Daily Mirror - 06.09.2019

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ANSWERS: PAGE 39

1

The outlaw Harry

Longabaugh was

better known as who?

2

Cecil Day-Lewis

and John Betjeman

have both held

which title?

3

Linen is made

from the fibres of

which plant?

4

Justin Timberlake

was formerly a

member of which US

boyband?

5

How many decades

are there in two

centuries?

OUR DAILY

PUB QUIZ

PPI payouts

to hit £50bn

THE final bill to banks of
the PPI misselling scandal
is expected to soar to more
than £50billion.
Britain’s five biggest
banks had one million PPI
complaints between June
and the August 29 claim
deadline, think tank New
City Agenda found.
PPI is already the biggest
misselling scandal in
history, costing financial
firms £48.5billion already.
Banks were slammed for
selling payment protection
policies to people without
their knowledge or who
could never claim on it.

Poor pupils

trail in SATs

PUPILS from poor homes
are still lagging behind in
SATs tests, figures show.
Of kids who were eligible
for free school meals, 51%
reached the standard in
reading, writing and
maths, compared to 71% of
their better-off classmates.
The gender gap widened
by 25% from 2018, with
70% of girls in England
hitting benchmarks in the
tests for 11-year-olds,
compared to 60% of boys.
Headteachers said
poorer kids were “victims
of a decade of austerity”.

Measles link

to infections

CHILDREN who catch
measles are more
vulnerable to other deadly
infections, experts claim.
Scientists believe the
disease – which is resur-
gent in the UK – wipes out
immunity to infections.
The study, by Harvard
Medical School, in Boston,
showed the measles virus
infects the “memory cells”
of the immune system.
Prof Michael Mina said:
“By preventing measles
infection through vaccina-
tion, we prevent infection
with other diseases.”

GRAN OF 82 GIVES A

RAIDER SOME STICK

I really belted

him. If I’d had

my wooden

stick I would

have knocked

him out

JUNE TURNER GRANNY WHO

TOOK ON RAIDER IN HER SHOP

e-cigs showed reduced embryo

implantation rates and a significant

delay in the onset of pregnancy.

And females exposed to e-cigs in

the womb weighed less than others

at eight-and-a-half months old.

Every year, 65,000 women

smoke traditional cigarettes while

they are pregnant in England.

In the UK 19.4% of adults have

tried e-cigs and 5.5% still vape.

foetal abnormalities and impaired

fertility of male offspring.

“However, little is known about

the effects on fertility or pregnancy

outcomes.

“These findings are important

because they change our views on

the perceived safety of e-cigarettes

as alternatives to cigarettes before

and during pregnancy.”

In the research, mice exposed to

restricted growth after birth.

Scientists fear similar long-term

effects in humans as the NHS

encourages pregnant women to

use e-cigarettes to quit smoking.

Author Prof Kathleen Caron, of

the University of North Carolina,

said: “E-cigarette use is prevalent

among pregnant women as a

seemingly safe alternative to

tobacco, which is known to result in

Fears e-cigs could be harmful to women’s fertility

WARNING A woman vaping

WOMEN who use e-cigarettes could

damage their chances of having a

baby, research suggests.

Tests on female mice showed

exposure to vaping chemicals

stopped embryos being accepted

into their wombs.

They also showed it could

damage the metabolisms of female

offspring, putting them at risk of

cardiovascular disease and

BY STEPHEN WHITE

A GRANNY aged 82 fought off a

robber with her walking stick when

the yob targeted the shop where she

has worked for 45 years.

Plucky June Turner said: “I went for

him hell for leather.”

Her one regret was that she had only

her lightweight aluminium stick.

She added: “If I had had my wooden

one I would have knocked him out.”

The raider, draped in a blue sheet,

burst into the newsagents as it opened

at 6.30am and demanded cash.

CCTV shows June striking and jabbing

him with the stick she uses since

breaking her hip three years ago.

He managed to get away – with £

and six packets of cigarettes – only after

barging the pensioner to the ground and

giving her a black eye. A metal bar was

found at the scene. However, June was

back serving in

just 30 minutes.

The gran-of-

three said: “He

demanded

money. I said

‘You’re not having

any’ and he came

round the coun-

ter. I saw him

with a £20 note

so I got my stick

and really bel ted

him. He pushed

me to the floor.

“I was worried about breaking my hip

again. Then he rushed out like the clap-

pers. It was just my instinct to give him

a good whack. He wasn’t expecting that.

“I bet he thought ‘She’s getting on a bit’.

We work all hours for some scumbag to

come and steal from us.”

June’s son Alan was delivering papers

when the raider struck in Hanley, Staffs,

on Tuesday morning.

He said: “She did appear a bit shaken.

But she’s been here for 45 years and

has assured me that she’ll be back for

work in the morning.”

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June with her trusty walking stick

PLUCKY

She batters thug with walking cane

FIGHT

BACK

June, 82,

brandishes

her stick

Raider was draped in blue blanket

HOODED