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AFRICAN ADVENTURE

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Hit the road for an epic overland trip

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SONGS OF EAST TIMOR

WEEKEND ESCAPE

Cool off in London’s lidos

Ego Lemos plays the capital

The Lake District in two days

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EDITOR’S LETTER Of all the trips I’ve been lucky enough to go on, none surpassed my expectations as comprehensively as overlanding through Africa. I expected – and saw – amazing wildlife, scenery and local people. But nothing prepared me for what an assault on the senses, in a good way, it was.

Turn to page 74 to check out why an overlanding trip through Africa is a must-do experience.

74 Colourful encounters: meet Africa’s locals on an overland trip

61 TRAVEL

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8 LONDON 8 London Life 10 TAKE THE PLUNGE: London’s lidos are perfect on a summer’s day 12 Food & Drink 14 Spotted 16 Silly Buggers

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Celebrity News 10 Dive in: lidos are super fun TNT Life Look Who’s Talking: David Strassman Cinema 34 NEWS & SPORT Culture 34 Australia News 36 New Zealand News 38 South Africa News 24 MUSIC & CLUBS 41 The Week In Sport 24 Music 42 Rugby 28 BITTER-SWEET SYMPHONY: Meet East Timorese musician Ego Lemos 43 NRL 44 AFL 30 Music Listings 46 Cricket 32 Clubbing 47 General 33 Clubbing Listings 48 BACK ON BOARD: Aussie surfer Taj Burrow on the ASP World Tour

61 Global Vision 62 THE CIDER HOUSE RULES: Cider and cycling in Herefordshire 64 Late Deals 65 TNTT Weekender: Lake District 66 GLORIOUS GOTHENBURG: Shop and sightsee in this Swedish city 68 Hotshots 70 Travel Tips 71 Travel News 72 On The Road 73 Top Five 74 WILD AT HEART: Why overlanding in Africa is a must-do trip 65 Spend a weekend in the Lake District

51 CAREERS & MONEY 51 Careers 53 TO CAP IT ALL: How will the new immigration rules affect you?

56 Money 59 Coming & Going

REGULARS 28 Musician Ego Lemos plays London this week

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E G N U L P Cool off this summer in one of London’s many lidos WORDS SIMON WILLMORE

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o you thought summer would never arrive but now it’s here you’re desperate to cool off while still enjoying the sunshine? With Britain’s answer to the outdoor pool – the lido – this isn’t as tall an order as it sounds. We dipped our toes into some of London’s best …

SERPENTINE LIDO An outdoor swimmer’s mecca, the Serpentine is the lake in Hyde Park where the foolhardy indulge in a constitutional swim all year round (it’s where the annual Christmas Day swimming race – known as the Peter Pan Cup – takes place, typically when it’s 4˚C in the water and out).

In summer though, the lake’s temperature can reach up to 20˚C, warmer than most other outdoor lidos in London. The 100m swimming area is simply cordoned off from the rest of the lake, and facilities on offer include professional lifeguards, a children’s paddling pool and a waterside café. A great place to cool off in central London.

» Hyde Park, W2 2UH

Hyde Park Corner (020 7706 3422). £4

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PARLIAMENT HILL LIDO AND HAMPSTEAD PONDS Situated in the southeast corner of Hampstead Heath, the lido started as a classic brickwork open-air pool but now has a stainless steel lining – the first of its kind in the UK. The water is unheated – but clean as a whistle.

There’s a café and a kid’s area for the little ones – as well as another water fun area on the other side of the park. It’s all been regenerated recently and is a great way to relax after hiking up Parliament Hill.

For some proper outdoor swimming, take a brisk walk from the lido to Hampstead’s famous Men’s Pond, Ladies’ Pond and nearby Mixed Pond.

They are also the only lifeguarded open-water swimming facilities open to the public

every day of the year in London.

» Lido: Gordon House St, NW5 1NB Gospel Oak (020 7485 5757). £4.70.

Men’s Pond and Ladies’ Pond: off Millfield Ln, N6 Kentish Town. Mixed Pond: off East Heath Rd, NW3 Hampstead Heath (020 7485 3873; cityoflondon.gov.uk/hampstead). £4.50

Hampstead’s Men’s Pond

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TOOTING BEC LIDO The 90m-long pool is large enough for games of volleyball and catch without interrupting those who actually want to swim. There’s also plenty of space for sunbathing and sport at the poolside,

even when it’s busy, but expect a 20-minute wait to get in at peak times.

It’s got poolside changing facilities, a kids’ pool and a water fountain to look at while you queue at the café for your chips or ice cream. There’s also a shaded

OASIS SPORTS CENTRE Only minutes from Covent Garden Tube station, you wouldn’t know this lido existed unless you were hunting it down.

It’s surrounded on all sides by multistorey buildings and council flats, which do a good job of blocking out the hustle and bustle of the West End outside.

Busy but not overcrowded, this is great for a post-shopping/working chill-out swim. There’s a good café and a poolside

terrace, and while the upper sun deck is a bit old and rough around the edges, it is just about the best sunbathing spot in central London.

A bonus is the additional indoor pool, and there are gym and sauna facilities for members, as well as proper indoor changing facilities with lockers, which you may not find at other locations.

stretch of grass just behind the swimming area where you can enjoy a picnic without someone making your sandwiches damp.

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BEST OF THE REST ■ Finchley Lido Leisure Centre There’s lidos inside and out at this north London complex. » Chaplin Sq, N12 0GL East Finchley (020 8343 9830)

■ London Fields Lido

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Make a splash at Brockwell Park Lido

BROCKWELL PARK LIDO Also known as Herne Hill Lido, this pool was originally opened in 1937. There is plenty of lifeguard-patrolled space for swimming and jumping in, but if you want a good sunbathing spot get there early because the terrace fills up fast.

The poolside ‘beach shack’ sells snacks and soft drinks, but access to the café, although it has a patio that backs on to the swimming area, is only

from the separate front entrance.

This is a slightly more adult-oriented lido, with no paddling pool for children.

The site has a relatively small but wellmaintained changing area and there’s now a gym. The impressive new hydrotherapy pool provides relaxation for gym members after they’ve worked up a sweat.

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■ Hampton Open-Air Pool Take a lap through history at this pool, which opened in 1922. » High St, TW12 2ST Hampton (020 8255 1116)

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BAR REVIEW Metropolitan ★★★★★

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THE SCENE Located on a corner in leafy west London, Metropolitan offers a hip update on the dark woodfitted boozer. A spacious main area with horseshoe

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bar gives way to plenty of cosy corners in the back, and there’s a cobbled beer garden perfect for afternoon sessions.

THE GRUB It’s superior pub fare. The gourmet burgers – especially the lamb – are the highlight of the menu, while the ploughman’s lunch is great for shared grazing.

BEHIND THE BAR There’s a familiar mix of beers, wines

Lunch on this

Apparently, 19 per cent of us take under 15 minutes for lunch while 10 per cent of us don’t take a lunch break at all. Celeb chef Gizzi Erskine and recruitment website monster.co.uk are on a mission to bring back Britain’s lunch hour, starting with this courgette, goat’s cheese and pine nut tart.

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WHAT YOU NEED: For the pastry: 225g plain flour; 100g ice cold butter, cut into cubes; 1 free range egg; salt.

Alternatively, you could buy 500g shortcrust pastry.

For the filling: 3 egg yolks; 150ml double cream; 100g Parmesan cheese, grated; handful mint, finely chopped; 1 green and 1 yellow courgette, sliced into ribbons with a potato peeler; 100g soft, mild goat’s cheese; 50g pine nuts, toasted; salt and pepper.

THE WORK: Place the flour, butter and a pinch of salt into a food processor and blitz until

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it resembles breadcrumbs.

Crack the egg into it and mix until it forms a ball. Wrap in cling film and place in the fridge for 30 mins.

Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface then line a 25cm tart case. Chill in the fridge for 20 mins.

Line the case with baking paper and beans and bake blind for 20 mins in a 200˚C oven. Remove the paper and beans and finish baking

for a further 10 mins until the pastry is golden.

Gently beat the eggs and cream together. Add the Parmesan cheese and mint, then season with salt and pepper. Fill the tart case.

Lay the courgette ribbons on the tart. Dot with the crumbled goat’s cheese and pine nuts, then pop back in the oven to bake for 20-25 mins until just set and golden.

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VERDICT It’s at its best when not absolutely rammed – just as appealing for a boozy lunch as for a night out early in the week. TOM STURROCK

Ice cream and music come together at Clapham Common on July 24-25. We’re assured there will be plenty of free tastings. Entry from £15. See benjerry.co.uk.

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There’s a guy I like at work, and I think he’s keen, but I am unsure about pursuing a relationship with a colleague in case it goes wrong. What should I do?

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Relationships in the workplace can be a real minefield. Recently, I went out with my workmates for a few drinks on a Friday night and ended up back at a male colleague’s flat.

I didn’t really know him that well, but after eight or nine Sambuca Suicides, I couldn’t help myself. The bunk beds and Doogie Howser MD box set should have sent

TOOL OF THE WEEK Mark Renshaw The Aussie cyclist was thrown off the Tour de France for headbutting Kiwi rider Julian Dean during the 11th stage.

Not only did Renshaw have a good long whinge about his punishment, but he claimed he headbutted Dean “to retain balance”.

The Tour is no stranger to scandal but a guy delivering a Liverpool Kiss while whizzing along at 65km/h is one of the dumbest tactics yet.

Renshaw should take his medicine and in future, use his head for more constructive things – like thinking.

up red flags, but I slept with him anyway. He wasn’t bad in bed, but after he had satisfied me, he started weeping uncontrollably. It was awkward, so I bailed.

Now I have to see him at work every day and it’s excruciating. He’s cornered me a few times in the corridors and his requests are growing more and more bizarre.

In future, I’ll stick to having no-strings sex with strangers that I meet on the Tube.

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It’s a tough call. There’s a girl where I work who has a bit of a reputation and on a night out a few weeks back, she got absolutely smashed.

As I was leaving, she literally forced herself into my cab and insisted on coming back to my place. I’m as redblooded as the next guy, so we had sex and, naturally, I gave her several orgasms, but then she got weird. She insisted on Is picking up on brushing my r? the Tube bette hair and

acting out scenes from Dirty Dancing she had memorised.

Once we were back at work the next week, she began hassling me to hook up again.

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Only last week, I found my desk drawers full of cutand-pasted images of her head attached to pictures of hardcore porn – she had also glued her head on to the guys’ bodies. Not cool.

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HUGH DO YA LOVE?: It’s enough to inspire any woman’s festering carcass to get off the couch – Oz’s hunky Hollywood export Hugh Jackman has offered his rippled self for a session of pulse racing and perspiration, promising to go as easy or hard as desired … in the gym.

The Wolverine star is auctioning a work-out in aid of a New York school. Asked if he would train topless, he replied: “Sure! No problem.

You know me, I’m a whore.”

Indeed. The highest bid currently stands at £8248.

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World number three surfer Taj Burrow is riding waves of the Hollywood kind, playing himself in surfer flick Blue Crush 2, filmed at South African surf spot Jeffreys Bay. Read our interview with Burrow on page 48.

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Shock jock Kyle Sandilands has divorced his missus of two years, Tamara Jaber, whose singing career he generously bankrolled. Experts say she’s unlikely to nab his millions.

MAD MEL ‘NO RACIST’ Just when it looked like Mel Gibson had alienated himself from the entire world, his highprofile friends have rallied to defend him.

Reportedly undergoing therapy after the public backlash against recordings of his alleged rants to exgirlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, which were posted online, the Australian-raised actor can at least count on Whoopi Goldberg. The actress reckons Gibson might be a “bonehead”,

but he’s definitely not a racist.

“I don’t like what he did here, but … I can’t sit and say that he’s a racist, having spent time with him in my house with my kids,” Goldberg says.

Veteran Aussie actor John Jarratt thinks Gibson suffers a severe case of foot-in-mouth syndrome and deserved empathy. “She [Grigorieva] has taped an argument they are having in an acrimonious split, and he’s been made a mockery of – it’s disgusting.”

SAY WHAT?

”We’ve adopted Bubbles. He’s now our adopted monkey-child!”

The Aussie Nova radio breakfast team paid $12,500 to sponsor Michael Jackson’s former pet.

Woman’s Weekly: Bad boy dancing export Brendan Cole weds Zoe Hobbs in Buckinghamshire, All Black Aaron Cruden reveals how he beat cancer, and wait for it … a royal shock: Charles and Camilla are leading separate lives. The mag investigates.

AUSTRALIA New Idea: It’s all ‘oohing’ and ‘aahing’ with Dannii Minogue gushing over her newborn baby Ethan Edward Smith and boyfriend Kris Smith; and clucky radio presenter Jackie O and her husband Lee Henderson discuss their successful IVF treatment. Plus, former Prisoner actress Val Lehman lives the fantasy life she always longed for.

SOUTH AFRICA You: The mag delves into 10 years of the soap opera Isidingo, focusing on the on- and offscreen love life of its biggest name Hlubi Mboya; plus the rise and rise of South Africa’s ‘Lord of the Ring’, World Wrestling Entertainment star Paul Lloyd Jr. And there’s a World Cup special, looking at the newest, hottest stars of football.

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The trailblazing ventriloquist is the ultimate puppet master. He talks about his new show, breaking into Nasa and snotty Kiwi celebs

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David Strassman INTERVIEW ALISON GRINTER Most people say they hate ventriloquists until they see your show.

Honestly, I feel the same way. If someone were to say to me: ‘Hey, let’s go see a ventriloquist or get your tooth pulled’, I’d opt for the tooth pulled. I don’t blame the world. First of all, it’s creepy if it’s not done right … there’s something weird about a bad ventriloquist. You can kinda see through the guy that he’s not a talent, that he’s just doing it cos he really does have a second personality or never got over with playing with dolls.

Ventriloquism “ is creepy if it’s not done right

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Do you feel like you are blazing a trail for other ventriloquists?

This year at Edinburgh, I think there’s a historical first, this will be the first time three ventriloquists [including Strassman] have ever played the festival at once.

So you’ve got some competition, too?

Nina Conti, she’s the only ventriloquist on the planet who I give two thumbs up to.

I love her work, she is unique. She puts character in her puppets, but takes it a step further and goes theatrical … To me, the other ventriloquists are kind of a circus.

Tell us about your new show Duality.

It’s basically a two-man play about a very sick ventriloquist who all his life uses his puppet to talk to himself. It’s also an exploration of the inner voice we all have, and in the show we discuss everything from psychology, philosophy and poetry, to war, God and religion. In this show, the idea is that the puppet is the stronger personality and has been noticing that the ventriloquist has had thoughts of suicide, and if the ventriloquist dies the puppet dies as well. It’s very dark but very funny.

Your use of robotics in puppetry is groundbreaking. Is it true you broke into Nasa when you first wanted to rig up robotics for puppet Chuck Wood?

