Metro Herald, Friday, August 8, 2014

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IN hindsight, prankster Anthony Stallard admits it probably wasn’t the best place to pretend to be a ghost.

While the joker stopped short of dressing in a white bed sheet, he made a ‘wooooh’ noise as he pretended to be a spook in a graveyard.

But grieving relatives failed to see the funny side of his high-jinks and reported him to police.

The 24-year-old was arrested and admitted a charge of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause distress when he was in court yesterday.

Stallard (pictured) had been drinking all day and was kicking a football at headstones with pals when he pulled his ghost impression, the court heard.

Tim Concannon, prosecuting, said: ‘While the football was going on this defendant was effectively singing loudly and being disrespectful in among the graves. He was throwing himself backwards, waving his arms about and going, “Woooooh”.’

Denise Saunders, defending, said Stallard accepted his behaviour at the graveyard had been inappropriate.

Three months were added to a one-year suspended jail sentence he received last August for assault, for his actions at Kingston cemetery, Portsmouth, UK, on Wednesday.

Stallard, who lives in the city, was also fined €44 by magistrates and made to pay a €25 victim surcharge.

ebola priest arrives in europe

Brother Miguel Pajares, the first European victim of the ebola outbreak, was said to be in a stable condition after arriving in Madrid yesterday.

The 75-year-old priest – pictured pic being transferred on a sealed stretcher from the plane by aid workers and doctors at the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase, near Madrid – tested positive after helping to treat victims in Liberia. He has been quarantined at the Hospital Carlos III alongside fellow missionaryy Sister Juliana Bohi, who is not infected picture: ap

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Epic: One of the surfers rides a tube wave PICTUREs: ChRIs bURkaRd

Here I am taking the tube home

Clooney’s X-rated Marx impression GEORGE CLOONEY has been accused of dressing up his manhood in a forgotten photo.

The groom-to-be once whipped it out while he and Roseanne costar Roseanne Barr were drinking on set in the 1980s.

She said he put Groucho Marx glasses on ‘his wiener’ and took a photo that he put ‘on the family fridge for the next day when we came in’.

However, Clooney insists Barr is mistaken.

‘I called that move The Face.

But I knew better than to do it at that stage of my career. I must have told her the story,’ he said.

Big freeze: The surfers braved ice, snow and sub-zero temperature seas

WHEN you think of surfing, you are more likely to imagine a sunny beach than the Arctic Circle.

Not if you’re Chris Burkard, who travelled to Norway to film professional surfers Patrick Millin, Brett Barley and Chadd Konig in action.

The foursome braved sub-zero temperatures and rough seas to capture moments of raw beauty in some of the harshest conditions in the world.

‘I almost feel driven to document the Arctic and its beautiful, epic, surreal landscapes,’ said Mr Burkard, 28.

‘As a photographer, my goal is always to inspire other people. I want them to drift away when they look at my images.’

The seven-minute, 53-second clip, entitled Arctic Swell – Surfing The Ends Of The Earth, captured striking scenes, including the ethereal beauty

by GRAHAM kEnT of the Northern Lights and hardy surfers trudging through knee-deep snow to face the roiling waves.

But the men managed to get in some down time too, as footage showing Mr Konig playing a ukulele in front of a roaring fire proves.

And the 26-year-old can later be seen enjoying a beer in an outdoor hot tub – still wearing his wetsuit.

‘Really putting yourself out there in the elements, that’s when you feel like you’re paying the price – but that’s when the greatest rewards come,’ Mr Burkard added.

His film was the seventh in a series

by SmugMug Films about the world’s ‘most epic photographers’.

To watch the video, visit http:// youtu.be/cBJyo0tgLnw.

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Coveney: Worried about cheese industry

Jobs warning as Russia bans EU imports IrELAND faces job cuts after russia banned food imports from the West in a row over Ukraine, farming chiefs are warning.

President Vladimir Putin’s retaliation for sanctions has been described as a major blow to the Irish dairy industry, which sells food worth tens of millions of euro to russia every year.

Sean O’Leary, dairy leader in the Irish Farmers Association, said the ban has knocked the industry and will hit processing jobs at cheesemakers, and farmers’ income.

Last year Ireland sold food and drink worth €232million to russia, mostly prepared foods, with cheddar cheese and butter sales worth about €18million.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said he was worried in particular about the cheese industry, which he said makes around €4.5m from sales to russia.

He said his officials are working to clarify the details of the ban in order to assess the potential knock-on effects on global prices. russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a televised cabinet meeting the one-year ban covers all imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products, fruit and vegetables from the EU, US, Australia, Canada and Norway.

John Comer, of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, said while he accepted the negative impact, the ban will force exporters to look at other markets.

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Peta: Ad inspired by body part find ‘not in poor taste’

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A CHARITY run by the families of homicide victims has said a proposed Peta advert prompted by the discovery of a man’s leg at a Dublin waste plant is ‘in poor taste’.

Peta, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals foundation, said it is negotiating with local advertisers ‘to place a thought-provoking new billboard in Dublin that shows a severed human leg on a plate’.

Peta spokesman Ben Williamson denied that the poster is tasteless.

He said: ‘Peta is committed to decreasing suffering, in both animals and humans. What’s tasteless is stuffing ourselves on animal remains.’

He said that ‘hundreds of millions of animals are murdered every year’, ‘suffer horrific mutilations’ and said the conflation of the image with the

recent gruesome discovery ‘highlights Peta’s important message.’

