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SIR CLIFF RICHARD has pulled out of a charity event after finding himself at the centre of a police sex abuse investigation.

The veteran singer was due to appear at Canterbury Cathedral on September 26, but his spokesman said Richard doesnt want the event to be overshadowed by the allegation against him.

The statement adds: He is sorry for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.

Richards apartment was searched by officers from South Yorkshire and Thames Valley police last month as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault on a young boy at a religious event in 1985. Sir Cliff, who was in Portugal when the search took place, has firmly denied any wrongdoing.

A statement issued August 24 on

CAR TAX DISCS are to be scrapped in just a few weeks time but half of all UK drivers have no clue, a survey claims.

The iconic circle of paper, which has been displayed in windscreens since 1921, will vanish from October 1 as Vehicle Ex-cise Duty is brought into the modern age.

The changes were announced by Chan-cellor George Osborne late last year. But a survey from financial advice website money.co.uk claims 50 per cent of drivers have no idea its going to happen.

Nearly a third of said they will not even try to find out what the new rules are, according to the poll, while six per

End Of The Road For Tax Discs This October

cent think the changes are not coming into effect until next year.

Once the changes come into force, checks to see if drivers have paid their road tax will be done electronically using databases.

This comes after the number of visual checks by police and the DVLA dropped 75 percent since 2008.

It is estimated that motorists will be 20m a year better off thanks to the move, with businesses saving 7m in admin costs.

But drivers run the risk of fines of up to 1,000 if they dont get up to speed with the new rules.

Tax will no longer be automatically transferred with a car when it is sold, so sellers are expected to tell the DVLA immediately of the change of ownership or face fines.

Vehicle tax was introduced in 1888, when Queen Victoria was on the throne and the Marquess of Salisbury was Prime Minister.

The current system of excise duty followed in 1920 and the original tax disc was introduced the next year. It was plain grey paper printed with black ink and sometimes carried ads on the back.

The tax disc went colour in 1923 and perforations were introduced in 1938, making it easier to fit into a holder. The modern design, incorporating anti-forgery measures, came in 1961.

Report: BBC Arrived At Cliff Richards Home Before Police Search Over Sexual Abuse Allegations

behalf of Richard says the allegation that he assaulted a boy at a religious rally in Sheffield, northern England, in the 1980s is completely false.

Police, who do not name suspects unless they are charged, said a 73-year-old man was interviewed under caution at a police station. He was not arrested.

Under caution means the interview was recorded and could be used in future prosecutions.

RAIDThe raid on the pop stars Berkshire

penthouse caused controversy when the BBC broke news of the search, with a film crew reportedly arriving on the scene before the police.

The corporations director-general Tony Hall and chief constable of South Yorkshire Police David Crompton will face a grilling by MPs over the affair, and the forces police and crime commissioner has launched an independent review of what happened.

Crompton and Lord Hall have been warned to stand ready to give evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) after Parliament returns from recess.

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R Ambassador: UK Close To Identifying Foley KillerBRITAINS ambassador to the United States says police and spy agencies are close to identifying the English-accented militant depicted on video showing the killing of US. journalist James Foley.

Peter Westmacott told CNN August 24 that were not far away from naming the man in the Islamic State group video.

He said investigators were using tech-niques including sophisticated voice-rec-ognition software to identify the masked, knife-wielding figure.

British newspapers reported that inves-tigators were looking at several British jihadi thought to be in the Raqqa area of Syria.

One is Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, a for-mer rapper from London, who reportedly has joined militants in Syria. He is the son of Abdel Abdul Bary, an alleged al-Qaida operative who was extradited from Britain to the US in 2012 to face terrorism charges.

R Two Truckers Charged In Death Of Afghan StowawayPOLICE have charged two truck drivers with people-smuggling after an Afghan migrant was found dead, along with 34 survivors, in a shipping container at an English port.

Stephen McLaughlin and Timothy Murphy, both from Northern Ireland, have been charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal entry into Britain. They were due court appearances.

Workers at Tilbury docks, east of London, discovered the migrants August 16 aboard an unloaded container that had arrived by cargo ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium. Dock workers said they heard bangs and screams coming from the container.

The dead man was identified as 40-year-old Meet Singh Kapoor. Police have yet to determine the cause of death.

The survivors, among them 13 chil-dren, were treated for dehydration and hypothermia.

All the migrants came from Afghani-stans tiny Sikh community.

Former Enemies Unite For WWI CommemorationBy Virginia Mayo and Raf Casert

FORMER enemies united August 4 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, with Belgium, France, Britain and Germany standing together in a spirit of reconciliation.

Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde welcomed German President Joachim Gauck under cloudy skies for the late-morning ceremony at the Cointe allied memorial amid pomp and military honor. During the ceremonies, the former enemies sat united, listening and applauding each

others speeches. Germany invaded neutral Belgium on

August 4, 1914, as part of a planned at-tack on France. By nightfall, Britain had joined the war.

It opened Pandoras Box, said Gauck who acknowledged that it is anything but self-evident to stand and talk to you on this day.

The war wasnt expected to last long. But instead of weeks, the continent was plunged into hardship and misery for more than four years.

Gauck joined British Princes William and Harry at the Saint Symphorien cem-

etery later for a similar remembrance. In Britain, there was a ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, and a late-evening candlelit vigil at Londons Westminster Abbey.

SENSELESSThe Great War, as it came to be known,

is now often depicted as senseless slaugh-ter without a big moral cause that claimed an estimated 14 million lives, including five million civilians as well as nine mil-lion soldiers, sailors and airmen from 28

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Leaders Clash In Final Debate Before

Scotland Independence

VoteBy Sylvia Hui

SCOTLANDS leading politician vied with Britains former treasury chief in a heated televised debate August 25, making a final push to capture wavering voters three weeks ahead of the historic referendum on Scottish independence.

Pro-independence First Minister Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling argued and shouted over each other on questions from defense to the sustain-ability of an economy dependent on revenues from North Sea oil, but the heart of the 90-minute exchange cen-

R Report Finds 1,400 Children Exploited In RotherhamA NEW REPORT concluded last month that some 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one northern England town_ a damming account of the collective failure by authorities to prevent children as young as 11 from being beaten, raped and trafficked.

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Fox And Hound Give Up The Chase In Exchange For FriendshipAFTER taking in an abandoned fox, Rich-ard Bowler has experienced what he has described as an unlikely but heartwarming friendship develop between a fox and his familys pet dog.

Rosie the fox and Maddy the Lakeland pat-terdale became pals after Rosie was left on her own when her dad killed most of her litter.

Bowler, 45, gave the fox, now 18 months, a home at his picturesque smallholding near Corwen in the Berwyn mountains. And the photographer has since captured some fantastic pictures of the fox cub bonding with playful five-year-old Maddy.

He said: They love chasing each other; usually Maddy does the chasing but if Rosie feels shes not getting enough attention shell dive on Maddy to get the game started.

Both are very vocal with each other but it never turns nasty. Even though Maddy is a terrier shes never been a snappy dog.

Maddy has always been a playful pet and it is a natural instinct for a fox cub to play so it is no surprise they share the same instinct for fun.

Glasgow Policeman Leads Merry Dance During

Commonwealth GamesTHE TERM encapsulating the spirit of the Commonwealth Games was used last month in Glasgow when a happy cop was filmed dancing with a visitor.

The video filmed by a member of the crowd was quickly shared on Facebook and Twitter and viewed by thousands, reported The Scotsman.

It shows the unidentified policeman danc-ing with a woman to Dean Martins How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Morning, in the citys Hutcheson street.

People took to social media to show their support and most hoped the policeman wouldnt be censured for his actions.

Ross McCafferty of Glasgow, tweeted: Dancing policeman is quality. Lets hope he doesnt get his collar felt.

Laura Rafferty wrote: People make Glasgow after seeing the video, while Gerry from Glasgow, dubbed him PC Twinkletoes.

Amanda Goodfellow posted on Facebook that it was great to see the police getting into the spirit of the Games and showing visitors what Glasgow is all about.www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuipeCRhYDw

No Holy Grail Found Following Police Search Of Pub Just A Salad Bowl

WORKING on a hot tip police converged on a Herefordshire pub last month in search of the Holy Grail, only to find an old salad bowl.

