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EDITOR’S LETTER A European city break is a common holiday for many of us in the UK, but now and again it’s worth spicing things up a bit.

Our travel section this week has the lowdown on two of Europe’s best parties: fiery festival Las Fallas, and action-packed Snowbombing.

If you want to slow it down though, why not relax on one of Thailand’s idyllic islands (page 80)?

80 Chill out on the Thai island of Koh Chang

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9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 AN EVENTFUL YEAR: Get out the diary and plan your summer 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

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Celebrity News 72 Super times: ski action and parties at Snowbombing TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: Mark Little Cinema 34 NEWS & SPORT A TALE OF TRIUMPH: Clint Eastwood 34 Australia News on his Rugby World Cup film Invictus 36 New Zealand News 27 Culture 38 South Africa News 41 The Week In Sport 42 Cricket 28 MUSIC & CLUBS 44 Rugby League 28 Music 46 Rugby Union 30 Music Listings 47 General 32 Clubbing 48 TITLE NUMBER EIGHT?: A preview 33 Clubbing Listings of this year’s Super 14 tournament

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NZ v Oz debate: good neighbours or fierce rivals?

Julie, thanks for livening up my Monday morning – I nearly sprayed coffee over my desk laughing at your letter (‘Ignorant attitudes’).

I think you need to get over yourself. Big time.

PS. And as for us Aussies lowering Waitangi Day to a piss-up? I think you’ll find plenty of your compatriots did the same last Saturday.

Rob, via tntmagazine.com

There are many countries and other nationalities throughout the world that actually hate each other and despise each other.

At least I feel I can call the Aussie v Kiwi debate sisterly/ brotherly love which is more of a laugh with each other.

I’m Kiwi but love my Australian comrades and appreciate the friendships even more while I have been living in London. Enough said.

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at yourself and having a good time in London.

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the same injury at home, my taxis to and from work would have been paid for. Over here my only option was to brave the Underground on crutches.

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would cover it. While this is true, they are in no hurry to treat you. It has taken me five weeks to get an MRI scan and I will now go on another waiting list to get knee reconstruction surgery.

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It is moments like these that I appreciate New Zealand – the luxury of having a car, no rude people on the Tube and a great healthcare system.

I have been lucky to have a fabulous boyfriend and friends over here to help me.

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GUANABARA’S CARNIVAL 2010 £5- £10 WHAT: London’s only Brazilian Carnival sets up shop in and around Guanabara in Covent Garden for a six-day tour de force of samba and caipirinhas.

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The area’s residents include the Sultan of Brunei and the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Russia and Japan.

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a long way from Skid Row. Once you’ve stopped choking on your own envy, the houses and their grounds are spectacular. All are worth tens of millions of pounds, with one address at the south end reportedly bought by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal for £117 million in 2008 – it was Britain’s most expensive house at the time.

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There’s loads happening in London this summer – but you’ll need to organised now WORDS TOM STURROCK OZ CRICKET TEAM IN UK Why is it cool? The Aussies are back over here to play two Tests against Pakistan. They’re at Lord’s July 13-17, then in Leeds July 21-25.

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Get on it? To book see lords.org/tickets or britoval.com/fixtures-tickets. If you miss out, keep an eye on TNT during the lead-up, as we’ll be giving away tickets.

LONDON MARATHON Why is it cool? The 42km route starts in Blackheath and extends up through Canary Wharf before finishing near St James’s Palace.

It’s the only race in the world to span both the east and west hemispheres, with the course crossing the Meridian Line in Greenwich.

Get on it? If you’re silly enough to want to run the marathon, you’ll need to have been registered by now. For spectators it’s free to attend, but plan exactly where you want to go because it gets bloody crowded along certain parts of the route. Check out the interactive map at virginlondonmarathon.com to plan your day out.

HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA Why is it cool? It’s five days of rowing between Wednesday, June 30, and Sunday, July 4, in Henley-on-Thames, about 40 miles west of London. It’s a royal event, so it’s quite posh. The big gig is the Men’s Eights.

Get on it? Tickets go on sale from March 1 – unless you know a member, you’ll be in the regatta enclosure. The Saturday and Friday generally sell out, so it’s best to get moving early. Check hrr.co.uk for tickets. They’re between £12 and £20. You can also watch for free from the riverbank.

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WIMBLEDON Why is it cool? It’s the most famous tennis tournament in the world, so sit outside as the shadows lengthen with some strawberries and cream or a Pimm’s, or both. Getting to Wimbledon in the summer, for at least the tail-end of a day’s play, is a must.

Get on it? This year’s tournament runs from June 24 to July 4, and the horse has bolted to get hold of allotted tickets. But you can still go along on the day provided you’re willing to queue from early in the morning. Failing that, you can shoot down after work in the first week and get in.

MUSIC FESTIVALS There’s a music festival on nearly every summer weekend somewhere in the UK, but you needn’t travel outside London to see some action.

Hyde Park hosts Hard Rock Calling on June 25 (hardrockcalling.co.uk), with Wolfmother (above) and headliners Pearl Jam. The Wireless festival on July 2 (wirelessfestival.co.uk) has Pink topping the bill.

Lovebox Weekender is perhaps the pick of London’s festivals: it’s on July 16-18 at Victoria Park. Other choices are the South West Four Weekender, on August 2829, and Get Loaded in the Park, on August 30 – both at Clapham Common.

Reading Festival is huge, and not far from London.

Tickets go on sale in March (readingfestival.com).

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TROOPING THE COLOUR Why is it cool? It’s all part of the Queen’s Birthday Parade, held this year on Saturday, June 12, when military units pay tribute to the monarch with great pomp and ceremony, with an elaborate drill routine. There are previews of the show on June 5 and May 29.

Get on it? To get hold of a ticket you need to enter a ballot before the end of February.

Apply in writing by sending a stamped, selfaddressed envelope to Brigade Major, HQ Household Division, Horse Guards, Whitehall, London SW1A 2AX. Aussies and Kiwis can also apply through their High Commissions here in London – see uk.embassy.gov.au and nzembassy.com for info.

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ROYAL ASCOT Why is it cool? It’s one of the world’s biggest and most fancy racing meets, running from June 15-19. The cheapest viewing areas get over-run with drunk chavs, but in the Royal Enclosure it’s more formal: gentlemen must wear full morning dress, including a top hat, and ladies aren’t allowed to bare their shoulders.

Get on it? There is an early booking discount until May 14. Tickets are from £14 – check out ascot.co.uk. For tickets to the Royal Enclosure you’ll need to apply through the Australian or New Zealand High Commission.

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CAFÉ REVIEW Lantana ★★★★★

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THE SCENE When we visited for Sunday brunch, the communal tables were overwhelmingly packed with young Antipodeans chasing a quality coffee. During the

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week it’s more of a mix thanks to Lantana’s proximity to Fitzrovia’s media land.

THE GRUB Finally – a café in London capable of serving heavenly poached eggs at reasonable prices.

BEHIND THE BAR It’s all about the flat white. At £2.40 a pop, multiples can get expensive, but compare it to the dross they’re serving at

Bigbucks and Costalotta, and paying for Lantana’s velvety cup of caffeine loveliness makes perfect sense.

BILL PLEASE Two flat whites and poached eggs on sourdough toast came in at under a tenner.

VERDICT Just go there.

This Antipodean café is the business. The service is stellar too. SAMANTHA BADEN

on Valentine’s Day

If you’re not jetting off to a romantic destination, here are some last-minute ideas for Valentine’s Day. HOW ROMANTIC If you’re wanting to impress your loved one, then reserve a table at one of London’s more posh places, which preferably has a view. The Oxo Tower Restaurant (Barge House St, SE1 9PH), and Skylon (Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX) are good bets.

Or why not book a dinner cruise on the Thames? See thamesdinnercruise.co.uk.

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Bedales Bedale St, SE1 9AL The original wine shop and bar is located right next door to Borough Market, so find a special drop to pair with your takings from London’s larder.

Green & Blue Oxo Tower Restaurant

too far from the covers, Betty Blythe (bettyblythe.co.uk) will bring you a special breakfast in bed hamper for £45.

DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT Instead of going out for drinks,

learn how to make your own at the Shaker Bar School (shaker-uk.com).

Mix up a cocktail or two at the special Valentine’s Day afternoon tutorial. A two-hour session costs £60 (for two).

PROVIDING YOU WITH: • The best fresh smoothies in the area • Fresh salad • Homemade food – best falafels and kebabs in town! • Illy coffee • Beautiful and tranquil atmosphere

Only minutes away from the Hammersmith ‘HMV’ Apollo and a short walk from the beautiful Hammersmith Bridge and river.

3 Queen Caroline Street (opposite Junction with Hammersmith Bridge Road), 30B Broadway Centre. Phone: 020 8741 4500

Lordship Ln, SE22 8HJ A wine shop, bar and deli that holds regular tastings and stocks some unusual bottles. You’ll be able to find little-known gems for under a tenner.

The Wine Library Trinity Sq, EC3N 4DJ It’s located in the City so not open on weekends, but look out for lunchtime/ evening cellar tastings, where you can sample before you buy.

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The 45-year-old permatanned Australian dubbed The Body, who has appeared on US sitcom Friends, will preside over 14 hopefuls competing for a £1 million modelling contract.

“I am looking forward to finding the face to represent the next generation,” she told The Sun newspaper.

The show will air on pay TV channel Living this year.

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Charlize Theron has reportedly called time on her nine-year relationship with Irish actor Stuart Townsend because she felt they were more like brother and sister than lovers.

CHEF ON A MISSION Profanity-prone celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is undertaking a recruitment drive Down Under for his Melbourne restaurant the Maze and the Maze Grill at Crown.

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Creepy blogger Perez Hilton continues to peddle his fantasy that Hugh Jackman is gay and should ditch his older wife.

Woman’s Weekly: Shortland Street TV darling Anna Jullienne opens up her wedding album, Species actress Natasha Henstridge ain’t getting married no more, plus a look at the hot frocks and shock frocks at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

AUSTRALIA Woman’s Day: A sports special as tennis wife Bec Hewitt struggles with life on the tour circuit, cricketer Glenn McGrath has a new lady in his life, and swimmer Susie Maroney has a man in hers.

Also, fans revolt at celebrity blogger Perez Hilton’s bitchy internet campaign to find Hugh Jackman a fresher, younger wife.

SOUTH AFRICA Heat: Actress Khanyi and businessman Theunis Crous reconcile in their ongoing public relationship saga, and the truth about Brangelina is revealed beneath the rumours and speculation. Also, The Hills star Heidi Montag barely resembles herself post-plastic surgery. Plus Perez Hilton again – he’s at loggerheads with John Mayer.

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Mark Little Reprising the role that won him much critical acclaim, the one-time Neighbours star tells us why he’s no longer on TV INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER You’re back for a new run of Defending The Cave Man in London. It’s a great play and very funny …

Your wife Cathy Farr directs. You’ve been married for yonks now, what’s your secret?

The fact that it’s trying to explain men to women, that’s where a lot of the humour comes from. It’s hard to explain to people who haven’t seen it. They’re like: ‘What a daggy title. Is it some sort of sexist thing?’

It’s 28 years on Valentine’s Day – makes it easy for me to remember my anniversary!

My secret? What’s her secret! I dunno how she’s done it [laughs]. Well, we’re in love, I think that helps. We have the same sense of humour and the same political beliefs.

It sounds daggy and all but that’s what pushes you through.

If anything it’s a bit feminist …

Yeah feminists are right on it – they like it. And blokes too. I get 50-year-old blokes coming up to me and going: ‘Ah thanks mate – I didn’t know what was going on’.

I get a lot of job satisfaction out of this job … it’s been hard doing the political theatre thing during the Russell Brand era, cos no one wanted to hear it. They wanted to hear about Russell Brand’s winkie. It doesn’t seem political but it is a political piece – it’s good human politics.

And just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Well, there’s not much theatre I’ve done where by the end of the play I have an audience falling back in love with each other. I get canoodling and kissing and hugging before my eyes. As simple as this piece is, there’s a lot of love in it, and it spreads around the room.

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Geraint Lewis

What did you have for breakfast?

Bacon and eggs with home-made bread. We’ve got a breadmaker, where you whack a bit of gubbins in the night before and there’s fresh bread in the morning.

What song is guaranteed to get you on the dance floor?

Any French nasty mix-up danceup like Justice, MC Lupo. There’s a whole pack of them and they all seem to be French. They’re naughty boys.

Nickname at school?

Prickle, cos of my crew cut.

Why don’t we see you on TV any more?

It seems like a total waste of talent.

Thanks. Well things were promising there

for a while, but then came the noughties bland-out with comedians thinking that they’re the next rock stars, when really they’re just a bunch of dags talking about their doodles … There’s not much telly around unless I want to go into the jungle or that stupid Big Brother house. And I’m also in people’s heads as Joe Mangel. He’s a bit of a double-edged sword – I get good press out of Joe Mangel when I need to get bums on seats, but he’s also stopped me doing a lot of work.

Joe Mangel “ is a doubleedged sword ” If Neighbours decided to bring Joe back from Toby’s farm in WA, would you be tempted?

Oh look if they had some money I would, but they haven’t got any money … I went back to a reunion a few years back but there was something afoot … then it went to channel Five.

You live in Brighton. A few famous Aussies live there, including Nick Cave. Do you ever see him?

I do! Talk about smash the gothic rock god image when you see him walking around with his kids, buying ice creams down the beach. It’s like: ‘Wait on, that’s Nick Cave putting money in the parking meter – that’s not right!’

Brighton’s a bit of a mix of Bondi and St Kilda – without the beach, but it’s got that esplanade feel. I can see why Aussies gravitate here.

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So, fashion designer Tom Ford has decided to make a film, has he? That will be a vacuous vanity project then.

Well, actually, A Single Man is anything but.

An enormously affecting drama about loss and loneliness, this proves that Ford’s talents go way beyond saving Gucci.

He is greatly assisted by Colin Firth, who puts in a performance of rare quality as college professor George Falconer, a man looking for a reason to go on living after the sudden death of his partner (Goode).

Set in 1960s Los Angeles, the film follows Falconer over 24 hours as he is hit on by a student and gets hammered with old friend Charley (Moore), all while preparing to take his own life.

While A Single Man is often

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over-stylised with lush backdrops straight out of a fashion shoot, it remains a film that packs a huge emotional punch.

Firth has never been better, especially in the heartwrenching scene where he is told that his lover is dead, and

Moore provides fine support as a socialite.

