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Rescued dog turns rescuer By Cathy Elelman IN a story straight off the pages of a Disney script, a Costa Almeria rescued dog has helped to save a man’s life. Brodie, an Amethyst Dog Rescue success story, was with new owners Alex Keegan and Daun Ferguson on their boat berthed at Largs Yacht Haven on the Clyde when in the early hours of last Sunday morning the canny pet sensed something was seriously amiss. A man had fallen into the water and was in trouble. His cries for help were too faint to stir Alex and Daun, but Brodie’s sharp ears picked them up. Brodie ran round the boat and barked until he woke up the couple, refusing to calm down until Alex got up. Only then could they hear the shouting, and when Alex opened the hatch he realised someone was in distress. Another man had heard the cries and rushed to his assistance, but couldn’t pull him out the water on his own. Alex leapt into action, and together they managed to drag him onto a pontoon.
HERO: Without rescue dog Brodie, pictured here on board with Alex, the story might not have had such a happy ending. “Without Brodie I would not have been there, and who knows what the outcome would have been,” Alex told the Euro Weekly News. “I am very proud of him, and only realised
just how big a part he had played in the whole train of events after I finally returned to our boat and saw the wee look of concern on his face.” It turned out the chap in the water had been making his way back to his boat after a meal ashore and had lost his footing on a pontoon. The water was freezing, and Alex said by the time they got the poor man onto dry land he was chilled to the bone. Thanks to Brodie and his two human rescuers he survived the experience, a hot shower and warm clothes enough to fully revive him, and the only injury his pride. He was naturally grateful to all his rescuers, Alex joking he’d wanted to buy everyone a pint, Brodie included. Brodie was abandoned on the Costa Almeria as a pup. He was fostered by Jean Allsop for Amethyst and homed in Airdrie with Alex and Daun about a month ago after they saw his picture online and decided he was the dog for them. Brodie has now more than proved he was worth saving. “Brodie is a brilliant boy,” says Alex, “and he is very much in his forever home!”
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NEARLY one in three babies born in Almeria are to foreign mothers, the Andalucia Institute of Statistics and Cartography’s Population Natural Movement Statistics for 2017 reveal, the highest rate of any province in Andalucia.
Exports up ALMERIA and Carboneras ports exported 2.28 million tonnes of goods in the first 10 months of the year, 22 per cent up on the same period of 2017, the Almeria Port Authority reported.
Bogus theft A REPORTED break-in turned out to be bogus after Guardia Civil investigations and contradictions in the owners’ statements revealing the supposed theft of expensive agricultural machinery and other items from a property in Vicar had not happened.
ILLEGAL: Happy in the wild, but Macaques are not so happy when captured (inset). A 25-YEAR-OLD man is facing charges for illegal trafficking of a protected species after Guardia Civil at Almeria port came across a Barbary Macaque monkey in the back of a car heading for central Europe. Officers were carrying out a routine vehicle check when they heard strange noises coming from inside the car. The vehicle had tinted windows, so they couldn’t see inside, and
when they asked the driver if he had anything to declare he insisted he didn’t. Suspicious, the officers decided to search the car, discovering the little monkey half hidden under the seats and attached to a chair by a leash. The detained individual had no paperwork authorising the possession or transport of the animal.
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Intelligent destination NIJAR Council has approved an agreement aiming to make the municipality a more digitally intelligent tourist destination. Tourism Councillor Alexis Pineda explained one of the project initiatives would be providing universal wifi access in more than 30 locations, giving an idea of how many people visit the Cabo de Gata Natural Park, and helping when it comes to making decisions on matters like infrastructure. Four cameras will be installed at the main entrances and three on the most popular beaches, making it possible to see in real time the number of vehicles in the protected area and how much parking is occupied, which will be useful when making decisions on traffic movement. It will also allow users of the application to know if parking areas are full and to look for alternatives. Finally, the Nijar tourist app will change its name to Nijar Smart Cabo de Gata and will be improved.
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Work plan jobs boost
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THE state Dignified Work Plan resulted in the conversion of 1,079 temporary work contracts into indefinite in Almeria in six months. The Employment Ministry sent letters to companies suspected of failing to comply with the law; inspectors are now visiting companies which have not yet regularised their contract situation.
PROVINCIAL fruit and vegetable production exports increased by 4.1 per cent to 2.6 million tonnes of produce sold to overseas markets over the 2017/18 campaign. A CajamarCaja Rural analysis of the provincial sector showed more than 80 per cent of provincial produce is exported.
ALMERIA police arrested a man believed to be a robber dubbed ‘the Mask’ for four muggings and two robberies from businesses. Covering his face with a red devil’s mask, the attacker threatened his victims with a gun or knife, stealing mobile phones or business takings.
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GUARDIA CIVIL netted nearly 3,000 cartons of illegal cigarettes with a total market value of some €14,000 at Almeria port last month. The seizures of contraband tobacco came during routine checks of passengers’ luggage and inside vehicles arriving on ferries from North Africa.
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Making a scene MODELS of the nativity have popped up all over Spain as the c o u n try p re p are s to c e le bra te Christmas this Tuesday. This photograph captures a depiction of the holy family in miniature from the Plaza Mayor in Valladolid City in Castilla y Leon. These scenes, known as Belens after the Spanish name for Bethlehem, are part and parcel of Spain’s Christmas celebrations. Towns and cities typically install them in their main squares, town
halls or churches. They are usually made by artists who craft models tha t te ll the na tivity s tory w ith elaborate decoration. They tell the nativity story from the angel Gabriel’s visit to Mary, the journey to Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birth and the visit from the Thre e Wis e M e n a nd the s he pherds. Each town puts its own twist on the scene, with some displaying miniature models while others opt for life-size depictions of figures
from Jesus Christ’s birth. Some areas go even further, with s a nd scul pt ur es of t he nat i vi t y crafted in Gran Canaria and one made of chocolate installed in Cordoba City. The Li vi ng Cr i b of Beas, i n Huelva Province, Andalucia, a lifesize scene installed inside a cave, is so famous that it has become a tourist attraction. The t r adi t i on of m aki ng t he s c e nes i s bel i eved t o be ar ound seven centuries old.
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Self-harm GUARDIA CIVIL stepped in to stop a pregnant women in Roquetas harming herself following a call out from her concerned mother. They found her sleepy and disorientated after taking some 12 pills, but prevented her from swallowing more and stayed with her until medical assistance arrived.
Good will THE Torrecardenas, Poniente and La Inmaculada hospitals are putting on concerts, theatre, storytelling and other fun stuff for patients, particularly children, over Christmas. Activities organised in collaboration with public bodies, associations and businesses also include visits from Santa Claus and Almeria Football Club team members.
High-speed arrival date THE AVE high-speed rail link is scheduled to arrive in Almeria City in 2023, national Development Minister Jose Luis Abalos confirmed to Almeria city mayor Ramón Fernandez-Pacheco at a meeting in Madrid last week. Fernandez-Pacheco said he had expressed his concerns to the Socialist Party minister about sticking to the high-speed arrival date set by his predecessor, telling him Almeria ‘is a city which has for too long been isolated in terms of railways,’ and that the situa-
tion was ‘unsustainable.’ Actions which were approved by the previous Popular Party national administration include running the new highspeed rail lines underground in the city, the first phase of works having already started, a connection between the A-7 dual-carriageway and the port, and adding a third lane to the dual-carriageway connecting Almeria and Roquetas. The mayor said Abalos had pledged to ensure these projects were not forgotten.
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Strategies set out THE best way forward for the development of the province as a tourist destination was under discussion at the final Provincial Tourism Board meeting of the year, attended by 300 representatives from institutions and businesses. Almeria provincial council Vice-President, Javier A Garcia explained among the planned promotional strategies are taking part in inland and rural tourism fairs and highlighting the province’s varied
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offer, including active and adventure tourism, culture, cuisine and cinema. The meeting looked too at this year’s tourism action plan, under which there were 92 promotional activities. As well as attending international tourism fairs, there were press trips, information days for industry professionals and promotional campaigns. The next big promotional date is the FITUR International Tourism Fair in Madrid, January 23 to 27.
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1745 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 109 local stories.
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Cycling pros choose THE Novo Nordisk cycling team has been training in and around Mojacar. Not by any means the first professional team to use the municipality as a winter training base, what makes this unusual is that every team member has type 1 diabetes. Founded in the US in 2013 by the pharmaceutical company with the same name, the Novo Nordisk team was created to inspire, educate and motivate people affected by the condition, showing diabetes does not crush talent or the desire to achieve and compete at the highest level. The team has gone on to rack up considerable success in major international competitions. David Lozano has been on the team from the start, and has
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races around the world. The first is the Tour of Rwanda, of which David Lozano is this year’s champion. Referring to his diabetes, he said it means an extra level of control above the standard con-
trols for professional athletes, and having to make a “slightly greater” effort, but pointed out sport helps improve diabetes. The Novo Nordisk cyclists and staff stayed at the Marina Playa hotel.
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JUNIOR: Vera mayor Feliz Lopez presented the new guide offering children a fun way of finding out more about local monuments.
CHILDREN in Vera have their very own guide to local monuments. Vera mayor Felix Lopez and Culture councillor Isabel de Haro unveiled the ‘Conoce Vera de la mano de Pikos’ (Discover Vera with Pikos) guide at the Municipal Auditorium last week. Instead of photographs and lengthy technical descriptions, the guide features drawings and texts aimed at younger readers. The Pikos character, inspired by the traditional five lip pitcher, takes readers round key points, like the central square, church, Victoria Convent, Holy Spirt Hill and the town hall. The mayor said the aim is for children to “find out about, identify and value our municipality’s heritage,” adding, “It is an enriching way of finding out who we are, what we were and also to go deeper into what we could be.”
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Dealing with gender-based violence AROUND 150 Guardia Civil and police officers learned about dealing with cases of gender-based violence at Government Sub-delegation informative days in Almeria City and in Vera. The emphasis was on how to offer better assistance to victims of violent partners or ex-partners, in situations which violate their human rights, or who suffer extreme inequality. “The blame being on the woman is installed in our social conscience, and there exists a common tendency among women to not make a report due to fear of the abuser, lack of confidence in the legal process, or due to fear of social exclusion,” Government Sub-delegate Manuel de la Fuente told the officers. “Hence when a woman does make a report the system should give her an effective response,” he stressed. The information days were aimed at Guardia Civil and police who are part of the VioGen System. The aim is that all officers dealing with gender-based violence receive the specific training to enable them to carry out rigorous evaluations on the victim’s risk situation and on protection measures to implement in each case.
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NEWS EXTRA Stuck in mid-air A TELEPHONE company worker was rescued by the fire service after he got caught up while carrying out general maintenance on a 50-metre high telecommunications tower in Pulpi and was left hanging in mid-air.
Call outs ALMERIA 061 emergency services received more than 1,500 call outs to traffic accidents between the beginning of January and the end of November, a third of which classed as situations with victims requiring emergency assistance.
New route ANDALUCIA regional government and Cuevas del Almanzora Council are financing over €23,000 of works on a circular walking route in Sierra Almagro, beginning and ending at the rowing channel.
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Flood solution WITH a view to controlling flooding in the naturist area of Vera Playa, Vera Council has put out to tender a rainwater drainage project. Vera mayor Felix Lopez said his administration is committed to ‘a definitive solution’ to the problem, and has allocated €122,000 to building rainwater channels, the time frame for carrying out the works put at three months from the time a contract is signed with the chosen company. Flooding on roads and in basements in some parts of the very flat naturist area can be a problem. Water comes pouring down the Avenida de El Salar from the Pueblo Salinas zone, making roads impassable and leaving deposits of mud and dust on surfaces and pavements when it subsides. “The situation repeats itself three or four times a year,” Lopez commented,
PROBLEM: The project aims to prevent flooding in the naturist zone when caused by torrential rains. “which obliges the council to clean up and repair surfaces, and return public streets to their original con-
dition, as well as the damage caused to private property and the nuisance to people who live in the area.”
He added, “Every time the council intervenes after torrential rain, the cost is very high.”
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Pulpi water pipe update THE water pipe network in Pulpi is set for a major update. The Almeria Provincial Council is investing €675,000 in the municipal water supply infrastructure, and has already awarded the contracts for the works. In all, 3,800 metres of pipes are being replaced in Pulpi town and the outlying districts of Los Antones, Los Manchaos, La Fuente, Pilar de Jaravía, Mortero, Pozo Higuera, and in San Juan de los Terreros. Pulpi mayor Juan Pedro Garcia said the investment will benefit the whole municipality, producing an important saving in the volume of water that the municipality consumes, and will mean less water cuts. The works are part of the provincial administration’s Hydrological Infrastructure Renewal Plan, which will involve a total investment of more than €8 million in water company Galasa’s network in 19 municipalities in the Levante and Almanzora areas of the province. “These works will not only improve the service which residents are aware of, but they will also boost efficiency and effectiveness,” commented Development Deputy Oscar Liria.
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NEWS EXTRA Gastronomy meeting “THE start of a road which will bring great things to our land,” was how the Almeria City mayor described the first meeting of the commission overseeing the 2019 Gastronomy Capital of Spain promotion and events.
Free fun THE Junta de Andalucia has designed a programme of free leisure and culture activities at the Museum of Almeria for the Christmas school holidays, combining learning with fun, aimed at families and children.
Xmas run RUNNERS took part in the Christmas run organised by Vera Council and Sureste Athletics club, through the streets of Vera last Sunday, following a circuit around Plaza Mayor.
Fundraising triumph THE owners of the Los Conteros Restaurant and Bar in Villaricos set themselves quite a challenge when they decided to raise the sum of €1,111,11 for the Royal British Legion Mojacar branch in the 12 months leading up to the the 100th anniversary of the November 11, 1918 armistice. But the Triple Eleven 2018 Campaign fundraising efforts of Chris and Lenka Tyler were a complete triumph, and last week they proudly presented RBL Mojacar Secretary Christine White and President Mick Coote with a donation of nearly double that amount, €2,067.23 to be exact. “When Chris and Lenka mentioned this we thought €1,111,11 would be fantastic, but this is absolutely brilliant and I can’t thank you enough, and all the customers who’ve been here and supported this effort,” Mick told them. Chris told the Euro Weekly News he and Lenka were
DELIGHTED: RBL Mojacar Secretary Christine White and President Mick Coote thank Chris and Lenka Tyler of Los Conteros for their fantastic donation (left) and MACS shop manager Jolanda Klerkx thanks them for their continued backing of the charity’s work (right). chuffed to pieces they had managed to raise even more than they hoped from events like concerts, raffles, and a charity fish and chip afternoon, as well as encouraging their customers to help fill the RBL collection boxes and buy poppies.
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Chris gave a particular mention to the members of the Aguilon Golf Society, who showed tremendous support for the fundraising activities. The Los Conteros Restaurant and Bar ’s sterling fundraising efforts continue
this year, the local cause chosen to benefit this time the Mojacar Area Cancer Support group MACS. Las Buganvillas MACS’ shop manager Jolanda Klerkx represented the charity at the event, and thanked Chris and
Lenka for their continued backing of MACS’ work supporting local cancer sufferers and their families. The RBL Mojacar poppy appeal raised a phenomenal €14,000 this year, €2,000 more than last year.
Celebrating the life of fundraiser Ruth-Johnson Wood A CELEBRATION of the life of PAWSPATAS volunteer and fundraiser Ruth Johnson-Wood raised money for one of the causes which had been very close to her heart, cat neutering. The €260 from the event held at Miraflores restaurant in Los Gallardos will go towards trapping, neutering and returning (TNR) feral cats, stopping the birth of thousands of kittens. Described by her animal charity colleagues as ‘honest, hard-working, funny, genuine, down-to-earth and caring,’ Ruth was involved with the animal charity for 20 years. Not only did she help at the shelter, she also fostered dogs and cats, and organised many fundraising events. Another of Ruth’s great passions was amateur dramatics, and she had a keen interest in nurturing the love of theatre in the young. Short in stature, she was very tall in talent and personality, serving the Indalo Players for many years in her various guises of actor, seamstress, director, pianist and general factotum. She was also an integral member of The Rose Singers. A mother of three, Ruth’s ambition to become a teacher was put on hold. But when she and her husband owned a garage and a welder was called for, it fell to Ruth to take up the
FUNDRAISER: Ruth presenting a cheque raised from one of her many fundraising events to retired PAWS treasurer Barbara Colgate. mantle. After a short period of training she became the welder they needed, working in the garage for 22 years. Ruth passed away peacefully during the night of October 21 at the Torrecardenas Hospital after a sudden illness. Ruth’s PAWS companions said it was an honour to have known and worked with her.
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Whopping market success THE Dames in Turre Christmas market was a huge success, raising a whopping €4,550.50 which will be donated to local charities. The Dames gave heartfelt thanks for the fantastic support for the annual event, held this year on December 8. Stalls were set up before sunrise, and throughout the morning the market attracted a mass of people. The breakdown of the money raised was: bumper raffle €1,923, bric-a-brac stall €1,090, tombola stall €633; mulled wine €292.70 and stalls €524.50. The organisers thanked the Sue Moretta Choir for raising €87.30 singing Christmas Carols at Solare. The Dames also thanked the following business-
STAGGERING: The Dames in Turre Christmas market raised over €4,500 for local charities. es for their donations: Connexions, Etticut Salon, Elegance Sa-
lon, Super Turre, Pub Millionaire, Rosie Lee’s, Alice’s Bar,
Juan the Butcher, Currencies Direct, and The Bistro Colosseum. In addition, Dame President Soo Wallace gave her thanks to the Chairman Carol Pazdzierski, the committee and the members who made the market such a great success. A few days later on December 11 the Dames in Turre enjoyed a fabulous Christmas lunch at the Miraflores restaurant in Los Gallardos. The first Dames in Turre meeting in the New Year will be held on Monday January 28 at Hostel Rural in Turre, starting at 11am. Guest speaker will be Alison Bramwell, who will be giving a talk and advice on the health benefits of chair fitness. Guests are welcome to go along to the Dames Friendship Club.
Carols and collections
A LARGE group of the Mojacar, Alhambra and Llanos del Peral Anglican church congregations gathered in the Parque Comercial in Mojacar to sing carols last Saturday, led by the priest Vincent Oram. Inara Sunshine, aged 10, sang the
first verse of one of the carols, and collection tins were taken round for donations, raising €131 for mission projects. Church members issued thanks to all those who donated and the administrators of the Parque Comercial and Masko owners for their help.
Christmas Anglican services in Mojacar: this Sunday, 11am Crib Service. Christmas Eve, 11.30pm Midnight Mass. Christmas Day, 11am Eucharist. In Llanos del Peral: Sunday December 23, 11am Eucharist. Christmas Eve, 11.30pm Midnight Mass.
