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calls to put fare rises into reverse COMMUTERS will have to pay more to travel on public transport next year after the National Transport Authority (NTA) granted new price increases.

From New Year’s Day, cash users on Dublin Bus will have to pay an additional 15c to travel between one and three stages.

A full trip of more than 13 stops will cost €3.30 – up 25c.

Bus Leap Card holders will fare rather better than those paying with coins in 2015, with price rises less pronounced for the prepaid card – only rising between 5-10c.

Meanwhile, children over the age of seven will have their Leap Card prices cut by 5c.

The eight adult bus fare types for cash and Leap payments will also be reduced to four.

This is to remove ‘some of the confusion that currently exists around anomalous and illogical fares and pricing’, the NTA said.

Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Irish Rail and Luas fare increases on monthly and annual tickets will kick in from Saturday – with cash fare rises from December 1.

by luke holohan The difference in price rises from cash to card is meant to encourage greater use of the Leap Card. For Luas passengers, cash tickets will rise by 10c during off-peak hours.

On average, Irish Rail short-hop journeys will increase in cost by 8 per cent, while regional bus services look set to climb by up to 9 per cent.

While fuel prices have fallen, State funding to the transport companies has been cut, and wage deals will shortly expire.

Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone expressed concern the Dublin Bus increase, just ten months after the last one, would hit low-income workers and young unemployed people on schemes such as JobBridge.

Sinn Féin Dublin city councillor Janice Boylan called for the ‘deplorable’ increases to be turned into reductions, saying: ‘This increase will be another in a long line of increases that has seen prices increase by 40 per cent since 2012.’

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Over the rainbow

AIR pAssengeR Melissa Rensen thought she had merely taken a picture of a beautiful cloud formation from the plane window. so the 51-year-old Canadian was astonished when she saw the colours in her photo later. she said: ‘Having not seen the rainbow with my naked eye, when

I saw it in the shot I was stunned. At first I thought it was caused by the polarised plane window or jet fuel vapour. I’d never experienced anything like it and I doubt I ever will again.’

The shot was taken over the Caribbean as Ms Rensen, from London, Ontario, flew to Honduras.

Having lovers cuts prostate cancer risk

MEN with numerous lovers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer – because they have more sex, scientists say.

Lotharios with more than 20 partners have a 28 per cent reduced risk compared with men who have had only one sexual partner in their lifetime, it has been claimed.

But it is the amount of sex that they have rather than the number of partners that cuts the cancer risk.

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Lead researcher Prof MarieElise Parent, from the University of Montreal, said: ‘it is quite possible that having many female sexual partners results in a higher frequency of ejaculations, whose protective effect against prostate cancer has been previously observed in cohort studies.’

Men who are virgins are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed

with prostate cancer as those who are sexually experienced, it was claimed.

One theory is that large numbers of ejaculations may reduce the concentration of cancer-causing substances in prostatic fluid, a constituent of semen.

But the same is not true for gay men – where having more than 20 male partners doubles the risk of prostate cancer. the danger of a less aggressive cancer type also rises five-fold,

possibly to do with greater exposure to sexually transmitted infections or the type of sexual activity, said Prof Parent. however, she admitted that the explanations were ‘highly speculative’.

She said: ‘Other measures related to sexual activity that could be addressed in future investigations include condom use, masturbation practices, and types of intercourse that occur with each partner.’

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Historic victory in transgender case A TRAnSgenDeR woman who fought a 21-year battle to have her identity formally recognised has ended her case after a commitment from the government to change the law.

Dentist Dr Lydia Foy has effectively succeeded in the landmark attempt to have her birth certificate changed with gender recognition legislation expected next year.

The high court heard the case was being removed from the list following a commitment from the government

by ED CARTy that the new law would be enacted ‘as soon as possible’.

Rights group the Free Legal Advice centre (Flac) senior solicitor Michael Farrell said: ‘This was a welcome, if overdue, conclusion to 17 years of litigation by Dr Foy just to get herself recognised in the gender she has lived in every day for the last 24 years.’

‘There’s no point in legislating in the past’ The decision is also a major step forward for the transgender community, who have been waiting for legal recognition for many years.

Dr Foy was said to be very pleased with the assurances from the government. She launched a fresh legal challenge for a new birth certificate recognising her female gender in February last year.

Battle: Dr Lydia Foy Ly fought a 21-year legal battle to have her new gender recognised Picture: Pa

Five years earlier, she won a high court case which found the State had violated her rights under the european convention on human Rights but no new laws were introduced in the meantime despite the State dropping a planned appeal.

Dr Foy first applied for a new birth certificate in 1993, and in 1997 she first began legal proceedings to secure recognition of her acquired gender.

The Department of Social Protection gave assurances last year that it was working on developing the first stage of legislation for gender recognition.

The gender Recognition Bill is expected to be published by the end of the year.

Broden giambrone, director of the Transgender equality network ireland (Teni), said: ‘The transgender community and Lydia Foy have been waiting a long time for this.

‘But it’s also an opportunity for us to focus on the quality and content of the legislation. ‘it’s positive in a lot of ways. it includes provisions for 16 and 17-year-olds but there are still restrictive criteria. There’s no point in legislating in the past.’

Teni called for the legislation to include the statutory right to self determination rather than being subject to a medical diagnosis.

Skate to the top Johnny Hicks performs a tailwhip at Rom Skatepark in Essex, England, which dates back to the 1970s. It is the first skatepark in Europe to become a protected heritage site Picture: Pa

Fire building Abortion group recreates is searched 1971 Contraceptive Train

DUBLIN fire crews carried carrying out an extensive search of the old tax office on Chancery Street after a blaze broke out yesterday morning.

Firefighters were searching the building after reports that there may have been children hiding inside when the building caught fire.

It is believed that three fires had broken out, likely caused by vandalism.

PRO-chOice activists took the train from Dublin to Belfast yesterday recreating the contraceptive train from 1971 in a bid to highlight the abortion ban in ireland and the ‘need for repeal of the 8th Amendment’. instead of contraception, this time they brought back what they described as ‘safe, non-surgical abortion pills denied to women in the irish State’.

Some 30 women made the journey, as well as pro-choice

TDs Ruth coppinger, Paul Murphy, Joe higgins and Richard Boyd Barrett. On their return to the capital some of the women symbolically swallowed the pills at a rally. The action took place two years after the death of Savita halappanavar.

Sinéad Kennedy of Action for choice said: ‘This action is about highlighting how organisations like Women on Web can provide women living in ireland with access to safe abortion.’

Savers risk 54% need thanks from the pension woe boss ‘to feel appreciated’ IRISH savers are in for a nasty

surprise as only a fraction are putting away enough to cover retirement. A new study shows that, on average, Irish people are setting aside as little as €137 per month for their pension.

According to insurer Standard Life – which carried out the survey – most expect to have a pension of €40,000 a year. But most only save enough for an income of about €6,000.

WE feel underappreciated at our jobs because our bosses have no idea what exactly we do all day, a survey has revealed.

The research showed a disparity between what bosses believe employees do and what employees themselves think. And over half of us feel under-thanked as a result. The survey by recruitment site Monster highlighted outdated gender stereotypes and preconceptions of what roles entail as the reason for that disconnect.

The Pitman Training Group launched a new My Career Selfie app this month, intended to help encourage confidence in the workplace and challenge these and other preconceptions.

In the research, 54 per cent said that lack of thanks made them feel under-appreciated whilst 41 per cent also felt it demotivating, making them less likely to give 100 per cent effort in their role.

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Recession children fall into poverty THE economic downturn has cost Irish families with children the equivalent of ten years in income progress, according to a new Unicef report.

In the organisation’s latest impact study on children during the recession, Ireland ranks 37th out of 41 EU and OECD countries in terms of child poverty improvement.

Between 2008 and 2012, the country’s child poverty rate increased from 18 per cent to 28.6 per cent — which represents about 130,000 children who fell below the poverty line. According to the figures, the situation was only worse in Croatia, Latvia, Greece and Iceland.

The study also tracks the proportion of 15- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training. It shows the number in this demographic in-

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‘Irish asylum system hurts rape victims’

by LukE HOLOHAn creased by one point to 16.1 per cent.

Comparatively, poverty among older people has increased by 2.5 per cent during that same period. It suggests safeguards for older people have been more effective than those put in place to support younger people.

Executive director of Unicef Ireland, Peter Power said: ‘Countries should place the well-being of children at the top of their priorities during economic recessions. Not only is this a moral obligation, but it is in the long term self-interest of societies.

Children living in poverty are more likely to become impoverished adults and have poor children, creating and sustaining intergenerational cycles of poverty.’

‘Poor youngsters are likely to stay poor’

Flush of inspiration

Inspired by Edvard Munch, Dublin artist Frank O’Dea turned his toilet into A Scream At Austerity to reflect the looming water charges

The GovernmenT has been criticised for undermining support to asylum seekers and refugees suffering sexual violence.

The rape Crisis network Ireland (rCnI) has called for the reform of the direct provision system, saying the rules under which refugees have to live have helped make ‘vulnerable people more vulnerable’.

