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‘cheese addict’ Kim in a pickleA MASSIVE addiction to cheese could be making North Korea’s authoritarian leader sick, a source has said.

Kim Jong Un has made no public ap-pearances for three weeks, skipping a high-profile event that he usually at-tends. An official documentary showed him limping and overweight and men-tions his ‘discomfort’.

Maybe it’s gout, unidentified sources have told South Korean reporters, or diabetes, or high blood pressure. A British report says the Swiss-educated dictator has been laid low by a massive cheese addiction.

A headline in Seoul offers up the possibility of a com-mon South Korean obses-sion: fried chicken and beer.

So what’s going on? May-be not much.

As is always the case, much more than what is seen publicly is happening behind the well-guarded scenes with North Korea’s No.1.

But just the fact that Pyongyang ac-knowledges that Kim is ailing suggests that he may not be suffering from any-thing particularly serious.

The recent health speculation started when Kim, always a large man, began showing up in pictures and video no-ticeably heavier, and with a distinct limp. For more than three weeks, he hasn’t been seen performing his cus-tomary public duties in state media coverage.

And then, on Thursday, his usual seat was empty at a session of the country’s rubber stamp parliament.

Although Kim Jong Il occasionally missed the meetings, it was the first no-show for Kim Jong Un since he took over after his father’s death in late 2011, Seoul officials said.

The same day as the parliamentary meeting, the North aired a documentary with footage from August that showed

a limping Kim inspecting a tile factory.

‘Our marshal continues to light the path for the people like a flame despite his dis-comfort,’ a narrator said in the film.

South Korean officials have told reporters they don’t think anything serious is happening, but that hasn’t stopped the rumours.

North Korea’s propaganda specialists carefully construct their media images, especially those of Kim, with an eye on the domestic elite and, to a lesser ex-tent, on foreign, mostly South Korean, audiences.

Whatever’s going on with the dicta-tor, avid North Korea watchers will get another chance for a carefully staged look on October 10, when the North stages a celebration of the founding anniversary for the ruling Workers’ Party.

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Newlyweds say ‘high do’Bride and groom climb 2,300ft rocky mountain to exchange their wedding vows

THEY’VE only just tied the knot but Jamie and David Lamb’s marriage is rock solid.

The adventurous pair exchanged their vows after scaling a 2,300ft mountain, with Jamie tackling the gruelling peak in a dress that was specially made to handle the feat.

They decided to climb the rock formation, known as The Chief, after being inspired by friends who staged a fake climbing wedding video.

Dietician Jamie, 29, said: ‘I have never wanted a wedding.

‘Even as a young girl, it just sounded expensive and more of a pain than any-thing else.’

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incredible,’ she explained. When financial adviser David, 33, asked what kind of a wedding she wanted, she showed him the video.

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big blow-out event but, as we started planning for that, he realised how much stress and money went into it,’ Jamie added.

‘He decided to go with the climbing

wedding and it all spiralled from there.’ The Canadian couple spent about €9,000 on their big day, which included buying Jamie’s hardy dress for the enormous peak in Squamish, British Columbia.

Jamie said they have been over-whelmed by the response to their unique dream day on July 22.

‘We’ve had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to our wedding,’ she added.

‘Everyone says if they could do it

over, they would have done it the way we did it. What we really wanted was to enjoy a day without all of the other drama that comes with weddings.

‘An enormous amount of people have said that our video made them cry and the wild part is that people who have never even met us have said that it made them cry.

‘It really touches us to know that other people could feel the emotion and love that was present on that day, and every day, in our lives.’

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Firms urged to sign up for job-creation charterCOMPANIES have been urged to sign up to the new Employment and Youth Activation Charter, launched by Tánaiste Joan Burton.

It provides companies with ‘a clear roadmap’ for how they can help tackle youth and long-term unemployment, chief executive of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Gina Quin said last night.

Employers who sign the charter commit to considering at least 50 per cent of candidates for interview from the Live Register.

They will also implement measures to prepare those who are out of work to take up jobs.

Launching the document yesterday, Ms Burton said the charter was a ‘vital initiative’.

Ageism at work as bosses favour youngSOME 70 per cent of employers would prefer to hire a young person over a mature jobseeker ifthey had the chance, according to a report published today.

Employment monitor CPL found that whilejobs continue to grow, most employers wouldoffer a job to those in their 20s for jobs that require up to three to five years’ experience.

While up to 80 per cent of employers saidthey had high expectations of recruiting in thenext 12 months, one-third of employers hadused initiatives like JobBridge to hire staff.

CPL director Peter Cosgrove commented:‘Ageism is a prevailing obstacle for the more mature job seekers.’

Cork cocaine smuggling suspect hands himself in A SIXTH suspect being hunted by investigatorsprobing the alleged plot to smuggle €80million of cocaine across the Atlantic in a yacht has

handed himself in.The 29-year-old from Leeds,

wanted for questioningabout the tonne of narcoticson board the Makayabella offthe Cork coast last week, walked into a police stationin Yorkshire on Sunday night.

Meanwhile, four Britishmen have already been charged along with three men detained on board the vessel by the Irish Navy last Tuesday.

Putting Dylan lyrics in your research? Don’t think twice, it’s alright

IF you get boredwhen writing papersabout scientificresearch, why nothide Bob Dylan lyricsin them?

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Sweden enjoyeddoing it so muchthat they placed betson who could filltheir articles withthe most Dylanreferences.

Professors EddieWeitzberg and John Jundberg,fromStockholm’s Karolinska Institute,were thefirst to includeDylan lyrics in theirpieces 17years ago.

Theytitled a story aboutintestinal gas ‘NitricOxide andinflammation: Theanswer is blowing inthe wind’, explaining:

‘We both really likedBob Dylan and we thought the quotesreally fitted nicely withwhat we were trying to achieve with the title.’

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for a headline despite the possible effect on their credibility.Weitzberg

added: ‘We’re not talking about scientific

papers – we could havegot in trouble for that –but rather articles we have written aboutresearch by others,editorials and thingslike that.’

The men were laterjoined by three othersand the winner of thebet will get lunch at arestaurant.

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by jOANNE AHERNRETAILER Dealz is to create 300 new jobs in Ireland with the opening of ten new stores.

The expansion is part of a €4.5mil-lion investment in Ireland over the next year and is in addition to a €53.6million investment since it launched here in 2011.

The company will open a new flag-ship store at the Ilac Centre in Dublin 1 next month, its fourth store opening in a month.

This will bring its employment fig-ure in Ireland to more than 1,000, with plans to hire an additional 200 temporary staff for Christmas.

A ‘single price value retailer’, Dealz sells everything at €1.49 but has spe-cial offers at six single selling points,

ranging in price from €2 to €10. It stocks 4,000 products, including

DIY, stationery, health and beauty, food and drink, baby and seasonal events.

More than 100 ‘well-known’ food brands are available, such as Kel-logg’s and Heinz, in addition to a wide range of fresh and chilled Irish products.

CEO Jim McCarthy said: ‘We are delighted to be celebrating our third year of trading in Ireland following the opening of our 34th Dealz store in Ireland last weekend in Wexford.

‘We are fully dedicated to the Irish market and our exciting expansion plans will continue to create new job opportunities for Irish workers.’

The company said it ‘has welcomed more than 13 million customers in store’ over the past three years.

