. ,,, , Masters take pride in their best bangers BUTCHERS Laurie Wakeham and Chris Barkaway have ‘every right to be proud of their bangers — both have become speciality sausage masters. . -_ ' A . M.r Wakeham, of Laurie Wakeham Butchers: High‘ Street, Bridge, and Mr Barkaway, from AJ. - . Barkaway of Ospringe Street, Faversham, have joined the nationwide speciality sausage scheme to highlight the range of special sausages available at independent butchers. Mr Wakeham said: “The posters and leaflets issued through the scheme let my customers know the wide choice of sausages that I can ‘ provide as a local butcher.” ' - " Mr Barkaway said that under the master scheme, new ideas are shared nationally adding fresh recipes to his own speciality range. “I can offer new temptations to my regular customers and entice new customers to the ‘ distinctive range we can ofier,” he added. NEW TEMPTATIONS: cmis j aye I-vex Anglo-Irish I elite given ‘” wide berth by embassy BY NICHOLAS WATT, CHIEF IRELAND CORRESPONDENT BRITAIN is turning its back on the remnants of its loyal servants in Ireland after the Ambassador to Dublin order- ed the removal of Anglo-Irish aristocrats from the embassy’s guest list. In a stark reminder of the waning influence of the Scions of the old Protestant Ascen- dancy "eronica Sutherland has to her social secretary that the aristocracy and the landed gentry are no longer central to Irish society. The clipped tones of earls and baronets have now been re- placed at the ambassadors parties by the accents of Irish industrialists and leading lights from Dublin's musical and theatrical worlds. The list of those ‘who-have come under the ambassadors disapprovin Who’s W . fought with William of Or- ange at the Battle of the Boyne in I690, heads the list. It also,” includes Clementine Beite, a cousin of Nancy Mitford, who lives at the magnificent Russborough House in Co \xItnl,l-.., .....,: r~I--I...A—— lives at Emo Court in Portlaoise. Yet the members of the gentry and aristocracy all say that they were not aware that they had been removed from the embassy guest list, and they. insist that they would never complain, were they considered unsuitable. How- ever, the embassy has been inundated with calls from‘ irate members of the landed gentry who wondered why they had been excluded from parties at Glencairn, the am- bassador’s splendid Edwardi- an residence in the south Dublin suburbs. One prominent peer spoke privately of his anger at the way in which Mrs Sutherland had ignored the Anglo-Irish since she took over as ambas- sador in 1995. He said: “The ambassador has never sought my opinion, which means that she is not doing her job properly because she should be can- _‘ vassing opinions of all strands ' of thoughtmlreland. Previous ambassadors were always‘ keen to hear what we had to say.” APIEAI, 42331 from a different cloth from her ‘Oxbridge-educated predeces- sors. Educated at the Royal ‘School, Bath, she studied at the Universities of London [and Southampton before join- ing the Diplomatic Service in . 1965. One observer of the Dublin diplomatic scene said that the Veronica Sutherland, who took over as British Ambassador to Ired in 995 S Wales during his historic visit to Dublin in 1995. The Earl of Mount Charles, 45, who was once a regular at embassy parties, was initially left off the list until an official at the embassy pointed out that he qualified in his own right as a prominent Irishman regardless nf hie linpaap ’T‘l-m families. But that has all changed.” Some of the new: faces at embassy parties say that the guest lists for Mrs Sutherland’s parties always hayewa » ,w,e.ll-chosen cross-_sec- tion ., Zafa» rish: people. James Hickey, the chairman of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, ,..,;,4. ~~~r|..,. .......:M V l.iJ\./1 lv.l..l ” div , 1: byembassy BY NICHOLAS WAIT, LCHIEF IRELAND CORRESPONDENT M ‘ BRITAIN is turninglits ‘back on the remnants‘ of its loyal servants in Ireland after the Ambassador to Dublin order- ed the removal of Anglo-Irish aristocrats from the embassy’s guest list.‘ I ' In a stark reminder of the waning influence of the scions of the old Protestant Ascen- danc "eronica Sutherland has tc, her social secretary that the aristocracy and the landed gentry are no longer central to Irish society. The clipped tones of earls and baronets have now_.been re- placed at the ambassadors parties by the accents of Irish industrialists and leading lights from Dublin's musical and theatrical worlds. The list of those Awhohave come. under the ambassador’s disapproving game reads like a Who’s W An 1 ' elite. Th Charles, who r athers fought with William of Or- ange at the Battle of the Boyne in l69Q,ml_I_eagl.