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4RAVEL TAKES A LOOK AT THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE START OF THE YEAR OF THE RAT P .EWS #HARLES #LARKE TALKS TO 5%!gS ,ABOUR STUDENTS #ONCRETE WAS THERE TOO 0LUS THE LATEST -ARY #HAPMAN #OURT BREAK IN P P 3PORT

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2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR ,AST 4HURSDAY THE .ORWICH MAG ISTRATE S COURT CONVICTED 2EYNAULD ,EKEUX A 5%! STUDENT OF POSSESS ING NEARLY INDECENT PICTURES OF UNDERAGE GIRLS ON COUNTS OF SINGLE IMAGES AND ONE ON A FURTHER IMAGES ,EKEUX WAS STUDYING FOR AN -3C IN %NVIRONMENTAL 3CIENCES )N ADDI TION TO THIS HE HAD A NUMBER OF PART TIME JOBS ONE OF WHICH WAS WORK ING BEHIND THE RECEPTION DESK IN 5NION (OUSE ,EKEUX WORKED FOR AN HOUR ON &RIDAY EVENING n POST CONVICTION #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS RECEPTION STAFF HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THE BUILDING WHILE ON DUTY AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUT OF HOURS SECURITY ,EKEUX WORKS IRREGULAR HOURS COVERING WHEN REGULAR STAFF OR SECURITY PER SONNEL ARE UNAVAILABLE

#ONCRETE APPROACHED THE #OM MUNICATIONS /Fl CER OF THE 5NION FOR AN EXPLANATION (OWEVER CITING THE h3TAFF 0ROTOCOLv PART OF THE 5N ION S CONSTITUTION SHE DECLINED TO COMMENT 4HE RELEVANT SECTION OF THE STAFF PROTOCOL IS AS FOLLOWS h%X CEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED ELECTED OFl CERS SHALL UNDER NO CIRCUM STANCES PERMIT DISCUSSION OF MAT TERS RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES #ONDITIONS OF %MPLOYMENT PER FORMANCE OR CONDUCT OF MEMBERS OF STAFFxv -ARCUS *ONES 4HE ARGUMENTS IN COURT WERE PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PAPERS ,E KEUX WAS ORIGINALLY CAUGHT IN *UNE DOWNLOADING THE IMAGES IN THE ,IBRARY WHEN THE 5%! COMPUTER SYSTEM INFORMED STAFF THAT A PORNO GRAPHIC WEBSITE HAD BEEN VISITED 2ECORDS OF THE DOWNLOADS AND THE TIMES HE WAS LOGGED ONTO THE COM PUTER WERE CROSS REFERENCED AND MATCHED

)T IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ,EKEUX ARGUED HE WAS THE VICTIM OF A hSICK JOKEv (E SAID THESE IMAGES WERE DOWNLOADED BY OTHER PEOPLE ONTO HIS MEMORY STICK WHILE HE WAS AWAY FROM HIS DESK )T WAS REPORTED THAT ,EKEUX WISHED TO BECOME A FORENSIC SCI ENTIST ONCE HE HAD COMPLETED HIS STUDYING (IS SOLICITOR !NNE -ARIE 3HERIDAN COMMENTED TO THE COURT h.O PUNISHMENT YOU CAN INm ICT UPON HIM TODAY IS ANY GREATER THAN WHAT HE HAS DONE TO HIMSELF (E HAS QUITE LITERALLY LOST HIS FUTURE AT THE AGE OF )T IS UNFATHOMABLE FOR HIM TO CONSIDER (E WILL NOW MORE THAN LIKELY BE EXCLUDED FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF %AST !NGLIA AND NO DOUBT HAVE TO RETURN TO &RANCE (E RETURNS TO NO FAMILY AS HIS MOTHER AND FATHER BOTH DIED AND HE SUP PORTS HIMSELF (E S LOST HIS FUTURE AND EVERYTHING HE S BEEN WORKING

FOR %VERYTHING HE WANTED TO BE AND EVERYTHING HE COULD HAVE BEEN HAS NOW GONE AND HE WILL HAVE TO RE EVALUATE HIS LIFE v 4HE CHAIRMAN OF THE BENCH THE SENIOR OF THE THREE MAGISTRATES WHO CONSIDERED THE CASE SAID IN HIS SUMMERY h7E DO NOT l ND IT CREDI BLE THAT YOU LEFT THE COMPUTER WITH IN HALF AN HOUR OF ARRIVING AT THE LI BRARY AND THAT THE SAME PERSON WAS PRESENT ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND DOWNLOADED THE IMAGES v !LTHOUGH THE 5NIVERSITY DOES NOT DISCUSS DISCIPLINARY MATTERS #ONCRETE WAS UNABLE TO l ND A RECORD OF ,EKEUX ON THE ENROLMENTS SYSTEM WHICH WOULD SEEM TO INDI CATE THE 5NIVERSITY HAS ALREADY RE MOVED HIM (IS CONTINUED EMPLOY MENT WITH THE 5NION HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY DECIDED UPON HOWEVER GIVEN THE WORDS OF HIS LAWYER THE PROSPECT OF HIM CONTINUING LOOKS UNLIKELY

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Editor’s Column A step too Farr? WITH THEM SO AT UNIVERSITY YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BECOME PART OF A LARGER ENTITY AND SPEND TIME WITH IT 9OU MIGHT NOT REALISE IT AND THAT IS PART OF THE PROB LEM BUT YOUR DAY TO DAY AC TIVITIES FEED INTO A FAR GREATER SYSTEM (OW COULD YOU GET FOOD BETWEEN LECTURES IF THERE WAS NOT SOMEONE PROVIDING IT )NDEED HOW COULD YOU GO TO A LECTURE IF THERE WAS NO ONE RUNNING IT (OW COULD YOU DO A COURSE IF NO ONE HAD PLANNED IT (OW COULD YOU HAVE WOKEN UP WITH l VE MIN UTES TO SPARE AND STILL MADE IT TO YOUR LECTURE IF NO ONE HAD BUILT YOUR NICE ACCOMMODA TION BLOCK !LL THESE OTHER THINGS ARE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME ON CAMPUS AT 5%! AND ) RECKON IT IS FAR TOO EASY TO NOT EVEN SEE THEM 9OU TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED JUST LIKE YOU MIGHT SOMETIMES TAKE YOUR FAMILY FOR GRANTED SEE THAT QUOTA TION REALLY WAS QUITE A GOOD CHOICE )T STRIKES ME THAT THERE IS VERY LITTLE OCCASSION FOR US TO APPRECIATE HOW GOOD OR INDEED SUCCESSFUL OUR COM MUNITY IS 4HERE IS GRADUATION

h9OU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILYv 3O SAID SOMEONE AT SOME POINT !ND NOW PEOPLE SAY IT ALL THE TIME )N FACT AS A BRIEF ASIDE BEFORE ) EXPLAIN WHY ) HAVE STARTED WITH THIS QUOTA TION IF ANYONE CAN DEl NITIVE LY TELL ME WHO l RST SAID THIS ) WOULD LOVE TO KNOW 4HE REASON FOR ME CHOOS ING THIS QUOTE THAT IS SHROUD ED IN THE MISTS OF TIME IS NOT BECAUSE ) AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT MY FAMILY .OR IS IT BECAUSE ) HAVE DEIGNED IT MY DUTY TO TELL YOU ALL TO REMEMBER -OTHER S $AY AL THOUGH WHILE ) AM HERE ) AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP IT IS ON 3UNDAY -ARCH ND 2ATHER IT IS A CHEAP CON STRUCT THAT IS GOING TO ALLOW ME TO TALK ABOUT THE 5%! COMMUNITY WHICH STRIKES ME AS BEING RATHER LIKE A FAMILY YOU SEE HOW IT HAS ALL FALLEN INTO PLACE 'RANTED IT IS AN ENORMOUS SPRAWLING MASS OF A FAMILY BUT IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU ARE THROWN TOGETHER WITH YOUR CLOSE FAMILY AND BY DEFAULT HAVE TO SPEND TIME

OF COURSE BUT THAT IS REALLY RESTRICTED TO THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING 4HEN THERE ARE DAYS LIKE 3T 0ATRICK S $AY WHEN YOU FEEL NEARLY EVERYONE IS ON CAMPUS ENJOYING LIFE AND CREATING A SPLENDID ATMOS PHERE 9ET THAT DAY PROBABLY EXCLUDES A LARGE MAJORITY WHO DO NOT WANT TO DRINK 'UINESS AND JUST SIT IN THE PUB ALL DAY &URTHERMORE THAT IS ONLY ONE DAY A YEAR WHICH ) DO NOT THINK IS ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE OUR 5%! COMMUNITY 9OU KNOW WHAT THERE IS THOUGH 4HERE IS #ONCRETE %VERY FORTNIGHT WE CELEBRATE 5%! SOMETIMES IT IS NOT ALWAYS GOOD THINGS BUT THE FACT THAT THESE OTHER THINGS HAPPEN IS INDICATIVE OF THERE BEING THIS HUGE ORGANISM 7HERE THERE IS THAT MUCH GOING ON SOMETHING IS LIKELY TO GO WRONG "UT WE ALSO CEL EBRATE SUCCESSES LOTS OF THEM AND THE FACT THAT EVERYONE CAN READ IT EVERYONE CAN PARTAKE IN IT WELL ) THINK THAT IS A PRET TY GOOD WAY TO CELEBRATE BEING HERE AT 5%! 9OU KNOW ) QUITE LIKE THIS FAMILY OF OURS

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6IOLET 3YCAMORE 2EPORTER 4HIRD YEAR HISTORY STUDENTS PUT DOWN THEIR BOOKS AND STOPPED WRITING THEIR DISSERTA TIONS ON 4UESDAY TH *ANU ARY AFTER RECEIVING AN EMAIL INSTRUCTING THEM TO ATTEND AN IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ALL l NAL YEAR STUDENTS /N ARRIV ING HOWEVER STUDENTS WERE DISAPPOINTED TO DISCOVER THAT THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS NOT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE AS PROMISED IN THE EMAIL BUT THE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3URVEY 4HE .ATIONAL 3TUDENT 3UR VEY IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STU DENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR OPINIONS ON THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT EX PERIENCE COUNT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL 4HE RESULTS ARE ANALYSED AND USED TO COMPILE A YEAR ON YEAR COMPARISON OF DATA TO ENABLE PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS TO GET A GOOD INSIGHT INTO WHAT REAL STUDENTS THINK OF THEIR UNIVERSITIES 4HE SURVEY IS l LLED IN BY l NAL YEAR UNDER GRADUATES AND IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS /VER THE FOUR YEARS THAT THE SURVEY HAS BEEN RUNNING 5%! HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH WITH (ISTORY ACHIEVING A SCORE OF IN STUDENT SATISFACTION LAST YEAR 4HIS APPARENTLY IS NOT GOOD

ENOUGH FOR THE (ISTORY FAC ULTY AND THEY DECIDED TO STEP IN THIS YEAR TO ENSURE BETTER RESULTS #ONCRETE UNDERSTANDS THAT A GOOD POSITION IN THE SURVEY IS INTEGRAL TO THE 5NI VERSITY S FUTURE PLANS $URING THE MEETING STU DENTS WERE INFORMED OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SURVEY ON THE QUALITY OF THEIR DEGREES THE BETTER 5%! DID IN THE SUR VEY THE MORE THEIR DEGREES WOULD BE WORTH )F THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH )AN &ARR $IREC TOR OF 4EACHING AND *OHN #HARMLEY (EAD OF 3CHOOL THEN INSTRUCTED STUDENTS ON HOW TO l LL IT IN 5SING A SPE CIALLY CONSTRUCTED TABLE OF RE SULTS SHOWING 5%! S POSITION RELATIVE TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS STUDENTS WERE TOLD THAT 5%! HAD MUCH BETTER FACILITIES COMPARED TO OTHER UNIVERSI TIES HIGHER UP ON THE LIST &OR EXAMPLE IN LAST YEAR S SURVEY THE LIBRARY FACILITIES AT 5%! WERE DEEMED TO BE WAY DOWN ON THE LIST BUT THIS YEAR STU DENTS WERE ADVISED THAT OUR LIBRARY IS ACTUALLY A LOT BETTER THAN THOSE OF OTHER UNIVERSI TIES AND SHOULD BE MARKED UP EVEN IF THE STUDENT DID NOT NECESSARILY AGREE 3TUDENTS WERE ALSO IN FORMED THAT OF COURSE THEY WOULD l LL THE SURVEY OUT COM PLETELY OFF THEIR OWN BACK

WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM FACUL TY 4HE RESPONSE FROM STUDENTS WAS CYNICAL WITH STUDENTS ASKING HOW IT WOULD BENEl T THEM AND CURIOUS WHETHER THE FACULTY WERE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO l LL IT IN TO IMPROVE THEIR FUNDING 4HE STUDENTS #ONCRETE SPOKE TO WISHED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS BUT WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE MEETING ONE THIRD YEAR HISTORY STUDENT STATED h7HY IT COULDN T HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED IN AN EMAIL ) CANNOT HONESTLY SAY THEY WOULDN T EVEN DISCLOSE THE TOPIC OF THE MEETING WITH US 4HIS WAS A BLATANT ATTEMPT ) BELIEVE TO LURE UNSUSPECTING STUDENTS TO ATTEND v !NOTHER HISTORY STUDENT COMMENTED THAT THE EMAIL SENT ROUND WAS hLAUGHABLE AND DECEP TIVEv AND A THIRD STATED THAT SHE WOULD NOW BE REFUSING TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY #AMMIE &ULMER THE 5N ION !CADEMIC /Fl CER COM MENTED THAT SHE BELIEVES h4HE 5NIVERSITY SHOULD BE SE RIOUS ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE RESULTS ARE REm ECTIVE OF STUDENT OPINION AND ARE NOT THERE JUST TO MAKE THE 5NIVERSITY LOOK GOOD v 7HETHER OR NOT THE OCCURENCE OF THE MEETING WILL HAVE ANY NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE RESULTS REMAINS TO BE SEEN

The Art of Living well 7E HAVE ALL SPENT MANY YEARS IN EDUCATION "UT HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU SPEND AT SCHOOL LEARNING ABOUT YOUR MIND AND HOW TO HANDLE NEGATIVE EMOTIONS 5NFORTUNATELY THE ANSWER IS VERY LITTLE OR PERHAPS EVEN NONE .O ONE WANTS TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARDY HOUSEMATE AND WE ALL FANCY GREATER SUCCESS AND PEACE OF MIND 7HAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS 4HE MOST LONGLASTING AN SWER LIES IN THE BREATH WHICH IS THE LINK BETWEEN BODY AND MIND ,UNGS ARE ONE OF

THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS IN ELIMINATING IMPURITIES FROM THE BODY )F WE CAN LEARN AND REGULARLY PRACTICE DIFFERENT DY NAMIC BREATHING TECHNIQUES WE CAN UNLOCK THE SOLUTION TO ELIMINATING STRESS h(OW CAN ) GO ABOUT DOING THIS BREATHING THINGY THEN v YOU MAY ASK 7ELL 5%! HAS ITS VERY OWN SO CIETY DEDICATED TO INTRODUCING YOU TO THIS AS WELL AS LEADING YOU THROUGH SOME EASY MEDI TATION AND GENTLE YOGA 4HEY ARE THE !RT OF ,IVING 3OCIETY )N A RARE OPPORTUNITY THE SOCIETY ARE OFFERING AN !RT OF