‘We are dedicated to the Irish market’

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SPOT the difference! The trees of the Furry Glen in the Phoenix Park have undergone a bit of a transformation in recent weeks – namely, there are fewer of them.are fewer of them.are fewer of them.

These two pictures taken just over two weeks apart – the first on September 12 – appear to show a change in the landscape, with a number of poplars mysteriously absent.mysteriously absent.mysteriously absent. One curious walker said: ‘The One curious walker said: ‘The One curious walker said: ‘The

contrast is stunning, to my eye contrast is stunning, to my eye contrast is stunning, to my eye anyway. What was once one of anyway. What was once one of anyway. What was once one of the most beautiful views in the most beautiful views in the most beautiful views in Dublin, especially on sunny Dublin, especially on sunny Dublin, especially on sunny summer evenings, has been summer evenings, has been summer evenings, has been utterly destroyed in the last 16 utterly destroyed in the last 16 utterly destroyed in the last 16 days. Why?’days. Why?’days. Why?’

Well now we have an answer to the case of the missing trees to the case of the missing trees to the case of the missing trees and it seems to centre on safety and it seems to centre on safety and it seems to centre on safety concerns. A spokesperson for concerns. A spokesperson for concerns. A spokesperson for the Office of Public Works, the the Office of Public Works, the the Office of Public Works, the

authority which manages the authority which manages the authority which manages the park, said: ‘OPW has a Tree Safety Management System in place and removes trees on the grounds of public safety.

‘The Furry Glen has become overgrown and a small number of poplar trees had outgrown their location.’

She added: ‘These trees were removed on the grounds of safety and also to improve the biodiversity in the area.’


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Duty cut on drink ‘costly to health’ MAKING alcohol cheaper would only cost us in other ways, a drink awareness group has warned.

If the alcohol industry’s campaign for lower excise duty is successful, Alcohol Action Ireland has said, the public purse will be hit by health costs.

CEO Suzanne Costello said: ‘The alcohol industry’s concerted campaign for a cut in excise duty is seeking to focus everyone’s attention on its economic contribution while encouraging them to ignore the significant harm caused by its products to the people of Ireland.

‘The objective of the alcohol industry is to maximise its profits through the sale of its products. However, the Government has a responsi-bility to prioritise the health of the Irish people.’

Alcohol Action Ireland pointed out that a reduction in excise duty will also fail to close the gap between prices in the on-trade and the off-trade and can only serve to increase overall consumption.

Apple and State deny ‘tax deal’

by JOAnnE AHERnIreland has denied striking a se-cret tax deal with technology giant apple that would have allegedly bro-ken eU rules on state aid.

The Government has moved to counter claims that a ‘back room’ agreement was struck with the world’s richest company dating back two dec-ades. The department of Finance said an ongoing investigation in Brussels into state aid to mutinationals – in-cluding the iPhone maker – has yet to reach any final conclusions.

‘Ireland is confident that there is no breach of state aid rules in this case and has already issued a formal re-sponse to the (european) Commis-sion earlier this month, addressing in detail the concerns and some misun-

derstandings contained in the opening decision,’ a spokesman said.

‘Ireland welcomed that opportunity to clarify important issues about the applicable tax law in this case and to explain that the company concerned did not receive selective treatment and was taxed fully in accordance with the law.’

The Financial Times reported apple is to be accused of prospering from illegal tax deals with Ireland as part of the inquiry which could lead to record fines of several billion euro.

‘There’s never been any special deal, there’s never been anything that would be construed as state aid,’ luca Maes-tri, apple’s chief financial officer, said in an interview with the paper.

later this week, Brussels is expect-ed to publish a formal letter sent to the Irish authorities in June.

‘Ireland is confident there is no breach’


InDamnation, ‘Dublin’s first ever interactive scare attraction’, at the RDS sent us a ouija board as part of their promo material. Our initial thoughts were to give it away to our Facebook friends, but then we wondered if we should give it away at all. Here’s what they told us:I’ve heard a number of accounts, over the years, of people coming to harm as a result of ‘dabbling’ in the occult and using ouija boards. While I’d like to think there’s no power in such things, the evidence indicates that actually, there is power and it’s not good power – quite the contrary. I wouldn’t recommend anyone to have anything to do with such practices. Stay safe; concentrate on what’s good and beneficial to you instead.

Deirdre McGuirk

You should hold on to it and use it to channel celebrity guest column-ists from beyond the grave. You could have: Fangs For The Memories – Bram Stoker’s guide to Dracula’s Dublin; Boy Oh Boy – Brendan Behan’s review of the current production of Borstal Boy; and, Statue Over There? – Jim Larkin is up in arms over the state of the city’s monuments.

Adam Hyland

It’s a load of old nonsense. Ouija boards have no power whatsoever. Any

bad stories you’ve heard about people using them can more than likely be chalked up to coinci-dence. Ouija boards are up there with people who think they can talk to the dead, horoscopes and those ‘Most Haunted’ shows. All a load of old rubbish! Gavin Carton

Ouija boards scare me! Ever since a girl told me when I was 11 that she’d done it and a banshee knocked on her door. She made it sound scarier! Lia Lieghio

Banshees don’t knock on doors, they scratch windows haha.

Clare Byron

Ouija g’way owera that! Gavin Coffey

All I knew of banshees are what Darby O’Gill and those little people showed me! lol

Lia Lieghio

Ouija boards are not only a load of old nonsense, but were also invented as a harmless family game, so there isn’t even anything inherently occult about them. I’d say go for it. Bill McHugh

No u shouldn’t give something like this away. It’s very dangerous and

wrong. Jay Holland

Channel someone through the board and see if they think you should send it off! Lou Curran

My boyfriend and I once tried to use a home-made ouija board for fun but all that came of it was the two of us sitting in a dark room feeling rather foolish. Maybe if we had a real one we’d have better results next time. Send it to us and I promise to share all the spooky details with you.

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Elaine Gill

Unless you have a psychic ability, ouija boards are harmless to the com-mon folk… Ghosts and spirits do exist and they do have the power in moving objects, depending on how strong their energy is, but they will only get drawn to a medium whose energy can tap into the spirit realm – it almost works as a magnet and spirits will be drawn to it and subsequently send messages via the board. However, messages are incomplete, depending on the amount of energy created and how many spirits there are. Toni Lou Damnation is at the RDS from Oct 1-Nov 2. www.damnation.ie

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Bake Off’s Richard: I only entered as I had a hangoverBUILDER-turned-baker Richard Burr has revealed that he signed up for The Great British Bake Off only to stop his wife nagging him while he was hung over.

The father of two, who has made it to the semi-finals of the hit BBC show, admitted that he applied after overdoing the festive cheer.

‘My wife Sarah said I should do it, and because I had such a hang-over on New Year’s Day I agreed for a bit of peace and quiet,’ he said.

‘I left Sarah to do the writing. Next thing I knew I had the production company phoning me up.’

As for swapping cement mixers for food blenders, the 38-year-old believes the Bake Off tent is not dissimilar to his usual workplace.

‘It was like being on site surrounded by tradesmen, only a bit cleaner and with less swearing,’ he said.

‘I hope we’ve turned over some stereotypes. Builders aren’t particularly known for their cooking abilities.’

