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CAMPAIGNING NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAR express.co.uk Tuesday, January 18, 2022 80p Dorries blasts BBC over ‘bias and groupthink’ SEE PAGE 2 invasion threat grows UK sends weapons to Ukraine SEE PAGE 7 Millions of struggling Britons three weeks from ‘catastrophic’ rise in fuel costs PM, the Clock is Ticking...SORT energy bills crisis! By Sarah O’Grady Social Affairs Correspondent URGENT action is needed to prevent a looming cost-of-living crisis for millions of hard-up Britons. Boris Johnson has three weeks before many struggling families’ fuel bills may double. Stark warnings of the “burning deadline” came as analysts feared gas and electricity hikes may swamp families. The rise in the cap on energy costs could turn a cash crisis for many households into a catastrophe. Soaring inflation and dearer food are driving more people into poverty. Consumer champion Martin Lewis said: “We need a substantial increase in the billions of pounds of funding to Turn to page 4 British tsunami victim dies trying to save her dogs SEE PAGE 17

2 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Weather forecast DX1ST Dorries Weather forecast hits out Weather forecast If we’ve published anything factually inaccurate, please contact the readers’ editor by email at expressletters @express.co.uk or write to Readers’ Editor, Daily Express at One Canada Square, London E14 5AP and, once verified, we’ll correct it as soon as possible. The Daily Express and Sunday Express are published by Express Newspapers, a subsidiary company of Reach PLC, which is a member of IPSO, the Independent Press Standards Organisation. We adhere to the Editors’ Code Of Practice as enforced by IPSO, which is contactable for advice at IPSO Gate House, 1 Farringdon Street, EC4M 7LG. Website www.ipso.co.uk Telephone: 0300123 2220, email advice@ipso.co.uk. If you have a complaint concerning a potential breach of the Code of Practice, we will deal with your complaint directly or IPSO can refer your complaint to us. 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. at BBC ‘bias and groupthink’ and Charge ahead...Visa OK Visa ban is ditched by Amazon reviews funding By Emily Braeger Amazon has reversed Temperatures Temperatures Centigrade a decision to ban UK Temperatures in Centigrade Centigrade Visa credit card North West: Dry and bright but with a good East Anglia: A bright and dry day, but Today’s summary: Cloudy with rain in the west payments on its website. g deal of cloud around. Moderate southerly rather cloudy at times. Gentle southwesterly winds. High 5C (41F). By North Martyn West Coast: Brown It is going to be dull East Coast: It will be mostly dull and services including TV, radio, Today’s The forecast: online retailer was winds. High 7C (45F). with cloudy skies and with heavy showers cloudy with the risk of a shower during the Spain, Portugal and due the to Balearic make the and change Northern Ireland: Cloudy with light London/South East: Cloudy with limited Senior for a while Political and drizzle Correspondent later. A gentle morning. A light to moderate southerly the BBC website, podcasts, Canary Island from tomorrow, having showers at first and light rain later. brightness but largely dry. Gentle southeasterly winds. High 7C (45F). southerly breeze. High 11C (52F). wind. High 10C (50F). iPlayer Spain and will apps. be dry Its and existence is guaranteed until at areas. High 16 sunny there will however there may be patchy c Moderate southerly winds. High 9C (48F). South West Coast: It is set to be cloudy North Central Ireland: It is set to be dull be areas of cloud across the far north warned across customers northern the THE BBC needs to “address y Wales: Sunny spells but areas of mist and South: Early fog, then dry but with a good with heavy showers. Patchy drizzle during with cloudy skies and with outbreaks of bringing a threat of drizzle. High 17C card company’s (61F). The fees Canaries will be brig - issues around impartiality”, least December 31, 2027, by low cloud will linger. Gentle south-westerly deal of cloud. Isolated mist patches. Light the afternoon. A fresh southerly wind. Mild rain or drizzle, mainly light. A gentle (63F). Portugal will be fine as it will were be too sunny high. spells but also a chance winds. High 9C (48F). winds. High 8C (46F). said for January. Nadine High 12C Dorries (54F). as she southerly breeze. High 9C (48F). its royal charter. dry and bright with lots of sunshine But it showers. said yesterday: High 21C (70F). Midlands: Largely cloudy with little South West: Dry with some sun, especially confirmed the licence fee Conservative MP Julian South Central Ireland: It is expected to be Northern Ireland: It is going to be dull with “The expected change brightness around, but staying dry. Gentle in the morning, but a lot of cloud. Gentle would mainly dull be and frozen cloudy with at £159 the chance for of cloudy skies and with light showers. Light Knight, chairman of the south-westerly winds. High 5C (41F). southerly winds. High 10C (50F). Outlook: digital, culture, media and sport regarding Dry with lots the of use sunshine of Visa two an isolated years. shower for a time. A moderate rain during the afternoon. A moderate North East/Yorks: Dry and fine with sunny Channel Isles: Cloudy with the chance of southerly breeze. High 10C (50F). southerly wind. High 9C (48F). credit cards on Amazon. spells and patchy cloud. Moderate southwesterly winds. High 6C (43F). south-easterly winds. High 5C (41F). insisted Outlook tomorrow: it was a “fair settle- Ireland Warmest: Valentia 11C (52F) price freeze. London/South But he East: added: Cloudy with limited place on North: January Dry and 19. bright with sunshin the odd spot of rain or drizzle. Gentle The Culture Secretary committee, welcomed And the back co.uk in Britain will no longer todaytake Scotland: Cloudy and spells of rain and Sea: North Sea: Moderate. Irish Sea: ment for the BBC”, with the Extremes: Coldest: Mullingar -3C (27F) “The BBC brightness plays but largely a fundamental role in our culture dry. Gentle southeasterly winds. High 7C (45F). “We are High working also patchy cloud. Gentle southerly drizzle will spread eastwards. Brisk southwesterly winds. High 10C (50F). of Nadine to 2pm yesterday) Dorries yesterday Rough. Channel: Slight. Early mist will clear. Then largely dull with (24 hours Wettest: Armagh 0.01in. corporation cloudy skies and there expected is also a chance to 7C (45F). closely with Visa on a receive some outbreaks around of rain £3.7billion and drizzle. Gentle in to and demonstrates Midlands: Largely the cloudy richness of this country’s broad- eastwards. Brisk with little Scotland: Cloudy and spells of rain UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW: Cloudy tomorrow with spells of patchy rain and drizzle Last Quarter moderate north-westerly winds. brightness around, but staying dry. Gentle potential drizzle solution will spread that licence fee funding this year. 25 January however this will clear southwards to leave a dry afternoon with lots of winter sunshine. more than £180 by 2027. south-westerly winds. High 5C (41F). will enable westerly customers winds. High to 10C (50F). But she also attacked the She has also announced a casting landscape. SIX-DAY FORECAST Temperatures in Centigrade SIX-DAY FORECAST Temperatures in Centigrade Wales: Sunny spells but areas of mist continue and Ireland: using Mainly Visa.” broadcaster, arguing that review into the way the BBC “An alternative low cloud will linger. source Gentle of dry but cloudy. Rain south-westerly A Visa spread spokesman into western areas. Gentle WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON as well as WED issues around THU is FRI funded SAT beyond SUN that date. MONfunding winds. must High deliver 9C (48F). the stability necessary to enable westerly winds. 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Pictures: Paul Silvers/BNPS DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 3 Tor blimey...night sky fans congregate at St Michael’s church above Glastonbury to see dramatic Wolf Moon From the top ...Wolf Moon seen at Ely Cathedral, in Bristol and poised above the Shard in the centre of London Stargazers are over the Wolf Moon By Steph Spyro IT made their day – and night. Crowds of stargazers were thrilled to witness this stunning spectacle at Glastonbury Tor as the Wolf Moon loomed into view. The year’s first full moon dwarfed St Michael’s Tower at the peak of the 520ft Somerset hill yesterday, providing photographers with jaw-dropping pictures in the clear sky. The dramatic scenes were replicated across the country. The Wolf Moon seemed to dance around the historic stonework of 11thcentury Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, as well as dominating a terrace of smart houses in the centre of Bristol and creating a tranquil image behind St Behind pew...Wolf Moon and Kent church Thomas Becket church on Romney Marshes in Fairfield, Kent. There were capital sights to be seen in London too as the full moon shone pin-sharp over the 72-storey Shard glass skyscraper while its silhouette of a Thames cable car reminded onlookers of a scene from blockbuster film ET. Wolf Moons were given the name by native North Americans as the beasts howl more in winter while seeking scarce food. January’s full moon is also known as the Ice Moon and Old Moon. It stays for around three days while the Earth is positioned between the sun and moon. Next month’s full moon, known as the Snow Moon after frequent falls at that time of year, will be visible on February 16. It will be followed on March 16 by the Worm Moon – so named as worms surface when spring warms the earth. Moon river..cable car silhouette over Thames Pedigree chums… Fellowes writes about high society Downton films may score top hat-trick DOWNTON Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has hinted he may be making a third film in the franchise, 12 years after the hit show began. The period drama returns to cinemas with second movie Downton Abbey: A New Era on March 18. Now Fellowes says the latest bigscreen spin-off from the TV show, which ended in 2015, is not guaranteed to be the last instalment. The writer, 72, said: “We were lucky to reassemble our cast. “I think for them it’s become a By Emily Braeger sort of club. They say goodbye, everyone cries and two years later, we’re back at it!” He added in the Radio Times: “I think each time it’s goodbye, but whether it is or not, who knows?” The first Downton film from 2019 took more than £110million at the global box office in a month. Shooting on A New Era started at Hampshire’s Highclere Castle in April last year and was originally due for release last month before the pandemic caused delays. The timeline of the original series started just after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and the new film is set nearly two decades later. Aristocratic Hugh Bonneville, 58, Elizabeth McGovern, 60, Maggie Smith, 87, Michelle Dockery, 40, and Imelda Staunton, 66, all return as the cast of earls, ladies, dowagers and servants in the second movie. Joining them are Hugh Dancy, 46, Nathalie Baye, 73, Dominic West, 52, and Laura Haddock, 36, as brand new characters. The award-winning TV show followed the trials and tribulations of the aristocratic Crawley family at the English country pile of the title. Fellowes’ new period drama The Gilded Age begins on US channel HBO Max later this month. ●●The full interview is published in Radio Times which is available now.

4 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST SOARING cost-of-living: ‘Burning deadline’ to COMMENT imran hussain Action for Children Step in now to stop child poverty rise FAMILIES are enduring a miserable winter of cuts to Universal Credit, soaring energy bills and the prospect of yet more price rises. Parents of young children are among the hardest hit by this crisis as they typically face bigger bills, have smaller savings and are less able to take on extra work. They are nearly twice as likely to be in fuel poverty as those without children. Fuel poverty is linked to a higher risk of physical and mental health problems in children and can harm development and put pressure on schools and the NHS. We know that children in cold homes are more than twice as likely to suffer from a range of respiratory problems compared with children living in warm homes. Families that struggle to pay their bills can quickly find themselves in problem debt, which can be difficult to escape and is known to damage children’s wellbeing. Stark Households across all age ranges are facing a hard year with multiple energy price hikes predicted to come on top of the recent £20 cut to Universal Credit, a higher rate of National Insurance and rising prices in the shops. But the situation is particularly stark for families. It’s been clear from our services helping vulnerable children and their parents for many years that more and more families have been falling into deep poverty. The Government has been in denial about high and rising child poverty and simply doesn’t have a strategy to tackle it. Soaring food and fuel costs will take a huge bite out of family budgets over the coming months as the cost-ofliving crisis worsens. Before this crisis becomes a catastrophe, ministers need to take urgent targeted action for these families. The simplest and most effective means of achieving this quickly is to act through existing mechanisms in the social security system to top-up family incomes. The best way to help low-income families with children is by increasing the child element of Universal Credit and bringing the value of benefits up in line with the rise in inflation. Lifting children – and their families – out of poverty is the best way to protect families and the taxpayer from the high costs of poverty. The Government must make tackling child poverty a key part of its plans for levelling up. from PAGE one vulnerable people and people on low incomes.” The founder of Moneysavingexpert added: “Some will have to choose between heating and eating, and that is not appropriate in one of the world’s richest economies and a civilised nation. “We are going to have to give people that money and it’s going to have to come in the first instance from the Exchequer. Whether that’s through a windfall tax, whether that’s through increasing general taxation, whether that’s increasing Government debt, I will leave to the economists.” The growing demands for action came in the wake of a report from anti-poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). It found 54 per cent of single adult households, and a quarter of single parents and older couples without children, might have to spend more than half their income after housing costs on soaring energy bills. Poorly-off families would see an average 18 per cent of income go on fuel charges if q Should the Government do more to help hardest hit by fuel bill rises? 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. Lone earner: I’m dreading future Hard pressed... mum of teenage twins Jessica Emery the cap rises by just under 50 per cent from April. Middle-income households will see their energy costs increase to a typical six per cent of their income, analysis shows. More households are being pushed below the breadline as prices rise for everyday items including food and clothing. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 5.1 per cent in the 12 months to November, up from 4.2 per cent to October – the highest CPI 12-month inflation rate since September 2011. The JRF annual UK Poverty report shows a “worrying increase” in the number of youngsters living in the direst straits. Some 31 per cent of children were coping with poverty in 2019-20, rising to nearly half of children in single-parent families. Around 1.8 million were trying to grow up in “very deep” poverty – households with 40 per cent or less of average income. This is a rise of half a million since 2011-12. The JRF said there seemed “little prospect” of reversing recent rising trends of child and pensioner poverty. Some 22 per cent of the UK was living in poverty in 2019-20 – 14.5 million people. Of these, 8.1 million were work-age adults, 4.3 million were children and 2.1 million OAPs. More than a million households – 2.4 million people – experienced destitution, the most severe form of poverty, in 2019. That was a jump of 35 per cent in two years. Other groups with higher poverty rates include lone parents, the disabled plus unpaid carers. Katie Schmuecker, of the JRF, said: “Rising energy prices will affect us all, but our analysis shows they have the potential to devastate the budgets of families on the lowest incomes. The Government cannot stand by and allow the rising cost of living to knock people off their feet.” The new energy price cap set by regulator Ofgem for 15 million households is due on February 7, to be introduced on April 1. Bills could then soar by more than half for millions of customers, a rise that might cost By Sarah O’Grady JESSICA Emery, 42, is dreading the extra financial pressure on her single salary. The mother of twin boys Charlie and Max, 15, is the sole breadwinner while her painter and decorator partner Gary, 44, waits for a knee operation. Jessica, a customer services manager, is currently working her socks off to pay the bills at her three-bedroom semi in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. She said: “The increasing costs of raising children and running a home are already biting into my wage. Paying more for gas and electricity is going to be very, very difficult. “With twin boys, the washing machine is running daily. They’re still growing so their shoes and trainers and school uniform needs to be replaced regularly. “I’m working from home so the heating is on more and even if I go into the office, Gary would need the heating on. “We qualify for Universal Credit but that’s been cut. And if I work extra shifts, the UC payment is cut more than I earn.” Jessica is now shopping at a cheaper discount store, has turned the heating down and told her sons to be careful how much they are spending on school lunches. She said: “The Government could do two things to help us: adapt Universal Credit so people aren’t penalised for working and cut hospital waiting lists so Gary can get his knee operation and go back to work as soon as possible.” what can government do to help THERE are a number of measures the Government could introduce to tackle the burden on households. 1. Cut VAT Reducing VAT on domestic energy bills from five per cent to zero could help households save around £100. The Chancellor has resisted this. 2. Remove green levies Suppliers want levies that fund renewables investment and energy efficiency improvements to be removed from bills. The investment would instead be paid for from By Steph Spyro general taxation. They argue this would be more progressive because those on higher incomes would contribute proportionally more. 3. Extend Warm Home Discount A discount on energy bills is set to increase by £10, and 800,000 more homes will be eligible – meaning 3 million homes will qualify for the new £150 total off their winter bill. 4. Freeze energy price cap The Government could direct the energy regulator Ofgem to freeze average households around £700 per year. Nigel Pocklington, chief executive of renewables supplier Good Energy, said: “To some extent their burning deadline is the day that the new level of the price cap gets announced. That’s when it becomes obvious to everyone that prices are going up.” Some observers believe the cap might be

act noW to stop crisis DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5 help poorest families Worry…Thelma heats one room but pays £99 a month; inset, Diane with a blanket Pictures: BBC, Harry Hubbard ‘I’m losing sleep over cost of bills’ By Sarah O’Grady and Steph Spyro THELMA Spalding is trying hard to keep her energy bills as low as possible by switching off each of her appliances nightly, as prices continue to soar. The 54-year-old relies on carers and walks with a stick, but is following the advice given to her by her energy firm to the letter. Thelma, of Wednesbury, West Mids, left her post as an NHS support worker a year ago after being assaulted on the job. Since then, her monthly gas and electricity bill has shot up from £44 to £99, meaning she can afford to heat only one room. She has burns on her arms from trying to keep her wood burner going and has started using food banks to make ends meet. “I live in this one room,” she said. “There’s only me and the dogs, so why am I being charged this much for electricity and gas? “In bed you’re so cold that it’s like you’re sleeping outside. My carer gets me dressed and I wear two pairs of leggings, a pair of trousers, a vest, a T-shirt and a dress – and I’m in the house. I can’t sleep at night thinking about what I can cut out.” Elsewhere, a grandmother’s energy bill could rise to £100 a month, up from £67, when April’s new energy price cap comes in. Diane Skidmore, 71, said her bill has already climbed from £40 in October despite her efforts to keep costs down. Diane, who lives in a council flat in Brixton, south London, and gets some benefit from the winter fuel payment and the Warm Home Discount Scheme, said: “My £40 a month used to be plenty. I was in credit. I’m wearing trousers, woolly socks, a thermal T-shirt as well as a cord dress and a thick cardigan because my heater’s not on.” the worst off? the price cap at its current level. The cap limits the price that suppliers can charge to customers. The price cap is currently set to be reviewed next month and updated in April. 5. Raising universal credIT The Government faces fresh calls to increase payments so struggling households can heat their homes. Autumn’s price cap increase coincided with the removal of the temporary £20-per-week uplift to universal credit, introduced in March 2020 to help people deal with the financial ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic. raised to around £2,000 for the average household, from the current £1,277. Mr Pocklington added: “You absolutely need to be concerned for vulnerable households and homes and families that will be put into fuel poverty. There’s this odd fact of life around your energy bill: you can’t avoid it and therefore it’s a form of strangely regressive taxation in some respects. The duke and the dustman, as they used to say, are paying the same per unit cost.” The price cap could soar even higher in October, compounding hardship. The annual limit for an average household on a standard variable tariff could jump as high as £2,255 from October 1, according to market research firm Cornwall Insight Ltd. That’s 77 per cent higher than the current cap and a 17 per cent rise on the level the consultancy predicts for April. Gareth Miller, chief executive, said: “The cap will not protect consumers from increases in gas and power prices in the long run.” He urged the Government to alleviate pressure on bill payers through the tax and welfare system: “It is not helpful for Government to keep pointing to the Default Tariff Cap when pressed on what action it is taking.” Keith Anderson, boss of leading supplier ScottishPower, said: “There is merit in the Government looking at bringing in something that is quite targeted to help the most vulnerable. The more you Consumer champ’s alert...Martin Lewis can target that support at those people the better, and the more affordable it becomes and the more sensible it becomes.” Despite the February deadline no plans to help consumers have been announced. Asked what action was being taken and if a VAT cut was in prospect, the PM’s spokesman said: “Boris Johnson continues to speak to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and to the Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. “Both those two ministers are having further discussions about what the appropriate response is to abating these cost of living challenges. We do have things like the energy price cap continuing to protect 15 million households from high global gas prices, alongside further support targeted to the most vulnerable.” A Government spokesman said vulnerable households were also helped via the Warm Home Discount and £500million Household Support Fund. ●●Shocked by soaring energy bills? Email your non-confidential details to news.desk@ express.co.uk Opinion: Page 12 North-south divide is getting even wider By Paul Jeeves LARGE regional divides are widening even further despite Boris Johnson’s promise to “level up” the country, a report has found. The study by IPPR North – part of the Institute for Public Policy Research – finds the Government’s Levelling Up Fund equates to investment of just £32 per person in the north. This compares to a £413 per person drop in annual council service spending over the past decade from central funding. Jonathan Webb, senior research fellow at the think-tank, said: “What it means in very blunt terms is people in the north of England have less access to prosperity and the good life that people in other parts of the country might have access to.” Dan Jarvis, Mayor of South Yorkshire, said: “We’re actually going backwards – and that’s unacceptable.”

6 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST ‘Boris will stay in the job... he’s human and we make mistakes’ BORIS Johnson is safe in his job and getting on with delivering for Britain, the Education Secretary has insisted. Nadhim Zahawi yesterday rejected claims the Prime Minister is in danger of being forced out of Downing Street in the row over partying. He also dismissed reports of Mr Johnson’s allies launching a policy blitz called Operation Big Dog to deflect attention away from the No 10 scandal. Mr Zahawi said: “I don’t recognise that at all. Government doesn’t work like that.” But the scale of discontent in the Tory ranks was underlined by a serving Cabinet minister and an influential former minister yesterday. The Prime Minister’s leadership was openly questioned by Science Minister George Freeman, who said he was “shocked and flabbergasted” by the revelations of boozy partying. He said they caused “serious damage” to public trust in Government and he questioned why some No 10 staff were holding parties when the public “couldn’t see dying loved ones”. In a letter to a constituent, he pointed Defence... Nadhim Zahawi Boozing at No 10 dates back years By Macer Hall Downing Street has a long-standing culture of day-to-night boozing, a former aide has claimed. Sonia Khan worked in No10 and the Treasury during the premierships of David Cameron and Theresa May – and she said drinking had long been “very routine” and “normalised” there. She told BBC Radio 4: “Drinks could start at lunchtime. The idea of mini fridges or having drinks underneath your table wasn’t uncommon.” Senior aides used booze to thank staff for working “very, very long hours” and some staff woke up hungover on No10 sofas the next day. Ms Khan added: “I didn’t work during a pandemic…I can’t speak for what it’s like now.” By Macer Hall Political Editor the finger of blame at the PM and his senior aides, saying people in positions of power “shouldn’t seek to escape public responsibility or accountability”. He added: “The Prime Minister and his office should set the highest standards.” Former Brexit Minister Steve Baker said his constituents were “about 60 to one against the Prime Minister”, after he spent the weekend back in Wycombe, Bucks, a Conservative heartland. Trust The powerful backbencher said “there must be one rule for all” but added that he would wait for the report of civil servant Sue Gray before taking any action. Mr Zahawi had defended Mr Johnson during a round of morning interviews after six Tory MPs publicly called for a new leader. Asked three times in a BBC interview if the PM will stay in his position, Mr Zahawi said: “Yes. Because he’s human and we make mistakes.” He insisted Mr Johnson was “focused on the big issues”. Downing Street yesterday refused to confirm reports that the PM had been interviewed by Ms Gray as part of her probe. The spokesman also refused to set out a timetable for publishing her report, adding: “It depends when the report is concluded and when it’s available.” He did confirm Mr Johnson commuted between Chequers and No 10 during March 2020 while his now-wife Carrie was pregnant. Guidance at the time was that people should not travel for non-essential reasons. But the spokesman said: “Mrs Johnson had been placed in a vulnerable category and advised to minimise social contacts. “In line with clinical guidance and to minimise the risk they were based at Chequers, with the Prime Minister commuting.” There was better news for the Prime Minister from an opinion poll of Conservatives last night. Almost two-thirds of Tory members quizzed backed him to stay as the party leader. A quarter wanted to see him go. Some 52 per cent of the 704 asked by Opinium thought Mr Johnson remained on course to win the next general election. But less than half – 46 per cent – believed he was telling the truth about parties in Downing Street. And 29 per cent did not trust his account of what happened. Starmer ‘hypocrite’ calls won’t go away Sir Keir was pictured with a beer in Labour MP’s Durham office Sir Keir Starmer was again branded a hypocrite after he repeatedly refused to apologise for drinking with colleagues during lockdown. The Labour leader insisted he was working and “didn’t break any rules” when he was snapped socialising indoors. The Labour leader was pictured in the office of City of Durham MP Mary Foy on April 30, 2021, in the run-up to May’s local elections. During his LBC Radio phone-in show, Sir Keir was confronted by a caller who said his response was “like listening to Boris Johnson without the harrumphing”, adding: “You should apologise and you are a hypocrite for not.” Asked if he was prepared to apologise, Sir Keir said: “We didn’t break any rules. We were working in the office and we stopped for a takeaway.” He added: “We did nothing wrong.” Sir Keir added: “I think that it’s in the national By Sam Lister interest that Boris Johnson goes now…Put party politics to one side, he’s lost all authority and that matters, whatever party you are in.” Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi also called for Sir Keir to say sorry. “I hope he finds it within himself to apologise,” he said. “I think people expect, you know, very high standards from their leaders, and I think that’s only right.” Sir Keir says he won’t say sorry because the group paused to eat while working ‘Focused on the big issues’... there was backing for the PM but also criticism Threat…Cummings ‘PM lied about not knowing of parties’ By Macer Hall DOMINIC Cummings last night accused Boris Johnson of lying over the Downing Street party row. In a fresh salvo at his former boss, the ex-chief Downing Street adviser claimed the Prime Minister knew about a “bringyour-own-booze” gathering of aides in No 10’s garden. In a statement to MPs last week, Mr Johnson said that he had thought the get-together was a “work event”. Cummings has now said he is prepared to testify “under oath” that “the PM was told about the invite, he knew it was a drinks party” and that “he lied to Parliament”. Madhouse On his blog, he said Mr Johnson’s Principal Private Secretary (PPS) Martin Reynolds had a key role. Cummings wrote: “The PM’s PPS invited people to a drinks party. The PPS was told to cancel the invite by at least two people. He checked with the PM whether the party should go ahead. The PM agreed it should. “They both went to the party. It was actually a drinks party…Not only me but other eyewitnesses …would swear under oath this is what happened.” Of his own part, he adds: “I said to the PM something like, ‘Martin’s invited the building to a drinks party, this is what I’m talking about, you’ve got to grip this madhouse.’ The PM waved it aside.” The PM’s spokesman said it was “not accurate” to suggest he was aware of a party held in the No10 garden in May 2020.

Navy will turn into Royal Taxi Service to pick up migrants, says Lord West By Michael Knowles THE ROYAL Navy will effectively become a taxi service for migrants when it is deployed in the English Channel, a former First Sea Lord warned yesterday. Boris Johnson has given a senior naval commander the power to direct Border Force, coastguard, fisheries protection and customs and excise to carry out surveillance or intercept those crossing the water. It is understood Rear Admiral Mike Utley, the commander of the UK’s aircraft carriers, will take overall control of Governmentowned ships within weeks. Hundreds of people have been boarding tiny boats in recent weeks despite freezing temperatures, with scores arriving over the weekend. Control The former head of the Royal Navy Lord West warned: “All you’re acting as is a very efficient conduit for people smugglers, with migrants being picked up nice and safely by a Royal Navy warship. If I was a people trafficker, I would say to them all, ‘Get in your little boat and go out there, the Royal Navy is now in control of all of the shipping that is looking out for you. You’ll be picked up and you’ll be taken to Britain’.” Details of the plans are still being worked out but it is hoped they will free up Home Office and Border Force officials to work on longer-term plans to combat small boat crossings. Among them is sending migrants to Ghana and Rwanda for processing. Ministry of Defence and Home Office sources yesterday said that ministers wanted the military’s command structure to reduce the number of crossings. But the Navy is not expected to push boats back towards France. Home DX1ST The announcement that Ms Patel, left, has called in the MoD comes after arrivals on the Kent coast in recent days Secretary Priti Patel said: “No one Government department can solve this issue on its own. My decision to bring in the MoD is a vindication we need to strengthen our defences.” The news came as it emerged Downing Street looked at repurposing Long-Range Acoustic Devices used as 2012 Olympics loudhailers as sound cannons against migrants. Their loud high-frequency noise can induce vomiting. The plan was thrown out as a non-starter. Pictures: Steve Finn and Gareth Fuller/PA A Border Force ship at Dover yesterday. Left, Lord West Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 7 comment Nigel Farage Ex-Brexit Party leader When we voted Brexit, taking back control of our borders topped our wish list. For many voting in the 2019 general election, it was a rerun of these arguments. Immigration control matters. Illegal immigration makes people furious. Before the Partygate scandal, Boris Johnson was already facing pressure from key Red Wall seats, as voters saw increasing numbers pass through Dover. With over 28,000 people arriving last year and hotels filling up all over the country, this is now a huge issue and it is damaging the Government’s reputation. Impractical In response to the continuing Partygate saga, the Prime Minister has made proposals, the so-called “red meat”, to placate the voters. The Royal Navy is to be sent into the Channel. But unless the terms of engagement change, it will make no difference at all. The Navy can patrol 12 miles from the UK coast but cannot go into French waters without permission. Unless the Government is prepared to pick up migrants and deposit them back in France, which would cause an international incident, nothing will change. So instead of Border Force acting as a taxi service, the same job will now be done by the Navy. As for the proposal that once people arrive in Dover, they will then be flown off to new processing centres in Ghana and Rwanda, it will simply never happen. I’m afraid it’s mission impossible – unless Boris is prepared to really upset the French. Invasion threat: UK sends weapons to Ukraine BRITAIN is sending weapons and military trainers to Ukraine following the Russian threat to invade its neighbour, the Defence Secretary said. Ben Wallace told MPs “self-defence” equipment is on its way to Kiev in response to the build-up of Vladimir Putin’s forces on the border. Mr Wallace said Britain will supply light anti-armour defensive weapons systems and a “small number” of personnel to give training to Ukraine. He warned: “The consequences that President Putin would face are... what potentially could be a very, very bloody war which is triggered by an invasion which is neither within international law nor indeed it’s what anyone wants in this world. Militarily we’ll of Wallace says Russia faces a ‘bloody war’ By Macer Hall Political Editor course explore whatever we could in those realms. But as I’ve been clear previously, Ukraine is not a member of Nato and British troops will not be deploying to fight Russians.” Tens of thousands of Russian troops are positioned next to the border with Ukraine, which is already fighting pro-Russian separatists in its eastern provinces. Mr Wallace told MPs there is “real cause of concern” over the scale of the force being assembled by Moscow. He invited his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu to visit London “in the next few weeks” to discuss “issues related to mutual security concerns and to engage constructively in good faith”. Mr Wallace added there was a “package of international sanctions”, should Russia take “destabilising action”. Tory MP Tobias Ellwood, Chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, said: “We’re now seeing Putin clearly intends to invade as part of his wider strategy to expand Moscow’s sphere of influence and indeed help label and retain Nato as the adversary that Russia must stand up to. “Russia has now amassed the land forces, the weapons systems and even the field hospitals to allow an invasion to take place.” Labour’s Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey welcomed the announcement on defensive weaponry help for Ukraine but warned it “will be used by Russian propagandists as provocation”. Mr Healey added: “Even at this eleventh hour... we deeply hope diplomacy, sound judgment and respect for international law will prevail with Putin.” Picture: getty Front line…Ukrainian troops near the border with Russia

8 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST Coronavirus: bid to ‘I nearly died...so please get jabbed’ Covid... light By Mark Reynolds By Bradley Stokes A FORMER anti-vaxxer who nearly died of Covid has celebrated coming home...by getting jabbed. Binman Andrew Pugh refused to get the vaccine after reading conspiracy theories on Facebook and even bragged he was “a hero”. But the dad of three and granddad of eight was struck down with the virus last month and warned he had just a 50/50 chance of survival. While in hospital, Andrew, 52, of Worcester, posted poignant videos on Facebook describing his battle with Covid and urged people “not to make the same mistakes” as him. Now home after six weeks, he said: “The very first thing I did was have my jab. Fighting for life... Andrew battles Covid in hospital. Below, back home after six weeks Knowing you could have died puts everything into perspective.” Andrew still faces a tough road ahead as he battles long Covid. He said: “Every day is a struggle. Even walking up the stairs is a massive challenge. “I’ve put my family through sheer hell. “I was being so selfish. Now it’s woken me up.” Isolation rules could be scrapped altogether by the spring as the nation starts to live with Covid – with one expert claiming last night there is “light at the end of the tunnel” for the UK. As the minimum self-quarantine period for those testing positive was cut to five days in England yesterday, plans to get rid of such measures completely were being drafted in Whitehall. The number of new infections has dropped by more than 41 per cent in the last week and 84,429 were announced yesterday along with 85 deaths. Sources revealed that Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to repeal emergency coronavirus laws at the earliest opportunity. Plans will be worked up over the coming weeks, with an announcement for as early as the spring – though no final decisions have been taken. Such a move would also mean there would be no legal requirement to isolate after coming into contact with someone who has Covid or to wear face masks in certain settings. A senior government source said: “As we come to a stage where things are more manageable and those legal restrictions may no longer be necessary, we will look to remove them promptly from the statute book. “The Prime Minister is obviously determined to get back to normal as soon as we can.” News of the plans comes as a World Health Organization (WHO) scientist said the future was looking bright for the UK. Dr David Nabarro, the WHO Special Envoy on Covid-19, said: “Looking at it from a UK point of view, there does appear to be light at the end of the tunnel. “It’s going to be bumpy before we get to the end. “Even though it’s possible to start imagining the end of the pandemic is not 250,000 far away, be ready for the possibility there 200,000 will be more variations and mutations or that there will be 150,000 further challenges and other surges.” He said although children do not get very ill from Covid, “we’re going to have children acting as vectors for some time to come”. Dr Nabarro warned that there was still a need to be “respectful of this virus”, adding: “Do what you can to stop transmitting it. “Do what you can to protect others from being affected by it. It’s not the common cold. “I know people would like it to be but it’s a virus that has still some really unpleasant features. Let’s do our best to protect people from it if we possibly can.” Is French Open shut to Novak? DEPORTED tennis ace Novak Djokovic landed in Serbia from Australia yesterday, only to discover he may now also be banned from the French Open. The world men’s No 1 was banished from Melbourne – and this week’s Australian Open – after losing a visa battle with the government over his unvaccinated status. As he landed in Belgrade, the 34-year-old was given a hero’s welcome by locals waving the national flag and chanting: “We love Novak”. But last night officials in Paris warned it is unlikely the six-time Wimbledon champ will be allowed to compete in May’s French Open unless he gets Covid jabs. The French parliament has just given final approval to a “Covid Pass” law requiring adults to have a certificate of vaccination to enter public places, bars, restaurants and sports venues. France’s sports ministry says exemptions will not be granted to any spectators or players. Politician Stanislas Guerin said: “Djokovic’s behaviour was irresponsible. “Australia is a sovereign country which makes its rules and the rules should be respected. If you are called Djoko, Nadal or Mr Whoever, There was also positive news on the omicron outbreak yesterday – that it could now be “turning around” as cases continue to fall. Professor Mike Tildesley, a leading adviser to the Government, said the latest figures were “cautiously good news” and he hoped the country may have a “flu-type” relationship with the virus by the end of the year. The By Chris Riches Daily confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK (by date cases were reported) 100,000 50,000 Rolling seven-day average Dec 1 2020 Jan 17 2022 Source: Department of Health & Social Care you respect the rules. All big events in France will adopt the Covid Pass. Who would understand if we asked our citizens to respect the rules and then authorised some to get out of them?” Djokovic was forced to leave Australia late on Sunday evening after judges upheld a decision by immigration minister Alex Hawke to cancel his visa on public health grounds. Djokovic told reporters: “I am extremely disappointed.” His expulsion from Australia marked the end of a fiery 12-day row which sparked protests by Serbs living Down Under. He was originally granted an exemption to enter the country by two independent health panels after he tested positive for Covid last month. Australia’s immigration laws dictate that Djokovic cannot gain a visa to enter for three years, but prime minister Scott Morrison said he may be allowed back in sooner “under the right circumstances”, hinting at his need to be jabbed first. One Djokovic fan said: “I myself am vaccinated, double-jabbed, but no one should be forced to do something.” latest data shows a 38 per cent drop over the past seven days across the UK in the numbers testing positive for Covid. Prof Tildesley, an academic at Warwick University and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Modelling group (Spi-M), added: “It does look like across the whole country cases do seem to be falling. “We have had very high case numbers throughout late December and early January. We peaked at about 200,000 and seem to be a bit beyond that. “Hospital admissions are still relatively high, albeit there is evidence they’re plateauing or possibly going down in London, which is cautiously good news.” The isolation period was reduced to five days in England

scrap isolation rules DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9 at the end of the tunnel Pictures: MELL CHUN/AFP and Christopher Pike/Reuters Home… Djokovic back in Belgrade; inset, fan asks for selfie ‘Our doctors are exhausted and making blunders’ after a review of medical evidence, to help ease staff shortages. But people will need to produce negative lateral flow tests on days five and six. The quarantine had already been cut from 10 to seven days last month, subject to negative tests on days six and seven. The day symptoms begin or people test positive is day zero, followed by day one. But under newly-relaxed curbs, people in England can take a lateral flow test on day five. If it is Banker quits over quarantine gaffe THE former boss of Lloyds Banking Group has stepped down as chairman of Credit Suisse for breaking Covid quarantine rules. Sir Antonio Horta-Osorio said in a statement: “I regret that a number of my personal actions have led to difficulties for the bank and compromised my ability to represent the bank internally and externally. “I therefore believe that my resignation is in the interest of the bank and its stakeholders.” The Portuguese has Sir Antonio Horta-Osorio By Benjamin Cooper been replaced as chairman of the Swiss bank by board member Axel Lehmann. Last July Sir Antonio, 57, is reported to have gone to the Wimbledon tennis finals despite having recently arrived from Switzerland. The country was on the UK’s amber list at the time, so he should have been in quarantine. The bank admitted he also broke Swiss rules on quarantine in November, having left Switzerland before his 10-day isolation had ended. negative, they can take another test on day six. Assuming this is also negative and they don’t have a temperature, isolation can end. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it can “restore extra freedoms and reduce the pressure on essential public services over the winter”. He stressed the lateral flow tests on days five and six were a “crucial” part of the plans. People who still test positive on these days must stay in isolation until they have had two negative tests taken on consecutive days, or after 10 days. It applies whether someone is vaccinated or not. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data showed two-thirds of positive cases were no longer infectious by day five. Those who leave self-isolation on or after day six after negative tests – and do not have a temperature – are advised to wear masks, limit close contact and work from home if they can. In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland people must self-isolate for at seven days as soon as symptoms develop or – if they have no symptoms – when they test positive. By Steph Spyro ONE in four NHS doctors have said they have suffered severe exhaustion that hits their ability to treat patients. The survey of more than 500 UK medics highlighted nearly 40 “near miss” incidents due to fatigue, with at least seven patients harmed. They told of memory problems and difficulty concentrating during Covid as they battle longer hours, staff shortages and an increasing workload. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) spoke to hospital doctors, GPs, consultants and junior medics within the past month. One blamed a “perfect storm of chronic fatigue and an unmanageable workload” for a patient given penicillin collapsing – after telling the same doctor they were allergic to it. Another said staff shortages meant “mistakes are more frequent by the end of the day”. Nearly one in 10 felt sleep deprived every day, and for almost three in 10 it was every week. More than one in six said sleep deprivation affected their abilities when caring for patients. Sleep medicine consultant Dr Michael Farquhar, of Evelina London Children’s Hospital – part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – said tiredness was a “critical issue”. He said: “Even before the pandemic hit, fatigue was a huge issue in an NHS acknowledged to have been under-resourced over the last decade. Dealing with the impact of Covid has exacerbated significant issues which already existed, with many healthcare professionals ‘running on fumes’. “When doctors are sleep deprived they can lose insight, meaning they can persevere when doing the wrong thing. “Clinicians are more likely to make errors in simple tasks such as calculating medication. “Our ability to process, retain and analyse information suffers too, which means it can take longer to assess symptoms and reach a diagnosis.” At least 92 per cent of medics worked over their hours. More than half were doing, on average, between five and 20 extra hours a week. And nearly one in three took no breaks in a working day. A government spokesman said: “Additional wellbeing support has been provided.” How the virus is putting many kids off their food Covid infection could be turning more and more children into fussy eaters, experts have suggested. This may be because they are suffering from parosmia – a disorder where people experience strange and often unpleasant smell distortions. For example, chocolate may smell like petrol. Experts at the University of East Anglia and Fifth Sense, the charity for people with smell and taste disorders, say children in particular may find it hard to eat foods they once loved. Professor Carl Philpott, from ‘Running on fumes’...tired staff By Nina Massey UEA’s Norwich Medical School, said: “In many cases the condition is putting children off their food and many may be finding it difficult to eat at all. “It’s something that until now hasn’t really been recognised by medical professionals, who just think the kids are being difficult eaters.” Parents can help by keeping a diary of foods that are triggers. Prof Philpott said: “For example cooking meat and onions or garlic and the smell of fresh coffee brewing.”

