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EDITOR’S LETTER Some of the best travel experiences I’ve had are when an unexpected destination crops up.

Sailing in Croatia is definitely in this category: quite simply, before I arrived, I had no idea the coast would be so beautiful, the towns so full of charm, the water so clear and the bars so heaving (and cheap). See our feature on page 80 for the low-down.

80 Good times: sail Croatia’s coastline for an unforgettable trip

67 TRAVEL

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9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 THE GREAT GAME: Uncovering London’s real-life spy stories 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

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Celebrity News TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: Brendon Burns Cinema Culture

26 MUSIC & CLUBS 26 Music 30 Music Listings 32 DARK ARTS: Aussi singer Bertie Blackman on her new album 34 Clubbing 35 Clubbing Listings

68 Dynamic city: Birmingham has left its industrial past behind

36 NEWS & SPORT 36 38 40 43 44 47 48 50 52

Australia News New Zealand News South Africa News The Week In Sport Super 14 AFL NRL General IN THE TOP JOB Bafana Bafana’s captain on SA’s World Cup hopes

67 Global Vision 68 FROM BLEAK TO CHIC: Vibrant Birmingham has moved on 70 Late Deals 71 TNTT Weekender: Marrakesh 72 A DOSE OF CULTURE: Laid-back Bonn is ideal for creative types 74 Hotshots 76 Travel Tips 77 Travel News 78 On The Road 79 Gear Up 80 DRIFT AWAY: Sailing in Croatia is the perfect summer holiday 71 Exotic escape: soak up the atmosphere in Marrakesh

55 RETURNING HOME 55 Careers 57 A HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Build in NZ while living in the UK 58 Money 61 Coming & Going

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Anxiety about Germany wasn’t entirely misplaced – in 1914, German spies, led by superspook Gustav Steinhauer, planned a dramatic heist on the Bank of England. It was foiled, but they had planned to destroy the UK’s gold reserves. Audaciously, Steinhauer wanted to go one step further and actually steal the gold.

MI6 moved its headquarters to 2 Whitehall Court in 1916; its first head, Mansfield Cumming, was an eccentric – a master of disguise who wore a monocle and only ever wrote in green ink. In 1914, he crashed his car in France and freed himself from the wreckage by severing his leg with a penknife.

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BATTLING THE HUN Over the course of the two World Wars, British intelligence was all about zee Germans, and a parallel war was fought by code breakers in the majestic Admiralty Building in Whitehall.

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information on US nuclear ambitions, which he promptly fed to the KGB. Philby, who lived in Carlyle Square in Chelsea, had access to MI6’s registry of its agents across the world, which he passed on to the Soviets, condemning his countrymen to death.

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Singer Amy Winehouse had a drunken faceplant and bruised her breast assets – new 32D implants. In hospital, she streamed down the corridors topless and ranting madly.

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The controversial Aussie stand-up is back in the UK after starring in an American TV show, and penning a memoir about a magical road trip

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Brendon Burns INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Last time we spoke, you were heading to the US. How has that been working out for you?

everyone would tell themselves here [in the UK].

I just got back again. I’ve finished the solo run of this show [Y’know Love n God n Metaphysics n’ Shit] at the Unknown Theatre in Hollywood, and it was very well received; they have just invited me back for an extended run in October …

And I’ve made my US TV debut as well, for a showtime series called The Green Room, with Paul Provenza. It’s a bunch of comics sitting around talking about comedy, and it’s unscripted and uncensored. They have tried various shows like this, but invariably the network has stepped in and watered it down. But not this, it’s going to be a hit.

You’ve just written your first book, Fear Of Hat Loss In Las Vegas?

Melbourne “ has a bit of a chip on its shoulder ” Y’know Love n God n Metaphysics n’ Shit is the show you’re taking to Edinburgh Fringe Festival later this year – what’s it about?

It’s pretty much a comic love letter culminating in a very human need for allegorical … You know what’s really funny? That if a comic actor gets a serious role in a serious drama, they do nothing but piss about with it and make jokes. But ask a comedian to describe his comedy show, and you could not get a more pretentious answer.

So it’s having a swing back at some of the fundamentalist atheism that’s going around. It’s taken five years to write.

Are Americans easier to shock?

Absolutely not. Stand-up comedy is a much older art form and genre in the US. They are actually, in many respects, a long way ahead – contrary to what

It’s a semi-autobiographical novel or road memoir about what happened when Barry [Burns’ friend], his dad, Paul [Provenza] and I went to Vegas – after Barry and I split up with our girlfriends – in pursuit of a photograph while on hallucinogenic mushrooms.

which was me in a photo with the Nevada skyline and the backseat of a convertible. I wanted to go there and take that photo cos I was nuts … There was lots of crystal meth. It’s a bromance book, it was written even before the term was coined.

Are you looking forward to performing in the upside-down cow at Udderbelly?

I’ve been longing to for ages. I think it’s the perfect venue for me, with all those people hanging outside enjoying a pint.

In pursuit of a photograph?

Yeah, we were a bit crazy at the time and I’d had what I thought was a vision,

Do you get back to Oz much?

Once a year … I don’t get along with Melbourne very well … Melbourne has a bit of a chip on its shoulder. I’ve spoken to a lot of guys from the US who have just come back from there and they’re like: ‘What does that town think it is?’. It is just a town, it’s not a world city … I don’t quite understand what they’re basing their egos on. There’s this idea that they’re the epicentre of comedy and I’m like, ‘you’re practising in front of your friends. Come to Edinburgh and you’ll have your arse handed to ya’.

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YOU DON’T SAY? Who would play you in the film of your life?

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

None! There are no guarantees.

What is in your pockets right now?

My hands! Wait, in the back pocket is a receipt from BP and a really straggly £5 note that might be counterfeit.

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CINEMA

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A Nightmare On Elm Street

SCREEN TEST: SLASHER FLICKS

Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner

STARRING:

RT 96 MINS

1 Who wrote and directed the original A Nightmare On Elm Street?

2 Which Alfred Hitchcock film is said to have inspired the slasher genre?

3 Which fresh-faced young actress played Laurie Strode in gorefest Halloween?

4 Which Friday The 13th actor went on to star in 1980s hit Footloose?

5 Which two actors who played on-screen love interests in Scream are a couple in real-life?

★★★★★

With Hollywood cynically ‘re-imagining’ every classic horror film it can, it was only a matter of time before A Nightmare On Elm Street returned to the big screen.

And, predictably, a movie that in 1984 was frightening enough to cause insomnia has been turned into a sterile, hackneyed snore-fest.

Back on Elm Street, Nancy (Mara) is having nightmares about disfigured ghoul Freddy Krueger (a decent Haley). As teenagers at their school start dying in their sleep, Nancy and friend Quentin (Gallner) try to discover why a razor-gloved nutter is coming for them.

But director Samuel Bayer eschews chilling visuals for predictable horror set-pieces, and the new Elm Street simply

isn’t scary enough. The film tries to put an interesting spin on famous moments from the original – Freddy dragging a victim across the ceiling, Nancy napping in the bath – but falls short every time.

The movie’s good parts,

such as a scene involving a video blog, can be counted on one taloned hand, making this a lame comeback for a horror classic.

GOOD FOR: Those who haven’t seen the original.

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THE REEL DEAL

South African Afrikaanslanguage film Jakhalsdans

grossed R600,000 at the local box office on its first weekend, making it the highest-earning opening weekend for an Afrikaans film since Lipstiek Dipstiek in November 1994.

Jakhalsdans, directed by Darrell James Roodt and penned by Deon Meyer, tells the story of a teacher, Mara Malan, who has spent her savings on a house in Loxton so that she can raise her daughter in safety. But on their arrival, Mara learns the town’s primary school is going to close, unless she can raise R500,000 in 21 days.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Pathfinder 2 Prince Valiant

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IRON MAN 2

★★★★★ Iron Man makes a rather clunky return with an overblown sequel that sees Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) battle dangerous new villain Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke).

A smart-arsed Downey Jr is again sublime and Rourke is spot on as the bad guy, but director Jon Favreau’s film doesn’t live up to the hype.

GOOD FOR: Fans of big explosions. PDV

HOT TUB TIME MACHINE

★★★★★ A ludicrous premise – four friends have a party in a hot tub and are transported back to the ’80s – works a treat thanks to some hilarious performances. True, it feels a bit derivative and not all the jokes land, but because the cast does everything with gusto, it’s hard not to jump in and go for a ride.

GOOD FOR: Fans of The Hangover. PDV

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Kiwi national treasure Peter Jackson last week accepted his knighthood in New Zealand on behalf of the thousands of people who helped make his movies.

Sir Peter (below) was honoured at an investiture at Premier House with 13 other New Zealanders involved in the arts, health, scientific and public sectors.

“I feel incredibly humbled and the truth is, making movies is not a solo effort – it involves hundreds of people, thousands of people, so I feel as though I’m accepting it on behalf of a huge industry,” Jackson said.

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CULTURE POSH Privileged, pompous and destined for a lifetime of entitlement, the 10 student members of Laura Wade’s fictitious Riot Club have an unshakeable belief in their inherent superiority and the power of money and class to excuse any bad behaviour.

Wade’s vividly executed new play shines a critical light on the loutish activities – puerile initiation ceremonies, excessive drinking, the postprandial trashing of private property – of this small selection of the elite.

Lyndsey Turner’s production proves horribly entertaining (David Dawson’s gay Hugo

ENTERTAINMENT

SEE THIS: Theatre particularly impresses). But it’s a lousy advert for Oxbridge – and an even worse one for aspiring PM David Cameron, a former member of the exclusive Bullingdon Club, which this group of revellers reputedly resembles.

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» Royal Court Theatre, Sloane

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Until May 22. £10-£25

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WORTH A LOOK LaLaLuna, created by Aussie Spoon Tree Productions, is a whimsical tale of the moon’s caretaker as he struggles

to re-light the darkened moon. » Artsdepot, Nether St, N12 0GA

•Welcome To Thebes

West Finchley (artsdepot.co.uk). Sat, May 29. From £12.

is a new play by Moira Buffini. » National Theatre, South Bank, SE1 9PX

Waterloo (nationaltheatre.org.uk). From Jun 15. From £10

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK

GRACE KELLY

DON’T TOUCH THE NUTS

THE GIRL WITH THE CRYSTAL EYES

Daniel Ford

Barbara Baraldi

(New Holland) OUT NOW

(John Blake) MAY 3

Former GQ editor and pub aficionado Daniel Ford outlines the bizarre and baffling unwritten rules that govern the average British boozer, such as why all ale drinkers sport beards.

From Italy’s bestselling thriller author comes the first volume of a gothic journey through the streets of Bologna, which sees a cop determined to unravel a trail of bloody butchery.

HOW NOT TO GROW UP Richard Herring

SYD BARRETT: A VERY IRREGULAR HEAD

(Ebury Press) MAY 6

Rob Chapman

★★★★★

Grace Kelly was ‘Hollywood royalty’ in the 1950s, when the term still meant something, appearing in three Hitchcock films, including Rear Window.

She cut short her acting career at the age of 26 by marrying Prince Rainier III of Monaco, but Kelly remains a byword for under-

stated style and elegance.

No wonder then, that the V&A has presented this paean to the actress and her immaculate wardrobe, which will have clothes addicts spinning.

» V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7 2RL South Kensington (vam.ac.uk). Until Sep 26. £7.40

Comedian Richard Herring is about to turn 40 and he’s not married, doesn’t have a proper job or 2.4 children. In other words, he’s just a big kid who has to face his fear of growing older.

(Faber & Faber) OUT NOW

Biography of Pink Floyd’s troubled guitarist/vocalist/chief songwriter, who was the driving creative force behind the band from 1966 to ’68.

MORE EXHIBITIONS Last week to see Mat Collishaw,

Johan Persson

Tracey Emin & Paula Rego. » The Foundling Museum, Brunswick Sq, WC1N 1AZ £7.50

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Russell Square (foundlingmuseum.org.uk). Until May 9.

Empire Mail is for stamp nuts. » Guildhall Art Gallery, EC2V 5AE

Bank (cityoflondon.gov.uk). May 7-Jul 25. £2.50

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MUSIC THE HOLD STEADY Heaven Is Whenever (Rough Trade)

★★★★★

MUSIC & CLUBS

The Hold Steady’s fifth album squares the circle that started in 2004. Keyboardist Franz Nicolay’s departure sees the line-up down to a four-piece again; and they’re back with producer Dean Baltulonis, who worked on the band’s first two records. So is Heaven Is Whenever a welcome return to the sound that made their reputation?

The Almost Killed Mevintage Hold Steady would

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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE

ALABAMA 3

Nobody’s Daughter (Mercury)

Forgiveness Rock Record

(Hostage)

★★★★★ Discussion on some internet message boards suggests that there’s another, better version of Nobody’s Daughter out there, a set of more raw and more interesting demos that were canned in favour of glossier recordings. At this point though, such talk is mere fanboy excuse-making on behalf of a singer without anything to say or any idea how to say it.

By turns clumsy, juvenile and just plain dull, Nobody’s Daughter is every bit as bad as you might expect. WFJ

(Arts & Crafts)

★★★★★

Nearly five years after their previous LPs arrived in a blizzard of hype, Broken Social Scene’s fourth album is sneaking out almost unnoticed, thanks to its selftitled predecessor’s messy unpredictability. Shame.