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‘I am Spartacus.’ Thecrowd in Spartacus (1960)

‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!’ Rhett Butler/Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind (1939)

‘Go ahead, make my day.’ HarryCallahan/Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact (1983)

‘I see dead people.’ Cole Sear/Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

‘You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!’ Charlie Croker/Michael Caine in The Italian Job (1969)

‘Here's another nice mess you’vegotten me into!’ Ollie/Oliver Hardy in Sons Of The Desert (1933)

‘He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!’ The mother of Brian, a ratbag/Terry Jones in Monty Python’sLife Of Brian (1979)

‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat.’Brody/Roy Scheider in Jaws (1975)

‘May the Force be with you.’ Han Solo/Harrison Ford in Star Wars (1977)

‘I'll have what she’s having.’ Older woman customer/Estelle Reiner in When Harry Met Sally (1989)

‘I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.’ Don Corleone/Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

‘Life is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.’ Mrs Gump/Sally Field in Forrest Gump (1994)

‘Nobody puts Baby in a corner.’Johnny Castle/Patrick Swayze in DirtyDancing (1987)

‘I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.’ Hannibal Lecter/Anthony Hopkins in The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

‘Bond.James Bond.’

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‘I’m also just agirl standing infront of a boy

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Barrymore in E.T. TheExtra-Terrestrial (1982)

‘To call you stupid would be aninsult to stupid people!’

Wanda/Jamie Lee Curtis inA Fish Called Wanda (1988)

‘You talkin’ to me?’Travis Bickle/Robert de Niro

in Taxi Driver (1976)

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No future for robot carers?MOST people in Ireland believe technological advances in the home would enhance their lives, but more than halfcouldn’t justify using a robot to care for a loved one.

In Eircom’s HouseholdSentiment Survey, measuringdigital habits in the future, some18 per cent said they would userobots to be the primary carerfor the sick and elderly in theirhouse. While some 46 per cent approved of wearable techdevices, the smartphone provedto be the tech the Irish couldn’tlive a day without.

Fare-dodger court figuresNEARLY 700 people were prosecuted last year for fare-dodging and using fraudulent public transport passes, figuresfrom the Courts Service reveal.

Irish Rail prosecuted 170 people last year, while Veolia,the firm which operates theLuas, brought 174 people to court. Dublin Bus went after 142people and Coras IomparÉireann (Irish Rail, Dublin Bus,Bus Éireann and CIE Tours) prosecuted 251 people. An Post,meanwhile, took 14,307 to court in 2013 for not payingtheir TV Licence.

Trump’s pic prank gaffeBUSINESS tycoon Donald Trumpwas duped into retweeting apicture of serial killers Fred andRose West (below). Trump wassent a photograph of the pair, along with the message: ‘Myparents who passed away always said you were a biginspiration. Can you please RT for their memory?’

The gaffe has since been retweeted thousands of times.

Family homes ‘too small’IT WILL be no revelation to anyone who bought an apartment or ‘starter home’ during the boom in the hope of trading up that families are outgrowing their dwellings, according to a survey.

A report from Aviva Home Insurance found 35 per cent of families in Leinster feel they have outgrown their current home, with 28 per cent admitting to delaying having another child due to lack of space. Of those who felt their current residence was too small, only 15 per cent said they could afford to upgrade to a bigger one.

Clutter and untidiness ranked as the major downside to a small family home (78 per cent), with 60 per cent saying no space for visitors to stay was a problem.

Cathy Summer, marketing manager at Aviva, said: ‘Living in a constrained space can be stressful, particularly for a family, with our research showing that a significant number of couples are postponing having more children because they simply don’t have the space.’

However, the report did show a small rise in families that can afford to move up the property ladder.

Self-made donate moreSELF-MADE billionaires are more likely to pledge to donate a large por-tion of their wealth to charities than those who are heirs to family fortunes, according to new research.

Economists at the University of Southampton examined written testaments of wealthy philanthropists who have signed up to The Giving Pledge, a venture which encourages billionaires to donate at least half of their wealth to charitable causes.

It was launched in 2010 by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.

The analysis found that the super-rich who had made their own

fortunes were more likely to sign the Giving Pledge and that philanthropy is impact-driven, with the donors stating what changes they want to achieve and displaying a ‘business-like approach’.

The research team concluded that in order for fundraisers to maximise their effectiveness, they should target people with newly acquired fortunes and develop a detailed business plan, clearly stating the objectives and the means to achieve these.

By May 2014, the Giving Pledge had 127 families from 12 different countries signed up.

‘Death by misadventure’ as tragic mother’s inquest ends

by ED CARTyA FIRST-TIME mother who died a week after an emergency Caesarean section died due to medical misadven-ture, an inquest jury has found.

Dhara Kivlehan, 29 and originally from India, died in Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital on September 28 2010 after being airlifted from Sligo Hospital, where she had given birth a week earlier and suffered a severe form of pre-eclampsia.

The five day hearing at Carrick-on-Shannon courthouse in Co Leitrim heard that deficiencies in her care in-cluded a 96-hour delay in a kidney

specialist assessing her critical condi-tion and a 12-hour gap in the first set of blood tests being reviewed.

Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of Mrs Kivlehan’s death and a week since her son Dior turned four.

The young mother died on the fifth anniversary of her marriage to Michael Kivlehan in India.

Widower and full-time father Michael said: ‘We had no answers up to now. Even though it came to litigation we weren’t allowed answers in our day in

court, to get the feel for where things went wrong.

‘We knew the answers as to how Dhara died and we had the best medi-cal experts in the world and in the in-quest they have more or less said the same thing. We have clarity now but in a curtailed fashion.’

The HSE had apologised on behalf of Sligo hospital at a civil case in the High Court last year, where Mr Kivle-han and baby Dior were awarded al-most €1million in damages.

It reiterated that apology following the conclusion of the inquest. Tragedy: Dhara and Michael

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TAYLOR SWIFT ismaking sure her

next visit to London reaches

new heights.The Shake It Off

Singer, 24,has challenged

Capital Breakfasthosts Dave Berry andLisa Snowden to raise more than the other forGlobal’s Make SomeNoise charity.

As a forfeit, the loserwill be forced to clean

the windows of TheShard, London’s tallestbuilding, when she joinsthem for a special show.

Berry, 36, and Snowden,42, have until October 9 to raise as much money aspossible before thedizzying punishment.The Shard’s viewing

platform, The View, towers1,000ft feet above thestreets below.

Taylor’s tall order for radio pair

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I hate fame, it left me so MisérableBut marriage has set Anne free

THE last feeble embers of hope

were snuffed out for ladies

hoping to bag George Clooney

– as he and Amal Alamuddin made

their marriage official yesterday.

After a weekend of lavish

celebrations, the newlyweds took 10

minutes to set their union in stone at a

€530 civil ceremony.The couple arrived at Venice’s city hall

in the boat – ‘Amore’ – that had carried

them down the Grand Canal on their

first appearance as man and wife on

Sunday. Clooney, 53, and his 36-year-old

bride waved to well-wishers as they left

after signing the register.

Meanwhile, guest Bono has described

Saturday’s ceremony as ‘emotional and

lovely’. The U2 singer, 54, added: ‘The

party was great. It’s still going on… in

some people’s minds.’ Amal’s father

Ramzi said the wedding was ‘perfect’,

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Beyoncé boobs on festival stage

Beyoncé gave a bit too much away

at ny’s Global citizen Festival on Saturday. The singer, 33, burst out of her shirt – exposing a flesh-coloured bra.

