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CAMPAIGNING NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR express.co.uk Monday, January 17, 2022 80p Licence fee will be axed Nadine Dorries wants new BBC funding model SEE PAGES 6&7 Animal attraction TV drama puts Yorkshire on US tourist trail SEE PAGE 17 Boris vows to bounce back from ‘partygate’ scandal with blitz of new policies PM: Fightback plan to Level up britain By Martyn Brown BORIS Johnson will fight tooth and nail to save his political future by levelling up Britain, say his allies. The PM will clear out No10 aides – before Senior Political Correspondent launching a blitz of popular policies to bounce back from Partygate scandals. His fightback – tagged Operation Red Meat – aims to bolster support in the key seats Tories won in the last election. Under-pressure Mr Johnson plans to take personal charge of the Channel migrants crisis and to set up a post-Covid NHS “war room”, moving on from claims of illicit lockdown parties held in Downing Street. Despite growing unrest in Tory ranks, the PM’s backers hope an inquiry into the saga will stop short of implicating Mr Johnson directly and let Turn to page 4 new heartache More upset for Queen as Harry wages security row SEE PAGE 9

). 2 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Weather forecast Temperatures in Centigrade North West: Dry and sunny with some patchy cloud during the afternoon. Gentle north-westerly winds. High 9C (48F). Northern Ireland: A dry day with clear skies and sunshine after mist and fog lifts. Gentle southerly winds. High 8C (46F). Wales: It will dry and sunny after early mist and fog lifts. Calm to light westerly winds. High 10C (50F). DX1ST FORMER Speaker John Bercow could be banned from Parliament for life after he revealed a Commons inquiry will conclude he bullied three staff. Standards commissioner Kathryn Stone has reportedly judged him guilty on 21 of 35 complaints, following an 18-month probe. But former Buckingham MP Mr Bercow, 58, said most of the evidence was “hearsay” and many apparent witnesses were not present when the events allegedly happened. Mr Bercow, who stood down as Speaker in 2019, said: “To call it a kangaroo court Temperatures is in Centigrade unfair to kangaroos. I resent my reputation being put through the wringer on the basis of a protracted Today’s summary: and amateurish Sunny process.” spells where fog lifts North West An Coast: appeals It will panel be a dry verdict day with is East expected Coast: After by a cold, clear start, it will some lengthy sunny spells after any mist be dry with little cloud and sunny skies. patches the clear. end A of light the to moderate month southeasterly banned wind. High from 10C Parliament (50F). for life. winds. High 8C (46F). which could There will see be light him to gentle southerly South West Coast: Cloudy and misty with North Central Ireland: Early mist and fog occasional drizzle possible. Some sunny will lift revealing lengthy sunny spells. There periods in the afternoon. Fresh southeasterly winds. High 11C (52F). wind. High 7C will be a light to moderate south-easterly (45F). ) ) ) m m m m Aberdeen 3.2 0.00 3 7 Aberporth 0.2 0.04 5 8 Alnwick 4.9 0.01 2 8 Belfast 1.3 0.04 4 8 Birmingham 2.2 0.02 2 8 B’mouth 1.5 0.01 2 11 Bristol 2.3 0.06 5 9 Cardiff 0.4 0.09 4 9 Durham 3.0 0.01 0 9 Edinburgh 4.8 0.02 5 8 Britain Extremes: (24 hours to 2pm yesterday) Warmest: Gosport/Fleetlands 12C (54F) Coldest: Fylingdales -3C (27F) Wettest: Portland 0.72in. Sunniest: Aberdeen 3.3hr. Amsterdam Cloudy 9C/48F Brussels Cloudy 7C/45F Dublin Sunny 7C/45F Frankfurt Cloudy 6C/43F Geneva Fair 7C/45F Lisbon Sunny 15C/59F Madrid Sunny 11C/52F Paris Cloudy 8C/46F Rome Sunny 14C/57F Europe forecast Supplied by MeteoGroup East Anglia: A dry and fine day with lengthy spells of wintry sunshine. Gentle westerly winds. High 8C (46F). London/South East: A dry and fine day with sunny skies. There will be a light north-westerly wind. High 9C (48F). South: It will be a dry day with blue skies and wintry sunshine. Light north-westerly winds. High 8C (46F). Today Tomorrow LIVE Glasgow 4.9 0.02 4 7 MOON rises: 3.31pm, sets: 8.11am SUN rises London: 7.57am, sets: 4.24pm Hull 1.1 0.00 0 7 Manchester rises: 8.15am, sets: 4.23pm Ipswich 3.0 0.00 1 8 Leeds 1.9 0.01 0 8 Last Quarter 25 January Lincoln 0.9 0.00 2 8 London 1.7 0.00 4 9 HIGH TIDE Manchester 1.1 0.02 4 8 London B’ge (1.24am), (1.42pm) Oxford 1.3 0.00 -1 9 Liverpool (10.54am), (11.14pm) S’hampton 4.5 0.07 6 11 Greenock (12.05am), (12.08pm) St Andrews 5.6 0.00 3 7 Dover (10.51am), (11.13pm) Lighting-up times Glasgow 4.19pm-8.33am Belfast 4.33pm-8.33am London 4.24pm-7.56am Birmingham 4.26pm-8.07am Manchester 4.23pm-8.13am Bristol 4.34pm-8.06am Newcastle 4.13pm-8.18am Amsterdam Cloudy 6C/43F Brussels Cloudy 5C/41F Dublin Cloudy 11C/52F Frankfurt Cloudy 7C/45F Geneva Fair 6C/43F Lisbon Sunny 13C/55F Madrid Sunny 10C/50F Paris Cloudy 6C/43F Rome Sunny 14C/57F WEATHER SERVICE 0906 156 0206 CALL OUR WEATHER LINE WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK LIVE WITH OUR EXPERTS FOR UP-TO-DATE FORECASTS. 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Please go to www.reachplc.com/how-to-complain where you can view our Complaints Policy and Procedure. A How To Complain pack is also available by writing to the Legal and Compliance Department, Reach PLC, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP. Weather forecast ‘Bully’ Bercow facing a lifetime Commons ban By Martyn Brown Midlands: It will be dry and fine with South West: A dry day with sunny skies e. South Central Ireland: There will be some Northern Ireland: Early mist and fog will lengthy spells of sunshine after any mist after early mist and fog lifts. There will be Hope sunny periods after patches of mist and fog lift of this morning revealing £20bn lengthy sunny a clears. Light winds. High 9C (48F). light winds. High 11C (52F). Outlook: year It will be mostly sunny lift. There will be a light to moderate spells through the rest of the day. A gentle t North East/Yorks: It will be a dry day with Channel Isles: Dry with sunny periods and southerly wind. High 8C (46F). southerly wind. High 8C (46F). g clear skies and sunshine. There will be some patchy cloud in the afternoon. Gentle And back in Britain today gentle westerly winds. High 9C (48F). north-easterly winds. High 10C (50F). Outlook tomorrow: Ireland Warmest: Valentia 11C (52F) London/South East: A dry and fine day North: It will be fine and dry with long Scotland: It will be overcast in the northwest but in other areas, there will be sunny Channel: Slight. Tomorrow will be cloudy with light rain and Sea: North Sea: Slight. Irish Sea: Slight. Extremes: Coldest: Castlederg 2C (36F) with sunny skies. There will be light periods of sunshine. There will be ge (24 hours Wettest: Roches Point 0.20in. north-westerly wind. High 9C (48F). westerly winds. High 9C (48F). spells. . High 10C (50F). drizzle jobs in northern and western areas. In boost the to 2pm yesterday) for afternoon it will remain cloudy with drizzle. Midlands: It will Britain be dry and fine with Scotland: It will be overcast in the no UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW: Mist and fog in England and Wales will be slow to lift Last Quarter Gentle to moderate southerly winds. lengthy spells of sunshine after any mist west but in other areas, there will be 25 January through the day tomorrow. It will be cloudy with rain in Northern Ireland and Scotland. clears. Light winds. High 9C (48F). spells. . High 10C (50F). SIX-DAY FORECAST SIX-DAY FORECAST Temperatures in Centigrade Wales: It will dry and sunny after early mist Ireland: Mist and fog will be slow to l Temperatures in Centigrade and fog lifts. Calm to light westerly winds. through the day. If lifts there will be TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN High 10C (50F). spells. High 11C (52F). London 4 6 2 9 -1 6 0 6 1 6 2 7 in London 4 Asian-Pacific 6 2 9 -1 6 0 6 1 6 2 7 UK outlook tomorrow: bloc Misty with light rain in the north-wes Belfast 6 10 4 8 4 8 4 8 3 8 5 8 Belfast 6 10 4 8 4 8 4 8 3 8 5 8 Birmingham 4 6 1 8 -1 6 2 6 1 7 1 4 Birmingham 4 6 1 8 -1 6 2 6 1 7 1 4 SIX-DAY FORECAST IN BRITAIN Temperatures in Centigrade Cardiff 4 7 2 10 -1 8 1 7 2 5 3 7 Cardiff 4 7 2 10 -1 8 1 7 2 5 3 7 TUE WED THU FRI SAT SU Glasgow 8 10 2 9 4 7 6 8 6 8 6 8 Glasgow 8 10 2 9 4 7 6 8 6 8 6 8 Manchester 4 6 2 9 -1 6 0 6 1 6 2 Manchester 6 7 1 9 0 6 3 7 3 7 3 7 6 7 1 9 0 6 3 7 3 7 3 7 6 10 4 8 4 8 4 8 3 8 5 Newcastle 6 8 0 9 0 5 2 7 3 7 3 8 By Newcastle Martyn Brown 6 8 0 9 0 5 2 7 3 7 key priority for the UK in her previous 3 8 4 6 1 8 -1 6 2 6 1 7 1 Norwich 3 6 3 8 2 6 2 7 2 7 2 6 Norwich 3 6 3 8 2 6 2 7 2 7 role as International Trade Secretary. 2 6 4 7 2 10 -1 8 1 7 2 5 3 Plymouth 6 10 4 10 2 9 3 8 5 8 5 9 BREXIT Plymouth Britain 6 could 10 enjoy 4 10 a £20billion-a-year jobs and business windfall 2 9 3 8 5 8 Last week, Britain and India kickedoff 8 talks 10 on 2 9 a new 4 free 7 trade 6 8 agree- 6 8 6 5 9 Britain yesterday Moon, sun and tides Britain yesterday Moon, sun and tides by joining the Asia-Pacific trade bloc, a London Belfast Birmingham Cardiff Glasgow Manchester ment 6 7 worth 1 almost 9 0 £30billion. 6 3 7 3 7 3 MOON rises: 3.31pm, sets: 8.11am report Aberdeen outlines 3.2 0.00 today. 3 7 Glasgow 4.9 0.02 4 7 SUN rises London: 7.57am, sets: 4.24pm Newcastle 6 The 8 UK 0 wants 9 to 0 5 slash 2 barriers 7 3 to 7 3 Aberporth 0.2 0.04 5 8 Hull 1.1 0.00 0 7 Manchester rises: 8.15am, sets: 4.23pm Alnwick Ministers 4.9 0.01 say 2 the 8 UK Ipswich is “on 3.0 track” 0.00 1 8 Norwich doing 3 6 business 3 8 with 2 6 India’s 2 £2trillion 7 2 7 2 to Belfast become 1.3 0.04 part 4 8 of Leeds the £9trillion 1.9 0.01 0 8 Last Quarter Plymouth economy 6 10 and 4 10 its market 2 9 of 31.4 8 billion 25 January 5 8 5 Comprehensive Birmingham 2.2 0.02 And 2 8 Progressive Lincoln 0.9 Trans- 0.00 2 8 consumers, including cutting tariffs on B’mouth 1.5 0.01 2 11 London 1.7 0.00 4 9 HIGH TIDE Pacific Bristol Partnership 2.3 0.06 5 9(CPTPP) Manchester next 1.1 0.02 year. 4 8 London B’ge (1.24am), (1.42pm) exports of Britain cars and yesterday Scotch whisky. Moon, sun and tides Cardiff Joining 0.4 one 0.09 of 4 9the Oxford world’s 1.3 largest 0.00 -1 9 Liverpool (10.54am), (11.14pm) Aberdeen 3.2 0.00 Since 3 7 Glasgow Brexit, Britain 4.9 0.02 4 has 7 been MOON rises: able 3.31pm, sets: 8.11am Durham 3.0 0.01 0 9 S’hampton 4.5 0.07 6 11 Greenock (12.05am), (12.08pm) SUN rises London: 7.57am, sets: 4 free Edinburgh trade 4.8 areas 0.02 5 would Aberporth 0.2 0.04 5 8 8 St Andrews ultimately 5.6 0.00 trigger Britain major Warmest: tariff Gosport/Fleetlands cuts in 12C industries (54F) Lighting-up such times Last Quarter 3 7 Dover (10.51am), (11.13pm) to strike Hull new free 1.1 trade 0.00 0 deals 7 Manchester with rises: 708.15am, sets: 4 Alnwick 4.9 0.01 2 8 Ipswich 3.0 0.00 1 8 Glasgow 4.19pm-8.33am Belfast 1.3 0.04 countries, 4 8 Leeds worth 1.9 0.01 over 0 8£760billion, 25 January as Extremes: food, drink, Coldest: Fylingdales cars and -3C (27F) tech. Belfast 4.33pm-8.33am London 4.24pm-7.56am Birmingham 2.2 0.02 according 2 8 Lincoln to the 0.9 Government. 0.00 2 8 (24 hours Wettest: Portland 0.72in. Birmingham 4.26pm-8.07am Manchester 4.23pm-8.13am B’mouth 1.5 0.01 2 11 London 1.7 0.00 4 9 HIGH TIDE to 2pm Additionally, yesterday) Sunniest: Aberdeen the 3.3hr. UK would Bristol form 4.34pm-8.06am Elizabeth Dunkley, researcher Newcastle 4.13pm-8.18am Bristol 2.3 0.06 5 9 London at B’ge the Manchester 1.1 0.02 4 8 (1.24am), (1.42 closer alliances with 11 current members Today including Australia, Europe Canada, forecast Tomorrow Durham 3.0 0.01 CPTPP 0 9 S’hampton represents 4.5 an 0.07 exciting 6 11 Greenock Cardiff 0.4 0.09 4 9 Liverpool (10.54am), (11 Liz Truss made membership a priority CPS and Oxford report 1.3 co-author 0.00 -1 9 said: “The opportunity for Global Britain. (12.05am), (12 Edinburgh 4.8 0.02 5 8 St Andrews 5.6 0.00 3 7 Dover (10.51am), (11 Japan, Amsterdam Malaysia Cloudy and Singapore. 9C/48F Amsterdam boost Cloudy to the whole 6C/43F of the UK, geopolitical support to our allies Brussels Cloudy 7C/45F Brussels Cloudy 5C/41F Britain Warmest: Gosport/Fleetlands 12C (54F) Lighting-up times Glasgow 4.19pm In a report for the Centre for Policy Dublin Sunny 7C/45F Dublin Cloudy 11C/52F Extremes: and the Coldest: Fylingdales “Businesses, -3C (27F) Belfast exporters 4.33pm-8.33am and consumers across the Birmingham whole of 4.26pm-8.07am the UK Manchester stand 4.23pm London 4.24pm Studies (24 hours Wettest: Portland 0.72in. Frankfurt (CPS), Cloudy Conservative 6C/43F Frankfurt MP development Cloudy and 7C/45Fstandardisation of to 2pm yesterday) Sunniest: Aberdeen 3.3hr. Bristol 4.34pm-8.06am Geneva Fair 7C/45F Geneva Fair 6C/43F Newcastle 4.13pm Anthony Mangnall points out that global trade rules. to benefit from the related cost savings Lisbon Sunny 15C/59F Lisbon Sunny 13C/55F membership Madrid Sunny will mean 11C/52F tariffs Madrid are “Our Sunny membership 10C/50F to CPTPP Today does and efficiency Europe gains. forecast Tomo slashed Paris on Cloudy 99.9 per 8C/46F cent of Paris UK not reduce Cloudy our high 6C/43F standards Amsterdam or strip Cloudy “With the 9C/48F world’s Amsterdam economic centre Cloudy 6C exports Rome to other Sunny member 14C/57F nations, Rome away Sunny our sovereignty 14C/57F [but] Brussels seeks to of Cloudy gravity 7C/45F shifting eastwards, Brussels CPTPP Cloudy 5C Dublin Sunny 7C/45F Dublin Cloudy 11C unlocking the potential to boost GDP raise standards and provides LIVE Frankfurt a platform SERVICE for the UK to play a leading Geneva role us Fair to influence 7C/45F the Geneva development Fair of 6C presents Cloudy an 6C/43F unrivalled Frankfurt opportunity Cloudy for 7C by up to £20billion a year. WEATHER “CPTPP offers a huge opportunity in shaping the future of trade.” Lisbon global Sunny rules 15C/59F and Lisbon regulations, Sunny while 13C 0906 156 0206 Madrid Sunny 11C/52F Madrid Sunny 10C for Britain,” he writes. “The benefits Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Paris made strengthening Cloudy 8C/46Fties with Paris some of Cloudy our 6C of CALL joining OUR WEATHER LINE are WHERE clear YOU CAN SPEAK – LIVE an WITH OUR economic EXPERTS FOR UP-TO-DATE becoming FORECASTS. CALLS COST a £1.50 member PER MINUTE of the Rome CPTPP a closest Sunny strategic 14C/57F allies.” Rome Sunny 14C PLUS YOUR TELEPHONE COMPANY’S NETWORK ACCESS CHARGE. SERVICE OPEN 8AM - 6PM DAILY. SP SPOKE: 0333 202 3390 Supplied by MeteoGroup By Martina Bet Pictures: Reuters, Getty Weather forecast Temperatures in Centigrade Today’s forecast: Spain, Portugal and the Balearic and Canary Islands Spain will be mostly sunny after a misty start. Northern coasts of Spain will see thick cloud move in through the afternoon. High 18C (64F). Portugal will see mostly sunny skies through the day Duncan Smith: Be brutal with China The UK should be brutal with China’s “disgusting” regime, ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has said. Appearing on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday, the MP was asked about the MI5 alert last week which said Christine Lee, a London solicitor, had been engaged in “political interference activities” on behalf of China’s communist regime. Sir Iain said: “We are not dealing with a European regime or an American regime which is democratic and accountable” but this is a “brutal, disgusting regime”. He added: “So when they start infiltrating, when they start subverting Parliament and when they start paying people off, we have got to be much more brutal about it.” Supplied by MeteoGroup Out of order? Mr Bercow was the Speaker after any early mist and fog patche clear. High 17C (63F). The Canari will be mostly cloudy with some he showers and thunderstorms throug the day. High 20C (68F). 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DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 3 Pictures: Dean / SplashNews.com, rex / alpha Into the melee... Elizabeth during filming in Croydon Diana’s double, take two By Tom Bryant Elizabeth gets into Diana’s shoes, and trousers, and jacket, for new series of The Crown FROM the military-style jacket to the striped trousers, the latest actress to play Diana in The Crown has her look down to a t...for terrific. Elizabeth Debicki has taken over from Emma Corrin who played the young princess. Australian actress Elizabeth, 31, will play the Diana in the fifth and sixth series of the Netflix show, including her death in August 1997 at the age of 36. Poignant Photos of Elizabeth rehearsing have been released to give fans a glimpse of what they can expect. In one poignant snap she pushes her way through the paparazzi to get into a taxi in Croydon, south London. There was a real-life scare when a man forced his way on to the set after having a row with the film crew. He was restrained by security. Elizabeth has also been The real royal...Princess Diana in 1996, above and right seen recreating Diana’s appearance at the Royal Albert Hall for the Royal Gala performance of Swan Lake on June 3, 1997. But missing is her pearl and diamond necklace that was so synonymous with the event. It sold at auction for £10million as the ‘Swan Lake’ necklace. One in 3 cannot find Germany on map A THIRD of Britons cannot point to Germany on a map, a poll found. Although both world wars are studied in schools, 32 per cent of 6,500 people surveyed could not pick out Germany – known as Europe’s biggest economy. The study asked participants to pinpoint 196 countries from all over the globe. Almost two thirds (62 per cent) could not find Japan while 73 per cent drew a blank with Ukraine, Europe’s largest country. Australia outfoxed 45 per cent of By Stian Alexander those asked and even holiday favourite Spain was a mystery location for one in four. The research also found that 29 per cent failed to place Poland on a map. Almost 900,000 Polish-born people live in the UK, the largest group of migrants. Around the same (28 per cent) were defeated when asked to spot France, our closest continental neighbour, in the study by training provider The Knowledge Academy. Even the world’s largest country Russia was unidentifiable for more than a fifth. Less well-known countries proved the most difficult for participants to find. Familiar The biggest mystery was Indonesia: some 83 per cent were clueless about its location. Vietnam bamboozled 81 per cent, despite it being the subject of many blockbuster films and being visited by more than 300,000 Britons every year. A spokesman for The Knowledge Academy said: “We quizzed 6,500 people’s knowledge to see which countries we struggle to place on a map the most. “Indonesia topped the list of countries people cannot identify on a map, with 83 per cent having no idea. “Of the countries we are more familiar with, 32 per cent couldn’t find Germany and 28 per cent couldn’t pinpoint France.” Herr we are...red marks Germany

4 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 The positive professor Professor Karol Sikora CMO of Rutherford Cancer Centres and Former Director of WHO Cancer Programme SOCIAL media’s voice of calm Karol Sikora has been signed up by the Daily Express. Readers can now enjoy his soothing advice in these troubled times that have won him hundreds of thousands of followers on Twitter. If you need reassuring everything’s going to be all right read Professor Positivity. There won’t be many people reading this who believe that those at the heart of Government were right to be holding boozy, late-night affairs, seemingly on a regular basis, during the lockdowns. Understandably, there is a huge amount of anger out there and I share that. All other arguments aside, it’s abundantly clear that the people making the rules did not understand just how brutal their lockdowns were on millions of people. They had safe jobs, were able to work from the office, and had friends and families around. They were even having almost weekly parties. Why would they think lockdowns were such a devastating imposition on our lives? When they were telling us to stay home and protect the NHS, with hundreds of thousands of people doing so in terror and unrelenting pain, they were up late drinking. It does not sit well. The messaging instilled fear. I knew people who were too frightened to leave their homes. That was disproportionate. The actions of those in Downing Street prove that, yet they were the ones devising the messages. What happens now is a question of politics, but I hope this whole sorry affair has highlighted the cruelty of the rules. I always believed that we needed to take a more balanced approach and that there was a middle position that relied more on people’s common sense and caution, rather than brutal legal diktats. That attitude has allowed us to weather the Omicron storm far more easily than many feared. It should have been deployed more readily throughout. Let’s look forward not back, but ensure we don’t make the same mistakes again. Grief for daughter who ‘stuck to rules’ SKY News presenter Trevor Phillips held back tears as he recalled his daughter’s death in lockdown due to anorexia, while quizzing a senior Tory on “partygate”. The TV host challenged party chairman Oliver Dowden on his Trevor Phillips On Sunday show, recalling the phone call in April 2021 to tell him Sushila, 36, had collapsed. “By the following morning she had died and Loss…Trevor with Sushila she had stuck to the spirit and letter of the rules,” he said. “There are thousands of people who have that story… Does the Prime Minister really understand why people are angry?” DX1ST Coronavirus: ‘Covid rules may be axed in days’ By Martyn Brown Senior Political Correspondent restrictions relating to Covid-19 in England could be lifted next week, Oliver Dowden has suggested. He said the latest coronavirus data is “heading in the right direction”, fuelling hopes the current rules will be ditched. Plan B restrictions – which include the mandatory wearing of masks in some settings, the use of vaccine passports or negative tests to enter some venues, and working from home guidance – are due for review in nine days. “It has always been my hope that we would have the Plan B restrictions for the shortest period possible,” the Conservative Party’s chairman said. “I’m in no doubt the kind of burdens this puts hospitality, wider business, schools and so on under, and I want us to get rid of those if we possibly can. “The signs are encouraging but, clearly, we will wait to see the data ahead of that final decision.” He added: “We have seen some very promising data whether that is in relation to infections or hospitalisations and that of course hasn’t happened by accident… “We have now got over 60 per cent of the total population covered with the booster vaccine and actually over 90 per cent of over-50s.” His comments come after Dr Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency, said infection levels in London, the South-east and East of England are flattening off. She also said growth is slowing in the PM determined from PAGE one him cling on to power. A Government source claimed to the Daily Express last night that Mr Johnson had “got the big judgment calls right. “Thanks to our record vaccination and booster programme, we have the most open economy in Europe with the economy now bigger than it was before the pandemic and more people in jobs than before it began. “That growth and prosperity is thanks to the fact the Prime Minister got the big judgment calls right – on reopening in July last year, on avoiding the clamour for more restrictions over Christmas and the New Year, and on leading the way to deploy the vaccines and boosters. “We are committed to getting on with the job of uniting the country and levelling up across the United Kingdom.” Another insider added: “He is determined to put things right and get on with delivering for the country.” The PM will look to get on the front foot this week with a string of eye-catching announcements. He will focus Hopeful…Tory chair Oliver Dowden, left; right, lad gets Moderna vaccine in Brighton North overall even though case numbers are still rising there. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he hopes Plan B restrictions can be lifted “as soon as possible”. He told the BBC: “I want them to be lifted because the medical science says they should be lifted, not simply because the Prime Minister is in a real mess and he’s desperately trying to get out of it.” The isolation period in England for those who test positive for Covid will be reduced to five days from today. People will be able to leave their isolation five full days after experiencing symptoms or receiving a positive test result, whichever is first, provided they have negative tests on days five and six. Meanwhile, hundreds more daily train services are being cut in response to on reducing the NHS treatment backlog and on tackling the tide of migrants crossing the Channel, while also freezing the BBC licence fee for two years. A “booze ban” could be put in place within No10 following the series of embarrassing allegations of Covid rule-breaking. There might also be extra money for skills and job training for 1.5 million people out of work and on Universal Credit. All remaining Covid restrictions could be lifted before the end of this month and Michael Gove’s “levelling up” white paper could be published next week. Mr Johnson is facing a mounting Tory backlash, with a dozen of his MPs criticising him in public over boozy parties. Around 20 dissenters are believed to have handed letters, calling on the Prime Minister to quit, to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee. If Sir Graham receives at least 54 such letters that would trigger a vote of no-confidence in Mr Johnson. But Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden claimed yesterday that while there were “failings” in No10 Under fire...Dan Rosenfield, right, and Martin Reynolds pandemic-related staff shortages. Avanti West Coast, C2C, East Midlands Railway and South Western Railway are the latest operators to use emergency timetables from today in a bid to cut cancellations. It was estimated earlier this month that around 10 per cent of rail staff were off work amid the latest Omicron wave. In the capital, extended improvement works on the key Northern Line, due to end in mid-May, are now under way. Travellers are being forced to squash onto the other main Tube route which links the north to the south, the Victoria Line, making social distancing on carriages impossible, opposite. A further 70,924 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases were recorded in the UK as of 9am yesterday while a further 88 people had died. Carrie: ‘Sorry I hugged my pal’ By Chris Riches THE wife of Boris Johnson has said sorry for breaching guidelines on social distancing by hugging a friend at private members’ club. A photo shows Carrie Johnson embracing Anna Pinder in September 2020 in London when the two-metre indoors rule and the rule-of-six were in force. Her spokesman said she “was one of a group of six outside celebrating [and] regrets the momentary lapse in judgement”. over Partygate, it was not a resigning matter for the PM personally. He said the Government plans to “address the kind of culture that has allowed” reported flouting of coronavirus restrictions, in a hint of a shake-up at the top of Mr Johnson’s administration. Martin Reynolds, the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary who sent an email inviting staff to “bring your own booze” to the No10 garden during the first virus lockdown, and Mr Reynolds’ deputy

plan b end in sight DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 5 Pictures: PA, Adam Gerrard, Rex Crammed… London’s Victoria line was packed after closures on the Northern line to deliver for Britain Stuart Glassborow are likely to be forced out of Downing Street. Dan Rosenfield, No10 chief of staff, might also be at risk. Mr Dowden said on the BBC yesterday: “I can assure you the Prime Minister is both very contrite and deeply apologetic for what happened. But, more importantly, he is determined to make sure that this can’t be allowed to happen and that we address the underlying culture in Downing Street.” His comments came as a sixth Tory MP called on Mr Johnson himself to step down, arguing that a clearout of senior officials alone would not reverse the “terminal damage” done to the Prime Minister’s reputation by the allegations. Former children’s minister Tim Loughton said on Facebook: “It is not down to a simple Government policy change or a sacking of ministers or officials to put things right. “In this case, all roads lead back to Downing Street and the person whose name is on the front door.” Former Tory party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith was also heavily critical of the No10 regime, labelling the potential lockdown breaches “unforgivable” and blaming them on a “lazy and slack” culture in Downing Street. Sir Iain told Sky News’ Trevor Phillips On Sunday programme that Cabinet Office official Sue Gray’s report on the Partygate claims would settle the question of whether the Prime Minister “knew or understood what was going on”. However, veteran Tory MP Peter Bone told LBC radio station that he had found constituents in his Wellingborough seat were “clearly in support of the Prime Minister”. While former trade secretary Dr Liam Fox – who was sacked by Mr Johnson in 2019 – said that it was the “wrong time” for a change of leader. Meanwhile No10 aides He is contrite and apologetic, determined to address the culture in Downing Street denied further allegations that Mr Johnson had not been totally upfront in his apology to the House of Commons last Wednesday. The embattled Premier admitted to MPs that he had attended a Downing Street garden party for 25 minutes on May 20 2020 but said he understood that the gathering was a “work event”. A report in the Sunday Times claimed that the Prime Minister was warned by “at least two people” that the get-together organised via the email from Mr Reynolds amounted to “a party” – and should have been cancelled immediately. A No10 spokeswoman said: “It is untrue that the Prime Minister was warned about the event in advance. “As he said earlier this week, he believed implicitly that this was a work event. “He has apologised to the House and is committed to making a further statement once the investigation concludes.” Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer repeated his assertion that Mr Johnson should resign. He argued that the Tory chief had “degraded” the office of prime minister and “lost all authority”. Opinion: Page 12 Build back... Mr Johnson aims to take charge of cutting NHS waiting times and reducing a rising tide of migrant boats

6 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST HISTORIC SHAKE-UP Dorries: Next BBC licence By Martyn Brown Senior Political Correspondent CULTURE Secretary Nadine Dorries says the BBC licence fee will be axed, with the broadcaster funded in some other way. She has also given hope to over-75s who were forced to fork out to watch. In a reference to the controversial decision to end free licences for older viewers, Ms Dorries said: “The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors are over”. She revealed her plans via Twitter yesterday morning, declaring: “This licence fee announcement will be the last.” This came after it emerged the licence fee will be frozen for two years from April. It is worth £3.2billion annually to the BBC after rising from £157.50 to £159 last year, having tracked inflation since 2017. Under the BBC’s Royal Charter, the moneyspinner is guaranteed until at least q Should the BBC still be funded by the licence fee? Yes: 0901 133 4440 No: 0901 133 4441 Yes text DXYES to 63333 No text DXNO to 63333 Texts and calls cost 50p plus network access charge. You must have the bill payer’s permission. Vote closes at midnight tonight. The Daily Express may contact you by post, SMS and/or email with offers, goods or services that may be of interest to you. To stop receiving SMS messages please text ‘NSNOINFO’ to the originating number. SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390. December 31, 2027. After that the way the national broadcaster is paid for will be decided by the Government. A BBC source said of the fee freeze: “Anything less than inflation would put unacceptable pressure on the BBC finances after years of cuts.” The source added there were “very good reasons for investing in what the BBC can do for the British public and the creative industries and the UK around the world”. An ally of Ms Dorries said: “There will be a lot of anguished noises about how [a fee freeze] will hit popular programmes but they can learn to cut waste like any other business. This will be the last BBC licence fee negotiation ever. “Work will start next week on a mid-term review to replace the charter with a new funding formula. “It’s over for the BBC as they know it.” The Corporation has been arguing for licence fee rises sufficient at least to cover inflation in the next five years. That is expected to hit 4.4 per cent next year and the broadcaster says it will struggle to meet the increasing cost of programming if the cash it gets from households does not go up at a similar rate. It pays for BBC shows and services – including TV, radio, the BBC website, podcasts, iPlayer and apps. But Tory MPs have been arguing that the money people pay could be reduced owing to the success of paid-for streaming services Pictures: PA, BBC, Getty ‘Work will start next week on a review...it’s over for the BBC as they know it’ ‘Time now to discuss new ways of funding’...Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries such as Netflix – which costs from just £5.99 a month – and Amazon. There is also Freeview and YouTube which are free to watch and paid for by advertising. Lengthy negotiations have already taken place between BBC bosses and the Government over a future funding settlement. Ms Dorries tweeted: “Time now to discuss and debate new ways of funding, supporting and selling great British content.” The BBC will have to negotiate with the Government over an entirely new funding model when the final licence fee funding deal expires in 2027 – with potential options including a subscription service, partprivatisation, or direct government funding. A Government source said that “the days of staterun TV are over” and praised the growth of US-run private sector companies such as Netflix and YouTube. The Corporation has already been preparing for the end of the licence fee. Suggestions include a universal levy on broadband subscriptions – meaning people would automatically have to pay more to have the internet whoever the provider. The money creamed off would go to the BBC. Such a plan is likely to be very unpopular, especially among young people who don’t tend to watch BBC shows but turn to Netflix and its rivals. There is also an idea that the broadcaster could be funded with a grant from general taxation – although this could undermine its editorial independence and leave it even more at the whim of Government anger. Previously, Ms Dorries – who was appointed Culture Secretary in September – For months I have been urging Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries to include the restoration of free TV licences for the over-75s as a red line in the negotiations with the BBC over the future of the licence system. She appears to have been taking a hard line with the BBC over the level of the fee for the next five years, but there has been no public mention of the plight of those millions who lost their free licences in 2020. Yesterday, Ms Dorries tweeted that the days of older people being threatened with prison and the bailiffs “are over”. But they will not be over for the next five years, unless the Government Bias now By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter THE BBC has once again made its political bias apparent – after it aired a stinging anti-Government monologue on its flagship news programme. Friday’s Newsnight showed a video detailing “Partygate” allegations, which featured angry quotes from opposition politicians and repeated calls for Boris Johnson to resign as Prime Minister. To drive home the agenda, the piece was accompanied by morbid music. It comes seven months after Emily Maitlis delivered a critical monologue about ex-Government aide Dominic Cummings, who she said had “broken lockdown rules” after a trip to Barnard Castle, Co Durham, for which he was forced to make a grovelling TV apology. Attacks In her introduction to the BBC2 current affairs programme, Ms Maitlis said: “Dominic Cummings broke the rules, the country can see that and it’s shocked the Government cannot.” After it received 60,000 complaints about the speech, the BBC apologised next day, saying her introduction did not meet impartiality standards. The latest Newsnight broadside started with clips of breaking news bulletins – and the now infamous email sent by Martin Reynolds, Mr Johnson’s principal private secretary, to No 10 staff inviting them to the Downing Street garden in May, 2020. It then panned to BBC journalists, including former Guardian writer and current Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt, reading out anonymous quotes from Tory MPs. One says: “He has to go, he’s run out said she thought the BBC should exist, but it needed to be able to take on competitors. At the Conservative party conference in October, she said the Corporation needed “real change” in order to represent the entire UK. She also accused it of “groupthink” – where people are so keen for harmony within a group that it results in irrational decision making. The BBC was “a beacon for the world”, Ms Dorries admitted, but she thought people COMMENT Dennis reed Director of Silver Voices makes the BBC agree that no enforcement action should be taken against anyone who previously received a free licence or, even better, that the scheme as it was is restored. It is so important that the over-75s are not left out of the negotiations as we are at a critical stage in the enforcement process and older people are already

on how viewers pay DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 7 fee deal ‘will be the last’ clear on Newsnight Gunning for PM…Newsnight’s Nicholas Watt ‘Propaganda’…Nish Kumar on The Mash Report; below, Nick Robinson of road.” The clip spread rapidly on social media, with Newsnight policy editor Lewis Goodall, a former Labour party activist, tweeting: “This is one hell of an intro if you want to relive it.” Comedy is not immune either – as last year The Mash Report was axed after claims that it peddled left-wing bias. The satirical who had worked their way up had similar backgrounds, a certain political bias and thought and talked the same. Labour’s Shadow Culture Secretary Lucy Powell accused Boris Johnson and Ms Dorries of seeming “hell-bent on attacking this great British institution because they don’t like its journalism”. She said: “British broadcasting and our creative industries are renowned around the world and should be at the heart of global Britain.” Last year, the Government decided being hit harder than most by the costof-living crisis. The latest official figures from the BBC reveal that about a quarter of a million over-75s’ households have been unable to pay the licence fee, even though it is 18 months since their free licences were scrapped. Millions more have paid the fee under duress, even though they have had to scrimp to do so. TV Licensing is finding ways round its promise to the Government that over-75s will be treated with “the utmost sensitivity”. Capita is sending threatening letters to the over-75s addressed to “the BBC show, fronted by Nish Kumar and Rachel Parris, was called “self-satisfied, selfadulatory, unchallenged left-wing propaganda” by former BBC heavyweight Andrew Neil in 2018. The Today programme on Radio 4 has come under fire for allegedly one-sided attacks on the Government, including host Nick Robinson telling the Prime Minister to stop talking last year. R4’s The News Quiz was singled out for its bias after research showed it made jokes about Conservative and right-wing politicians more often than left-wing people, while other programming on the BBC has been accused of relentlessly pushing a progressive, liberal agenda. not to move ahead with plans to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee but said it would “remain under active consideration”. A year earlier the over-75s had to start paying for their licence fee – previously they got it free. It came as the Government stopped footing the bill as part of the BBC’s last funding settlement. OPINION: Page 12 ‘Relive the moment’ …Lewis Goodall occupier” rather than the named pensioner. These letters directly threaten a £1,000 fine. With the triple lock on state pensions suspended, the winter fuel allowance frozen and energy and food prices surging, the over-75s need licence fee enforcement like a hole in the head. It will already be a struggle for thousands to survive this winter. Ministers have consistently said that they are “deeply disappointed” in the BBC’s actions against the over-75s. Now is the time to show they mean it. Anything less than an indefinite enforcement amnesty will be a betrayal of older people. Partisan… BBC had to apologise for bias shown in speech by Emily Maitlis after complaints Subscription plan to pay for news and arts By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter THE BBC could become a subscriptionbased service with viewers paying on demand, if the hated licence fee is axed. It would follow the models of hugely successful streaming services such as Amazon, Netflix and Disney Plus. Instead of TV owners being forced to pay £159 a year, or face the threat of prison, the licence could be replaced with a taxpayer-funded subsidy, with a rump of loyal viewers paying a voluntary subscription for services like news and current affairs, arts programmes, sport and popular shows that continue to draw millions, such as Strictly Come Dancing. Under plans being drawn up by the Government the licence fee is set to be abolished in 2027, with the BBC’s funding frozen for the next two years. The move will force the broadcaster to axe jobs and become self-reliant, rather than be propped up by taxpayers. An annual licence is a legal requirement to watch live television and access iPlayer services. The cost will remain £159 until 2024 under the current deal. But in the future viewers are likely to have to pay a Netflix-style Strictly…by subscription? subscription for news, current affairs and arts programmes. The solution would force the BBC to become commercially competitive and win back public support, especially among the elderly who now have to pay to watch TV for the first time in more than two decades after their free licence fee concession was removed. By 2027 it is expected that Britain will have universal coverage of superfast broadband, allowing everyone to watch TV over the internet and “switch off” the BBC if they do not require its services. Netflix costs as little as £5.99 a month, while Amazon Prime Video is £7.99. Fab...but the arts won’t be free

8 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Tensions flare over Falklands By Ciaran McGrath ARGENTINA has been warned that “inflammatory” rhetoric over the Falkland Islands risks “igniting tensions” prior to the 40th anniversary of the war. Guillermo Carmona, Argentina’s Secretary for the Malvinas (Falklands), railed against what he called Britain’s policy of “colonisation”. But Tory MP Andrew Rosindell, said: “Margaret Thatcher demonstrated to the world that there was no question of giving up sovereignty of the Falklands. “The people of the Falklands Islands have made it clear through a referendum that they wish to retain their British sovereignty.” DX1ST Pictures: EPA, Getty Briton killed in siege wanted US to release ‘Lady Al Qaeda’ Terror alert...armed officers prepare to storm synagogue to end Briton’s siege A MAN shot dead after taking four people hostage in a Texas synagogue was a Briton trying to win freedom for a terrorist dubbed “Lady Al Qaeda”. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was killed after a 10-hour stand-off with American intelligence officers at Congregation Beth Israel temple in Colleyville, Texas. Akram, who reportedly had backpacks of explosives and a gun, demanded the US release Pakistani terrorist Aafia Siddiqui – “Lady Al Qaeda” – who police say he called his “sister”. Chased Akram, from Blackburn, stormed into the temple which was live streaming a service on its Facebook page at 11am on Saturday. His English accent could be heard as he shouted instructions and demanded the release of Siddiqui, who was jailed for 86 years in 2010 after opening fire on Americans following her arrest in Afghanistan. He could be heard saying: “You get my sister on the phone” and “I am gonna die”. Akram also THE number of households suffering fuel poverty – spending at least 10 per cent of their income on energy bills – is set to treble overnight. The proportion is nine per cent but is expected to leap to 27 per cent – or 6.3 million homes – when an energy price cap, feared to be £2,000 a year, comes into effect in England on April 1. Energy regulator Ofgem sets it in a bid to limit the price a supplier can charge consumers per By Christopher Bucktin said: “There’s something wrong with America.” The feed was later taken down. During “constant contact” between negotiators and hostagetaker, one man was released ‘Sister’...terrorist Aafia Siddiqui uninjured shortly after 5pm. Dramatic footage later revealed the moment two other hostages escaped from the temple. Akram could be seen running out of the door as he chased after them with a gun, but he quickly retreated inside, closing the door By Chris Riches unit of electricity and gas. However, the cap, to be announced on February 7, only applies to customers on a standard variable tariff, usually a provider’s most expensive tariff. The research, by the Resolution Foundation think-tank, reveals levels of fuel-related stress are highest in the North-east and the West Midlands (33 and 32 per cent of people respectively). after spotting the SWAT team. At 9pm, officers stormed the building and opened fire. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss condemned Akram’s “act of terrorism and anti-Semitism”. She said: “My thoughts are with the Jewish community and all those affected by the appalling act. “We stand with the US in defending the rights and freedoms of our citizens against those who spread hate.” In Blackburn, Akram’s brother Gulbar issued a statement apologising to the victims and saying Akram had been suffering from “mental health issues”. Condemned Gulbar said he had liaised “with Faisal, the negotiators, FBI etc” during the siege but “there was nothing we could have said to him or done that would have convinced him to surrender”. He added: “We do not condone his actions. Any attack on any human being, be it a Jew, Christian or Muslim etc, is wrong and should be condemned.” UK counter-terrorism police are helping with investigations. Six million facing fuel poverty They are also high among pensioner households (38 per cent); those in local authority homes (35 per cent); or in poorly insulated homes (69 per cent). The report notes that the Government is considering ways to mitigate rising bills. The foundation suggests the £140 Warm Homes Discount is increased to £300. Economist Jonny Marshall, said: “This would help prevent a cost-of-living catastrophe for millions.”

