by contrast, the value of its
shopping centres – including
Trinity Leeds and Gunwharf
Quays in Portsmouth – rose by
1.1pc to £1.2bn. Shares fell
1.3pc, or 7.8p, to 616p.
Land Securities chief execu-
tive mark Allan said: ‘market
conditions have changed con-
siderably over the last two
years and especially since the
start of this year. Interest rates
across the board have surged
£10.9bn
2.9pc 4.2pc
Value of Land
Decline in past Fall in West End
Securities six months office values
property
empire
9.7pc 1.1pc
Fall in Rise in value
City office of shopping
centres
values
in response to rising inflation, of working will reduce overall
with the central bank support demand for office space in the
that artificially depressed UK,’ he said.
these for most of the past dec- ‘We expect large HQ type
ade now in reverse. space and areas which offer lit-
‘It is difficult to assess tle reason to visit beyond
where interest rates will set- doing a job to see a much big-
tle in the medium term, but it ger impact than places which
seems clear that in a long offer exciting amenities for
term context, the ultra-low people to give them a reason
rate environment of the past to want to spend time there.’
decade was the aberration – Colm Lauder, an analyst at
not the adjustment we have stockbroker Goodbody, said
seen this year.’ worse was to come for the
Allan warned that hybrid commercial property sector.
working in the wake of the ‘The pain that is coming
pandemic was also hitting the through in the second half is
commercial property market. going to be significantly worse,’
‘We expect more flexible ways he said.

By Mark Shapland
MORE than 1m investors could
lose money after FTX collapsed.
Just over a week ago, the failed
cryptocurrency exchange –
founded by Sam Bankman-Fried
– was valued at £27bn.
But it quickly imploded after
experiencing a surge in with-
drawals it was unable to fulfil.
In a court filing as part of its
Chapter 11 bankruptcy, lawyers
for FTX said: ‘There are over
One million investors could lose
money from FTX crypto collapse
100,000 creditors in these Chap-
ter 11 cases. In fact, there could
be more than 1m creditors.’
The abnormally large amount
of creditors is a result of FTX’s
sprawling and complex struc-
ture. The company was made up
of a web of companies with more
than 130 registered entities and
grew quickly to become the
world’s second largest digital
coin exchange.
Most of the creditors were cli-
ents of 30-year-old Bankman-
Fried’s companies. The filing also
reveals just how seriously law
enforcement agencies are tak-
ing the collapse.
Dozens of authorities are cir-
cling the company – including
the US Attorney’s Office, the
Securities and Exchange Com-
mission and the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission.
Bankman-Fried agreed to step
down as chief executive last week.
Restructuring specialist John Ray,
known for his work on Enron, has
taken over the company.
The court filing added: ‘Barely
more than a week ago, FTX was
regarded as one of the most
respected and innovative com-
panies in the crypto industry.’
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FTSE 100
7369.44
15.73
0.21%
H:7672.40 L:6826.15
£/$ 1.1894
H:1.3729
Ocado rollercoaster ride
sends shares tumbling
ShareS in Ocado tumbled nearly
17pc yesterday as its rollercoaster
ride continued.
The online retailer-cum-technol-
ogy stock slammed into reverse
after a strong run that saw it more
than double in value in less than
five weeks.
The slump left many City observ-
ers scratching their heads with
analysts putting it down to profit
taking after the recent rally.
But it marked yet another day
for turmoil for long-suffering
shareholders as well as founder
and boss Tim Steiner whose 2.4pc
stake is worth around £150m.
Ocado shares soared at the start
of the pandemic amid booming
demand for online grocery deliver-
ies. But after peaking at close to
2900p a pop in late 2020, the stock
was changing hands for less than
400p just a month ago.
The shares were back above
900p on Monday as its recent deal
to build automated warehouses
for Lotte in South Korea contin-
ued to provide support.
But yesterday it fell 16.8pc, or
155.4p, to 770.2p. ‘The recent rally
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ered its rating to ‘underperform’ 0.5pc, or 11p, to 2027p. Power firm
Pence
1600
1400
James Cropper
Close:
825p
MARKET REPORT from ‘hold’ and slashed the target
price to 120p from 530p.
Drax gained 3pc, or 16.5p, to 564p
following a vote of confidence 1200
By Worse still, it said in a ‘downside
scenario’ the stock could fall to
from a City broker. rBC reiter-
ated its ‘outperform’ rating and
40p. Shares plunged 7pc, or 9.95p, said it saw the recent slump in 1000
John to 133.1p. Drax’s share price as ‘misplaced’.
aston Martin, a favourite of The broker said while a further
Abiona James Bond, raised fresh funds windfall tax hike could see Drax 800
this summer which saw the Sau- pay an extra £1.5bn over five years, 2022
dis take an 18.7pc stake, making the Government may choose to
of Ocado shares appears to have them the second largest share- be more lenient towards renewa- ■ RISING energy prices pushed
come to a shuddering halt,’ said holder behind executive chairman ble electricity generators. James Cropper to a loss.
Michael hewson, chief market Lawrence Stroll. British Gas owner Centrica was
analyst at CMC Markets UK.
The company, which makes
The FTSE 100 slipped 0.21pc, or also on the rise, up 3.4pc, or 2.82p, the paper used to create
‘The shares have surged in 15.73 points, to 7369.44 and the to 86.28p.
recent days after the Lotte deal FTSE 250 fell 0.85pc, or 166.37 Investment manager Ninety One Remembrance poppies for
was announced, so a pullback was points, to 19,455.88. slumped on the back of a cocktail the Royal British Legion,
long overdue.’ Imperial Brands counted the of economic woes. reported a £0.8m loss in
Aston Martin shares skidded off cost of withdrawing from russia The group said it endured a dif- the six months to September.
track after analysts warned it after its profit and revenue took a ficult spell amid soaring inflation, Revenue rose 23pc to £61.6m.
may still need to raise fresh funds hit. The cigarette maker, which rising interest rates, the war in The firm, which also produces
even after a cash injection over pulled out of russia in april fol- Ukraine and a fall in financial packaging for luxury brands,
the summer. lowing Vladimir Putin’s invasion asset prices. assets under man-
Jefferies said the FTSe 250 lux-
said it still expects to make a
of Ukraine, saw its profit fall to agement dropped 8pc to £132.3bn
ury car maker has shored up its £2.6bn from £3.2bn in the year to in the six months to September £2m profit for the year.
business but remained at least September. revenue slid 0.7pc to while clients removed £3.2bn from But this would be lower than
two years away from implement- £32.6bn. Imperial Brands sold its the group’s funds during the the £5.4m pencilled in by
ing a ‘viable operating structure’. Volgograd factory in april and period. Profits tumbled 16pc to analysts. Shares fell 9.8pc, or
raising concerns about sales added that the loss on exit from £110.6m. Shares plunged 4.9pc, or 90p, to 825p.
volumes and its size, Jefferies low- russia was £364m. Shares slid 10.8p, to 209.2p.
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1 1 1 1 3 1 3 5
63858 41158 Edin Wwide.............191 +214 326 16038 Redrow ...................45538xd-514 709 37258 Evraz ......................81 61634 5318 Sirius Real Estate ...7814 -38 144 6612 Pagegroup ..............47758 -658 678 36214
2190 901 European Opp ........743xd -3 882 629 Food Producers Taylor Wimpey ........10378xd +14 178 8518 Ferrexpo .................14534 -278 323 9758 Supermarket Inc .....106xd +1 133 96 Rentokil Initial .........532 -158 63538 44412
21818 11838 F&C Inv Trust .........926 -1 946 770 Assoc Brit Foods ....1556 -6 2131 1237 Vistry Group............655xd -9 1225 519 2 Fresnillo ..................85734 -2158 98634 62238 Target Healthcare ...84xd -78 11914 7778 RS Group................959 +5 1255 812
1
Fidelity China ..........220 +8 338 178 8
5 Cranswick ...............3090 -28 3820 2586 Glencore .................519 2 +7 2 541 2 351 8
1 1 1 7 TR Property IT ........338 1
2 -4 1
2 504 267
Fidelity Emg ............62812 +58 847 55518 Hilton Food Gp .......551xd -16 1250 529
Industrial Transportation Hochschild Mining...6912
Serco ......................16618 +134 18814 12114
-14 17338 5112 Tritax Big Box .........14912 +18 249 12534 Travis Perkins .........97638xd-1858 1635 738
Fidelity Eur..............32412 -2 345 267 Premier Foods ........111 -134 12634 9234 Clarkson .................2955 -85 3975 2500 Rio Tinto .................5459 +52 6225 437512 Tritax Eurobox ........6414 +78 11714 5834
23312 Tate & Lyle .............70314 +1 90612 65714 Intl Dist Serv ...........246 8 -3 4 526 4 183 4 UK Comm Prop.......6318 -114 9338 5378 Technology Hardware & Equipment
7 3 3 1
Fidelity Spec Val .....282 -5 315
734 Unilever ..................403312 +1 4100 3328 Redde Northgate ....355 -9 2 440 2 283 2 Nonlife Insurance
1 1 1
Finsbury G&I Tst .....843 -8 930 Unite Group ............955 +7 1207 79112
GCP Infra Inv ..........98xd -1 11858 91 Forestry & Paper Industrials Admiral Gp..............2073 -47 3266 1729 Urban Logistics .......145 -212 199 11812 discoverIE Gp .........868 -7 1062 597
Warehouse .............11538 -34 157 10538 Spirent Comms .......276 + 4 282 215 8
1 3
Global Smaller ........149 8 -1 177
3
122 8
3
Bodycote .................581 -8 905 460
Beazley ...................625 -7 661 376 3
8
13134 Mondi ......................1568 2 -3 1950 2 1309 Hill & Smith .............1092 -36 1866 893 Direct Line Ins.........20878 +14 31214 17734 Workspace Gp ........47238 -914 887 34338 Telecoms
3
1 1 8
10410 5908 Greencoat UK .........14918xd-134 16714
14612 8734 Harbourvest ............2400 +10 2940 2000 General Financial Hiscox .....................97258 +14 99014 82558
Henderson Sml Co .850 -9 1254
IMI...........................1438 -8 1838 1071
680 3i Group ..................129412 +11 150312 1059 Melrose Ind .............13138 +414 17312 9512 Lancashire Hldgs ....564 -1512 58012 34658
Retailers Airtel Africa .............117xd -2 17078 10734
2360 1721
Herald Inv Trust ......1892 -38 2570 1560 Ashmore Gp ...........24558xd-334 31434 18078 RHI Magnesita ........2262 -2 3702 1584 Oil & Gas Producers ASOS......................756 -37 2746 490 BT Gp .....................12234 -214 20078 11418
513 88
HG Capital Trust .....376 +7 454 312 BR Throgmorton .....619 B&M ........................39212 -1034 644 29512 Helios Towers .........11934 -218 175 10014
2486 1576 -3 994 487 Rotork .....................28514 -334 37338 22958
HICL Infr .................16634 +34 183 14438 Bridgepoint Group ..234 -858 550 17378 Smith (DS) ..............31334 -312 40134 24134 BP ...........................477xd -312 50134 31758 Burberry Gp ............2033 +3 2063 1482 Telecom Plus ..........2275 +10 2315 1274
Hipgnosis Songs .....8412 -112 12914 7934 Capital Gearing.......4980 -30 5180 4745 Smiths Gp ...............1600xd +8 1629 1364 Capricorn Energy ....246 4 -1 253 4 17914 Currys .....................83
3 3 3
-2 13558 5512 Vodafone Gp ..........9578 -814 13912 9578
34038 21558 ICG Enterprise ........1090 +6 1314 954 Close Brothers ........1069xd-12 1452 894 Smurfit Kappa Gp ...3182 -41 4168 2452 Diversified Energy ..127 -5 142 98 2 Dr. Martens .............289 +34 42934 18278
4002 275612 Impax Enviro Mkts ..451 -6 583 38112 CMC Markets ..........268 +12 317 21112 Spirax-Sarco ...........11760xd-12516565 9130 Energean ................14753 -61 1569 84712 Dunelm Gp .............970 2xd-40
1 1 1
2 1434 67012 Tobacco
620 25212 JPM American ........744xd -9 795 655 Coats Group ...........6738xd -1 8138 5078 Vesuvius .................37914 -1014 491 28458 Harbour Energy ......345 4 +3 8 5301 29832 Frasers Group ........789 -12 94912 56212 Br Am Tob ..............322812 -27 3628 2530
1267 63058 JPM Emerg Mkt ......10534xd+134 13334 9214 Hargrvs Lansdwn ....90958 -2134 149912 74034 Weir Gp ..................1742 -12 1897 132812 Shell ........................2375xd +17 2526 2 1833 8 Greggs ....................2262 -8 3416 1673 Imperial Brands ......2027 -11 2153 1486
20814 14858 JPM Euro Disc. .......41112 -912 569 345 IG Gp ......................815 Tullow Oil ................4712 -1 6214 3634 Howden Joinery ......61058xd-638 94214 48078
-1 84712 648 Inchcape .................84412 -212 928 647 Travel & Leisure
74312 22538 JPM Japan IT .........49412 -112 705 41212 Integrafin.................30134 -338 602 20714 Leisure Goods Oil Equipment & Services
8378 Intermediate Cap ....121912 -23 2331 95314 Games Workshp .....7400xd-11010090 5690 Wood Gp(J) ............16218 +212 25134 10412 JD Sports Fashion ..119 4 +58 234 89 4 888 Holdings...........10158 -278 35314 8618
3 1 1
557 27512 Jupiter Fund............12378 -358 265
Law Debenture .......777 -4 830 656 Intl Public Prtnshps .15314xd-238 17414 136 Watches of Switz ....98612 +3 1518 654 Kingfisher................246xd -3 8 356 203
Carnival ..................84334+3438 158814 50138
LXI REIT .................12534xd +38 154 115 Investec ..................46734 -758 53634 35158 Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Marks & Spencer ....124 4 - 2 256 8 9314
3 1 7
Life Insurance Moonpig ..................17214 -818 38458 12012 Compass Gp...........1847 2 +25 1969 2 1453 2
1 1 1
M&G .......................18978 -18 22714 160 IP Group .................7234 -258 12334 5278
AstraZeneca ...........10800 -68 11440 8191 Dominos Pizza ........283 -2 46514 21514
Mercantile IT ...........204 -2 276 160 JTC .........................793 -18 936 571 abrdn ......................197 3
8 -7 1
2 260 1
8 133 Next ........................5726 -52 8426 4383
Dechra Pharma.......2880xd-50 5365 2520 easyJet ...................41634 -414 72738 28518
247 London Stock Ex ....7986 -36 8582 6370 Aviva .......................437 8 -3 8 602 8 373 4 Genus .....................3218 -32 5500 2234 Ocado Gp ...............77014-155 8 189752 39338
3 3 7 3 1 3 1 1
Molten Ventures .....461 -1014 1018
Monks Inv Tst .........1022 +3 1442 888 Man Group..............21834 +612 27478 17878 Just Group ..............70 +14 9538 56 GSK ........................135414-1034 181038 1296 Pets at Home Gp ....308 4 -3 483 8 257 4 Entain .....................1352 +2 197112 107512
1392 OSB Group .............46934 -334 599 37538 Legal & General......246 4 -1 8 307 4 204 8 Haleon ....................27918 -234 31612 24618 Sainsbury(J) ...........21618xd-41 8 29918 1703 FirstGroup...............95 -14 13912 8812
1 7 3 1 1 1 1
3216 187612 Morgan Sindall........1540 2540
715 Paragon ..................45314 -514 61712 366 Phoenix Gp .............567 8 -1 8 701 8 506 4 Hikma Pharma ........1446 +1412 2342 119012 SSP Group .............22134 -2 2 30334 18414 Flutter Ent ...............11455 +25 11835 7614
3 3 3 3
37912 217 Murray Inc Tst.........831 -5 934
Murray Intl Tst.........1330xd -4 1334 1094 Petershill Partners ..19714 -314 32412 16858 Prudential ...............1000 +5 4 1488 2 797 8 Indivior ....................1682 -11 1698 1060
1 1 5 Tesco ......................227 8 xd -3 303 8 199 8 Intercontl Htls..........4771 +12 5338 4193
2665 1720 WH Smith ...............1411 -5 1735 113212 Intl Cons Airl ...........13918 -218 17814 9358
9834 Plus500...................1821xd-40 1887 125512 St James Place.......1198 + 2 1731 2 920 Puretech .................240
1 1
5235 3342 Next Energy Solar...10758 -38 12258 -2 33712 14758
3795 2458 Ninety One..............20914 -1034 27738 17258 Quilter .....................10614 -1 17912 82 Media PZ Cussons ............205xd -1 214 2 182 4 Software & Computer Services
1 3 Mitchells & Butlers ..14178 -578 26634 102
Pantheon Intl ..........271 +3 351 231 Rathbone Grp .........2030 -30 2210 1518 4imprint ...................4060 +5 4060 2240 Reckitt Benckiser ....5672 +4 6808 5450 Auction Tech...........902 -58 1516 678 National Express ....17678 -434 28414 16114
Pershing Square .....2900 -45 3115 2330 Ruffer Investment ...306 -4 325 230 Ascential .................22758 -414 44834 17614 Aveva Gp ................3180 +4 3459 1924 Trainline ..................32634 -1358 409 159
36612 28812 Personal Assets Tr .47912 508 469 Schroders ...............46714 +214 733 35834 Auto Trader Gp .......574 +58 74134 48614 Real Estate Baltic Classifieds ....14138 -1014 253 9934 TUI AG....................15434 -14 29414 10334
1508 1068 Polar Cap Tech.......2020 +26 2750 1778 SDCL Energy..........10438 Assura ....................56 - 3
8 71 3
4 48 5
8
Bytes Technology ...427 -138 57812 35914 Wetherspoon (JD)...48858 -1678 973 38934
12538 96 Euromny Inst ..........1456 1466 829
42634 24614 Renewables Infra ....13434 -258 14738 11814 Temple Bar .............23312 -3 25438 19758 Future .....................1554 -39 3830 1145 Big Yellow Gp .........1177 -1 1724 987 Computacenter .......2038 -24 2978 1810
1066 887 RIT Cap Partners ....2290 -80 2765 1980 British Land .............396 1
8 -2 1
4 556 3
8 324 3
4
Whitbread ...............2548xd -8 3243 2285
TP ICAP..................17714 -314 20438 10212 Informa ...................58538 +1 624 46438 Darktrace ................380 -1514 550 286 Wizz Air Hldgs ........2301 -66 4867 135712
370 200 Schroder Asia .........513 +13 610 446 ITV ..........................7714xd -258 12434 5514 Captl & Count Prop .10938 -34 179 4 9532 FDM Group .............693 +20 1280 599
7 3 1 1
235 15738 Schroder Oriental ...259xd +4 276 23112 Health Care Equipment & Services Moneysprmkt.com ..19678 +278 22558 167 CLS Hldgs ..............155 8 - 8 231 131 8 Kainos Gp ...............1441 -40 1917 95412 Utilities
22114 172 Scot American Inv...529 -3 543 440 Convatec ................22258 -158 24534 16678 Pearson ..................96358+1038 97058 57134 Derwent London .....2440 -4 3528 1876 Micro Focus Intl ......52358 +58 527 25614
1034 662 Scottish Mortgage ...83334+2514 151512 67058 Mediclinic Intl ..........49458 +58 50112 28638 RELX ......................2256 +8 2449 2071 Grainger..................23934 -2 31914 20538 NCC Grp .................205xd Centrica ..................8614xd +278 91 6434
246 16738
125 93 Sequoia Econ Infra .91xd -34 10838 7714 Smith & Neph .........1060 -4 133812 98458 Rightmove Group....566 +858 80038 44538 Grt Portland Est ......737 77712 70012 Playtech ..................547 -812 770 39034 National Grid...........1003 -6 124512 85838
18038 149 Smithson Inv ...........1380 -1 2025 1140 Spire Health ............22512 -1 25412 206 WPP .......................87038 -814 1224 72534 Hammerson ............2478 -38 3978 1714 Sage Group ............75534 +534 85334 59558 Pennon ...................93612 -20 1237 755
20212 13238 Syncona..................18434 -538 219 15714 Land Securities .......616 -734 81314 48514 Softcat ....................1291xd-10 1967 1084 Severn Trent ...........2688 -68 3211 2213
2175 1170 Templeton Em ........147 +258 18534 13058 Housebuilders Mining LondonMetric Prop .19218 -18 28514 16134 United Utilities.........1008 -22 117612 82814
792 530 Twentyfour ..............9714 -38 10812 9114 Barratt Devel...........40412 -314 760 32338 Anglo American ......334412+2512417012 254712 Primary Hlth Prop ...117xd +14 15318 9834 Support Services *Ex-Dividend
14612 11712 Vietnam Enter .........500 -24 791 500 Bellway ...................2043 -29 3363 158612 Antofagasta ............1400 -1212 178112 99158 Safestore Hldgs ......951 +1 1418 794 Ashtead Gp.............5050 +12 6442 3359 Source: The Press Association
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HEXHAM SSR ROBIN GOODFELLOW
12.23 Fathers Advice
GIMCRACK
12.23 On We Go
WARWICK RTV ROBIN GOODFELLOW
12.45 Merry Mistress
GIMCRACK
12.45 Warranty
12.53 Crystal Glory 12.53 Crystal Glory 1.15 Gitche Gumee 1.15 Amrons Sage
12.23—SUPPORT THE INJURED JOCKEYS FUND TODAY HANDICAP
HURDLE (5) £7,600 added (£3,758) 2m 4f 28yds (16) 1.23 You Wear It Well
1.53 Milldam
1.23 You Wear It Well
1.53 Top Cloud
12.45 —CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS’ HANDICAP
HURDLE (4) £8,200 (£4,084) 2m 3f (10)
1 52-9 MADE FOR YOU 187 (T) (D2) (S) O Murphy 7-12-0 Daire Davis (10)
1.45 Ernest Gray
2.15 Swincombe Fleat
1.45 Lookaway
2.15 Swincombe Fleat
1 52-4445 FATHERS ADVICE 18 R M Smith 5-12-0......................... W Shanahan (7) 2.23 Diegos Way 2.23 Dee Star 2.45 Jonbon 2.45 Jonbon (nb)
2 67F014- COURT AT SLIP 221 (P) (D) (S) T Easterby 5-12-0 ...................B Hughes 2 212- GREGOR 486 (BF) D Skelton 6-12-0 ....................... F Gillard
2.53 Treshnish 2.53 Graystown 3 2P-1 GETAWEAPON 22 (S) K Bailey 7-12-0.......... K Lenihan (10) 3.15 Celebre D’Allen 3.15 Ramses De Teillee
3 63/U7-56 PIAFF BUBBLES 19 (H) (BF) R Menzies 6-11-13.................... N Moscrop 3.23 FRINGILL DIKE (nap) 3.23 Half Shot 3.45 Smurfette 3.45 Blue Anchor
4 221 WARRANTY 16 G L Moore 5-12-0 ...................... C Quinn (6)
4 501-211 ON WE GO 145 (S) G Boanas 9-11-13..................................Sean Quinlan 5 4-21 RESTITUTION F26 (S) A King 4-11-13 ...................A Thorne
5 46L-7 WANDERING WEST 27 M Walford 4-11-12.............................. J Hamilton 6 333- GO STEADY 243 (T) (S) D Skelton 10-11-12 .... T Durrell (3)
6
7
3-3L660 MAILLOT BLANC 22 Mrs S Leech 5-11-9 .............. Miss Roisin Leech (7)
9PUF94- LARGE ACTION 221 R Fell 6-11-8 .............................................. K Brogan 1.53 —BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF ‘NATIONAL HUNT’ NOVICES’
HURDLE (DIV 2) (4) £9,000 added (£4,901) 2m 48yds (10) 7 12L MARAJMAN 154 (PT) (D) (S) C & A Pogson 8-11-9 L Dobb (5)
8 17-4 MERRY MISTRESS 32 (S) David Dennis 6-11-5 ..Lilly Pinchin
3.15 —VETERANS’
1
HANDICAP CHASE (2) £30,000
added (£15,609) 3m (12)
P8L- LOSTINTRANSLATION 221 (T) (S) Joe Tizzard 10-12-0
8 28-8872 HUMPS AND BUMPS 54 (P) D Brooke 9-11-8 ........................... H Brooke 1 321-# BINGOO 219 J Moffatt 6-11-0 ....................................... Charlotte Jones (3) 9 975- GRIZZLY JAMES 247 (S) V Williams 6-11-0 ...... Ned Fox (8)
9 LLFLL-L HIDEO 183 (P) M Hammond 5-11-6 ................... Emma Smith-Chaston (5) 2 8L4-6 COPPER BEACH 19 Sue Smith 5-11-0.................................T Willmott (3) B J Powell
10 1-43 SINNDARELLA 22 Sarah Hollinshead 6-10-13 ......... C Ward 2 44/0- CEPAGE 340 (S) V Williams 10-12-0 ....................C Deutsch
10 P0760-6 LE FOU’S KEEP 175 (T) H Burns 7-11-3 .................................... C Bewley 3 6-35 IHEARDUPAINTHOUSES 32 Paula Smith 5-11-0 Emma Smith-Chaston (5) Probable SP: 4 Warranty, 9-2 Restitution, Gregor,
4 FP513-2 LEADING FORCE 201 A M Thomson 5-11-0.................................R Mania 3 LU-5 DE RASHER COUNTER 25 (D) (S) E Lavelle 10-11-11
11 184-954 CORAL BLUE 11 (S) D Bourke 7-11-2 .................................... R Chapman Getaweapon, 8 Made For You, 10 Go Steady.
5 3330-2 MILLDAM 21 (BF) J Snowden 4-11-0 ........................................G Sheehan T Bellamy
12 59P7/4L THE GREAT GEORGIE 27 Mrs J Stephen 7-11-1................. Craig Nichol
13 63-3L24 ATOMIC ANGEL 31 (C) (S) S Corbett 7-11-0 ........................... D Hurst (7)
14 546-PU6 STRIKE OF LIGHTING 150 G Bewley 6-11-0 .........................J Bewley (3)
6
7
0L-L OCH ONE MORE GIN 189 D Bourke 5-11-0 ........................... R Chapman
7# THIS IS BOB 34 S Corbett 4-11-0 ........................................... Craig Nichol 1.15 —‘NATIONAL
1
HUNT’ NOVICES’
£6,500 added (£3,540) 2m (18)
HURDLE (4)

