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Government is to opt out of more than
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Mrs May said: “It is in the national interest
that the Government has taken this decision.”
But senior Eurocrats were outraged and
threatened to retaliate by hitting the UK with
a huge bill for “administration costs”.
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Minister David Cameron is
facing a showdown with the
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UK’s participation in these areas.” Brus-
sels sources said one “consequence”
could mean Britain being billed for
“administration costs”, such as the
effect of the UK pulling out of a com-
mon EU database or operations where
member states share the cost.
A legal source said: “We don’t know
what the cost would be because we
don’t know what the UK is wanting to
opt back into.”
But Tory MP Dominic Raab said any
financial threat would be “blackmail”.
He said: “If the EU throws its toys out
of the pram, they will be cutting their
nose to spite their face. What we need is
a reasonable and respectful dialogue,
not histrionic threats.”
Other backbenchers
welcomed Mrs May’s
announcement but urged
the Government to go fur-
ther in pulling powers back
from Brussels.
Former Cabinet Minister
John Redwood said: “I
fully support opting out of
the whole lot.” Former
minister Crispin Blunt
said: “It is clearly in our
national interest.”
Senior Tory MP John
Baron said: “I very much
welcome this opt-out but
would it not be better to rule out any
opt-ins in the future?” But Labour’s
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
said: “The Government seems to have
an utterly chaotic position.”
Ukip leader Nigel Farage said:
“Theresa May says she wants to opt out
and then opt in again. I suspect nothing
of substance will actually be achieved.”
He added: “It suggests between now
and 2014 the entire Parliamentary
calendar will be clogged up by squab-
bling amongst the coalition partners.”
PM to head
off Brussels
banking rules
more than 130 criminal justice measures
introduced under the EU’s controver-
sial Lisbon Treaty. She said the UK
could later opt back in to certain meas-
ures, such as anti-terrorist agreements,
if they were in the national interest.
Mrs May told MPs: “The UK cannot
pick and choose the measures from
which we wish to opt out. We can only
opt out en masse and then seek to rejoin
individual measures.
“The Government’s current thinking
is that we will opt out of all pre-Lisbon
police and criminal justice matters, and
then negotiate with the Commission
and other member states to opt back
into those individual meas-
ures that it is in our national
interest to rejoin.”
Ministers want Britain
to opt out of plans for a
European-wide prosecutor
with sweeping powers of
arrest, and a potential new
obligation on UK courts to
take foreign convictions
into account.
They are also concerned
about the growing number
of UK citizens being
dragged into lengthy legal
proceedings for relatively
trivial cases through the European
Arrest Warrant.
In one case, a man wanted for alleg-
edly stealing a £30 wheelbarrow in
Poland ending up costing UK taxpayers
£30,000 through arrest, detention and
court proceedings.
Mrs May said that some pre-Lisbon
measures were “now entirely defunct”.
She added that Britain’s decision on
the opt-outs had to be confirmed by
May 31, 2014, and would be subject to
votes in both Houses of Parliament.
A European Commission spokesman
said: “This has not come as a surprise.
The Commission will now assess the
consequences of the cessation of the
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leaders this week that he will not
accept a eurozone banking union
unless Britain’s financial services
are safeguarded.
The Prime Minister is expected
to hammer home the point at a
two-day summit in Brussels
starting on Thursday. Sources
played down prospects of a veto
as a final decision is likely to be
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The dangers to Britain were
underlined yesterday when it
emerged that current proposals
could make it hard for the UK to
stop eurozone nations forcing the
adoption of measures that would
damage the City of London.
It came as London mayor Boris
Johnson warned Mr Cameron that
he was “misguided and wrong” to
support closer integration of the
eurozone. Mr Cameron and
Chancellor George Osborne say it
is necessary because the euro
crisis is having a “chilling effect”
on Britain’s economy.
EU plans for banking union are
due to take effect on January 1.
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Europe without Britain and
is determined to “plough
ahead” with projects the UK
opposes, it emerged last
night.
Chancellor Angela Merkel
is reportedly fed up with
Britain being “spectators”
and instead should be cut
out of the power bloc.
Sources in Germany even
likened the UK to Statler
and Waldorf in The Muppet
Show – the two critical old
men on the balcony.