But the real star of the show is Ford, who has lovingly crafted a film that makes him an emerging talent to keep an eye on.

GOOD FOR: Those who like a stylish drama. PIERRE DE VILLIERS

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★★★★★ Robert Kenner’s Oscarnominated documentary looks at the rubbish Americans put in their mouths and how big agribusiness ignores the rights of workers and animals. Stats about the early onset of diabetes and an E.coli virus sweeping through the US are disturbing enough to turn the biggest meat-eater into a vegetarian.

GOOD FOR: Those who watch what they eat. PDV

we can make our home turf as competitive as possible,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald.

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★★★★★ Master animator Hayao Miyazaki makes a spectacular return with a strange but moving yarn about halfhuman, half-fish Ponyo (voiced

by Noah Cyrus) who escapes his marine lord of a father and messes up the balance of the elements. Stunning visuals combine with an eco-message in a film that shows Miyazaki still has the magic touch.

GOOD FOR: Miyazaki fans. PDV

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James Cameron’s Avatar goes into the 82nd Academy Awards with nine Oscar nominations, tying with Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker.

With teams from New Zealand behind the sound and visual effects on Avatar and triple-nominated District 9, the country could haul nine statues.

Flying the Aussie flag are Sydney director Luke Doolan and producer Drew Bailey, whose Miracle Fish has a nod for best liveaction short.

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THE REEL DEAL A big-budget Hollywood movie about the life of Dracula is set to be filmed in Sydney.

Dubbed an “epic medieval period drama” and tipped to star Avatar’s Sam Worthington (below), Dracula: Year Zero may be filmed at Fox Studios within months. Scenes will also be shot in New Zealand.

However, Aussie director Alex Proyas fears production may move to the more cost-effective US, though he says he will try to prevent this happening.

“When a movie is budgeted, models are run all over the world.

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lint Eastwood has many memories from the time he spent in South Africa filming his latest movie, but one in particular stands out.

“I was going through a field on my way home from work,” begins the 79-year-old, four-time Oscar-winner, “and I saw a couple of teams of young, black teenagers out practising rugby. The man who was driving me around, he said: ‘You know, you never saw that before 1995’.”

Eastwood liked the moment so much he came back and filmed the teams at play. “We use the shot on the end credits, and while it’s just a little thing, and maybe a lot of people won’t notice it, some will notice that times have changed.”

MORE THAN A GAME “I like rugby,” continues Eastwood. “I wasn’t the most knowledgeable person, but I knew a bit

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AN INSPIRING STORY Eastwood’s movie, Invictus, takes its name from the title of a 19th-century poem by William Ernest Henley. It served as Nelson Mandela’s mantra during his 27-year incarceration. The film focuses on events surrounding the 1995 Rugby World Cup, when the Springboks recorded a victory over the rampaging All Blacks in the final.

Based on the book Playing The Enemy by journalist John Carlin, the film casts Eastwood’s old friend and co-star from Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, Morgan Freeman, in the role of Mandela, and the Bourne trilogy’s Matt Damon as Springbok captain Francois Pienaar.

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about it. I had an uncle that played rugby and my dad played [American] football, and they used to argue all the time which game was the roughest of the two, and everybody agreed rugby was. But this wasn’t so much about the sport, it was more about what Mandela did to help unite the country.”

In the apartheid era, the vast majority of black South Africans resented the Springboks, regarding them as synonymous with the ruling white classes. But Mandela, a purveyor of forgiveness, worked tirelessly in his bid to unite his new country behind the national team.

STANDING TOGETHER Eastwood explains: “The story is about the use of a game for reconciliation of a country that was on the verge of civil war when Mandela took office. If he had proceeded with a more military attitude, he would probably have had sympathy there, because they had been under apartheid for so long.

“But Mandela being a very special person, saw it a different way; he was looking for other ways to reconcile the country and bring it together.” The director pauses. “I think it’s a great example in the world today especially, when we’re living in such a crazy world, for politicians to understand that a little creativity in leadership is a very valuable asset.”

Iconic moment: holding the World Cup aloft

REMARKABLE WIN Eastwood’s admiration for Mandela is longstanding, and he recalls meeting the statesman with fondness. Even icons have their heroes.

“I’d already been shooting for two or three weeks, and I didn’t ask him anything about it.

There were other people in the room, so I just enjoyed his company.” It’s since emerged that Mandela has seen the film, but he is, so far, keeping quiet about what he thinks of it.

The tale is made all the more remarkable by the fact the Springboks went on to win the 1995 tournament. “Rugby really helped reconcile the country,” Eastwood concludes. “That was new to me, and when I read it I was amazed.

“It was just one of those things where the truth – that Mandela knew he could do this, and with a team that no one gave a chance of winning – is much stranger than fiction.”

Morgan Freeman on playing Nelson Mandela …

Was this a dream role?

I was planning on playing Mandela all these years. But it is not a dream. The dream thing got started back in the early ’90s, when Long Walk To Freedom was published.

Mandela was asked who he would want to play him in a movie version, and he said me. So I sort of became the heir apparent.

You’ve met Mandela a few times, right?

I have met him a number of times. The first time was at his house in Johannesburg, and I didn’t know what to say. I guess I was in awe. The silences were interminable!

When you were in South Africa, did you feel that Mandela had succeeded?

He began it, but he only served one term, to counter this idea of president for life that’s so prevalent in Africa.

But nobody thinks that his successor lived up to the needs. But South Africa is completely different now.

They have a different sense of themselves.

I sensed that game, that day of the final, they saw themselves coming together.

Everybody was marked that day.

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CULTURE SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Affluent New Yorkers are serially conned by a clever confidence trickster in John Guare’s fact-inspired 1990 play about a young black hustler who convinces them he’s film star Sidney Poitier’s son and flatters their egos with the promise of bit parts in a movie version of Cats.

Less interested in financial gain than acceptance into an otherwise inaccessible elite society, Obi Abili’s charmingly reinvented Paul touches something deeper in Lesley Manville’s chic Ouisa, even after she and her art-dealing husband

ENTERTAINMENT

SEE THIS: Theatre discover the deception.

David Grindley’s swift production can’t overcome the self-conscious nature of the writing, and subsidiary characters are sketchily drawn, but there’s enough wit to sustain the 90 minutes of this satire on the lifestyle and values of well-heeled liberals. LOUISE KINGSLEY

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1970 catches up with Keith Nearing in this comedy of manners, which examines the fallout of the sexual revolution and one man’s quest to use feminism to his own ends.

Tony Blair’s ex-spin doctor publishes a cautionary tale of our obsession with celebrity, about a sultry young film star who’s exploited by the movie industry and hunted by paps.

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The fourth in Cleeves’s Shetland -based mysteries sees Detective Jimmy Perez return to the remote Fair Isle to introduce his fiancée to his parents, only to discover a corpse in a bird observatory.

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The British Library’s collection of historical photos artfully chronicles the early evolution of photography, using its various fields of application as a backdrop.

By sketching the role of

The British Library Board, Manuel Harlan

• The Lion King celebrates ten years

Wembley (livenation.co.uk) April 26-28. From £37.

in the West End this year. » Lyceum Theatre, 21 Wellington St, WC2E 7RQ

photography in science, industry and the arts, it provides a fascinating parallel insight into the way the world was changing in the late 1800s, while charting the development of a new technology. TOM STURROCK

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Alastair Campbell

This award-winning newcomer has crafted a moving portrait of Jake, a 65-year-old architect on the cusp of retirement, who is gradually losing his memory to Alzheimer’s disease.

MORE EXHIBITIONS Chris Ofili uses elephant dung

in paintings » Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1P 4RG

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MUSIC PETER GABRIEL Scratch My Back (EMI)

★★★★★

MUSIC & CLUBS

“The New Blood tour,” reports his website, sternly, “is Peter Gabriel, orchestra, no drums, no guitars.” Advertisement or warning? Both, probably. But the album it’s promoting is more of the latter.

Gabriel is describing Scratch My Back as a “song exchange” programme, in which he performs another artist’s song in return for them performing one of his on a future record. But that’s

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While her husband Steve Earle seems to be growing ever more grizzly in his old age, Moorer’s becoming gentler with each passing album. The elegant, measured Crows has a similar relationship to Moorer’s former country-music milieu as Norah Jones’ best work: it’s an influence, but only one of many. Moorer’s songs are occasionally laboured, but her voice remains a thing of great beauty, often worth the price of admission by itself during drabber moments. WFJ

If you think you’ve seen it before, an earnestlooking man wearing a snap-western shirt strumming an acoustic guitar in an empty house, that’s because the US music industry have been selling this image since Tom Petty was in short trousers.

The cover of Will Hoge’s fifth album only draws attention to its shortcomings – nondescript bar-band arrangements, occasional clichéd writing – but Hoge is a committed performer and generally holds the attention. WFJ

2008 EP Building Blocks heralded the arrival of a whimsy-pop talent in the form of Devon DIY multi-instrumentalist Joe Steer, aka Broadcast 2000. For his first long player, Steer has once again put together a set of tunes so magical they could have been created by an orchestra of fairies. Its best songs – Get Up And Go and Don’t Weigh Me Down – already featured on Building Blocks, and see Steer resting on his laurels. Very pretty laurels, mind. ALISON GRINTER

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NO.1 Fireflies, Owl City MAKING NEWS AC/DC won their first Grammy ever last week, collecting the gong for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song War Machine.

Also representing Oz was Keith Urban, who won Best Male Country Vocal Performance for his song Sweet Thing.

NO.1 Black Box, Stan Walker MAKING NEWS Crowded House will release a new album in May. The album, yet to be named, will be their first since Time On Earth was released three years ago, and was recorded at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios with producer Jim Scott.

NO.1 I Can Transform Ya, Chris Brown ft Lil Wayne OUT NOW Arno Carstens will appear on the bill of the Hard Rock Cafe’s global live music series Street2Sanctuary on Monday, March 22. Tickets, priced at £20, go on sale at ticketweb.co.uk from 8am this Monday.

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basically just window dressing.

Scratch My Back is a covers album, in which Gabriel performs songs by the likes of Radiohead, Neil Young and Elbow to a slow-motion orchestral soundtrack.

The album isn’t without its successes. John Metcalfe’s languorous orchestral arrangement is a lovely foil for Lou Reed’s The Power Of The Heart, and the string-driven rhythms of the Magnetic Fields’ The Book Of Love work nicely. But even so, all but diehard fans will be disappointed that Gabriel’s second album in 18 years is such an inessential collection.

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LIVE REVIEW Jim Jones Revue Jazz Cafe Feb 4 ★★★★★ There have been many crimes committed in the name of rock ’n’ roll since its inception. But the Jim Jones Revue’s music pinpoints that historical moment when white boys with quiffs appropriated black rhythm and blues and exported it to the masses, giving us a taste of what it may have been like to be present at the birth of this revolutionary genre.

Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Bill Haley all spring to mind as sandpaper-voiced lead man Jones writhes within touching distance of the sweaty audience.

And yet the Jim Jones Revue don’t sound retro or dated, but visceral, urgent and very, very now, a fact that is down to the kinetic stage presence of this brilliant quintet. AG

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GIG OF THE WEEK MASSIVE ATTACK It’s good to have the pioneering trip-hop group back, even if their latest offering, Heligoland, doesn’t live up to any of their previous masterpieces, such as Blue Lines or Mezzanine.

Sadly, not even a roll call of collaborators, which includes TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Elbow’s Guy Garvey, Martina Topley-Bird and Damon Albarn, can save it from mediocrity. So the real draw tonight will be Massive Attack’s wondrous back catalogue of darkly magical tunes.

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» Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH Hammersmith (0844 844 4748; venues.meanfiddler.com).

Thu, Feb 11. £30

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XAVIER RUDD

Gals could do a lot worse than spend Valentine’s Day with Shaffer Smith, the honeyed-voiced R’n’B star better known as Ne-Yo, whose most recent album Year Of The Gentleman celebrates male chivalry and female independence.

Blokes, meanwhile, can take a leaf out of the young smoothy’s book in time for next year’s VD.

Never one to let the grass grow under his bare feet, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Xavier Rudd has joined forces with South African rhythm section Izintaba, all of whom were one-time members of the late, great Lucky Dube’s band, to record new album Koonyum Sun. For a preview, check him out in She Bu this week.

» Wembley Arena, Engineers Way, HA9 0DH

» Shepherds Bush Empire, W11 8QE

Wembley Park (0844 815 0815; whatsonwembley.com). Feb 14. £32.50-£45

Shepherd’s Bush (0844 856 0202; o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk). Feb 13. £18.50

BELIEVE THE HYPE THE DRUMS

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THE LINE-UP Jonathan Pierce

(vocals), Jacob Graham (guitar), Adam Kessler (bass), and Connor Hanwick (drums).

HAILS FROM New York.

THE BUZZ SO FAR They might be from NYC, but these skinny hipsters seek inspiration from across the pond to create songs drenched in Smiths/ Cure/Joy Division-style melancholy, buoyed by surf pop flourishes, and finished with an ’80s synth sheen.

Hyped by US wind vane of all things cool, Pitchfork, The Drums are expected to bend a few ears here in the UK too.

LISTEN TO I Felt Stupid.

THE BAND SAY “We only write about two feelings – one is the first day of summer when you and all of your friends are standing on the edge of a cliff watching the sun set, and

SOUND BITES The man responsible for one of New Zealand’s biggest hits died last week.

OMC (Otara Millionaires Club) frontman Pauly Fuemana died, aged 40, in North Shore Hospital from a neurological condition.

The South Auckland rapper’s 1995 single How Bizarre, along with the album of the same name, sold more than 3 million units worldwide.

being overcome with all of your hopes and dreams. The other is when you’re walking alone in the rain and realise you will be alone forever.” (bbc.co.uk) THE PLUG With The Maccabees at Brixton Academy, Stockwell Brixton Rd, SW9 9SL

(0844 477 2000; o2academybrixton.co.uk).

Sat, Feb 20. £18

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MONDAY 8

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Decapitated, Kataklysm

Assemblage 23 Tom Shears’s

The Polish trio perform death metal. Islington Academy,

electronic outfit promote their album Compass. Islington

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £13.

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £13.

Exit, Alex Stork, The Dead Delta, Mantango

Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton The renowned guitarists and former members of The Yardbirds perform. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq,

The band play anthemic rock.

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

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £60-£125.