Although this may seem like the opening scene of a Monty Python movie, it was actu-ally a serious crime investigation.

Police were looking for a stolen Holy Grail relic in the village of Lea, and had received a tip that the ancient piece had been sighted in the pub. Unfortunately, after their detailed search they only came up with a an old salad bowl that was used to dish up salad to customers.

A team of 12 officers raided the Crown Inn searching for the Nanteos Cup, claimed to be the vessel Christ drank from at the Last Supper. But after an hour the only item they found that resembled the missing artifact was the wooden bowl

AMAZEDLandlady Di Franklyn said: I was amazed

to see so many police they said they had been given information that this Holy Grail had been shown off by someone here. But if somebody had stolen something as priceless as the Holy Grail I dont think it would be on show in my pub. But the police were taking the information very seriously because there were so many of them including a police dog handler.

In history the legend suggests the Nanteos Cup was brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea and is said to have divine healing qualities. Monks apparently took it to Nanteos Mansion in the Welsh county of Ceredigion during the reign of Henry Vlll. The estate was later owned by the Powell family who housed the cup for centuries.

The relic later left the mansion and was stolen from a house in Weston-under-Penyard, Herefordshire, in July.

It vanished after it was loaned to a seri-ously ill woman because of its purported recuperative powers.

Passengers On Australian Flight Told To Flush Drugs

Before LandingAPOLOGIES were made by an Australian airline last month after passengers on a flight were told to flush their drugs down a toilet before the plane landed.

The attendant on a Jetstar flight from the Gold Coast to Sydney also told passengers that sniffer dogs and inspectors were waiting.

The warning to flush anything you shouldnt have reportedly sparked a rush to the toilets, according to the BBC.

Many of the passengers were reportedly returning from the Splendour in The Grass music festival which is held near Byron Bay.

A Jetstar spokesman said the crew members words were poorly chosen and plainly at odds with the professional stan-dards wed expect from our team.

He said the attendant would be reprimand-ed but members of the public called for leniency with one posting on Facebook: Fair dinkum true blue Aussie flight attendant.

Photographer Battling Wikipedia In Battle Over Monkey Selfee,

And CopyrightsVISITORS to Wikipedia are being asked to vote to help settle a disagreement with a photographer over what is said to be a selfie photo by a Monkey.

During a trip to Indonesia David Slater experienced an endangered crested black macaque grabbed his camera and began taking hundreds of pictures.

When he finally got his camera back and looked at the shots, he spotted an incredible selfie of the grinning ape staring right into the camera lens.

The picture has gone viral in newspapers, websites and magazines across the globe and the Gloucestershire photographers work was thrust into the internet spotlight.

But, last month he found himself fighting a legal battle with Wikimedia after the organisa-tion added the image to its online collection of royalty-free images.

The websites spokesman Tomasz Koz-low ski said: The work did not originate from Mr Slater as by his own admission he did not take the picture, the monkey did. However monkeys cant and dont own copyrights.

But Slater argued: It makes me very angry, Im a professional photographer it costs me over 2,000 to do the trip. Its my livelihood.

You take 20,000 shots to get one image that sells, it was potentially a good earner for me, Ive lost over 10,000 because of it.

But, in a novel move, Wikimedia Com-mons has said that its community will vote on whether the image is public property.

The vote is expected to take several days and involves a large group of Wikimedia users.

Man Builds His Own Toll Road To Get Around Road Works

MIKE WATTS, 62, A British businessman grew tired of council works closing off a road near his home has built his own detour, and is now charging motorists 2 each to use it.

Watts was forced to drive around a sec-tion of the A431 between Bath and Bristol because a landslide had closed the road in February. Council works were due to carry on until the end of the year.

Not wanting to wait that long, Watts employed his own crew of road workers and built a 400-yard-long bypass in the field next to the closed-off section.

He spent 150,000 of his own money, so has now set up a toll booth and is charging cars 2 to drive along his road (and 1 for motorbikes). Regular users can bulk-buy 12 passes for 10.

Motorists can avoid the toll, of course, but it means having to make a ten-mile detour, so most are happy to pay the money.

He explained: Building a toll road is not an easy everyday thing that people do, and in fact this is the first private toll road in Britain in at least 100 years.

But I have had a 100 percent positive response from the public on this.

Eric Cantona Namesake Charged With Armed Robbery

A SALFORD teenager didnt help the name of Eric Cantona last month when he was arrested for his involvement in an armed robbery.

Adam Eric Cantona Doyle, 18, from Salford, was due before Wigan magistrates.

Doyle will be joined in the dock by Dean Anthony Mcdonough, 24, Kade Stephen Cole, 23, and Daniel Dickenson, 27.

All four men have been charged with rob-bery. They were arrested after police were called to a raid at Co-op store in Wigan, August 13.

Sweet Job: England Seeks Choc Doc To Study Candy

IS THERE a doctor of chocolate in the house?Cambridge University in England is seek-

ing a doctoral student to pursue what sounds like the sweetest job in the world: studying the fundamentals of chocolate.

The research goal, according to the job description, is to identify ways of keeping chocolate-based food from melting in warm climates. Thats a challenge given that even the best-quality chocolate starts going soft around 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit), below human body temperature.

A solution could fatten the profits of the worlds top 10 chocolate companies, which last year posted confectionary sales exceed-ing $85bn.

Only European Union citizens can apply for the post under the direction of experts in chemical engineering, geotechnical engi-neering and soft matter physics. Job application: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/4702/

UK Councils Field Weird Queries On Dragons, Ghosts

IS YOUR TOWN safe from dragon attack? Inquiring minds want to know.

A list of the top 10 strangest questions posed by Freedom of Information Act petitioners was published last month by Englands Local Government Association.

The group, which represents more than 350 councils, asked the public not to burden its staff with questions deemed vexatious, aka ridiculous.

Rossendale Council was asked to detail its employment of exorcists and faith heal-ers. Worthing Council was asked to explain its emergency plans for meteor strikes and solar flares. Birmingham was asked to reveal how many requests its had to screen public buildings for ghosts.

And there be dragons in northwest England, apparently. One fact-seeker asked Wigan Council: What plans are in place to protect the town from a dragon attack?

Cemetery Ghost Pretender Pays For Shouting At Passers By

IT WASNT Halloween nor appropriate that a man was fined last month for throwing his arms in the air and shouting Woooo in a cemetery last month

Anthony Stallard of Southsea, Hampshire, was ordered to pay 35 and a 20 victim surcharge plus 20 in costs at Portsmouth Magistrates for the offense.

The court was told that Stallard had been out drinking with friends when they went to Portsmouths Kingston Cemetery where they played football. Hampshire police said a number of witnesses made a complaint that Stallard had acted rowdily and pretended to be a spooky apparition.

The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause distress.

Charity Challenge Sees Man Push A Sprout Up Mount Snowdon With His Nose

Snowdons Popularity Sees Man Climbing In A Thong For Losing Bet

IT WOULD have seemed a reasonably safe bet going with Brazil to win the World Cup. But, as we all now know, it wasnt even close, and, nobody realizes this more than the Welsh football fan that said he would climb Mount Snowdon, in a thong, if he lost the bet.

So, last month Jon Jolley donned his thong and walking boots and began his trek upwards to the peak of the mountain.

So when Philippe Scolaris team went out after a 7-1 thrashing in the semi-final against Germany, he knew what he had to do. Jolley made good his promise and scaled the 3,560ft mountain wearing just a skimpy thong embroidered with the Welsh flag.

There were quite a few shocked faces, Jolley said after the three-and-a-half hour climb.

Jolleys stunt has so far raised more than 1,000 for Cancer Research.www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rXJ5ithHMY

PUSHING a sprout up Snowdon was never in Stuart Kettells long term plans a year ago, but thats exactly what he did last month.

Kettell, from the West Midlands, took three days to reach the 3,560ft peak of the mountain, raising more for charity in the process.

The 49-year-old, who practised by

pushing a sprout around his garden, took on the bizarre challenge to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

He admitted: People definitely think Im mad, and Im beginning to think it myself. It hurt my arms, my legs, my feet, my knees and my neck.

So far Kettell has raised more than 4,000 and has targeted 5,000 in total.

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His announcement came after a high-voltage speech in London in which he said Britain should be unafraid of walking out of the European Union if it failed to accept sweeping reforms. But he sidestepped ques-tions about whether he intended to challenge David Cameron as Prime Minister.