1-1 GITCHE GUMEE 20 (D) A King 4-11-7 .................. T Cannon

4

5
11P- SNOW LEOPARDESS 221 (D2) (S) C Longsdon 10-11-10

P6-2 WISHING AND HOPING 24 (P) (S) M Rowley 12-11-6

15 223-667 YOUR PLACE 23 (P) L Russell 6-10-12 ......................Conner McCann (7)
16 83F2-58 LEWA HOUSE 23 Catch Bissett 6-10-12 .................................... B Lynn (5)
Probable SP: 7-2 On We Go, 9-2 Court At Slip, 7 Piaff Bubbles, Atomic Angel.
2021: Foillan 6 11 12 (Charlie Hammond) 13-2 Dr R Newland 8 ran.
8 213-# TOP CLOUD 233 C Grant 5-11-0 ...........................................Sean Quinlan
9 LLL3-2L NOBLE AFFAIR 19 Mrs J Walton 6-10-7 .................................. C O’Farrell
10 44- RING PRETENDER 250 W Coltherd 6-10-7 .............................. S Coltherd
Probable SP: 2 Milldam, 3 Top Cloud, 7-2 Bingoo, 8 Leading Force, 10 Copper
Beach, 12 Ring Pretender, 20 Noble Affair, Iheardupainthouses.
A Coleman
A Edwards (3)
2 269 ALWAYS BUSY 14 Christian Williams 4-11-0 .......... J Tudor
3 32# AMERICAN LAND 32 Joe Tizzard 4-11-0............ B J Powell 6 115- CELEBRE D’ALLEN 244 (C) (S) P Hobbs 10-11-4
T J O’Brien
4 1- AMRONS SAGE 241 N Henderson 5-11-0 .... N De Boinville
5 LF-0 ARDENAY 22 Christian Williams 5-11-0..............E Collier (7) 7 P2-P WANDRIN STAR 187 (T) (D3) (S) K Bailey 11-11-2 . D Bass
8 4P4- RAMSES DE TEILLEE 298 (T) (D3) (S) D Pipe 10-11-1

1
12.53 —WEATHERBYS NHSTALLIONS.CO.UK NOVICES’ CHASE (3)
£14,400 added (£7,080) 3m 41yds (8)
21111U RAPID FLIGHT 25 (S) J Moffatt 6-11-12...................... Charlotte Jones (3) 2.23 —B K RACING LONG DISTANCE HANDICAP CHASE (4) £12,900
added (£6,263) 3m 7f 199yds (5)
6 32-6 BARNARDS GREEN 20 N Mulholland 6-11-0 ........ A Wedge
7 4-F4 BASHERS REFLECTION 16 (T) B Case 5-11-0 ... J Quinlan
8 65-0 FAME AND FUN 16 P Nicholls 5-11-0 .................. H Cobden 9 2LU- COBOLOBO 222 (PT) (D) (S) Jonjo O’Neill 10-10-8
T Scudamore

2 1/11224- CRYSTAL GLORY 222 N Richards 6-11-2............................Sean Quinlan
3 1/812L- DONNA’S DOUBLE 229 A M Thomson 6-11-2..............................R Mania
4 P-4P31L GIOVANNI CHANGE F39 (P) M Walford 7-11-2 ....................... J Hamilton
5 11-3122 HILLVIEW 35 G Hanmer 6-11-2 .................................................... S Bowen
6 4154P/P- MOSSY FEN 305 L Morgan 7-11-2 ..............................................B Hughes
7 1- MR VANGO 270 M Bradstock 6-11-2...................................... C Hammond
8 F3L356 OISHIN 12 (TV) M Barnes 10-11-2 ........................................... S Mulqueen
Probable SP: 13-8 Crystal Glory, 4 Mossy Fen, 9-2 Hillview, 6 Rapid Flight,
8 Giovanni Change, 14 Donna’s Double, Mr Vango.
2021: Doyen Breed 6 11 0 (Ryan Mania) 13-8 A M Thomson 4 ran.
1 B4-3212 PRINCE DUNDEE 45 (PT) (C4) (S) L Russell 9-12-0 ............. S Mulqueen
2 212211 DEE STAR 27 (PT) (S) G Hanmer 9-11-12.................................. K Brogan
3 132F13 STORM LORENZO 31 (P) (C2) (S) R Menzies 7-11-9 ............. N Moscrop
4 L39241 DIEGOS WAY 22 (P) (S) C Collins (IRE) 9-11-6 .......................... S Ewing
5 825L-PU EVENT OF SIVOLA 12 (V) (S) M Walford 8-10-13 ................... J Hamilton
Probable SP: 2 Diegos Way, 9-4 Prince Dundee, 7-2 Dee Star, 9-2 Storm
Lorenzo, 14 Event Of Sivola.
2021: Lough Derg Farmer 9 10 7 (Thomas Willmott) 25-1 Sue Smith 11 ran.
2.53 —TYNE GRAIN STORAGE & MARKETING FOR FARMERS HANDICAP
CHASE (5) £8,900 added (£4,084) 1m 7f 133yds (10)
9 9 LUMINARIES 60 N Mulholland 5-11-0..............T Scudamore
10 PRIDE ROCK Jonjo O’Neill 4-11-0................ Jonjo O’Neill Jr
11 4-3# SAILED AWAY 49 (T) Alexandra Dunn 4-11-0 P Armson (3)
12 4-L UNSTOPPABLE 32 (H) Miss J Davis 4-11-0 . NON RUNNER
13 7/6 WILLIAM OF YORK 18 D Skelton 6-11-0 .............. H Skelton
14 34-7 YELLOWSTONE PARK 20 A Hales 6-11-0............ K Woods
15 P1-L YEOMEN WARDER 22 D Skelton 5-11-0 .............D England
16 7L# YOUCONDUIT 165 G Brown 4-11-0...................R McLernon
17 00-P BLUE SUEDE SHOES 28 N Mulholland 5-10-7 . S Twiston-Davies
18 33-L KIMBERLEY EVE 14 (T) I Williams 4-10-7 ................ C Todd
Probable SP: 2 Gitche Gumee, 3 Amrons Sage, 6 American
Jonjo O’Neill Jr
10 133- CALIPSO COLLONGES 284 (PT) (S) O Murphy 10-10-5
L Stones (5)
11 L7-6 POTTERS CORNER 202 (S) Christian Williams 12-10-5
J Tudor
12 P5L- GWENCILY BERBAS 242 (PT) (S) D Pipe 11-10-5
D Noonan
Probable SP: 7-2 Celebre D’Allen, 5 Snow Leopardess,
Lostintranslation, 8 Wishing And Hoping, 10 Ramses De
Teillee, De Rasher Counter, 12 Calipso Collonges, Cobolobo.

1.23 —BRITISH STALLION STUDS EBF ‘NATIONAL HUNT’ NOVICES’

HURDLE (DIV 1) (4) £9,000 added (£4,901) 2m 48yds (10)
1
2
1L2L4-3 TRESHNISH 25 (P) (C&D3D) (S) Sue Smith 9-12-0 .............T Willmott (3)
349-314 FOLLOW YOUR ARROW 150 (CBF) G Bewley 6-12-0 .........J Bewley (3)
Land, 10 Sailed Away, 12 William Of York. 3.45 —MARES’
1
OPEN NH FLAT RACE (5) £4,000
added (£2,178) 2m (18)
ANNE BONNY N Mulholland 4-11-0 .......... S Twiston-Davies
1
2
76-5 COWBOY COOPER 18 D Whillans 6-11-0............................. Craig Nichol
P3- FIA FUINIDH 255 M Todhunter 5-11-0 ...................................Sean Quinlan
3
4
903F3-L COOLMOYNE 14 (P) S Waugh 6-11-3 ...................................... J Hamilton
23-4623 FOURTH OF JULY 143 (T) (S) R M Smith 7-11-0 .........................R Mania
1.45
1
—NOVICES’ HURDLE
(£3,540) 2m 5f (13)
(4) £6,500 added

41-1 SPRING MEADOW 24 (S) N Twiston-Davies 5-11-7 ..... S Twiston-Davies

3 6456-8 MONAGHAN BOY 200 M Hammond 5-11-0 ...............................B Hughes
4 59/449-4 RATHGEARAN 34 C Grant 6-11-0 .............................................. C Bewley
5 6PP61- SERIOUS MICKEY 213 N Richards 6-11-0 ......................... D McMenamin
6 4/9-4 TAKE CENTRE STAGE 25 R Menzies 5-11-0 .......................... N Moscrop
7 33-18L WHATABOUTYEH 19 S England 5-11-0.................................... J England
8 21-1 YOU WEAR IT WELL 28 (D) J Snowden 5-10-13.....................G Sheehan
9 L PEPPERMILL 34 (T) M Barnes 5-10-7....................................... C O’Farrell
10 6-21# PERCULATOR 17 M Walford 5-10-7 ......................................... J Hamilton
Probable SP: 5-4 You Wear It Well, 7-2 Perculator, 7 Serious Mickey,
10 Rathgearan, 12 Take Centre Stage, Monaghan Boy, 16 Fia Fuinidh.
2021: Captain Quint 5 10 12 (Craig Nichol) 5-2 Fav R Dobbin 13 ran.
TRACK FACTS: L-H course. GOING: Good to soft.Top jockey:
Brian Hughes. Top trainer: L Russell. Placed in the race last year:
2.23 Prince Dundee (2nd); Dee Star (3rd). Headgear first time: 1.23
Peppermill, 2.23 Event Of Sivola, 2.53 Coolmoyne, Deerfoot, 3.23
Bollin Neil. Longest travellers: Diegos Way (2.23) Ireland; Maillot
Blanc (12.23), You Wear It Well (1.23), Milldam (1.53) 286 miles. Drop
in Class: 12.53 Crystal Glory is down 5 grades on last run (Grade 1
to Class 3); Mossy Fen (4); 2.23 Storm Lorenzo (2). First run since
wind surgery: None today.
SOUTHWELL SSR
2 32-4 BLACKHORSE LADY 22 Mitchell Hunt 5-11-0.. Sean Houlihan
3 BLUE ANCHOR P Hobbs 4-11-0......................... T J O’Brien
5 P6P8-22 GRAYSTOWN 39 (PT) (C&D2C2BF) (S) W Coltherd 10-10-11S Coltherd 2 8P-7# ALLANAH’S BOY 193 W Greatrex 5-11-0.......T Scudamore 4 25- BLUE HEAVEN 541 (T) (BF) C Dyson 5-11-0N De Boinville
6 2/P526L- ABSOLUTELY DYLAN 459 (S) Sue Smith 9-10-11 ............... R Chapman 3 4-9P CARRIG CRUA 36 Christian Williams 6-11-0 ........... J Tudor 5 4 FORTUNE FOREVER 57 (BF) F O’Brien 4-11-0 ..P Brennan
7 P4LP2-P BANDIT D’AINAY 165 (P) (S) M Hammond 11-10-10Emma Smith-Chaston (5) 4 1/10-# ERNEST GRAY 221 A King 5-11-0 ........................ T Cannon 6 HARTHILL David Dennis 4-11-0 .............................T Bellamy
8 4P3L5L DEERFOOT 14 (TV) M Barnes 6-10-2 ..................................... S Mulqueen 5 31-3 GETUPEARLY 20 P Hobbs 5-11-0...................... T J O’Brien 7 22-7 ILARY DE L’ECU 193 (T) A Hales 4-11-0 ............... K Woods
9 52L2L-6 MUROOR 200 (B) (S) V Thompson 9-10-2................................. T Dowson 6 21-4 GINNY’S DESTINY 24 (BF) T Lacey 6-11-0 .......S Sheppard 8 3 MAGISTRA EQUITUM 149 F O’Brien 4-11-0 ........... C Brace
10 3FPL-P7 KICKSAFTERSIX 12 (H) M Todhunter 6-10-2.......................Sean Quinlan 7 41-P HITTHEKETTLE 10 M Gates 6-11-0 ......................C Ring (3) 9 MOLLIE BROWN A Honeyball 4-11-0 ..................A Coleman
Probable SP: 7-2 Graystown, 4 Treshnish, Fourth Of July, 9-2 Follow Your 8 1 KAITUNA RIVER 172 A Hales 5-11-0 ..................... K Woods 10 5-1 ON SE CALME 179 A King 4-11-0 ......................... T Cannon
Arrow, 8 Coolmoyne, 12 Kicksaftersix, Bandit D’Ainay, 16 Deerfoot. 9 111-# LOOKAWAY 221 N King 5-11-0 ............................. J Quinlan 11 F OUR NEL 198 (BF) H Fry 4-11-0 ..................... B Bromley (7)
2021: Rollerruler 7 10 10 (Sam Coltherd) 5-1 Fav W Coltherd 13 ran. 10 1/4-3 MEXICO 24 S Edmunds 6-11-0 ........................... C Gethings 12 POLLYONESOCK A Ralph 4-11-0 .......................... R Patrick
11 1- THE BREW MASTER 381 N Henderson 5-11-0 NON RUNNER 13 ROSE AND THISTLE K Bailey 5-11-0........................ D Bass
3.23 —COLIN
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RITCHIE GETTING OUT STAKES HANDICAP HURDLE (4)
£8,900 added (£4,466) 2m 48yds (7)
U21-117 FRINGILL DIKE 27 (C&D3BF) (S) J O’Keeffe 5-12-0 ...........Sean Quinlan
12 3-3 GET UP MUSH 27 D Skelton 4-10-13 .................... H Skelton
13 L-LL# HUNSBURY 22 Tracey Leeson 4-10-13 . Mr James Turner (7)
14 31 SHIROCCOSMAGICGEM 172 T Gallagher 4-11-0
Mr J Reddington (7)
2 R422-31 PADDY THE HORSE 39 (C) (S) G Bewley 7-11-9..................J Bewley (3)
Probable SP: 9-4 Lookaway, 4 Ernest Gray, 9-2 Get Up 15 SMURFETTE D Skelton 4-11-0 ............................... H Skelton
Mush, 11-2 Mexico, 13-2 Spring Meadow, 7 Ginny’s Destiny. 16 SPICE HEAVEN J Snowden 4-11-0 ....................... J J Burke
3 2431-L1 HALF SHOT 42 (S) I Jardine 8-11-9 .......................................... C O’Farrell 17 333 WALK OF NO SHAME 21 Jonjo O’Neill 5-11-0
4
5
126L23 BATTLE OF TORO 56 (V) (S) J Moffatt 6-11-9 ........... Charlotte Jones (3)
1531- BONNE VITESSE F168 (D) (S) M Hammond 4-11-8 Emma Smith-Chaston (5) 2.15 —MARES’
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NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE
£8,900 added (£4,084) 2m 4f (4)
122/ LILY THE PINK 606 (T) (BF2) A Honeyball 8-12-0 . R Dingle
(4)
18
Jonjo O’Neill Jr
WHISPERONTHEWIND (H) M Rowley 4-11-0 . A Edwards (3)
6 433-L COMEDAYGODAY 143 Lizzie Quinlan 5-11-7 ............................B Hughes Probable SP: 11-2 Fortune Forever, 7 On Se Calme,
7 725/ BOLLIN NEIL F32 (P) T Easterby 6-10-13 ................................ J Hamilton 2 454- SWINCOMBE FLEAT 241 A Honeyball 6-11-13 .A Coleman 8 Mollie Brown, 10 Smurfette, Rose And Thistle.
Probable SP: 11-4 Half Shot, 7-2 Paddy The Horse, 9-2 Fringill Dike, 5 Bonne 3 32-P WALK IN CLOVER 20 (P) D Skelton 5-11-7.......... H Skelton
Vitesse, 13-2 Battle Of Toro, 8 Bollin Neil, 12 Comedaygoday. 4 LL2 LOST CONNECTIONS 16 (T) Katy Price 6-11-0 ...T Bellamy Headgear first time: 1.15 Sailed Away, 2.15 Walk In Clo-
Probable SP: 11-8 Lily The Pink, 3 Swincombe Fleat. ver, 3.45 Blue Heaven, Ilary De L’Ecu, Whisperonthewind.
2021: Romeo Brown 7 10 1 (Thomas Willmott) 11-2 Sue Smith 14 ran.
Longest traveller: Our Nel (3.45) 160 miles. Drop in
2.45
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—NOVICES’ CHASE (3) £18,900 added
(£9,530) 2m 54yds (3)
121- JONBON 222 N Henderson 6-11-4 ......................A Coleman
Class: 12.45 Made For You is down 2 grades on last run
(Class 2 to Class 4); 1.45 Ernest Gray (5); Lookaway (5);
ROBIN GOODFELLOW
1.05 Mimoset 1.05 Beneficiary
GIMCRACK
2
3
542- MONMIRAL 223 P Nicholls 5-11-4 ........................ H Cobden
2-F2 WEST CORK 15 (T) D Skelton 8-11-4.................... H Skelton
2.45 Jonbon (5); Monmiral (5); 3.15 Lostintranslation (2);
Cepage (2); Snow Leopardess (2); Celebre D’Allen (2);
1.35 Lord Riddiford 1.35 Lord Riddiford Probable SP: 1-2 Jonbon, 5-2 Monmiral, 8 West Cork. Cobolobo (2); 3.45 Ilary De L’Ecu (2). First run since

