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HURT BANK WARNS OF LONGEST RECESSION EVER
... WITH BIGGEST RATES RISE IN 33 YEARS
MILLIONS face the instant pain of bigger
mortgage payments after the Bank of
by DOMINIC YEATMAN
England raised interest rates 0.75 per prime minister Liz Truss, whose
cent to three per cent – the biggest unfunded mini-budget debacle led to
jump since 1989 – to fight inflation. higher government borrowing costs.
As the bank warned a record Mr Hunt said: ‘My party has put in
Blame Liz: two-year recession was coming, place a new prime minister. He said he
chancellor Jeremy Hunt fore- was there to fix that and, when I became
Chancellor
cast a ‘very tough’ time for
Jeremy Hunt PA families – and blamed former Continued on Page 3 »
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FROM
CARE
HOME
TO CAR
HOME
Life on the road:.
Gareth Ward and his.
mobile home SWNS,
‘Tackling stigma’: CASH-STRAPPED WORKER SWAPS FLAT FOR CONVERTED ZAFIRA

Prince and Princess by DEBBIE LUXON smash-proof glass, darkened windows,
a camping gas cooker, storage and a
of Wales discussed A MENTAL health worker says he has kettle. He plans to buy an ‘Arctic-level’
mental health been driven from his flat to living in sleeping bag and a gym membership
PICTURES: TIM ROOKE/ his car because of sky-high bills. for access to showers.
SHUTTERSTOCK/REX/MARK Gareth Ward, who earns £1,000 per Although it is illegal to ‘reside’ on
CUTHBERT/UK PRESS/GETTY
month with a national care provider, private land with a vehicle, Mr Ward
said he converted his Vauxhall Zafira has an app that shows parking places.
as he can no longer afford his one-bed He said: ‘I’ve struggled with paying
property, privately rented under a rent for a tiny one-bed flat for three
scheme with Norwich City Council. years, and on top of paying for a car
You going to Scarborough, The 48-year-old is in arrears before

trying to buy food each month after
it’s become impossible.
‘I’m fed up with it, all I do is work
heir? Wills and Kate’s trip

paying £700 in rent, £120 council tax and sleep, whilst struggling to eat. I
Vauxing clever: The converted car
and increased energy and living costs. suffer from anxiety but with this plan,
He has now stopped paying his rent pros outweigh the cons,’ he said. ‘I can I can take to the open road.’
THE Prince and Princess of Wales looked the and will move into the 15-year-old car be free from the burden of debt and The council said its private rental
part as they arrived in coastal Scarborough in when he is evicted. bills and make my life as comfortable scheme is designed to provide homes
sand and sea hues to launch mental health ‘It’s a scary move, a huge life change as I can in what would otherwise be a for below the market rate – and partic-
funding for young residents. but I’ve got no ties, my bosses know potentially dangerous situation.’ ipants should get in contact if they
William, donning blue, and Kate, in a camel what I’m doing and, at this point, the In his car, Mr Ward has installed are still unable to make ends meet.
dress and coat, chatted to members of a cheering
crowd before touring community hubs The Street
and The Rainbow Centre.
‘On the mental health side of things, tackling
Instant mortgage misery... and it’s not over yet
that stigma, talking about mental health and tracker deals and £46 on variables. And war and said it may fall rapidly here
providing services throughout the community » Continued from Page 1 2million on fixed rates will pay £3,000 next year. But he warned of more rate
are crucial to how we go forwards and deal chancellor, within days, I reversed the a year more after deals expire. rises amid our longest recession since
with mental health issues that many, many measures in the mini-budget.’ The Bank of England governor Andrew reliable records began a century ago.
people face,’ said the prince. eighth rise in 11 months put the base Bailey said the base rate should peak The budget hit our standing, he said,
Kate and William also met young people in rate at its highest since 2008. at 4.5 per cent in 2023 – lower than the but it was time to ‘roll up our sleeves
charge of how to allocate £345,000 of funds The 1.6million households with an six per cent feared amid panic after and show UK policy-making is back’.
announced by the couple’s Royal Foundation, average £146,000 mortgage now face September’s mini-budget. He blamed Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer attacked the
with Two Ridings Community Foundation. Wales-watching: Hug for Kate a £73 a month rise in repayments on global inflation on Russia’s Ukraine government’s ‘12 years of utter failure’.
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African officials for access to oil in giant’s British subsidiary, admitted
pre-tax profits dipped by eight per
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Mr Justice Fraser said: ‘The penalty includes a record In-chat polls will also be launched.
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Terror: Police help a.

young woman after.
suicide blast at Ariana.
Grande concert which.
killed 22 people.
PICTURE: JOEL GOODMAN/LNP.
Left to bleed: John Atkinson ‘should have been saved’
THE family of a young man murdered in by AIDAN RADNEDGE

the Manchester Arena bombing said he
‘died without dignity’ after an official on railings and pieces of cardboard rather
inquiry found he might have lived if not than proper equipment.
for emergency response failings. Paramedics and firefighters were pre-
Care worker John Atkinson, 28, was among vented from entering the venue because it
blast victims let down by emergency ser- was wrongly believed an ‘active shooter’
vices’ ‘inadequacies’, said the inquiry’s chair remained at large.
Sir John Saunders. ‘Some of what went wrong had serious
Mr Atkinson’s family said it was clear he and, in the case of John Atkinson, fatal
‘could and should have survived’. consequences for those directly affected
Terrorist Salman Abedi’s suicide attack by the explosion,’ Sir John said.
at an Ariana Grande concert claimed 22 Mr Atkinson was six metres away when
lives in May 2017. the blast went off in the arena foyer. He lay
The youngest victim, Saffie-Rose Roussos, bleeding on the floor for up to 50 minutes.
eight, who lay dying for more than Only three paramedics entered on the
an hour after the blast, was among night and none were seen to attend to Mr
those ‘failed on an enormous and Atkinson before he was carried on a
unfathomable scale’, lawyers for makeshift stretcher to a casualty clearing
her family said. area. While there he suffered a cardiac
Delivering the second of arrest – one hour and 16 minutes
three reports into the trag- after the explosion.
edy, Sir John highlighted His family said he was ‘totally
‘avoidable mistakes’ in failed at every stage’.
planning and coordina- Saffie-Rose’s family believed
tion across various emer- she could have survived too,
gency services. but Sir John said her injuries
He said there were Inquiry: Sir John were so severe that the pos-
insufficient paramedics Saunders delivers sibility was ‘remote’.
treating casualties, fire He said the officer initially
report at
engines travelled in the in command, Greater Man-
wrong direction and Manchester Hall chester Police’s duty officer
wounded people were carried Insp Dale Sexton, ‘quickly
‘We were not ready for this’:

MAY 22, 2017 declares a major incident. But it also
6pm – Doors open for the 14,000 people believes an active shooter is on the
attending the show. rampage.
10.31pm – Salman Abedi detonates his 10.50pm – The first paramedic arrives on
rucksack bomb, packed with shrapnel, in scene in the City Room – but remains the
the packed City Room foyer of the arena. only one there for the first 40 minutes
Most of the 22 killed die shortly afterwards after the blast.
from unsurvivable injuries. Calls to 999 are
made almost instantly after the blast, and 10.55pm – A BTP officer calls his control
12 British Transport Police officers are on room, asking: ‘Where’s our ambulances
the premises within ten minutes. please?’ The controller responds: ‘We don’t
know, we are calling them again.’
10.34pm – North West Fire Control is first
notified of the bombing and mass 11.00pm – Ambulances begin to arrive at
casualties. They also, wrongly, receive the arena, but paramedics do not deploy
reports of an ‘active shooter’. en masse to the City Room.
10.46pm – North West Ambulance Service 11.00pm – Greater Manchester Police Sgt
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Youngest: Saffie-Rose Roussos, 8, was ‘badly let down’
miles from the arena. The chairman said:

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tims could have survived.
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Hall, Mr Atkinson’s family said: ‘He was left
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he needed to get straight to hospital.’
Saffie-Rose’s parents last night said she
was ‘badly let down’ as they expressed their
anger. Lisa Roussos said: ‘I believe in my
heart that she would have survived if she
had been given the right medical attention.’
Greater Manchester Police, British Trans-
Bomber: Salman Abedi seen on CCTV PA
port Police, Greater Manchester Fire and
Rescue Service and North West Ambulance
became overburdened by the number of Service all apologised for mistakes made
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How the response unfolded

Kam Hare, in the City Room with his 11.40pm – Saffie is declared dead.
Tactical Aid Unit team, tells a PC: ‘We need
11.47pm – Mr Atkinson goes into cardiac
the f***ing medics!’
arrest from blood loss in a casualty clearing
11.02pm – A GMP officer calls his control area before being taken to hospital.
room, urging: ‘We need paramedics like 11.52pm – The final casualty is evacuated
f***ing yesterday!’ from the City Room on a makeshift stretcher
11.17pm – Concertgoer John Atkinson, 28, is made from cardboard and a crowd barrier,
evacuated from the City Room on a one hour and 20 minutes after the explosion.
makeshift stretcher – 46 minutes after the MAY 23
blast – to a triage area at Victoria Station. 12.24am – Mr Atkinson is declared dead at
He remains there for another 24 minutes. Manchester Royal Infirmary.
11.23pm – An ambulance transporting 12.27am – Sgt Hare’s bodycam footage is
Saffie-Rose Roussos, aged eight, arrives at switched off, shortly before he is recorded
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital – 52 saying: ‘F***ing hell, we weren’t ready for
minutes after the bombing. this, were we?’
I can give nephew SUELLA DRO

a home... but they
by JOEL TAYLOR
OVER 1,000 LEAVE SITE
SUELLA BRAVERMAN was booed as she
visited Manston immigration processing
centre yesterday while trying to end the
won’t let me help

chaos surrounding the asylum system.
The home secretary arrived in a Chinook
helicopter, which reportedly costs £3,500
an hour to fly, in order to ‘see the breadth
of coastline’ border guards monitor.
Her trip came as she faced pressure
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over conditions at the camp, which has

A CONCERNED uncle who raced to the ■ A TEENAGE boy was raped been housing up to 4,000 people at once,
Manston immigration facility after he and another sexually assaulted some of them stuck there for weeks. The
saw his nephew on Metro’s front page at a hotel housing refugees, it is site is intended to hold 1,600, with no-one
was refused permission to speak to him. alleged. Around 150 children and staying longer than 24 hours.
Arben Halili, who moved here from 250 adults are said to be staying Ms Braverman spent 30 minutes at the
Albania in 1997 and lives in Oxford, in the hotel, at Waltham Forest, centre in Kent, speaking to staff and
said young Emil had ‘probably’ crossed east London. Police said a man being shown around. Downing Street
the Channel on a small boat three aged 30 was arrested over the said she was there to ‘receive an update
weeks ago with his family. rape claim, before being bailed. on the situation on the ground’. And
Tuesday’s edition showed him at the A 17-year-old was charged with last night it emerged more than Flying visit: Helicopter lands
camp, which is supposed to rehouse sexual touching of the second 1,000 have been moved from
arrivals within 24 hours. child and will appear in court Manston in the past five days. we need to tackle on all
‘I have had zero contact with him next week. Police said both boys Ms Braverman said steps fronts and look at innovative
and they won’t give any information,’ are receiving specialist support. were being taken to improve solutions. To break the busi-
Mr Halili told Sky News. ‘I called the medical and catering facilities, ness model of people
Home office and they just say, “press and supply extra bedding. smugglers, we need to
this number, go on the ‘I have met with our expert ensure illegal routes
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website”. But I need FR
Desperate: Metro from the homeless charity Under One teams who work tirelessly to across the Channel are
answers. Can’t they let THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2022
report on Mr Halili’s Sky said they were ‘distressed, lost’ and save lives and protect the UK’s rendered unviable.’
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me in so I can pick up bid to trace relatives had ‘nowhere to go’. borders. I wanted to see first Ms Braverman also
my family and start ‘I was in touch with the Home Office. hand how we’re working to met the Dover coast-
the process? I can give
my address. They can OUR Search: Arben Halili
stops coach leaving
Manston as he looks
for family yesterday
SKY NEWS
to live with relatives.
It came days after a
A man there said “This is a massive
error”,’ he told the BBC.
reduce the number of peo-
ple in Manston and am
guard and visited the
Western Jet Foil migrant
stay there. I worry for
the child. I don’t what’s BOY! MIGRANTS’
LITTLE ASYLUM LAD
ON OUR FRONT PAGE
group of migrants
from the Kent base
On Tuesday, a girl in the camp passed
a bottle containing a note to the press.
incredibly proud of the
skill and dedication shown
Fact-finding:
Ms Braverman
centre, scene of a petrol
bomb attack on Sunday.
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going to happen.’ was dumped at Lon- It said conditions there were like a to tackle this challenging There are fears rising
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EXPOSED SPOTTED BY FAMILY
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also met border

TRY TO RESCUE HIM
TO THE UK by JOEL TAYLOR
The Home Office don’s Victoria station prison and claimed that 50 families, situation,’ she said. far-right activity has been
A DESPERATE relative tries to find his
family at the Manston immigration
facility – after spotting his nephew on
our heart-rending Metro front page.
Arben Halili stopped a bus carrying
patrol workers
Helpless: Children
look through fence
at the Manston
asylum seekers out of the cramped

processing centre
said asylum seekers at night. including pregnant women, had been ‘This is a complex and fuelled by her failure to con-
yesterday
HANNAH McKAY/REUTERS
camp, where they had to sleep on

n NO BEDS n NO FRESH AIR n NO TOILET DOORS n NO COMPASSION
AN OFFICIAL report has exposed
appalling conditions suffered by 4,000
by DOMINIC YEATMAN centre where they are supposed to stay
for 24 hours to be processed but some
they were safe and, in some parts of
the site they were, inexplicably, not
life. Embattled home secretary Suella
Braverman last night denied accusa-
floors, repeatedly imploring the driver:
asylum seekers, including children, in
a migrant facility built for 1,500 where
they are deprived of beds, fresh air
and contact with the outside world.
where children chanted ‘freedom’ at
reporters yesterday after being allowed
outside into a fenced-off area.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons said
have been more than a month.
‘There are no beds and there is no
access to fresh air or exercise,’ chief
inspector Charlie Taylor wrote.
even allowed to close toilet doors fully.’
Conditions are said to have worsened
since 700 more migrants transferred
there from Dover on Sunday after a
tions she illegally blocked migrants
being moved from Manston to hotels
in a bid to deter others from making the
illegal crossing from France. Local MP
‘I’ve lost my brother! I’ve got family!’
The Albanian told a reporter he
Scabies and diphtheria have broken ‘exhausted detainees were sleeping ‘Some were not allowed access to reception centre was firebombed by
out in the centre at Manston, Kent, on the floor’ of the converted military mobile phones to let families know an attacker who later took his own Continued on Page 5 »
realised they must be in Kent when

he saw the boy, eight, behind a wire
are routinely ‘bailed’ A passing worker there for more than 30 days. difficult situation, which trol the numbers crossing
fence, peeking from under a tarpaulin
in the photo. But the bus moved on,
Just kids: Nephew was on our front page on Tuesday
Continued on Page 6 »
OPS IN ON ASYLUM CAMP