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THE TEAM: From left to right, Real Almeria Property owners Birger Sandberg and Ingrid Grahn, office manager Gabriela Carreon Grahn and agent Pilar Sandez (top) laid on traditional Swedish Christmas treats (bottom). REAL ALMERIA PROPERTY treated friends, clients, colleagues and collaborators to a very Swedish Yuletide celebration last Thursday. The Swedish-owned estate agency turned its offices in Mojacar Playa’s Parque Comercial into a corner of Scandinavia for St Lucia’s Day, one of their biggest Christmas celebration days. Owners Birger Sandberg and Ingrid Grahn, office manager Gabriela Carreon Grahn and agent Pilar Sandez pulled out all the stops, laying on traditional Swedish-style treats like ‘glögg,’ mulled wine, gin-
ger biscuits eaten with blue cheese and saffron bread. Real Almeria Property is a go-to agency for Scandinavians on the Costa Almeria, though the multilingual team has clients of all nationalities, and many dropped by the offices on St Lucia’s Day to get a taste of Swedish Festive Season. In Sweden the day is celebrated with baked goods, especially the Lucy bun, or ‘lussekatter,’ in honour of the Christian saint who took food to persecuted Christians in hiding, wearing candles on her head to light her way.
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Protestors laid bare By Tara Rippin NAKED animal rights activists smeared themselves in artificial blood and lay on the ground in a busy square
Ibañez, said: “The use of leather garments has been mistakenly associated with luxury and fashion and this is the thought which needs
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nually more than 32 million animals are slaughtered for their fur in the European Community alone. Since 2007, countries such as the UK, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands have been banning fur farms and increasing their animal pro-
tection regulations so that no member country of the EU can buy wild animals hunted with traps for fur production. But the ethical reasons which have led these countries to ban fur farms å not enough in Spain, which has become a refuge for fur employers due to its legal flexi-
bility with animal protection regulations. In recent years, many major fashion brands have abolished the use of fur and animal skin in their collections. This September was the first time London Fashion Week featured no real fur on its runway.
to be changed because if we manage not to have demand, there will be no supply.” She added: “Currently there are many alternatives without having to take away the skin and life of animals such as ferrets, foxes, rabbits, seals, otters, cows, chinchillas, and in China, even dogs and cats.” Ibañez pointed out that an-
NEWS EXTRA Tree tragedy kills two TWO men, aged 65 and 22, died when a tree fell on their house in Tolosa while they were sleeping. While the older man died at the scene, his son was taken to hospital but also died.
Corpse found THE body of a woman was found near a roundabout in Sestao, in the province of Vizcaya, at 8.45am on Monday morning by a passer-by, who contacted emergency services and Basque police department The Ertzaintza.
THERE are more than 3,000km of roads with a ‘high or very high risk’ of a serious or fatal accident, with the worst stretch being the N-642 in Lugo, according to the XVI EuroRAP study.
in Barcelona to protest against the use of fur and leather. One of the demonstrators in Plaza de Catalunya held a banner which read ‘How many lives just for one coat?’ during Sunday’s rally, organised by the international animals rights group, Anima Naturalis. Co-ordinator Cristina
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DEMONSTRATION: Anima Naturalis activists protesting against the use of fur in fashion.
A BMW carrying seven young people crashed on the way back from a party in Madrid, killing the driver, who later tested positive for drink and drugs, and injuring the six passengers and a taxi driver who was hit.
A very royal Christmas SPAIN’S royal family has released a picture of its annual Christmas card. The festive photograph shows King Felipe and Queen Letizia posing with their daughters Princess Leonor and Princess Sofia during a trip to Asturias. The trip was Princess Leonor’s first official visit as heir to the throne, leaving royal commentators to speculate if the choice of photograph is a significant step in establishing the girl as Spain’s next monarch. Although still only 13, Princess Leonor has already begun taking on official royal engagements, making her first public appearance in October at an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Spain’s constitution. In January, her father also presented her with ‘The Order of the Golden Fleece,’ an
ROYAL FAMILY: Have released their annual Christmas card. honour awarded to Roman Catholic nobles. Inside the card, the family wished receivers a happy Christmas and New Year,
with signatures from King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor, and Princess Sofia.
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Divorce rates THERE were almost 21,000 divorces and 1,000 separations in Spain between July and September, down 2.4 per cent on the same period last year. The highest number of matrimonial dissolution demands per 10,000 inhabitan t s we r e m a d e in the Valencian Community with 5.7, followed by Andalucia and the Canary Islands with 5.1, Balearic Islands (5) and Galicia (4.9). These regions have exceeded the national average of 4.7. La Rioja and Aragon, Castil l a y L e o n a n d th e Basque Country all fell below four dissolutions per 10,000 inhabitants, with 3.8, 3.7, and 3.4 respectively.
Bulk buy AMERICAN manufacturing company Greif has announced a multimillion euro investment in an intermediate bulk container (IBC) line at the San Roque facility in the Cadiz region of Spain, including the development of a fully automated line.
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Scottish rapist jailed DAVID MACBRIDE has been sentenced to nine years and three months in prison for multiple rapes and child abuse after he was extradited from Spain. Edinburgh High Court heard that he had fled to Spain in November 2015 after becoming subject to a police investigation. MacBride, 44, has also been registered indefinitely as a sex offender and given an Order for Lifelong Restriction. This means he could be imprisoned for life unless he proves he is not a danger to society. If he is ever released from prison, MacBride will remain on
BEHIND BARS: MacBride (inset) was jailed at an Edinburgh High Court trial.
probation indefinitely. He was convicted of eight counts of rape, which included the rape of a young child, and three counts of sexual assault, two of which were against a young child. The offences took place between 2007 and 2014 in the Cardenden, Glenrothes, Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Methil and Dunfermline areas. He fled Scotland in 2015 whilst he was being investigated by Fife’s Public Protection Unit (PPU). Following an international police operation, MacBride was tracked down and arrested in January 2018 in Cadiz, Spain on his 44th birthday.
Cocaine cruise pensioners BRITISH expatriates, Roger, 72, and Sue Clarke, 70, have been arrested in Portugal after €2 million worth of cocaine was allegedly found in hidden compartments of their suitcases. Reports suggest the British couple were locked up in Lisbon, Portugal on December 4. Mr and Mrs Clarke were prominent residents in an expat community in Guardamar del Segura, Alicante and according to the British press, told friends in the community that Mr Clarke ran a lucrative fruit dealership. Locals also reported to a wellknown British publication that Mr Clarke had admitted in the past to a previous arrest and prison time for
tobacco smuggling offences. Mr and Mrs Clarke had reportedly enjoyed a Caribbean cruise, before their arrest shortly after docking in Lisbon aboard the cruise ship MC Marco Polo. It is alleged that the Clarke’s former cleaner in Spain, Pauline Craven, also a British expatriate, was offered money and tickets for a Caribbean cruise if she and her husband agreed to take two ‘Caribbean’ designer suitcases to the United Kingdom to be sold for profit. Mrs Craven alleges that the Clarkes sacked her, shortly after she refused their offer. Portuguese police obtained a search warrant for the Clarke’s cabin on the cruise ship.
COCAINE CRUISE: British expat pensioners (inset) are wellknown in Guardamar del Segura. The British couple are now awaiting trial in Portugal following the alleged discovery of large quantities of cocaine in their luggage.
The expatriate couple have denied these allegations and are reportedly adamant that the cocaine was planted in their suitcases.
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Brits turning Spanish SINCE 2015, the number of requests from Britons to apply for Spanish citizenship has tripled. Spain’s General Department for Registries and Notaries reported that 166 Britons requested Spanish citizenship so far this year. Although the number is not as high as Morocco (10,067) and Venezuela (2,001), it is over three times the recorded number of requests from Britons in 2015 (50). These new figures mean that Britain is now in fourth place on the list of EU members requesting Spanish citizenship. Only Bulgarians, Italians and Romanians have requested more citizenship applications than Britain in 2018. The UK and Germany were tied in seventh position in the same rankings in 2015. The British community in Spain has dropped significantly in recent years, from 400,000 at its peak to 250,000 today. This means more British people live in Spain than any other country in the European Union.
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Spain joins culture club SPAIN has signed the Council of Europe Convention on the value of cultural heritage for society, which promotes the integration of cultural, ecological, economic and socio-political development. Ambassador Manuel Montobbio signed the treaty before the Deputy General Secretary of the Council of Europe, Gabriella BattainiDragoni, at the headquarters of the pan-European organisation in Strasbourg. The objective of the agreement is to recognise the ‘common heritage’ of
Europeans and of the ‘collective European memory.’ The text reflects the right of the community to participate in cultural life and education, and acknowledges the shared intellectual foundations of European civilisation. It includes the ‘emerging trends’ which underline cultural values around the environment and globalisation. There are currently 18 states which have ratified the agreement, but Germany, the UK, Russia and Turkey are still to do so.
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NATIONALITY: More British getting Spanish passports.
A WOMAN has been arrested by the National Police for hurling a dog from her fifth-floor apartment in Spain. The incident occurred on Marina Street in Huelva, Andalucia. Spanish media, report the dog died instantly after plummeting five storeys. Although police officers are currently still investigating the facts, the incident allegedly happened after the detainee had an argument with her ex-partner, the reported reason why she committed the crime of animal abuse. Local pedestrians were caught off guard when the dog landed on the commercial street during peak shopping hours. Several calls were made to emergency services after many witnesses reported the incident.
Sanchez claims Brexit-Catalan link SPAIN’S Prime Minister has compared the push for Catalan independence to Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, saying both stem from ‘invented grievances’. Pedro Sanchez, who touched on both issues while addressing
Spain’s parliament last week, said supporters of both causes ignored their own responsibilities while blaming others. The prime minister’s speech came as Catalan Generalitat President Quim Torra ramped up calls for the region’s seces-
sion and likened it to Slovenia’s struggle for independence from the former Yugoslavia. Sanchez said Brexit was a lesson for Spanish politics. He added that former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to call the Brexit referendum in 2016 had plunged the country into ‘bewilderment’. “Brexit and Catalan independence move in the same way with invented grievances and binary decisions which require a choice between identities and processes in which a third party is blamed and one’s own responsibilities are ignored,” Sanchez said. “Brexit has taught us lessons we should learn from. We need
to strengthen democracy against lies,” the prime minister added. The prime minister said Spain’s position on the EU Withdrawal Agreement would not change, as British Prime Minister Theresa May continues to seek further concessions from the bloc. Pablo Casado, the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) opposition, said during the debate that Spain had been ‘humiliated’ on the issue of Gibraltar during Brexit negotiations. “His negotiation on Gibraltar was a failure. May and Gibraltar leader Fabian Picado were acclaimed when they said CREDIT: PSOE, via Twitter
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HITTING OUT: Sanchez compared Catalan independence efforts with Brexit.
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Climate summit SPAIN’S Climate Change Minister has called for countries to move towards ‘fossil fuel free’ economies in a ‘just’ manne r a t a n inte rna tiona l summit in Poland. Teresa Ribera appeared alongside her German c ounte rpa rt Sve nja Schulze at the UN Conference for Climate Change in Katowice last week. Both said moving towards a decarbonised economy fairly, should not be used as an excuse to forestall the drive for green energy. Ribera said decarbonisation would be harder and more expensive, the later it is undertaken. She added governments would need to offset the effects of climate policies with strategies to boost employment for workers in fossil fuel heavy industries.
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Booze and drugs ALCOHOL consumption among those aged 15 to 64 in Spain remains at a high level, despite having decreased over recent years. Also, the number of people who smoke cannabis and tobacco has increased, according to a report on Al-
cohol and Drugs in Spain (AGES) for 2017/2018, which surveyed 21,249 people in Spain. The Minister of Health, Consumption and Social Welfare, Maria Luisa Carcedo, said there is ‘a stable consumption in all drugs’, but stated that there has been a small upturn in the consumption of tobacco and cannabis, ‘especially among young people’. A s such, the govern-
ment is now looking into adopting specific measures to reduce the number of smokers and prevent new consumers. At a general level, as reported by the government delegate for the National Plan on Drugs, Azucena Marti, alcohol is the most consumed substance with 75.2 per cent of those surveyed, indulging in booze. This is followed by tobacco (40.9 per cent), hypnosedatives (11.1 per cent) and cannabis (11 per cent). At the lower end of the scale was the use of cocaine (2.2 per cent), ecstasy (0.6 per cent), amphetamines (0.5 per cent), hallucinogens (0.4 per cent), and heroin (0.1 per cent).
DRUGS: Maria Luisa Carcedo says consumption remains stable. CREDIT:PSOE
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All mapped out THE new atlas ‘Spain in Maps of the 21st Century’ has been hailed as ‘outstanding and a work of fundamental reference’ by the Minister of Development, Jose Luis Abalos. The publication details the geography and history of the country, through maps, graphics, illustrations, images, tables and texts, and will be updated periodically. Some 150 researchers, 34 universities
and more than 120 entities of the General State Administration and international organisations were involved in compiling the atlas. It can be purchased in different media, printed and digital, and through various communication channels. The printed version has more than 800 maps and 215 statistical graphs. There are also plans to reproduce it in English.
Tunnel works A ROAD tunnel which runs beneath the Pyrenees mountain range and connects Spain with France is undergoing works to make it safer. The Somport tunnel is being fitted with ventilation systems and a network of shelters and emergency doors where people can take refuge in case of an emergency. The Intergovernmental Commission of the Somport Tunnel oversees works to the more than eight-kilometre-long structure.
Happy news TWO cities in Spain are among the top 10 in the world, where people smile the most, according to a new study which was carried out by the
Happiness Research Institute in Denmark. Malaga has come out in poll position, with Madrid in fifth position.
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Pets’ rights and welfare bill By Tara Rippin A BILL is being finalised by the Spanish Congress which will change animals’ legal status from being objects to sentient beings. This would stop the practice of pets being seized along with other ‘assets’ in cases of payment defaults. It would also make it possible for intermediaries to decide which partner gets custody of a pet after a divorce or separation, with the priority placed on the animal’s welfare. Mortgage and civil procedure legislation will have to be modified to ensure they cannot be confiscated. Under the current Spanish Civil Code, animals are classed as movable property. But now political parties are drafting the final text after introducing 115 amendments to the original document over the last 12 months. The updated draft is expected to be finalised by February 2019.
STATUS: A new bill will stop animals being treated as objects legally. Animal rights groups have welcomed the measure, although they reportedly deem it insufficient. A spokesman for the international group Animal Equality, Javier Moreno, said Spain needs a nationwide animal protection law so that it is not up to each regional government to draft policies about issues such as putting down pets. Lawyer for the animal rights
party Pacma, Eva Ramos, said the bill must clearly define what constitutes a pet, and address the possibility of temporary custody of the animal if there is abuse. She added animal abuse is often used as a tool of control by a spouse in gender violence cases, claiming there are ‘people who are themselves being abused, but they are incapable of leaving home as they don’t want to abandon their animals’.
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BREXIT BRIEF SPAIN and Britain are reportedly close to reaching a deal which would protect voting rights for citizens who live in the other’s country after Brexit. The deal would ensure that the roughly 280,000 British expatriates officially registered in Spain and the 115,000 Spaniards residing in Britain can still vote in local elections. Citizens from any EU country who have moved to another member state have the right to vote in that state’s local elections under the rules of the bloc. The deal between Madrid and London is being negotiated separately to the one between Britain and the EU on wider withdrawal arrangements. It comes as Spain’s Foreign Minister Josep Borrell called on the British Embassy to encourage expatriates to register so they can continue to access Spanish state support after Brexit.
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Expat vote deal
By Joe Gerrard YESTERDAY (Wednesday) marked the 100th day until Britain is set to formally leave the EU, but what will happen on that date remains far from certain. The 100-day mark came as both London and Brussels revealed they were drawing up back-up plans to cover a no deal scenario. Concerns over no agreement being in place on March 29 have continued to grow after British Prime Theresa May weathered one of her toughest times in office last week. May fended off a leadership challenge from MPs in her own party at home before returning to Brussels in a bid to extract further concessions from Brussels. She was aiming to secure changes to the Northern Irish backstop mechanism in particular which has proven to be one of the main sticking points for opponents of her deal. The measure is designed to avoid a hard border between Ulster and the Republic in the event that post-Brexit trade talks break down. May was unable to secure changes on
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BRITISH Home Secretary Sajid Javid is said to be drawing up plans which would cut net immigration from the EU by 80 per cent to around 10,000 a year through stricter entry requirements.
PM on vote
UNDER PRESSURE: May is running out of options. the backstop at a summit with EU leaders last weekend. After the meeting, which featured tense exchanges between her and EU Commission President Jean-Claude Junker, EU Council President Donald Tusk declared deal discussions closed. “I have no mandate to organise any further negotiations. We have to exclude any further opening of the withdrawal agreement,” Tusk said. The only assurance EU leaders could
give May is that talks on post-Brexit trade would open right after Britain leaves the bloc. That would avoid the backstop having to be activated at all, EU officials said. May now faces having to return to Parliament to seek approval for her deal after putting off Monday December 11’s vote. With little to show from her trip to Brussels, she must find a way to win over sceptical MPs or face the possibility of a no-deal withdrawal.
PRIME MINISTER Theresa May told the House of Commons on Tuesday, that a second referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU would do ‘irreparable damage’ to British democracy after several including Tony Blair, called for another ballot.
Brexit funds CHANCELLOR Phillip Hammond announced extra funds of around €2.2bn for Brexit preparations, including planning for a no-deal as sources say contingency plans for leaving the EU without an agreement were being stepped up.
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MORE than half of respondents in a new survey have said they think the different branches of Spain’s government are too closely entwined to allow for checks and balances. Almost 55 per cent of those surveyed by the NC Report polling company, said there was no real division of powers in Spain. A total of 24.3 per cent said there was. The belief in a lack of separation of powers stems from political appointments of judges who are supposed to keep them in check. Both the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the centrist Ciudadanos have proposed taking that power away from politicians.
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Cyber attacks TWO to three cyber strikes aimed at the state and other bodies are detected in Spain every day, a senior security official has said. General Felix Sanz Roldan, director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), said the attacks were ‘highly dangerous’. He also called for new measures to help catch those responsible for such attacks while speaking at a technology conference in Madrid last week.