By Russell Myers andTom Pettifor Pictures: PA, Getty DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 9 THE Queen faces fresh heartache in her Platinum Jubilee year after her grandson Harry started a new war over his personal security. The Duke of Sussex has made the extraordinary claim that he is effectively exiled because it is “unsafe” for his family to return to the UK. He is threatening to sue the Home Office over his protection. The latest episode to rock the Royal Family is a devastating blow to the 95-year-old head of state who lost Prince Philip in April. She celebrates her platinum jubilee on February 6, with a national party over a four-day bank holiday weekend in June, with public events to honour our longest-serving monarch’s 70th year on the throne. But some feel commemorations could be overshadowed by Prince Harry’s move towards legal action over his protection. Harry, who with wife Meghan quit their royal roles in 2020 to live in California, has filed a claim for a judicial review against a Home Office decision to stop him from paying for police protection for himself and his family. The Duke wants to bring his son Archie, two, and baby daughter Lilibet to visit from the US, but he and his family are “unable to return to his home” because it is too dangerous, a legal representative said. Combat Royal sources last night claimed Harry’s row with the British Government was “misguided” and accused him of being “fully capable of having a row in an empty room”. Sources suggested Harry could follow his father Prince Charles, who paid for security officers – not attached to the Met Police – to guard his future wife Camilla in the early 2000s before she was officially brought into the royal family. One royal insider said: “The Queen is quite clear this is a matter for the Home Office.” Security experts suggested that Harry’s costs could be as high as £100,000 a week for at least a dozen trained officers to provide protection for his family in the UK. Harry’s decision to threaten legal action follows claims his security was compromised last summer by paparazzi chasing his car. The Duke had travelled to the UK to attend the unveiling of a statue of their late mother Princess Diana with his brother Prince William. When Harry returned in April for Prince Philip’s funeral he was given security, but in the summer, he was not. Security sources said this was due to changing situations, from attending a global event with the Queen to being in the UK for a private trip. Dai Worries... the Queen has jubilee soon Caution... Prince Harry says he and Meghan, seen here in New Zealand, need Met police protection on UK visits Fresh anguish for Queen after Harry’s security row Davies, the former head of the royal protection unit, suggested if the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were to stay for an extended period, they may need up to 20 officers. He said: “If ever there was a credible threat to Prince Harry or his family the Met would take the appropriate action. “And there is nothing preventing him from hiring security. It appears Harry is creating scenarios that do not exist.” Harry and Meghan lost their taxpayer-funded police protection after quitting as working royals. A representative for the Duke of Sussex said: “Prince Harry inherited a security risk at birth, for life. “He remains sixth in line to the throne, served two tours of combat duty in Afghanistan, and in recent years his family has been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats. “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex fund a private security team for their family, yet that security cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed in the UK. “In the absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return to his home. “The Duke first offered to pay personally for UK police protection for himself and his family in January of 2020 at Sandringham. That offer was dismissed. “He remains willing to cover the cost of security, as not to impose on the British taxpayer. “As is widely known, others who have left public office and have an inherent threat risk receive police protection at no cost to them.” Virginia ‘out to destroy Prince and leave him penniless’ ‘Destroyed’…Prince Andrew lost titles Prince Andrew’s sex abuse accuser has vowed to “destroy him” and leave him penniless, a source has claimed. The Duke of York is fighting a civil lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who claims the billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein lent her out to him three times for sex. The Prince, 61, who strongly denies her allegations, was stripped of his royal and military titles after a New York judge ruled the case would go ahead. A source close to Giuffre’s legal team says: “No one can believe how badly Andrew and his legal team have messed up. “His arrogance is what has destroyed him. It is Virginia’s firm belief that Andrew should go to By Christpher Bucktin jail for what he’s done but in the end leaving him broke and destroyed may be enough. He is already destroyed. “Now it’s a matter of how much money he offers [in a settlement] and how broke we leave him.” Ruin A royal source says Andrew, who faces £2million legal bills and a £10million payout to Giuffre, “fears complete financial ruin”. Documents lodged with a New York court last Friday revealed Andrew’s team will claim Giuffre recruited girls for Epstein and “suffers from false memories” – and wants to “deflect from her own participation in Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme”. His lawyers submitted formal demands to interview under oath both Giuffre’s husband, Robert Giuffre, and her psychologist, Dr Judith Lightfoot in Australia. They want to examine Dr Lightfoot’s medical notes from her sessions with Giuffre, 38. After being stripped of his royal titles, Buckingham Palace stressed Andrew was defending himself as a “private citizen”. The Queen was “swift and ruthless” in demoting her son after talking with his siblings and other royals, with a Palace source adding: “Anne and Edward had more than a passing interest.” Adversary…accuser Virginia Giuffre

DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 11 Pictures: PA, Getty, Reuters Needled… the unvaccinated Serb is escorted at the airport By Cyril Dixon NOVAK Djokovic was sensationally kicked out of Australia yesterday, as the tennis champion’s Covid battle with the government came to a humiliating end. The unvaccinated World No 1 flew out of Melbourne airport after federal agents escorted him to his plane. His departure came after he lost his legal fight against the authorities’ decision to withdraw his visa to enter the country and defend his title at the Australian Open, on account of his unvaccinated status. Last night tennis fans and sports pundits said the bombshell will overshadow the tournament – while family, friends and supporters in Djokovic’s native Serbia aired their fury. His father Srdjan Djokovic said the Australians’ “scandalous behaviour” amounted to an attempt on his life. “The assassination attempt on the best sportsman in the world is over, 50 bullets to Novak’s chest, after all,” he said. Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic accused the “Orwellian” Australians of trying to “humiliate” the six-time Wimbledon winner, 34, and lying about the number of unvaccinated Serbs. He said sarcastically: “Thank you to the Australian people as I am sure they love Serbs”, adding: “They think they have humiliated Djokovic, but they have humiliated themselves and he can return to his country and look everyone in the eyes with his head held high.” He continued: “You saw in the pointless court proceeding how much the prosecution lied… “They say there are fewer than 50 per cent vaccinated people in Serbia and officially the number is 58 per cent. “Don’t forget that’s higher than in many EU countries. That was a pointless argument, but that’s what is possible in Orwellian performances.” Backing the sportsman, the Final say…Australian minister Alex Hawke Game, set and match to Australia Djokovic kicked out after legal fight Serbian Olympic Committee said: “We are proud of Novak Djokovic and the way he coped with these extremely difficult and unpleasant circumstances. Despite the scandalous decision, we believe Novak came out as the winner.” Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed the decision, saying it would “keep our borders strong and keep Australians safe”. He added: “It’s time to get on with the Australian Open and get back to enjoying tennis over the summer.” The saga came to an end after Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke used ministerial powers to cancel Djokovic’s visa following a “unanimous decision” by the Federal Court. Mr Hawke said the athlete “posed a risk to country’s health and good order” – and his decision was upheld by Chief Justice James Allsop, Justice Anthony Besanko and Justice David O’Callaghan just three hours later. It is understood Djokovic departed early yesterday with his coaching team and advisers on the 13-hour Emirates flight EK409 to Dubai. Witnesses spotted the star, who had been staying at an immigration detention hotel, at the airport yesterday morning. Djokovic now faces a possible threeyear ban from travelling to Australia for the tournament he has won nine times. His absence means the Open will be won by someone other than him or the injured Roger Federer for the first time in nearly a decade. Former World No 1 Boris Becker, who used to coach Djokovic, said: “You cannot make people love you and that’s been the situation a little bit. He’s a fine young sportsman with the right attitude and the right character, he just has a different view on life… on how he eats, how he drinks, how he sleeps. That’s where you can’t criticise him. “Maybe it’s the reason he’s so successful, but he’s not for everybody – I get it.” Opinion: Page 12 & sport: back page Chris evert in cancer battle By Chris Bucktin Support poured in for Chris Evert after she revealed that she has ovarian cancer. The 21-time Grand Slam champ, 67, told fans: “I wanted to share my stage one ovarian cancer diagnosis and the story behind it as a way to help others. “I feel very lucky that they caught it early and expect positive results from my chemo plan. “Thanks to all of you for respecting my need Chemo...Chrissie Evert to focus on my health.” Her sister Jeanne, 62, also a pro player, died from the cancer in 2020. Chris knew she was at risk too and a hysterectomy found an early-stage tumour. Medics in Florida say there is a 90 per cent chance it will not return after therapy. Her rival Martina Navratilova, 65, said: “We are all with you and behind you Chrissie, you are a true champion and you will conquer this nasty opponent.” Legend...Peter Seabrook TV garden star Peter dies at 86 By Giles Sheldrick TRIBUTES poured in as gardening legend Peter Seabrook died aged 86. The ex-presenter of TV’s Gardeners’ World was loved by millions of green-fingered amateurs for his knowledge built up over a lifetime’s love affair with the pastime. Cassie King, who collaborated with Peter at the Chelsea Flower Show – where the Queen and other Royals often stopped to chat about his winning displays – said: “He was an inspiration to me. I will be forever grateful.” Matthew Appleby, the editor of Horticulture Week, said “Peter was the most respected and the greatest gardening writer of his time” while the Royal Horticultural Society called him “one of the champions of horticulture”. Peter, made MBE in 2005, is thought to have had a heart attack at home in Chelmsford, Essex. He had cared for his wife Margaret who died in 2020 after living with Alzheimer’s. Their children Alison and Roger wrote: “He leaves a big gap.” Fears for isle after volcano By News Reporter A DEATH toll in Tonga was unclear yesterday after Saturday’s massive underwater volcano smothered the Pacific island in ash. Up to 80,000 people could be affected, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Jacinda Ardern, prime minister of New Zealand which is 1,500 miles away, said the resultant tsunami had wreaked “significant damage”. No deaths have been reported but information remains scarce after communication networks were severed.

12 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST Beeb’s bloated fee One Canada Square, London E14 5AP Tel: 020 8612 7000 (outside UK: +44 20 8612 7000) Will Boris’s Red Meat satisfy his critics? It’s just possible that the crisis engulfing Number 10 Downing Street could mark the turning point in Boris Johnson’s premiership. We can only hope it does. Indeed, the one way out for the Prime Minister is to show that he has the leadership skills and authority to push through a radical set of reforms in the next few months. His fightback is dubbed Operation Red Meat and it’s far-reaching. It involves everything from making Downing Street a no-booze zone to unveiling plans to tackle the backlog of operations in the NHS, and from finding extra money for skills and job training to lifting coronavirus restrictions on January 26. It’s some agenda and one that can only be achieved by winning back the trust of his Cabinet colleagues and backbench Tory MPs, who feel badly let down by the tawdry revelations of rule-breaking in Number 10. The British people are the ones who ultimately will pass judgment on Mr Johnson. Some will already have made up their minds; others will wait to see if Operation Red Meat is more than a catchy slogan. Nadine’s reforming zeal For years, there’s been talk about clipping the wings of the BBC – and now Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is planning root and branch reform of the organisation. Freezing the licence fee for two years is one such move and making sure the elderly are no longer threatened with prison for not paying up on time is another. We hope she will go further and reinstate the rule whereby the over-75s are exempt from paying the annual fee. It’s likely that it will be abolished all together in 2027 when the current Royal Charter expires. So the BBC needs to start planning. Its management is overblown and some of the current salaries of part-time staff are offensive. Alan Shearer is reportedly paid close to £400,000 for offering his opinions on Match Of The Day. That’s taxpayers’ money – and it isn’t right. A bitter taste of Ashes They like their sport in Australia. And their favourite is the one which involves humiliating the Poms at cricket. Job done! England’s feeble performances with bat and ball during the Ashes series, ending in a harrowing 4-0 defeat, has been food and drink to the Aussies. We can be sure that once Novak Djokovic has licked his wounds after being thrown out of the country on the eve of the Australian Open, he will bounce back. Sadly, we cannot be quite so confident about our cricketers. Something has gone badly wrong – and we need the game’s leaders here to focus on what can be done to remedy it. And fast. should go in this age of streaming At the weekend, there were reports that the combative Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries not only plans to freeze the television licence fee for the next two years, but also to abolish the levy in the longer term. The current settlement will apparently be the last. For an organisation that rakes in £3.75billion annually from the compulsory charge, this new approach will have a dramatic impact on its funding and structure – which is exactly what Dorries wants. “The days of state-run TV are over,” declared one of her allies triumphantly. Senior Tory politicians have often used such language in the past without taking any action. In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet was almost at constant war with the BBC, but even the Iron Lady did little to diminish its size or influence. But this time, Dorries looks serious. A former NHS nurse, who was brought up on a council estate and educated at a comprehensive in working-class Liverpool, she has a far tougher background than most Tory MPs. Moreover, her huge success as a best-selling novelist gives her powerful credibility as a cultural voice in modern Britain, while her dislike of the Corporation’s political stance is genuine. “The BBC favours strident, very left-wing, often hypocritical and frequently patronising views,” she has said. I nevitably, her policy will provoke outrage from of the metropolitan chattering classes, who worship the Corporation precisely because its progressive ethos matches their own. Yet, for all the vitriol that will be directed at Dorries, the BBC has helped to bring this crisis on itself through its ideological groupthink and bureaucratic extravagance. In 1937, the Tory MP Sir Henry Channon wrote bitterly in his diary that “the BBC is very red, or at least very pink, NOTORIOUS: Soccer pundit Gary Lineker’s £1million package is symbolic of the BBC’s profligacy in its programmes and the propaganda it spreads”. That is just as true today. From drama to documentaries, there is an obsession with issues of diversity, climate change and social inclusion. Once an innocent fantasy, Dr Who is now dominated by sledgehammer messages about fighting bigotry. News programmes give disproportionate weight to stories about crises in the public sector and wails from pressure groups about “chronic under-funding”. Even radio panel games are not free from aggressive identity politics. Only last week Nigel Rees, who has hosted Quote, Unquote for 46 years, announced his resignation because of his exasperation at the box-ticking mentality that now infuses editorial decisions. The attachment to virtuesignalling indoctrination can also be seen in the £100million Leo McKinstry Daily Express columnist TV budget that the BBC devotes exclusively to “diverse and inclusive content” or in the staff networks that proliferate through the organisation, such as BBC Pride to bring together “people of all sexualities” and BBC Embrace, a group for “discussion of BAME-related issues”. In the same vein, the BBC’s annual report last year revealed that June Sarpong, the “Director of Creative Diversity” was on a salary of £267,000. Indeed, that report is a monument to the BBC’s excess. Propped up by the vast largesse from the licence fee, the Corporation has no commercial imperative to focus on value for money. So a fortune is wasted on inflated pay for on-screen stars and the creation of bloated hierarchical empires. The £1million packages for football presenter Gary Lineker and Radio 2’s Zoe Ball have rightly become notorious but ‘Once an innocent fantasy, Dr Who is now all about fighting bigotry’ just as offensive are the colossal earnings of endless managers, such as a Director of Communication on £225,000. In the 2021 annual report, I counted no fewer than 10 Human Resources Directors, all of them on more than £154,000 a year. N one of this sprawling officialdom has much to do with programme-making, which is what the public really cherishes. If the BBC is to concentrate on its core mission, then reform is urgently needed. The licence fee was first introduced for wireless sets in the 1920s, but the model is now an anachronism in our age of satellite television, multi-platform viewing, and internet streaming. The more technology advances, the more that the licence fee becomes an relic. The best way to maintain the BBC would be a move to a subscription model, where consumers who do not use its services could opt-out of payment. That would secure the Corporation’s future and its legitimacy. Raging against Dorries in defence of an outmoded, authoritarian system is doomed to failure.

DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 13 James Whale Straight talking and takes no prisoners Why not take the nuclear option? I am not a climate change denier. I don’t think any sane or sensible person would be. The climate has always changed, aided by various happenings – whether it’s mankind’s inability to be clean and look after things, or sunspots or solar winds, or meteorites. The list goes on, but one thing is for certain, you cannot change the climate to whatever makes you feel good. We can look after the planet better, of course, and we can and should be learning to live with the changes happening now and in the future. One of the most contentious issues is fossil fuel. Coal is too dirty, gas is too expensive and oil is running out, but wind and solar power can’t be counted on. There is an alternative that everybody seems to be against and that is nuclear power. Surely, with new technology, smaller nuclear power plants dotted around the country would supply us with clean energy way into the future. Everything has its drawbacks, but why not consider nuclear to be the fuel of the future? We are not going to go back to living in caves and cooking on bonfires and, let’s face it, those fires would be too polluting. ■ BISHOP Heber High School in Cheshire has come under fire, quite rightly, for confiscating children’s coats and sending them out into the cold at break time. The reason was that the coats weren’t the logoed ones that the school recommended. I find it hard to believe that, in the 21st Century, this should be happening. This whole business of school uniforms is a complete and utter nonsense. It’s supposed to make everybody look the same, but we all know that it doesn’t. Blazers get messy quickly. The best uniform for school would be a pair of jeans and a hoody, with the school name on. The uniform shop is a relic of history that has no place today. I hated my uniform at school and got sent home many times for not having the right shirt. If schools could concentrate on teaching rather than their politically left-wing bias and continual moaning, education might be better in this country. Boris is in crisis but is there anyone else? No wonder they say a week is a long time in politics. I have to admit that after Prime Minister’s Questions last Wednesday I thought Boris had saved himself. Now, after subsequent revelations, I am not so sure. Surely those people in positions of authority have more intelligence than they appear to have at the moment. You don’t get to be Prime Minister or in the Cabinet if you are this stupid, but there seems to be a lack of discipline amongst the people – the civil servants, advisers and others – who work for the Prime Minister, and the tone for that culture is set at the top. There is a huge temptation to say, “For goodness sake, there are more important things to worry about than ‘partygate’. Let’s get on with the now rather than the then,” if you see what I mean. But, of course, many people suffered by not seeing loved ones, not being able to go to funerals, not being able to get married. There were so many restrictions, many of which could never really have been policed, while, it seems, those in power partied. It simply isn’t good enough to assume that because you are in charge you don’t have to follow the rules you set and I’m afraid that, as much as I like Boris’s personality and charm which, of course, got him elected, this lack of discipline can’t go on. A big question for me remains, however, and rather than asking every politician whether they think the Prime Minister should resign, I wish a lot of journalists would ask, “Who should take over?” because even if there was an election tomorrow, I can’t think of anybody that would stir the public’s imagination to vote for them. I hate to think of the consequences for this country if Sir Keir Starmer and his lot became the Government but the current lot – or maybe I should say mob – are falling a long way short of what is expected. There are important things for us to be concerned about at the moment, such as the cost of living, the threat of the Russians invading Ukraine, the state of the planet, our lacklustre police force and the Covid deniers. It’s depressing that the headlines are being made by the bad behaviour of people who really should know better. The sooner they get on with doing their job properly, the better. When, for example, is this Government going to actually get us out of the European dictatorship? We continue to abide by the ridiculously stupid rules imposed by the EU years ago. As we are a sovereign nation, we don’t need to. It just beggars belief that we don’t have any politicians, diplomats or any of the rest of those soft, soppy Remainers, who can stand up to the dictatorship in Brussels, and the one man who can is in a mess of his own making. A pat on the back for those other heroes of the pandemic – the delivery drivers Apparently I’m quite well known for being a bit grumpy on my radio and TV shows. I find that hard to believe! And just to prove I have a softer side, I’m now going to be very nice about some people. I’ve always thought that we Brits are mostly pretty useless in any form of service industry and I continue to hold this opinion. I don’t think we really see how important good service is. But there is a section of the service industry that is worthy of praise: delivery drivers. Over the past couple of years we have had to remain isolated from time to time and I, like many of us, have become very used to shopping online, whether it’s getting Picture: Aliona Adrianova/True & Fair/PA my groceries delivered or even looking for clothes and other essential and not-soessential items. To be quite honest I think I’m addicted to having parcels delivered, which is probably a bad thing. Anyway, back to my point: I have been amazed how polite and how friendly all the people dropping off parcels have been, NEW PARTY: Gina Miller at the launch It’s not true or fair to have no feel for politics So Gina Miller – you may remember her from her legal attempts to stop Brexit – is starting a new political party called True & Fair. I’m not really sure how a small party that attracted only five journalists to its launch is going to help, but you never know. What I do know is that we are never going to rejoin the European dictatorship. Its behaviour since we left has been inexcusable and its contempt for Great Britain appalling. I hope Gina Miller will realise there is not much sympathy for wanting to rejoin that over-bureaucratic nonsense. Nevertheless, the words “true” and “fair” will chime with a lot of people. True and fair politics? Is there any chance? I think the only hope is if everybody takes part. As soon as you suggest mandatory voting I can see the hackles being raised on people’s necks but if we all had to think about taking part in the political system in this country then maybe the words “true” and “fair” would mean something. It infuriates me to hear people say they’re not interested in politics. Politics is life and you cannot – and should not – be uninterested in life. whether it’s guys bringing food around at 10 o’clock at night or those dropping off the odd box of dog biscuits.They always have a smile on their face and are prepared for a little chat, so well done those delivery drivers. It’s so good to see part of our economy doing so well, but beware of that online shopping. It is quite addictive.

14 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST British girl, 5, dies in Alps skiing accident By Alexandra Williams A BRITISH family were in “extreme shock” last night after their five-year-old daughter died when a skier bowled into her at speed on a an easy slope. The 40-year-old man, a volunteer firefighter, gave the girl first aid and was quickly aided by a doctor but she couldn’t be saved. The older skiier was last night being quizzed as part of a manslaughter probe. Violent The schoolgirl – named by the ski school as Ophélie – was having a lesson at 11am on Saturday in the Alpine resort of Flaine when the tragedy happened. She and four other children were on the Serpentine run – classified as blue and easy – by an expert from the national ski school, Ecole du Ski Français (ESF). The youngsters were reportedly in single file by the edge of the piste, with the victim at the back. Local prosecutor Ms Karline Bouisset said: “The child was about to make a right turn when she was very violently hit by the skier arriving at high speed who tried in vain to avoid her.” The five-year-old was airlifted to hospital but declared dead at 1pm. A post-mortem is due today. Flaine lies in France’s eastern Haute-Savoie region – 50 miles from the Swiss city of Geneva, where she lived with her ex-pat family. They returned home, according to Jean-Paul Constant, the mayor of Arâches near the resort. He said: “We are looking for a psychologist who speaks English for the family. They are Picture: Alamy Tragedy on the piste… French ski resort of Flaine where a horrific accident led to the death of a British girl aged just five during a beginners’ lesson suffering from extreme shock, as are many involved in this tragedy.” The ESF in Flaine said: “All our thoughts to little Ophélie, her parents and her sister.” The initial probe is likely to expand into a judicial investigation. If the arrested man, a local, is convicted based on a “deliberate violation of safety obligations”, he faces up to five years in jail and a fine of £62,000. Most French pistes have a speed limit below 19mph but far lower speeds are expected on easier slopes. By Paul Jeeves AN 86-year-old woman died and her husband was fighting for life last night after they were attacked by a burglar still on the loose last night. A murder hunt was launched after police found the body of Freda Walker and unconscious spouse Ken, 88, on Saturday morning. Last night terrified residents were urged by police to “lock their windows and doors” in Langwith Junction, Derbyshire. Detectives confirmed they were still hunting the attacker as Ken – said to be battling cancer – remained in intensive care. Chief Superintendant Hayley Barnett, of Derbyshire Police, said he suffered “horrific injuries and is in a critical condition in hospital”. She added: “This is not a domestic incident. There was a serious level of violence used and we are doing all we can to understand the circumstances and find those responsible.” Neighbour Lynne Newham sobbed as she said that Freda had been her best friend for about 50 years. She added: “She was here Friday teatime, we had a cup of tea together and a chat and she went home about 5pm. “I can’t get over it, I can’t shut my eyes. I can’t think how she died. She was a loyal friend.” A dog walker, who was a friend of the victims, Safety warning... Chief Supt Hayley Barnett Forensics team hunts for clues while locals leave tributes to the popular couple added: “They were always a nice couple and ready to speak to you. “I just knew them as inviting and lovely. I always used to wave at them as I walked by.” Another resident said: “Ken and Freda were devoted to each other. This has shocked everyone who knew them.” Ken, a retired mining safety

DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 15 Pictures: SWNS, Katherine Burnett Residents told to lock doors and windows after burglar kills pensioner Much loved... Ken Walker, 88, and wife Freda, 86 inspector who used to sit on Shirebrook Town Council, had celebrated his 88th birthday on Wednesday. He had been chairman of Bolsover District Council and was last month made an honorary alderman for his services. Steve Fritchley, the leader of Bolsover District Council, said he had known the couple for nearly 40 years. He added: “I just became more and more angry and shocked that this could happen to a couple well into their eighties. I’m really, really sad that somebody could get to that age and it’s ended like this. “She was involved in a lot of charity work in the community. Everybody liked Freda.” Cllr Fritchley revealed Ken had been suffering from cancer. He said: “He’s a fighter is Ken. Let’s hope he recovers and is able to help police catch whoever’s done this.” Chief Supt Barnett said: “We have got officers from our major crime unit who are working Crime scene...officers guard home hard. We are working with a number of lines of enquiry – all in the effort to try and identify who is responsible for this horrific incident and to bring them to justice. “Investigators are looking at the broadest possible range of scenarios alongside other forces to consider whether there are other offences that might be connected to this.” She said of Ken: “We wish him all the best and I really hope that he has a speedy recovery. He is in the best care at the moment.” The cop refused to say how Freda was killed, adding: “While I cannot talk about the mechanics of how the injuries happened, what I do urge people to do is to carry out good security in relations to their homes. “Keep doors and windows locked and do not let any strangers in. Don’t keep valuables on display.” She also sought to reassure locals by telling them there would be more police in the area in the coming days. They were trying to take in news of the killings last night. One, Jonathan Hilliar, said: “They were such a sweet old couple, I just don’t get it, I really don’t.”

16 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST Rose: Let’s all talk up giving sign language legal status Champion… Rose Ayling-Ellis with Strictly partner Giovanni Pernice Picture: Guy Levy/BBC Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis has said giving British Sign Language (BSL) official legal status would be “so emotional” for deaf people. Currently, those with hearing impairments often receive serious diagnoses from doctors without a interpreter. This is because BSL, although recognised as a language by the By Alex Green Government in 2003, has no legal protection. Rose, 27, has voiced her support for Labour MP Rosie Cooper and her Bill in Parliament, which aims to make give BSL legal recognition. The EastEnders actress told The Big Issue: “It will be so emotional for us. We hear so many times that a child who has deaf parents will go to a doctor’s appointment to translate because an interpreter has not been provided. Sometimes they’re having to translate, ‘You’ve got cancer’ or ‘You’re dying’. No child should be in that situation.” Rose was Strictly’s first deaf contestant, paired with pro dancer Giovanni Pernice. Flights Holidays 25% up to off flights £300 and off package holidays 31.10.23. Holidays are ATOL protected. Holidays sale ends on 01.02.22. T&C’s apply. Royal Snail... millions not getting post SCORES of Royal Mail offices failed to make regular deliveries last week, leaving millions without post. A total of 77 offices were affected, although that had fallen to 56 by the weekend. One third of staff were absent from some sites. Under its contract with the Government, Royal Mail must be able to deliver letters six days a week to every address. But many households are said to be awaiting important documents. Priority These include hospital appointment letters and driving licences plus criminal record checks needed by nurses, teachers and childminders taking up new jobs. One father posted three Government-issued PCR Covid tests for his family in a priority postbox in south-east London on December 12 – by last night he had still not received the results. Rob Hayhurst, of the CWU postal workers union, said: “Pre-pandemic, we never failed. Posties are not used to failing. Now, we are failing deliveries every day. “They are seeing bags and bags of mail stacking up in sorting offices. By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter We are supposed to be delivering hospital appointments, debit cards, bank statements, legal documents... and they just don’t happen. “A lot of places, particularly on the South Coast, are getting their post only two or three times a week.” Post staff used to deliver twice a day before deliveries were cut to once daily in 2004. Communications regulator Ofcom fined Royal Mail £1.5million in 2020 for failing to deliver at least 93 per cent of first-class post within one working day of its collection. Only 91.5 per cent reached its destination in that time frame in the 2018-’19 financial year. Royal Mail was also fined £100,000 for overcharging customers for second-class stamps over seven days in March 2019. It charged 61p for the slower service from March 25, overcharging customers for a week until the cap increased from 60p on April 1. This January 1 the cost of a firstclass stamp jumped by 9p to 85p. Second-class postage increased by 1p to 66p – just 10 months after the previous price rise had been brought into effect.

Picture: PA, Peter Harbour, Getty Chatting over the fence...Callum (Tristan) and Nicholas (James) live the dream DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 17 We’ll end ‘useless’ degrees By Giles Sheldrick All Creatures’ great enthrall for Americans Idyllic...Grassington becomes TV’s Darrowby By Mark Jefferies Robbie Williams has claimed a hitman targeted him when he was at the height of his fame. The Angels singer – who clocked up seven No1 solo albums from 1997 to 2006 – was told someone had paid for him to be assassinated. Robbie, 47, was able to cancel the contract with the help of “friends” – but says such threats are the dark side of fame. He told the This Past Weekend podcast: “I’ve never, ever said this but I had a contract put on me to kill me. I’ve never said that publicly before. Extreme “It went away. I have friends. That stuff is the unseen stuff that happens when you become famous.” The one-time Take That star said it is only in the last few years that he has been able to come to terms with fame: “At one point in my life I was ridiculously famous, Michael Jackson-style famous. I became famous when I was 17, doing a boy band when I was 16, the boy band took off. “When I was 21 I left and then I had a solo career, sold 80 million albums, held the record for the most tickets sold in a day for a tour and blah, blah, blah. Extreme fame and extreme suc- cess meets with anxiety and depression and mental illness. “I have anxiety and don’t like meeting strangers, but strangers want to meet me, and I feel really uncomfortable. “Thinking about it actually gives me anxiety. It’s a trigger. Also, you’ve got to be the mayor of the best town people have ever visited, or else people go, ‘He’s one of those famous people that are a d***.’” Stoke-born Robbie left the UK for Los “There was nothing I wanted to watch more than this gentle show, with its low-stakes plotting, lush scenery, adorable animals and ensemble of nice people. “It is an incredible balm and a welcome contrast to the dumpster fire of our own reality.” Tim Barber, from Real Yorkshire Tours, says 90 per Angeles in 2004 to escape the spotlight. The Let Me Entertain You hitmaker has a Beverly Hills mansion in 30 acres with wife Ayda Field, daughters Teddy and Colette, and sons Charlton and Beau. Living in the US gives him more anonymity. He said: “I came to America to promote an album and I’m over promoting this album and I’m in Milwaukee and I’m doing a radio station to eight people at seven o’clock in the morning and I already have millions in the bank and a huge following and I’m cent of his clients are Americans, mostly devoted to the show which stars Callum Woodhouse as Tristan Farnon and Nicholas Ralph as James Herriot. Tim said: “Somebody said to me, ‘We love it because nothing ever happens.’ There might be a slight problem birthing a cow, but people are used to violence on TV. It’s wholesome and honest – it’s how people would love to live.” Singer Robbie: I was targeted by a hitman Dark...Robbie spoke about his anxieties All Creatures Great And Small is encouraging Americans to flock to Yorkshire – because it’s an altogether different beast to their own TV shows. With 10 million watching the first series, and the second series just starting, the New York Times saluted its escape from “yet another coronavirus spike and profound political division”. Rolling Stone reviewer Alan Sepinwall said: exclusive By Ashleigh Rainbird depressed and I’m anxious. So I’m going around America doing all this stuff and I’m going, ‘Hang on, all of this fame is making me anxious and depressed. “‘What am I doing here? Why am I trying to break this? Why don’t I go and live there and live in anonymity and then have a nice life?’ Depressed “The grown-up driving the car made a decision to not promote in America, not do anything. So I moved there and turned everything down. “I live in anonymity here and really enjoy that, then I try to move back to my home country and remember that I have no anonymity there and that makes me feel anxious and depressed and then I move back to the States.” A FRESH crackdown on so-called “Mickey Mouse” degrees – such as golf management and surf science – is being launched by the Office for Students (OfS). Courses with high dropout rates and low potential for graduate employment will be scrutinised, while the universities offering them will be threatened with financial penalties. Threadbare The regulator will this week set out “minimum requirements” they expect courses to meet in terms of outcomes. Degrees that fall short could be barred from receiving funding for student loans. Previously ministers accused universities of running “threadbare” courses, that add nothing to a paying undergraduate’s future job prospects, in a bid to get “bums on seats”. UK and EU students at English universities pay up to £9,250 a year for their studies. Police cut linked to crash toll By Neil Lancefield THE failure to reduce road deaths over the past decade has been linked to fewer traffic police. There has been a 15 per cent fall in officers enforcing road laws full time since 2016, say figures obtained by BBC Panorama. The programme also found nearly 50 per cent of fixed-speed cameras are switched off to save operating costs. Some areas such as Durham, North Yorkshire and Northamptonshire have no cameras working. The numbers killed on roads each year stayed stable between 2010 and 2019, after three decades of decline. Fatalities fell from 1,752 in 2019 to an estimated 1,460 in 2020, but that was attributed to lockdowns. AA president Edmund King said: “We have safer vehicles. We should have safer roads and safer drivers.” He warned some drivers will take more chances because of a lack of enforcement.

18 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST Firebomb makes me campaign twice as hard reveals Packham Vigilant…Chris Packham Wreck… Land Rover was set on fire Chris Packham says he has “redoubled” his campaign efforts despite his firebombing hell – but has employed a security firm to step up his protection. In October, thugs torched a Land Rover outside the presenter’s home which set fire to his gate and fence. The police are investigating but Chris says of the attack: “I’m exclusive By Tom Bryant and Jane Oddy going to chuck it back at them twice as hard as I was beforehand, and that’s my attitude.” The Winterwatch presenter, 60, added: “We have taken advice from a security consultant and we have and will continue to listen to that advice. We are resolutely determined to carry on, and carry on campaigning for things that we believe are right. “I’ve redoubled my efforts, deliberately so, in response to that. I can’t let them win.” Asked if he would move away from the New Forest, in Hampshire, he said: “No, I never take a step backwards. I’m not going to have these people changing my life. I don’t want to live inside a barbed wire fortress, I just want to live normally.” And he says his dad Colin, who died last year, would have approved of his determination, adding: “That was one of his key things he would say, ‘Never let the b******s grind you down.’” ●●Winterwatch airs tomorrow at 8pm on BBC Two. Flights Holidays the big orange sale now on Off to Tesco then, Joan? Travel between 18.01.22 and 30.09.22 on selected flights only. Flights sale ends 18.01.22. Holidays minimum spend of £3,000 for full saving, travel up to 31.10.23. Holidays are ATOL protected. Holidays sale ends on 01.02.22. T&C’s apply. THERE is nothing like this dame... who has remained effortlessly glam...and witty since her teenage starlet days. And, as anyone who has seen the BBC documentary This is Joan Collins will know, the 88-year-old star loves sending herself up. On Instagram she posted this stunning image with the caption: “Perfect outfit for a casual walk!” And the black gown, with gitzy necklace and heels, prompted humorous replies. One fan responded: “Off to Tesco I see! Looking fabulous!”