When we figured out how to put robotics in we couldn’t figure out the clutch. So a mate of mine worked at the Nasa research facility at Berkley in California.

He had a friend who was a machinist so we sneaked in after hours, past blackboards with Einstein calculations and planetary mechanics. He machined us a clutch while we played with liquid nitrogen.

You had a chat show in Australia and New Zealand.

Did Chuck’s questions get you into trouble with any of the celebs interviewed?

In New Zealand, I did both of the Finn brothers in

YOU DON’T SAY? What’s your karaoke song?

Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O’Sullivan.

Who would play you in the film of your life?

The geeky guy from ER, whatever his name is [Dr Greene played by Anthony Edwards] because he’s the only person I really look like.

What song is guaranteed to get you on the dancefloor?

Dancing Queen by Abba. I’m very in touch with my feminine side.

separate interviews because they were fighting at the time.

Your interview with Tim Finn was particularly awkward. It’s on YouTube.

Yeah, it’s very weird. I did three series in New Zealand. It’s a wonderful place … but after the second series there was no one left to interview – it’s such a small country … and a couple of people got a bit up themselves, like, ‘I don’t deserve to be on this show with a puppet!’

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Movie franchises tend to run out of steam by the time they reach their third instalment.

Not so with Toy Story 3, as Pixar delivers yet another near-perfect blend of animation, vocal work and top-notch storytelling.

We catch up with the toys when they are confronted by retirement. Andy is off to college and his last remaining toys, including Woody (Hanks) and Buzz (Allen), are scrambling to get his attention. After a few twists in the plot, the group find themselves at daycare where, surrounded by a bunch of new toys, they have to come up with a daring escape plan.

While Toy Story 3 covers a lot of familiar territory (abandoned toys needing to find a way home), the visual gags and script are so sharp,

1 Barbie wears her heart on her sleeve while Ken wears how many different outfits in the new film?

2 What’s the name of the food joint that appears in almost every Pixar movie?

3 What is Buzz Lightyear’s signature catchphrase?

4 Cowgirl Jessie’s voice belongs to which actress?

5 The following quote by Mrs Potato Head to Mr Potato Head is from which Toy Story: “I’m packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes, just in case.”

you won’t really care. All the new characters are memorable – Keaton’s frustrated Ken doll deserves special mention – while Pixar’s much-vaunted visuals are further enhanced with 3D technology.

A film with emotional depth

that will keep the kids entertained as well is further proof that, when it comes to animated films, Pixar is simply in a different league.

GOOD FOR: Those who believe all threequels suck.

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★★★★★ A pair of scientists (played

by Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) get more than they bargain for after splicing together animal and human DNA to create a new creature in Vincenzo Natali’s intriguing sci-fi flick. It unravels towards the end, but there are some genuinely shocking scenes to keep horror fans hooked.

GOOD FOR: Fans of the X-Files. PDV

a 75-year-old character actor, I have to find a 75year-old character actor in a 25-year-old body.”

Filming is expected to start later this year.

INCEPTION

★★★★★ Christopher Nolan follows up The Dark Knight with a mindbendingly brilliant thriller that sees a corporate spy (Leonardo DiCaprio) steal ideas in people’s dreams.

An ambitious storyline might alienate some, but stick with it and you’ll be rewarded with a smart, moving and visually spectacular blockbuster.

GOOD FOR: Those who think they’ve seen it all. PDV

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South African stunner Charlize Theron swaps the big screen for the music scene in her latest acting role.

Theron stars in the video for Crossfire, the new solo single of The Killers’ frontman Brandon Flowers.

The action-packed clip features the actress as a swordwielding Lara Croft-type heroine who kicks all kinds of ninja arse to free poor Flowers.

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THE REEL DEAL New Zealand writer-director Andrew Niccol plans to only cast actors in their midtwenties for his new sci-fi action thriller, I’m.mortal.

The film revolves around a society in which ageing stops at 25, Daily Variety reports.

It will star actress Amanda Seyfried (right) as a socialite in a society where people aged 25 must buy and bank time and the richest can live forever while the poor die when their money runs out.

“It’s a strange casting process,” Niccol told the magazine.

“Even for a small role like a priest or a pawnbroker, where you would normally cast

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CULTURE CLOSE EXAMINATION: FAKES, MISTAKES AND DISCOVERIES Turning art into a science, experts studied, scanned and scoured old masters’ paintings with disputed authorship or authenticity. Rooms titled Deception And Deceit and Secrets And Conundrums make the exhibition feel more like a crime scene than a gallery, but that’s half the fun.

You’ll find out about Gustave Courbet’s so-called self-portrait, which was actually painted after his death. Other famous works that come under the spotlight include Madonna Of The Veil.

Researchers found it wasn’t

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If you’re interested in learning the difference between fakes, forgeries and the real thing, keep a critical eye out for this exhibition.

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WORTH A LOOK The incredible Aboriginal artists of Elcho Island show off their works in Morning Star Poles: Art From Elcho Islands » Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, Conway St, W1T 6BA

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As New York’s electricity supply is held to ransom in Deaver’s latest thriller, wheelchair-bound scientist Lincoln Rhyme must decode the forensics in order to prevent another attack.

In Masello’s latest supernatural thriller, troubled journalist Michael Wilde gets more than he bargained for when he accepts a commission to write about a remote research station in Antarctica.

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The glamour model turned reality TV star publishes her latest novel about a young mother, Angel, who is torn between her sexy baseball star husband and her ex, a gorgeous English footballer.

In Stiefvater’s previous novel Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other. Now they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents; for Sam, it means facing up to his werewolf past.

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The second year of director Sam Mendes’ AngloAmerican Bridge Project couples two Shakespeare plays with shared themes.

Actress Juliet Rylance shines as a naive Miranda and crossdressing Rosalind, while her real-life partner Christian

Camargo fares far better as Ariel in a low-key but atmospheric Tempest than as an insipid Orlando in a lusty As You Like It, which is heavily tinged with gloom.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

FAST FORWARD Airbourne Brixton Academy, Dec 2 (0844 477 2000). £17.50 Sarah Blasko Electric Ballroom, Nov 17 (0870 264 3333). £12.50 The Cat Empire Brixton Academy, Oct 23 (0844 477 2000). £19.50

MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS The Crystal Axis

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If Midnight Juggernauts’ debut album Dystopia was the sound of three electroprog journeymen reaching for the stars, then their followup, The Crystal Axis, is an epic interplanetary odyssey to the far end of the solar system.

With nods to ’70s prog-rock acts such as ELO and Yes, as well as ’80s goth rockers The

Sisters Of Mercy, euphoric tunes like Lifeblood Flow, The Great Beyond and This New Technology get glorious lift-off with majestic synths and layers of textured percussion.

In fact, it’s all plain cosmic sailing until we hit song number nine, the overblown

Winds Of Fortune, after which point it’s “Houston we have a problem!” From here the album loses altitude fast with muddy synths, tortured vocals and turgid rhythms. Stick to the blissful first two-thirds of The Crystal Axis and you can’t go wrong. ALISON GRINTER

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100 Miles From Memphis

Hearts And Minds (Virgin) The Brit folk fiddler eschews his usual DIY aesthetic for this Tchad Blakeproduced effort.

Sting (Decca) This orchestral rejig of his Police songs has already been slated as an “hour-long tantric wank”.

(Polydor)

For her seventh LP the country-pop songstress mines her Memphis soul roots.

MUSIC NEWS

John Hillcoat, the director behind bleak, violent dramas The Proposition and The Road, has lent his singular vision to the video for Grinderman’s new track Heathen Child.

The song will be the first single off the Nick Cavefronted quartet’s sophomore

CHARTS

album Grinderman 2.

The project reunites Hillcoat with Cave (left) and fellow Grinderman member Warren Ellis. The two musicians created the spooky score for The Proposition, and Cave wrote the screenplay.

Grinderman 2 will be released through Mute on September 13 ahead of the band’s European tour, which will see them performing at Hammersmith Apollo on October 1.

Christchurch and will perform on September 21 and 22 at the CBS Canterbury Arena.

The band (below) were only going to play shows in Auckland (Vector Arena, October 13-14) but changed their minds when fans on Facebook petitioned them to head south.

Kiwi metal fans can rejoice at the news that Metallica have added a second show in

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No 1 single The Club Is Alive, JLS No 1 album Aphrodite, Kylie Minogue

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Interpol Brixton Academy, Dec 6-7 (0844 477 2000). £25 Kelis Shepherds Bush Empire, Oct 1 (0844 477 2000). £22.50 Ladi6 Rhythm Factory, Aug 28 (020 7375 3774). £10 Linkin Park The O2, Nov 10 (0844 856 0202). £44.50 Hugh Masekela and The Mahotella Queens Royal Festival Hall, Nov 12 (0871 663 2501). £10-£27.50 Motörhead Brixton Academy, Nov 27 (0844 477 2000). £32.50 Robyn Shepherds Bush Empire, Oct 22 (0844 477 2000). £16.50 Salmonella Dub Shepherds Bush Empire, Sep 24-25 (0844 477 2000). £20 Shakira Wembley Arena, Dec 20 (0844 815 0815). £45-£50 Patrick Wolf Bush Hall, Dec 5 (0870 264 3333). £12.50

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Fat Freddy’s Drop The Troxy, Sep 9 (0870 264 3333). £27.50 Gorillaz The O2, Sep 14-15 (0844 277 4321). £45.

Grinderman Hammersmith Apollo, Oct 1 (0844 844 4748). £25-£27 Hoodoo Gurus Shepherds Bush Empire, Oct 3 (0844 477 2000). £19.50.

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GIG OF THE WEEK THE PRODIGY, PENDULUM, PLUS MORE Milton Keynes, horrible satellite town that it is (40 minutes by train from Euston, in case you’re wondering) has at least one thing going for it: a kick-arse arena, which has staged some legendary gigs in its time, such as Michael Jackson’s Bad show in 1988. And now – drum roll – arch rivals (well, sort of) The Prodigy and Pendulum perform together for the first time, giving 65,000 people the chance to compare/contrast the former’s high-octane rave-techno against the latter’s takeno-prisoners drum ’n’ bass. Should be a good ’un.

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» Milton Keynes Bowl, Watling St, MK5 8AA (0870 840 0400; mkweb.co.uk/bowl)

Sat, July 24, from 1pm. £42.50

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This inaugural event staged by Classic Rock magazine styles itself as “the festival all true rock fans have been waiting for”. Maybe they should add the caveat, “if they happen to be your dad.”

Still, ’70s prog-supergroup ELP have reformed especially for this.

» Dingwalls, Middle Yard, NW1 8AB

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Camden (0844 477 1000;

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Professor Green THE BUZZ SO FAR The latest in a long line of chav-rappers, this

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With a career that has spanned 30-plus years, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Don McGlashan has played in some of New Zealand’s most cutting edge and critically acclaimed outfits, most notably Blam Blam Blam and The Mutton Birds.

These days he’s ridin’ solo (as Jason Derülo would have it) and in town to perform this week.

26-year-old Upper Clapton lad’s musical lineage could be traced back to Mike Skinner of The Streets. Indeed, he was originally signed to Skinner’s defunct label, The Beats, but now has a bigger, shinier record deal with Virgin and a debut album, Alive Till I’m Dead (out now), to boot.

WHAT ELSE Behind the recent chart-storming, INXS riff-borrowing I Need You Tonight, he’s also good mates with Lily Allen, who features on his new single Just Be Good To Green. Check him out at the upcoming V Festival, LED Festival and Bestival.

Bethnal Green (highvoltagefestival.com). Jul 24-25. £75 (day), £135 (weekend)

FESTIVAL WATCH Broken Bells added to Big Chill line-up The indie super duo made up of Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse, and The Shins’ lead singer James Mercer have been added to the bill, along with Mount Kimbie, Rye Rye and The Chakras. They join big name talent that includes Massive Attack, MIA, Lily Allen and Thom Yorke.

Eastnor Castle Deer Park, (bigchill.net). Aug 5-8 Summer Sunday Weekender bill finalised The critics’ fave boutique festy, which already boasts Seasick Steve, Tinchy Stryder and Mumord & Sons as headliners, has added DM Stith (the Indiana songsmith behind critically-adored album Heavy Ghost

Appendices), swingin’ quintet The Moulettes and hotly tipped singer-songwriter Pete Molinari to its line-up De Montfort Hall and Gardens, Leicester (summersundae.com).

Aug 13-15 Cheryl Cole’s V Festival slot has been cancelled Due to the X Factor judge’s battle with malaria, Groove Armada will headline instead.

Hylands Park, Chelmsford; Weston Park, Staffordshire (vfestival.com). Aug 21-22.

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bitter-sweet symphony East Timorese musician Ego Lemos sings in his native tongue about subjects close to his heart – peace, the environment and his indigenous culture WORDS ALISON GRINTER

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to the struggle of East Timor. And then when I read that story and Jill Jolliffe’s book [Cover Up, on which the film is based] it makes me really sad because it takes me back to 24 years ago when East Timor still struggled for independence – all of my feelings are put into that song.”

‘PURE MUSIC’ But Balibo, which went on to win Best Original Song Composed for Screen at the 2009 Apra Screen awards, was no one-off.

Lemos has a talent for channelling his country’s fraught journey to independence into his emotionally charged songs. So much so that he caught the ear of newly anointed world music star Gurrumul Yunupingu and his producer Michael Hohnen at The Dreaming Festival in Australia in 2006.

“By chance the organiser put him after me. So when I’m playing on the stage Gurrumul is harmonising from backstage,” he says.

Gurrumul and Hohnen were captivated

by Lemos’ ability “to move beyond language into pure music”, and signed him

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hen Australian director Robert Connolly was searching for a musician to create the title track of his film Balibo – based on the true story of five journalists who were murdered by soldiers as they tried to report on Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor in the town of Balibo in 1975 – he didn’t have to look very far.

At the time of the film’s making, East Timorese singer-songwriter Ego Lemos was emerging as a leading light in his fledgling country’s cultural revival.

Lemos’ resulting tune, Balibo, sung in his native Tetum language, is sorrowful and haunting. Given that he experienced Indonesia’s brutal repression first hand – in the ensuing occupation, Lemos lost his father, three siblings, an uncle and his grandparents – who else could have been better placed to communicate the sense of loss surrounding the Balibo tragedy?

“I never knew the story about Balibo because in 1975, I was three years old,” Lemos tells TNT, down the line from his home in East Timor’s capital Dili. “But when Robert asked me to write the song, I explored the Balibo story in more detail and now I understand that it contributed

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Ego Lemos: putting East Timor’s music on the map

to their own Skinnyfish Music label, so he could release his debut album O Hele Le. Named after an expression of happiness the album is sung entirely in Tetum and explores themes of unity and the land – a subject dear to Lemos’ heart: he helped establish permaculture in East Timor and is a passionate environmental campaigner.

SMASHED GUITARS TO BRIGHT STAR Self-taught Lemos started his music career in 1997, playing rhythm guitar with East Timor’s popular, contemporary act Cinco do Oriente. When the Indonesians pulled out of the country in 1999, they destroyed the band’s instruments.