Germany had hoped
Britain would remain
alongside as it presses for
more European integration
and ever more national
“unwillingness to
compromise” leaves
Germany with no choice but
to leave Britain behind.
It added: “The Chancellor
has long since come to
terms with the fact that
there will no longer be a
path back to the centre of
the union for the British.
“There are now two
European communities
under the EU umbrella.”
Ms Merkel plans a
separate budget for the
eurozone, a financial
transaction tax and closer
joint military cooperation.
One key German
politician said: “Britain
should just leave.”
powers being transferred to
Brussels. Influential
magazine Der Spiegel says
Germany is now preparing
for a future without Britain.
The weekly news
magazine, which has close
contracts with the highest
echelons of German power,
said Ms Merkel’s hopes of
keeping the door open for
London were now dashed.
It said: “The German
government is convinced
that the Euro Group will be
the core of a new, more
deeply integrated Europe.”
The magazine said the
Cameron administration’s
Chancellor Merkel yesterday
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RUSSELL Crowe reportedly faces
handing over £15million in a
divorce settlement.
So it may come as no surprise
that the Hollywood actor is
enjoying being able to go incognito
beneath a bushy grey beard.
Crowe, 48, was spotted out in
New York at the weekend where he
was all smiles behind his hairy
disguise grown for his latest role.
The snap was taken just hours
before reports surfaced that he had
separated from Danielle Spencer,
who could be in line for that huge
divorce pay-out.
Australian Danielle, 43, was
tight-lipped as she stepped out of
her newly-renovated £6million
mansion in Sydney’s exclusive
harbour-side Rose Bay district on
her way to her recording studios.
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There has been speculation that
the stress of being left alone to
care for the couple’s two young
sons, while Crowe fulfils his acting
commitments in Los Angeles, is to
blame for the split. The pair are
parents to Charles, eight, and
six-year-old Tennyson.
But there were rumours that
Crowe had been shattered to
learn in June that former
actress Danielle had been
seen kissing her Dancing
With The Stars partner,
Damian Whitewood, 38.
The couple are now said to
have parted on friendly terms.
As well as properties
estimated at £30million, Crowe
has a share in Sydney’s
Rabbitohs football club and a
gymnasium in the city.
His beef production company
sells to upmarket butchers and
top restaurants in Melbourne as
well as Sydney. And he also
owns a successful pub business
in northern New South Wales.
The Oscar-winning Gladiator
actor wed Danielle at his cattle
farm at Nana Glen in 2003.
His representative in Australia,
Gladiator hunk Crowe in Venice in
2005 with his stunning wife Danielle
Grant Vandenburg, insisted
yesterday that there was “no
comment” about the split, which
is said to have been confirmed by
a spokesperson for Danielle.
Crowe has grown his beard for
his latest movie Noah, which is
based on the Biblical tale. This
month he tweeted: “Currently the
status of my beard is ‘Epic’.”
The star has six films coming out
in the next 12 months.
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Rolling Stones back on the road
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THE Rolling Stones have con-
firmed their first live shows for five
years – but fans face shelling out
hundreds of pounds to catch a
glimpse of the rock veterans in
some of the most expensive gigs of
all time.
The band will play two nights at
London’s O2 Arena with standard
tickets costing up to £375, although
some will be priced at £90.
In comparison, five days at the
Glastonbury Festival next year
costs just £205.
Some “VIP” tickets for the
shows next month to mark the
Stones’ 50th anniversary are £950.
After weeks of speculation the
group revealed they will play four
shows – two in London and two in
the US.
Sir Mick Jagger hinted at more
dates next year.
Sir Mick, Keith Richards, Ron-
nie Wood and Charlie Watts have a
combined age of 273 and many
fans will see these shows as their
last chance to see them.
A “VIP hospitality” package
includes a champagne reception
and a three-course dinner.
In August it was reported that
promoters were to pay the Stones
about £16million for the four forth-
coming concerts. If correct, that
would mean, even at capacity, the
promoter would need to make an
average of £207 per ticket simply
to cover their fee.
The London shows take place
on November 25 and 29.
In a video message the group
said: “Soon we’ll be back on stage
playing for you in two cities that
know how to rock and roll.”