No one has been charged in connection with the find at the Thorntons Recycling plant in west Dublin, but gardaí are treating it as suspicious.

Mr Williamson added that ‘our hearts go out to the victim’s family’, but disagreed it was an opportunistic shock tactic to link the image of a leg and the grim find.

In a statement, Peta said: ‘While people are understandably horrified

by the idea of finding dismembered human remains, Peta is hoping that some good might come from pointing out that murder – no matter the victim – is wrong.

‘Cows, chickens and pigs also value their lives. Peta points out that eating meat is eating a corpse.’

John Whelan, chairman of victims’ group, AdVIC, said: ‘The Peta ad is in poor taste and is very insensitive to families of victims of homicide whose loved ones were murdered.’

ABOUT FACE: Artist JMK works on a piece ahead of the opening of Outvasion, Ireland’s first open air gallery at Crampton Court, Temple Bar. Curated

by Dublin artist Kemp, it aims to give street artists a more structured platform for their work

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11 drivers on mobile caught ELEVEN motorists earned themselves penalty points and a fine yesterday after officers from the Garda Traffic Corps carried out a two-hour blitz on the M50.

Posting photographic evidence on Twitter, they said: ‘Driving on the M50 today and using a mobile phone, fine of €60 and 3 penalty points’. AA Ireland’s Conor Faughnan said after speeding, mobile phone use is now the second highest, and the ‘dumbest’, reason for Irish drivers to receive penalty points. New laws also leave texting drivers open to a court hearing and fines of up to €2,000.

AN TAISCE has called for a ‘national energy policy’ focused on reducing consumption and making sure all Irish people are conscious of conservation.

Ireland’s heritage group said buildings around the country could be retrofitted to be more energy efficient, with an annual upgrade target of 100,000 homes, and it warned energy companies are in an ‘exploration race’ to extract more and more fossil fuel.

An Taisce is calling for the Government to petition the European Union to agree a 45 per cent energy saving target for 2030.

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A WOMAN who was repeatedly punched in the face on a Dublin Bus last month has said the experience has affected her ‘opinion of Ireland’. The woman, from Central America, said: ‘He hit me in the face so many times, I put my hands up towards my face to try and protect myself.’ She told Herald.ie ‘a random guy’ smelling of alcohol sat down beside her and her friend on the number 40 on July 23 and began to abuse them.

Later, a video showing a man attacking a woman was uploaded to Facebook. Gardaí are appealing for information.

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Prison Service honoured with new stamps set THE Irish Prison Service is being celebrated in the form of new mailing stamps featuring core values within the system.

Representing care and custody, rehabilitation, restorative justice and education, the set of four was designed by Zinc Design Consultants.

Prison Service director general Michael Donnellan said the

collection honoured ‘every member of staff’, adding that it highlighted the Service was ’not simply a collection of institutions made up of high walls and secure doors’, but it was ‘made up of the men and women’ who ‘work each day behind those walls and doors for the State.’

Launching the new additions, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald

said it was ‘a historic occasion’ for the Irish Prison Service and ‘recognition’ of its work.

The Service has responsibility for 14 prisons and places of detention, with 3,400 staff managing an average prisoner population of more than 4,000.

The stamps are available at main post offices, at the GPO on O’Connell Street or online.

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Hamas: It’s war until demands are met

Murder trial prosecutor gives damning verdict on Pistorius

A deceitful witness who dropped the baton of truth

OSCAR PiStORiuS is a ‘deceitful witness’ who dropped the ‘baton of truth’, his murder trial was told. the Paralympian, 27, acted intentionally when he fired four shots through a toilet door and fatally injured girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, said chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel. ‘the court should have no difficulty

by GRAHAM kEnT in rejecting his full version of events, not only as not reasonably possibly true, but in essence as being absolutely devoid of any truth,’ he told the judge.

As the trial in Pretoria nears its end, Mr Nel added: ‘it is the snowball effect of a lie – you tell one lie and it

Crunch time: Oscar Pistorius listens intently yesterday picture: epA

just becomes too much. You have to keep going and going with these lies.’

Mr Nel went on: ‘the accused was more concerned about defending for his life than entrusting the court with a truthful account of his conduct on that fateful morning.’ the defence will complete its case today and attempt to undermine the

evidence against the athlete. Pistorius insists he mistook Miss Steenkamp for an intruder. the prosecution insists he deliberately killed the FHM model, 29, after a row at home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine’s Day last year. it could take Judge thokozile Masipa up to a month to reach her verdict.

HAMAS yesterday held its first public rally since a cease-fire with Israel, with an official vowing the militant group would never give up its arms and will continue to fight until the Gaza Strip blockade is lifted.

The uncompromising rhetoric comes on the third and final day of the truce at a time when Hamas and other Palestinian factions are in Cairo indirectly negotiating with Israel for a permanent cease-fire.

Unlike Hamas rallies on previous occasions, only several thousand showed up for the event in the heart of Gaza City.

In Cairo, Egyptian security officials struggled to bring the two sides closer together, with one official saying that Hamas and other Gaza militants were refusing to compromise.

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Wife finds husband is half-brother

A WIFE has learned her husband is her half-brother on live radio.

The woman, Adriana, had asked for help finding her mother Maria, who abandoned her as a baby.

Although her partner, Leandro, had an identical story, they thought it was a mere coincidence.

But their seven-year relationship was brought into question

after the link was made on The Time Is Now, a Brazilian reunion programme.

