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A world of promotion THE Costa Almeria destination name is set to travel the world thanks to a sponsorship deal with the national handball teams. Under the agreement between the provincial government and the Royal Federation of Spanish Handball, Costa Almeria becomes an official sponsor throughout 2019 of the national men’s team and the women’s team in the absolute, youth promise and beach handball categories. The Costa de Almeria brand name will feature on the teams’ shirt fronts at all events, including this month’s men’s World Cup in Germany and Denmark, and in all publicity materials for the teams’ matches. The brand and images of the province will also feature in the men’s team World Cup promotional spots. Almeria Council Vice-President Javier A Garcia and Royal Federation of Spanish Handball President Francisco Blazquez made the deal official at an act in the Provincial Palace in Almeria City at the end of December. Garcia said the sponsorship agreement would promote the Costa Almeria in new markets, commenting, “Joining our tourist destination to sport of the highest level is our best
DONE DEAL: Royal Federation of Spanish Handball President Francisco Blazquez and Almeria provincial government Vice-President Javier A Garcia shake on it. presentation card for attracting sportspeople and fans to the province, and to contribute to breaking seasonality. “Almeria is the only European destination which allows for practising sport outdoors 365 days a year. Hence we are backing this pairing as the engine for generating wealth, employment and to tackle depopulation.” The Vice-President stressed it was “a great honour” to link the Costa Almeria brand to the handball team players, who he said “embody the values which
enrich society, like strength, sacrifice, comradeship and working as a team.” The Federation President thanked the council for its support, commenting, “We have to celebrate this backing of sport as a way of projecting internationally your brand image. “We are at the most important time for players and trainers, and we are excited to work here in Almeria, a land which
really treasures handball.” Also present for the signing were players from the men’s national team, who were spending the week in preWorld Cup training in Almeria City. Captain Raul Entrerrios said his team was grateful to the Almeria authorities for providing the facilities to help them “reach their goal,” adding, “I hope Almeria brings us lots of luck.”
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NEWS EXTRA Police tally ALMERIA City Local Police dealt with nearly 26,000 calls last year, more than 71 a day, and a similar number of traffic violation incidents, mainly illegal parking; over 4,000 vehicles on the streets were towed.
Taking part MORE than 100 families took part in Almeria Provincial Council-backed activities in 55 different municipalities aimed at promoting coexistence, equality and social integration in the second half of 2018, including excursions, museum visits, traditional games and workshops.
New route RYANAIR has announced a new route between Almeria and Milan from April, operating twice a week. The new connection forms part of the airline’s summer programme of flights from the province’s El Alquien airport.
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Major drugs bust A NATIONAL POLICE investigation into an international drug trafficking gang based in Almeria resulted in the seizure of a tonne and half of hashish and more than 300 kilos of marihuana. Police arrested 17 men and four women of Spanish, Romanian and Lithuanian nationality as part of Operation Corral following searches of 12 properties in Gador, Pechina, Tabernas, Viator, Santa Fe de Mondujar and Almeria City. Officers also seized more than €110,000 in cash, 15 vehicles with a total value of some €500,000, 51 mobile phones and items used for growing and packaging drugs. Police first launched an investigation into the criminal organisation’s activities in September 2017. They said the gang was highly professional, with its own production and distribution channels, and distributing hash and marihuana on the
STASH: Police located two properties used to store drugs from the gang’s external suppliers. European market. The organisation had a well-defined pyramid structure, each member assigned a specific responsibility. A Romanian oversaw and controlled the criminal activities, helped by two second-in-commands, who supervised the plantations and coordinated the transport and storage of the drugs.
One of the deputies, a Spaniard, has family connections with other gang members, who were responsible for growing and keeping an eye on the cannabis plants. The investigations allowed police to locate six of the gang’s own plantations in remote rural areas with relatively unused access roads, but close to main roads. The loca-
tions had water and electricity connections, but there were also illegal hook ups with the power supply network to meet the high energy demand of the plantations. Police also identified properties used to store drugs from external suppliers: a flat in Almeria City and a cave house in Santa Fe de Mondujar. More than 100 officers from the Almeria Provincial Commission, the GOES Special Operations Group and the Malaga Dog Handlers took part in the operation.
Leg pull GUARDIA CIVIL arrested a 54-year old man after finding cocaine stashed in his prosthetic leg. The individual was already known to the authorities for previous drug-related offences when they pulled him over at a traffic control point in Viator. A search revealed he was carrying €550 in cash. Suspicious about the money, the officer asked to inspect the artificial leg, finding a space stuffed with packets of the drug.
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Pirate taxis
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THE Andalucia regional government opened proceedings against 174 taxis in Almeria in 2018 for providing public transport services in vehicles without the proper authorisation or offering or advertising an irregular service. Sixty cases resulted in penalties, 112 are ongoing and two were dismissed.
A TOTAL of 3,756 people with a certified level of disability of 33 per cent or above were contracted for employment in A l m e r i a P r o v i n c e l a s t y e a r, 19.8 per cent higher than in 2017, a report by the Andalucia regional government Employment, Business and Trade Department revealed.
ALMERIA Port Authority is one of 12 in Spain set to receive a share of more than €68 million from the European Regional Development Fund for projects aimed principally at promoting interoperability between means of transport and to improve port efficiency and competitiveness.
Wages up MORE than 35,000 public sector workers in Almeria benefit from a national government approved salary increase, which came into force on January 1. The change affects local, regional and state administration employees and university staff, and follows an agreement with unions on work conditions and pay.
Orange alert GUARDIA CIVIL arrested two men from Roquetas de Mar on suspicion of transporting 500 kilos of stolen mandarins after spotting them driving an overloaded vehicle on the A-7. They had no documentation to prove the fruit was theirs and both turned out to have criminal records.
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GUARDIA CIVIL found 327 kilos of hashish wrapped in packages on the back seat of a vehicle during a traffic check on exit 543 of the A-7 dualcarriageway in Huercal-Overa. O ff i c e r s a r r e s t e d t h e d r i v e r, identified as a 64-year-old from Cadiz with a criminal record.
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CARNIVAL: La Vijanera takes place in Cantabria.
Ancient fiesta THIS photograph captures costumed revellers in northern Spain enjoying one of the country’s most ancient fiestas which is due to kick off this Sunday. La Vijanera takes place in the town of Silio in Cantabria. It is the first of Europe’s carnivals to take place every year. The festival sees participants don costumes themed around animals and nature. These include the Los Zarramacos who dress in sheepskins, wear
weevil hats and carry jingle bells which hark back to devices used in ancient times to ward off evil spirits. La Vijanera also sees people playing around 60 different characters. Each has its own costume and symbolism and characters include El Oso (The Bear), El Hungaro (The Hungarian), El Viejo (The Old Man) and Bruja (Witch). These characters and other festival goers gather in Silio’s town centre after their procession and read verses
Top marks VERA has got top marks for good educational practices. The municipality has earned an ‘Educaciudad’ award, a Junta de Andalucia Education Department and Andalucia Municipalities and Provinces Federation recognition of local authorities which stand out for demonstrating over the previous four years an active commitment to education and efforts in areas including preventing truancy, encouraging pupils to stay on in further education, and for programmes which promote using ed-
ucation facilities for educational, cultural and sports activities. Particular emphasis is put on activities aimed at groups at risk of social exclusion. The Educaciudad distinction is for four years, after which the local authority is able to request the extension of the recognition. The award includes a prize of €8,000 for projects or actions to improve educational practices. Vera is just one of 10 local municipalities in Andalucia to receive the Educaciudad award this year.
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which pay homage to the events of the previous year. The fiesta ends first with La Preña, the birth of the New Year. The Bear character then takes centre stage, with a mock killing of the character symbolising the triumph of good over evil. La Vijanera is believed to have begun before the arrival of the Romans in Spain and some claim it is linked with Celtic celebrations of the Winter Solstice.
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Tourism accessible to all MAKING Almeria City’s tourist attractions accessible to visitors with disabilities is the aim of the Inclusive Tourism Table, made up of local authority and social organisation representatives. Meeting for the first time at the end of December, the representatives agreed to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the city’s tourist resources in terms of accessibility, on the basis of which proposals for changes and projects can be made. City Promotion Councillor Car-
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olina Lafita said the city has already made advances, among them having a fully accessible tourist office, but stressed that to advance further it was important to be working alongside the social collectives working in the functional diversity field. Lafita underlined the potential benefits to trade, saying, “Inclusive tourism is also an economic opportunity, as 130 million people in Europe demand accessible tourism, hence it is of great interest to offer inclusive tourism products.”
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1747 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 101 local stories.
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Final stages for town road works WORKS to improve traffic safety on the A-352 in Vera are in the final stages, and the access road to the town from a new roundabout is now open. Andalucia regional government Development and Housing Territorial Delegate Juan Sola visited the works at the end of December to check on progress first-hand, accompanied by Vera mayor Felix Lopez and Town Planning councillor Francisco Vazquez. The area of road on which the works are concentrated was considered dangerous due to the confluence of three intersections with waiting lanes for access to Vera
PROGRESS: Juan Sola (second right), checks out the works on the new roundabout, accompanied by Vera mayor Felix Lopez (second left).
Realistic budget MOJACAR Council has approved what Mayor Rosa Maria Cano described as a ‘realistic’ municipal budget for 2019. The budget, given the green light at an extraordinary plenary meeting in December, totals just over €11 million, and is around €75,000 less than for 2018. The mayor maintained it is well balanced between the forecast expenses and income, and had been based on residents’ needs as requested over the year at municipal offices and in person to the mayor’s office. Cano reported at the meeting that the municipal coffers are in a healthy condition, and that of the more than €4 million in loans taken out with banks in 2009 and 2012, there remains just over €1 million to repay; it is hoped in March this year the amount will be further reduced.
cemetery, the road connecting Vera town and Garrucha and Vera and Cuevas del Almanzora, as well as accesses to local businesses. Added to this was the heavy traffic flow on the road, put at an average of 15,376 vehicles a day, rising to 23,818 in peak holiday seasons. Works are also underway on improving access to the cemetery and to businesses in the area via a service road. “Seeing the works nearly finished is very satisfying due to the work it has meant to get here and due to the advance it means in the reduction of accidents in the area,” the Vera mayor commented.
Financing charges in the 2019 budget are 41 per cent less than last year thanks to the reduction in the debt and increasingly lower interest payments. Personnel accounts for the highest expected expense. At more than €4.5 million this is an increase on 2018 due to salary updates and expected new Local Police appointments. Council property tax represents 53 per cent of income, a tax on the increase in urban land value 10 per cent, and road tax 4.08 per cent. Nearly €2 million has been allocated to this year’s budget investment section, with plans for 44 actions. These include updating and replacing public lighting, repairs and updates to lanes and roads, and improvements to beach services and parks, as well as archaeological digs on the site of Old Mojacar. These investments are financed entirely by council money, and are separate from works carried out over the year and financed by subsidies at no cost to the municipality.
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SOLIDARITY: Residents collected toys and games. YOUNG residents of San Jose and El Pozo de los Frailes have ensured it will be a happy Three Kings’ day for everyone in Nijar, collecting hundreds of toys and games for children for needy families in the municipality. The items have been handed over to the local council’s Social Wellbeing Department to be cl assi f i ed by age and type, and later distributed so all children in Nijar will have a Three Kings’ gift this year. “We have t o t hank these youngsters and all residents who have joined this initiative for their collaboration,” Social Well-being Councillor Victoria Calatrava said. “This is proof of the solidarity of this municipality.”
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Lights out over solar squabble RESEAR C H c e n t r e th e Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA) f a c e s a n u n c e r tain year ahead. The giant Tabernas desert-based solar energy lab h a s l o st € 2 . 7 in fundin g f r o m i t s b i gg e s t benefactor. The C e n t r e f o r E n e rg y, Environmental and Technological Research (Ciemat) will be spending the money elsewhere. Europe’s largest solar energy research, development and testing centre, is now enduring a severe lack of personnel and has also seen several high profile resigna-
AN inventor based in Seron has developed a portable set of lockers that can be used to safeguard valuables at beaches or parks. Antonio Gonzalez Marin enjoys sponsorship from the Business Development Support Centre (CADE) in Seron and has unveiled the project after months of work in a local warehouse. The entrepreneur has created a set of lockers that cater to the modern world of laptops, phones and other gadgets. Beachgoers, for example, can lock their Smartphone away and enjoy the weather without worrying about it. The lockers even have charging devices. Marin
JANUARY ED: 1696 tions. At the end of 2017 director Sixto Mato quit over the funding issue. Last week he said he saw “no light at the end of the tunnel” for the PSA due to obstacles set up by government bureaucracy. The PSA is in an odd situation. Funding is being affected by austerity measures imposed on public research bodies in 2016.
The c e ntre its e lf ha s funds locked away and lots of projects waiting on the green light, but is forbidden by Madrid from hiring any new staff or buying proper equipment. This makes unde rta king a ny ma jor projects impossible, says Mato, and threatens the centre’s future. The PSA was established in the 1980s and has a speciality focus on solar desalination and treatment of water. It boasts 20,000 square metres of solar panels at a huge 103 hectare site in the desert.
Inventor’s beach lockers JANUARY ED: 1697 has already secured a patent for his invention and says the potential applications are endless. It could also be used in parks, shopping centres, and airports. The set of several dozen lockers come in a prefabricated box made from sustainable and recycled materials. The box can charge itself using renewable energy to ensure a constant supply.
It is easy to assemble and comes with security cameras, protection against vandalism and even a Wifi antenna for internet access. Payment is made electronically and the lockers are secure, with only the payer having an access code. Marin’s story is the first of what the CADE office in Seron hopes will be many success stories. There are currently 11 companies and individual inventors using its space and facilities. They have secured public funding for their ideas, which are hoped to help develop the local economy.
