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EDITOR’S LETTER For most of us, the time we spend in London is a chance to see as much of Europe and the UK as possible before we head back to pick up the threads of our life at home again.

While the move can be welcome and exciting, it can also be sad, stressful and full of challenges. Our bumper 20-page Returning Home special has everything you need to know about preparing to leave – from what to expect from the job market to taking your hard-earned pounds with you. Turn to page 53, or see tntonline.co.uk/leavingtheuk for more.

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86 The best stopover options to break the long-haul journey

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73 Global Vision 74 BEYOND THE TOWER: Escape crowded Pisa and visit Lucca 76 TNTT Weekender: Nuremberg 77 Late Deals 78 Hotshots 80 Travel Tips 81 Travel News 82 On The Road 83 Gear Up 86 TOP OF THE STOPS: Best places to break up the journey home 91 WORLDLY WISE: Tips on buying a round-the-world air ticket

London Eye London Life Food & Drink Spotted

17 ENTERTAINMENT 17 Celebrity News 18 TNT Life 19 Look Who’s Talking: Newton Faulkner 20 Cinema 21 Culture 22 PADDLE POWER: Get an adrenaline fix at the Adventure Film Festival

26 Playing it big: South Africa’s Blk Jks

24 MUSIC & CLUBS

32 NEWS & SPORT

24 Music 26 BLACK MAGIC: SA rockers Blk Jks play a new breed of sound 28 Music Listings 30 Clubbing 31 Clubbing Listings

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Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Rugby NRL AFL General

76 Why Nuremberg makes a great weekend break

53 RETURNING HOME 55 Countdown before you leave 58 The job market in Oz, NZ and SA 64 SETTLING IN: Advice from those who have gone back home 66 Buying and renting property 70 Sort out your finances

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22 Catch two Aussies’ epic kayak trip at London’s Adventure Film Festival

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The locals really don’t know when a carriage is packed to capacity; they just keep piling in. In London you end up with your face in someone’s armpit – in Russia you end up with your noses touching! Really made me appreciate London’s Tube, even if it’s super busy at rush hour!

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and I can see that you have a soft spot for pop which is a lot like metal, a successful kind of music that has been around for a long time and will stay that way.

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Is it proper I’m starting to “ feel less like an Aussie and more like a Londoner? ”

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you had time to research you would have found that Dave Mustaine was booted out of Metallica, and has actually done all right for himself breaking into the US charts with no airplay.

Gee, you probably think that the singer from Iron Maiden who just scored a Brit award can’t read or write.

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IDENTITY CRISIS As an Australian living in London for the past three years is it proper that I’m starting to feel less like an Aussie and more like a Londoner?

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What is it with you and your reviews, Will?

Did you actually listen to the Megadeth album?

Crikey mate, you are so quick to knock anything that comes under the genre of Heavy Metal. I love how you dismiss it and your “well duh” quote makes me laugh.

Are you trying to point out that Metal musicians and fans are idiots? I hope you never review my band.

For a professional music critic you need a reality check.

I love all kinds of music,

Australian but I love living here in London, and a couple of Wednesdays back found myself in the pub with a mix of Aussies, Kiwis and Poms to watch England play in the World Cup qualifier, and found myself cheering bigtime for England.

And then last week Transport for London took the Thames off the new Tube map, and I was outraged that a key part of ‘my city’ was being ignored.

What’s next: taking a bag of seed down to the park to feed the pigeons?

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LOVING LIFE IN THE UK

I’ve been back home in Sydney for two weeks after two years living in the UK. Let me advise any fellow Antipodeans heading home that the journey begins again as you touch down on home soil.

My journey in London was nothing I expected it to be, and as much as the UK shocked and surprised me at times and contradicted itself at others, I fell in love – not just with a beautiful

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Make the most of your time fellow Antipodeans – and understand that when you leave the UK, unless anyone has experienced life there, themselves, they won’t understand. Prepare yourself for your journey to begin again. meaghanhildebrand, via tntonline.co.uk

Ed: See our Returning Home special on page 53 for our guide to the big move.

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Capital idea: Institute of Contemporary Arts London has a justifiable claim to be a world leader in pretty much any artistic or creative field – and for a glimpse of that cutting edge the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is a great place to start.

It’s a gallery, cinema, theatre, club, bookshop, bar and café all in one, with a mission to host innovative, out-there and thought-provoking works.

While there’s little doubt about the quality of what’s on offer here, you’ll need to be a fan of contemporary art and

culture to get the most out of it. Some of its exhibitions can prompt bewilderment, though a now-mainstream luminary such as Damien Hirst had his first solo London show at the ICA. But there are also plenty of not-so-left-field gigs and films – head along to catch next year’s indie icons before they become famous. DL

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RHYMING SLANG If an English colleague ever says to you they’re on the dog, fear not – they’re using rhyming slang. It’s not exclusive to the English, but Cockneys (pictured) sure have perfected it.

It developed as a way for shopkeepers and criminals to do illegal deals, and involves using a rhyming phrase (such as dog and

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For example: “I had too many Britneys [Britney Spears/beers] and cut my boat [boat race/face]. I’m OK, now china [china plate/mate] but my trouble and strife [wife] laughed her Bristols [Bristol cities/titties] off.” DL

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THE SCENE A bright glassfronted, pizza/pasta cafe that is a favourite with young families and couples.

THE GRUB The usual Italian

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fare of pasta and pizza, which have been given South African-themed names such as Kirstenbosch and Garden Route, with one topping even including boerewors. The pizzas had crispy thin bases and loads of cheese but weren’t exceptional.

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BILL PLEASE A meal for two with wine is just under £25, plus tip.

VERDICT There’s nothing wrong with Say Café if you’re just after a tasty alternative to Pizza Express, but those who are seeking something a little more original or authentic should look elsewhere.

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Best of British grub British Food Fortnight runs from September 19 to October 4, and to celebrate Young’s Pubs are offering menus full of Blighty’s best

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The Ship (Jews Rd, SW18 1TB) is also offering a free masterclass on British game on September 29.

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Ariel Way, W12 7GA From Monte Casino to the world, this upmarket steakhouse has landed at Westfield, with steaks, ribs and even wors for meat-loving Saffas.

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No, it’s not another Friends re-run – the hit show’s coffee shop has been recreated with original props to open for a brief time in London.

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Australian crooner Peter Andre has reportedly been cleaning up at the bank since his split with Katie Price. The singer, who has a new album and a new job as a roving reporter, has made at least £4 million since his marriage ended.

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Former Noiseworks and INXS rocker Jon Stevens, 46, underwent open heart surgery at a hospital in Sydney, after doctors discovered he had a blocked artery.

WEDDING RUMOUR Dannii Minogue has laughed off claims she is planning a double wedding with her sister Kylie.

It has been suggested Dannii would marry her rugby player boyfriend Kris Smith and Kylie would tie the knot with Spanish model Andres Velencoso at a shared ceremony.

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The shock jock was suspended for saying on air that actress Magda Szubanski could lose more weight if she spent some time in a concentration camp.

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AUSTRALIA OK!: Soap star turned DJ Kate Ritchie announces her engagement to Australian rugby player Stuart Webb after the NRL star proposed while on holiday in Europe.

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LOOK WHO’S TALKING

The Brit nominated singer-songwriter behind album Hand Built By Robots talks about his success Down Under

ENTERTAINMENT

Newton Faulkner INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Your full name is Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner, which sounds incredibly posh.

Someone, as a joke, put Deuteronomy as one of my names in Wikipedia and it was printed in quite a big newspaper. You’d be amazed at how many people use Wikipedia as a source!

Er yes, we at TNT would never think of using it.

It’s really dangerous! It’s been wrong so many times. At one point the Liberal Democrats got involved and stuck on the end of my page: ‘And he’s an avid supporter of the Liberal Democrats.’ [For the record, he’s not.]

I’ve never “ surfed in my entire life

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You’ve been called the UK’s answer to Jack Johnson. Accurate?

I just never really understood what that meant. I was never actually sure what the musical comparisons were.

Well, you look like a surfer and your music has that acoustic vibe. Which is funny since you grew up in Surrey, where there are no beaches.

But there was a small lake! It’s weird.

It was a gig I did with Donovan Frankenreiter about three and a half years ago. It was like dropping a large brick in the ocean and just created this wave that I rode for two years. It was the first gig I did where people understood what I was trying to do.

Your debut album Hand Built By Robots did really well in Australia and New Zealand, didn’t it?

[Giggles] Yeah it did really well. It was weird, Dream Catch Me, the single, did

better over there than it did here. I’m actually heading back in a week. Just doing Melbourne and Sydney. I’m doing Rove again which should be wicked, and Spicks And Specks as well.

Has John Butler influenced your music at all?

I actually heard of him after I did my first album. Cos I hadn’t been to Australia and then it came up that I was going to do a gig with him and I just thought it was awesome. And then we kinda became friends. He’s an incredible player, just an amazing live act.

He has gone and cut off all his dreads.

Are you tempted to follow suit?

No, no, no, I’m going for grey. I’m going for grey dreads and maybe smarten up a bit in my old age and get some shiny shoes.

While recording your new album you hurt your hand really badly.

Yeah, we were in France. It was Boxing Day, it was icy. I slipped over walking ten feet from front door to car. It was really annoying because my brother and sister were off snowboarding and I wasn’t cos I didn’t want to hurt myself and then I’m the one who ends up in hospital!

Did you worry the injury might end your career?

Not really, there were people freaking out around me but I was reasonably pragmatic about it.

» New single If This Is It out Sep 14. New album Rebuilt By Humans out Sep 21 through RCA

So, the last time you were down in Australia on tour, did you have a go at surfing?

No, I’ve never surfed in my entire life.

I mean, I [grew up] near Gatwick airport.

It was very rural. Now I live in London Bridge. I do think that’s changed the sound of the second album, moving into London and instead of going to sleep to the sounds of birds and squirrels it’s sirens and screaming.

YOU DON’T SAY? What would your superpower be?

Maybe to have an arm that would turn into steel so I could smash through walls and things.

Have you ever been mistaken for anyone famous?

Ginger from The Wildhearts, the American band. And John Butler because I was playing with Tim Freedman from The Whitlams at Ronnie Scott’s.

What song would you have played at your funeral?

Something fun like Build Me Up Buttercup.

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CINEMA SCREEN TEST: MUSIC FILMS

ENTERTAINMENT

The Soloist

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Robert Downey Jnr, Jamie Foxx

STARRING:

RT 117 MINS

1 Which rap star starred in a 2002 American hip-hop film based on a fictionalised account of his life?

2 Who did Reese Witherspoon play in Walk The Line?

3 Which magazine did the main character in Almost Famous write for?

4 Who directed This Is Spinal Tap? 5 Which musical film tells the story of a family of folk singers cared for by a nun on the eve of World War II?

★★★★★

The longer Robert Downey Jnr can stay off the nose candy, the better it will be for cinema. The former Hollywood bad boy continues his career resurgence with a remarkable performance in drama The Soloist.

Based on true events, Joe Wright’s film focuses on the friendship between LA Times columnist Steve Lopez (Downey Jnr) and Nathaniel Ayers (Foxx), a homeless man.

Looking for something to write about, Lopez finds the ideal subject in Ayers, a former Juilliard cello prodigy who suffers from severe schizophrenia and now plays for passers-by in LA’s slums.

The journo initially thinks he can write a rags-to-riches story but realises Ayers will always be unreachable.

While The Soloist is

sometimes guilty of heavyhanded symbolism, the film doesn’t ever lapse into sentimentality. A realistic portrayal of the devastating effects of mental illness, Wright’s film doesn’t try to provide any easy answers.

Revelling in the interesting

material are Foxx and Downey Jnr, whose subtle yet powerful turns were criminally ignored by the Academy this year. Let’s hope Downey Jnr can stay on the straight and narrow.

GOOD FOR: Those who like challenging movies.

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THE REEL DEAL

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2 25 3 Munich Olympics 4 Touching The Void 5 Al Gore LAST WEEK’S WINNER Mark Taha

MANAGEMENT

★★★★★ The comedic talents of Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn are wasted in this incoherent, cliché-laden romantic comedy in which a creepy motel owner strikes up an unlikely affair with a sexy corporate rep. With nothing decent to sink their teeth into, Zahn and Aniston go through the motions and Management soon fizzles out.

GOOD FOR: Those who still miss Friends. PDV

characters pairing up to defeat a common enemy.

Vin Diesel might be coming to the rescue of the New South Wales film industry.

The producers of the sequel to action movie xXx, in which Diesel starred, are reportedly considering filming in Sydney, with a production office allegedly set up to establish the viability of shooting xXx: The Return Of Xander Cage at Fox Studios.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Bowling For Columbine

HEART OF FIRE

★★★★★ Loosely based on the memoirs of Senait G Mehari, Heart Of Fire tells the shocking tale of child soldiers Awet (Letekidan Micael) and Freweyni (Solomie Micael), who are forced to fight for the Eritrean Liberation Front in the 1980s. The performances are solid, but a predictable plot significantly weakens the film’s impact.

GOOD FOR: Those looking for a different slant on war. PDV

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Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman are to reunite for a follow-up to superhero comedy Hancock, according to trade paper Variety.

Director Peter Berg said at the Toronto Film Festival: “Everybody’s going to come back for a sequel.”

Berg said Smith and Theron (right) would reprise their roles as immortal gods who lose their powers when in each other’s presence.

Hancock earned £374 million when it was released last year.

Although the script is not complete, Berg said the film would feature the lead

For a chance to win two tickets from Vue email answers to grabs@tntmagazine.com by noon on Wednesday with ‘Cinema’ in the subject line.

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CULTURE THE MYSTERIES Thought you would never see a female Jesus recruiting disciples with a gumboot dance? In The Mysteries – Yiimimangaliso, performed by the Isango Portobello theatre group from Cape Town’s Khayelitsha township, angels wear hard hats, Pontius Pilate dresses like Idi Amin and heavenly trumpets are vuvuzelas.

The story of the Bible is told Saffa-township style – and it’s brilliant. The fact that most of it is performed in African languages doesn’t detract from comprehension but draws the audience into absorbing the emotions

ENTERTAINMENT

SEE THIS: Theatre expressed by the unfamiliar song, dance and music. It has plenty of light moments too – Noah in a striped ’50s bathing suit for example.

The Mysteries is pure entertainment, no matter what your personal beliefs.

PIET VAN NIEKERK

» Garrick, Charing Cross

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Rd, WC2H 0HH Leicester Square (0844 412 4662; nimaxtheatres.com). Until Oct 3. £20-£45

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WORTH A LOOK Laugh along with comedian Stephen Merchant, co-director and co-writer of The Office and Extras, in his brief return to stand-up while he develops material for a new live show. He’s won Baftas, a Golden Globe and a British Comedy Award, so be warned it will sell out fast. » The Arts Depot, Nether St, N12 0GA

West Finchley (020 8369 5454; artsdepot.co.uk). Oct 12-15. £12

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

SCI-FI SURGERY

THE LITERATURE OF AUSTRALIA

I AM WHAT I AM

Edited by Nicholas Jose

(Michael O’Mara) SEP 21

★★★★★

How robots are assisting (and sometimes replacing) surgeons, and how microrobots can swim through your body to make a diagnosis are the focus of this small but interesting exhibition.

There’s some mind-blowing technology on show, and set alongside the museum’s

excellent permanent displays on surgical history – not least the extraordinary specimens and gruesome early medical instruments – make a visit to the Hunterian well worthwhile.

DANIEL LANDON

» Hunterian Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3PE Holborn (rcseng.ac.uk/ museums). Until Dec 23. Free

(WW Norton & Co) OUT NOW

An anthology of Oz’s finest literature covering all genres from fiction, poetry and drama, to diaries, essays and speeches.

John Barrowman In this memoir of sorts, the star of Torchwood and Doctor Who takes us behind the scenes of his TV career and family life, as well as offering up the odd titbit of gossip.

THE RIVER CAFE CLASSIC ITALIAN COOKBOOK

THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE

Rose Gray, Ruth Rogers

(Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd)

(Michael Joseph ) SEP 24

The sex symbol’s life is raked over again. This time celeb biographer Taraborrelli looks at the role Monroe’s mentally ill mother played in her life.