But since independence, Lemos has been more interested in getting back to the roots of East Timorese music, which melds the bitter-sweet sounds of Portugese fado

with more ebullient Pacific and Latin influences. But it’s an uphill battle against the incoming tide of foreign pop, youthful indifference and the lack of local platforms for local bands.

“As Timor musicians, we actually lack identity … new bands want to play pop/ rock instead of promoting music of the country,” Lemos says. “We need the help of music institutions and the Government to organise more events and music workshops and seminars.”

Which leaves Lemos himself as the most effective ambassador for East Timorese music. He is heading to these shores this week to perform his album at the 12 Bar Club. (He was also invited to support friend and mentor Gurrumul’s European and UK tour, which has since been cancelled due to illness).

Lemos believes singing in his own language is crucial to putting East Timorese music on the map. “I think it’s important for me and also important for Timor to introduce Timor’s language to the world and to diversify the roots of world music instead of everyone singing in English,” he says.

Indeed, Gurrumul sings in Yolngu, the language of his tribe in Arnhem Land, and this hasn’t done his profile any harm at all.

Watch this space for an Ego Lemos/ Sting duet …

» At the 12 Bar Club, Denmark St,

Friend and mentor: Gurrumul

WC2H 8NL Tottenham Court Road (020 7240 2622). Thu, Jul 22. £6. Album O Hele Le out now through Skinnyfi sh Music/Dramatico

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MONDAY 19 Brainstorm The Latvian

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Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £12.50.

Don McGlashan Indie-pop from the New Zealand-born singer-songwriter and ex-Mutton Bird. Dingwalls, Chalk Farm

SATURDAY 24 Acer Maple, Sophie Hiller

Rd, NW1 8AB (020 7428 0010/ cc 020 7428 5929). £10.

The band plays a sensitive folksoul blend. The Forge Venue And

Sepultura Extreme and

Caponata Restaurant, Delancey St, NW1 7NL (07971 851141). £10, adv £8.

thrash metal from the Brazilian

Fear No Fish, Why Why Peaches The Surrey-based

band. Scala, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7833 2022/ cc 0870 060 0100). £18.

three-piece gives old-school rock a modern makeover. The

Erykah Badu R’n’B, soul and funk tinged with psychedelia from the Texan singer. Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £32.50.

Barfly, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). £5.

FRIDAY 23

Hot Club Of Boisdale

Black Bonzo The five-piece

Parisian swing inspired by Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Boisdale

from Stockholm plays rock.

Roberto Fonseca The Cuban pianist performs Latin and jazz from his album, Akokan.

The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £14, adv £12.50, mems £10.

Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £25.

Blaze: Jakob Dylan, Three Legs Americana and country-

The Frantastics London-based

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

John Idan The Michigan-born former Yardbirds member plays his slant on folk, rock and blues.

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

John Parish Alt-rock from the singer-songwriter and composer. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £12.

Public Image Ltd Former Sex Pistols member John Lydon leads his experimental new-wave band. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £27.50.

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

XAVIER RUDD AND IZINTABA Shepherds Bush Empire, W12 8TT Shepherd’s Bush (0844 477 2000). Mon, Dec 6. £18.50 For his recent LP, Koonyum Sun, Xavier Rudd teamed up with bassist Tio Moloantoa and percussionist Andile Nqubezelo (Izintaba) to create a mash-up of Afro/Aboriginal sounds.

WEDNESDAY 21

Consortium The hip-hop, funk and soul collective from London.

singer-songwriter performs popinfluenced acoustic indie-soul.

Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £20, adv £15.

Dan Sultan The Australian and his band plays trumpet and soulflavoured rock. Monto Water Rats,

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

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

Jolly Boys Traditional folk

the Brighton-based combo.

performs acoustic indie-pop.

and Dirty Pretty Things frontman plays indie-rock. 100 Club, Oxford

The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). £8, £6 before 11pm, adv £5.

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

Sanchita Farruque Soul and pop from the London-based singer. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A

St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933). £15, adv £12.

Mutants Of War Thrash metal

Piano-led blues outfit.

from the Californian combo.

3AY (020 7739 3440). £8, adv £6.

Cloud Control The Sydney-based band play ecstatic indie-pop. The Luminaire,

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

Kai Hoffman Band The combo

The Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, W1D 4JB (0870 060 3777/ cc 0871 231 0842). £10.

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

Never A Hero Left-field alt-rock

The Dualers

with a twist of rap from the London-based outfit. The

The British saxophonist and South African percussion group unite to play jazz-roots fusion.

Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £20-£41.50.

Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £8, free before 10pm.

The Spice Of Life, Moor St, W1D 5NA (020 7739 3025). £10, NUS £8.

THURSDAY 22 Carl Barat, Kieran Leonard, The Horses, The Penny Ballads, Cammy The Libertines

Eric Ranzoni Blues Band

Alan Skidmore’s Ubizo

Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £15.

Rita Hosking California-based Americana-influenced folk singer-songwriter. The Green

The south London brothers play ska and reggae with their backing band. IndigO2, Peninsula

Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). £5.

Honkeyfinger, Toehammer

Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £18.

Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £25.

Paddy Goes To Holyhead

Earth, Wind And Fire

The London-based five-piece plays rock ’n’ roll. The Standard

The erratic one-man band plays raw blues-rock. The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). £7, adv £5.

Kispal Es A Borz Alt-rock from the Hungarian combo.

Relentless Garage, Highbury Corner, N5 1RD (0870 060 3777/ cc 0844 847 1678). £22.

Javier Moreno Latin, pop and flamenco from the Spanish singer, songwriter and guitarist. The Green Note Cafe, Parkway, NW1 7AN (020 7485 9899). £10, concs £8.

Nas and Damian Jr Gong

Apollo, Queen Caroline St, W6 9QH (0844 844 4748). £25-£35.

The Grammy Award-winning three-piece plays soulful disco hits. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, SE10

Music Venue, Blackhorse Ln, E17 6DS (020 8503 2523). £10.

The Bays, Jon Hopkins

three-piece play blues-rock.

0DX (0871 220 0260). £40-£55.

Reuben Richards And Soul Train Blues, funk and

Village Underground, Holywell Ln, EC2A 3PQ (020 7422 7505). £16.50.

James Hunter, The Ronnie Scott’s All Stars

soul from the seven-piece.

The Purple Turtle, Crowndale Rd, NW1 1TN (020 7383 4976). £6.

Moon Duo, The Oscillation Psychedelic rock with a retro-edge from the San Francisco-based duo.

Corsica Studios, Farrell Court, SE17 1LB (020 7703 4760). £10.

The London-based guitarist and vocalist plays R’n’B and soul. Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £15-£37.50.

LAU, Duotone Passenger Acoustica from the The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £6.

The Edinburgh-based threepiece plays fiddle and accordion-infused atmospheric folk. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £14, adv £12.50.

Lauren Pritchard, Tinashe, Liam Bailey, Mercedes Acoustica from the American singer-songwriter. Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen, Hoxton Sq, N1 6NU (020 7613 0709). £6.

Kieron Maguire And Francesca Ter-Berg Traditional klezmer music from the duo. Jewish Museum, Albert St, NW1 7NB (020 7284 7384). £10.

Emilie Simon Electro-pop from the French singer as she promotes her album, Big Machine. Cargo, Rivington St, EC2A 3AY (020 7739 3440). £12.50.

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Karn8, Venus Mischiefs, Mr Twist, Jonny Quits, Zeroplane The London-based

Brighton-based singer-songwriter.

Marley The American rapper and Jamaican singer-songwriter promote their collaborative album, Distant Relatives. Hammersmith

The Herbaliser, Anti Pop

Jake Hall The London-based

Andy Kyte, Shortwave Fade The London-based singer

and blues outfit, with a hint of soul. Dover St Restaurant And Bar,

play jive, swing and rock ’n’ roll. industrial music from the Canadian six-piece. Islington

Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15, free to diners before 10pm.

SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £35-£100.

Blues Engineers Swing

Front Line Assembly Electro-

The flamboyant saxophonist and his group plays swing, blues and soul. Dover Street

Mirrors, Acroama, Inland Empire Electro-pop from

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

E8 1EJ (020 8985 2424). £10-£20.

Contemporary heavy rock band from Bridgend. Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green, W12 8TT (0905 020 3999/ cc 0844 477 2000). £17.50.

The Leo Green Experience

W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £12.50.

Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £6.50.

The Congolese musicians play Afrobeat soul and promote their album, Tres Tres Fort. Hackney Empire, Mare St,

Funeral For A Friend

E2 9DR (020 8880 6100). £10.

from the Addingham-based group. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd,

outfit plays pop-punk. The

The band plays Brit-rock, blues and pop-influenced songs.

Blaze: Staff Benda Bilili, Radioclit, Afrikan Boy

Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS (0845 120 7500/cc 020 7638 8891). £16-£20.

folk-rock, rockabilly and country trio. Bistrotheque, Wadeson St,

Jai Ho: A R Rahman Original compositions from the man behind the film scores for Slumdog Millionaire and Elizabeth: The Golden Age. O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq,

Allo Darling, Antarctica Takes It The London-based

The Walkers, Just Married

TUESDAY 20

folk from the New York-based singer-songwriter. Barbican

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

The Mekons Left-field pop-rock outfit from Chicago and London.

Bull And Gate, Kentish Town Rd, NW5 2TJ (020 8826 5000). £10.

The Secret Project, Lucky Clover Soulful electro-acoustica with primal beats and haunting melodies. Hope And Anchor,

Vivian Girls The Brooklyn-

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

Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £11.

Thee Vicars, The Nuns, Flying Over, Thee Savage Kicks Bury St Edmunds-based

Richard Youngs, Neil Campbell Experimental rock

garage-punk quartet. Jamboree, Cable St, E1W 3HB (07713 867 881). £7, adv £5.

Gordon Webber’s Road Runners The nine-piece Big Band plays soul and Motown.

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

Boundary-pushing electronica from the London-based outfit.

Dover St Restaurant And Bar, Dover St, W1S 4LQ (020 7629 9813). £15, free to diners before 10pm.

based three-piece plays indiepunk. Islington Academy, N1

from the Glasgow-based singersongwriter. The Luminaire, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (020 7372 7123). £8.

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK DEFECTED IN THE HOUSE LIVE WEEKEND There’s something special about watching a band belt out your fave dance tunes, rather than a DJ on a laptop. This weekend house label Defected is all about live action. Artists include Candi ‘You Got The Love’ Staton (right), Julie ‘Finally’ McKnight and Barbara ‘Most Precious Love’ Tucker. The first night of the two-day special is part of the iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse. On Saturday, the party moves to Ministry.

» Roundhouse, NW1 8EH

Chalk Farm (itunesfestival.co.uk).

Fri, Jul 23; Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010; ministryofsound.com). Sat, Jul 24. £20

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hip-hop

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It’s ladies night at Egg as women take control of the decks. Ibiza’s Space regulars Smokin’ Jo and Lottie are two of the most well-known chicas in clubland. They bring their dark and dirty sounds to Egg, alongside Nicole Burbidge, Sophie Belluka Sparks and Miss Maverick this Saturday.

German duo MANDY, aka Patrick Bodmer and Philipp Jung, head the bill at Fabric this Saturday. Not only do the Berlin-based team run a label with fellow countrymen Booka Shade, they’re also pretty good at getting the dancefloor heaving. Watch out for Italoboyz and Terry Francis, too.

» Egg, York Way N7 9AX

» Charterhouse St, EC1M 3HN

King’s Cross (020 7609 8364; egglondon.net). Sat, Jul 24, 10pm-11am. £15

Farringdon (020 7336 8898; fabriclondon.com). Sat, Jul 24, 11pm-8am. £18

We have three pairs of tickets to both the Friday and Saturday Defected events. To enter, email grabs@tntmagazine with ‘Defected Live’ and your preferred day in the subject line, by noon on Wednesday, July 21.

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CLUB NEWS Clapham Common festival SW4 has added more names to its already stellar line-up.

They include Alex Metric, Chris Lake (right), Timo Garcia, Uffie, Plastician and Thomas Gandey from Cagedbabey fame. They join Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox, Sasha, Erick Morillo, Pete Tong and more over the long weekend in August. For more, see southwestfour.com Budding entrepreneurs listen up! SW4 rival and London’s newest dance festival, LED, is offering punters the chance to earn some cash by selling tickets. You get £6 for every general admission ticket you sell and a free ticket to the

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festival for every 20 tickets purchased from you. To take part in the deal, sign up at ledreps.fatsoma.com. The LED festival takes place in Victoria Park on August 27 and 28 and its line-up includes David Guetta, Soulwax, Calvin Harris, Goldfrapp and Tiga.

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 19

Central St, WC1A 1JJ (020 7240 1083).

9pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

Explosive DJ Rugrat spins R’n’B, funky house, hip-hop, party and club classics. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. Gents £10, ladies £7, gents £7 before 10.30pm, ladies guest list £5.

Hard Core Salsa DJ Mario plays mambo and salsa.

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

7pm-late. £4, free before 9pm.

I Love Mondays DJ Victor

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

Fridge, Town Hall Parade, SW2 1RP (020 7326 5100). 9pm-5am. £15, £10 before 1am, free before 11pm.

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

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

Inferno Andrew Elmore spins funk, house and dance.

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 10pm3am. £10, free before 11pm.

Lipstick Fusion Resident DJs play R’n’B, funky house and club classics. Carbon, Old Quebec St, W1H 7AF (020 7479 5050). 10pm-late. £15, ladies free before 11pm.

Pills! Thrills! & Espradrilles!

Grapple 101 DJ Screwpulous spins classic chart, plus wrestling hosted by Danny and Ashley.

Eagle, Kennington Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 9pm-2am. £3, mems £2, mems free before 10pm.

Swerve DJs D-Bridge, Fabio and Aaron Jay play drum ’n’ bass. Cable, Bermondsey

Vodka Island Funky electro, house and chart courtesy of the residents. Tiger Tiger, Haymarket,

St, SE1 2EG (020 7403 7730). 10pm3am. £7, £5 NUS/before 11pm.

SW1Y 4SP (020 7930 1885). 9pm3am. £6, £5 before 10pm.

Trannyshack Miss Dusty O

TUESDAY 20

soulful and funky house. The

RELEASE YOURSELF Ministry Of Sound, Gaunt St, SE1 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010; ministryofsound.com).

Aug 7. £20 The name of Roger Sanchez’s residency is exactly what he’s going to want to do after his upcoming set at Ministry – the US house DJ is playing all night.

spins commercial dance, disco, pop, garage, R’n’B and funky house. Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7287 372).

10pm-3.30am. £5, NUS £1.

Iconic Resident DJs spin

and Lady Lloyd spin commercial dance and pop. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £5, w/flyer £3.

FRIDAY 23 Blow House, electro, techno, drum ’n’ bass and disco from the resident DJs. Egg, York Way, N7 9AX (020 7609 8364).

10pm-10am. £12, NUS/concs £8.