‘I don’t believe you’re telling me this,’ Adriana said on air.

‘Now I’m scared to find out Leandro doesn’t want me any more.’

The pair first met ten years ago and have a six-year-old daughter.

Usually, as relatives are growing up together, any taboo

desensitises them to sexual attraction – but this is often missing from loved ones who do not know each other.

Adriana and Leandro have vowed to remain married. She added: ‘Of course, it would be different if we had known this before – but we didn’t and we fell in love. We told everyone that we’re going to stay husband and wife, whatever anyone might think.’

Recovery mission

students’ killers were high on crystal meth A GANG who admitted stabbing two British medical students to death in Borneo were high on crystal meth, a police report has revealed.

Three out of the four suspects who killed Neil Dalton and Aidan Brunger, both 22, tested positive for methamphetamine, police officers said.

If convicted, the men – Zulkipli Abdullah, 24, Yeo Kia Sing, 29, Abdul Aziz Bin Karim, 35, and Remy Bin Marjuki, 19 – could all face the death penalty.

Following their appearance at Kuching magistrates’ court yesterday, deputy police commissioner Chai Khin Chung said officers had finished their investigation, as the suspects had

‘Excellent students’: The pair were held in high esteem

by sHAROn MARRis confessed to the killings.

‘We are waiting for the corpses in the hospital mortuary to have the post-mortem examination carried out,’ he added. ‘We have all the major evidence in our hands, which we will send to the prosecution.’

Mr Brunger, of Gillingham, Kent, and Mr Dalton, of Ambergate, Derbyshire, had been out celebrating the end of a six-week stint at Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching.

The attack happened after a row in a bar over them being too noisy.

The gang followed the students in a car, before Abdullah got out and knifed them in the chest and back, according to Malaysian media.

The pair, who were due to fly home this week, were described as having been ‘on their way to being fantastic doctors’.

Jack Taylor, a schoolmate of Mr Brunger, called him ‘one of the nicest guys you could hope to meet’.

Sue Bartley, a friend of Mr Dalton’s family, said: ‘I have no doubt they were on their way to being fantastic doctors.’

Prof Jane Calvert, of Newcastle University Medical School, called them ‘excellent students’, adding: ‘They were highly committed. It’s such a tragic thing to occur.’

THE crew aboard a New Zealand fishing boat have hauled up a surprising prising ccatch: ch: a small pl plane with a body in the wreckage.

Authorities suspect the aircraft is a 5.7m aerobatic biplane that was homeassembled from a kit and flown by missing Auckland pilot Daroish Kraidy.

The crew of the San Kawhai was trawling for fish when they brought up

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Tortoise iPad exhibit sparks animal cruelty row

AMERicA: Animal rights protesters want a museum to cancel an art exhibition featuring tortoises with iPads glued to their shells. They say the Cai Guo-Qiang exhibit, called Moving Ghost Town, is cruel. But art bosses say it is ‘not their job to censor artists’ and insist it will go ahead. The tortoises were saved from a breeder and are being properly cared for, said Colorado’s Aspen Art Museum.

snowden gets three more years’ stay Custody: ody: Suspects Suspec (from top) op) Zulkipli Abdullah, Yeo Kia Sing, and Abdul Aziz Bin Karim pictures: Barcroft/Borneo post/aBdul Hakim Bujang

Google to bump up sites which boost their security GOOGLE has called for websites to do more to protect user data, and has said it will promote sites that are trying to increase security.

In a post on its blog, the search engine said that from now on, sites that used the secure HTTPS connection to encrypt data on the page would be pushed higher up search results.

In the past some sites have been put off by

the plane in the boat’s nets at about 10am, said Trish Sherson, a spokeswoman for fishing firm Sanford.

Minutes after Kraidy, 53, took off on March 25 from Ardmore airfield near Auckland, his plane disappeared from radar screens.

His ex-wife and daughter told media outlets in May they believed that his disappearance was deliberate after he had battled depression for years.

the cost of the encryption upgrade, as well as claims it can slow down service. Google uses it as default across Gmail and Drive, while Yahoo has used HTTPS since March of this year, and Facebook made the switch in 2013.

Earlier this year concerns were raised with the discovery encryption flaw the Heartbleed bug had gone unnoticed for more than two years.

RussiA: Whistleblower Edward Snowden is to be allowed to stay for three more years. Snowden (pictured) was granted residency, which is short of full asylum. His lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said the 31-year-old American was working in IT and is under private guard. Snowden leaked thousands of documents from the US government’s NSA spy network.

it’s my parents’ fault that i ate them for dinner HOng kOng: A son who ate his parents after inviting them to dinner admits killing them but denies murder – blaming their ‘emotional abuse’ for leaving him mentally disturbed. Chau Hoi-leung was angry when Chau Wing-ki, 65, and Siu Yuet-yee, 62, threatened to stop funding his lavish lifestyle, a court heard. The 30-year-old cut them up and cooked them in Tai Kok Tsui. The trial continues.

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BELARus: A prankster who was filmed tipping a tramp into a bin as he looked for food has had the smile wiped off his face. Andrej Dalarchuk lost his university place and was fined €2,000 by a court in Brest after an online appeal to find him.

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LINDSAY LOHAN shows off her maternal instincts as she picks up a child and runs with him in her arms.

The 28-year-old actress met the young fan on a beach on the Greek island of Mykonos.

Lohan, wearing a leopard print swimsuit, looked as if she was having a great time as she scooped up the child.

