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BRIT EXPAT WITNESSES NEWS the authorities have uncovered a marihuana plantation is not uncommon on the Costa Almeria. Nevertheless, British expat Tony F was shocked to discover there was a large-scale cultivation of the drug literally just over the road from his home in Huerta Nueva in Los Gallardos. The first thing Tony knew of the alleged dodgy goings on in the distinctive pink house was when eight law enforcement vehicles pitched up in the early hours of Friday morning. Helmet-wearing Guardia Civil clad in black jumped out and ‘rammed their way in’ to the property, Tony told the Euro Weekly News. Officers later informed Tony’s Venezuelan wife they

SHOCKED: The first thing Tony knew of the dodgy goings on in the neighbouring house was when law enforcement pitched up in the early hours of Friday morning. discovered marihuana growing in the house and garage and seized more than 1,000 plants in the raid, which went on until about midday, and that two men were under arrest.

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Tony, who has lived in Huerta Nueva since 2015, believes the house was bought by a Russian a few years back, having been empty for some time. It was then subsequently rented out. Tony was aware of works going on in the house at some stage, but said he virtually never saw anyone going in or out.

Just once a month or so two men would arrive and leave shortly after. What did strike Tony as odd was that there were air-conditioning units running the whole time. In fact according to Tony the next-door neighbour was on the point of reporting the constant noise from the machines to the local council.

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Other neighbours affirmed that stand downwind of the house and you would catch a strong waft of marihuana, but Tony said he wouldn’t have recognised the smell anyway. Having a marihuana plantation right on his doorstep was certainly an unexpected surprise for Tony. As he commented, “You just don’t know who your neighbours are.”

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GUARDIA CIVIL nicked a 35-year-old man for breaking into three vehicles in Roquetas de Mar. The arrest of Roquetas local NISC was the result of an investigation launched at the end of November following a robbery from a car parked on a public street. There were also reports of two further car

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Nicked for car break-ins break-ins in the same area and a fourth report a vehicle had been damaged. In all the cases the thief had broken the back window and forced the door lock. Investigations and the evidence gathered put the 35-year-old suspect at the scene of the crimes and led to his subsequent arrest.

BRUTAL: Fearing for the victim’s life, officers forced their way into the property.

Saved from beating LAW enforcement officers saved a 43year-old woman suffering a savage beating at the hands of her ex-partner at h e r h o m e i n Ve r a Playa. A c a ll to the 062 e me rgency line reporting a possible case of gender-based violence in Pueblo Laguna first alerted the Guardia Civil to the incident. When the nearest Guardia patrol arrived at the property the y found Ve ra Loc a l Police officers already there, repeatedly banging on the front door and shouting to be let in while cries and what sounded like a violent

argum ent coul d be hear d from inside. At that moment a woman with her face covered in blood and desperately calling for help appeared on the balcony. Fearing for the victim’s life, the officers forced open t he door. The aggr essor t r i ed t o at t ack t hem , but they managed to subdue and arrest him. The officers found the woman semi-naked and her cl ot hi ng r i pped. She had bl ood on her m out h and head and scr at ches and bruises on her back. She had also lost part of a tooth. Some of the furniture in

t he pr oper t y had been wrecked. While waiting for the emergency health services to arrive the officers also had t o assi st her at t acker who had started to convulse and breathe in a very agitated way. Local Police took the victim to the Vera health centre for treatment, while her former partner was taken by ambulance to the hospital with a Guardia Civil escort. The Guardia Civil identified the woman’s attacker as 44-year old JC and said there had been a restraining order in place. He was handed over into court custody.

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Green space ALMERIA has this year gained more than 72,000sqm of green spaces and nearly 800 trees lining some 30 streets, the city council’s Environmental Sustainability department reported. The council said it planned to continue increasing the amount of garden areas and tree planting throughout 2020.

Warm Xmas CHRISTMAS on the Costa Almeria felt more like spring than winter thanks to the higher than average temperatures and clear blue skies. The mercury rose to 26ºC on Christmas Eve and to 24ºC on Christmas Day, dipping by just a degree for Boxing Day.

Plant closure ENDESA has officially requested closing the coal-fired thermal power plant in Carboneras due to a marked change in market conditions, although it reserves the right to reverse this entirely or partially if additional tests with different mixes of fuel change the results and guarantee its viability.

Good year THE Almeria mayor said the city’s year as Spanish gastronomy capital had left “a good taste in the mouth,” promising “the city will continue moving forward” in 2020. Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco described the provincial capital as an increasingly “open, cultural, commercial, participatory and dynamic city.”

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ALMERIA Province has gained 7,480 inhabitants since the beginning of 2019, according to figures for residents registered with local authorities and published in the BOE Official State Bulletin. The official number of residents in the province was put at 716,820, of which 198,533 live in Almeria City.

A MAN was rescued from the sea at Garrucha port after he slipped and tumbled in, the 112 Andalucia emergency service reported. A team managed to fish him out with a rope and transfer him to a health centre for treatment for a bump to his head.

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THREE KINGS DAY in Spain, or Dia de los Reyes, falls on January 6 each year - a day when most children in Spanish-speaking countries receive their Christmas presents. On the eve of January 5, youngsters leave their shoes by the door anticipating the Three Kings will leave gifts inside them overnight. Prior to this, children and their families excitedly await the kings’ arrival in their home villages or towns, on occasions via helicopter, where gifts are normally presented, before colourful processions during which thousands of sweets are thrown to children running alongside. Another essential part of the Three Kings Day in Spain in the roscon de reyes, or kings’ cake. The ring-shaped pastry is decorated to look like a crown a king would wear, and often topped with glazed fruits to represent jewels. Inside the cake is a toy - a figurine of baby Jesus or a tiny king - and the person who finds it in their piece is said to have good luck for the year.

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Aiming for British Consul addresses Brexit concerns energy efficiency ED: 1751 - JANUARY

VERA Council has announced plans for mod- ED: 1749 - JANUARY ernising public street lighting along the coast to improve energy efficiency in the municipality. Over 1,100 existing lights will be replaced with LED technology, 240 new columns or supports will be put up, and a system for monitoring electrical parameters on each lighting control panel will be installed. The aim is to reduce electricity consumption by around 50 per cent, saving as much as €50,000 a year, and at the same time contributing to reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Vera Council also says the modernised lighting will produce less light contamination. “We want to do our bit in the sustainable development of the Levante area of Almeria, making Vera a reference point in the region,” commented Vera mayor Felix Lopez. The measures will be co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Andalucia 2017-2020 programme for sustainable energy development, which is managed by the Andalucia Energy Agency. The works are expected to take three months, with the total cost of the project at just over €700,000.

BRITISH CONSUL for Andalucia and the Canary Islands Charmaine Arbouin, addressed British e x p a t r i a t e ’s B r e x i t c o n cerns at a meeting in Mojacar last week. Accompanied by Mojacar mayor Rosa Maria Cano, Immigration Council Delegate Lucas Mayo, and Brexpats in Spain representative Richard Hill, the Consul stressed that the priority for British expatriates, whatever the final outcome of the ongoing Brexit negotiations, is to legalise their situation in this country. Lucas Mayo said the main pro-Brexit doubts of British citizens living in the municipality are related to access to the health

PRIORITY: The British Consul (second right) stressed the importance of British residents legalising their situation in Spain. service, pensions, the situation regarding travel between Spain and the UK, and the length of time they will be able to spend in their properties here. There are also concerns about the right to vote in municipal elections. Consulate experts were present at the meeting to

deal with individual fiscal queries, health system issues, and residence registration. British expatriates account for approximately half of registered residents in Mojacar and represent 80 per cent of the municip a l i t y ’s f o r e i g n p o p u l a tion.

Friends centre now open ED: 1753 - FEBRUARY THE Almanzora Group of Friends has officially opened the doors of its library and information centre in Albox.

Local mayor Francisco Torrecillas cut the ribbon to the new premises in Plaza San Antonio at Saturday morning’s inauguration, also unveiling a commemorative plaque to mark the occasion.

Before Cava and snacks to celebrate the event, the mayor took the opportunity to outline his plans for the Barrio Alto neighbourhood of the town in which the centre is located. Barrio Alto is the oldest part of Albox, and Torrecillas said he hoped the opening of the centre would be the first of many initiatives to rejuvenate the area. Almanzora Group of Friends President Shelagh Copeland thanked the local authority for its support, saying, “We are grateful to the mayor and the council for allowing us to move into this beautiful build-

ing so we can survive and prosper. “We also thank the residents of the ‘barrio’ for making us feel welcome. We hope you will all benefit from, and take part in, the services and events we are planning, and we can work together for the benefit of all the residents of Albox.” Shelagh Copeland told the Euro Weekly News, “The group had been struggling financially, and could not have survived for much longer if the mayor had not stepped in and offered these premises. We hope that now we are based in the heart of Albox it will be easier to be-

come more integrated into the community and work with the mayor for the good of all.” Shelagh also highlighted the role of the association’s Spanish Liaison Officer Francine Sanchez in making the new centre a reality, commenting, “She was instrumental in introducing the mayor to us and helped us right through the process. We couldn’t have done it without her.” For information about the Almanzora Group of Friends email almanzorafriends@ gmail.com, or phone 634 343 147 during opening hours (Mon - Friday 10am to 1pm).

OFFICIAL: Almanzora Group of Friends members celebrate the inauguration of the new centre by Albox mayor Francisco Torrecillas, who cut the ribbon accompanied by AGoF President Shelagh Copeland (left) and Spanish Liaison Officer Francine Sanchez.

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ED: 1759 - MARCH A SOCIAL media campaign group is pressing for increased flights between UK airports and Almeria. The Campaign for Almeria Airport Frequent Flights particularly wants more flights to the provincial airport from UK destinations currently not served or which lost flights after the collapse of Monarch. The Facebook action group was the brainchild of Daniel Northover. “I launched the campaign as a result of the ongoing inconvenience in getting to Almeria outside the summer months,” Daniel told the Euro Weekly News. Daniel relocated to Liverpool three years ago with his partner Orlando. He has been a regular visitor to Almeria to see family who live in the province, flying out of Manchester. “When I moved here, there were regular flights to Almeria throughout the

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More flights please! year,” Daniel said. “However, with the collapse of Monarch, we lost a good chunk of services and had none over the winter. “ We h o p e d t h a t a n e w airline would take the routes as they always seemed well subscribed, but nothing seems to have happened and no information provided about their status,” Daniel continued. This has left Daniel and Orlando having to make alternative arrangements to get here, usually a flight to Alicante, often an overnight hotel stay, shuttle buses, lifts from friends or taxis, “which eat into our time and increase the cost of the travel.” Daniel realised he wasn’t the only one frustrated by the lack of UK-Almeria services. “A number of people I met wanted more flights and from additional destinations, so creating a cam-

HASSLE: Daniel and Orlando are frustrated by the lack of flights between the UK and Almeria outside peak holiday times. paign seemed to be the best way of furthering that aim and at least getting answers

about what is happening and if anyone is just sitting on the routes.”

