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REACH FOR THE SKIES How Mum
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Readers’ Spitfire dreams come true
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revolution
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At long last... hugging and meeting indoors will today be given go-ahead by PM

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HUGS and meeting By Macer Hall next Monday – and that peo-
ple can embrace again, as long
indoors are back for Political Editor as they use “common sense”.
good, Boris Johnson freedoms after plunging Mr Johnson said last night:
will declare today. infection rates confirmed “The roadmap remains on
track. We can now look for-
The Prime Minister is Covid is being beaten.
He is due to announce at ward to unlocking cautiously
giving the go-ahead to Cabinet that indoor gatherings but irreversibly. The data
return the much-missed of up to six people can resume
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North West: Bright with hazy sunny

periods and a scattering of light showers.
Fresh southerly winds. High 15C (59F).
East Anglia: Showers at first, but it will be
mainly a fine and dry day. Fresh southerly
winds. High 17C (63F).
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Northern Ireland: Bright with sunny spells London/South East: Sunny periods and
and showers, becoming heavy later. scattered showers. Turning drier later. Brisk TRAIN bosses say disruption
Moderate southerly winds. High 14C (57F). south-westerly winds. High 17C (63F).
will continue for the week after
Wales: Bright with spells of sunshine but South: Rain during the morning. Sunny
also some showers. Breezy south-westerly spells and showers later. Fresh south- cracks were found on some
winds. High 16C (61F). westerly winds. High 14C (57F). high-speed trains.
Midlands: Bright with spells of sunshine, South West: A mostly bright and dry day Great Western Railway said
but also light showers. Fresh south-westerly but the small chance of a shower. Strong there will either be no trains or
winds. High 16C (61F). south-westerly winds. High 15C (59F).
an “extremely limited service”
North East/Yorks: Bright with some Channel Isles: Dry with spells of hazy
sunshine, but also showers, heavy later. sunshine and only a little cloud. Strong from London Paddington to
Moderate southerly winds. High 17C (63F). south-westerly winds. High 15C (59F). Bristol, South Wales,
Scotland: Bright initially, but becoming Sea: North Sea: Rough. Irish Sea: Very Gloucestershire, Somerset,
cloudier with scattered showers, turning rough. Channel: Rough. Devon and Cornwall.
thundery later. High 15C (59F).
A GWR spokesman said:
UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW: Tomorrow will see further sunny spells and showers,
though showers generally lighter initially, and winds also becoming a little lighter. “There is going to be an impact
on services today and probably
SIX-DAY FORECAST Temperatures in Centigrade into the rest of this week but Off the rails...the Hitachi train
TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN we don’t know the level of
London 10 17
disruption yet.” experiencing significant disrup-
8 16 9 16 9 16 9 16 9 15
He said 12 of GWR’s 93 tion and would ask people
Belfast 7 14 7 14 6 13 7 13 9 13 8 14
Hitachi trains were back in ser- whose journeys are affected to
Birmingham 7 15 8 15 7 15 7 14 9 15 9 17 vice after passing safety checks. check before travelling.”
Cardiff 8 15 8 14 8 15 8 15 10 15 10 16 Customers experienced The disruption affects Hitachi
Glasgow 7 14 7 14 6 14 7 13 8 13 8 14 lengthy waits and cancellations Class 800 trains operated by
Manchester 7 16 8 15 7 14 7 13 9 15 9 16 at the weekend following the London North Eastern Railway
Newcastle 6 15 6 14 5 12 5 11 7 13 8 14 discovery of hairline cracks on (LNER), TransPennine Express
Norwich 7 17 7 15 8 15 7 12 8 14 9 16 Saturday morning. (TPE), Hull Trains and GWR.
Plymouth 8 13 8 12 8 14 9 14 10 13 9 14 LNER and GWR advised
Britain yesterday Moon, sun and tides
Refunds people against travelling yester-
day after the trains were pulled
MOON rises: 5.06am, sets: 7.17pm
Aberdeen 5.8 0.08 4 13 Glasgow 1.0 0.08 7 13
SUN rises London: 5.16am, sets: 8.38pm
Robert Nisbet, of the Rail from the line on Saturday as a
Aberporth 2.0 0.12 10 13 Hull 5.7 0.20 12 19
Alnwick 4.3 0.00 7 17 Ipswich 5.2 0.00 10 19
Manchester rises: 5.16am, sets: 8.55pm Delivery Group, said the cracks “precautionary measure”.
Belfast 7.9 0.01 9 16 Leeds 4.3 0.17 12 17 New Moon
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are on the lifting points under Hull Trains and TPE said
Birmingham 7.2 0.24 11 18 Lincoln 3.4 0.02 12 19 carriages used for maintenance. normal services had resumed.
B’mouth 1.1 0.03 12 15 London 3.0 0.00 13 20 HIGH TIDE
Bristol 6.0 0.22 11 17 Manchester 1.7 0.08 11 16 London B’ge (1.55am), (2.19pm) He added: “This didn’t pose But they urged passengers to
Cardiff 0.6 0.28 11 15 Oxford 1.4 0.04 13 17 Liverpool (11.20am), (11.42pm) any particular danger to pas- check before they travel as
Durham 6.4 0.02 10 16 S’hampton 2.9 0.00 13 17 Greenock (12.33am), (12.48pm)
sengers on those trains but if
Edinburgh 3.3 0.00 7 15 St Andrews 4.8 0.04 4 15 Dover (11.36am), (11.47pm) there may be knock-on impact.
Britain Warmest: Stansted 21C (70F) Lighting-up times Glasgow 9.14pm-5.12am
you don’t treat these kind of Hitachi Rail apologised for
Extremes: Coldest: Tain Range 0C (32F) Belfast 9.14pm-5.24am London 8.38pm-5.14am issues early they have the the disruption, adding that
Wettest: Cardiff, Bute Park 0.73in. Birmingham 8.49pm-5.17am
(24 hours
to 2pm yesterday) Sunniest: Magilligan 7.2hr. Bristol 8.48pm-5.24am
Manchester
Newcastle
8.55pm-5.15am
8.59pm-5.05am
potential to develop.” some trains have now been
Rail minister Chris Heaton- cleared to operate.
Today Europe forecast Tomorrow Harris said that disruption was The firm said: “Some Class
Amsterdam Rain 19C/66F Amsterdam Showers 18C/64F “likely for a prolonged period, 800s have been taken out of
Brussels Fair 20C/68F Brussels Showers 18C/64F particularly on GWR”. passenger service as a precau-
Dublin Showers 14C/57F Dublin Showers 13C/55F
Frankfurt Rain 22C/72F Frankfurt Showers 17C/63F He asked operators to deploy tionary measure for thorough
Geneva Showers 18C/64F Geneva Showers 14C/57F extra staff to help passengers investigations.”
Lisbon Showers 17C/63F Lisbon Fair 19C/66F
Madrid Fair 17C/63F Madrid Fair 17C/63F complete journeys and access Regulator the Office of Rail
Paris Fair 19C/66F Paris Showers 16C/61F their refunds. and Road has begun an investi-
Rome Sunny 23C/73F Rome Showers 21C/70F He added: “I share the frus- gation to see if any “lessons Joy rides...from top, Chris in tears, with his pilot

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Our very own Spitfliers

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Up, up and away-hey...

Chris in his shark Spitfire;
take-off for fan Joan, left

Pictures: ADAM GERRARD,

PHIL HARRIS

By John Ingham at Arnhem in 1944 when flown by Sid

Defence Editor Bregman, 22, from Toronto, Canada.
Before being strapped in, Joan was able
THEY had dreamed for years of flying a to read his logbook and view photos of the
Spitfire – now the Daily Express has helped German plane.
two readers reach for the skies in one. Retired heating firm manager Joan, of
Chris Foster and Joan Elliott were the Sheffield, gave the thumbs-up after return-
winners of our contest to soar aloft in the ing from her sortie over Kent and a Victory
iconic fighter from a Battle of Britain base. Roll over Brands Hatch race circuit.
For military history buff Chris the flight As the canopy was pulled back, she said:
ended in tears – of joy. “Brilliant. The best experience of my life. I
The retired businessman would not have missed it for the world.
took off from Biggin Hill in “I was a bit nervous about flying it
a Spitfire decked in the because I can’t even drive a car. But it was
Pacific War camouflage of so easy. The Spitfire is so sensitive, just the
457 Squadron, Royal pressure of your thumbprint – that’s all it
Australian Air Force com- takes. To fly from a Battle of Britain fighter
plete with shark’s teeth. base makes it even more exciting.
After flying over Kent and
performing a Victory Roll, Honour
the 70-year-old found it hard
to come back to earth – tak- “I just cannot believe how young the
ing his time to leave the two- wartime pilots were and what they did for
seater trainer on landing. always wanted. When we learned we had us and how brave they must have been.”
ularly like earlier models, the Mark Is. They
Wiping away tears of hap- won he was so excited.” are not difficult to fly, not as demanding as Her pilot Jeremy “Jez” Britcher, 40, said:
piness and struggling to The couple of Rushden, Northants won Hurricanes.” “How can you not like flying a Spitfire?
speak he said finally: “There the flight last summer but had to wait until Next day it was the turn of Joan, 76, whoFlying it is a privilege and an honour.”
wasn’t a best bit. It was all last week because of lockdown restrictions. wore gold shoes for the occasion. She has Entrants to the competition gave more
the best bit. I just cannot Chris was in the safe hands of pilot Anna always been fascinated by Spitfires and her than £20,000 to the RAF Benevolent Fund.
believe it, for a lad like me to Walker, 60, a former aerobatics champion. RAF fitter father Jack worked on them in Air Vice-Marshal Chris Elliot, controller,
have flown a Spitfire. the Second World War. said: “Thanks to the Daily Express Readers
“I was allowed to take the Magic who have made a real difference. Their
She said: “I’ve got a picture of him sitting
controls, just for a little while. in the cockpit. This is something I have support means we can continue reaching
I thought of the immense cost of this his- She said: “It’s always a pleasure to take wanted to do for years and years.” those in the greatest need, with practical,
toric plane and I let the pilot take it back. someone up in the Spitfire but when they Joan’s uncle Edwin was an RAF naviga- emotional and financial help.”
“To think of the young lads who went to have won it as a prize it’s like making the tor in the war and she added: “I have grown A 30-minute flight in a Spitfire with fly-
war in these planes for us. It took more magic twice as good.” up listening to people talking about planesaspitfire.com costs £2,750.
than courage. Anna has flown many types of planes but and I think Spitfires are magnificent.”
“When we did the Victory Roll at first I Spitfires are a favourite. She said: “I partic- Her Spitfire downed a Messerschmitt 109 OPINION: PAGE 12
was worried but I soon realised how fantas-
tic it was.”
He added: “Can I just thank the Daily THE HEROIC HISTORIES THAT LIE BEHIND OUR WINNERS’ FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
Express very, very much. Your paper has
made this possible. I never ever thought I CHRIS and Joan flew wartime Spitfires tribute to The Forgotten Army in the
would do something like this.” converted into two-seater Irish Air war against Japan.
The flight from the Biggin Hill Heritage Corps trainers in peacetime. Joan’s Spitfire bears a maple leaf
Hangar with flyaspitfire.com was won by Chris’s plane, built in 1945, had the commemorating its Canadian pilot
Chris’s wife Christine. registration A58-606 and squadron Sid Bregman, 22, who shot down a
She said: “Last year was our golden wed- code ZP-W of Sqn Ldr Bruce Watson. German fighter during a dogfight over
ding anniversary and we both celebrated Next to the cockpit is its nickname Arnhem in 1944.
our 70th birthdays so I wanted to get him Grey Nurse, in honour of his wife. Spotting an ME109 following his
something special. It has been restored by workers at leader, he downed it – ground crew
the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar who later found he had fired just 11 20mm
“I saw the competition and entered chose its Pacific War camouflage in cannon rounds. Prize flight...winner Joan’s Spitfire up in the air
because I knew it was something he has
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reflects what we already knew – we are not
going to let this virus beat us.”
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He added: “Our successful vaccination
programme continues – more than two-
thirds of adults in the UK have now had the
first vaccine.
“It’s because of the British public’s unwa-
vering commitment that we are saving lives,
protecting the NHS and controlling the
virus.”
Mr Johnson, inset, will use a Downing
Street news conference this evening to thank
the British public for their patience and forti-
tude in putting up with restrictions on free-
doms during coronavirus lockdowns.
Data to be presented to a meeting of the
Prime Minister’s Covid committee of key
ministers and to a Cabinet call today will
show that the planned “stage three” easing
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One in 1,180 people have Covid-19 – the
figure was one in 480 at the start of last
month. and isolating new cases of virus variants and confirm today “that there will be a relaxa- indoors. And, without prejudice to a broader
Data today will confirm that all four of the will continue to be used. tion [of restrictions]”. review of social distancing, it is also the case
Government’s roadmap tests have been met: Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove yes- He added: “We’ve already indicated a pro- that friendly contact, intimate contact,
ensuring the vaccine rollout continues, that terday confirmed that Government advice portionate relaxation on international travel, between friends and family is something we
the jabs are cutting hospitalisations and will allow “intimate contact” between very limited at this stage because we have to want to see restored.”
deaths from Covid, that infection rates family and friends to be “restored” be safe. Next week’s easing of restrictions will see
are not threatening from next Monday. “In the same way, as we move into stage most social contact rules outdoors lifted,
unsustainable pres- Appearing on BBC’s Andrew Marr three of our roadmap it will be the case that although gatherings of more than 30 will
sure on the NHS Show, he said the Prime Minister will we will see people capable of meeting remain illegal. Indoors, the rule of six or two
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Ministers
will be told BORIS Johnson paid tribute to the By Hanna Geissler vaccination effort we are in the middle of.
that more “extraordinary efforts” of vaccinators Health Reporter I pay tribute to the huge team – NHS staff,
than 50 million last night as it emerged that one in more than 35.3 million people (67 per councils and of course our wonderful
injections have been three adults has received their second cent of adults) had received a first dose volunteers who are working so hard to
given. Covid-19 jab. and 17.6 million (34 per cent) a second. deliver vaccines in all parts of the UK.
The inoculation He said: “One third of adults in the The milestone came as the UK reported “The vaccine is our way out of this
programme remains UK have now had their second dose just two coronavirus deaths in the daily pandemic and tens of thousands of lives
on track to offer all of the Covid vaccine, a testament to toll, offering reassurance ahead of new are being saved but the job is not yet done,
adults at least one the extraordinary efforts of NHS freedoms next week. I urge everyone, when the time comes, to
dose by the end of staff and volunteers. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: get the jab.”
July. “Thank you to everyone who has “The second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said:
Officials say border made this happen. Get your jab helps to provide you with the fullest “The UK’s vaccination programme has
controls, surge test- when called.” possible protection. This milestone is yet been a huge success and reaching this
ing and community Latest figures yesterday showed more evidence of the huge national milestone is a fantastic achievement. The
testing are finding
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RETURNING TO NORMAL

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Coveted… The Algarve is top destination

Green list hols

strike gold as
demand soars
By Graham Hiscott
HOLIDAY bookings have soared by up
to 600 per cent since the green list of
WEDDINGS countries was announced.
Portugal is accounting for around
eight out of 10 getaways snapped up
since the Government confirmed that
foreign travel will be possible.
One operator said a customer had
splashed out £18,000 on one break.
However, there is a growing
backlash over the green list
territories.
Apart from Portugal, most of the
countries listed are remote or are not
even allowing tourists to enter.
Yet other destinations with low
infection levels and high vaccination
rates, including the Greek islands,
are ranked as “amber”, meaning
holidaymakers must isolate when
they return from there to the UK.
Reports say the holiday lists will be
reviewed in the week beginning May
31, with an update the following week.
HUGS HOTELS But for many disappointed families,
plans for overseas breaks during the
half-term school holidays are now
scuppered.
households will apply, while indoor hospital- Ministers have faced calls from teaching seeing more about it shortly.” The head of The travel frenzy has landed
ity, entertainment venues such as cinemas union leaders for face coverings to remain in the Oxford University Vaccine Group has Thomas Cook 600 per cent more
and soft play areas, the rest of the accommo- use in secondary schools and colleges. said he believed it is the right time to ease bookings since Friday.
dation sector, and indoor adult group sports When asked whether school masks will further restrictions in England. About two-fifths of recent holiday
and exercise classes are expected to be back discarded, Mr Gove said: “What we want to Prof Andrew Pollard said the country has sales are for the rest of May, the travel
in operation. do throughout is balance public health by witnessed the “extraordinary success” of agent said, suggesting there will be a
Mr Gove also said the Government was making sure we can return to normal as both the vaccination programme and the rush to warmer climates when
reviewing if pupils should continue to wear quickly as possible. “prolonged” lockdown. restrictions ease later this month.
masks in schools from next Monday. “I won’t pre-empt that judgment, we’ll be “It is time to start, based on the very care- Another firm, Not Just Travel, said
ful modelling that’s been done, relaxing bookings were up 33 per cent on
some of those restrictions,” he told the Saturday.