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Fake Red Cross gang caught THE Guardia Civil has detained 23 people who allegedly posed as Red Cross workers as they committed a string of burglaries. The arrests took place in Ciudad Real, Toledo, Cuenca, Badajoz and Zaragoza in homes inhabited by elderly people. In a Guardia Civil report, police say 23 individuals have been arrested and six more are being investigated. Police have identified 59 crimes which took place across the five provinces connected to the burglars. Operation Vadaco began when police officers noticed an increase in robberies, violence and thefts from homes around Ciudad Real. In the scam, women were used to distract the elderly by impersonating members of the Red Cross. Meanwhile, the male
MOVED IN: Guardia Civil rounded up alleged gang members. members of the gang were able to steal different valuables, ranging from jewellery and money to electronics. Other members kept watch for police whilst the ac-
tions were taking place. Once evidence against the gang was collected, a series of raids took place and numerous stolen items were recovered in-
cluding jewels, a fake gun, €3,000, four vehicles, and electronics. The majority of these items were returned to their owners.
BANK OF SPAIN: Under scrutiny.
Bank of Spain under spotlight A COMMITTEE has accused the Bank of Spain of committing a ‘serious irregularity,’ which contributed to Spain’s financial crisis. A parliamentary investigation committee looking into the Bankia case in which 300,000 investors lost money after the bank allegedly falsified its financial statements, said a decision by the Bank of Spain could have played a part in the fiasco. The committee claim there were ‘nefarious consequences,’ after the Bank of Spain allowed ‘Caja Madrid, Bancaja and five other savings banks,’ not to publicly recognise their financial losses. The consequences included bankers receiv-
ing bonuses despite the companies making losses, and banks posting favourable financial statements before Bankia was floated on the Stock Exchange in 2011. More than 300,000 investors bought shares for a minimum of €1,000 following a major advertising campaign by Bankia in 2011, assuring customers of its profitability. When share value dropped significantly in 2012, the bank was forced to admit it had made a near €3 billion loss the previous year. Spain’s Central Government bailed Bankia out, investing more than €22 billion to save the failing institution. In turn, the EU was forced to intervene to save Spain’s banking sector.
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Eyes on elections By Joe Gerrard AS Spain’s ruling party continues to reel from its losses in the Andalucian elections earlier this month, its ally in parliament has begun preparing to contest a future national vote. Senior figures from the leftist Podemos party, which supports the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government in key parliamentary votes, has met in Madrid to discuss their strategy going forward. Reports suggest party leader Pablo Iglesias believes national elections schedules for 2020 may take place earlier if the government fails to pass its budget for next year. His party and PSOE will have taken note of the Andalucia election earlier this month which saw both losing seats while parties on the right made gains. A pact between the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the centrist Ciudadanos with the possible inclusion of the far-right Vox may well come to fruition in Andalucia. If it does it could become a template for a future national vote. The parties may opt to contest the election in a loose alliance with one another or seek to share power afterwards.
STRATEGIES: Iglesias (centre) and Podemos officials planning the future. Iglesias appears to recognise this and comments made recently suggest he wants to build a united front for the left in response. More immediately that would mean breathing new life into the loose coalition of parties that ousted Mariano Rajoy’s PP government in June this year. Iglesias has spent the last few months courting some of the smaller regionalist parties, including pro-Catalan independence groups, which made up that alliance to secure backing for the budget. He has therefore learnt both its value and fragility. Together PSOE, Podemos and the smaller
parties just about clinch an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies lower house. Their allegiance is not guaranteed however and efforts to win over pro-Catalan independence groups in particular on the budget have so far struggled to bear fruit. The issue the left faces is that Ciudadanos and Vox were able to capitalise on the political strife unleashed by ongoing pushes for regional independence during the recent Andalucia elections. If the left unites with pro-secession parties and while an appetite for a strong proSpanish unity message grows nationally then that plan could contain the seeds of its own destruction.
Andalucia deal OFFICIALS from the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the centrist Ciudadanos continue to move closer to striking a coalition deal in Andalucia following elections there earlier this month. Both parties have drawn up a document which outlines policies that could form the basis of a future coalition’s agenda. It outlines proposed changes to economic and social policies and to the running of the Junta itself. Leading figures from the PP and Ciudadanos including respective candidates for the Junta presidency Juan Manuel Moreno and Juan Marin met in Sevilla City on Monday to discuss the pact. The two parties have up until now opted to go it alone, but between them they would still not have an absolute majority in the Andalucian Parliament. Neither has ruled out bringing the far-right Vox’s 12 new members into the fold, but it seems it would be done as a last resort. Separately, mayor of Valladolid and senior spokesperson of the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) Oscar Puente said he blamed Junta president Susana Diaz for the party’s poor performance in the region. PSOE, once the dominant force in Andalucian politics, lost 14 seats following the vote on December 2. Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 24.1 per cent, 102 seats Partido Popular (PP): 21.2 per cent, 89 seats Ciudadanos: 18.4 per cent, 66 seats Unidos Podemos: 16.7 per cent, 52 seats
Migration boosts population figure SPAIN’S population has grown during the first half of this year on the back of the arrival of almost 288,000 immigrants into the country, according to official figures. Data from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) found that the number of people in Spain grew by more than 74,590 to a total of 46,733,038. The figure is the highest for the total population in six years. The arrival of 287,882 immigrants during that time offset a
general decline caused by the emigration of almost 166,320 people and a fall of 46,273 from deaths exceeding births. The Balearic Islands, Madrid region and Canary Islands saw the largest increases in population compared to last year with rates of 0.83 per cent, 0.58 and 0.53 respectively. Ceuta, Castilla y Leon and Asturias saw the biggest drops, with declines of 0.35 per cent and the latter two both with 0.32. Venezuelans represented the
largest single group of migrants with 109,880 arriving in Spain from the start of 2018 to July. Britain was the most popular destination for Spaniards leaving the country, with 21.7 per cent of those moving abroad, going there.
Birth death A SPANISH court is looking into the death of a baby after a mother gave birth at home in Vigo. The mother did not receive any medical assistance during the birth of the baby. According to the Spanish media, the baby was taken to hospital but was found to be lifeless. Although the parents were warned by several midwives that the home birth could be risky, the family decided to go ahead.
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Vote victory for Down family SPANISH laws now guarantee the right to vote for people with disabilities. An amendment to the existing 2005 law announced in Spain’s Official State Bulletin, will allow between 80,000 and 100,000 people throughout Spain to vote in the next elections. The Spanish Committee of Representation for People with Disabilities (Cermi) has been calling for change in the law for some time, but the process speeded up in 2014. The family of Mara Garcia Caamaño, who belong to the Down Compostela association in Santiago (Galicia), went to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg to obtain the right to vote. “We are happy because we have achieved one of our collective’s greatest objects, the right to vote,” said Juan Martinez, president of Down
STEP FORWARD: Rights won for disabled. Compostela, while lamenting that it shouldn’t have taken so long. Although voting rights are included in the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
recognised by Spain in 2008, a Santiago judge rejected Mara Garcia Caamaño’s claim, prompting her family to fight through the courts until the case reached Strasbourg.
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Church baby call MEDIA linked to the Spanish Catholic Church has called on women to have more babies to avoid the ‘death’ of the country. A columnist with one outlet linked to the church, claimed more births were necessary to avert a fall in population.
‘We need to increase the birth rate or Spain dies,’ the columnist wrote. It comes as official figures showed that 179,794 babies were born in Spain during the first half of this year, the lowest since 1941.
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FRANCE PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron announced a series of new economic measures including minimum wage rises and tax cuts for workers on lower salaries and retirees in an attempt to stave off further protests and riots from the anti-government ‘yellow vest’ movement.
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BELGIUM
Reform bid
On strike
Cold alert
A WAVE of walkouts took place in Belgium last Friday after trade unions called a day of action due to growing concerns over government pension reforms, wages and working conditions.
BELGIUM was issued with yellow weather warnings last week after the country’s Met Office forecast ice, fog and frost on roads there, with temperatures nearing freezing before rising later in the week.
SWEDEN
Gun attack THREE people were killed and 11 injured after a gunman opened fire at a Christmas market in Strasbourg last week which was put on lockdown while Interior Minister Christophe Castaner raised France’s security alert level to emergency levels.
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PROTESTS: ‘Yellow vest’ rallies continue in France.
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NORWAY
Funds cut
Airline case
SWEDEN has said it will cut off funding for the UNAids HIV agency citing concerns over ‘dysfunctional leadership’ after its director resigned amidst accusations of favouritism, sexism and abuses of power.
NORWAY’S Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Norwegian airline in a case between company bosses and trade unions representing staff over whether the former has employer responsibilities for its pilots and crew.
Hate fears
Speed snaps
Sent back
Cash scandal
DANISH authorities have approved the extradition of Wenceslas Twagirayezu to Rwanda where prosecutors accuse him of inciting violence while leading a militia during the country’s 1994 genocide which saw an estimated 800,000 killed.
OPPOSITION parties in Germany’s Parliament are set to probe Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen’s involvement in an alleged contracts scandal after she gave what Left Party politician Alexander Neu said was an ‘inadequate’ committee testimony.
Rape appeal
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EQUALITY Minister Eva Kjer Hansen has claimed not enough people are being sentenced for rapes committed in Denmark and has pledged to amend Section 216 of the country’s criminal code which she said was not ‘good enough.’
A NETWORK of investigative journalists have called for Hamburg prosecutors to halt their investigation into Oliver Schrom after the journalist published articles claiming banks siphoned €55 billion from governments in a tax scam.
A COURT has heard how a 19-year-old defendant accused of stabbing two American tourists in Amsterdam in August became enraged and radicalised after anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders held a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest earlier this year.
A DUTCH investigation has led to the freeing of two Filipino girls aged eight and 11 who were allegedly being paid to perform sex acts on a webcam, with a 34-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the probe.
NINE out of 10 Jews in Sweden have said they think anti-Semitism is on the rise in the country and more than a third have considered leaving because of increased prejudice, according to an EU-wide survey of people of the faith.
POLICE in the Sogn og Fjordane area have released pictures which they claim a driver now on trial for speeding took using the Snapchat app while doing 160 kilometres an hour on a local motorway.
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Spanish Life
Organ donation Living in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.
AS of 2010, Spain has operated an ‘opt-out’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of potential donors or their families in giving permission for the use of organs. The rate of family refusal in Spain is 13 per cent, compared to 37 per cent in England (according to the National Transplant Organisation figures - ONT). According to the ONT, Brits living in Spain are more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home. It’s not necessary to have a donor card. What is important is to let family members and loved ones know your wishes in terms of organ donation. Figures published by the Spanish ONT in 2017 put the country as world leader in donation and transplants, reaching a new record with 46.9 donors per million people and 5,261 transplants. Spain has been a global leader in organ donation and transplantation for the past 26 years. Broken down by organ, there were 3,269 kidney surgeries (up 9 per cent on 2016), 1,247 liver transplants (up 8 per cent), 304 heart procedures (8 per cent rise), 363 lung surgeries (up 18 per cent), 70 pancreas transplants (down 4 per cent) and eight bowel surgical procedures (up 100 per cent). According to the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), these surgeries are equivalent to six donors and 14 surgical procedures a day. In addition, Spain saw a new record in bone marrow donation last year, with 78,291 new donors and an increase of 196 per cent over the previous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid-2020 goal. In Spain the number of those on the waiting list was reduced to 4,896 in 2017, from 5,480, although the number of children waiting for organs increased to 74, from 48 a year earlier. Lung and heart are viable for four to six hours after death, liver and pancreas 24 hours, kidney 72 hours, corneas 14 days, bone and skin five years, and heart valves up to 10 years. Small intestines, veins, tendons and ligaments can also be donated. A single organ donor can save up to eight people and a single tissue donor may enhance the lives of up to 50 people.
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With six editions on the Spanish Costas and Mallorca we cover the main expat areas of Spain - take a look at what is happening around our regions.
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No more ‘sexist toys’ O R I H U E L A’ S D e p a r t m e n t o f Equality has launched a campaign against what they see as ‘sexist toys.’ Under the slogan of ‘If we live together, why don’t we play together,’ they are attempting to get the message across to stop gender stereotypes that have always been associated with certain toys, games and colours. A total of 500 posters were distributed across the municipality - in Spanish and English - showing a girl driving a car and a young boy dressed as a chef. Councillor Sabinda Galindo said that “we intend to start educating people in equality and aim to encourage parents to give their children the freedom to choose their own toys.” The Association of Merchants of Orihuela (ACMO) has also participated in this campaign on the lead up to Christmas by spreading the message among its members.
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InTempo ready in 2019 S PA I N ’ S t a l l e s t r e s i d e n t i a l skyscraper – the already i c o n i c I n Te m p o b u i l d i n g – i s back on track to finally open next year. According to reports, the owners, SVP Global, have signed an agreement with Catalan promoter Uniq Residential and the architect, Rafael Robledo, to finish off
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Searchers find body BRITISH police have said that a body has been found during the search for a British graduate who went missing in Spain last month. West Mercia Police, who have been handling the search for 23-year-old Nixon Smith in Britain, confirmed the find last week. The Geography graduate had flown to Madrid from Malaga on November 19 and was due to catch a connecting BRIT SEARCH: Nixon Smith disappeared in flight to Birmingham. His last known whereabouts were in Madrid after flying from Malaga. Madrid airport but he never boarded the plane bound for Birmingham. West Mercia Police said: “Sadly, officers were informed today a body has been found. “Mr Smith’s next of kin has been informed.” Nixon, from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, had been travelling in Spain and working on farms. He arrived on the Costa del Sol area about a month before Christmas. British Consulate officials issued Nixon with an emergency passport after he was mugged days before his planned journey home.
what remains of the building that has seen no work carried out on it for the past four years. The plan is to finally finish the project that is already 93 per cent complete “in the first quarter of 2019” after a series of financial problems encountered by the original promoters of the project ended up with them, Olga Urbana, filing for bankruptcy. Once occupied by its first residents the InTempo will not
only be the highest of its kind in Spain but the second highest non-commercial premises in Europe.
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Massive blaze A FIRE in Nerja has taken six hours to put out. The massive blaze, which allegedly began in a garden filled with rubbish and other items, took place on a plot
on Avenida Pescia, near the Oasis de Capistrano urbanisation. One firefighter was injured while battling to put out the flames, and was treated at the Nerja health centre for damage to one of his legs. Members of the fire services f r o m N e r j a a n d Ve l e z - M a l a ga, as well as the Local Police and Guardia Civil, also worked to extinguish the fire. An investigation into the
cause of the inferno is now underway but residents say they had complained about the accumulation of rubbish on the plot for years. They s a y t h e s i t e ’s o w n e r s u ff e r s from Diogenes Syndrome, a disorder which compels sufferers to compulsively hoard possessions. Workers did not have to evacuate any houses as those neighbouring the plot were already empty.
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Murder not suicide TWO men have been given six years in prison for the murder of Martina Rossi in Mallorca, seven years after her death was officially recorded as suicide by a court in Palma. The National Police did not find any evidence of criminality after the 20-year-old Italian student fell from a sixth floor balcony in Cala Major at 7am on August 3, 2011, and magistrates reportedly ‘shelved the matter.’ But Martina’s family were not convinced, and with the help of an Italian lawyer, managed to convince the prosecution in their own country to open an investigation in 2012. As a result, two Italian males, both 27, who were also holidaying at the same hotel, were found guilty of trying to rape Martina, who in a ‘desperate attempt to escape’ unsuccessfully tried to jump onto the balcony of the next room and died.
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Last orders THE number of bars in Spain fell for the seventh year in a row to 184,430 in 2017, according to the Spanish Hospitality Federation. Since 2010, Spain has lost 18,269 bars and the trend is set to continue with the industry blaming not just economic difficulties, but demographic shifts like the rural exodus and an ageing population. Despite this, the hospitality industry as a whole - which also includes restaurants and hotels - continues to grow, with 5,000 new openings in 2017.
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is the total value of investment funds that Indexa Capital is managing €134 million This in only its third year.
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Minimum wage rise SPAIN’S minimum wage will rocket by 22 per cent in 2019, making it the largest annual increase in more than 40 years. It means that millions of low-paid workers could see a pay rise from €736 to €900, effective from January. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the increase and said: “a rich country cannot have poor workers.” The announcement comes days after France’s president Emmanuel Macron announced a €100 increase for minimum wage earners from 2019.
But while Spain’s increase is part of an annual review, it is far higher than any adjustment in recent years. Spain’s minimum wage is lower than that of the UK, Germany and France but higher than in other EU members including Portugal, Greece and Poland. Many workers in Spain are paid for 14 months of work, with extra payments in July and December, making the effective annual minimum salary €12,600. Ministers will approve the measure
at their meeting on December 21, Sánchez revealed. It will then be authorised by royal decree, without the need for approval by parliament. Spain sets the minimum wage annually, but recent increases have been much smaller, set at just 4 per cent a year ago. If all goes to plan, the increase will be the biggest since 1977, the year of Spain’s first free elections following the death of dictator Francisco Franco.
Canal costs THE International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has ruled that the consortium Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), of which Spanish construction company Sacyr is a majority shareholder, wi l l have t o r et ur n a t ot al of €482 million to Panama. Sacyr received an advance paym ent f r om t he Panam a Canal Authority (ACP) in early 2009 to begin work on the const r uct i on of t he t hi r d set of canal locks. Sacyr will have to pay back €225 million and the expansion of the canal has been dogged by unforeseen construction and financial problems.
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Tools down WORKER’S unions for Renfe and Adif have announced several days of strikes during the Christmas holidays, including December 21 and January 7, dates that mark the beginning and end of the festivities.
Toddler tax LEANING IN: Many businesses will benefit from the loans. THE European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide financing for SME and midcap projects with a €300 million loan to Bankia. Under the agreement signed in Madrid, Bankia will match the loan with the same amount, meaning that a total of €600 million will be made available for financing Spanish businesses. The EIB-Bankia credit line to be put in place will provide loans enabling companies to finance their investments on
favourable conditions, in terms of both interest rates and maturities. The goal is to help Spanish SMEs and mid-caps (up to 3,000 employees) access long-term funds, with the aim of making them more competitive and creating jobs. Another agreement between the EIB and Bankia has been reached to provide €200 million to small businesses operating in the agricultural, agri-food, fisheries and livestock sector.
FINANCE Minister Maria Jesus Montero has announced that parents who received paternity payments over the last four years from the Spanish Social Security system will be able to reclaim the income tax they paid on those benefits.
Deep water SOME 80 Galician exsailors who served the Norwegian merchant fleet between 1948 and 1994 have demonstrated in Madrid to demand that the Spanish government help them receive their pensions from Norway.