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1.05 —BETUK’S
(9)
ACCA CLUB 5 POUNDS FREE BET NOVICE STAKES (5)
£8,000 added (£4,320) 4f 214yds (9)
32 BENEFICIARY 285 K R Burke 3-9-7 .......................................... S James
2.08 Lumacho
2.38 Digital
3.08 Selecto
2.08 Golden Bullet
2.38 Fine Wine
3.08 Western Beat
TRACK FACTS: PRINCIPAL MEETING. L-H
course. GOING: Good to soft-good in places.Top
wind surgery: 12.45 Grizzly James, 1.45 The Brew Mas-
ter, 3.15 Ramses De Teillee, Gwencily Berbas, 3.45 Blue
2 (3) CAVALRYMAN (H) A Brittain 3-9-7 ............................................ C Hardie 3.38 Lednikov 3.38 Lednikov jockey: Harry Skelton. Top trainer: D Skelton. Anchor, Blue Heaven, Ilary De L’Ecu.
3 (6) 3234 EM JAY KAY 212 P McEntee 3-9-7 ........................... Grace McEntee (3) 4.08 Light Up Our Stars (nb) 4.08 Broken Spear
4 (8) 52 HIT MAC 13 G Boughey 3-9-7 ......................................................... J Hart 4.38 Global Walk 4.38 Global Walk
5
6
(1) 458356 ENCHANTED NIGHT 8 (P) C Dunnett 4-9-2.............................. K O’Neill
(4) I DIDN’T COST ALOT R Potter 3-9-2 ................................NON RUNNER
5.10 Banphrionsanaluas 5.10 Eastern Star
NORTHERNER – 1.35 LORD RIDDIFORD (nap); 3.08 Western Beat (nb).
KEMPTON RTV ROBIN GOODFELLOW
4.20 Bedazzling 4.20 Sajwaan
GIMCRACK
4.50 Lord Paramount 4.50 BREWING (nap)
7
8
9
(7) 046257 KYBER CRYSTAL 21 Alexandra Dunn 3-9-2 ........................ T Fisher (7)
(2) 023933 MIMOSET 13 (B) R Guest 3-9-2 .........................................P J McDonald
(5) 393-LLL TILSWORTH TAIBO 52 J R Jenkins 5-9-2 ....................... J Bradnam (7) 4.08 —SPREADEX SPORTS BET 10 GET 100 HANDICAP (4) £10,800
added (£5,508) 1m 13yds (14)
4.20 —NURSERY (6) (2-Y-O) £6,000 added
(£2,916) 6f (12)
101 (7) 478 SAUCISSON 14 (H) E J-Houghton 9-9 .............C Bishop
5.20 Whispering Dream 5.20 Whispering Dream
5.55 Like A Tiger 5.55 Feud
Probable SP: 7-4 Beneficiary, 7-2 Em Jay Kay, 4 Hit Mac, 11-2 Mimoset, 1 (8) 949L3-L DAAFR 64 (V) (C&D2C2D) A Brittain 6-9-9 ............................... C Hardie 102 (8) 067 TWAYBLADE 20 C Dwyer 9-9 ........................G Bass (3) 6.30 Tadshin 6.30 Manxman
13-2 Kyber Crystal, 16 Cavalryman. 2 (9) 551187 PLASTIC PADDY 12 (D4) M Appleby 4-9-9 .........................F Larson (3) 103 (1) 902 SAJWAAN 12 (P) A Watson 9-9 ........................ L Morris 7.00 Maxi King 7.00 Monopolise
FAVOURITES & 2021: No corresponding meeting. 3 (12) 945032 BROKEN SPEAR 11 (V) (BF) T Coyle 6-9-8 ........... Billy Loughnane (7) 104 (2) 464 LADY AMANDA 13 R Hannon 9-9 ..................J Crowley 7.30 Bandinelli 7.30 Prince Imperial
4 (6) 9L1106 GEORGE MORLAND 5 (D) Miss A Murphy 4-9-7 ................. T Fisher (7) 8.00 Follow Your Heart 8.00 Gold Medal

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1.35 —BETUK OVER 40,000 LIVE STREAMED RACES HANDICAP (3)
£14,000 added (£7,560) 4f 214yds (8)
(3) 761042 LORD RIDDIFORD 35 (D11) J J Quinn 7-9-10............................... J Hart
5 (11) 214972 LOVE YOUR WORK 33 (C&D5C2) R Menzies 6-9-7 ............. P Mathers
6 (7) 2-139L1 ROUDEMENTAL 12 (T) (D2) H Palmer 3-9-7............................ A Mullen
105 (3) 96L TICKET TO ALASKA 56 C Cox 9-8 ..................... J Fahy
106 (6) 149 MADE OF LIR 13 (B) (D) A Watson 9-7 ...... Rossa Ryan
107 (9) 521 BEDAZZLING (6lbex) 8 (D) G Boughey 9-7 ........K Stott
8.30 Coolagh Magic 8.30 Pandemic Princess
NEWMARKET – 4.50 BREWING (nap); 7.30 Bandinelli (nb).
2 (5) 20-277L BEDFORD FLYER 57 (P) (D4) J L Eyre 4-9-8.......................L Edmunds 7 (3) 61L454 COSMOS RAJ 12 (P) (D4) D O’Meara 4-9-7 .................... Jason Watson 108 (12) 070 JUST DASHING 109 (B) Miss A Murphy 9-4David Egan
3
4
(1) 711087 SPRING BLOOM 27 (P) (D3) R Eddery 5-8-13 ........................D Keenan
(8) 334315 KHABIB 5 (P) (C&DD4) R Craggs 4-8-10................................ C Beasley
8 (10) 031753 HIGHWAYGREY 55 T Easterby 6-9-7 ....................................D Fentiman
9 (13) 238L52 DASHING DICK 16 (P) W Stone 4-9-6............................... Collen Storey
109 (4) LL6 MISS MOONSHINE 147 B Millman 9-2 ........O Searle (7)
110 (10) 79L SECRETARY 41 H Spiller 9-1 ................... C Howarth (5)
7.00 —NURSERY (4)
(£5,616) 1m (5)
(2-Y-O) £11,000 added

601 (4) 443 MAXI KING 15 D Loughnane 9-9 ..........................K Stott

5 (2) 815272 LIPSINK 27 (B) (D2) R Cowell 5-8-8 ..................................P J McDonald
6 (6) 694476 THE THIN BLUE LINE 32 (C&DD2) K Dalgleish 4-8-5 ............. A Mullen
7 (4) 682L4L MEDIA GUEST 19 (T) G Margarson 4-8-4 ................................. J F Egan
8 (7) 5L7012 CAPTAIN’S BAR 140 (B) S Dixon 3-8-4 ...............Elisha Whittington (5)
Probable SP: 3 Lord Riddiford, 7-2 Lipsink, 6 The Thin Blue Line, Khabib,
7 Captain’s Bar, 8 Bedford Flyer, Media Guest, 14 Spring Bloom.
10 (5) 75L01L- MORE JOY J159 (H) M Hammond 4-9-6 ........................... A Brookes (5) 111 (5) 674 QUEEN OF ROMFORD 23 (B) Alice Haynes 8-10
11 (4) 313726 LIGHT UP OUR STARS 9 (H) (D3) S Dixon 6-9-5 ....................... D Swift T Hammer Hansen
602 (5) 426 PRINCE NABEEL 39 J Ryan 9-9 ....................... L Morris
603 (2) 145 NAP HAND 101 (H) A King 9-9 .................... Rossa Ryan
12 (2) 9410 GOLDEN SHEEN 16 (B) (D) H & R Charlton 3-9-5........................ C Lee 112 (11) 968 MADAM PICKLE 8 (P) B Millman 8-8.............. T Whelan
13 (14) 212455 DUNGAR GLORY 37 (D) A Keatley 3-9-4 ...................................... J Hart Probable SP: Evens Bedazzling, 11-2 Sajwaan, 7 Lady 604 (3) 384 LUDO’S LANDING 35 (V) C & M Johnston 9-9 F Norton
605 (1) 651 MONOPOLISE 18 E Walker 9-4................ S Osborne (3)
14 (1) 326943 MAYSONG 7 (D) Alice Haynes 5-9-4 ............................. Shariq Mohd (7) Amanda, 12 Saucisson, Ticket To Alaska.
Probable SP: 5 Roudemental, 11-2 Broken Spear, 6 Love Your Work, Probable SP: 9-4 Monopolise, 5-2 Maxi King, 4 Ludo’s
7 Cosmos Raj, 10 Dashing Dick, Maysong, 12 Plastic Paddy, Light Up Our Stars. 4.50 —NOVICE
6f (7)
STAKES (5) £6,800 added (£3,672) Landing, 9-2 Nap Hand, 7 Prince Nabeel.

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2.08 —TALKSPORT DOWNLOAD THE APP NURSERY (5) (2-Y-O)
£9,000 added (£4,536) 4f 214yds (9)
(5) 252224 RADIO GOO GOO 30 P Evans 9-11 ........................................R Coakley 4.38 —SPREADEX SPORTS BET-BUILDER DOUBLE ODDS HANDICAP
(4) £10,800 added (£5,508) 7f 14yds (14)
201 (7) 1 BREWING 22 W Haggas 3-9-11 ............. A Farragher (3)
202 (6) 823 FLYING SECRET 188 (H) E J-Houghton 3-9-4 C Bishop 7.30 —HANDICAP (2) £25,000 added (£12,885) 1m
7f 218yds (8)
1 (3) 523L15 LARADO 6 (B) (D2) M Appleby 4-9-12 ......................................... T Ladd 203 (2) 42 LORD PARAMOUNT 299 (BF) R Varian 3-9-4 .. J Mitchell 1 (6) 2L-4 RANCH HAND 55 (D3) A Balding 6-9-9 ..... W Carver (3)
2 (6) 911219 LUMACHO 33 (C&DD2) G Boughey 9-11 ...................................... J Hart 2 (1) L06 BANDINELLI 144 (P) (C&D2) C Appleby 4-9-3 W Buick
3 (4) 78443 GOLDEN BULLET 15 A Watson 9-11.................................... T Fisher (7) 2 (13) 6/61- GLOBAL WALK 386 (P) S bin Suroor 5-9-8 ............................. K O’Neill 204 (5) 9L PITTSBURG 21 R Potter 6-9-4............................F Marsh
3 (14) 6415-00 EAGLE CREEK 15 (D2) M & D Easterby 8-9-6 ............... Joanna Mason 205 (1) 07 ROMANOVICH 18 J G O’Shea 3-9-4.............T Heard (3) 3 (4) 41L ISLAND BRAVE 55 (D2) H Main 8-9-3.............. C Fallon
4 (8) 321322 GRACE ANGEL 27 (BT) (D) Darryll Holland 9-10 ............ Jason Watson 4 (7) 201 PRINCE IMPERIAL 21 (B) (D) R Hughes 5-9-2 ...David Egan
5 (9) 13L5 LADY JANE GREY 27 (D) R Guest 9-10 ...........................P J McDonald 4 (2) 12L733 TOTHENINES 29 K R Burke 3-9-6 .................................................. C Lee 206 (4) 05L A LADY FOREVER 15 R Brisland 3-8-13... A Rawlinson
5 (1) 193560 ROYAL MUSKETEER 40 (D) Steph Hollinshead 4-9-5 ....P J McDonald 207 (3) ANNIE GALE J Fanshawe 3-8-13 ................... D Muscutt 5 (2) 069 WITHHOLD 39 (P) (D4) H & R Charlton 9-9-2 T Whelan
6 (7) 568127 GIRLSWANNAHAVEFUN 90 (D) P Evans 9-8.........................D Keenan 6 (3) 35L IMPERIUM 213 (P) (C&D4C) H & R Charlton 6-9-1.. James Doyle
7 (2) 555 DESERT FIGHTER 20 P & O Cole 9-6 ................................... M Tabti (7) 6 (8) 100694 FIFTYSHADESOFRED 11 (P) (D) K Frost 4-9-5 ....................... C Hardie Probable SP: 4-5 Brewing, 9-4 Lord Paramount, 5 Flying
7 (5) 332-762 AHLAWI 27 S Dixon 4-9-4.............................................................. D Swift Secret, 10 Annie Gale. 7 (8) 420 EVALUATION 39 (T) (D4) K Dalgleish 4-8-13......K Stott
8 (1) 9372 FURNICOE 8 M Appleby 8-11................................................F Larson (3)
8 (11) 24610L BUCKSHAW VILLAGE 30 (DBF) R Fahey 3-9-3..................... J Garritty 8 (5) 595 RAINBOW DREAMER 62 (P) (C&D4D) A King 9-8-13
9 (3) 772449 HOW EXCITING 26 Mrs A Duffield 8-5....................................... A Mullen
Probable SP: 4 Grace Angel, 9-2 Furnicoe, Lumacho, 5 Golden Bullet, 7 Radio
Goo Goo, 8 Desert Fighter, 10 Lady Jane Grey, 14 Girlswannahavefun.
9 (7) 449561 DANCINGINTHEWOODS 35 (B) (D) Miss A Murphy 5-9-2 .F Larson (3)
10 (12) 2L7121 FINERY 27 (H) (C&DC) M Appleby 5-9-1.................. Erika Parkinson (5)
5.20 —FILLIES’ NOVICE STAKES (5) (2-Y-O) £6,800
added (£3,672) 7f (10)
301 (2) 74 FOOLS AND HORSES 18 C Cox 9-2.......... Rossa Ryan
Rossa Ryan
Probable SP: 9-4 Bandinelli, 5 Prince Imperial, Evaluation,
11 (6) 620445 ANIF 15 (D) M Herrington 8-8-13 ................................................. T Eaves 11-2 Ranch Hand, 8 Imperium, 10 Rainbow Dreamer.
302 (5) LABIQA C Hills 9-2............................................J Crowley

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2.38 —HUGE DAILY BOOSTS ONLY AT BETUK HANDICAP (2) £20,000
added (£10,308) 4f 214yds (9)
(5) 21-0L85 CAME FROM THE DARK 25 (D4) E Walker 6-9-9 .................R Coakley
12 (4) 469-414 SYCAMORE 282 (C) S Dixon 5-8-12 .........................................P Dennis
13 (10) 3L8022 BARNEY’S BAY 30 (B) (C) T Easterby 4-8-12......................D Fentiman
303 (1)
304 (6)
MARMARA STAR G Boughey 9-2........................K Stott
RESONANCE M Botti 9-2 ................................... L Morris 8.00 —HANDICAP
7f (14)
(5) £8,000 added (£3,996)
14 (9) 3-63480 STRAITOUTTACOMPTON 21 (C4) M Chapman 6-8-7..Josephine Gordon 305 (7) SAM’S HOPE R Hannon 9-2 ................................. J Fahy 1 (13) 306 GOT NO DOLLARS 20 (T) (C&DC) S C Williams 4-9-8
2 (2) 235210 FINE WINE 165 (B) (C&D3D4) S Dixon 5-9-3 ........................... K O’Neill Probable SP: 10-3 Global Walk, 11-2 Finery, 6 Dancinginthewoods, 7 Ahlawi,
3 (6) 54L1-5L PAPA DON’T PREACH 177 (H) (D) K Frost 3-9-3 ......................... J Hart 306 (4) SARATOGA SPIRIT C Hills 9-2 ............... NON RUNNER L Catton (5)
10 Larado, Barney’s Bay, Tothenines, 12 Buckshaw Village, Fiftyshadesofred. 307 (3) SO GLORIOUS T Ward 9-2.............................. H Crouch 2 (8) 336/ WITH RESPECT 726 (D) H Morrison 5-9-8 ....... R Havlin
4 (3) L53L16 NIGHT ON EARTH 53 (D8) I Williams 4-9-2 ......................P J McDonald
3 (5) 672 FOLLOW YOUR HEART 9 (T) (C&D) M Loughnane
5
6
(8) 004914 ALLIGATOR ALLEY 74 (T) (D3BF) D O’Meara 5-9-1 ..... Jason Watson
(1) 121465 SILKY WILKIE 73 (D4) K R Burke 3-8-13 ............................ S Feilden (7) 5.10
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—BETUK OVER 40,000 LIVE STREAMED RACES HANDICAP (6)
£7,500 added (£3,726) 6f 16yds (14)
(3) L9273U STEEL DUCHESS 13 (HV) Darryll Holland 3-9-7 ................P Mulrennan
308 (10)