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It took a booking to Albufeira, on
Andrew Marr Show. Portugal’s Algarve, for 10 nights for
“That means we’re in a very fortunate a family that cost just under £18,000.
position here in the UK.” Steve Witt, the firm’s co-founder,
The Government last week announced said: “The gold rush has started as
plans to allow international travel from May people are desperate to ensure they
phenomenal rollout of the Covid-19 NHS England, said: “Yet another incredible 17 after months of banning most journeys don’t miss out on a place in the sun.”
vaccines is a testament to all involved from NHS milestone has been reached as one in abroad. The company said it had also seen
the scientists who developed them to the three adults in England have now had both The move was met with much criticism strong bookings to Spain and Greece,
incredible NHS staff and volunteers doses of the Covid vaccine, meaning that from travel industry leaders who described even though they are currently on the
delivering them. they have maximum protection. the “cautious” approach to unlocking for- Government’s amber list.
“Everybody involved should “Reaching this milestone is no eign trips as “disappointing”, after only 12 British Airways Chief Executive
rightly be proud of their accident – it is down to months of countries were put on the quarantine-free Sean Doyle said he was
contribution.” hard work, and everyone in the “green list”. “disappointed” by the limited restart
NHS England confirmed that NHS who has played a role in this The Government said a further five people to international travel.
14.8 million people have received is helping to protect millions of had died within 28 days of testing positive He said:“With high levels of
vaccinations in the UK and other
both doses – just over a third of all people from serious illness and for Covid-19 as of Saturday, bringing the UK countries catching up, we need more
over 18s. saving lives.” total to 127,603, with a further 2,047 lab- destinations to go ‘green’ by the end
Dr Nikki Kanani, GP and medical confirmed cases. of June, allowing Britons to get away
director for primary care at Paying tribute...Hancock this summer.”
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ELECTIONS 2021: STATE

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SIR Keir Starmer was
reshuffling Labour’s
frontbench last night in a
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up his authority after the
party’s election humiliation.
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Rachel Reeves is tipped to
become the Shadow
Chancellor after the Labour MICHAEL Gove has urged Nicola By Macer Hall reiterated her intention to ensure cessor Alex Salmond did in the
leader demoted Anneliese Sturgeon to drop her demand for a Political Editor that the people of Scotland can 2011 election. That was “a signifi-
Dodds to Party Chairwoman. Scottish independence referendum choose our own future when the cant difference”.
Nick Brown was replaced
as Chief Whip by his deputy
after the SNP failed to gain a leader refused to back down from crisis is over. Mr Gove said Scottish voters
Alan Campbell. majority in crunch elections. her campaign for a rerun of the “And she made clear that the would “feel disappointed, to put it
It followed the surprise The Cabinet Office Minister 2014 independence poll. question of a referendum is now a mildly” to see politicians not con-
decision to strip Deputy told the Scottish First Minister to She claimed that blocking matter of when, not if.” centrating on their priorities.
Leader Angela Rayner of her focus on the pandemic rather than it would be “absurd and outra- Scots-born Mr Gove was speak- But he also ruled out the
role as national campaigns renewing her drive to break up geous” and that a referendum was ing yesterday after Thursday’s Government taking legal action
coordinator and replace her the UK. now inevitable. elections left the nationalists one in the Supreme Court to block
with Shabana Mahmood. Mr Gove then called for seat short of a majority in the any attempt by Ms Sturgeon to
Ms Rayner was lined up to devolved leaders to join forces with Crisis Scottish Parliament. trigger her own unofficial inde-
take on Michael Gove as Westminster to fix the NHS and He told Sky News’s Sophy Ridge pendence poll.
Shadow Chancellor of the encourage economic growth. Her spokesman said: “The First On Sunday: “The SNP did not get a He added: “We’re not going to
Duchy of Lancaster and will He said: “We should work Minister made clear that her imme- majority in this election. go there.”
be Shadow Secretary of together as Team UK in order to diate focus was on steering the “And also, critically, we had a Speaking later on BBC
State for the Future of Work. deal with the pandemic.” country through Covid and into campaign in which all of the party Scotland’s Sunday Show, Mr Gove
Health spokesman Yesterday Boris Johnson rang Ms recovery, and that a newly elected leaders acknowledged that the sin- added: “We’re not going to go
Jonathan Ashworth and
Shadow Foreign Secretary
Sturgeon to formally invite her to a Scottish Government would work gle most important thing was deal- down the route of talking about
Lisa Nandy keep their jobs. summit of leaders from all four with the UK Government as far as ing with the pandemic.” independence or legal challenges
parts of the UK to discuss a nation- possible on that aim. He pointed out Ms Sturgeon did or anything like that when
Challenge wide recovery plan. But the SNP “The First Minister also not secure a majority as her prede- our principal focus, our exclusive

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Sir Keir appointed
Deborah Mattinson, an
ex-pollster for Tony Blair and
Gordon Brown, as his new
strategy director.
She will to try to begin the
party’s recovery in the North
following the humiliating
defeat to the Tories in the MOVES to combat voter fraud By Macer Hall spark an outcry from Labour, who
Hartlepool by-election and and Bills forming the backbone of claim the Government use com-
the loss of more than 260 Boris Johnson’s levelling-up cam- Smith, Minister for the pulsory identity checks at polling
council seats. paign will be announced in Constitution and Devolution, stations to suppress voting among
Former Shadow tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech. said: “Stealing someone’s vote is the less well-off.
Chancellor John McDonnell Ministers are planning stricter stealing their voice. Fraud, and And ministers have already dis-
claimed that Sir Keir’s rules on postal and proxy the intent to intimidate or coerce appointed campaigners by admit-
treatment of Ms Rayner was votes, including identity checks at a voter, are crimes. ting a plan for overhauling the
a “huge mistake”. polling stations. “So this Government is stamp- crumbling social care system for
He told BBC’s Andrew Limits are expected to be ing out the space for such damage the elderly and other vulnerable
Marr Show: “The leader said imposed on the number of postal to take place in our elections.” adults will not be included in this
he takes responsibility for votes any individual can deliver. Notorious voter fraud cases year’s Queen’s Speech.
the result in Hartlepool The proposed electoral law will include the 2014 mayoral election Yesterday Cabinet Officer
and then scapegoats be among around 30 Bills in Tower Hamlets, east London, Minister Michael Gove insisted
Angela Rayner. which was declared void due to
“Many of us feel that
announced by the Queen at the the plan is “heading for the stat-
is unfair. Particularly as State Opening of Parliament. illegal practices. ute books” by the end of the year.
Keir’s office controls Other legislation lined up for A review headed by former Meanwhile the Queen’s visit to
everything.” this session includes an Cabinet minister Lord Pickles the Palace of Westminster will be
Former frontbencher Jon Immigration Bill to tighten border found that there was a risk of reduced in terms of pomp.
Trickett said: “I don’t think controls, and changes to encour- postal votes being stolen, or of Significantly fewer MPs and peers
we should rule out a age innovation and bring new real postal voters being coerced. will attend a pared-down proces-
leadership challenge.” Plans… Queen will announce Bills technology to the NHS. Chloe The crackdown is expected to sion into the House of Lords.
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OF THE NATION
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Battleground...
Nicola Sturgeon
and Michael
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EXCLUSIVE
By Macer Hall
JACOB Rees-Mogg wants
MPs to wake up to
Westminster’s restored
powers following the UK’s
exit from the EU.
In a passionate appeal
ahead of tomorrow’s State
Opening of Parliament, the
Commons Leader says too
many MPs have failed to
recognise that they have
taken back control of
law-making from Brussels.
TheTory urges them to stop
treating Parliament as a
talking shop and instead
focus on measures to improve
Britain.
Mr Rees-Mogg delivers his
plea in his regular Why
Parliament Works podcast to
be released this week.
The Cabinet minister says
attention, is going on pandemic priority, and then I hope to lead to future in a referendum” once the shaky ground with a poll for the MPs have “spent too much
recovery.” Ms Sturgeon – whose Scotland to independence.” Covid crisis has passed. pro-UK group Scotland in Union time on general debates and
independence call could be Both the SNP and the Green Ms Sturgeon continued: “The finding fewer than 37 per cent of too little time on legislation”.
backed by eight Green MSPs Partyy election manifestos fact that we are sitting here having Scots want a referendum within He said in an interview with
– refused to budge ge from included a commitment a debate about whether or not that her timetable. the leading
her campaign. to h holding another outcome is going to be respected Some 52 per cent are against Eurosceptic

52%
Asked on the he independence refer-
inde says a lot about the lack of respect having another independence vote Tory peer
BBC’s Andrew w endum in the next
end for Scottish democracy that this by the end of 2023, with 10 per Lord
Marr Show if she five years.
fiv UK Government has demonstrated cent saying they do not know. Hannan:
could deliver And Ms for quite some time now. “Now all
independence for
of Scots are against SSturgeon has said “The people of Scotland have Division those powers
have
Scotland, the sshe wants a vote voted for the SNP, on the strength
First Minister
said: “I hope so.”
having referendum tto take place
before the end
b
of offering, when the time is right,
an independence referendum.
In all, 58 per cent want to stay in
the UK, with 42 per cent favouring
returned
from
She added: “I
have just won a
by the end of 2023.
She added the
S
“As in 2011, leading up to 2014,
any UK Government that has any
independence. Pamela Nash,
Scotland in Union chief, said: “The
Brussels,
MPs can and
landslide election and
another five-year term
of 2023 Scots had “voted
overwhelmingly” for her
overwh
respect for Scottish democracy
would simply accept that and come
very last thing we need right now is
more division in our society.
Scrutiny...
Rees-Mogg
should be
much more
as First Minister. based on a manifesto
party, base to an agreement with the Scottish “The majority of Scots do not responsive
“I have got the energy, the appe- which included a commitment to Government that puts it beyond want a referendum in the First to their constituents. We can
tite, to get on with the job. Firstly “give the people of Scotland the any legal doubt.” Minister’s timetable of two-and-a- do a vast array of individually
to get us through Covid, that is my opportunity to choose our own But her crusade appeared on half years.” minor things that we couldn’t
do because they were decided
by the European Union, on

Tory surge turns into

top of the big political issues,
BLUE DOMINATES NEW LANDSCAPE the borders, the trade, that
are now our competence
After 143 council exclusively.
“What a change from
elections...

a trickle down South

BORIS Johnson’s Tories took By Macer Hall Political Editor
beforehand, when MPs would
just shrug their shoulders.”
Mr Rees-Mogg recalled
having to tell his constituents
that the Government was
63 (+13) control of more councils last unable to change unpopular
night as local election results tweeted: “Amazing! I’m super
proud of the St Albans Liberal
rules imposed by Brussels.
44 (-8) continued to be declared.
But there were some signs of Democrat team.” He added: “I can no longer
the party losing support in the Labour gained five seats in hide behind the European
7 Worthing, with the Tories only Union. We are beginning to
South of England in contrast to
the blue surge in the North. narrowly retaining control of the use the new freedoms. It is so
The Conservatives gained council in their Sussex heartlands. exciting.”
29 (-6) Basingstoke & Deane Council in The Conservatives lost four He also says Britons should
Hampshire from no overall seats, dropping to 19, with Labour be proud about the way
control and Amber Valley in on 15 and the Lib Dems three. Westminster can respond to
Derbyshire from Labour. Labour also gained a county their views in a way that
But the Liberal Democrats council seat from the Tories in Brussels could not.
took control of St Albans council Chipping Norton, in the Mr Rees-Mogg said:
after gaining seats. Cotswolds where former Prime “Happily there are signs that
The authority was previously Minister David Cameron lives. Parliament is getting better at
under no overall control, with the The seat was narrowly won by its job of scrutiny – people
Lib Dems and Tories both holding Geoff Saul, who also represented
Source: PA the area on West Oxfordshire
recognise that they can stop
24 of the 58 seats. St Albans
District Council. something, vote it down.”
Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper
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CORONAVIRUS:

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EXCLUSIVE

THE POSITIVE
By Giles Sheldrick
Chief Reporter
COMMENT
PROFESSOR PAUL
BRITAIN’S mental health crisis
is now a national emergency

FARMER
with Covid blamed for a 150
per cent spike in helpline calls.

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PROFESSOR Previously unseen figures
Mind Chief Executive
KAROL SIKORA show 4,829 people contacted
charity Mind when the pan- EVEN before Covid our
CMO of Rutherford demic struck in March 2020. underfunded and
Cancer Centres and But in March this year the overstretched mental
Former Director of WHO number rocketed to 11,962. health services resulted in
Cancer Programme
It was the highest number of too many people being left
calls ever received by the men- without support.

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SOCIAL media’s voice of calm Karol Sikora tal health organisation and lays Since then the pandemic
has been signed up by the Daily Express. bare the scale of the mess grip- has taken its toll – whether
Readers can now enjoy his soothing advice in ping Britain. that’s bereavement, the
these troubled times that has won him Today Mind demands the impact of lockdown or
hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter. issue is at the forefront of Covid job losses.
If you need reassuring everything’s going to recovery plans as millions We’ve noticed a surge in
be all right read Professor Positivity. demand for Mind’s help. In
struggle to come to terms with March there were almost
the past 14 months.

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AS WE emerge from lockdown and the full 12,000 calls to our Infoline,
damage is laid bare over the coming years, Chief executive Paul Farmer compared with just under
what will the reaction be? said: “We cannot underestimate 5,000 a year earlier.
Highlighting the adverse effects of the impact the pandemic has The number of adults
lockdown has not been easy at times and had on mental health. self-reporting depression
the criticism has been intense, but we have “We will be seeing the mental has doubled during the
to ask the difficult questions if we are health consequences of the pandemic, says the Office
going to mitigate all harms, not just Covid. pandemic for a long time. That’s for National Statistics.
In medicine, if we just relentlessly why the Government must Unchecked, mental

ERPE
attempted to treat one symptom without focus on mental health.” health problems become
any thought or consideration for any more difficult to treat.
unintended consequences, our patients
would suffer enormously. Silence Talk to your GP about
changes to your thoughts,
I fear that has happened over the last feelings and behaviours
year and, although Covid may now be The volume of calls to its
that affect your daily life
under control, we will be dealing with the helpline, which provides life- and last longer than two
fallout for years, if not saving information on access to weeks, or keep returning.
decades. support, saw Mind unable to As we see demand for
keep up with demand.

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Covid has been mental health services
unpredictable but Of the calls last year 4,445 – increase, investment is
lockdown repercussions or 92 per cent – were answered. vital so that effective
are not. We’ve known But this year it was only able to treatments can be offered.
this disaster was coming pick up the phone to 7,515 – As we recover
yet many have not faced just 63 per cent. economically, we need to
the costs out of fear of Millions were fighting see a fair benefits system include lethargy, poor appetite, last year when Covid struck,
being labelled a “Covid- depression, anxiety and other that supports the disabled disrupted sleep and low mood. 108,330 referrals were made to
denier”. What a terrible psychological traumas before and those whose mental Dr Jacqueline Phillips Owen, talking therapies for depression
shame that is. health prevents them from
I have friends and
Covid struck but lockdown has consultant child and adolescent and anxiety. The NHS claims 87
magnified the problem. earning enough. psychiatrist, warned: “The per cent started treatment
colleagues who despite feeling similar to The mental health
myself and others about lockdown harms Pre-pandemic, patients talked disruptions in the way we work, within six weeks.
consequences of the virus
decided it was simply not worth the risk of excruciatingly long waits to will last a long time. That’s
learn and socialise are accom- The latest data for January
putting their head above the parapet. get NHS treatments such as why the Government must panied by a potential mental shows there were 131,621
Talented and decent people silenced. Is cognitive behavioural therapy. focus on mental health as health crisis among our children referrals with 93 per cent start-
that how we want to conduct a debate? But with GP surgeries shut we recover. and young people, with signifi- ing treatment within six weeks.
Especially one that affects all of our lives. for face-to-face visits for most cant consequences for their
Scientists and academics who have
spoken out have been viciously attacked.
of last year, millions have been teachers and school staff.” Impact
forced to suffer in silence. redundancies will have a seri- The NHS says more than one
It’s only natural that dissuades others. The Office for National ous impact on mental health in million people a year access But the data does not include
I suppose that was the point and it has Statistics revealed four in 10 the months and years to come. services to manage mental eating disorders, addiction and
sadly worked very well. I’m so far in, I will women aged between 16 and Pre-Covid around 10 per cent health. But it wants people who conditions such as schizophre-
continue making the case but it’s wrong 29 were affected by depression of adults said they suffered get talking therapies to rise by nia. Shattered NHS heroes have
others feel intimidated. during the second Covid wave, depression. After the first peak 380,000 a year to reach 1.9 mil- been left seeking support too.
We should look to the past to see the
dangers of censoring ideas. It rarely
compared with 26 per cent of 19 per cent had feelings of lion by 2023/24. More than half its 1.3 million
ends well. men. Experts warned a perfect depression, rising to 21 per cent Yet experts say way more staff say their mental health has
storm of ill health, isolation and early this year. Symptoms capacity is required. In March been affected by Covid. Of this,

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THE long-term impact of Covid disruption By Hanna Geissler Health Reporter provide the NHS with the investment
conditions increase the risk of dying from
could reverse decades of progress in heart needed to tackle the vast backlog.
the virus. It is likely delays to care – both
care, a charity has warned. cut more lives short for years to come.” due to suspended services and people beingIt is also calling for investment in research
There were more than 5,800 excess Death rates for cardiovascular diseases have and funding for public health services to
afraid to seek help – also played a role.
deaths from heart and circulatory diseases fallen by three-quarters in the last 60 years There were around 131,000 fewer heart prevent heart conditions in the first place.
in England during the first year of the in the UK. But without action now that procedures and operations carried out Dr Babu-Narayan said: “We face a
pandemic. But this could be the “tip of the progress could be reversed. cardiovascular ticking time bomb for the
during the first year of the pandemic, and
iceberg” due to a backlog of thousands The foundation predicts that official future that could start to reverse six decades
the number of people waiting more than 12
awaiting procedures and falls in GP figures this autumn will show a rise in the months for treatment increased 180-fold.of progress in reducing death rates from
referrals and research funding, said the death rate for conditions including heart heart disease and stroke.”
British Heart Foundation attacks and strokes in 2020. Backlog Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the
Cardiologist Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, the Analysis from Public Health England NHS Confederation, said: “The NHS has a
foundation’s associate medical director, shows there were almost 116,000 deaths The number of patients referred by GPs plan in place to deal with these backlogs,
said: “The entire pipeline of cardiovascular from heart and circulatory diseases between to a specialist fell by 29 per cent in 2020. but it could take years to recover.”
healthcare has been damaged, from March 21, 2020 and February 26 this year. Meanwhile, the foundation, which pays A government spokesperson said: “We
prevention, detection, treatment and The figure was around five per cent for around 55 per cent of non-commercial are committed to providing timely, high
recovery through to crucial research. higher than would be expected, with 5,800 heart research in the UK, has been forced to quality care which is why diagnosis and
“This is contributing to a significant and excess deaths. Some people will have died halve its funding to £50million in 2020/21. treatment for heart disease patients has
growing backlog of care that threatens to with Covid as a contributory factor as heart The charity is urging the Government to remained a top priority.”
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THE HIDDEN TOLL

‘I WAS SUICIDAL BUT PRETENDED TO BE FINE’

£17m to aid
Isolation and
redundancy
aggravates
depression EXCLUSIVE
By Giles Sheldrick
NHS call handler Ben Hawkins
was minutes from ending his life
when he was saved by chance.
In late 2019, after suffering in
children’s
an abusive relationship, and
following the news his best
friend Luke Wright had taken his
life, Ben, 23, decided to end his.
But a pal found him just as he
was about to commit suicide and
wellbeing
By Macer Hall Political Editor
this prompted Ben, who works
for East of England Ambulance AN extra £17million is to be spent on mental
Service, to seek help. health support in schools and colleges.
His friend Luke was 24 and Saved… NHS worker Ben Hawkins The cash is to be invested in training
had a nine-month-old daughter. staff to look out for children’s wellbeing.
Ben said: “I will always beat from his employer who funded It follows concern in Whitehall that time
the majority of his counselling away from classrooms during lockdown
myself up and think, ‘What if I has put a huge strain on youngsters.
had just messaged Luke that sessions, despite most NHS staff The funding is to be announced today to
night?’” only receiving six. mark Mental Health Awareness week.
After the tragedy, he took a He has just finished 16 Education Secretary Gavin Williamson
day off – and when he returned months of intensive cognitive said: “I know how difficult the pandemic
to work he received a call from a behavioural therapy and now has been for many young people’s mental
suicidal individual in strikingly works with Mind and TASC, the health, and the next few months will be
similar circumstances to his own. ambulance staff charity, crucial in supporting their recovery.
He said: “They explained they crusading for better mental “That’s why we’re providing new funding
had been in an emotionally health among blue light workers. to make experts available for support,
abusive relationship and had He said: “I am in a much advice and early intervention or specialist
lost a friend to suicide. better place now. Before I was help, so every young person knows who
“I was feeling suicidal too crying every single day. On my and where to turn to as we build back
but I had to put on a front, way to work I would cry so much better after the
pretending I was fine. That night I I would vomit in the car park pandemic.”
before going in to take 999 calls. Around 7,800
attempted I suicide. And it was schools and
only luck that I am here today.” “The public has no idea how colleges in
Ben was diagnosed with severe many NHS staff are suffering England will be
anxiety and depression and and take time off work with bad offered funding
received unwavering support mental health. It’s scary.” worth £9.5million
to train a senior
member of staff in
mental health
two thirds are reporting anxiety Mamo, Mind’s head of work- starts today, to warn the understand how difficult the support skills.
while a third have been left place, said: “Even before coro- Government to prepare for the pandemic has been for so many A further
fighting depression. navirus there were high rates of mental health crisis. and are absolutely committed Investing…Williamson £7million will be
NHS Charities Together has poor mental health across the It wants ministers to prioritise to supporting their mental well- invested in a
set aside £150million to sup- emergency services. better mental health in its being as restrictions ease. Wellbeing for Education Recovery to
port staff and patients. “It’s clear the mental health recovery plans and disability “Our Mental Health provide training, support and resources
More than 80 per cent of of our emergency responder strategy, with a particular focus Recovery Action plan, backed for staff dealing with youngsters
female respondents to a recent community has got even worse, on those disproportionately by £500million of investment, experiencing trauma, anxiety, or grief.
NHS Confederation survey – with ambulance staff and affected by the Covid crisis. is going to address waiting Geoff Barton, general secretary of the
including nurses, doctors, volunteers hardest hit. times for mental health Association of School and College Leaders,
managers, admin staff, and “Coronavirus has made these Support services, give more people the said: “We’re pleased to see this investment
as well as the announcement about NHS
allied health professionals – roles even more demanding. tailored support they need and
mental health support teams for schools.”
reported their job had a greater “Staff are faced with making This includes children and invest in the NHS workforce. Paul Whiteman, of school leaders’ union
negative impact than usual on more potentially life-and-death young people and those from “This is on top of our NAHT, said: “Children are returning to
their emotional well being as a decisions on a daily basis, as underrepresented communities. commitment to invest £2.3bil- school needing a wide range of pastoral,
result of the pandemic – up well as dealing with death and Mind has warned current lion a year into mental health mental health and wellbeing support.”
from 72 per cent last summer. bereavement, in addition to funding for severely over- services by 2023/24 – the It came as a study found that 75 per cent
The results showed 65 per concerns for their own health stretched mental health services largest increase in mental of parents believe the pandemic has had a
cent reported a negative impact and that of their loved ones.” will not go far enough. health funding in NHS history.” negative impact on their child’s mental
on their physical health – a The charity will use Mental The Department of Health wellbeing.
jump of 13 per cent. Emma Health Awareness Week, which and Social Care said: “We OPINION: PAGE 12