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11 Andrew ‘may have had a fling with Maxwell’ Close...Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell at Royal Ascot in 2000 THE Duke of York may have had a romantic relationship with child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, a close friend says. In a TV documentary tonight, Euan Rellie says Prince Andrew, 61, and the British socialite, 60, “had probably been girlfriend and boyfriend”. Mr Rellie recalls a gathering at the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home, which Maxwell boasted was “for my friend Prince Andrew”. The investment banker said: “She described Andrew as being her friend, not Jeffrey’s. “I got the sense that Prince Andrew and Ghislaine had probably been girlfriend and By Paul Jeeves boyfriend. They had an easy warmth around each other.” Former royal bodyguard Paul Page also says he suspected the pair were lovers because she “came and went” from Buckingham Palace “at will”. Andrew, who was stripped of his royal patronages and military titles last week, must defend a US civil sex assault case by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, 38, as a private citizen. Ms Giuffre claims he assaulted her when she was 17. Andrew strongly denies any wrongdoing. ● Ghislaine, Prince Andrew And The Paedophile, ITV, tonight, 9pm At 2000 wedding of Andrew’s ex Aurelia Cecil By Russell Myers PRINCE Charles has extended an olive branch to his son Harry by inviting his family to stay with him when they next visit Britain, royal sources have revealed. The Prince of Wales, 73, has said he wishes to spend quality time with his grandchildren, having not seen Archie, two, since he was six months old nor yet met Lilibet Diana, who was born last June. The offer of uniting the family for the first time since Harry and his wife Meghan decided to quit their royal roles was made prior to Christmas, it is understood. But his bid to heal the family rift appears to have been knocked back after Harry said a return would come at “too great a personal risk”. It was thought the Sussexes would attend events to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June – and Harry is understood to have told family members he would attend a memorial service for Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey in April. But Harry now claims he is “unable to return home” after it emerged he was stripped of his right to security provided by the Met Police. Rediscovery Harry, 37, has since decided to sue the Government by applying for a judicial review of the decision to stop him from paying for police protection for himself and his family. Despite the distance between them, the Prince of Wales has held several “good-natured and enjoyable” video calls with his son, Meghan and the children in the past few months, royal sources stated. One said: “The Prince of Wales is a fantastic grandfather and loves playing the role immensely and it’s fair to say he feels there is something missing from his life without the ability to get to know Harry’s children. “This is something he is hoping to remedy, which is why he made the gesture for Harry, Meghan and the children to stay with him.” Harry’s relationship with his family is understood to have been fractured following his exit from The Firm and subsequent decision last year to appear with Meghan, 40, in an interview with US chat show queen Oprah Winfrey. In the chat, Harry accused his father of cutting him off financially and claimed that a senior royal made a racist remark about his unborn child. However, sources say Charles’ reunion hope with Harry suffers a setback as royal protection row rages Building bridges… Charles and Harry in 2019; inset, a hug during a family skiing trip in 2005 Charles and Harry have been on “a journey of rediscovery” in terms of their relationship, despite reports they have not been speaking. One said: “Charles has spoken to his son frequently in recent months. He loves him very much, as he does both his children, and he looks forward to them being able to spend time together in the near future.” The calling all amateur royal snappers... EVERYONE is invited to send in their own snapshots of the Royal Family for an exhibition of the most iconic regal photographs. Life Through A Royal Lens, which opens at Kensington Palace on March 4, includes work by renowned photographers Norman Parkinson, Rankin, Annie Leibovitz and Cecil Beaton. From Monday, anyone can post photos of the Queen and family at hrp.org.uk. Organisers are most interested in walkabout shots. Sussexes, who now live in an £11million mansion in millionaires’ playground Montecito in California, have not spent any time out of the US together since their move in 2020. Harry briefly returned to Britain last July to unveil, with his brother, a statue to their late mother. The couple have signed deals worth an estimated £100million with Netflix and Spotify as they gained the ability to earn huge sums by being “financially independent”. Netflix is yet to release any content involving the pair. Clarence House declined to comment on “private family matters”. Duchess and Rajan BBC acts on Meghan complaint By News Reporter The BBC has issued a clarification after the Duchess of Sussex complained about media editor Amol Rajan. Rajan told the Harry, Meghan And The Media podcast that she had apologised for “misleading” the court during her successful lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday after it published a private letter she wrote to her estranged father. In fact, the BBC clarified, the duchess “had apologised to the court for not remembering email exchanges… and said she had no intention to mislead”. Rajan recently apologised for critical comments he made a decade ago about the royals.

12 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST Police protect us One Canada Square, London E14 5AP Tel: 020 8612 7000 (outside UK: +44 20 8612 7000) Vulnerable need help as cost of living hits home Conversations are turning rapidly from Covid to the cost of living. The soaring cost of energy has combined with inflation to deadly effect – and homes are really starting to suffer the effects. The Resolution Foundation think-tank says that the number of households in England in “fuel stress” – that is, spending 10 per cent or more of the family budget on energy – is set to triple to 6.3 million. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s annual UK Poverty report has highlighted rising child and pensioner poverty trends and its Katie Schmuecker warned that rising energy prices could “devastate the budgets of families on the lowest incomes”. Meanwhile, the Office for National Statistics says that inflation is higher than at any time since 2011. The crux will come on April 1 when Ofgem’s revised energy price cap comes into force, following a review on February 7. Expectations are that bills will double for millions of customers. Now it is time for Boris Johnson to take action and the embattled Prime Minister must grab the cost-of-living nettle. Various measures have been proposed, from cutting the five per cent VAT on energy bills, losing levies and extending the Warm Home Discount scheme – but whichever the Government chooses, the needs of pensioners, the vulnerable and those on low incomes must come first. BBC: A boon or burden? So that’s it. The BBC’s licence fee will be frozen for the next two years at £159. It’s not what the BBC wanted to hear in its 100th birthday year, hoping for £180, and its critics will also be displeased. But at a time of privation it is not unreasonable. The bearer of these tidings, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, did not stop there in her statement to the Commons yesterday, saying that the Corporation should sort out its “impartiality and groupthink”. She has a point. While the BBC is undoubtedly a great institution, with a global reputation, its mandarin culture has often failed to reflect the breadth of political opinion in the country and life in the regions. As things gear up for the BBC’s Charter Renewal in 2027, minds need to concentrate on ensuring that the BBC survives as a boon, not a burden. Lily’s joy for life at 98 It’s no mean feat to become a great-gran for the 35th time. But for Lily Ebert, 98, it is little short of a miracle. Lily, who grew up in Hungary, was 20 when American soldiers liberated her from Auschwitz in 1945. She hadn’t expected to survive. Now living in London 77 years later, she gave her view on the matter saying that babies are the “best revenge against the Nazis”. She’s right. New life is a joyous riposte to a creed of hate and destruction. all... not just those who can pay, Harry In June, the Queen – and the rest of us – will celebrate her Platinum Jubilee. Please God, Covid will by then be something we simply live with and we can all enjoy the street parties and national events. Thirty years ago, she celebrated her Ruby Jubilee – 40 years on the throne. But celebrate is hardly the word for it. As she memorably said at the time, that year had been awful. “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure,” she said. “In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.” This year will mark her astonishing 70 years on the throne. But while we are only in January, the omens are not looking good for the calm and peaceful year she so deserves. Last week the Queen stripped Prince Andrew of every outward symbol of his membership of the Royal Family. Whatever we may think of him, that cannot have been easy for a mother to do. And the way the case against him is playing out so far in the US courts, it seems certain that things are going to get a lot worse. H aving to deal with the fallout over Prince Andrew is bad enough. But now, with typical selfabsorption, along comes Prince Harry to stir things up. It was his choice, and his right, to leave Britain and his duties as an active member of the Royal Family. Indeed, had Harry and Meghan said a fond farewell and gone off to the US to live as private citizens, retiring from public life, most people would surely have understood – indeed, many would have regarded it as almost admirable. But while he is now a private citizen, barely a day seems to go by without some pronouncement from Harry or Meghan on whatever is their latest project or the latest MINDERS: The Duke wants police protection while in the UK perceived slight. The conclusion one draws from these communications is that Harry and Meghan – the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, to be formal about it – want it both ways. They want all the respect due to royals along with all the trappings, but only as and when it suits them. Take Harry’s latest outburst, demanding police protection when he and his wife visit the UK. When they stepped down from royal duties in 2020, they lost the security that goes with that territory. In the US, they rightly and obviously pay for Stephen Pollard Political commentator their own private security. But that is not good enough for Harry. The Sussexes are now suing the Home Office for refusing to make police protection officers available to them. According to their spokesman, Harry is “unable to return to his home” because it is too dangerous. The Sussexes say they are willing to pay for the cost of police protection, and because of that they should be granted it. It is difficult to imagine a more entitled argument – that because they are wealthy enough to pay for it, they ‘It was the Prince’s choice to leave Britain and his duties’ Picture: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters should be entitled to have the police drop everything else to service their needs. Imagine the chaos should that principle win the day. Any multi-millionaire who fancied having his or her own pet police crew could simply demand it and pay the invoice. And the rest of us would have to make do with the leftovers, because there is a limited supply of these specialist officers. W ho gets police protection is determined by a range of factors, which the Home Office and the Met consider – but they are all centred on providing protection to those judged especially at risk. If the Sussexes were viewed as being under specific threat, they would be protected like any other private citizen, without charge. I know something about this – because for many years I had to have police protection. In my former job as editor of the Jewish Chronicle, I was regarded as an Islamist target. So the Home Office paid for a guard outside our office, and the Met patrolled regularly outside my home. We had training in how to behave should gunmen approach the house. Sometimes an armed officer would drop by randomly to check on me and my family. I will forever be grateful to the policemen and women who kept me safe. And that is one reason why I regard Harry’s demand that he be allowed to pay for his own police security detail as so outrageous – denying protection to someone assessed by the police as actually needing it. Given that the Sussexes say the current security arrangements mean they are unable to visit the UK, one can only express relief that this appears to mean this whining, entitled couple will not be here for the Jubilee celebrations. Let’s be thankful for small mercies.

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 13 Vanessa Feltz FROM THE HEART Ex-treme need to look good ALICE Eve and Rafe Spall are ex-partners. They ran into each other in West London, someone caught the encounter on camera – and anyone who has ever endured that agonising indignity squirmed with vicarious embarrassment. Both managed to plaster grins on their obviously horrified faces. Heaven knows what was said. I wonder if once they reached the safety of home he wished he’d combed his hair and worn his contact lenses, while Alice, seen above in more elegant times, bitterly regretted her no make-up, unkempt hair and fuzzy green coat combo? My late mother insisted we never leave the house without immaculate hair and make-up. “Only think,” she admonished. “You could bump into an ex!” Cracking time at tree festival IF YOU are captivated by Sir David Attenborough’s paean to plants Green Planet, you might want to know that Jewish people are currently celebrating the Tu B’Shevat festival which marks the new year for trees. When I was a little girl at Hebrew class we’d be presented on this day with a blue and white box containing an orange and three different nuts. Marooned at our desks without access to nut crackers – and unable to wait till home time – most of us chipped our teeth trying to crack the wretched things. We never succeeded, but in a triumph of hope over dentistry we never gave up the struggle. HOW gratifying that the nation which introduced us to the casual brutality of The Wire, Power, The Sopranos et al should now be happily hooked on Channel 5’s All Creatures Great And Small. Americans are cooing over the bucolic beauty of the Is Andrew just a spoilt teddy boy? How to fathom Prince Andrew? His mother adores him. Fergie has stayed on his side, divorce notwithstanding. His daughters lovingly call him “Papa York” but princes Charles and William couldn’t wait to banish him from royal office. He fought bravely in the Falklands War but Emily Maitlis made mincemeat of him. He speaks in a tone of leaden monotony. I once attended a charity fundraiser at which he inflicted excruciating attempts at humour upon a captive audience who were forced into faking laughter. He wasn’t funny, or even mildly entertaining. Yet chortle we did. It would have been churlish not to. He’s the Queen’s son and was graciously bestowing his patronage on a deserving cause. Also, if people kowtow to you from the day of your birth, how can you keep the lid on your ego? Everyone you meet is always on their best behaviour. No one ignores or insults you. You enter every room to universal rejoicing. Imagine perpetual acclaim and the fluttering of bunting, rolled out especially for you all day every day. How can such undiluted adulation fail to pollute your personality? N ow, Paul Page, who was once in the Royal Protection Command, has told a documentary that the adult duke would yell and swear if a precise arrangement of 50 teddies on his palace bed was imperfect. The middle-aged Prince was so insistent that a laminate print-out of the layout was produced to make sure staff didn’t err. In the documentary – Ghislaine, Prince Andrew And The Paedophile, set to be shown on ITV at 9pm tonight – a journalist tells of another large teddy “squashed into a seat” outside Andrew’s office. No wonder we are confused. Is Andrew a pampered Christopher Robin demanding that staff jump to fulfil his whim? Is he a deluded narcissist who thinks he’s done a bang-up job in his infamous TV interview? Is he a fearless naval officer, loyal ex-husband and devoted father – or a ligger wallowing in the louche atmosphere created by Epstein and Maxwell? The fundamental question is this – does he take any responsibility for his fate? Does he blame Virginia Giuffre, his lawyers and public opinion? Or is it inevitable that the “spare heir” be condemned to a life spent harbouring an exaggerated sense of entitlement? ● Vanessa on Instagram at @vanessafeltzofficial Pictures: GETTY TOUGH americans charmed by our countryside creature comforts Yorkshire Dales, thrilling to the snail’s pace and gentle dialogue and head over heels in love with the less than spine-tingling plot lines. In almost unthinkable developments, feared critics are raving about the charmingly meandering stories and Fat chance of a big birthday binge for Kate WHY did Kate Moss look so stern en route to her 48th birthday dinner at posh noshery Scott’s in Mayfair? Could the woman who once said “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” be in dread of a cosy encounter with a brimming bread basket and groaning dessert trolley? The food at Scott’s is sublime. Resisting the menu’s delicacies must be torture. Victoria Beckham’s “birthday cake” was fashioned out of wafer-thin watermelon slices. Was Kate’s birthday dinner similarly woven from air, celery sticks and as Matt Lucas’s fat-fighting Marjorie Dawes used to say, “dust”? ■WAS ever a project title more desperately out of sync with the public mood than the Government’s planned Operation Red Meat? The name’s enough to start furring the arteries – a heart attack in waiting. When the vegan sausage roll is aspirational and breakfasters eschew a fry-up for avocado on sourdough, surely the moment is ripe for Operation Almond Milk, or Operation Hummus or some such plant-based alternative? With or without the accompanying “Save Big Dog”, Operation Red Meat smacks of too many expense-account lunches. “ensemble of nice people” in the series about a rural vet. Ten million Americans lapped up series one. Does their appetite for James Herriot’s rustic ramblings go a little way towards changing our perception of our gung-ho transatlantic brethren?

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 15 He drove clutching phone and a coffee...but Lampard cleared Pictures: Newsflare / Cycling Mikey By John Twomey FORMER England and Chelsea star Frank Lampard has been cleared of using his phone while driving after the case was dropped. The 43-year-old was accused of the offence after a vigilante cyclist filmed him at the wheel. The former Chelsea and Derby manager denied the charge and was due to appear before a magistrates court yesterday. But he was informed last week that the Crown Prosecution Service had dropped the case because they could not prove he was driving. It was yet another victory for celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman whose previous clients include comedian Jimmy Carr, broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson and David Beckham. Lampard was caught on camera by cyclist Mike van Erp while in his £250,000 Mercedes G wagon in South Kensington, west London, last April. The clip showed him with a phone in one hand and cup of coffee in the other. However, Mr Freeman said the prosecution would have to prove Mr Lampard was driving and using the phone when the images were taken. The lawyer said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has concluded there was insufficient evidence. It came after we served a statement from a passenger in the car. “They would have had to prove he was driving, he was using his mobile phone, that he was using it for an interactive purpose. “That would have needed to have been beyond reasonable doubt. He pleaded not guilty and they dropped the case, so he’s been found not guilty.” A Celebrity brief... Nick Freeman Punishment CPS spokesman said: “After examining a file of evidence submitted by the Metropolitan Police Service, we concluded, in accordance with our legal test, that there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.” Legal experts said the key factor in dropping the prosecution was there was no evidence Mr Lampard was using the phone – even though the car appeared to be moving. The case had been due before City of London magistrates court with Lampard facing a punishment of six penalty points and a £200 fine. He racked up 648 appearances and 211 goals for Chelsea as well as playing 106 times for England, scoring 29 goals. After ending his playing career, he took charge of Derby County before taking the Chelsea manager’s job in 2019. He was sacked last January. With a camera mounted on his helmet, Mr Van Erp, known on Twitter as CyclingMikey, has filmed more than 350 motorists breaking traffic laws. His celebrity tally includes Hollywood director Guy Ritchie and former boxing champion Chris Eubank. They were both convicted. Hands full... Frank Lampard snapped in his car. Inset, the star how to call safely RULES banning using a mobile phone at the wheel have been updated to keep pace with tech. It is an offence to hold a phone while driving for any reason. Since last November, in addition to calling or texting, it is a crime to take a photo or video, play a game or scroll through playlists. Drivers can use phones as long as it is “hands-free.” They can also use a satnav in a secure cradle and make 999 calls at the wheel only if it is unsafe or impractical to stop. Bleed on brain...Hazel 80s star Hazel out of coma By Paul Jeeves Punk legend Hazel O’Connor is in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage at her home in south-west France. The Eighties singer, 66, who was found by two friends, was put into an induced coma. Her guitarist brother Neil said things were “touch and go” for 24 hours, but since being brought out of the coma she had made “a lot of progress”. Tough He added: “Her recovery is going to take a while but she is tough and is responding to stimuli and to treatment. “She’s going to need patience from us and from herself. I’ve already learned that she’s started to show her usual feistiness.” Coventry-born Hazel’s friend, actress and singer Toyah Wilcox, 63, said: “You are in our prayers, you are in good hands and we love you.” Hazel had hits with Eighth Day and Will You?, and won a Bafta for playing a rebellious singer in 1980 film Breaking Glass.

16 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST Teens held in Britain over terror siege in US Escape...one hostage flees the synagogue, top left, chased by British gunman Malik Akram, above, who is pictured, right TWO teenagers were being questioned last night over a US synagogue siege in which a British gunman was shot dead. The under-18 pair were quizzed by counter-terror police in Manchester as FBI agents flew to the UK over the hostage-taking by Malik Akram. He was killed by rescuers after a rabbi and three worshippers fled the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. Akram, 44, had demanded the release of female terrorist Aafia Siddiqui. Security services are investigating how, despite a terror-related record, he was able to fly to the US where he bought a gun “on the street”, according to President Joe Biden. It has emerged that Akram was once banned from court buildings in his home town for ranting about the 9/11 terrorism attacks in 2001. He was labelled a “menace” in Blackburn, Lancs, and made the subject of an Terrorist...Siddiqui exclusion order at its magistrates’ court 20 years ago for abusing staff, telling an usher: “You should have been on the f****** plane.” Akram was told if he entered the building he might be detained, with a potential jail sentence or £2,500 fine. A letter confirming the ban read: “Once again you were threatening and abusive towards court staff...in a clear reference to the terrorist attack on New York the previous day.” Akram later told a newspaper: “I didn’t say that. People at the court have just got it in for me because they don’t like me.” Boris Johnson’s spokesman yesterday called the synagogue attack “a terrible and anti-Semitic act of By Chris Riches terrorism”. Akram’s family helped Texas police by phone during Saturday’s siege, telling the gunman – who they said had mental health issues – to give himself up. FBI agents believe he had picked the temple as the place of Jewish worship closest to where Siddiqui, 49, is held some 20 miles away. The Pakistan-born neuroscientist was branded Lady al-Qaeda and jailed for 86 years on terrorism charges. Akram’s brother Gulbar said he was taken with other relatives to Greenbank police station in Blackburn to speak with his sibling, who had claimed to be carrying a bomb. He said: “There was nothing we could have said to him or done that would have convinced him to surrender. We as a family do not condone any of his actions and would like to sincerely apologise wholeheartedly to all the victims.” The gunman was heard shouting: “If anyone tries to enter this building – everyone will die. “I’m gunned up. I’m ammo-ed up. I am going to die, so don’t cry for me.” After Akram agreed to free one hostage, the others fled as he chased them before FBI agents stormed in and shot him dead. No one else was injured. Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker threw a chair at Akram during his escape. He said: “We were terrified. “When I saw an opportunity where he wasn’t in a good position, I made sure that the two gentlemen who were with me were ready to go.” Siege...police at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas

British woman dies in tsunami trying to save her beloved dogs By John Twomey A BRITISH woman drowned in the Tonga tsunami trying to save her rescue dogs. Ex-TV ad producer Angela Glover, 50, was swept away by a tidal wave – her husband James survived by clinging to a tree. Her brother Nick Eleini revealed yesterday that her body had been found. Speaking at their mother’s home in Hove, East Sussex, he said Angela ran an animal welfare charity: “This terrible accident came about as they tried to rescue their dogs. Her family is devastated. “She was beautiful. She was a ray of sunshine. The uglier the dog, the more she loved it. “We would laugh at her when she sent us these photos on Devastated: Brother Nick Facebook of dogs she had rescued.” Just before stretches of Tonga’s coast were wiped out on Saturday, Angela posted a snap online of a scarlet sunset after a subsea volcano blew. She wrote: “We’ve been under tsunami warnings today, everything’s fine. “A few swells, a few eerie silences, a wind or two, then silence, sudden stillness, electric storms.” The couple were house-sitting on the DX1ST Angela with rescue dogs; volcanic ash cloud covers Tonga west coast of Tongatapu – largest of the South Pacific nation’s 170 islands – when huge waves roared in. They married in 2014 and travelled, later settling in Tonga to run a tattoo parlour. Nick added: “They became well-loved by locals and expats. They loved the Tongan love of family.” Tonga’s communications were wrecked in the eruption, heard 1,000 miles away in New Zealand, so the toll of deaths and damage is still unclear. Satellite phones are struggling to work beneath a huge volcanic ash cloud. SHOP Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 17 Drowned ...tsunami victim Angela Glover with a pup she saved; inset, her sunset photo after the eruption Horror as three men are killed in pile-up By Paul Jeeves THREE men were killed in a high-speed pile-up involving three cars. The victims, aged 25, 34 and 38, died when a VW Golf, BMW 520D and a Land Rover Discovery crashed on the A1 near Stamford, Lincs, just before 1am on Sunday. A girl aged five died in a separate accident later that day in Devon. The crash, involving a BMW and a Land Rover Discovery, happened on Sunday afternoon on the A35 at Wilmington. The BMW driver and a woman passenger, both in their 30s and from the same family, suffered serious injuries. The Land Rover driver, in her 50s, was also hurt. A girl aged eight was also taken to hospital. Both police forces investigating the tragedies appealed for dashcam footage or witnesses to get in touch with them. 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18 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Attacks on elderly probed in hunt for killer of wife, 86 DX1ST DETECTIVES hunting the savage killer of 86-year-old Freda Walker are exploring links to violent crimes in neighbouring counties. Yesterday murder squad detectives from Derbyshire Police confirmed they are liaising with nearby forces to look at other breakins where elderly people have been confronted. They say the level of violence used against Freda and her husband Kenneth was “horrific”. Kenneth, 88, a serving Shirebrook Town Councillor and former Bolsover mayor, is fighting for his life in intensive care where his condition remains “critical”. Police are calling for drivers with Forensic experts yesterday, left, at the home of Freda and Kenneth dashcam footage or neighbours with CCTV to come forward. Residents in the village of Langwith Junction have been warned to keep their doors and windows locked while the killer remains on the run. Among crimes being probed is an attack in Trowell on the Derbyshire/ Nottinghamshire border on January 6, when a couple also in their 80s were attacked. The robber broke in while the couple slept and demanded money as he repeatedly punched them. Nottinghamshire Police yesterday By Paul Jeeves Horror... scene of the attack revisited that crime scene to explore potential links. Dave Kirby, Derbyshire Police’s Assistant Chief Constable, said: “We are of course looking at any incidents which might be linked to this tragic incident, and looking at how we can tie those investigations together. However, we haven’t formally linked any other incidents.” Commenting on the police activity in Trowell, ACC Kirby added: “We are looking closely at that but there is no formal link.” Freda was last seen alive at 5pm on Friday when she left a neighbour’s house after a cup of tea. Her bloodied body was found at 9am the following morning alongside her unconscious husband. Yesterday, flowers were being left outside the couple’s home, including one bouquet with a note saying: “I can’t believe this has happened to the nicest person on this Earth.” Steve Fritchley, leader of Bolsover District Council, said: “It is terrible when something like this happens, but it really hits home when it happens on your doorstep and to someone you know. Freda was lovely, always willing to help people.” Poignant…This note was attached to flowers left outside couple’s home Gun teen ‘wanted to be shot’ By John Twomey A YOUTH with an imitation gun and knife who sparked terror on a college campus wanted to be killed by armed police, it was revealed yesterday. Sandijs Dreimanis, 18, fired the gun before being overpowered by two lecturers at Crawley College, West Sussex, in April 2020. They suffered minor knife wounds when he stabbed them, Lewes Crown Court was told. Student Elise Stellebotte, 17, said: “People were very scared. There were snipers everywhere and helicopters in the air.” Melanie Wotton, prosecuting, told an earlier hearing at Crawley magistrates court that Dreimanis had “wanted armed police officers to attend and for him to be shot”. Dreimanis admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of a bladed article. He will be sentenced next month. Legal fight for Prince cash ends By Chris Bucktin A SIX-YEAR legal battle over pop star Prince’s estate has ended with administrators valuing it at £115million – nearly twice an earlier appraisal. Much of the wrangling was over the worth of the Purple Rain singer’s assets and musical rights. Following his death aged 57 from a fentanyl overdose in 2016, it was discovered the star had not left a will. After a bitter wrangle, the US tax agency and the estate’s administrator, Comerica Bank & Trust, finally came to an agreement. Comerica had initially proposed a value of £60.2million. A lawyer for three of Prince’s siblings said: “It has been a long six years.” Two of Prince’s six sibling heirs have since died. Two others are in their eighties. The estate will be almost evenly divided between New York music company Primary Wave and the three eldest of the six heirs or their families.

They’ll be the judge of that…BGT’s Amanda, Simon, David and Alesha Dixon DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 19 Sir David to walk through D-Day of dinosaurs for TV By Laura Harding Sir David Attenborough will return to the final day on Earth for dinosaurs in a one-off BBC documentary. The veteran broadcaster, 95, examines fossil finds from a prehistoric graveyard known as Tanis, hidden in the low hills of North Dakota, US, in the new film. Well-preserved fossilised dinosaurs there date from the very end of the Late Cretaceous period and could provide the clearest picture yet of how dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid. Sir David said: “Dinosaurs were among nature’s most extraordinary creatures, dominating the planet for over 150 million years. “Tanis could be a place where the remains can give Long trip…Sir David will be going back around 65 million years to see what went on us an unprecedented window into the lives of the very last dinosaurs, and a minute-by-minute picture of what happened when the asteroid hit.” Paleontological expertise, fossil scanning and the latest visual effects techniques will bring the last of this reptilian fauna to life for the show. ●●Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough will be shown on BBC One later this year What took so long, Simon? TRAVEL Deluxe Malta Escape Mum would have been ‘overjoyed’ at star’s engagement Simon Cowell’s mum would be delighted by his engagement if she was still alive – but would say “and about time” , his brother reckons. Tony Cowell said their mum Julie was desperate to see the music mogul, 62, settle down before she died in 2015 at the age of 89 following a stroke. He said: “When I first heard the news from Lauren [Silverman, his fiancée], at 4.30am, I immediately thought of our mum, Julie. “She would have been overjoyed, and it’s sad to think she is not here to see her son finally tie the knot. “She always wanted him to settle down with a family. I picture her looking down and saying, ‘And about time, Simon!’.” The head judge on Britain’s Got Talent, which began filming for the next series at the weekend, popped the question to Lauren, 44, at Aisle do it…Simon and fiancée Lauren By Mark Jefferies Showbiz Editor Christmas in Barbados, seven years after their son Eric was born. 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DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 21 Picture: Kirsty O’Connor/PA Anger at delays in Bill to stop ‘witch-hunt’ of Army veterans Veteran Dennis Hutchings died mid-trial FURIOUS veterans have hit out at government delays to legislation that would end prosecutions related to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. In July ministers proposed a statute of limitations that would mean no more criminal investigations related to the conflict up to April 1998. The move is primarily designed to end the pursuit of British Army veterans through the courts over incidents that occurred decades ago, but it would also stop prosecutions of IRA and loyalist paramilitaries. But veterans are “very, very angry” after it emerged the Bill – promised for the end of last autumn – is now not expected before “late spring or early summer”. They say they have been “fooled” too many times over proposals to end the witch-hunt against British soldiers. Paul Young, of the Northern Ireland Veterans Movement, said: “It is very clear to us that the Government has no intention of bringing this Bill forward in the near future. “David Cameron, Theresa May and now Boris Johnson all promised protective legislation and an end to the legacy witch-hunts of veterans who served in Northern Ireland – and all let them down. “There are many thousands of very, very angry veterans who feel abused and completely abandoned on the altar of political expediency.” At the heart of veterans’ anger is Tony Blair’s 1998 Good Friday Agreement, freeing 500 terrorists early and assuring up to 300 suspects they would not be prosecuted. About 90 per cent of deaths during the Troubles were at the hands of terrorists, yet about 230 veterans face reinvestigation over shootings. There exclusive By Michael Knowles Security Correspondent Barrister jailed for £98k fraud A BARRISTER who stole more than £98,000 in tax has been jailed for nearly two years. Christopher Wilkins, 57, held on to £98,732 by deliberately understating his income and inflating his expenses over a five-year period. The HMRC reported that during those years he earned £740,000 but was still massively in debt. Upon his arrest in May 2017, the fraudster said he was “behind on his Paul Young, above, and NI minister Conor Burns are about 1,200 unsolved Troublesrelated killings currently with the investigations branch of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. The Government has denied reports that it has postponed the legislation until after the Northern Ireland Assembly elections in May. But Northern Ireland Minister Conor Burns declined to tell MPs when the legislation would be presented. He said: “The delay is to ensure that we get this right.” The plans also include an end to all legacy inquests and civil actions related to the Troubles. Mr Young told that the Daily Express the death last October of ex-soldier Dennis Hutchings had also “enraged” veterans. The 80-year-old, from Cawsand in Cornwall, died in Belfast after contracting coronavirus while he was in the city to face trial over a fatal shooting incident in Co Tyrone in 1974. Mr Young said: “Dennis died all alone on a Covid ward in Belfast without any of his family near him in the middle of a trial that was nothing more than a political witch-hunt. “This further delay just shows the contempt that this Government has for our veterans who gave their lives for the people of Northern Ireland.” Delays to the legislation led to angry exchanges during a House of Commons debate last Thursday. Northern Ireland minister Mr Burns faced heckles that Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis had already missed eight self-imposed deadlines. By Georgia Lambert VAT payments”, HMRC added. But a subsequent probe into his VAT declarations, compared with those provided by his chambers where he worked, revealed he had lied about his income from 2012 to 2017. Wilkins, of Chichester, West Sussex, pleaded guilty to one charge of VAT fraud and was jailed for 21 months at Taunton Crown Court. ONLY £4.95 WORTH £123! Free P&P Brought to you by 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.

22 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST Family’s bid to block £3m insurance cash for husband cleared of murdering wife The family of a drowned heiress is launching a civil claim against her husband for unlawful killing – and to block his £3million insurance payout. Paula Leeson, 47, died in a 4ft deep pool at a villa in a remote Danish village on June 6, 2017, while away with husband Donald McPherson. He was charged with her murder in 2020 but denied it and went on trial. The jury was told he joined Widowed and Young – which he described as “like Tinder for widows” – seven days after her death. The case at By Ashley Pemberton Manchester Crown Court collapsed when a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to reach a verdict. Mr McPherson stood to gain £3.3million in insurance payouts as a result of Paula’s death and her family began Drowned...Paula. Below, their civil court claim. Donald McPherson He tried to have it thrown out but a judge dismissed his bid. The court also ordered that Greater Manchester Police disclose documents likely to support the family’s claim. They said the ruling takes them “one step closer to justice”. Their solicitor Alison Rocca, a partner at Glaisyers ETL, said: “The Leeson family are pleased that Donald McPherson’s efforts to delay and frus- trate the claim over six months have been overcome. The family are now one step closer toward securing justice for the untimely death of their beloved daughter.” Mother-of-one Paula, from Sale, Cheshire, was the daughter of Willy Leeson, a businessman who ran his own civil engineering firm in Greater Manchester. The Leesons told the trial Mr McPherson “appeared out of nowhere” and after a “whirlwind romance” the couple married two years after meeting. A post-mortem examination found she had 13 external injuries, including bruises or abrasions to her face and arms. A pathologist said violence could not be ruled out as a cause but also said the injuries may have been from a fall or during Mr McPherson’s attempts to resuscitate his wife. The trial heard he told Danish police that his wife felt unwell and when he woke, she was gone and he found her clothed and face-down in the pool. The next hearing in the civil case is likely to be in March. Mr McPherson has since moved to New Zealand. My hero…Lily receives a hug from great-grandson Dov on her 98th birthday Survivor of Auschwitz is great-grandma to 35 A HOLOCAUST survivor who spent four months at Auschwitz is celebrating the arrival of her 35th great-grandchild this month. Lily Ebert, 98, calls babies the “best revenge against the Nazis”, from whom she was freed by US troops aged 20 in April 1945. Dedicated The mother of three and grandmother of 10, who grew up in Hungary, said: “For anybody to achieve this, to be a greatgrandmother, is something special, but for me as a Holocaust By Lily Ford survivor… it is very special.” Lily migrated to the UK in 1967 and lives in North London. Great-grandson Dov Forman, 18, said: “She’s dedicated her whole life to educating others about the Holocaust and was a founding member of the UK’s Holocaust Survivor Centre.” Lily is also one of seven survivors whose portraits will be shown at Buckingham Palace in a project by Prince Charles. OPINION: PAGE 12

Pictures: ITV DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 23 Online ‘threat’ to JK Rowling broke no law By Katharine Hay Back with a bang...Vicky in scenes from Trigger Point which starts on Sunday A TWEET targeting author JK Rowling and posted by trans activists will not be treated as criminal, Police Scotland says. In November campaigners shared a photo online of themselves holding placards outside the Harry Potter writer’s Edinburgh house, which revealed its address. Ms Rowling, who has been criticised for her views on gender identity, reported the post to officers and tweeted of the activists: “Perhaps…the best way to prove your movement isn’t a threat to women is to stop stalking, harassing and threatening us.” Ms Rowling said she was a victim of “doxxing”, an act of sharing personal information, often in a threatening manner, usually online, to encourage others to take advantage of it. Officers yesterday said that inquiries were carried out and no criminality was established. Vicky has blast as bomb squad cop VICKY McClure is bursting back on to our screens in familiar guise as a tough cop. But there’s a change of gear for the actress who had many explosive plot lines as DI Kate Fleming in Line of Duty. Vicky, 38, plays police bomb disposal expert Lana Washington in the six-part Trigger Point. The ITV series, which starts on Sunday at By Emily Braeger 9pm, was written by Jed Mercurio who penned Line of Duty. Speaking of bomb disposal, Vicky told Radio Times: “It’s fascinating because it seems like nothing to them.” She is on the cover of the latest edition, on sale now. Festival-goer, 20, died after taking ecstasy By Alec Whitaker organisers of a music festival are to be told to provide water for partygoers after the drug death of a young woman. Kelsey Corps, 20, collapsed and died after taking two ecstasy tablets with vodka. An inquest was told Kelsey’s friend desperately tried to find water for her at the Wonderwood Festival in Preston to revive her, but could not get any. Funny The “work hard, play hard” fitness centre receptionist was taken to hospital in a coma, where she tested positive for Covid and suffered a heart attack. She died hours later. In a statement to the Preston hearing, her friend Bradley Graham said they talked about “getting off our heads” before Party lover...tragic Kelsey Corps the event. He said after taking the tablets, she started asking for water, but was unable to find any. He added: “The tablets I saw her with were red in colour. I believe they had a red line down the middle and a Ferrari logo.” Detective Constable Rachel Crossley said: “Brad said he had struggled to get any water and that is something which will be raised with the event organiser. “If someone asks for water, you give it to them.” A post mortem examination revealed that Kelsey, of Lancaster, died from multi-organ failure and ecstasy poisoning last July. Kelsey’s sister Jasmine said: “She was social, able, funny and enjoyed life. “She had taken ecstasy before, but she knew her limit.” Evidence Police told the inquest no further action had been taken against the supplier of the ecstasy tablets because of insufficient evidence. Recording a verdict of a drugrelated death, coroner Sarah Sutherland told Kelsey’s family: “I cannot begin to imagine what you have been through.”