He also believes that now is a good time to have launched the initiative, es-

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pecially after reading an article in the EWN that the province was looking to promote itself as a winter holiday destination to a number of countries in northern Europe, including the UK. “Obviously there’s some political will to increase flights, and now would be a good time to capitalise on that interest.” The action campaign highlights the shortage of UK-Almeria connections outside peak holiday times and to airports outside the south-east of England, but Daniel points out there is demand for more flights across the board, commenting, “I think many of us would like to see improved services to all regions within the UK, and I think we, as a group, only reflect the tip of the iceberg.” It is still early days for the group, but it is attracting a steady influx of interested travellers and there are plans to contact politicians, public authorities, airport authorities and airlines.

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LIONAID: This year’s Party in the Park smashed last year’s fundraising total.

ED: 1762 - APRIL THE Lionaid second charity ‘Party in the Park’ was a roaring success, smashing last year’s target. More than €10,000 was taken on the day, and donations are still coming in. The Vera & District Lions Club Sunday event fully lived up to the expectation of a great family day out. Vera’s El Palmeral Park was bustling from the minute the gates opened at 12 midday right through to the last act as the sun went down. Local bands, dance groups and Irish folk groups gener-

ously donated their time and provided the live entertainment. One group even travelled all the way from Ireland to take part. The Lion Bar did a brisk trade in food and drinks throughout the day. There were stalls galore, and for children there were bouncy castles, a fairground and entertainers. Many local businesses generously donated great prizes for the tombola. One of the most poignant parts of the day was the raffle held in memory of Leo the Lion, the courageous little boy who died just before his fifth birthday in December 2017 after battling a rare form of

brain cancer for much of his short life. A Garrucha interiors business donated €500 worth of items for the Leo Memorial Board prize. The lucky ticketholder, Frank O’Sullivan of the Patrick Pierse Irish band, promptly donated his winnings straight back to the Lions. Just as moving was the moment the wife of Paul Morrison, an MS sufferer from Antas, got up on stage to tell everyone how the Lions had helped her family, not only financially by funding his flights to Russia for stem cell treatment, but also by providing moral support. “An amazing day” was how event organiser Kay Frances described this year’s fundraiser. Kay issued a huge thanks on behalf of the Lions to all the volunteers who stayed from morning till night, and rolled up their sleeves and pitched in with the post-event clean up. Also to all the performers, and to the local council for their continuous collaboration with Vera Lions. Kay said the money raised from Party in the Park “will go to help local people in times of hardship.” Food banks, the supply of rehabilitation equipment, defibrillators in public places, vouchers for people who are unable to afford petrol to get them to and fro from hospital treatments: just a handful of the community causes earmarked for Lions donations.

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Expat support website launches A BRITISH Consulate and University of Birmingham website seeking to help tackle the challenges of an ageing expatriate population has expanded coverage into Almeria. Support in Spain (www.sup portinspain.info), provides useful assistance for older and vulnerable British residents. It features information on how to get extra help on a wide range of matters, including health care, disabled services and benefits, as well as a directory of local support organisations. The initiative was launched last week at well-attended networking events in Turre and Arboleas, led by Neil Hesketh of the Support in Spain project and Javier Gonzalez, Consular Officer for the British Consulate Andalucia. The British

Honorary Consul in Almeria, Alejandro Guerrero, also attended the Arboleas event. Over 60 representatives from charities and voluntary groups in the Costa Almeria and Almanzora areas which provide unstinting support for British and other foreign nationals took part in the meetings, among them the Royal British Legion, MACS Cancer Support, the Spanish Red Cross, and the Lions Club. The representatives expressed great interest in the website. The meetings also provided an opportunity to meet with a Consulate representative and to get together with colleagues from other organisations. “It is exciting to see this website expanding into Almeria after a

successful start on the Costa del Sol,” British Consul Charmaine Arbouin said ahead of the launch. “There is some incredible work carried out by so many volunteers across southern Spain to support foreign residents who are in need. As the Consulate cannot be in all areas at once, I hope that this website is a useful support tool for voluntary groups in their work and for residents as well. “We have also compiled the site in Spanish, as well as English, so that social workers, medical staff and Spanish-speaking friends can, for the first time, access information on English-speaking support available.” Charmaine continued: “Our message from the British Consulate in Andalucia to UK resi-

dents is clear: plan ahead for the future. Anyone can become vulnerable at any time and it is better to be prepared.” PROVIDING a source of essential information on locally available assistance and advice for older and more vulnerable UK citizens living in Spain, ‘all in one place’ is the key objective of the Support in Spain website. Neil Hesketh of the Support in Spain project told the Euro Weekly News how important it had been to also make the website as clear and simple to navigate as possible so that expatriates in Spain, their family members elsewhere in the world and Spanish professionals can easily search for information on the help available in residents’ own particular areas, ‘so they are

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USEFUL TOOL: The website provides support for older and vulnerable British residents. all on the same page.’ Neil stressed too that the website is easy to use on mobile phones. The Support in Spain initiative is the result of a close co-operation between the British consulates in southern Spain and the University of Birmingham School of Social Policy. The original project set out to research the issues which older and more vulnerable British people face while living in Spain, and

to suggest possible solutions to help prevent them becoming socially isolated in the future. One of the study’s conclusions was the need to develop a website which included all the contact information of the different voluntary groups and Spanish statutory authorities available locally, as well as helpful advice on common questions, such as how to secure extra social care, help for a disability or assistance with paperwork in Spanish. Support in Spain was first launched on the Costa del Sol in January last year. Andalucia Consular Officer Javier Gonzalez reported on how helpful consulate staff had found it, to be able to go to one source to access all this information, allowing them to easily direct British nationals in need of assistance in the right direction. He pointed out the Spanish health and welfare system is still based on the assumption that family will take on much of the responsibility for looking after relatives, which can create difficult situations for British expatriates in Spain on their own. “We have to count on other organisations otherwise we wouldn’t be able to assist: we just don’t have the resources,” he commented. The website content currently covers Malaga Province, the Costa del Sol and Almeria. Later this year the Canary Islands will be added as well as other parts of Andalucia. It has had over 25,000 visitors since it was launched. The project was funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Website address: www.supportinspain.info.

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Muggers prey on expats ED: 1769 - JUNE A MOJACAR businessman claims organised gangs of muggers are preying on expat men after he was targeted four times. Charles Alman told the Euro Weekly News the first incident was outside his Sundance Spas business in Mojacar Playa last October. A young woman approached him on the pretext of asking if he knew someone. To Charles’ astonishment she wrapped herself around him, making suggestions of a sexual nature. He pushed her away, and she took off in a waiting car. Minutes later Charles realised his €2,000 gold chain was missing. “I didn’t tell anyone because I was so embarrassed about falling for it,” he admitted. “They put their hands on you and you don’t realise what they’re doing because they catch you so off guard.” Two months ago the muggers set their sights on Charles in another Mojacar street. “Different girl, but same thing,” he said. “I told her I was going to call the Guardia Civil and she ran off with another girl.”

VICTIM: Charles Alman says he has been targeted by muggers four times. Incredibly, muggers went for Charles again later that day in Puerto Rey. A woman tried to get him to open his car window, he thinks as a ploy to get his watch. Last week the muggers had another go with the same tactic outside his shop. “I thought this is ridiculous,” a clearly angry Charles told EWN. “I got out the car. I told her I knew what she was doing and was taking her photo and calling the Guardia. She ran into a car in which there were two guys and another girl. One of the guys got out. Luckily one

of my employees, a big burly fellow, came out and off they went.” Gibraltarian Charles has lived in Mojacar for 31 years. He believes criminal gangs using young females to pick on men of a certain age is ‘rife.’ This time Charles reported the incidents at Garrucha Guardia station. While there a British man in his late 70’s came in to report a young woman had just snatched his gold Rolex watch. Charles acted as translator for the pensioner, who he said was ‘very shaken up.’ The man told officers he had been sitting in his car at Garrucha port with the door open. A woman suddenly got in and in fluent English made out she knew him. When he realised she had his watch he struggled with her, but she bit his hand. “All his fingers were swollen and there were real bite marks,” Charles told EWN. Just like when Charles was targeted, a car pulled up, the assailant got in, and it took off. Guardia Civil confirmed to EWN they were investigating the theft of the British pensioner’s Rolex. They said the gang had probably identified him as an ‘easy victim.”‘ Nevertheless, they made it clear they do not regard this kind of crime as a particular local problem.

www.euroweeklynews.com ‘AN adrenalin high’ was how Ian Hunter described his feelings when he made it to Mojacar last Thursday following a 1,500mile cycle to honour the memory of his late mum Joyce and to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Not only did 65-year-old Ian successfully complete the formidable challenge of pedalling from Morecambe to Almeria in just three weeks, he smashed his target of raising £5,000 for the cancer charity: the final total is set to be over £6,000. Kicking back after his incredible endeavour, Ian told the Euro Weekly News, “This is what I’d been talking through in my mind when I was training and cycling here, and here was the reality.” One thing Ian hadn’t prepared for was the surprise his wife Pam had in store for him. He was, he said, “stunned and overwhelmed” to find her waiting for him when he reached the final stop and not back in Lancashire as she’d had him believe. Incredibly Ian only took up cycling in 2017 after a health scare. He quickly caught the cycling bug. Then when cancer claimed Joyce’s life last year he came up with the idea of the fundraising ride to Mojacar, where he and Pam have had a holiday home for 14 years, and where Joyce visited them many times. With daughter Carol supporting him on the UK leg and friend Chris Hills accompanying him in a support car, Ian averaged about 75 to 80 miles a day. Ian had trained with a cycling coach to prepare physically for the challenge, but ad-

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Made it! ED: 1772 - JUNE mitted he’d had a few doubts beforehand. “The most I’d cycled before back-toback was five 50-mile rides and one 80mile ride, so I didn’t know how I was going to cope,” he said. As it turned out the training paid off. “I was really pleased with the way my body stood up to it, but it got mentally tough at times and it was fighting that,” he said. Ian’s lowest point was going over the Pyrenees. Having built himself up for what would inevitably be a tough day, dismal, wet weather made the ride up the mountain road even harder. By the final 10-mile climb he had a strong wind against him too. He kept going all the way to the top, only for a mighty gust of wind to flip him over. Fortunately he only suffered a few bruises. Boredom was an issue on straight runs through unremarkable landscapes, but there were other days going through small villages and spectacular scenery which Ian described as an “absolute joy.” Arriving in Poole on the south coast was another high point Ian said. “It was the psychological barrier of getting the first leg done.” What really kept him going over the three weeks Ian said was thinking about why he was doing such as an epic bike ride.