Fears…Vicky Duboc, with

husband Jean, needed op
to replace aortic root My life-saving op no longer
mattered once the virus hit
VICKY Duboc, 37, felt she had a By Hanna Geissler and I was sitting with a potential
“ticking timebomb” in her chest ticking timebomb in my chest.”
when her surgery was delayed agreed to aim for surgery in May While Vicky was used to being
due to the pandemic. or June. monitored regularly, it had been
She has Turner syndrome and “But then Covid hit and we over a year since her last MRI
was suffering from an enlarged went into lockdown. I realised scan so she did not know if her
aorta, the body’s main artery. there wasn’t going to be any aortic root had enlarged further.
Vicky was told she would need surgery happening for me.” She added: “I eventually got
an operation to replace her aortic Vicky, of Hampshire, contacted a date for surgery in early
root due to the risk a potentially her hospital and they confirmed September. I was very fortunate
life-threatening tear in the that all elective surgery had been to have got a date then, they must
weakened wall of the aorta. put on hold. have considered that my case
She said: “When I was referred A possible date for her surgery needed to be prioritised.
to a surgeon by my cardiologist was not going to be decided until “Many people have not been so
in January, the waiting list was a June or July at the earliest. fortunate and have had a longer,
couple of months long and we Vicky said: “Time was passing very worrying, wait.”
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By Jamie Harris
COVID has contributed
to a rise in online scams.
The National Cyber
Security Centre curbed
more dodgy web activity
last year than in the
previous three. THE hate preacher Abu Hamza has By Christopher Bucktin waiver from the defendant for the
Criminals used NHS moved a step closer to freedom in US Editor release of his medical records to his
branding and the jab his bid for “compassionate” release attorneys.”
rollout in emails and to get back to Britain. “Any time he is released the world To seek compassionate release,
texts to harvest personal Warders at America’s toughest will not be a safe place. He has not inmates must file a petition with
information for fraud. “supermax” prison have supplied shown any remorse.” their prison governor.
Some 43 fake NHS his lawyers with his medical records Last month, the state’s Bureau of It is however only granted “when
Covid apps were pulled. as part of his legal challenge. Prisons asked New York judge, there are particularly extraordinary
Dr Ian Levy, at the If a court grants his freedom there Analisa Torres, if it could provide the or compelling circumstances”.
NCSC, said: “Criminals would be nothing stopping the for- cleric’s medical records to his Hamza has no hands and one eye.
have no bounds on what mer imam of Finsbury Park Mosque defence team. He is in a maximum security jail in
they will abuse and the in north London, from returning to Colorado, nicknamed the Alcatraz of
fear that they engender the UK. Dangerous the Rockies, along with some of the
to try and harm and In 2015 hook-handed Hamza, world’s most dangerous men, like
defraud people.” now 63, was told he would die US attorney Audrey Strauss – who British shoe bomber Richard Reid
However, HM behind bars after being sentenced to is also leading the sex abuse case and Mexican drug lord El Chapo.
Revenue & Customs is life in a US prison. against British socialite Ghislaine Last year he began suing the US
the top brand for fraud, New York Federal Court Judge Maxwell – wrote to make the authorities over the “cruel” condi-
with more than 4,000 Katherine Forrest said he would request. tions he claims to be kept in.
campaigns, said the never be freed after being found She said: “The court’s granting of He says the removal of his hooks
NCSC’s latest Active guilty of 11 terrorism and kidnap- such permission will obviate the has left him having to tear open food
Cyber Defence report. Compassionate release plea...Abu Hamza ping charges. In sentencing, she said: need for defence counsel to obtain a packages with his rotting teeth.

Experienced...Paul
ROYAL LONDON had been flying for
many years

PROPOSAL FOR
SCOTTISH LIFE PLANS
Did you take out a pension or life insurance plan with Scottish
Life more than 20 years ago through a financial adviser?
If so, we could be trying to reach you.

WHY WE’RE TRYING TO REACH YOU

You may have a plan affected by the proposal we’d like to make. Our
proposal would increase the current value of affected plans and
give more certainty over how much we’d pay out when these plans
are claimed.
We recently wrote to affected planholders. But, we may not have up to
date contact details for some planholders as these plans were taken out
a long time ago.
Pals mourn expat pilot
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
If you think you have one of these plans but haven’t heard from us,
then please get in contact by visiting our webpage royallondon.com/
SLscheme
killed in freak fog crash
By Natalia Penza
Tributes...
Alternatively, you can ring us free on 0808 196 8892 between 8am FRIENDS last night paid pilot Paul
to 6pm Monday – Friday excluding bank holidays. tribute to an experienced with his
British pilot killed in a freak wife Anne
accident in Spain.
WHY WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW Solo flier Paul Lowry
crashed into the sea near
It’s important you get in touch as soon as possible if you think you have Cartagena after hitting an
an affected plan. We want to make sure all affected planholders have an unexpected bank of fog.
opportunity to review information about our proposal and tell us what A canoeist and longboard
they think. rider pulled him from the
water near Descargador
The next step is to ask the Court for approval to ask affected planholders beach but the 66-year-old
to vote on a formal offer later this year. We’ve arranged for a Court hearing had been killed instantly.
to take place at the High Court of Justice in England and Wales at the Paul had taken off in his
Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL on 15 July 2021. light plane from Totana with his family, and feeling with his wife Anne. He was
airdrome 60 miles to the absolutely devastated. one of several expat British
If approved, we’ll send you a voting pack later this year. north-west. Javier Martinez “He could have come members of Aeroclub
Pacheco, its head of flights, across a bank of coastal Totana, and was described
said: “He was a very marine fog in an area where by Mr Pacheco as “an
experienced pilot who had it doesn’t normally form and excellent person who was
been flying for many years. got into problems.” also ready to lend a hand”.
“He was also a very Paul was from Smethwick Spain’s Civil Aviation
serious pilot who never did and had worked at Accident and Incident
anything silly. Birmingham’s Queen Investigation Commission is
“We are mourning the loss Elizabeth Hospital before he holding an inquiry into
of a companion and suffering moved to south-east Spain Saturday’s crash.
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Flourishing

Meghan on screen for

…Duchess
speaks from
her own
backyard

first time since Oprah

THE Duchess of Sussex blossoms By Christopher Bucktin
Dead..PCSO Julia James as she makes her first screen
appearance since that explosive
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Covid from their Californian home.
interview with Oprah. She said: “Women...have been
Meghan, 39 – who is due to disproportionately affected by

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give birth to a girl in the this pandemic. My husband
summer – glowed in a red and I believe it’s critical that
and pink dress while our recovery prioritises the

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concert. She beamed in
via video link from her
health, safety and success
of everyone – and
particularly women.”

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gala was broadcast on US
TV yesterday.
She added: “[We] are
thrilled to soon be
welcoming a daughter. When
By Ted Hennessey Harry, 36, appeared on stage at we think of her, we think of all the
the LA event, organised to thank young women and girls around
MURDER squad frontline workers. Yesterday, the globe who must be given the
Meghan spoke about the effects of ability and support to lead.”
detectives have been
given more time to
question a man arrested
over the death of police
community support
officer Julia James.
The 53-year-old
mother was found dead
with severe head injuries
in a wood near her home
in Snowdown, Kent.
Police who arrested a
man in his 20s from the
Canterbury area on
Friday were granted a
36-hour extension to his
detention, until tonight.
Officers have been
searching a house on
Sunshine Corner Avenue
in Aylesham which is
linked to their enquiries.
Assistant Chief
Constable Tom Richards,
of Kent Police, said: “We
continue to urge anyone

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matter how small or
insignificant it may seem,
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“This includes anyone
local who may have seen
something out of place
at the time or who came
across someone who
made them feel uneasy
– such as feeling
compelled to cross the By Paul Jeeves business partner Lord Reading, who
road or change the route set up the meeting, described the
they were walking.” THE Queen is facing mounting Prince as “Her Majesty’s unofficial
Julia, described as pressure to ban Prince Michael of ambassador to Russia”.
“fiercely loyal” by her Kent from state banquets after claims Shadow Defence Secretary John
family, died while out he used his status to seek favours from Healey called the claims “shocking”
walking her dog Toby. Russian president Vladimir Putin. and questioned the Prince’s honorary
Police colleagues The Queen’s cousin reportedly told position as a colonel. Tory MP Tobias
issued a photo of her undercover reporters posing as South Ellwood demanded an inquiry.
in the clothes she was Korean investors that he could be Prince Michael’s office said he has
wearing when she hired for £10,000 a day to make “no special relationship with
was killed: a light blue “confidential” representations to President Putin. They last met in June
waterproof coat, Putin’s regime. 2003 and Prince Michael has had no
blue jeans and dark An undercover team set up a fake contact with him or his office since
brown wellies. gold company and approached five then. Lord Reading is a good friend,
Dover MP Natalie members of the Royal Family. who in trying to help, made sugges-
Elphicke added a floral Prince Michael of Kent, 78, showed tions which Prince Michael would not
tribute for Julia at a interest, allegedly claiming that he Embarrassing news...Prince Michael, right, and with the Queen, his cousin have wanted, or been able, to fulfil.”
mining memorial in would give it his royal endorsement in Lord Reading said: “I was only try-
Aylesham Market a speech, for which £143,000 was his own private consultancy. But the felt she would throw him some bread-
ing to facilitate an introduction to my
Square with the offered by the investigator. embarrassing expose has prompted crumbs that would allow him to keep
friend Prince Michael.”
message: “Thank you for He allegedly told them he was Palace discussions about invitations to ● The investigation by The Sunday
the lifestyle.” Royal finance expert
your police service to happy to use his home in Kensington banquets for heads of state. He is a David McClure said he “does have Times and Channel 4 is on
our country and our Palace as a backdrop. Prince Michael regular guest. A source said: “It gives form” for monetising the monarchyDispatches at 7.30pm tonight.
community. May you does not receive state funding and him a perfect opportunity to make and was even nicknamed “Rent-a-
rest in peace.” earns a living acting as chairman of business contacts. Perhaps the Queen Kent”. It was also claimed his PUTIN WARNING: PAGE 14
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Labour’s decline
into irrelevance
One Canada Square, London E14 5AP
Tel: 020 8612 7000 (outside UK: +44 20 8612 7000)

So close... a time of
happiness and hugs
W
is gathering pace
E HAVE watched the Covid death
toll falling week after week and
breathed a sigh of relief. We have seen
the case numbers dropping inexorably and
hoped we are indeed winning the war
against the virus.
Today, at long last, the Prime Minister
will tell us what we long to hear: that the
roadmap to freedom remains on track and
Picture: REUTERS
that restrictions will be eased next week.
It is hard to overplay how joyful is the
prospect of overnight stays; of pubs and
restaurants being able to invite customers

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inside; of museums, galleries, theatres O amount of spin from Labour is the privileged voice
and cinemas reopening; of outdoor events Labour strategists can of liberal professionals and
going ahead. conceal the scale of virtue-signalling students.
Nothing, however, will spell a return to their disastrous perfor- In two ways, Brexit has played
cherished norms quite like the freedom to mance in last week’s a crucial part in this fundamen-
hug loved ones, as Michael Gove says may elections. Across much tal realignment. First it drew
of the country, their party suf- masses of patriotic, Eurosceptic
be on the cards. fered a spectacular drubbing as working-class voters away from
For that, Boris Johnson is right to thank the so-called red wall crumbled Remainer-dominated Labour
the NHS and many volunteers who have further in the face of Boris and into the Tory fold.
now given more than 35 million first doses Johnson’s Tory juggernaut.

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and fully inoculated one third of the country. Remarkably, after 11 years of
To paraphrase Churchill, “Before the Tory rule at Westminster,
vaccine we never had a victory. After the Labour was in retreat in its
vaccine we never had a defeat.” heartlands, losing over 250 ND second, it brutally
Let us dare to hope this is the beginning council seats in all. exposed how so many
of a happy ending. But the most striking results middle-class activists,
were in the North-East. This marinated in their worship of
area, once safe Labour territory, Brussels and contempt for
Hidden cost of lockdown has an iconic place in the par-
ty’s heritage. For generations,
Britain’s national identity, actu-
ally viewed their own core vot-

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HOUGH there will rightly be celebrations the annual Durham Miners’ ers as bigoted xenophobes.
for our success in combatting the virus, Gala was a major event in That chasm has widened
the hidden health cost of successive Labour’s calendar and a symbol since the 2016 referendum,
lockdowns remains grave indeed. of socialist solidarity. partly because Labour’s pro-EU
The rocketing number of people The first Labour Prime high command tried to thwart
contacting mental health care charity Mind Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, the democratic vote for Brexit
represented the Durham seat of and partly because of Labour’s
for help as a result of the pandemic is Seaham. More recently, the embrace of the woke agenda.
a national crisis. region was a citadel of New In the divisive world of iden-
The vast backlog of postponed or Labour, with Tony Blair and tity politics championed by hec-
cancelled heart procedures has, with Peter Mandelson among its MPs. DISASTER ZONE: Starmer’s party has the fewest seats since 1945 toring social justice warriors,
justification, been called a ticking time Today, the Tories are in the the working-class now find the
bomb, with the slowdown in heart care ascendancy there, not only in values they hold dear, like free-

Leo McKinstry
reflected in 5,800 excess deaths from the landslide victory for Ben dom, flag and family, under sys-
conditions including heart attacks and Houchen in the Teeside mayor- tematic ideological attack.
strokes during the pandemic’s first year. alty with 73 per cent of the Detached from its traditional
Then there are the thousands of cancer cases vote but even more dramati- base, Labour deepens its obses-
that have gone undiagnosed or untreated. cally in Jill Mortimer’s win in Daily Express columnist sion with victimhood, offering
the by-election at Hartlepool – nothing but grievance and despair.
As Professor Karol Sikora has long been a constituency held by Labour Whereas the Prime Minister
saying, the harm caused by lockdown since its creation almost 50 ship, epitomised by the row left, led by Tony Benn. Again it promotes an optimistic pro-
should not be underestimated. years ago. Hammered by nearly over Sir Keir’s decision to dis- survived and went on to flour- gramme of regeneration and
So there is no time to rest on laurels. 7,000 votes, Labour’s dismal miss his popular deputy Angela ish under Blair. prosperity, Labour portrays
These are all matters to which the campaign saw the biggest swing Rayner as campaign chief. This time the crisis looks Britain as a backward land
Government must give urgent attention – to a governing party at any Labour has been here before. more serious, perhaps even ter- scarred by irredeemable racism,
and the resources the NHS needs to start by-election since the war. In 1931 the party looked minal. Traditional loyalties are rampant mental illness, mass
repairing the unseen ravages of Covid. doomed after winning just 52 breaking down; old allegiances deprivation, ruined public ser-

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seats in the General Election. have been shattered. Scotland, vices and a shameful past.
The outlook was almost as once Labour’s most secure Labour cannot be written off
Spitfire soars to victory IR Keir Starmer repeat-
black in 1959 after three succes-
sive defeats, prompting some
stronghold, has already gone.
Now the party’s working-class
entirely. Their fortunes could
change with new policies or

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T IS such a pleasure to see how much the edly says that he has “a senior figures to seek a change in support is collapsing in England. more appealing leadership.
flight in an historic Spitfire meant to the mountain to climb” to the party’s name, yet within five As this trend accelerates, The Tory Government might be
Daily Express competition winners who bring Labour to power. Far from years, Labour was back in office. Labour’s core vote is no longer hit by an economic downturn.
have fully appreciated the significance of reaching base camp, he has In the early 1980s, the party’s to be found in the industrial But their prospects look grim.
their very special experience. fallen into a ravine. future was threatened by the North but in the affluent South. The decline into impotent irrel-
To have helped raise more than £20,000 His party now has fewer MPs breakaway SDP on the right Increasingly the Tories are the evance could gather pace.
for the RAF Benevolent Fund by taking than at any time since 1945. In and militant radicalism on the party of the workers, while As the Blairite peer Lord
part will hopefully be a consolation to the wake of this latest polls Adonis said at the weekend, no
those who were not so lucky.
Rarely in the field of newspaper
rejection Labour has resorted,
as usual, to bitter recrimina- ‘Far from reaching base camp, Labour seat outside London or
the big cities “can be regarded
competitions can so much joy have been given
to a fortunate few, to the envy of so many.
tions, internal strife, and futile
manoeuvres against the leader- Sir Keir has fallen in a ravine’ as safe at the next General
Election”.
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Pictures: EPA, GETTY, REUTERS

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rolling across
Red Square in
Moscow next
SLEEPING six to seven to the Kremlin
hours a night reduces
the risk of a heart attack
or stroke, according
to research.
Lead author Dr Kartik
Gupta, of Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit, said:
“Participants who slept
less than six hours or
more than seven had a
higher chance of death
due to cardiac causes.”
“Sleep may be among

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ways to lower
cardiovascular risk.”

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By Dan Townend
VLADIMIR Putin yesterday said
Russia will “firmly” defend its
national interests in the face of
“Russophobia” – as he met soldiers at
the annual Victory Day parade.
The Russian President’s speech
launched the event on Moscow’s Red
Square, which marked the 76th anni-
versary of the Second World War.
He said: “The Soviet people kept
their sacred oath, defended the home- Unity...Veterans join Putin at parade
land and freed the countries of
Europe from the black plague. tary personnel would take part in the
“Russia consistently defends inter- parade in the Russian capital, as well
national law. At the same time, we as 190 pieces of military equipment,
will firmly defend our national inter- plus 76 fighter jets and helicopters.
ests to ensure the safety of our The parade, which became an
people.” annual event after the collapse of the
Putin also warned of a return to Soviet Union in 1991, was also cele-
ideologies of the 1930s, when brated in many other Russia cities.
“slogans of racial and national superi- Putin’s show of strength comes as
ority, anti-Semitism and Russophobia, he tries to contain pro-democracy
became ever more cynical”. protests, ahead of September polls.
He added: “Unfortunately there Moscow’s relations with the West
are once again attempts to deploy remain strained as a result of the con-
many things from the ideology of the flict in Ukraine, as well as the fate of
Nazis, those who were obsessed with jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
a delusional theory on their exclu- The United States and Russia have
siveness. And not only [by] radicals expelled each other’s diplomats in
and international terrorist groups.” recent months. And Moscow and EU
The state-run RIA Novosti agency member states have been involved in
reported that more than 12,000 mili- similar tit-for-tat diplomatic disputes.