24 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Trailblazing black air ace dies at 102 AMERICA’S defence secretary led tributes to a pioneering pilot from the country’s first all-black air unit who has died at 102. Former brigadier general Charles McGee fought in the Second World War, Vietnam and Korea, but also battled racism and segregation in the US military. Called to service in 1942, he was a pilot in the unit dubbed the Tuskegee Airmen, whose success prompted President Harry Truman to desegregate America’s armed forces in 1948. McGee’s family By Chris Riches said he died in his sleep with “his right hand over his heart and smiling serenely”. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin called Ohio-born McGee an “American hero”. McGee, who flew 409 combat missions in his career, celebrated his 100th birthday in 2019 by piloting a jet. He is survived by his three children, 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. DX1ST ‘US hero’...Charles McGee in 2016 Picture: Ray Burmiston/BBC JANETTE Manrara and her husband Aljaz Skorjanec are just back from a trip to Slovenia, staying with Aljaz’s family and visiting his sister’s baby daughter, Tisa, for the first time. Like many families, they were parted by the pandemic. “She was born in February last year,” says Janette, “but we’d never met her. There was a lovely christening while we were there – we’re her godparents.” They were away for three weeks. Just as well, in the circumstances because their professional diaries are choc-a-bloc. Janette is about to embark on the Strictly tour – it begins on Thursday in Birmingham – but, for the first time, as the show’s host while Aljaz will be dancing with his latest Strictly partner, Sara Davies, from Dragons’ Den. Janette’s mother, Maritza, will be flying over from Miami to watch her daughter at the O2 in London, where the tour ends. Then, with her husband Luis, they will watch Janette and Aljaz perform their Remembering The Oscars show later this spring. Next, Burn The Floor, the dance show on which Janette and Aljaz, 31, first met in 2010, will tour for nine dates in the summer. And then, before you know it, it will be Strictly time again. Phew! The last 12 months have seen Janette totally reinvent herself. For the first time in nine years, she didn’t take part in Strictly although she maintained a close link with it by replacing Zoe Ball as the presenter of the daily spin-off show, It Takes Two. “I’ve long wanted to establish myself as a presenter,” she says. “And, luckily, I was able to achieve that when I got the break to co-host Morning Live, the show that follows BBC Breakfast each weekday morning. That was a big pinch-me moment. “Gethin Jones is the main host and he taught me so much. “His best bit of advice was to make sure I’d done really thorough research on anyone I’d be interviewing and especially if it was someone I’d never met before on Strictly. There’s no substitute for doing your homework properly.” For all this seamless transfer to becoming a TV host, it must have been hard to find herself not dancing anymore. Hand on heart, did she miss it? “A lot. Strictly was my family for so long. I’m married to someone who was still dancing on the show. I found it By Richard Barber very hard,” she smiles. “Being a dancer is who I am. I’m 38 now and my body is changing. It felt strange not being physically active, not activating my endorphins on a daily basis. Now I go to the gym regularly and watch what I eat because I’m not burning off the calories through dancing every day.” But the gods were smiling on her. “I was given an incredible opportunity to have one last dance on TV. Sarah James, the producer of Strictly, called me on my birthday in November and said she had a present for me. She asked me to dance with Aljaz as Ed Sheeran sang his new song on the final of the show. I must admit I cried.” Janette might no longer be a Strictly regular but her links with the show were reinforced by hosting It Takes Two. “I’m not a very competitive person. I wanted everyone to do well. So I loved following the PARTNERS: Aljaz, with Dragons’ Den dance partner Sara Davies, and Janette journey of each couple.” And no one more so than Rose Ayling- Ellis who’ll be dancing on the Strictly tour with her professional partner, Giovanni Pernice. “She’s a remarkable young woman. I still marvel at how she’s able to dance without being able to hear the music. It’s as though she ‘feels’ it,” says Janette. “Watching her always made me emotional – as it did so many people. That moment when the music stopped in their couple’s choice and they kept dancing will go down as one of the stand-out moments. She was an inspiration.” Janette shared hosting duties of It Takes Two with Rylan Clark who’d been battling demons of his own following the collapse of his marriage. “We only co-hosted the first show and the last. But we had so much fun. Rylan really is one of the nicest men in showbiz. It was so good to see him back to being himself again. We didn’t get into his personal life. But I do think that being back on It Takes Two was just the tonic he needed.” Janette could not be ‘Strictly was my family for so long. Being a dancer is who I am. But now I feel free to move forward’ more excited about her hosting role on the Strictly tour. “I’ve been on the tour many times so I know the ropes. And yes, I will get to dance in the opening and a little bit in the finale with Aljaz.” Not that she’s quite con-

Quickstepping DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 25 into a glittering new career Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Janette Manrara’s dream of being a TV host came true on the show’s spin-off programme. But her crowning glory will be hosting the hugely-anticipated live tour which waltzes on to the stage this week… chasing the glitterball: Tour celebs, from left, Tilly Ramsay, Max George, Sara Davies, John Whaite, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Rhys Stephenson and Maisie Smith signed her dancing pumps to mothballs because she and Aljaz will be starring in Remembering The Oscars which tours the UK from the end of March until the beginning of May. “You’re going to get a night at the Academy Awards,” she says. “All styles of dancing including a little bit of Bollywood courtesy of Slumdog Millionaire. “We’ll also be reflecting some of the amazing choreography from films like La La Land, Flashdance and A Chorus Line.” And, if all of this were not enough, she and Aljaz will be part of a short tour of Burn The Floor. So those are the professional plans for 2022. But what of her personal goals? “Now I can host and present,” she says, “it’s taken a huge weight off my shoulders when it comes to family and children. “I now feel free to move forward in my personal life. Both Aljaz and I are very close to our families even though they’re so far away. “We talk to them every single day. We’ve always said we want children of our own one day. It’s been a long-held dream.” As history has shown, she has a habit of achieving her dreams. ● Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Arena Tour, January 20 – February 13. For tickets, visit strictlycomedancinglive.com/ Seven couples starring in live show ● Topping the bill are 2021’s winners, EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, 27, and her Italian pro-partner Giovanni Pernice, 31. ● Sara Davies, 37, from BBC One’s Dragons’ Den, will again be partnered by Slovenian dancer Aljaz Skorjanec, 31. ● The Wanted singer Max George, 33, a 2020 contestant, will dance with Katya Jones, 32, who partnered Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, 27, last year. ● Chef Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Tilly, 20, will dance again with Russian professional Nikita Kuzmin, 24. ● After TV presenter AJ Odudu, 33, damaged her ankle in training, Kai Widdrington, 26, will be partnered on the live tour by former EastEnder Maisie Smith, 20, runner-up in Strictly 2020. ● CBBC’s Rhys Stephenson, 28, will again partner Chinese pro-dancer Nancy Xu, 30. ● Former Bake Off winner John Whaite, 32, will repeat his all-male partnership with South African dancer Johannes Radebe, 34. HOLLYWOOD GLAM: Janette Manrara as she is best known, main; Below, in the hot seat co-hosting the BBC’s Morning Live show

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Pictures: Rebecca Phillipson / SWNS DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 27 They’ve been framed...Win and Bob in American Gothic Beret good...David makes like 1898-99 Cezanne self-portrait Eyck can see the likeness...Andy posing as the painter Old masters brought to life Smokin’...Dave as Amedeo Modigliani’s Man With Pipe CARE home residents have snapped up the chance to frame themselves in calendar photos from famous portraits. They feature each month in takes of classic paintings including Sassoferrato’s The Virgin In Prayer and Grant Wood’s American Gothic. Fourteen residents helped staff at the Brookfield home in Little Bury, Oxford, create the 2022 calendar, which is on sale for £12. Rebecca Phillipson, a volunteer at the home which provides nursing and By Lauren Beavis dementia care for 66 people, took and edited the photos. Andy Reese, 57, who is on the calendar’s cover as painter Jan van Eyck, said: “A tablecloth and some fur was used for my costume. It was good fun.” Activity co-ordinator Victoria Davidson said: “It was something we all really enjoyed. The pictures have received a lot of interest, so we decided to put them up in the reception area.” Selfie...Andy with his photo Like a Virgin...Catherine in photo inspired by Sassoferrato work Queen of the calendar girls...Evelyn poses as Elizabeth Tudor Hat’s off to Barbara as 1917 ballerina Irina Maximovich By Mark Reynolds A sales assistant has won an age and sex discrimination case after her male boss questioned whether she was menopausal in a bid to belittle her. Leigh Best had become embroiled in a disagreement with the owner of an upmarket pet food business where she worked. An employment tribunal heard David Fletcher shouted “at the top of his voice” that the then 52-yearold “must be in her menopause”. Privacy When Mrs Best complained about her boss’s comments to his wife and fellow owner Andrea, she was told to “stop moaning” and a month later she was sacked. Mrs Best, who now owns her own rival raw pet food business, is set to receive compensation after winning claims of age and sex discrimination as well as unfair dismissal. Employment judge Bernice Elgot, said: “Mr Fletcher invaded the claimant’s privacy, broached a highly sensitive topic and acted Shop worker wins case after boss called her menopausal tactlessly in asking her whether she was menopausal.” The hearing in East London was told Mrs Best, now 54, started working for dog and cat food business Embark On Raw, based near Billericay, Essex, in January 2019. In March 2020, she had a “relatively small” argument with Mr Fletcher over an order mix-up. It led to him shouting about her being menopausal from a back room. The panel heard that “[he] made inappropriate and derogatory comments about her age and remarks, relevant to her sex as a woman, relating to his perception or ‘guess’ that she might be menopausal or be experiencing stereotypical menopausal symptoms.” The tribunal found he did this “even after she made it clear she did not wish to participate in any such discussion”. And Mr Fletcher mentioned it again after “a customer had been describing a ‘hot flush’, (Mrs Best) put her hands over her ears and said, ‘I am having none of that, I don’t even want to hear about it’.” Humiliating The panel heard Mr Fletcher’s behaviour “had the effect of violating [her] dignity and creating a humiliating environment for her”. When Mrs Best complained to Mrs Fletcher about what her husband had said, the tribunal concluded Mrs Fletcher feared the accusation “would reflect badly on her husband” and the business when she told the sales assistant to stop moaning. The complainant had also raised concerns about the way the business and staff were said to be overseeing safety procedures during the pandemic. In May 2020, she was sacked for “rude” and “confrontational” communication with coworkers and managers – a decision she unsuccessfully appealed. However, the tribunal ruled that Mrs Best had been sacked for raising her Covid concerns and then victimised for complaining about Mr Fletcher’s behaviour. She will be awarded damages at a hearing on January 31. Unfair dismissal...Leigh Best

28 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST HICKEY By James Murray Suspect WHILE having sometimes been at odds with brother Boris in the past – not least over Brexit – Rachel Johnson uses her latest LBC show to defend her sibling. Recalling the rare occasions she saw him during lockdown, Rachel, pictured, loyally announces: “He dotted every ‘i’, he crossed every ‘t’. If it was rule of six, there were six.” She adds of the current “partygate” controversy: “To my mind, if he did go out into the garden, and he’s told us he did, for him that would have been work.” Will Boris appreciate the backing? After her past unsuccessful associations with the Lib Dems and Change UK, the PM has cheekily suggested Rachel’s a political jinx. FOLLOWING ex-BBC presenter Simon McCoy’s departure from GB News, actress wife Emma Samms now dismisses gossip they’re preparing to relocate to Hollywood. Former Dynasty star Emma, who lives with Simon in Gloucestershire, laughs: “Well I’m not moving anywhere, so I certainly hope he isn’t.” WISHING eldest son Thomas a happy 33rd birthday, perky broadcaster Anneka Rice recalls his birth was also bizarrely the subject of a Spitting Image TV sketch at the time, featuring her puppet alter ego. CELEBRATING the 55th anniversary of his number one hit Release Me, Engelbert Humperdinck takes added pleasure from the fact old rival Sir Tom Jones previously turned down the song. “He could have kicked himself,” The Hump gloats. SIXTEEN years since his character Dennis Rickman was killed off in EastEnders, Nigel Harman, pictured, surprisingly refuses to rule out an unlikely return to the show, telling ITV’s Loose Women: “The answer is never say never.” Remembering another shock soap comeback from the grave, Harman, who’s since enjoyed a busy acting career, adds: “Everyone always talks about Patrick Duffy [Bobby Ewing] in the shower.” Nigel’s EastEnders daddy Dirty Den was also dramatically brought back from the dead after 14 years in 2003. HIGHLIGHTING one of the benefits of former Manchester United star Gary Neville joining Labour, Sir Keir Starmer enthuses to LBC presenter Nick Ferrari: “There’s an annual game of football between the politicians and journalists... we’ve got, in addition to a very important and powerful voice, a really good footballer that we can put out in that team!” LIVERPOOL-born movie actor Jason Isaacs – who memorably played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise – maintains he draws the line at ever appearing in a stage musical. Insisting he lacks anything close to the necessary singing talent, Jason reveals this didn’t stop one unnamed producer making him an offer. “I said, ‘Are you trying to lose money?’” he recalls on Gaby Roslin’s podcast. Isaacs jokily concludes his starring role in a musical would only benefit someone “trying to burn Russian mafia tax money”. IT IS A question that has haunted Holland for more than seven decades: who betrayed Jewish war diarist Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis and brought about her death in a concentration camp? No one who has read the 15-year-old’s journal of hiding for 761 days in Amsterdam with her older sister Margot, father Otto and mother Edith can be left unmoved by her bravery, positivity and passion for life. The honesty and normality of Anne’s outpourings despite her grim circumstances have touched generations of readers, selling 30 million copies since 1947 and becoming the most famous account of Jewish life during the Second World War. But the person who revealed the secret hiding place of Anne and her family to the Nazis in an act of treachery has remained a mystery since the story came to light. Now an investigation using 21st century detection techniques and revealed by CBS in its flagship documentary series 60 Minutes names Jewish lawyer Arnold van den Bergh as the person most likely to have been responsible for the betrayal. With the help of 23 fellow investigators and artificial intelligence (using computer algorithms to search for connections between people, which would have taken humans thousands of hours), former FBI agent Vincent Pankoke is convinced van den Bergh is the culprit. Pankoke, whose 27-year career with the FBI included investigating 9/11, the Kenyan Embassy bombing and targeting Colombian drug barons, believes van den Bergh is the person who exposed Anne’s hideaway. Ironically, van den Bergh helped Jews like the Franks flee Germany when Hitler first came to power in 1933, so knew from personal experience the dangers they faced. And, says the FBI man, we should not rush to judge or blame him. T he investigation began in 2016 when a filmmaker and Dutch journalist began trying to find the betrayer and recruited Pankoke to help. He worked closely with Monique Koemans, an analyst and senior advisor to the Dutch government, and Canadian author Rosemary Sullivan who has written a book about the recent detective work. Called The Betrayal of Anne Frank, it is published by William Collins and available now. A list of suspects was narrowed down to 12 people. “We looked at each person and it was in terms of opportunity, motive and knowledge,” says Sullivan. The team also examined the findings of two previous investigations into the betrayal, one in 1947 and the second in 1963. Among the documents was a letter sent anonymously to Otto, who died in Switzerland in 1980 aged 91, which claimed his hiding place had been revealed to the Nazis by van den Bergh. It was hidden in the files of a previous investigation. “Van den Bergh was a well known notary, one of six Jewish notaries in Amsterdam at the time,” says Sullivan. “A notary in the Netherlands is a high-profile lawyer. A notary was respected. He had been working with a committee to help Jewish refugees before the war.” In 1942, van COLD CASE: Former FBI agent Vincent Pankoke used modern investigative techniques who betrayed Anne Frank to the Nazis identified after 78 years And in a shocking twist, the former FBI agent who spent six years investigating the treachery now believes a Jewish lawyer was to blame… den Bergh was a member of Amsterdam’s Jewish Council, a body forced to implement Nazi policy. Tellingly, when the council was disbanded and its participants sent to camps, van den Bergh was allowed to remain with his wife in Amsterdam. It is suggested he provided information to the Nazis to protect himself. By the time they the prime suspect: Arnold van den Bergh, above, and the letter, right, sent to Anne’s father naming the notary as culprit were found, the Franks had been hiding from the Gestapo for several years. Otto, who married his wife in Frankfurt in 1925, moved his family to Amsterdam when Anne and Margot were little in the hope of starting a new life. He ran a warehouse near their apartment in Amsterdam and, following Germany’s invasion of Holland in 1940, started creating a hideaway in an upstairs annexe, which had a toilet, sink and basic cooking equipment. A wooden bookcase with files on shelves was placed over the hidden entrance. The crunch decision to move there was taken in 1942 when Margot was called up to work in a labour camp. To avoid suspicion the family dressed in as many layers of cloth-

DX1ST Pictures: alamy Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 29 ‘Anne and her sister were moved to Bergen- Belsen. They died of typhus within days of each other’ SANCTUARY: The warehouse complex at Prinsengracht-263, where the Franks hid for 761 days save yourself when you are cornered? I don’t think anybody can judge van den Bergh unless they were in his situation… if you knew your children were going to be exterminated, to give away an anonymous address with no name – it mitigates. He wasn’t betraying Otto Frank personally. “Arnold van den Bergh was a person put into a devil’s dilemma for which he was not to blame. Under pressure, he may have failed to understand fully the consequences of his actions. “He did not turn over information out of wickedness or for self-enrichment as so many others had. Like Otto Frank’s, his goal was simple: to save his family.” ing as they could and carried just one bag each when they fled their apartment for the final time. They deliberately left it in a state of disarray so it would look like they had run away. Instead they moved into the annexe, knowing full well that the Nazis were on the hunt for the 107,000 Jewish people living in Amsterdam. Days after they moved in, they were joined by another family, the van Pels. Auguste, her husband, Hermann, and their son Peter and a dentist called Fritz Pfeffer, crept around like mice for fear of being heard by the people still working in the warehouse below. The warehouse at Prinsengracht-263 escaped regular raids because the Nazis did not think anybody lived there. The eight people in hiding kept the windows covered at night so no light could escape. They even managed to evade detection when, following a burglary, the premises were thoroughly searched. Although the bookcase was handled, the door behind it leading to the secret annexe was never found. But on August 4, 1944, a more detailed search was conducted following the tip-off and the bookcase moved – revealing their secret retreat. After two years in hiding and less than a year before the end of the war, the Franks, the van Pels and Fritz were arrested. Anne and her family were sent to Auschwitz where Edith died of starvation. dear diary: Anne Frank, main, pen in hand, and, inset right, in 1931 with older sister Margot and their father Otto Anne and her sister were moved to Bergen- Belsen where their poor health deteriorated. They died of typhus within days of each other. Only Otto survived and returned to Amsterdam after the war, where he published his daughter’s diary. Yet despite their tragic end, Sullivan urges readers not to judge van den Bergh too harshly. “The first thing he did was to get the resistance to hide his three children,” she says. “He used his influence to do what he could to save his family. Personally, I think he is a tragic figure. “He was a respectable man, a man who was dedicated to his notarial business and then the Nazis occupy. 107,000 Jews in Amsterdam were cornered. And how do you S ullivan adds: “That he succeeded while Otto failed is a terrible fact of history. He was not ultimately responsible for the deaths of the residents at Prinsengracht-263. That responsibility rests forever with the Nazi occupiers who terrorised and decimated a society, turning neighbour against neighbour. “It is they who were culpable in the deaths of Anne Frank, Edith Frank, Margot Frank, Hermann van Pels, Auguste van Pels, Peter van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer. And millions of others, in hiding or not. This can never be understood or forgiven.” Pankoke believes that van den Bergh’s identity, hidden in the files of a previous investigator, had remained secret for so long because of fears it would stoke anti-Semitism. “Perhaps it was just felt it’ll only stoke the fires further?” he told 60 Minutes. Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant claims that van den Bergh died in 1950. In a statement, the Anne Frank House museum said it was “impressed” with the investigation’s findings. Ronald Leopold, its executive director, added that the research had “generated important new information and a fascinating hypothesis that merits further research”. The museum said it was not directly involved in the investigation but had shared its archives with the team.

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Dr Andy Whittamore, a practising GP and clinical lead at Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation, says: “Many people consider their homes a safe environment, but being inside means we are at risk of indoor air pollutants. “Everyone is at risk from poor indoor air quality, but it can be especially harmful for people with common lung conditions. Children are also particularly vulnerable to indoor air pollution as their lungs are still developing.” Our choice of cleaning products could also be a threat to our health. Poorly maintained appliances are a hazard too. And are wi-fi and microwaves really a concern? It’s time we identified the real hazards inside our homes, and how to deal with them. Take a breather The air inside your home is probably more polluted than the air outside – and air quality is particularly a problem in winter when windows are closed to keep out the cold. Air quality tests carried out before the pandemic found levels of pollution inside homes across the UK were, on average, 3.5 times worse than those outside. And indoor air quality has deteriorated in the pandemic — particularly if you cook and bake more than usual. The Environmental Research Group at King’s College London estimates spending just one extra hour a day in a kitchen environment increases exposure to nitrogen dioxide by up to six per cent and fine particulate matter by around 19 per cent. Both pollutants are linked to lung damage and asthma, while fine particulate pollution – a combination Is you maki of tiny particles and droplets which can hang in the air for days – is associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Particulate pollution accounts for up to three per cent of UK deaths from heart and lung disease, and up to five per cent of lung cancers. Dr Whittamore advises: “Keep your windows or skylights open for five to 10 minutes several times a day – especially if you’re cooking, using the shower or cleaning with products that contain chemicals called volatile organic compounds [VOCs].” Windows should not be a pain Condensation around windows, or damp spots on ceilings and walls, can lead to growths of black mould – which releases toxic spores triggering respiratory problems and e Remo vineg scrub remov fans in dryin the ho A d the co recom (£189 Altern Air Sp clinic asper It a – ano and sk reduc A st of resp ‘‘ Cleaning products c cause cont dermatitis skin proble like psorias

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And several small studies have found that strong electromagnetic fields increase oxidative stress and trigger temporary neural changes. However, earlier this year, researchers from the University of Basel in Switzerland, analysed data from 23 studies and concluded: “We found little evidence that wi-fi exposure is a health risk in the everyday environment.” They pointed out that the electromagnetic field, or EMF, produced by wi-fi is well below the levels set by the International Commission on Non- Ionizing Radiation Protection. And while boosters can make a huge difference to connectivity, the EMF they produce is still well within safe levels. Public Health England also says the 5G signals used for DX1ST wireless devices are safe. “The overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to guidelines and, as such, there should be no consequences for public health.” If you’re worried, turn your router off when it’s not needed. Coming clean Many household cleaning products give off toxic vapours known as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Data on more than 6,000 people, collected as part of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey, found women who were professional cleaners, or who did a lot of housework, experienced a more rapid decline in lung function than those who avoided these chores. Lead researcher Oistein Svanes says, “The take-home message is that in the long run cleaning chemicals very likely cause rather substantial damage to your lungs. “These chemicals are usually unnecessary; microfibre cloths and water are more than enough for most purposes.” Bleach and other disinfectants also undermine lung function. A Harvard University study in the US, based on 30 years of health records for more than 55,000 nurses, found that using disinfectants once a week increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by as much as 32 per cent. And bleach should never be mixed with other cleaning agents. Alexander Lu, a research chemist at the University of California Irvine, US, explains; “The primary ingredient in chlorinated bleach is sodium hypochlorite, which reacts with a variety of chemicals to produce toxic gases.” Chlorine gas, one of the first chemical weapons used in the First World War, was basically bleach and vinegar. Cleaning products can also cause contact dermatitis and exacerbate skin conditions such as psoriasis. Research Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 31 Get in touch! yourhealth@express.co.uk Edited by AMY PACKER ‘‘ Open windows or skylights for five to 10 minutes a day, especially when cooking for the Skin Life Sciences Foundation found that 78 per cent of adults now experience skin problems. Wear gloves when handling cleaning materials, and use moisturisers and emollients to maintain the skin barrier. Your doctor can advise on any prescription-only treatments if over-the-counter options don’t help. Dr Nisa Aslam, a GP with an interest in skin disorders, says: “Finding the most effective therapy is often a matter of trial and error, so it’s important to keep going back to your doctor, or dermatologist for advice.” Mite be a problem The average bed is home to around 10,000 house dust mites – microscopic allergy-inducing insects which thrive in warm, humid environments. They’ll also be lurking in your carpets, soft furnishings and clothing. It’s estimated that around 50 per cent of people with asthma are sensitive to the waste they produce. And studies show the more mites there are, the greater the risk of breathing problems. They can also cause skin irritation and rashes. Wash bedding at 60C to ensure you kill mites, vacuum regularly and you should wipe down surfaces using a damp cloth to reduce their debris. Leave your duvet off the bed for an hour or so to make it a less welcoming habitat and consider using allergy-proof mattresses and pillow covers. Allergyuk.org lists a range of products approved by the charity. Appliance risks Electrical hobs, ovens and heaters are healthier than gas-fired appliances, which release carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. The fashion for wood-fired heaters is also bad news for air quality. According to the Consumer’s Association, “The idea that microwave ovens are a radioactive hazard appears to be based more on doomsday TV dramas than any actual scientific evidence”. The World Health Organisation says: “When used according to manufacturers’ instructions, microwave ovens are safe. “Food does not become radioactive, nor does any microwave energy remain in the cavity or the food after the microwave is switched off.” Small amounts of radiation could leak out if the appliance happens to be faulty or damaged, but this is unlikely to be harmful. If in doubt, have it checked by a qualified professional. Cancer Research UK confirms they do not cause cancer and the British Heart Foundation says there is no risk to people with pacemakers.

32 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 yourhealth DX1ST Get in touch! yourhealth@express.co.uk The Paralympian tells James Moore why training for Dancing on Ice is the hardest thing she has ever done Paralympian Stefanie Reid hasn’t had things easy. Yet the long jumper, who lost her right foot in a boating accident when she was 16, describes taking to her skates for the new series of Dancing on Ice as “the hardest thing I have ever done”. Stef, who won a bronze and two silver medals competing at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Paralympics says that training with dance partner Andy Buchanan for the ITV show, which started last Sunday, has been every bit as gruelling as her athletics career. Taking part required a new prosthetic skating leg to be specially made for her. “The hardest thing for me is learning to use the skate blade and feel the edges,” she explains. “I have to find a way to use the muscles and joints I still have, to do the normal work of a foot and ankle. “There is also a bit of a fear factor. When I’m skating on my artificial leg, I find I want to get off it again as quickly as possible and back on to my real foot. It throws the timing out.” There’s another reason the 37 year Stef Reid: I’m discovering muscles I never knew I had... Champ Stef in action for Team GB old may have had additional nerves about the challenge. Her husband, Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos, was left paralysed at the age of six in a freak ice-skating accident. “Skating can be dangerous – I can’t show up tired or unfocused, especially with the lifts,” she says. Away from the series, Stef ’s normal training regime keeps her busy for up to five hours a day, six days a week with a mix of sprint work, technical long jump work and gym sessions topped up with hot yoga, swimming and bike rides. But she’s had to scale that back to fit in two hours on the ice five days a week, plus extra training on lifting and choreography. “The skating sessions were pretty demanding, especially mentally with everything new that I was having to TOUGH Starring in Dancing On Ice learn, but my posture has completely changed, my quads have grown and I am discovering muscles in my back I never knew I had. “My balance has also improved and my core strength has changed. There are a lot of rotational movements, which means you have to be strong in 360 degrees, whereas sprinting and long jumping tend to be quite linear. “My coordination has really improved as has my confidence in what my body can do. I never thought I would find myself being thrown and spun over someone’s head. It has really pushed me out of my comfort zone.” The former semi-finalist on Celebrity MasterChef believes eating well and looking after her gut health is also key to maintaining her performance levels. “As an athlete, your body is your tool and your job is to optimise it on every possible level – physically and mentally,” says Stef, who takes water-based food supplement Symprove, which uses an extract of germinated barley and four strains of live and active bacteria to help balance the gut microbiome and aid digestion. “Nobody feels their best when they are bloated or having digestive issues,” she says. “There is also a connection between the gut and mental health which is why I strive to maintain my gut health through a varied diet and with Symprove.” Despite having stood on the podium at three Olympics, Stef says she still has to battle the butterflies before heading out to compete on the ice. “You have to get over the fear of failure or looking silly though. Sometimes I look ridiculous, sometimes I fall – and sometimes I totally nail it.” ■Dancing ■ on Ice is on ITV on Sundays at 6.30pm. For more information about Symprove go to Symprove.com

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 33 Retail therapies By Amy Packer ■Everyone ■ knows that kids mean clutter, but when it comes to piles of bath toys it can also mean mould, which is bad news for little lungs. The Munchkin Super Scoop Bath Toy Organiser (£15.99; munchkin. co.uk) is designed to allow toys to drain and dry even while packed neatly away. ■UK-based ■ beanto-bar chocolate maker Knoops has just launched 38% Oat M*lk Chocolate Flakes (£9.95; knoops.co. uk), which aren’t just 38 per cent plant-based, they’re 100 per cent vegan and made with chocolate which is 38 per cent cocoa solids. They’re hand flaked to create this deliciously smooth dairyfree chocolate drink. They pay their cocoa farmers fairly, too. ■Upgrade ■ your workout kit with Pour Moi’s super-stylish Energy React Mesh Insert Crop Top (£24; pourmoi.co.uk). With its mesh panel and cross back detailing, this speckled silver, non-wired, pull-on sports bra is ultra comfortable. It’s designed to provide medium support, making it perfect for yoga and gym sessions. ■Dorset’s ■ first gin distillery, Conker Spirit, has joined the Low & No market, creating alcohol-free Bowser Leaf (£18.95; masterofmalt.com). Serve with Indian tonic water and a sprig of mint – or if you’re looking to reduce rather than completely cut out alcohol, make a lower alcohol Martini with 20ml of dry Vermouth. yourhealth Lessons from Covid-19 front line: gum disease is lethal... If your gums bleed when you brush, you are at increased risk of heart disease, dementia, diabetes and dozens of other life-changing conditions. Now, emerging evidence of a link between oral health and Covid-19 is providing vital information around these risks — and how to reduce them. Jane Symons investigates The link between oral health and our physical and mental health has been recognised for some time, but the pandemic is providing important clues on this potentially deadly connection. Research from Birmingham University, based on GP records of more than 64,000 people, shows that gum disease increases the odds of mental health problems by 37 per cent, autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis by 33 per cent, type 2 diabetes by 26 per cent and cardiovascular disease by 18 per cent. Another study found that for people with Covid-19, those with severe gum disease are much more likely to be admitted to intensive care or to need a ventilator, and have a 780 per cent increased risk of death. The first piece of the puzzle was the unusual pattern of lung damage caused by Covid-19. Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, a consultant radiologist at Salisbury Hospital, says: “It’s distinct from anything we have seen before. There is a surprising lack of inflammation in the airways although there is clotting around the bases and edges of the lungs.” But if the virus is getting into our lungs via our airways, Dr Lloyd-Jones says we should expect to see more damage in the upper and central parts of the lungs. “Suddenly it dawned on me. The virus could be getting into the lungs via the blood vessels. If that was the case, how was it getting there?” As he began looking for answers, Dr Lloyd-Jones discovered dozens of studies linking poor oral health to other medical conditions and began to suspect gum disease was the reason. Iain Chapple, a professor of periodontology at Birmingham University, agrees. “When you think about it, it’s ‘‘ Covid-19 patients with severe gum disease have a 780 per cent increased risk of death very logical. Teeth are akin to bones sticking out of our skin,” he says. “The gum lining is permeable to allow immune system cells to flow out, to the spaces between the gums and teeth. This creates a protective fluid which prevents bugs getting into the gum tissues and, from there, into the bloodstream.” However, if the gums are damaged, as happens with gum disease, the gum lining ulcerates and becomes an open wound which can be as large as the palm of a hand. This wasn’t the only clue pointing to the mouth as a primary entry point for Covid. The virus replicates by latching on to ACE-2 receptors and these viral targets are found in the mouth. Studies show that the higher the viral load in a patient’s saliva, the greater their risk of dying – and the risk factors for severe Covid-19 are the same as the risk factors for gum disease. “If the virus does leak across our gums, it would be delivered in the bloodstream to exactly the areas where we see lung damage in Covid-19,” Dr Lloyd-Jones points out. Laboratory tests at Cardiff University point to a possible new defence against Covid-19. Mouthwashes containing CPC – cetylpyridinium chloride – kill the Brush up on oral health • Brush twice a day, for at least two minutes, using a fluoride toothpaste. If you have gum disease, you will need to brush for longer. • Spit but don’t rinse with water. • Use interdental brushes to clean between teeth. • Use a mouthwash with CPC, unless you have an allergy to its contents. If it also has fluoride, you can use it after brushing, otherwise wait at least half an hour. • See your dentist every six months for a thorough oral examination. virus within 30 seconds of contact. The researchers used Dentyl Dual Action and Fresh Protect, but CPC is also used in Colgate Plax, Oral B Pro-Expert and other products. Further studies are underway, but in the meantime Salisbury Hospital executives have begun providing CPC-based mouthwashes for all of their Covid patients. Dr Lloyd-Jones says: “We recommend regular handwashing, even though there is no evidence the virus replicates on our hands. But we know it does replicate in the mouth, so why not use mouthwashes which are safe, cheap and readily available?” Professor Chapple agrees, and adds: “Using a mouthwash will do no harm and CPC seems to kill the virus. Now we need clinical trials to prove that it happens in the body.” With analysis of 822 clinical trials linking gum disease with 57 different medical conditions, anything which improves oral health is likely to bring huge benefits. A ‘super-tree’ of issues associated with periodontal problems, drawn up by a team of international scientists, includes cardiovascular disease, diabetes, pregnancy complications, respiratory tract diseases, chronic kidney disease, inflammatory problems, male infertility and even anaemia. Individual studies help to explain why. For instance, a number of them show gum disease increases the risk of dementia, and Porphyromonas gingivalis – the bacteria which commonly drives gum disease – has been found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s. Bacteria from dental plaque activate production of immune system cells, which could explain why ongoing gum disease increases the risk of autoimmune conditions, as well as the out-of-control immune responses associated with Covid-19. Gum disease also leads to chronic inflammation, a driver of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other issues. Dr Lloyd-Jones says: “In medicine, very few disciplines look at the body as a whole and dentistry is currently completely divorced from medicine. “I think Covid-19 is telling us that needs to change.”

34 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST Dr Rosemary Leonard Getting to the Heart of medical matters I’ve been having tummy pains, so Q my GP arranged for me to have a scan as she suspected I might have gallstones. I don’t, but it did show I have a fatty liver. I’m a little bit overweight but not obese, so this has surprised me. Is it dangerous and is there anything I can do about it? Normally there is very little fat A inside the liver, but increased amounts – a fatty liver – can occur if you drink too much alcohol. It can also occur in those who are overweight or with type 2 diabetes, and it has links to high cholesterol. Most people with a fatty liver have no symptoms, but it does mean you are more at risk of developing more serious liver disease, especially an inflamed liver (hepatitis) and cirrhosis, where the liver cells are replaced by fibrous tissue. Luckily, in many people the changes of a fatty liver can be reversed with lifestyle changes. Cutting back on alcohol is the number-one priority. Ideally, if you can, give up altogether for at least a month, to give your liver a complete rest, but even if you cannot do this make sure you do not exceed 14 units a week. This will also help you lose weight, which is always an important thing to do, aiming to get your body mass index to below 25. Switch to a low-fat diet with plenty of vegetables and try and take more exercise. Change in the liver will be slow, but after a year of healthy living, a repeat scan should show your liver is back to normal. My partner has noticed a lump Q in his groin, which can be uncomfortable, but he says it’s not there all the time so he doesn’t seem to think it’s worth bothering our GP. I suspect he’s got a hernia, so would it matter if he didn’t do anything about it? A lump in the groin can be due to A a cyst in the skin or a swollen lymph node, but these are unlikely to come and go; they are either there or disappear altogether. A lump that sometimes appears, then disappears, is likely to be a hernia. A hernia occurs when an internal part of the body pushes out through a weakness in the muscle wall. Small hernias may just contain fat, but larger ones may also contain a loop of small intestine. In men, there is a natural weakness in the lower abdominal wall in the middle of the groin, which allows the passage of the vessels that supply the testes. This means that inguinal I’m only a little bit overweight so why is my liver fatty? hernias are much more common in men. They tend to appear when you strain, such as lifting a heavy object or coughing, and at first it can be pushed back in again with no difficulty and it may well disappear when you lie down. They don’t tend to cause any pain initially, but they can be a bit uncomfortable and may ache, especially during exercise. Though a hernia is not usually a serious condition, they do tend to become bigger with time and, for this reason, treatment early on is advisable. There is also a chance that the loop of bowel inside it may become trapped, which can lead to it becoming blocked, causing severe pain and vomiting. Treatment is with a surgical repair, usually done by a keyhole method on a day case basis, so does not require a stay in hospital. I would encourage him to speak to his GP who can arrange a referral. I’ve got narrow ear canals, which Q sometimes get blocked with wax. In the past I’ve gone to see the practice nurse who has syringed them clear, but when I tried to make an appointment this week, I was told they aren’t doing ear syringing because the staff are busy doing Covid vaccinations. I can sort of understand that, but what can I do about my blocked ears? They feel uncomfortable and I can’t hear properly. Can I dig it out somehow myself? Unfortunately many surgeries A have had to cut back on some services such as ear syringing as staff are diverted to the vaccine campaign. So you are not alone with your ear wax problem. However, rule number one with ear wax is don’t try to dig it out with a hairpin, cotton bud or a paperclip (yes, I’ve seen what this can do). Not only are you likely to push the wax further down into your ear, but you can damage the lining of the ear canal or – worse still – the eardrum, which can lead to an infection. Instead, the first thing to do is soften the wax using a dropper bottle and some sort of oil, such as olive oil or baby oil, at least twice a day, or alternatively use drops containing docusate sodium. Using a dilute salt solution can also work. You can get this from a pharmacy. Lie down on your side and put five drops into the ear, then massage the front of the ear to encourage the oil to flow down the ear canal. Stay like this for at least five minutes to let the drops soak into the wax. Repeat on the other side if that feels blocked too. Be warned, as the wax softens it swells and you ears will feel more blocked and uncomfortable. After a day or two, start trying to remove the wax using warm water. Use a shower head at shoulder distance from your ear, spray the water into your ear, if possible tilting your head and pulling your ear lobe back so the water can get into the canal. Then tip your head over to the side to let the water drain out, hopefully along with some of the wax. This should remove the top surface of the wax, but you will need to repeat the process for up to three weeks to clear all the deeper wax, so please be patient. ●●If you have a health question for Dr Leonard, email her in confidence at yourhealth@express.co.uk. Dr Leonard regrets she cannot enter into personal correspondence or reply to everyone. MAKE MICRO NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS Yesterday marked the day most of us gave up on our resolutions. But Dr Katie Tryon, a behaviour change expert at Vitality, says setting “micro-resolutions” will help you get back to achieving goals. “Micro-resolutions are commitments to small, manageable and measurable changes in behaviour,” she says. “They might be things like doing squats while you brush your teeth, keeping your daily festive walks going in January, or upping your veg intake by one portion a day. “Research tells us that micro-resolutions are more likely to make resolutions stick because of a behavioural shift. We’re more inclined to stick to them as it’s far easier to estimate the effort required to achieve them and to plan them into our daily lives. “Another key to micro-resolutions is to reward ourselves earlier for making a change. If the reward is far in the future (like health improvement), it is important to set up a structure of incentives to stay motivated along the way,” she adds. “These incentives could include treating yourself to a bubble bath or buying yourself that expensive candle you’ve wanted if you’re successful in sticking to your microresolutions for three days in a row. “Rome was not built in a day. Slowly building up small changes, and rewarding yourself along the way, can help you achieve the level of activity you desire. “Trying to go from nothing to Olympian levels of physical activity is impossible. Form the right habits first.”