But online commentators noted that the youngster looked a little less comfortable in her arms.

Lohan has been on something of a European adventure of late, taking in Italy, Spain and now Greece on her travels Picture: eNtsiMages

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WE’RE used to seeing photos of his tattoos on social media.

But Justin Bieber showed off a serious side as he posted an image of him FaceTiming Malala Yousafzai. ‘She has an incredible story. Can’t wait to meet her,’ Bieber said of the campaigner, who was shot by the Taliban.

atie Holmes has put her life with tom Cruise behind her, insisting she never thinks about her famous ex. the Batman Begins actress, who left the 52-year-old Scientologist two years ago after six years of marriage, said she was on a mission to ensure their eightyear-old daughter Suri had a normal life.

‘You know what? i never really look back. i just approach life one day at a time. i’m really excited about where i am right now,’ the 35-year-old divorcee told a US tV chat show. turning her attention to work, she

told Matt Lauer she was focused on the day job these days. ‘i’ve had some really wonderful creative experiences. i’m just really grateful,’ she said.

Holmes then spoke about raising her mini-me on her own after winning primary custody.

‘Of course, you try your best. i try very hard because i’m very grateful for my upbringing, my parents, my siblings. i try to do

what they did for me for my little one,’ she said. ‘the most important thing for me is letting her know how proud i am and her accomplishments mean everything,’ she added.

Career-wise, Holmes has shot herself in the foot after Orange is the New Black bosses revealed they tried to get her to play bisexual drug-smuggling prisoner Piper Chapman in the hit Netflix drama.

‘She had other things to do,’ creator Jenji Kohan said. ‘and also in the beginning, no one knew what this was.’

Flasher Amelle: My bum has a life of its own

Takeaway fashion: Cara Delevingne arrives home from the London restaurant with her pizza Pictures: rex

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Works inspired by surveillance and his time in prison, plus a monumental new installation created out of bicycles (pictured right), feature in this survey of recent pieces by the dissident Chinese artist.

Until Jul 19, Lisson Gallery. lissongallery.com

The great Canadian poet and songsmith turns 80 this year but with a new album mooted, he shows few signs of retiring.

Whether Cohen will play Ireland again or not is hard to decipher but in the meantime fans can content themselves with Hallelujah!, a bijou festival taking place in Liberty Hall Theatre this weekend that celebrates both the man and his music. This afternoon a raft of local talents will read from a selection of Cohen’s prose, poetry and lyrics, while live performances across the weekend will see the likes of Gerry Tully, The Van Diemens and Tir Na nOg delve into the living legend’s back catalogue Until Sun, Liberty Hall Theatre, Eden Quay D1, from €20. Tel: (01) 872 1122. www.leonardcohenfiles.com

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Alfred Hitchcock made his final outing with his beloved Grace Kelly in 1955 (she married Prince Rainier of Monaco a year later) in this smooth crime thriller. Cary Grant (above, with Kelly) stars as John Robie, a cat burglar in the French Riviera trying to nab a rival jewel thief to clear his name. Kelly is the archetypal Hitchcockian ‘blonde femme fatale’. Lacking the darkness of Psycho or The Birds, To Catch A Thief grips in more terrestrial fashion while weaving in a heady romantic element Until Aug 14, IFI, 6 Eustace Street D2, various times & prices.

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HeAR xxyyxx Floridian dance/ hip hop artist XXYYXX – Marcel Everett, to his ma – may be still a teenager but his beguiling blend of low-fi house and R&B suggests a deeply precocious talent. Catch him in the relatively bijou confines of The Button Factory this weekend before he becomes a major star Tomorrow, The Button Factory, Curved Street D2, 11pm, €15. Tel: (01) 670 9202. www. buttonfactory.ie

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One-to-watch playwright Shane Burke (Flipside/The Horse Trading Diaries) has been receiving warm reviews for his latest, typically agreeable comic outing, Old Flames. A sharply observed tale involving two sisters, one ex-boyfriend and a raft of sexual misadventures Until tomorrow, The New Theatre, 43 Essex Street East D2, 7.30pm, €12 to €15. Tel: (01) 670 3361. www.thenewtheatre.com

Vampire movies get a makeover in the new epic DRAcuLA unTOLD, starring Luke Evans. Move over RPatz, there’s new blood in town…

The lowdown: A big-budget action movie telling the story of the mythological bloodsucker, first made famous in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel.

What’s different about it? This isn’t the story of a spooky old perv in a big mansion with many years of bloodsucking behind him; it’s more of a prequel. Dracula is a family man who turns into a vamp out of desperation in order to defeat his enemies and protect his wife and child.

Who’s in it? Welsh actor Luke Evans (The Hobbit) plays Vlad, while Sarah Gadon (Cosmopolis) is his missus. Dominic Cooper (Mamma Mia!) takes on the role of Mehmed the Second, who can only be a bad guy. Also look out for Charles Dance and Samantha Barks.

Vlad: that sounds familiar… Yes, this isn’t the first film to link Dracula with the notorious real-life ruler known as Vlad the Impaler. Word has it Bram Stoker was inspired by him. He was big in the 1400s, which gives this an ancient epic feel.

Do we get to see his fangs? Naturally. The trailer promises at least one set of sharp teeth bearing down on porcelain skin.

Any action? Loads, and not just mouth-to-neck action: think large-scale battles and armies galore. Needless to say, the squeamish need not apply.