,IVING COURSE TO 5%! STUDENTS FROM &RIDAY TH -ONDAY TH &EBRUARY 4HE TIMINGS ARE TAILORED TO SUIT STUDENT HOURS AND THE SOCIETY HAS EVEN MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE A SPECIALLY REDUCED PRICE OF a 3INCE IT IS AN ENTIRELY VOLUN TARY ORGANISATION YOU CAN FEEL ALL WARM AND FUZZY KNOWING THAT YOUR MONEY IS HELPING A HUMANITARIAN PROJECT 'O TO 5NION (OUSE 2E CEPTION FOR LEAm ETS AND APPLI CATION FORMS OR CONTACT -EGAN ON ARTOm IVINGMEG HOTMAIL COM

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Charles Clarke visits UEA 2ICHARD 2EYNOLDS .EWS %DITOR #HARLES #LARKE -0 VISITED 5NION (OUSE LAST &RIDAY TO MEET WITH THE 5%! ,ABOUR 3OCIETY 4HE MEETING CAME AT THE END OF A WEEK WHERE #LARKE HAD STRONGLY CRITICISED THE CURRENT LABOUR LEADERSHIP DESCRIBING IT AS IN NEED OF RE NEWAL n IN 0ROGRESS MAGAZINE AND AN INTERVIEW WITH THE $AILY -AIL -R #LARKE SERVED AS THE 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE FOR %DUCA TION AND AS THE (OME 3ECRE TARY IN THE "LAIR GOVERNMENT 7HILE IN CHARGE OF THE $&%3 THE $EPARTMENT FOR %DUCA TION AND 3KILLS NOW SPLINT INTO THE $)53 n )NNOVATION 5NIVERSITIES AND 3KILLS AND THE $#3& n $EPARTMENTS FOR #HILDREN 3CHOOLS AND &AMI LIES HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF 4OP UP FEES TO THE UNIVERSITY SECTOR 7HILE IN CHARGE OF THE (OME /FlCE HE CONTINUED HIS CON TROVERSIAL CAREER BY CONTINU ING TO PUSH THROUGH )$ CARDS AND INTRODUCING MANY COUN TER TERRORISM MEASURES SEEN AS UNDERMINING THE BASIS OF %NGLISH LAW GOING BACK TO -AGNA #ARTA $ESPITE ALL THIS IN HIS STUDENT DAYS HE WAS KNOWN AS A LEFT WINGER AND INDEED WAS .53 .ATIONAL 0RESIDENT -R #LARKE TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR OF BROADLY FRIENDLY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE

IN WHICH HE EXPLAINED BOTH HIS RECENT COMMENTS AND HIS JUSTIlCATION FOR THE INTRODUC TION OF TOP UP FEES /N TOP UP FEES HE EX PLAINED hUP UNTIL THERE IS A SIMILAR DISTRIBUTION OF RE SOURCES FOR ALL CHILDREN n THIS IS NOT TRUE HOWEVER AFTER THIS AGE )F YOU GO TO UNIVERSITY YOU WILL RECEIVE THE BENElT OF FAR MORE GOVERNMENT MONEY THAN SOME ONE WHO DOES NOT v (E DEFENDED THE NEW SYS TEM OF TOP UP FEES COMPARED TO THE OLD SYSTEM SAYING h)T IS REASONABLE FOR STUDENTS TO PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION BUT IT IS NOT TO ASK THEM FOR THE MONEY UPFRONTx ;BECAUSE= x4HERE IS A VERY CLEAR PER CEPTION THAT THEY WILL EARN MORE IN LATER LIFE v (OWEVER HE DID ACCEPT THAT THIS MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE (E WAS ASKED WHY HE DID NOT USE A GRADUATE TAX SO THE AMOUNT PEOPLE PAY IS MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO HOW MUCH THEY DO BENElT IN TERMS OF EARNINGS (E GAVE TWO REA SONS ON A POLITICAL LEVEL HE ARGUED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO INTRODUCE ADDI TIONAL TAXES AT THAT POINT /N A PRACTICAL LEVEL HE POINTED OUT hIT WOULD BE VERY DIFlCULT TO ALLOCATE THE ADDITIONAL RE SOURCES FAIRLY TO UNIVERSITIESv (E WAS ASKED WHETHER THE REMOVAL OF THE CAP ON TOP UP FEES WOULD ALLOW AN EQUALISATION OF INTERNATIONAL

AND HOME FEES n ENDING THE DISPARITY WHERE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PAY A SIGNIlCANTLY HIGHER FEE THAN OTHER STU DENTS (E SAID hBASICALLY ) DON T THINK ITS FAIR ;THAT FEES ARE EQUALISED=v ON THE BASIS THAT HOME STUDENTS PARENTS PAY TAX TO SUPPORT THE (IGHER %DUCATION SECTOR !SKED TO COMMENT ON THE RECENT CUTS IN FUNDING FOR PEOPLE STUDYING FOR EQUIVA LENT OR LOWER LEVELS OF QUALI lCATIONS HE SAID h4HERE WERE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH EQUALITY UNDER THE OLD

HSBC to close Crash #HARLOTTE &OORD 2EPORTER (3"# HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEIR 5%! BRANCH WILL CLOSE ON THE TH !PRIL WITH ALL EXISTING ACCOUNTS BEING TRANS FERRED TO THE LARGER BRANCH IN THE CITY CENTRE (3"# IS ONE OF THE THREE BANKS BASED ON THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS AND HAS BEEN A CON VENIENT WAY FOR STUDENTS WHO HOLD ACCOUNTS THERE TO GO ABOUT THEIR DAY TO DAY BANK ING %MPLOYEES AT THE (3"# BRANCH SAID THAT THEY WERE hUNABLE TO COMMENT ABOUT THE CLOSURE v AND ARE UNSURE AT THIS TIME WHETHER THE TWO (3"# CASH POINTS OUTSIDE THE BRANCH WOULD REMAIN AFTER

THE CLOSURE 3TUDENT AND (#"# AC COUNT HOLDER (OLLY -CNULTY SAID h) AM SURPRISED THAT THE (3"# IS CLOSING AS IT S ALWAYS REALLY BUSY )T WILL BE SO ANNOY ING HAVING TO TREK ALL THE WAY TO TOWN TO PAY IN CHEQUES v 4HE CHANGE IN USE OF UNI VERSITY BUILDINGS IN NOT UN COMMON AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE LOSS OF THE 5%! BOOKSHOP THAT IS NOW THE !DVICE #EN TRE RD YEAR STUDENT #HARLOTTE 7RAY SAID h4HE CHANGE WON T AFFECT ME MUCH THE BRANCH WAS ONLY OPEN UNTIL PM WHICH WAS PRETTY INCONVEN IENT )T WILL BE A NIGHTMARE IF THE CASH POINTS ARE REMOVED THOUGH AS THE QUEUES FOR THEM ARE ALWAYS HUGE v

! CYCLIST WAS DRAGGED ALONG 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD UNDER A BUS LAST &RIDAY EVENING AT THE HEIGHT OF THE WEEKEND RUSH HOUR !T ROUGHLY PM ON TH &EBRUARY A WOMAN ON A BIKE WAS HIT BY A .UMBER &IRST BUS 3HE WAS CAUGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE BUS DRAGGED UN DER THE VEHICLE AND ENDED UP NEAR THE BACK WHEELS ! CYCLE PARAMEDIC WAS SOON ON THE SCENE QUICKLY FOL LOWED BY AN AMBULANCE TWO lRE ENGINES AND A NUMBER OF POLICE CARS 4HE POLICE SET UP A CORDON AND lREMEN WORKED TO FREE THE LADY FROM UNDER THE BUS 3HE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN BY PARAMEDICS TO THE . . (OSPITAL WHERE SHE IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION

SYSTEMx ;HOWEVER= ;THE GOVERNMENT= NEEDS TO lND A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CONTINUE STUDYING AND PAY BACK LATERv EFFECTIVELY SUG GESTING THE SAME SYSTEM THAT APPLIES FOR lRST DEGREE UNDER GRADUATES NOW (E ALSO SUGGESTED THAT A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO TOP UP FEES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AS WELL 4O ENSURE THAT PEOPLE hxHAVE ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL QUALIlCATIONS IN THE SAME WAY AS DEGREES v -R #LARKE EXPLAINED

SOME OF HIS IDEAS ABOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE ,A BOUR PARTY AND GOVERNMENT (E EXPLAINED THAT THE ,ABOUR PARTY WAS h#URRENTLY IN A PO SITION WHERE WE ARE IN DANGER OF NOT KNOWING WHERE WE ARE GOING v (E ALSO EXPLAINED THAT POLITICAL PARTIES WHICH ARE DYNAMIC TEND TO HAVE YOUNGER LEADERS (OWEVER HE WAS NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM HE ARGUED THAT IF THE ,ABOUR PARTY STUCK TO THREE MAIN AR EAS IT COULD RE ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE AND WIN THE NEXT ELEC TION 4HESE AREAS WERE GREEN ISSUES BEING EUROPHILE AND A FOCUS ON PUBLIC SERVICES (E POINTED OUT THAT WHILE HE DID INTRODUCE TOP UP FEES HE ALSO BROUGHT ABOUT A LARGE INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR THE UNDER lVES (E DESCRIBED THESE IDEAS AS hPOLITICS WITH PURPOSEv SAYING THAT THIS WAS THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE WOULD RE ENGAGE IN THE PO LITICAL PROCESS #AMMIE &ULMER 5N ION !CADEMIC /FlCER TOLD #ONCRETE h4HE 55%!3 BE LIEVES ONLY PROPER GOVERN MENT INVESTMENT IN (IGHER %DUCATION AND NOT INCREASED TUITION FEES CAN ENSURE FAIR ACCESS WHICH IS BASED ON THE ABILITY TO LEARN NOT TO PAY 4HERE SHOULD BE AN END TO THE MARKETISATION OF (IGHER %DUCATION WHICH SO NEGA TIVELY IMPACTS UPON THE STU DENT EXPERIENCE AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE v

Council Sketch #ONCRETE WAS UNABLE TO AT TEND ALL OF COUNCIL THIS WEEK THANKS IN NO SMALL PART TO THE FOOD AT :EST (ALF THE SESSION WAS SPENT IN THE COMPANY OF THE TOILET FACILITIES OUTSIDE ,ECTURE 4HEATRE REGRETTING THE CHOICE OF SWEET AND SOUR PSEUDO CHICKEN (OWEVER BASED ON THE HALF OF COUN CIL WE ATTENDED IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXTRAPOLATE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE WEREN T THERE #OUNCIL BEGAN WITH RE PORTS FROM %XECUTIVE /FlC ERS AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO END AT SOME TIME IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS &INANCE /FlCER !NDREW 4AYLOR PRESENTED US WITH LONG TERM PLANS TO BUILD HOUSING CO OPERATIVES (E SEEMED TO BE LABOURING

UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT A YEAR PLAN NEEDED A SPEECH OF AN EQUIVALENT LENGTH .EXT CAME THE EXCITE MENT OF IMPLEMENTING AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY )T SEEMS THAT THE 55%!3 HAS BEEN OFlCIALLY PERMITTING ALL KINDS OF DISCRIMINATION MUCH TO THE CONSTERNATION OF THE STUDENT BODY ! MO TION WAS PRESENTED TO COUN CIL QUITE RIGHTLY OFlCIALLY ENCOURAGING THE PARTICIPA TION OF MINORITIES )F ONLY WE HAD HAD TIME TO IMPLEMENT SUCH A POLICY INSTEAD COUN CIL VOTED TO SNEAK AWAY TO THE PUB ! lVE MINUTE RECESS WAS TAKEN IN THE SAME SPIRIT AS EXECUTIVE REPORTS #OUN CILLORS FULLY INTEND TO RETURN IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS

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!NDY *UDSON $EPUTY %DITOR 4HE 3PORTSPARK ON 5%! CAM PUS IS TO BE EXPANDED AFTER PLANNING WAS GRANTED IN *AN UARY FOR A NEW INDOOR HALL TO BE ATTACHED TO THE CURRENT BUILDING 4HE NEW SPORTS HALL WHICH SHOULD COST APPROXI MATELY a MILLION TO BUILD WILL PROVIDE ROOM FOR A LARGE VARIETY OF SPORTS WITH ROOM ENOUGH TO lT EIGHT BADMIN TON COURTS OR TWO BASKET BALL NETBALL COURTS )T WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE MAIN BUILD ING VIA CORRIDORS BOTH AT THE GROUND AND BALCONY LEVEL ALTHOUGH THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THE CURRENT HALL /THERWISE IT WILL SHARE A SIMILAR DESIGN TO THE EXISTING BUILDING 4HE NEW HALL IS AIMED TO ALLEVIATE THE LARGE DEMAND THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS FOR 3PORTSPARK FACILITIES ESPE CIALLY ON WEEKDAY EVENINGS .OT ONLY DO A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND SPORTS CLUBS USE IT DURING THIS TIME BUT MANY .ORWICH RESIDENTS USE THE 3PORTSPARK AFTER WORK ON WEEKDAYS SO IT WAS NECES SARY FOR THE 3PORTSPARK TO EX PAND TO REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON ITS FACILITIES $URING THE DAY THE HALL CAN ALSO BE USED FOR SCHOOL VISITS OR TEACHING %$5 SPORTS COURSES )T WILL BE POSITIONED IN THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF THE SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE 3PORT SPARK IN WHAT IS CURRENTLY A WARM UP AREA 4HE EARTH MOUNDS NEXT TO THIS WILL BE RESHAPED FOR USE AS A NEW WARM UP AREA 4O PAY FOR THE EXPAN SION IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE 3PORTSPARK TO ACQUIRE A LOAN FOR PART OF THE FEE )T IS PLANNED THAT THIS WILL EVENTU ALLY BE PAID BACK BY THE EXTRA INCOME THE NEW HALL SHOULD BRING IN FOR THE 3PORTSPARK 7ORK BEGINS IN -ARCH OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE WORK AREA WILL BE CLEARED AND IT IS ESTI MATED THAT THE NEW HALL WILL BE OFlCIALLY OPENED IN *ANU ARY OF &URTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE COMPLEX ARE ALSO IN THE PIPELINE WITH AN INDOOR TENNIS FACILITY AND A NEW METRE SWIMMING POOL ALSO HAVING BEEN PROVISIONALLY PLANNED

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UEA student evades police *ACK #LARK !RTS %DITOR /N -ONDAY THE TH OF &EB RUARY AN ARGUMENT IN /PTIC LED TO A STRING OF DISTURBANCES ACROSS 0RINCE OF 7ALES 2OAD 4HE 5%! STUDENTS WHO WISH TO REMAIN NAMELESS SPOKE TO #ONCRETE AT LENGTH ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE !T SOME POINT BETWEEN PM AND AM ONE OF THE STUDENTS WAS SHOVED 4HIS LED TO AN ARGUMENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE STUDENT AND HIS FRIENDS BEING EJECTED FROM THE CLUB /UTSIDE /PTIC ANOTHER l GHT STARTED WHICH LED TO THE INDI VIDUAL WHO HAD SHOVED THE 5%! STUDENTS INSIDE THE CLUB RUNNING AWAY 4HE INDIVIDUAL m ED TO THE /LIVE 4REE A WELL KNOWN FAST FOOD SHOP A MINUTE FROM /P TIC 4HE 5%! STUDENTS NE GLECTED TO MENTION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO RAN INTO THE /LIVE 4REE WHILE BEING THE AG GRESSOR WAS ALSO AT THIS POINT BLEEDING