In its report, the rCnI outlines the experiences of sexual violence suffered by asylum seekers. Among its findings are that survivors’ access to support has been ‘eroded’ by cuts since 2008 and that the State is ‘harming survivors’ due to changes in welfare payments.

‘Unfortunately, Ireland has not been a haven for many survivors of sexual violence seeking asylum,’ said Anne Scully, rCnI chair.

‘Instead, many of the provisions we have in place under which this population lives increase distress and vulnerability for survivors.’

The report identifies the direct provision system and living conditions as both ‘exacerbating survivors’ trauma and creating vulnerability to additional sexual violence’. The rCnI added about 52 per cent had experienced ‘abuse by multiple abusers’ – more than 40 per cent the national average.

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CLIFFS OF MO’HAIR: The iconic Cliffs of Moher are lit up with the world’s biggest moustache ahead of this year’s Movember campaign which encourages men to cultivate their facial hair to raise money for men’s health charities. See movember.com Picture: david olsthoom

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Beards add ten years to man’s age THEIR other halves probably told them the same thing months ago, but research shows that celebs with beards are putting years on themselves.

Stubble adds about three years to a man’s age, with a beard ageing him by up to ten, a poll found.

A panel of 300 people was shown photos of celebrities who constantly change their facial hair by the Crown Clinic in

by nicOLE LE MARiE Manchester. They were asked to guess how old the stars looked with and without facial hair, goatees and stubble.

Ireland deputy manager Roy Keane, 43, was judged to look 50. Clean-shaven, he was perceived as being 40. With Movember kicking off next week, men are advised to take care of the face hair.

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Growing concern for drivers BEARDS might age blokes, but a group of men are growing theirs not for style, but to help out a pal.

Dublin Bus drivers from the Ringsend Bus Garage are taking part in a campaign to ‘Grow Hair For Hilary’, an

inspector ‘with many years on the job’ and a breast cancer battler.

The hirsute drivers are growing bushy beards, moustaches, and ‘even hair back on their bald heads,’ said an optimistic spokesman.

The last push is on now

for the moustachioed colleagues to make their €10,000 target, with the money handed over at the end of this week to Breast Cancer Ireland.

Find out more and check out the guys’ progress on Twitter at #growhairforhilary.

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David Beckham Ex-midfielder heads for middle age: Cleanshaven Beckham was judged to be 35 years old. With a beard, he was thought to be 40.

The star’s real age is 39.

Christian Bale Shaving’s such a Hustle: The actor, 40, has changed his looks for many film roles but that American Hustle beard was grown to play a much older man.

Chris Hemsworth Sight for Thor eyes: The rugged Australian shaved it off to be James Hunt in Rush and the 31-year-old ages fast when he lets the stubble grow.

George Clooney Keep it clean: He shaved it off for his wedding and no wonder. Clooney, 53, was judged to look 48 after getting the shaving kit out.

Hugh Jackman Wolverine to Zebedee: Goatees are said to add at least four years to a face and moustaches only age you one way.

Jackman is 46 without.

What about below?

Johnny Depp Willy Wonka to Fear and Loathing: He’s pretty good for 51 but the moustache and chin-fluff combo needs some scissor hands taken to it.

Robert Pattinson Less vampire, more werewolf: Robert Pattinson looks his age with a beard (that’s 28). But without, he looks just 25 years old, the panel decided.

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Ben Affleck Poker Face: He’s sharp with cards and only 42, but with even the best Will in the world, the beard ages him. Some fans might say it’s pure afflecktation.

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e once boasted about hav- them,’ the 39-year-old said. And after ing sex with a fella in a climbing the Hollywood ranks to go pub loo but now Russell from presenter to actor, Brand now Brand insists his ‘traditional reckons being a star isn’t all that. moral code’ prevents ‘When you’re at a Vanity Fair him from being the bisexual he party in Hollywood seeing the yearns to be. likes of Tom Hanks and George clooney in tuxedos hemmed The celebrity bed-hopper cleared up rumours about his in, it’s like being in a sexuality as the reformed sexpaddock of famous people,’ the Rock of Ages actor told addict also revealed he’s taken a breather after his split Absolute Radio. from Jemima Khan, 40, last ‘I once was in a room month. ‘I wish I was and there was Leonardo Dicaprio, Jack bisexual. That’s one of nicholson, all these the things about me where I’ve got a very people in one room traditional moral code. and it just made you I’m tedious with my realise, hold on a heterosexuality. minute, fame is a ‘I’m single. Well, load of old nonyou’ve got to go into sense. Look at it. relationships with the It’s like everyone’s right attitude. All just here, paddocked Bored: Russell relationships, I’m alup, all daft.’

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TAYLOR SWIFT has upset New Yorkers after she was appointed to be the city’s official global welcome ambassador.

The singer, 24, appeared on Good Morning America on Monday to brag about her prestigious new title.

But the fact she has lived in the Big Apple for less than a year and comes from Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, has left a sour taste in some mouths.

‘I’m incensed! It’s insulting. She doesn’t have any life experience here,’ moaned singer Dee Snider.

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MiLA KuniS showed off an impressive post-baby body on an outing with fiancé Ashton Kutcher and their new baby Wyatt isabelle. The 31-year-old actress was on a night out with her beau and friends at The Gadarene Swine restaurant in LA. ‘Mila and Ashton came and thanked the chef. They were really nice,’ said staff.

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SHE MAY be a Hollywood star but Jennifer Lawrence is still a daddy’s girl as she turned to her pa for comfort following her split from Chris Martin.

The 24-year-old was joined by her father Gary as they headed out to dinner in Los Angeles on Monday after her three-month romance with the Coldplay frontman collapsed.

Despite claims that Lawrence called time on the relationship, the actress failed to crack a smile.

However, earlier in the day, she looked less glum as she flashed a smile on a solo outing in Malibu.

Apparently it was Martin’s close relationship with estranged wife Gwyneth Paltrow, 42, that drove JLaw away. ‘Jen got tired of watching Chris play happy families with Gwyn and was annoyed he was trying to keep her hidden away,’ a source said.

The divorcing pair, who have two children, ‘consciously uncoupled’ in March after ten years of marriage.

They had dinner together in LA last week with Paltrow stroking 37-year- old Martin’s face as they parted company.

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MEANWHILE, Gwyneth Paltrow was worlds away from the drama surrounding her ex as she took to the skies to launch British Airways’ A380 aircraft.

She flew to Singapore, her ‘dream destination’, for a photo shoot at the Marina Bay Sands hotel.

The actress, who wore a gown by British designer Safiyaa and sky-high heels by Jimmy Choo, said: ‘It was a great opportunity, both fun and truly unique.’

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‘Missing’ Kim World was having cyst removed

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by METRO HERALD sTAff South Korea’S spy agency says it has solved the mystery of North Korean leader Kim Jong un’s six-week public absence, which set off a frenzy of wild speculation around the world. the National Intelligence Service told legislators that a foreign doctor operated on Mr Kim in September or october to remove a cyst from his right ankle, according to Park Byeong-seok, an aide for opposition politician Shin Kyung-min. the aide said the spy agency also told legislators in a closed-door briefing that the cyst could recur because of Mr Kim’s obesity, smoking and heavy public schedule. after last being seen in state media on September 3, Mr Kim reappeared on october 14 hobbling with a cane, but smiling and looking thinner. the speculation during his absence was particularly intense because of the Kim family’s importance to impover-

Leader: Kim Jong Un was absent for six weeks sparking a frenzy of theories as to his location picture: pa

ished, nuclear-armed North Korea. the family has ruled the country since its founding in 1948.

It was not clear how the information was obtained by the spy agency, which has a spotty track record of analysing developments in North Korea. the agency also said North Korea has expanded five of its political prisoner camps, including the Yodok camp, which was relocated to the north-west city of Kilchu, according to political aide Lim Dae-seong. the spy agency believes the camps hold about 100,000 prisoners, Mr Lim said.

sOuTH KOREA: A body has been recovered from the Sewol ferry, six months after it sank.

The remains, found in a women’s lavatory, are being DNA tested.

The find is the first in three months and increases the death toll to 295, with nine still missing. Most of the victims were teenagers on a school trip.

This week, relatives rejected a plan to lift the vessel, fearing the bodies would be swept away. Prosecutors want the captain to face the death penalty.

cult leader Ratzon jailed for 30 years IsRAEL: Polygamous cult leader Goel Ratzon was yesterday jailed for 30 years. The 64-year-old was found guilty of a series of sex crimes – including rape and indecent assault – against his wives and daughters as part of what prosecutors in Tel Aviv described as a mind-boggling saga of dominance and delusions of deity. Ratzon, who believed he was the saviour of the world, had insisted that the women lived with him of their own accord.

AMERIcA: The legs of a camel, sheep and Rockettes dancers are pictured outside Radio City Music Hall in New York. The ‘living nativity’ has been part of its Christmas spectacular since 1933 picture: ap

new mayor ends drugs chapter cAnADA: A moderate conservative has beaten the brother of disgraced ex-mayor Rob Ford to win the city’s top post. John Tory took 40 per cent of the vote – ahead of Doug Ford (pictured) with 34 per cent. The defeat of the 49-year-old spells the end of the Ford era after his brother, 45, was exposed as a crack cocaine user during his four-year term.

and finally... gERMAny: A girl of six caused €4,500 worth of damage after taking her parents’ car for a spin with a pal – to buy sweets. Uta Wagner smashed the family Volvo into a parked car in Brandenburg in the north-east. Uta and her friend, seven-year-old Leah, were unhurt.