Feeder The Platinum-selling

Example, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Lights

trio play uplifting rock from their EP Renegades. Hoxton

Electronic hip-hop rapper.

Square Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £35.

Obenewa, Lowkey London-based soul vocalist.

Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). £8, guest list £5.

Bo Taylor The singersongwriter and guitarist plays acoustic folky blues.

Bull’s Head, Lonsdale Rd, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £8.

You Me At Six The Weybridgebased punk-pop five-piece play songs from their album Hold Me Down. HMV, Oxford St,

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0845 603 8576/ cc 0844 847 1678). £10.

TNT’S TOP BOOKING JACK JOHNSON O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX North Greenwich (0844 856 0202; livenation.co.uk).

Wed, Jun 30. £30-£37.

Purveyor of aural wallpaper or agent of the perfect beachside soundtrack? You decide when the Hawaiian multi-platinum selling acoustic artist returns to London this summer.

Hecate Enthroned Metal from the North-West-based six-piece.

The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £12.

JLS Pop and R’n’B four-piece.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £23.50-£27.50.

Kadejci, The Stayaways The London-based trio play grungerock. Dublin Castle, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 8806 2668). £6 and £5.

Cecil Sharp House Community Choir The choir

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performs a capella harmony songs from the British Isles and the rest of the world.

Edgar Broughton Band

9 Lives, Fingermen, Mash Attack The Epsom-

Cecil Sharp House, Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £55.

100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £18, adv £15.50.

Resistence 77, Drongos For Europe Derbyshire-based

The Features, Gresham Flyers, Patch William

Callaghan The singer-

punk quartet. Bridgehouse 2, Bidder St, E16 4ST (020 7474 3200). £9.

W1D 1DJ (0845 603 8576). £7.99.

based five-piece play indierock. Hope And Anchor, Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £4.50.

Backyard Babies Punk-rock four-piece. Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £15.

Jessie Buckley Irish singer performs. Live!

On The Park At Pizza On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £20.

Johnny Foreigner Melodramatic pop from the Birmingham-based five-piece. King’s College London Students’ Union, Surrey St, WC2R 2NS (020 7848 1588). £9.

Davy Knowles And Back Door Slam Blues-rock from the musician and his band. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £8.

Lisa Mitchell The Australian singer-songwriter performs acoustic folk-pop from her debut album Wonder.

Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

No Made Sense, Lavondyss, Open The Skies, Lithergy The Reading-based trio play progressive metal. The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £6.

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Soul and pop-influenced rock quartet from Nashville.

Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £7.

The Mavericats Londonbased indie-rock four-piece.

Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £5, concs £4.

Alan Courtis & Aaron Moore The duo perform

songwriter performs acoustic country-folk. Live! On The Park At Pizza On The Park, Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LY (020 7235 5273). £20.

Xavier Rudd The Australian instrumentalist plays reggae, folk and rock. Shepherds Bush

The Dillinger Escape Plan American hardcore

Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (090 5020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £18.50.

jazz-metal collective. The Barfly, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £15.

indie-folk five-piece promote their eponymous EP. University Of London Union, Malet St, WC1E 7HY (0870 060 3777). £10.

four-piece play rock ’n’ roll.

The Roadhouse, The Piazza, Covent Garden Market, WC2E 8HB (020 7379 6132). £12, £5 before 9pm, free before 7pm.

Nathan Watson The soul singer performs songs from his album Student Of Life. The Forge Venue

Hoss, Dhindindi, The Resistance, Gezellig The Cambridge-based combo play funk and rock.

King Of Conspiracy

Arch, Lendal Tce, SW4 7UX (020 7720 7343). £6, NUS £5.

SUNDAY 14

Musiq Soulchild, Avant, Donell Jones

Denise Black’s Loose Screw, Plum Busby Acoustic music

R’n’B singer-songwriter. Brixton

from the singer and musicians Graeme Taylor and Ben Grove.

The French trio perform alternative punk and rock.

229, Great Portland St, W1W 5PW (020 7323 7229). £6.

Lostprophets The Welsh five-piece play emo from their album The Betrayed.

Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £50.

Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £22.50.

Polly Poison and Her Electric Antidote, The Electric Red Drive

Massive Attack

The modern heavy rock combo from London promote their EP Polly Attack. Hope And Anchor,

The Bristol-based trip hop veterans perform past hits and recent material. Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £31.15.

Stornoway Eccentric indiefolk from the Oxford-based sixpiece. Rich Mix, Bethnal Green

And Caponata Restaurant, Delancey St, NW1 7NL (07971 851141). £10.

Arts Theatre Club, Frith St, W1D 4SQ (0795 627 3771). £14, adv £10.

The Irrepressibles Londonbased pop combo. Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0871 663 2500). £15, concs £7.50.

Upper St, N1 1RL (020 7354 1312). £6, concs £5.

Jeff Lang Folk- rock and blues from the Australian singer.

Kate Tempest

Halfmoon Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £8.

Hip-hop singer-songwriter. The Albany, Douglas Way, SE8 4AG (020 8692 4446). £8, concs £5.

Ne-Yo The R’n’B vocalist promotes his album Year Of The Gentleman. Wembley Arena, Arena Sq, HA9 0DH (0870 060 0870). £32.50-£45.

Rock from the East Londonbased four-piece. South Of

You Love Her Coz She’s Dead Electro-indie outfit.

Utada Pop balladry from the Japanese singer-songwriter and producer. Islington Academy,

The Border, Old St, EC1V 9NQ (020 7739 4202). £5.

The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £7.

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £20.

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The Tide The London-based

E8 3DL (020 7923 1231). £6.

Rd, E1 6LA (020 7613 7498). £12.

The London-based trio play

Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £17.50.

improvised psychedelic rock. Cafe Oto, Ashwin St,

85 Bears, Elks

alternative rock. 100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £6.

metal band promote their album Wrath. Brixton Academy, Stockwell

Blues-rock from the group.

Fanfarlo The London-based

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Lamb Of God The hardcore

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FAST FORWARD Brit Awards 2010: Jay Z, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Dizzee Rascal Earl’s Court, Feb 16 (0870 264 3333). £80 John Butler Trio Hammersmith Apollo, April 14 (0844 844 4748). £21 50 Cent Wembley Arena, Mar 20 (0844 815 0815). £32.50-£35.

Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-9 (0844 844 4748) £44.75 Eskimo Joe Shepherds Bush Empire, May 17 (08444 77 2000). £17.50 Green Day Wembley Stadium, Jun 19 (0844 277 4321). £42.50 Hole Shepherds Bush Empire, Feb 17 (0844 477 2000). £18.50 Muse Wembley Stadium, Sep 10-11 (0844 277 4321). £45 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother Donnington Park, Jun 11-13 (0844 277 4321). £175 (weekend) Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £28 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Apr 22 (0844 477 2000). £tbc.

The Parlotones Electric Ballroom, Apr 8 (020 7485 9006). £10 Xavier Rudd Shepherds Bush Empire, Feb 13 (0844 856 0202). £18.50 The Temper Trap Shepherds Bush Empire, Apr 28-30 (0844 477 2000). £15 The Triffids Barbican, Apr 9 (020 7638 8891). £15-£25

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK BE SOMEBODY Kurd Maverick first got our attention when his damn fine remake of Technotronic’s Pump Up The Jam started ripping through clubs across the world. What was once a cheesy ’90s dance hit was now an uber-cool electro tune that just made you want to get up and dance. The German has since been touring the world making more tasty hits. Catch him as he hits Pacha this weekend. A techier sound in the second room is courtesy of Laura Essence, Unknown DJs and Matt Whittet.

» Pacha, Terminus Pl, SW1V 1JR

Victoria (0845 371 4489; pachalondon.com). Feb 13, 10pm-5am. £15 adv, £20 otd

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One of London’s finest club nights is back from the dead as Together returns to the capital at Coronet Theatre.

Once a monthly party at the now-closed Turnmills, Together was famed for its fancy dress nights and good, old-fashioned fun (think face painting, computer games and free haircuts), teaming the carnival atmosphere with killer line-ups. Together will run every Friday for 16 weeks from March 12 with Mylo, Crystal Fighters, Hervé and Kissy Sell Out confirmed for the first two events. See together-club.co.uk

You can forget all that Valentine’s mushiness as Zombies Ate My Brain puts a macabre twist on the Hallmark holiday. A night of minimal tech and electro, Germany’s Guido Schneider leads the line-up, alongside resident Shane Watcha.

That fine duo we know as Layo & Bushwacka! are back for their first Shake It party of the decade. Having spent three weeks touring South America, the duo say they “cannot wait to get stuck back into the London party scene”. We doubt they’re eager to return to the cold, but we’re glad they’re back.

» Cable, 33a Bermondsey St, SE1 2EG London Bridge (020 7403 7730; zombiesate mybrain.net). Feb 13, 10pm7am. £10 adv

» Village Underground, 54 Holywell Lane, EC2A 3PQ Old Street (020 7422 7505; shakeitlondon.com). Feb 13, £12 adv, £15 otd

Cargo in Shoreditch is holding a free event tonight (Mon, Feb 8) to launch the

start of Tinnitus Awareness Week. Hosted by radio presenter and DJ Eddy Temple-Morris, the new ambassador for the British Tinnitus Association has assembled a line-up of DJs all affected by the condition to perform on the night.

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 8 Anthem The residents play

I Love Mondays Commercial dance, R’n’B and 1970s and 1980s classics. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308).

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3, NUS £1, listing/mems/NHS free.

Popcorn Commercial dance, house, pop and R’n’B, plus a cinema and chill-out room. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). 11pm-6am. £8, £2 before midnight, free before 1am w/band, NUS/mems free.

Salsa Caribe Doctor Jim plays

Dizzee Rascal

DJs supply R’n’B, 1990s soul and funky house. Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY (020 7494 3020). 10pm-3am. £10.

LOVEBOX Victoria Park, E9 Hackney Wick (lovebox.net).

Jul 16-18. From £45 They may seem ages away, but summertime festivals are on the horizon. Dizzee Rascal and Chase & Status are the first acts confirmed for the Lovebox threeday event. See page 12 for more events.

SATURDAY 13 Carwash Resident DJs play 1970s and 1980s disco and funk.

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

Duckie The resident DJs spin pop, indie and cabaret. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington Ln, SE11 5HY (020 7820 1222). 9pm. £6.

Glamorous The residents play funk, soul and disco. The Clapham Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523). 10pm-3am. £10, £5 w/flyer before 11pm.

Afro-Cuban, salsa, timba and Latin jazz. Buffalo Bar, Upper St, N1 1RU (020 7359 6191). 7.30pm-late. £7.

TUESDAY 9 Boot Camp Rob C and

Soul Fridays The resident

I Love Saturdays The resident DJs provide funky house and club classics.

Game On Residents spin chart, party anthems and retro hits in the basement, with R’n’B, electro and house in the VIP room. Zoo Bar, Bear

Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY (020 7494 3020). 10pm-3am. £10.

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, guest list/NUS £5.

Lost And Found Keb Darge and Andy Smith play blues, rock and northern soul. Madame

Some Night A1 Bassline, B Rich, Mike Kruger and Ramon Judah play electro and dubstep. The

Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £8.

Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-3.30am. £7, adv/before 11pm. £5.

Prom Night DJs spin 1980s

Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

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Lost In London Party on the

Candybox DJs Jamie, Michael

ground floor, electro-house in the basement and commercial R’n’B in the VIP room. Zoo Bar,

and David spin indie, electro and retro. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D

Peter X spin soundtracks in aid of Positiveline and The Eddie Surman Trust. Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903).

9pm-2am. £3, mems £2.

Festa Fiesta Latin and samba from the resident DJs, plus salsa classes before 10pm. Fiesta

Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

7.30pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

pop. The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371).

9pm-3am. £6, £4 if in fancy dress.

Derek and Adam Callan play R’n’B and ska. Notting Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459). 7pm-2am. £8, £6 before 11pm, free before 8pm.

4DR (020 7734 6308). 10pm-3.30am. £6, w/flyer £5, £3 before 11pm.

Tickle Your Fancy Funky house, R’n’B and commercial dance from the residents.

Fiesta Latino Latin and samba Toxic Tuesdays The residents supply funky house, R’n’B, hip-hop and chart anthems.

Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £5-£10.

from the resident DJs, plus salsa classes before 10pm. Fiesta

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

8pm-late. £10, guest list £5, before 10pm free.

Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7.30pm-2am. £6.

G-A-Y Porn Idol The residents White Heat DJs Matty and Olly play indie, punk, techno and electro.

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10.30pm-3am. £7, adv £6.

WEDNESDAY 10 Agita Brasil Latin and samba from the resident DJs, plus dance classes before 10pm. Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £6.

supply pop and disco. Heaven, Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020).

10.30pm-late. £7, w/flyer free.

Swing Mon Amour DJ Tim Hellzapoppin’ plays jazz, swing and R’n’B, with The Untouchables performing live. Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green, Kilburn Ln, W10 4AE (020 8969 0098). 8.30pm-1am. £5.

FRIDAY 12 Beat The St Sean P, Joey Negro and Love Fever DJs play soul and disco. East Village, Great

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

Eastern St, EC2A 3HX (020 7739 5173).

9pm-3.30am. £8, adv £5.

Decadent Disco

Soul, funk, jazz, reggae, punk and blues from DJ Grae J. The Cross Kings Pub, York Way, N1 0AX (020 7278 8318). 8pm. £6, concs £5.

McQueen, Tabernacle St, EC2A 4AA (020 7253 5555). 8pm-2.30am. £8.

Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308).

9pm-3am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

Fischerspooner Autokratz, Fischerspooner and Designer Drugs spin electro. Matter at O2

Team Disgusting, Jimmy Napes and Emily Rawson play rock ’n’ roll, electronica, 1980s pop, indie and classic house.

Trashville Lounge Presents

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rock anthems. Punk, Soho St, W1D 3DN (020 7734 4004).

8pm-late. £5, free before 11pm.

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The Gallery Andy Moor, Kyau & Albert, Anjunadeep, Kyle Watson, Super 8, DJ Tab, and Bad Boy DJs spin house, electro and dance.

Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP (0870 060 2666). 10.30pm-6am. £13, NUS £10, NUS £6 before midnight.

Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin and deep house from DJ Jimbo (Raw Deal), Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Horse Meat Disco Jim Stanton and Severino spin disco.

Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 8pm-3am. £6.