7 (7) 555052 DIGITAL 62 (C&DD2) R Fell 4-8-12 ............................................ T Eaves
8 (9) 303586 COUNT D’ORSAY 21 (D5) T Easterby 6-8-7............................. C Hardie
9 (4) 180236 INTERVENTION 7 (P) (C2) M Appleby 5-8-4 ................................ T Ladd
Probable SP: 7-2 Alligator Alley, 4 Fine Wine, 5 Digital, 6 Silky Wilkie, 7 Came
From The Dark, 8 Count D’Orsay, 10 Night On Earth, Intervention.
2 (6) 743110 CHEESE THE ONE 29 (P) (D2BF) R Menzies 3-9-7 .............. P Mathers
3 (4) 55-L90 SECRET TRYST 20 (H) W Knight 3-9-7.............................P J McDonald
4 (14) 85-58 BANPHRIONSANALUAS 60 Alice Haynes 3-9-7 ..................... K O’Neill
5 (11) 261L36 EASTERN STAR 13 (D2) A Carroll 6-9-7..................... Mollie Phillips (3)
6 (13) LL9068 MERRY SECRET 12 (BT) (D2) L Mullaney 4-9-6 ........................... J Hart
310 (9)
STORMY SEA Sir M Stoute 9-2 ......................... C Fallon
309 (8) 2 WHISPERING DREAM 28 C Appleby 9-2 ......... W Buick
YASMINA M Meade 9-2............................. S Osborne (3)
4-9-8 L Morris
4 (3) L52 SISTERS IN THE SKY 23 (V) (BF) R Teal 3-9-7 .J Mitchell
Probable SP: 4-5 Whispering Dream, 6 Fools And Horses, 5 (4) 423 GOLD MEDAL 29 (P) R Hughes 3-9-7 ......... David Egan
15-2 Stormy Sea, 10 Labiqa, 12 Marmara Sta. 6 (12) 443 LA RAV 21 (D2) L Carter 8-9-6 .................... A Keeley (5)
7 (7) 770 TASKHEER 7 (BT) D Steele 4-9-6............ R Clutterbuck
5.55 —NOVICE STAKES (DIV 1) (4) (2-Y-O) £9,900
added (£5,346) 1m (14)
401 (12) 6 ANOTHER DIMENSION 28 R Spencer 9-7.....J Crowley
8 (14) 111 BROXI 34 (B) (D6) D Ivory 4-9-6 ........................ N Currie
9 (9) 303 FREE SOLO 13 (PT) J Osborne 5-9-6...... S Osborne (3)

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3.08 (10)
—BETUK’S ACCA CLUB 5 POUNDS FREE BET HANDICAP (DIV 1)
(6) £7,500 added (£3,726) 1m 4f 14yds (14)
3412-46 ELEVEN ELEVEN 286 Jessica Macey 4-10-0 .......................L Edmunds
7 (7) 1LLL60 EAST STREET REVUE 44 (P) (D3) T Easterby 9-9-5 ..........D Fentiman
8 (10) L74 ICONICDAAY 12 D O’Meara 3-9-5 .................................... Jason Watson
402 (10) 92 BAUHINIA RHAPSODY 25 E Walker 9-7 ......... L Morris
403 (6) 8 EYETRAP 19 J Chapple-Hyam 9-7 ............... David Egan
10 (6) 924 RING OF GOLD 16 (C&DD) M & D Easterby 5-9-5 . J Crowley
11 (1) 440 FULL INTENTION 13 (P) (C&DD6) S Pearce 8-9-5 . J Haynes
9 (1) 637L BLUEBIRD 28 (V) J Fanshawe 3-9-5 ............................................R Scott 404 (8) 43 FEUD 39 (BF) R Beckett 9-7 ..........................D Tudhope 12 (11) 744 COME ON JOHN 33 M Attwater 3-9-4.............W Carson
2 (13) L65718 CENTRAL CITY 25 (P) (C&DD2) G Kelleway 7-9-12 Bradley Furniss (7) 10 (9) 794L62 FINAL FRONTIER 33 (H) (D3) R Carr 9-9-5 ............................... T Eaves 13 (10) 5L4 BARNEYS GIFT 23 (B) (D) P Kirby 3-9-4.............K Stott
3 (6) 3L3507 LAWMANS BLIS 16 (D) Alex French 4-9-12 .......................... D E Hogan 405 (1) 5 GOD OF FIRE 62 S C Williams 9-7.................. H Crouch
11 (8) 1663L6 WAVERLEY STAR 15 (B) A Brown 3-9-5...................... Ryan Sexton (3) 406 (2) I’M TOO TIRED H & R Charlton 9-7................. T Whelan 14 (2) 533 CHASING LOVE 22 K P De Foy 3-9-4 ........... D Muscutt
4 (3) 754990 BRISTOL HILL 26 K Frost 4-9-11.................................................D Nolan 12 (5) 639099 BRAZEN AKOYA 15 (B) Phillip Makin 3-9-5 .......................... D Costello Probable SP: 9-2 Gold Medal, 5 Broxi, 6 Follow Your Heart,
5 (2) 28-8L24 WESTERN BEAT 16 M & D Easterby 4-9-9 .................... Joanna Mason 407 (13) LASER GUIDED S & E Crisford 9-7 .................. W Buick
13 (2) 127838 HILARY’S BOY 15 (T) (D3) J L Eyre 3-9-4 ............................L Edmunds 408 (9) 23 LIKE A TIGER 35 (BF) J Ferguson 9-7 .......... D Muscutt 7 La Rav, 8 Free Solo, 10 Ring Of Gold, 12 Chasing Love.
6 (9) L76 WOTYA MACALLIT 19 M Hammond 3-9-8 .................................... G Lee
14 (12) 841650 TOMMYTWOHOOTS 213 (D) S A Harris 4-9-4 ............................ D Swift
7
8
(7)
(14)
3-9L657
236246
HAKU 18 M Loughnane 3-9-7 ................................................... S Cherchi
DRILL TO DREAM 65 P Charalambous & J Clutterbuck 3-9-6
Probable SP: 4 Final Frontier, 11-2 Cheese The One, 7 Steel Duchess,
8 Iconicdaay, 10 Hilary’s Boy, Eastern Star, 12 Waverley Star, Bluebird.
409 (7) 4 LUNAR LANDSCAPE 42 E J-Houghton 9-7 ....C Bishop
410 (11)
411 (14)
OPTIK D M Simcock 9-7 ............................... J P Spencer
SMART CHARGER A Carroll 9-7.................. G Downing
8.30 —HANDICAP
6f (12)
(6) £6,000 added (£2,916)

1 (1) 693 SENECA CHIEF 21 (PT) D & C Kubler 8-9-7 .. J Mitchell

P Mulrennan
412 (3) 80 TENACIOUSLY 9 W Muir & C Grassick 9-7...... R Havlin 2 (8) 02L REVOLUTIONARY MAN 25 (C) R Brisland 7-9-7 . C Bennett
9 (1) 424257 CONTROL 29 J Butler 3-9-5.......................................................D Keenan TRACK FACTS: L-H Tapeta course. GOING: Standard. STALLS: 413 (4) UMBERTO K P De Foy 9-7 .............................. J Mitchell
10 (8) 8L0103 SELECTO 21 (D2) Mrs Stella Barclay 5-9-4.................................. S Gray 5f centre; remainder inside. DRAW ADVANTAGE: None. Top jock- 3 (2) 292 PANDEMIC PRINCESS 11 (D2) Alice Haynes 3-9-7
11 (11) 6452L4 FOURSOME 30 Olly Williams 3-9-2........................................D Fentiman 414 (5) 96 UNCLE MATTHEW 11 J & T Gosden 9-7 ..James Doyle T Hammer Hansen
ey: Kieran O’Neill. Top trainer: M Appleby. Headgear first time: 1.05 Probable SP: 3 Like A Tiger, 7-2 Feud, 5 Bauhinia 4 (12) L00 TRIGGERED 43 (B) (D3) M Loughnane 6-9-7 .. L Morris
12 (5) 396/782- KING ATHELSTAN 592 (P) (D2) Sara Ender 7-8-13 ................P Dennis Cavalryman, 1.35 Lipsink, Media Guest, 2.08 Grace Angel, 3.08 King
13 (12) 563345 HAMMY END 20 (HP) (C&D) W Muir & C Grassick 6-8-12 ..P J McDonald Rhapsody, 7 Laser Guided, 10 I’m Too Tired. 5 (6) 465 PHOENIX STAR 12 (P) (C&D4) Jessica Macey 6-9-7
Athelstan, 3.38 Bakersboy, Mzahem, 4.08 Golden Sheen, 4.38 Global
14 (4) 8-657L BATEAU BAY 29 P Kirby 3-8-10 ..................................... Madi Patzelt (7)
Probable SP: 9-2 Western Beat, 6 Foursome, 7 Control, 8 Hammy End,
Selecto, 10 Eleven Eleven, Central City, 12 Drill To Dream, King Athelstan.
Walk, 5.10 Bluebird. Longest traveller: The Thin Blue Line (1.35) 268
miles. Drop in Class: 3.38 Bakersboy is down 2 grades on last run
6.30 —NOVICE STAKES (DIV 2) (4) (2-Y-O) £9,900
added (£5,346) 1m (14)
501 (5) L AMLETO 16 W Haggas 9-7 ................................ C Fallon
6
7
(4)
(3)
227
BIG BARD 34 (P) (D2BF) G L Moore 4-9-7 . T P Queally
915
HOLBACHE 16 (C&DD) A Carroll 4-9-6 ....... J Fisher (5)
C Fallon

(Class 4 to Class 6). First run since wind surgery: None today. 502 (11) 0 BODYGROOVE 7 (H) R Spencer 9-7 ................ R Havlin 8 (7) 261
COOLAGH MAGIC 35 (C&DD2) R Brisland 6-9-6 .. W Carson
3.38 —BETUK’S ACCA CLUB 5 POUNDS FREE BET HANDICAP (DIV 2)
(6) £7,500 added (£3,726) 1m 4f 14yds (14) 503 (1) 0 DAVIDEO 26 R Beckett 9-7 .......................... Rossa Ryan
504 (13) 87 GALLANT LION 28 A Carroll 9-7 .................. G Downing
9
10
(5)
(9)
L61
THE PRINCES POET 29 (C&D) E J-Houghton 4-9-6 ... C Bishop
387
BOBBY ON THE BEAT 20 (T) (C&DD) P McEntee
RACING SERVICES
1 (7) 44L403 BAKERSBOY 52 (B) P McEntee 4-10-0 ....................Josephine Gordon 4-9-5 K Stott
505 (10) L GASMAN 60 (T) S Durack 9-7 .................. S Osborne (3)
2 (3) 3264LL PRINCE ABU 27 (C2) D Shaw 5-9-13........................................ C Hardie
506 (3) LOUGH LEANE D M Simcock 9-7 ............... J P Spencer 11 (10) 424 ISCHIA 18 J Fanshawe 3-9-5 .......................... D Muscutt
3 (10) 527521 RED DEREK 26 L Williamson 6-9-12 ......................................... K O’Neill
507 (6) LUNATICK H Morrison 9-7 ....................................K Stott 12 (11) 425 STARTER FOR TEN 35 (V) (C&DD) I Furtado 5-9-4 .J Haynes
4 (11) 023214 GHOSTLY 149 (DBF) Mrs Stella Barclay 4-9-10 ........ F McManoman (3)
508 (9) MANXMAN S & E Crisford 9-7 ...................... H Burns (3) Probable SP: 3 Coolagh Magic, 11-2 Pandemic Princess,
5 (8) L13302 LEDNIKOV 51 (V) (D) I Furtado 4-9-10 ...................................... J F Egan
UK/IRISH COMMENTARY AND RESULTS 509 (14) MOSTABSHIR J & T Gosden 9-7 ....................J Crowley 6 The Princes Poet, 8 Ischia, Starter For Ten, 10 Phoenix Star.

09016 09 29 39
6 (13) L86 HALF NELSON 15 (T) G Harris 7-9-9 ..................................... D Costello
510 (8) PASSING TIME A Balding 9-7............................H Turner
7 (2) 41-L213 HILDENLEY 23 (T) T Easterby 5-9-8......................................D Fentiman 511 (12) 77 SEA SQUARED 103 A King 9-7........................C Bishop
8 (14) 8L9366 HOOVES LIKE JAGGER 43 (H) (D3) A Carroll 4-9-7 .................... C Lee Top trainer: J & T Gosden. Headgear first time: 4.20 Just
512 (4) TADSHIN R Varian 9-7 .................................. David Egan Dashing, Madam Pickle, Made Of Lir, Queen Of Romford,
FOR RACING TIPS CALL
9 (4) 5777 MZAHEM 23 (P) Tom Clover 3-9-5 ........................................... S Cherchi 513 (7) L9 TROOPER BISDEE 21 Sir M Prescott 9-7 ........ L Morris
10 (12) 314564 MISS CLEMENTINE 21 E Dunlop 3-9-4.............................P J McDonald Saucisson, 4.50 Flying Secret, 6.30 Gasman, 7.00 Ludo’s
09016 09 53 39
514 (2) WONDER LEGEND J Ferguson 9-7 ............... D Muscutt
11 (5) 967LL9 ISLA DIAMONDS 22 M Sowersby 7-9-0 ....................................P Dennis Probable SP: 9-4 Mostabshir, 9-2 Tadshin, 7 Manxman, Landing, 8.00 Sisters In The Sky, Taskheer. Longest trav-
12 (6) 602332 SICARIO 9 (BF) M Appleby 7-9-0 ..............................................D Keenan 8 Lough Leane, 10 Passing Time,. eller: Evaluation (7.30) 397 miles. Drop in Class: 4.20
13 (9) 2314L5 AMOURIE 36 (D2) R Craggs 6-8-12......................................... C Beasley Miss Moonshine is down 2 grades on last run (Class 4 to
14 (1) L98 PLANXTY 226 J Gallagher 3-8-6 ................................................ A Mullen Calls cost 65p per min plus your telephone company’s network access charge. TRACK FACTS: JACKPOT MEETING. R-H Polytrack Class 6); 5.55 Another Dimension (2); Feud (2); 6.30 Gal-
Probable SP: 7-2 Red Derek, 4 Ghostly, 5 Sicario, 6 Hildenley, course. GOING: Standard to slow. STALLS: Inside. lant Lion (2); 7.00 Prince Nabeel (2). First run since wind
10 Miss Clementine, Lednikov, Bakersboy, 14 Amourie, Hooves Like Jagger, Tipster information updated at 10am daily. SP: Spoke. Help: 0808 272 0808
DRAW ADVANTAGE: Low. Top jockey: James Doyle. surgery: 7.30 Imperium.
16 Mzahem.
64 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

64 RUGBY AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS

Eddie is seen
TEVE HANSEN cuts a relaxed figure as

S he looks out pensively over Lake Wanaka.

The bright sun of a beautiful New Zealand
spring morning reflects off the water. In
the distance, the clouds above Mount
Alta kiss its snow-covered peak.
Dressed in a sleeveless shirt, former All Blacks head coach

as nuts but
and double World Cup winner Hansen admits he is enjoying
semi-retirement. Who can blame him?
In years gone by, Hansen would have been spending this
time of year in Europe with New Zealand, more often than not
wiping the floor with the best northern hemisphere rugby has
to offer. Now, things are different.
Hansen’s days are spent playing
golf and indulging in his passion
EXCLUSIVE

great coaches
for horseracing. He is a part-owner
of superstar gelding and Royal
Ascot winner Nature Strip.
Life is peaceful in Wanaka. ‘It’s
hard not to enjoy this place,’
INTERVIEW
Hansen tells Sportsmail. ‘Am I
missing the All Blacks? You miss
the camaraderie of the players and
by Alex
staff and you miss the big occa-
sions, but I don’t miss the politics. Bywater

have to throw
I’m quite happy to be out of that.
My coaching days are over — 20 in Wanaka
years is enough, isn’t it?’
Hansen might be away from the
front line, but remains one of the not shy on experimenting and
game’s heavyweight figures. When t h a t’ s s o m e t i m e s s e e n a s
Hansen speaks, people listen. nuts by people in England. But
Over an hour at Upper Clutha people have to understand that if
Rugby Club, the 63-year-old is not you want to build depth, you

caution to
afraid to tackle his sport’s big have to throw caution to the
issues. The concussion crisis, the wind sometimes.
growing influence of private equity, ‘Eddie doesn’t tolerate fools too
his old sparring partner Eddie well and he’s short sometimes.
Jones and Saturday’s clash Some people don’t like that but
between England and New Zea- I’ve always found him great. Eng-
land — everything is on the table. land would be so much stronger if
‘The game is at a crossroads,’ he their clubs and the RFU could
says. ‘I’m not slow in letting work together to look after the top

the wind
people know my opinion and players physically. They ask them
sometimes that gets me into to do a lot and they pay them a lot
trouble. I’ll probably get into b
for it, but you have to look
trouble with World Rugby ugby after the old goose that lays
by saying red cards aren’t n’t the egg. Otherwise, it’ll
the answer, but that’ss st
stop laying.’
what I believe. ENGLAND After a season domi-
‘If I believe in it, then n
nated by financial
I’m going to fight for
it. The game is more
v ALL c
chaos
a
and
at club level
the disappear-
important than all of BLACKS a
ance of two sides in
us and we’ve got to
keep it alive and safe
for the people playing it.
e
t.
3 DAYS TO GO E
W
Worcester
English
and Wasps,
rugby is in a
sta of flux. The goose
state
New Zealand legend
I don’t want to paper over
the problems. I want to rip
ver

the wall down and rebuild it.’