Simpsons rage at worst kill-off ever

THE Simpsons fans reacted in fury when

the much-hyped killing off of a ‘major’ supporting character turned out to be... the death of Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, aka Krusty’s dad.

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Back on? VIP Perry parties at Diplo set

KATY PERRY either really likes Diplo’s

music or is again dating the DJ. The singer, 29, was seen partying in the VIP section for his Surrender Nightclub set, Las Vegas.

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Adam’s the jewel in Queen’s crown

FAnS of Queen and Adam Lambert,

rejoice – the winning combo will play gigs next year. ‘Adam has this amazing range,’ said drummer Roger Taylor.

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ANNE HATHAWAY admits she was com-pletely unprepared for all the trap-pings of fame and says becoming a Hollywood A-lister ‘f***ed me up’.

The 31-year-old Oscar winner confessed she hadn’t even found her own identity by the time her star status skyrocketed after the suc-cess of films such as Les Misérables.

‘This fame thing? F***ed me up for a really long time, I didn’t know how to do it. I didn’t know how to engage with it – it stressed me out,’ she said. ‘People would say, “You just have to be yourself,” and I was like, “But I don’t know who that is yet!”’

Since marrying actor Adam Shulman in Septem-

ber 2012, Hathaway says she finally has a sense of balance in her life and can ignore the haters.

‘There was a part of me that I was keeping in reserve and when I got married, something shift-ed,’ she told Elle magazine. ‘I’ve real-ised that I don’t need validation from anybody at all. I’m not sitting here now worrying, “What do you think of me?” And that’s so liberating. It’s a big reveal.’

Read the full interview in the November issue of Elle, on sale from Thursday.


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HUNKY Luke Evans would choose booze over a buff body despite getting into shape for his action flicks.The 35-year-old Fast & Furious star admitted he hated having to sacrifice his favourite tipple when hitting the gym.‘When I’m training hard the diet is miserable. What I miss most is alcohol.

When everyone is having a drink and you can’t, it stops you going out as much,’ he told Men’s Health magazine.

‘Booze is a nightmare for empty calories and you can’t train the day after. Socialising and enjoying a night out – not doing that is the hard bit.’But the hard work seems to be paying off for the Welshman after landing roles in Dracula Untold and The Hobbit.

HEIDI KLUM went for a family joy

ride at the weekendwhen she hopped into atoy car at Disneyland.

The 41-year-old lookedrelaxed as daughter Leni, aged 10, took thewheel at the LosAngeles park onSunday.

Also along forthe ride were sonJohan, seven,and Klum’stoyboy lover Vito Schnabel, 28, whofollowed inanother car.

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KELLY ROWLAND has thrown her hat into the

ring to snatch the role of Donna Summer in

an upcoming biopic.

The 33-year-old Destiny’s Child star dressed

as the iconic I Feel Love singer and

shared a snap of herself on

Instagram, captioning the shot

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NIALL HorAN reckons X Factor comeback queen Cheryl Fernandez-

Versini is looking hotter than ever. The 21-year-old gave Chez the thumbs-

up as he credited his dream-maker Simon Cowell for saving the flagging singing contest by returning to it.

‘In our common room on tour, everyone is sat there watching it,’ said the one Direction star.

‘Cheryl’s great – she looks fantastic – and Simon’s still the same. It’s making a big difference as it was kind of lost without him.’

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they all wantto steal her becauseshe is that nicehoran drops a clue that 1D’s latest release is about old flameNIALL HORAN has hinted that his own romantic troubles inspired One Direction’s new single.

The Irishman – who is said to carry a torch for an ex from his home town – said Steal My Girl was about trying to hold on to a teen sweetheart.

He told us: ‘You’re writing about a girl that you’ve known since you were very young. You have so much in common and everyone is trying to steal her because she’s that nice.’

Down-to-earth Niall may still dream of what might have been if he had stayed in Mullingar, instead of finding fame and fortune with 1D.

But the blond singer insisted that – despite recent rumours of a split – there is no chance that he or any of his bandmates will emulate Take That’s Jason Orange by walking away.

‘We’re obviously very young in our careers,’ he said. ‘There are some days where I wish I could just sit on my own and have a bit of my own time – but you just chill out for a day without being bothered.’

The 21-year-old added that the excitement of performing to 60,000 screaming fans a night would never wear off.

‘We’re all still in a shock about everything that goes on really,’ he said. ‘Not a lot of people get to do

this so we are very privileged.’As for what he spends his

rumoured €25million fortune on, the loving son revealed he is not the type to crave sports cars and fancy clothes and has been looking out for his family instead.

‘I’m not a very extravagant person. I’m not very flashy at all,’ he said.

‘I paid off my mother’s mortgage and got myself a house and a car and that’s about it.’

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and finally...CHINA: A dozen surveillance cameras which monitor the same road because various departments do not speak to each other have been taken down. They were set up in Qingdao, Shandong province.

jApAN: Five more bodies have been found at the summit of an active volcano, bringing the death toll to 36. They were found near a shrine on Mount Ontake where other victims have been discovered. The 10,000ft mountain, popular with hikers, erupted on Saturday, filling the air with ash and debris.

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FRANCE: The Front National was basking in another ‘historic victory’ yesterday after gaining its first two seats in the senate. As François Hollande’s Socialists

suffered a humiliating defeat, Stéphane Ravier, 45, and David Rachline (pictured), 26, were voted in for the far-right party.

Historic first for far right

AMERICA: California has become the first state to use ‘yes means yes’ for investigating sex attack cases at colleges. The bill, signed into law yesterday, requires ‘affirmative, conscious, voluntary agreement’. It means a person who is drunk, drugged, unconscious or asleep cannot consent to sexual activity.

‘Yes means yes’ bill passed

HOLLAND: Prosecutors in the genocide trial of Radovan Karadžić (pictured) yesterday labelled him a liar who bragged about ethnic cleansing. In his

closing remarks at The Hague, Alan Tieger said the former Bosnian Serb leader’s denials of any part in atrocities lacked credibility.

Karadžić is ‘bragging liar’

AMERICA: The drought hitting California is ‘very likely’ to be linked to man-made climate change, researchers say. The persistent region of high atmospheric pressure over the region is likely to be caused by greenhouse gas concentrations, the Stanford University team found.

Drought blamed on gases

to stand for us occupying this area. ‘We are fighting for our core values of

democracy and freedom, and that is not something that violence can scare us away from.’

The protesters, mostly students, are demanding full democracy and have called on the city’s leader, Leung Chun-ying, to step down.

They also want the freedom to nomi-nate election candidates, but China will not go that far.

Beijing refuses to back down and a foreign ministry spokeswoman said: ‘Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong.’

China rules Hong Kong under a ‘one country, two systems’ formula that accords the territory limited democracy.

Thousands in vigil of lights to defy China in Hong Kong

by pAuL TAITTHOUSANDS of democracy demon-strators took part in a vigil of lights last night to defy the Chinese authorities in Hong Kong.

They also waved mobile phones, sang and danced as riot police stayed away from the central Admiralty district.

More than 40 people have been injured over the last four days, includ-ing police officers, and there have been dozens of arrests.

