Innholdsfortegnelse for V. 1110 i The Week

What happened Trump’s ban on refugees Donald Trump triggered chaos at US airports and protests around the world last week when he introduced sweeping new restrictions on immigration. His executive order put America’s entire refugee settlement programme on hold for four months, and imposed an indefinite ban on the arrival of Syrian refugees. It also placed a 90-day entry ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Trump said that tougher vetting of immigrants was needed to protect the US from terrorist attacks, but the move prompted a rash of protests, lawsuits and critical judicial rulings. When acting US attorney general Sally Yates instructed officials not to defend the president’s order against court challenges, Trump fired her, saying she had “betrayed” the…

Washington DC Alarm over Bannon’s security role: President Trump’s unprecedented decision to exclude the chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the director of national intelligence, from the small committee that decides US security policy – but to include Steve Bannon, his chief strategist and political advisor – has caused anger and alarm in parts of the Washington security establishment. Bannon (right), a former executive of the alt-right Breitbart news website, who has repeatedly been accused of racism, misogyny and Islamophobia, has been given a permanent seat on the “principals committee” of the National Security Council. By contrast, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence have been told their presence will only be required when “issues pertaining to their responsibilities…

Our surgeries are woefully underfunded Prit Buttar The Daily Telegraph If you’re wondering why GPs like me are struggling to provide a decent level of care, says Prit Buttar, look no further than this striking statistic: over the past decade, the number of times the average patient visits his or her GP each year has doubled. That’s right: doubled. Yet the funding that doctors’ practices receive has “barely risen”. There’s the problem in a nutshell. Unlike hospital doctors, GPs aren’t usually employed by the NHS. Their practices work like businesses: they get a set sum of money per patient (a mere £146 a year, on average) from which to pay all costs and wages. That’s nowhere near enough to deal with current levels of demand. GPs used to get small…

The first pig-human embryos A viable part-human, part-pig embryo has been created for the first time. According to a report in the journal Cell, researchers in the US injected human stem cells – the type capable of growing into almost any form of tissue – into more than 2,000 early pig embryos, then implanted them into surrogate sows. Around 185 of these hybrids continued to grow, until they were removed at 28 days – and crucially, the tiny proportion of human cells in them seemed to be functioning (about one in 10,000 of the cells were human, making the chimeras 0.01% human). Though such research raises many ethical concerns, the idea is that, eventually, scientists will be able to grow human organs in animals, to provide a ready supply for…

 He called her “my Maggie”, and held her by the hand. He assured her that he was “100% behind Nato” (days after declaring it obsolete) and reaffirmed his commitment to striking a trade deal with the post-Brexit UK. Theresa May and Donald Trump are an “oddly matched pair”, said Heather Stewart in The Observer, but the flamboyant billionaire and the vicar’s daughter seem to have found surprising common ground during their meeting at the White House last week. At a press conference, the normally abrasive president was calm and even playful. And over their private lunch, the conversation was said – by Downing Street – to have been “warm, free-flowing and unscripted”. Trump declared that Brexit was going to be “a fantastic thing” for the UK, and that “our relationship…

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” Friedrich Nietzsche, quoted in The Sunday Telegraph “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it is committing another.” Confucius, quoted in The Times “No man ever listened himself out of a job.” Calvin Coolidge, quoted in The Daily Telegraph “I don’t remember anybody’s name. Why do you think the ‘darling’ thing got started?” Zsa Zsa Gabor, quoted on BBC News online “Everything has already been said, but since nobody was listening, we have to start again.” André Gide, quoted on The Browser “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Anthropologist Margaret Mead, quoted in The Times “You do not get a man’s most effective criticism…

Horse racing Many Clouds, the winner of the 2015 Grand National, died from bleeding on the lung. It collapsed during the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham. Football In the Premier League, Chelsea drew 1-1 with Liverpool to extend their lead at the top of the table to nine points. Watford beat Arsenal 2-1. Marseille bought West Ham forward Dimitri Payet for £25m. Southampton signed Manolo Gabbiadini from Napoli for £14m. Boxing In the first loss of his professional career, Carl Frampton was defeated on points by Lèo Santa Cruz.…