DX1ST EXPERTS SAY NO MORE EXCUSES Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 19 We urgently need a Plan C to tackle cancer care crisis exclusive By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter CANCER survival rates could decrease unless urgent action is taken to address the “worst waits for treatment on record” with a Plan C, experts say. The grim warning from the biggest cancer charity and others comes as figures relating to treatment delays reveal a deepening crisis, exacerbated by Covid. The shocking figures show rising toll Number of cancer patients who should have been diagnosed quicker or started their treatment sooner: 2016: 3,997 2017: 4,642 2018: 7,586 2019: 12,003 2020: 14,601 2021 (up to Nov): 21,043 Percentage of patients who started treatment within the 62-day target: 2016: 82.2 2017: 81.8 2018: 80.4 2019: 77.7 2020: 75.2 2021 (up to Nov): 71.2 ● Source: Analysis by Cancer Research UK based on NHS England Monthly Cancer Waiting Times data Always positive… headmistress Jayne kept working during her fight with cancer Delays cost my mother her life headteacher Jayne Gray lost her battle with cancer in October – six days before her 65th birthday. She was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2005 and treated with surgery and chemotherapy. She had regular checks and when the disease returned in 2013 it was quickly spotted and treated with more rounds of chemotherapy. Jayne, head of a high school in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, had been due a check-up in the summer of 2020 at the height of the pandemic but it was cancelled, despite being a private appointment. Her daughter Amy, 35, of Market Harborough, blames the Covid crisis for delays that ultimately cost her mother’s life. The PhD student, studying Arctic climate change, said: “In early spring of 2021, Mum was having abdominal pain. She went to the GP and By Giles Sheldrick Chief Reporter was referred to a specialist. She was sent for a scan and a biopsy and was told the cancer was back and had spread to her liver, kidney, lymph nodes and spine. “They said it was incurable. She was treated on the NHS with chemotherapy and had one round of immunotherapy – but she passed away in October. “Mum was a headteacher and continued to work during the pandemic and through her treatment. “She had just got a role as an Ofsted inspector but never got to start it. Amy added: “It’s heartbreaking to think this could all have been avoided if she had been diagnosed earlier. “The Government needs to publish a plan for NHS recovery that tackles the chronic staff shortages.” NHS England target says at least 85 per cent of patients should wait no more than 62 days to start treatment following an urgent referral from a GP. But this has not been met for six years, with the number of patients who should have been diagnosed quicker or started treatment sooner now at 63,873. Meanwhile, more than a million people desperately need tests and treatment. Cancer Research UK (CRUK) chief executive Michelle Mitchell said: “Right now, we face the real possibility that we could see our hard-won progress in improving cancer survival falter. “Much debate has centred on the Government’s Plan B, but what we urgently need is a Plan C – a plan for cancer. “We cannot accept any further delays – cancer won’t wait.” The CRUK analysis, based on NHS England Monthly Cancer Waiting Times data from 2015 to 2021, shows there were around 1,130,000 patients waiting for key diagnostic tests in England at the end of November 2021. That’s 32 per cent (around 272,000) more than at the end of November 2019. Of these patients, more than 959,000 were awaiting a radiology test and around 175,000 an endoscopy – a waiting list jump of around a third. As 2022 begins, the number of people on the diagnostic radiology waiting list in England is the highest since current records began in 2006. There were 10 times more patients waiting six weeks or more for key diagnostic tests in England at the end of November 2021 compared to the same period in 2019 (around 257,000 against around 25,000). Due to “standards repeatedly being missed”, CRUK is particularly worried about those with lung, lower gastrointestinal, urological (excluding testicular) and breast cancers. Prof Karol Sikora, Daily Express columnist and former director of the World Health Organisation Cancer Programme, said: “More can be done and hiding behind the pandemic has to stop. “Cancer survival rates in our country are not good enough and they are only going to worsen. “Urgent and comprehensive action is required – so no more excuses.” Today’s figures paint a stark picture. People affected by cancer are waiting too long for critical tests and treatment. New calculations reveal that UK waiting lists for tests often used to diagnose cancer are well over the million mark, while current waits for some cancer services are the worst on record. It’s clear that Omicron is adding substantial pressure. But even before the pandemic hit, the NHS was chronically overstretched – with years of underinvestment in staff and diagnostic equipment. Cancer services were struggling as a result. In England, the target to treat 85 per cent of cancer patients within two COMMENT MIchelle Mitchell of Cancer Research UK months of their urgent suspected cancer referral has been missed – for all cancers combined – since 2015, and the situation has continued deteriorating. Over the past two years, we have seen millions of people waiting longer and longer, compounding feelings of concern and anxiety for the patients. I’m really worried about what future figures on cancer survival will show. Right now, we face the real possibility that we could see our hard-won progress in improving cancer survival falter. NHS staff have worked incredibly hard to minimise the impact of Covid, but they remain overburdened and understaffed, and capacity can only stretch so far. Thanks to this hard work, cancer wait times did show signs of improvement last year, but progress has since stalled or taken a further downturn. It’s positive that plans have been put in place to help keep cancer services running for patients, such as the recent move by the NHS to pull in more support from private hospitals for urgent cancer surgery – a good short-term solution. But a much more ambitious plan is needed, or we risk a cancer catastrophe. The Government must act urgently and share with the British public how it plans to recover cancer services, expand the workforce and invest in more equipment. Promises and plans need to be backed with new money. Much debate has centred on the Government’s Plan B, but what we urgently need is a Plan C – a plan for cancer. We cannot accept any further delays – cancer won’t wait.

DX1ST 20 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 The woman who changed By Kat Hopps HE ONCE vowed he would never marry – but it appears all he needed to settle down was the right woman. Music mogul Simon Cowell, who once branded marriage “ boring”, has at 62 finally popped the question to girlfriend Lauren Silverman after almost nine years together. The notorious playboy got down on one knee during a romantic Christmas getaway in Barbados in front of the couple’s son Eric, seven, and Lauren’s son Adam, 16. Former New York socialite Lauren, 44, was reported to have been “stunned” by the move, bursting into tears before saying yes, and is now sporting a £250,000 diamond on her finger. A source said: “Whilst Simon never thought he was the marrying kind, he’s realised he’s met the woman of his dreams – and couldn’t be happier. In the words of Beyoncé, it was time to put a ring on it.” So what has caused this miraculous role reversal, given Simon seemed previously immune bumpy ride to any kind of change, including in his love life? The self-confessed “creature of habit” – who always spends Christmas in Barbados – counts ’80s pop singer Sinitta, Baywatch star Carmen Electra, model Terri Seymour and make-up artist Mezhgan Hussainy among his former flames. In identikit relationships, they’ve dined with him at his favoured swanky restaurants, holidayed alongside him in the Caribbean or shimmered at his side on red carpets. But until now, none of them managed to seal the deal, although a few are said to have tried. When Simon met Lauren in 2004, she was married to Andrew Silverman and he was dating model Terri Seymour. They fell in love and went public with their relationship in 2013 with their son, Eric, arriving on Valentine’s Day 2014. Study the pictures below and it’s clear all his relationships followed a well-trodden path to nowhere. There’s clearly something about Lauren that made Simon realise that love could last longer than a spin on a jetski. It’s one of the few changes he’s made to his lifestyle in recent years – aside from ever-whiter teeth veneers. As the music mogul and notorious playboy finally gets engaged, how did future bride Lauren manage to outlast all the girlfriends who came before? WAVE GOODBYE, GIRLS: Simon’s Barbados holiday partners Mezhgan, left, Sinitta, top, and Terri, bottom, were all cut adrift. Only Lauren, above, is still steering a course to matrimony close encounters Rom-gone: Everything’s coming up roses for Lauren, holding hands with Simon, top centre. But, from left, Mezhgan, Sinitta and Terri all got the kiss-off eventually

DX1ST Cowell’s record the red carpet Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 21 Pictures: Vantage, Eroteme, Rex, Splash, Getty, Alamy, People In Pictures HIS BRIDE AND JOY: Lauren in Barbados with fiancé Simon, her son Adam and their son Eric MAIN EVENT: Lauren, top, now looks like Cowell’s permanent plus-one, but Sinitta, above, Mezhgan, right, and Terri, left, all had their moment on the red carpet

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Our house is facing demolition to make way for a cycle lane By Paul Jeeves A family is fighting to stop their home being knocked down to allow for a cycle path. The council-owned property has been a part of Lesley Austin’s history for 49 years, housing three different generations. But is will be flattened if Darlington Borough Council approves plans to redevelop the A68 in the Cockerton area. Lesley, 47, said her husband Richie, 52, and two children realised their home on Carmel Road North would be demolished when it vanished from an artist’s impression of the council’s plans. The thought of losing their home is “taking a huge toll” on the family but they have vowed to “fight tooth and nail” to keep it. Lesley said: “I don’t grasp why demolishing a house and changing the road is going to make any difference at all. “I’m not moving at my own free will. I think it’s a case of it already being passed and they’re just waiting for funding.” Neighbours had heard rumours about the plans for two years but the family were still shocked when the council ploughed ahead and released its controversial plans. Lesley, a private healthcare assistant, said: “It was hard when my friend sent me a screenshot of the artist’s impression. It really rattled me. We never have a backlog of traffic at all unless there’s an accident. We purposely stand in DX1ST Pictures: North News Pushed out...Lesley and Richie Austin face losing their home, circled, for road redevelopment the garden to watch it and it flows. “The council are trying to send us to the other end of town. We could have left this property years ago but it’s close to work for me. It has taken a huge toll on us.” Darlington Council said a number of suitable alternative homes have been offered to the family. Councillor Andy Keir said: “We are mindful that the tenant is being asked to vacate their longterm home.” Pictures: swns Darren Bovis in the ReWalk machine Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 23 Gardening...freak accident My strides in fighting paralysis By Georgia Lambert A MAN paralysed while raking his lawn is on the mend after trying out a high-tech exoskeleton. Darren Bovis, 54, lost the use of his legs after damaging his spine in the freak accident in June 2020. He feared he would never walk again until the ReWalk machine was suggested. After just three weeks using it, Darren felt water hit his knee in the shower. The businessman has been forking out £3,250 a month to rent the machine which has built his strength and balance while walking. Darren, from Whitstable, Kent, said: “Soon, I’ll be able to give Forrest Gump a run for his money. In fact, I’ll give him a headstart.” Thoroughly modern ‘Milly’ wins global fame at 90 Chats... Doreen Connolly A 90-YEAR-OLD great gran is an unexpected international superstar – with her podcast about her life being watched in 53 countries. Doreen “Milly” Connolly started recording video chats to son-in-law Phill Cristofaro in Australia, during lockdown, after he asked about life growing up in Lancashire. In his Mondays with Milly podcast, By Jan Disley the widow started telling him fascinating anecdotes about her life. But they have since gone global, with her podcast now being heard over 15,000 times in countries including Moldova, Mongolia, Thailand, Kuwait and Japan. Doreen, from Lytham, Lancs, says she’s amazed by the reaction to her 66-episode chats to date. She told the Daily Express: “It’s been a real roller coaster, but I’ve had a lot of laughs.” The podcasts take in Doreen’s early years in Moss Side, Manchester. She reflects on terrifying air raids during the Second World War, life before the NHS and the tragic death of her mother at 43. They also highlight British social history including her school days, running a pub in Wigan and how the law prevented her getting a mortgage as a single mother. Teacher Phill, who lives in Melbourne, said: “Milly has a talent for storytelling, and she executes that skill with a razor-sharp memory.”

24 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST HICKEY HAVING made headlines last autumn after taking unflattering aim at some fellow actors in his memoir, Succession star Brian Cox, pictured, has now honoured his curious pledge to try to mend fences by writing an addendum in the newlyreleased US version. With Johnny Depp (“overrated”) and Edward Norton (“a pain in the a**e”) among those originally singled out for criticism, Dundee-born Cox admits in the updated book that he was “a bit harsh and sometimes too hasty for my own good, appearing somewhat glib at times”. He now suggests that Depp “has the gifts of a great silent screen player”, and also praises Norton’s “excellent” work as writer and director of 2019 film Motherless Brooklyn. Surely a tad late in the day to be changing your tune, Brian? WITH his semi-autobiographical film Belfast out this week, Sir Kenneth Branagh recalls that his first big acting performance was pretending to be English from the age of nine after his family moved from their native Northern Ireland. “It was a survival thing,” says Ken, who was relocated to Reading in 1969. “For a little while there, for two or three years I think, I was being English at school and Irish at home because I didn’t want to upset my parents by abandoning the mother tongue as it were.” PROMOTING the new movie version of his book Munich – The Edge of War, author Robert Harris acknowledges Jeremy Irons already bore a striking resemblance to his character in the film, ill-fated Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Harris hastily clarifies in the Oscarwinning actor’s presence: “Although, obviously he’s better looking than Neville Chamberlain.” Cue approving laughter from old peacock Jeremy. CURRENTLY Andrew Marr’s temporary replacement on Sunday mornings, Sophie Raworth receives the backing of another high-profile broadcaster. On the BBC One show yesterday, Piers Morgan announced: “By the way, you should get the job full-time.” Sophie, pictured, diplomatically chose not to acknowledge Piers’s endorsement. SEVENTEEN years after the first performance of his worldwide stage hit Spamalot – based on 1975 film Monty Python And The Holy Grail – Eric Idle complains his old Python comedy colleagues have never shown appropriate gratitude, despite picking up the profits. Idle, who wrote the musical adaptation, remarks: “Spamalot earned the Pythons $10million,” sarcastically adding: “The way they thank me you would not believe.” MARRIED to actress Rachael Stirling, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey reveals that actor Andrew Scott – Sherlock Holmes’s foe Moriarty and Fleabag’s “Hot Priest”– was their original matchmaker. Explaining that Scott persuaded Rachael, daughter of the late Dame Diana Rigg, to approach him for a chat when they were all attending Benedict Cumberbatch’s 2015 wedding, Garvey fondly concludes: “So Andrew’s our Cilla Black!” Sly tactics of the climate change deniers and how they gamble with our planet As Alok Sharma fights to protect COP26 progress, a scientist who has led the global warming battle for 25 years reveals campaigners were gagged, threatened and accused of fraud CONCLUSIVE evidence humans were causing global warming emerged 30 years ago – and nothing was done. Had the science been acted on then, the world would now be a much safer place. The science is clear – rapid reductions in greenhouse gases are needed urgently. But for decades climate change deniers, some funded by fossil fuel interests, attacked that science. They tried to prevent action on climate. And, unfortunately, their tactics worked – hoodwinking citizens into thinking global warming was a hoax, and persuading governments the relentless growth in greenhouse gas emissions could be ignored. The actions of these climate deniers have endangered us all. Back in November, in a personal appeal, the Queen urged world leaders to “achieve true statesmanship” and save “our fragile planet”, a pre-recorded video message to delegates at the COP26 climate summit, reminding them “none of us will live for ever”. Last week, Alok Sharma, who acted as president for COP26, warned that without a government focus on net zero, there was a danger progress made at the Glasgow conference would be undermined. As one of the world’s leading climate scientists, I know agreements made at COP26 must succeed. Humanity can’t afford to wait any longer to deal with the crisis. I have 25 years of climate research behind me. I carried out the original climate model simulations showing natural causes fail to explain global warming; I was the first to link an extreme weather event, the devastating European heatwave in 2003 that killed more than 70,000 people, to humanity’s emissions of greenhouse gases. I know what Exclusive By Peter Stott is happening to our planet and what we need to do – urgently – to prevent global warming becoming impossible to cope with. That’s why I wrote my book, Hot Air: The Inside Story Of The Battle Against Climate Change Denial. I wanted to set down what I have seen, at first hand, of their activities. It’s a fascinating story of discovery and betrayal. But it is also a story of hope. At climate negotiations in Paris in 2015, governments promised to keep global warming to relatively safe levels so as to avoid the worst effects of climate change. By doing so, we would all have the opportunity to breathe cleaner air and swim in less polluted waters, while keeping a lid on global heating. But so far, countries have not made sufficient commitments in terms of emissions reductions to honour that pledge. The crunch negotiations in Glasgow provided one more chance for governments to do so in the nick of time. The basic facts have been known for years. The natural greenhouse effect keeps our atmosphere habitable by trapping heat radiated from the surface of the Earth. But that greenhouse effect is being added to by emissions of greenhouse gases from burning of fossil fuels and other human activities. Already atmospheric temperatures are over one degree hotter than they were in pre-industrial times. As a result the polar ice caps are melting, storms are becoming more violent and the seas are rising, flooding coastal communities. If the emissions carry on, their damaging effects will get worse. Agriculture will be devastated by drought, cities will be swamped by floods and the oceans will die as beautiful coral reefs and their vibrant marine communities are destroyed by heating. Only by bringing global emissions down fast, and eliminating them altogether by 2050, will the worst of these effects be avoided. It’s a message I and the vast majority of my scientific colleagues have been bringing to governments, citizens and the media for years. For our pains we have been accused of fraud, prevented from speaking and threatened with the sack. In 1996, my friend and colleague Ben Santer, one of America’s leading climate scientists, was falsely accused by climate deniers of distorting a crucial UN report. He almost lost his job as a result and progress in the US on dealing with climate change was set back years. Then in 2009, risk of losing focus: COP26 president Alok Sharma warns of delays

DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 25 Pictures: Getty,Reuters,Humphrey Nemar extreme weather: Wildfires roar across the Greek island of Evia in August 2021. Top, polar bears have seen their Arctic habitat melted by warming; above, severe flooding in York in December 2015 another friend and colleague, Phil Jones – one of Britain’s leading climate scientists – was falsely accused of fabricating data. A fter months of relentless pressure and attacks during what became known as “Climategate” he felt suicidal. I have seen exactly how climate change denial works. In 2004 I travelled to Moscow for a scientific meeting involving British and Russian climate scientists. But the meeting was hijacked by Putin’s right-hand man, Andrei Illarionov, who summoned the world’s most prominent climate deniers to confront the UK delegation. In an extraordinarily dramatic and charged encounter at the Russian Academy of Sciences, we were prevented from speaking and accused of being like the scientists who supported the use of eugenics in Nazi Germany. Like an old-style Soviet show trial we were put under pressure to admit to fabricated crimes, in our case that we had invented the data supporting global warming. We didn’t waver in our insistence that greenhouse gases were increasing in the atmosphere, that temperatures were mounting and that sea levels were rising. It was a global threat that everyone needed to take seriously, we insisted, and do something about urgently. But rather than allowing speakers from the Russian Academy, who would have told us about the dramatic changes happening to their country’s climate, we were forced to listen to a barrage of disinformation from people who had been flown in from across the globe. The speakers included Piers Corbyn, the conspiracy theorist and strident anti-vaxxer who claims Covid vaccines contain nanochip technology that tracks injected people. Back then he claimed he could predict the weather months and years ahead by reading the runes of sunspots. Governments, according to his wild-eyed account, should trust him to predict the climate, not the thousands of experts in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Another speaker, Swedish professor Nils- Axel Morner, claimed sea levels were not rising despite the evidence that they were. Without the threat of flooding, he asserted, the IPCC had lost its teeth. Yet another contrarian, American scientist Richard Lindzen, quoted Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda, in his tirade against the science. “If you repeat a lie often clImate deniers: Conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn, and Donald Trump enough,” he said, “people will believe it.” In my view it was their side who were repeating lies, not ours. Sadly, for a time, many people believed them. Climate change denial was promoted by a plethora of lobby groups funded by the fossil fuel industry. The Global Climate Coalition, the Scientific Alliance, the George C Marshall Institute, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the Heartland Institute: all these and more were set up to oppose the scientific consensus on man-made climate change. It was hard to take but we scientists had to keep on repeating the truth in the hope that eventually, as more and more people saw the evidence of what was happening with their own eyes, they would believe us, not them. The arrival of Donald J Trump as US President felt like the lowest point of all. Once in office he quickly dismissed the findings of climate science and withdrew his country from the Paris agreement and the efforts to agree reductions in emissions. Twelve years before, in the aftermath of the Climategate controversy, Republican Senator James Inhofe had placed me and 16 other leading climate scientists on a list for possible criminal investigation for allegedly misleading the American public. We had done no such thing. But the threat that a Republican administration under Trump would go after us – the scientists who had shown that they were wrong about climate change – felt very real. I, and all of my colleagues, breathed a huge sigh of relief when Joe Biden, not Trump, was elected into the White House. As a result, the US was back at climate negotiations. I was there too, as I have been many times before at these regular conferences, to present the latest science to government representatives. Despite the naysayers, the time feels ripe for the world to take a giant leap forward on climate change. If the will is there, the means exist for us to change our societies for the better. Already much of our electricity is generated by renewable energy. By changing the way we travel, how we heat our homes and what we eat, we can save money, improve our health and halt global warming. We can feel better knowing that the generations to come, our children and grandchildren, and their children and grandchildren, will enjoy a life-sustaining planet just like we have been fortunate enough to enjoy. A clean climate, like the ones our ancestors knew for countless generations past, can support us in our search for a rich and fulfilling life for everyone. ●●Hot Air: The Inside Story Of The Battle Against Climate Change Denial by Peter Stott (Atlantic Books, £18.99) is out now. For free UK P&P on orders over £20, call Express Bookshop on 020 3176 3832 or visit expressbookshop.com

26 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 30-SECOND Challenge The National Lottery Saturday, january 15 LOTTERY 13 14 25 31 37 39 4 Thunderball 4 11 13 24 39 9 Friday, january 14 EUROMILLIONS 6 17 25 31 46 9 12 Thunderball 14 15 18 29 33 7 Thursday, january 13 Set for life 5 16 17 21 43 3 The Health Lottery saturday, january 15 14 22 24 25 38 19 Friday, january 14 1 18 39 43 49 40 The society benefiting from all draws in the month ending January 31, 2022, is Health Lottery Scotland JUST follow the instructions from left to right, starting with the number given to reach an answer at the end of the row. Set your own 30-second challenge: for the very young or arithmetically rusty, you have 30 phone poll results We asked in our poll on Friday: Are Remainers trying to wreak revenge on Boris Johnson?? SUDOKU DX1ST seconds for the BEGINNER task. For a greater challenge, try BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE in 30 seconds. True mental gymnasts should try INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED in 30 seconds together. Beginner 88 3/4 OF THIS -48 4/9 OF THIS +12 ÷5 +19 x3 -54 Intermediate 288 +45 7/9 OF THIS -46 Advanced 17 x16 +244 REVERSE THE DIGITS yes: 98% no: 2% Fill in all the squares so that each row, each column, and each 3x3 square contain all the digits from 1 to 9 1 9 2 8 7 4 1 9 7 1 8 5 8 1 4 2 5 5 9 4 5 2 1 6 1 9 4 8 6 3 8 1 4 3 5 1 75% OF THIS +67 4/7 OF THIS +154 5/12 OF INCREASE THIS -27 BY 75% +255 7/8 OF THIS -166 This is the Quick Sudoku for the solver in a hurry. For today’s solution call: 09071812571 (Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge) For extra clues call: 09013225602 (Calls cost 75p plus your telephone company’s network access charge) More Puzzles – PULLOUT SATURday’S SOLUTION 5 6 9 7 1 8 2 4 3 1 9 4 8 7 2 6 3 5 3 8 1 9 2 7 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 2 3 6 1 9 2 7 8 3 5 6 4 9 1 9 4 2 1 6 5 8 3 7 1 2 3 9 6 4 8 7 5 5 3 6 4 1 9 7 8 2 6 5 7 3 4 8 2 9 1 Today’s answers can be found in the puzzles pullout Your answers DO YOU HAVE A STORY OR photo? If you have a story: 020 8612 7077 or email: expressnews @reachplc.com If you have a photo: 020 8612 7171 or email: expresspix @express.co.uk For general inquiries: 020 8612 7000 www.express.co.uK for great reader offers By Mark Reynolds Pictures: BNPS King’s ransom as a Henry III gold coin is dug up A METAL detectorist has found an rare example of England’s “first ever gold coin”, which could make him a £400,000 fortune. The King Henry III coin was struck around 1257 with precious metal from north Africa. Just eight are known to exist, with almost all of them in museums. The finder, who wishes to remain anonymous, was on his first metal detecting outing in 10 years on farmland in Hemyock, Devon, last September. He was unaware of the coin’s rarity until he posted a picture of it on Facebook and it was spotted by Spink auctioneers, London. Glittering prize...the Henry III gold coin During his reign, Henry had demanded that all payments be made in gold. It was the first time that the economy had not relied on silver coins since the dark ages. The finder, who works as an ecologist, said: “It is truly humbling that I was its finder.” 5 extra books worth £500 Do the write thing What could be more special than your life in your words? Told with the help of LifeBook, the world’s leading memoir and autobiography service. Around the world more than 10,000 people already enjoy owning the life story of someone they love. Each book is a unique piece of family treasu re, custom-made and handcrafted, to be shared by generations to come. It’s time to tell your story. Find out how by calling us on 0800 084 1452 or at lifebookuk.com/express The gift of a lifetime

Pictures: Paul Marriot DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 27 Unique bond... Eivin, left, and Arlen with parents Kate and Ashley ‘Friendship knot’ in womb gave us hope twins would survive By Lucy Laing PREGNANT Scout leader Kate Butcher was warned her twins might not survive as they shared a placenta – but the boys’ umbilical cords combined in a “friendship knot” and both are thriving. Doctors had offered Kate and husband Ashley an early termination of one foetus, to save the other, but the couple declined. A 30-week scan then showed the twins’ cords were tangled. Fellow Scout leader Ashley said: “It was life threatening for them, but the consultant told us that even though they had a knot, the blood flow was still ok. The knot was like the friendship knot that we had both used millions of times doing our job in the Scouts. Strength “It was a knot that we taught all our Scouts to use. Their cords were tangled, but we felt more reassured that the friendship knot was going to keep them safe. It showed what a special bond they had in the womb.” Contracts negotiator Kate, 39, delivered their sons via caesarean three weeks later in August 2020 – 4lb 7oz Arlen was resuscitated but, like 4lb 11oz Eivin, has since gone from strength to strength. Window cleaner Ashley, 28, said: “When we saw the friendship knot between the twins we both felt like it was a good sign. “We knew that it was a risky pregnancy for them. We were so relieved when they were finally born safe and well – the odds had been stacked against them.” The couple had been devastated when, at 12 weeks pregnant, Kate was told the twins’ cords could cut off their oxygen and blood supply. Ashley, of Norfolk, said: “There was a 30-40 per cent chance that one or both of them wouldn’t make it. [Doctors] told us we could terminate one which would give the other a better chance. There was no way that we were going to choose one of our babies over the other. “At first we couldn’t tell them apart – for the first week we had to write their names on their nappies. When we take them swimming it’s difficult to tell them apart if we don’t put them in different colour trunks. “It feels like a miracle. Only Brotherly love...scan shows how the boys’ umbilical cords were tangled in a ‘friendship’ knot; left, the twins soon after their birth in 2020 four per cent of twins are like them, where they share a placenta and a sac, so we know how lucky we are. “The boys have such a close bond, but they have very different personalities. Eivin is the chilled-out one. Arlen is a bit of a diva – but when he looks at us, it’s like butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. “They get up to all sorts of mischief together – they are a real tag team. “When they are old enough we will tell them about their miracle birth – and how a friendship knot tied them together in the womb and gave us hope.”

28 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST The Crusader Fighting for your rights By MAISHA FROST It’s bonjour Paris ➤again for a happy couple who found themselves derailed for months after their Eurostar tickets from London to the city of light were cancelled because of lockdown in 2020. With travel rules so uncertain, George and Carol Russell were reluctant to book again, pay a fee for doing so and then potentially repeat the process more than once as restrictions seesawed. “At first we were not offered a refund or a voucher,” they claimed. “We were so undecided we haven’t done anything even though we’re out of pocket.” Crusader asked Eurostar how best they could be helped and the rail operator confirmed no new booking charge would be applied and Picture: GETTY tickets could be reserved 11 months in advance. The couple have now received their e-voucher for the equivalent cost of the original tickets. Delighted, George and LIGHT RELIEF: Travel to Paris on Eurostar is now easier Carol thanked Crusader, saying: “With travel easier now to France, this is a great moment, it’s exactly what we wanted.” (names have been changed) Bank on Nationwide A vulnerable disabled widow’s hope, that her cancellation dispute with a removals firm would see the return of the £900 she paid, was dealt a terrible blow when her card payment chargeback action was challenged. Home kidney dialysis patient Sandie Bentley hit difficulties over a move date, after trying to organise a home swap through her housing association in south London so she was closer to her family. Believing the exchange was set to happen and anxious to avoid Covid delays, she booked with small company FA Removals. Putting down a £300 deposit, which at its request she claims she paid through bank transfer, a means with no consumer protection, she settled the remaining £900 with her Nationwide credit card. After learning the move was off two weeks before the date, Sandie let the company know immediately and asked for a refund. It declined, preferring to hang on to her money and offering her the option of booking another date. Keen to help its loyal customer, Nationwide considered the contract’s fairness and started helping her to dispute the card payment. But Sandie’s heart sank when she heard FA Removals had pushed back – something permitted under the rules. “I won’t get my deposit back, but losing the rest will be devastating,” Sandie despaired. Nationwide was in no doubt however she deserved better and moved quickly to reassure her. A bank spokesperson said: “We are pleased that we have been able to support our member at what has been a very difficult time for her, and one completely out of her control. “We will continue to pursue a refund from the removal company to try and recover the loss, as we believe it is the right outcome. “We hope by giving her the reassurance that she won’t have to repay the money she has one less thing to worry about,” Nationwide added. If you want help with a problem or wish to applaud good service, we will do our best to help. We can’t always promise a reply but please contact The Crusader, Daily Express, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP. Email: crusader@express.co.uk. Only send document copies, not originals. ALWAYS INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, thank you.

expressyourself Research shows this Wednesday is when people are most likely to give up their New Year’s resolutions. Hannah Britt asks the experts how to give your healthy habits a kick-start DX1ST How to beat quitter’s day Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 29 Get in touch! express.yourself@express.co.uk Edited by MerNIE Gilmore handy so you can see what it will look like when you’ve done the work,” says Susie. Finally, why not put a date in the diary to show off your new space? “There is nothing like a deadline and an event to keep the work on track,” Susie adds. You want to… TAKE UP A NEW HOBBY Challenge the perception that you need to do it right first time, says psychologist Dr Audrey Tang, (draudreyt.com) “When it comes to progress, appreciate where you are today, and don’t let fear of not being very good put you off,” she says. “Many hobbies require some element of ‘show and tell’, but just know that nobody else is judging. And if you’re worried, perhaps choose a class that no one you know attends. “Start small first, but all you need to be is better than you were the day before, and the skills will soon develop,” Dr Tang adds. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions earlier this month? If so, how are they going? Don’t worry if your goals haven’t quite made it off the starting blocks. More than 80 per cent of our resolutions fail year on year. And this Wednesday – January 19 – has been dubbed “quitter’s day”, as it’s the date people are most likely to give up, according to research. “Too often, we perceive change as difficult and resist the idea of it. We’re full of motivation and energy initially but, after a while, old patterns creep back in,” says Dr Robin Hart, psychologist and co-founder of anxiety app Companion. “However, the reality is we manage change every day. If we make small changes and check in with ourselves at regular intervals, making and keeping New Year’s resolutions is simpler than we think.” Here the experts reveal how to kick-start your healthy habits. You want to… DO MORE EXERCISE The idea of getting fit can be daunting. So start small, advises Stacey Torman, fitness instructor at Boom Cycle. “Think ‘just one’,” she says. “Find one type of workout that you enjoy and do it once a week – even once a fortnight.” Doing this will see you achieving your goal to do more exercise, and kick-start a healthy habit. Kill two birds with one stone and make your workout a social activity too. “This stops it being an obligation you have to do and turns it into something you want to do,” she adds. You want to… LOSE WEIGHT When starting a new diet, it can be tempting to forbid all treats. But don’t, says David Wiener, training specialist at Freeletics ( freeletics.com), as depriving yourself will only make you want those things more. “Make healthy swaps,” he says. “Switch from crisps to seaweed thins, which contain potassium and are lower in calories. Swap mayonnaise for tzatziki. Yogurt is lower in fat and offers the same sort of consistency. “Switch milk chocolate for high-quality dark,” says David. You want to… SAVE MONEY “Think SMART,” says Helen Forward, money expert at saving app Chip. “When setting your financial goal, make it specific, measurable, attainable, and time-bound – this is a great way to make a goal feel achievable.” You can do this in two ways. “Either work backwards from your big goal and figure out what you need to save each month, or go forwards and see where your individual micro goals will take you.” ‘‘ Put a time limit on your phone – this will help you see how long you’re on it You want to… BOOST YOUR CAREER It’s never too late to venture into a new career, says therapist Eloise Skinner (eloiseskinner.com). “First, get clear on your own motivation: why do you want to achieve this particular ambition?” she says. “This is the fuel behind everything you do. Remind yourself of it frequently.” Next, set out your practical targets, breaking them down until they’re manageable. “If your eventual goal is to switch industries, work out exactly what qualifications you need to do it and how you’ll retrain,” says Eloise. “From there, hold yourself accountable.” Check in once a month on the same day and see how you’re getting on. You want to… DECORATE YOUR HOME Begin with small changes, says coach and psychologist Susie Pearl (susiepearl.com). “This could be decluttering a room, some new colour on a wall, or some beautiful new cushion covers,” she says. For bigger projects, stay motivated by making a vision board. “Keep it You want to… REDUCE SOCIAL MEDIA Social media is like a drug. We’re so addicted to scrolling – often mindlessly. “Put a time limit on your phone – this will help you realise how long you spend each day on social media apps,” says coach Katie Godfrey (kgbusinessmentor.com). “See how they make you feel, do they make you feel low? Are you comparing yourself to others? Unfollow the accounts that make you feel like this.” You want to… CUT BACK ON BOOZE Look to your future, advises Michaela Weaver of thealcoholcoach.com. “To maintain motivation, have a clear vision of what it will be like when you’ve achieved your goal of not drinking as much alcohol,” she says. “Where are you? Who are you with? What do you see, hear, feel when you are there? Remind yourself of it daily. Step into that future and feel it all around you. This is you living the change that you want.” You want to… STOP SMOKING Be strong and stop today, says behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings. “Don’t put it off. Research has shown that smokers who try to gradually reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke are less likely to be successful in quitting smoking than those who do it abruptly,” she says. “Committing to a day – today for example – to quit and sticking with it, will help your brain unlearn the pattern of addiction much more effectively than having a sneaky one when temptation gets to you.” Get rid of all cigarettes, lighters, ashtrays, and other smoking paraphernalia on the day that you choose to give up.