Hansen spent 15 years with the
migh not have totally
might
stoppe laying, but it cer-
stopped
tainly has its problems.
Victory for Jones’s men over the
STEVE HANSEN on his
All Blacks, seven of which came as All Blacks would be a much-
head coach. His penultimate game needed fillip for England after two
in charge was a 2019 World Cup underwhelming Six Nations cam-
Jones love-in, rugby’s
semi-final defeat by England. The paigns and a poor autumn open-
success remains a highlight of ing defeat by Argentina. There is
Jones’s reign and England will face now less than a year to go until the
New Zealand for the first time next World Cup in France. The
head injury crisis. . . and writing
since that Yokohama game at countdown is on.
Twickenham on Saturday. ‘The big difference with this
‘Are England good enough to win World Cup is the All Blacks aren’t
off the All Blacks at your peril
the World Cup next year? They the No 1 dog in the house at the
certainly are. They were just about moment. It will take pressure off They’ve been in three finals and invincibility has slipped some- the current champions. We’ve had
good enough to win it last time,’ them,’ adds Hansen, who still won one and lost two so they’ll be what. They lost a series at home to some adversity in the last 12
says Hansen, who has ruled works as a part-time consultant beginning to think they’ve got to Ireland during the summer. But months, which is tough to take
himself out of succeeding Jones for Japanese side Toyota Verblitz. win another one.’ since then, their response has but also helps build a team that
and believes Leicester’s Steve ‘However, it will put a lot more During Hansen’s stint with New been impressive. wants to prove to everybody they
Borthwick should be appointed. on the other teams. Ireland are Zealand, initially working under ‘Not being No 1 creates a hunger can still do it. New Zealand are
‘Eddie is a great coach. You only No 1 at the moment. Their World Sir Graham Henry and then as and being hungry at a World Cup going to be dangerous — more so
have to look at the teams he’s Cup record isn’t great. They’ll be head coach, the All Blacks were is good,’ says Hansen. ‘Success than some people think.
coached and how they’ve always feeling that. France are at home. the game’s dominant force. They dulls hunger. In 2007, we feared ‘Ian is definitely the right man
improved. England jointly hold the Their World Cup results haven’t won back-to-back World Cups in whether we had the hunger to win. for the job. What tells me that is
world record with the All Blacks been great. They’ll be feeling a lot 2011 and 2015. After such a poor result, everyone the players wanted him to stay. I
for 18 wins in a row. You don’t do of pressure. That pressure is just Now, under the guidance of was so hungry to be successful and worked with him for eight years
that without being a good team going to build. Hansen’s former right-hand man we won the next two. and he’s a very smart rugby brain.
and a good coaching crew. ‘He’s ‘England have had some success. Ian Foster, New Zealand’s aura of ‘Going into this one, we’re not ‘New Zealand have won every cup

RACING RESULTS Scudamore) 4-1 1; Chloe’s Court

FAKENHAM
12.20 — VETONCALL (J Brace)
6-1 1; Le Tueur 15-8(2ndFav) 2;
6 ran. (A Jones). 3/4. Tote: 7.00;
2.80, 1.30. Ex: 17.00. Tf: 17.10.
CSF: 18.73. NR: Joey Steel.
12.52 — MARSHELLA
(H Beswick) 11-4 1; Citizen Jane
9-4(2ndFav) 2; Ygritte 15-8F 3.
4 ran. (O Signy). 11/2, 61/2. Tote:
3.75; Ex: 8.50. Tf: 15.40. CSF:
9.32.
1.22 — SABBATHICAL
(A Wedge) 2-1F 1; Moore Clouds
7-1 2; Uncle O 25-1 3. 7 ran.
(E Williams). 1l, 9l. Tote: 3.00;
1.60, 3.50. Ex: 16.80. Tf: 196.10.
CSF: 16.85.
1.52 — SECRET TRIX
(F Gregory) 7-4F 1; Doireann
3-1(2ndFav) 2; Scudamore 5-1 3.
3
7 ran. (O Murphy). /4, 23l. Tote:
2.75; 1.20, 2.20. Ex: 8.80. Tc:
20.94. Tf: 31.50. CSF: 7.78. NR:
Annie Day.
2.22 — MULLENBEG (M Bastyan)
evensF 1; Sorbet 12-1 2; Hillfinch
10-1 3. 7 ran. (M Harris). 11/2, 10l.
Tote: 2.00; 1.20, 4.10. Ex: 15.50.
Tc: 81.92. Tf: 75.80. CSF: 14.06.
NR: Emma Lamb.
2.52 — CONCEROE (J Quinlan)
15-8F 1; Prime Pretender
2-1(2ndFav) 2; Prince Cleni
10-3 3. 5 ran. (B Case). 3l, 14l.
Tote: 2.88; 1.30, 1.40. Ex: 6.40.
Tf: 14.60. CSF: 6.18. NR: Maria
Magdalena.
3.22 — SHINJI (A Coleman)
9-4(2ndFav) 1; Gaye Legacy 15-2
2; Haafbourd 40-1 3. 5 ran. (R
Varian). 9l, 31/4. Tote: 3.25; 1.30,
2.70. Ex: 14.60. Tf: 91.80. CSF:
17.57. NR: Grangeclare North.
Placepot £35.40. Q’pot £4.30.
HEREFORD
12.45 — NEMEAN LION (R
Patrick) 14-1 1; Light Em Up
Nigel 6-4F 2; Get Sky High 16-
5(2ndFav) 3. 14 ran. (Kerry Lee).
91/2, 3l. Tote: 15.00; 3.50, 1.20,
1.70. Ex: 39.90. Tf: 180.70. CSF:
37.37. NRs: Captain Attridge,
Gyllen.
1.15 — JET OF MAGIC (H
Cobden) evensF 1; Bonza Boy
8-1 2; Fountains Chief 7-
2(2ndFav) 3. 5 ran. (P Nicholls).
11l, 38l. Tote: 2.00; 1.10, 2.90.
Ex: 6.90. Tf: 20.90. CSF: 8.83.
1.45 — JET PLANE (H Skelton)
4-1(Jt2ndFav) 1; Kyntara 2-1F 2;
Amenon 7-1 3. 9 ran. (D Skelton).
24l, 7l. Tote: 5.60; 1.70, 1.30,
2.20. Ex: 15.30. Tc: 53.48. Tf:
56.30. CSF: 13.04.
2.15 — BRAGANZA BAY
(R Patrick) 9-4F 1; Pottlerath
11-4(2ndFav) 2; The Bold Thady
50-1 3. 9 ran. (H Daly). 31/4, 23l.
Tote: 3.25; 1.40, 1.40, 9.00. Ex:
11.40. Tc: 231.04. Tf: 225.80.
CSF: 9.22.
2.45 — VICKI VALE (H Skelton)
3-1 1; Houi Cherie 25-1 2; Blue
Beach 11-4JtFav 3. 16 ran. (D
Skelton). 17l, 2l. Tote: 4.00; 1.50,
5.10, 1.30. Ex: 94.60. Tf: 254.00.
CSF: 82.94.
3.15 — JOBESGREEN LAD (J J
Burke) 7-2(2ndFav) 1; Ballybeen
7-4F 2; Just Go For It 6-1 3. 9 ran.
(T R George). 11/4, 29l. Tote: 5.20;
1.60, 1.20, 2.00. Ex: 13.30. Tc:
33.56. Tf: 66.70. CSF: 10.41.
3.50 — MAGIC SEVEN (Jonjo
O’Neill Jr) 10-3 1; Seaside Legend
5-2(2ndFav) 2; Hedera Park 18-1
3. 9 ran. (Jonjo O’Neill). 10l, 41/4.
Tote: 4.34; 1.30, 1.40, 3.90. Ex:
13.20. Tf: 108.90. CSF: 12.31.
Placepot £9.00. Q’pot £5.70.
LINGFIELD
12.30 — AUTHORISED SPEED
(Jamie Moore) 4-5F 1; Broadway
Boy 7-1 2; Scene One 25-1 3.
12 ran. (G L Moore). 15l, 7l.
Tote: 1.80; 1.10, 2.40, 6.30. Ex:
8.80. Tf: 97.20. CSF: 7.08. NR:
Sandalwood.
1.00 — WHITE HART LADY (L
Murtagh) 4-1(2ndFav) 1; The Real
Jet 28-1 2; River Tyne 9-2 3. 8
ran. (H Fry). 18l, 30l. Tote: 5.00;
1.40, 5.50, 1.60. Ex: 106.30. Tc:
521.57. Tf: 400.60. CSF: 83.46.
1.30 — ENDLESS ESCAPE (B
R Jones) 12-1 1; El Muchacho
11-1 2; Godot 8-1 3. 12 ran.
(Ben Clarke). 7l, 1l. Tote: 15.00;
3.50, 2.70, 2.50. Ex: 157.80.
Tf: 1007.60. CSF: 129.82. NRs:
Maclaine, Rhubarb Bikini.
2.00 — OPTIMISE PRIME (K
Woods) 7-1 1; Branson Missouri
15-8F 2; Kenny George 16-1 3.
10 ran. (B Pauling). 8l, 33l. Tote:
8.00; 2.10, 1.30, 3.50. Ex: 21.90.
Tc: 206.62. Tf: 208.70. CSF:
20.98.
2.30 — RAMORE WILL (Mr Fred
Gordon) 16-1 1; Waikiki Waves
11-1 2; Enduring Love 12-1 3.
7 ran. (C Gordon). 11/4, 9l. Tote:
17.00; 5.50, 4.00. Ex: 125.70.
Tc: 2179.03. Tf: 1352.30. CSF:
155.20. NRs: Kilfords Queen,
Shirocco’s Delight.
3.00 — TALLOW FOR COAL
(G Sheehan) 7-2(2ndFav) 1;
Pemberley 6-1 2; Keep Rolling
11-1 3. 7 ran. (J Snowden). 71/2, 8l.
Tote: 4.50; 2.10, 3.30. Ex: 22.50.
Tc: 204.70. Tf: 171.50. CSF:
23.52. NR: Carlow Farmer.
3.30 — LAST QUARTER (T
16-1 2; Drop Him In 28-1 3. 7 ran.
(D Pipe). 1/2, 16l. Tote: 5.00; 2.10,
4.90. Ex: 54.20. Tc: 1517.76. Tf:
586.80. CSF: 53.56. NRs: Good
News, Republican. Placepot
£3,086.50. Q’pot £405.70.
NEWCASTLE
3.42 — KING OF THE SOUTH (D
Tudhope) 7-4(2ndFav) 1; Pirate
King 22-1 2; Sir Chauvelin 9-1 3.
6 ran. (W Knight). 3/4, shd. Tote:
2.75; 1.40, 5.00. Ex: 25.70. Tf:
118.20. CSF: 34.47. NR: Manu
Et Corde.
4.12 — NINE TENTHS (C Fallon)
15-8F 1; Cariad Angel 25-1 2;
Casamigos 14-1 3. 11 ran. (W
Haggas). 13/4, 43/4. Tote: 2.88;
1.20, 4.60, 2.90. Ex: 38.10. Tf:
352.70. CSF: 59.34.
4.45 — STATU OF LIBERTY
(T Eaves) 3-1 1; Our Delia
150-1 2; Destined 2-1F 3. 11 ran.
(B Meehan). 1/2, 13/4. Tote: 4.00;
1.40, 19.20, 1.20. Ex: 286.60. Tf:
4982.50. CSF: 424.40.
5.15 — HAVANA BY THE SEA
(P Mulrennan) 5-1 1; Cheeky Maxi
20-1 2; Champagne Sarah 6-5F 3.
6 ran. (Craig Lidster). 5l, 3/4. Tote:
6.00; 1.60, 6.80. Ex: 57.30. Tc:
184.83. Tf: 183.60. CSF: 79.61.
NRs: Deguello, Tillybob.
5.45 — SILENT WORDS
(D Tudhope) 7-2 1; Colnago
11-4(2ndFav) 2; De Bruyne 12-1 HOTSPOTS
3. 14 ran. (K Ryan). hd, 11/4. Tote:
4.50; 1.70, 1.60, 3.70. Ex: 18.40. WORK WHISPER
Tf: 114.50. CSF: 13.61. RAPID FLIGHT
6.15 — POCKLEY (Mark
Winn) 10-3F 1; Glorious Rio (Hexham, 12.53)
4-1(Jt2ndFav) 2; Carlton And Co
4-1(Jt2ndFav) 3. 11 ran. (Miss L
WEIGHTING GAME
Perratt). 11/4, 1/2. Tote: 4.34; 1.50, RAMSES DE TEILLEE
1.60, 1.90. Ex: 19.30. Tc: 56.48. (Warwick, 3.15)
Tf: 79.90. CSF: 15.83.
6.45 — EMILY POST (P J Down 12lb from last
McDonald) 11-1 1; Al Baahy winning mark.
12-1 2; Bin Hayyan 25-1 3. 13 ran.
(E Bethell). nk, nk. Tote: 12.00; BURNT FINGERS
3.30, 3.80, 5.50. Ex: 136.60. MAXI KING
Tc: 3342.99. Tf: 2567.60. CSF:
136.33. NR: Eldelbar. (Kempton, 7.00)
7.15 — WHATWOULDYOUKNOW
(F McManoman) 9-1 1;
Reclaim Victory 15-2 2; Going CAPTAIN
Underground 5-4F 3. 14 ran. (N
Tinkler). 11/4, nk. Tote: 10.40; 2.40,
HEATH TRIO
1.10, 2.70. Ex: 92.80. Tc: 147.75.
Tf: 229.80. CSF: 75.82. DEE STAR (nap)
7.45 — ATHOLLBLAIR BOY (Hexham, 2.23)
(Miss Emma Dwan) 10-1 1;
Macho Pride 10-1 2; Bellagio Man FRINGILL DIKE (nb)
9-2(2ndFav) 3. 14 ran. (N Tinkler). (Hexham, 3.23)
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Easy does it: Hansen cuts a
relaxed figure, his coaching
days (right, with McCaw)
behind him JAMES ALLAN/GETTY IMAGES
they could win except the series
with Ireland and they are No 1
in the world at the moment.
They’re starting to build an
understanding quite nicely.’
Hansen will always hold the
All Blacks close to his heart.
But, regardless of country, he is a
Djokovic will be given visa
to return for Aussie Open
AUSTRALIA’S government
are poised to confirm that
Novak Djokovic can return
to its flagship tournament in
January, by reversing his
three-year entry ban.
Multiple Australian media
outlets have reported that
he will receive a visa, with his
refusal to be vaccinated
against Covid no longer held
against him. This same issue
has seen the Serb miss every
competition in North
America this year.
A significant factor in the
reversal has been a change
TENNIS
of government in Canberra,
with tennis fanatic Anthony
Albanese taking over from
Scott Morrison. While
domestic public opinion was
in favour of his deportation
at the time, a recent survey
suggested it had since
softened. Djokovic will be a
favourite to win another title
in 2023, but Spain’s Carlos
Alcaraz has emerged as
another genuine challenger.
MIKE DICKSON
CHOKE FEARS COULD SEE
CHEWING GUM BANNED
WORLD RUGBY are discussing
banning players from chewing
gum due to safety concerns.
Ellis Genge and Taniela Tupou
are among international stars
who chew on caffeine-based
gum to boost energy levels in a
match, while Premier League
footballers often use it as a
means to reduce fatigue.
But Sportsmail understands
that rugby officials are now
considering a ban because it is
deemed a choking hazard.
rugby man first and foremost. He
believes there are a number of
ways his sport can improve not
only its safety, but the attractive-
ness of the product.
Hansen is of the view referees
issuing a spate of red cards for
head contacts is putting the cart
before the horse. Coaching play-
ers how to improve their tackle
technique and better antici-
pate an opponent’s next move
are instead areas he thinks
must be addressed.
Perhaps most drastically,
Hansen would also remove
the TMO altogether to
quicken up a game which has
become too stop-start.
‘It’s hugely worrying what
they’re going through,’
Hansen says of the former
players involved in legal
action against World Rugby
after their diagnoses of
early-onset dementia and
chronic traumatic enceph-
alopathy. Hansen coached
Alix Popham and Carl Hay-
man — who are both fight-
ing significant head injury
problems — with Wales and
the All Blacks respectively.
‘We have to take some
responsibility for how we can
fix those problems — change
techniques, change atti-
tudes, and change our ability
to anticipate what’s going to
happen next. We need to put
a lot of time and effort
into that. We can
change some laws.
‘If we do that, we’ll
go a long way to fix-
ing some of the prob-
lems. We are in a bet-
ter place than we were
20 years ago. If you
SPORT IN BRIEF
FA CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAYS
AFC WIMBLEDON .(0) 3 WEYMOUTH . . . . . . . (0) 1
Assal 48 Ash 78
Chislett 61, 64 3,672
CAMBRIDGE U . . .(0) 0 CURZON ASHTON . . .(0) 0
(extra time) 2,222
DERBY . . . . . . . . . .(3) 5 TORQUAY . . . . . . . . .(0) 0
Ellis 7 (og), Osula 15
Thompson 38
Dobbin 62
McGoldrick 79
GILLINGHAM . . . . (1) 1 AFC FYLDE . . . . . . . .(0) 0
Walker 44
HARTLEPOOL . . . . (0) 1 SOLIHULL MOORS . . .(1) 1
Tumilty 90 Barnett 8
(extra time)
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONALS
ENGLAND . . . . . . . (1) 1 NORWAY . . . . . . . . . . (0) 1
Daly 33 Maanum 80
N IRELAND . . . . . . (0) 1 ITALY. . . . . . . . . . . . .(0) 0
McFadden 63
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65
got a knock on the head then, it
was like a badge to be able to say
you played on. That’s not the case
now. You look back on some things
you’ve seen and you think, “Wow
Billings: We
— did we do the right thing?” Prior
to coaching, I saw some horrific
things.
‘At the time you’d think, tough
b****r, but he was really a silly
are playing
b****r and the game didn’t have
the systems in place to protect
him from himself. We do now and
that’s a big plus.’
the Aussies
...it’s hardly
T
He son of dairy farmers,
and someone who spent
a friendly!
six years working in the
New Zealand Police,
Hansen has seen rugby go from an
amateur sport to professional. His
experience is huge.
That is why he has followed with
interest the impact of private
CRICKET
equity investment on the sport he
By LAWRENCE BOOTH
loves. The tentacles of financial
big hitters now permeate all cor-
ners of rugby. CVC Capital Part-
ENGLAND embark on their first
ners have stakes in the Six Nations assignment as double world
and the Premiership. In June, New champions in the small hours
Zealand Rugby approved a of tomorrow, with Sam Billings
£100million deal with US-based insisting they are in the mood
private equity firm Silver Lake,
for the ODI series in Australia.
despite initial reluctance from the The first of three matches
All Black players.
starts in Adelaide less than
‘If you look at the financial side,
there are a lot of people hurting.
four days after Jos Buttler’s
No one is making enough money team clinched the T20 World
to pay the wages,’ says Hansen. Cup at the MCG — prompting
‘The only people making money Moeen Ali to slam the
are World Rugby. Silver Lake came schedule as ‘horrible’.
in just after I left.
But Billings, one of six
‘What I experienced in the time I members of England 15-man
was there was that the commer-
one-day squad who were not
cial side of the business was start-
ing to be more important than the
part of the T20 triumph, hardly
high-performance side. We’re in sounded like a man happy to
trouble when that happens. go easy on the Aussies.
‘I understand they have to do ‘It’s England-Australia in
something because the game has Australia,’ he said. ‘It’s not a
got itself in a situation where mar-
friendly, is it? We’re great
ket prices are excessive and we mates with a lot of those
need money.
Aussie guys but we want to
‘But who has control? Are we
putting the money side first or the
beat them. We’re really
rugby side? The people who are looking forward to it.’
putting the money up will argue Even so, the timing and the
they don’t want to interfere with relevance of this series —
the rugby. But they do. which doesn’t count for the
‘They can tell you whatever they
ICC’s Super League, the
like but they’re not there to be qualification tournament for
anybody’s friend. They’re there to
next year’s 50-over World Cup
make money. It was one of the
things that frustrated me with the
in India — have led to renewed
All Blacks in the end. soul-searching about the
‘We were starting to go way too unsustainable fixture list.
far with the commercial side. I ‘The schedule doesn’t allow
don’t have a problem with people all-format players,’ said
coming in and making their money
Billings. ‘Ben Stokes (who is in
and then moving on, as long as ODI retirement) is the prime
they don’t destroy the ethos of the example. That should be a
game and the sport. That’s what wake-up call.’
we need to be really smart about
with the All Blacks. You’ve got to England will give a breather
be careful you don’t go too far.’ to some of their T20 world
After tackling rugby’s biggest champions, paving the way for
issues and posing for the camera, opener Jason Roy to return.
Hansen bids farewell. His next James Vince is also set for a
meeting is a talk with struggling recall, having made his only
local teenagers who have lost their international hundred in his
way. You can imagine Hansen’s most recent ODI, against
no-nonsense police background
quickly helping to set them back Pakistan at Edgbaston in 2021.
England won their last ODI
on the right path.
‘Be kind to me,’ he says as he series in Australia 4-1 after the
leaves. Rugby has certainly been disastrous 2017-18 Ashes, and
kind to Hansen. The sport is poorer are now looking to protect
without him on centre stage. their No 1 ranking.
‘This is a great opportunity at
SCOTTISH CHALLENGE CUP ÷TENNIS
the back end of a trip to make
an impression, but ultimately
to perform,’ said Billings.
Third round
ATP NITTO FINALS (Turin, Italy) —
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Round-Robin: M Arevalo (Esa) & J Rojer
that have got plenty to play
Sutherland 3 Kenny 36 (Hol) bt M Granollers (Sp) & H Zeballos for in this series.’
Todorov 26 1,287
÷BASKETBALL
(Arg) 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 10-7, R Ram (US) & J
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Helioevaara (Fin) 7-5 6-4
FIRST ODI: Australia v England, Adelaide,
tomorrow 3.20am. LIVE on BT Sport 1.
NBA — Orlando 105 Charlotte 112; Detroit
ENGLAND (possible): Roy, Salt, Malan,
÷TODAY’S ACTION Vince, Buttler (capt, wkt), Billings, Moeen,
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Oman v Germany................................(5.0) could now begin in Karachi
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Turkey v Scotland ...............................(6.0)
Rawalpindi following the
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Gates (US) 5-1, D Heta (A) bt J Clayton
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(Wal) 5-2 Group G: N Rafferty (NIrl) bt L
Woodhouse (Eng) 5-4, R Smith (Eng) bt FA CUP FIRST ROUND
former prime minister and
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UK CHAMPIONSHIP (Barbican Centre,
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66 Golf Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Norman has to go...we

need adults in the room
by RIATH AL-
SAMARRAI
McIlroy’s brutal take-down of Aussie LIV chief
Chief Sports Feature that it’s provided more opportu-
Writer in Dubai Shots fired: nities for the top players to earn
McIlroy has more? Yes.
orY MciLroY called for ‘But ultimately will that make