!CCORDING TO $ENNIS AT THE /LIVE 4REE THE INDIVIDUAL CAME IN BLEEDING AND ASKED FOR HELP 5PON HIS REQUEST HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BACK ROOM WHERE HE WAS ATTENDED TO BY THE STAFF !T THIS POINT THE 5%! STU DENTS CAME IN ONE OF WHOM SEEING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE BACK ROOM USING A MOBILE PHONE BELIEVED THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE ON THE WAY AND A LARGE l GHT COULD OCCUR 4HE 5%! STUDENTS SPOKE TO THE SHIFT MANAGER AT THE /LIVE 4REE AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAP PENED TO THEIR FRIENDS WHILE ONE OF THEM RANG THE POLICE 4HE MANAGER AT THE /LIVE 4REE TRIED TO CALM THE SITUATION BUT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD ORIGI NALLY RUN INTO THE BACKROOM RETURNED AND PUNCHED THE 5%! STUDENT IN THE JAW &ROM THIS POINT THE GROUP WENT BACK OUTSIDE l GHTING 4HE 5%! STUDENT RECEIVED SUCH A POWERFUL UPPERCUT THAT HE hHALF BIT THROUGH HIS TONGUEv 7HILE THIS WAS OCCURRING THE STAFF AT THE /LIVE 4REE HAD PHONED THE POLICE AND ASKED

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HAD LOTS OF SHOPPING BAGS AND THEIR ATTIRE LOOKED TO BE WELL WORN 4HEY WERE FOUND IN ANOTHER STAIRWELL THIS ONE ON THE 3OUTH %AST SIDE OF THE COURT 4HE 24 ASKED THEM TO LEAVE AND IN RESPONSE THEY ASKED FOR IDENTIlCATION 7HEN THE 24 RETURNED WITH IDENTIlCATION THEY TOOK OUT A hmASH LOOKINGv .OKIA AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE )$ THEN THEY LEFT )N A CONVERSATION WITH THE 24 #ONCRETE LEARNT THAT SOMETHING SIMILAR HAD OC CURRED FOUR YEARS AGO !PPAR ENTLY A MAN HAD SOMEHOW MADE A COPY OF A -ARY #HAP MAN #OURT KEY AND HAD PRO CEEDED TO USE THE FACILITIES AND FOOD FOR THEIR OWN USE 4HE WORRY AMONG STUDENTS IS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN THOUGH IT IS EQUALLY POSSIBLE

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4HE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE TEAM THAT WILL REPRESENT 5%! ON 5NIVERSITY #HALLENGE 4RIALS ARE TO BE HELD BY THE #OMMUNI CATIONS /FlCER AND A MEM BER OF THE 5NIVERSITY #HALLENGE TEAM ON 7EDNES DAY TH &EBRUARY IN ,ECTURE 4HEATRE 4WO FROM PM 4HE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ SHOW STARTED IN HOSTED BY "AMBER 'ASCOIGNE ON 'RANADA 4ELEVISION )T IS NOW HOSTED BY *EREMY 0AX MAN AND BROADCAST ON ""# 4HE FAMOUS CATCHPHRASE h9OUR STARTER FOR TENv HAS SPAWNED A BOOK AND lLM STARRING *AMES -C!VOY 4HE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO STUDENTS ON ANY COURSE AT BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE LEVEL PROVIDED THAT THEY HAVE NOT APPEARED ON THE TELEVISED ROUNDS OF 5NIVERSITY #HALLENGE BEFORE AND ARE AVAILABLE MID *UNE TO EARLY *ULY AND THEN IF SUC CESSFUL FOR THE lNALS IN MID /CTOBER 2ECENT CONTROVERSY HAS ARISEN ABOUT THE REPRESENTA TION OF WOMEN ON THE SHOW

%VER SINCE THE SHOW S CONCEP TION THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY MALE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE AMOUNT OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION NOW OUTNUMBERS MEN *ERE MY 0AXMAN NOTED h) M SURE THAT THE AUDIENCE LIKES TEAMS WHICH CONTAIN BOTH SEXES AND WE DO ASK FOR THE TEAMS TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE IN STITUTION CONCERNED v 0OSITIVE DISCRIMINATION IS NOT GOING TO BE PRACTISED BUT 0AXMAN STILL ADDS THAT hIT D BE GREAT TO SEE MORE WOMEN v 4HE SHOW IS NOT ALL ABOUT INTELLECT AS PERSONALITY IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE AS WELL 5%!

HAS HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH 5NIVERSITY #HALLENGE IN PREVIOUS YEARS GETTING TO THE TELEVISED ROUNDS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS "ELOW ARE SOME SAMPLE QUESTIONS FROM THE APPLICATION FORM )F YOU CAN ANSWER THESE IN A BREEZE AND THINK THAT YOU COULD CARRY 5%! ON TO BEAT THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 7ARWICK THEN YOU HAVE UNTIL 7EEK %IGHT TO GET TO READY 4HE HISTORY OF THE FAM ILY WHO OWNED ,AW (ILL AND NEARBY 7ALTERCLOUGH (ALL IS THOUGHT TO HAVE FURNISHED %MILY "RONTE WITH THE STORY

! RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED BY THE 4IMES (IGHER %DUCATION HAS SHOWN THAT 5%! EMPLOYS ONE OF THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF TEACHING ONLY ACADEM ICS IN THE COUNTRY COMING EIGHTH IN THE SURVEY 4HE IDEA OF THE TEACHING ONLY ROLE IS THAT IT PROVIDES EXCELLENT TEACHING STANDARDS BECAUSE THE ACADEMICS ARE NOT PINNED TO RESEARCH ! RECENT REPORT SUGGESTS THAT IN THE 5+ THE FOR WHICH NOVEL MORE CONVENTIONAL hTEACHING 7HICH IMPERIAL UNIT AND RESEARCHv ACADEMIC HAS WHICH WAS WIDELY USED IN THE BEEN SEEN BY SOME AS REMOTE SPECIlCATIONS OF MOTOR CAR AND ALOOF FROM STUDENTS ENGINES WAS DElNED AS 4HE TEACHING QUALITY AT FOOT POUND FORCE PER SECOND UNIVERSITIES REMAINS CENTRE AND IS EQUAL TO WATTS STAGE IN THE ARGUMENT AS TO 7HOSE SECOND MARRIAGE WHETHER IS IT NECESSARY FOR TOOK PLACE AT THE #RATHIE ACADEMICS WHO ARE TEACHING #HURCH MILES SOUTH OF TO BE UNDERTAKING RESEARCH AS !BERDEEN ON TH $ECEM WELL /NE 'OVERNMENT 7HITE BER 0APER 4HE &UTURE OF (IGHER 7HAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE %DUCATION SUGGESTS THAT h)T IS 'ALAXY - WHICH AT ABOUT NOT NECESSARY TO BE ACTIVE IN MILLION LIGHT YEARS AWAY CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH TO BE IS THE MOST DISTANT OBJECT VIS AN EXCELLENT TEACHERv IBLE TO THE NAKED EYE -ANY UNIVERSITIES ALREADY )N 'REEK MYTHOLOGY !RES PROMOTE THE ROLE OF TEACHING WAS THE GOD OF 7AR 7HO WAS ONLY ACADEMICS AND IN SOME HIS 2OMAN COUNTERPART CASES ARE EVEN PLACING THEM

ON THE SAME PAY AS RESEARCH ACADEMICS 5%! IS UNDER STOOD TO BE ONE OF THE UNIVER SITIES LOOKING INTO THIS #RITICS OF THE SCHEME AR GUE THAT FOR THE HIGH STAND ARDS OF UNIVERSITY EDUCA TION TO REMAIN RESEARCH LED TEACHING IS AN ESSENTIAL FAC TOR 3OME UNIVERSITIES HAVE EVEN PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHING ONLY ACADEMICS WITHIN THEIR RANKS THE PRO VICE CHANCELLOR OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3USSEX COMMENTED THAT h7E BE LIEVE lRMLY THAT GOOD TEACH ING NEEDS TO BE LINKED WITH PIONEERING DISCIPLINARY AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCHv 4HE FACT THAT UNIVERSITIES RECEIVE LARGE GRANTS FOR THE GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE ARGUMENT 4HIS MONEY IS OF TEN USED TO FUND NEWER AND MORE ADVANCED FACILITIES 4HE DEBATE WILL CONTINUE DRIVING INSTITUTIONS TO lND A BALANCE BETWEEN THEIR RESEARCH AND TEACHING ONLY ACADEMICS 4HIS COULD BRING INTO QUES TION WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TEACHING ACADEMIC IN THE MODERN REALM OF HIGHER EDU CATION

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WHO POKED ME AND LOOKS VAGUELY HOT IN A PHOTO OF THEM ON HOLIDAY IN 'REECE LAST SUMMER (OWEVER AS A DIEHARD 3EX AND THE #ITY GENERATION CONlRMED BACHELORETTE WHO VOWED NEVER TO BE TIED DOWN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THE PROSPECT OF ADMITTING MY DEFEAT AND DECLARING TO THE WEB WORLD THAT ) WAS @)N A 2ELATIONSHIP AND BECOMING h&ACEBOOK /FlCIALv WAS UTTERLY TERRIFYING !T lRST ) WAS RATHER COWARDLY ABOUT IT MERELY REMOVING MY @3INGLE STATUS FROM MY PROlLE KIDDING MYSELF THAT THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO SATISFY MY NEW LOVE !FTER SEEING HIS DISAPPOINTED FACE WHEN LOOKING AT MY ONLINE REJECTION ) BUILT UP THE COURAGE TO CHANGE IT TO @)N A 2ELATIONSHIP #UE

THEY COULD DO THE &ACEBOOK STALKING THEMSELVES ) FOUND THE CONCEPT OF ANNOUNCING SUCH A THING TO ALL FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES A VERY STRANGE ONE ) WOULD NEVER WRITE A LETTER TO EVERYONE ) KNOW WHETHER IT BE MY CLOSEST FRIEND A PRIMARY SCHOOL BUDDY OR SOMEONE ) MET RANDOMLY IN A CLUB STATING h) AM NOW IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH -R 8 FEEL FREE COME TO HIS ROOM AND BROWSE THROUGH HIS PERSONAL BELONGINGS TO lND OUT WHAT HE IS LIKEv ) WOULD NEVER EVEN TEXT PEOPLE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT ) HAD LEFT MY LIBERTINE LOVE ATTITUDES BEHIND 4HE FACT THAT EVERYONE ) HAVE EVER KNOWN COULD NOW INVESTIGATE MY BOYFRIEND TO THEIR HEART S CONTENT IS ODD TO SAY THE LEAST

WALL 9ES WHEN ) MISS HIM ) SAY SO IN MY STATUS ) HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THE HUGE PRESSURE TO PORTRAY THE IMPRESSION OF mAWLESS BLISS BETWEEN MY PARTNER AND ) THAT OFTEN FEELS LIKE A DEPRESSING COMPETITION WITHIN AN IMAGE CONSCIOUS SOCIETY OBSESSED WITH THE ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF THEIR PEERS (OWEVER THIS IS NOT ONLY ASSOCIATED WITH &ACEBOOK IT IS UNIVERSAL TO ALL METHODS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AMONGST OUR GENERATION NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION IS PERMITTED 7HEN THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION FAILS ADMITTING THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER IN A RELATIONSHIP PROVES EVEN MORE CHALLENGING THAN ANNOUNCING THAT YOU ARE 5NDOUBTEDLY IT CAN HELP TO AVOID AWKWARD QUESTIONS

h0OKING IS NOT SEXY FRIENDLY OR FUNNY 9OU WOULDN T GO UP TO SOMEONE IN A CLUB AND POKE THEMv HELL THOUGHT OF POKING 0OKING IS NOT SEXY FRIENDLY OR FUNNY 9OU WOULD NOT GO UP TO SOMEONE IN A CLUB AND POKE THEM WOULD YOU &OR THIS REASON THE &ACEBOOK GROUP @ENOUGH WITH THE POKING LET S JUST HAVE SEX DID MAKE ME CHUCKLE THEY DO HAVE A POINT 4HIS BRINGS ME ON TO @3UPER0OKE POSSIBLY THE MOST RIDICULOUS RELATIONSHIP RELATED APPLICATION &IRSTLY IF SINGLE ) WOULD NEVER GO FOR SOMEONE WHO GROPED SPANKED OR LICKED ME ON &ACEBOOK 3ECONDLY IF MY BOYFRIEND WERE TO MARRY OR ) AM GAGGING WHILE WRITING THIS WORSHIP ME ON &ACEBOOK HE MAY RECEIVE A NASTY SURPRISE NEXT TIME HE LOOKED AT MY &ACEBOOK RELATIONSHIP STATUS

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WHEN SEEING FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BREAK UP AS &ACEBOOK HAS CONVENIENTLY TOLD THEM SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO (OWEVER IT DOES NOT REPEL THOSE ANNOYING INTERFERING PEOPLE WHO INSIST ON ADDING SALT TO THE WOUND BY RELENTLESSLY REQUESTING THE GORY DETAILS OF THE TERMINATION OF YOUR LOVE )T IS INDEED HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THAT LITTLE BROKEN HEART SYMBOL TELLING YOU THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER LISTED AS IN A RELATIONSHIP AND YOU HATE &ACEBOOK FOR REMINDING YOU OF IT 4HE WEEKS OF PAIN FOLLOWING A BREAK UP ARE EXACERBATED BY A CONSTANT ANALYSIS OF YOUR EX S STATUSES 9OU HOLD A MISERABLE VIGIL BY THEIR -INI &EED DREADING THE MOMENT WHEN THEY HAVE WRITTEN ON THAT BITCH S WALL TO ARRANGE A DATE +EEP WATCH ON THEIR 7ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT GIRL YOU HAVE HATED SINCE PRIMARY SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE THE AUDACITY TO MESSAGE YOUR EX BOYFRIEND 4HEN THERE IS THE METICULOUS PERUSAL OF THEIR PHOTOS IF HE IS WITHIN lVE COMPUTER MILLIMETRES OF ANOTHER GIRL IN THE ,#2 YOU CRY FOR ANOTHER WEEK )F YOU CANNOT RESTRAIN YOURSELF TO INNOCENT INTERNET STALKING YOU COULD SCRUTINISE THEIR EVENTS AND TURN UP TO EVERY SINGLE ONE MAKING YOURSELF THAT GIRL IN THE PHOTO ) MUST INFORM YOU THAT ) HAVE NEVER PARTAKEN IN ANY OF THE ABOVE ACTIVITIES (ONESTLY 4HE INS AND OUTS OF &ACEBOOK RELATIONSHIPS ARE ENDLESS BUT GENERALLY FALL INTO THREE CATEGORIES 4HE )NTROVERTS GIVING YOU MINIMUM IF ANY INFORMATION ON THEIR PRIVATE LIFE AND OPERATE ENTIRELY IN THE REAL WORLD 4HE %XTROVERTS ENSURING THAT WE ARE ALL INFORMED OF EVERY MINOR CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND lNALLY 4HE 4OO -UCH )NFORMATION ) $ON T 7ANT 4O +NOW 7HAT 9OU $ID ,AST 3UMMER ,AST 7EEK /R %VER 0LEASE +EEP 9OUR 3ICKENENINGLY 0UKEWORTHY 2ELATIONSHIP 4O 9OURSELF %NOUGH SAID ON THAT ONE 9OU KNOW WHO YOU ARE 7HATEVER YOUR AMBITIONS IN LOVE THIS 6ALENTINE S $AY DO PLEASE HAVE THE COURTESY TO LET US ALL KNOW WELL LET US ALL KNOW BUT DO NOT LET US ALL KNOW EVERYTHING 4HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE BEST LEFT WITHIN THE CONlNES OF YOUR BEDROOM NOT YOUR LAPTOP