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Video Available Online 30 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 expressyourse Tempted by Veganuary? Chef Miguel Barclay explains why eating a plantbased diet and using up food waste is good news for the planet – and your bank balance When it comes to the kitchen, it’s time to go green. And with Veganuary in full swing, there has never been a better time to give it a go. The benefits of eating a plant-based diet are endless. Not only does filling up on fruit and veg boost our vitality – lowering blood pressure, and ensuring good heart and brain health – but eating less meat and other animal products spells good news for the environment, and our bank balance too. “And I’m here to show you how it’s done,” says top chef Miguel Barclay. Here he shares five exclusive vegan recipes, which cost just £1 per person to make. “They use kitchen ‘waste’ as ingredients too, such as squash skin and stale bread, which reduces the amount you throw in the bin, and stretches your food budget further,” he says. Each of these recipes uses easy-to-find ingredients available from the supermarket. “Eating eco has never tasted so good,” says Miguel. So what are you waiting for? Broccoli stem fried rice Serves one ½ head of broccoli 1 garlic clove, sliced 2 spring onions, each cut into about 5 pieces ¼ carrot, cut into matchsticks 1 fresh red chilli, sliced (or pinch of dried chilli flakes) Chop the broccoli into 1 florets and blitz in a food processor to form coarse chunks – they should be bigger than grains of rice. If you don’t have a food processor, you can chop the THINK THRIFTY Miguel dishes up low-cost vegan food broccoli by hand with a knife or grate it. Pan-fry the garlic, spring 2 onion, carrot and chilli in a splash of sesame oil over a high heat for a couple of minutes, or until the garlic just starts to colour. Add the chopped broccoli 3 and continue to fry for 5–10 minutes, or until cooked. Season to taste, then 4 transfer to a plate and add a splash of soy sauce before serving. DX1ST Go ve for ju £1 pe meal Leftover b panzanella Serves one Roasted che tomato pae Serves one Handful of cherry tomato Pinch of dried oregano ½ onion, diced 1 garlic clove, sliced 50g paella or risotto rice 1 vegetable stock cube 200ml water Pinch of saffron (optiona Sprinkle of chopped pars (optional) Olive oil Salt and pepper Preheat oven to 180C/gas 1 arrange half the tomatoes ovenproof dish, cut-side up. Sprinkle with salt, pepper 2 oregano, then drizzle wit Roast for about 30 minutes o tomatoes are slightly charred the edges. 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lf DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 31 Get in touch! express.yourself@express.co.uk gan st r The eco-kitchen commandments Plan, plan, plan Thinking about what you’d like to cook before you go shopping can help you avoid food waste. It can also stop you from making those ill-advised hungry spur-of-the-moment decisions in the supermarket. Meat Mondays How about flipping meat-free Mondays on its head to change your mindset? Instead, try having meat only on a Monday (or you can choose a different day) and eating plant-based during the rest of the week. Mix it up So much of our food is the same. So add greater diversity to your diet. Instead of chicken and potatoes, give foods like polenta, couscous, parsnips, barley and asparagus a go. read le torn oughly atoes sliced amic sil o garnish l) il d pepper rry lla es, halved l) ley mark 4 and in an and h olive oil. r until the around nion, the the garlic in Place the 1 chunks of stale bread in a bowl, along with the tomatoes and red onion. Add a generous pinch 2 of salt and pepper, along with the balsamic vinegar and 5tbsp olive oil. Mix it all together, then leave to stand for 5 minutes. Now give it another mix, garnish with a few basil leaves and serve. 3 a big glug of olive oil over a medium heat. Season with salt and pepper. After about 10 minutes, stir in the 4 rice. Continue to cook for a few more minutes, then add the stock cube, water and optional pinch of saffron. Reduce heat to medium–low and 5 simmer for about 20 minutes or until the water has been absorbed and the rice is cooked (add more water if needed, but do not stir – just let it bubble away without touching it). Once the paella is cooked, add 6 the oven-roasted cherry tomatoes, then garnish with parsley (if using) and serve. Whole squash pasta Serves four 1 butternut squash 450g pasta A few sage leaves Olive oil Salt and pepper Preheat oven to 180C/gas 1 mark 4. Peel squash and chop it into 2cm cubes, keeping the seeds and peel to one side. Place the squash cubes on a 2 baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Season with plenty of salt and pepper, then roast for about 35 minutes. Meanwhile, place the skins and 3 seeds on a separate tray, spreading them out. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, then put them in the oven for the final 15 minutes of the squash roasting time. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a 4 pan of salted boiling water according to the packet instructions. Once cooked, drain and put aside a mugful of the pasta water. Place the roasted butternut 5 squash cubes in a blender, along with a big splash of the pasta cooking water and a generous glug of olive oil. Blend until smooth. Season to taste, then mix with the pasta. Serve topped with the sage 6 leaves, crunchy squash seeds and crispy roasted squash skin. Pictures DAN JOnes ■Green ■ One Pound Meals by Miguel Barclay (£16.99, Headline Home) is out now Courgette koftas with rice and tomato salad Serves one ¼ mug rice ½ mug water ½ courgette, grated 2tbsp chickpea flour Pinch of ground cumin 1 tomato, diced ¼ red onion, sliced Olive oil Squeeze of lemon juice Salt and pepper Put the rice and the water in a 1 saucepan with a pinch of salt. Cover and place over a medium heat for about 7 minutes until all the water is absorbed and the rice is cooked. Set aside. Place the grated courgette in a 2 bowl and stir in the chickpea flour, along with a pinch of salt and Say no to plastic Simple adjustments, like grabbing loose fruit and veg in the supermarket instead of pre-packed stuff, can make a difference to your impact on the environment. There is also the benefit of purchasing exactly the quantity you need, avoiding waste. Recycle Get in the habit of rinsing out and separating tins, jars and cartons as soon as you’re done with them so you can put them straight in the recycling. If you have any packaging that can’t be picked up in your recycling collection, check at your local recycling bank before throwing them in general waste. Avoid food waste Check the fridge before you go shopping to see what you have left, and get creative with waste – for example, you can make pakoras from vegetable peelings. Eat seasonally Eating seasonally is how food is supposed to be consumed – we should be celebrating foods when they are in season, not flying them halfway around the globe. the cumin. Leave for 5 minutes, then mix again. Pan-fry dollops (ingredients 3 should make four) of the courgette mixture in a splash of olive oil over a medium heat, cooking for a few minutes each side to create the koftas. Meanwhile, make the tomato 4 salad by mixing together the tomatoes and red onion in a small bowl. Drizzle over some olive oil and a squeeze of lemon. Season to taste, then leave to sit for 5 minutes to let the flavours mingle. Serve the koftas with the rice and tomato salad. 5

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If the temperature falls below 0C, it A is a good idea to be aware of the signs of hypothermia and take precautions. If your dog is healthy and has a thick coat, problems are unlikely, and many enjoy frolicking in the snow. But small dogs, puppies, dogs with sparse coats and those with underlying diseases are all at risk of hypothermia. Dogs with hypothyroidism, for example, often feel the cold and don’t tolerate chilly weather very well. Sensible precautions include a coat for walks, and in snowy weather, boots are useful too. As a general rule if it feels too cold to you, in spite of being well wrapped up, it is too cold for dogs for anything but short walks. A wet coat, windy weather and snow and sleet will greatly increase the risk. A dog showing signs of hypothermia will shiver, possibly whine, and will have pale gums as well as cold feet, ears and tail. Longer exposure to cold conditions, including being left alone in a car, can make things much worse. Other possible signs include muscle stiffness, shallow breathing, a slow, irregular heartbeat, unresponsiveness to calls, and ultimately risk of multiple organ damage and death. Any dog that is shivering should be brought inside, wrapped in warm blankets, and offered warmed-up food. If improvement is not rapid, I recommend calling the vet for advice. Can you advise us on a suitable cat Q for our family? We are torn between adopting a rescue cat and buying a pedigree cat. We have heard that some pedigrees have health problems and that adopted cats may find it hard to adapt to a new home. Without question I would adopt A from a rescue centre. The staff will be able to advise on suitability and temperament. Most rescue cats quickly adapt to a new home and behave well. Many pedigree cats also have delightful temperaments and are recognisable for their calm, sweet disposition. However I would be cautious when thinking about flat-faced (brachycephalic) breeds, and speak to a vet first. Brachycephalic cats potentially suffer from medical problems, due to a short muzzle, flat face and bulging eyes. Eye problems include a corneal disease called keratitis. There may also be a kinking of the duct that transports tears from the eye to the mouth. This results in overflow of tears, leading to dermatitis of the skin on either side of the nose. An inability to breathe properly is another major problem that may present itself. A variety of possible factors can contribute. Often the nostrils and nasal passages are too narrow, and the soft palate is too long. Complicated (and expensive) surgery may improve the pet’s ability to breathe. For a family cat I would advise a domestic short hair assessed as family friendly by rescue centre staff. Make sure it is neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. ●●David Grant has been a vet for more than 50 years. Email him questions at pamperedpets@express.co.uk

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DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 35 televisionexpress Doc’s right on the money THERE’S a certain type of documentary whose sole aim is to make its participants look like twits. KEEPING UP WITH THE ARISTOCRATS (ITV, 9pm) initially looks like being a prime example of this. An assortment of rather posh people, from some prominent aristocratic dynasties, have been persuaded to let the cameras follow them as they go about their business, most likely because they’re “asset-rich, but often cash-strapped” (i.e. they could do with the money). And so our assumption, since Picks of the day we’ve all watched an awful lot of TV over an awful lot of years and have learnt to spot the tell-tale signs, is to think: “Ah, yes, we know where this one’s going, don’t we? It’s one of those.” But it turns out it isn’t. Not really. Focusing on, among others, some Mountbattens – specifically, Lord Ivar Mountbatten and Film: Congo, Film4, 6.55pm Primatologist Peter Elliot has trained Amy, a gorilla, to communicate through sign language and has arranged an expedition to release her back into the wild. Karen Ross, looking for her former fiancé who disappeared while on the hunt for rare diamonds, also joins the group. As they travel deep into the jungle, they soon discover that, in the Congo, they are the ones who are the endangered species. This 1995 jungle adventure stars Dylan Walsh (left), Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson and Tim Curry. Theatre: Romeo & Juliet, Sky Arts, 9pm A National Theatre production of the Bard’s romantic tragedy, featuring Jessie Buckley and The Crown’s Josh O’Connor (both above) in the title roles, with Friday Night Dinner star Tamsin Greig and Hustle’s Adrian Lester. This 90-minute adaption of the classic work was initially intended for the West End, but the strict Covid measures of 2020 meant the production had to be filmed without audience members present. Mike Ward previews tonight’s TV husband James – and some Romanoffs – specifically, Ivar’s cousin, Princess Olga – it does indeed make us chuckle at times. But the point is it largely laughs with these people, not at them. To viewers consumed by a burning hatred of the upper classes, I dare say it’ll be considered a shameful cop-out but I’m afraid the participants here come across as quite endearingly self-deprecating and self-aware. Sorry. Elsewhere this evening (or tomorrow in Northern Ireland) former soap star and ex-Strictly champ Kelvin Fletcher is doing a Jeremy Clarkson. I don’t mean he’s punching a TV Travel: Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad, ITV, 8pm The Chase presenter Bradley Walsh (left) and his son Barney are back for a third series of their globetrotting show. 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36 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST All programmes Today’s are listed in Greenwich TV Mean Time previews (GMT). are Apart on from in the Portugal, previous programmes are one hour page later than listed film ratings ★★★★★ Brilliant ★★★★ Very Good ★★★ Good ★★ Average ★ Bad (R) Repeat BBC One BBC Two ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 6.00am Breakfast News headlines. 9.15 Morning Live Magazine. 10.00 NEW Rip Off Britain: Holidays The problems that can face disabled travellers. 10.45 The Moment of Proof 11.15 Homes Under the Hammer Properties in Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent. (R) 12.15pm Bargain Hunt Christina Trevanion is at Peterborough’s Festival of Antiques. 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30 Regional News; Weather 1.45 Doctors It’s business as usual at the Mill and a patient with severe pain needs help. 2.15 Father Brown Drama. (R) 3.00 Escape to the Country The search for a house in Norfolk. 3.45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown Farmer Rhian takes her sheep to be judged at the Mid-Somerset Show. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip Antiques hunting in the North East. 5.15 Pointless Quiz show. 6.00 BBC News at Six; Weather 6.30 Regional News; Weather 6.30am The Farmers’ Country Showdown Documentary. (R) 7.15 Antiques Road Trip Izzie Balmer and David Harper explore Scotland. (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: Inside the Factory Gregg Wallace pays a visit to a factory that makes 10,000 chairs every year. (R) 9.00 BBC News at 9 10.00 BBC News Headlines. 12.15pm Politics Live The latest stories from Westminster. 1.00 LIVE Bowls: World Indoor Championships 2022 Coverage of the World Indoor Championships from Potters Resort in Hopton-on- Sea in Norfolk, featuring the pairs final and Mark Dawes v Jamie Chestney. 5.15 Flog It! Catherine Southon and David Fletcher are in Ushaw in Co Durham. (R) 6.00 Richard Osman’s House of Games With Jayde Adams, Josie d’Arby, Rufus Hound and Scott Mills. (R) 6.30 Rick Stein’s Cornwall The chef goes diving for razor clams. 6.00am Good Morning Britain News and current affairs. 9.00 Lorraine Entertainment and the latest fashion news. 10.00 This Morning A mix of celebrity chat, features, advice and competitions. Including Local Weather. 12.30pm Loose Women Celebrity interviews and topical debate with the panel. 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson and his team are at Cheltenham Racecourse. 3.00 Lingo Aly and Jarrod, Hannah and Jess, and Suzanne and Ed compete. 3.59 Regional Weather 4.00 Tipping Point Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase Bradley Walsh presents as Dino, Anna, Steve and Pam answer general knowledge questions and work as a team to take on one of the ruthless Chasers. 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather 6.05am Countdown (R) 6.45 Cheers Double bill. (R) 7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond Triple bill of the sitcom. (R) 9.00 Frasier Triple bill. (R) 10.30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA A restaurant in Rhode Island. (R) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary 11.30 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Sharon shows her sister’s friend three apartments in Almeria. (R) 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch 2.10 Countdown Prue Leith is in Dictionary Corner. 3.00 A Place in the Sun Craig Rowe helps a couple to find a home on Spain’s Costa Calida. 4.00 A New Life in the Sun A Nottinghamshire couple take over a property in France. 5.00 Junior Bake Off The bakers face a technical challenge. 6.00 The Simpsons Lisa creates a social network that takes the town by storm. (R) 6.30 Hollyoaks Sienna goes on a mission after receiving some bad news from Ste. (R) 6.00am Milkshake! Children’s TV. 9.15 Jeremy Vine Discussion. 11.15 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law Six women are on a shoplifting spree in an Oxford Street store. 12.15pm 5 News at Lunchtime 12.20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Tenants leave a landlord over £20,000 behind with his mortgage. (R) 1.15 Home and Away Felicity pleads her innocence, insisting that she is being framed. 1.45 Neighbours See 6.00pm. 2.15 FILM An Inheritance to Die For: Aurora Teagarden Mysteries (2019, PG) Mystery, starring Candace Cameron Bure and Niall Matter. ★★★★ 4.00 NEW Watercolour Challenge Painting contest, hosted by Fern Britton, beginning in Scarborough Bay. 5.00 5 News at 5 Headlines. 6.00 Neighbours Glen and Terese co-habiting creates plenty of tension. (R) 6.30 Winter Road Rescue Following RAC patrols. 7 8 9 10 11 12 midnight 7.00 The One Show Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas host the usual mix of topical stories. 7.30 Britain’s Killer Roads? Panorama Richard Bilton investigates the rise in the fatality rate on roads, looking at the risks faced by motorists. 8.00 EastEnders Phil awaits his fate and Stuart’s suspicions about Rainie begin to rise. 8.30 NEW Kelvin’s Big Farming Adventure Documentary following Kelvin Fletcher as he attempts to set up a farm on the edge of the Peak District. 9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? David Walliams delves into his family history, learning of his paternal great-grandfather’s traumatic experiences during the First World War and unearthing the story of a blind ancestor in the 1880s. (R) 10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.25 Regional News; Weather 10.35 The Other One Cathy proposes she and Cat acquire a memorial bench for their father, and also agrees to teach Cat how to ride a bike – with disastrous consequences. (R) 11.05 The Other One Cathy’s mum refuses to attend her hen do, and looking at the invitation list, she fears it may not be the classy, affair she wants. (R) 11.35 The Apprentice Lord Sugar sets a task centred on electric toothbrushes. (R) 12.35am The Graham Norton Show. Light-hearted chat, with guests including Ant and Dec, Ricky Gervais and Cate Blanchett. Plus, Elvis Costello & the Imposters perform their new single Paint the Red Rose Blue. (R) 1.25 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.30-6.00am BBC News 7.00 Tom Kerridge’s Fresh Start Tom looks at ways the family can help out in the kitchen. (R) 7.30 Mastermind Specialist subjects are Line of Duty, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the Rebecca Riots and Gin. Hosted by Clive Myrie. 8.00 Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell presents as the losing semi-finalists play for a place. 8.30 University Challenge In the second of the quarter-finals, two teams compete as they try to win two matches to progress to the semi-finals. 9.00 Inside Dubai: Playground of the Rich As the tax haven celebrates its 50th birthday, a loot at whether it can keep it up its frenetic development, revealing plans to more than double the number of tourists over the next 20 years. 10.00 Couples Therapy Evelyn reveals why she feels betrayed and no longer trusts Alan. 10.25 Penguin Post Office: Natural World Gentoo penguins raising chicks in Port Lockroy in the Antarctic. (R) 10.30 Newsnight News headlines. 11.15 When Bridges Collapse: The Genoa Disaster An investigation into the Ponte Morandi disaster in August 2018, telling the stories of people on the bridge that day and look at what caused it to fail catastrophically. (R) 12.15am Sign Zone: Countryfile. Sean Fletcher is in the snowy Cairngorms as the programme marks the centenary of the death of Ernest Shackleton. (R) 1.15 Sign Zone: Digging for Britain (R) 2.15 Sign Zone: Take a Hike (R) 2.45 Sign Zone: The Moment of Proof (R) 3.15-6.30am This Is BBC Two 7.00 Emmerdale Chloe hooks up with Noah again, and a box lays undiscovered. 7.30 Coronation Street Sally becomes convinced that Tim is hiding something from her. Amy makes it her mission to fight for change at school. 8.00 NEW Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad The actor and his son embark a 3,000-mile journey through Europe, beginning in Croatia. 8.30 Coronation Street Sally confronts Tim with her suspicions of his infidelity. 9.00 NEW Keeping Up with the Aristocrats Simon Callow narrates as cameras follow four of Britain’s most prominent aristocratic dynasties, revealing what really goes on behind their closed doors over one summer’s social season. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather 10.30 Regional News; Weather 10.45 The Pembrokeshire Murders: Catching the Gameshow Killer The true story behind the ITV drama, as the key people who brought serial killer John Cooper to justice after a 20-year investigation reveal their role in the case. (R) 11.45 All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite Hard-hitting action from the world of All Elite Wrestling, featuring all of the biggest stars on the roster. 1.25am Home Shopping 3.00 Loose Women. Celebrity interviews and studio discussion. (R) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00am Tipping Point. Ben Shephard hosts the quiz in which contestants drop tokens down a choice of four chutes in the hope of winning a £10,000 jackpot. (R) 7.00 Channel 4 News The latest news headlines, featuring in-depth interviews and analysis of political developments and current affairs. Plus, the day’s leading sports stories and up-to-theminute weather reports. 8.00 NEW Geordie Hospital Documentary following staff at Newcastle’s hospitals. A surgeon carries out a kidney transplant using a donor organ from the patient’s sister. A staff welfare dog returns to duty after the pandemic. 9.00 NEW 999: What’s Your Emergency? Frontline services in South Yorkshire face a difficult night, beginning with an aggressive drunk in Doncaster. In Sheffield, two officers are monitoring club-goers from a van. 10.00 Party Island: Summer in Zante The resort workers reflect on how much this summer has changed them, and two ABBA impersonators are faced with the financial implications of a ban on live music. Last in series. 11.00 Naked Attraction Anna Richardson welcomes 24-year-old Sian from Norfolk, a petrol head who wants to find a man she can love more than her car, and 33-yearold fashion entrepreneur Tansel from London. (R) 12.05am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1.00 Grand Designs: House of the Year 2021 1.55 Supervet Special: Saving My Dog (R) 2.50 Undercover Boss (R) 3.40 Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 4.35 Food Unwrapped 5.00 Mend It for Money 5.55-6.05am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 7.00 Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders PC Andy Doran goes on the hunt for a suspected car thief who has abandoned his vehicle on a housing estate. After an exhaustive search, he has to send in a police dog. (R) 8.00 Traffic Cops An insight into the working life of officers patrolling Britain’s roads. Here, Karl Jackson is alerted to a possible disqualified driver when a passing car triggers his ANPR system, but the vehicle fails to stop. 9.00 Warship: Life at Sea HMS Northumberland hunts for a Russian submarine in the Arctic Circle after the vessel disappears from the ship’s radar, while chef Sauhil is feeling the strain below deck as he helps cook for the crew. 10.00 Casualty 24/7: Every Second Counts The hospital suffers a huge backlog of untreated patients from the night shift, as staff struggle to ensure that everyone is discharged or admitted within four hours of arrival. (R) 11.05 999: Critical Condition Damion has sustained numerous injuries after being in a crash. Despite injuries to the head and chest, Dr Chris Pickering is worried about Damion’s lungs as his patient struggles to breathe. (R) 12.05am 999: Criminals Caught on Camera (R) 1.00 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.00 Entertainment News on 5 3.05 Supermarket Deals: Are They a Con? (R) 3.55 Building Britain’s Canals (R) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (R) 5.10 House Busters (R) 5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 37 Freeview 6 Freeview 27 ITV2 ITVBe 6.00am Secret Crush 7.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8.00 You’ve Been Framed! 9.00 The Cabins 10.00 The Cabins: Out of the Woods 11.00 Secret Crush 12.00noon Supermarket Sweep 1.00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 2.00 Family Fortunes 3.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4.00 The Cabins 5.00 You’ve Been Framed! Gold 6.00 Celebrity Catchphrase Stephen Mulhern hosts a charity edition. 7.00 Superstore Double bill. 8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill. 9.00 The Cabins Getting to know more about each other has only heightened the sexual chemistry for one couple. 10.00 Family Guy Triple bill. 11.30 American Dad! Steve babysits Roger’s ex-tumour Rogu. 12.00m’t American Dad! 12.25 Bob’s Burgers 1.25 Superstore 2.20 The Stand Up Sketch Show 3.15 Unwind with ITV 3.30-6.00am Teleshopping Dave E4 Freeview 19 6.00am Teleshopping 7.10 Eddie Eats America 8.00 Timber Kings 9.00 Storage Hunters UK 10.00 American Pickers 11.00 Secrets of the Supercars 12.00noon Top Gear 1.00 Border Force: America’s Gatekeepers 2.00 Expedition with Steve Backshall 3.00 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico 4.00 Top Gear 5.00 Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico 6.00 Taskmaster Contenders include Jon Richardson and Katherine Ryan. 7.00 NEW Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA Double bill of stand-up comedy. 8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Barcelona Tourism show, with Richard Ayoade. 8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Istanbul 9.00 QI XL With guest Jo Brand. 10.00 Live at the Apollo Stand-up. 11.00 Taskmaster With Katherine Ryan. 12.00m’t Mock the Week 12.40 QI XL 1.40 Live at the Apollo 2.40 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 3.30 Eddie Eats America 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping 6.00am Hollyoaks 7.00 Celebrity Coach Trip 8.00 Junior Bake Off 9.00 How I Met Your Mother 10.00 The Big Bang Theory 11.00 The Goldbergs 12.00noon Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.00 The Big Bang Theory: four episodes. 3.00 The Goldbergs 4.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5.00 The Big Bang Theory: double bill 6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill. 7.00 Hollyoaks Damon tries to find a solution to his money problems. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory 8.00 Celebrity Coach Trip 9.00 NEW Celebs Go Dating Following the fortunes of Miles Nazaire, Chloe Brockett, Ryan-Mark Parsons, Nikita Jasmine, Abz Love and Ulrika Jonsson. 10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox 11.05 Gogglebox TV opinions. 12.10am Naked Attraction 1.15 Celebs Go Dating 2.15 Celebrity Coach Trip 3.10 Alex Rider 4.05 Don’t Tell the Bride 5.00-6.00am How I Met Your Mother WALES As BBC1 except: 1.30-1.45pm BBC Wales Today; Weather 6.30-7.00 BBC Wales Today; Weather 9.00-10.00 Dark Land: The Hunt for Wales’ Worst Serial Killer. Former Chief Constable Jackie Roberts re-examines the hunt for Peter Moore. 10.25 BBC Wales Today; Weather 10.35 Slammed 11.35 The Other One 12.05-12.35am The Other One MERIDIAN As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Meridian 6.00-6.30 ITV News Meridian 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Meridian CENTRAL As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Central 6.00-6.30 ITV News Central 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Central ITV WALES As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales at Six. News reports. 10.30 ITV News Cymru Wales 10.45 Sharp End. Political discussion. 11.10-11.45pm Wonders of the Border. Sean Fletcher follows the Offa’s Dyke Path along the Wales-England border. WEST As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country Variations & S4C 7.00am The Real Housewives of Cheshire 8.00 Buying and Selling 9.00 LittleBe 12.00noon Best Cake Wins 12.30 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 1.25 The Real Housewives of Cheshire 2.25 The Only Way Is Essex 3.10 Little Women: LA 4.05 The Real Housewives of New York City 5.00 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6.00 Making It Home with Kortney & Dave The pair help Lauren and Michael who are buying their first home together. 7.00 Buying and Selling A couple look to upgrade to a bigger Canadian house. 8.00 Dinner Date Dating series. 9.00 The Real Housewives of Jersey Mia and the girls head off to London in support of her modelling shoot. 10.00 Botched: I Want My Life Back 11.00 Atlanta Plastic An actor goes to see Dr Crawford for a full body lift. 11.55 The Only Way Is Essex 12.45am Unwind with ITV 1.00-7.00am Teleshopping. Home shopping. Drama More4 Freeview 20 6.00am Teleshopping 7.40 A Place to Call Home 8.35 The Bill 9.35 Classic Holby City 10.55 Classic Casualty 12.00noon The Bill 1.00 Classic EastEnders 2.20 Tenko 3.20 All Creatures Great and Small 4.20 Peak Practice 5.20 Keeping Up Appearances. Suburban comedy. 6.00 Are You Being Served? The staff’s holidays are threatened. 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Double bill. 8.00 Inspector George Gently An academic is found dead following a nuclear disarmament rally. 10.00 New Tricks The detectives meet their new boss, DCI Sasha Miller, who wastes no time getting on with her first case – the ritualistic killing of an Italian immigrant. 11.10 Taggart A murderer is on the loose, and one by one the bodies of women are being found strangled across the city. 2.15am Keeping Up Appearances 2.50 Where the Heart Is. Drama. 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping Freeview 13 Freeview 18 8.55am Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 9.15 A Place in the Sun 11.05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 1.05pm Building the Dream 2.10 Four in a Bed 4.55 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 6.55 Escape to the Chateau Dick Strawbridge attempts to make sloe gin. 7.55 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets two artists who are battling the elements to construct a modern home on the Isle of Skye, with a second building alongside to use as their art studio. 9.00 Great British Walks with My Dog Following the Helford estuary in Cornwall. 10.00 George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations George is in West Yorkshire to check out a former police station. 11.05 24 Hours in A&E In this episode a patient is brought in having broken his leg playing American football. 12.05am Emergency Helicopter Medics 1.10 George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations 2.10 24 Hours in A&E 3.15-3.50am Food Unwrapped ANGLIA As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Anglia 6.00-6.30 ITV News Anglia 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Anglia WESTCOUNTRY As ITV except: 1.55- 2.00pm ITV News West Country. The latest reports. 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country S4C 6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 12.05pm Cymry ar Gynfas 12.30 Heno 1.00 Cegin Bryn 1.30 Y Tyrchwyr gyda Iolo Williams 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 3.05 Noson Lawen 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Arfordir Cymru: Mon. On the trail of place names along the coast of Anglesey. 6.30 Rownd a Rownd. Mali isn’t happy that Elen is refusing to let her stay with Efan. 6.57 Newyddion S4C 7.00 Heno 7.30 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 8.00 Yn y Ffram. The contenders vie to make mouths water with the perfect photo. 8.55 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 9.00 Teulu Shadog: Blwyddyn ar y Fferm. More from a year in the life of a farming family. 9.30 Bois y Rhondda. The boys go on a road trip. 10.00 Adre 10.30-11.35pm Gwesty Aduniad BBC4 ONLY £4.95 WORTH £123! Free P&P Brought to you by Freeview 9 7.00pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo heads for the village of Perry Green. 7.30 Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments Houses and palaces. 8.00 The Impressionists – Painting and Revolution The painters associated with the art movement. 9.00 Art on the BBC: Monet – The French Revolutionary Katy Hessel looks at the history of Claude Monet. 10.00 Imagine: Richard Rogers, Inside Out Architect Richard Rogers’ defining influences. 10.55 Art of France Documentary. 12.00m’t Frank Bowling’s Abstract World 12.30 Whoever Heard of a Black Artist? Britain’s Hidden Art History 1.30 Great British Railway Journeys 2.00 Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments 2.30-3.30am Art on the BBC: Monet – The French Revolutionary 5 USA 6.00am TJC 9.00 Murder, She Wrote 10.00 NCIS 12.00noon Law & Order 1.00 Grey’s Anatomy 2.55 Entertainment News on 5 3.00 Law & Order 4.55 Entertainment News on 5 5.00 Law & Order. Drama. 6.00 NCIS Double bill. A marine’s wife kills an intruder; Tony disappears during an undercover operation. 7.55 Entertainment News on 5 8.00 NCIS Double bill. A private investigator discovers the body of a Navy officer; the team embarks on a spot of treasure hunting. 10.00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Triple bill. A murder victim’s son takes revenge; a girl is kidnapped on her way home from school; former soldiers display psychotic behaviour. 12.55am Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1.50 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 3.35 Criminals: Caught on Camera 4.00-6.00am Teleshopping A MUST-HAVE MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION CURATED BY OK! BEAUTY EDITORS. SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND TRY YOUR FIRST BOX FOR JUST £4.95* SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE TODAY AT OKBEAUTYBOX.CO.UK Terms and conditions apply. *£4.95 offer is only available to new customers. OK! Beauty Box subscription is £15 per month thereafter. Sky Arts Freeview 21 F’view 11 6.00am Hollywood: Singing and Dancing 7.10 Rachmaninov: Rhapsody/The Two Pigeons 9.00 Tales of the Unexpected 10.00 Discovering: Peter Sellers 11.00 Landmark 12.00noon The South Bank Show Originals 1.00 Tales of the Unexpected 2.00 Discovering: Robert Shaw 3.00 Landscape Artist of the Year 2022 4.00 Glen Campbell 4.30 Video Killed the Radio Star 5.00 Tales of the Unexpected 6.00 Discovering: Rex Harrison 7.00 Van Gogh & Japan 8.00 Andre Rieu: My World 9.00 FILM Romeo & Juliet (2020) A National Theatre production. ★★★ 11.10 Guy Garvey: From the Vaults 12.10am Discovering 1.10 A Play in a Day 2.10 Megalodemocrat: Public Art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer 4.05 Marina Abramovic Takes Over TV 5.05-5.30am Auction: David Bowie

38 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Sport Sky Sports Main Event 6.00am LIVE Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers. Coverage from Adelaide Oval. 9.15 LIVE Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers. Coverage from The Gabba. 12.30pm LIVE ICC Under-19s World Cup Cricket West Indies v Scotland. Coverage of the Group D match being played at Warner Park in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 4.00 LIVE AFCON Cape Verde v Cameroon (kick-off 4.00pm). The Group A match at Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon. 6.00 Live NBA 360. Follow every game from Martin Luther King Jr Day full of NBA action. 11.00 LIVE NBA Basketball Atlanta Hawks v Milwaukee Bucks (Tip-off 11.00pm). The Eastern Conference match at State Farm Arena. 1.30am LIVE NFL Los Angeles Rams v Arizona Cardinals (kick-off 1.15am). Coverage of the Wild Card play-off match at SoFi Stadium. 4.30-6.00am LIVE NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers v Utah Jazz (Tip-off 3.30am). Sky Sports Cricket 6.00am LIVE Big Bash League Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers. Coverage from Adelaide Oval 9.15 LIVE Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers. The T20 match at The Gabba. 12.30pm LIVE ICC Under-19s World Cup Cricket West Indies v Scotland. Coverage of the Group D match at Warner Park in Saint Kitts and Nevis. 9.00 Big Bash League. Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers. Action from the match at Adelaide Oval. 12.15am Captain’s Log 1.15 Talking Cricket 1.45 Cricket’s Climate Crisis 2.00 Best of ICC WT20 3.00 How the 2012 ICC World T20 Was Won 5.00-6.00am Best of ICC WT20 Sky Sports Football 6.00am EFL Greatest Games 6.45 SPFL Greatest Games 7.00 Football’s Greatest Players 7.30 Football Countdowns 8.00 Football Years 8.30 EFL Highlights 8.45 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 EFL Goals 9.30 AFCON: double bill 1.30pm Football Countdowns 2.00 Football Years 2.30 EFL Play Off Final C’Ship 16/17 3.30 EFL Highlights 3.45 One2Eleven. Jamie Carragher. 3.55 LIVE AFCON Cape Verde v Cameroon (kick-off 4.00pm). The Group A match at Olembe Stadium in Yaounde, Cameroon. 6.00 Soccer AM: The Best Bits 6.30 EFL Highlights 7.00 EFL Goals 7.30 MLS 7.35 MLS 7.40 LIVE Irish Football Cliftonville v Glentoran (kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the Danske Bank Premiership match at Solitude in Belfast. 9.45 AFCON. Cape Verde v Cameroon. 11.45 AFCON. Burkina Faso v Ethiopia. 1.45am Bundesliga Highlights Show 2.45 EFL Highlights 3.00 EFL Play Off Finals C’Ship 14/15 4.00 EFL Play Off Finals League 1 14/15 5.00-6.00am EFL Play Off Finals League 2 14/15 BT Sport 1 12.00noon Ashes Daily 12.45 The Ashes 2.15 Ashes Daily. Women’s Ashes preview. 2.30 Premier League Review 3.15 The Ashes Reload 3.30 ESPN FC 4.00 Spanish Super Cup 5.30 LIVE Serie A AC Milan v Spezia (kick-off 5.30pm). Coverage of the match at San Siro. 7.30 LIVE Serie A Fiorentina v Genoa (kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage from Stadio Artemio Franchi. 9.45 BT Sport Goals Reload 10.15 BT Sport Films 11.45 Ligue 1 Highlights. Recent action. 12.45am The WRC Magazine. A look ahead to the opening round of the 2022 season in Monte Carlo. 1.15 The Ashes 2.45 Ashes Daily 3.30am-12.00noon LIVE The Ashes Australia v England. The final day of the fifth Test of the series, being played in Hobart. BT Sport 2 6.00am Premier League Review 7.00 WWE NXT Highlights 8.00 Premier League 9.30 ESPN FC 10.00 Badminton. The India Open final. 12.00noon A-League Women 1.00 A-League Women 2.00 A-League Women 3.00 A-League Women 4.00 A-League Women 5.00 The Football Archives: UEFA Champions League 5.30 LIVE Serie A Bologna v Napoli (kick-off 2.00pm). Coverage from Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. 7.30 Ashes Daily. Day four. 8.15 The Ashes Reload 8.30 Ariel Helwani Meets 9.00 Fishing: On the Bank 10.00 One Day International Cricket 11.00 WWE Raw Highlights 12.00m’t WWE SmackDown Highlights 1.00 LIVE WWE Monday Night Raw The WWE Superstars face-off inside the ring. 4.15 BT Sport Goals Reload. A round-up of goals from around the world. 4.30-6.00am 30 for 30 Eurosport 1 6.00am LIVE Australian Open Tennis Coverage of day one of the opening Grand Slam event of 2022 being held at Melbourne Park. 8.00 LIVE Australian Open Tennis Continued coverage of the opening 2022 Grand Slam event. 10.00 LIVE Australian Open Tennis The conclusion of day one of the Grand Slam event. 1.15pm Australian Open Tennis. Highlights. 11.55 LIVE Australian Open Tennis Coverage of day two of the first Grand Slam event of 2022. 2.00am LIVE Australian Open Tennis Further coverage of day two of the Grand Slam event. 4.00-6.00am LIVE Australian Open Tennis Continued coverage of day two of the opening Grand Slam event of the season. ITV3 Freeview 10 6.00am Classic Coronation Street 7.30 Classic Emmerdale 8.05 On the Buses 9.05 The Royal 11.20 Heartbeat 1.30pm Classic Emmerdale 2.30 Classic Coronation Street 3.40 Wycliffe 6.00 Heartbeat. Drama. 8.00 Lewis 10.00 Foyle’s War 12.10am The Royal 2.15-6.00am Unwind with ITV ITV4 Freeview 25 6.00am World of Sport 6.10 The Saint 7.00 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8.00 The Avengers 9.05 The Sweeney 10.10 Minder 11.15 The Saint 12.25pm The Big Fish Off 1.30 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2.40 The Avengers 3.45 The Sweeney 4.55 Minder 5.55 Fishing Allstars 6.55 The Celebrity Chase 8.00 Driving Force. Judy Murray interviews the biggest names in sport. 9.00 FILM Captain Phillips (2013/12) Fact-based thriller, starring Tom Hanks. ★★★★★ 11.40 FILM Oblivion (2013/12) ★★★ 2.05-3.00am Motorsport UK 5STAR Freeview 31 8.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera 8.20 Rich Kids Go Skint 9.15 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 10.15 Judge Judy 12.00noon Traffic Cops 2.00 Police Interceptors 5.00 Filthy House SOS 6.00 Home and Away 7.00 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law 8.00 999: Criminals Caught on Camera 9.00 FILM Empire State (2013/15) Crime thriller, starring Liam Hemsworth. ★★★ 11.00 FILM After Earth (2013/12) ★★ 1.00 Britain’s Parking Hell 2.00 Judge Judy 3.35-4.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera Really Freeview 17 6.00am Fantasy Homes by the Sea 7.00 Cruise TV with LoveitBookit 8.00 Homes Under the Hammer 10.00 Antiques Road Trip 11.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12.00noon Money for Nothing 1.00 A Place in the Sun 2.00 Animal Cops Houston 4.00 My Cat from Hell 5.00 Helicopter ER 6.00 Money for Nothing 7.00 Antiques Road Trip 9.00 The Yorkshire Auction House. 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DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 41 Letters Block Dukes of hazzards’ accession to the throne Surely the time has come when the right of accession to the throne must be removed from the Dukes of Sussex and York (“Queen casts Andrew adrift... for sake of monarchy”, January 14). Heaven forbid that anything should happen to Prince Charles or Prince William and family but imagine the horrors and damage to the monarchy if the Dukes should ever be in a position to reign over us. There has to be no question of them taking over and this can only be achieved if their rights are removed immediately. Peggy Reeves, Christchurch, Dorset Arrogant Andrew should have quit a long time ago While stationed at Portland, Dorset, the general opinion was of Prince Andrew’s arrogance even then, and he hasn’t changed (“Out in the cold, he will fight sex case alone”, January 14). As your article suggests, he should have stepped down and saved his mother, our amazing Queen, the hurt and embarrassment she and the family are having to endure. Not forgetting his two daughters and their wider families. The Queen must know that the majority of this country are right behind her and always will be. Valerie Huxley, Bramhall, Cheshire God help our monarch for dealing with this fallout I am so sad and sorry for our Queen. She has reigned over our country, is so very loved and respected and has never put a foot wrong. That she, in the Platinum Jubilee year of that reign, is having to deal with the fallout of Andrew’s alleged indiscretions and poor judgment is too awful. Ruth Peberdy, Bridgwater, Somerset Relentless mole is digging up endless dirt on Boris I get the feeling there is a little mole somewhere holding a long list of information which he or she is releasing bit by bit in an effort to cause as much damage as possible to Boris and the Government (“Rees-Mogg defends PM... rules were hard to obey”, January 14. Should the official report findings confirm all of the indiscretions, then Boris will have to be open and honest with the country and face whatever consequences result. Perhaps then this Government can start to concentrate on getting our wonderful country back on an even keel. Robin Williams, Venn Ottery, Devon Time to reveal guest lists of Downing Street parties I agree Boris has done some great work as PM but the person who divulged the “party” obviously knows who the other guests were. They should be made public too. We have a right to know what our representatives are up to and they The Daily Express, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP Email: expressletters@express.co.uk (include your full name, address and telephone number) Picture: Getty Letter of the day TRYING TIMES: Prince Andrew debacle has upset the Queen should answer questions too. They had the choice to attend or not. Eileen Roe, Haltwhistle, Northumb PM’s done a great job so let’s cut him some slack Should these ne’er-do-wells succeed in their efforts to dislodge Boris Johnson, the Daily Express headline should read, “From an ungrateful nation”. Like Boris or not, he has steered us through the dark days of this pandemic, albeit with great difficulty, plus the fact he has had Covid-19. Be careful what you wish for. Take a long hard look across the pond. What a state the US is in with its incumbent Joe Biden. They have no way out of the mess. John Cartwright, St Austell, Cornwall Landslide election is not a licence to be a clown I am not a big fan of Boris Johnson but as our PM he needs to understand that a spectacular election victory is not a licence to behave like a joker. This country needs someone with the courage to stand up for us, tell the EU what’s what and drive our future forward not backward. Having read Leo McKinstry’s column, it is shameful the Remainers think if Boris resigns, Brexit goes out the window (“Remainers smell blood in their bid to overturn Brexit”, January 14). We, the people, made the decision to leave the EU, not the Government or its advisers. Jean Smithies, Redditch, Worcs Enough’s enough, a slap on the wrist and move on All this moaning about partying at No 10 the day before Prince Philip’s funeral is just childish (“Downing Street apologises to Queen for party before Philip’s funeral in bid to save face”, January 14). Complainers are acting like five year-olds. Yes the rules were broken but what about the thousands of others who also broke the rules, some at much larger gatherings? Give those who were at the No 10 party a slap on the wrist and forget it. They just needed to forget everything for a few hours. Christine Ducker, Boston, Lincs Starmer drinking picture proves his total hypocrisy Pictures of Sir Keir Starmer drinking with Labour staff at a constituency office in Durham last ● facebook.com /dailyexpress ● twitter: @daily_express Poor Queen just doesn’t deserve this WHAT a wretched 25 years it’s been for our amazing Queen with departures, deaths and doubts about her family. The nightmare began with the tragic death of Diana, followed by the decision of Prince Harry and his American bride, Meghan, to quit the country in a blaze of controversy that shows no sign of abating. Now she is having to cope with the tacky saga of her favourite son Andrew, facing a possible sex crime trial in the US. She has had to strip him of his royal and military titles, which was surely a heartbreaking task. Having performed her many duties so faultlessly for a lifetime, the Queen does not deserve any of this in her 95th year. Paul Marston, Walsall, W Mids May have emerged (“‘Absolute hypocrite!’ Keir Starmer savaged after lockdown drinking picture re-surfaces”, January 14). This shoots down Starmer’s holier-thanthou stance and should kill off Partygate as Labour needs to take the beam out of its own eye before looking for the mote in another’s. Michael Hilder, Weymouth, Dorset Aussies put Novak in the Djok but the UK is a joke Contrast Australia where, at the time of writing, unvaccinated Novak Djokovic was due to be rightly booted out (“Novak Djokovic to spend another night in detention as legal hearing date set”, January 14), with the UK where the unvaccinated are allowed to roam free, infect the decent majority and destroy the NHS. Dr Andrew Norman, Poole, Dorset Omnipresent trio are a proper television turn-off Having watched more TV than ever before due to lockdowns, can we have some shows that do not feature Stephen Mulhern, Bradley Walsh or Sue Perkins? Derek Mitchell, Headcorn, Kent IS MARKS & SPENCER RIGHT TO DROP MIDGET GEM NAME? Yes No I KNOW some people will say that the PC brigade has had its way again but I think Marks & Spencer has got it right on this one (“M&S axes its midget gem name”, January 14). To me, the word “midget” is an insult, a horrible word that is only used to ridicule people with dwarfism. I’m sure other outlets will follow suit and I can only applaud Liverpool Hope University’s Dr Erin Pritchard for her role in this. It isn’t political correctness gone mad, it is just basic, common decency. That’s all. Joe Townsend, Manchester It Would have been interesting to have had my blood pressure taken after learning M&S has bowed to pressure to change the name of its Midget Gems sweets as it is offensive to people with dwarfism and fuels discrimination. What a load of manure. I doubt there are more than a handful of people with dwarfism who will have taken offence at this. Is the word shortcake also offensive to people with dwarfism? Thank heavens I no longer have the MG Midget that I drove in my youth. Robert Readman, Bournemouth, Dorset TODAY: Monday January 17, 2022 On this day 53 years ago (1969) Our front page reported the first successful link-up of two crewed spacecraft and the first transfer of personnel from one vehicle to another via a space walk. Russia’s Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 docked together to perform three orbits around Earth together before two cosmonauts from Soyuz 5 joined their colleagues in Soyuz 4 to set up the world’s first space laboratory. The previous Soyuz 3 flight failed its docking attempt. 45 years ago (1977) Double murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gilmore’s execution came just months after the state had reinstated the death penalty. Within hours of his death, two patients had received his corneas, inspiring The Adverts’ Top 20 hit Gary Gilmore’s Eyes. 27 years ago (1995) A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Kobe in Japan. Up to 6,434 people lost their lives in the quake, including 4,600 from Kobe, a city of 1.5 million, making it Japan’s second deadliest of the 20th century. It left more than 45,000 people homeless. Birthdays Sonic The Hedgehog star Jim Carrey is 60. He left school at 15. Elf star Zooey Deschanel is 42. She appeared on The Celebrity Dating Game. One Kiss producer Calvin Harris is 38. His net worth is £226million. The Lion King star James Earl Jones is 91. His first role was in Dr. Strangelove with Peter Sellers. 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Calvin and hobbEs Bill Watterson DX1ST Russell Grant Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 43 Britain’s celebrity astrologer Dilbert Scott Adams Faith, hope and sue Lisa Wild Rupert AND THE JACK-in-the-box No 15 They plan for Jack to spend the night, With all the gold and treasurers bright. At length the sorting and packing of the precious coins and gold plate is finished and Rupert knows it is bed time. Suddenly, he thinks of his toy. “Please,” he asks, “may Jack go in there with your treasurers? Jack-inthe-Boxes won’t sleep anywhere except in a box and I left his at the Toy Doctor’s.” The old gentleman agrees and takes Rupert to a room where there is a magnificent four-poster bed. “Good gracious,” says the little bear. “I wonder if I shall be able to sleep in anything so grand as that!” © Express Newspapers 2022 “Now,” says his host, “Your room see”; Cries Rupert, “It’s too grand for me.” This Moroccan method of cooking lamb ensures a tender and tasty meal with plenty of flavour rounded off with the sweetness of dates and apricots. Serves 4. INGREDIENTS 2 tbsps olive oil 500g lean boneless lamb, cubed 1 onion, chopped 1/2 tsp saffron 500ml vegetable stock, hot 1 tbsp tomato purée Zest of 1 orange, cut into strips 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground Moroccan lamb tagine cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp harissa 1 tbsp runny honey 275g peeled baby onions 125g ready-to-eat stoned dates 125g ready-to-eat dried apricots 2 x 400g cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed 2 tbsps chopped walnuts Method 1) Heat the oil in a large, deep casserole dish. 2) Add the lamb and fry until lightly browned. Add the chopped onion to the pan and fry for 5–10 minutes until golden. 3) Stir the saffron into the hot stock, then pour into the pan. Add the tomato purée, strips of orange zest and spices. Stir well, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, cover and leave to simmer gently for 1 and a 1/2 hours. 4) Add the harissa, honey, baby onions, dates, apricots and chickpeas and stir to mix. 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46 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 email: city@express.co.uk Visit City & Business pages online at www.express.co.uk/city Tel: 020 8612 7156 DX1ST City&Business Unilever launches £50bn bid to buy GSK’s consumer arm Unilever is mounting a £50billion bid for arch-rival GSK’s toiletries and over-the-counter medicines arm, to quell shareholder unrest. It would be one of the largest UK takeovers and comes after three unsolicited bids from the owners of Dove, Vaseline and Marmite last year. The fresh approach was revealed as GSK spins off its consumer arm, which includes Aquafresh toothpaste and Panadol painkillers, from its pharmaceuticals unit in a radical shake-up. Unilever’s offers were all rejected by GSK and US drugs giant Pfizer, which has a minority stake. The last bid, on December 20, included £41.7billion in cash and £8.3billion worth of Unilever shares. GSK rebuffed the move as it “fundamentally undervalued” the business and “its future prospects”. It added: “The board of GSK therefore remains focused on executing its proposed demerger of the consumer healthcare business, to create a new independent global category-leading consumer company which, subject to approval from shareholders, is on track to be achieved in mid-2022.” It is understood that the approach ++THE SHARE HUNTER++Matt Britzman++HARGREAVES LANSDOWN++ Matt Britzman Equity ANALYST Hargreaves Lansdown www.hl.co.uk By Paul Jeeves ICONIC: Unilever HQ in Rotterdam was knocked back because it failed to put a premium on analyst valuations and did not account for potential cost savings in a merger with Unilever’s own consumer healthcare brands. Unilever said: “Unilever notes recent reporting regarding its interest in GSK Consumer Healthcare and confirms that it has approached GSK and Pfizer about a potential acquisition of the business. GSK Consumer Healthcare would be a strong strategic fit as Unilever continues to reshape its portfolio. There can be no certainty that any agreement will be reached.” Unilever’s bid comes as chief executive Alan Jope moves to alleviate investor pressure over its lacklustre financial performance, which saw shares tumble nine per cent last year. Unilever’s pre-tax profits plunged from £10.3billion in 2018 to £6.6billion in 2020. A deal with Unilever would require a departure from GSK’s plan to carve out its consumer business as a separately listed FTSE 100 company by the summer. It has discussed selling a keystone stake to a sovereign wealth fund or other investor. Sick pay hardship for 267,000 with Covid More than 267,000 workers were self-isolating last month without decent sick pay or any payout at all, according to a TUC study. The union organisation said staff on low or no sickness benefit face the “impossible choice” of self-isolating and hardship, or putting food on the table and potentially spreading the virus. The TUC said its analysis of official data estimates that 2.7 per cent of the private sector workforce – around 723,900 – were off work with Covid-19 in the two weeks up to Boxing Day. It said almost 210,000 people had to rely on Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and 57,900 got no benefit at all. Unions have complained TESCO is continuing to thrive and beat last year’s Christmas performance, which was no mean feat. That gave management the confidence to raise full-year guidance, with retail operating profit now expected to exceed £2.6billion. The underlying picture is positive too. Retail sales are well up compared to pre-Covid times, impressive work given the highly competitive world of the big four supermarkets. Performance is being helped by Tesco’s enormous scale. Its strong relationships with suppliers has been key in keeping shelves well stocked. The other thing propping up sales is the impressive work done on reducing that the UK has the least generous statutory sick pay in Europe, worth £96.35 per week – around 15 per cent of average earnings, compared with an OECD average of over 60 per cent. And SSP is only available to employees earning £120 a week or more, meaning two million workers, mostly women, do not qualify. pay rises of up to 14% in manufacturing MAKING MORE: Wages are up in the battle to recruit skilled workers Manufacturers are under greater wage pressures due to the soaring rate of inflation and the battle to recruit skilled workers, a report shows. Pay rises have been as high as 14 per cent recently, while far fewer firms are freezing wages, Make UK found. In the organisation’s poll, most increases were between two and three per cent, while £2.6bn profit is in store for thriving Tesco prices on key items, helping it outrun discount chains Aldi and Lidl. Tesco’s market leading position is what has helped it capture so much online demand over the last two years too. Digital demand will remain heightened, a shift accelerated by the pandemic. The group is now fulfilling 1.2 million orders each week. However, servicing the extra demand came with huge extra costs. An army of new staff and building out the online platform took a hammer to profits. And it’s going to take time to get Pictures: getty other businesses are waiting to see how inflation moves, as well as the impact of increases in National Insurance and the minimum wage, before acting. Make UK director of policy Verity Davidge said: “Some companies feel they need to reward staff for the last couple of challenging years, but others are facing a battle to attract and retain key skills.” Managing cash ‘key to financial joy’ People who feel in control of their money are happier with their lives than those earning more than £50,000 a year, according to a Government-backed body. Six in 10 people with high levels of financial wellbeing said they generally feel content, compared with 48 per cent of people with a yearly income over £50,000, the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) found. Its UK-wide survey found 31 per cent have low financial wellbeing, and 36 per cent tend to worry about money matters. Prof Sharon Collard, chair in personal finance at the University of Bristol, said: “If we are able to build positive behaviours and habits, back to pre-pandemic profit. The sale of Morrisons and an expansion drive at Aldi means the competitive landscape could get even tougher. A harsh price war could put Tesco’s margins under pressure. The dividend is of significant interest. A reinforced balance sheet helps underpin a 3.7 per cent prospective yield, which is well covered by free cash flow. And there’s a £500million share buyback under way. This suggests management is aware it is in a sweet spot unlikely to last for by Graham Hiscott MORE than four in 10 households have switched broadband provider in the past two years, according to a study by price comparison website Comparethemarket.com. Many had become frustrated with their previous provider while working from home during the pandemic. And some 58 per cent of respondents said they will consider switching when their contract ends. But Comparethemarket warns that more customers should switch regularly to avoid a bill shock. Most broadband deals last between one and two years. When the contract ends, customers are moved onto their provider’s “default” offer, which is often much more expensive. Comparethemarket’s survey suggested the average household coming off a broadband deal faces a price hike of £31 a year. But the website warned other research suggests the average price rise for out-of-contract households is nearly double that. Mubina Pirmohamed, head of digital at comparethemarket.com, said: “At a time when bills are going up across the board – from energy to supermarket trips – it is important to see if you can get better value for money by switching provider.” such as saving regularly (even small sums), staying on top of credit and taking steps to plan for retirement, we feel more in control and have a higher life satisfaction.” MaPS is urging people to try “couch to financial fitness”, a free online programme to improve financial wellbeing, available on its MoneyHelper website. ever. Tesco looks well placed, especially with a substantial growth opportunity of online shopping ahead. Annual free cash flows of more than £1billion, a reliable revenue stream and market leading position are all serious benefits. Markets are taking note, reflected in the above-average valuation. “This article is designed for investors who make their own decisions without advice, if unsure whether an investment is right for you, you shouldseek advice. Shares can rise and fall in value so you could get back less than you invest.”