Merger talks begin SPAIN’S Liberbank and Unicaja banks have confirmed that they have held talks about a potential merger, driving shares of both higher on expectations of a deal. A merger would result in the creation of Spain’s sixth largest lender, valued at almost €96 billion. The banks confirmed in separate statements to the Spanish market regulator that they had been in contact as part of their regular analy-
sis of potential transactions. Unicaja said no decision had been taken, while Liberbank said no specific proposal had been submitted to its management. Shares in both banks rose by 15 per cent on the news and Mediobanca is advising Unicaja while Deutsche Bank is working with Liberbank. Both Mediobanca and Deutsche Bank declined to comment on the plans.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT AS far as I am concerned, whatever Mrs May gets she thoroughly deserves. As a remainer at heart, she has tried to con the British public into believing that everything she has tried to negotiate has been ‘in their best interest.’ In reality she has tried to hold on to as many of the EU membership advantages as she can, a devious red herring that has utterly wasted two years of everyone’s time. Instead of going all out to open new trading avenues on the world markets and working to investigate, discuss and ultimately cover any shortfalls and disruption we may experience from disgruntled EU members, she has simpered and slunk around the EU leaders like a beggar pleading for handouts on the streets of their cities. Quick to realise that the leader of the UK could quite possibly have ulterior motives and is basically one of them, the EU has gleefully taken on the role of superior benefactors, hell bent on making the whole exercise as difficult as possible; no doubt hoping deep down that they could do May a favour and possibly make the British government reverse the decision all together. The British public voted out. There was no mention of any deals and having their cake and eating it. If a true Brexiteer had been negotiating our exit the EU would by now be endeavouring to do the
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May deserves all she gets best deals with us, not the other way around. It should have been an ‘out with a no deal’ policy from the start. A clean slate, that should have led to the past two years negotiating our new trade deals and border problems from a position of power and confidence. What has basically happened here is that the losing remainers have bickered and bleated on with their disgruntled attitude and fear factor threats. With May turning a blind eye, they have managed to muddy the waters and befuddle the issues to a point that it has totally misfired and we are now looking at coming out in a few months, not only without a ‘deal’ but having completely thrown away two years of constructive fu-
ture building and opportunity. Leaving us looking at an utterly chaotic scenario that could have, and should have been completely avoided and should by now have been all but sorted. Mrs May has done what many socalled leaders have done in the past. Totally underestimate the intelligence of the British public. She and her arrogant pathetic flock could of course still win. If you call winning blackmailing the UK into a deal that, in exchange for a mere pittance, forces us to comply with a whole host of future EU decisions and leaves us
without even a say in the matter. Not only is the EU laughing at us, they are also rubbing their hands. Frankly I’m utterly fed up with the whole fiasco and, quite frankly don’t really give a damn what happens. But then I am utterly convinced that’s what the conniving remainers, including May were aiming for in the first place! Keep the faith. Love, Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com.
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Kitchen gadgets I can live without Barry Duke FOLK who know me well will tell you that I’m a walking repository for all manner of gadgets, ranging from portable power-banks to self-defence torches. My bulging leather satchel also has a multi-purpose Swiss Army knife, a telescopic magnet great for fishing keys out of storm-water drains, and a flash-drive containing information which may be relevant to the police or medics, should I ever be found unconscious in a gutter or wheelie-bin. A visit to Casa del Duke will also reveal a great many other items I’ve been compelled to buy from AliExpress, a Chinese site which offers a cornucopia of marvellous high-tech gizmos at knock-down prices. One was a light bulb which doubled as a Bluetooth speaker, which I put in the bathroom so I could shave and shower to my favourite tunes. I say ‘was’ because the thing ex-
ploded a few weeks ago right in the middle of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Highway to Hell’. I was using a cut-throat razor at the time, and slashed open my left cheek. Simultaneously, all the fuses blew in the apartment. I shan’t be replacing it any time soon. Although I’ve yet to find a cure for my forays into AliExpress late at night when I’ve had a few Famous Grouses, I avoid the kitchenware section, for my lust for kitchen gadgetry died when I was packing in advance of my move to Spain. I found items which convinced me I’d lost my marbles when I bought them.
POINTLESS: Who ne eds useless gadgets .
First to go into a box destined for the nearest charity shop was a plastic gew-gaw invented to turn boiled eggs into cubes. Next in, a pair of scissors with a spatula attached. This was designed to cut pizzas and lift the slices simultaneously. Also discarded was a yellow plastic banana slicer, a microwave omelette-maker and a wooden peanut butter and jam spreader with colourcoded silicon ends. (If you’re tempted to get one, Amazon are still selling the things for around €30). A strawberry stem remover, a garlic peeler, an electric popcorn-maker and a twirling spaghetti fork were next.
In the end, I came over with just my favourite knives, a coffee grinder, a boiled-egg slicer, a vintage metal garlic press dating back to the 1950’s and a hand-held electric blender. One mistake, was discarding my potato masher, thinking I could get a new one anywhere in Benidorm. What I did not know at the time is that mashed potatoes don’t figure largely in Spanish cuisine. Not a single store specialising in cookware had one. Then, when I was in a hardware
store getting a key duplicated, I was elated to find a beast of a metal masher. It was 36cm in length and looked like a cattle-branding iron, but boy does it ever do the job! Yet, despite the fact most jobs in the kitchen can be done with a few good pots and pans and some quality knives, the kitchen gadget market is worth hundreds of millions, with people buying items which are not only useless, but often an absolute pain in the butt to keep clean.
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What’s in a vote? Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO Theresa won her vote of confidence, whatever that means. Then, all the experts come on the TV to tell us that although she won, she didn’t really win. Well, did she or didn’t she? So, according to the ‘experts’ although she did get a majority, that majority was made up of all the people on the payroll who were obviously going to vote for her. Then the prince of darkness appears; Jacob Rees Mogg. He is some piece of work saying the percentages were terrible. Here is a short guide to percentages from Jacob Rees Mogg: 63 per cent ‘a terrible result for the prime minister, she must resign,’ but 52 per cent (the referendum result) is ‘a resounding victory.’ The truth is, nobody has a clue what is really going to happen. You have Alan Sugar saying on TV, that everything will grind to a halt on the day we leave Europe. Then someone else instantly says it
won’t. Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, blah, blah, blah. There is nothing we can do. All I do know for sure is the referendum mucked my pension up because the pound crashed. When I mentioned this on the radio, I got the pseudo intellectuals calling in and telling me I’m being selfish because I’m not looking at the ‘bigger picture.’ Well, let me tell you, I don’t give a monkey’s about the ‘bigger picture’ because I have no control over it in any way, shape or form. That’s because it’s all controlled by lying, thieving politicians like Mogg who, by the way, has absolutely no idea what happens in the real world. Then there’s that buffoon Johnson who lied and lied about Brexit in the first place, then ran a mile. So here’s the truth about Brexit and this is 100 per cent correct. There are only two types of experts on this subject: Those who guess right and those who guess wrong. It’s just that at the moment, we don’t know who’s who! Merry Christmas, bah humbug and seasons greetings. mikesenker@gmail.com.
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Sign of the times or a minority? I AM an avid reader of the Euro Weekly News. I’m not naive enough to believe there has never been any crime, of course there has. But is it a sign of the times that every week there is a fatal shooting or stabbing, either gang related or domestic? While everything should be done to put a stop to these type of offences, we must try to remember that it is a minority of people who are involved in drug related activity. Domestic violence, however, is a classless and far reaching crime and often goes unreported with fatal consequences. As such, it is commendable and encouraging to see the national drive that has been embarked upon to raise awareness about gender violence, and the measures that are being taken to try to tackle the issue. Lisa Shannon
Pet peeve I WAS interested to read in your newspaper last week that the mayor of Benalmadena (Costa del Sol, Issue 1745) had announced that pet owners should take more responsibility for cleaning up after their animals. I have to say I think this comes none too soon. I live in a town where many people own pets and their owners seem to feel no compulsion to clean up after their animals. Making pet owners tidy up after their animals would save any council plenty of cash that they could then spend on making public paths better. They could raise money from fining non-complaint owners too. The mayors of towns across this country should take note of what is being done in Benalmadena. Terry Joyce
It’s the same WHY do some people get so worked up about migrants, don’t they realise they are migrants themselves? Those people rescued in boats are coming here for a better life, just like expats. It’s time to stop using such narrow minded and racist language on such a sensitive issue, especially when people are risking their lives and dying just for the chance for opportunities the rest of us take for granted. Being lucky in which part of the world you were born in doesn’t give you the right to demean those less fortunate. Many expats come to Spain and make zero effort to adapt to the culture and traditions. Whatever their opinion of the migrant situation, they should get off their ignorant high horses and have a bit of humanity. Rebecca Thornton
Definitely May-be I JUST want to state my adCOURAGE: miration for Theresa May May should who I think has shown such get more courage and persistence backing. throughout the Brexit blizzard so far. She has managed to negotiate a workable deal with the EU in incredibly testing circumstances and everyone should be rallying round in the national interest, not trying to get rid of her for their own selfish political ends. Changing the leader now would be so disruptive and would take weeks so install someone new: time that we simply don’t have. Crashing out of the EU without a deal is becoming frighteningly real and politicians should know that almost no one voted for that. It’s time for common sense to prevail on all sides and hopefully one last effort from Mrs May can get the deal over the line.
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Merry Christmas IT is once again time to wrap the presents, deck the halls, roast the turkey and get set for Christmas Day. This time of year is always one for getting together with the people we love. It is also one for looking around and taking stock. Much has happened over the past year in Spain and across the world. Many of those events have filled the pages of this newspaper. We saw a changing of the guard politically with a new Prime Minister in Spain. And it was only last week that British Prime Minister Theresa May’s fate hung in the balance due to ongoing concerns over her Brexit deal. Away from politics, we saw crooks getting justice, people helping others and campaigners trying to make the world better. But there were also stories of needless suffering, personal tragedy and of people struggling to make their lives better. Christmas is a time where we can look around and give thanks for what we have, whether it be loving family and friends, success, or simply our health. It should also be a time to think about those less fortunate and how we could do our bit to make their lives better. We at EWN hope you will do both and we wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas.
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FOUND: Donald Wright safe after 3 weeks Great news! So pleased he is safe and well xx
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TAKING THE URINE: Residents on the Costa del Sol forced to clean after dogs in new council policy Good job. Too many dog owners think that every piece of grass/sand/lampost is a toilet for their dogs. I, also a smoker, would like there to be some control on the beaches to stop people putting their cigarette out in the sand. It is so easy to take an empty can or some receptacle to use. I must say in my experience (15 years) at Carvajal beach, it is more likely the locals who seem to have no respect for their environment. I go to Portugal often, where there are signs asking people to keep the beaches clean, they provide paper (burn proof) cups to put out and keep their dog ends. The beaches are pristine! Leapy Lee should be our prime minister, or home secretary at least. Bill
Muggles behaving badly: Harry Potter fans vandalised 4,000-yearold tomb in Spain How did the Moors do that if they started the invasion of the peninsula in 711 and never held a true control over Galicia. Did they time travel thousands of years back with a time machine? Enric
COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE Spain greenlights €7.3 billion weaponry programme All this to protect Spain from... Drake? Raleigh? Surly better to put some fast patrol boats between Spain and North Africa to turn the immigrant smugglers’ boats round PM All the left do is spend and rob… get these idiots out of power now!!! Sean
A very royal Christmas - Spain’s monarchy releases annual Christmas card Please….the monarchy couldn’t give a stuff about anyone / time they went… Sean
Demonstrators rally outside Spanish Supreme Court after police raids on Mallorcan news outlets About time Spain had some huge protests, just like
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Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez likens Catalan independence push to ‘invented grievances’ of Brexit Goodby Mr Sanchez, you talk more nonsense than the last idiot. Sean
Couple fined and banned for life from Jet2 after violent fight forced plane to Spain to divert You do have to wonder whether it was really necessary to divert the flight, causing incredible inconvenience to every other passenger as well as the airline itself, because it was not possible to separate a 65year-old woman and a 55- year-old man and they ‘could not risk flying over water.’ Were this couple superhuman and likely to bring the plane down in the ocean? Just ask for some help from passengers to move one of them to the back of the plane or something, then deal with them on arrival. I’m sure it was not pleasant but surely there is a less extreme solution that does not punish every passenger for the actions of just one couple. Are the airline seeking compensation on behalf of all the passengers too? I doubt it. Angus
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THURSDAY - 20 DECEMBER
7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Island Medics 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Matron, Medicine and Me 12:45pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Toy Story 2 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm This is My Song 10:00pm The Long Song 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Mary Berry's Christmas Party 12:45am This Week 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:35am BBC News
7:00am MasterChef: The Professionals 8:00am This Farming Life 9:00am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 2:45pm Operation Snow Tiger 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm Life in Polar Bear Town with Gordon Buchanan 5:45pm Nadiya's Party Feasts 6:50pm Nativity! 8:30pm Only Connect 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The 'Christmas' Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am I'll Get This
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Gino's Italian Coastal Escape 10:00pm Bear's Mission with Gareth Southgate 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Happy Hour with Olly Murs
9:00am Emmerdale 9:25am Coronation Street 9:55am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:10am Jack Frost 12:10pm FYI Daily 12:15pm Jack Frost 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 8:00pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Through the Keyhole
TV LISTING
FRIDAY - 21 DECEMBER
4:30am This is BBC Four 7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Secret Life of Farm Animals Series looking at the secret science of farm animals. 10:00pm Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets 11:00pm The Bishop's Wife 12:45am Living with Lockerbie 1:50am Top of the Pops Gary Davies presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 November 1986. 2:20am Mark Kermode's Christmas Cinema Secrets 3:20am Handmade in Japan 3:50am Explorers: Conquest and Calamity - A Timewatch Guide
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's Christmas with Bells On 2:05pm My Family Secrets Revealed 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas 10:00pm The World's Most Luxurious Airline 11:00pm The First 12:00am Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game
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Shane the Chef Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Shimmer and Shine The Secret Life of Puppies Jeremy Vine Love You Like Christmas Neighbours Christmas Makeover The Christmas Cure 5 News Tonight Friends Friends Neighbours 5 News Tonight World's Strongest Man: Giants Live 2018 Shop Smart, Save Money Oxford Street 24/7 at Christmas Greatest Ever Christmas Adverts
10:15am Island Medics 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Matron, Medicine and Me 12:45pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm Still Open All Hours 4:30pm First Flight 4:35pm Toy Story 3 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 10:00pm Not Going Out Live 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News
7:00am Dynasties 8:00am This Farming Life 9:00am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live Stay up to date on the day's top stories, with the latest breaking news as it happens. 1:00pm All Creatures Great and Small 2:30pm The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 3:15pm Operation Snow Tiger 4:15pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:15pm The Sweet Makers at Christmas 6:15pm Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! 8:00pm 100 Years of King's Carols 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Victoria and Albert 11:00pm Mock the Week
7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Fleetwood Mac: A Musical History 10:00pm The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand Documentary. 11:00pm Sinatra: All or Nothing at All An up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. 12:55am Je t'aime: The Story of French Song with Petula Clark 1:55am Top of the Pops 2:25am Fleetwood Mac: A Musical History 3:25am The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand 4:25am This is BBC Four
8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's Festive Feast 2:05pm My Family Secrets Revealed 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:00pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Liam Bakes 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm The Last Leg Christmas Special 11:00pm Big Narstie's Big Christmas
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8:55am The Royal 9:55am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:50am Judge Judy 11:20am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat Nostalgic drama series. 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote Murder mystery series. 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot Detective drama featuring Agatha Christie's celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot. 11:00pmBancroft 12:00am Bancroft 1:05am Death Becomes Her
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7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Match Centre 12:00pm Match Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 1:30pm Live World Championship Darts 5:30pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live World Championship Darts 12:00am Jd Ringside: Fight Week 12:30am Boxing 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Live NBA: Houston @ Miami 4:30am Jd Ringside: Fight Week 5:00am Sky Sports News
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm The Big Soap Quiz 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The Holiday 2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Cold Feet
12:30pm FYI Daily 12:35pm Beethoven's Christmas Adventure 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 8:00pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 8:30pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:05pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy
6:30am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 10:00am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pm Hattie 1:00am A Touch of Frost 3:00am A Touch of Frost 4:45am Road to Avonlea 5:40am Road to Avonlea
7:00am The Chase 7:50am Pawn Stars Christmas Special 8:30am Kojak 9:25am Quincy, M.E. 10:35am Minder 11:35am The Sweeney 12:40pm The Professionals 1:45pm Kojak 2:50pm Quincy, M.E. 3:50pm Minder 4:50pm The Sweeney 5:55pm The Professionals 7:00pm Ironside 8:05pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Monster Carp 10:00pm Under Siege 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Under Siege 12:10am The Mechanic A hitman teaches his trade to an apprentice who is connected to one of his victims. 1:10am FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 12:00pm Football Centre 1:00pm Football Centre 1:30pm Live World Championship Darts 5:30pm Football Centre 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Football 11:15pm Jd Ringside: The Weigh in 11:45pm Boxing 12:15am Jd Ringside: Fight Week 12:45am Boxing 1:45am Boxing Gold 2:00am Live NBA 4:30am Jd Ringside: The Weigh in 5:00am Sky Sports News
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The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Christmas Special Pawn Stars Christmas Special Made in Britain at Christmas Jaws FYI Daily Jaws Tremors FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment. Tremors The Americans Take the Tower
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Shane the Chef Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Shimmer and Shine Pirata and Capitano The Secret Life of Puppies Jeremy Vine Christmas in the Air Neighbours Welcome to Christmas Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 5 News Tonight Friends Friends Neighbours New Puppy, New Home Celebrity Help the Animals at Christmas When TV Animals Go Horribly Wrong
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Ant McPartlin set to return to TV hosting in January for BGT Richard Shanley ANT MCPARTLIN is expected to return to his TV work next month after taking time off to go into rehab. The host is preparing to film Britain’s Got Talent auditions in January - 10 months after he crashed a car while more than twice the drink drive limit. He has not worked since, and was replaced by Holly Willoughby for the latest series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, which ended last Sunday. Declan Donnelly hosted this year ’s
Britain’s Got Talent live shows alone. Next year ’s Saturday Night Takeaway was also cancelled. Announcing that decision in August, Ant said his recovery was “going very well” and said he would “take the rest of the year off.” Last week the Mirror reported that he would be reunited with Dec when filming begins for Britain’s Got Talent 2019. Ant first entered rehab in June 2017 after becoming addicted to alcohol and prescription painkillers. He went back into treatment after the crash in March. He was later fined £86,000 and given a 20-month driving ban af-
ter pleading guilty to drink driving. A Britain’s Got Talent spokesman declined to comment on his return. The first episode will follow the festive edition of Doctor Who, which is being shown on January1, 2019 instead of Christmas Day. ANT MCPARTLIN: Will co-host Britain’s Got Talent in 2019.
If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or email richard@europadigital.com. I look forward to your comments and questions. Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum 96.1 and 106.8FM, now covering over 3,200sq kms of Costa Almeria and Calida or listen online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net for the latest news and views from the world of satellite television.