R
says there will be
no end to golf ’s
civil war until Greg
Norman leaves his
post with the LiV circuit
and allows an ‘adult into
the room’.
While Mcilroy believes a time
has come for dialogue between
the new and old factions of his
sport, in his latest fiery contribu-
tion to the saga he admitted he
cannot foresee a workable co-
existence so long as the Austral-
ian remains at the LiV helm.
his comments come at a time
when rumours are growing that
Norman, the Ceo of the saudi-
backed breakaway tour, could
soon be repurposed, with the
circuit having expanded rapidly
in its first season through his
particular brand of disruption.
The success of LiV in
gate-crashing the golfing
landscape should not be
underestimated, which has been
necessitated to an extent by
Norman’s fire-starter approach.
But as they seek legitimacy
via the courts, with one crucial
aim being the granting of world
ranking points, it seems
imperative that some level of
peace is struck between LiV and
their rivals, the PGA Tour and
the DP World Tour.
speaking ahead of the latter’s
Tour Championship in Dubai,
Mcilroy said: ‘i think there’s a
few things that need to happen.
so there’s obviously two lawsuits
going on at the minute — there’s
PGA Tour versus LiV and there’s
this one that’s coming up with
the DP World Tour in February.
Nothing will happen if those two
things are still going on.
‘And then i think from whatever
Norman
(far right)
to bow out
GETTY IMAGES /
USA TODAY
happens with those two things,
there’s a few things that i would
like to see on the LiV side that
need to happen. i think Greg
needs to go. i think he just needs
to exit stage left.
‘he’s made his mark but i think
now is the right time to sort of
say, “Look, you’ve got this off the
ground but no one is going to talk
unless there’s an adult in the
room that can actually try to
mend fences”.
‘if those two things happen,
then things can happen. But right
now, it’s a stalemate because
there can’t be any other way.’
Neither Norman nor his
opposite number at the PGA
Tour, Jay Monahan, has given up
much ground in the hostilities
since LiV launched earlier this
year. Norman even took the
audacious step this week of
suggesting Mcilroy and Tiger
Woods should ‘thank’ LiV for the
shake-up that has in turn sparked
elevated prize funds on the
PGA Tour.
Bemused, Mcilroy replied: ‘As
with anything that Greg says,
it depends what you’re looking
for out of golf. Am i thankful
me happier at the end of my
career? No.
‘There’s a lot of things that
people play golf for and do their
jobs for, and it’s not just about
money. it’s about other things.
it’s about fulfilment. it’s about
trying to get the best out of your-
self. it’s about the satisfaction of
turning up and trying to play to
your potential.
‘You know, those are the things
that certainly made me the
happiest about playing golf.
‘so to some people, they might
play for other reasons. But for
me, i’m happiest when i’m
playing my best and it doesn’t
matter how much i’m going to
make. sporting achievements are
the things that get me going.’
he added: ‘i’m very thankful for
everyone in golf, and i’ve said this
a million times: Tiger is
the reason that we are
playing for as much as we
are playing for.
‘Tiger is the reason that
the stature of our
game is where it
is. The genera-
tion of Tiger and
the generation
coming after Tiger
have all benefited
from him and his achieve-
ments and what he’s done
for the game of golf.
‘i don’t think Tiger should be
thankful to anyone for anything. i
think everyone else in the game
should be thankful.’
Mcilroy is this week pushing to
be only the second player after
henrik stenson to win europe’s
Tour Championship and that of
the PGA Tour in the same
season. he also holds a slim lead
over New Zealand’s ryan Fox in
the order of merit going into
the decider in Dubai.

CRICKET
EXCLUSIVE by MATT HUGHES
Yorkshire ignored warnings from staff
that female colleagues felt uncomfortable
about Azeem rafiq being invited to the
headingley Test as guest of honour last
summer due to allegations of sexual
harassment made against him during his
time playing at the club.
After a series of allegations which will
raise questions about chairman Lord
Patel’s stewardship of Yorkshire,
Sportsmail has learned that:
n several staff complained to Patel and
the club’s chief operating officer Andy
Dawson on numerous occasions in the
week before rafiq was due to attend the
third day of england’s third Test against
New Zealand on June 25, reporting
concerns aired by female colleagues,
but no action was taken.
n Two female employees changed their
work patterns on the saturday of the Test
to avoid contact with rafiq, and a third
member of staff asked for the day off,
although ended up working.
n Many Yorkshire staff quietly left the
pavilion by a side exit following rafiq’s
arrival to avoid being accused of
snubbing him, because they were
unhappy his racism allegations had led to
16 of their colleagues being sacked last
Female Yorkshire staff were
‘uneasy’ at Rafiq Test invite
December. These latest allegations follow
the disclosure on Monday that rafiq is
accused in legal documents lodged at the
high Court of the sexual harassment of
women on two separate occasions while
playing for Yorkshire.
The former off-spinner is accused of
exposing himself to Yorkshire’s massage
therapist in the dressing room on a trip to
south Africa in october 2012, and a hotel
cleaner in Northampton three months
earlier, in documents that form part of
former Yorkshire physio Wayne
Morton’s compensation claim
against the club.
A spokesperson for rafiq (right)
described the allegations as a
‘twisted campaign of lies’, but
former Yorkshire and eCB chairman
Colin Graves told Sportsmail
yesterday that the south Africa
incident was investigated by the
club’s cricket department and
resulted in rafiq receiving a
verbal warning. ‘it did happen and it was
investigated,’ said Graves. ‘it wasn’t
taken any further as it was a case of
he said-she said, but it was investigated
thoroughly.’
Yorkshire accuse Morton — who is
seeking compensation from the club over
his company’s contract being terminated
— of covering up the alleged indecent
exposure in a document signed by Patel,
who was told about the alleged incident
last November. Morton denies
orchestrating a cover-up.
Yorkshire staff are understood
to have first raised concerns
about rafiq’s return to Patel in
the week before he was due at
headingley, with the issue also
flagged to Dawson, who runs
the club on a day-to-day basis.
Patel and Dawson said they
would think about the matter
over the weekend and it
was raised again on the
Monday, but there was never any
indication that rafiq’s invitation would
be reconsidered or attempts made to
reassure staff.
‘All the staff were talking about it,’ a
source told Sportsmail. ‘it was flagged to
the management at least six times. They
absolutely knew, but it came across like
they didn’t care. it was all about the Pr
they’d get from Azeem coming back.
‘They gave the impression they didn’t
care about the staff.’
There was a sense of unease among
Yorkshire staff at rafiq being made the
guest of honour, given his alleged
behaviour while he was a player, and the
impact of his allegations on the club.
Yorkshire lost most of their sponsors and
the right to stage international matches
following rafiq’s appearance before a
parliamentary committee last November.
The club’s coaching and medical teams
were sacked the next month.
Yorkshire declined to comment.
Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022
67
PREMIER LEAGUE 67

EXCLUSIVE
by DANIEL
MATTHEWS
W
ith Arsenal top
of the table as
the Premier
League takes its
break, Mikel
Arteta might find time this
week to raise a glass to
his friends at ‘Alcoholics
Anonymous’.
that is how England rugby
union boss Eddie Jones playfully
described his meetings with an
international coaching group,
including Arteta, where some of
sport’s sharpest minds swap
secrets via Zoom. Also in the
group are Mike Dunlap of the Mil-
waukee Bucks, basketball legend
George Karl and Green Bay Pack-
ers head coach Matt LaFleur. ur.
tion
it is a curious cross-pollination
of sports and generations, a
forum to share ideas. Many y things,’ says Dunlap. ‘You’re
details are hidden but Dun-
lap has allowed Sportsmail
a peek behind the curtain,
revealing what makes
these coaches special.
What makes ‘Coach Jones’
a ‘one per cent-er’ and why
Arteta has the ‘it factor’.
‘What is stunning about ut
both Eddie and Mikel is their eir
intelligence and their ideas,’’
says Dunlap. ‘they have a
boundless van of ideas
about sport, people,
human nature and com-
petitive spirit.’
And what are the com-
mon themes? ‘Losing,’ says
Dunlap. ‘When we’re brain--
storming and Matt LaFleur is
talking about, say, losing to the
haring
New York Jets and we’re sharing
ideas… Mikel’s, Eddie’s and
Coach Karl’s are fresh and bright.
Sometimes, the silver bullet is
obvious, “Your defence sucked”.’
Often, though, the lines sepa-
rating defeat from victory are fine
and it’s where problem solving-
comes in. ‘Eddie and Mikel like to
think outside the box,’ says Dun-
lap, 65. ‘if i went to the grocery
store and there wasn’t sugar on
the shelf then both would be very
adept at saying, “Well, go to the
next aisle and grab the honey”.’
And, though training and
tactics may vary, there are ties
that bind all coaches.
‘the thing that’s not different is
human nature,’ says Dunlap. And
both Arteta and Jones have
mastered man-management.
‘to touch that nerve without
harming the chemistry of the
team,’ says Dunlap. ‘if they were
both symphony conductors, they
would be premier in understand-
ing how to work that orchestra.
Mikel knows how to put teams
together and link the individual
to the “we”.’ Meaning?
‘“here’s the benefit for you…
and this is how we’re going to
benefit as a team”. Sometimes
revealed The secrets
of Arteta’s training
ground brains trust
Mikel, Eddie and American friends talk managing egos,
harsh truths and... buying honey in the grocery store
Fab five: Arteta
(main) confers
with (clockwise
from top right)
NFL coach LaFleur,
NBA legend Karl,
Bucks boss Dunlap
and England coach
with superstars that’s hard to do
— they’re superstars because
they’re fixated on themselves.’
Both Jones and Arteta are also
notoriously intense. So, are these
calls any fun? ‘We laugh a lot!’ the
Bucks coach insists. ‘Some of it is
the frustration of taking human
beings out of their comfort zone
and getting them to do extraordi-
nary things. Essentially, that is
what a coach does.’
Arteta is delighted to be a part
of it. ‘When i looked at the group
and who was involved, i was sur-
prised (to be invited),’ said the
Arsenal boss recently. ‘these are
people with so much experience,
knowledge and different back-
grounds. But it’s fascinating,
challenging, and inspiring.’
But what can Arsenal learn from
rugby or basketball?
‘there are movements, pat-
terns, things within the culture of
a rugby team or a national team…
the way they used to coach 20
years ago and how they coach
today,’ said the Spaniard.
Arteta, who also speaks to LA
Rams coach Sean McVay and has
joined Jones at England camp,
has found studying other sports
can be more useful than seeking
advice from within football.
‘the other coaches are willing
to share everything, because it’s
not a competition,’ he said.
Jones, unsurprisingly, keeps the
conversation interesting. ‘i liken
him to Anthony Bourdain,’ says
Dunlap. ‘he has a healthy irrever-
ence to stock thought, to that
standard way of saying things.’
And Arteta, 40, offers many
‘ideas about how to motivate his
team’. Lightbulbs, drawings, open
heart surgery — Arteta has used
them all to stir emotions.
‘he understands how young
players communicate,’ Jones said
recently. ‘he showed them the
duck and the rabbit (an optical
illusion, to prove the importance
of unity). An old picture but it
reinforces how important imagery
is for young people to learn.’
‘i used to do exactly the same
drawing down on ideas and then
putting them in layman’s terms.
With Generation Z, the medium
has to be the message.
‘the great thing about the light-
bulb is that he can be a month
down the road and circle back to
it — like a great comedian does.’
Arteta has also asked his peers
to study his approach and offer
feedback. ‘he has the “it” factor...
he’s highly competitive and
intelligent,’ says Dunlap. ‘Put all
those things together, that’s why
he’s successful.’
On Jones, Dunlap adds: ‘he’s a
beautiful storyteller and that
always stains the brain. he’s
highly organised — A leads to B,
leads to C.’
the American was also struck
by another trait: ‘humility.’ Not
always a label attached to the
England boss. ‘You wouldn’t
know if he was a stevedore or an
elite coach… it’s so precious to
meet somebody like that.’
Arteta agrees. ‘Eddie’s detail,
approach, how he wants to
gain advantages and get infor-
mation off everybody, how
meticulous he is, it’s incredi-
ble,’ said Arteta.
But one area that neither
Jones nor Arteta has yet mined?
Michael Jordan, Dunlap’s former
boss at the Charlotte Bobcats.
‘he’s willing to tell people what
they don’t want to hear,’ says
Dunlap. ‘But if you’re eating
dinner with him… you’re going to
enjoy it. it’s not all just a hammer
to the temple.’
Something to explore for Jones,
perhaps, as he begins his own last
dance with England. Recently,
the Australian has been trying
‘mime training’ with England as
they prepare for the All Blacks.
it’s one Jones has borrowed from
the NBA. From Dunlap?
‘No, i don’t have a good idea in
me,’ he laughs. ‘i just like being in
their wake and listening to them...
they’re very special humans.’

Angry Ten Hag wants Ronaldo out Lionesses end year unbeaten
ERIK TEN HAG has given
Manchester United the
green light to ditch
Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Portugal star has
burned his bridges with
Ten Hag by saying that he
has no respect for the
manager in an interview
with Piers Morgan.
It is understood that Ten
Hag has agreed with
chairman Joel Glazer,
chief executive Richard
Arnold and football
director John Murtough
that Ronaldo should not
play for United again.
By CHRIS WHEELER
The club’s lawyers have
studied Ronaldo’s
comments and will watch
the entire interview
before deciding if there
are grounds to sack him.
United have been hurt by
the accusation that they
were unsympathetic to
Ronaldo’s family
problems when he missed
their summer tour
because his baby
daughter was in hospital
with illness.
As well as being allowed
to miss the trip to
Bangkok and Australia,
sources close to Ronaldo
let it be known that he
appreciated Arnold’s
handling of the matter.
Though both sides now
accept that a parting of
the ways is inevitable,
Ronaldo’s agent Jorge
Mendes wants United to
pay up the remaining
£14million of his client’s
contract while the club
want to reach a mutual
decision to tear up the
deal if they are unable to
sack him.
ENGLAND ensured they
finished 2022 unbeaten but
were denied the perfect
ending as 10-woman
Norway came from behind
to draw last night.
Rachel Daly gave the
Lionesses the lead in the
33rd minute but Arsenal
midfielder Frida Maanum
equalised late in the
second half, after Anja
Sonstevold saw red.
the last time these two
teams met was in the
group stage of the Euros,
and England won 8-0. But
Norway, now managed by
former interim England
boss hege Riise, were
ENGLAND 1 Chloe Kelly from the left
NORWAY 1 about the opening goal.
KATHRYN BATTE
at the Pinatar Arena, Spain
much more resilient here.
this was a young
Lionesses team, which
included debutant Maya
Le tissier. Despite not
being at full strength,
England dominated
possession in the first half.
Norway’s solidity meant
clear-cut chances were few
and far between but a
tactical switch from Sarina
Wiegman, who moved
wing to the right, brought
Kelly sent in a sublime
cross for Daly, who
arrowed a header past
keeper Aurora Mikalsen.
Norway had Sonstevold
sent off in the 72nd
minute, with the defender
booked twice for two late
fouls. But they profited
from a defensive error to
equalise 10 minutes from
time. Goalkeeper Ellie
Roebuck misjudged a long
ball and was beaten to it
by Maanum, who finished
into an empty net.
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68 WORLD CUP 2022 4 DAYS TO GO
JOSUE
SEIXAS
in Brazil
EyMAR, the finest
N Brazilian footballer
of his generation,
goes to his third
World Cup still the
biggest star in a very talented
squad, although this time
with a supporting cast of
exciting young players.
Vinicius Junior is emerging as
the one most likely to inherit the
responsibility of leading Brazil,
along with the likes of Rodrygo,
Antony and Gabriel Martinelli.
The future will unfold without
Tite, the head coach who is
stepping down after Qatar, and
perhaps without Neymar, who has
been saying for months that it
might be his final World Cup.
At 30, he is weary of the pressure,
the scrutiny that comes with
carrying Brazilian hopes for a
decade. He feels there is too much
criticism, especially relating to his
behaviour away from the pitch.
‘There are injustices for being
Neymar,’ he said in an interview
with Globo Esporte in June.
‘I’ve heard things in my career
and I’ve heard things to this day
that I look at and think are
meaningless. I could not reach the
numbers I have without taking
care of myself in my career,
without having trained, without
having fought to conquer it all.
‘In this sense, unfair criticism
hurts me a lot because no one
knows the reality of what I go
through. Nobody knows about my
day to day.’
Neymar has always felt aggrieved
by his portrayal in the media. For
many years his lifestyle choices
were the focus of attention,
especially when he was spotted
partying at the Rio Carnival when
he was out injured. There have
been high-profile investigations
into his tax affairs and his transfer
from Barcelona to Paris Saint-
Germain, although most recently
he has attracted criticism for his
politics.
‘The day I don’t want to take care
of myself any more, I won’t play
football,’ said Neymar. ‘People
have to understand my life is not
the way they imagine it. I am here
to break records, to try to make
history in the national team. I have
already built a long history in the
squad and I want to finish it well.’
Look at his numbers and
Neymar belongs among the
legends. He has 121 caps and 75
goals for Brazil, second only in the
goal charts to Pele, who scored 77.
In Qatar, there is every chance
he will pass the man known to
Brazilians simply as The King.
Tite’s team start their campaign
against Serbia tomorrow week,
followed by Switzerland and
Cameroon in Group G.
The Pele comparisons have been
present since Neymar emerged at
Santos, the same club, and was
hailed by many as his natural suc-
cessor. As time went by, the chal-
lenge proved greater than the
dream. Despite his glittering
career at Barcelona and PSG, Ney-
mar has yet to win the Ballon d’Or.
Neymar
paradox
Even in recent years, with Lionel
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in
the twilight of their careers, he has
been unable to fill the void.
Pele won the World Cup as a
teenager and three times by the
age of 30. Neymar has not yet truly
impressed at the global jamboree.
In 2014, when Brazil were hosts
and the weight of expectation
most intense, he hurt his back in a
quarter-final against Colombia
and was unable to play in the
humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany
in the semi-finals.
Four years later, in Russia, he
missed more than three months
beforehand with a broken meta-
tarsal, returning to action in the
warm-up friendlies and scoring
twice in the tournament, but
could not prevent a quarter-final
defeat by Belgium.
This year, Neymar goes into
the World Cup in better
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condition and there is reason to
believe Qatar could be a different
story. He is physically fit and in
good form, with 15 goals in 20
games for PSG. Tite’s team is
strong and well balanced, with a
wealth of options, and went
unbeaten through the qualifiers.
They are the bookies’ favourites to
claim the title for a sixth time.
‘I’m sure we have the potential
to go far,’ Neymar told
Globo Esporte.
‘Although a lot of
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THE TOP SAMBA SCORERS
GOALS CAPS WC WINS
Pele (1957-71) 77 92
62 98
Romario (1987-2005) 55 70
Zico (1976-86) 48 71
Bebeto (1985-98) 39 75
n NEYMAR is one of only 12 Brazilians to score a hat-trick at
the World Cup — only Tostao and Zico have scored two.
people don’t trust us, we will dem-
onstrate the difference. This squad
has a lot of talent, a lot of good
things. I want to play this World
Cup and dedicate myself to it.
‘I will play like it’s my last. I play
each game as if it were the last
because I don’t know what will
happen tomorrow. I can’t guaran-
tee I will play another. I honestly
don’t know. Maybe, maybe not. It
depends. There will be a different
coach and I don’t know if the
coach will like me.’
In Brazil, this World Cup
arrives with a different context.
Politically, the country is deeply
divided, which was evident in last
month’s presidential election,
when right-wing populist Jair
Messias Bolsonaro, in office
since 2018, lost by less than
two per cent of the vote
to veteran socialist
Luiz Inacio Lula
da Silva.
The political
divide has
dominated
everything
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2
1
0
1
and football has found itself
dragged into the argument with
Bolsonaro using Brazil’s colours
and the iconic yellow shirt at rallies
and in promotional imagery.
His opponents claim the shirt has
been tarnished due to Bolsonaro’s
anti-lockdown policies during
Covid — which he said was ‘no
deadlier than flu’ — the rapid
deforestation of the Amazon delta
under his rule and his ultra-con-
servative stances, saying women
deserve to be paid less than men
and that he would rather his child
died than be gay. Some still refuse
to wear the shirt and want to see
Tite’s team play in blue.
The Brazilian FA (CBF), fearing
a disconnection between the team
and many fans, launched an ad
campaign in an attempt to reverse
the damage. The players report-
edly agreed not to show support
for either candidate at election
time. But Neymar openly backed
Bolsonaro, recording videos and
using his social media accounts
to spread his messages to his
millions of followers. He even
promised to dedicate his first goal
in the World Cup to Bolsonaro.
In return, Lula joked that
Neymar was worried because if he
won he would know the details of
the tax deal Neymar struck with
Bolsonaro. None of this helped the
CBF defuse the problem with the
shirt, and served to infuriate many
Brazil fans.
Can Neymar make all this
disappear by winning the World
Cup? It will probably depend on
his performances and his conduct.
If he goes ahead with his pledge
to dedicate goals to the former
president, he will alienate half of
the population.
But if he leads Brazil to their sixth
world title, avoids political compli-
cations and helps heal the country
through football, he may yet
capture the hearts of a nation and
take his place in the pantheon of
the greatest Brazilian footballers.
Neymar’s true legacy will be
defined in Qatar.
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INTERVIEW I messed up, but it was