Forgiveness Rock Record isn’t necessarily better, but it’s certainly more approachable and unified, while also offering a welcome reminder that 21st-century indie rock does occasionally have ambitions that stretch beyond the usual clichés. WFJ

Revolver Soul

★★★★★ Alabama 3 are based in Brixton, but their murky, atmospheric genrehopping tunes (sometimes referencing gospel, blues, country, rap and electro in one song) are evocative of the Deep South. No surprise then that their most famous tune, Woke Up This Morning, was chosen as the title music for cult TV show The Sopranos.

Although you can’t fault their originality, there’s only so many swamp blues/dirty electro hybrids you can take. ALISON GRINTER

SOUNDS OF HOME

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NO.1 Just Say So, Brian McFadden feat Kevin Rudolf MAKING NEWS Adelaide artist Sia has given the two-finger salute to her former label, Universal Island, by releasing the album they didn’t want her to make with new label Sony. The album We Are Born gets a UK release on July 12.

NO.1 OMG, Usher feat Will.I.Am MAKING NEWS NZ Music Month – celebrating its 10th birthday this year – has kicked off, promising a plethora of gigs from some of Godzone’s finest homegrown talent, including Die, Die, Die, Nesian Mystik, Kids Of 88 and Dave Dobbyn, plus many more.

NO.1 Memories, David Guetta feat Kid Cudi MAKING NEWS Tiësto and BLK JKS’s tune, Dreaming, is now available only to Smirnoff fans at facebook.com/smirnoff.

Everyone else will have to wait for the online live stream from the Mashup Street event in Johannesburg on May 15.

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LIVE REVIEW Gil Scott-Heron Royal Festival Hall Apr 24 ★★★★★ Gil Scott-Heron steps on to the stage and is greeted by a standing ovation, but will he live up to the applause? Clad in a black suit and flat cap, he rambles on for minutes in his thick southern drawl. As we wonder if he’ll ever start singing, he sits at his piano and launches into Blue Collar, his deep, gravelly tones warming the hall.

The 10-song set shows off his magnificent voice, but doesn’t include classics such as Home Is Where the Hatred Is or any tunes from his acclaimed new album, I’m New Here, but what could we expect from a legend who loves to defy convention? JANINE KELSO

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never have bothered with the tight backing vocals that colour The Weekenders and We Can Get Together, or the layered rootsy guitars on which sits The Sweet Part Of The City.

It’s the songs that are the problem; not all of them, sure, but enough to make this a disappointment. The album misses Nicolay’s keyboards; but more than that, it misses the musical variety and the massive choruses that he brought to the table. “The singalong songs will be our scriptures,” sang Craig Finn on the title track of Stay Positive.

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GIG OF THE WEEK HOLE With a line-up featuring no previous members besides herself, you have to wonder how this “Hole revival” will differ from Courtney Love’s solo career. And we all know how that ended – her one outing, America’s Sweetheart, tanked. A listen to new single Skinny Little Bitch from her latest LP, Nobody’s Daughter (see review on page 26), sounds as if she’s trying to channel Hole’s incendiary energy. But will she be wearing the torn baby-doll dress and cocking one leg on the monitor while she punishes her guitar? Let’s hope so.

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» Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL

Brixton (0844 477 2000; o2academybrixton.co.uk). Wed, May 5. £23.50

BLACK EYED PEAS, CHERYL COLE

THE NATIONAL

Is she or isn’t she? Oh, who cares. Still, the speculation over whether or not Cheryl is boffing Black Eyed Peas main man Will.I.Am is possibly the most interesting thing about this billing. He was responsible for producing Chezza’s risible debut solo album, 3 Words. Need we say more?

Now for something a little more highbrow, well at least that’s a label you could have applied to these indierthan-thou Brooklyn miserablists before they went all poppy for their new, fifth album, High Violet. But with lyrics like: ”I don’t have the drugs to sort it out,” don’t expect them to be all sunshine and baby chicks, just yet.

» O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX

» Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP

North Greenwich (0844 856 0202; theo2.co.uk). May 5-6. £49.50-£380

South Kensington (020 7589 8212; royalalberthall.com). Thu, May 6. £26.50

BELIEVE THE HYPE DARWIN DEEZ

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THE LINE-UP Darwin Deez

plus eight interchangeable band members.

HAILS FROM New York City.

THE BUZZ SO FAR Look at the state of him, we hear you cry.

Would he be more endearing to you if you knew that he’s a vegan and follower of the teachings of Indian spiritualist Meher Baba? Wait, come back! This clean living fellow has talent for creating positive, poppy guitar tunes, such as his recent debut single, Constellations, which sounds like a cross between a Strokes’ classic and a nursery rhyme.

WHAT ELSE? Deez sometimes plays guitar for Creaky Boards, the band who claimed on YouTube that Coldplay had nicked one of their tunes.

DARWIN DEEZ SAYS “Indie rock

with a side of callisthenics.”

THE CRITICS SAY “Lugubrious, lo-fi and low rent, it feels kind of literate, too.” [Guardian] THE RELEASE Deez’s self titled debut album is out now through Lucky Number.

THE PLUG NME Radar Tour, supporting Hurts, Everything Everything, at Koko, Camden

High St, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent (ticketweb.co.uk). Mon, May 10. £11

SOUND BITES Wolfmother were quick to dispel rumours after drummer Dave Atkins quit the band mid-tour due to family reasons last week.

“Dave gives his blessings …

All is good between the band,” read a statement.

This is the first line-up change since Chris Ross and Myles Heskett quit in 2008, citing “irreconcilable personal and musical differences” with frontman Andrew Stockdale.

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TUESDAY 4

SATURDAY 8

Ash The Irish trio plays

Boyz II Men Soulful harmonies

grungy indie-rock. The Electric

from the vocal trio, promoting their album, Love. Hammersmith

Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £16.50.

Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £36.

The Black Spiders, Slaves To Gravity The

Cats And Cats And Cats, 4 Or 5 Magicians, Sir Yes Sir The south-east-based

Sheffield-based five-piece plays rock. The Underworld,

five-piece plays indie. The

Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £8.

Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5BZ (020 8671 0700). £7.

CocoRosie The French duo plays electro-pop. Union

Wilko Johnson The Canvey

Chapel, Compton Tce, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £17.50.

Island guitarist and ex-Dr Feelgood member performs his rock and blues originals.

Exist Trace Gothic rock

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

from the Japanese combo.

University Of London Union, Malet St, WC1E 7HY (0870 060 3777). £20.

Vasco Rossi Pop-rock from the Italian singer-songwriter.

Hammersmith Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £40.

Damo Suzuki, Sonver The Japanese singer-songwriter performs psychedelic punk. The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £12, concs £8.

Vains Of Jenna, The Crave Classic rock from the

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

JET Shepherds Bush Empire, W11 8QE Shepherd’s Bush (o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk). Sun, Jul 18. £18.50 The denim-clad rockers will be in town for a summer show before they head off to support Powderfinger on their final Oz tour in September.

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FRIDAY 7

Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £7.50.

Boom Pam, Gypsy Hill

The Craven Braves

Surf and retro rock from the Israeli band. 93 Feet East, Brick Ln,

Ska-tinged indie-rock from the south London-based combo.

E1 6RU (020 7770 6006). £12.50.

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

bassist of the Rolling Stones is joined by his own band to perform rock from its repertoire.

The Catfish Kings Rock ’n’ roll and blues outfit.

Dead Wax, I Dream In Colour, I Hearts The

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £22.50-£40.

Dover St Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £12, free before 10pm.

WEDNESDAY 5

Doves The melodic Mancunians

Putney, Lower Richmond Rd, SW15 1EU (020 8780 9383). £5-£6.

play indie-rock from their album, Kingdom Of Rust.

Funktonite Explosive soul

The Black Eyed Peas, Cheryl Cole Funk and hip-hop from the American four-piece playing songs from their album, The E.N.D. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq,

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

Mad Sin The sextet from Berlin performs psychobilly and punk.

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

Eric Ranzoni Blues Band Piano-led blues outfit.

Californian four-piece. The

Bill Wyman And The Rhythm Kings The former

Gerard Kenny The New York-born singer and pianist performs jazz standards, love songs and his own compositions. Live! On The Park

Troxy, Commercial Rd, E1 0HX (020 7748 2728). £21.50.

London-based four-piece play rock ’n’ roll. Half Moon,

and funk octet. Dover St

Boisdale Of Belgravia, Eccleston St, SW1W 9LX (020 7730 6922). £12, £4.50 before 10pm.

The Slackers The six-piece from New York plays ska, reggae and soul. Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £12.

Ultrajelly, Bearcraft, Cassette Electrix, Iain Lee MC The five-piece plays psychedelic rock. The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £6, adv £5.

Gordon Webber’s Rd Runners The nine-piece Big

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

Band plays soul and Motown.

heavy metal from the Swedish five-piece. The Electric

Here & Now The four-piece

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

Cecil Sharp House Community Choir The choir

Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £16.

100 Club, Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £17.50, adv £15.75.

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

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists

I Set My Friends On

The Chariot, I Wrestled A

The New Jersey-based four-piece plays alt-rock and punk. The Luminaire,

Fire The Miami-based duo plays screamo. The

Bear Once The American band plays hardcore metal.

Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £8.

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

Steve James Acoustic blues

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £49.50.

Cecil Sharp House, Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 7AY (020 7485 2206). £66.

Drugstore Alt country from the London-based trio. ICA, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH

Hammerfall Melodic

Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £12, adv £10.

plays pop and rock covers.

SUNDAY 9

Maqam An evening exploring traditional Greek and Turkish music. Cockpit

from Texan troubadour. Brook’s Blues Bar, The Telegraph, Telegraph Rd, SW15 3TU (020 8788 2011). £12.

Five Star Swing Husband and wife Chris and Simone Smith play Big Band and swing classics. Millfield

Theatre, Gateforth St, NW8 8EH (020 7258 2925). £10, concs £7.

Kill Hannah, My Passion

Arts Centre, Silver St, N18 1PJ (020 8807 6680). £12, concs £10.

Alexander Stewart

Alternative electro-rock five-piece from Chicago. The

Jane McDonald The vocalist

W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £15.

Standards and pop covers from the vocalist. Royal

Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006). £13.

Hole Courtney Love’s

Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £10.

(020 7930 3647). £12.

Jace Everett Americana and country-rock from the Nashvillebased singer-songwriter, famous for the music from True Blood. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd,

grunge-rock outfit plays songs from its album, Nobody’s Daughter. Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £23.50.

Annie Ross With Warren Vache The Anglo-American duo perform jazz with vocals and trumpet. Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £20-£37.50.

Voodoo Glow Skulls The California-based six-piece plays hardcore punk and ska. The Underworld,

Mint Condition R’n’B and funk from the American fivepiece. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £30 & £40.

Cape Fear-based band.

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Palladium, Argyll St, W1F 7TF (020 7087 7599). £22.50-£37.50.

Pitbull Hip-hop from the American rapper. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £20-£40.

Omar Nu British soul from the London-based singer.

Hank Wangford Band

The Tabernacle, Powis Sq, W11 2AY (020 7221 9700). £15, adv £10.

The singer-songwriter performs country and western. Halfmoon

Woodpigeon The Canadian singer-songwriter performs atmospheric indie-folk.

Train American pop-rock

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

Union Chapel, Compton Tce, N1 2UN (020 7226 1686). £11.

N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £12.50.

Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £11.

trio. Islington Academy,

Sourvein, Saviours, Enemy Reign Heavy rock from the South Of The Border, Old St, EC1V 9NQ (020 7739 4202). £10.

performs show tunes. London

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

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FAST FORWARD The Cat Empire Brixton Academy, Oct 23 (0844 477 2000). £19.50 Johnny Clegg Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 19 (0844 844 4748). £27.50 Crowded House Hammersmith Apollo, Jun 8-10 (0844 844 4748). £44.75 Cypress Hill Brixton Academy, Jun 15 (0844 477 2000). £25 Download Festival: AC/DC, Wolfmother, Aerosmith, Slash Donington 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 Jack Johnson O2 Arena, Jun 30 (0844 856 0202). £30-£37 Don McGlashan Dingwalls, Jul 22 (0844 477 1000). £10 Motörhead Brixton Academy, Nov 27 (0844 477 2000). £32.50 The Necks Barbican, Jun 26 (020 7638 8891). £15 Pendulum Wembley Arena, May 28 (0844 815 0815). £22.50 Powderfinger Brixton Academy, Jun 4-5 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Rugby Rocks: Feeder, Just Jack, Parlotones, Alex Gardner The Athletic Ground, Richmond, Jun 12 (rugbyrocks7s.com). £15-£55

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ertie Blackman’s music comes from a more left-field place than most, and she has a powerful set of pipes – but to hail the 26-year-old as Australia’s answer to Florence And The Machine, as the Brit press did last year, is a tad lame. The truth is more straightforward.

With an intense, compelling stage presence and a lush, layered, textured electro sound that

is refreshingly un-retro, Bertie Blackman is Australia’s answer to, well, Bertie Blackman.