Any heart? Hopefully. This is about a man sacrificing his soul for the love of his princess. Vlad may have become a vampire but he still has traces of humanity. This age-old conflict is bound to bring moral dilemmas aplenty.

When can i see it? It’s in cinemas on Friday, October 3.

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Reap what they sow: The late Philip Seymour Hoffman (pictured right) is heartbreakingly good as petty criminal Mickey Scarpato

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ad Men actor John Slattery turns director with this blackly comic adaptation of Pete dexter’s novel. In one of his final roles, the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Mickey Scarpato, resident of a Philadelphia working-class neighbourhood known as God’s Pocket.

It’s the late 1970s and petty criminal Mickey has managed to marry the beautiful Jeanie (Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks), who has a son, Leon (Caleb Landry Jones) from a previous relationship. Mickey and Jeanie’s mutual tolerance soon turns to misery after Leon dies at work.

Even in the crime-ridden God’s Pocket, Leon was a nasty piece of work, racially taunting an elderly black co-worker and

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holding a knife to his throat. Few of his colleagues are inclined to object when Leon winds up dead, less still when the boss instigates a cover-up. Only Jeanie cares, instinctively convinced that her son’s death was no accident, and asks Mickey to investigate. He may well be the worst man for the job.

It’s a strange hybrid of crime drama and dark comedy, the latter often strained.

Certain events feel too tragic to be funny: queasily, one love scene is intercut with a farcical corpse-related episode.

The funniest character is Richard Jenkins’s newspaper columnist, a lazy, boozing, womanising local celebrity whose popularity reveals just what a small neighbourhood this is. The

A nursing home may not seem the natural setting for a gently comic, poignant tale about romance and coming out, but Lilting is an unusual film.

Ben Whishaw is Richard, a Londoner reeling from the death of his boyfriend, Kai (Andrew Leung).

Seeking out Kai’s Cambodian-Chinese mother in a local retirement home, he longs to help her. She’s formed a bond with a frisky fellow resident, Alan (Peter Bowles), but as she can’t speak English, communication is limited.

Spying his opportunity, Richard hires an interpreter, who could also help him explain the nature of his relationship with Kai. But as Kai never came out to his mother, how can he approach the subject?

It’s a sensitive, moving story with well-developed characters and touching flashbacks to a credible relationship. Whishaw is an excellent choice to play the slight, sensitive man desperately looking to reach out and find some kind of closure, undeterred by the fact that his closest connection to Kai is a woman from a completely different culture. Highly recommended. As

welcome presence of John Turturro (O Brother, Where art Thou?) brings the Coen brothers to mind, but you get the feeling they’d have found a more comfortable comic tone.

Still, God’s Pocket will make you laugh, and Slattery is excellent at creating a strong sense of place, from the dowdy Irish bars to the sweaty factory floors. It’s also uniformly well performed: Seymour Hoffman is heartbreakingly good as the dejected Mickey, and the support cast also includes Eddie Marsan (Inspector Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes) as a volatile funeral director.

It’s a shame nearly all the characters are too selfish to root for: only Jeanie emerges as sympathetic, if puzzlingly subservient.

The rest of them seem to reap what they sow, even if the punishment outweighs the crime. Anna smith

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The Inbetweeners became Britain’s most successful comedy film of all time ogether a – no wonder they hastily put together sequel. Jay is on a gap year in Australia and invites Neil, Simon and Will over to chase Antipodean ‘clunge’. Expect plenty of bush jokes as the boys travel around mobile virgin conversion c in their ‘mobile unit’.

PLanes: Fire & rescue (U)

A more family-friendly sequel, this animation sees famous racing plane Dusty re-assigned as an aerial firefighter – just in time for a major blaze at the historic Piston Peak National Park. Dane Cook, Ed Harris and Teri Hatcher are among the voice cast.

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After World War II, an Argentine family befriend a German doctor who takes a special interest in their young daughter, Lilith. Unbeknown to them, he is Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor on the run. A chilling tale based on true events. As

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weLcome to new York (18) HH✩✩✩ If the thought of a naked Gérard Depardieu does not appeal, steer well clear of this drama about a sex-mad Frenchman.

Reportedly based on the Dominique StraussKahn scandal, it stars the French actor as Devereaux, an influential businessman accused of assaulting a hotel maid. Before the incident, we see him indulging in lengthy orgies with prostitutes. After the incident, he’s arrested, stripped naked (again), reclothed (hurrah!), imprisoned and released under house arrest with the help of his wife (Jacqueline Bisset), whose tolerance is understandably waning.

The real-life story rocked the French political scene – Strauss-Kahn had presidential hopes and rumours of a set-up were rife. But after an intriguing start, director Abel Ferrara manages to make this sensational story surprisingly dull.

Perhaps wary of influencing a real-life case, he avoids giving any answers, so this is emotionally unsatisfying. Depardieu also puts in one of his least interesting performances, limited by both material and the largely English-language script.

The French have railed against this film, so this does at least have some controversial value, if not a great deal else. As

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Film ghostbusters 3e, 7pm

Supernatural comedy where paranormal investigators Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson, go into business to rid New York of all manner of ghouls, ghosts and beasts. Sceptical bureaucrat William Atherton has a change of heart when the city becomes overrun with unfriendly spirits channelled by cellist Sigourney Weaver from a portal in her apartment building. Superb comic turns, with Murray’s deadpan performance topping the lot.