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A SCHOOL priest was reported to By Chris Riches
an anti-extremist watchdog for giving
a sermon saying pupils are free to programme which targets those at
disagree with LGBT ideology. risk of radicalisation, and “had
The Rev Dr Bernard Randall, 48, visions of being investigated by
was later dismissed with his “career MI5”. Police found he posed no risk.
and life” in “tatters”. Days after the sermon he claims he
At independent Trent College, was called to a meeting and told it
near Nottingham, he told was inflammatory, divisive and
pupils being forced to accept “harmful to LGBT pupils”.
the ideas was like being forced Next month a tribunal will
to agree on Brexit. hear this case as he sues for
He claimed he was flagged to discrimination, harassment,
the anti-extremist Prevent victimisation and unfair
dismissal. The school
‘Sacked’...Dr Randall declined to comment.
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rules her husband with a rod By Ted Hennessey
of iron – even if he does adventure with a pair of
seem a bit board at home. khaki trousers and brown THE body of a newborn
In case you didn’t believe leather shoes. baby has been discov-
Sir Rod does his fair share of One surprised fan
commented: “Rocking that ered in a canal in north-
domestic chores, the west London, police say.
76-year-old rocker posed on ironing board, Rod”.
Another called him “a guy Yesterday officers and
the pavement in public for
this picture near his home. who does it all”. paramedics were called
Posting the pic of him The father-of-eight looked just before 1.20pm to
de-creasing a brown suit in great spirits, weeks after the body of an infant in
jacket at around midnight on recovering from surgery. Grand Union Canal,
Saturday, he wrote on Rod had an operation last near Old Oak Lane. The
Instagram: “Ironing out the year to straighten out bones baby was pronounced
crease of life.” in his lower leg, which he dead at the scene.
The musician, who went to had injured through years The Metropolitan
the trouble of getting the of playing football. Police has urged the
lighting right for the shoot, But he’s in such good baby’s mother to “seek
wore a shirt and tweed shape now, he’s more like medical assistance”.
waistcoat paired with a multi- Hot Legs. Witnesses say dozens
coloured striped tie. Although, next time you
help out, Rod, you might
of police, ambulance and
He finished off his look fire vehicles were in the
for his al fresco laundry want to plug in the iron.
area, which is cordoned
off, near an industrial
estate in Park Royal.
Domestic Emergency staff in
Roddess… diving clothing could
With wife also be seen walking
Penny
close to the canal.
Lancaster
A London Ambulance
Service spokesperson
said: “We sent an
incident response officer,
an advanced paramedic
practitioner, a clinical
team manager and two
ambulance crews.
“We dispatched our
hazardous area response
team. Sadly, an infant
was confirmed to be
deceased at the scene.”

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SALLY Wood has praised
EXTREME weather and rising tem- the doctors who
peratures are threatening the Great successfully treated
British cuppa, a report warns. Rolling Stone husband
Ronnie’s cancer.

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Kenya produces half the black tea
that we drink and is the world’s big- The guitarist, 73,
gest exporter. revealed last month he
But Christian Aid warns that the has been given the
East African country faces more all-clear after being
erratic rainfall, making floods and diagnosed with the
droughts more common. potentially killer disease.

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The charity says climate change will Actress Sally, 43, told
slash by 26 per cent the best areas for Hello! magazine: “We
tea production by 2050, while average tried to keep as positive
ones will see a fall of 39 per cent. as possible and put our
Other major producers including trust in the doctors and
India, Sri Lanka and China, the top followed their advice.
grower of increasingly popular green “We can’t thank them
tea, also face rising temperatures and announce improved climate plans, bearing the brunt of this crisis but we enough for everything
extreme weather. there is a unique opportunity to accel- aren’t the ones that have caused it.” they did and the
The flavour of tea could also go off erate cuts in emissions and boost the He called on richer countries to cut support they gave.”
the boil, as more rain produces poorer finance needed to help countries their emissions and said: “This needs The couple married
leaves and reduces the compounds that adapt to the changing climate.” a joint effort from developed coun- in 2012 and had twin
make the brew beneficial to health. Victor Koskei, 72, a tea farmer tries who enjoy our tea abroad.” girls in 2016.
Big British brands and the Fairtrade from Kericho in Kenya’s Western Fiachra Moloney, of PG Tips maker Sally added: “You
Foundation have also raised concerns. Highlands, said: “We are proud that Unilever, said: “In East Africa, where have to be as positive as
The warning comes as the UK pre- the tea that we grow here is the best in so much of our tea comes from, cli- you can and believe that
pares to host the G7 meeting of major the world but climate change poses a mate change is putting the livelihoods everything will be OK.
economies next month – where Boris real threat to us. of those who grow tea for us at risk. “Ronnie’s an amazing
Johnson has said climate, and finance “We cannot predict seasons “As Unilever, we call on govern- person with incredible
for poor countries to cope with global anymore, temperatures are rising, ments to bring forward ambitious cli- strength and
warming, will be centre stage – and rainfall is more erratic, more often mate targets, policies and plans ahead determination.
the key UN COP26 climate talks in accompanied by unusual hailstones of COP26 that will help us all work “He read his
Bearing the brunt…farmer Mr Koskei meditation books and
Glasgow in November. and longer droughts which was not together to limit global average tem-
Dr Kat Kramer, Christian Aid’s cli- the host of both summits “the UK can the case in the past. perature rise to 1.5C.” we focused on his
mate policy lead, said: “This year the ensure that countries on the front line “If this continues, then it will make Under the 2016 Paris Agreement treatment, his sobriety
UK Government has a key role in of this crisis can adapt and respond to growing tea much harder and life for countries have committed to action to and resting as much as
overseeing the global response to the the impacts of climate change. us extremely difficult.” try to limit global warming to 1.5C possible. You just have to
climate emergency.” She said that as “With countries starting to He added: “Farmers like us are above pre-industrial levels. keep going.”
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A CHARITY volunteer
who stole £12,000 from
a man aged 90 was
spared a jail sentence.
Age UK money
adviser Gary Rose, 52,
even took £50 from the Pictures: GETTY, PA
victim’s bank account on By Steph Spyro well as school staff who looked after
the day of his death, a Grateful... their children, shop staff and deliv-
court heard. Judi, left, CELEBRITIES are lining up to call ery workers who “helped keep us
Rose, of Long Stratton, and Felicity, for a national Thank You day in hon- and the country going”.
Norfolk, was confronted below. Inset, our of local Covid heroes. Ms Parsons added: “As a country
when a relative of the Ainsley and They want neighbours, friends and we aren’t always great at saying
man spotted irregular Ellie family to get together for a nation- thank you to each other.
transactions. wide day of gratitude on July 4. “But this year, we want to be part
He admitted taking The campaign starts today with a of changing that.
the cash but claimed it video featuring well-known figures “To choose one day where we all
was gifted to him. thanking those who have helped pause to say thank you to each
Rose admitted fraud them through the crisis. other. To remember what binds us
between January 2017 Archbishop of Canterbury Justin together, not just what pushes us
and May 2019, and was Welby, 65, said: “I want to thank apart.
given a 20-month jail the person who has been caring for “We all have different people to
sentence suspended for my mother over the thank, from family members to key
22 months. He was also past year. She has workers, good neighbours to vol-
ordered to do 300 hours been so generous with Martin Sheen unteers.” Other famous faces
and, below,
unpaid work. her time and spirit Justin Welby
involved include actresses
Judge Maureen Bacon and care.” Dame Judi Dench, 86, and
told Rose at Norwich Actor Michael Sheen, has been put Felicity Kendal, 74, chef
Crown Court: “You 52, said: “I don’t want forward by Ainsley Harriott, 64, singer
helped yourself to his this to sound like some terrible people from across the Craig David, 40,
money and treated his Oscar speech but I want to say UK, including nurse May and Paralympian Ellie
bank account as if it was thank you to our little daughter Parsons who delivered the Simmonds, 26.
your own.” Lyra who has spent most of her UK’s first Covid jab. She It follows huge public sup-
The court heard Age life in lockdown. Thank you Lyra thanked the “incredible” port for the NHS’s 72nd
UK Norfolk had strict for keeping us busy, and enter- volunteers who sup- anniversary that was held
guidelines about tained and sleep deprived.” ported frontline over the same week-
declaring gifts over £25. The idea for the day of gratitude workers, as end last year.

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appreciation...
Robert Myers’

on goals
Celebration of
Modern Day
Nursing in the

to repair
Florence
Nightingale
Garden

nature
EXCLUSIVE
By Steph Spyro
and John Ingham
THE vast majority of
people believe there
should be legal
targets on repairing
and reversing
damage to nature.
Nearly eight in 10
say the Government
should set standards
and have achieved
them by 2030 – in
the same way it
does to reduce
carbon emissions.
The WWF found the
strong backing in a
OnePoll survey.
WWF chief
executive Tanya
Steele said: “Nature
is in freefall and the
UK is sadly no
exception. These
figures show the
widespread appetite
CHELSEA OPTS FOR SEASON OF CHANGE WITH A FLORAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO NHS
for UK Government
action to combat VIBRANT late summer perennials set the By Steph Spyro healthcare while Finding Our Way – An NHS
nature loss at home calming scene for Robert Myers’ tribute to Tribute Garden by Naomi Ferrett-Cohen will
and overseas. modern-day nursing at this year’s Chelsea have embraced the new date and have recognise the efforts of the thousands of NHS
“A state of nature Flower Show. worked hard to adjust their plans and take workers caring for millions across the UK.
target that works in a The event, held for the first time in its on the challenge to be a part of this one-off The show, from September 21 to 26, will
similar way to the 108-year history in September, will feature autumn show. include categories for balcony and container
ambitious net zero gardens celebrating nursing and the NHS. “For many designers the change in season gardens. Ms Pettit said: “Millions more
emissions target Helena Pettit, RHS Director of Shows & has provided a rare opportunity to work with people turned to gardening this year so we
would be a step Gardens, said: “This year’s RHS Chelsea exciting new plants, which you wouldn’t have introduced these two new categories to
change, driving Flower Show is going to be a moment in usually see at RHS Chelsea.” ensure there is something for everyone.”
policies and history and we are incredibly grateful to all Myers’ garden will shine a light on the The virtual flower show is online from May
investment across
the designers, growers and sponsors who critical role nurses play in modern-day 17 to 21, with details at www.rhs.org.uk/
Government and
industry towards a

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The Daily Express
Green Britain Needs
You campaign is
urging the
Government,
businesses and SIR David Attenborough has been By Macer Hall role. There could not be a more opportunity to make the necessary
members of the signed up by Boris Johnson to Political Editor important moment that we should step-change” towards protecting
public to make more address world leaders at the crucial have international agreement. the planet.
space for nature. “save the planet” summit being millions of people in the UK and “The epidemic has shown us how COP26 President-Designate Alok
The WWF is calling hosted by Britain. around the world with his passion crucial it is to find agreement among Sharma said: “Climate change is the
on ministers to return The wildlife and environmental and knowledge to act on climate nations if we are to solve such greatest threat facing humanity and
the Environment Bill campaigner has been made People’s change and protect the planet for worldwide problems. the stakes could not be higher for
to Parliament at the Advocate for the COP26 United future generations. “But the problems that await us our planet.
earliest possible date Nations climate change conference “There is no better person to within the next five to 10 years are “The next decade will be make or
and urges the in Glasgow this autumn. build momentum for further change even greater. break for cutting global emissions
Government to adopt Sir David will try to persuade as we approach the COP26 climate “It is crucial that these meetings sufficiently to avoid the worst
a State of Nature
amendment to the Bill.
governments and industries to do summit in November.” in Glasgow, COP26, have effects of climate change.
The poll revealed more to tackle global warming at a He added: “I am hugely success, and that at last the “That is why I am delighted to be
that the public series of events in the run up to the grateful to Sir David for nations will come working with Sir David, a hero for
believes driving November gathering. agreeing to be our together to solve the our country and our planet, to
global action to tackle His appointment was confirmed People’s Advocate.” crippling problems that inspire action ahead of COP26.”
the climate crisis yesterday to mark six months until Delighted with the job, the world now faces.” Sir David’s appointment comes as
presents an the summit – described as the most the veteran broadcaster The Life on Earth Mr Sharma urges governments,
opportunity for the important climate meeting since the said: “I am greatly hon- maker has previously international organisations, busi-
UK to show global signing of the Paris Agreement on oured to be given the described nesses and campaign groups to
leadership ahead greenhouse gas emissions in 2015. COP26 as accelerate bold pledges ahead of the
of COP26. Mr Johnson said: “Sir David Campaigner... possibly summit to put the world on a path
Attenborough has already inspired Sir David “our last to net zero emissions by 2050.
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HICKEY
AMID news that journeys are now disrupted
after cracks were found on high-speed
They mocked
my gentle mum
trains, famous railways enthusiast Michael
Portillo, pictured, reflects that he’s often cut
a lonely figure during the
pandemic.
The meticulously-coiffed
former Tory politician, 67,
who has long fronted train
shows for the BBC, says:
“I hope people will be
back. I’ve been travelling a
lot in the last few months,

Linda for her

almost on my own I must say. I would
certainly welcome some other passengers in
seats around me.”
Be sure to say hello to Michael should
you spot him in the same carriage. Those
acid drop-hued jackets should help...

WHILE Sir Keir Starmer is under mounting

pressure after the election results, I’m

veggie crusade
reminded one high-profile figure is
chomping at the bit to come to his aid.
Transgender entertainer and Labour
luvvie Eddie Izzard, 59, is preparing to
temporarily give up showbiz and focus on
finding a parliamentary constituency in
which to stand on the party’s behalf.
Regular readers might recall the
comrades aren’t quite so keen – after
developing an uncanny knack of being
associated with doomed political causes
down the years, poor Eddie’s unkindly
considered a jinx.

EXCLUSIVE But history has proved

BOOMING actor Brian Blessed, 84,
enthuses: “I’ve had a pacemaker put in me
and I now feel like a man of 20.”
By Kat Hopps her right, says her
Never one to make modest predictions,
daughter Mary
W
eccentric Brian isn’t shy about taking the HEN LINDA McCartney
fight to Father Time, suggesting he’ll “live to launched the crusade that
about 120, 130”. became her legacy 32 years ago,
the concept of a meat-free diet
was still greeted with derision –
McCartney, speaking to
PRIOR to her new TV series The Pursuit Of
Love debuting on BBC One last night, film
if not open
“Everybody thinks of vegetarians as
suspicion.

cranks,” the photographer wife of Beatles

the Express for National
star Emily Mortimer, pictured, was
admitting she was relieved not to be in her
native UK, having returned to the family’s
legend Paul told Terry Wogan on his prime-
time TV show in 1989. “I do, yeah,” admit- Vegetarian Week
American home before ted the chatshow host as the audi-
the broadcast. ence tittered. LEGACY: Seeing gambolling
Acknowledging the Today, it is Linda and her family lambs inspired Linda and Paul
challenge of succeeding who have the last laugh. to embrace meat-free eating
Line Of Duty in the Her pioneering meat-free cook-
Sunday schedule, the ery book Linda McCartney’s Home
actress, who wrote and Cooking – the reason she went on g
green space back into
directed the adaptation
of Nancy Mitford’s 1945
Wogan – became a bestseller in the urban areas,” says Mary.
u
novel, nervously UK and America. It was such a pub- “It’s a real community
“
confessed: “AlI I can say is I’m quite glad lishing sensation that it led to the feel.”
fe
I’m in Brooklyn rather than there.” creation in 1991 of Linda Phrases such as “plant-
With this, her directorial debut in mind, McCartney Foods, her frozen based” and “flexitarian”
b
London-born Emily, 49 – who also plays ready-made range of sausages, mmay now be part of every-
“The Bolter” a mother constantly pursuing burgers and meatballs made from dday vocabulary as climate
new lovers – added: “As an actor, it’s not textured vegetable protein. change and animal welfare
ch
entirely your fault if the thing sucks. If this Three decades on, it remains one mmove up the political
sucks it’s entirely my fault! It’s hard to find of the most successful celebrity aagenda, but many urban-
someone else to blame.” food brands ever. ddwelling youngsters espe-
Her eldest daughter, Mary cially still don’t know, or
ci
McCartney, like her mother, a have access to, where their
h
HAVING recently made headlines after photographer and green activist, is food comes from.
fo
being rescued by the fire brigade when sad her mother didn’t live to see her passion didn’t care what people thought about her. “We want to show you can grow in small
attempting to clean the windows of his vindicated because of her untimely death, But she also came up with solutions – so spaces or window boxes,” says Mary, who
London home – he got trapped on the ledge aged 56, from breast cancer in 1998. here are the recipes and here’s the food recently met some of the scheme’s young
– former Young Ones star Ade Edmondson Yet Mary, 51, strongly believes her gentle range. She got to see some of it but she beneficiaries.
opted to hire a professional for the job instead. mum knew that her views, condemned by would be more recognised now and that “They were really curious. I love that.”
When the said window cleaner finally some as “militant” back then, would become would be a nice affirmation after people Watching children try chive leaves and
arrived, 64-year-old Ade jokily tweeted: “A mainstream with the passage of time. made fun of her.” parsley reminded her of her idyllic child-
hose/brush on a long stick? Where’s the “My parents were so pioneering and car- Mary is speaking with me ahead of hood, growing up on the McCartney fami-
jeopardy? It’s cheating.” ing about animals, and passionate. I think National Vegetarian Week as she teams up ly’s farm in Sussex where she regularly snaf-
that’s why Mum was labelled that way – she with garden designer Diarmuid Gavin for fled peas from the vegetable patch.
couldn’t help it,” says Mary. the Grow Your Own initiative as part of “I thought it was really naughty of me to
LOOKING ahead to post-lockdown life, “She would say, ‘Animals can’t speak for Linda McCartney Foods’ 30th anniversary go and take them off, pick them open and
professional battleaxe Christine Hamilton, themselves, please don’t eat them’. She celebrations. Young people from inner-cities eat them because they tasted so sweet.”
71 – aided by the vaccine and a new hip to would always do that, so that’s where that are being encouraged to produce their own Mary admits she’s not much of a gardener
boot – triumphantly announces: “Today is militant thing came from, but also why she’s crops at one of six new city gardens from but, in truth, neither was her mother. Linda’s
the first day of the rest of my life. Freedom,
folly, fun and frolic await. Bring it on.”
still so respected now. She was so brave and Glasgow to London. “It’s about getting that brilliance lay in transforming the vegetables
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Pictures: MIRRORPIX,, GETTY,, REX,, CASEY LAZONICK
HAPPY FAMILY: Linda
and Paul McCartney
with daughters Mary
and Stella. Right,
photographer and
activist Mary today

her younger children. “The thing is with the

range – like the sausages and the burgers –
they’re just good ways of cooking something
that’s more convenient and quicker,” she
says. “We had it for dinner after school the
other day. I made a quick gravy and we had
sausage and mash with steamed broccoli.”

M ARY, Paul and Stella launched the

campaign Meat-Free Mondays in
2009 to encourage the nation to
eat veggie once a week. It has reached 40
countries in 22 languages so far. They all
remain active in Linda McCartney Foods,
which has expanded over time to include
meal kits and a dedicated vegan range.
Next month the trio are releasing Linda
McCartney’s Family Kitchen, a vegan cook-
book filled with nearly 100 adapted recipes
she’d dug up into beautiful and “hearty three were given a choice to opt out but how to “fill that gap on the plate” so no one
from the vegetarian trailblazer. Mary says
foods” that her children grew up on. “It was embraced the decision, as did younger felt like they were missing out. “We would her father remains passionate about vegetar-
very satisfying with things like lasagne and brother James when he came along. all talk about it. What are we going to have
ianism. “He’s really happy that it’s pro-
tomato pasta dishes with a chef’s salad on “She [Linda] made up recipes as she went at Christmas? When we do a Sunday roast gressed so far that most places have options
the side,” says Mary. “And she made really along and they were always tasty,” Mary what can we have that we slice at the table?”
on their menus now, and it’s just not joked
great soups and stews.” explains. “Everything had a great punch of Friends of her parents enjoyed the food about in the same way.”