Asked if his real aim was to be PM, Mr Johnson insisted he just wanted to settle the speculation before the Tory party confer-ence. No ... I dont want to revert to weasel mode here.

A new poll has revealed that the Conserva-tives could have a Commons majority within their grasp if Boris Johnson were leading the party. The Ipsos-MORI survey shows Tory support surging by a startling six points if Mr Johnson were to replace David Cameron at the helm.

The poll found that having Chancellor George Osborne as leader would see the Conservatives suffering a grim 2015 general election and Home Secretary Theresa May taking the top job would make little difference to her partys fortunes.Royal Childhood Exhibition At The Palace

I attended a preview at Buckingham Pal-ace of an exhibition about Royal Childhood, showing various toys and other objects used by royal children over the years.

From well-loved toys and treasured fam-ily gifts to tiny childhood outfits, a special exhibition at Buckingham Palace gives an unprecedented glimpse into life as a young member of the royal family growing up at the palace. Spanning more than 250 years, Royal Childhood brings together objects from the Royal Collection, the Royal Archives and the private collections of members of the Royal Family, as well as photographs and film footage.

The official residence of the Queen and one of the most famous buildings in the world, Buckingham Palace has been a royal family home since George III purchased Buckingham House for his new wife Queen Charlotte in 1762. In 1845 Queen Victoria commissioned a fourth wing to be added to the Palace to provide accommodation for our little family, which is fast growing up she had nine children!A Beatles Adventure

It was good to come across my friend Ivor Davis last month. Ivor, an ex-Londoner, came across the Atlantic with my former partner and UJ columnist Dr Watson (Jerry Watson) was it really 1961? to seek their fortunes.

Things were hard at first, but later Ivor became West Coast correspondent for Lon-dons Daily Express, and Watson became US correspondent for the London Evening Standard.

Now Ivor has written a book The Beatles and Me on Tour after being assigned to travel with the Beatles in August 1964. He was also George Harrisons ghost writer. The book was published last month. His wild journey with the Beatles began 50 years ago on August 18, 1964 in San Francisco and finished five weeks later in New York.

The book is available through his website: www.ivordavisbeatles.com or via Amazon and has a fund of funny stories never heard before.Magic Helps Children With Paralysis

Members of The Magic Circle are helping conjure new hope for children who suffer partial paralysis.

A project called Breathe Arts Health Research has set up magic camps that use tricks to help children with hemiplegia, a weakness or loss of control on one side of the body. Clinical trials have shown that performing tricks can improve the motor skills and confidence of those affected by the condition.

The scheme has been so successful, the NHS in Wandsworth and West Kent are fol-lowing Lambeth in funding a child to attend although the waiting list is 150-strong. At the current camps finale at The Magic Circle Theatre in Euston, 16 participants are performing alongside professionals.

Yvonne Farquharson, managing director of Breathe Arts Health Research, said:When you meet the children, many have never used one of their hands in their life. But you cant do the tricks without using both hands, so theyre inspired by the magic to practise and practise.

Londons Grand Dame Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary

The Savoy Hotel marked its 125th an-niversary last month. Built in 1889 by impresario Richard DOyly Carte next to his Savoy Theatre, expanded on the Strand side and reconfigured in 1904, the hotel is where Cesar Ritz and Auguste Escoffier made their names. It was pivotal in the development of elevators, electric lighting, fine dining, social-ising, music, broadcasting and the creation of potent cocktails.

When it closed for a 100m refurbish-ment in 2007, major structural faults were discovered and the cost and length of the refit spiralled. But the Savoy reopened in

2010 with its facade and interiors reborn, with a new bar, new restaurant, new shops and nine new personality suites reflect-ing famous guests such as Claude Monet, Marlene Dietrich and Noel Coward.Cumberbatchs Hamlet Sells Out In Record Time

Benedict Cumberbatchs starring role as Hamlet has become the fastest selling ticket in London theatre history with advance seats selling out in minutes almost a year before the curtain rises, it has been claimed.

Fans hoping to catch the Sherlock stars 12-week run as the Danish prince next summer swamped the Barbican Theatres website when tickets went on sale at 10am and by 1:30pm, would-be theatre-goers found themselves 30,000 places from the front of the online queue for the 100,000 tickets available.

As hopes of bagging an elusive ticket grew ever more distant, fans took to Twitter to vent their frustration. Penny Jacquie tweeted: Good Lord! Number of users in queue ahead of you: 34,324.

There is still hope for those left disap-pointed. The theatre is holding back 100 tickets for each performance at 10 a head.

Hamlet runs from August 5 to October 31 next year.Jenga Tower Backed Despite Fear It Could Block Westminster View

Londons Jenga Tower has been given the go-ahead despite protesters claiming the 50-storey skyscraper will ruin views of Westminster.

The controversial development in Vauxhall will see two new towers with 450 apartments, a private gym and cinema, winter gardens and office space.

The larger terracotta-clad building has been likened to a block of Jenga toy bricks because one section appears to hang over a smaller 25-storey tower.

Agent Toby Baines said: Since the begin-ning of this project we have been determined to address the criticisms (from a rejected scheme). We are now proposing a much improved mixed-use development.

It is the latest major scheme to get the green light as part of the regeneration of Vaux-hall, Nine Elms and Battersea, spearheaded by Lambeth and Wandsworth councils.

The New Broadway towers will be joined by half a dozen other tall buildings, including the 58-storey Market Tower, in Wandsworth, which is set to transform the south London skyline over the next decade.

Westminster Council and English Heritage objected to the scheme over fears it would spoil views of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. Fans Furious At Rising Prices

Hundreds of football fans marched on the Premier League and Football League head-quarters in London to protest against rapidly rising ticket prices for away supporters which they claim could sap the atmosphere from stadiums.

Irate supporters demonstrated against clubs they claim are pricing them out of the game by hiking the cost of tickets, with fans visiting London clubs, including Arsenal and Tottenham, among those asked to pay the most.

The march was organised by the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) and called for

Boris Could Lead Tories To Victory

BORIS JOHNSON ended months of speculation by confirming he will stand for Parliament in the 2015 general election.

The Mayor of London declared that he will serve out his second term in City Hall which ends in 2016 at the same time as being an MP.

away tickets to be capped at 20 across English football and a review of match ticket categorisation.

The FSF argues that fans of successful clubs are penalised as their away games are regularly made Category A matches, mean-ing they are more expensive than regular fixtures at that ground.

A Premier League spokesman said: Ticket pricing is a matter for individual clubs, many of which work hard to fill their stadiums with offers at different points during the sea-son that make top-flight football accessible to large numbers of fans.

We have always encouraged stretch pricing to help accessibility and it is against Premier League rules to charge away fans more than home fans for the same standard of seats.Dinner With A View From The Bridge

The Bridge Masters House at Tower Bridge is being converted into a restaurant and cocktail bar.

The venue, which is being developed by

the City of London Corporation, will offer new views of the Thames, Tower of London and the bridge itself thanks to a glass roof.

It is part of a former boiler room, yard and underground reservoir to the south-west of Tower Bridge.

The corporation has hired retail and res-taurant specialists Kitchen La Frenais Morgan to search for an operator for the venue. KLM partner James Andrews said: The South Bank is known for attracting tourists but the calibre of business people here is significant.

There are more than 60,000 business people in the area and we hope to find opera-tors that will appeal to this crowd something of quality that is also trendy.

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Committee chairman Keith Vaz has written to both men asking a series of questions about how the BBC found out about the planned search, and asked them to reply within days.

Richard had previously pulled out of a ceremony, last month, where he was to be awarded the Keys of the City of Albufeira near his holiday home in Portugal.

Cliff Richard Pulls Out Of Charity Event

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KATE BUSH made a polite appeal to her fans via her website asking: she said she was very excited about the shows and working very hard in preparation.

She continued: I have a request for all of you who are coming to the shows.

We have purposefully chosen an in-timate theatre setting rather than a large venue or stadium. It would mean a great deal to me if you would please refrain from taking photos or filming during the shows.

I very much want to have contact with you as an audience, not with iPhones, iPads or cameras. I know its a lot to ask but it would allow us to all share in the experi-ence together.

