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HAS LABOUR LOST IT?Digital generation turning off
Art attack . . . boy tumbles
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OUR generation hates tabloids.But the reputation is unfair.Young people shouldn’t be con-fined to self-indulgent and drybroadsheets.
We want to start fresh, makingnews accessible, digestible andenjoyable.
This paper is brought to you bya diverse team of young journal-ists from across the UK. We’reunited by our passion for findingthe angle that you can’t get any-where else.
We want to cleave through thenoise and get to the point. Wewant to talk about young people,whether they’re flinging them-selves into the freezing Thames
or winding up politicians.News doesn’t have to be boring.
Let us prove it.George Harrison & Shakeel
Hashim, Associate Editors
INSIDE THIS ISSUEBurnham’s blagging
Glamorous DalyRise of the female DJ
Fashion tipsWomen’s footballO’Neill reveals all
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By EUGENE SMITH, JULIA PAMILIH and TOBY CRAVEN
CHINA’S stock market crashsent jitters through globalmarkets.
Share prices in the Shanghaiindex fell 8.5 per cent on August24 — and two days later werearound 16 per cent down.
It has sparked fears of a downturnin the world economy. Below, weexplore the background to the crisisand what it means for the rest of us.
Is this a complete disaster?Prof Richard Jackman of the LondonSchool of Economics insists: “Thefinancial consequences seem unlikelyto be as serious as in the 2008 crash.”
But because China is the world’s No2economy, their financial problemsmean financial problems for the world.Why should we care?Because global markets, particularly theUK, rely on China’s strength. China isour second biggest import origin (£34bn)after the US and seventh biggest exportdestination (worth about £10bn).Why did this happen?1. China’s growth is slowing. It has
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declined from its 9 per cent per yearpeak — however, the Chinese govern-ment is known to change figures, sothe true growth rate is probably lower.2. In mid-August, China devalued theyuan. That made its exports cheaperfor foreign countries. But the fact itsgovernment felt the need to devaluethe yuan creates doubts over the stateof its economy.3. China’s stock market is flawed.Unlike in the West, Chinese investorsare generally individuals, not financial
institutions. People who invest life sav-ings are more likely to panic and sellshares in a crash.4. The Chinese government didn’tintervene to stop the crash. Its centralbank usually bulk-buys shares to sta-bilise the market, but this time itwaited three days before it acted.What does it mean for the future?World markets appear to havebounced back from China’s BlackMonday.
But we can expect more Far East
GAMBLING giants PaddyPower and Betfair aremerging. Betfair chiefBreon Corcoran will runthe new company, whichhas a predicted revenueof £1billion.
A GUNMAN has killed areporter and cameramanlive on TV.
Victims Alison Parker,24, and Adam Ward, 27,were in the middle of aTV interview in Moneta,Virginia, when the attackoccurred. Gunman VesterLee Flanagan killed him-self after the shooting.
SPOTLIGHT ON FAR EAST CRISIS
drama. In the 1980s, China enjoyed aneconomic boom, but it only created itsleading Shanghai index in 1990, mak-ing it one of the world’s least estab-lished stock markets.
Its economy has developed quicklybut on shaky foundations. Now thatgrowth is slowing, the cracks show.
Some see this slump as a correctionof an over-inflated market, others asthe precursor to a full-blown recession.
Either way, China’s rise to theworld’s top table has hit trouble.
What shares crash means for us
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Benedictnot to beBENEDICT Cumberbatch’smuch hyped Hamlet hasbeen a flop with critics.
Despite the actor’s bestefforts to portray Shake-speare’s hero, The Guard-ian’s Michael Billingtonslammed the show as“dismal”, while The Mail’sQuentin Letts said it wasa “patchy, occasionallypuerile, production”.
However Cumberbatch’smum, Wanda Ventham,declared her son was “abloody good Hamlet” —so, the rest are silenced.
Hamlet will be broad-cast live in cinemasaround the world onOctober 15.
Star . . not great Dane
A LAD aged 12 puncheda hole through a$1million painting afterstumbling into it.
“Flowers” by Italianmaster Paolo Porporawas on display in Taipei.
Exhibit organiser DavidSun said the boy’s familywill not face any punish-ment.
A SHOOTING at a Romacamp killed four people— including a six-month-old baby and a policeofficer.
The motive of theattack in Roye, north-eastFrance, has not yet beenestablished.
A TEEN shocked mourn-ers after apparently wak-ing up in her coffin aday after being buried.
Neysi Perez’s husbandclaims he heard screamsand scratching before thefamily broke into hertomb. He is said to havefound her dead insidebut with new injuries.
FILM-maker Oleg Sent-sov, 39, has beensentenced to 20 years ofhard labour by a Russiancourt.
He was arrested shortlyafter Russia annexedCrimea. He believes hewas prosecuted for sup-porting the revolutionarymovement that oustedUkrainian president Vik-tor Yanukovich.
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ONE DIRECTION
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SPLIT TEARS & JEERSBy FLORRIE ANDREW
IT was abominablenews to some, excel-lent news to many.
The recent shock thatOne Direction will go onhiatus after the releaseof their fifth album hasdivided the country.
Within minutes of thestory breaking, social mediawas inundated with horri-fied cries from Directioners.
Drama is something thatdefinitely isn’t hard to comeby in 1D’s fandom.
Last year, a video clip ofZayn Malik and Louis Tom-linson smoking Class Bdrug marijuana emerged,with many parents outragedat the example the pairwere setting.
It was also recently dis-closed that 23-year-old Tom-linson is expecting a babyafter a short fling with per-sonal stylist Briana Jung-wirth, 22.
However, the news thatcaused the most turmoilwas back in March, when itwas revealed that Malik wasleaving the band “to be anormal 22-year-old”.
With news of the boysbecoming a quartet stillraw, this latest announce-ment has certainly causedsome chaos. But what dothe good people of GreatBritain make of the news?
The Edge hit the streets ofLondon to investigate . . .
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6Everybody likes them7
6 I could not give a hoot7
OH, yes. UnemployedLondoner John hadn’theard of the world’s mostfamous boyband of alltime.
Not a devout Direc-tioner then, John?
DEBATABLE, consideringour findings, but dis-traught 15-year-old Direc-tioner Shannon thinksthat everyone has a hid-den admiration for the 1Dboys.
EVIDENTLY, entrepreneurAaron won’t be mourningthe (hopefully temporary)loss of the band inMarch 2016 — unlikehysterical fans every-where else.
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No Direction . . . the boys in happier times with Zayn
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WHY would anyone wantto throw themselves intofreezing water and swimuntil their hands go blue?
I wondered this too until Itried Open Water Swimming— the “trend sport of 2015”.
The sense of freedom andachievement you feel after a bra-cing dip is addictive.
People have braved the chillywaters since 36BC when the Japa-nese — notorious for extreme sportsand wild stunts — frequently heldopen water races. In Britain in theMiddle Ages, knights had to swimin full armour as an initiation.
Fast forward to the 2008 BeijingOlympics — where the 10km Mara-
thon Swim inspired tens of thou-sands to dive into frigid rivers,lakes, reservoirs and even the sea.
This July, London welcomed itsnewest OWS venue. Right in theheart of the city it’s hard to imag-ine somewhere so peaceful, espe-cially when it’s home to thepandemonium of Victorian Londontrade — the London Docks.