AS HOME SECRETARY VOWS IMPROVEMENTS
On a mission: Motorcade enters Kent camp after Mr Braverman touches down (right) PA
Rish hour: PM Mr Sunak SARA_LE_ROUX/PA
from France in small boats. Her visit decried an ‘unacceptable surge’ in cross-
came as campaigners from Detention
Action threatened to go to the courts
ings, adding ‘thousands more hotel rooms
have been sorted’ to house asylum seekers. PM poppies up
over conditions at Manston.
Lawyers for a woman held there said
Meanwhile, chairs of the Commons’
home affairs, justice, human rights and to raise money
she was being ‘unlawfully detained in women and equalities committees sent
egregiously defective conditions’. The Ms Bravermen a letter expressing ‘deep RISHI SUNAK surprised the capital’s
complaint also includes ‘serious threats concerns’ over the ‘dire’ conditions at rush-hour commuters by selling
to the safety of children’, they added. Manston. They asked what she will do to Remembrance Day poppies.
If a judgment is made against the tackle overcrowding there. The prime minister joined soldiers
Home Office it could see asylum seekers and civil servant Stephen le Roux in
win payouts for unlawful detention. Westminster Tube station to raise
The climate minister Graham Stuart
WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? cash for the Royal British Legion’s
admitted the camp, where migrants are Text the word VIEWS followed by Poppy Appeal, which aimed to collect
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Channel crossings as ‘an invasion’. But he fiver. What a morning.’
November 4, 2022
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TOM STICHBURY’S BEFORE his pop career

started cooking, LEWIS
CAPALDI was encouraged to
flip burgers. ‘My brother, for
Christmas, went to the
trouble of wrapping a
McDonald’s application
form for me because I
Selena’s fear over releasing didn’t have a job and he
CLAW-DROPPING! mental health documentary
thought it would be fun,’ the
26-year-old, whose next album
LUPITA LEADS THE SELENA GOMEZ nearly pulled the plug on her
soul-baring documentary My Mind And Me.
is out on May 19, told LadBible.
PANTHER PACK ‘God’s honest truth, a few weeks ago, I wasn’t sure I
could do it,’ she admitted. But the pop star was bolstered
DRAKE poked fun at his
ladies’ man reputation
in a spoof interview with
LUPITA NYONG’O looked by seeing her film affect a fan at a screening, saying: ‘If I shock jock Howard
simply purr-fect at the can just do that for one person, imagine what it could do.’ Stern. The Canadian
premiere of Black Panther: The documentary, out today on Apple+, explores the rapper, 36, joked he
Wakanda Forever. pop star’s bipolar diagnosis and mental health struggles. dates ‘four or five
The actress, making waves in a ‘I’ve been to four treatment centres,’ Selena told Rolling women to make one
frilly black and silver gown, led Stone, adding she’d previously had suicidal thoughts and woman’, as he likes
the charge of stars at London’s a psychosis episode. But the 30-year-old has since different qualities from each.
Leicester Square last night. learned to ‘make bipolar my friend’.
She was joined by guests
Stormzy, in head-to-toe hot
pink; his ex Maya Jama, donning
striking plate jewellery; and
Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock.
Nyong’o, 39, reprises her role
as Nakia in the superhero sequel,
directed by Ryan Coogler and in
cinemas on November 11.
Protagonist T’Challa was not
recast in the wake of Chadwick
Boseman’s death in 2020 – and
in a recent interview, Oscar
winner Nyong’o opened up about
how the team dealt with
losing him.
‘Everything changed. When
you say the world rotated
around him, it revolved
around him, it did,’ she
explained.
‘Ryan wrote something
that so honoured the truth
of what every one of us
was feeling, those of us
Stars in stripes: who knew Chadwick.
Lupita (top), Stormzy, ‘He created something
Maya and Leigh-Anne that could honour that
and carry the story
DAVE BENETT/WIREIMAGE/
forward. By the end, I
REUTERS/TOBY MELVILLE
was weeping.’
HAVE A LITTLE
PATIENCE... LP
IS ON THE WAY
TAKE THAT’S GREATEST NEWS FOR FANS
AKE THAT fans will be room floor. ‘We filmed it for about
happy to hear the band two hours, then (were) shown for
are finally making about ten seconds,’ Howard balked.
Progress on an Gary – who previously popped up in
upcoming album. The Last Jedi – chipped in: ‘It’s about
Frontman Gary three seconds. I counted them. I was
Barlow confirmed work has in Star Wars for longer, and this
begun on the long-awaited is our own film.’
follow-up to 2017’s Fortunately, the lads
Wonderland – and will be front and centre
‘hopefully’ it will be when they headline
released next year. British Summertime
‘We have started a Hyde Park on July 1,
little bit of writing, with Sugababes and
but we’re not really The Script.
due to officially start Follow-up: Howard, ‘How could you say
till the New Year. no?’ Mark told Radio
We’ve got to write
Gary and Mark 2’s Zoe Ball. He also
some hits,’ he said. ANDREAS RENTZ/GETTY reflected on their long
Gaz, 51, and bandmates career, musing: ‘We first
Mark Owen, 50, and Howard came to London 30-odd years
Donald, 54, are also amped for the ago. We all shared a room… I got
release of their musical Greatest Days, poorly, and they went for an Indian.’
inspired by the group. But they may Howard quipped: ‘We made him feel
Never Forget – or forgive – director better when we came back with our
Coky Giedroyc for leaving most of curry breath.’ Don’t worry Mark –
their busking cameo on the cutting korma, sorry, karma will get them!
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n In defence of rail workers again
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George Curley, saying strikes are ‘the
only things that work’. Does he not
Will Hancock roo
the day he went
Curley says strikes ‘do work’ understand they’re destroying the
(MetroTalk, Thu). If so, why do strikers economy? I’ve been self-employed for
need to strike over and over again years – at least these strikers have
about the same issues? Clearly jobs with a regular wage and all the
strikes don’t work because these extras. Tell them to try being
into that jungle?

issues are still not resolved after so self-employed for at least two years
many strikes. Pedro, Hammersmith and see how they cope. Get a life,
George, and stop moaning.
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unmentionables on I’m A Celebrity... Get It’s in Britain’s interests for this
Me Out Of Here. Personally, I’d prefer to company to survive and thrive, because
see it the other way round. the employee pension funds of many
David Perry, Broadstairs companies are invested in BP shares.
If the government became too harsh
■ The sight of disgraced MP Matt on such companies, they would simply
Hancock arriving Down Under (Metro, move abroad and Britain would lose out.
Thu) to take part in I’m A Celebrity… will A Wills, via email
enrage not only those who view him as
being responsible for Britain’s high ■ Regarding the Cop27 summit, Labour
death rate from Covid, but also his West says Rishi Sunak has been ‘dragged
Suffolk constituents. They will not be kicking and screaming’ (Metro, Thu) into
too amused at the sight of him making a agreeing to attend it after saying he
complete fool of himself as he digests wouldn’t. Why is it that MPs can use this
creepy crawly insects or ridiculous and unprofessional language?
parts of a kangaroo’s As a local authority employee, I would
anatomy. never get away with
Scott, West London it. But then again,
we wouldn’t get
■ Who is going to represent away with frolicking
Matt Hancock’s constituents or drinking wine in
while he the office. I’m sick of
prances around in the politicians squabbling
Australian jungle for up to three and talking over each
weeks, acting the fool? And how other. How about some
will he communicate with his basic manners, respect
constituents and parliament and being kind?
while he has gone Awol? By Sophie, Liverpool
boomerang or messenger
pigeon? ■ It’s a fair cop that Boris
Al, Charlton Johnson is going to Cop27, with
Sunak following with his tail
■ BP made £7.1billion in between his legs. Bring back
global profits between July Johnson. Whatever you throw at
and September – leading to him, he’ll bring it
renewed calls for a windfall back – with
tax (Metro, Wed). But until stardust on. He’s
recently it was losing billions a superhero
of pounds a year. and you just
BP has a lot of debts have to marvel
because of its costly Skippy for lunch: at him. Excuse
search for new supplies the pun.
of oil and gas for our Hancock to eat a Harry,
vital energy needs. The roo – or vice versa? Cambridgeshire
HS2: Necessary journey

or not worth the bother?
n Despite what the naysayers may actually be diverted to the rest of the
say, HS2 is absolutely essential for network, all I can say is: dream on!
providing sufficient capacity for the Peter Reynolds, Nottingham
future. The West and East Coast Main
Lines are already at near-capacity. n What a good idea suggested by
It would cost just as much to Lynda Davies, who says the £40billion
upgrade the rest of the network and black hole in the country’s finances
require years of disruption caused by could be dealt with by scrapping
engineering work over weekends HS2 and saving £147billion.
and bank holidays. I’ve done day trips to Birmingham
If the government is serious about for business numerous times over the
reducing carbon emissions (ha ha!), past 15 or so years and have had no
then rail has to be part of the solution problem with the service.
to this problem. HS2 will cut the journey time by
And if your correspondent Lynda about 30 minutes. Is it really worth all
Davies from Birmingham (MetroTalk, the upheaval and the extortionate
Thu) seriously believes that if this cost? Just get up half an hour earlier.
money is not spent on HS2 then it will Jacq, Essex
TACKLE THE MIGRATION ISSUE AT SOURCE

@MetroUK @MetroFeatures @metrosportHQ
Ghosts? They’re just souls who are

refusing to get with the programme
n Michael Barry from Bromley this mortal coil at a place they were in ghosts because I didn’t until
says ghosts – like the Loch attached to in life. impossible things happened. I find
Ness Monster and vampires – Peter, West London it strange those people often have
don’t exist (MetroTalk, Wed). no problem believing in religion.
He probably doesn’t believe n I’m enjoying reading about Chris C, Portsmouth
in reincarnation either. people’s experiences with ghosts.
Ghosts are just souls refusing Having lived in a house that had n In reply to Michael on ghosts not
to get with the programme and many things going on in it, I can existing. Whoooooooo says?
take a new birth, hanging around understand people not believing Freedom, Tonbridge
AND ANOTHER THING...

n Mike Turner said his wife asked a n The rummaging about In bags and n Netflix series The Crown will
girl to remove her trainers from a bus pockets on the Metro by passengers recreate part of Princess Diana’s
seat and was told, ‘I’ve paid my ticket, who don’t have tickets is amazing. interview on Panorama despite
I’ll do what I like.’ (MetroTalk, Thur). Pass Holder, Tyne and Wear pleas from
I share his despair. Going by this girl’s Prince William
logic, it’s OK to spit on the streets n Bounty bars (right) have (Metro, Wed).
Global issue: The Manston centre in Kent is holding hundreds of migrants PA because you are a taxpayer, OK to been removed An inquiry
n The migration and refugee scarce water resources will create throw a beer bottle at any public area from tubs of found
problem is a world issue and not one more migration. because you paid for it. One of the Celebrations journalist
for UK the alone. There is unrest in Though there is no quick fix for reasons why this country is a mess chocolates as Martin Bashir
many countries and people are this problem, the best way to tackle is that people like to talk about the part of a trial, used deceit to secure
fleeing to safe havens as a result. Of it is to prevent it at source and help rights they have, without talking after a survey the interview (he and the BBC
course there is also illegal migration. the poor countries get their people about the consequences of their found 39 per cent of us want them apologised). Netflix should show
In future, because of climate into jobs in their own countries. behaviours and how that can impact gone. Nooooo! Don’t banish the the story of Bashir preparing to trick
change, there will be famines, and Pritam, London others, respect and virtues. Bounty bars – send them to me! Diana to set the record straight.
Syd, Manchester Marion, Hatch End Denise Hosking, Westminster
METRO BITES
■ SCAM calls offering government
grants for energy measures – such
Pupils running drugs aged
just nine ‘is now the norm’
as solar panels, insulation and boiler
replacement – soared by 85 per cent
from August to September, National
Trading Standards has warned.
■ LONDON to Nepal’s capital is the NINE-YEAR-OLDS running drugs has by JEMMA CREW are being lured into gangs via social family,’ she said. ‘But exploiters know
world’s third most popular route ‘become the norm’, the former children’s media, her Hidden In Plain Sight report kids are more susceptible to the idea
without any direct flights. Over a commissioner has warned. ‘fight back’ and treat child exploitation for the Commission on Young Lives said. there’s money to be made, and it’s
year, 89,200 people flew between And teens are increasingly being as seriously as it does terrorism. Government data showed there were something they exploit ruthlessly.’
Heathrow and Kathmandu, having recruited to run county lines Ms Longfield said she has lost 11,600 instances where gangs were a She said cash from the proceeds of
to change in places such as India gangs, says Anne Longfield. count of the times a teenager has factor in assessments of children in crime could help health and education
and Qatar, found analyst OAG. With families’ finances being been told they will be in jail or need last year. Ms Longfield warned services support children at risk.
squeezed by a mix of Covid and dead in three years. ‘If it’s so that was the tip of the iceberg.
the cost of living crisis, up to clear that everyone knows, how Those most at risk are teens growing
■ YOUNG people have been given 200,000 children in England can we stand by and watch it up in poverty in deprived areas. WHAT’S YOUR OPINION?
pearls of wisdom in an advice booth aged 11 to 17 are putting play out?’ she asked. ‘We know families have very little at Text the word VIEWS followed by
set up in Witney, Oxfordshire, by themselves at risk of a Over the past two years, home and that youngsters feel respon- your comment, name and where
Care UK. Care home residents urged life of violence and primary school pupils, as sibility to bring in money if they can. you live to 65700.
‘keep smiling’ and ‘don’t be put off crime, she said. Terror of drugs: well as youngsters from So we’re seeing kids being put in a Standard network charges apply.
by others saying you can’t do it’. And she urged No.10 to Anne Longfield REX middle class ‘leafy suburbs’, really difficult position to help their
Mother and lover who

killed her son get life
Bullies: Agnieszka Kalinowska and Andrzej Latoszewski must serve 39 years SWNS
A MOTHER and her partner have been number of times with a needle in the
jailed for life after murdering her groin and thigh. Latoszewski was
15-year-old son in a campaign of ‘apparently laughing whilst he did so’,
‘horrific and prolonged’ torture. Mr Pitter said, and Kalinowska took
Agnieszka Kalinowska and her over stabbing Sebastian with the needle.
long-term partner Andrzej Latoszewski On the day he died, Sebastian was
must both serve at least 39 years for taken out of his bedroom by
killing Sebastian Kalinowski. Latoszewski and carried
The teenager died of an infection back around 15 minutes
caused by untreated complications of later, ‘naked, clearly wet
multiple rib fractures on August 13 and unconscious’.
last year, after weeks of ‘cruel Mr Pitter said emergency
assaults and abuse’. services were called after
He was a ‘pleasant and well Sebastian had been
mannered boy’ when he moved unconscious for two-and-a-
from Poland to Huddersfield to half hours.
live with his mother in Mrs Justice Lambert
October 2020, a trial at Leeds told Latoszewski, 38,
crown court heard. But he was a bully who
prosecutor Jason Pitter KC ‘sought to intimidate
said the pair soon saw him and frighten Sebastian,
as a hindrance and, by who was weaker than
January 2021, ‘the you’. She added that
disciplining of him became Kalinowska, 35, ‘just
progressively harsh’. Prolonged didn’t care about
He was beaten with a bed torture: Sebastian. You were
slat and whipped with an Sebastian only interested in
extension cable, the court yourself’.
heard. On the day before his Kalinowski Sebastian’s father Jacek
death, Latoszewski was seen Kalinowski, who watched
on CCTV, installed at their via video link from Poland,
home to monitor Sebastian, told the pair: ‘You turned
forcing food and drink into his every day of Sebastian’s life
mouth and stabbing him a into a nightmare.’
Long suffering Covid patient tests positive for 411 days

A COVID patient infected for 14 months has been cured with experimental drugs
given to ex-US president Donald Trump. The Londoner, 59, was struck down with
a mutation of the original variant in December 2020 and tested positive
intermittently during routine appointments for 411 days. Medics at Guy’s and
St Thomas’ Hospitals said he was now ‘stable and well’ after receiving a treatment
by Regneron that binds to the virus. It was given to Mr Trump in October 2020.
Moscow hauls in British ambassador over attack on its fleet