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KEBABS. They’ve become as much a part of Irish life as drinking the beer that makes queuing for one seem like such a great idea.

But in France – home of haute cuisine – the increasingly common sight of the middleeastern snack spinning on a spit is dividing opinion.

The Front National – which won most votes in May’s European elections – says the rise of kebab houses shows the country is being ‘Islamised’ by its five million Muslims.

After four outlets opened last month in Loire valley tourist spot Blois, the party claimed: ‘The historical centre of Blois, the jewel of French history, is turning into an oriental city.’

Paris kebab shop owner Damien Schmitz said criticising the food was a way to ‘speak ill of Muslims without speaking ill of Muslims’.

But cash-strapped young French people are happy to say ‘donnez-moi un doner’, with 300million kebabs served each year in 10,200 outlets.

There is even a brand of kebab-flavour chips, advertised

Spit split: Kebabs divide opinion

by Paris St-Germain footballer Yohan Cabaye, formerly of Newcastle United.

Kebab chain owner Ilhan Arslan said critics should learn to love the food, which arrived from Turkey in the 1990s and is

now often served in a Frenchified fashion with crusty bread.

‘Immigrants bring a richness to France and yet France doesn’t embrace that,’ he said. ‘It’s the same thing with kebabs.’

sweden cuts its interest rate to zero the SweDISh central bank has cut its key interest rate to zero per cent, saying the economy is ‘relatively strong’ but inflation is too low. the riksbank lowered the key

interest rate by 0.25 percentage points because it said the country’s monetary policy needs to be ‘even more expansionary’ to achieve the bank’s target of two per cent inflation.

the bank said yesterday that the Swedish interest rate needs to remain at zero per cent until inflation picks up, and did not foresee raising the rate until mid-2016.

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Burger chain’s ad has had its chips

HEALTH was at the forefront of consumers’ minds this month as advertising complaints attacked slimming products and French fry promotions.

An ad for Burger King’s ‘Satisfries’ on the Dart resulted in one complaint which was upheld, when a commuter said he was unsure which ‘competitor’ the ad referred to.

The ad claimed the Burger King chips had 30 per cent less fat than those of a leading competitor and an asterisk directed the reader’s attention to a footnote at the bottom of the poster, with comparative nutrition figures for Burger King fries and McDonald’s fries.

However, while the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) didn’t dispute the taste issue, it upheld that the footnote’s typeface was too small, and the ad

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was banned in its current format.

Three complaints were upheld against BVG Airflo Group, in relation to Groupon deals for ‘Matrix T5 Weight Management Tablets’, ‘Raspberry Ketone Supplements’ and a bundle which included ‘Whey with African Mango Tablets’ and supplements ‘Zepherine or Creatine’.

In the first two instances the company was told to remove the weightloss and management claims until they could prove them and the third advertisement was banned from appearing again in the same format.

Toyota Ireland also took issue with a Volkswagen radio ad in which a man shows surprise his female friend was back in her ’08 VW Golf car after seeing her in a brand new Toyota Auris. She replies, crying, that the

Cancer patient gets a leg up in surgery

C R O C i s C LO C k E D i n sEA Of gREEn A CROCODILE glides through the water – cleverly camouflaged by a carpet of green algae.

The beast was spotted by photographer Song Kanokrattana only when it opened its eyes – giving the 44-year-old a croc shock as she visited Phuket Zoo in Thailand with her niece.

‘When I found the pond, there

were no crocodiles,’ said Song, from Phuket, whose photo has become a hit online. ‘I looked closely and talked with my niece, then, suddenly, I saw an eye pop out – like a peekaboo.

‘The camouflaged crocodile looked like it was ready to attack and was certainly ready for feeding time.’

Father’s jaw broken during attack by man in wheelchair A FATHER was left with a broken jaw after being attacked by a man in a motorised wheelchair.

Emmanuvel Camisan Judes spent his 31st birthday in hospital after being knocked unconscious.

He says he was waiting for the bus home when the man in the chair shouted: ‘What are you looking at?’

Mr Judes replied: ‘Nothing.’ The thug then rammed the wheelchair into his legs.

‘The disabled man looked mad.

He kept driving over my legs,’ said Mr Judes.

A second man then shoved Mr Judes into a wall – causing him to black out when his head hit the pavement as he fell.

‘I have no idea what happened after that,’ said the UK

supermarket worker.

‘I think I may have been hit by something like a stick, because I got a broken jaw as well. But I didn’t see them carrying anything,’ he added.

Mr Judes, of south London, England, was taken to hospital and spent his birthday having a plate and screws inserted into his broken jaw.

‘It was the worst birthday I’ve ever had,’ he said. ‘I couldn’t speak or laugh. I couldn’t even eat any cake.’

Mr Judes says he was not able to work for several weeks after the attack, which took place on July 25.

Police yesterday released CCTV pictures of a wheelchair-bound suspect and his companion leaving the scene of the ‘unprovoked attack’ which occurred in Wandsworth, south-west London.

WHEN cancer patient Jordon Moody was told her left thigh would have to be amputated, she thought she would never walk again.

But the 22-year-old is preparing to take her first steps on the road to recovery after radical surgery.

Her lower leg was moved up in place of her thigh and a new knee joint created using her left foot – attached backwards. It means she can wear a prosthesis and learn to walk again. Ms Moody needed the rotationplasty surgery after being diagnosed with bone cancer for the second time last year.

‘When they told me I had an option to keep my leg, it wasn’t what I wanted to hear,’ she said. ‘But it seemed like I would have a better quality of life as I could have a prosthesis fitted.’ A former student at the Stella Adler School of Performing Arts in New York, Ms Moody says her first impression of her new leg was that it was ‘awkward-looking’.

‘Now, it seems totally normal to me,’ she added.

Ms Moody, of Hull, England, had surgery in July and is waiting to be fitted with an artificial limb.

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new Auris ‘just wasn’t a Golf’ and an announcer says: ‘You’ll never regret investing in a Golf, but you’ll probably regret parting with it.’

On behalf of Toyota Ireland, Javelin Group said the ad clearly inferred that buying a new Toyota to replace a second-hand Golf was a mistake, and it was ‘hardly credible’ a car buyer would give back a brand new Toyota in favour of an older Golf.

It also complained that Volkswagen was portraying owning a Toyota as being negative by using a crying woman to describe it.

However, Volkswagen said it found the complaint’s timing ‘convenient’. It said the commercial was a retort to an earlier Toyota ad it claimed had disparaged Golfs, and said it had ‘a responsibility’ to defend the car brand.

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first guitar when I was six months old as a Christmas present. My parents said that I never had it out of my hands, even though I could barely sit up properly. I really started to play then from the age of about two. even if I hadn’t made a career out of music I knew I would always be playing – it’s my calling.

A serious accident as a child meant that your hand was badly injured. How did you overcome that and did it spur you on? My accident made me

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EP Blossoms In The Street in 2007. Was there any particular reason why you didn’t seek out a record label from the off? I wasn’t really

thinking about getting signed to be honest. At the time, I had my own record label and I had my own publishing company. So I thought that was just how I was going to release all my music: self-funded.

But then my management said that they were looking to get me signed and I thought that if that was the best option then I would trust them. that’s when Island Records first came along.

Four albums later and Architect is unpredictable, fast-paced and brooding in places. Is that sound the result of recording it in Berlin? the sound was totally

driven by Berlin. I mean, I moved over there because I had a lot on my plate and wanted to work it off.

So I spent a lot of time going to clubs. It reflects a time where I wanted to go out and go a bit wild.

Quick pic FOLLOWING THE DOWNPOUR: After the deluge that hit the city yesterday morning, the sun managed to put in a brief appearance in the afternoon and Leo Latorre captured this shot of it peaking out over the River Tolka at Griffith Park, Glasnevin

I’ve read that your getaway to Berlin resulted from disillusionment with your life in London... there’s a lot to like

more stubborn. the fact that my hand was bandaged for so long Your live performances have meant I practised even harder. I a reputation for being quite think it definitely affected my attitude towards life; if there are lively affairs. What’s the key any limitations to anything to captivating an now, I really try to audience? engaging surpass that and try with your audience to outdo myself in and not creating a terms of music. I Engaging with barrier is very guess I push important. For me, your audience and not myself harder altogether in creating a barrier is very we’re because of what a big room – I just happened to me important... gigs are happen to be on a as a kid and it’s f**king slightly like an energy ingrained in me. elevated stage. the exchange gigs are like an energy You selfexchange; you buzz off published your first the audience and they off you.

Touring has meant you’ve played alongside a lot of other interesting artists. Any particular moments that stand out? Singing Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 around a campfire with Beth Ditto [the Gossip] after a gig was fairly amazing.

What artists have you been keeping an eye on recently? I

recently had an 11-year-old girl open my show in Dublin. her name is Ashley tubridy and she is such a great writer and musician.