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Nepotism, alive and well -ATT 0ACKER /PINIONS 7RITER 4HE NEW YEAR SAW WAS WHAT PRESENTED AS THE LOSS OF 0AKI STAN S BEST CHANCE FOR DEMOC RACY !S TRAGIC AS THE DEATH OF "ENAZIR "HUTTO WAS HER ACTION IN NAMING HER SON AS HER SUC CESSOR TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 0AKISTAN 0EOPLE S 0ARTY DEALT DEMOCRACY A SIGNIlCANT BLOW .EPOTISM IS NOTHING NEW HOWEVER IN POLITICS IT SERVES ONLY TO SUBVERT DEMOCRACY 4HE 53 HAS NEVER BEEN SHY OF DYNASTIES 4HE +ENNEDYS ARE KEPT ON A PEDESTAL BY $EMO CRATS WHO JUST SO HAPPEN TO FORGET THEIR CONNECTION WITH THE -OB .O ONE SHOULD BE SURPRISED AT THE OUTCOME OF "USH *UNIOR S 0RESIDENCY GIVEN THAT HIS FATHER WAS THE (EAD OF THE #)! )T IS NOT CONCEIVABLE THAT THE DULLARD 'EORGE AND HIS COUSIN *EB WHO CANNOT BE RELIED UPON TO RUN A STATE ELEC TORAL SYSTEM WOULD HAVE HAD ANY CHANCE HAD THEIR FATHER

NOT BEEN WHO HE WAS #URRENTLY (ILARY COULD BECOME THE lRST FEMALE 0RESI DENT WHICH WOULD CHANGE NOTHING AS SHE IS HEAVILY BACKED BY CORPORATE DONORS &RANKLY ) WOULD TRUST HER AS MUCH AS ) WOULD (EROD WITH MY CHILDREN (AVING THE lRST

h NAMING HER SON AS HER SUCCESSOR TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE 0AKISTAN 0EOPLE S 0ARTY DEALT DEMOCRACY A SIGNIlCANT BLOW v FEMALE 0RESIDENT OF THE 53 WOULD MEAN THE COUNTRY BE ING RUN BY TWO FAMILIES FOR A WORRYING YEARS 4HIS DISQUIETING TREND OF NEPOTISM IS BECOMING AP PARENT IN THE 5+ /BVIOUSLY IT IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENON

BUT AS A GENERATON OF -0S ARE SHIFTED TO THEIR THIRD HOMES WITH MORE THAN GENEROUS PENSIONS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A CORRUPTION OF POWER AS INmUENCE PASSES FROM FATHER TO SON #ONSIDER THE +INNOCKS WHO ALL SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR EACH OTHER IN THE %5 4HIS IS LITTLE COMMENTED UPON AND IT S NO REAL SURPRISE GIVEN THAT THE %5 GRAVY TRAIN SHOWS NO SIGN OF HALTING OR FOR THAT MATTER BEING MADE ACCOUNT ABLE THROUGH AUDITS 4HEN THERE S THE "ENNS lRST THERES 4ONY THE SON OF ,ORD 3TANSGATE A FORMER ,A BOUR CABINET MINISTER THEN (ILLARY A HIGH PROlLE CABINET MINISTER .OW 4ONY S GRAND DAUGHTER WILL RUN FOR 0ARLIA MENT &ANTASTIC WHAT CREDEN TIALS DOES SHE HAVE 7ELL SHE GOES TO PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ) CANNOT PICTURE HER REPRESENT ING THE MAJORITY OF THE ELEC TORATE 0OTENTIALLY MORE THREAT

ENING THAN THE "ENNS IS THE PROSPECT OF ANOTHER 0RESCOTT AS AN -0 (AS *OHN 0RESCOTT MOVED OVER TO ALLOW AN EASY ENTRY FOR HIS SON 7HAT MIGHT HE DO IF SOMEONE ATTEMPTS TO HINDER HIS SONS FUTURE ASPI RATION BEARING IN MIND HE IS KNOWN TO ENJOY lSTICUFFS

h7HAT MIGHT HE DO IF SOMEONE ATTEMPTS TO HINDER HIS SONS FUTURE ASPIRATION BEARING IN MIND HE ENJOYS lSTICUFFS v #URRENTLY NONE OF THE SIBLINGS MENTIONED HOLD A GREAT AMOUNT OF POWER HOW EVER THIS IS NOT THE POINT 7ITH EACH ADDITIONAL NAMESAKE S ENTRY INTO THE POLITICAL ARENA SOMEONE ELSE IS DENIED AC CESS TO POWER SOMEONE WHO

COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFER ENCE 4HIS WHIFF OF FAVOURIT ISM HARKS BACK TO CRITICISMS OF OLD BOY S NETWORKS THAT LEFT WING SUPPORTERS MADE OF THEIR #ONSERVATIVE COUNTERPARTS 7ITH LOWER TURNOUTS AT GENERAL ELECTIONS THAN EVER IT IS CLEAR THAT THE PUBLIC FEEL CYNICAL AND APATHETIC (OW DO WE ACHIEVE TRUE POLITICAL DEMOCRACY 3IMPLE )F THE -0S ARE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES WITH A DRAMATI CALLY HIGH TURNOUT THEY WOULD BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE 5NFORTUNATELY IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE LIFE TOO GOOD AND DON T FEEL THE NEED TO VOTE (OWEVER WITH GRIM lNANCIAL FORECASTS FOR THE IMMEDI ATE FUTURE THERE MIGHT BE A CHANGE IN TURNOUT AT THE NEXT ELECTION "EFORE WE PREACH AND EX PORT THE MERITS OF OUR DEMOC RACY TO OTHERS WE SHOULD lRST ENSURE THAT ITS MACHINERY IS IN FULL WORKING ORDER

Talk The Talk !NDREW *ONES /PINIONS %DITOR 4HIS MORNING ) OPENED MY DOOR AND WALKED OUT INTO BLAZING SUNSHINE AND UNSEA SONABLY MILD AIR AND ) WON DERED WOULD THE WEATHER lLL ME WITH SUCH JOY IF ) LIVED IN SOMEWHERE WHERE IT IS ALWAYS SUNNY )S THE REASON THAT THE SUN MAKES ME SO CHEERFUL THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENS TO BE SUNNY /R IS IT ALL THE DAYS OF SLATE GREY SKYS THAT WE HAVE TO EN DURE BEFORE THE SUN SHOWS HIS HAPPY FACE ) THINK IT S THE LATTER AND THAT S WHY %NGLAND S WEATHER IS THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD !USTRALIA CAN KEEP ITS WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE )T MUST GET PRETTY SAMEY AFTER A WHILE !NYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED AN %NGLISH SUMMER DAY SAT IN THE PARK DOING NOTHING IN PARTICULAR WILL KNOW THERE IS NOTHING GREATER 3O TO SUMMARISE MY COL UMN THIS WEEK ) LIKE SUN SHINE AND DEAR OLD BLIGHTY

Concrete Debate: Pornography !FTER PORNOGRAPHY WAS PROJECTED ONTO THE SIDE OF "RITTEN (OUSE LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN FEVERED DEBATE IN THE PAGES OF #ONCRETE ABOUT THE MORALITY OF PORNOGRAPHY 3ETTLING THE ISSUE ONCE AND FOR ALL WILL BE (ECTOR ,OWE DEFENDING PORNOGRAPHY AND 2OB ,AMB CONDEMNING IT (ECTOR ,OWE /PINIONS 7RITER 2ECENTLY SOMEONE COM PLAINED TO #ONCRETE FOLLOW ING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING THE PUBLIC DISPLAY OF PORNOG RAPHY ) PERSONALLY WAS NOT PRESENT DURING THE AFORE MEN TIONED DISPLAY OF BOOBIES BUT ) HAVE TO SAY ) FOUND THE STORY WHIMSICAL NAY AWESOME 4HUS ) AM INCLINED TO ASK WHO INSERTED THE STICK INTO EVERYBODY S COLLECTIVE ANUS &IRSTLY WE HAVE TO REALISE THAT PORNOGRAPHY IN AND OF ITSELF CANNOT BE CONSIDERED IMMORAL /BJECTIONABLE PER HAPS )N SOME CASES DISGUST ING )N THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CONTAINED ON MY HARD DRIVE DOWNRIGHT CONFUSING "UT NOT IMMORAL 7E DON T EVEN HAVE A UNIVERSAL SET OF MORALS RE GARDING IMPORTANT ISSUES SUCH AS ABORTION AND EUTHANASIA MUCH LESS WHAT PEOPLE DO AND DON T LIKE TO LOOK AT 4HE

VERY DElNITION IS SUBJECTIVE WHO S TO SAY WHAT CONSTITUTES OBSCENITY &OR ONE MAN IT S AS SIMPLE AS A GIRL IN HER UNDER GARMENTS FOR ANOTHER A VIDEO OF TWO HEAVY SET MEN TAKING TURNS PERFORMING FELLATIO ON A DOBERMAN /KAY SO PORN HAS A DARK

h WE HAVE TO REALISE THAT PORNOGRAPHY IN AND OF ITSELF CANNOT BE CONSIDERED IMMORAL v SIDE SNUFF lLMS PAEDOPHILIA AND BEASTIALITY %VERYTHING HAS A DARK SIDE ORGAN DONA TION IS GOOD WITHOUT QUES TION BUT BLACK MARKET ORGAN DONATION IS UNDENIABLY BAD -ORPHINE IS GOOD IN CERTAIN DOSES THOUGH MORPHINE AD DICTION AND OVERDOSE ARE NOT

SO COOL 4HERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF GENERALLY BE NIGN THINGS THAT HAVE A SEEDY EQUIVALENT )T S ALL A QUESTION OF THE SPECIlCS "ESIDES ) HAVE A PERSONAL STAKE IN PORNOGRAPHY NOTH ING ELSE CONTINUES TO AROUSE ME SO CONSISTENTLY (ERE IS A VERY SIMPLE REPRESENTATION OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAD ME AROUSED AND THE NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THAT THEY HAVE DONE SO 0ORNOGRAPHY 4HINGS THAT ARE NOT PORNOGRA PHY )N THIS CASE THINGS THAT ARE NOT PORNOGRAPHY CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS TIGHT CORDUROYS BUMPY BUS RIDES REALLY GOOD CHOCOLATE CAKE AND SO FORTH "UT WHAT YOU WANT ANOTHER REASON /KAY ) LL GIVE YOU A PRACTICAL REA SON PORNOGRAPHY IS GOOD FOR EVERY MINUTE ) M WATCHING PORN IT S ONE LESS OF ME HIT TING ON YOU $ON T WANT THAT DO YOU

2OB ,AMB /PINIONS 7RITER 4HIS IS NOT AN @ARGUMENT AGAINST PORNOGRAPHY AS SUCH RATHER A BRIEF DIGEST OF CERTAIN DISTASTEFUL ASPECTS OF IT )NDEED PORN HAS SOME FEATURES WHICH ARE QUITE DESIRABLE AN INNOCENT ADO LESCENT CAN LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES FROM TEN MINUTES OF EROTICA THAN FROM THE RATHER SCIEN TIlC AND ENTIRELY UNINSPIRING TREATMENT OF LOVEMAKING IN SCHOOLS (OWEVER ALL IS NOT SO ROSY 0ORN DOES NOT PLACE ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON SAFE SEX )T WOULD BE A PRETTY PISS POOR PORNO THAT SPENT lVE MINUTES AT THE START LECTUR ING ABOUT CONDOMS AND PILLS AND SO ON #OMPOUNDING THIS LACK OF SAFETY THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF DANGEROUS SEX THE IMITATION OF WHICH CAN LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH

DEPENDING ON HOW HARD YOU RE TRYING 4HERE IS ALSO THE ISSUE OF PORN ADDICTION WHICH CAN CAUSE ALL SORTS OF PSYCHO LOGICAL PROBLEMS 0SYCHOLO GISTS BELIEVE PORN ADDICTION EXHIBITS MANY OF THE SAME FEATURES AS DRUG ADDICTION

h)T WOULD BE A PRETTY PISS POOR PORNO THAT SPENT lVE MINUTES AT THE START LECTURING ABOUT CONDOMS AND PILLSv SUCH AS INCREASING TOLERANCE AND DEPENDENCE OVER TIME )T HAS EVEN BEEN SUGGESTED THAT PORN ADDICTION CAN LEAD TO RAPE 7HILE THERE HAS BEEN NO PROVEN CASE OF THIS MANY BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE SHOCKING SEXUAL ATTACKS WHICH HAVE MADE THE NEWS

IN RECENT YEARS HAVE BEEN AT TRIBUTABLE AT LEAST IN PART TO THE PORNOGRAPHY VIEWED BY THE ASSAILANT 4HEN THERE ARE THE MORAL OBJECTIONS TO PORN SUCH AS ITS DEGRADATION OF THE PAR TICIPANTS 4HE SEXUAL OBJECTI lCATION PREVALENT IN PORNOG RAPHY STEMS FROM THE LACK OF DISPLAY OF LOVE WHICH SURELY IS WHAT SEX SHOULD BE ABOUT 2ATHER THAN SIMPLY A SOURCE OF PLEASURE A MORE HEALTHY ROLE FOR COPULATION INCLUDES AN AFlNITY OF TENDERNESS BE TWEEN TWO PEOPLE 2ATHER THAN SHAGGING IT SHOULD BE LOVEMAKING AND THIS IS WHERE PORN FALLS RATHER SHORT (OWEVER WHAT ARE WE TO DO 4HERE EXISTS A DEMAND FOR DIRTY MOVIES SO TO PRE VENT THE SUPPLY WOULD BE A FORM OF CENSORSHIP 0ERHAPS IN CONVINCING PEOPLE THAT THERE IS MORE TO SEX THAN JUST SEX CHANGES FOR THE BETTER CAN BE MADE

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World’s dirtiest profession? (ANNAH / 'RADY /PINIONS 7RITER 7HEN YOU PICTURE A REGULAR VISITOR OF PROSTITUTES AN IMAGE OF A SEEDY MIDDLE AGED MAN IN A MAC WILL LIKELY SPRING TO MIND 9ET THE REALITY IS MUCH CLOSER TO HOME 4HE NUMBER OF MEN USING PROSTITUTES HAS DOUBLED SINCE TO OF THE "RITISH POPULATION -OST ARE YOUNG IN THEIR S OR S AND GOING BY THE RESULTS OF #ONCRETE S LATEST SEX SURVEY SOME ARE FELLOW STUDENTS ,ATE LAST YEAR (ARRIET (AR MAN BECAME ONE OF A NUMBER OF -0S TO PROPOSE MAKING THE PURCHASE OF SEX ILLEGAL 4HIS WAS MET WITH A MIXED RESPONSE BY THE PUBLIC AND PROSTITUTES THEMSELVES #UR

