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PUZZLESQuick CrosswordPA PHOTOS1 2 3 4 5 67 8910 1112 1314 15 16217 1819 20 21 2223 2425 26ACROSS7 Grand house (7)8 Got there (7)10 Thoroughfare (6)11 Tell off, reprove (8)12 One of 4’s fire crew (4)13 Glasses; grand shows orpageants (10)14 To agree in time; tocoordinate electronicdevices (11)19 Adapted into play or film (10)22 Two of 4’s fire crew! (4)23 Perceptible by touch; ofsomething real (8)24 Hole or tunnel, especially onedug by animal (6)25 Overlays with thin layer offine wood or othermaterial (7)26 Washed (7)DOWN1 Industrial plant (7)2 Gathering – of children inschool? (8)3 Ways to get from A to B (6)4 Iconic 1960s children’s TVshow, narrated by BrianCant (8)5 Outdoor meal (6)6 Infectious fever featuringitchy spots (7)9 Unwelcome guest (11)15 One of 4’s fire crew (8)16 Clark Kent’s alter ego (8)17 Places for amusements? (7)18 Blanked, commonly (7)20 Barney, one of 4’s firecrew (6)21 One of 4’s fire crew (6)PA PHOTOSWin a £50 iTunes voucher1 Who captained Argentina inthe 1998 World Cup?a. Diego Maradonab. Diego Simeonec. Gabriel Batistutad. Nestor Sensini2 Which player helped gethis Premiership team mateWayne Rooney a red card inthe 2006 World Cup?a. Nemanja Vidićb. Park Ji-Sungc. Cristiano Ronaldod. Patrice Evra3 Who won the Golden Bootin the 1990 World Cup?a. Salvatore “Toto” Schillacib. Gary Linekerc. Oleg Salenkod. Rudi Völler4 Name the only player todate to have played in three4Prize quizconsecutive World Cup finals:a. Marcos Evangelista deMoraes – known as “Cafu”b. Zinedine Zidanec. Oliver Khand. Francesco Totti5 Name the player whoscored the most WorldCup goals between 1930and 2006:a. Peléb. Ronaldoc. Gerd Müllerd. Juste Fontaine3PA PHOTOSSolution to June 2010crosswordWinner of theMay 2010 quizF Sweeney, EdinburghAnswers toJune 2010 quiz1. A – the khaki election2. C – 19743. C – 19184. B – win three consecutiveelections5. B – being locked out ofpolling stationsHOW T O E N T E RTo win a £50 iTunes voucher please send your answers to thePrize Quiz by 31 July 2010 on a postcard to: Prize Competition(July 2010), FBU Head Office, Bradley House, 68 Coombe Road,Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7AE.Include your name, address andmembership number. The winner will beselected at random from all correct entries.22 FireFighter July 2010
GOSSIP… brings you the news they don’t want you to hearOverlooked something?Who regulates the regulators?Does a fish rot from the headfirst? Questions are now beingasked, after it emerged that theLondon headquarters of the Department forCommunities and Local Government (CLG),which is responsible for fire safety policy inEngland, was served with a fire safety Crownenforcement notice earlier this year.On 16 February 2010 the CrownPremises Inspection Group served anenforcement notice on CLG’s Eland Housepremises in London, under the RegulatoryReform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.It listed a number of alleged breaches ofthe law, including installing a cafeteria in theatrium, which may lead to “uncontrolledfire spread throughout the building”. Otherfailings include an unsuitable and insufficientrisk assessment, not maintaining the firealarm system and lack of evidence of adequatetraining and fire safety information to staff.The official response from CLG: blamethe previous lot – it happened on their watch.But no prosecutions are expected.As Eland House is Crown premises, theresponsible person cannot be prosecuted.Incidentally, the Crown Premises InspectionGroup comes under the government’s chieffire and rescue adviser’s unit – also based atEland House.A coalition too farIt’s a strange tale of murky back roomdeals. The Conservatives lost somany council seats in London thisyear that it looked as though theirman Brian Coleman could no longer chairthe London Fire and Emergency PlanningAuthority (LFEPA).Although the appointment is in the giftof mayor Boris Johnson, it would be prettyodd if Johnson appointed a chair who didnot have the confidence of a majority of hiscolleagues.The only way he would have that is ifthe Liberals lined up behind him. Colemantried to get the Liberals to support him. “Iinvite the Lib Dem members to share mylarge bed,” he said. But they made it clearthat their national coalition with the Torieswould not be replicated in County Hall.So how did Boris Johnson justify theappointment of Coleman anyway? Quitesimple, really. He just changed the way theprocedure for allocating seats on the LFEPAis applied, in order to maintain a “strongleadership”.Pension relief for chiefsA close shave for one or two chieffire officers, whose names we won’tmention here. The investigation ofpublic sector pensions on the radioprogramme File on Four was to feature thehuge sums which a few chief fire officers havebeen getting in pension payments, and themeans by which they get these sums – not apretty story, we’re told. At the last moment,this section of the programme ended up onthe cutting room floor. I have thisinformation from a thoroughly reliablesource, a friendly cat in Broadcasting House– I’d call him my mole in the BBC, but catsdon’t like moles.How the other half thinksDespite the absence of chief fireofficers, the programme offeredus a glimpse of how the otherhalf thinks. Prime ministers andother top politicians have been saying foryears that public sector pensions aren’tsustainable in the long run. But they nevermentioned that former prime ministers get£109,000 a year from the public purse for therest of their lives. That bit of information wasprised out of the civil service with aFreedom of Information Act request by SNPMP Angus McNeil. What’s the money for?How do the former PMs use it? No oneknows. File on Four’s reporter GerryNortham wanted to ask Gordon Brown,Tony Blair and John Major whether theytook their £109,000, and if so, what they didwith it. None of these three eminentgentlemen were available to answer thesequestions.Take your pickIn these harsh days, when the talk isall of cuts, it’s nice to know thatthere’s plenty of money for the reallyimportant things. Tory-led Suffolkcounty council is to have a temporary head ofcommunications for six months on pay of up to£3,500 a week – which is more than theprime minister gets. The Beccles and BungayJournal reports Kathy Pollard, leader of thecouncil’s Liberal Democrats, as saying:“What would the public rather have – fournew firefighters or one head of communications?We all know what the answer wouldbe.” No coalition there, then.Nice work if you can get itIn this age of austerity, it seems thatthose who get to whisper inministers’ ears are not so chaste.The new coalition governmentcontains 68 special advisers, whose responsibilitiesextend beyond the ritual carryingof the minister’s bag.At least 29 earn more than £58,200. Topof the list is Andy Coulson (below, withChancellor George Osborne), on £140,000(capped just beneath the prime minister’ssalary). The Cat recalls Coulson as editor ofthe News of the World when a reporter wasjailed for hacking into the phones of aidesto members of the royal family. He resignedafter the disclosures. An employmenttribunal also found that Coulson hadpresided over a culture of bullying when hewas News of the World editor.**if you have any snippets you think StationCat should get his sharp claws into email:stationcat@fbu.org.ukJuly 2010 FireFighter 23
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