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walter BBC1, 9PM When we last saw Adrian Dunbar, he was anti-corruption cop Ted Hastings in Line Of Duty. He’s back in the force here, but Walter is a very different beast. It’s a one-off gentle comedy drama with Dunbar’s well-meaning detective more distracted by his cash woes and difficult daughter Lily (Madison Lygo, pictured with Dunbar) than the crimes that land on his desk. Alexandra Roach co-stars.

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Cung Le plays John, an ex-soldier who saves a prostitute from being beaten to death only to find himself targeted by her pimp (Dolph Lundgren of all people) and his gang of white supremacists. Grim punch-up flick which also features Vinnie Jones. You have been warned.

Fun america’s got talent TV3, 9pm

Nick Cannon hosts the talent show as the latest round of auditioners, on a quest for fame and fortune, hope to impress judges Howie Mandel, Howard Stern, Mel B and Heidi Klum with their sometimes wacky and sometimes wonderful showcases. Also featuring in this special 200th episode are two death-defying attempts to set new Guinness World Records.

sweets made simple BBC2, 8.30pm

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Ben Whishaw stars as a man whose boyfriend has just died when the deceased’s mother (Pei Pei Cheng, above with Whishaw) comes to visit. Unaware her son was gay and with a language barrier to overcome they try to form an understanding with the aid of an interpreter. See review, p11

It’s a giddy time for those of a sweet tooth. Hot on the sugar high heels of Bake off come married confectioners Kitty Hope and Mark Greenwood, a couple with a taste for whipping up retro delights in their kitchen. So loosen those waistbands and make room for gin and lime truffles, salted seashell caramels and butter toffee.

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Drama the walking dead RTÉ2, 11pm

The latest episode in the post-apocalyptic horror series based on the Robert Kirkman comic books, sees the group struggle to find stability and safety. As the prison attack survivors part ways, Daryl (Norman Reedus) and Beth (Emily Kinney, above) are chased by walkers, but manage to escape into the forest. Beth tries to remain hopeful, despite a grisly encounter near the train tracks. Meanwhile, Tyreese, Lizzie and Mika run into a familiar face and Glenn and Maggie struggle to cope without each other.

Music transatlantic sessions RTÉ1, 7.30pm

Acoustic strummings from the shores of Loch Lomond in Scotland, this programme brings together folk musical talent from Ireland, Scotland and America. In this seisiún hosts Jerry Douglas and Aly Bain and their house band are joined by Edinburgh accordionist Phil Cunninghan, with Irish-Mancunian Mike McGoldrick on pipes and whistles.

rod stewart at the bbc BBC4, 10.50pm

He’s a middle-of-the-road crooner these days, but, believe it or not, in his hey day Londoner Rod Stewart was one of the best rock’n’roll singers of the era. This foot stomp through the archives takes us back to Rod’s 1970s Faces days and a rousing Stay With Me, an era that could almost make his soft-centred latter years forgiveable. Just about.

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Further proof that Robert De Niro is not fussy about the work he’s taking on in his twilight years. Here he reprises his role as neurotic ex-CIA agent Jack Byrnes in this sequel to Meet The Parents. This time he meets the in-laws, Ben Stiller’s parents (Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman, above with De Niro). Similar hilarity to the original ensues with repeated gags – but it’s mainly amiable time-killing fluff with a star cast being good sports.

TV3, 7.30pm & 8.30pm

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Poor old Katie Holmes – she swapped a TV career for a short-lived big-screen one via a marriage to Hollywood’s wackiest leading man and this sort of stuff is all she’s got to show for it. She plays a cleaner who teams up with Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah to rob the bank where they work by sticking used notes down their knickers.

It’s a small world, so it is – how else to explain the coincidence that has former Corrie stalwart Jim McDonald (Charles Lawson, above) banged up in the very same nick as Peter Barlow? It’s a cruel twist of fate for the accused murderer and lapsed alcoholic – because if we know one thing about Jim, it’s that he likes a drink, so he does. And if Ken catches a whiff of illegal hooch on Peter’s breath, he might leave him to rot.

terminator 2: judgement day E4, 9pm

Deranged over-the-top sequel to the much more effective original, this sees Arnold Schwarzenegger play a robot sent back from the future to protect John Connor (Edward Furlong) from evil assassin robot Robert Patrick. This is a prime example of the 1990s action blockbuster at its most excessive.

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Out of range: Woods

A rejuvenAted Lee Westwood set the early clubhouse target on the opening day of the 96th uSPGA Championship at valhalla. the englishman, who has never won a major, continued his fine form from the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as he hit a six-underpar 65 that was matched minutes later by American Kevin Chappell.

Westwood, who carded a closing 63 on Sunday, said: ‘Last week was a big week for me.

‘Going into last week I felt like I had turned the corner. I was starting to swing it a lot better but that’s no good unless you start converting it into low rounds. I got it going the final day, shot 63.

‘I tried to keep it low-key in the practice rounds here, just playing nine holes each day, and carry that

Tiger is left hunting for form after another flop Tiger Woods cut a disappointed figure after his late decision to compete in the final major of the year backfired.

The former world No.1 had declared himself pain-free ahead of the first round, insisting he was targeting a 15th major title, but instead he struggled to a three-over-par 74.

‘It wasn’t very good.

A lot of bad shots’

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momentum through, which I’ve managed to do.’ elsewhere, Irish pair Padraig Harrington and Graeme Mcdowell carded matching two-over par 73s, while england’s Ian Poulter boosted his ryder Cup chances with a round of 68.