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DX1ST televisionexpress Curling up with canines Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 37 TONIGHT’S episode of BEN FOGLE: NEW LIVES IN THE WILD (C5, 9pm), which takes us to Greece, is the third instalment of this programme’s 16th series. I can’t tell you how many episodes that means Ben has made in total, because obviously that would involve me having to check, but I think we can safely say it’s quite a lot. (Tell you what: let’s go for 82, shall we, just so it looks as if I’ve made an effort?). What I can say for sure is there’s bound to be plenty still to come. When this show began, back in 2013, rejecting the rat race in Picks of the day Mike Ward previews tonight’s TV favour of something raw, remote and spiritual felt like the preserve of the mildly potty (don’t worry, it was still OK to say “potty” in 2013), whereas now it seems to be something a lot of people are doing. Or at least considering doing. Or at least saying they’re considering doing. Indeed, if Ben wants to keep meeting characters who, by today’s standards, have made truly bold lifestyle changes, maybe he should create a TV series about people who’ve left behind, say, a fetid swamp and bravely bought a semi in Surbiton. For now though, it’s business as usual. So yes, as I say, the presenter’s gone off to Greece. Specifically, to the island of Andros. There, in an 18th-century property high in the mountains, he meets a splendid woman called Sandy, who came here from Britain in the Seventies and set up her own animal shelter. Currently roaming free there are eight donkeys, a horse, a mule, Documentary: Ghislaine, Prince Andrew & The Paedophile, ITV, 9pm As former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell (far left) awaits her sentencing in a New York prison, journalist Ranvir Singh unravels the story of how an entitled daughter of a billionaire sank into shame and disgrace through her friendship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein (near left). Singh also looks at how Prince Andrew, the Queen’s second son, is now embroiled in the scandal as he faces the possibility of his own civil court case brought by Virginia Giuffre. During this 60-minute special, Singh speaks to some who were in the “little black book” of contacts and interviews survivors who say Maxwell used her influence as a woman to gain their trust. more than 20 cats and, by the time Ben comes to leave, a dog population that’s comfortably passed the 30 mark. “Sandy, this is amazing!” he cries, as he steps inside to discover countless canines contentedly curled up in their baskets, nearly all of whom, I’m sure, appreciate a fine piece of alliteration when they see it. “Oh my gosh, I want to live here!” But, as is the case with a lot of the hermits he comes to hang out with for this programme, Ben soon learns there’s a precariousness to Sandy’s existence that is impossible to ignore. Elsewhere this evening, I’m With you every step of the way rather relieved to see that THE SECRET LIFE OF OUR PETS (ITV, 8pm) has moved on from the frankly silly claims put forward in the first episode – when it suggested, for example, that a dog could converse with its owner in actual sentences – and is focusing instead on the more scientifically rational field of general animal intelligence. Hence we meet some rats who’ve learnt to drive, a rabbit who can play basketball and a Border collie who likes to parachute off cliffs with his owner. I say “likes”. Put it this way: he’s yet to lodge a formal objection. DID YOU KNOW? Adventurer Ben Fogle was once hired to fill the position of Tatler magazine’s picture editor, despite having no previous knowledge of photography. He left the role to appear in reality show Castaway. Travel: The Hairy Bikers Go North, BBC2, 7pm Co-presenters Simon King and Dave Myers (left) are taking a trip to the picturesque Peak District. 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(R) 1.00 BBC News at One; Weather 1.30 Regional News; Weather 1.45 Doctors Emotions run high when Daniel, Zara and Emma discuss Rowena Mitchell. 2.15 Father Brown (R) 3.00 Escape to the Country (R) 3.45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown Sheep and cattle farmers sell their wares at Lewes Farmers’ Market. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip Searching for items 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 (R) 7.15 Antiques Road Trip (R) 8.00 Sign Zone: The Green Planet The world of plants. (R) 9.00 BBC News at 9 Updates. 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 mixed pairs final and a second-round open singles match. 5.15 Flog It! 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Including Local Weather. 12.30pm Loose Women Topical debate with the panel. 1.30 ITV News; Weather 1.55 Regional News; Weather 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson and the dealers are back in Blackpool, where Henry Nicholls proposes a deal with a seller for some rings, Jan Keyne has her eyes on a gold lot. 3.00 Lingo Mary and Ashleigh, Pete and Charlotte, and Vicky and Louise compete. 3.59 Regional Weather 4.00 Tipping Point Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase Bradley Walsh asks contestants Robin, Ramisa, Marie and Mike general knowledge questions. 6.00 Regional News; Weather 6.30 ITV Evening News; Weather 6.05am Countdown Michael Grade is in Dictionary Corner. (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 (R) 11.25 Channel 4 News Summary 11.30 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses A couple in Australia looking for a property in Spain. (R) 12.30pm Steph’s Packed Lunch Steph McGovern presents. 2.10 Countdown With Beth Rigby. 3.00 A Place in the Sun A couple wishing to purchase a holiday home in Tala, Cyprus. 4.00 A New Life in the Sun An injury puts a group of organic farmers under strain. 5.00 Junior Bake Off The bakers make fashion-conscious wearable biscuits. 6.00 The Simpsons Lisa begins a whirlwind romance with her intellectual match. (R) 6.30 Hollyoaks Damon tries to find a solution to his growing money problems. (R) 6.00am Milkshake! Children’s TV. 9.15 Jeremy Vine Discussion. 11.15 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War with the Law 12.15pm 5 News at Lunchtime 12.20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords (R) 1.15 Home and Away Cash realises he is crossing the line by lying to the federal agent. 1.45 Neighbours See 6.00pm. 2.15 FILM Ruby Herring Mysteries: Silent Witness (2019, PG) News reporter Ruby inadvertently discovers she has a knack for solving crime, and joins forces with a handsome detective. Mystery, starring Taylor Cole and Stephen Huszar. ★★★ 4.00 Watercolour Challenge Four amateur artists set up at Goathland station on the North York Moors. 5.00 5 News at 5 Headlines. 6.00 Neighbours Terese admits her feelings to Susan. (R) 6.30 Winter Road Rescue Documentary following snowplough teams. 7 8 9 10 11 12 midnight 7.50pm, Holby City: Bob Barrett 7.00 The One Show With Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas. 7.30 EastEnders Gray becomes suspicious, while things are looking up for Billy. 7.50 Holby City The demands of working on AAU leave Fletch considering Regina’s job offer, and Dom is inspired by Sacha’s research project when he reconnects with patient Flo, who needs further treatment. 8.30 Garden Rescue Philip and Lorraine in Stockport want to transform their forgotten plot into a stately garden. 9.00 Rules of the Game Sam struggles to keep her home and work life together – and things are only made worse when Maya discovers evidence that threatens the flotation of the company. Drama, starring Maxine Peake. 10.00 BBC News at Ten 10.25 Regional News; Weather 10.35 Gossip Girl Max has to confront the reality that Gideon and Roy are not getting back together. Aki and Audrey decide to experiment with an open relationship. 11.30 Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel The comedian hosts the Saturday-night gameshow, joined by famous faces Richard E Grant, Saffron Barker, David Haye, Anneka Rice, Danny Jones, Jo Brand and Melvin Odoom. (R) 12.30am The Wall Versus Celebrities. Danny Dyer returns to host the second of two special editions of the gameshow, with married comedians Sarah Millican and Gary Delaney taking on The Wall to win money for charity. (R) 1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead 1.25-6.00am BBC News 8pm, Winterwatch: Chris Packham 7.00 The Hairy Bikers Go North Simon King and Dave Myers are visiting the stunning Peak District. Starting in Chatsworth House, the pair head through the village of Heage, home to one of Britain’s last working windmills. (R) 8.00 NEW Winterwatch Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan present wildlife stories from Wild Ken Hill in Norfolk, with thermal footage which reveals animal antics after dark, and Iolo Williams watches otters on the Isle of Mull. 9.00 Why Ships Crash When the Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal, it triggered a global crisis. Using exclusive footage, testimony from witnesses, and expert analysis, this investigation aims to uncover the inside story. 10.00 Toast of Tinseltown Things are looking up for Toast in his career when he lands a role in a new film, although his relationship with Shepherd Gerbil is less straightforward. 10.30 Newsnight National and international headline analysis, presented by Kirsty Wark. 11.15 NFL This Week Two-time Super Bowl champion Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell introduce and analyse the action from the opening stage of the play-offs, known as wild card weekend. 12.05am Sign Zone: Dragons’ Den. An animal lover pitches a green solution to canine pollution. (R) 1.05 Sign Zone: Take a Hike. Civil servant Paul hosts his hike along the stunning Alnwick coast. (R) 1.35 Sign Zone: The Moment of Proof. A dodgy property empire. (R) 2.05-6.30am This Is BBC Two 7.30pm, Wonders of the Border: Sean Fletcher 7.00 Emmerdale Billy and Dawn fall out. Chas and Marlon are gutted that their claim is void. Gavin pushes Al to get more. 7.30 Wonders of the Border Sean Fletcher continues his trek along the Offa’s Dyke Path, exploring the Black Mountains. 8.00 The Secret Life of Our Pets The second edition looks at the way pets use their intelligence to live in a human world, from a rabbit that can play basketball, to a rat that can learn how to drive and a tortoise that can solve a maze. 9.00 Ghislaine, Prince Andrew & the Paedophile As Ghislaine Maxwell awaits sentencing in a New York prison, Ranvir Singh unravels the story of how the daughter of a billionaire publishers sank into shame and disgrace. 10.00 ITV News at Ten; Weather 10.30 Regional News; Weather 10.45 Driving Force Judy Murray delves into the life and career of England footballer Eniola Aluko, from growing up on a council estate in Birmingham to being part of the 2012 Team GB squad. The programme also uncovers the story behind the FA racism case Eniola battled against. (R) 11.45 The Bay DS Jenn Townsend, Morecambe’s new Family Liaison Officer, is immediately thrown into the deep end when a body washes up in the bay on her first day on the job. She must get under the skin of a grieving and complicated family if she has any chance of solving the case. (R) 12.35am Home Shopping 3.00 Loose Women (R) 3.50 Unwind with ITV 5.05-6.00am Tipping Point (R) 10pm, The Language of Love: Davina McCall 7.00 Channel 4 News A round-up of the latest headlines, 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 Sarah Beeny’s New Life in the Country Sarah Beeny and her family set their sights on creating a music room where the boys can practise their instruments. The boys take charge of the design for this part of the house. 9.00 NEW 24 Hours in A&E Emergency care nurse Tim reflects on his role and describes the impact his GP father had on his life. Meanwhile, Pam, who has Alzheimer’s, is brought in with suspected sepsis. 10.00 The Language of Love The paso doble brings some of the couples closer together, a soul-gazing session results in both laughter and tears and four new arrivals rocks the estate. Bilingual dating show, hosted by Davina McCall. 11.05 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. (R) 12.10am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R) 1.00 The Simpsons (R) 1.50 Undercover Boss Australia (R) 2.40 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R) 3.35 Couples Come Dine with Me (R) 4.30 Food Unwrapped (R) 4.55 Mend It for Money (R) 5.50-6.05am Kirstie’s House of Craft (R) 8pm, Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly: Graeme Hall 7.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors First through Doctor Qamar’s consulting room door this week is Brian, a regular patient who is concerned about memory loss. Dr Wyne treats one of her regular patients, who has MS. (R) 8.00 Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Graeme Hall tries to help attention-seeking pup Tinkerbell, who won’t give her owner a moment’s peace. He also aids Tracey, whose German Shepherd behaviour is leaving her feeling isolated. 9.00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben ventures to the lesser-known Greek island of Andros to visit Sandy, founder of a remote animal shelter on the slopes of the island’s highest peak surrounded by stunning natural beauty. 10.00 Draining the Bermuda Triangle An exploration of the 450,000 square mile area of ocean, joining expeditions to dive for lost vessels and using sonar data to ‘drain’ the sea and reveal the underwater landscape. (R) 11.00 FILM Hellboy (2019, 15) The horned hero with a stone fist faces off against undead sorceress Nimue, the Queen of Blood. Director Neil Marshall’s conversion of Mike Mignola’s cult comic, with Stranger Things’ David Harbour taking over the title role from Ron Perlman. ★★★ 1.15 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show 3.15 Murder in Paradise. The story of 31-year-old former model Julie Scully. 4.00 Building Britain’s Canals. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal. (R) 4.45 Wildlife SOS (R) 5.10 House Busters (R) 5.35-6.00am House Doctor (R)

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 39 Freeview 6 Freeview 27 ITV2 ITVBe 6.00am Secret Crush 7.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8.00 You’ve Been Framed! & Famous 9.00 The Cabins 10.00 Dress to Impress 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 With Charlene White, Russell Kane and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. 7.00 Superstore Double bill. 8.00 Bob’s Burgers Double bill. 9.00 The Cabins One dater hopes an Elvis Presley performance will impress. 10.00 Plebs Double bill. Marcus becomes Grumio’s slave for the day; Cynthia rescues a stray cat from the courtyard. 11.00 Family Guy Double bill. 12.00m’t American Dad! 12.55 Bob’s Burgers 1.55 Superstore 2.50 Hey Tracey! 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 Richard Osman makes use of a shopping trolley. 7.00 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA Double bill of improvised comedy. 8.00 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Iceland 8.30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in Marrakech 9.00 QI XL With Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus. 10.00 Live at the Apollo With sets by Mawaan Rizwan and Sara Barron. 11.00 Taskmaster See 6pm. 12.00m’t Mock the Week 12.40 QI XL 1.40 Live at the Apollo 2.45 Whose Line Is It Anyway? USA 3.35 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 3.00 The Goldbergs 4.00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5.00 The Big Bang Theory 6.00 The Big Bang Theory Double bill. 7.00 Hollyoaks Verity tries to convince Shaq to come clean to Misbah. 7.30 The Big Bang Theory Sitcom. 8.00 Celebrity Coach Trip The group reach dizzying new heights while parasailing in Vilamoura, Portugal. 9.00 Celebs Go Dating The ratings are in from the celebs’ first blind dates. 10.00 Celebrity Gogglebox Love Island and Killing Eve are appraised. 11.05 Gogglebox From October 2017. 12.10am Naked Attraction 1.15 Celebs Go Dating 2.15 Below Deck: Mediterranean 3.10 As 8pm 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 8.30-9.00 Weatherman Walking: The Welsh Coast. Derek Brockway walks from Newport to Fishguard. 10.25- 10.30pm BBC Wales Today; Weather WALES As BBC2 except: 11.15pm First Minister’s Questions 12.05am NFL This Week 12.55-1.05am Nature’s Weirdest Events 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; Weather ITV WALES As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News Cymru Wales 6.00-6.30 ITV News Wales at Six 7.30-8.00 Welsh Lives. Ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Presented by Adeola Dewis. 10.30-10.45pm ITV News Cymru Wales WEST As ITV except: 1.55-2.00pm ITV News West Country; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country; Weather 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 & Kenny Kortney and Kenny work to marry Tyler and Emily’s different styles. 7.00 Buying and Selling Jonathan and Drew help a woman renovate her home. 8.00 Dinner Date Heather from Harrow. 9.00 Botched Challenging reconstructions. 10.00 Totally Unbelievable: Celebrity Homes Remarkable residences. 11.00 Bridezillas Roxanne’s groom and father go missing at the altar. 11.55 The Only Way Is Essex Gemma reveals what happened on her date. 12.45am Unwind with ITV. Daily escape. 1.00-7.00am Teleshopping Drama More4 Freeview 20 7.40am 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 6.00 Are You Being Served? Mr Humphries reveals his clairvoyant abilities. 6.40 Last of the Summer Wine Double bill. 8.00 Dalziel & Pascoe The discovery of a body buried at a university leaves the detective duo puzzling over blackmail, mistaken identity and possible suicide. 10.00 New Tricks Sasha is asked to prove a crime boss was convicted on false evidence, even though she is certain the same man killed her CID partner eight years before. Tamzin Outhwaite stars. 11.10 Taggart A woman’s remains are found under the floorboards of a Glasgow house, and a baby is kidnapped from a car park. Mark McManus stars. 1.45-4.00am Where the Heart Is Freeview 13 Freeview 18 8.55am Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 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 Attentions are turned to the wash house. 7.55 Grand Designs Henning Stummel and Alice Dawson plan to convert a dilapidated joinery workshop in North London into a contemporary family home and office. 9.00 Car S.O.S Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend restore a Fiat X1/9 for 53-year-old owner Steve, who has terminal cancer and is desperate to see his son drive the car. 10.00 Emergency Helicopter Medics An appearance at a charity event is cut short by an emergency. 11.05 24 Hours in A&E A teenager puts his hand through a pane of glass. 12.05am Emergency Helicopter Medics 1.10 Car S.O.S 2.15 24 Hours in A&E 3.15-3.45am 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; Weather 6.00-6.30 ITV News West Country; Weather 10.30-10.45pm ITV News West Country; Weather S4C 6.00am Cyw 12.00noon Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 12.05pm 04 Wal Gwestai’r Byd 12.30 Heno 1.00 Ffilmiau Ddoe 1.30 Teulu Shadog: Blwyddyn ar y Fferm 2.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 2.05 Prynhawn Da 3.00 Newyddion S4C a’r Tywydd 3.05 Canu gyda Fy Arwr 4.00 Awr Fawr 5.00 Stwnsh 6.00 Pysgod i Bawb. 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40 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Sport Sky Sports Main Event 6.00am Sky Sports News 7.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 7.30 Early Kick-Off 8.00 LIVE Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades, at Metricon Stadium. 12.00noon Transfer Talk. Discussion. 12.30 LIVE ICC Under-19s World Cup Cricket England v Canada. Group A match action. 5.15 LIVE International Netball South Africa v New Zealand (centre pass 5.30pm). 7.15 LIVE SPFL Aberdeen v Rangers (kick-off 7.45pm). Coverage of the match at Pittodrie. 10.15 Sky Sports News 11.00 Live: Total Access 1.00am Sky Sports News. Headlines. 1.30 LIVE Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers, at Metricon Stadium. 5.10-6.00am LIVE Big Bash League Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades. Sky Sports Cricket 6.00am The Fletcher Years 7.45 My Icon 8.00 LIVE Big Bash League Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades, at Metricon Stadium. 12.00noon My Icon 12.15 India’s History At Lord’s 12.30 LIVE ICC Under-19s World Cup Cricket England v Canada. Group A match coverage. 9.00 Talking Cricket 10.00 The Fletcher Years 12.00m’t Talking Cricket 1.00 Best of ICC WT20 1.30 LIVE Big Bash League Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers. Coverage of the T20 match. 5.10-6.00am LIVE Big Bash League Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades. Sky Sports Football 6.00am EFL Greatest Games 7.00 Football’s Greatest Players 7.30 Football Countdowns 8.00 Football Years 8.30 EFL Greatest Games 9.00 SPFL Greatest Games 9.30 Football’s Greatest Players 10.00 Football Countdowns 10.30 Football Years 11.00 EFL Play Off Final C’Ship 17/18. Aston Villa v Fulham. 12.00noon EFL Greatest Games 12.45 SPFL Greatest Games 1.00 Football’s Greatest Players 1.30 Football Countdowns 2.00 Football Years 2.30 EFL Play-off Final: C’ship 18/19 3.30 EFL Greatest Games 3.45 One2Eleven. With Markus Babbel. 3.55 LIVE AFCON Malawi v Senegal (kick-off 4pm). 6.00 EFL Greatest Games 6.15 SPFL Greatest Games 6.30 SPFL: Ange Postecoglou 6.45 Remembering The Ibrox Disaster 7.00 LIVE SPFL Aberdeen v Rangers. 10.15 AFCON. Africa Cup of Nations action. 4.15-6.00am EFL Greatest Games BT Sport 1 6am LIVE Super Smash Canterbury v Auckland. 9.00 Test Cricket Highlights 11.00 One Day International Cricket 12.00noon BT Sport Goals Reload 12.30 Premier League 2.00 Ashes Daily 2.45 Isuzu UTE A-League 4.45 The Ashes 6.45 Ashes Daily 7.30 LIVE Premier League Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea (kick-off 8.00pm). 10.30 The Cricket’s On 11.30 Premier League Reload 11.45 BT Sport Goals Reload 12.00m’t WWE NXT Highlights 1.00 LIVE WWE NXT Wrestling action. 3.15 30 for 30 5.15 BT Sport Goals Reload 5.30-6.00am Extreme E – Electric Odyssey BT Sport 2 6.00am Spanish Women’s Primera Division. 7.00 WWE NXT UK. Grappling action. 8.00 LIVE Isuzu UTE A-League Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners (kick-off 8.05am). 10.00 Premier League Review 11.00 Extreme E Highlights. The latest round in Senegal. 12.00noon Isuzu UTE A-League 2.00 Ligue 1 Highlights 3.00 ESPN FC 3.30 Heineken Champions Cup Highlights 4.30 Spanish Super Cup 6.00 Premier League Review 7.00 LIVE Premier League Burnley v Watford (kick-off 7.30pm). Coverage from Turf Moor. 9.45 The Dan Hardy Breakdown Show 10.15 Fight Week 10.45 BT Sport Films 12.00m’t LIVE College Basketball Oklahoma Sooners v Kansas Jayhawks (tip-off 12m’t). 2.00 LIVE College Basketball Florida State Seminoles v Duke Blue Devils (tip-off 2.00am). 4.00-6.00am Classic MOTD – Thrillers Eurosport 1 6.00am LIVE Australian Open Tennis Day two of the opening Grand Slam event of the season. 8.00 LIVE Australian Open Tennis Continued coverage of the first-round matches in Melbourne. 10.00 LIVE Australian Open Tennis The conclusion of day two at Melbourne Park. 1.15pm Australian Open Tennis 11.55 LIVE Australian Open Tennis Day three. 2.00am LIVE Australian Open Tennis Further coverage from Melbourne Park of day three of the opening Grand Slam event of 2022. 4.00-6.00am LIVE Australian Open Tennis Continued coverage of day three. BEST OF THE REST – LIVE SPORT 3.15pm LIVE NBA Basketball Los Angeles Lakers v Utah Jazz. (Sky Sports Arena) 5.15 LIVE International Netball South Africa v New Zealand (centre pass 5.30pm). Coverage from Copper Box Arena in London. (Sky Sports Arena) 7.15-9.15pm LIVE International Netball: England v Australia (centre pass 7.30pm). Action from Copper Box Arena in London. (Sky Sports Arena) ITV3 Freeview 10 6.00am Classic Coronation Street 7.00 Classic Emmerdale 8.05 On the Buses 9.10 The Royal 11.20 Heartbeat 1.30pm Classic Emmerdale 2.40 Classic Coronation Street 3.40 Wycliffe 6.00 Heartbeat 8.00 Midsomer Murders 10.00 Foyle’s War 12.10am The Royal 2.15-6.00am Unwind with ITV ITV4 Freeview 25 6.00am World of Sport 6.15 The Saint 7.10 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8.05 The Avengers 9.15 The Sweeney 10.20 Minder 11.20 The Saint 12.30pm Fishing Allstars 1.30 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2.35 The Avengers 3.45 The Sweeney 4.50 Minder 5.55 Fishing Allstars 6.55 The Chase Celebrity Special 8.00 River Monsters 9.00 FILM Hellboy (2004/12) Comic-book action fantasy, starring Ron Perlman. ★★★ 11.30 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage 12.30am Auto Mundial 1.00 Motorsport Mundial 1.25 Minder 2.20 The Protectors 2.50-3.00am Unwind with ITV 5STAR Freeview 31 8.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera 8.25 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 The Hunt for Red October (1990/ PG) Cold War thriller, starring Sean Connery. ★★★★ 11.50 FILM Carrie (2013/15) Horror remake, starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore. ★★★ 1.55 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 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 Charlotte Church’s Dream Build. The singer transforms a mansion into a holiday retreat. 10.00 Born Mucky: Life on the Farm 11.00 Ghost Adventures 1.00am Ghost Nation 2.00 Teleshopping 4.00-6.00am Animal Cops Houston Paramount Freeview 32 9.00am Traffic Cops 10.00 Traffic Cops: On the Edge 11.00 FILM Arrowhead (1953/U) ★★ 1.10 FILM Cast a Giant Shadow (1966/ PG) ★★★ 4.00 Trucking Hell 5.00 Traffic Cops 7.00 Police Interceptors 9.00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 10.00 Police Raids: Caught by Surprise 11.00 Fights, Camera, Action! 1.00am Criminals: Caught on Camera 2.00 Criminals: Caught on Camera 3.00 Seconds from Death: Caught on Camera 3.50 Car Crash TV 4.35-5.00am 999: Criminals Caught on Camera Pick Freeview 35 7.00am Highway Patrol 8.00 Motorway Patrol 9.00 Police Force: Australia 10.00 Police Ten 7 11.00 Highway Cops 12.00noon Nothing to Declare 1.00 Border Patrol 2.00 Border Security: Australia’s Front Line 3.00 Nothing to Declare 4.00 Alphas 5.00 Star BBC Radio 1 97.6-99.8MHz 7.00am Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James 10.32 Rickie, Melvin and Charlie 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott Mills 3.32 Going Home with Vick and Jordan 5.45 Newsbeat 6.00 Radio 1’s Future Sounds with Clara Amfo 8.00 Radio 1’s Future Artists with Jack Saunders 10.00 Radio 1’s Power Down Playlist with Sian Eleri 11.00 Annie Nightingale Presents 1.00am Radio 1’s Rap Anthems 2.00 Radio 1’s Chillout Anthems 3.00 Gameplay with Baby Queen 4.00 Radio 1 Dance 5.00-7.00am Breakfast with Arielle Free BBC Radio 2 88-91MHz 6.30am The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show 9.30 Ken Bruce 12.00noon Tina Daheley 2.00 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 5.00 Sara Cox 6.30 Sara Cox’s Half Wower 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist 7.30 Jo Whiley 9.00 The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum 10.00 Trevor Nelson’s Rewind 10.30 Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation 12.00m’t OJ Borg 3.00 Here We Come, The Monkees at 50! 4.00-6.30am Vanessa Feltz BBC Radio 3 90.2-92.4MHz 6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential Classics 12.00noon Composer of the Week: Liszt 1.00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 2.00 Afternoon Concert 5.00 In Tune 7.00 In Tune Mixtape 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert 10.00 Free Thinking 10.45 The Essay: Unearthing Britannia’s Tribes 11.00 Night Tracks 12.30-6.30am Through the Night DX1ST Entertainment & Factual Trek: The Next Generation 6.00 Quantum Leap 7.00 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 8.00 NCIS: Los Angeles 9.00 The Rookie 10.00 Fringe 11.00 World’s Most Evil Killers 12.00m’t Murders That Shocked the Nation 1.00 Stop, Search, Seize 2.00 Nothing to Declare 3.00 Border Patrol 4.00 Motorway Patrol 5.00-6.00am Police Force: Australia GOLD 7.30am Keeping Up Appearances 8.00 Are You Being Served? 8.40 Porridge 9.20 Last of the Summer Wine 10.40 Keeping Up Appearances 11.20 Dad’s Army 12.00noon Are You Being Served? 12.40 Porridge 1.20 Gavin & Stacey 2.00 Miranda 2.40 Keeping Up Appearances 3.20 Last of the Summer Wine 4.40 Porridge 5.20 Keeping Up Appearances 6.00 Are You Being Served? 6.40 Dad’s Army 8.00 Gavin & Stacey 8.40 Miranda 9.20 Mrs Brown’s Boys 10.40 Not Going Out 11.20 Peep Show 12.30am Marley’s Ghosts 1.05 The Rebel 1.50 Peep Show 2.55-4.00am Bridget & Eamon Yesterday Freeview 26 6.00am Impossible Engineering 8.00 Forbidden History 9.00 Abandoned Engineering 11.00 Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain 12.00noon Great British Railway Journeys 2.00 Abandoned Engineering 4.00 WW2 – Frontlines 5.00 The World at War 6.00 Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain 7.00 The Architecture The Railways Built 8.00 Secrets of the London Underground 9.00 The Architecture The Railways Built. 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A D V E R T I S E M E N T F E A T U R E World’s first Platinum-Gold one-eighth sovereign coin announced for this year’s Platinum Jubilee. Many events are labelled ‘historic’: some happen once a decade, others maybe once a lifetime, others still once a century. You and I though, are about to witness an event that has never happened before, in the entirety of British history. This year, in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch ever to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. Platinum Jubilee - that’s a reign of 70 years - and what a reign it has been. Not only is she the first to reach this milestone, making her our longest reigning monarch, but she is also our oldest reigning monarch. She has reigned through the Jet Age, the Space Age, the Computer Age and now into the Internet Age, and through all that time she has managed her role as monarch and mother with style, grace and compassion. An event of this significance justifies commemorative coins that are quite a bit more special than ‘the usual’ - and that is what we have. Some new sovereign coins have been produced that are world firsts of the same order as the event they celebrate. WORLD’S FIRST IN PLATINUM-GOLD The new one-eighth sovereign for the Platinum Jubilee is the world’s first coin of its kind ever minted from ‘platinumgold’ which has been used in recognition of the Platinum Jubilee. It has been created by enriching solid 22 carat gold with 2 caratsworth of platinum. Traditionally, British sovereigns are minted at 22 carat gold purity – which is 91.67% gold - and the remaining 8.33% is customarily copper which is added to the coin to give it added durability. Copper is almost always used, although on one rare occasion for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1887 silver was also included. However, to create coins that are incredibly special, this series of sovereigns for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee have been created with the addition of pure platinum to the gold! This means the solid 22 carat gold is being enriched with 2 carats worth of platinum. Each and every coin is made of 91.67% gold plus 8.33% platinum - the richest, most valuable 22 carat gold alloy ever used to mint sovereigns! In the same way this is the first Platinum Jubilee in history, so too are these the first platinum-gold sovereign coins in history. FEWER THAN 1 IN 4,000 UK HOUSEHOLDS CAN OWN ONE This new coin is certain to be highly sought-after by collectors - however, many will potentially miss out as the release is subject to a strict limit. Authorised by Tristan da Cunha and approved by both the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Buckingham Palace, it is restricted to a mintage of just 5,999 coins - put into context, it means that fewer than 1 in every four thousand UK households can own one. NEW COIN IS GUARANTEED TO SELL OUT! Availability of this special commemorative coin will end on 30th April 2022. At that time, in the unlikely event that any coins remain unsold, they will be melted down. Owners will be issued with a new certificate stating the final mintage. This may well be considerably lower than 5,999. This ensures there will be little or no surplus on the secondary market, reinforcing Order now at the introductory price of just £69 (plus £4.99 P&P) by calling: 0800 954 1063 Telephone lines open Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm. Online at www.hattonsoflondon.co.uk This new gold oneeighth sovereign coin has been minted for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It has been struck from Platinum- Gold - the usual 22 carat gold sovereigns are customarily minted from, with the addition of platinum (in place of the usual copper). This valuable alloy has never before been used for the minting of sovereigns. Only 5,999 of the one-eight sovereign has been produced. Hattons of London have an introductory price of £69 (plus £4.99 P&P) but only until 31st March 2022 (after which the price will be £99) and this price is subject to availability. There is a limit of one per household. Diameter: 11.0mm Major credit cards accepted.* Introductory price is £69 (plus £4.99 P&P) until 31st March 2022 after which the price will be £99.00. 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42 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Calvin and hobbEs Bill Watterson DX1ST Russell Grant Britain’s celebrity astrologer Dilbert Scott Adams Faith, hope and sue Lisa Wild Rupert AND THE jack-in-the-box No 16 Soon Rupert’s wakened from his sleep By steps that round the pathway creep. Sure enough, Rupert doesn’t get much sleep in his fine bed. In the early hours of the morning something disturbs him. Sitting up in bed, he realises that some one is creeping quietly along the path outside. Gingerly opening his window, he peers out and sees in the moonlight the figure of an intruder rounding the corner of the house. “Whoever can it be sneaking about at this time of night?” thinks Rupert. “It looks bad. I wonder if I ought to call the old man.” © Express Newspapers 2022 Salmon and clam risotto To order the New Rupert Bear Soft Toy (30cm - Rainbow Designs) at £14.99 please call 01872 562315: or order on www.classicrupertbearshop.com. 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44 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST Letters Busted Boris couldn’t even level up a rickety chair What drivel is Boris Johnson on about? He couldn’t level up a wonky chair. The Conservative administration has created two different classes of pensioners, those who retired before 2016 and those after. Those who retired prior to 2016 are hundreds of pounds worse off than those who retired since. Come on Boris, start your levelling up by levelling up the state pension. Norman Gale, Towcester, Northants Cheers for the lifeline, now track down Chinese cash At last a gap in the armour of the Labour Party the Tories can get their teeth into, Sir Keir Starmer enjoying a drink with friends, the pot calling the kettle so it seems (“‘Hypocrite’ Starmer had office beers”, January 15). The most important job the Tories need to focus on is to find out where every penny was spent of the £500,000 given to Labour MP Barry Gardiner and the £5,000 to Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey by the so-called Chinese spy Christine Ching Kui Lee (“‘Deep concern’ at No 10 on how Chinese spy got so close to MPs”, January 15). Derek Lawton, Northallerton, N Yorks Urgent inquiry into awful Omicron scaremongering Now that the Omicron variant is generally recognised to be in decline, with the Government’s Plan B restrictions likely to be removed early (“‘Covid rules may be axed in days’”, January 17), I’d suggest an inquiry be held into the latest bout of scaremongering. Neil Harrison, Stokesley, N Yorks Gracious Queen must be spared all this heartache Our wonderful Queen should be looking forward to her Platinum Jubilee with love and support from her family, which I’m sure she has on the whole (“Fresh anguish for Queen after Harry’s security row”, January 17). What possesses Harry to start more upset is beyond me. And the unfortunate truth is, how many of us are bothered about Harry and his family visiting the UK? Jennifer Laing, Penrith, Cumbria It would be better for us all if Harry stayed away Why on Earth would Harry and Meghan need such a high level of security, given the fact their status has been downgraded? Given the amount of unnecessary grief and heartache they have pushed onto the Queen I would suggest he keeps away for good. Peter Rushton, Chorley, Lancs It’s not ‘Rent A Cop’, you can’t just hire our police So yet again “call me Harry” has added to his grandmother’s upset by 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: REUTERS THE PARTY’S OVER: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer causing more trouble for her. How he has the gall to demand Scotland Yard supply his security when he returns to the UK is beyond me. OK, he has said he will pay for the cost himself but it isn’t “Rent A Cop”. The security police will have a lot of work to do over the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee,without having to run around after Harry and his wife. Stay in the US and do us all a favour. We won’t forget how much he has insulted the Queen, the Royal Family and the British public. Diane Chacewicz, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs It’s great Djok was served and volleyed out of Oz I am pleased that Australia has deported Novak Djokovic. They have got it right, if you are not vaccinated you are not welcome – even if you are very rich (“Booted out”, January 17). Hopefully we will do the same for UK tennis tournaments if these players don’t get vaccinated. Les Dawson, Hythe, Kent Shame the Aussies didn’t deport our cricketers too So the Australian government has refused permission for Novak Djokovic to participate in playing in Letter of the day the Australian Open. What a pity it couldn’t have done the same to our so-called cricket team before the Ashes series started (“A bitter taste of Ashes”, January 17). It would have saved the England team and all us cricket lovers weeks of embarrassment. John Hearn, Rainham, Kent An end to this hated TV tax has been long overdue It was very pleasing to read that at some time in the near future the BBC licence will no longer be required (“Licence fee will be axed”, January 17). How about those aged over-75 not having to pay it from April this year? It would send a clear message that the BBC will have to find other means to fund the large payments made to many of its staff. Tom McKenzie, Southport, Merseyside BBC must fund itself with adverts, not subscriptions Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries is right to be scrapping the TV watching tax. It should have been done years ago. But why all the talk of making the BBC a subscription service? Netflix and Amazon Prime are not ● facebook.com /dailyexpress ● twitter: @daily_express We’ve got to lock Starmer out of No 10 How ludicrous for Sir Keir Starmer to say “it is in the national interest” for Boris Johnson to resign after his apology for his 25 minute attendance at an outdoor staff meeting in No 10’s back garden in an alleged breach of Covid lockdown rules (“PM: Fightback plan to level up Britain”, January 17). Boris’s apology quite rightly stated, with hindsight, he should have stopped the meeting and deserves the opprobrium he has received. But this is small beer in comparison to the good that the PM has brought to the country. So don’t write off Boris yet. What definitely is in the national interest is to not let Sir Keir or Labour anywhere near the keys to No 10. Graham Loney, York the BBC’s competition, it is the likes of ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. These free-to-air services are funded successfully by advertising revenue and the BBC should be too. Colin Scott, Bridgwater, Somerset School uniform does great job of levelling up, James JAMES Whale states school uniform “is a complete and utter nonsense” (January 17). He’s wrong. The purpose of the uniform, apart from instilling a sense of belonging, is to make everyone the same. Dave Unsworth, Bourne, Lincs Lefty teachers to blame for geographic ignorance I was not at all surprised at the results of this survey (“One in 3 cannot find Germany on map”, January 17). I was a teacher all of my working life and as new ideas came along the teaching of geography increasingly focused on climate change and green matters. I place the blame for this upon Left-wing teachers and professors, forcing their opinions on those they were supposed to be educating. Thomas Sayers, Saltburn, N Yorks HAVE YOU GIVEN UP YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS YET? Yes No SORRY but I couldn’t even complete Dry January (“How to beat quitter’s day”, January 17). The temptation to uncork a bottle of something nice last Saturday night was too strong to resist. And it was lovely. Most promises made in drink on New Year’s Eve cannot be taken seriously. I wonder how many gym membership cards have been sat in a drawer for a week or so after being used once or twice in the first week in January? Thousands. Just because it’s a new year doesn’t mean that it’s a new me. Gillian Caine, Birmingham PROGRESS is glacial but there is a change happening. I haven’t had a drink since December 31, I batch cook our family’s meals on a Sunday for the rest of the week and I make sure I get in at least 10,000 steps a day. And guess what? I’ve lost 4lbs. I’ve never lost weight in my life before. I didn’t know where to start. But now I do and I love how I feel. I can think clearly, I’ve got loads more energy and work doesn’t drain me any more. It doesn’t have to be new year to change your life. Why not start now? Louise Allerton, Manchester TODAY: Tuesday January 18, 2022 On this day 31 years ago (1991) We revealed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had targeted Israel with Scud missiles in response to the second day of concentrated bombing by the allies in the Gulf War. The missiles struck the capital Tel Aviv and the north of the country amid fears the Israelis would be provoked into retaliating. However they held fire and left the Allies to fight back. 103 years ago (1919) Diplomats from 32 countries attended the opening of the Paris Peace conference at Versailles after the First World War. The victorious powers including the UK, France and the USA redrew the map of Europe and imposed punitive reparations on Germany. They also founded the League of Nations in a bid to safeguard against future conflict. 55 years ago (1967) Serial killer Albert DeSalvo was sentenced to life imprisonment after he confessed to being the Boston Strangler who murdered 13 women between 1962 and 1964. He later recanted his confession and was murdered by a fellow convict in 1973. Birthdays Actor Sir Mark Rylance is 62. He is a pacifist. Designer Philippe Starck is 73. His most famous design is a lemon squeezer. The Bodyguard star Kevin Costner is 67. He once gave bus tours of stars’ homes. Singer Estelle is 42. She started singing in church. TODAY’S GIGGLE How do trees get online? They just log in.

