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DRIVE TIME WARM UP ON A EUROPEAN VAN TOUR

TRAVEL TRENDS HOW COUCH SURFING IS CHANGING

ANALYSE THIS WHERE THE JOBS WILL BE IN FINANCE

SPRING REIGNS GET OUTDOORS IN LONDON

A WORLD APART ’60S SOUTH AFRICA ON THE BIG SCREEN

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EDITOR’S LETTER A lot of cynics will tell you there’s nothing left in the world to discover any more; that every corner of the earth has already been seen by someone else. But, of course, they miss the point.

Travel is still about discovery. It opens your eyes to people, places and cultures you’d only previously seen on the news. It might be a well-worn road, but this week’s cover story on van tours (page 74) fits the bill. Jump in a van, or a car, and head for the country roads of Europe.

I promise you’ll discover plenty you didn’t know.

74 Drive time: plan your van tour in Europe

61 TRAVEL

KRYSTEN BOOTH

61 Global Vision 62 FIT CLUB: Honing and toning on a boot camp weekend 64 TNTT Weekender: Glasgow 65 Late Deals 66 SOFA SO GOOD: Why couch surfing is the new way to travel 68 Hotshots 70 Travel Tips 71 Travel News 72 On The Road 73 Gear Up 74 RIDE OF YOUR LIFE: Get in gear for a European van tour

9 LONDON 9 London Eye 10 London Life 12 SPRING INTO ACTION: Make the most of the sunshine in London 14 Food & Drink 16 Spotted

19 ENTERTAINMENT 19 20 22 23 24

Celebrity News Look Who’s Talking: Sarah Main Cinema Culture ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW: Shamim Sarif’s films tackle SA issues 27 TNT Life

28 MUSIC & CLUBS 28 30 32 35

Music Music Listings Clubbing Clubbing Listings

66 Stay with locals on a couchsurfing trip

36 NEWS & SPORT 36 Australia News 38 PULP FRICTION: Tasmania’s pulp mill plans court controversy 40 New Zealand News 42 South Africa News 45 The week in sport 46 Rugby 48 NRL 51 AFL 52 General

24 Shamim Sharif’s new film examines South African issues

54 CAREERS & MONEY 54 Careers 55 FORTUNE TELLING: Where the finance jobs are this tax year 58 Money 59 Coming & Going

REGULARS 55 Finding the work in finance

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4 Letters 6 Wins 138 Desperately Seeking & Dear Reuben

12 London’s great outdoors

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Jamie asks who cares if league players get on the piss, drink too much and fall over (‘Leave them alone’, TNT 1335)? Well, Jamie, I’ll tell you.

It’s the women who get abused, bashed and treated like crap by league players who reckon they’ve got a right to run rampant, and parents who battle to raise their kids decently when role models (and that’s what sportsmen are whether they or anyone else likes it or not) act like morons. It’s not the media who are sending the wrong messages, as you reckon, it’s the players themselves.

No one’s saying they can’t get hammered now and then.

But like anyone else, they shouldn’t be harming other people in the process.

“Get over it,” Jamie says.

But, mate, how would you feel if it was your girlfriend who got assaulted by a drunk, arrogant, league player?

Andrew, via email

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Why is it only league players who consistently do stupid things while drinking?

Sure you get the odd rugby player in a scuffle/spot of bother, but league players just seem to go too hard and think they can do anything.

It’s always funny to see teammates fighting each other, like at the Bulldogs this week – but in reality that’s what league is becoming: a joke. With all the salary cap restrictions, lack of a worthwhile global competition and drunken assaults/sex complaints, the NRL will simply become a feeder competition for cashedup rugby clubs.

That said: go the Warriors.

Gareth, via email

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The NRL will simply “ become a feeder comp for cashed-up rugby clubs ” NO EXPENSE SPARED I’ve been loving the coverage of the MPs expenses row.

“Home Secretary in expenses scandal” reported The Telegraph sedately. “Jacqui’s Porn!” screamed The Sun. While I suspect that her heavy schedule of screwing over the visa laws may have left Ms Smith somewhat lethargic in the bedroom department, I couldn’t care less if her husband gets off to an X-rated rental. What’s really troubling is the casualness with which the expense claim was submitted.

Richard Timney (that’s Mr Smith to you and me) has apologised for embarrassing his wife (“No worries, Dick,” I suspect was her response) and confirmed he has repaid the dosh.

Ooer – so long as the taxpayer gets back the dirty

London

How to find and set up a flat on the cheap

porn tenner, that’s OK. And they say Blockbuster won’t survive the credit crunch.

Denise, via email

IDIOT PATROL I watched the footage of the G20 protestors raging their way through the city last week – smashing windows and picking fights with cops – and couldn’t believe my eyes!

Who are these people that think it is OK to use violence as a form of protest?

Surely they can’t actually think it’s going to help their cause. I think they should lock ’em up and throw away the keys.

Maria, via email

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Brett Stewart: One in a long list of disgraced league stars

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LETTER OF THE WEEK

YOUR SAY A FREE LUNCH

While the spate of email forwards offering discount meals might have died down, there are still ways to eat out on the cheap in London.

Go to the websites of chain restaurants such as Wagamama, Pizza Express and GBK, and often you can get access to offers such as two for one on main meals by becoming a member.

You might find your

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COMMUNITY CORNER LET THERE BE ROLF Australian West End performers did their bit for those back home last week when they raised £30,000 for victims of the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods.

The evening at the Palace Theatre was hosted by actor Simon Burke and had performances by Tamsin Carroll (Oliver!) and the cast of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, including Jason Donovan.

It was Rolf Harris, however,

Careers

who stole the show, with renditions of his classics Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Two Little Boys and Jake The Peg.

Travel

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Find out where Europe’s best surf breaks are

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BRIT OZ GOLDEN TICKET FOR TWO The Brit Oz Society are giving one lucky reader and a friend a Golden Ticket to events in their 2009 calendar.

The Brit Oz Golden ticket gives free entry to the society’s UK events, such as the House of Lords Spring Reception hosted by the Viscount Slim on May 20; the Cricket Barbecue on June 25, which is an exciting new event celebrating the advent of The Ashes; and the Summer Garden Party hosted by the Australian High Commissioner on July 1.

Events later in the year include the Britain Australia Society tutored wine tasting on November 4.

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Southbank, SE1, Wednesday, April 1, 12.34 pm, Photo: Brendon Bishop

Pearly King of Peckham George Major can spin a yarn – whether it be tales of snogging ex British prime minister’s wives or meeting the Queen. Nowadays the Pearly families of London do charitable and community work – but their elaborate costumes date back to the Cockney barrow boys of the 19th century. The tradition of decorating their suits with of mother-of-pearl buttons can be traced to the costermongers who used the distinctive patterns to stand out from other market traders.

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LONDON LIFE

WHAT’S ON Daniel Landon PICKS THE BEST OF LONDON THIS WEEK

LONDON

ETHER 09 VARIOUS PRICES WHAT: The Southbank Centre’s annual festival of innovation and collaboration in music, art and technology. Expect the likes of Brian Eno, Royksopp and Peaches (right) and loads of other out-there acts.

WHEN: April 9 to 24.

DO IT BECAUSE: This is a chance to get away from the music and art you know and/or love and find out what’s really happening at the cutting edge. London’s one of the few cities big enough to host such a collection of leading innovators.

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» Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX

Waterloo

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DANCING ON ICE £32.50

Capital idea: Neal’s Yard If you thought it would be impossible to capture a hippy vibe in seething, polluted London and pick up a decent mung bean burger and carrot smoothie, you’d be wrong.

In the heart of Covent Garden lies Neal’s Yard – a small courtyard of shops and cafés that provides an oasis of hippydom a world away from the nearby hustle and bustle.

It’s only a small place – it ain’t Byron Bay – but there are colourful shopfronts, all sorts of alternative remedies and

you might see the world’s oldest, most drug-mashed hippy in a minging poncho.

You can also visit the original Neal’s Yard Remedies store, get a walk-in back rub, buy some beads, visit Hair By Fairy, check out the veggie/ vegan salad bar, and head upstairs to the awesome World Food Café. DANIEL LANDON

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, perhaps the most famous ice skaters ever, join a cast of celebs who’ll dance, prance and probably fall.

» Wembley Arena, Engineers Way, HA9 0DH Wembley Park (0870 011 2626; dancingonicetour.co.uk).

Apr 10-13

STAR WARS: A MUSICAL JOURNEY FROM £30 If you’re a Star Wars fan, pay attention: an orchestra will belt out tunes from the famous score, set to scenes from the films.

» O2 Arena, Peninsula Sq, Greenwich, SE10 0PE North Greenwich (0844 844 0444; ticketmaster.co.uk). Apr 10-11

» Neal’s Yard, off Monmouth St, WC2H 9DP Covent Garden (sevendials.co.uk).

VERDICT: HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE

Actress Roxanne Pallett will be skating with the stars

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RUSSELL BRAND £15 One of Britain’s most notorious public figures is actually a hilarious, irreverent comic.

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SCOTLAND YARD’S LONDON HQ The Metropolitan Police force that looks after London is one of the oldest (possibly the oldest) in the world. Since it started its headquarters have been known as Scotland Yard – but given that the force doesn’t cover Scotland, this is kinda odd.

The reason comes from the buildings used when the force was set up

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in the 1830s as a response to the inadequacy of ad-hoc, parish-level policing at a time of booming cities and social upheaval. The buildings, in Whitehall, were named either after the King of Scotland who owned them before the union with England, or a prominent middle ages businessman with the name Scott. Subsequent HQs have been called New Scotland Yard. DL

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Spring

INTO ACTION Pool your resources

It’s time to enjoy the sunshine – here’s a guide to getting out and about in London WORDS DANIEL LANDON

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fter seemingly endless months of lousy weather, snow storms and darkness at 4pm, spring is arriving in London.

To help you make the most of the longer days, blue skies and warmer weather, here’s TNT’s guide to enjoying London in spring.

YOU FINISH WORK AND IT’S SUNNY OPTION 1: DRINKIN’ IN THE SUN

Not much beats soaking up some rays and enjoying a pint or a Pimm’s. Forget pub beer gardens – head to a rooftop bar instead.

Coq D’Argent (coqdargent.co.uk) in Bank is full of welldressed folk in a great location; at the Trafalgar Hotel (thetrafalgar.com) you can overlook Nelson’s Column; the huge Kensington Roof Gardens are more like

a park – check roofgardens.virgin.com to book a table; while the White House in Clapham (thewhitehouselondon.co.uk) is very stylish.

OPTION 2: GO GREEN

London’s parks sure do come alive in spring as Londoners flock to the open spaces. There will usually be several games of informal football (soccer) going on. In the UK, it’s customary for strangers to join a game, so if you’re alone don’t be afraid to wander up and ask.

OPTION 3: DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT: GO WALKABOUT

Do a walking tour. London Walks (londonwalks.com) runs some great evening tours focused on pubs – you’ll discover a great boozer or four and learn some quirky and fun facts about the capital.

SPONTANEOUS WEEKEND ACTION OPTION 1: POSH SUBURBS WITH NICE PUBS AND PARKS

Greenwich and Hampstead make a great day

Relax and work on your tan

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THE EASTER WEEKEND GET CLOSER TO GOD

Kensington Roof Gardens : a chance to get outdoors

out and are easy to get to on the Tube or DLR. Each has a village-like atmosphere, ye olde pubs, museums or interesting attractions and big parks.

Or do the river walk from Putney to Richmond. It’ll take several hours but you’ll have earned the pint in Richmond’s famous White Cross pub overlooking the Thames.

A BIT OF A PLAN

OPTION 2: GET ACTIVE

OPTION 1: GET FRIENDS TOGETHER FOR A BARBECUE OR BRAAI

There are few things more British than a spot of tennis. See londontennis.co.uk to find a court near you.

Hire a bike and explore London from the saddle rather than by foot or Tube. There’s a list of rental shops at lcc.org.uk

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OPTION 3: DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT: GO TO WATER

You can swim in the Serpentine Lido (serpentinelido.com) in Hyde Park and there are mixed and single-sex bathing ponds on Hampstead Heath (020 7332 3773). There are lidos at Tooting Bec (wandsworth.gov.uk), Hackney (hackney.gov.uk) and Parliament Hill (020 7485 5757).

Stay dry on a tour of London’s canals. The trip from Camden Lock to Paddington via the London Zoo is fantastic. (camdenguide.co.uk/ visit/canalwalk.htm).

Or head to Westminster Pier (opposite the London Eye) and do a Thames river cruise to Greenwich or Kew.

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A service at Westminster Abbey or St Paul’s Cathedral is a great way to see these amazing churches for free and celebrate the meaning of Easter.

The public is welcome to attend Good Friday and Easter Sunday services, but arrive early. Details at westminster-abbey.org and stpauls.co.uk.

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SKATE AWAY Good friends, great times

The old favourite. If you don’t own one you can get disposable barbecues from supermarkets.

But check the bylaws before lighting up – you’re not allowed to use them in most public parks.

OPTION 2: TOUR A SPORTING ICON

Lord’s (lords.org), Twickenham (rfu.com), Wembley (wembleystadium.com) and Wimbledon (wimbledon.org) all offer tours which run almost every day.

OPTION 3: DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT: ESCAPE THE BIG SMOKE

Head to the North Downs Way, a 246km stretch of woodland and open space running through Kent and Surrey.

The excellent National Trail website (nationaltrail.co.uk) has loads of useful info and downloadable maps. Some circular walking/cycling routes that start near train stations (journey times of 45-90 minutes from London) are: Adisham; Harrietsham; Kemsing; Otford; Wye; and Woldingham.

The mob that organises regular Friday night and Sunday inline skating sessions (lfns.co.uk) is hosting a big Easter weekend of rollerblading action, including an Easter Bunny skate on Sunday.

EASTER EGG HUNTING If you’re looking after kids or want to release your inner child, do an Easter egg hunt. There’ll be numerous ones held in London, including at Kenwood House (english-heritage.org.uk), Battersea Park Children’s Zoo (batterseaparkzoo.co.uk), Kew Gardens (kew.org), the Imperial War Museum (iwm.org.uk), the Household Cavalry Museum (household cavalrymuseum.co.uk), and the Foundling Museum (foundlingmuseum.org.uk).

Cycling: a healthy spring choice

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FOOD & DRINK

BAR REVIEW The Bread & Roses ★★★★★

LONDON

68 Clapham Manor St, SW4 6DZ 020 7498 1779 Clapham North

THE SCENE Billed as a workers’ bar (check out the artwork inside with its trade union connotations) and

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Choc tactics

tucked away on a side street, this big pub is now full of trendy Claphamites who want to give the rowdy high street a miss.

THE GRUB Excellent range of bar-type meals; a variety of burgers, served with chunky chips, cost £7.

BEHIND THE BAR Plenty of spirits and wines and a good selection of imported

OF THE BEST: FLOWER POWER Royal Botanic Gardens Kew TW9 3AB Pack a picnic and enjoy daffodillined pathways and carpets of crocuses. A feast for all the senses, depending what’s in your lunch basket.

Garden Museum dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.

Spoon the batter into a greased muffin pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180˚C for 15-20 mins until the muffins have risen and are firm to the

touch. They may still be a bit gooey inside due to the melted chocolate.

Allow the muffins to stand in the pan for about 10 mins before removing, to prevent them from breaking.

FOODIE EVENTS IN THE CAPITAL Literary Italian evening

characters who paved the way for today’s trattorias. » 32-34 Rosslyn Hill, NW3 1NH Hampstead (020 7794 2184; carluccios.com). Apr 8, 6.30pm

Bollywood dance moves Every Tuesday night Indian restaurant Moti Mahal hosts

a Bollywood dance class followed by dinner for £20.

Guests get to shimmy in bindis and bangles during a 45-minute session led by Bollywood Grooves, and then tuck into a two-course meal. » 45 Great Queen St, WC2B 5AA Covent Garden (motimahal-uk.com). 6.30pm

Lambeth Palace Rd, SE1 7LB This inner city garden is a beautiful retreat in spring. Spread out on its scented lawns or enjoy freshly baked cakes and vegetarian dishes at its café.

Chelsea Physic Garden 66 Royal Hospital Rd, SW3 4HS Enjoy afternoon tea of lavender scones with clotted cream and jam at the Tangerine Dream café.

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Carluccio’s in Hampstead will be offering a two-course meal for £8.50 on April 8 to tie in with the launch of The Spaghetti Tree by Alasdair Scott Sutherland.

The book traces the rise in popularity of Italian food in the UK, and the Italian

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EASTER TREAT

While you never need an excuse to indulge in chocolate, Easter does make it seem more acceptable. With these decadent muffins all your cravings should be sorted – but you might need an extra hour in the gym.

Triple chocolate muffins WHAT YOU NEED: 275g cake flour; ¼ cup cocoa powder; 2 tsp baking powder; ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100g dark chocolate, cut into small pieces; 100g milk chocolate, cut into small pieces; 100g white chocolate, cut into small pieces; 2 large eggs, lightly beaten; 30ml milk; 250ml sour cream; 115g brown sugar; 85g butter, melted.

THE WORK: Sift the cake flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together. Add the chocolate pieces to the mixture.

Combine the eggs, milk, sour cream, brown sugar and melted butter and add to the

tap beers and local ales.

There’s usually at least one guest ale.

BILL PLEASE Not completely at workers’ prices, but a pint will set you back £3. A meal with a drink costs about £11.

VERDICT A good place to spend a week night – you might want somewhere a bit more ‘heavy’ on the weekend.

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MARRIAGE STRIFE ‘NOT TRUE’: Lleyton and Bec Hewitt have hit back at an Australian magazine that claimed Bec was seeing another man.

New Idea ran a cover story that said Bec had been spending lots of time with an American man named Mark.

However it turned out ‘Mark’ is actually Bec’s brother Shaun, who travels with the couple.

The Hewitts say the magazine story was a “calculated deception” of the Australian public.

A GOOD WEEK FOR

Mariah Carey saw in her 40th birthday milestone in style. The singer jetted off to Barbados for a three-day celebration with her toyboy husband Nick Cannon and a group of close friends.