RUSSIA has warned the UK inside the ministry for
ambassador of ‘dangerous around 30 minutes.
consequences’ over its Allegations that Royal
claims that the Royal Navy Navy personnel helped
was involved in attacks on orchestrate Saturday’s
its Black Sea fleet and the Ukrainian drone strike on
Nord Stream pipeline. the fleet and ‘directed’
After being summoned to blowing up the pipeline in
the foreign ministry in September were both
Moscow, Deborah Bronnert dismissed by the UK.
had to run the gauntlet of ‘To detract from their
protesters outside. disastrous handling of the
Some chanted anti-British illegal invasion of Ukraine,
slogans and held placards the Russian ministry of Summoned: UK’s.
reading: ‘Britain is a defence is resorting to
terrorist state.’ peddling false claims of an
ambassador to.
Protest: The Kremlin said it had epic scale,’ Britain’s MoD Russia, Deborah.
Crowd hold delivered a ‘strong’ warning said. After the drone attack, Bronnert, arrives.
‘No British to Ms Bronnert that the Russia temporarily stopped
UK’s actions ‘threatened to abiding by a UN-brokered at the foreign.
terror’ signs
PICTURES: EPA escalate the situation’. deal to let Ukraine export ministry in Moscow.
The ambassador was grain via the Black Sea.
Imran Khan
is shot at his
protest rally
Assassination bid: Former PM is hit (left) as suspect waves gun at his supporters
PAKISTAN’S former prime minister Imran by GIBRAN NAIYYAR PESHIMAM
Khan was shot in the shin in a ‘clear
assassination bid’ yesterday when his entire PTI leadership would have been
anti-government protest convoy came wiped out.’ He later tweeted: ‘It was a
under attack. burst from an automatic weapon, no
A gunman opened fire as Mr Khan, 70, doubt about that. It was a narrow escape.’
was giving a speech to supporters at a Mr Khan was leading a protest march
rally in Wazirabad, Punjab province. to Islamabad to demand new elec-
Several people were also wounded tions after being ousted from
and there were reports one person power in April. After the attack he
was killed. A suspect was arrested. waved to the crowd before he was
‘Khan was hit but he’s stable. taken to hospital in Lahore.
There was a lot of bleeding,’ Fawad The gunman fled but an
Chaudhry, of the former cricket- arrest was made hours
er’s PTI party, told reporters. Election later. Protesters poured
‘It was a well-planned assassina- call: Imran out on to streets across
tion attempt. If the shooter had not Khan EPA Pakistan as PTI leaders
been stopped by people there, the demanded justice.
WORLD BITES
■ BRAZIL’S outgoing president Jair ■ THE bodies of 21 suspected illegal
Bolsonaro has asked his supporters to miners have been found in a shaft in
lift road blockades nationwide. Krugersdorp, South Africa. Police
Protests erupted after his narrow suspect they died elsewhere and were
election loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da dumped there. It comes four months
Silva on Sunday. Mr Bolsonaro said: ‘I after eight women from a film crew
know you are upset. Me too. But we were raped and robbed in the town,
have to keep our heads straight.’ sparking protests against miners.
■ A JAILED Iranian journalist has ■ A CHRISTIAN monastery dating from

said she is being tortured. Vida before Islam has been discovered on a
Rabbani has been beaten by guards sand bank off the coast of Dubai. The
at Evin Prison in Tehran, leaving her building on Siniyah Island – with a
legs swollen, her lawyer said. More baptismal font and a bakery for making
than 12,500 people have been held communion wafers – has been carbon
following protests after the death in dated to around 534. The Prophet
custody of Mahsa Amini, 22. Muhammad was born around 570.
LEEDS UTD V CHELSEA V ARSENAL

JOSE SA WOLVES
Wolves have conceded more goals
BOURNEMOUTH SUNDAY, 12PM,
SATURDAY, 3PM BT SPORT than usual but that is not the reason
they are second-bottom in the table
Leeds fans who had lost faith in Jesse You had to feel for Ben Chilwell, whose – that’s scoring less than a goal every
Marsch after eight games without a victory rotten luck with injuries struck again at other game. Their Portugal star
may have to think again after their 2-1 win just the wrong time towards the end of continues to shine despite playing
at Liverpool. The boss singled goalkeeper Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb. with a fractured wrist. ‘He’s only got
Illan Meslier out for praise after his ten While his hamstring issue may put paid to one arm,’ their fans have sung at a
saves at Anfield but also feels Leeds have his World Cup dreams, the knock sustained goalkeeper who has still played every
not always got the results they deserved. by Bukayo Saka in the league leaders’ 5-0 game and made two penalty saves.
Bournemouth caretaker boss Gary O’Neil win over Forest was luckily not serious.
can see a bigger picture after Tottenham This does feel like a much more significant FABIAN SCHAR NEWCASTLE
nullified two Kieffer Moore goals to inflict a test of Arsenal’s title credentials, although The Switzerland defender, who cost
third straight defeat. ‘There are some real Mikel Arteta’s side have won on each of £3million from Deportivo La Coruna
positives there for us,’ he said. their last two visits to Stamford Bridge. in 2018, could have been one of the
MATCH STAT MESLIER HAS KEPT 18 CLEAN MATCH STAT ARSENAL ARE ALREADY TEN victims of the Saudi billions but
SHEETS IN 85 PREMIER LEAGUE APPEARANCES POINTS AHEAD OF FIFTH-PLACED CHELSEA instead has prospered under Eddie
Howe’s steady management, having
just topped 100 appearances for the
MANCHESTER CITY V ASTON VILLA V Magpies. Surrounded by new faces in
FULHAM MANCHESTER UNITED goalkeeper Nick Pope and defenders
SATURDAY, 3PM SUNDAY, 2PM Sven Botman, Dan Burn and Kieran
Trippier, Schar has been a model
Apparently Erling Haaland is hindering Unai Emery takes charge of Villa for the of consistency in their rise to
tourism in Sweden where the province of first time with his own personal record fourth in the Premier League.
Halland is not coming up in social media against United far more impressive than
searches due to the number of people who his new club’s four wins in 54 previous JOEL MATIP LIVERPOOL
misspell the striker’s name. The issue Premier League meetings. It is the start of Absence can make the heart
could worsen if Haaland returns from a a strange double header with Villa then
grow fonder and that is
bruised foot for the visit of Fulham as City visiting Old Trafford in the EFL Cup next
certainly the case given the way
look to return to the top for one night at Thursday. Marcus Rashford’s winner
Liverpool have floundered in
least. They showed their strength in depth against West Ham means United have
Matip’s absence, even losing a
in the 3-1 win over Sevilla and it could be gone five league games without defeat
needed against Marco Silva’s side, who are but they were in Europa League action at home game in front of fans for
four league games without defeat. Real Sociedad last night. the first time since 2017 when
beaten by Leeds last weekend. Virgil
MATCH STAT TEN ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC MATCH STAT THREE UNBEATEN LEAGUE Van Dijk may take most of the
SHOTS IN FULHAM’S 0-0 DRAW WITH EVERTON GAMES FOR EMERY’S ARSENAL WITH UNITED plaudits but Matip has been a
defensive stalwart since signing
from Schalke on a free in 2016.
NOTTM FOREST SOUTHAMPTON V
V BRENTFORD NEWCASTLE
SATURDAY, 3PM SUNDAY, 2PM, SKY SPORTS BEN WHITE ARSENAL
Whether it is the fact he had a
Forest were pretty dreadful in losing 5-0 at Six goals in his last six games have made debut to forget at Brentford last
Arsenal last weekend but given they had Miguel Almiron the man of the moment season, a £50million fee many
beaten Liverpool just seven days earlier it with his rich form helping Newcastle to thought was too high or his
did feel as though several pundits were five wins and a draw in that period. The admission that he isn’t much of a
overly keen to write them off. With Forest way they dismantled Villa 4-0 last week football fan, the 25-year-old seems to
still bottom of the table there is no getting underlined how Eddie Howe’s team look go largely unnoticed outside north
away from the fact this is a huge game for the real deal in terms of their top-four London. And despite his adaptability
Steve Cooper’s side, however, and Thomas aspirations. Nick Pope has conceded just and Gareth Southgate’s love for
Frank’s Bees have been poor travellers this ten goals in 13 games and Saints’ problem picking defenders, White could be
season, conceding nine goals in their last is scoring, although their second-half left potentially watching the World
two away games. Brentford star striker performance at Crystal Palace last week Cup at home, despite injuries to Kyle
Ivan Toney serves a one-match ban. merited better than a 1-0 defeat. Walker and Reece James plus his own
MATCH STAT THE BEES HAVE WON ON FIVE MATCH STAT MAGPIES GOALKEEPER POPE composed performances that
OF THEIR LAST SEVEN VISITS TO FOREST HAS KEPT SIX CLEAN SHEETS IN THE LEAGUE make him a key figure for
Mikel Arteta’s Premier
League leaders.
WOLVES V WEST HAM V
BRIGHTON CRYSTAL PALACE MATEO KOVACIC CHELSEA
SATURDAY, 3PM SUNDAY, 2PM The Croatian has been nursing a
It’s not hard to see why Wolves are in the While Palace have been strong at Selhurst knee injury all season but has still
relegation zone – they are the Premier Park they are still to win on the road this been a regular starter since Graham
League’s lowest scorers on six and have season, although the 3-0 loss at Everton a Potter took charge. While others may
not scored more than once in any of their fortnight ago was out of keeping with their stand out, Kovacic is the cog that
last 16 top-flight games. Steve Davis takes other performances. The Hammers, who keeps the wheel turning, rarely
charge of his sixth game as caretaker boss have won six in a row at home in all giving the ball away. His contract
against a Brighton side who triumphantly competitions, should be more refreshed will expire in 2024 but even though
secured a first victory under new manager than after their other Conference League he will be 30 by then, it is unlikely
Roberto de Zerbi as they thumped Chelsea games – having already coasted through Chelsea will want to part with a
4-1 last weekend. Lewis Dunk played with their group, the likes of Jarrod Bowen, player they paid Real Madrid
a knee problem and De Zerbi hopes he will Declan Rice, Tomas Soucek and Kurt £40million for in 2019.
be fit to start at Molineux tomorrow. Zouma did not even travel to Bucharest.
MATCH STAT WOLVES WERE BEATEN 3-0 AT MATCH STAT PALACE HAVE 64 POINTS FROM PHILIP BILLING BOURNEMOUTH
HOME ON BRIGHTON’S LAST VISIT IN APRIL PATRICK VIEIRA’S 50 LEAGUE GAMES AS BOSS The Dane struggled towards the end
of Scott Parker’s reign, a
deep-lying role not
EVERTON V LEICESTER TOTTENHAM V LIVERPOOL getting the best out of
SATURDAY, 5.30PM, SUNDAY, 4.30PM, an imposing figure
SKY SPORTS SKY SPORTS with the ability to make
With the World Cup around the corner Two slow starters. Spurs no-showed in the driving runs into the
goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s fine form is a first half at Bournemouth last Saturday box and strike a ball
major boost for England boss Gareth and Marseille on Tuesday but won both cleanly. But Billing has
R
enjoyed a new lease of life in a
O U
Southgate. His Everton side have only games, while Liverpool rarely awaken until
conceded 12 goals in 13 games and boss the opposition score. With that in mind, more advanced role under caretaker-
AL U E D X I –
THE UNDPEROVF THE PREMIER
Frank Lampard said: ‘Now I have worked and given injuries at both clubs, perhaps a boss Gary O’Neil, weighing in with
with Jordan I see there is a calmness and a 45-minute game would suffice. With the three goals during their recent
confidence.’ Southgate has long resisted World Cup looming plenty of international five-game unbeaten run to add to the
LINE-U UNSUNG HEROES

calls to pick James Maddison and time may bosses would welcome that proposal while 11 he bagged in last season’s
be running out for the midfielder to secure even Spurs talisman Harry Kane admitted promotion campaign.
LEAGUE’S
a place in Qatar, despite a pivotal role in this week ‘a lot of players have got [the
ALEXIS MAC ALLISTER BRIGHTON
YNE
BY JOHN PA
Leicester’s recent revival. tournament] in the backs of their minds’.
MATCH STAT LEICESTER’S LAST TWO VISITS MATCH STAT TEN GAMES WITHOUT A WIN The Argentina midfielder with the
TO GOODISON PARK ENDED IN 1-1 DRAWS FOR TOTTENHAM AGAINST LIVERPOOL Scottish heritage manages to
combine some of the best qualities
from those two countries – tenacious