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email: city@express.co.uk Visit City & Business pages online at www.express.co.uk/city Tel: 020 8612 7156 DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 47 City&Business SToCK MARKET FTSE 100 7611.2 +68.3 FTSE 250 22871.6 +128.3 FTSE All SHARE 4292.6 +36.0 Shares Traded 3806.0 million woRlD MARKETS wAll STREET 35,911.8 ▼ -201.8 ToKYo 28333.5 +209.2 HoNG KoNG 24218.0 -165.3 GERMANY 15933.7 +50.5 FRANCE 7201.6 +58.6 STERlING VAlUE Dollar 1.365 -0.003 Yen 156.458 +0.223 Euro 1.196 -0.002 DollAR VAlUE CoMMoDITIES GolD($) 1819.40 KRUGERRAND(£) 1332.44 SIlVER(pence) 1685.28 BRENT CRUDE($) 86.47 ToURIST’S PoUND Australia Canada China Czech Rep. Denmark Eurozone Hong Kong Hungary Israel Japan Mexico New Zealand Norway Poland Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey United States AT A GlANCE PoPUlAR SHARES oN THE RISE Abrdn 244 +1½ AstraZeneca 8770 +226 Aviva 439½ +3½ BAE Systems 590½ +10½ BP 393¾ +5 BT Group 181 +1½ GlaxoSmithKline 1707¾ +66¾ HSBC Holdings 519 +2½ Int Consolidated Airlines 167 +1½ lloyds Banking Group 55¼ +¼ Marks & Spencer Group 223½ +¼ Natwest Group 253½ +4 Rolls-Royce Holdings 126 +¾ Royal Dutch Shell 'B' 1845½ +22¾ Royal Mail 507 +10½ Saga 307¼ +6 Sainsbury (J) 292½ +4 Tesco 289½ +4½ Vodafone Group 119 +½ whitbread 3151 +60 PoPUlAR SHARES oN THE SlIDE Barclays 214¾ -¾ Centrica 74 -½ National Grid 1080½ -½ Unilever 3662 -274½ Dollar/Yen 114.599 +0.4001 Dollar/Euro 0.876 +0.0003 oTHER INDICAToRS Base rate 0.25% Halifax mortgage rate 3.99% Retail Price Index +7.1% (CPI +5.1%) House price Index +10.2% Unemployment 1,423,000 1.84 dollar 1.66 dollar 8.04 renminbi 27.32 koruna 8.46 krone 1.18 euro 10.01 dollar 396.11 forint 3.99 shekel 148.80 yen 26.10 peso 1.93 dollar 11.47 krone 5.12 zloty 96.04 ruble 4.85 riyal 20.13 rand 11.74 krona 1.21 franc 42.83 baht 16.04 lira 1.34 dollar Unilever shares fall after £50bn GSK bid is rejected MARMITE maker Unilever yesterday defended its £50billion bid for GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare arm as the megabucks swoop triggered a slump in its share price. Unilever, whose array of brands also include Dove soap, Sure deodorant and Radox, insisted the proposed deal would be a “strong strategic fit”. The takeover would be one of the largest yet on the London market and one of biggest deals globally since the start of the pandemic. But Unilever faces a battle to land the prize as GSK has already rejected the latest offer for the business, home to Panadol painkiller. Unilever’s own investors appear unconvinced, with its share price tumbling seven per cent yesterday, wiping more than £8billion off its stock market value. Jefferies analysts said in a note: “Initial feedback on the deal from investors over the weekend has been almost uniformly negative.” GSK’s share price rose 4.1 per cent. In a stock market announcement yesterday, Unilever said it wanted to expand into “higher growth categories”. It added SOFT SOAP: new bid from Unilever By Graham Hiscott that any big-money takeover would be funded in part by selling “intrinsically lower growth brands and businesses”. It added: “We believe that this would be an attractive and synergistic combination for the shareholders of Unilever, which would also deliver value and certainty for the shareholders of GSK and Pfizer.” GSK has said that Unilever’s offer “fundamentally undervalued” the consumer healthcare division, in which US drugs company Pfizer owns a 32 per cent stake. It added that it would stick to its plan of listing the division on the stock market this year. However, reports say GSK and Pfizer would open negotiations with Unilever boss Alan Jope if it was ready to improve its bid to more than £60billion. Unilever is said to have held talks with banks about additional financing. GSK has been pursuing a separate listing of the consumer arm following pressure from investors to explore a shake-up of the company and focus on its pharmaceuticals business. Regulator widens PwC inquiry THE accountancy watchdog has broadened an investigation into PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) audit of Babcock International. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to probe PwC’s checking of the defence giant’s accounts for the years ended March 31 2019 and 52 Week Company CloSe +/- high loW 3i group .........................................1432 +16½ 1503½ 1107 a.B. Foods .....................................2123 +6 2494 1727 admiral group ............................3241 +130 3688 2850 anglo american.....................3371½ +65½ 3444 2354½ antofagasta .............................1436½ +57½ 1925 1282 ashtead group ........................5740# +46 6450 3650 astraZeneca .................................8770 +226 9444 6794 auto Trader ..................................692# +4½ 741¾ 543½ avast .................................................. 602 -1 616½ 420 aveva group ............................2951# -2 4220 2940 aviva .............................................. 439½ +3½ 440¼ 335¼ B&m europ Value Ret ............ 563¾ -1 644 496½ Bae Systems .............................. 590½ +10½ 599½ 462 Barclays ........................................ 214¾ -¾ 219 133½ Barratt Development ................ 679 +1½ 794¾ 628¼ Berkeley grp hldgs ..................4467 +10 5372¾ 4169 Bhp Billiton ..............................2412½ +34 2412½ 1835¼ Bp .................................................... 393¾ +5 395¾ 252 British amer.Tob .....................3144# +111 3144 2485½ British land ................................ 555½ +11½ 555¾ 429¾ BT group .......................................181# +1½ 205½ 122¼ Bunzl................................................2730 +36 2968 2150 Burberry group .......................1753# +34 2264 1687 Coca-Cola hBC ...........................2663 +18 2784 2160 Compass group .........................1737 +18½ 1765 1310½ CRh ..................................................3942 +66 4002 3022 Croda international ..................8534 +110 10410 6082 DCC ..................................................6274 +28 6614 5506 Diageo ........................................3733½ +16 4103½ 2812½ DS Smith ...................................... 395½ +2¼ 462¼ 358¼ electrocomponents .................1128 +20 1255 877½ entain ..............................................1728 +21½ 2377 1224½ evraz .................................................. 573 -6¾ 698¼ 491 experian group .......................3094# +17 3667 2273 Ferguson ....................................12530 +75 13305 8374 Flutter entert. ...........................11125 -150 16915 10030 Fresnillo ........................................ 804¼ -3½ 1120 745¼ glaxoSmithkline ....................1707¾ +66¾ 1737 1190¾ glencore ...................................... 411¼ +8 411¾ 237¾ 2020, as well as 2017 and 2018, after a “contract profitability and balance sheet review”. PwC said it will cooperate fully with the FRC: “Audit quality is of paramount importance.” Babcock is to use auditor Deloitte after two decades with PwC. ++ The FTSe 100 The FTSe 100 The FTSe 100 ++ 52 Week Company CloSe +/- high loW halma...........................................2670# +13 3216 2233 hargreaves lansdown ........1356½ +17 1788 1304 hikma .............................................2069 +13 2690 2061 hSBC holdings ............................. 519 +2½ 519¼ 359¾ imperial Brands ..........................1732 +22½ 1736 1333 informa......................................... 576½ +20½ 598½ 464½ interContinental htl .................4902 +25 5336 4399 intermediate Cap.grp .........1935½ +8½ 2379 1692 intertek group ............................5408 +42 6198 4775 intl Consolidated airlines ........ 167 +1½ 217¾ 125¾ iTV ................................................... 120½ +2½ 132½ 99¼ John David group ...................... 196 +3 234 149½ kingfisher .................................... 337¾ +8½ 376½ 262½ land Securities ............................. 813 +25¼ 818¼ 607 legal & general ............................ 300 +3 307¾ 244 lloyds Banking grp...................55¼ +¼ 56 33 london Stock ex........................7432 +8 9910 6502 m&g ................................................... 214 248½ 176 meggitt ........................................ 742¼ 839¼ 389 melrose ........................................ 169½ +¼ 190¾ 128¾ mondi .........................................1883½ +8 2068 1719½ national grid ........................1080½# -½ 1090 806½ builder’s costs up but prices boom building on success: Boost will aid cost of replacing cladding Taylor Wimpey said a spike in homes’ prices offset staff and materials cost increases. Pete Redfern, its chief executive, said the builder delivered an “excellent performance” last year, and demand remained strong. He expects “full-year results in line with our expectations”. It completed more than 14,000 homes last year, up by nearly half on the previous 12 months when Covid curbs closed sites for long periods. It was still around 2,000 fewer than in pre-pandemic 2019. But the average price rose by 4.2 per cent to £300,000. It has also identified the homes on which it may need to replace unsafe cladding. ‘Momentum’ boosts Mamas Mamas & Papas sales rose 30 per cent in the eight weeks to Christmas. The nursery and childrenswear chain was helped by store openings, product launches and a strong online performance. The Huddersfield-headquartered firm has 22 standalone stores, plus 52 Week Company CloSe +/- high loW natWest group ........................ 253½ +4 253¾ 147½ next ..............................................7626# +198 8426 7262 ocado .........................................1458½ +13½ 2883 1421½ pearson ............................................ 616 +11½ 869½ 571¾ pershing Square hold .............2880 +20 3115 2405 persimmon ...................................2578 +29 3238 2514 phoenix group ............................. 686 +8 759¾ 623½ polymetal intl. .............................1154 -8½ 1729 1147½ prudential .................................1312½ -4 1585½ 1172½ Reckitt Benckiser .......................6397 +202 6801 5391 RelX .................................................2249 +53 2424 1692½ Rentokil initial ........................... 521¾ +3 636¼ 464½ Rightmove .................................. 690¼ -2½ 800½ 555¾ Rio Tinto .........................................5393 +1 6658 4375½ Rolls-Royce group ...................... 126 +¾ 147½ 87 Royal mail ...................................... 507 +10½ 606½ 378¼ Ryl Dutch Shell ‘a’ ..................1842¾ +22¼ 1844 1309¼ Ryl Dutch Shell ‘B’..................1845½ +22¾ 1845½ 1246 Sage group ..............................810¼# +12 853¾ 558½ Sainsbury (J).............................. 292½ +4 340 221¼ Schroders ......................................3461 +12 3871 3358 Scottish mortgage................1149½ +9 1543½ 1017 SegRo.............................................1296 +14 1436½ 875¾ Severn Trent .................................2893 +2 2984 2168 Smith & nephew ...................1257½ -3 1668½ 1202 Smiths group ..............................1629 +28½ 1661 1355½ Smurfit kappa ............................3999 +8 4305 3318 Spirax-Sarco ..............................13510 +80 17135 10710 SSe .................................................1583# +6½ 1682 1301½ St James’s place ..........................1652 +8 1731½ 1161 Standard Chartered ................... 527 +3¾ 535½ 410 Standard life ................................. 244 +1½ 331 226½ Taylor Wimpey .......................... 160½ +6½ 191¾ 146½ Tesco.............................................. 289½ +4½ 294 219¼ Unilever ..........................................3662 -274½ 4465 3602 United Utilities .....................1064½# -1½ 1130 859¼ Vodafone group ........................119# +½ 142½ 107 Whitbread .....................................3151 +60 3595 2713 Wpp group...............................1217½ +29 1221½ 765¾ 12 concessions in branches of fashion and homewares giant Next. Mark Saunders, its chief executive, said: “We’re delighted with the performance. There’s real momentum across the business.” More concessions within Next are planned to open this year. Market report TAKEOVER fever saw the FTSE 100 gain 0.9 per cent to record its highest close in nearly two years. Unilever’s £50billion bid to bag GlaxoSmithKline’s consumer healthcare division sparked talk of a potential battle for control. Miner Glencore (up 1.9 per cent to 411.3p) and energy giants BP (up 1.29 per cent to 393.75p) and Royal Dutch Shell (up 1.21 per cent at 1,844p) were among the biggest boosts to the index. Homebuilders gained 1.0 per cent after a survey showed asking prices for homes rose by the most in annual terms in nearly six years. Taylor Wimpey rose 4.2 per cent to 160.75p after saying it expected annual results in line with its forecasts. Other big risers included Admiral (up 130p at 3,254p), and Chile-based mining firm Antofagasta (up 57.5p at 1,439p). Biggest fallers – apart from Unilever – included gambling giant Flutter (down 150p at 11,125p).

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Advance Devlpg Fund ......674 752½ 668 Albion Tech.& Gen. 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...........241 +3½ 423 232¼ Edin.Drgn.Tst. .............508 592 486 Edin.Inv.Tst. ..............657 +7 659 533 Edin.US Tracker ...........289 +1 292½ 232½ Elderstreet VCT ..........58½# 59 43½ Electra Private Eq. .......... 68 +1 670 60½ European Ass Tst. . . . . . . .131½# +1 150½ 116½ F&C Cap&Inc .............340 +5 343½ 277 F&C Inv Tst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899# +7 946 750 F&C Smaller Cos .........169# +½ 175½ 140¾ 52 WEEK CoMPANy CLoSE +/- HiGH LoW F&C US Smaller Companies 1397½ +17½ 1525 1195 Fidelity Asian ............474½ +5½ 506 418 Fidelity European ..........329 +2½ 345 263½ Fidelity Japanese ..........200 -2 261 197½ Fidelity Special ............315 +4 315 236½ Finsbury Gwth&In ..........885 930 837 Foresight Tech.VCT ........76½ 76½ 57½ Gartmore Euro. ..........1605# +5 1682½ 1370 Genesis E.M.F. ............810 +3 948 785 Graphite Ent .............1264 +16 1314 924 Hansa Tst ‘A’ .............216 236 195 Hansa Tst Plc .............215 242 196 Henderson Euro.Tst ........149 +2½ 156 139½ Henderson Far Est .........303 +4 343 288 Henderson High Inc ......182½# +5½ 190 145½ Henderson Opp Tst .......1415 +20 1602½ 1245 Herald Inv.Tst. ...........2260 -5 2630 2045 HGCapital Tst. ............427 -½ 444 308½ HSBC Infrastructure .......174¾ +¾ 179½ 160 Impax Env.Mkt ..........480½# -1½ 583 432 Int.Biotech.Tst ............672# +12 International Public ........169¾ 852 656½ +1 176¼ 160½ Invesco Asia .............364½ +4½ 420 328 Invesco Perp UK ..........616 +12 660 477½ JPM American ............753 +9 777 571 JPM Asian .............443½# +4 544 406½ JPM Claverhouse ..........778 +10 785 614 JPM Elect Man Gwth ......1085 JPM Emerg Mkt ..........125½ 1110 927½ -½ 151¾ 123½ JPM Euro Sml Co ........515# -1 582 451 JPM Global Emerging .....146# +1½ 158½ 139 JPM Indian ...............850 +14 857 673 JPM Japanese ...........590# -6 733 589 JPM Mid Cap ............1310 +20 1565 1070 JPM Overseas IT ..........462 +4 470 379 JPM Smaller Co ...........393 +10 472½ 321 JPM US Sml Co ...........442 +1 472 393½ Jupiter Euro. ..............774 -1 891 681 JZ Capital Partners .......111½ 127½ 70 Keystone Inv.Tst ...........267 -6 363 264 Law Debenture ...........830# +11 834¼ 636 Lowland Invest Co .......1445# +50 1459 1120 Majedie Inv. .............231# +3 252½ 217 Manchester&Lon. ..........537 +5 636 532 Martin Currie Prtflo Tst .....388# +1 433 349 Matrix Inc & Gwth 4 ........94¾ 99½ 69 Maven Income And Growth VCT 43½ 43½ 40 Mercantile Inv Tst .........257# +½ 291 229 Merchants Tst .............586 +9 590 438¼ Mid Wynd Int. .............812 +8 860 692 Midas Inc&Gwth Tst .......190½ +¼ 195 167¾ Monks Inv.Tst. ...........1220 1484 1200 Montanaro Euro Tst .......192½ +2½ 225½ 157½ Montanaro Uk .............156 182½ 133½ Murray Inc.Tst. ............915 +13 952 808 Murray Int.Tst ...........1180# +12 1230 1076 New India ................638 +4 660 503 New Star Inv.Tst ...........144 146 120 North Atl.Smlr.Tst .........4610 -30 4990 3815 Northern 2 VCT ..........64½# 70½ 58½ Northern Venture ..........68¾ 77¾ 64 Oxford Tech 2 VCT ........27½ 27½ 20 Oxford Tech VCT ..........27½ 29 27 Pacific Assets .............369 +9 371½ 313 Pacific Horizon ............774 -21 948 678 Pantheon Int. .............328 +4 351 236 Pershing Square Hold .....2880 +20 3115 2405 Polar Cap.Tech ..........2442 +12 2750 2085 RCM Technology Trust ....301½ +1½ 370 246 RIT Capital Partners. . . . . . . 2640 +10 2765 1992 Ruffer Investment ..........306 +1 308 261 Schroder Asia ............585# +1 683 564 Schroder Inc. ...........313½# +2½ 319½ 268 Schroder Japan ..........214½ +1½ 231 196¼ Schroder UK ..............217 -1 255 215 Schroder UK M&S ........690# +6 796 575 Scottish American .........520 +1 543 435 Scottish Inv.Tst ...........880# +10 884 694 Scottish Mortgage .......1149½ +9 1543½ 1017 Shires Inc. ...............278# +7 287½ 232½ Shires Smlr.Co ...........388# 399 306 Small Comp Div.Tst ........210 +2½ 240 165 SPARK VCT ..............21¼ 23 19 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IT ...............494 -1 510 364 Troy Inc & Growth Trust ...78¼# 82½ 68½ Value & Income .........244½# +3½ 250 190¼ Witan Inv Trust ............250 +3 257 221½ Witan Pacific ..............359 +7 640 349 Wwide Healthcare ........3350 +65 Financial Services 3960 3297½ 3i Group ................1432 +16½ 1503½ 1107 3i Infrastructure ............356 +1½ 362½ 286 Ashmore Group ..........286¼ -3¼ 479½ 279½ Brewin Dolphin ...........345# +4 406 290 Charles Stanley ...........510 -5 520 286 City Of London Group ....... 53 79¾ 46½ Guinness Peat Group ......68¼ +1¼ 79¾ 56 Hargreaves Lansdown ....1356½ +17 1788 1304 The service is provided for general information only and is not intended to address individual requirements. Appropriate independent advice should be obtained before making investment decisions. Reasonable care will be taken in ensuring the accuracy of the information provided but it may include errors, omissions or inaccuracies. SHARES AT A GLANCE 52 WEEK CoMPANy CLoSE +/- HiGH LoW IG Group ................800½ +1½ 952½ 750 Intermediate Cap.Grp ....1935½ +8½ 2379 1692 International Pers Fin ......139¼ -3 155½ 78½ IP Group ................114¼ +¼ 155¼ 93½ Jupiter Fund Man. .........244 -2 306½ 233¾ Liontrust Asset Man .......1882 +6 2485 1195 London Stock Ex. .........7432 +8 9910 6502 Lonfin ...................37½ 41½ 33 M&G ....................214 248½ 176 Man Group ..............215½ Paragon Group ............590 +3 242½ 143½ 597 439½ Provident Financial ........361½ +5¾ 381½ 184 Rathbone Brothers ........1968 +4 2065 1542 S & U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2650 -50 2950 2070 Schroders ...............3461 +12 3871 3358 Schroders NV ............2305 +5 2735 2245 St James’s Place .........1652 +8 1731½ 1161 Standard Life .............244 +1½ 331 226½ Tullett Prebon ............147¾ -2¾ 262½ 126¾ Walker Crips Group ......... 33 36½ 25½ Fixed Line Telecommunications BT Group ...............181# +1½ 205½ 122¼ Telecom Plus ............1512 -24 1612 1010 Food & Drug Retailers Greggs .................2693 -18 3416 1863 Ocado .................1458½ +13½ 2883 1421½ Sainsbury (J) ............292½ +4 340 221¼ Tesco ..................289½ +4½ Food Producers 294 219¼ A.B. Foods ..............2123 +6 2494 1727 Anglo-Eastern .............730 +20 772 562 Carr’s Milling ............155¾# +2¾ 167½ 124½ Cranswick ..............3786# -12 4148 3348 Devro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196½ -½ 227½ 155 Glanbia ................1099¼ +21 1274¾ 822 Greencore Group .........132¼ -¾ 170¾ 110¼ Kerry Grp ‘A’ Shs ........9362¼ -108¾ 10816¾ 8384 Premier Foods ............113 -¼ 122¼ 88¼ REA Holdings ............150½ +½ 159 50 Tate & Lyle ..............718¾ +½ 815¾ 629½ Unilever .................3662 -274½ 4465 3602 Gas, Water & Multiutilities Centrica ................... 74 -½ 75¼ 45½ National Grid ...........1080½# -½ 1090 806½ Pennon Group ...........1114 +4 1718¼ 1101 Severn Trent .............2893 +2 2984 2168 United Utilities ..........1064½# -1½ General industrials 1130 859¼ Bunzl ...................2730 +36 2968 2150 DS Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395½ +2¼ 462¼ 358¼ Goodwin ................3250 3935 2790 Melrose .................169½ +¼ 190¾ 128¾ Mondi .................1883½ +8 2068 1719½ Smiths Group ............1629 +28½ 1661 1355½ Smurfit Kappa ............3999 +8 4305 3318 General Retailers Auto Trader ..............692# +4½ 741¾ 543½ B&M Europ Value Ret .....563¾ -1 644 496½ Caffyns ..................575 580 345 Dignity ...................756 +35 940 511 Dixons Carphone .........104# -¾ 159¼ 102¼ Dunelm .................1366 -28 1551 1141 Findel ...................166 -2 315 160 Halfords Group ...........358# +1 435 259 Howden Joinery ..........846½ -½ 975½ 662¼ John David Group .........196 +3 234 149½ Kingfisher ...............337¾ +8½ 376½ 262½ Lookers ..................75½ +1¼ 76 21 Marks & Spencer .........223½ +¼ 256½ 129½ Next ...................7626# +198 8426 7262 Pendragon ...............23½ -¼ 24¼ 12¾ Pets At Home .............420 +2½ 519 372 RM Group ................194 255 185 Sports Direct ..............777 +2½ 813½ 425 Ted Baker ...............100¾ +2 212½ 94 Topps Tiles ..............63½# +1¼ 75½ 57½ 52 WEEK CoMPANy CLoSE +/- HiGH LoW WH Smith ..............1582½ +18 2016 1311 Health Care Equipment & Services Flying Brands ..............6¼ -¼ 10 5½ Mediclinic Intnl ...........329¾ +2½ 346½ 275¾ Smith & Nephew ........1257½ -3 1668½ 1202 Household Goods & Home Construction Barratt Development .......679 +1½ 794¾ 628¼ Bellway .................3038 +23 3712 2722 Berkeley Grp Hldgs .......4467 +10 5372¾ 4169 Bovis Homes ............1104 -1½ 1346½ 842 Colefax Group ............640 675 420 Headlam Group ...........426 +6 536 373 Mcbride ................... 54 -3 94½ 53¼ Persimmon ..............2578 +29 3238 2514 Reckitt Benckiser .........6397 +202 6801 5391 Redrow .................646¼ +9¼ 718¾ 521 Taylor Wimpey ...........160½ +6½ 191¾ 146½ industrial Engineering Castings .................367 +5 420 344 Hill & Smith ..............1582 +16 1902 1256 IMI .....................1666 +25 1838 1204 Northgate ...............423½ +1½ 443 245 Rotork ...................350 +6¼ 376½ 324 Slingsby H.C ..............230 270 190 Spirax-Sarco ............13510 +80 17135 10710 Vesuvius .................485 +8¾ 590 414 Vitec Group ..............1350 +5 1615 956 Weir Group ..............1857 +26½ 2046 1600½ Xaar ....................202½ +2½ 258½ 113 industrial Metals & Mining Bodycote .................876 +18½ 984½ 687½ Evraz ....................573 -6¾ 698¼ 491 Ferrexpo ...............266¼# -11¼ industrial Transportation 501 266¼ Braemar Shipping Serv .....276 310 175 Clarkson ................3840 +40 4180 2460 Fisher (J) & Sons ..........447 +25½ 1270 289½ John Menzies .............323 -3 353 200½ Ocean Wilsons ............935 1135 825 Royal Mail ...............507 +10½ 606½ 378¼ Stobart Group .............13½ +¼ 37¾ 12 Wincanton ................354 -2 470 265 Leisure Goods Games Workshop ........8385 -165 12220 8085 Photo-Me Intl. .............. 74 +7½ 78¾ 43¾ Life insurance Aviva ...................439½ +3½ 440¼ 335¼ Chesnara ................283 +1 314 261 Legal & General 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Diamonds ...........48¾ 78½ 44¼ 52 WEEK CoMPANy CLoSE +/- HiGH LoW Glencore ................411¼ +8 411¾ 237¾ Hochschild Mining ........119¼ -¼ 254 114½ Kenmare Res. ............458 -1 480 373 London & Ass.Prop ......... 12 18½ 8 Petra Diamonds ...........74¾ +3¾ 93½ 60½ Petropavlovsk .............16¾ -¼ 32½ 16 Polymetal Intl. ............1154 -8½ # Ex-dividend * Ex-rights a Ex-All c Ex-capitalisation † Shares suspended 1729 1147½ Rio Tinto ................5393 +1 6658 4375½ Mobile Telecommunications Vodafone Group ..........119# +½ 142½ 107 Nonequity investment instruments Oryx Int.Gwth. ............1625 -30 1940 1270 Rights &Iss.Inc ...........2700 2790 2035 Nonlife insurance Admiral Group ...........3241 +130 3688 2850 Beazley Group ............489 +7 494 294½ Direct Line Insurance ......309½ +3½ 331¾ 264 Hiscox ..................970½ +20½ 1004 770 Homeserve ..............771½ -6 1212 764 Lancashire ..............541½ +15 oil & Gas Producers 745 490¼ BP .....................393¾ +5 395¾ 252 Cairn Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 -1¼ 204½ 125½ Enquest ................... 22 -¼ 27¼ 12¼ Gulf Keystone Pet. ........211½ -½ 221½ 133¾ Premier Oil ..............379¼ -6¼ 647¼ 310 Ryl Dutch Shell ‘A’ .......1842¾ +22¼ 1844 1309¼ Ryl Dutch Shell ‘B’ .......1845½ +22¾ 1845½ 1246 Soco International .......... 27 +¼ 27¾ 17½ Tullow Oil ................55¼ +1¼ 65 25¾ oil Equipment, Services & Distribution Hunting ..................226 +5 289½ 144½ John Wood Group ........247¼ +4¾ 350¾ 177¾ Lamprell .................37¼ +¾ 82½ 31¼ Petrofac ..................151 +7 175 87¾ Personal Goods Burberry Group ..........1753# +34 2264 1687 PZ Cussons .............197½ -2 274½ 192½ Supergroup ...............253 +8 472 201 Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology AstraZeneca .............8770 +226 9444 6794 Genus ..................4174 +52 GlaxoSmithKline .........1707¾ +66¾ 6070 4135¼ 1737 1190¾ Hikma ..................2069 +13 2690 2061 Oxford Biomedica ..........994 -22 1634 921 Real Estate investment & Services Boot (Henry) .............279½ -3½ 292 252 Capital & Regional .......... 60 +3½ 91¼ 54 Cardiff Property ..........2100 2100 1720 CLS Holdings .............228 +2½ 262 203 Foxtons ..................41½ 74¼ 38¼ Grainger ...............302½# +½ 335 259½ Harworth Group ...........186 +1 191 104½ Helical Bar ...............441 +1 497 356 Mountview Est. ..........14250 +50 14750 10900 Panther Secs. ............255# 315 185 Raven Russia .............. 30 +½ 36½ 25¾ Rightmove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .690¼ -2½ 800½ 555¾ Savills ..................1410 +7 1450 1015 UK Commercial Prop .......76¾ +1 84 65 Wynnstay Props. ..........680 750 565 Real Estate investment Trusts Big Yellow Group .........1568 +1 1709 1053 British Land ..............555½ +11½ 555¾ 429¾ Capital & Counties ........177½ +3 186¼ 129½ Derwent London ..........3515 +68 3802 3106 F&C Commercial .........111# +3½ 111½ 70 Great Portland Est. ........776½ +14 803½ 618¼ Hammerson ............... 36 44¼ 19¼ Highcroft Inv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 905 925 680 Land Securities ............813 +25¼ 818¼ 607 London & Stamford Prop ...269½ +1¼ 285¼ 206¼ Mckay Secs. ..............234 +5 239 191 Primary Health ..........147¼# +1 169½ 144 SEGRO .................1296 +14 1436½ 875¾ Shaftesbury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642# +14 669 511½ Town Centre ............160½# +½ 163 109 Unite Group ............1065½ +5½ 1237 930 Workspace Group ........860# +18 971 700 Software & Computer Services Avast ....................602 -1 616½ 420 Aveva Group ...........2951# -2 4220 2940 Computacenter ...........2730 +44 3030 2086 Gresham Computing .......180 +2½ 183 152 Intec Telecom ............71¾ Just Eat Takeaway ........3958 -31½ 8550 3530 Micro Focus .............451½ +13½ 587½ 333 Microgen .................537 +21 725 506 Moneysupermarket .......208½ +2½ 305½ 197¾ Sage Group ............810¼# +12 853¾ 558½ St.Ives ...................272 +5 348 139 Triad Group .............142½ +8½ 150 65 Support Services Ashtead Group ..........5740# +46 6450 3650 Capita Group .............37¼ 52¾ 32¼ Costain Group ............. 51 -1½ 69½ 47 DCC ...................6274 +28 6614 5506 De La Rue ..............156½ -1 207 139½ Diploma .................2916 +20 3460 2072 Electrocomponents .......1128 +20 1255 877½ Essentra .................354 +2½ 357 251 52 WEEK CoMPANy CLoSE +/- HiGH LoW Euromoney Inst. ..........935# +40 1108 890 Experian Group .........3094# +17 3667 2273 Ferguson ...............12530 +75 13305 8374 Hays ....................158 Inchcape ................894½ +15 -½ 176¾ 137¾ 933 639½ Intertek Group. . . . . . . . . . . . 5408 +42 6198 4775 London Security ..........2750 2800 2220 Macfarlane Group .........135 +3 145 82½ Mears Group .............195 224 148 Michael Page .............621 +2½ 680½ 441½ Mitie Group ..............62¾# +1¼ 77¼ 41¾ Norish .................... 20 177½ 10 Paypoint .................691 +5 741 566 Rentokil Initial ............521¾ +3 636¼ 464½ Ricardo Group ............456 +2 490 363 Robert Walters ............862 878 510 RPS Group ...............122 +¾ 130 72¾ Serco Group .............135¾ -¼ 145¾ 117 Shanks Group ............697 -10 840 392 SIG .....................44¼ +½ 63½ 28¾ Smiths News .............38# -¼ 45½ 26 Speedy Hire .............60¼# 81 59 SThree ..................431 +½ 602 317 Travis Perkins ...........1574½ +10½ 1830 1349½ Trifast ..................161½ -1½ 165 124 Technology Hardware & Equipment BATM Advanced ........... 77 -½ 122½ 74¾ Spirent ..................235½ +1½ 300¼ 228½ Tobacco British Amer.Tob .........3144# +111 3144 2485½ Imperial Brands ..........1732 +22½ 1736 1333 Travel & Leisure 888 Holdings. . . . . . . . . . . . .268½ -½ 478 265¼ Air Partner ................. 88 99¼ 64¼ Carnival ................1523½ +28 1865½ 1165 Celtic ...................102½ 127½ 94½ Compass Group ..........1737 +18½ 1765 1310½ Domino’s Pizza ...........431½ +1¼ 465¼ 301½ EasyJet .................639¾ +4¼ 922 486 Entain 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DX1ST 50 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Racing GET ALL THE BREAKING SPORTS NEWS ONLINE express.co.uk/sport Trust in Maretti OMAR MARETTI (2.55, nap) should be tuned up to take the Sky Sports Chase at Newcastle. The eight-year-old, trained by Alex Hales, went down fighting behind the more experienced Bobhopeornohope at Market Rasen on his chasing debut last month. LADY ADARE (3.55, treble) appears to have a penalty kick in the finale. By The Scout SERIOUS CHARGES (2.10, nb) can open his account over hurdles at Exeter for his in-form trainer Anthony Honeyball, left. The five-yearold was second behind Libberty Hunter, the impressive winner of his two recent starts, in a competitive bumper at Chepstow last month. SOCCERBETTINGHOTLINE We’vebeenfindingwinnersfor30years WinnersintheUK,EuropeandAustralia Atleastthreebankersandnapseveryweek Cal09057570144 Calswilcost£1perminuteplusyourtelephonecompany’snetworkaccesscharge.LinesupdatedTuesday, Wednesday,FridayandSaturdayfrom1pm.ServiceProvider:Spoke.Helpdesk03332023390. REDHOTBOOKIEBASHER SUPERBWINNERSMONTHAFTERMONTH FROMMYWELCONECTEDCONTACTS BIGWINNINGDAY>LINEDUPTODAY Cal09061749389 Lineupdatesat 10amand4pmdaily Linesupdatedat10am&4pmdaily.Calswilcost£1.50perminuteplusyourtelephonecompany’snetworkaccess charge.SP:Spoke.Helpdesk03332023390.BookieBashermaycontactyoubySMSwithofers-Tooptinto receivingadviceandinformationtextBBYESsendto84902(networkchargeonlyapplies) clash of the titans assistant and the son of Willie Mullins, said: “Energumene is Ascot duel entered for Saturday. On the gallops there are three horses that catch your eye every day edges closer and he’s one of them. Until we see something else, we think he By Chris Goulding Saturday’s eagerly awaited showdown between Shishkin is as good as anything.” Shishkin, an impressive winner at Kempton last month, heads the Coral betting at 4-9, and Energumene at Ascot with Energumene 9-4. First remains on the cards as the big two headline five confirmations Flow, Hitman and Amoola Gold complete the field. for the SBK Clarence House Meanwhile, Henderson led THE BIG Chase. the praise for Jerry McGrath MATCH: Nicky Henderson’s Shishkin, after the jockey announced his Shishkin last year’s Arkle winner, is could face retirement yesterday. McGrath, undefeated in six starts over Energumene 31, was forced to hang up his fences, while the Willie on Saturday boots after a fall at Lingfield a Mullins-trained Energumene is year ago left its mark. unbeaten in his five chases. “He’s a wonderful horseman The pair were due to meet in other this March in the like there will be!” joked and the nicest guy you’ll ever the 2021 Arkle at Cheltenham Champion Chase. Henderson about the come across,” said the trainer, only for Energumene to suffer “I’d prefer it if there was a possibility of Energumene who gave McGrath his most a late setback, and they are ferry strike in Ireland or making the trip to Ascot from notable success on Beware The also expected to face each something, but it doesn’t look Co Carlow. Patrick Mullins, Bear at the 2019 Festival. 1.10 NOVICES’ LIMITED HANDICAP CHASE £9,040 (Class 3) 3m 54yds (5 declared) 1 113-3U2 GUSTAVIAN (13) A Honeyball 7 11-8..........................R Dingle ★145 2 1LPL-1L ● BEATTHEBULLET (20) (C&D) R Curtis 8 11-2.. S Bowen 139 3 3/B12-2P GOSHEVEN (17) P Hobbs 9 10-12.......................... T J O’Brien 139 4 4-L22L3 HUNTSMANS JOG (33) F O’Brien 8 10-9......L Harrison(3) 142 5 P212-L1 MORODER (28) Seamus Mullins 8 10-4....................... J Best 141 VISOR: No. 4 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 3 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 3. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 2, 1, 4, 5. SP FORECAST: 13-8 Gustavian, 11-4 Moroder, 7-2 Huntsmans Jog, 7 Gosheven, 15-2 Beatthebullet. 2021: No corresponding race. 1.40 MARES’ MAIDEN HURDLE £4,084 (4) 2m 7f 25yds (8) 1 8-5L CASTKITELLO (18) Ben Clarke 6 11-6....................B R Jones 81 2 1/8-2 DON’T RIGHTLY KNOW (32) P Gundry 7 11-6................... Doubtful 116 3 123 EUREKA CREEK (32) E Lavelle 6 11-6................... T Bellamy ★121 4 31-5 GLANCING GLORY (32) K Bailey 6 11-6.......................D Bass 108 5 2 ICONIC ROCK (59) W Greatrex 6 11-6..................G Sheehan — 6 65 KHALINA STAR (36) A Honeyball 5 11-6..................R Dingle — 7 60-LLL KIWI LING (22) Mrs F M Shaw 7 11-6......................D Noonan 68 8 32-23 ● MISS FAIRFAX (27) (S) H Morrison 6 11-6.T J O’Brien 117 TONGUE STRAP: No. 6 HOOD: No. 5. SP FORECAST: 6-4 Miss Fairfax, 5-2 Eureka Creek, 5 Iconic Rock, 6 Glancing Glory, 10 Khalina Star, 33 Kiwi Ling, 50 Castkitello. 2021: Hudson Yard 7-11-2, Gavin Sheehan 12-1 (J Snowden), 12 ran. 2.10 Exeter RACINGTV JACKPOT: www.totepoolliveinfo.com TRY RACING TV FOR FREE MAIDEN HURDLE £4,084 (4) 2m 161yds (12) 1 L BLAKEY BEAR (28) N Mulholland 6 11-6..S Twiston-Davies — 2 094 KEPLERIAN (12) Nick Williams 5 11-6...Chester Williams(3) 101 3 3 MINI YEATS (10) Mitchell Hunt 5 11-6.......Charlie Price(3) ★110 4 5-6F PER VINO VERITAS (35) C Tizzard 7 11-6............H Cobden 103 5 SADLER’S BAY T R Gretton 5 11-6................................. J Best — 6 540 SCARFACE (32) C Tizzard 5 11-6...........................B J Powell — 7 2-2 ● SERIOUS CHARGES (45) (S) A Honeyball 5 11-6...R Dingle — 8 3 STRINGTOYOURBOW (268) Christian Williams 5 11-6...J Tudor(3) — 9 F4 TOKYO LIVE (188) V Williams 5 11-6.....................C Deutsch — 10 3/ WHAT A MUDDLE (1323) Christian Williams 8 11-6 Mr E Collier(7) — 11 40L FIREFLY LANE (19) J Frost 6 10-13.................... M Kendrick 55 12 LF0 LADY IRONSIDE (23) C J Gray 5 10-13........ Sean Houlihan 62 SP FORECAST: 6-4 Serious Charges, 4 Scarface, 5 Mini Yeats, 6 Tokyo Live, 10 Keplerian, 12 Stringtoyourbow, 16 Per Vino Veritas, 25 Sadler’s Bay, What A Muddle, 66 Others. 2021: Patroclus 5-11-4, Nico De Boinville 6-5 Fav (N Henderson), 18 ran. TRACK FACTS: GOING: Soft. Right Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2017-22): Harry Cobden 19% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2017-22): C Tizzard 16% Strike rate. BEATEN FAVOURITES: 1.10 Gustavian(hcp ch). 1.40 Miss Fairfax. 2.40 Not Sure(hcp hdl). 3.10 Templier(hcp ch). 4.10 Firestream. 2.40 EVERY RACE ON RACING TV H’CAP HDL £5,065 (4) 2m 2f 111yds (16) 1 P1P-127 PARADISE ISLAND (84) (D) D Pipe 6 12-0....P Armson(7) 97 2 23/22-PP MANVERS HOUSE (45) R Walford 9 11-12................... J Best 124 3 41 ● SEVENTEEN O FOUR (22) D Pipe 5 11-12....F Gillard(3) 121 4 L247-1L CAWTHORNE LAD (49) Jonjo O’Neill 6 11-10...Jonjo O’Neill Jr 92 5 73/L232- TREMWEDGE (274) A King 6 11-9.............................T Cannon 118 6 3FL-LL4 NICKELSONTHEDIME (46) K Woollacott 8 11-7...T Scudamore 117 7 63LP-LP BORN IN BORRIS (40) C Tizzard 8 11-7.................H Cobden — 8 83/1PP-L SASTRUGA (101) R G Hawker 9 11-7...........Mr R Hawker(5) 81 9 867355- GASTARA (288) R G Hawker 7 11-4.................. K Brogan(3) 118 10 438-U73 STRATTON OAKMONT (39) K Woollacott 6 11-4 S Twiston-Davies 111 11 066-46 NO HUBS NO HOOBS (46) C Tizzard 6 11-4.......B J Powell 114 12 5244-L3 NOT SURE (34) Kerry Lee 6 11-3............................. R Patrick 122 13 662-LPL TRUMP LADY (18) Harriet Brown 7 10-11...... T Doggrell(7) 120 14 50-3P7P PORTENTOSO (23) (D) S Holdsworth 7 10-11 Miss T Eyston(7) ★127 15 7765/58- SHOW ON THE ROAD (388) (C) Mrs F M Shaw 11 10-7.. D Noonan — 16 L/LP3-L4 DAYTIME AHEAD (17) (C&D) C Down 11 10-1 Mr Jack Martin(7) 116 BLINKERS: Nos. 1, 14 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 6 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 3, 12. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 7, 4, 16, 6, 1, 14, 3, 15, 13. SP FORECAST: 11-4 Seventeen O Four, 5 Tremwedge, 15-2 Cawthorne Lad, 8 Not Sure, 10 No Hubs No Hoobs, 12 Nickelsonthedime, Manvers House, Paradise Island, 14 Others. 2021: Ruby Yeats 10-11-10, Joshua Moore 16-1 (G L Moore), 13 ran. 3.10 THE SCOUT 1.10 Beatthebullet 1.40 Miss Fairfax 2.10 SERIOUS CHARGES (nb) 2.40 Seventeen O Four 3.10 Branson Missouri 3.40 Firenzo 4.10 Kitaway RACING TV FREE FOR A MONTH H’CAP HDL £3,540 (5) 2m 161yds (13) 1 5PL-P35 ARDMAYLE (29) A Stronge 10 12-0..........................A Wedge — 2 524461 ● BRANSON MISSOURI (18) (F) H Dunlop 6 11-13 S Twiston-Davies 102 3 37-2133 SABBATHICAL (13) E Williams 7 11-12...Isabel Williams(5) 105 4 22742P CHANTILLY HAZE (35) P C Dando 7 11-6.............. C Ring(3) 106 5 UP4-FL9 BLACKTHORN WINTER (198) R G Hawker 8 11-3....K Buckley(5) 102 6 L7L/063- THEDANCINGMAN (309) Mrs L Young 9 11-0...M Bastyan(3) 104 7 56-696L LIGHTNING GOLD (7) L Hurley 7 11-0...............N Scholfield 107 8 382 OLLY’S FOLLY (40) M Gillard 8 10-11.................F Gillard(3) ★108 9 P32413 TEMPLIER (13) Mrs K Stephens 9 10-9........................ J Best 97 10 2-0L5 IMPERIAL JOE (17) T Dennis 6 10-4............. Sean Houlihan 98 11 9F00/F HARTLAND QUAY (32) N Hawke 7 10-4......... T Buckley(5) — 12 F/3L9-P MISTER MORETTI (33) B Barr 7 10-3...............Paul O’Brien — 13 23L500 MASTER MIKEY DEE (14) Mrs R Ford 7 10-0.. R McLernon 104 TONGUE STRAP: No. 9. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 9. SP FORECAST: 11-4 Branson Missouri, 7-2 Templier, 9-2 Sabbathical, 7 Ardmayle, 15-2 Thedancingman, 10 Chantilly Haze, 12 Olly’s Folly, 16 Imperial Joe, 33 Others. 2021: Neetside 9-11-8, Sean Houlihan(3) 2-1 Fav (T Dennis), 12 ran. 3.40 WATCH RACING TV IN HD H’CAP CHASE £3,812 (5) 2m 3f 48yds (17) 1 943-3LL KEEP MOVING (73) (D) P Hobbs 10 11-12.......... T J O’Brien ★118 2 4/63-605 GETMEGOLD (42) C Tizzard 7 11-11.......................B J Powell 97 3 09PLP0 YOU SAY NOTHING (40) Christian Williams 7 11-8...J Tudor(3) 91 4 11L4L/4- SHINTORI (438) (D) Jack Barber 10 11-5.........N Scholfield — 5 1P2P63 TUDORS TREASURE (17) (C&D) R Stephens 11 11-4...C Gethings 112 6 3P0-533 EROS (18) K Woollacott 8 11-3............................B Godfrey(3) 110 7 75653-4 DOYANNIE (63) Jack Barber 8 11-2.......................L Williams 86 8 664-5LP ENTRE DEUX (42) P Henderson 8 11-1......... Sean Houlihan 106 9 PP8-L1P FORGET YOU NOT (67) (C&D) Miss J Du Plessis 7 10-5 D Noonan 107 10 LL98/L-5 ● FIRENZO (36) R Walford 7 10-5............................... J Best 105 11 3/3650-P MENAPIAN (69) Mrs H Nelmes 11 10-1.......Charlie Price(3) — 12 P/88P4P- WHAT A BALOO (280) J Frost 7 10-0............... M Kendrick — 13 L6LL/8-P MUDDLE THINKING (33) Christian Williams 8 10-0 Mr E Collier(7) — 14 U123/LF ERICAS LAD (8) (C) Miss J Du Plessis 11 10-0.... H Kimber(7) — 15 6P9-6L9 SAM HAZE (14) P C Dando 8 10-0........................... C Ring(3) — 16 5442/95 SCRUMPY BOY (7) K Burke 10 10-0...........................A Johns — 17 2-3PLP6 TREACYS JIM (8) J Frost 8 10-0......................A Cheleda(5) 92 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 8, 9, 12, 16 CHEEK PIECES: No. 1 HOOD: Nos. 3, 7. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 8, 14, 4, 5, 3. SP FORECAST: 4 Tudors Treasure, 11-2 Getmegold, 15-2 Eros, Keep Moving, 8 Firenzo, Shintori, Doyannie, 10 Forget You Not, 12 Others. 2021: No corresponding race. 4.10 OPEN NH FLAT RACE £1,906 (5) 2m 161yds (10) 1 ARDENAY Christian Williams 5 11-6...................... J Tudor(3) — 2 CHEF BOGO O Signy 5 11-6.......................................G Sheehan — 3 EXMOOR FOREST B Lund 5 11-6..............................C Deutsch — 4 42 FIRESTREAM (46) A Honeyball 5 11-6.................A Coleman ★111 5 6 ● KITAWAY (76) E Williams 5 11-6...........................A Wedge 103 6 3 LEISSIERES EXPRESS (40) J Scott 5 11-6..............R Dingle 100 7 1 PIMLICO POINT (247) Kerry Lee 5 11-6................ R Patrick — 8 2-3 THE TURTLE SAID (56) N Mulholland 5 11-6 S Twiston-Davies 98 9 9 GRACEFULL DANCER (47) J Frost 4 10-7...Mr Jack Martin(7) 74 10 6 IRON WINGS (70) N Hawke 4 10-7................... T Buckley(5) 88 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 7, 10 HOOD: Nos. 2, 3. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 7. SP FORECAST: 2 Firestream, 4 Leissieres Express, 9-2 Pimlico Point, 6 The Turtle Said, 10 Kitaway, 12 Chef Bogo, 14 Iron Wings, 16 Ardenay, 25 Others. 2021: Del La Mar Rocket 5-11-4, David Bass 5-1 (B Pauling), 13 ran. FIRST TIME: 1.10 Gosheven (cheek pieces, tongue strap), 1.40 Iconic Rock (hood), Khalina Star (tongue strap), 2.40 Sastruga (wind surgery), Manvers House (cheek pieces), Paradise Island (tongue strap), 3.40 Entre Deux (wind surgery), What A Baloo (tongue strap, wind surgery), 4.10 Iron Wings (tongue strap, wind surgery), Chef Bogo (hood), Exmoor Forest (hood), Pimlico Point (tongue strap, wind surgery). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Not Sure (2.40) & Pimlico Point (4.10) 152 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 1.40 Iconic Rock from S Crawford in Ireland to W Greatrex. 2.10 Stringtoyourbow from Donnchadh Doyle in Ireland to Christian Williams, Tokyo Live from F Nicolle in France to V Williams, What A Muddle from G L Moore to Christian Williams. 2.40 Gastara from J Farrelly to R G Hawker, Paradise Island from D Satalia to D Pipe. 3.10 Blackthorn Winter from J Farrelly to R G Hawker. 4.10 Pimlico Point from C Bowe in Ireland to Kerry Lee. CHEPSTOW: Soft 12.30—MAYHEM MYA (D Noonan, 0‐0 fav) 1; Jen’s Georgie (22‐1) 2; Not Long Now (40‐1) 3. 10 ran. 17l, 10l. (Chris Honour). Tote: £1.30; pl £1.02, £4.30, £7.40. exacta: £11.60. trifecta: £103.10. CSF: £14.62. 1.00—LANSPARK (B J Powell, 10‐1) 1; Caswell Bay (6‐1) 2; Red Lion Lad (13‐2) 3. H’cap 9 ran. 1l, 5 1 /2l. (C Tizzard; 3-1 fav Kenyan Cowboy). Tote: £12.00; pl £3.40, £2.20, £2.20. exacta: £102.80. tricast: £425.03. trifecta: £677.80. CSF: £69.52. Non-runner: Auenwirbel. 1.30—EVERYTHING’SONTICK (D Bass, 5‐2 2nd fav) 1; Buck’s Boggle (2‐1 fav) 2; Sam’s The Man (18‐1) 3. 11 ran. 11l, 3 /4l. (Mrs L Hill). Tote: £3.50; pl £1.40, £1.30, £2.70. exacta: £10.70. trifecta: £87.10. CSF: £8.56. Non-runner: Labei Vitesse. 2.00—FRENCHY DU LARGE (C Deutsch, 11‐8 fav) 1; Eden Du Houx (16‐5) 2; Firak (11‐2) 3. H’cap 4 ran. 1l, 9l. (V Williams). Tote: £2.38; exacta: £4.90. trifecta: £14.70. CSF: £5.82. 2.35—WEST TO THE BRIDGE (H Skelton, 9‐4 fav) 1; Bellatrixsa (5‐1) 2; Nordano (3‐1 jt 2nd fav) 3. H’cap 5 ran. 9 1 /2l, 22l. (D Skelton). Tote: £3.25; pl £1.70, £1.70. exacta: £10.30. trifecta: £33.80. CSF: £12.95. 3.10—ELEANOR BOB (C Deutsch, 7‐2) 1; Barden Bella (3‐1 fav) 2; Glorious Lady (15‐2) 3. H’cap 7 ran. 4 1 /4l, 12l. (V Williams). Tote: £4.50; pl £2.20, £2.10. exacta: £15.20. trifecta: £79.40. CSF: £14.36. 3.45—ROCK OF STAR (A Wedge, 4‐1 jt fav) 1; Breizh Alko (4‐1 jt fav) 2; True Thoughts (9‐2) 3. H’cap 10 ran. 4 1 /2l, 8l. (Alexandra Dunn). Tote: £5.10; pl £2.10, £1.40, £2.00. exacta: £24.70. tricast: £72.99. trifecta: £106.10. CSF: £20.84. Non-runner: Bullion. 4.15—AFTER THE FOX (Chester Williams, 3‐1 jt fav) 1; Mickyh (10‐1) 2; C’est Quelqu’un (17‐2) 3. H’cap 10 ran. 3 1 /4l, 4 1 /4l. (Mrs J Williams; 3-1 jtfav Shutthegate). Tote: £4.00; pl £1.60, £2.40, £2.50. exacta: £29.20. tricast: £232.97. trifecta: £262.90. CSF: £33.37. Non-runner: Amlovi. Placepot: £40.90 (Race 1) 9, 8, 3; (2) 7, 3, 2; (3) 3, 1, 11; (4) 3; (5) 1, 3; (6) 1, 3; Quadpot: £6.20 FAKENHAM: Good to soft-soft in places 1.10—GOOD IMPRESSION (B R Jones, 4‐1) 1; One Last Glance (6‐4 fav) 2; Clear The Runway RESULTS (9‐4 2nd fav) 3. H’cap 6 ran. 3 1 /2l, 9l. (D Burchell). Tote: £5.00; pl £2.20, £1.10. exacta: £11.40. trifecta: £35.30. CSF: £11.04. 1.40—THIRTYFOURSTITCHES (T Bellamy, 9‐4 2nd fav) 1; William Cody (13‐2) 2; Sure Touch (15‐8 fav) 3. H’cap 5 ran. 1 /2l, 3 /4l. (Dr R Newland). Tote: £3.25; pl £1.50, £2.70. exacta: £14.80. trifecta: £33.70. CSF: £15.73. 2.15—AJAY’S WAYS (K Woods, 13‐8 fav) 1; Dubai Guest (4‐1 jt 2nd fav) 2; Rostello (4‐1 jt 2nd fav) 3. H’cap 6 ran. 1 /2l, 7 1 /2l. (F O’Brien). Tote: £2.63; pl £1.40, £2.00. exacta: £7.80. trifecta: £29.70. CSF: £8.02. 2.50—MIDNIGHT MARY (C Gethings, 3‐1 2nd fav) 1; Ratoute Yutty (50‐1) 2; Tiny Tantrum (6‐5 fav) 3. H’cap 7 ran. 2 1 /2l, nk. (S Edmunds). Tote: £4.00; pl £1.90, £11.00. exacta: £75.00. trifecta: £198.30. CSF: £85.38. 3.20—SOMEKINDOFSTAR (J Quinlan, 85‐40 fav) 1; Doukarov (5‐2 2nd fav) 2; Monarchofthegrange (25‐1) 3. H’cap 6 ran. 1 1 /4l, 11l. (L Wadham). Tote: £3.13; pl £1.60, £1.50. exacta: £7.20. trifecta: £70.20. CSF: £7.80. 3.55—MISTRAL NELL (Bryony Frost, 11‐4 2nd fav) 1; Bounce Back (6‐4 fav) 2; Isle Of Rona (9‐2) 3. 9 ran. 5l, 6l. (L Wadham). Tote: £3.75; pl £1.50, £1.20, £1.30. exacta: £8.50. trifecta: £32.00. CSF: £7.24. Placepot: £64.90 (Race 1) 6, 3; (2) 3, 4; (3) 6, 4; (4) 2, 7; (5) 3, 2; (6) 5, 7, 3. Quadpot: £8.40 WOLVERHAMPTON: Standard 4.30—LITTLE RAVEN (C Shepherd, 5‐1) 1; Twistaline (11‐4 fav) 2; Fidha (7‐1) 3. H’cap 10 ran. nk, 3l. (G Boughey). Tote: £6.20; pl £2.00, £1.20, £2.50. exacta: £21.60. tricast: £96.14. trifecta: £125.00. CSF: £18.89. Non-runner: Cicely. 5.00—MUDLAHHIM (Miss Mia Biggs, 3‐1 2nd fav) 1; Kodi Gold (13‐2) 2; I Am A Dreamer (6‐1) 3. 6 ran. 1 1 /2l, 1 /2l. (K P De Foy; 10-11 fav Giuseppe Cassioli). Tote: £4.00; pl £1.90, £2.90. exacta: £18.40. trifecta: £55.10. CSF: £21.26. Non-runner: One Hart. 5.30—DESERT LIME (Harry Davies, 4‐1 2nd fav) 1; Water Of Leith (6‐1) 2; Patsy Fagan (7‐4 fav) 3. H’cap 9 ran. 1 /2l, 1 /2l. (G Boughey). Tote: £5.00; pl £1.70, £1.60, £1.30. exacta: £35.60. tricast: £55.86. trifecta: £115.00. CSF: £28.17. 6.00—CIVIL LAW (J Mitchell, 7‐2) 1; Society Red (7‐1) 2; Byford (2‐1 fav) 3. H’cap 8 ran. 3 /4l, ns. (R Teal). Tote: £4.50; pl £1.50, £2.00, £1.10. exacta: £28.80. tricast: £59.89. trifecta: £103.80. CSF: £26.66. 6.30—RAINBOW DREAMER (H Doyle, 1‐3 fav) 1; Earlofthecotswolds (9‐1) 2; Clap Your Hands (9‐2 2nd fav) 3. 4 ran. 1 1 /2l, 4 1 /2l. (A King). Tote: £1.34; exacta: £3.50. trifecta: £6.00. CSF: £4.03. Non-runner: Protected Guest. 7.00—ZAIN SARINDA (L Morris, 15‐8 fav) 1; Base Note (9‐4 2nd fav) 2; Grand Alliance (11‐4) 3. 11 ran. 1 1 /4l, 3 /4l. (Tom Clover). Tote: £2.88; pl £1.20, £1.10, £1.20. exacta: £7.20. trifecta: £17.40. CSF: £6.23. 7.30—ALMUFEED (Grace McEntee, 10‐11 fav) 1; Dandy Maestro (4‐1 2nd fav) 2; Mitigator (33‐1) 3. H’cap 10 ran. 1 3 /4l, 3 /4l. (S Curran). Tote: £1.91; pl £1.10, £1.60, £7.80. exacta: £6.30. tricast: £68.40. trifecta: £88.80. CSF: £4.42. Non-runners: Allowed, Diamond Jill. Jackpot: £6,024.10 Placepot: £15.70 (Race 1) 6, 5, 4; (2) 2, 7; (3) 9, 5, 2; (4) 7, 6, 3; (5) 5; (6) 8, 5, 6; Quadpot: £2.30