The markets were uncertain, the future unclear. Yet somehow 2016 proved to be a bumper year for the British film industry, said Alex Ritman in The Hollywood Reporter. According to new figures published by the British Film Institute (BFI), last year the industry saw its second-highest UK box office takings ever. And it hasn’t just been a question of financing films: an impressive £1.6bn was spent on making films here in Britain. That’s a rise of 13% on 2015, and the highest such figure since the BFI began compiling their statistics back in 1994. Oddly enough, the spike in spending may partly have been driven by Brexit. The fall in the value of the pound following the EU referendum in June has made it tantalisingly cheap for foreign studios to…

Justin informs Brian that Rob’s left Damara after getting a better job offer. Helen tells Pat she doesn’t think Rob will give up the chance of seeing Jack. Tony goes to Rob’s flat and finds it empty. Roy sees Tracy at the bus stop in the rain and gives her a lift. She’s disparaging about his dull car, which inspires Roy to pretend he’s a fuddy-duddy in all areas of his life. He picks a dodgy radio station and chats about his love of documentaries. Tracy can’t get out of the car quick enough and says it’s not working between them. Kirsty and Tom go for the scan. Tom tells his parents about the baby and explains that he and Kirsty are not a couple. Pat and Tony muse on…

The Patricia 139 Jesmond Road, Newcastle upon Tyne (0191-281 4443) Chef proprietor Nick Grieves is clearly a chap who loves eating in restaurants, and you get the feeling he has taken real pleasure in creating this informal but ambitious Newcastle bistro, says Marina O’Loughlin in The Guardian. There’s a slightly “hand-knitted quality” to the interior, but on a wintry evening “the deep oxblood walls are as cocooning as a womb, the welcome every bit as comforting”. If menu writing is an art (and I’d argue that it is), then Grieves’s is a “mini masterpiece”. It has nothing on it that I wouldn’t be delighted to try, and what turns up on the plate does not disappoint. The “snacks” section offers “particular beauties”, including “evilly neckable” oily crisps of sourdough…

New cars: “a colossal amount of fun” A lot has changed in the past six decades, said Jonathan Burn in Auto Express, “but with the exception of a new name, the Caterham Seven really hasn’t”. Originally known as the Lotus, this open-top, two-seat roadster is celebrating its 60th birthday – and to mark the occasion, Caterham has launched the Seven Sprint, based on a mid-1960s design that “never made it past the drawing board”. Just 60 models have been produced, at what is a “huge price” for a Caterham, but that hasn’t deterred buyers: the Seven Sprint sold out within a week of being announced. The car “recaptures the mood of the Swinging Sixties”, said Ben Whitworth in Car magazine – while avoiding “the slightest whiff of retro cheesiness”. Outside,…

Cocoa Runners sends four new bars of small-batch, single-estate chocolate a month – along with tasting notes on each one. You can choose between dark chocolate or a mixture of dark and milk (£19 a month; www.cocoarunners.com). The Cheese Society offers an ever-changing roster of five cheeses a month, all of them from small producers. Totalling around 1kg, the options tend to include a blue cheese and a goat’s cheese (from £31 a month; www.thecheesesociety.co.uk). Cure and Simple produces traditionally cured bacon from Suffolk pigs, in a range of flavours – including Thai and bourbon. You can stick with the same kind every month, or get a different one each time (from £6 a month; www.cureandsimple.com). Pact roasts coffee beans – sourced directly from farmers – and posts them to…

HBOS: banged to rights It is eight years since the collapse of Halifax Bank of Scotland forced it into the arms of Lloyds, but the legacy of the bank’s dysfunctional regime is still being untangled, said Ben Chapman in The Independent. Following a six-year investigation by Thames Valley Police, two former HBOS bankers and four of their associates have been convicted of bribery and fraud charges over a £245m loan scam between 2003 and 2007. They now face lengthy jail terms. The case centred on the “corrupt” relationship between Lynden Scourfield, who ran the HBOS division dealing with “small companies in distress”, and business consultant David Mills and his wife, Alison, said Jane Croft in the FT. “In return for expensive gifts, cash, foreign travel and sex with prostitutes”, Scourfield…