S.L.A.G.S./Chill-Out Miami Calling Birthday Party Lee Dagger spins soul, house, R’n’B and electro-pop. The White

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House, Clapham Park Rd, SW4 7EH (020 7498 3388). 7pm-5am. £8, before 11pm £6, before 9pm free.

Dance anthems and commercial house from Simon Le Vans, Andy Almighty and Sean Sirrs. Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Kennington Ln, SE11 5HY (020 7820 1222). 2pm-midnight. £7.

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AUSTRALIA AFL player in strife Geelong AFL premiership player Mathew Stokes told police he bought one gram of cocaine for a friend, it was alleged as he faced court on charges of trafficking and possessing the drug.

The Cats star allegedly told police he bought the cocaine for $500 from nightclub bouncer Matthew Randall, one of five other men also charged after a long police operation.

Obama to visit US President Barack Obama will pay tribute to 70 years of

Moving on: Leanne and Jenny Dovaston stand on their houseboat, which they relocated to use for accommodation as they rebuild after the Black Saturday bushfires in Marysville.

Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Victorian tragedy.

diplomatic ties between Canberra and Washington when he makes his first visit to Australia in March.

First lady Michelle Obama and the president’s two daughters, Malia and Sasha, will also make the journey which will include a visit to Indonesia.

Rann in trouble

Barack Obama

The woman who made scandalous allegations against South Australian premier Mike Rann delivered his election campaign a blow by calling on him to “tell the truth” about an alleged affair.

Just five weeks before the

March 20 poll, former parliamentary barmaid Michelle Chantelois, who alleged she had an affair with the premier, delivered a personal letter and the results of a lie detector test to his Adelaide office.

More asylum seekers A boat carrying 181 suspected asylum seekers was intercepted off Christmas Island.

Home affairs minister Brendan O’Connor said the patrol boat HMAS Larrakia, boarded the vessel carrying 181 passengers and four crew.

It was the ninth asylum seeker boat to arrive this year.

*And finally … grog better than sex

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The same number said they’d opt to give up driving for four weeks if they had to choose between their wheels and liquor, and 30 per cent said they would rather toss their mobile phones.

FebFast, works to highlight the dangers of drugs and alcohol, and is encouraging Australians to give up drinking this month.

“I notice they’ve taken away the plants [to save money]. I want my plants back.” Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey on cost cuts made by the Government.

“What I think it does indicate, though, is that the Australian public wants real answers now from their prime minister, they don’t want a lot of vague waffle.” Tony Abbott on Newspoll results which show a slump in primary vote support for the Government.

“Our challenge … is to communicate more effectively than which we’ve done.” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the Newspoll results.

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Australians’ love affair with grog is so great they’d rather give up sex, their car and their friends than lay off the bottle for a month, a survey shows.

When quizzed by charity FebFast, one in five drinkers said they would prefer to go without sex than booze, while 12 per cent admitted they would ditch their friends sooner than pass up the

“We ended up with the highest food inflation in the western world. And in the middle of this, they’re sending $50 million to help other nations out. I just think they’ve got to do some helping back home and for the families of Australia as well.”

Opposition finance spokesman Barnaby Joyce suggesting aid to the third world should instead be spent on reducing food costs in Australia.

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■ Nineteen people injured when bomb explodes in Darwin business.

■ Doctor describes it as a mini-Bali bombing.

■ Disgruntled customer is charged over attack.

ACT A bandit fled after firing a shot in a botched bank robbery in Canberra. ACT police said a man fired a gun after entering the premises and the bank’s security screens were activated.

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even of 19 people injured in a deliberate petrol explosion in a Darwin shopping centre were in hospital with one doctor describing it as a mini-Bali bombing on “our doorstep”.

Five of the victims were still in the high dependency unit of Royal Darwin Hospital with burns to up to 15 per cent of their upper limbs, one victim was in coronary care and another in a general ward.

Fifteen people were admitted to hospital after a dissatisfied customer allegedly pushed a shopping trolley full of fuel and fireworks into the TIO Insurance and Banking

NORTHERN TERRITORY Police investigate the scene of the Darwin explosion

office in the Woolworths shopping centre in Darwin’s CBD. Four more were treated at the hospital after coming in during the night suffering from smoke inhalation.

A 44-year-old man gave himself up to police after the explosion Dr Len Notaras said while

this was an explosion on a smaller scale to the 2002 Bali bombing, what happened in Darwin had “brought the horror to our doorstep”.

“We are very familiar with these situations,” he said.

“But this is one of those situations where it is on our doorstep and were people from a small community.”

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Opposition releases its green policy Australia would be locked into a modest cut in greenhouse gas emissions of 5 per cent under the federal opposition’s alternative climate plan.

But the Government wanted to leave open the door to a bigger reduction of up to 25 per cent if the rest of the world took ambitious action on climate change.

The two schemes are likely to offer a key point of difference at the federal election, expected this year.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott revealed a scheme that would cost taxpayers $3.2 billion in the first four years,

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ramping up to a $1.1 billion annual cost, to pay farmers to store carbon in the soil.

More trees would be planted and the rebate for solar panels would rise by $1000.

“Our policy will be simpler, cheaper and more effective than the Government’s because it relies on incentives not penalties,” Abbott said.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd slammed the proposal as “nothing more than a climate con job”.

The “phony” plan would do less and cost more than the Government’s ETS, Rudd told parliament.

A man drowned trying to save a mate who got into trouble during a swim at a nature reserve near Darwin. The 20-yearold leapt into the water to help a friend, who was struggling in rough seas off East Point Reserve.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA West Australian police defended their use of Tasers after a man who had doused a house in petrol caught on fire when officers used a stun gun against him. It was the second time in six months that a man was severely burnt after being stunned by a Taser in the state.

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Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said there had been concern about police corruption on the Gold Coast for at least a decade. The Crime and Misconduct Commission raided several properties in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast, including the Surfers Paradise police station. One officer was suspended while investigations continued.

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Flag for sale

The first shipping containers converted into cells would be ready to house prisoners from April and corrections minister Judith Collins said it was possible the pilot would be expanded as pressure came on the prison muster.

Each 12.2m long container was converted into three insulated and heated cells with

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The national average temperature in degrees celcius during January.

3 long climb: Kiwi Melissa Moon crosses the finish line on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building to win the woman’s division of the 33rd Annual Empire State Building run. The 40-year-old from Wellington dashed up 86 flights of stairs in 13 minutes, 13 seconds.

two bunks, a toilet, shelving and a small table, all constructed out of steel.

Banker pleads guilty A former investment banker admitted stealing nearly $18 million from ASB Bank customers in the country’s largest employee theft.

In Auckland District Court, Stephen Gerard Versalko admitted three charges laid by the Serious Fraud Office of taking $17,763,108 from 30 wealthy bank clients over nine years.

He was fired by the bank last August and arrested a few days

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student, who listed her virginity on the site under the name `Unigirl’, said the leading bid was “way beyond what I dreamed”.

New Zealand’s leading online auction site, TradeMe, said it would not allow such a listing.

But ineed.co.nz defended the listing, saying it was legal and the site did not place moral judgments on its members.

before Christmas.

It was not known how much of the money had been recovered.

Pregnant drink driver A six-months pregnant woman caught driving with more than two-and-half times the legal limit of alcohol escaped a jail term.

In Rotorua District Court Kylie Wilson, 25, of Mamaku, 20km north-west of Rotorua, was sentenced to three months’ home detention after earlier pleading guilty to drink-driving in September last year.

The number of dogs exhumed by the SPCA investigating the slaughter of 33 dogs in Northland.

296

The number of passengers on an Air New Zealand plane which had to make an emergency stop on the runway at Narita International Airport in Japan.

7.3

The unemployment rate. It’s the highest rate since June 1999.

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A New Zealand teenager auctioned off her virginity to a stranger for more than $45,000 to fund her university tuition fees.

“Thank you to the more-than 30,000 people who viewed my ad and to the more-than 1200 offers made,” she posted on the ineed.co.nz website.

The 19-year-old Northland

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The percentage of Maori voters who believe John Key provides good leadership on Maori issues.

Maori Party MP Hone Harawira’s family planned to make money from the Government’s decision to allow the tino rangitiritanga flag to be flown on government buildings on Waitangi Day, it was reported.

The flag became popular since the decision to give it official status and TV One News reported Harawira’s wife Hilda intended copyrighting it along with a woman who is its only living designer.

The plan was for a trust to be set up to gather royalties from sales of the flag, the report said.

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What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

■ Watangi Day events are celebrated peacefully across the country.

■ Debate about changing the national flag is raised.

■ The tino rangatira flag is flown on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

UPPER NORTH ISLAND A man was moved off the critical list after being attacked with a patu, a traditional Maori club, in Port Waikato, south-west of Auckland. The 34-year-old was hit several times with the patu. He was left with head and eye injuries, and his chest sliced open.

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generally peaceful Waitangi Day this year was marked with mudslinging and jostling confined to debate on the flag, the Foreshore and Seabed Act and Treaty of Waitangi settlements.

The day was celebrated by thousands of people in scores of centres around the country as the nation enjoyed mostly fine, warm weather.

About 500 people, including both Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader Phil Goff, attended the service at the Treaty Grounds meeting house at Waitangi in the Bay of

The Waka fleet is welcomed onto Tii Beach during celebrations at Waitangi

Islands to mark the 170th anniversary of Waitangi Day. Ngapuhi elders, armed forces representatives and the diplomatic corps, who attended for the first time in 15 years, were also present.

Events at Waitangi’s Te Tii Marae were peaceful, in contrast with previous years.

The tino rangatira and New

Zealand flags were flown at Parliament grounds and on the Auckland Harbour Bridge, but the tino rangatira flag was not flown at Waitangi.

Protesters wanting a new national flag burnt the New Zealand ensign at Hamilton’s Waitangi celebrations.

They said the New Zealand flag was a fictitious creation.

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Taxi driver stabbed to death

The family of taxi driver Hiren Mohini described his killer as “barbaric” at his funeral.

Mohini, 39, was killed in a frenzied and brutal attack in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden.

Police said he may have died for the $15.20 fare it would have cost the killer to have travelled from the central city to Mt Eden because there was no sign Mohini was robbed.

The father-of-two was stabbed many times before crashing his cab into a tree in View Rd, dying at the scene as his attacker fled on foot.

A funeral service was held

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at Waikumete Cemetery in Waitakere.

A hearse carrying Mohini’s body was followed by a cavalcade of 300 taxis, most flying black flags from their radio aerials as a mark of respect.

His coffin was carried into the crematorium through a guard of honour of taxi drivers.

Family members describe Mohini, known to them as Bunty, as a man who was always determined to do his best for his family.

They described his killing as “unimaginable”.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND A pilot programme for young offenders at Te Hurihanga in Hamilton was to be replaced with a similar but more costeffective one. The $5 million programme started with 23 young offenders, but only eight remained at the end of the course.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND An assault on an inmate cost one of Hawke’s Bay’s longest-serving prison officers his job, even though a judge declined to enter a conviction. William Pakoti, 56, was found guilty in Hastings District Court of assaulting inmate ElfenderLee Harmer in Hawke’s Bay Prison in February last year.

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The funeral cavalcade for taxi driver Hiren Mohini

A 14-year-old girl was attacked by a shark at Oreti Beach, near Invercargill.

She hit the shark on the head with her body board until it let her go. She was treated for her wounds at home but was later taken to Southland Hospital.

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Drop out goes to court

Sheryl Cwele, wife of state security minister Siyabonga Cwele, denied being involved in drug trafficking after being arrested in KwaZulu-Natal.

During her bail application, Cwele, 50, stated that she never knowingly participated in any such activities or conspiracy or incitement to deal in drugs.

Cwele and her co-accused, Nigerian Frank Nabolis, were

Siyabonga Cwele

1.8bn

The amount of rands that the Eastern Cape Health Department was in the red, with two months to go before funds would be allocated again.

An 18-year-old A-grade student turned to the High Court in a bid to be promoted to Grade 12, after he dropped out in Grade 11 last year.

Edwin Botha took the Gauteng Department of Education to court over its decision to overturn his school principal’s decision to promote him to matric.

He dropped out in October 2009 after being traumatised during a prefects’ initiation ceremony following his appointment as deputy head boy of the Noordheuwel High School in Krugersdorp.

Minister’s wife arrested

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384

The number of convicted criminals who have waited six years for the outcome of their Presidential pardon applications.

end of era: Frederik de Klerk, the last white president of apartheid South Africa from 1989 to 1994, holds a conference commemorating the 20th anniversary of his historic address to parliament announcing the release of Nelson Mandela.

arrested by the police’s elite Hawk unit and were accused of recruiting two South African women for their operations.

Phone pricing issues Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda expressed his support for the Independent Communications Authority of SA’s (Icasa) dismissal of an agreement by mobile networks on interconnection rates.

The ministry said a proposed three-year phasing in of reduced rates was too long, and not fair to consumers who have had to pay high telecommunication

costs “for too long.”

SA’s cell phone companies submitted a proposed reduction over three years after Icasa ordered them to cut the interconnection fees from R1.25 to 87c per call.

Police under fire Police chiefs came under fire over a recent National Police Day event in Bloemfontein, which was attended by 50,000 cops from around the country.

The exercise, designed to boost morale, cost the taxpayer about R75 million.

It deteriorated into scenes of public drunkenness.

20

The number of years since former president FW de Klerk unbanned the ANC and freed Nelson Mandela. The developments were commemorated with a number of events.

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The number of hours courts will open every day during the World Cup to avoid delays.

195m

The amount in rands that Pioneer was fined by the Competition Tribunal for its involvement in a bread price-fixing cartel.

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investigating the report.

While Zuma had dominated the news for a variety of reasons lately, tycoon Tokyo Sexwale’s niece apologised for condemning his behaviour on Facebook.

“Why does our president display such stereotypical bad behaviour of a randy black womaniser?” Kananelo Sexwale wrote.

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The ANC said it was looking into the possibility that the Chinese factory in charge of making the Football World Cup was also making a Jacob Zuma doll.

That’s after a picture of the doll was spotted on the website of Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products & Gifts.

ANC spokesman Brian Sokuto told Sake 24 they were

SUMMARY

■ President Jacob Zuma admits he has fathered a love child.

■ The baby is Zuma’s 20th child.

■ Media gets blame for imposing “one man, one woman norm”.

Police identified the two men who died in a plane crash near Haartbeespoort as student pilot Piet Kriel and his flight instructor, Arno Lowes. Their single-engine Cessna crashed into a mountain while they were on a flight from Kugersdorp to the Wonderboom airport.