This will be the singers first comeback gig in 35 years, and many of her fans and younger new-age followers will be disap-pointed in her request.

Its hard to believe that mobile phone technology and home computing were in their infancy when Bush last performed live in 1979.

Bushs London shows mark her return to the stage more than three decades later and at the same venue, the Hammersmith Apollo, where she effectively retired from live performances after six weeks on the road.

NUMBER ONEBush was just 20 when she completed

The Tour Of Life with three dates at what was then called the Hammersmith Odeon, after topping the charts with Wuthering Heights the previous year and becoming the first woman to go to number one sing-ing one of her own songs.

Bush is not alone amongst the stars who dont understand some of the fans be-

No Filming Please, Kate Bush Asks Fans To Attend Her First Comeback Shows

havior. The Who frontman Roger Daltrey recently said it was weird that people did not have their mind on the show when they had gone to a performance and were concentrating on staring at their phone screens rather than the artist on stage.

He said: I feel sorry for them, I really feel sorry for them.

As for the opening concert, Bush was lauded by all reviewers, The Independent saying the show was: . . . quite stunning, undoubtedly the most ambitious, and genuinely moving, piece of theatrical pop even seen on a British stage.

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countries. At least seven million troops were left permanently disabled.

British Prime Minister David Cameron sought to debunk that notion.

Although there was an enormous amount of waste and loss of life, there was a cause that young men rallied to at the beginning of the war, which was the idea that Europe shouldnt be dominated by one power. That a country, a small country like Belgium, shouldnt be simply snuffed out, Cameron told the BBC.

An intense hug between Gauck and French President Francois Hollande dur-ing a remembrance ceremony in eastern France close to the German border sealed again the friendship between the two neighbors, who have become the corner-stones of the European Union.

The ceremony in Liege was significant since the battle for the forts around the city meant the first delay for Germanys enveloping move through Belgium, the so-called Schlieffen Plan strategy to defeat France in a matter of weeks.

STRENGTHLiege held much longer than expected

and allowed the allied forces to gather strength and keep Germany at bay within dozens of kilometers of Paris.

Gauck called the German plan hapless and deplored German actions against civil-ians and cities its forces passed through during the early weeks of the war.

By the end of autumn 1914, both sides dug in, and from the early battles, the war quickly changed into trench warfare on the Western Front, with hundreds of thousands of casualties in a barren landscape where poison gas often wafted through the air.

The battlefront scars would slowly and agonizingly rip across Europe, rav-age whole communities and millions of families. It produced a moral wasteland in Germany that would become fertile ground for the rise of Nazism. Four empires would disappear.

The US joined the allies against the German and Austro-Hungarian empires in 1917 and provided a decisive impetus to break the deadlock before the November 11, 1918, armistice.

Former WWI Enemies Unite...

Continued from page 1By Danica Kirka

BRITAIN HAS moved past a strictly humanitarian mission in Iraq and the countrys leader warned month that the effort wont be over any time soon.

Prime Minister David Cameron said the British government has fully worked through its strategy and stressed troops would not get involved in another war. But he argued limited action is needed to prevent violence from being exported back to Britains streets.

We are not going to be putting boots on the ground, Cameron told the BBC. We are not going to be sending in the British Army.

Camerons remarks followed Defense Secretary Michael Fallons comments to Royal Air Force service members in Cyprus suggesting that reconnaissance ac-tions in Iraq are moving beyond easing the plight of Yazidis and other minority groups fleeing Islamic militants. He predicted such actions would go on for months.

UK Iraq Mission No Longer Strictly Humanitarian

With critics warning of mission creep, Britains opposition Labour Party and Church of England leaders have accused the government of having no coherent or comprehensive approach to fighting the extremists or to protecting Christians from persecution.

Cameron repeated the governments position that Britain was willing to arm the Kurdish Peshmerga forces although they havent yet made a request.

He said Britain should use all its assets including diplomacy, political relation-ships, aid, military prowess and expertise to help others and to put pressure on Islamic State and make sure this terrorist organization is properly addressed and cannot cause mayhem on our own streets.

Meanwhile, Sweden said it was increas-ing its aid to Iraq by 50 million kronor ($7m) to a total of 145 million kronor so far this year. Defense Minister Karin En-strom said Sweden also will provide two transport planes to deliver humanitarian aid to those fleeing the Islamic militants.

Thousands Of Police Drafted To Protect

NATO SummitBRITISH POLICE say some 9,500 officers from across the country have been drafted in to protect the Septem-ber 4-5 NATO summit in Wales.

Assistant Chief Constable Chris Armitt said last month that while most protests timed to coincide with the event are expected to be peaceful, a minority is expected to take direct disruptive action and challenge police.

He said a small number of protesters are believed to be planning a march to the Celtic Manor resort in southeast Wales, where the summit will be held.

Armitt warned that anyone trying to breach the 8.4 miles of security fencing surrounding the resort will be arrested.

The summit will be attended by leaders from 28 NATO member states as well as some 30 of the alliances partner nations.

Ex-Editor Coulson Charged With Perjury In Scotland

Police Free Eight Men Allegedly Held As Slaves

AIRBUS BEAT rival Boeing in the aircraft order stakes at this years Farnborough International Airshow, getting nearly twice as many orders and commitments.

The victory by the European aircraft manufacturer is its second in a row in the unofficial airshow competition after last years triumph in Paris the French capital and Farnborough, a town in southern Eng-land, alternate the location of the airshow.

For years, the airshow has served as a platform for a sales race between the worlds two major aircraft makers, who are having to cater to customers increasingly interested in new-generation, energy-efficient planes to offset huge increases in the price of jet fuel.

Though Airbus clinched more deals at Farnborough, Boeing insisted that it has won more in the year to date. Boeing put its figure at 783 and Airbus at 648.

Airbus said last month its orders and commitments at Farnborough for 496 aircraft were valued at $75bn. Demand for its A320neo, or new engine option, was particularly strong. Boeing, meanwhile,

Airbus Beats Boeing In Airshow Orders Race

secured business worth $40.2bn for 201 airplanes.

COMMITMENTSThe orders and commitments weve

received at this record-breaking Farnbor-ough for both the A330neo and A320neo families are together an unequivocally resounding endorsement for these most cost-efficient aircraft, said John Leahy, Airbus chief operating officer.

Airbus orders intake included the largely updated versions of its A330 wide body aircraft, which launched this week. Airbus says the plane is more fuel efficient and has a longer range to help it compete against Boeings 787 Dreamliner.

Edward Hunt, a senior consultant with IHS, put Airbus win in part to the fact that the Airbus plane was sort of an old standby. The A330 has sold well and is widely in use, making it simple to service and avoiding the necessity to train pilots on a new aircraft.

But he said both manufacturers had similar offerings and that what airlines were looking for were good deals.

BRITISH police say they have rescued eight men from a farm following an investigation into suspected slavery and servitude.

Police say the men, aged between 21 and 46 from Romania, Latvia and Poland, were found at Little Testwood Farm near South-ampton in southern England, following a dawn raid last month.

A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspi-cion of knowingly holding another person in

slavery or servitude and remains in custody.The rescued men were taken to a center

to receive emotional support.Detective Inspector Phil Scrase urged

anyone offered cheap labor that seems too good to be true to question whether the laborers are being exploited and to contact police.

The farm is believed to be home to a caravan camp site.

PROSECUTORS have charged former tab-loid editor Andy Coulson with perjury over evidence he gave in the trial of a Scottish politician.

Coulson, who is serving an 18 month-sentence for conspiring to hack phones, did not appear in a Glasgow court to answer the charges for lying under oath in the 2010 case against ex-lawmaker Tommy Sheridan. No pleas were entered last month and another

hearing is set for October.Coulson edited the now-defunct News of

the World tabloid between 2003 and 2007 and is accused of lying about his knowledge of the tabloids practice of eavesdropping on the voicemail messages of celebrities and others in the public eye.

The Scottish case against the ex-aide to Prime Minister David Cameron was suspend-ed pending the conclusion of the hacking trial.

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IS A B visa better than travelling on the Visa Waiver Program? The answer depends on a number of factors including what your needs are, what youre eligible for, and why youre coming to the United States. To determine which is a better, we need to explore what the Visa Waiver Program and B visa are.