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ED: 1775 - JULY ACTION from the heart by the Turre sewing circle is set to help breast cancer sufferers following surgery. The ladies have been putting their skills with needle and thread to excellent use, making dozens of heartshaped pads from soft, washable materials to go under the arm and support sore areas post op. The sewing group’s Kim Gibson told the Euro Weekly News she first heard about the surgery pads idea from a male friend who had had breast cancer. He was offered one to help him drive, sleep and get on with daily life with the wound site protected. When Kim saw the pads another friend made back in the UK she was, she said, “so impressed I brought the pattern to our sewing group and asked if anyone would like to help, which they all did.” Kim explained that most breast cancer sufferers lose lymph nodes, hence the

ED: 1779 - AUGUST AN epic bike ride from Palomares to Portsmouth has raised more than €1,000 for an excellent cause. Friends Martin Morris, Glenn Roulland and Rob Hillard chose the Alzheimer’s Society to benefit from the money they collected from taking on the challenge of the 2,100-kilometre self-supported cycle. All three have family members who have been affected by the condition. One of the trio’s biggest fundraising supporters was regular haunt, the Oasis bar in

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WHOLEHEARTED: The Turre sewing circle ladies are donating the hand-made pads to MACS. “They really do make a difference,” the cancer support group’s Aileen Cameron said (left). heart shape is ideal for fitting snugly in the underarm area. “They really do make a difference!”, commented MACS representative Aileen Cameron when the

sewing group donated their first batch of hearts to the cancer support charity last week. “It’s somebody saying I know you’re going through a lot and this is something to

say we’re thinking of you, as well as the practicalities of it. “The fact they’re heartshaped also shows they’re coming from love to somebody who’s going through

treatment. It’s a lovely, lovely thing to do.” MACS will give out the pads to people the charity helps and supports, including at its monthly patient survivor and care giver meetings. The meetings are, Aileen explained, “a chance for people to get together, have a coffee and a chat, to meet other people going through similar things and to just not feel alone. “It’s having a chance to be around people who understand what you’re going through. And that makes a heck of a difference.” The sewing group is going to keep on producing the pads and supporting MACS, Kim said. She now hopes more individuals or groups will be inspired to follow the Turre seamstresses’ example.

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Smoke-free beaches VERA’S beaches are now smoke-free zones. The municipality has joined the Junta de Andalucia Health and Families’ Department Smoking Plan Network, which is running a campaign to raise awareness about tobacco use and promote initiatives which create areas where smoking is not permitted. The idea is to help prevent people from taking up smoking and to assist anyone trying to kick the habit. A further advantage is that non-smokers will be not be bothered by smokers’ fags. The council hopes the beach smoking ban will also mean a cleaner coastline without the litter of cigarette butts. Cigarette ends take between five and 10 years to decompose, contaminating the sea and negatively impacting on marine life. The local authority has signed up Vera to the Andalucia Smoking Plan Network for the next four years. The council said the move demonstrated its “commitment to developing a common active prevention strategy, making the population aware of maintaining our beaches free of tobacco smoke.”

Epic bike ride for excellent cause Palomares, which last Friday hosted a presentation of the €300 they raised: bar owner Emma Rundle donated monies from the Sunday quiz and Tuesday darts, and individual customers generously did their bit too. Martin told the Euro Weekly News the three mates had already tested their cycling stamina, last year biking unsupported from Santander to Palomares, where both he and Glenn own property.

SAUDI ARABIAN millionaire Turki Al-Sheikh is the new boss of UD Almeria football club. The former Saudi Minister for Sport has officially taken over from businessman Alfonso Garcia Gabarron as the red and white’s largest shareholder after signing a €20 million deal in a notary in Almeria City at midday on Friday, a further €7 million going to pay off the club’s debt, according to Spanish media reports. "I always said if someone came along with a grand, ambitious project, and with more financial power than me, I would let it happen,” Garcia Gabarron said in reference to the deal.

Back in May, Team ‘3 Amigos, The fellowship of the chainring,’ as they dubbed themselves, went the extra mile so to speak, pedalling the other way and finishing in the Hampshire port city which is home to Rob and Glenn. “This was by far the biggest ride we had ever undertaken,” Martin explained. “We were fully self-supported with our panniers carrying our luggage. We were relying on our steel bikes and strong

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STAMINA: Team ‘3 Amigos, The fellowship of the chainring’ reach a major milestone at the French border, their epic bike ride raising more than €1,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society.

legs to get us by!” They made Cartagena their first stop after two big climbs out of Aguilas

Saudi millionaire new Almeria boss “I hope you all back him as he is an important person who loves football,” he added. The 38-year-old advisor to the Saudi Royal Court is aiming to take the Second Division side back to the Premier League, Spanish press reported. He has considerable experience in the football world, and already owns Cairo side

and Puerto Mazzarron, then followed the coast, calling in at Alicante, Valencia, Barcelona

Pyramids FC. Turki Al-Sheikh is the club’s third owner since it was founded in 1989. Garcia Gabarron was UD Almeria president for 16 years, having acquired a majority stake in the club in July 2003. The change of club boss was followed a day later by the replacement of the manager. Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva takes over from Oscar Fernandez. A former professional player, who was on Jose Mourinho’s Champions League-winning Oporto side, the 44-year-old Portuguese has been a club manager in Saudi Arabia, Portugal and Cyprus.

and some smaller resorts. Then it was across the bottom of the Pyrenees and on to Carcassonne, Toulouse, La Rochelle and St Malo, where the team caught the ferry to Portsmouth and cycled the final nine mile-stretch. The trio successfully completed the distance in the 21day allotted time period, climbing as high as 32,400 feet. Martin told EWN, “Our last day, our only day of rain, there was a feeling of great personal achievement as I had always said one day I would cycle back to the UK rather than fly or drive.”

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Extreme weather wreaks havoc ED: 1785 - SEPTEMBER EXTREME weather which hammered the province last w e e k w re a k e d h a v o c a n d cost one man his life. The Senagalese died after becoming trapped in his vehicle in a flooded tunnel in Almeria City early on Friday morning following a massive downpour which saw more than 90 litres of water per square metre fall in just an hour. The so-called ‘cold snap’ produced torrential rains across much of the province on Thursday and Friday. An impressive electrical storm lit up the night sky across the Levante area in the early hours of Saturday morning. The storms also dropped huge hailstones in some places. It was a frantic few days for the provincial emergency services. Some roads were partially or completely cut off by floodwater or by accumulations of stones and mud in areas including Pulpi, Olula del Rio, Velez-Blanco, Taberno, HuercalOvera, Chirivel, Nijar and Cuevas del Almanzora. San Jose and the Cabo de Gata area of Almeria City

DESTRUCTIVE: There were several incidents of people trapped in vehicles by floodwater in Huercal-Overa (left) and considerable damage to infrastructure in areas including Albox (right). were left pretty much inaccessible by road. The Legion stepped in to evacuate around 60 people from a Cabo de Gata campsite after a watercourse overflowed its banks in the early hours of Friday morning. Some streets in the area were turned into lakes, leaving residents trapped. The water washed away the asphalt from the San Jose main access road and the force of the torrent which surged down the rambla literally divided the beach in two. There were callouts to help people who ended up trapped in their

vehicles in usually dry watercourses or on flooded roads in P u l p i , Ve l e z - R u b i o , H u e r c a l Overa, Taberno, and Tabernas, and in tunnels and garages in Almeria City. There were also reports of flooded basements and garages in locations including Albox, Olula del Rio and Maceal. The extreme weather prompted the authorities to temporarily close Almeria airport on Friday morning, resulting in the cancellation of two flights, the diversion of two others to Malaga and a delay to a fifth.

The train service from Pulpi was cut after the storm dumped some 150 litres of water on the municipality in the space of just a few hours on Thursday night, causing watercourses to overflow and leaving the municipality virtually isolated. Classes for around 40,000 of the province’s schoolchildren were cancelled on Friday due to the appalling weather conditions. The province’s ordinary and intensive agriculture sectors were severely hit by the extreme weather. Rural roads became impassable and accesses to farms were blocked. There has been widespread damage to rural infrastructure, greenhouses and crops; in the Almanzora Valley and Los Velez regions as much as 50 per cent of the almond crop could have been lost. The UPA Andalucia union representing small-scale farmers has requested the Agriculture Ministry declare affected areas catastrophe zones. Assessments of the aftermath of the extreme weather up and down the province showed there was damage to roads, watercourses, water networks and the electricity supply, as well as to private properties.

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‘The Crown’ to shoot in Almeria SCENES for Netflix hit series ‘The Crown’ will be shot in Almeria in October. The Almeria City mayor has signed an agreement with Ten Cents Films, the company responsible for the overseas shoots for the fourth season of the international hit drama, in which Oscar winning actress Olivia Coleman plays the Queen. Council head Ramon FernandezPacheco revealed the provincial capital will appear in the credits and items used in the filming will be exhibited in the city’s Casa de Cine. In return, as an incentive the production company is exonerated of paying taxes for the shoot. Ten Cents’ Ramon Caravaca explained that Almeria will play the part of a number of different places in the world. “We want you to be aware of the great potential which Almeria has for shoots,” he commented. The city’s role as The Crown location “is an opportunity we cannot let pass,” the mayor stressed. Declaring himself a fan of the programme, Fernandez-Pacheco said the agreement with Ten Cents represented “another step forward in the most ambitious project in which the public administrations are working to make Almeria a current and future land of cinema, without forgetting its filming past.”

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ED: 1787 - OCTOBER THE woman found guilty of murdering eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz has got life. On Monday the Almeria Provincial Court sentenced Ana Julia Quesada to a maximum permanent reviewable prison sentence for killing Gabriel in Cabo de Gata in February last year with the aggravating circumstance of a family relationship with the little boy. Quesada is the first women to be sentenced to serving life with a possibility of parole after a minimum fixed term since the punishment was introduced into Spanish Law in 2015. The court also sentenced the 45-year-old Dominican to three years behind bars for psychological injuries to Gabriel’s father Angel Cruz, with whom she was in a relationship at the time of the youngster’s death,

LIFE SENTENCE: Ana Julia Quesada received a maximum permanent reviewable prison sentence for killing Gabriel Cruz, eight. and two years and nine months for psychological injuries to his mother Patricia Ramirez. In addition, the sentence, orders Quesada to pay €250,000 to each parent in moral damages and bans her from living in or visiting Nijar or the parents’ homes for 30 years and from going within 500 metres of either Angel or Patricia. She will also have to pay the just over €200,000 cost to the state of the 12-day search oper-

ation launched to find the little lad following his disappearance from close to his grandmother’s house in Las Hortichuelas. Last month a jury unanimously decided Quesada was guilty of ‘voluntarily taking the life’ of Gabriel, ‘unexpectedly and without the possibility of the minor defending himself or reacting’ following a nine-day trial and more than 24 hours of deliberations.