Jamie Oliver’s mentors and River Café owners offer their interpretations of classic recipes they learnt on their travels through Italy.

J Randy Taraborrelli OUT NOW

MORE EXHIBITIONS Don’t miss the mind-bending Ruphin Coudyzer

works of the genius sculptor Anish Kapoor. » Royal Academy Of

Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD

Piccadilly Circus

• Britain’s finest meets Continental artists in Turner And The Masters. » (royalacademy.org.uk). Sep 26-Dec 11. £12

Tate Britain, Millbank,

SW1P 4RG

Pimlico (tate.org.uk). Sep 23-Jan 31. £12.50

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e Film This year’s London Adventur tary Festival features a documen y on two Aussies’ epic journe across the Tasman Sea WORDS PIERRE DE VILLIERS

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n January 13, 2008, Sydneysiders Justin Jones and James Castrission stumbled onto Ngamotu Beach in New Zealand, achieving what many thought was impossible.

For 62 days the pair paddled their way across the Tasman Sea from Australia, braving sharks, swells and extreme fatigue. Setting foot on dry land marked the end of their incredible journey – chronicled in documentary Crossing The Ditch – which began seven years earlier when the pair kayaked for charity down the Murray River.

MODEST BEGINNINGS “We started discussing what our next adventure should be,” Jones recalls. “I think we had

sunstroke by then because James turned to me and said: ‘Do you think anyone can paddle from Australia to New Zealand in a kayak?’ I should have been wise and paddled away from him right there and then. But over the next few years we set out to answer that one question.”

It took the friends three and half years to prepare for their trip. In that time they exercised like crazy, had sleep depravation training with the army, and oversaw the construction of a kayak with a canopy on the back in which they could sleep.

Making their preparations more difficult was looking at the worried expressions on the faces

ENTERTAINMENT

BIG THRILLS ON THE BIG SCREEN WHAT 2009 Adventure Film Festival.

WHEN September 28-October 14.

WHERE Three London venues: Ritzy Brixton, Vue Shepherd’s Bush and the Picture House in Greenwich.

WHAT ELSE IS SHOWING?

HOW MUCH Free. Book tickets at adventurefest.co.uk.

■ AFRICAN ODYSSEY of family members who knew the dangers the trip posed.

Bradley Ambrose

DANGEROUS TIMES “There is always the argument that adventure is a very selfish pursuit,” says Jones. “But it is also selfish on the family’s behalf to stop you doing it. There is a balance there and you do put your family through a bit of hell, but that’s the reason we did so much preparation and planning. We wanted to come back to them.”

Adding to the concerns of their family members was the death of seasoned adventurer Andrew McAuley, whose own attempted crossing of the Tasman Sea ended in disaster when his kayak sank in early 2007.

“When Andrew disappeared it was crushing,” says Jones. “Emotionally we thought, ‘how can we even think we can take this on?’

We are two babes in the woods compared to Andrew. But once we got past the emotional side of things, we realised that if we stuck to our plans it was going to be OK.” SHARK ATTACK Once out on the water the pair had to deal with a series of extreme conditions, including being stalked by sharks.

“When the first one popped up we talked about putting the camera in the water to get good shots,” Jones says. “When the second one showed up we thought, right, no stupid ideas, Justin Jones and James Castri ssion

African Odyssey

We said let’s give “ the sharks respect they deserve ” let’s give them the respect they deserve. We were a bit freaked out.”

A visit from Jaws and his mates wasn’t the toughest challenge for Jones, though.

“Fatigue was the big thing,” he explains. “In a vessel that small you can’t get good quality sleep. We were sleeping on average two hours a night, and you get so tired that you start hallucinating. James kept seeing a 6ft baby, while for me, it felt like someone was trying to grab my paddle. It really put us on edge.”

HARD-WON SUCCESS The duo persevered though, and with tears streaming down their faces arrived in New Zealand where they were greeted by family members and thousands of Kiwis.

“Standing on dry land was incredible,” Jones says. “It was like when you were a kid and you fell over and banged your knee, and your mum gave you a hug. As long as I live I will never forget that day.”

» See crossingtheditch.com.au

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To claim one of 10 TNT Magazine double passes to Crossing The Ditch at the Ritzy Brixton, or one of 20 double passes to the festival’s gala opening night on September 28 at Leicester Square, email grabs@tntmagazine.com with “adventure” in the subject line by Thu, Sep 24.

(2007, New Zealand, 105 mins) With no motorcycle experience and a borrowed camera, four friends from small town Whakatane in New Zealand, set off on an adventure of a lifetime – crossing the length of the African continent on motorbikes that most people wouldn’t ride to the cow shed.

■ OCEAN’S 14 (2008, UK, 52 mins) The 14-strong British and Irish crew of ocean row boat La Mondial chase the world record time for sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.

■ TO THE ROCK AND BACK (2009, UK, 30 mins) In 1979, bad weather claimed the lives of 15 people during the legendary Fastnet Race.

On the 30th anniversary of the tragedy, new sailor Graham Bell joins an experienced team to race in Fastnet 2009. This unique documentary features archival footage from 1979, interviews with past and present Fastnet sailors and live streams from the 2009 race.

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MUSIC PEARL JAM Backspacer

MUSIC & CLUBS

(Universal)

★★★★★

The first thing to note is that it doesn’t sound like Pearl Jam. Sure, there are still guitars to the fore, and Eddie Vedder sounds exactly like Eddie Vedder (furious, excitable, constipated). However, Pearl Jam haven’t sounded this loose for ages, if ever.

Producer Brendan O’Brien has spent the past few years trying to make a string of Bruce Springsteen albums sound as appalling as

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RICHARD HAWLEY

NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS

BLK JKS

Truelove’s Gutter (Mute)

White Lunar

(Secretly Canadian)

★★★★★ If it sounds as if Richard Hawley is continually making the same record, there’s a good reason. Hawley has recorded all six albums in the same studio with the same co-producer – this is even the fourth in a row to be named after a part of Sheffield, his home town. Still, the darker Truelove’s Gutter might be Hawley’s best variation yet on his steady theme, chiefly thanks to the stretched-out riches of 10-minute ballads Remorse Code and Don’t You Cry. WFJ

(Mute)

★★★★★

Disc one of White Lunar collects the largely vocalfree music written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis for the soundtracks of The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The Proposition and as-yet-unreleased The Road, much of it recorded with a surprisingly light touch.

The second disc, collating the duo’s music for a pair of documentaries with a few unreleased bits and pieces, is darker, more varied and by far the more interesting listen. WFJ

After Robots

★★★★★

For too long South African rock has resembled America’s post-grunge cast-offs (think Seether, Just Jinjer and Springbok Nude Girls). No more. After Robots heralds the timely new talent of Joburg quartet Blk Jks (see our interview, page 26). By refracting psych-rock through a prism of African music traditions, they’ve created something utterly new and chill-down-the-spine exciting, putting Afro-pop pretenders, such as Vampire Weekend, in the shade. ALISON GRINTER

SOUNDS OF HOME

NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH AFRICA

NO.1 Like It Like That, Guy Sebastian.

MAKING NEWS Sneaky Sound System are now a duo after the exit of MC Double D. The electronic outfit stated last week that MC Double D, aka Daimon Downey, has left the group on amicable terms to pursue other interests.

NO.1 Sweet Dreams, Beyoncé.

MAKING NEWS Dave Dobbyn will celebrate his 30-year career with three exclusive gigs. The shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch from November 21-26 will feature Dobbyn’s tunes as frontman of Th’Dudes and DD Smash, as well as his solo hits.

NO.1 If Today Were Your Last Day, Nickelback.

MAKING NEWS Taking a leaf from Rocking The Daisies, South Africa’s premier ecofriendly music and lifestyle festival, Joburg will get its own green festival – Rocking The Gardens at the Emmarentia Dam on October 3.

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LIVE REVIEW Thank You For The Music: The Music Of Abba Hyde Park, Sep 13 ★★★★★

Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, 36,000 fans and a stellar line-up of artists have gathered to relive Waterloo’s Eurovision victory 35 years ago, with Jason Donovan delivering a sincere if outdated version of I Have A Dream, and The Feeling revving up the crowd with Does Your Mother Know?

But the biggest cheer of the night (Abba members excluded) goes to Kylie Minogue, as she delivers an energetic Super Trouper, and performs When All Is Said And Done sitting with Benny at the piano – an amazing sight.

INGER SMITH

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AUSTRALIA

possible, but he does a great job of making Pearl Jam’s ninth album sound fresh.

The problem is that this newly energised version of the band doesn’t last beyond the first 12 minutes. The opening four tracks on Backspacer are vivid, focused and zippy. The fifth, though, is a dull ballad called Just Breathe, and the record never quite recovers.

Aside from Vedder’s Marmite vocals, Pearl Jam’s biggest problem has always been their earnestness, and it’s this that kills tracks such as Speed Of Sound and The End. Progress then, but it was nearly so much better.

WILL FULFORD-JONES

MUSIC

GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK THE VERONICAS So glossy and mall-friendly is The Veronica’s made-for-teen TV electro pop that it’s easy to forget that this duo, comprising twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, actually hail from BrisVegas and not LA, where they’ve spent a number of years building up a fanbase. Early indications suggest their latest album Hook Me Up will be as rapturously received in the UK as it has been Stateside and in Oz, but the release date keeps being delayed - never a good sign. In any case they’ll be previewing said LP in Camden this week.

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» Koko, 1a Camden High St, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent (0870 4325 527), Thu, Sep 24. £13.50 FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

ORBITAL

It’s really no surprise that Florence Welch named her debut album Lungs: she sure has a fantastically powerful set of ’em. A one-woman pop hurricane, she comes over like a female version of Jack White one minute and a noughties Candi Staton the next. Make sure you catch her this week.

Fresh out of retirement, the Hartnoll brothers used their recent headline slot at Get Loaded in The Park to tweak many of their old tunes for the next generation of ravers. So these Brixton gigs are unlikely to be mere nostalgia hits for crusty old skoolers – though expect all the faves like Chime and Halcyon just the same.

» Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W11 8QE

» Brixton Academy, 211 Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL

Shepherd’s Bush (0844 477 2000). Sep 27-29. Sold out

BELIEVE THE HYPE FLAMBOYANT BELLA

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THE LINE-UP James Mcbreen

(vox/guitar/synths), Flo Kirton (vox/guitar), Elliot Rose (drums) and Mitch Rose (bass).

HAILS FROM Hitchin, Herts.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Aged 17-19, Flamboyant Bella (or Flambo, as they’re known to their fans) peddle variously uplifting folk and uplifting synth pop –mainly about the joys of drinking and shagging.

WHAT ELSE? As you might expect from a band so young, Flambo are totally down with the kids – something that has translated to a staggering 1.5 million hits on their Myspace page.

THE BAND SAY “We’re not trying to preach to people to get bladdered or have lots of sex, we’re just talking about it. However, we’re not exactly against any of

these activities.” (mychemical toilet.com) THE CRITICS SAY If you like the idea of Kate Nash fronting The Primitives on a sugar rush, then Flambo will be right up your musical street.” (The VPME) WE SAY They’re like the Skins generation’s answer to Belle

Brixton

(0844 477 2000). Sep 24-25. £25

& Sebastian. Sort of.

THE PLUG Single Get A Reaction out now through Big Life.

SOUND BITES Midnight Oil’s hit song Beds Are Burning is to be recorded by a group of 55 celebs including British rock group Duran Duran and Irish singer/composer Bob Geldof.

The song will be part of a media campaign on the threat of climate change organised by Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum, headed by former UN head Kofi Annan.

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Blk Jks step out in their home town

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lk Jks, or Johannesburg’s ‘first trendy rock’n’roll export’, as they are fast becoming known, are a difficult bunch to pin down. We’ve been chasing the quartet since their breakthrough Mystery EP lit up the radar earlier this year.

Discovered by MIA super-producer Diplo, the quartet are the first South African rock act with a potentially global reach. And by bringing an African sensibility to rock, their music tears down the barriers between notions of ‘white’ rock and ‘black’ Afro-centric sounds.

When TNT finally get them on the phone, the band let their guard down just long enough to talk about their origins and their first fulllength album After Robots.

THE BEGINNINGS Guitarist Mpumi Mcata formed the band with childhood friend and fellow alternative rock fan Lindani Buthelezi (lead vocalist) in the East Rand. In 2000 they recruited Sowetans Molefi Makananise (bass) and Tshepang Ramoba (drums) to the fold. Only a few years earlier such a set-up would have been unthinkable: it simply wasn’t the done thing for a young black Joburger living under apartheid to pick up a guitar and make like Kurt Cobain.

“Our people, black people, were saying, ‘this is the music of the enemy’,” explains Makananise. “On the other hand, white people were going to say ‘what are these poor black dudes trying to do?’ So we were going to be in the middle – the sandwich, you know?”

‘AFRICAN ROCK’ In a sense that’s what Blk Jks have become: a sandwich between two separate music spheres, but in a good way.

They describe their music as ‘African rock’, but this hardly does justice to the astonishing collage of sounds, vocal harmonies and sudden tempo changes on After Robots. The album was produced by Secret Machines’ Brandon Curtis

The idea was to “ play what we feel when we feel it ” at New York City’s Electric Ladyland Studios. It’s little wonder US and UK tastemakers have given Blk Jks the thumbs up. But the band don’t see themselves as cutting edge.

“That was not really the idea, the idea was to play what we feel when we feel it – if that’s the case then it’s by default,” says Mcata.

“The thing is, our music isn’t posing or created for a certain market – we had no real delusions about how big it would be or what forming a band meant, so we just played and we were open to all these influences.”

POST-APARTHEID SYMBOLS? In past interviews Blk Jks have come across as resistant to the idea of becoming symbols for post-apartheid unity in South Africa.

“We don’t mind being seen that way, but the issue is being the voice for people – people can speak for themselves,” says Mcata.

Both Mcata and Makananise were in their teens when apartheid was in its death throes.

“I’ve smelt the tear gas, I’ve been chased by police dogs, I’ve seen shit happen,” says Makananise. “I was there when people were taking to the streets, I saw people being killed.

I saw necklaces. I saw a whole lot of scary stuff.

I saw police killing people too.”

Do such memories inform the music? “It’s more like a subconscious imprint, and I think that’s kind of the story of one’s life,” says Mcata.

“For me it’s manifest of the voices of that time and era and this time and the future – there’s a marriage somewhere in the music.”

» After Robots out on Sep 21 through Secretly Canadian. See our review on page 24

ACCESS DENIED ALTERNATIVE MUSIC UNDER APARTHEID Alternative rock fans had a tough time listening to their favourite bands in apartheid South Africa.

Until the early ’90s the state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) controlled the airwaves, heavily censoring radio stations’ music content – Pink Floyd’s Another Brick In The Wall, inciting kids to bunk school, was definitely off the playlist.

A few years before apartheid ended, the state’s control over the media began to ease, and the SABC started to play previously silenced artists.

Film soundtracks were a way for music-starved indie kids to get their alternative music fix. So was late night TV, as Mpumi Mcata reminisces: “After the hour TV dies … there were things happening if you stayed up late enough, everything from The Cure to Michael Franks.”

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MUSIC LISTINGS MONDAY 27

SATURDAY 2

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Concern, Mewgatz

Dub Pistols The hip-hop, breakbeat and ska collective use horns and turntables for the performance. Koko, Camden High

The Chicago-based indiepop performer promotes his album Vs Children. The

St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £14.50.

Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). Adv £8.50.

Jooks Of Kent, The Nuns The trio play blues and boogie crossed with rock and roll.

Kenny G The saxophonist promotes his album Rhythm And Romance. Royal Albert

The Grosvenor, Sidney Rd, SW9 0TP (020 7733 1799). £5.

Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £29-£50.

Left With Pictures, My Sad Captains, The Riff Raff

Rosemary Branch Festival: Pete Letanka Trio South

The London-based combo play melodic indie-pop. The

African swing band. Rosemary

Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £6, w/flyer/NUS £5.

Branch Theatre, Shepperton Rd, N1 3DT (020 7704 6665). £10.

Raphael Saadiq The Grammy Award-winning American soul singer and producer plays tracks from his back catalogue.