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a pro-gram that allows citizens of certain countries to travel to the United States without a visa for stays of 90 days or less for tourism or business as long as they meet certain criteria. Citizens of the United Kingdom and many other European nations are eligible for the visa waiver program. In order to travel on the VWP, you must have a valid tourist or business purpose. A valid business purpose includes travel to consult with business associates, attend a convention/conference, attend a short-term training, or negotiate a contract. A valid tourist purpose includes tourism, vacation, visiting friends/rela-tives, medical treatment, participating in social events, participating in amateur sports, music, or similar events/contests (if not getting paid), and enrollment in a short recreational course of study (not for credit toward a degree). Travelers on the VWP cannot study for credit, cannot be entering the US for employment purposes or to

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B Visa or Visa Waiver Programwork as foreign media. You must also have a valid Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) approval prior to travelling to the United States. ESTA is the Customs and Border Pro-tections (CBP) automated web-based system to determine eligibility to travel without a visa to the United States for tourism or business. Some factors that make a traveler ineligible for the VWP include having a criminal history, prior denial of a visa or admission into the US, not having a machine-readable passport that meets certain criteria, having the intent to remain in the US for longer than 90 days, or wanting to work or study in the US. If you travel on the VWP, you cannot change your status to another nonimmigrant visa category once you are here, nor can you extend the 90 day period.

The B visa is a nonimmigrant visitor visa for those who wish to travel to the United States temporarily for business (B-1 visa), tourism(B-2 visa), or a combination of both purposes (B-1/B-2 visa). The permitted busi-ness and tourism purpose for travel are similar to those for the VWP. In addition, to be eligible for a B visa, the traveler must demonstrate that you are coming for a specific amount of time, that you have funds to cover the expenses for your stay, and you must show that you have

a residence outside the United States which you have no intention of abandoning (and evidence of other ties that will ensure that you return abroad at the end of the visit). Anyone interested in travelling on the B visa must apply for one at the consulate or embassy in your home country; the application process differs from consulate to consulate so you will need to verify the specific requirements. Depending on the individual circumstances, a B visa for up to 10 years may be issued; however, this does not mean that you can stay in the US consecutively for 10 years. The Validity of a visa relates only to the length of time the holder has to travel to the United States and apply for admission. The actual duration of stay is determined at the port of entry depending on the purpose of the trip and you may be admitted for a maximum of one year but most are admitted from somewhere between six months and one year. It is possible to extend the duration of stay after entering the US by filing an application for an extension of status with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. It is also possible to change your status to another nonimmigrant category after entering on a B visa.

For travelers who are eligible for the VWP and only intend to come for a short visit to the US to vacation or attend business meetings, the VWP can be an easy, hassle-free way to enter the US. For those who are ineligible for the VWP or need to stay in the United States for longer than 90 days, a B visa may be the only option to go. Any traveler who is eligible to travel on the VWP, can still apply for a B visa.

The above article is provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal advice. Please consult your immigration attorney to discuss the specifics of your own case. I can be reached at (619) 235-5400 or through my web page at www.urelaw.com.

ACCLAIMED ACTOR and Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, whose film career on both sides of the camera spanned 60 years, has died. He was 90.

Lord Attenborough was one of Britains leading actors, before becoming a highly successful director.

In a career that spanned six decades, he appeared in films including Brighton Rock, World War Two prisoner of war thriller The Great Escape and later in dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park.

As a director he was perhaps best known for Gandhi, which won him two Oscars.

Prime Minister David Cameron issued a statement calling Attenborough one of the greats of cinema.

With his abundant snow-white hair and beard, Attenborough was one of the most familiar faces on the British arts scene universally known as Dickie.

He appeared in a many major Hollywood films, directed a series of movies and was known for his extensive work as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and other humani-tarian causes.

As a director, Attenborough made sev-eral successful movies, from Oh What a Lovely War in 1969 to Chaplin and Shadow-lands in the 1990s. But his greatest success was Gandhi. Sir Ben Kingsley, who played the title role, said he would miss him dearly, he added, Richard Attenborough trusted me with the crucial and central task of bringing to life a dream it took him 20 years to bring to fruition.

On stage, Attenboroughs youthful ap-pearance nearly cost him the lead role in the original cast of The Mousetrap, because its author, Agatha Christie, didnt think he looked like a police detective. But he starred with his wife, actress Sheila Sim, when the hit play opened in November 1952 and stayed for 700 performances.

By the mid-1970s, Attenborough had become a director who only occasionally acted. It was said that he took acting jobs

to help finance movies he wanted to direct.Richard Attenborough was a tireless

defender of the British film industry. His artistic and humanitarian efforts were rewarded with several international prizes, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Prize in 1983.

He was appointed a CBE in 1967 and knighted nine years later in 1976, before being made a life peer in 1993, becoming Baron Attenborough of

One of his younger brothers is naturalist David Attenborough, whose nature docu-mentaries have reached audiences around the world.

His later years were marked by a hor-rendous personal tragedy when he lost his daughter Jane and granddaughter in the tsunami that hit Thailand the day after Christmas in 2004.

He had been in frail health and has been wheelchair-bund since a fall at his house in 2008. He has spent his last years in a nursing home with his wife.

He is survived by his wife, their son and a daughter.

As an actor* In Which We Serve 1942* Brighton Rock 1947* The League of Gentlemen 1960* The Great Escape 1963* Doctor Dolittle 1967* 10 Rillington Place 1971* Jurassic Park 1993* Miracle on 34th Street 1994* Elizabeth 1998As a director* Young Winston 1972* Gandhi 1982* A Chorus Line 1985* Cry Freedom 1987* Chaplin 1992* Shadowlands 1993* In Love and War 1996* Grey Owl 1999

Richard Attenborough Dies, 90

BOUND for America, a man was rescued five miles off the Dorset coast last month, while attempting to sail to America in a 300 dinghy.

The adventurer was not wearing a life jacket, his boat had no lights and his only navigational aid was a street map of Southampton.

But, the 30-year-old Bulgarian had a passport containing a US visa, hot dogs, beans and a bag of biscuits.

He told authorities hed bought the 14ft

Man Rescued Off Dorset Coast In Cheap Dinghy, And Street Mapvessel from Christchurch harbour and then set off on his 3,500-mile voyage across the Atlantic.

Passing yachtsmen raised the alarm after spotting him looking seasick in choppy water off Hengistbury Head, near Bournemouth.

The man, who was alone on the sail-ing dinghy, refused help when an RNLI lifeboat arrived and kept saying: I am going west.

After refusing assistance for 45 minutes,

the crew dragged him on to their boat and took him to shore.

Lifeboat crewman Pete Dadds, 41, said the dinghy was taking on water, and the man would have died if he had not been rescued.

When we reached the gentleman he didnt want us there, he wanted to carry on his way, Dadds said.

We said if we leave you you will die. He didnt have a life jacket, just a buoyancy aid and the vessel didnt have

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crew arrived back at Mudeford, the man was taken to hospital by ambulance.

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HOWEVER IMPROBABLE and distant a date seems, it always comes. One such date occurs this month: September 18, 2014, the vote on Scottish independence. The referendum was kicked into the long grass years ago but now, finally, the greensward has parted...

I do not think my concerns about the outcome can be in any doubt. I have always favoured the union without ever giving it a thought. My parents and before them gen-erations of my family grew up in the United Kingdom a place without a proper name, somewhere ruled by a king which is united.

Just as with our postage stamps, we didnt ever have the need to stick a name on ourselves unless we felt like reminding the world that we were once an impe-rial power when we arrogated the adjective Great and added it to Britain.

But this month, our compatriots to the north, or at least the people living there, will determine whether we shall keep the blue in the Union Flag. Or whether well be obliged to fly some sort of emasculated version of crosses and diagonals, like the Ikurrina, the flag of the Basque country. You know, the one waved before cyclists in the Tour de France when it reaches the Pyrenees.

OUTCOMEGlasgows Commonwealth Games were

carefully studied for any clues they might supply about the likely outcome of the refer-endum. To their credit, the Scottish National-ists managed to avoid too much politicisation of the event. Admittedly, Alec Salmond tried

to get the Red Arrows to remove some of the colour in the tradi-tional flypast opening of the Games. But they were not to be moved: the smoke they trailed across the sky was red, white and blue.