THURSDAY 22

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

Boom Boom Club Rock ’n’ roll

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, guest list/NUS £5.

Panic! Max, Gaz and That Perfect Fumble play indie and post-punk. The Roxy, Rathbone Pl, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098). 10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3.

The Ultimate Sound DJ Vadim plays funk, electro and urban underground beats, with performances from Ludwig Amadeus and Play Ground.

The Old Queen’s Head, Essex Rd, N1 8LN (020 7354 9993).

7.30pm-late. £8, adv £6.

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

10.30pm-3am. £6, adv £5.

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cabaret from host Dusty Limits, and burlesque from Miss Vicky Butterfly. The Bathhouse, Bishopsgate Churchyard, EC2M 3TJ (020 7920 9207).

7.30pm-late. £25, adv £7.

Confidential Collective Presents Shush DJ Vesty and Miss Velocity play drum ’n’ bass, electro and dub. Gramaphone,

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

Rob Summerhayes play house and techno. Plastic People, Curtain Rd, EC2A 3QE (020 7739 6471).

10pm-4am. £10, adv £8.

SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080).

8pm-late. £8, £5 before midnight.

Disco 3000 DJ Tasty Tim plays disco and party.

Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). 10pm-3am. £8, w/flyer £6, NUS £5.

Warehouse, Scrutton St, EC2A 4PJ (07932 674528). 10pm-6am. £10.

The Hill, Muswell Hill, N10 3ST (020 8365 3651). 10pm-4am. £10.

chart, house and club classics.

Strawberry Moons, Heddon St, W1B 4BF (020 7437 7300). 7pm-3am. £10, £8 before 10pm, £5 before 9pm, free before 8pm.

Carpet Burn Jonny Woo, Ma Butcher, Princess Julia and John Sizzle play pop, dance, house and Italo disco. Eagle, Kennington

The Good Foot Snowboy

Ln, SE11 5QY (020 7793 0903). 9pm4am. £6, NUS £4, £3 before 10.30pm.

Nick Tcherniak spins house and electro. The Langley, Langley

(020 7434 3399). 9pm-3am. £5.

and Eddie Piller play soul, funk and R’n’B. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 10pm-3am. £8.

Mode PR DJs VG, Shock,

psychedelic trance. Club

Bennie G, Supa Mann and Xavier Miller play R’n’B, hip-hop and funky house.

414, Coldharbour Ln, SW9 8LF (020 7924 9322). 11pm-6am. £5, £3 before midnight.

Tamarai, Drury Ln, WC2B 5PG (020 7831 9399). 10pm-3am. £20, £15 guest list.

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

Rooms, Arches, Miles St, SW8 1RZ (0844 736 5375). 8pm-midnight. £10, w/own skates £7.50, NUS £5.

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

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

Wig Out Tommy Turntables, Lady Lloyd and Prince Nelly play indie, rock and Motown.

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

10pm-2.30am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

Decadence DJs Shuff and Belle play glam rock and punk.

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

Dip Dab Nickname, Mattman and Daredevil play hip-hop, funk, soul and disco. Star Of Bethnal Green, Bethnal Green Rd, E2 6LG (020 7729 0167). noon-2am. £5, free before 10pm.

SUNDAY 25 Groove Sanctuary AfricanLatin, electronica, funk, disco and deep house from DJ Jimbo (Raw Deal), Joey Vieira and guests. Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). 9.30pm3am. £5, free before 11pm.

Horse Meat Disco Jim Everybody Dance Resident DJs David and Andrew spin dance and club classics. Up The Creek, Creek Rd, SE10 9SW (020 8858 4581).

11pm-2am. £8, w/flyer £4.

YoYo DJs Night Slugs and Seb Chew play dub, hip-hop and electro, with live performances from Davids Lyre and Alice Klar.

Propaganda Alex Zane

The French Riviera Club DJs

and DJ Dan spin indie, pop, dance and drum ’n’ bass.

Neil Thornton and Johnny Hiller play disco and house. The Player,

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

7pm-2am. £7, £5 before 11pm.

Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). 10.30pm-late. £5.

Broadwick St, W1F 8HN (020 7494 9125).

8pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

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

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

Roller Motion The residents

Fleur-De-Lys DJs spin indie, pop The Lexington, Pentonville Rd, N1 9JB (020 7837 5371). 7.30pm-midnight. £6.

DJ Trenchfoot spins rock, while DJ John Downfall provides pop upstairs. The Barfly, Camden,

Big Fancy Dress Party R’n’B,

St, WC2H 9JA (020 7836 5005).

8pm-3am. £10, £5 before 9pm, free before 8pm.

Psyrhythmix DJs spin

Smoke & Mirrors

Jamm, Brixton Rd, SW9 6LH (020 7274 5537). 8pm-4am. £10.

Elliot Ness, S-Clique, Swift Jay and Running Man spin R’n’B, 1980s classics, funky house, bashment and hip-hop.

Electric Thursday House,

Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988).

10pm-3am. £5, free before 11pm, mems/guests free.

The Watershed, The Broadway, SW19 1SD (020 8540 0080). 11pm3am. £8, £7 before midnight.

Exclusivity Resident DJs

Get Yourself Connected

Glitz & Glamour DJ Mark Bambach plays house, R’n’B and dance. The Shadow Lounge,

Saints & Sinners Daniel Scott plays club classics, while resident DJs play indie and pop in the bar.

T Bar Closing Party Soul Clap, Nicolas Jaar, Floating Points and Derren Smart supply disco-house, Latin, experimental and downtempo. Scrutton St

Alan McGee plays indie and rock, plus live country, blues, funk, punk and rock ’n’ roll.

Commercial St, E1 6LT (020 7377 9337).

7.30pm-2am. £5, £4 before 9pm.

commercial dance and chart. LVPO, Dean St, W1D 5BQ

House, Kingsland Rd, E2 8AA (020 7688 0339). 10pm-4am. £7, £5 before midnight.

Alabama 3 Presents Outlaw

of indie, pop, R’n’B and Motown. The Den & Centro,

and rock plus live music from Kid Bombardos and Maria Byrne.

SATURDAY 24

Chiq DJs, Fonteyn and Benafonte supply electronic dance music including Italo disco and house. The Basing

Escape Soho, Brewer St, W1F 0SU (07833 327002).

9pm-3am. £5, free before 10pm.

Popstarz Three rooms

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

Tavern, Kennington Ln, SE11 5HY (020 7820 1222). 10pm-late. £5.

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

a wheeled audience. Renaissance

hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall. Moonlighting, Greek

Jones plays Motown, 1960s and northern soul. Royal Vauxhall

Warm Prosumer, Ali Tillett and

Roller Disco Funk and disco for

Cheap$kates Disco and

Gramaphone, Commercial St, E1 6LT (020 7377 9337). 9pm-3.30am. £6.

Dance Rocks House, R’n’B,

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

Artificial Intelligence and Kee play drum ’n’ bass, plus MCs Messy Me and Styleone.

Shake Your Tail Feather Juggy Calentito Pop, R’n’B, and

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

Scribbler Culture Shock,

Glamorous The residents play

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

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

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 DJ Eddie J Santos spins commercial chart, funky house and R’n’B. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188). noon-2am. £10, guest list £5, free before 8pm.

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» TUESDAY » WEDNESDAY » THURSDAY » FRIDAY » SATURDAY » SUNDAY quote unquote “Within like one split second, before I even slightly touched its back, it already had me by my leg.” Michal Newman, from Perth, was seriously injured when, apparently drunk at the time, he was compelled to sit on Fatso the crocodile, and pat his tail at a Broome crocodile park.

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AUSTRALIA More mineral exports Miners promised to export more minerals to offset the $7.5 billion loss in revenue from Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s backdown on the mining tax.

The Government reduced the revenue that the tax was supposed to reap in two years from $12 billion to $4.5 billion, which would be offset by $6 billion in new revenue from revised commodity price forecasts.

Ex-PMs clash Tension between former prime ministers Paul Keating and Bob Hawke flared with the

Sea and believe: This freakish-looking deep-sea angler fish is among new prehistoric species, including six-gilled sharks, giant oil fish and crustaceans, which have been discovered in deep water off the coast of far north Queensland.

launch of Hawke’s updated biography, written by his wife Blanche D’Alpuget.

The book suggests Keating rode on Hawke’s coat tails, which prompted Keating to write a letter to The Australian, saying that he backed Hawke during a bout of “emotional and intellectual malaise”.

Election date set

Bob Hawke and Blanche D’Alpuget

The federal election would take place on August 21, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced.

It kicked off a five-week campaigning period, with Labor needing more than 51 per cent of the two-party preferred vote

to clinch an absolute majority and the coalition requiring less than 50 per cent. The latest opinion polls put Labor in the lead.

Wharfie killed Wharfies nationwide walked off the job for 24 hours after the death of a worker in Port Melbourne last Wednesday.

A 40-year-old father of two was crushed to death when a three-tonne steel beam fell on him at Appleton Dock.

His death reignited Maritime Union Workers of Australia’s concerns over safety standards at docks, where three workers have died this year.

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“He doesn’t deserve to be put to death.”

Lawyer Frans Hendra Winata appealed to have the death sentence of one of the Bali Nine, Scott Rush, reduced to a 15-year jail term in Denpasar. He argued that Rush, caught trying to smuggle 8kg heroin out of Bali in 2005, was just a courier and not an organiser.

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Taste that!: Jamie Oliver’s healthy food initiative, Ministry of Food, is heading Down Under. The chef is hunting for a director to take the programme to poor communities in Australia, to give them the knowledge and the skills to eat nutritionally.

“It was an incredible songwriting experience because the words and melody just came so easily … I knew then that my prayers had been answered.”

Musician Gary Pinto has immortalised Australia’s first saint-tobe Mary MacKillop in a pop song ahead of the nun’s canonisation on October 17.

Setback for refugees

WESTERN AUSTRALIA A clandestine drug laboratory exploded in a house in Maddington, Perth, where a nine-yearold girl was having a bath just metres away. The girl was lucky to survive the blast, which led to the arrest of a 39-year-old man for attempting to manufacture methylamphetamine.

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East Timor is opposed to hosting a refugee centre for asylum seekers

in Nauru, citing political instability on the island.

In a reduced sitting of East Timor’s parliament, 34 out of 65 MPs voted against the proposal, however, Gillard said negotiations were still taking place.

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison described the rejection – which

had tarnished Labor’s pre-election footing – as a “thumping vote of no confidence” in its asylum seeker policy, and criticised its winding back of the coalition’s border protection policy.

Indonesia also showed only lukewarm interest in hosting a refugee centre for asylum seekers.

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Gillard mum on Rudd deal role in Rudd’s ousting, but she kept mum on the details of the conversation between the pair on the night he was deposed.

“I intend to respect that confidence for the rest of my life,” Gillard said.

At the speech, it was revealed government coffers were in better shape than predicted in the May budget.

Treasurer Wayne Swan forecast a $3.1 billion surplus by 2012/13.

However, Gillard failed to announce details of Labor’s climate change action policy – a key election sticking point for voters.

A 350-hectare Tasmanian devil refuge will be established in the Hunter Valley as a facial tumor epidemic decimated the Tasmanian population. The project would be located at Barrington Tops.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Adelaide was hit by torrential rain, but the run-off from the storm could have supplied the city for 12 days. The storm caused flooding, rockslides, falling trees and powerlines, and road accidents. Mt Crawford had winds of 90km/h and Bridgewater experienced 57mm of rain in one day.

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A Brisbane man won a legal battle to retain the rights to the ‘Come on’ catchphrase after Lleyton Hewitt’s brand managers argued he was marketing his T-shirt line on the tennis star’s reputation.

Josh Shiels successfully demonstrated “genuine commercial use”.

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■ Nauru offers to house Australian asylum seekers after East Timor rejects processing centre proposal ■ Gillard cites political instability in Nauru and insists negotiations with East Timor are continuing ■ Indonesia fails to support a proposal for a centre

Prime Minister Julia Gillard was forced to sidestep a claim that she reneged on a deal with her predecessor Kevin Rudd in seizing the leadership.

Gillard was questioned about the leadership deal during her first speech to the National Press Club.

Political commentator Laurie Oakes suggested Gillard had agreed that Rudd would hand over the leadership to her if polls showed he was on the nose with voters ahead of an October election.

Opposition leader Tony Abbott also pushed for transparency about Gillard’s

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he Pacific island nation of Nauru could be the only offshore option left to house people seeking asylum in Australia after East Timor rejected a proposal to host a refugee processing centre.

Nauru President Marcus Stephen said his cabinet would consider signing the refugee convention if Australia could not reach an agreement with East Timor.

But Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was opposed to setting up a centre

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NEW ZEALAND

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What’s up, Doc? Young New Zealand doctors are heading to Australia for shortterm stints, earning as much as NZ$6000 in a weekend.

Many of these “weekend warriors” carried out two-day shifts across the Tasman on top of their weekly work in New Zealand, lured by pay packets three times that of a senior doctor.

As many as 25 per cent of junior doctors leave the country within five years of qualifying, while 40 per cent of doctors working in New Zealand are from overseas.

Lawyer gets lifeline High-profile lawyer Chris Comeskey was thrown a lifeline by a disciplinary tribunal after admitting to misconduct charges.

He admitted failing to act appropriately as defence counsel for a client, incorrect billing to the Legal Services Agency for the same client and also misleading the Court of Appeal.

The tribunal gave Comeskey a nine-month suspension from practising law and he was suspended indefinitely

Chris Comeskey

Go fly a kite: Hundreds of colourful kites took to Auckland’s skies at the Orakei Marae as part of Matariki, the traditional Maori New Year. Matariki Festival 10 producer Mikki-Tae Tapara says kite flying has a highly symbolic connection to Matariki, with kites seen as the connectors of the heavens and earth.

from claiming legal aid.

During the hearing he claimed that lawyers routinely abuse the legal aid invoicing system.

Farmer shot dead Police suspect the Feilding community may be protecting one of their own, as they hunt for the killer of farmer Scott Guy. Guy, 31, was shot dead in the driveway of his Aorangi Road home, after leaving the house early to milk cows. A passing motorist discovered his body about 7am that morning.

An autopsy revealed that he died of shotgun wounds. Guy

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DVDs, blow-up dolls and marital aids from Nauti Nik-Naks shop.

But between the time of the burglary and the bust some of the toys were “played with”.

Judge Robert Murfitt ordered Robinson to reimburse the store owner. “You can pay the reparation for the male aid. I’m not sure what that is, but I’m sure you do,” he said.

Drug bust in Auckland Police seized $5 million worth of methamphetamine in a bust that targeted Asian organised crime in Auckland.

Detective inspector Stephen Wood said: “This would be one of the most significant seizures of methamphetamine made within New Zealand.”

“When people go ‘P, P, P’ as they are swigging away on their beers and then beating their wives, this is a kind of hypocrisy. I am not a hypocrite. I walk my talk.” Auckland mayoral candidate and former Gloss actor Simon Prast admits he’s had a puff on the P pipe and wants the drug decriminalised.