Sir Christopher Bland The former chairman of both the BBC and London Weekend Television, who has died aged 78, became “one of the big beasts of British broadcasting” – despite failing to land a job as a journalist on graduation, says The Guardian. He opted for business instead, joining first Currys and then the sewing machine company Singer, before becoming a managing director at management consultants Booz Allen Hamilton. When Bland – who fenced for Ireland at the 1960 Olympics, and later wrote a novel based on his Anglo-Irish family history – moved into TV, he was admired for his “brave, decisive” and “good-humoured” management. His “direct approach” contrasted with the “more ruminative” style then prevalent at the BBC. “Bollocks! Next question!” was a favourite retort. Darren Woods The new…

“In clinical trials, sugar is more effective in soothing the distress of infants than the mother’s breast” Imagine a drug that can intoxicate us, can infuse us with energy and can be taken by mouth. It doesn’t have to be injected, smoked or snorted for us to experience its sublime effects. Imagine that it mixes well with virtually every food and particularly liquids, and that when given to infants it provokes a profound feeling of pleasure. In clinical trials, it is more effective in soothing the distress of infants than the mother’s breast, and breast milk itself. Overconsumption of this drug may have long-term side effects, but there are none in the short term – no staggering or dizziness, no slurring of speech, no heart palpitations or respiratory distress. More…

Controversy of the week Labour’s Brexit shambles One hundred and fifty words. That’s all that is needed to end 40 years of British involvement in Europe, said The Independent. The Bill to activate Article 50, which is only a few lines long, was set to pass through the Commons this Wednesday evening. The SNP promised to vote against the legislation – and the Liberal Democrats, “all nine of them”, were united against it. But Theresa May appeared to have successfully smoothed its passage: since her speech laying out Britain’s negotiating position, she seems to have united her party behind her. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour, by contrast, has been thrown into disarray. He ordered his MPs to support the Bill, but some 30 MPs representing Remain-voting seats were set to rebel, including…

The fighting sisters Geeta and Babita Phogat are suddenly famous twice over, says Amrit Dhillon in The Guardian. The sisters, who grew up in the rural Indian state of Haryana, are both world-class wrestlers. They are also the subject of a new film, Dangal, which has already become the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of all time. It tells the story of how their father – himself a former amateur wrestler – defied social convention to train the girls in this traditionally male sport. In reality, says 26-year-old Babita, “the hostility towards us was far worse than what is shown in the film. We were two girls who, according to custom, should have been draped in loose clothes to disguise our curves, but instead we were running around the wheat fields in…

The Large Hadron Collider is the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, but it only took a small, weasel-like animal to shut the research centre down. A stone marten jumped over a substation fence near the Swiss facility last November, and was hit by 18,000 volts of electricity, knocking out power to the site. The animal’s singed corpse is now on display at the Rotterdam Natural History Museum, as part of its Dead Animal Tales exhibition. Other exhibits include a sparrow that was shot after it sabotaged a world record attempt by knocking over 23,000 dominoes. A Russian tank-maker has published a book aimed at children of preschool age. The illustrated story, Adventures of the Little Tank, follows a toy that spends the night in the museum of defence…

Scientists have discovered an insect so weird and rare, they have placed it in its own insect “order”. Found preserved in amber (pictured) down a mine in Myanmar, the tiny wingless creature has a triangular head and bulging eyes – features that lend it a slightly alarming “E.T.-like appearance”, and that have not been seen in any other species. There are about one million known species of insects, which are categorised into 31 orders; Aethiocarenus burmanicus is so unusual it now sits alone in the newly created 32nd order. It is likely to remain alone there, as it lived some 100 million years ago and has long been extinct; and though one other ancient specimen of this species has been found (also preserved in amber in Myanmar), it resembles nothing…

Donald Trump’s aides confused the Prime Minister of Britain with a retired porn star. Theresa May’s name was misspelt three times on the official White House schedule for her visit last week. Spelt without an “h”, it is the stage name of a 50-year-old glamour model who once starred in a film called Whitehouse: The Sex Video. Teresa May (pictured) is mistaken for the Tory leader so often that her Twitter profile reads: “I am a UK glamour model, not the prime minister.” As for Theresa May, back in 2000 she told Radio 4’s John Humphrys that she sometimes received strange requests because of the confusion: “We do get the [odd] telephone call from people wanting to book me to do programmes and so forth which perhaps are not about…