in the tackle and a player who clearly PREMIER LEAGUE FA CUP FIRST ROUND (CONTINUED)
Premier League
‘It’s not
loves to be on the ball. The 23-year-old P W D L F A Pts FIXTURES (3PM UNLESS STATED)
ARSENAL 12 10 1 1 30 11 31 Sunday
might not quite have the goal tally MAN CITY 12 9 2 1 37 11 29 Curzon Ashton v Cambridge �� (2pm)
over Tiel
Brighton would have hoped for since TOTTENHAM 13 8 2 3 26 16 26 Torquay v Derby�� TV
he signed almost three years ago but NEWCASTLE 13 6 6 1 24 10 24 ITV
MAN UTD 12 7 2 3 17 16 23 Woking v Oxford Utd �� (2pm)
netting four so far this season suggests Wrexham v Oldham��(12.30pm) TV
it’s over’
CHELSEA 12 6 3 3 17 15 21
improvement. The Seagulls No.10 FULHAM 13 5 4 4 22 22 19 ITV
cannot hope to take that BRIGHTON 12 5 3 4 19 15 18 Monday
LIVERPOOL 12 4 4 4 23 15 16 Bracknell v Ipswich�� (7.45pm) TV
shirt off Lionel Messi CRYSTAL PALACE 12 4 4 4 13 16 16 ITV4
at the World Cup but BRENTFORD 13 3 6 4 19 22 15 BRENDAN RODGERS insists he
it would be a surprise EVERTON 13 3 5 5 11 12 14 LEAGUE ONE has not given up hope of Youri
WEST HAM 13 4 2 7 11 13 14 P W D L F A Pts
if he did not make BOURNEMOUTH 13 3 4 6 12 28 13 Plymouth 17 13 2 2 36 19 38 Tielemans signing a new
Argentina’s squad. LEEDS 12 3 3 6 15 19 12 Ipswich 17 11 4 2 35 18 37 contract at Leicester as the
ASTON VILLA 13 3 3 7 11 20 12 Sheff Wed 17 10 4 3 33 16 34 Belgian moves into the final
SOUTHAMPTON 13 3 3 7 11 20 12 Peterborough 17 10 1 6 32 19 31
RODRIGO BENTANCUR LEICESTER 13 3 2 8 21 25 11 Portsmouth 15 7 6 2 25 17 27 months of his existing deal.
TOTTENHAM WOLVES 13 2 4 7 6 19 10 Bolton 16 8 3 5 19 14 27 The midfielder (below), a
Tottenham have twice NOTTM FOREST 13 2 3 8 8 28 9 Derby 16 7 4 5 20 15 25 £32million signing from
Barnsley 16 7 3 6 19 14 24
trailed dismally this FIXTURES (3PM UNLESS STATED) Charlton 17 5 8 4 27 23 23 Monaco in 2019 following a
Saturday Port Vale 17 6 5 6 20 24 23
week with the 25-year-old Everton v Leicester �� (5.30pm) TV loan stint, has been linked with
Exeter 17 6 4 7 28 25 22
instrumental in their Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League Wycombe 17 6 4 7 23 23 22 Arsenal and it is understood he
recovery. His influence as a Leeds v Bournemouth �� Lincoln 16 5 7 4 18 19 22 could be set to leave next
Man City v Fulham �� Shrewsbury 16 6 4 6 16 18 22
substitute at Bournemouth Nottm Forest v Brentford �� summer on a free transfer.
Fleetwood 17 4 9 4 17 15 21
on Saturday was obvious as he Wolves v Brighton �� Bristol Rovers 17 5 5 7 27 31 20 The Foxes’ hopes of hanging
sealed a comeback from 2-0 down to Sunday Oxford Utd 16 5 4 7 19 19 19 on to the 25-year-old have been
Aston Villa v Man Utd ��(2pm) Cambridge Utd 17 6 1 10 18 29 19 hit by a bad start to the season
win 3-2 with his last-minute Cheltenham 16 5 3 8 13 20 18
Chelsea v Arsenal �� (12noon) TV
winner. But he was also a driving BT Sport 1 Accrington 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 which means they visit Everton
force in the midweek victory in Southampton v Newcastle ��(2pm) TV MK Dons 16 4 2 10 15 22 14 tomorrow as a team in the
Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League Morecambe 17 2 7 8 13 27 13
Marseille, his constant probing Forest Green 17 3 4 10 15 35 13 Premier League drop zone.
Tottenham v Liverpool �� (4.30pm) TV
helping a side which had been Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League Burton 17 3 3 11 20 35 12 But Rodgers believes there is
malfunctioning in the first half to West Ham v Crystal Palace ��(2pm) LEAGUE TWO still a chance Tielemans could
grind out a result. It would be hard to CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts stay at the King Power Stadium.
make a case for even Harry Kane being P W D L F A Pts Leyton Orient 16 12 3 1 26 9 39 ‘In terms of fitness, he’s been
Burnley 19 10 8 1 35 18 38 Stevenage 17 11 3 3 24 15 36
more important to Antonio Conte then Northampton 17 9 5 3 29 19 32 okay,’ Rodgers said. ‘He has
Blackburn 19 11 0 8 23 19 33
Bentancur right now. Sheff Utd 19 9 5 5 29 16 32
Barrow 17 10 1 6 24 17 31 been a fantastic professional
Swindon 17 8 6 3 23 17 30 for us, even though he is in the
QPR 18 9 4 5 25 19 31 Bradford 16 7 6 3 21 13 27
ILKAY GUNDOGAN MAN CITY Norwich
Watford
19 8 5 6 26 20 29
18 8 5 5 26 21 29
Carlisle 16 7 6 3 23 16 27 situation with his contract.
Another man whose value is perhaps Salford 16 8 3 5 19 13 27 ‘He’s never wavered from his
Swansea 18 8 4 6 23 24 28 Mansfield 16 8 3 5 25 21 27
more obvious to a world-class Preston 19 7 7 5 14 15 28 Tranmere 17 7 4 6 18 13 25 mentality and what he gives to
manager than the average fan. Millwall 18 8 3 7 22 20 27 Doncaster 17 7 4 6 20 21 25 the team. He provides the team
Luton 18 6 8 4 21 19 26 Walsall 17 6 5 6 21 16 23
Gundogan is not the most heralded Reading 18 8 2 8 20 25 26 with know-how in the game, he
Grimsby 16 6 5 5 18 14 23
of Pep Guardiola’s signings but he Sunderland 18 6 6 6 24 21 24 Stockport 17 6 4 7 21 19 22 is wonderful to work with.
was the first, his ability to play Birmingham 18 6 6 6 18 15 24 AFC Wimbledon 16 5 4 7 20 24 19 ‘I’d love him to sign another
Rotherham 18 5 7 5 22 23 22 Crewe 16 4 7 5 15 20 19
both a holding and attacking Bristol City 19 6 4 6 26 28 22 Sutton Utd 17 5 4 8 16 23 19
deal and continue his journey
role making the 32-year-old Blackpool 18 6 4 8 23 27 22 Newport 17 4 4 9 15 20 16 at Leicester but we’ll see.’
Stoke 18 6 4 8 19 23 22 Crawley 16 3 5 8 18 28 14
indispensable. Little wonder Cardiff 18 6 3 9 14 21 21 Gillingham 16 2 7 7 6 17 13
Guardiola describes him as a Middlesbrough 18 5 5 8 23 24 20 Harrogate 16 3 3 10 14 24 12
‘joy’ to manage. And he is a Coventry 16 5 5 6 16 18 20 Rochdale 16 3 3 10 12 23 12
Hull 18 6 2 10 21 35 20 Hartlepool 17 2 6 9 15 30 12
man who steps up when it is Wigan 18 5 4 9 17 26 19 Colchester 17 2 5 10 14 25 11
needed most – City probably West Brom 18 3 8 7 21 24 17
wouldn’t have won a fourth title Huddersfield 17 4 3 10 17 24 15 NATIONAL LEAGUE – TOP SEVEN
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in five years but for his crucial FIXTURES (3PM UNLESS STATED) Notts County 17 12 4 1 45 15 40
double as they fought back to Today Wrexham 17 12 3 2 47 17 39
Reading v Preston ��(8pm) TV Chesterfield 17 10 4 3 33 22 34
beat Aston Villa on the last day Sky Sports Main Event/Football Solihull Moors 17 8 6 3 33 17 30
of last season. Saturday Woking 17 8 3 3 30 18 30
Blackburn v Huddersfield �� Southend 17 8 5 5 23 11 29
Boreham Wood 16 7 6 4 22 16 27
JACK HARRISON LEEDS Blackpool v Luton ��
Middlesbrough v Bristol City ��
A player who did not quite Millwall v Hull �� SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP
make it at Manchester City QPR v West Brom �� P W D L F A Pts
Rotherham v Norwich �� Celtic 12 11 0 1 42 9 33
has become a fixture for Rangers 12 9 2 1 31 11 29
Sheff Utd v Burnley ��(12.30pm) TV
Leeds. He has a healthy 29 goals Sky Sports Main Event/Football Hibernian 13 6 2 5 17 16 20
and 26 assists in four years and Stoke v Birmingham �� Aberdeen 12 6 1 5 23 20 19
Silva has
Sunderland v Cardiff �� St Mirren 12 6 1 5 12 17 19
been a key figure for Marcelo Hearts 12 5 2 5 20 21 17
Swansea v Wigan ��
Bielsa and Jesse Marsch. Watford v Coventry �� Motherwell 13 5 1 7 16 16 16
St Johnstone 13 5 1 7 14 17 16
to make
Newcastle reportedly had two
FA CUP FIRST ROUND Livingston 12 5 1 6 9 16 16
bids of more than £20million FIXTURES (3PM UNLESS STATED) Kilmarnock 13 3 3 7 9 20 12
rejected in the summer and you Today Dundee Utd 13 2 3 8 11 26 9
Hereford v Portsmouth �� (7.55pm) TV
Erl-y call
can understand why they may Ross County 13 2 3 8 7 22 9
BBC Two
revive that interest in January. Sheff Wed v Morecambe �� (7.45pm) FIXTURES (3PM UNLESS STATED)
Today
Saturday Aberdeen v Hibernian ��(7.30pm)
HARVEY BARNES LEICESTER AFC Fylde v Gillingham �� Kilmarnock v Livingston ��(7.45pm) FULHAM have prepared to face
Another man who looks a long-shot Barnet v Chelmsford �� Manchester City assuming that
Barrow v Mansfield �� Saturday
for a place in Southgate’s squad, his Bolton v Barnsley �� (2pm) Celtic v Dundee Utd �� prolific frontman Erling
only full cap coming more than two Boreham Wood v Eastleigh �� Ross County v St Mirren �� Haaland will be fit to play,
Bradford v Harrogate ��(12.30pm) Sunday
years ago, there has Bristol Rovers v Rochdale �� according to boss Marco Silva.
Hearts v Motherwell ��
been less of a clamour Burton v Needham Market �� St Johnstone v Rangers �� (12noon) TV The 22-year-old Norway
for Barnes to get a recall Buxton v Merthyr Town �� Sky Sports Football forward, who has scored 17
Carlisle v Tranmere ��
than Leicester team-mate Charlton v Coalville Town �� WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE goals in his first 11 top-flight
James Maddison. But Cheltenham v Alvechurch �� P W D L F A Pts games for City, has missed two
Barnes has been a key Chesterfield v Northampton �� Man Utd 5 5 0 0 14 0 15 games with a foot injury but
Chippenham v Lincoln �� Arsenal 5 5 0 0 14 1 15
figure in the Foxes’ recent Crawley v Accrington�� Chelsea 6 5 0 1 14 5 15 could be recalled by boss Pep
revival and his pace and quality Crewe v Leyton Orient �� Man City 5 3 0 2 12 7 9 Guardiola tomorrow.
in possession make him a handful Doncaster v King’s Lynn �� Tottenham 5 3 0 2 11 8 9 Silva said: ‘You know the
Ebbsfleet v FC Halifax �� Everton 6 3 0 3 6 7 9
for defenders. Fleetwood v Oxford City �� West Ham 6 3 0 3 8 11 9 impact that he made in the
Gateshead v Stevenage �� Aston Villa 5 2 0 3 8 9 6 squad and in the Premier
SUB: RYAN YATES NOTTM FOREST Grimsby v Plymouth �� Reading 5 1 0 4 5 11 3 League as well. We know they
Maidenhead Utd v Dag & Red �� Liverpool 5 1 0 4 3 9 3
A year ago there were plenty of Forest MK Dons v Taunton �� Brighton 5 1 0 4 2 19 3 are really, really tough when
fans who thought the homegrown Newport v Colchester �� Leicester 6 0 0 6 2 12 0 they play at home.
Peterborough v Salford ��
midfielder was not good enough for the Port Vale v Exeter �� FIXTURES (2PM UNLESS STATED) ‘Of course, Haaland is a key
Championship. In recent weeks he has Shrewsbury v York �� Sunday player for them. It’s more for
captained Steve Cooper’s side in the Solihull Moors v Hartlepool �� Leicester v Arsenal �� Pep and for them (to decide if
South Shields v Forest Green (12noon) TV Liverpool v Aston Villa ��
Premier League and was man of the BBC One Man Utd v Chelsea �� (6.45pm) TV he plays) but we are preparing
match in their victory over Liverpool. Stockport v Swindon �� Sky Sports Main Event/Premier League for the game thinking that he
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Weymouth v AFC Wimbledon �� Tottenham v Everton��
the most gifted player but he is a true Wycombe v Walsall �� West Ham v Brighton �� wait for some time before the
role model at the City Ground. kick-off to know.’
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How’s life in Palm Springs?

There are the mountains and the
THE SINGER AND
swimming pool. I can’t complain. ACTOR, 55, ON
We’ve been here off and on for eight
years, since when I started working BEING CENTRE
on Arrow. It’s much easier to fly from
here to Vancouver, where it was
STAGE, FIGHTING
filmed, rather than from LA. It was DEPRESSION AND
SECONDS
always the plan that my husband
Scott [Gill] and I had if I landed a job NEVER SAYING NO
over here that was going to be for a
long time. So when I got the job, I said,
TO DOCTOR WHO
‘It’s time to enact the plan!’
INTERVIEW BY RACHEL CORCORAN
Are you in the UK much?
I come back when needed. I recorded
my new album between London and
With John Barrowman
Cardiff. And Scott goes over every
three months to see his mum and down, so we might have to Are you excited about your my go-to song when I was auditioning
dad, so we work it out. I was on turn back. We were already new album, Centre Stage? for shows back in 1989-91. There’s
one of the last flights out of the over northern Canada. Scott This is what I’d call my quintessential Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka.
UK at the beginning of lockdown was in Palm Springs so if musical theatre album. It’s not just Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
and midway through the flight they’d done that, I would songs from shows I was in, the was the first book I ever read so it
they announced that American
Who’s back: have had to have gone concept is the journey of my musical takes me back to the love of
airspace had just been shut David Tennant back to our flat in Cardiff. theatre career. Corner Of The Sky was adventure and imagination. There’s a
booklet that comes with it telling the
stories behind the songs.
Did it make you very reflective?

There are tears shed when you sing
certain songs. I wanted to do something
different to what I’d sung before and
friends of ours were visiting and
suggested It All Fades Away from the
musical Bridges Of Madison County.
I’d never heard it and I fell in love with
it. When I was recording it I got a feeling
to go back to my Scottish roots and sing
in my Scottish brogue that everybody
always seems to be amazed at when
I speak with Lorraine Kelly or any other
Scottish person. When I played it for my
mum and dad, my mum was streaming
in tears because it reminds her of her
mother, Mern. I was in my car at the
time and on the sat nav map, it showed a
road called Mern Place. I had chills.
I’m always wary of

people who say they
hate musicals. Who
doesn’t like singing?
GETTY
You said on Instagram you’ve That took me to the States to film
battled with depression since it there, which then led to Desperate
the flashing allegations… Housewives because its writer, Marc
The amount of posts I got in response Cherry, was a huge Torchwood fan.
was incredible [last year he admitted And then came Arrow because the
to exposing himself while filming producers were fans, too. So I do not
Torchwood and Doctor Who]. I just look back at all on that period with any
thought, I’m just going to chat about it disdain or upset.
and, like everything, I want to make it
a positive thing when you talk about What about David Tennant
something. I got so much support and going back to Doctor Who?
also people telling me their own stories There was Twitter controversy as to who
of how what I do has helped them, which was going to appear, whether it was
is humbling. Like everybody, when you David or Ncuti Gatwa [the new Doctor].
have a problem, it’s good to talk to about Whoever it was going to be, the one
it. And if that doesn’t help, then it’s good thing we Whovians do is go on the
to take advice from a physician, if you Tardis for the story and the excitement
need to go on medication. But then when of where we’re taken by the Doctor. So it
you feel the time is right, like I did, doesn’t matter who the Doctor is, we’re
I talked with the doctor and came there for the journey.
off it. I’m feeling fine, knock
on wood. Any chance you’ll be
back in Doctor Who?
Music is good Well, if they asked me,
therapy too... I would at the drop of a
I had good therapy hat. When I was asked to
sessions with my producer, do it again with Jodie
during the entire making of Whittaker, I was finishing a
the album. If you think you tour and the costume had to
have a voice, sing. If you don’t Scottish sound: be let out just a little bit! We
think you have a voice, sing. Lorraine Kelly were staying at the St David’s
Because singing releases hotel in Cardiff in the same
something in you. I’m always wary of room Scott and I stayed in the night of
people who say they hate musicals. Who our civil partnership. I had the fitting at
doesn’t like singing and hearing music? the window, which looked across the
building where we have our flat, but
Captain Jack Harkness was a also to the bay to where we call the
life-changing role for you… Torchwood Tower. The excitement never
Captain Jack made me a household name leaves me for that show.
and I met so many wonderful people
through Doctor Who. It gave me Centre Stage by John Barrowman is
Torchwood, which was one of the most released on Nov 11. His UK tour begins
successful Doctor Who spin-offs ever. next Feb. johnbarrowman.com
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face furniture and step into virtual worlds to shoot
zombies and the like, the average person is still wondering
what the fuss is all about.
Well, Meta (formerly known as Facebook), has one
answer – to access virtual displays with its new Meta
Quest Pro Mixed Reality headset.
Using apps such as Immersed, it can project up to five
displays into your field of view for a serious multi-screen
set-up with your physical laptop.
You might not want it strapped to your face all day but
it’s ideal for privacy, game-changing for multiple
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Asus Zenbook Fold 17