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Singer Delta Goodrem was caught out after she called in sick instead of performing at a Melbourne Grand Prix event.

She was seen partying a few hours later at a nightclub in the city. Busted!

LOGIE NOMINEES Australian television shows Packed To The Rafters and Underbelly dominated this year’s Logie nominations.

Packed To The Rafters scored an impressive 11 nods, with its star Rebecca Gibney also up for the coveted Gold Logie at the event on May 3.

Fellow Packed To The Rafters actors Erik Thomson, Hugh Sheridan, Jessica Marais and George Houvardas were also nominated.

Gibney was delighted with her nomination.

“My first nomination came

about 20 years ago, so it’s nice the Australian public has stayed with me,” she said.

Gibney is up against Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Andrew Denton, Adam Hills, Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Rove McManus, Kate Ritchie and Ian Smith for the highest Logie accolade.

Underbelly picked up nine nominations, including most popular Australian drama.

Stars Vince Colosimo, Gyton Grantley, Damian WalsheHowling and Kat Stewart are all up for Silver Logies.

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”We let love plan our babies.”

Joel Madden turns all gushy when talking about his partner Nicole Richie’s second pregnancy

Woman’s Weekly: Exclusive photos of Good Morning presenter Brendon Pongia’s wedding, and details of Bruce Willis’ marriage.

New Idea: Rihanna is reportedly desperate to ditch Chris Brown but friends reveal she can’t give him up.

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OK!: Writer Tara Moss on her surprise engagement.

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Sarah Main The Aussie DJ and long-time resident of Pacha nightclub in Ibiza tells TNT about her Spanish skills and her hankering for Woolies INTERVIEW NATASHA VUCKOVIC

20 You missed a flight out of Ibiza which ultimately resulted in you getting your start at Pacha. Do you ever wonder where you’d be now if you’d got on that plane?

You’ve since made Ibiza your home.

How’s your Spanish?

I’d still be here in some way or some form. I just had this feeling the first time I walked into Pacha that I had to be there.

So I would have been going back to Australia, making some money, coming back here, being broke, trying to get my dream job.

But you can order a beer and stuff like that?

YOU DON’T SAY? Name your guiltiest pleasure.

White wine.

What’s the best costume you’ve worn to a party?

I dressed up as Wonder Woman at my birthday party recently while I was Sydney.

What would your superpower be?

I’d have to fly. The last two nights I’ve had dreams I was being a superhero, too.

It could be better [laughs]. All my Spanish friends’ English is great.

Oh yeah. I can order the important stuff: food, alcohol. I can get around the Spanish language, I just can’t express myself on the level that I can in English.

Pacha’s probably the sexiest club out there. Do you feel pressure to always look good?

Even though it is so glamourous and so beautiful, it still allows you the freedom to be who you are. So if I’m in a jeans and T-shirt mood, I’ll go in jeans and a T-shirt.

If I’m in stilettos and a fabulous sequined dress mode, I’m gonna go in that. I dress for my mood. I don’t feel pressure to keep up a standard, but I obviously have a personal standard.

So no greasy hair or anything?

Er, no. I haven’t actually made it to the dreadlocks stage yet.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen from the DJ booth?

I don’t know if I can tell you that [laughs]. Let’s just say I’ve seen some very strange sexual things going on … What else have I seen that’s strange? Our shows are pretty spectacular. They have a whole heap

of girls that do pole dancing, and then one jumps inside a big, see-through plastic beach ball. She stands inside half naked and they have glitter flying in, like one of those little – what are they called?

A snow globe?

Yeah, like that. The shows are pretty outrageous … The sexual stuff, I don’t even want to talk about.

You appeared in It’s All Gone Pete Tong. Do you worry about being in nightclubs all the time and what effect it will have on your own ears?

I do worry about it. But I’m one of those optimists that’s like ‘they’ll have bionic ears by the time I lose my hearing’. I have noticed a little bit of deterioration in my hearing, just slightly. I know that I have my monitors up a lot louder now than when I first started DJing.

I’ve seen some “ very strange sexual things ” Are you still in touch with the club scene in Australia?

Yeah. I just did a tour back there recently and I loved it. I felt like I really still connected with my fellow Aussies, which was such a massive buzz for me. It was very important for me. I always get more nervous playing back there.

What kind of things do you miss most about Australia?

The food [laughs]. Woolworths. I just go straight there and I just spend loads of money on everything – I love my food.

Here the food’s great but there are some things we lack … I miss my sushi train.

That’s the main thing. Oh, and maybe my family [laughs]. But a lot of them are overseas now anyway.

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CINEMA Fast And Furious

SCREEN TEST: CAR FLICKS

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker

ENTERTAINMENT

STARRING:

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★★★★★

So, like an ace pit crew hired to work on a sports car that’s been driven into the ground, the original cast of The Fast And The Furious return to save a struggling franchise.

Unfortunately not even Vin Diesel can stop fourth instalment Fast And Furious from landing up in the ditch next to those other sequels.

Foremost among the film’s problems is a storyline straight out of a bad video game.

Highway robber Dom Toretto (Diesel) and FBI agent Brian O’Conner (Walker) go after a crime boss smuggling drugs into America.

As you’d expect, the pair charge through a world filled with hip-hop and hot pantswearing women who spent their days gyrating between flash cars and snogging each other uncontrollably.

The bone-headed plot

1 Besides making Star Wars films, which famous car film did George Lucas direct?

2 Which actor starred in the iconic Australian film Mad Max? 3 Which police drama that featured heaps of car chases got the Oscar for Best Picture in 1971?

4 What sort of car starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in Cobra?

5 Actress Angelina Jolie starred in which 2000 revhead flick?

might have been easier to take if the street-racing scenes were sensational, but even in this department it doesn’t really hit the mark.

An opening oil-truck siege has its moments but the climactic chase scene through

a mountain lacks the impact of Bourne or recent Bond films.

If ever a film franchise was ready for the scrap heap, Fast And Furious is it.

GOOD FOR: People who rev their cars at red lights.

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1 Four Christmases 2 Legally Blonde 3 Ryan Phillippe 4 Rachel Green’s (as Jill Green) 5 Type A Films

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LAST WEEK’S WINNER Tracey Gunne

THE REEL DEAL Audiences at the London Australian Film Festival last month chose Black Balloon as their favourite flick.

Directed by Elissa Down and starring Toni Collette, it was one of 60 films shown during the festival. Rhian Skirving’s Rock ’n Roll Nerd, charting the career of comedian TIm Minchin, was selected as the best documentary.

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

★★★★★ The Swedish winter isn’t the only thing that bites in director Tomas Alfredson’s remarkable horror flick about a bullied 12year-old boy (Kare Hedebrant) who falls for a vampire girl (Lina Leandersson). With its inventive storyline and evocative cinematography, Let The Right One In injects new blood into an anaemic genre.

GOOD FOR: Those who think all vampire movies suck. PDV

Samoan international and Wellington Lion Zak Feaunati (below) will play Lomu.

“The casting director asked me to do the haka. I might have scared one or two of the ladies, but I guess it did the trick,” Feaunati said.

FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING

★★★★★ Ballsy Irishman Martin McGartland (Jim Sturgess) infiltrates the IRA during the 1980s after being recruited by an English cop (Sir Ben Kingsley). It’s not exactly subtle, but rising star Sturgess puts in such an enigmatic performance, you’ll be chewing your nails nonetheless.

GOOD FOR: Those keen for an Irish Donnie Brasco. PDV

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A former Samoan rugby star will play ex-All Black Jonah Lomu in a Clint Eastwood movie on the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The untitled film revolves around former South African president Nelson Mandela’s appearance at the Springboks v All Blacks final, seen as a turning point in South Africa’s postapartheid history.

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CULTURE MADAME DE SADE Judi Dench dons petticoats and rustling taffeta for Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima’s play focusing on the sexually deviant Marquis de Sade and the women in his life – devoted wife Renee (Rosamund Pike) and his disapproving mother-in -law (Dench).

You don’t get to see the debaucherous sex scenes, though. Instead the explicit details are recounted with a lot of talk of heaving bosoms and dripping candles.

There’s a lot of waffling dialogue to wade through, with Pike’s Renee slightly grating in her whining

ENTERTAINMENT

SEE THIS: Theatre defence of the imprisoned De Sade (who never actually appears on stage).

Dench is captivating as the formidable, outraged mother-in-law. It’s just a shame the material she has to work with bogs the play down. ERIN MILLER

» Wyndham’s Theatre,

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Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0DA Leicester Square (donmarwestend.com) Until May 23. £10-£32.50

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WORTH A LOOK If it’s ballerinas that take your fancy, check out Giselle at the Royal Opera House » Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DD

Lipman and Jessie Buckley (from TV talent show I’d Do • Maureen Charing Cross (garrick-theatre.co.uk). Until Jul 5. £25-£70

Covent Garden (020 7304 4000). Until May 26. £5-£95

Anything) star in A Little Night Music. » Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0HH

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK

BOOK OF THE WEEK

KUNIYOSHI

KILL YOUR FRIENDS

★★★★★

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Johan Persson

An exhibition devoted solely to a long-dead Japanese artist might seem overkill, but the dozens of prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) on show here are truly sublime.

Inspired by Japanese history and myths, they’re colourful, detailed, and above all hugely expressive. There are

warriors, landscapes and adventure stories along with humorous prints, including some bizarre comic erotica.

Great stuff. DANIEL LANDON

» Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD Piccadilly Circus (020 7388 8000; royalacademy.org.uk).

Until Jun 7. £9

John Niven (Vintage Books) OUT NOW

★★★★★ John Niven’s debut novel is dark, twisted and very, very wrong in (most) places. It’s also laugh-out-loud funny.

Taking a satirical look at the music business during the late nineties Britpop era, the main character, Steven Stelfox, is brilliantly vile and malicious.

A coke-hungry A&R man with a penchant for hookers and brand-names, Stelfox won’t let anything bring him down in the sink-orswim music industry, even if it means disposing of a couple of colleagues along

the way. It’s not a plot-heavy story, rather a continuous sequence of day-to-day events – music conferences, parties, days at the office, a few murders, more parties – that all wrap up quite nicely at the book’s finale.

Echoing Bret Easton Ellis’ well-known novel American Psycho, in a less slick New York, more gritty London kind of way, it’s a totally un-PC and gruesome read.

Having spent 10 years working in the UK music industry himself, there’s no doubt that Niven’s characters are worryingly accurate caricatures of some of the people who drive the music machine.

NATASHA VUCKOVIC

MORE EXHIBITIONS Discover the colourful world of monster drawings in Monsters Inked. » Idea Generation Gallery

Liverpool Street (020 7749 6850; ideageneration.co.uk). Apr 8-May 4.

• Take a fascinating peek behind closed doors in Ethelburga

Free

Tower: At home in a high rise. » Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Rd, E2 8EA Old Street (020 7739 9893; geffrye-museum.org.uk). Apr 7-Aug 31. Free

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Author turned director Shamim Sarif brings her complex novel The World Unseen, set in apartheid South Africa, to the big screen WORDS ERIN MILLER

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FROM THE PAGES TO THE SCREEN In Sarif’s novel the main characters are strong Indian-South African women who face social and religious stigmas as their relationship develops.

Sarif, who has been in a gay relationship with film producer Hanan Kattan for the past 13 years, admits that to an extent her work is based on her own personal experiences.

“It’s not easy,” she says. “The cultural and societal expectations are against mixed race and same-sex relationships. I think it’s unfortunate there’s still that cultural taboo.”

GETTING THE FAMILY INVOLVED In the movie, Sarif’s mother has a small cameo role as a mother whose daughter is gay.

“She had a couple of lines and had to look disapproving, so I said: ‘Mum, I’m sure you can manage that’,” Sarif says.

In real life, Sarif says her mother took some getting used to her relationship with Kattan.

“She had a hard time with it. I think culturally it’s understandable, but we got there in the end,” she says.

And it’s her family that motivated her to write The World Unseen, set in apartheid South Africa.

“It was really inspired by my grandmother’s stories … of living outside Pretoria in a world that was very parochial, and dramatic, because

THE POWER OF ONE Australian author Bryce Courtenay’s book about a young boy growing up in apartheid South Africa was adapted for the big screen in 1992.

MY BRILLIANT CAREER Judy Davis and Sam Neill starred in this 1979 classic.

The book, by Miles Franklin, is about a young woman Sybylla who lives in the Australian outback and dreams of becoming a well-known writer.

Shamim Sarif with her partner Hanan Kattan

It was inspired by “ my grandmother’s stories of living in a parochial world

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WHALE RIDER One of New Zealand’s best known films is based on the 1987 book of the same name by Witi Ihimaera. It stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Pai, who is next in line to be the leader of the Paikea tribe.

there was no electricity and it was a really rural, tough existence,” Sarif says.

SUCCESS IN SOUTH AFRICA The World Unseen was filmed in and around Cape Town in 2007 and has won 11 awards at the South African Film Awards.

The lead actresses Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheeth also appear in Sarif’s other film I Can’t Think Straight.

Based on another of her books, it tells of two women who fall in love in London while dealing with conflicting cultural beliefs.

Of having two films based on same-sex relationships, Sarif says: “I think if you put positive images out there, it helps people to have less fear of the abstract concept of homosexuality that they may have issues with.”

In a scene of I Can’t Think Straight, the two women have a heated conversation about religion over the coffee table.

“I think with religion, whether you’re a believer or a non-believer, it shouldn’t be immune from questioning,” Sarif says, proving that religion and politics can be discussed at the dinner table.

» The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Actress Lisa Ray with Shamim Sarif

ENTERTAINMENT

BOOK TO BIG SCREEN

T

hey say politics and religion shouldn’t be discussed at the dinner table, but author Shamim Sarif doesn’t have a problem addressing contentious topics.

Racial discrimination, religion and gay relationships are all pivotal to her work.

Author and now director Sarif, 39, was born in London after her family left South Africa in the early ’60s because of apartheid.

She says South African culture was very much part of her London upbringing, and recalls family meals where South African food such as snoek (a long, bony fish) and koeksisters (syrup-coated doughnuts) were “regulars at our dinner table”.

Sarif drew on her South African heritage for her debut novel The World Unseen, which has been made into a film (pictured left).

Straight are in selected UK cinemas now

Whale Rider

CRY FREEDOM Cry Freedom is based on the books published by newspaper editor Donald Woods, who exposed police complicity in the death of South African Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko during apartheid South Africa.

The 1987 film stars Denzel Washington as Biko.

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TNT LIFE ENTERTAINMENT

MEET THE CREW Astrid Breacker Designer From: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Like any great African long-distance runner, Astrid doesn’t wear shoes. Even on her wedding day she was pad-footing when saying ‘I do’ on a sandy beach. Taking on the Breacker mantle after 27 years as a Munster is a logical move, but it’s ruined our song: “What’s that coming over the hill, is it A. Munster, is it A. Munster?”

SPOTLIGHT ON SOUTH AFRICAN TIMES If you’re a Saffa in the UK, log onto southafricantimes.co.uk to have your say, find out about the latest news from home, or chat to other South Africans who are living all over the world.

The site’s Expats section will keep you up-to-date with what’s happening in your community and visa information, while The Republic covers issues from back home. Job seekers can look for work on the jobs board and you can join The Talk, where registered users can air their views.

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THE TNT ANZAC BALL 2009 Get into the Anzac spirit and join us at the TNT Anzac Ball at iconic Chelsea Football Club on April 25.

Tickets for this black tie event are £50 per person, which includes a champagne reception, two-course meal, five bottles of Mud House wine per dinner table, a charity auction, DJ

– plus much more.

There will also be a commemorative ceremony for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the night. » Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Rd, SW6 1HS Fulham Broadway. Sat, Apr 25, 7pm-1am. £50.

See tntonline.co.uk/anzacball.

SPORTS FEST TNT Anzac Rugby Challenge This year’s TNT sporting gala features touch rugby, netball and rugby matches – so come and cheer the teams on and join in the fun.

» See southafricantimes.co.uk

TNT IN 2 TOUCH SPRING SEASON WHAT TNT In 2 Touch spring season is about to kick off so pick a venue near you and sign up today.

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From April 27.

WHERE Venues throughout London.

See tntonline.co.uk/events.

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TNT’S FREEDOM DAY PARTY Calling South Africans in London. Come and celebrate Freedom Day with TNT and the SA Times at one moerse party on Sunday, April 26.

The event will take place at The Puzzle in Earlsfield with live bands and DJs playing South African hits throughout the day.

There’s also a free boerewors roll and South African drink

Ealing Common. May 2.

See tntonline.co.uk/events. £7 pre-sale, £10 otd

for the first 400 people through the door before 2pm.

» The Puzzle, Garrett Ln, SW18 4EJ Earlsfield. Sun, Apr 26, 11am-12am. Free. See tntonline.co.uk/freedomday

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MUSIC DOVES Kingdom Of Rust (Heavenly)

★★★★★

MUSIC & CLUBS

After a decade on the margins, a handful of grumpylooking blokes from the north west of England surprisingly burst into the big time with album number four. That’s Elbow’s story, but some of the industry suggested it could also be that of Doves.

Kingdom Of Rust arrives with unusually high expectations.

It’s the group’s richest album yet. There’s more colour in the cheeks of the indie-dance

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PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH

BAT FOR LASHES

NEIL YOUNG

Two Suns

Fork In The Road

A Woman A Man Walked By

(Parlophone)

(Reprise)

Natasha Khan creates her own universe and invites listeners to join her in it. It’s likely many more will do so on the back of this occasionally powerful, occasionally beautiful followup to her messier debut Fur And Gold. You’ll have to get past a few off-puttingly hippyish lyrics (and some off-puttingly hippyish singing; disconcertingly, Sleep Alone has both), but it’s worth giving Two Suns the benefit of the doubt. WFJ

Young recently converted his gas guzzling 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on alternative energy.

He could have saved some of it for this set of plodding bar room rock. “Just singing a song won’t change the world”, offers Young on Just Singing A Song, a contrary protest song about protest songs. It’s a rare insight when compared with the brutal green-blues of Fuel Line or facile economic commentary of the title song. WFJ

(Island)

★★★★★

Parish and Harvey have been working together for years, but A Woman A Man Walked By is a more equal collaboration: Parish wrote the music and played all the guitars, while Harvey sang and provided the lyrics.