“The women were going nuts. They dragged my bike into the front passenger seat and took off, dragging the bike.” Otago cyclist Logan Edgar was the victim of a road rage attack by two women while he was cycling in Outram, near Dunedin.

“In no time there was petrol poured all over me from behind. And then a guy came up to me from behind and he just held a cigarette lighter to my head.”

Kawerau publican Dennis Angus was left for dead after his pub was robbed and set on fire.

“It was a better brew.”

Hastings pensioner Edwin Wilson, 80, justifies his sly-grogging to Judge Lindsay Moore.

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New Plymouth man Wayne Robinson was caught with a $4000 haul of stolen sex toys and sentenced to 50 hours community work. Reparation was sought after some of the items were in no state to be sold.

Robinson’s friend, William Oka, 37, previously admitted to stealing party pills, herbal Viagra, adult magazines, videos,

left a wife, Kylee, who is pregnant with a second child, and a two-year-old son.

Police described his death as a deliberate act and they said they believed someone in the community knew what happened.

quote unquote “Am I sorry for what has happened? Yes, I am.”

Paranoid schizophrenic Stephen Anderson, who murdered six people at Raurimu in 1997, apologises for his actions.

Cops shot, dog killed

UPPER NORTH ISLAND One in 10 licensed premises sold alcohol to 15-year-olds in a sting in the Auckland City police district. Six teens were instructed by police to enter 162 businesses in the area with $20 and no ID.

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The man who allegedly shot police is led away

on the residence, another ran back inside the house.

He allegedly shot at the two officers, wounding both and killing a six-year-old police dog. There were no shots fired by the police.

The wounded officers managed to escape to their car and call for backup.

Police commissioner Howard

Broad said the incident was the ninth in which police officers were killed or injured by firearms in recent years.

He added: “My expectation is that there will be weapons immediately available to the officers. We are going to provide our officers with greater accessibility to weapons.”

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Asian women held as sex slaves

False pretences: Asian women were being tricked

Hong Kong and China.

Immigration New Zealand border security group manager Glenys Robinson said New Zealand was formulating a plan to stop human trafficking.

‘Rosita’, who is now back in Malaysia, described her two months at an Auckland brothel

as being “like a sex horror movie” after her passport was confiscated by the owner.

“I had to service about 10 to 20 men, sometimes up to 14 hours a day … I asked [a client] to help me, but he turned out to be a friend of my boss and I got a bashing.”

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LOWER NORTH ISLAND Te Papa paid $2 million for a painting known as the ‘Pacific Mona Lisa’. The national museum bought the 1785 John Webber painting, Poedua, after almost two years of negotiations.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND A teenage protester who jumped on Prime Minister John Key’s car in Christchurch will avoid jail by writing an essay entitled, ‘What it would mean to have a criminal conviction’. Luka de Spa, 17, was handed the sentence when he was granted police diversion.

He was also ordered to pay $7400 for damages to the car.

LOWER SOUTH ISLAND The Dunedin City Council was reviewing its managerial credit card usage after $7000 was spent on coffee. The council released the past three years of credit card spending by 206 council staff who were authorised to use the cards.

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■ Two policemen shot and a police dog killed in Christchurch ■ The incident took place as two men were arrested for an alleged cannabis offence ■ Police commissioner Howard Broad has called for greater police access to guns

A New Zealand Herald investigation revealed that Asian women lured with cash offers to work in New Zealand’s sex industry were being forced to work in slave-like conditions.

The women, mainly from Malaysia, were recruited by agents who offer as much as $10,000 cash up-front plus flights to work in New Zealand.

But on arrival, the women were handed to brothel owners, who took their passports and made them work up to 18 hours a day to repay the “loan”.

US intelligence reports last year named New Zealand as a key destination for trafficking, particularly from Malaysia,

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senior constable was shot in the face, another police officer shot in the leg and a police dog killed during a routine operation in Christchurch.

A patrolman and a dog handler were sent to an address in Phillipstown following an alert about a psychiatric patient.

After no reply at the house, they visited a nearby property, where they smelt cannabis.

While they arrested one man

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New transport plans

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Fatal parachute jump

Cope leader quits Congress of the People (Cope) parliamentary leader Mvume Dandala resigned from his leadership post and as an MP, citing divisions within the party.

“Instead of helping to make Cope a real champion of the people, we as leaders have made

to Summit up: Namibian president Hifikepunye Pohamba arrives at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria, for the Southern African Customs Union summit. The summit addresses issues such as sustainable development for its member states.

Cope no better than that which it sought to oppose,” he said.

The internal battle for leadership had undermined its aim to be a formidable alternative to the ANC, he said.

The leadership tussle erupted with the ousting of Cope president Mosiuoa Lekota, which developed into a court dispute.

Wage strikes planned

Mvume Dandala

Public sector unions were poised to stage the “worst strike ever” after failed wage talks.

Unions were angling for an 8.6 per cent salary increase, R1000 housing allowance and equal medical aid subsidies,

but the state stood by its offer of a 6.5 per cent salary increase and a housing allowance of R620.

Xenophobia hotline A 24-hour toll-free hotline staffed by multi-lingual foreign nationals was established to prevent a repeat of the xenophobic violence in 2008 after reports of attacks on foreigners in the Western Cape and Gauteng.

The Humanitarian Assistance Network of South Africa said the hotline would serve as an early warning system, where information would be passed on to police to take action within two to six hours.

The amount in rand former police chief Jackie Selebi must pay after being convicted on two counts of corruption for taking money from underworld figure Glenn Agliotti.

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The number of kidney transplants between HIV donors and recipients that have been carried out by pioneering doctor Elmi Muller at Cape Town’s Groote Schuur hospital.

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The amount in rand the Black Gun Owners Association will sue the government for over lost jobs since the 2004 Firearms Control Act.

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The percentage of World Cup visitors who would recommend a holiday in South Africa.

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Noise control: The Springboks can count on actually hearing the ref’s calls during their Tri-Nations match against the All Blacks at Soccer City next month, as vuvuzelas were officially banned.

Rugby venues across the country have followed suit.

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The number of cases heard in special World Cup courts from May 28 to July 11, where locals and visitors alike came under the long arm of the law. A majority of the cases were theft related.

Cape Town will benefit from a new inner-city public transport system later this year to emulate the efficiency of the MyCiti bus loop service, which operated throughout the World Cup. Cape Town’s transport boss, Elizabeth Thompson, said the loop service was a taste of things to come.

A military man plunged to his death when his parachute failed to open during training ahead of the Durban Air show.

Warrant officer Brian Slade, of the South African Air Force, who was believed to be in his 50s, landed on the Durban Country Club golf course.

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Focus on SA’s future

KWAZULUNATAL The provincial education department undertook a physical headcount of teachers to deal with ‘ghost’ teachers on the payroll. The audit also set out to verify teachers’ qualifications. The province, in theory, employs 100,000 teachers.

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Soccer City won’t become a “white elephant”

address entrenched difficulties, like poverty and homelessness.

Zuma added he would campaign to “harness the spirit of a common nationhood and social cohesion”.

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said he expected the focus on Africa to spark an “African renaissance”.

A total of 3.1 million people

paid to watch the tournament’s 64 matches – the third highest attendance after the US in 1994 and Germany in 2006.

Allaying concerns the stadiums would become white elephants, rugby chiefs reportedly expressed interest in Johannesburg’s Soccer City, and local teams would use the country’s other stadiums.

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First Mandela Day marked Johannesburg, as he was too frail to travel to his rural homestead in Qunu in the Eastern Cape, which he has traditionally done. Instead, he invited 100 children from the village to join his private party.

To mark the occasion, South Africans were encouraged to engage in noble acts to emulate Madiba’s courageous and selfless years of activism.

In aid of the day, 21 celebrity bikers, including actor Morgan Freeman, journeyed for five days from Cape Town to Johannesburg, dispensing charitable deeds, like planting trees, to needy communities.

WESTERN CAPE The chief inspector of Cape Town police, Henry Swift, was suspended for his alleged involvement in a traffic-fine moneymaking ring. Motorists with unpaid fines were detained and forced to pay by cheque, with a handling fee apparently distributed among senior traffic cops.

GAUTENG A child BMX rider was seriously injured in a crash during the final leg of the South African championships in Alrode.

Cameron Du Bruyn, 6, suffered a ruptured spleen and burst liver. Five-times SA champ Dean Holdstock cracked two vertebrae in a separate fall.

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Madiba celebrated his 92nd birthday

Some of the province’s municipalities yielded to threats by Eskom to disconnect power unless their bills were paid.

Dihlabeng, Masilonyana, Matjhabeng, Moqhaka and Phumelela settled their arrears before the deadline.

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■ Jacob Zuma believes South Africa will see a longterm return on its R43bn World Cup spending ■ UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon says the event could trigger an “African renaissance” ■ Rugby to be played in Soccer City stadium

Nelson Mandela turned 92 on July 18, one week after the final match of the World Cup showcase – hailed as a success for a democratic South Africa which was born from his relentless political fight.

His birthday was marked by the inaugural Nelson Mandela International Day. Declared by the UN last November in recognition of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s contribution to freedom, peace and human rights, it falls on the former president’s birthday every year.

Mandela celebrated his birthday with his family in

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s South Africa shook off its World Cup hangover, focus shifted to how the tournament’s success could be used as a catalyst for economic stimulus and social development in the country.

President Jacob Zuma said he believed the Government’s R43 billion spending for the event – the final of which was viewed by 750 million people worldwide – would increase tourism, trade and investment well into the future, as well as

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RUGBY UNION Wallaby Will Genia is confident of playing in his side’s opening Tri-Nations clash against South Africa and says New Zealand have provided a blueprint for how to beat the Boks.

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AFL Port Adelaide re-sign midfielder Travis Boak for two more years, quashing speculation the sought-after 21-year-old would be lured back to Melbourne at the end of the current season.

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FOOTBALL New Zealand soar up the most recent edition of the Fifa world rankings, jumping from 78th to 54th after their unbeaten run in the World Cup in South Africa.

Australia remain in 20th spot.

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RUGBY LEAGUE The full extent of Melbourne Storm’s salary cap breaches is revealed to be twice as much as originally thought, with $3.17m paid illegally outside the salary cap since 2006.

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RUGBY LEAGUE Darren Lockyer helps launch a limited edition batch of XXXXX beers – as opposed to XXXX – to commemorate the Maroons’ fifth straight Origin win. Corny, but we’ll pay it.

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RUGBY LEAGUE Greg Inglis is reportedly set to leave the Melbourne Storm to sign a two-year deal with the Brisbane Broncos, despite the Storm bending over backwards to retain their star players.

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FOOTBALL Despite rumours of a move to Arsenal, Mark Schwarzer looks likely to stay at Fulham after Gunners boss Arsene Wenger insists he is “not really” interested in the Aussie keeper.

The crowd, “ they like me here and they really enjoy my work

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Aussie long jumper Fabrice Lapierre received a warm welcome in Italy.

THURSDAY ATHLETICS Diamond League All the action from Monaco 7pm BBC Red Button FRIDAY FOOTBALL NY Red Bulls v Tottenham Pre-season friendly 1am ESPN SATURDAY FOOTBALL Man City v Sporting Lisbon You gotta be committed 1.30am ESPN SUNDAY MOTORSPORT German F1 Grand Prix Can Mark Webber win?

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Craig Bellamy Who is he?

He’s the Welsh football captain and has been at Manchester City since January 2009, where he has played as a winger-cum-striker. He’s famously angry and tends to be in the middle of most scraps, particularly in recent Manchester derbies.

What’s happened?

After signing Spanish ace David Silva from Valencia, City boss Roberto Mancini has declared Bellamy, 31, is for sale.

He’s moved around a bit.

He’s had stints at Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool and West Ham and, in total, has been transferred for £47m over the course of his career.

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It would be “ misguided of

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Wallabies skipper Rocky Elsom on whether his side will copy the Kiwis’ tactics against the Boks.

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Piri Weepu

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The All Blacks again ran the world champion Springboks into submission to win the second Tri-Nations Test, while securing another bonus point for crossing four times. The margin could have been higher had the usually reliable Dan Carter not had an off night with the boot, missing three conversions and three penalties before he was replaced by Piri Weepu as kicker.

It was the All Blacks’ ability to recycle the ball and counter-attack, even when deep in defence, that the Springboks found hardest to handle. And, for the second week, the Boks found their forwards could not dominate the All Blacks’ eight. The Boks’ kicking game only

served to feed possession to an attacking machine, although they tried to rectify this in the second half.

The All Blacks shot out to a 13-0 lead on the back of tries to Ma’a Nonu and Mils Muliaina, before Danie Roussouw returned from the sin bin to get South Africa on the board.

Morne Steyn booted a penalty to put the Boks back within three points after the restart, but the All Blacks piled on the next 18 points, with winger Rene Ranger crossing first. The All Blacks then withstood a sustained period of pressure before sealing the result through a superb try to replacement winger Israel Dagg.

He beat three defenders, slicing through Schalk Burger and Francois Louw before swerving around full-back Zane Kirchner.

NEW ZEALAND The 26-year-old has had a few setbacks at international level, but embraced his recall to the All Blacks side with a fine game against South Africa.

He took over kicking duties from Dan Carter, who wasn’t at his best, and exploited the holes around the Springboks’ rucks.

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De Villiers attacks referees after defeat

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we won the Tri-Nations. We’re used to playing with the new interpretations in the Super 14 and now in the six games we’ve played the law was a bit different on the ground.”

De Villiers said he wanted a definitive answer from the powers that control the game on how to prepare for situations when the ball is on the ground.

“Because I don’t like to prepare guys to cheat,” De Villiers said, “and it seems to me that’s the only way going forward if you want to be on top of those kind of things and that’s 70 percent of your game.”

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Springboks coach Peter de Villiers lashed out at the standard of rugby Test referees after his side’s loss to New Zealand and even suggested cheating may be the only way to beat diverse law interpretations.

De Villiers was clearly not happy with the way his side had been hammered in their two Tests against the All Blacks, which were controlled by northern hemisphere referees.

“I’m frustrated at the moment,” he said, denying his side had lost the form that won them last year’s Tri-Nations title.

“We’ve got the same skills as last year when

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Eels skipper Nathan Hindmarsh after his side came back from 22-0 down against Penrith.

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Mark Gasnier DRAGONS It’s too soon to say whether Gasnier’s return will prove the vital ingredient in a Dragons premiership, but the fairytale edged closer when the favourite son scored the match-winner against Souths.

Dragons sneak home Rabbitohs 13 R Asotasi J Sutton tries C Sandow 2 goals C Sandow field goal

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Team Dragons Panthers Tigers Roosters Warriors Sea Eagles Broncos Titans Rabbitohs Eels Raiders Knights Bulldogs Sharks Cowboys Storm*

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* Storm are unable to earn any points this season as punishment for salary cap breaches.