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £22.50 & £30.

NOFX American punk-

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

NINE INCH NAILS O2 Arena, Peninsular Sq, SE10 0DX North Greenwich (0870 534 4444). Wed, Jul 15. £32.50 You want to what me like an animal? Trent Reznor’s nihilistic rock vehicle rolls into town this summer. Expect to hear 20 years’ worth of hits.

Chris Wood Acoustic folkrock from the singer-songwriter and guitarist. The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £14, concs £12.

rockers. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999). £20.

Gary Moore, Buddy Whittington The veteran guitarist promotes his album, Bad For You Baby Baby.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £26.91-£34.26.

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KT Sullivan The vocalist

The Bug, DJ Adrian Sherwood The London outfit

performs the songs of Jerome Kern. Live! On The Park At Pizza

play experimental rock. The

On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £15 & £25.

Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Rd, E1 1EW (020 7375 3774). £10.

The Wednesday Night Showcase Acoustic

Easy Star All-Stars The New York four-piece perform covers with a reggae twist. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £17.50.

Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £5.

Sleepercurve, White Light Parade, HK:UK The London

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, Danny Schmidt Folk from the Australian singer-songwriter and her band, including tracks from her album Despite The Snow Snow.

trio play progressive indie-rock to promote their forthcoming EP.

showcase of signed and unsigned acts. The Bullet

Bar, Kentish Town Rd, NW1 8PB (020 7485 6040). £5, w/flyer £4.

And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15.

Skinny Molly

Southern US rock band featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Mike Estes. The Half Moon, Half Moon Ln,

THURSDAY 30

The Blockheads The veteran

punk-rockers play their hits. The

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £23.50.

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £8, adv £6.

Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £12, adv £10.

The Deadly Vibes, The Risk, The Branded

Tarrbaby, Three Times Daily

The American three-piece play country-rock tracks from their album Feels So Good I Wanna Do It Again. Boston Arms, Junction Rd, N19 5QQ (020 7272 8153). £7, concs £5.

Willie Garnett’s Big Band

Gravity, Spector, Gunner Sgt, Continental Train Wreck The outfit play indie-rock songs.

Sax-led swing from the 17-piece.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £7.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, w/flyer £5.

Hope And Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

The Yeah You’s, Meg Hutchinson Alternative duo

Indie-rock trio from Ipswich.

Mike Kintish and Nick Ingram perform electro-rock tracks.

Sam Lewis Soul, blues and folk from the guitarist and his band playing tracks from album Everything You Are.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £7.

12 Bar Club, Denmark Place, WC2H 8NL (020 7240 2622). £6.

Okkyung Lee, Christian Marclay, Steve Beresford, John Butcher Experimental

WEDNESDAY 29

Zoot Money’s Surprise Party The veteran blues man

tracks from the New York performer. Cafe Oto, Ashwin

plays his monthly residency.

St, E8 3DL (020 7923 1231). £10.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, Barnes, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £10.

James Marsters

Bridgefire, Son Of Bitch Heavy soulful rock four-piece from London. Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £5, concs £4.

Nina Ferro with Boisdale Blue Rhythm Band The Australian jazz singer performs with the outfit. Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, diners £4.50.

José González The Swedish singer-songwriter plays lo-fi pop.

Hayze, I’m Spartacus, Hipsters Fix, The Blockade The Cavendish Arms, Hartington Rd, SW8 2HJ (020 7627 0698). £5.

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £8, £7 before 10pm.

The Wolfetones

Brian Warfield and his band play upbeat interpretations of Irish ballads and songs.

Irish Cultural Centre, Blacks Rd, W6 9DT (020 8563 8232). £15.

SUNDAY 3 Ian Anderson Jethro Tull flautist. Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS (0845 120 7500). £17.50-£25.

Rhydian The Welsh X Factor finalist performs tracks from his self-titled album, which features covers and originals.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £22.02-£39.15.

trio play experimental rock.

Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6, concs £4.50.

Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). Adv £20.

John Standing The vocalist performs the songs of Noël Coward. Live! On The Park At Pizza

Ultravox The 1980s

Pink

new wave and electropop band perform tracks from their repertoire. Roundhouse,

The pop singer performs tracks from her album Funhouse. O2

On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £15 & £25.

Tacoma The Paris-based

Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8EH (0844 482 8008). £32.50 & £35.

Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £35.

Jim White The Americana

Mick Thomas, Rachel Hatfield, Natalie MCcool

country singer plays tracks from his extensive back catalogue.

The Australian soloist performs folk-rock. The Troubadour,

Jeniferever, Red Skys, Caesura, Codes In The Clouds Indie-rock from the

Union Chapel, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). Adv £17.50.

Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £12, adv £10.

Swedish four-piece playing tracks from their album Spring Tides. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn

The London singer and instrumentalist plays soul, funk and electronica. The Troubadour,

The acoustic pop vocalist plays songs from his album Like A Waterfall. Union Chapel,

East Wintergarden, Canada Sq, E14 5AB (020 7334 3922). £17.

Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

Blues, funk and soul from the seven-piece. Dover St Restaurant

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Jayson Norris, Rhys Morgan, Amphibic Acoustic rock singer-songwriter originally from New Zealand. Halfmoon

FRIDAY 1

Submit your free listing at least three weeks prior to the publication by emailing gigs@pressassociation.com.

Tina Turner The Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter performs hits from her back catalogue.

O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £50-£200.

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FAST FORWARD AC/DC Wembley Stadium, Jun 26 (0871 2200 260). £55 Animal Collective Brixton Academy, Aug 20 (0844 477 2000). £18 Blur Hyde Park, Jul 2-3 (0870 534 444) £45 British India Dublin Castle, May 24 (020 8806 2668). £6.

John Butler Union Chapel, Jul 17 (0870 264 3333). £17.50 The Cat Empire Shepherds Bush Empire, Jul 3-4 (08444 77 2000) £17.50 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Latitude Festival, Jul 16-19, Henham Park, Suffolk, (latitudefestival.co.uk) £150 Die! Die! Die! Cargo, May 10, (020 7403 3331). £6.50 The Drones The Luminaire, May 21 (wegottickets.com). £8.50 Gurrumul Union Chapel, May 13 (0844 576 5483).£12.50 Manic Street Preachers Roundhouse, May 28-30 (0844 482 8008). £26.50 Mr Scruff Koko, May 23 (0870 4325 527). £15 Pet Shop Boys O2 Arena, Jun 19 (0870 534 4444). £30 Shapeshifter Forum, May 22 (0844 847 2405). £17.50 Toast Festival: Dave Dobbyn, Jayson Norris, Goldfish Clapham Common, Jun 26-28 (0871 230 5583). £15-£150

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK MINISTRY OF SOUND’S 18TH BIRTHDAY Ministry Of Sound has certainly led a debauched life. It’s been boozing, partying and creating dance floor carnage for donkey’s, but it’s only as of this weekend the club is of legal age. Yep, Ministry is turning 18 and it’s having a huge party to celebrate. With a line-up including dance music stalwart Sasha (right) and Global Underground’s Nick Warren in the main room, and Fred Falke and We’re Not Cool at the bar, it’ll be a mighty big bash. Hip hip hooray!

» Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE10 6DP

Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010). Sat, Sep 26, 11pm-7am. £20 adv

beats/breaks

funk/soul

ZOMBIES ATE MY BRAIN Cool club night in a venue that’s overrun with LED lights reminiscent of a video clip. Head zombie and Saffa Shane Watcha will be taking control of the decks with minimal tech tunes. Go and get ya brain munched.

» The Lightbox, South Lambeth Pl, SW8 1SP Vauxhall (020 3242 0040).

Sat, Sep 26. 10pm-6am. £10

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

SANCHO PANZA V REBEL WALTZ Ex-AKA residents Sancho Panza will head up East Village alongside Rebel Waltz duo Stuart Patterson and Murray Richardson. This is good mood music.

hard house/trance

house/garage

rock/metal

techno

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» East Village, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HX Old Street (020 7739 5173). Sat, Sep 26.

9pm-4.30am. £8 before 11pm, £10 after

PLACE TO BE 24 This visually stunning venue in Soho boasts a sleek and sexy bar that’s decked out in disco balls, beaded curtains and booth after booth. The walls are decorated with visual projections, while stand-alone bars have touch screens that enable you to change the aesthetics to suit your mood.

24 offers up that little bit of je ne sais quoi you don’t often

find when hitting the town.

Just be warned, drinks are somewhat pricey.

» 24 Kingly St, W1B 5QB Oxford Circus (020 7494 9835).

We have a two pairs of tickets to Ministry Of Sound’s 18th birthday and one pair of tickets to Sancho Panza v Rebel Waltz. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine with ‘Ministry bday’ or ‘Sancho Panza’ in the subject line by noon, on Wed, Sep 23.

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The London regional finals of the Movida Corona DJ competition take place on September 26. Four London finalists, Tomasz Milenda, El Maddox, Ben Crew and Limao, will go head to head for the chance to represent England against 13 other finalists at the Grand Final in December. Also on the bill is DMC Mixing Champ CJ Mackintosh and Paul Trouble Anderson (above).

If you’re keen to see who’ll take home the crown, head down to the Den and Centro (formerly The End) this Saturday night. Male TNT readers can get in free

before 11pm if they take a copy of this mag with them.

Free entry for all ladies before 11pm. Nice.

Whack this brand new night on your radar. Launching this weekend at The Westbury in Kilburn, Juicebox is all about mixing old school music with new school party tunes (think MJ, Prince with La Roux and MGMT). To celebrate the launch, the Juicebox crew are putting on a free bar this Saturday, September 26.

Juicebox is on every Saturday night from 8pm to 3am. Entry is £3 before 10pm, £5 after.

See westburybar.com.

CLUB LISTINGS TNT’S TOP BOOKING

MONDAY 27 Authentic Cuban Night

Electrovibe James Mac and DJ Lukass play house and electro. Club Boulevard, The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-late. £10.

DJ Flecha plays Cuban beats, plus dance classes.

Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

5pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Complexus play electro, hip-hop, indie, Motown and pop. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN (020 7734 4004). 9pm-3am. £5, concs £3, free before 10pm.

Explosive DJ Rugrat spins R’n’B, funky and club classics.

Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 10pm-3.30am. £5.

Hard Core Salsa DJ

House Rules Bank Holiday Special Norman Jay spins house classics. Plan B, Brixton Rd, SW9 4AY (0870 116 5421).

9pm-6am. Adv £10.

Lost And Found Keb Darge and Andy Smith play blues, rock and Northern Soul. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £8.

Miami 305 Funky house and pop from Mr Mak and Edge. Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY (020 7494 3020).

9.30pm-3am. £15, mems £10.

Mario plays mambo and salsa. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Double Shake It With Laquisha Jonz Andrew

Delicious Thursdays R’n’B and retro hits on the ground floor, with house and party anthems in the basement. Zoo Bar, Bear

Funky Fridays DJs provide funk, disco, pop, African beats and 1980s hits, plus live performances from Jesse, Ken and Tyrone.

Salsa Night The resident

Elmore and Tommy Sandhu supply club hits. The Shadow

DJs provide salsa tracks. The Standard, Blackhorse Ln, E17 6DS (020 8503 2523). 8pm-9pm. £6.

Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm-3am. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. £10, £8 before 10pm.

Royal Oak, East Hill, SW18 2QB (020 8874 4892). 7.30pm-late. Free.

Fuse The resident DJs spin funky house and indie. The

Hospitality High Contrast and Skream Zinc spin house. Matter

chart, party and retro hits in the basement with R’n’B, electro and house in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St,

Langley, Langley St, WC2H 9JA (020 7836 5005). 4.30pm-1am. £8, free before 9pm, £3 before 10pm.

At O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-6am. £15.

WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, NUS £5, adv £4.50.

Members Night DJ Bambach

Game On Residents spin

TUESDAY 28 Barrio Latino Merengue, salsa, bachata and urban Latin tracks from Chino and Alex. Bar Rumba, Shaftesbury Ave,

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W1D 7EP (020 7287 2715). 9pm-3am. £5, £4 before 11pm, NUS £3.

Socialism Brockie, Nicky

Forca Brasil DJ Fred spins

BM and Phantasy provide drum ’n’ bass. Herbal, Kingsland

salsa, samba and Latin tunes, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277). 5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Lost In London Party hits on the ground floor, electrohouse in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Salon DJ Aubrey spins club anthems. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5-£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

supplies funky house anthems.

Latin Fever Latin music from resident DJ Jorge, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing Cross

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

7pm-2am. £10, £8 before 11pm, £4 before 9pm, £2 before 8pm.

Rewind Residents spin classic

Twisted The residents supply

Rd, E2 8DA (020 7613 4462).

9pm-2am. £7, £5 before 12am, NUS £4, ladies Free before 11.30pm.

club anthems. LVPO, Dean St, W1D

house and commercial dance.

5BQ (020 7434 3399). 9pm-3am. £8.

Trannyshack Tasty Tim and

Silk Cuts DJ Nick Fletcher spins

Dusty O supply chart anthems, plus live bands. Madame Jo Jo’s,

global house. Jewel, Glasshouse

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

8pm-late. £10, guestlist £5 before 11pm, free before 9pm.

St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4990).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

Upper Class DJ Leo spins

For full listings info go to tntonline.co.uk/ whats_on Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Wicked Wednesdays

The residents supply R’n’B and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

9pm-3am. £10, £2.50 before 11pm.

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Arpdays DJs Idjut Boys, Bill

house. Jewel, Glasshouse St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4990).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

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Appropriate For... Party!

Residents spin dance, pop and club classics. Apt, Queen St, EC4N

1TX (020 7618 9020). 7pm-3am. £5, £3 guest list. Free before 10pm.

Back In The Day Resident DJ Stevie B spins retro pop, electro, funk, house, dance and R‘n’B.

White Heat DJs Matty and Olly spin rock and disco.

Brewster and Jonny 5 spin club hits. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £7, adv £6.

(020 7739 3440). 7pm-1am. £8.

Escape Soho, Brewer St, W1F 0SU (07833 327002). 9pm-3am. £4.

Classique The residents

Calentito Resident DJs spin

play house classics, 1980s pop and commercial R’n’B. The Hill,

pop, R’n’B and classic soul.

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Muswell Hill, N10 3ST (020 8365 3651).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 11.30pm.

Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551).

9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5.

SATURDAY 2

The Libertaire, High St, W3 6NG (020 7160 0572). 10pm-late. £10, ladies Free before 11pm.

Rock The Kaz Bar Resident DJs spin disco, funk, pop, house and R’n’B grooves.

Digress Soho, Beak St, W1F 9RA (020 7437 0239). 12noon-3am. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

Steve Smart Steve Smart spins dancefloor hits. Club Boulevard, The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-1.30pm. £10, ladies £5 before 11.30pm.

XXL Techno and pop from resident DJs for a crowd of hirsute guys and their admirers. The Arches, Southwark St, SE1 1RU (020 7403 9643).

9pm-6am. £12, concs/mems £8.

SUNDAY 3 Dubfire Paul Woolford, Tim Sheridan Vs Mr C and Biased Guy spin dubstep.

Matter at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686).

10pm-6am. £15, adv £12, NUS £10.

Born 2 Boogie DJ Legs,

Playboys and Milk Tray spin R’n’B, hip-hop, soul and reggae. Archangel, Kensington High St, W8 5NP (020 7938 4137).

10pm-2am. £10, concs £8.

Funkinyou 5th Anniversary & Sunglasses Party DJ Arkoss and special surprise guests play house, funk and electro.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). 10pm-5.30am. £15.

Carwash Resident DJs play 1970s and 1980s disco and funk.

N-Joy The resident DJs

Club Aquarium, Old St, EC1V 9DD (020 7251 6136). 10pm-3.30am. £15.

supply club anthems.

Destination Resident DJs

Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall.

spin funky house, dance, commercial dance, R’n’B and club anthems. On Anon,

Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308). 9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £4.50, w/flyer £4.

Piccadilly, W1V 9LA (020 7287 8008).

9pm-late. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

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Platinum Funk The resident DJs supply R’n’B, hip-hop and funky house.

Motion, Victoria Embankment, WC2N 6PA (020 7389 9933).