Going where no laptop has gone before, Asus’ shape-
shifting OLED laptop makes traditional models look
positively dull. Laid flat, the Zenbook Fold looks like a
supersized 17.3in slate. Fold it upright and it pivots 90
degrees, transforming into a more conventional-looking
12.5in laptop. This offers the option to use the bottom
section of the screen as a virtual keyboard, or snap on the
(included) compatible magnetic Bluetooth keyboard and
touchpad that sits on top. Automatically shutting
Windows off the lower screen, shifting the taskbar and all
your app windows to the upper display, is a nice touch too.
Alternatively, use it with the physical Bluetooth keyboard
to take advantage of all that gorgeous screen real estate.
The 12th generation Intel processor means it’s fast,
responsive and capable of running multiple
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simultaneously. A 75WHr battery provides juice for just
under seven hours, while two USB-C ports, Harman
Kardon audio with Dolby Atmos, and a 5MP video
calling camera, complete the line-up. It’s bulky
but this all-screen experience strikes a
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Digital delights for

your virtual office
Moleskine Smart Writing Set
If you’re the kind of person who still gets a kick out of putting pen to paper
Samsung Z Fold 4 but appreciates technology, a smart notebook is an interesting option.
Wrapped in a sturdy matte Operating like some kind of note-based wizardry, Moleskine’s clever
aluminium overcoat, writing set injects smarts into the traditional pen and pad by making digital
incorporating a 6.2in screen and copies of your pen strokes.
accurate side-mounted Scribble away on its signature dotted Moleskine paper and the technology
fingerprint sensor, the Fold 4 is embedded within each page enables the accompanying smart pen to
like a powerful PC in your recognise where it is within the notebook, transferring all your notes from
pocket. On the massive 7.6in page to screen in real time, to the cloud or via email.
flexible display inside, you’ll Even better, as you’re writing, the app can record ambient audio for a
soon find yourself feeling multimedia note-taking experience. £229, moleskine.com
super-smug at being able to use
up to four apps simultaneously.
Sketching and scribbling
notes on the optional S Pen is a
pleasure – a shame there’s
nowhere to stash it in the
phone. Having tweaked more
third-party apps to fill the big
screen secures its status as a
mega multitasker. It’s not short
on power either, with the latest
processing power from
Qualcomm and 12GB of RAM.
Expect up to
1TB of storage,
wireless and
reverse
charging, a
triple-lens
camera, and a
price tag that
confirms its
premium status.
From £1,649,
samsung.com

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Adobe Backdrop Neural Filter
Imagine being able to ask Photoshop to add an The future of internet connectivity offers
object to a scene or to take you to Brazil by ultrafast gigabit broadband speeds at
adding a new backdrop to your image. Or asking 1,000mbps. That’s the equivalent of
Lightroom to change photos from night to day, downloading an HD film in 40 seconds and less
all using a text prompt? than three minutes for one in 4K.
Adobe has been getting on the buzz around That means you can connect to the internet
text-to-image generators such as Dall-E and and watch high-def media without any lag and
DreamStudio AI, which create images based on video call without interruptions. Yes, the days
text you type. of slow, outdated copper cables in those green
At its Max 2022 event last month, the software cabinets plonked at the end of your street are
giant revealed experiments in the field have led coming to an end.
to its own version, a Beta feature called Backdrop A full fibre connection replaces these with
Neural Filter. New tools are set to follow and faster and more efficient fibre-optic cables
could eventually lead to similar digital straight to your front door.
conjurings available in video form. Gigabit-capable broadband is now up for
grabs to over 70 per cent of the UK. LH
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Microsoft Mesh
We’re not fully in metaverse territory yet but
with virtual and augmented reality able to
transform how we work, Microsoft’s jumping in
early with Mesh for Teams. Donning headsets, or TRAVEL // CULTURE // ADVENTURE TRAVEL //
using a laptop or iOS/Android device, this virtual
platform will allow people in different locations
to collaborate in avatar form, as if physically
present in the same room. Or if you don’t fancy
appearing on webcam for a call,
your customised 3D avatar can MUSIC // FILM // TV // COMEDY MU
take your spot. It’ll be a while
before we’re stepping into
meetings as photorealistic
projections of ourselves but
this gateway to the metaverse,
is available in preview form STYLE // WELLBEING // CELEBRITY STYLE // W
when paired with the
HoloLens 2 (£3,349). Zoom,
eat your heart out.
Free, sign up at
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Facebook Portal TV
Turning your TV into a video So while you could use a tablet to
conferencing screen is a brilliant way launch a video conversation, plugging
to make use of this webcam device. into a television makes for a much
Clever face-tracking that follow better tool in today’s flexible work
you around will feel like having your spaces. Plus, with group calling and
own invisible camera crew, panning voice-controlled calls, it sure beats
and zooming to keep you in frame talking into a laptop screen.
while you pace. £149, portal.facebook.com
Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2

Co-workers who talk too much, incessantly loud phone
conversations, noise from office equipment, your
neighbours’ dog, or roadworks. These are all things that can
drive you a little nuts when you’re trying to get your head
down or just want quiet time.
Flanking your face with a pair of these good-looking
’phones will ensure you remain undisturbed. The noise
cancelling is wonderfully effective, so the ‘banter’, hum of
the printer, and the heavy-handed typist will all become a
distant memory, while you settle into some spectacular
audio in style. £379, bowerswilkins.com

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blanks or hitting the bullseye?
It’s a package in three parts. Thanks
to the surprise early release of its
single-player mode on October 20,
gamers have already been tucking
into a new campaign. That was TRAVEL // CULTURE // ADVENTURE
followed last Friday by the launch of
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its multiplayer, giving squads some
welcome playtime on the new maps
before MW2 season one – a whole
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bevvy of bonus content itself – kicks
off alongside battle royale mode
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Warzone 2 on November 16.
That’s the way COD rolls these days,
spraying out pre- and post-launch
content like Arnie with an Uzi. That
makes it a hard game to assess
immediately, with seasonal content STYLE // WELLBEING // CELEBRITY
and data patches adding freshness
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and bringing balance in the coming
months and even years.
As it stands right now though,
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A blockbuster in the truest sense, the VIRGIN
campaign is visually stunning, with style craft-and-survive operation… choose from, as well as a super- get bored, let alone holster a weapon. comes to the levelling, while some
impressive character models and The changes in pace can leave you intuitive split-screen option so that In fact, Modern Warfare 2 does such a may bemoan the slow progression, the
living, breathing locations. wanting to yank on the you switch between online play and good job of creating maps with fact each weapon can be upgraded not
The story picks up after 2019’s handbrake but for the most local coach play with ease. intimate spaces and consistent threats only unlocks perks but adds impetus
Modern Warfare, zipping from Iran to part, things move along at The addition of third-person that you’ll forget all about your love-in to delve into the vast armoury,
Latin America, and featuring macho a clip and this is without gameplay could’ve been a throwaway with the battle royale genre, choosing rewarding curiosity.
men and a penchant for highlight doubt one of the best COD option. Instead, it’s a neat way to to harness your military might with And that’s what makes this Modern
reel-worthy set-pieces (get a campaigns in recent times. experience classic COD action through pals in Team Deathmatch, Domination, Warfare worth your time. It’s a magpie
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load of the cargo ship rolling Let’s face it though, COD is a unique lens. As for modes and maps, Headquarters and Hardpoint – four nest of sparkly things, each as
around in rough seas). primarily a multiplayer there is a feast of options with a must-play modes. enticing as the next – a magical
There’s also a real sense experience and this massive 12 modes to work through, If there’s one issue, it’s the strange military shooter. GARETH MAY
of story and dedication to version is far slicker each played across a total of 15 maps spawn points, though we’d expect
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(with more on the way).
That could easily be overkill but as
these to be re-evaluated over time. As
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chase level, a covert shooter needs are each map is such a fine-tuned cocked, it is everything you’d expect Bullseye! A riveting campaign
intel-gathering mission Super-fan: met with both cauldron of bottlenecks and bird’s – sharp, propulsive and rewarding, and the strongest COD multiplayer
in Amsterdam, a competitive and nests presenting unique challenges whether you’re popping off longshots experience in years
behind-enemy-lines- Snoop Dogg cooperative options to and opportunities, there’s little time to or up close and personal. When it
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You’re a sport and reality TV

star – your professional life TECH DIGEST MORE NEW THIS WEEK
must be dominated by tech…
Everything I do is from my WHATSAPP was that it would support 4K HDR
smartphone, especially when it TAKES ON SLACK visuals, a wider field of view, eye-
comes to editing videos that I post It’s been in the testing tracking, head-vibrating force
on my social accounts. In terms of phase since April but this feedback, with the VR2 Sense
keeping fit and playing sports, I use week WhatsApp has finally controller boasting haptic feedback
the Whoop 4.0 band, a recovery- rolled out its Communities and adaptive triggers. Now we know
focused fitness tracker, as well as feature to the messaging it’ll be released on February 22 next
my Garmin smartwatch, which masses. The new tool year and will cost £529.99.
I like to use to track my running. allows users to combine
I also have my own fitness app, group chats in one place PRIME TIME
Bettr with Greg, where I offer live and share updates across them. So Amazon Prime
remote personal training sessions. members are in
think Slack, but with a WhatsApp twist.
Here, I’ll use Rode mics to make
Also out are in-chat polls. And if you like for a musical
sure the audio is perfect even
to invite everyone to the WhatsApp treat with the
when I’m moving around.
party, group limits just went up from 512 subscription
up to 1,024 participants, and the video service unlocking
What’s been your game-
changer with fitness tech?
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people. its entire Amazon
The Whoop band has been a music catalogue, ad-free, at no extra
deal-breaker. It gives you so much PLAYSTATION cost. That means access to 100 million
data about your fitnesses levels PSVR INCOMING songs and podcasts. But there is
and the strain you have put on your Sony first teased us with a catch. You can only either
body, how much recovery you need TRAVEL //the details of its// ADVENTURE
CULTURE shuffle play the expanded
and when you’re ready to train next-gen and line-up or explore the curated
again. When I was playing rugby, predictably named all-access playlist. For unrestricted
we also wore GPS monitoring PSVR2 headset for playback options in HD and spatial
devices during training, which sat the PS5 back in audio tracks, you’ll pay £8.99 for
between shoulder blades at the January. All we knew an Unlimited subscription. LH
back of the neck. This tracked the MUSIC // FILM // TV // COMEDY
biggest impacts you’d made during
your training sessions, such as
accelerations and how far you had
run, and delivered insights into how
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Has a gadget played a big Action man:

role in your life? Fitness bands
My sisters and I always chat and trackers
about how we used to play Sega, TRAVEL // CULTURE // ADVENTURE
especially the Lion King game. are a big feature
I used to love the PlayStation of O’Shea’s life
Portable as well. I don’t know how
GREG O’SHEA
THE FORMER LOVE ISLAND WINNER AND OLYMPIC
RUGBY PLAYER, 27, TALKS TO LEE BELL ABOUT PLAYING
ON A SEGA, HIS FITNESS APP AND TRAVEL BY JETPACK
it wasn’t more popular, as I thought If you could only take one
having a PlayStation in your hands gadget on holiday with you,
was amazing. I especially loved the what would it be?
Need For Speed game. Although I’m Apart from my phone, it would
not as much into gaming nowadays. probably be my Lumie wake-up
light alarm clock, which mimics
What’s the worst gadget natural light to help you wake up
you’ve ever used? And why? better in winter and keep your body
I had one of those cheap MP3 in tune with your circadian rhythm.
player sticks when I was younger. It’s so beneficial as it helps improve
I hated it, as it never worked sleep by waking you up gently and
properly and could get about gives you more energy to take on
three songs on it. It tided me the day. It’s good for recovery from
over until the Apple iPod came sports, too. I try to get eight to
along, though. ten hours of sleep because if
you’re training it’s important
If you could invent for your body to regenerate.
any gadget what You can do all sports tracking
would it be? and analysis but if you’re not
Ahh, this is a big question. performing, it usually comes
If I could invent down to either sleep,
something it would hydration or nutrition.
probably be to do with
transport. Maybe I’d invent O’Shea is a brand ambassador
something you could wear, for Dyson, which has recently
such as a jetpack that you launched its V12 Detect Slim
could just put on and fly Absolute cordless vacuum cleaner
between destinations super-quick. Greg’s gadgets: Lion King game, MP3 and groom tool attachment.
That would be unreal. player, Lumie clock and Garmin watch dyson.co.uk

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SAYS ROB McGIBBON
I
T’S the tiny electric car that’s already
generating a major buzz just weeks
MUSIC // FILM // TV // COMEDY after coming off the production line
in Turin. If it looks vaguely familiar,
then you’re not mistaken. The cool,
front-opening ‘fridge door’ is a dead
giveaway. Yes, the Microlino is a stylish
reimagining of the bubble car called the
STYLE // WELLBEING // CELEBRITY Isetta, which was a much-loved
sensation in the 1950s.
A budget runaround, the Isetta made
motoring affordable for the masses
during the post-war era, but was still
TRAVEL // CULTURE // ADVENTURE adored by the rich and famous, not
least Hollywood legend Cary Grant.
Now the bubble car is bursting
back on to our roads, thanks to the
tycoon behind Micro Scooters. Swiss
inventor Wim Ouboter, 62, created
the foldable runaround favoured by
commuters 25 years ago and
revolutionised the way people get
around. He’s hoping his new car will
trigger another transport revolution
– the radical downsizing of city cars.
‘The Microlino is all about challenging
people to question how much car do
they really need,’ says Ouboter. ‘Climate
change means that we must urgently
reduce CO2. Less car means more life for
our planet. There is no Planet B, so
everyone must downsize.’
Ouboter’s idea is based on research
that revealed most short journeys are
taken by an average of 1.2 people in
cars that are 95 per cent too big and
over-engineered for that trip.
Consequently, the Microlino strips out
everything deemed unnecessary. It uses
60 per cent fewer parts than normal
cars. Weighing only 1,169lbs (about 11st), Green machine: Wim Ouboter says he
it generates one third of the CO2 per mile has been motivated by climate change
compared with other small electric cars.
‘Driving a big car with only one or co-creator sons, Oliver, 28, and Merlin, 27.
two people inside should become as Their launch model is called the
unacceptable as wearing a fur coat,’ Pioneer and is already being warmly
says Ouboter. ‘I want Microlino to be a greeted. ‘People love the car,’ says
fashion statement that says this driver Ouboter. ‘They stop, stare and smile as it
cares about their carbon footprint.’ goes by. You don’t get a smile when
Ouboter has spent seven years and you’re in a Ferrari. We want our car to
a fortune making the Microlino with his bring some fun back into urban driving.
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How can I improve my car’s MPG?
OLINO
automotive editor Leo Wilkinson
says: If you’re looking to cut your costs, the
good news is that there are lots of ways to
improve your petrol or diesel car’s fuel
economy. Slow down, for a start.
The faster a car goes, the harder its engine
needs to work and the more fuel it uses.
Think ahead and go easy on the brake pedal wherever
possible to conserve the momentum that you’ve built up. That
way your car will need to burn less fuel to get back up to
speed. And here’s an added bonus – you and your passengers
should get a smoother ride and you might not need to change
Downsizing: The your car’s brake discs and pads as often, saving you even more
stylish Microlino is money. You should also drive in as high a gear as feels safe. Foot down, bills up: Control your fuel with speed
based on the TRENDS // NEWS // REVIEWS
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People will always have big cars for long will arrive in the UK next spring and its
journeys but we want the Microlino to makers are seeking production partners
be the first second car that people own. in each country to reduce the carbon
The key factor is that people downsize.’ footprint of transportation.
So, what is the Microlino like up close? Ouboter also plans to partner with
Well, it is certainly small. At just 8ft 3in major city authorities such as Transport
long and 4ft 10in wide, three cars can For London to bring entire fleets of
cross-park – that’s facing the pavement Microlinos to be hired, just like electric
– in a single parking bay. Inside, there’s scooters and bicycles.
a comfy bench seat for two and a boot They say that seeing a Microlino on
big enough for a few small bags. the road makes people smile. Well, just
It is also nippy. It hits 30mph in five the thought of driving one generates a
seconds and has a top speed of 55mph. full beam.
The maximum range is 142 miles and it
fully recharges in four hours from a
conventional socket. Due to the lack of THE STATS
protective bonnet, it has a reinforced
steel front door that has scored better PRICE: Pioneer from £13,600 to
than other mini cars in collision tests. £19,800
The entry price is £13,600, and the car ACCELERATION: 0-30mph in
is already a smash hit, with more than 5sec
36,000 prospective buyers registering. It TOP SPEED: 55mph (90kmh)
LENGTH: 8ft 3in (2.5m)
WIDTH: 4ft 10in (1.5m)
HEIGHT: 4ft 11in (1.5m)
RANGE: 142 miles (230km) with
the largest battery
WEIGHT: 1,169lbs (530kg) with the
largest battery
SIZE/RANGE/CHARGING TIME:
1. 14kWh - 143 miles - 4 hours
2. 10.5kWh - 198 miles - 3 hours
3. 6kWh - 59 miles - 4 hours (it
uses a different system to the
14kWh model)
November 4, 2022
WEEKEND
MUSIC // THEATRE LET’S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE!
COMEDY // ART We pick some of the best arts and
entertainment events going on
around London this week
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EDWARD COOKE
H
E is the king of feels very divinely timed because the
MASTER OF REINVENTION reinvention. Since album was slightly pushed back, then
CRAIG DAVID OPENS UP rising to fame at the