The album has its moments, among them the swampy radio-rock of Black-Hearted Love and the dark but rather funny Pig Will Not. But it’s hard to shake the feeling that Harvey’s a better songwriter when left alone. WFJ

★★★★★

★★★★★

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SOUTH AFRICA

NO.1 Right Round, Flo Rida ft Kesha MAKING NEWS Fans of Britney Spears may have to shell out as much as A$150 to see the pop star mime. The Herald Sun reported Spears is requesting A$1 million per show to cover high production costs on her first Australian tour.

NO.1 Brother, Smashproof ft Gin Wigmore MAKING NEWS Cut Off Your Hands drummer Brent Harris will temporarily quit the band due to a medical condition which is making him deaf. Harris will down sticks for 12 months to determine if drumming is the main cause of his hearing loss.

NO.1 She Always Gets What She Wants, Prime Circle OUT NOW New album Bellville Rock City pays homage to Cape Town music epicentre Bellville, and features cuts from the suburb’s native bands Ashtray Electric, Fokofpolisiekar, Foto Na Dans, Van Coke Kartel and more.

throb of Jetstream and the sprawling title cut than on their previous three records combined. The expansive production continues on songs as diverse as the melancholy Birds Flew Backwards and the discoslanted Compulsion.

The problem, aside from the rotten vocals, is that it sounds like a band trying desperately to impress. Previous LP Some Cities didn’t get carried away with its own ambition, which is why it’s their best. Despite some fine moments, Kingdom Of Rust is the sound of a band throwing a kitchen sink at the Mercury Prize judges, hoping it knocks them out. WFJ

LIVE REVIEW You Am I Electric Ballroom March 27 ★★★★★ As a long-time Tim Rogers fan I was ashamed to have been a You Am I virgin before this gig. And these Aussie stalwarts sure show me what I’ve been missing.

Classics, such as Purple Sneakers, Berlin Chair, Mr Milk and Cathy’s Clown, demonstrate why they were the best Aussie rock band of the late ’90s (sorry Powderfinger). More recent songs (Wankers, Beau Geste, Givin’ Up Gettin’ Fat) are darn fine but can’t quite match their old stuff.

Yet the foursome give it their all – this band knows a rock song when they play one. The only downer is the venue’s rubbish sound quality. DANIEL LANDON

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GIG GUIDE MUSIC & CLUBS

Alison Grinter PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST LIVE MUSIC

GIG OF THE WEEK ESKIMO JOE After dipping a little toe into UK waters and selling out London’s Electric Ballroom last year, Perth rockers Eskimo Joe decided they’d like to go the whole hog. Girded with a Warner’s deal for Europe, they’ve recorded an as yet unnamed album with the help of producer Gil Norton (who’s worked with the Pixies, Echo And The Bunnymen and Foo Fighters) to be released here in the summer. In the meantime, get a sneak preview of their new material, along with tunes from their hit album Black Fingernails, Red Wine.

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» Koko, 1a Camden High St, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent (0870 4000 6888). Wed, Apr 8. £15 BLOC PARTY

ETHER FESTIVAL: PEACHES

Fronted by media shy Kele Okereke, Bloc Party have always been a sensitive, new age type of indie band. Once slated by Liam Gallager for looking like “a band off University Challenge”, they took it as a compliment and their jittery, angular guitar pop has always been on the cerebral side. Their latest LP is called Intimacy. I rest my case.

To say Peaches’ penchant for shock value gets in the way of her music kind of misses the point. This is a woman who put out albums entitled Fatherfucker and Impeach My Bush, after all. Now the feisty Canadian electro-provocateur is back to preview tracks from upcoming album I Feel Cream. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

» Olympia, Olympia Way, W14 8UX (0871 2200 260). Apr 11-12. £25

» Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX

Kensington (Olympia)

Waterloo (0871 663 2501). Fri, Apr 10. £22.50-£25

BELIEVE THE HYPE DAN BLACK

Liz Looker, Fubbi Karlson

THE LINE-UP Dan Black.

HAILS FROM Based in Paris despite being London born and bred.

THE BUZZ SO FAR The former lead singer of indie band The Servants mashes samples and beats with yearning vocals to make an original sonic treat.

WHAT ELSE? Black’s electro remake of Notorious BIG’s Hypnotize combines bass lines from Rihanna’s Umbrella and symphonic flavours for a blowout mix.

DAN BLACK SAYS “It’s very much made with me and computer. It’s hip-hop/ dance production and very melodic. It has a strong pop thing.” (MTV ) THE CRITICS SAY “If you don’t want to play this again and again, you have no soul.”

(Qthemusic.com)

SOUND BITES Brisbane Yeah Yeah Yeah’s soundalikes The Grates are starting to make serious waves in the States.

The art rock trio fronted by feisty singer Patience Hodgson are expected to sign a US record deal within weeks after impressing industry insiders at the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas, last month.

WE SAY Black’s Prince-like

sound and his radical creativity put him on track to be huge.

LINK myspace.com/ danblacksound THE RELEASE New single Alone out on March 9.

THE PLUG Wonky Pop @ Cargo,

83 Rivington St, EC2A 3AY Old Street (0870 060 0100) Wed, Apr 8. £8. ERICA MASINI

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MUSIC LISTINGS MONDAY 6

SATURDAY 11

Bohemia, Lights, Urusen, Idan Rabinovici, Little Lost David Heavy rock band.

Bloc Party The London-based

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

Olympia, Hammersmith Rd, W14 8UX (020 7385 1200). £25.

Briana Lynn Hardyman, Jeneen Terrana, Silbin Sandoval The singer-

Mark Chadwick, The Myst, Thinker The Levellers frontman

songwriter and guitarist from Tennessee plays country-folk.

South, Lee High Rd, SE13 5PR (020 8852 1267). £8, NUS £6.

quartet play post-punk tracks from their 2008 album Intimacy.

plays melodic folk-rock. Dirty

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

The Enemy, Twisted Wheel, Kid British The Coventrybased indie-rock trio play tracks from their forthcoming album Music For The People.

Just Like Little People, Common Courtney The London three-piece play indie-pop tracks. Dublin

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Brixton Academy, Stockwell Rd, SW9 9SL (0844 477 2000). £20.

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

Joe Mallory Skinner, JB3, The Pepperbox Pop-rock from the London-based trio.

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

Trailer Trash Tracys The London-based surf quartet perform tracks from their back catalogue. Proud, The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867). £5, concs £3.

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk Ipswich (latitudefestival.co.uk). Jul 16-19. £150 Featuring new live addition The Saints’ Ed Kuepper on guitar, Cave et al return for a headline slot at Latitude, their first UK gig since their sold-out London Troxy shows in 2008.

TUESDAY 7

Stornoway The Oxfordshire

Betty And The Werewolves

The Slaughtered Lamb, Great Sutton St, EC1V 0DX (020 7253 1516). £6.

The indie-pop quartet promote their album David Cassidy.

five-piece play acoustic indie.

Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer St, W1F 0SE (020 7734 3040). £6, adv £5.

Wob, Tom Mayne, Jeneen Terrana, Silbin Sandovar, Hungry Dog The ex-Blyth

Matt Duke, The Yeah Yous

Power member plays melodic folk-punk. Milfords, Milford Ln,

Acoustic rock singer-songwriter.

The Troubadour, Old Brompton Rd, SW5 9JA (020 7370 1434). £7.

The Onlookers, The Pressure Room Indierock from the Canterburybased four-piece. The Barfly, Camden, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AN (0844 847 2424). Adv £5.

Josh Pyke The Australian singer-songwriter plays indie-rock tracks from his 2008 album Chimney’s Afire. Bush Hall, Uxbridge Rd, W12 7LJ (020 8222 6955). £9.50.

Jonathan Seet, Sam Lewis The Oxford singer-songwriter performs rock-tinged pop.

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

WEDNESDAY 8 Clara Belle, The Vicious Guns The London-based singer-songwriter plays acoustic folk, jazz and pop.

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

Rob Cowen And The Dissidents Progressive

WC2R 3LL (020 7240 1141). £5.

THURSDAY 9 John Bramwell, Jonny Taylor & Michael Ricketts Indie-rock

FRIDAY 10 Andensum The Oxford-based

plays jazz standards and original material. Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St, W1D 4HT (020 7439 0747). £15-£40.

One Eskimo, The Branco Heist, The RGBs Acoustic

The Peeps, The Little Philistines, Mafia Lights The London-based group play blues-influenced indie.

Chas & Dave The pop-rock duo are joined by drummer Micky Burt for a performance of comic songs. 100 Club,

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX (0871 663 2500). £22.50.

Oxford St, W1D 1LL (020 7636 0933).

Adv £20.

Supersuckers The Seattle

The Gathering Of The Thousands All-day punk

The I Hearts, Deadwax, The Shills Post-punk indie-rock from the London-based trio.

The Good Ship, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (07949 008253). £5.

quartet play heavy countryrock to promote their album Get It Together. University Of London Union, Malet St, WC1E 7HY (0870 060 3777). £14.

Vopli Vidopliassova, Mandry, The Ukrainians, Carpathiana Ukrainian folk-rock quartet. IndigO2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DX (0871 220 0260). £30-£50.

SUNDAY 12 Jackson Browne The veteran

King Of Conspiracy, Tim Watt, The Laurels The London-based trio play edgy indie-rock. The Spice Of Life, Moor

American rock singer-songwriter promotes his album Time The Conqueror. Royal Albert Hall,

St, W1D 5NA (020 7739 3025). £5.

Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £32.50-£45.

The Laurel Collective, Sunny Day Sets Fire, Black Daniel

Heartbreak, Rowdy Superstar Electronica and

Psychedelic pop six-piece. The

dance from the London-based artist. Bar Music Hall, Curtain Rd,

indie-pop group. The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Rd, E1 1EW (020 7375 3774). Adv £12.50.

The Plenaries, The Buck Brothers, Gutter Bravados

Windmill, Blenheim Gardens, SW2 5BZ (020 8671 0700). £7, adv £6.

The Warwickshire quartet play indie tracks. The Fly, New Oxford St,

Mlini, The Last Detail, Heist

EC2A 3AR (020 7613 5951). £10, concs £7, £5 before 10.30pm.

WC1A 1EP (0844 847 2424). Adv £7.

The London four-piece play indie tracks. Monto Water Rats, Gray’s Inn

Senadee, Magic Lantern, Matti Roots, Lana The band

The Rasmus Alternative

Rd, WC1X 8BZ (020 7837 4412). £6.

from London play indie and nu-Brit pop. The Bedford, Bedford

Orchid Thieves, Chris

Hill, SW12 9HD (07960 010209). £8.

rock from the Finnish outfit promoting their album, Black Roses. Heaven, Charing

The Fly, New Oxford St, WC1A 1EP (0844 847 2424). Adv £5.

Cross Arches, Villiers St, WC2N 6NG (020 7930 2020). £17.50.

Eskimo Joe The Australian rock trio perform tracks from their album Black Fingernails, Red Wine. Koko, Camden High

This Is Hell, Dead Swans, Search Party The New

Dave Swarbrick The former

York rock quartet play tracks from their album Misfortunes.

Fairport Convention member plays traditional music. Downstairs

St, NW1 7JE (0870 432 5527). £15.

The Underworld, Camden High St, NW1 0NE (020 7482 1932). Adv £9.

At The King’s Head, Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA (020 8340 1028). £12.

Braid, Aaron Slater Indierock six-piece from London.

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

Pirate Ship Quintet

1RU (020 7359 6191). £6, NUS/w/ flyer £5, £3 after 11pm.

Enterprise, Haverstock Hill, NW3 2BL (020 7485 2659). £8, w/flyer £6.

Scandanavian electronica duo promote their album Junior.

indie-folk from the vocalist and his backing band.

The combo play post rock tracks. Buffalo Bar, Upper St, N1

tinged alt-rock band promote their album Crawl Walk Party. The

Ether 09: Röyksopp The

Lemar The soulful pop

Pat Martino The guitarist

Less Than Me, Snish, The Separation The pop-punk

The Good Ship, Kilburn High Rd, NW6 7JR (07949 008253). £5.

Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ (020 7701 1500). £20, adv £15.

Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP (020 7589 8212). £20-£32.50.

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

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

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

vocalist plays tracks from his album The Reason. Royal

four-piece play indie-rock.

sextet play prog-metal. The

event featuring sets from Conflict With No-one, Romeo Must Die, The Grit, Rubella Ballet and Pig Iron. The Coronet, New

from the I Am Kloot frontman.

The Kill Joys, House Of Strange, Khaliq The London

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

Templeton Pek, Second Chance The punk and metal outfit promote their album No Association. Islington Academy, N1 Centre, Parkfield St, N1 0PS (0844 477 2000). £6.

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FAST FORWARD AC/DC Wembley Stadium, Jun 26 (0871 2200 XX XXX XXX260). £55 Xxx Blurxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxx Hyde Park, Julxxxx 2-3 (0870 534 444) £45 XX XXX XXX Xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xxxx John Butler xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx Union Chapel, Jul 17 (0870 264 3333). £17.50 The Cat Empire Shepherds Bush Empire, Jul 3-4 (08444 77 2000) £17.50 The Drones The Luminaire, May 21 (wegottickets.com). £8.50 Gurrumul Union Chapel May 13 (0844 576 5483). £12.50 Ben Harper Forum, Apr 19 (0844 847 2405). £26 The Living End Koko, Apr 22 (0870 4325 527). £13.50 Mr Scruff Koko, May 23 (0870 4325 527). £15 Pet Shop Boys O2 Arena, Jun 19 (0870 534 4444). £30 The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal Wembley Arena, Apr 16-17 (0870 4000 6888). £32.50 Razorlight O2 Arena, May 7 (0870 534 4444). £27.50 Shapeshifter Forum, May 22 (0844 847 2405). £17.50 The View Forum, May 16 (0844 847 2405), £15 Amy Winehouse, Toots And The Maytals Shepherds Bush Empire, May 31 (0844 477 2000). £35-£45 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Shepherds Bush Empire, Apr 25-26 (08444 77 2000). £18.50

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Natasha Vuckovic PICKS OUT THIS WEEK’S BEST CLUB NIGHTS

CLUB OF THE WEEK ERIC PRYDZ The Easter weekend in London is a clubbing gold mine with a treasure chest of parties to take your pick from.

Matter is going the whole hog with three huge nights (Digweed on Thursday and Timo Mass on Friday), but the highlight is Eric Prydz on Saturday. While his is the main name in lights, the Stafford Brothers, a couple of Aussie siblings from the Goldie, will be owning room two, giving Aussie clubbers a taste of home with their chunky house tunes.

» Matter, The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 0DY

North Greenwich (020 7549 6686). Sat, Apr 12, 10pm-7am. £20

beats/breaks

funk/soul

drum ’n’ bass

electro

hip-hop

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Coxy begins his UK tour in London this week, getting the long weekend off to a storming start. No, not a 24-hour party. Clever Coxy’s named his tour after his 24/7 DVD release. How’s that for marketing prowess?

Riot! used to rule at The End on Sunday arvos. Now it’s celebrating eight years at Ministry with hard house DJs like BK, Andy Farley and exProdigy man Leeroy Thornhill.

It’s loud, hard, and will make you get your bounce on.

» Koko, Camden High St, NW1 7JE Mornington Crescent. Thu, Apr 9, 10pm6am. Returns only

» Ministry of Sound, Gaunt St,

hard house/trance

house/garage

rock/metal

techno

CLUB NEWS

SE2 6DP Elephant & Castle (0870 060 0010). Sun, Apr 12.

2pm-late. £12 adv Deadmau5

PLACE TO BE Bar 54 This East London venue is one that does the bar-cumclub thing perfectly.

Lounge around upstairs on comfortable sofas, or get your groove on downstairs on the dance floor.

There’s a late licence and the tunes are all about techno, electro and house.

It’s a good choice if you don’t want to go hard at a massive nightclub, but you

still want to have a boogie.

» 54 Commercial St, E1 6LT Aldgate East (0871 971 5481)

Tiësto is putting on a free party, or “a very special get together for the true fans”, in Amsterdam on April 19. The seven-hour event will include a one-hour set from Tiësto, a free drink and a stroll down the red carpet. Only 1500 spots are available to the

invite-only event. Wanna go?

Then email tiesto@radio538.nl saying why you deserve to get an invitation.

Wanna get the club experience without forking over dosh for cover charge and exy drinks? Then check out be-at.tv, a website that streams unedited footage and tunes from club nights from some of the world’s biggest nightclubs. The Sun reckons home-clubbing is taking off as thrifty clubbers get credit crunch be-at.tv parties going at home.

Clubs involved include Space and Pacha in Ibiza, Koko, Ministry of Sound and Singapore’s Zouk.

Brendon Bishop / TNT Images

We have two pairs of VIP tickets to Eric Prydz, one pair of tickets to Carl Cox and two VIP pairs of tickets to Riot! this long weekend. For your chance to win, email grabs@tntmagazine.com by noon on Wed, Apr 8, with ‘Prydz, ‘Coxy’ or ‘Riot’ in the subject line.

WIN

Candian wunderkind Deadmau5, aka Joel Zimmerman, has announced he’ll be touring the UK this year. His seven-show tour hits London on Wednesday, May 6, at Camden’s Electric Ballroom at the very un-rock and roll time of 7.30pm (well, it is a school night).

Go to gigsandtours.com for tickets (£15 + booking fee).

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CLUB LISTINGS MONDAY 6 Authentic Cuban Night Fiesta Havana, Fulham Rd, SW6 5NH (020 7381 5005).

6pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

Hard Core Salsa DJ Jorge Andre plays mambo and timba. Salsa!, Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Iluvlive DJs Mz Bratt, Self Taught Beats, Katie Pearl, La Rebla Fams, Princess Nyah and MC D Ablo play hip-hop, funk and house. Favela Chic, Great Eastern St, EC2A 3HZ (020 7613 4228).

7.30pm-12am. £5, £3 before 8.30pm.

Electrovibe James Mac and DJ Lukass play house and electro. Club Boulevard, The Broadway, W5 5JY (07912 654 543). 10pm-late. £10.