T
flavour. Nothing was bland. She loved cook- too. “People would come to our house for Would her mother still be an active cam-
ing, really enjoyed it. dinner when I was growing up and say, ‘If paigner if she was alive today? “I think she
“It wasn’t, ‘Oh I’ve got to make you din- we could eat more like this then we would would,” she says. “She would always say,
ner’, it was more, ‘Let’s talk about and enjoy be veggie’.” ‘I’m relying on the younger generation’, and
HE WHOLE family ditched meat and food’. So I feel really lucky to have grown Mary only realised how pioneering her it’s happening that way. The younger genera-
fish in the mid-1970s. The story goes up watching her and helping out. mother’s cookbook was after celebrity chef tion are used to this less traditional way of
that Paul and Linda were eating a leg “Being vegetarian at the time wasn’t as Nigel Slater prepared lunch for her, Paul and
eating and are not intimidated by it.
of lamb when through the window they accessible, whereas it is now.” Stella in 2007. “He said it was such a revolu-“She wouldn’t judge – if you were eating
spotted real lambs gambolling in the fields Today there are three million vegetarians tionary book at the time and I was like, meat but wanted to cut down she would
outside their home. in the UK, equating to more than five per ‘Really?’ I had no idea that Nigel Slater help or give ideas.”
“It literally was like that,” Mary cent of the population. would know about my mum’s cookbook.” Mary believes Linda would be adopting
laughs. “They both made the Non-meat dishes feature at each As to her own happiest childhood food alternative ingredients to dairy too. “She’d
decision together. It wasn’t ‘My end of the culinary scale from memory, she recalls eating blueberry pan- be using plant-based milks instead of cream
cakes tucked up with Linda. “We got into
like one of them sort of
pushing the other one into
parents were Michelin-starred restaurants
and celebrity chef recipes to her bed and ate them watching La Dolce
and olive or coconut oil instead of butter. It’s
all about nice ingredients. It was always
anything.” so pioneering supermarket lunch wraps Vita,” she says. “She loved great movies so it
quite simple and straightforward.”
She and her younger and vegan sausage rolls at was introducing me to that. It was really Mary remains “super proud” of her awe-
sister, fashion designer and caring about Greggs. While vegans might fun.” Mary has brought up her own four inspiring mother and it pleases her she is
Stella McCartney, 49,
were children when their
animals. That’s still incur the “extremist”
tag, going veggie for a
children as vegetarian. well-regarded today. “People really trusted
She has two older sons, Arthur and Elliot,
her,” she adds. “They realise that she might
parents told them of their why Mum was few meals a week is by her first marriage to TV producer Alistair
have been revolutionary and feisty but it all
decision to turn vegetar-
ian. Their older half-sister
labelled that now commonplace. Not so in
the 1970s.
Donald, plus boys Simon, 12, and Sid, nine,
with her second husband, film director
came from the heart.”

Heather, by Linda’s first mar- way’ Mary says there was a con- Simon Aboud. And she still relies on the ● To learn more about the Grow Your Own
riage, was in her early teens. All certed effort by her parents on Linda McCartney brand when cooking for initiative, visit lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk
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By Vicky Shaw
EMPLOYEES must be urged to
boost pension contributions at key
stages in their lives, says a report.
Reminders to up savings would

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be sent when workers get a pay rise,
their children leave home or their
mortgage has been paid off.
Automatic enrolment into work-
place pensions does not encourage
contributions that rise with age, says
the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
But their research argues the “empty nesters” or when they fin- making two-thirds of their contribu- icy makers consider how to boost policy of automatic enrolment has
focus should be on policies that ish debt repayments such as student tions after the age of 45. retirement saving, focus should be been a bit success, with more than
increase retirement saving at the loans or mortgages, the IFS said. The IFS says a lack of flexibility in on policies that increase contribu- 10 million workers taking part.
optimum time in people’s lives. For a typical graduate with two pension schemes can lead to many tions at the best time in people’s The Government plans to enable
The IFS calls for employee contri- children, IFS modelling suggests young public sector workers saving lives rather than just increasing sav- people to save more and to start
bution rates that rise with age and that they should increase contribu- more for retirement than they are ing, irrespective of circumstances. earlier by abolishing the lower
are triggered by earnings increases. tions from around five per cent of comfortable with at that stage. “Minimum contributions that rise earnings limit for contributions
There could also be nudges to pay before their children leave Rowena Crawford, an associate with age are an obvious option.” and reducing the age for being
encourage people to increase input home to between 15 per cent and director at IFS and one of the The Department for Work and automatically enrolled from 22 to
to their pot when they have become 25 per cent after. This would mean authors of the report, says: “As pol- Pensions spokesman has said its 18 in the middle of this decade.

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a mum was distraught as her child
JENNY Agutter has joined the lost weight and caught infections.
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with next Sunday’s Call The lungs – sufferers easily catch bugs
Midwife featuring the condition. and find it hard to keep weight on.
And the actress exclusively told The midwives and nuns were at
of her pride in the NHS during the a loss as to what was wrong, until
pandemic and how her gregarious Sister Monica Joan (played by
Sister Julienne character would Judy Parfitt) kissed the baby and
have struggled to cope with social he tasted of salt – a CF side effect.
distancing. Rachel, 42, who has now been
The Daily Express is fighting on Kaftrio for 16 months, told us:
alongside PKU campaigners for “I’m doing really well and not
the NHS to offer the drug Kuvan needed intravenous antibiotics for
to those with the genetic condi- nearly two years.
tion, to boost their quality of life. “It’s crazy how you quickly get
In this Sunday’s episode of the used to living normally again.”
BBC period drama Julienne Jenny added: “Rachel is such a
uncovers rare PKU in a young girl. fighter. The CF Trust said after that
It is set in 1966 when no drug Call The Midwife episode was
existed to help PKU patients. aired, they had never had so many
Jenny, 68, has backed our Kuvan website visits, it had a wonderful
plea now that 55 years later a drug impact.”
does exist – but for years the NHS The role of the NHS has never
have refused to buy it. been more in the spotlight than
The Railway Children actress during the pandemic.
told the Daily Express: “If people Jenny said: “The NHS are
can take Kuvan it’s paramount extraordinary and they deserve
they have it. the biggest
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“PKU can dramatically affect mum with my son
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want because NICE is now propos- trayal of the condition the BBC Kaftrio for CF She fears Sister
they can’t have ing to let children was advised by charity NSPKU. sufferers in the Julienne would
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these important drugs.” have Kuvan but not adults. Jenny said she always runs med- UK. Jenny told have struggled to
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PKU sufferers endure a severely- In Call The Midwife a pregnant ical matters in her script past her us: “Like CF, PKUU deal
dea with a
restricted diet, as too much protein mum, played by ex-Coronation son Jonathan Tham, as he’s a GP. is a cruel diseasease pandemic.
pand
causes brain damage, so they avoid Street star Paula Lane, is exam- But one genetic condition fea- with what it does es to Jenny said: “She
meat, fish, eggs, dairy and even ined by Sister Julienne who tured on the show that she’s never the body.” likes peopeople so the
some vegetables. notices her ill daughter. needed to research is cystic fibrosis As a patron off th the C
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For 12 years US firm BioMarin’s The nun worries the child is (CF) – as her niece Rachel has it. Fibrosis Trust, Jenny has for her. To not be able to be close to
drug Kuvan could have eased the barely speaking and not walking The Daily Express, alongside decades been a vocal campaigner people would have been hard.”
agony of those with PKU – but has and raises it with Dr Turner Jenny and Rachel, crusaded for for the rights of those born with ● Call The Midwife’s PKU episode
not been available on the NHS. (Stephen McGann) who diagnoses two years to successfully secure genetic conditions. In 2019 she is on Sunday on BBC One at 8pm.

ANGUISH, HARDSHIP AND HEARTBREAK SEEN IN THE SHOW IS EXACTLY HOW I FELT WITH MY SON DOUGIE
A MUM whose son was born with By Chris Riches before the decision was made
PKU in the Call The Midwife era said regarding his food. She said: “He
so little was known then about memories. She said: “The anguish, would suddenly fly into a big paddy
treating the condition. hardship and heartbreak is exactly or bang his head against the wall. No
When Dougie parry was born in how we felt. one seemed to have a remedy.”
1969 his family believed all was well “Luckily the knowledge, Dougie was taken off his diet as
after his negative PKU test. diets, PKU food and few doctors realised then
But it was wrong. And for 22 treatments like Kuvan it must be a strict regime
months after his birth he remained around now are so much for life.
untreated for the dangerous disorder. better. But back then we And he returned to the
Doctors even took him off his vital fear damage was done to diet at 21 after Amy read
low-protein diet at six for 15 years – Dougie without us, or about the benefits.
unaware how dangerous it could be. even doctors, knowing. She added: “Care for
Now aged 51, Dougie, of Reading, “Being taken off his PKU is far better now.
lives in a special care home unable to low-protein diet did more “Hopefully. Call The
speak and with restricted movement harm as well as not being Midwife will help with
due to PKU-exacerbated infections. diagnosed [at first].” public awareness as
Mum of two Amy, 83, said the Amy said Dougie had well as showing how
Close... Amy visiting her Dougie, 51, in his care home. helplessness felt by the BBC One changed from being tough the PKU life was
Inset, the mother and son in the 1970s characters facing PKU triggered her active and fun-loving back then.”
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There are bigger, more

nowhere tops the Lakes
By James Murray
As the National Park’s 70th anniversary
N
O PART of Britain surpasses the
Lake District for natural beauty,
many would argue. Whether you’re
walking its fells, messing about in
slips by almost unmarked, Melvyn Bragg
boats on its glacial lakes or just
drinking in the ever-changing views,
it has the power to lift the human heart like
few other places. As lockdown lifts, visitors
pays tribute to its ‘unique beauty’
have been flocking back. Even snowboard-
ers have been taking advantage ge of the
freak spring weather on its high
slopes this weekend.
But few of those enjoying this is
supremely scenic corner of the
country would have known
that an important landmark
passed yesterday with little
fanfare. In normal times, the
70th anniversary of the Lake
District winning National
Park status would no doubt
have seen celebrations, butt
social distancing meant people ple
had no choice but to wander lonelyonely
as a cloud in silent tribute, or wait
patiently until pandemic rules l permit
it a
proper party.
Among those desperate to pull on their
walking boots is the writer and broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg, 81, who has been staying at
his London home during lockdown, but
yearns for his cottage in the Fells.
“You’ve got 33 lakes, waterfalls, rivers and
there are 400 hills – or fells as they are called
up there,” says the presenter of Radio Four’s
iconic In Our Time programme. “I’ve been
over quite a lot of it but there are still parts
of it I don’t know that well. I am going to
put that right when this Covid thing fin-
ishes. I haven’t been able to go up there
for 16 months. We are going to make a
determined effort to cover all the bits
we haven’t yet seen.”
On a gloriously sunny day in
September 2019, Lord Bragg married
his partner Gabriel Clare-Hunt at
Bassenthwaite in the Lake District with
mountaineer Chris Bonington as one of
the guests. Now Cumbria is close to
both their hearts.

B RAGG was born in Carlisle, the

only son of mechanic Stanley

spent much of his childhood living above

the pub where his father had become
landlord.
e
y
Bragg and his wife Mary, a tailor.
Raised in the modest town of Wigton, hee
r.

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e expect from someone who studied history at
Oxford University, the story of the Lakes, a
THE GREAT OUTDOORS:
Family fun in the Lakes.
Inset, Melvyn Bragg

man to walk around the Lake District and he

wrote a marvellous book about it,” says
unique place in this country – and on the
planet, I think.
“I was born in 1939 on the edge of the visitor spot since the 19th century, has been Lord Bragg, made a Labour life peer in 1998 “There are bigger places, more spectacular
Lake District and we made lots of trips there a lifelong fascination. “This is where some of as Baron Bragg, of Wigton in the County of places but there is nowhere as magnificent in
as a kid,” he recalls. “I got a cottage there the English aristocrats came when there was Cumbria. its variety. You can walk for two or three
nearly 50 years ago and have stayed ever a war with France,” he explains. “Coleridge said the prospect changes hours or the whole day, visit little villages,
since. It was just a hamlet, we are talking “They made it fashionable along with the every 60 yards. You just walk up a bit of a see an isolated farm or go to a nice town like
about seven dwellings on a fell side. poets – Wordsworth and so on. Turner went fell and it’s all different. It’s so interlocked Keswick. These lakes are not tiny ponds, one
“The nearest shop was a long walk but we to paint the landscapes, they all piled in and that the views are just wonderful. Of course, – Windermere – is 10 miles long and has
used to have a van that came around on it became a place to go. It is just the air is sweeping in from the Irish Sea, steamers on it.
Tuesdays and Fridays with all sorts of provi- magnificent.” which is not very far away.” “God knows what will happen in the next
sions. It was a hill farming community. They The poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a main- He laughs: “I feel like putting the phone 70 years but I don’t see it changing. I think
were my friends and still are. People went stay of the Romantic Movement, was a down now and getting in the car and driving people will look after it and, on the whole, I
there, but not in swarms. Right from the friend of Cumbrian local William up there, except I’ve got work to do. I would think they are doing pretty well.”
beginning of being made a National Park, it Wordsworth and moved to Greta Hall, honestly say it still holds its own identity. It’s Richard Leafe, chief executive of the Lake
was very much appreciated.” As you might Keswick, in 1799. “Coleridge was the first kept itself as it was, despite the crowds. It’s a District National Park Authority, has the
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spectacular places, but

for magnificent variety Pictures: GETTY, PA

WINTER DELIGHTS: Ice

skaters on a frozen Rydal
Water in January 1952

get outdoors again, but we all hope people

‘Coleridge will respect and leave places as they find
them, pristine.”
said the While Tony Lywood, a Cumbrian county
prospect changes councillor who sits on the board of the
National Park Authority, explains: “A lot still
every 60 yards. needs to be done to protect communities in
You walk up a bit villages and towns. One in every two homes
sold goes for a holiday let or a second home
of fell and it’s all and local people are being priced out of the
property market.
different’ “We need to make it easier for people to
buy their own homes and stay in the com-
munities. I’m more optimistic about the
llandscapes but there is still a risk of the Lake
DDistrict becoming a Disney-style theme park

A
uunless we are all vigilant.”

PLAN to have gondolas carrying

visitors 600 feet on cables to the
Whinlatter Forestry Centre near
Thornthwaite
T was ditched following protests,
along
a with a separate plan for a zip wire
across
a part of Thirlmere. At Grasmere,
Ambleside
A and Windermere, the rumble of
cars
c is getting louder and the volume of
visitors
v will increase in the coming months.
But for now the snowboarders are enjoy-
ing
i the bliss of being at one with a landscape
EPIC ENGLISH SCENERY: Looking down they
t cherish.
towards Buttermere. Inset right, messing As visitors gaze across the landscape,
about in a boat on Coniston Water many
m do not realise how much of a debt
they
t owe to William Wordsworth.
He described the Lake District as “a sort
of
o national property, in which every man has
challenging task of helping the local econ- and ensure it remains a Lake Di District
i ffor 62, who
62 h lives
li at a fformer ffarm iin the
h wilds
ild off a right and an interest who has an eye to
omy thrive while retaining the area’s wild- everyone.” The park became a World Hesket Newmarket with his wife Natalie and perceive and a heart to enjoy”.
ness. He says: “This last year has shown us Heritage site in 2017, which increased its three sons, Jonty, nine, Elwood, 13, and This philosophy became a blueprint for a

Y
how much people value this protected, natu- global popularity – and visitors. Ruben,15, says: “Self-isolating for us as a campaign for National Parks in 1936, which
ral landscape and how important it has been family was bliss because we are in the middle saw laws come into force in 1949.
for everyone’s wellbeing. of nowhere and it was just so tranquil. There Two years later, with little fanfare, the des-
“This National Park is home to flourishing were no jet trails in the sky, no sound of traf- ignation for the Lake District – the second
wildlife, incredible landscapes and thriving fic, just peace. And we all felt closer to nature. place given the status after the Peak District
communities – more than 41,000 people live ET IT hasn’t stood still. There are “The easing of lockdown has come as – was made. As the daffodils poke through
there and 19 million more visit each year. now 48 “Miles Without Stiles” quite a shock and some people have found it the snow and frost, still fluttering and danc-
“Our focus will continue to be on ensur- routes to help wheelchair users and quite hard. Visitors have been camping by ing in the breeze as Wordsworth observed
ing this is a place for all visitors to enjoy. families with pushchairs. And since 2010, the lakesides, getting drunk, chopping down way back in 1804, his dream has matured
We’ll also be tackling some of the major 754 new homes have been built, almost half trees and just trashing the place. into a magnificent reality.
challenges facing society, such as climate of them classed as affordable, while work is “They call it wild camping, but we call it Some 70 years on, the National Park is
change and nature recovery. underway to create apprenticeships in tradi- fly camping because of all the rubbish. We blossoming as never before, and appreciated
“We’re working hard to protect the future tional skills. Photographer Steve Razzetti, welcome people back, it’s great that they can more than ever.
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A HEARTWARMING cache of 1,500 By Joe Pagnelli

letters written by a soldier to his wife
during the Second World War has topic now is when will they be
been unearthed 70 years later. starting demobilisation and let us get
Lieutenant David Dawson’s many back to civvy street. There was
messages to his wife Blanche include very little in the way of celebration
one written on May 9, 1945 – the day here yesterday…
after the war in Europe was won. “According to the wireless there
The well-preserved letters were col- was much merrymaking in Britain
lecting dust up in Ruth Walker’s attic, yesterday – I suppose the people
in David’s home town of were glad of the opportunity of let-
Scarborough, North Yorks. ting themselves go.”
Her family had Five years ear-
been taking care llier – on May 7,
of them as David 11940 – he wrote
and Blanche ffrom Hastings in
were good friends EEast Sussex: “I
with her grand- aam sat on a seat
parents – and her on the front in a
mother was the small shelter –
executor of the something like
Dawsons’ wills. the North Side at
Ruth said: Scarborough, but
“Finally sorting not as good.”
through them was Precious...David’s service record, David, who was
my lockdown pro- above, and, top, letter from May 1945 a lieutenant in
ject. It’s very the Royal Army
apparent from the letters that David Pay Corps, was stationed in London,
was very much a Scarborough man. France, Scotland, the Netherlands,
He loved the town, and a running and Germany.
theme of the letters was his wish to The letters have now been donated
come home.” to the Scarborough Museums Trust.
In his note written the day after VE Its collections manager Jim
Day, he told his dearest Blanche that Middleton says they “offer a rare
the “day we have been waiting for so personal insight into the everyday
long [h]as arrived. plight of ordinary people during
“It seems hard to realise. The main extraordinary times”

Devotion
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during his
time in
military
service
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with his
beloved
wife
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Owl’s that..
bird returns
125 years on
By Jim Leffman
HOO-HOO would have
believed that an owl
thought to be extinct
for 125 years could be
rediscovered?
Dr Andy Boyce told
of his “absolute shock
and excitement” when
he took this picture of
the Bornean rajah
scops bird.
It’s cold, deer...stag gives an icy US researchers from
stare, a thrush braves snow and the University of
river is frozen in Winterscapes Montana say the
elusive owl, last seen
in 1892, could be a
new species.

