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EDITOR’S LETTER New experiences are the bread and butter of our time in the UK and this week’s mag is full of features to get you plotting your next adventure. Turn to page 78 for Sarah Warwick’s tale of surfing on the Cornish coast. If you’re looking for ideas to liven up your London life then flip to page 18 for Tom Sturrock’s gonzo take on a night out at the Wimbledon dog tracks.

78 Let’s go surfing now: Catch a wave or two in Cornwall

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9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 PARTY TIME: Who wants the UK’s vote in next month’s election 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted 18 GONE TO THE DOGS: Spend a night out at the Wimbledon dog tracks

21 ENTERTAINMENT 21 22 23 24 27

Celebrity News TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: John Butler Cinema Culture

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Music Music Listings Clubbing Clubbing Listings

66 Feel the Merseybeat: Liverpool’s great nightlife

38 NEWS & SPORT 38 40 42 45 46 48 49 50 52

65 Global Vision 66 WAGS’ WORLD: Why the rich and famous love Liverpool 68 Late Deals 69 TNTT Weekender: Dusseldorf 70 TAKE A BILBAO!: Festival meets city break in Spain’s Bilbao 72 Hotshots 74 Travel Tips 75 Travel News 76 On The Road 77 Gear Up 78 SWELL TIMES: Learn how to surf on the beaches of Cornwall 12 Get political: The UK election

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Rugby AFL NRL General THE OX IS PATIENT: Matt Orford on his move to UK’s Super League

55 CAREERS & MONEY 55 Careers 58 Money 63 Coming & Going

REGULARS 18 A mutt’s game: bet at Wimbledon’s dog races

4 Letters 6 Wins 130 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben

23 John Butler talks about his new band

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Two months later I read the story of how a young Aussie girl, Britt Lapthorne, was murdered in Dubrovnik. This could have been me. I am so grateful to the two strangers who looked out for me and helped me get back to my boat. Who knows – perhaps

Please take care of “ yourselves and look out for your fellow Antipodeans ” there, but there is one story I would like to share with you.

In 2008 on one particular night in Dubrovnik, I’d had a bit too much to drink and somehow managed to get lost from my friends. I found myself spewing up in the gutter and I can tell you now how scary that is – especially as a lone female traveller. A young Antipodean couple who I didn’t know happened to walk past and found me by myself. They asked me my

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Amity Dunn of the Bird Study Group uses binoculars to observe birds in the City of London from the top of Tower 42 – one of the capital’s tallest buildings. The Bird Study Group aims to learn more about bird flyways and migration paths across London.

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WHAT’S ON Tom Sturrock PICKS THE BEST OF LONDON THIS WEEK

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SARACENS V HARLEQUINS £10 WHAT: It’s getting to the business end of the Guinness Premiership and the Sarries desperately need to rediscover their imposing form of the early season. Should be a ripping London derby and a great way to get your rugby fix.

WHEN: April 17.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s a real carnival atmosphere, so grab some mates and get along to Wembley. You can get behind the London-based Harlequins or Saracens, who have become the adopted side of Saffas in the UK.

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Capital idea: The Travel Bookshop Let’s get it out of the way early – this is the bookshop where Hugh Grant’s character works in Notting Hill. You know, the place where Julia Roberts says she’s “just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her”. Yeah, yeah – pretend to be oblivious, but you’ve all seen it and you all got teary.

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store doesn’t just offer a bunch of Lonely Planet tomes – it’s more a hub of world literature, offering textual immersion into whichever far-flung destination you’re off to.

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PARTY TIME Britain heads to the polls on May 6 – here’s everything you need to know about the parties vying for the public’s vote WORDS TOM STURROCK

CONSERVATIVE Who’s in charge? David Cameron – he took over as leader of the Opposition in 2005 and has since bent over backwards to present a more youthful face of the Tories and airbrush the perception he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

What are they about? They’ve moved on from the hard-right Thatcher years, but love to bang on about ‘Broken Britain’ – shorthand for the erosion of social cohesion and traditional values; Little Britain’s Vicky Pollard is the poster child.

Who votes for them? The old money establishment, white-collar professionals and free market ideologues, along with fox hunters and those who bemoan the passing of the good old days.

Their real slogan? “Posh people can be trusted.

Please believe us.”

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LABOUR Who’s in charge? Gordon Brown – a successful chancellor under Tony Blair, but hasn’t been able to win a round since taking over at 10 Downing Street in June 2007. The dour Scot has been criticised for having a charisma deficit.

What are they about? They’re Britain’s centreleft party, although New Labour have been criticised for being dominated by the party’s right wing. Since they were elected in 1997, health and education have led their domestic agenda.

Who votes for them? Working and middle classes, with strong support among unions and voters aged 35 and younger, but the economic mess could inflate the number of swing votes.

Their real slogan? “The recession wasn’t our fault. Please believe us.”

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Brown hasn’t won “ a round since taking over in June 2007 ”

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LIBERAL DEMOCRATS Who’s in charge? Nick Clegg – he’s a former journo who speaks five languages. Clegg also worked in the European Parliament before taking over the Liberal Democrats, steering them to a rare opportunity to exercise power.

What are they about? To the left of Labour, they support higher taxes on the rich and a robust defence of civil liberties and the environment.

They may hold the balance of power if neither Labour nor the Tories have enough support to form a government.

Who votes for them? Once the party of idealistic students and ageing hippies, the Lib Dems have quickly become the default option for those disaffected with the major parties.

Their real slogan? “Give us a crack. Because the other two are both useless.”

Who votes for them? White, blue-collar workers from hard-luck towns in the north, where jobs are going and non-whites are settling. Also the party of racists, fascists and Islamophobes.

Their real slogan? “They took our jobs. And they don’t look like us.”

UK INDEPENDENCE PARTY Who’s in charge? Lord Malcolm Pearson – a businessman who made a fortune in insurance before becoming a baron. In May 2004, he was expelled from the Conservative Party over his support for UKIP. What are they about? Their main aim is to withdraw from the European Union, but UKIP also want to slash taxes and BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY expand nuclear power – they Who’s in charge? Nick Griffin – he combines reject the claim that global a hard-right pedigree with a Cambridge warming is a result education. He has ratcheted up the of human activity.

BNP’s appeal, appearing clever, Who votes for them? in a divisive, double-talking, About a third of Brits ‘pantomime villain’ way. disagree with EU What are they about? The BNP membership, but UKIP want an immediate halt to remains largely the all immigration, the province of rich re-introduction of national eccentrics and deniers service, and the death of climate change. penalty to be an option in Their real slogan? ”What sentencing paedophiles, has France ever done Nick Griffin of the BNP terrorists and murderers. for us?”

HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? WHAT HAPPENS? The UK is broken up into 650 seats, each producing one Member of Parliament.

A party needs to win at least 326 seats, by getting the most votes in that region, to achieve a majority in the House of Commons.

CAN I VOTE? If you’re 18 years or older on polling day (Thursday, May 6) and a British, Republic of Ireland or Commonwealth citizen who’s a resident in the UK, then you’re eligible to vote.

You have to register before April 20 – you can do that at your local council or online at aboutmyvote.co.uk.

ONCE REGISTERED You will be sent a polling card before the election day, designating the polling station you can vote at on May 6. To vote by post, you need to contact the electoral services department of your local council.

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BAR REVIEW Citizen Smith ★★★★★

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THE SCENE This small, quirkily revamped venue adds a touch of destination value to Putney’s high street. It’s warehouse meets ’50s diner (and a few stuffed animals)

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THE GRUB Curb the postdrink munchies with a pizza from the venue’s stone oven.

BEHIND THE BAR Some of the yummiest cocktails we’ve had in London and choosing from the long list is no easy task. Votes went to Pink Tank (gin, Lemoncello and elderflower liqueur). There’s

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SERVICE The barmen are slick and wait staff friendly.

BILL PLEASE Cocktails are about £7, but the bar has happy-hour specials throughout the week.

VERDICT Friday night is best, Thursday saw us competing to be heard over the live music. JANINE JORGENSEN

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WHAT YOU NEED: 2 cobs of corn; 150g wild rice; 1 small cinnamon stick; 1 red chilli, split lengthways; 1 red onion, sliced; 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; ¼ tsp sweet smoked paprika; 100g pecans; 1 tbsp icing sugar; 1 tsp cumin seeds; ½ tbsp sea salt; bunch coriander; 1 avocado; 1 bunch of watercress; 100g feta cheese.

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A night at the track can be an emotional rollercoaster ride, even if you think you’ve got the betting thing sussed WORDS TOM STURROCK

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he rain teems down as the floodlights come on, catching a wisp of smoke from my crumpled cigarette. It’s Friday night at Wimbledon’s dog track and the pre-race hubbub is building. I turn my collar up against the cold, take a sip of beer from my plastic cup and study the race programme. This is what it’s all about.

Friday night at the dogs.

The crowd is a mixed bag: young men in suits, women in warm jackets, even a few gaggles of teenage girls drinking alcopops. I notice one bloke, bull-shouldered with a boxer’s gait, fists like glazed hams and a flat, granite jaw. Hard bastard. He’s got a young daughter under each arm. Daddy’s little girls at the track.

Then there are the bookies, flat-capped Svengalis in their booths, riffling bills as lined as their brows. They’re old-timers, sharply dressed, running tight ships.

A woman next to me answers her phone: “Hello, darling … what’s that? You’re running late? … Well, we’ll put a bet on for you – who do you want in race one?” Apparently, the family that bets together stays together.

I’ve decided my strategy – back the favourite.

Genius, isn’t it? I approach one of the bookies.

“10 quid on Turnonthelight, thanks.”

Before long, the six dogs are parading along

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the track to the gate. They look focused. They’re ready to go and, as the mechanical rabbit rounds the last bend, the crowd swells forward to the barrier. Now they’re away; it’s like they’ve been shot out of a gun. I’m close enough to be lightly dusted by the sand thrown up from the track as they blink past, close enough to make out the little pawprints left behind.

Where’s my boy? Where’s number two? He’s back in the pack. Maybe fourth out of six. Oh dear. They’re halfway around and he’s stuck back there. This is a mug’s game. I don’t belong here. But what’s this? On the last corner, he’s making a move up on the outside, and now my face is pressed up against the mesh fence.

“Go Turnonthelight.” He’s coming hard, eating them up. Into third, into second and there’s not a nose between them as they’re into the last straight. They flash past. Did he get there? Did he get there?

I head back to the bookie and offer up my ticket. He checks it, nods to his mate, and hands over £35. Easy money.

My brilliant strategy vindicated, I loiter around the bookies’ boards before every race, watching the odds. If there’s no clear-cut favourite, my wallet stays closed. When I bet, I bet hard.

And it works. Two more come home. I’m a week’s rent up, at least. I’m ready to quit my job and do this full-time.

The odds for the next race appear.

I scan the list. There it is: Jumeirah Panther 7/4. Here we go. I’m at the bookie’s stall in a heartbeat. All of it on

They’re away. It’s “ like they’ve been shot out of a gun ”

number four. Then, as the dogs make their way to the gate, I see him, resplendent in black, a flinty-eyed little champ, like Ivan Drago with a tail; shiny coat, wet nose, barrel chest and firm, proud buttocks – reminds me a little of myself.

They’re in their stalls, the rabbit’s on his way and then bang, they’re out. Jumeirah Panther’s off to a flyer. He’s got a length on the next dog before the first bend. I was right about him.

They’re halfway around and Jumeirah Panther is still leading, but not pulling away.

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They pass me for the last time, It’s neck-andneck. So tight. Who won? Who won?

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WHEN There are race meetings from 7.30pm every Friday and Saturday night.

HOW MUCH If you just show up on the night, admission is £10. If you’re bringing a group of six or more, book in advance for a discount.

GETTING THERE Jump off the Tube at Wimbledon Park or Tooting Bec station – the stadium is about a 10-minute walk from both.

BETTING In England, they have a weird way of quoting odds. They express odds as a fraction and if you win, you get your money back as well as the dividend. For example, if you bet £10 on a dog at 5/2, and it wins, in Australia, you’d get £25 back. Over here, you’ll get £35. Poms, eh?

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Judges are aghast at their raunchy performances, including a cha-cha, where Anderson, in a hot pink mini dress, ripped open Whitewood’s shirt. Judge Bruno Tonioli gushed: “I can only think of sex, sex and more sex.”

Whitewood says Anderson’s top-heavy form is perfect for dancing. You can watch the show on Sky 109.

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Sexed-up Gabriella Cilmi has ruled out ever posing for a men’s mag again after FHM gave her a digital boob job. She says Beyoncé and Pink inspired her to pose.

LIVVY’S EX EMERGES Olivia Newton John’s former beau, Patrick McDermott has been found alive and well in Mexico where he is believed to have been living since disappearing from a fishing trip off the coast of California in 2005.

McDermott, 48, a lighting technician, was found hiding in Mexico by a group of investigators hired by NBC. The Korean-American has apparently been living under his birth name in Mexico

since his disappearance.

Investigators were satisfied it was him after they obtained documentation and voice recordings from McDermott, and have agreed with his lawyers to stop hounding him.

Australian actor and singer, Newton-John and McDermott lived with each other for nine years from 1996 and separated in 2005, at which time McDermott filed for bankruptcy owing more than A$30,000.

SAY WHAT?

”She eats what I eat so that might as well be my pony in there.”

Actor Danny Dyer on the contents of his daughter’s nappy.