I went to test the waters out formyself.
“Swimming in a pool is like run-ning on a treadmill,” one enthusi-ast told me before diving in.
With countless safety precautionsin place, this location is perfect forswimming safely and in style. Theiconic backdrop creates a fascinat-
ing view while swimming. With les-sons for newbies and pros,everyone can blossom and thecourses of three distances (400m,750m and 1500m) suit all abilities.
OWS is on the crest of a wavewith National Open Water CoachingAssociation lakes alone numbering22 — with 20 more planned nextseason. More prestigious challenges,such as swimming the EnglishChannel, let competitors pushthemselves and achieve greatness.
So next time the thought ofmanoeuvring through the crowdedlanes at a noisy public pool fillsyou with dread, head down to yournearest supervised lake or river.
It is not easy — but as CaptainMatthew Webb, the first person toswim the Channel, once said:“Nothing great is easy.”
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Outdoor swimming is making a splashBy FELICITY CHALLINOR
Three Thames a lady . . Felicity is The Edge’s underwater reporter
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By THEO DAVIES-LEWIS
TOP Tory David Gaukebelieves young peopleneed to “learn or work,or learn and work”.
Mr Gauke has been atthe heart of governmentfor the past five years.Now Financial Secretaryto the Treasury and partof the Chancellor’s innercircle, he is helpingdeliver the first all-Torybudget since 1996.
Some 1.3million appren-ticeships were deliveredin the last Parliament. MrGauke firmly believessuccessful economies needa “skilled workforce”.
He explained: “At everylevel of education, train-ing is important, whetherit is in schools, universi-ties or apprenticeships.”
The living wage is seenas an opportunity to raiseliving standards, butunder-25s don’t receive it.
But the minister be-lieves young people needto put work at the heartof whatever they do.
He outlined the Gov-ernment’s message of bal-ancing the budget, “mak-ing work pay”, as well ashis own role in the taxsystem and making sureit works effectively.
Mr Gauke is eager tosee “people from differentbackgrounds and ages” inpolitics, saying youngstersneed to be encouraged ata grassroots level.
He also blasted thepolitics of division, insist-ing opposition debate isno excuse to abuse oneanother. He added:“There is sometimes anote of intolerance thatthe other side are terrible— they are just wrong.”
Gauke’sbackingyouth inpolitics
Gauke of the town . . . MP
AMONG a 500-strong crowd,only a handful of teenagerswait outside a rain-speckledchurch for the appearance— 45 minutes overdue — ofLabour leadership hopefulAndy Burnham.
These are the young peopleunconvinced by “Corbynmania”— which has seen the veteranleft-winger catapulted from theparty’s lower ranks to the fore-front of the election contest.
While one of them acknowledgesJeremy Corbyn is “exciting”, theysoberly add: “Most things that areexciting are not good for you.”
For these young supporters, MrBurnham can “lead the party to vic-tory in 2020”, particularly by appeal-ing to lost voters in the South East.
It is only after he has made a bois-terous speech, answered a long-winded Q&A and taken umpteenselfies with pushy strangers at theLondon rally, that we get to speak tothe man himself.
Unsurprisingly, he is worried abouthis party’s apparent decline in popu-larity. So what’s going wrong?
He explains: “I think there is ageneral sense that Labour’s been outof touch for too long.
“That lies behind the problems inScotland, but it also lies behind whypeople have gone to UKIP.”
The party, he believes, is too “West-minster-centric”.
The Shadow Health Secretary’sstatements are consistently accompa-nied by a serious nod and a blink ofhis (admittedly luscious) eyelashes.
The well-rehearsed routine continuesas he answers the question of what hewould do on his first day as PM.
‘Bonkers health act willdestroy the NHS’
Choosing not to contest the likeli-hood of his gaining the position, MrBurnham launches into his plan for“day one in Downing Street”.
He explains: “The first thing Iwould do is repeal the Health andSocial Care Act 2012. If it stays inplace, we will not have an NHS.”
The 45-year-old has spent the threeyears since the Act was passedopposing it in Parliament, and hiscommitment to “remove it from thestatute book” seems sincere.
He is determined to “put back theethos of patients before profits”.
But this bleeding heart mentality isarguably a far cry from his apparentstance on welfare budget spending.
As Mr Burnham went on to blastthe Tories’ new welfare policy for“terrorising disabled people”, one hec-kler shouted: “Why didn’t you voteagainst them, then?”
The Leigh MP — who abstainedfrom July’s vote on the welfare bill —quickly hit back that he acted out ofa “duty” to the ShadowCabinet.
With that, Mr Burnham’s press mantries to usher the leadership hopefulaway. After all, he still has people tosee, hands to shake and selfies to
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take. But there is one more question,something that might reveal anotherelement to his character — who is hisfavourite Prime Minister?
His answer, it turns out, is ratherpredictable. After a pause, heresolves: “Clement Attlee. I talk abouthis post-war government a lot.
“It had a vision for the country. Ithad policies that spoke to everybodyand the sad thing about Labour inrecent times is we have retreated tocertain parts of the country, maybewe have become more urban folk.”
He adds that he wants to “revivethat spirit of 1945”.
We’re left pondering that as heonce again returns to posing in front
of the iPhone of a beaming thirty-something party volunteer.
One face that will be lacking fromthe photo libraries of the volunteerarmy is that of staunch Burnham-backer Sir John Prescott.
The ex-deputy PM left the rally atSt Pancras Parish Church early, hav-ing caused a stir with his previouscomments that evening.
Warming up the stage for MrBurnham, the opinionated Lab-our veteran found room betweenbooming lefty rhetoric toaddress heckles and even take acouple of swipes at senior Labour
figures. He first took aim at TonyBlair, branding his quip advising MrCorbyn’s supporters to get a “hearttransplant” a “stupid remark”.
He later blasted Stoke MP TristramHunt, who pulled out of the leader-ship race and said he would refuse toserve in a Corbyn cabinet. Prescottadvised Hunt that he “should have
stayed at university”.Prezza did have praise for
Blair’s New Labour government.But he was quickly shot down
by a lone voice from theback of the room — whosimply exclaimed the word“Iraq”.
ANDY BURNHAM ON RACE FOR
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Race is on . . . Burnham rallies support
WHO DO 18 TO 24 YEAR-OLDS THINK WOULD BE THE BEST
LEADER OF THE LABOUR PARTY?
LEADERSHIP contenderAndy Burnham’s rally mayhave been in a packedchurch, but I saw no sav-iour for the Labour Party.
Mr Burnham joked thatthe race to become partyhead had been so long,he could “just aboutremember being the frontrunner”. But after hisperformance at the rally,the MP is slipping furtheraway from pole position.
Everything he saidseemed too polished andlacked spontaneity. Mainlybecause the vast majorityof it was plucked word forword from his manifesto,which he then repeated toan irritating extent.
There was a blatant andpredictable rhetoric to hisspeech which cameacross as insincere.
And he was incrediblycocky and complacentwhen he stated: “When Iam the next Labourleader . . . ”. Not to men-tion he turned up 45 min-utes late to his own rally.
To finish off, Burnhampromised: “I’m not goingto become someone else.”
Perhaps he needs to.
Rally wasa crash &Burnham
DESPITE the misery of agloomy evening, AndyBurnham gave an ener-gised and refreshinginsight into the race forthe sought-after title ofLeader of the Opposition.