PERVERTED AUDIO AND GLOSS MATTER The O2, Peninsula Sq, SE10 6DP North Greenwich (020 7549 6686).

Apr 10. £15 Philippines-born, Holland-raised and in London next month.

It’s Dutchman Laidback Luke. You’ve got to show him love.

Get Diverted Anil Chawla, White Rabbit, Farserelli and Jim Brooks supply house and electronica across two rooms. Plan B, Brixton Rd, SW9 4AY (0870 116 5421). 9pm-6am. £12, £10 before 12am, adv £8.

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

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

MUSIC & CLUBS

DJ Flecha plays Cuban beats, plus dance classes.

TNT’S TOP BOOKING

Miami 305 Funky house and pop from Mr Mak and Edge. Stanza, Shaftesbury Ave, W1D 5DY (020 7494 3020).

9.30pm-3am. £15, mems £10.

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Rehab DJs Val, Lydia and the Demonettes play indie, pop and rock. The Roxy, Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3, mems £1, £1 before 10.30pm, mems free before 10.30pm.

Wasted Youth DJs Abbie and George supply indie.

Proud, The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Rd, NW1 8AH (020 7482 3867).

7.30pm-1am. £5, concs £4.

WEDNESDAY 8 Cheap$kates Disco and hip-hop courtesy of DJ Downfall.

Moonlighting, Greek St, W1D 4DR (020 7734 6308). 9pm-3.30am. £6, NUS £4.50, w/flyer £4.

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

TUESDAY 7

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

9pm-3am. £7, NUS £5, adv £4.50.

Forca Brasil DJ Fred spins salsa,

Alex Roots The resident

samba and Latin tunes, plus live bands. Salsa!, Charing Cross

spins punk, pop and new wave.

Rd, WC2H 0JG (020 7379 3277).

5.30pm-2am. £4, free before 9pm.

Cherryjam, Porchester Rd, W2 6ET (020 7727 9950). 6pm-late. £8.

Delicious Thursdays R‘n’B and retro hits on the ground floor, with house and party anthems in the basement. Zoo Bar, Bear St, WC2H 7AQ (020 7839 4188).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 10pm.

Funky Fridays DJs provide

Rock The Kaz Bar Resident

funk, disco, pop, African beats, funky house and 1980s hits, plus live performances from Jesse, Ken and Tyrone.

DJs spin disco, funk, pop, house and R‘n’B grooves. Digress Soho,

Royal Oak, East Hill, SW18 2QB (020 8874 4892). 7.30pm-late. Free.

Members Night DJ Bambach

SiliconBabies DJ Juanjo

supplies funky house anthems.

If You Can’t Be Good

The Shadow Lounge, Brewer St, W1F 0RF (020 7287 7988). 9pm-late. £5£10, free before 10pm, mems free.

Residents spin club hits as part of an Easter-themed night. Infernos, Clapham High

Orbital’s Phil Hartnoll

St, SW4 7UH (020 7240 1900).

9pm-3am. £10, free before 10pm.

Jamm, Brixton Rd, SW9 6LH (020 7274 5537). 9pm-4am. £15.

Orange Fridays House

Rewind Residents spin classic

St Matthews Church, Brixton Hill, SW2 1JF (07950 505024). 10pm-6am. £10.

club anthems. LVPO, Dean St, W1D

Martin, Nalaya Brown, Steve Pitron and D’Jonny spin house, electro, R‘n’B, and soul. The Coronet, New Kent Rd, SE1 6TJ (020 7701 1500). 11pm-late. £15.

Tickle Your Fancy Funky

The veteran DJ plays rave. courtesy of Heartless Crew, Ramon Vito and Booker T. Mass,

5BQ (020 7434 3399). 9pm-3am. £8.

Smile The resident DJs spin

Beak St, W1F 9RA (020 7437 0239).

12noon-3am. £10, £7 before 11pm, free before 10pm.

house, R‘n’B and commercial dance from the residents.

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

8pm-late. £10, guestlist £5 before 11pm, free before 9pm.

Salsa Republic Johnny

Lost In London Residents spin

house anthems. Thirst, Greek

Silk Cuts DJ Nick Fletcher spins

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

St, W1D 3DR (020 7437 1977).

5pm-3am. £4, £3 before 12am.

global house. Jewel, Glasshouse

G and Marquitos supply Latin grooves. Fiesta Bar,

SUNDAY 12

St, W1B 5DQ (020 7439 4089).

9pm-1am. £10, guest list £5.

Acre Ln, SW2 5SG (0207 733 4206).

9.30pm-3am. £8, NUS £6.

Afrikokoa Jazzie B, AJ Kwame,

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

9pm-3am. £7, guestlist/NUS £5.

The residents supply R‘n’B and hip-hop. Sound, Leicester

Twisted The residents supply

Ritchie Pitch and Eric Soul play African music and soul. The Big

The MTV Generation

Sq, WC2H 7NA (0870 863 1010).

9pm-3am. £10, £2.50 before 11pm.

DJs spin hits from the 1970s to the 1990s, accompanied by video screenings of The Goonies, ET and Neverending Story. Belushi’s Bar, Borough

Wicked Wednesdays

FRIDAY 10 16 Steps To...

DJ Michael Cook spins dance

THURSDAY 9

and electro. The Player, Broadwick St, W1F 8HN (020 7494 9125).

8pm-2am. £5, free before 9pm.

Bugged Out! Electro, Bedrock Resident DJs spin indie, electro, rock, retro and pop. Moonlighting, Greek

Panic! Max, Gaz and That Perfect Fumble play indie and post-punk. The Roxy, Rathbone

Fire, South Lambeth Rd, SW8 1UQ (020 7582 9890). 10pm-6am. £13.50.

Place, W1T 1HJ (020 7255 1098).

10pm-3am. £5, NUS/w/flyer £3.

Classique The residents

Sweet Memory Sounds Ska,

play house, 1980s pop and commercial R‘n’B. The Hill, Muswell Hill, N10 3ST (020 8365 3651).

10pm-3am. £10, £7 before 11.30pm.

W1W 6BB (020 7436 0035).

7pm-2am. £10, free before 9pm.

reggae, rock and funk from DJ Derek, Adam Callan and Leo B, plus performances from Hoodoo Scoundrels and Arthur Delaney.

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

7pm-2am. £6, free before 8pm.

Wow The residents supply chart classics. The Hill, Muswell Hill, N10

techno and disco from Erol Alkan and Matt Walsh, with indie and electro from Duke Dumont and Our Man Fred.

High St, SE1 1HR (020 7939 9700).

9pm-2am. £10, £5 before 10pm.

house and commercial dance.

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

8pm-late. £10, guestlist £5 before 11pm, free before 9pm.

3ST (020 8365 3651). 9pm-11am. £10, NUS £8, free before 11pm.

Chill House, Pentonville Rd, N1 9NL (020 7427 2540). 3pm-1am. Free.

The Bunny Hop Special guest Trevor Nelson plays house, funk, soul and R‘n’B. Parker McMillan, Chiswell St, EC1Y 4SB (020 7256 5883).

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“I had a couple of Scotches, dived into bed and hoped for the best.” Noel McLeod, of Urunga, NSW, on waking to discover a lake in his backyard because of heavy flooding.

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AUSTRALIA Bonuses paid out Stimulus payments of up to $900 will start heading to Australia’s taxpayers this week after the High Court rejected a challenge by law academic Bryan Pape and ruled the Tax Bonus Act valid.

The Australian Tax Office said the 7.4 million people who had already lodged 2007-08 tax returns would begin receiving their payments from this week.

Dentist leads in Qld Gold Coast MP and dentist John-

MOTORS RUNNING: Rebels motorcycle club members escort the coffin of former Rebels life member Richard Roberts through Canberra to his funeral. Roberts was shot dead in the city last month, adding to tensions created by Sydney’s bikie war.

Paul Langbroek was elected Queensland’s new opposition leader. Former leader Lawrence Springborg was elected Liberal National Party deputy.

mid-north coast as it sailed from the Whitsundays to Sydney in September 2002.

The keel split and the vessel overturned, tossing all six crew into chilly waters and resulting in the deaths of four.

Yacht builder guilty The builder of a yacht that broke up at sea, killing four people, was found guilty of manslaughter.

Alex Cittadini, the director and engineer at Applied Alloy Yachts, which built the yacht Excalibur, was found guilty on four counts of manslaughter in a NSW court.

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The NSW government last week rushed in tough new laws to crack down on bikies, vowing to stop warring gangs from endangering the public.

The legislation meant police could ask the Supreme Court to declare an outlaw motorcycle gang a criminal organisation.

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to her by a Telstra shop while her own was being repaired.

Carney told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph he took the photos of himself six months ago to send to a woman he met on Facebook.

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“Look, I think Malcolm Turnbull is just trying to stir up some old ‘yellow peril’ sentiments.”

Federal finance minister Lindsay Tanner accuses the opposition of playing grubby politics over its attack on Fitzgibbon.

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Louise Hallam, 23, stumbled onto the photos on a phone lent

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“We will not let it rest, we have an incompetent as defence minister.”

Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull continues the attack on defence minster Joel Fitzgibbon over his failure to declare free travel to China.

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SUMMARY ■ Aussie PM Kevin Rudd attends Victorian bushfire memorial service in London ■ About 3000 gather at Westminster Abbey to remember the 173 victims ■ Prince Charles and Camilla lay wreaths at the conclusion of the service

ustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joined Prince Charles in London last Tuesday for a memorial service for the Australian bushfire victims at Westminster Abbey.

Addressing the 3000 people attending the service, Rudd said Australians had been comforted by the global support received following the fires that killed 173 people in Victoria.

“We as Australians were left speechless in its wake,” Rudd said. He also gave his

NEW SOUTH WALES Central Sydney ground to a halt last Monday afternoon after a mass power blackout affected more than 70,000 homes and businesses and exposed failings in the city’s emergency warning system.

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Prince Charles and Kevin Rudd lay wreaths at Westminster Abbey

thanks to “the great Australian community for coming together 12,000 miles away from home”.

Australian author Kathy Lette, Australian icon Rolf Harris and Britain’s foreign secretary David Miliband were

in attendance at the service.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall joined Rudd and his wife, Therese Rein, to place wreaths at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial at the end of the hour and a half ceremony.

Coca-Cola ‘myth’ ads misleading A series of advertisements claiming Coca-Cola does not make kids fat or rot their teeth were misleading, the consumer watchdog ruled last week.

On October 11 last year, Coca-Cola published ads featuring Australian actress Kerry Armstrong that referred to a number of “myths” about the soft drink.

The ads, called Kerry Armstrong On Motherhood And Myth-Busting, said it was a “myth” that Coca-Cola “makes you fat”, “rots your teeth” and is “packed with caffeine”.

But the Australian Competition and Consumer

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ENJOY COCA-COLA? The ACCC said it was deceptive for the company to claim that Diet Coke contained about a third of the caffeine of tea, when in reality it was more than half.

Commission (ACCC) found the advertisement and another similar one had the potential to mislead consumers.

The ACCC said the adverts were “totally unacceptable”, and agreed to Coca-Cola’s decision it would publish corrective advertisements.

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Vandals destroyed the graves of eight World War II Diggers at the Albury War Cemetery.

The graves belonged to soldiers who died between 1945 and 1947.

QUEENSLAND Ausmaid, one of Australia’s top racing yachts, was salvaged, and her crew saved, in a rescue operation in wild seas off south Queensland.

TASMANIA The body of an unnamed 50-year-old woman was found on a bank of Hobart’s Derwent River.

The woman was dressed for work and wearing shoes. She had last been seen the previous day.

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Police charged a 42-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly went on a rampage in Snowtown, stabbing two women and running two men down in his four-wheel drive.

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proposal to build one of the world’s largest pulp mills has divided the community in Tasmania. On one side are those for the project and its promise of jobs, on the other are locals and environmentalists against the construction.

Timber company Gunns Limited says its $2.2 billion Bell Bay project in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley is “greenhouse positive”, will create thousands of jobs and inject millions into the local economy.

But concerned environmentalists and residents argue the pulp mill will dump toxic waste into the nearby Bass Strait, emit greenhouse gases, and negatively impact heritage sites and wildlife.

The long-standing battle hit a new mark in January this year when environment minister Peter Garrett (left) gave Gunns the goahead to begin construction of

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the mill before final approval was in place.

Signing off on most of the project’s conditions, Garrett withheld final environmental clearance pending further studies on the project’s impact on marine life.

“The fact is I inherited an approval from [former environment minister] Malcolm Turnbull,” Garrett said.

“My task has been to work in the most effective way with the conditions of approval that [he] put in place. I’ve given this matter thorough consideration.”

ENVIRONMENTAL BACKLASH But Wilderness Society campaigner Paul Oosting said: “We believe the minister was within his powers to stop Gunns’ pulp mill proceeding”, while Greens senator Bob Green called the government’s decision “a body blow to Tasmanians … [which] puts the pulp mill

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A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips by mechanical or chemical methods into a thick fibreboard, which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing.

Gunns’ Bell Bay project isn’t the first time a pulp mill discussion has divided the Tasmanian community.

In 1989 the Wesley Vale pulp mill was considered, but didn’t get built because of its use of chlorine.

At this time we should not close “ the door on the single biggest investment in Tasmania’s history ” the mill would “easily meet the water quality standards approved by the Government”.

Horan also dismissed claims the mill would use old growth timber from indigenous forests.

“No more trees will be cut down to feed the mill. All that’s going to be happening is the wood chips we currently export will be processed in Tasmania, rather than sending them offshore to mills that don’t have the same strict environmental controls.”

At least 2000 jobs will be created and millions of dollars injected into the local economy, he added.

squarely on the 2010 federal election agenda”.

It appears many Australians feel the same way. In a recent poll, 62 per cent of those surveyed across all states said they believed it was wrong to allow construction to begin without final approval.

High-profile figures such ECONOMIC TIMING as celebrity chef Kylie Kwong, The Tasmanian Chamber former tennis star John Rebecca Gibney of Commerce and Industry Newcombe and Packed To The (TCCI) has also voiced support Rafters actress Rebecca Gibney for the project. have also joined the fight.

“At a time of immense economic uncertainty Gibney, who owns a home near the site, we should not close the door on the single said she would sell up and leave if the mill biggest investment in Tasmania’s history,” TCCI went ahead. chief executive Damon Thomas said.

“It would be heartbreaking, and I’m hoping But given the current economic downturn, we won’t have to,” she was quoted as saying in Gunns may yet face hurdles in attracting funds Australia’s Woman’s Day. “The fight is not over. for the construction.

We’re still hanging in there.”

“We are proceeding with negotiations THE TIMBER COMPANY’S RESPONSE with both a banking syndicate and potential Gunns spokesman Matthew Horan told TNT joint-venture partners,” Horan said. “We that mill protesters were misrepresenting remain optimistic.” the facts, and said the outflow produced by To date, however, no deal has been lined up.

THE BATTLE OPPONENTS SAY ☛ The project will dump 64,000 tonnes of toxic pollution into the Bass Strait each day. ☛ It will impact on important Aboriginal heritage sites and threaten local wildlife, including the Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle. ☛ It will use 26-40 billion litres of fresh water each year – a strain on public water supply.

GUNNS LIMITED SAYS ☛ The project will create more than 2000 jobs and provide $1 billion for community services. ☛ It will produce surplus green energy for the national electricity grid, replacing energy derived from coal and gas. ☛ It will be “greenhouse positive”, leading to a reduction of more than 1.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.

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Inmate death charges

The grieving father of a murdered teen wanted to know why the judicial system allowed his killer to be free on bail after another violent crime when he stabbed his son to death.

Auckland Grammar School student Augustine Borrell, 17, died in the Auckland suburb of Herne Bay in September 2007 after being stabbed in the heart

by Haiden Mark Davis.

Davis was found guilty of

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1800 TEAM KIWI: Ten New Zealand runners have formed Team Kiwi to compete in the London Marathon later this month, raising funds for Kiwi charities. The group, including Pricewaterhousecoopers New Zealand chairman John Shewan (above left), hopes to raise $50,000 for their ten chosen charities.

murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum nonparole period of 10 years.

The jury wasn’t told during the trial that when Davis murdered Borrell, he was on bail for other violent offences.

The victim’s father Charlie Borrell said the judicial system needed fixing so that others did not die like his son.

“All I want to see is the system being fixed before further deaths occur,” he said.

Undies full of drugs Charlie Borrell

A man’s attempt to smuggle 11.7g of methamphetamine, worth $12,000, into Auckland

Central Remand Prison in his underpants was foiled by prison staff, the Department of Corrections said.

The find came when the man refused to be searched by staff before entering the prison.

Conchords star weds Flight Of The Conchords star Bret McKenzie married long-time girlfriend Hannah Clarke in a Wellington registry office.

The comic met his filmmaker wife when they were at high school in Wellington, and began dating when they were students at Victoria University. The couple are expecting a child.

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Slightly more than a third of New Zealanders described themselves as religious.

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seriously, and police became involved and considered a search and rescue operation before the observer admitted the report was a joke.

Ministry of Fisheries chief executive Wayne McNee said the staff member was facing disciplinary action. “This is an isolated incident that is very disappointing,” McNee said.

Number of cannabis plants confiscated by police during a twoday raid in the Central Districts region. Twelve people were arrested during the operation.

Average number of days a New Zealand worker takes off the job each year due to illness.

*And finally … No ’arm meant A Ministry of Fisheries officer was in hot water with his bosses after an April Fool’s prank reporting a severed human arm being found in a trawl net.

The ministry said one of its observers on a deepwater vessel fishing at sea reported the severed arm in an attempted April Fool’s Day joke.

But the report was taken

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Five Auckland prison inmates were charged with the March 1 murder of fellow inmate Tue Faavae.

The five men, along with a sixth charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder, were charged after a month-long investigation at Auckland Prison at Paremoremo.

The charges follow the death of Faavae, 23, a Samoan-born inmate whose body was found inside East Wing cell block in the prison. His injuries included stab wounds and a head wound.

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SUMMARY ■ Kiwi Daniel Tiplady has died after being hit by a bus in Shepherd’s Bush ■ Tiplady, 24, from Timaru, suffered head injuries ■ His parents were by his side when he was taken off life support

ew Zealander Daniel Tiplady died last Friday after being knocked down by a bus in Shepherd’s Bush on March 29.