Woman’s Weekly: Cricket wiz Brendon McCullum talks about his joy for baby number two; and will Prince William and Kate Middleton combine their honeymoon with the Rugby World Cup 2011? Plus is Jennifer Aniston heading for more heartache?

AUSTRALIA Woman’s Day: The secret plans to transfer drug mule convict Schapelle Corby to a remote prison in East Java are revealed; and Dannii Minogue is selling her lavish South Yarra flat to find a larger family nest with fiancé Kris Smith.

New Idea: Packed To The Rafters’ Jessica Marais and James Stewart talk about their real-life romance.

SOUTH AFRICA Heat: The mag asks if Sandra Bullock will stay with her cheating hubby like Amor Vittone (married to former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen) and Elin Nordegren, wife of serialwomaniser Tiger Woods. Plus find out how fitness hunk Jaco de Bruyn got into Mr World top 20; and Peaches Geldof’s wild night out.

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John Butler The successful Australian musician has a new band and a new hairstyle, and insists he’s no million dollar hippie INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Your new trio consists of Nicky Bomba on drums and Byron Luiters on bass.

At what point did you realise you wanted a new line up?

I was just having a little jam with the drummer Nicky Bomba … He’s also my brother-in-law so we just got together for a very innocent jam that ended up being very magical and electric and undeniable.

After that rehearsal I realised that maybe a new direction was needed, which came to me as a surprise. I wasn’t necessarily looking to change. It just happened.

Me in politics? “ I’d probably punch someone ” You also cut off your dreadlocks. Was that because Newton Faulkner stole your look?

Newton Faulkner stole my look? That’s funny. Ah no, not that I know of. Unless it’s a subliminal rebellion against Newton.

On TV show Who Do You Think You Are? you traced your ancestors back to the April Uprising in Bulgaria. How did that impact on the album?

A lot of the music was already written so it’s not a concept album, it was a metaphor. In 1875 there was the April Uprising that my great greatgrandfather fought in … Then 100 years later I was born in April 1975 and then in April last year I broke up my band, and then in April this year I’m releasing my new record so April Uprising just seemed to fit for all of those reasons.

You started out as a busker so do you dig deep for them now?

I think it’s a beautiful aspect of culture … It taught me a lot about what I do today. It’s unforgiving.

People don’t stop unless they’re involuntarily motivated to stay. It teaches you a bit about how to snare people and take them on the a journey. Whenever I see a busker I get nostalgic feelings. In some ways they’re family, you know? I usually give them something. It’s like a karma thing.

You’re a bit of an eco warrior. What did you think of scientist James Lovelock’s comment that people are too stupid to deal with climate change?

You know, I can relate to that to a certain degree due to the fact that we as human beings can make it to the moon but we struggle to hold each other’s hands. We think we’re so smart but we’re killing

ourselves. But at the same time I think things are changing for the better, slowly.

You’re also very politically minded.

Would you ever follow in the footsteps of Peter Garratt and go into politics?

No. I think Peter’s a very brave man for doing what’s he’s done and can see the reasons why he’s done it but for me I’m not cut out to be in a high school, sporting, bullying situation. [Laughs] You only have to watch Question Time in Australia to realise that it’s a bunch of little boys acting immature half the time … For me to get into politics, I don’t want to be handicapping myself with anything and I’d probably wanna punch somebody.

How do you feel about being called a ‘million dollar hippie’?

I find it funny that anybody would care enough to hate me like that … I guess it’s like calling a CEO of Sony a million dollar music lover. Because I’m independent, my record company essentially hasn’t changed since [I started] busking, 75 per cent of the money I make goes back into the business.

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Performing at Hammersmith Apollo (0844 844 4748). Wed, Apr 14. £21

YOU DON’T SAY? What song is guaranteed to get you on the dancefloor?

Funky Kingston by Toots & The Maytals.

Who would play you in the film of your life?

The last time I answered this I made myself sick. So I’m gonna say, Ron Jeremy, he’s a famous porn star.

Tell us, what’s your most embarrassing moment?

Walking out of the classroom after misunderstanding the teacher.

I thought the teacher was kicking me out. I came back half an hour later and he was like, ‘Why did you leave?’

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SCREEN TEST: RICKY GERVAIS

Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan, Felicity Jones

STARRING:

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1 Cemetery Junction is based on the activities of which financial institution?

2 Loughbrough’s Great Central Railway’s station features in Cemetery Junction, plus which other Hollywood movie?

3 Gervais was the first British person to write an episode of which cartoon TV series?

4 In which town is The Office based?

5 Gervais ranted about being wrongly attributed in GQ magazine for a quote belonging to which actor?

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After the awful The Invention Of Lying and his lame contribution to the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais is in need of a comeback.

It arrives in the form of his latest directorial offering, Cemetery Junction – a funny, touching coming-of-age flick, which is packed with wonderful performances.

Set in 1970s Reading, the film focuses on the exploits of three lads who are going through some serious growing pains.

Freddie (Cooke) is trying to get ahead in life by joining an insurance firm, something that causes friction with mates Bruce (Hughes), a rebel without a clue, and Snork (Doolan), a dullard with few social skills.

When Freddie runs into

old flame Julie (Jones), who’s the daughter of his boss (Ralph Fiennes) and is married to an arrogant colleague, the youngster has to make some tough choices.

Despite lacking originality and subtlety, Cemetery Junction still works thanks to razorsharp dialogue penned

by Gervais and the film’s

co-director Stephen Merchant.

Saving some of the best lines for himself, Gervais also steps in front of the camera as Freddie’s objectionable dad in what is a sublime comedic turn.

His performance is matched by a quartet of young actors we’ll hear a lot more about.

GOOD FOR: Gervais fans.

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Darby will play a hunky romantic lead in the film Love Birds, currrently being filmed in Auckland.

Darby (below) plays Doug, an ordinary road worker whose life collapses after his girlfriend Susan, played by Faye Smythe of Shortland Street, leaves him.

But an encounter with an injured duck leads him to animal specialist Holly, played by British Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins.

The film’s cast of 12 also includes Emily Barclay from In My Father’s Den, Craig Hall from Outrageous Fortune, David Fane from Sione’s Wedding and Aussie Bryan Brown.

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THE GHOST

★★★★★ Pierce Brosnan is excellent as a Blair-like former prime minister whose memoirs pose a serious threat to a ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) in Roman Polanski’s intriguing drama. Those seeking something as controversial as the director’s personal life will be disappointed but this is still gripping stuff.

GOOD FOR: Conspiracy theorists. PDV

THE MARKET – A TALE OF TRADE

★★★★★ A stolen goods trader in Turkey (Tayanc Ayaydin) goes on a wild adventure across the border in Kazakhstan as he strives to become a legitimate businessman in Ben Hopkins’ well-crafted satire. The chorus interludes are a bit jarring but Ayaydin’s charismatic turn will keep you hooked.

GOOD FOR: Those who want their money’s worth. PDV

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Sam Worthington’s pockets continue to fatten after a record haul for Clash Of the Titans over Easter.

The adventure epic yielded US$61.4 million in America during the long weekend, breaking the record for the biggest Easter opening for a film.

It’s the second major money spinner for the Australian actor following the golden run of Avatar.

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Westminster (cwr.iwm.org.uk). Until Sep 30. £15

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It helps to do your homework before seeing Aussie Andrew Upton’s new version of Mikhail Bulgakov’s adaptation of his 1920s novel. Set in Kiev during the civil war following the 1917 revolution, it’s based on personal experience of this chaotic period in Russian history. A mixture of the

farcical and the familial, the historical aspects can sometimes be confusing as the various factions battle it out, but the personal relationships ring true.

LOUISE KINGSLEY

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Jason Atherton

When 17-year-old student Haley McWaid goes missing from her New Jersey home her family expect the worst.

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(Quadrille Publishing) APR 16

Michelin-starred chef and proprietor of Maze, Jason Atherton brings surprisingly un-poncey affordable and accessible gourmet food into the home.

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The bible of cricket returns with stats, stats and more stats on the gentleman’s game, including reports and scorecards for all Tests and ODIs. For cricket nerds only.

Dragons’ Den squillionnaire follows up How To Be Smart With Your Money with another self-help book. Why? He can’t possibly need the money!

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Asked to explain his group’s decision not to pull any singles from Congratulations, MGMT’s Ben Goldwasser gave the we’re-better-than-that excuse. “We’d rather people hear the whole album as an album and see what tracks jump out rather than the ones that get played on the radio.”

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★★★★★ His lineage is a hindrance: it’s difficult to make a name for yourself when your father – Paul Simon – has already made it for you. Still, there are advantages: without the influence of his family line, it’s unlikely that Harper Simon could have drawn such an all-star cast of session musicians to help him cut his debut album. And it’s also unlikely that we’d be hearing what’s a pleasant but ultimately, pretty modest collection of singer-songwriter material. WFJ

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Domino’s recent Triffids reissues was a boon to diehards who remember the cult Perth group from their heyday, but the inconsistent songwriting, the tinpot 1980s production and David McComb’s Marmite vocals didn’t do much to sway non-believers. This 18-track primer suffers from the same problems, but its mix of album tracks and obscurities presents the band in a decent light. Highlights include the title track and Bury Me Deep In Love. WFJ

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★★★★★★ The Call Of Spring is an expanded version of a mini album of the same name reviewed on these pages late last year. But now with a release on Rough Trade this much overlooked Aussie songstress is getting another bite of the cherry. Combining vaudeville folk stylings with the odd country flourish and her own clear-as-a-bell voice, York’s fresh, gorgeously melodic tunes are a timely antidote to the harrowing winter we’ve just endured.

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NO.1 Hey Soul Sister, Train MAKING NEWS John Butler has scored his third No 1 album debut in a row with April Uprising. The album was recorded with new band members Nicky Bomba on drums and Byron Luiters on bass. See our interview with Butler on page 23.

NO.1 You Got Me, J Williams feat Scribe MAKING NEWS Lawrence Arabia’s album Chant Darling has scooped the inaugural Taite Music Prize, awarded to the finest album released by a NZ artist or group. The $10,000 prize is named after late music journalist Dylan Taite.

NO.1 Two Is Better Than One, Boys Like Girls/Taylor Swift MAKING NEWS In an unlikely collaboration, Saffa hotband-of-the-moment BLK JKS are recording a track with world dominating DJ, Tiësto to be aired live at the Smirnoff Experience Mashup Street in Johannesburg on May 15.

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LIVE REVIEW Airbourne Hammersmith Apollo Apr 1 ★★★★★ Despite technical hitches which result in lengthy disappearances of singer Joel O’Keefe from the stage, the Warnambool hard rock quartet soldier on with a huge set of tracks from their debut album Runnin’ Wild and more recent No Guts No Glory.

Kicking off with the fantastic could-be rock anthem Stand Up For Rock ’N’ Roll they power through some well-worked numbers from their back catalogue.

It’s not often a band like this comes along to keep the spirit of Aussie pub rock ’n’ roll alive so this is a rare treat indeed.

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Goldwasser’s desire looks optimistic: getting to the end of Congratulations in one sitting is a deeply wearying ordeal. WILL FULFORD-JONES

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Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK ETHER FESTIVAL: LOU REED PLUS MORE Festivals don’t come much more innovative than Southbank’s annual Ether shindig, with its round of one-off collaborations. This year’s line up is no less impressive with Brit rap pioneers the Stereo MCs beginning proceedings with a face-off against electro improvisers The Bays (May 16) and grumpy rock iconoclast Lou Reed, who along with composer Ulrich Krieger and laptop artist Sarth Calhoun will create a live musical soundscape inspired by his seminal 1975 LP Metal Machine Music (Apr 19). And that’s just for starters …

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» Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX Waterloo (0871 663 2501; southbankcentre.co.uk). Apr 16-25. £12.50-£45 PLAN B

SARAH BLASKO

Branded a Brit version of Eminem back in 2006 for his uncompromising rap ditties about drugs and underage sex, Ben Drew aka Plan B seems to have reinvented himself as soul singer with chart-topping clout. He’ll be showcasing his new croonsome pipes and second album The Defamation Of Strickland Banks in town this week.

With a voice as warm and enveloping as a summer’s night, Sydney gal Sarah Blasko has made her presence felt in both the UK and Europe with her third, Dramatico-backed album As Day Follows Night. This might be one of the few occasions to catch the Australian singer in an intimate venue before she blows up big time.

» Shepherds Bush Empire, W11 8QE

» Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS

Shepherd’s Bush (0844 477 2000; o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk). Fri, Apr 16. £25.50

Angel (08444 77 2000; o2academyislington.co.uk). Thu, Apr 15. £12.50

BELIEVE THE HYPE DETACHMENTS THE LINE-UP Sebastien Marshal

(vocals, keyboards, guitar), Max Moreau (bass, guitar), Pete Dawson (drums), Jake Maun (guitar).

HAILS FROM Archway, London.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Aural doppelgangers for Joy Division and New Order, this London quartet trade in dark, futuristic post punk. So reminiscent is their sound of Factory-era Manchester that Peter Hook personally invited the band to perform covers of New Order and Joy Division songs at a charity bash honouring the label’s late owner Tony Wilson.

WHAT ELSE? Arctic Monkeys’ and Klaxons’ producer James Ford was at the helm of the band’s debut album, to be released later this year.

SOUND BITES After 20 years, seven albums and countless hits BrisVegas rock veterans Powderfinger are to disband.

The band announced last week that their next Oz tour, entitled “Sunsets – The Farewell Tour” will be their last and will kick off in Newcastle on September 1.