The wonder fu l Scottish medal haul they came fourth overall in this respect meant that throughout the eleven-day event, the bagpipes con-tinually skirled to the sound of Flower of Scotland, a song composed in 1967 to celebrate Robert the Bruces defeat of Edward II at Ban-nockburn in 1314. To the foreign ear, it always sounds like a bit of a wordy dirge but it clearly stirs the passions of a Scottish crowd.

SUFFRAGETTESBy contrast, England have chosen to adopt

Jerusalem, Blakes poem set to music by Sir Hubert Parry and allegedly celebrating the burning down of the Albion Flour Mills in 1791, Londons first factory. It was the marching song of the suffragettes and was

SCOTTISH REFERENDUM

Possibility English Would Vote Yesadopted by the Womens Institute in 1924 unsurprisingly in preference to one that began, We are a band of earnest women.

What was worth recording is that the Scot-tish crowd cheered English winners almost as fervently as Scottish ones, and whilst there was passion aplenty in renditions of Flower of Scotland, Jerusalem was sung no less vigorously with no lack of respect among the hosts.

Within a week, the first televised debate took place between the First Minister, Alec Salmond, and the Better Together leader, Alistair Darling. It was a testy affair with all

the subtlety of brick walls advancing against brick walls. Darling emerged as the more positive. This was a surprise as friends and foes alike reckoned Sal-mond would have too much f i re -power.ASSERTIONS

T h e d e b a t e boiled down to two

assertions, neither of which was refuted.Salmond argued that the people best

qualified to run Scotland were the Scots them-selves. Well, they have been running Britain quite successfully for several centuries. He also persistently asked Darling if he agreed with David Cameron who had said, An in-dependent Scotland would be a successful

small country. Darling had no answer.For his part, Darling concentrated on

Scotlands future currency. What would Sal-mond do since England, Wales and Northern Ireland would not join in a currency union with Scotland? Salmond could only respond that they would. Full stop. They would not prevent Scotland from using the pound.

The public verdict on the debate was in-conclusive: each side could claim victory but overall the public opinion polls suggested that people favoured rejection of independence by 55 percent to 45 percent.

LETTERMick Jagger added his voice to those

of more than 200 high-profile English and Scottish figures from the worlds of art, sport, literature and science, who wrote an open letter to the people of Scotland saying that, We value our bonds of citizenship with youWhat unites us is greater than what divides us.

The signatories of this letter from the Lets Stay Together campaign boast some prestigious figures in their midst: Ste-ven Hawking, Sir Steve Redgrave and Dame Judi Dench to mention just three.

Ironically, the results of research done by Manchester and Sussex University were pub-lished on the same day as Jaggers appeal to the Scots. This concluded that the chief beneficiaries of celebrity-inspired attempts to raise the profile of a good cause tend to be the celebrities themselves.

The ability of celebrity advocacy to reach people is limited neatly summed up the poll-

ing of over 1,000 respondents. That should be some consolation for the Yes campaign which is increasingly looking like a lost cause. In fairness, the support of Scotlands most famous actor, Sir Sean Connery, for the Yes campaign adds considerably to its weight.

PROMISEDThere is yet another development to con-

sider: all three major political parties have promised to extend the powers currently enjoyed by the Scottish Parliament should the independence vote fail. Messrs Cameron, Miliband and Clegg signed a joint undertak-ing to devolve further powers to Scotland in the next parliament whichever party or combination of parties forms the government. Scotland will enjoy greater freedom over such things as income tax and housing benefit.

This is a genuinely unique commitment which demonstrates the absolute com-mitment of Westminster to keep the union together.

At this distance, a rejection of indepen-dence seems the likelier outcome. It has pas-sionate support but the No Thanks supporters have always seemed to hold the upper hand. To those of us south of the border, since devolution in 1998 Scotland has enjoyed a large number of benefits denied to the rest of the UK, with perks like free prescriptions that cost the English 8.05 a throw.

The truth is that if we English were given a vote on Scottish independence, there is a strong possibility we would vote Yes!

jpolley2@sky.com

My parents and before them generations of my

family grew up in the United Kingdom a place without a proper name, somewhere ruled by a king which is united.

Leaders Clash In Scottish Independence Debate

Britain Pledges New Funding To Contain EbolaBRITAIN has announced 3m in new fund-ing to help contain the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

International Development Secretary Justine Greening says Britain will provide 1.25m to help the governments of Si-erra Leone and Liberia boost their national health systems, and 1m to a group of non-profit organizations so they can expand the monitoring and tracing of new cases.

The rest of the funds will go toward sup-porting communities affected by the virus and specialist clinical care.

The financing announced last month will be released to organizations, including the World Health Organization.

The deadly outbreak of Ebola in West Africa was first seen in Guinea and has spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, killing almost 1,000 people since March.

The first Briton to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus was given the experi-mental drug ZMapp, August 25. The Royal Free Hospital. in London. where he is be-ing treated said British volunteer, William Pooley, had been administered the drug two days after he was brought back from West Africa. Pooley, 29 had been working at an Ebola center in Sierra Leone when he tested positive for the disease.

tered on what currency an independent Scotland would use.

The two rivals had faced off in a first debate session on August 5, and both men stuck to famil-iar arguments in this meeting. Salmond reit-erated that he wanted the territory to keep us-ing the pound sterling in a currency union with the rest of the UK.

But Darling, who leads the No campaign, maintained that such a deal would not work and would leave Scot-land with little control over its economy. His opponents provided no financial security for Scotlands future gen-erations, he argued.

Any countrys start-ing point is currency, money, he said. Un-certainty about currency can bring a country to its knees.

Salmond appealed to television audiences to vote for a Scotland gov-erned by Scottish people.

We can create a prosperous nation and a fairer society. A real vision for the

people of Scotland. This is our time, its our moment let us do it now, he said in his opening remarks.

The debate was the last one before the September 18 refer-endum.

Polls have suggested that voters are narrow-ly divided on whether to break up Scotlands 307-year-old union with England, or remain alongside the English, Welsh and Northern Irish inside the United Kingdom.

While the anti-inde-pendence side has main-tained a consistent lead,

support for independence has been growing and thousands of still-undecid-ed voters are holding the balance.

Alistair Darling and Alex Salmond

Any countrys starting point is

currency, money ... Uncertainty about currency can bring

a country to its knees.

Alistair Darling

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LEANNE AND Nick start divorce proceedings and it gets nasty very quickly. Nicks bitter that Leannes moved on too quickly to new boyfriend Kal, whose family isnt taken with Leanne, especially when they find out about her past. Prostitution, lap dancing, stripping, cocaine and arson. Thats your CV, is it not? Kals mum asks Leanne. Well, Leannes just that sort of girl and very unlikely to change.

Over at the knicker stitching factory, Carla tells Peter she wants him out of her life and out of her business. Peters still drinking too much and moping about, but his troubles increase when hes arrested on the charge of Tinas murder. Hes innocent, we all know that, and Robs the one who killed Tina. Robs very happy to see Peter rot in prison, for now. Meanwhile, Deirdre braces herself to tell Ken the news about Peter in jail for murder, when Ken returns from Canada next month.

The Windass household is not a happy place to be this month. Izzy and Gary split up after Garys head is turned by pretty new-comer Alya. And just when it looks like Owen and Anna are back on track in the romance stakes, the bailiffs come round taking goods and items in exchange for Owens debt. Owens taken to court and declared bankrupt while skint Anna has to visit a food bank to feed her family. But if they think things are bad now, just wait until young Faye, only 12 years old, tells them shes pregnant. Oh dear.

Marcus leaves Weatherfield for London this month after splitting up with Todd. Todds a nasty piece of work, but one of those who will always come up smelling of roses no matter where he falls. Tony admires the ruthless streak in Todds nature and offers

him a job in Jasons building firm, the two brothers now working together.

Elsewhere this month, Gails got a smile on her face after her new friend Michael becomes her new fella. The two of them get friendly and cosy in the garden on a summer night over a bottle of wine. Gail gives Michael a hint of a warning about her past. I think its fair to say Ive had a complicated history with men, she tells him. And it looks like that complicated history is about to start again.

Roy gets his teeth into a cause he cares about this month when he fights to save the local library from closure. Along with Kals mum Yasmeen, Emily, Mary and young Craig, Roy stages a sit-in at the library. Its one of those storylines that doesnt seem much on the surface but its classic Coronation Street all the way through.