‘NEWCOMERS’ NH FLAT RACE (AW) 12.50 £2,614 (5) 2m 56yds (10 dec) 1 ASKALLI G Bewley 5 11 6................................J Bewley(3) 2 BINGOO J Moffatt 6 11 6...................Charlotte Jones(5) 3 ● RI NA FARRAIGE (F) R Fahey 5 11 6..........B Hughes 4 TOP VILLE BOBBY P Kirby 5 11 6.........J Williamson(5) 5 AMBER GOLD M Walford 5 10 13.....................J Hamilton 6 ELENA DE LA VEGA M Hammond 5 10 13 Emma Smith-Chaston(7) 7 MISS MAPLE W Coltherd 5 10 13.....................S Coltherd 8 SYLTEZAR Ewan Whillans 5 10 13......................C Bewley 9 BOOT ‘N’ SHOE R Menzies 4 10 7............N Moscrop(3) 10 TANGIERS N Alexander 4 10 0..................D McMenamin W-Factor: . SP FORECAST: 2 Ri Na Farraige, 4 Top Ville Bobby, 11-2 Boot ‘n’ Shoe, 10 Elena De La Vega, Bingoo, 12 Tangiers, Syltezar, 14 Askalli, Amber Gold, 16 Miss Maple. NOVICES’ HANDICAP HURDLE 1.25 £6,535 (4) 2m 46yds (11) 1 832 KIHAVAH (23) A Keatley 5 12 1...................T Midgley(7) 2 194 TOMMYDAN (107) (D) J Candlish 7 11 12.....Sean Quinlan 3 152 EL JEFE (17) A B Hamilton 5 11 10.........W Shanahan(7) 4 L61 TWOSHOTSOFTEQUILA (23) R Menzies 5 11 10 N Moscrop(3) 5 4-64 NORTH PARADE (37) Sue Smith 7 11 0............. R Mania 6 P87 HIGH SHERIFF (140) Kenny Johnson 8 10 13 Alison Johnson(7) 7 0L6 JACK YEATS (15) W Coltherd 6 10 13............S Coltherd 8 316 MONJULES (47) J Norton 4 10 11......................C Bewley 9 542 ● OOT MA WAY (17) I Jardine 4 10 4.........C O’Farrell 10 LLL TRAC (23) M Hammond 5 10 0.........................A Cawley 11 5-55 LIZZIE LOCH (29) Ewan Whillans 6 10 0.... Craig Nichol TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 3, 6 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 7, 9, 10 HOOD: Nos. 3, 4, 6. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 3, 4. W-: Oot Ma Way (116); North Parade (114); El Jefe (112). SP FORECAST: 10-3 El Jefe, 7-2 Kihavah, 4 Oot Ma Way, 5 Twoshotsoftequila, 8 North Parade, 10 Tommydan, 16 Others. 1.55 4.20 BETWAY INSIDER HANDICAP £3,510 (5) 4f 214yds (10 dec) 1 (9) 4L0- THE CRUISING LORD (45) S Hodgson 6 9 10 Doubtful 2 (4) 13-3 ROYDMOOR (8) (D) R Fahey 4 9 7......C Murtagh(3) 3 (2) 3/5-4 DREAM GAME (13) (D,F) Matt Crawley 5 9 5 G Rooke(3) 4 (1) 31-3 THE THIN BLUE LINE (17) (C&D,T) K Dalgleish 4 9 5 C Rodriguez 5 (7) 149- FINE WINE (39) (D) S Dixon 5 9 4.......... J Fisher(5) 6 (3) 03-9 MOONRAKER (17) (C&D) M Appleby 10 9 2 T Ladd(3) 7 (8) L6-L SCALE FORCE (5) (C&D) G Kelleway 6 9 2 Bradley Furniss(7) 8 (10) L3-4 NOT NOW ZEB (17) (D) S Dixon 5 9 1...........K O’Neill 9 (6) 73-1 ● BERT KIBBLER (17) (C&D,F) T D Barron 4 9 0 C Beasley 10 (5) 37-L MOKAMAN (16) (D) G Tuer 4 8 12.................S James BLINKERS: Nos. 5, 7, 8 CHEEK PIECES: No. 6. W-Factor: Bert Kibbler (87); The Thin Blue Line (86); Mokaman (85). SP FORECAST: 11-4 Bert Kibbler, 7-2 The Thin Blue Line, 4 Roydmoor, 6 Dream Game, 7 Not Now Zeb, 16 Others. 4.50 DFE ELECTRICAL HANDICAP CHASE £7,080 (4) 2m 75yds (8) 1 L64 CENOTICE (35) (D) D McCain 8 11 12...........T Gillard(5) 2 235 BABY KING (79) (D,T) T R George 13 11 8.... J J Burke 3 111 GALLIC GEORDIE (20) (D,T) S Drinkwater 9 11 5 J Bowen 4 531 DA VINCI HAND (21) (D) J E Foster 7 11 4.. Craig Nichol 5 P1L ● TRESHNISH (20) (C&D) Sue Smith 9 11 3 T Willmott(5) 6 L-14 TIME LEADER (50) T Reed 8 10 8.........................H Reed 7 P-16 ROLLERRULER (37) (D) W Coltherd 8 10 5.....S Coltherd 8 LLP BIG BOLD GOLD (21) Kenny Johnson 8 10 0 Alison Johnson(7) BLINKERS: No. 1 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 2, 4 CHEEK PIECES: No. 5 HOOD: No. 6. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5. W-Factor: Treshnish (123); Baby King (122); Gallic Geordie (121). SP FORECAST: 15-8 Gallic Geordie, 4 Rollerruler, 5 Da Vinci Hand, 7 Treshnish, 15-2 Time Leader, 8 Cenotice, 10 Others. Southwell SSR THE SCOUT 4.20 Bert Kibbler 6.20 Carausius 4.50 Iesha 6.50 Lord Neidin 5.20 Papas Girl 7.20 Ringo Starlight 5.50 Second Kingdom 7.50 Bomb Squad BETWAY HANDICAP (DIV 1) £2,970 (6) 4f 214yds (10) 1 (5) 53-1 COOLAGH MAGIC (4) (C&D) R Brisland 6 9 10 C Howarth(7) 2 (3) 6L-0 BRANDY STATION (7) (C&D) L Williamson 7 9 7 Z Wheatley(7) 3 (8) 505- AMAZING AMAYA (22) (C&D) D Shaw 7 9 7 Morgan Cole(7) 4 (2) 60-0.● IESHA (13) C Wallis 4 9 7......................... C Beasley 5 (4) 6/84- CLEAR ANGEL (28) S Corbett 4 9 5.....P Mulrennan 6 (10) 88-0.MAY THE SIXTH (7) (D) S Dixon 5 9 5........K O’Neill 7 (9) 8-09 HELMORA (7) M Appleby 4 9 5....................T Ladd(3) 8 (1) 663- QAARAAT (33) (C&D,F) A Brittain 7 9 4....C Hardie 9 (7) 90-3 RHUBARB (11) R J Price 5 9 0..........................H Doyle 10 (6) 760- TILSWORTH VALERIE (31) J R Jenkins 4 8 12 A Beech(5) VISOR: No. 8 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 2, 4 HOOD: No. 5. W-Factor: Coolagh Magic (68); Qaaraat (67); Amazing Amaya (66). SP FORECAST: 9-4 Coolagh Magic, 10-3 Qaaraat, 4 Rhubarb, 6 Clear Angel, 13-2 Amazing Amaya, 16 Helmora, 20 Others. TRACK FACTS: GOING: Standard. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2017-22): Luke Morris 9% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2017-22): M Appleby 12% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 5.20 Hurricane Alert (eye shields), 6.50 Lord Neidin (tongue strap), 7.50 Mutasallem (hood). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 4.20 Dream Game(hcp), The Thin Blue Line(hcp). 6.50 Tadleel(hcp). 7.20 Bankrupt. 7.50 Daysaq(hcp), Deevious Beau(hcp), Tell’em Nowt(hcp). DRAW: No advantage. LONGEST TRAVELLER: The Thin Blue Line (4.20) 268 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 5.50 Leeswood Lily from J Candlish to B Ellison, Needle Lace from H F Devin in France to G Boughey. 6.20 Bristol Hill from A Fabre in France to I Furtado. 6.50 Lord Neidin from A King to S C Williams, Soundslikethunder from R Hannon to S England. 2.25 Teddy, 14 Dis Donc, 16 Hold The Note. TRACK FACTS: GOING: Good to Soft. Left Handed. TOP TRACK JOCKEY (2017-22): Brian Hughes 23% Strike rate. TOP TRACK TRAINER (2017-22): R Fahey 12% Strike rate. FIRST TIME: 1.25 El Jefe (hood, tongue strap), High Sheriff (hood, tongue strap), Jack Yeats (cheek pieces), 2.25 Lord Roco (cheek pieces), Onward Route (wind surgery), 3.25 Dequall (blinkers), Skipthescales (visor), Filou Des Issards (cheek pieces, tongue strap), 3.55 Lady Adare (wind surgery), Ripplet (hood). BEATEN FAVOURITES: 1.25 El Jefe(hcp hdl). 1.55 Rollerruler(hcp ch). 3.25 Getalead(hcp hdl), Stoney Rover(hcp hdl). LONGEST TRAVELLER: Getalead (3.25) 387 miles. STABLE SWITCH: 1.25 Tommydan from Ms Debbie Hartnett in Ireland to J Candlish. 2.25 Glenbeg Lake from Pat Crowley in Ireland to G Bewley, Mount Melleray from J Motherway in Ireland to Mrs A C Hamilton. 3.25 Filou Des Issards from Mrs K Lawther to J Bedi. 5.20 BETWAY HANDICAP (DIV 2) £2,970 (6) 4f 214yds (10) 1 (3) 216- NACHO (94) (D) D McCain 4 9 10......Ella McCain(5) 2 (10) 41-1 BERNARD SPIERPOINT (11) (C&D) C Wallis 5 9 7 L Morris 3 (9) L0-3 YOU’RE COOL (7) (D) D Shaw 10 9 7 Rose Dawes(7) 4 (2) L6-L GOSSIP (7) (C&D) S Dixon 5 9 5.............. J Fisher(5) 5 (1) 88-8 COMETH THE MAN (13) R Cowell 4 9 5... D Muscutt 6 (5) 599- COOL SPIRIT (41) (C&D) D C Griffiths 7 9 5 A Mullen 7 (8) 549- LETHAL ANGEL (19) (D) A Carson 7 9 4.......H Doyle 8 (7) 01-8 ● PAPAS GIRL (7) (C&D,F) J S Moore 4 9 4 L Keniry 9 (4) L70- RAABEH (109) A Brittain 5 8 12.....................C Hardie 10 (6) 0L-7 HURRICANE ALERT (14) (D) Frank Bishop 10 8 12 Molly Gunn(7) VISOR: No. 2 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 1, 3, 5 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 4, 7 EYE COVERS: No. 10 HOOD: Nos. 5, 6, 9. W-Factor: Lethal Angel (68); Papas Girl (67); Nacho (66). SP FORECAST: 9-4 Bernard Spierpoint, 3 Papas Girl, 5 Nacho, You’re Cool, 10 Cometh The Man, 12 Cool Spirit, 16 Others. 5.50 BETWAY NOVICE STAKES £3,942 (5) 1m 4f 14yds (12) 1 (3) 33- EARLY MORNING DEW (36) (F) P Niven 6 9 5 D Costello 2 (11) 3-4 LEOPOLDS ROCK (14) P Kirby 6 9 5................D Swift 3 (7) ROGAN’S FANCY (J15) Sara Ender 6 9 5...P Dennis 4 (12) 8-6 ATACAMA DESERT (13) K Frost 4 9 2........T Whelan 5 (2) BEYOND BOUNDARIES (J17) A Balding 4 9 2 D Probert 6 (5) 34- FLYING INSTRUCTOR (19) Alex French 4 9 2 D E Hogan 7 (8) MR MCCALL (J31) P Kirby 4 9 2............P Mulrennan 8 (1) 27-3 ● SECOND KINGDOM (13) (F) P McEntee 4 9 2 D Muscutt 9 (6) LEESWOOD LILY (J222) B Ellison 9 9 0....B Robinson 10 (9) TIGER SPIRIT (J10) M Herrington 5 9 0......... J Hart 11 (4) NATURE R Guest 4 8 11.....................................R Hornby 12 (10) 8/ NEEDLE LACE (432) G Boughey 4 8 11..C Shepherd TONGUE STRAP: No. 10. W-Factor: Early Morning Dew (82); Second Kingdom (81); Flying Instructor (80). SP FORECAST: 3 Beyond Boundaries, 4 Early Morning Dew, 5 Second Kingdom, 6 Flying Instructor, 10 Others. 6.20 ‘NATIONAL HUNT’ MAIDEN HURDLE £5,827 (4) 2m 4f 62yds (13) 1 326 DEEPER BLUE (33)(T) H Fry 6 11 8................ J J Burke 2 847 FIRTH OF FORTH (28) R Dobbin 6 11 8.... Craig Nichol 3 42 GLENBEG LAKE (80) G Bewley 6 11 8........J Bewley(3) 4 4 ● GREAT BALLINBORIS (11) M Hammond 6 11 8 Miss Becky Smith(3) 5 427 JACK OF ALL SHAPES (62) G Boanas 6 11 8 Sean Quinlan 6 652 LORD ROCO (16) J Ewart 6 11 8.......................A Doyle(7) 7 22-3 MOUNT MELLERAY (65) Mrs A C Hamilton 7 11 8 J Hamilton 8 9-29.NIGHTS IN VENICE (50) D Whillans 6 11 8.... H Brooke 9 323- ONWARD ROUTE (344) (S) R Menzies 8 11 8 B Hughes 10 452 RITSON (22) R Menzies 7 11 8........................C O’Farrell 11 7/PP ROOM AT THE TOP (20) Ewan Whillans 7 11 8 C Bewley 12 5-12 LUCKY LIGHT (23) Paul Collins 6 11 1....J Williamson(5) 13 8-64 SONGBIRD’S TALE (23) Paul Collins 7 11 1 T Midgley(7) TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 5, 9, 11 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 6, 7. W-Factor: Deeper Blue (129); Ritson (112); Lord Roco (111). SP FORECAST: 5-2 Deeper Blue, 3 Onward Route, 6 Lord Roco, 7 Mount Melleray, 10 Ritson, 12 Lucky Light, 16 Others. 2.55 NOVICES’ LIMITED H’CAP CHASE £8,714 (3) 2m 7f 91yds (5) 1 6-15 COME ON TEDDY (17)(T) T R George 8 11 8....J J Burke 2 2/3-2UNCLE ALASTAIR (37) N Richards 10 11 5....B Hughes 3 4P-P HOLD THE NOTE (16) Ewan Whillans 8 11 1 Craig Nichol 4 11-2 ● OMAR MARETTI (23)(T) A Hales 8 11 0......K Woods 5 3LL DIS DONC (10) (F) M Hammond 9 10 4...........A Cawley CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 5. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. W-Factor: Hold The Note (156); Dis Donc (151); Come On Teddy (147). SP FORECAST: 7-4 Uncle Alastair, 2 Omar Maretti, 5-2 Come On BETYOURWAY AT BETWAY H’CAP £4,995 (4) 1m 4f 14yds (6) 1 (5) L11- ● CARAUSIUS (33) (C&D,F) C Hills 5 9 10 K Shoemark 2 (6) 619- BRISTOL HILL (126) I Furtado 4 9 10.......S M Levey 3 (2) 442- SHAKE A LEG (38) (D) J Camacho 5 9 8...C Rodriguez 4 (3) L3-2 SOARING STAR (7) P Kirby 5 9 3........................G Lee 5 (4) 80-6 LUNA MAGIC (16) A Watson 8 8 12.................H Doyle 6 (1) LL-6 MAGELLAN (14) (D) P Kirby 8 8 11...................D Swift CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 4. W-F: Soaring Star (86); Shake A Leg (85); Carausius (84). SP FORECAST: 11-10 Carausius, 3 Soaring Star, 9-2 Shake A Leg, 15-2 Bristol Hill, 14 Luna Magic, 20 Magellan. VITAL STATISTICS IN-FORM TRAINERS (last 10 days) H Spiller 80% (2 wins and 2 places from 5 runners), J O’Keeffe 80% (1/3/5), B Ellison 75% (1/2/4), E Lavelle 62% (2/3/8), J Scott 60% (1/2/5), D Shaw 57% (4/4/14), H Fry 57% (1/3/7), N Alexander 57% (1/3/7), G Boughey 56% (4/5/16), L Russell 53% (4/5/17). IN-FORM JOCKEYS Morgan Cole 80% (2 wins and 2 places from 5 runners), Miss Becky Smith 60% (1/2/5), Stevie Donohoe 60% (2/1/5), Connor Beasley 57% (1/3/7), Kielan Woods 57% (2/2/7), Alan Doyle 50% (3/1/8), Callum Rodriguez 50% (2/1/6), Chester Williams 50% (2/0/4). Jonbon is the star name among 11 entries for the Sky Bet Supreme Trial Rossington Main Novices’ Hurdle at Haydock on Saturday. Bought for £570,000 by owner JP McManus after winning an Irish point-to-point, the full-brother to the mighty Douvan has been faultless in three starts so far for Nicky Henderson. The six-yearold made a successful debut under Rules in a Newbury bumper last spring and is two from two over hurdles — most recently dominating his rivals in Grade Two company at Ascot. Jonbon is second-favourite behind stablemate Constitution Hill for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Newcastle SSR HOOF PRINTS DX1ST RUGBY UNION: SIX NATIONS COUNTDOWN 3.25 6.50 MANSIONBET HANDICAP £6,480 (3) 7f 14yds (7) 1 (5) 22-1 MOHAREB (9) (C,D) M Appleby 6 9 9(5ex)...T Ladd(3) 2 (2) 247- ON A SESSION (54) T D Barron 6 9 7....... C Beasley 3 (6) L40- CHIEF LITTLE HAWK (151) J Osborne 4 9 6...D Costello 4 (1) 254- SOUNDSLIKETHUNDER (186) (D) S England 4 9 4 D Probert 5 (4) 723- EAGLEWAY (32) (D) I Furtado 6 9 3......L Edmunds 6 (7) 657- ● LORD NEIDIN (92) S C Williams 5 9 0..L Catton(7) 7 (3) 932- TADLEEL (35) (D) R Fahey 7 9 0........B Garritty(3) TONGUE STRAP: No. 6 CHEEK PIECES: No. 5. W-F: Tadleel (104); Lord Neidin (103); On A Session (101). SP FORECAST: 2 Tadleel, 5-2 Mohareb, 6 Eagleway, 15-2 Soundslikethunder, On A Session, 10 Others. 7.20 CORAL HANDICAP 3YO £3,510 (5) 6f 16yds (13) 1 (2) 28-4 LUCY LULU (12) R Fell 9 7...........................D Tudhope 2 (8) 448- BANKRUPT (38) (S) C Banham 9 6.............J Haynes 3 (13) 365- BLAAST (31) (F) A Watson 9 6.........................H Doyle 4 (10) L43- TRUE JEM (31) K Burke 9 6..................................C Lee 5 (11) 713- BOADICEA BELLE (92) (D) H Spiller 9 6....S Donohoe 6 (1) D5-L ROMANTIC THOUGHT (12) G Tuer 9 5...O Stammers(3) 7 (5) 5-3L COAST (7) S Dixon 9 4................................ J Fisher(5) 8 (4) 620- ALLARMISTA (18) C & M Johnston 9 3..... J Fanning 9 (7) 430- SILKS DREAM (74) Darryll Holland 9 3..T Heard(5) 10 (9) 056- TOP NOTCH TOMMY (28) B Ellison 9 2.... B Robinson 11 (3) 7L-7 EESHA MEESH (12) M Loughnane 9 1.......D Probert 12 (6) 401- ● RINGO STARLIGHT (27) (C&D,F) A Murphy 9 0 C Beasley 13 (12) 584- JUST ANOTHER (33) J L Eyre 8 11...............C Hardie BLINKERS: Nos. 9, 12 TONGUE STRAP: No. 12 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 3, 13. W-F: Just Another (80); Blaast (79); Eesha Meesh (78). SP FORECAST: 5 Ringo Starlight, 6 True Jem, 13-2 Bankrupt, 15-2 Top Notch Tommy, 8 Lucy Lulu, 10 Others. 7.50 DFE ELECTRICAL H’CAP HURDLE £6,535 (4) 2m 7f 149yds (15) 1 6L-5 TAXMEIFYOUCAN (80) K Dalgleish 8 11 13...B Hughes 2 P/2L- FURAX (347) M Hammond 7 11 12.................J Hamilton 3 114 ● GETALEAD (40) Claire Harris 6 11 9....D Prichard(5) 4 4PP FILOU DES ISSARDS (233) J Bedi 7 11 6....... H Brooke 5 233 RETURN FIRE (20) L Russell 6 11 4.....................D R Fox 6 L3L SOIVEGOTACHANCE (57) D Bourke 7 11 3.........H Reed 7 P-65 THE DELRAY MUNKY (23) (D) I Jardine 10 11 2 C O’Farrell 8 382 SKIPTHESCALES (20) (C&D) N Alexander 10 11 1 Mr K Alexander(5) 9 7F5 KAIZER (20) Ewan Whillans 7 10 10........... Craig Nichol 10 U/52 STONEY ROVER (41) A M Thomson 9 10 10...... R Mania 11 F76 KAUTO D’AMOUR (35) (C,F) Sue Smith 7 10 9 T Willmott(5) 12 573 DEQUALL (11) W Coltherd 6 10 5.....................S Coltherd 13 6-43 BULLION BOSS (17) (D) N Richards 6 10 2 Sean Quinlan 14 09P PENPAL (41) M Hammond 7 10 0.....................A Cawley 15 656 LISSEN TO THE LADY (20) S Forster 8 10 0 Miss J Walton(5) BLINKERS: No. 12 VISOR: Nos. 1, 8 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 4, 5 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 4, 7, 15. SOFT/HEAVY WINNERS: Nos. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. W-Factor: Return Fire (127); Skipthescales (126); Taxmeifyoucan (124). SP FORECAST: 9-2 Getalead, 5 Stoney Rover, 6 Bullion Boss, 7 Return Fire, 15-2 Skipthescales, 10 Dequall, Kaizer, 12 Kauto D’Amour, 14 Others. 3.55 Meanwhile, Christian Williams reports Waiting Patiently to be in good form as the 11-year-old bids to get back on track in the Fleur De Lys Chase at Lingfield on Sunday. The Grade One-winning chaser was pulled up in the Betfair Chase at Haydock on his first start since moving from Ruth Jefferson’s THE SCOUT 12.50 Ri Na Farraige 2.55 OMAR MARETTI 1.25 Oot Ma Way (nap) 1.55 Treshnish 3.25 Getalead 2.25 Great Ballinboris 3.55 LADY ADARE MARES’ NOVICES’ HURDLE £5,827 (4) 2m 46yds (10) 1 1-1 ● LADY ADARE (81) (D,T) H Fry 6 11 6............. B Hughes 2 10-L BELLA BLUESKY (F208) Ewan Whillans 6 10 13 C Bewley 3 38 DARSI’S DARLING (35) Sue Smith 6 10 13......Doubtful 4 14-3 DILLARCHIE (23) J E Foster 5 10 13.............S Coltherd 5 L77 GUSTAV’S DREAM (28) N Alexander 5 10 13 B Lynn(5) 6 1L3 MARTHA WILLOW (21) J O’Keeffe 5 10 13..... H Brooke 7 14 RAE DES CHAMPS (57) R Dobbin 5 10 13....Craig Nichol 8 6/6F RIPPLET (21) A M Thomson 7 10 13..................... R Mania 9 06 STAR DREAMER (56) S Corbett 5 10 13....N Moscrop(3) 10 643 POETRIA (22) M Walford 4 10 0....................J Hamilton TONGUE STRAP: No. 1 HOOD: No. 8. W-Factor: Lady Adare (125); Martha Willow (117); Poetria (112). SP FORECAST: 8-13 Lady Adare, 5 Martha Willow, 13-2 Rae Des Champs, 8 Poetria, 12 Dillarchie, 25 Ripplet, 50 Others. BETWAY HANDICAP £2,970 (6) 6f 16yds (14) 1 (13) 3L-8 MASHAAN (12) R Fahey 4 9 8..............B Garritty(3) 2 (7) 625- EXCELLENT GEORGE (47) (D) S C Williams 10 9 7 M Adeel(7) 3 (11) 1/LL- MUTASALLEM (157) M Tregoning 4 9 7.. D Costello 4 (9) 687- GREY GALLEON (34) (D) R Teal 8 9 6.....J Mitchell 5 (12) 621- ACES (40) (D) C Wallis 10 9 5......................... L Morris 6 (4) 13-1 FIRCOMBE HALL (14) (D,F) P Kirby 4 9 5........G Lee 7 (3) 0-20 DEEVIOUS BEAU (7) (C&D) T D Barron 5 9 5...C Beasley 8 (14) 714- TELL’EM NOWT (27) (C,F) P McEntee 4 9 4...D Muscutt 9 (2) 46-7 DAYSAQ (15) M Loughnane 5 9 2...............D Probert 10 (10) 80-6 ● BOMB SQUAD (8) (D,F) J S Moore 4 9 1..L Keniry 11 (6) 04-6 GLORIOUS CHARMER (7) (D) M Herrington 6 8 13... J Hart 12 (5) 7-54 LOUIS TREIZE (7) (D) R Menzies 6 8 11.....W Pyle(7) 13 (1) 860- NEEDWOOD BLOSSOM (147) A Carson 4 8 7..W Carson 14 (8) 455- INDEPENDENCE DAY (358) C Banham 9 8 7...J Haynes BLINKERS: Nos. 5, 8 VISOR: No. 4 TONGUE STRAP: Nos. 2, 5, 8, 11, 12 CHEEK PIECES: Nos. 6, 10 EYE COVERS: No. 8 HOOD: Nos. 3, 12. W-Factor: Daysaq (73); Bomb Squad (72); Mashaan (71). SP FORECAST: 7-2 Fircombe Hall, 11-2 Aces, 6 Tell’em Nowt, 13-2 Deevious Beau, 7 Louis Treize, 10 Others. GOSSIP FROM THE GALLOPS Lambourn: MISS FAIRFAX (1.40 Exeter) North: ONWARD ROUTE (2.25 Newcastle) Newmarket: BANKRUPT (7.20 Southwell) West: SERIOUS CHARGES (2.10 Exeter) Yorkshire stable to Williams’ base in Glamorgan. But Williams said: “Obviously we were disappointed at Haydock. “But we’ve tweaked a few things and we’re hoping for a nice positive run at Lingfield.” ❒ Roger Charlton, 72, is to officially share his Flat training role with his son Harry. Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 51 Picture: PAUL CHILDS I’m ready to lead the way Itoje FIRED BY Jones BARB Maro Itoje has revealed that being told he was not Eddie Jones’ idea of a future England captain made him take a long hard look at himself. Head coach Jones made the observation in his latest book – only to change his mind a fortnight after it was published. In the intervening period, Itoje, who will today be named in England’s 36-man squad for the Six Nations, says he did a lot of soul searching. The Saracens star said: “I definitely reflected on what was said. I spoke to Eddie about his thoughts and how he saw things, because he is an extremely experienced coach who has achieved a lot. “His comments were interesting, for sure, and it’s important to listen to what people say. But you also have to have a relatively strong grounding of who you are. “I can only focus on the type of player I am or want to be, how I want to grow and influence others. And I 1879: England beat Wales 2-1 at the Kennington Oval in the first football international between the two nations. 1996: Romania international Ilie Dumitrescu completed his transfer from Tottenham to West Ham in a deal worth more than £1million. 2008: Lewis Hamilton signed a new five-year contract with McLaren. 2011: Former Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal was appointed captain of the Europe team By Alex Spink believe that me being the best player I can will have a beneficial impact on the players around me and the environments I’m in.” In other words, the 27-year-old feels leading by example is the best way he can positively influence a team, whether or not that leads to the captain’s armband. After the disaster of last year’s Six Nations – England’s worst ever – Itoje admits he and his teammates are on a payback mission. “We definitely owe the fans,” he said. “The Six Nations of 2021 was way below par. It wasn’t the standard we expect from ourselves. I’m sure it wasn’t the standard the fans expect from us, either. “We want to show our gratitude to the fans for their support and sticking with us through that tough time – and the only way we can do that is by strong performances.” England are riding high after an unbeaten autumn and buzzing at the prospect of playmaker Marcus Smith continuing his strong form. Itoje said: “We are in a completely different place individually and as a team to a year ago. There’s a new sense of optimism about what we can achieve.” ●Maro Itoje was speaking as an ambassador for Vitality, a health, life and car insurance and investments provider that makes it easier for people to live healthy and active lives. talking it over: Itoje was rattled by the views of head coach Jones THOSE WERE THE DAYS ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY for the 2012 Ryder Cup, later termed the ‘Miracle at Medinah’ after Europe overcame a 10-6 deficit to win in Illinois. 2013: Lance Armstrong admitted in an interview with Oprah Winfrey to taking banned substances, including EPO, to help win the Tour de France. He was later stripped of his seven Tour titles. 2020: Premiership Rugby announced reigning European and English champions Saracens would be relegated for exceeding the salary cap in the previous three seasons. The club was also fined £5.3m.