10pm-3am. £10, free before 12am.

Wetyourself Resident DJs spin electro and minimal tunes. Club Aquarium, Old St, EC1V 9DD (0776 704 7420).

10pm-4am. £10, w/flyer £5.

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TIESTO VICTORIA PARK Bethnal Green Jul 3, £36 The Dutch DJ is coming to London this summer for a bit of festival fun.

Having sold out the O2 Arena last year, he’s sure to do the same at this event.

Get your tickets now at ticketmaster.co.uk.

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Number of swine flu-related deaths in Queensland. The latest victim was a 42-yearold man who died at Cairns Base Hospital.

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AUSTRALIA Victoria reigns Victoria overtook Queensland for the first time in preferred tourist destinations for Aussies travelling interstate.

Victorian Tourism Industry Council chief Anthony McIntosh said: “It’s not about denigrating Big Pineapples and beaches, but what we’re saying is that the market is shifting.”

Bisley charged Sydney actor Steve Bisley pleaded not guilty to assaulting his exwife Sally Burleigh.

The 58-year-old, who plays

FLYING HIGH: Miss Porky Pig flies through the air during the Pig Racing and Diving show at the 2009 Royal Melbourne Show held at Melbourne Showgrounds. The show has been taking place in Melbourne since 1848 and is Victoria’s largest and longest running annual public entertainment event, attracting around half a million visitors this year.

Commodore Steve Marshall on the television series Sea Patrol, was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.

Bisley, who also starred in GP, Water Rats, Police Rescue, Frontline and the film Mad Max, entered the plea at Balmain Local Court.

The matter was adjourned to Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on December 21.

Neale pays out

Steve Bisley

British backpacker Jamie Neale donated $16,000 to the rescue agencies that searched bushland during his 12 days lost in the Blue Mountains.

The 19-year-old gave $1500 to the Blue Mountains State

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gave a reading of 0.179 per cent and was arrested. The situation deteriorated further when police discovered the car they were in was allegedly stolen.

The driver was charged with unlawful use of a motor vehicle, high range drink driving and unlicensed driving. Both were charged with indecent behaviour in a public place.

Heroin haul Police seized heroin worth $5 million in a Melbourne drug raid. Three people were charged and arrested, including a mother and daughter.

It was believed the drugs were brought into Australia from Vietnam by couriers who smuggled them internally.

40,000 Amount in dollars the season’s first box of mangoes fetched.

35,000 Number of listeners the Sydney FM breakfast show lost. It’s not clear if the drop is due to host Kyle Sandilands’ on-air scandals.

17,400

Number of bottles of vodka thieves stole from a shipping container in Sydney, worth nearly $600,000.

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Things went from bad to worse for an amorous couple in the throes of passion at a petrol station.

Police were called to a BP service station at Adelaide River, Northern Territory, after the pair started having sex in a car parked at the bowser.

The officers planned to move them on when it appeared the pair were intoxicated. The driver

Emergency Service – a fraction of the $200,000 he was paid for the story of how he survived in the mountains on bush tucker and slept under logs.

Neale’s Australian rep, Sean Anderson, said money had also been paid to NSW Police and the Blue Mountains Hospital, with donations totalling $16,000.

Number of jobs to be created in Victoria over the next seven years when Woolworths takes on hardware retailer Bunnings.

AUSTRALIA

What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY ■ Brendan Sokaluk charged with 191 offences over one of the Black Saturday bushfires.

■ Hearing told his committal will call 610 witnesses and 200 will be cross examined.

■ Sokaluk remanded in custody until his trial begins on May 21 next year.

ore than 600 witnesses would be called in the case of a Victorian man accused of deliberately starting one of the fatal Black Saturday bushfires, in which 11 people died.

Brendan Sokaluk, 39, was charged with 191 offences, including 10 counts of arson causing death, over a blaze at Churchill in Victoria’s Gippsland region.

The February 7 fire killed 11 people, destroyed at least 30 homes and scorched about

VICTORIA A weapons amnesty would be held next month in a bid to curb knife culture.

Authorities hoped people with knives would hand them in. New laws would also be introduced allowing police to conduct random body searches.

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA Bushfires swept across Victoria last February

30,000 hectares of land.

Sokaluk appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link from Melbourne Assessment Prison.

He would face a six-week pre-trial committal hearing starting on May 31 next year.

Sokaluk’s charges include intentionally causing a bushfire, criminal damage,

recklessly causing injury and possessing child pornography.

The court was told there would be 610 witnesses and about 200 would be crossexamined by the defence at his committal.

Magistrate Simon Garnett remanded Sokaluk in custody.

The Black Saturday fires saw 173 people killed.

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Telstra to split under Rudd reforms Telecommunications giant Telstra would have to break up under sweeping reforms to be introduced by the Rudd government.

Telstra would be forced to separate its retail and wholesale arms so that the government could push ahead with the roll-out of the national broadband network.

The reform package also called for Telstra to rid itself of its cable television interests and a 50 per cent stake in Foxtel before it was able to expand its advanced wireless broadband services.

Communications minister

COAST TO COAST

Stephen Conroy said the reforms, which would pave the way for the $43 billion national broadband network, would drive competition in the sector and result in lower prices for consumers.

“These fundamental reforms address the long-standing inadequacies of the existing telecommunications regulatory regime,” he said.

Telstra chief executive David Thodey described many aspects of the legislation as “unnecessary”, but said the company would work with the government to achieve a positive outcome.

A deal for the world’s biggest gas project to proceed off the Pilbara coast was completed. Over $10 billion in contracts were expected to be secured before full construction begins in February.

TASMANIA Clyde the cat was returned to his owner in Tasmania after being found 3800km away in outback Queensland. He went missing three years ago. No one knows how he ended up in Queensland.

NEW SOUTH WALES A 48-year-old man carrying out maintenance work was killed instantly when he became wedged between machinery at the CocaCola factory in Sydney.

QUEENSLAND A raid on a student house in Brisbane found there were 37 people living there, highlighting international students’ demands for more affordable housing.

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An electronic big brother could be installed to watch over Prime Minister John Key’s electorate office and staff following a series of incidents.

In the latest incident a fire broke out when an object was thrown into a room at the prime minister’s electorate office. No one was there at the time.

“We are considering the issue

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Milestone number of aircraft manufactured in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

Canterbury University announced the Undie 500 would be cancelled for the “foreseeable future” after riots on Dunedin streets resulted in more than 60 arrests.

The annual student-run car rally between Christchurch and Dunedin was organised by the University of Canterbury Engineering Society.

“We are unable to account for those people, students or otherwise, who have used the event as an excuse for violence and anti-social behaviour,” Canterbury Students’ Association president Steve Jukes said.

Cameras for Key

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Number of weeks Open Country Dairy workers face being locked out of their Waharoa factory.

3.5m AND THE WINNER IS: Midnight Youth (above) won the award for Most Performed Work in New Zealand for their song The Letter at the 44th APRA Silver Scrolls Awards 2009 at Christchurch Town Hall.

APRA stands for Australasian Performing Right Association.

[of closed-circuit television] but we don’t believe that particular incident with the firebomb was related to politics,” Key told the Dominion Post.

Super city approved Legislation to set up Auckland’s new super city council was passed by Parliament on a vote of 64 to 58 after a long debate under urgency.

Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party opposed the bill.

Speaking in favour of the bill, local government minister Rodney Hide said the new council would deliver decisive leadership, robust infrastructure

and the facilities and services of a world class city.

Fire at murder house The Christchurch house where the bodies of two murder victims were found was partially destroyed by fire on Saturday.

The Wainoni building, under which Tisha Cecelia Lowry, 28, and Rebecca Sarah Somerville, 35, were discovered, contained two semi-detached houses, both of which were unoccupied.

Somerville’s husband, Jason Somerville, 33, who lived with his wife at the property, has been charged with murdering both women.

Amount of money spent on a study of Wellington’s earthquake risk, which found the Wellington fault was about 50 per cent less likely to rupture in the next 100 years than previously thought.

75,000

Payout to an aluminium firm sales executive whose comment to his boss that he might have to seek work elsewhere was taken as resignation.

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Number of offences committed by 31-yearold Patricia Carol Toia, dubbed the ‘onewoman crime wave’, who was deported from Australia to New Zealand last week.

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been microchipped “because we loved our dog and if she went missing we wanted her back”.

Unknown to Owen, and her son Ali Nicolson, 28, their phone number was entered incorrectly.

The pound tried to reach them by mail, but the family had moved and only received the notification three days after Ruby was put down.

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A Christchurch council pound put down a beloved family pet in a microchip mix-up.

Animal control officers apologised for the “unfortunate” death of family pit bull terrier Ruby, but said that they were following procedure.

Ruby’s Christchurch family was devastated. Lyn Owen said Ruby, less than a year old, had

NEW ZEALAND

COAST TO COAST What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY ■ Georgaphic Board rules that ‘h’ should be included in spelling of North Island town.

■ Wanganui mayor vows to fight the ruling with council putting together an appeal to the government.

■ Decision made after submissions by local iwi.

anganui mayor Michael Laws was in a right stew about the ‘h’ word.

Laws said he was “angry, upset and disappointed” after the Geographic Board ruled the city should be spelled Whanganui with an ‘h’, ending more than a century and a half without the controversial letter, and said the decision was “wrong and racist”.

The board’s move was sought by local iwi, which had championed the use of ‘h’ as in

UPPER NORTH ISLAND A man was killed when a fuel tank exploded in a Hamilton suburb.

Kenneth Joseph Crown, 55, a metal recycler from Hamilton, died when he was struck by a flying lid after the disused petroleum tank he was dismantling with welding gear exploded.

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A boat on the Whanganui River

Whanganui National Park and the Whanganui River.

The decision flies in the face of a referendum showing the majority of residents – 19,000 people – wanted the name to remain without the ‘h’ – as it’s been spelled for 172 years.

Laws said the board was an “uncaring and unthinking organisation … attempting in

one foul swoop to expunge Wanganui’s history, heritage, mana and culture”.

“This is more than just about the letter ‘h’,” he told a press conference.

Any name change had yet to be approved by Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson, who may confirm, modify or reject it.

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Troops breach security guidelines Three New Zealand soldiers photographed posing with a bomb carrying an advert for a New Zealand-made energy drink would be sent home from Afghanistan for breaching operational security.

The men took the photos and sent them to Demon energy drink company.

One photo showed a Demon energy drink sticker with the slogan ‘No limits, no laws’ attached to a bomb suspended from a plane, with the soldiers standing around it.

Another image showed a hand-written message saying “Dear Taliban, enjoy this

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The decision was made to send the soldiers home immediately after the incident, which went against guidance given to all military personnel on operations, Joint Forces commander Air Vice Marshal Peter Stockwell said.

Two of the soldiers were also found to have contravened the Armed Forces Discipline Act and were reprimanded.

“Irrespective of whether the acts contravened military law, the NZDF sets and expects very high levels of professionalism and behaviour from its people,” Stockwell said.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND A cyclist died after being hit by a vehicle on State Highway 1 at Te Horo, near Otaki. Both the cyclist and the vehicle were travelling north when the crash happened. The cyclist died at the scene.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND An Environment Waikato worker drowned after falling from a wharf at Port Waikato. Hamilton man Grant Van Kampen, 46, was on a ladder installing a monitoring system in a tide level recorder on the wharf when he fell into the river.

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Gay posters removed

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Number of suspected robbers shot dead by police in Kameeldrift, north of Pretoria, after they fired shots at a cash-in-transit vehicle.

Zuma urged to act

Caster Semenya

6000

Number of calls the toll-free government hotline received within the first three hours of its operation.

The organisers of the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Cape Town said the removal of their posters from the city’s streets was an act of “homophobia”, Radio 702 reported.

Festival organisers claimed about 700 posters advertising the event were removed from lamp posts across the peninsula days before the festival.

The Afrikanerbond urged President Jacob Zuma to intervene in the saga involving athlete Caster Semenya to save the country from further international embarrassment.

“The political exploitation of Semenya, coupled with the clumsy manner in which [Athletics South Africa] handled the disputed gender tests, now requires intervention at the highest level,” said Afrikanerbond board chairman Professor Pierre Theron in a letter to the president.

“The unprecedented politicking and suspicionmongering in the case of

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200m WORN WITH PRIDE: President Jacob Zuma is presented with a Springboks blazer by SA Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins at OR Tambo Airport, where the president congratulated the returning Springboks on their Tri-Nations win.

Semenya and ASA have steered sport in South Africa to an absolute all-time low,” he said.

Call to fight racism The country’s youth must defeat racism and defy stereotyping, which was often imposed by the older generation, the ANC said.

Free State ANC spokesman Teboho Sikisi said there were many examples of racism, both subtle and overt. “The disguise is often culture or freedom of association,” he said.

Sikisi was responding to the University of the Free State’s announcement that first-year students would be fully

integrated in residences in 2010.

This would be part of the university’s objective to increase diversity in its residences.

Reed dance death The KwaZulu-Natal department of arts and culture offered to pay for the funeral of a 17-year-old girl who died in a stampede at the Royal Reed Dance.

KZN MEC for arts and culture Weziwe Thusi said the department wanted to pay for the funeral to help the victim’s family through the tragedy.

The stampede started when people scrambled for free caps handed out at the ceremony.

Value in rand of 200kg of heroin seized in Durban when police swooped on an international drug syndicate. The drugs were destined for the UK.

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Age of a girl who was raped in Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape. She was allegedly raped by her uncle, according to police.

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Number of women ‘sugar cane serial killer’ Thozamile Taki is accused of killing in plantations in Umzinto in KwaZulu-Natal.

*And finally … we have lift off

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Africa four times a day, would collect images for the government to use in agriculture, water management, urban planning and other domains.

South Africa’s first satellite, SunSat, was launched in 1999 as an experiment by the University of Stellenbosch and exhausted its lifetime in space two years later.

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South Africa’s first governmentowned satellite was launched from Kazakhstan on board a Russian rocket.

The SumbandilaSat was carried by a Russian Soyuz rocket, which blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

The R26-million satellite, which would orbit 500km above the equator and pass over South

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SUMMARY

What’s happening across the country

■ Opposition leader Helen Zille meets President Jacob Zuma.

■ Zuma assures Zille provincial powers will not be scrapped.

■ Zille says President Zuma is more accessible than his predecessor.

resident Jacob Zuma had no plans at present to do away with South Africa’s provinces, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille announced after a twohour meeting with him.

“President Zuma said there was no idea at present to scrap the provinces, or take away powers of the provinces.

“And he gave me a guarantee that if that were to change at any time in the future, he would call us in and have a discussion.”

Zille said she asked for the meeting, which dealt with

KWAZULUNATAL A KwaZulu-Natal doctor became the first medical practitioner to die of the H1N1 virus, SABC reported. Dr Irshad Moola of KwaDukuza, north of Durban, died at a private hospital after a brief illness.

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EASTERN CAPE DA leader Helen Zille

national political matters as well as issues pertaining to the Western Cape, of which she is premier. Zuma agreed to look at her objections to the single public service.

Zille described Zuma as more accessible than his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.

“In terms of availability, there’s a great improvement.

If I phone the president’s

office, I do get appointments.”

When asked by media if the meeting had been positive, the DA leader replied: “It was positive, it was constructive, although we disagreed on many issues.

“The discussions focused on the independence [of state institutions] from the ruling party, which is a point I stressed repeatedly,” Zille said.

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Cele: police dealing with corruption Police were dealing with corruption and criminals found within their own ranks, national police commissioner Bheki Cele said.

“The list I have [shows] we have arrested 556 of them.

They are arrested by [us].”

Cele was responding to a question by the media on police corruption and officers who were found drinking while on duty.

“We are in safe hands with the many, many good officers who deal thoroughly with those ugly guys.”

The country’s prisons were overflowing, he said, and

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TIME TO SCRUB UP “A stern warning has to be sent to those who think that being in the police means you can do as you wish, you can treat people with contempt. There are such [rotten] potatoes,” minister of police Nathi Mthethwa said.

among the prisoners were corrupt police against whom action had been taken.

“There are hundreds of police arrested. In the Free State alone, there are 107 arrested,” he said.