The band will perform their last ever London show at the Brixton Academy on April 22.

THE BAND SAY “We sound more like Human League and the semi-psychotic sounding Section 25 overseen by LCD Soundsystem.” [Pix] THE CRITICS SAY “Detachments sound like the urban decay made flesh, or at least steel.”

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THE PLUG Single Heard A Lie

(H.A.L) out April 12 on thisisnotanexit.

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MUSIC LISTINGS Gurrumul

MONDAY 12

Bowling For Soup, Bob Schneider Jaret and Erik from

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SATURDAY 17

The singer-songwriter performs hits from her extensive career. Royal Albert

the American punk-pop combo play an acoustic set. Islington

Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £29.50-£31.50.

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £13.50.

Emergenza Rock, metal and indie bands go head-to-head.

Mark Chadwick The Levellers frontman plays an acoustic set. Jamm, Brixton Rd, SW9 6LH

The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £10.

(020 7274 5537). £12, adv £10.

Jens Fuglsang, Reve Boheme Gypsy swing guitar

The Frantastics London-based folk-rock, rockabilly and country trio. Bistrotheque, Wadeson St,

and vocals in the spirit of Django Reinhardt and 1930s Paris from the combo. Le

E2 9DR (020 8880 6100). £10.

QuecumBar, Battersea High St, SW11 3HX (020 7787 2227). £15.

MEN The bohemian collective from Brooklyn play topical electronica and dance.

Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £9.50.

Rise Digital, Adam Burridge, Mr Dupret Factory Melodic pop-rock band from London.

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

Will Young The pop singer performs his hits. 606 Club, Lots

TNT’S TOP BOOKING WOMAD: GURRUMUL, SALIF KEITA PLUS MORE Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 9DG Chippenham (0845 146 1735; womad.org).

Jul 23-25. Weekend ticket £125 Womad festival have finally announced their line-up, and as ever it’s a world music bonanza featuring fêted indigenous Oz artist Gurrumul.

Rd, SW10 0QD (020 7352 5953). £10.

TUESDAY 13 Active On Earth, Euphoria Audio The South-East-based band plays pop. Dublin

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Retro soul from the Brooklyn-based singer as she promotes her album I Learned The Hard Way. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £19.50.

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

Reef The blues-rock four-piece

Nell Bryden, Jont, Audra Mae Acoustica and Americana

and Britpop veterans play their hits, including Place Your Hands. Monto Water Rats,

from the New York-based singer-songwriter. Hoxton Square

Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £15.

Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £12, adv £10.

We Used To Make Things

David Ford Acoustica from

The eight-piece band plays pop-rock. 93 Feet East, Brick Ln,

the Eastbourne-based singersongwriter. Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £15.

Nada Surf Indie-rock from

E1 6RU (020 7770 6006). £7, adv £5.

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We Were Promised Jetpacks Frenzied indie-pop from the Glasgow four-piece. Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £8.50.

FRIDAY 16 Tigran Aleksanyan, Andrew Cronshaw, Cevanne Armenian folk from the duduk player and band. St Ethelburga’s, Bishopsgate, EC2N 4AG (020 7496 1610). £12, adv £10.

from the London-based outfit.

The Half Moon, Half Moon Ln, Herne Hill, SE24 9HU (020 7274 2733). £11.

Melissa Auf Der Maur Alt-rock from the ex-Hole bassist as she promotes her album Out Of Our Minds. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £12.50.

N-Dubz The hip-hop and urban trio plays songs from its album Uncle B. Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £22.50.

People’s Music Awards Acts include Emergency Blanket, Tara London, Emma Rugg and Soulvibe. Mass, St Matthew’s Church, Brixton Hill, SW2 1JF (07879 630674). £20.

Eric Ranzoni Blues Band Piano-led blues outfit. Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, beofre 10pm £4.50.

Chas And His Band One half of the cult rock ’n’ roll duo plays songs from the pair’s repertoire accompanied by his backing outfit. Millfield Arts Centre, Silver

Touchstone The five-piece band play prog rock. The

St, N18 1PJ (020 8807 6680). £18.50.

The Wonder Stuff The alt rock band perform in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their second album HUP. Shepherds

the American three-piece.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Funkification Eight-piece

ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH (020 7930 3647). £13.50.

The biker-booted trio play thunderous rock riffs and fuzzy blues ballads from their album Beat The Devil’s Tattoo. The

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

Joe Perry Project The

Locomotiva: The Lorenz Attractor, Eat Lights; Become Lights, Her Name Is Calla, Library Tapes, Woodchucker, Spotlight Kid Experimental rock

funk, soul and disco band.

Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £14, adv £12.50.

Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £20.

Aerosmith guitarist promotes his solo album Have Guitar Will Travel. 100 Club, Oxford St,

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £18.50.

James The veteran four-piece from Manchester promote mini album The Night Before. Royal

Fake Problems The Florida-

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W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £32.50.

Dropkick Murphys Irish

based outfit plays indie-pop.

Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £30-£35.

Rufus Wainwright The singer-songwriter performs pop and ballads from his album All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu.

The Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £9.20.

Mustard Plug The five-piece

Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Ave, EC1R 4TN (0844 412 4300). £20-£50.

folk-punk from the Bostonians. from Michigan perform ska-punk.

Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £17.

quartet plays punk-rock. The

The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £9.50.

The Red Chord, Aborted

Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £8.50.

Patti Plinko And Her Boy

Death metal and grindcore from the Boston-based four-piece.

WEDNESDAY 14

Metropolis High energy

The chanteuse performs dark cabaret and torch songs.

The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £10.

Anison, King Jacks, Dactyls, The Bora Indie-rock from the

Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £12.

Left Alone The Californian

soul six-piece. Dover St

Leicester Square Theatre, Leicester Pl, WC2H 7BX (0844 847 2475). £8-£12.

Kingston-based four-piece.

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

John Butler Trio Roots-rock from the Australian and his band. Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £18.50.

South African singer-songwriter and guitarist performs folk.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £6.

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San Diego-based Americana, bluegrass and folk-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.

The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £9.

Lou Rhodes Acoustic folk

Rachel Rubin Contemporary Jewish music from the singer and composer. Bull’s Head,

Halfmoon Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £10.

Lonsdale Rd, SW13 9PY (020 8876 5241). £10, concs £5.

Yalin, London Konseri

The Spikedrivers The trio

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £30.

from the Lamb frontman.

perform bluesy folk and Americana. Brook’s Blues

The Tabernacle, Powis Sq, W11 2AY (020 7221 9700). £15.

Bar, The Telegraph, Telegraph Rd, SW15 3TU (020 8788 2011). £12.

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

The Turkish pop sensation plays his first ever gig. Islington

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Air Forum, Jul 10 (meanfiddler.co.uk). £25 Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-9 (0844 844 4748). £44.75 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother Donnington Park, Jun 11-13 (0844 277 4321). £175 (weekend) Eskimo Joe Shepherds Bush Empire, May 17 (0844 477 2000). £27.50 Fat Freddy’s Drop The Troxy, Sep 9 (0870 264 3333). £27.50 Green Day Wembley Stadium, Jun 19 (0844 980 8001). £26-£35 Grinspoon Forum, May 23 (0870 0603 777). £18 The Cat Empire Brixton Academy Oct 23 (0844 477 2000). £19.50.

Jack Johnson O2 Arena, Jun 30 (0844 856 0202). £30-£37 Motörhead Brixton Academy, Nov 27 (0844 477 2000). £32.50 Muse Wembley Stadium, Sep 10-11 (0844 277 4321). £45 The Necks Barbican, Jun 26 (020 7638 8891). £15 Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £22.50 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Apr 22 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Rugby Rocks: Just Jack, The Parlotones, Alex Gardner, NIXA. The Athletic Ground, Richmond, Jun 12 (rugbyrocks7s.com). £15-£55

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Adam Donen, The Blueberries, The Desert Sands, Julie Daske The

Sara Petite, Ange Boxall

Johnny Warman, Gary Grainger Bluesy rock from the London-born singer-songwriter.

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK HOLLAND CLUBBING PRESENTS DUTCH THERAPY The Netherlands is a breeding ground for dance music talent and some of their finest are coming to London. Headlined

by Afrojack – over 2m tall, he’s one of the world’s tallest DJs – who is all about progressive electro house. Meanwhile, Exceeder star Mason, and Holland’s very own techno Don Michel de Hey also bring some Dutch listening pleasure.

» The Arches, Southwark St, SE1 1RU

London Bridge (the-arches.com). Fri, Apr 16, 10pm-4am. £10 adv, £15

beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

BODYMOVE

VITA LUNA

House supremo Junior Jack is in town for this week’s BodyMove party. Fans of the Italian-born, Belgian-bred DJ will know that a serving of Junior Jack is incomplete without a big dollop of Kid Crème, his regular accomplice on the decks. The pair will be serving up a full fat dose of knees-up house

One for those who prefer their clubbing a little more underground, Vita Luna is all about cool house beats.

Danish label Noir Music is fronting the main room while Swiss star Mirko Loco of Cadenza Records fame brings his percussion-infused sound to room two.

» Egg, York Way, N7 9AP King’s Cross (020 7609 8364; egglondon.net). Fri, Apr 17, 10pm-6am. £15

» Cable, Bermondsey St Tunnel, SE1 3JW London Bridge (020 7403 7730; cable-london.com). Sat, Apr 17, 10am-6am. £12 adv

We have two pairs of tickets to Dutch Therapy to give away, along with two drinks vouchers for each person. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine with ‘Dutch Therapy’ in the subject line by noon on Wed, Apr 14.

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hard house/trance

house/garage

rock/metal

techno

CLUB NEWS South West Four has announced its host arenas for its party at Clapham Common on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Saturday, August 28 will be home to the Bedrock, Toolroom Knights and The Gallery arenas. On Sunday, say hello to Carl Cox & Friends, Boyz Noize Records and Together.

Keen-beans have already snapped up the early bird tickets to this event and it’s sure to be another sell-out.

And in more festival news, Creamfields has announced its line-up. Also on the August long weekend, it’s scored David Guetta, Deadmau5,

Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Tiësto, Calvin Harris, Paul van Dyk, Sasha, Eric Prydz, Swedish House Mafia and more. It’s being held in the Cheshire countryside, and tickets are on sale now through ticketweb.co.uk.

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Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 9pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Hard Core Salsa DJ Mario plays mambo and salsa.

Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

7pm-late. £4, free before 9pm.

Iluvlive Resident DJs play grime, garage and R’n’B. Proud Camden, The Horse Hospital, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867).

8.30pm-1am, £5 and £8.

Mambo Monday Latin and samba from the resident DJs, plus salsa dance classes before 10pm. Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005). 7pm-2am. £8, £10 including drinks.

Rehab DJs Val, Cheeky Pete Donaldson, Satoko, Haley and The Demonettes play indie and pop. The Roxy, Rathbone Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, £1 before 10.30pm.

THIS IS NOT LONDON Coronet Theatre, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ Elephant & Castle (020 7701 1500; coronettheatre.co.uk).

Sat, May 2. £17 Armand Van Helden is in town with a long line of dance floor hits, including a remix of Tori Amos’ Professional Widow and Dizzee Rascal’s Bonkers.

White Heat DJs Matty and Olly play indie, punk and techno.

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10.30pm-3am. £5.

WEDNESDAY 14 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.

TUESDAY 13

Cheap$kates Disco and

Boot Camp Rob C and Peter X spin disco in aid of Positiveline and The Eddie Surman Trust. Eagle, Kennington

St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372).

9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

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

hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek

Perfect Fumble play indie, electro and post-punk.

The Roxy, Rathbone Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm3am. NUS/w/flyer £3, free before 10.30pm.

Replay DJs Dan Berkson, James What, Diego CK, Anto and Steve Nocerino spin house.

The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 11pm7am. £10, ladies £5, w/flyer free.

chart, party anthems and retro hits in the basement, with R’n’B and house in the VIP room.

Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 9pm-3am. £7, guest list/NUS £5.

and Tasty Tim spin commercial dance and pop. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

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Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459). 7pm-2am. £5.

Cave Club Spider Webb, Tom Furse and Coffin Joe play garage rock, punk and alt pop.

Buffalo Bar, Upper St, N1 1RU (020 7359 6191). 9pm-4am. £6.

Decadence DJs Shuff and Belle play glam rock and punk.

St Moritz, Wardour St, W1F 8WL (020 7437 0525). 10pm-3.30pm. £6, mems/w/flyer £5, free before 11pm.

Fabric Craig Richards, Terry Francis, Alex Under and Joris Voorn spin house, electro and techno. Fabric, Charterhouse

pop courtesy of resident DJs Joe Egg and Alex Logan. The Arches, Southwark St, SE1 1RU (020 7403 9643).

10pm-3am. £3, mems free.

THURSDAY 15 and David spin indie, electro and retro. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372). 10pm-3.30am. £6, w/flyer £5, £3 before 11pm.

St, EC1M 6HJ (020 7336 8898).

11pm-8am. £18, NUS/mems £14, £8 after 4am, £5 after 5am.

Dirt Box Nick Wilson, Domenik Kortell, Lewi J-Brett and DJ Raz supply house. RS Lounge, Woodford

Dance Rocks House, R’n’B,

New Rd, E17 3PR (020 8509 6450).

9pm-3am. £5, ladies free.

SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

Lost And Found Keb Darge and Andy Smith play blues, rock and Northern Soul.

FWD Skream, Joy Orbison, Scratcha and Ben UFO play dubstep, jungle and funky house.