Tennis: the two best players of all time It wasn’t meant to be Roger Federer, said Martin Samuel in the Daily Mail. Not at the age of 35; not after a six-month layoff while he recovered from knee surgery; not in this “golden age for men’s tennis”. But on Sunday, the Swiss player confounded the doubters to beat Rafael Nadal and win the Australian Open. It was his 18th Grand Slam, four more than any other male player. Federer’s claim to greatness has “never been in question”, said Kevin Mitchell in The Guardian. But this victory confirmed that he is “peerless in the history of his sport”. Even now, he is playing remarkable tennis: “only the freakishly powerful Ivo Karlovic hit more than Federer’s 108 aces” in Melbourne; and “only…

Reagan and Thatcher To The Times Roger Boyes is right to point to Margaret Thatcher’s influential, if often combative, relationship with Ronald Reagan as instructive for the Prime Minister as she meets President Trump. Theresa May, however, has some catching up to do if she wants to exert similar influence on the new president. Thatcher first met Reagan in 1975, six years before he came to power. Reagan never forgot that she took him seriously while the Labour government palmed him off to a junior minister who condoned foreign office officials visibly laughing at him. The two sat down again in 1978 and thereafter maintained a regular correspondence. By the time they met as heads of government in 1981, they already shared a personal rapport and a strong sense of…

Exhibition of the week Michael Andrews: Earth Air Water Gagosian, London W1 (020-7495 1500, www.gagosian.com ). Until 25 March You have probably never heard of the late English painter Michael Andrews, said Michael Glover in The Independent. He died “relatively young”, “eschewed publicity”, and “produced very little” in the course of his career – sometimes no more than two paintings a year. But Andrews (1928-1995) was one of the most “emotionally substantial and intellectually adventurous” English painters of the postwar era – a status confirmed by this new exhibition at London’s Gagosian gallery. The show is the first “substantial” retrospective of his work in 15 years, bringing together 64 paintings – incredibly, about a quarter of his total output. From views of Ayers Rock and English country…

Programmes SAS: Rogue Warriors Ben Macintyre is given rare access to SAS secret files, and interviews some of its founder members, for this series about the extraordinary fighting force. Mon 6 Feb, BBC2 9pm (60mins). Confessions of the Paparazzi Notorious freelance photographer George Bamby reveals the tricks of his seedy trade. Mon 6 Feb, C4 9pm (60mins). The Moorside Sheridan Smith stars in this two-part drama based on the 2008 disappearance of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews from a Dewsbury council estate. Tue 7 Feb, BBC1 9pm (60mins). Timeshift – Flights of Fancy: Pigeons and the British This documentary looks at the achievements of the humble pigeon and meets the pigeon fanciers striving to breed the perfect bird. Narrated by Miles Jupp. Tue 7 Feb, BBC4 9pm (60mins). Roots Acclaimed US remake…

Not all Mexican moles are thick sauces ladled over meat, says Lesley Téllez. This “mole in a pot”, popular across central Mexico, is a richly full-bodied, chilli-accented broth combined with chunks of stewed beef, corn on the cob, squash and green beans Serves 4-6 For the meat: 900g beef chuck steak or short ribs, cut into large pieces 450g veal or marrow bones ¾ large onion 2 garlic cloves, peeled 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 5 black peppercorns 1 celery stick, roughly chopped 1 carrot, roughly chopped For the sauce: 8 costeño chillies 2 guajillo chillies 2 pasilla chillies rapeseed oil, for frying 4 black peppercorns 2 cloves ½ tsp aniseed ½ tsp Mexican oregano 2 heaped tsps finely chopped fresh ginger scant ½ tsp ground nutmeg 2 plum tomatoes,…