The final leg of the Architect tour brings you back to regular haunt, The Academy.

What can people expect? Well

they’ll certainly be a lot of dancing going on: the latest songs are very danceable. It’s going to be pretty special and we’re going to record it as well for a live album.

luke holohan Wallis Bird will play The Academy, Dublin on November 22. Architect is now available to download on iTunes

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however, at the same time I knew I had to put a record together.

Berlin’s a massive cultural, creative and mingling melting pot. It fits my mentality. It’s a very immediate LP... it’s spontaneous, impromptu... and really echoes my time there.

about London but I had just ran my course there to be honest. I didn’t really find the community that I had been looking for. there was just too much emphasis on work; it was all work and no play. I also found that it could be quite pretentious and it wasn’t as family orientated as I needed it to be. I think I lost myself a bit there.

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On latest album Architect, Wexford singer/songwriter WallIs bIrd traded the chatty fireside acoustic pop with which she made her name for synth-steeped belters. She plays The Academy next month Your grandfather was a singer/songwriter and your father was also involved in the industry. Was a career in music preordained? I got my

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n the interests of balance, I’d like to highlight something that tim Minchin said in the 60 Seconds interview in yesterday’s edition. he said that ‘no study shows GM food does any damage to our health’. this isn’t true as there are valid scientific studies which do give great cause for concern. he likes to project an image that he is an intelligent sceptic who is burdened with having to deal with the stupidity around him. the truth is he is actually a pseudo-sceptic.

We’re in unknown territory with GM food. A study this year showed that DnA fragments from GM products are fully capable of transferring their genes directly into the bloodstream.

It’s irresponsible of him to make such statements as he has a large

audience and some might take it at face value without researching for themselves.

SaveUsFromPseudo-sceptics, Dublin ■ I’m writing because I’m really disgusted at the way road closures were handled for the marathon on Monday. I was staying with friends in south Dublin on Sunday evening before travelling on Monday morning to the airport, so I checked the Dublin Bus website in advance to make sure that the bus I needed would be operating as usual.

But imagine my surprise when I left my friend’s house to discover that all of Camden Street and the harcourt area were closed off – yet these weren’t listed on the Dublin Bus website.

Could Dublin Bus please do a

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● Thanks to my sister for the wonderful birthday gift. Great scarf to keep me warm.

Rach ● Paula, you did it again, got me out of a spot of real bother in college. I won’t foget it, I promise!

Mark ● To the guys who sent over the round of drinks in the pub in Malahide on Saturday night, thanks. It helped the 40th birthday celebrations no end...

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better job of checking which roads are closed off in the future?

Sinéad ■ One wonders how enda Kenny in the failed Dáil can give so much articulate and quality detail on an issue in the UK and yet blitherblather on about eCB and ICB board members and bank directors destroying the Irish economy. V ■ David, no reply from Irish Water? try writing to UPC. Four letters during the past year remain unanswered! Some manners that is.

Ciarán, Rathfarnham ■ Why is Metroscope always aimed at single people? I’m a happily coupled Pisces but according to yesterday (October 28), I’m meeting that special someone. I smell horse poo!

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yeh bIg rIde ● To Sean who I met on holidays in Turkey.

I had a great time on the beach with you.

Hoping we can keep the holiday buzz going in Bray next week. Call me soon, Huggy Bear.

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‘The horns will never make sense’ Wrestling with a massive python while hurtling along in a car is all in a day’s work for Horns’ Daniel Radcliffe. But the former child star is never happier than when he’s on set, writes Jane Mulkerrins

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aniel Radcliffe is recounting – animatedly and at length – a recent day on set, during which he drove a car with a large, very live python slithering around his shoulders. ‘i turned around to the snake handler, who was sitting in the back seat, and said: “i’m really sorry to tell you this, since you’re now in the car, but i don’t know how to drive. at all. So, like, apologies in advance,”’ Radcliffe recalls, with undisguised glee. ‘and he just looked at me and said: “it’s OK, i’ve never handled snakes before.”’ fortunately, the python was friendly and Radcliffe made a decent fist of the driving. ‘it was one of those amazing moments that could only happen in the film industry, and it just made me feel so lucky to be a part of it,’ he enthuses.

We are in a somewhat stuffy suite at the Waldorf astoria hotel in new York, a few days before Radcliffe’s 25th birthday. These days, the boy wizard is all grown up, with a smattering of stubble and buff biceps poking out from under his navy T-shirt.

He’s already a screen veteran, after more than 20 films – eight of them Harry Potter blockbusters – plus three West end and Broadway theatre stints, but his endearingly fizzy excitement about the business is still intact.

His latest movie, Horns, is a surreal and slightly supernatural drama, adapted from the novel by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King. Radcliffe stars as ig, a young man wrongly accused of the murder and rape of his girlfriend, Merrin (Juno Temple). as he attempts to clear his name, a

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Snakes alive: Daniel Radcliffee as Ig in Horns (above), with Juno Temple as Merrin (left) and with girlfriend Erin Darke (inset, below)

pair of horns – whose purpose or meaning is never fully explained – sprouts from his forehead. ‘They’re never quite going to make sense,’ concedes Radcliffe. ‘But, for me, the horns signify that everyone is seeing him and treating him like a demon, so he sort of becomes one.’

The story takes a turn for the darker once the protrusions appear, and those snakes, along with ugly revelations and gruesome deaths, follow. This is a Hallowe’en release, after all.

Unlike many young actors who have lived in front of a camera since their pre-teens, Radcliffe appears to be well rounded and well read, referencing everything from Ted talks on education to Orson Welles.

However, he claims, he has only read two ‘very short’

the unhealthy relationship he developed with alcohol while filming Harry Potter. He gave up drink four years ago.

He splits his time between london, where he grew up, and new York, where his girlfriend, actress erin darke, is based. They met on the set of the beat poets biopic Kill Your darlings and have been a couple now for two tw years.

He’d like to London c books in the spend more time a n b e past year; such very neg here and likes a t ive. I’m is the weight a high-en the positivity e of scripts he’s person a rgy kind of of the US. nd that ju been sent to ‘Growing up in comes off st read through. as slightly Britain, it’s what uncool in He’s a self-conyou take the piss London fessed workaholic. rkaholic. out of americans for ‘i don’t really see – their unending enthe point of going on thusiasm. holiday,’ he admits. ‘i’m ‘But you get to a point in life most relaxed when i’m on set. where you’re like: “actually, i would it’s a place of great comfort for rather have it that way.” me. On set, i know that no one ‘london can be very negative. i’m gives a s***,’ he says. a high-energy, enthusiastic kind of ‘and this probably person and that just comes off as makes me a bit weird slightly uncool in london.’ but, for most people, He also manages to live a life that going out to a bar is a is slightly under the radar here. ‘new fun thing to do; if i go Yorkers pride themselves on not givout to a bar, i just ing a s . it’s part of their identity,’ *** get self-conscious he grins. and think that ‘They seem to have a rule against people are star- even turning round when they see a ing at me.’ famous person. i’m not nearly as This self-con- interesting to people in the US.’ sciousness has probably not been helped by Horns is in cinemas from today

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1. The Shining (above)

‘I was 14 when I first saw it and I was absolutely terrified. The “Redrum” moment chilled me to the bone. If I ever have twins, I’ll definitely dress them differently to one another.’

2. Piranha

‘I have a personal penchant for beast-horror stuff and this one is funny but also genuinely tense.’

3. Anaconda

‘This was the first horror-type movie I ever watched, at a friend’s house. I’ve no idea why Jon Voight has a strange Hispanic accent in it but I love it.’

4. Eden Lake

‘It’s one that not a lot of people know about and it stars Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly. It’s f***ing brilliant because it really could happen.’

5. The One I Love

‘This is Charlie McDowell’s first film, starring Mark Duplass and Elisabeth Moss. I saw it at Sundance this year and it’s tense and awesome.’

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Les diaboliques (1955) A corpse rises slowly from a bathtub…

audition (1999) The phrase ‘Kiri kiri kiri’: once heard, never forgotten.

never go with strangers (1971) A threatening shadow looms over a child in this 1970s public information film for kids.

The Babadook, Horns, Ouija, Aliens and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers are in cinemas now.

carrie (1976) That ending: nuff said. salem’s Lot (1979) A teen-vampire floats outside his friend’s window, sighing: ‘Let me in…’

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he bats have left the bell tower, the moon’s as white as bone and terrifying creatures stalk the neighbourhood in search of… well, haribo and Mini Cheddars mostly.

Yes, halloween is nearly upon us, which means it’s time to check out a scary movie or two. there’s a fair few to choose from this year, including creature-feature the babadook, the Daniel Radcliffestarring fantasy-horror horns, and supernatural thriller Ouija, alongside reissues of aliens and 1956’s Invasion Of the bodysnatchers.

We’ve been spooking ourselves silly for decades – right back to Georges Méliès’ Le Manoir du Diable from 1896. and as one of those weird, hardcore horror nuts, I consider myself completely nails when it comes to even the most outrageous of these things. but I’ll admit to a couple of occasions in which I’ve almost trans-

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’71 Jack O’Connell wows in this taut thriller set in 1970s Belfast. Almost in real time, it sees his stranded squaddie struggling to survive on the streets of a Catholic neighbourhood beset by violence.