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A Malawian motorist was arrested when he allegedly grabbed a traffic policeman, locked him in the boot of his car, and drove off. Eastern Cape police said the Mthatha officer was on duty when the incident happened.

WESTERN CAPE More than 100 schools in the province would be equipped with hand-held metal detectors in an effort to make schools weapon-free. The project launched at St Andrew’s school in Elsies River, where a stabbing made the news last month.

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Bheki Cele

The Pan SA Language Board welcomed a decision by Johannesburg University to introduce Sepedi, English, Afrikaans and isiZulu as its official languages. “This will definitely give true meaning to the Constitution by promoting equitable use and enjoyment of all official languages,” said PanSALB acting chief executive Chris Swepu.

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TENNIS After winning the US Open boys’ title, Australia’s Bernard Tomic, 16, claims his junior career is over, with the men’s tour to be his sole focus next year. He’s going to be good.

AFL Port Adelaide’s star midfielder Shaun Burgoyne looks set to be traded to one of Hawthorn, Melbourne or Essendon, and the 26-year-old is reportedly demanding $750,000 a year.

CRICKET South African cricket boss Gerald Majola is “dismayed and disappointed” by the absence of Proteas from this year’s list of ICC award nominees. He has a point.

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CRICKET Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting scores an imperious 126 off 109 balls to help his side chase down England’s total of 300 in the 5th ODI in Nottingham. An absolutely dominant innings.

FOOTBALL Socceroos defender Lucas Neill signs with English Premier League club Everton. Neill, 31, joins Aussie teammate Tim Cahill after leaving West Ham, where has was captain.

SURFING Australia’s former world champion Mick Fanning wins his first major event for the year, taking out the Hurley Pro Trestles in California. His mate Joel Parkinson still leads overall.

MONDAY NFL Dallas V NY Giants Aussie Mat McBriar in action 12.50am Five

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TUESDAY CRICKET South Africa V Sri Lanka The Champions Trophy starts 1pm Sky Sports 1 WEDNESDAY BASEBALL World Cup semi-finals Batter up!

7pm British Eurosport 2 THURSDAY CRICKET South Africa V NZ The Kiwis in a boilover?

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NETBALL Australia takes an unbeatable 3-1 series lead over New Zealand after pipping the Kiwis 47-46 in Sydney. The Aussies held on despite veteran Cath Cox being a late withdrawal.

Along with players, “ I engaged in pretend,

light-weight, kung-fu play

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Sacked Souths coach Jason Taylor on the booze-up that ended with him being punched by a player.

FRIDAY RUGBY LEAGUE Super League play-off Get your league fix 7.30pm Sky Sports 2 SATURDAY AFL Saints v Cats It’s Grand Final Day 5.30am ESPN SUNDAY MOTORSPORT Singapore F1 Grand Prix Can Mark Webber get up?

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PUB TALK: BRITISH SPORT EXPLAINED Premier League profligacy What’s happened?

With a third of Premier League teams operating at losses of 20 per cent, UEFA wants England’s top flight to tighten its belts.

What are the numbers?

Club income has tripled since 1997 but rich owners, like Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich (pictured),

have inflated player costs, which rose 9 per cent last year.

What will happen?

Clubs will need to break even to play in Europe, a move hypocritically endorsed

by Abramovich – he started the crazy spending, but it’s no fun now other clubs are following suit.

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North Harbour upset Auckland AIR NZ CUP RESULTS N Harbour 16 d Auckland 14 Southland 14 d Counties Man 6 BOP 24 d Tasman 13 Waikato 23 d Wellington 18 Canterbury 29 d Taranaki 17 Hawke’s Bay 32 d Otago 10 Northland 25 d Manawatu 18

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North Harbour stemmed the bleeding to register a long overdue win, pipping Auckland 16-14.

With Auckland continuing a season-long trend of frequently infringing at the breakdown, three penalties from flyhalf Mike Harris kept North Harbour in contention, before they hit the lead for the first time midway through the

Rudi Wulf of North Harbour attacks

Pumas set to join Tri-Nations fray

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Sharks dominate Cheetahs to go top Ruan Pienaar looks for a gap

CURRIE CUP RESULTS Sharks 24 v Cheetahs 13 Blue Bulls 72 v Kavaliers 16 Griquas 36 d Lions 31 W Province 37 d Leopards 3

The Sharks returned to the top of the Currie Cup log when they beat the Free State Cheetahs 24-13 in a fastmoving match in Durban on Saturday, also bringing an end to the Cheetahs’ six-match winning streak.

In a match marked by some scintillating running from both sides, the Sharks, somewhat against the run of

play, scored two good tries within six minutes to take a 15-0 lead after 18 minutes.

The Cheetahs fought back to 18-13 in the second half, but

two penalties to Juan Martin Hernandez sealed the result.

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The Tri-Nations is set to become a Four Nations championship from 2012, with Argentina invited to join, provided their finances are in order and they guarantee their best players will be available.

SANZAR chief executive Andy Marinos said: “To have the Pumas join with the three top-ranked international teams in world rugby will be exciting for fans, players, sponsors and broadcasters across our four countries and beyond.”

“Their inclusion will see the Tri-Nations evolve to be a truly southern hemisphere championship,” Marinos said.

second spell.

North Harbour snuck in front 16-14 after a fine try to Andrew Mailei following clever play by Rudi Wulf, Jack McPhee and George Pisi.

North Harbour held the upper hand entering the last 10 minutes, although Harris missed an opportunity to extend the lead when he missed a 42m penalty.

But they entered the closing minutes buoyed by the prospects of an unexpected win and were helped by Auckland’s jittery play as Winston Stanley dropped a pass when under no pressure.

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Dan Carter’s boot torched Australia

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All Blacks captain Richie McCaw praises his team’s character and killer instinct.

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Cory Jane NEW ZEALAND The right wing had a hugely influential game, pulling the strings and creating chances in attack. The way Jane collected a bomb and scampered over for his try was class, as was a sublime pass out of the back of the hand that reminded everyone of his awesome potential.

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The Wallabies were handed the wooden spoon in this year’s Tri-Nations after a 33-6 mauling at the hands of the All Blacks in Wellington.

New Zealand led 16-6 at the break and were the better team throughout, scoring three unanswered tries against an Australian side that were blown away at the breakdown.

The All Blacks started strongly but found themselves narrowly behind after Daniel Carter missed an easy penalty shot and Matt Giteau slotted his first attempt. But Carter

corrected his sights and slotted three penalties, before Berrick Barnes booted a drop goal to reduce the margin to 9-6.

Isaia Toeava was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on an out-of-sorts James O’Connor, but 14-man New Zealand rallied when Cory Jane snatched a Mils Muliaina bomb and dashed over for a try.

The Wallabies prevented the dam from bursting through most of the second spell, but eventually cracked when Ma’a Nonu stormed through four defenders five minutes from time, before Joe Rokocoko went over in the right corner after the hooter.

De Villiers keeps faith in Pienaar

Tri-Nations teams head north

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has raised more eyebrows by describing Ruan Pienaar, who has failed to hold down a regular spot after starting the year as first-choice flyhalf, as “South Africa’s best number 10”.

The statement is a slap in the face to regular Springboks flyhalf Morné Steyn, who is enjoying a dream debut season.

“I know I played Pienaar at fullback in Australia, but his season has been hampered by injury, during the Super 14 and the international season,” the coach said, defending the Sharks player’s mediocre form.

With the Tri-Nations done and dusted, the stars of southern hemisphere rugby will now head north for some intriguing end-of-year tours.

The All Blacks and Wallabies will warm up for colder climes with a Test in Tokyo at the end of October before invading Europe, while the high-flying Springboks take on France, Italy, Six Nations champions Ireland and English heavyweights Leicester.

All eyes will be on a young Wallabies team as they embark on a rare Grand Slam tour that kicks off against England at Twickenham on November 7. Momentum will be key for Robbie Deans and his side, and Australia will need an early win to take some confidence into matches against Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The All Blacks will get an opportunity to avenge their home loss to France earlier this

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year when they play Les Blues in Marseille on November 28, in addition to tackling England, Wales, Italy and the Barbarians.

The Boks will discover how difficult it is to replace Jean de Villiers and Francois Steyn, both now playing their rugby abroad, as they look to end a great year on a high.

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WEEK TWO

It’s just “ that we were

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Dragons coach Wayne Bennett refutes claims his men choked.

Not very convincingly.

Ben Hornby gets crunched

Dragons bundled out Broncos 24

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An aggressive and ruthless Brisbane posted an emphatic win over St George Illawarra in an enthralling semi-final at Suncorp Stadium.

The four-tries-to-two victory sets up a preliminary final between the Broncos and arch rivals Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, while the Dragons became the first minor premiers since 1993 to bow out of the finals in straight sets, heaping more misery upon their long-suffering fans.

Wayne Bennett’s much-vaunted outfit lost five out of their last six matches to limp out of the premiership race and will rue a litany of errors, mainly caused by some crunching defence from the home side, who have now won seven consecutive matches for the first time since 2005.

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minutes later to clear a dangerous Scott Prince grubber, and from that moment on the Eels never really looked like losing.

The return of rampaging prop Fuifui Moimoi got the Eels motoring forward, but it was his short pass along the backline that helped set up Kevin Kingston for the clincher in the 60th minute.

Rookie centre Jonathan Wright, once again a late replacement for Krisnan Inu, then sealed a memorable win by stepping around prop Luke Bailey off a scrum in the 67th minute.

Eels fans celebrated the superb victory by chanting “bring on the Bulldogs” for the final 10 minutes of the game. Friday night’s blockbuster preliminary final will be the first time two Sydney sides have met at that stage in four years, and is set to draw more than 60,000 fans, with both teams chasing unlikely fairy tales after struggling last season.

Karmichael Hunt BRONCOS He’s jumping ship to Aussie Rules at the end of the season, and Hunt gave Broncos fans a taste of what they’ll be missing, scoring the opening two tries against the Dragons to fire his team to an early lead. Hunt will need to be at his best if the Broncos are to beat the Storm, and he may need to fill in at halfback.

Very “ brave, very

courageous.

We were a little tired but we will be ready for next week

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Eels coach Daniel Anderson promises his men will throw everything at the Bulldogs.

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The Eels showed they could be worthy champs this year, beginning slowly but outgunning the Titans, to extend their rich vein of form to nine wins from their last ten games.

Parramatta absorbed some intense pressure early, and the loss of Daniel Mortimer after just 12 minutes, to lead 13-2 at half-time on the back of tries to Feleti Mateo and Ben Smith, as well as a Jarryd Hayne field goal on the siren.

The Eels then withstood wave after wave of attack from the Titans in the first 10 minutes of the second half, before veteran Nathan Hindmarsh stuck a match-turning, try-saving tackle to dislodge the ball from Matthew White as he was about to score beneath the posts in the 48th minute.

Hindmarsh was again on the spot two

space of five minutes in the first half to convert his team’s early ascendancy into points, while man-mountain David Taylor was again causing havoc out wide and threw the final pass for both of Hunt’s tries.

The Dragons hit back, with winger Brett Morris finding enough space to touch down and claw the visitors back to 12-6 at half-time.

But Brisbane’s hard-hitting aggression went into overdrive after the break, and they effectively killed off the contest through tries to Jharal Yow Yeh and Alex Glenn, both off Peter Wallace kicks.

When the Broncos’ lead blew out to 24-6 after 52 minutes, it became obvious there would be no joy for Bennett, who won six premierships during his 21 years at the Broncos.

Brisbane will be sweating on the fitness of halfback Wallace, who was assisted from the field in the 74th minute with an ankle injury.

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WEEK THREE

You get to “ a grand final

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and it’s a roll of the dice now, isn’t it?

You can’t win them if you’re not there

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Little Stevie Baker nabs Scott Welsh

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St Kilda moved to within one win of breaking its 43-year premiership drought, outlasting the Bulldogs in a low-scoring arm-wrestle played in front of more than 78,000 fans at the MCG. The Bulldogs were typically gallant in defeat, and an upset was on the cards right up until the last 75 seconds, when Saints skipper Nick Riewoldt put his side clear with a desperate goal-square soccer goal.

Riewoldt was the Saints’ best again, booting four goals in the second half, including the last two of the match, which wrested back the lead with ten minutes to go, and then iced the game.

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The Bulldogs made the early running, holding the Saints goalless in the opening term, to take a 15-point lead at the first change.

But the Saints eventually got going, and were back to within seven points at half-time.

The Saints threatened to run away with it when they booted the first three goals of the third quarter, with Riewoldt kicking two in ten minutes and defender Sam Fisher drifting forward for the other.

But the Dogs hit back through Brad Johnson and Daniel Giansiracusa to be within striking distance at the final change. Johnson’s second, five minutes into the final term, gave the Bulldogs a narrow lead, before Riewoldt’s heroic efforts at the death proved decisive.

SAINTS No player in the league is as crucial to their team’s fortunes as the Saints’ skipper, who was again the difference against the Bulldogs, and has now been best afield in both his team’s finals. Riewoldt will have to contend with Geelong’s star defender Matthew Scarlett in the Grand Final, in what looms as the single most important match-up in the decider.

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to some of their best footy they’ve played in a long time

enough to snatch two late goals through Alan Didak and Tarkyn Lockyer, to be in touch at half-time, but the signs were there that the dam was about to break.

Goals to Steve Johnson, Cam Mooney and Tom Hawkins in the first ten minutes of the third term put the Pies on the ropes, before the Cats added six goals in the last quarter, including three to Paul Chapman, to put the exclamation point on a thumping win.

The Cats’ best players all delivered, with Ablett and Chapman the stars, but Joel Corey, James Bartel and Joel Selwood more than pulling their weight. Geelong will face the Saints in their third consecutive grand final, where they will likely start slight favourites.

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Collingwood put up a brave fight in the first half, trailing by just 11 points at the main break, but they were totally overwhelmed after the restart, with Geelong piling on ten goals to one in the second half.

Collingwood booted the first two goals of the game, but it was all one-way traffic once the Geelong engine room clicked into gear, with Gary Ablett leading the way.

The writing was on the wall when the Cats pulled away to a 23-point lead midway through the second quarter, with their star midfield starting to assert itself. The Magpies were good

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“We’ve got to remain sharp and keep paying attention to the finer detail of everything we do,” Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting said.

“We’re on the right track to doing that, so if we can do that when it matters in the Champions Trophy … I’ll guarantee there will be a few sides scared of us if we make it through to the big games.”

Ponting acknowledged the recent contributions of his

Tim Paine during his maiden ODI century

“It’s a disgrace... I think we would be better in the car park actually.” Ernie Merrick, coach of A-League side Melbourne Victory, doesn’t rate his home ground’s playing surface.

young players, such as Callum Ferguson, Cameron White and Tim Paine, who have all enhanced their reputations.

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The usually mild-mannered world of international lawn bowls has turned feisty over claims the New Zealand team deliberately played badly to better its finals draw.

Accustomed to flying under the radar, the sport has grabbed some unwanted attention with allegations the New Zealand men’s four match-fixed when they played Thailand at the Asia-Pacific championships in Malaysia last month.

The top New Zealand combination had already qualified for the play-offs but the team’s narrow 15-17 loss cost Canada its place.

Canada complained to World Bowls that New

“The vast majority of us in the dressing room still believe we can beat Australia, and we think that 6-0 probably flatters them a bit.” English bowler James Anderson after the Aussies won at Trent Bridge.

If this series isn’t proof that England don’t get 50-over cricket, no proof exists.

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Kiwi bowls in match-fixing furore Kiwi champion Gary Lawson

“Obviously the bone popped through the skin so it looked fairly nasty.”

Hull KR’s Aussie coach Justin Morgan puts it mildly when describing the horrific compound fracture suffered by his player, Chev Walker.

Zealand had thrown the match to give itself a more favourable post-section draw.

World Bowls agreed there was a case to answer and the team has been stood down pending the results of an inquiry by a freshly established judicial committee.

But team member and double world champion Gary Lawson said the claims were “rubbish”. The New Zealand team had been up three points and then a Thai player “got a fluke”, Lawson claimed.

“We just lost,” a heated Lawson said last week.

“We didn’t throw the game, we just lost. It happens occasionally. Apparently we’re not allowed to do that.”