LIMPOPO Jacob Zuma is being forced to defend his personal life

Helen Zille said the president had undermined the struggle against HIV/Aids, by continuing with unprotected sex.

The ANC quickly rushed to his aid and said that Zuma’s personal life had nothing to do with the Government’s policies on HIV/Aids.

The Communications

Workers’ Union said Zuma’s critics were trying to re-engineer society.

It said the media’s obsession with, and interference in, Zuma’s private life was aimed at conforming the people to the “capitalist sex norm” of one man and one woman for life, thus denying the complexity of human sexuality.

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ANC calls for nationalisation debate The ANC said it welcomed the discussion document on the nationalisation of mines, which was presented by the party’s Youth League.

There had been a heated debate on nationalisation between the Youth League and the minister of mineral and energy affairs, Susan Shabangu.

The matter, that had been lingering for years, flared up again and Shabangu irked the Youth League when she said that there would be no nationalisation in her lifetime.

The ANC said it would engage with the ANCYL, led

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here was a mix of support and condemnation for President Jacob Zuma after he publicly admitted he had fathered a love child.

Zuma, 67, admitted in a lengthy statement that he had a relationship with prominent soccer chief Irwin Khoza’s daughter, Sonono, 39, and that she’d given birth to their child in October last year.

In the statement, Zuma referred to the relationship in the present tense.

Sonono’s baby was the 20th child for Zuma, who already had three wives and a fiancee.

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by the outspoken Julius Malema, about the nationalisation of mines, and then give its opinion on the matter.

The ruling party asked South Africans not to stifle debate on the issue and that the ANC must talk to its youth about it.

The ANCYL accused Shabangu of misleading investors by stating there would be no nationalisation of mines.

The League said if those were really her views, she was disingenuous, dishonest and did not understand the ANC.

A municipal councillor killed his girlfriend and then turned the gun on himself after a heated argument in Mogwadi, north-east of Polokwane. Matthews Manthata was arguing with girlfriend, Olivia Machaka, in her room before he shot her in the forehead and then shot himself.

WESTERN CAPE A woman suspected of being a drug mule was arrested at Cape Town International Airport after 4.5kg of ‘tik’ with a street value of R1.6-million was found hidden in cereal boxes in her luggage.

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A group of lecturers allegedly tried to intimidate a college chief executive in Gauteng. The lecturers, from another college, caused considerable damage to the Tshwane South College in Centurion, because they “had a problem” with the CEO, according to police.

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AFL Exceptional Richmond talent Troy Taylor gets his career off to a bad start when he’s charged with assault relating to an incident in Alice Springs on New Year’s Eve.

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MOTOR RACING Mark Skaife has Holden fans cheering when he announces he’ll be jumping back in the car with Craig Lowndes for this year’s endurance races in the V8 series.

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RUGBY UNION Reds officials surprise nobody when they announce Quade Cooper’s rehab, after his arrest on burglary charges, is going so well he’ll be free to start the Super 14 season.

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AFL Ever the publicist, Greater Western Sydney coach Kevin Sheedy says he’s going to the US to track down talent.

Apparently California is in his sights.

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FOOTBALL Billionaire Gold Coast United owner Clive Palmer finds himself in hot water again after accusing the Football Federation of Australia of corruption.

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RUGBY UNION Western Force coach John Mitchell floats the idea that James O’Connor might find himself at flyhalf after the season-ending injury to South African Andre Pretorius.

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CRICKET Former Test spinner Jason Krejza’s finds himself at the crossroads after being dropped for Tasmania’s next Shield match. In his past three matches he’s taken 3-306.

People can make a “buck off a rugby

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Greg Bird thinks he knows who the victim is after being acquitted of attacking a woman with a bottle.

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Rio Ferdinand What is this troubled past people refer to?

His biggest indiscretion came in 2003 when he left Manchester United’s training ground after being asked to provide a sample for a drug test.

What was his excuse for doing a runner?

He said he was distracted because he was moving house and didn’t deliberately miss the test.

How did that go over?

He was suspended for eight months.

Any other black marks?

He’s got a shocking driving record.

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Kiwi victory New Zealand handed Bangladesh a Twenty20 lesson in Hamilton. The visitors were bowled out for 78 before the Black Caps hunted the total down in only 8.2 overs.

SCG under threat Cricket Australia would not reveal its position on the possibility of some international cricket being moved from the Sydney Cricket Ground to ANZ Stadium at Homebush. With ANZ Stadium emerging as a new option to host international cricket, Cricket NSW was in talks over the future venue of cricket matches in Sydney.

Cash up for grabs South Africa will reclaim the No.1 Test ranking if they win the series against India. The top spot will ensure them a bonus of US$175,000 from the ICC.

Langeveldt added Charl Langeveldt was added to South Africa’s ODI squad for the three-match series against India. He initially missed out on the squad.

Aussies on shortlist Jason Gillespie and former Australian Test teammate Michael Kasprowicz were reportedly short-listed to replace Ottis Gibson as England’s bowling coach.

Gibson left the post for his new job as West Indies head coach, taking the reins from David Williams following the 2-0 Test series loss to Australia.

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Amla leads charge Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis put South Africa in a dominant position on day two of the first Test against India in Nagpur.

After the Proteas lost both openers before the score reached double figures, Amla (215no) and Kallis (173) combined for a 340 run stand – a record partnership for South Africa against India.

At tea on the second day

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There was nothing subtle in the message delivered by Jacob Oram as New Zealand outmuscled Bangladesh to win the first ODI by 146 runs at Napier on Friday.

Oram belted 83 off only 40 balls to power New Zealand to 9-336 before the outgunned tourists were dismissed for 190 in the 44th over at McLean Park.

Having retired from Test cricket to prolong his career following a series of serious injuries, the 31-year-old all-rounder delivered a timely reminder of his continued value after Bangladesh had the

home side in bother at 5-135 in the 27th over.

His was the fourth halfcentury of the innings, and the most eye-catching, after newcomer Peter Ingram marked his first match at this level with a fine 69 off 74 balls.

Ross Taylor made 51 off 52 and Neil Broom hit a career best 71 off 73.

Broom and Oram combined to heavily punish the Bangladeshis in a quickfire seventh-wicket stand of 123, the best for New Zealand against all nations, surpassing the 115 scored by Adam Parore and Lee Germon in 1996-97.

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Graeme Smith stood at the other end and saw Ashwell Prince (0) wrongly dismissed after a bouncer went through to the keeper off his armguard.

The review system was not being used in the match.

Smith (6) soon followed when he was bowled by Zaheer Khan.

Black Caps smash Bangladesh

Siddle out of tour Australian paceman Peter Siddle suffered a stress fracture of his back and will miss the rest of the domestic summer and the upcoming cricket tour of New Zealand.

South Africa were 5-477.

The series got off to a shaky start for the hosts when VVS Laxman failed a fitness test and Rohit Sharma took a leaf out of England’s book by injuring himself playing football before the match.

The injury forced the selection of reserve wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha as a specialist batsman.

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Australia completed a summer clean-sweep of Pakistan as a fired-up Shaun Tait sent the tourists home with one last defeat in the Twenty20 clash at the MCG.

Pakistan were a different outfit in the field and with the ball, rolling the home side for 127, but their batting fell the same way it did in the three Tests and five one-dayers as Australia fought back for a two-run win.

Dirk Nannes and Shane Watson bowled brilliantly at the death and conceded nine runs in the final two overs as Pakistan finished 9-125, even though Mohammad Asif hit the last ball for four.

Tait was the star though taking 3-11.

Australia’s win was their first in three attempts in this format over Pakistan, the

speed to burn Comeback kid Shaun Tait thrilled the crowd at the MCG when he consistently bowled above 150km/h and, with his third ball against Pakistan, notched the fastest delivery recorded in Australia at 160.7km/h.

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Australia staged a strong comeback given they lost 9-73 and were all out in the 19th over with only three batsmen making double figures in a troubled innings.

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Ground invasion disgrace Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he would not hesitate to lead his team off the ground if he believed players were in danger of being attacked by invading spectators.

Australia’s thrilling twowicket victory over Pakistan at the Waca Ground in the final ODI was soured when a spectator jumped the fence and crash-tackled Pakistan’s Khalid Latif, leaving the fieldsman with a sore neck.

A 37-year-old man was charged with assault and trespass leading to assault, and will appear in court on February 16, facing a maximum fine of just $500.

Australia players condemned the incident and Ponting said if his team had been involved he would have asked his players if they wanted to walk off.

“If I was the fielding captain I would have definitely pulled

Khalid Latif is tackled by a spectator at the Waca

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spectator who had been on the ground either. Luckily for me and luckily for us we were the batting team at the time.”

Afridi bites into defence Controversial Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi made a meal of an apology for his bizarre ball-biting incident, saying every cricket side in the world tampered with the ball anyway.

Afridi was slapped with a two-match ban for chomping on the ball in the final one-dayer in Perth.

And the limited-overs ace hardly covered himself in glory by telling Pakistan’s Geo TV that all sides tamper with the ball.

“I am embarrassed – I have made a mistake,” he said.

“I was frustrated because the Pakistan team hasn’t won any match for quite some time.

“I am not a fast bowler who would tamper the ball.

“I was just trying to help the bowler. There is no team in the world that doesn’t tamper with the ball but my approach was wrong.”

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Lote Tuqiri is saying farewell to England

Tuqiri back in NRL Lote Tuqiri has his sights set on reclaiming representative jumpers after agreeing to switch codes again and return to rugby league with Wests Tigers.

Sacked by the Australian Rugby Union in July for a breach of team rules, the dual international winger signed to return to the NRL on a three-year deal, ending months of speculation.

Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens said the 30-year-old

former Queensland State of Origin and Kangaroos star retained high ambitions and had a lot to offer in his second stint in the NRL. “Lote’s experience and ability will bring an x-factor to Wests Tigers,” Sheens said.

“I know one of the main driving reasons behind Lote’s decision is that he is very keen to break back into representative footy, something other players coming back from rugby union

have been unable to do of late.”

Tuqiri, who had been playing club rugby in the UK with Leicester, would link up with Wests Tigers at the end of March when he completed those commitments.

That could see him return to the 13-man code for the first time since leaving Brisbane in 2002.

That would give him plenty of time to press his claims to add to the six Queensland State of Origin caps he earned.

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with Test players Robbie Farah and David Shillington following the withdrawals of Wests Tigers’ second-rower Gareth Ellis, South Sydney prop David Taylor and Canberra’s Alan Tongue.

Inglis had been desperate to play in the Skilled Park sell-out on the Gold Coast.

“I’m extremely disappointed,” said the Melbourne star after the Storm’s medical staff ruled him out with a hip injury.

“I did everything I possibly could to get my body right.”

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Referees’ new focus Referees in the NRL will crack down on attackers who are endangering the safety of fullbacks and wingers by being “out of play” off kicks.

At a coaches conference, referees boss Robert Finch warned against a return to the “dark old days” when kick returners were targeted by players who crossed the advantage line before the ball was kicked.

Players who are simply in front of the kicker will still be penalised as being offside, however if a player is in front of the kicker but has also crossed the advantage line, they will be penalised as being out of play.

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Wayne Bennett said fans would still witness some wonderful rugby league in Saturday’s NRL All Stars game despite the withdrawal of superstar Greg Inglis from the indigenous side.

Both sides made changes with Gold Coast recruit Greg Bird and South Sydney’s Beau Champion coming into the indigenous line-up for Inglis and Dane Laurie.

English forward Sam Burgess was a stunning inclusion in Bennett’s All Star team along

North Queensland Cowboys chief executive Peter Parr said he had been assured by the Roosters that Willie Mason would be cleared to play for them after agreeing to a one-year deal.

Parr said once the Roosters signed off on all the paperwork to release Mason from his $400,000-a-season contract at Bondi Junction he would join the Cowboys. “[Sydney Roosters chief executive] Steve Noyce told me a little while ago he didn’t expect any hiccups with Willie’s release,” Parr said.

“We expect that release will be formalised in the very near future but Steve [Noyce] has given the go ahead to start preparing to get Willie to Townsville.”

The Cowboys beat Newcastle to Mason’s signature.

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burger in doubt Schalk Burger was in doubt for the start of the Super 14 season after suffering a shoulder injury in a preseason trial against a Boland XV. Burger was replaced after just 14 minutes after being taken down heavily in a tackle by Dean Grant.

cipriani may rebel England five-eighth Danny Cipriani could be on his way to Australia, with Super 15 new boys Melbourne Rebels targeting a move for the talented playmaker. Rebels coach Rod MacQueen spoke to Cipriani in London last week and although the franchise have not yet made a formal offer to the 21-yearold, who is off contract with London Wasps in May, he admitted early discussions were positive.

Pretorius out The Western Force’s finals aspirations took a massive nose dive after it was confirmed star recruit Andre Pretorius would miss the entire Super 14 season with a hamstring injury. Pretorius, who notched 31 Tests for South Africa, was lured to the Force as a replacement for flyhalf Matt Giteau.

Smith steps down Australia’s most capped Test forward George Smith said he was retiring from international rugby to spend more time with his family.

The flanker, who represented the Wallabies 110 times at Test level, announced he was drawing the curtain on one of Australian rugby’s most successful careers.

The 29-year-old will play out this year’s Super 14 with the Brumbies before seeking a deal overseas, where he said he and

New Zealand were knocked out by eventual tournament winners Fiji in the semi-finals of the Wellington Sevens.

Australia won the plate final 26-22 against South Africa after trailing 17-0 at one stage.

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his family could spend some “quality time” together experiencing a new culture.

The two-time John Eales Medallist, the most capped openside forward in Test history, said he’d been

contemplating stepping away from the game even before signing a three-year deal with the ARU last year.

“Although I believe I could play competitive rugby at the highest level for many years to come, in recent times I believe the Wallabies have created the right balance between providing opportunity for young talent within Australian rugby and also having the knowledge and experience of senior players,” Smith said.

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Referees will focus on freeing up the ball and creating clarity around rulings at the tackle area and scrums to make the 2010 Super 14 more spectator friendly.

Additionally, players advancing from off-side positions during kicking phases will also be penalised to maintain the counterattacking options for the receiving team.

Tournament officials in all three countries have been given a clear mandate to deal with these key areas in an effort to create clarity for players, officials and fans.

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These initiatives were a return to the laws of the game and did not represent any change in law, New Zealander Bray said.