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Tigers v Cowboys

Other Round 20 games Dragons v Titans, Bulldogs v Eels, Raiders v Sharks, Storm v Panthers, Cowboys v Knights, Rabbitohs v Warriors, Sea Eagles v Tigers, Broncos v Roosters

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Stand-out performances from full-back Josh Hoffman and winger Antonio Winterstein got the Broncos home. The Titans led 10-6 after enjoying a mountain of possession in the first half, but Winterstein’s second try knocked the stuffing out of the slumping Titans.

Panthers 28 L Coote M Gordon W Graham M Jennings B Tighe tries M Gordon 4 goals

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Parramatta star Jarryd Hayne scored one try and had a hand in four others as the Eels came back from 22-0 down to beat Penrith in a thrilling match. Hot on the heels of his hattrick against the Cowboys, Hayne produced a remarkable solo effort to get his side home.

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Prodigal son Mark Gasnier scored the matchwinner as St George-Illawarra powered home to beat South Sydney at ANZ Stadium.

Gasnier was criticised for his return to rugby league after his first match against Penrith, but showed why the Dragons wanted him back as

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The Raiders, inspired by a hat-trick from newly re-signed star Josh Dugan, kept their finals hopes alive with a thumping win at Canberra Stadium. It was a miserable afternoon for the Knights, who could only watch as the Raiders scorched their way to a 40-0 half-time lead.

they try to maximise their chances of winning their first premiership.

On the last tackle, with just nine minutes left, Neville Costigan sparked the winning play out of dummy-half. Costigan dummied and went the blind-side, seeing Jason Nightingale down the right flank before he drew full-back Rhys Wesser and released Gasnier, who dashed 20 metres to cross, sealing his return to league.

Warriors 13 J Ropati M Vatuvei tries J Maloney 2 goals J Maloney field goal

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6 Storm B Slater try C Smith goal

The Warriors went into half-time leading 12-0 after Jerome Ropati crossed, but Melbourne full-back Billy Slater made things interesting in the second half, scoring in the 57th minute on the back of some fancy footwork. But New Zealand’s defence held firm to secure the win.

Sharks 18 J Cordoba N Gardner P Gallen tries L Covell 3 goals

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48 Sea Eagles A Watmough 3 T Williams 2 C Bailey K Foran M Robertson J Lyon tries J Lyon 3 S Rodney 3 goals

Manly re-ignited their finals hopes on the back of a thumping win over the Sharks. The Sea Eagles had the result sewn up by half-time, when they led 36-0. Manly forward Anthony Watmough was the destroyer, scoring three tries as the Sharks’ finals aspirations imploded.

Roosters 36 T Carney 2 J Leilua 2 M Aubusson A Minichiello tries T Carney 6 goals

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32 Bulldogs M Ennis M Hodgson J Morris M Paea L Patten tries B Goodwin 6 goals

In a match marred by a spate of controversial calls, a 75th minute try to second-rower Mitch Aubusson completed a brave comeback from the Roosters, who had been down 30-18 early in the second half after a dubious forward pass call against them led to a Luke Patten try.

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Geelong coach Mark Thompson after one of the club doctors had a heart attack pre-game.

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Crows outlast Cats Crows 11.8.74 T Walker 4 R Henderson 2 R Sloane 2 P Dangerfield K Tippett N van Berlo

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9.9.63 Cats C Mooney 2 M Stokes 2 B Ottens G Ablett S Byrnes P Chapman T Varcoe

Adelaide kicked five goals in a row either side of three-quarter-time to record a stirring upset win over Geelong, who surrendered top spot.

The Crows, meanwhile, closed to within one game of the top eight – an amazing turnaround considering they lost their first six games.

Magpies 15.10.100 B Macaffer 3 L Brown 3 H Shaw 2 D Beams 2 C Dawes D Swan L Ball L Davis S Sidebottom

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6.16.52 Saints J Steven 2 J Geary S Milne J Koschitzke N Riewoldt

The Collingwood bandwagon is sure to gather fresh momentum after the Pies belted St Kilda – who were undone by inaccuracy in front of goal – to move to the top of the ladder. The Magpies were barely challenged and on-baller Dane Swan was best afield with 36 touches.

Bombers 14.16.100 B Stanton 3 S Lonergan 2 T Colyer 2 A Davey A Monfries B Howlett D Zaharakis J Neagle P Ryder S Gumbleton

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20.12.132 Eagles M LeCras 12 A Hams 3 A Embley A Strijk J Kennedy M Priddis N Naitanui

West Coast overcame a sluggish start to post their fourth win of the season, with quicksilver forward Mark LeCras lighting up Etihad Stadium with 12 goals. The Eagles took control with six goals in the third term to consign the listless Bombers to their sixth straight loss.

Blues 10.8.68 S Hampson 2 C Judd C Yarran E Betts H Scotland J Garlett J Waite K Simpson M Murphy

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16.11.107 Swans R Shaw 3 B McGlynn 2 J Moore 2 B Meredith 2 J Bolton 2 J White 2 J McVeigh 2 A Goodes

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7.1.43 Lions J Brown 3 A Buchanan B Fevola B Staker L Power

Even without Lance Franklin, Hawthorn had far too much firepower for a Lions outfit that managed just eight scoring shots for the match.

Hawthorn have now won eight of their past nine matches and the 2008 premiers could well threaten the top four by season’s end.

Bulldogs 12.11.83 J Grant 2 M Boyd 2 A Cooney A Everitt B Johnson C Ward D Giansiracusa N Eagleton R Griffen S Higgins

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7.5.47 Power J Schulz 2 K Cornes 2 B Ebert J Davenport J Westhoff

Port Adelaide held a 16-point lead at the first change but barely fired a shot thereafter. The Bulldogs, led by a dominant midfield, ground their way on top with six goals to one after half-time, running out comfortable winners to remain in the hunt for a top four berth.

Tigers 7.11.53 J Riewoldt 3 A Collins J King L McGuane R Nahas

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15.13.103 Roos L Adams 3 M Campbell 2 L Hansen 2 A Swallow B Harvey B Warren D Pratt G Urquhart M Firrito D Wells T Goldstein

North Melbourne kept their finals hopes alive and ended the Tigers’ four-match winning streak, booting five goals to none in the third term to seize the initiative. Roos midfielder Andrew Swallow was best afield and his side now sits outside the eight on percentage only.

EAGLES It’s been 10 years since a player kicked 12 goals or more in a match – that was Scott Cummings, also for the Eagles, who booted 14 against the Crows. A rare highlight in a grim year for West Coast.

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P 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 16 16 16

W 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 4

L 3 4 4 6 5 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 12

D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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Carlton’s spluttering season took another turn for the worse as they produced a dire display against a Swans side competing for the same spots in the lower reaches of the top eight. The Swans kicked six goals to one in the first term and the Blues never looked like challenging.

Geelong kept ther noses in front during the first half, but the Crows took control late in the third term, seizing the lead at the last change after goals to Nathan van Berlo, Rory Sloane and Taylor Walker.

Walker’s fourth goal early in the final term, and another from Ricky Henderson, put the Crows out by 21 points. The Cats produced a late surge but, for once, came up short.

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bold new plans Australia’s domestic limitedovers competition is set for a facelift. Under proposed changes, matches could be reduced from 50 overs to 40 overs and split across two innings. Sides would have 10 wickets in total, but one batsman would be allowed to bat in both innings.

steyn switches No, he’s not coming to play for England – South African paceman Dale Steyn has left his provincial side, the Titans, with immediate effect, and will henceforth represent Cape Cobras in domestic cricket. Steyn claimed it was a lifestyle choice after moving to the Cape two years ago.

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Australia may face the ‘new Adam Gilchrist’ during this year’s Ashes, according to England coach Andy Flower, who rates Craig Kieswetter alongside the Australian legend. The South Africanborn Kieswetter, 22, has yet to make his Test debut and averages just 26 in ODIs.

ashes sales steady The first roll-out of Ashes tickets has not caused the same stampede as for the 2006-07 series, but more than 60,000 seats have still been sold for the opening Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide at year’s end. Four years ago, systems crashed due to the demand for tickets.

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Australia took a 1-0 lead in their two-Test series against Pakistan, but only after their lesser lights chipped in with with some surprising, but no less crucial, contributions with the bat and ball.

Marcus North, struggling for runs, ran through Pakistan in the second innings, taking 6-55 as Pakistan were bowled out for 289, giving Australia victory by 150 runs. North’s heroics followed Shane Watson’s five-wicket haul in Pakistan’s first innings.

With the bat, Australia only managed to build a matchwinning lead on the back of valuable lower-order runs, with Tasmanian fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus scoring a maiden Test half-century.

Less surprising were two watchful half-centuries from Simon Katich – 80 in the first, 83 in the second – at the top of an Australian order which remains worryingly brittle.

“Katich played beautifully,” skipper Ricky Ponting said after the match. “It was a good

Marcus North celebrates one of his wickets

win. It was tough batting and our tail wagged nicely to give us a good total. We’ve got two guys on the honours board who probably didn’t expect to be there. We had to look at different ways to get wickets and they did a good job.”

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batsmen must improve Despite prevailing against Pakistan, Australia did little to dispel concerns about their flaky batting, losing 8-82 in the first innings and 6-115 in the second. Had it not been for the ninth and tenth wickets yielding 126 runs in the second innings, Pakistan could well have caused a boilover.

Hilfenhaus in doubt for Leeds Australian fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus made a successful return from injury against Pakistan, taking three wickets and scoring a vital halfcentury, but may now miss the second Test after injuring his shoulder in the field.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Hilfenhaus could have bowled in the second innings if needed but admitted he was uncertain about the extent of the paceman’s injury.

“He is a bit sore in his shoulder, they will probably have a look at it tomorrow once it has cooled down and we will know a bit more about it then,” Ponting said.

“We don’t really know the extent of it today and we just hold our fingers crossed that

it is not too bad.”

If Hilfenhaus is rubbed out of the Headingley contest, giant South Australian seamer Peter George is in line to make his debut on a pitch that has traditionally suited seamers.

Should George come into the side, he will be the third new face for Australia in this brief series, after all-rounder Steve Smith and wicket-keeper Tim Paine both impressed at different times during their debuts at Lord’s.

“Paine’s work behind the stumps was very sharp. He had an outstanding debut,” Ponting said. “Smith will just continue to grow with confidence and put more work on the ball. He is just a great kid to have around the side.”

Ben Hilfenhaus

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Cricket South Africa (CSA) is exploring the possibility of utilising more of the country’s football stadiums for cricket.

Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium is scheduled to host a one-off Twenty20 between South Africa and India next January and CSA hope it will establish a precedent.

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GENERAL Mark Webber after winning the British Grand Prix

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Webber clears the air Australian Formula One driver Mark Webber has his sights set on another win this weekend in Germany, and insists there is no rift with Red Bull team-mate Sebastian Vettel.

Webber ruffled feathers after he won the British Grand Prix two weekends ago, chiding team bosses for their perceived

favouritism of Vettel – they gave the German Webber’s front wing ahead of qualifying. ‘’Formula One is a highly charged and fiercely competitive arena where emotions and adrenalin do run high from time to time, like in many sports, and my comment on the radio after the race was an example of Australian

sarcasm at its best, or worst, depending on how you choose to take it,’’ Webber said. ‘’It’s now understood that, should we face this unlikely dilemma again, preference will go to the championship points leader.”

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South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen went into Sunday’s final round of the British Open with a four-stroke lead, and was aiming to become the first man since American Tony Lema in 1964 to win their breakthrough major at St Andrews.

Even before he emerged at this tournament, though, Oosthuizen owed a debt to fellow South African golfer Ernie Els, who mentored Oosthuizen as a teenager. And it was Els’ British Open win at Muirfield in 2002 that inspired Oosthuizen to aim high.

“It was something special,” he said of Els’ triumph in

Scotland. “I hope that happens to me and things like that.”

“That’s why I’m just going o enjoy the moment and go out there and have a lot of fun.”

Oosthuizen, whose only elite tour title came at the Andalucia Open in March and who was ranked 54th in the world, ws hoping to become the fourth South African to win the Open after Bobby Locke (1949, 1950, 1952, 1957), Gary Player (1954, 1968, 1974) and Els. “It means everything to everyone, but the Open at St Andrews is special,” the 27year-old said. “It’s one of those things you dream of.”

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“Without being derogatory at all, I don’t think Jeff is that cunning or intelligent.”

Boxer Paul Briggs on whether his trainer, Jeff Fenech, is using reverse pshychology ahead of his bout against Danny Green.

“Coming to Lord’s, everything is absolutely perfect. Practice facilities are fantastic, the pitch looks perfect, the outfield is perfect, the lunches are perfect, everything is just perfect.” Aussie batsman Mike Hussey on playing at Lord’s. He sounds like he just bounces out of bed every day, doesn’t he?

“I’m not at my normal level, but when you’re in the yellow jersey at the Tour, whether you’re good or not, you have to be there.” Australian cyclist Cadel Evans (below) on his decision to race with a broken elbow.

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NRL boss David Gallop on Melbourne Storm’s salary cap cheating. Full points for putting it mildly.

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D R A BO w is among Australian surfer Taj Burro the title as the the main contenders for in South Africa es m su re ur To ld or W P AS WORDS TOM STURROCK

J Surf’s up: Burrow is happy to be back on tour

effreys Bay, southwest of Port Elizabeth in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, is regarded as one of the best right-hand point breaks in the world.

Once a sleepy fishing town, it now has a thriving tourism industry and, this week, hosts the fourth ASP World Tour event of the year.

Leading the Australian charge is Taj Burrow, who is happy to be back in the water after the tour’s two-month hiatus.

“It’s unreal – it’s a perfect point break,”

Burrow says. “There are some harsh elements – there are lots of sharks and the water’s pretty cold – it means I’ve got to get used to wearing a wetsuit again because I’ve been living it up in Bali.”

STILL HUNGRY Burrow, 32, has been on the tour for more than 12 years and the Western Australian is regarded as one of the most accomplished surfers to have never won a world title.

“I’ve been on the tour for a while, but

THE STANDINGS 21,750 points 18,500 points 18,250 points 15,500 points 15,500 points

THE CHAMPIONS 2009: Mick Fanning (Aus) 2008: Kelly Slater (USA) 2007: Mick Fanning (Aus) 2006: Kelly Slater (USA) 2005: Kelly Slater (USA) 2004: Andy Irons (USA) 2003: Andy Irons (USA) 2002: Andy Irons (USA) 2001: CJ Hobgood (USA) 2000: Sunny Garcia (USA) The man to beat: ninetime champ Kelly Slater

I’m still surfing “ as much as ever.

I still love it ”

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the years fly by – I still feel pretty new to it,” he says. ”I guess I’m always keeping an eye on some of the young guys just coming on to the tour, but I’m still surfing as much as ever. I still love it.”

Burrow’s pursuit of a world title no longer consumes him, and a more relaxed attitude has already paid dividends; Burrow won the tour’s opening event on the Gold Coast in March and currently sits third in the standings.