Like-Minded People X Press 2,

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

chart, indie and 1980s and 1990s hits. The Watershed, The Broadway,

Plastic People, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3QE (020 7739 6471). 10pm-2am. £7.

Tim Deluxe, Nick Correlli, Sonny Wharton, Sam Bailey and resident DJs play house, electro and techno. Cable, Bermondsey

Jaggernaut Funtcase, Adhdjs,

St, SE1 2EG (020 7403 7730).

10pm-5am. £10, NUS/Adv £8.

3ST (020 8365 3651). 10pm-4am. £15, £10 before midnight.

Popstarz Three rooms of indie, pop and R’n’B for a gay crowd. The Den & Centro,

Non Sense Benny Blanco,

West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 10pm-4am. £8, free before 11pm, £8, free before 11pm.

People, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3QE (020 7739 6471). 10.30pm-4am. £7.

Dubfreaks, Grizzler, Daudstep, Flatline DJs and Bitcrusher play dubstep and garage.

Gramaphone, Commercial St, E1 6LT (020 7377 9337). 8pm-late. £5.

spin Electro, drum ’n’ bass, indie and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

7.30pm-late. £10, £5 before 11pm.

FRIDAY 16 Dirty South Presents: The Rifles The band spin their favourite rock ’n’ roll, indie and soul tunes. Dirty South, Lee

Roller Disco Old school roller disco with DJ Lousie playing disco, funk, soulful house, electro and breakbeat. Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375). 8pm-2am. £12.50.

Vaisakhi Aman Hayer, DJ Vix,

High Rd, SE13 5PR (020 8852 1267).

8pm-2am. £8, adv £7.

DJ Outlaw, DJ Reverb and Fusion Rdshow play bhangra and desi beats, plus Des-C, Himmat Singh and San2 perform live. Parker

Bleep 43 Mika Vanino,

McMillan, Chiswell St, EC1Y 4SB (020 7256 5883). 9pm-3am. £10.

XXL Wednesdays House and

Candybox DJs Jamie, Michael Videopia Rockfeedback DJs play classic indie and electro, plus Babeshadow, The Caulfield Beats and Boy Manderville perform live and a live movie remake of classic movie The Goonies. Notting Hill Arts Club,

The Macbeth, Hoxton St, N1 6LP (020 7749 0600). 8pm-2am. £5.

Rough Disco Resident DJs Game On Residents spin

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O Panic! Max, Gaz and That

Biscuit Disco DJs Dpplgngrs and Shaolin Punx play indie and electro, plus No Life and Jukebox Collective

Donato Dozzy, Terrence Parker, DJ Guy, Dan Bean and Toby Frith play house and techno. Corsica Studios, Farrell Crt, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760). 10pm-6am. £15, concs £12, NUS £9.

Calentito Pop, R’n’B, and soul. Salvador And Amanda, Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 9pm.

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

Warm Motor City Drum Ensemble, Ali Tillett and Rob Summerhayes play soul and disco. Plastic People, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3QE (020 7739 6471).

10pm-4am. £10, adv £8.

Myclub Running Man, Sweet P and Mr Benz spin R’n’B and house. The Hill, Muswell Hill, N10

Judah and Mr Wonderful play techno and electro. Plastic

Subliminal Sessions Erick Morillo, Sebastian Ingrosso, Yousef and Roo spin house, electro and techno. Matter at O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-7am. £20.

Unbranded DJs Howie and Perry play commercial dance and R’n’B. Crazy Larry’s, King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555). 10pm3am. £10, guest list £5 before 11pm.

SUNDAY 18 Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo, 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

SATURDAY 17 Allure The resident DJ spins R’n’B and house. Aquum Bar, Clapham High St, SW4 7UL (020 7627 2726). 8pm-3.30am. £8, £6 before 11pm, free before 9pm.

Stanton, James Hillard, Filthy Luka and Severino spin disco.

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

Sound Sundaze The residents spin commercial R’n’B. Sound, Leicester Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010). 9pm-3am. £10,

ANZAC DAY CELEBRATION LIVE MUSIC FROM 2PM DJ’S FROM 6PM PIG ON A SPIT FREE ENTRY

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Bite DJs Lydia, Ian, Marcus and Peta spin electro, indie, disco, dubstep, hip-hop and pop. The Den & Centro, West

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NEWS IN REVIEW

The week that was MONDAY

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wrap up of last week’s events from australia, new zealand and south africa

213

The speed, in km/h, that a motorcylist was caught doing in a 110km/h section of the Hume Highway.

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30,600

AUSTRALIA

The number of Aussies who found full-time work in March, according to ABS stats.

Labor reinstalled Tasmania’s caretaker premier David Bartlett was ordered by the state’s governor Peter Underwood to recall parliament and test his support as premier on the floor of the assembly.

The make-up of the next Tasmanian parliament will be a 10-10-5 split of Liberal, Labor and the Greens. Labor lost its majority at the March 20 election.

Turnbull quits politics Malcolm Turnbull announced he would quit federal politics at the next election, removing one

Calling it quits: Powderfinger band members announce they plan to split after one more tour. The Brisbane band formed in 1989 and has sold more than 2.5 million albums in Australia. The Sunsets Farewell tour starts in Newcastle on September 1.

of the biggest threats to Tony Abbott’s leadership.

Turnbull won’t recontest the eastern Sydney seat of Wentworth after losing the Liberal leadership last December, following months of political infighting over his support for an emissions trading scheme.

The former opposition leader said he wasn’t bitter.

“I’m looking back on my time positively,” he said.

Locusts invade town

Malcolm Turnbull

Millions of locusts descended on the town of Longreach in central Queensland.

The best rainfall in decades

*And finally … Abbott’s pants in pub

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$3400 for the infamous undies on eBay and said she’d had plenty of suggestions about what should be done with them.

“I’ve had people range from telling me I should actually put them on the replica of Ned Kelly we’ve got in the bar there, and of course the obligatory run round with them on your head suggestion,” she said.

Wombat attacks man A man who survived the Black Saturday bushfires almost met his match in the shape of a rogue wombat outside his caravan.

Bruce Kringle, 60, was attacked by the wombat, which scratched and bit at his leg and brought him to the ground.

The wombat then jumped on his chest, but Kringle reached for an axe to deliver a fatal blow to the marsupial.

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Tony Abbott’s budgie smugglers will join a life-sized replica of Ned Kelly, a Cape York carpet python and a stuffed wedge-tail eagle at an iconic Northern Territory pub.

The federal opposition leader’s “Iron Man” Speedos – or budgie smugglers – will be on show at Bojangles Saloon in Alice Springs.

Owner Avril Vaughan paid

prompted the locust swarm and mayor John Palmer said the insects were causing havoc.

“They’re everywhere, just everywhere,” he said.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA The nation’s youngest parliamentarian has been elected in the state’s upper house. Dignity for Disability’s Kelly Vincent, who is 21 years and 186 days old, has cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound, won the last seat in SA’s March 20 election.

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Chinese coal carrier Shen Neng 1 off the central Queensland coast

the accident five minutes later.

But the company later re-issued the statement deleting the reporting time.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has said it was not informed of the grounding until 6.36pm.

Meanwhile, salvage crews started pumping 975 tonnes of heavy oil from the ship before

an attempt to refloat it.

The fuel was being pumped onto a 50m barge and massive booms were placed next to the vessel to capture any spillage.

Maritime Safety Queensland general manager Patrick Quirk said about 20 tonnes of oil and oily water was being pumped an hour and there had been no spills, he said.

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Nixon apologises for dinner some of my decisions on that day have upset some people, in particular my leaving the control centre in the evening, and for this I apologise,” Nixon said in a letter published by the Herald Sun newspaper.

“In hindsight, would I have done some things differently on that day? Yes I would.”

Nixon said she was on duty 24 hours, seven days a week and believed staff at the coordination centre were “doing the best possible job”.

“While I left home briefly to have a meal, I continued to receive updates and consider my priorities for the next day.”

NORTHERN TERRITORY A week-long eye surgery blitz will be held in Alice Springs to help improve vision outcomes for Aborigines. Minister for indigenous health Warren Snowden said it was an “absolute tragedy” indigenous people had become blind due to a lack of access to surgery.

NEW SOUTH WALES A man was charged after two allegedly stolen rifles were found in the playroom of a house where young children were living. Officers seized two Ruger M77 rifles and ammunition from the house, in Sydney’s south.

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Victoria burned while the police chief dined out

The family of a Perth woman who died after a controversial liver transplant was still expected to repay a loan to the West Australian government, said premier Colin Barnett. Claire Murray’s family borrowed $250,000 to have the operation in Singapore.

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■ Chinese coal carrier hits Great Barrier Reef.

■ Authorities claim it wasn’t reported for 90 minutes.

■ Salvage crews begin pumping heavy oil from ship.

Christine Nixon apologised to Victorians for dining out at a restaurant while the state burned on Black Saturday.

The state’s police chief at the time of the fires, Nixon has won the support of the Prime Minister and the premier amid calls for her to be sacked from her new position as head of the Victorian Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority.

She admitted going to a pub for dinner on Black Saturday after being told Victorians would die.

“While I don’t know if the outcome could have been any different, I understand that

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he Chinese coal carrier stuck fast on the Great Barrier Reef took oneand-a-half hours to report its plight, authorities said.

The Shen Neng 1 had been grounded on Douglas Shoal off the Rockhampton coast since it veered off course and crashed into it.

The vessel’s owner, Shenzhen Energy Transport Co Ltd, apologised and promised to co-operate with authorities to minimise environmental damage.

The company said it was working with investigators to establish the facts, including that the vessel ran aground at 5.05pm (AEST) and reported

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Two men shot dead

Health experts backed a government proposal to cut the blood alcohol limit.

The Government’s “Safer Journeys” strategy proposed reducing the legal blood alcohol limit from 80mg/100ml to 50mg.

Capital Coast district health board chief medical officer Geoff Robinson said 80mg was high by international standards.

At that level people would be

Legal limits could drop

10

The number of dogs and cats that died after being trapped in a Wanganui house fire.

20 Hop to It: Hip hop sensation Savage speaks at the launch of the PassItOn website in Auckland. The site aims to encourage expat Kiwis to tell their mates and business contacts what the country has to offer, in the build up to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

perceived as intoxicated with slurring speech, unsteady walking, impaired judgement and nausea, he said.

More for live rugby Sky Television will pay more to screen live rugby games under a new five-year deal from 2011, but would not provide any details.

Sky confirmed it had reached agreement with the Sanzar rugby unions extending its broadcast arrangements for five years.

The deal covers the Super 15, June Test matches between the All Blacks and northern hemisphere teams, the Tri Nations, all inbound tours to the

country, Australia and South Africa including the Lions tour to Australia in 2013 and the top South African and New Zealand domestic competitions.

Teachers to strike Teachers could go on strike as early as next month amid building tension between their union and education minister Anne Tolley.

The Post-Primary Teachers’ Association wants a 4 per cent pay rise but Tolley said negotiations needed to reflect the current economic situation.

The union will lodge its claim on May 3.

1.1m

The amount in dollars that solicitor-general David Collins could sue the Waihopai spybase saboteurs, who were found not guilty of burglary and wilful damages charges.

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alarm had gone off, which might have frightened them.

Another resident also returned to find his cat door removed and a small amount of cash taken.

He had had a cat door for 24 years and it was the first time he had had a problem. “I guess I’ll be getting an alarm.”

Two 13-year-olds were referred to Youth Services.

The number of jobs lost when TV3 axed their morning business and breakfast shows on Thursday. Sunrise returned for a final episode on Friday.

The age of a Waikato hunter, who was recovering from surgery after accidentally shooting himself in the left foot.

*And finally … cat burglars strike Rotorua cat burglars were living up to their name by squeezing into houses through cat doors.

Mike Wickett returned after the Easter weekend to find his house had been broken into.

“They unscrewed the cat door and took the whole cat door off,” he told the Rotorua Daily Post.

He said drawers had been opened but nothing taken. His

5.8m

The dollar value of Lotto’s Big Wednesday first division prize package, won by an Auckland resident.

Retired farmer Frank Schist had “looked forward to living out his days” in the West Coast home where he and his grandson were shot dead, his family said.

Schist, 86, and Andrew Hutchison, 23, were found dead in the Fitzherbert St home in Hokitika on Tuesday.

A family member described the deaths as “a tragic time in our lives” and thanked police and hospital staff for their support. A 41-year-old local man appeared in Greymouth District Court charged with murder.

Cut alcohol limit

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Horror road toll

UPPER NORTH ISLAND Two people escaped injury after a light plane was forced to crash land at Ardmore airport in south Auckland. Fire Service northern communications centre shift manager Scott Osmond said the plane landed on the grass at the airport about 2pm.

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Police at the scene of an accident following the death of a pedestrian

Auckland region on Tuesday.

Inspector John McClelland called it a “horrendous” week.

“It’s just such a waste of life,” he said.

The same factors seemed to be behind many of the accidents, he said.

Speed and alcohol were suspected in five crashes, including one near Dannevirke

in southern Hawke’s Bay, in which a toddler, her 36-yearold father and a 73-year-old woman were killed.

“The disappointing thing for many of them is booze and speed, and really police can do only so much,” he said.

Only one person has been charged over any of the accidents in the past week.

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Maori welfare policy released generational unemployment.

The taskforce suggested money currently spent by health, education, justice and social development agencies be delivered to a single agency to help families facing problems to become self-managing and take responsibility for their own development.