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Carlos Spencer was the only shining light for the Lions in their final pre-season hitout.

The Lions struggled to see off a committed Pumas outfit 24-17. Spencer’s kicking and passing game was in good order for the Lions.

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Female athletes were the big winners in Auckland with Valerie Vili capturing New Zealand’s ultimate sporting prize, the Halberg Award, for the third consecutive year.

Just for good measure, former Olympic and world rowing champions Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell were crowned sports champions of the decade.

Vili, the 25-year-old World, Olympic, Commonwealth and New Zealand shot put champion, was the dominant individual figure at the annual Halberg Awards dinner.

After repeating her performance of the previous three years by winning the sportswoman of the year category, joining board sailor Barbara Kendall as a four-time winner, Vili went on to

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Golf future bright Young guns Michael Sim and Marc Leishman came up just short of victory at Torrey Pines but they gave cause for optimism about their 2010 US PGA Tour prospects. The two 25-year-old Australians tied for second place, one stroke behind US winner Ben Crane, in the Farmers Insurance Open.

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claim the supreme award.

In so doing she became only the second person behind champion rower Rob Waddell to complete a hat-trick of Halberg Awards and the first

female to win it three times.

Other category winners she headed off for the award were rowing champions Mahe Drysdale, Eric Murray and Hamish Bond.

AFL to crack down on staging All the AFL world’s not a stage and the tribunal now has the power to crack down on players who want to act.

The league has introduced fines for players who “stage” for free kicks as part of their annual review of the tribunal system.

Apart from the penalty, the league hopes the inevitable media spotlight will also deter players from the practice.

Umpiring director Jeff Gieschen and outgoing match review panel chairman Andrew McKay said clubs had urged the league to take action on staging.

There was a feeling the practice had become more common last season.

“That was one of the overwhelming things that kept coming back – coaches felt that staging was a blight on the game, wasn’t in the spirit of the game,” Gieschen said.

“It also serves to create

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Carlton young gun Matthew Kreuzer signed a new twoyear contract with the AFL club. The deal means the 20-year-old ruckman will be with the Blues at least until the end of the 2012 season.

Kreuzer was the No.1 pick in the 2007 draft and he had not missed a senior game since his AFL debut in round three, 2008.

Referees off to cup New Zealand referees Peter O’Leary and Mike Hester were selected to officiate at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. Fifa named a list of 30 referee trios from 28 countries with Mexico the only other country to have two referees named to officiate.

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melees at times because players who don’t see it clearly think something has happened and they come in.

“The coaches drove, pretty much, that we needed to look at that situation.”

A player will receive a written reprimand for a first offence and that will remain for the rest of his career.

A second offence will carry

an $1800 fine, reduced to $1200 for an early plea, while a third offence will carry a $2400 or $1800 penalty.

Gieschen said the match review panel would usually report players for staging, as it was often hard for umpires during a game to tell if an incident was genuine or faked.

He said the league would not target players.

Scott McDonald was keen to prove a point and reignite his fading Fifa World Cup hopes after completing a switch from Celtic to English side Middlesbrough. The Australian striker ended a successful three-year stint with the Glasgow giants in a reported £3.6 million move.

Diamond aims up Dual Olympic gold medallist trap shooter Michael Diamond said he was hoping to compete in three more Olympic Games. Diamond said age would be no barrier for him competing until at least 2020.

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TITLE NUMBER EIGHT? The Super 14 kicks off this week, and the mighty Crusaders once again loom large as the team to beat WORDS TOM STURROCK BLUES On the bright side: Well-led by dogged hooker Keven Mealamu, and have real firepower in Luke McAlister and Joe Rokocoko.

Could be a worry: Have battled for consistency since winning the title in 2003, and lack of depth could again be their undoing.

Prediction: Eighth – will have a crack and could surprise, but won’t go the distance.

BRUMBIES On the bright side: Signed Rocky Elsom and Matt Giteau in the offseason; now Australia’s stand-out franchise in the competition.

Could be a worry: New combinations will need to click – the only other concern is a lack of proven scoring power on the wings.

Prediction: Third – should at least return to the finals for the first time since 2004.

BULLS On the bright side: After winning two of the past three titles, the Bulls are hardened and boast stars in Fourie du Preez and Morne Steyn.

Could be a worry: Losing Bryan Habana to the Stormers. He won’t be easily replaced, but the Bulls should be able to shuffle the deck.

Prediction: Runners-up – will still be quality, but the other teams might have caught up.

CHEETAHS On the bright side: Unearthed young guns Heinrich Brussow and Jacques-Louis Potgieter,

but they’ll need more support.

Could be a worry: Some class in the back half, but the forward pack isn’t accomplished enough to worry the big boys.

Prediction: 12th – should improve, but still lack the talent to push into the finals.

CHIEFS On the bright side: Had their best finish last year, losing the final to the Bulls, and Mils Muliaina and Stephen Donald are quality.

Could be a worry: Consistency is the

Fourie du Preez was 2009’s South African player of the year

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concern – if other sides hit their straps, the Chiefs could suffer.

Prediction: Sixth – the yo-yo formline will continue, with the Chiefs missing the finals.

CRUSADERS On the bright side: Superstar flyhalf Dan Carter (left) is back.

Assuming Richie McCaw is injuryfree, that pairing makes them favourites.

Could be a worry: Injuries took their toll in 2009, but this campaign will reveal how well they’ve replaced Robbie Deans as coach.

Prediction: A mixture of youth and experience will win their eighth trophy.

FORCE On the bright side: They’ve been solid in the past three seasons and managed to hang on to 19-year-old prodigy James O’Connor.

Could be a worry: Losing Matt Giteau, who was their most important player – they don’t have the depth to replace him.

Prediction: 10th – the loss of Giteau is a hammer blow, and will see the Force slide.

HIGHLANDERS On the bright side: Halfback Jimmy Cowan is the star playmaker, while Adam Thomson is one of the fastest forwards in world rugby.

Could be a worry: They haven’t managed to play finals since 2002, and their lack of a gamebreaker could again be telling.

Prediction: 11th – too many strong sides for the Highlanders to break into the top half.

HURRICANES On the bright side: Always a threat, playing finals in four of the past five years – their mix of grunt and speed makes them dangerous.

Could be a worry: Don’t have a great record in big matches, and have a history of getting bundled out by the Crusaders.

Prediction: Fourth – enough quality to play finals, but heartbreak awaits once again.

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LIONS On the bright side: Earl Rose has designs on a Springboks career, while super-quick wing Tonderai Chavhanga joins from the Stormers.

Could be a worry: Could improve, but still have too many provincial journeymen. Will come up short against the best sides.

Prediction: Thirteenth – perennial battlers, with bottom-four finishes eight years in a row.

REDS On the bright side: Halfback Will Genia (right) was a revelation for the Wallabies last year, while

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skipper James Horwill leads by example.

Could be a worry: Losing Berrick Barnes to the Waratahs will hurt, while talented utility Quade Cooper seems like a complete headcase.

Prediction: 14th – they’re trying to rebuild, but their youngsters are still too raw.

SHARKS On the bright side: Plenty of talent across the park, and the addition of Argentina’s Juan Martin Hernandez will offer cover for Ruan Pienaar.

Could be a worry: It’s a tough call on John Smit and Stefan Terblanche, but perhaps these veterans are getting a bit long in the tooth.

Prediction: Fifth – if it clicks, they’re definitely dangerous, but don’t look the finished product.

STORMERS On the bright side: Big signings in Bryan Habana and Jaque Fourie, while Boks flanker Schalk Burger adds plenty of grunt.

Could be a worry: The recruits will be expected to fire straight away, but they paper over a lack of depth and a slightly light-on pack.

Prediction: Ninth – possible surprise packet, but are probably at least still another year off major results.

WARATAHS On the bright side: Have been the best Aussie side in recent times and Wallabies vice-captain Berrick Barnes adds dash.

Could be a worry: The Waratahs’ problem has been an inability to play attacking rugby that forces the pace of the game. That shortcoming will persist.

Prediction: Seventh – they just don’t have enough firepower and attrition has its limits.

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What’s the best thing about your job?

ON THE JOB DAVID JUCHAU Career Head steward, Marylebone Cricket Club Age 51 Lives West Hampstead From Sydney, Australia

To work at such an iconic sporting venue. No matter how tired or jaded you might be, when you walk into the ground you are never in any doubt that you are in a very special place.

You also get to meet some very interesting characters.

What’s the most challenging thing about your job?

How did you get into your line of work?

I have always taken an interest in cricket. On one of my visits to the UK about 10 years ago, I saw an advert for casual match day stewards at Lord’s and applied. The rest is history.

The pressure on major match days can be daunting. This is especially true on Sunday mornings on the fourth day of a Test match when the ground has to open on time, regardless of the various Tube line closures in place that day.

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Listen carefully to the questions put to you, and if you haven’t understood something politely ask for it to be repeated. Think about your answers before you respond and be confident.

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GradFutures.com study shows that university graduates focus their job hunt almost solely on London and South-East England, with 91 per cent of those questioned by the recruitment consultancy trying to find work in or near the capital.

However, Demetrios Zoppos, director of GradFutures.com, says this may mean people are missing out on opportunities in other areas.

“London has had the most competitive graduate job

market thanks to the sheer number of applicants. This situation has only worsened.”

The study also found that UK regions are attracting less than 13 per cent of graduate job hunters, despite over half of respondents saying they would be willing to move anywhere for a job.

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Professionals considering a change of career are set to outnumber new graduates in teaching. The government’s Training and Development Agency for Schools says about 70 per cent of inquiries about teaching are from professionals.

The recession has forced more UK workers to take unskilled jobs formerly filled by Eastern Europeans, according to recruitment firm Staffline, which claims its workforce from EU countries dropped by 18 per cent in 2009.

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QUALIFICATIONS Nurses need to have a nursing degree and training in a specialist area if applicable. They also need to be registered in their country of origin. Doctors must be fully qualified and certified.

DOCUMENTATION You must get your qualification recognised in the UK, which can be tricky, admits Hannah Keely, international nurse recruitment consultant at agency Pulse.

“Nurses should do the legwork at home by obtaining an application pack through the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which requires certified copies of their nursing qualification, academic transcript, registration certificate, birth and marriage certificates, passport, current place of

employment and reference details,” Keely says.

Doctors will need to supply the same information to the General Medical Council (GMC), and a criminal record check is necessary across both disciplines.

A TIP FOR NURSES If the theory hours in your academic transcript are greater than your practical hours, and those theory hours include studying at home, obtain a letter from your university explaining this. It may save you having to undergo three to six months of supervised practice in the UK. REGISTRATION Doctors and nurses from outside the EU must first sit an English test – even if English is your first language. If possible, do this through the NMC or GMC before arriving in the UK. Once in the UK, nurses must complete the Overseas Nurses Programme, which can be arranged through reputable health-care agencies and academic institutions.

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locums at Pulse, says a new rule stipulates that all doctors need a licence to work in the UK. “Before we can offer a doctor clinical work, we need to ensure their file is fully vetted and cleared to the required standards, so it’s better if they register in advance while applying for their visa and GMC registration to save the eight-12 week wait,” Bhayani advises.

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STARTING WORK “Nurses should be prepared to wait up to six months before they can start practising as a fully registered nurse, as some candidates – judged on a completely individual level – will need to meet additional requirements, such as exposure to specialist areas or supervised practice,” Keely says.

“In the interim they can work as health-care assistants, which will give them exposure to the system here and keep their skills fresh.”

WHERE ARE THE JOBS? In a densely populated city such as London there will never be a shortage of medical jobs.

For a good indication of the flow of nurses: in 2008, 262 nurses from Australia, 62 from New Zealand and 32 from South Africa registered with the NMC. This compares to 5500 from the UK registering to work Down Under.

Keely says nurses are needed here in the UK, particularly in critical care, intensive care,

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psychiatric care, cardiology and A&E. Bhayani adds that anaesthetists and paediatric doctors are constantly in demand.

Your best bet is to register with an agency that offers an array of roles in the public and private sectors. You will benefit from flexibility of choice and more competitive pay.

In terms of workload, expect having more patients in your care, and greater cultural diversity in patients. With that, you’ll treat a diverse range of clinical diseases.

ADVICE FOR RETURNING HOME Keely recommends keeping registered in your country of origin for easier transition when it’s time to make the move back home.

“UK experience is highly sought after, especially in the Middle East. Once a doctor has UK experience, they are usually snapped up when returning home to Australia or New Zealand,” Bhayani says.

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THE ALLIES HAVE IT Doctors and nurses are the bread and butter of health care, but allied health workers are also essential and unsurprisingly in demand.

Joe Johal, Pulse’s director of allied health professionals, says there’s always a need for radiographers, sonographers, cardiac technicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, audiologists, and speech and language technicians.

They must be registered with the Health Professions Council to practise.

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years, and says she’s noticed differences across the capital.

“In one borough we were visiting schools, running movement clinics and had slings, splints and all sorts of equipment at our disposal, but in another we were understaffed and kids had limited OT time.

“The ability to work with patients from a broad cultural spectrum and being able to supervise junior staff because our skills are seen as more advanced are beneficial, though,” says Rixon.

Joanne Williams, 26 (above), from Auckland, has lived in London for six months. She is a community nurse in Tower Hamlets.

A diabolical registration process almost saw her throw in the towel.

“It was a huge ordeal.

I did the English test at home, which cost NZ$300, then when I arrived here I had to sit a two-hour exam on a 500-page overseas nursing programme book.

Because I’d done more theory hours than practical at university, I was instructed to do three months of supervised practice, find my own placement and fork out £2000, despite having worked for five years as a paediatric nurse.

“In the end I appealed the supervised practice requirement … but I’d wasted one month and was earning £9 per hour when I could have been earning £27. But it’s all worth it now.”

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Cane toads’ economy shot ueensland’s position as an economic powerhouse has been dealt a body blow in the latest national rankings, slipping to second last in a new report.

A downturn in tourism may be to blame for the result, published recently by financial analyst CommSec. Housing

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was considered the worstperforming state in the nation, according to CommSec’s State of the States report.

The mining boom in Western Australia and the large release of public service jobs in the ACT saw those states share top spot on the list.

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Figures from the National Audit Office reveal personal debt in the UK has reached a massive £1.5 trillion as the downturn continues to impact upon consumer finances. This figure includes credit cards, mortgages and loans, and averages out to £56,000 of debt for each UK household.