He rallied supporterswith his heartfelt North-ern charm — and thehelp of a more-than-en-thusiastic John Prescott.
The leadership hopefulbegan the evening in goodhumour, referencing boy-band One Direction’srecent split and assuringsupporters: “I won’t letthe same thing happen tothe Labour party.”
He handled each ques-tion thrown at him withconfidence and clarity.
And when challengedover his commitment tofuture generations, hereaffirmed his continuedstance on the bettermentof young people.
The Shadow Health Sec-retary said his partyshould “give peoplehope” so that they can“dare to dream”.
As the night progressed,it became clear that AndyBurnham is a real North-ern powerhouse.
A properNortherncharmer
By GUY BIRCHALL
WHY are so many ofmy peers behindJeremy Corbyn?
He’s 66, lacks Bar-ack Obama’s charmand will reopen thecoal mines.
Some policies targetthe young. Reinstatingmaintenance allow-ances in England,axing uni fees, votingat 16 and a higherminimum wage areall popular.
Yet these policieshave never won anelection. Perhaps it’sbecause young peopletend not to vote.
More likely, they’rejust unworkable.
Maybe youthful reb-ellion is behind Cor-byn’s appeal. But ifyoung people want tobe taken seriously, wemust compromise alittle. And vote.
Labour pain . . . Prescott
NHSBurnham
demands we put “people
before profit”
WELFARETory reforms
are “terrorising disabled people”
EDUCATIONSchools have
become “exam factories”
ELECTABILITYLabour is too “Westminster-
centric”
VISIONBurnham wants to “revive that spirit of
1945”
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Political CorrespondentEUGENE SMITH
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Backing BurnhamHOLLIE SMITH
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4%ANDY BURNHAM
LIZ KENDALL
6%YVETTE COOPER
9%NONE OF THESE
16%JEREMY CORBYN
21%DON’T KNOW
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Cor?Blimey
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ForgetfulPaloma’s Faith in her fans
By ABBEY MACLURE and ROSIE CATCHESIDE
WHY memorise lyricswhen you have dedicatedfans to help you?
At an intimate gig of200 people, Paloma Faithforgot the words and hadto rely on her front rowfans to help her out.
The Can’t Rely On Youstar froze while perform-ing at the exclusive SavoyHotel in the Strand, Cen-tral London, to winnersof the MasterCard Price-less Surprises competitionon Wednesday August 26.
Paloma made light ofher gaffe, joking: “Thissurprise is absolutelypriceless, ie: you wouldn’twant to pay for it!”
Despite the slip-up, theperformance was a bighit with the competitionwinners.
Paloma delivered a mixof upbeat numbers suchas Trouble With My Babyand Changing, to theheartfelt Only Love CanHurt Like This and acover of Sinead O’Con-
nor’s Nothing Compares 2U. Twins Paige and ParisTompkins, from Leicester,are huge Paloma fanswho have attended nearto a hundred of her gigs.“This was by far thebest,” said Paige.
“We’ve never been thisclose to her before.”
Paloma wanted the gigto be “like a jazz clubnight”. What really madethe show was her liveli-ness and personality.
She regularly stoppedto talk to her audienceand openly confessed toher hatred of capitalism,despite the event beingorganised by MasterCard.
“She totally filled theroom,” said Oonagh, afan from London. “Wealways knew she had agreat voice, but what agreat personality as well.”
In January you cancatch Paloma as a judgeon The Voice UK, a sub-ject which was clearlyuneasy for the singer.
She asked the crowd:“Are you all excited towatch me completelynosedive my career onThe Voice?”
Paloma’s gobby mouthmay not be everyone’scup of tea. But The Edgethinks her honesty andopenness will be a hugehit on the show.
High note . . Paloma at gig
DOES the Beeb wea-ther presenter forecastshe will breezethrough? Carol, 53,says she wouldlove to reach thefinal but has
to be“a
realist” over herchances.
THERE are at least twoStrictly fans she wantsto impress — herdaughters.
The singer and LooseWomen star, 34, says: “I
told them I was doingStrictly and theylaughed as dancing’snot my forte. I
want to end theirteasing.”
ANITA will swap her welliesfrom her day job frontingBBC1’s Countryfile forthe glitz of the dance-floor.
The 37-year-oldvowed: “I am soexcited. Hopefully I’lllearn some mean movesin the process. Let’s getour groove on!”
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STRICTLYIT’S 11am on a dull Londonmorning. Then Tess Dalywaltzes in and brightensthe bare studio.
Ready and eager for hershoot, the Strictly star greetseveryone as her best friend,and if you aren’t already, youwish you were.
With interviews, clothing choicesand hair and makeup, a photoshootmeans an early start for a celebrity.
You may think all this preparationwould result in Tess beingexhausted by shooting time but,ever the professional, Ms Dalystayed on top form.
With Strictly Come Dancingreturning to screens, Tess was bub-bling with excitement about the newBBC series.
This will be her second year pre-senting alongside Claudia Winkle-man, after Bruce Forsyth retiredfrom the main show in 2013.
The presenter was unrestrained inpraising her contestants, gushing: “Ioften look on in admiration wishingthat I could do that!”
But Tess is already a modern daysuper-mum. On top of looking afterher two daughters — Phoebe, ten,and Amber, five — she is a patronof Great Ormond Street Hospitaland does various charity work forHelp for Heroes. It’s hard to seewhere she finds the time.
Hosting the show has been her main priority since it allbegan in 2004. Thenation became hookedand now awaits thereturn of Strictly eachyear to get their Sat-urday night dose of
glitz and glam. This series will beno different.
But the ratings battle with rival XFactor is more intense than ever.
The two programmes overlap forthe first time, with Strictly cuttingoff the first twenty minutes of XFactor. The ITV show will have toquickstep to keep up.
Tess, 46, doesn’t appear dazed bythe prospect of even more viewers’eyes on her.
While Strictly focuses on contest-ants, X Factor is concerned withthe judges, many of whom havecome under scrutiny.
The spotlight is particularlyfocused on X Factor veteran CherylFernandez-Versini, with her weightrelentlessly examined in the build-upto the Saturday night face-offs.
Simon Cowell is making sureeveryone knows about his judges’eating habits — and insists Cheryl“eats like a horse”. Meanwhile Tessindulged in a healthy lunch filledwith vegetables, joking “my body isa temple” while scoffing what shecalled “rabbit food”.
She admitted she can’t live with-out cake, adding: “I always want aKitKat, that’s the problem!”
Tess looked stunning throughoutthe shoot. Her outfit
encapsulates the upcom-ing autumn-wintertrend: Victoriana-gothicwith black-and-whitematerial, textured laceand stunning neckbows accompanying
a variety of heelsand boots.
Loose hair
was the order of the day, the gor-geous blonde locks as the only daz-zling hint of colour — a changefrom Tess’ glittering gowns onStrictly.
Photographer Elizabeth Hoffexplained: “There’s going to bemovement, elements you wouldn’tsee in Victorian portraits.”
She emphasises that despite theinspiration, “it’s a picture for 2015”.
Hoff, who has worked with Tessbefore, knows all the tricks of thetrade for shoots. When asked abouthow hard it can be to photographdifferent trends, she mentioned: “Ithink a lot of people are very sur-prised at how much prep goes intoa shoot like this.