Griffin Survivor Extreme Put your iPhone 7 or 7 Plus in this protective case and it’ll withstand even a 10ft drop onto concrete. Relatively slim, it seals your screen, too, shielding it from mud and water (£40; www.griffintechnology.com). Estream If you’re heading into the wilds, this charger could come in handy. A portable hydroelectric generator, it uses any moving water source to produce energy, which can then power a USB-connected device (pre-order for £189, dispatched next month; www.energynomad.com). Roland Go:Mixer Smartphones can produce high-resolution video, but their microphones leave something to be desired. Plugging in the Go:Mixer (which is being dispatched from next month) improves sound quality by letting you record and mix in stereo (£85; www.gear4music.com). Meem This clever device distinguishes itself from other portable chargers by doubling as…

Venice, Italy African refugee drowns: An investigation has been opened into the shocking death of a young Gambian man, who drowned in Venice’s Grand Canal last week as scores of onlookers watched – some of them filming him on their mobile phones, laughing or making racist remarks. In video footage of the incident, one person is heard to shout “Go on, go back home”, as the man flails in the water. Another voice says, “Let him die at this point”. Three lifebelts were thrown to the man, named as Pateh Sabally, 22. But after rising to the water’s surface, he appeared to make no effort to grab them, raising speculation that he may have intended to take his own life. He was then caught by a current and pulled under…

Is Obama “this generation’s JFK?” Rich Lowry National Review Barack Obama’s legacy is being erased, says Rich Lowry, but his reputation will survive. Indeed, the mythology surrounding his presidency will only grow in the years ahead. He is destined to be “remembered – and revered – by his admirers as his generation’s JFK”. But not so much for what he accomplished, as for what he stood for. A young, photogenic African-American man with impeccably liberal values, he was a symbol of generational and cultural change. His election was a genuine “milestone” in America’s history, and his two terms of office saw some big shifts in public attitudes. “In the space of about seven years, [Obama] went from opposing gay marriage to lighting up the White House in rainbow colours to…

Russia’s bombing of Aleppo may have been akin to war crimes, said Le Monde (Paris) , but we should nevertheless applaud its efforts to bring Syria’s warring parties together. The rebels have been gravely weakened by the city’s fall, but so too, politically, has Syria’s President Assad: his depleted forces could never have triumphed without Russia’s help. And now that Vladimir Putin holds the upper hand with his ally, he and Turkey’s President Erdogan are pushing for a peace deal; together with Iran, they sponsored two days of talks in Kazakhstan last week. The Turks persuaded the various rebel factions to attend, while Moscow practically forced the Syrian regime participants to sit at the same table with them – if only for the opening ceremony. The West was hardly represented:…

The NHS is under such financial pressure that some hospitals may have to start rationing hip and knee replacements, an NHS official admitted last week. Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands are drawing up plans to limit the operations to people who are in such agony that they cannot sleep or carry out daily tasks. They think this restriction will reduce the number of hip operations by 12%, and knee replacements by 19%. “Clearly, the NHS doesn’t have unlimited resources,” Julie Wood, chief executive of the NHS Clinical Commissioners, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. “And it has to ensure that patients get the best possible care against a backdrop of spiralling demand and increasing financial pressures.” The Royal College of Surgeons has condemned the proposal as “alarming”…

Torture: does it work? In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, President Bush took the “fateful decision” to allow the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques”, said The Times. This meant, essentially, authorising forms of torture that didn’t cause death or organ failure: waterboarding (simulated drowning), beatings, confinement in coffin-sized boxes, painful stress positions, sleep deprivation, and the sexual humiliation of suspects. Today, the consensus in Washington, and across the free world, is that the Bush administration’s turn to what vice-president Dick Cheney called the “dark side” was “morally unacceptable, strategically self-defeating” and “of limited, if any, use”. So it is “troubling” that Donald Trump declared in his first TV interview as president that he believes torture “absolutely” works. He said that he would defer to his defence secretary, James Mattis,…

Poker players are always on the lookout for an opponent’s “tell”, said Mike Atherton in The Times – for an unconscious, almost imperceptible tic that gives away the strength of the opponent’s hand. And occasionally the same occurs in the world of sport, as the US tennis star Andre Agassi discovered in the course of his encounters with the great German tennis player Boris Becker. The first time Agassi came up against Becker – in 1988 – he lost the match. He lost the next one too, and the one after that. But after that, in a decade-long rivalry which “became increasingly personal and bitter”, Agassi dominated “time and again”, losing just once to his nemesis. His secret? He had figured out Becker’s “tell”, enabling him to handle his “booming”…