Tiplady, 24, who arrived in London last August, was hit by the bus on Uxbridge Road as he ran to catch another bus, after a night out at a local pub.

Earlier in the day, Tiplady and a group of close friends watched the Boat Race on the River Thames.

Tiplady, nicknamed Tanner or DT by his mates, suffered head injuries and was taken to Charing Cross Hospital. His

UPPER NORTH ISLAND A Gisborne skateboarder is refusing to pay a $750 police fine for skating on an empty footpath. Skater Reuben Baker was riding his skateboard on a deserted CBD street when fined by a police officer. “Everyone I’ve spoken to thinks it’s ridiculous,” Baker said.

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Kiwi Daniel Tiplady died after being struck by a bus

parents, who flew in from Timaru last week, were by his side when he was taken off life support.

“He’d just spent a week in Italy and loves the travelling,” his friend Sam Turner said.

“He always had a smile on his face.”

Tiplady had been working

as a welder for Elite Metal Craft, and his friends expressed gratitude to the company after it assisted his parents with travelling to London.

Tiplady’s friends were planning to hold a gathering at the Redback this Sunday in his honour.

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OE is about adventure, not the jobs Adventure and experience of other cultures are the main motivators for New Zealanders moving overseas, rather than earning more money, a new study found.

Massey University department of management and international business PhD student Kaye Thorn conducted the study ‘Flight of the Kiwi’, for her thesis.

She asked 2608 highly educated emigrants, including doctors, lawyers, bankers and scientists, why they left and whether they would return.

For people living in Britain, who made up half

the respondents, cultural and travel opportunities was the top reason at 36.5 per cent, with career second at 22.6 per cent and economics third at 18.6 per cent.

Thirty-five percent of respondents said they planned to be back in NZ within five years, the main reasons being children’s education, retirement or because they anticipated having sufficient financial savings by then.

Thorn said departures to the UK could decline during the next few years, as people delayed their OE until casual work improves in Britain.

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LOWER NORTH ISLAND The parents of a bullied 15-year-old girl, who lost 12kg, spent time in hospital and has had to change schools, are considering legal action against her school. The victim’s parents said St Mary’s College in Wellington didn’t do enough to stop the ordeal, which started in August 2007.

UPPER SOUTH ISLAND Searchers scoured bush for American tramper Ed Reynolds. He was last seen on February 23 at Blue Lake in the Nelson Lakes area.

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The locks on a South Canterbury police station were changed after a constable on stress leave refused to hand back his keys. Former Temuka constable Bruce Ramsay who quit the police in 2003, said the circumstances amounted to constructive dismissal and he is seeking compensation.

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QUOTE UNQUOTE “We thought wellarmed Afrikaners would stop the blacks.”

ANCYL president Julius Malema speaking on a visit to Afrikaner enclave Orania.

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Lion slaughter house Pretoria police stumbled across 13 lion heads during a raid on a house where the owner allegedly slaughtered lions and rhinos.

A Vietnamese man appeared in the Hatfield court after the police searched his illegal abattoir in Brooklyn, Pretoria.

Nguyen van Hai appeared on a charge of illegal possession of endangered species.

“To say anything against the Dalai Lama is, in some quarters, equivalent to trying to shoot Bambi.” Finance minister Trevor Manuel.

“No, Mr Zuma, I will not back off.” DA leader Helen Zille saying she will not stop calling for ANC leader Jacob Zuma’s prosecution.

Life for Dube killers Family members of slain reggae star Lucky Dube broke down in tears and then applauded as his murderers were sentenced to life in prison last Thursday.

The High Court in Johannesburg also sentenced Sifiso Mhlanga, Julius Gxowa and Mbuti Mabe to 15 years in jail each for their attempted robbery of Dube’s car on October 18, 2007.

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WELCOME TO ORANIA: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema with Carel Boshoff Junior of the Orania Movement on a visit to the white Afrikaner enclave Orania in the Northern Cape.

Malema even enjoyed home-made koeksisters on the visit, which formed part of an ANC election drive in the province.

True South Africans African National Congress president Jacob Zuma called Afrikaners the only true white South Africans at a meeting with Afrikaner groups in Johannesburg last Thursday.

“Of all the white groups in South Africa, it is only the Afrikaners that are truly South Africans,” Zuma said.

Zuma broke the ice by trying to speak Afrikaans.

“As you know I grew up in Natal … and in Natal we are more English than anything.

So that’s why ek praat nie mooi

Afrikaans nie [I don’t speak good Afrikaans],” he laughed.

Blue light spit victim A woman was receiving antiretroviral treatment after the Msunduzi mayor’s bodyguard spat in her face during a confrontation on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal, Beeld reported.

According to the report, Camperdown police opened a case of intimidation and crimen injuria after Kathleen Drummond was allegedly harassed, forced to the side of the road and spat on twice.

*And finally … Joost sex tape test test for Marilize van Emmenis.

During the test, which Van Emmenis allegedly passed, she was asked if it was Van der Westhuizen in the video and if he had used drugs on that occasion.

She said yes to both questions.

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“We hope the book will help Mr Zuma to teach his youth league discipline.” The FF’s Marcus Pawson on the book Boundaries With Teens delivered to Zuma’s office.

“There is no hope for black people in the DA.” Former DA youth co-ordinator in KwaZulu-Natal Siyabonga Nala after defecting to the ANC.

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A polygraph test on the selfconfessed stripper in the ‘Joost sex tape’ scandal revealed she was telling the truth, Heat magazine said last week.

The magazine commissioned a top law firm to arrange the

“When Trevor Manuel tried to justify the Dalai Lama decision, I said ‘aikhona, this can’t be what we struggled for.’”

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SUMMARY ■ More than 16,000 South Africans abroad have successfully applied to vote ■ Almost 7500 will vote at the SA High Commission in London on April 15 ■ Many South Africans living too far from foreign missions complain they cannot vote

he Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has approved the applications of 16,300 South Africans living abroad who want to vote in the upcoming election.

Almost 7500 of these votes will be cast in London at the South African High Commission in Trafalgar Square on April 15.

The IEC confirmed 7460 voters are expected in London, 1228 in Canberra and 889 in Dubai.

Last month the Freedom Front Plus party acted on

GAUTENG A Pretoria bus driver was arrested after he crashed a bus into a gate of a lodge while driving under the influence of alcohol. About 55 pupils from Theresa Park Primary School were on board the bus when the accident happened.

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FREE STATE More than 7000 South Africans applied to vote at the SA High Commission in London on April 15

behalf of UK-based South African teacher Willem Richter, to apply to the Constitutional Court for all registered South African expatriates to be able to vote abroad.

The court ruled in the application’s favour.

FF Plus MP Willie Spies said in a statement that the party

was disappointed thousands of South Africans who live in cities such as Perth, Sydney and Auckland would not be able to vote as a result of the long distances to capital cities where embassies and consulates are situated.

For more details on voting, see southafricantimes.co.uk.

Scandal at Winfrey’s school for girls In the second sex scandal in less than two years to hit Oprah Winfrey’s all-girls private academy at Henley-onKlip near Vereeniging, seven pupils were suspended after allegations of inappropriate behaviour at school.

Rapport said the suspended girls allegedly touched fellow pupils’ private parts and that one of the girls in question, Lebohang Hinne, 15, allegedly tried to push pupils into having relationships with one another.

Winfrey’s spokesperson, Lisa Halliday, confirmed

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from Chicago that the girls had been suspended.

“It is because they contravened the school’s code of conduct. We regard the incident as confidential,” Halliday said.

“Indiscretions resulting in disciplinary action are common in schools all over the world. Unfortunately, because of my name, these common infractions place the academy in the media spotlight,” Winfrey said last week.

The first scandal to rock the school was when a matron was accused of sexual abuse.

Two members of the Booysens vehicle theft unit in Gauteng were found shot dead near Harrismith in the Free State, police said last Thursday. The officers were escorting a car thief.

WESTERN CAPE The Independent Complaints Directorate said 15 police officers in Bellville, Cape Town, were under investigation for murder.

The officers were allegedly involved in the murder of Sidwell Mkwambi, whose body was found in a police vehicle parked outside the Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Services office.

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Cope member Phillip Dexter was fired as chairman of the Mpumalanga economic growth agency board following an investigation into fraud, maladministration and corruption allegations, provincial economic development and planning MEC Craig Padayachee said last week.

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RUGBY LEAGUE Sydney Roosters stars Willie Mason relegated to park football for the weekend after breaking a club booze ban.

Mason jokes he’ll have a few quiet ones after the game.

FOOTBALL The Socceroos book their spot in the 2010 World Cup – well, pretty much – after beating Uzbekistan 2-0 in Sydney. Now, only a disaster could prevent the Aussies from qualifying.

CRICKET Andrew Symonds’ exile from the national side may be coming to an end, going by his selection in a 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup. If only he can stay off the booze.

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RUGBY LEAGUE It emerges Bulldog Jamal Idris punched teammate Ben Barba after Barba attacked another Bulldog Lee te Maari while they were on a bender.

They all cop suspensions.

RUGBY LEAGUE NRL bad boy Greg Bird admits his surprise at being named captain at his new Super League club, the Catalans Dragons. He’s certainly not Robinson Crusoe on that one.

NETBALL The Trans-Tasman netball competition begins, with Melbourne Vixens surging to victory over the West Coast Fever and Southern Steel beating Central Pulse.

MONDAY BASEBALL Baltimore V NY Yankees The Major League begins 9pm ESPN America TUESDAY FOOTBALL Man Utd V FC Porto Champions League quarters 7.30pm ITV1

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WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL Liverpool V Chelsea An English derby in Europe 7pm Sky Sports 2

SUNDAY

THURSDAY GOLF The Masters Day one from Augusta 9pm BBC2

RUGBY SEVENS Australia get eliminated from the Adelaide tournament by Argentina, while South Africa hammer the Kiwis 17-0 in the other semi-final to progress to the final against Kenya.

FRIDAY RUGBY LEAGUE Bradford V Leeds Massive Super League clash 8pm Sky Sports 1

a pretty “ He’s strange cat. The

SATURDAY RUGBY Cardiff V Toulouse Heineken Cup quarters 3pm Sky Sports 2

damage might be taking it’s toll, if you get my drift

SUNDAY MOTORSPORT Qatar GP First MotoGP of the season 8.30pm BBC4

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Aussie boxer Danny Green on rival Anthony Mundine

PUB TALK: BRITISH SPORT EXPLAINED Alan Shearer Who is he?

Ex-Newcastle United striker who scored 206 goals for the club. After his 10-year stint, a 25m x 32m banner of Shearer was hung at St James’ Park and the club bar was named Shearer’s.

Why is he in the news?

He’s been named caretaker coach of Newcastle for the last

eight games of the season.

Will he succeed?

If he saves Newcastle from relegation, Shearer will pocket £1.8 million.

The Magpies need to finish outside the bottom three to avoid the drop, but still have games against Aston Vill and Liverpool to go.

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Crusaders centre Casey Laulala will be sidelined for the rest of the Super 14 season after breaking his arm against the Bulls in Christchurch on Friday night. Laulala, 26, is the Crusaders’ leading try-scorer this season, but a fractured radius has ended his campaign.

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Wyatt Crockett of the Crusaders finds space

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13 Bulls A Ndungane 2 tries M Steyn pen

The Crusaders eked out their third narrow win in as many weeks to cling to their hopes of a successful title defence.

Following a first half when the Crusaders played an expansive brand of rugby, the match turned on its head, with the error-prone reigning champions forced into a welter of defending. But, once again, the Crusaders were saved by their competition-best defence, as they were in gutsy wins against the Waratahs and Stormers in recent weeks.

It leaves the Bulls reflecting on a second straight defeat. They were unbeaten and led the

competition before copping a 36-12 hammering from the Highlanders a week earlier.

The Bulls scored two tries to one – both to winger Akona Ndungane – but flyhalf Morne Steyn missed both conversions from the right touchline, while opposite number Stephen Brett was on target, booting three-from-three and a drop goal.

The Crusaders led 13-5 just after half-time, before Ndungane’s second try allowed the Bulls to draw level with 25 minutes remaining.

But Pedrie Wannenburg’s high tackle on Tim Bateman allowed Brett to nail another penalty, which saw the hosts edge in front and then hang on for the final 15 minutes.

The Waratahs may miss out on re-signing former flanker Rocky Elsom, who they hoped would return to the club after a stint with Irish club Leinster. Elsom was expected to be back in Australia for the Tri-Nations, but has indicated he may not return for at least another season.

FRANCE LIMITS IMPORTS French rugby clubs will limit the number of overseas players to 50 per cent of squads from next season. All Blacks hero Dan Carter, former league star Sonny Bill Williams and England flyhalf Riki Flutey all joined French clubs in the past year.

NUCIFORA BACKS ELVS ARU bigwig David Nucifora says he is reasonably pleased with the outcome of last week’s summit in London to discuss the Experimental Law Variations.

The IRB recommended that 10 of the 13 ELVs being trialled be made permanent.

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7 Reds B Connor try B McKibbin con

Haig Sare of the Force pushes forward

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The Western Force kept their finals hopes alive – and effectively ended those of Queensland – with a thumping bonus-point triumph at Subiaco Oval on Friday night.

The Reds, whose inexperienced backline copped a hammering in last week’s 50-26 loss to the Chiefs, were once again found wanting in defence as the Force ran in five tries to one in the comprehensive victory. First-half tries to

James O’Connor and Drew Mitchell gifted the Force a 17-0 half-time lead and the Reds’ hopes evaporated when Scott Higginbotham was sent off for punching Force scrumhalf Josh Valentine in the 54th minute.

Tamaiti Horua crossed seven minutes later and the Force secured the bonus point when outside centre Ryan Cross touched down in the corner in the 72nd minute. Blair Connor’s late try merely saved some face for the Reds.

Force substitute Haig Sare capped the perfect night with a try after the final siren.

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To play in “ New Zealand

The Stormers’ Jean de Villiers gets gang-tackled

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you have to get into a fight, get stuck into it and get physical

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According to Lions skipper Jaque Fourie, the Kiwis are always ready to rumble

THE PLAYER

Francois Steyn SHARKS Steyn was instrumental in the Sharks’ second-half surge, punishing the Hurricanes for a handling error, and then slotting a crucial drop goal to secure victory.

Steyn’s class and poise make it easy to forget he’s still only 21.

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

P 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

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

L 1 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 5 5 7

BP PTS 2 30 7 27 3 27 3 23 4 22 4 20 6 18 2 18 6 18 3 17 6 14 6 14 4 12 2 2

* Have drawn a match

ON THE BOX FRIDAY 8.30am Sky Sports 1 BLUES V LIONS

FRIDAY 10.30am Sky Sports 1 FORCE V HURRICANES

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SATURDAY 10.30am Sky Sports 2 WARATAHS V BULLS

OTHER ROUND 9 GAME Cheetahs v Sharks

Waratahs on a roll Waratahs 12

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6 Stormers P Grant 2 pens

A try-scoring double from winger Lachie Turner was enough to consolidate the Tahs’ position in the top four with their 11th straight win at the Sydney Football Stadium.

The lacklustre victory nevertheless edged the Tahs closer to a semi-finals berth for the fourth time in five seasons.

Three wins from their last five games should be enough to clinch a playoff spot for NSW. Sharks 33

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C Jordaan F Steyn L Vulindlu tries R Kockott 3 cons 3 pens F Steyn drop goal

17 Hurricanes Z Guildford F Levave tries P Weepu 2 cons pen

After trailing 10-9 at half-time, the Sharks took control in the second half, to remain top of the table. After the restart, Springbok hooker Bismarck du Plessis caught the Hurricanes napping – his quick throw in to Luzuko Vulindlu allowing the winger to run in almost untouched from 50 metres.

Rory Kockott’s conversion put the Sharks Chiefs 36 D Sweeney 3 H Elliott J Willison tries S Donald 4 cons pen

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29 Lions J Fourie 2 J Vermaak E Rose tries A Pretorius 3 cons drop goal

The Chiefs came back from a 19-point deficit to beat the Lions in Hamilton on Saturday. The Lions led 22-10 at half-time and a fourth try gave them a 29-10 lead after 52 minutes.

But the Chiefs rallied with tries to Jackson Willison and Hikawera Elliot. Swayn Sweeney also added two tries in the second half – it was his third try, seven minutes from full-time, that sealed the win for the Chiefs.

The Waratahs made a bright enough start against the touring South Africans, with Turner crossing in just the third minute, only for the try to be disallowed after referee Bryce Lawrence ruled a forward pass against winger Lote Tuqiri.

The match quickly deteriorated as a spectacle after that, two penalty goals from Stormers flyhalf Peter Grant narrowing the deficit to a solitary point, before Kurtley Beale set up Turner for the winning try.

16-10 up. Then, the Sharks ran in their second through Francois Steyn, who took advantage of a number of Hurricanes errors in the match.

Kockott converted to give the Sharks a 23-10 lead, but the visitors hit back through wing Zac Guildford, whose converted try narrowed the gap to just six points.

However, the Sharks regained control when Steyn knocked over a drop-goal to open up a nine-point lead, and then capped the win with a try to Chris Jordaan on the stroke of full-time.

Cheetahs 27 D Demas W van Heerden J Nokwe tries J Potgieter 3 cons 2 pens

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40 Brumbies M Gerrard C Lealiifano J Holmes P Kimlin tries S Mortlock 4 cons 2 pens M Gerrard C Lealiifano drop goals

The Cheetahs made a bad start and the visitors exposed huge gaps in the home side’s defence.

When Brumbies flyhalf Christian Lealiifano slotted an easy drop goal in the first few minutes, and followed up with an easy try, the Cheetahs looked set for a hiding. But the Cheetahs went to the break with the score tied at 13-all, before the Brumbies pulled away.