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DX1ST 48 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Racing Bella looks an attractive bet bellatrixsa (2.35, nap) can continue Venetia Williams’ fine run of form in the Follow Vickers.Bet On Facebook Handicap Hurdle at Chepstow this afternoon. The five-year-old has not been seen since finishing second in the Northumberland Vase on the Newcastle all-weather in June, but previously scored a couple of hurdle victories over 2m 5f. At Fakenham DOUKAROV (3.20, nb) will take all the beating in the two-mile handicap chase. By The Scout (Chris Goulding) Sean Curran’s seven-yearold won over the trip at Newbury last month, beating Only Money – who won next time out – by seven and a half lengths. Returning to the Berkshire course, the ground was against him when third over Christmas. ALEXANDER JAMES (6.00, treble), won twice over course and distance last month, can add a third success on the Wolverhampton allweather for Michael Appleby (above). REDHOTBOOKIEBASHER SUPERBWINNERSMONTHAFTERMONTH FROMMYWELCONECTEDCONTACTS BIGWINNINGDAY>LINEDUPTODAY Cal09061749389 Lineupdatesat 10amand4pmdaily Linesupdatedat10am&4pmdaily.Calswilcost£1.50perminuteplusyourtelephonecompany’snetworkaccess charge.SP:Spoke.Helpdesk03332023390.BookieBashermaycontactyoubySMSwithofers-Tooptinto receivingadviceandinformationtextBBYESsendto84902(networkchargeonlyapplies) CAZOO NOVICES’ HURDLE (GBB RACE) 12.30 £5,827 (Class 4) 2m 11yds (10 declared) 1 2-976 BERT WILSON (11) N Hawke 5 11-2......................T Buckley(5) 100 2 53723U/ CULVERWELL (709) M Keighley 11 11-2...........................J Best — 3 2-LP NOT LONG NOW (36) E Williams 6 11-2......................A Wedge 19 4 6-2240 PILGRIMS KING (11) P Bowen 6 11-2............................J Bowen 94 5 337-4 ROMAN KNOWS (219) Mrs L Young 5 11-2...... M Bastyan(3) — 6 L8 SHOT BOII (11) D Pipe 5 11-2................................. T Scudamore 87 7 42 TWILIGHT GLORY (44) T Vaughan 6 11-2...................A Johns — 8 038- JEN’S GEORGIE (299) S Drinkwater 7 10-9......D Burton(5) 78 9 113-44 ● MAYHEM MYA (30) Chris Honour 5 10-9..........D Noonan ★127 10 67 TELEFINA (19) A West 4 10-0..................................Page Fuller 73 SP FORECAST: 4-9 Mayhem Mya, 5 Twilight Glory, 14 Not Long Now, 20 Bert Wilson, Shot Boii, Jen’s Georgie, Pilgrims King, 25 Culverwell, Roman Knows, 66 Telefina. 2021: Grumpy Charley 6-11-4, Bryan Carver(3) 4-7 Fav (Chris Honour), 12 ran. 1.00 HANDICAP HURDLE £5,664 (4) 2m 7f 131yds (10) 1 72L-23L RABSKI (39) Jonjo O’Neill 6 11-12..................Jonjo O’Neill Jr 113 2 1/363-6U RED LION LAD (12) D Pipe 6 11-12...................... T Scudamore 115 3 93L4-56 CASWELL BAY (11) (C) E Williams 7 11-11.......... I Williams(5) 113 4 P51-444 HARD TO FORGET (35) Henry Oliver 9 11-10.. B Godfrey(3) — 5 3355-57 DELGANY MONARCH (30) R Rowe 7 11-7...N F Houlihan(3) 110 6 1422-PP LE TUEUR (17) (D) P Bowen 7 11-2...............................J Bowen ★119 7 4581-PP LANSPARK (31) (D) C Tizzard 7 11-2.......................B J Powell 114 8 07F163 ● KENYAN COWBOY (31) (C) N King 6 11-1........ M Kendrick 111 9 P/PP1P-5 THE LION DANCER (39) A Hales 10 10-11............H Bannister — 10 54-7523 AUENWIRBEL (17) Mrs L Young 11 10-3............ M Bastyan(3) 116 BLINKERS: No. 9 VISOR: No. 4 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 6. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 9. SP FORECAST: 4 Kenyan Cowboy, 9-2 Auenwirbel, Red Lion Lad, 7 Hard To Forget, 8 Le Tueur, Caswell Bay, 12 Rabski, Lanspark, Delgany Monarch, 16 The Lion Dancer. 2021: Little Red Lion 7-11-12, Fergus Gillard(5) 7-2 (D Pipe), 11 ran. 1.30 ONLINE MAIDEN HURDLE (GBB RACE) £5,827 (4) 2m 3f 100yds (12) 1 2-33 BUCK’S BOGGLE (21) T R George 6 11-8.......... T Scudamore 116 2 9P DUKE OF LUCKLEY (44) M Keighley 5 11-8..................J Best — 3 5-3 EVERYTHING’SONTICK (75) (F) Mrs L Hill 6 11-8.......D Bass ★122 4 1 HAURAKI GULF (39) D Cole 7 11-8..........Gearoid Harney(7) — 5 6 HELIOS DE GRUGY (11) E Williams 5 11-8...................A Wedge 93 6 LABEI VITESSE Christian Williams 8 11-8..............J Tudor(3) — 7 1 MONBEG LANE (72) T Vaughan 6 11-8........................A Johns — 8 0 OFF MY ROCCO (45) D Pipe 6 11-8............................D Noonan — 9 42 ONE FOR THE WALL (77) C Gordon 6 11-8.............. T Cannon 108 10 31-2126 ● POST NO BILLS (21) R Potter 7 11-8...................L Williams 103 11 5-04 SAM’S THE MAN (11) Katy Price 5 11-8........................ B Poste 108 12 L/58 WETANWINDY (22) M Harris 7 11-8.................. M Bastyan(3) — TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 3, 10. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 4, 10. SP FORECAST: 3 Buck’s Boggle, 7-2 Everything’sontick, 4 Monbeg Lane, 5 Hauraki Gulf, 7 One For The Wall, 16 Post No Bills, Helios De Grugy, 20 Others. 2021: Firak 6-11-5, Harry Skelton 2-1 (D Skelton), 13 ran. 1.10 NOVICES’ HANDICAP HURDLE £4,139 (Class 5) 2m 3yds (6 declared) 1 35-2345 ● CLEAR THE RUNWAY (15) L Morgan 6 11-12 T Bellamy 103 2 322-4PP TOUCHTHESOUL (22) Miss J Davis 7 11-11............J M Davies ★112 3 88-634 ONE LAST GLANCE (22) T R Gretton 5 10-13 K Buckley(5) 100 4 LLP-48 LADY DE VEGA (46) P Webber 5 10-8.............D McMenamin 107 5 46667 LUCKELLO (81) O Murphy 6 10-5...............................D England 94 6 8536/49 GOOD IMPRESSION (17) (T) D Burchell 7 10-0 B R Jones 92 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 2 HOOD: Nos. 1, 4. SP FORECAST: 9-4 Clear The Runway, 3 One Last Glance, 4 Luckello, Touchthesoul, 10 Good Impression, 12 Lady De Vega. 2021: No corresponding meeting. 1.40 NOVICES’ HANDICAP HURDLE £4,139 (5) 2m 4f 1yds (5) 1 23/06-2 ● GLUTNFORPUNISHMENT (29) L Wadham 6 11-12 Bryony Frost 107 2 10-24 SURE TOUCH (27) O Murphy 6 11-12........................A Coleman 102 3 171240 THIRTYFOURSTITCHES (30) (D) Dr R Newland 7 11-8 C Leonard(5) ★108 4 L62835 WILLIAM CODY (33) Mrs P Sly 5 11-1...................Paul O’Brien 106 5 5UF-6LF PETITE DAME (41) A Hales 6 10-7................................K Woods 104 TONGUE STRAP: No. 2. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 2, 3. SP FORECAST: 7-4 Sure Touch, 5-2 Glutnforpunishment, 10-3 Thirtyfourstitches, 4 William Cody, 20 Petite Dame. 2.00 NOVICES’ LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE £8,169 (3) 2m 3f 98yds (4) 1 44P5L-1 EDEN DU HOUX (71) D Pipe 8 11-6...................... T Scudamore 139 2 7/1L31-3 FARNE (39) Noel Williams 8 11-5..............................P Brennan 137 3 2361-U1 ● FRENCHY DU LARGE (31) V Williams 7 11-5.... C Deutsch ★140 4 22/3L1-7 FIRAK (30) D Skelton 7 11-0........................................ H Skelton — TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 4 CHEEK PIECES: No. 1. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 2, 4, 3. SP FORECAST: 11-8 Frenchy Du Large, 5-2 Eden Du Houx, 3 Farne, 6 Firak. 2021: Le Cameleon 6-10-11, David Noonan 11-8 Fav (Nick Williams), 4 ran. 2.35 HANDICAP HURDLE £7,025 (3) 2m 3f 100yds (5) 1 50-L854 WEST TO THE BRIDGE (32) D Skelton 9 11-8........ H Skelton 126 2 P8L-429 NORDANO (31) (C,D) N King 6 11-7.....................Jamie Moore ★133 3 51-12 ● BELLATRIXSA (F205) V Williams 5 11-4........H Bannister 123 4 231-LPP CHAMPAGNE RHYTHM (44) (C&D) E Williams 7 11-3 Isabel Williams(5) 132 5 582-125 INVESTMENT MANAGER (32) C Tizzard 6 11-0...B J Powell 128 VISOR: No. 2 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 4. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 4, 5, 2, 1. SP FORECAST: 13-8 Bellatrixsa, 11-4 West To The Bridge, 4 Investment Manager, 6 Nordano, 8 Champagne Rhythm. 2021: Nightboattoclyro 7-10-7, J Tudor(3) 11-4 JtFav (S Drinkwater), 6 ran. 3.10 MARES’ HANDICAP CHASE £6,263 (4) 2m 7f 131yds (7) 1 84F-3L6 ELEANOR BOB (12) V Williams 7 11-12..................... C Deutsch 111 2 3P13-LL NO NO JULIET (37) (D) F O’Brien 9 11-10....... L Harrison(3) 115 3 L-19621 ● BARDEN BELLA (16) Christian Williams 6 11-3...J Tudor(3) 107 4 1L25-23 LEVEROCK LASS (37) (D) (T) T Reed 9 10-11.............H Reed 113 5 L9-L382 GLORIOUS LADY (29) C Woods 8 10-10............T Worsley(3) 104 6 60P-L MAID ON MENDIP (40) Christian Williams 8 10-0..A Wedge — 7 P/212-2L LEAVE MY ALONE (16) (D) Mrs R Ford 9 10-0...R McLernon ★116 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 7 CHEEK PIECES: No. 2. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 3, 1, 5, 7, 4, 2. SP FORECAST: 7-4 Barden Bella, 4 Leverock Lass, 9-2 Eleanor Bob, 7 Glorious Lady, 8 Leave My Alone, 10 No No Juliet, 12 Maid On Mendip. 2021: Kapga De Lily 8-12-0, Hugh Nugent(5) 7-4 JtFav (V Williams), 5 ran. 2.15 NOVICES’ HANDICAP CHASE £4,575 (5) 2m 5f 44yds (6) 1 L6P331 ROSTELLO (22) Dr R Newland 7 11-12............... C Leonard(5) 107 2 35P-P2P FLOWING CADENZA (16) R Buckler 8 11-10 Sean Houlihan 109 3 2F-LPLL CAPTAIN CUCKOO (11) (T) M Gillard 10 11-8 F Gillard(3) ★111 4 5-L4172 ● DUBAI GUEST (22) (C) O Murphy 7 11-6...........D England 107 5 33L3P5 STORM ARCADIO (58) L Horsfall 6 10-12....... J Andrews(5) — 6 7936-98 AJAY’S WAYS (31) F O’Brien 8 10-9............................K Woods — BLINKERS: No. 4 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 1, 3. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 4, 2, 1. SP FORECAST: 11-8 Rostello, 3 Dubai Guest, 9-2 Flowing Cadenza, 7 Captain Cuckoo, 8 Ajay’s Ways, 25 Storm Arcadio. 2.50 HANDICAP HURDLE £4,139 (5) 2m 7f 95yds (7) 1 49-3L4L KILBREW BOY (22) (C) B Case 9 11-12..............Mr C Case(7) ★108 2 5413-14 ● MIDNIGHT MARY (17) S Edmunds 6 11-12........C Gethings 99 3 35-P4L2 TINY TANTRUM (29) (F) L Wadham 6 11-10...........J Quinlan 101 4 4-3526F BOLT N BROWN (16) G Kelleway 6 11-2...............N Scholfield 104 5 L/L37P-5 EGLANTIER (240) M Bradstock 8 10-10 Miss L Bradstock(7) 98 6 611-P55 AVITHOS (28) (C&D) (T) M Gillard 12 10-10........F Gillard(3) 105 7 LPP7P-0 RATOUTE YUTTY (3) C Fryer 9 10-2.................... L Stones(7) 80 BLINKERS: Nos. 4, 6 VISOR: Nos. 1, 3 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 7 HOOD: No. 5. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 6, 5. SP FORECAST: 7-4 Tiny Tantrum, 3 Midnight Mary, 5 Bolt N Brown, 13-2 Kilbrew Boy, 8 Avithos, Eglantier, 100 Ratoute Yutty. GET ALL THE BREAKING SPORTS NEWS ONLINE express.co.uk/sport Bob gets the job done By David Yates BOB OLINGER is as short as 8-11 for the Turners Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham after mounting an impressive defence of his unbeaten record over fences at Punchestown. Last season’s Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle hero was sent off the 1-2 favourite to beat seven rivals for the Grade Three Kildare Novice Chase. And Rachael Blackmore’s mount, who had got his chasing career off to a winning start at Gowran Park in November, had four and three-quarter lengths to Fakenham SSR (7.00 INSP.) THE SCOUT 1.10 Clear The Runway 1.40 Glutnforpunishment 2.15 Dubai Guest 2.50 Midnight Mary 3.20 DOUKAROV (nb) 3.55 Bounce Back spare over the Willie Mullinssaddled Capodanno, with 27 lengths back to third home Gaillard De Mesnil. “He was really good and Rachael was really happy with him,” said Bob Olinger’s trainer Henry de Bromhead. “He jumped great and it was a class race. “He’d come on a hell of a lot since Gowran and I think the experience he got there has really stood him well. “The second is obviously a good horse and the pair of them have pulled clear.” Chepstow SSR (7.30 INSP.) 12.30 Mayhem Mya 1.00 Kenyan Cowboy 1.30 Post No Bills 2.00 Frenchy Du Large The Co Waterford trainer will now prepare the sevenyear-old – “subject to ground” – for the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown next month. “There would want to be a good ease,” added de Bromhead. “He’s got a lot of class and a great attitude.” Mullins’ Dysart Dynamo joined Jonbon as the 7-2 joint-second favourite for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – Constitution Hill heads the market at 2-1 – with a 19-length supremacy in the Grade 2 Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle. THE SCOUT 2.35 BELLATRIXSA (nap) 3.10 Barden Bella 3.45 Advantura 4.15 Shutthegate TRACK FACTS: GOING: Soft. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2017-22): Tom Scudamore 20% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2017-22): E Williams 13% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.30 Post No Bills (tongue strap), 2.35 Champagne Rhythm (tongue strap). BEATEN FAVOURITES: No Qualifiers. TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good to Soft. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2017- 22): Ciaran Gethings 29% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2017-22): O Murphy 24% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.40 Sure Touch (tongue strap), 2.15 Storm Arcadio (wind surgery), 2.50 Kilbrew Boy (visor), 3.20 Sambezi (cheek pieces), Monarchofthegrange (cheek pieces, tongue strap). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 3.55 Bounce Back. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Captain Cuckoo (2.15) & Avithos (2.50) 228 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 3.55 Valencia Borget from M Goff in Ireland to S Humphrey. 3.45 CAZOO HANDICAP HURDLE (DIV 1) £4,575 (5) 2m 3f 100yds (11) 1 2661/5 BREIZH ALKO (40) M Keighley 11 11-12.......................S Bowen — 2 F-76 ROCK OF STAR (34) Alexandra Dunn 5 11-11............A Wedge 97 3 88P-77P THEBELLSOFSHANDON (62) P Henderson 7 11-8 M G Nolan 92 4 7074-7 GYLLEN (238) T Vaughan 7 11-5...................................A Johns 104 5 3B2-586 THE WIRE FLYER (22) J Flint 7 11-1........ Isabel Williams(5) 107 6 455/P0L JANESLITTLEVOICE (32) R G Hawker 8 11-0........L Williams 83 7 804 ● ADVANTURA (16) P Hobbs 5 10-13...................T J O’Brien 101 8 406L5P BILBOA RIVER (13) R J Price 6 10-12............Lilly Pinchin(5) ★111 9 058/9 JESSE’S LADY (21) D Faulkner 7 10-9........ Charlie Price(3) 91 10 4P9/5-35 TRUE THOUGHTS (48) Mrs L Young 7 10-2... M Bastyan(3) 102 11 95-34LP BULLION (3) E Williams 9 10-0..................Miss E Williams(7) 105 BLINKERS: Nos. 5, 10 TONGUE STRAP: No. 10. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 5. SP FORECAST: 3 Advantura, 7-2 Breizh Alko, 11-2 The Wire Flyer, 6 True Thoughts, 10 Rock Of Star, 12 Thebellsofshandon, Gyllen, 14 Bullion, 16 Others. 2021: Alkopop 7-11-6, Tom O’Brien 6-1 (T Lawes), 18 ran. 4.15 CAZOO HANDICAP HURDLE (DIV 2) £4,575 (5) 2m 3f 100yds (11) 1 4F/622-P KENNY GEORGE (11) (D) Miss S West 7 11-12.....M Goldstein ★107 2 F22-L54 C’EST QUELQU’UN (41) S Curran 5 11-10.......................D Bass 85 3 113437 BEAU HAZE (13) P C Dando 9 11-6.............................C Ring(3) 104 4 26-0824 AFTER THE FOX (6) (D) Mrs J Williams 7 11-4 Chester Williams(3) 105 5 9P-8301 PUZZLE CACHE (32) C Down 8 11-1............ J A Anderson(7) 101 6 885 VIANS HILL (32) E Williams 5 11-0...............................A Wedge 97 7 856-6P1 ● SHUTTHEGATE (17) (D) J Spearing 8 10-13 Jamie Moore 101 8 886 NOTER LE (32) E Williams 5 10-9............. Isabel Williams(5) 97 9 LPP-781 MICKYH (15) A West 6 10-4......................................Page Fuller 100 10 33FP-P4 AMLOVI (17) A Wintle 9 10-0........................................... B Poste 100 11 64-1LLL POLLARDS FEN (58) G Howell 7 10-0................T Worsley(3) 67 TONGUE STRAP: No. 9 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 4, 5, 9, 11 HOOD: No. 11. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 4, 10, 1, 9, 5, 7. SP FORECAST: 4 Shutthegate, 5 After The Fox, 11-2 Puzzle Cache, Mickyh, 8 Vians Hill, Kenny George, Beau Haze, 10 Amlovi, 16 Others. 2021: No corresponding race. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Leverock Lass (3.10) 310 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 12.30 Culverwell from Miss K Frisby to M Keighley, Twilight Glory from T O’Brien in Ireland to T Vaughan. 1.30 Monbeg Lane from S Doyle in Ireland to T Vaughan. 3.45 Thebellsofshandon from M F Morris in Ireland to P Henderson. 3.20 HANDICAP CHASE £6,045 (4) 2m 59yds (6) 1 41P-33L FAIRWAY FREDDY (45) N Gifford 9 11-12.............J M Davies 127 2 4-7L313 ● DOUKAROV (19) (D) S Curran 7 11-11...........L Murtagh(3) 125 3 712-L2L SOMEKINDOFSTAR (17) (F) L Wadham 9 11-8........J Quinlan ★128 4 L21-F94 SAMBEZI (22) O Signy 6 11-6.............................. J Andrews(5) 118 5 L-78134 THE VOLLAN (22) L Morgan 8 11-5...........................T Bellamy 95 6 45-319P MONARCHOFTHEGRANGE (17) C & A Pogson 7 10-11 P Armson(7) 84 BLINKERS: No. 3 VISOR: No. 5 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 6 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 4, 6 HOOD: No. 2. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 2, 3. SP FORECAST: 11-8 Doukarov, 9-4 Somekindofstar, 6 The Vollan, 8 Sambezi, Fairway Freddy, 25 Monarchofthegrange. 3.55 VITAL STATISTICS TOP CLASS: Bob Olinger impressed at Punchestown IN-FORM TRAINERS (last 10 days) R Spencer 62% (1 wins and 4 places from 8 runners), S Edmunds 60% (1/2/5), G Boughey 59% (4/6/17), L Russell 56% (4/5/16), F O’Brien 52% (4/9/25), C Gordon 50% (3/2/10), Joseph Parr 50% (2/0/4). IN-FORM JOCKEYS Morgan Cole 80% (2 wins and 2 places from 5 runners), Gina Mangan 67% (2/2/6), Rhys Clutterbuck 62% (3/2/8), Aidan Coleman 50% (7/1/16), Clifford Lee 50% (3/0/6), Daniel Muscutt 50% (5/6/22), Jonjo O’Neill Jr 50% (3/3/12), Kielan Woods 50% (1/1/4), Tabitha Worsley 50% (2/2/8). EBF MARES’ OPEN NH FLAT RACE £2,451 (5) 2m 3yds (9) 1 75 A STRIP OF AMY (9) C & A Pogson 5 11-0........ P Armson(7) 91 2 6 AVEC PERMISSION (28) A Hales 5 11-0.....................K Woods 91 3 6 ISLE OF RONA (61) W Greatrex 5 11-0....................C Quinn(7) 105 4 3 MISSFIT (28) N Gifford 5 11-0...................................J M Davies 97 5 MISTRAL NELL L Wadham 5 11-0........................Bryony Frost — 6 1 VALENCIA BORGET (92) S Humphrey 5 11-0 N Scholfield — 7 2 ● BOUNCE BACK (44) A Watson 4 10-1................G Sheehan ★106 8 6 SPRINGAR (61) Seamus Mullins 4 10-1............Sean Houlihan 89 9 L TELL ELL (33) J R Jenkins 4 10-1.....................Daire Davis(7) 75 HOOD: No. 1. SP FORECAST: 5-4 Bounce Back, 5 Isle Of Rona, 8 Springar, Valencia Borget, Missfit, Mistral Nell, 16 Avec Permission, A Strip Of Amy, 66 Tell Ell. GOSSIP FROM THE GALLOPS Lambourn: BOUNCE BACK (3.55 Fakenham) Midlands: TWISTALINE (4.30 Wolverhampton) North: SOCIETY RED (6.00 Wolverhampton) West: EDEN DU HOUX (2.00 Chepstow)