Mobile phone users in the UK will be left with less flexibility on payment plans after T-Mobile revealed it will no longer offer 12-month contracts. T-Mobile was the last of the big-five operators to offer one year deals, with MVNO Tesco Mobile one of the few remaining.

How do you budget?

Any savings tips?

I try to stick to staff drinks after work and avoid going out every other night.

Are there any expenses you really notice here?

Transport is a killer, whether it’s the bus or the Tube. I really notice that.

I topped up my Oyster card the other day then caught the train out to zone six – all my credit was gone in about an hour.

And then it’s just the living expenses, like a week’s groceries in one hit.

Do you ever blow your money on stupid stuff?

I try not to. There’s a shop down the road from me that sells denim shirts for £150. I stick to Primark and shoes for £2.50.

CAN I EXCHANGE THIS? Remember hypercolour T-shirts? In 1992 they were everywhere – then people just stopped buying them.

So here’s a list of stuff you won’t be buying this year » DVDs and CDs – it’s all gone » Newspaper subscriptions online. You can download movies on demand for £3.

And the twin blows of Napster and iTunes ended CDs. » Home telephone – landlines are headed the way of the dodo; people just use their mobiles or Skype.

– newspaper revenues are plummeting as audiences move online in droves. » External hard drives – those with tons of movies, photos and songs on their PCs need back-up, but these can all be backed up via the internet.

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Coming to work on an empty stomach ends up being expensive. There’s a couple of cups of coffee and maybe a sandwich, and then lunch, and then another snack in the afternoon. It adds up.

Instead, eat a massive bowl of cereal and a couple of slices of toast with a cup of tea before you head to work. It’s an easy way to save at least £10 every day. Besides, don’t you hate yourself a little bit every time you go to Starbucks?

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Hostels Expect to pay at least £10-£25 a night.

Sharing You can share a room for about £50 a week, while a room to yourself will start at around £80 a week.

Going it alone A bedsit or studio is at least £150 a week.

Bills Bills can include phone, gas, electricity, water, council tax and a TV licence.

Bond This is usually a month’s rent. You may also have to pay one month’s rent in advance.

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Namely council tax, internet, phone, gas, electricity, TV, gym membership, insurance.

Settle overdrafts and credit cards Any defaults on bank

payments will be filed with a credit reference agency (making it difficult for you to set up an account or rent a flat if you return), or you could receive a County Court Judgement.

EMPLOYMENT Getting a job doesn’t have to be an impossible task. Register with a couple of agencies, the cream of which advertise in TNT and at tntjobs.co.uk.

Most recruitment agencies handle specific sectors: IT, banking, finance, secretarial, legal, medical and teaching are the broad categories.

Make an appointment to see a consultant, and take your passport, CV and references with you. Some agencies will help you open a bank account.

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Some NI contributions go into a State Second Pension (S2P). You can contract out of this and direct the money into a private pension fund instead.

You’ll need to do this before the end of the tax year or your contributions will be lost.

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The UK tax year begins on April 6, and if you work only part of the tax year you should get some tax back.

The tax threshold is £6475 per year – so if you earn less than this, you won’t pay any tax. You’ll need a P45 (when you leave a job) and a P60 (at the end of the tax year).

If you’re leaving the UK and won’t work again before the end of the tax year, you can claim a rebate by filling in a P85.

SHIPPING Get plenty of quotes, checking sizes and whether customs and tax charges are covered.

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Burning AMBITION A parade of giant figures, impressive fireworks and fiesta – don’t miss the fiery festival of Las Fallas in Valencia WORDS JUSTINE WALKER

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f ever proof was needed that Spanish festivals are the craziest and biggest, Las Fallas in Valencia is it. The concept of setting the city alight for a four-day celebration seems insane, but the result is an amazing visual spectacle.

Guy Fawkes has nothing on these Spaniards!

The festival of Las Fallas, which means ‘fire torch’ in Spanish, dates back to the 18th century and pays tribute to St Joseph – the patron saint of carpenters.

‘Fallas’ is the name given to the massive papier mâché and wooden sculptures built by

artists, and sponsored by each neighbourhood.

Up to 20m high, the fallas are not only works of art, but more importantly they are ironic, humorous representations of Spanish life, politics and celebrities.

FUEL UP FOR THE FIESTA We wander around Valencia’s old town, gawping at more than 700 fallas being made ready, before moving on to the main square to fuel up on Valencian paella, washed down with a jug of agua de Valencia (‘Valencian water’, but

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really sangria made with Cava instead of red wine). Dessert is churros – sugared doughnut strips dipped in chocolate.

In the evening it’s party time as the streets come alive with fireworks, music and carousing.

LIGHT SHOW During the festival, fireworks can be seen, heard and even felt underfoot, while the smell of gunpowder lingers throughout the city.

Don’t miss the mascleta – a huge explosion of firecrackers set off at 2pm every day at the city hall – it’s deafening but unforgettable. The Nit del Foc (Night of Fire) happens every evening, and with each performance the fireworks displays get more impressive.

We buy some beer to enjoy while we gaze in awe at a never-ending array of exploding colour.

Even the odd wayward firecracker tossed at our feet by enthusiastic Valencians can’t wipe the smiles off our faces.

TRADITIONAL TIMES Las Fallas is a traditional celebration, which means we get a chance to experience the culture of Valencia, such as the offering of the flowers, Ofrenda de las Flores. Locals don traditional The festival’s fireworks

Valencia’s colourful fallas

costumes and parade to Plaza de La Virgin, showering the statue of the Virgin Mary with bouquets of red and white carnations.

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BURN IT DOWN On the last day of the festival when the clock strikes midnight, the most dramatic part of the celebration unfolds.

La Crema is the burning of the fallas, which have been stuffed with fireworks and go up in flames with a snap, crackle and pop. Luckily for us, the fallas aren’t all set alight at the same time, so we’re able to grab front row seats to watch our favourite fallas burn.

It may seem like a health and safety nightmare as we dodge burning paper and plaster, but the excitement adds to the buzz of the night as the burning figures begin to melt and topple. The heat is intense, but we’re carried along by the emotion of the locals who watch as their wonderful fallas are destroyed.

There’s no sleeping on the last night of Las Fallas. As the embers die down, the party and the fireworks kick on into the small hours. The Spanish have put on another spectacular fiesta.

» Justine Walker travelled with Topdeck (0845 257 5210; topdeck.travel). Las Fallas trips start from £159.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Las Fallas runs from March 12 to 19, but the festivities really kick off on March 17.

GETTING THERE EasyJet, BA and Iberia fly direct to Valencia from London.

VISAS Australians and New Zealanders don’t need a visa. South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.14 EUR. LANGUAGE Spanish.

GOING OUT A beer costs about €2.

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New Quay, or Cei Newydd in Welsh, in Cardigan Bay on the Cambrian coast is one of the best spots to see bottlenose dolphins in the British Isles. It’s also very picturesque, with cottages, pubs and restaurants clinging to the sides of the hills rising above the blue waters.

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The Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre (CBMWC) runs regular survey trips to monitor the local dolphin population, and other marine life such as Atlantic grey seals and harbour porpoises. For a small fee you can join them as they collect data, supporting their research in the process.

Good news for landlubbers

is that the dolphins can often be seen surfing the waves around the harbour, or if the pods are further out to sea you can climb up past the pastel-coloured houses to the coastal path north of New Quay and view them with a pair of binoculars.

BEST OF THE REST Many believe that New Quay is the “cliff-perched town at the far end of Wales” immortalised by Dylan Thomas in his famous poem Under Milk Wood. Thomas lived in New Quay in 1944, and you can follow the local Dylan Thomas Trail to his bungalow Majoda – but unless you want to bait the present owner it’s best to stick to the sights in town. Happily, these are mainly pubs (Thomas died of chronic alcohol poisoning).

There’s The Seahorse with its good selection of Brains beers, the Dolau Inn where his wife Caitlin drank, and his favourite, The Black Lion Hotel, which has a large beer garden overlooking the sea.

CHOW DOWN It’s all about seaside snacks.

Try a pot of cockles from the

Fresh Fish Shop, or grab a portion of chips and head for the beach.

GET THE CAMERA OUT As country estates go, the 18th century Llanerchaeron is pretty small – but it’s still impressive for being virtually unaltered since it was built by John Nash (the man responsible for remodelling Buckingham Palace). See how those above and below stairs lived before checking out the estate’s secret lake, walled garden and old farm buildings (01545 570200; nationaltrust.org.uk).

OUT OF TOWN Nearby Aberaeron is a pretty Georgian town which looks neat and orderly for a reason – it was planned by an act of Parliament in 1807. Have a drink on the terrace of the Monachty Arms and admire the rainbow of brightly painted houses lining the harbour.

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO While this part of Wales certainly has its charms in winter, the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre is open from April until September, which is also when you’ll get the best weather in New Quay.

GETTING THERE Aberystwyth and Carmarthen stations are 20 miles away.

LANGUAGE You’ll fi nd all signs in Welsh and in English in these parts, and most locals speak both languages too.

GETTING AROUND Hire a car to explore the villages and country lanes at leisure. See easycar.com/tntmagazine for 5 per cent off.

GOING OUT A beer costs about £2.70.

ACCOMMODATION A single room in a B&B starts at £20.

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pider-Man, a sumo wrestler and ScoobyDoo walk into a bar. They’ve been snowboarding all day and are in need of a drink. No, this isn’t a joke. This is your average day at the Snowbombing festival, where fancy dress rules both the nightlife and the slopes.

Snowbombing is a week-long event set in the Austrian ski resort of Mayrhofen where 3000 revellers descend on the town to party at night and carve the slopes up during the day.

Don’t be fooled, though. While it might sound like your average skiing holiday with a bit of dress ups thrown in, what makes Snowbombing different is that it hurls the notion of cheesy après-ski out the window.

Instead it calls on some top-shelf names to

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take to the bars and clubs of Mayrhofen at night. This means there’s no nasty ’80s Eurotrash music that’ll make your ears bleed after a day on the slopes, just quality tunes all week long courtesy of a stack of crème de la crème DJs and bands. The line-up for last year’s event was massive, including artists like 2 Many DJs, Grandmaster Flash, Krafty Kuts, Ladyhawke, Grooverider, Layo and Bushwacka! and Dizzee Rascal.

And let’s not forget the fancy dress. With themes like “something beginning with S” and “superheroes in the snow”, you can’t turn around without bumping into a superhero, super villain or the more obscure such as the

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DON’T MISS ■ STREET PARTY DJs, debauchery and fancy dress (of course) as Snowbombers cut loose on the streets.

■ SCHLUSSEL BAR Not only is it one of the best haunts for partying, you can even get a kebab here. Nice.

■ JAEGER TEA Warm up on the slopes with this hot tipple made of schnapps and rum.

■ FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD Stuff your face with schnitzel and sausage sandwiches at Meister-Metzger on the main street, Hauptstrasse.

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guy who spent the day dressed as a can of Spam, or the posse of people wearing shower curtains at Snowbombing 2009. You’ll see them speeding down the mountain on skis or sweating up a storm on one of the many dance floors of Mayrhofen.

What started out as a trip with just 250 Mancunians who were keen for a holiday filled with cool beats and boarding has grown into Europe’s premier music festival in the snow, celebrating its 10th birthday last year.

And top quality music has remained a priority. There’s no shortage of venues either, from the bars and clubs to the Arctic Disco in an igloo on the slopes to the massive mashup under the starry sky in the forest.

Every night you’ve got a pick of too-goodto-miss parties that creep into the wee hours of the morning, while by day the sunny slopes beckon. Yep, you’re going to need some stamina to get through this one. In fact, you probably have to be a superhero to keep up.

Top parties, top slopes: what more do you need

Check out the igloo bar carved out of ice and its breathtaking views. Access via the Ahorn lift station.

■ SNOWBOARDING AND SKIING Yes, the partying is topnotch, but don’t miss time on the mountain.

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WHEN TO GO This year Snowbombing VISAS Australians and New Zealanders do runs from April 5-10. not need a visa to visit Austria. South Africans GETTING THERE Direct flights are available will need a Schengen visa. from London to Munich, Salzburg and CURRENCY Euro. 1 GPB = 1.10 EUR. Innsbruck, from where Mayrhofen is LANGUAGE German, although most accessible by either bus or train people speak English. services. Munich and Salzburg GOING OUT A beer is about €5. are 2.5 hours’ drive while ACCOMMODATION There’s Innsbruck is 30 minutes’ drive a variety of accommodation VIENNA GERMANY from Mayrhofen. available. Make sure you AUSTRIA Munich GETTING AROUND You book ahead so you’re not Salzburg can get around Mayrhofen left out in the cold!

Innsbruck Mayrhofen on foot.

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WINNER URBIS MUSEUM IN MANCHESTER Nicholas McAvaney

The best photography makes you look at a normal subject in a totally new light.

Turning the stairwell of a museum into a rocket seems an unlikely prospect, but Nicholas has done just that.

His excellent use of line, light and shape accentuate the futuristic and graphic

appeal of this unique piece of architecture.

HOT TIP: You can photograph just about anything and make it interesting if you put your mind to it. Think about just one aspect of the subject – colour, shape, how it makes you feel – and use compositional tricks, lighting and viewpoint

RUNNER-UP ESTHWAITE WATER, THE LAKE DISTRICT Allan Collins It’s hard to resist a reflection, and this one is particularly appealing with its strong blues and still water.

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excellent use of the foreground, and the high horizon gives an effect of spaciousness and airiness.

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THEME: SUNSETS Sunset fun in Montevideo, Uruguay by Bronwyn Deane Sunsets are a perennial favourite, and Hotshots gets inundated with great sunset photos.

Bronwyn’s shot has all the elements that make a good sunset image.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 It has a strong composition.

Too many sunset shots put the horizon in the centre. The result is lots of wasted black space in the lower half of the frame.

2. It’s easy to get lots of black indistinguishable blobs in a sunset shot, but this has clean shapes, especially the tiny figures on the horizon, which give a sense of depth.

3. It may seem obvious to include an interesting subject, but you’d be surprised how many shots we get of the sunset alone. While some are excellent images, they need something extra to make them stand out.

4. There are no weird shapes or distractions at the edges of the frame.

5. Perfect timing – jumps can be tricky.

HOT TIPS: 1 Just one strong silhouette will lift any sunset to the next level. In fact, the fewer silhouettes the better.