She’s a true original. Her own drawings of bizarre creatures adorn her CD artwork and videos. Even the way she accepted an Aria for her stunning new album, Secrets & Lies, dressed in a billowing black garment and quipping that her new pointy trophy was “a lovely, spiky

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thing that I’ll probably impale myself on”, seemed unconventional.

Which might explain why Blackman is bringing Secrets & Lies to these shores. “I’m not like anyone,” she explains. “That’s why it’s taken longer for me to get anywhere in Australia. People are like, ‘I love your music, but I don’t know how to market you’.”

Well, their loss is our gain. Her new album is a stunner: dark and eclectic, but melodic and poppy at the same time. TNT Music defies anyone to put out a sexier song this year than the LP’s first single, Black Cats, with its rippling ’tronics and sultry vocals.

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ARTISTIC BACKGROUND Sydney-born Blackman is the daughter of celebrated Australian figurative-painter artist Charles Blackman and his second – much younger – wife, Genevieve de Couvreur,

I made up “ my Aria speech on the spot ”

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also an artist. A boho upbringing nurtured her creative streak, but it was more mundane family stuff that informed her music. Her dad liked classical music and her mum liked ‘80s pop, and this clash of styles can be heard in her tunes.

“I remember mum jumping up and down on her little ‘80s trampoline and listening to Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins really loud,” Blackman recalls. “And Dad used to listen to his music really loud, he’d be playing ABC Radio National and smoking cigarettes at 6am.”

Intimate with the mic: Blackman on stage

something more electronic and less bandoriented, and teamed up with producer Lee Groves (see box) and Francois Tetaz (Gotye, Architecture In Helsinki). The resulting industry validation for Secrets & Lies arrived in 2009, in the form of the aforementioned Aria award for Best Independent Release. “I really didn’t think I was going to win,” Blackman says. “I made up my speech on the spot.”

MUSIC EVOLUTION Blackman didn’t so much as burst on to the Oz music scene as slowly evolve into the artist she is today.

At 15, she discovered she could sing ”by accident”, when her school band needed a singer. She taught herself guitar and joined a band “playing Nirvana covers”.

Her first two albums continued in this guitarled vein, giving her a profile of sorts in Australia. But then her curiosity for synths kicked in. “I was frustrated because I could hear these sounds but couldn’t make them on the guitar,” Blackman says.

Blackman and her “lovely, spiky” Aria award She decided to do

PUSHING BOUNDARIES Like her father’s paintings, which explore the boundary between fantasy and reality, Blackman’s music blurs similar lines. “It’s kind of like that amazing state when you’re about to fall asleep and you wake up suddenly,” she explains. “You don’t know where you are … and you’re teetering between reality and dreams/ nightmares, and you can really walk that line. It’s a magical thing.”

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MIXING IT UP A NEW DIRECTION For Secrets & Lies, Bertie Blackman hooked up with Sydney-based UK producer Lee Groves, who’s been at the helm of albums by such electro greats as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode and Marilyn Manson. ”I didn’t really know what I wanted,” she says.

“I had a few songs, which had already been recorded. I took in Thump and he completely ripped it apart. So it was me as a dark songwriter and him with his pop programming thing – it was like a tug-ofwar, but it made me realise it’s OK to lose control.”

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK IBIZA OPENING PARTY Yes, Ibiza’s party season is almost upon us and we have a little taster of what’s to come with one of the island’s long-time residents. Jonathan Ulysses has been rocking the Space dance floor with his energetic and uplifting house tunes for more than 10 years, and he’s set to do more of the same at south London hotspot The White House, with a party by record label Big In Ibiza.

» The White House, Clapham Park Rd, SW4 7EH Clapham Common (thewhitehouselondon.co.uk). Fri, May 7, 7pm-5am.

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Wally Lopez is behind Global Underground’s latest DJ Series album. “I’ve selected what I think are going to be good summer tracks … I really want people, to feel like they are in the club,” the Spanish DJ says. He’s launching the album at Ministry this week.

This is Together’s ninth comeback party, and this week it’s all about hip-hop beats from big names. Milkshaking lady Kelis plays live, as does chart-dominator Tinchy Stryder. Plus there’s New York’s Afrika Bambaataa and the YoYo DJs.

» Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010; ministryofsound.com). Sat, May 8, 11pm-7am. £15 adv

» Coronet Theatre, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ Elephant & Castle (020 7701 1500; coronettheatre.co.uk).

Fri, May 7, 10pm-5am. £15

We have a pair of Ibiza Opening Party VIP tickets to give away, includes table and champagne. We also have three copies of Wally Lopez’s Global Underground album up for grabs. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine with the subject ‘Big in Ibiza’ or ‘GU’ by noon on Wed, May 5.

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CLUB NEWS Seems The Prodigy had some fun while in Australia earlier this year, partying with German DJ Sven Vath.

“Want to shout out to all our Australian fans who came to our shows in March, we always have a great time there,” singer Liam Howlett (right) said. “Respect goes out to Sven Vath for keeping us amused and letting David Guetta know what the deal is.

You keep it real, brother.”

Hmm, sounds like they were giving you a bit of a hard time, Monsieur Guetta.

The Freestylers launch a bi-monthly night at The Westbury in Kilburn this week. Called Blow

Your Whistle, the duo will invite some of their favourite DJs to come and play at each party. This Friday they have UK garage champ Matt Jam Lamont, who’s quite the dab hand at scratching.

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CLUB LISTINGS TUESDAY 4 Festa Fiesta Latin and samba

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

Identity The residents spin world beats and house, plus live music from Dele Sosimi. Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600).

5pm-late. £5, w/flyer £4.

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

7.30pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

Replay Lady Bianca, Diego

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-late. £10.

Matter, The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DY North Greenwich (matterlondon.com).

Sat, Jun 12. £15 Sidney Samson, another name from Holland’s rich breed of DJ talent, headlines Kinky Malinki’s June event. Also with Joey Negro, Prok & Fitch and Kid Massive.

Shake Disco and pop from DJ John Osbourne and Paul C in the main room, while DJ Milo plays party anthems in room two. The Electric Ballroom, Camden High St, NW1 8QP (020 7485 9006).

10pm-3am. £10, NUS/mems £8.

SOS House and electronica from Desyn Masiello, Omid 16B, Demi, Shlomi Aber and Paul Woolford, plus Phil Kieran performs live. Matter, O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0AX (020 7549 6686). 10pm-7am. £15.

Sweatshop Linkwood, Ray Mang, Dan Hill and Minkioni play disco, house and electro.

CK, Anto and Steve Nocerino play deep house. The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083). 11pm-7am. £10, ladies £5, ladies w/flyer free.

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Boom Boom Club DJs

Blow House, electro, techno,

Dan spin indie, pop, and drum ’n’ bass. Islington Academy,

Shadow Salon Disco-house

Bioux and David H play 1950s swing and rock ’n’ roll, plus live burlesque and cabaret. The

drum ’n’ bass and disco from the resident DJs. Egg, York

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

10.30pm-3.30am. £6, adv £5.

Way, N7 9AX (020 7609 8364).

10pm-10am. £12, NUS/concs £8.

Redux The Nextmen, Rodney P,

and dance-pop mixes. The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm, mems/guests free.

White Heat DJs Matty and Olly play indie, punk, techno and electro. Madame JoJo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040).

10.30pm-3am. £6, adv £5.

Bathhouse, Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (020 7920 9207).

8.30pm-3am. £7, adv £5.

Calentito Pop, R’n’B, and soul. Salvador And Amanda,

Credit Crunch Thursdays Victor V and Hitman play reggae, soul and R’n’B. Orleans, Seven Sisters Rd, N4 2HZ (020 7281 0611). 10.30pm3.30am. £9 before midnight.

Great Newport St, WC2H 7JA (020 7240 1551). 9pm-3am. £10, guest list £5, free before 9pm.

Dance Rocks House,

Propaganda Alex Zane and DJ

Terror Danjah, Flash Fry Records and residents play dubstep, drum ’n’ bass and electro. Jamm,

SATURDAY 8 Decadence DJs Shuff and

party, retro pop and cheese.

Belle play glam rock and punk.

Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3.

Crazy Larry’s, King’s Rd, SW10 0TZ (020 7376 5555). 10pm-3am. £10, guest list £5 before midnight, guest list free before 11pm.

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

IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). 10pm-late. £22.25.

Rough Disco Resident DJs

Get Yourself Connected

funk, soul and disco. Clapham

Cheap$kates Disco

spin electro, drum ’n’ bass, indie and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

Nick Tcherniak spins house and electro. The Langley,

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

7.30pm-late. £10, £5 before 11pm.

Langley St, WC2H 9JA (020 7836 5005). 8pm-3am. £10, £5 before 9pm, free before 8pm.

Grand, St John’s Hill, SW11 1TT (020 7223 6523). 10pm-3am. £10, £5 before 11pm.

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

Black Eyed Peas Official Aftershow Party R’n’B and hip-hop.

and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek

Charing Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020).

11pm-4am. £7, w/flyer free.

Radio The Radio DJs play 1980s pop and disco. The Roxy, Rathbone

Glamorous The residents play

St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372). 9pm3.30am. £6, NUS £5, w/flyer £4.

Temptation Pop, R’n’B and

Game On Residents spin

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

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 10pm, guestlist free before 10pm.

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

cheese with resident DJs. Zoo Bar,

Yoyo DJs Seb Chew and Leo

How Does It Feel To Be Loved? Resident DJs play indie, pop, Northern Soul and Motown.

and Andy Smith play blues, rock and Northern Soul. Madame

Popstarz Three rooms of indie,

South Of The Border/ Tidal Concerts Resident

Notting Hill Arts Club, Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ (020 7460 4459).

7pm-2am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

The Den & Centro, West Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

10pm-4am. £8, free before 11pm.

El Paso, Old St, EC1V 9NQ (020 7739 4202). 8pm-late. £10.

B, Brixton Rd, SW9 4AY (0870 116 5421).

9pm-5am. £15, adv £10.

Lost And Found Keb Darge

Greenslade play dub and electro, plus Moonrunners and Akala perform live.

DJs play rock and indie, plus Sourvein, Saviours and Enemy Reign perform live.

Italians Do It Better Mike Simonetti and Louis Enchante spin disco and funk, plus Glass Candy and Appaloosa perform live. Plan

Canterbury Arms, Canterbury Crescent, SW9 7QH (020 7274 1711).

9pm-2.30am. £6, mems £4.

St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

pop and R’n’B for a gay crowd.

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

White Wedding Resident

The Monarch, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AJ (020 7482 2054). 9pm-2am. £7.

supply R’n’B, 1990s soul and funky house. Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D

Frolic DJ StevieF spins

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

supply pop and disco. Heaven,

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

Soul Fridays The resident DJs 5DY (020 7494 3020). 10pm-3am. £10.

Agita Brasil Latin and samba

Unbranded DJs Howie and

DJs Otis Wedding and Billy Bridal spin electro, pop, disco and house, with guest DJ Tayo.

Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

G-A-Y Porn Idol The residents

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

9pm-4am. £9, £6 before 11pm.

Brixton Rd, SW9 6LH (020 7274 5537).

10pm-5am. £10, NUS/adv £8.

R’n’B, chart, indie and 1980s and 1990s hits. The

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Ritmos Da Cidade Roc Hunter spins samba and Latin rhythms, plus live music from Ritmos Da Cidade and Basil.

SUNDAY 9 Forro European, African and indigenous rhythms and dance, plus live music from Zeu Azevedo and Forrodaki.

Guanabara, Parker St, WC2B 5PW (020 7242 8600). 5pm-late. £5.

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

9.30pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Horse Meat Disco Jim Stanton, James Hillard, Filthy Luka and Severino spin disco.

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

Roller Motion The residents

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

play R’n’B, hip-hop, soul and funk. Renaissance Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375).

7pm-midnight. £11.50.

Sensational Sundays One Party State Club remixes, indie, electro and requests from the One Party State DJs. The

DJ Eddie J Santos spins chart, party, funky house and commercial R’n’B.

Barfly, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). 10.30pm-3am. £8, w/flyer £7, NUS £5.

Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). 12noon-2am. £10, guestlist £5, free before 8pm.

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“I’m not in the business of defending smoking, I want to make that absolutely clear, but I also want to make absolutely clear that this is not a health policy, this is a tax grab.” Tony Abbott on the Government’s 25 per cent tax increase on cigarette products.

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AUSTRALIA Irwin’s zoo in trouble Australia Zoo was being investigated by the Queensland government for breaching trading hours on Anzac Day. The Department of Justice said the Sunshine Coast zoo, owned

by Steve Irwin’s family, operated on the morning of Anzac Day without the required permit.

Places of public amusement were required to remain closed until 1.30pm on Anzac Day.

Watson gets close Australian waters were showing teenage sailor Jessica Watson no

Drug fine: Geelong AFL premiership player Mathew Stokes leaves court after being placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine.

Stokes, 25, was also ordered to pay $3000 to the court fund.

favours as she neared the Tasmanian coast on the final leg of her solo round-the-world record attempt.

High seas and 50-knot gusts thumped the 16-year-old Queenslander’s vessel as she edged closer to the finish line in Sydney.

Treasurer admits affair

Jessica Watson

West Australian treasurer Troy Buswell resigned after he admitted misusing ministerial entitlements during an affair with a Greens MP. Fremantle MP Adele Carles revealed she’d had a four-month affair with Buswell,

which he later confirmed.