courtney and CO run out of steam But replaced Lawes will be right for Six Nations spot Courtney Lawes had his day ruined as Northampton almost confirmed their exit from the Champions Cup with a third defeat on the spin and he went off early. In his 250th game for Saints, Lawes was replaced after 64 minutes after complaining of tiredness following his recovery from Covid before Christmas. With England’s Six Nations squad due to be announced tomorrow, head coach Eddie Jones was in the crowd to give Lawes the once over. But Saints stressed Lawes, who captained England in the autumn, was not a worry for the tournament. Forwards coach Phil Dowson said: “He was exhausted. Courtney is experienced enough, old enough and 250 games ugly enough to tell us when he’s done. It was more precautionary than anything 4.30 HANDICAP 3YO £2,970 (Cl 6) 1m 142yds (11 dec) 1 (2) L42- ART EXPERT (19) D Loughnane 9 11 Harry Davies(7) 2 (8) 50-6 BLACK ECHO (14) Alice Haynes 9 10............K O’Neill 3 (9) 94-7 CICELY (14) S Kirk 9 7......................................R Hornby 4 (4) 00-4.FIDHA (14) P Evans 9 6.................................G Downing 5 (6) 5-15 TWISTALINE (6) M Appleby 9 5.............. T Marquand 6 (3) 98-6 LITTLE RAVEN (13) G Boughey 9 4........C Shepherd 7 (1) 00-3 MY NAME’S HOWARD (10) R Harris 9 4 D Muscutt 8 (11) 6LL- FIFTEEN SUMMERS (169) J Coulson 9 3 F McManoman(3) 9 (5) 89-7 CHAMPAGNE DIAL (14) K Burke 9 2..................C Lee 10 (7) L70- HALL OR NOTHING (18) Mrs Stella Barclay 8 13 S James 11 (10) 6-34 ● BIRKIE GIRL (13) (F) J S Moore 8 13...... L Keniry BLINKERS: No. 1 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 7, 11. W-Factor: Fidha (64); Little Raven (63); Black Echo (62). SP FORECAST: 5-2 Twistaline, 9-2 Art Expert, 6 Birkie Girl, 13-2 My Name’s Howard, 7 Fidha, 10 Little Raven, 12 Others. 5.00 THE SCOUT 4.30 Birkie Girl 6.30 Clap Your Hands 5.00 Giuseppe Cassioli 7.00 Base Note 5.30 Desert Lime 7.30 Billy Roberts 6.00 Alexander James CLAIMING STAKES £2,970 (6) 7f 36yds (7) 1 (4) 42-3 ● GIUSEPPE CASSIOLI (9) (C) W Muir & C Grassick 5 9 7 M Dwyer 2 (7) 63-4 MUDLAHHIM (14) (D,F) K P De Foy 6 9 5 Miss Mia Biggs(7) 3 (6) L08- PRAISE OF SHADOWS (45) (D,T) L Russell 4 9 1 T Marquand 4 (3) 649- ONE HART (20) (C&D) G Tuer 5 8 11............S James 5 (1) 36- GOSSAMER SILK (19) D P Quinn 4 8 10 Laura Pearson(3) 6 (2) 038- I AM A DREAMER (29) (D) C Wallis 6 8 10 L Morris 7 (5) 02-2.KODI GOLD (9) P Evans 4 8 9.........Gina Mangan(5) TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 3, 7 CHEEK: No. 5 HOOD: No. 3. W-F: I Am A Dreamer (99); Mudlahhim (97); One Hart (93). SP FORECAST: 13-8 Mudlahhim, 3 Giuseppe Cassioli, 11-2 I Am A Dreamer, 6 One Hart, 8 Kodi Gold, 14 Others. TRACK FACTS: GOING: Standard. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2017-22): Luke Morris 11% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2017-22): P Evans 11% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 4.30 Art Expert (blinkers), 5.00 Gossamer Silk (cheek pieces), 7.30 Dandy Maestro (visor). NORTHAMPTON ULSTER By Adam Hathaway 20 24 else – he’s Ok. We wanted to make it a special day – and we failed on that front. “Courtney is a big part of this club, not just in terms of the games but the way he’s played them and the way he leads. He’s one of England’s Wolverhampton SSR 5.30 HANDICAP £3,510 (5) 6f 20yds (9) 1 (8) 50-1 IMPEACH (13) (D) C Allen 4 9 8....................M Dwyer 2 (7) 621- PATSY FAGAN (26) (D) R Fahey 4 9 7 C Murtagh(3) 3 (5) 65L- SEAS OF ELZAAM (46) (D) J Butler 5 9 7 Grace McEntee(3) 4 (1) 210- TRIBUTO (38) (C&D) S C Williams 4 9 5 D Muscutt 5 (6) 59L- WATER OF LEITH (115) (C&D) R Menzies 4 9 5 P Dennis 6 (4) 26-6 PORTELET BAY (16) (D) P Evans 4 9 0 G Downing 7 (2) 324- CREEK HARBOUR (130) (C&D) A Wintle 7 8 13 T Heard(5) 8 (3) L-80 SECRET POTION (6) (C,D) R Harris 8 8 11 C Shepherd 9 (9) 26-2 ● DESERT LIME (10) (D) G Boughey 4 8 11 H Davies(7) BLINKERS: No. 1 VISOR: No. 6 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 4, 9 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 8, 9. W-Factor: Patsy Fagan (83); Tributo (82); Impeach (80). SP FORECAST: 5-2 Impeach, 7-2 Patsy Fagan, 5 Desert Lime, 6 Creek Harbour, 10 Portelet Bay, Tributo, 12 Water Of Leith, 14 Seas Of Elzaam, 25 Secret Potion. BETWAY HANDICAP 6.00 £6,281 (3) 1m 1f 104yds (8) 1 (1) 33L- SEVENTH KINGDOM (39) J Osborne 4 10 0 D Costello 2 (3) 5/PL- SURPRISE EXHIBIT (48) (C&D) A Watson 4 9 9 H Doyle 3 (4) L42- BYFORD (32) (C&D) I Furtado 5 9 9................ J Hart 4 (7) 11-3 ● ALEXANDER JAMES (9) (C&D) M Appleby 6 9 9 F Larson(7) 5 (6) 525/ ALL YOURS (J476) S Curran 11 9 5 Grace McEntee(3) 6 (5) 41-1 SOCIETY RED (11) (C&D) R Fahey 8 9 4 C Murtagh(3) 7 (2) 378- CIVIL LAW (127) R Teal 5 9 2......................J Mitchell 8 (8) 423- PRECISION STORM (21) (C&D) M Loughnane 5 9 1 L Morris TONGUE STRAP: No. 7 CHEEK PIECES: No. 2. W-Factor: Byford (100); Precision Storm (99); Alexander James (98). SP FORECAST: 5-2 Society Red, 3 Alexander James, 4 Byford, 6 Precision Storm, 10 All Yours, 12 Surprise Exhibit, 14 Others. BEATEN FAVOURITES: 4.30 Twistaline. 7.00 Waltons Grove. DRAW: Little effect. LONGEST TRAVELLER: Praise Of Shadows (5.00) 308 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 4.30 Fifteen Summers from A Keatley to J Coulson. 7.00 Waltons Grove from L Morgan to J Butler. 7.30 Mitigator from Mrs L Pearce to P Leech. DX1ST rugby union: european cup captains.” Saints have one unlikely shot at qualifying for the last 16 when they play Finn Russell’s Racing 92 next Sunday, but they were hammered 45-14 by the French earlier in the pool so relegation to the Challenge Cup is on the cards. Dowson was on acting head coach duty because director of rugby Chris Boyd was banished to the stands for two games after criticising a 6.30 CONDITIONS STAKES (QUALIFIER) £10,308 (2) 2m 120yds (5) 1 (2) 15/3- ● CLAP YOUR HANDS (22) (C&D,F) D M Simcock 6 9 5 C Shepherd 2 (1) 460- COEUR DE LION (J19) (D) A King 9 9 5....T Marquand 3 (4) EARLOFTHECOTSWOLDS (J22) N Twiston-Davies 8 9 5 L Keniry 4 (5) 23-2 PROTECTED GUEST (9) G Margarson 7 9 5..L Morris 5 (3) 402- RAINBOW DREAMER (37) (C&D) A King 9 9 5..H Doyle CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 5. W-Factor: Rainbow Dreamer (111); Coeur de Lion (103); Clap Your Hands (97). SP FORECAST: 8-11 Rainbow Dreamer, 7-2 Clap Your Hands, 7 Earlofthecotswolds, 8 Coeur de Lion, 14 Protected Guest. 7.00 MAIDEN STAKES (GBB RACE) £3,942 (5) 1m 1f 104yds (11) 1 (6) WALTONS GROVE (J79) J Butler 5 10 0.. G McEntee(3) 2 (8) BRANSTON PIKKLE (J58) R Teal 4 9 13.. G Bass(5) 3 (3) DOVES DELIGHT (J58) M Mullineaux 4 9 13..P Dennis 4 (9) LL- JOYFUL SONG (40) A Newcombe 5 9 9....W Cox(3) 5 (4) 92- ● BASE NOTE (28) (F) S & E Crisford 3 8 6...K O’Neill 6 (2) 4- GRAND ALLIANCE (28) C Fellowes 3 8 6...C Shepherd 7 (5) SOUS SURVEILLANCE A King 3 8 6...........D Probert 8 (10) 4- ZAIN SARINDA (49) Tom Clover 3 8 6........ L Morris 9 (1) 0- DEAC’S GIRL (48) J Osborne 3 8 1......... G Rooke(3) 10 (11) MARMALASHES W Haggas 3 8 1.......................H Doyle 11 (7) THOUGHTFUL GIFT P Leech 3 8 1..........Jane Elliott W-Factor: Base Note (72); Zain Sarinda (71); Grand Alliance (68). SP FORECAST: 13-8 Base Note, 7-2 Grand Alliance, 9-2 Marmalashes, 11-2 Zain Sarinda, 10 Others. 7.30 HANDICAP £2,970 (6) 1m 1f 104yds (12) 1 (5) 76-1 ALMUFEED (12) (C&D) S Curran 5 9 11...G McEntee(3) 2 (2) 711- ● BILLY ROBERTS (18) (C&D) S Whitaker 9 9 10 C Beasley 3 (7) 674- DANDY MAESTRO (39) (F) R Spencer 4 9 10..H Doyle 4 (10) L55- ZOOM ZOOM BABE (41) M Appleby 5 9 8..T Ladd(3) 5 (8) 230/ MITIGATOR (826) P Leech 6 9 7.....Morgan Cole(7) 6 (9) 743- ALLOWED (18) R Beckett 4 9 7.....................R Hornby 7 (1) 184- HOT DAY (22) (C&D,F) J S Moore 4 9 6.... L Keniry 8 (12) 430- CRESTWOOD (J50) Joseph Parr 4 9 6...T Marquand 9 (3) 06/0 HE’S A LATCHICO (14) G L Moore 4 9 6 R Clutterbuck(3) 10 (11) 321- DIAMOND JILL (22) (C&D) Sarah Hollinshead 5 9 6 D Probert 11 (4) 23-9 PILOT WINGS (12) (C&D) A Carroll 7 9 3....M Phillips(5) 12 (6) 539- SHE’S NO ANGEL (30) (D) K Burke 4 9 2........C Lee BLINKERS: Nos. 5, 10 VISOR: No. 3 CHEEK PIECES: No. 7. W-Factor: Hot Day (75); She’s No Angel (74); Zoom Zoom Babe (73). SP FORECAST: 10-3 Almufeed, 4 Billy Roberts, 9-2 Diamond Jill, 7 Allowed, 8 Hot Day, 10 Dandy Maestro, 12 Others. flying finish referee following the recent defeat by Saracens. Dowson said: “Never say never but it’s a tough ask going to Racing. “Chris will be in the mix for our selection and preparation for that. We’ll make a big run at it whatever happens.” Ulster gave notice of their threat when wing Robert Baloucoune twisted over after just six minutes and scrumhalf Nathan Doak followed up in the 20th minute after a KELSO: Good to soft-soft in places 1.05—SCOTTISH ACCENT (N Moscrop, 7‐2 2nd fav) 1; Deep Charm (4‐1) 2; Uptown Harry (5‐1) 3. H’cap 7 ran. 5l, 4 3 /4l. (R Menzies; 10-3 fav Into Overdrive). Tote: £4.50; pl £2.30, £2.00. exacta: £21.20. trifecta: £91.00. CSF: £18.23. 1.35—EVITA DU MESNIL (K Brogan, 11‐1) 1; Baraboy (11‐1) 2; Bestiarius (10‐3 fav) 3. H’cap 14 ran. nk, 3 /4l. (D Bourke). Tote: £12.00; pl £3.30, £3.30, £1.60. exacta: £102.80. tricast: £502.49. trifecta: £571.10. CSF: £128.36. Nonrunner: That’s Your Lottie. 2.10—SOFT RISK (B Hughes, 2‐5 fav) 1; Travail D’Orfevre (14‐1) 2; Andante (33‐1) 3. 10 ran. 3 1 /4l, hd. (N Richards). Tote: £1.40; pl £1.10, £2.60, £4.00. exacta: £12.10. trifecta: £70.50. CSF: £9.27. 2.40—STAINSBY GIRL (Craig Nichol, 10‐3 2nd fav) 1; Elvis Mail (evens fav) 2; Word Has It (9‐2) 3. H’cap 6 ran. 1 3 /4l, 2 1 /2l. (D Whillans). Tote: £4.34; pl £1.80, £1.20. exacta: £8.90. trifecta: £24.70. CSF: £7.26. 3.10—BIG RIVER (D R Fox, 5‐2 jt fav) 1; Cash To Ash (11‐4) 2; Mister Whitaker (5‐2 jt fav) 3. H’cap 4 ran. 6l, 19l. (L Russell). Tote: £3.50; exacta: £7.20. trifecta: £16.40. CSF: £9.21. 3.40—TO THE LIMIT (O Brown, 11‐2) 1; Lastofthecosmics (11‐2) 2; Don’t Need To Know (5‐1) 3. H’cap 9 ran. 1 3 /4l, ns. (W Coltherd; 3-1 fav Eveque). Tote: £6.50; pl £1.90, £2.20, £2.10. exacta: £35.00. tricast: £159.92. trifecta: £193.10. CSF: £35.74. Placepot: £52.80 (Race 1) 6, 5; (2) 4, 12, 3; (3) 1, 7, 3; (4) 4, 1; (5) 1; (6) 8, 3, 6. Quadpot: £11.80 PUNCHESTOWN: Soft-soft to heavy in places 12.15—DYSART DYNAMO (P Townend, 4‐9 fav) 1; Gringo D’aubrelle (14‐1) 2; The Little Yank (150‐1) 3. 7 ran. 19l, 30l. (W P Mullins). Tote: €1.45; pl €1.10, €2.60. exacta: €5.80. trifecta: €109.90. CSF: €8.68. 12.45—HIAOU (J W Kennedy, 11‐8 fav) 1; Goven (3‐1) 2; Killer Mode (6‐4 2nd fav) 3; Rory Hutchinson’s chip forward went astray. Dan Biggar pulled a try back when he started and finished a sweeping Saints move but Ulster full-back Mike Lowry’s double after the break settled it and guaranteed the province’s place in the last 16. Northampton – Tries: Biggar, Hutchinson. Cons: Biggar, Furbank. Cons: Biggar (2). Ulster – Tries: Baloucoune, Doak, Lowry (2). Cons: Doak (2) Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 49 Robert Baloucoune dives over to score Ulster’s opening try yesterday Clermont leave Sale sweating on last-16 Sale crashed to a 25-19 defeat at Clermont as their hopes of a last-16 place were made to wait another week. The visitors needed a win to qualify for the knockout stage, and can do just that if they beat Ospreys at home on Sunday. Back-row Alfie Barbeary, right, inspired Wasps to an improbable 30-22 win against holders Toulouse on Saturday and was tipped for international recognition. Skipper for the JACKPOT: www.totepoolliveinfo.com day Brad Shields, a former England flanker, said: “He has got some unreal skill – he’s pretty special.” Teenager Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored a hat-trick to help steer Bordeaux-Begles to a 45-10 win against Scarlets. Leicester left it late to make it three wins out of three as Hosea Saumaki’s last-minute try gave them a 29-28 win at Connacht. Exeter gained revenge for their pre-Christmas 22-7 loss at Glasgow by handing a 52-17 beating at Sandy Park, with a hat-trick for wing Tom O’Flaherty. Bristol booked their place in the last 16 with a 28-17 win over Stade Francais at Ashton Gate but Bath fell to a 39-21 defeat at La Rochelle. Adam Hathaway YESTERDAY’S RESULTS L’yser (22‐1) 4. 19 ran. 3 /4l, 8l, 17l. (G Elliott). Tote: €2.50; pl €1.40, €1.10, €1.10. exacta: €8.60. trifecta: €17.20. CSF: €6.49. Nonrunners: Littel Flour, Our Patron Saint. 1.15—SUPREME JET (B Browne, 5‐2 fav) 1; Mr Saxobeat (7‐2) 2; Jack In The Box (11‐4 2nd fav) 3; Petit King (10‐1) 4. 21 ran. 17l, 1 /2l, 4 3 /4l. (O McKiernan). Tote: €3.50; pl €1.50, €2.20, €1.50. exacta: €19.70. trifecta: €69.50. CSF: €12.81. 1.45—MUST BE OBEYED (D J O’Keeffe, 12‐1) 1; Robyndeglory (8‐1) 2; Paddy Wickla (13‐2) 3. H’cap 13 ran. 8l, 6l. (T Gibney; 4-1 jtfav Lugg River, 4-1 jtfav Farrawaybay). Tote: €14.80; pl €3.70, €2.00, €2.00. exacta: €149.10. tricast: €692.19. trifecta: €1062.10. CSF: €100.75. Non-runner: Family Business. 2.20—BOB OLINGER (Rachael Blackmore, 1‐2 fav) 1; Capodanno (7‐2 2nd fav) 2; Gaillard Du Mesnil (11‐2) 3. 8 ran. 4 3 /4l, 27l. (H De Bromhead). Tote: €1.50; pl €1.02, €1.20, €1.30. exacta: €3.30. trifecta: €6.90. CSF: €2.69. 2.50—WHISKEY LULLABY (P Townend, 13‐8 fav) 1; Difficult Decision (40‐1) 2; Ballyadam Destiny (18‐1) 3. 12 ran. 3 /4l, hd. (W P Mullins). Tote: €2.63; pl €1.20, €9.40, €4.20. exacta: €55.20. trifecta: €1010.10. CSF: €87.66. 3.20—FEYAN (Jack Foley, 15‐2) 1; Be My Dream (9‐1) 2; Capture The Drama (10‐1) 3. H’cap 15 ran. 18l, 3 3 /4l. (R Tyner; 3-1 fav Stealthy Tom). Tote: €10.40; pl €2.80, €2.90, €3.00. exacta: €95.60. tricast: €691.04. trifecta: €1754.20. CSF: €71.86. 3.50—JOHN ADAMS (Mr R A Berry, 8‐1) 1; Exit To The West (18‐5 2nd fav) 2; Glenloe (11‐8 fav) 3. H’cap 11 ran. 7 1 /2l, 12l. (C Bowe). Tote: €9.00; pl €2.40, €1.70, €1.10. exacta: €23.70. tricast: €64.71. trifecta: €126.40. CSF: €39.49. Placepot: €6.10 (Race 1) 1, 3; (2) 7, 5, 10; (3) 18, 12, 9; (4) 8, 3, 10; (5) 1, 2, 4; (6) 12, 2, 1; SOUTHWELL: Standard to slow 12.25—LOWER STREET (M Dwyer, 9‐4 fav) 1; Cherokee Dance (9‐2) 2; Engrave (16‐1) 3. H’cap 5 ran. 1l, 1 /2l. (D M Simcock). Tote: sport in brief Basketball BBL: Cheshire 107 Glasgow 87, Manchester 77 Plymouth 84. Golf USPGA Sony Open (Honolulu, Hawaii)—3rd rnd (USA unless stated, Par 70): 192 R Henley 62 63 67, 194 H Matsuyama (Jpn) 66 65 63, 196 M Kuchar 64 65 67, H Li (Chn) 63 65 68, S Power (Irl) 63 68 65, A Svensson (Can) 64 67 65, 197 L Glover 67 66 64, K Kisner 68 64 65. Ice hockey Elite League: Cardiff 3 Fife 2, Dundee 5 Nottingham 4 (OT), Guildford 3 Coventry 4 (OT). Rugby Union European Champions Cup Pool One Exeter................ 52 Glasgow............ 17 La Rochelle...... 39 Bath................... 21 Ospreys............. 10 Racing 92........... 25 Clermont A....... 25 Sale.................... 19 Leinster............ 89 Montpellier....... 7 North’pton....... 20 Ulster................ 24 P W D L B F A Pts Racing 92....3 3 0 0 2 98 24 14 Ulster...........3 3 0 0 2 80 65 14 La Rochelle..3 2 1 0 1 59 34 11 Leinster.......3 2 0 1 2 134 55 10 Exeter..........3 2 0 1 2 101 45 10 Clermont A...3 1 1 1 1 48 48 7 Sale.............3 1 1 1 1 40 38 7 Glasgow.......3 1 0 2 1 52 79 5 Montpellier...3 1 0 2 1 41 131 5 North’pton...3 0 0 3 2 56 96 2 Bath.............3 0 1 2 0 41 84 2 Ospreys........3 0 0 3 0 23 74 0 Pool Two Bristol.............. 28 Stade Francais.17 Connacht.......... 28 Leicester........... 29 Wasps................ 30 Toulouse........... 22 Bordeaux-B....... 45 Scarlets............ 10 P W D L B F A Pts Harlequins...3 3 0 0 2 99 68 14 Leicester......3 3 0 0 2 74 64 14 Munster.......3 3 0 0 1 70 40 13 Bristol..........3 2 1 0 2 56 17 12 Bordeaux-B..3 1 1 1 2 58 26 8 Connacht.....3 1 0 2 4 87 67 8 Toulouse......3 1 1 1 1 61 37 7 Wasps..........3 1 1 1 0 44 57 6 Castres........3 0 0 3 3 44 55 3 S Francais....3 0 1 2 0 26 64 2 Cardiff.........3 0 0 3 2 57 118 2 Scarlets.......3 0 1 2 0 10 73 2 European Challenge Cup Pool 1 Worcester........ 23 Toulon............... 34 Pool 2 B Treviso........... 23 Dragons.............. 9 Perpignan............6 Lyon.................... 37 Pool 3 Lon Irish............ 21 Edinburgh......... 20 Snooker The Masters (Alexandra Palace, London)—Semi-Finals: N Robertson (Aus) bt M Williams (Wal) 6-5, B Hawkins (Eng) bt J Trump (Eng) 6-5. Final: Robertson bt Hawkins 10-4. tennis ATP & WTA Adelaide International (Australia)—Men’s final: T Kokkinakis (Aus) bt A Rinderknech (Fra) 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3. Women’s final: M Keys (USA) bt A Riske (USA) 6-1 6-2. ATP & WTA Sydney Tennis Classic (Australia)—Men’s final: (1) A Karatsev (Rus) bt A Murray (Gbr) 6-3 6-3. Women’s final: (5) P Badosa Gibert (Spa) bt (1) B Krejcikova (Cze) 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-4). £3.25; pl £1.50, £2.10. exacta: £11.80. trifecta: £47.80. CSF: £12.01. 12.55—DAAFY (L Morris, 9‐2 2nd fav) 1; Love Your Work (6‐1) 2; Cusack (11‐2) 3. H’cap 12 ran. nk, 1 1 /2l. (D Shaw; 16-5 fav Masqool). Tote: £5.50; pl £2.20, £2.20, £2.30. exacta: £33.70. tricast: £155.67. trifecta: £286.10. CSF: £30.36. Non-runner: Agent Of Fortune. 1.25—DUCAL CROWN (D Probert, 11‐4 fav) 1; Albayaader (9‐2) 2; Dark Enchantment (5‐1) 3. 9 ran. nk, 3 1 /2l. (A Balding). Tote: £3.75; pl £1.30, £1.30, £2.00. exacta: £13.30. trifecta: £61.20. CSF: £15.27. Non-runner: Minnie T. 2.00—SOCIAL CONTACT (J Mitchell, 5‐6 fav) 1; Kissininthebackrow (6‐1) 2; Makarova (10‐1) 3. 9 ran. 2 1 /2l, nk. (R Varian). Tote: £1.84; pl £1.10, £1.80, £2.20. exacta: £7.10. trifecta: £30.10. CSF: £6.67. 2.30—LIGHT LILY (D Muscutt, 7‐1) 1; Last Date (50‐1) 2; Al Suil Eile (9‐1) 3. H’cap 13 ran. 1 /2l, nk. (J Butler; 11-4 fav Abnaa). Tote: £8.00; pl £2.60, £9.50, £3.30. exacta: £276.30. tricast: £3272.56. trifecta: £4426.00. CSF: £331.29. Non-runner: Bavardages. 3.00—IMPERIAL MOUNTAIN (J Hart, 3‐1 2nd fav) 1; King Of York (11‐1) 2; Neat And Dandy (7‐1) 3. H’cap 6 ran. hd, 2 3 /4l. (J J Quinn; 5-2 fav Mojomaker). Tote: £4.00; pl £2.00, £3.90. exacta: £37.40. trifecta: £175.20. CSF: £32.87. 3.30—LADY LOU (C Rodriguez, 80‐1) 1; Sandie’s Dream (11‐1) 2; Kiritimati Island (11‐10 fav) 3. H’cap 11 ran. 1 /2l, hd. (M Dods). Tote: £81.00; pl £11.60, £2.60, £1.20. exacta: £572.20. tricast: £1880.35. trifecta: £4876.10. CSF: £796.92. Non-runner: Thin Lizzy. 4.00—AIRSHOW (R Coakley, 7‐1) 1; Burrows Seeside (11‐4 fav) 2; Aramis Grey (13‐2 jt 2nd fav) 3. H’cap 9 ran. shd, 1 /2l. (B Millman). Tote: £8.00; pl £1.80, £1.60, £2.50. exacta: £21.20. tricast: £133.54. trifecta: £217.00. CSF: £26.70. Jackpot: £10,000.00, with £385.53 carried over. Placepot: £135.00 (Race 1) 1, 5; (2) 12, 2, 13; (3) 4, 2, 3; (4) 8, 3, 4; (5) 1, 11, 6; (6) 4, 6; Quadpot: £19.80

50 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 THOSE WERE THE DAYS ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY 1933: The MCC received a telegram from the Australian Cricket Board complaining about excessive use of ‘bodyline’ bowling by England’s Harold Larwood. 1942: Boxer Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, was born in Louisville, Kentucky. 2000: Eric Cantona narrowly pipped George Best as Manchester United’s best player of the 20th century in a vote on the club’s official website. 2013: Cyclist Lance Armstrong, above, was stripped of the Olympic bronze medal he won at the Sydney Games in 2000. 2018: Everton completed the signing of Theo Walcott from Arsenal on a three-and-a-half-year contract. DX1ST cricket: fifth ashes test 1. Who took pole, drove fastest lap and won the 2021 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? 2. Which Exeter lock scored a hat-trick against Montpellier in Heineken Champions Cup Pool A last month? 3. Who scored two penalties for Chelsea in the Premier League home win over Leeds United? 4. Who was the first of the Williams sisters to win the ladies singles title at Wimbledon? 5. Which golfer becoming the youngest-ever US Masters champion in 1997? 6. Which Jamaican boxer beat Pinklon Thomas to win the WBC heavyweight boxing championship in 1986? 7. Which county cricket club have their headquarters at the St Lawrence Ground? 8. Who is the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels? 9. Which German runner won the men’s 800m at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney? 10. In which racket sport is the Thomas Cup contested? ANSWERS: 1 Max Verstappen. 2 Jonny Gray. 3 Jorginho. 4 Venus. 5 Tiger Woods. 6 Trevor Berbick. 7 Kent. 8 John Surtees. 9 Nils Schumann. 10 Badminton. MUST DO BETTER: Tour Report card rory burns 1 An awful tour that began with his first-ball dismissal and hardly improved from there. Has shrunk in the face of the challenge and a real let down. played: 3 runs: 77 BATTING AVE: 12.83 haseeb hameed 1 Picked too soon after finding some County Championship form and found that his game is not up to demands of Test cricket in this part of the world. played: 4 runs: 80 BATTING AVE: 10 joe root 6 Unsurprisingly, his batting output diminished as the weight of carrying England caught up with him. Made some curious decisions as captain. played: 5 runs: 322 BATTING AVE: 32.3 wickets: 5 zak crawley 5 Managed to provide a glimpse of what he is capable of in Sydney and was confident in Hobart. Looks to have the tools to thrive Down Under next time. played: 3 runs: 166 BATTING AVE: 27.66 dawid malan 5 A hugely encouraging start to the series with twin 80s in the first two games, but faded thereafter as Australia’s bowlers got on top. played: 5 runs: 244 BATTING AVE: 24.44 ben stokes 5 The tour arrived too soon for him after his injury break and has been striving to get up to top speed with bat and ball. Played a big part in the Sydney draw. played: 5 runs: 236 BATTING AVE: 23.6 wickets: 4 Undecided? Damp is the new dry this January Order today and get £5 off Includes: 20 Craft Beers Including No and Low Alcohol • Tasty Snack • Free Magazine • Free UK Tracked Delivery ollie pope 2 So much promised and so little delivered. Pope is in danger of becoming the best batsman of his generation everywhere outside the Test arena. played: 3 runs: 67 BATTING AVE: 11.16 JOS buttler 3 A shame that his tour was ended by injury, but the truth is Buttler’s Test race should now be run. He is clearly finding it a struggle with bat and gloves. played: 4 runs: 107 BATTING AVE: 15.28 CHRIS woakes 3 Largely ineffective with the ball and offered a couple of contributions with the bat. A tour that questions his ability to be a threat away from home. played: 3 runs: 146 BATTING AVE: 24.33 wickets: 6 JONNY bairstow 7 Scored the only hundred of the series for England before batting bravely in the second innings to help secure the draw. Showed he still has a future at Test level. played: 2 runs: 194 BATTING AVE: 48.5 SAM billings 5 A last-minute addition to the tour and the 30-year-old jumped in head first to give a decent account of himself with bat and gloves on debut. played: 1 runs: 30 BATTING AVE: 15 STUART broad 6 Missed out on two pitches that would have suited him best – Brisbane and Melbourne – but got up to speed in Sydney and Hobart. Still effective at best. played: 3 wickets: 13 AVE: 26.3 x2 OF EACH BEER * £30 WITH CODE: 5DAMPJAN ollie robinson 6 Clearly a talented bowler who has the ability to be a mainstay of England’s attack for many years, but only if he dedicates himself to the cause. played: 4 wickets: 11 AVE: 25.54 JAMES anderson 7 Still England’s best bowler, but age is catching up with him. Cannot be expected to lead the line every time. When fit he remains the biggest threat. MARK wood 8 Never gives anything but total commitment and got his just rewards in the final match, but should have been utilised better in the first three matches. played: 4 wickets: 17 AVE: 26.64 JACK leach 4 Mishandled and misused. Thrown to the wolves in Brisbane and denied a turning pitch in Adelaide, which summed up England’s muddled thinking. played: 3 wickets: 8 AVE: 23.37 played: 3 wickets: 6 AVE: 53.5 IF YOU’RE NOT SURE YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH DRY JANUARY, WE HAVE JUST THE THING HOPSMORE.CO.UK/JANUARY *£30 offer is only available with the use of discount code ‘5DAMPJAN’ in the checkout and can be applied to multiple orders. Full price is £35 team total 74/160 Summer loving happened so fast for new dad Malan DAWID Malan could be forgiven for having other things on his mind when he went out to bat in the Hobart Test – after becoming a father for the first time. Wife Claire was expecting to have him back for the birth, but baby daughter Summer Skye arrived six weeks early. The news that she had gone into labour filtered through to Malan before he was due to bat in the first innings. After he made 25 and England were bowled out cheaply, Malan was in constant touch with the progress back home. Claire From Dean Wilson posted an Instagram photo of Summer Skye’s feet, saying: “Our baby gave us a huge shock arriving six weeks early. There are no words to explain the love.” Malan, above, had spent much of the tour worrying about how his wife was getting on without him during the latter stages of the pregnancy. He said: “So many unbelievably good emotions but so tough missing such a special day. Incredibly proud of Claire for getting through it all alone.”