Phil Mickelson gave uS ryder Cup captain a boost by continuing to show improvement in his game with a two-under 69.

The 41st Ryder Cup at World no.6 Matt Kuchar Hazeltine National Golf had withdrawn before play began Club in Minnesota will be with a back injury to deal Watson held from September 30 to another blow.

October 2, 2016, the PGA dustin johnson has already made of America announced himself unavailable for the team yesterday. due to ‘personal challenges’ while defending uSPGA champion jason dufner is struggling with two bulging discs in his neck.

Blue sensation: Westwood resumed his quest for a first major title in promising fashion

‘it wasn’t very good,’ Woods admitted. ‘A lot of bad shots and i never got a putt to the hole.’

Woods had been happy with his swing on the practice range, adding: ‘Unfortunately, i didn’t carry it to the golf course.’

He was also planning treatment on his troublesome back which had felt ‘a little stiff’.

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spORT DigEsT Rio Games on track, says mayor 15 Year inter- Indian order gutted by county career for six-wicket Broad sword OLyMpics Rio mayor Eduardo or being Meath footballer Paes has promised that venues for adapted so I the 2016 Games will be delivered on time and that the legacy for the city will be the greatest in Olympic history. Preparations for the Games came in for fierce criticism earlier this year but Paes yesterday said that construction is now firmly back on track.

‘People said all the venues are not ready – they are not supposed to be ready now. They are supposed to be ready for the Games,’ said Paes. ‘Fifty five per cent of the venues are ready now

think we are doing pretty good (sic). I can assure you we are going to deliver everything on time and we are not going to leave any white elephants behind.

‘This is going to be the legacy Games. No Games city in the history of the Games is going to be changed as much as Rio.’

Seamus Kenny, who announced his retirement yesterday. The 34-year-old former Royals captain cited the frustration of persistent injuries in an interview with Newstalk

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Stuart Broad took six wickets to skittle out India for 152 and the hosts finished on 113 for three in reply to take control on an absorbing opening day of the Fourth Test. Broad (right) and James Anderson reduced India, who won the toss, to eight for four and only a defiant 71 by the touring side’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni saved them from complete collapse with a gripping series level at 1-1. Ian Bell resumes on 45 not out today as England look to build a lead.

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71): 65 Kevin Chappell (US), Lee Westwood 66 Jim Furyk (US), Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 67 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 Joost Luiten (Ned), Ian Poulter 69 Phil Mickelson (US), Victor Dubuisson (Fra), Nick Watney (US), Jimmy Walker (US), Jamie Donaldson, Rickie Fowler (US), Jason Day (Aus) 70 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Brendon De Jonge, Ernie Els (Rsa), Colin Montgomerie, Brendon Todd (US), Patrick Reed (US) 71 Brian Stuard, Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Adam Scott (Aus).

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Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly agreed a deal to acquire All-Star forward Kevin Love from the Minnesota Timberwolves. according to a report. The trade will see Love (pictured) team up with recently-signed four-time league MVP LeBron James and further solidify the Cavaliers among the favourites for the NBA title.

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LIVERPOOL made an approach to sign Paris Saint-Germain striker Edinson Cavani this summer, according to the player’s agent.

The Uruguayan has been repeatedly linked with a move away from the French side, with Manchester United and Chelsea widely believed to be the clubs chasing his signature.

However, the 27-year-old’s agent, Claudio Anellucci, revealed it was the Reds and Premier League rivals Arsenal who made enquiries.

‘There has been much interest in the player during the last six months,’ Anelluci told Uruguayan newspaper El Telegrafo.

‘I can confirm Cavani heard proposals from Liverpool and Arsenal. ‘[Cavani] already said he would

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petr may Cech out of London for paris stint PAriS Saint-Germain will make a move for Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech if he is relegated to the Stamford Bridge bench as deputy to Thibaut Courtois.

Cech (pictured) has been the Blues’ firstchoice goalkeeper for a decade but faces competition from the Belgium shotstopper, recalled after successive loan spells with La Liga winners Atletico Madrid. PSG are looking for a new keeper and were linked with Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris until the Frenchman signed a new five-year deal earlier this summer. Monaco are also reported to be interested in signing Cech.

Wanted: Wilshere

ArSENAL’S Jack Wilshere has reportedly been targeted by Juventus as a potential replacement for Arturo Vidal if the Chilean World Cup star goes to Manchester united.

Memphis to stay Hard yards: Scholes, Giggs and Gary Neville feel the heat

‘wHO’s iDEA wAs THis, THEN?’ SALFORD City’s pre-season took a stellar turn when the Northern Premier League side played their owners, Manchester United’s ‘Class of 92’.

Co-owner David Beckham was unavailable but

Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes played at the AJ Bell Stadium.

The old-timers, who often struggled for pace, lost 5-1, with a Giggs penalty their consolation.

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Luis’ team hopeful over appeal 5 Year contract LuiS SuArEz’S legal team are confident the former Liverpool striker will have his four-month ban for biting halved. The Barcelona striker (pictured) will have his appeal heard by the Court of Arbitraton for Sport (CAS) today and, if the ruling goes his way, the 27-year-old could be available to play from as early as August 25. Fifa imposed a four-month ban from all footballrelated activity after Suarez bit italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the

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‘Cavani has said he would love to play in England’ love to play in England but has not yet made a final decision.

‘He is not interested in money and fame; he just wants to be happy playing football.’