“There’s a lot of research on newboards and clothes and the kinds oflooks that we want to put together,the kind of lighting that will suitTess and that we all think is goingto be dramatic enough to get thatnod to darker Victorian times.”
In Victorian times photographsshowed their subjects, and theirfashion, in strict and uncomfortablesettings. Of course for bubbly Tess,Hoff was having none of that.
She revealed that when shooting aceleb “you have to respect who theyare and what they’re comfortablewith”.
A model from the age of 18 —when she was scouted outside aMcDonald’s — Tess seemed totally atease in front of the camera.
As Hoff says, “she’s a very strongwoman” and “up for it”. There’s alsoa personal connection. “We get onquite well, we’re both mums, we’veboth got kids and got that commonground there as well.”
Tess’s touch-ups, hair fluffing, nailpainting and eyelash extensionscontinued alongside lunch, all thewhile courting interviewers: all in aday’s work for the Queen of Strictly.
lI wishI coulddance
like thatlCakeis whatlife’s allabout..
Cha cha changes . . . Tess and Bruce, centre, Caroline Flack, left, and Steve Backshall, right
THE LINE-UP
Two to tango . . . Tess and Claudia
By
MEGAN HILL& ADAM PAKEShowbiz Correspondents
JAMELIA
THE pop star, 42,admits he’s “ner-vous” — but healready knows whohe wants to bepaired with.
Peter adds: “I’vemet Ola Jordan afew times. We
always jokedwe’d partner
up.”
PETERANDRE
WILL the Ready, Steady, Cookchef find the recipe forStrictly success? Ainsley, 58,says: “The only type of salsaI know of is the one in myrecipes, so I look forward tothe challenge. Bring it on!”
CAROLKIRKWOOD
KELLIE BRIGHT
THE BBC presenter, 45,might be one to watch asshe comes to the show witha musical background.
The mum of two — aviolinist — fronts theBeeb’s Proms cover-age and has hosted
the Classic BritAwards show.
KATIEDERHAM
IRISH crooner Daniel,53, says at least onepart of his careerhas prepared him forthe show.
He jokes: “I’veworn a few jacketswith sequins on downthe years. In modera-tion, I’m game.”
DANIELO’DONNELL
GEORGIAMAY FOOTE
JEREMYVINE
THE Radio 2 presenter,50, says he signed up toimprove his moves. Hesaid: “I’ve got to startdancing properly.”
Little wonder thatbookies Coral have
written him off as a66-1 outsider.
COULD the Olym-pic medal-winningboxer, 26, be asbig a hit on thedancefloor as heis in the ring? Headmits: “Danc-ing and Anthony
Ogogo don’t gohand in hand.”
ANTHONYOGOGO
FIRSTREVIEW
EASTENDERS starKellie, 39, saysStrictly “appealsto the little girlin me”. She reck-ons she may evendo a bit of “trot-ting around AlbertSquare”.
GEORGIA, 24, saysher sole preparationfor Strictly has beenviewing “YouTubeclips of all the typesof dances”. Theex-Corrie star hopes
her acting skills willrescue her if shecomes unstuck.
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THE boyband star, 25,says his dancing is poordespite his fame in TheWanted.
Jay jokes: “We wereas coordinated as a sackof frogs.”
He admits that hefears going “completely
blank” with stagefright.
AINSLEYHARRIOT
THE Call The Midwife star, formersprinter and Gladiators presenter havebeen added to the list of celebs. Thisyear’s line-up is getting even better!
JUST INHELEN GEORGEIWAN THOMAS
KIRSTY GALLACHER
dents to see their efforts ridiculedby adults who — as education andexam systems have changed vastlyover the past two decades — have noidea what A-levels are like now.
It is easy to say exams were“much harder in my day”. But howmany of these critics have attempteda present day A-level paper?
A major grievance of the “examsare too easy” camp is that manypeople are achieving the best grades.
But why should there be a cap onhow many can secure top grades ifthey are willing to work for them?
In a country with one of theworld’s best education systems, apass rate of close to 100 per centshould be what we are aiming for.
So this year’s pass rate should because for celebration.
Exams are NOT getting easier.Students, recognising that competi-
tion for university places is intens-ifying and the job market narrowing,are simply working harder than everbefore. And we deserve credit.
NO matter how old you are, a room full oftrampolines sounds like great fun, writesFLORRIE ANDREW. As a gymnast I waseager to try the trampoline parks, wherepeople are literally bouncing off the walls.Oxygen Freejumping is home to 150 trampo-lines and is London’s mecca for a good time.
JUMP AROUND
By EUGENE SMITH, THEO DAVIES-LEWISand HOLLIE SMITH
ISIS has destroyed a2,000-year-old Syriantemple in the jihadistgroup’s latest act of ter-ror.
The militants revealedthe destruction on socialmedia, posting images ofthe bombed Temple ofBaalshamin on TuesdayAugust 25.
The UN’s cultural orga-nisation UNESCO labelledthe attack a “war crime”.
Irina Bokova, the direct-or-general of UNESCO,also claimed ISIS wereacting out of a desire to“deprive the Syrian peo-ple of its knowledge, itsidentity and history”.
The images are yet tobe verified. However, acaption declares the pic-tures show “the completedestruction of the paganBaalshamin temple”.
The photographs areadorned with a logo pre-viously featured in ISISpropaganda footage.
‘700 Brits havefought for ISIS’
In mid-August thegroup’s attempts to locateand destroy antiquities inthe Palmyra regionresulted in the beheadingof archaeologist Khaledal-Asaad. Reports suggestal-Asaad was murderedby the Islamists becausehe refused to cooperatewith their search.
If confirmed, the Baal-shamin temple demolitionwould be the secondarchaeological attack inPalmyra. In early July,ISIS also destroyed a15-ton lion statue.
Before the civil war,Palmyra’s heritage sitesattracted 150,000 touristsa year. The Baalshamintemple was convertedinto a Christian Churchin the fifth century AD.
ISIS are also notoriousfor their razing ofancient cultural centresin Iraq, including theMar Behnam Catholicmonastery.
Around 700 British peo-ple have fought for ISISsince 2012. There arecalls for the British mili-tary to retaliate againstISIS in Syria.
Meanwhile, some activ-ists are urging DavidCameron to wait untilthe Chilcot Report ispublished before holdinga vote on intervention.
As yet, this inquiry intothe Iraq war is without aproposed final deadline.
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stressful, week. Producing a news-paper to such a tight deadline hasbeen exhilarating and incrediblyrewarding.
12 George Harrison, 19, Trow-bridge, Wilts: The summer school hasbeen a blast, and it’s been amazingworking with such a talented group. Iwouldn’t change a thing.
13 Danny De Vaal, 17, Dublin, Ire-
land: It was a good experience work-ing with so many different peopleand meeting so many who are in theposition I one day hope to be in.
14 Alex Hewitt, 17, Clifton, Beds: Ithas been amazing to truly immersemyself in the world of professionaljournalism.
15 Abbey Maclure, 18, Ely, Cambs:I have loved working in the amazing
News UK office, rubbing shoulderswith top journalists and learningfrom the best in the industry.
16 Adam Pake, 17, Edinburgh: TheSummer School was an emotionalrollercoaster, but a great opportunityto learn the tricks of the trade.