The document envisaged these Whanua Ora providers would provide a wide range of services including employment advice, family welfare counselling, family re-union assistance, and economic development and cultural advice.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND New Zealand’s war medals could soon be displayed in Wellington if plans for a military museum go ahead. Arts, culture and heritage minister Christopher Finlayson supported a museum beside the National War Memorial Carillon.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A 16-year-old boy appeared in Christchurch Youth Court on a charge of bestiality after allegedly having sex with a donkey. Police said the charge arose from an incident in Sumner’s Sumnervale Reserve.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

John Key announces welfare system shake-up

A 13-year-old boy was referred to Child, Youth and Family after a baby girl received critical head and chest injuries in Invercargill.

The baby was admitted to Southland Hospital having seizures and was found to have a brain bleed and broken ribs.

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■ 20 people are killed in 14 car accidents.

■ The Easter road toll is the worst in 18 years.

■ Police say deaths are preventable and “a waste”.

A Maori Party co-leader will be in charge of what could potentially be the biggest shake-up of the welfare system in decades.

The taskforce report into the Whanau Ora policy was released and Prime Minister John Key announced Tariana Turia, who is behind the initiative, would be in charge of implementing the policy.

The discussion document said billions of dollars had been poured into social services, but Maori still had lower standards of health and education, and higher rates of criminal offending and inter-

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wenty people died in 14 crashes in a horror week on the roads, with police decrying the deaths as a preventable “waste of life”.

A pedestrian was killed when struck by a vehicle in the Bay of Plenty town of Paengaroa on Thursday, the same day a 17-year-old girl thrown from a car in the Hawke’s Bay on Easter Monday died in hospital, pushing the holiday road toll to 12 – the worst in 18 years.

Five people were killed in two crashes on Wednesday, including a two-year-old girl and two British tourists, while another two people died in separate accidents in the

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African priests guilty

20

Years in jail for a wheelchair-bound hitman, who carried out a contract killing in KwaZulu-Natal for R10,000.

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Journalist shot dead

Aids test for President President Jacob Zuma took an HIV test, but the result would

It’s not unusual: Sir Tom Jones performs in South Africa despite fears his tour could have been cancelled. The Welsh crooner performed at Cape Town’s Grand Arena and Sun City after he cancelled concerts in South Korea and Singapore to rest his voice.

not be made public.

The Presidency said the test was to mark the implementation of the Government’s new policies on preventing and treating HIV. This included a campaign to urge all South Africans to undergo testing.

ANC dismisses plot

Jacob Zuma

The ANC dismissed a report about a plot to get rid of its present leadership.

The Sowetan reported there was a move within the ANC to overhaul the party’s leadership in 2012, to give nationalists more power and neutralise the left.

The ANC said its national

executive committee had issued a directive to members and structures to refrain from any succession discussion.

Bank approves loan The World Bank approved a US$3.75 billion loan to electricity parastatal Eskom.

The bank said the loan would help South Africa achieve a reliable electricity supply while also financing some of the biggest solar and wind power plants in the developing world.

It added that the loan was the Bank’s first major lending engagement with South Africa since the fall of apartheid.

*And finally … Don’t touch me!

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analyst Lebohang Pheko.

Show host Chris Maroleng repeatedly used the phrase, “don’t touch me on my studio” during the fracas, before Visagie and his bodyguards were escorted out of the building.

See youtube.com and search for “AWB interview video etv news”. The fun starts about 33 seconds into the clip.

Fine to be paid by Keystone Milling for price fixing in the white maize milling industry.

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The number of policemen from the Roodepoort police station arrested for killing a man in custody

96

The age of pensioner Mohr Keet, the oldest man in the world to bungee jump after he leapt off the 216m Bloukrans Bridge in the Southern Cape

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A most unusual catch phrase has taken South Africa by storm: “Don’t touch me on my studio”.

It all started during a studio discussion on eNews when AWB secretary-general André Visagie lost his cool.

He angrily ripped off his microphone and stormed off the set, only to make an aboutturn to confront political

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The Easter road toll, down from 197 in 2009, according to the Traffic Management Corporation.

Africa was also affected by the scandal of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic clergy, the head of the Southern African Bishops Conference said.

Archbishop Buti Tlhagale said the misbehaviour of priests in Africa had not been exposed to the same glare of the media as in other parts of the world.

He said the image of the Catholic Church was virtually in ruins because of the bad behaviour of its priests.

A journalist was shot dead during an armed robbery at a hotel and casino in Mahikeng.

Police said Thabo Kgongoana was shot from close range with an AK-47 assault rifle.

It was suspected that the robbers noticed that Kgongoana had a camera, leading to the shooting. They made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

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Tension mounts

KWAZULUNATAL A policeman was killed in a shootout with eight men in Jozini.

Constable Malusi Mchunu, 33, was hit several times and died in hospital later. One of the suspects was also shot and killed and four others were arrested.

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WESTERN CAPE AWB members face off against hundreds of black protesters outside the courthouse

“boer” in this context meant suppressor. His explanation was not bought by many.

Malema was hauled before ANC top guns and told to tone things down, by Zuma himself.

He was no longer allowed to sing the song, comment on the Terre’Blanche murder or do anything provocative.

Soon afterwards, however,

Malema called a British journalist a bastard, before ordering that he leave a press conference in Johannesburg.

He went on to hail Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform policy as “courageous”, adding that it had been very successful and the method used was “very correct”.

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SA Airways offices raided be analysed with other information gathered to determine whether the Competition Act was contravened.

Earlier this year, the commission initiated an investigation about pricing strategies during the Cup. The Presidency requested the probe following concerns that airlines planned to hike air fares during the tournament.

Both SAA and its subsidiary, Mango, said they were co-operating with the commission. Kulula.com earlier this year challenged airlines to keep their fares low.

A policeman died when he hit his head on a rugby pole while falling off his horse in Oudtshoorn. Police said the 36-year-old sergeant, whose name was not released, was among six mounted unit officers performing duties on a rugby field at the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees arts festival.

EASTERN CAPE Five people were killed and 13 others injured after three minibuses collided on the road between Aberdeen and Beaufort West. A tyre burst on one of the minibuses, leading to the accident. All three drivers escaped with minor injuries.

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SA Airlines are under investigation

A 67-year-old woman and her three-year-old granddaughter died when their home caught fire in Wepener. Police said the two were asleep when the fire started due to a candle left burning in the night.

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■ Calls for calm heeded.

■ Murder linked to controversial song.

■ Julius Malema ordered to restrain himself.

The Competition Commission, which had raised its profile with massive fines for price fixing in recent times, raided the offices of SA Airways, Mango and the Airlines Association of Southern Africa as part of a collusion probe.

Details of the raids, which were conducted last month, were only released later.

The commission said the raids were part of its investigation into alleged collusion in the airline industry coupled with the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Documents and electronic data were seized, which would

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acial tension was raised several bars with the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre’Blanche on his Ventersdorp farm, coupled with continued statements by controversial ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema.

President Jacob Zuma called for calm after the murder – a call that appeared to be heeded. Even the right-wing Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), which Terre’Blanche led, appealed for calm.

The murder was linked by several political groups to Malema’s singing of a struggle song that contained the lyrics “shoot the boer”.

He denied any link, saying

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SWIMMING Commonwealth Games gold medallist Moss Burmester will defend his 200m butterfly title after qualifying at the New Zealand swimming championships in Auckland.

TUESDAY

RUGBY LEAGUE Darren Lockyer announces he’s available to play for Australia and Queensland again this year. The 33-year-old five-eighth has been tipped to retire, with his injury-hit Brisbane club last on the NRL ladder.

WEDNESDAY

CRICKET David Hussey, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Brad Hodge and Graham Manou are all removed from the 25-player Cricket Australia contracted list for 2010-11.

THURSDAY

RUGBY LEAGUE ARL chief executive Geoff Carr says if a financial package can be agreed upon, he will not rule out a State of Origin game being played in New Zealand at Auckland’s Eden Park.

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GOLF Michael Campbell’s 10-year Augusta National golf hoodoo continues when he records an 11-over par 83 on the opening day of the US Masters.

SATURDAY

TENNIS Lleyton Hewitt’s return from hip surgery is short-lived as he bows out in the quarter-finals of the US Clay Court Championships to Juan Ignacio Chela.

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Rabbitohs player Beau Champion blames his former coach Jason Taylor for the team’s poor season last year.

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TRIATHLON New Zealander Bevan Docherty beats a field including 10 Australians to win the opening race of the triathlon world championships in Sydney.

I don’t think he “ believed in us that much and he tried to baby us a little too much

MONDAY MOTOR CYCLING Qatar MotoGP Casey Stoner starts from pole 8.45pm, BBC2

THURSDAY CRICKET Chennai V Delhi Indian Premier League 3.15pm, ITV4

FRIDAY TENNIS ATP Monte Carlo Masters Nadal looks to make it a fifth 9.30am, Sky Sports 1 SATURDAY RUGBY UNION Saracens v Harlequins Guinness Premiership 5.15pm, Sky Sports 1 SUNDAY MOTOR RACING Chinese Formula 1 GP Webber eyes first 2010 win 6.55am, BBC Red Button

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Frank Lampard He’s got to be Chelsea’s best player doesn’t he?

Big call with the line-up they have, but he’s a cracking player and personifies his club.

Has he always been there?

He actually started with West Ham United where his father, Frank Lampard Sr, played during the 70s and

80s. He then moved to Chelsea in 2001.

He’ll be first picked for England won’t he?

They’ve struggled to get him and Steven Gerrard in the same team, but they’ve both got to be in the team now.

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Gerhard van den Heever of the Bulls runs in to score

Bulls return fire Chiefs 19 B Leonard try; S Donald con 4 pens

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33 Bulls G Botha, D Potgieter, P Spies, G van den Heever tries; M Steyn 2 cons 3 pens

The Bulls recovered from their speed bump to deservedly beat the Chiefs in Hamilton.

They dominated the last quarter when their physical strength came to the fore as hooker Gary Botha scored under the crossbar following a break by Fourie du Preez and loose forward Dewald Potgieter grabbed their bonuspoint fourth two minutes from full-time following a lineout maul.

The Chiefs, decimated by a growing injury toll, were highly competitive for 60 minutes but

faded in the last quarter as the South Africans imposed themselves.

The Bulls had their noses in front 15-13 after a tight first half featuring three tries.

Left wing Gerhard van den Heever crossed in the ninth minute after entering the line following a lineout, a one-tap in-pass from flyhalf Morne Steyn confusing the Chiefs defence as van den Heever ran through a hole.

No.8 Pierre Spies scored in more conventional fashion 20 minutes later after taking the ball as the first receiver off a ruck, a score which saw the Bulls retake a lead they would not relinquish before the break.

Palu to play on with NSW Family ties and unfinished business with the NSW Waratahs and Wallabies convinced powerful No.8 Wycliff Palu to knock back lucrative overseas offers and stay in Australia for at least one more season.

Renowned for his hard running and big hits, the 27-year-old said it would have been pretty hard to pass up an opportunity to play at next year’s World Cup. Capped 36 times by his country and 66 times by NSW, Palu said it was nonetheless a pretty hard decision.

“I thought long and hard about it. At the end of your career, I think you want to look back and have no regrets,” Palu said. “If I was to go, I think I’d probably would have regretted that I had.”

One of five siblings, Palu said the fact all his family were in NSW was a big reason he stayed with the Waratahs.

“Going over there [overseas] would set them up pretty well but when I talked to my mother and that, they were all happy for me to stay.

“They actually told me they would rather me stay and play in the World Cup.”

Stormers prove too strong in Auckland Blues 21 S Lilo, L McAlister, J Rokocoko tries; S Brett 3 cons

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33 Stormers D Duvenage, J Fourie, A van Zyl tries; P Grant 3 cons 4 pens

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The Stormers blew away the Blues with a comprehensive win in Auckland.

The Stormers, still stinging from last week’s loss to the Western Force, quickly took charge of the match with flyhalf Peter Grant controlling the tempo while upfront skipper Schalk Burger and No.8 Duane Vermeulen grinded the opposition with their abrasive play.

An aimless kick by Rene Ranger provided

the Stormers with the their next scoring opportunity with fullback Gio Aplon ripping upfield in a counter attack that saw centre Jacque Fourie score the opening try.

The Stormers’ domination was further rewarded when halfback Dewaldt Duvenage scored and another Grant penalty gave the Stormers a 20-0 lead until the Blues finally hit a purple patch in the final five minutes on the match.

Fullback Isaia Toeava sparked the move fending flanker Francois Louw.

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Waratahs skipper Phil Waugh lets his disappointment show after a bruising encounter in Christchurch.

Kahn Fotuali’i, of the Crusaders, makes a break

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Carter on song

David Hill FORCE The flyhalf exposed the weak links in the Highlanders’ defence to prove the match-winning factor for the Force.

THE TABLE Team Bulls Crusaders Waratahs Stormers Reds Brumbies Chiefs Blues Hurricanes Sharks Highlanders Force Cheetahs Lions

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W 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 0

L 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 4 4 5 7 6 6 8

BP 5 3 4 2 4 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 3

Crusaders 20 K Fotuali’i try; D Carter 5 pens

PTS 33 29 29 28 26 26 21 20 18 16 11 10 9 4

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Chiefs V Stormers, Brumbies V Hurricanes, Lions V Sharks. Bye: Highlanders, Waratahs

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13 Waratahs R Horne try; D Halangahu con; B Barnes, D Halangahu pens

Flyhalf Dan Carter became the highest pointscorer in Super rugby history as his Crusaders held out the Waratahs in an arm-wrestle in Christchurch.