by Craig
Hope
T is put to Nick Pope,
I somewhat diplomati-
cally, that his last
England appearance
against Germany at
Wembley did not go quite
how he would have liked.
‘That’s putting it lightly!’ he
booms back, laughing all the while.
He wasn’t laughing in september.
it was then, in the final minutes
and with England ahead having
fought back from two down, that
Pope fumbled serge Gnabry’s shot
and Kai Havertz followed up to
score for 3-3. The goalkeeper was
battered across all forms of media,
mainstream and social.
‘i can’t lie, i got a few texts after
the game and it was as if someone
had died,’ says the Newcastle man,
currently part of the best defence
in the Premier League.
‘it was not ideal, but that is
all part of being a goalkeeper.
something i always said to myself
when i was younger is, you really
have to normalise those stickier
moments. The difference between
players at certain levels is above
their shoulders (he points to his
head). That is massive, the
attitude you have and how you
can control certain things.
‘You learn quickly that you are
going to chuck one in now and
again. it is how you respond to
that and look at the bigger
picture, because mistakes will cost
your team goals and points.
‘But, for me, it is so much not
about that mistake against Ger-
many. it was a case of carrying on,
coming back to Newcastle. There
were big games to play and, fortu-
nately for us, it’s gone very well.’
Pope is right, it has gone well.
Newcastle are third in the Premier
League and he has eight clean
sheets in all competitions. He
started both of England’s Nations
League matches during the last
international break, in the absence
of Jordan Pickford, and travels to
Qatar not knowing if he will retain
the jersey for Monday’s opener
against iran.
‘i’m going as a “i don’t know”,’
said Pope, when asked if Gareth
southgate had communicated
who was his No 1 keeper. ‘But the
success in Russia was about how
the squad stuck together, and how
much the mentality was about
all of us pulling in one direction.
like someone had died!
England keeper NICK POPE on the storm
of criticism after his Germany blunder
Dropping the ball: Pope (right) gifts Germany’s Havertz an
equaliser in England’s last game before the World Cup GETTY IMAGES
‘You learn quickly
that you are going
to chuck one in
now and again. It
is about how you
respond to that’
Whether i am in or out of the team,
that is part of my mindset as well.
We’ll just have to wait and see.’
in Russia in 2018, Pope was,
everyone accepted, England’s
third- choice keeper. ‘it feels
different now,’ he says. ‘Back then,
i had only played 35 games in the
Premier League. i was buzzing
just to be in the squad.
‘Now, i have a lot more experi-
ence. i am a different person, and
southgate has made a lot of
picking players on form. On
saturday, Pickford was at fault
for Bournemouth’s first goal
as Everton were beaten 3-0.
Meanwhile, on Tyneside, Pope
made a flying save from England
team-mate and Chelsea midfielder
Conor Gallagher just two minutes
before Newcastle’s Joe Willock
scored the game’s only goal.
‘Conor wouldn’t have let me
forget that for the next four weeks,
so it’s a good job it stayed out!’
says Pope, who joined the Magpies
for £10million from Burnley this
summer. ‘The fans have really
looked after me here. i am over
the moon with how well the first
part of this new chapter is going.’
Pope’s terrace tribute,
‘in the middle of our
goal, Nick Pope’, is
to the tune of the
Madness hit Our
House. Last
Wednesday, he was
left, right and
centre, keeping out
three penalties
during a Carabao
Cup shootout
victory over Crystal
Palace. it was a
timely reminder to
southgate as to his
goalkeeper. it would be a little expertise from 12 yards.
bit strange if i wasn’t! i feel in Will he be telling the
a very good place.’
Pope is a bubbly soul. You
England boss that he is
the man for the job in
such situations?
can see why he is able to bury
adversity. He attributes much
of that resilience to his jour-
‘No, i won’t be saying that!
He’ll be telling me what to
ney. He was, he admits, never
really meant to be a World Cup
do,’ says Pope, and again he is
smiling. ‘To be honest, i don’t
goalkeeper, especially not when
released by ipswich Town at 16
think my record is unbelieva-
ble. But i’ll always back myself.
You pick a way, trying to cover
before spending his summers
working in a branch of Next and
delivering milk with his cousin.
as much as you can. There’s
not loads to it, really.’
Did he ever dream of this
moment?
The answer tallies with his
genial, relaxed demeanour.
‘No!’ says the 30-year-old. ‘i As he chats to us before
didn’t think i was that good to leaving for the World Cup,
be honest! After ipswich, there Pope has a bin-liner in his
were a tearful couple of days. i sizeable grasp. What’s in it?
had been there six years and ‘Just some boots. it doesn’t
it was part of my life. look the greatest, it’s just the
‘i then spent three years at easiest way to carry them
college before getting picked around,’ he replies.
up by Charlton (at 19). i wasn’t Also in the bin is memory of
playing on pitches and at that Germany blunder. Pope,
stadiums like st James’ Park. you feel, will be just fine if called
Back then, i felt a long, long upon by his country this next
way from the World Cup.’ month.

Trippier: I won’t waste my last shot at World Cup glory

ENGLAND’S Kieran Trippier insists he has
no plans to retire from international
duty but concedes that this World Cup is
likely to be his last.
Trippier is set to start in England’s opener
against Iran on Monday with Kyle Walker
being eased back to fitness following
groin surgery.
The Newcastle full back is one of
England’s most experienced players and,
at 32, is entering the latter stages of his
career. As the third-oldest member of
Gareth Southgate’s 26-man party behind
Walker and Jordan Henderson, Trippier
accepts he is unlikely to play at the 2026
World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico.
‘I’m realistic, I know I am up against
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Reece
James, who are 24 and 22,’ said Trippier.
‘The next World Cup is in four years’ time,
so I probably won’t be there. I’m not
saying I’m retiring but I’ve got to
By SAMI MOKBEL
Chief Football Reporter in Qatar
respect that I’m up against unbelievable
competition, younger players than me.
‘I’ll never, ever retire from England until
the manager tells me otherwise, I’ll
always give my all if I’m called upon. But
I’m up against very good right backs and
they’re very young as well. I need to
keep performing for as long as I can, as
high as I can, and I’ll never quit.’
Former Atletico Madrid full back
Trippier said England should embrace
expectation levels heading into Qatar.
‘We shouldn’t be afraid of going into the
tournament saying we can win it,’ he
said. ‘We set high standards by getting to
the semi-final of the last World Cup and
the final of the Euros. Obviously we want
to go one step further to actually win
a tournament.
‘We all feel confident as a group, we’ve
got a fantastic squad with unbelievable
talent in there and a mixture of youth
and experience. We should go there with
that winning mindset.’
Trippier’s performances for Newcastle
this season have been exemplary. Only
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and
Fulham’s Andreas Pereira have created
more chances in the Premier League. But
now he is throwing all his energy into
success with England. ‘If you look at
nearly every player in the England squad,
they are having to deal with pressure
every day,’ he added.
‘They are all playing massive
competitions, Champions League, Europa
League, so they are all under that
pressure — coming away with England
should be no different.
‘We feel like we have a squad to deal with
the pressure. For me it’s no problem —
I want to go to that tournament to win.’
The England players will have plenty of
down time to consider their own
thoughts. That can be difficult,
particularly when they are so far from
home. Some players thrive in their own
company. Others will need an arm
around the shoulder. Trippier said: ‘I’m
used to it now and my family is used to it.
My wife can’t wait for me to get away!
‘If players go through moments where
they are down or missing their families,
myself, Harry Maguire, Harry Kane and
all the older people are there.
‘Everybody goes through bad days but
we have that great unity in the squad to
notice if someone is feeling down.
‘We’ve got a really good group, we are
like a family, we have shown that over
the past two tournaments. So there’s
certainly no negativity around the
England camp — it’s a great laugh really.’
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70 WORLD CUP 2022 4 DAYS TO GO

England can dare

(with early momentum, luck
Tournament know-how gives
Southgate’s squad a shot...
but shaky defence means
last eight may be the ceiling
NGLAND arrived in Qatar last night with

E Gareth Southgate leading a squad that

even some of his sternest critics may also
have chosen. Whether it is a squad good
enough to actually win a World Cup is the
question that hangs over it now.
Southgate and the FA have had their eyes on this
tournament for a long time. As soon as the whistle blew at
the semi-final stage on their 2018 campaign in Russia, this
was a World Cup that England began to feel as though they
could possibly win.
That has seemed a remote possibility for much of this year.
England’s form has been wretched,
the individual career trajectories
of some of their key players
suddenly facing in the wrong
direction. But World Cups always
IAN
provoke optimism and England’s
is not entirely unfounded. It is
LADYMAN
better to have players carrying
uncertain form into a big month Football Editor in Qatar
than to have a group that was
never going to be good enough in Kane looked exhausted after a
the first place. long season with Tottenham. Two
England do have a group of games into the Euros, after a lame
footballers talented enough to win 0-0 with Scotland in which the
big games and go deep into this opposition were the better team,
winter in Doha. With a massive there were calls for Kane to be
820 caps between them, they dropped. Much of that was forgot-
have players with big tournament ten once the summer was kick-
experience. That is arguably just started with victory over Germany
as important. on an electric night at Wembley at
But it is hard to escape the the first knockout stage.
feeling that Southgate’s England This is what can happen at tour- Touchdown: captain Kane is first off the plane AFP Standing room only: Southgate with the squad after
will need a perfect desert storm if naments. Russia 2018 was South-
they are to progress further than gate’s first as manager. The previ- 2010 version to Switzerland in use of his best two full backs happens in Qatar. The reality is
the last eight. ous one, Euro 2016 in France, had South Africa and went on to win Reece James and Ben Chilwell by that a last-eight finish would be
They will need their key players been ended by Iceland at the first the tournament. The 1982 World injury while Maguire, John Stones representative of where England
— men such as Harry Maguire, knockout stage. But once England Cup is remembered largely for and the recalled Eric Dier cannot are at. There are several better
Jordan Pickford, Declan Rice, Phil beat Panama 6-1 in their second Italy’s thrilling 3-2 win over Brazil point to the kind of form they looking teams in the tournament.
Foden and Harry Kane — to find group game in Nizhny Novgorod, in the second group phase and the would like to have had heading Brazil, Spain, France and Belgium
their best form and, just as impor- things changed. Something as exploits of the late Paolo Rossi, into one of the biggest months of are definitely four of them.
tantly, to be given the freedom and simple as one result can shift a who helped his country lift the their sporting lives. Germany are probably another
licence to play by their manager. direction and inject ct purpose trophy with six goals. Southgate has traditionally used while even a team like Denmark,
England will also need a kind draw into a campaign. It can W h a t i s l e s s w e l l a back-three defensive formation who ran through qualifying
beyond the group stages and as be one game or even recall
recalled is that Italy against the better teams but it without dropping a point until a
always they will need some luck. just one moment or
It can happen, though. To a one goal. This is
degree it did so last summer on w h a t E n g l a n d
home soil as these things came must hope hap-
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ENGLAND have
did not win a single would not be a surprise to see him final dead-rubber game, would
ga
game

(they
in the first do it throughout this World Cup. fancy their chances against
g r o u p s e c t i o n There is nothing tactically sophis- England in a neutral venue.
d r e w ticated to it. The 52-year-old sim- Realism cuts a coach no slack at
together to propel England to a pens in Qatar qualified for the World a
against Poland, ply knows that he needs to place a World Cup, of course. Especially
European Championship final that and the encour- Cup for the 16th time. Peru and Cam- some protection around Maguire, if he is English. To many, a
was lost on penalties to Italy. a g i n g p a r t o f eroon) and that that he does not have a centre-half last-eight exit would represent
Three years previously, in Russia, that is that the This will be their Rossi did not pairing that he can rely on. It is a Southgate’s worst tournament
England were not required to beat first two games seventh appearance in a score his first sobering thought to have at such a finish in three and would therefore
a team of any great standing — in Group A offer row, their longest g
goal until his juncture but it is the reality and not be enough.
only Colombia on penalties and opportunity. streak in the h
hat-trick against Southgate has always been the Mercifully there has been no
then Sweden in the knockout England face Iran n competition. Br
Brazil in what was most pragmatic of coaches. drama and no controversy in the
stages — before losing to Croatia next Monday. Four our his ffifth game of the Southgate himself has found short turnaround between the
in the last four. That is what we days later it is the comp
competition. himself under some pressure cessation of domestic play and the
mean when we talk about luck. USA. Southgate e will Some
Something will need recently. The scrutiny, he deserves. moment England’s plane took off
It is said that football teams need spend this week telling his to give EEngland such a Being booed from the field by a yesterday. Cristiano Ronaldo has
to keep moving forwards if they players and the public that there spark in Qatar, for sure. It is hard section of England’s travelling taken up most of the space on the
are not to wither. When we look at are no easy games but he will know to say that they are a better side support after defeat by Italy in front and back pages and South-
where England were when World that a good start — an early plun- than they were in the Euros, where Milan in September, he certainly gate will thank him for that.
Cup qualification ended — two dering of goals against modest they relied on a defensive sound- did not. Southgate landed at Doha’s
real-time defeats in 32 games — to opposition — could provide the ness — Pickford did not concede a In terms of his future, he has Hamad International Airport at
where they are now — no wins in confidence, momentum and belief goal until the semi-final against been telling people in recent weeks tea time yesterday. He has with
six — then the threat to the that England’s football has been Denmark — that may prove that he is preparing to stay on him a committed and battle-hard-
national team and indeed to the lacking all year. And that can beyond them this time round. after Doha. He has a contract that ened group of players. England are
future of their coach is very real. change things. Pickford is a better player than runs until after the 2024 summer good tourists these days and will
But everything was not perfectly World Cups are short tourna- he was 18 months ago but he is Euros in Germany and would like be nobody’s pushovers. They will,
set ahead of last summer’s tourna- ments but much can happen to a probably the only member of to see it through. of course, have to prove them-
ment either. Maguire and Raheem team within one. For example, E n g l a n d ’ s b a c k l i n e w h o i s . Whether he will be given that selves much more than that once
Sterling had no form. Captain Spain lost their first game of the Southgate has been denied the opportunity will depend on what again from this point onwards.
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to dream
and a kind draw)
Sitting pretty: White and Bellingham (right) as Maguire stands
SO, HOW DOES THIS SQUAD COMPARE TO 2018?
2018 2022
25 Average age
21 Average caps
2 Average England goals
2 Average apps at WC/Euros
144 Average top-flight club apps 185
2 Average major club trophies
11 Number of clubs represented 11
820 THIS squad have a total of 820 caps
between them, 338 more than in
2018 — although there are three more
players in this squad.
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massive. I remember when we were
out in Russia last time in our own little
bubble. We saw all the videos from
back home of people going crazy.
‘It makes a big difference. It motivates
us to be successful. We want to make
the fans proud and happy. Of course,
there will be some in the stadiums. We
always have great support. But most
will be at home and we just want to
make them proud.’
The evening temperature in Doha was
about 27oC (80oF ) when the England
party arrived before heading to their
luxury training base at the Souq Al
Wakra hotel, 10 miles south of Qatar’s
capital. It will nudge above 30oC when
England train at the Saoud bin
Abdulrahman Stadium today.
Kane won the Golden Boot for top
scorer in Russia four years ago but he
told the Lions’ Den Show on the
England YouTube channel: ‘It is not the
main thing I’m going for. But I know if I
do end up with the Golden Boot, it will
«
be good for the team…a good bonus.’
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HARRY’S BEST
HOPE OF ENDING
TROPHY QUEST
WHEN ALAN Shearer was nearing
the end of his playing days, the
Guardian looked back at his career
and described it as a ‘wreckage’.
The insinuation was that one of the
greatest goalscorers of our times
had given so much but was to end
By IAN LADYMAN
Football Editor in Qatar
two of those changes being made
with just a minute left. In all he has
played an astonishing 1,935 of a
possible 1,980 minutes.
with so little, just one Premier
League medal from his years It has always been this way with
at Blackburn. Kane, though, and he usually
It can be a hard dilemma to juggle, delivers nevertheless. The Golden
one that sets the love and sense of Boot winner at the last World Cup
belonging that players feel at a with six goals, Kane also scored
club — in Shearer’s case Newcastle four in last year’s European
— against the cold hard currency Championship. It says as much
of silverware. Some, like Ryan about him as it does England’s
Giggs and Frank Lampard, other options at centre forward
managed to tick both boxes but that he is about as irreplaceable
they are the lucky ones. Some must as they come.
keep moving to satisfy the hunger. Yet, had things been handled
Others, like Shearer, do not and differently a proposed move to
subsequently retire in the Manchester City in the summer of
knowledge that at least one side of 2021 may have materialised and
the ledger will always be empty. the phenomenon that is Erling
And so to Harry Kane. The 29-year- Haaland may still be playing his
old Tottenham and England striker football in Germany.
flew to Qatar yesterday as one of While Kane may be marginally
football’s true elite performers but underrated from a global point of
did so in an almost unique position view, he isn’t at Tottenham who
of never having won a single thing. continue to insist they would never
STATS
Unlike Neymar of Brazil (six league have sold him. Chairman Daniel
titles), Lionel Messi of Argentina Levy and his board are still
(11), Robert Lewandowski of regretful about letting another of
Poland (10), Cristiano Ronaldo of their players, Kyle Walker, move to
Portugal (seven) and Karim the Etihad Stadium in 2017.
Benzema of France (eight), Kane Equally, Kane and his brother who
GETTY IMAGES has no silverware to show for a represents him did not play a
career that will soon be in its particularly smart game last
autumn years. summer. As a result Kane remains
Watching him play for Tottenham
recently in a game they lost 2-1 at
contracted at Tottenham until the
summer of 2024.
Last five results before 2018: home to Liverpool was to be Kane is not 30 until next June and
DREW 0-0 v Brazil reminded of the absurdity of that, he may yet have three or four
26 seasons left at the top level. That
and if he views the next four weeks
32 WON 1-0 v Netherlands as an opportunity to achieve will depend on how well his body
5 DREW 1-1 v Italy something special not only for his holds up as much as anything else.
WON 2-1 v Nigeria country but also for himself, it It is feasible, therefore, that he may
7 would be totally understandable. have a final season or two
WON 2-0 v Costa Rica Kane was exceptional that day somewhere else. But, if a final
2 And their run into Qatar: against Liverpool, as he so often is. last-gasp tilt for trophies is to
DREW 1-1 v Germany The goal he scored to spark a happen at another English club,
Tottenham comeback came from a then Kane will have to run down
DREW 0-0 v Italy chance that probably had the his contract and leave in 18
LOST 4-0 v Hungary
LOST 1-0 v Italy
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson at an
advantage, such was the angle.
months’ time for nothing. Levy will
not contemplate a sale.
Kane had about a single square Kane classes himself as ambitious.
DREW 3-3 v Germany foot of netting to aim for inside the Over the last two decades or so,
far post but found it with a sweep there have been few better in the
of his right foot. The rest of his play Premier League. As good as
was almost perfect, too. Kane is a Shearer? He is currently 66 goals
beautiful passer of the ball, he can
cross the ball, is a terrific header
and does not want for courage or
behind him so that race is going to
be a tight one.
Regardless, Qatar represents
energy. Anything else? Oh yes, he
never stops trying either.
If England are to achieve anything
opportunity for Kane. Having
already been in the vanguard of a
renaissance period for England’s
at all at this World Cup then national team, he can bolster his
Gareth Southgate will require his tournament numbers further in a
captain to be somewhere near his group comprising Iran, the United
most efficient. The sheer and States and Wales.
relentless number of minutes he All in all, his part in what
has played already for Tottenham Southgate has achieved in bonding
this season will be a concern. Kane our football team with its public
has started every single one of his has been fundamental. Whether he
club’s 22 games in all competitions one day walks away with anything
this season and has been tangible to show for it remains to
substituted only four times with be seen.
Gareth sticking by Maguire
GARETH SOUTHGATE keeping in regular number of chats
has assured Harry contact with the between the pair in
Maguire that he will 29-year-old in the the lead-up to the
be a vital player in hope of raising his tournament.
England’s World Cup spirits ahead of Qatar. The fact Southgate
adventure despite his The England boss has taken steps to
William: We’re all rooting for you difficult season at
Manchester United.
views Maguire as one
of the leaders in his
maintain regular
dialogue with
PRINCE WILLIAM presented the squad, including captain Maguire’s place in squad — alongside Maguire provides a
Harry Kane (above), with their match shirts on Monday. The the England team is the likes of Harry strong indication that
Prince of Wales handed each player a box containing their shirt under scrutiny after Kane and Jordan the England boss will
and a list of each England player to have worn that number at spending most of this Henderson. stick with the centre
a World Cup. It also included a message from manager Gareth
season on the bench And Southgate has back in his starting XI
Southgate which read: ‘Wear your shirt with pride and embrace
the opportunity to make history.’ William, who is FA president, or injured. reiterated Maguire’s for Monday’s game
said to the team: ‘Play for each other, support each other, enjoy But Southgate has importance to his against Iran.
it, and I’m sure you’ll go far. We’re all rooting for you.’ made a point of team during a SAMI MOKBEL
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READY FOR in line to face
the All Blacks
LIFT-OFF
We’ll make you proud
World Cup
mission:
Gareth
Southgate
boards the
plane to
Qatar
By CHRIS FOY
Rugby Correspondent
BILLY VUNIPOLA has been
primed for a recall to England’s
pack for Saturday’s showdown
with the All Blacks at
Twickenham.
Eddie Jones will name his line-up
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tomorrow for the highlight of the