“It feels like I’ve been the sole one responsible for losing the Tri-Nations. It’s pretty hard to get the ball when you’ve got three guys in your face trying to rip your head off.” All Blacks winger Joe Rokocoko reckons he’s copped more than his share of criticism.

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ON THE JOB JACI TESTOR Career World Audition Manager, Universal Studios Japan Age In my 30s Lives Constantly touring, but Islington when in London From Melbourne, Australia How did you get into your line of work?

I was a dancer, then a hiphop dance teacher and a choregrapher. Ten years ago, I was introduced to the

I co-ordinate all the audition logistics – booking the venues, and managing the audition registrations and advertising across Australia, London, Canada and America. On audition days, I brief the international casting team at 8am. We then register hundreds of performers before they sing, dance and act in front of the panel.

What would you say is the best part of your job?

I work with talented, dedicated, passionate, professionals at Universal Studios Japan. Every day we get to discover fresh new talent that blows us away. That makes every day really exciting!

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

We travel a lot which means we’re away from our families.

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It’s a tough job market at the moment, so how do I make my CV stand out?

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probably find it more difficult to secure permanent roles, so channel your efforts towards temporary or contract work, and be flexible with your job requirements.

Remember when you visit an agency first impressions count, so present yourself in a corporate manner and be prepared for your interview.

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erth’s east and northern Sydney are among 20 zones across Australia to record a minimum 5 per cent increase in employment since November 2007, according to financial institution BankWest.

BankWest Retail CEO Ian Corfield said the figures suggested the economy was improving.

“It shows that employment in the inner suburbs has held up, highlighting that Australia’s labour market has

performed better than expected during the crisis,” Corfield said.

“It is no surprise that government-related employment has been cushioned in the downturn, in areas such as healthcare and public administration.”

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New Zealand has retained its second-place position in the World Bank Group’s survey of the easiest countries to do business in. Singapore came top with the United States slipping one spot to fourth and Australia ninth overall.

An estimated 415,000 South African jobs will be created by the World Cup, in fields such as construction, law enforcement and the service sector. But the country is also braced for a boom in migrants seeking less formal work.

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HOMEWARD BOUND Your time in the UK is coming to an end and there seems to be so much still to do. Follow TNT’s countdown for a stress-free move back home

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aybe you never thought that going home would be this difficult, stressful, even scary. After all, home is where the heart is.

Or is it? Living in the UK you’ve no doubt planted a few roots, and covered your passport from front to back. But now it’s time to make the trek back to Wellington, Wagga Wagga, or Witbank. With TNT’s countdown, you’ll be on autopilot for the wrapping up work.

THREE MONTHS Begin the search for your flight back home and think about any stopover trips you might want to make. To get good deals, it’s best to look early and to have a set date to plan around.

You should also find your tenancy agreement, check your work contract and find out the terms

of your agreements with banks, mobile and TV services, your gym membership, etc. This will give you an idea how much notice you need to give companies that you’re leaving.

TWO MONTHS If you don’t want to show up to an empty flat after touching down, think about shipping your stuff now. Standard delivery time ranges from six to 12 weeks. Ask around your mates for recommendations and get prices. Reputable shipping companies can always be found in TNT’s pages.

When you should leave your flat is another priority. To prevent any worries, allow yourself plenty of time to find someone who’d like it and be sure to have the deposit in

GETTING ORGANISED Paperwork ■ Make a list of every utility bill you pay, contact details for each one and reference numbers, and take it home with you in case you need to follow anything up once you’re on the other side of the world.

Debts ■ Ignoring your UK debts won’t fix them and could mean you end up on an international debtors list, which could affect your credit rating at home.

Visas ■ Don’t forget to sort out your stopover visas – some of them can take more than a week to finalise.

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long before you leave. Aim to move out six to eight weeks ahead of your departure date.

Short-term rentals, house sitting and dossing can be set up.

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TWO WEEKS Organise any visas you might need for further travel, ask for references from employers and plan farewells with your UK friends.

ONE WEEK Go to the HM Revenue and Customs website (hmrc.gov.uk) and download a P85.

Complete and send it with parts two and three of your P45 (you’ll get this from your employer when you leave work). This will get you back any tax you’ve overpaid.

CHECKLIST THREE MONTHS ■ Book your flights and any stopovers.

TWO MONTHS ■ Pack and ship boxes.

ONE MONTH ■ Resign.

■ Advertise flat, take name off utility bills.

■ Start searching for a job at home.

THREE WEEKS ■ Contact bank, gym, phone company etc to settle accounts.

■ Redirect mail.

TWO WEEKS ■ Get references from your employers.

■ Plan farewells.

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ONE MONTH This is when most people give notice, and it’s now time to check your contractual obligations.

If you have a work permit, this is especially important. Some companies may need you to work for a period of time to make up for the cost of the permit.

If you’re still in your flat, now’s the time to place adverts to fill it – and bear in mind it’s no fun to chase the deposit down when you’re out of the country. Look out for your flat’s bill cycle, too. Pay any debts and have your name taken off the council tax, power, gas, water, and TV licence accounts or you might still be responsible for any bills.

Think about your pension plan (if you had one) and transferring funds home. Costs can be high, so make sure you look them up beforehand. The good news: transferring to an Australian or New Zealand superannuation fund within six months could avoid tax charges,

but your transfer must go to an approved scheme (see page 70 for details).

Start flipping through your contacts book and get in touch with old colleagues and friends from home to find out about jobs. Try looking online too – it’s a fast way for you to get a sense of the job market. See tntjobs.co.uk.

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ou don’t need to be an employment expert to know that times are tough in the job market. The thing to remember, experts say, is that it’s not impossible to land a role, but it will probably take a little longer.

WHAT TO EXPECT For every story about rising unemployment at home comes another one about opportunity from those at the coalface of recruitment.

James Nicholson, of recruiter Robert Walters, confirms there are still jobs out there, albeit in a more competitive environment.

“Every interview situation is far more competitive – more candidates of better quality are selling harder, and clients are demanding more from them,” he explains.

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LAND THAT JOB With more people going for jobs, being prepared to tout your skills and achievements in a way that makes you stand out from the crowd becomes very important.

Rachel Baldy, manager at Hays GlobaLink, says anyone planning on moving home should get in touch with a global recruitment company before they leave London. Talk to the people at the frontline of recruitment about opportunities and also about what employers are looking for.

You should also call in your contacts. It doesn’t matter if it’s been a couple of years since you last worked in Australia, your colleagues, old bosses and people who use to report to you will still be there. Tap their resources.

» For more information see robertwalters.com, rossjuliaross.com and hays.com

The Migration Occupations and Demand List (MODL) is published by the Australian Immigration Department.

It outlines occupations and areas of specialisation that are in short supply in the Australian labour market.

The list includes: Accountants Chemical engineers Civil engineers Computer specialists Dentists Bakers Hairdressers Bricklayers Chefs Child Care Co-ordinators

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GROWTH INDUSTRIES The buzzword for 2010 is green jobs. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently announced his government would create a massive 50,000 jobs in the sustainability field – good news for anyone who fancies being part of the fight against climate change.

In addition, Caroline Vickers-Willis from recruiter RossJuliaRoss highlights health,

education, construction, insolvency, credit management, engineering and IT as the industries currently recruiting.

There are also regional differences, with greater job buoyancy reported in Queensland and Western Australia when it comes to engineering, property, energy and mining.

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he thought of returning to New Zealand and looking for work might sound scary, but there are definitely good opportunities available for skilled people.

Here’s the lowdown on the things you need to know about employment back home.

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WHAT’S THE JOB MARKET LIKE? Like the rest of the world, New Zealand’s job market has shrunk over the past 18 months.

Unemployment has risen to 6 per cent and is expected to hit 7 per cent says Ian McPherson, director of Enterprise Recruitment and president of the NZ Council of the Recruitment Consultants Services Association.

However, things are starting to look up with an increase in both permanent and contract opportunities. This is due to two main factors.

Firstly, as many companies have cut down staff to a bare minimum, they have needed to recruit contract staff as cover.

“We think the contractor market will grow exponentially faster than the permanent market so there will be good opportunities there in the short term,” McPherson says.

On the permanent side the market has begun to improve and, according to McPherson, employers are responding.

WHICH INDUSTRIES ARE RECRUITING? Opportunities have remained stable in the health, IT, trades and infrastructure industries

over the past 18 months, while insurance has shown improvement in the past few months.

“The likes of trades, engineering, administration, sales and marketing dropped to their lows about December 2008 and have remained stable since,” says McPherson.

Meanwhile, accounting as well as transport/ logistics continue to struggle.

IT’S ALL ABOUT SKILLS While there are jobs available, it’s important to realise that there are many more candidates, so competition is stiff.

“It has swung from candidate short to surplus of candidates,” McPherson explains.

However, there are some areas struggling to find people with the right skills. These include health, IT, infrastructure and construction and, more specifically, roles like quantity surveyors, engineers and carpenters.

» See tntjobs.co.uk and enterprise.co.nz

LOOKING FOR WORK Ian McPherson gives some advice on finding a job in New Zealand.

BE RELEVANT Make sure your CV is relevant to the job you are applying for, summarising your background and skills.

BE CLEAR Tell potential employers exactly what your current situation is and what it was that motivated you to return home to NZ.

BE AVAILABLE Start the job search from the UK once you have a timetable in place or if you can return quickly.

MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THE LOCAL MARKET Make it clear that you understand the opportunities and the New Zealand market.

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HIRED Polishing your skills, knowledge and search techniques are key to landing your dream job back home in South Africa WORDS NATASHA VUCKOVIC

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ecruitment in South Africa has been hit hard by tough economic times. Before the recession, 70 per cent of recruitment agencies were making on average more than five placements a month. Now 72 per cent are placing fewer than five candidates a month, a survey by SA Recruiters Network found.

But while it’s tough to find work in South Africa, there are still opportunities if you know the market and do your research.

WHO’S HIRING? “The financial industry, sales industries, engineering, tourism and hospitality, which makes sense with the World Cup around the corner,” says Angelique Robbertse, general sales manager at career website Job Mail.

The trade and IT industries are also strong while another option to look into is franchising, which Robbertse says is “booming”.

“And with the exchange rate being in their favour, one can certainly look at investing their savings [back home],” she points out.

WHO’S NOT? Struggling industries include motoring, property and home loans, advertising, publishing and media. The market is slowly

making a turn for the better, but it will take a while before the improvements are felt on the recruitment side of things.

“Companies need to stabilise first before recruiting again,” says Robbertse.

Be aware that competition for jobs, especially higher positions, is stiff as recruiters have access to a large pool of skilled candidates.

TALK TO ME Both companies and recruitment agencies are relying heavily on word-of-mouth referrals, as this is one of the cheapest ways to recruit, the SA Recruiters Network says.

Make sure you ask your family and friends if the companies they work for are hiring, and put a shout-out on your Facebook page that you’re looking for work.

“There are a lot of opportunities in South Africa, recession or not. If you investigate properly, the window of opportunity is vast,” Robbertse says.

» See tntonline.co.uk/ leavingtheuk; SARecruiters. co.za; and jobmail.co.za

TOP TIPS FROM THE FRONT LINE Angelique Robbertse, general sales manager at recruitment website Job Mail, gives her tips for job hunting in South Africa ■ Send your CV out to test the water and see if there are any bites.

■ Start the job hunt while you’re still in the UK. This will give you time to assess the situation and to not come into the country blindly, hoping for the best.

■ Communicate with recruitment agencies on a regular basis. This will keep you fresh in their minds.

■ Research the job market by looking at different job sites. It is also a good idea to start measuring the areas that show more movement than others.

Sign up to job alerts so you can see exactly when new jobs become available.

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Setitnling move Nothing helps prepare you for the front line back home like advice from the

RIZTA JANSE VAN RENSBURG, 28 Rizta lived in Wimbledon and returned home to South Africa in April this year after 13 months in London. Originally from Pretoria, she has now settled in Johannesburg.

What did you do in London?

I was an accountant at advertising company DDB London and absolutely loved it. The people were just so relaxed about everything.

What do you do now?

I am currently working in Sandton, Johannesburg, for a new developing gold mine company, Great Basin Gold. It’s so different from my previous position and I’m learning a million things in one day.

How did you settle in back home?

Well, at first it felt like I was only visiting and on holiday. Then the reality hit me that I would

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not be going back and I missed my friends, the culture, basically everything. But as soon as I started job hunting I settled in and got into the normal Saffa life of braais, rugby, traffic.

Was it hard to find a job?

Yes. It took me longer than I’d anticipated.

I was on the internet all the time and talking to recruitment agencies, but in the end it’s all about the people you know and networking.

Was it hard to find a place to live?

No, luckily I still had my old place.

What advice would you give anybody who is preparing to move home?

Be as specific as possible. Start looking for work before you go back to get the feel of things and get online. Try to ship all your stuff beforehand.

It takes six to eight weeks to get your beloved belongings back in SA and the 20kg you can take on the plane just doesn’t do it.

What did you do in London?

I worked as a PA for online media and publishing companies.

What do you do now?

I’m a PA for an events company, although I am looking to go back to study next year.

How did you settle in back home?

I’m still not settled. Adelaide is much smaller, there is not as much to do and I missed my friends for a long time. It all seems a lot harder to get set up again too. I’m only now moving out from my parents’ house after six months, and I’ll need to buy furniture.

Was it hard to find a job?

No, easy. I registered with a few temp agencies and got temp work within two weeks, which turned into a permanent job.

What advice would you give anybody who is preparing to move home?

Make sure you are ready to come home and have travelled and seen all the places you wanted to see before you leave.

MATT TORBIT, 33 Matt lived in Brixton and returned home to New Zealand in November 2008 after two years in London. He now lives in Wellington.

What did you do in London?

I had several jobs including working as a reporter at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, based in Paris. My last role was sub-editing with thelondonpaper.

What do you do now?

I’m now a film censor with the Office of Film and Literature Classification.

How did you settle in back home?

I missed the energy of London and found New Zealand a bit sleepy. I got frustrated at how little things had changed in my absence.

Was it hard to find a job?

Finding work was easy. I picked up casual work as a sub-editor within days of returning.

I got that job through old industry contacts. In February, I flung my CV about and ended up with four full-time job offers.

Was it hard to find a place to live?

In Christchurch, where my partner and I lived at first, it was easy finding decent accommodation.

Wellington was a bit more of a struggle, and we had to stay with family for a couple of months before we found a flat.

What advice would you give anybody who is preparing to move home?

Start networking and applying for work a few months before you leave. Check job websites back home to see what the job market is doing.

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RENEE MEREDITH, 28 Renee lived in West Kensington, Hammersmith and Brixton before returning home to Australia in January this year after five and a half years in London. She now lives in Adelaide.

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WINDOW shopping It’s expensive, competitive and time consuming, but finding your new home in Australia doesn’t have to be torture if you come prepared

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ost of us will probably move in with friends or family until we find our feet, but putting a roof of your own above your head is likely to be one of the most important parts of returning to Australia.

Whether you’re looking to rent or buy, forewarned is forearmed when it comes to navigating the tricky property market.

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FIRST HOME OWNERS GRANT As a response to the economic crisis the Federal Government doubled the $7000 grant for first home owners on established homes to $14,000, and tripled it for new homes to $21,000.

However, those planning on returning to Australia should move fast and note that the grant boost is set to be phased out from October, and removed entirely from January 1.

AVERAGE WEEKLY RENTS – JUNE 09 Units/Houses Sydney - $415/£450 Melbourne - $325/$350 Brisbane - $340/$360 Adelaide - $250/$300 Perth - $350/$370 Hobart - $245/$300 Darwin - $430/$500 Canberra - $395/$415

AVERAGE HOUSE PRICES – JUNE 09 Unit/Houses Sydney - $381,273/$547,193 Melbourne - $345,036/ $465,113 Brisbane - $339,383/$420,861 Adelaide - $268,037/$417,404 Canberra - $364,120/ $488,213 Perth - $335,888/$476,180 Hobart - $246,229/$302,425 Darwin - $374,740/$549,035 SOURCE: Australian Property Monitors Quarterly Report June 2009

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RENT There is absolutely nothing wrong with renting and, for most people returning to one of the big Aussie cities, this is probably a necessity. Not only is it cheaper and quicker to find a place to rent in the short term, it also spells flexibility.