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New beginnings THE Anglican chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida are pleased to announce that they have a new priest and Rev Vincent Oram will be taking up his post in February with his wife Robyn Ann. His installation service will be held on Friday February 9 at 11am at Llanos Del Peral Church, Cucador. His first service will be February 11 a t M o j a c a r A n g l i c a n C h u r c h a t 11 a m . A l l w e l come at both. The chaplaincy is totally self-supporting; no funds are received from England and it relies on fundraising, including church fayres and donations. They are a Parish with an electoral role of approximately 100, in the Church of England Diocese in Europe under a Bishop, which exists to serve Anglicans. They invite holidaymakers and visitors, including Span-
FEBRUARY ED: 1700 ish visitors, to worship with them in English at their three churches, their services following the order set out in the Book of Common Wors h i p . T h e y c a n a l s o o ff e r B a p t i s m s , We d d i n g B l e s s ings and Funerals. The Parish seeks to serve the spiritual and pastoral needs of the English-speaking community in the Chaplaincy. Their churches are: Mojacar - Opposite Macenas Golf Course (signposted Casa Rural). Eucharist Service every Sunday at 11am and they welcome all who wish to join afterwards for refreshments and fellowship. Llanos del Peral - Just past La Vida restaurant (near Cucador) on the left. After
1.5kms take right hand fork, car park is on the right. This is their new Church. Eucharist or Prayer and Praise services are on Sundays at 11am with refreshments and fellowship afterwards. Aljambra - Located in the Aljambra community centre about one mile from Albox. Evensong services second Sunday of the month at 6pm. Eucharist services are on second and last Thursdays of the month at 11am with refreshments and fellowship afterwards. Roquetas Del Mar - No services at present, currently seeking new location. In addition to the above they have Remembrance Day services, carol services including a joint carol service in the Roman Catholic Church in Mojacar Pueblo, Christingle Services and Midnight Mass etc. They pride themselves on their friendliness.
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MARCH ED: 1704 printed media, with an estimated annual readership of almost 130 million. EWN publishers Michel and Steven Euesden were on hand to collect the award at the glittering gala event, which took place in the auditorium of the famous Royal Post Office building in Spanish capital Madrid. After collecting the award, a delighted Michel said: “The EWN Media Group is a family of people who work day and night throughout the year with dedication and passion. “We are so honoured to have received this award from the AEEPP. “As a team we work hard and believe in the future of all printed and digital publications. “We would like to give thanks to our wonderful clients and readers. “But in the main this award is for a team that has given everything over the last year, and we must also recognise their partners, as anyone in the world who works in print will understand. “A massive congratulations to everyone.”
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Drug debt horror By Joe Gerrard
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THREE defendants found guilty of stabbing and beating a man in an attempt to kill him over a drugs debt dispute have each been sentenced to seven years in prison.
The court in Almeria City also acquitted the defendants for robbery charges as they did not take anything from the victim. One of the defendants was found not guilty of making threats, with the charges not able to be proved. A fourth defendant was acquitted on all charges with prosecutors unable to convince the court he had been involved in the crimes. The court heard one of the defendants decided to go to the victim’s home to settle a debt concerning hashish he was reportedly supposed to transport from Malaga to Almeria. The defendant asked the other two to go with him. The three waited outside the victim’s house until after they saw
MARCH ED: 1706 him, his wife and son leave to get in their car. The three men began arguing with the victim and pulled him out of the car. The man who had asked the other two to go with him then pulled out a large knife and stabbed him several times in the chest, according to the prosecution. The three defendants also beat the man who was taken to hospital in a critical condition. He reportedly spent 30 days recovering from the wounds. The defendants accepted
their right not to testify during the hearings, so the court judged the case on the basis of statements they had given to police following their arrest. Two of the defendants had reportedly admitted to their part in the assault during the police investigation. Officers had forensic evidence gathered from the crime scene which suggested they had been involved. The court rejected claims by the prosecution that the assault was aggravated by the use of disguises after claims that the defendants wore balaclavas could not be proved. The defendants will also be required to pay a total of €4,000 to the victim as part of the sentence.
Red Cross helps 70,000 THE Red Cross in Almeria has presented its annual report showing that it helped almost 70,000 people thanks to the efforts of 2,192 selfless volunteers. Its president, Maria del Mar Pageo, praised “the people who make it possible, to technicians, volunteers, companies and the voluntary sector. “They are all an example of dedication, courage and effort because they are the ones that make a better Red Cross every day.” Thanks to the work of unheralded volunteers, nearly 70,000 vulnerable people benefited from Red Cross programmes in 2017, of which 53.68 per cent were men, and 43.32 per cent were women. The charity’s main objectives are not only to improve living conditions, but to develop ac-
tivities that encourage the active involvement of the people they help. Last year, 27,628 people received food assistance, while 1,176 children were provided with educational equipment. Urgent help for those in extremely vulnerable situations was provided for 26,432 people, while 14,749 immigrants were cared for. Socially enriching programmes that the charity is involved in include the Red Cross Employment Plan, which works with Almeria companies to employ the disadvantaged. Red Cross Youth aims to reach out to young people with a history of anti-social behaviour, and to teach values that will enable them to integrate into society. “Red Cross will always be on the side of those who need us most,” added Ms Pageo.
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Farm robbery gang Cave fire outrage arrested MAY by Joe Gerrard
NINE men and three women who allegedly carried out at least 73 robberies in farms across Almeria, Granada and Malaga provinces have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Police claimed the group were based in Santa Maria del Aguila del Ejido in Almeria and that they would set out from there daily to chosen targets for the thefts. Arenas and Algarrobo in Almeria were both affected by the robberies. Officers began their investigation after a series of robberies were reported to have taken place in Guadix in Granada over the course of a few days. Farmhouses, cottages, farm huts and agricultural
buildings were all among the buildings police claimed the group targeted in those robberies and later ones. The group allegedly chose targets in areas with small populations to reduce the chances of being caught. They travelled at night to avoid detection and after arriving at their chosen location the driver would leave the area to avoid the car being linked with the theft. The group then broke into the buildings with a crowbar before making off with farming goods, according to police. Officers said the amount of robberies was enough to cause alarm among the public.
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THE mothers of three people who died after an arson attack on a cave house in Almeria have called on Spain’s Constitutional Court to review the sentences of those convicted. Naima El Arbaoui, the mother of 12-year-old Naima who died in the fire, said she and the mothers of Alejandro, 21 and Cinthia, 15 were “dissatisfied” with the original sentences. “We have resorted to the Constitutional Court and we are waiting for an answer to see what happenes,” she said. El Arbaoui was speaking at a rally held outside the cave in the La Molineta area where the man and two teenage girls died on April 3, 2017. Natalia de Haro, Alejandro’s mother, said the sentences handed down in the original trial were not appropriate for a “triple murder.” Raquel Fernandez, the mother of Cinthia, said her and the two other women had put together a petition calling for changes to laws concerning chil-
ED: 1713 dren in criminal cases. “We have more than 10,000 signatures. People are collaborating with us because there is no responsibility for anything here,” she added. De Haro said they had not yet received a response from authorities but they would continue their campaign to get the law changed. “Another misfortune could occur. If one has come, more can come,” she said. El Arbaoui said children were still coming onto the site where her daughter, the man and the girl died. “Everything is full of garbage. It has not been cleaned, it is not fenced. You can see there are more chairs and nobody takes charge here,” she said. The rally at the La Molineta cave is the second organised by the women. The first took place at the Almeria City Court at the beginning of last month.
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A TOWN COUNCIL in Almeria will have to pay €12,000 to the daughter of a man who committed suicide while being held in custody. The then 51year-old man hung himself with a bed sheet by tying it to jail cell bars at a Local Police station in Berja in February 2014. The cell’s installations ‘were not adequate’ and the event could have been avoided - or at least minimised - by removing the sheets he used to commit suicide, the court ruled And the victim’s daughter had warned the Guardia Civil her father might take his own life, but not the Local Police who were holding her father. A judge did concede that
even if the bed sheet wasn’t there the man could have used the jeans he was wearing to hang himself. But there was reportedly only one prison guard in charge of supervising the cells, the court heard. Prosecutors said these precautions were ‘insufficient’ especially having been warned about the dead man’s background. The deceased’s daughter was claiming €150,000 in damages. But the judge only granted the woman €15,000 because she was of working age and her father was 65 and retired. The sum was then cut to €12,000 because of the victim’s own responsibility for his death.
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Migrant smugglers jailed by Gregory Kirby AN Almeria court sentenced two men to four and a half years in prison on Tuesday for organising the illegal entry of migrants into Spain from Algeria using Facebook. Two women and a child were among those on the boat travelling from the coast of Algeria, the Almeria courtroom heard. They charged each migrant €600 for the trip, according to judges. And the pair - known only as MAB and MZ - were convicted of acting against foreign citizens’ rights and ‘directly’ promoting the illegal immigration of people from Arzew, A TEAM of Red Cross psychologists has received a national award by the Spanish Society of Pediatric Palliative Care. Ana Almansa, Trinidad Martinez, Laura Parra and Lucia Perez, part of the Psychosocial Attention Team (EAPS) of Cruz Roja Almeria, have been recognised for work in relation to child loss. The team has been developing the Programme for Comprehensive Care for People with Advanced Diseases at the Complejo Hospitalario Tor-
JUNE ED: 1719 Algeria to Spain. MAB lead the recruitment of collaborators on Facebook, according to the prosecutor’s initial notes. He was paid for organising the boat and the equipment necessary to make it to Spain, the notes read. The men skippered the boat ‘using a compass’ and gave passengers instructions to follow if Spanish authorities spotted them, the court heard. The 40-horsepower vessel
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INTERCEPTED: Coastguard vessel powers back to base after rescue operation. departed at midnight on July 23 last year. And the Guardia Civil’s maritime surveillance service picked up the ribbed boat at 4.15pm the next day, 62 nautical miles northeast of Cabo de Gata in Almeria. The boat failed to meet the technical requirements for such a voyage as it was carrying more than its six or seven-person capacity. And it also lacked minimum security items like lifejackets ‘endangering the lives of those on board,’ the court heard. Police seized €345, mobile phones and a long-range laser pointer from the men upon arrest.
Red Cross has award-winning care JUNE ED: 1718 recardenas since 2008, funded by the La Caixa Foundation. One of the hardest things for families who are grieving the loss of a child, is how to tell any young siblings. “You do not have to use the words which adults use, but
you have to tell the truth,” said Ana Almansa. “When you lie to them, even though it is done out of affection, it’s not good, because then questions always arise.” Their work sees these heroic psychologists guide families in the nature of grief in children, how to emotionally manage the loss, and the importance of returning to normal routines as soon as possible.
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Traumatised turtles wave goodbye OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil of Almeria have released two stranded loggerhead turtles back into the sea, with the help of animal charity Equinac. Equinac is responsible for helping stranded sea turtles and crustaceans in the province, and the organisation was on board the ‘Cabo de Gata’ of the Guardia Civil to make sure the process went smoothly. As a token of thanks, Equinac produced a plaque to the captain of the maritime service in recognition of the Guardia Civil’s continued good work in protecting maritime species. The loggerhead turtle is one of the largest species of turtle and can measure up to 1.2 metres long.
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MAKING A SPLASH: The turtles are back where they belong.
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JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA environmental officers found around 1,250 metres of line and 500 hooks in a nature reserve in the Cabo de Gata in an illegal fishing probe. A surveillance boat patrolling the Punta de Media Naranja also found various specimens of fish which they claimed were
caught by anglers. They were later released back into the sea. Wardens found two Mediterranean morays, a type of eel, among the catches seized as well as a black sea bream. Officers found more than 35 kilos of fish as part of the operation as well as two harpoons. The operation comes as part of a
The two specimens in question have been named ‘Kika’ and ‘Monster’ and the latter has been recovered and returned to the sea three times. Major threats to turtles include the dumping of a variety of plastics in the sea, nets, and other man-made litter. Turtles are also included in Appendix 1 of CITES in the Spanish national catalogue of vulnerable species. The Guardia Civil has an important role to play in nature protection in the province, including the marine environment. They urge the public not to try and help stranded turtles themselves, but to contact the emergency services as soon as possible.
Junta Environment Ministry co-ordinated surveillance programme, the Plan for the Regulation of Natural Resources (PORN), the regional authority said. PORN and the Master Plan for the Use and Management of the Cabo de Gata Natural Park (PRUG) are both designed to prevent fishing in the area. Angling is prohibited in much of the park’s nature reserves. Both plans state recreational fishing can only take place outside the six nature reserves in the park.
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Ruling outcry By Joe Gerrard AN Asperger’s syndrome group has accused judges of “social ignorance” as they cut jail time for a man found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman with the condition. The Asperger’s Almeria body said it was concerned and uneasy about the appeal ruling from Andalucia’s Superior Court of Justice. The court, sitting in Granada, found the defendant did not know of the 21-year-old’s condition. Judges overturned a previous ruling from Almeria’s Provincial Court which found the man took advantage of her mental state. Amparo Garcia Escarabajal, the head of the group, said the judges should have taken into account the symptoms of Asperger’s. He also called for awareness training for justices. “People with Asperger’s do not perceive bad intentions and they struggle to intuit danger from others,” Escarabajal said. The group’s head said the
RULING CLAIMS: The appeal was heard at Andalucia’s Superior Court of Justice.
AUGUST ED: 1726 body respected the court’s professionalism but added the ruling contributed to the stigma faced by those with Asperger’s. “Asperger people are seen as intellectually deficient and as having delays in thought or being sick people. “None of these concepts fit those used by doctors to classify people with the condition,” he said.
The Almeria court heard the defendant met the woman in a Garrucha gym in 2016 when she was 21. Prosecutors said they were alone in the spinning room when the man grabbed her and touched her buttocks and crotch before she told him to stop. The Andalucia court ruled it was impossible to determine if the man knew the woman was mentally disabled. Judges cut the defendant’s jail term to seven years but upheld a €15,000 compensation payout and a restraining order.
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Eco spending The money is set to be spent on five projects in the town, including upgrading street lights in central areas and installing solar panels.