Record breaking veggie mosaic ED: 1790 - OCTOBER ALMERIA has gained its second Guinness World Record, this time with the largest ever heartmosaic made entirely from fruit and vegetables. Twenty tonnes of provincially produced tomatoes, broccoli, peppers, aubergine, pumpkins and courgettes went into creating the 603.15sqm green heart at the municipal fairground. It was a colourful feast for the eyes when it was finished, featuring a bright yellow indalo

at its centre and accompanied by the message +Salud Almeria. Guinness World organisation official judge Anna Orford had come from London to verify Almeria’s effort had snatched the record from India, which held the title for five years with a 480sqm heart. Receiving the certificate on behalf of the city council and the vegetable company behind the initiative, Almeria mayor Ramon Fernandez-Pachecocommented, “today we have once again taken a step forward in the aim of gaining renown as the gastronomic capital.”

What’s more, he said, it had been achieved with “something intrinsic to us,” which he described as the “healthy fruit of the labours of the thousands of people who work in our agrofood industry.” Fernandez-Pacheco gave a hearty thanks to all those involved in the record-breaking initiative, and took the opportunity to emphasise the importance of a healthy diet, featuring fruit and veg like that for the giant heart. The record-breaking mosaic heart attempt was staged to mark World Food Day and as part of this year’s extensive programme of Almeria 2019 Gastronomy Capital of Spain promotional events. The mayor also underlined the success of the gastronomy capital status in putting Almeria on the map as a foodie tourist destination. Back in June Almeria made it into the Guinness World Records for the biggest ever gazpacho, snatching the tile from Portugal with 9,800 litres of the cold soup.

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INTERNET PLEDGE THE provincial gove r n m e n t s a y s i t ’s working to bring equal internet access t o a l l o f A l m e r i a ’s 103 municipalities. The Diputacion de Almeria said the aim was to have fibre o p t i c a c r o ss th e province, referring to it as another tool for fighting depopulation. The deputy with responsibility for measures on addressing depopulation, Fernando Gimenez, said he was working with New Technology deputy Domingo Fernandez and with fibre optic operators. Gimenez explained that as an initial step the provincial administration has carried out an exhaustive study on existing cover, to assess w hich m u n i c i p a l i t i e s a lready h a v e f i b r e o p tic, which don’t, and which are the areas where installation will present the most complications. The deputy maintained it is the Diputacion’s firm intention to get the fibre optic initiative up and running. “One of the main objectives w e se t o u t f r o m th e first moment was to drive measures aimed at fixing population in our municipalities,” he commented. “In order that the inhabitants of the smallest municipalitie s c a n c o n t e m p late starting a business, and so thos e a l r e a d y se t u p c a n function with all the guarantees, the province needs a fibre optic network which allows work and undertakings in a n y p o i n t , ” h e stressed. The deputy also claimed the provincial administration’s plans were pioneering in the country in that the internet speed introduced into municipalities would be between 50 Mbps and 1 GBps. “It is a much more ambitious p l a n t h a n a n y o th e r initiative which has been presented up until now for its reach of the 103 municipalitie s a n d t h e spee d , which will guarantee that you can make video calls,

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AIM: Provincial deputy Fernando Gimenez said equal internet access across the province will help prevent depopulation. telework; in short have the same services and opportunities in all the municipalities,” he claimed.

Gimenez concluded that “putting initiatives of this kind into action will as well as keeping populations set-

tled, mean equal opportunitie s for a ll A lme ria ns re gardless of the municipality in which they live.”

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Hash boat haul A BRIT is one of four ED: 1791 - NOV under arrest following the interception of a boat loaded with more than 3,000 kilos of hashish in Almeria waters. The Almeria Guardia Civil Maritime Service caught up with the leisure craft as part of a European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) operation after it was pinpointed by an Icelandic aircraft. The Guardia said the aircraft spotted the craft alongside an inflatable dinghy loaded with sackcloth bundles, 15 miles from the Alboran Sea. The CECORVIGMAR Coasts and Frontiers Maritime Surveillance Centre alerted the Almeria Guardia, which immediately mobilised its boat the Rio Nacimiento. The patrol found the suspicious boat heading for the Almeria coast. On board they discovered bundles containing large amounts of the drug. A thorough search of the boat once it was in Almeria port revealed there were 93 bundles stashed in the hold and cabins, adding up to a total weight of 3,100 kilos. The Guardia identified the detainees as 58-year-old JCC from the UK, and three middle-aged Poles.

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Replacing a lost or expired British passport from Spain MESSAGE: “We have to work together to put a stop to this violence which ends the lives of women and children and breaks up families,” declared the mayor of Huercal-Overa.

ALMERIA SAYS NO ED: 1795 - DEC ALMERIA has loudly condemned genderbased violence. People across the province came out on Monday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and to add their voices to calls to take action. Local authorities organised marches, workshops and events aimed at raising awareness about the issue and sending out

the message to gender violence victims they are not alone and there are ways out of abusive relationships. Cuevas and Adra councils were just two of the many which commemorated the day with the reading out of a manifesto against violence against women. To further get the message across in Cuevas municipal benches featured awarenessraising messages like ‘Live in equality, live without violence.’ In Adra the cry was ‘Not a

minute more silence!’ Mayor Manuel Cortes said it was the responsibility of the whole of society “to fight against and condemn macho violence. “The systematic violation of human rights has no place in a democratic society.” A large banner bearing the message ‘Huercal-Overa says NO to Gender Violence’ and featuring stars with messages of hope and decorated by local schoolchildren was the centerpiece of the acts in HuercalOvera. Mayor Francisca Lourdes Fernandez summed up the reasons for putting the genderbased violence at the top of the agenda, commenting, “knowing we are facing a real problem that we have to try and eradicate, we have to work together to put a stop to this violence which ends the lives of women and children and breaks up families.” In the provincial capital representatives of the Government Sub-delegation in Almeria, the Junta de Andalucia, the Diputacion de Almeria and the city council took part in official acts. They included a minute’s silence in memory of all the women who have died at the hands of their partners or expartners, numbering nearly 40 in the province since 2003.

WITH Brexit possibly around the corner, if you have less than six months life left on your passport it would be a good idea to renew sooner rather than later. Quite often when different official forms are digitalised, it becomes more rather than less confusing and you need to have a degree in programming in order to proceed. For once however, the British government has made things much easier and far less complicated in applying for a replacement passport if yours has been lost or is about to expire. No longer do you need to supply lots of forms including birth certificates and to have a photograph physically signed on the back by someone who knows you and it really is now quite easy if you have access to a computer. Very simply visit https://www.gov. uk/overseas-passports and you’re taken through the whole process step by step and the only drawback is that there isn’t a single page detailing everything including costs as you have to go through a page at a time. There is however a passports link which does give quite a lot of information on the website, but not everything. Even if you have lost or had your passport stolen, you are not precluded for applying online for a replacement, but you have to declare it lost in advance also online. As a real bonus you can now use digital photograph and there are quite explicit rules about what is acceptable as you navigate the website and whilst it may take a couple of attempts, provided you remove any glasses and stand in front of a white background, a selfie taken with a

phone will probably work ok. If you are not happy using a phone camera, then most towns have at least one print shop where they can photograph you and give you a digital image on a memory stick or card. As you progress through the procedure you will be best served by having access to details of your previous passport, but it isn’t actually essential and the site does report back to a human in the UK who can check. When you post your photograph, you will be asked to give details (including email address) of a person of standing who can confirm that they know you and that the photograph is of you. The whole process can take up to six weeks from start to finish and this will include delivery via courier to your address in Spain and you have to pay with a debit or credit card for the cost of the passport (depends upon number of pages) and courier fee at the time of submitting the application online. You will be sent a special code which will allow you to track your passport through all of its stages. In the event that you have lost your passport and need a temporary replacement, that can also be done online. It is more expensive than a normal passport, is usually good for one round trip only and will normally be issued by the British Consulate in Malaga. For those without computers, it is still possible to apply through the post and there are even different shops with English-speaking staff scattered around Spain where for a fee they will help you complete the forms and send them off for you.

This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.

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Firework frenzy THE Copenhagen police have had to deal with several nights of illegal setting off of fireworks in one district. Pedestrians and motorists comÂ plained that those responsible were firing inÂ

discriminately at innocent people walking or driving by but no injuries were reported.

BELGIUM

Cruise control

Road rage

IT has been admitted by the Belgian authorÂ ities that the â‚Ź250,000 they spent earlier in 2019 to launch a catch phrase in Flemish which said â€˜Be a control cruiserâ€™ had almost no effect as the majority of drivers didnâ€™t know what it meant.

A RECENT survey of Belgian drivers showed that they are most irritated by seeing someone driving whilst using a mobile and approve of the fact that anyone caught is automatically fined â‚Ź116, but it is reported that the number being prosecuted has dropped.

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FRANCE

Lucky find

French Mac

IT was a very lucky break for a 63ÂyearÂold man in Krefeld who for some reason left his backpack which contained Christmas presents and â‚Ź16,000 by a tree. A Samaritan found it and handed it in to police refusing to take a reward.

AFTER a fiveÂyear legal battle, McDonaldâ€™s have won the right to open a branch on the exclusive isÂ land of ĂŽle dâ€™OlĂŠron just off the coast of La Rochelle. It is a very popular spot for tourists and has a numÂ ber of holiday home owners.

Drunk driver

New money

POLICE in Cologne received a number of calls reÂ porting that a man on an electric scooter had been spotted on an autobahn. Officers quickly arrived and came to the conclusion that he was drunk, reÂ moved him from the road and he has now been charged.

EIGHT African countries are moving away from France by changing their currencies from the CFA Franc to the newly created Eco. They currently have 50 per cent of all of their currency lodged with the Bank of France but this will be removed as well.

NETHERLANDS

Cyber attack

Car exploded

HACKERS using ransomware managed to infilÂ trate computers at Maastricht University over Christmas targetting their Windows systems and at the time of writing, emails were down and it is not known whether the attack also stole scientific data.

A CAR with Polish number plates was deÂ stroyed in a car park in The Hague when an amÂ ateur firework bomb was detonated underÂ neath the vehicle. So violent was the explosion that debris was found in nearby trees and up to 20 metres away.