§ tl3_e lis_t._ It also” includ‘es"ClemerIt'ine -Beite, a cousin of Nancy ‘Mitford, who lives at the magnificent Russborough House in Co Wick “MI, fla, \ ‘ Cholmeley V Cho )2. t?!li;s’t)"tI»'i"3i’-ilVl/«l1l‘i.3‘?l"é5‘lthatMt's~ lives at‘ Emo Court in Portlaoise. * , Yet the members of the gentry and aristocracy all say that they were not aware that they had been removed from the embassy guest list, and ‘7 they, insist- that they would never complain, were they considered unsuitable. How- ever, the embassy has been inundated with calls from irate members of the landed gentry who wondered why they had been excluded from parties at Glencairn, the am- bassador’s splendid Edwardi- an residence in the south Dublin suburbs. One prominent peer spoke privately of his anger at the way in which Mrs Sutherland had ignored the Anglo-Irish since she took over as ambas- sador in 1995. _ * He said: “The ambassador has never sought my opinion, which means that she is not doing her job properly because she should be can- .v.a.ssing opinions of all str.a.nc.|.s_. ‘of thoughtmlreland. Previous ambassadors were .,alw.ay_s.._ keen to hear whatbwe hiicl‘ _to. say.”? ' T The. aristocrats «point SilltlFiESIIlaai1d;~5l¥$l’?§~‘~i~!& 2:. . .l. “—--Z ‘c... from a different cloth from her ‘toxbridge-educated predeces- ,, sors. Educated at the Royal I‘. School, Bath, she studied at »the Universities of London tend. Southamnmn, before Join- I ,.-In‘ the Diplomatic Service in. @1965. 9 ‘;, ronesobserver of the Dublin Fqliplomatic scene said that the ambassador had wanted a amen broom”~*to be taken to the ;guest list when she arrived in 1995. The observer said: “When the ambassador arri- ved in Dublin she looked .down the guest list and asked why so many people with Anglo-Irish connections were invited so regularly. She took a utilitarian view and said that more Irish people should be invited.” The ambassadors new ap- proach faced its first challenge when the invitation list was drawn up for a large party that was held for the Prince of er Vronica Suterland, who took over as British Ambassador to Irelad in 195 I Walesduring his historic visit to Dublin in 1995. The Earl of Mount Charles, 45, who was once a regular at embassy parties, was initially left off the li_st,until an official at the embassy pointed out that he qualified in his own right as a prominentlrishman regardless of his lineage. The . earl, who, is a leading member of .the gcsv‘emin‘g:' ine Gael party who used to stage rock concerts at Slane Castle, was hastily added to the list. Charles Lysaght, a Dublin barrister who is a veteran of embassy parties over 30 years, said that there were fewer ‘Anglo-Irish at the parties because the elite was in decline.. He said: “When I first went to the embassy there were more Anglo-Irish because they were a power in the land. Major businesses in Dublin were still in the hands of old families. '‘ But that has all changed." Some of the net faces at embassy parties say ,. thatthe guest lists fO‘r«Mr-s ~ Sutherland’s parties always ha "‘ T Hickey, the ., chairman. of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, said:,g“The parties have amfair ‘ old mi incl" "c " tair_fs"d£, lnduSt d¥§lH‘ divfir:-t€'* and politicians, and people from the theatre. “The ambassador has done an excellent job in bringing : the parties up to datemand l making the embassy ‘very ,‘ accessible.” _ l Mary O’Rourke, the deputy 1 leader of the main opposition ‘ Fianna Fail party, described 1 Mrs Sutherland as tremen-J? dously hospitable. “The am- I bassador always has a very 3 interesting mix of people. She ; is very likeable,” Ms O’Rourke J‘ said. ‘ , Property The estate we W i Wt. Forgive us, your grace, for raising your valuation by £5m. Last year we lowered the duke‘s wealth from £260m to £40m after he explained the situation regarding his art and land. Some 98% of his 275,000 acres, in Northamptonshire and Scotland, is classified as severely disadvantaged, with low profitability. The art treasures are vast, but Buccleuch, 73, says the Treasury would garner 80% of any sale proceeds. Hence his insistence on a £40m valuation last year. Who are we to argue with a man who saw off Jack Straw, Labour’s home affairs spokesman, earlier this year? In reply to Straw’s claim that hereditary peers were out of touch and that Buccleuch had made it to the Lords only because “one of his forebears was the bastard son of Charles H”, the duke fired off a broadside: ‘ ‘I could tell Jack Straw a thing or two about life with a capital L, because I served as an ordinary seaman on . . . a destroyer in wartime." (1996: £40m, 387th=) ROBERT CARTER Construction £4511: 4151!