The Diputacion de Almeria is set to oversee the works, with the Junta’s E n e rg y A g e n c y h a v i n g subsidised their cost by almost 70 per cent. Part of the funding has also come from the European Union’s (EU) Regional Development Fund. The mayor of Cuevas del Almanzora Antonio
Fernandez said the works were designed to improve services and infrastructure in the town. “ We a r e t a k i n g a d v a n tage of the grant to undertake serious and efficient management work that is focused on being respectful to the environment and o n s a v i n g e n e rg y, ” t h e mayor said. The Junta de Andalucia said in a state-
ment the works showed both the regional authority and the council were committed to promoting business on the back of renewable energy. The works are set to see LED lights fitted to replace existing street lighting in the town centre and some of its districts, including the Castillo de Villaricos area.
ENVIRONMENT BOOST: Cuevas del Almanzora is working towards energy efficiency.
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THE Junta de Andalucia has awarded a grant of more than €780,000 for s e v e r a l e ff i c i e n t e n e rg y projects in Cuevas del Almanzora.
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SEPTEMBER ED: 1731 THERE have been more than 4,000 applications for 50 recently advertised jobs at the Torrecardenas Shopping Centre. The retail park is still under construction but there will be a variety of fashion stores and restaurants hiring people over the next few months. Wellknown names that have confirmed their presence include H&M, Zara, Deichmann and La Tagliatella, JD Sports and Primark. The recruitment process is ongoing but building works on the site are expected to be completed in October, with the opening in November. There have been a number of advertisements posted on the jobs portal Infojobs.com in July and August. Francisco Javier Marin Rodriguez, General Director of site owning company Bogaris Retail, believes the shopping centre will attract nine million visitors a year when it opens.
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Action over water cuts THE provincial government is investing €1.3 million in updating water supply infrastructure in five municipalities, aiming to make sporadic water cuts a thing of the past and guarantee water supply to homes and businesses. The administration said the projects in Mojacar, HuercalOvera, Antas, Fines and Carboneras would improve hundreds of domestic connections and would involve the replacement of 10kms of pipes in streets in the five municipalities. The most extensive works will be in Huercal-Overa, where more than 3.5kms of Galasa water utility company pipes are earmarked for replacement. Affected streets in the town will be Calvario, Júcar, Almanzora, Guadiana, Duero, Tajo, Ebro, Segura and Paseo de Parias. There will also be works in the Giviley and Fuente Amarga hamlets. New water pipes will be installed in six streets in Fines (Real, Sevilla, Europa, América, San Antonio and San Este-
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AIMS: The provincial government said the works should prevent water cuts.
NOVEMBER ED: 1740 ban), and six in Antas (Celia Viñas, Isabel Casquet, del Mar, Goya, Natividad and Adelfas). In Carboneras the improvements will affect Avenida 28 de Febrero and Maestro Emilio García, Maestro José Fuentes, Las Marinicas, Granada, Morillas, Las Avenidas, and Aveni-
da de Garrucha. In Mojacar works will be concentrated in the beach and Parata areas, affecting 22 streets in all, and seeing the replacement of nearly 3kms of pipes. The provincial government has given the green light to putting the projects out to tender Provincial Development Deputy, Oscar Liria, has said the works would get underway as soon as the contracts had been signed.
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Nijar joins prettiest village family NIJAR has joined the prestigious Prettiest Villages in Spain association. The association’s governing body revealed Nijar has been accepted from among a long list of applications as one of the 11 new members at a meeting in Salamanca last Saturday.
NOVEMBER ED: 1744 There are now three provincial locations in the select club: Mojacar and Lucainena de las Torres are already members.
The association says it includes on its prettiest village list ‘places of great beauty which reveal history and culture, where tradition surrounds visitors, who on mixing with locals become part of this brand, although only for an instant.’ Association President Francisco Mestre said the 11 new members had every reason to be proud of becoming part of the prettiest village network, but stressed membership is an ongoing responsibility. “They have committed to maintaining and improving every day their architectural beauty, their cultural heritage, their traditions and their natural surroundings,” Mestre commented. Villages seeking membership have to meet a list of 40 minimum criteria, which include cleanliness, the preservation of building façades, traffic circulation, parking, park and garden maintenance and policies on publicity posters. The 11 new association members put the total number of villages with the prettiest in Spain recognition at 79.
TAKE A BOW: Mojacar councillors with members of the Aquelarre Theatre Company following the performance.
Final curtain THE Aquelarre Theatre Company with their production of Neil Simon’s Murder by Death brought down the final curtain on the month-long the a tr e season organised by Mojacar local authority and the A lme ria Provinc ial Council. Named after an old thea tre in M oja c a r, w hic h was the first in the province, Aquelarre is currently made up of 60 amateur actors, and is a fullyfledged company with set a nd c os tume de s igne rs,
DECEMBER ED: 1745 make-up artists and lighti ng t echni ci ans, al l of t hem l ocal and wor ki ng under t he di r ect i on of Joaquin Saez and Eliseo Martinez. A relatively new company, i t has al r eady per formed six different plays throughout the province, including Indalo, an original work by Joaquin.
Aquelarre is non-profit, and all the box office proceeds are ploughed back i nt o t he r unni ng of t he gr oup, al t hough i t does have additional support from Mojacar Council. The company has a lot of future projects in the pipeline, including a new play and short film, and dreams one day of opening the doors to Mojacar’s very own theatre. Aquelarre will next tread the boards on Saturday as part of Mojacar ’s Christmas programme.
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NORWAY PRINCE WILLIAM and Kate Middleton visited Oslo to stay at the Royal Palace on the invitation of King Harald and Queen Sonja, visiting local beauty spots and meeting children, business people and soldiers during a whistle-stop tour.
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Royal jaunt
CROWN JEWELS: THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Oslo.
GERMANY
Drones bought
A PRIVATE religious organisation has said it is set to spend more than €1 million on building a ‘boat church’ in Copenhagen harbour which would become the country’s first floating house of worship if it is built.
THE German military has agreed to lease Israeli missile-armed reconnaissance drones in a nine-year deal worth some €500 million, with aerospace firm Airbus signing the deal on behalf of the Defence Ministry for the Heron TP unmanned aircraft.
A UNITED STATES company has shipped 200 electric scooters to Copenhagen for use by the general public who will be able to pick them up, ride them and drop them off at designated points in the capital.
Royal honour
Waste statue
PRINCESS ASTRID was named an ‘Illustrious Visitor’ of the Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires after visiting the city as part of a Belgian trade mission, with the honour handed out to high profile travellers.
A SCULPTURE of a whale made out of around 4.5 tonnes of plastic waste pulled from the ocean has appeared in the harbour of Bruges, with the artwork created for the city’s 2018 Triennial.
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Safety first THE Norwegian Public Roads Administration has allegedly ordered 800 reflective vests to give to rental car companies in order to protect tourists that stop to take photographs while driving.
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Aide trouble
THE amount of people who died from cardiovascular disease in Sweden made up 34 per cent of the 92,000 people who passed away last year, meaning the heart and artery condition is the nation’s biggest killer according to official health data.
PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has faced criticism after his office suspended a worker who was caught hitting a May Day protester in Paris and did not notify authorities, with Alexandre Benalla given permission to attend the march as an observer.
Cancer study
STIs ‘rising’
WOMEN who undergo screenings were 60 per cent less likely to die from breast cancer, according to a study based on data from more than 50,000 women from Dalarna County conducted by Britain’s Queen Mary University.
HEALTH officials have told the French public to use contraception and get screenings for sexually transmitted inflections after data showed cases of Chlamydia and gonorrhoea had tripled between 2012 and 2016 with more than 267,000 affected.
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Name protest
Troop claims
ACTIVISTS throughout the Netherlands have honoured prominent women including mathematician Ada Lovelace and resistance fighter Maria Anne Tellegen by renaming streets after them following research which showed about 88 per cent of roads were named after men.
A GROUP of soldiers under investigation for alleged humiliation, assault, abuse and threatening behaviour towards three of their comrades have accused those who made the claims of defaming them and making false reports, their lawyer said.
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Top doctor for warwounded IRAQ’S Ministry of Defence will send severely wounded soldiers to Alicante for treatment. Dr Jorge Alio, the professor who heads the Ophthalmology department at Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University (UMH), recently travelled to Baghdad, at the invitation of the country’s Ministry of Defence. While there he examined soldiers and saw x-rays of their injuries caused by shrapnel and bullets which will require complex surgery and reconstruction work. He also visited the Light of their Eyes children’s hospital, which was founded to cover the basic health and educational needs of parentless children, and with which Dr Alio also plans to collaborate. Dr Alio is renowned for his work with the use of stem cells to cure advanced thinning of the cornea and is the first Spanish doctor to win the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Life Achievement Honour award.
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Another spy in the sky BENIDORM Town Hall has acquired a new drone for the Local Police and is introducing a by-law controlling their use. The force now has two drones, bringing improved public safety with wider surveillance as the €48,000 device can fly for twoand-a-half hours within a radius of 5km. One is equipped with a thermo
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A SECURITY guard has been arrested in connection with the looting of homes in a housing estate in Marbella where he works. The 46-year-old Spanish man was reportedly caught inside a house ‘for no apparent reason’ after activating a central alarm which National Police responded to. STASH: Police recovered goods at the security guard’s According to sources, the detainee home. stole the keys for at least four houses from the community janitor and used his position as a night security guard to enter the homes, allegedly stealing cash, luxury watches, jewellery and a laptop computer. The stolen goods, found at the accused’s house, were subsequently recognised by the legitimate owner. The inquiries revealed that the security guard had taken the keys to the houses behind the back of the concierge, who had detected in recent days changes of location of them. The suspect is already under investigation in relation to a theft from a DIY and construction department store in September.
graphic camera and another with a 30x zoom for emergencies and rescue operations, particularly at night. Public Safety councillor, Lorenzo Martinez, said: “As well as surveillance of Benidorm’s coast, countryside and urbanisations, the drones will provide backup for town planning, environmental and historic heritage issues as well as fire prevention. This technology is evolving each day. “We have also created a bylaw to regulate the use of un-
manned aerial vehicles piloted by remote control,” Martinez added. The by-law includes a clause detailing the Local Police’s use of air space and another to cover their training.
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Man ‘burns ex-wife’s house’ A GERMAN man has been arrest-
ed for allegedly setting light to his ex-wife’s house in La Cala del Moral. No one was harmed in the incident and the middle-aged man now faces charges of criminal damage and domestic abuse after he reportedly set light to the rural property near Rincon de la Victoria. According to one publication, police found the man after neighbours reported seeing flames coming from the building where a woman lived with her child. Nei-
ther was in when the incident occurred, however. Workers from the Provincial Fire Brigade, Local Police, health services, and Armed Institute attended the scene, with firefighters smothering the flames. The woman was treated at the scene for anxiety. Police eventually located and arrested the man after he allegedly fled the scene.
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Authentic bars under threat TRADITIONAL bars are slowly ‘disappearing’ in Palma as modern businesses cater for a different type of clientele and costs force closures. In 2010, there were just over 4,000 bars on the islands, but this number began to fall to around 3,400 at the start of this year. Last year there was an increase for the first time in seven years, but with a notable change from traditional to more modern, particularly in the centre of Palma and coastal areas. The Mallorca Restaurants’ Association claims the trend is towards the ‘disappearance’ of the traditional bar and members have highlighted the higher cost of labour following the latest ‘collective agreement’ for the hospitality sector. The agreement will see a 17 per cent salary increase whether the establishment is a hotel or a bar. Villages have seen the closure of bars which once served as community centres.
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Dream deal ONLINE travel agency eDreams Odigeo has successfully refinanced its debt through €425 million of guaranteed bonds, due in 2023. The move enables the company to extend the maturity of its debt to five years and increase flexibility with the National Securities Market Commission. It will also mean that eDreams will save more than €12 million in annual interest payments, improving cash flow. The deal is expected to be finalised on September 25.
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THE percentage of Spain’s gross domestic product to be reinvested into public projects including schools, hospitals and the environment this year, 40 per cent less than the average since 1995, according to the European Commission.
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Brits abroad tip the scales BRITISH holidaymakers over-tip by almost €10 a day, according to a new study. And the excessive gratuities - typically amounting to €134 over a 14day break - are being blamed on a failure to master local etiquette. Among 3,000 sun-seekers quizzed by UK price comparison website comparethemarket.com, which carried out the research, more than one third admitted to lacking confidence when it comes to tipping abroad. But while one quarter generously over-tipped on purpose, more than
one in 10 revealed they had been confronted by an irate local in the wake of a blunder. Chris King, a travel expert at the online portal, said: “Heading on holiday should be a real highlight for everyone in need of a well-deserved break. “However, it seems millions of Brits are frequently getting themselves tied up in currency conundrums and it’s costing them their sanity.” He added: “We hope our latest fact-checking tool will help out
A CANADIAN gold and copperproducing firm is to reopen a Spanish mine. Nuria Menendez, managing director of Orovalle, Toronto-based Orvana Minerals’ Spanish subsidiary said that the company is planning to start work at the Carles gold mine in Salas, Asturias, after a favourable exploratory survey. The site is situated in the Rio Narcea gold belt, a historic deposit first discovered by the Romans 2,000 years ago, previously mined between 1997 and 2006 with over 1,000,000 ounces of the precious mineral extracted.
Brits abroad so they can check out the do’s and don’ts before they jet off - saving their blushes in the process.” The website has created a series of tools and guides to help tourists tip the right amount after researchers found that four in 10 claimed it adds stress to their trip. Less than a third of Britons knew you should leave a 10 per cent tip in Turkish restaurants, with only 16 per cent aware the same amount should be handed over to taxi drivers in South Africa.
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SPANISH clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara among other brands, has revealed that net profit soared to €3.37 billion in 2017, placing the group ahead of long-term Swedish rival H&M, which posted returns of €1.6 billion.
