Daily Express - 23.08.2019

2 Daily Express Friday, August 23, 2019

DX1ST

Amsterdam Sunny 24C/75F

Brussels Sunny 26C/79F

Dublin Fair 21C/70F

Frankfurt Sunny 29C/84F

Geneva Sunny 26C/79F

Lisbon Sunny 34C/93F

Madrid Sunny 34C/93F

Paris Sunny 28C/82F

Rome Fair 29C/84F

Amsterdam Sunny 27C/81F

Brussels Sunny 29C/84F

Dublin Fair 20C/68F

Frankfurt Sunny 30C/86F

Geneva Sunny 28C/82F

Lisbon Sunny 31C/88F

Madrid Sunny 34C/93F

Paris Sunny 31C/88F

Rome Sunny 29C/84F

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North West:Dry with spells of sunshine

coming through, especially after midday.

Light southerly winds. High 22C (72F).

East Anglia:Dry and fine with sunny

spells and variable cloud. Gentle south-

easterly winds. Warm. High 25C (77F).

Northern Ireland:Dry and mostly bright, with

cloudy periods and sunny spells. Moderate

south-westerly winds. High 21C (70F).

London/South East:Bright and dry with

patchy cloud and lengthy spells of

sunshine. Light winds. Hot. High 26C (79F).

Wales:Cloudy for a time this morning,

turning brighter by the afternoon. Light

southerly winds. High 23C (73F).

South:Dry with morning cloud breaking

up to give bright spells of hazy sunshine.

Light winds. High 25C (77F).

Midlands:Cloud initially, but dry with

sunny spells later, especially after midday.

Light winds. High 24C (75F).

South West:A dry and bright day with

spells of sunshine and patchy cloud. Gentle

easterly winds. High 24C (75F).

Channel Isles:A dry day with clear skies

and bright sunshine. Moderate north-

easterly winds. Warm. High 24C (75F).

Sea:North Sea: Moderate. Irish Sea:

Moderate. Channel: Slight.

Scotland:Rain clearing from northern

areas. Dry and bright elsewhere. Moderate

south-westerly winds. High 22C (72F).

UK OUTLOOK TOMORROW:Another widely fine day across England, Wales and southern

Scotland. Cloudier with some patchy rain for the rest of Scotland and Northern Ireland.

North East/Yorks:Dry and bright with

sunshine but also patchy cloud. Moderate

south-westerly winds. High 25C (77F).

Today Europe forecast Tomorrow

SIX-DAY FORECASTTemperatures in Centigrade

SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU

1629 1530 1628 1728 1627 1423

1320 1222 1320 1218 1118 11 17

1426 1427 1424 1524 1322 12 21

1526 1526 1422 1522 1321 1220

1321 1323 1320 1318 1218 12 17

1525 1427 1423 1423 1221 11 19

1323 1424 1222 1321 1120 1018

1425 1527 1526 1525 1426 1222

1522 1422 1521 1521 1320 12 19

London

Belfast

Birmingham

Cardiff

Glasgow

Manchester

Newcastle

Norwich

Plymouth

Temperatures in Centigrade

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Britain yesterday

Britain

Extremes:

(24 hours

to 2pm yesterday)

Warmest:Writtle 24C (75F)

Coldest:Aboyne 3C (37F)

Wettest:Capel Curig 1.91in.

Sunniest:Shoeburyness 12.9hr.

Lighting-up times Glasgow 8.34pm-6.05am

London 8.07pm-5.59am

Manchester 8.20pm-6.03am

Newcastle 8.21pm-5.56am

Belfast 8.37pm-6.15am

Birmingham 8.16pm-6.04am

Bristol 8.16pm-6.09am

New Moon

30 August

MOONrises: 11.31pm, sets: 2.11pm

SUNrises London: 5.58am, sets: 8.07pm

Manchesterrises: 6.01am, sets: 8.20pm

Moon, sun and tides

HIGH TIDE

London B’ge (7.04am), (7.22pm)

Liverpool (4.14am), (4.39pm)

Greenock (5.44am), (6.13pm)

Dover (3.58am), (4.25pm)

Aberdeen 7.7 0.03 10 19

Aberporth 1.1 0.02 14 18

Alnwick 4.6 0.01 13 18

Belfast 1.1 0.02 13 19

Birmingham5.4 0.00 13 22

B’mouth 11.8 0.00 6 21

Bristol 5.3 0.00 13 21

Cardiff 4.0 0.00 15 20

Durham 3.3 0.22 13 19

Edinburgh 5.8 0.06 11 18

Glasgow 4.7 0.10 9 17

Hull 0.8 0.02 15 21

Ipswich 12.0 0.00 10 24

Leeds 3.6 0.02 15 21

Lincoln 4.1 0.00 14 22

London 8.9 0.00 12 24

Manchester0.8 0.04 14 20

Oxford 5.5 0.00 12 22

S’hampton 11.0 0.00 12 23

St Andrews6.8 0.04 7 20

OPINION 12 CROSSWORDS 35 TV 45 STARS 53 LETTERS 54 CITY 57 SPORT 60

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Cheap pill

cuts heart

attacks

by a third

A CHEAP pill containing four

different drugs could cut the risk of

heart attacks and strokes by a third,

a study has found.

The “polypill” includes two

commonly used blood pressure

lowering drugs, a cholesterol-busting

medicine and aspirin.

During a trial of 7,000 Iranian

patients aged 50 to 75, half were

given lifestyle advice on diet,

exercise and smoking.

The rest were given the same

advice, but also took the polypill

once a day.