Buswell admitted he had used hotel entitlements and his ministerial car during interstate and regional trips to meet Carles during the liaison.

Williams laid to rest About 200 people gathered at St Therese’s Catholic church in Essendon to farewell slain underworld figure Carl Williams. A media contingent of about 100 people watched on from outside the church.

The convicted murderer was buried in a $30,000 gold casket – the last brash statement of his one-time wealth and power.

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“I think it’s quite simple, if you draw a link between both of those comments I think it leads to the chief rat, and I have no doubt that it’s him.” News Limited chief executive John Hartigan, referring to former Melbourne Storm boss Brian Waldron outside the team’s home ground.

“Tony Abbott walked away from it, so it’s Tony Abbott’s conduct that has cost business the certainty it seeks.”

Deputy prime minister Julia Gillard on the delayed emissions trading scheme.

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Star showing: Models dressed up as characters from the film Avatar pose in front of a branded plane during the launch of the movie’s Blu-ray and DVD in Sydney. The film is expected to become the highestselling DVD in Australian history.

“He is a tiger, and he can become unpredictable.” Clive Brookbanks, whose partner owns Mogo Zoo, on the perils of raising a 10-month-old tiger in their NSW south coast home.

The Federal Government has put its ETS on hold until 2013

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■ Government delays plans for emissions trading scheme until 2013.

■ Prime Minister Kevin Rudd blames opposition for delay.

■ Opposition leader Tony Abbott says Government is running scared.

Mining companies were accused of a “culture of cover-up” by a Northern Territory government under fire following a string of unreported industrial spills.

The government discovered two tonnes of manganese had been dumped into the sea on Groote Eylandt, about 600km east of Darwin.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA the ETS delay squarely on the opposition.

“The opposition decided to backflip on its own historical commitment to bringing in a carbon pollution reduction scheme and there’s been slow progress in the realisation of global action on climate change,” Rudd said.

The ETS was rejected twice

by federal parliament.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott accused the Prime Minister of running scared.

“The Government has dropped … an emissions trading scheme because it is frightened that the public think that this really is just a great big new tax on everything,” he said.

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Tobacco gets massive hike Health experts praised Australia’s sudden emergence at the “forefront of global tobacco control”.

The Rudd Government’s quick-fire 25 per cent hike in tobacco tax and the move to plain cigarette packaging in 2012 would change the course of hundreds of thousands of lives, the Cancer Council and Heart Foundation said.

It increased the cost of a pack of 30 cigarettes by $2.16.

“An increase in excise of 25 per cent should prompt more than 100,000 Australian adults to quit smoking and prevent 25,000 children from becoming

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evin Rudd dumped one of the centrepiece promises of his 2007 election campaign, delaying plans for an emissions trading scheme (ETS) until at least 2013.

Faced with a Senate hostile to the ETS and glacial movement on the international stage, Rudd decided to put off tackling climate change for nearly three years.

Shelving the ETS added to a growing list of backdowns by the Government, including permanently scrapping its insulation rebate and canning plans for 222 childcare centres.

Rudd put the blame for

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addicted to nicotine,” chief executive of Cancer Council Australia Ian Olver said.

But the move was not welcomed by retailers who said they would suffer as a result of the tax hike.

The move treated smokers and retailers with contempt, chairman of the national IGA board Mick Daly said.

“It’s a lazy policy response being pushed by some health advocates,” he said.

“That amounts to a direct attack on approximately 16 per cent of Australians who have made legal and legitimate lifestyle choices.”.

More than 200 patients in the state’s northwest were potentially exposed to viruses including HIV and hepatitis after a doctor allegedly failed to adhere to infection control protocols, although health authorities said the risk was low.

QUEENSLAND A cyclist who was the victim of a hitand-run in far north Queensland has died. The man was cycling on the Kennedy Highway north of Tolga on the Atherton Tableland when he was struck from behind by a motor vehicle, which then drove away.

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Taxes on cigarettes are raised by 25 per cent

A Melbourne heavy haulage company was fined $130,000 after a truck driver was crushed and killed while loading a semitrailer.

Colin Todd, 42, suffered fatal head injuries in 2007 while loading an elevated work platform onto a truck.

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Man admits killing

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The amount in dollars which the Government will put towards irrigation projects.

Chlamydia rates rising

Bennett in firing line Social development minister Paula Bennett denied she offered money to a beneficiary who laid a privacy complaint against her.

It was reported Bennett met

9.1m taking a stand: Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Auckland to march against the Government’s proposal to open up more than 7000 hectares of conservation land for mining on Coromandel, Paparoa and Stewart Island.

Natasha Fuller, the solo mother who was at the centre of a controversy last year after she talked about her inadequate study grant, then saw details of her benefits released by Bennett.

TV3 News said it had emails which showed the meeting had taken place.

It reported a monetary settlement was discussed.

Southland soaked

Paula Bennett

The Southland region was drenched, causing the worst flooding in 10 years.

It knocked out phone lines to Te Anau, prompted the evacuation of trampers, and

*And finally … shitty law proposed

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critics saying the council had gone “completely nuts”.

Mosgiel Taieri Community Board member Chris Adams said it was a mad move.

Councillor Kate Wilson said if the rule was imposed, it was likely to be used only when a neighbour complained. The rule aimed to protect neighbours from nuisance and odour.

caused the closure of numerous roads and schools.

Woman conned A judge said he hoped police and Interpol would take all the necessary steps to try to catch Nigerian scamsters who conned a woman out of $452,206.

Jacqueline Louise de Berri, 48, was jailed for two years and four months by Christchurch District Court Judge Fred McElrea.

She admitted using funds from her employer to make 13 transfers to the Spanish bank accounts of the Nigerian scamsters, Christchurch Court News website reported.

The amount in dollars awarded to six major community projects through the Lottery Significant Projects Fund.

25

The percentage increase from 2008 to 2009 in the amount of people seeking help for problem gambling.

49.5

The percentage of businesses that expect an improvement in business conditions in the year ahead according to the National Bank business outlook report.

32

The percentage of farmers who expect the rural economy to improve in the next year according to a Rabobank survey.

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Some property owners may soon have to scoop up the droppings of their sheep and goats if a new law is passed in Dunedin.

While the proposed council rules would not apply to commercial or lifestyle farms they would cover all residential and rural residential properties, the Otago Daily Times reported.

The move raised a stink with

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The percentage increase in tax on tobacco which came into effect last week. It takes the average cost of a pack of 20 cigarettes to about $11.

A 21-year-old man admitted killing Whakatane school principal and regional councillor Hawea Vercoe.

Isaiah Johnson Richard Tai, of Opotiki, was originally accused of murdering Vercoe, 36, but he pleaded guilty when the charge was downgraded to manslaughter.

New Zealand’s youth drinking culture had led to high rates of the sexually transmissible infection chlamydia, a Waikato sexual health expert said.

A report submitted to the Health Waikato Advisory Committee showed between February 2008 and January 2010 in Waikato, 16 per cent of those under 25 who were tested were positive for chlamydia.

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What’s happening across the country

SUMMARY

■ Airmen killed in Anzac Day helicopter crash buried.

■ Survivor of crash still recovering in hospital.

■ Prime Minister John Key says nation still grieving.

UPPER NORTH ISLAND Waitakere deputy mayor Penny Hulse is calling for a review of prostitution laws after a brothel operating opposite a local school sparked a public outcry. The brothel on Lincoln Rd in west Auckland opened a fortnight ago directly opposite the Henderson Intermediate School’s front entrance.

T

he three airmen killed in the Anzac Day helicopter crash will never be forgotten, Prime Minister John Key told more than 2000 mourners gathered at Ohakea air base in Manawatu.

Flying Officer Daniel Stephen Gregory, 28, Flight Lieutenant Hayden Peter Madsen, 33, and Corporal Benjamin Andrew Carson, 25, were killed when their Iroquois hit a hill in foggy weather at Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington.

Their caskets were flown to the base in Iroquois helicopters where they were met on the tarmac by a lone piper.

The coffins, one adorned

One of the caskets of the airmen killed in the Anzac Day tragedy arrives at Ohakea

with an image of an Anzac poppy, were draped with the New Zealand flag.

They were carried in a solemn procession to the base’s main hanger for a full military funeral.

Key paid tribute to the airmen and their families.

“New Zealand has lost three fine servicemen and families

have lost a loved one, a partner, a husband, a son, a brother a mate,” Key said.

“Your loss is still raw, so you need to know that New Zealand grieves with you.”

The only survivor of the crash, Sergeant Stevin Creeggan, who was seriously injured, remained in Wellington Hospital.

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Police launch big drug busts An unprecedented nationwide drug bust saw more than 250 people charged with more than 700 offences, including a man who was nabbed at Auckland Airport on his return from London.

New Zealand police swooped on 35 businesses and homes as part of a two-year undercover operation targeting the commercial sale of equipment used for growing cannabis.

The drug swoop, code named Operation Lime, targeted businesses selling hydroponic gardening equipment and led police to a

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nationwide network of cannabis growers and drug dealers.

One of those arrested was a 43-year-old man who was caught at Auckland Airport on his return from London, deputy commissioner Rob Pope said.

About 6000 cannabis plants and 60kg of dried cannabis was seized, along with stashes of methamphetamine, ecstasy, LSD and a drug believed to be BZP. The busts also uncovered eight firearms, including illegal semi-automatic weapons, and $200,000 in cash.

LOWER NORTH ISLAND Kapiti Coast police were looking for a motorcyclist clocked by police driving at 212km/h along State Highway. Police did not attempt to stop the motorcycle.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND White supremacist Shannon Brent Flewellen was given a jail term in the High Court at Christchurch of at least 16 years 3 months for the strangling of a South Korean tourist in 2003.

Another man, Hayden McKenzie, had already been convicted for his role in the murder.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND

Cannabis plants were seized by police in operations

A woman who conned Dunedin cafes and restaurants by making false complaints about the quality of their meals will face Dunedin District Court this month. The 36-year-old woman is accused of cheating eateries of several hundred dollars.

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Farmer killed

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The cost in rand of foreign travel by Government ministers, their deputies and senior officials in one year.

Cup ready for Obama

Lekota has theory Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota suspected the forensic investigation he was calling for into the possible fraud in his party’s finances “ruffled a few feathers” and could be behind

Mosiuoa Lekota

national celebration: President Jacob Zuma and arts and culture minister Lulama Xingwana attend Freedom Day celebrations in Pretoria. Thousands gathered in the capital as the country commemorated 16 years since the first democratic election.

a spate of public attacks against him.

Lekota was also fighting for Congress of the People’s presidency with his deputy, Mbhazima Shilowa.

Alliance considered The SA Communist Party and Cosatu were planning to establish a joint commission to decide on their approach to the current political environment.

They said the commission would also foster class unity and build a broad left front for socialism.

Earlier this year, President Jacob Zuma expressed his

displeasure at public spats and bickering within the alliance.

New airport opens The CA Civil Aviation Authority’s director, Colin Jordaan, handed an operating licence to the manager of Durban’s new King Shaka International Airport, Terence Delomoney.

An SAA Airbus A340-600, with dignitaries and members of the media on board, landed at the new airport at La Mercy north of Durban.

The old airport will be decommissioned after the Football World Cup.

13,000

The number of SAA passengers affected by Europe’s ash cloud, but the backlog was cleared within a week.

3000

The number of known British soccer hooligans who will be refused entry to South Africa next month, according to top cop Bheki Cele.

147

The speed in km/h a man was travelling when he was pulled over for speeding near Heidelberg, after which police found dagga worth R1m in his vehicle.

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Nice yacht: The 138m motor yacht the Rising Sun, owned by American Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, is moored at the waterfront in Cape Town. The yacht is reported to be one of the biggest in the world.

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The estimated cost in rand of the Government’s proposed National Health Insurance Scheme, according to economic research consultancy Econex.

A man in his forties was killed on a farm near Pretoria.

Netcare 911 said the farmer was found lying in a pool of blood and had been attacked with a sharp object.

Police said there were indications of a fierce struggle inside his home, as well as evidence of shots being fired.

His two-year-old child was in the house at the time of the murder, but was not harmed.

The Local Organising Committee said South Africa was ready to receive US President Barack Obama for the Fifa World Cup. Obama met Fifa president Sepp Blatter some months ago and said he would try to attend.

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Credit deteriorates

KWAZULUNATAL The Provincial Transport Department appointed a team of investigators to probe a horror accident in which 15 people burnt to death.

They were trapped in a minibus taxi that caught alight after crashing into a truck in Braemer.

T

FREE STATE Many South Africans are suffering under the burden of debt

people in the country.

About 160,000 of these had applied for debt counselling.

The bank said the National Credit Regulator expected the number of applicants for debt counselling could grow by approximately 7500 a month.

Of the total number of applications for debt

counselling, 60 per cent still had to be referred to the courts and about a third could not be finalised.

The bank said monthly repayments to credit providers in terms of debt counsellors’ agreements amounted to about R168m.

These repayments were increasing monthly.

SAPA

Mthethwa takes swipe at youth supporting Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party.

He was hauled before Zuma and other top ANC leaders and had not made a controversial statement since.

Malema was also facing a disciplinary hearing within the ANC, but the ruling party would not reveal details of the charges against him.