Prolific All Blacks No.10 Carter kicked all his team’s points via five penalties as a relieved Crusaders scraped through a tense encounter at AMI Stadium between two sides firmly in Highlanders 27 C King, S Setephano, F Vainikolo tries; M Berquist 4 pens

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41 Force R Cross 2, C Shepherd 2, J O’Connor, J Turner tries; J O’Connor 4 cons pen

The Western Force continued their mid-season revival with an impressive win over the Highlanders in Queenstown.

Returning winger Cameron Shepherd and Ryan Cross each scored a brace as the Force ran in six tries to three to secure their second win on the trot. Tries to substitute halfback Justin Turner, Cross and Shepherd secured the points.

Brumbies 61 B Alexander 2, A Ashley-Cooper, R Elsom, S Hoiles, A Mafi, P Phibbs, T Smith, M Toomua tries; M Giteau 6, J Huxley 2 cons

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15 Cheetahs S Pretorius, A Strauss tries; R Viljoen con; N Olivier pen

The Brumbies kept their finals hopes alive with a long-overdue bonus point in their flogging of the Cheetahs at Canberra Stadium.

Ben Alexander scored two of the Brumbies’ eight tries and they now sit two points out of the top four.

The Cheetahs are yet to win in Canberra from four attempts.

the hunt for Super 14 semi-final berths.

The game’s first try was scored by the visitors, an epic score to centre Rob Horne that went through 25 phases, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the methodical hosts and deadly marksman Carter.

His fifth penalty with 13 minutes remaining handed his side the lead and took him to 1022 points in the competition, edging him clear of the 1019 scored by ACT Brumbies great Stirling Mortlock.

Lions 26 M Killian 2, F van der Merwe, H Kruger, tries; H Kruger 3 cons

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41 Reds R Davies 2, Q Cooper, S Faingaa, P Hynes, E Taylor tries; Q Cooper 4 cons, pen

A Quade Cooper-inspired Queensland weathered a second-half Lions fightback to prevail in Johannesburg.

The Reds seemed to have the clash in the bag after racing to a 24-0 lead in the first 17 minutes but the winless Lions charged back at Coca-Cola Park.

Queensland were in deep trouble midway through the second half when hooker Saia Faingaa was sin-binned and the home side scored their third try to close to 27-19.

However, mercurial flyhalf Cooper, who continued the dazzling form he showed against the Sharks in round 8, turned the game again with a stepping run to put fullback Peter Hynes over near the posts.

It was one of six tries scored by the visitors and Cooper had a hand in four of them, including one he dotted down himself early in a 16-point haul.

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48 The Saints’ Jason Blake handballs while being tackled

Saints win at a cost Saints 10.9.69 B Goddard 2, L Montagna 2, A Schneider, J Gram, J Gwilt, M Gardiner, N Dal Santo, S Milne

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4.17.41 Magpies A Didak, D Beams, S Sidebottom, T Cloke

St Kilda produced one of their great victories of recent times with a 28-point win over Collingwood, but it came at a massive cost as star skipper Nick Riewoldt suffered a serious hamstring injury.

Riewoldt sustained the injury just before half-time when he leapt for a mark on the lead

Roos 17.14.116 D Hale 3, L Anthony 3, A Edwards 2, B Warren 2, L Thomas 2, B Harvey, G Urquhart, H McIntosh, J Ziebell, S Wright

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13.13.91 Eagles M LeCras 5, J Kennedy 2, A Hansen, B Ebert, D Cox, M Brown, M Rosa, N Naitanui

North Melbourne captain Brent Harvey led the Roos to a 25-point win over West Coast at Etihad Stadium.

Harvey gathered a career-best 44 touches and booted a goal to give coach Brad Scott his first win in charge.

Blues 10.15.75 E Betts 2, K Simpson 2, S O’hAilpin 2, C Yarran, J Waite, M Robinson, R Houlihan

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13.17.95 Bombers M Williams 4, K Reimers 3, D Zaharakis, H Hocking, N Lovett-Murray, P Ryder, S Gumbleton, S Lonergan

Essendon notched their first win of the season, downing a disappointing Carlton at the MCG. The Bombers’ recruitment of former Hawthorn premiership player Mark Williams paid its first dividend with the forward kicking four goals without a miss.

Demons 7.15.57 M Bate 2, B Green, J Bennell, J McDonald, J Trengove, N Jones

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5.11.41 Crows B Burton 3, I Maric, M Cook

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Swans 16.15.111 D Bradshaw 4, B McGlynn 3, A Goodes 2, J Bolton, J Kennedy, J Moore, K Jack, N Malceski, R O’Keefe, S Mumford

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K Cornes, S Salopek, D Pearce, J Schulz

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J Riewoldt 3, B Deledio, B Nason, S Edwards, T Simmonds

16.12.108 Lions J Brown, B Staker, J Sherman, B Fevola, M Rischitelli, D Rich, M Leuenberger, T Banfield

Brisbane maintained an unbeaten start to 2010 easily beating Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.

Their captain, Jonathan Brown, kept up his string of prime displays by nailing five firsthalf goals, while his offsider Brendan Fevola kicked three and teed up several others.

Bulldogs 14.16.100 B Hall 6, R Murphy 2, D Giansiracusa, J Harbrow, J Hill, M Hahn, R Griffen, S Higgins

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Magpies coach Mick Malthouse becomes philosophical.

THE PLAYER

Brent Harvey ROOS Harvey rebounded from a careerlow five touches in round two to a best-on-ground effort in which he gathered 44 possessions – the most he has managed in a single match.

THE LADDER 7.14.56 Tigers

Sydney thumped Richmond by 55 points at the SCG for their second straight win.

Daniel Bradshaw led the way with four goals, including the 500th of his career.

The young winless Richmond side, took nearly 50 minutes to kick their first goal.

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12.12.84 Hawks C Rioli 4 J Roughead 4 B Renouf J Morton L Hodge X Ellis

The Bulldogs finished stronger than a tiring Hawthorn to win at Etihad Stadium.

Barry Hall kicked six goals for the Dogs.

The Hawks were in front early in the last term after Cyril Rioli kicked a clever goal before the Bulldogs booted the next five goals.

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Melbourne won their first game of the season fighting back from 25 points down at the MCG. The Crows finished with no fit players on their bench. Defenders Nathan Bock and Trent Hentschel suffered leg injuries and Patrick Dangerfield was sent to hospital after being driven into the turf.

and immediately grabbed at his right hamstring when he hit the ground, before he hobbled off for treatment.

Saints defender Sam Fisher was also carried off after he was knocked out in a collision with Magpie Leon Davis.

Brendon Goddard kicked two goals for the Saints, Nick Dal Santo set up two in the last quarter and Fisher and Lenny Hayes typified St Kilda’s courage by returning to the field.

A lot of “ things might

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Storm captain Cameron Smith delivers a post-match spray about the time-wasting penalty against him.

THE PLAYER

Isaac Luke RABBITOHS The NZ Test hooker was outstanding, playing a part in three tries, producing ferocious tackling and dominating around the fringes.

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If referees “ don’t want

Mark Minichiello, of the Titans, takes on the Storm defenders

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Time with Titans Titans 20 G Bird, A Harrison, J Tomane tries; M Rogers 4 goals

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16 Storm A Quinn 3 tries; C Smith 2 goals

A rare time-wasting penalty helped the Gold Coast stage a bizarre comeback at Skilled Park.

Titans five-eighth Greg Bird smashed his way over from the penalty for his first try for the club to lock the game up at 16-all in the 65th minute before Mat Rogers potted a penalty goal in front of the posts in the 72nd minute to snatch an unlikely victory.

Storm skipper Cameron Smith was left Dragons 34 B Morris 2, B Hornby, J Nightingale, B Scott, D Young tries; J Soward, 5 goals

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16 Broncos D Copley, J Hoffman, A McCullough tries; P Wallace 2 goals

St George-Illawarra kept Brisbane firmly at the bottom of the ladder with a win in Wollongong.

Brett Morris scored two of the Dragons’ six tries. The Broncos scored three tries.

The Broncos’ backs were exposed by Darius Boyd, Jason Nightingale and Morris.

Bulldogs 24 B Barba, J Idris, B Kimmorley, L Patten tries; B Goodwin 4 goals

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30 Warriors L Hohaia, J Lillyman, K Locke, B Tate, M Vatuvei tries; J Maloney 5 goals

The Warriors clinched a remarkable victory over Canterbury at ANZ Stadium.

Warriors five-eighth Lance Hohaia scored with 30 seconds left on the clock, the visitors finishing with five tries to four after nearly letting a 24-12 lead slip.

Sea Eagles 40 J Lyon 2, M Robertson 2, M Cross, T Hodkinson, G Stewart tries; J Lyon 6 goals

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12 Sharks G Millington, T Smith tries; N Stapleton 2 goals

Manly won their third match for the season smashing Cronulla at Brookvale Oval.

Sea Eagles five-eighth Kieran Foran put his hand up for selection in the halves for the New Zealand Test side, while centre Jamie Lyon scored two tries in a 20-point haul.

stunned when his team was penalised for time-wasting.

Rogers landed another penalty goal after the siren to complete the upset.

Melbourne seemed in cruise control leading 16-4 at half-time following a hat-trick of tries to winger Anthony Quinn.

It was the second time in two years the Titans have upset Melbourne without their classy halfback Scott Prince, who sat among the 20,083 crowd.

Rabbitohs 28 N Merritt 2, B Champion, F Talanoa, R Wesser tries; I Luke 4 goals

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10 Knights D Tolar, A Uate tries; W Naiqama goal

Two tries from Nathan Merritt helped Souths to victory against Newcastle at Gosford.

Souths hooker Isaac Luke was instrumental in all of their best attacking moves, having a hand in three of their five tries.

The Rabbitohs recorded a third successive win for the first time since 2008.

Cowboys 16 S Bolton, W Tonga, A Watts tries; J Thurston, J Williams goals

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23 Tigers C Lawrence 2, C Heighington, L Tuqiri tries; B Marshall 3 goals, R Farah field goal

North Queensland halfback Johnathan Thurston suffered a shoulder injury as the Cowboys succumbed to the Tigers at Dairy Farmers Stadium.

Benji Marshall ran riot in Thurston’s absence setting up two tries in the first half.

Panthers 28 L Coote, M Gordon, M Jennings, J Paulo, A Purtell tries; M Gordon 4 goals

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6 Roosters M Aubusson try; T Carney goal

The Panthers proved too strong at home for the Roosters.

Panthers fullback Lachlan Coote scored one try and set up another with a spectacular piece of play just before half-time to have the home side up 16-0 at the break.

They finshed with five tries to one.

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Semenya eyes return Caster Semenya will wait for the results of her gender verification tests before returning to competitive running. Semenya said she would race on June 24 at a meet in Zaragoza, Spain.

Her lawyers told South African television that gender test results obtained in February showed she could compete as a woman.

a-league speed bump Football Federation Australia boss Ben Buckley denied the current turmoil surrounding the A-League would damage the country’s World Cup bid. Gold Coast United has joined fellow expansion club North Queensland Fury on the list of A-League franchises facing uncertain futures – the same day competition boss Archie Fraser quit.

price to call time Australian prop Steve Price will retire at the end of the NRL season and may even rule himself out of this year’s State of Origin series. Price is yet to play in 2010 due to a string of leg problems.

ticket sales slow Fifa World Cup organisers said 500,000 tickets were unsold and they feared empty stadiums at football’s showcase event in South Africa. Organisers now have less than two months to sell nearly a quarter of the tournament’s total tickets.

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Ogilvy rues putts Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott would be in contention at the Masters if they did not have to putt.

They do not hand out green jackets for hitting greens in regulation, however, which is why another Masters will pass without an Australian victory.

Ogilvy and Scott could only lament similar tales of woe after struggling on the greens

in the third round at Augusta.

Ogilvy did not drop a shot, but squandered several golden birdie chances for an ultimately unsatisfying 3-under-par 69 that left the Victorian 11 strokes behind leader Lee Westwood, in equal 16th place.

And Scott, who described his second-round putting performance as the worst of his life, was not much better as

he carded 72 to trail by 12.

“It’s been an incredibly frustrating week with the putter,” Ogilvy said.

Meanwhile, another Tiger Woods appearance may be a long shot but the Australian Masters secured two other foreign stars in Spanish world No.18 Sergio Garcia and Columbian world No.12 Camilo Villegas for 2010.

Ogilvy also agreed to play.

Bogut ruled out for season Andrew Bogut has absolved Phoenix big man Amare Stoudemire from any blame over his injuries and vowed to bounce back strongly after undergoing successful hand surgery.

Bogut’s break-out NBA season has ended, with the seven-foot centre needing six weeks to recover from surgery before the rehabilitation process can begin.

As well as a broken hand, the Milwaukee star dislocated his elbow and sprained his wrist after the full weight of his 118kg frame landed on his right arm after a fast-break

Andrew Bogut

dunk against the Suns.

Former No.1 draft pick Bogut emerged as Milwaukee’s leader this season and many pundits were viewing the surprising Bucks as a darkhorse in the playoffs.

Bogut isn’t pointing any fingers at Stoudemire. “[Amare] should not take any blame,” Bogut posted on his Twitter page.

“It was a freak of a thing that happened. Full stop.

“Amare is a good sport.”

He then jokingly added that “p.s. tweeting with my left hand is almost as painful as my injury … almost”.