Gripping stuff.

Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story This moving account of the blind Irish adventurer’s battle to regain his health after being paralysed in a fall makes for an inspiring documentary from award-winning filmmaker Ross Whitaker.

Gone Girl still one of hottest tickets at the multiplex, this thriller is as enjoyable as it is complex and surprising. Ben Affleck is the man implicated in the disappearance of his wife (Rosamund Pike).

Fury Brad Pitt (right) stars in this hard-hitting World War II drama about a tank squadron travelling through war-torn Germany wondering if they will escape the country alive. Noah’s Logan Lerman costars.

The Book Of Life Just one of several family films to have perked up the genre lately, this animation celebrates the Mexican Day of the Dead in vibrant colour with bags of characterful comedy. Channing Tatum is among the voice cast.

School prom gone wrong: Sissy Spacek as Carrie

Ali Catterall is as tough as nails when it comes to horror films but admits to a few that scare him rigid… formed an auditorium into a paddling pool. ever seen the 2002 Japanese horror film Dark Water? I’ve seen roughly half of it. the rest of the time I was tunnelling under the cinema seat, squealing like a poked pig. then there’s the haunting. Not the laughable remake with Catherine Zeta-Jones but the 1963 original. Often dubbed the ‘scariest film ever made’, it gave my tough-as-old-boots army mate insomnia for weeks.

For thomas townend, cinematographer of cult sci-fi-horror attack the block, the haunting is ‘perhaps even more effective now than when it was first released. You simply

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don’t expect such proficient visual effects as bulging doors and the sustained aural assault of thumping and moans.’ so why do we insist on trying to turn our blood into a Marc Quinnsorbet? according to Dr alice Jones, senior lecturer in psychology at Goldsmiths University, horror allows us a ‘safe space’ to explore our own deepest fears and anxieties. by stimulating an area of the brain known as the amygdala, the starting point for the famous fight-or-flight response, it ‘prompts a surge of alertness, which may make scaring yourself (safely) enjoyable. there was nothing enjoyable about the Omen. It affected me so much, at the age of 11, that I considered writing to Jim’ll Fix It to ask if I could meet billie Whitelaw, who plays Damien’s demonic nanny, to exorcise my fear. thank goodness I didn’t.

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Looking ahead TeLLAR INTeRsTeLLAR Christopher Nolan directs this sci-fi with an all-star cast including Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey (left), Michael Caine and Jessica Chastain.

Last chance to see IDA The winner of the Best Film award at last year’s BFI London Film Festival, this tells of a fledgling nun who discovers a dark family secret in 1960s Poland.

Pawel Pawlikowski (Last Resort, My summer of Love) directs.

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1. Mercury prize Live

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More4, 9.30pm & C4, 10pm

This year’s Mercury shortlist was missing the customary token Irish nominee so music fans here will simply have to contend with showings from favoured UK acts.

Anna Calvi, Bombay Bicycle Club and Royal Blood are all worthy contenders but our hunch is FKA twigs’ Paul Epworth-produced debut LP1. Anyone but bloody Jungle...

All Things Sweet Rachel Allen delivers culinary temptation to TV

2 Scott & Bailey Suranne Jones stars in this gripping finale

2. scott & Bailey

UTV, 9pm You might not know the name, but you’ll know the face – actress Ellie Haddington specialises in hard cases and she’s landed a prime example in Ellie, a woman suspected of running a slavery ring from her remote farm.

It’s a gripping story to finish the series – with a bit of Scott & Bailey’s signature personal business teased into the mix.

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3. All things sweet

Trust Me, I’m A Doctor Get fit with Dr Chris van Tulleken

RTÉ1, 8.30pm Rachel Allen is the fair face of decadence in this sweet-toothed series that laughs in the face of calorie counting. Tonight, the Ballymaloe Belle unlocks the mystery of Turkish pastry baklava, (which very few chefs seem to be able to get right in this part of the world). There’s also a date, cardamom and ginger upside-down cake, and a pistachio and saffron kulfi. Nope, haven’t a clue either, but in Allen we most certainly trust.

4. trust Me, i’m A Doctor

BBC2, 9pm What do you use for a quick buzz of energy when your brain is starting to flake out? Coffee – or caffeine – is the obvious answer, but tonight’s report comes up with an interesting alternative way to perk up your brain cells. Plus Dr Chris van Tulleken investigates whether you can get fit doing housework. Extreme vacuuming, here we come.

5. the Job Lot

ITV2, 10pm The second series of this cheery comedy draws to a close – not without seeing where the fledgling romance of Karl and Natalie (Russell Tovey and Laura Aikman) is headed or whether Trish (Sarah Hadland) ever nails a

5 The Job Lot Will Trish (Sarah Hadland) ever nail a man?

YoUR gUiDE to this EvEning’s EssEntiAL viEWing man the way she nails her job.

6. spider house

BBC4, 9pm The perpetually perky Dr Alice Roberts has a few hairy moments as she enters a house that’s been set up as spider heaven – this show does what it says on the web – in order for arachnofan Tim Cockerill (he’s an entomologist) to study the intimacies of spider society. It’s fascinating – and not a little creepy.

7. the Apprentice

BBC1, 9pm Which of these two is more likely to

go viral via YouTube: wacky cookery demos or pumped up fitness workouts? Those are the rival brainwaves dreamt up by the teams as they’re challenged to come with a marketable video channel. For the more extrovert contenders – there’s no shortage of those – it’s a dream come true.

8. grayson perry: Who Are You?

C4, 10.05pm The creative Mr Perry sets himself the tricky task of creating portraits which encapsulate the essence of family, a project which finds him focusing on a diverse cross-section

of modern society. Most moving is his encounter with Christopher, a former businessman who is enduring the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

9. Freshers 2014

ITV2, 9pm You’d think that heading off to university was stressful enough without having to share the experience with a camera crew – that spotty medic we snogged at the freshers’ disco, what were we thinking? – but there seems to be no shortage of baby students willing to share the experience. ITV2 is stalking a bunch at Swansea as they

try to make sense of it all. Or at least where their next lecture is taking place...

10. today’s Film: Beasts of the southern Wild

Film4, 9pm The extravagantly named Quvenzhané Wallis had everyone going ‘Qu-who?’ when the then nine-year-old was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar in 2012 for this reality-bending story of a young Louisiana girl, her dad and an approaching hurricane that threatens to turn their world upside down.

Woozy, surrealist and beautiful.

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A Halloween haunting – on the North circular Road of all places Film-maker Dónal Nugent tells how he turned his home into a scary movie set

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t’s not hard to see why ghost stories work well in Dublin. the city has always been defined by absences; by a lurking sense of disappointment and disempowerment; by mistakes that no one should make, but somehow someone does; by solutions that come at too high a price…

When I came here first, 25 years ago, the sense of absence bordered on abandonment. A whole generation had fled to the UK and the Us. Dereliction, and an air of defeat, defined the city centre.

I vividly recall the first time I walked along the north Circular Road, a little past Hanlon’s Corner, and caught sight of the Wellington Monument: Europe’s largest obelisk in the continent’s largest city park.

It should have been an impressive sight, yet, walking towards it, I had the sense that I was

skimming the edge of the world.

Years later, a very different Dublin flirts once again with disaster, and sends another generation fleeing.

Plunging property prices put a house on the north Circular Road within our financial reach, and my partner and I find ourselves settled into the area.

Questions of history and absence, of the people who lived before and alongside us, pose themselves anew.

All of which might sound a little ponderous were I not to add that out of it evolved what I felt would be a highly entertaining, quirky and off-beat ghost story; one that, for all its supernatural elements, was squarely about the Dublin I know and A scene from love, a city full of the movie intelligent, informed and articulate people; a city that, bizarrely, never makes it to the cinema screen in any way that resembles how I experience it.

Got a problem? No one else can help?

Our resident agony aunt tells it like it is

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After 18 months, my fianceé and I have yet to set a date for our wedding, and I feel like she’s dragging her heels. If it’s not money worries, it’s her work commitments that keep pushing back the big day and I’m starting to wonder if she’s having second thoughts or something. Don’t most women want to sprint down the aisle?

Impatient Groom

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Hmmm. The broad brushstroke of ‘most women’ – there lies the problem? Maybe if you toss aside your perceptions of what you believe to be inherently female, she might be less reluctant to be your bride… Or, perhaps, she just wants to do it ‘right’, ie not scrimp on shoes, or compromise on the duration/ location of the honeymoon; trading Mauritius for Meath is a big ask. But if your gut instinct is sounding warning bells then you just have to broach the subject with her. If you can’t talk honestly now then there’s no hope for a long and happy marriage.

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I read a horoscope that said ‘lady luck would be on-side

Behind the scenes: Dónal Nugent at work directing his first horror film North Circular Road, which premiered at the Underground Film Festival some cinema magic was created.

From this came the rather north Circular Road is the story of audacious idea of making the ghosts: a husband and wife move film in the house and the street into a new house, but wife Janice that inspired it. A coalition of the (played by the superb Lorna Larkin) willing, and talented, came together and, on a shoestring budget, appears to encounter, behind the

Dear The X Factor. It’s official: Your days are numbered. even Lord Moobs himself said so.