Apart from the ANC’s procedures, there had also been a host of other charges laid against Malema, especially by opposition parties.

These included criminal procedures and a complaint to the Human Rights Commission.

A five-year-old boy died in a Bloemfontein hospital after being shot by a 12-year-old boy. Police said the older child, from the Redderburg area, asked his uncle to borrow his rifle to shoot doves. While loading the rifle, a shot went off accidentally, hitting the younger boy.

GAUTENG An illegal miner was buried alive in a shaft near Krugersdorp.

The man and his accomplice were digging at an open shaft when the walls collapsed. Police said one of the men managed to escape from the hole.

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Nathi Mthethwa

Police arrested two people in connection with the murder of Plettenberg Bay restaurant manager Beverly Sapphire, 46. She was shot dead at the town’s popular Lookout restaurant. Police said the men were apprehended at their homes in Port Elizabeth after a tip-off.

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■ Credit standing of consumers deteriorates.

■ People suffering financial difficulties are flocking to debt counsellors.

■ Courts being forced to handle debt situations.

Police minister Nathi Mthethwa criticised “cadres” who spoke out of turn.

He said there was no revolutionary movement which could ever win any war if its cadres were ill-disciplined.

In a thinly-veiled reference to ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, Mthethwa said cadres must know when to speak and when not to speak, adding that discipline needed to be instilled in young people.

Malema was facing a disciplinary hearing after attacking President Jacob Zuma in public and openly

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SUMMARY

here was an increasing number of indicators pointing towards economic recovery in South Africa, but the credit standing of consumers continued to deteriorate.

The SA Reserve Bank said in its latest financial stability review that the number of credit-active consumers rose to about 18 million in the third quarter of 2009, an increase from 17.8m in the second quarter.

However, the number of consumers with impaired credit records increased to 8.1m, which was almost 45 per cent of all credit-active

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My putting was “ absolutely amazing.

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Australian golfer Ewan Porter after his out-of-the-blue success at the Nationwide Tour’s South George Classic in the US.

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Roy Hodgson He’s secured himself a place in the hearts of Fulham fans.

When he joined the club after Christmas in 2007 they’d only won two games from 20 matches to that point in the season.

What did he do to turn it around?

He recruited well in

the following transfer window and saved them from relegation when they took 12 points from the final five matches of the season.

What had he done before?

Like most managers he’s a journeyman having led Inter Milan to a UEFA Cup Final in 1997 and Switzerland to the 1994 World Cup.

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Round 12

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Rocky Elsom on the fly for the Brumbies

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Brumbies hit back Brumbies 32 B Alexander 2, M Chisholm, J Valentine tries; M Giteau 3 cons, 2 pens

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12 Reds Q Cooper 4 pens

The Brumbies kept their finals hopes alive with a bonus-point victory over injury-hit Queensland at Canberra Stadium.

Dominant from the outset, the Brumbies ran in four unanswered tries – including a double to prop Ben Alexander – to close within two competition points of the top four with two rounds remaining before the finals.

The 20-point shellacking also preserved the ACT side’s 15-season undefeated record against the Reds in Super rugby and set the scene for a thrilling race to the

last two semi-finals berths.

The Reds suffered a massive double blow, losing both their second-rowers to injury inside the opening 25 minutes. Adam Byrnes limped with off with a potentially season-ending knee injury before Rob Simmons sustained a suspected fractured cheekbone.

Not surprisingly, the Queensland lineout was in disarray, with the Brumbies stealing a series of Reds throws. The powerful Brumbies scrum also caused the Reds plenty of heartache. Both the Brumbies’ first-half tries came after they opted for attacking scrums on the Queensland line instead of gift penalty goals.

Braid heads back to NZ Reassuring discussions with All Blacks coach Graham Henry influenced Daniel Braid’s decision to return to Auckland and bid for selection in next year’s rugby World Cup squad.

Aware his two years at the Queensland Reds could not be extended due to Australian Rugby Union regulations governing imported players, Braid was considering options in Europe and also the possibility of becoming a foundation member of the Melbourne Rebels in next year’s expanded Super 15.

But those positive vibes from Henry convinced the 29-year-old flanker to attempt to resurrect an infrequent test career that appeared over in 2008.

Braid confirmed a two-year deal with the New Zealand Rugby Union which sees him return for Auckland in this year’s national provincial competition.

He is not eligible for Tri-Nations selection but Braid’s ambition is to eventually deputise for New Zealand’s No. 1 flanker Richie McCaw. He described the prospect of playing a World Cup on home spoil as “a once in a lifetime opportunity”.

Highlanders spoil Waratahs’ hopes Highlanders 26 A Thomson 2, S Setephano tries; I Dagg con, M Berquist 3 pens

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10 Waratahs K Beale try; D Halangahu con, pen

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The Highlanders revelled in their role as spoilers to upset the Waratahs in Invercargill.

The Waratahs were expected to win their way into the top four but instead were outplayed by a Highlanders side belying their lowly placing.

The Highlanders thrived in difficult, cold, wet and windy conditions to snatch just their third win of the season and at least stall their Sydney-based rivals’ promotion to a finals spot.

They tailored their tactics superbly to suit the

conditions, defending stoutly throughout and eschewing the wider flanks to concentrate on punching holes in the fifth-placed Waratahs’ defensive lines in and around the rucks.

It worked a treat as the Highlanders had their noses in front 12-10 at half-time after an outstanding performance from their forwards battling into a strong wind.

They outmuscled the Waratahs around the fringes and had the better of the close quarter exchanges, piecing together a series of pick and drives.

SUPER 14 Stormers halfback Dewaldt Duvenage sends the ball wide

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I don’t “ know if we

will turn up.

What’s the point?

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Matt Giteau earns himself a $5000 fine after this comment about New Zealand referee Steve Walsh who was meant to referee the Brumbies v Reds match on the weekend. Walsh was subsequently stood down from the match.

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Richie McCaw CRUSADERS He might get the plaudits each time he steps onto the field but he deserves every one of them. He notched up his 100th Super Rugby cap against the Stormers but it won’t be a game he’ll remember fondly after having a running battle with the referee.

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

P 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

W 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 5 4 5 4 3 3 0

L 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 7 11

BP 7 6 4 6 5 4 6 7 8 5 2 5 2 5

* Have had a draw

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Hurricanes v Reds, Lions v Blues, Bulls v Crusaders, Cheetahs v Force, Sharks v Stormers

PTS 43 38 34 34 33 32 32 27 26 25 18 17 16 5

Stormers kick on Stormers 42 J Fourie 2, S Naqelevuki tries; P Grant 3 cons, 7 pens

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14 Crusaders D Carter, C Slade tries; D Carter 2 cons

The Crusaders’ Super 14 rugby playoff hopes received another blow as they were brushed aside by a rampant Stormers side.

The visitors had only scraps of possession and were penalised heavily by Australian referee Stu Dickinson for repeated breakdown infringements.

It saw All Black Kieran Read sinbinned on the stroke of half-time and captain Richie Hurricanes 33 M Nonu 2, C Jane, N Tialata tries; A Cruden, P Weepu cons, Cruden 2, Weepu pens

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27 Chiefs L Messam, T Nanai-Williams, A Taumalolo, J Willison tries; C Bruce 2 cons, pen

Ma’a Nonu led from the front and scored a match-winning try for the Hurricanes in their season-saving rugby defeat of the Chiefs.

The hosts somehow emerged on top in a frantic game which saw Chiefs flyhalf Callum Bruce miss a straight-forward penalty shot with two minutes remaining that would have handed his side the lead and a potential upset.

Lions 12 H Kruger 4 pens

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33 Force M Bartholomeusz, D Hill, S Staniforth tries; D Hill 3 cons, 4 pens

The Western Force notched their second Super 14 win on the trot with a scrappy victory over the winless Lions in Johannesburg.

The first half featured some forgettable rugby as both sides were repeatedly penalised for their ill discipline. The Force raced out to a 12-3 lead inside 19 minutes as David Hill nailed four penalties but 12 minutes later the Lions were back on even terms.

McCaw clearly frustrated at some rulings.

Injuries also hit the Crusaders, with hooker Corey Flynn departing in the 20th minute with what appeared a quadriceps problem while in-form halfback Kahn Fotuali’i (knee) followed just after the break. The Stormers led 12-7 after a first half.

Dickinson was incensed with the Crusaders’ apparent tactics of slowing the ball at the breakdown and presented the Stormers with 11 penalties or free kicks in the first 40 minutes.

Cheetahs 36 B Basson, J Nokwe, J Smith, P van der Walt, W Vermeulen tries; M Bosman 2, N Olivier 2 cons, Olivier pen

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32 Blues A Mathewson, R Ranger, I Toeava, A Tuitavake tries; S Brett 3 cons, 2 pens

Another thread binding the Blues Super 14 rugby challenge unravelled in Bloemfontein as the Cheetahs surged to victory.

Trailing 22-13 at half-time, the Blues fought back through tries to Rene Ranger and Alby Mathewson, who ghosted between the posts from a 5m scrum moments after he appeared unlucky to have a try disallowed.

Bulls 27 G van den Heever, J Potgieter tries; M Steyn con, 5 pens

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19 Sharks R Kockott try; A Goode con, 4 pens

The Bulls confirmed their position in the semi-finals with a come-from-behind victory over the Sharks.

The home team was trailing 12-3 during the first half but from then it was almost one-way traffic with the Sharks scoring a late try in the match to make the final result look closer than the game really was. Andy Goode got the Sharks off to a good start with some accurate kicking.

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We need “ to find guys

Stephen Milne of the Saints is tackled by Ryan Hargrave

that have got a greater hunger and desire to play

”

Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson says changes to his team are needed.

THE PLAYER

D Armitage 2, S Milne 2, J Koschitzke, J Steven, S Fisher.

SWANS Having been virtually shown the door at the Lions when they recruited Brendan Fevola, Bradshaw showed his old team how good he still is.

THE LADDER P 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6

W 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

% 146 141 141 138 130 106 87 116 109 108 84 83 85 83 62 49

PTS 20 20 20 16 16 16 16 12 12 12 12 8 4 4 0 0

Eagles v Dockers

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Bombers v Power, Eagles v Hawks, Lions v Dockers, Cats v Swans, Crows v Tigers

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6.10.46 Bulldogs B Hall, D Giansiracusa, J Roughead, M Hahn, R Griffen, S Higgins

Six wonderful minutes for St Kilda lit up a dull defensive scrap and allowed them to snatch a stunning three-point AFL win over the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.

The Saints looked to have no hope of victory when they trailed by 15 points 18 minutes into the last term, having managed just four goals in the match to that point. But Stephen Milne, Roos 15.14.104

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Saints sneak home Saints 7.7.49

Daniel Bradshaw

Team Swans Magpies Saints Cats Dockers Lions Power Bulldogs Blues Demons Roos Bombers Hawks Eagles Crows Tigers

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D Hale 3, S Wright 3, D Wells 2, L Anthony 2, A Swallow, B Harvey, B Warren, H McIntosh, T Goldstein

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12.6.78 Demons B Green 4, R Petterd 2, C Bartram, C Sylvia, J Trengove, L Dunn, M Bate, M Jamar

North Melbourne survived a third-quarter siege to end Melbourne’s winning streak.

The Kangaroos dominated the first half and led by 46 points five minutes into the third term, but the Demons lifted off the canvas to boot the last six goals of the third quarter.

Swans 16.11.107 D Bradshaw 6, A Goodes 3, J Bolton 2, N Smith 2, J Moore, K Jack, N Malceski.

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13.9.87 Lions B Fevola 4, J Brown 4, T Banfield 3, J Polkinghorne, M Leuenberger

Daniel Bradshaw was the hero for Sydney as they crushed the Lions.

Jude Bolton also had a good game with 20 possessions and two goals, while Adam Goodes (three goals) and Ryan O’Keefe (26 possessions) were also key to the victory.

Cats 24.17.161 C Mooney 5, J Podsiadly 5, S Johnson 5, S Byrnes 3, M Duncan 2, P Chapman 2, T Hawkins, T Varcoe

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7.11.53 Tigers J Riewoldt 3, B Nason 2, M Farmer, R Nahas

Geelong demolished hapless Richmond in their match at Skilled Stadium.

Joel Selwood had 36 possessions and mature-age recruit James Podsiadly continued to impress with five goals as the Cats cruised to an easy victory.

David Armitage and Sam Fisher all scored goals in a burst which lasted less than six minutes – the last three scoring shots of the match – to win.

Until that point, the Bulldogs had looked in control of the match throughout, although they were never able to pierce the Saints’ crowded defence to the extent needed to create a large buffer. St Kilda’s attack struggled for most of the match, with no forward really firing in the continued absence of skipper Nick Riewoldt.

Power 14.13.97 R Gray 5, B Ebert 2, D Cassisi 2, C Cornes, D Pearce, J Schulz, J Westhoff, W Tredrea

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10.14.74 Crows J Porplyzia 3, K Tippett 3, R Douglas 2, A McLeod, S Stevens

A fast-finishing Port Adelaide inflicted a 23-point defeat on Adelaide.

The Power trailed by seven points at threequarter time but booted four goals within nine minutes of the last term to steamroll the Crows in front of 40,371 spectators.