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South Africans Ernie Els and Retief Goosen were well out of contention for the US Masters green jacket after the start of the third round.

Two-time US Open champion Goosen ran up a seven on the opening hole, slumping to joint 44th out of 48. Els was 10 adrift of the leaders.

Geoff Ogilvy is the best-placed Australian after the third round at Augusta

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Champion leader: Orford in 2008

fter leading Manly to a premiership in the same year as winning the Dally M, the NRL’s highest individual award, Matt Orford needed a new challenge. And so, after the 2009 season, the champion halfback signed a three-year deal with Super League side Bradford. Nicknamed ‘The Ox’, Orford is no stranger to the physical stuff but he’s so far found out that the Super League is just as competitive, and just as tough, as the NRL. “To do anything in this competition, you need to get on a run. Momentum is massive in rugby league. It’s going to be a tight season – the socalled weaker teams have had money to spend and have recruited well,” Orford says.

“There aren’t going to be any easy games

– you still cop the same knocks as in the NRL and you still wake up feeling pretty sore.”

MAKING THE MOVE Orford could easily have stayed put in Manly; he was a respected senior player at a club expected to challenge in coming years. Instead, a visit to the UK last year whet his appetite for a fresh start.

“I had three weeks over here in 2009 for the World Challenge Cup, and just that short period really opened my eyes. I never thought I’d come over but I wanted a new challenge. The time was right – Manly were well-prepared with three young halfbacks who were all going to be vying for my spot. The opportunity came up to

Tough at the top: Orford reckons the hits are hard wherever he goes

I didn’t want to “ miss the chance to play over here ” Lyon-hearted: Jamie Lyon now leads Manly

join a great club over here, and it was too good to refuse,” Orford says.

“I had been training and preparing to stay at Manly, but I didn’t want to have any regrets – I didn’t want to be kicking myself that I missed the chance to play over here and have that experience. It’s all part of footy and part of life.”

ADJUSTING TO BRADFORD Orford arrived in Bradford accustomed to success and strong player cultures, having spent five years with the Melbourne Storm earlier in his career.

“There was a lot of talk at Bradford about the fact they under-achieved last season, but we’ve got everything in place now, so while we’ve been found out on a few technical points,

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we just have to keep at it,” Orford says.

“You need to keep a core group of players together, while hopefully developing some guys to play exciting football.”

And while Orford has produced some star turns for his new club, he admits that a period of adjustment was required.

“In Australia, you can throw the ball around and run it much more,” he says. “As we get towards summer, the grounds will firm up … But you never stop learning. I’m still adjusting to Super League.”

THE SEASON AHEAD Just because he’s hunkered down in West Yorkshire, it doesn’t mean Orford won’t be taking any interest in the NRL. “I think Melbourne are going to be pretty hard to beat again,” he says. “I think if you look at that top eight from last year, they’re all going to be hard to shift.”

“I reckon Manly will definitely be up there. Jamie Lyon has taken over the captaincy, but I think they could be a bit more unpredictable this season, with a few other players set to shine.”

And, as a Central Coast boy, Orford’s loyalties when it comes to Origin are hard to mistake. “We’ll definitely find a place to watch it and have a few beers, and it’ll be blue scarves all the way.”

■ MATT KING starred on a wing for the Melbourne Storm, but has been firing for Warrington Wolves since joining in 2009.

■ DANNY BUDERUS will be remembered as one of Australia’s greatest hookers and Newcastle Knights legend; now with Leeds.

■ AMOS ROBERTS still holds the NRL record for most points on a first-grade debut with his 22 points in 2000; joined Wigan Warriors last year.

■ BRETT HODGSON won a title with Wests Tigers in 2005 before joining Huddersfield; was named Super League’s best player last year.

■ MARK O’MELEY joined Hull FC this year, along with former Roosters teammate Craig Fitzgibbon; will always be known as The Ogre.

■ DALLAS JOHNSON was a key part of Melbourne’s 2007 and 2009 premiership sides, but the lock is now with Catalans Dragons.

■ MATT GIDLEY played 221 games for Newcastle over 11 seasons, but has become a mainstay with St Helens since joining in 2006.

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I studied sports management at uni back in Sydney, so a sports club was always where I wanted to start my career.

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What’s the most challenging aspect of your job?

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Ryanair plans new loo tax yanair is set to introduce a £1 charge for passengers to use the loo on its flights, using a new system involving a coin-operated door release.

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McNamara added: “Ryanair is determined to incentivise passengers to travel light this summer by increasing checkedin baggage fees for July and August only. Over 70 per cent of passengers will be unaffected by these changes because they travel with no checked-in bags.”

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Online retailers are quickly catching up with high street counterparts, with 88 per cent of UK consumers buying on the internet in the past year, according to new market research. Also, nearly half of UK shoppers believe they get better service online compared with in store.

Watchdog Ofcom has warned broadband providers that they must inform consumers of their connection speed before they sign up. According to a report published by Ofcom last year, the average broadband speed in the UK was 4.1Mbps despite being advertised as up to 8Mbps.

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ore enticing than its grim Australian namesake in southwestern Sydney, this city which was once described by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung as the ‘pool of life’, has enjoyed a thrilling renaissance since being named the 2008 European Capital of Culture.

Besides art and sport, Liverpool is synonymous with The Beatles, Wags and the ‘wannabes’.

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famous Sir Thomas Hotel. “It’s the city with the largest number of bars, pubs and clubs in the smallest area. Every weekend it’s party, party, party.”

The hotel’s restaurant and bar, formerly the city’s first bank, is now a favourite haunt for Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard and his other half Alex Curran.

Meanwhile, songbird Cheryl Cole and the stars of soap Hollyoaks have been spotted at Newz Bar, the old New Zealand House, a short stroll away.

“Seventy per cent of the booth bookings here on a Saturday night are from Londoners,” says Thomson. “Rich Londoners love to hate Scousers, but the women here are the most beautiful in the country.”

SHOP WITH WAGS Hailed one of Britain’s best boutiques by style bible Vogue, designer store Cricket is in the Cavern Walks shopping complex.

Harry Kewell’s wife Sheree Murphy has drunk pink bubbly in here while browsing for new gladrags, while Wayne Rooney’s missus Coleen pops in with rollers in her hair before a big night out. The shop’s top end lines are Chloe, Stella, Balenciaga and Balmain, but the boutique, which also sells accessories, jewellery and menswear, caters for all budgets.

“In Cricket you can buy a dress for £4000, a T-shirt for £45 or a keyring for £10,” says owner Justine Mills. “We are a very glamorous city, people love to dress up.”

For high street shops, check out nearby Liverpool One Scouse wife: Alex Curran or Church Street.

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For a bunch of Liverpudlians who wanted to get into music to avoid working, the Beatles ended up pretty successful. Today tourists flock to see where the Fab Four grew up. The Beatles Story at Pier Head is running exhibition White Feather: The Spirit Of Lennon, until December. It tells the story of the singer through the eyes of son Julian and first wife Cynthia.

There’s a handful of commercial tour companies that will show you Beatles attractions, but a good alternative is a private tour with local Gary Walthew. He will take you everywhere from the Penny Lane barber shop popularised in the hit song, to Strawberry Field, the former Salvation Army children’s home which spawned another classic. For more info email liverpoolairporttransfers@ yahoo.co.uk or phone 0778 927 7145.

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FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY Enjoy a cruise along the Mersey, one of the world’s most well-known rivers. The ferry service, which is more than 850 years old, has hosted luminaries such as Charles Dickens who was a frequent passenger because he thought the experience provided him with a breath of fresh air.

The river was also once touted as a gateway to a ‘better life’. Between 1830 and 1930, 9 million immigrants passed through Liverpool on their way to the US and Australia. In 1852 alone, 300,000 people emigrated.

Tourists can get a great view of the ‘Three Graces’ – the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and the Port of Liverpool Building – which sit along the Pier Head as they sing along to the famous tune Ferry Cross The Mersey by Gerry and The Pacemakers, played at the beginning and end of the hour-long cruise.

» Amy Fallon travelled to Liverpool with Virgin Trains (0845 722 2333; virgintrains.com).

WHEN TO GO All year round. Pick a day when there is a Liverpool match at Anfield.

GETTING THERE Take a train from London to Liverpool with Virgin Trains (virgintrains.com). The twohour journey runs hourly six days a week.

GETTING AROUND The city is best explored on foot.

GOING OUT A beer costs about £2.50.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm rooms in a hostel start from £15.

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At first glance the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia appears to be just another affluent, sterile business hub.

But dig deeper and you’ll be rewarded with a cuttingedge art scene, innovative architecture and a brilliant, booze-fuelled nightlife.

Given their proximity to The Netherlands, Düsseldorfers see themselves as the most broadminded of Germans.

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HEADLINE ATTRACTION The K20 on Kunstsammlung am Grabbeplatz is a must-see for its collection of works

by Picasso, Matisse, Joseph Beuys and Paul Klee. If it’s contemporary art you’re after see K21 on Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus. The NRW Forum Kultur und Wirschaft may have a clunky name, but it has one of the loveliest gallery interiors you’ll ever see (check out the café). It currently has an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe photography.

BEST OF THE REST The Rheinturm Tower makes a fantastic vantage point for panoramic views of the city.

From its 168m high viewing deck you can get a bird’s eye view of Frank Gehry’s famous warped buildings (pictured above) and the Medienhafen – the revamped harbour area. This posh boulevard is home to Düsseldorf’s designer boutiques and department stores. The Triton fountain is also worth a look.

CHOW DOWN With the largest Japanese population in Europe, the city has no shortage of sushi bars. In fact, Düsseldorf’s cosmopolitanism ensures a good range of other cuisines too. But when it comes to local food the usual meaty stodge of bratwurst, schnitznels and slabs of pork served with potatoes and sauerkraut is pretty much the norm here. But Düsseldorf does have a few local specialities worth seeking out.

One of them is their delicious smoked herring served on slivers of rye bread, while another is rhenish sauerbraten: pickled roast beef with stewed apple. Yum.

TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE Dusseldorf has more bars and clubs than you can poke a stick at. These can be found in the Altstadt area, the perfect place to enjoy some of Düsseldorf’s local brews, which include altbier, (old beer) such as Schumacher, Füchschen, Schlüssel and Uerige. Make sure you also sample the local Killepitsch, a herb-based liqueur served in shot glasses, which goes down a treat on freezing nights.

What’s more, most locally brewed drinks are organic so the subsequent hangovers aren’t too bad at all!

» Alison Grinter travelled to Dusseldorf with Air Berlin (airberlin.com), Dusseldorf Tourism, and Melia Hotel (solmelia.com)

NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Any time.

Düsseldorfers are always up for a party.

GETTING THERE Düsseldorf International Airport is 7km from the city centre.

Extensive bus and train routes exist between Düsseldorf and many European cities.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.14 EUR. LANGUAGE German GETTING AROUND An extensive network of U-Bahn trains, trams and buses. Day tickets cost about €4.70.

GOING OUT A beer costs €3.50.

ACCOMMODATION A dorm bed costs about €20, while a hotel is about €45.

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GOOD TIMING Now in its fifth year, the event in the Basque city of Bilbao has become a firm fixture on the festival circuit, thanks in part to good timing

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he UK might lay claim to some of the world’s best festivals, but someone seems to have forgotten the golden rule: location, location, location. If the festival isn’t in the middle of nowhere, it’s plonked on the outskirts of a town unlikely to be on your city break wishlist (Reading, anyone?).

Luckily, the rest of Europe doesn’t shy away from hosting music festivals in its top cities.

From Spain to Serbia, you’ll find events where you get sights by day, and beats by night, and one such festival is Bilbao BBK Live.

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(it follows the Running of the Bulls in nearby Pamplona), and its proximity to some of the best surf in Europe. More than this, though, the lineup has been getting bigger and better (this year acts include Paul Weller, Rammstein, Pearl Jam, Manic Street Preachers, Faith No More, Jet and Slayer), and the city itself has been transformed by the so-called Guggenheim effect.

ART ATTACK Modern art gallery Guggenheim Bilbao was built in 1997 by architect Frank Gehry. A cross between a huge tin-foil corsage and a space age ship it stuck out like a sore, titanium thumb when it opened in the rundown port. But it put Bilbao on the tourist map, sparking regeneration, and looking at the chic, modern city today, it seems the gamble more than paid off.

So in contrast to whiling away the hours waiting for the first act to appear – the norm at most summer festivals – during last year’s BBK my sister and I spent the morning exploring one of the world’s most famous art galleries. After taking in the art and lunch on the terrace, we crossed the footbridge over the river to gawp at the building itself, its futuristic arcs and planes glinting in the midday sun.

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MADRID WHEN TO GO Bilbao BBK Live 2010 is on SPAIN July 8-10.

GETTING THERE Vueling flies from Heathrow to Bilbao, while EasyJet leaves from Stansted.

GETTING AROUND Choose from buses, trams and the metro. During Bilbao BBK Live, a free shuttle bus runs between the city’s main bus station and the festival site or it’s a 15-minute walk.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.14 EUR. At the festival, you’ll need to buy tokens to pay for food and drink.

LANGUAGE Spanish (Castilian) and Basque.

GOING OUT A small beer is ¤2.

ACCOMMODATION A three-day ticket to the festival (£65) includes camping. Hotel doubles in the city start at ¤30.

SEE bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo and bilbaobbklive.com/2010.