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SATURDAY - 22 DECEMBER
7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigel Slater's Christmas Suppers 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Merry Madagascar 2:40pm The Penguins of Madagascar 4:00pm Kung Fu Panda 5:25pm Final Score 6:20pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News 7:10pm Pointless Celebrities Christmas Special 8:00pm Watership Down 9:40pm Casualty 10:30pm The Vicar of Dibley 11:15pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:05am The NFL Show 1:35am Old School 3:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:10am BBC News
9:30am Zoe Ball on Christmas Saturday 10:25am James Martin's Saturday Morning at Christmas 12:30pm Gino's Italian Coastal Escape 1:00pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:15pm How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield 2:15pm Catchphrase 3:00pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 6:00pm Big Star's Bigger Star 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:15pm ITV News London 7:30pm Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi 10:00pm The Jonathan Ross Christmas Show 11:00pm 20 Years of the Black Eyed Peas
4:40am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 7:00am Top Class 7:30am This Farming Life An insight into modern farming life. 8:30am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 9:30am The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 10:15am The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 11:00am The Muppets Comedy. 12:35pm Cars 2 Animated sequel. 2:15pm Equestrian 5:25pm Finding Neverland 7:00pm The Good Life 7:30pm Porridge 8:15pm The Lone Ranger 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:15pm Goodness Gracious Me - 20 Years Innit! 11:55pm Goodness Gracious Me
7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:50pm The Big Soap Quiz 1:50pm The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol 2:15pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 3:20pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 3:50pm Peter Pan 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm Peter Pan 6:00pm Johnny English Reborn 7:00pm FYI Daily 7:05pm Johnny English Reborn 8:05pm Uncle Buck 9:05pm FYI Daily 9:10pm Uncle Buck 10:00pm Iron Man 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Iron Man 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:30am Family Guy 1:55am Family Guy 2:25am American Dad!
4:25am This is BBC Four 7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm James May: The Christmas Reassembler 8:30pm The Toys That Made Christmas 9:55pm Pop Go the Sixties 10:00pm The Sinner 10:40pm The Sinner 11:20pm Tina Turner 12:05am Aretha Franklin: Respect 12:35am Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas 1:30am Top of the Pops 3:00am Top of the Pops 3:30am Top of the Pops Janice Long and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 11 December 1986. 4:05am The Toys That Made Christmas 5:30am This is BBC Four
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ITV3 Nightscreen Judge Judy Judge Judy Agatha Christie's Poirot Peter and Wendy Santa Claus The Wizard of Oz Carry on Up the Khyber The Burpas are revolting! The Carry On team take on the Raj. Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders An international cycling competition comes to the Midsomer village of Burwood Mantle. An Audience with Ken Dodd Lewis A Touch of Frost Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea
8:50am The Big Bang Theory 9:20am The Big Bang Theory 9:45am Bridge to Terabithia 11:35am The Simpsons 12:05pmThe Simpsons 12:35pmIce Age: A Mammoth Christmas 1:00pm Hachi: A Dog's Tale 2:45pm Father of the Bride 4:50pm Jamie's Quick and Easy Christmas 5:55pm Extreme Cake Makers' Christmas 6:55pm Channel 4 News 7:10pm Crocodile Dundee 9:00pm The World's Most Extraordinary Christmas Dinners 10:00pmPitch Perfect 2 12:10am East is East
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World of Sport The Protectors Ironside Ironside Ironside ITV Racing: The Opening Show World of Sport Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing: Live From Ascot The Green Berets FYI Daily The Green Berets Hornblower Rambo III FYI Daily Rambo III Terminator 2: Judgment Day FYI Daily Terminator 2: Judgment Day The Americans Take the Tower
TV LISTING
SUNDAY - 23 DECEMBER
9:15am Paw Patrol 9:35am Nella the Princess Knight 9:50am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Pirata and Capitano 10:15am Rusty Rivets 10:40am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:05am Oxford Street 24/7 at Christmas 11:50am 12 Days of Giving 1:45pm Wedding Wonderland 3:45pm Live Premiership Rugby 6:20pm Mariah Carey's a Christmas Melody 8:00pm Blind Date 9:00pm Gino's Win Your Christmas Wish List 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Jane McDonald and Friends at Christmas 11:00pm Jane: 12 Cruises of Christmas
9:40am Match of the Day 11:15am Mr Peabody and Sherman 12:40pm My Faith and Me: June Sarpong 1:40pm BBC News 1:55pm Songs of Praise 2:30pm A Christmas Carol 4:00pm Room on the Broom 4:25pm Up 5:55pm BBC News 6:10pm BBC London News 6:20pm Countryfile 7:20pm Hold the Sunset Christmas Special: If I Were a Wise Man 7:50pm Still Open All Hours 8:20pm Watership Down 10:00pm Have I Got 2018 News for You 10:30pm King Gary 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:15am The Young Offenders Christmas Special
8:00am This Farming Life 9:00am Countryfile 9:55am Monty Don's Paradise Gardens 10:55am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:25pm Simply Nigella 1:25pm The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 2:10pm Twelfth Night 4:20pm Back in Time for Christmas 5:20pm Amazing Hotels Christmas Special 6:20pm Alice in Wonderland 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Chris and Michaela: Under the Christmas Sky 11:00pm Far From the Madding Crowd 12:55am Insert Name Here 1:25am TOTP2 2:55am Countryfile 3:50am Holby City 4:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live - Soccer Am 12:30pm Football 4:15pm Live Championship Rugby Richmond take on Bedford at the Athletic Ground in the Greene King IPA Championship. 6:15pm Football Hull City entertain Swansea City at the KCOM Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship. 8:30pm Live World Championship Darts 12:00am Live NFL A match from the NFL. 2:00am Live NFL
9:25am ITV News 9:30am Zoe Ball on Christmas Sunday 10:25am Ninja Warrior UK 11:20am Doc Martin 12:20pm Long Lost Family 1:50pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:00pm Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs 2:30pm The Big Soap Quiz 3:30pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:30pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 5:30pm Tenable 6:30pm ITV Evening News 6:55pm ITV News London 7:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 8:00pm What Would Your Kid Do? 9:00pm The Chase Bloopers 10:00pm Casino Royale 12:50am ITV News 1:05am Bear's Mission with Gareth Southgate 1:55am Football Genius
8:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:25am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:20pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:20pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 2:50pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 3:50pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 5:55pm Elf 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Elf 8:00pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 9:00pm FYI Daily 9:05pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 10:00pm The Holiday 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Holiday 12:40am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy
5:30am This is BBC Four 7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm TOTP2 Mark Radcliffe digs deep into the archives to deliver some familiar and unfamiliar festive treats. 9:30pm What We Were Watching: Christmas 1988 10:30pm The Secret Story of the BBC Christmas Tapes 11:00pm Bros: After the Screaming Stops 12:25am TOTP2 1:25am Fleetwood Mac: A Musical History 2:25am Stuffed: The Great British Christmas Dinner 3:25am What We Were Watching: Christmas 1988
6:35am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Columbo 8:40am Housewife 49 10:40am The Sound of Music Live 1:20pm The Making of the Sound of Music Live 1:45pm Bugsy Malone 3:45pm Brief Encounter 5:25pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 12:00am Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure 1:05am Sunday Night at the Palladium 2:05am A Touch of Frost 3:55am Murder, She Wrote 4:45am Road to Avonlea Drama about a young girl sent to live with her eccentric family on Prince Edward Island. 5:35am Road to Avonlea
6:55am Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:05am Frasier 7:30am Frasier 7:55am Rugrats the Movie 9:10am The Big Bang Theory 9:35am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am The Big Bang Theory 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:00am Christmas Brunch 2:00pm Extreme Cake Makers' Christmas 3:05pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm Father Christmas 5:05pm Channel 4 News 5:30pm Men in Black 7:20pm Men in Black II 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau at Christmas 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm Father Ted 12:05am Tin Star 1:10am Father Ted 1:40am Father Ted
6:10am The Sweeney 7:00am World of Sport 7:10am Goodwood Members' Meeting Highlights 8:00am The Protectors 8:25am The Sweeney 9:20am Minder 10:20am Pawn Stars 10:50am Pawn Stars 11:15am Pawn Stars Christmas Special 12:10pm Storage Wars Christmas Special 1:10pm Made in Britain at Christmas 2:15pm Merry Christmas Mr Bean 2:50pm The Horse Soldiers 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm The Horse Soldiers 5:15pm Red River 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Red River 7:55pm Hornblower 10:00pm The Mechanic 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Mechanic 11:50pm Saw 12:50am FYI Daily
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Bob the Builder Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Shimmer and Shine Pirata and Capitano Rusty Rivets Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Access Friends Friends Snow White Christmas 5 News Weekend A Shoe Addict's Christmas Scrooge 5 News Scrooge Agatha and the Truth of Murder Krampus
7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Total Goals 9:00am Total Goals 10:00am Total Goals 10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm Goals on Sunday 1:30pm EFL Greatest Games 1:45pm EFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football 4:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:00pm Live World Championship Darts Day 11 of the William Hill World Darts Championship from the Alexandra Palace. 12:00am Live NFL: Sunday A match from the NFL. 1:45am My Icon 2:00am My Icon 2:10am Live NFL: Sunday
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TUESDAY - 25 DECEMBER
MONDAY - 24 DECEMBER 12:30pm The Farmer's Llamas 1:00pm Snow Babies 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:15pm BBC London News 2:20pm Monsters University 3:55pm Zootropolis 5:35pm BBC News 5:50pm BBC London News 6:00pm Mary Poppins 8:15pm All Together Now Celebrities 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm Click and Collect
2:00pm Romeo and Juliet 3:50pm Back in Time for Christmas 4:50pm Reindeer Family and Me 5:50pm Chris and Michaela: Under the Christmas Sky 6:50pm Carols from King's 8:05pm Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 10:00pmChristmas at St Paul'S 11:00pmThe Lady in the Van
7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 8:30pm Turtle, Eagle, Cheetah - A Slow Odyssey 9:00pm Tudor Monastery Farm 10:00pmEric, Ernie and Me 11:00pmSteptoe and Son Classic comedy. 11:45pmRichard Pryor Omit the Logic 1:05am Mark Lawson Talks to... 2:05am Lisbon: An Art Lovers' Guide
11:00am Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 12:45pmA Christmas Carol 2:45pm We Bought a Zoo 5:10pm We're Going on a Bear Hunt 5:40pm The Snowman 6:10pm The Snowman and the Snowdog 6:45pm Channel 4 News 7:00pm Miracle on 34th Street 9:00pm Child Genius v Celebrities Christmas Special 10:00pmPanorama 12:05am Courtney Act's Christmas Extravaganza
10:00am Christmas Makes You Laugh Out Loud 10:20am Friends 10:50am Friends 11:20am Neighbours 11:45am Oklahoma! 2:30pm The King and I 5:20pm Scrooge 7:10pm Neighbours 7:35pm Billionaire Babies at Christmas 8:30pm More Things We Love About Christmas 9:30pm The Yorkshire Vet at Christmas 10:30pmMichael Bublé: Back for Christmas
1:20pm BBC News 1:30pm Top of the Pops 2:30pm The Good Dinosaur 4:00pm The Queen's Christmas Broadcast 4:10pm The Jungle Book 5:50pm Zog 6:15pm BBC News 6:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 7:45pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Christmas Show 8:45pm Call the Midwife 10:15pm EastEnders 11:15pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:50pm Outnumbered
4:10pm An American in Paris: The Musical 6:25pm The Queen's Christmas Broadcast 6:35pm Only Connect 7:05pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 7:35pm Mary Berry's Country House at Christmas 8:35pm Dad's Army 9:35pm Upstart Crow: A Crow Christmas Carol 10:15pmMerry Christmas Baby with Gregory Porter and Friends
4:35am This is BBC Four 7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake 10:15pmThe Two Ronnies: Christmas Comedy Cracker 11:10pmTop of the Pops 2 12:10am The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody 1:05am Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert 2:10am The Two Ronnies: Christmas Comedy Cracker 3:00am Top of the Pops 2 4:00am This is BBC Four
1:05pm Father Christmas 1:40pm The Snowman 2:15pm The Snowman and the Snowdog 2:45pm Arthur Christmas 4:45pm Channel 4 News 4:50pm The Alternative Christmas Message 5:00pm The Muppet Christmas Carol 6:40pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 9:00pm The Great Christmas Bake Off 10:15pmFirst Dates at Christmas 11:15pmAlan Carr's Christmas Cracker
11:15am Neighbours 11:45am Scrooge 2:05pm Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 4:10pm Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 7:05pm Neighbours 7:35pm Britain's Favourite Christmas Hits 10:15pmTommy Cooper: In His Own Words 12:15am Greatest Christmas TV Moments of All Time 2:55am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette and autowheel.
3:55pm Shrek the Halls 4:25pm Santa Claus 6:30pm Judge Rinder's Christmas Kids Court 7:30pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm Bad Move 10:00pm The Keith and Paddy Picture Show 10:30pm Gremlins
3:50pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 4:55pm Celebrity Catchphrase 5:55pm Despicable Me 2 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Despicable Me 2 8:00pm A Lego Christmas Party 8:05pm The Lego Movie 9:05pm FYI Daily 9:10pm The Lego Movie 10:00pmFurious 7 11:10pmFYI Daily 11:15pmFurious 7 12:45am Family Guy
9:20am The Royal 10:25am Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light 12:30pmHoliday on the Buses 2:15pm Mutiny on the Buses 4:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Vera 11:00pmMaigret 1:00am Christmas Epic Fails
12:35pmThe Professionals 1:35pm Kojak 2:45pm Tobruk 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Tobruk 4:55pm Escape to Victory 5:55pm FYI Daily 6:00pm Escape to Victory 7:10pm Kelly's Heroes 8:10pm FYI Daily 8:15pm Kelly's Heroes 10:00pmUnder Siege 11:05pmFYI Daily 11:10pmUnder Siege 12:10am Rush Hour
9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 1:00pm Football Centre 2:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pmSky Sports Tonight 11:00pmSky Sports News at Ten
11:20am Jack Frost 1:15pm Countrywise 2:00pm Doc Martin 4:00pm HM the Queen 4:10pm A Christmas Chase: Celebrity Special 5:10pm Monsters, Inc. 6:55pm Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs 7:55pm ITV Evening News 8:15pm Emmerdale 9:15pm Coronation Street 10:15pmTorvill and Dean
2:30pm Emmerdale 3:00pm Coronation Street 4:10pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 4:35pm Johnny English Reborn 5:35pm FYI Daily 5:40pm Johnny English Reborn 6:40pm Elf 7:40pm FYI Daily 7:45pm Elf 8:45pm Jurassic World 9:50pm FYI Daily 9:55pm Jurassic World 11:05pmCelebrity Juice
11:25am Carry on Abroad 1:10pm Carry on Up the Jungle 2:50pm Carry on Follow That Camel 4:50pm Carry on Screaming! 6:45pm Carry on Matron 8:30pm Carry on Camping Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg decide to take their girlfriends on a camping holiday. 10:15pmCarry on Up the Khyber
11:50am Merry Christmas Mr Bean 12:20pmKojak 1:25pm The Sweeney 2:30pm Khartoum 3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm Khartoum 5:10pm The Horse Soldiers 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm The Horse Soldiers 7:30pm Apollo 13 8:30pm FYI Daily 8:35pm Apollo 13 10:15pmRush Hour 11:15pmFYI Daily
9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Live NBA: Milwaukee @ New York 8:30pm Sky Sports Tonight 9:00pm Live NBA: Oklahoma @ Houston 11:30pmLive NBA: Philadelphia @ Boston
6:30am Royal Stories 6:55am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs 7:25am Carry on Follow That Camel 9:10am Carry on Up the Jungle 10:50am Carry on Matron 12:35pmCarry on Girls 2:20pm Carry on Abroad 4:00pm Carry on Cruising 5:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Vera 11:00pmMaigret 1:00am Vera 3:00am A Touch of Frost 4:55am Road to Avonlea Drama series about a girl who is sent to live with her eccentric family. 5:45am Road to Avonlea
7:00am Isle of Man TT 7:50am Isle of Man TT 8:35am British Superbike Championship Review 10:25am The Sweeney 11:30am The Sweeney 12:40pmThe Professionals 1:40pm Minder 2:45pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 3:45pm Ben Hur 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm Ben Hur 7:55pm Where Eagles Dare 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Where Eagles Dare 11:00pmJaws 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Jaws 1:40am Quincy, M.E. 2:40am The Professionals 3:45am The Protectors 4:15am World of Sport 4:25am Silverstone Classic
6:30am Great Sporting Moments 6:45am Great Sporting Moments 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Cricket 1:00pm Live Premier League 4:00pm Football 6:00pm Live Premier League 8:15pm Live Premier League 11:00pmCricket Day two of the second Test as New Zealand host Sri Lanka in Christchurch. 2:30am Live NBA: Denver @ San Antonio
WEDNESDAY - 26 DECEMBER 11:30am The Princess and the Frog 1:00pm Snow Chick: A Penguin's Tale 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:15pm BBC London News 2:25pm Raiders of the Lost Ark 4:15pm The Highway Rat 4:40pm The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper 4:50pm Trolls 6:15pm BBC News 6:30pm BBC London News 6:40pm The BFG 8:30pm The Midnight Gang 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pmThe ABC Murders 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:20pmMatch of the Day
10:20am Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 11:20am The Young Victoria 1:00pm Victoria and Albert 2:30pm A Culture Show Special 3:30pm Saving Mr. Banks 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm Porridge 6:55pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 7:25pm Dad's Army 8:05pm Morecambe and Wise - Christmas Show 1971 8:50pm The Morecambe and Wise Show: The Lost Tapes 9:30pm The Morecambe and Wise Show: The Lost Tapes 10:00pm Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were 11:15pm Torvill and Dean: The Perfect Day 12:15am Dragons' Den 1:15am Starter for 10
8:00pm The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank 9:00pm Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2018: Who Am I? Where Do I Come From? 10:00pmDarcey's Ballet Heroes 11:00pmDetectorists Christmas Special Special seasonal episode of the award-winning comedy about metal detectorists Andy and Lance. 11:30pmSome Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 12:20am Carole King and Friends at Christmas 1:20am Merry Christmas Baby with Gregory Porter and Friends 2:20am The Joy of ABBA
8:20am Celebrity Lego Masters at Christmas 9:15am The Simpsons 9:50am The Simpsons 10:20am Short Circuit 12:20pmSmall Soldiers 2:25pm Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom 4:15pm The Great Christmas Bake Off 5:35pm Gogglesprogs Christmas Special 6:40pm Channel 4 News 6:45pm Mrs. Doubtfire 9:00pm The Crystal Maze 10:00pmBig Fat Quiz of the Year 2018 12:00am The Green Mile 3:20am Alan Carr's Christmas Cracker Alan Carr hosts an A-List Christmas extravaganza from his very own Alpine lodge.