Haemorrhaging viewers each week, and being thrashed by BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, it doesn’t matter how many scripted bickering, mangled power ballads and bandage dresses one can throw at an already tired format, you are beyond salvation. audiences are finally copping on

over the bank holiday weekend’ and ‘to grab the bull by the horns in matters of the heart – that guy you like is more receptive than you think’. Emboldened after a few dark-and-stormies, I went in for a kiss in full view of everyone… to be told he just didn’t think of me ‘like that’. He left the party within the hour. He’s a friend of a friend. How can I show my face in public again?

Sheepish Sagittarius

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If this is the most embarrassing thing you ever do in life, then you’re going to be grand. Following the advice of an ‘astrologer’ to the last word however needs a major rethink – look to your friends, and your instincts, not the stars. Chances are your mates were

that you’re not a vehicle for talent but a pantomime for Mr Cowell and his bargain-bin judges. Indeed, where would Louis Walsh’s career be if he wasn’t scooped up by SiCo – managing reunion boybands on cruise-ships per chance?

The cream always, eventually, rises to the top, and I’m afraid, X Factor, that you curdled a long time ago...

Oh yes you did!

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The X factor

too drunk to remember witnessing the snub, so don’t beat yourself up about acting on your desires (albeit at the prompting of Mystic Maeve).

You were right to come to me. I just read your tea leaves there, and they say: ‘Jog on.’

LAST TIME:

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bright facades, the ghosts of its previous occupants.

Her glimpses into their dark relationship grow more and more vivid, until she finds herself obsessively searching for an explanation for it all.

Has an innocent woman been murdered? Did a guilty husband escape scot-free? Can the historical record throw light on what happened? Is our past always travelling in circular motion – ready to greet us at the front door when we think we’ve said goodbye to it at the back? north Circular Road premiered at the Underground Film Festival in september. It’s rather daunting seeing two years of your work suddenly distilled into a single screening.

Fortunately, the response was hugely positive on the night and the judges spoke of being ‘blown away’ by the film. now we set out on the journey to bring it to wider audiences.

Having written and directed a supernatural story, people reasonably ask me if I believe in ghosts. the answer is no, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe in hauntings... facebook.com/northcircularroad

My hen party is next month and one of my girlfriends let slip that there’s going to be a stripper – there I was thinking it’d just be afternoon tea and cocktails.

I’m horrified by the prospect of a writhing, oily man on my big night out, not to mention pissed off that my matron of honour thinks I’d like it. How can I confront her without ‘outing’ my loose-lipped friend?

Modest Bride

YOU SAID: Hmmm, I think possibly the matron of honour hired the stripper with herself in mind...

Suzy Bevan NEXT WEEK:

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My mum just came back from a holiday in eastern Europe with a completely new face. She claims she’s had no work done but I’m very dubious. I’m afraid she’s trying to dress mutton as lamb to keep my dad interested although all he wants to do is play golf. What should I do?

OvER TO YOU: What do you think? Lend your words of wisdom to deardolly@metroherald.ie. Best reply published in a fortnight. And remember: Dear Dolly can also be found at gometro.ie.

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Dynamic flying car set for take-off The Flying Roadster – AeroMobil 3.0 – is to be unveiled this morning at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna. The car, which has been dubbed the most advanced flying car ever and ‘combines the qualities of supercars and light sports aircraft’. Aeromobil co-founder Juraj Vaculik said that the prototype ‘marks a whole new era in personal transportation’.

Joanne Ahern looks at how the motoring industry has seen sales rise – but there are many challenges ahead

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colour, closely followed by black.

UBLIN has accounted for nearly half of all The introduction of the dual regisnew car sales in the tration period, with new plates in July country so far this year, as well as in January, seems to be new figures from the having an impact – car sales in 2014 Society of the Irish Motoring are 15 per cent ahead of expectations.

Industry (Simi) show. However, The average age of a car on the road with a 40.8 per cent share of sales, in Ireland now is nine years. This Dublin has seen the lowest compares with 5.7 years in 2006.

Meanwhile, the report found that percentage increase, at 22 per cent.

Every county has seen an increase more than half of cars tested failed in car sales this year, with the highest the NCT this year, with 3,858, or 0.4 recorded in Cavan, at 54.8 per cent. per cent, of the more than 1million Overall, car sales for the first nine cars tested deemed ‘too dangerous to months of the year are up 30 be on the road’. per cent on the same time Report author, economist last year.

Jim Power, said: ‘The y ll a it It was v that The Motor Industry strong growth in car nt Q3 Review also sales reflects imimporta et did g found that the price proved consumer the Bud he auto t of cars is down 2.8 confidence, the availt e s p not u akes m per cent, with the ability of credit, the it s a trade n io t price of diesel fuel improving labour u ib ntr a big co yment down 4.6 per cent and market, positive p m to e lo the price of petrol growth in disposable down 3.9 per cent. incomes, a general belief However, it’s not all good that the economy has turned news – motor insurance costs the corner and that the bulk of the have risen by 6.7 per cent compared painful fiscal adjustment is now alto the same time last year. most complete.’

Volkswagen is the most popular He added: ‘It was vitally important marque with buyers so far this year, that Budget 2015 did nothing to upfollowed by Toyota, Ford, Hyundai set the auto market, as it increasingly and Nissan. makes a significant contribution to Buyers are also opting for more en- the exchequer finances and employvironmentally friendly motors – av- ment. The Budget contained nothing erage emissions in cars sold in 2014 directly related to the motor industry, were 4 per cent lower than the previ- but indirectly it should help to supous year and 24 per cent lower than port the market in 2015 by giving 2008. Some 73 per cent of cars sold some support to consumer confiso far this year were diesels, with dence and spending power, and by petrol accounting for 25 per cent. strengthening the emerging recovery Silver is the most popular car in the economy.’

Review Estate cars are really coming oming into their own and are no longer the suburban borefest they once were.

Joanne Ahern takes a look at the Peugeot 308 SW What is it: Attractive looking fivedoor station wagon, or estate Styling: The 308 SW carries the same sophisticated styling as the award-winning 308 hatchback sibling. While it looks beautiful, the touchscreen infotainment unit can be a bit fiddly to operate while driving.

Comfort: Very comfortable. The SW has a larger cabin than the hatch, giving extra legroom for rear seat passengers, and of course extra cargo space.

Transmission: 1.2-litre 130bhp petrol turbo.

Drivability: Beautiful. The SW has the small steering wheel now synonymous with the French marque and steering is precise, suspension was comfortable and there was very little body roll. I found it to be fast enough at the lights, smooth on the road and a lovely motorway cruiser. On trickier roads, it handled with an agility

Twingo’s a star on the dance floor IT’S the car with the engine in the boot. Renault’s third generation Twingo – which is an amalgamation of the words ‘twist’, ‘swing’ and ‘tango’ – has arrived in Ireland and Renault says it delivers ‘stylish and fun motoring’ for city drivers. With a smaller body but bigger cabin than the previous model, the new five-door also features a plethora of owner customisations, as well as the best turning circle in its class. We got to take it for a quick spin through a miserable and wet Dublin yesterday and were impressed with the light steering for city driving. It’s available in three trim levels, with prices starting from €13,990.

Check out the first look review at www.atTheLights.com

moree akin to a smaller ccar.

Price: The new Peugeot 308 SW is available now, with prices starting from €21,990. Prices for the midlevel Active trim test model I was driving start from €24,990.

Visit atTheLights.com to read the full review

Tech Spec Engine: PureTech 1.2 e-THP 130bhp Stop Start Acceleration: 0-100kph in 12.1seconds Maximum Speed: 204kph CO2 emissions: 113g/km Annual road tax: €200

Plush: The interior of the 308 SW is stylish – but the display is a bit fiddly

Breakthrough B-Class Merc for electric car is on its way

ELECTRIC cars could be charged to 70 per cent in just two minutes if new ultra-fast battery technology developed by scientists in Singapore can be upscaled.

Researchers at Nanyang Tech University have developed the new battery by replacing the traditional graphite used for the anode with a new gel material made from titanium dioxide.

THe new Mercedes-Benz B-Class sports tourer lands in Ireland in December, in time for January registration. The new model sees a revamped front end, including a new bumper and a wider radiator.

It will be available in three trims and prices start from €31,000.

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Make meals come alive Sprouting food is set to be the next essential for those leading a healthy life. Nicole Mowbray explains why

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hink you’re up with the foodie-fad pack because you own a spiralizer and drink green juice every day?

The latest craze to take root is ‘sprouting’. Celebrity chef kate McAloon, whose clients include Miranda kerr and Gwyneth Paltrow, raves about her sprouted raw hummus, while trendy food bloggers The hemsley Sisters advocate ‘activating’ pulses like cannellini beans by soaking and sprouting them.

As nutritionist Vicki Edgson says: ‘Sprouting is set to be one of the biggest new trends in foods.’

So what exactly is it? in short, it’s germinating seeds that can be eaten raw or cooked. Many nutritionists believe our bodies have not yet adapted to comfortably digest grains or

Germinating ideas: Celebrity chef Kate McAloon

legumes (such as peas, beans or lentils) because humans have only been eating them for a relatively short period of time (about 10,000 years – since the advent of agriculture).