The riot police withdrew at lunchtime yesterday but protesters say they will return and the battles will intensify.

An estimated 80,000 people have thronged the streets since the demon-strations escalated on Friday night.

Student Nicola Cheung, 18, said: ‘Yes, it’s going to get violent again because the Hong Kong government isn’t going

Sit-down: The peaceful protest continued on Monday

Violence gives City the jitters

UNREST in Hong Kong made stock markets jittery yesterday. Asia-facing banks HSBC and Standard Chartered were the biggest losers as London’s FTSE100 Index fell 19.8 points to 6629.7. Shares in bothlost two per cent of value. Prudential, a majorinsurer in Asia, fell 19.5p at one point.

Flashpoint: Riot police fire tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in central HongKong on Sunday night andmore violence is likely thisweek pictures: Ap/rex

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Agoraphobic: Whisper needs anew home Pictures: Battersea Dogs & cats

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WORKS by some of the UK’s bestyoung artists go on display today asthe Turner Prize celebrates its 30thyear.

The shortlisted works exhibited at Tate Britain in London include videoinstallations, online imagery,traditional technology, craft anddesign performance.

Among those vying for the€30,000 prize are print artist Ciara Phillips, Dublin-born, Glasgow-

based film-maker Duncan Campbelland performance artist Tris Vonna-Michell. James Richards’ filmRosebud 2013 includes eroticimages he found in a Tokyo library.

12 Years A Slave star ChiwetelEjiofor will announce the winner onDecember 1.

He said the award represents‘extraordinary artistic endeavourthat has delighted, challenged andinspired’.

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‘Troll’ jailed over threat to rape MPA ‘TWITTER troll’ has been jailed for 18 weeks for bombarding a Labour MP in Britain with abusive messages after she supported a successful campaign to put Jane Austen on the £10 note.

Peter Nunn, 33, from Bristol, retweeted ‘menacing’ posts threatening to rape Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy and branding her a ‘witch’.

He launched his ‘campaign of hatred’ last summer after the UK Labour politician backed a high-profile bid launched by feminist Caroline Criado-Perez to keep a woman on a British banknote.

District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe found him guilty at City of London Magistrates’ Court of sending indecent, obscene or menacing messages and jailed him.

She also imposed a restraining order banning him from any contact with either woman.

Father-of-one Nunn showed no emotion as the sentence was passed. Victim impact statements had been read out to the court on behalf of both women, who spoke of the ‘terrifying’ threats that were made against them.

FOR most dogs, the outdoors means wagging tails, excited barking and frenzied jumping.

But for Whisper, the prospect of walkies brings only fear.

The Staffordshire bull terrier suffers extreme agoraphobia and is scared of what is outside her kennel at Batter-sea Dogs & Cats Home in England.

She will leave it only after all the other dogs are in bed and the staff and visitors have left.

Her fear of the outside is thought to be a result of being kept in a shed or indoor cage.

Staff at the south London centre hope the six-year-old will be offered

a permanent home after she appears on UK TV this week.

‘Whisper is a gentle, loving, kind-natured dog,’ said senior animal wel-fare assistant Karen Slavid.

‘She is going to make the most amazing pet for someone who has the time and patience to slowly build her trust and her confidence.

‘More than anything, we want her to enjoy a life outside kennels, like any other dog.’

She added: ‘Whisper has had a ter-rible start to life and she really de-serves a happy ending.’

Whisper has been at Battersea since she was found cowering under a bush in Surrey in January. Her story will feature on Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs on UTV on Thursday.

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Comparing Israel with Hamas not anti-semitic, just stupid

Marc from Wicklow (Mail-box, 25/9/14) says Israel is a terrorist state; as if to drive the point home, the headline saying so was

rather massive. alas, Marc is completely inaccurate and false in what he says.

Israel did not immediately react to the murder (for which Hamas took responsibility) of three of its teenagers in June with a military campaign against Hamas-controlled Gaza. It was Hamas which instigated rocket attacks first, and only after a long period of restraint did Israel then reply in self-defence.

also, the stats quoted for casualties during Operation Protective Edge are false; the UN acquired those from Hamas, which rules Gaza and keeps a tight leash on information from there. Hamas has a long record of falsification and propaganda; during the recent war, for example, Western media were only allowed to film urban destruction and hurt civilians, never Hamas fighters or their rocket attacks. Based on

military intelligence, it is now clear that around half those killed were Hamas fighters, despite Hamas doing its best to use women and children as human shields.

Marc sarcastically equates Hamas with Israel and expects to be called anti-semitic for saying so. However, Israel is a democracy based on the rule of law while Hamas is a corrupt, murdering terrorist organisation with a mediaeval Islamist mentality just like Isil. It is not necessarily anti-semitic to equate the two, but it certainly is stupid. Dr Derek O’Flynn, Press Officer, Embassy of Israel

Stop cycling on the sidewalks! You caused me two accidents over the weekend. In case you didn’t hear that, let me say it louder: STaY OFF THE SIDEWaLKS. I’m tired of walking down the roads with cyclists roaming behind me trying to veer in and out of pedestrians’ paths. Twice on Saturday I was bumped from behind. One of you just avoided a young girl. You’re not above traffic laws. Really Fed Up

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Well done to Paul McGinley. A proud Dublin GAA man and now up there as one of the greatest Ryder Cup winning captains of all time. Mind you, what a waste of Moet! (He’d be more in favour of a six-tinner of Dutch Gold poured over his head). Save the champers for next year when Sam comes back here... Dubfan2011

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Sloe fruits have been appearing early across the Irish countryside early across the Irish countryside early across the Irish countryside this year, writes Alison Tyler – and if you forage a few, you can make your own sloe gin

You’ll find these orangey-red fruits, which are potent invitamin C, from late summer onwards, both on roses inyour garden and wild, rambling ones in hedgerows.Turn them into syrup, herbal tea, jam and jellies, orrosehip soup – which is a popular dish in Sweden.

Rosehips

Wherever there is a patch of neglected land or ahedgerow, you’ll find brambles laden with ripe and juicyberries. You might be a little late in the season now but ifyou’re lucky you still get a decent haul - and children willlove taking a tub out to forage with you.

Blackberries

A variety of hazelnut, cobnuts are common in the west ofIreland, where they grow wild in woods on hazel trees.Young, green cobnuts have a taste like coconut, while ripe,golden ones are sweet like hazelnuts. You’ll probably alsofind cob and hazelnuts in parks… if the squirrels don’t getthere first.

Cobnuts

Unless you know what you’re picking, or are with anexpert (they don’t call John Wright ‘John Mushroom’ for nothing), don’t go picking random mushrooms.But armed with a guidebook, you’ll find thempopping up in woodland and grassland from now throughout autumn.

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hances are you’ll have sipped sloe gin at christmas. But sloes, or blackthorn berries, are actually a wild autumn

fruit – and thanks to a mild spring followed by the downpours of rain in august, a bumper harvest of sloes is appearing more than a month earlier than usual.

The rain has caused the plant to think that frost is on the way and start producing fruit early. The same thing happens to other hedgerow fruits, including blackberries, haws, rosehips and even grapes, making 2014 a vintage harvest year (see box).

Foragers love sloes, which are part of the same family as plums, cherries and peaches but look like a small damson and taste very tart. add enough sugar, though, and they become spicy, plummy and complex in flavour, which makes them delicious in desserts, drinks and even for tarting up savoury dishes such as venison and duck.