Winter of content for top snappers It is native to the

mountainous forests
of Mount Kinabalu in
A MAJESTIC stag is By Jim Leffman Nurseries, West Mids, by Sabah, Malaysia.
perfectly frozen in time in finalist Phil Taylor. Dr Boyce wrote in
this acclaimed shot. Photographers for his And Sergej Morgach, of the Wilson Journal of
Ian Taylor was highly Winterscapes contest St Petersburg, used a Ornithology that the
commended by the entry of the Cairngorms. drone to take the winning bird needs to be put
Society of International The snowy thrush was shot of a bend in the river on the conservation
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BIG Issue sellers armed
with contactless card
machines have boosted
sales by around a third.
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now have the kit after the
rollout was ramped up
during the pandemic.
Hundreds more sellers
have also been set up
to accept magazine
purchases on smartphones.
Dave, 59, who works in
Hammersmith, west
London, said: “It definitely
helped my sales.
“People don’t use cash
these days and they are
often in a rush. If they can
pay cashless they know it’s
going to be quick and it’s
going to be secure as well.”
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pandemic only accelerated
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The Crusader Fighting for your rights By MAISHA FROST

Dementia carer’s tax relief plea to MPs “DEMENTIA tore our world apart,” families are unaware of it, so never is worded there is inconsistent the judge several times, but I wasn’t
says Derek Brown, the devoted apply. interpretation,” he says. crushed, ordinary people should be
husband and carer for his wife Derek, 70, tried and failed to get “This denies families relief at a heard,” he told Crusader.
Margaret, who is now campaigning Hambleton District Council, his crucial time; 255 UK councils start He lost the case, although was
for the fair payment of council tax authority in Northallerton, North the discount when state benefit is saved from paying ruinous costs. He
discounts to pensioners with the Yorkshire, to backdate the discount received, while 127 believe it begins is now channelling his unstinting
condition. to when Margaret was diagnosed, with GP certification.” efforts into rectifying the anomalies
Leading charity Alzheimer’s three years ago. Ever deeper frustration with the through a petition to get the matter
Society is backing his petition for a That spurred him to probe deeper. inequalities led to him mounting a considered by Parliament.
change in the law, that sees 150,000 His research, including Freedom of High Court challenge, representing There are more than one million
people in the UK losing up to Information requests, found that, himself and facing down a battery of people in the UK with dementia,
£3,000 of tax relief just because of “because of the unclear way the law legal top guns. “I was cut short by 950,000 of those aged over 65.
where they live. Dementia Action Week, which
Qualification for the discount can gives the public the chance to
start from when a GP certifies a
patient’s diagnosis (severe mental
➤“It’sALZHEIMER’S Society head of policy Gavin Terry roundly
condemns the current discount situation.
absolutely criminal that people with dementia aren’t getting
improve the lives of those affected,
runs from May 17-23.
impairment) or from when they the financial help they are entitled to,” he says. “Care for us is round the clock,
receive a state benefit, usually “Alzheimer’s Society echoes Derek’s call for this discount to be love is why we do it, we want to stay
attendance allowance, when they backdated and for all local authorities to ensure there is a clear and together in our homes for as long as
have reached state pension age. This consistent process going forwards. we can,” declares Derek. “This
involves filling in a 31-page form “At present, a person’s entitlement is dependent on their postcode, discount discriminates, it’s wrong.”
and a wait of six months or more. and that cannot be right.” ● For Derek’s petition, visit:
At present it is up to councils to Alzheimer’s Society has a support line for carers: 0333 150 3456. https://petition.parliament.uk/
LOVE STORY: Derek and Margaret decide when to offer relief. Many petitions/572993
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his home office. He was
dressed for work, but he furlough scheme during the pandemic, but as Festival.
He wishes he’d come clean sooner.
had no work to do.
Indeed Chris, 30, who was living Beth Kirkbride reports, for some people, anxiety “Relax and trust the process and
speak to people that you trust and
with his parents in Brighton as he
saved for a mortgage deposit, had
about how others would react led to them taking love earlier because it’s a huge help to
share that burden,” he says.
been furloughed from his job in
digital marketing in April last year
drastic measures to cover up their situation “Obviously, you’re in the midst of
it so it’s very hard to make
– and was faking his work each day. sense of it, but people
He says: “Even though I didn’t hostile reactions. She says: “I met up many, furlough has come with a cost. basketball league outside of it can give you
know how long furlough would last, with a few friends who had all been Indeed, many more share similar scaled back perspective, and that’s
experiences to Chris and Heidi, with operations and STRESS
I didn’t want my parents to worry working from home once we were Benjamin very helpful.”
about my eligibility for a mortgage. So allowed, and I remember their feelings of shame, embarrassment, initially kept his hid his Indeed, a lie of this
I decided to keep pretending to be at reaction. When I said that I was stress and anxiety. And these situation from his situation scale can have a long
work each day.” actually enjoying being off I instantly emotions have compelled them to parents and sister, term effect on your
Each morning he got up, dressed in felt like I’d said the wrong thing and hide their work situations from who he is usually wellbeing, and with the
office attire, logged on from his offended them.” friends and family. very close to. furlough scheme set to
parents’ house and pretended to deal Feeling guilty, from then on she felt According to an Office for National “I held back, feeling continue until September,
like she had to hide being Statistics survey, almost one in five this could be it for my Suzanne says it’s essential to

‘‘
with existing clients.
“My parents didn’t furloughed. adults experienced some form of career,” he explains. “There think of the consequences.
really understand what “Social media became a depression during the coronavirus was a lot going on in my head that I Suzanne says: “One of the most
digital marketing was place for me to avoid because pandemic, double pre-pandemic needed to understand for myself difficult things to do is lie consistently.
Shame, stress I felt like I was sponging off rates of one in 10. before I could share that with
before the pandemic and anxiety “I suspect this would start initially
and I worked from the Government, I was Occupational psychologist anyone.” with a lie of omission, maybe
home most of the week have compelled embarrassed that I was being Suzanne Guest says: “Work is such a Benjamin eventually told his family thinking that furlough would only be
anyway. What’s more, I people to hide paid for doing ‘nothing’, and big part of our identity, so losing work once he realised furlough wasn’t as a short period, then as time goes on it
‘worked’ in the study their work everyone was ridiculing overnight can be a big shock and bad as he had feared. And, despite becomes more and more difficult to
behind closed doors situations people on furlough saying massively anxiety-provoking. It can the initial stress, he has been using tell the truth.”
rather than in a how easy it was,” she says. feel easier to hide it rather than admit *Some names have been changed
In total, 11.4 million people the truth. We all like to think that our
HOW TO COME CLEAN
communal space so they couldn’t
see me.” have been furloughed through the work is valuable, however, being
He made sure to go the extra mile UK Government’s job-saving scheme. furloughed can wrongly lead Here are Suzanne’s tips for revealing
to cover his tracks. The furlough scheme covers 80 per someone to believe that their work the truth about your work situation:
„ Explain your reasons for covering
“I dropped titbits of office cent of the salaries of has no value – when it may just up, for example, protecting the other
person from worry or embarrassment
information into evening conversation employees who are be that it’s a role that can’t .
„ Discuss how you have felt about
with my parents – and they didn’t unable to work due to be sustained in a being furloughed. It is difficult to argue
pandemic.” with some one’s feelings – no one can tell you that you didn’t
know my co-workers so there was no the pandemic, up to „ Talk about how worried you have feel that way.
risk of me ever getting caught out.” a maximum of Producer Benjamin been, and that you did not intend to
GUILT Cyrus-Clark, 33, who be decei tful – you thought it would only have been a few
Chris is a furlough fibber. And he is £2,500 per month. Heidi out of hand. weeks and it got
by no means the only one. Since the works in London
avoided „ Try not to blame the situation on
East Sussex-based event and initiative was social creating content for anyone, so don’t say that you lied as
the National you were worried people would be
wedding coordinator Heidi Blackford, launched in March media
„ Give your loved ones time to ask
angry. Own your behaviour.
24, was furloughed from March to 2020, nearly Basketball questions, acknowledge their answ
£58billion has been Association, agrees. He and feelings. They have a right to feel upset ers
September last year, and then again „ Have the conversation when neith
.
from November to January. When she claimed by was furloughed in March er of you has had a drink so that you
2020 when the US both have clear heads.
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Hartlepool’s massive vote ON THIS DAY

of confidence in our Boris Letter of the day
WELL done to the voters of Picture: PA
Hartlepool. This is due not only to a
successful rollout of immunisation
against Covid-19 but as a vote of
confidence in Boris Johnson and the
It’s Captain
Conservative Party.
And I hope that the electorate in
Newcastle upon Tyne who put their
trust in Labour wake up quickly and
Hindsight’s
smell the coffee.
Phil Warren,
Newcastle upon Tyne sinking ship
Starmer can’t paper over LET the trouncing that Sir Keir “Captain
cracks in Labour Party Hindsight” Starmer’s Labour Party received
65 years ago (1956)
from the voters in Hartlepool be a learning
WHILE the rest of his party were We revealed how British
curve for them (“Conservatives win troops were guarding roads
out electioneering, Sir Keir Starmer by-election in humiliating blow to Keir
was out doing a commercial for around a jail in Nicosia,
Starmer”, May 7). Cyprus, amid the imminent
John Lewis wallpaper. Working-class people do not like Left-wing,
No wonder Labour took a pasting execution of two terrorists.
anarchist-supporting wreckers who spread Our front page also
in Hartlepool while the Tories are malicious gossip.
on a roll. accused Anthony Eden’s
They expect opposition parties to be Conservative Government of
Robert Storey, constructive and not behave like spoilt a cover-up over the
North Shields, Tyne and Wear children throwing tantrums in a playground. disappearance of Royal Navy
The Labour Party has become more of a frogman Lionel “Buster”
PM Johnson does exactly standing joke than the anti-democracy Crabb during the visit to
what it says on the tin LibDems who hope to get the UK to rejoin Britain of Soviet leader Nikita
Khrushchev. Crabb had last
the European Union.
I HAVE just realised why Boris has William Footes, been seen as Khrushchev’s
had such bad press lately. Labour, Birmingham cruiser Ordzhonikidze docked
supported by the arch Remainers, ALL AT SEA: Starmer’s Labour were battered in by-election at Portsmouth Harbour.
were trying to alter the Hartlepool Rumoured to be on a
and council elections results with spying mission, his headless
stories about wallpaper. reached the final, Manchester City independence is only half the story (May 6). The biggest spoilers are the corpse would be discovered
Well hopefully now they can see and Chelsea, are having to travel (“Independent Scotland’s only for BBC. I regularly watch Match Of in Chichester Harbour the
that the vast majority of us admire to Turkey, a country in which the very brave”, May 7). The Day and Match Of The Day 2. following year.
his no-nonsense approach. coronavirus is still rife, not to It’ll also have to settle its share of This is spoilt by BBC newsreaders
mention the cost to fans who will the UK national debt, see the end who consistently announce results 54 years ago (1967)
We aren’t bothered about his hair, Mick Jagger and Keith
the guy has a country to run. Good be attending, makes no sense at all. of funding to offset EU subsidies at the end of the newscasts which
It proves to me the fat cats in and the loss of thousands of jobs as are just before Match Of The Day. Richards appeared before
on you Boris, our saviour. magistrates charged with
Barbara Marshall, charge of Uefa are no better than businesses and government agencies Michael Connolly, drug offences. The pair had
Helmdon, Northants the greedy businessmen that tried move south of the border. Bootle, Merseyside been charged following a
to erect the European Super League I’m afraid an independent raid at a party at Richards’
Islanders thankful that behind the backs of fans. Scotland will make Moldova look Virginia wrote the book house in West Sussex.
Nathan Pack, more like Monaco.
we sailed to their rescue King’s Lynn, Norfolk Roy Daniels, on the princessy Meghan 27 years ago (1994)
AS JERSEY and Guernsey Luton, Beds VIRGINIA Blackburn’s article on Nelson Mandela became
celebrated their Liberation Days Blame leaders, generals the book by Meghan, the Duchess South Africa’s first black
and officers – not soldiers Totally stumped by a veto
over the weekend, they must be of Sussex was brilliantly written president after his African
and so very accurate (“Meghan’s National Congress (ANC)
very thankful for Boris’s quick
response of sending help to defend WHEN I was a serving soldier never
of heroic Rachael’s statue new chapter in a land far, far away”, party won the country’s first
once did it occur to me that I could I HATE cricket. I only went to Old May 6). It was also extremely funny. democratic elections.
their fishing rights against the In his inauguration speech,
blockade of French fishing boats be prosecuted for what amounted Trafford Cricket Ground to see Take Teresa Byrne, he spoke of the “disaster” of
(“Au revoir! French retreat as PM to obeying my orders (“Prosecutors That. Otherwise wild horses Ferndown, Dorset apartheid and promised to
vows to protect Jersey”, May 7). face calls to drop case against couldn’t drag me there. But Rachael work for reconciliation.
During the war there were times Northern Ireland veteran”, May 7). Heyhoe Flint is an inspiration to Express delivery for the
when they felt abandoned during Why are they picking on the women the world over.
the Nazi occupation. This time they ordinary soldiers, why not the She was one of life’s achievers country’s best newspaper BIRTHDAYS
were not forgotten. officers, going right up the ladder and that deserves recognition by I USED to buy the Daily Express, U2’s Bono is
Christine Kershaw, to the generals or even better the way of a statue (“Just not cricket! Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph. I, 61. He met
Minehead, Somerset politicians who sent us in the first Stuffy MCC members object to along with 63 friends and family his wife Ali
place? You can bet your life they’ve statue of female star”, May 7). members, have cancelled the Mail. Hewson at
French fishermen do not got their own backsides covered.
Geoff Newman,
Janette Adshead,
Wilmslow, Cheshire
They now mostly read your brilliant school.
paper. The Mail keeps attacking the Supermodel
speak for whole nation Kilgetty, Pembs PM over who paid for wallpaper. Linda
FRENCH fishermen have always Spoiling our Match Of The Who cares, as long as it’s not the Evangelista
been a law unto themselves but let’s Scotland would pay heavy Day is a red card offence taxpayers? Everyone should read is 56. She
the Daily Express, the best tabloid has a net
not go overboard criticising French
people. We have spent many
price for its independence I COULDN’T agree more with newspaper in the UK. worth of
FREDERICK Forsyth’s devastating Virginia Blackburn, spoilers give Stuart Glass, £30million.
holidays in France, sometimes Former
camping, sometimes in hotels and revelations of the cost of Scottish information which is unnecessary Edgware, Middx children’s TV
sometimes even sharing the presenter
premises of locals. We found them
not only friendly but generous. IS IT PRODUCTIVE TO FINISH WORK EARLY ON FRIDAYS? Sally James
is 71. She
Dick Sawdon Smith, WHAT an Friday? I think it is a LET’S be my boss for a Friday flier co-hosted
Reading, Berks
Yes absolutely massive incentive to get No brutally honest
here, during
just so I could get my
weekend started early.
Tiswas from
1977 to 1982.
brilliant idea your employees to work
Blow the whistle on Uefa (“Kellogg’s urges its that little bit harder the pandemic and We go to work to do
Comedian Al
Murray is 53.
and hold final in England workers to take Friday Monday to Thursday. subsequent lockdowns just that. And if your He stood
afternoons off... so they Workers have had to many of us have counted contracted hours don’t against Nigel
IT ABSOLUTELY beggars belief don’t flake out”, May 7). put up with a lot this ourselves fortunate to end until 5pm on a Farage in the
that this season’s Champions As long as you do the past year and it’s a great still be in work. Friday then those are the 2015 election.
League final is not going to be work that’s expected of feeling when your Hundreds of thousands hours you have to work.
played in England (“For the sake you and you’ve done employer has your best of others haven’t been It could be worse, you TODAY’S GIGGLE
of public health and common sense, your hours during the interests at heart. quite so lucky. could be out of a job. I’m reading a book about
UEFA must move final to week, who cares if you Melanie Bray, Personally, I wouldn’t Paul Moore, anti-gravity. It’s impossible
Wembley”, May 7). get an early cut on a Liverpool have the nerve to ask Oxford to put down!
The two English teams who
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BT is likely to reveal a fall in
full-year profits despite TODAY marks the start of
shares rising 40 per cent in Mental Health Awareness
the past 12 months. Week.
The fall is expected due to For many people, money
fierce competition during can be the reason they are
Covid, asset sales and lower stressed and exacerbate
revenues from legacy other struggles.
products such as landlines. The financial app Yolt used
But shares could soar the opportunity to issue a
further if chief executive number of tips for those with
Philip Jansen gives some money worries.
clues on reinstating the
dividend when he unveils ● Talk to friends or family.
BT’s results on Thursday. Opening up and sharing your
He has already signalled worries is better than keeping
not to expect anything this things bottled up and trying to
year, while last year’s was manage on your own.
also scrapped. But analysts
hope for signs that 2022
could see some returns.
Russ Mould, of AJ Bell, PARCEL FORCE: Drones may also be
said: “The CEO has said he used across the UK’s remotest areas
expects BT to return to the
dividend list in its new
financial year so analysts DRONES will deliver Covid testing By Alan Jones country stay connected, especially in
and investors will be kits, health and safety equipment and these difficult times.”
watching for any clues on other items to remote parts of the delivery points throughout the archi- The pilot has been developed with Smarter spending...Yolt app
what sort of distribution they Isles of Scilly in trials by Royal Mail. pelago off the Cornish coast. The DronePrep, Skyports, Consortiq
can expect. The company said it will be the first autonomous flight route involves Limited, the University of ● Set a budget and stick to
“The current consensus of time that an out-of-sight, autonomous being around 70 miles (113km) out of Southampton, Excalibur Healthcare it. Track your spending to
analysts’ forecast is looking scheduled drone flight has been used sight before it reaches its destination. Services and Windracers Limited. make sure that you don’t
for around 7p per share.” between the mainland and an island. Royal Mail said if successful, the And Royal Mail chief commercial exceed this limit.
Mr Jansen can also expect The tests also include inter-island technology is likely to be introduced officer Nick Landon said: “This is part
to face questions over BT parcel deliveries across the Scillies. to support postmen and postwomen of our constant drive to incorporate ● Spend smart by shopping
Sport amid plans to sell off around for the best deals, and
The Government-funded project delivering to remote areas in the UK. the best and most innovative technol- keep an eye out for money-
a stake in the business. will initially focus on delivering per- The trial will examine what fuel ogies into our network.
There could also be the saving offers wherever possible.
sonal protective equipment (PPE) and efficiencies the drones could provide, “We’ve seen a huge increase in
unveiling of a new chairman
after the former chair, Jan du
testing kits to the islands’ most vul- as part of the company’s drive to parcel volumes since the start of ● Keep your savings and
Plessis, suddenly quit with nerable and remote communities. reduce emissions. the pandemic. spending money separate.
BT insisting rumours of a Parcels will be flown to its airport in Amy Richards, a postwoman on the “This is just one of the ways we are This will ensure you don’t
bust-up were unfounded. St Mary’s by drone which can carry up Isles of Scilly, said: “There are some looking to support our postmen unintentionally dip into your
Underlying pre-tax profits to 220lb (100kg) of mail at a time – really remote areas on these islands, and postwomen in delivering fast savings, and also allows you
are forecast to hit between equivalent to a typical delivery round. and this is a terrific way to help us and convenient services for all of to see the progress you are
£7.3billion and £7.5billion, A smaller drone then takes over, reach them. It’s really important for us our customers while reducing our making in reaching your
down from £7.9billion. transporting goods to a number of to do all we can to help all areas of the carbon emissions.” savings goals.

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RETAILERS have cut carbon cent drop over the period. stores and lorries in little FRESH calls are being made sation said it was vital the £27,000 of that cost claima-
emissions in half since 2005 Store delivery emissions over a decade. to reform the apprenticeship funds can be “unlocked” to ble from levy funds, the sys-
and exceeded environmental tumbled by 84 per cent. “However, we recognise levy system over claims that train apprentices of all ages. tem leaves businesses “strug-
goals for the past year. More than 70 major retail- we can do much more by more than £1billion has been Make UK said the levy, gling” to pay to train an
Greenhouse gasses across ers have pledged to help the helping drive decarbonisa- “wasted”. introduced four years ago, apprentice.
leading firms have dropped sector and its supply chain tion across our supply chains Make UK said the money was meant to create a central Bhavina Bharkhada, of
by 49 per cent since 2005 reach net zero by 2040. and supporting the public to was unused last year and so pot of cash so more people Make UK, said: “Appren-
the British Retail Peter Andrews, head of live lower carbon lifestyles.” expired, instead of being could be trained. ticeships in the UK manufac-
Consortium (BRC) revealed. sustainability at the BRC, Retailers on board include spent on providing training It added that with an turing sector can address the
This represents a signifi- said: “It’s a fantastic Sainsbury’s, Iceland, IKEA, as the country comes out of average four-year engineer- yawning skills gap we face,
cant improvement on the achievement to have halved Mountain Warehouse, the Covid crisis. ing apprenticeship costing a and aid the Government in
industry’s target of a 25 per greenhouse gases from our Dunelm and Feelunique. The manufacturing organi- company £40,000, and its ambition to level up.”