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But his kit sponsors, Lacoste, are seeking urgent talks to “review events” Down Under. The unvaccinated superstar already faces a three-year ban from Australia after becoming the first player to be thrown out of a sporting event for not taking a drug. And now the French parliament has passed a Covid law stating all competitors and spectators have to be double vaccinated for sporting events. Roland Garros had been lobbying for an exemption for events in a bubble but political pressure has scuppered any chance of special treatment for tennis stars in a French presidential election year. The USA also requires foreign visitors to be double-vaccinated, so Wimbledon, where Djokovic is a six-times winner is the only Grand Slam date confirmed in his diary. The All England Club have said that they will follow Government net loss: Norrie plans new approach smile, please Deported Novak Djokovic poses for a selfie on his way back to Belgrade From Neil McLeman in Melbourne guidelines for entry into the UK. Those rules allow non-vaccinated athletes to continue training while serving a quarantine before being able to test and release after five days. Djokovic, who is 35 in May, posed for selfies with fellow passengers in Dubai yesterday en route to Belgrade. Rafa Nadal remains the only man who can break the three-way tie with Djokovic and Roger Federer and win a record 21st Grand Slam in Melbourne this year after winning his first-round match against American Marcos Giron 6-1 6-4 6-2. The Spaniard said: “The ideal situation is that the best players are playing the most important events. If Novak Djokovic is playing here, it is better for everybody.” The Serbians were more believable. World No.51 Djere said: “The whole world saw it and probably will have a new or different opinion about Australia. The guy had the exemption and they still deported him. “Something went horribly wrong. It was a true catastrophic situation.” Champion: Djokovic has won Wimbledon six times Korda mauling has CAM NORRIE said he played his worst match for eight months as he crashed out in the first round of the Australian Open. The British No.1 enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2021 as he won his first ATP Tour titles and rose to world No.12. But Norrie, who tested positive for Covid before Christmas, continued his

From Neil McLeman TENNIS: AUSTRALIAN OPEN DX1ST Raducanu’s young at heart EMMA RADUCANU returns to Grand Slam tennis as an MBE today insisting she is the same the situation to play here and in a the world No.128 admitted. “I person who lost her only match in the Australian Open juniors in great city. “I feel like in many ways, went home and turned off my phone and disappeared for a week 2019. The British No.1 was beaten by 16-year-old Emma’s exactly the or two getting up to mischief – same as the person I am now. I and I didn’t recover from that for Japan’s Himari Sato in the first hope that I’ve learnt a bit more a long time. round on her debut at Melbourne and I’m a bit wiser in my old age.” “This was nice in that sense to Park but her Majors record – and her game – has improved since. Raducanu also finished 2021 put that to bed and to finally with the BBC Sports Personality qualify for the Aussie Open where She reached the Wimbledon of the Year and an MBE. “It was the heartache of a pro career kind fourth round on her main-draw an honour really to be awarded of began. It felt like I was putting debut last summer before winning that at the end of the year,” she things right.” all 10 matches without dropping a said. “I had a great year. To top it ❑NAOMI OSAKA kept her set on her way to the US Open off with that was just amazing.” promise to take tennis less title. Liam Broady will renew his seriously as she laughed off a Before facing the 2017 New juniors rivalry with Nick Kyrgios fluffed smash at the start of her York champion Sloane Stephens in the last match in the John Cain in the second night match in the Arena as the Stockport star finally title defence. The world No.14, who raced Margaret Court Arena, the makes his Australian Open debut. past Colombian Camila Osorio 19-year-old said: “I loved The British No.4 showed his 6-3 6-3, said: “I just felt like there Australia from the first time I emotion when he came through are situations where I previously came here. It’s amazing, with the qualifying seven years after losing would get upset. But at this point facilities here and the weather. It’s to American Michael Russell in in my life, I’m here because I want got absolutely everything that we the final round. “It kind of threw to be and because I find that it’s need. We’re very lucky to be in my career off the rails a little bit,” fun for me.” A major star but I’m same old emma Britain’s Raducanu warms up in Melbourne ahead of her clash with Stephens grand plans FORMULA ONE Ferrari will unveil the car they hope will fire them into title contention on February 17. The resurgent Italian team finished third in the constructors’ standings last season and further gains are expected in 2022 after F1’s major overhaul of technical regulations. Carlos Sainz shone in his first season for the team – claiming four podiums to take fifth in the championship, two places ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc. Winter tests start on February 23, with the season kicking off in Bahrain on March 20. Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 53 world of sport Neil wants noise Neil Robertson has told the Crucible crowd to up their game after sealing a second Masters at Alexandra Palace. The 39-year-old Australian, who saw off Barry Hawkins 10-4 on Sunday, was inspired by the raucous boxing-style atmosphere created by a series of 2,000 SNOOKER sell-out crowds in north London last week. And he said: “The World Championship hasn’t had good, loud crowds, apart from the one-table set-up, for about 15 years. I am disappointed every year I go there. “I feel the crowd is really quiet.” ROBERTSON 1. Who struck for Milan against Udinese last month to become the third man this century to score 300 goals across Europe’s top five leagues? 2. Whose crash on lap 51 of the F1 Abu Dhabi GP meant a safety car was deployed for the last few laps? 3. Which medal did Great Britain win in the IBSF World Cup four-man bobsleigh event in Winterberg? 4. Which American golfer has the real first names Frank Urban? 5. Sophia Gardens is the home ground of which county cricket club? 6. Which famous basketball team was founded by Abe Saperstein in 1927? 7. Which horse did Walter Swinburn ride to victory in the 1995 Derby? 8. Which Ukrainian figure skater was women’s Olympic champion in 1994? 9. What name is given to a boxer who leads with his right hand? 10. In which game is the MacRobertson International Shield contested? 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54 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Counties are called in for racism progress report The England and Wales Cricket Board will update MPs on their progress in tackling the racism crisis in their sport next week. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee issued a report last week calling on the ECB to “clean up its act” on racism or face a limit on public funding. The committee called on the ECB to develop key indicators to measure their progress and to report to the committee every quarter, and now representatives of the governing body will appear before them in a hearing next Tuesday. Executives from four counties, including Yorkshire, have also been called as witnesses. Yorkshire chair Lord Patel first addressed the committee on November 16, the same day that the county’s former player, Azeem Rafiq, provided harrowing testimony about the abuse he suffered across two spells at the club. Lord Patel, above, will be joined by the chairs of Middlesex, Hampshire and Glamorgan. DX1ST CRICKET: ASHES TOUR Picture: WILLIAM WEST home truth Stokes has decided that he will benefit from time at home with his family Bubble bursts as Stokes puts England first ben’s spurning IPL riches BEN STOKES has pulled out of the IPL and will not be putting his name into the mega auction for this year’s tournament. The former Rajasthan Royals allrounder broke the index finger in his left hand last April playing in the flagship T20 competition and needed two operations to put it right. After a lengthy period on the sidelines Stokes recovered enough to take part in the 4-0 Ashes defeat but was nowhere near his best with bat or ball until midway through the series. Stokes would still command a huge price tag were he to put himself forward for the tournament but, as he is already one of the wealthiest cricketers on the planet, the 30-yearold is putting his England career and his well-being ahead of financial gain. His decision will delight England coach Chris Silverwood, right. Stokes is committed to help rebuild England’s Test team after their shambolic tour to Australia and wants to play a key role in the T20 World Cup in Australia at the end of the year. He missed England’s run to the T20 World Cup semifinal in the UAE last November and is keen to help Eoin Morgan win another whiteball trophy to go with the 50-over World Cup he helped secure at Lord’s in 2019. The demands on England’s cricketers over the past two From Dean Wilson in Hobart years have been extreme with the global pandemic leaving players with bubble fatigue and Stokes has felt the frustration associated with it. He cited a need to look after his mental health as well as his broken finger when he paused his international career. And he believes time at home rather than in another bubble in the IPL will help put him in the best shape possible for England’s challenges to come. The fitness of several England players has come under scrutiny on the tour. One player refused to take a skin fold test and accused management of trying to fat-shame him. Some of the England party have tried to hide their disappointment on this tour behind a few drinks. But with so much expectation on the shoulders of England’s cricketers and so many demands on them, is it any wonder they have performed so poorly? Silverwood said: “I see these guys coming off the field and wonder if we’ve pushed them too hard for too long. “It is hard it is to live in these conditions. You wonder how much it plays on a person’s mental or physical well-being. “We’ve pushed them too long in these environments.”

Leicester ace can rescue his England career says Rodgers By Dave Armitage James Maddison has been told he can still barge his way back into England’s brat pack. The Leicester midfielder is running out of time to gatecrash Gareth Southgate’s World Cup squad. But Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers is convinced Maddison knows what he has to do to win Southgate’s trust. Too many off-field headlines seem to have made the Three Lions boss wary of the man whose only cap so far was as a substitute more than two years ago. But the 25-year-old has hit a rich vein of form and goes into tomorrow’s home game against Tottenham with seven goals in 10 games. Rodgers says that is what he has got to do to join an England midfield rammed with talent such as Mason Mount, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden – keep performing for his club. Rodgers said: “I’m very pleased for James. He has been consistent now for a number of months. He’s playing at a very, very high level. “Whenever you get that preparation right and you have that hard work in your game, it gives you greater confidence. You’re now seeing him playing at the top of his game.” Maddison has never hidden his desire to get back in the England squad but, with Qatar just around the corner, he is racing the clock. At times his ‘flash’ image has prompted question marks over his character and earlier this year Rodgers dropped him after he breached Covid guidelines to go to a party. Southgate’s beef goes back to 2019, when he was pictured in a casino the night England played Czech Republic after pulling out of the game with flu. But Rodgers said Maddison was blanking out the distractions surrounding the international debate. He said: “There’s always a bit of noise around that [England] but Africa Cup Of Nations Group A Burkina Faso (1).. 1 Ethiopia (0)..........1 Bayala 24 Kebede 52 (pen) Cape Verde (0)..... 1 Cameroon (1)......1 Rodrigues 53 Aboubakar 39 p W D L F A Pts Cameroon.................. 3 2 1 0 7 3 7 Burkina Faso.............. 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 Cape Verde................. 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 Ethiopia..................... 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 cinch Scottish Premiership Celtic (2).............. 2 Hibernian (0)...... 0 Maeda 4 Juranovic 25 (pen) p W D L F A Pts Rangers................... 20 16 3 1 43 14 51 Celtic....................... 21 15 3 3 44 12 48 Hearts...................... 20 10 6 4 29 18 36 Motherwell............... 20 9 4 7 25 27 31 Hibernian................. 21 8 5 8 24 24 29 Aberdeen................. 20 8 3 9 25 24 27 Dundee Utd.............. 20 7 4 9 16 23 25 Livingston................ 20 5 5 10 16 26 20 St Mirren................. 20 3 10 7 18 31 19 Ross County............. 20 4 6 10 27 35 18 Dundee.................... 20 4 4 12 18 37 16 St Johnstone............ 20 3 5 12 11 25 14 FOOTBALL: PREMIER LeAGUE It’s madd if they snub hiM Picture: PETER POWELL he knows he needs to be at the top level for Leicester City before he can even be considered and, in fairness to James, that has been his focus. “All he can do is play to the level as well as he can and be as consistent as he can. He knows DX1ST there are other big talents as well in and around his position but you can’t affect that. “You can only affect your own game. Control that – and that’s what he’s doing at the moment. Then whatever comes from that, great.” United pair boost Rangnick from back page two games with a hip issue, is certain to be in the travelling party. Pogba is a free agent at the end of this season and is ready to run down his contract and leave for nothing, despite United offering him a new deal. Another player who wants to leave United, Anthony Martial, has made up with Rangnick after the pair clashed over the striker’s absence on Saturday. Golf USPGA Tour Sony Open (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)— Final Round (USA unless stated, Par 70): 257 H Matsuyama (Jpn) 66 65 63 63 (won at the first extra play-off hole), R Henley 62 63 67 65, 261 K Kisner 68 64 65 64, S Power (Irl) 63 68 65 65, 262 L Glover 67 66 64 65, M Thompson 63 67 69 63, 263 R Knox (Sco) 67 67 64 65, M Kuchar 64 65 67 67, K Mitchell 67 68 65 63, A Svensson (Can) 64 67 65 6, 264 C Conners (Can) 64 67 69 64, 265 K Bradley 69 65 66 65, H Buckley 67 66 67 65, S Kodaira (Jpn) 71 64 65 65, H Li (Chn) 63 65 68 69, R Palmer 64 68 68 65, TENNIS Australian Open (Melbourne, Australia)—Men’s Singles 1st rnd: S Korda (USA) bt (12) C Norrie (Gbr) 6-3 6-0 6-4, (6) R Nadal (Spa) bt M Giron (USA) 6-1 6-4 6-2, T Paul (USA) bt M Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-3 6-4 6-2,S Kozlov (USA) bt J Vesely (Cze) 7-5 6-3 6-4, K Khachanov (Rus) bt D Kudla (USA) 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6 (7-2). sport in brief Women’s Singles 1st rnd: (1) A Barty (Aus) bt L Tsurenko (Ukr) 6-0 6-1,T Martincova (Cze) bt L Davis (USA) 7-5 6-2, A Anisimova (USA) bt A Hartono (Ned) 2-6 6-4 6-3, M Brengle (USA) bt D Yastremska (Ukr) 6-1 0-6 5-0 ret, A Riske (USA) bt D Vekic (Cro) 6-2 6-2, M Keys (USA) bt (11) S Kenin (USA) 7-6 (7-2) 7-5. Today’s diary (7.45pm unless stated) Premier League Brighton v Chelsea (8pm)......................... (Live on BT Sport 1) Burnley v Watford (7.30)........................... Sky Bet Championship Fulham v Birmingham............................... Preston North End v Sheffield 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, Sutton Utd v Colchester. ON THE LEVEL: Rodgers, right, is thrilled with Maddison’s form Rangnick had said the forward refused to travel to Villa Park. But a furious Martial took to Instagram to deny Rangnick’s claim. Rangnick has since met Martial, left, in an effort to mend their relationship. Sevilla want Martial on loan but are unwilling to agree to United’s request to pay all of his £200,000-a-week wages as well as a loan fee of around £7million. Africa Cup Of Nations Group B Malawi v Senegal (4pm)........................... (Live on Sky Sports Football) Zimbabwe v Guinea (4pm)........................ (Live on Sky Sports Premier League) Group C Gabon v Morocco (7pm)........................... (Live on Sky Sports Football) Ghana v Comoros (7pm).......................... (Live on Sky Sports Premier League) Vanarama National Lge: Maidenhead Utd v Chesterfield, Stockport Co v Eastleigh. cinch Scottish Premiership: Aberdeen v Rangers (Live on Sky Sports Main Event), Dundee Utd v St Mirren, Hearts v St Johnstone, Livingston v Dundee, Ross County v Motherwell. CRICKET One Day International - Kandy: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (9am) U-19 World Cup.- Basseterre: England v Canada (1pm). Port of Spain: South Africa v Uganda (1pm), Diego Martin: Afghanistan v Papua New Guinea (1pm). TENNIS Australian Open (Melbourne). Paul Heckingbottom says Sheffield United must start again at Preston tonight after their four-match winning run ended. Derby wrecked Heckingbottom’s 100 percent league record as the Blades’ manager on Saturday, and he admits postponements caused his side to lose momentum. Saturday was their first Championship game since beating Fulham on December 20, and Heckingbottom, above, said: “You can’t go that length of time and keep momentum. “That Christmas period wasn’t great and it’s like starting again. “We have half a season left and we want it to be a better half.” Heckingbottom is due to return from his SHOP New from Sunagor – The world's most powerful binoculars. Unique flagship Mega Zoom binoculars from Sunagor can zoom from 30 to a staggering 160 times magnification making them the world’s most powerful. Incorporates BAK-4 prisms with multi-coated optics for bright, ultra long distance viewing. 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56 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 football latest ● ENGLAND will begin their World Cup preparations with a friendly against Switzerland at Wembley on March 26. ● Swansea’s former Everton and Brentford defender Jake Bidwell is close to joining Coventry. ● Nottingham Forest midfielder Tyrese Fornah is set to join League One Shrewsbury on loan. ●Burnley have been dealt a blow after £14.2m-valued Lens midfielder Seko Fofana said he was not interested in moving this month. ● WEST BROM goalkeeper Josh Griffiths will remain at Lincoln after the Baggies decided not to recall him from his loan spell. ● Chelsea won both coaching prizes at the FIFA Best Football Awards, as Thomas Tuchel and Emma Hayes took the men’s and women’s gongs respectively, while the Blues’ Edouard Mendy was named men’s goalkeeper of the year. Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas were named the best men’s and women’s players. DX1ST FOOTBALL: PREMIER LEAGUE Eriksen may return from back page Thomas Frank, below, who has coached with Denmark’s youth teams. Talks continue on a deal for Eriksen, who collapsed while playing for Denmark against Finland in Copenhagen. He has been training in Switzerland for a month. Serie A rules do not allow players to play if they are fitted with the implantable cardioverter defibrillator Eriksen now has. In England, a player has to be assessed by an FA-approved cardiac specialist before he can compete. Brentford last night announced a pre-tax loss of £8.5million for the year up to June 2021, despite £45m from the sales of Ollie Watkins and Said Benrahma. BURNLEY’S game against Watford tonight has been postponed after By David Anderson the Clarets’ request to call the with the club having fewer than game off under Covid rules was the required number of players granted by the Premier League. available for the match [13 outfield Manager Sean Dyche, who has players and one goalkeeper], due to just returned from isolating after ongoing Covid-19 cases, injuries, testing positive for coronavirus, said they have fewer players than for last Saturday’s postponed clash against Leicester and representation at the Africa Cup of Nations. “The Premier League fixture between Burnley and Watford at The Premier League says clubs Turf Moor will now be arranged for must play if they have at least 14 players, including a goalkeeper, and Dyche said: “We’re actually slightly worse off than we were for the game that was called off. “Charlie Taylor has taken a knock on his foot, he’s a future date, with all previously purchased tickets for the game to remain valid. “The club sends their apologies to both sets of supporters for the inconvenience this may have caused.” getting that scanned. Claudio Ranieri has “We’re at such a vowed to bring some stretched moment in time that it’s very difficult all Italian fire and passion to Watford’s relegation fight. round. At training on Ranieri, left, saw his side Monday, there were 10 end a run of seven straight recognised first-team players. That’s where we’re at. defeats on Saturday, when a late goal earned them a draw against “We put in the application in fellow strugglers Newcastle. good faith. It’s only three days, of Ranieri’s emotional reaction course, since the game that was when Joao Pedro’s header hit the called off.” This Watford fixture has already been postponed once – last month when the Hornets requested the call-off less than three hours before kick-off. Burnley said in a statement last night: “The Premier League Board net three minutes from time at St James’ Park showed how much it meant to the 70-year-old. He said: “I am a passionate man. All my players are passionate for this club, for our fans. “I want to help my team be saved at the end of this season. I accepted Burnley’s application am a positive man. I am optimistic.” Covid chaos JANUARYSALE 31 ST DECEMBER-30 TH JANUARY KOs Burnley watford match called off UPTO 80% OFF FASHION UPTO 70% OFF TOYS& GAMING UPTO 60% OFF HOMEWARE FIXTURE CRISIS: Burnley manager Sean Dyche has lost another game to the pandemic GetanEXTRA10% OFFsaleitems! Usecode:EXPRESS10 Shopthehighstreetonlineat: downyourhighstreet.co.uk/express

football: premier league not good enough brighton V chelsea 8pm, BT Sport By John Cross month with Tuchel’s men in Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup. Tuchel is unhappy with the scheduling considering they do not play again until Sunday, but BT Sport wanted to show it live. He said: “It is very hard to understand.” Chelsea desperately need to make up ground after losing at City on Saturday. Tuchel lamented his forwards chances Romelu was not exempt from criticism. Lukaku was just getting back in the groove before his missing and Lukaku now infamous interview in which he admitted he wanted to return to Italy and found it difficult to fit into Tuchel’s tactics. And DX1ST JAW-DROPPING: Tuchel watches Chelsea slip 13 points behind City tuchel alarmed by gap to city THOMAS TUCHEL admits he never imagined his Chelsea side would be 13 points behind Manchester City in the title race. But the German claims the overall picture is much better than it seems, with the Blues in the Carabao Cup final, still in the Champions League and FA Cup and heading to next month’s Club World Cup. Asked to cast his mind back to when he moved to Stamford Bridge 12 months ago, Tuchel conceded he would have deemed being so far behind City at this stage of his Chelsea career as unacceptable. He said: “We would never have accepted that before, never. But this is the reality now and not everything is bad. “But we would not have accepted it one year ago. I would not have accepted it four weeks ago and I did not accept it when we arrived at City. “I am absolutely comfortable not to accept it because I work for Chelsea, so when we play, we play to win.” Chelsea have played the same number of games as City but face Brighton tonight, a game brought forward from next BIG TASK: Lukaku is finding his way back after injury Tuchel admitted it can take Lukaku longer to find his sharpness because of his size. “That’s at least my experience as a coach that the big guy, the heavy players, take a bit longer after injury,” said Tuchel. Chelsea, meanwhile, could be forced to leave their unvaccinated players at home for the second leg of their Champions League clash with Lille. The French Foreign ministry has confirmed there will be no exemption from a new vaccine pass law approved on Sunday, which requires people to have vaccination certificates to enter public places. Chelsea visit Lille in the last 16 on March 16. BRIGHTON (4-4-2): Sanchez; Lamptey, Webster, Burn, Cucurella; March, Gross, Moder, Mac Allister; Trossard, Maupay. Chelsea (3-4-3): Kepa; Rudiger, T Silva, Sarr; Azpilicueta, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Mount, Lukaku, Werner. Guardiola leaves no Stones unturned in bid for success JOHN STONES says Pep Guardiola’s refusal to be satisfied is keeping Manchester City on course for a fourth title in five years. City made it 12 Premier League wins in a row with Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Chelsea, and Guardiola’s side hold an 11-point lead over nearest rivals Liverpool. Guardiola turns 51 today, and defender Stones said: “The manager is the type to always keep us on our toes. He’s always demanding more. “We have such a humble squad, knowing that we can’t get ahead of ourselves or stop doing the basics right. “It’s so vital to have that humility when we’re playing against big teams, to show them By David McDonnell respect, but show them what we do week-in, week-out. “That is why we’ve been so successful, because we have that drive and humbleness to show our opponents that respect. “But in the back of our minds the manager is always demanding it and we have to go out there and prove ourselves week-in, weekout.” Stones said the key to City’s run of wins in the demanding: City manager Pep Guardiola Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 57 league was down to Guardiola ensuring his players do not look too far ahead. Stones said: “It is about taking each game as it comes and not getting ahead of ourselves, fighting for every three points we can get and holding ourselves to a high standard and always demanding more from each other. “Everybody plays a vital part in our team, every player pulls their weight. That’s why we’re in the position that we’re in now.” low key: Potter plays down move Potter: My name’s not sexy GRAHAM POTTER says he will never be a “sexy” big-name manager with his surname and a ginger beard. The Brighton boss has distanced himself from the Everton vacancy, preferring to focus on his South Coast job. “What I have realised is that it is hard to be a sexy name when you are called Potter,” he said. “Especially if your first By Matthew Dunn name is Graham – it becomes even more difficult to be sexy. “Add a long face and a ginger beard and all the rest of it and you just have to stick to being a football coach and work with the players.” His success in that regard has already linked him this season to a number of so-called bigger clubs – Aston Villa, Newcastle and now Everton. And all of them will remain below Brighton in table whatever the result against Chelsea tonight. “I am used to people disrespecting us,” he said. “We are probably not as good as people think we are and not as bad as people think we are. All you can do is your best.” PLAY NOW DOWNLOAD THE APP 18+ UK only, T&Cs apply. Who Knows Wins is committed to responsible gambling and fairness.

58 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 THIS FEELS SPECIAL: Stuart Dallas embraces Luke Ayling Dallas has soap opera on repeat STUART Dallas knows Leeds must keep climbing the table following their “huge win” over West Ham. Dallas was thrilled with the victory, easily the best of their difficult season, and Marcelo Bielsa’s injury-hit side have moved up to 15th. They are only three points off the top 10 and Dallas says they must push on. “It’s a huge win for us,” said the midfielder. “We’ve got to aim higher up the table, but be realistic at the same time. We’ve got a huge game at home to Newcastle on Saturday. “They’re going to come looking for three points and we have to put in a performance like this, if not better.” Dallas was delighted with the character shown in the face of an injury nightmare. Bielsa has blooded eight teenagers this Adama Traore could now get the green light to leave Wolves after his potential replacement arrived at Molineux. Tottenham head a list of clubs interested in signing the 25-year-old Spain international, who has also been linked with a return to Barcelona, as Wolves last night sealed a deal for Chiquinho, another rapid wide man. With Traore valued at about £25million and still holding out on signing a new deal, the arrival from Estoril of Chiquinho, who is capped by Portugal at Under-21 level, opens By David Anderson season – a record for the Premier League – and Dallas hailed the team’s spirit. “In terms of injuries, it’s been the story of our season,” said the Northern Ireland international. “We seem to get a few players back and then lose a few. We’re used to it now. “We regroup, stick together, we don’t complain. There is an honest bunch of lads in the dressing room and I’m delighted for them.” Jack Harrison bagged his first senior hat-trick and Dallas added: “Jack is a special talent and a great lad as well. “His finishes were all well taken, even the second one. He’s got in around the back and we worked on that. “We’re delighted for him and hopefully he can push on as well.” Chiquinho switch frees up Traore By Dave Armitage the door for his exit. Spurs have been looking to take Traore on loan until the end of the season but Wolves are adamant that is not an option. Chiquinho, left, has joined in a £3m move, signing a contract until 2026, and gives Wolves head coach Bruno Lage immediate cover. The 21-year-old is well known to fellow Portuguese and former Benfica boss Lage after spending 10 years in Sporting Lisbon’s academy before moving to Estoril. DX1ST FOOTBALL: SOS TO FORMER BOSS New exam at the School of science By Chris McKenna WHEN Roberto Martinez was enjoying better days as Everton manager the fans would sing about the ‘School of Science’ being on its way back. A nod to how the Spaniard had brought attractive, passing football back to Goodison Park when he arrived in 2013. In the end, though, he failed to make the grades required by Farhad Moshiri to be given the responsibility of spending the first glut of money the Iranian billionaire was about to invest in the club. Everton could play football that was easy on the eye but the results were ugly as they finished 11th in Martinez’s final season, having lost more games than they won. Now we may be able to find out if Martinez has learned enough in the five and a half years since he was sacked by the Toffees. Can he pass the examination this time? We will get the answer if Everton convince Belgium to let him return to Goodison Park. The former Swansea and Wigan boss has continued his football education as an international manager. Belgium offered a chance to work with some of the best players in the world when he took charge in August 2016. Vincent Kompany, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois and Romelu Lukaku, who he had worked with at Everton, to name just a few. What constitutes success for an international side such as Belgium? Well, Martinez has managed to turn them into the best team in the world, if you go by the FIFA rankings. The fact he has now overseen two major howe in a battle to lure targets Spaniard is in demand to resit another difficult Goodison test tournaments and not faced the sack also means he is doing something right. But when you look at the World Cup in 2018, it must be seen as a disappointment. They reached the semi-finals and finished third after beating England in the play-off. But coming up short in the last four against France was a bitter blow. That was really their best chance of winning a first major honour. Last summer, they bowed out to eventual winners Italy at the quarterfinal stage of the delayed Euro 2020. Will they be able to go all the way in Qatar next year? It looks a more difficult task with some of their key men now arguably beyond their best years. Will Martinez be there to find out? Belgium will have taught him how to deal with big-name players. In his final days during his first stint at Everton, tensions with senior stars as their form dwindled helped Moshiri and the board decide to opt for change. Maybe working with huge egos at Belgium will have improved his skillset for dealing with such situations. But, at Everton, he will not have such quality at his disposal should he return to Goodison Park. It is a very different club he would be returning to as well. Only Seamus Coleman, Jonjoe Kenny, Mason Holgate and Tom Davies remain from his first stint. Five managers have now come and gone since Martinez. He may get a second chance to prove himself but the question remains if he can pass the test at the School of Science in the resit. Everton’s BATTLE FOR martinez from back page on that either as they look to bring back the manager they sacked previously in 2016. But Belgium also do not want to lose their manager on a permanent basis so close to the World Cup. Martinez serves as the federation’s technical director as well, which makes the situation even more difficult for Everton. While the Spaniard is expected to leave after the World Cup – unless a new deal can be it’s tough: Howe and assistant Jason Tindall agreed – the Belgian FA do not want him to ditch the technical director role yet either. It may take a significant financial package to convince them to release the former Swansea and Wigan boss. Other targets remain on Everton’s shortlist, including club icon Wayne Rooney, Frank Lampard, Niko Kovac and Jose Mourinho, left. Everton’s situation is not helped by the fact they have no director of football after Marcel Brands left the club late last year. By Simon Bird EDDIE Howe says Newcastle’s mega-money January transfer quest is “complex.” The Newcastle head coach is trying to push through two deals this week, with Sevilla’s Diego Carlos, Sven Botman from Lille and Burnley’s James Tarkowski all centre-back targets. Augsburg’s 24-year old Felix Uduokhai is also an option. But Howe says even with backing from the club’s Saudi

Thumbs up: Martinez has now worked with top players such as De Bruyne, below right Martinez’s record at Everton June 5, 2013 to May 12, 2016 Overall record P143 W61 D39 L43 League record P113 W43 D34 L36 League finishing positions: 5th, 11th, 11th 2013-14 – Signed a four-year deal and then led the club to an impressive fifth-place finish and did the league double over Manchester United, finishing eight points and two places above the Red Devils. Qualified for the Europa League. 2014-15 – Signed a new five-year contract but a run of one win in 12 games saw Everton flirt with relegation falling to 14th in March, six points above the drop. Reached the last 16 of the Europa League and finished 12 points clear of relegation. 2015-16 – Reached the semi-finals of both domestic cups but a disappointing season saw Everton win Martinez’s lowest number of league games, with just 10 victories. Fan patience grew thin, with ‘Martinez Out’ banners at Goddison and he was fired three days before the final game of the season. DX1ST FOOTBALL: SOS TO FORMER BOSS Plane to see Everton fans took to the sky to vent their frustration with Martinez last time Working with huge egos at Belgium will have improved his skillset for a return Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 59 ‘Strange’ time to loan out a player From back page the second leg of their Carabao Cup semifinal on Thursday. Arsenal are braced for a backlash from rivals. Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said he could “understand if people find it strange”. Tottenham were fuming that Sunday’s north London derby was called off after Arsenal asked for a postponement, claiming they did not have enough players. Spanish defender Mari, 28, was fit but he is expected to join Udinese on loan in the next few days – before the Liverpool game. Arsenal will do a head count tomorrow, with Kieran Tierney, Calum Chambers and Bukayo Saka all fitness doubts, SAKA: Fitness doubt owners, it is proving tough to lure players to Tyneside, with rivals not wanting to sell and the Toon’s relegation fight damaging factors. The Magpies have had encouragement in their bid for Brazilian Carlos, right, and have opened preliminary talks with Atalanta’s £25million Colombia striker Duvan Zapata. But they are juggling multiple enquiries to see what they can land and Howe said: “It’s a very unique position but while people on the outside think it is quite an easy situation to be in, it is not. It is a very complex situation. “You have to agree deals with clubs that do not want to sell in January. Where we are now in world football, clubs are very reluctant to lose assets at this time of year. “The players have to want to join your battle in the fight to stay in the league and, when they are at the top of their profession, that’s not an easy sell. “Newcastle does have a huge pull in many different ways but our league position is not one of them, so it is a very delicate mix. For me, the most important thing is to bring the right characters to the club. “Character and attitude in the player that they want to play and fight for Newcastle United now and in the future, so put all that into the mix and it is quite a difficult situation. “We want balance. There were imbalances we needed to correct. Options where we can be creative and change systems. Having the 18ptInt 18ptInt Dgdg dgdg dgdgdg dgdgd dgdg dggd dg dgdg dggdg dgdgd dgdg dgdg dggd basics to win games. We are trying to fix that.” Newcastle are at Leeds on Saturday, then have a 17-day rest before Everton come to St James’ Park. Discussions are ongoing over the destination of a warm-weather training trip between those two games. The Saudis want the squad to go to Riyadh, an 11-hour flight. That could see Howe and his players being used as PR to promote the Saudis, when he wants a quiet trip to coach. Granit Xhaka banned and a second unnamed player having tested positive since the club’s request for the Spurs game to be postponed was granted. Sky Sports may ask for compensation. Mari’s imminent move – on top of Ainsley Maitland-Niles going to Roma and Folarin Balogun joining Middlesbrough on loan – will certainly raise eyebrows. The club feel Mari needs games but Tuchel, whose own request for a postponement was refused last month, said: “It’s a triple C now for me – clarity, consistency and confusion. With all that confusion, you need clarity, so don’t go bothering me with all these questions at press conferences. I can understand if people find it strange.”

60 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 express.co.uk/sport Pogba and Ronaldo man utd set story that to bolster turns United boss By David McDonnell UNDER-PRESSURE Manchester United boss Ralf Rangnick has received a double boost after Paul Pogba and Cristiano Ronaldo returned to training. Pogba, out since November 2 with a groin injury, was not expected back in full training until the end of the month. But the midfielder took part in a seven-a-side game yesterday along with Ronaldo, who posted a picture of their winning team on social media. Pogba could be included in the squad for tomorrow’s rearranged Premier League game at Brentford, while Ronaldo, who has missed United’s past turn to page 55, column 2 CANCEL CULTURe BIZARRE: Mari is off to Italy on loan despite Spurs postponement and doubt over semi-final with Liverpool DX1ST eriksen offered return BRENTFORD have handed Denmark’s By Tony Banks Christian Eriksen the chance of a remarkable return to English football. Milan last month and has had The Bees have offered Eriksen, who has approaches from several Premier not played since suffering a cardiac arrest League clubs, including Newcastle and at last summer’s Euros, a six-month deal Leicester, as well as Ligue 1 Monaco. with an option for a further year. The midfielder has links with Eriksen is a free agent after being Bees manager and compatriot released by Inter turn to page 56, column 3 Arsenal loan Mari amid player crisis snap happy: CAPTION: Ronaldo’s Dgdg social dgdg dgdgdg media dg dgdg dggd photo dg By John Cross ARSENAL are set to loan out Pablo Mari just 48 hours after getting a game postponed because they did not have enough players. The Gunners have agreed a deal with Udinese even though they are not certain to have enough players to take on Liverpool in turn to page 59, column 6 Blues musT battle for martinez By Chris McKenna chance: Eriksen and, left, in hospital EVERTON face a fight to bring top target Roberto Martinez back to Goodison Park. The Belgium FA do not want to allow their manager to leave his job just 11 months before the World Cup in Qatar. Martinez, 48, heads the shortlist to replace Rafa Benitez, below, who was sacked on Sunday. Everton remain keen on their former manager and will look to continue discussions with Belgium in a bid to change the FA’s stance. But they will have to do some serious negotiating, with the Belgians not wanting to allow their manager to leave before his contract expires after the World Cup later this year. Belgium are not considering Martinez joining up with the Toffees on an interim basis and have no intention of allowing him to juggle two jobs until after the tournament in Qatar. Everton’s hierarchy are not keen turn to page 58, column 4 Stokes puts england before t20 cash Cricket: Page 54 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; EUROPRINTER SA Zone Aéropole, avenue Jean Mermoz,B 6041 GOSSELIES Tel. 0208 612 7000. Outside UK +44(0) 208 612 7000 NEWSPAPERS SUPPORT RECYCLING The recycled content of UK Newspapers in 2018 was 68.2% 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 Tuesday, January 18, 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 7 1 5 2 4 3 6 7 6 5 8 2 4 2 6 1 9 2 9 7 3 4 2 3 8 6 4 9 8 7 9 5 2 5 2 8 7 Medium 1 7 5 9 4 4 8 8 9 2 1 6 5 9 5 8 3 6 5 8 3 9 9 7 5 7 2 1 3 9 1 8 Difficult 2 7 3 6 9 8 1 4 5 6 4 9 3 4 3 9 7 6 1 2 5 1 5 Extra clues: 0901 322 5609 *Calls cost 75p plus your telephone company’s network access charge. 4 2 Today’s solution: 0907 181 2573 *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Quick Crossword 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 E E J L N Across 1. Retain (4) 8. Sensible (10) 9. Suggest (8) 10. Osculate (4) 12. Expression (6) 14. Disclose (6) 15. Ted (6) 17. Wonder (6) 18. Influence (4) 19. Of a district (8) 21. Puppet (10) 22. Unclothed (4) Down 2. Dwarf (10) 3. Fall (4) 4. Greet (6) 5. Edge (6) 6. Discuss (4,4) 7. Elizabeth (4) 11. Shy (10) 13. Breakdown (8) 16. Throughout (6) 17. Powerful (6) 18. Identical (4) 20. Unrestricted (4) 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: 16 mins Good: 12 mins Excellent: 8 mins O S T W Small Crossword 1 9 10 14 16 19 22 2 12 3 17 Kakuro 7 15 10 27 14 5 14 20 25 12 9 7 23 26 16 34 12 20 5 12 8 6 17 16 14 10 6 38 12 4 21 5 13 11 18 20 6 15 DOWN 1 Car’s instrument panel (9) 3 In the midst of (5) 4 Religious leader (4) 5 Ripe blush (anag.) (9) 6 Decorated a cake (4) 7 Wheeled (6) 7 8 ACROSS 2 Blue gemstone (8) 9 Metal suit (6) 10 Come to a halt (4) 11 Aid (4) 13 Serving utensil (5) 14 Constellation also called the Plough (3,6) 16 Fertile spot in a desert (5) 19 In the shortest time (inits) (4) 20 Flair, dash (4) 21 Edit for publication (6) 22 Sorrowful (8) 8 Constructed language (9) 12 Utter failure (6) 15 Indian rice dish (5) 17 Go by sea (4) 18 Repeat (4) Solution tomorrow For today’s solution call: 0907 181 2582 *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. 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 Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Puzzles DX1ST Quizword ACROSS 1 See 4 Down 4 Antonio, politician who founded the Italian Communist Party in 1921 (7) 8 Polygon having eight sides (7) 9 In music, an accidental that raises the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone (5) 10 1982 novel by Shirley Conran (4) 11 Madame ---, Mother of Orgon in the play Tartuffe by Molière (8) 13 Small grey requiem shark of European coastal waters (4) 14 and 13 Down Computer in the novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (4,7) 16 Either of the two main branches of the trachea (8) 17 City in eastern central Texas on the Brazos River (4) 20 The --- Falls in Venezuela is the world’s highest waterfall (5) 21 Mountain range in Tuscany that is part of the Apennines (7) 22 Town in Uganda on Lake Victoria housing an international airport (7) 23 The part of the small intestine between the jejunum and the caecum (5) DOWN 1 Either of the two bones of the body also called a scapula (8,5) 2 Indigenous empire of Central America overthrown by Cortes in the 16th century (5) 3 Medieval prose narrative written in Iceland (4) 4 and 1 Across 2000 John Fawcett film starring Katharine Isabelle and Emily Perkins (6,5) 5 ‘The ---’, novel by Maria Edgeworth featuring the character Lord Colambre (8) 6 Marine bivalve having a fluted fanshaped tail (7) 7 Movement in painting developed in the 1870s by Monet and Renoir (13) 12 Microgravity laboratory that was first launched on the Space Shuttle in 1983 (8) 13 See 14 Across 15 Robert, Archbishop of Canterbury 1980-91 (6) 18 John Huston film musical starring Aileen Quinn in the title role (5) 19 Republic in the South Pacific whose islands include Viti Levu (4) Solution tomorrow Stuck on the puzzle? Call 0905 789 4190 to hear individual clues or the full solution *Calls cost 80p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge. Service provider Spoke Ltd – Helpline 0333 202 3390 Samurai Sudoku In Samurai Sudoku, normal sudoku rules apply, but the 9x9 sudoku at the centre shares four of its 3x3 boxes with those of the outer sudokus. Solution tomorrow 6 5 8 1 5 4 5 3 9 6 1 9 6 7 2 7 4 6 2 8 4 9 3 8 4 8 1 7 4 7 5 6 7 6 8 1 7 2 6 3 3 1 8 3 1 8 8 6 4 4 2 7 5 6 4 2 4 1 7 5 4 8 4 7 8 9 7 2 4 8 9 3 4 1 9 5 5 1 4 8 9 1 2 7 4 9 3 2 6 3 9 2 3 8 1 6 2 3 6 3 7 4 5 1 1 7 5 2 9 2 4 8 4 1 7 5 2 6 9 8 9 5 8 Word builder Answer each clue so that every word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus or minus one. Solution tomorrow Summit up If the number in each triangle is the sum of the two below, what is the top number? 2 10 24 8 14 1 100 4 50 50 12 3 26 24 6 12 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 31 40 8 12 71 19 21 5 11 6 10 4 Solution tomorrow 6 1 Male sheep 2 Female horse 3 Freshwater fish 4 Hard white rock 5 Sound loudly 6 Aristocrat 7 Beer Small Crossword Across: 1 Awareness, 7 Parent, 9 Poet, 10 Grain, 12 Digs, 13 Overnight, 14 Vein, 16 Angle, 18 Earn, 19 Arctic, 20 Assistant. Down: 1 Approval, 2 Area, 3 Return, 4 Engineers, 5 Era, 6 Slight, 8 Instinct, 11 Events, 12 Direct, 15 Data, 17 Gas.