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OLD MEETS NEW Tearing ourselves away we continued east along the river, past the white, arched Zubizuri footbridge and onto the old town. Despite its emphasis on modern design, Bilbao hasn’t forgotten its medieval roots and Casco Viejo remains an important part of the city, home to the Basque Museum and the gothic Santiago cathedral. After wandering the narrow alleyways of Las Siete Calles (seven streets), we refuelled on pintxos (the Basque take on tapas) among the arched arcades of Plaza Nueva.

FESTIVAL MODE A quick tram ride to the bus station and we were on a bus to the festival at Kobetamendi.

With two stages and a dance tent, the site seems too small for the big names it attracts, but the beauty of this is you don’t spend hours traipsing between stages and, thanks to acts alternating between stages, you don’t miss a band.

The site’s basin shape means lots of grassy banks. Beer in hand, we found a spot high up where you could see the city stretch into the distance, bathed in the setting sun. Tomorrow there would be more sights to see, but now it was time to get into festival mode.

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■ EXIT, NOVI SAD, SERBIA (JULY 8-11) Head to the Serbian town of Novi Sad for three days of rocking out in the grounds of a medieval fortress.

■ SZIGET, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (AUGUST 11-16) Jump on a water taxi from this island festival to ease your hangover in one of Budapest’s thermal spas.

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WINNER POTTERY IN FEZ Sharon Touzel, Colac, Australia While this is a busy scene it is kept under control by differential focus. The clean lines and colours of the pots are sharp and provide a lead-in line to the boy working in the background.

He is out of focus, but this enhances the feeling of intimacy and his isolation in his concentration. The moment has been caught perfectly as he works on a detail right on the top of the lid. A tranquil moment in a sea of chaos.

HOT TIP: Use foreground elements to lead into a picture both physically and symbolically. » Sharon wins a three-day tour of Scotland for two valued at £198 from Haggis Adventures

RUNNER-UP NEGEV DESERT, ISRAEL Amy Standring, Los Angeles, USA Great diagonals and triangles give a lovely zooming effect to this amazing gorge. Scale is achieved by the line of people walking into the frame – a perfect way to include people without distracting from the main subject. The reflection helps to mantain

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THEME: KEEPING THE FOCUS Gorilla by Sarah MacAvoy, Auckland, New Zealand Clearing the frame of distracting elements can be tricky when photographing in the heat of the moment, but Sarah has managed to keep the focus on this baby gorilla.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Black fur contrasts with the green background.

2 The baby gorilla is surrounded by foliage so he is framed naturally.

3 There are no other distracting elements in the background – this is harder than it seems as any bright spots or areas of sharp contrast will divert the focus.

4 He has a great expression – a true candid moment.

5 Soft lighting accentuates the softness of the baby.

HOT TIPS: 1 Stick your camera on portrait mode or AP mode if you have it – then select a low number aperture like F4 or F2.8. This will throw the background and the

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3 Zoom in. Using a longer lens will throw the background and foreground out of focus.

4 Push the background out.

The further away the subject is from the background

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5 Check the frame before you press the shutter, particularly the edges where undesirable elements usually creep in.

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Good for you, Gemma. Family Hall were just contemplating a similar trip, mainly due to my obsession with Byzantine church mosaics. I could give you a cracking itinerary of mainland Greece based on this, but I don’t think it would fit the bill.

Let’s start in Athens, where you can visit the Acropolis Museum, and check out some superb nightlife. Hiring a car is a good idea if you’re heading north to Thessaloniki as you can detour via the battleground of Thermopylae, mountain churches of Meteora, and Mt Olympus. Continue moving west through the mountains until you run out of land, and then chase the beaches on the Ionian Coast. Don’t miss a journey out to the Peloponnese peninsula, where you can see the Corinth Canal, ancient Mycenae and theatre at Epidavros. You could reach the Peloponnese on a loop around the mainland, pausing at the beautiful, mysterious ancient remains at Delphi.

On one trip to Greece I was held hostage for a few hours by a smiling old man in traditional costume who gave me rotten figs to eat while he patted his firearm. On every other trip I’ve found the Greeks to be the friendliest people in Europe.

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Whoa there Melissa – I’m worried you’re staring straight down the barrel of crosscontinent burnout. Have you not seen National Lampoon’s European Vacation where the hero drags his family up to the steps of a Parisian gallery declaring: “It closes in 15 minutes. There are 100,000 works of art to see”? On cue, his daughter Audrey, collapses on the steps of the museum. Rusty, her brother, replies: “Great. Are you happy now? She’s dead.”

Now, I don’t want you to be Audrey Griswold so please, drop a few things from your list. The Cinque Terre sticks out as not being on a logical route. Lake Como could be an overnight stop.

This leaves four days for Paris, four for Rome, two for Florence, and a couple for travelling.

The cheapest way to travel if you don’t want to bus it the whole way is almost certainly point-to-point rail tickets (voyages-sncf.fr and trenitalia.com) booked up to 90 days in advance.

I suggest hopping on a cheap flight to Paris and flying home from Rome – see skyscanner.net.

Europe is best seen slowly. It’s sometimes better to give some things a miss than rush around and exhaust yourself.

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TRAVEL NEWS Sarandon at Machu Picchu

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Actress Susan Sarandon made a star appearance at the re-opening of Machu Picchu in Peru on April 1.

To reach the site, visitors should travel from Cusco to a train station at Piscacucho and from there, board the train to Aguas Calientes.

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The Post Office study of the comparative costs of 15 cities, revealed that tourists get most from their money in the Czech capital, followed by Lisbon and Budapest.

The survey examined the price of typical tourist items such as drinks and meals out, airport transfers, city travel, and cultural sightseeing costs.

The lowest cost accommodation can be found in Prague and Budapest, while return transfer between airport and city centre is cheapest in Istanbul.

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Pricey snacks on flights Passengers travelling with no-frills airlines pay huge premiums for drinks and snacks on board flights, according to research by website travelsupermarket.com.

A cup-a-soup costs a whopping 1175 per cent more on board a Ryanair flight than when purchased in a supermarket, while jaffa cakes are marked up by a colossal 556 per cent.

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fees to art galleries, museums and top heritage attractions are a snip. In fact, Dublin’s National Gallery of Ireland and the National Museum of Ireland are both free. Meanwhile, Barcelona topped the barometer when it came to the cost of culture.

Entry to Prague’s top museum is a steal at £2.02, while punters have to fork out £13.41 to look around Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.

In Prague, a three-course evening meal for two costs a mere £20.24, compared to a staggering £86.21 in Rome.

Prague also offers best-value accommodation with one night in a three-star hotel costing an average of £47, compared with a mammoth £147 per night in New York City, according to accommodation website hotels.com.

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WHEN: May 24-25.

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DO IT BECAUSE: The Gitans are much misunderstood, plus you’ll enjoy the beauty of the surrounding wetlands.

HOW MUCH: Free to attend.

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Swell tim Learn to surf on the gentle breaks of Cornwall’s coastline

WORDS SARAH WARWICK

Surfing CORNWALL, ENGLAND

“L

et’s go surfing now, everybody’s learning how, come on a safari with meeee!” my mate Claire and I shrieked as we chugged over the winding Cornish roads in Bertha, Claire’s beat-up old Citroën. High on cabin fever and four hours of the Best Of The Beach Boys, we were off for a week’s surfing lessons on Cornwall’s north coast. Stoked wasn’t the word.

BOARD DECISION In our heads we were already hanging ten, even though we didn’t known what it meant.

We were going to have a rad time, man, riding ‘gnarly tubes’ and ‘bitchin’ breaks’, and joining a grand tradition of such greats as Duke Kahanamoku, Brian Wilson, Kelly Slater, Johnny Utah.

We met our instructor, Pete Williams of Shore Surf, down at the north end of St Ives Bay, at a place called Godrevy Beach. It was soon all too clear to us that the glamorous surf-bunny lifestyle we’d envisioned was all

Cornwall and “ Devon are the best places to learn ” a dream as Pete handed out clammy wetsuits – never the coolest piece of couture – and told us that if we were cold in the water we should pee in them. Our cool points died a final death when we saw our rides: 8ft-long foam boards, the size and colour of Big Bird. We blushed all the way down to the beach.

BEST FOOT FORWARD “Now,” says Pete, when our group of remedial surfing wannabes were gathered in a circle on the sand. “I’m going to come round and push you over.”

We exchange ‘cuckoo’ glances but it turned out this was to find out which foot we instinctively put forward to keep from falling.

This will be our front foot – left is regular, right ‘goofy’. We then attach the board to the other leg with a leash so it can’t float away.

Apart from working out which foot we favour and being taught how to paddle and ‘pop up’ (“One, two, three … jump!”), we also had to have a safety briefing. “Never surf alone” and “don’t go in the water when the flags on the beach are red,” are the two golden rules.

It’s also important to know how not to die.

“The most common injury for surfers is a head injury,” says Pete, as he shows us how to cover

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO All year round. Cornwall can be glorious in the summer, but surfing is an all-season sport. Pack a drysuit and try some winter surfing – you’ll have the waves all to yourself.

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Trains run from London Paddington to St Ives. See thetrainline.co.uk.

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our head with both arms as soon as we start to wipe out.

And that’s it. We’re on our own, on the waves and on our way to being real surfers.

Well, in theory at least. In practice, that wipe out manoeuvre is soon getting some use and I still haven’t managed to catch a wave when we break for lunch.

EVERYBODY’S LEARNING HOW I ask Pete how long it takes most people to learn to surf. “That’s the million-dollar question,” he says. “But it probably would take four or five

days straight to make any inroads.” I feel a bit reassured but doubt I’ll ever be as good as Pete, who had been showing off with handstands on his board. What’s his secret?

Being born on the Cornish coast is a real advantage to surfing prowess, he admits. He’s surfed all over the world and set up Shore Surf with another local boy, Lawrence, 11 years ago to share their skills. The company now teaches 3500 new surfers a year. “Cornwall and Devon are the best places to learn,” he says. “Why would you want to be in 20ft waves when you’re starting out?”

It’s not just beginners though. “People come here from all over the world to surf,” Pete adds. “It’s a great vibe.”

RECKLESS RIDER I can feel Pete’s passion for the sport starting to rub off on me. By the time it’s time to get back on the board I’ve forgotten my skill for wiping out and I’m back to imagining that I can do this. And then suddenly I can. Although I fail to master the proper ‘pop up’ to my feet, I manage

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BIG TRIP SURF LINGO HANGING TEN Surfing on a longboard with all 10 toes over the nose of the board.

Creating deep turns by sinking the rail of the surfboard into the wave.

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to get to my knees and the whoosh of the wave, the zoom of the foam, is poetry to my waterlogged ears.

After that I’m totally hooked and catch every wave, no matter how weedy, throwing myself onto the board in a studious frenzy until I earn the disdain of other surfers. Pete nicknames me ‘Reckless’, and – despite the intimation that I’m a total kook (see Surf lingo, right) – I’m secretly pleased.

CATCHING WAVES Pete was right about the rate of improvement and at the end of a week of catching waves we’ve graduated to real surfboards and can say goodbye to Shore Surf with the grateful feeling that we’ll never be absolute beginners again.

On the way back to London we park Bertha in Newquay for a day, and take a glimpse at Cornwall’s most famous surf hangout,

riding the waves with at least as much skill as all the other young guys.

GNARLY TUBES I know now that I’ll never be a Duke Kahanamoku, or even a Johnny Utah, but thanks to Shore Surf and some reckless determination on my part, I know what it is to ride a gnarly tube and man, it’s like totally rad dude.

» Sarah Warwick learnt to surf with Shore Surf (01736 755556; shoresurf.com). A half-day course is £25, a full day is £40. Discounts available for group bookings

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Facing the wave while surfing. A goofy foot goes left or a regular foot right.

GROMMET A young surfer, under 16 years old.

RHINO HUNTING Looking to surf the biggest waves possible.

ROUNDHOUSE CUTBACK A complete 180-degree directional change to face back into the curl.

AXE/AXED A heavy wipe-out, where a wave’s lip smacks into the surfer.

Petra and the other delights of Jordan KOOK

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A person who has an exaggerated idea of his/ her surfing capacity, so interferes with other surfers’ enjoyment of the waves.

CORNWALL Still the UK’s most popular scene, surfing in Cornwall is year-round and stretches the length of the north coast, some of the south, and into neighbouring Devon.

Head for Newquay for lessons, busy with surfers in summer with crowded swells. Go elsewhere if you like space.

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Coast with the most: Cornwall’s beaches are popular all year round

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SCOTLAND Only for those who’ve acclimatised to British water temperatures, Scotland’s wave scene is getting an international reputation. Thurso on the north coast is home to consistently huge tubes celebrated in the O’Neill Coldwater Classic competition every year, while more gentle breaks can be found between East Lothian and Eyemouth.

A greeting gesture of extending the thumb and smallest finger from a fi st. Sign of camaraderie among surfers.

NORTHERN ULSTER Head to the north coast of Northern Ireland for swells and a burgeoning kite surfing scene.

Portrush has world-class waves in winter, although its swells are sleepy in summer.

WEST WALES NORFOLK Closer than Cornwall and sunnier than Scotland, coastal Norfolk has wilder, less crowded surf. East Runton is the most accessible of East Anglia’s beaches.

Cromer, Walcott and Gorleston-on-Sea are also worth a look.

Kite surfing is the name of the game at Aberdovey, with the whole of the River Dyfi estuary area to play in and great wind conditions. Slightly south down the coast is Cardigan Bay, where more traditional boarders will enjoy long swells at the charming village of Borth.

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