After five years, 202 people in the

medicated group had suffered a heart

attack or stroke, compared with 301

in villages where only advice was

given.

Overall, the pill cut risk by 34

per cent.

Lead researcher Professor Reza

Malekzadeh, of Tehran University of

Medical Sciences in Iran, said: “The

idea of the polypill has always been

appealing, and now we know that a

fixed-dose polypill can achieve

clinical benefits in practice.

“But the polypill is not an

alternative to a healthy lifestyle and

should be combined with physical

activity, a healthy diet and smoking

cessation.”

The team of international

researchers also included Professor

Tom Marshall, from the University

of Birmingham.

He said: “Because they have most

to gain, the most efficient strategy

would be to offer the polypill to those

at highest risk of heart disease.”

UK diplomat

in ‘sex arrest’

A BRITISH consulate officer based in

Hong Kong was seized and detained

in China for hiring prostitutes, it was

claimed yesterday.

Trade and investment officer Simon

Cheng Man-kit, 28, below, vanished

on August 8 in Shenzhen while on a

business trip to the mainland.

Yesterday Beijing said he had been

given the maximum 15-day sentence

for violating public security

management regulations.

The state-backed Global Times

newspaper said Mr Cheng had been

detained for “solicitation of

prostitution”.

Earlier this week Mr Cheng’s

girlfriend said he sent

her messages on his

way home, saying:

“Pray for me.”

A Foreign Office

spokesman said:

“We continue to

urgently seek

further information

about Simon’s

case.”

By Hanna Geissler Health Reporter

By Richard Palmer

Royal Correspondent

ANALYSIS

MARGARET HOLDER

Royal biographer

William and

Green... Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

THE Duke and Duchess of

Cambridge took their children on a

£73 budget flight yesterday, amid

continuing controversy over Harry

and Meghan’s use of private jets.

Royal experts last night said that if

William and Kate had been trying to

embarrass the Duke and Duchess of

Sussex over their use of gas-guzzling

private jets, they could not have

done a better job.

The couple took a Flybe plane

from Norwich to Aberdeen to visit

the Queen at Balmoral.

Their decision prompted pointed

comparisons with the Sussexes, who

have faced widespread criticism for

taking four executive jets in 11 days

to holiday with their three-month-

old son, Archie.

Climate change campaigners

Harry and Meghan have been

accused of hypocrisy for hiring jets

• which would
  have created
  huge amounts
  of carbon
  dioxide – to
  take them to
  Ibiza and Sir
  Elton John’s
  £15million
  French home.
  Greenpeace
  last night said
  an electric
  train would
  have gener-
  ated 10 per
  cent of the carbon footprint of a
  commercial passenger jet, like the
  one the Cambridges used.
  However, their plane would have
  created one tenth of the pollution
  caused by a private jet.
  William and Kate took the 8.45am
  flight with Prince George, six,
  Princess Charlotte, four, and
  16-month-old Prince Louis as well
  as Kate’s mother Carole Middleton,
  the children’s nanny, Maria Borrallo,
  and police bodyguards.
  Fellow passengers said the family
  sat at the front of the plane and
  many people did not notice who
  they were until they disembarked.
  William was seen carrying four
  bags while Kate carried Louis. Even
  George clutched his own backpack.

The family could have taken a tax-

payer-funded flight between royal

residences. But although the

Cambridges have used executive jets

before, they tend to fly by commer-

cial plane whenever possible.

Dickie Arbiter, former Buckingham

Palace press secretary, said: “It’s just

the sensible way to do it.”

He also criticised actress Jameela

Jamil – who appeared on the cover

of the British Vogue issue guest-

edited by Meghan – after she

accused the British people of racism

towards the Duchess.

She also claimed the royals could

not take commercial flights because

of security risks.

“That was just a silly thing to say,”

Mr Arbiter said. He recalled how

Prince Charles

and Princess

Diana once

used a com-

mercial flight

on a royal

tour and said

it was com-

mon for

members of

the family to

use scheduled

services.

The way in

which Princes

William and

Harry choose to travel is being

seen by some as further evidence of

a feud between the brothers and

their wives.

Earlier this year, the “Fab Four”

split their charitable foundation in

order to go their separate ways.

Phil Dampier, author of Royally

Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their

Own Words, said: “They certainly

won’t put paid to stories of a feud if

they are seen to be scoring points off

each other.

“A cynic might say the

Cambridges have done it deliber-

ately, bearing in mind all the recent

stories about the two brothers and

their wives not getting on.”

OPINION: PAGE 12

SHOCK news – the Duke and

Duchess of Cambridge and their

three children got on a Flybe

economy flight costing £73 each

and no-one was put in danger!

This was after actress Jameela

Jamil said it would be unsafe for

the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

to use commercial planes

because they were in danger of

being kidnapped or assassinated.

The Cambridges’ flight shows

this theory to be absolute

nonsense. It also shows that

Harry’s frequent use of private

jets is unnecessary.

Despite his public alarm over

climate change, Harry, Meghan

and baby Archie last week took a

private plane costing £20,000 to

Sir Elton John’s home in Nice.

The singer paid for the flight

“to maintain a high level of

much-needed protection” and

pointed out that he was a close

friend of Harry’s mother, Diana.

So where was the free jet for

Diana’s other son, William, and

his family?

The difference in flight styles

underlines the growing

separation of the two princes.

They are rarely seen together

with their wives and are reputed

to be visiting the Queen at

different times during her annual

break at Balmoral.

In the last golden years of the

her reign, the brothers should be

growing closer. Sadly, it seems

they could not be further apart.