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ROUND 4

Antonio Winterstein of the Broncos gets upended

I was “ playing on

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the opposite side to Wendell but I could still hear him

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Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer on Wendell Sailor’s triumphant – and vocal – return to Brisbane

Broncos run ended Broncos 12

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I Folau D Lockyer tries C Parker 2 goals

25 Dragons B Creagh B Morris J Soward W Sailor tries J Soward 4 goals J Soward field goal

St George upset the previously unbeaten Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, in what must have been one of the sweetest victories in Wayne Bennett’s glittering 25-year coaching career. And former Bronco Wendell Sailor, 34, turned the clock back more than a decade, taunting Brisbane fans who once cheered him.

The Dragons led 8-6 at half-time but took Roosters 24

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S Kenny-Dowall 2 S Perrett tries C Fitzgibbon 6 goals

6 Eels J Hayne try L Burt goal

With representative stars Willie Mason and Nate Myles watching from the grandstands under a club suspension for breaching an alcohol policy, the Roosters defied their lack of size to belt the Eels three tries to one. It was the club’s second NRL win of the season and again it came on the back of troubles off the field.

Storm 6

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J Tomane try C Smith goal

18 Titans L Bailey C Walker tries M Rogers 5 goals

In their past two visits to Melbourne’s home ground, the Titans had conceded almost 100 points and scored only 10, but they buried that record on Saturday night, leading all game.

It was the only the Storm’s fourth loss at home in 45 games, and the margin could have been greater but for a desperate Storm defence.

Bulldogs 24 H El Masri B Goodwin J Morris A Ryan tries H El Masri 4 goals

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12 Sharks P Gallen A Tupou tries L Covell 2 goals

Panthers 42

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L Coote W Graham J Sammut M Jennings F Pritchard L Lewis tries M Gordon 9 goals

22 Tigers R Hanbury 2 K Galloway T Tuiaki tries B Marshall 3 goals

The Panthers became the first side this season to win coming off a Monday night game, but only after surviving a late Tigers onslaught.

The Tigers locked it up at 22-all with 17 minutes left, before the Panthers found life, piling on three tries in the last eight minutes.

Warriors 16

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A Kirk M Luck W McKinnon tries D Kemp 2 goals

22 Rabbitohs F Talanoa 2 L Capewell N Merritt tries 1 penalty try C Sandow 3 goals

South Sydney showed their great start to the season was no flash in the pan with a comeback win over the Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium. New Zealand-born wing Fetuli Talanoa stole the show for the Rabbitohs, Tas they fought back from a 16-12 half-time deficit to score all the second-half points.

Knights 26 K Gidley J McManus J Sau Z Taia A Uate tries K Gidley 3 goals

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12 Sea Eagles S Matai S Neumann tries M Orford S Rodney goals

Newcastle continued Manly’s nightmarish start to the defence of their NRL crown by thumping them at EnergyAustralia Stadium. The Knights scored five tries to two and were far too efficient for a listless Manly side who crashed to their fourth straight loss, and now find themselves winless at the bottom of the table.

TITANS The dual international, now 33, turned back the clock, booting five goals to lead the Titans to an unexpected away win against the powerhouse Melbourne outfit. Playing at five-eighth, Rogers’ radar was spot-on, and his experience looms as a crucial ingredient in the Titans’ 2009 campaign.

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

P 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4

W 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0

L 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4

PD PTS 50 6 28 6 22 6 6 6 28 4 12 4 2 4 1 4 -12 4 -14 4 -18 4 -24 4 13 2 -20 2 -34 0 -40 0

*Bulldogs deducted 2 points for having 14 players on the field in Round 2

Monday night game Raiders v Cowboys

ON THE BOX SATURDAY 8.30am Setanta 1 SHARKS V RAIDERS

Other Round 5 games Roosters v Broncos, Eels v Dragons, Storm v Panthers, Cowboys v Titans, Knights v Warriors, Sea Eagles v Tigers, Bulldogs v Rabbitohs

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Cronulla coach Ricky Stuart slammed his team as “legless” and “embarrassing” after their loss to the Bulldogs. His side let the Bulldogs race to an 18-0 lead, and while Cronulla fought back with tries to Anthony Tupou and Paul Gallen to trail 18-12 early in the second half, the Dogs closed the game out with a try to Josh Morris.

control of the game after the restart. Busy halfback Jamie Soward scored in the 48th minute off his own bomb when young winger Antonio Winterstein made of mess of fielding the kick near his own try line. Sailor then slipped down the right touchline before Brett Morris crossed in the 62nd minute.

Bennett didn’t say a word in public all week, but whatever he said to his players behind closed doors in the visitors’ dressing room inspired them to a stunning win.

THE PLAYER

Mat Rogers

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ROUND 2

St Kilda’s James Gwilt gets pinned by Andrew McLeod

AFL

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contract of three years.

I think that would be time to pull up stumps

”

Swans coach Paul Roos intends to quit coaching once his current contract expires at the end of 2011 THE PLAYER

Adam Goodes

Saints overrun Crows Crows 10.9.69

SWANS The dual Brownlow winner turned in a vintage, hard-running performance, gathering 24 touches while also booting four goals. It was the kind of display that built Goodes’ reputation as the game’s finest utility.

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

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P 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

W 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

% PTS 161 8 149 8 135 8 115 8 132 4 162 4 113 4 112 4 98 4 95 4 85 4 91 0 82 0 60 0 60 0 60 0

Sunday night game

15.11.101 Saints J Koschitzke 4 A Schneider 2 N Riewoldt 2 B Goddard F Ray J Geary L Montagna M Gardiner S King S Milne

The Saints recorded an impressive win on the road against the Crows, on the back of a final quarter surge that preserved their unbeaten start to the season.

After leading by 21 points early in the third quarter, the Saints found themselves under some unexpected pressure in the final term, as the Crows closed to within one point after Cats 15.15.105

L 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

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J Porplyzia 3 K Tippett 3 B Vince I Maric T Hentschel T Walker

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S Johnson 4 P Chapman 2 T Hawkins 2 C Enright C Mooney G Ablett J Corey M Rooke R Gamble T Varcoe

13.7.85 Tigers M Morton 2 M Richardson 2 N Brown 2 B Deledio J Bowden J Riewoldt J Schulz N Foley S Edwards T Hislop

Three final-quarter goals to Steve Johnson allowed the Cats to outlast the Tigers, who fought back from 26 points down to lead by one point at the last change. The Tigers then scored the first goal of the final term, before Johnson propelled the Cats to victory.

Swans 22.11.143

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A Goodes 4 B Hall 4 D Jolly N Malceski 3 R O’Keefe 2 B Kirk R Moore J McVeigh J White C Bird M Mattner

15.15.105 Hawks J Roughead 3 M Williams 3 L Franklin 2 J Morton 2 C Rioli S Dew C Brown G Moss C Stokes

The Swans’ attack, so toothless the week before against the Saints, fired impressively to down the reigning premiers, who remain winless after two matches. After trailing by two points at the main break, Sydney piled on 14 goals in the second half to post a surprise victory.

kicking three straight goals.

But the Saints kicked the final five goals of the match, including two to big man Justin Koschitzke, to run out comfortable winners.

For the winners, Leigh Montagna was outstanding, finding plenty of footy, but also laying a phenomenal 12 tackles. Nick Dal Santo was also busy, gathering 35 touches.

The Crows, as usual, were well-served by experienced midfielders Scott Thompson, Simon Goodwin and Tyson Edwards.

Magpies 17.15.117

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J Anthony 4 A Didak 3 T Cloke 2 T Lockyer 2 D Beams D Swan J Fraser L Davis N Brown P Medhurst

10.4.64 Demons B Green 3 B McLean B Miller C Bruce C Morton M Bate P Johnson R Petterd

Collingwood booted 12 of the last 15 goals to storm to a comfortable win over last year’s wooden spooners, who were unable to back up a strong first half. Leon Davis, Ben Johnson and Dane Swan led the way for the Pies, while Aaron Davey was the best for the Demons.

Blues 18.11.119

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B Fevola 5 E Betts 3 M Murphy 3 B Gibbs 2 C Cloke 2 C Judd R Houlihan R Hadley

15.10.100 Lions D Bradshaw 6 J Brown 3 J Sherman 2 R Hooper 2 T Johnstone A McGrath

Carlton extended their unbeaten start to the season, after the Lions came from 48 points down in the third term to within three goals at the last change. Brendon Fevola kicked three goals in the last term to ice the game, while Blues Chris Judd and Bryce Gibbs starred.

Eagles v Power

ON THE BOX SATURDAY 10am Setanta 2 BLUES V BOMBERS

SUNDAY 5am Setanta 2

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ROOS V HAWKS

Other Round 3 games Cats v Magpies, Saints v Eagles, Lions v Swans, Power v Demons, Dockers v Crows, Bulldogs v Tigers

Bombers 16.13.109 A McPhee 3 J Winderlich 2 P Ryder 2 A Davey A Lovett C Dempsey D Hille H Hocking H Skipworth H Slattery S Lucas T Pears

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10.11.71 Dockers B Peake 2 M Pavlich 2 R Palmer 2 B Schammer D Mundy D Solomon

The Bombers led all day to keep the Dockers winless in 2009. Fremantle closed to within nine points just before half-time, but Essendon pulled away again, booting the next three goals to establish a useful buffer. First-gamer David Zaharakis was outstanding for the Bombers.

Bulldogs 11.14.80 B Johnson 3 J Hill 3 D Addison L Gilbee R Griffen W Minson D Giansiracusa

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9.11.65 Roos M Campbell 2 A Simpson A Swallow D Hale D Wells E Lower H McIntosh L Thomas

The Kangaroos trailed by 28 points during the third quarter, but charged back to within a goal in the final term, before Bulldogs Josh Hill and Lindsay Gilbee goaled to seal the win. Ryan Griffen was best for the Dogs, while veteran Adam Simpson led the way for the Roos.

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“It’s just another splinter in the bum as you slide down the banister of life.”

Canberra Raiders boss John McIntyre reflecting on coach Neil Henry’s departure last year “I hated it at times.

Whoever says it’s enjoyable is dead set kidding themselves” Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss following his AFL coaching debut “I feel like I’ve got to catch up, like I’ve got to get all the drinking in that everyone else got in, in the 12 weeks or so that I haven’t been drinking.”

Disgraced Aussie swimmer Nick D’Arcy hits the bottle too hard when not training “Now we can send a message out, not only to Asia, but to the world that we are serious about our football and we want to be a part of the very best in the world” Socceroo Lucas Neill is bullish about Australia’s chances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

Kiwis face series loss The Kiwis had little to celebrate in Wellington

New Zealand’s hopes of drawing the Test series against India all but evaporated over the weekend, as the Indians, who already lead the threematch series 1-0, built a seemingly-unassailable lead in the final Test in Wellington.

Having had the better of the drawn second Test in Napier, the Kiwis went into the final fixture with understandable confidence.

But at the end of day three – and with day four to have been played overnight – their mission appeared doomed, as India built a lead of 531 runs in the second innings, still with five wickets in hand.

On an action-packed first day, India rattled up 375 runs for the loss of nine wickets, before being bowled out for 379 early on day two.

The Kiwi batsmen were unable to replicate their Napier performances, as Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh tore

through the hosts, who were all out for 197.

India then set about batting New Zealand out of the series, – Indian opener Gautam Gambhir continued his rich vein of form by scoring 167, before the middle order pushed the lead past 500.

ON THE BOX MONDAY 11pm Sky Sports 2 NZ V INDIA (DAY 5, 3RD TEST)

THURSDAY 1.30pm Sky Sports 1 SA V AUSTRALIA (3RD ODI)

AUSSIES WIN OPENER Australia drew first blood in the first ODI against South Africa last week, posting 7-286 before skittling the Proteas for 145 in the 34th over. Mike Hussey topscored for the tourists, making an unbeaten 83, while Nathan Hauritz starred with ball, taking 4-29.

The second ODI was scheduled to be played yesterday.

Stoner to renew rivalry with Rossi Australian MotoGP rider Casey Stoner’s quest to win a second world championship begins in Qatar this weekend.

The 23-year-old Ducati rider has dominated this year’s testing schedule, topping the timesheets in Sepang, Qatar and Jerez, but reigning MOTOGP CHAMPIONS

to be missing a lot of testing and maybe at the moment it is a bit critical for them,” Stoner said.

“I don’t know how competitive their package is because Dani hasn’t had enough time on the bike.

“They don’t seem to be at our level, but we will have to wait and see what happens.”

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2008: Valentino Rossi (Yam) 2007: Casey Stoner (Duc) 2006: Nicky Hayden (Hon) 2005: Valentino Rossi (Yam) 2004: Valentino Rossi (Yam) 2003: Valentino Rossi (Hon) 2002: Valentino Rossi (Hon)

champion Valentino Rossi remains the favourite ahead of the first race.

Stoner hinted that he and Rossi would again be the men to beat, after finishing one and two last season.

He pointed to the patchy pre-season results of Honda’s Dani Pedrosa, who finished third in last year’s overall standings. “Honda seem

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Do you like it?

I love it. After studying advertising and marketing in Cape Town, I fell completely in love with marketing – and what better way to practice marketing than in the wild and crazy events industry?

Do you get any perks?

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Visa rules changed T

ier 1 and Tier 2 visa applications made from March 31 onwards will be considered under new rules by the Home Office.

The changes mean people applying for a Tier 1 highly skilled migrant visa will now need to have a master’s degree rather than a bachelor’s. They will also need to be earning a salary of at least £20,000, rather than £17,000.

The changes will also make it tougher for non-EU nationals

hoping to be sponsored by their employer. Businesses wishing to hire a non-EU worker under the Tier 2 work permit visa must advertise the vacancy with Job Centre Plus.

Home secretary Jacqui Smith said the changes were to “put British workers first”.

Career Marketing manager, Toast Festivals 2009 Age 25 Lives Southfields From Cape Town, South Africa What does your job involve?

I gather research and run focus groups with Aussies, Kiwis, Saffas and Brits. I also liaise with our media partners and book advertising. Running our social networking groups and liaising with sponsors and

More than 200 jobs will be created when US retail giant Costco opens its first Australian store in Melbourne.

The store is expected to open in July. Jobs advertised include help desk, inventory control, payroll clerk and cashier.

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My workload doubled after my colleague left a few months ago. The company won’t replace her and I’m under a lot of stress. I’ve told my boss several times but he told me to ‘just grin and bear it’. Please help.

You’ve done the right thing by telling your boss as it gives

him the opportunity to do something about it.

If your boss doesn’t take action to reduce your stress, which seems to be the case here, you may have the right to start legal proceedings.

If you do decide to take this avenue, contact the Citizens Advice Bureau. Go to citizensadvice.org.uk.

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Working with creative design teams can take years off my life, but it always works out in the end. Another stressful part is looking after the celebs and entertainment once they have arrived in London. Often they fly straight in from Australia and New Zealand and are very jet-lagged, so making sure we get them on stage in time can also be a challenge.

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t’s been a turbulent 12 months for the finance sector. Head counts were slashed, budgets were tightened and finding a job is still pretty tough. But will the financial year beginning on April 6 bring new opportunities?

THE GOOD Roles in risk and regulation are set to be the way of the future. As financial markets across the world plummeted, the UK’s FSA (Financial Services Authority) launched a slew of new regulations that will affect companies across the banking industry.

“This has generated a steady demand for technical and risk professionals, in particular for statisticians, pricing analysts, actuaries and

risk managers,” says Michael Stefan, manager at Hays Financial Services.

Joanna Fagbadegun of Robert Walters says business analysts “who can … implement these new measures in line with the FSA guidelines”, internal audit controls and credit and market risk roles are the ones that will flourish.

“There is also steady demand for pensions and employee benefits professionals, but UK experience is often a prerequisite for these markets,” Stefan adds.

THE PAY Salaries for permanent risk jobs are likely to stay constant and potentially go up, while contract risk roles have already seen a slight increase since the beginning of the calendar year, Fagbadegun says.

Meanwhile, salaries for more traditional finance roles – both contract and permanent – are likely to stay the same or possibly go down slightly.

THE UGLY Fagbadegun says newly qualified chartered accountants are some of the hardest candidates to place at the moment. Low-level work such as account payable roles is an option to keep in mind until things start to pick up again.

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GETTING THAT JOB Joanna Fagbadegun of Robert Walters has this advice on looking for a finance job.

STAND OUT It’s important to have an edge. “Things such as Visual Basic [software] will give you a slight edge on your CV, from someone with a very similar core finance CV.”

BE FLEXIBLE You can’t afford to be too picky when it comes to pay. “The key thing is to be absolutely flexible with your salary or your rates.”

BE AVAILABLE Make yourself available to potential employers.

“Be available to interview, be accessible by phone.

We have candidates cancelling holidays just so they can be around in case the right role comes up.”

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packaging produced in the UK each year. “With seasonal confectionery receiving criticism for excessive packaging over recent years, I’m delighted to see the sector responding so positively and collectively,” Wrap advisor Mark Barthel said.

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Waitrose has written to 1000 of its suppliers to ask them to reduce prices by 2 per cent as the John Lewis Partnershipowned company looks to cut costs in the face of the consumer downturn. The requests went to suppliers of branded food and farmers in primary agriculture.

Geothermal, wind and hydro power are the most costeffective means of power generation for New Zealand, according to Meridian Energy.

The company claims the falling New Zealand dollar has influenced power prices, and how much future developments will cost.

How do you budget?

I don’t really break it down week-by-week, but I guess I just try not to splurge too much on stuff I don’t really need. I haven’t saved much money since I’ve been over here, though.

What do you blow your cash on?

Going out, mostly.

Sometimes I’ll think of having a quiet week, but then something comes up or friends come to visit, and I end up burning a heap of money.

Do you have any extraordinary expenses?

Travel isn’t extraordinary, but I’ve been doing a lot of it. I went to the Edinburgh Festival and also spent a week in Barcelona last month. It all adds up.

MOVIES TEACH US SO MUCH Movies have taught us about time travel paradoxes, inverted MiGs and drilling into asteroids. But what sage advice on gambling can be gleaned from films? » Idiot savants are awesome » Always double down on 11 – In Rain Man Charlie Babbitt takes his autistic brother to Vegas (left), where Raymond’s recall abiltilies clean up. » Everyone has a tell – In Rounders and Casino Royale, our heroes win big by spotting other players’ giveaway tics.