RENTLY IN THE 5+ IT IS LEGAL TO PAY FOR SEX ALTHOUGH CURB CRAWLING AND SOLICITING ARE AGAINST THE LAW 4HIS IS AN IN TERESTING DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEBATE WHICH SEEKS TO REGU LATE THE DEMAND FOR PROSTITU TION RATHER THAN THE WOMEN INVOLVED 4HE RE SPARKING OF THE DE BATE DUE IN PART TO THE START OF THE )PSWICH MURDER TRIAL BEGS THE QUESTION WHAT IS OUR ULTI MATE AIM )S IT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE IN ORDER TO MAKE THE WOMEN AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE OR SHOULD WE LOOK TO ERADICATE THIS ANARCHIC FORM OF EXPLOI TATION 0HRASES SUCH AS hTHE OLD EST PROFESSION IN THE WORLDv AND hOF COURSE WE COULD NEVER GET RID OF IT ALTOGETHERv CAME

IMMEDIATELY TO MIND !ND THEN A VERY WISE PERSON ASKED ME hWHY v 3URELY THE PRO SLAVERY CAMP MADE A SIMILAR

h CAN WE REALLY CALL IT A FREE CHOICE WHEN OVER HALF OF PROSTITUTES ARE UNDER MANY WERE ABUSED AS CHILDREN THE VAST MAJORITY ARE POOR AND UP TO ARE ADDICTS v ARGUMENT *UST BECAUSE AN EXPLOITATION IS OLD DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO END IT .OW

OF COURSE MANY WOULD ARGUE THAT IT IS NOT EXPLOITATION AT ALL 4HEY WOULD TELL ME THAT ) WAS BEING A PATRONISING MOR ALISING OLD FASHIONED BURN YOUR BRA FEMINIST )T IS CON SENSUAL SEX BETWEEN ADULTS IT IS THE WOMAN S CHOICE (OWEVER CAN WE REALLY CALL IT A FREE CHOICE WHEN OVER HALF OF PROSTITUTES ARE UNDER MANY WERE ABUSED AS CHILDREN THE VAST MAJORITY ARE POOR AND UP TO ARE ADDICTS 0ERHAPS IF THE GOV ERNMENT PUMPED MONEY INTO SCHEMES FOR TEENAGE RUNA WAYS DRUG REHABILITATION AND HELP FOR ABUSE VICTIMS AND THAT WOMEN NO LONGER EARNED LESS THAN MEN WE WOULD SEE A DIFFERENT PICTURE /NLY THEN COULD ) ACCEPT THAT IT IS

A GENUINE CHOICE FOR WOMEN 9ET THAT MYTH MUST BE MAIN TAINED OTHERWISE WHAT WOULD IT SAY ABOUT OUR LIBERAL DE MOCRACY AND THE MEN WITHIN IT 3O THERE ARE TWO CHOICES EITHER ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE WOMEN AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND RISK INSTITUTIONALISING PROSTITUTION /R QUESTION THE PRACTISE AS A WHOLE AND CAMPAIGN TO END EXPLOITA TION AGAINST WOMEN .EITHER SEEMS WITHOUT ITS PROBLEMS "UT DO NOT FORGET THAT OF THESE WOMEN ARE WORKING ON THE STREET SEEING TO CLIENTS A DAY AND IT IS YOUR FRIENDS BROTHERS BOYFRIENDS AND FATHERS THAT ARE MAINTAIN ING THE DEMAND

TRAINING REQUIRED 4HE BURNING QUESTION IS WILL THESE DIPLOMAS BE NATION ALLY RECOGNISED BY 5#!3 AND ENABLE ENTRY INTO 5NIVERSITY 5#!3 HAVE NOT YET BEEN AP PROACHED BY "ROWN BUT IT IS CLEAR THAT THEY ARE NOT ENTIRELY AGAINST THE IDEA HAVING RECENT LY AGREED TO ACCEPT A DIPLOMA IN &ASHION 2ETAIL (OWEVER A POLL OF LEADING UNIVERSITIES CAR RIED OUT BY THE ""# SHOWED THAT FOUR OUT OF TEN ADMIS SIONS TUTORS WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE -C%DUCATION SCHEMES AS ! LEVEL EQUIVALENTS !ND FOR THOSE WHO WOULD IT IS LIKELY THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED AKIN TO THE @-ICKEY -OUSE COURSES AND UNOFlCIALLY BLACKLISTED BY TOP UNIVERSITIES 4HEREFORE IF THESE RIDICU

LOUS CREDENTIALS FAIL TO BE WIDELY RECOGNISED AND TRANS FERABLE WHAT EXACTLY IS THE POINT OF THEM 0ERHAPS IT IS SOME SNEAKY BUSINESS PLOY BY THE SINISTER 2ONALD -C$ONALD TO MONOPOLISE STAFF "Y TURN ING THEIR SOUL DESTROYING PRO DUCTION LINE STYLE POSITIONS INTO PSEUDO PROFESSIONS MO RALE WILL BE RUNNING HIGH AND STAFF TURNOVER WILL BE REDUCED AS INDIVIDUALS WORK THEIR WAY UP THE BURGER PILE 7HATEVER THE IDEAS ARE BE HIND THESE PREPOSTEROUS PRO POSALS ) REMAIN A lRM BELIEVER THAT YOU CANNOT FORCE PEOPLE TO LEARN THEY NEED TO HAVE A DESIRE TO DO IT AND SHOVELLING IT DOWN THEIR GULLETS WITH A -C&LURRY SPOON IS NOT THE WAY TO GO ABOUT IT

McA-levels !LICE 3AGGERS /PINIONS 7RITER 4HE NEWS THAT FAST FOOD EMPIRE -C$ONALD S IS TO BE GIVEN THE POWER TO AWARD QUALIlCATIONS EQUAL TO '#3%S AND ! LEVELS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ONE CHOKE ON THEIR "IG -AC /N HEARING THIS BROADCAST ON 2ADIO ) ASSUMED IT WAS SOME #HRIS -OYLES BRANDED TOMFOOLERY BUT ) WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT THE SORRY TRUTH ON SEEING IT SET IN CONCRETE BY THE TRUSTY 'UARDIAN -Y THOUGHTS TURNED TO THE CHAVVY HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS ) HAD KNOWN WHO REJECTED EDUCATION IN FAVOUR OF mIPPING BURGERS TO FUND SPOILERS FOR THEIR CHAV MOBILES 4HESE "URBERRY BASE BALL CAPPED YOBBOS WERE PRE

CISELY THE REASON THAT ) VOWED NEVER TO LET ANOTHER MORSEL OF -C$ONALD S PASS MY LIPS ) HEARD PARTICULARLY GHASTLY TALES REGARDING THE MAYONNAISE 3URELY THEY WERE NOT GO ING TO BE GRANTED ! LEVELS FOR CARRYING OUT THESE MUNDANE UNSKILLED AND UNSAVOURY ACTS OF FOOD SABOTAGE -ANY OF THEM HOLD A POSITIVE DISREGARD OF ACADEMIA MOCKING THE @GEEKS WHO ARE WORKING THEIR SOCKS OFF TO ACHIEVE RESPECT ABLE GRADES 7HAT WOULD THEY WANT WITH QUALIlCATIONS )T SOUNDED LIKE A HORREN DOUS WASTE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING TO ME SO ) DECIDED TO RESEARCH INTO THESE MASQUER ADING -C! LEVELS 0ROPOSED COURSES INCLUDE @"ASIC 3HIFT -ANAGEMENT AND @2ESTAURANT

-ANAGEMENT WHEREBY EM PLOYEES WILL BE TAUGHT SKILLS RANGING FROM THE DAY TO DAY RUNNING OF THE ESTABLISHMENT TO HYGIENE lNANCIAL PLANNING

h0ERHAPS IT IS SOME SNEAKY BUSINESS PLOY BY THE SINISTER @2ONALD -C$ONALD TO MONOPOLISE STAFFv AND GENERAL ADMIN .OW CALL ME CYNICAL BUT SURELY THESE CAN BE LEARNT ON THE JOB AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS &URTHER MORE HYGIENE CERTIlCATES ARE ALREADY A GIVEN IN MOST FAST FOOD CHAINS SO WHY IS EXTRA

(ONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY AND LAST WEEK WAS CERTAINLY A WEEK FOR IT &IRSTLY THE HEAD OF THE #)! -ICHAEL (AYDEN ADMITTED THAT HIS AGENCY HAS IN THE PAST SUBJECTED INmUEN TIAL TERROR SUSPECTS TO hWATER BOARDINGv AND THAT IT ISN T AS MUCH FUN AS IT SOUNDS (E ADMITTED THAT IN THE PAST SENIOR !L 1AEDA lG URES HAD HAD THEIR HEADS HELD UNDERWATER TO THE POINT OF DROWNING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO REVEAL DETAILS OF PLOTS AGAINST !MERICA 3ADLY ACCORDING TO (AYDEN THE hREALITIES HAVE CHANGEDv AND WATERBOARDING IS NO LONGER NEEDED 2EPORTS THAT #)! TAC TICS HAVE EVOLVED TO STICKING DETAINEE S HEADS DOWN THE TOILET AT MORNING BREAK WHILE STEALING THEIR LUNCH MONEY REMAIN UNCONlRMED 4HE SECOND PIECE OF RE FRESHING HONESTY LAST WEEK CAME FROM -ITT 2OMNEY WHO PULLED OUT OF THE RACE TO BECOME 2EPUBLICAN NOMI NEE FOR 0RESIDENT OF THE 5NIT ED 3TATES EFFECTIVELY ADMIT TING THAT HOWEVER CHISELLED YOUR JAW LINE AND HOWEVER GREAT YOUR HAIR IS MIL LION OF YOUR OWN MONEY ISN T ENOUGH TO GET ELECTED IF YOU DON T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY POLI CIES 4ALKING OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUR OWN BELOVED 0REMIER ,EAGUE BRAZENLY AN NOUNCED THEIR PLAN TO TURN THEIR BACK ON A LEAGUE FOOT BALL STRUCTURE DATING BACK TO AND PLAY AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF GAMES PER SEASON IN lVE CITIES AROUND THE WORLD )T S CERTAINLY REFRESHING THAT THE LEAGUE HAS DROPPED ALL PRETENCE TO BEING A SPORT ING CONTEST ABOUT lNDING THE BEST TEAM IN %NGLAND OVER A SERIES OF HOME AND AWAY lX TURES AND HAS OPENLY ADMIT TED THAT IT S PURELY AN EXERCISE IN RAKING IN MONEY ) WISH THEM LUCK WITH THEIR ENDEAV OUR BUT ) REQUEST ONE THING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE LEAGUE TABLE WITH ITS IRRATIONAL AND IMPERFECT EMPHASIS ON PLAY ING GAMES OF FOOTBALL WITH A lNANCIAL LEAGUE TABLE

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s %VER HAD SEX YES NO s (OW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE SEX DAILY FEW TIMES A WEEK WEEKLY MONTHLY A FEW TIMES A YEAR NEVER s (OW LONG DOES SEX NORMALLY LAST UNDER MINS MINS MINS HOUR MORE s 7HAT METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL DO YOU FAVOUR CONDOM FEMIDOMS CONTRACEPTIVE PILL RHYTHM METHOD NONE s 7HAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE SEXUAL POSITION MISSIONARY DOGGY STYLE THEM ON TOP SPOONS STANDING UP OTHERS s 7HAT SEXUAL POSITION DO YOU USE MOST MISSIONARY DOGGY STYLE THEM ON TOP SPOONS STANDING UP OTHER s /RAL SEX DO YOU ENJOY GIVING RECEIVING BOTH s SPIT SWALLOW s (OW OFTEN DO YOU MASTURBATE DAILY OR MORE A FEW TIMES A WEEK WEEKLY MONTHLY A FEW TIMES A YEAR s 7HAT SEX AIDS DO YOU POSSESS 6IBRATOR S 0ORNOGRAPHY #REAMS LUBES (ANDCUFFS +INKY UNDERWEAR WHIPS

s !VERAGE AGE OF LOSS OF VIRGINITY s 7AS THIS THE RIGHT AGE TO LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY YES NO s !VERAGE NUMBER OF SEXUAL PARTNERS YOU VE HAD AT 5%! s !VERAGE NUMBER OF PARTNERS YOU VE HAD ALTO GETHER s (OW MANY ONE NIGHT STANDS NONE s 7AIT BEFORE HAVING SEX LESS THAN A WEEK A FORTNIGHT A MONTH MONTHS LONGER UNTIL MARRIAGE s 0ERCENTAGE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THREESOME GROUP SEX BONDAGE INTERNET SEX PHONE SEX ROLE PLAY s (AVE YOU EVER NOT USED BIRTH CONTROL YES NO s %VER HAD SEX WITH A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX YES NO s %VER BEEN TEMPTED BY A MEMBER OF THE SAME SEX YES NO s %VER HAD ANAL SEX YES NO s $ID YOU ENJOY IT YES NO s %VER HAD SEX IN A PUBLIC PLACE YES NO s -OST TIMES YOU VE HAD SEX IN HOURS AVERAGE

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s 7HAT IS YOUR ERECT PENIS SIZE AVERAGE INCHES s (AVE YOU EVER PREMATURELY EJACULATED YES NO s (AVE YOU EVER HAD A MULTIPLE ORGASM YES NO

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The fairer sex

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The fairer sex

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Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â special: Â the Â results! -ACKINTOSH S #ANTEEN !MY (ODKINSON 4HE ATMOSPHERE 4HE ATMOSPHERE AT -ACK INTOSH S WAS PERFECT 4HE GLASS LIGHT WALL AND mOOR TO CEILING WINDOWS MADE THE UPSTAIRS DINING AREA FEEL LIGHT AND SPACIOUS 4HE STAFF WERE FRIENDLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THE OVERALL SERVICE AND ATTENTION WAS IMPECCABLE ESPE CIALLY THE COMPLIMENTARY 6ALENTINE S CHAM PAGNE 4HE FOOD 4HE FOOD EQUALLED THE AMBIENCE ) HAD A PRAWN COCKTAIL ACCOMPANIED BY GRANARY SLICES TO START THE PRAWNS WERE FRESH AND THE QUALITY HAD NOT BEEN COMPROMISED &OR THE MAIN ) HAD A LOVELY TENDER SIRLOIN STEAK SERVED WITH A PEPPERCORN SAUCE 4HE POTATOES WERE A REAL DELIGHT AND THE ROCKET AND SPINACH SALAD ADDED A TOUCH OF COLOUR TO THE PLATE &OR PUD DING ) OPTED FOR THE HEAVENLY WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE SERVED WITH KIRSCH AND WHIPPED DOUBLE CREAM JUST ONE OF MANY FABULOUS DES SERTS ON OFFER