And Sir Mick added: “…maybe a
few friends joining us.”
The Stones last played live dur-
ing their A Bigger Bang tour which
wound up in 2007.
The group have recorded two
new songs – Doom And Gloom
and One More Shot – for a repack-
aged greatest hits collection called
Grrr!, to be released on November
12. Sir Mick, who called Radio 2’s
Chris Evans breakfast show yes-
terday morning, suggested the
announced dates would be a
teaser for a full series of shows.
He said “It’s not going to be a
long tour, the first bit anyway. It’s
going to be a few gigs.”
Speaking of the sessions for the
new songs, Sir Mick said: “It was a
very quick recording session.”
There have also been rumours
the Stones are being lined up to
play Glastonbury.
The four concerts mark the
launch of a global touring venture
by Sir Richard Branson and
Australian promoter Paul Dainty
– Virgin Live.
Sir Richard said: “Virgin Live
plans to make a real difference to
how fans experience, interact and
enjoy live events…gigs will be truly
people-driven.”
Charlie, Keith, Ronnie and Sir Mick announced a four-date mini-tour yesterday
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‘kingdom united’
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DAVID Cameron vowed to keep the
United Kingdom “family together”
last night after agreeing to allow a ref-
erendum on Scottish independence.
The Prime Minister signed a his-
toric declaration in Edinburgh with
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond
for the poll in autumn 2014.
Scottish voters will answer a single
Yes or No question on whether the
country should stay in the UK, though
the exact wording on the ballot paper
has yet to be decided.
The deal signed by the leaders said:
“Both governments agree that the
referendum question must be fair,
easy to understand and capable of
producing a result that is accepted
and commands confidence.”
Mr Cameron will campaign for a No
vote, saying: “I’ll be arguing to keep
the family together, to keep the king-
dom united, but I won’t be alone.
Mine will just be one voice of many.
“I always wanted to show respect to
the people of Scotland. They voted
for a party that wanted to have a ref-
erendum. I’ve made that referendum
possible and made sure it’s decisive,
it’s legal and it’s fair.”
A ComRes poll last night found that
37 per cent of Scots wanted independ-
ence while 55 per cent opposed it.
About 55 per cent believe Scotland’s
economy will suffer if it quit the UK.
Yesterday’s deal, dubbed the Edin-
burgh Agreement, gave the Scottish
Government legal backing to go
ahead with the referendum. It was
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plans to hike prices,
adding to the misery of
millions struggling to pay
their bills.
Just days after British
Gas and Npower revealed
bills are to rise
ScottishPower said it
would put up prices by
seven per cent.
The increase, taking
effect from December,
means customers will
see their average annual
bill rise by £75.
The firm said around
2.3 million households
would be affected.
British Gas last week
announced it would put
up prices by six per cent.
Npower’s will go up by an
average 8.8 per cent for
gas and 9.1 per cent for
electricity.
Last night Caroline
Flint, Shadow Energy
and Climate Change
Secretary, said: “Millions
of families face a winter
of misery after the latest
round of price hikes by
the energy giants.
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with David
Cameron
yesterday
after the deal
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effect.”
Adam Scorer, director
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prices in a pack because
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The Scottish Parliament will set the
date, the wording of the question and
the rules for the contest.
Mr Salmond said the deal paved
the way “for the most important deci-
sion our country of Scotland has
made in several hundred years”.
He added: “It is, in that sense, a his-
toric day for Scotland and a major
step forward in Scotland’s home-rule
journey. Do I believe that independ-
ence will win this campaign? Yes, I do.
I believe we’ll win it by setting out a
positive vision for a better future for
our country economically and also,
crucially, socially.”
Mr Cameron has been criticised by
some senior Tories for conceding too
much ground to the Scottish National
Party by accepting Mr Salmond’s
timetable for the poll.
But the PM insisted that his desire
for a single-question referendum had
been accepted. He resisted calls from
the SNP for an extra question giving
voters the option of more devolution
of powers from Westminster to Edin-
burgh but short of full independence,
known as “devo-max”.
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what I always wanted, which is one
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we should get on with the real argu-
ment. I passionately believe Scotland
will be better off with the United
Kingdom but, also crucially, the
United Kingdom will be better off
with Scotland. We’re better off
together, we’re stronger together,
we’re safer together.”