Bombers 15.16.106 M Hurley 4, A Davey 2, A Monfries, B Prismall, B Stanton, D Hille, D Zaharakis, J Watson, P Ryder, S Gumbleton, S Lonergan

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9.9.63 Hawks L Franklin 5, C Young 2, C Bateman, M Osborne

Essendon left the Hawks’ 2010 campaign in dire trouble with a 43-point AFL victory.

Deservedly criticised for their limp Anzac Day loss to Collingwood, the Bombers showed renewed spirit, controlling the match from early in the first quarter to win.

Blues 16.6.102 S O’hAilpin 5, E Betts 3, M Murphy 3, C Yarran 2, J Garlett, R Houlihan, S White

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24.11.155 Magpies C Dawes 3, L Ball 3, P Medhurst 3 A Didak 2, D Beams 2, S Sidebottom 2, S Wellingham 2, T Cloke 2, D Jolly, D Swan, D Thomas, H O’Brien, S Pendlebury

Collingwood emphatically franked their AFL premiership credentials, withstanding a spirited third-quarter Carlton fightback for a thumping win at the MCG. Collingwood led by 39 points midway through the second term.

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ROUND 8

Titans too good Titans 38 L Bailey, G Bird, A Harrison, A Laffranchi, S Prince, C Toopi tries; S Prince 7 goals

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Scott Prince leads his team to victory Broncos 22 B Te’o 2, B Hunt, S Thaiday tries; C Parker 3 goals

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30 Knights C Ciraldo, K Gidley, C Paterson, E Tuimavave, A Uate tries; K Gidley 5 goals

Newcastle and injuries caught up with Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium as the Knights scored an upset win.

After surging back from 12-0 down to lead 22-12 at half-time the Broncos struggled to cope without a recognised dummy half.

Bulldogs 10 J Idris, J Tia-Kilifi tries; B Goodwin goal

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26 Parramatta L Burt, J Hayne, K Inu, K Keating, J Reddy tries; L Burt 3 goals

A resurgent Parramatta scored their third successive NRL victory with a win over Canterbury in a high-octane contest.

Jarryd Hayne was instrumental for the Eels, scoring the match-sealing try in the 66th minute, as his side showed glimpses of the form that took them to last year’s grand final.

Cowboys 6 S Bolton try; A Graham goal

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Cooper Cronk boosted his hopes of a Test jersey as Australian halfback Johnathan Thurston was injured in the Cowboys’ loss to the Storm.

The game was over at half-time with the Storm running in four tries.

Tigers 8 C Heighington try; B Marshall 2 goals

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Gold Coast Titans skipper Scott Prince showed no signs of rust as he masterminded a victory over Penrith at Skilled Park.

In his return from a five-week spell due to a broken thumb, Prince was instrumental in the six-tries-to-four victory.

The scheming halfback bagged a try and kicked seven goals for a personal haul of 18 points after only getting the pin removed from his thumb on Tuesday and having just one training session to prepare for the match.

The trio of Prince, Preston Campbell and Greg Bird pulled the strings as the Titans ran amok in the second half against a Panthers outfit which lost damaging back-rower Frank Pritchard to a grade one groin strain in the warm-up.

Prince demonstrated his class shortly after half-time with the scores looked at 12-12.

The halfback batted back a Campbell grubber that looked certain to go dead and Ashley Harrison was on the spot to secure an easy try in front of 15,430 fans.

Warriors 16 P Ah Van, U Ta’ai, B Tate tries; J Maloney 2 goals

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23 Canberra D Low 2, D Shillington, J Thompson tries; T Campese 3 goals, M Herbert field goal

Canberra put their second-half jitters behind them and handed the Warriors their third straight NRL loss.

The Raiders’ last-minute inclusion of winger Drury Low, laid the foundations for the away side as he bagged a couple of tries on debut.

Dragons 38 B Morris 3, M Cooper 2, N Costigan, J Nightingale tries; J Soward 5 goals

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St George Illawarra highlighted the gulf in class between the premiership contenders and the also rans after they shut out Cronulla.

The Dragons’ left-side attack toyed with their outclassed opposition with Brett Morris registering his second hat-trick of the season.

Rabbitohs 22 B Champion 2, I Luke, D Taylor tries; I Luke 3 goals

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Manly survived another late fade to beat South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.

The Sea Eagles surrendered a 10-point lead against Gold Coast the round before and had a 24-point buffer slashed to eight by the fastfinishing Rabbitohs.

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A late Todd Carney try sealed a narrow win for the Sydney Roosters at Campbelltown.

The Tigers led for 74 minutes, but were made to pay for a series of missed opportunities due to a combination of poor handling and some magnificent defending from the Roosters in an arm-wrestle of a second half.

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Folau gets AFL offer Brisbane Bronco star Israel Folau could lead the AFL’s drive into rugby league heartland in Sydney’s west.

Israel Folau has attracted offers from the AFL’s new franchise

The giant 21-year-old was believed to be considering a Karmichael Hunt-like offer to jump to the AFL with its new Greater Western Sydney franchise.

It’s been speculated the young Test and Origin centre – who is very similar in build to Brisbane full forward Johnathan Brown at 195cm and 104kg – is in possession of a multi-million dollar offer.

Folau notified the Broncos last week that he was taking up a get-out clause in his four-year contract to leave the Broncos at the end of the season.

Reports on Channel Nine’s Footy Show said Folau had already been “tested” by the AFL who had made him a mind-boggling three-year offer believed to be worth $1 million a season.

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Melbourne Storm players ruled out attempting to overturn their 2010 NRL premiership points ban.

Halfback Cooper Cronk said two days of talks with owners News Ltd and the players’ association had persuaded the players to forego any bid to appeal that controversial part of the club’s punishment for salary cap cheating.

offer on the table from rugby union expansion club, the Melbourne Rebels, which has the backing of the ARU. The AFL’s keen interest in Folau followed rumours Essendon was circling Melbourne Storm star Greg Inglis.

Former Brisbane fullback Hunt rocked the sporting world last July when he announced he was leaving rugby league to play AFL for the Gold Coast when they join the competition in 2011.

Kiwis get perfect start A six by Nathan McCullum off the penultimate delivery gave New Zealand a thrilling twowicket win over Sri Lanka in their Twenty20 world championship cricket opener.

McCullum clouted Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga over long-off with New Zealand requiring three runs off the last two balls, sparking jubilant scenes in the dugout at Providence Stadium in Georgetown.

New Zealand restricted Sri Lanka to 6-135 off their 20 overs.

McCullum ended 16 not out off six deliveries, having also hit Malinga for four in the final over, and was named man of the match after an impressive all-round

Tim Southee sends down a delivery against Sri Lanka

performance. The offspinner earlier took 1-17 off three overs with the new ball and snared three sharp catches.

Jesse Ryder top-scored for the Black Caps with 42.

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New Zealand can expect to face a similar qualifying route to the 2014 soccer World Cup as the one they negotiated to get to this year’s tournament.

The All Whites had a relatively short schedule as they booked their place in South Africa, playing six round-robin matches against South Pacific opposition before meeting the fifth-ranked Asian team, Bahrain, in a home-andaway tie.

Oceania president Reynald Temarii indicated the qualifying process for the confederation would be the same for the next tournament in Brazil. Temarii said certain agreements were reached when Australia left Oceania to join the Asian confederation.

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here are few more pressurised sporting experiences than playing as host nation at the World Cup; the expectation is vaulting and the fans demand a good showing. Anything less is not just disappointing, but embarrassing.

With that in mind, the patchy form of Bafana Bafana, the South African football side, has been the subject of conjecture in recent times.

Although their softly-spoken captain, Aaron Mokoena, acknowledges the added pressure, he deftly plays it down in the same breath.

“There’s always pressure – all the countries that have hosted the World Cup have done well – but it’s all about enjoying it,” Mokoena (left) says. “We’ve got to have a team that is really together, and then it’s all about getting past the group stage – from there, the sky’s the limit.”

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SHAPING UP Those who question Bafana Bafana’s form point to the coaching merry-go-round – World Cupwinning Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Santana was replaced by countryman Joel Santana in April 2008, only to return in October 2009 – and the side’s failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations, held in January this year.

“The football association had to make a decision. Having Carlos – he’s done it

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Overseas experience: Everton’s Steven Pienaar (right) will be vital for Bafana Bafana

before – his experience is so important. Santana did his best, but life goes on,” Mokoena says of the chopping and changing of coaches, before offering equally phlegmatic counsel on his team’s form.

“We’re quite confident – we did well in the Confederations Cup, so we’ll be hoping to build on those performances. Preparing well is the most important thing,” he says. “It can be difficult to bring all the players together, but we have so much talent back in South Africa.”

ON HOME SOIL By nominating passage to the quarter-finals as a pass mark, Mokoena has set the bar high – his team face Uruguay, Mexico and France in the group stage – but his optimism is unstinting.

“It is a tough group – all the teams will be up for the challenge – we have three experienced countries to play against,” he says. “It’s about showing up as a team and coping with that

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We have so “ much talent back in South Africa ” pressure. We’re playing at home and will have great support, so we should be able to do that.”

Crucial to South Africa’s chances will be the performances of players with Premier League pedigrees – there’s Mokoena, who plays for Portsmouth, Steven Pienaar at Everton, Benni McCarthy at West Ham and Kagisho Dikgacoi at Fulham.

“Experience counts – those guys have played a lot in the national team,” Mokoena says. “Our success will depend on the combinations between old players and young players. There must be a team after the World Cup as well.”

Second time around: Carlos Alberto Santana returned as coach last year

LEADING FROM THE FRONT With 99 caps to his name, Mokoena has represented his country more times than any other player. And, on June 11, when he leads Bafana Bafana out for the tournament’s opening match, against Mexico in Johannesburg, Mokoena will have the rare honour of captaining a World Cup’s host nation.

“Playing football is what I love and the World Cup is the number one tournament – it’s the stage every player wants to be on,” he says. “It’s an honour to represent your country, but most of all, on home soil, that’s something no one wants to give up.”

Mokoena is also aware of what a rousing performance could do to lift the spirits of his sometimes troubled nation and for the game of football in South Africa as it seeks to emerge from the townships on to the world stage.

“It would be great for every South African for us to do well, the way rugby and cricket players have. We feel like it’s our chance.”

Loyal supporter: Mokoena has no plans to leave Portsmouth

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It has been a season of extremes for Portsmouth; the cash-strapped south coast club will be relegated at the end of the season after being docked nine points for entering administration, but still have a chance for glory when they face Chelsea in the FA Cup final on May 15.

“It has been a frustrating season but we haven’t given up – we will show our character and our pride,” Mokoena (below) says.

“The situation has been out of the players’ control; we can only affect what happens on the pitch.”

Nonetheless, Portsmouth are expected to offload several players at the end of the year to help cover their debts, and there is a strong chance Mokoena will be on the move. But, at this stage, he’s not interested in speculating on the possibility of having a new home come August.

“I’m still contracted,” he says, “and, for me, it’s all about being loyal.”

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Building a house back in New Zealand while you’re still in the UK isn’t as ridiculous as it sounds WORDS REBECCA KENT

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If you’ve managed to sit tight on your pennies, resisting the firm grasp that London can take on your wallet, then chances are you’re saving for a neat little bungalow back home.

So it may help to know that making headway into a bricks and mortar project before you even book your return flight to New Zealand can be easier than you anticipate.

GO ONLINE Harnessing the modern solution to all of life’s problems – the internet – Stonewood Connect, a New Zealand home building company, now stores information related to a house build in a web-based system, which is only accessible to the parties involved.

It offers a great alternative to the paperintensive process of setting up a building project, with information, documents, email communication and – the best part – photos of the progress being made, all shared online.

NO PAPER TRAIL Not only are trees spared in this enterprise, but home buyers, brokers and suppliers are relieved of the time-wasting process of creating, amending and circulating engineering reports, consent forms and other documents any time that information needs to be altered.

PRETTY PICTURES But the real highlight of this system is that all parties involved can upload and view photos to monitor the progress of the house.

“Throughout a project there are about 300 photos available; particularly useful for overseas clients who are building here,” says Stonewood Connect administrator Donella Lloyd.

This means you can see exactly how things are moving along, and know that when you hit home soil, it’s four walls and a roof, and not bare timber struts that you’re going to find.

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WHAT IT COSTS Nicky Cranswick, from Stonewood, says a new three-bedroom, two-bathroom home with double garage and internal access, can cost from as little as NZ$150,000, excluding the land. The home would include carpets, white goods, kitchen and bathroom fittings, electrics, plumbing, alarm and all the bells and whistles.

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PLAYING IT SAFE BUYING THE LAND ONLY Not ready to leap into building a home just yet?

Then buying bare land might be a more suitable investment. Particularly as New Zealand is one of the only developed countries where there is no capital gains tax. This means that when you sell the land, you won’t be sharing your profits with the government.

One drawback to buying land is that it generally provides only a small cash flow, perhaps from grazing, until land values start to rise.

In cities, investors often buy old houses with large gardens and rent them out while the land appreciates in value. The investor can then sell the property as it is or demolish the house and subdivide the land.

However, bear in mind that subdividing land in New Zealand can be costly.

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with a large deposit, a young homebuyer will need to shoulder significant debt.