“There was a while where I was putting crazy amounts of pressure on myself to win a world title, and it was driving me mad,” he says. ”But now, I’m just having fun and doing whatever.”

CHASING SLATER The bad news for Burrow’s chances – and for the rest of the contenders – is that nine-time champion Kelly Slater appears to be determined to add a 10th title after finishing a disappointing sixth last year.

“I’d like to know how he does it – he’s a freak,” Burrow says. ”He’s still fit and flexible – I don’t know how he stays motivated. He’s had a good start to the year and I guess it means it’s going to be a good chase for the title.

“When you’re up against Kelly, you have to produce your absolute best – everyone will be going pretty crazy

to try to win. Some of the young guys haven’t learned the game yet, but Kelly knows exactly what he needs to do.”

But Burrow is steeled by the self-belief gained from his early-season win on the Gold Coast. “I’ve built some good confidence,” he says, “I’m still using the same board I won at the Gold Coast on, so I’m good to go.”

LIFE ON TOUR To the outsider, few sports project a more idyllic image than professional surfing – travel the world, great beaches, beautiful women – and Burrow is not inclined to shatter any illusions.

“The reality is 100 per cent what you think,” he says. “It’s awesome. The travel can be a bit tough, you’re on the road a lot – but the positives outweigh the negatives.

“There are always great parties – a lot of the competitions we go to, they’re the biggest thing in the town that year, so we’re surrounded by people who are pretty keen to show us a good time and a few of us have definitely been known to get amongst it.”

One misconception Burrow is happy to dispel, however, is that surfers are all so chilled out that their competitive instincts are somehow dulled.

“The competition is really intense – when you’re in the water, you just want to rip each other’s throats out,” he says. “But when you hit the beach afterwards, we’re all good friends, which is a bit surprising, when you consider what’s at stake.”

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According to research carried out by ReThink Recruitment, the region is “bouncing back strongly from the recession”.

“London has a high concentration of financial services firms, which are heavy users of IT skills. Many

of them responded to the downturn by cutting their IT departments to the bone,” ReThink Recruitment director Michael Bennett says.

“As businesses levels have picked up, many have found themselves understaffed and have had to replace a lot of the skills that were shed.”

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he crackdown on immigration from countries outside the EU has continued under the UK’s new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government, and it’s not good news for Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans.

THE CHANGES Under changes announced last month, from July 19 fewer visas will be issued to skilled workers coming from outside the EU. This encompasses the highly skilled migrant category (the Tier 1 general visa), and sponsorship by an employer (Tier 2).

The UK home secretary, Theresa May, says migration will be scaled back to the levels of the 1990s – to tens of thousands rather than hundreds of thousands – with a limit on migrants from outside Europe just one of the ways the Government intends to achieve this.

“It is necessary to attract the world’s very best talent to come to the UK to drive strong economic growth,” May says.

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Although there has been a reduction on the numbers of Tier 1 and Tier 2 visas, other visa categories are unaffected by the Government’s changes.

Neither the Tier 5 Youth Mobility Scheme (working holidaymaker) category nor ancestry visa category have been mentioned by the Government in their immigration crackdown. 1st Contact’s Robyn Cory says she did not expect any changes to these categories.

Meanwhile, changes to the process for gaining British citizenship proposed by the previous government – which included extending the qualifying period by two years – are still a possibility, but have yet to be introduced.

The Tier 4 (student) category is as yet unaffected, however, the Government says that this category will be the next to be examined.

BUT GET IN QUICK The UK Government has made it plain that curbing migration to Britain is a priority. This means it is not going to get any easier, or cheaper, to obtain the right to live and work in the UK. “Laws are consistently changing,” Cory says. “If you qualify for a particular visa category, or for citizenship, apply as soon as you can.”

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Small mercy for footy fans nglish football fans still reeling from the World Cup debacle can take comfort in the news that the cost of being a fan has reached a two-year low.

In a bid to keep fans on side, ticket prices across all divisions have been reduced, as have the cost of replica shirts,

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a hefty £84.89, taking into account a ticket, shirt, beer, programme and travel, though this has fallen from £106.21 since October 2008.

Virgin Money’s Grant Bather says: “Inflation in the economy as a whole is heading up but costs are going down in football.”

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A new law that caps EU phone roaming charges at £50 for downloading is now in force.

The ruling prevents “bill shocks” accrued abroad. Operators must warn when users near their limit, after which surfing the web will no longer be allowed. Travellers outside of the EU will not be affected.

An eBay seller caught bumping up bids with a second account was slapped with a £5000 fine and ordered to carry out 250 hours of community service.

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Steal some savings – but not too often!

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According to mythology, the Rath Yatra dates back 5000 years when Hindu god Lord Jagannath along with his older brother Balaram and sister

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he day hadn’t got off to the best start.

At the first junction I’d taken a wrong turn, leading us on a scenic tour of a sewage plant, and then my sister fell into a hedge. To say that we weren’t expert cyclists would be an understatement, but this was hardly the Tour de France – just a day trip around the English countryside.

And anyway, the cycling was a means to an end – the end being a trio of cider mills scattered around Herefordshire.

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Take in the English countryside while you cycle

Although Scotland is better known for whisky, there are distilleries in England too. Take a tour of Norfolk’s English Whisky Company and sample their whiskies and liqueurs for a bargain £5.

See englishwhisky.co.uk.

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At the core : Westons Cider Mill

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visitor to England wants to photograph.

Black and white Tudor facades line the roads and the ubiquitous small-town charity shops are interspersed with delis, flower stalls and fine pubs.

The second we left the town centre we were right in the countryside, following car-free lanes and inhaling the typical smells of the English outdoors. Winding and hilly roads took us past fields of rapeseed – a sight that coupled with an uncharacteristically blue sky had me dismounting every five minutes to capture the moment on camera.

But it wasn’t only my snapping that was holding us up – the unexpected hills were also taking their toll, and as the supposedly short morning ride dragged on we were starting to wonder if our navigator (me) had messed up again.

Then apple orchards began to replace the rapeseed fields, reassuring us that we were still on the right route. In fact, only a massive hill stood between us and our goal – Westons Cider Mill.

GOLDEN OLDIE Established in 1880, Westons is among the oldest cider houses in

the region and by far the largest on our route. Westons makes more than 20 types of cider, including fruit-infused versions and a divine perry.

Having sampled a few, I settled on their scrumpy – a cider high in alcohol and low in bubbles. As I sipped it, I fleetingly questioned the wisdom of combining cider and saddle, but pushed the thought aside, finished my potent pint and remounted, suitably charged to face the hill leading from Westons’ gate.

TOP ME UP If Westons was the giant of our tale, then the second cider house of the day, Lyne Down Farm was the princess – a charming cottage framed with flowers. Alas, we never found out if its wares lived up to the exterior as it was closed for the day.

Instead, we headed back to Ledbury to find refreshment at Old Kennels Farm.

This family-run setup sits at the edge of town, so those who don’t fancy cycling can visit on foot. Cider maker Brian Wilce decided it was a fine time to relax and join us as we tasted his dangerously easy-todrink brew. The day might have started as a shambles, but as Brian’s samples turned into generous top-ups, it was looking likely a happy ending was on the cards.

There are more than 100 vineyards across Blighty. For the best of both worlds, visit Three Choirs Vineyards in Gloucestershire. After a tour of the winery, you can visit their microbrewery and sample both wine and beer for £7.50. See three-choirs-vineyards.co.uk.

A SLOE AFTERNOON Take a tour of the Plymouth Gin Distillery and join a tutored tasting of their juniper and sloe gins. End the afternoon with a G&T in the cocktail bar, included in the tour price of £6. See plymouthgin.com.

Nice and sloe: Plymouth Gin Distillery

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO You can cycle the route any time of year, though September is harvest season – the most interesting time to visit a cider mill.

GETTING THERE Trains leave Paddington every hour for Ledbury. There are five National Express buses a day from London to Ledbury. Hire a car at easycar.com/tntmagazine

to receive a 5 per cent discount.

GETTING AROUND See saddleboundcycles.co.uk for bike hire.

GOING OUT A pint of cider costs £2.50.

ACCOMMODATION A dorm bed costs ENGLAND £10 a night. A double Ledbury room in a pub costs LONDON £70-£100.

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See hooknortonbrewery.co.uk.

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TNT Weekender The Lake District ENGLAND

England’s largest national park boasts the country’s tallest mountain and deepest lake. A haven for outdoor enthusiasts, the Lake District is perfect for hikers and cyclists.

HEADLINE ATTRACTION Grab a map and an anorak and get your hiking boots on because the Lake District is a playground for trekkers.

Langdale is home to three of the area’s four loftiest fells: Scafell Pike, England’s tallest peak at 978m, Scafell and Great Gable. The fourth, Helvellyn, is near Ullswater. Or you can walk along part of the 113kmlong Cumbrian Way.

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BEST OF THE REST Keswick is the walking hub of the north while Windermere (the region’s longest lake) is the centre of the action in the south. If you love biking, head to Grizedale Forest to follow an elaborate trail of 90 sculptures. Head south from Windermere to Bowness-onWindermere for an attractive lakeside town that’s a launch point for several cruise and rowing boat companies. At the

northern tip of the lake you’ll find Ambleside, the so-called ‘capital of anoraks’, thanks to its many outdoor gear shops.

Ullswater is the second largest lake in the area, and the supposed inspiration for William Wordsworth’s ‘Daffodils’. It is topped by Pooley Bridge and toed by Glenridding, with Howtown halfway down. Waterfall fans should check out Aira Force.

cake, a block of sugar and peppermint oil, concocted to give hikers energy (for the march to the dentist).

HIDDEN GEMS Hire a car to explore Langdale, Borrowdale, Buttermere and eerily beautiful Wast Water. If you want a challenging drive, make your way to Eskdale, then reward yourself with a soothing ale at the Three Shires in Little Langdale.

CHOW DOWN Top eateries include The Glass House in Ambleside and, for that special occasion, the fabulous Sharrow Bay by Ullswater. If you’re in need of a cosy café, try Lucy’s On A Plate in Ambleside. Pick up local delicacies and organic meats and cheeses at one of the many farmers’ markets held throughout the Lake District.

Don’t leave without trying Cumberland sausages (below), gingerbread, and Kendal mint

A BIT OF HISTORY Romantic poets John Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge all sought inspiration in the Lake District, following in the footsteps of the area’s most famous son, Wordsworth. See his homes at Dove Cottage in Grasmere and Rydal Mount near Ambleside. For fans of Peter Rabbit, there’s Hilltop Farm where Beatrix Potter once lived in Near Sawrey, and a museum in Hawkshead.

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NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO GO The Lake District is the UK’s wettest area but March-June is the driest.

GETTING THERE National Express (nationalexpress.com) connects London with Windermere, Ambleside, Grasmere and Keswick. Virgin Trains (virgintrains.co.uk) leave from London Euston to Oxenholme and Penrith.

Hire a car at easycar.com/ tntmagazine to receive a 5 per cent discount.

GETTING AROUND The Lakes Ranger ticket offers unlimited travel on local rail and bus networks and a cruise on Lake Windermere.

GOING OUT A pint is £2.50.

ACCOMMODATION YHA dorm beds start from £15.95. Hotel rooms start from £30.

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Gothenburg Shop and sightsee your way around the Swedish city without breaking the bank WORDS STEVE VICKERS

Kick-back in one of Gothenburg’s parks

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SHOP ’TIL YOU DROP A walk down Andra Långgatan, Gothenburg’s trendiest street, reveals uber cool junk shops and record stores jostling for space alongside studentfriendly drinking dens.

A rattling tram ride takes you to the city’s sun-drenched main thoroughfare, Kungsportsavenyn, where you’ll find

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here are a few things you should know about Gothenburg. The first is that it’s Sweden’s coolest city, home to effortlessly hip pavement cafés, freethinking artists and craggy windswept islands. The second, which you’ll only believe when you see half-naked locals swimming in the sea, is that it gets pretty warm in the summer.

It’s these mild summer months – and Gothenburg’s prime location on the southwest coast of Sweden, between Copenhagen and Oslo – that attracted traders as far back as the 17th century.

Today, if you know where to look, you can shop, party and sightsee your way through a weekend here without breaking the bank.

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centre, heaving with gravity-defying rides and the smell of cotton candy. If you can stomach Balder, a towering rollercoaster that hits speeds of up to 90km/h, you’ll be rewarded with a million-dollar view of Sweden’s coolest city.

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cheap Swedish clothing outlets, such as H&M, cosying up to top-end department stores. The food here can be expensive, so when you feel the first pangs of hunger, make a beeline for the nearby streets of Kungsgatan, Vallgatan and Magasinsgatan, where you’ll find charismatic coffee shops at the foot of traditional buildings.

South of Kungsportsavenyn is the imposing Gothenburg Museum of Art, housing works by Van Gogh and Picasso.

All of the city’s main collections, including the Natural History Museum – which creaks under the weight of the world’s only stuffed blue whale – are free for under-25-year-olds. RÜda Sten, the city’s best modern art gallery, shows photography and video exhibitions in a defunct redbrick power station by the river.

WHEN TO GO Gothenburg usually has warm summers, but winters can be bitterly cold. Spring and autumn can also be quite chilly.

GETTING THERE Ryanair flies to Gothenburg City Airport, while SAS and BMI fly to Landvetter Airport. Both airports are about 30 minutes from the city centre. Easyjet will begin flying to Refuel at a pavement cafÊ Landvetter from September 6. crowds down to Kungstorget, by the GETTING AROUND Gothenburg canal, where you’ll find locals picnicking. is a sprawling city but has an excellent tram system. The Gothenburg Pass, From here it’s a short walk to the city’s which gives free access to most beautiful free parks, including Botaniska museums, discounts at major Trädgürden, Sweden’s biggest botanical shops, and unlimited garden, and Slottsskogsparken, which rides on public provides a peaceful home for transport, is an unlikely collection of great value. penguins, elk and horses. When VISAS South the sun’s out, it’s the best place Africans need for interacting with Swedish NORWAY a Schengen visa. students, who meet here.

SWEDEN CURRENCY STOCKHOLM OUT OF TOWN Swedish krona.

Gothenburg’s real beauty lies 1 GBP = 11 SEK. Gothenburg outside the city centre and on the LANGUAGE Swedish.

GOING OUT A pint of wonderfully serene islands that make beer costs about 35 krona. up the southern archipelago. You could ACCOMMODATION Hostels cost about easily while away a day on each, eating ÂŁ25 per night, while hotels start at seafood, swimming and sunbathing. about ÂŁ60.

Don’t stay too long, as you’ll need time SEE goteborg.com/en. for Liseberg, a huge theme park in the city

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 The ladder looks infinitely long as it extends beyond the edge of the frame.

2 The queue of people also extends beyond the frame, so it is a mystery for the viewer.

3 The wide angle emphasises the intrusiveness the ladder man brings to the scene.

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camera by all concerned gives a voyeuristic feel, adding to the intrigue.