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 3 1 4 5 2 11 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 Wordsearch Y Z A G R A T S I F D R N O Y L W Y O J E J E N D O A V A N L K K I A L E R C I C O G A V E E R C U F S D R E H P E H S W M O O F C H S P H H N V R G E W O O L T O N L F Z Z Q M D K N N A Y E M N I K P M U P T A A E U G N I R E M N O M E L B O S N M Q T H L P A P P L E K R O P S I Y O R E R M X S V U C P I L W N D G H H C O S S G I Z I C H I C K E N C T B X P B C E M I L Y E K L E I S C F I S H E R M A N S A G B U V C U S T A R D Q O K O B C T Q Find all the terms listed below in the grid. Solution tomorrow PIES APPLE ● BAKEWELL ● BANOFFEE CHICKEN ● CUSTARD ● FISHERMAN’S HOMITY ● KEY LIME ● LEMON MERINGUE MINCE ● PECAN ● PORK ● PUMPKIN QUICHE ● SHEPHERD’S ● STARGAZY STEAK ● WOOLTON Overly publicise Joe _, pictured Small pleasure boat Repeat Tangles Nepalese guide College, in short Look for Metal with the symbol Sn Gigantic Crumbly cheese Female deer Space organisation (abbr.) Greatest Term of address Coconut Decompose _, traditional naturally game Apparently Skating venue Absorb (up) Unlikely winner Amanda _, pictured Harness Essence Famous boxer Golf tournament Dachsunds (7,4) Nourished All Internal strength Steal Lily Mouth (slang) _ Loeb, singer Scottish garment Tepid Conclude Twins' starsign _ Kilmer, actor Female relative Pottery oven Islamic ruler Computer operator Despot Persian greyhound Doctrine Nocturnal bird Spanish river Bracelets Digits Circuits African country British record label (abbr.) Tugs Enquires Go astray Saltpetre Bend under weight Arrow-word Meg _, actor Prone Age _ Gaynor, singer Corrode Type of projectile (abbr.) Affirmative Whichever Fishing items Village People song Split Turkish city Male relative Stalk Quick Crossword Across: 7 Lurch; 8 Stoical; 9 Inferno; 10 Links; 12 Sweepstake; 15 Administer; 18 Extol; 19 Rupture; 21 Stetson; 22 Floor. Down: 1 Illiterate; 2 Gruff; 3 Char; 4 Ashore; 5 Coalesce; 6 Scandal; 11 Sweetheart; 13 Windlass; 14 Smother; 16 Strong; 17 Buxom; 20 Puff. Target FIREGUARD afire deaf fade fader fair fairer fare fared fear feud figure figured fire fired FIREGUARD firer fraud friar fridge fried frier fudge furred grief rife Wordsearch YESTERday’s solutions 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 The Alphapuzzle Across: Tack, Quandary, Applaud, Level, Skein, Tenant, Embryo, Camera, Hollow, Rabbi, Alarm, Execute, Greatest, Less. Down: Transfer, Bang, Copse (clue), Brocade, Jaunty, Limit, Update, Sweeps, Nylon, Agreed, Advance, Brute, Yolk, Haziness. Arrow-word O L H N Y G A B B Y O N F I R E S T A R T L E T E A S H A L E S P U R N S P I A E T A A N T A N N E E L A T E N C L A R I N E T S R T M B E S S D T R A C Y E E S P A D R I L L E D O R L A W E P E E A I R L I N E R A P T N E A T E N I T S F I R T H D U E L E E D E E C A S K O L D E S T R O N S W E A L T H S O U A M U S E I N T E R N S P A N D O R A R I T A S T U A R T I V A N U P S E T S E M E R Y The AlphAbeater Black squares: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 36, 37, 38. Across: Minor, Prophet, Spy, Unique, Fact, Lymph, Awestruck, Tinderbox, Thong, Pawn, Gazebo, Jig, Deprave, Kites. Down: Laptop, Imply, Able, Moon, Danger, Roughage, Prince, Breeze, Textbook, Prefer, Undo, Epic, Naive, Taking. Sudoku Easy 1 7 2 8 3 5 6 4 9 7 2 6 3 8 4 5 9 1 9 5 7 4 1 8 2 6 3 4 8 3 9 6 5 6 1 9 7 2 4 2 5 7 1 8 3 3 4 8 5 1 9 1 9 5 6 7 2 7 6 2 4 3 8 8 2 1 3 4 6 5 3 6 2 9 7 9 7 4 8 5 1 Battleships Cross doubt Across: VALUE Down: BEADS Sudoku Medium 6 8 5 3 9 7 2 1 4 4 7 6 5 3 8 9 2 1 7 5 3 1 4 9 8 6 2 Kakuro 5 9 6 4 1 3 4 7 5 1 2 2 7 7 9 2 3 4 1 8 1 4 2 6 5 3 5 6 8 9 7 1 3 5 9 8 2 2 7 9 4 1 6 4 6 8 7 5 3 9 8 1 6 2 4 6 2 3 5 7 8 5 4 7 1 3 9 1 8 7 4 5 9 8 7 1 9 8 6 5 2 7 9 3 9 2 4 9 5 2 9 7 2 8 1 4 5 1 6 Sudoku difficult 8 9 4 3 7 2 6 1 5 9 4 6 5 3 8 1 2 7 4 6 3 7 8 1 2 5 9 2 6 1 8 5 9 3 7 4 7 1 3 9 2 6 4 8 5 5 9 7 6 4 2 1 3 8 7 3 5 4 1 6 2 9 8 5 8 2 1 7 4 9 6 3 8 2 1 3 5 9 6 4 7 Word builder Arc, Crab, Brace, Breach, Caber, Bear, Bar

4 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Puzzles crusader prize crossword Across 1 Bob has some meat (4) 3 Feeling, fraction before intuition (5,5) 9 Knock a sign of pregnancy (4) 10 Let’s review about work, getting dollar for waste receptacle (4,6) 11 Hide support for reptile (11) 15 Multiplies notes on liqueur (6,3) 17 Heard note from singer (5) 18 Which ones took first stockings? (5) 19 Manuscript has section about church people (9) 20 Minion running round holding key promises to be humiliating (11) 24 Uneducated, unhealthy repeat (10) 25 A couple of Frenchmen point the other way to literary figure (4) 26 Public speaker renews broadcast about actors (10) 27 Change during meditation (4) Down 1 I got illuminated during discussion of drain (10) 2 Unexceptional male left, taking city as an analogy (10) 4 Sidle right round lazy person (5) 5 Performer carted pan off (3,6) 6 Cushion kept moving in charitable establishment (4,7) 7 Weapon getting directions around land (4) 8 Devours a set recipe (4) 12 Terrible place incites trouble for Greek (11) 13 A French eccentric former journalist is not improved (10) 14 Believer in favour of worker taking exam (10) 16 Transporting can strap singular station (2,7) 21 Assembled concerning distance (5) 22 Appearance is squalid in report (4) 23 Storey audibly shows imperfection (4) DX1ST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 20 21 24 25 26 27 11 13 14 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 18, PO Box 12578, Sutton Coldfield B73 9BT. Entries must be postmarked by January 19 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 25. The Editor’s decision is final. LAST FRIDAY’S SOLUTION ACROSS: 1 Thumbscrew, 6 Vane, 10 Piteous, 11 At a loss, 12 Cloakroom, 13 Yeats, 14 Radon, 15 Festooned, 17 Do-nothing, 20 Eager, 21 Relic, 23 Playacted, 25 Epsilon, 26 Day care, 27 Sore, 28 Benevolent. DOWN: 1 Topic, 2 Untrodden, 3 Block and tackle, 4 Cast-off, 5 Erasmus, 7 Aloha, 8 East Sider, 9 Easy come easy go, 14 Riderless, 16 Negotiate, 18 Impinge, 19 Grandee, 22 Loser, 24 Dwelt. Prizeword: Vacation Target E R P R Y I P T O 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 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 4 1 1 4 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 25 18 8 29 38 36 10 32 22 9 13 1 28 9 1 19 33 4 33 18 8 11 24 9 3 4 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 J ■ 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ■ 30 31 ■ 32 P 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Y ● Alternatively, for six Extra Letter clues to your mobile, text DXBEAT to 64343. Texts cost £1 plus your usual operator rate Keijo 3 2 2 4 13 12 15 28 9 34 31 24 31 30 20 22 32 20 15 15 31 26 20 18 16 26 20 4 6 2 20 40 9 19 38 33 10 5 12 17 11 25 40 17 10 39 1 9 14 31 27 18 22 18 12 31 18 26 31 39 18 5 16 28 26 31 8 18 7 8 5 4 10 29 26 31 18 6 22 23 28 32 13 3 22 2 1 12 5 21 5 10 33 38 9 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 23 18 6 31 38 33 39 21 9 14 14 9 39 19 26 11 8 33 27 13 31 40 20 22 11 31 20 35 9 8 34 8 33 32 20 39 1 5 39 40 10 16 37 28 37 30 17 19 35 18 29 17 Place the tiles into the grid so that four different numbers and four different shapes appear in each row and column. Solution tomorrow 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: 26 mins; Clue: Lowly one found by sea, we hear. 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 22 2 16 6 22 16 19 11 26 2 7 25 2 2 2 20 22 1 7 19 8 7 17 19 7 8 7 22 5 20 9 10 22 6 17 16 26 7 3 4 19 23 10 13 17 2 16 10 19 25 2 22 9 5 13 13 2 12 4 5 16 18 20 2 2 21 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15V 16 17 G 7 2 11 4 1 19 2 22 14 14 6 6 26 19 5 7 12 10 24 2 16 13 4 10 17 6 10 22 3 2 16 22 4 15 2 8 7 2 4 6 2 4 17 22 6 16 6 22 3 6 8 6 5 26 2 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 = 20; Intermediate = 282; Advanced = 265. PLAY MORE CROSSWORDS AND GAMES AT EXPRESS.CO.UK/PUZZLES *SP: Spoke – Helpline 0333 202 3390

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 5 EXTRAPUZZLES Big Picture CAN YOU FIND THE PENCIL?

6 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST EXTRAPUZZLES Enter Vowel Each clue is the answer word with the vowels removed. For example, a clue PL (4) might lead to Plea, Pile, Peal, Opal etc but not Loop or Lope. You’ll have to work out which option fits with its neighbours to complete the grid. Solutions at the end 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Across Down Sudoku Corner The rules for Sudoku couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is fill the empty squares so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains all the numbers 1 to 9. Solutions at the end 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 1 BSLD (8) 6 RTS (4) 8 SNG (4) 9 RDRM (7) 10 CRG (5) 11 SLY (6) 12 GRBL (9) 17 RSS (6) 19 MS (5) 21 RSN (7) 22 CLD (4) 2 BNC (6) 3 GR (5) 4 LSD (3,4) 5 DRG (5) 6 RSL (7) 7 TMPL (6) 13 GSS (7) 14 MMN (7) 15 MKP (6) 16 FDR (6) P B O S A S S O R T EP D B O S 23 PTS (4) 18 SPLT (5) 2 7 23 24 H O R O S C O LP E I A WH O YR O S C O P E 24 TBRK (3,5) 20 CCR (5) L Y C AE C C O R D I OL N Y C E O Double A S AY PSR Jigword S BO B RU OT N EC SD H S CA YP AR B B UO N CS H 1 6 3 S C O L H P EO E I R HO A S RC WOR TP UY EB Y P E HR EO M R HO S RC O TP E 3 7 Arrange these crossword fragments to create two completed symmetrical crosswords in the grids below. Solutions C AU at E CS the CU end L OA YR L DCIL O AE ND L O U SL IU AY L C L AE D 7 1 B U N C A C TY H R B S B GU CNS TC HA HA M B O L I C A S S R T D 2 9 S S O A S S A T I O Y S R R B T T E B G D U N TC H R RS T U EBM YIH C PO RE L RO TM N S L I A W Y 6 7 5 E N T R L L E A I I T Y A E M I W H C O Y R L OT N L O L U A RS D L U TA O L D L RA I D A C O A R C D C O U R I O S N D U T I I A O L D N L RA D 8 4 6 G S T H TA MBB OGL I TC O R T E A D S S O R T CE D C S C S T A C B A G T P B A S S O R T E D S S O I S 6 C O L S A W L O E N M I C O L O P O N B SP O B S O S Y I A W UY B R Y U P B E Y E R M P M E I L R C M O L O N H O R O I A W Y E N T R E A T Y 9 6 8 D R I A R R T D H R O S C R O H P S OE C R O O P S O C N C O R I O N L O O L L O R E C O P E T I A CI I D R L Y L C Y EL C Y E C E C O D I O N 4 5 9 S C A S H A M S B O A M L I C L L I I C A S S C O R T A E SY D R C A B Y AU R NA C B YH UP R N CB B H U O N C S H S C A P E R M S S S S I O S I I S I R A U B W Y E Y P EH R E MR H H TE OR R H OT S R C O RT P U E B Y P E R M O I E N T R E E N TA T R T Y E A T T Y C C O R D L I U OS N U A U S L I U A LU A L S D L U L A YA L D C L OA E D L O I B O L S IS H C A C M BT O A LB I T CG B A TT GY R B T B G U N ST C H H A M B O L I C OU B IY S SP S E S R OE M I S I C E SO M L I SO C E N OE M L I OH C N O R L SO T N S O I S E AL T E YO N T R ER A I T Y R D T R D T R D ER N T R E A T Y H A M B O L I C S O I S N T R E A T Y U S U A L L A D T B G T S E M I C O L O N R T D R DIFFICULTY easy DIFFICULTY medium DIFFICULTY hard 3 6 4 1 5 6 9 9 4 6 1 7 5 8 2 3 8 2 1 4 1 8 5 6 5 8 4 1 2 5 6 9 8 7 5 9 3 2 4 3 1 2 5 6 Solutions at the end

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 7 Big X Sudoku The rules for Big X Sudoku vary only slightly from the standard Sudoku rules. The 9x9 Sudoku at the centre of the X shares four of its 3x3 boxes with those of the outer Sudoku. None of the 9x9 Sudokus can be solved individually, you must cross-reference between the intersecting grids. Solutions at the end 4 1 8 7 7 9 3 8 9 6 7 1 6 2 2 7 5 4 2 3 3 7 8 7 2 Honeycomb All the solutions read clockwise around their numbers. The solution to clue number 1 starts from the given letter. 1 Minister 2 Wan 3 Awe 4 Split 5 Meal 6 Curtain call 7 Wore away 8 Give 9 Charts 10 Front room 11 Sundial part 12 Brushes 3 5 8 1 2 6 5 8 3 8 7 1 2 5 7 6 3 2 7 9 8 5 5 2 4 7 1 4 7 9 3 6 9 10 9 8 11 7 12 6 TP 1 5 2 3 4 6 5 1 9 2 5 1 7 2 5 7 1 3 1 3 3 1 6 8 5 1 8 3 2 6 4 9 3 3 1 4 5 6 3 2 8 9 7 5 8 7 7 5 2 6 1 8 3 9 5 4 8 6 3 8 3 8 9 3 2 4 9 7 3 2 5 1 7 1 2 9 6 Word wheel You have 10 mins to find as many words as possible using the letters in the wheel. Each must use the hub letter and at least 3 others. Letters may be used only once. You cannot use plurals, foreign words or proper nouns. There is at least one 9-letter word to be found. Solutions at the end How you rate: 15 words, average; 20 words, good; 25 words, very good; 30 or more, excellent. U E T F G R F O L General knowledge quiz ART & LITERATURE 1 Which British novelist wrote Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones? 2 Who wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four? 3 Which eighteenth-century dramatist wrote The Beggar’s Opera? 4 Which British novelist wrote Sons and Lovers? 5 Anne Hathaway was married to which famous writer? 6 Which barrister and playwright created the character Horace Rumpole? GEOGRAPHY 7 Of which southeast Asian country is Phnom Penh the capital? 8 In which US state is Las Vegas? 9 What is the capital of Sweden? 10 In which continent is the Ivory Coast? 11 What is the second largest of the Channel Islands? 12 Which country is home to Mecca and Medina? NATURE 13 What sort of creature is a stickleback? 14 What sort of creature is a viper? 15 In which country can duck-billed platypuses be found in the wild? 16 Which acute viral infection transmitted by animals is alternatively known as hydrophobia? 17 What sort of insects belong to the family Formicidae? 18 Can penguins fly? SPORT & LEISURE 19 Which Welsh stadium hosted FA Cup finals between 2001-2006 while Wembley was being redeveloped? 20 At which racecourse is the St Leger horse race run? 21 With which sport is Bernard Hinault associated? 22 In table tennis what is the minimum number of points required to win a game? 23 With which sport is Joe Louis associated? 24 How many pieces does a player have at the start of a game of chess? POT LUCK 25 What type of professional must belong to one of the Inns of Court? 26 Which hand-held electronic device is used to search for buried treasure? 27 Which day precedes All Saints’ Day? 28 Which West Indian country is especially associated with voodoo? 29 What sweet substance is used in making mead? 30 The bald eagle is the national bird of which country? Solutions at the end Solutions at the end

8 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST EXTRAPUZZLES Pathfinder Beginning with the top highlighted letter, follow a continuous path of words associated with the given subject. The trail goes through each letter once, twisting up, down and sideways, but never diagonally. Solutions at the end Items of stationery B L P R I B I A P E L I A R D A L O R N G N P H R C P O B E T N I E T E D U S T C S T I C P E I G H R C R R O A N O G D H N L P D E O B P A R R P E I I G H E N R L T N I T O R T R R S L I C U O U N C R P A C K U B A I E I G P E H A E N E N E B T N W R H T L P H S L R I R U N P E E P D O E N C I N A B O F S N P A R H R E A M E M A N O R E L L A W I K R T N R S D S S T S A W C N G L C P E S S Q I C S L A I I P A U R O E T U A R E P S T N S C L A T Niner Each number from 1 to 9 represents a different letter. Solve the clues and insert the letters in the appropriate squares to discover a word which uses all nine letters. 1 145245983 gives a Spanish city 6345494 gives a Spanish city 7864581 gives a Spanish city 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 71986 gives a Norwegian dramatist 183354 gives an Anglo-French writer 626986 gives a famous explorer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Triangle Draw 3 straight lines to make 3 triangles. Lines must be drawn from dot to dot, either passing through one dot or none at all. Valid triangles must not contain lines running through them, every line segment must form part of a triangle. Loop Draw a continuous loop in the grid so that the number in each circle corresponds to the number of adjacent squares containing turns in the loop. Part of the loop has been drawn to get you started. Solutions at the end 2 2 3 2 3 3 1 1 2 Example solution 1 1 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 2 4 3 Arrow Word The arrows show the direction in which the answer to each clue should be placed. Solutions at the end Fitting Bashful Injure Roman garment Grow weary Volatile liquid Shoe part Aye Plunge Child Tuber Close to Selfie Remain Bound Not in Mineral Metal Clone Bearded mammal Boy Delay Word divider Edible bulb Giggling Currency Vapour Celestial bodies Painting stand Lodgings Friend Official list Drawn Eg Scar or Simba Unusual Bird Knack Circuit Weep Insect Watch Fib Switch setting Unwell Tops a cake or bun Too Be in debt Solely Display area Deep sorrow Agent Stained Will _, author

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 9 Spot the difference Can you find six differences between the two pictures below? Solutions at the end Clockword The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter M in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer ring will spell out the name of a writer and film director. Solutions at the end 11 12 1 10 2 9 M 3 8 4 7 6 5 1 Discarded cargo 2 National song 3 Noisy disturbance 4 Symbol 5 Deliberate cruelty 6 Habit 7 Lip 8 State 9 Dupe 10 Respect 11 Lithe 12 River blockage Mirrorgram Solve our ten-letter anagram. Solutions at the end S M A R T Y M I C E Fill In There are no clues to this word puzzle other than the number of squares in the grid and the length of the words or phrases. Can you place all the words in the grid? Solutions at the end 3 LETTERS NAG VET RHINOS ROCKET SNIPES Anagram crossword Fill in the grid using anagrams of the listed words. There may be more than one option for each word. Solutions at the end 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 21 19 14 22 23 Across 7 OIL TAX 8 HOARSE 9 VALE 10 APPEAL OK (2 words) 11 ALL REST 13 VAT IS 15 PRODS 17 SMARTER 20 MID-PIECE 21 STEW 22 VASTER 23 LUPINE (2 words) Down 1 EXPECT 2 AILS 3 OR NASAL 4 SACKS 5 I PRE-CHOP 6 MARTEL 12 APRIL DAY 14 TICKLER 16 UP TREE 18 PETS US (2 words) 19 BE RUM 21 DAWN 4 LETTERS AGED ARCH BACK CURL DOGS EACH GAPE LAMB MERE PLEA SCUT SWIM TYPE UGLY USER WISP 5 LETTERS BOXED ERICA EXTOL OFTEN OUNCE SMEAR 6 LETTERS ALTERS APPEAL ARDENT ASTHMA CASING DRILLS DRINKS FILTER RACILY 7 LETTERS BRECCIA FAUVISM MERMAID MILITIA RELAPSE RONDEAU TRAGEDY TREADLE TRIPODS UNASKED 8 LETTERS AIRSPEED BELFRIES EUROPEAN GLOWERED PEPTIDES TIRAMISU 9 LETTERS PRAYERFUL SURROUNDS 11 LETTERS COCKLESHELL DISSIMULATE GEOMETRICAL GERRYMANDER 12 LETTERS PREJUDGEMENT WEATHERGLASS

10 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST EXTRAPUZZLES Mindbenders Can you tackle this tricky set of logical posers, fiendish word games and mathematical mysteries? Solutions at the end 1 Muffin mix-up in the bakery as each baker can’t identify their own muffin. Cindy’s muffin was on the top shelf, and the cherry muffin was on the middle shelf. The muffin on the bottom shelf was not baked by Mindy. Lindy picked up the strawberry muffin, and Mindy picked up the raspberry muffin, but only one of these two baked a muffin which they picked. Can you work out who baked each muffin? 2 Which two words meaning ‘relax’ and ‘pours’ combine into one meaning ‘holds back’? 3 Find the crimes in these anagrams: a) Text Orion, b) Hosing Earth, c) Thrum Lasagne. 4 I’m thinking of a two-digit number that divides by three. Both of the digits of the number are greater than three. One of the digits is Gogen three greater than the other. The number is less than three times the value of three cubed. What must my number be? 5 What is the next number in the series: 17 38 80 164? Insert letters to form the listed words, moving between adjacent cells horizontally, vertically or diagonally in any direction. Insert all the remaining letters of the alphabet (except Z) in the grid so all the listed words are spelt out in this way. Solutions at the end 1 2 Q J B P F ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY M C B G X S U G L M H E V O R X A V E W D I F L P Scribble pad ✍ T O R I H T N U A W C Y K D N Y Q S K J BUGLE COAX CORK DRY FLEW HEMP HIRE JUG SAT SQUARE TOY VEIN BEFIT BOX CHINS FLASK GROVE HEM JAUNTY PROFUNDITY SALVO SQUAWK ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Jigsaw Sudoku 1 7 3 2 5 3 9 2 8 6 4 1 8 3 1 4 9 5 4 5 6 6 8 3 7 8 6 3 Fill in the rows, columns and boxes with the numbers 1 to 9 without the same number appearing twice in any row, column or box. Solutions at the end Killer Sudoku 10 10 10 11 6 18 Killer Sudoku is based on the traditional grid and every column, every row and every 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. But the dotted squares must be filled with numbers that add up to that in the left corner. Solutions at the end Circlegram Replace the question mark with a letter so that the letters within each circle can be arranged to form words, names or terms on a common theme. What are the three words, and the letter represented by the question mark? Solutions at the end 13 17 5 14 4 17 9 8 22 10 12 23 8 9 15 14 8 8 12 16 7 18 6 6 13 13 10 8 15 L I I R E P A D C ? D A S N U B C Y Kakuro R 2 14 17 12 17 16 42 3 3 34 3 28 3 8 3 15 8 3 3 11 14 6 7 Fill in the white squares with the numbers 1 to 9. Each horizontal block of squares must add up to the number in the shaded square to its left, and each vertical block must add up to the number in the shaded square above it. No number may be used more than once in any one block. Solutions at the end Futoshiki 1 3 3 Insert the numbers one to five in each row and each column, making sure that no number is repeated. The only symbols to guide you are the “greater than” (>) and “less than” (<) signs. Solutions at the end 8 15 Split Decision Cross out one of the two letters in each divided square to reveal a completed crossword grid. Solutions at the end B I C O E F W W A R W D R I S U 3 A O P G A I Z I N T 4 3 G 4 9 T S R M G 4 S H H T E T C M S E

DX1ST Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 11 Logic Using the grid below, can you work out when each mountain was first climbed? Solutions at the end Alma is the chief park ranger at Craggy National Park. She has worked at the park for more than thirty years, so has a wealth of knowledge about the mountains in the park. She can recall who first climbed each of the five tallest peaks, and in what year, but sometimes she can get a little confused. “Mount Calm was first climbed by Jessie Wilbur. He made the first ascent in 1954, or perhaps it was 1964,” said Alma to a curious visitor. “Potter’s Brow is an interesting name for a mountain,” said the visitor. “It certainly is. I believe it was named after the climber’s favourite book. It stands at a lofty 2408 metres and was first climbed four years before the mountain that Kathi climbed,” said Alma. From Alma’s conversation with the visitor, can you piece together who climbed each mountain? Mt. Daniel Potter’s Brow Mt. Calm Oak Bluff Sherry Summit 1954 1855 metres 1954 metres 2408 metres 2490 metres 3012 metres Victor Marcas Teresa Kathi Jessie 1954 1958 1964 1978 1982 “What can you tell me about the tallest mountain in the park?” asked the visitor. “That mountain was first climbed in 1978 by Mrs Jones. She named the mountain after her husband, Daniel,” replied Alma. “I can also tell you that Oak Bluff is taller than the mountain first climbed in the 1980s, but shorter than the mountain climbed by Marcas Frane,” she added. 1958 1964 1978 1982 Victor Marcas Teresa Kathi Jessie Word Spiral Starting from 1, fill in the grid clockwise with four-letter words. The last letter of each word becomes the first letter of the next to reveal a hidden word. Solutions at the end 1 2 3 9 10 14 15 8 11 4 16 13 12 7 6 5 1 Shove 2 Part of a horse’s foot 3 A matted fabric 4 Sound a horn 5 Stumble 6 Puddle 7 Speech defect 8 Bard 9 Mountain lake Keyword clue: Elaborate parade 10 Inert gas 11 Immediately following 12 Group of players 13 Cooked animal flesh 14 Rip 15 Impetuous 16 Very big Battleships Find where the fleet of ships shown are 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. Solutions at the end A B C D E F G H I J 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 4 1 0 4 1 2 2 2 1 x Battleship 3 x Destroyer 2 x Cruiser 4 x Submarine 3 4 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 3 Codeword In this completed crossword puzzle, each letter has been replaced with a number. Three letters have been given to start you off, so write these letters wherever their numbers appear in the grid. The completed grid will include all letters of the alphabet. Remember, none of the answers are proper nouns. Solutions at the end 4 20 16 16 13 18 5 13 26 20 3 20 6 26 14 26 5 21 22 26 24 2 7 25 3 4 3 2 12 19 14 5 19 13 3 26 14 20 15 23 24 21 13 26 2 14 25 13 15 20 3 9 7 13 26 24 5 17 14 21 11 14 5 13 8 13 4 14 21 7 24 25 2 26 22 22 9 7 12 3 14 10 26 5 13 13 18 5 26 24 8 13 24 14 2 10 12 11 14 24 14 D O T 15 1 7 13 24 1 3 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 D T O 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 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

12 Daily Express Tuesday, January 18, 2022 DX1ST EXTRAPUZZLES Mirror Image Which of the shapes A-D is an exact mirror image of the original? ORIGINAL A B Number Fit All of the listed numbers fit into the grid and there’s only one way to do it. One number has been provided to get you started. 4 digits 6234 8243 8375 8584 7 digits 6548247 8354745 8430374 8456243 7 3 4 5 8 5 C D 5 digits 12643 15608 29543 63344 8 digits 37274236 43514540 48401572 83457353 6 digits 101524 303930 487932 734585 734630 735760 934213 937509 TODAY’S SOLUTIONS ARROW WORD A C T F U Y D S P H O T O L E A P E I R O N S T A Y G O A T P O S T P O N E R L A U G H T E R W O A C O M M A T E R E G I S T E R N O D D A R T A N T A L I O N I L L I C E S A L S O O W E G A L L E R Y G R I E F O N L Y S P Y D Y E D S E L F SPOT THE DIFFERENCE BIG PICTURE BIG X SUDOKU FUTOSHIKI JIGSAW SUDOKU SUDOKU: EASY SUDOKU: MEDIUM SUDOKU: HARD 9 5 4 2 1 6 8 3 7 6 8 7 4 9 3 1 5 2 2 3 1 7 8 5 9 4 6 7 1 8 6 5 2 3 9 4 3 9 6 1 4 8 2 7 5 4 2 5 3 7 9 6 1 8 1 6 3 5 2 7 4 8 9 5 4 9 8 6 1 7 2 3 4 8 9 3 1 5 7 2 3 6 9 8 8 7 2 9 3 4 5 6 1 7 4 2 4 6 8 2 7 6 1 5 4 3 8 9 7 6 8 9 5 4 1 9 3 2 2 5 3 7 1 8 9 4 1 7 5 3 2 6 5 2 6 4 9 3 8 7 1 3 7 1 8 6 2 4 9 5 9 3 2 5 8 7 1 6 4 1 8 7 6 4 9 5 3 2 6 4 5 2 3 1 9 8 7 2 3 1 5 4 4 1 5 3 2 1 5 4 2 3 2 4 5 8 6 9 7 1 3 9 7 8 1 5 3 6 4 2 3 1 6 2 7 4 8 9 5 2 5 4 8 1 3 6 9 7 5 3 1 4 2 8 7 6 1 3 9 5 8 6 3 4 9 7 1 5 2 4 8 6 9 3 7 2 5 8 4 1 6 9 1 7 2 6 5 8 3 4 9 2 7 5 6 1 4 3 9 8 7 2 7 9 6 5 3 8 2 4 1 2 1 4 9 7 6 5 3 8 4 3 2 1 7 6 9 8 5 3 8 9 1 4 5 2 6 7 1 8 5 9 2 4 7 6 3 6 7 5 3 8 2 1 4 9 5 4 9 7 8 2 3 1 6 7 5 3 6 2 4 9 8 1 6 2 8 3 5 1 4 7 9 8 9 6 5 1 3 7 2 4 3 7 1 6 4 9 5 2 8 1 4 2 8 9 7 6 5 3 1982 1958 3 4 2 1 5 1964 5 2 3 4 1 1954 1 6 8 7 9 3 4 5 2 8 4 5 2 3 7 9 1 6 3 2 9 5 1 4 6 8 7 6 7 2 9 4 5 8 3 1 5 8 7 3 6 1 2 4 9 9 3 1 6 5 8 7 2 4 2 5 3 4 7 9 1 6 8 4 9 6 1 8 2 3 7 5 7 1 4 8 2 6 5 9 3 1978 9 Year 8 Victor 6 Kathi Jessie Marcas Teresa 5 Climber LOGIC Mountain Height Mt. Daniel 3012m Potter’s Brow 2408m Mt. Calm 2490m Oak Bluff 1954m Sherry Summit 1855m ENTER VOWEL A B S E I L E D A R T S O A E I E E S U N G E A R D R U M N E S G O P C O R G I E A S I L Y E D O E A G R E E A B L E M A M F R A I S E S M O O S E K E P O C D E R O S I O N C L O D U U L I U R O P T S T E A B R E A K DOUBLE JIGWORD P B O S H O R O S C O P E L Y C E A Y R B U N C H E H R T U S U A L L A D T B G T S E M I C O L O N R T D R 2 A S S O R T E D L I A W Y A C C O R D I O N C S C A R U B Y P E R M O L O I S H A M B O L I C S S O I S E N T R E A T Y 1 2 9 3 6 5 T R A G E D Y L A M B B A C K O A I P L E R O S N I P E S E X T O L E A C H D E S P E F C K V E T F I L T E R R A C I L Y A A M I S I I E S U R R O U N D S R E L A P S E C L E T S H A S T H M A S W I M O F T E N M T R U A L W E A T H E R G L A S S U G L Y A R L M E V A R D E N T O I R H I N O S A Y W S S U A G E D P R E J U D G E M E N T E L E R E C B O X E D M E R E R O C K E T M A D U R U M E R M A I D P R A Y E R F U L T I R C O M L N D R I L L S A P P E A L N A G I I P S E N W S S C U T E R I C A D R I N K S A I E N N E S E P L E A D O G S T R I P O D S 7 4 FILL IN ANAGRAM CROSSWORD Across: 7 Oxtail, 8 Ashore, 9 Veal, 10 Oak apple, 11 Stellar, 13 Vista, 15 Drops, 17 Armrest, 20 Epidemic, 21 Wets, 22 Starve, 23 Line up. Down: 1 Except, 2 Sail, 3 Also-ran, 4 Casks, 5 Choppier, 6 Armlet, 12 Lapidary, 14 Trickle, 16 Repute, 18 Sets up, 19 Umber, 21 Wand. Word wheel FORGETFUL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ 1 Henry Fielding, 2 George Orwell, 3 John Gay, 4 D. H. Lawrence, 5 William Shakespeare, 6 John Mortimer, 7 Cambodia, 8 Nevada, 9 Stockholm, 10 Africa, 11 Guernsey, 12 Saudi Arabia, 13 A fish, 14 A snake, 15 Australia, 16 Rabies, 17 Ants, 18 No, 19 The Millennium Stadium, 20 Doncaster, 21 Cycling, 22 Eleven, 23 Boxing, 24 Sixteen, 25 Barrister, 26 Metal detector, 27 Halloween, 28 Haiti, 29 Honey, 30 USA. HONEYCOMB 1 Pastor, 2 Sallow, 3 Wonder, 4 Divide, 5 Dinner, 6 Encore, 7 Eroded, 8 Donate, 9 Tables, 10 Lounge, 11 Gnomon, 12 Brooms. 2 1 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 8 7 5 6 1 2 1 4 3 1 9 7 4 3 2 8 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 5 2 7 3 5 9 8 4 2 6 3 7 9 8 4 2 6 1 4 1 3 6 9 8 2 5 7 2 2 LOOP 4 9 WORD SPIRAL 1 Push, 2 Hoof, 3 Felt, 4 Toot, 5 Trip, 6 Pool, 7 Lisp, 8 Poet, 9 Tarn, 10 Neon, 11 Next, 12 Team, 13 Meat, 14 Tear, 15 Rash, 16 Huge. Pageant CODEWORD 1=K, 2=C, 3=L, 4=P, 5=R, 6=Q, 7=H, 8=G, 9=Y, 10=D, 11=T, 12=O, 13=A, 14=E, 15=M, 16=Z, 17=J, 18=W, 19=V, 20=I, 21=S, 22=B, 23=X, 24=N, 25=F, 26=U. 5 6 8 KAKURO KILLER Sudoku BATTLESHIPS SPLIT DECISION 6 4 7 1 2 5 3 4 6 3 9 1 8 7 2 8 1 7 5 3 9 8 6 7 5 2 1 9 2 4 3 8 7 5 1 7 3 4 6 5 9 8 3 9 6 1 2 4 1 4 6 8 3 9 5 7 4 2 3 9 8 7 2 5 6 1 2 7 6 8 3 4 5 1 9 2 3 9 6 4 5 4 7 1 6 2 3 8 5 4 8 9 1 7 3 1 9 7 2 5 8 6 7 1 1 2 3 1 8 2 3 1 6 2 9 1 2 9 8 4 2 3 5 1 3 4 2 6 1 6 3 7 1 3 1 4 2 9 1 4 2 7 1 5 2 5 7 3 5 1 2 6 8 4 9 4 6 9 7 8 5 3 2 1 8 2 1 3 4 9 7 5 6 CIRCLEGRAM The letter represented by the question mark is H. Hairclip, scrunchy, headband, all hair accessories. MIRROR IMAGE D 9 8 3 4 6 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 8 9 1 4 3 7 PATHFINDER Ballpoint pen, Highlighter, Ring binder, Coloured pencils, Rubber bands, Set square, Plastic wallets, Scissors, Fountain pen, Paperweight, Drawing pins, Calculator, Permanent marker, Hole punch, Pencil sharpener, Ink cartridge, Protractor, Paintbrush, Paper clips, Noticeboard. NINER 1 STRANGLED 2 BALCONIES MINDBENDERS 1 Cindy raspberry, Mindy cherry, Lindy strawberry. 2 Rest-rains. 3 a) Extortion, b) High treason, c) Manslaughter. 4 69. 5 332 (+2, x2) CLOCKWORD 1 Jetsam, 2 Anthem, 3 Mayhem, 4 Emblem, 5 Sadism, 6 Custom, 7 Labium, 8 Affirm, 9 Victim, 10 Esteem, 11 Lissom, 12 Logjam. James Clavell MIRRORGRAM ASYMMETRIC 2 J K S Y N D K C W A U T H I R T P L F D W E V U A O Y X R O V E I N Q H 1 7 4 2 5 3 6 9 8 5 4 8 9 7 2 1 6 3 6 1 2 5 3 8 9 7 4 3 9 7 6 1 4 2 8 5 NUMBER FIT 9 8 6 2 3 1 7 3 4 5 8 5 9 3 7 5 0 9 4 8 4 5 2 1 6 2 3 4 8 3 4 5 7 3 5 3 1 2 3 4 2 8 3 5 4 7 4 5 1 2 6 4 3 8 7 8 3 6 3 3 4 4 8 4 5 6 2 4 3 0 0 1 3 8 4 3 5 1 4 5 4 0 8 3 7 5 9 5 6 3 2 9 7 3 5 7 6 0 7 3 4 6 3 0 0 2 8 4 3 2 TRIANGLE M L G S X G B C M F P B J Q GOGEN 1 S M E T S G R T N I A G A I W O S D A E B