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Straw goat

Sad loss

EACH Christmas since 1966, the town of Gavle has built an enormous straw goat to celebrate ChristÂ mas but most years it is burnt down by hooligans. This year however it survived but a smaller version at a school was set on fire.

THE Norwegian Royal Family was shocked by the news on Christmas Day that Ari Behn, former husÂ band of Princess Martha Louise had committed suicide. The King and Queen sent their condoÂ lences to their three granddaughters by Behn and his family.

Poly gone THE owner of Putin the Parrot who escaped from her home in Danderyd outside of Stockholm has offered a reward of 10,000 Swedish Krona (â‚Ź959) for news of his whereabouts. She is worried that he may have been given as a Christmas present and has left the country.

No regrets AFTER pleading guilty to giving work to an Eritrean immigrant who was not supposed to work, 87Â yearÂold retired Bishop, Gunnar StĂĽlsett was given a 45Âday suspended jail sentence and fined. After the case he insisted that he had no regrets.

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NOW that the dust is beginning to settle following the General Election and as the countdown to Brexit continues, European Union ‘bigwigs’ of all types are making it clear that they don’t think that the end of 2020 will allow for sensible trade deals to be made. The new European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen has already stated in interviews that she believes that the transition period which Prime Minister Boris Johnson says will end at the end of 2020 regardless may actually be too early. She has stated that she is “very con-

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cerned” about the limited timeframe for talks and suggested that the matter

IT may well be wishful thinking for both the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) and many remainers, but prepare for an outcry for a second Scottish Referendum. In theory it could happen (subject to approval by the British government which could be very unlikely) but should it be agreed it would most likely take place during 2020 which could then

should be reviewed in the middle of the year to consider how far the negotia-

Delay attempt delay the negotiations between the UK and the EU and could be even more problematic if the vote was to leave the Union. It doesn’t really seem a realistic proposition but the SNP do want to take advantage of every

tions had progressed. A spokesman for No10 has rejected this idea, thus reviving fears of a possible no-deal Brexit if both parties can’t come to an arrangement within the year. Meanwhile, Dutch European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans wrote what has been dubbed a ‘love letter’ to The Guardian newspaper saying how sad he is that Britain should be leaving the Union and that he for one would welcome the country back at any time in the future once it recognises its mistake. Some politicians responded thanking him for his kind thoughts and confirming it was a matter of when, not if, whilst other people on Social Media compared it to a sickly piece from a former lover after a break-up.

opportunity in case they can delay any final deal. Whilst the wish to see an Independent Scotland may be very real in the hearts and minds of many, the reality is that Scotland could not just remain in the Union but would have to leave with the rest of Britain and then apply for membership which could take decades.

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WORRIED by the cavalier clothing of many MEPs, those who run the European Parliament finally appear ready to introduce a strict dress code, especially after Liberal Democrat members arrived wearing their infamous ‘Bollocks to Brexit’ yellow t-shirts.

Staff Brexit THE Brexit Party, which may be called the Reform Party once Brexit has been finalised, has reportedly made the bulk of its employees redundant after the party’s poor showing at the General Election which will leave few staff to handle the reforms.

Data exchange BRITAIN is 13th in line for a deal to make data sharing with the European Union easier and Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor has indicated that those countries who applied earlier than Britain should be reviewed first.

Nine UK nationals listed in the New Year Honours List THE New Year Honours List was revealed last Friday. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott said: “It is extraordinary to see

An MBE to Mr Mark Petrie, Honorary Consul, Denia, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’

nine British nationals awarded at the same time - a real testament to the depth and diversity of the UK-Spain relationship and to the contribution that so many British

An MBE to Dr Charles Betty, Charity and Community Worker in Spain; retired. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’

A British Empire Medal (BEM) to Mrs Christine (Krista) Ann Hyer, President, Cancer Support Group, Mallorca. ‘For services to the British Nationals Overseas.’

nationals make to their communities across Spain. The nine UK nationals named in the New Year Honours List are:

A BEM to Mr Brian Thomas McLeod, Entertainer, Spain. ‘For services to charity.’

A BEM to Mrs Maureen Payne, President, Age Concern, Costa Blanca Sur, Alicante, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’

• An MBE to Mr Christopher Mark Dottie, President, British Chamber of Commerce, Spain. ‘For services to British business in Spain.’ • A BEM to Mrs Betty Burgess, volunteer, Las Palmas, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • A BEM to Mrs Sheila Stuart, Chairperson, British Ladies Association, Madrid, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’ • A BEM to Mrs Veronica Wheeler, President, British Benevolent Association of Girona, Spain. ‘For services to British Nationals Overseas.’

FINANCE Boxing Day fail

MOVE over Boxing Day, Black Friday is now collecting more money in the UK. Traditionally, crowds flock to the Boxing Day sales but there has been a much worse turn out than expected with one research compa ny suggesting that spending will be down just under 10 per cent com pared to last year. It didn’t help that the weather was bad and some high street shops started their online sales on Christ mas Eve so shoppers could stay at home and still get the bargains.

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is the amount that the Global Pension Fund of Norway has invested in Spanish stocks and shares.

Woo Deliveroo

THE success of the Deliveroo operation in the UK has seen it being wooed by heavy hitters such as Amazon and Uber who both wish to take it over. It has grown very quickly since it was founded in London in 2013 and now has operations in many European and Asian countries including Spain. Now it wants to sell part of its shareholding to Amazon which has been looking to get back into the rapidly expanding fast food delivery business but the British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) isn’t so

By John Smith happy with this plan. Basically, Amazon has two options, one to buy into a company such as De liveroo or alternatively set up its own competing business (which it did in 2016 but soon pulled out) and the CMA fears that such an investment in the company could be bad for customers, grocers and restaurants as there would be reduced competition. The CMA’s executive director, An drea Gomes da Silva, said: “Millions of people in the UK use online food plat

forms for takeaways, and more than ever are making use of similar services for the sameday delivery of groceries and we are worried about lessening of competition.” That then is the problem and unless and until the two companies are able to persuade the CMA that its fears are groundless, approval will not be given for the investment. Any purchase in the UK is likely to in clude other markets such as Spain where Deliveroo operates in many large towns and cities.

The Calma Card AS an experiment, the Deutsche Bank and MasterCard are launching what they say is the first bank card in Spain to use motion code technology. The Calma Deutsche Bank Card will allow the security code (shown by the CVC label on the reverse) to change auto matically every four hours in or der to increase security as it doesn’t allow thieves to clone or benefit by data theft on on line transactions This card also offers insur ance cover for theft or robbery to cover the value of any stolen purchases.

LEGALLY SPEAKING More 90-day questions? I had understood that an EU national could spend a maximum of three months continuously in Spain without registering. And that he could return again and spend up to a further three months without registering. However, the maximum in a year was 183 days. NonEU nationals could spend three months in any six months. J C (Costa del Sol)

S o m e years ago this was the regu YOU AND THE lar routine. That LAW IN SPAIN is, a tourist stay of 90 days with no formalities, plus an extension of a further 90 days, which was easy to obtain. People had passports with 10 or 12 prorrogas stamped in them. Or they would go to Morocco for the week end and then return to begin another tourist stay of 90 days. The law was the same; it was enforcement that was lax. This led to misunderstandings. If you wish to delve deeper, you can consult Arti cle 30 of Ley Organica 4/2000 del 11 de Enero, along with its various modifications over the years, and the reglamento of this law, which specifies how it should be carried out.

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Fraud watch FOLLOWING various problems with match fixing in Spain and the growth of online betting, the government is to launch a special national commission to keep an eye on potential betting fraud in the Spanish licensed online sports betting market.

Surprise gift LAST Christmas a customer at Primark in Colchester found more than they expected in their stocking, when a sock was found to contain a piece of human bone. Police have now confirmed that they are not treating it as being crime linked.

Bank review NEWS Agency Reuters has stated that the European Central Bank has asked Spain’s High Court to provide information about investigations undertaken over a ‘spying case’ involving Spanish Bank BBVA to see whether the Bank has been compromised.

New day for Dia HAVING purchased a large percentage of the shares in the Spanish Dia supermar ket chain during 2019, Russian entrepreneur Mi jaíl Fridman is stepping up his campaign to return the

company to profit. From early 2020, the bulk of the businesses and assets within the group will be transferred to different sub sidiaries in Luxembourg in order to ensure that it is able

to continue to trade during the coming year. In addition, some of the debts will also be transferred but taxes will continue to be paid in each of the countries in which Dia operates.

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COMPANY PRICE(P) 3I Group 1.103,50 Admiral Group 2.317,00 Anglo American 2.176,00 Antofagasta 938,20 Ashtead Group 2.446,00 Associated British Foods 2.642,00 AstraZeneca 7.745,00 Auto Trader Group Plc 607,60 Aviva 422,20 BAE Systems 579,60 Barclays 181,50 Barratt Developments 746,00 Berkeley 4.940,00 BHP Group 1.810,80 BP 483,95 British American Tobacco 3.266,00 British Land Company 630,00 BT Group 196,20 Bunzl 2.117,00 Burberry Group 2.233,00 Carnival 3.677,00 Centrica 90,60 Coca Cola HBC AG 2.603,0 Compass 1.903,50 CRH 3.100,00 Croda Intl 5.120,00 DCC 6.600,0 Diageo 3.229,00 Direct Line Insurance 317,90 DS Smith 393,30 EasyJet 1.420,50 Experian 2.593,00 Ferguson 7.034,00 Flutter Entertainment 9.230,00 Fresnillo 620,00 GlaxoSmithKline 1.818,8 Glencore 238,75 Halma 2.163,00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1.968,00 Hikma Pharma 2.029,00 Hiscox 1.430,00 HSBC 597,80 IAG 630,00 Imperial Brands 1.859,60 Informa 867,60 InterContinental 5.220,00 Intertek 5.890,00 ITV 152,85 J Sainsbury 235,80

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% CHG. +0,32% +0,74% +0,28% +0,88% +0,37% +1,15% +0,40% +1,54% -0,10% +0,14% +0,83% +0,32% -0,14% +1,08% -0,77% -0,17% +1,61% +0,10% -1,54% +0,45% -0,94% +0,60% +1,01% -0,78% +1,04% -0,10% +0,83% +0,28% 0,00% +0,15% +0,11% +-0,46% -0,51% +0,41% +3,33% +0,07% +1,70% +0,89% -0,38% +0,45% -0,63% -0,27% +0,64% -0,06% -0,30% -0,38% +0,68% +0,07% +0,68%