Liverpool have been in the market for a striker since Luis Suarez’s blockbuster £75million switch to Barcelona but manager Brendan Rodgers has, so far, failed to beef up his strikeforce.

Rodgers looked to have secured the signing of QPR forward Loic Remy but the move collapsed, leaving Rickie Lambert – signed before Suarez left – as his only new face in attack.

Liverpool have also been linked with Monaco’s Radamel Falcao but were told Real Madrid are close to signing the Colombia forward.

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World Cup. But Suarez’s lawyer Alejandro Balbi said the ban could be reduced because it breaches ‘fundamental rights’.

extension penned by Everton defender John Stones.

The 20year-old played 26 times for the club last term.

No Murcia mercy

THE Spanish league have relegated Murcia to the third division for financial reasons. The club, who were also hit with a €180,000 fine, finished fourth in the Segunda Division last season and will be replaced by Mirandes.

Hull dream alive HuLL are just two games away from reaching the Europa League group stages after substitute Sone Aluko’s late strike gave them a 2-1 win over AS Trencin.

PSV Eindhoven insist they have had no contact from Tottenham over Holland winger Memphis Depay. Spurs were reportedly keen to sign the 20-year-old, with Nacer Chadli moving the other way.

But a PSV spokesperson said: ‘There’s been no contact from Spurs. Our sporting director Marcel Brands stated to Dutch media he expects Memphis to stay at the club and Nacer Chadli is not of interest.’

ONTHEgRApEviNE u SOuTHAMPTON intend to make Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster (pictured) their fifth summer signing after the Glasgow giants exited the Champions League on Wednesday. u SUNDERLAND have sent midfielder El-Hadji Ba out on a season’s loan to Ligue 1 outfit Bastia. u TOM ADEYEMi has been signed by Cardiff from their Championship rivals Birmingham.

A REDs u SWANSEA will move for Napoli defender RETuRN? Federico Fernandez LiVErPOOL are as soon as Chico keen on Xabi Flores finalises his Alonso with doubt switch to Qatari club over his real Lekhwiya SC. Madrid future.

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AFTERNOON DRIVE: Rory McIlroy begins his opening round at the US PGA Championship in Valhalla, Kentucky last night.

Among the later starters, the Open champion began his challenge for the Wanamaker Trophy in fine style, reaching the turn in three under par, only to drop back with a double bogey on the par-five tenth. McIlroy joined the field in chasing early clubhouse leaders Lee Westwood and Kevin Chappell, who shot 65s to set the pace on six under reUTerS

Long season: McGregor

Legia lifeline: Celtic eyeing reprieve over ineligible sub

Wenger holding Verm on Reds bid

ARSENE WENGER doesn’t want Manchester United to sign Thomas Vermaelen but would not stand in his way if he chooses to move abroad.

The Belgian’s future has overshadowed Arsenal’s preparations for Sunday’s Community Shield against Manchester City, with Wenger confirming United and others’ interest in the defender.

‘Have we received bids? Yes. I can’t tell you who from but you will know very soon,’ Wenger said, adding of United: ‘I think they could be in the group.’

Barcelona have also been linked with a £10million move for Vermaelen (pictured right), who made just 14 Premier League starts last season.

‘He could leave – he needs to play now,’ added Wenger. He has shown an outstanding attitude but we wouldn’t stand in his way if he finds an interesting opportunity. Ideally, we would like to

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sell him abroad and that is an option for us. I don’t want to say how many offers we have but we’ve offers from abroad.’

Wenger has cover should Vermaelen leave, having deployed teenager Calum Chambers in central defence during pre-season, even though the £16m new-boy played at right-back for Southampton last season. ‘Can he play every week?

Maybe not, he is 19 years old but he can play a major role,’ claimed Wenger.

German World Cup winners Mesut Ozil, Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski will not be at Wembley. They do not return to Arsenal until Monday and Wenger confirmed none will be ready for the Premier League opener at home to Crystal Palace.

‘The experience of being in a team that has won a World Cup makes it difficult mentally to be sharp and hungry straight away again,’ he said.

Wenger, meanwhile, ruled out a move for Real Madrid’s Sami Khedira.

‘I don’t know who put Khedira on the market – his agent or the press?’ he said.

‘We were never close to signing him. We have offensive midfielders and box-to-box players.’

CeltiC could be handed a sensational Champions league reprieve after Uefa last night launched an investigation into the eligibility of one of legia Warsaw’s players during their 6-1 aggregate win over the Scottish champions. the Polish side confirmed that they had been asked for information from the european governing body.

A statement on legia’s official website read: ‘the club announces that in connection with the Celtic FC-legia Warsaw match in the second leg of the third qualifying round of the Champions league, Uefa opened an investigation into the participation of Bartosz Bereszynski. ‘the club is preparing the relevant information and explanations, which will be sent to Uefa. the result of the investigation will be announced immediately after its completion.’

Bereszynski was sent off for violent conduct against Apollon in the final match of legia’s europa league campaign last season. the full-back missed both of legia’s matches against St Patrick’s Athletic in the second qualifying round and sat out the 4-1 first-leg victory over Celtic.

But the investigation apparently centres around whether the player was registered against St Pat’s in order to allow a three-match suspension to take effect.

Regardless of the outcome, Hoops midfielder Callum McGregor claimed Celtic were taught a harsh european lesson. the 21-year-old said: ‘the game showed what european football is all about. it’s ruthless.

‘People are saying the season has finished before it even started and that is actually disappointing to hear. the league campaign starts next week and there’s a long season ahead.’