7:40am Noddy: Toyland Detective 7:55am Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! 8:05am Fireman Sam 8:15am Shane the Chef 8:35am Peppa Pig 8:45am Peppa Pig 8:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:05am Info not available 10:00am Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 10:50am Friends 11:20am Info not available 11:45am Neighbours 12:10pmThe Dirty Dozen 3:10pm A Bridge Too Far 6:40pm Neighbours 7:10pm Agatha and the Truth of Murder 9:00pm The Dog Rescuers at Christmas 10:00pmRich House, Poor House at Christmas
8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am Ben 10 9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Ultimate SpiderMan v the Sinister Six 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am Free Willy 3: The Rescue 12:05pmThe Witches 1:50pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:00pm ITV Racing: Live from Kempton 4:30pm Tenable 5:35pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 6:35pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:35pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Quantum of Solace 11:05pmITV News 11:20pmLove Actually
7:15am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:00am Ultimate You've Been Framed! Gold 8:50am Emmerdale 9:45am Coronation Street 10:45am You've Been Framed! 11:45am Happy Feet Two 12:45pmFYI Daily 12:50pmHappy Feet Two 1:50pm Emmerdale 2:50pm Coronation Street 3:50pm Nanny McPhee 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm Nanny McPhee 5:55pm The Lego Movie 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm The Lego Movie 8:00pm Uncle Buck 9:05pm FYI Daily 9:10pm Uncle Buck 10:00pmBridesmaids 11:00pmFYI Daily
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quart of beer as part of their daily rations. *** Alaska is so big you could fit 75 New Jerseys in it. *** Artificial banana flavouring and artificial banana flavoured products don’t taste like the fruit, because it is based on a type of banana that was wiped out by a plague in the 1950’s. *** There is an uninhabited island in the Bahamas known as Pig Beach, which is populated entirely by swimming pigs.
Fahrenheit, about 50 degrees below the boiling point at sea level. *** In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck. *** Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don’t drift apart. *** Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, so they loaded their ship full of coffee and sold it along the way. *** George Washington insisted his continental army be permitted a
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It is difficult to avoid repeating mistakes made in the past. Your approach to certain situations has not changed and therein lies the problem. Someone who blames you for a mistake shows ignorance but that does not make it less upsetting.
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Who is trying to push you into a corner? Maybe it is being done so subtly that you have not even noticed. Who wants a decision from you? Appear to take pressure lightly and not give in to an irritation.
Every year in June, a bizarre festival takes place in the village of Castrillo de Murcia near Burgos in Spain, during which men dress up like the devil and then jump over babies born in the previous 12 months of the year. Known as El Colacho, the strange custom is part of the countrywide Corpus Christi (body of Christ) celebrations, yet only happens in this small village.
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbour, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover.” Mark Twain
Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are feelings. That’s what music is to me.”
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A rather slow start to the week leads you to feel bored but be assured that the weekend will be far from dull. A recent conversation or correspondence with an old friend leads to unexpected contact.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Everything on the home front is emphasised and there will be a flurry of activity. Get others involved in any changes. Work in the garden or painting is much more enjoyable and half the work if you enlist the help of someone you get on well with.
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When discussing a holiday with others, be aware that agreement is not always easily met. Although you are not inclined to compromise, it is necessary to go with the majority decision.
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Trivia from around the world *** Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at six feet tall and weighed 250 pounds. *** Sweden is so efficient that apparently only 1 per cent of its garbage ends up in landfill. *** Beaver College changed its name to Arcadia in 2001, in part because anti-porn filters blocked access to the school’s website. *** The boiling point for water at the top of Mount Everest is 162 degrees
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Your attention is needed on more than one front, and some decisions are at odds with your personal thoughts and attitudes. Being reminded that 'business is business' does nothing to relieve your conscience. You may have to upset someone by telling the
Are you willing to take a risk on someone who has let you down before? Looking into their recent past is likely to tip the balance. What you find shows clearly if there has been a change of heart on their part or if they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A disagreement with a friend upsets you but is short-lived. To avoid such a situation in the future, look at how you should have dealt with it. There is always something to know that guides us to a better position. It will make you smile someone has taken you for a fool as you have the last laugh.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A great feeling of joy comes over you more than once in the week ahead. Your inner child has been set free, and this is likely to be because of recent restrictions, which are now lifted. Do not feel guilty about this because it is a choice that will serve you well in the future. Right now, things may seem like a bit of an effort for small reward.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Travel arrangements may have to be changed at the last minute. Do not fret, however, because success is more likely later in the month. During a dream, or when reading a book, an idea comes to you. Can this really make a difference to your future? You may need to act quickly to start a new project but progress will require patience.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The need to plan ahead is frustrating when you know exactly what ought to be going on. Patience is something that you need to cultivate, or you risk upsetting someone close. Spending time with a colleague makes you realise how good things could be, but a lot of effort is involved. Pushing ahead does not guarantee results.
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Cryptic Across 1 One posted in Picardy? (4) 3 Rustic friend welcoming roast being served (8) 9 Domestic employees’ goats (7) 10 Join the French, become confused! (5) 11 One is entertained by flower girl (5) 12 A nice evening view sent us wild? (6) 14 Great fear triggered initially by mistake (6) 16 Detector of drunken snores (6) 19 Unhappy daughter has extremely large burden (6) 21 Endlessly evaluate fools (5) 24 Side with gal in trouble (5) 25 Rescue 50 in the wild (7) 26 Steel men work out basics (8) 27 Previously held in detention centre (4) Down 1 Building material for start of construction on Greek island (8) 2 Manages to acquire first of gold bars (5) 4 Help in class is trainee (6) 5 Shower after time of coach (5) 6 Right, put your clothes on again (7) 7 A German song was not true (4) 8 Roman consul in company accepting cooked rice (6) 13 Rare gems scattered in lake (8)
15 Understand how to convert into cash (7) 17 Make possible a reconciliation of Len and Abe (6) 18 Transfer debits for temporary accommodation (6)
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20 Bonehead taken up by Aztec nude dancers (5) 22 Rustic lover was in a turmoil (5) 23 Dull fashion direction (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 8 represents B and 19 represents W, so fill in B every time the figure 8 appears and W every time the figure 19 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Step by step (9) 7 Depart (5) 8 Venomous snake (5) 9/15 Knapsack (3,3) 10 Delight (6) 14 Panther cat (6) 15 See 9 18 Vagrant (5) 20 One sixteenth of a pound (5) 21 Take to bits (9) Down 1 Impertinence (4)
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Across 1 Sierras (herramientas) (4) 3 Ceniceros (8) 9 Boiled (7) 10 Oats (5) 11 Thimble (5) 12 Shine (6) 14 To struggle (6) 16 Eighth (6) 19 Reparar (6) 21 Mind (intelligence) (5) 24 Onza (5) 25 Plum (7) 26 Lirón (8) 27 Vein (in body, leaf) (4)
2 Extreme greed for material wealth (7) 3 Second-hand (4) 4 Full of zest or vigour (6) 5 Bark in a high-pitched tone (3) 6 Hairdresser (6) 11 Opposed to (7) 12 Straw hat (6) 13 Changes shape as via computer animation (6) 16 Tiny or scarcely detectable amount (4) 17 Give over (4) 19 Put on (3)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Horario (8) 2 Mundo (5) 4 Lentamente (6) 5 Lágrimas (5) 6 Happiness (cheerfulness) (7) 7 Chasquido (de dedos) (4) 8 Bible (6) 13 Slap (in the face) (8) 15 Limpiadora (persona) (7) 17 Summit (6) 18 Ladrillos (6) 20 Steel (metal) (5) 22 Sobrina (5) 23 Fuerte (ruido) (4)
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (INDUCE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ANYHOW APLOMB BEYOND BRAINY CASTLE COBALT ENSURE FAMILY INDUCE (10) NATION NIMBUS PAUNCH PIGPEN POTION SEAMEN TIPPED TUMULT TYPHUS WISDOM
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Behest 2 Though 3 Nearby 4 Pogrom 5 Letter 6 Eyeful 7 Bought 8 Waylay 9 Chorus 10 Beyond 11 Tweedy 12 Odious 13 Afloat 14 Curium 15 Inlaid 16 Affray 17 Rodent 18 Afraid 19 Nereid.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
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TARGET: • Average: 18 • Good: 26
• Very good: 37 • Excellent: 47
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 11 Good: 15 Very good: 22
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1 Giggle, 4 Scum, 8 Among, 9 Quits, 10 Reassemble, 13 Underskirt, 17 Irate, 18 Jammy, 19 Even, 20 Strain.
1 Gnaw, 2 Glove, 5 Climb, 6 Musket, 7 Squeak, 11 Shriek, 12 Futile, 14 Drake, 15 Rumba, 16 Hymn, 18/3 Jet lag.
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7 Ageless, 9 Adage, 10 Theatre, 11 Apple, 12 Scant, 14 Spirits, 16 Sceptic, 18 Spied, 20 Rouse, 22 Subside, 24 Poise, 25 Startle.
1 Parcel, 4 Next to, 9 Lagarto, 10 Stamp, 11 Attic, 12 Palanca, 13 Alrededores, 18 Trusted, 20 Clara, 22 Andar, 23 Diamond, 24 Oxygen, 25 Idioma.
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1 Tastes, 2 Serenade, 3 Newt, 4 Canaries, 5 Wasp, 6 Deters, 8 Stews, 13 Tattered, 15 Initiate, 16 Scraps, 17 Cases, 19 Diesel, 21 Unit, 23 Beak.
1 Pulgar, 2 Right, 3 Earache, 5 Easel, 6 Trainee, 7 Orphan, 8 Sorprendido, 14 Laundry, 15 Orchard, 16 Atraco, 17 Sandía, 19 Torre, 21 Apodo.
App of the week Heimdall Parental Control is what the app name says. You install the app on the child’s device and control it from your device. You can do things like block new app installations, limit call duration, track your child’s network activities, and even block undesired content like specific websites. Most of the features are free, but you need the premium version to get everything. We especially like that you can limit the use of apps already on the device.
QUIZ: LAST LINES From which 10 films are these the closing lines? The character speaking the words and the year of release (in brackets) are given as clues. 1. “And no matter what they did to build this city back up again ... for the rest of time ... it would be like nobody even knew we was ever here.” Amsterdam Vallon (2002) 2. “Hang on a minute, lads; I've got a great idea.” Charlie Croker (1969) 3. “Kevin, what did you do to my room?” Buzz McCallister (1990) 4. “Ladies and Gentlemen. Stop that girl. That girl running up the aisle - stop her. That's the girl whose voice you heard and loved tonight. She's the real star of the picture. Kathy Selden.” Don Lockwood (1952) 5. “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Rick Blaine (1942)
6. “Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!” Dr Emmett Brown (1985) 7. “That's right… That's right. Attaboy, Clarence.” George Bailey (1946) 8. “The horror, the horror…” Colonel Walter E Kurtz (1979) 9. “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.” Ripley (1979) 10. “Well, nobody's perfect.” Osgood Fielding III (1959) Not a lot of people know that… the famous line that became shorthand for the perceived attitude of City traders in the '80s is not simply: “Greed is good”, it is: “The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.” (Wall Street - 1987)
Answers: 1. GANGS OF NEW YORK, 2. THE ITALIAN JOB, 3. HOME ALONE, 4. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. 5. CASABLANCA, 6. BACK TO THE FUTURE, 7. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, 8. APOCALYPSE NOW, 9. ALIEN, 10. SOME LIKE IT HOT
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*Peter Criss, Drummer; December 20, 72 Drummer for the glam rock group Kiss who was nicknamed The Catman because of his performance make-up. He was introduced to his band mates after receiving a call about an ad he placed in Rolling Stone seeking work as a drummer. *Samuel L Jackson, Movie actor; December 21, 69 The actor, producer, and civil rights activist won a BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award for his role as Jules Winfield in the 1994 classic Pulp Fiction. He also played Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and had memorable roles in the films Sphere, The Negotiator, Kingsman, The Secret Service, Jurassic Park and Jackie Brown.
*Noel Edmonds, Radio and TV host; bodybuilding in 2009. December 22, 69 *Ricky Martin, Pop singer; December 24, 46 The English radio DJ and television presenter After launching his solo career in 1991, the Puerto Rican pop star gained widespread hosted the UK’s Deal or No Deal, Top of the Pops, and Are You Smarter Than a Ten Year Old? success for his eponymous debut album and the He also presented the cult show, Noel’s House hit song ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca.’ He began his Ricky Martin Party, which ran from 1991 to 1999. More acting career in advertisements for soft drinks recently he appeared in the reality show I’m a Celebrity and fast food on Puerto Rican television and started his music career in the boy band Menudo. Get Me Out of Here. *Jody Marsh, Model; December 23, 39 *Annie Lennox, Pop singer; December 25, 63 The English model who initially gained fame for an adult Singer-songwriter of ‘Sweet Dreams’ with the band The Eurythmics, she went on to have huge success with photo shoot and went on to star in her own reality show Totally Jodie Marsh: Who’ll Take Her Up the Aisle? ‘Walking On Broken Glass’ in her solo career. Lennox has Marsh also appeared in Muscle and Fitness after taking up sold more than 80 million albums worldwide.
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38AD - China reunited Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China. 856 - Damghan earthquake An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history. 1361 - Battle lines The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaen resulting in a Castilian victory. 1492 - Haiti reef The carrac Santa Maria commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch. 1688 - Ousted king As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris after being deposed in favour of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary. 1799 - Lee’s tribute Henry Lee III’s eulogy to George Washington in congress declares him as ‘first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen’ following his funeral a week earlier. 1808 - Burned down The original Covent Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts. 1988 - Orange men Prince William of Orange’s troops arrive in London.
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ONE girl missing, one woman searching, both equally lost. In the face of imminent danger, will a shared tragedy help them find their way home? Renowned archaeologist Richard Mathis is half a world away on the island of Crete when he learns his daughter, Bella, has gone missing. Within 20 minutes, he’s on his way back to America. Two days later, he’s dead. Richard’s young assistant, Angela Chase, is devastated by the loss of the man who had become both mentor and friend, and she’s determined to find the missing girl, who seems to have made dangerous connections, and whose lonely childhood so resembles Angela’s own. Born Laurel Springfield, Angela now spends her days digging up the origins of a lost civilisation while struggling to keep her own past buried. But will the search for Bella expose Angela’s carefully disguised identity and will she find Bella before she’s lost forever?
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CHRISTOPHER ROBIN was once a little boy whose best friend was a bear named Winnie the Pooh. Now, he is a working class adult with a family to support, and life has become a grind for him. At a particularly despairing moment, he is surprised to find himself face to face with his old friend Pooh. Together, they embark upon a journey to find Pooh’s missing friends and to recapture the joy that Christopher Robin left behind in childhood. In the process of undertaking this adventure, he will learn how to spread that sense of wonder to his own children. This family film is the perfect watch over the festive period, and stars Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and Bronte Carmichael.
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Fake it ‘til you make it AS the temperatures plunge and Spain’s usually clear blue skies become cloudier, most of us notice our summer glow starting to fade. While it is always advisable to reach for the fake tan rather than spending hours in the sun, winter is a particularly good time to take advantage of the wide variety of products promising a safe and natural-looking colour. The perfect fake tan begins by exfoliating to ensure the surface of your skin is smooth. Whether you will be tanning your face or body, use a gentle exfoliator, massaging the product in small circles before rinsing it off. Take some extra time on your knees and elbows, which are normally drier. Now you can wax or shave if you are planning to do so, as doing this after applying your tan may cause an uneven finish. Next you can moisturise, which will prevent the fake tan sticking to dry patches. It is important to remember not to remove hair or moisturise within 24 hours of applying fake tan. Finally, you can apply the product itself, starting at your ankles and using long, sweeping motions to evenly distribute the fake tan onto your body. The technique differs slightly for the face, where you should mix fake tan with a moisturiser before gently applying it, while taking care to avoid your eyebrows and hairline. If you’re stuck for time however, try a tinted moisturiser in a shade darker than your normal skin tone for a quick boost of colour. Alternatively, sweep a bronzing powder over the parts of your face which naturally attract the most sun, like your nose, forehead, and cheekbones.
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The big beauty cover-up By Sally Underwood BETWEEN family reunions, glamorous parties, and festive events, this time of year can be one of the best. But late nights catching up with friends and family can take its toll, leaving us feeling less than sprightly. Luckily, the humble concealer is there at hand if you prefer to cover up any evidence of missing your beauty sleep. But while this product can help disguise everything from undereye bags to pigmentation and scarring, how you apply concealer can make a huge difference to its effectiveness. One of the biggest problems with using concealer under the eyes can be creasing, when the product settles into any fine lines. Similarly, flaking can also ruin the overall effect you are trying to achieve.
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CONCEALER: Can help camouflage pesky under eye circles. Prevent this by using a thin layer of eye cream before applying any make-up, allowing around 20 minutes to let it settle in before putting anything on top. This will moisturise the skin and help plump out any lines. Next, if you don’t mind using multiple products, apply a primer under your eyes which will help your make-up last longer and preventing it creasing or moving around. Finally, put a small amount of your preferred shade of concealer on the tips of your index fingers and allow it to warm up to skin temperature. This will help it spread better and prevent you
pulling the delicate skin around your eye as you apply the make-up. Now, pat a small amount into the inner corner of your orbital bone and then dab a small amount of concealer in a triangle shape reaching down to your cheek bone rather than in a half-moon shape under your eye. This trick will visually draw the eye away from any un-
SCIENTISTS have found that ingesting a certain type of clay, may limit the amount of fat absorbed by the body. Researchers from the University of South Australia found that rats fed a high fat diet gained the least weight if they also ate an unnamed clay supplement, compared to a placebo or the current most popular fat-binding drug, orlistat. PHD student Tahnee Dening, discovered the unexpected benefit by coincidence during another experi-
der eye bags and shadows, and help to counteract the look of tiredness. If you do not suffer from dry skin you can now finish by gently pressing a small amount of powder onto your concealer, which will help to set it. If you have very dry skin, skip this step and instead make sure your make-up is pressed into the skin to prevent it moving.
ment. She found the clay was, ‘attracting fat droplets and literally soaking them up. Not only were the clay materials trapping the fats within their particle structure, but they were also preventing them from being absorbed by the body, ensuring fat simply passed through the digestive system’ The finding may offer promising progress in the hunt for a safe weight loss pill, with scientists suggesting clay supplements could soon move to the human testing phase.
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Wine not? A STUDY has shown people who drink alcohol in moderation are 11 per cent less likely to go to hospital. A study by Harvard University, and published in journal Addiction, found those who enjoyed a small glass of wine a day were healthier than those who avoided alcohol altogether. The research project studied 21,000 men and women in Italy over six years and found that overall 13,000 people ended up in hospital. The average age of those hospitalised was 56, and those who avoided alcohol were 11 per cent more likely to become ill than those who drank in moderation and followed a Mediterranean-style diet. Dr Ken Mukamal, from the Harvard Medical School, said: “We are absolutely not saying that any teetotaller should start drinking to improve his / her health.� However, red wine in particular in moderation has been shown to have a wide range of health benefits.