vows Kane as Gareth’s autumn campaign, as England

seek a second straight victory over
New Zealand, three years after the
epic World Cup semi-final win in
stars jet off to Qatar Yokohama.
Vunipola started the narrow
defeat by Argentina this month,
before Sam Simmonds took over
at No 8 for the visit of Japan.
Now the pair may be unleashed in
the same back row, along with
Sale flanker Tom Curry. If that
plan is activated, it would mean
Maro Itoje reverting to lock
alongside Jonny Hill.
Giant Bath wing Joe Cokanasiga
is out after suffering an ankle

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injury against Japan.
STEVE HANSEN
INTERVIEW: PAGES 64-65

By IAN LADYMAN Football Editor

Rory: Get out
ENGLAND captain Harry Kane
touched down in Qatar for the
Greg, for the
World Cup last night and vowed to
make the country proud.
Gareth Southgate’s squad come into the
tournament in uncertain form but Kane
sake of golf
has asked the country to unite behind them RIATH AL-SAMARRAI in Dubai
ahead of Monday’s opener against Iran.
Preparing for his third World Cup, Kane RORY McILROY has insisted
said: ‘I’m excited, a World Cup is a special that golf’s civil war can only end
occasion. It is the biggest tournament you

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donkey and sage? SOLUTION: PULLOUT BACK PAGE YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION — ACROSS: 1 Without fail. 5 Typical. 8 Cheap. 9 Latin. 10 Ennui. 12 Poses. 14 Flavour.
15 Day and night. DOWN: 1 Well-checked. 2 Title. 3 Allot. 4 Luminescent. 6 Paprika. 7 Calypso. 11 Nifty. 13 Sprig.

KILLER 14 15 13 13 12 14 14
MAILWORD 10
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QUICK QUIZ
SUDOKU
FILL in squares in the
7 ACROSS
1 Remnant
5 Informer
39 Stinks
40 Watering
implement
12

14 15 16
13

17
1. Which European city’s
name literally translates
as ‘Salt Castle’?
11 7 10 13 10 Trouble 2. Who reached No. 1 on
grid so each row, column
and each 3x3 square 11 Rush DOWN 18 19 20 21
the UK Singles Chart in
contains all digits from 6 12 Foolish 1 --- Fowler, 1979 with Hit Me With
13 21 7 13 Record EastEnders 22 23
1 to 9. Each set of cells Your Rhythm Stick?
14 Fish’s character
joined by dotted lines appendage 2 Payment for 24 25 26 27 28 3. Which rugby union club,
must add up to the 10 9 12 8 17 15 Drunkard a footballer which recently went
29 30 31 32
number in the top-left 17 Joplin 3 Rounded vase into administration,
corner. Numbers can’t composition 4 Free passes was founded in 1866 as
33 34 35 36
be repeated within 13 9 13 18 Not difficult 5 In The ---, Elvis Hampstead Football Club?
each set of cells. 20 Comfortable Presley song
22 Garland 6 Fled
37 38 4. What name can refer
SOLUTION TOMORROW 11 7 18 17 13 4 24 Sword cover 7 Stargazers to a type of fish and an
39 40
NEED A CLUE? Call 0901 293 26 Conservative 8 Vapour eighties haircut?
6238 or text KILLER to 65700 29 Conflict 9 Twilled fabric 5. Which painter was
and receive four clues to 19 30 Exploit 10 Spouse 25 Bisect 31 Carve
famous for his industrial
today’s puzzle. Calls and texts 32 --- West, actress 16 Promises 27 Extent 34 Irritate
33 Diminutive 19 Yes, historically 28 Abominable 36 Winnie-the-Pooh landscapes dotted with
cost £1 plus your standard
35 English river 21 Passionate snowman character matchstick figures?
network charges. Today’s 18 17
clues available between 37 Deflect 23 Feats SOLUTION: PULLOUT
00.01 today and 23.30 only. 38 Royal dog breed 24 Curse SOLUTION TOMORROW BACK PAGE
 Daily Mail, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Page 37

KENKEN B M O WORLD’S SMALLEST, CROSS NUMBER

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column should
contain 1 to 6
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number, 1 to 9.
without repeats. Horizontal
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must combine 4. Mango tree (4) up to totals on
to produce the right. Vertical
target number T R E 5. Canned meat brand (4) squares add
shown at start of 6. Potentially will (3) 4 up to totals
that cage using, NEBULISER on bottom.

NINE TO FIVE
DOWN
in any order, the Diagonal
1. Thatching palm (4)
mathematical
sign given. Single- 2. Green-light (inf) (4)
5 squares
through centre
box cages can be FIT the scrambled letters 3. Sweet potato (3) add up to totals
filled with the of the given word into the in top and
number given. grid to form six five-letter 4. Military decoration 6 bottom right.
words across and down. (abbr) (3) Today’s challenge time: Your working time: SOLUTION
SOLUTION
TOMORROW SOLUTION TOMORROW SOLUTION TOMORROW 13 mins 5 secs mins secs TOMORROW

CODEWORD WIN
EACH number in our Codeword grid represents a different
letter of the alphabet. Today 7 represents O, so fill in O every
time the figure 7 appears. You have two letters in the control
grid to start you off. Enter them in the appropriate squares in
the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out
£750
which letters should go in the missing squares. SOLUTION TOMORROW
COMPLETE Codeword to reveal the word in the shaded boxes.
HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6232 and leave your answer and your details or
text 65700 with the word CODE, your answer and then your name. Texts and
calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. One weekly winner chosen from all
correct daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Saturday. Answers
change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. Terms apply, see Page 52.

S G X Y L O P D Y WORD SEARCH WIN

THE listed words can all be
A I O G T L P A P found in the grid — running

L U P R D M I X P
forwards, backwards, up,
down and diagonally —
EXCEPT ONE. For a chance to
£500
A O L D F G E O U win, discover which word from
the list can’t be found in the Word Search.
M M Q T O A D L P AMPHIUMA NEWT
A T P R O Y K O D AXOLOTL OLM
CAECILIAN SALAMANDER
N W P H K C P T U FROG SIREN
D E B D I T P L M MUDPUPPY TOAD
HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6234 and leave your
E N U U E U R J L answer and details or text 65700 with the word
WORD, your answer and your name. Texts and calls
cost £1 plus standard network charges. One winner
NEED A CLUE? Text the word CODEWORD to 65700 to receive FOUR clues to
R D Z L Q A M T Y chosen from all correct daily entries received
between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Answers
today’s puzzle or call 0901 293 6200. Texts and calls cost £1 plus your standard
network charges. Today’s clues available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only. C A E C I L I A N change daily at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI.
Terms apply, see Page 52. SOLUTION TOMORROW

NAME GAME
BOX 1: Who was the first husband
HIDDEN in the grid is the name of an actress. Answer the
questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to
your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION TOMORROW
GOGEN
BOXING
of Jennifer Garner (pictured)? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CLIP D M Q C G
Jason Bateman (H) EQUIP
Scott Foley (A)
Ben Affleck (S) FAIL
JOKED
S E L U N
BOX 2: What motion do you
perform when genuflecting? SHORT
Bending a knee (N)
Shaking a hand (D) BOX 6: By what name is the BOX 9: Which film is loosely
SKY H K Y I P
singer Declan MacManus based on the Felix Salten THEM
Making a fist (O) VILE
better known? novel The Hound Of Florence?
BOX 3: Which cartoon character Phil Collins (W) The Shaggy Dog (M) WAX T O X A V
was created by Pat Sullivan Elvis Costello (D) Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (Q)
and Otto Messmer in 1919? Neil Diamond (I) Homeward Bound:
Betty Boop (M)
Felix the Cat (E) BOX 7: The French game
The Incredible Journey (E) B R J F W
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (T) of ‘jeu de paume’ was a BOX 10: Simu Liu plays which
precursor of which sport?
t? character
characte in the Marvel

HIDATO
BOX 4: When was Halley’s Comet Croquet (B) Cinematic
Cinemat Universe?
COMPLETE the grid so last visible from Earth? Tennis (P) Wong (R) ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
that all the numbers, 1 to 1986 (T) 1996 (Y) 2006 (U) Netball (O) Shang-Chi (A)
Shang-Ch
Jimmy Woo
W (V) INSERT letters to form listed words, moving
65, connect consecutively — horizontally, BOX 5: Who wrote the BOX 8: Which singer is between adjacent cells horizontally,
vertically or diagonally. Hint: you don’t 1921 novel Alice Adams? Angelina Jolie’s uncle? Yesterday’s
Yeste answer: vertically or diagonally in any direction.
have to begin with 1 or 65. Working on Edith Wharton (C) Neil Sedaka (F) BEN BARNES
BE Insert all remaining letters of the alphabet
the mid-numbers might give you a Gertrude Stein (P) Paul Anka (L) (1B,
(1 2A, 3S, 4B, 5R, (except Z) in the grid so all listed words
Booth Tarkington (A) Chip Taylor (E) Picture: PA 6E, 7N, 8N, 9E).
better start. SOLUTION TOMORROW are spelt out. SOLUTION TOMORROW
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WIN
BRIDGE MASTERCLASS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD £500 No 16,969
ACROSS
1 Pair in court touring
city district (8)
DOWN
1 Pole with power arranged
deal to cover Germany (6)
5 British priest 2 Old walking route, not hard,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 beginning to explain for Brit in Spain, say (5)
following faith (6) 3 Greek character in
♠J8 9 Stand in for novice
lately placed in
outlay at intervals (4)
4 Bag containing record
♥ A Q 10 3 9 10 awful side (8) about a small waterfall (7)
♦K65 10 College official almost 6 Peer embodying
broke limb in short (6) fine qualities (5)
♣K753 11
12 Competition missing 7 Launch organisation
start is behind for research (9)
N 12 13
schedule (4) 8 One caring for elders
13 Victims of accident and the like? (8)
14 have loose 11 Mentor starts to give
connections (10) untrained rookies
15 16 17 15 Unkind remark and understanding (4)
S hint with cheek about 14 Treasurer’s original
♠A5 18 European getting spicy regret is genuine (4)
♥J94 accompaniment (8,5) 15 Brigade at front of troops
19 A lot cheat sadly with invading Asian island
♦ A J 10 9 3 19 20 21
fine expert working in operation (9)
♣A62 22
in an exposed 16 Endless conversation
position? (2,3,8) and tea (3)
23 Dishonest German 17 Health resort has
Playing teams, you are South, declarer in 3nT, 23 24 25 26 woman for all to see new bridge (4)
and West leads ♠3. Plan the play. left in depression (10) 18 Charlie with a fellow in
27 25 Pain of every tense, unseemly scrap? (8)
First of all, you must be sure to put up dummy’s person cycling (4) 20 Solitary lake in
knave in the forlorn hope that West has led away 28 29 28 Railing in part ordinary U.S. city (4)
from the KQ. No luck when East covers and you of restaurant, 21 Row over striking feature
realise that you need to make your nine tricks we hear (6) of rugby (4-3)
before the opponents regain the lead. it doesn’t help 29 Temper speed 22 Note church with empty
to hold up ♠A, so win straight away and decide 30 31
after second drive seats and alcove (6)
how you are going to tackle the red suits. You can leaving centre (8) 24 Investigate key outsiders
finesse either way for the ♦Q and, if it’s your lucky 30 Sensitive proposal (6) in venture (5)
day, you’ll take this option first and guess right. 31 U.S. slum? It is 26 Councillor, a Western
FOR your chance to win, solve the crossword to reveal the word reading down the redeveloped liberal, gets to
However, technically your better line is to cash shaded boxes. HOW TO ENTER: Call 0901 293 6233 and leave today’s answer and your getting boost (8) behave abjectly (5)
♦AK first in the hope of dropping a doubleton details, or TEXT 65700 with the word CRYPTIC, your answer and your name. Texts and 27 Some barrister masters
queen. if this fails, you are then obliged to fall calls cost £1 plus standard network charges. Or enter by post by sending completed expression (4)
back on the heart finesse. the preference for this crossword to Daily Mail Prize Crossword 16,969, PO Box 28, Colchester, Essex CO2 8GF.
line is that it gives you two chances instead of one. Please include your name and address. One weekly winner chosen from all correct NEED A CLUE? Text TIP to 65700 to receive FOUR answers
daily entries received between 00.01 Monday and 23.59 Friday. Postal entries must be to today’s crossword, or call 0901 293 6236. Texts and calls
date-stamped no later than the following day to qualify. Calls/texts must be received by cost £1 plus standard network charges. Today’s clues
PETER DONOVAN 23.59; answers change at 00.01. UK residents aged 18+, excl NI. Terms apply, see Page 52. available between 00.01 today and 23.30 only.

SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLES

SUDOKU PRIZE SUDOKU
30-SECOND CHALLENGE www.30secondchallenge.com
START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to
complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner’s; YOUR
advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate’s. SOLUTION BELOW ANSWERS
Beginner 47 +13 ¼ ×7 +3 ÷9 TIMES
ITSELF ÷8 ×3 ÷6
OF IT
5/7 5% 3/10 3/25
Intermediate 94 -38 OF IT ×11 OF IT ×15 OF IT ×5 -20 OF IT
WORD SEARCH HIDATO KAKURO
Missing: MAKE 62 ½% 220% PLUS 20% LESS
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3 1
4 2 3
7 8 9
1 9 7
2
1
1
3 Advanced 88 OF IT OF IT -34 ×1 1/3 +9 ×16 17 ½% OF IT 30%
S G V 1 2 9 5
7 9 5 9 3 8 7 6
G P P 9 8 6 9 8
KENKEN SUDOKU X CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,966 SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Loft. 5 Gley.
2 1
S
3 9 8 2 7 6 3 5 4 2 1 ACROSS: 1 Discard. 5 Aspect. 9 Set free. 6 Teak. 7 Hole. DOWN: 1 Lgth. 2 Oleo. 3 Feal. 4 Tyke.
M V
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1 8 8 6 4 2 1 4 1 2 3 6 5 10 Vanilla. 11 Oar. 12 Camaraderie. 13 Flair.

G V
6 9 8
7 9
7 5 4
9 7
1 3
5 6 3 2 1 4
14 Tail-ender. 16 Customary. 17 Sushi.
19 Proliferate. 22 Rap. 23 Inertia. SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES
S 9 5 9 7 5 8 1 2 1 2 4 5 3 6 24 Balance. 26 Bygone. 27 Modesty. QUICK QUIZ: 1 Salzburg. KUROSU:
G 7 6 8 9 6 3 1 DOWN: 1 Dash off. 2 Set great store by.
2 5 1 6 4 3 2 Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
NINE TO FIVE CROSS NUMBER TRAIN TRACKS
KILLER SUDOKU
3 4 6 1 5 2
GOGEN
3 Air. 4 Dream. 5 Adversity. 6 Pined.
7 Colorado Springs. 8 Career. 12 Cargo.
3 Wasps. 4 Mullet. 5 L.S. Lowry.
MINDBENDER: 1 £180. 2 They
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14 Tradename. 15 Ensue. 16 Cup-tie.
18 Impiety. 20 Intro. 21 Album. 25 Lid.
may all precede Derby.
3 Marlon Devonish. 4 Hogg; OXOOXX
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H E R O T MAILWORD
ACROSS: 1 Spas. 5 Choppy. 11 Lush.
the others are characters in
Beckett’s Endgame. 5 Border XXOXOO
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12 Aurora. 13 Aria. 14 Beaten. 15 Brawl.
17 Teak. 18 Lenience. 21 Ark. 24 Dud.
Collie, Saint Bernard, Dalmatian.
MASTERQUIZ: OOXOXX
E M H 9 2 7 4 1 8 5 3 6

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25 The. 26 Readable. 29 Ogre. 30 Yield.
34 Uganda. 37 Glee. 38 Nation.
1 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
2 Hickory. 3 Hampshire.
4 Gaslight. 5 Friends of the
XXOXOO
WORD WHEEL: girth, girths, glyph, grith,
hilt, hilts, hiply, hist, hits, light, lights,
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 7 Scarlett. 9 Thorne.
24 National. DOWN: 1 Scarfe.
2 Drag. 3 Wear thin. 4 U-turns.
39 Hits. 40 Deemed. 41 Task.
DOWN: 1 Slab. 2 Purr. 3 Asia. 4 Shawl. Earth. 6 Giovanni Pergolesi.
HONEYCOMB:
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5 Cab. 6 Hue. 7 Orate. 8 Potent.
pish, pith, piths, pithy, plight, plights, 10 Frog. 11 Robert E Lee. 12 Mensch. 5 Home movies. 6 Undercut. 9 Preach. 10 Yankee. 16 Leda. 19 Nub. 1 Ladder. 2 Dangle. 3 Elapse. 30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
right, rightly, rights, righty, shily, ship, 14 Ensconce. 15 Scientologist. 8 Table Mountain. 13 Ski jumping. 20 Idly. 21 Around. 22 Reggae. 4 Sprain. 5 Nights. 6 Throng. Beginner: 9.
shirt, shirty, sigh, sight, sightly, slight, 17 Dilution. 19 Easter. 21 Purple 15 Stimulus. 16 Operetta. 7 Gnawed. 8 Wobble. 9 Barrel. Intermediate: 57.
18 Iceman. 20 Elfman. 22 Hook. 23 Karate. 27 Denim. 28 Eight. 31 Elia.
sprightly, sylph, this, thrips, triglyph. Haze. 22 Huff. 23 Duenna. 10 Rafter. 11 Triple. 12 Repine. Advanced: 329.
32 Lets. 33 Desk. 35 Doe. 36 And.*