This, they claim, partly explains why so many people end up feeling bloated or suffering from indigestion and other tummy troubles after eating them.

Sprouting is different because these foods are still living and are reported to have more health benefits than their unsprouted rivals – in essence, they have been turned from a starch to a vegetable. it is said that sprouting neutralises enzyme inhibitors and phytic acid – substances present in bran that stop the body absorbing minerals – and so the process increases the vitamin content in them.

Sprouting grains and oats also causes the gluten proteins to start breaking down, making it easier to digest for those with gluten sensitivities. So far, so good.

But while sprouted foods are popular in Asian diets and in raw food diets, they have fallen out of favour in modern diets because farming techniques mean grains are harvested and milled before they can sprout.

Doing it at home is no cake walk. not everything is sproutable and some are unsuitable for raw eating.

The process is time consuming too and requires attention to detail. Dried or fresh raw beans need to be soaked to bring them out of dormancy and get them ready to germinate.

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gra Sprouting a ve and e ali makes it com ients that releases nutr adily are more re absorbed by the body They must be drained and placed in water in a sprouting container at room temperature.

The water should be changed every day or so to counteract bacteria and stop harmful moulds growing.

While ready-made sprouted flours and grains have long been available in the US, wholesome food pioneer Rude health is the first British brand to bring out sprouted flours and gluten-free porridge oats, which will soon be available in selected stores in Dublin.

‘Sprouting a grain makes it come alive and releases nutrients that are more readily absorbed by the body,’ says Rude health co-founder nick Barnard. ‘it has been getting some serious attention in the US for years, so it’s about time that people who care about what they eat here get a piece of the action.’

Many experts believe that a contributing factor to obesity is a lack of education and confusion surrounding nutritional labels.

With this in mind, Motivation Weight Management in association with McCambridge breads has just announced a series of country-wide talks by consultant dietitian Aveen Bannon on understanding labels in a bid to maximise good health.

To find out more see www. motivation.ie/labelreading.html

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METROSCOPE

by Patrick Arundell

NEMI by Lise

Aries Mar 21 – Apr 20

From now through to the middle of November, Jupiter squares up with Saturn. Yet, this can be a positive combination for you Aries, one that could see you focus on your talents and expertise but make you mindful of the results you need to generate.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 70

Taurus Apr 21 – May 21

This can be a crucial time for the way you interact with others. But it’s not just about what you want to achieve from relationships, it’s also about what others need from you. And the more receptive you are, the more your relationships will flourish.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 71

Gemini May 22 – Jun 21

METROKU Easy, Moderate and Challenging

Mercury continues to combine with Jupiter – haven’t you noticed a more productive streak as far as your ideas are concerned? But, as ever, astrology is about timing, so be proactive about the things you are thinking up.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 72

cancer Jun 22 – Jul 23

Affections are being boosted by the Sun’s combination with Venus. But this doesn’t have to be applied in only a romantic way, although this is certainly possible. You can find yourself chatting enjoyably to someone within your extended family, too.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 73

Leo Jul 24 – Aug 23

Although there is quite an emotional and sensitive dimension to your situation, how you apply the sentiments can be upbeat, even sparkly. Any strands that see you create a more secure home environment are those that will enthuse you and others most.

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Virgo Aug 24 – Sep 23

You may surprise yourself by just how much a conversation resonates with you. Of course, you pride yourself on being earthy and analytical but your feelings for someone or about something suggest that where there is goodwill, more yet can be added.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 75

Libra Sep 24 – Oct 23

An idea that has been developing over the past few days has every chance of gaining traction. This could be something focused on the longterm. If so, this may not get instant results but could see you achieve some kind of short-term financial gain.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 76

scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 22

This is a time when you can show more self belief and confidence about expressing your individuality.

However, it may also be that something you’ve worked long and hard on starts to shape up too.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 77

sagittarius Nov 23 – Dec 21

As much as you like somebody, what you won’t appreciate is anyone taking your goodwill for granted. So, if there is somebody in your circle who always seems to assume your support, you could feel less obliged towards them.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 78

capricorn Dec 22 – Jan 20

The Moon in your sign today can help you be more single-minded about your own personal needs, especially as it passes over the intense energies of Pluto. However, be sure to avoid adopting a might-is-right attitude.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 79

Aquarius Jan 21 – Feb 19

Does it feel as if others are perpetually targeting the more vulnerable part of your nature? Or is it you who is becoming more conscious of it? Either way, the more you own your frailties, the more you will dignify them.

For your forecast, call 15609 114 80

Pisces Feb 20 – Mar 20

Any business discussions have a chance of going well. However, you might not get everything on your own terms, and while compromise is always part of life, this is more about recognising how sometimes you can be over-optimistic.

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Solutions to previous puzzle: Across: 1 Peculiar; 5 Fair; 9 Menu; 10 Appeared; 11 Minus; 12 Embroil; 13 Fellow-feeling; 18 Outright; 19 City; 20 Derange; 21 Snubs; 22 Dull; 23 Reviewer. Down: 2 Eremite; 3 Unusual; 4 Apple of the eye; 6 A priori; 7 Red flag; 8 Feeble; 13 Flooded; 14 Literal; 15 Orient; 16 Licence; 17 Notable.

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Suarez in award snub after Chiellini bite

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by jAck fOx Luis suarez appears to have paid the price for his controversial on-field antics after being left off the 23-man shortlist for the 2014 Ballon d’Or award.

Barcelona’s former Liverpool player was the most notable omission from a list of contenders which contains five Premier League players as well as last year’s winner Cristiano ronaldo and suarez’s Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi of argentina. suarez scored 31 goals for Liverpool last term but his season ended in controversy when he was hit with a four-month ban by Fifa after biting italy’s Giorgio Chiellini while playing for uruguay at the World Cup in Brazil. a Fifa spokesman said ‘expert groups’ had made subjective choices when drawing up the list, and made special reference to article three of the 12-point criteria – which identifies why suarez may have fallen short this year. it reads: ‘The awards are bestowed according to on-field performance and overall behaviour on and off the pitch’. ronaldo’s real Madrid club-mate Gareth Bale makes the list, with the Premier League representation made up of three players from Chelsea, one from Manchester City and one from

TH sHORTLisT THE FIFA B BAllon d’or nomInees

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Current or former players from Spanish champions Atletico Madrid – there are seven Did you know?

Real Madrid and Jurgen Klinsmann is on four Barcelona the manager’s shortlist after the USA reached the last-16 of the World Cup. Costa German Rica and Colombia made World Cup the quarter-finals, but winners on Premier League coaches Jorge Luis Pinto the 23-man players but only two and Jose Pekerman list (Eden Hazard and are ignored Yaya Toure) were in England last season

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Goals in 33 Premier League games for Luis Suarez, who didn’t make the list shot of gold: suarez, top, has been overlooked but ronaldo, Bale and manuel neuer are in the running

Gareth Bale (W (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Costa (Spain), Thibaut C Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Gotze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Holland), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast).

FIFA world coAch oF the yeAr nomInees

Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus/Italy national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/ USA national team), Joachim Low (Germany/ Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/ Chelsea), Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Holland/Holland national team/ Manchester United).

Manchester united.

Of that quintet, though, only two were playing in the Premier League last season – Chelsea’s eden Hazard and City’s Yaya Toure.

Ma Defender Diego Godin, of atletico Madrid, Juventus midfielder arturo Vidal and Bayern Munich’s Franck ribery – who took third place last season – are other notable omissions.

The 23-man list will be whittled down to three on December 1, with the winner announced in zurich on January 12. also named are the nominees for coach of the year, with Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho and Manchester united’s Louis van Gaal among the ten.

On-Song hero could stay a Hammer West Ham co-owner David Gold has suggested the high-flying Hammers could make a permanent move for Alex song at the end of the season. the Cameroon midfielder, 27, was a surprise deadline-day arrival from Barcelona on a

premier league season-long loan after reportedly being overlooked by a number of bigger Premier League clubs. song (pictured) has since helped

inspire West Ham to fourth in the early league table and, responding to a fan on twitter, Gold confirmed the former Arsenal star could be around for the long haul.

Asked whether the deal could be made permanent, he wrote: ‘It’s possible, we have to wait and see.’

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simon says: easterby in action for Ireland

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Former British and Irish Lions flanker easterby won 65 caps before switching to coaching with the scarlets, eventually succeeding Davies as head coach at the Welsh region.

Just two years into his stint as boss in west Wales, Ireland and head coach schmidt came calling, but Davies said any inexperience will not hinder the 39-year-old’s progress. easterby faces his first serious international challenge next month as Ireland take on south Africa, Georgia and Australia in this autumn’s Guinness test series.

Former Wales attack coach Davies said the meticulous schmidt will not have taken any gamble in adding easterby to his staff.

‘he’ll manage it, deal with it and learn quickly’ ‘simon’s still very young and relatively inexperienced, so it’s a great opportunity for him, he’ll learn a lot at the real sharp-end of the game,’ said Davies.

‘But he’s capable. He’ll manage it, deal with it and learn quickly.