2. Zoom in to make the sun appear relatively larger.

3. Turn off the auto white balance and flash. You don’t want to dilute the natural beauty of the colours.

4. Don’t look directly at the sun through a viewfinder. This

is where cameras with a live digital monitor come into their own.

5. Keep shooting as the sun goes down. The colours and contrast keep changing and you won’t necessarily know which are best at the time.

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YOU ASKED FOR IT Tom Hall FROM LONELY PLANET

If you’re visiting Bath book on to the City Sightseeing bus, which will give you a city tour and a Skyline tour through the hills for the price of one ticket – £11.

Both of the tours take just under one hour.

Alan, Fulham

I’m planning on doing a trip to Cuba around Easter time. Although I don’t want to spend loads of money, I’d rather put extra expenses on my credit card than let opportunities pass me by. Havana is my starting point. Any tips on an itinerary for a six- to 10-day stay?

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Oberammergau is one of those European oddities which causes huge excitement.

Every 10 years the locals get together and stage a Passion Play – a performance of the story of Christ – in thanks for their deliverance from the Plague in 1634.

The play draws big crowds from around the world who presumably enjoy sitting around – the performance lasts eight hours, though there is a three-hour interval in the middle.

The hype tends to outweigh the experience.

Even if seeing a thousand Bavarians recreate Biblical scenes floats your boat, the town is too busy to take in what should be a lovely setting.

Everything is expensive and crowded. It’s a shame because the town itself is beautiful and it has a fascinating story to tell.

Still, if you think I’m being a bit harsh on Oberammergau and its play then you’ve got two options. Join a tour – the shortest I could find lasts five days and involved Munich and other parts of Bavaria as well as the play itself, try Dertour (dertour.co.uk) for packages.

Or you could go it alone and book everything yourself. This isn’t as easy as it may sound as tour operators block-book lots of tickets, and currently ticket-only deals are sold out.

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Don’t rely on credit cards for funds, though.

You’ll need cash, in British pounds or euros. US dollars are not welcome. Try to travel outside of the main Easter period as airfares are higher at this time.

In terms of what to do, seeing Cuba outside Havana is a case of picking a few cities. One trip I’ve always wanted to take is to the west of the island – Baracoa and Santiago de Cuba – and work back to the capital. On the way I’d see gritty Holguin, historic Trinidad and Che Guavara’s mausoleum in Santa Clara. If you get tired, the beaches on the north-west Atlantic coast around Playa Las Bocas are a still-deserted treat.

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PARADISE ISLAND

Kick-back on a pristine white beach or take an elephant ride through the jungle on one of Thailand’s best-kept secrets, Koh Chang WORDS MARK EVELEIGH

BIG TRIP Koh Chang THAILAND

DRINK IT IN There seems to be some dispute over how the island got the name that means ‘Elephant Isle’ in Thai. Some say it looks like an elephant from above, others say that it looks like an elephant as it rises hump-backed out of the Gulf of Thailand. There is also a folk-tale that two of Buddha’s elephants escaped and waded into the sea: the mother was inexplicably ‘fossilised’ to form Koh Chang and the baby became tiny Koh Chang Noi. What is fairly certain is that it has nothing to do with Thailand’s potent Chang beer. There’s no reason why you should feel any more

It’s one of the best “ spots for chilling out with a beer ” obliged to partake of Thailand’s best beer here than you would elsewhere. But on the other hand, why not?

After all, the island that is now being touted as Thailand’s latest paradise remains one of the best spots you can find for chilling out in a hammock with a beer. In the rush to explore remote ‘secret spots’ it seems that pioneering backpackers who first ‘colonised’ the Thai islands totally overlooked what is actually the country’s most accessible island.

AN IDYLLIC SETTING Koh Chang is Thailand’s second biggest island and it’s five hours’ drive and a half-hour ferry ride from Bangkok. Yet just a decade ago, when Phuket (the country’s largest island) was exploding as a world-famous tourist destination, Koh Chang still had no electricity or phones.

Most of Koh Chang’s interior, along with the other 41 islets in the archipelago, is now part of the Mu Koh Chang National Park, so the brash development that plagued other Thai resorts has been relatively subdued here.

Some complain that Koh Chang is changing

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er Thai name is Nam Pet but she was born in Burma 34 years ago. She weighs almost 4000kg, and has rough, dry skin and a head of extremely harsh bristles, which can cause quite serious chafing along your inner thighs. And when you have been chafed by an elephant, you have been chafed.

Nam Pet’s huge bulk sways dizzyingly as we shuffle through a forest of rubber trees on our way into the lower slopes of Koh Chang’s jungle-clad hills.

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THE CITY OF ANGELS A popular Thai refrain has it that ‘he who sees Bangkok will always return to the City of Angels’.

Once spurned as a hot, noisy, over-populated metropolis, Bangkok is now one of the world’s most alluring capitals. The key to a relaxing visit is to avoid congested roads, and travel by river or along the canals.

Despite being one of the most exciting cities with an incomparable nightlife, it is staunchly traditional.

Bangkok’s magnificent Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha, pictured below) and Wat Po (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) are the most iconographic temple complexes in Thailand. Wat Phra Kaew is the site of more than 100 holy buildings, and few visitors leave without exploring the ancient royal and religious neighbourhood that makes up this part of the Thai capital.

Not-so easy rider: see Koh Chang while on the back of an elephant

quickly, but even at the larger tourist resorts the beaches are pristine and can appear to be spectacularly remote.

At Klong Prao, you drive to the end of a dirt track where a boatman waits to paddle you across the mangrove-lined channels to a great swathe of white sand and swaying palms.

The water is perpetually warm, and even at night the air is balmy. Many of the restaurants and hotels along these canals offer romantic after-dinner boat rides through the mangroves, where cicadas chirp, frogs croak, and the trees flicker with fireflies.

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ISLAND LIFE Only from the sea can you get a real idea of how much of Koh Chang is covered with rainforest. These forests are home to monkeys, deer, hornbills and occasional herds of ‘freerange’ elephants, enjoying R&R from their tourist ferrying duties.

It’s said there are 365 islands in the Gulf of Thailand, but nobody knows for sure. Some, like Koh Mak, have become tourist havens and dive centres, but even here traditional life seems to continue uninterrupted, with locals making a living from fishing, harvesting coconut groves for copra oil and rubber tapping. Other islands, Local island fisherman

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other island in the Gulf of Thailand. There are no regular ferries among the national park’s satellite islands, and the outlying beaches and reefs can only be accessed by chartered boats.

There are boats for every taste: shiny white double-decker party boats; brightly coloured fishing boat converts, renowned for their grilled seafood; and sleek racing catamarans, offering martinis and bikini-clad Bond girls.

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FLOAT YOUR BOAT Most of the centre of Koh Chang is inaccessible unless you are trekking – or precariously balanced on the back of Nam Pet or one of her pachyderm colleagues.

Stilted fishing villages occupy inlets where mangrove forests have ceded to the usually benign China Sea swells. Jetties and rickety boardwalks probe out over sparkling reefs to ranks of brightly painted fishing boats. The boats are decked with fishbowl-sized light bulbs, which work as lures. On good fishing nights, and when the moon is dim, the horizon is speckled with these gleaming vessels.

Nowadays there are also plenty of luridly painted dive boats moored alongside the fishermen. It is possible that Koh Chang has more snorkelling boats per tourist than any

Paradise is not “ more than a short boat ride away ”

BIG TRIP such as tiny Koh Wai, are idyllic with not much more than a stretch of white sand and a rickety jetty leading to a clutch of bungalows nestling under palms.

Whatever your idea of paradise, it is safe to say that in the Mu Koh Chang National Park it’s not likely to be more than a short boat ride away.

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Koh Pha-Ngan Koh Samui Phuket Koh Phi-Phi

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FIND YOUR IDEA OF AN ISLAND HAVEN With more than 2000km of coastline in two blissfully tropical seas, Thailand has the perfect island to match your taste.

Phuket and Koh Samui are all-time favourites with the party crowd. Koh PhaNgan, Koh Lanta and Koh Chang are the rising stars, but tiny Koh Phi Phi manages to retain a reputation as a beautiful and laidback tropical backwater.

‘PP’, as it’s affectionately called, is small enough that you can walk from end to end in about two hours – over a rainforest ridge that is seemingly worlds away from the lively beach. At the far northern tip is the wonderful stretch of white sand and turquoise water

around Cape Lamtong, and one of the last settlements of Chao Ley (‘Sea Gypsies’).

Even as the tourist cast-net spreads further, there remain scores of uninhabited jungle islands, deserted beaches and pristine reefs in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. Thailand offers a tropical paradise to suit every taste and budget. Whether you are looking for action and adventure, a chic escape, or pure Far Eastern magic, ‘the land of smiles’ has them all in sufficient abundance to keep you coming back for more.

It is no coincidence that the first stock phrase that travellers pick up in Thailand is ‘mai mee pun hah’ – no problem!

WHEN TO GO The best time to visit is from February to March, when the weather is close to perfect and the beaches are at their most beautiful. The rains last from July to November and temperatures are high from March to June, but this can be a good time to avoid the crowds.

GETTING THERE: Air fares to Bangkok start at £399. The bus trip from Bangkok to Koh Chang (including ferry) costs from 800 THB and takes about six hours.

GETTING AROUND: The most convenient way to get around is by hired vehicle. A moped costs about 159 THB a day and a 4WD car from 795 THB. CURRENCY: Thai baht.

1 GBP = 53 THB. LANGUAGE: English is spoken only by people in the tourist industry, but the friendly islanders will always do their utmost to try to make sense of even the clumsiest and most basic pidgin Thai.

GOING OUT: Chang is Thailand’s best beer (and also the cheapest). A big 70cl bottle of Chang costs less than £1.

ACCOMMODATION: There are hundreds of tourist resorts on Koh Chang, the majority of them around the White Sands Beach area. Penny’s Bungalows (penny-thailand.com) offers lovely beachfront double rooms (with pool etc) from 890 THB per night. Down at the beach you can also find backpacker-style bungalows from as little as 350 THB a night.

SEE: thailandkohchang.net.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? During a day sailing the glittering waters of the Gulf, we approach Koh Chang from every angle.

But I never see a hint of anything ‘pachydermic’ in its appearance, and never manage to find out categorically how the island got its name. Even the locals are undecided.

One thing almost everyone agrees on, though, is that a visit to Thailand’s ‘Elephant Isle’ is sure to be an experience you will never forget.

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many hot kisses and then I lost you. You were wearing a green shirt. I was wearing Aussie flag boxer shorts over my tights, had an Aussie flag as a scarf around my neck and I had Skippy, my blow-up kangaroo, which I was carrying around with me everywhere. Those snake bites are out of control! Would love to see you again. Email me at skippymeandthewalkie@ hotmail.com. Amy. Johnny: Dirty dancing will never be the same without you here. Love those hot moves of yours – yeah, swing your hips, baby! Thanks for all the good times on the dance floor and get ready for one last boogie on Saturday.

Love, your Baby.

Who’s keen?: G’day all.

Outgoing Kiwi male looking for a crew to head to Cornwall at the end of April for UK’s biggest diving festival. Bands, beach parties, comps etc.

Haven’t been before but it looks like a great time. Divers or not, let me know if interested. Nath. Email natedog533@hotmail.com.

Smooch: Happy 30th Dean!

Have a fan-bloody-tastic birthday on Tuesday. Now when you’re 30, it might be a good idea to reflect on your life … and all those nights in

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the gutter – or maybe not. Not a pretty picture, pull your pants up dude! Have a good one and see you at Dexter’s on Saturday. The Kensal Rd crew.

Big shout-out to my mate Timmy: Thanks heaps mate for

doing a reverse kanga at my house-warming party. Wayne.

Lost handbag at the Temple Walkabout on Australia Day:

It’s a black bag with two brown flowers on it. It contains my phone, purse, keys, Sony cybershot camera and a QLD driver’s licence that cannot be replaced until I go home.

I would really appreciate any info. Thanks. Jacinta. See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

Essex love: Who would’ve thought an Aussie boy on his first ever UK experience would find true love in his first month. It’s been an amazing time and you know when I walk out that door with

teary eyes to experience the big smoke of London I won’t look back to see your loving face, let’s just remember the good times. I’ll be back for some more late night choccie malts, sing-alongs and cuddles. Your friend forever, Tricks.

Debra: Thanks for being such a great friend through all of this mess. I know you’ve had to put up with a lot lately but want you to know that I really appreciate everything you’ve done for me. You’re the best friend anyone could ever ask for. Suse. xox.

Want to meet new people: I’m a 26-year-old Finnish girl who moved to London three months ago to study. I’d love to meet new people. Looking for easygoing, honest girls and guys with a great sense of humour with whom to discover new horizons in London. To go for drinks, for a walk, to the

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I was with my ex for 12 years – we were childhood sweethearts. But we broke it off when he left to travel through Asia.

We’re still good friends, and I was thinking of moving to be near him again. The only thing is I have an amazing, wellpaid job here in London, but I don’t want to lose him.

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You’re about to leave a

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good job that you love for a bloke who’s ditched you to play around in Asia?

You guys may have been together for 12 years, but

something tells me his escape to Thailand’s white beaches was also his way of escaping from you. He’s the one who left, so he’s the one who has

theatre, movies, sights, gigs, stand-up comedy or hang out.

I like to do different things and explore something new all the time. It’s lots more fun to share the ups and downs of life with friends! Email elovena83@ hotmail.com. Sanni.

Tubby: Happy Valentine’s for Sunday my gorgeous hunk of a spunk. I love you with all my heart, forever and always. Ilana. x Alvaro, the hot Brazilian at Belushi’s Fulham on January 28: It was great

meeting (and snogging) you the other night and would be cool to see you again some time. Email hotalvaro@ hotmail.com. Jess.

Bloomy girl: You’ve snatched many titles here in London – queen of bangers and mash, leader of the postcode tally and all time juvie record holder … not such a fan of tobogganing – though the staircase did get the better of you in the end. We’ll miss your boy band posing and inappropriate train ride comments. Pre-game preparations just won’t be the same without you. See you back in P-town, love your two favourite Karens.

Lost Aussie Day hat: No biggy but was hoping to be reunited with it. Lost at the Shepherd’s Bush Walkabout. See tntmagazine.com/seeking.

to come back, provided you’re still waiting for him when he finishes “travelling”.

You two could be the one in a million that work it out, but you can bet if you chase after him he’ll feel more claustrophobic than touched, and you’ll soon regret leaving that cushy job of yours.

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