He then spotted another which went astern and below him.Again while in the Cauldron, off the island of Marettimo, he attacked and sank an Italian destroyer, Bombardiere. For Roxburgh and his crew, the area was to live up to its name. On one of the patrols, while on the bridge, he was alarmed to see a torpedo coming towards him which thankfully went under his submarine just as he was about to dive. The crew were horrified by how young he looked, but were reassured by the fact that he had recently married and therefore might want to survive the war.He sailed to the Narrows between Sicily and North Africa where Axis shipping was supplying Rommel in North Africa It was an area dubbed “The Cauldron”. John Charles Young Roxburgh, naval officer: born Mysore, India 29 June 1919; DSC 1942 and Bar 1945; DSO 1943; CBE 1967; CB 1969, KCB 1972; Flag Officer Submarines and Nato Commander Submarines, Eastern Atlantic 1969-72; chairman, Grovebell Group 1972-75; married 1942 Philippa Hewlett (one son, one daughter); died Hindhead, Surrey 13 April 2004. John Roxburgh was an outstanding wartime submarine commander who sank two U-boats and destroyed 30,000 tons of enemy shipping.In December 1942 Roxburgh was given command of the submarine P.44, later named United He was only 23 and the youngest CO in the flotilla. In December 1942 Roxburgh was given command of the submarine P.44, later named United He was only 23 and the youngest CO in the flotilla.

The big question is whether Tokyo really wants to get deeper into an industry on which it has already lost a fortune and which has proved to have little in common with Sony’s core electronics business, or whether the true aim is to pull further away from it.Sony has chosen to address the well documented troubles of its music interests by attempting a consolidating merger with BMG, which would see Sony and Bertelsmann emerge as joint venture partners in a larger and hopefully more profitable whole. Mr Bell also questioned whether the act of worship should still have to be “broadly Christian” – as demanded by an amendment to the 1944 Education Act passed by MPs 16 years ago.However, QCA officials are at pains to point out that their guidance to schools is simply that – there is no requirement for them to follow it.Ken Boston, the chief executive of the QCA, said: “Religious education in this country is based on two principles: that it should be a statutory part of education for all pupils and that it should reflect the particular needs and circumstances of local communities.”The guidance is likely to be welcomed by church leaders who will see it as an attempt to encourage an understanding of different faiths at a time of world turmoil, particularly over interpretations of Islam.. Secondary school pupils should be encouraged to evaluate different religions and philosophies, it will argue. The guidance heralds a shift away from the early days of religious education under the national curriculum when the former Tory government suggested it should be taught in a broadly Christian context.It is bound to give added credence to the call from David Bell, the chief inspector of schools, earlier this week, for ministers to consider scrapping the legal requirement for all state schools to hold a daily act of worship. Schools will be urged to teach their pupils about a broad range of religious faiths – not just Christianity – in new guidance to be published next week.

But it is understood to make no mention of atheism, which the Prime Minister’s favourite think-tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research, has said should be taught in schools.The guidance is designed to encourage pupils to see religious diversity as something “positive rather than threatening”. Spacey will star as CK Dexter Haven.The Old Vic is being run as a commercial venture, but there will be 100 seats at £12 for under-25s at every performance to attract new audiences.. The second will be Aladdin with McKellen as Widow Twankey, followed by the European premiere of National Anthems, by the American writer Dennis McIntyre, in which Spacey will star. He first performed it 15 years ago and “felt so strongly” that he acquired the rights and has held them ever since.The final production of the first season will be The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry, a stage play better known in its film version, which starred Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn. At Christmas, Sir Ian will make his first appearance at the Old Vic for 40 years.Spacey, the star of American Beauty and The Usual Suspects, made clear his commitment to living in London and running the new Old Vic Theatre Company in the 186-year-old venue. “I’m not going to be giving up my film career entirely, but my primary focus is going to be this theatre,” he said “It won’t be easy.

He said: “I would like to put to rest a rumour that has spread about town in the last few days, that David Beckham offered to pay £100,000 to the Old Vic if I took him off the front pages for a few days.”Smiling at all other questions about dog walking, Spacey announced that, in the tradition of actor-managers epitomised by Laurence Olivier in the 1960s, he would star in two plays at the theatre and direct another starring Pearson and Hugh Bonneville. But it will be worth the risk.”Until nine years ago, his experience had been almost exclusively in the theatre, “the most satisfying place to be as an actor”, he said.He said the first production this September would be a Dutch hit unknown in UK, Cloaca, by Maria Goos, which will star Stephen Tompkinson as well as Pearson and Bonneville, with Spacey directing. Gazing at a sea of journalists swelled beyond the ranks of the normal arts correspondents yesterday, Spacey said that he was pleased editors had finally decided theatre was worth writing about.Aware of there being greater curiosity among those present over how he was mugged – or conned – of his mobile telephone while walking his dog in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park at 4.30am on Saturday, Spacey made light of the incident. Kevin Spacey was forced to fend off questions about his private life yesterday as he announced the new line-up for his first season as artistic director of the Old Vic theatre. that filming in London can be difficult.”Lord Puttnam, the Oscar-winning producer of Chariots of Fire , who will head a task force to tackle problems, said: “Filming in London has for too many years been a relatively ad hoc process – resulting largely from the absence of any co-ordinated protocols.”. More than 60 bodies have signed up and more than 150 signatories are expected by the end of the year.London faces stiff competition as a film location from New York, Paris, Prague and other Eastern European cities.Adrian Wootton, of Film London, said almost £1bn was spent on movie-making in the capital last year, but it had to stay competitive.”Film production is big business .. But there is a perception in the international industry …