}: I , _ ' ) Carter, 43, runs RG Carter Holdings, an East Anglian building group. It is worth £70m, up on 1996. But we ascribed too much of the company to Carter last year. We reckon he has 63%. including trusts, LADY IIILIET de CHAIR Landowner £45m ~ 415111: } De Chair, 62, inherited a fortune from her father, Earl Fitzwilliam. Her first husband was the Marquess of Bristol and her second was the late Somerset de Chair, the former Tory MP. Her art treasures are worth at least £30m. Racing interests and extensive property add about £15m. (1996: £40m, 387th=) ‘F RON DENNIS Motor racing £45m 41 5th = ) Dennis, 49, is a leading figure in Formula One through the McLaren team. Mercedes-Benz is now supporting McLaren with £200m and Dennis has a 40% share in the holding company that owns the team. TAG McLaren Holdings saw profits fall in 1995 from £l1.4m to £7.9m, valuing Dennis’s stake at £45m. (1996: £60m, 254th=) THE EARL OF DERBY Landowner £45m 41 5th: } Derby, a merchant banker, inherited his title and a 27,000-acre Merseyside estate from his uncle in 1994. However, any appreciation is largely offset by inheritance tax. Derby, 34, has already-—bad_to sell Stanley House, his unc1e’s Newmarket home, though he is keeping the stud. (1996: £45m, 348th=) ROIIIILIIIIICCEIIS Property ) Diggens, 85, started as a surveyor’s lad before the war. He worked for a property magnate and took over the company. He is now a large shareholder in Slough Estates, the quoted property group. His holding is worth £43m. Other assets add £2m. (1996: £35m, 467th=) VIVIEN DIIFHELD Inheritance £45m 41 5111 = ) Duffield, 51, is renowned for her philanthropy. The Children’s Museum in Halifax, for example, received £7m. She was given £20m by Charles Clore, her father, in 1976, and three years later he left her £56m in his‘ will. Her invested wealth should have grown to £45m, despite her charity. (1996: £42m, 379th=) ALASTAIR DIINN and FAMILY Car dealer } A reorganisation of Thornwood that of 1995. However, the group, run by Dunn, 52, seems to be doing well. The family owns all of the Stirling-based car dealer. We value the company on its 1996 net assets of £44.5m. (1996: £50m, 307th=) T0 ELIJOIT Media ) Elliott, 49, started the Time Out listings magazine in 1968 with his 21st birthday money of about £70. With profits of £3.5m on £45m sales last year, it is now worth £45m and Elliott owns all the shares. There are reports that Bill Gates, of Microsoft, and Richard Branson (qv) want to buy Time Out to put its unrivalled information on the Internet. (New entry) ROBIN FACCEIIDA Poultry *V—~Faeoenda;i§9;—sa$"s£heis a ' chicken farmer and Hillesden Investments, his Northamptonshire company, used to do just that. Now it is an investment holding company. In 1995 it made £2m profit and we value it at £45m. (1996: £40m, 387th=) ELLEN aid CHARLES GALLAGHER Property _ } Ellen Gallagher, 67, runs Gallagher Holdings with her son Charles, 37. In 1996 she transferred her 50% stake into trusts, leaving the rest in his hands. The company is worth £45m. (1996: £39m, 43 7th=) LAIIRENCE CRAFF Jewellery } Graff, 58, runs a diamond business. In 1995 his Sandstar holding company made £1,.6m post- tax profit on £58m sales, lower than the previous year. But it is still worth more than £40m. Salaries add £5rn. (1996: £65m, 237th=) FRANII HACIIEIT-IONES Electronics Q 5 plunge ‘into loss hit the_ shares lgrowth In trouble icon fen’ ent people abridge day to oblems plosive zreated nology- ploying ad the npanies 'Jniver- on fen" hottest t hous- ure on an ser- tic con- 1 medi- I in the aging a nbridge levelop- ' hand, s argue imitless ‘aim of uld be compa- pal play- I, which ght with iversity, project for the be pres- ented in an exhibition next year which will travel to community centres, schools and other public places. The options include: 0 Building new towns and villages outside Cambridge, and improving public trans- port. 0 Packing more develop- ment into the city. 0 Altering the green belt to allow Cambridge to expand. 0 Opening new train sta- tions and building houses around existing rail routes. 0 Creating a fibre-optic net- work to allow more people to work from home. 0 Allowing villages expand piecemeal. 