++THE SHARE HUNTER++LAURA HOY++HARGREAVES LANSDOWN++

Aston Martin’s strategy shift is in high gear
ASTON Martin’s car crash debut on the
London Stock Exchange in 2018 has
seen the stock lose more than 80 per
cent of its value to date.
The carmaker was struggling to Martin to see which models are More than half of the cars sold were the thirds of that. The case for Aston Martin
maintain its top-tier brand image as cars resonating with customers. group’s newly launched SUV, the DBX. rests on four years of near perfect
piled up in dealer showrooms. It was a necessary but expensive That bodes well for the launch of a DBX execution and a buoyant economy.
So, it spent the past year running change that’s left the group with an variant later this year. While this is possible, it’s unlikely. A
down dealer inventories and cutting uncomfortably large £723million debt But there’s one big roadblock – lot can happen over that time, particularly
costs under a new strategy dubbed pile. Management is committed to profitability. The first quarter saw losses with the uncertainty caused by the
“Project Horizon”. That means 2021 lowering that figure, but it’s a burden narrow significantly, but Aston Martin is pandemic. Aston Martin’s rebuilding
should be somewhat of a rebirth for that will make it harder for the group to still years away from turning a profit. efforts are commendable, but we’re not
James Bond’s vehicle of choice. navigate the road ahead. The group hopes to report underlying convinced there’s a smooth road ahead.
The group is now making its cars to The results coming out of the first cash profits of £500million in 2024/25.
quarter paint an encouraging picture. That assumes Aston Martin is selling “This article is designed for investors who make
Laura Hoy order, which it believes will cement its their own decisions without advice, if unsure
EQUITY ANALYST position as a premier luxury brand. Triple-digit sales growth in the Americas roughly 10,000 vehicles per year, an whether an investment is right for you, you should
Hargreaves Lansdown Plus, a demand-led operation should and Asia Pacific region helped sell ambitious goal. This year’s sales are seek advice. Shares can rise and fall in value so
www.hl.co.uk make it cheaper and easier for Aston 1,353 vehicles – up from 578 in 2020. expected to come in at less than two you could get back less than you invest.”
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1. Who won the women’s 800m for Great Britain on the final day of the
European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun?
2. Whose own goal gave Manchester United a 1-0 Premier League
THOSE WERE TEARS: An
emotional
Sinckler speaks
victory at home to West Ham?
3. Which England player scored 50 in the second innings as India won the
fourth Test by an innings and 25 runs?
4. Which Borussia Dortmund star has become the
THE DAYS
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
about his shock
omission

first player to score two goals in four consecutive

Champions League matches? 1886: The FA approved giving caps to players appearing
5. Which Spanish rider won the Tour de France in 1988? in international matches.
6. Which African country did swimmer 1980: Paul Allen set a then record for the youngest man
Eric ‘The Eel’ Moussambani represent at to play in an FA Cup final at Wembley, aged 17 years
the 2000 Olympics? and 256 days, as West Ham beat Arsenal 1-0.
7. Which English rugby team won the Heineken Cup two 2004: Eddie Gray stepped down as Leeds manager but
years in a row in the Noughties? remained at the club in a consultancy role.
8. Which Spanish rally driver was world champion
2009: Jenson Button won the Spanish Grand Prix
in 1990 and 1992?
9. Which Dutch footballer was PFA Players’ Player of the Year in 1998?
ahead of Brawn team-mate Rubens Barrichello.
10. Which Australian golfer is nicknamed ‘The Great White 2015: QPR were relegated from the Premier League

BIG BOYS
Shark’? after a 6-0 humiliation at the hands of Manchester City.
8 Carlos Sainz. 9 Dennis Bergkamp. 10 Greg Norman. 2016: West Ham came from 2-1 down to beat
4 Erling Haaland. 5 Pedro Delgado. 6 Equatorial Guinea. 7 Leicester Tigers.
ANSWERS: 1 Keely Hodgkinson. 2 Craig Dawson. 3 Dan Lawrence.
Manchester United 3-2 in the final game to be played
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Peter Hayter unsure he would have been able to success on it.
James Wallace cope with the monastic existence And he could do worse than
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and Adam Collins And he believes taking an extra withdrawn from two England
member of staff “qualified in the campaigns for personal reasons and
clinical side of mental health” this week fronts a documentary,
would be a “very good” idea. left, called Big Boys Don’t
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Kyle Sinckler’s reaction to his number of boys that have been
shock Lions omission after his suffering and not wanting to
man-of-the-match display in talk about it.”
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England’s most-capped full-back had Smith scored a Premiership season-high
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Rubber the
BARCELONA 4/23
1 L Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes 1:33:07.680 STANDINGS
2 M Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull at 15.841
3 V Bottas (Fin) Mercedes at 26.610
Drivers
1 L Hamilton (Gbr) 94pts
2 M Verstappen (Ned) 80
HOME IN FINE STYLE
LYNDON James helped with 10 wickets as his
4 C Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari at 54.616 3 V Bottas (Fin) 47
5 S Perez (Mex) Red Bull at 1:03.671 4 L Norris (Gbr) 41 Notts crush champions side also won by an
6 D Ricciardo (Aus) McLaren at 1:13.768 5 C Leclerc (Mon) 40 Essex to top Group innings when Sussex
6 S Perez (Mex) 32 One in the County folded to 215 all out.

green for
7 C Sainz (Spa) Ferrari at 1:14.670
7 D Ricciardo (Aus) 24 Championship. Fellow sseamer Gareth
8 L Norris (Gbr) McLaren at 1 lap 8 C Sainz (Spa) 20
9 E Ocon (Fra) Alpine at 1 lap 9 E Ocon (Fra) 10 Notts sealed an Berg
Ber took nine
10 P Gasly (Fra) AlphaTauri at 1 lap 10 P Gasly (Fra) 8 innings win withh wickets.
w
FASTEST LAP: Verstappen 1:18.149 on lap 62 POLE: Hamilton 1:16.741
seven wickets Craig
before lunch. Overton,
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James, right, top
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defeat
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in three matches. Somerset beat
Northants paceman Hampshire by 10
Ben Sanderson finished wickets.

COUNTY CRICKET SCOREBOARD

LV= County Championship SURREY: First Innings
- Group 1

pit gamble
(Overnight 146-0)
R Burns c Parkinson b Wright..........75
CHEERS Nottinghamshire v Essex
TRENT BRIDGE: Nottinghamshire
M Stoneman c Ackermann b Wright .119
H Amla c Ackermann b Mike ...........15

BOYS
Hamilton
(22pts) beat Essex (3pts) by an
innings and 30 runs
ESSEX: First Innings 99 (Browne
O Pope b Wright .............................33
B Foakes b Parkinson .......................0
J Smith b Wright...............................0
53, Fletcher 6-24) J Clark b Wright..............................16
passes his NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: First Innings J Overton c Barnes b Parkinson ......15
delighted R Clarke b Barnes ..........................16
323 (Mullaney 117, James 51, R Topley c Hill b Parkinson ..............10
team after Snater 7-98) A Virdi not out..................................0
clinching ESSEX: Second Innings B8 lb6 w1 nb10 ......................25
(Overnight 129-3) Total (87.5 overs) .................324
a stunning N Browne c Moores b Fletcher ........64 Fall: 164, 201, 255, 256, 257, 275,
comeback P Walter c Duckett b James ............30 292, 298, 320.
R ten Doeschate lbw James............21 Bowling: Wright 24-7-60-5, Evans 5-0-18-
A Wheater b James ..........................0 0, Parkinson 28-5-107-3, Ackermann 8-0-

IT’S A WHEEL
S Harmer lbw Paterson .....................0 27-0, Barnes 9.5-0-49-1, Mike 13-1-49-1.
S Snater not out ............................12 Umpires: R Illingworth & I Gould.
P Siddle c Duckett b Paterson ...........6 P W L D Bt Bwl Pts
J Porter c Moores b Fletcher .............1 Gloucestershire ... 5 4 0 1 12 11 95
Lb7 nb6 ..................................13 Somerset ............ 5 4 1 0 11 15 82

WINNER FOR
Total (85.2 overs) .................194 Hampshire ........... 5 2 2 1 11 11 62
Fall: 63, 68, 89, 137, 165, 165, 170, Surrey ................. 5 1 2 2 14 13 59
174, 185. Middlesex ........... 5 1 4 0 10 15 41
Bowling: Broad 18-5-46-1, Fletcher Leicestershire ..... 5 0 3 2 13 11 40
21.2-10-42-2, Paterson 20-8-41-3, Group 3
James 20-6-51-4, P-White 6-2-7-0.

MAGIC LEWIS
Lancashire v Glamorgan
Umpires: R Bailey & S O’Shaughnessy. EMIRATES OLD TRAFFORD: Lancashire
Warwickshire v Worcestershire (14pts) drew with Glamorgan (14pts)
EDGBASTON: Warwickshire (13pts) GLAMORGAN: First Innings 344
drew with Worcestershire (14pts) (Lloyd 78, Douthwaite 61, Taylor 58)
WARWICKSHIRE: First Innings 343 LANCASHIRE: First Innings
(Yates 104, Burgess 101) (Overnight 22-0)
LEWIS HAMILTON executed By Simon Cass conceding the position. A safety trailing to retain the lead. From WORCESTERSHIRE: First Innings
(Overnight 198-4)
K Jennings c Taylor b Salter ............64
A Davies c C B Cooke b Neser ........15
a Mercedes pit-stop “gamble” car was deployed on the ninth there, Hamilton was hot on his J Haynes run out ............................87 L Wells c Douthwaite b Salter .........30
M Wessels c Hain b Bresnan ..........17 J Bohannon c Salter b Taylor ...........53
by passing championship rival and I was about to have a shot lap after Yuki Tsunoda broke heels and was just half-a-second O Cox lbw Hannon-Dalby .................23 L Livingstone c J M Cooke b van der Gugten .25
Max Verstappen with just six at getting past him before I down at Turn 10 but, when behind when Verstappen was E Barnard not out...........................76 D Vilas c J M Cooke b Douthwaite ...25
L Wood c Salter b Douthwaite .........28
A Joseph c Yates b Briggs...............17
laps remaining to win a pitted for a second time. racing resumed two laps later, the first to blink, stopping for J Leach not out ................................8 D Lamb b Lloyd ..............................22
breathless Spanish Grand Prix. “I was conflicted but I did Verstappen left Hamilton S Mahmood c & b Neser ..................9
tyres on lap 24. B5 lb7 w3 ...............................15
M Parkinson not out .......................16
Total (8 wkts., dec 113 overs).. 364
Hamilton appeared to have what the team asked and that is The Red Bull crew were slow Fall: 38, 84, 125, 161, 198, 228, J Anderson not out ...........................5
B6 lb2 w1 .................................9
missed his chance at Barcelona’s because there is great trust. It is in getting Verstappen’s rear-left 289, 337.
Total (9 wkts., dec 94.3 overs) ...301
Bowling: Stone 17-2-46-1, Norwell
Circuit de Catalunya when he a remarkable job by everyone tyre bolted on his car, appearing 28-7-85-1, Hannon-Dalby 28-6-87-1, Fall: 24, 86, 132, 183, 208, 230,
was left out on old rubber for in this team. What a day.” to hand the initiative to Bresnan 9-2-34-1, Rhodes 12-2-39-2, 265, 278, 286.
Bowling: Neser 22-8-50-2, Lloyd 6.3-
four laps longer than his rival. Hamilton started the race on Hamilton and Mercedes. Briggs 19-2-61-1.
2-12-1, van der Gugten 19-2-51-1,
WARWICKSHIRE: Second Inns
But Mercedes sprung a the back foot after he But Hamilton stayed out W Rhodes c Barnard b Joseph ........25 Douthwaite 14-2-56-2, Taylor 11-1-35-1,
Salter 13-2-49-2, Labuschagne 9-0-40-0.
R Yates c Cox b Leach......................5
surprise on Red Bull, stopping lost the lead at the for four additional laps P Malan c Wessels b Joseph ..........28 Umpires: M Gough & N Cook.
Hamilton for a second time, opening corner. and, with Verstappen on S Hain not out .................................6 Northamptonshire v Sussex
M Lamb not out ...............................5 NORTHAMPTON: Northamptonshire
leaving the world champion Bolder and braver fresh rubber and lapping B1 ............................................1 (24pts) beat Sussex (3pts) by an
24 laps to overturn a 22-second on the brakes, faster than his rival, any Total (3 wkts., 25 overs).........70 innings and 120 runs
Fall: 5, 44, 63. SUSSEX: First Innings 106 (Berg
deficit. Verstappen advantage the world Bowling: Leach 4-1-19-1, Barnard 5-18, Sanderson 5-28)
A faultless Hamilton launched his Red champion had was lost. 5-1-13-0, Tongue 8-1-15-0, Joseph 6-0- NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: First Innings
delivered with an expert Bull down the But by the start of lap 22-2, Mitchell 1-1-0-0, Libby 1-1-0-0.
Umpires: I Blackwell & M Saggers.
441-9 dec. (Zaib 135, Rossington
87, Keogh 66, Robinson 5-58)
comeback drive to extend his inside of 59, Verstappen was just P W L D Bt Bwl Pts SUSSEX: Second Innings
championship lead over Hamilton’s 1.5 seconds ahead and Nottinghamshire .. 5 2 1 2 11 14 73
Warwickshire....... 5 2 1 2 7 12 67 (Overnight 154-4)
Verstappen to 14 points. Valtteri Mercedes. on lap 60, Hamilton Worcestershire .... 5 0 0 5 17 9 66 S van Zyl c Vasconcelos b Sanderson ..72
B Brown lbw Berg ...........................39
Durham ............... 4 1 1 2 9 12 53
Bottas finished third for Hamilton turned was within striking Essex .................. 5 1 2 2 8 12 52 D Rawlins c Rossington b Berg .........0
O Robinson lbw Sanderson .............23
Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari’s in for the right- range as they sailed Derbyshire ........... 4 0 1 3 6 10 40
S Meaker c Rossington b Sanderson .6
Charles Leclerc and Sergio hander and came within down the pit straight. Group 2 J Carson b Taylor ............................10
Hampshire v Somerset J Sarro not out .................................7
Perez in the other Red Bull. millimetres of making contact Hamilton followed THE AGEAS BOWL: Somerset (22pts)
B4 lb6 nb2..............................12
“It was a long way to come with Verstappen before Verstappen at over 200mph beat Hampshire (3pts) by 10 wickets Total (63.2 overs) .................215
Fall: 24, 34, 55, 68, 159, 160, 169,
back from but a good gamble before jinking to the left of his HAMPSHIRE: First Innings 79
194, 205.
and a really great strategy by
the team,” said Hamilton. “A
FISTFUL Hamilton celebrates after
overcoming a 22-second
helpless rival and sailing round (Gregory 4-26)
SOMERSET: First Innings 336
the outside for the 98th win of (Overton 74, Abell 64, Barker 4-67)
Bowling: Sanderson 22-5-71-5, Berg
21-5-72-4, Taylor 8.2-3-22-1, Parnell 5-2-

one-stop is very hard to pull off OF JOY deficit to beat Verstappen his stunning career. HAMPSHIRE: Second Innings
(Overnight 110-4)
17-0, Keogh 4-0-9-0, Procter 3-0-14-0.
Umpires: P Baldwin & N Bainton.
Yorkshire v Kent
J Weatherley c Davies b Davey ........44 EMERALD HEADINGLEY: Yorkshire

CYCLING
WORLD OF SPORT BOXING
J Vince c Davies b Overton .............42 (13pts) drew with Kent (14pts)
L Dawson lbw Davey .........................0 KENT: First Innings 305 (Crawley 90)
L McManus c Hildreth b Davey ........19 YORKSHIRE: First Innings
F Organ c Overton b Davey................7
BELGIAN Tim Merlier BILLY JOE SAUNDERS K Barker not out ............................52 (Overnight 240-5)
G Ballance run out .........................96
won the second stage
of the Giro d’Italia to
GARRICK Higgo cruised
to his second victory in
GOLF is facing a fight to save
his career after
M Abbas lbw Davey ..........................0
B8 lb9 w5 nb12 ......................34
Total (131 overs) ..................258
D Bess b Stevens ..........................15
J Thompson c Robinson b Gilchrist ..18
S Patterson c Robinson b Gilchrist ....2
earn Alpecin-Fenix a three weeks with the aid finish six shots clear of suffering a serious eye Fall: 31, 87, 89, 103, 130, 134, 177, B Coad not out ..............................33
victory on their first injury at the hands of 186, 250. D Olivier c O’Riordan b Leaning .........7
of a hole-in-one in the Aussie Maverick Antcliff. Bowling: Gregory 28-9-77-0, Overton Lb2 nb10 ................................12
inclusion in the race. final round of the Canary His 27-under-par total Canelo Alvarez. 40-17-66-5, Davey 24-10-30-5, Abell Total (105.3 overs) ...............321
Merlier took the meant he was 68 under The British fighter, 17-6-34-0, Leach 22-9-34-0. Fall: 39, 48, 131, 233, 236, 246,
Islands Championship. SOMERSET: Second Inns 256, 269, 304.
early lead in the final 31, was pulled out E Byrom not out ...............................2 Bowling: Cummins 17-2-77-0,
The South African for the past three weeks.
straight and beat after the eighth round T Lammonby not out.........................0 Stevens 22-10-48-2, Quinn 23-8-42-1,
Italians Giacomo left-hander, 21, who won He said: “I am happy to as he lost his WBO Total (0 wkts., 0.1 overs)..........2 Gilchrist 18-3-74-4, O’Riordan 8-2-31-0,
Bowling: Holland 0.1-0-2-0. Leaning 7.3-1-21-1, Denly 10-2-26-1.
Nizzolo and Elia the Gran Canaria be done. I’m really tired super-middleweight Umpires: A Wharf & G Lloyd. Umpires: P Hartley & R Kettleborough.
Viviani to the line in a Lopesan Open a fortnight but really thankful. title to the WBA and Leicestershire v Surrey P W L D Bt Bwl Pts
GRACE ROAD: Leicestershire (15pts) Lancashire .......... 5 3 0 2 14 15 93
179-km ride from ago, aced the par-three “It is not easy to lead WBC champion at the drew with Surrey (13pts) Yorkshire............. 5 3 0 2 8 14 86
Northamptonshire 5 2 2 1 15 13 68
Stupinigi to Novara. seventh at Golf Costa and in this game anything AT&T Stadium. LEICESTERSHIRE: First Innings 496 Glamorgan........... 5 1 2 2 12 14 58
HIGGO: Hole-in-one Adeje in a closing 64 to can happen.” (S T Evans 112, Swindells 103, Sussex ................ 5 1 3 1 12 15 51
Harris 101, Mike 74, Virdi 6-171) Kent.................... 5 0 3 2 9 13 38
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it allows me to do the job to the LEAGUE ONE: Oxford United v Blackpool
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GREAT Wayne Rooney hugs Colin

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KARL’S OXFORD Duff’s up for a hangover

TO STAND ALONE LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP
CHELTENHAM boss celebrating after sealing
LEAGUE ONE ROUND-UP Michael Duff admitted it promotion on the final day
KARL ROBINSON may be better off watching was a bittersweet moment as the U’s saw off relegated
Oxford’s bid for League One play-off glory to lift the League Two Grimsby 3-0 and the
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Picture: JAMES WILLIAMSON

ALL WHITE Parker calling on Fulham to

IN THE END
WOLVES boss Nuno
Espirito Santo praised
be brave and take chances
Morgan Gibbs-White for
SCOTT PARKER hopes FULHAM V BURNLEY 8PM said: “Burnley can be
fortune favours the By Tony Banks an example for us, as
becoming his matchwinner can Norwich. Clubs
brave when Fulham take are a Fulham player,
after an “awful” miss six that have been very
on Burnley tonight. that is the way this
minutes earlier. stable and understood
Defeat against the league is. As a centre-
Gibbs-White, 21, the goal.
spooned a glorious chance Clarets would mean a forward you maybe get
swift return to the two, three chances. You “If the aim is always
before his cool finish 15 a trophy, always a
seconds from the end of Championship. are living off that
But Parker stubbornly moment – and it needs promotion, and you
normal time, and Nuno lose sight of what gets
said:“He should be proud believes Fulham can to be ‘bang’.”
finish with a winning If Fulham do go you there, then
of what he did. It showed sustained success is
character to find his focus streak and survive like down, Parker feels
Roy Hodgson’s side did Burnley, who kept never possible,
again after the awful because your fix is
mistake he made.” in 2008, insisting: manager Sean
“They are going to need so dramatic. The
Neal Maupay’s red card Dyche and bounced
to be brave. But not just spikes of your highs
for dissent after the final straight back after
and lows are so
PLANT whistle left Brighton brave – [we need]
players in key moments
relegation in
2015, are a
big. You have
A FLAG
Morgan
manager Graham Potter
unamused. He said: “I’d be who can be clinical. good model
no longer
term view.
guessing if I said what I “Players that can live of how a club
Gibbs-White That’s going
celebrates thought Neal said to the off that one moment, should to have to
his first ref, but it was frustration make sure that moment handle the be the case,
goal in the from him and he needs to is executed. When you drop. Parker whether
Premier handle that better.” we’re in this
League LIKELY LINE-UPS league or
FULHAM: Areola; Aina, Andersen, Adarabioyo, Robinson; not.”