NET VOL 634,80K 229,75K 1,08M 877,70K 431,89K 493,32K 717,33K 1,19M 3,14M 2,45M 17,90M 1,21M 207,68K 1,90M 22,86M 1,54M 2,17M 10,19M 457,48K 600,78K 494,54K 6,46M 352,37K 1,44M 392,31K 189,59K 79,88K 1,36M 1,79M 1,26M 477,42K 642,56K 179,35K 110,16K 1,36M 2,98M 18,06M 461,54K 444,34K 116,76K 650,44K 9,00M 2,14M 865,22K 859,67K 242,67K 102,24K 4,60M 2,14M

COMPANY Johnson Matthey Just Eat Kingfisher Land Securities Legal & General Lloyds Banking London Stock Exchange Marks & Spencer Micro Focus Mondi Morrison Supermarkets National Grid Next NMC Health Ocado Pearson Persimmon Phoenix Prudential RBS PLC Reckitt Benckiser Relx Rentokil Rightmove Rio Tinto PLC Rolls-Royce Holdings Royal Dutch Shell A Royal Dutch Shell B RSA Insurance Sage Schroders Scottish Mortgage Segro Severn Trent Smith & Nephew Smiths Group Smurfit Kappa Spirax-Sarco Engineering SSE St. James’s Place Standard Chartered Standard Life Aberdeen Taylor Wimpey Tesco Tui Unilever United Utilities Vodafone Group PLC Whitbread WPP

PRICE(P) 3.085,00 829,60 220,00 981,40 309,70 63,18 7.760,00 217,70 1.078,80 1.785,00 204,10 961,30 7.270,00 1.736,00 1.285,50 655,00 2.650,00 754,90 1.440,50 242,60 6.224,00 1.926,00 464,80 649,60 4.548,50 701,40 2.265,50 2.271,00 568,20 756,80 3.392,00 588,00 899,60 2.546,00 1.861,00 1.714,50 2.966,00 9.125,00 1.467,50 1.177,50 722,80 335,50 194,45 256,00 974,40 4.416,00 967,40 151,00 4.893,00 1.077,50

CHANGE(P) +7,00 +19,60 -0,30 +11,80 +0,70 -0,24 +80,00 +1,50 -22,40 +11,00 +1,90 +2,10 +156,00 -46,00 +16,00 -3,00 +25,00 -0,60 -1,00 -0,10 +41,00 +3,50 +4,00 +4,80 +13,50 +3,40 -12,50 -4,50 +3,20 -0,60 +7,00 +6,50 +9,00 +33,00 -19,00 +19,00 +32,00 +70,00 0,00 +1,00 -4,20 -1,40 +1,85 +2,60 +14,20 +26,50 +16,60 +0,60 -5,00 +8,50

% CHG.

NET VOL

+0,23% +2,42% -0,14% +1,22% +0,23% -0,38% +1,04% +0,69% -2,03% +0,62% +0,94% +0,22% +2,19% -2,58% +1,26% -0,46% +0,95% -0,08% -0,07% -0,04% +0,66% +0,18% +0,87% +0,74% +0,30% +0,49% -0,55% -0,20% +0,57% -0,08% +0,21% +1,12% +1,01% +1,31% -1,01% +1,12% +1,09% +0,77% 0,00% +0,09% -0,58% -0,42% +0,96% +1,03% +1,48% +0,60% +1,75% +0,40% -0,10% +0,80%

246,42K 4,23M 3,69M 1,21M 4,45M 66,49M 180,20K 3,04M 570,41K 611,39K 3,85M 3,20M 390,01K 2,45M 980,93K 1,13M 629,37K 386,21K 1,93M 8,39M 476,84K 2,17M 1,09M 1,15M 989,86K 1,98M 5,25M 2,38M 1,22M 860,35K 114,99K 1,27M 833,51K 400,34K 1,23M 309,14K 86,65K 71,31K 1,23M 835,35K 2,57M 3,15M 6,13M 7,21M 577,34K 1,05M 1,27M 23,06M 168,65K 1,33M

0.85317

1.17189 Units per €

US dollar ................................................1.11981 Japan yen...............................................122.248 Switzerland franc ...................................1.08951 Denmark kroner .....................................7.46909 Norway kroner........................................9.86005

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COMPANY 3M Alphabet C Amazon.com Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Exxon Mobil Facebook Goldman Sachs Home Depot IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Microsoft Nike Pfizer Procter&Gamble Tesla United Technologies UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walmart Walt Disney

PRICE 177,26 1.351,89 1.869,80 289,80 330,14 148,28 120,30 47,77 55,35 69,89 208,10 230,66 219,97 135,27 60,08 145,75 139,14 198,17 91,50 158,96 101,57 39,32 126,09 430,38 150,28 295,97 61,53 189,39 119,59 145,75

CHANGE% CHANGE VOLUME(M) +0,67 +0,38% 1,47M -8,51 -0,63% 1,04M +1,03 +0,06% 6,19M -0,11 -0,04% 36,59M +0,22 +0,07% 4,13M +0,06 +0,04% 1,54M -0,30 -0,25% 4,14M -0,08 -0,17% 11,06M +0,33 +0,60% 6,90M -0,24 -0,34% 10,52M +0,31 +0,15% 10,29M -0,55 -0,24% 1,34M -0,85 -0,38% 3,08M +0,36 +0,27% 2,75M +0,26 +0,43% 14,09M -0,08 -0,05% 3,43M +0,10 +0,07% 7,87M +1,11 +0,56% 2,26M +0,16 +0,18% 3,59M +0,29 +0,18% 18,41M +0,86 +0,85% 5,31M -0,06 -0,15% 9,60M +0,87 +0,69% 5,19M -0,56 -0,13% 9,96M -0,43 -0,29% 1,84M +0,32 +0,11% 1,55M +0,24 +0,39% 8,17M +0,23 +0,12% 5,45M +0,07 +0,06% 3,55M +0,05 +0,03% 5,50M M - MILLION DOLLARS

NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES D ECEMBER 30

COMPANY

CHANGE NET / %

VOLUME

Most Advanced Booking Holdings Inc. Castle Biosciences Inc. AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Alpha Equal 10x Genomics Inc. Equinix Inc. DexCom Inc. Five Below Inc. Immunovant Inc. Un IAC/InterActiveCorp. IDEXX Laboratories Inc.

+0.40% +18.89% +25.40% +25.39% +4.97% +0.52% +1.30% +2.27% +14.29% +1.06% +0.98%

280,016 272,021 1.05M 1.21M 322,681 231,827 350,875 859,575 5,630 897,629 303,941

-1.16% -1.71% -17.37% -0.63% -0.57% -3.03% -14.33% -7.25% -12.88% -3.51% -12.40%

4,463 6,394 122,285 1.04M 1.16M 202,981 870,299 944,314 963 13.33M 125,502

Most Declined Broadcom Inc. 8% Pfd. Series A Atrion Corp. IGM Biosciences Inc. Alphabet Inc. Cl C Alphabet Inc. Cl A Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cl A BridgeBio Pharma Inc. Karuna Therapeutics Inc. Discovery Inc. Series B Roku Inc. Cl A Phathom Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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How will GBP/EUR move in 2020?

Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

THE currency market was charac terised by its unpredictability in 2019, with heightened geopoliti cal tensions infusing significant volatility into the major curren cies. And it looks like we may be in for more of the same in 2020 as many of the key 2019 currency trends look set to continue to dominate market sentiment over the next 12 months. ECB and Germany could weak en the euro EUR/GBP in 2019: High £0.93, Low £0.82 EUR/USD in 2019: High $1.15, Low $1.08 The European Central Bank is al so likely to demand attention this year as it wrestles with an increas ingly fragile outlook in the Euro zone, not to mention Germany’s recent economic woes, which have

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CURRENCY TRENDS: 2020 could shape up to be even more volatile. the country teetering on the edge of a recession. A wideranging review of the ECB’s strategy will begin in Janu ary, with Christine Lagarde (who took the helm at the ECB back in November) already signalling a willingness to deviate from the policy path forged by her prede cessors. If further easing is unleashed to

support the currency bloc, or if Germany does indeed slip into a recession, the euro could tumble. Brexit to keep pound pressured GBP/EUR in 2019: High €1.20, Low €1.06 GBP/USD in 2019: High $1.35, Low $1.20 For GBP investors, Brexit will re main the pressing issue. While Boris Johnson’s election victory

may have allowed him to success fully pass his EU Withdrawal deal, this marks the end of only the first stage of negotiations. In 2020 Johnson will embark on phase two of the talks, which will see the UK attempt to hash out the terms of a trade deal and its future relationship with the EU be fore the end of its transition peri od in December. With Johnson reluctant to pur sue any more delays, there is a clear risk of the process resulting in a nodeal Brexit at the end of the year, the threat of which is likely to limit any upside in the pound. Trade and Trump to drive US dollar USD/GBP in 2019: High £0.83, Low £0.74 USD/EUR in 2019: High €0.91, Low €0.86 Across the pond we will see US politics return to the fore this year, with impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump and the

2020 Presidential election both likely to drive volatility in the US dollar. We won’t know who will be the 2020 Democratic candidate for a few more months, but the poten tial for Trump to be challenged by a Democrat who is viewed as eco nomically disruptive, such as Bernie Sanders, could prove USD negative this year. As EUR/USD is the world’s most traded currency pairing, any US dollar losses could support the eu ro. Also in the spotlight for USD in vestors will be the ongoing trials and tribulations of the USChina trade talks. With a preliminary phase one deal now apparently agreed by both sides, the focus will turn to whether a more comprehensive deal can be reached in 2020. With so many key events on the calendar, 2020 could shape up to be even more volatile than 2019.

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FEATURE

And so that was Christmas

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT SURROUNDED by family and friends, hopefully many of you will have once more enjoyed this special and much loved occasion. I’m pretty sure most of you will have also observed the ritu als and timehonoured Christmas Day traditions that we have been famil iarised with over the generations. In the beginning we are the babies, crawling around the base of the tree with the young mums of the family lightly admonishing us as we endeav our to pull baubles and shiny bits of tinsel from the lower branches. Over the next few years we morph into the youngsters, excitedly tearing off the paper from presents, brought by a Santa we are becoming slightly more skeptical about, but still pre pared to give the benefit of the doubt just as long as we receive at least a proportion of the presents we asked him for! The next stage in our Christmas generation game sees us become one of the young and midaged adults who, having finally got the youngsters off to bed, are pouring copious mea

MOST LOVED POSITION: Grandparents enjoy a privileged position at Christmas. sures of alcohol and consuming about a million calories in Quality Street and mince pies, while relating what we consider hilarious tales of past Christ mas turkey disasters. All being played out against a back drop of East Enders, Coronation Street, the Queen’s mes sage and yet another rerun of Dr Zhivago on the box.