Lloyds heartbroken this month when he finds out that girlfriend Andrea has been lying to him. He finds out that shes married, to a fella called Neil who usually works away, giving Andrea the freedom and free time to do who she feels and see what she likes. Sorry, I mean to do what she feels and see who she likes. Neil pays a visit to the Street to have it out with Andreas new bloke but he gets confused and thinks its Steve and is ready to punch the wrong bloke. Lloyd takes to moping in the cab office licking his wounds and feeling sorry for himself.

And finally this month, Rita throws Dennis out, again. Lets hope its for the last time as hes really strung her along. First he left Rita for pensioner Gloria in her sports car and then he had the nerve to return to beg Rita to take him back in. She refused, of course, but this month Dennis pretends hes homeless and Rita falls for his plan. But when she finds out it was all a pretence, she tells Dennis shes had enough and chucks him out on the Street. Norris can barely hide his glee.

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Patrick discovers Ians secret: Hes being blackmailed by junkie brass Rainie, who is threatening to tell everyone that he was curb crawling with her the night Lucy was killed. If you thought he would have learned his lesson when this happened with Janine, youd be wrong! So far the only person hurt by this though is Patrick who, when he found out (Rainie told him), he angrily confronted Ian then had a stroke before he could tell Denise. Hes in hospital, cant talk, and Ian is trying to find anyone to pass him off on before he can. Charming

Sharon is still afraid to leave the house and finally someone (I cant remember who) tells her that it was Phil who set in motion the events that led to her getting mugged in The Albert. She has an epiphany that shes a Watts, and she doesnt let on to Phil that she knows: She doesnt get mad, she wants to get even, and who does she enlist in this caper but good old Marcus Christie! She finds him online. Silly boy! After fleecing the Mitchells out of all their money, by way of dumb Sam (and Den) all those years ago, youd have thought hed be deep undercover but nope. Hes on Facebook and now hes working with Sharon to bleed Phil out of every penny. And Phil is none the wiser. Yet

Elsewhere Peter and Lola are having problems Lee and Whitney are sniffing around each other Abi tells everyone she got into Uni even though she didnt, and then has to come clean Jean shows up on Kat and Alfies doorstep with little Lily in tow, not coping and off her meds. She tries to get Kat to help convince Stacey to appeal her conviction, which she refuses, then promptly has a nervous breakdown, leaving Lily with Kat. Kat then goes into labor and delivers twin boys, naming them Bert and Ernie (appropriate since their daddy is a muppet)

Carol goes in for her double mastectomy surgery but just before she does she finds out that Charlie Cotton is a fake. Whod have thunk it? How did she find out? Charlie dropped his phone at her house and it rings and she answers and whos calling but the late Nick Cotton! She confronts Charlie and threatens to tell Dot, but then Charlie pays off Biancas debts and she reluctantly agrees to keep shtum. And short on cash, Les Coker the mortician who buried Nick is

blackmailing Charlie. We dont expect this to end well

Across the SquareLauren is interested in Dean but he only has eyes for his Aunt Linda, who is having a tough enough time of it since her hubby Mick accidentally got arrested for soliciting a prostitute (Rainie) and then pled guilty only to help keep Ians name out of the papers so that the story wouldnt shift away from finding Lucys killer. It was supposed to stay a secret but then the Wicked Cora of the East blabs to everyone in the Vic, to cover that that prostitute was her daughter Rainie. And Mick wasnt soliciting. But its all about Lucy. Or is it. There a new DI on the case and she wants Ian to make an on-air appeal, but she feeds a tabloid reporter negative questions about Lucy and drugs, to get him to break down at the news

conference. It seems like maybe she has her eye on Ian as the murdererduf-duf

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By NickC of money.co.ukON SEPTEMBER 18, millions of Scottish citizens, other qualified residents, and reg-istered voters, will cast their vote, either in favour of independence, or of staying with the UK. Scotland breaking from the Union could have a huge impact on your finances we explain how.

The debate about whether Scotland should split from the United Kingdom was always going to be dominated by hyperbole and patriotic rhetoric from both sides.

But underneath all the chest beating and flag waving, what are the facts?

We look at four key Scottish referendum questions and what the Scottish indepen-dence financial implications would really be for you whether you live north or south of the border...

1. Will there be a currency consensus?ScotlandThe question of what happens to Scot-

tish currency after independence is one of the most contentious issues of the entire referendum debate.

The SNP wants to continue using the pound and has threatened to renege on taking its share of the UKs national debt, using this stance as a bargaining chip to negotiate a deal.

Westminster on the other hand has said there will be no currency union and that Scotland would not be able to survive as an independent nation if it uses its own version of the pound.

If a currency union was agreed between an independent Scotland and the UK, it could require some sort of banking and fiscal union too, limiting the control Scotland would have over its interest rates, taxes and spending.

If Scotland was able to keep the pound, it would still be linked to rates in the rest of the UK (and the Bank of Englands rate) so the amount you pay for things like mortgages could stay fairly level.

Choosing a new currency could have a dramatic impact on how much you pay (in an independent Scotland) because the country could be seen as a borrowing risk. If the country has to pay more interest on the money it borrows, this will hit you if you have a mortgage and youll also pay more in interest.

As an independent nation, the SNP could seek European Union membership and take on the euro as its currency, though this would take time and be far from guaranteed (the Eurozone has a number of countries considered credit risks so may be reluctant to let another one join).

Rest of UKWestminsters stance over the pound isnt

just about political point scoring. A currency union with Scotland after the referendum would represent a real risk to UK taxpayers, because if Scotland defaults and is fiscally-linked to the Union, the UK public would have to bail the country out.

Some argue a currency union would make trading easier, which is an important consideration as countries within the UK rely on importing and exporting to one another.

The issue is further complicated by the fact that many people across the UK use financial services provided by Scotland-based companies.

Without a currency union, if you have a mortgage or loan from a Scottish company the interest rate could go up, or if you have a savings account or pension with a Scottish financial company its value could go down.

2. How much tax will you pay?ScotlandIf the result of the Scottish independence

poll is Yes to going solo, its likely to have a profound impact on your taxes.

Government spending per person in Scotland is greater because of the cost of the public service sector, so to sustain this the government might have to raise tax levels meaning youll pay more.

One of the main arguments for Scottish independence made by the Yes camp is that, as an independent nation, Scotland would be able to redefine its taxation structure. This could mean the amount you pay is linked to how much you can pay so those who earn more would pay more.

North Sea oil revenues vs lost UK con-tributions

While Scotland could lay claim to a lot of the North Seas reserves, their long-term value has been questioned. The oil market is notoriously volatile so theres no guarantee prices would stay high or competitive.

Its also debatable whether a greater tax on oil revenues and profits would make up for the amount of money an independent Scotland would lose in contributions from the rest of the UK, resulting in a greater deficit.

Rest of UKIts hard to say how tax levels in the rest

of the UK would change and it would largely depend on the terms of independence.

With government spending per head being higher in Scotland, if the country left the Union and you live in the UK you might actually end up paying slightly cheaper taxes.

However, if Scotland took ownership of the lions share of North Sea oil reserves, the UK will be unable to tax profits generated by selling the natural resource.

The loss of that revenue stream could mean you have to pay higher taxes to make up for the shortfall if you live in the rest of the UK.

3. What does the future hold for pen-sions?

ScotlandWith a population of fewer than six mil-

lion people and lower life expectancies than elsewhere in the UK, an independent Scotland should be able to spend less money on pen-sions than the rest of the Union.

Of course, if you work in the public sector you expect to receive a public sector pension. Scotland has a comparatively large public sector, meaning proportionately the Scottish Government would have to pay more to cover public sector pensions.

Rest of UKAn ageing population means more will

have to be spent on pensions in the fu-ture across the entire country including Scotland.

Its likely that there will also be greater pressure put on public services to care for them.

If you live and work in the UK, its not only likely youll have to pay more taxes to cover the elderly populations state pensions, but that youll have to wait for longer until you can claim your own.

If Scotland breaks from the Union follow-ing the Scottish independence referendum and takes a lot of public sector workers with it, the remainder of the UK shouldnt need to cover their Scottish pensions.