-ARCUS 7ALSH 4HE ATMOSPHERE -ODERN YET PASTORAL 5P BEAT IT WAS SOMEONE S BIRTHDAY AND RELAXED &AIRLY BUSY FOR A 3UNDAY EVENING 4HE FOOD #ONTEMPORARY "RITISH WITH A TWIST ) CHOSE THE SMOKED SALMON WITH WASABI SAUCE STARTER AND SEABASS WITH WATERCRESS DRESSING FOR THE MAIN WHICH WAS EXPERTLY COOKED 4HE PRESENTATION WAS EXEMPLARY BUT TOO SMALL TO lLL ME UP &ULL MARKS FOR THE DARK CHOCOLATE MOUSSE WITH ORANGE SAUCE WHICH DELECTABLY COMPLIMENTED THE HOUSE RED /VERALL IMPRESSION 4HE UPSTAIRS IS NICE AND

/VERALL IMPRESSION -ACKINTOSH S #ANTEEN HAS GOT IT ALL )T MANAGES TO DELIVER GREAT AT MOSPHERE SERVICE AND FOOD WITHOUT PRETEN TION $ON T BE PUT OFF BY THE NAME -ACKIN TOSH S IS FAR FROM A SCHOOL CANTEEN (OW WAS THE DATE 4HE DATE ITSELF MADE FOR A VERY NICE EVENING AND WE DISCUSSED OUR SIMILAR INTERESTS 4HE CONVERSATION mOWED AS FREELY AS THE COMPLIMENTARY WINE (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE #OMPARING OUR TRAVELLING STORIES DISCUSSING PLACES WE HAVE OR WOULD LIKE TO VISIT AND SHARING STORIES OF INFAMOUS NIGHTS AT THE ,#2 ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE AGONIZING TEN MINUTES WAITING FOR MY DATE TO AR RIVE 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALENTINE S $AY )T WAS A REALLY NICE EVENING AND MUCH MORE SUC CESSFUL THAN ) WAS EXPECTING INTIMATE FOR A DATE 4HE @CANTEEN IN THE NAME COULDN T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH 4HIS ISN T :EST (OW WAS THE DATE 7HIZZED BY SMOOTH LY AND QUICKLY 4HE INTELLIGENT AND ENTER TAINING COMPANY A NICE SURPRISE (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE $ISCUSSING THINGS WE HAD IN COMMON LIKE TRAVELING MUSIC AND WRITING "UT MOST OF ALL THE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE )T BEING OVER TOO QUICKLY 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY ) LL BE AT "EATS IN !BUNDANCEx

,E 2OUEN !NDREW 'ARTHWAITE 4HE ATMOSPHERE &OR THE QUALITY OF THE SET TING THE RESTAURANT WAS UNDULY EMPTY 4HE VIEWS OF THE CASTLE WERE LOVELY AND WE COULD SEE PEOPLE WALKING BY FROM THE SECOND STOREY GIVING YOU THAT COZY FEELING YOU GET FROM SEE ING PEOPLE OUT IN THE COLD 4HE FOOD )T WAS LOVELY ALTHOUGH ) WISH ) D KNOWN THAT PARFAIT WAS NOT A SMALL PIE BUT A POT OF PATE ) SAT NOISILY CRUNCHING DRY TOAST $URING OUR MAIN COURSE WE SPENT SO LONG TALKING THAT MY DINNER WENT COLD IN FRONT OF ME 3TILL FOR A FAIRLY BASIC GRILL IT WAS SURPRISINGLY mAVOURSOME /VERALL IMPRESSION

!LEXANDRA 0HILLIPS 4HE ATMOSPHERE 4HE RESTAURANT HAD BEEN RECENTLY REFURBISHED IN A MODERN STYLE AND THE PUB DOWNSTAIRS SEEMED FULL OF LOCALS HAVING A GOOD TIME AND A BIT OF BANTER 4HE FOOD 7HILST WAITING FOR MY DATE ) HAD A CHAT TO THE CHEF WHO TALKED ME THROUGH THE DISHES 4O BEGIN ) HAD THE CHILLI KING PRAWNS WITH NOODLES WHICH WERE A BIT OVER SPICED AND TO FOLLOW ) CHOSE THE SLOW ROASTED PORK WITH CARAMELIZED APPLE WHICH WAS DELICIOUS AND NOT TOO CHEWY AS PORK AS A TENDENCY TO BE /N THE WHOLE THERE WAS AN EXCELLENT CHOICE OF DISHES /VERALL IMPRESSION 6ERY IMPRESSIVE INDEED

4HE ATMOSPHERE 4HE BAR WAS EMPTY HOWEVER THE BAR STAFF WERE LOVELY AND REALLY HELPFUL AND CHATTY 4HE INTERIOR WAS BEAUTIFUL 4HE FOOD !MAZING 4HE CHEF RECOMMENDED THE BEST DISHES AND EVERYTHING WAS COOKED PERFECTLY AND THE PRICES WERE REASONABLE TOO /VERALL IMPRESSION ) WOULD DElNITELY GO THERE AGAIN SINCE THE SETTING WAS TRULY STUN NING AND THE FOOD SO GOOD BUT MAYBE WITH A DATE NEXT TIME (OW WAS THE DATE 7HAT A QUESTION 3INCE HE DIDN T TURN UP IT WASN T REALLY A DATE (OWEVER ) DID HAVE A LAUGH WITH THE STAFF AND THEY DID SUPPLY ME WITH A FAKE DATE A BLOW UP DOLL WHICH WAS HIGHLY AMUSING #ONVERSATION GOT A LITTLE TIRING ) MUST SAY (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE .OT HAVING TO MAKE SMALL TALK WITH SOMEONE ) HARDLY KNOW AND BEING ABLE TO JUST ENJOY THE MEAL WHILST GETTING SLOWLY DRUNK ON MY OWN ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE BLOW UP DOLL WHICH WAS LEFT OVER FROM A HEN NIGHT JOINING ME FOR THE MEAL RATHER THAN A MAN 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY ) DO HOPE NOT

AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR A DATE (OW WAS THE DATE ) WAITED FOR AN HOUR BE FORE MY DATE TURNED UP ALTHOUGH WHEN HE l NALLY GOT THERE WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND MAN AGED TO lND LOTS TO TALK ABOUT (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE )T WAS LOVELY TO MEET SOMEONE THAT ) ACTUALLY HAD LOTS IN COMMON WITH AND WE HAVE BEEN OUT TOGETHER SINCE ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE ) M AFRAID IT WAS PROBABLY MY BAD BEHAVIOURx ) WAITED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME BEFORE HE TURNED UP THAT ) HAD FAR TOO MUCH TO DRINK ,E 2OUEN CERTAIN LY HAS A VARIED SELECTION OF EXCELLENT GINS 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY 5NFORTUNATELY ) M GOING AWAY ON 6ALENTINE S $AY BUT WE HAVE MADE PLANS TO SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN WHICH WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED ESPECIALLY SINCE ) WAS SO DRUNK

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4HE SERVICE WAS ACCEPTABLE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THERE THAT EVENING (OW WAS THE DATE ,OVELY ALTHOUGH ) DIDN T HELP THINGS ALONG BY BEING AN HOUR LATE ) THOUGHT SHE WOULD BE ANGRY BUT SHE WAS RE ALLY WARM AND PLEASED TO SEE ME (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE 4HE STRANGE LADY IN 4AKE &IVE AFTER THE DATE ,OWIGHTS OF THE DATE 2EADING THE EMAIL TELL ING ME TO GO TO THE RESTAURANT ONLY TEN MIN UTES BEFORE THE DATE STARTED AND THEN WRES TLING WITH MY WARDROBE UNTIL ) COULD lND A SHIRT WITH ONLY A FEW CREASES IN IT 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY 7E RE OFF TO AN ART SHOW IN A MINUTE BUT ) THINK !LLY IS AWAY ON 6ALENTINE S $AY

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%MILY 3TEPHENSON 2OSE 4HE ATMOSPHERE 4HANK GOODNESS FOR THE CANDLE LIGHT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE DIMMED LIGHTING THE DECOR WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIT OF AN EYE SORE TO BE HONEST 4HIS COUPLED WITH A RATHER COLD WELCOME BY THE HOST DID NOT HELP WITH THE ATMOSPHERE )T S WORTH NOTING THAT AFTER HAVING REALISED THAT WE HAD BEEN SENT TO REVIEW THE RESTAURANT THE HOSTESS MI RACULOUSLY BECAME MORE POSITIVELY DISPOSED TOWARDS US 4HE FOOD $ELICIOUS AND WE DIDN T HAVE TO WAIT VERY LONG AT ALL 7E CHOSE THE SEAFOOD OPTION FROM A PRESET MENU 4HE DISHES IN CLUDED CALAMARI GARLIC MUSHROOMS KING PRAWNS POTATO WEDGES IN A SPICY TOMATO SAUCE AND MANY MORE MOUTH WATERING DISH ES #ONSIDERING THE PRICE a ) WOULD GIVE THE FOOD FULL MARKS

(OW WAS THE DATE %NJOYABLE FULL OF CHAT (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE ,ACK OF AWKWARDNESS GOOD CONVERSATION ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE ,A 4ASCA NOT EXPECTING US 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY )F ) M WALKING PAST .ELSON #OURT THAT DAY /VERALL IMPRESSION !FTER THE INITIAL CONFU SION WE WERE TREATED VERY WELL AND THE STAFF WERE POLITE AND FRIENDLY (OW WAS THE DATE ) HAD A NICE TIME WITH (ARRY HE WAS NOT REALLY MY TYPE BUT HE WAS CERTAINLY A NICE GUY (E WAS VERY FUNNY AND EASY TO TALK TO FROM THE START AND ) SOON FOUND WE HAD MORE IN COMMON THAN ) ORIGI NALLY THOUGHT ) WOULD RECOMMEND HIM TO ANY SINGLE GIRL OUT THERE (IGHLIGHTS OF THE DATE $ISCUSSING 3EX AND THE #ITY WITH A GUY WHO ISN T SLAGGING IT OFF HOW FABULOUS IS THAT LADIES ,OWLIGHTS OF THE DATE ,EAVING WITH A FULL TUMMY AND FEELING GUILTY FOR EXCESSIVE CALO RIE CONSUMPTION NOT A GOOD PLACE FOR DI ETS 7ILL YOU BE SEEING EACH OTHER ON 6ALEN TINE S $AY .O PLANS

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Surviving Valentine’s Day (ATING THE SINGLE LIFE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR %MMA (AMILTON OFFERS SOME HELPFUL IDEAS ON HOW TO SURVIVE PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST DREADED DAYS OF THE YEAR

$EAR "ETTY AND 4ED

2ECENTLY MY BOYFRIEND HAS RE ALLY STARTED TO IRRITATE ME AND IT COULD DElNITELY BE SAID THAT ) M NO LONGER IN LOVE WITH HIM 4HE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT ) REALLY DON T WANT TO HURT HIS FEELINGS AND SO CANNOT BREAK UP WITH HIM ANY TIME NEAR 6ALENTINE S $AY ) VE STARTED mIRTING WITH OTHER GUYS AND WOULD RATHER BE WITH THEM THAN MY CURRENT BOYFRIEND (E AND ) HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR YEARS AND ) REALLY DON T WANT TO LOSE THAT BUT ) DON T WANT TO LEAD HIM ON ANY LONGER (E IS STILL ABSOLUTELY BESOTTED WITH ME AND TELLS ME REGULARLY

"ETTY SAYS ) THINK THE MAIN THING TO BEAR IN MIND HERE IS WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU AND YOUR BOYFRIEND #LEARLY IF YOU AREN T HAPPY IN THE RELA TIONSHIP HE WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP ON THIS WHICH WILL UPSET HIM ANYWAY $ON T LEAD HIM ON AND DON T LET 6ALENTINE S $AY CLOUD YOUR JUDGEMENT )F YOU AREN T HAPPY YOU LL HAVE TO TALK TO HIM -AYBE YOU CAN SORT YOUR PROBLEMS OUT )F NOT THEN KEEP ING THE RELATIONSHIP GOING WOULD PROBABLY BE MORE DETRIMENTAL TO BOTH OF YOU IN THE LONG RUN

4ED SAYS 7OW 9OU SOUND LIKE A CATCH )N FAIRNESS TO YOU THE FACT THAT IT IS 6ALENTINE S $AY IS THE MAIN REASON WHY YOU SOUND LIKE SUCH A HEART BREAKER 2ELATIONSHIPS TEND TO BREAK DOWN AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR BUT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WILL PROBABLY HURT HIM THE MOST (OWEVER AS "ETTY SAYS IT WILL HURT HIM MORE IN THE LONG RUN IF YOU LIE TO HIM OR PRETEND !LTHOUGH ) WILL ADD mIRTING WITH OTHER GUYS HOW EVER INNOCENT IS NOT FAIR AND MAKES YOU SOUND AWFUL 'IVE THE GUY A BREAK n IF YOU RE GO ING TO BREAK HIS HEART DON T RUB HIS FACE IN THE DIRT AT THE SAME TIME 9OU WERE IN LOVE WITH HIM ONCE UPON A TIME REMEMBER

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,OVE IMAGES DO YOUR BEST TO AVOID THE CLASSIC SIGNS OF 6ALENTINE S $AY IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER

K SO YOU LOVE YOUR SINGLE LIFE HASSLE FREE NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT ANYONE ELSE GOING OUT WITH YOUR MATES PULLING A RANDOM @HOTTY DRINKING AS MANY TEQUILAS AND MARGARITAS AS YOU CAN PHYSICALLY HANDLE 5N TIL NOW ONE DAY OUT OF THE WHOLE YEAR WHEN WE ALL WANT TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP OR AT LEAST HAVE A DATE )T IS THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN WE ALL WANT TO FEEL WANTED ! SUPPOSEDLY @0INK SUGAR COATED HAPPY DAY THAT BRIGHTENS UP THE DULLEST PART OF WINTER AND SOMETHING TO TAKE OUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM THAT HUGE PILE OF READ ING WE STILL HAVE TO DO &OR PERPET UAL BACHELORS OR THOSE OF US EM BRACING SPINSTERHOOD WITH OPEN ARMS IT IS THE CRUELLEST DATE ON THE CALENDAR 4RUE -AYBE NOT 3PEAK TO ANY SINGLETON AND BE IT THE TRUTH OR A LITTLE TWIST AROUND THE TRUTH THEY WILL TELL YOU HOW GREAT IT IS BEING SINGLE AND HOW OVERRATED 6ALENTINE S $AY REALLY IS 4HE OCCASIONAL SINGLETON SUR ROUNDED BY COUPLES AT THIS TIME OF YEAR MAY BE FEELING A LITTLE BLUE ) EVEN READ SOMEWHERE THAT SOME SINGLE MEN AND WOMEN GO AS FAR AS RENAMING THE DAY @3IN GLES !WARENESS $AY x 3!$ FOR SHORT AS IT MERELY REMINDS THEM OF THEIR UNATTACHED STATUS !ND HERE ) EMPHASISE hSOMEv NOT EVE RYONE FEELS DOWN AT THIS TIME OF YEAR !ND IF YOU ARE GUILTY OF THIS THEN OUR ADVICE TO YOU IS SIMPLE $/. 4 (ERE AT #ONCRETE WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO COMPILE A LIST OF THINGS TO DO THIS 6ALENTINE S $AY IF YOU RE SINGLE AND LOVING IT OR HATING IT REALLY