Generations later, if we last long enough, we find ourselves in the twi light of our years, quietly enjoying the utterly spoiled and most loved exulted position you can attain. You become Grandpa/Grandma. And that’s where this ol’ boy has finally found himself. Grandpa (or in my situation Great Grandpa) is expected to do just about

nothing. He is not required to wash up, clear up, lift up furniture or top up the drinks. He occupies the most comfortable chair in the room (gener ally in the corner). Periodically he is asked by various family members if he ‘wants anything.’ He is allowed to doze off without being labelled a party pooper and is

subsequently not particularly worried that his chair is a little out of the way just as long as he is close enough to occasionally interject the conversation with an ‘I remember when’ recollec tion of his own. These narratives are usually delivered to reassure the room (and himself) that he hasn’t actually ruined the whole Christmas celebra tions by selfishly deciding to slip away and meet his maker thereby actually becoming an ‘I remember when’ sub ject for a whole host of future family Christmas gatherings! It’s been a blast to be with my amazing family in Dublin this year. Thanks for making yer ol’ Dad proud and happy once again. I’d also like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy and Peace ful New Year. With a special thanks to all at the Euro Weekly for putting up with me through yet another highly successful year of our great publica tion. Have a wonderful 2020. I partake a large shot of the amber to you all. Keep the Faith Love Leapy, leapylee2002@gmail.com

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING TRADITIONAL AND ARTISAN BUSINESSES IN ANDALUCIA CONSULAR MATTERS I HAVE been watching the televi sion series ‘The Crown’ a lot re cently, and it started me think ing about how many businesses and events I am invited to as a lawyer with the firm Just Law Spanish Solicitors and as the Danish Consul for Andalucia and Extremadura. It is always very interesting to visit businesses in my capacity as trade delegate, and explore new possibilities of how to help Span ish businesses establish relations with foreign businesses, and in particular Danish companies. Our regular readers will remem ber that I was recently invited to the city of Linares, to see first hand pâté production and then an

BEER TASTING: Each one was served in a special glass.

open an art exhibition, two very diverse organisations, but never theless informative. Following this, last week I was invited to a beer tasting event at the San Miguel brewery in Mala ga, you might have seen this brewery when landing at Malaga airport; and I am also very well informed on just how popular San Miguel beer is in the United Kingdom! I have to say that San Miguel have surpassed themselves in their visitor experience. They have a dedicated tasting room with a beer Sommelier. The tasting room is lit with an overhead digital projector which displays images appropriate to each one of the beers that are being tried, including ambient music relevant to the beer in question. But it does not end there, the projector also lights

up the tables. The Sommelier explained the complex process involved in cre ating each beer and described the taste and how it is brought to blend and perform in the most exquisite way in all our senses. A first for me was that each beer was served in a special glass with a particular tapa designed to bring out the best taste in the beer. And to finish the visit, we went on to the inhouse bar. At this point, readers will be proud to know that this brave taster then actually managed to get herself home in one piece! Merrymaking aside, I certainly believe it so important that busi nesses in Malaga are continually supported as much as possible; and here’s to hoping that the San Miguel brewery continues to do what it does best in Malaga.

Marisa Moreno Castillo • Consul of Denmark • Lawyer at www.justlaw.es • info@justlaw.es • Tel. 952 666 045 - 336 373 535

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Legendary Birthday

NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England THERE are many luxury brands and all as pire for birthdays. Lots of them. The more birthdays they have the more they seem to have some species of authority. Longevity is not a signifier for authenticity and veracity much less taste. Yet longevity vouches for the endurance of a brand or marque though not always financial survival of the owner of the brand. Ownership of brands pass from one owner to another owner. Over the years each will add to the legend or be consumed by it.

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This year 2019 marked the centenary of one such luxury brand, Bentley Motors. As the year comes to a close the affection that this brand has won has been fed back with what is a veritable tsunami of awards and prizes. Presented over the course of a year each a major event. Totalised and summed up at the end of this year they read as an as tonishing and rounded genuflection from its public and the wider industry. The awards though spoke not to history but rather to the present day production and output of the car manufacturer. So leading Bentley to make a proud boast, “Bentley Motors is the most sought after luxury car brand in the world.”

The FLYING SPUR was awarded four ‘Luxu ry Car of the Year’ prizes during 2019 . The CONTINENTAL GT meanwhile won plaudits across the planet, a ‘Car of the year’ in the Middle East and ‘Most stylish Car in Switzer land’, meant for 2020. Perhaps implying that no Swiss lady or gentleman may be stylish without the benefit of a Continental GT be neath them? Stepping out of a comfort zone and creating a winner in a new and unfamil iar category is hazardous. Bentley Motors is considered to have pulled it off with their Sports Utility Vehicle the BENTAYGA. Past glories were not lost to time and dis tance. Summer 2019 saw vintage as well as

newly minted motor cars on parade at the glorious annual vintage and collectors gath ering at Pebble Beach, California. An example of Bentley 1931 Gurney Nutting Sports Tour er won ‘Best of Show Awards.’ While the end product is at the centre of it all the team that keeps on delivering should also be applauded and has been. Awards for excellence in Management is almost expect ed though also for diversity and investing in the future through innovation as exemplified by the mouthwatering reception given to the Bentley EXP 100 GT suggests that the best may be yet to come. Nick Horne, London, England

Bentley Motors Exp 100 GT points to the future. Even cooler and more desirable in the future. With gorgeous looks now.

The CONTINENTAL GT simply desirable.

JUST A FEW OF MY UNFAVOURITE THINGS NORA JOHNSON

BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

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SOME of my bugbears of the 2010s? Well, let’s start with ‘woke’ culture (black American for woken or awak ened). It’s the idea, like in the film ‘The Matrix,’ you can suddenly wake up one day and realise how the world really works in terms of prejudice and power, bigotry and inequality. ‘Social justice’ is the current buzz word. In other words, it’s nothing but teenagers virtuesignalling their identity politics credentials (about race, gender, trans rights etc) to each other. Maybe we could simplify it further by saying that ‘wokeness’ means you’ve voluntarily placed a chip on your shoulder... Next, transgender changing rooms in M&S stores. Why has M&S spent more effort on facilitating men’s desires rather than answer ing women’s needs? What is a woman shopping with kids, too young to be left unsupervised, sup

CHANGING ROOMS: Would you take a buggy into the cubicle with you?

posed to do in this scenario? Previously, she’d have left them in the corridor outside the cubicle and changed in the cubicle with the door/curtain open. Does she now have to squeeze the double buggy in to this lockable cubicle with her? Or does she scoop the kids out of the buggy, leave it outside to be nicked, squeeze the kids in with her and then start trying on clothes? Or, frankly, does she take her custom else where? Finally, narcissists those selfab sorbed, selfish, egotistical types everyone’s come across. Well,

they’re all well and good, until you try to live with one (Melania Trump, I’m looking at you!). Then the misery begins. When someone is so utterly selfabsorbed in their own needs, when they cannot accept blame, ac countability or responsibility, eventu ally the **** hits the fan rather dra matically. Take comfort from the fact that society can’t tolerate too much of anything. In short, they’ll be the first to succumb to the (Twitter spon sored) Zombie apocalypse. Trump springs to mind... The more that ‘wokeness,’ PC daft ness and insufferably selfrighteous narcissists like Trump are ridiculed, the better. Looking back, it seems as though the whole world’s been re cently acting like the worst type of intolerant, bratty adolescent... OK, rant over! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohn son.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback and audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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THURSDAY - 2 JANUARY

TV LISTING

FRIDAY - 3 JANUARY

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Animal Park Summer Special 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pmWanted Down Under 12:45pmThe Customer is Always Right 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Money for Nothing 4:30pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Britain's Best Home Cook 10:00pmDracula 11:30pmBBC News at Ten 11:50pmRegional News and Weather 11:55pmWeather 12:00am Imagine

7:10am 7:35am 8:00am 9:00am

The Next Step The Next Step This Farming Life MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am BBC Newsroom Live 12:35pmThe 39 Steps 2:00pm Talking Pictures 2:40pm Talking Pictures 3:25pm Fall of the Roman Empire 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 8:00pm Snow Cats and Me 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pmEarth's Tropical Islands 11:00pmI Love 11:30pmSuits You Sir: The Inside Leg of the Fast Show 12:15am The Fast Show 12:55am NFL This Week 1:45am Operation Avalanche 3:15am The Case of Sally Challen 4:45am Home is Where the Art is 5:30am This is BBC Two

8:00pm The Sound of Music A cheerful novice nun is employed as governess to the seven children of an austere widower. 10:45pm Talking Pictures 11:30pm Inspector Montalbano 1:05am Jonas Kaufmann: Tenor for the Ages Documentary following the German opera singer over the course of two years. 2:35am Daredevils and Divas: A Night at the Circus 3:35am Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett

7:35am 8:00am 8:25am 8:50am 9:15am

Cheers Cheers King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:05am The Simpsons 11:35am The Simpsons 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:05pm Channel 4 News 1:10pm Romancing the Stone 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Last Minute Holiday Secrets Unpacked 10:00pm The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade 12:05am Celebrity Gogglebox

8:20am 8:45am 9:05am 9:20am 9:40am 9:55am

Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Floogals Becca's Bunch Little Princess Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmPolice Interceptors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm World's Strongest Man 2019 2:35pm Neighbours 3:10pm What Women Want 4:25pm Access 4:30pm What Women Want 5:35pm Friends 6:05pm Friends 6:30pm 5 News 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Building the Ice Hotel 9:00pm Dirty Britain 10:00pmMore Big Fat Lies About Diet and Exercise (Ditch the Diet!) 12:05am The Big Wedding

12:45pmThe Customer is Always Right 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Money for Nothing 4:30pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm The Goes Wrong Show 10:00pmDracula 11:35pmBBC News at Ten 11:50pmRegional News and Weather 11:55pmWeather 12:00am Graham Norton's Good Show Business Guide

7:15am Wanted Down Under 8:00am This Farming Life 9:00am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am BBC Newsroom Live 12:20pm Rio Conchos 2:05pm Talking Pictures 2:50pm South Pacific 5:15pm Snow Chick: A Penguin's Tale 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 8:00pm Snow Cats and Me 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Earth's Tropical Islands 11:00pm QI 11:35pm In Search of Dracula with Mark Gatiss 12:35am What We Do in the Shadows 1:55am True Story 3:30am Seven Worlds, One Planet 4:30am Doctor Who 5:30am This is BBC Two

8:00pm A Hard Day's Night 9:30pm Top of the Pops 10:30pm Top of the Pops 11:30pm Soft Cell: Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 12:30am Smashing Hits! The 80's Pop Map of Britain and Ireland 1:30am Depeche Mode at the BBC 2:30am Top of the Pops Margaret Thatcher's last full year as British prime minister contrasted with global political change, while in the music world Pete Waterman's final year of chart domination heralded the dawn of Madchester. 3:30am Top of the Pops

9:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am The Simpsons 11:35am The Simpsons 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:05pm Channel 4 News 1:10pm The Jewel of the Nile 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:30pm Richard Osman's World Cup of the Decade 1:00am Attack the Block

10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Police Interceptors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The World's Most Expensive Cruise Ship 2:10pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:35pm Access 2:40pm Neighbours 3:10pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 4:10pm Access 4:15pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 5:00pm Friends 5:25pm Friends 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm 5 News at 5 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Britain's Greatest Bridges 9:00pm Secret Scotland 10:00pm Holidaying with Jane McDonald 11:00pm Peter Kay: In His Own Words 1:00am Greatest Celebrity Wind-Ups Ever!