To The Guardian Suzanne Moore states that “the British state reserves its pomp and pageantry for those with shared values. To do this for Trump is not simply appeasing, but legitimising his regime. This is not just embarrassing for the Queen but for every decent citizen.” I suspect many “decent citizens” might have had a problem with repeated “legitimising” of the Saudi and other Arab monarchies, or the Chinese Stalinist dictatorship, or of Ceausescu’s Romania. I suggest the Queen can put up with much worse than a democratically elected president, regardless of how odious he is. Matthew Heaney, Frankfurt am Main, Germany To The Times The Queen acts on the Government’s advice, and the Government protects the Queen from being drawn into political controversy. That convention has worked very well…

Best books… Jodi Picoult The bestselling American novelist Jodi Picoult picks her five favourite books. Her latest novel, Great Small Things, about an African-American midwife accused of killing a white supremacist’s baby, is published by Hodder & Stoughton at £14.99 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 1936 (Pan £9.99). I read this for the first time when I was 13, and it came alive for me. I could smell Georgia burning; I could imagine the sounds and sights of the American Civil War. Here was an author creating an entire world out of words and I thought, “I could do that too”. It’s the book that made me want to become a writer. Out of Africa by Karen Blixen, 1937 (Penguin £8.99). I discovered Blixen’s gothic fairy tales (written…

Cure by Jo Marchant Can meditation fend off dementia? Can the smell of lavender affect the immune system? Can your thoughts ease physical pain? The award-winning author travels the world to meet those at the cutting edge of medicine and asks how the brain can heal the body. Our price: £7.49, usually £8.99 Miss Jane by Brad Watson Inspired by the true story, the award-winning debut author’s great-aunt, who was born in rural, early-twentieth-century Mississippi with a genital birth defect. Free to satisfy only herself, she mesmerizes those around her, exerting an unearthly fascination that lives beyond her still. Our price: £10.99, usually £12.99 A Brief History of Everyone by Adam Rutherford This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came…

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Versatile actor who specialised in playing outsiders Sir John Hurt 1940-2017 John Hurt, who has died aged 77, specialised in playing characters on life’s margins, said the Daily Mail: he was the emaciated heroin addict locked up in a brutal Turkish jail in Midnight Express; the outrageous “stately homo of England” Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant; and the grotesque but tenderhearted John Merrick in The Elephant Man (a role that required him to spend eight hours in make-up every day, sustaining himself by drinking raw eggs mixed into orange juice through a straw). Yet with his expressive eyes, and rich, instantly recognisable, voice, Hurt could be as imperious as he was vulnerable, said The Independent. He played an astonishing variety of roles: he was often cast as chancers…

Shetland’s unlikely property boom Editorial The Economist The Shetland Islands can sometimes seem “more Scandinavian than Scottish”, says The Economist. Yet they are “experiencing a very British phenomenon”: a booming housing market. Prices have doubled in real terms since 2003 – a larger rise than in any other part of Scotland, and more akin to the inflation seen in London’s “poshest borough”, Kensington and Chelsea. In contrast to other rural hot spots such as Cornwall, the Shetlands boom isn’t down to second-home ownership, which has actually fallen in the past decade. The more likely cause is oil. Aberdeen is Scotland’s oil and gas capital, but the Shetlands aren’t far behind, and “oil workers are a handsomely paid lot”. Between 2006 and 2016, wages on the islands rose three times as…

Who’s tipping what The week’s best buys BlackRock World Mining The Daily Telegraph With a highly experienced management team and a decent record, this commodities trust looks to be a good way “to play a metals and mining theme”. It could benefit from a US infrastructure boost. Buy. 372.5p. Hargreaves Lansdown The Daily Telegraph The wealth manager is a high-quality business with a reputation for excellent service. Cash-generative and exceptionally profitable, with an improving dividend – and it should benefit from changes to pension rules. Buy. £13.21. Headlam Group Investors Chronicle Strong trading (with rising sales of 4.7% in the UK, and 3.6% in Europe) has prompted the floor-covering specialist to upgrade its revenue and profit forecasts. There’s a cash pile, and shares are cheap. Buy. 521p. South32 Investors Chronicle…