Another issue is one of housing shortfall, which the Housing Institute of Australia puts at about 70,000. By 2020, that shortfall will be around 500,000 – demand is simply outstripping supply.

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Australia has been vaulted back into the top 10 of the developed world’s rich list by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). New IMF estimates of global output rank Australia as the eighth richest of 33 countries that it classifies as forming the developed world – its highest-ever ranking.

More than 60 per cent of New Zealand’s small to medium business owners expect sales to be hit by a likely rise in GST to 15 per cent, according to the New Zealand Herald.

Almost half of businesses say they’ll raise prices by the rate of the increase or more to claw back lost margins.

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How sweet – but proceed carefully to avoid being out of pocket if it goes belly-up.

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After three years, or less if you have kids together, you become subject to the Property (Relationships) Act. Anything you own – or owe – will be split between you.

of their own to live and you wonder, how is that going to be afforded because prices are getting quite high,” Stevens told Channel Seven’s Sunrise.

For 2010, the average property price in Australia’s capital cities is $455,000, while the average income is around $50,000, meaning that, even

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MOVING ON Resign from work How much notice you need to give your employer will depend on your contract (usually two weeks to three months). You must give at least one week’s notice if you’ve been in your job for a month or more.

Give notice on your flat

Check the conditions of your Tenancy Agreement. If you want to leave before your lease is up you may be liable to pay until new tenants are found.

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to yourself is about £80 a week.

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

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

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

Leases You may need to sign a lease for six or 12 months.

Pay and cancel your bills

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

Settle overdrafts and credit cards Any defaults

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

EMPLOYMENT

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

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

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WHEN TO GO Any time. Its cultural mix means there are events all year round.

GETTING THERE Trains from London to Birmingham New Street station take about 90 minutes. Coaches take about 2.5 hours.

GETTING AROUND Explore the city centre on foot and catch a bus, tram or canal boat for further afield.

GOING OUT A beer costs about £2.80.

ACCOMMODATION A hostel bed costs about £16.

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singer Jamelia and politician Enoch Powell, who’s to talk?

QUARTERS AND CORNERS The city has a profusion of ‘quarters’, each with a distinctive vibe. The Chinese Quarter is packed with restaurants and food markets; in Gay Village, rainbow flags flutter; and in the Jewellery Quarter, windows glitter with precious metals.

The city centre is anchored by cobblestoned New Street and the Bullring shopping centre, which incorporates the architecturally iconic Selfridges store (main image). It’s the biggest shopping centre in the UK and if it supplies the masses with high street garb, then rugged Digbeth in the east is the antithesis. It is a vestige of Birmingham’s industrial heritage, with converted warehouses and vintage shops to clad the counterculturals.

Australian Will Tester, who called Birmingham home for six months, found the quarter with the most to offer was around Broad Street and Brindley Place, west of the centre, via the decadent Victoria Square.

“The canal area is awesome. To be able to kick back on a pub terrace with a beer in hand and watch over the canals was the best impression Birmingham made on me,” Tester says.

Superclub Gatecrasher rattles the earth here and there are pubs, cafés and terraces aplenty.

Tester adds: “I was warned that Birmingham was a bleak industrial sprawl, but it has been transformed, from bleak to chic.”

OTHERWORLDLY BOG Take in Moseley Bog, Sarehole Mill and the woods and meadows that inspired Middle Earth in The Lord Of The Rings on the Tolkien Trail, which meanders past the former house of author Tolkien, who gave us Bilbo, Frodo

Old and new: the city’s canals

FANCY A CURRY? THE BALTI TRIANGLE

Born a Brummie: Jamelia hails from Birmingham

and Gandalf. Bus 5 stops outside Sarehole Mill, which is only a few kilometres south of the city centre.

CHOCOLATE TREAT Birmingham is responsible for a host of food evolutions. In the 1800s, Sir Alfred Bird invented the lovely yellow glug we know as custard. HP Sauce was created here too, and a wave of immigrants in the 1970s brought Balti curry.

But it’s a man called John Cadbury who we have to thank for the time-honoured pleasure of chocolate.

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have their own Cadbury factories, but these were preceded by the original in Bournville, outside Birmingham’s city centre, where Cadbury opened his shop in 1824.

The factory itself is closed to visitors, but Cadbury World takes you on a mouthwatering journey through the origins, manufacture and consumption of the confectionery, and yes, there are a few treats along the way.

A must-do on any visit to Birmingham is a ‘Balti Triangle’ experience. South east of the city centre, concentrated on Stratford Road, are more than 50 purveyors of meat and veg curry, cooked fast over a high flame in a steel bowl called the Balti. The dish burst onto UK’s culinary stage with the PakistaniKashmiri community who settled in Birmingham in the 1970s. Just as famous as the curry is the accompanying naan bread, which comes the size of your table. Tear off a chunk and scoop up the curry like the locals do.

Curry in a Balti

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Only a three-hour flight from London, atmospheric Marrakesh is arguably the nearest exotic city to the capital. For independent travellers, it has always been firmly on the map.

HEADLINE ATTRACTION Main square Djemaa el Fna is alive with storytellers, snakecharmers and fruit stalls by day. When the sun goes down, hundreds of openair food stalls pop up and the square is filled with plumes of smoke, infused with sizzling spices. Traders will vie for your attention, promising that their food is the best.

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Choose from traditional tagines and cous cous to local hariba soup, or for the more adventurous, sheep’s head or monkey brains. Tagine is the name of both the stew and the conical dish in which it is cooked. This Moroccan meal consists of vegetables, fruit, nuts and meat cooked slowly over a charcoal fire and is typically eaten with bread.

Mint tea with plenty of sugar, also known as Berber whisky, is the drink of choice in Morocco and is served in glasses. It will be offered to you in cafés and restaurants, and also every time you buy something in the souks or make a new friend.

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BEST OF THE REST Just off Djemaa el Fna is the city’s inimitable jumble of colourful souks (markets), which sell everything from dazzling lamps and jewellery, to spices and perfumes. You could easily spend your entire Marrakesh sojourn wandering, haggling and purchasing your way through the colourful stalls and shops, an assault on the senses (and the wallet, too).

You’ll see the minaret of the famous Koutoubia mosque from just about every corner of Marrakesh. This symbol of the city is actually only 77m high, but the local topography and the rules of the city mean no other building can rise above it. Built in a traditional Almohad style, it’s particularly beautiful at dusk as the sun sets and the faithful are called to prayer.

OUT OF TOWN Escape the city and take a day trip to the Atlas Mountains, which are just over an hour’s drive from Marrakesh. With their snowpeaked tips and traditional villages, it’s a world away from the frenetic city. Hire a local guide for a tour on the mountain paths and stroll through the tightknit communities. The Berber villages of Oukaïmeden and Imlil offer insight into the local way of life. You may even be invited into someone’s home for mint tea.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Spring and autumn are best – summer can be very hot and winter too chilly.

GETTING THERE Fly direct with Ryanair and EasyJet. VISAS South Africans need a visa, while Australians and New Zealanders can stay for three months without one.

CURRENCY Morocco dirham.

1 GBP = 12.86 MAD. LANGUAGE French and Arabic, but English is spoken widely.

GETTING AROUND Taxis are cheap and the easiest way to explore, but agree the fare beforehand.

GOING OUT A pint costs about 30 dirhams.

ACCOMMODATION A dorm bed starts from 120 dirhams, a double room in a hostel is from 600 dirhams.

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CULTURE Get your fix of museums, music and art, plus delicious cake and coffee in the laid-back university city of Bonn WORDS SIMON COLE

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or four decades, while Berlin was the isolated capital of Soviet-run East Germany, Bonn was its equivalent in West Germany’s Federal Republic (FRG). In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, the country was reunited and the government moved back to Berlin. Bonn’s stint as ‘Hauptstadt’ was over.

But now that many of the suits have gone east, this relaxed city is the perfect place to soak up some culture.

There’s art galore in Bonn Market Square: relax with coffee and cake outside the Town Hall

POLITICAL POWER Bonn is the location of the first Women’s Museum in the world, home to more than 400 exhibits on feminism.

You can also learn how this small city came to lead such a strong post-war economy at the

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ART ATTACK The international barges chugging slowly down one of the continent’s longest rivers, the Rhine, allow plenty of time to take in Bonn’s highbrow attraction, Museum Mile. Claiming 1 million visitors every year, this stretch has five major museums, which focus on art, zoology, history and technology, spread along its length.

Art lovers should head straight to the Kunstmuseum Bonn. With everything from local boy August Macke’s Rhenish (Rhine-ish) expressionism to contemporary artists Joseph Beuys and Daniel Richter, it’s a great introduction to 20th century German art. It has enough to keep anyone going all morning, and there are further temporary exhibitions in the complex next door. Delicious treats are sold in the museum café, so go native and stop for ‘kaffee und kuchen’ (coffee and cake).

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House of the History of the FRG. When the Cold War formalised Germany’s division, the zones controlled by British, American and French forces became the FRG. Information panels are in German, though there’s an English pamphlet; but many of the propaganda pictures are hardly subtle and need no translating. To show the FRG’s disapproval of a split Germany, Bonn’s capital status was officially dubbed ‘provisional’.

MAKING MUSIC A more enduring claim to fame is celebrated resident Ludwig van Beethoven. The attic room where the composer was born is on show in an equally modest museum, along with the ear trumpets he used when he became deaf.

His father marketed him as a child prodigy in the mould of Mozart by lopping two years off his official age, and in 1792, Beethoven left for Vienna. French invasion meant he never returned, but Bonn has never forgotten its son, with regular recitals and the annual Beethoven Festival in September.

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its 25 major parks: “It’s pretty, it’s relaxed and it’s cheap too,” says one student.

Outdoor shows take place in these parks and gardens in the summer, while the German indie stars of tomorrow cut their teeth at July’s free Rheinkultur festival (rheinkultur-festival.de).

NIGHT OWLS After dark, thrifty students at University of Bonn refuel tired brains with €3 pints of Guinness in the old town (Altstadt), before heading to late bar Blow Up. Bizarrely, there’s a queue outside a nearby bank. “It’s being renovated, so they’ve made it into a club for tonight only,” says a reveller, as if this should be obvious. It’s not Berlin nor Barcelona, but – in its own low-key way – culture-loving Bonn isn’t boring either.

WHEN TO GO Bonn’s five-month summer festival runs from May to September – it’s a packed programme of music, theatre, dance and cabaret shows.

GETTING THERE German Wings (germanwings.com) flies London Stansted to Cologne-Bonn from £13.99.

Bonn is about 30 minutes by bus (€6.70) from Cologne.

GETTING AROUND The Bonn Welcome Card (€9, bonn-region.de) covers more than 20 museums for 24 hours. It includes subway travel.

VISAS South Africans need a Schengen visa.

CURRENCY Euro. 1 GBP = 1.15 EUR. LANGUAGE German, but English is widely spoken.

GOING OUT Beer starts at €3 a pint.

ACCOMMODATION Bonn only has two hostels, but a double room in a hotel starts from €50. See bonnhotels.de.

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The city boasts loads of beautiful public parks

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Local rivals Cologne have their famous Kölsch beer, but Bonn is fighting back with Bönnsch (pronounced burn-sh). Only available at Brauhaus Bönnsch (4 Sterntorbrücke), it too comes in tiny 200ml glasses (€1.60) with lots of foam, but is unfiltered. It is brewed on site – try with flammkuchen (Alsatian pizza) and make friends by telling everyone Cologne is overrated.

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WINNER VOSS, NORWAY Julie Neil, Johannesburg, South Africa

Julie has incorporated some lovely elements in this image, which all tie into the theme of water, from the blue and green colour scheme to the gently rocking diagonals that drift lazily up the frame.

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in the foreground and the patch of light through the clouds highlights the texture of the hills in the distance.

HOT TIP: Tilted horizons are usually a no-no unless you have good reason. Here the slight tilt is part of the pattern of the zigzagging lines, which

RUNNER-UP COFFEE BAY, TRANSKEI, SOUTH AFRICA Sarah Baleiza, Cape Town, South Africa These wonderful trees have been beautifully captured by Sarah, who has framed them so they look like they are tumbling into the sea. A wide angle enhances this effect, along with the high horizon so the foreground is emphasised.

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branch, which is right on the rule of thirds. The cow is a nice quirky element.

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If you want to learn to Scuba dive in the Red Sea in Egypt, I would recommend booking the course once you arrive at your resort rather than booking in advance – you’ll save hundreds of pounds.

Egyptian dive schools are cheaper than the European ones, just make sure that the instructors speak English and they are Padi regulated, as there are a few dodgy ones out there.

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I would love to stay in a lighthouse in the UK. Is this possible and do you have any recommendations?

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I’m thinking of taking young children to somewhere near Cairo in early October.

Would this time of year be too hot for toddlers?

We were thinking of renting a villa.

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Maybe I should answer this question in a few months’ time, once I have taken my summer holiday to somewhere Middle Eastern, and like you, with small children in tow.

Cairo will be sunny at the start of October, with temperatures in the high twenties during the day and mid-teens at night. So provided you use sunscreen and hats and don’t force the pace, this should be a good idea.