Blackthorn bushes are often used to form a traditional ‘brambly hedge’ because of their spiny, dense branches, and are a common sight along country lanes and hedgerows, around fields and on scrubby land in towns. The fruits, just over a centimetre in size, are a dark, purply-black bruise colour and grow in clusters at the ends of the spiky branches.

Thanks to the early bumper bounty, sloes have ripened already, so instead of waiting until after the first frosts in October or november to pick them, you can do so now. You’ll know they are ripe if they are soft to touch. and the riper they are, the sweeter they

become – though they’re still tongue-curlingly sour without any added sugar. ‘I’ve already picked some this season and they are great,’ says forager and author John Wright. ‘Just make sure that they are purple and soft, and choose the fattest ones you can find.’

so, once picked, what can you do with them? sloe gin is ludicrously simple to make.

‘The curious thing about sloe gin – aside from the rather marvellous flavour – is that there are only three ingredients and around 4,000 different recipes.’

WrIghT works to a basic recipe of 250g of sugar and one litre

of gin for every 500g of sloes. combine them in a bottle then wait, with an occasional shake, for the flavour to develop so that you get a syrupy, festive liqueur. eight weeks is about the minimum time required but the longer you leave it, the smoother it becomes.

‘The secret,’ says Wright, ‘is to make more than you need and leave it for as long as possible. after two or three months it will taste fruity, after six months it will take on an almondy taste, almost like amaretto, and after

20 years it will taste velvet-smooth like Madeira.’

and once you have the sloe gin, you can combine it with blackberries to make blackberry and sloe gin sorbet, add it to a fruit sponge pudding for an extra

kick or even braise meat with it.But if you want to use those sloes

now, just add sugar to create sloe and apple jelly. You could mix it with blackberries, new season apples and cobnuts to create an autumnal crumble or cobbler.

Merry berry: Forager John Wright says sloe gin is ‘ludicrously simple’ to make sloe gin is ‘ludicrously simple’ to make sloe gin is ‘ludicrously simple’ to make

y are some this season and they are ’ says forager and author great,’ says forager and author

e sure John Wright. ‘Just make sure

sloe gin – aside from the rather sloe gin – aside from the rather

Did you know?The sloe shrub, with its savage thorns, is used to make cattle-proof

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5. SPREADTHAT!There’s nothing better than smotheringyour toast with a thick layer of saltedbutter – on the flip side, there’s nothingworse than trying to spread the rock‑hard yellow stuff straight from the fridge,ruining your breakfast as you go. This iswhere the SpreadTHAT! knife comes to the rescue. The first self‑warming butterknife not to use electricity, this cleverproduct is made from titanium, whichtransmits heat from your hand to theblade. It makes slicing through chilledspreads child’s play. It costs €25, fromthatinventions.com.VERDICT: Not cheap for a butterknife but everyone willwant to give it a go.

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nATiOnAL POTATO DAyThe humble práta is feted this Friday as part of the now annual National Potato Day celebrations. Not only willthe spud’s health benefits be extolled, there’ll becooking demos, tastings and a ‘find the golden spud’comp on South King Street.See www.potato.ie for details

CuLinARy quizzingFood aficionados, next week the fifth annual Great IrishFoodie Quiz takes place in the Bord Gáis EnergyTheatre, with all proceeds going to Down SyndromeIreland. Prizes include two nights in Knockranny House Hotel, Westport. Teams of four only, €100 per table.Visit www.mycharity.ie/event/aine_maguires_event

MiCHELin CuRRy?Michelin‑starred chef KevinThornton (pictured) hasteamed up with Dublintakeaway Camille to create alimited edition new dish:Indochine Curry (€14.95). Thedish comprises sirloin of Irishbeef in a curry made fromIndian spices, served withorganic brown and wild rice.camille.ie.

wOnky VEgEvery year millions of kilos of fresh, fit‑for‑purpose vegetables are discarded simply because they are anirregular shape or size. Tesco is now selling these misshapen carrots and mushrooms in Wonky Veg packs in the hope they may finally find a home in Irish pantries.

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1. the DriverBBC1, 9pmDisillusioned taxi driver Vince (David Morrissey) wanted something new and exciting in his life – what he hadn’t bargained for was how violent the world his old mate Col (Ian Hart) dragged him into would turn out to be. In the second of this taut three-parter, Vince tries valiantly to hold on to his humanity – while reminding himself to be careful what you wish for.

2. My £999 WeddingBBC1, 11.05pmWhy blow a cool 20K on your wedding day – the average price of a nuptial knees-up these days apparently – when you can tie the knot equally happily for a fraction of the price? This cheap and cheerful report takes a look at how cash-strapped budget brides and bridegrooms make the most of their meagre means.

3. today’s Film: thor – the Dark Worldsky Action & Adventure, 9.45pmSubtlety is in short supply in this 2013 plunge into the maelstrom of Norse mythology, but Chris Hemsworth makes convincingly God-like material as the cosmos teeters on the brink of imminent disaster. Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston lend stirling support.

4. he’s Just not that into YouRtÉ2, 11.05pmStarring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck and Scarlett Johansson, this film, which is based on a self-help book, tells the stories of a group of twenty- and thirtysomething men and women as they pursue love.

5. Bad Education BBC3, 10pmSchool sports days are always good for a lark and Jack Whitehall’s bouncy comedy goes for it with fists and feet flying – the latter belonging to Whitehall’s Alfie, desperate to avoid the advances of bonkers PE teacher Preet (Harry Peacock).

6. the Leftoverssky Atlantic, 9pmSo far we’ve only glimpsed Christopher Eccleston’s highly strung vicar Matt as The Leftovers sketched out its odd story of a mass population disappearance dubbed the Sudden Departure. But tonight, Matt steps to the forefront, his determination to expose the moral shortcomings of those who’ve gone missing making him public enemy number one.

7. the sixtiesYesterday, 9pmIs there anything new left to say

about the 1960s, the swingingest decade of the 20th century? This 12-part documentary, co-produced by Tom Hanks, gives it a shot, drawing in expert commentators to shed light on how it all began – in an atmosphere of political paranoia, the world poised on the brink of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

8. Champions League Footballtv3 & Utv, 7.30pmFor all the money that’s flowed into the Manchester City team in the past few seasons, success has proved

elusive in the Champions League. And following defeat by Bayern Munich in their opening game, victory over AS Roma is vital if it’s not going to be the same story in this campaign. Over on Sky Sports 5, Jose Mourinho returns to his Portuguese roots as Chelsea visit Sporting Lisbon.

9. Ray Donovansky Atlantic, 10pmLiev Schrieber’s charismatic performance as ‘fixer’ Ray Donovan has proven a hit with US audiences – a third series is on its way next year,

so tonight’s finale leaves several questions hanging. Not least whether love interest Abby will put our hero out of his misery.

10. Later… Live With Jools hollandBBC2, 11.50pmSinger-songwriter Damien Rice takes pride of place as he breaks an eight-year silence with third album, My Favourite Faded Fantasy. By contrast, Jamie T’s third effort – Carry On The Grudge has only been five years in the brewing. Gorgon City and the re-formed UB40 round up the night.