THE wry smile from Joe Root From Dean Wilson in Hobart said it all as the ball shot along the floor, under his bat, and cannoned experienced just before Brisbane, into the stumps. game time had to have been Unlike most of his team-mates, found before then. there was nothing Root could do Basics had to be drilled so that about the ball from Scott Boland they came naturally. Fielding and that made him the fifth man out in catching are obvious areas that let an improbable run chase. England down badly but, so too, It signalled the end of the dream of a maiden Test win in scoreboard Australia at the 14th time of AUSTRALIA: Second Innings (Overnight 37-3) Mins Balls Runs asking. Root has simply not been S Smith c Malan b Wood.............115 62 27 able to get the best out of his S Boland c Billings b Wood............39 33 8 T Head c Billings b Wood...............20 16 8 players in one game long enough. C Green lbw Broad........................81 47 23 An Ashes tour of Australia is A Carey c Billings b Broad............126 88 49 M Starc c Pope b Wood.................14 4 1 unlike any other trip. P Cummins b Wood.......................50 33 13 It requires an almost messianic N Lyon not out................................7 5 4 B1 lb3 w1 nb1..........................................6 commitment to your craft and a Total (56.3 overs).................................155 willingness to push yourself Fall: 0, 5, 33, 47, 59, 63, 112, 121, 151. harder than ever before. Bowling: Broad 18-2-51-3, Woakes 11-3-40-1, Robinson 11-4-23-0, Wood 16.3-2-37-6. So if you are not in the best ENGLAND: Second Innings shape of your life physically and Mins Balls Runs R Burns b Green...........................78 46 26 mentally, or in the form of your Z Crawley c Carey b Green...........112 66 36 life with your skills and decisionmaking, you will struggle. B Stokes c Lyon b Starc................26 15 5 D Malan b Green...........................26 20 10 J Root b Boland............................57 31 11 The gap you are trying to close O Pope b Cummins.......................45 26 5 S Billings c Cummins b Boland......18 9 1 with Australia in their own C Woakes c Carey b Boland...........15 11 5 backyard is already a chasm M Wood b Cummins......................11 7 11 O Robinson b Cummins...................7 1 0 before you even step off the plane. S Broad not out..............................3 1 1 So a few throwdowns and a few Lb13......................................................13 net sessions before going into Total (38.5 overs).................................124 Fall: 68, 82, 83, 92, 101, 107, 107, 115, 123. battle is laughably naive. Even Bowling: Starc 8-0-30-1, Cummins 12.5-3-42-3, with the poor weather they Boland 12-5-18-3, Green 6-1-21-3. DX1ST cricket: fifth ashes test England’s tour ends without a glimmer of hope Root again let down by his batsmen It’s all over... Skipper Root could do little to keep out an unplayable ball from Boland Here’s another Oz wizard… SNOOKER Neil Robertson piled Masters success on Ashes misery as the latest Australian to demolish England’s best. The 39-year-old took his second title in the prestigious invitation tournament for the world’s top 16 players, and a £250,000 prize, a decade after his first, with a 10-4 win over Kent’s Barry Hawkins. world of sport World No.4 Robertson, who made two century breaks in the final, celebrated with his children Alexander and Penelope in the arena. A huge cricket fan, he said: “It’s nice to have another Australian win over England. “I’ve enjoyed checking the cricket scores over the last few weeks. And there have been a few Aussie punters in the crowd.” hector nunns Robertson bowling no-balls. Three times by as many England bowlers in the series, wickets were chalked off. Injuries always play their part and Jofra Archer and Olly Stone were ruled out before a ball was bowled. But England had Mark Wood – and he was wasted. No bowler sent down more balls than Wood and yet more than half of them came after the series was lost. How does that make any sense? Stuart Broad lives rent-free in David Warner’s head. And yet the moment that should have set the tone for the series was given away to the Aussies. Instead of Broad to Warner it was Mitchell Starc to Rory Burns at the Gabba – and England never recovered from 0-1. But it was England’s failure with the bat that was so acute. Root said: “Naturally you’re going to hurt and you’re going to feel very down, but it’s about how you react. “You’ve got to have a hard look at yourself and ask yourself some tough questions. 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DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 53 LEAGUE ONE AFC Wimbledon (0) 0 Morecambe (0) 0 Att: 7,128 AFC Wimbledon: Tzanev, Alexander, Heneghan, Nightingale, Osew, Woodyard, Marsh, Assal (Kaja 84), McCormick, Rudoni (Mebude 84), Palmer (Ablade 89). Booked: Marsh 83, Ablade 90. Morecambe: Carson, McLaughlin, O’Connor, Bedeau, Leigh, McLoughlin, Diagouraga, Wildig (Cooney 75), Ayunga (McCalmont 90), Stockton, Gnahoua (McDonald 68). Booked: Wildig 58, Leigh 65. Ref: Ben Speedie. Accrington Stanley (0) 1 Sunderland (0) 1 Clark 84 O’Brien 48; Att: 4,498 Accrington Stanley: Savin, Clark, Nottingham, Sykes, Amankwah, Butcher, Hamilton, Pell, O’Sullivan (Longelo 79), McConville (Rich-Baghuelou 80), Bishop. Subs not used: Rodgers, Isherwood, Nolan, Morgan, Malcolm. Booked: Sykes 58, Hamilton 82. Sent-off: Sykes 76.. Sunderland: Hoffmann, Wright, Flanagan, Doyle, Cirkin, Embleton, Neil, Dajaku, Pritchard (O’Brien 46), Gooch, Stewart. Ref: James Bell. Bolton (0) 2 Ipswich (0) 0 Lee 74, Afolayan 81 Att: 14,020 Bolton: Trafford, Jones (Aimson 90), Santos, Johnston, John, Morley, Williams, Lee, Fossey, Charles (Afolayan 70), Bakayoko (Delfouneso 90). Booked: Williams 13, Santos 80. Ipswich: Walton, Donacien, Woolfenden, Edmundson, Burns, Evans, Morsy, Penney (Vincent-Young 70), Aluko (Chaplin 84), Bonne, Norwood (Celina 70). Booked: Walton 40, Norwood 58, Burns 73. Ref: Robert Madley. Cheltenham (1) 1 Charlton (0) 1 N’Lundulu 43 Aneke 90 Att: 4,709 Cheltenham: Evans, Long, Pollock, Boyle, Blair, Thomas, Sercombe (Bonds 90), Freestone, Wright (Raglan 84), N’Lundulu (A Williams 90), May. Booked: Wright 62, Thomas 67, N’Lundulu 68. Charlton: Henderson, Clare, Inniss, Famewo, Matthews (Leko 65), Morgan, Dobson (Gilbey 79), Lee, Jaiyesimi (Blackett-Taylor 46), Burstow, Aneke. Booked: Aneke 45, Inniss 68. Ref: Sebastian Stockbridge. Crewe (0) 0 Shrewsbury (0) 0 Att: 5,587 Crewe: Richards, Mandron, Johnson, Sass-Davies, Offord, Ainley (Lundstram 83), Lowery, Finney, Murphy (Griffiths 14), Long (Onyeka 85), Porter. Booked: Griffiths 23, Sass-Davies 63. Shrewsbury: Marosi, Pennington, Ebanks-Landell, Nurse, Bennett, Vela, Davis, Leahy, Ogbeta, Bowman, Udoh. Ref: Gavin Ward. Doncaster (0) 1 Wigan (1) 2 Bogle 60 Power 11, Keane 54 Att: 7,169 Doncaster: Jones, Hasani (Seaman 69), Knoyle, Olowu, Horton, Smith, Galbraith, Rowe (Greaves 80), Agard, Dodoo, Barlow (Bogle 60). Booked: Hasani 45, Galbraith 70, Dodoo 84. Wigan: Amos, Darikwa, Whatmough, Watts, Pearce (Edwards 81), Power, Naylor, Massey (Kerr 81), Lang (Humphrys 90), Mc- Clean, Keane. Booked: Amos 85. Ref: Rebecca Welch. Fleetwood Town (0) 1 Rotherham (0) 0 Pilkington 90 Att: 3,385 Fleetwood Town: Cairns, Johnston (Nsiala 46), Clarke, Jules, Andrew, Johnson, Batty, Camps (Matete 85), Hayes (Pilkington 67), Harrison, Lane. Booked: Johnson 7, Clarke 65. Rotherham: Vickers, Edmonds-Green, Wood, Ihiekwe, Ogbene, Barlaser, Wiles, Rathbone, Ferguson, Grigg (Kayode 46), Smith. Ref: Robert Lewis. P W D L F A Pts Wycombe 27 15 7 5 44 30 52 Sunderland 27 15 6 6 52 33 51 Rotherham 25 15 5 5 45 18 50 Wigan 22 15 3 4 42 21 48 MK Dons 26 13 7 6 46 31 46 Plymouth 25 12 7 6 40 29 43 Oxford Utd 26 12 7 7 40 29 43 Sheff Wed 25 10 10 5 34 29 40 Portsmouth 24 10 7 7 29 24 37 Accrington Stanley 26 10 6 10 32 41 36 Ipswich 26 9 8 9 43 36 35 Burton Albion 25 10 5 10 32 31 35 Cheltenham 26 7 10 9 32 45 31 Charlton 26 8 6 12 32 32 30 Shrewsbury 26 8 6 12 26 29 30 Cambridge Utd 25 7 9 9 33 38 30 Bolton 25 8 5 12 32 37 29 Lincoln City 25 7 7 11 29 33 28 Fleetwood Town 25 7 7 11 38 43 28 AFC Wimbledon 23 6 8 9 30 36 26 Morecambe 25 6 6 13 34 49 24 Crewe 26 5 7 14 24 44 22 Gillingham 25 3 9 13 19 41 18 Doncaster 25 4 4 17 17 46 16 Gillingham (1) 1 Burton Albion (0) 3 McKenzie 3 Hamer 50 Brayford 79 Att: 4,198 Smith 87 Gillingham: Dahlberg, Jackson, Tucker, Ehmer, McKenzie (Tutonda 76), O’Keefe (Lloyd 59), Dempsey, Reeves (Carayol 80), Lee, Oliver, Kelman. Booked: Tucker 25, Dempsey 84. Burton Albion: Garratt, Hughes, Brayford, Oshilaja, Hamer, Taylor, O’Connor (Lakin 74), Borthwick-Jackson, Powell, Jebbison (Smith 86), Ahadme. Booked: Hamer 16. Ref: Thomas Bramall. Lincoln City (0) 0 Cambridge Utd (0) 1 Att: 8,507 Ironside 90 Lincoln City: Griffiths, Bishop (Melbourne 85), Eyoma, Poole, Bramall, Whittaker, McGrandles, Fiorini (Sanders 79), Scully, Maguire, Cullen (Adelakun 85). Cambridge Utd: Mitov, Okedina, Sherring, Iredale, Dunk, Worman (Hoolahan 61), Digby, Smith (Knibbs 82), May, Brophy (Lankester 90), Ironside. Booked: Brophy 71. Ref: Andrew Kitchen. Portsmouth (0) 1 MK Dons (2) 2 Hirst 60 Eisa 20 Att: 14,958 Corbeanu 45 Portsmouth: Bazunu, Freeman (Jacobs 82), Raggett, Ogilvie, Romeo, Morrell, Williams (Thompson 63), Hackett-Fairchild, Harness, Curtis, Hirst (Marquis 73). Booked: Hirst 32, Marquis 90. MK Dons: Cumming, Kioso, O’Hora, Lewington, Watson (Baldwin 74), O’Riley, Robson, Harvie, Corbeanu (Parrott 83), Eisa (Boateng 69), Twine. Booked: Robson 52, Harvie 90. Ref: Scott Oldham. Sheff Wed (2) 4 Plymouth (0) 2 Sow 19 Randell 47 Mendez-Laing 40 Johnson 84 (og) Hutchinson 79 Windass 84 Att: 20,872 Sheff Wed: Peacock-Farrell, Palmer, Hutchinson, Johnson, Hunt, Dele-Bashiru, Luongo, Bannan (Adeniran 90), Mendez- Laing, Gregory (Paterson 90), Sow (Windass 80). Booked: Luongo 56, Hunt 88. Plymouth: Cooper, Bolton, Scarr, Gillesphey, Edwards, Randell, Houghton (Law 82), Mayor (Broom 59), Grant, Garrick, Ennis (Jephcott 70). Booked: Broom 90. Ref: Chris Pollard. Wycombe (1) 2 Oxford Utd (0) 0 Thompson 33 Hanlan 60 Att: 8,005 Wycombe: Stockdale, Stewart, Tafazolli, Jacobson, Grimmer, Thompson (Wheeler 74), Scowen, Obita, McCleary, Mehmeti (Horgan 78), Hanlan (De Barr 90). Booked: Hanlan 52, McCleary 64. Oxford Utd: Eastwood, Long, Moore, Thorniley, Seddon, Sykes, McGuane (Henry 68), Brannagan, Williams (Whyte 68), Taylor, Holland (Winnall 71). Booked: Sykes 77, Brannagan 90. Ref: Anthony Backhouse. 4 Aston Villa (0) 2 Man Utd (1) 2 Ramsey 77 Bruno Fernandes 6, 67 Coutinho 81 TOP SCORERS PREMIER LEAGUE Salah (Liverpool).............. 16 Jota (Liverpool)................ 10 Vardy (Leicester)................9 Ronaldo (Man Utd).............8 Smith Rowe (Arsenal).......8 CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP Mitrovic (Fulham).............27 Brereton (Blackburn)..... 20 Solanke (Bournemouth).18 Weimann (Bristol City).... 12 Piroe (Swansea)................. 11 Barnsley P Blackpool P Cardiff (0) 0 Blackburn (1) 1 Rothwell 14 Cardiff: Smithies, Drameh (Colwill 78), McGuinness, Flint, Nelson, Ng, Vaulks (Pack 66), Wintle, Ralls, Collins, Harris (Davies 66). Booked: Drameh 41, Ng 59, Collins 73, Pack 90. Blackburn: Kaminski, Lenihan, van Hecke, Wharton, Nyambe, Rothwell, Travis (Johnson 85), Edun, Buckley, Khadra (Gallagher 65), Brereton (Ayala 79).. Booked: van Hecke 42, Travis 50, Lenihan 56, Nyambe 59, Gallagher 90, Kaminski 90. Sent-off: Nyambe 76. Ref: Matthew Donohue. Derby (0) 2 Sheff Utd (0) 0 Lawrence 69, 78 Att: 24,597 Derby: Allsop, Byrne, Stearman, Davies, Ebosele , Knight, Bird, Thompson, Jozwiak (Forsyth 46), Plange (Kazim-Richards 60), Lawrence (Cashin 83). Booked: Lawrence 78. Sheff Utd: Foderingham, Basham, Egan, Robinson (Osborn 83), Bogle, Berge (Hourihane 68), Norwood, Norrington-Davies, McGoldrick (Brewster 68), Sharp, Ndiaye. Booked: Ndiaye 90. Ref: Graham Scott. Fulham (5) 6 Bristol City (2) 2 Mitrovic 21, 41, 45 Semenyo 7, 29 Kebano 31, 57 Carvalho 36 Att: 17,810 Fulham: Rodak, Tete, Adarabioyo, Ream, Robinson, Cairney (Chalobah 72), Reed, Wilson, Carvalho, Kebano (Reid 71), Mitrovic (Rodrigo Muniz 78). Bristol City: O’Leary, Kalas, Vyner, Pring, Dasilva (Martin 50), Massengo (Atkinson 50), King, O’Dowda (Bakinson 76), Scott, Weimann, Semenyo. Booked: Pring 46, Scott 68. Ref: Tim Robinson. Huddersfield (1) 1 Swansea (0) 1 Sinani 15 Downes 78 Att: 20,535 Huddersfield: Nicholls, Turton (Rhodes 86), Pearson, Lees, Thomas, Hogg, O’Brien, Toffolo, Sinani (High 46), Koroma (Pipa 72), Ward. Swansea: Hamer, Cabango, Naughton, Manning, Christie (Obafemi 68), Downes, Grimes, Latibeaudiere, Smith, Piroe, Ntcham (Joseph 88). Ref: David Webb. Luton (2) 3 Bournemouth (0) 2 Kelly 30 (og) Marcondes 51 Campbell 42 Rogers 78 Naismith 90 Att: 9,649 (7.45 unless stated) Today cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic v Hibernian Tomorrow Premier League Brighton v Chelsea (8) Burnley v Watford (7.30) Sky Bet Championship Fulham v Birmingham Preston v Sheff Utd Sky Bet League One AFC Wimbledon v Portsmouth Cambridge Utd v Doncaster Morecambe v Wigan Rotherham v Lincoln City Sky Bet League Two Carlisle v Hartlepool Forest Green v Mansfield Port Vale v Salford City Stevenage v Crawley Town Sutton Utd v Colchester Vanarama National League Maidenhead Utd v Chesterfield Stockport County v Eastleigh cinch Scottish Premiership Aberdeen v Rangers Dundee Utd v St Mirren Hearts v St Johnstone Livingston v Dundee Ross County v Motherwell Wednesday Premier League Brentford v Man Utd (8) PREMIER LEAGUE Bradford (0) 2 Salford City (1) 1 Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1 Man City 22 9 1 1 32 6 9 1 1 22 7 56 2 Liverpool 21 7 3 0 25 6 6 3 2 30 12 45 3 Chelsea 22 5 5 1 25 10 7 2 2 20 7 43 4 West Ham 22 5 2 4 22 18 6 2 3 19 12 37 5 Arsenal 20 7 1 2 18 8 4 1 5 15 17 35 6 Tottenham 18 7 1 2 16 10 3 2 3 7 10 33 7 Man Utd 20 5 1 4 17 15 4 4 2 15 14 32 8 Wolves 20 4 2 4 8 8 5 2 3 9 7 31 9 Brighton 20 3 4 3 9 10 3 6 1 12 11 28 10 Leicester 18 5 1 3 16 12 2 3 4 15 21 25 11 Crystal Palace 21 4 5 2 20 12 1 4 5 10 19 24 12 Southampton 21 3 6 1 13 9 2 3 6 12 24 24 13 Aston Villa 20 4 2 4 17 16 3 0 7 10 16 23 14 Brentford 21 4 1 5 12 12 2 4 5 12 21 23 15 Leeds 20 3 4 3 13 16 2 3 5 11 23 22 16 Everton 19 4 1 4 15 16 1 3 6 9 18 19 17 Watford 19 2 1 7 11 22 2 1 6 12 15 14 18 Norwich 21 2 2 7 7 20 1 2 7 3 25 13 19 Newcastle 20 1 6 4 14 23 0 3 6 6 20 12 20 Burnley 17 1 4 2 8 8 0 4 6 8 19 11 Leicester v Tottenham (7.30) Sky Bet Championship Hull v Blackburn Reading v Luton (8) FA Women’s League Cup Quarter Final’s Arsenal v Man Utd (7.15) Tottenham v Liverpool (7.30) West Ham v Chelsea (7.30) Thursday Carabao Cup Semi-Final Second Leg Arsenal (0)v Liverpool (0) Scottish Cup Fourth Round Hibernian v Cove Rangers Friday Premier League Watford v Norwich (8) Vanarama National League Notts County v Barnet Southend v King’s Lynn Town Scottish Cup Fourth Round Rangers v Stirling (3 unless stated) Saturday Premier League Brentford v Wolves Everton v Aston Villa (12.30) LEAGUE ONE C Stewart (Sunderland).. 18 Stockton (Morecambe)... 15 Smith (Rotherham).......... 14 Ironside (Cambridge)...... 12 Bonne (Ipswich)................ 12 Luton: Shea, Burke (Osho 65), Bradley, Naismith, Bree, Mpanzu, Campbell (Onyedinma 60), Clark, Bell, Adebayo, Jerome (Lansbury 82). Bournemouth: Travers, Stacey, Cahill, Kelly, Davis, Cook (Rogers 76), Lerma, Marcondes, Christie, Solanke, Anthony (Lowe 46). Booked: Lerma 81, Christie 89. Ref: Leigh Doughty. Middlesbrough (0) 2 Reading (0) 1 Crooks 84, 90 Carroll 68; Att: 21,634 Middlesbrough: Lumley, Dijksteel (Watmore 72), Fry, McNair, Jones, Crooks, Howson (Coburn 84), Tavernier, Taylor, Sporar, Connolly (Balogun 67). Booked: Tavernier 74. Reading: Southwood, Tetek, Holmes, Laurent, Bristow, Drinkwater, Rinomhota, Hoilett (Camara 56), Swift (Lucas Joao 88), Dele-Bashiru, Carroll. Booked: Bristow 12, Hoilett 36, Drinkwater 65. Ref: James Linington. 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Booked: McNamara 57. Nottm Forest: Samba, Worrall, Cook, McKenna, Spence, Yates, Garner, Colback, Grabban, Johnson, Davis (Zinckernagel 73). Booked: Spence 45, McKenna 85. Ref: Peter Bankes. Peterborough (1) 1 Coventry (2) 4 Grant 37 Hamer 15 Godden 25, 90 Att: 10,282 Thompson 81 (og) Peterborough: Cornell, Thompson, Knight, Edwards, Mumba, Taylor (Jade-Jones 66), Norburn, Burrows, Grant, Szmodics (Poku 80), Dembele (Clarke-Harris 59). Booked: Norburn 8, Mumba 41, Edwards 61. Coventry: Wilson, Hyam, Rose, Clarke-Salter, Kane, Sheaf, Hamer (Gyokeres 66), Shipley (Eccles 90), Allen, O’Hare, Godden. Booked: Hyam 24. Ref: Keith Stroud. Preston (1) 1 Birmingham (0) 1 Bauer 31 Hogan 86; Att: 12,821 Preston: Iversen, van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes, Potts (Barkhuizen 71), Browne, Whiteman, Cunningham, Johnson, Jakobsen (Maguire 72), Evans (Sinclair 87). Booked: Whiteman 72. Birmingham: Etheridge, Mengi, Roberts, Pedersen, Colin, Gardner, James, Sunjic (Woods 82), Bela (Bellingham 83), Hernandez (Hogan 83), Jutkiewicz. Booked: Mengi 56. Ref: Andy Davies. QPR (0) 1 West Brom (0) 0 Austin 89 Att: 16,018 QPR: Marshall, Dickie, Dunne, Barbet, Adomah, Johansen, Field, Wallace, Willock (Ball 90), Dykes, Gray (Austin 64). Booked: Dickie 9, Field 70. West Brom: Button, Furlong, Clarke, Townsend, Gardner- Hickman, Livermore, Molumby, Reach, Robinson, Phillips (Dike 59), Ahearne-Grant. Booked: Molumby 90. Ref: Simon Hooper. Hull (0) 0 Stoke (1) 2 Att: 11,067 Brown 22, Ince 50 Hull: Baxter, Bernard, McLoughlin, Greaves, Longman, Huddlestone (Smallwood 58), Docherty (Moncur 46), Lewis-Potter, Honeyman, T Smith (Williams 58), Eaves. Subs not used: Ingram, M Smith, Fleming, Hinds. Booked: Docherty 17, Bernard 64, Smallwood 70. Stoke: Bonham, Harwood-Bellis, Jagielka, Chester, Smith, Ince, Allen, Clucas, Tymon (Doughty 69), Wright-Phillips (Baker 72), Brown (Campbell 82). Subs not used: Davies, Fox, Fletcher, Surridge. Booked: Doughty 81. Ref: Josh Smith. Crawley Town v Tranmere Forest Green v Carlisle Harrogate Town v Oldham Hartlepool v Stevenage Leyton Orient v Port Vale Rochdale v Bradford Salford City v Colchester Scunthorpe v Newport County Sutton Utd v Northampton Swindon v Bristol Rovers (1) Walsall v Exeter Vanarama National League Altrincham v Torquay Boreham Wood v Weymouth Chesterfield v Aldershot Dag & Red v Stockport (5.20) Grimsby v Bromley Maidenhead Utd v FC Halifax Solihull Moors v Dover Woking v Wealdstone Yeovil v Wrexham Scottish Cup Fourth Round Aberdeen v Edinburgh City Alloa v Celtic (5.30) Arbroath v Darvel Juniors Auchinleck T v Hearts (12.30) Ayr v St Mirren Banks ODee v Raith Clydebank v Annan Athletic Att: 41,968 Leicester P Att: Man City (0) 1 Chelsea (0) 0 De Bruyne 70 Att: 53,319 Newcastle (0) 1 Watford (0) 1 Saint-Maximin 49 Joao Pedro 88 Att: 52,223 Norwich (2) 2 Everton (0) 1 Keane 16 (og) Richarlison 60 Idah 18 Att: 26,629 Wolves (1) 3 Southampton (0) 1 Jimenez 37 (pen) Ward-Prowse 84 Coady 59 Traore 90 Att: 30,057 Liverpool (1) 3 Brentford (0) 0 Fabinho 44 Oxlade-Chamberlain 69 Minamino 77 Tottenham P West Ham (1) 2 Arsenal P Leeds (2) 3 Bowen 34 Harrison 10, 37, 60 Fornals 52 Dumbarton v Dundee Kelty Hearts v St Johnstone Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd Livingston v Ross County Motherwell v Morton Partick v Airdrieonians Peterhead v East Kilbride cinch Scottish Championship Dunfermline v Inverness CT (7.45) cinch Scottish League 1 Clyde v Queen’s Park East Fife v Falkirk cinch Scottish League 2 Cowdenbeath v Stranraer Sunday Premier League Arsenal v Burnley (2) Chelsea v Tottenham (4.30) Crystal Palace v Liverpool (2) Leicester v Brighton (2) FA Women’s Super League Brighton v Chelsea (12.30) Leicester v Aston Villa (2) Man City v Arsenal (6.45) Man Utd v Tottenham (12) Reading v Birmingham City (2) West Ham v Everton FA Women’s Championship Bristol City v Charlton Coventry Utd v London City (2) Crystal Palace v Liverpool FC (2) Durham v Sheff Utd (12) Lewes v Sunderland (2) Watford v Blackburn 1-2-X CHECK pools number FULL TIME 1 3 2 1a 3 1 4 3 5 1 6 3 7 1a 8 1 9 1a 10 1a 11 1 12 1 13 3 14 1a 15 1 16 1a 17 1a 18 3 19 1 20 3 21 2 22 1 23 3 24 2 25 1a 26 1 27 1a 28 1a 29 1a 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 3 35 1a 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 3 40 1a 41 1a 42 3 43 1 44 1a 45 1 46 3 47 1a 48 1 49 3 LEAGUE TWO Watson 57 (og) Thomas-Asante 35 O’Connor 85 Att: 14,671 Bradford: Hornby, Cousin-Dawson (Cook 54), O’Connor, Canavan, Ridehalgh, Watt, Sutton, Gilliead, Walker (Songo’o 87), Vernam (Cooke 82), Angol. Salford City: King, Vassell, Eastham, Turnbull, Love, Lund (Elliott 69), Lowe, Morris (Oteh 87), Watson, Hunter (Kelly 72), Thomas-Asante. Booked: Eastham 31, Vassell 45, Love 65. Sent-off: Thomas-Asante 43. Ref: James Oldham. Bristol Rovers (0) 2 Hartlepool (0) 0 Collins 87 Evans 90 Att: 7,004 Bristol Rovers: Belshaw, Kilgour, Taylor, Harries, Coutts, Anderson (Whelan 90), Evans, Nicholson (Anderton 90), Grant, Collins, Loft (Pitman 90). Booked: Harries 28, Evans 70. Hartlepool: Killip, Sterry, Byrne, Liddle (Hull 90), Odusina, Ferguson, Crawford (Grey 89), Featherstone, Holohan, Molyneux, Carver (Cullen 67). Booked: Liddle 39, Ferguson 64, Odusina 76, Byrne 81. Sent-off: Sterry 90. Ref: Carl Brook. Carlisle (0) 1 Crawley Town (1) 1 Alessandra 90 Nadesan 25 Att: 4,350 Carlisle: Howard, Mellor, Feeney, McDonald, Armer (Alessandra 85), Gibson, Guy, Whelan (Patrick 56), Dickenson, Mellish, Omotoye (Abrahams 85). Booked: Whelan 42, Omotoye 45. Crawley Town: Morris, Francomb, Craig, Lynch, Tilley, Powell, Payne, Tsaroulla, Matthews (C Watts 63 (Davies 81)), Nichols (Grego-Cox 73), Nadesan. Booked: Nichols 41, Payne 68. Ref: Darren Bond. Colchester (0) 0 Barrow (0) 2 Dallison 54 (og) Kay 90 Att: 2,297 Colchester: Turner, Welch-Hayes (Hannant 58), Chambers, Dallison, Tchamadeu, Sarpong-Wiredu (Chilvers 64), Skuse, Coxe, Judge, Andrews (Nouble 82), Sears. Booked: Dallison 78. Barrow: Farman, Jones, Platt, Brough, Hutton, Banks, White, Driscoll-Glennon, James, Harris (Devitt 76), Wakeling (Kay 63). Booked: Platt 24, Hutton 81, Jones 84. Ref: Will Finnie. Exeter (0) 2 Scunthorpe (0) 0 J Brown 63 Zanzala 76 Att: 4,676 Exeter: Dawson, Sweeney, Stubbs, Diabate, Key, Collins, Dieng, Caprice, Jay, J Brown (Sparkes 90), Zanzala (Amond 80). Scunthorpe: Watson, Matheson, Onariase, Taft, O’Malley, Rowe (Dunnwald 73), Pugh, Hackney (Wood 85), Hippolyte (Lewis 90), Jarvis, Burns (Beestin 59). Ref: Craig Hicks. P W D L F A Pts Forest Green 24 15 7 2 48 21 52 Tranmere 25 13 6 6 27 15 45 Northampton 24 12 5 7 32 24 41 Swindon 24 11 7 6 39 30 40 Sutton Utd 24 12 4 8 38 31 40 Newport County 25 10 8 7 42 34 38 Mansfield 24 11 5 8 32 30 38 Exeter 24 9 10 5 35 26 37 Port Vale 22 10 5 7 36 26 35 Bradford 24 7 11 6 31 29 32 Crawley Town 23 9 5 9 28 32 32 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 31 Salford City 24 8 7 9 28 24 31 Harrogate Town 23 8 6 9 35 35 30 Walsall 24 7 8 9 29 32 29 Bristol Rovers 22 8 5 9 29 33 29 Hartlepool 24 8 4 12 24 36 28 Rochdale 23 6 9 8 30 32 27 Barrow 24 6 8 10 25 28 26 Carlisle 24 6 8 10 19 30 26 Stevenage 25 5 9 11 22 40 24 Colchester 23 5 7 11 17 32 22 Scunthorpe 25 3 10 12 19 44 19 Oldham 24 4 6 14 22 39 18 Mansfield (0) 2 Walsall (0) 0 Charsley 57, 88 Att: 5,728 Mansfield: Bishop, Hewitt, Rawson, Hawkins (Gale 90), McLaughlin, O’Toole, Clarke (Charsley 46), Quinn, Maris, Oates (Johnson 90), Bowery. Booked: Hawkins 45. Walsall: Rushworth, White, Leak, Menayese, Ward, Labadie (Willock 84), Earing, Shade (Phillips 68), Osadebe, Kiernan (Wilkinson 72), Miller. Ref: Ross Joyce. Newport County (2) 4 Harrogate Town (0) 0 Demetriou 8 (pen) Telford 43, 49 Baker-Richardson 55 Newport County: Townsend, Norman, Pask, Demetriou, Haynes, Bennett (Lewis 86), Cooper (Waite 60), Azaz, Cain, Telford (Collins 82), Baker-Richardson. Booked: Cooper 22, Norman 47. Harrogate Town: Oxley, Fallowfield (Sheron 67), Legge, McArdle, Page, Pattison, Falkingham, Diarra (Austerfield 68), Thomson, Armstrong, Muldoon (Beck 65). Booked: Falkingham 8, Armstrong 20, Diarra 40. Ref: Ollie Yates. Northampton (0) 1 Forest Green (0) 1 Pinnock 90 Stevens 70 Att: 5,415 Northampton: Roberts, McGowan, Horsfall, Guthrie, Koiki, Sowerby, McWilliams, Hoskins, Lewis (Zimba 73), Pinnock, Connolly (Rose 84). Booked: Sowerby 45, Lewis 51, Horsfall 64, Pinnock 90. Forest Green: McGee, Godwin-Malife, Moore-Taylor, Bernard, Wilson, Stevenson, Sweeney, Cadden, Aitchison (Hendry 83), Matt, Stevens (March 77). Booked: Wilson 80. Ref: Marc Edwards. Oldham P Leyton Orient P Port Vale (1) 1 Swindon (2) 3 Harratt 26 Williams 20 Att: 6,064 Gladwin 45 (pen) Smith 69 (og) Port Vale: Lucas Covolan, Cass, Hall, Smith, Worrall, Garrity, Pett (Politic 68), Hussey, Conlon, Harratt (Edmondson 72), Wilson (Stone 45). Sent-off: Lucas Covolan 45. Swindon: Ward, Hunt, O’Brien, Conroy, Odimayo, Iandolo, Gladwin, Reed (East 76), Williams (Lyden 73), Simpson (Mitchell- Lawson 77), McKirdy. Booked: Lyden 81. Ref: Andy Haines. Stevenage (2) 3 Sutton Utd (0) 3 Norris 34 Smith 58 Reid 39, 64 Milsom 66 (pen) Bennett 90 Att: 2,961 Stevenage: Pym, Wildin, Cuthbert, Prosser, Coker, Lines, Vancooten, Reeves, Taylor, Norris (Daly 83), Reid (Carter 82). Booked: Prosser 55. Sutton Utd: Bouzanis, Barden, John, Goodliffe, Milsom, Ajiboye, Smith, Eastmond (Davis 85), Olaofe, Wilson (Randall 56), Sho-Silva (Bennett 55). Ref: Paul Howard. Tranmere (2) 2 Rochdale (0) 0 Jolley 3, 16 Att: 7,046 Tranmere: Doohan, Dacres-Cogley, Davies, Clarke, MacDonald, Morris, Spearing, O’Connor, McPake, Hemmings (Nevitt 84), Jolley (Foley 79). Booked: Jolley 48, Doohan 90. Rochdale: Coleman, Downing, O’Connell, Dorsett, Broadbent, Dooley, Kelly, White (Cashman 84), Newby (Odoh 61), Andrews (Done 61), Grant. Ref: Ben Toner.

54 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Coady’s relief as Traore delivers WHEN Conor Coady is outscoring one of Wolves’ supposed attacking stars, there is clearly a problem. Coady’s goals for Wolves in the Premier League since joining in 2015 are just three. But, as the side’s captain and defensive stalwart, his job is not to stick the ball in the back of net. There is no such excuse for attacking flyer Adama Traore, right, whose poor finishing has long exasperated managers and team-mates. The Spain international, who is wanted by Tottenham this month, showed his best and worst qualities against Saints. At WOLVES 3 SOUTHAMPTON 1 2-1 up, with Saints pushing for an equaliser, sub Traore blasted a wild left-foot finish over the bar as his run of 22 games in the league without scoring looked set to continue. But he responded with a composed 90th-minute shot to clinch victory and delight Coady, who said: “It would have been a crime if I had missed – I nearly did. But I was more happy for Adama than I was for me, I will be honest with you. He deserves everything he gets and deserved DX1ST FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE Pep in awe of mission impossible that goal. He’s the hardest worker I have ever met.” The home side took the lead when Raul Jimenez scored his first since November from Wolves’ first penalty of the season, after Rayan Ait-Nouri was brought down by Jan Bednarek. After the break Coady headed in from close range for his second goal of the season. ​James Ward-Prowse’s stunning freekick then set up a late Southampton fightback, before Traore sealed it for Wolves. James Nursey SHOP CONWAY LEATHER RECLINING Swivel Chair The Conway Swivel Recliner is an executive-style armchair covered in a durable bonded leather. The spacious, padded seating and soft arms will ensure that you’re perfectly relaxed at all times. 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Match-winner Kevin De Bruyne has overcome Covid, as has Guardiola, while Joao Cancelo and his family were attacked by armed raiders who broke into his homelast month. City failed to land Harry Kane to replace Sergio Aguero, but have adapted without a recognised striker to open up a seemingly unassailable lead in the title race. Guardiola thinks his players, who made it 12 successive Premier League wins with victory over Chelsea on Saturday, deserve huge credit. “In this season there are personal problems for the players,” said the manager. “They are human beings, they have families. There are problems sometimes. “Joao, for example. He had an incredible episode a couple of weeks ago with the family at home. How should you react in that situation? The way he reacted was exceptional, he said he wanted to play against Arsenal, in the FA Cup, and he played today. “There are highs and lows and you have to handle the situation. “Sometimes maybe Kevin (De Bruyne) has personal problems and I have personal problems as well, but when they are there, they try to do their best. “The biggest achievement is they try to do everything and be the best. Otherwise, in this league, you cannot win 12 games in a row, it’s impossible.” De Bruyne’s curling strike 20 minutes from time clinched victory, although Guardiola still expects more from City’s talisman, who is finding his way back to his best form after Covid left him severely debilitated. “This season he has strugled for many reasons and my job as a manager is to demand more,” said the boss. “I think Kevin can do it. I want more, because I know he can do it.” Howe: Mindset is not in Toon EDDIE Howe fears “mental scars” and “psychological” problems are damaging Newcastle’s chance of avoiding relegation. United have dropped 21 points from winning positions this season. They have scored first in 10 games but won just once – three ending in defeat. Head coach Howe, right, said: “It’s psychological. At 1-0 up, there was a thought to protect what we had. We lost our attacking threat and MAN CITY CHELSEA By David McDonnell 1 0 NEWCASTLE 1 WATFORD 1 that should never be the case so early. That’s linked to confidence, and probably not having won as many games as we would have liked in a long period of time. I just hope that doesn’t leave mental scars.” They had their chances here, too, when Allan Saint- Maximin’s 49th-minute strike was cancelled out late by Joao Pedro. Simon Bird

Rafa was bound to come unstuck benitez has set toffees back RAFA BENITEZ was never an Everton manager. It looked like the wrong appointment, it felt like the wrong appointment and, unsurprisingly, it turned out to be the wrong appointment. A period just shy of seven months that everyone at Goodison Park will want to wipe from memory. But, yet again, a poor decision that not only puts the Toffees in a sticky situation, it sets them back. Changes have happened in recent months while Benitez stayed in his position. Director of football Marcel Brands is gone and a review into the football structure at the club is ongoing. Even figures in the medical department – including director Danny Donachie – exited during his reign, while left-back Lucas Digne was sold last week because of a fall-out with the Spaniard. He said his “love affair” with Everton had been ruined by one person. Now seemingly that person has left many Evertonians out of love with the club less than a week after Digne forced his way out the exit door. What kind of club allows a manager to win a battle with a player when he is one defeat away from the sack? The boardroom meeting after Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Norwich ended his time in charge of the club but it had been coming for weeks. Owner Farhad Moshiri must take full blame for this. The Iranian billionaire pushed through Benitez in the summer against the advice of those with a greater feel for the club. They knew how this would play out, but Moshiri thought he knew better. It is time the money man behind the club started showing up more on Merseyside to find out more about what makes people tick in these parts. Benitez would have struggled to win over the diehard Blues even if he ended their wait for silverware. The sight of him leading rivals Liverpool to a European Cup would always be hard to forget even if it was way back in 2005. The fact he was on record calling the Toffees a ‘small club’ was never forgotten on the blue half of Merseyside. The way he was still adored across Stanley Park also irritated Blues, and the Spaniard even got his name sung twice by the Kop faithful when news emerged of his sacking yesterday during DX1ST FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE end of road Everton fans, below, demand exit of Benitez as Blues lose to Norwich Liverpool’s clash with Brentford. Even when Everton started the season strongly, there were no chants for the new manager. His welcome at his first game at Goodison Park in August can best be described as lukewarm. Benitez turned to injuries to explain a downturn in fortunes that saw them go on a run of just one win in 13 Premier League games and ultimately cost him his job. But it is an excuse that wears thin when continually used for a side so error-prone and vulnerable all over the pitch. Benitez leaves with a win percentage of just 26 and in their past 11 league games the team have collected just five points. He may not have been afforded the riches of Ronald Koeman, Marco Silva or Carlo Ancelotti in the transfer market, but he has not even overseen a managed decline. With no goodwill in the stands and little in the boardroom, Benitez was always on unsteady ground. The foundations built at the start of the campaign soon crumbled and everything came falling down around him. Who fancies this rebuilding job? At least for Everton fans, it will not be a Liverpool legend. Everton eyeing a return for Martinez from back page includes club legend and Derby boss Wayne Rooney, right, Roma supremo Jose Mourinho and former Bayern Munich manager Niko Kovac. Everton may struggle to prise away Martinez – who was sacked by owner Farhad Moshiri in one of his first acts at the club – especially with the World Cup ahead next winter. The Spaniard is also technical director of the Belgium FA and would not By Chris McKenna be in a position to take charge on an interim basis while juggling a dual role. The Everton board are keen to bring back Martinez but the final decision will come from Moshiri, who is still assessing his options. Coach Duncan Ferguson will take temporary charge for Saturday’s visit of Aston Villa. Fans displayed their anger at Benitez following the 2-1 defeat by Norwich. He won just five of 19 league matches since his controversial appointment in the summer. Supporters were against him from the outset owing to his previous spell with rivals Liverpool. The club confirmed Benitez’s departure yesterday afternoon in a brief 40-word statement. The 61-year-old Spaniard said: “We knew it wouldn’t be easy, and that it was a big challenge, both emotionally and in terms of sport. “My love for this city, for Merseyside and its people, made me accept this challenge. “But it is only when you are inside that you realise the magnitude of the task. “I am convinced that we would have been better once the injured players were back, and with the arrival of the new signings.” MAN CITY 1 CHELSEA 0 HOW THEY RATED MAN CITY (4-3-3): Ederson 7; Walker 7, Stones 7, Laporte 7, Cancelo 7; De Bruyne 9 (Gundogan 84), Rodri 7, Bernardo 7; Sterling 8, Foden 7 (Jesus 88), Grealish 7. CHELSEA (3-4-3): Kepa 5; Sarr 6, Silva 6, Rudiger 6; Azpilicueta 6, Kante 7, Kovacic 7, Alonso 6 (Mount 81); Ziyech 6 (Hudson-Odoi 69, 6), Lukaku 4, Pulisic 6 (Werner 69, 6). NEWCASTLE 1 WAtford 1 HOW THEY RATED NEWCASTLE (4-2-3-1): Dubravka 6; Trippier 6, Lascelles 5, Schar 5, Dummett 5; Shelvey 5, Longstaff 5; Joelinton 5, St-Maximin 7 (Almiron 86), Fraser 6 (Murphy 74); Wood 5. WATFORD (4-3-3): Foster 6; Ngakia 5 (Femenia 66), Cathcart 6, Samir 6, Kamara 6; Kucka 6 (Cleverley 77), Sissoko 6, Kayembe 6; Dennis 6 (Hernandez 84), King 7, Joao Pedro 7. NORWICH 2 EVERTON 1 HOW THEY RATED NORWICH (4-4-2): Krul 7; Aarons 8 (Giannoulis 80), Hanley 8, Gibson 7, Williams 8 (Byram 76); Sargent 7 (Tzolis 87), Lees-Melou 8, Sorensen 7, Rashica 7; Pukki 7, Idah 8. EVERTON (4-4-2): Pickford 6; Coleman 6 (Mina 54, 6), Godfrey 6, Keane 5, Mykolenko 4; Gordon 7, Doucoure 6, Gomes 5, Gray 7; Calvert-Lewin 6, Rondon 5 (Richarlison 54, 7). MONEY Equity Release Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 55 PERFORMANCE ZONE premIER LEAGUE team of the weekEND ALEX-ARNOLD Liverpool fernandes Man United idah Norwich WOLVES 3 SO’TON 1 COADY Wolves HOW THEY RATED WOLVES (3-4-3): Sa 8; Kilman 8, Coady 8, Gomes 7; Semedo 7, Dendoncker 6, Moutinho 6, A-Nouri 8; Trincao 6 (Traore 78), Jimenez 7 (Silva 80), Podence 6 (Cundle 90). SO’TON (3-5-2): Forster 5; Bednarek 5, Lynaco 6, Salisu 6; Tella 6 (S Armstrong 71), Ward-Prowse 7, Romeu 8, Diallo 5 (Adams 46, 6), Perraud 6; Redmond 6, Broja 6 (A Armstrong 78). SA Wolves De BRUYNE Man City harrison Leeds hanley Norwich A VILLA 2 MAN UTD 2 HOW THEY RATED VILLA (4-4-2): Martinez 6; Cash 7, Konsa 6 (Hause 46, 6), Mings 7, Digne 7; Sanson 7 (Coutinho 68, 8), Douglas Luiz 7, Ramsey 8, Watkins 6; Ings 5 (Chukw’meka 76), Buendia 8. MAN UTD (4-2-3-1): De Gea 7; Dalot 6, Lindelof 6, Varane 6, Telles 6; Fred 6, Matic 6; Greenwood 7 (Lingard 89), Fernandes 8 (Van de Beek 89), Elanga 6 (Sancho 78); Cavani 7. Provided by aarons Norwich Buendia Aston Villa Get your FREE guide to equity release Find out if you could unlock tax-free cash from your home to enjoy spending. The Express Money Equity Release Service is provided by Age Partnership who have a team of qualified advisors available to speak to you at a time that suits you. Equity release may involve a lifetime mortgage which is a loan secured against your home, or a home reversion plan. It reduces the value of your estate and requires paying off any existing mortgage. The money released, plus interest, will be repaid upon death or moving in to long-term care. Equity release may affect entitlement to means-tested benefits now or in the future. A personalised illustration will explain features and risks. 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56 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 It’s on the head for Moyes as Jarrod is chest wrong DAVID MOYES could scarcely believe Jarrod Bowen’s last-gasp horror miss as highflying West Ham’s bubble was burst by Leeds hat-trick hero Jack Harrison. In-form Bowen – four goals in his last three games – squandered a chance to salvage a 3-3 draw when he chested the ball over from point-blank range. Hammers boss Moyes said: “It was probably easier to score than miss. “He has been playing really well. He’s scored another goal and did a lot of good things for us but I can’t understand why he didn’t head it rather than chest it in. “We shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place, for a lot of reasons, because we By Mike Walters didn’t play well, we made mistakes and missed chances.” Moyes also hit out at bungling top-flight bosses who ordered West Ham to “squeeze” a rearranged game with Norwich in between two demanding matches with Leeds. Three games in eight days looked too much for his leggy team. Moyes said: “Leeds have two games [extra] to play and we had only one. I can’t see why Leeds didn’t play in midweek bowen: Missed lastgasp sitter but we were made to play. Playing Leeds twice is really difficult but also then you squeeze in another game too, which wasn’t needed. “The people making these decisions at the Premier League aren’t getting it right at the moment. I can only assume they don’t understand what recovery means.” Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa lavished praise on his side. He said: “It is a triumph for the players because of the effort they put. The desire was very big. DX1ST FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE JARROD BOWEN was guilty of going with his heart not his head as Leeds secured a shock win at West Ham. The London Stadium waited for the net to bulge in the fourth minute of additional time when Michail Antonio’s cross looped off Stuart Dallas’s toe straight to the man of the moment. He had scored his fourth goal in three games in the 34th minute with West Ham’s first equaliser of the afternoon and looked a sure bet to secure their third. But instead of stooping to nod the ball home from close range, he tried to knock it in with his chest, only for his effort to fly over the bar. It left Leeds’ Jack Harrison clutching the match-ball as he left the pitch on the final whistle, the wide grin not so much for his hat-trick but for three points snatched in the toughest of circumstances. Leeds led after just 10 minutes. Mateusz Klich’s shot was initially saved by Lukasz Fabianski, but Adam Forshaw turned west ham v leeds 48 Possession % 52 5 Shots on Target 5 6 Shots off Target 9 4 blocked Shots 4 4 Corners 3 6 Fouls 9 3 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 0 Source: Opta Bowen’s left smarting as... WEST HAM LEEDS By Matthew Dunn the rebound back to Harrison, who fired home across the keeper The two sides traded poorly defended corners before the break. Bowen executed a more orthodox finish before Raphinha’s corner was headed goalwards by Luke Ayling, only for Harrison to make sure by hitting the ball over the line with his thigh. All the while, Antonio was proving his usual handful and, seven minutes after the break, he won the loose ball and set Pablo Fornals on his way to cut in and shoot back inside the near post. Leeds, though, were irrepressible and, on the hour, Nikola Vlasic was caught in possession and Raphinha’s superb diagonal pass instantly picked out Harrison, whose chip put the visitors ahead. Raphinha thundered a free-kick into the post and Klich thought he had bought some breathing space with a fierce drive into the West Ham net, only for VAR to show it had clipped the offside Rodrigo on the line. So Leeds were made to sweat. Antonio’s long throw teed up a shot from Vladimir Coufal, which was saved by Illan Meslier and, though Andriy Yarmolenko headed in the rebound, he did so from an offside position. A better save by Meslier from Yarmolenko kept the drama going, but the goalkeeper would have been helpless if Bowen’s miss had not been ‘chest’ the ticket. WEST HAM (4-2-3-1): Fabianski 7; Coufal 6, Dawson 6, Diop 5 (Perkins 87), Cresswell 6; Lanzini 6, Rice 6; Bowen 7, Fornals 6 (Yarmolenko 69, 6), Vlasic 5 (Masuaku 61, 5); Antonio 7. Goals: Bowen 34, Fornals 52. LEEDS (4-2-3-1): Meslier 7; Ayling 7, Koch 6, Struijk 7, Firpo 7 (Hjelde 23, 6); Dallas 6, Forshaw 6 (Bate 22, 6 (Rodrigo 65, 6)); Raphinha 8, Klich 7, Harrison 9; James 7. Goals: Harrison 10, 37, 60. hero Harrison 2 3 Driving Experiences Adventure Experiences fires up Leeds GIFT EXPERIENCES TO BLOW THEM AWAY THIS NEW YEAR! 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Reds give Klopp the party he deserves If ever a moment summed up the fickle nature of football, it came here at Anfield, as Liverpool moved to second in the table. Midway through a landmark game for Jurgen Klopp, the news swirled around the stadium that Rafa Benitez had been sacked by rivals Everton, and the Kop began to sing his name. This was Klopp’s 350th match as Reds manager, only the eighth man to reach that figure, which took him alongside Benitez on the all-time list. The Spaniard had lasted 22 matches at Goodison, winning just seven. Conversely, with this controlled victory over direct and physical Brentford, Klopp has won 213 of his games. That gives him a win percentage of 60.75, the best of any manager in Liverpool history. Where Benitez was sacked at Anfield after his 350th game in charge, Klopp believes there is far more to come from him and his squad. You could see why yesterday. Brentford were tough opponents who belied their manager’s philosophy of open football to make it as physical as possible. Yet stung by the criticism and lack of first date Steven Gerrard said: “You can’t underestimate the feeling of being happy going to work. “Just getting love and support – we all enjoy that. He’s smiling away. “What’s happened is history. All he has to do now is go out and enjoy his football.” DAVE ARMITAGE LIVERPOOL BRENTFORD By David Maddock 3 0 cutting edge without Mo Salah and Sadio Mane against 10-man Arsenal on Thursday, Liverpool were a different side. They restricted the Bees to just one real chance, a decent one mind, where Christian Norgaard’s ball found Bryan Mbeumo in space, but he shot just wide. Liverpool were already ahead by then, and that scare focused minds. But the key was Klopp’s desire to show he learnt the lesson of a 3-3 draw at Brentford in September, and could also cope without his two main goalscorers. The key moment came just before half-time, with a goal from an unlikely source, although Fabinho joked that he is the club’s top scorer in January after his double in the FA Cup against DX1ST FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE A FIRM HOLD Minamino gets a lift off Firmino, and Oxlade- Chamberlain makes it 2-0, below HOSTS get MOJO back on jurgen’s Landmark day COUTINHO: Magical Shrewsbury. The midfielder bundled the ball in at the far post as everyone missed a corner from Trent Alexander-Arnold, who was the most effective attacking influence in the game. After that scare just past the interval, Liverpool hit a different gear. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored a brilliant second before departing early with a turned ankle, as he ghosted on to Andy Robertson’s brilliant cross. Takumi Minamino scored a third when his pressing and onetwo with Roberto Firmino produced a delightful goal, and 17-year-old substitute Kaide Gordon nearly added a fourth on his Premier League debut. Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson 6; Alexander-Arnold 8, Matip 7, Van Dijk 7, Robertson 7; Henderson 7, Fabinho 7, Jones 7; Oxlade-Chamberlain 7 (Minamino 74), Firmino 7 (Milner 78), Jota 7 (Gordon 82). Goals: Fabinho 44, Oxlade-Chamberlain 69, Minamino 77. Brentford (5-3-2): Fernandez 6; Roerslev 5, Ajer 7, Jansson 5, Pinnock 5, Henry 5 (Canos 49, 6); Baptiste 5 (Wissa 68, 5), Norgaard 6, Janelt 6; Mbeumo 5 (Jensen 75), Toney 6. MArtial’S RALF ROW Anthony Martial has angrily denied Ralf Rangnick’s accusation he refused to take part in Manchester United’s draw at Aston Villa. The pair are heading for a showdown after the interim manager said: “He didn’t want to be in the squad .” Martial hit back on Instagram, writing: “I’ve liverpool v brentford 68 Possession % 32 13 Shots on Target 1 8 Shots off Target 3 6 blocked Shots 2 9 Corners 0 6 Fouls 6 0 Yellow Cards 1 0 Red Cards 0 Source: Opta been here for seven years and I never disrespected and will never disrespect the club and the fans. I will never refuse to play for Man United.” Martial, left, faces possible disciplinary action, and is looking for a move – with Sevilla heading the queue. Dave Armitage FROM BACK PAGE normal world nothing happens any more – but what is normal now?!” The Reds have a game in hand and the manager promised his players would be up for the fight, adding: “This is not the moment to talk about the title race. “If we would do something like this we wouldn’t do it in public, but people are with us, they are willing to enjoy the ride.” Goals from Fabinho, Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain and Takumi Minamino in a convincing win over Brentford ensured at least some interest in the title race after Chelsea’s defeat at City on Saturday. Klopp now has a win percentage of 60.75 with Liverpool, the best of any Anfield boss, and SHOP PROTECT YOUR EYES WITH The BLU range from Opulize combines premium prescription lenses with blue block filtering, all with a dash of style! 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58 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 DX1ST tennis: australian open crisis Sorry saga leaves raducanu: Joy at great sense of achievement Rousing the next wave of talent so ‘special’ for Emma EMMA RADUCANU says her greatest feat since that shock US Open win has been in inspiring the next generation of players. The British No.1 also admits she is still in an “adjustment period” and that her recent on-court struggles will make her “a stronger player in the future”. Raducanu has won only two matches in four events since her New York triumph, and she had her pre-season ruined by three weeks of Covid-19. But the Bromley teenager’s title victory saw her voted as BBC Sports Personality and led to a 50 percent spike in players getting out on court since September. Raducanu said she has even had supporter feedback out in the sunny streets of Melbourne, ahead of her first-round clash with American Sloane Stephens, above, at the Australian Open tomorrow. “With the weather out here, it has been really nice seeing people in the street,” said the 19-year -old star. “They come up to me and they are like: ‘We watch your matches, you made me pick up a tennis racket, I want to go to the park and play’. “That’s a really great sense of achievement for me to have inspired someone to play the sport and enjoy it. That is a really special thing. From Neil McLeman When that happens, it’s definitely rewarding.” This new 2022 season promises more ups and downs in Raducanu’s fledgling career. She has reached the lofty heights of world No.18 despite having won just 12 Tour-level matches – and 10 of those came at her two appearances in the Grand Slams. Raducanu is now catching up with all the stages – including winning her first WTA matches in Romania in October – she skipped on her way to winning the title at Flushing Meadows. The Australian Open is her first Grand Slam event as a Major champion – and she is now a big-time target for every other player in the field. “It is an adjustment period and it’s about finding my feet,” said Raducanu. “I’m learning a lot and it hasn’t been upwards since the US Open. “I’ve lost a lot of matches, but it’s OK because I know it is going to make me a stronger player in the future. “You’re going to lose every single week really on the tour unless you win a tournament. “It’s great in terms of development and just showing me where my weaknesses are.” Djokovic with a legacy that will always be tainted Revitalised Murray back with a spring in his step THREE years ago, it was Andy Murray dominating a dramatic build-up to the Australian Open. He broke down in tears and left the room in his pre-tournament press conference and returned to announce he feared his career was over. Tournament organisers even played a farewell montage of tributes from fellow superstars Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams after he lost a typical five-set epic with Roberto Bautista Agut. Now, after missing the last two Australian Opens because of a