Prices and availability in the capital cities always vary widely (see table) but the good news is that rental yields for units have fallen in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in the year to June 2009, according to the most recent data released by the price information company Australian Property Monitors (APM).

BUY If you want to buy a place back home, you may not welcome the news that Australia’s house market has renewed buoyancy this year.

APM reports an overall 3.3 per cent average rise in house prices in the year to June 2009.

Darwin house prices have skyrocketed by an average 20 per cent and Sydney and Melbourne have also reported steady growth.

According to APM there is better news for those returning to Brisbane or Perth, with both those cities reporting average house and unit prices lower than they were in June 2008.

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HOME TIME Whether planning to buy or rent back in NZ, you need to know what to expect from the property market WORDS NATASHA VUCKOVIC BUYING The financial crisis meant that lending criteria tightened in New Zealand, with a drop in mortgages. However, Bryan Thomson, chief executive of real estate group Harcourts, says the market is picking up again.

“Home affordability is better than for many years,” he adds. “Plus there is a good selection of property available.”

TALKING MONEY House prices have dropped by 7.1 per cent over the past year and the average price in New Zealand is now around $351,000, according to property information company QV. You will also have to factor in legal fees and possibly a property inspection report.

RENTING Renting can be a more realistic option. Most agencies are still doing periodic tenancies, so you could find a short term lease. Increasingly

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AUCKLAND PRICES According to the Department of Building and Housing, the average rental price for a two bedroom flat in central west Auckland is $398 a week.

A three bedroom flat in Epsom is $404 a week, and in Avondale you’ll pay $276 for a two bedroom flat or $318 for a two bedroom house.

WELLINGTON PRICES A two bedroom flat in Wadestown or Thordon in Wellington averages at $370 a week. Further out, in Karori, expect to pay about £325 a week for a two bedroom flat.

TOP TIPS “Keep an eye on the major websites to get a feel for areas and prices,” Benny says. Locate the property on Google Maps and make sure you see the place before signing anything.

» For more information see harcourts.co.nz

AVERAGE HOUSE PRICES Auckland region: $489,444 Christchurch: $339,962 Dunedin: $256,493 Queenstown: $594,137 Wellington region: $430,939 SOURCE: qv.co.nz

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TOP TIPS “The key thing is to do your homework, and that you are able to make decisions rapidly and intelligently or you will miss the best opportunities,” says Thomson.

He suggests organising pre-approved finance and researching where you’d like to live.

people are turning to six or 12 month fixed-term leases says Carol Benny, Harcourt New Zealand’s business operations manager. You will need to pay a bond, one month’s rent in advance, plus a letting fee.

Now’s a great time to snap up a bargain home and get a step on the property ladder back in South Africa WORDS NATASHA VUCKOVIC

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BUYING The property market in South Africa has shrunk substantially in the current economic climate. House prices have dropped, and sales are down by 50 per cent, according to Christo Wiid, general manager of South African real estate website Property24.com GETTING ON THE LADDER The average price for houses is around R850,000 in Johannesburg and R900,000 in Cape Town.

You’ll need a 20 per cent deposit and it can be tricky to get a home loan in South Africa.

However, Wiid predicts banks will “ease up” their lending criteria in the coming months as bad debt levels flatten out.

Wiid says now is the best time to buy property in South Africa as house prices are likely to rise again in the next six months.

HOMEWORK IS A MUST It’s important to research the area and area price trends. Property24 has a Sold Price Index (SPI) report, which shows what you can expect

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CAPE TOWN R3760 R5168 R8646

JOBURG R3781 R5253 R8241

to pay in different areas across South Africa.

“Use local estate agents, who can provide advice on investing in property in South Africa,” Wiid adds.

BACK TO THE CITY JOBURG IS AFFORDABLE

RENTING It’s a tenants’ market in South Africa at present, and there are lots of properties to choose from.

“There’s an oversupply of stock and under supply of tenants nationally,” says Michelle Dickens, managing director at credit bureau Tenant Profile Network.

THE ESSENTIALS Leases are generally 12 months long. You’ll need to pay one month’s deposit and an administration fee of between R300 and R1000 to the agent for drawing up the lease.

“Some agents or landlords require a double deposit,” Dickens warns. “Some agents, although very limited, may even require a triple deposit.”

Good news for people heading to Johannesburg. It was named the world’s least expensive city to live in by Mercer’s annual Cost of Living survey. The survey compares the cost of 200 factors, including housing, transport, food and household goods, across 143 cities worldwide.

EXPERT ADVICE Dickens says it’s important to use the services of a reputable estate agent. Ask them to produce a current fidelity fund certificate.

Make sure you pay into the registered estate agent firm’s bank account and, if paying with cash, demand a receipt.

» See property24.com and tpn.co.za. tntonline.co.uk

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Sort out your finances before you leave the UK so you won’t be poorer once touching down back home WORDS SAMANTHA BADEN

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ne thing is for sure, when it’s time to leave the UK and head home, you’re going to want to make sure you take as much money as possible with you. And the only way to do that is to ensure that you understand what you are entitled to.

THE TAXMAN Now is your chance to try and get back some of the growing lump of cash you’ve paid out every week in taxes.

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Make it happen You can make your claim through a tax agent, who will prepare and submit your paperwork – for a fee. It’s possible to submit a claim yourself.

If you’re leaving the UK before the end of the tax year and not returning, you will need a P85 form, which you can download from the HM Revenue and Customs website (hmrc.gov.uk).

PENSIONS After a couple of years of paying into a pension fund, you’ve probably accrued a nice little nest egg. While you can’t take the money as cash, you can benefit from it upon retirement.

Getting it home 1st Contact financial advisor Luke White says you can transfer your pension to an approved

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Money back If you leave the UK without having worked the full tax year, you could be due for a tax refund.

The UK tax year runs from April 6 until April 5 the following year, and if you didn’t work for the entire 12 months you will have paid too much tax.

According to 1st Contact, if you earned less than £6475 in the 2008/09 tax year, you should

get it all back. If you earned more than that, you should still get some of your money back.

You’ve probably spent all your money on travel, having fun and a couple of pressies to take home to the family. But if you’ve somehow managed to save some pounds during your London sojourn, you’re going to need to get it all home. And ideally to do so without outlaying large amounts on transfer fees.

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Australian or New Zealand Super scheme and you should arrange to do this once you have left the UK permanently.

To be an approved super fund, your new scheme will need to have what’s called QROPS status (Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme). See www.hmrc.gov.uk/ pensionschemes/qrops-list.htm for a list of schemes that have QROPS status.

If in doubt, a qualified financial planner can assist you with the transfer.

by the Australian Tax Office. If the transfer is made after the six month period, a tax charge will apply from date of arrival in Australia to the date of completion.

Why bother?

White says your retirement fund will be easier to administer if you transfer it home. It will also mean that when you reach retirement age, any payments made to you will be taxed more favourably. A payment from an Australian or New Zealand Super scheme is tax free, but payments from a UK pension are taxable.

Private pension Most Antipodeans and South Africans won’t be UK residents when they reach their golden years – but the government will not refund you your contributions when you go home.

The only way to put these contributions to use is to contract out your National Insurance (see below) and put them into a private pension, which you can then transfer home as set out above in the section about pensions.

When shall I transfer?

There is no time limit on a pension transfer.

White says a six-month grace period is given

Leaving it here You can leave your pension in the UK, but it will make administering it more complicated.

You’ll also have to wait to access the money until you reach the UK retirement age which, currently, is 65.

The cheapest way to send money back home is through an international transfer agent such as TNT Forex (tntforex.com). These companies generally offer lower fees, quicker transfer times, a secure online server and best rates.

BANKS You can also send your money home through an international bank transfer.

Standard payments take a minimum of three days to arrive and require a lot of information about your overseas bank account, which means you should also factor in a couple of international phone calls.

Fees vary, but budget about £10 per transfer.

» For more information see 1stcontact.com

CONTRACTING OUT OF NATIONAL INSURANCE You can get National Insurance contributions back if you’ve already contracted them out.

HOW?

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You are legally able to partially opt or contract out of the UK Second State Pension and redirect part of your NI contributions to an approved personal pension.

WHAT DO I DO? You must contact a UK pension provider or financial advisor and instruct them to contact

the HMRC with the necessary paperwork authorising your NI rebate. The application period ends on April 6, 2010. Once set up, your NI contributions will just keep on being paid into your personal pension fund.

WHAT IF I NEED HELP? There are companies who will help you set up your National Insurance rebate and will charge a management fee, which is normally a small percentage of the amount you have in your pension fund.

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Join TNT and Sanza Teaching Agency on Wednesday, 30 September to find out how you can get ahead in teaching.

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t’s a scorching day in Pisa and, on the stretch of grass that surrounds the city’s famous Leaning Tower, emotions are reaching boiling point. A camera-wielding American called Steve is shouting insults at his wife because she’s not standing in the right position to “hold up” the skew structure.

Meanwhile, a group of British tourists are throwing elbows to get their own picture, the queue for the public toilets is growing longer by the second, and overzealous vendors are forcing tacky miniature towers on anyone who makes eye contact. Confronted by the spectacle, my first visit to Italy’s mighty erection is turning into a decidedly limp affair.

It’s not that I wasn’t warned about the circus in the Piazza del Duomo (Cathedral Square).

Earlier on the train into the city, a seasoned

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traveller with a face as worn as a her daypack suggested I spend no more than 30 minutes in Pisa before heading to a nearby city called Lucca to unwind. There I would find quiet, tourist-free side streets, friendly locals and incredible Tuscan cuisine. Her words of advice are ringing in my ears as I work my way through the mosh pit in Cathedral Square and towards the station.

Trains between Pisa and Lucca (main image) run frequently, and after a scenic 20-minute journey I have well and truly sprung the tourist trap. There’s not a tour bus in sight as I meander from the station towards Lucca’s most striking feature – huge Renaissance walls that encircle the city. These 12m ramparts, built for protection in the 16th and 17th centuries, are now tree-lined promenades where locals zoom past on bikes as though they’re competing in the Tour de Lucca.

Within the walls tightly packed, saffron-coloured

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WHEN TO GO Tourist season in Tuscany is between May and September when the weather is at its best. If you don’t mind a nip in the air, going in late autumn or early spring will help you avoid Venice the crowds.

Padua GETTING THERE Lucca Pisa There are direct Tarquinia flights to Pisa from ROME Pompeii most London ITALY airports. There are trains from Pisa to Lucca every hour.

GETTING AROUND Both cities can be easily explored on foot.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.12 EUR. LANGUAGE Italian.

GOING OUT A beer is €3.50.

ACCOMMODATION A room in a hostel in Lucca will cost €20, and in Pisa around €30.

A room in a three-star hotel in Lucca and in Pisa will set you back around €60.

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BEAT THE CROWDS ■ TARQUINIA After taking in the sights in Rome, escape to this nearby ancient city where you’ll find an incredible Etruscan necropolis with around 6000 tombs, 60 of which have colourful wall paintings.

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buildings with tiled roofs form a maze of walkways where I spend the next hour or so getting lost. Not that it matters when there are piazzas with stunning architecture to take in.

The Cathedral of St Martin, with its ornate facade and imposing bell tower, houses the Volto Santo, a life-sized Christ on a wooden cross which, according to legend, was carved

by Nicodemus who witnessed the Crucifixion.

In the Piazza Cittadella a bronze Puccini enjoys a fag around the corner from where he lived; Nicole Kidman’s Portrait Of A Lady was filmed at the Palazzo Pfanner in Via degli Asilli, while the Piazza Anfiteatro was built on the site of a Roman amphitheatre.

In between sightseeing you’ll find it difficult to resist the wonderful restaurants in Lucca, which overlook the piazzas. Lured in by the sound of the manager singing opera, I make a pit-stop at the Trattoria Da Leo Leaning Tower of Pisa in Via Tegrimi and, surrounded by noisy locals, wash down fall-off-the-bone porkribs with a few pints of Italian beer.

Stuffed to the gills, I drag my arse back up the wall, stroll to the station and catch a train. I’m still daydreaming about tranquil Lucca when, at Pisa, a dozen or so harassed tourists carrying miniature Leaning Towers cram into the carriage and, with a collective sigh, sit down.

■ HERCULANEUM If the crowds at Pompeii are enough to make you blow your top, head for the smaller but no less interesting archaeological site of Herculaneum. The residents of Herculaneum were better off than their neighbours in Pompeii, leaving behind some spectacular, well-preserved mansions to see.

■ PADUA Located 40km west of busy Venice, this charming city is home to the stunning Scrovegni Chapel and Donatello’s famous statue of Venetian general Gattamelata. Kiwis are particularly welcome in Padua since NZ troops liberated the city in 1945.

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As Bavaria’s second largest city, Nuremberg has a proud history, which dates back to the middle ages – though it’s inevitably associated with the Nazis as it played host to party rallies and the postwar trials of 1945/6. These days Nuremberg is famed for its Christmas market, drawing visitors with its charming red and white stalls, steaming ghlüwein and delicious gingerbread.

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at the German National Museum. And visit the home of Albrecht Dürer, the famous Renaissance artist.

BEST OF THE REST Built on an outcrop of sandstone back in the 11th century, the medieval Kaiserburg (Imperial Castle) dominates Nuremberg’s skyline. It’s worth the trek to the top for panoramic views across the city’s tightly packed gabled rooftops.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE The Altstadthof Hausbrauerei in Nuremberg’s old town brews its own beer, and you can go on a tour of the network of cellars dug underneath the city to keep the beer barrels cool.

A BIT OF HISTORY CHOW DOWN Nuremberg is known for its small bratwurst, which come three in a bread roll served with mustard or sauerkraut (pickled cabbage).

Nuremberg’s gingerbread doesn’t actually contain ginger, just a sweet mix of spices.

Lebkuchen (gingerbread cookies) are popular at Christmas time.

MUSEUM TIME Pick up a tin figurine from the Toy Museum as a memento of your trip to the city. Learn about Germany, from its prehistory to the present day,

Nuremberg’s Christmas market is world famous.

It runs from the Friday before advent (this year from November 26) until Christmas Eve. Wander among the red and white stalls to pick up Christmas trinkets – brightly coloured baubles, intricately carved decorations, miniature wooden toys – and graze on chocolate-covered strawberries and mouth-watering sausage rolls. CLAIRE GOODALL

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Documentation Centre museum (museen. nuernberg.de) is open throughout the year.

GETTING THERE Air Berlin flies to Nuremberg from London Stansted.

VISAS Aussies and Kiwis can visit Germany without a visa. South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro.

1 GBP = 1.12 EUR. LANGUAGE German.

GETTING AROUND A two-day Nuremberg pass (€19) gives you free travel on the underground, trams and buses and access to most of the city’s museums.

GOING OUT A beer is €2.50.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds from €16. and double rooms from €24.

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Nuremberg is inextricably linked with Nazi Germany.

Not only were the historic trials of the Nazi ringleaders conducted here after World War II, but Adolf Hitler chose the Bavarian city as the site of the Nazi party rallies throughout the 1930s. Parts of the rally grounds remain standing, and the Documentation Centre museum houses a superb exhibition, which examines Hitler’s rise to

power, as well as the circumstances that made it possible.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Strong composition made up almost entirely of triangles.

2 Muted colour scheme of green and white.

3 The off-centre vanishing point is balanced by the off-centre abbey.

4 The tips of the branches in the foreground frame the image without detracting

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5 A wide-angle lens enhances the feeling of space and of the landscape stretching into the distance.

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3 Mist can be used to silhouette strong shapes – trees especially look great photographed this way. Get the sun behind the mist for the best effect.

4 Mist can make parts of the landscape appear to be floating in mid air. Around water, you can make hills and mountains float mysteriously in a sea of cloud.

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If you’re going TIP OF to Madrid for THE WEEK a weekend then head to the La Latina area (Cava Baja Street) for excellent tapas bars filled with locals. Even though it’s only five minutes walk from the main tourist routes, it feels a world away from Plaza Major.

