Daily Mirror - 30.07.2019

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Sofa so good

for coppers

RECKLESS Brits are bin-
ning £44million a year in
coppers and also lose
£56.4million a year down
the back of their sofas.
On average, 7.2 million
adults chuck out 51p every
month, a study by finance
site finder.com found
One in seven adults
throw their 1p and 2p
pieces in the bin, the figure
rises to a quarter in the 23
to 34-year-old age group.
Jon Ostler, of finder.com,
said: “Coppers are playing
a less significant role in our
lives than they used to, but
there is value in looking
after them in your wallet.”

‘Red wine can

help anxiety’

A GLASS of red wine could
help to relieve stress,
depression and anxiety, a
study has suggested.
Resveratrol, a chemical
compound in the drink,
can block a brain enzyme
linked to the conditions.
The chemical is found in
skin and seeds of grapes,
particularly those in red
wine. It is already known
to benefit heart health.
Study author Ying Xu, of
University of Buffalo, US,
said: “Resveratrol may be
an effective alternative to
drugs for treating depres-
sion and anxiety disorders.”

Tesla’s telly

at the wheel

TESLA drivers will be able
to stream Netflix and You-
Tube from their car’s main
screen – but only when it
is not moving.
The electric motor firm
also promised it will allow
full video content on the
move once the vehicles
become fully self-driving.
Boss Elon Musk said on
Twitter: “[It] has an amaz-
ingly immersive, cinematic
feel due to comfy seats and
surround sound audio.”
Its new software also
improves its Autopilot and
traffic light recognition.

ANSWERS: PAGE 39

1

Which metallic

element is mixed

with tin to form the

alloy bronze?

2

Sally Gunnell won

Olympic gold in

1992 in which sport?

3

What year did Elvis

Presley die?

4

Where is the Coral

Sea?

5

Which comedian

recorded a 2017

album called Upon a

Different Shore?

OUR DAILY

PUB QUIZ

Being a wartime evacuee

was one of the best things

that ever happened to me

Caine hails organic country diet as a child

OUT OF DANGER Evacuees

heading to rural safety in 1939

MEMORIES

Londoner

Sir Michael

SIR Michael Caine claims being

evacuated to the countryside

during the Second World War was

one of the best things that ever

happened to him.

The Hollywood legend said living off

organic food on a farm with few

sugary treats available helped his

growth and health.

Caine was born in

Rotherhithe, South

London, in 1933 and

grew up in Southwark,

but was sent to North

Runcton, Norfolk,

during the conflict.

He said: “I went with

my mother and my

brother. By this time I

was seven and he was four

and we went to a big

farmhouse in Norfolk.

That was a wonderful period.

“I spent four-and-a-half years down

there and I lived and worked on the

farm. For six years, I grew up

completely on organic food and never

any chemicals.

“You couldn’t get sugar, chocolate

and all this, and cakes. So it was one

of the best things that ever happened

to me, the Second World War – but we

don’t want a third one.”

The star also revealed his family

returned to relative “luxury” in

London, moving into a new prefabri-

cated house because a bomb had

fallen on their old home.

Caine said: “I’d never lived in a

house with central heating,

running hot water, a bath-

room, a refrigerator and

electric light. It was like

moving to Mayfair.”

Caine, whose real

name is Maurice

Micklewhite, revealed

he adopted his screen

name thanks to

Humphrey Bogart.

He said his agent told

him he needed to pick a

stage name. The star

recalled: “I looked around Leicester

Square and it said, ‘Humphrey Bogart

in The Caine Mutiny’. And I went,

‘Caine.’ It was very good because the

theatre next door, if I’d done that, I’d

have been Michael 101 Dalmatians!”

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BY MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor

HEYDAY Caine in the 1960s

BALLS UP Uncle Joe’s

The balls are mint but Uncle Joe’s a fake

UNCLE Joe’s Mint Balls have been

around for 121 years – but now the

makers of the boiled sweets have

found there was no Uncle Joe.

The Wigan-made treats were

created in 1898 by the Santus

family for miners in Lancashire, and

for decades it was assumed the

smiling face on the tin represented

a real Uncle Joe.

But years of research have failed

to find any relative of that name.

Boss John Winnard, 62 – great-

great nephew of founder William

Santus – said: “It seems there’s

nobody called Joe in the family.”

He and his brother Antony, 60,

now believe the name was taken

from a local miners’ greeting. John

said: “When they were heading to

the coalface and saw somebody

they didn’t know by name they

would say ‘Alreet Joe’.

“It was a term of camaraderie.”