Samba style PRIME SUSPECTS: Trade unions accused officers of attacking protestors. A THREE-DAY strike by Amazon warehouse employees in Madrid has descended into violence. Timed to coincide with the e-commerce giant’s Prime Day summer promotion, the industrial action saw police in riot gear charging picket lines on grounds they were blocking traffic, trade union officials said. At least two protesters were arrested during the rally over
working conditions, with one demonstrator reportedly losing teeth after being hit in the face with a truncheon. A photo shared on social media by Alberto Rodriguez, a member of Spain’s Congress of Deputies, appeared to show a blood-stained shirt outside the company’s warehouse in San Fernando de Henares. The image was captioned: “This is the respect that Amazon Spain has for its workers.”
SPANISH energy firm gas Natural Fenosa will sink €95 million into two solar energy projects in Minas Gerais, Brazil, after snapping them up from rival Canadian Solar, with the plants set to become operational before the end of the year.
Anti-social SPAIN’S data protection agency, AEPD, has slapped Facebook and WhatsApp with €300,000 fines for processing and sharing users’ personal data without their consent, with the former currently appealing an earlier €1.2 million sanction for the same offence.
Octopus market squids in SPANISH diners are up in arms over the soaring price of octopus. The delicacy has become increasingly expensive recently and is currently selling wholesale for up to €10.25, a 26 per cent jump from last year and 45 per cent more than in 2016, according to industry data. In the north of Spain, depleted stocks and re-
duced quotas have seen demand outstrip supply, whereas in Mediterranean provinces catches have remained similar while the market has grown. And the predicament has reportedly seen suppliers and restaurateurs turn to foreign octopus to make up the deficit, with much of the tentacle treat served in eateries now sourced from Morocco, Mauritania and Portugal.
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Brexit keeps pound volatile as 2018 draws to an end Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com
S TAYI NG o n t o p of th e late s t currency news can help you time your transfers more effect i v e l y, s o f i n d o u t w h a t y o u should be looking out for over the next couple of weeks… Latest currency news The final few weeks of 2018 witnessed their fair share of c u r r e n c y v o l a t i l i t y, w i t h t h e latest Brexit developments taking a toll on the pound and the euro finding support from Italian news. Over the past month GBP/EUR has fallen from €1.13 to €1.10 while the GBP/USD exchange rate has slipped from $1.28 to $1.26. What’s been happening?
VOLATILE: The final few weeks of 2018 witnessed their fair share of currency volatility. M u c h o f t h e p o u n d ’s r e c e n t weakness has been caused by PM Theresa May delaying the parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal. Although Sterling recouped some of its losses after May survived a vote of no confidence, the renewed focus on a no-deal Brexit kept the currency under pressure. However, losses against the
euro were less pronounced than elsewhere as a surprise contraction in German GDP in the third quarter weighed on the euro. Indications that economic output in the Eurozone as a whole is faltering also saw the euro dip against the US dollar. That being said, the euro did gain some support from the news that the EU and Italy
have finally come to an agreement over the Italian budget. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a fourth time in December and indicated that further rate hikes could be on the cards next year. What do you need to look out for? Things have started to slow up in the build up to Christ-
mas, but the pound will remain highly sensitive to Brexit developments over the coming m o n t h , w i t h t h e U K ’s e x i t from the EU now less than 100 days away. The euro, meanwhile, may prove more reliant on data, with the single currency potentially softening if the Euroz o n e ’s e c o s t a t s c o n t i n u e t o point to a slowdown in the fourth quarter. T h e E C B ’s e c o n o m i c b u l letin will also be of interest. A dovish tone from the ECB would be euro-negative. At Currencies Direct we’re here to talk currency whenever you need us, so get in touch if you want to know more about the latest news or how it could impact your currency transfers. Since 1996 we’ve helped more than 250,000 customers with their currency transfers, just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I MUST confess to find the ongoing saga of the Arabian princess who tried to flee the United Arab Emirates and was allegedly captured at sea in March, yet another interesting example of Mid East hierarchy running roughshod over international laws. The death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has still to be explained. So far that particular murderous act has followed the predictions I made a few columns ago - ie a long ‘investigation,’ followed by the arrest of so-called rogue operators who will subsequently be put on public trial. This latest act of alleged kidnapping and piracy does I’m afraid not bode too happy an outcome for the young lady in question. The family she has now been forcibly reunited with has already announced they have doubts as to her emotional stability and mental state. Be that as it may, it is certainly a predictable statement and no doubt forerunner to the blanket of secrecy that will undoubtedly be pulled down over this whole sorry affair, as the Princess is brought firmly back into the family ‘fold.’ This event did bring home to me one of the risks I found myself running during my far off ‘Arabian days.’ At the time I had no idea of the gravity of the situation that I found myself in, or in fact the danger and repercussions that could have befallen the
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SLIM CHANCE: ‘Justice’ for Khashoggi following a predictable route. dusky young beauty I had become acquainted with. At the time I was becoming quite successful in Saudi and had my own spacious apartment, cute little Datsun 280 ZX and a nice few quid buried in the garden! I was the proud possessor of a new telephone landline and was basically riding the crest, as
they say. I had begun to receive a number of phone calls that consisted mainly of female giggles and ‘how are you’s’ in what was obviously an Arabian accent. Anyway to cut a long one short, the calls ultimately became more personal and interesting and
naturally the ol’ boy finally got around to inviting her over. I was certainly aware that we couldn’t be seen in public, but figured it was all still a bit of harmless fun, and hopefully a few frolics to boot! She subsequently arrived one day accompanied by her Ethiopian maid and companion. Obviously upper crust, she told me she was in fact a Princess from an extremely well-known Saudi family. They stayed about an hour, which included much giggling and coy exchanges until they finally left with promises to call again one day. That day never arrived. In fact I never heard from her again. (Sorry to disappoint!) It was only much later that I realised that what had been to me a spot of silly fun and games had been unbelievably dangerous for the young lady in question, and could in fact have led to extremely severe punishments that could have included death by stoning. Lord only knows what could have been the ol’ boy’s fate. Doesn’t even bear thinking about. One time I can assure you I was delighted not to have had my wicked way. And you can take that to the bank. Good luck Princess Latifa, our thoughts are with you and all the other oppressed females who reside in these countries. A very happy New Year to all. Keep the faith. Love, Leapy.
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CONSULAR MATTERS
Take care in the sun
Marisa Moreno is the Danish Consul on the Costa del Sol. As an international lawyer, she has a wealth of knowledge and experience on many matters which affect expats of all nationalities.
THE video of a choir of Danes in swimsuits sunburned was undoubtedly the coolest marketing campaign designed to raise awareness of the importance of preventing the excesses of overexposure to the sun. The creator of this campaign deserved his wages for the next five years, at least. This campaign promoted by the prestigious and powerful Danish Cancer Society was the beginning of my relationship with the campaign that the Western Costa del Sol Health District and the Costa del Sol Hospital of Marbella have developed over the last 10 years under the direction of my now good friend, Dr Magdalena de Troya, Head of the Dermatology Service of that Hospital. Although this may be based on the Costa del Sol, the lessons are applic-
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PLEASED TO HELP: Marisa (centre) at the official ceremony. able to people living anywhere in Spain. My especially pale skin made me aware at an early age of the adverse effects that solar overexposure can have and this made me enjoy the sun in a much more sensible way. So I was very happy when following the Danish campaign video, the
doctor and the coordinator of the Sanitary District, Nuria Delgado, contacted me to request the help of the Consulate. Magdalena, Nuria and I worked on the project which was without a doubt very interesting, and also gratifying on a personal level. Dr Magdalena de Troya has led
a team which has developed and promoted healthy habits regarding exposure to the sun and getting local town halls to provide information for their bathers, lifeguards and beach workers (wear sunglasses, hats, shirts, avoid prolonged exposure to the sun etc) and have their own ser-
vices for the prevention of the effects of overexposure (the installation of shaded areas, sunscreen cream dispensers and ‘sun lights’ that warn of the level of radiation, among other things). With the collaboration of the Consulate, open days were held at the Hospital which the Danish Social Security has in Benalmadena Pueblo (Montebello) where dozens of diagnoses were made for visitors and patients. I hope that this can be an example followed by other regions such as the Costa Blanca and the Balearic islands. I attended the official closing ceremony of the 10-year campaign and there I had the opportunity to find out the scope and importance of its results. We have answered the cry for help from those Danes burnt by the sun and we hope we have raised awareness and helped some of them at least, but in the same vein as the video itself, we have also enjoyed ourselves. What more could you want?
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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm The Blake Mysteries 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Money for Nothing 5:15pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Blue Planet II 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 10:00pm Luther 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Graham Norton's Good Story Guide
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Silent Witness series 22 cast and stories, including guest star Samantha Womack Richard Shanley NOW that we’ve got all that Christmas cheer out of our system, it’s time to talk about the BBC’s long-running misery fest Silent Witness. Five new two-part stories are coming in early 2019, bringing all the murder, deceit and washedout colour grading you could want. Here are details on the first two stories. Emilia Fox, David Caves, Richard Lintern and the iconic Liz Carr are all back, plus a host of guest stars have been lined up for the new run too. We’ll go through them story by story. The first story, ‘Two Spirits,’ focuses on the trans community, as a trans man is mur-
SILENT WITNESS: Five new two-part stories are set to hit your screens early in 2019.
dered and a trans activist is kidnapped. Gavin & Stacey star Andrew Knott, Waterloo Road’s Heather Peace, The Bank Job’s Johann Myers and Lost in Austen’s Jemima Rooper make appearances. Story number two, ‘Lift Up Your Hearts,’ sees a teenage boy die in a meth lab explosion, prompting his inspirational head teacher Noah Taylor to confront the drug dealers preying on his community. Guest stars include former EastEnders star Samantha Womack, Black Mirror actor Dan Li, The Crouches actress Jo Martin, Patient Zero’s Hara Yannas and Krypton’s Colin Salmon (who appeared in Silent Witness’ very first series!). Silent Witness returns with its first two episodes on Tuesday, January 8 and Wednesday, January 9 at 10pm (CET) on BBC One.
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@europa-digital.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.
Parents at fault Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man BEFORE I start this, I have to say that I like children. Well, let me qualify this, I like well-behaved children. The ones I’m not too fond of are the ones that are allowed to do what they like, when they like, where they like, with parents that do not give a monkeys what inconvenience it causes others. Come to think of it it’s not the children that tick me off; it’s the parents that let two-plus-year-olds run round a restaurant screaming at each other. The parents sit there totally oblivious of the noise. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t be having fun. They should be, but not at the expense of the other punters. Then all of a sudden, they decide they have had enough and start yelling at the child which then starts the poor little so and so crying and screaming and then mum or dad start shouting even more. Then the idle threats start. ‘If you don’t stop I’m sending you on the next plane back to England!’ You can almost see the child thinking ‘No you aren’t! I’m five ... you have to
come up with something more believable than that ... but in meantime I’ll just carry on screaming.’ I was in a supermarket recently and there was a woman with a five or six-year-old child and he was kicking off like a thing possessed and she was totally ignoring him. Obviously she had read somewhere that this is the correct way to deal with this situation but I have to tell you, even though I’m no expert, it’s not! At that point a woman walked up to her and said: “Excuse me, can you control your child or at least stop and ask him what’s wrong.” Well, all of a sudden it became quite apparent where this small person developed his temper because his mum went berserk at this woman telling her, in no uncertain terms, to mind her own business. But what did happen was the child, all of a sudden, stopped screaming to watch his mum take over the tantrum. I walked off and left them all but having a full blown punch up. My last plea is to the passengers on aircraft. It is not acceptable to let your little precious constantly kick the back of my seat and yes I will turn round and I will ask you to get them to stop and no it’s not their fault or mine, it’s YOURS! mikesenker@gmail.com.
Behind THE MUSIC V L James | vljcomms@gmail.com | Facebook: @vljamesinfo
Thank you for the music AS with every year, 2018 saw us lose many talented musicians, singers and writers. Sometimes you find out someone who touched your life with a performance or a record has died by looking at one of the many lists published at this time of year. They had even been deemed not famous enough any more to merit many column inches in the media or I had simply missed the news that day. While looking into this column I have only just found out that Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy had died this year. Yes, within the world of Blues, Murphy was well-known as a guitarist with some of the legends of the genre but to my generation, the generation that kept hiring The Blues Brothers from their local video shop, he was simply part of The Blues Brothers. We will always remember his reaction when Jake and Elwood walk into his soul food joint and order four fried chicken and a coke and some dry white toast. Of course, his wife was played by Aretha Franklin, probably the biggest talent we lost this year. I will be saying more on Aretha next week.
PASSED AWAY: Guitar legend Matt Murphy.