– In Swingers, Mike lands at a high rollers table, and loads up after drawing an 11. He loses, but the bet is right. » Don’t gamble drunk – In The Hustler, “Fast” Eddie loses everything in a 25-hour pool game after hitting the sauce.

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The need for entertainment on weeknights inevitably leads to spending – either at the cinema or the pub.

Instead, invest in some cheap board games. They cost nothing to play and you’ll get hours of value out of them. Borrow a book from your local library and learn how to play backgammon or chess properly – they’re cheap hobbies that will last a lifetime. Or read up on strategy and then hone your poker game with small stakes among your mates.

Alternatively, there are some great new games that are far more challenging than the traditional ones. Check out riograndegames.com.

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In response to growing consumer pressure a swathe of confectionery firms, including Cadbury UK and Mars UK, have announced significant reductions in packaging in order to reduce the 3000 tonnes of Easter egg

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COMING & GOING ACCOMMODATION There are Antipodeans and South Africans calling all parts of London home, but generally they tend to head west (Acton, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Hammersmith), north (Dollis Hill, Kilburn, Willesden Green) or south (Clapham, Southfields, Tooting).

For listings see tntonline. co.uk/accommodation Dossing Offer to chip in £5 a night minimum.

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

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

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

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

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

Leases You may need to sign a lease, which will typically run for six or 12 months.

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

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

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you want, though it’s usual to give a month’s notice and help find someone to move in.

Pay and cancel your bills

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

Settle overdrafts and credit cards Any defaults on bank

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

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

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

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

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

Give notice on your flat

Check the conditions of your Tenancy Agreement. If you want to leave before your lease is up, you may be liable to pay until new tenants are found. If you’re living in a sharehouse and haven’t signed a contract, you can move out whenever

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

The tax threshold is £6035 per year – so if you earn less than this, you won’t pay any tax. You’ll need a P45 (when you leave a job) and a P60 (at the end of the tax year).

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

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

For sea freight (which should take no longer than 12 weeks to arrive) you’ll pay about £80£150 for your first box – less for suitcases – and £30-£90 for additional boxes.

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Get set for summer with a fat-busting, energy-firing trip to boot camp WORDS REBECCA CORBALLY

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Before we’d embarked on the weekend, my boot camp buddy Clare and I had filled in a diary – food consumed, exercise taken, highs and lows of mood and general health.

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to meet your specific needs. As we pant up to the finish line, following in the footsteps of Sarah and Chris, our super toned ‘body double’ experts, Clare and I start to exchange intimidated glances.

WARMING UP Despite the biting wind, we’re warm before we know it. We charge up and down the dunes stopping to jump, lunge, punch or ‘fast feet’ – a blast of running on the spot. At each stopping station one of the trainers awaits to ensure you put your back into it and, with just two of us in the group, there’s nowhere to hide.

We regroup by the water’s edge and walk through the next drills. Giant rubber resistance bands are pulled and arced above heads. We curve bands across our bodies, pulling hard against our trainers, and we stretch as much as our power will allow. With bands around our middles we pull our trainers down the beach like a horse and cart and scream in frustration as we hunker down trying to win the ‘race’.

A WELCOME BREAK Lunch is hungrily consumed back at the log cabin we’ll call home for the next couple of nights. With floor-to-ceiling glass windows, flashy bathrooms, large plasma screens and a high-spec kitchen, it ain’t half bad. Exhausted,

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we laugh at each other’s red, wind-blasted faces and hide fears of how we’ll survive part two.

Later that day we’re back at the resort studio being blasted with tunes as we launch into more drills, only this time the sand isn’t there to work against us. We do controlled squats, press-ups, lunges and star jumps, and my legs burn.

We work our core with medicine balls, and in the breaks we loll on them tired and useless.

My stomach hurts from all the work, my brain can’t concentrate any more and I fear my legs won’t carry me down the winding drive back to our rooms after it’s all over. Chris sees we’ve had enough and sends us to the spa for our massage, and the aches and pains simply melt away.

CHEWING THE FAT On the morning of day two we limp to reception to be met by Jason for an hour of measuring our fat bits, checking our cholesterol and body mass index, and deciphering whether or not our fat is clinging to major organs or available to burn.

Jason explains how best to improve things. It’s a simple equation: eat better, move more.

We jump on stationary bikes in the outside studio and Sarah, all swishing blonde hair and honey tan, shouts into a microphone as we start

a 45-minute spinning class climbing imaginary hills and sprinting to finish lines.

Still glowing with sweat, we slip into the empty swimming pool like seals, and each with a set of floats we work arms and legs separately.

We drag each other the length of the pool in drills, and enjoy the slower pace of it all as our heart rates return to normal.

IT’S A WRAP At the end of the last day I relax into the boot camp’s finale – the Thalgomince warm body wrap which kick-starts weight loss.

Lying covered in oil and cream and wrapped in a warming and detoxifying package of films and towels, the cold compress over my eyes forces a light sleep. I daydream of continuing this routine at home, of soon becoming a mere shadow of myself.

As I get dressed I’m sure my jeans are looser, I have a spring in my step and my motivation is soaring. Bring on the summer.

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Feeling the burn at the hands of a ‘body double’

WHEN TO GO Retallack Resort (01637 882400; retallackresort.com) offers Body Doubles Boot Camp weekends from £270 per person for two nights, and from £350 for three nights.

The camps are available all year round, excluding school holidays.

GETTING THERE Several airlines fly into Newquay from Stansted and Gatwick airports, and then it’s a short taxi journey to the resort. Trains also run from central London to Bodmin Parkway where you could arrange a taxi pick-up.

GOING OUT Padstow is a £12 taxi ride, so try Custards on the quayside for dinner one night for a real Cornish feed. The nightclubs and bars of Newquay are also just a short taxi ride away.

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TNT Weekender Glasgow SCOTLAND

While it might not be as easy on the eye as Edinburgh, Glasgow has shed its rough reputation to emerge as a dynamic, cultured city.

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TRY THE LOCAL TIPPLE The liveliest nightlife is in the West End, where students and locals come out to play.

For something trendier, head for the city centre.

OUT ON THE TOWN In addition to its fertile live music scene, Glasgow is commonly recognised as the UK’s most vibrant clubbing city outside London.

RETAIL THERAPY The main shopping precinct is around Argyle, Buchanan and Sauchiehall streets where you’ll find Princes Square, a stylish six-floor shopping centre. Also check out the chichi shops and vintage stores on or just off Byres Road in the West End.

BEST OF THE REST There are more than enough galleries and museums to keep you amused when the weather turns bad. The must-sees include the GoMA (Gallery of Modern Art) and the Burrell Collection, an inspired and eclectic collection of more than 9000 works of art.

include his flamboyant House For An Art Lover and the beautiful Willow Tea Rooms.

the gig listings and time your visit accordingly.

GETTING THERE Fly direct to Glasgow International or Prestwick Airport (budget airlines). For buses go with National Express, and Virgin operates a direct train service from London which takes roughly five hours.

GETTING AROUND Glasgow’s Subway system covers most of the city centre and the West End (near Glasgow University), and at a flat fare of £1.20 per trip (or £3.50 for a day ticket) it’s a cheap way of getting around.

BEER Expect to pay about £2.50 for a pint.

ACCOMMODATION Dorm beds at the YHA start from £12 per night, with private rooms from £25 per night.

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Glasgow’s live music scene puts Edinburgh’s in the shade.

For the latest Franz Ferdinand (Alex Kapranos, right, and his chums hail from Glasgow) head to Nice’n’Sleazy and King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, where Alan McGee discovered Oasis. The Barrowland has seen everyone from Radiohead to the Ramones play there, and to see big name bands head to the SECC, also known as the Armadillo.

put you off. There are some fantastic curry houses, such as Mother India and its sister restaurant The Wee Curry Shop, and a good range of Italian, Japanese and Chinese eateries. Contemporary Scottish cuisine uses meats such as venison, pheasant, lamb and beef as well as local salmon and scallops.

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CAMERA OUT A classic Charles Rennie Mackintosh building, The Glasgow School of Art combines art nouveau and medieval features with elements of nature. Regular guided tours are available.

Other Mackintosh creations

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DEAL OF THE WEEK Eight days’ trekking in Morocco is £279 with On The Go (020 7371 1113; onthegotours.com). The price includes some meals, accommodation and transport (no flights).

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Travelsphere (0800 1123 313; travelsphere.co.uk) has fourday trips to Paris from £149.

The price includes return travel by coach or Eurostar, three nights’ B&B accommodation and a city tour.

A visit to the Thermae Bath Spa on April 10 is £65 with Anderson Tours (020 7436 9304; andersontours.co.uk). The deal includes return coach travel, a city tour of Bath and a two-hour spa session.

Depart May 2 for a two-night trip to the Netherlands for £145 with Tracks Travel (0845 130 0936; tracks-travel.com). Visiting Amsterdam and the bulb fields in Keukenhof, the trip includes return coach transport, B&B accommodation and a canal cruise of Amsterdam.

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Depart May 23 or July 4 for a sailing trip in Croatia for £337 with Travel Talk (020 8099 8852; traveltalktours.co.uk). Travelling between Split and Dubronilk via several islands, the tour includes seven nights’ halfboard accommodation in a category A cabin and island orientation walks.

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SOFA, SO GOOD If you want to meet locals and save money on accommodation on your travels, click on to the growing trend of couch surfing

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Seasoned travellers may know its name, but readers of the Guadalajara Reporter, The Daily Toreador in Texas and the Times Of Malta heard it first this week.

Since launching in 2004, Couchsurfing.com has grown far beyond its original premise of being an online directory for people offering their sofas to passing travellers.

Today members include people of all ages and backgrounds, from Azerbijan to Zambia.

Many never sleep on couches at all, instead using the site simply to meet for a “coffee or a drink” or to join a group get-together. The site’s London group arranges meets nearly every night of the week.

WORDS VICKY BAKER

MAKING FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY It’s not hard to see Couchsurfing.com’s appeal.

Travellers using the website not only bypass accommodation bills, but also escape cocoon-

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Vicky with her Couchsurfing contact on the islands of San Blas

Travellers can “ bypass bills and get more local insight ”

like hostels and gain more local insight.

As for the hosts, many enjoy making friends from around the world, others talk of “paying it forward”, being able to travel through their guests, or using the encounters as an excuse to rediscover places on their own doorstep.

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NEW KIDS ON THE BLOG While Couchsurfing.com has done wonders for popularising hospitality tourism, it’s far from being the last word. Upstarts are hot on its heels, with twists, such as altruistic BeWelcome.org and gay-orientated SurfingSofa.com.

It has also sparked a second-generation of peer-to-peer accommodation sites, such as Crashpadder.com and AirBnB.com, which break the mould by allowing money to exchange hands. Hosts set a per-night fee; the site takes a small cut. AirBnB is one of the field’s new leaders, with a level of success that has surprised even its founders.

A MORE UNIQUE EXPERIENCE “More than 54 per cent of our users are female, which we didn’t anticipate,” says co-founder Joe Gebbia. “We also started to see listings for commercial properties, such as B&Bs and vacation rentals.”

There’s not an airbed in sight among the rooms it now showcases – from Thai villas with pools (US$50; airbnb.com/rooms/4754) to Manhattan apartments (US$160; airbnb.com/ rooms/2896), available to rent while the owner is away.

And it’s not just the low prices that are appealing, with guests also enjoying travel

experiences that feel more unique and personal.

“Things needed to change,” says Peter Kindness, founder of the newest network on the block MyFriendsHotel.com, launching later this month. “Many backpackers didn’t even realise they were travelling in ways that were no different from a package holiday.”

THE GREAT OUTDOORS Like AirBnB, MyFriendsHotel lists alternative accommodation in people’s homes, and is poised to take the trend forward once again.

Kindness hints the site will bring together networking features seen on Facebook and LinkedIn, while members can find out more about their host/guest by linking to existing profiles on sites like LastFM or Twitter.

“I want it be the homepage for travel needs,” he says.

Meanwhile, if you’re not convinced about sleeping in someone else’s home, why not try their back garden instead. All you need is a tent and about €15 to find off-the-beatentrack camping spots on private land via Singlespotcamping.com. Give it a try and the world – or, in the early stages, mainly Sweden – could be your oyster. Tent surfing, here we come …

H In the 1980s, Louisianaborn Jim Haynes complied alternative People-toPeople guidebooks for eastern European countries.

No museum opening times here, just reams of addresses of local people willing to help or host travellers. Everhospitable Jim also runs open-house dinners every Sunday night in Paris. See jim-haynes.com.

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H US pacifi st Bob Luitweiler founded Servas in 1949 as a way to promote peace after World War II. The organisation is still going today, with members only allowed to join after passing a face-to-face interview.

See joomla.servas.org.

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H In 2001, Dutch traveller Ramon Stoppelenburg used LetMeStayForADay.com to request a place to stay and transport from strangers. His invite-me-over page led to 3577 offers from 72 countries.

Inspired by online schemes such as SendMeADollar and the RedPaperClipGuy, he gained sponsorship to help him travel long distances, and hitchhiked the rest.

» For more information on travel networking and safety tips, see goinglocaltravel.com

THE NEXT GENERATION Sites that enable travellers to rent a room in a local’s home: H AirBnB.com H Crashpadder.com H istopover.com H MyFriendsHotel.com H Roomorama.com H RoomFT.com

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HOTSHOTS Hayley Madden TALKS TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

WINNER JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, Simon Pollock, Cobram, Australia The sweeping drama of this landscape is emphasised by the amazing bank of rolling clouds above the horizon, the long, bold shadow of the tree and the use of a wide lens which makes the most of the tufts of grass zooming away into the distance.

All form strong diagonals leading to the distinctive tree, which is placed on the rule of thirds.

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RUNNER-UP IRELAND, Alan Wigg, Auckland, New Zealand This shot would have been fairly mundane but for the bank of rolling clouds hanging ominously over the

sweep of the cliff. This works well with the lighter, fluffier clouds and lacy lines of foam that add a delicate texture across the whole image.

The sun has just caught the foreground as well as the edge of the cliffs in the middle ground, which gives a

warm lift to the entire scene.

HOT TIP: A cloudy sky and strong sunlight add drama and interest to landscapes. » Alan wins a photography course from Nigel Wilson Photography (020 7793 8664; photographycourses.org.uk) valued at £60.

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR PHOTOS STAND OUT

THEME: BLACK AND WHITE Venice Bridge by Tyrone Riley, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand Venice is a photographer’s paradise with interesting scenes round every corner. The bridges and gondolas in particular are favourite subjects, and Tyrone has brought his own twist to a much photographed scene.

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WHY THIS WORKS: 1 Subtle use of colouring to emphasise the walkway.

2 Perfectly level horizon bang on the rule of thirds to emphasise foreground.

3 Perfect symmetry of the gondolas, which form converging diagonals.

4 The reflection of the lamp in the wet walkway offers another symmetry vertically down the striking image.

5 The effective use of black and white concentrates the eye on the strong lines of the mooring poles.

HOT TIPS: 1 The emphasis of colours in black and white can be manipulated by coloured filters. Use a colour filter to lighten that colour and to deepen its opposite. For example, an orange filter will

deepen blue skies and lighten tanned skin tones. A green filter is good for separating lots of different shades of green in a landscape.

2 When converting a colour image to black and white on a computer, using the colour channels can have the same effect as colour filters.

3 Good tonal range is important in black and white, either in the image

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itself (such as when you have a black cat in white snow) or from the lighting (such as strong sunlight on a shiny, textured surface).

4 Shapes, lines and texture are much more apparent in black and white.

5 Go to an exhibition of quality black and white prints to see the dramatic and emotional advantages black and white has over colour.

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The American TIP OF Government has THE WEEK introduced a new ESTA process (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) for travellers from certain countries who are visiting the US. This list includes European and other countries. The visitors now need to fill in and submit the ESTA form (cbp.gov/xp/ cgov/travel/id_visa/esta) at least a few days in advance of their trip.

For more information see cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/id_ visa/esta/about_esta.

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Book European train travel on bahn.de – the German railways website. It’s good as it’s in multiple languages, including English.

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I’d like to go on holiday in Norway and it would be great if I could take the car over there too. Are there any ferry companies that travel between the UK and Norway? If not, which would be the best route to take with my vehicle?

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My boyfriend and I are doing a 10-day trip in Europe this June, ending in Rome.

We then have a week free and want to go to Ios in Greece. What’s the best way of getting there? Or should we do something else?

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Ferries to Norway: there used to be some, and now there aren’t. DFDS Seaways’ Newcastle-Bergen link stopped in May 2008 due to rising fuel costs and competition from lowcost airlines. Clearly we can’t have cheap flights all over Europe and complain about disappearing ferry services to interesting places. Not that you’re complaining, Tim, but I am.

One option is the fun route from Harwich in Essex to Esbjerg on Denmark’s west coast.

Drive from there to Copenhagen and catch the onward service to Oslo. The route is operated by DFDS (dfdsseaways.co.uk) and costs about £500 return for you and a vehicle. If you’re going for more than a week this is a good option costwise versus hiring.

If you have deep pockets you could freight both you and your car direct from Immingham in Lincolnshire to Brevik in Norway for about £950 return with DFDS Tor Line (01469 562988; dfdstorline.com). The downside of this is that bigger-paying freight gets priority over you and your car, so you can’t book until a month or so before you go.

It’s often overlooked how great a base the UK is for seeing Europe – you only realise when you try and travel cheaply from Italy to Spain or Greece.

Trains are possible but not very quick, and flights tend to be expensive and go via a large hub airport rather than point-to-point. For cheap flights you need to be near a hub for low-cost air services – ie tourist cities. Also, there’s no real charter service direct to Greek or Spanish islands from, say, Italian cities. You can fly to Athens from Rome on Alitalia, Olympic Airways or Aegean for about £200 return, but I couldn’t find any budget options. From Athens a ferry to Ios will take seven hours, so maybe think about an island closer to the mainland.

But why are you in such a hurry to leave Rome? Visit Castel Gandolfo, the stunning summer residence of the Pope, or Ostia Antica.

Plus you’re only a couple of hours from Umbria’s beautiful towns and villages or buzzy Naples, with the more tranquil Amalfi coast a short ferry or bus ride away from there. With that £200 airfare each you could travel for most of a week in Italy and see Greece another time.