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Thor – The Dark WorldChris Hemsworth hammers out a decent performance

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A Korea break from the normOne of my favourite holiday memo-One of my favourite holiday memo-One of my favourite holiday memo-ries involved a clam barbecue on a ries involved a clam barbecue on a ries involved a clam barbecue on a

sandy beach. Afterwards, I floated in sandy beach. Afterwards, I floated in sandy beach. Afterwards, I floated in the sea on a pink lilo. The destina-the sea on a pink lilo. The destina-the sea on a pink lilo. The destina-

tion in question wasn’t Ibiza or tion in question wasn’t Ibiza or tion in question wasn’t Ibiza or Goa, but north Korea. Goa, but north Korea. Goa, but north Korea.

After lunch, I visited the After lunch, I visited the After lunch, I visited the Mount Kumgang Tourist Re-Mount Kumgang Tourist Re-Mount Kumgang Tourist Re-gion on the east coast, walking gion on the east coast, walking gion on the east coast, walking up flower-fringed mountain up flower-fringed mountain up flower-fringed mountain trails and around turquoise trails and around turquoise trails and around turquoise lakes. Most people know that lakes. Most people know that lakes. Most people know that north Korea appears as a north Korea appears as a north Korea appears as a black hole on satellite images. black hole on satellite images. black hole on satellite images. That lack of light pollution That lack of light pollution That lack of light pollution

makes for a beautiful night sky, makes for a beautiful night sky, makes for a beautiful night sky, and several nights were spent sit-and several nights were spent sit-and several nights were spent sit-ting on hotel rooftops picking out ting on hotel rooftops picking out ting on hotel rooftops picking out

constellations.constellations.constellations.People scoff when I tell them People scoff when I tell them People scoff when I tell them

north Korea was one of the most north Korea was one of the most north Korea was one of the most beautiful places I’ve visited and beautiful places I’ve visited and beautiful places I’ve visited and some criticised my decision to trav-some criticised my decision to trav-some criticised my decision to trav-el there on the basis that I was, el there on the basis that I was, el there on the basis that I was, somehow, propping up the regime. somehow, propping up the regime. somehow, propping up the regime.

However, tourism to the most con-However, tourism to the most con-However, tourism to the most con-troversial of destinations rarely troversial of destinations rarely troversial of destinations rarely

brings in huge amounts of cash, often be-cause the countries in question make their money in other more dubious ways – in north Korea’s case, the main sources of in-come are thought to include activities such as the counterfeiting of dollar bills, produc-tion of methamphetamine and internation-al insurance fraud.

I’m under no illusions about the coun-try’s human rights abuses.

I’m aware that the reason I didn’t see starving children or electrified fences is be-cause I wasn’t allowed to stray from a very well-defined route. But I also think that to deny north Korea’s potential as a tourism destination would be foolish.

In places such as north Korea, Iraq, Li-beria and Syria, tourism is crucial to the recovery process. It can provide people with an income and generate business. For details on North Korea tours, visit explore.co.uk

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@DonaldsonJamie‘U know when you’vehad one of those awesome dreams andu wake up wishing itwas true........I woke up and it was.#europewinners’

TWEET SPOT: DAY AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE@WestwoodLee‘May have done hey Judewith MAJ and the band at Gleneagles last night!Flashback!’

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Clarke rift ‘will not influenceMcGinley’

by SAM COSTELLOPaul McGinley insists his rela-tionship with Darren clarke will not influence his opinion on who should be europe’s next Ryder cup captain.

clarke is odds-on favourite to lead the side in 2016, when europe will be look-ing to claim their fourth straight victory and ninth in the last 11 contests.

The former Open champion sent McGinley a letter in 2011 offering his support for the latter’s bid to become captain in 2014, but later changed his mind and put himself forward.

and when Tom Watson was named uS captain in 2012, clarke suggested 2010 captain colin Montgomerie should also be considered as ‘whoever it is standing on that stage opposite Tom Watson needs a huge presence’.

With the public backing of Rory Mcilroy, luke Donald and ian Poulter, McGinley subsequently won the day but admitted recently that his conver-

sations with clarke were now ‘short and sweet’ and amounted to little more than passing pleasantries. However, the 47-year-old vowed to be profes-sional with the new selection process.

Since 1999, the captain was selected by the european Tour’s 15-strong tour-nament committee, but changes an-nounced in august last year mean the responsibility now falls to the previous three captains (McGinley, Jose Maria Olazabal and Montgomerie), the Tour’s chief executive and a tourna-ment committee representative.

asked if his relationship with clarke would be a problem, McGinley said: ‘absolutely no problem whatsoever.

i’m going to be very professional in my input.

‘i’m going to get opinions from a lot of players and a lot of people before i put my opinion forward as to what it will be. Just like i was very much pushed over the line by the players, i want to get the opinion of the players.

‘i think we’re very fortunate in eu-rope, a little bit like the liverpool soc-cer team and the boot room, i think a lot of us have benefited hugely from being vice-captains. Darren has been a vice-captain along with many other guys. We will see where that all evolves and i’ll make a professional decision based on the views of people that i respect.’

as to whether he would be a vice-captain, McGinley added: ‘i don’t think i’d be vice-captain to anybody going forward to be honest. i’m very happy to help in an unofficial capacity but i don’t think i have the personality to go back in as vice-captain.

‘i would like to be able to support the new captain in whatever direction he went, and if i had a belief about a dif-ferent area, there would be a conflict.’

McGinley’s Ryder cup career has seen three wins as a player (2002, 2004 and 2006), two as a vice-captain (2010 and 2012) and one as captain.

‘That’s six i have been involved in and six wins. like a heavyweight fighter, i will retire undefeated.

‘i would certainly like to play a role, if required, a little bit like alex Fergu-son did this week for me. i bounced ideas off him. He didn’t preach to me. He didn’t tell me what to do, but what he did was he solidified my ideas and he gave me confidence that, yeah, my hunches were right.’

‘I don’t think I’d be a vice-captain again’

Mine, all mine: McGinleykeeps a firm grip on theRyder Cup yesterday


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WE’VE all heard of ‘hand-bags’ when tempers spillover on the football field.Well, how about a bit of‘pitchforks’? That’s what allegedly happened in anincendiary clash betweenStaines Lammas andChessington & Hook. Abrawl sparked after two players were sent offreportedly took a sinister

turn when a sub grabbeda groundsman’s pitchfork, forcing the game to beabandoned. ‘Allegedly aweapon was obtainedby one of the players,’ said the CombinedCounties League’sAlan Constable.The matter wasreported to police and the FA.

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Pards’ luck runs out as Toon reign goes to pot

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ALAN PARDEW was on the brink of the sack last night after Newcas-tle were beaten by Peter Crouch’s superb first-half header for Stoke.

After owner Mike Ashley had ‘joked’ to a reporter that defeat at the Britannia Stadium would spell the end of Pardew’s near five-year reign, Toon fans spent the evening calling for his head.

Pardew cut a disconsolate figure in pouring rain on the touchline from the moment Crouch powered home Victor Moses’ excellent 15th-minute cross.

Fans of both sides promptly taunted Pardew with chants of ‘You’re getting sacked in the morn-ing’ and things nearly got worse quickly for the beleaguered boss.

The lively Moses was clearly barged off the ball by Yoan Gouffran in the penalty area but referee Craig Pawson inexplicably waved away the home side’s

appeals. Newcastle built up some pressure of their own with Daryl Janmaat’s long-range effort forc-ing a fine diving save out of Stoke keeper Asmir Begovic.