Earlier, Mr Cameron sent a coded
warning to Scots about the financial
costs of independence when visiting
the Rosyth Dockyard in Fife, where
new Royal Navy aircraft carriers are
being built. Standing on a soapbox,
he told workers: “I’m very proud to be
here to say such a thank-you to you.
“As was said at the Olympics, we
want to make sure that ‘Made in the
United Kingdom’ is a badge we can be
really proud of. I believe, that with
these Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft
carriers, you are making that clear.”
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Esther
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EMBATTLED Esther Rantzen last
night spoke of her fears that the
Jimmy Savile sex scandal could
undermine her “life’s work” fighting
to protect children.
Speaking candidly in depth for
the first time since the explosive
allegations about the Jim’ll Fix It
star broke, she said: “Say what you
like about me – just please don’t
destroy my life’s work.”
Ms Rantzen has faced a volley of
criticism after it was claimed she
failed to act on allegations the
pervert presenter was abusing
children.
She now also faces being ditched
as a patron by the National Associa-
tion for People Abused in Childhood
(NAPAC) and fears seeing her repu-
tation as Britain’s foremost abused
children’s campaigner destroyed.
Last night in an interview with the
Daily Express Ms Rantzen, 72, said
she had only heard one rumour
about Savile and young children –
when she was a 21-year-old BBC
researcher.
The former That’s Life! presenter
and mother-of-three said: “I found
Savile creepy and my kids found him
creepy but that’s not a crime in
itself. He was very odd, he clearly
had a mask and hid behind it. I must
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THE Jimmy Savile scandal has
prompted a man to break
almost 30 years of silence to
claim he was molested as a boy
by another “well-known male
television celebrity”.
The alleged attacks, by a
household name who does not
work in children’s TV, occurred
in the Eighties.
It is the latest shock to
emerge after 60 women have
accused the late DJ of rape,
indecent assault or molestation.
After years of personal
torment the man has
summoned the courage to call
the National Association for
People Abused in Childhood.
Last night, the charity’s
founder Pete Saunders, 55,
said: “This individual is a
household name and I would
say 80 per cent of people would
have heard of him.
Savile scandal prompted claims
understands he will soon
contact police.
Specialist lawyers across the
country continue to be
contacted by those claiming to
be victims of sexual abuse.
Fourteen police forces
including New Scotland Yard,
Lancashire, Merseyside, Surrey
and Sussex are investigating
Savile. Mr Saunders said:
“Savile is just one of hundreds
of thousands of people to have
hurt and abused children.
“To me he is the archetypal
paedophile, he wanted to rape
and molest children. I dread to
think how many victims he got
through over the years.”
Compensation payouts could
run into hundreds of thousands
of pounds, experts say.
Savile, who died in his Leeds
flat a year ago aged 84, is said
to have bragged to colleagues
about bedding teenagers
saying it “kept him young”.
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“I received a call as a direct
result of the Savile abuse story.
Many people have suffered in
silence but this scandal is
triggering something.
“Since this story broke my
phone hasn’t stopped ringing
but there are still many more
people who are being abused.
“I have said to the alleged
victim I am prepared to walk to
the police station with him, to
stand by his side, as I would
with any individual.”
Mr Saunders said he
“absolutely believes” the
alleged victim, although no
official complaint has yet been
made. The Daily Express
have met him six times, mainly at
charity functions.
“I heard a rumour when I was a
junior researcher but there were so
many rumours about politicians and
the royal family at that time.
“What I didn’t realise was the
rumour reached the boss of Radio 1.
They confronted Savile but had no
evidence and he denied it.”
Ms Rantzen who in 1986 set up
ChildLine, Britain’s first free 24-hour
confidential child counselling serv-
ice, has ploughed vast sums of her
own money and time into supporting
a variety of child safety charities.
ChildLine, now part of the NSPCC,
has helped 2.7 million vulnerable
children with issues such as child
abuse, bullying, parental divorce
and teenage pregnancy.
For the past 26 years Ms Rantzen
said she has dedicated her life to
raising awareness of the bullying
and sexual or psychological abuse of
children. She is heavily involved with
several children’s welfare charities
and is a trustee of the NSPCC.