One of these benefits is caused by the high anti-oxidant rate of red wines. The drink contains polyphenols, a group of chemicals naturally occurring in plants, which can help to prevent cellular damage by cancercausing chemicals, such as tobacco smoke or pollution. These in turn can improve the function of blood vessels, and help prevent blood clots, as well as potentially helping to protect the body against cancers. White wine lovers need not fear, however, as although red wine is touted as the healthiest of its competitors, white vari-
eties also offer benefits. These include lower, but still significant, levels of antioxidants. White wines also contain fewer calories than red, at around 85 calories per small 125 millilitre glass compared to 105 calories in red wine. Finally, one festive favourite, Champagne, also contains antioxidants, and at 90 calories per 125 millilitres is one of the least fattening party drinks. Whichever your favourite, experts are quick to point out these benefits only apply when alcohol is consumed in moderation.
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It’s Christmas time TO people of a certain age, the annual battle for a Christmas No 1 slot was a pleasing end to the musical year. The 70’s and 80’s saw the creative pinnacle of original Christmas songs. Class i c s b y S l a d e , Wi z z a r d , Wham, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Shakin’ Stevens and Band Aid to name but a few, fill the radio airwaves at this time of year. Not only do these songs provide a musical backdrop to our festivities, they also provide the writers of these songs with a tidy pension, long after they have stopped bothering the charts. Jona Lewie was a talent-
ed musical maverick, but hardly a massive chart star. But his classically poignant Stop The Cavalry isn’t only a fantastic yearly earworm, it also gives old Jona a handsome yearly financial boost. The ultimate Christmas standard is arguably Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade. Writers Jim Lea and Noddy Holder could pretty much put their feet up if they wanted and look for-
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JONA LEWIE: Annual Xmas cheque. ward to the royalty cheque every year. The Christmas No 1 battle was pretty much destroyed by Simon Cowell and his soulless annual XFactor fodder for the masses. Thank goodness for Slade et al!
IT was raining not so much cats and dogs, more like tigers and wolves, and a visit to Cowboyland had been overthrown in favour of Guadix. I considered that caves were a drier option than the Wild West. We decided to head for the Oficina de Turismo, to be advised on the driest Puntos de Interes. Fruitlessly we meandered along various streets until it seemed sensible to abandon our search for this particular holy grail and engage common sense. We headed uphill. It became narrower. Tarmac gave way to cobbles, but on the plus side it did look more cavey. We dead-ended in a square, picturepretty in a sodden kind of way, but totally devoid of human life except for a white van.
‘There’s never a local when you want one,’ I dirged through the driving rain. As if in answer to my prayer, a local emerged, and headed for the van. ‘We’re lost,’ Iwoefully informed him, as if that was not evident enough. ‘Follow me,’ he encouraged cheerfully, a cigarette bouncing a jolly rhythm between his lips as he spoke. ‘When I turn left, you turn right,’ the cigarette admonished. We followed. He turned left, frantically semaphoring as if beating off a swarm of wasps for us to turn right. We did, and lo and behold! The Cave Museum! But why, when I ask directions, do I always get someone who is rendered almost unintelligible by no teeth, or a cigarette? Or sometimes both!
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Monica’s brunette tresses were styled into a sleek ponytail, ensuring her enviable bone structure was on display. The star’s flawless skin was enhanced with blusher and her stunning eyes were highlighted with a dramatic smokey eye. The beauty was all smiles and oozed confidence as she posed for photos at the glamorous event in Madrid. Monica was enjoying a night off from parenting duties to her five year-old daughter Antonella.
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Irina sizzles in Spain IRINA SHAYK put on a smouldering display as she attended the opening of the new Porcelanosa store in Castellon de la Plana, Spain. The Vogue coverstar, 32, showcased her stunning figure in a plunging black gown as she posed up a storm for photographers. The daring neckline led into a tucked in waist and flowed into an elegant skirt.
Shimmering pearls adorned the gorgeous garment, with the star accessorising with a crystalstudded clutch. Her brunette tresses were pulled back into a sleek ponytail while her pretty features were enhanced with smoky shadow and rose lipstick. She welcomed daughter Lea de Seine Shayk Cooper into the world on March 21, 2017, with her partner Bradley Cooper.
Mesmerising Maria in Madrid Theatre in New York City - which beMARIAH CAREY put on yet another came her first ever residency - as she amazing show on Sunday as she celeplayed a number of nights every Debrated the final gig of her ‘All I cember. want for Christmas is You’ tour In 2017 she started it off in The in Madrid. Beacon, took the show to London The diva looked sensational and France for a few nights and in a figure-hugging plunging then finished at The Colosseum black mini-dress, which at Caesars Palace in showcased her ample Las Vegas. cleavage. But this year’s The 49-year-old leg saw the mumrocked knee-high boots of-two take her and skin-tight black Christmas show all leggings to complete around Europe, hitting the sexy ensemble. Norway, Sweden, DenThis marked the mark, Germany, France, first year that Mariah England, The Netherlands didn’t have a homebase and Belgium; before finset for the festive conishing in Spain. cert series. She first kicked it off in 2014 at the Beacon BEAUTY: Mariah Carey.
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BEARING a striking resemblance to her sister Penelope, Monica Cruz caused a stir all of her own as she attended the ELLE Christmas party in Madrid. The 41-year-old Spanish actress ensured all eyes were on her in a sizzling red mini-dress with feathered detailing and glittering embellished lace. She boosted her height with a pair of glamorous silver heels and accessorised with some jazzy triangle-shaped drop earrings.
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Candied peel THIS is a great way to use up citrus peel. Lemons, oranges and grapefruit all work perfectly and at Olive Tree Farm we had a bit of a glut! Once they are properly dried, they make a lovely Christmas gift. Just put a few in a cellophane bag and wrap with a pretty ribbon. First you need to remove the peel off citrus fruit (I used two lemons and two oranges). Cut the top and bottom end off the fruit and score four times, then pull the peel away and cut into strips. Boil in plain water for 15 minutes and then strain and discard the liquid. Then back to the pan... For every cup of water, add one cup of sugar (I did two of each), bring to the boil and then pop your peel back in the pan and simmer uncovered for about 30-45 mins, you will see the liquid start to thicken, keep your eye on it, you don’t want it to
CITRUS PEEL: Makes a lovely Christmas gift. caramelise, you want a syrup. Leave to strain but save the syrup (for something? Not sure yet?) ... Leave to strain and cool for half an hour or so and then toss in sugar, I used caster sugar and then leave it to dry for a day or two. They are lovely even without dipping in chocolate!
Notes: I like a bit of zing so only boiled in plain water once, but you can do it twice before the final boil using the sugar. You can put the rack of the finished peel in the oven on the lowest heat to speed up the drying process for about an hour. Half dipped in melted dark chocolate once dried, they are delicious.
Fine food hot spot ALME R I A i s b e c o min g quite the fine food hot spot. There are high expectations that the naming of the provincial capital as Spanish Ga st r o n o m y C a p ita l 2019 will be a major boost for Alm e r i a a s a t o u ris m destination for foodies, and this looks even more likely with the announcement the Andalucia Academy of Gastronomy and Tourism has chosen Almeria as the host city for its annual awards next year. S ome o f Sp a i n ’s b e s t known food critics and journalists are expected to participate i n t h e e v e n t, at which awards will be presented to restaurateurs and gastronomy sector professionals. Academy president Fernando Huidobro has praised provin c i a l c u i si n e , co mmenting, “Almeria stands out for its products from the sea. “The fish is spectacular, and a l o t o f f i sh e a t en in
other provinces of Spain is caught here. The fruit and vegetable production is also impressive, as are the wines of the province. “You have a different way
of having tapas and great chefs, both traditional and avant-garde. In short you ha ve a lot of inte re s ting things to offer in gastronomy.”
OLIVE TREE FARM was set up about four years ago with the intention of achieving a level of self sufficiency. We have poultry for meat and eggs, goats for milk, rabbits and small pigs for meat and harvest our 70 olive trees each year for oil. We also grow a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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YOU can tell Christmas isn’t far off when the annual ‘UK families ripped off by unscrupulous and entirely predictable seasonal Winter Wonderland theme-park extravaganzas’ are upon us. This is like Groundhog Day, yet another year, yet another traditional Christmas fiasco. You know, events which advertise snow, forests, elves, herds of reindeer and scores of marquees offering the ‘finest seasonal foods’, but turn out to be families forking out to stand in long queues in ‘boggy fields’ with bad-tempered Santas in tacky outfits, smoking elves in dodgy costumes, donkeys sporting cardboard antlers and stalls selling Cadbury chocolates well past their sell-by date. This year a Christmas parade was branded a ‘shambles’ after parents said it had just three floats and was ‘all over in five minutes.’ Swansea’s annual festive event promised ‘dynamic dance-troupes’ as well as ‘spectacular shows and stages.’ But roadworks in the city centre saw the parade hugely scaled down, leading to a barrage of complaints from ‘outraged’ parents on social media. Plans for a female Santa Claus at a town’s Christmas parade led to accusations that councillors were letting political correctness ruin
LETTERS FROM CANARIES By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com HELLO from the Canary Islands, where this year we’re stepping very cautiously into the festive season after receiving sobering news. ‘Canaries, the place in Spain with the longest wait for surgery; five months!’ was the Diario de Avisos cheery headline on the last day of November. This paper often provides the most objective Canarian news, being less restrained by ‘complex political considerations,’ or funding as it was previously called. The worrying information did appear in other papers, cosily tucked away inside with articles on dog grooming and other non-news. The Canarian press practices layout censorship. But there it was, the result of Ministry of Health national waiting list times, published the day before, blazoned in bold 100-point on the front page. Spare a thought then for us during the festivities. Send us cautionary thoughts, reminding us to be careful, because should we hurt ourselves, or suffer internal mal-
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Can president spend the money? Can a president spend community money if it’s not in the agreed budget or if the budget has not yet been agreed by the owners at an AGM? RP (Costa del Sol)
FATHER CHRISTMAS: Male or female this year? tradition. Father Christmas tours the streets of Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham every Christmas Eve, handing out sweets to crowds of excited kids from a float. The festivities have taken place since the 1960’s. However, this year things will be different after a sub-committee at Great Aycliffe Town Council voted unanimously to let a female take over the role. I wonder what the job ad possibly stipulated? Equality position. No experience necessary. Previous work with large animals desirable as float propelled by reindeer and donkeys. Deep voice and ability to say ho! ho! ho! an advantage but otherwise voice training will be given. Must be willing to travel (essential user sleigh allowance provided). As rein-
deer will fly, driving licence not essential but private pilot licence desirable with night piloting certification. I think I’ll put my poodle in for the job next year… animals have rights as well you know! Ho ho ho or woof woof woof? Happy Christmas! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits go to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
The short answer is, yes. Standardly, David Searl the president has access to You and the Law the community funds. He can in Spain write cheques and make transfers. The professional administrator usually has power over the funds also. Sometimes the expenditures require two signatures. If the president is also the administrator and has sole access to the funds, he needs no further authorisation to spend community money. He is of course, obligated to inform the community in a timely manner of any expense paid out which is not included in the budget voted by the community. If the added expense is for a superior quality of paint on the building because the cheaper paint was not available, there should be no problem. If, however, the president undertakes new projects not voted by the members, he can be called to account and even taken to court to reimburse the community.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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NO WAITING: Alternative ways to beat the waiting times. functions and need a touch of tweaking, it’ll be five months before anybody gets involved in fixing us. Gracious, we’ll have to hobble, crawl or clutch the defective part through till May. To be fair, the report said 147 days, which is marginally less, plus we’ll be the lucky recipients of loads of pharmaceuticals for pain relief, along with complementary
pharmaceuticals to minimise any side effects. Nevertheless, I personally will be restraining myself from the usual wild, mid-winter dancing on the edge of precipices and brandy fortified Christmas immersions where enormous waves bash rocks. I’ll resist all temptation to take part in New Year’s Eve bareback gallops along aforementioned precipices.
Gaffer taping a broken tibia long-term is unappealing and precipices are legion in these parts, affording many opportunities for accidents to those inclined and, curiously, it seems that many of our visitors are. Despite advice to the contrary (not much), and common sense (none) they do drop off edges with alarming regularity, often managing to seriously injure themselves
and, the holiday to end all holidays, sometimes to kill themselves. But investigations reveal no five month backlog of injured walkers, groaning in German, in Canarian hospital corridors. Is their nationality relevant? I hear you ask. Well, possibly. In Germany, as I’m sure you know, dangers are properly advertised. Large warning signs like ‘Danger! Precipice!’ tell you there’s a precipice. But what are you doing up there if you can’t see that for yourself? Is it the absence of signs here which causes problems? Whatever it is, there are injuries and surgery is obviously alive, well and immediately available if they happen in a certain way. Bad backs and hernias don’t count, for example. So here’s an alternative to waiting five months, which in festive mood I pass on to all: should you be here and have the misfortune to need surgery, local bearers must immediately carry you up a rockface and then abandon you. A helicopter will soon arrive and within an hour you’ll be in the operating theatre. A Merry Christmas to us all and may we keep our wits about us!
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THE Mossos de Esquadra, Cataluña’s police force, charged against CDR demonstrators on Constitution Day. Everybody else had a day off and was revving up for Christmas, but the Committees for the Defence of the Republic were out doing their defence job. So Cataluña’s Mossos did their job too, and broke up the demonstrations. Cataluña’s regional president Quim Torra, decided they had violated the CDR members’ de-
mocratic right to demonstrate and ordered purges amongst the highest-ranking Mossos officers. Meanwhile, the CDR continued demonstrating, whereupon the Madrid government called Torra to order. Unless the Mossos can guarantee public safety, Pedro Sanchez will send in reinforcements from the National Police, he warned. Sanchez is just doing his job too, so it would be uncharitable and cynical to link this to the results of the Andalucia elections, and the perception that the government’s conciliatory stance lost the PSOE too many votes.
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CDR: Demonstrators on Constitution Day.
TECH FOR THE TIMID FOR my long-suffering partner it can’t come too soon; the day I ask our kitchen console what’s for dinner rather than her. It’s getting close. Fancy fridges can already warn that we’re low on carrots and order more. Next will be one of those sci-fi space-station scenarios where the computer dishes up the evening’s tasty Soylent Green. The burden of shopping is shifting from humans to machines. But among the melee of Christmas shopping this year, it’s sobering to consider just how many traditional retailers are going, or gone, under the online onslaught. From Poundland and Sears, to Toys ‘R’ Us, Zara in Spain and most recently the UK’s Debenhams. Part of the problem is ‘showrooming’ ; a recent word for how we use a bricks-and-mortar store to examine the goods, then go home to order them online more cheaply. My conscience is not clear. As this publication pointed out a while back, Amazon is now far and away Spain’s biggest retailer, an astonishing achievement after just seven
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EVERYBODY is pussy-footing around the main reason for Vox’s success in Andalucia. The PSOE government’s handling of the Cataluña crisis is supposed to be a principal reason, and it is likely that the people who vote for Vox, are probably Spanish nationalists. The real problem isn’t even immigration. It’s immigrants. Not the Latin Americans who share a language and, however loosely, the Spanish culture.
Not the expats who love the climate and the Spanish, however little they understand of what goes on in Spain. Vox voters and others, fear a large swathe of immigrants who have left their homelands for better lives in Spain, but bring alien concepts with them. The solution is not Vox’s ‘Spain for the Spanish’ but until a better one comes along, that’s what they’re buying.
Health warning CATALAN-BORN Manuel Valls, the former French prime minister, will run for Barcelona mayor in next year’s municipal elections. There’s a fair chance that he could win, but
there was a warning embedded in Valls’ reference to the cordon sanitaire devised by the French to keep out Le Pen and the populists. This, the former French prime minister said, should apply in Andalucia, but will Ciudadanos and the Partido Popular take heed? Or will they let their ambitions get the better of them by courting Vox, whose 12 seats in Andalucia’s regional parliament are necessary if they are to form a government? Cs should think twice, because although Valls is running as an independent, it’s under the aegis of Rivera’s party. Come May 2019, will he want even a tenuous association with a party which makes concessions to another, and which opposes practically everything it apparently believed in until now?
Borderline issue WHEN Quim Torra talks about a Slovenia-type solution - with 74 deaths - for Cataluña, he could ponder on May and the Northern Ireland backstop. If the unthinkable happened and a Slovenia solution were forced on the 50 per cent of Catalans who do not want independence, how would Quim Torra, Carles Puigdement, the CDR, Omnium, the ANC and die-hard separatists negotiate their border with Spain? Brexit would have nothing on it.
What’s for dinner Hal? Terence Kennedy considers how we’ll shop in years to come
ORDER CAREFULLY: ‘Bargain deckchairs’ bought online. Oops. years. In 2017 it sold €4.2 billionworth of stuff, far ahead of its trailing rivals AliExpress and the more traditional El Corte Ingles. Eight out of 10 of us now shop online, a four-fold increase since the turn of the century, with sales growing more than 15 per cent a year.
We’re in a brave new world of ecommerce, with ever-more connected devices. By 2025 says one pundit, ‘wrist commerce’ will be all the rage; talking to our smartwatches to order stuff as the whim or need takes us. Not sure when considering a new car, if 19 cup-holders are sufficient?
(That’s how many there are in the 2019 Subaru Ascent. Seriously?) No need to head to the dealer, just put on your Virtual Reality headset and take a tour. No more schlepping stuff home from the shop. Just wait for the drone to drop and deliver, then hope the neighbour doesn’t nick it. Again. No more running out of cheese; your fridge tells the warehouse, whose driver (or robot) stocks up your supply. Perhaps even loading it into the fridge before you get home, if a new proposal to give retailers special access to our homes takes off. In fact no need even for your fridge to run regular stocktaking; every time you take a bottle of water the retailer replenishes it. The best we can hope, is that technology can cope. Witness the parents who ordered a birthday cake for their daughter online, ‘with a little blonde figure on the top.’ Auto-correct changed it to ‘blind’.
Cutting edge tech YOUR connected razor knows when its blades have gone rusty. Your smartwatch, with heart rate, platelet level and location data, knows you’ve cut yourself shaving. Your wrist vibrates. You look at your smartwatch. Your Smart Assistant says ‘Swipe left to order bandages. Swipe right to ignore.’ You swipe left. It thanks you. Your bandages arrive within the hour, with a new razor. Not in our lifetimes? A decade ago, talking to a gadget in your lounge to play music, order pizza or playthings or dim the lights was fruitcake-talk. Buy an Amazon Echo, a Google Home or an Apple HomePod and it’s reality for millions today. The saddest aspect of it all; the day we accept our Smart Assistants are way smarter than we are.