But the visitors were let off the hook again three minutes after the restart when Marko Arnautovic’s

strike cannoned back off the post.The Magpies went closest to giving their manager a much-need-ed boost when Jack Colback struck the bar seven minutes from time.

Now all eyes will be on whether Ashley throws the towel in on Pardew’s chequered reign.

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at his authoritative best. When the28-year-old playmaker is on song City operate at another level – is there a better attacking midfielderin the top flight? Silva, who has scored twice thisterm, is more likely to provide the am-

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MANCHESTER United insist boss Louis van Gaal would have no issue with the club arranging overseas friendlies to fill the void left by their absence from European football this season.

United’s early exit from the Capital One Cup means they have just one midweek match before the turn of the year and managing director Richard Arnold said going abroad to play lucrative midweek friendly matches was ‘something we continue to look at’.

Van Gaal (pictured) began his Old Trafford reign in July by questioning the club’s

obligations to sponsors, claiming travelling long distances was ‘not very positive for a good preparation’.

However, Arnold claims there is no conflict, saying: ‘Louis understands what is required to get a first-class team onto the pitch and also what is

required for running a club of our magnitude.’

The 20-time English champions have forecast a ten per cent drop in revenue in

2014-15 after failing to qualify for the Champions League under David Moyes.

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Only William can prevent a blues Carv upDIEGO COSTA may be ‘hardly training’ according to boss Jose Mourinho, but Saturday’s goal against Aston Villa was the striker’s eighth of the season.

With Arsenal visiting on Sunday, Mourinho must have considered giving Costa’s troublesome hamstrings a rest, but insisted last night he’s fine to start. The fact veteran Didier Drogba has not travelled only heightens the feeling his return to the Bridge is more

sentimental than helpful. But with Costa trying to get on the end of Cesc Fabregas’ through-balls, Chelsea should take three points off last season’s Primeira Liga runners-up.

Key to knocking the Blues out of their stride is William Carvalho. The Angola-born defensive midfielder was linked with Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea in the summer, as you would expect for a hybrid of Yaya Toure and Patrick Vieira.


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Zlat’s not heeledZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC is out of Paris Saint-Germain’s home Champions League clash with his former club Barcelona tonight. PSG said in a statement the Sweden striker, who missed the club’s last two Ligue 1 games, has not fully recovered from a heel injury. PSG drew their Group F opener at Ajax.

McKinlay replaces Garcia at HornetsBILLy McKINLAy takes charge of Watford for the first time tonight in their Championship home clash with Brentford after replacing Oscar Garcia as head coach. Garcia was only appointed at the start of the month but will not be able to return to work immediately following a spell in hospital after suffering from chest pains. ‘I was closely involved with the appointment of Billy McKinlay, because I was aware I may not be able to return,’ Garcia said. ‘I always wanted an experienced British coach within our set-up, because it’s important to have that mix of cultures and experience.’ Ruben Martinez and Javier Pereira will stay on as McKinlay’s assistants.

Sakho is in clear over Shaw thingDIAFRA SAKHO will not be punished by the Football Association for his alleged headbutt on Luke Shaw in West Ham’s 2-1 defeat at Manchester United on Saturday. The Senegal forward (pictured) clashed with Shaw in an off-the-ball incident at Old Trafford and the England defender sported a black eye after the game. Referee Lee Mason missed the incident but it is understood the matter was referred to a three-man panel of former referees. However, after reviewing footage, the FA judged there was no further case to answer.

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8th Place finish for Southampton last season. Boss Ronald Koeman has told Dutch TV the Saints ‘can do better’ this term.

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Jack boost tempered by midfield duo’s KOJack Wilshere is set to alleviate arsenal’s midfield injury crisis after being passed fit for tomorrow’s champions league tie with Galatasaray.

Wilshere was one of three Gunners midfielders forced off during saturday’s north london derby draw with Tottenham.

But while aaron ramsey and captain Mikel arteta are facing prolonged spells on the sidelines, Wilshere’s ankle knock is not as bad as had been feared and he

could play tonight if needed. The news elsewhere is not as good, with scans confirming ramsey’s hamstring strain will keep the Welshman out for a month while arteta faces a three-week absence with the calf problem which forced him off against spurs.

Despite the good news on Wilshere, Gunners boss arsene Wenger may opt to protect the england international ahead of saturday’s trip to Premier league leaders chelsea.

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Bitter Phil to swallow

Not quite elementary: Losing captain Watson faces the media yesterday morning

Phil’s ‘corrupting’ affront on captain Watson leaves golfing world appalledPhil Mickelson has been accused of ‘corrupting the experience of the Ry-der cup’ after his attack on beaten Us captain Tom Watson at Gleneagles.

less than two hours after his team’s 16½-11½ defeat, Watson had to sit and listen to his most decorated player – who had been left out of a full day’s play on saturday – sing the praises of Paul Azinger, who captained America to their last win in 2008.

it was an uncomfortable end to a dif-ficult three days for Watson, and one that didn’t sit well with the majority of the golfing world.

Former PGA Tour player and Golf channel analyst Brandel chamblee led the criticism, insisting the five-time major winner should look closer to home.

‘That was as close to a o n e - m a n mutiny as i have ever seen’ he said. ‘if you are looking for a reason why the Us continues to lose you just

saw it, you saw it in one man, Phil Mickelson.

chamblee continued: ‘Phil Mickel-son, along with the best players of that era, have so corrupted the experience of the Ryder cup for their fellow competi-tors by not having records anywhere near where they should, given their rank in the game.’

six-time major winner nick Faldo said: ‘Phil certainly doesn’t respect Tom Watson. he threw his captain un-der the bus.’

colin Montgomerie, who led europe to glory in 2010, said:

‘should we go into this one hour after we’ve been de-feated? no. You support your captain under all cir-cumstances.’

Victorious captain Paul McGinley sympathised with his American

counterpart Watson but admitted: ‘i al-ways felt once the morning session was on, i was plan-ning for the after-

noon. i always felt i was half a day ahead.’

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G-Mac hails McGinley’s ‘message’ after pulling off master plan GRaeme mcDOwell admits he had brief doubts about Paul mcGinley’s Ryder cup master plan, but feels the Irishman has broken the mould for future european captains.

mcDowell and French rookie Victor Dubuisson played so well in their foursomes victory over Phil mickelson and Keegan Bradley that they expected to play again in the Saturday morning fourballs at Gleneagles.

However, mcGinley stuck with his plan to just play the unlikely duo in the alternate shot format and keep mcDowell fresh to contest the first singles match, a plan which looked to backfire as mcDowell fell three down after six holes to Jordan Spieth.

‘The first six holes I was doubting how much I had played and was a little undercooked,’ mcDowell (pictured) said.

Thankfully, mcDowell found his form as Spieth stumbled and the former US Open champion went on to record a

vital 2&1 win.‘Paul has been the best captain I have

played under,’mcDowell added. ‘For a guy who sits in front of 12

players whose careers will probably be better than his, the respect he commanded in the team room, the intelligence he spoke with, his message was so clear all week.

‘I actually found myself listening to him thinking “This guy is impressive. This guy is educated, this guy has really put a lot into what he’s saying.”’

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