My main concern is your plan of renting a villa. This would be ideal as it offers selfcatering facilities and, if you choose right, a pool. Where this plan may fail though, is that Cairo is not well stocked with villas – you tend to find these places at coastal resorts.

Therefore you might have to compromise on your destination – you may find yourself a long way from Egypt’s ancient sites, most likely at a Red Sea resort. Holiday Lettings (holidaylettings.co.uk) has some apartments with views of the Pyramids, but make sure you’re not too far from the rest of the action.

I’m guessing you’ve considered that there’s not much for small children to do in Cairo. To be honest, I’d pick somewhere else.

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There’s no shortage of lighthouses that welcome paying guests, but there are a few nuances to be aware of. Firstly, in most cases you’ll be staying in the buildings around the lighthouse rather than the tower itself. I did this at Rua Reidh (ruareidh.co.uk) near Gairloch in Scotland a few years ago and it was superb, and remains something of a bargain at £42 per night. Not staying in the tower also means you can see the light swishing round, which will be going on above your head if you’re staying in it.

If you want to stay in the tower itself, try West Usk (westusklighthouse.co.uk), which as well as having rooms in their unusually squat lighthouse, also have a Dalek signed by Doctor Who and a Rolls Royce for hire.

Both the National Trust (nationaltrust.org.uk) and National Trust for Scotland (nts.org.uk) have lighthouses you can stay in. Trinity House (trinityhouse.co.uk) – the body charged with the upkeep of lighthouses in England and Wales – is another good place to try, and they even have a five-star holiday available on board the Patricia, the ship that sails around the coast maintaining our lighthouses and light vessels.

If that doesn’t get lighthouse buffs salivating, then I imagine nothing will.

Email your words of wisdom to traveltips@tntmagazine.com. Tip of the Week wins a Lonely Planet guide and other published tips win a fiver.

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WEIRD REQUESTS Garden gnomes, smelly shoes, an inflatable sheep and a Batman outfit all feature in a list of items demanded by travellers staying at hostels while in Europe. Customers of accommodation provider Generator Hostels also asked bemused front desks for turtle-shaped balloons and a Manchester United football kit.

CIDER TRAIL Tour Herefordshire’s Cider Route by car or bike with the aid of a new leaflet, which highlights small-scale producers and specialist retailers where punters can taste the drink straight from the casks. See ciderroute.co.uk for cycling routes and cider breaks.

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The long weekend also saw huge numbers heading for Glasgow and the Lake District.

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THAILAND WARNING Travellers who are still planning to visit Thailand against the advice of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have been warned that they will not be covered by their travel insurance.

Last week, the FCO changed its travel advice, advising against all but essential travel to Thailand, where 26 people have been killed and 1000 injured in anti-government riots in recent weeks. Previously, the FCO only advised against travel to Bangkok.

Anyone holidaying in Thailand has been told to stay indoors and keep abreast of the news.

Frances Tuke, a spokeswoman for travel organisation Abta, says that some people are still wanting to go to Thailand in spite of the

FCO advice. “They should realise that should they decide to go, get caught in an incident and get injured and have travelled knowing the FCO advice, they will not be covered by insurance.”

A FCO spokesman says the situation in Thailand is “volatile”, and that holidaymakers should exercise caution throughout the country, by avoiding demonstrations and large gatherings.

“Violent incidents of an unpredictable nature are occurring in many parts of Thailand,” he adds.

Popular tourist hotspots, such as Pattaya, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Ayutthaya, have experienced violent occurrences in the past few weeks.

Morocco and Egypt are hits Travellers are flocking to Morocco and Egypt after seeing Simon Reeve’s epic documentary series Tropic Of Cancer.

Gap Adventures has seen a staggering 200 per cent rise in bookings to Egypt and Morocco this year, following the popularity of the adventure travel show.

In the BBC programme, adventurer Simon Reeve follows the Tropic of Cancer, travelling almost 38,000km and visiting 18 countries.

Gap Adventures has introduced five new tours

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Dublin, Ireland June 16 James Joyce is Ireland’s most celebrated writer and has his own day of commemoration, when his admirers visit the same locations as Leopold Bloom, the main character in Joyce’s mind-bending Ulysses.

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WHY: Midsummer was a major date in the druid and pagan calendars; a time for rituals, often performed in

stone circles, for fertility and a strong harvest. Stonehenge has been home to England’s biggest solstice observances.

DO IT BECAUSE: You’ll never forget seeing in the dawn with a crowd of white-robed druids.

HOW MUCH: Free to attend.

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Kyle Thompson, 24, from Auckland, New Zealand Where’s the best place you’ve been to?

Nepal. It’s a beautiful country that reminds me of New Zealand’s South Island, and it has beautiful people.

The best nightlife?

Your wackiest travel story?

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I got lost in the hills of Laos for several hours, trying to find the Vietnam border. It was 4am and 4˚C.

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My favourite place in the world is … a dead heat between Port Douglas in Australia and St Johann in Tirol, Austria. They both have great people, but the language is different.

My first big trip was ... arriving in London for what was going to be just six months … in 1991.

My most memorable travel experience was … being gored by a bull in Pamplona.

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“Turn left at the roundabout,” orders the sultry-voice of your friendly sat-nav as you gently steer the car into unfamiliar territory, but there are no arguments about directions, or fears about taking a wrong turn when you have the omniscient one as your co-pilot.

Nowadays, you can even personalise your sat-nav with the voice of your choice, be it craggy-faced Gordon Ramsay barking instructions to drive you around the bend or the dopey tones of Homer Simpson to help steer you on the right track. Just don’t be tempted to form a relationship with your sexyvoiced co-pilot, even if you’re the type who loves being bossed around – it’ll only end in tears.

The true joy of having a sat-nav is that it prevents endless arguments over directions between drivers and back-seat drivers, as well as being priceless when you’re faced with a string of no-name roads in the back of beyond.

Some of the newer satnavs have a built-in SIM card that can receive live traffic information – a godsend if you’re running late for a flight or appointment. To upgrade maps, simply plug your sat-nav into your PC on a regular basis. Isn’t technology wonderful?

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The next destination on my travel wishlist is … The Deutsche Guggenheim.

Even more so if they could put in a Bavarian beer garden next door.

My top travel tip is ... travel often and with an open mind.

I always pack … my trusty old Swiss Army knife, Australian flag and laptop.

My guilty travel pleasure is … the menu.

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A sailing trip along Croatia’s Dalmation Coast offers lazy days on the water and fun times at picturesque seaside towns WORDS DANIEL LANDON

Dalmatian Coast CROATIA

RELAX AND PARTY Most sailing trips use Split and Dubrovnik on the southern Dalmatian Coast as their start and/or end points. They spend a week or so venturing between the islands and the coast, stopping during the day to explore an island, then mooring each night at a different town for a quiet meal and drink, or a heaving party at a harbourside bar.

Best of all, there’s plenty of time to sit on the deck of the boat and simply do nothing, aside from jumping in for a swim (leaping off the roof of your craft is highly recommended) when the skipper drops anchor in a secluded cove.

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SCENIC SURROUNDS Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder.

But it would be a pretty uncharitable beholder who didn’t find the coves, beaches, islands and harbours of the Dalmatian Coast beautiful.

Mljet could easily qualify as the prettiest of the islands, and it’s also one of the most tranquil. The western half of the island is a national park, best explored by bike – hire one in Pomena (where most boats dock). It’s also worth taking a free boat ride across the inland lake to Marija Island, which is home to a decrepit yet fascinating Benedictine monastery.

The coastline of the mainland, meanwhile, is dotted with mountains and forests, providing their own source of adventure. A trek in the hills of the Biokovo Nature Park, near Makarska is a fantastic way of seeing the region, and there’s plenty of spots for white-water rafting.

HVAR Sailing into the harbour of Hvar Town, it’s hard to imagine a more postcard-perfect

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holiday that ticks all the boxes: loads of lazing in the sun, swimming in crystal clear waters, delicious food, great partying and a dash of historic European charm, sounds, perhaps, too good to be true.

And until a decade or so ago – before Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast was put on the holiday map for Aussie, Kiwi and South African travellers – it was.

But now, for its ability to provide a nearperfect blend of relaxation and fun, sailing the Dalmatian Coast is fast becoming a must-do trip.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO Sailing season is April to October.

GETTING THERE Fly from London to Split or Dubrovnik.

GETTING AROUND An organised tour is easiest, see tntmagazine.com/ toursearch. Public transport, including ferries, is good, so it’s feasible to see the coast and islands independently.

VISAS South Africans need a visa, see croatia. embassyhomepage.com.

CURRENCY Croatian kuna.

1 GBP = 8.38 HRK. LANGUAGE Croatian.

English is spoken widely in tourist areas.

GOING OUT A cocktail in a harbourside bar costs about 40-50 kuna.

ACCOMMODATION A basic hotel double in Dubrovnik starts at about 100 kuna per person.

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location. With quaint, charming marble and red-roofed buildings, palm trees lining the foreshore and the fortress overlooking it all, this town encapsulates all that’s great about the Mediterranean.

Don’t miss a walk to the Spanjol (citadel).

After passing through the town square, a narrow network of alleyways leads up the hill, past plenty of small yet authentic restaurants and bars. The view over Hvar Town, the harbour and the Pakleni Islands is sublime, particularly at sunset, and all the better for the entrance fee being less than a Cheap thrill : hurl yourself off the couple of quid. boa t for instant refreshment If you want to splash some cash in style, Hvar Town is the place to do it. The Adriana Hotel has a rooftop bar and pool. You don’t need to be beautiful to get in, but it certainly helps – entry is 100 kuna. For celeb spotting try Carpe Diem. It’s super trendy and its harbourside terrace is no more than 15m from where the boats are anchored. Curiously, rich Eurotrash who spend all summer cruising the Med in expensive yachts moor right alongside boats full of backpackers.

DUBROVNIK There are plenty of cities and attractions around the world that could warrant

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going on a ‘must see before you die’ list. There’s little doubt, though that Dubrovnik deserves a spot. Surrounded by an imposing wall that weaves above sheer cliffs, Dubrovnik’s old town

The old town “ looks like a picture from a storybook ” is a collection of alleys, churches and cobbled squares that looks, at almost every turn, like a picture from a storybook about a mythical Medieval town.

A walk along the city walls offers amazing views no matter which way you turn: from vistas over the red-bricked roofs and church spires, to the panorama of the shimmering Adriatic and the mountains above the town.

A wander through the alleyways, among the 824 buildings and numerous churches that make up the old town, is no less impressive.

SPLIT You won’t need a lot of time to explore Split, but it’s worth taking a few hours to wander around the marvel that is Diocletian’s Palace.

Built in the 3rd century, it’s a Unesco World Heritage Site, and an impressive Roman ruin.

These days it’s anything but a palace for an emperor and his servants – it’s a bewildering,

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Visiting a once strife-torn city in Bosnia and Herzegovina is quite a departure from cruising down the Croatian coast. But a trip to Mostar is a popular and hugely rewarding day trip available while sailing in Croatia.

Mostar saw plenty of fighting during the 1991-95 war in the Balkans, as Serbs, then Croats and Muslims, fought for control of one of Herzegovina’s biggest cities. The city has been influenced hugely by Ottoman culture, making it noticeably different from the more Mediterranean feel of the Dalmatian Coast.

The famous 16th-century Stari Most (Old Bridge) was once the heart of the town, and has since been rebuilt after it collapsed completely in 1993 due to persistent shelling.

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entrancing maze of homes, cafes, galleries, bars and shops, all set inside an imposing marble wall.

It’s easy to get lost, but it’s so small (180m by 250m) and full of life that that’s half the fun. If you want a coffee or beer among locals rather than tourists, head to Teak Café in the northeast corner of the palace. Or for serious boozing and partying, there are numerous heaving bars in the south-east corner.

KORCULA Korcula is the reputed birthplace of Marco Polo, but you needn’t share his adventurous spirit to enjoy this laid-back harbourside town – it’s more sedate than Hvar, Dubrovnik and Split.

If you’re in town during summer, you might well see a traditional Moreska sword dance, in which costumed locals swirl and parade Dubrovnik

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Split: drink with the locals at Teak Café

their way through town. It’s a colourful sight; telling the story of kings duelling for the affection of a princess.

The old centre of the town is quaint and atmospheric, with delightful Renaissance and Gothic buildings. But by far the pick of the attractions is Bar Massimo. Its al fresco seating is atop an old tower of the town walls, accessible by a steep ladder; the cocktails (40-50 kuna) are hauled up to the top from the bar below on a pulley system. Arrive before sunset to get a seat and soak up the million-dollar views.

Once you see how clean and clear the water is, you’ll realise why the seafood in the region is so renowned.

Elsewhere in Croatia, food is of the traditional Balkan variety: heavy, meat-based and designed to fill you up during long, cold winters.

But along the Dalmatian Coast, food is much more Mediterranean in its outlook, and not dissimilar to what you’d find in Italy, on the other side of the Adriatic.

When having seafood, don’t go for anything that’s been prepared too elaborately: when it’s this fresh, go for a lightly-cooked dish without a stodgy sauce.

Fresh shell fish: superb

» Daniel Landon travelled to Croatia on a one-week Navigator Cruise between Split and Dubrovnik (for 21-35s) with Sail Croatia Adventures (0845 257 8289; sail-croatia.com).

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