end of the last
the book came early, so it’s like, wow,
this is literally landing at the same time.
TO JEN THOMAS ABOUT century when he

featured on Artful Dodger’s
It was intense but it felt great!’
Craig is performing his TS5 DJ sets at
DJ’ING, GIVING ADVICE AND Re-Rewind, he’s carved out a solo
career, clocking up his own Number
Hits Live next week alongside the likes
of Olly Murs, Sam Smith, Tom Grennan,
WHY HE’S NOT WALKING One tunes and a host of awards.
He then re-emerged again with TS5
KSI and more, and is all set. ‘It’s a great
opportunity to play a megamix of things
AWAY FROM HIS PAST... and in September released his eighth
studio album, 22. He’s also written an
where I can do a verse and a chorus of a
song and then chop into something else.
inspirational book called What’s Your As a DJ it’s one of the most gratifying
Vibe? Subtitled: Tuning In to Your Best things. I used to have competitions with
Life, this isn’t your typical other DJs back in the day of vinyl of how
autobiography. Waterstones has quickly we could get the vinyl ready to
described it as ‘combining chart-topping mix in the next song,’ he grins.
pop music with the theories of Carl It seems as though that competitive
Jung and Brene Brown’. streak is still there. ‘I’m gonna really
Unlike many artists, Craig has stayed relish the opportunity and especially
grounded and grateful through it all. being in arenas again, and landing those
Speaking on Zoom in front of a hot songs in that time.’
pink tropical backdrop, he’s all He makes sure to look back to where
smiles as he reflects on a he started, too: ‘I remember going to
crazy few months. clubs and watching a DJ – it’s a real art
‘This is the apex of form to be able to recognise what the
everything coming crowd are into, what they’re liking, what
together at the they’re maybe not feeling in a song,
same time, it even. It’s about being able to cut out of it
quick enough before someone goes off to
the bar! Walking Away is a big song of
mine, but I know that in the context of a
20-minute set, you might want to hear it
over Dr Dre and for me to sing the
acapella over the top instead.
‘I tailor it, and I kind of love that,’ he
smiles with pride. ‘I’m as passionate as I
was when I was 16-years-old and I first
got into music, so I treat performances
with the utmost pride.’
Born in Southampton, Craig was raised
by his mum after his parents divorced.
His father also makes music and took
him along to dance halls, where a young
Craig would take the mic. He jokes that if
he were to try and tell his 16-year-old
self that he would make a 22-year
(and-counting) career out of music, that
he wouldn’t have listened and would just
want to know when he got to be on Top
Of The Pops.
Now 41, he has a fresh perspective
real
on his career and what matters to
The
him. Hence the book.
He started writing about his life
during lockdown, and the resulting
tome hit bookshelves last month.
Part memoir, part self-help, the book
sees Craig talking about key moments
in his life and career and also giving
advice to the reader. It’s been warmly
received, and many readers have praised
the star’s honesty. Its success has come
as a surprise to him: ‘I feel like there’s
Continued on Page 26 »
steps forward
Teamwork: Craig David is sharing a
stage with the likes of KSI (pictured),
Olly Murs and Sam Smith this year
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FUTURE ISLANDS
This Baltimore band’s
distinctive sound mixes angst,
earnestness and vulnerability
in soaring, synth/indie-pop
songs polished to a soft
sheen. Last year’s As Long
As You Are doesn’t have
quite the wallop of TRENDS // NEWS // REVIEWS
WIRE
Singles, their crossover EZRA COLLECTIVE
record, but it still prods A rare chance to catch this high-energy fusion
the spot. Delirium when outfit with broad horizons, led by drummer Femi
they launch into Seasons Koleoso, in a run of record-store performances and
(Waiting On You) is a related outstores ahead of their tour next February.
given. Thu, O2 Academy, TRAVEL They’ll be playing//from
// CULTURE their new album, Where I’m Meant
ADVENTURE
Leeds and touring, To Be, a fiery hybrid of Afrobeat, jazz, hip-hop and
future-islands.com dancehall, out today. Today, Ronnie Scott’s (three shows),
London and touring, ezracollective.lnk.to/instores
MUSIC // FILM // TV // COMEDY SHARON O’CONNELL WITH THE PICK

OF THIS WEEK’S GREAT LIVE MUSIC...
ERYKAH BADU
It’ll be return tickets only for these two UK
shows from the empress of neo-soul,
STYLE // WELLBEING // CELEBRITY whose debut album, Baduizm, was
released in 1997. Rooted in hip-hop,
jazz and blues, it was a groovy trip
into self-discovery and Black
spirituality and has influenced
artists from FKA Twigs to
Solange. Expect euphoria and
reverence in the house as
she dips into it, 25 years
on. Tomorrow & Sun,
Royal Festival Hall,
London, southbank
centre.co.uk
BIFFY CLYRO
They’ve shaken things up along the way
on their 25-year journey – which includes
three Number One LPs – but this
Kilmarnock trio’s max-volume deal is a
hybrid of melodic metal, prog and
emo-pop, played to packed enormo-
domes and festival fields. Here promoting
last year’s album The Myth Of The Happily
Ever After, with support from metalcore
types Architects. Tomorrow, First Direct
Arena, Leeds and touring, biffyclyro.com
‘People relate to me
in a different way’
» From Page 25 back injury sent him
into a ‘dark place’, a world
away from the smiling figure
this ebb and flow of life and my career. I meet.
I’d been asked to do a memoir before, but Earlier this year, he also
I just felt like there’d be someone else out featured in an NHS campaign
there who could write that book that alongside other famous faces
would have more detail and more clarity to address the importance of
on things that I probably had forgotten talking about mental health.
about,’ he admits. He gestures to the room
Craig wanted to do something different: around him: ‘I love these
‘I wanted to write a book that actually Zoom calls, because I get to
could land and hopefully help people, to see someone’s little world,
almost demystify and remove the role and I get to feel that vibe
that we’re playing, and just get back to from them. Like, “Wow,
human connection,’ he explains. that’s a new relationship
He recalls spending many a late night that I didn’t have, 20
on the book over lockdown, figuring out minutes before”, so it’s
GETAWAY
what to include. He didn’t want it to be fulfilling for me.
solely about the music, either. ‘I wanted ‘I never take this for
to talk about some of the things granted, and I say that when I
underneath the hood of my songs, we get on stage, that it’s a privilege
can go back to childhood, lean into to be there and to hear people
having weak boundaries and depression. singing the words back to me of
‘Talk about when you said yes when my song.’
you meant to say no and people-pleasing. Craig has previously been very
It all gives context to the music though!’ private about his life, so fans have
He recently revealed that severe pain seen a new side to him over recent
saw him spiral into a depression after a years, thanks in no small part to
in association with
KRS-ONE
REX
In 1996 the NYC rapper founded the Temple Of Hip Hop – pretty
conclusive proof of his commitment to the cause. In
addition, he’s celebrated for his first two solo LPs,
Return Of The Boom Bap and a self-titled follow-up,
though he released a new album, IMAMCRU12 (get
it?), in February. Vivid storytelling and battle-style
flows are guaranteed, from a giant in the field.
TRENDS // NEWS // REVIEWSSun, O2 institute, Birmingham and touring,
ticketmaster.com
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JULIA JACKLIN
In the run up to her recent (third) LP, the Australian MUSIC // FILM // TV // COMEDY
artist listened to the maxi-pop likes of Celine Dion
and Robyn. Though Pre Pleasure sounds nothing like FONTAINES D.C.
either, it did push her ‘reset’ button and moved her Drama, poeticism and dark intensity, with terrific
on from guitar-based indie pop to a more classic tunes – this post-punk quintet from Dublin have
style, with a slight country edge. Lyrically, her work
STYLE // WELLBEING // CELEBRITY more than delivered on the hot fuss created by
is as sharp and poignant as ever. Tomorrow, their 2019 debut album. This year they released
SWG3, Glasgow and touring, juliajacklin.com their third, Skinty Fia, a much more reflective and
slower set, with a moody, even ominous air: the
pay-off for that boldness was a UK Number
One. Mon, Bonus Arena, Hull and touring,
fontainesdc.com
SIGRID
The Norwegian
star’s Don’t Kill My Vibe,
where she railed against
patronising, male music-biz types,
started the buzz but her debut album
was less distinctive and too slick. On
this year’s How To Let Go, she’s settled
fully into feelgood, disco-pop anthems
and sad Eurodance bangers, so
there’ll be plenty of both here.
Today, Guild Of Students,
Liverpool and touring,
thisissigrid.com CONFIDENCE MAN
Janet Planet and Sugar Bones are the extrovert,
OTT-costumed singers in this Australian quartet, who
admire all-stops-out performers like The Prodigy and
his appearances on podcasts. He opened Roísín Murphy and make fizzy, unashamedly
up on the likes of Fearne Cotton’s Happy backwards-looking chart-pop cut with rave, UK garage
Place and Steven Bartlett’s Diary Of A and more. Join the rush towards the disco ball as they
CEO, discussing his mental health, perform from current album Tilt. Today, Koko, London
bullying, his humiliation in public and touring, confidenceman.com.au
thanks to Leigh Francis and Bo Selecta’s
mockery of him and more: ‘I saw the
response to openly talking about
things publicly and wearing my
heart on my sleeve.
‘People are relating to
me in a very different
way... I think of it like
a stone, this effect of
throwing into the sea,
and it ripples out. If in
five years’ time,
someone says, “Hey, I
picked up your book
when I was
randomly in a
bookshop, I opened
the page, and it
inspired me”, my
job’s done here.
‘That’s what this is
GETAWAY
about, if we can help
someone using a
platform, then it’s a job
well done.’
n Craig performs at Hits

Live, AO Arena Manchester,
Re-Rewind: Rising star
November 11, and
Craig at the MOBO Birmingham Resorts World
Awards back in 2000 Arena on November 12,
craigdavid.com
LIGHTNING SEEDS
The indie-rock stalwarts fronted KAISER
FRI by Ian Broudie (right) and CHIEFS
best known for football SAT Celebrate Bonfire
anthem Three Lions, Night with
perform material from their back indie-rock outfit
catalogue including hits Lucky You Kaiser Chiefs, fronted by
and The Life Of Riley. Support Ricky Wilson (right) and,
comes from Badly Drawn Boy. TRENDS // NEWS // REVIEWS whose hits include I
Tonight, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Predict A Riot and Ruby.
lightningseeds.co.uk Saturday, O2 Arena,
kaiserchiefs.com
THE HUNNA
Watford rockers, who have
notched up hits with singles TRAVEL // CULTURE // ADVENTURE
She’s Casual and Bonfire,
promote their latest self-titled
album, released last week. Support
is from Kid Kapichi. Tonight, Electric
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Ballroom, thehunnaofficial.com MUSIC // FILM // TV // COMEDY
TRAINSPOTTING
LIVE
Last chance
to see the
London leg SUN
STYLE // WELLBEING // CELEBRITY of this
national
touring production of
Irvine Welsh’s hit novel
about Mark Renton and
his pals living through
drug addiction in
Edinburgh in the 1980s.
Sun, Riverside Studios,
riversidestudios.co.uk
WHAT’S ON
THIS WEEK
ANDREW WILLIAMS TAKES HIS PICK
OF THE BEST EVENTS IN THE CAPITAL
SOPHIE DUKER LA CLIQUE
The stand-up comedian, who Award-winning cabaret
MON has appeared on
Frankie Boyle’s
troupe come to Leicester
Square for the festive
WED
New World Order season with a brand new
and Taskmaster, presents cast showcasing their
her new show Hag. array of performance and circus skills.
Until Nov 12, Soho Until Jan 7, 2023, Spiegeltent Leicester
Theatre, sohotheatre.com Square, underbellyfestival.com
DEATH
DROP
TUE 2: BACK
IN THE
HABIT
Drag queens Willam,
Cheryl Hole, River
Medway and Victoria
Scone star in this
murder-mystery comedy
about a serial killer
causing carnage in a
convent. Until
November 19, RAMY
YOUSSEF
Garrick Theatre,
thegarricktheatre.co.uk
THU Award-winning
Egyptian
American actor
GETAWAY and comedian Ramy

Youssef, best known
for his Hulu show
Ramy, brings his
stand-up show to
London. Thursday,
Leicester Square
Theatre, leicester
squaretheatre.com
in association with
‘It was terrifying,

but ultimately TRENDS // NEWS // REVIEWS
rewarding...’ TRAVEL // CULTURE // ADVENTURE

Busy: Iqbal Khan directed Tartuffe,
main, and the Commonwealth Games
opening ceremony, above
IQBAL KHAN TELLS JOHN NATHAN ABOUT

WORKING ON THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
AND DRIVING AN ARTS RENAISSANCE IN BRUM
B
IRMINGHAM is undergoing Danny’s Olympics ceremony didn’t have
something of a renaissance – apart from the Irish dancers, giant
thanks in large part to one man: books on stalks and comedian Joe Lycett
theatre director Iqbal Khan. As – was the moral authority of Malala.
Iqbal’s acclaimed production of ‘She’s so eloquent and she symbolises
Molière’s 1664 French satire Tartuffe something very important
nears the end of its run at Birmingham about Birmingham,’ says Iqbal.
Rep, the director, a Royal Shakespeare Malala was just one way in which
Company specialist and an associate Iqbal wanted to reflect the city’s sense
artist at the Rep, sat with me to take of renewal while also acknowledging the
stock of what is turning out to be a colonialism of its, and the Games’, past.
remarkable year for him. With the Games now a fond memory
Because as well as Molière’s classic in the mind of both the director and the
comedy about religious hypocrisy, which public it seems Iqbal is today more at
The Kumars At No 42 writers Anil Gupta ease with creating work rooted in his
and Richard Pinto have relocated from a own Pakistani Muslim heritage than was
Catholic family living in Louis XIV’s the case when he was making a name
Paris to a Muslim family living in for himself. Back then the theatre
modern-day Brum, there was that other establishment’s assumption that a
hit show of Iqbal’s. British Asian director would be best
This one only ran for one performance suited to telling British Asian stories was
when it opened earlier in the year. something he resisted.
However, it turned out to be one of the Whether Asian or non-Asian, his
country’s very few – possibly only – feel- future projects are shrouded in secrecy
good moments in an era brim-full of when I ask what’s coming up.
anxiety about war and the cost of living. But there is one new project that
We are talking about this year’s might be described as the perfect
surprise hit, the superlative opening combination of both British and Asian
ceremony of the Commonwealth Games heritages. Soon after this interview Iqbal
in Birmingham. became a father for the first time at 52.
‘It was terrifying,’ admits Iqbal with a When the subject came up in the
rueful chuckle. The event’s starry cast interview he was beaming at the
included Prince (now King) Charles prospect of being a dad.
driving a vintage Aston Martin and the ‘So it is a very, very big
youngest ever Nobel laureate, Malala year,’ he says.
Yousafzai, who was treated at the city’s
Queen Elizabeth Hospital after she was n Tartuffe is at
shot and nearly killed by the Taliban. Birmingham Rep,
‘But it was ultimately very rewarding,’ until tomorrow,
adds Iqbal, right, with pride and perhaps birmingham-rep.
a hint of relief that the whole thing is co.uk
behind him.
As if directing the event wasn’t
daunting enough Iqbal knew that the
result would inevitably be compared to
GETAWAY
film director Danny Boyle’s opening
ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games.
‘I talked to Danny early on. He was
very generous,’ says Iqbal, whose
production triumphed partly because
of his skills as a theatre director but Tartuffe love: Iqbal’s
also because his roots are in Tartuffe sees the story’s
Birmingham where his parents moved
from Jhelum in Pakistan and where lead characters based in
Iqbal today lives with his wife, fellow Birmingham
RSC director Kimberley Sykes. What
PUZZLES
PUZZLES METROSCOPE by Patrick Arundell