17 Hollie Smith, 18, Ruthin, Den-bighshire, North Wales: Academy hasbeen a fabulous opportunity to
broaden my horizons, and I’ve learntso much about writing.
18 Theo Davies-Lewis, 17, Llanelli,Carmarthenshire, South Wales: TheSummer School was a great opportu-nity for me, especially interviewingthe Treasury Minister David Gauke.
19 Sophie Burleigh, 17, Market Har-borough, Leics: The opportunity tomeet professionals at News UK has
improved my skills as a journalistno end. I am now much more confi-dent and would encourage anyaspiring journalists to sign up fornext year.
20 Florrie Andrew, 17, Teddington,South-West London: Academy hasgiven me the fantastic opportunity ofdeveloping my skills in areas that Iam thoroughly interested in, buthaven’t written about before.
Well earned . . . pupils get results at Dominican College, Belfast
A-LEVELS AREN’T EASYTHE A-level pass rate roseto 98.1 per cent this year,with 25.9 per cent of stu-dents getting A* and As.
It’s an incredible achievementfor students — yet it has againsparked questions over whetherthe exams are tough enough.
As someone who has just finishedmy A-levels, I can testify that goodresults don’t come easy.
Students commit to months ofcoursework, files of notes and morehours of revision (and mugs of cof-fee) than anyone can imagine.
So it’s frustrating that, after allthis, our accomplishments are belit-tled by assertions that stupendousresults are down to easier exams.
This is far from the truth.We have all seen example GCSE
and A-level questions that adultexperts can’t figure out.
These circulate the internet for awhile but are forgotten as soon asresults day rolls around.
It is especially infuriating for stu-
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2 Julia Pamilih, 17, Guildford, Sur-rey: I have had an amazing timelearning from experienced journalistsand getting behind-the-scenes accessto an Arsenal match.
3 Felicity Challinor, 16, Twicken-ham, South-West London: It has beenan incredible opportunity and I havelearnt so many invaluable lessonsfrom all of the top professionals.
4 Megan Hill, 20, Addlestone, Sur-rey: Learning from some of the bestjournalists in the business has madethis week the most inspiring of mylife.
5 Rachel Mains, 17, Glasgow: It hasbeen an amazing week that will beunforgettable. I have met so manynew people and it has only made mewant to pursue a career in the presseven more.
6 Nick Lloyd, 16, Harlow, Essex: Ithas been phenomenal. There hasn’tbeen a dull moment, and I didn’twant it to end.
7 Rosie Catcheside, 18, Sunderland:It is amazing to get an insight intothe world of newspapers at the NewsAcademy summer school. It has beenan exciting week with some fantasticpeople.
8 Eugene Smith, 18, West Byfleet,Surrey: I am very grateful for havingthe opportunity to learn from mymistakes in the Academy rather thanmaking them in my later career.
9 Ailsa Cowen, 17, Egremont, Cum-bria: Being here has been amazingbecause it gave me true experience inthe journalistic world.
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11 Shakeel Hashim, 18, Slough,Berks: It has been a brilliant, if
YEP, definitely Toby. Con-templating another mealfor his rower’s physique.
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ONE of the first things you learnwhen starting at News Academy isthe basis of a story, the “five Ws”.
Who? 20 lucky aspiring journalistsaged from 16 to 24. What? Learninghow to put together a paper. When?August 23 to 28. Where? News UK’sLondon Bridge HQ. Why? Because welove journalism!
News Academy is the media crash-course that every aspiring journalistwants to take, and we were the luckyfew who got the chance.
Under the watchful eye of our Edi-tor in Chief, Irish Sun editor PaulClarkson, we have produced The Edgein just four short days.
We got some top tips from skilledjournalists including Spiked! editorMick Hume, The Sun’s head of newsJames Clench, and News UK Directorof Communications Guto Harri.
Every day has been packed withactivities, proving there is never a dullmoment in the life of a journalist.
And whether it was out poundingthe pavement for stories, on thephone chasing quotes or interviewingsome of the UK’s biggest politicians,everyone has added their own per-sonal touch to our publication.
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this to arrest four per-formers in LeicesterSquare in May last year.
A number of streetmusicians told us thesecurbs were now damag-ing their livelihoods.
One busker on theTube’s Victoria Line said:“Council wardens arealways the most finickyand try to move us on.”
He stressed the impor-tance of being “familiarwith the laws”.
With buskers facing somany rules, authoritiesrisk killing the tradition’spassion and unique vibe.
However. a High Courtjudge has backed Cam-den’s restrictions as “law-ful”. In a March 2014ruling, Mrs Justice Pat-terson said: “It is both anecessary and propor-tionate response to theissue of busking.”
By DANNY DE VAAL and ROSIE CATCHESIDE
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By GUY BIRCHALL
TEENAGE drivers arefacing huge insurancecosts, with the average17-year-old paying £1,960.
The Sun reports thatsome insurers quote upto £17,000.
On top of the cost ofthe car, driving lessons,tax and fuel, driving isfast becoming unafforda-ble for many teenagers.
By MEGAN HILL
BLAGGING discounts isno longer just for mar-kets or back alleys. Hereare our quick tips onhow to blag your wayinto celebs’ high-streetshoes . . . literally!
1. Don’t ask, don’t getThe only way you will
blag a discount is to ask!What’s the worst thatcould happen?
2. Aim highYou could have the
most persuasive voice inthe world, but using yourcharms on the storecleaner is a losing battle.
The higher up the per-son, the more likely theyhave authority to grantyour bargain price.
3. Discount a discountHaggling for an already
discounted item mayseem pointless, but it’sactually the best way.
The store has given upon the full price so will bemore open to further cuts.Plus it’s usually last sea-son’s stock they need toshift. And fashion alwayscomes back around.
4. Make-up marksWhen you purchase an
item, stores have to fulfiltheir side of the deal. Soif items are damaged orstained, take advantage.
That foundation stainwill disappear in thewash anyway . . .
5. Style’s not just inthe clothes
Always approach blag-ging with style. You’rebeing cheeky, so beaware. The hard sellrarely works, and politecharm is likely to get youmuch further. Good hum-our equals good style.
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EMILY Rawson is one of thehottest British DJs of themoment.
Her renowned hip-hop andRnB club night Supa Dupa Flyis gaining momentum and shehas played at festivals aroundthe world — including Lovebox,The Great Escape, The CamdenCrawl and Rise Festival in theFrench Alps.
But when Emily began her careeras a DJ, women in the industry wereundermined and ignored, often patro-nised by other male DJs.
“In the early 2000s when I initiallybroke into the industry at 18, I had alot of guys lean over me and fiddlewith the deck while I was DJing.They were rude and sometimesintimidating,” she says.
London-based DJ Fearney, namedas one of Flavour Mag’s top 15female DJs in the UK, shared a sim-ilar experience. “A male DJ who waslined up after me started playingwith the knobs during my set,” shesays. “I thought, ‘I’m actually a betterDJ than you, so you can f**k off!’”
Fearney and Emily agreed that thelack of successful women in the clubindustry was the main reason thatfemale DJs weren’t taken seriously.
The individual successes of radioDJ Annie Nightingale and trance DJSandra Collins were rare cases, andthe industry was heavily male-domi-nated.
Women were only likely to succeedif they fit the niche of a “model DJ”— girls who looked the part at thedeck but often relied on male DJs topress the buttons for them. DJ Fear-ney explains the novelty appeal of afemale DJ — “a lot of girls thoughtthey could do it but were awful DJs!”