4. What will be the impact on busi-nesses?

ScotlandWhile there are relatively few Scottish

independence facts, about what will definitely happen should the country break from the UK, there have been reports about what could happen.

The Scottish Chambers of Commerce suggests almost a fifth of businesses would consider leaving an independent Scotland a significant figure. Of course, that also implies the vast majority are currently happy to stay.

If companies did decide to up and leave, regardless of how many went it would still mean the country earns less money through corporate taxation.

Decades of free movement and trade between countries making up the United Kingdom means each region relies on import-ing from and exporting to the others, so these links would almost certainly be maintained even if Scotland chooses independence.

Rest of UKThe rest of the UK would still represent

a far larger market, even without Scotland. As such the UK should have more of a say when it comes to negotiating the value of whatever it imports and exports north of the border, so the prices you pay for some products might fall.

On the other hand, with a larger population the UK needs to buy more products than it can sell back in return.

For example, if an independent Scotland owns most of what was the UKs oil re-sources, the rest of the Union would need to buy a lot of it from Scotland. This could see costs increase if companies put up their prices, so theres a chance youll end up paying more for the same goods.

Scottish Independence: What A Yes Vote Means

For Your Finances

By Sylvia HuiDONT KNOW what vaping is? How about listicle?

Perhaps its time to get to know them. Britains Oxford University Press said last month it is adding the words along with other new entries, from time-poor to Paleo diet to its online Oxford Dic-tionaries to reflect new language trends.

Editors for the site track and analyze some 150 million English words used online, in newspapers and other sources, and once every few months they decide which new words are so widely used that they merit a dictionary entry.

These are words that are common enough that you are likely to encounter them, and may have to look up their meanings, said Oxford Dictionaries editor Katherine Martin.

One of these is vape or vaping, which describes inhaling smokeless nico-tine vapor using e-cigarettes. Oxford Dic-tionaries researchers say the usage of both vape and e-cig has increased about 10 times in the past two years.

INFORMALThe trend of e-cigarettes has created a

sort of vocabulary around it, Martin said.Many new entries are informal words

or abbreviations that reflect peoples changing media consumption habits and the Internets ever-increasing prominence.

They include listicle an Internet article in the form of a numbered or bullet-pointed list and live-tweet, the act of posting comments about an event on Twitter as it is taking place. Theres also binge-watch, which refers to rapidly viewing multiple episodes of TV shows.

Inclusion in the online dictionary does

Vape, Binge-Watch Added To Oxford Dictionaries

not mean the words will become perma-nent additions to the English language. Many may not make it into the more traditional Oxford English Dictionary.

For some of these, we will say What was that? in a decade. Others may become the next selfie, she said, referring to last years most popular new entry. The English-speaking public will choose.Online: www.oxforddictionaries.com

Independence for Scotland An opinion piece on how current United Kingdom citizens/residents

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1998 was a bleak year in Britains motor industry. The very cream of the worlds mo-torcar businesses had departed from Great British ownership and was sold to a company which was financially created by none other than Britains arch enemy, Adolph Hitler.

This business deal was probably the most strange and most complicated transaction ever witnessed in the world of finance. The great Rolls Royce Company, pride of Great Britain had been sold to Volkswagen for a mere 430m.

The complication started back in 1973. Rolls Royce Ltd, as the company was called then, got into financial difficulty in its once very successful aerospace engine division. In the late sixties the Rolls Company had embarked on the first big turbofan jet engine destined for the new Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airliner, the Rolls Royce RB-211. It was an ambitious project even for the great Rolls Royce Company but one which in the future, the company believed, would undoubtedly become a great financial success.

The RB211s complexity required a lengthy development and testing period. By autumn 1969 Rolls-Royce was struggling to meet the performance guarantees to which it had committed: the engine had insufficient thrust plus was over-weight and its fuel consumption was too high.

The situation deteriorated further when in May 1970 the new Carbon fiber composite fan stage, after passing every other test, shattered into pieces when a chicken was fired into it at high speed. Rolls had been developing a titanium blade as an insurance against difficulties with composite material

but this meant extra cost and more weight. It also brought its own technical problems when it was discovered that only one side of the titanium billet was of the right metallurgi-cal quality for blade fabrication.

In September 1970, Rolls-Royce reported to the government that development costs for the RB211 had risen to 170.3m nearly double the original estimate; furthermore the estimated production costs now exceeded the selling price of each engine.

The project was in crisis. The Rolls Royce management always believed that the government would help them out financially with a loan should they need one, but that wasnt to be. By January 1971 Rolls-Royce had become insolvent, and on February 4, 1971 was placed into receivership seriously jeopardizing the L-1011 TriStar programme. Then, because of its strategic importance, the company was nationalized by the then-Conservative government of Edward Heath, allowing development of the RB211 to be completed. As Lockheed was itself in a vulnerable position, the government required that the US government guarantee the bank loans that Lockheed needed to complete the L-1011 project. If Lockheed (which was itself weakened by the difficulties) had failed, the market for the RB211 would have evaporated. Despite some opposition, the US government provided these guarantees. In May 1971, a new company called Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd acquired the assets of Rolls-Royce from the Receiver, and shortly afterwards signed a new contract with Lockheed.

This revised agreement cancelled pen-alties for late delivery, and increased the price of each engine by 110,000. The now nationalized Rolls Royce Company would

be split into two separate companies, the aerospace division and the motorcar divi-sion, the motorcar division of Rolls Royce had been profitable throughout this uncertain period and the government believed that the Rolls Royce motorcar division should not be punished by the collapse of the aerospace engine division, hence the split. The once proud aerospace engine division of Rolls Royce, designers and producers of the magnificent Merlin engines used on the fabulous Spitfire aircraft during the WWII Battle of Britain was to be sold to the German Company BMW. The sale left the Rolls Royce motorcar division which is still producing the best motorcars in the world being sold to the British owned Vickers Company with those magnificent machines continuing to be made in the historical Crewe factory.

And so that was that, until Vickers decided the sell the RR motorcar division in 1998. BMW was of course the favorites to gobble up the car factory as they already had the Rolls Royce name, this leading contender, who already supplied internal combustion engines and other components for Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars put in their final offer of 340m for the purchase of the RR motorcar division but was then outbid at the last minute by the Volkswagen Group, who offered 430m. As part of the deal, Volkswagen Group acquired the historical Crewe factory, plus the rights to the Spirit of Ecstasy mascot and the shape of the radiator grille. However, the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo were controlled by aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce plc (BMW), and not Rolls-Royce Motors. The aero-engine maker decided to license the Rolls-Royce name and logo to BMW and not to Volkswagen, largely because the aero-engine maker had recently shared joint business ventures with BMW. BMW paid 40m to license the Rolls-Royce name and RR logo, a deal that many commentators thought was a bargain for possibly the most valuable property in the deal. Volkswagen Group had the rights to the mascot and grille but lacked rights to the Rolls-Royce name in order to build the cars, likewise BMW had the name but lacked rights to the grille and mascot. The situation was tilted in BMWs favor, as they could withdraw their engine supply with just 12 months notice, which was insufficient time for VW to re-engineer the Rolls-Royce cars to use VWs own en-gines. Volkswagen claimed that it only really wanted Bentley anyway as it was the higher volume brand, with Bentley models outselling the equivalent Rolls Royce by around two to one. I for one though have never believed that VW didnt want the great Rolls Royce brand, it was and is and will always be the very cream of the motor industry, lets face it, a Rolls has always been regarded as the finest motorcar in the world and Volkswagen had always known that fact.

So, who came out tops in this whole deal? Well you will have to wait until next months Union Jack issue when I will continue this saga, I will tell you this though, after the VW acquisition, sales of Rolls Royce motorcars plummeted as did the stock prices.

Until next month for details though.Happy Motoring

AFTER A very exciting soccer game to a sold out crowd in a friendly between Glasgow Rangers FC and Ventura County Fusion with Fusion winning a 3-1 victory over Glasgow, praise must surely go to GM Ranbir Shirgil, Technical Director Graham Smith, both from Liverpool; Pat OBrien, director of Grass Roots Soccer, from Graves in Essex; head coach Rudy Yberra; assistant coaches Dave Wolf and Mike Elias from N London; team captain James Kiffe, and of course the team itself. Gratitude must also be given to the UJs own Karen Lewis who organized a superb buff