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SUNDAY - 6 JANUARY
2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:15pm Money for Nothing 5:00pm Final Score 6:20pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News 7:10pm Pointless 8:00pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 9:00pm The Greatest Dancer 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 1:00am The NFL Show 1:30am Flying Blind 2:55am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:00am BBC News
8:15am Wild and Weird 2 8:30am All Over the Workplace 9:00am Show Me What You're Made of 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds 11:00am One Million Snake Bites 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm A Cook Abroad: Rachel Khoo's Malaysia 2:00pm The Lady Vanishes 3:30pm Talking Pictures 4:15pm Snow Wolf Family and Me 5:15pm Back in Time for School 6:15pm Catch Me If You Can 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm I, Daniel Blake 12:25am Safe Haven
5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Hidden Kingdoms 9:00pm Wild Arabia Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia. 10:00pmBlack Lake 10:45pmBlack Lake 11:30pmLicence to Thrill: Paul Hollywood Meets Aston Martin 12:30am Top of the Pops: The Story of 1987 1:30am Top of the Pops 1987: Big Hits 2:30am Wild Arabia Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia. 3:30am Hidden Kingdoms
7:55am Frasier 8:25am Frasier 8:50am The Big Bang Theory 9:10am The Big Bang Theory 9:35am The Big Bang Theory 10:05am The Simpsons 10:35am The Simpsons 11:05am The Simpsons 11:35am The Simpsons 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Great New Year's Bake Off 2:20pm Four in a Bed 2:50pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm Four in a Bed 4:25pm Four in a Bed 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Britain's Wildest Weather 2018 9:00pm Star Trek: Into Darkness 11:35pm True Lies 2:10am The Crystal Maze 3:05am Hollyoaks Omnibus
11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Britain's Greatest Bridges 11:45am Police Interceptors 12:40pm Police Interceptors 1:40pm Police Interceptors 2:40pm Pan 4:50pm Oliver! 5:50pm 5 News 5:55pm Oliver! 7:55pm 5 News Weekend 8:00pm Tony Robinson's Time Travels Documentary series. 9:00pm Digging Up Britain's Past 10:00pm Cutty Sark: 150 Years of War and Speed 11:00pm Adolf and Eva
7:00am Breakfast 9:20am Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm The Big Questions 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Escape to the Country 3:35pm Spy in the Snow 4:35pm A Question of Sport 5:05pm F.A. Cup 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Les Misérables 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:30am The Women's Football Show 1:05am Entrapment 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:55am BBC News
7:25am Hue and Cry 8:45am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:15am The Instant Gardener 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:40pm In Which We Serve 4:35pm Snow Wolf Family and Me 5:35pm Flog It! 6:15pm Ski Sunday 7:00pm The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 11:00pm Semi-Detached 11:20pm Insert Name Here 11:50pm While We're Young 1:25am Countryfile 2:20am Holby City 3:20am This is BBC Two
8:00pm The Eagle Has Landed 10:10pm A Very British Deterrent 11:10pm How to Build...A Nuclear Submarine 12:10am Blackadder Goes Forth 12:40am Blackadder Goes Forth 1:10am Treasures of the Indus Series telling the story of the Indian subcontinent through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world. 2:10am Return to Betjemanland 3:10am A Very British Deterrent
7:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Frasier 8:35am Frasier 9:00am The Simpsons 9:30am The Simpsons 10:00am The Simpsons 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons 3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm Shark Tale 5:20pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm World's Weirdest Homes 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Tin Star 1:00am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:55am Big Eyes
11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Animals Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:20pm Friends 12:50pm Friends 1:20pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:20pm Friends 2:50pm Friends 3:20pm Friends 3:55pm Friends 4:20pm Disney's Snow Dogs 5:20pm 5 News 5:25pm Disney's Snow Dogs 6:15pm The Wonderful World of Puppies 7:10pm Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar 8:55pm 5 News Weekend 9:00pm Kate v Meghan: Princesses at War 10:00pm Do the Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth
9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Ultimate SpiderMan v the Sinister Six 9:55am Scrambled! Record Breakers 2 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm James Martin's American Adventure 1:35pm Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 2:05pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:10pm Step Up 4:10pm Tipping Point 5:10pm ITV Evening News 5:25pm ITV News London 5:35pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 6:35pm Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 9:00pm The Voice UK 10:35pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 11:35pm ITV News 11:50pm First Blood
1:15pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 3:15pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 4:15pm FYI Daily 4:20pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 5:05pm What a Girl Wants 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm What a Girl Wants 7:15pm Liar Liar 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Liar Liar 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 11:45pm Family Guy 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:40am Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2:45am FYI Daily
7:25am Murder, She Wrote 8:15am Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:25am Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express 12:00pm Midsomer Murders The very first case in the mystery series. 2:00pm Midsomer Murders 4:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Vera Detective drama based on characters created by crime writer Ann Cleeves. 2:00am Rising Damp Pilot episode of the sitcom which first introduced the lascivious landlord Rigsby.
10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Pawn Stars 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:30pm Pawn Stars 1:00pm Pawn Stars 1:30pm Pawn Stars 1:55pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live from Sandown 5:00pm River Monsters 5:30pm River Monsters 6:00pm Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 8:15pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 10:00pm The Blues Brothers 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Blues Brothers 12:45am An Audience with Billy Connolly 1:55am The Sweeney
7:00am Cricket 10:00am Cricket 11:45am Live Netball Superleague 1:45pm Live Netball Superleague 3:45pm Live Netball Superleague 5:45pm Live Netball Superleague 7:45pm Live Netball Superleague 9:45pm My Icon 10:00pm Live NFL Wildcard Game A match from the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. 2:00am Live NFL Wildcard Game A match from the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs.
8:05am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:20am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Horrid Henry 8:45am Horrid Henry 9:00am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Ultimate SpiderMan v the Sinister Six 9:55am Spy School 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Ninja Warrior UK 11:30am Big Star's Bigger Star 12:30pm The Voice UK 2:05pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:20pm The Incredible Hulk 4:25pm Tipping Point 5:25pm ITV Evening News 5:45pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 10:00pm Manhunt 11:00pm ITV News
7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:25am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:50pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Voice UK 4:30pm Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 7:15pm Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am American Dad!
7:00am Lewis 8:40am Heartbeat 9:40am Heartbeat The longrunning series comes to a close in this final episode. 10:40am The Queen's Garden 11:45am The Secret Garden 1:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 3:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:00pm Lewis 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm The Royal Variety Performance 2018 11:30pm Birds of a Feather 12:05am Birds of a Feather Essex-based sitcom about Dorien, Tracey and Sharon. 12:35am Land of the Midnight Sun 1:40am Wire in the Blood
9:05am 9:35am 10:05am 10:35am 11:00am 11:30am 11:55am 12:25pm 12:50pm 2:25pm 4:00pm 4:35pm 5:10pm
6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Cricket Day four of the second Test between South Africa and Pakistan in Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town. 5:00pm Rugby Union A match from the French Top 14. 6:45pm My Icon 7:00pm Live NFL Wildcard Game 10:30pm Live NFL Wildcard Game 2:00am Live PGA Tour Golf 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News
6:10pm 6:15pm 7:20pm
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Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Columbo Columbo Mr. Bean Mr. Bean Dirty Rotten Scoundrels FYI Daily Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment FYI Daily Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment Jaws 4: The Revenge FYI Daily Jaws 4: The Revenge Se7en FYI Daily Se7en
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TUESDAY - 8 JANUARY
MONDAY - 7 JANUARY 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool 11:00pm BBC News at Ten
3:15pm Getting the Builders in 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:50pm A Place to Call Home 5:40pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pmThe Babes in the Wood Murders: The Prosecutors
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature 9:00pm Fake or Fortune? 10:00pmThe Truth About Getting Fit 11:00pmStoryville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries. 12:25am Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet 1:20am Battle for the Himalayas: The Fight to Film Everest 2:20am Natural World
1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm How to Lose Weight Well 10:00pmBrexit: The Uncivil War 12:05am Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back
3:15pm The Gourmet Detective 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pmChris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 11:00pmRaw Recruits: Squaddies at 16 12:05am Secrets of the SAS: In Their Own Words
3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News
3:15pm Getting the Builders in 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:50pm A Place to Call Home 5:40pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Million Pound Menu 10:00pmIcons 11:00pmMock the Week 11:30pmNewsnight
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature A series examining nature's oddities quirky creatures and baffling beasts. 9:00pm Incredible Human Journey 10:00pmRome Unpacked 11:00pmWild West: America's Great Frontier 12:00am The Plantagenets 1:00am Metalworks! 2:00am Baku: Art Lovers' Guide 3:00am Incredible Human Journey
1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmCatastrophe 11:35pm21 Kids and Counting 12:35am Naked Attraction
3:15pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Britain's Busiest Motorway 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Manhunt 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London
4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 8:00pm FYI Daily 8:05pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 10:00pmFamily Guy 10:30pmFamily Guy 11:00pmAmerican Dad! 11:30pmAmerican Dad!
12:30pm Rising Damp 1:00pm George and Mildred 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Scott and Bailey
11:15am The Sweeney 12:20pmThe Professionals 1:25pm The Avengers 2:30pm Kojak 3:35pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 7:55pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pmJeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 11:05pmFull Metal Jacket 12:10am FYI Daily
8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Cricket 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 11:00pmCricket
3:00pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 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 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 10:00pm Manhunt 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 7:50pm FYI Daily 7:55pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 10:00pmHell's Kitchen 11:00pmCelebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy
12:30pmRising Damp 1:00pm George and Mildred 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic CoronationStreet 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmDCI Banks
8:15am Kojak 9:10am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:30pmThe Professionals 1:35pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Benidorm: Ten Years on Holiday 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pm Sudden Death
9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 12:30pm Sportswomen 1:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live Carabao Cup Semi-Final 11:30pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Sky Sports News
7:50am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 9:55am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:50am Judge Judy 11:20am On the Buses 11:55am On the Buses 12:25pmRising Damp 1:00pm George and Mildred 1:35pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Midsomer Murders 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:05pmVera 1:05am Agatha Christie's Marple
7:20am The Avengers 8:15am Kojak 9:10am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 10:05pmJaws 2 11:05pmFYI Daily 11:10pmJaws 2 12:25am The Usual Suspects 1:55am FYI Daily 2:00am The Usual Suspects 2:35am Lethal Weapon 3:30am World of Sport 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live Carabao Cup Semi-Final 11:30pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News
Eyewitness Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Chimp Island Yorkshire Vet Country 10:00pmBen Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:00pmThe Hotel Inspector: Checking in, Checking Out 12:05am The Secret Life of the Holiday Resort
WEDNESDAY - 9 JANUARY 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten
9:00am See Hear on Tour 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 12:15pmPolitics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm Reel History of Britain 3:15pm Getting the Builders in 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:50pm A Place to Call Home 5:45pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start 9:30pm The Twinstitute 10:00pmIcons
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature 9:00pm Armada: 12 Days to Save England 10:00pmForest: A Year in the Wild Wood 11:00pmTutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 12:00am Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher Documentary exploring how Ancient Egypt's extraordinary story fits together. 1:00am Penny Blacks and Twopenny Blues: How Britain Got Stuck on Stamps 2:00am How the Celts Saved Britain 3:00am Armada: 12 Days to Save England 4:00am Forest: A Year in the Wild Wood
King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond 9:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:45am Frasier 10:15am Frasier 10:45am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it
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Top Wing Paw Patrol Digby Dragon Floogals Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmGPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Yorkshire Vet 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Deadly Paradise 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pmRed Arrows: Kings of the Sky
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's Crime Stories 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Political Broadcast 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Bradley Walsh and Son: Breaking Dad 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmCleaning Up 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London
10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pmDress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:55pm Minions 7:00pm Minions 7:05pm Minions 7:15pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 10:00pmHell's Kitchen 11:00pmCelebrity Juice 11:50pmFamily Guy
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*** The part of the dog’s brain which controls smell is also 40 times larger than a human’s. *** Dogs can hear far higherpitched noises than humans, detecting a frequency range of 67 to 45,000 hertz, while humans’ range is only around 64 to 23,000 hertz. *** Dogs have wet noses to help them absorb scent chemicals.
average of 320 pounds of pressure, compared to just 120 pounds for human beings. *** Dogs also have more adult teeth than humans, 42 compared to our 32. *** Depending on the breed, a dog has between 125 million and 300 million scent glands, compared to only five million in humans.
DOGS can pick up on human feelings by perceiving subtle changes in their scent. This is how canines can, ‘smell fear,’ as well as how they are able to
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Education, media, creative and social connections are given star merit. The solar eclipse in your own sign bursts with vitality and success, more so for an array of bold moves, replacements and makeovers covering your personal affairs.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Stand by for a week of whoosh and whirl. More importantly, try to avoid getting tongue-tied or dogmatic on Tuesday and Friday. Promising potentials appear, especially if you spruce up your competitive streak.
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Throughout this fortunate week, whatever else you decide, refuse to discard your hopes and wishes. As a Gemini, you like to have two strings to your bow of life, which gives you an alternative option, especially if the going gets tough.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A vivid star pattern portends a frantic personal and social diary. Ensure that any tight planning is carefully handled, especially if you hope to fit in everything you would like to say. Don't allow Monday or Wednesday's tensions to spoil opportunities for settling something important.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Pave the way for any ambitious schemes you may have, rather than actually
starting them. With your ruler the Sun eclipsing your kindred fire sign, determined Aries, you are now more likely to get the support and affection you need from the powers that be or someone who thinks the world of you. Loosen up on Tuesday and Thursday.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Even if the opposite to what you want happens, it could prove useful. One clue to this week's planetary crossword puzzle is ‘What word could also mean success?’ Check it out, and make it work for you.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) The solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Aries intensifies your willpower. Before you say 'go', find out where you stand. It might pay you to leave things be for a little longer to see if things begin to change.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) The planets mobilise your streak of Scorpio daring, but don't stretch your limits. Your most effective weapon against personal and workrelated pitfalls is your ability to be objective. Your desire to make specific situations and conversations work needs to be combined with your faith that they will work. Even if a different approach is required, try it and see.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The main gist of the solar eclipse in fiery Aries and the link between plucky Mars and your ruler friendly Jupiter will stir surprises. Whether you create the right atmosphere all round depends on how you interpret other people's views. Stick to crisp, simple but sensitively tuned answers, then no one can accuse you of not trying.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Hard-working, enterprising and self-sacrificing are just some of the words that describe your zodiac sign. It will be these qualities that count. Friday will boost your powers of persuasion, but you won't have too much to complain about if you follow this lucky trend into next week's encouraging tide.