Aries Libra
Mar 21 – Apr 20 Sep 24 – Oct 23
This looks to be an As Jupiter continues
emotional day. You’re less to rewind, Libra, it can boost
likely to navigate through your ability to know what’s
situations by logic and more best for you. This might be
inclined to run with your a blessing today as an offer
feelings. You could therefore or suggestion could appeal.
be greatly inspired by Pay attention to any feeling
something or someone. of unease, no matter how
You’ll also have the slight, and ask more
determination to go after it, questions. With your flair,
which counts for a lot. you’ll make it work.
Taurus Scorpio
Apr 21 – May 21 Oct 24 – Nov 22
You know where You might be
you stand with most of fascinated by someone and
your friends and family, be keen to know them better.
but someone could lead you Don’t be put off if you see
a merry dance. You’ll still be them engaging with another
none the wiser about where in a close way. It might not
they are taking you. Ask for be all it seems. You could get
an explanation and they into a frenzy and never get
might not be too troubled an opportunity to connect in
to give you one. So insist. the way you want.
Gemini Sagittarius
May 22 – Jun 21 Nov 23 – Dec 21
Make up your mind Try as you might to
what you want to do and get to the bottom of
then get on with it. This is something, it could seem
the ideal way to make this a impossible. No matter how
great day. However, things you attempt to pin it down,
that must happen for it might slide out of reach.
everything to run smoothly Even so, a crucial insight
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The Graham Norton Show

BBC1, 10.40pm TONIGHT’S Match Of The Day Live
BBC2, 7.30pm
DNA Journey ITV, 9pm
While we wait, quite possibly in
We’ll own up. The reason this has to
be our top pick of the day? Paul TV CHOICE The ‘romance’ of the FA Cup usually
means muddy men ankle-deep in a
vain, for a Gavin And Stacey reunion
show, here’s the next best thing:
Mescal will be parking his posterior boggy pitch sticking it to football’s Pamela and Mick Shipman, Gavin’s
on the Norton hot-seat and the NEW Selena Gomez My prima donnas. And while it’s a mum and dad, getting in on the
mere mention of the Normal People Mind & Me AppleTV+ stretch to call League One family tree rummage act. Well, not
star sets off hormonal fireworks You might imagine child star turned Portsmouth prima among donnas, them exactly – it’s actors Larry
round here. Mescal will be sharing Only Murders In The Building actress neutrals will be cheering on non- Lamb and Alison Steadman who get
airtime with Michaela Coel, Princess Gomez has led a charmed life. But in league Hereford, who are mourning taken aback by revelations of
Diana-now-Lady Chatterley Emma this documentary she talks candidly the death of 1972 FA Cup hero Ronnie immigration and in Steadman’s
Corrin and Black Panther star about the self-doubts that have Radford. Let’s hope it’s been raining case, finding out her father was
Sitting in the hot seat: Paul Mescal Winston Duke. plagued her mental health. all week in Edgar Street… adopted as a baby. KEITH WATSON
November 4, 2022
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CRICKET // T20 WORLD CUP
Woakes: Let’s not

fret about the net
CHRIS WOAKES has urged England not to by DAVE FILMER run-rate with a 20-run success over New
be distracted by permutations over net Zealand on Tuesday.
run-rates and just focus on beating Sri rates all you like but if the points aren’t If they can string together three more
Lanka tomorrow as they look to seal a there, it’s irrelevant. I think we’re fully victories, they will become the first side
T20 World Cup semi-final spot. focused on the fact Sri Lanka will be a to unify the limited-overs World Cups.
England’s hopes rest on victory in their tough challenge. A key cog in the England side that tri-
final Super 12s game in Sydney and hop- ‘We’ve already seen in this tournament umphed in the 50-over edition in 2019,
ing Australia do not overturn their infe- and experienced that ourselves that if Woakes admitted having tourna-
rior net run-rate against Afghanistan. you’re not quite on your game a team will ment-winning experience could be cru-
If Australia claim a thumping win in take advantage of that and can easily cial over the next week.
Adelaide today, Jos Buttler’s men may knock you over. ‘If you hadn’t done that before you’d
have to do more than simply win – even if ‘I don’t think we feel we deserve or probably think, “God that’s such a huge
they will have the advantage of knowing have the right to win World Cups because mountain to climb”,’ he added.
exactly what is required of them. we have a good side. It’s all about how we ‘T20 can be a little bit fickle at times but
However, having already suffered a perform in crucial moments and games.’ at the same time it’s also a big momen-
shock defeat against Ireland, Woakes Woakes, though, conceded he had tum game, so hopefully we can touch on
insists focusing on victory is the priority. ‘plenty of fist pumps’ when Lorcan Tucker that experience.’
‘We don’t go through if we don’t win rescued Ireland from 25 for five to deny While Liam Livingstone felt some ankle
this game, two points is the most impor- Australia a much bigger win than the discomfort and Ben Stokes jarred his fin-
tant thing – I think we all realise that,’ 42-run margin they claimed on Monday. ger against New Zealand, the pair are
Number crunching: Woakes is not preoccupied by the stats PICTURE: GETTY said the seamer. ‘You can look at net run- England then boosted their own net expected to be fine to play tomorrow.
Pakistan still have hope GROUP 1

P W L T NR RR PTS
thanks to Shadab hand

NEW ZEALAND 4 2 1 0 1 2.233 5
ENGLAND 4 2 1 0 1 0.547 5
AUSTRALIA 4 2 1 0 1 -0.304 5
SRI LANKA 4 2 2 0 0 -0.457 4
IRELAND 4 1 2 0 1 -1.544 3
SHADAB KHAN’S all-round
AFGHANISTAN 4 0 2 0 2 -0.718 2
excellence helped keep Pakistan’s
slim T20 World Cup semi-final GROUP 2
hopes alive as they overcame INDIA 4 3 1 0 0 0.73 6
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South Africa by 33 runs under the SOUTH AFRICA 4 2 1 0 1 1.441 5
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. PAKISTAN 4 2 2 0 0 1.117 4
Pakistan were 43 for four in the BANGLADESH 4 2 2 0 0 -1.276 4
ZIMBABWE 4 1 2 0 1 -0.313 3
seventh over of their must-win NETHERLANDS 4 1 3 0 0 -1.233 2
game in Sydney. However Iftikhar
Ahmed, who was dropped on two,
contributed a vital 51 off 35 balls THEY SAID IT
before Shadab’s onslaught of 52 ‘You’ve seen upsets nearly
from just 22 deliveries catapulted every day or every second day,
Pakistan to 185 for nine. if you can even call them
Three of Shadab’s four sixes upsets any more. There’s no
came off Anrich Nortje, who took Shadab took two for 16 as South reason why another upset
the wicket of the all-rounder Africa limped to 108 for nine. couldn’t be caused.’
(pictured) on his way to four for A win over the Netherlands on Ireland’s Josh Little wants to go out
41. South Africa had slipped to 69 Sunday will guarantee the Proteas with another scalp after England and
for four after nine overs when a a semi-final spot while Pakistan West Indies when they face New
rain delay reduced their target to must beat Bangladesh and hope Zealand today – a result which would
142 from 14 overs, and they lost South Africa do not win or India, boost English qualification hopes
wickets at regular intervals. who play Zimbabwe, lose.
n DISCIPLINARY proceedings related to on November 28. However, any appeal

allegations of racism made by former against the decision to hold it in public
Yorkshire bowler Azeem Rafiq will be could see the date pushed back.
heard in public. Rafiq wanted the hearing to take place
The England and Wales Cricket Board in public, while Yorkshire are also
charged a number of individuals in June understood to be in favour.
over allegations made by Rafiq (left), and Reports yesterday suggested the ECB
charged Yorkshire over their handling of initially opposed moves to make it public,
those allegations. The Cricket Discipline arguing some witnesses would only give
Commission hearing is scheduled to start evidence in private.
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RUGBY UNION
Curry keeps cool head over Argentinian emotion

TOM CURRY hopes England’s winning recent Rugby Championship but, having emotional too and there’s a passion in
mentality can overcome Argentina’s beaten Australia at home and New Zealand rugby that you don’t see in many sports.
passion at Twickenham on Sunday. away, are showing clear signs of revival ‘But it’s about transferring that emotion
The meeting is a warm-up for next year’s under Michael Cheika. into accuracy and physicality – and that’s
heavyweight World Cup collision that is ‘Emotion,’ replied Curry (left) when asked the exciting part. We want to be known for
likely to decide who finishes top of Pool D. what makes Argentina tick. ‘They’re very winning. That’s the ultimate goal. It comes
Argentina ended up bottom of the most passionate people. England can be from playing and training together.’
Billy wants to earn more

caps rather than cash in Explosive start: Young
by MATTHEW NASH
MAKING THE BIG CALLS SIMON HAPPY TO SWITCH IT FOR SEMI
BILLY VUNIPOLA has revealed he turned Wane puts
PICTURE: GETTY
down lucrative work entertaining ‘100
drunk people asking me questions about
Eddie Jones’ to instead focus on reviving
In with a shout: Rosie
Galligan goes through his faith in
Young gun
his England career. some full-blooded
Vunipola was among a group of senior
players culled by Jones a year ago amid England training ahead
doubts from the head coach over their
appetite to complete another World Cup
cycle and he missed an entire autumn
of their semi-final
for big test
campaign plus Six Nations as a result. RUGBY LEAGUE
In response, the Saracens number eight ENGLAND coach Shaun Wane has
took himself out of the limelight, declin- again left out record tryscorer Ryan
ing close to six-figure sums to host sup- Hall for tomorrow’s World Cup
porters at England games and observing a quarter-final against Papua New
self-imposed media blackout. Guinea at Wigan’s DW Stadium.
That paid off when he was recalled for Dom Young, 21, who has made an
the July tour to Australia and he continues explosive start to his international
his return against Argentina on Sunday. career with a tournament-best eight
‘Sometimes it’s not about money, it’s tries in three games, is again preferred
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more about how you want to feel, how you to 34-year-old Hall, the scorer of 39
want to present yourself,’ Vunipola said. tries in his 40 England appearances.
‘I didn’t want to be one of those guys Tommy Makinson, who deputised at
who was just happy to be dropped. That’s full-back for a rested Sam Tomkins in
how I assume it to be – people just turning the 94-4 win over Greece, switches to
up at Twickenham, happy to take the the other wing. Forwards Andy Ackers,
cash. I wanted to play. Joe Batchelor, Mikolaj Oledzki and
‘I watched every single England game. I Luke Thompson were the other
didn’t want to be one of those who was players omitted from the 24-man
bitter and not watch the games. squad when Wane trimmed it to 19.
‘But I didn’t want to be at Twicken- Tomkins, centres Kallum Watkins
ham. There are marquees every- and Herbie Farnworth and forwards
where and they want to throw cash
at you to do appearances. I didn’t
■ LEEDS Rhinos forward Zoe Hornby
want to do it because you say one
is set to make her international debut
thing wrong, someone sends it to
when England’s women face Canada
the press. So I was very careful.
‘Being injured (and missing
in their second Rugby League World
games) is different to being ENGLAND head coach Simon Cornborough at loosehead prop. different pictures that you believe Cup clash in Wigan tomorrow. Coach
fit and not being picked. Middleton said he was Sarah Hunter, England’s most could benefit the team’s Craig Richards has included all seven
‘There’s a different prepared to make ‘brave’ capped player, will lead the team performance, you have to be brave squad members who did not feature
feeling, it’s almost selection calls after from number eight at Auckland’s enough to make those calls. in Tuesday’s 72-4 win over Brazil in
envy and you don’t tweaking his XV for Eden Park with Emily Scarratt ‘We have done that throughout his 19-player party, with Jodie
want envy because tomorrow’s World Cup present at outside centre. the competition to date and that Cunningham and hat-trick hero Amy
you want the England semi-final against Canada. ‘Continuity is an important philosophy will not change. Hardcastle among those rested.
team and players to do Claudia MacDonald returns factor in team selection,’ said ‘Canada are an opponent we
well. I want to be playing, from injury to replace Lydia Middleton, whose dominant team know well with great pedigree and Michael McIlorum and Elliott
not sitting with 100 drunk Thompson on the wing while have won 29 Tests in a row. history in the women’s game. We Whitehead return to the squad.
people asking me ques- Hannah Botterman comes in ‘Having said that, if you see an know they’re a strong side but we Goal-kicking scrum-half Marc Sneyd
tions about Eddie.’ for the benched Vickii opportunity to improve or create focus on our own performance.’ remains in Wane’s 19 following his
30-point man-of-the-match showing
against the Greeks but Wane is likely
Q&A ‘If I beat her I want to get I’m 16-0 and not had a big-name
fight yet in six years as a
to pair Jack Welsby with a rejuvenated
George Williams at half-back.
Chantelle Cameron
the recognition I deserve’
professional. I want to be out there Welsby is equally at home at
with my name being talked about, I full-back or centre but has enjoyed his
Interview by Matthew Nash want to become the best pound-for- fledging partnership with Williams.
The unbeaten I don’t really like going far away recognition that I deserve. pound fighter out there. ‘I love playing with George. He’s very
from home! When I first heard it instinctive, similar to myself,’ he said.
British super- was going to be held outside the UK, Has it been frustrating to You hold the WBC, IBF and ‘It doesn’t matter where you play. If
lightweight I was a bit gutted but then I thought, fight only once in 12 months? Ring super-lightweight belts. I’m at six or anywhere else, he’ll still
challenges ‘Oh wow, what an experience!’ Yeah, things slowed down and I If you hold all the titles could find me and I’ll find him.’
Jessica McCaskill began to wonder whether the you get to fight Katie Taylor? England, who have racked up 196
for the American McCaskill is one of undisputed fight would ever happen I’ve been told I should get my shot points in their three group games, face
undisputed world the sport’s big names. Is this but McCaskill is better for me. I but I really don’t think it will ever their sternest challenge so far.
a big step up for you? want to be in the big fights and happen. In my opinion it should do Welsby added: ‘I’ve played against
championship in I’ve been wanting this fight for have big paydays now. if I’m undisputed at 140lb and I’d PNG blokes like David Mead before so I
Abu Dhabi tomorrow years and I needed an opponent like take it at the drop of a hat. know what to expect but it doesn’t get
Are you looking forward to her to show people how good I am. Do you feel like you have n Watch Cameron v McCaskill exclusively much bigger than a World Cup
fighting in the Middle East? If I beat her I want to get the been continually avoided? live on DAZN quarter-final. This is a stepping stone
and we want to go on and win it.’
FOOTBALL
PICTURE: REX
Mead: Qatar World Cup ‘not best idea’ Pain game: Mount
is concerned as
ENGLAND Euro 2022 winner and Ballon it’s a game of football.’ Qatar, which
d’Or runner-up Beth Mead says it is follows strict Muslim laws, has been
Chilwell clutches
‘disappointing’ the men’s World Cup is criticised about its stance on same-sex his hamstring
being held in Qatar. relationships and human rights issues.
The Arsenal forward, who is openly Punishments for being homosexual
gay, does not think the Gulf state is the include fines, prison sentences of up to
‘right place’ for the tournament – which seven years, and even death. But World
begins later this month – to be staged. Cup organisers state ‘everyone is
Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar and welcome’ and no one will be
many England fans who are members of discriminated against.
the LGBTQ+ community are believed to Mead (left), player of the tournament
have decided against attending. and Golden Boot winner when England
Speaking on BBC Radio 4, the won the Euros this summer, said:
27-year-old said: ‘It’s not something I ‘Although I’m cheering for the boys who
will be backing or promoting. It’s are going to play football there, from
disappointing in the sense there’s no the minute it was announced I thought
respect on a lot of levels, even though it wasn’t the best idea.’
Injury blow
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for Chilwell,
says Mount
by JUSTIN PALMER
n FORMER Chelsea striker Timo
Werner will not be able to play at
MASON MOUNT admits the injury which
could wreck Ben Chilwell’s World Cup
the World Cup for Germany after
hopes was ‘tough to watch’.
he tore an ankle ligament, his
The England left-back suffered the club Leipzig have confirmed.
injury in stoppage-time as Chelsea came Werner went off in the 19th
from behind to beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 minute of Wednesday’s 4-0
in their final Champions League group Champions League win over
game on Wednesday. Shakhtar Donetsk after signalling
Goals from Raheem Sterling and Denis to the bench. Germany’s opening
Zakaria, after Bruno Petkovic had put World Cup game in Qatar is
the Croatian side ahead, meant a posi- against Japan on November 23.
tive result but one soured by the late
Chilwell blow.
Blues manager Graham Potter con- anterior cruciate ligament injury. Potter
firmed afterwards it was a hamstring acknowledged this latest setback could
problem which ‘doesn’t look positive’ harm the 25-year-old’s hopes of being
while the player was overheard telling part of Gareth Southgate’s World Cup
Mount – his team-mate for club and squad, with England playing their first
country – it had ‘popped’. game of the tournament in Qatar against
Mount hopes the diagnosis is not as Iran on November 21. The squad is
serious as feared, saying: ‘We don’t know announced next Thursday.
how bad it is but that was tough to England forward Sterling, one of four
watch. We saw his reaction and that players to keep their place after the
never looks good. As soon as you feel Brighton debacle, equalised with his first
something and to not even think about Chelsea goal since September 14, much
the ball, it’s tough. to Mount’s delight.
‘We know what’s coming up, hopefully ‘It’s brilliant for Raz, he took his goal
it’s not too bad and he can be back as very well, very happy for him,’ the
soon as possible because we need him.’ midfielder added.
Chilwell, who was later pictured leav- ‘He doesn’t think about how many
ing the ground on crutches, did not start games he goes without scoring. He’s so
the Blues’ 4-1 thrashing at Brighton last focused on helping the team and getting
weekend and the club was managing his in the right positions and it will come for
workload after battling back from an him, we know how good he is.’
FOOTBALL
Colin Murray @colinmurray