She feels girls were judged onappearance and sex appeal, ratherthan their talent as a DJ or producer.
But over the past five years successstories have become more common.From deep house producers MayaJana Coles and B.Traits to more com-mercial DJs such as Charlotte Deva-ney, women are making a big impacton many areas of the industry.
“As I’ve grown as a DJ, people’sresponses to me have been muchbetter,” says Fearney. “It’s less of anovelty thing to have a female DJ.I’ve been lucky enough to playabroad at Rise festival and done awarm-up gig for my idol, Radio 2 DJSara Cox.”
Female DJs and producers are nowpresent across the dance genre andhave been credited on their know-ledge and talent. In August Britishdeep house producer Hannah Wantswas featured on the front cover ofMixmag magazine, and has beenheadlining club nights in Ibizathroughout the summer.
“The only time I have a problemwith being a female DJ is when Iplay abroad,” says Emily Rawson.“Relationships with men and womenare often very different in othercountries!” This has made Emily more
grateful for the support and accep-tance she has received in the UK.
Organisations and club nights thatpromote female DJs and producersare partly responsible for their rise.
Emily Rawson created Rock theBelles to bring together the mostsuccessful women at defiant eventsshe dubs “celebrations of the girlswho are making their mark inmusic”. Big names such as Ms Dyna-mite, Little Boots and Yasmin haveall played at Rock the Belles events.
“The first launch was crazy, wehad six different female DJs play atthe event, and a full female team of
photographers,” says Emily. “We wereclear on our stance from the off —we’re all about women.”
Similarly, in 2012 former HedKandi and Ministry of Sound DJKrystal Roxx launched Superfoxx, abrand that runs events all over Lon-don featuring a female-only line-up.
“Superfoxx is an immersive eventbrand which positively promoteswomen as role models to a futuregeneration of men and women,”explains Simon, Krystal Roxx’s man-ager. “Our events feature the finestfemale talent from the mixologist,chef and visual designer to the DJ.”
Emily Rawson has found the clubpromotion industry far from accom-modating, showing the need forbrands like Superfoxx that promotewomen to all areas of the industry.
“[The club promotion industry] isreally tough, there are literally nofemale promoters around,” she says.“The industry is completely maledominated and I’d say that 90 percent of promoters are men.”
When asked why she thought thiswas, Emily links the lack of femalepromoters to stereotypes on “pushy”women. She says: “When a female isassertive, she’s called a bitch. But if
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It’s all hands on decks for our Disk Jockey divas
HeRnB . . . girls are taking over clubs
Rawson is turning the tables for female DJs
a guy is the same, he’s the mainman.”
With the creation of Rock theBelles and Superfoxx, the industryis likely to see not only a largernumber of female DJs, but also ofwomen in music production, clubpromotion and visual design.
“Only when women have anequal line-up to men on majormusic events will Superfoxx hostthe first male DJ at its parties,”says Simon.
Through the work of Emily andother pioneers for female DJs, thismay soon be a reality.
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Down the Tubes . . . Underground musician
IT has a proud busking history and isone of the capital’s most rock ’n’ rolldistricts thanks to its many gig venues.
But buskers in Camden, North London, havebeen silenced over the past few years by aseries of drastic restrictions introduced bylocal council chiefs.
Despite the area’s long musical history, it now hassome of London’s tough-est by-laws against streetmusicians.
There are two types ofbuskers’ licences operat-ing in the area. Andmusicians who play with-out obtaining one run therisk of having theirequipment seized andbeing fined up to £1,000.
Is this red tapedestroying the freedom ofLondon’s buskers? Thosewe spoke to believe so.
One Camden musician,who gave his name onlyas Danny, revealed hehad his speakers seized.
He had to hand over£100 to get them back.
However, even when alicence is not required,musicians fear that theirright to freedom ofexpression is still beingdenied in the capital.
That is because copsare prosecuting streetperformers under anarchaic MetropolitanPolice Act. They used
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By TOBY CRAVEN
JERMAIN Defoe wants aPA to “create a globalbrand for the JermainDefoe name”.
The 32-year-old foot-baller, who earns £60,000a week, advertised onlinefor an “Executive PersonalAssistant” with a salary of£50,000 to £60,000 peryear. Defoe scored justfour league goals for Sun-derland last year.
By SOPHIE BURLEIGH
“THE Hunt” is the new, freefashion aid app set to burston to mobile devices.
The app offers a chancefor users to post their out-fit choices and receive feed-back through public polls.
It allows clothes buffs toupload a celeb snap andmatch their style to gar-ments available on the highstreet and on the internet.
“It would be nice to seewhat other people are cur-
rently wearing and get ideasfor my own style,” saysSeeta Shah, 22.
Molly Windust, 16, says:“The app is really useful forfinding out where you canbuy clothes you see peoplewearing in the street. How-
ever, if the garment is froma larger retailer like Top-shop it can still be hard totrack down.”
The app proved a hit withthe stylish Camden pedes-trians. The celeb style-find-ing function was praised forits originality, howeversome found the results oftheir garment search to bevague or in some casesnon-existent.
Try the free app at iTunesand tweet us your opinionat @the_newsacademy
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By FELICITY CHALLINOR
WE have selected ourfavourite markets fromaround the globe, cateringfor everyone from foodies tovintage lovers.
Browse the specialiststalls, take in the sights andculture, and marvel at theabundance of clothes, jewel-lery, music and local treats.
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TorontoSuper
MarketsTHIS fast-paced Beebsci-fi follows hustlerSarah as she becomesentangled in a darkplot after witnessingher doppelganger’s sui-cide. Morals and ethicsare challenged asTatiana Maslany amazesas Sarah. Cliffhangersgalore will have youinching to click “NextEpisode” through allthree seasons.
TINA Fey’s latest com-edy, UnbreakableKimmy Schmidt, off-ers sugar-coated posi-tivity while probinggender issues. Kimmy,recently released froma “doom” cult, dec-ides to reclaim theadulthood stolen fromher in New York. Thisfeelgood series leavesyou with a warm glow.
THIS dark Netflixthriller delves into theunderbelly of familylife. It seems lostbetween the releasesof Netflix favouritesOrange is the NewBlack and Pretty LittleLiars.
But shot stylishlywith dark humour, ithas an addictive who-dunnit quality ideal forlazy sofa days.
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The DVDeparted?WITH the boom of Netflix and Amazon, it’seasy to question why we have DVDs.
Streaming sites offer instant access and anunlimited amount to watch at your fingertips.
It’s a casual relationship with no commit-ment, as long as you can remember yourpassword. In the words of Dan Jolin, Features
Editor at Empire Maga-zine: “Streaming has
replaced the oldvideo rental
shops.”It’s painfully
clear that, likethe VHS beforeit, the DVDmay be doom-ed to extinction.
However,many forget the
cons of streaming:limitations of avail-
ability (Netflix doesnot have every film);
and the need for fastwifi — lest you’d rather
watch buffer screensinstead of the newest
OITNB. Technology needs toadvance for streaming to be truly instant.
That’s where DVDs come in. VHS was leftin the dust, but as Dan noted: “The vinyl hassurvived decades after people predicted itwould be extinct.”