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Cryptic Across 1 Middle East location: a place for thieves? (4) 3 Leaves home, being calm at last, moving is great (8) 9 Idle act destroyed fortress (7) 10 Suburb lad easily conceals knife (5) 11 Hair treatment provided by barber in Seville (5) 12 Puts up a secret entanglement (6) 14 Watch your heart (6) 16 Nut about to regret being incorrect (6) 19 It's dead simple if Alec goes off (6) 21 Slice the turkey with five in mind (5) 24 Thoughts of comical aside (5) 25 Camera I developed in the States (7) 26 Uncertainty can point us to think in French (8) 27 Lake in former estate (4) Down 1 Current copper rate is correct (8) 2 Taken food from downbeat Englishmen (5) 4 Organise university lie-in instead (2,4) 5 Decide about black Russian bread (5) 6 Judas formed art trio (7) 7 Uses fabricated charges (4) 8 Stick plug in this place (6) 13 Demote Queen's English
ambassador (8) 15 Gossips outside the French holiday accommodation (7) 17 Nicholas and Edward get arrested (6) 18 Gongs for damsel in distress (6)
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20 An edition for the children (5) 22 Shoving her about in river (5) 23 Embrace in Newark is sensual (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents K and 12 represents W, so fill in K every time the figure 1 appears and W every time the figure 12 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 Ahead in development (8) 8 Conceals (5) 9 Natural talent (5) 10 Have a requirement for (4) 11 Discover (6) 13 Put before (6) 15 Catch sight of (4) 18 Small oval fruit (5) 19 Once more (5) 20 Informal photograph (8)
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Across 1 To go (7) 5 Tenedores (5) 8 Smaller (in size) (5) 9 Pareja (compañero) (7) 10 Thread (5) 11 Journey (5) 12 These (5) 14 Caterpillar (5) 19 Bamboo (5) 21 Anchor (5) 23 Justicia (7) 24 Mareas (5) 25 Estrellas (5) 26 Atrasos (financiero) (7)
Down 2 Avoid (5) 3 In addition (4) 4 Beverage (6) 5 Adult male duck (5) 6 Annoying (10) 7 Imitation diamond used in cheap jewellery (10) 12 Film theatre (6) 14 State of extreme happiness (5) 16 Large keyboard instrument (5) 17 Knocks gently (4)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Spoiled (pampered) (6) 2 Grooves (in wood, metal etc) (7) 3 Cuernos (5) 4 Repetir (6) 5 Para siempre (7) 6 Income (5) 7 Pantalla (cine) (6) 13 Kidney beans (7) 15 Abuelo (7) 16 Bees (6) 17 Pair (6) 18 Blouses (6) 20 Fly (insect) (5) 22 To quote (writer, line, passage, source) (5)
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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 (FIRSTS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ATTEST CHEESE FIRSTS (10) FIXATE HEATER INFEST MARROW MARTIN PARIAH PITMAN RECENT REDACT RENTAL RETAIN SCREAM SERENE SPREAD TEETER TRACER
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Creaky 2 Seaman 3 Remand 4 Fungal 5 Medial 6 Efface 7 Frugal 8 Infirm 9 Laurel 10 Family 11 Differ 12 Blurry 13 Hairdo 14 Eureka 15 Ablate 16 Forced 17 Latter 18 Fourth 19 Filter.
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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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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 L) 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.
TARGET: • Average: 23 • Good: 32
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SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 5 Good: 7 Very good: 10
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across: 1 News, 3 King, 5 Toy, 7 Stress, 9 Oven, 10 Orient, 11 Hug, 12 Hope, 14 Ice, 16 Mime, 17 Lovely, 18 Awe.
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Down: 2 Walnuts, 4 Scrooge, 6 Youth, 8 Spiritual, 11 Ham, 13 Pie, 15 Elves.
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1 Spruce, 4 Roasts, 9 Explain, 10 Elate, 11 Thyme, 12 Resolve, 13 Considerate, 18 Bramble, 20 Verse, 22 Alike, 23 Turnips, 24 Ninety, 25 Tenner.
7 Oropel, 8 Amazed, 9 Leno, 10 Greeting, 11 Worship, 13 Sleep, 15 Acebo, 17 Milagro, 20 Escarcha, 21 Cosy, 23 Wonder, 24 Lovely.
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1 Sweets, 2 Reply, 3 Clarets, 5 Opens, 6 Shallot, 7 Stewed, 8 Ingredients, 14 Oration, 15 Reverie, 16 Obtain, 17 Teaser, 19 Bleat, 21 Reign.
1 Tree, 2 Aprons, 3 Alegría, 4 Camel, 5 Pastel, 6 Reindeer, 12 Occasion, 14 Miracle, 16 Brandy, 18 Alcove, 19 Scarf, 22 Sale.
App of the week Free music USE your phone to gain access to millions of popular songs, all for free, using new app, Top Charts. This app allows you to download music from the internet and play it offline, even including a shuffle and repeat mode. Browse from a variety of sources and pick your favourites, which will be sorted by playlists, artists, albums, and folders. The free music library will even recommend the latest and most interesting content for you. The app also includes 10 band equalisers, including classical, hip-hop, dance, heavy metal, jazz and pop and rock.
QUIZ: THAT WAS 2018 THAT WAS (PART 1) 1. Which Danish player beat Simona Halep 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 to win the 2018 Australian Open Women's Tennis championship, her first Grand Slam title, in January? 2. David Beckham launched a Major League Soccer (MLS) team in which US city in January? 3. Which online news and social networking service reported its first quarterly profit as a public company in February? 4. Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as president of which country in February? 5. The world’s oldest message in a bottle was found in Western Australia in March; it had been thrown from the German ship Paula how many years earlier: (a) 152 years (b) 132 years or (b) 112 years? 6. What is the name of the founder of Amazon who Forbes announced as the world’s richest person for the first time at $112 billion in March? 7. Where, in Australia, did the 21st Commonwealth Games take place in April? 8. In April, which animated sitcom surpassed Gunsmoke’s 635-episode count to have the highest episode count of any
series on US television? 9. Which Welshman won his third World Snooker Championship by beating John Higgins 18-16 in final in May? 10. Which country won the 2018 Eurovision song contest in May? 11. What is the name of the Spanish prime minister who was forced out of office by a no-confidence vote in parliament filed by socialist leader Pedro Sánchez in June? 12. What is the name of President Trump’s spokesperson who was asked to leave the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Virginia in June over her support of the president’s policies? Not a lot of people know that… 12 camels were disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel Beauty Contest in Saudi Arabia in January after their owners used Botox on their lips and in June a special pedestrian lane was introduced in Xi’an, China, just for ‘phubbers’, slow-walking smartphone users.
Answers: 1. CAROLINE WOZNIACKI, 2. MIAMI (Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, referred to as Inter Miami CF or Inter Miami), 3. TWITTER, 4. SOUTH AFRICA, 5. B - 132 YEARS (June 12, 1886), 6. JEFF BEZOS, 7. GOLD COAST, 8. THE SIMPSONS, 9. MARK WILLIAMS, 10. ISRAEL (Toy performed by Netta), 11. MARIANO RAJOY, 12. SARAH SANDERS
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• Mel Gibson, Actor; January 3, 63 a permanent fixture on the BBC’s Strictly Come This well-known actor and filmmaker has taken Dancing judging panel. on some of the most iconic roles in American • Bradley Cooper, Actor; January 5, 44 cinema, including Max Rockatansky in the Mad This multiple Academy Award nominee first gained fame in American television show Alias, Max action series, as well as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon film series. Despite being known before breaking out into big screen recognition Bradley Cooper. for his Australian connections, Gibson was born in 2009 film The Hangover. Two sequels later in New York, moving to Sydney when he was 12. and Cooper is still going strong, with blockbusters • Craig Revel Horwood, Dancer; January 4, 54 including Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers: Infinity War. His most recent project, a remake of the classic Everyone’s favourite love-to-hate Strictly Come Dancing judge, Revel Horwood has choreographed musical A star is Born, saw the actor also take on the role some of the best-known musicals around the world. The of director. Australian-British dancer has choreographed West Side • Eddie Redmayne, Actor; January 6, 37 Former Etonian Eddie Redmayne followed a school Story, Calamity Jane, Beautiful and Damned, and is now
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career where he was in the same class as Prince William by breaking into the acting circuit in the West End theatres, and later, small guest television appearances. He first worked in films in 2006, before finding major fame and winning an Academy Award for 2014 film The Theory of Everything, exploring the life of renowned scientists Stephen Hawking. • Nicholas Cage, Actor; January 7, 55 This eclectic actor has starred in comedies, thrillers, children’s films, and dramas, beginning his film career with 1983 film Valley Girl. Cage has since gone on to appear in classic films Peggy Sue Got Married, Moonstruck, and City of Angels, earning himself two Academy Award nominations along the way.
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• 1066 - King crowned Harold II is crowned King of England following the death of Edward the Confessor. • 1521 - No church German priest Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Leo X after criticising its policies. • 1924 - King Tut British archaeologist Howard Carter uncovers the greatest treasure in the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt, after two years of searching; the mummy of the emperor. • 1945 - Kamikaze pilots Japanese pilots received their first orders to become kamikaze fighters, meaning, ‘divine wind,’ in Japanese, and perform a suicidal blitz in the last months of the Second World War. • 1968 - Prague Spring Czechoslovakia moves away from the Russian rule towards more liberal reforms, after Antonin Novotny, its Stalinist ruler, is succeeded as first secretary by Alexander Dubcek, a liberal Slovak. • 1975 - Communists Phuoc Binh, around 60 miles north of Saigon in Vietnam, becomes the first provincial capital to fall to the communists since three years before. • 1999 - First Euro The Euro debuts for the first time in the corporate and investment markets, uniting Europe with a common currency for the first time since Charlemagne’s reign in the ninth century.
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ADRA WHEN renowned archaeologist Richard Mathis learns his daughter, Bella, has gone missing, he is back on the first available plane from Crete to America. Within two days, the scientist is found dead. His young assistant, Angela Chase, is left to pick up the pieces, devastated by the loss of her friend and colleague. Angela determines to find Bella, whose own lonely upbringing reminds her of her own, and finds the girl may have made dangerous connections. Angela Chase, who was born Laurel Springfield, spends her own career unearthing truths from the past, but finds her carefully constructed identity unravel as she searches for Bella. As she hones in on the truth about the young girl’s disappearance, will Angela find Bella before it is too late? The Girl at the Border, by Leslie Archer, uncovers how a shared tragedy can bring two women together.
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Meet the team - The MACS shop managers AS we enter a new year, it’s all hands on deck at MACS with the team getting back into the swing of things, preparing for another year supporting the many cancer patients throughout the area. Plenty of activity can always be found at the numerous MACS shops. There is always lots to do, sorting through new stock, dressing the windows and attending the many customers who pass through the doors eager to pick up a bargain and at the same time supporting this fantastic charity. At the helm of the MACS shops, leading their teams are the MACS shop managers, a group of ladies from different walks of life, all sharing the same enthusiasm for their work and making their shops the backbone of the MACS fundraising efforts. Leading the 43-strong team at the two Albox shops is Kimi Chatland.
MACS: The Las Buganvillas shop opened in 2017. Originally from Hereford, with a background in administration, Kimi has lived in the area for 19 years. She lives with her husband and children, and her mum also lives nearby. Kimi enjoys her job with MACS for its diversity and daily challenges and says she is “overwhelmed” by the kindness of the people who help MACS. Managing the Mojacar and Turre shops is Kerry Chapman. Kerry pre-
THE festive season is great; catching up with family, indulging in our favourite foods, and generally having a good time. But alongside any feelings of discomfort you may experience from too much food or alcohol, can be evidence of overindulgence shown on your skin and hair. Our skin, hair and nails are a good barometer of health and are very quick to show when we having been looking after ourselves as much as normal. This can present itself in the form of hair that is dry and unmanageable at the mid-length and ends but greasy at the root. Or skin that has lost its healthy colour and may look dry or flaky. We may even break out in more spots than normal.
viously worked in retail before moving here three years ago to live with her Spanish boyfriend. A busy lady, with a 10-month-old baby called Thomas, Kerry has a team of 60 volunteers and says “every day is a different,” adding that working for MACS is like being part of a big family. Yolanda Klerkx is the leading lady at the Las Buganvillas shop, which has 14 volunteers. Hailing from Hol-
land, Yolanda has been here 13 years and has two children. Her mother’s family is from this area. Having previously worked in a gym, she loves working with different people and helping and supporting people in the community. She calls her role at MACS, “the perfect job.” Last but not least, is HuercalOvera shop manager, Shana Rookley. Shana travelled the furthest of all, originally from Niagara Falls in Canada, she moved here almost five years ago with her boyfriend. Shana is a seamstress by trade and said she has been sewing since she was tall enough to reach the sewing machine pedal! Her favourite part of the job with MACS is helping people and working with fantastic people who she now calls friends. Some 17 people volunteer at the HuercalOvera shop. Many of the MACS shop man-
Post party SOS The best changes always take place from the inside out, and we can undo a lot of damage caused after having eating unhealthy food or drinking more alcohol than normal by cutting back on the food and drinks which are worst for us. Most people naturally cut back a little in January, slowly returning to their old eating habits, or even embarking on a drastic new regime, such as giving up alcohol for the month. Upping your intake of water is the first priority whether you are concerned about your hair, nails, or skin, as dehydration is the cause
agers started out as volunteers for the charity. The work of these four ladies, along with that of the dozens of volunteers, is invaluable in ensuring that MACS can continue to help the ever-increasing number of cancer patients in need of support. If you enjoy meeting new people and have some spare hours in your week, why not consider being a volunteer in one of the MACS shops. Or if your skills are more suited to the numerous other volunteer roles at the charity there are many different ways you can help. MACS has been supporting cancer patients and their families for more than a decade and continues to expand its reach to help more people who are battling this terrible disease. For more information on MACS and its work, call 634 328 334, email macscancersupport@live.co.uk or visit MACS on Facebook.
behind many beauty complaints. Festive over-indulgence coupled with central heating or log fires means many of us are dehydrated without necessarily knowing it. Next, load up on the fruits and vegetables which pack the most health punch. These include berries, which contain vitamins which help with skin elasticity, as well as healthy oils such as olive oil and those found in mackerel and salmon. These will help to support the skin’s structure. Another essential is protein. This helps us create keratin, the building blocks which make up our skin, hair and nails. Healthy sources of protein include white meat, such as chicken and turkey, fish, and seafood. In the meantime, you can fake your way to a post-Christmas glow by hydrating from the outside. This means an intensive hair mask once a week to moisturise strands and seal the cuticles, leaving a glossy shine and preventing split ends. If your hair has truly taken a battering over the festive season, a trim will help restore the look of health. For the skin on your face and body, make sure to moisturise regularly, as well as using a gentle exfoliant once a week to slough off the dead cells contributing to a lacklustre appearance. Finally, for your nails, treat them by massaging a small amount of oil into the cuticles and surrounding skin, followed by a hand cream to prevent any flakiness.