SPORT IN BRIEF
Divin inspiration as young
Hammers shine in Bucharest
Jurgen is still the best man
FOOTBALL EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE
FCSB 0 WEST HAM 3
PABLO FORNALS scored
baa none to revive the Reds

twice as West Ham made
it a perfect six Group B
wins from six with victory
over FCSB in Bucharest.
Fornals netted in either
A
PICTURE: GETTY
S IF Jurgen Klopp has fans under the age of 35 have half with the other an
not got enough on his Shear joy: Klopp’s never witnessed. own goal from Joyskim
plate at the moment, That consistency is backed up Dawa who deflected in a
he has now got to
Freedom Of The City by the fact Klopp has the highest header from 18-year-old
work out how to get award allows him to winning percentage of any debutant Divin Mubama
his hands on a couple of sheep. march sheep down a Liverpool manager. (right), on 56 minutes.
There is speculation Liverpool Not since Paisley. Not since With the Hammers
might move in the January Liverpool street Dalglish. Since ever. already through in top
transfer window to strengthen However, it goes even deeper spot, a young, experimental side travelled to Romania
their midfield. Names like Inter than that, underlined by the with David Moyes also handing a first senior start to
Milan’s Nicolo Barella and RB honour bestowed on him this 16-year-old defensive midfielder Oliver Scarles.
Leipzig’s Konrad Laimer have week. A manager, no matter how
been mentioned, but at this rate
he’s more likely to announce
talented they may be, must fit
with the club, and that means
Kirk in place as Bedford leaves Foxes
Dolly and Buttercup! connecting with the city or town. FOOTBALL
While the erratic screamers are On this front, I don’t think it’s WOMEN’S Super League strugglers Leicester have
being amplified through social an overstatement to put Klopp in announced the departure of manager Lydia Bedford
media, and the most damning the same league as the great Bill and assistant Nicola Williams as part of a
pundits are being awarded the Shankly. Not above him, of reorganisation which will see Willie Kirk move from his
most column inches concerning course. Sorry, Jurgen. director of football role to take over first-team duties.
Liverpool’s helter skelter start to Klopp said: ‘We care about The Foxes are bottom of the WSL table after losing
the season, the Reds manager has their first six games of the season.
been awarded the Freedom Of
The City. It’s no overstatement to
Just so everybody is on the RUGBY
same page, one of the antiquated
put him in the same LEAGUE
benefits of such an accolade, is league as Bill Shankly England beat
Australia 38-8
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being able to march sheep
through a particular part of said similar things, have similar last night as the
city. In this case, Dale Street. political views and we like to be wheelchair
He’s only the second very open, that’s how it is.’ tournament got
foreign national to be Like Fergie at United, underway at the
awarded this, the Ainsworth at Wycombe, Clough World Cup (left).
other being at Forest, and many other In the opening
Nelson Mandela. examples, sometimes a manager game Spain were
No wonder he just fits. And Klopp just fits. 55-32 winners
described it as a is for the birds, being trumpeted by some as a A direct river cross ticket on against Ireland.
‘wow moment’. and his honour catastrophe, but let’s indulge Mersey Ferries is currently priced
I was going to this week ourselves in a little pop quiz. at £3.80 return, and the legend
write about Klopp underlines what How many times in the ten says Klopp can now use the Joe leads epic rally to secure bronze
and Liverpool this most proper seasons previous to Klopp’s ferries free of charge. You can’t
Liverpool fans arrival were Liverpool in the top
GYMNASTICS
week, so this is what imagine him rocking up to the
they call in our business already know. four after just 12 games? Close Gerry Marsden Pier Head and
JOE FRASER hailed ‘the comeback of my life’ after
‘the perfect peg’. Starting with the obvious, your eyes and pick a number. having a hissy fit. Great Britain stormed back from last place to claim a
How choppy the red waters are in seven years Klopp has won The answer is twice. In seven Still, maybe the whole Freedom bronze medal in the men’s team final at the world
will become more clear as the everything. Personally, I don’t of those seasons, Liverpool Of The City thing will go to his championships in Liverpool.
season progresses, but the count the Uefa Super Cup and the weren’t even in the top six. head, and he will start walking Fraser’s fall from the pommel in the second rotation
problems are real. Club World Cup as ‘major Let’s go again. Klopp has just around with a bayonet strapped saw his five-strong squad slump to the bottom of the
Injuries have played a key part, trophies’, but if you add them to made it six top-four finishes on to his hip. Somehow, I doubt it. eight-team standings at halfway, before the 23-year-
but the squad age has crept up, the league title, European Cup, FA the bounce, and four consecutive ‘One of the duties is to defend old led a superb recovery to pip Italy to the podium.
the defensive inconsistency is Cup and League Cup, only Sir top-three placings. When was the the city, or in the past it was. I
there for everybody to see, and Alex Ferguson has also bagged all last time Liverpool managed know they meant it differently Deaths force Sedgefield to abandon
replacing Sadio Mane is much, six at an English club. that? Answer? The latter part of but I will, with words, forever,’
much easier said than done. That said, it is not the haul of the 1980s, towards the end of the says Klopp. HORSE RACING
That’s three for starters. trophies that makes the German ultimate golden era. Whether you are thinking with THE National Hunt meeting at Sedgefield was
However, to suggest there is a so special at Anfield. It’s the It is a level of competitiveness your head or your heart, abandoned on safety grounds yesterday after two
better manager to navigate this underlying health of Liverpool and consistency at the highest Liverpool definitely have some horses were fatally injured in the same race.
club through whatever lies that is most outstanding. level I haven’t seen since I was in problems right now, but Klopp is ‘It’s very unfortunate. Sincere condolences to all the
ahead, however major or minor, Sitting ninth after 12 games is short shorts, and that Liverpool clearly not one of them. connections of the two horses,’ said clerk of the course
Michael Naughton after the fifth race was marred by
the deaths of Sweet Auburn and Thermusa.
Leeds ‘must Marsch on’ Points win Cherries are feeling

after Anfield surprise
prizes: Marsch
fine under O’Neill 3-0 Series defeat for England’s netballers
against Australia after losing the final
match of their tour Down Under 57-53 – another
BOURNEMOUTH third successive loss
JESSE MARSCH knows Leeds’ progress, saying: ‘Obviously it interim head coach in the Premier League. narrow reversal, having been beaten by one and
1-0 win at Liverpool last week was a good win but it’s kind of Gary O’Neil insists But O’Neil said: ‘The eight-point margins in the previous matches
will count for nothing if they frustrating we can perform like that despite poor group is absolutely
fail to back it up when this in certain games and then recent results his fine. The fact that BASEBALL
Bournemouth visit tomorrow. we’ve let too many points slip squad remain three losses have STARTING pitcher Cristian Javier and three relievers
The shock triumph at Anfield away in others. ‘absolutely fine’ ahead come on the trot combined to throw just the second no-hitter in World
snapped an eight-game winless ‘This week there’s been real of their meeting with doesn’t affect what we Series history as Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia
league run and lifted the concentration on what’s Leeds at the weekend. do; we’ve played nine Phillies 5-0 to even up the ‘Fall Classic’ at 2-2.
pressure slightly on Marsch. necessary this weekend and The Cherries tossed Premier League games Javier struck out nine in six innings, Bryan Abreu
They now sit 15th, one point our focus entirely is to build away a two-goal lead (under O’Neil) and fanned the side in the seventh, Rafael Montero threw
clear of the drop zone, but boss momentum. To do that we have to lose to Tottenham been competitive in all a perfect eighth before Ryan Pressly closed out the
Marsch is desperate to maintain to win against Bournemouth.’ last Saturday – their of them.’ third no-hitter in MLB post-season history.
CRICKET COLIN MURRAY
WOAKES WON’T KLOPP STILL BEST
WORRY ABOUT NET MAN TO LEAD
GAINS AND LOSSES ANFIELD FLOCK
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TIERNEY’S ROCKET POWERS GUNNERS TO SUMMIT

ARSENAL endured a nervy finish to
their Group A campaign as they
ARSENAL 1 however, who made the brightest
start at the Emirates Stadium and
Zurich goalkeeper Yanick Brecher.
Saka came on for a 27-minute
players offside as he fired in the
rebound. Bohdan Viunnyk also
made it into the last 16 of the ZURICH 0 Arsenal’s opener on 17 minutes cameo, which will give national- blasted an effort just wide and
Europa League by beating Zurich. came against the run of play. team boss Gareth Southgate a Nikola Katic sent a header over as
Kieran Tierney’s goal saw Mikel also promising news for England as Fabio Vieira’s shot was blocked as boost ahead of naming his World Zurich went for broke.
Arteta’s men dodge a play-off tie Bukayo Saka returned as a far as Tierney, who let fly with a fine Cup squad next week. But the Premier League leaders
against the likes of European giants substitute after an injury scare, drive from the edge of the box. Adria Guerrero thought he had held on for a victory that
Barcelona, Juventus and Ajax in the having picked up a knock against The Gunners began to get on top equalised after the break after guaranteed them top spot, despite
new year by winning their Nottingham Forest on Sunday. and Vieira, Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Aaron Ramsdale made a fine save second-placed PSV Eindhoven’s 2-1
group. And there was It was visitors Zurich, Nketiah were all expertly denied by but Guerrero was one of three win at Bodo/Glimt.
Hot Scot:
Green teen: GROUP E
Garnacho P W D L F A PTS Tierney (left)
(Q) REAL SOCIEDAD 6 5 0 1 10 2 15
celebrates his (Q) MAN UTD 6 5 0 1 10 3 15
celebrates his
goal but Ronaldo S TIRASPOL 6 2 0 4 4 10 6 goal with
(right) and United OMONIA NICOSIA 6 0 0 6 3 12 0
Mohamed
were ultimately
left frustrated Elneny
PRETTY
GARN GOOD
PICTURE: GETTY
GROUP A
P W D L F A PTS
(Q) ARSENAL 6 5 0 1 8 3 15
(Q) PSV 6 4 1 1 15 4 13
TEEN PRODIGY ALEJANDRO DOWNS SOCIEDAD BUT UNITED
PICTURE: REX
BODO/GLIMT 6 1 1 4 5 10 4
ZURICH 6 1 0 5 5 16 3
STILL FACE PLAY-OFF TO REACH EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 16
Ronaldo’s astute pass but the visitors like the performance from Garnacho. goalscorer in European competition.
ERIK TEN HAG hailed Manchester
United teenager Alejandro Garnacho’s REAL SOCIEDAD 0 could not find the second goal they Of course we are disappointed, we ‘We need options there. Anthony
outstanding goal that secured victory MAN UNITED 1 needed, with defender Harry Maguire want always to be No. 1 and when we Martial is not available, Jadon Sancho
over Real Sociedad but rued his side brought on as a makeshift striker in a aren’t, we are disappointed but there is not available so it’s thin,’ added the
missing out on automatic qualification by JUSTIN PALMER desperate and ultimately fruitless are positives. I think we make a really Dutch coach.
to the last 16 of the Europa League. attempt to double their lead. good goal with Garnacho, some good ‘So I’m really happy with the perfor-
United now face a knockout round Group E behind Sociedad, who won at ‘You don’t always get what you chances as well first half, but of course mance and I really hope he can keep
play-off tie in February against a club Old Trafford in September. deserve, that’s football. First game, you we are disappointed we didn’t score the process going. He was a threat, he
who finished third in the Champions Spanish-born Argentine winger Gar- get a penalty that isn’t a penalty but two goals as that is what we needed.’ scored the goal and the finish was
League group stage – with Barcelona, nacho, 18, scored a fine 17th-minute today we win so I’m happy with that,’ But Garnacho shone, the teenager really enjoyable. He was reliable
Juventus and Ajax among possible opener in San Sebastian, his first senior said United boss Ten Hag. overtaking Red Devils legend George defending so if he can keep this going
opponents – after finishing second in strike, after running on to Cristiano ‘I’m happy with some other things Best as United’s youngest non-English then I’m really happy.’
INSIDE YOUR GUIDE TO THE WEEKEND FOOTBALL ACTION

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