0 Halting development altogether. The initiative ties in with discussions on a new struc- ture plan for Cambridgeshire until 2016. The county coun- cil and the government have indicated the need for as many as 65,000 further homes to house between 110,000 and 160,000 people across the county — the equivalent of another city the size of Cambridge. The city‘s population has remained stable at 110,000 but much of the growth has been absorbed by surround- ing villages. Up to 15,000 of the new houses are needed in the Cambridge area. to City in ischisnf Canterbury protest reflects national sceptic the Cathedral yet, but the holy city of Canter- bury is divided by a passion- ate argument which is echo- ing across the national stage. Enter the city from the south and you pass prime farm land including orchards and hop fields worked for more than 300 years — the last unspoilt approach to Canterbury (if you ignore a few electric- ity pylons). Soon, residents fear, it may be history. The city council wants to build a car park on part of it, beside Ye Olde Gate Inn. This is no little local matter: the national issue behind it is becoming Britain’s latest, and least-expected, environ- mental controversy. The site is earmarked for a park and ride scheme, Canterbury's third, and seen by planners as crucial to fit- ting 8m visitors a year — 2.5m of them tourists — into a city of 37,000 people. Park and rides, in which motorists drive to periph- eral car parks and are then bussed into town centres, are growing rapidly. New ones are planned in York, Guildford, Lancaster, Oxford, Falmouth, Cam- bridge, Brighton, Bristol, Swindon, Chester, Bourne- mouth. Poole and many other places. The government is part- funding schemes by 24 coun- cils. More than 30 towns and It is not quite Murder in Land in a holy row ' Existing 5‘-‘eirtt. ‘- andflitze cities will have park and rides by early next year. They have been seen as a “green” solution to growing car use — but now this is being questioned. Protesters U51 ,4 over par .4». . ,. Fm seamam it-ma vfriruciucffid in Canterbury object to both the park and ride scheme and a proposal which would allow two college campuses to be built near it. “This would open the flood- isrn toward Fcisonukt Tuna ’ gates to development and sprawl Canterbury to the south,” says Simon Cox, branch chairman of the Council for the Protection of Rural England. Next month, CPRE will publish a document which raises awkward questions about park and ride schemes. Not only can they be ugly, it suggests, but unless they are accompanied by other measures — includ- ing cuts in town centre parking space — they can increase traffic rather than reduce it. Park and rides can attract development, CPRE argues. It also claims that because councils can subsidise the public transport part of the schemes, they attract people who might otherwise have done the whole journey by normal buses and trains. The controversy is a head- ache for council officials who see park and rides as one of the few effective steps they can take to keep traffic out of historic town centres. “The government has not yet put a social control on the motor car, and I must deal with the world as it is,” says Andrew Roberts. Can- terbury’s director of archi- tecture and engineering. Canterbury's park and ride schemes have been a success, he says. Between 1980 and 1991, when the first scheme was introduced, traffic in the city grew by 83 per cent. '7 W - and rice}; s ‘green’ car scheme plan o cg. Since then it has fallen by more than 10 per cent, while elsewhere in Kent traffic is still grbwing faster than the UK average. Mr Roberts insists the new plan will meet CPRE's criteria for an acceptable scheme. It will be land- scaped and located in a dip between two rows of pylons, and a multi-storey city car park will be closed. He says the park and ride is not related to the issue of where new campuses for Christ Church College and Canterbury College may be located. Objectors say they are linked. A planning inspector has suggested that the park and ride and college sites be approved but objectors want the district plan called in by John Prescott, deputy prime minister and secretary of state for the environment. They are optimistic about preventing the campuses from going ahead on the proposed site. Mr Roberts says he would be “absolutely amazed" if park and ride schemes did not feature in Mr Prescott’s planned white paper on inte- grated transport next spring. CPRE, however, remains concerned. Lilli Matson, head of transport, says: “We will end up with a sea of car parks around middle-sized towns." Brian Groom to enjoy cream of Minister says time is running out to deal with millennium bomb . £1'\__n _ 9 __.___ Q _.__4___.A ;i 4; ‘.4 ..._..'..II /§4's'—aQ»1-—§4~.—.—.—- be i terd the dog, pete Nev intr stan A. Con regi kno tion and con fina Mr effo ma) deer mos tent has regi yea: larl: lmr and inst said exp: nan thri mer mer app Phil lmr» cha enfc In tor trat pul. regi to d Ir rule staf forc for ing unt wit‘ arrz aha‘