1. Go out with your mates .EED WE SAY MORE $ANCE LIKE NOBODY S WATCHING DRINK UNTIL YOU FORGET YOUR OWN NAME OK SO MAYBE NOT 4(!4 MUCH $ON T SIT AT HOME FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF AND HOPING THAT -R OR -RS 2IGHT WILL JUST APPEAR INTO YOUR LIFE LIKE A FAIRY GODMOTHER 7ORK IT )F YOU WANT TO GET YOUR SELF ANOTHER FEL LOW SINGLETON YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND lND THEM

2. Do Karaoke "ECAUSE YOU CAN .O ONE WILL BE STOOD WITH THEIR HANDS OVER THEIR EARS EXPLAINING TO THEIR MATES THAT YOU RE NOT USU ALLY THIS BAD A SINGER DRUNK THEIR GIRLFRIEND OR BOYFRIEND %MBRACE THIS FREEDOM

3. Have a slap-up dinner with your friends *UST BECAUSE YOU RE NOT DOING IT WITH A LOVED ONE DOESN T MEAN YOU SHOULD MISS OUT ON EATING GOOD FOOD TOO

4. Guys... Watch as much sport and drink as much beer as your body can handle

9OU HAVE NO GIRLFRIEND MOAN ING AT YOU FOR WANTING TO WATCH THE FOOTBALL OR RUGBY INSTEAD OF WATCHING HER FAVOURITE EPISODE OF 3EX AND THE #ITY AGAIN #ELEBRATE IT WHILE YOUR @SPOKEN FOR FRIENDS ARE PROBABLY DOING EXACTLY THAT

5. Ladies... have a girly night in with Rom-Coms, junk food, wine and talk about men %MBRACE WITH YOUR CLOSEST GIRL FRIENDS THE FACT YOU HAVE NO ONE IN YOUR LIFE MOANING AT YOUR LOVE OF ROMANTIC COMEDIES AND CHICK

mICKS AND WANTING TO WATCH FOOT BALL OR 4OP 'EAR INSTEAD OF SNUG GLING UP TO WATCH A $6$ WITH YOU 4HIS IS WHAT GIRLFRIENDS WERE DE SIGNED FOR 7HY NOT MAKE A DAY OF IT AND DO SOME RETAIL THERAPY 3O TO BRING THIS SURVIVAL GUIDE TO AN END lNDING THE RIGHT WORDS WAS NOT AN EASY TASKx SO WE TOOK TO 3EX AND THE #ITY SORRY GUYS TO lND THESE KIND WORDS OF WISDOM TO OFFER TO ALL THOSE SINGLETONS THIS 6ALENTINE S $AY h4HE MOST EXCITING CHALLENG ING AND SIGNIlCANT RELATIONSHIP OF ALL IS THE ONE YOU HAVE WITH YOUR SELF !ND IF YOU CAN lND SOMEONE TO LOVE THE YOU YOU LOVE WELL THAT S JUST FABULOUSv

Sexpress Yourself If you do fancy a change from, the single life, why not try your hand at speed dating. ‘Sexpress yourself’ is coming to The Hive on 12th February from 7.00pm to 10.00pm. Tickets cost £5 and are available from the Box ofﬁce. There is a free glass of champagne for every participant and, who knows, you might just meet the love of your life.

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Pirates Â suffer Â Essex Â defeat 4IM "ARBER 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE 5%! 0IRATES !MERICAN &OOTBALL 4EAM SUFFERED THEIR lRST EVER HOME DEFEAT TO THE %SSEX "LADES THIS 3UNDAY TO LEAVE THEM WITH A BATTLE TO MAKE THE PLAY OFFS 7ITH TWO GAMES REMAINING IN THE REG ULAR SEASON THE 0IRATES NEED TO WIN BOTH FOR A CHANCE TO PROGRESS TO THE #OLLEGE "OWL .ATIONAL &INAL 4HE GAME STARTED SLOWLY FOR 5%! WITH THEIR lRST FEW OFFENSIVE DRIVES LEADING TO PUNTS AND THE DEFENCE STRUG GLING TO HOLD THE CHICANERY OF THE "LADES OFFENCE "EFORE LONG THE "LADES HAD TAKEN THE LEAD WITH A TEN YARD RUN WHICH CAPPED OFF A SIXTY YARD DRIVE 4HE SUBSEQUENT KICK RETURN WAS FUMBLED BY 5%! AND RECOVERED BY %S SEX TO GIVE THEM GREAT lELD POSITION WHICH THEY SOON CONVERTED TO GIVE THEM AN UNANSWERED FOURTEEN POINT LEAD !FTER BRUTALLY HONEST TALKS FROM THE COACHES BOTH

SIDES OF THE BALL AT THE END OF THE lRST QUARTER 5%! ENDED THE HALF WITH MORE IMPETUS

THAN THEY HAD STARTED THE GAME WITH RUNNING BACK *OSH #RONIN MAKING SOME

BIG RUNS AND STRONG SAFETY *AMES -AY MAKING AN IM PRESSION ON DEFENCE $ESPITE

Mountain Â biking 2ICHARD "ODINGTON 3PORTS 2EPORTER 3UNDAY TH OF *ANUARY DAWNED LIKE ANY OTHER 3UN DAY WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR FAIR ISLE ENJOYING A WELL DE SERVED LIE IN ,ITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT IN THE DEPTHS OF 4HETFORD &OREST OVER MOUNTAIN BIKERS WERE GATH ERING FOR THE PENULTIMATE ROUND OF THE -ARIN 7INTER 3ERIES AMONG THEM YOUR VERY OWN 5%! -OUNTAIN "IKE #LUB 4HANKS TO THE 'REAT "RIT ISH WEATHER THE GROUND WAS SODDEN AND THE RACERS WERE PREPARED FOR A MUD BATH ALTHOUGH THE WEATHERMEN MUST HAVE BEEN SMILING ON US AS THE RACE DAY ITSELF WAS DRY AND MILD !S THE START TIME DREW NEAR TENSION BEGAN TO MOUNT AS THE lVE MINUTE CALL WENT OUT AND 5%! -4" S GREATEST HOPE *ASON 3MITH FAILED TO APPEAR 4IME WORE ON AND WORRIED LOOKS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE REST OF 5%! S TEAM WHEN lNALLY WITH NO MORE THAN A MINUTE TO SPARE *ASON REAPPEARED AND TOOK HIS PLACE AT THE

START !ND THEN THEY WERE OFF TO THE CACOPHONY OF HUNDREDS OF 30$S CLIPPING INTO PEDALS 4WO HOURS LATER AND AF TER AN EXPERT BOTTLE CHANGE TO *ASON COURTESY OF THE CLUB S 3ECRETARY AND YOURS TRULY THE RACE WAS OVER AND

THE RESULTS UP SHOWING *A SON TH 3HANE !SHBY TH AND OUR 0RESIDENT !NDY 0AT TINSON TH 4HE ONLY MIS FORTUNE OF THE DAY CAME AS CLUB 4REASURER 4OM -AYES HAVING PLACED ND IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND CRASHED OUT ON THE lRST LAP AND DID NOT

lNISH *ASON 3MITH S IM PRESSIVE PERFORMANCE PUTS HIM IN FOURTH PLACE IN THE SERIES OVERALL MAKING HIM THE HIGHEST RANKING NON SPONSORED RIDER 4HE lNAL RACE OF THE SERIES SEES 5%! -4" ENTERING ITS BIGGEST TEAM YET 7ITH EAGER BIK ERS CONlRMED THE CLUB WILL CERTAINLY BE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH 4HE CLUB IS ALSO THRIVING OFF THE RACE COURSE WITH SUC CESSFUL TRIPS TO THE 0EAK $IS TRICT AND 7ALES NOT TO MEN TION REGULAR TRIPS TO 4HETFORD AND LOCAL RIDES TWICE A WEEK ! SECOND SUMMER TRIP TO THE !LPS MAY EVEN BE IN THE PIPELINE MAKING IT NO WON DER THAT 5%! -4" IS GROW ING ALL THE TIME )F THIS HAS WHETTED YOUR APPETITE FOR A BIT OF RAZZING ABOUT ON A BIKE THEN PLEASE GET IN TOUCH EITHER BY EMAIL ING UEAMTB HOTMAIL CO UK OR TYPING h5%! -4"v INTO &ACEBOOK TO lND OUR GROUP $O NOT WORRY IF YOU DON T THINK YOUR BIKE IS UP TO THE JOB AS HIRE BIKES CAN BE SUPPLIED FREE OF CHARGE AT 4HETFORD AND ON ALL TRIPS AWAY

THIS THE 0IRATES WENT INTO THE HALF TWENTY ONE POINTS DOWN 4HIS BEING THE LAST

HOME GAME OF THE SEASON IT WOULD BE THE lNAL CHANCE FOR SOME OF THE THIRD YEAR PLAYERS TO GRACE THE #OLNEY ,ANE PLAYING lELDS 4HE SECOND HALF STARTED WITH NEW ENERGY FROM THE 0I RATES BUT THEY STILL COULD NOT GET THEIR PASSING GAME GOING 2ELYING ON THE RUN MEANT IT WAS OFTEN DIFlCULT TO CONVERT ON THE THIRD DOWN AND AS SUCH THE DEFENCE WAS CALLED ON YET AGAIN TO STEM THE "LADES OFFENSIVE DRIVES 4HE "LADES RAN IN ANOTHER TOUCH DOWN TO MAKE THE SCORE AND EFFECTIVELY SEAL THE GAME 4HE 0IRATES NEXT GAME IS AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY THE (ERTFORD SHIRE (URRICANES FOLLOWED BY A RE MATCH AGAINST THE +ENT &ALCONS 7ITH THE 0I RATES CURRENTLY SITTING IN SECOND PLACE IN THE 3OUTH %ASTERN CONFERENCE THESE ARE BOTH MUST WIN GAMES TO ENSURE POST SEASON FOOT BALL &OR INFORMATION ON THE RESULTS OF THESE GAMES VISIT WWW UEAPIRATES COM

Tennis Â young Â guns ,AURA 7IGNALL 3PORTS %DITOR 4HE EPITOME OF CALM WITH PRECISE VOLLEYING AND lERCE GROUNDSTROKES UNSEEDED *O 7ILFRIED 4SONGA UTTERLY ANNIHILATED 2AFAEL .ADAL TO REACH THE lNAL OF THE !US TRALIAN /PEN &ULL OF SPIRIT AND CHARM $JOKOVIC ENDED &EDERER S UTTER DOMINANCE IN THE SEMI lNAL TO ALSO REACH THE lNAL $JOKOVIC BEAT &EDERER IN STRAIGHT SETS A DEFEAT HE HAS NOT SUFFERED SINCE 3AlN BEAT HIM IN -ELBOURNE THREE YEARS AGO !PART FROM THIS HE HAS NOT LOST A MA JOR TITLE 53 7IMBLEDON OR !USTRALIAN /PEN SINCE 4HE DEFEAT OF THESE TWO MIGHTY PLAYERS WHO TO GETHER HAVE WON ALL THE MA JOR TITLES IN RECENT YEARS AND BREAKING RECORDS WITH EACH WIN WAS A MAJOR SHOCK 4HE MEN FROM &RANCE AND 3ER BIA GAVE ENTHUSIASTS FRESH NEW TENNIS TO ENJOY IN THE !USTRALIAN /PEN !LTHOUGH IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO SUG GEST THE DOMINANCE OF .AD AL AND &EDERER IS OVER THESE EXCELLENT PLAYERS MAKE THE UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS LESS PREDICTABLE AND MORE VARIED

THAN PERHAPS WE HAVE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS $JOKOVIC HAS ALREADY SHOWN HIS VERSATILITY WITH HIS EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE ON GRASS AT 7IMBLEDON LAST YEAR REACHING THE SEMI l NALS AND HAVING TO CONCEDE TO .ADAL AFTER ONE SET EACH DUE TO INJURY 4HE ANTICI PATION OF 7IMBLEDON THIS YEAR IS GREAT TIME WILL TELL HOW $JOKOVIC WILL FARE $JOKOVIC WAS THE FA VOURITE FOR THE !USTRALIAN lNAL AS HE HAD THE ADDED EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN LAST YEAR S 53 /PEN lNAL (OW EVER 4SONGA STARTED THE !USTRALIAN lNAL IN FANTASTIC FORM SHOCKING $JOKOVIC OUT OF HIS CONlDENT STUPOR INTO A TENSE AND EXCITING FOUR SET MATCH $JOKOVIC lNALLY BEAT 4SONGA ON A TIE BREAK CLAIMING HIS lRST 'RAND 3LAM TITLE $ESPITE HIS DEFEAT 4SONGA SAID THE TWO WEEKS HAD GIVEN HIM A HUGE BOOST IN CONlDENCE h.OT EVERYBODY CAN BEAT PLAYERS WHO ) BEATv $JOKO VIC SAID OF HIS PLACE IN THE lNAL h#OMING ON AGAINST A PLAYER WITH NOTHING TO LOSE HE WAS VERY DANGEROUS ES PECIALLY IN THE lRST SET ) WAS PRETTY NERVOUS v

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5%! TOOK A RECORD NUMBER OF PLAYERS SPLIT INTO TWO TEAMS TO +ENT TO COMPETE IN THEIR THIRD KORFBALL TOURNA MENT OF THE YEAR WITH THE lNAL GAME PITTING THE TWO SIDES AGAINST ONE ANOTHER 5%! S SECOND TEAM WAS TO BE THE lRST IN ACTION AGAINST A LIVELY SCRATCH TEAM KNOWN ONLY AS THE @$YNA MOS 4HEY SOON RACED INTO A TWO GOAL LEAD BUT TO THEIR CREDIT 5%! S SECOND SIDE DID NOT LET THEIR HEAD DROP AND A QUICK lRE DOUBLE FROM ,IZZY *ENKINS SAW THE LEAD CANCELLED OUT $ESPITE SOME GOOD PRESSURE 5%! WERE UN ABLE TO SCORE THE GOAL THAT WOULD HAVE GOT THEM OFF TO A WINNING START 3TRAIGHT AFTER THIS 5%! S THIRD TEAM GOT THEIR DAY UNDERWAY WITH A LIGHTNING QUICK START (OWEVER A MIS TAKE AT THE BACK GAVE +7)+ THE CHANCE TO TAKE THE LEAD FROM THE PENALTY SPOT WITH THEIR lRST ATTACK OF THE MATCH

4HIS WAS DULY CONVERTED BUT ONCE AGAIN THE KEY FEATURE OF THE DAY FOR 5%! S SQUAD WAS THE CHARACTER SHOWN WHEN THINGS DID NOT NECESSARILY GO THEIR WAY AND (ARRY ,OW SCORED A DESERVED EQUALISER FOR THE TEAM WITH MINUTES LEFT ON THE CLOCK 4HIS WAS TO BE THE LAST GOAL IN THIS GAME AND INDEED SCORED BY EITHER SQUAD FOR SOME TIME !LTHOUGH THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF WINNING THE TOUR NAMENT FOR EITHER SIDE THERE WAS CERTAINLY PRIDE TO PLAY FOR AS THEY ENTERED THEIR lNAL GROUP GAMES 4HE SECOND TEAM FACED ANOTHER SIDE FROM #ARDIFF AND SWEPT THEM ASIDE WITH RELATIVE EASE RECORDING A COMFORTABLE VICTORY COURTESY OF GOALS FROM !LEX -AC.AB AND ,AURA "URMAN 4HE THIRD TEAM FACED A MUCH STERNER TEST TO EMERGE FROM THE GROUP STAGE WITH A VICTORY UNDER THEIR BELTS IN THE FORM OF (IGHBURY S lRST TEAM $ESPITE ANOTHER GOAL FROM (ARRY ,OW THE THIRDS WERE UNABLE TO KEEP TABS ON THE OPPOSITION ATTACK