Like vinyl, DVDs offer sentimentality thatstreaming services never achieve. For hard-core film fans it’s about collection and statussymbols. For others, it’s being able to watchthat favourite movie whenever you want.
While movie lovers welcome the accessibil-ity of streaming and students the flexibility,the desire to own those classic DVDs maynever die.
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By ABBEY MACLURE
TIRED of Starbucks’ continental break-fast? Why not find an alternative to yourtraditional latte and croissant combo.
Grab a bite to eat at a street foodvendor, who offer diverse and deliciousgrub for your morning commute.
We travelled across London in searchof the best breakfast street food. Besure to give these vendors a visit orlook out for street food near you.
Head to the BUNNY CHOW truck or itsstore in Soho to taste its award-winningtake on an English breakfast, which isserved up in a South African briocheloaf. (www.bunnychow.com)
Fresh juices are also on offer — the“North Beach” blend of coconut andelderflower is one of its most popular.
For a lighter breakfast, the STREETKITCHEN truck outside Liverpool StreetStation offers a range of healthy bites,from soft poached eggs with smoky tom-ato compote to smoked salmon andcrème fraiche. The kitchen was foundedby two London chefs committed to mak-ing gourmet food accessible for all.(www.streetkitchen.co.uk)
The Old Spitalfields Market branch ofthe MR COFFEE chain is also worth alook. Among the croissants and pastriesare some gems, such as the fried pastrycannoli bites filled with Nutella or a pis-tachio paste. (www.mrcoffee.com)
Mobile coffee bar BEAN ABOUT TOWNis committed to keeping coffee indepen-dent, sourcing beans from independentroasters. Its espresso has a rich flavour,and the vendors can tell you all aboutits origin. (www.beanabouttown.com)
The franchise has five mobile barsaround London including Kentish Townand Kensington.
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RAM-PAGE . . Ramsey, who had goal ruled out, tussels with Gomez
ARSENAL..0 LIVERPOOL..0
ARSENAL and Liverpool fought out atense draw at the Emirates — althoughthe Gunners were grateful for PetrCech’s brilliance to earn them a point.
A Liverpool goal seemed inevitable but for astring of heroics from new keeper Cech.
The August 24 clash provided an early-seasonglimpse at both teams’ title credentials. Chelsea andManchester City havekept the Premier Leaguetrophy in their grasp inrecent seasons — and thisencounter did little toprove Arsenal or Liver-pool are set to challenge.
Liverpool dominatedthe first half as Arsenalsuffered heavily from anunsettled back four.
Liverpool striker Chris-tian Benteke was a con-stant menace, but misseda golden chance to handhis club an early lead.
Aaron Ramsey joinedthe calls for video tech-nology after his strike wasincorrectly ruled offside.
But both teams ultimatelylacked clinical bite.
Sky pundit Gary Nevilleclaimed Arsenal’s inabilityto sustain a title chall-enge is due to ArseneWenger’s “arrogance” inthe transfer market.
Wenger may haverejected Neville’s accusa-tions — but the Gunners’need for a top strikerremains clear.
While Reds boss Bren-dan Rodgers called hisside “outstanding”,Wenger was left ruing a“very average” start.
By JULIA PAMILIH
GUNNER BE A GOOD GAME . . . Julia and Ailsa tour Emirates
THE Edge had a behind-the-scenes tour at Sky’smammoth live coverageoperation at the Emirates.
Masterminded by pro-duction director JamesBreadlin and his 95-strongteam, set-up begins eighthours before the game.
First, the team park thetrucks and rig up 20kmof broadcasting cables.
In the production gal-lery director Jenny checks
all 20 cameras work. Nextdoor the team picks outthe best live stats. Theyreceive the embargoedline-ups and work outformations. After fiercedebate over Liverpool,finally they settle on 4-3-3.
The graphics operatorsets up player walk-throughs while the videotech truck makes prepa-rations for replays. Thenwe’re ready for kick-off . . .
Sky’s the limit.. we go behind scenes
Blank Cech saves ‘arrogant’ Arsene
AT a time when we shouldbe basking in the legacy ofLondon 2012, athletics isenveloped in a cloud ofdoping allegations.
The Sunday Times reporteda third of medals in athletics
Championships between 2001and 2012 were won by ath-letes with suspicious bloodtests — including 55 golds.
It is also claimed this was notfollowed up by the InternationalAssociation of Athletics Federa-
Get back on track for athletics’ futureBy ALEX HEWITT tions. True, these allegations don’t
“prove” doping. But this is a greyarea too big for the IAAF to burytheir head in the long-jump sandpit,and for president Sebastian Coe todeliver empty “declarations of war”.
Now, good-guy Usain Bolt, with his100m and 200m World Champion-ships victories over two-time drugscheat Justin Gatlin, is claimed to
have “saved his sport”. But ignoringBolt, the top 20 100m times are bymen who have served doping bans.
Parallels can be made between thetrack and the bike. Spearheaded byLance Armstrong, cycling’s descentinto mistrust has created an environ-ment where athletes cannot have theirtalent celebrated without suspicion.
As the controversial reports con-
tinue, the next Usain Bolt could betreated the same as Chris Froome inthis year’s Tour de France — withhostile scepticism rather than awe.
The growing confusion surroundingathletics needs to be addressed forthe sport to survive. Without heroesthey can trust, will fans continue tobuy into the sport?
Will young athletes still be
attracted to a sport in which rawability seems no longer enough?
Transparency and resilience are theonly cure. Lessons can be learntfrom the hard-line attitude of theLondon Marathon — banning formerwinner and doper Liliya Shobukhova.
Give out lifetime bans and be trans-parent with records. Then we can getback what truly is a great sport.
By TOBY CRAVEN
THE Rugby World Cupstarts on September 18,when England play Fijiat Twickenham.
Stuart Lancaster’s menlost a key warm-up gameagainst France 20-25.They need to overcometheir World Cup curse —in 2011, they flopped outin the quarter-final.
Two days later over-whelming tournamentfavourites New Zealandtake on Argentina.
Here are three moregames to look out for:
South Africa v Scot-land, St James Park,October 3: The Scotscould have a torrid timeagainst the Springboks iftheir Six Nations formcontinues — they lostevery game. BryanHabana against StuartHogg will be a key battle.
England v Australia,Twickenham, October 3:This is a real grudgematch: the Aussies aredesperate to win backbragging rights afterbeing clobbered in theAshes. George Ford andQuade Cooper will pullthe strings.
France v Ireland, Mil-lennium Stadium, October11: Ireland won the lastgame between these two18-11 during their SixNations victory earlierthis year — nobody knowswhich way this tightmatch will go.
A NewZeal forKiwis inthe Cup
LANCASTER . . . Fiji clash
NEYMAR . . . United bound?
£240m buys
NeymarBy GUY BIRCHALL
MAN United are prepar-ing to part with £240mil-lion to bringBarcelona superstarNeymar to Old Trafford.
The Brazilian striker issaid to be interested, rec-ognising he will neveroutshine team-mateLionel Messi. UnitedChief Executive EdWoodward has visited theNou Camp three times inthe past two months. A£130m buyout clause andtax add-ons push the
transfer fee up toa record break-ing £165m, whilewages make thetotal cost£240m.
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Chatting with England superstar Fran Kirby...
World Cup competitors and theybeat Germany in the third placeplay-off.