‘And I’m sure his career will blossom even further.

‘Joe is very much a thinking coach, he doesn’t always come at things head-on – he thinks laterally.

‘He’s very bright and I think this is exactly the kind of decision I would expect him to make. He’s thought laterally about who can do the job, who is respected within Ireland, who can he maybe help develop a little bit further, and who will he have trust in.

‘And when he’s looked at all those qualities, simon fits the bill very well.

‘And I think he’ll work hard with simon to turn him very quickly into a top coach.

‘It has come early in his career, but when you’ve got someone who thinks as laterally as Joe, then it makes perfect sense.’

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Cherries show Baggies ripe for the taking BOURNeMOUTH ....................2 WeST BROM ........................... 1 Bournemouth booked their first appearance in the last eight of the League Cup after a dramatic finale on the south coast. tommy elphick looked to have handed West Brom a lifeline after steering substitute Georgios Samaras’ shot into his own net five minutes from time to cancel out eunan o’Kane’s opener.

But just two minutes later, Callum Wilson fired the ball home to seal an historic night for eddie howe’s Championship Cherries.

More than able: O’Kane

Higdon steals win for Blades MK DONS ...............................1 SHeFFieLD UNiTeD .............. 2 mIChAeL hIGDon scored twice in the last four minutes as Sheffield united produced a dramatic recovery to stun mK Dons. Benik Afobe put the hosts ahead with a penalty but higdon headed the Blades level and fired a winner.

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Veteran striker tames Shrews after brave hosts take fight to Mourinho CApiTAL OnE Cup shrewsbury ......1 chelsea ................2

by James boylan DIDIer DroGBA proved his worth to Chelsea for the second game running as the Blues scraped into the fifth round of the Capital one Cup. the veteran striker followed up his goal in the 1-1 draw at manchester united by breaking the deadlock.

And, after Andy mangan’s equaliser, Drogba’s predatory presence in the box was crucial as Jermaine Grandison headed into his own net late on to break the League two side’s hearts.

Jose mourinho’s second-string Blues XI, featuring 18-year-old debutant Andreas Christensen at right-back, met with stiff resistance from the Shrews, who almost led when Petr Cech had to save a close-range nathaniel Knight-Percival header. the visitors improved in the second half and, three minutes after the restart, winger mohamed Salah laid off for Drogba to fire low into the corner. mickey mellon’s battlers were undeterred, however, with Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro’s shot almost deflecting in off team-mate James Collins.

And the hosts’ never-say-die attitude was rewarded when sub mangan crashed home during a goalmouth scramble in the 77th minute.

But as the home fans dreamt of a quarter-final place, Grandison –with Drogba breathing down his neck – headed substitute Willian’s low cross in to send mourinho’s men through.

Tough night: Drogba celebrates with his team-mates, main picture. The veteran striker gave Chelsea the lead, top, before Mangan levelled, middle, and Grandison put through his own net under pressure from Drogba, bottom main piCture: getty

RESuLTS CApiTAL OnE Cup fOuRTH ROunD

Bournemouth ..... 2 Fulham ................ 2 Liverpool ............. 2 MK Dons...............1 Shrewsbury ..........1

West Brom........... 1 Derby....................5 Swansea ............... 1 Sheff Utd ..............2 Chelsea.................2

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Goals in his last three Chelsea games for Didier Drogba.

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New role: Llambias

Llambias in Toon with Ashley’s bid for Rangers rule RangeRs say Derek Llambias has been hired as a consultant but has not joined the board. The former newcastle managing director, a close ally of Magpies owner and sports Direct tycoon Mike ashley, who owns around nine per cent of Rangers, had been expected to take over as chief executive from graham Wallace, who resigned on Monday. But board chairman sandy easdale said: ‘i’ve not had any conversations with him. as far as i am aware he is a consultant at the moment.’ ashley, who runs the Light Blues’ retail division and holds naming rights to ibrox, is now in a strong position to control the club after they accepted his £2million loan, giving him the right to pick two board members.

€400million Estimated cost of Real Madrid’s plans to redevelop the Bernabeu. Real have agreed a partnership with Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Co to help pay for the renovations.

Forest plot deal for forgotten man Ince

balotelli and Lovren hit back to kill trying swans SUPER-SUB Mario Balotelli broke Swansea hearts by inspiring a thrilling late Liverpool comeback in the Capital One Cup last night.

Soon after replacing the ineffective Rickie Lambert, the controversial Italian latched on to the end of Fabio Borini’s superb deep cross to throw Liverpool an 86th-minute lifeline.

Then Dejan Lovren struck six minutes into stoppage time after keeper Gerhard Tremmel made a

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by John Payne hash of Philippe Coutinho’s freekick into the box. In between the Liverpool goals, Swansea’s Federico Fernandez received a harsh red

card from referee Keith Stroud after he had appeared to win the ball off Coutinho – a decision which is sure to feature on their manager Garry Monk’s growing dossier.

It had looked like one of those nights for Brendan Rodgers’ men against his former club as, despite dominating, Liverpool were largely restricted to long-range efforts.

Their efforts were summed up by a hopelessly wayward Lazar Markovic effort midway through the first period after Countinho and Jordan Henderson had combined cleverly.

Twenty minutes into the second half, the eight-time winners were given it all to do when Marvin Emnes volleyed in Jonjo Shelvey’s through ball to bring a lacklustre tie back to life.

nOTTingHaM Forest are keen to sign Hull’s Tom ince on an initial month-long loan. The winger (pictured) has not played in the Premier League since the end of august and might be tempted by a reunion with his former england under21 coach stuart Pearce. The Forest manager, who has lost key men andy Reid, Jack Hobbs and Chris Cohen to injury recently, hopes to seal a loan deal in time for Forest’s trip to Huddersfield on saturday as they look to end a run of seven games without a win which has seen them slip from the top of the Championship to seventh place.

A Russian divide Russia and ukraine will be put into different groups at the 2018 World Cup finals if the latter qualify and their relations with the hosts do not improve. asked yesterday whether the two nations would be kept apart given the current poor political climate in the region, Fifa president sepp Blatter said.

‘You can be sure about this.’

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iT’s siMpLE: siMOn RigHT fOR THE JOb

SimOn Easterby boasts the ‘ruthless focus’ to thrive in Joe Schmidt’s ireland set-up, according to his Scarlets coaching mentor, nigel Davies.

Former Gloucester boss Davies has tipped ireland’s new forwards coach to handle his quickfire transition to the international arena without any fuss.

Easterby (who is the brother of Leinster team manager Guy) left his position as head coach at the Scarlets in July after just two years at the helm to replace John Plumtree in boss Schmidt’s backroom staff.

Davies handed Easterby his first introduction into coaching at the Scarlets and believes that the ex-ireland flanker exudes the very same qualities that have marked out Schmidt’s own impressive career to date. ‘i was just starting my own coaching period when Simon joined us from Leeds,’ said Davies.

‘He was a very dedicated young man, very focused and ruthless in his pursuit of being the best.

‘Simon was an exceptional

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Going forwards: Simon Easterby replaced John Plumtree in July of this year as Ireland forwards coach

player for the Scarlets and ireland and very, very disruptive; very much the modern-day rugby player, especially in the contact area.

‘And he would do anything for his team-mates.

‘He was very effective in what he did.

‘So he always had that and he’s always had that mentality.

‘He’s taken that ruthless focus forward and used it in his transition to coaching.

‘Joe Schmidt is similarly single-minded, so i think it will work well.

‘When i was defence coach at the Scarlets, Simon was struggling with a couple of long-term injuries, so he started to work a little bit alongside me. ‘it was very clear, very early on, that he had all the qualities and abilities to make a top coach.

‘He’s passionate about success and he always drives himself hard.

‘So he’s used those qualities to help motivate and develop players under his watch.’

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City slump no cause for concern, says Manuel

manuel pellegrini claims he is not concerned by manchester City’s recent dip in form.

The premier league champions go into tonight’s Capital One Cup game at home to newcastle on the back of a shock defeat at West Ham on Saturday and a careless Champions league draw away to CSKa moscow.

However, City boss pellegrini is refusing to panic and believes he and his team should be judged at the end of the season.

‘Of course we are disappointed

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because i don’t think we deserved to lose,’ he said. ‘But i think all the teams will drop points and, in this case, it was our team. ‘every point you drop [makes it] more difficult to arrive at the top of the table but if you review the table last year, we were seventh in this moment with 16 points, one behind our points in this season. We were six points behind the leader. ‘last year we had exactly the same criticism – that we must

change our way to play, that we cannot play in that way, that we don’t know how to play away.’ pellegrini will consider changes tonight, with Samir nasri set for a game after returning from injury, as

Manuel labour: City boss Pellegrini is refusing to panic City continue their Capital One Cup before defence with the fourth-round visit the end of the magpies. of the However, despite being expected season

‘Last year we had the same criticism’

to rest key players, pellegrini maintains the competition is of high importance.

He said: ‘it is very important for the club to win trophies, it doesn’t matter which competition. ‘as i said last year, always winning a title at Wembley has extra things. [it is] maybe the most important stadium in the world with 80,000 people watching, so always it is very important.’

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