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Adopt an oldie THE Animal Protection Society Albox (APSA) is appealing for long-term fostering or adoption of older dogs. “Kennels are not the right place for old dogs, but during the winter it is extra hard on them and we are very worried”, says APSA kennel manageress Barbara Bennett. “Instead of being outside in the cold, they should be snuggled up in front of the fireplace, being spoiled, enjoying the last period of their lives.” APSA hopes elderly gents Barney, Ben and Yoda will be homed soon, Barbara describing all three as loving, well-behaved and great companions.
APPEAL: APSA is hoping older dogs like Barney, Ben and Yoda will be fostered long-term or adopted. Barney is about nine and has been with APSA for a very long time. “He is very smart with a great personality who, despite his age, enjoys a good run, long walkies and having a buddy to play with. He makes a fab cuddle buddy”, Barbara says. Ben, 12, has spent almost all
his life at the kennels. “It must be the black dog curse: he just disappears among the others and adopters have never taken a second look at him”, Barbara explains. “Living in kennels is getting harder and harder for him. All he wants is a cozy bed, a lot of love and a nice walk.”
Biotech intro AROUND 50 pupils from the Rosa Navarro institute in Olula de Rio had an introduction to biotechnology at an Almeria provincial council Young People and New Technologies 2018 Programme workshop The students were invited to analyse their own DNA to see their cardiac rhythm and establish if they are morning or night people. They also analysed the DNA of bacteria, plants and animals, using a DIY biotechnology laboratory with the latest IT tools.
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Industrial estate improvements
MODERNISATIONS: The works will improve worker and driver safety, according to the Almeria Council Development Deputy. THE Terdiqura Industrial Estate in Albox is to get new LED energy efficient street lighting and 3,400 metres of new paving, the Almeria Provincial Council announced. Provincial Development Deputy, Oscar Liria, said the municipality will receive €385,000 for improvements to the industrial estate, which runs alongside the Almanzora dual-carriageway, and specif-
ically on Paralelo, Cerro Gordo, Central and Poniente streets. “We are talking about very important works for the safety of workers, drivers and lorry drivers,” Liria commented. “At the same time, the lighting will meet a historic demand on the part of the industrial estate companies.” The industrial estate investment comes under the
Almeria Council’s Investment Plans, which according to the Development Deputy make it possible for the province’s 103 local councils to carry out major projects which without the funding would be difficult to carry out. “They are investments which generate employment and help to transform and modernise the province’s municipalities,” he maintained.
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FACE presents early Christmas gifts FACE (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) was pleased to present early Christmas gifts to the winners of its Christmas quiz and raffle, which were both drawn at the recent FACE Christmas market held in Arboleas. The winner of the quiz was Ella Dring from Albox. She was one of only approximately 50 people who completed all 25 questions correctly, and her name was drawn from the correct answers. Ella was presented with her prize of a superb food hamper at Chapman’s bar in Avenida Lepanto in Albox, by FACE President Carrie Ann Earl. The raffle was won by Jackie Roberts of Los Higuerales, Arboleas, who had purchased her winning ticket at Chapman’s
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PRIZES: FACE President Carrie Ann Earl presents Ella Dring with her prize of a food hamper. And from left to right David Maskell, Adele Wrigglesworth (FACE founder), Lynne Dobbie, Jackie Roberts (winner), Gilly Elliott-Binns (Vice-President), Carrie Ann Earl (President), Peter Martin and Lorraine Cundy.
bar’s Christmas Fair only two days before the draw. Her prize of €200 was presented at the La Meson Hostel in Arboleas by members of the FACE committee on December 7. The answers to the quiz and a list of all raffle winners
has been published on the Facebook page and web page. If you would like to to know more about FACE, make a donation, or join our dedicated group, visit us at www.facecharity.com, email face.chari ty@hotmail.com, or call 634
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Rural plan support ALMERIA Provincial Council will give financial support to Armuña, Albox, Lucar, VelezBlanco and Purchena for the PFEA Rural Employment Development Plan. Council President Gabriel Amat met with the mayors of the five municipalities, which unlike 85 others and two groups of municipalities, have decided not to cede management of the plan to the provincial administration. The council will give the five localities nearly €60,000 towards materials for the projects.
CREDIT: Almeria provincial council website
COMMITMENT: Council President shows support. PFEA provincial delegate deputy Guillermo Casquet stressed the Almeria administration’s backing of the plan, which he said ‘creates employment and generates investment
in the province.’ He said the five local councils will have to contract an expert to oversee management of projects, Social Security payments, and admin costs.
Get your skates on ALBOX has a brand new leisure facility. Mayor Francisco Torrecillas and Deputy Mayor Francisco Campoy officially inaugurated a skate and bike park last week at the Health and Water Centre sports grounds. Users of the new facility must abide by a number of legal regulations. These include wearing a helmet and protection on arms and legs, not walking or taking a motorbike onto the track, and always following the direction arrows.
READY: Albox mayor Francisco Torrecillas and other local council members with young skaters and cyclists.
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Rental reforms coming By Sally Underwood SPAIN’S central government has announced it plans to approve new rental laws imminently. Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister, said his government may extend rental agreements from three to five years, or seven in the case of businesses, restrict how much deposit is taken, and is also contemplating limiting rental prices in areas of highest demand. The Minister for Public Works, Jose Luis Abalos, explained housing had been one of the issues the government had been most eager to tackle since coming into power in June. He added they plan to enact legal changes to the rental market as soon as possible. Helena Beunza, Secretary General of Housing, told one publication these changes could even take place before the end of the year, bringing rental regulations closer to those put in place in Spain in 1995. She explained this could see the
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government impose an extension of rental contracts from three to five years, and that if neither party gives notice not to renew a contract within its last six months it will automatically be renewed for another three years. Ms Beunza also confirmed the government could create legislation preventing landlords from asking for more than two months’ worth of rent as a deposit, and that the costs of any real estate management and of formalising the contract may be borne by the property owner. The government has said it also plans to ensure any rights a landlord has to take back their home are included in the rental contract so that tenants always know where they stand. Finally, it is yet to be announced whether the government plans to impose rental price limits in areas with the greatest demand, such as Barcelona and Madrid. According to Abalos, any new legislation should be announced by the end of the month.
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Cars for a safe journey EUROPEAN car safety organisation Euro NCAP has revealed its annual ‘best in class’ winners for 2019, following a year of crash testing. The three cars which have achieved particularly high scores within their segments are the premium MercedesBenz A-Class in the ‘small family cars’ category, the smart Lexus ES in the ‘large family car’ category, and the hydrogen fuel cell Hyundai Nexo in the ‘large off-road’ category. Each of these vehicles represents the best of their body styles within the context of 2018’s testing, which has been a little more stringent in certain areas than in previous years. “In 2018 we introduced tough new tests, with a particular focus on Vulnerable Road User protection,” said Euro NCAP Secretary General, Michiel van Ratingen.
“The three Best in Class award winners this year all clearly demonstrate that car-makers are striving for the highest levels of protection and that Euro NCAP’s assessments are a catalyst for these crucial safety improvements.” Euro NCAP put automated driving technology to the test in 2018 for the first time, and its findings helped clarify some of the confusion motoring consumers are currently experiencing. Assisted driving systems can bring safety and convenience benefits but full automation is a long way off. “We will follow and assess these developments closely and ensure that
consumers have all the information they need when considering these new driver technologies,” added van Ratingen. Euro NCAP is a Europe-wide organisation which forms the basis of car safety testing, especially crash tests, across the continent. Established over 20 years ago, its ‘star ratings’ give a quick indication as to how safe a car is (or isn’t), while in-
SAFE DRIVE: The Lexus ES combines both style and security. depth reports are available for free on the organisation’s website. In contrast to the ever increasing levels of safety available to car buyers, 2018 has also seen some disappointing Euro NCAP crash test results. The Fiat Panda scored a shocking
zero stars, joining its stablemate the Punto, which scored zero in 2017. The ultra-masculine Jeep Wrangler scored just one star, while the muchanticipated Suzuki Jimny scored a distinctly average three stars. Everything else earned four or more stars this year, with at least an 85 per cent adult occupant protection rating.
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I T i s a l m o s t a s i f P o r s c h e c o n cluded the Macan had had it too easy for too long. Save the larger Cayenne SUV, it outsells all other Porsches combined and instead of the numbers gracefully declining over the years, Macan sales started incredibly well in 2014 and have continued getting stronger every year. But now Porsche has decided this second generation Macan is going to have to do without diesel, still the most popular source of power in its class. Which should put it on its mettle. The reason for Porsche’s decision to stop selling diesel cars, depends on whom you talk to. The official line, is that diesel isn’t very Porsche anyway and sales are in decline. But the fact that Porsche sourced its diesels from the VW Group, the people responsible for the Dieselgate saga, probably had something to do with it. S t e p p i n g i n t o d i e s e l ’s o i l stained shoes then, is this 2.0litre petrol Macan, complete with a raft of subtle but significant mechanical and cosmetic upgrades which keep it fresh, until a genuinely all-new car appears early in the next decade.
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Porsche Macan: A justified heavy seller All the usual Macans, such as the S, GTS and Turbo will follow this base model, but for now it can be identified by its new bumpers, headlamps, rear diffuser, and, most notably, the new wraparound tail-lights. A greater effort has been made inside where you’ll find the old dash has been ripped out and replaced by glossy black screens which look much classier. The Macan is not quick, slower indeed than the old diesel model, but the engine is quick to respond, smooth and sounds happier the harder you make it work. M o r e o v e r, t h a n k s t o its pint-sized powertrain, this, the cheapest Macan is going to carry up to 100kg less mass on
its nose than the more powerful versions to come, so its more modest performance fits far better with the enhanced handling brought by such a dramatic weight loss. The Macan was al-
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type and with revised steering and suspension, this entry-level model will remain the cream of the crop. Others are closing the fun gap the Alfa Romeo Stelvio in particular - but if you don’t need a diesel, the Macan is today what it has been from its launch: the most desirable mid-sized SUV there is.
DITCHING DIESEL: This second generation Macan does not run on diesel.
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Kia e-Niro: A high performing all-rounder ALTHOUGH the Kia e-Niro’s makers have had to revise its range down from 301 miles to 282 miles, that is still a very respectable distance for a production electric car. Indeed this slight readjustment is unlikely to dampen the anticipation and enthusiasm among potential buyers of this exceptional car. Even before anyone has even had a chance to drive it, some dealers have been reporting 42week waiting lists. It is a remarkable figure for what is on the surface, a smallish middle of the road SUV, especially one that’s already available in both traditional and plug-in hybrid forms. The interior is not a huge departure from other Kias, save for a smattering of blue highlights, with a practical layout and robust build quality. The lack of drama here may even appeal to more conserva-
ELECTRIFYING: The Kia e-Niro is one of the best electric cars on the market. tive buyers who want to convert to electric, but are put off by the ostentatious technology of something like a Tesla. There is plenty of storage space with a huge cavity scooped out behind the rotary drive selector, and this is an e-Niro exclusive, replacing the more traditional stick you’ll find in the hybrid ver-
sions. The other big difference is a TFT screen which shows your speed, range and charge level, as well as a host of other information; it almost becomes too cluttered. Seats have been raised to make room for the battery beneath the floor, but there’s still plenty of headroom and a pleasingly clear view out.
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The boot’s 451-litre capacity is greater than that of any other electric car at this price, and perfectly adequate for most families’ needs. As for the driving (which electric cars often don’t rate highly on), it scoots around town very happily, and three levels of regenerative braking are available. No matter which you choose, the e-Niro’s steering is light, its gentle throttle is easy to modulate, and while the friction brakes can be inconsistent, you rarely use them enough to notice. The lack of feel in the steering is a little disappointing, and the nose starts to veer off line at a higher speed. That said, the car retains a very safe and robust aura, and the low centre of gravity means body lean is controlled while traction is strong. This is a car in which you can build up a rhythm, flowing easily from corner to corner and surfing along on the instant torque of that electric motor. The Kia e-Niro is familyfriendly with performance and driving dynamics which make it not just palatable, but enjoyable.
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Premier League Preview
By Tom Woods
SHAQ’S BACK: Xherdan Shaqiri proved the difference in the match. drought as Manchester City claimed a 3-1 win over Everton. Jesus gave City the lead at the Etihad with a low finish following Leroy Sane’s assist, and he made it 2-0 on 50 minutes by heading home from close range from another weighted Sane cross. Everton halved the deficit through Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s header, but
Raheem Sterling restored the two-goal cushion with a header of his own. Man City next travel to Leicester, while Everton will host Tottenham. Charlie Austin struck late in a 3-2 win for Southampton as new manager Ralph Hasenhuttl made an instant impact at St Mary’s to end Arsenal’s 22 game unbeaten run.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: Wada chief Olivier Niggli is overseeing a robust investigation.
Wada eyes Moscow laboratory THE World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has said it is ‘another step closer’ to gaining full access to the former Moscow anti-doping laboratory. A team of five experts has been sent to Russia to retrieve the data. Wada lifted a three-year ban on Russia’s anti-doping agency, Rusada, in September, which followed a major scandal over state-spon-
sored doping. Access to the Moscow laboratory data and samples before the end of 2018 was a condition of Russia’s reinstatement. “The raw data is the missing piece of the puzzle,” said Wada director-general Olivier Niggli. He added the data would ‘complement’ the duplicate Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) database that Wada acquired last
year, and ‘help conclude’ its investigations into alleged state-backed doping by Russia. After the data has been reviewed, Russian authorities must retest any samples required by Wada before June 30, 2019. Wada said the data would then be used alongside any reanalysed samples to ‘build cases against athletes who cheated.’
TOP TABLE: Jurgen Klopp. Danny Ings had twice put the Saints ahead with a smartly taken first-half brace on his return to injury, but they were pegged back by two Henrik Mkhitaryan strikes. With the game locked at 2-2, both teams had chances to win it, but substitute Austin headed home in the 85th minute for his fifth goal against the
Gunners after Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno misjudged a high cross. Southampton next travel to Huddersfield, while Arsenal will host Burnley. Other fixtures this weekend will see Chelsea entertain Bournemouth, Watford travel to West Ham, and Newcastle host Fulham.
La Liga Preview
Messi masterclass dismantles Levante LIONEL MESSI scored a hat-trick and created another two goals as Barcelona thrashed 10-man Levante 5-0 to regain a three-point lead at the top of La Liga. The Argentine stole the show, and began the exhibition with a cross for Luis Suarez’s opener. He was then played in on goal by Sergio Busquet’s pass and tucked it into the far corner, before stroking home from the edge of the box for his second. Mess completed his hat-trick with an easy finish from close range for his 50th goal for club and country in 2018, and there was still time for Pique to get in on the act to round off a comprehensive victory. B a r c e l o n a w i l l n e x t h o s t C e l t a Vi g o while Levante will travel to Rayo Vallecano. The champions were joined at the top of La Liga by both Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, who claimed victories over Real Valladolid and Girona respectively. Thibaut Courtois made two injury-time saves as Real Madrid earned a narrow 1-0 home win over Rayo Vallecano.
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XHERDAN SHAQIRI came off the bench to inspire Liverpool to 3-1 victory over a woeful Manchester United that saw the Reds return to the top of the league. Jurgen Klopp’s side took a deserved lead through Sadio Mane’s neat control and finish from a fine chipped Fabinho pass over the defence. But keeper Alisson was at fault for United’s equaliser as he dropped a cross into the path of Jesse Lingard, who reacted first to scramble the ball home. Liverpool were not to be denied at Anfield though and regained the lead with Shaqiri’s deflected shot from 12 yards that went in off the crossbar. The Swiss maverick secured the points for his team seven minutes later with another deflected effort from 20 yards, securing Liverpool’s return to the summit of the table, one point ahead of Man City. Liverpool next face Wolves while Manchester United will take on Cardiff. Gabriel Jesus ended his goal
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Liverpool despatch Man U with ease
LIONEL KING: Messi was on fire even for his standards. Karim Benzema got the winner with a confident 13th minute finish for just his second goal in 13 La Liga games. Lucas Vazquez had a shot cleared off the l i n e b e f o r e To n i K r o o s h i t t h e p o s t a n d Emiliano Velazquez went close for Rayo. Sergio Ramos had a goal disallowed for offside, before Courtois’ late heroics. R e a l w i l l n e x t f a c e Vi l l a r r e a l , w h i l e Rayo Vallecano will host Levante.
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10th Annual Ryder Cup Match THE eagerly awaited annual match in its 10th year between the Spanish team and expat UK golfers took place over the weekend of November 24 and at Aguilon Golf, starting with the opening ceremonies and national anthems on a cold and blustery Saturday morning. Saturday Pairs Betterball In all 22 pairs from each side teed off, with the cold windy conditions soon giving way to a calm and sunny day. With handicaps ranging from -2 to 28 there was some very competitive golf
played and at the end of the day the Spanish team edged
it by 12 points to 10 points Sunday singles match play
INTERNATIONAL: The two captains, Elena Belen Jimenez for Spain and Les Raufer for the UK.
On a lovely day 45 matches took to the course, with great golf being played and all enjoying the cut and thrust of match play. At the end it was honours even with the scoreline Spain 22.5 points, UK 22.5 points However this made the final score Spain 34.5 points and UK 32.5 points. This was a creditable result given the age difference between the Spanish ‘Young Guns’ and the UK ‘Pensionistas.’ All the games were played in the true spirit and with great camaraderie in which friendships were forged. The weekend concluded with the presentation ceremony and a hearty meal washed down with copious beer and wine. Many thanks were issued to the staff at Aguilon Golf, who contributed to a memorable weekend.
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The Los Amigos Drawn Triples CABRERA Lawn Bowling Club hosted this year’s Los Amigos Drawn Triples Knockout Competition. Held between December 6 and 8, the beauty of this competition was that players were not allowed to pick who they played with: the names were drawn so they could have been playing with WINNERS: Brian someone they were not used Marsh, Pat Marsh to playing with. and Bob Craig. There were two stand out teams, which both reached the final and deservedly so: Tony Rowling, Penny Craig and Jean Ayres who met Brian Marsh, Bob Craig and Pat Marsh. Brian’s team started off the better and 14-8 up after 12 ends. Tony’s team never gave up however, and there was some excellent bowling, especially from Jean Ayres who had a wonderful competition. After 18 ends Brian’s team won the final 18-13. This was the second successive final that Brian and Pat have won, so obviously they’re on great form. Cabrera Lawn Bowling Club thanked everyone involved in the competition and the spectators who came to watch the thrilling final.