Winning bronze not only meanta huge amount of pride and gloryfor the Lionesses — it was also thebest performance by a senior Eng-land football team in decades.
I asked Fran if she believed thepublicity for the World Cup hasdeveloped the women’s game. Shereplied: “Oh, definitely. I didn’trealise the impact we were havinguntil I got back. I grew up watch-ing professional footballers, now it’sgreat to hear young girls sayingthey want to be like me.”
I also asked if she felt the positiv-ity around the tournament haschanged the view on the female
game. Shesaid: “There arealways going tobe some people’sopinions you can’tchange — but therecord in attendancefor the WSL after theWorld Cup is evidencethings are changing.”
With the constant develop-ments within the female game,I asked Fran about earlier in hercareer. She told me if she could goback she would tell herself “toenjoy the game more . . . I put a lotof pressure on myself”.
She also told me about hertransfer to Chelsea Ladies fromhometown club Reading. Fran said:
“It was a really difficultdecision. I had reallygood friends at the club.Sometimes your career hasto come first and you needto push yourself.”
Coverage of the women’s gameis exploding. In total 1,353,506attended the Women’s WorldCup and nine million people
tweeted #WWC15 through-out the tournament.
I asked Fran how itfeels to have achieved
so much at the ageof 22.
She said: “It’scrazy actually —I mean a coupleof years ago I
was playing in low divisions andnow I’ve played in the Women’sWorld Cup. It is absolutely bizarre.
“I have pushed myself to be big-ger and better. I love winning andI hate losing so it’s definitely theright experience for me.”
The women’s footballing world isrocketing upwards and is showingno signs of coming down anytimesoon.
Girls, this is definitely your time.Determination will get you towhere you want to be — whichFran knows all too well.
“I remember going to watch anEngland game with my parentsand saying I wanted to play forEngland one day,” she said. “Andnow it’s happened.”
By
Sports ReporterAilsa Cowen
MESSI . . . as good as Fran?
FRAN-TASTIC . . Kirby scores for England
O’NEILLContinued from Back Page
eligible to play for Ireland. Former Notting-ham Forest ace O’Neill said: “We need tofind the net and to create more opportunitiesin our final four Euro qualification games.”
On Ireland qualifying, he said: “It’s still inour hands” — and added: “We might have tobeat the world champions Germany to qual-ify.” He felt that if Ireland secured wins inthe coming weeks, it would put them in agood position. O’Neill said: “We have to winagainst Gibraltar, we also have to win againstGeorgia to give ourselves a chance of qualify-ing — and if we could win those two games,we would go into the Poland and Germanygames with great heart and enthusiasm.”
After a disappointing World Cup forEngland, O’Neill issure they will want toput on a better perfor-mance next year inFrance. He said: “Theyseem to have enoughtalent in their squadthat a big tournamentwouldn’t be beyondtheir reach.
“It is an opportunityfor younger players toperform in France anddo well on the bigstage.”
The 63-year-old bosshopes to meet Englandin the finals if bothteams qualify. O’Neillsaid: “The way thingsare going, if we couldqualify, it would bedifficult to avoid ateam from Britain.”
O’Neill admitted it“would be nice” tomeet England in thefinals.
But he added: “Iwouldn’t want Scotlandto qualify at Ireland’sexpense.”
Jack Grealish’s inter-national future stillhangs in the balance —with the 19-year-oldmidfielder able tochoose Ireland orEngland.
Grealish has repre-sented Ireland since hewas 14, and O’Neillremains hopeful theAston Villa starlet willbe wearing a green jersey when he makes hissenior international debut.
O’Neill said: “Jack is still in consideration.Jack is English, so he has an affiliation withEngland. Whatever decision he makes, wewill all need to abide by that.
“We would like him to be involved with usbecause he has class. It would be easier for
him to get into Ireland’s team rather thanEngland because they [England] have an
abundance of midfield talent.”
GREALISH . . in demand
GIRLS THIS
IS YOURTIME
THE world has been gracedwith a year full of fantasticfootball — but it’s arguablythe women’s game that hastaken the greatest strides.
The expansions within the FAWomen’s Super League and thealmighty Women’s World Cuphave made a vast impact on thewomen’s game.
The expectations for girls to playwith skipping ropes in the playgroundcould be dying out as more and moreyoungsters kick a ball around.
England and Chelsea star FranKirby did exactly that with herbrother when she was younger. Shesaid: “I remember dragging him outinto the road to play football withme.”
From June 6 until July 5 Canadahosted the seventh Women’s WorldCup. This was the focus of anyfemale footballer’s year.
Twenty-four teams from around theglobe competed. The first tournamentback in 1991 only featured twelve.
This year’s tournament meant a lotto our Lionesses as their World Cuphistory is not fantastic. They havereached the quarter-final stages threetimes, lost to Germany in 1995, theUS in 2007 and France on penaltiesin 2011 — which hit the camp hard.
In 2013 the Lionesses gained a newmanager, Mark Sampson — previouslyHead Coach at WSL team BristolAcademy. Under his coaching thegirls grabbed a bronze medal in the2015 World Cup. He’s also responsiblefor picking WSL League 2 star FranKirby for the senior squad, who Sam-pson has coined the ‘mini Messi’.
She was the first League 2 playerto receive this recognition. Franagreed more girls should have theopportunity to represent their country,saying: “I’m proud to be the first toreceive that recognition of being
called up to the senior team.“Me getting picked is defi-nitely heading in the rightdirection and it shouldkeep progressing so moregirls get the opportunity.”Sampson was a true asset
— his fresh ideas andunderstanding of the gamegave the Lionesses a new
lease of life. He made them
EDGE SPORT EXCLUSIVE
BRING ONENGLAND
By DANNY DE VAAL
IRELAND manager Martin O’Neill has told of hisdream of meeting England in the Euro 2016 finals.
In an exclusive interview with The Edge, theRepublic boss tipped Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions togo far at the tournament in France next summer.
He also revealed his hope that Aston Villamidfielder Jack Grealish would declare himself
Continued on Page 15
O’Neill reveals his‘dream’ Euro clash
Gunners misfiringbut Petris perfect
WENGER . . . struggle
BURGESS . . . Cup squad
Sam theman asCiprianichopped
By JULIA PAMILIH
KEEPER Petr Cech savedArsenal as they struggledto kickstart their seasonagainst Liverpool with agoalless draw.
Pundit Gary Nevilleaccused Arsene Wengerof “arrogance” withtransfers, while GunnerAaron Ramsey joinedcalls for video technol-ogy after an offside de-cision denied him a goal.
Match report — Page 14
By TOBY CRAVEN
SAM Burgess has beencalled up to the EnglandRugby World Cup squadafter playing for just ayear — while DannyCipriani failed to makethe cut.
Burgess, 26, switchedcodes at the start of thisseason, and has just onecap for the rugby unionteam.
Rugby World Cup topgames — Page 15
SAYS STRIKER FRAN
WORLD CUP GLORY IS JUST
THE START By AILSA COWEN
LIONESSES striker Fran Kirby is on a never-ending questfor triumph.
She had a taster of World Cup glory this summer,Chelsea Ladies are flying high in the FAWSL
League and she’s itching for more.Fran told The Edge in an exclusive inter-
view: “Sometimes your career has to comefirst and you need to push yourself.”
Full interview — Pages 14 and 15