going home: Djokovic at airport yesterday SIGN UP FOR OUR TENNIS NEWSLETTER Scan the code on your smart phone to sign up for the latest newsletter pelvic injury and Covid, he is back at Melbourne Park with his new metal hip and the old glint in his eye. The Scot reached the final of the Sydney Tennis Classic on Saturday and is playing his most consistent tennis for years. “It’s nice not waking up every morning and just constantly being in pain,” he said. “I know that the end could be any time so I’m just trying to make the most of every opportunity in terms of my performance and the results. Whereas in 2019, it’s a good job I didn’t From Neil McLeman in Melbourne AT least Novak Djokovic will now no longer be best remembered for getting disqualified from the 2020 US Open for hitting a line judge with a ball. Yesterday the world No.1, who arrived Down Under seeking to be hailed as the greatest of all time, was instead branded “an icon for anti-vax groups” before being bundled on a plane back out of Australia. The Serbian’s sheer bloodymindedness has brought him level on 20 Grand Slams with Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. Yet like in his New York default, where he certainly was a danger to public health, his recklessness has cost him the opportunity to claim another Major title. And who knows how many more chances he will get to reach the male record of 21? Even if he is not banned from returning to Australia, will he want to come back? And will he be able to if he still has not been vaccinated against Covid-19? Djokovic showed his mental strength by returning to win his next tournament after the US Open disqualification, at the Rome Masters in 2020, and then reached the French Open final. Last season he was only one win away from an historic Calendar Slam. Now Rafa Nadal, the sole former champion left in the Melbourne men’s singles field, is the only one in the running to get to 21 on January 30. Or Daniil Medvedev or Alex Zverev could end Djokovic’s record win that match. I wouldn’t have been able to play the next round.” That Monday evening in the emotional Melbourne Arena seemed like a fitting farewell for the three-time Major champion after struggling with his hip since 2017. “Before I spoke at the press conference, I was unbelievably anxious about it,” he recalled. “All of those emotions had been building up for quite a long time. I’d had conversations with my team in the off-season and my family. And I was like, ‘I’m going to stop DX1ST tennis: australian open crisis doubts over novak’s dream of 21st title reign as world No.1 by lifting the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup. His Australian nightmare, which lasted for 11 rollercoaster days, might not be over yet. But his legacy will always be tainted. Eurosport tennis expert Mats Wilander said: “I cannot imagine the state of mind Novak must be in, plus it’s by far his favourite tournament – one he has won nine times. “He’s chasing 21 Grand Slams and this was his big chance to go ahead of Roger and Rafa. Now there is a good chance all three will end up on 20 Grand Slams which will be amazing. “I think players think they can beat Novak. But at the same time, you know he is a warrior. “He is going to go home, practise, and he’s going to work out and get ready for the hard courts. The big question is whether he is going to be able to travel around the world.” No one comes out of this affair well. Not Tennis Australia and the Victoria Government for arranging Djokovic permission to come when he was not vaccinated. Nor the six-time Wimbledon champion for squeezing through a loophole by conveniently testing in the frame after the Australian Open. I am just hating this, not enjoying it at all’. “From that night, I just remember this incredible atmosphere. I’m still surprised that I was able to perform like I did with the lack of practice and preparation, and how bad my body was feeling at the time. It’s a great memory. “The support and everything that I got from players and the public, it helped me a lot, helped cheer me up. “It turned out not to be my last match, which I’m really happy about but it certainly could have been. It would He has now become an icon for anti-vaxxers positive for Covid-19 on December 16 to gain the exemption – but still giving a faceto-face interview with a French newspaper two days later. And not the Australian Government for playing up to the opinion polls in election year and locking up the world No.1 in a detention hotel for five nights before his eviction. All the action on the day before the first Grand Slam event of the season was in the Australian Federal Court. Immigration minister Alex Hawke’s decision to cancel the Serbian’s second visa was deemed not “irrational or legally unreasonable”. The extraordinary justification was that Djokovic’s continued presence in the country would encourage people to avoid vaccinations, even if he has avoided discussing the subject since the start of the pandemic. Australian Government QC Stephen Lloyd claimed: “Djokovic has made a choice not to be vaccinated. “That choice made clear his view about Covid vaccination. He has now become an icon for the anti-vaccination groups.” Anti-vaxxers hail Djokovic, left, photographers hunt him, above, and supporters await court decision have been fine. It would have been a good, good way to finish.” So how does Murray, now 34 with four kids and 46 ATP Tour titles, want to finish now? “For me, it is becoming harder, leaving the family,” he said. “If I had another injury which was going to be a long rehab, or something happened to the hip, that’d be the end.” But Murray, who faces world No.23 Nikoloz Basilashvili tomorrow, added: “Physically, now I’m in a pretty good place. We’ll see what happens here.” Neil McLeman Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 59 CARUSO: Replaces Djokovic andy: this is a poor show for our sport from back page the tournament because it is better when all of the top players are playing in the event. Overall, the whole situation has been bad for the sport. It became a s***-show. “But also I didn’t like seeing Novak in detention or staying in those conditions. And I know he’s not the only person doing it. But he is someone that I respect a lot. I’ve known him since we were children and I don’t like seeing him in that situation. I hope he’s fine and he’s OK. “I hope this situation doesn’t come up in any other tournaments or any other events. Him and his team and the tours and the Slams need to get something in place ahead of time.” Djokovic issued a statement saying he was “extremely disappointed” with the verdict but said he would “respect the court’s ruling”. He added: “I am uncomfortable that the focus of the past weeks has been on me and I hope that we can all now focus on the game and tournament I love.” But the reaction in Serbia has been furious. Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said: “I think the court decision is scandalous. I find it unbelievable that we have two completely contradictory court decisions within the span of just a few days.” Djokovic’s family said in a statement that they were “very disappointed” with the decision by the Australian authorities, and that the court ruling was related with “politics and all (other) interests”. The family added: “Despite the scandalous behaviour towards Novak, we believed that the sport would win.” The Serbian Tennis Association said in a statement that the “farce is over” and “politics has beaten sport”. President Aleksandar Vucic, who spoke to Djokovic after the court decision, said: “I told him he is always welcome in Serbia.” Italian Salvatore Caruso has replaced Djokovic in the draw and faces Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic today while Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini is now the highest seed in that quarter of the draw.

60 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 express.co.uk/sport Jack is ace in pack for Bielsa: Page 56 DX1ST booted out Djokovic loses bid to defend Aussie Open KLOPP: We can close city gap LIVERPOOL 3 BRENTFORD 0 By David Maddock JURGEN KLOPP refused to give up on the title as he celebrated 350 games in charge of Liverpool with victory. And Klopp, who has the best win record of any Reds boss, HOW THEY STAND P W D L Pts MAN CITY 22 18 2 2 56 LIVERPOOL 21 13 6 2 45 CHELSEA 22 12 7 3 43 WEST HAM 22 11 4 7 37 promised there is plenty more he wants to achieve at Anfield. Liverpool trail Manchester City by 11 points, and Klopp, left, said cheekily: “An 11-point [lead], in a TURN TO PAGE 57, COLUMN 4 Root’s shot at the counties From Dean Wilson JOE Root saw his side collapse yet again to humiliating defeat in Australia and blasted county cricket for failing the Test team. After England’s 4-0 series loss, Root, left, made it clear he wanted to stay on as captain, saying: “I honestly think I’m the right person to take this team forward.” But he also made it clear county cricket needs drastic reform to give the Turn to Page 51, Column 5 ... and Rafa gets sack as Everton turn to Martinez By Neil McLeman NOVAK DJOKOVIC was sensationally booted out of Australia, with Andy Murray labelling the saga a shambles. The world No.1 had a police escort through Melbourne Airport on to his flight to Dubai after losing his final bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title. The humiliated Serbian superstar spent his final night Down Under back in the Park Hotel detention centre. Djokovic’s conduct has split the sport and world opinion but Murray said: “It’s a tough one for him. It is not great for turn to page 59, column 5 humiliated: Djokovic leaves the Park Hotel government detention facility in Melbourne By Chris McKenna EVERTON are considering a shock move to bring Roberto Martinez back after Rafa Benitez was sacked yesterday. The Toffees ended a woeful seven-month reign for Benitez, below, after Saturday’s defeat by Norwich left them with just one win in 13 Premier League games. They are now eyeing Martinez, 48, who was axed in 2016. The Belgium manager heads a list of contenders that turn to page 55, col 1 PLAY NOW DOWNLOAD THE APP 18+ UK only, T&Cs apply. Who Knows Wins is committed to responsible gambling and fairness. Published by Express Newspapers, a subsidiary company of Reach Plc, One Canada Square, London E14 5AP. 0208 612 7000. Outside UK +44(0) 208 612 7000. Printed by Reach Printing Services, St Albans Rd, Watford WD24 7RG; Reach Printing Services, Hollinwood Ave, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 8EP; D C Thomson, 80 Kingsway East, Dundee DD4 8SL; Independent News & Media, 124-144 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1EB. Bermont Impresion S.L Avenida de Alemania 12, 28821 Coslada, Madrid, Spain; Deposito Legal no. TO-394/96; T.F. Print SA, Tenerife; EURO- PRINTER SA Zone Aéropole, avenue Jean Mermoz,B 6041 GOSSELIES Tel. 0208 612 7000. Outside UK +44(0) 208 612 7000 ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRS *TUW1234WBDS Austria €3.50, Belgium €3, Bulgaria BGN 4.60, Canary Islands €2.40, Cyprus €2.50, Denmark 24DKr, Finland €5.80, France €2.70, Germany €2.50, Gibraltar Gib £1, Greece €2.50, Italy €2.50, Luxembourg €3.50, Malta €2.65, Netherlands €3, Norway 32 Nkr, Portugal (Cont) €2.40, Spain €2.40, Switzerland SF 4.50, Turkey TL 7.50, USA $2.00

DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 1 Puzzles Sudoku 11 1 4 5 2 easy Fill the grid so that every column, row, and 3x3 square includes all of the digits from one to nine. Solutions tomorrow 9 7 8 3 5 4 7 6 5 9 2 1 3 4 3 2 7 4 1 5 6 8 9 1 4 9 5 4 5 3 9 8 4 2 9 7 5 Medium 5 3 9 2 7 8 9 7 1 3 2 1 6 2 5 4 9 2 1 4 8 3 8 2 5 7 1 7 8 2 1 6 Difficult 3 6 5 1 7 8 Extra clues: 0901 322 5609 *Calls cost 75p plus your telephone company’s network access charge. 6 1 3 4 1 9 6 8 5 1 3 7 5 9 1 4 2 4 9 Today’s solution: 0907 181 2573 *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Quick Crossword Across 7. Stagger (5) 8. Unfeeling (7) 9. Hell (7) 10. Golf course (5) 12. Lottery (10) 15. Dispense (10) 18. Praise (5) 19. Burst (7) 21. Cowboy hat (7) 22. Storey (5) Down 1. Uneducated (10) 2. Hoarse (5) 3. Scorch (4) 4. On land (6) 5. Combine (8) 6. Malicious talk (7) 11. Darling (10) 13. Winch (8) 14. Stifle (7) 16. Forceful (6) 17. Comely (5) 20. Blow (4) Small Crossword 1 7 9 13 14 16 20 11 2 17 3 19 DOWN 1 Liking (8) 2 Vicinity (4) 3 Go back (6) 4 Mechanics (9) 5 Age, epoch (3) 6 Insubstantial (6) 4 10 12 18 5 15 6 8 ACROSS 1 Knowledge (9) 7 Mother, eg. (6) 9 Verse writer (4) 10 Pattern on wood (5) 12 Uses a spade (4) 13 Thin grove (anag.) (9) 14 Blood vessel (4) 16 Corner (5) 18 Merit (4) 19 Northern ocean (6) 20 Helper (9) 8 Intuitive feeling (8) 11 Happenings (6) 12 Candid (6) 15 Facts and figures (4) 17 State of matter (3) Solution tomorrow For today’s solution call: 0907 181 2582 *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Stuck on the puzzle? Call 0905 789 4188 to hear individual clues or the full solution CROSS DOUBT Stuck? Call for a clue 0901 322 5601 Halve your Target Time! Today’s solution 0901 322 5607 Both today’s words in a moment! *Calls cost 75p plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Can you make two common five-letter words from the nine letters given, using each letter only once? You can – but only if one letter features in both words in the squares on the right. There’s at least one way to do it, and you have to have the right letter at the crossover – but which one is it? See if you can find the answer within our target time. If you need help, ring our clue-line below to find out the crossover letter. Solution tomorrow A A B D E Solution tomorrow *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Service provider Spoke Ltd – Helpline 0333 202 3390 Target times: Average: 20 mins Good: 16 mins Excellent: 12 mins L S U V Kakuro 14 19 16 12 23 10 14 37 10 24 15 25 29 13 10 11 7 35 6 14 9 7 4 9 13 10 7 8 14 10 23 Fill each sequence of blank squares using the numbers 1-9. Each sequence – across and down – must total the number in the shaded box at the beginning or top of each line. A number may be repeated in each line but NOT in a sequence. Solution tomorrow

2 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Puzzles Big Monday Crossword ACROSS 1 Final stage of the hieroglyphic language of ancient Egypt, written in the Greek alphabet (6) 4 Tallest building in the world, formally opened in the Downtown area of Dubai on January 4 2010 (4,7) 9 1998 Stephen King adaptation starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro (3,5) 10 French author of novels including The Immoralist (1902) and The Counterfeiters (1927); Nobel Prize for Literature (1947) (5,4) 11 Young salmon after the parr stage, when it turns silvery and migrates to the sea for the first time (5) 12 Island country in the SW Pacific known until 1980 as the New Hebrides (7) 14 Standard monetary unit of Samoa, divided into 100 sene (4) 17 Erik ___, French avant-garde composer of works including the 1917 ballet Parade (5) 18 Largest of the 16 landlocked countries of Africa; capital, N’Djamena (4) 19 and 33 Queen Consort of Charles I of England (1625–49) and mother of the kings Charles II and James II (9,5) 21 Ballet step in which a dancer stands on one foot and makes a circular whipping motion with the other (7) 22 Second-largest and most populous province of Canada, between Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes (7) 25 Bird-like bipedal dinosaur of the late Cretaceous period having long forelimbs with three clawed fingers (9) 27 Covered walkway or colonnade in classical Greek architecture, from which the Stoic school of philosophy took its name (4) 28 British pop group whose latest album is 2021’s What the Future Holds Pt. 2 (5) 29 Christian ___, French couturier whose first collection (1947) introduced the New Look (4) 31 Branch of science concerned with the precise measurement of the shape, orientation in space and gravitational field of the Earth (7) 33 See 19 36 US state in which the Republican Party was founded on March 20 1854 (9) 37 Cocktail of rum and lime juice sweetened with sugar or syrup (8) 38 Arm of the Southern Ocean off western Antarctica, between the islands of Thurston and Siple (8,3) 39 Technical word for pregnant; from Latin, ‘heavy’ (6) DX1ST DOWN 1 Small harp of Celtic Scotland and Ireland, strung with gut or wire (8) 2 Israeli actor Oscar-nominated for his role in the 1971 musical film Fiddler on the Roof (5) 3 One of the four suits comprising the Minor Arcana of a tarot deck, along with Wands, Swords and Pentacles (4) 4 Fast-growing tropical American tree valued for its pale lightweight timber; Ochroma lagopus (5) 5 Director of the 2021 superhero film Spider- Man: No Way Home (3,5) 6 Fictional detective created by Agatha Christie in the 1920 novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles (7,6) 7 ‘A lovely lady, garmented in ___’ (Percy Bysshe Shelley ‘The Witch of Atlas’ (1820) st. 5 (5) 8 Cuban revolutionary and statesman who ruled as prime minister from 1959–76 and president from 1976–2008 (5,6) 13 Seventh civil and first religious month of the Jewish year, in which Passover falls (5) 15 British car designer whose designs include the Morris Minor (1948) and the Mini (1959) (4,9) 16 Surname of the Star Wars character Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher (6) 18 Greek name of the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (c. 2575–2465 BCE), who commissioned the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza (6) 20 Synthetic radioactive metal discovered in 1953 in debris from the first thermonuclear explosion; atomic no. 99 (11) 23 In cricket, the usual Australian term for a googly (5) 24 Fourth period of the Palaeozoic era, sometimes called the ‘Age of Fishes’ (8) 26 Heroine of Shakespeare’s As You Like It (c1600), who disguised herself as the shepherd Ganymede (8) 30 Highly toxic protein occurring in the seeds of the castor-oil plant in the family Euphorbiaceae (5) 32 Red planet-like object discovered in the outer solar system in 2003, named after an Inuit sea goddess (5) 34 Newly-built city that replaced Lagos as the capital of Nigeria in 1991 (5) 35 Imperial dynasty that ruled China from 1368 to 1644, founded by Zhu Yuanzhang (4) Name Address Postcode WIN £500 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 15 16 17 18 22 23 27 28 21 24 25 26 29 30 31 32 33 34 36 37 38 39 35 Stop the clock The great alphapuzzle tm A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 1 14 17 4 18 1 24 4 23 15 18 2 15 24 16 8 16 24 17 24 15 21 5 3 7 8 3 14 4 3 8 8 5 6 21 13 24 14 8 1 7 16 22 9 3 15 13 8 5 16 22 8 4 23 25 16 24 24 8 5 16 14 22 8 5 3 2 15 3 16 8 5 14 19 8 8 11 4 22 1 26 16 21 3 23 4 5 22 14 21 4 16 14 12 21 14 7 16 5 3 8 23 4 1 8 15 21 26 18 1 24 23 10 8 24 10 23 8 20 3 24 2 4 17 5 18 6 19 LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Across: Below, Desktop, Drown, Holdall, Gnu, Crib, Glaze, Lexis, QUOTA, Major, Hear, Aid, Boredom, Ivory, Dungeon, Cadre. Down: Bedeck, Forbid, Lionise, Moron, Wing, Misjudge, Huge, Cram, Syllabus, Disc, Trace, Toehold, Palace, Groyne. 7 20 8 21 9 22 10 23 11 24 time challenge 12 25 13 26 WIN £100 25 MINUTES Can you beat today’s time? TACKLE the Alphapuzzle Challenge – and be in with a chance of a £100 cash prize. FIRST, call the number below and note today’s CLUE LETTERS and your unique PIN NUMBER to set your personal stop-watch running. Then, use the clue letters to work out the seven-letter word in the green squares. When you crack the mystery word, call again and enter your pin number to STOP THE CLOCK. Winner selected at random from all correct entrants who beat the 25-minute Target Time. Each grid number represents a different letter. All 26 letters of the alphabet are used. Solution next Monday 0907 181 2908 YOUR PIN No. _ _ _ _ _ _ *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Lines close 23:59 every Sunday. £100 Winner (Jan 3): D Sheard, Huddersfield. TO WIN £500 CASH! read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word. To enter call: 0904 161 1601 Leave your answer and details, or text BIGXWORD followed by a space, your answer, name and address to 88833 or just complete the crossword correctly and send it to: Daily Express, Prize Crossword (No 928), PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT Competition closes Friday, January 21 at 11:59pm. Winner picked at random from all entry routes after close date. Need Help? Call 0904 161 1602 for five extra clues! *Calls are £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Texts cost £1.50 plus your standard network rate. *SP: Spoke, 0333 202 3390. For any postal enquiries, call this helpline. Big monDAy crossword Solution and winner Monday January 3 £500 WINNER: C Chapman, Broadway, Worcestershire. 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DX1ST Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 3 1 4 5 2 11 Wordsearch Arrow-word Arrow-words are like crosswords, but the clues are printed inside squares on the grid. Write your answers in the blank squares in the direction indicated by the arrows. Solution tomorrow B W T O M T H U M B S I J E U E A C E A L D T P S I P A T W S G O A L L E R E D N I C I V Z D H V B W E C E F D I T H P G Y H E G C N Z J C R C F W I U A A U F I O V N M H A K W E U S Q I R Q B E J U I T O O D T F L P J F E L F R P K K N P S P L I J Y A V Y Q U A O S I E S O O G C U E X D A U R W P H A U K W V T S O P S P M L E P H Z C K Y Y I A I I B U M R W M E A G R E T E L B P A L E S C B J X L E S N A H O T J C T H U M B E L I N A W U M L C FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS Find all the terms listed below in the grid. Solution tomorrow BEAST ● BEAUTY ● CINDERELLA ● ELVES FAIRY ● GOOSE ● GRETEL ● HANSEL ● JACK PIED PIPER ● PRINCESS ● RAPUNZEL SNOW WHITE ● THUMBELINA ● TOM THUMB WITCH ● WOLF Acquire _ Logan, Tray under pictured a fire's grate (3,3) Make jump Sedimentary rock _ Zadora, actress 18th century queen First name of two Spice Girls Statute Engrossed Colin _, pictured British river Nickname for Elizabeth Competitions Ropesoled shoe Very dry Look out Harp-like instrument Evens out Fencing blade Private (abbr.) Due time (abbr.) Woman's name Wooden barrel _ Howard, director Former French coin Box owner in Greek mythology Royal dynasty Distresses Gun holder Ablaze (2,4) Rejects Exhilarate "Right now!" (abbr.) Tidy up Lair Trig. Pistol fight function Blesses Trainee Snake Himalayan Fertlizer Water plants Iced _, beverage Social insect _ Peters, presenter Plane operator Sea birds Perfectly (2,1,1) Overdue Most aged Riches Makes a mistake Leavening agent Curded milk _ Chapman, singer Hide (3,3) Regale Tattletale Polishing mineral Austere Fatless _ Hayworth, screen idol _ the Terrible, tsar Arm bones Palme _, Cannes film festival prize (1'2) Of an item Waxcoated cheese Lip Difficult to catch Wheels Woodwind instruments Road pitch Tea, in France Unwarranted Nonspecific THE ALPHABEATER Black squares: 2, 4, 7, 11, 12, 16, 18, 21, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35, 39. Across: Silver, Spoon, Cloudy, Dawdle, Physique, Barracuda, Catacomb, Amazon, Safari, Salvo, Legend. Down: Aside, Fuchsia, Wombat, Bold, Axe, Leper, Oxide, Lucky, Cabal, Ego, Ajar, Quartz, Payment, Enjoy. THE ALPHAPUZZLE Across: Implicit, Hurled, Quaver, Stammer, Snare, Rely, Jog, Vex, Here (clue), Spoke, Unkempt, Wisdom, Duster, Embezzle. Down: Surround, Mourn, Jackass, Iceberg, Pure, Salient, That, Vestige, Flummox, Knoll, Derisive. TV CROSSWORD Across: 1 Brass, 6 Sara, 8 Campbell, 10 Rowlf, 11 Beryl, 12 Trevor, 15 Solo, 16 Orange, 17 Skye, 19 Diamond, 21 Katy, 22 Bride. Down: 2 Rose, 3 Scales, 4 A Bit, 5 Cleveland, 6 Storage, 7 ALF, 9 Madeley, 13 Room, 14 Deadwood, 17 Silk, 18 Emmy, 20 Air. TV show: Dancing On Ice ARROW-WORD Across: Alison, Locate, Ono, Ben, Riot, Finn, Hop, Ali, Andi, Asti, Hammond, Use, Usain, Spy, Students, Wet, Scare, Omid, Ann, Bee, Corn, Axl, Logan, Ira, Vine, Cheer, Ray, Sat. Down (left to right): Also, Aunt, Coolio, Confirms, Uma, Ron, Osman, Mead, Ranger, Tornado, Elen, Once, Inn, Nunn, Nancy, Dad’s, Two, This, Assemblies, Trip, Tie, Rea, PSI, Nye, Depart. Shaded letters: Nina Simone WORDS FLARE MUDDLESOME Stevie Nicks, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey. CLOCK-WISE Chap, Apex, Expo, Polo, Loin, Inch QUIZ OF THE WEEK 1 Queens 2 Taxi 3 Brooklyn 4 Friends 5 The Wolf Of Wall Street 6 Hudson 7 Subway 8 West Side Story 9 The Manhattan Transfer 10 JFK. Friday’s solutions DITLOIDS 1 Episode of Doctors with Eddie Redmayne, 2 Episodes of Doc Martin with Sigourney Weaver, 2 Golden Globes for Hugh Laurie as House, 4 Series of Bramwell starring Jemma Redgrave, 23 Series of Holby City. TRIVIA WORDSEARCH 1 Pink Floyd 2 Hydrogen 3 Little Boy 4 Spengler 5 Ion 6 Louis Essen 7 Higgs Boson 8 Whole Again 9 Dalton 10 Fission. SUMTHING 5x6=30, 4x3=12, 9x3=27 SMALL CROSSWORD Across: 1 Magicians, 7 Acts, 8 Ennui, 10 Gin, 11 Select, 13 Apologise, 14 Eraser, 16 Rue, 18 Earns, 19 Abut, 20 Dastardly. Down: 1 Massacred, 2 Accept, 3 Isle, 4 Inn, 5 Anguish, 6 Sincerity, 8 Escorts, 9 Glowers, 12 Useful, 15 Ajar, 17 Ant. CROSS DOUBT Across: DISCS Down: PUBIS Sudoku Easy Sudoku Medium Sudoku difficult 1 6 2 8 9 4 7 3 5 3 5 6 2 7 9 4 1 8 5 2 3 6 8 1 9 4 7 3 9 7 5 6 2 4 8 1 2 7 8 6 1 4 9 5 3 4 5 8 7 1 3 6 9 2 1 4 9 8 3 5 2 6 7 8 4 6 9 7 1 7 3 9 5 2 4 1 2 5 3 8 6 Battleships 7 5 3 9 2 6 4 1 8 5 4 1 8 7 2 3 6 9 2 9 5 6 3 4 1 8 7 Kakuro 9 4 5 6 5 9 6 2 3 9 7 3 8 4 8 2 1 3 7 5 9 6 2 6 9 3 5 4 7 1 8 6 9 1 5 8 4 2 7 3 8 3 7 1 6 9 4 5 2 8 7 1 3 4 6 9 2 5 7 1 8 6 4 3 9 2 5 5 4 4 2 3 Quick Crossword Across: 1 Miniature; 8 Eke; 9 Pessimistic; 11 Suffice; 12 Annul; 13 Behave; 15 Utmost; 17 Clang; 18 Excited; 20 Transparent; 22 Bee; 23 Threefold. Down: 2 Ice; 3 Alibi; 4 United; 5 Extract; 6 Reconnoitre; 7 Regulated; 10 Softhearted; 11 Subscribe; 14 Vagrant; 16 Geyser; 19 Chase; 21 Nil. 1 2 4 9 8 1 2 8 6 3 9 5 7 3 1 5 1 5 6 9 8 4 8 2 1 7 7 2 4 3 6 1 2 9 8 5 7 7 8 3 5 1 2 9 6 4 6 4 1 3 9 5 2 7 8 keijo 4 3 1 9 7 8 6 3 5 4 2 1 2 5 9 3 6 4 8 1 7 1 5 2 4 8 7 3 9 6 6 1 4 9 7 8 2 3 5 5 8 3 7 2 9 7 4 2 8 6 1 1 9 6 5 4 3 3 4 2 1 2 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 Target LACTATION action antic attic canal cant canto cation ciao clan clint clot coal coat coati coil coin coital cola colt icon intact LACTATION octal octant otic tacit taco tact tailcoat talc tonic

4 Daily Express Monday, January 17, 2022 Puzzles crusader prize crossword Across 1 Some mint, about pint, mashed (6) 4 Kitty starts with joke that’s eccentric (8) 10 Sailor gets single bit of seafood (7) 11 Star bishop to run off, having a skin condition (7) 12 Shabby, putting stone on your head (5) 13 Invent discourse about one spirit (9) 14 Relative amount for a role model (6,6) 18 Redirect broken item on piece (12) 23 A quiet, flexible Catholic entered as a candidate (9) 24 Old king chewing nut, making inarticulate sound (5) 25 Vague, during old performance (7) 26 Heads giving former pupil some poetry (7) 27 Officer finding material on worker (8) 28 Aircraft reviewing ridge around lake (6) Down 1 Caught girl if joining unknown group (8) 2 Platter covering underwear in farce (8) 3 Welshman with very last restricted substance (5) 5 Call about new set not having any acting work (7) 6 Cremating order a little bit (9) 7 Parking all wrong around ancient city – more than one (6) 8 Listen out for some decoration (6) 9 Heard character leaving to start game (3,3) 15 Get rid of English border – not available in Spain (9) 16 Asked for some paper in the end (8) 17 Phobia gets too upsetting with shoes (8) 19 Ale isn’t better for protein (7) 20 Parade a personal design (6) 21 Half the diameter of a bone (6) 22 Father back to get fruit to materialise (6) 24 Hammer donated to student (5) DX1ST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 9 11 16 17 1 4 5 FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN Read down the letters in the highlighted squares to reveal the mystery word. Name Address Postcode 2 WIN £100 CASH TO ENTER: Call 0904 161 3700 and leave your answer and details, or text DXCRUS followed by a space, your answer, name and address details to 88833. Calls cost £1.50 plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Texts cost £1.50 plus your standard network rate. Lines close at midnight tonight. Or send your grid containing the answer in the shaded squares by posting it to: Crusader Crossword, January 17, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by January 18 at the latest. SP: Spoke – 0333 202 3390. For any postal enquiries, call helpline number. An extra day is given for postal entries during bank holidays. ● The winner will be the first random correct entry drawn from all entry routes after the closing date of January 24. The Editor’s decision is final. LAST THURSDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Magic wand, 6 Chum, 10 Never, 11 Dog kennel, 12 Sunbelt, 13 Tie-dyed, 14 Equity release, 17 Bachelor party, 21 Hold out, 22 Lyrical, 24 Pen-and-ink, 25 Ovoid, 26 Lieu, 27 Senseless. DOWN: 1 Minister, 2 Given, 3 Current account, 4 Auditor, 5 Digital, 7 Honey bear, 8 Malady, 9 General-purpose, 15 Unbalance, 16 Cyclades, 18 Entails, 19 Oilskin, 20 Chapel, 23 Crone. Prizeword: Hostile Target G R I R F D A U E HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. No plurals. Verb forms ending in S permitted. TODAY’S TARGET Good 13; very good 19; excellent 25 (or more). Solution tomorrow FIND where the fleet of ships shown is hidden in the grid. The numbers to the right of and below the grid indicate how many of the squares in that row are filled in with ships or parts of ships. The ships do not touch each other, even diagonally. Some squares have been filled in to start you off. Solution tomorrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A B C D E F G H I J 2 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 6 0 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 x Battleship 2 x Cruiser 3 x Destroyer 4 x Submarine ● The Target uses words in the main body of Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (1999 edition) Call 0907 181 2585 for today’s Target solution *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Battleships The Alphabeater The Alphapuzzle ® CAN you crack the Alphabeater? Each grid number represents a letter – or black square. As in Alphapuzzle, every letter of the alphabet is used. But you have to complete the grid too! Use the given letters and black squares below the grid to start. The grid is ‘rotationally symmetrical’ – in other words, it looks the same if you turn the page upside down. Solution tomorrow A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 20 37 16 11 14 28 32 10 15 32 31 7 12 39 20 32 14 27 5 29 39 36 28 24 14 6 22 38 27 3 20 15 15 22 3 21 5 38 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ■ ■ 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Y G ■ Target Time: 38 minutes Extra letter clues 0907 181 2560 (Deduct three minutes for each extra clue letter heard) Full solution 0907 181 2558 *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. ● Alternatively, for six Extra Letter clues to your mobile, text DXBEAT to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus your usual operator rate Word builder Answer the clues so that each word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus or minus one. 15 19 13 31 32 13 36 12 28 22 30 6 35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 35 15 9 30 33 28 30 6 37 17 28 23 28 29 23 22 36 17 21 11 35 2 7 4 11 26 32 35 39 22 18 6 7 24 35 6 6 4 6 35 19 34 29 7 16 3 15 37 13 24 19 31 15 2 9 5 31 10 6 40 10 24 15 15 8 32 35 6 1 6 35 38 11 33 29 23 38 39 33 17 37 28 17 9 22 12 15 37 25 36 10 6 32 39 18 3 18 23 2 22 28 39 26 6 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 34 35 36 37 38 10 13 19 10 28 8 39 22 30 5 30 2 16 M 39 40 Solution tomorrow 1 Curved line 2 Crustacean 3 A pair 4 Rupture 5 Highland tree trunk 6 Large mammal 7 Counter Alphapuzzle ® tests logic and word power. Each grid number stands for a letter. Every letter of the alphabet is used. Use the given letter or letters — below the main grid — to start. Solution tomorrow Difficulty: 8/10; Target: 27 mins; Clue: Where police lurk in woodland. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 26 5 4 25 16 19 5 6 7 5 12 10 12 24 20 13 10 7 24 5 13 13 2 5 19 7 2 3 9 3 2 6 22 19 5 24 5 25 22 25 3 1 6 26 3 6 5 6 26 23 26 3 4 15 3 21 11 12 10 24 4 5 21 3 12 5 12 12 22 18 8 15 24 2 2 24 17 12 5 11 11 1 11 4 1 3 3 12 6 5 2 5 12 21 3 14 3 4 19 26 3 6 7 1 13 7 26 22 18 12 3 5 26 3 22 26 2 3 22 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 D 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 extra letter clues: 0907 181 2568 (Hear up to six Extra Letters, deduct two minutes for each clue letter heard) Alternatively, for six extra letter clues direct to your mobile, text DXALPHA to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus normal network operator rate. full solution: 0907 181 2565; Across ONLY: 0907 181 2561; Down ONLY: 0907 181 2562. *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Alphapuzzle® ©2019 Acorn Editorial Ltd. All words appear in Chambers Dictionary. THE DAILY EXPRESS 30-SECOND challenge Today’s answers: Beginner = 15; Intermediate = 326; Advanced = 345. PLAY MORE CROSSWORDS AND GAMES AT EXPRESS.CO.UK/PUZZLES *SP: Spoke – Helpline 0333 202 3390