5 The ’End’ sign creates a slightly ominous air.

HOT TIPS: 1 Use unobtrusive equipment – a small, unflashy camera and no zoom lenses or noisy motor drives.

2 Get among the action. Use a wide angle and shoot from inside the scene.

3 Set the camera to auto and keep the flash turned off.

4 Be comfortable in the setting and with your camera.

Don’t sneak around. The more at ease you are, the more relaxed your subjects will be.

5 Shooting literally from the

hip can get some interesting results, but shoot plenty of frames as it will be very hit and miss. Digital cameras with a flexible monitor come into their own in this situation.

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Visit Bora Bora beach party on Sunday afternoon, and then move on to Ibiza’s top club, Space.

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After just arriving from Australia and settling into London life, I’ve been reading TNT, especially the travel tips section. My mother was born in Latvia and I’m planning a trip there in August to visit her hometown, but I’m not sure of the best way to get there and the places to see on my way. Can you help?

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Continuing this week’s tour of lesser-known European countries, Albania. It’s not big; a little smaller than relative Euro tiddler Belgium, with a population of about 3.5 million.

Occupying a tantalisingly undeveloped stretch of Adriatic and Ionian coast that contains some of Europe’s best unspoilt beaches, it is somewhere to visit sooner rather than later.

It’s surely only a matter of time before the Balkan tourism boom gets here from Croatia and Montenegro.

What to do? Have a day or two in Tirana, then head to Berati, a town with lovely Ottoman-era buildings. In the south there are great beaches around Saranda and fine ancient ruins. Visiting makes for a pleasant four- or five-day stop between Montenegro and Greece.

Safety-wise there’s nothing to worry about unless you’re visiting the areas that border with Kosovo, where the Foreign Office notes that there’s a risk of unexploded mines. Border crossings will be easy – assuming you’re coming from Montenegro – though there may be queues. Public transport is cheap, plentiful and mostly takes the form of smaller minibuses (furgons) or larger buses. Don’t bother with anything else unless you have to.

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The best place to start when you’re planning a visit to anywhere is to get the map out. Look at Latvia, sandwiched between Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south, around half the size of England and with a big bite out of it.

Most travellers visit Riga on its own or see the Latvian capital as part of a two- or threestop tour of Baltic big cities, taking in Tallinn or Vilnius as well. If you venture outside the handsome churches and art nouveau architecture of Riga you’ll find much to enjoy: surf towns such as Pavilosta and Liepaja, the lakeland area of Latgale, and the castles and Soviet bunkers of Gauja National Park.

All of the Baltic States are well connected to the UK by budget flights. You can fly from London to Riga with a few different airlines – Ryanair will be the cheapest and if you go midweek it’ll be around £50. Like everywhere in Europe, Latvia will be busy in August, so the later in the month you can leave it the better.

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Women prioritise travel over falling in love when it comes to unfulfilled life ambitions, according to the results of a survey by travel community Thelmaandlouise.com. Only 10 per cent of women cited falling in love as a life-long dream, while 37 per cent said travel was an ambition.

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Brazil has already launched its tourism campaign on the back of the fact it is hosting the Fifa World Cup in 2014. It hopes to increase visitor numbers to the country by 300 per cent over the next 10 years.

TREKAMERICA LIVE TrekAmerica have introduced an online community platform on which travellers can share their experiences of their tour. After booking with TrekAmerica, customers will be given their own personal URL linked to a profile page, which will show an interactive map of the tour they have booked. Trekkers can invite friends and family to log into their profile and keep track of their progress during their travels. For more information, see trekamericalive.com.

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STAYCATIONS FAVOURED UK residents are rejecting foreign holidays in favour of staycations, according to recent statistics.

The number of trips abroad fell by 15 per cent between 2008 and 2009, figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed.

Holidays to Spain and France fell by 19 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, while long-haul destinations were particularly hard hit with visits to Mexico reduced by 41 per cent due to swine flu. Canada also saw visits fall by 26 per cent and New Zealand had a 30 per cent decrease in tourists.

On the bright side, hoteliers in countries such as Spain have dropped prices in a bid to attract travellers.

Explaining the drop in figures, the ONS

report states: “2009 was a year of economic challenges with the UK economy in recession and sterling exchange rates down versus recent years.”

Meanwhile, VisitEngland has seen a boost in the number of British residents holidaying in the UK. Last year, the UK enjoyed a 17 per cent rise in the number of holidays taken by residents. Edinburgh has capitalised most from the boom, experiencing 133,000 more visitors, while Cambridge saw an extra 18,000 visitors.

Thanks to the weak pound, the UK has also become more attractive to overseas tourists.

Although few countries abroad saw a rise in visits from UK residents, exceptions were Egypt, Jamaica and Lithuania.

See Africa’s wildlife wonder Hailed the ‘seventh wonder of the world’, the migration of 2 million wildebeest, zebras and antelope northwards from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya has always been a wildlife high for safari fans, but this year it’s poised to be a sell-out event.

Most hotels are fully booked for the period, which takes place from late July to October.

Even Kenya’s tourism minister Najib Balala has been unable to find accommodation.

“While accommodation is an issue, anyone thinking of heading overland will still be

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The operator is offering a 30 per cent discount on its game viewing tour prices in August and 20 per cent off tours in September or October.

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Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland August 20-24 An Irish beauty pageant without the swimsuits. Don’t yawn, these lasses have to live up to the lyrics of an old Irish love song about a legendary beauty called Mary. It’s nice!

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WHEN: August 26.

WHY: It’s not known how the festival began but our favourite theory is that pissed-off locals attacked councillors with tomatoes during a town celebration.

DO IT BECAUSE: It’s the food fight you always dreamed of when you were eating your school lunch. But better. And redder! Who says you shouldn’t play with your food?

HOW MUCH: Free.

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Scott Pringle, from Auckland, New Zealand Where’s the coolest place you’ve been to?

Costa Rica, for the culture and the surf.

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Cornwall, for the waves and the scenery.

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Antony Caraffa from Sydney, Australia, at Lissos, Crete

I was handed a joint at a street party in Rio. I can’t remember the rest of the night and when I woke I was half paralysed for hours. The girl who took me home said I was doing some weird shit!

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ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS WHAT: Forget Amsterdam, Rotterdam is Holland’s clubbing capital thanks to its abundance of hip nightspots and the fact it has the country’s youngest population. Check out BUMB (Bar Underground Music Bunker), a former tunnel underneath the city; and Club Rotterdam, a cocktail bar and restaurant. Techno and electro is the music of choice here.

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BERLIN, GERMANY WHAT: The city’s coolest clubs can be found in East Berlin in former warehouses and historic buildings. The German capital is particularly renowned for its techno music scene, but it is possible to find clubs playing a variety of genres, including house, drum ’n’ bass, Latin and trance.

Berlin’s famous free techno music fest, the Love Parade, takes place on July 24.

SEE: visitberlin.de.

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MANCHESTER, UK WHAT: From edgy warehouse clubs to secret jazz venues, Manchester is the place to party. If you want to dance all night among an upfor-it crowd, head to Area 51.

Alternatively, the three-floored Fac 251 The Factory hosts live bands and DJ sessions.

SEE: visitmanchester.com.

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IBIZA, SPAIN WHAT: Space Ibiza is routinely referred to as the best club in the world by those in the know. Sited in the middle of a distinctly unglamorous car park, revellers flock to it in the summer. Expect superstar DJs, such as Carl Cox, Sasha and John Digweed.

SEE: visitibiza.com.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL WHAT: Dance to Brazilian funk and bear witness to some of the sexiest moves you’ve ever seen at Sunday night’s Favela Funk Party at club Castello Das Pedras in Zona Oeste. It’s a bit of a sweat pit of gyrating bodies, but that is, after all, part of the fun.

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The best part of my job is … the variety. I work with all the different marketing channels, including SEO, PR and social media, to help develop the Skyscanner brand in Scandinavia. In the UK, most savvy travellers are already aware of the benefits of using Skyscanner to search for the cheapest or most suitable flights, but I still have some way to go to raise the profile of the business in Scandinavia.

My most challenging travel experience was … flying back from San Francisco with my fiancé when we both had the flu. Of course, being a man, he was much sicker than me!

My most memorable travel experience was … when I visited Bruges in Belgium. I didn't have any expectations, but it turned out to be one of the prettiest cities I've ever seen.

The next trip on my travel wishlist is … a visit to the Maldives.

I always pack … my toilet bag and hairbrush.

My guilty travel pleasure is … spending hours researching and planning where to go. Good food, wine, shopping and a bit of culture are all very important components when choosing where to travel.

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WILD AT HEART

Discover why an overlanding trip through Africa is an intrepid traveller’s must-do WORDS DANIEL LANDON

BIG TRIP Overlanding AFRICA

We get within “ 5m from a pair of elephants ” – the uniqueness of the situation is lost on no one. You certainly don’t get this type of situation at a campsite back home, nor at one of the many five-star lodges in the African bush where the nearest wildlife is a creepy-crawly in the heated pool.

There are plenty of ways to explore Africa, but unless you’re cashed-up or super intrepid and take your chances on public buses, an organised overland trip is by far the best. In essence, a dozen to 30 folk are driven around in a big truck (don’t let your driver hear you call it a bus), camping at sites ranging from those with hot water and flushing toilets to limited facilities in the middle of the bush, while each night everyone takes turns to cook, wash up and clean the truck.

So whether it’s wildlife, scenery, the camaraderie of sharing Africa’s highlights with a group of similar travellers or just the rewards of helping out in a DIY adventure, an overland trip is a must-do.

THE WILDLIFE Spotting wildlife is the feature of most overlanding tours. It’s ironic that perhaps one of the most talked about animals on

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he impromptu Australians v rest of the world soccer match – played on an unforgiving campsite pitch populated by huge piles of animal poo – is delicately poised at four-all. After a long, hot but fascinating drive through the Serengeti National Park to a campsite overlooking the famed Ngorongoro Crater, both teams are blowing off some steam as they chase the winning goal.

But the game is interrupted by a pair of elephants stomping their way out of the bush to munch on some leaves just behind the nearby toilet block. As much as the Aussies want the winning goal, nothing is going to compare to getting up close and personal to an elephant.

As the 18 or so members of the overlanding trip stand in awe at being able to get within 5m (probably too close for comfort) from a pair of the world’s biggest land-based animals

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Get up close to the wildlife

Take in the African landscape

TOP OVERLANDING ROUTES IN AFRICA Kenya and Tanzania: Explore the heartland of the famous Masai tribes, and go wildlife spotting at Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, and Masai Mara Nature Reserve.

Victoria Falls to Cape Town: One of the most popular safari routes in Africa, and with good reason. See the mighty Vic Falls, the Kalahari bushmen, and the lush waterways of the Okavango Delta.

West Africa: Take the road less travelled.

Visit Timbuktu and discover the musical culture of Mali.

Rwanda and Uganda: Marvel at gorillas in their natural habitat in the jungle of Rwanda and playful chimps in the forests of Uganda.

an overlanding trip – along with Africa’s big five (lion, leopard, rhino, buffalo and elephant) – is the warthog. The moroniclooking animal’s local nickname is ‘pumba’, used in the Lion King movie, which is Swahili for stupid. But given how enchanting it is to see a pair of pumbas maraud the scrub and then trot within 2m of a paranoid lioness ready to pounce at the intruders coming near her two cubs (which are, by the way, the cutest baby animals ever), it’s not only the famed big five that are worth watching.

That said, the big five are pretty damn cool. One evening around the campfire, a dozen or so dark, cow-sized shapes appear 50m away. In the pitch black, we

It’s not only the “ big five that are worth watching ”

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THE SCENERY Africa is home to the world’s largest areas of savannah – the name for the endless grassland plains dotted with umbrellalike acacia trees. Even when there’s no wildlife about, bouncing along the dirt tracks through this landscape is thrilling.

Not only is it beautiful in its own right,

it’s the landscape that the first direct ancestors of humans lived. It was at the Oldupai Gorge, just outside the Serengeti National Park, that fossils and tools of the earliest members of the Homo species were found, giving the area its name as the ‘Cradle of Mankind’.

THE LOCALS Whether it’s chatting to a guy serving bottles of Kilimanjaro brand beer behind a chilled-out lakeside bar, or bantering with a couple of kids in traditional dress, interacting with the locals is one of the best parts of an overland trip. By contrast, if you’re ensconced in a fancy safari lodge, the only locals you’ll probably meet will be the ones cleaning your room.

One of the most enduring memories for those on my trip is spending a night (sleeping three in a bed in a tiny hut) at a traditional Masai village. While it isn’t the most comfortable night’s rest, it is one heck of an authentic experience.

But perhaps my favourite memory is

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can make out a herd of buffalo, grazing contentedly and adding more piles of poo to our makeshift football pitch. This would be fine, if only buffalo weren’t notorious for being bloody dangerous. Get between one and its calf and you’ll likely end up gored and/or trampled. But luckily, they just munch away as we tourists stare – half in fear and half in wonder.

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Even when “ there’s no wildlife, it’s thrilling ” listening to our guide, Julius, tell tales about his life as a member of the Samburu Masai tribe. For most Westerners, entering adulthood means necking a bottle of bourbon at an 18th birthday party. For Julius, it meant performing the ritual of going into the bush to hunt and then kill a lion – with a spear.

THE TRAVELLERS While none of those on the tour can boast of anything remotely similar to killing a lion, there is a certain virtuousness that comes from everyone pitching in to make the trip work.

The duties aren’t onerous – it’s not much more than putting up and taking down your tent each day, helping to prepare

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JULIUS RAITA LETEELE, INTREPID GUIDE Your top tip for overlanders? Be open minded. This is Africa and life is basic; don’t carry too much luggage.

Why do people enjoy trips where they help with cooking and cleaning?

Camping is cheaper, it’s fun and it’s different.

Travellers who interact have more cohesion, and can experience the real life of Africa.

Do people get worried about coming close to the wildlife?

I always give them courage. Obey the rules and it becomes an adventure.

dinner (under the direction of the cook), washing your dishes and being on an evening cleaning roster. But helping out brings those on the overland trip closer together – and undoubtedly makes all the highs of amazing scenery and wildlife that bit more special.

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WHEN TO GO Travelling in the wet season is possible (March-April and November-December in the Serengeti) but dryer periods are easier.

GETTING THERE You can fly direct to Nairobi from London.

GETTING AROUND An organised tour with a reputable company is the best bet. It’s difficult to go overlanding yourself, and there are plenty of dubious local outfits.

VISAS These vary depending on the country. Check before leaving for Africa.

CURRENCY US dollars can be easily exchanged into local currency, or used to pay for many goods and services.

GOING OUT A beer is 80p in Nairobi.

ACCOMMODATION Campsites in Nairobi cost from £6 a night, while hotels cost from £100.

ESSENTIALS Pack a headtorch, and a zoom (at least 200mm) if you want decent photos of wildlife. Take precautions for malaria and get inoculated before you go.

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