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Instead of taking an expensive cruise around Sydney Harbour, get on one of the many ferries that head to the suburbs.

The fare is cheap (or included in a travel pass) and you’ll get brilliant views of Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

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I’m going home in October via Kuala Lumpur. Will I be able to spend five days there and not get bored? Are there day trips I could do? Is it safe for a young woman travelling alone? I’m considering changing my flight and going straight home.

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There’s no need to leave Changi during the eight hours you’re there. There’s lots to do, best of all is the outdoor swimming pool, sundeck and showers in Terminal 1, which could quite happily amuse you for the duration of your layover.

When I last passed through I couldn’t decide what I liked best: that the sun was setting when I thought it was lunchtime, that I could stretch my legs properly in between flights so long I wouldn’t have been surprised to land on the moon, or that I got a free carton of juice when I handed back my locker key. Back in the airport building, the huge array of shops, bars and places to eat means you could spend days here.

If you want, there’s a free two-hour city tour you can take, provided you have more than five hours to wait. If your bags are checked through there’s no need to claim them, but do check this with your airline first.

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It’s really boring and you should change your flight and go home. Just kidding.

Well, sort of. Kuala Lumpur isn’t south-east Asia’s most invigorating metropolis, but it’s manageable and fun for a few days.

Three days is a good amount of time to spend here. A morning can take you around the colonial heart of old Kuala Lumpur and, if you’re up early enough to get tickets, a jaunt up to the sky bridge of the Petronas Towers. The Islamic Arts Museum is worth an afternoon.

Souvenir shopping, Chinatown and a visit to the colourful and noisy Bird Park will take up day two. On your third day, mop up the remaining highlights, including a trip to the traditional Malay area of Kampung Baru.

If you decide to stay the extra couple of days you need to take some day trips to fill your time. The spectacular Batu Caves and Sunway Lagoon water park are popular options, but an overnight trip to Fraser’s Hill, a colonial hill station that’s a three and a half hour bus (in fact, two buses) or taxi ride from the capital is a cooler and more distinctive option.

I’ve got an eight-hour stopover in Singapore. It doesn’t seem enough time to leave the airport. I’m guessing you’ve spent your fair share of time in large international airports. What do you suggest to stave off the boredom? And do you have any insider knowledge on Changi Airport?

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EASY TO INTERPRET Get instant access to interpreters in more than 150 languages any time of day.

Transatlantic Translations has launched a telephone Interpreting service, called LangCommLingo, designed with the traveller in mind.

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BIRTHDAY OFFER To celebrate its 20th birthday, travel company Intrepid Travel is offering the chance to win one of 20 adventure packs, including an Intrepid trip for two.

All entrants will also receive 20 per cent off an Intrepid Travel adventure for themselves and a plus one.

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HOLIDAY HOMES Thelma and Louise, an online travel community for women, has launched a Member House Swap service on its site.

The new forum allows members to swap their homes with others in exchange for a holiday.

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Make the most of the freebies on offer in Reykjavik with freecitytravel.com, a new website that showcases free activities in and around the Icelandic capital.

Written by local resident Inga Jessen, the site is in English and designed for foreign tourists.

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The annual show, one of London’s biggest free travel expos, is the place to get ideas for your winter break, whether you want to hit the slopes or escape to a warmer climate.

With more than 50 exhibitors, including tour operators, travel agents and accommodation providers, visitors can get expert advice on every aspect of their holiday. Plus, those who

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Other highlights include a series of inspirational travel talks and the chance to win a variety of great travel prizes.

The TNT Sun & Snow Travel Show will take place at the New Connaught Rooms, WC2B 5DA, on Saturday, October 10. Doors open at 9.30am.

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On your bike in Blackpool A bicycle hire scheme could bring a touch of Parisian chic to Blackpool.

The new £1 million initiative, based on the success of the Paris Vélib, will see bikes available for rent from a number of stands located around the northern UK seaside resort.

The aim is to have 500 bicycles spread across 100 hubs

by May 2010, making it the most ambitious scheme of its kind in the country.

Councillor Maxine Callow, Blackpool’s cabinet member for

tourism and regeneration, says: “I hope people will make use of this clean, easy and affordable method of transport. They will be able to jump on a bike wherever they are and use it to get all over the town.”

The bikes will have a daily fee of £8.

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PUSHKAR CAMEL FAIR PUSHKAR, INDIA WHAT: A crowd of 200,000

people and 50,000 camels descend on the dunes outside Pushkar for a colourful week of livestock trading, camel racing, moustache competitions, religious activities, and just some bloody good fun.

WHERE: Pushkar, Rajasthan.

WHEN: October 25 to November 2.

WHY: Rural Indians make the pilgrimage to Pushkar to trade camels and cattle,

but the fair is always more party than business.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s probably the most visually spectacular festival you’ll ever see, with acrobats, musicians, folk dancers and livestock traders.

HOW MUCH: Free

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Steve Wilson, 30, from Melbourne, Australia Where’s the best place you have been to?

Peru. Everything about it was amazing. There was the history, the people were friendly, and it was just a beautiful place.

The most over-rated place?

LA is a shithole. You think everything will be bigger than it really is.

Dream destination?

Lucy Pattison from Tauranga, New Zealand, at Ceský Krumlov, Czech Republic

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Vietnam. They would bend over backwards to help you.

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India. I’m a big fan of cricket and their lifestyle and culture is very different.

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MARKET KNOWLEDGE With the amount of gadgets most of us take on the road these days, an evening charging session can turn your hotel room into an assault course of electrical wires.

And that’s if you remember to take your various chargers in the first place. There’s nothing worse than seeing the juice drain out of your camera the day before you’re due at Petra, or seeing the battery flash on your iPod just as you’re embarking on

THE INSIDER ROB SAVAGE, COPY EDITOR, ST CHRISTOPHER’S INNS My most memorable travel experience was …

Shooting off 20 rounds with an AK47 in a former KGB underground shooting range in Riga. You have the Latvian police doing target practice next to you, and it’s amazing just how

an overnight bus journey.

An easy way to prevent these sort of things from happening is to take a universal charger – one that fits various devices and comes with worldwide plug adaptors, so your chances of forgetting something else are reduced even further.

If you’re travelling light, a pocket-sized charger might be your best option.

They will generally only do one power boost, so no hour-long chats to your mum, mind.

zen you feel at the end.

My favourite place in the world is … Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands. I turned 21 out there, surrounded by white sand, emerald green waters and an alcoholic brew known as rocket fuel.

The next destination on my travel wishlist is …

A trip to San Diego where I’ve been invited to co-pilot an old biplane. I have

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no experience in the cockpit, but it can’t be that difficult, right?

My top travel tip is …

Email your flight details, reservation receipts and important phone numbers to yourself before you head out on the road.

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ntil airline technology moves up a couple of notches, you’ll need to stop and change planes when flying between the UK and Australia or New Zealand.

While some travellers just want the fastest possible route home, taking only a two- to three-hour layover and not leaving the airport, others choose to spend longer at places on their way back to the Antipodes.

The possibilities of where to break your journey are endless, but here are 10 of the most popular stopover destinations.

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DUBAI Flight times: London 7-8 hours; Sydney 14-15 hours; Auckland 17-18 hours.

Why? Visit for the climate, the beaches … and the fact Dubai (left) is arguably the fastestchanging city in the world. It’s an artificial paradise in the most unexpected place.

Why not? Amazing it may be, but Dubai’s development is not all done in the best possible taste. Although the ambition and affluence is enthralling, some visitors find it little more than a theme park for the extremely wealthy.

If you only do one thing: Wander around Deira, one of the few pedestrian-friendly parts of Dubai.

BANGKOK Flight times: London 11.5-13 hours; Sydney 9-10 hours; Auckland 11.5-12 hours.

Why? Bangkok (above) is a vibrant and amazingly varied place, from the cultural Old City to the sleazy but fascinating nightlife of Patpong. And it’s cheap.

Why not? It might be affordable, but being

ripped-off while you’re there is a common occurrence, with cab drivers, street traders and all manner of ne’er-do-wells in Patpong on the make. Be alert.

If you only do one thing: Visit the temple of Wat Pho in the Old City. It’s famous for its huge reclining Buddha.

HONG KONG Flight times: London 11.5-13 hours; Sydney 9 hours; Auckland 11-11.5 hours.

Why? Its stormy history and everchanging present means there’s nowhere quite like Hong Kong, a Chinese city with a cosmopolitan air.

Why not? Hong Kong can be expensive, and the often-hyped nightlife promises more than it actually delivers.

If you only do one thing: Check out the Symphony of Lights, a display mounted on the city’s skyscrapers every night. It’s as dazzling a show of wealth as you’re ever likely to see.

SEOUL Flight times: London 11-12.5 hours; Sydney 10-11 hours; Auckland 12 hours.

Why? It’s not traditionally a mecca for tourists, but Seoul is one of the most approachable Asian cities, and has been revitalised by new money.

Why not? For all Seoul’s merits, Tokyo is a more exciting and not much pricier urban Asian destination that’s just as easy to reach as part of a round-the-world trip.

If you only do one thing: Take the Namsan cable car up to the Seoul Tower, which affords

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views of the city. There’s even a revolving restaurant at the top.

TOKYO Flight times: London 11.5-12.5 hours; Sydney 9-10 hours; Auckland 11 hours.

Why? Put simply, this vast metropolis is one of the world’s greatest cities.

Why not? Apart from the expense, the other downside is there’s so much to do in Tokyo that a stopover might be too short a time to really get to grips with the place.

If you only do one thing: Walk around the city – the street life is like nowhere else on earth.

And at night it’s gorgeous to look at.

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LOS ANGELES Times: London 10-11.5 hours; Sydney 13.5-15 hours; Auckland 12-13 hours.

Why? LA’s airport is right on the Pacific coast – so it’s only a short bus or cab ride to kooky Venice Beach, bijou Santa Monica and surfer haunt Huntington Beach.

Why not? LA has more sprawl than a dozen porn stars playing Twister – you’ll need a week if you really want to get under the skin of this city, and a car may also be required.

If you only do one thing: Stroll along Venice Beach – it feels a bit like Camden by the sea, but it’s not without its charms.

SAN FRANCISCO Flight times: London 10-12 hours; Sydney 13-15 hours; Auckland 12-13.5 hours.

Why? San Francisco is alive with culture, packed with different nationalities and devoid of the traffic chaos that blights LA. And it can easily be explored in limited time.

Why not? If you fancy surfing or lounging on the beach, LA’s a better bet.

If you only do one thing: Ride a bike along the Embarcadero, through the Presidio and over Golden Gate Bridge.

KUALA LUMPUR Flight times: London 12.5-14 hours; Sydney 8 hours; Auckland 10-11 hours.

Why? While Kuala Lumpur has retained its character (unlike some other Asian cities), it’s hardly provincial – this is a thriving, cosmopolitan metropolis.

Why not? Although the food is good, arts and

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nightlife aren’t Kuala Lumpur’s strong points.

If you only do one thing: Visit the Petronas Towers, the world’s tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004.

SHANGHAI Flight times: London 11-12.5 hours; Sydney 10 hours; Auckland 11.5-12.5 hours.

Why? The world’s eighth largest city is virtually 21st century urban Asia in microcosm: pockets of history are overwhelmed by spectacular feats of modernity.

Why not? Unless you have a fair bit of money to splash out at the city’s new bars, the nightlife in Shanghai can be disappointing.

If you only do one thing: Walk along the charismatic Bund, a 2km stretch of historic buildings lining the Huangpu River. The walk provides a close-up view of how this Chinese city came to be.

SINGAPORE Flight times: London 12.5-14 hours; Sydney 7.5-8 hours; Auckland 9.5-10.5 hours.

Why? A favourite destination among Antipodean travellers, Singapore has a character all of its own. It’s rich in culture and has an abundance of restaurants.

Why not? At times Singapore feels like a toneddown remix of a standard Asian metropolis.

If you only do one thing: Visit the Night Safari, a fascinating, atmospheric after-dark zoo.

NEXT WEEK: HONG KONG Escape the city’s hectic pace

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TIPS FOR TAKING A BREAK EN ROUTE HOME EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS

GO WITH SOMEONE YOU KNOW

This may be a final trip of sorts (especially if you live Down Under), so look into making a longer journey of some kind before you go home. Some people stop over in the Far East, some overland it through Africa and others ride the Trans-Siberian railway through Russia into China. If you’re heading to Australia or New Zealand you can go in any direction you please. So this could be the time to fulfil your lifelong dream of visiting Hollywood.

This applies to cable repairmen, so why not to one of the biggest flights of your life? Always book your ticket through a reputable and accredited travel agent and, where possible, fly with a large airline. In both cases you’re likely to be better off should problems with administration or cancellations arise.

Make sure your booking is covered by travel insurance.

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CAREFULLY CONSIDER YOUR DEPARTURE DATE

Don’t simply call one travel agent and book your ticket. Always call at least two or three agents and find out what the best fare is.

Make sure you ask about airport taxes, flight connections, any concessions, and visa and vaccination recommendations or laws.

If you want to leave in time to get home for a hot Christmas, be prepared to pay through the nose for the privilege. December is the busiest time of year for travellers, meaning airlines don’t have to bother competing for customers with cheaper airfares.

Also, if you want to travel to other parts of the world on your way home consider the weather conditions and what’s on where you’re heading. For example, if you’re going via the US and want to visit New Orleans, it would be wise to avoid hurricane season in August/September.

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Sounds great, where do I sign up?

You can’t just buy one off the shelf as you can a tin of beans. Every one is different. But RTWs are also a bit complicated. If you’re even mildly geeky, read on. If not, get yourself down to an agency specialising in this kind of ticket and start planning.

Alliances and pairings “RTW tickets are offered by alliances of airlines, allowing you to pick and choose a route by connecting individual flights on their networks,” explains Andrew Appleby from Trailfinders (trailfinders.com).

The main airline alliances are Star Alliance (staralliance.com) and One World (oneworld. com). Other big names in the market are The Great Escapade (thegreatescapade.com), including Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, and Virgin Atlantic; and World Discovery – with British Airways, Qantas, Cathay Pacific and Air Pacific.

Pairs of airlines also offer combined tickets for RTW routes – BA and Qantas are the most obvious example. But rejoice, Kiwis! You can go around the world with Air New Zealand – out via Hong Kong and back via Los Angeles.

Never mind all that, just tell me where I can go and what it’s going to cost.

The answer to the first question comes from within, young Skywalker. The best place to

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start with a RTW is to make a list of destinations.

Go big on this, but don’t be too rigid. Appleby cautions: “The number one pitfall is not being flexible. As well as your list, keep in mind places you could drop or amend if it became too expensive or complicated.”

Next, work out when you want to go and how long you want to stay in each place. Some RTW fares can be less than £1000, including taxes, but a more realistic starting price is £1100, and if you get exotic or head into higher mileage brackets you could get above the £2000 mark.

My geek alert is flashing. Mileage?

Most RTW options are calculated on mileage, giving you the mind-boggling task of fitting as much as you can into 29,000 or 34,000 miles.

Star Alliance bases its price on the total number of miles you cover and has price bands from £1480 (less than 29,000) to £2057 (less than 39,000). Perhaps realising it’s a head-spinner, the website includes a nifty mileage calculator.

One World bases its price on the number of continents visited – three continents from £1179, up to six continents is £1929 plus taxes.

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No, because International Air Transport Association regulations state that tickets can’t be valid for more than a year from the first flight.

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RTW expert Dan Green suggests this might not be as worthwhile as it has been in the past: “More and more people are applying for these unused tax sectors nowadays. As a result, both airlines and agents are introducing admin fees, which often outweigh the amounts owed. Still, if a traveller has lots of unused coupons and a couple of hundred quid’s worth of airport taxes, it’s definitely worth it.”

Green also suggests some tickets give out partial refunds on unflown sectors.

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German Lars at the White House on August 15: We

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Sorry that I left without saying goodbye but my friend was so drunk that I had to take her home. I’d love to be kissed by you again, so please email rvnrocks@gmail.com. Renee.

just a question of getting yourself some new ones too – single ones to be precise, who you can call on for the weekend, movies, and of course, the pull.

You may not see your attached friends quite so often, but when you do you’ll have loads to talk about.

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