Disorderly Dunk’s
Decordova-Reid, Anguissa, Lemina; Loftus-Cheek; Lookman,
Mitrovic. STAYING
BURNLEY: Pope; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Brownhill, UPBEAT:
Westwood, Cork, McNeil; Barnes, Wood. Boss Parker

SHOP

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Webster 7; Jahanbakhsh 5 (Moder 58, 5), Bissouma 8, 
Gross 7, Burn 7; Trossard 6 (Mac Allister 58, 6); Maupay
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on Eze menu
SHEFFIELD UTD 0 CRYSTAL PALACE 2
HAMMERS JOLLY
Calvert-
Lewin
celebrates
after his
goal put
Everton

BUBBLE
ROY HODGSON says Ebere Eze in front
should aim for full England
honours if he continues the
progress he has shown this term.
The £15million summer
signing from QPR stood out as
Crystal Palace confirmed their

BURST BY
survival with goals from
Christian Benteke after 70
seconds and Eze, below, two
minutes from time. e.
Eze, 22, has
made eight
appearances for
the Under-21s,

TOFFEES
and while the
step up to the
seniors is huge,
Hodgson maintains ns
the potential is there.
“I’m happy with Eze this
season, absolutely,” said the WEST HAM v EVERTON
Palace boss. “He’s done well. 69 POSSESSION % 31
He’s more than played his part.
“He’s been playing regularly
for the Under-21s and I’ve just
Champions League hopes 0 SHOTS ON TARGET
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CORNERS
3
4
2
6
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dealt huge blow by defeat

assumed that that’s where he
2 YELLOW CARDS 1
sees his career in England and 0 RED CARDS 0
he’ll keep fighting for a spot.” Source: Opta
GIDEON BROOKS
WEST HAM’S Champions the scores before the break was
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out of Europe completely. league back up and going. We thought that was the right way to go.
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a long while for this encounter to exactly why it’s the case. We hope it’s not [going to affect the integrity]
really get going. because we have been through a very difficult 18 months and everybody has
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FOR Mikel Arteta it was a game

that proved that Arsenal could
just about beat the also-rans.
Allardyce finally relegated drive an inch over, then Callum
Robinson hit the bar but was
ruled offside. ‘I am hurting more
For Sam Allardyce, it was a For the first 25 minutes,
game too far.
Ironically, it is Arteta who is
the bookies’ favourite to be the
as Arteta is given a boost Arteta’s side barely laid a glove
on Allardyce’s team. But then
Saka, with his lightning pace,
than words can say’
next Premier League manager Gunners had their youngsters started to get going. SAM ALLARDYCE hasn’t sunk in yet. We’ll
to lose his job and not ARSENAL 3 to thank, as Emile Smith Rowe, He burst forward, pulled the described his “hurt” wake up and realise the
Allardyce, whose team were 20, gave them the lead after ball back and there was Smith after suffering his first situation.
relegated thanks to West Brom’s WEST BROM 1 superb work from Bukayo ukayo Rowe running in to volley relegation from the “We should’ve been
19th defeat of a dismal season. By Tony Banks Saka, 19, and Nicolas las home
hom his first Premier Premier League. closer to avoiding it
Arteta’s team kept their slim Pepe added a second, d, League
Le goal. Allardyce, below, based on how we’ve
hopes of playing European succumbed to the drop with his before a brilliant strike
e Six minutes later took over in December performed, but that
football next season alive with eighth top-flight club. from Matheus Pereira a Pepe,
P left, picked up but his deal has a break final decision and
a result which left them five He had said he would think caused nerves to the
th ball from Callum clause in the event of creating of chances has
points off the Europa League about his position if the worst flutter. Willian’s late e Chambers,
C stepped relegation and he is not been there.
places with three games left and happened and is due to meet free-kick gave a inside
ins and curled a due to meet the board “I wanted to take it
four points off a Europa the board for talks this week. mediocre performance e an glorious
glorio shot into the far for talks this week. to the last day.”
Conference League place. Arteta, meanwhile, is the undeserved touch of gloss. corner. He said: “Words Arsenal manager
Allardyce, never before man apparently set to stay until West Brom fought all the way. But this is Arsenal – and cannot describe how Mikel Arteta said: “We

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League as a manager, finally unimpressive campaign. The lead when he curled a lovely Brazilian picked the ball up early to consider responsibility to
inside his own half, raced about anything else. win every game we
through the middle as the home “It’s about the play when we
defence retreated and stroked disappointment represent this
home a quite brilliant goal. and when the club.
Suddenly, hopes were raised. right time is “Our
From Matt Phillips’ cross to talk about attitude
West Brom thought they had next season. is non-
saved themselves – temporarily Tonight it’s negotiable
– but Darnell Furlong’s header about and right

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In the 90th minute, Willian day or two end we
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ASTON VILLA
MANCHESTER UTD
1
3
Mason bags
By John Cross
THEY made Pep Guardiola put
the champagne back in the
a record as
fridge.
Manchester United are being
driven by sheer pride and, of
course, Mason Greenwood.
he puts City
Trailing at half-time, United
were in danger of handing
the title to champions-elect
title on hold
Manchester City.
But the second-half before Victor Lindelof allowed
turnaround was nothing short himself to be bullied by Bertrand
of remarkable and 19-year-old Traore, who then fired an
Greenwood wrote his name into unstoppable cross-shot into the
the United record books with a top corner.
precious piece of history, which But United came out a
might also make him a late shout different team for the second
for England’s Euros squad. half. Paul Pogba used his strength
Greenwood made it 16 goals to hold off Douglas Luiz, who
for United in the Premier pushed the United midfielder
League, the most by any teenager and conceded a penalty.
for the club – overtaking Wayne Up stepped Bruno Fernandes
Rooney’s tally of 15. to send Villa goalkeeper Emi
Incredibly, it was United’s 10th Martinez the wrong way and
win from a losing position this score his 27th goal in all
season. The comeback kings have competitions this season after
now not lost at Villa Park in 22 52 minutes.
visits, since the opening day of Four minutes later, the game
the 1995-96 campaign and Alan was turned on its head. Aaron
Hansen’s infamous “you can’t Wan-Bissaka played the ball into
win anything with kids” remark. Greenwood’s feet, the United
That season, United went on to forward fooled Villa defender
win the title, which has long Tyrone Mings with a sublime
since been out of their grasp this turn and then arrowed a 20-yard
year. But they are making one shot into the bottom corner.
hell of a last stand to make City United got a third after
boss Guardiola wait. 87 minutes. Marcus
And if they win their four Rashford’s teasing cross HOW THEY STAND
remaining games, they will finish from the right found P W D L F A Pts
with 82 points, which would be Edinson Cavani racing Man City 35 25 5 5 72 26 80
their highest tally since Sir Alex in and the United Man Utd 34 20 10 4 67 36 70
Ferguson retired. striker glanced in. Chelsea 35 18 10 7 55 32 64
Of course it is not enough for It got even worse Leicester 35 19 6 10 63 43 63
for Villa in the West Ham 35 17 7 11 55 45 58
United and their ambition to be Liverpool 34 16 9 9 57 39 57
top dogs again, but if they can last minute. Ollie Tottenham 35 16 8 11 61 41 56
address a few obvious failings in Watkins, who had Everton 34 16 7 11 46 42 55
the squad they will surely be a been booked in Arsenal 35 15 7 13 49 38 52
lot closer next season. the first half, took Leeds 35 15 5 15 53 53 50
Especially if they can build a tumble under Aston Villa 34 14 6 14 49 41 48
around the likes of Greenwood, Dean Henderson’s Wolves 35 12 9 14 35 47 45
strengthen in some key areas and challenge and Crystal Pal 34 11 8 15 36 56 41
Newcastle 35 10 9 16 40 58 39
show more consistency and referee Chris Brighton 35 8 13 14 36 41 37
defensive solidity to match the Kavanagh sent him Southampton 34 10 7 17 41 61 37
attacking flair. off with a second Burnley 34 9 9 16 31 47 36
United were not at their best yellow card for FIGHT BACK: Marcus Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 27
in the first half and went simulation. It seemed Rashford and Ezri West Brom (R) 35 5 11 19 32 68 26
incredibly harsh as he did Konsa clash Sheff Utd (R) 35 5 2 28 18 62 17
behind after 24 minutes. Scott
McTominay and Fred dithered not even appeal for a foul.

MANCHESTER CITY 1 CHELSEA 2 SORRY

Tuchel’s
THE good news for Pep Walker and Fernandinho, did League we’ll be ready to
Guardiola is that he still By David McDonnell not feature here. For compete and play the best AFFAIR
leads 4-2 in his head-to-head made so many changes – Chelsea, Mason Mount, Kai game we possibly can. Chelsea
with Thomas Tuchel. only Ederson and Ruben Havertz, Ben Chilwell, “Now the FA Cup and goalkeeper
The bad news for Dias survived from the side Mateo Kovacic and Thiago Carabao Cup are over, we Mendy

men are Guardiola, as the pair head

towards their Champions
League final showdown, is
Tuchel’s wins have come in
that beat Paris Saint-
Germain – because he
did not want his players to
win and potentially go into
Silva were all left out.
Against that backdrop,
City and their manager
missed a trick, with
have to focus on winning the
Premier League.”
Sergio Aguero’s self-
indulgent Panenka penalty
keeps out
Aguero’s
penalty
attempt

in driving
their past two meetings, the final against Chelsea Guardiola suffering back-to- miss, for which he apologised
following on from last with any feeling of back home league defeats for afterwards, proved the
month’s FA Cup semi-final. complacency. the first time as a manager, turning point.
Guardiola may have made With City still needing a following the loss to Leeds Had Aguero scored, Tuchel
significant changes to his win to clinch the title, that last month. admitted it would have been

seat for line-ups in those two games,

but there is no question
Tuchel’s Chelsea have the
measure of Manchester City
smacked of an excuse,
particularly as Tuchel also
left out a handful of players
who will be certain starters
“The first game [against
Chelsea] was completely
different,” said the City boss.
“We came back from
difficult for his side to come
back from 2-0 down after
Raheem Sterling had given
City the lead.

final say ahead of the European

showpiece on May 29.
The suggestion from the
City camp was Guardiola
for the final.

Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo

Silva, John Stones, Kyle
Dortmund and we were not
For City, Kevin De Bruyne, quite good, that’s all. It can
happen. I’m pretty sure for
the final of the Champions
As it was, they rallied in
the second half and scored
through Hakim Ziyech and
Marcos Alonso.
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RATINGS
BY JOHN CROSS
express.co.uk/sport
ASTON VILLA (4-2-3-1)
Martinez 6
Cash 6
Konsa 7
HEAD
START
Cavani, left,
‘It looked Mings
Targett
Douglas Luiz
5
6
5
completes
turnaround
after, right,
Henderson
a pathetic McGinn ■
Traore (GOAL 24)
Barkley
5
7
6
was beaten
by Traore decision’ El Ghazi
Watkins ■■
SUBS
6
5
FROM BACK PAGE Ramsey (Luiz 65) 6
Manchester United. I don’t think
Davis (Barkley 77)
anybody knows, everybody is
confused how Raheem Sterling can Wesley (El Ghazi 77)
go through and have four or five
touches on him last night and not MAN UNITED (4-2-3-1)
get a penalty, then one touch here Henderson 6
and it is a penalty. Wan-Bissaka 6
“It looked a pathetic decision to Lindelof 5
me, but he goes down, similar to Old Maguire ■ 6
Trafford and last season here.” Shaw 7
Smith, below, was also angry that
McTominay 6
Ollie Watkins was sent off in the
89th minute for a second yellow card Fred 6
after a supposed dive, even though Greenwood (GOAL 56) 8
TV replays suggested United keeper Fernandes (GOAL 52 PEN) 7
Dean Henderson made contact. Pogba 7
Smith said: “Ollie Watkins has got Rashford 6
sent off for a second yellow –
there
ther is no way the referee SUBS
can
ca tell me he is Cavani (Greenwood 65) (GOAL 87) 7
convinced
c
co he hasn’t been Bailly (Maguire 78)
touched.
t He didn’t even Matic (Fernandes 86)
appeal.
a Yet we can’t
aappeal against the A VILLA v MAN UTD
sending
se off because it’s 41 POSSESSION % 59
two
two yellow cards.” 5 SHOTS ON TARGET 7
Solskjaer
Sols praised his 3 SHOTS OFF TARGET 4
3 BLOCKED SHOTS 7
team’s
t ’ fightback,
fi htb which is the 10th 5 CORNERS 6
time this season they have come 13 FOULS 18
from behind to win a game, and 1 YELLOW CARDS 1
insisted they want to keep 1 RED CARDS 0
ON THE Fernandes equalises with
penalty before Greenwood,
Manchester City waiting before they
can celebrate the title, and keep the
Source: Opta

SPOT... below, puts United ahead

pressure on.
Solskjaer said: “It is very unlikely
City won’t get the points they need
but we just have to do our job the
best we can. I believe in the boys and
they believe in themselves.”
United defender Luke Shaw said:
“Going 1-0 down in the first half we
knew it was going to be a hard game,
but we have been in this situation so
many times – in the second half we
came back much better.
“That’s a positive but we need to
start the first half better than we
normally do.
“We have the quality and we can’t
keep counting on second-half
performances. When we got the first
MAN OF THE MATCH
GREENWOOD – Electric
goal, I felt we were going to win.” on the wing and up front

We’ve won nothing yet PEP JUST LOVING IT

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after that we’re going
to try to win at
mentally, with one or two days
off and, after, we’re going to
focus, analyse Newcastle and
THOMAS TUCHEL reminded It feels like every game is try to win the game.”
his Chelsea players they have a really decisive game. Brighton.
“It’s not over, you Raheem Sterling, left, put
achieved nothing yet. “I like that we’re City ahead against Chelsea but
Having beaten City to o constantly under have to win the
games, and we’re said: “It’s disappointing,
reach the FA Cup final, pressure. The having taken the lead and
the Blues enhanced team are going to try to do it in the
next one. having a chance to go 2-0 up.
their top-four hopes by living up to it
“If this is pressure to win “It’s frustrating, but we
repeating the feat. in a very
the title, then this is the have other games to go. It was
But Chelsea manager impressive way.”
Tuchel, right, said: “The Chelsea’s second win pressure I want, and we need a day to get over the line and
challenge is to keep going,
ng, in a row over City before this type of pressure to be a sadly we couldn’t.
because the job is not done
one in the Champions League final top side. “We’re confident we’ll get
any competition. left Tuchel musing: “Surely it’s “We did our best to win, we over the line.
“If you want to have results not a disadvantage for us to had the chances, unfortunately “It should have been done, it
like this, the players have to have this experience.” it was not possible. We’re wasn’t, but we’ll go again
step up and this is what they do. DAVID McDONNELL going to prepare now, against Newcastle.”
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ARSENAL 3 WEST BROM 1 MATCH REPORT:

LEWIS
SEE PAGE 57

REIGNS
WOLVES 2
BRIGHTON 1
express.co.uk/sport
Match
report:
Page 55
IN SPAIN
Spanish GP report: Page 51 GUNNERS SINK GONERS
Moyes fury at
Maguire injury blow as United run-in
Reds make City WEST HAM 0 EVERTON 1
By Matthew Dunn
DAVID MOYES has demanded
clarity from the Premier League as

wait for title to why Manchester United are

facing three games in five days.
United manager Ole Gunnar
Solskja
Solskjaer will have to field
wea
weakened teams – but
tw
two of the matches are
aagainst Leicester and
LLiverpool, who are
bbattling with West
H
Hama for the remaining
Eur
European places.
And the Hammers boss,
above, whose side lost to Everton
yesterday, said: “Ole can do what
he likes, because it is his team and
his club. But I don’t know if there
was a better way to sort the
fixtures out. It was really
CRUNCH TURN TO PAGE 56, COLUMN 4
TIME:
Maguire is
injured and,
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HARRY MAGUIRE is a major injury doubt up a third title in four years by
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judged to have pushed Paul Pogba points from their
before Bruno Fernandes fired the final three games –
visitors level as they staged a unless Manchester
remarkable second-half fightback. United lose to Leicester tomorrow
But the game also ended on a sour or Liverpool on Thursday.
note for United boss Ole Gunnar Guardiola, above, said: “We will
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Fill the grid so that every column, row, and 3x3 square includes all of the digits

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ACROSS
ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Cycling arena (9)
7. Chosen (5) 7 8 7 European
8. Order (7) peninsula (6)
9 10 9 Marine
9. Cruel (7)
creature (4)
10. Impel (5) 11 12 10 Disgrace (5)
12. Severe (10) 12 Unconscious
15. Informer (10) 13 state (4)
13 Active at night (9)
18. Roister (5)
14 15 14 Tall plant with
19. Concentrated (7) purple or yellow
21. Prolong (7) 16 17 18 flowers (4)
22. Goodbye (5) 16 Heavy combat
19 vehicles (5)
18 Conceited (4)
DOWN 20 19 Old sailor (3,3)
1. Chopper (10) 20 Records (9)
2. Questionable (5) DOWN 8 Transactions (8)
3. Name (4) 1 Neighbourhood (8) 11 Search for food (6)
4. Pennon (6) 2 Be ahead (4) 12 Neckcloth (6)
5. Caution (8) 3 Goes around the sun (6) 15 Diminish (4)
6. Unbeliever (7) 4 Digs issue (anag.) (9) 17 Harass (3)
5 Reproductive cells (3)
11. Irrelevant (10)
6 Warm-blooded animal (6) Solution tomorrow
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CROSS DOUBT Target times: Average: 16 mins 15 11 across and down –

Good: 12 mins Excellent: 8 mins 19 must total the
16 14 number in the
Can you make two common five-letter words from the nine 7
shaded box at the
Stuck? Call for a clue letters given, using each letter only once? You can – but only if 7 10 beginning or top of
0901 322 5601 one letter features in both words in the squares on the right.
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each line. A number
There’s at least one way to do it, and you have to have the right may be repeated in
Halve your Target Time! 11 9
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Today’s solution 3 6 12
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