AND AT THE FULL TIME WHISTLE THEY HAD CONCEDED MORE THAN THEY HAD SCORED LOSING (OWEVER THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY HEARTENING RESULT CONSIDERING THE HIGH STAND ARD OF THEIR OPPONENTS AND THAT THEY HAD ONLY SCORED ONCE PREVIOUS TO THIS MATCH 7ITH THE GROUP STAGE OUT OF THE WAY IT WAS ONTO THE KNOCKOUT FOR BOTH SIDES 5%! S SECOND TEAM FACED A TOUGH TEST AGAINST A RESOLUTE

2EADING SIDE AND DESPITE -IKE ,AVINE S EFFORT THEY WERE TO LOSE OUT BY A MAR GIN OF FOUR TO ONE 4HE THIRD TEAM FACED A SIMILARLY DIFl CULT TASK AGAINST THE ECCENTRIC #LUB 3ANDWICH ! DELIGHTFUL DOUBLE FROM *ESS 0RYOR WAS WIPED OUT BY lVE GOALS IN lF TEEN MINUTES FROM THE MORE EXPERIENCED OUTlT 4HEN IT WAS THE TURN OF THE SECOND TEAM WHO FACED AN OUT OF SORTS !LLSORTS SIDE

7ITH THE PRESSURE BUILDING TO GAIN VICTORY UP STEPPED !LISON "LAND TO BAG A BRACE AND TAKE 5%! S SECOND TEAM TO VICTORY 4HE THIRD TEAM REQUIRING A VICTORY TO SET UP AN IMPROBABLE MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO 5%! SIDES FACED ANOTHER TEAM FROM (IGHBURY THIS TIME THEIR THIRD TEAM /NCE AGAIN IT WAS A GOAL FEST WITH FOUR 5%! PLAYERS GETTING ON THE SCORE SHEET WITH !LEX %D

WARDS GRABBING HIS FOURTH OF THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE *IMMY 3EYMOUR !DAM %V ERETT AND *ESS 0RYOR WITH HER THIRD OF THE DAY CONVERTED CHANCES TO GIVE 5%! S THIRDS A COMFORTABLE MARGIN OF VIC TORY 4HE lNAL MATCH OF THE DAY FOR BOTH SIDES WAS 5%! )) V 5%! ))) ! FAST OPENING ENSUED AND AS A RESULT SOME HIGH QUALITY KORFBALL WAS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE (ARRY ,OW BROKE THE DEADLOCK WITH HIS THIRD OF THE TOURNAMENT FOR THE THIRD TEAM TO PUT THE UNDERDOGS IN FRONT BUT THEIR LEAD WOULD NOT LAST LONG 4HE SECOND TEAM EQUALISED BEFORE ADDING ANOTHER AND DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF THE THIRD TEAM THEY WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR TH PLACE 4HE +ORFBALL CLUB S AWAY TOURNAMENT SECRETARY *IMI (ALL COMMENTED h(AVING PEOPLE WAS FANTASTIC AND EVERYBODY WAS A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND ! REAL TEAM SPIRIT WAS FOSTERED ON AND OFF THE PITCH WHICH HELPED US TO lNISH WHERE WE DID v

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â rugby Â thrash Â Medic Â rivals $AVINA 7ILLSON 3PORTS 2EPORTER 5%! WOMEN S RUGBY DE FEATED THE -EDICS IN A VICTORY LAST 3UNDAY 4HE REMATCH WITH THE -EDICS HELD AT THE #RUSADERS PITCH IN ,ITTLE -ELTON WAS PERFECT FOR NEWCOMERS TO GAIN MORE EXPERIENCE AND TO CHARTER THE GROWTH OF THE TEAM AS A WHOLE 4HE PREVIOUS MATCH SCORE OF PROVES THAT 7OMEN S 2UGBY HAS AD VANCED LEAPS AND BOUNDS 3TRAIGHT FROM KICK OFF 5%! WERE UP ON THE -ED ICS AND PLAYED THE MAJORITY OF THE lRST HALF IN THEIR HALF 5%! IMMEDIATELY SHOWED STRENGTH AND UNITY WINNING MANY MAULS AND RUCKS AND CREATING TURNOVERS IN THE SCRUMS 4HE GAME CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SCRUMS THAT KEPT BREAKING DOWN &OR WARDS WERE PUT TO THE TEST AS THE GAME ADVANCED WITH SCRUM AFTER SCRUM CAUSING FATIGUE 9ET DESPITE THIS FOR WARDS WERE GETTING TO BREAK DOWNS FAST AND ENSURING POSSESSION 4HE BACKS CONTINUED TO BE ON TOP FORM WITH THE CENTRES PARTICULARLY STRONG

WITH THE -EDICS UNABLE TO PENETRATE THE HARD DEFENCE OR STOP ANY ATTACK ! NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CENTRES 2OWAN 9EMM AND #AITLIN #ASSIE PROVED SUCCESSFUL AS BOTH BACKS SCORED NUMER OUS TRIES BETWEEN THEM 4HE POINTS CONTINUED TO SOAR WITH mY (ALF AND #APTAIN -EGHAN $AILEY SCORING THREE TRIES AND PROVIDING MARVE LOUS LEADERSHIP AND STABILITY TO THE TEAM THROUGHOUT THE GAME &URTHERMORE SCRUM HALF *O "RAMLEY SCORED TWO TRIES SPRINTING HALF THE PITCH AT PHENOMENAL SPEED BEFORE VICTORIOUSLY PLANTING THE BALL IN THE CORNER OF THE TRY ZONE 4HIS IS NOT TO SAY THE FORWARDS WERE NOT WITHOUT POINTS EITHER 4HE SECOND

HALF SAW HOOKER -ARIA .O LAN SCORING HER lRST TRY EVER FOR 5%! MUCH TO THE CHEERS OF THE TEAM BEHIND HER #EL EBRATIONS CONTINUED WITH EXPERIENCED FORWARD 4ONI "LADON TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE -EDICS MISDIRECTED KICK SCORING A TRY AND GAINING MORE POINTS FOR 5%! $ESPITE THE -EDICS IMPROVED AND DE TERMINED EFFORT IN THE SECOND HALF 5%! LEFT THE PITCH WITH A VICTORY 4HE TEAM CURRENTLY STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR "53! TABLE 4HEIR LAST TWO MATCHES ARE CRUCIAL IF THEY WANT TO AD VANCE TO THIRD PLACE IN THEIR LEAGUE 7OMEN S RUGBY HAVE TO STEP UP THEIR GAME AND WITH SUCCESS LIKE THIS IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY

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Undefeated: Â womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â basketball Â win Â league *OHN (ARRIS 3PORTS 2EPORTER /N 7EDNESDAY RD *ANUARY THE 5%! 0ANTHERS 7OMEN S BASKETBALL TEAM SET OFF FROM 5%! TO THEIR MOST IMPORTANT lXTURE OF THE SEASON ! LOOK AT THE "53! TABLE SHOWED 5%! TOP WITH lVE WINS FROM lVE GAMES WITH #OVENTRY TRAIL ING ONLY ON POINTS DIFFERENCE $UE TO REARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER RESULTS THE GAME VERSUS #OVENTRY WOULD DECIDE THE VICTOR OF THE DIVISION #OVENTRY OPENED THE GAME ON AN RUN AND LED BY HALFWAY THROUGH THE SECOND QUARTER (OWEVER THE 0AN THERS WERE NOT TO BE DENIED ! THREE POINTER FROM %VELIINA #HRISTOFOROU AND A LONG TWO POINTER FROM 6ICKY 4SANG KEYED AN RUN FOR 5%! BRIDGING THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS TO TAKE THEIR lRST LEAD OF THE GAME 4HIS SURGE REIGNIT ED #OVENTRY AND THE GAME WAS NECK AND NECK GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER )T WAS HERE THAT 5%! SHOWED THEIR TRADEMARK DEFENSIVE QUALITIES GOING INTO

THE GAME 5%! GAVE UP AN AV ERAGE OF POINTS PER GAME A LEAGUE BEST 'REAT INSIDE DEFENSIVE PLAY FROM $AISY !VIS WHO WAS PLAYING WITH A SPRAINED ANKLE AND *ENNY 3TRIDE RENDERED THE #OVENTRY FRONTLINE USELESS #OVENTRY S PRIME SCORING THREAT WAS THEIR )RISH SHOOT ING GUARD WHO HIT SEVERAL

THREES ON 5%! IN THE lRST HALF (OWEVER SHE WAS HELD SCORE LESS IN THE SECOND HALF AND HER ABILITY TO HANDLE THE BALL WAS LIMITED AFTER THE BREAK BY A TOUGH 0ANTHERS DEFENSE LIFTED BY .ICOLE ,UCIONI "EV 7EBB AND %MMA 3VANBERG S ENERGY OFF THE BENCH 7HILE 5%! S DEFENSE WAS HOLDING #OVENTRY S )RISH

THREAT IN CHECK THE 0ANTHER S OWN )RISH WING PLAYER (OLLY $EEGAN WAS DECIMATING THE #OVENTRY DEFENSE WITH HER AG GRESSIVE DRIVES TO THE BASKET 7ITH 5%! DOWN GOING INTO THE lNAL MINUTE ,EMARA ,INDSAY 0RINCE WAS FOULED WHILE SHOOTING AND HEADED TO THE LINE 3HE SWISHED BOTH FREE THROWS TY

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â tennis Â set Â for Â shield !NDREW *ONES 3PORTS 2EPORTER 4HE BEGINNING OF THE NEW "53! SEASON HERALDED A NEW DAWN FOR 5%! MEN S TEN NIS WITH JUST ONE RETURNING PLAYER FROM THE TEAM THAT lNISHED THIRD IN THEIR DIVI SION LAST SEASON 4HE lRST MATCH OF THE SEA SON AGAINST THE 5NIVERSITY OF "EDFORDSHIRE STS SAW 2YAN #HINN AND -IGUEL #AMPOS MAKING THEIR "53! DEBUTS ! lNE TEAM PERFORMANCE SAW

5%! RUN OUT IMPRESSIVE WINNERS 4HE FOLLOWING WEEK SAW TALENTED FRESHERS *ON 3TRATTON AND .ATHAN "RISCOE HANDED THEIR DEBUTS AGAINST /XFORD "ROOKES NDS 4HEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT AS 5%! COMPLETED A VICTORY WITH *ACOB -ERRILL RECORDING A TENSE THREE SET VICTORY TO COMPLETE THE WHITEWASH 7ITH TWO WINS FROM TWO 5%! NOW FACED FELLOW PRO MOTION RIVALS 7ARWICK STS IN WHAT ALREADY WAS BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE A TWO WAY RACE

FOR THE TITLE 5%! MANAGED TO SECURE A HIGHLY CREDIBLE DRAW AGAINST A TEAM THAT HAD ONLY LOST OUT TO #AMBRIDGE STS FOR PROMOTION THE PRE VIOUS SEASON ! VICTORY AGAINST .OTTINGHAM RDS ENSURED THAT AT THE HALF WAY STAGE OF THE SEASON 5%! WERE HOLDING ONTO THE TOP SPOT IN THE LEAGUE BEFORE THE REVERSE lXTURES !N OUTSTANDING ALL ROUND PERFORMANCE IN THE HOME lXTURE AGAINST "EDFORD STS SECURED A VICTORY AND

FURTHER CEMENTED 5%! S PLACE AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE 4HE RE SULT WAS CAPPED BY A lNE IN DIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE BY *ON 3TRATTON WHO RECOVERED FROM A SET DOWN TO RECORD A VICTORY PLAYING WHAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS NEAR PER FECT TENNIS IN THE THIRD SET TO LEAVE HIS OPPONENT WELL AND TRULY BEATEN ! VICTORY AGAINST /X FORD "ROOKES NDS GUARAN TEED A TOP TWO lNISH FOR 5%! AND A PLACE IN THE NATIONAL KNOCK OUT SHIELD AND SET UP

ING THE GAME AT WITH SECONDS REMAINING !FTER %VELIINA MADE A LAYUP TO PUT 5%! IN THE LEAD #OVENTRY WERE ABLE TO GET THE BALL IN BOUNDS BUT INTENSE DEFENSIVE PRESSURE SAW THEM THROW THE BALL AWAY ON THE KEY POSSES SION 5%! THEREFORE ONLY HAD TO KEEP POSSESSION OF THE BALL TO EMERGE VICTORIOUS $ES

PERATE TO REGAIN POSSESSION #OVENTRY FOULED %VELIINA WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT AND SHE MADE BOTH FREE FOUL SHOTS TO GIVE 5%! AN INSURMOUNTABLE FOUR POINT LEAD !S THE lNAL BUZZER SOUND ED THE 5%! BENCH ERUPTED IN CELEBRATION OF AN HISTORIC VIC TORY 5%! S TEAM WAS $AISY !VIS %VELIINA #HRISTOFOROU (OLLY $EEGAN ,EMARA ,IND SAY 0RINCE .ICOLE ,UCIONI ,EIGH -OSS .ICOLE /ZGUN *ENNY 3TRIDE %MMA 3VANBERG 6ICKY 4SANG AND "EV 7EBB 3PECIAL MENTION ALSO GOES OUT TO 2ACHEL 'RAY #AROLINE #HRIS TENSSON AND #LAIRE *UDGE WHO WERE ALL UNABLE TO PLAY IN THE lNAL GAME DESPITE CONTRIBUT ING TO THE TEAM S "53! EARLIER SUCCESS 5%! S SUCCESS IN #OVENTRY COUPLED WITH #ENTRAL %NG LAND S NO SHOW IN THE lNAL WEEK CONlRMS 5%! AS UNDE FEATED CHAMPIONS OF "53! -IDLANDS $IVISION WITH MAXIMUM POINTS 4HEIR lRST "53! 3HIELD GAME TAKES PLACE AT PM 7EDNESDAY TH &EB RUARY AT THE 3PORTSPARK

WHAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY BE A PROMOTIONAL PLAY OFF AGAINST 7ARWICK STS THE FOLLOWING WEEK +NOWING THAT A WIN FOR EITHER SIDE WOULD EFFECTIVELY GUARANTEE PROMOTION 5%! GAVE IT THEIR ALL ON AN UNFA MILIAR SURFACE BUT COULD NOT QUITE RECORD THE VICTORY THAT THEY SO DESERVED 4HE LAST GAME OF THE SEASON AGAINST

.OTTINGHAM RDS GAVE A DE BUT TO .ICK 'INTY AND DE SPITE A BRAVE PERFORMANCE 5%! SUFFERED A DEFEAT (OWEVER WITH QUALIlCATION FOR THE KNOCK OUT SHIELD SE CURED AND $ERBY $AY STILL TO COME A SO FAR SUCCESSFUL SEA SON FOR 5%! MEN S TENNIS IS STILL FAR FROM OVER

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