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Incredible shrinking pores AS we age, the amount of collagen and elastin we have keeping our skin springy decreases and our skin sags slightly, leaving us with pores which appear larger. And while there is nothing that can change the size of your pores, there is plenty that you can do to make them appear smaller. F i r s t l y, w h i l e y o u c a n n o t p y s y i c a l l y shrink your pores, a build-up of dirt and sebum in them can certainly have the opposite effect so start your skincare routine every day by gently cleansing. Using an oil-based cleanser will work well for most skin types as oil actually attracts oil which means these cleansers are a very effective way of ridding your skin of any grease without using stripping detergents. The latest oil-based cleansers use emollients which turn milky on contact with water, allowing the product to dive deep into your pores and bring out any dirt too, preventing blackheads. Next, use a gentle exfoliator to slough off dead skin cells which can make pores look more prominent. Dead skin will also prevent any products you use afterwards penetrating as deeply as they should. Ensure that at every stage you are gent l e w i t h y o u r s k i n , h o w e v e r, a s b e i n g overly-aggressive with any products can cause permanent damage to the pores, even stretching them out. Retinoid products (ones containing vit-
amin A) naturally exfoliate the skin without using any beads or scrubs and inc r e a s e c e l l t u r n o v e r, m a k i n g t h e p o r e s appear smaller. Next, before applying any make-up or primers, make sure to moisturise your skin. While this may seem counterintuitive, well-hydrated skin should not overproduce oil to compensate for dryness, meaning you actually produce less sebum which makes your pores look bigger when you have moisturised. F i n a l l y, m a k e s u r e t o a l w a y s u s e a n SPF. Apart from its benefits in helping t o p r e v e n t s k i n c a n c e r, s u n p r o t e c t i o n will help you prevent further fine lines, wrinkles and sagging caused by excess sun, which in turn will help prevent your pores enlarging further. Now apply a make-up primer or BB cream to your skin. These products often contain particles which diffuse the light, ‘blurring’ out imperfections and providing a softer appearance to the skin. This will help to make pores look significantly smaller while also helping your makeup last longer. These cosmetic changes should make an overall difference to the appearance of p o r e s . Yo u c a n h e l p t o t r e a t y o u r b o d y from the inside too though, by staying hydrated which in turn plumps up the skin’s surface and reducing the look of pores.
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A VISITING friend staying with us on the Costa Blanca has asked why leading supermarkets here do not have a special check-out for pensioners? It seems in Singapore, where she lives, there are special check-outs marked for pensioner shoppers only, with benches so that while waiting they can sit down. In addition an assistant is on hand to help put purchased items in shopping bags. I am not aware if these exist anywhere in Spain, though I am sure other EWN readers will know. With the number of elderly shoppers and retired people here, it seems like a good idea. Having said that, they did not feature in supermarkets in the UK either when I lived there. N Button, Torrevieja (Alicante)
A big thank you I JUST want to say thank you to all that follow our work and a special BIG THANK YOU to those of you that are sponsoring and donating to help the animals we rescue. Your contributions are helping so many animals, especially our long term dogs as some have a regular vet bill. Just lately we have built two fenced play runs, one of which has a second-hand caravan, which will be the sleeping quarters for our special long term cases. We have also rented a warehouse and land next to our shelter and erected an extra five indoor pens so that we can help more animals as well as extra space outside for dogs to have more freedom during the day. My wife and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your kind support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. José Safont Ruiz President Animals in Distress, Coin (Malaga)
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Why not special check-outs? Green clean I READ the recent STERLING WORK: article about volunVolunteers cleaned teers cleaning up up Fuengirola beach. Fuengirola’s beach (Costa del Sol Issue 1746) and I just want to show my support and admiration for them. If my back wasn’t so bad I would be out there doing my bit too. It’s so important to treat this planet with respect and it pains me to think of all the marine life suffering because of the selfishness and foolishness of humans. Everyone at the Plastic Free Seas Foundation is doing wonderful work and I hope this kind of initiative is rolled out across the world. Just a few hours of work can gather up a ton of harmful waste, and then all the volunteers should treat themselves to a well-earned ‘cerveza’!
APPARENTLY Spanish grandparents spend an average of six hours a day with their grandchildren. This does not go down well with some academics. In the past a report worried that this may be too much for the elderly and that they should have a right to say ‘no I need a rest.’ This is a slightly offline message in Spain, as the extended family is one of the great joys of Spanish culture. It is a facet of life that seems to be increasingly lost in some other European countries as the Nanny State encroaches ever further into our lives. The willingness for families to rally round and help out when needed is a huge boon to society as a whole, and also to the State, which then doesn’t need to pay up for a huge array of social services including childcare. Those grandparents who do help with childcare make a huge difference to their children. Times are tough and wherever possible many families in Spain have to have both parents working to make ends meet. Often they cannot afford childcare and that is where the grandparents come in. They selflessly pitch in and help out. The suspicion of the report is that they may be exploited by their unscrupulous offspring looking for an easy life. But the report forgets the quid pro quo - those grandparents will themselves be looked after by their children when they need help. That is as it should be. Families should stick together.
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Spanish navy criticised over manoeuvre Bet the Royal Navy were trembling. Spain should save money spent on fuel when their contributions to EU go up when we leave! John Are the Spanish really that stupid?
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COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE
Police officer receives backlash for shooting dog in Spain
WATCH: Protests and clashes in Cataluña as PM Pedro Sanchez and ministers meet in Barcelona
The police use deadly force and kill a beautiful dog protecting her master. She showed she has more courage and love than these police officers, it’s so heart breaking. Jason
Riots in France, Cataluña problems will never go away, permanent tension and protest against the government in Spain, suppose we are better out of it . John
How the **** did he became a Cop? Don’t know how to handle a dog without killing it or injuring it? Uday
DOG SHOT: Farmer guns down dog that allegedly attacked his sheep
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MAY I take this opportunity to thank you for your help and support in publishing most of my Masonic articles detailing money raised and donated to worthy causes over the past year. I hope for your continued support over the next year. May I also wish you the very best New Year. WBro William G Turne Provincial Grand Lodge of Valencia Masons
Well done and a very happy Christmas followed by a successful 2019. Onward and upwards. Michael
Spanish terrorist, responsible for the Atocha Massacre, to be extradited after 24 years on the run Why would any sane person release him on probation?
PM
Now let’s see the dog’s owner being charged with dangerous dogs. John
Rescue ship Open Arms sets sail for Spain with 311 migrants aboard after being refused entry by Italy If Libya is deemed to be unsafe, why not put them ashore in Algeria or Tunisia or Morocco. These charities are nothing more then ferries involved in the trafficking of human beings.
The UN has successfully repatriated over 15,000 from Libya but you won’t find that reported in the main stream media. United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) report which you can find on Facebook.com/IOMLibya/. And you are of course free to ‘moderate’ this post if it offends your editorial stance. The facts however speak for themselves. PM Rescued off the Libyan coast??? Return them straight back to Libya. Renato Today 300 - what will Spain do when tens of thousands have arrived and yet still keep coming. This is not a sustainable solution for any country let alone the relatively poor ones in southern Europe. Annie Most do not want to stay in southern Europe, but make their way north, hoping to get to London. No one is sure why ? PM
Court rules to protect bullfighting as a cultural institution in Spain’s Balearic Islands Ah yes. The ‘National Cultural Heritage’ argument. Like slavery, and garrotting, and wife-beating, and executing Communists? PM
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BEACH READY: Annalise Braakensiek.
HER 16-year marriage to stockbroker Danny Goldberg ended in April. But Australian model Annalise Braakensiek showed she’s letting things hang loose as she soaked up the rays on holiday in Barcelona. The 45-year-old bombshell sent temperatures soaring after whipping off her bikini top before posting a saucy snap on Instagram captioned in Spanish: ‘A very magical and fun day.’
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Beach ready FORMER The Only Way Is Essex star Ferne Mccann has been living it up in Marbella. The 27-year-old posted a series of snaps to social media as she flaunted her washboard abs in a series of racy swimsuits. Ferne gave birth to daughter Sunday in November, and recently said of her post-baby body: “My body shape has changed completely. I’m not totally ripped but my thighs have shrunk.”
RED HOT MAMA: Ferne in Marbella.
SHE is expecting her third child with Real Madrid and Spain footballer Sergio Ramos. And TV presenter Pilar Rubio, 39, showed she is game for a laugh after cheekily painting her bump to resemble politically incorrect South Park character Eric Cartman. The beauty captioned the shot: “Today we came up with a few ideas so that pregnant women can disguise themselves at carnivals. This is my favourite!”
HOT MAMA: Pilar Rubio and (right) her decorated bump.
Poached Pears OVER the festive period we find that spices come into their own! Apart from the usual things that we enjoy here at Olive Tree Farm, like Christmas cake and pudding and mincemeat and mulled wine, poached pears are just one of those treats that make the house smell wonderful and result in a delicious treat. Of course, you can stand over a saucepan for ages keeping your eye on events, but if you happen to have a slow cooker, use that instead! You can put everything in and leave it be whilst getting on with other things and not having to worry about it. The end results are perfect! • Ingredients 1 and a half cups dry red wine or cranberry juice (I use wine) 1/3rd cup of dark brown brown sugar 2 tablespoons dried cherries or cranberries (I use cranberries) 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 whole star anise
1 dried Sichuan peppercorn, optional (I have never used these) 4 ripe pears • Ganache 6 ounces dark chocolate, chopped 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream TOPPINGS: 2 tablespoons pine nuts (we prefer pistachios) Fresh blackberries Sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, optional • Method In a slow cooker, mix wine, brown sugar, cherries, cinnamon, star anise and, if desired, peppercorn until blended. Peel and cut pears lengthwise in half. Remove cores, leaving a small well in the centre of each. Arrange pears in wine mixture. Cook, covered, on low 4-5 hours or until pears are almost tender. Discard star anise and peppercorn. Place chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; stir with
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.
a whisk until smooth. To serve, remove pears to dessert dishes; drizzle with some of the poaching liquid. Spoon ganache into wells of pears. Top with pine nuts and blackberries. If desired, serve with whipped cream.
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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook &Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala shares some New Year diet tips for a lighter and alternative way of eating after Christmas! Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella
www.thelittlegeranium.com I’VE been writing for newspapers and magazines since I was about 26. I have written for all the catering journals and magazines like OK, Hello and now Euro Weekly News (by far the best one!) Almost every New Year I write about being healthy because, let’s face it, we wake up on New Year’s Day feeling dreadful and realising that we have eaten and drank enough to last the whole year! We want and need to make some changes to our diet, eat less junkfood, smoke less, drink less and then by March we will have forgotten about it all! But you can and should be able to sustain it as long as you don’t feel the cravings. Out of all the diets and fads (and I’ve tried them all!) the best one by far is the Keto diet. The name ‘keto’ in a ketogenic diet comes from the fact that it allows the body to produce small fuel molecules called ‘ketones.’ This is an alternative fuel source for the body, used when blood sugar (glucose) is in short supply. The liver produces ketones from fat. These ketones then serve as a fuel source throughout the body and ketones are produced if you eat very few carbs and moderate amounts of protein (excess protein can also be converted to blood sugar). It’s a diet that is safe for everyone unless you are taking medication for diabetes, high blood pressure or you are breast feeding. (Consult your doctor first if that is the case.) On a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run mostly on fat, burning fat 24-7. When insulin levels become very low, fat burning can increase dramatically. This is great if you’re trying to lose weight, but there are also other benefits, such as less hunger and a steady supply of energy. I have really found this diet to be the best ever! For more information on this fantastic safe and logical diet go to www.dietdoc tor.com/low-carb/keto So what can I eat on this diet?
A Beginners guide to a low carb Keto diet
• Lots of fish and seafood • Cheese • Eggs • Natural fat like olive oil, butter, coconut oil, avocado oil • Meat • Vegetables that grow above the ground especially leafy green vegetables • Berries like strawberries, blackcurrants, blueberries • Tea, coffee with no sugar, water, wine in moderation, some diet drinks What shall I avoid? • Bread unless made with almond flour • Potatoes • Pasta • Sweet candy • Chocolate bars • Rice and grains • Most fruits other than some berries • Fizzy drinks and beer • Condiments like ketchup, brown sauce • Energy drinks, smoothies, orange juice Some of these changes may take getting used to but they are not dramatic and I find that I can switch over pretty easily. Personally I drink wine and diet coke and sparkling water and I have taught myself to ignore the
more carby foods but that doesn’t meant that from time to time you can’t eat the odd carb. So on a Sunday when the restaurant is closed I usually cook a roast meal with roasted potatoes and some of the more carby root veggies. To be honest I don’t miss them much and I don’t feel ‘wow thank god for potatoes.’ On the contrary, and so if it works for me it should work for you too! At The Little Geranium we are just about to introduce a healthy menu section, it will be based around the Keto diet plan. If you need help or advice feel free to pop in and see me! Here are some food swaps to kick off the Keto plan gently: 1. Swap milk chocolate for dark chocolate ideally sugar free(a minimum 80 per cent cocoa solids) 2. Swap fruit yoghurts for natural Greek yoghurt and add fresh raspberries 3. Swap cheese and biscuits for cheese with an apple or with olives or celery 4. Swap crisps and sugary nuts for whole brazil nuts or macadamia nuts 5. Swap white rice and all
grains for cauliflower rice 6. Swap potatoes for cauliflower hash browns or cheesy cauliflower 7. Swap below the ground root veg for above the ground green leafy vegetables 8. Swap sweets and cakes for some fresh raspberries or blackberries 9. Swap bread for bread made with only almond flour 10. Swap flour totally for almond flour that way you can still eat pizza etc! Make your own Almond Flour Simply buy peeled whole almonds (or peel them yourself by blanching them in boiling water and removing the skins). Blend in a food processor until fine and pass through a sieve. You can add yeast, but don’t add sugar!