She said: “I have tried desperately
hard to help children, to bring
abusers to justice and I know just
how difficult it is. My friends and
colleagues are angry on my behalf
but fame and reputation don’t mean
a great deal to me.
“What I want to do is continue my
work campaigning for children and
older people.
“I retain an absolute passion for
ChildLine and providing support to
children who have nowhere else to
turn. All I want to do is bring justice
to them.
“It would be such a great shame if
all that work was sabotaged by this.
My concern is for the children who
are suffering and other survivors
who need support. What I am called
isn’t really important.”
During the course of her work she
has met many hundreds of volun-
teers but does not recall ever being
introduced to sex abuse campaigner
Shy Keenan, who alleges she tipped
Ms Rantzen off about Savile.
Ms Rantzen strongly denies sus-
pecting Savile was a predatory pae-
dophile. She said: “Of course I didn’t.
When he asked me to take part on
Jim’ll Fix It, I took my children so
my record has been transparent.
“What Savile did to children has
rightly produced national rage and
fury and I share it. I have broad
shoulders but I would hate to think
that in any way this damages the
work of ChildLine. That would be a
tragedy because it’s deeply impor-
tant to me. Children continue to
trust and believe in ChildLine.
“All this goes back to a woman
called Shy Keenan. I just wish she
had the courage and integrity to
bring her concerns to me first.
“I can’t recall meeting her, I
honestly can’t remember. If she had
any information about Savile I hope
she took it to the police.”
Ms Rantzen also cannot recall a
culture of sexual harassment or
bullying in her time at the BBC. Ms
Rantzen, who married her That’s
Life! boss Desmond Wilcox, was
awarded an OBE in 1991 for services
to broadcasting. She received the
CBE in 2006 for services to children.
Ms Keenan, 49, who set up child
protection consultancy Phoenix
Chief Advocates with Sara Payne,
mother of murdered schoolgirl
Sarah, was unavailable for com-
ment. However, a spokesman said
she stands by her version of events.
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MPs attack BBC over ditched probe
THE BBC faced MPs’ anger yesterday
over its handling of the sex abuse alle-
gations against Sir Jimmy Savile.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller
accused the Corporation of “inappro-
priately” pulling an investigation by
BBC2’s Newsnight programme into
claims about the late broadcaster.
However, her department swiftly
issued a statement denying she had
“prejudged” the outcome of the BBC’s
own investigation into why the pro-
gramme was not shown.
Officials said she had meant to refer
to “allegations” that the item was
“inappropriately” pulled.
Mrs Miller told MPs the BBC would
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director-general George Entwistle
had volunteered to be quizzed by his
committee next week.
Mr Whittingdale added: “The reve-
lations of recent weeks raise very seri-
ous questions, not just about the cul-
ture which existed in the BBC some
years ago but also about the way the
BBC has handled this and, in particu-
lar, the very damaging suggestion the
Newsnight investigation was sup-
pressed.”
Shadow Culture Secretary Harriet
Harman said Savile’s “exalted celeb-
rity status gave him a sense of impu-
nity”. She added: “What has deepened
the revulsion is that this happened at
the BBC, an institution so loved and
trusted it is known as Auntie. This
has cast a stain on the BBC.”
Tory MP Rob Wilson, who secured
yesterday’s statement by Mrs Miller,
demanded: “Why didn’t the BBC pass
on to police at the time new claims it
had obtained about Savile and about
two other living celebrities who are
still at large, having allegedly abused
under-aged girls on BBC premises?”
Mrs Miller confirmed it was impos-
sible to strip Savile of his knighthood,
as the honour ceases on death.
But she said the situation was for
the Honours Forfeiture Committee to
consider.
also examine its child protection pol-
icy as well as “the very troubling alle-
gations of sexual harassment” which
had come to light in recent weeks.
“These are undoubtedly very seri-
ous matters that have wide-ranging
implications for a number of public
institutions, not just the BBC,” she
said.
She dismissed calls for an independ-
ent inquiry, saying police investiga-
tions must be “unfettered”. Commons
Media Committee chairman John
Whittingdale revealed that BBC
Maria Miller spoke in Commons
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