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FEEL THE HEAT ON SKIS If you’re looking for a skiing destination, the red-sand Namib desert in south-west Africa is probably not the first place you’d think of.

There’s no snow and there are no mountains, but sand dunes that reach up to 300m offer pistes with a difference – as Germany’s Henrik May and his Austrian business partner Herbert Koessner can attest.

The two adventurers set out last weekend to become the first people to try to ski trek across part of this vast desert, one of the world’s oldest, which stretches about 1609 km along the Atlantic coast of Namibia and southern Angola.

“It’s not as tiring as [crossing the desert] by foot, because you don’t sink in the sand,” says Koessner. “And the downhill parts are just a lot of fun.”

If the trek goes well, the pair plan to open

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It’s now cheaper to chill out Global hotel prices have dropped, the hotels.com Hotel Price Index says.

The index, based on prices paid by customers at 68,000 hotels across 12,500 locations, revealed prices fell 12 per cent globally compared to the same period in 2007.

The website’s president, David Roche, says hoteliers are being forced to lower prices in order to fill rooms.

“This year really will be the year of the deal,” he says.

Prices in North America had

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the greatest decline, falling 12 per cent, while Europe shed 10 per cent.

Cities with the greatest hotel price falls included Mumbai, Reykjavik and New Zealand’s Queenstown.

up sand trekking to tourists from August.

Descending sandhills on skis is not a new pursuit in this sparsely populated former Germany colony, where sand surfing is also a popular activity with tourists.

May, who grew up in Germany’s Black Forest, has been running a ski rental business on the verge of the desert since 2004.

May and Koessner hope to cover 90km in six days under a scalding 40-degree sun, carrying their own food and water (4-5 litres each a day). An escort vehicle is following the two intrepid travellers with the rest of the supplies, including tents.

May says anyone considering a ski trek needs to be in good shape, have some skiing experience and be able to live for a week without such luxuries as a hot shower.

GOT YOUR BACK For handy backpacking tips see cheapflights.co.uk/ travel-tips/backpacking.

The webpage highlights things to consider when choosing your destination including weather, length of stay, geography, and type of adventure.

PLENTY OF CHICKS Chicago is the best city for men to live in, according to AskMen.com.

The online mag ranked the top cities according to factors such as the ratio of

single women to men, the frequency of sporting events and the cost of a pint.

Barcelona was second and San Francisco came third, followed by London.

TUSCANY’S WEB The Tuscan Tourist Promotion Agency has launched a campaign to promote the region to younger travellers.

Through websites such as Facebook and Google, Tuscany hopes to attract the tech-savvy who will be able to “walk” through Florence using Google’s Street View.

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WORDS DANIEL LANDON

FESTIVAL OF THE SNAKES

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Cocullo, Italy May 7 If you’re scared of snakes look away now: at this festival the slithery critters writhe all over you (though all their fangs are removed beforehand). It’s the village of Cocullo’s bizarre way of honouring St Domenic.

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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL CANNES, FRANCE MAY 13-24 WHAT: The world’s most famous film festival, a magnet for actors, industry insiders and celeb spotters.

WHERE: Cannes (pronounced ‘can’), on the French Riviera.

WHY: Back in the 1930s French filmmakers wanted a movie showcase that was free from political interference, and they decided a sunny beach resort would be the best venue.

DO IT BECAUSE: With most

movie A-listers in town, this is your chance to do a whole lot of celebrity spying.

HOW MUCH: The cost of a coffee. Most screenings are offlimits to the public, but if you hang out at the local cafés it’s likely you’ll see a celeb.

» festival-cannes.com

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LOCK IT IN ANZAC DAY Gallipoli, Turkey Apr 25, 2009 anzacsite.gov.au

ROYAL ASCOT Ascot, England Jun 16-20, 2009 ascot.co.uk

GLASTONBURY Somerset, England Jun 24-28, 2009 glastonburyfestival.co.uk

RUNNING OF THE BULLS JEREZ HORSE FAIR Jerez, Spain May 10-17 If you love horses this is the place to be. Horse competitions of all kinds (from dressage to polo) feature alongside plenty of music, dancing, parades, and, of course, bullfighting.

» andalucia.com

Where in the world?

Pamplona, Spain Jul 6-14, 2009 sanfermin.com

EDINBURGH’S FESTIVALS Edinburgh, Scotland Aug 7-Sep 6, 2009 edfringe.com and eif.co.uk

LA TOMATINA Buñol, Spain Aug 26, 2009 latomatina.es

THE TRAVELLER …

Joanna Rodgers, 25, from Northland, New Zealand What’s the best place you’ve been to?

Valparaiso, Chile. The houses are painted bright colours and it’s kind of quirky. The north of Chile, and the beaches there, is good too.

Dream destination?

The Greek Islands.

I’ve heard good stories from family and friends who’ve been there.

Most overrated place?

Auckland. The nightlife is shit.

Friendliest locals?

Been somewhere good lately? Send us a horizontal photo of yourself with a copy of TNT from anywhere around the world and, if we print it, you’ll win a day trip for two to Bath and Stonehenge with Anderson Tours, valued at £90. » Email your pictures to ontheroad@tntmagazine.com along with your name, where you’re from and where the photo was taken. Files must be at least 500Kb.

Hokianga, in New Zealand, where I grew up.

The people are really welcoming.

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GEAR UP MARKET KNOWLEDGE

THE INSIDER DAVID SMITH, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, HOSTELBOOKERS The best part of my job is …

The people. HostelBookers is built around like-minded people who love travel and are passionate about the web.

And the worst part is … It’s difficult working so close to the world’s amazing places, but not being able to travel for longer than a week or two.

You never lose the bug.

My favourite place in the

Amy Adams SOLVES YOUR TRAVEL GEAR PROBLEMS MAKE A STATEMENT According to the blurb, the Timex Expedition WS4 makes “a bold statement on the wrists of outdoor enthusiasts worldwide”. This not enough for you? It’s also a timepiece, alarm clock and stopwatch.

THE DAMAGE: £149.99 WHERE: timex.co.uk

HIT THE WATER With the ability to keep track of the tide as well as the time, and 200m water resistance, the Casio G-Shock G-Lide is the only watch to wear if you’re catching some waves.

THE DAMAGE: £69 WHERE: casioatcarnaby.co.uk

PREDICT THE WEATHER If you could predict the weather you’d be a rich man, so the saying goes – which is a good job because Tissot’s T-Touch Expert, capable of forecasts, costs a pretty penny.

DAMAG: £515 WHERE: tissot.ch

DO THE MATHS The Vestal Calcutron Watch might not be as rough and rugged as your typical travel timepiece, but it’ll be a lot more handy for currency conversions.

THE DAMAGE: £75 WHERE: extremepie.com

world is … Africa. Travelling overland through south-east Africa I experienced a truly unforgettable journey.

My first big trip was …

Vietnam. Hanoi remains one of my most favourite cities in the world.

My most memorable travel experience was … Tiger Leaping Gorge, near Lijiang in Southern China. I can’t forget the feeling of disbelief (and vertigo) as we stood at the end of day one, hundreds of feet above the Yangtze River. Scary but exhilarating.

Next destination on my

travel wishlist is … The Maldives. I long for a week or two’s peace on the beach. Bliss.

My top travel tip is ...

Take time out to read customer reviews. The hostel industry doesn’t have a universal star rating, but with sites like HostelBookers you can read what other travellers have said.

I always pack …

A pair of sunnies.

My guilty travel pleasure is … Too much food and drink.

experience counts RULE #3: great value trips for 18 to 30 somethings

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Imagine how inconvenient it would be if we’d never got past the sundial. I mean, well done the Egyptians and all for inventing them, but they are a little clunky if we’re honest.

Plus, how would it work in England? Great reason for being late for work, mind: “I’m sorry, it was cloudy”. You could use the same excuse every day!

When you’re travelling this won’t do, though. Knowing the time is essential so you don’t miss important things like flights, hostel check-outs or happy hours.

Lucky then, that we have watches. Not only are they more portable and accurate, they’re also no longer content with just telling the time.

They can measure temperature and altitude, work out where you are and wake you up. Some, like the T-Touch Expert (right), will even let you know if the weather’s likely to improve.

Sundials? Pah.

GET PACKING: WATCHES

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imme a V. Gimme an A. Gimme an N. Gimme a T. Gimme an O. Gimme a U. Gimme an R. What does it spell? Van tour!

So what’s it all about? Buy a set of wheels, deck it out with beds and importantly a beer fridge, round up your mates and join the annual convoy of vans cruising across Europe on an unofficial summer party pilgrimage.

The epic road trip starts at Running of the Bulls and winds up three months later with a well-earned stein at Oktoberfest.

And the best part is, this is no organised tour that’ll cost you a fortune, with a boring itinerary and a guide named Simon. You decide the route, destinations, when to roll, relax or have a raging night on the town (or in the campsite with your fellow van tour vagabonds).

If you still need convincing, here’s what vantoureurope.com says about the annual event: “It’s basically a bunch of vans full of boozeswilling young people following the same route around Europe and meeting up along the way at major festivals and party towns.”

But buying a van and navigating your way around the Continent is full of pitfalls – you’ll come across clapped-out old bangers for sale, dodgy cops, hefty road tolls, perilous potholes, cramped campsites and sizzling summer weather that’ll more than likely blow a gasket in Old Bessie. That’s where TNT’s guide to minimising the dramas comes in handy, leaving you free to wind down the window, crank up the Beatles’ Drive My Car (“beep beep, beep beep, yeah”) and take in the magic of one of the world’s greatest road trips. So, gimme a …

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IS FOR VEHICLE Your van will be home, sweet home for the next few months so it’s worth putting in the effort to find a decent one. There are plenty of

options, from classic Kombis to pop-tops, motor homes, school buses and converted ambulances.

BUYING

The best time to buy is at the end of the previous van tour season in October as there are loads of vans for sale in London – many of them decked out with beds, a stove, camping gear and pots and pans. Expect to pay around £2000 for a roadworthy set of wheels, more if you’re buying

You decide the “ route, destinations and when to relax ” from a used car dealer, though the plus side to this is it’ll come with a warranty.

It’s also worth taking your van to a mechanic for the all-clear. The last thing you want is to break down minutes after driving off the ferry at Calais. Useful websites are tntonline.co.uk, autotrader.co.uk and munichkampers.co.uk.

RENTING

Renting can also be a good option, particularly if you only want to tour for a few weeks or a month. It also means you’ll be covered for breakdowns. Try freedomcampervans.co.uk, wickedcampers.co.uk or vwcamperco.com.

IS FOR ADVANCE PLANNING A little groundwork before your departure will go a long way to ensure your road trip is a ripper.

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Splash out on getting a comprehensive service before you hit the road. It’ll cost a few hundred

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TOUR TIPS Gaz Nixon and Jolie Feigler (above) from New Zealand drove a converted Post Office van across Europe.

SHOWERING: “Showers were scarce at times, so we braved the cold and washed in the sea.”

quid but it will be a lot easier than negotiating a tune-up in Toulouse.

Think about the equipment you’re going to need: spare tyre, jack, basic tools, a stove, pots and pans, bedding, a frisbee … Again, being prepared before you leave is easier than hunting down essentials on the road.

ALTERNATE ROUTES: “We drove through Albania and Montenegro. We weren’t insured but we survived!”

DRIVER’S LICENCE

Australian, New Zealand and South African drivers need an international driving permit to legally drive in many European countries.

It might be easier to exchange your home licence for a UK one. You’ll be able to do this through the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (dvla.co.uk) as long as you have proof of a UK address.

EUROPEAN DRIVERS: “Italy was the worst! As soon as traffic lights go green they start tooting their horns.”

DRINKING GAMES: “In one van, everyone’s name was written on a tyre. When they stopped the person whose name was at the bottom had to do a funnel of booze or run round with no pants.”

INSURANCE

Don’t leave home without it. If you have a bingle it could save you a fortune, plus it’s illegal to

Copenhagen DENMARK DENMAR RK

drive without insurance in many European countries. Herts Insurance (hertsinsurance.com) has a ‘Walkabout’ policy specially for van tours, and Downunder Insurance (duinsure.com) has a campervan policy too.

IS FOR NEED TO KNOW It’s all a hoot until you’re pulled over by the cops, so don’t forget these essentials when roaming Europe.

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Always keep your registration certificate, valid driver’s licence, motor insurance certificate and passport handy in the glovebox.

EQUIPMENT

The rules vary from country to country when it comes to what safety gear you’re required to carry in your vehicle. For example, in Austria it’s compulsory to pack a first-aid kit, while elsewhere you’re required to have a fire extinguisher, hazard lights and a reflective triangle. See theaa.com for more information on specific countries.

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Warsaw

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Oktoberfest Munich Vienna AUSTRIA

Zurich

FRANCE

SWITZERLAND

CAMPSITES SLOVAKIA

Budapest HUNGARY

SLOVENIA LOVEN OVENIA IA

Ljubljana Venice

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Rome

Barcelona La Tomatina Buñol

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Free camping is tolerated in most places as long as you keep a low profile – not always an easy task if there are a dozen vans parked together and an impromptu toga party going on.

Otherwise, campsites range from top-notch to bargain basic. Expect to pay from €10-€30 a night plus extra for each additional person. In summer, book ahead. The best grounds fill up fast. Check out europe-camping-guide.com or gocaravanning.com for more information.

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IS FOR TOLLS In Europe motorists are charged a small fortune in tolls rather than road taxes. The tolls coming into Paris, for example, can top €50. On

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Pamplona San Fermín

Lisbon

Again, rules vary between countries, especially when it comes to drink driving and speed limits. You’re probably going to be chugging along at 60mph anyway, but log onto theaa.com for driving rules across Europe.

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BIG TRIP

IS FOR ORDERING A PINT After all those kilometres a hard-earned drink is in order, and downing a cold can or three is part of the fun on van tour. But you’ll be left high and dry unless you learn these phrases for ordering a beer: France: Je voudrais une bière, s’il vous plaît.

Spain: Una cerveza, por favor.

Portugal: Uma cerveja, por favor.

Italy: Una birra, per favore.

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Chicken and we had a pash and dash. You were named after a flower. I’ll be at the Walkie every night next week with a red hat on.

Find me. C.F. DT: Sunday sessions won’t be the same without you.

Nobody liked dancing near you because of the bingo arm factor but that’s why we love you mate: carefree, loyal and the life and soul of 30 Winchester. Love you, bro!

Monster: Happy birthday for tomorrow, kiddo. Can’t wait to celebrate your big day in Paris – get ready for a big one! But no map reading for you, not after last time … Ha ha! Will get a leash for you so you don’t go missing again :-).

Love you lots. Suz. PS. Don’t forget to pack your undies – not sharing again.

Fax for McNeil: Jac, I found that fax you were looking for, but I’ve no idea where to send it. Email threelittleducks222@ yahoo.com and I’ll see to it that you get it.

I love head: Aaron you’re the most amazing guy in the world. I miss you so much already … Have you found that visa in the cereal box yet?

Hurry back to me soon so we can get home at 5am every morning and visit TopShop bus stop LOL! Much love, your girl Aleks.

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‘The Boys’ aka Poosie, Horney and Whitty: The time has come

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We’ve had some fab times; drunken nights at the Walkie, crazy Pictionary battles, Australia Day celebrations, awesome Sunday sessions and the best time of our lives at Glasto! London won’t be the same without you. See you back in Tassie for the big reunion! Love Brookski and Laursie.

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Digital IXUS 90 IS. It has all of my memories since leaving home. Over 500 photos. If you picked it up by mistake, please email ljfoott@hotmail.com. I’ll pay. Lachie.

Monkey arms: After four years in the mansion, it’s time for

you to start the next chapter in the Bananarama-drama and head back home. What will we do without our in-house entertainment that you provide 24/7? It will be very quiet without you – some people would call it peaceful – but one thing is for sure, you’ll be missed by all. The B&M crew.

Wallie: Welcome to da UK buddy. Can’t believe you finally bought that ticket – it only took you two years to get your shit together. Great to have you here and can’t wait to have a night on town soon, we’ve got lots of snorkelling to catch up on. James.

Adam: The guy who came and sat next to me while I was waiting for the bus in She Bu on the Sunday evening of the Boat Race. We hung out, then you sat next to me again on the

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Q

My boyfriend busted out the L word last night and I didn’t know how to respond.

We’ve only been together for a few months and, while it’s going great, it’s too soon for that kind of talk.

How do I tell him this without hurting his feelings?

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When you say the L word I assume you mean love, and not leprosy.

That you can’t even write the

word means you’re seriously queasy about the notion. Did your parents split up when you were young? Or did your first love burn you by pashing

another girl at the year 8 disco?

Plenty of people do fall in love in the first few months of a relationship, but if you think it’s too soon to be talking about

295 bus heading to Clapham.

I didn’t have time to get your number as I had to get off with my mates. I’d like to catch up again properly sometime, maybe in our local area?

Email blondeatbustop@ hotmail.co.uk.

She Bu Walkie staff: Thanks for all the fat-frog times. I’ve lost my sheep (Andy) and I need to go find him. So every time the wind blows past your ears and you hear the jingle of keys or hear security being called, think … Little Bow Peep. PS Be thinking of you all in sunny Greece! Ha ha.

Sponge: We’ve certainly come a long way since meeting in the McKinnon building! From being arrested in a dodgy American bar, to hitting up G’s six days a week, to seductively touching you on the way to teach the ‘Felt Rats’, you’ve always been there for me! Well, the time has come for me to be a ‘sack’ in my real life back in the Shire, while you continue to create babies all over the world. It’s been a privilege to have shared some great memories with you. Rossco.

Found keys and USB at Belushi’s on Saturday, March 21: I found keys with

yellow fob on it and USB with educational stuff, looks like it might belong to Chris. Is it yours? Email lostkeyandusb@ yahoo.co.uk.

it, honesty is the best policy.

Tell him you’re happy but think it’s too early for love, or you could fall in love the more you get to know him. There’s always the ‘I think I love you too’ answer to hedge your bets.

However, if you did mean leprosy, dump him now, and to hell with his feelings.

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