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TECH FOR THE TIMID TOO much e-mail is not a technical problem. It’s a people problem. You can’t fix people, but you can fix your e-mail. Particularly when, like my friend recently, your Inbox is struggling under the sludge of thousands of e-mails. Yes I know, she should have created a selection of nice pretty folders and dragged each e-mail into one, but perhaps she preferred to have a life. You could of course just leave your e-mail overload where it is. That nice Google company gives us 15 gigabytes of e-mail storage free, which would hold, oh I dunno, several squillion e-mails. But good luck trying to find the specific one you want one day. In principle you don’t have to go through all your thousands of e-mails one by one for the mother of all spring-cleans. You can in fact delete the lot with just a couple of clicks - if you really want to. Beware. Let’s first be clear on one vital
Aiming for ‘Inbox Zero’ January’s a good time to declare e-mail bankruptcy, suggests Terence Kennedy
OVERLOAD: Nail that mail. bit of e-mail housekeeping: savvy e-mail users don’t work with their e-mail directly in the Gmail (or other provider ’s) website. It’s clunky, it’s inflexible, and it gives you little control. It is a far, far better thing that you do to install an actual dedicated e-mail program (called a ‘client’ in the jargon), and access your e-mail that way. The added advantage is that the website still
keeps all your e-mails archived in reserve, in case things ever go wrong on your own computer. There are plenty of (free) e-mail programs available for the taking. Thunderbird is a classic, Windows comes with the very basic Mail app, or you can move up a rung to Outlook for more features. Other popular programs are Mailbird Lite, eM Client, Opera Mail and Incredimail.
Another tip if you’re facing a giant clean-up is the possibility of moving to a ‘universal’ e-mail address. If you’re simply using the one your ISP provides, you’ll lose it when you move or switch providers and you’ll have to start again from scratch. But if you u s e G m a i l ( o r Ya h o o , G M X Mail, Zoho Mail, Apple’s iCloud or even the rather mysterious Elude beloved of people paranoid about their privacy) - you c a n k e e p i t f o r l i f e . Yo u r s , o r perhaps just the life of the company providing it. So: install your dedicated e-mail program, route all your e-mail to it, create specific folders below the Inbox (family, friends, enemies, junk, Nigerian princes, your call), then drag and drop whole batches of e-mails into their appropriate folders. Job done and a happy 2019 to you too.
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Hotmail ain’t cool DID you know that if you still have a Hotmail address, some of the folks you deal with online will automatically assume that you are (a lot) older, you’re not very tech-literate, and according to one UK car insurer, you’re more likely to crash. Hotmail ‘retired’ in 2013 - time to move on gramps. If you don’t want the ubiquitous Gmail, Yahoo now offers anyone a free account, with 1,000 gigabytes of storage. Will that do nicely, given Yahoo’s insistence that this ‘can handle 6,000 years of inbox usage for the average user’? And remember: these days, one’s not enough. Use a main e-mail address for trusted friends, family and business, and a secondary one for all those merchants you just know are going to spam you.
Hallelujah by Joss Biggs
A BUTTON, a button, my salvation for a button! As Shakespeare didn’t say. But I was saved - I had found a button! Now all I had to do was attach it to the bag and create a buttonhole for it to go into. I threaded the needle, using the gizmo, of course. With aplomb I attached the button - buttons are easy! Now the buttonhole. I straightened the bag with the precision of a surgeon preparing to make an incision. This required thought; not only does the buttonhole have to be in the right place for it to meet up with the button, but it has to be the right size to accommodate the button easily but securely. I marked the spot with a tiny X, took the kitchen scissors (they are the sharpest), and carefully cut away a tiny
sliver of material. All I had to do now was sew the edges of this meticulously created aperture. I know that there is a special stitch for buttonholes, known as buttonhole. I d o n ’t k n o w b u t t o n h o l e , s o I h a d t o make do with blanket - I know blanket! With the remainder of the thread (I had cut plenty, so as not to have the ordeal of threading the needle a second time) I blanketed round the buttonhole. Triumph! I now had a headache, a jolly bag with red stripes and a pocket held securely by a green button in a maroon buttonhole, each highly individual stitch of which looks as if it had been sewn by Spiderman with a hangover!
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Expat councillor resigns ED: 1718 THE president of a group which campaigns on behalf of expatriate homeowners has resigned from her post on Albox Council. Maura Hillen, head of the Abusos Urbanisticos Almanzora NO (AUAN) group, officially left her post last Monday. The group said, in a statement, disagreements with the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) over proposals to offer irregular homes legal status.
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RESIGNED: Maura Hillen announcing her resignation. Hillen stood as an independent councillor but was affiliated
with the PSOE. The President of AUAN said she thanked the people of Albox for electing her and the PSOE for accepting her onto their group list. “In spite of the current difference in opinion I thank the PSOE,” she said. The group’s statement was referring to the PSOE’s decision to abstain in a vote on changes to the planning laws of Andalucia in the Diputacion of Almeria last Friday. The party said it did not want to ‘reward’ those living in homes without legal status by granting them status under Assimilated Out of Ordination (AFO) certificates. The AUAN have proposed extending AFO status to homes built on ‘rustic’ land, many of which are owned by British expatriates and some of which have since been deemed illegal. The President of AUAN said she believed the PSOE did not have the political will to back changes the group had proposed to planning laws.
“Hopefully I am mistaken in the end and I will continue speaking to all political parties to achieve the approval of this initiative. In the meanwhile I must leave the list of the PSOE,” she said. “I believe that the planning laws are not written in stone and it is easy to resolve these problems once and for all. It is only a question of political will as shown by the Partido Popular (PP) and Ciudadanos,” she added. Hillen’s resignation comes as senior PP officials on Almeria’s Diputacion, including its president Gabriel Amat, said they would back changes to planning laws following a meeting on Monday May 28. Hillen said previous changes to the law had stopped several houses being demolished but that there was still work to be done to secure the legal status of expatriate homes. “This is a problem that could affect up to one million people and that urgently needs a solution,” she said.
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STORMS that have struck the Almanzora area have caused water to fill ravines and riverbeds that are usually dried up in Albox and elsewhere. Albox saw almost 40 litres per square metre in rainfall during the storms over previous weeks this month, according to meteorological data. Velez-Rubio saw around 50 litres per square metre, with 30.3 litres per square metre recorded in Los Filabres, 21.2 in Velefique, 18 in Chirivel and 14 in Oria. Pictures in Spanish media showed water flowing down Albox’s ravine which is usually dry. Similar phenomena were spotted in other towns across Almanzora following the storms which left roads flooded and damage to
In full flow thoroughfares and farmland. Emma Sola, the mayor of Chirivel, said rains in the town over the last week had been moderate to minimal. “Hopefully it will remain that way,” she said. Cazatormentas, a climate research group, said the recent bout of storms had been shorter than previous ones. Their studies showed a risk of rain in September but it was still too early to predict weather accurately, the group added. Sola’s comments follow those of last week when she gave updates on Chirivel Council’s efforts to clean up and repair damage caused by the storms. The mayor said the extent of the damage was still being assessed but initial findings sug-
gested the cost of repairing roads could run as high as €180,000. Sola added the storms had dislodged sediment from the town’s ravine, which had burst its banks and caused roads in the town and in Albox to be submerged in water. The dislodging meant the ravine flowed faster making it harder to stem the water. Estimates have stated that around a quarter of the town’s almond crop was destroyed during the storms. There are also concerns unseasonal hail fall could have had a further impact. Almond trees in the Albox area were also damaged due to hail fall from earlier storms, according to Spain’s Met Office. Farmhouses were also affected, AEMET added. Francisco Torrecilla, the mayor of Albox, said: “There were storms over the fields of Oria and many of the districts and towns on the edge of the Chrivel ravine which meets with that of Albox, with both of them flowing into the River Almanzora. “It is good to have water in the ravines because it helps to boost supply, but damage has been caused.”
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New Porsche touring car GERMAN car maker Porsche has unveiled a new touring model which it said was designed for maximum driving pleasure. The Porsche 718 T is based on the design of the 1968 911 T and is available in the company’s Boxster and Cayman ranges. The company said in a statement that its ‘T’ touring models were synonymous with driving pleasure. “The 718 T will be most at home on winding country roads, offering the joy of dynamic driving as its ultimate goal,” Porsche said. “The two-seater accommodates this philosophy through a pared down range of features,” the company added. The 718 T features 51-centimetre alloy wheels, the
PASM sports chassis, a sixspeed gearbox, Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV) and Porsche dual-clutch transmission. It is powered by a 220 kilowatt four-cylinder engine which is capable of delivering top speeds of 275 kilometres per hour. The interior includes sports seats with the 718 logo embroidered on the headrest. The Porsche Communication Management (PCM) entertainment system has been removed, but buyers can opt to have it fitted free of charge. The Boxster version comes as a coupe while the Cayman has a standard roof.
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NOT only do today’s senior executives have to deal with the many pressures of running business, but choosing a company car can be equally taxing. In recent times three fine luxury saloons have been launched by Mercedes, BMW and most recently, Audi, making it quite a head scratcher to pick a winner. But for those who simply
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Jaguar XF: Class is permanent can’t decide, there is always the dependable Jaguar XF. As with its rivals, you get a choice of petrol or diesel engines, two of each, in the XF’s case, in varying states of tune and with either one or two turbos or a supercharger attached. The range stretches from a
161bhp 2.0-litre diesel right up to a 375bhp 3.0-litre supercharged petrol V6 in the XF S. All but the latter can be had in one of three versions: entry-level Prestige, aggressive-looking RSport or luxurious Portfolio. All are automatic, while the majority of engines are offered
with the option of four-wheel drive. Notable by its absence, mind you, is any form of hybrid, plug-in or otherwise. Inside, the Jaguar XF manages to feel opulent, from the thin sliver of wood encircling you to the fluted leather on the seats.
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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER’S 19-year-old son Mick, has claimed his maiden Formula 3 victory on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, 26 years after the legendary German driver, won his first F1 title there.
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Champions League Final
NOVAK DJOKOVIC won his first Grand Slam title in more than two years by overcoming Kevin Anderson to claim his fourth Wimbledon championship. Djokovic, seeded 12th, won 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3) on Sunday to win a 13th Slam, his first major since the 2016 French Open. The Serb, 31, quickly took control to take the opening set in 29 minutes, and broke his South African opponent twice more to storm the second set too. However he did not have it all his own way in the third, and had to survive five set points before dominating the tie-break to seal victory. “I had many moments of doubt, I didn’t know if I could come back to this level to compete,” said Djokovic,
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Bale shows Real class GARETH BALE scored one of European football’s great goals as Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to win their third successive Champions League title. Jurgen Klopp’s side suffered a huge blow with only half an hour played, as star player Mohamed Salah collided with Sergio Ramos and got his arm caught underneath him as they fell to ground. The incident led to Salah being stretchered off with a dislocated shoulder and he is now a doubt for the World Cup with Egypt. Liverpool keeper Loris Karius endured a game from one of his worst nightmares, gifting Karim Benzema the opening goal shortly after half time with a rushed pass out of hand. The Reds recovered from the calamity to equalise through Sadio Mane, before Bale came off the bench to score a spectacular
MAY ED: 1717 WONDER STRIKE: Gareth Bale’s stunning goal set up Real Madrid’s win. overhead kick and put Real 2-1 up after 64 minutes. There was to be no comeback from a shell-shocked Liverpool this time, and Karius’ misery was complete when he fumbled Bale’s speculative 30-yard shot
into the net in what should have been a routine save. The result sealed Real’s record 13th win in the competition, and their fourth in five seasons to give coach Zinedine Zidane his third triumph in three
years. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has now lost his third successive final since arriving at Anfield, having suffered defeats in the League Cup and Europa League finals of 2016.
Djok and awe Novak serves up Wimbledon glory who also won the Wimbledon title in 2011, 2014 and 2015. “There is no better place to make a comeback, it’s a sacred place for the world of tennis, it’s very special.” He is now in outright fourth place on the all-time list of Grand Slam men’s singles titles, moving clear of Roy Emerson and closing the gap on Roger Federer (20), Rafael Nadal (17) and Pete Sampras (14). The former world number one will move back into the top 10 when the latest rankings are released on Monday.
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Nadal serves up 11th French Open title WORLD number one Rafael Nadal won an incredible 11th French Open title by beating Austrian Dominic Thiem in straight sets. Nadal, 32, won 6-4 6-3 6-2 to earn his 17th Grand Slam on Sunday, putting him three behind Roger Federer’s all-time record. The Spaniard edged an intense opening set, before tightening his grip on the second with an early break of serve. Despite having cramp in the third set he somehow managed to increase the tempo, and 24- year-old Thiem in his first major final, had no answer. “It’s a dream to win 11 times,” said Nadal. “I played a great match against a great player. “He is a player who pushes you to the limit.” Nadal’s victory means that the past six Grand Slam titles have been won by either him or Roger Federer, with the next generation of players struggling to break their dominance. Nadal is only the second player in history to win the same Grand Slam 11 times after Margaret Court, who won 11 Australian Open titles between 1960 and 1973. The Spaniard had been the hot favourite to win at Roland Garros, after warming up with three clay-court titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome. Against seventh seed Thiem he was at his destructive best. “What you have done - to win this tournament 11 times - is one of the greatest things in sport,” Thiem said to Nadal afterwards.
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CLAY KING: Nadal is the greatest player ever on clay.