4:50am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Catchphrase 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Gino's Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 10:00pmBancroft 11:20pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pmITV News London 12:05am Piers Morgan's Life Stories 1:05am Ideal World

8:45am Emmerdale 9:50am Coronation Street 10:50am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 11:50am FYI Daily 11:55am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 12:55pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 4:50pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 5:50pm Take Me Out 6:55pm You've Been Framed! 7:25pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 10:00pm The Hangover Part II 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Hangover Part II 12:05am Family Guy

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am The Royal 7:55am George and Mildred 8:25am Carry on Loving 10:10am Carry on Behind 12:00pmHoliday on the Buses 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmVera 1:00am A Touch of Frost 3:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:10am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am The Protectors 7:25am The Chase 8:15am Quincy, M.E. 9:00am Kojak 10:05am Minder 11:15am The Professionals 12:20pmThe Sweeney 1:25pm Quincy, M.E. 2:30pm Kojak 3:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm Britain's Busiest Airport Heathrow 10:00pmUnder Siege 11:05pmFYI Daily 11:10pmUnder Siege 12:10am Get Carter 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am Get Carter 2:25am The Sweeney 3:25am Bad Move 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Total Goals 8:00am Total Goals 9:00am Total Goals 10:00am Total Goals 11:00am Match Centre 12:00pmFootball Centre 12:30pmRef Watch 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 Sky Sports Tonight 8:30pm Live EFL 11:15pmRooney: Life In The Championship 11:30pmSky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Live PGA Tour Golf 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Catchphrase 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmBancroft 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

10:25am You've Been Framed! 11:30am Spy Kids 3: Game Over 12:30pm FYI Daily 12:35pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Emmerdale 2:10pm The Big Quiz 3:10pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 4:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 5:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 6:00pm Take Me Out 7:05pm You've Been Framed! 8:10pm Jurassic Park III 9:15pm FYI Daily 9:20pm Jurassic Park III 10:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Pitch Perfect 12:15am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:50am Classic Emmerdale 8:20am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am Carry on Don't Lose Your Head 11:40am Rising Damp 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Vera 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:05am Tutankhamun 4:05am ITV3 Nightscreen

7:00am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 7:15am Quincy, M.E. 8:05am Kojak 9:00am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:05am Minder 11:15am The Professionals 12:20pm The Sweeney 1:25pm Quincy, M.E. 2:30pm Kojak 3:30pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm River Monsters 9:30pm River Monsters 10:00pm Jaws 3 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Jaws 3 12:05am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2:20am The Sweeney 3:20am The Protectors 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Live Test Cricket 5:30pm Test Cricket Bitesize 5:45pm Cricket Debate 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 11:00pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Live PGA Tour Golf 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

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Beautiful, beautiful San Sebastian TALK to almost every Spanish national about travelling around Spain, and they will all mention San Sebastian. And if you say that you’ve never been there, it’s greeted with a look of dismay, quickly followed by “it’s beautiful... you must go there!” San Sebastian or Donostia as it’s known to the local Basque Country population is one of the most northerly of Spain’s most popular tourist destinations located on the Bay of Bis cay. San Sebastian’s most famous attraction is its great selection of beaches, but for those seeking a little more than a sunbathing holi day there is a wealth of history to be discov ered and a chance to learn about a whole dif ferent culture and language at the same time. If anything, a trip to San Sebastian feels like you’re visiting two countries for the price of one. Much of the architecture that San Sebast ian offers is relatively modern, with one ex ample being the Buen Pastor Cathedral (or Cathedral of the Good Shepherd). Dominat ing the local skyline at 75 metres high (245 feet), construction began in 1888 with the of ficial documentation being signed by the two

yearold King Alfonso XIII... the present King Felipe VI’s great grandfather. The building was originally just a church and designated as being a cathedral in 1953, nine years before it was completed. Featuring the Gothic Revival style, it’s considered the most important church in San Sebastian and is an even more spectacular sight at night thanks to the lighting. One of the most visited places in San Sebas tian is the Parte Vieja (Old Town). The quaint buildings famous for their very colourful roofs are protected from the sea by the Monte Ur gull. Traditional tourists that are looking for a more relaxed form of nightlife will quickly fall in love with the Parte Vieja when they get to know its trendy bars and cafes, and with the Basque Country being world famous for the quality of its cuisine, there is no problem in finding a quality restaurant or four. To walk off the food and drink, a stroll through the streets to see some of the city’s other famous churches such as the Basilica of St Mary’s of the Chorus is recommended, and as you do so try to imagine that until 1863, this historic Parte Vieja was surrounded by a wall.

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SUNDAY - 5 JANUARY

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pmHomes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Britain's Best Home Cook 5:00pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm BBC London News; Weather 6:25pm Weather 6:30pm The Mallorca Files 7:15pm Pointless 8:00pm The Greatest Dancer 9:15pm First & Last 10:05pmCasualty 10:55pmBBC News 11:10pmWeather 11:15pmMatch of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:45am The NFL Show 1:15am Life on the Line

8:45am Blue Peter 9:15am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 9:45am Supersized Earth 10:45am Robot Wars 11:45am Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 1:00pm Monty Don's Japanese Gardens 2:00pm Best House in Town 2:30pm The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 3:30pm McFarland, USA 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Equator From the Air 7:15pm Dad's Army 8:15pm Earth's Tropical Islands 9:15pm Clive James: Postcard from Sydney 10:05pmClive James: Postcard from London 10:55pmFront Row Late 11:25pmQI XL 12:10am For a Few Dollars More

8:00pm The Heroes of Telemark 10:05pmWisting 10:50pmWisting 11:35pmTalking Comedy 12:05am TOTP2 1:35am Primal Scream 2:35am The R&B Feeling: The Bob Parks Story 3:35am Essential Royal Ballet Presented on location in Covent Garden at the Royal Opera House, Katie Derham weaves the history of ballet through excerpts from the past decade of performances.

7:50am Cheers 8:15am Cheers 8:45am Frasier 9:10am Frasier 9:35am The Simpsons 10:05am The Simpsons 10:35am The Simpsons 11:00am The Simpsons 11:30am The Simpsons 12:00pmThe Simpsons 12:30pmThe Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Great British Bake Off 2:50pm Four in a Bed 3:20pm Four in a Bed 3:50pm Four in a Bed 4:20pm Four in a Bed 4:50pm Four in a Bed 5:20pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 6:20pm Location, Location, Location 7:20pm Channel 4 News 7:45pm Independence Day: Resurgence 10:00pm Atomic Blonde 12:20am Prometheus

10:35am Digby Dragon 10:45am Shimmer and Shine 11:00am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:15am The Loud House 11:25am Cruising with Jane McDonald 11:40am Friends 12:10pmFriends 12:40pmFriends 1:10pm Friends 1:45pm Jesse Stone: Stone Cold 3:25pm The King and I 4:25pm Access 4:30pm The King and I 6:10pm The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys 8:00pm 5 News Weekend 8:05pm Digging Up Britain's Past 9:00pm Tony Robinson's History of Britain 10:00pm How the Victorians Built Britain 11:00pm Bridget Jones's Diary 12:00am Access

11:00am BBC News 11:30am Homes Under the Hammer 12:30pmWanted Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Escape to the Country 3:30pm Blue Planet II 4:30pm Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 7:05pm BBC News 7:15pm BBC London News; Weather 7:20pm Weather 7:25pm Countryfile 8:00pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pmThe Trial of Christine Keeler 11:00pmBBC News 11:20pmBBC London News; Weather 11:25pmWeather 11:30pmMatch of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:35am The Women's Football Show

9:30am Thunderbirds are Go 10:05am Craig of the Creek 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pmJohn and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:40pm ITV News and Weather 1:44pm ITV London Weather 1:45pm Nadia's Family Feasts 2:45pm Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 3:45pm Despicable Me 2 5:35pm ITV News and Weather 5:50pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 7:00pm Catchphrase 8:00pm The Masked Singer 9:30pm The Voice UK 11:05pmWho Wants to be a Millionaire? 12:20am ITV News and Weather

12:55pm The Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer 1:55pm The Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer 3:00pm The Boxer & The Ballroom Dancer 4:00pm You've Been Framed! 4:30pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 6:15pm Cats and Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore 7:15pm FYI Daily 7:20pm Cats and Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore 7:55pm Yes Man 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Yes Man 10:00pm The Hangover Part III 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Hangover Part III 12:05am Family Guy

7:00am Mutiny on the Buses 8:30am Agatha Christie's Marple 10:30am Coronation Street 1:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 3:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:50pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:55pm Endeavour 10:00pm Vera 12:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot Poirot visits a garden fete where he meets the son of an old friend and his fiancee. 1:05am The Good Karma Hospital 2:10am The Good Karma Hospital 3:05am Long Lost Family 4:00am George and Mildred 4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping

7:00am The Protectors 7:25am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8:20am The Big Fish Off 9:20am Monster Carp 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Columbo Undercover 1:30pm Mr. Bean 2:05pm Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm The Far Country 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm The Far Country 7:05pm River Monsters 7:35pm River Monsters 8:05pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 10:00pm Under Siege 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Under Siege 12:05am Double Impact 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am Double Impact

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Live Test Cricket South Africa v England. Coverage of day two of the Second Test in the four-match series, taking place at Newlands in Cape Town. 5:30pm Test Cricket Bitesize 5:45pm Cricket Debate Day two of South Africa v England. 6:30pm Sky Sports News 7:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pm Live NFL 1:30am Live NFL 5:00am Sky Sports News

10:25am ITV News 10:30am Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 11:30am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 12:30pmNadia's Family Feasts 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:39pm ITV London Weather 1:40pm The Voice UK 3:10pm The Masked Singer 4:40pm Tipping Point 5:40pm ITV News and Weather 5:50pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm The Masked Singer 10:30pmWho Wants to be a Millionaire? 11:35pmITV News and Weather 11:49pmITV London Weather 11:50pm The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

4:20am This is BBC Two 7:10am The Instant Gardener 7:55am The Robe 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pmMary Berry's Country House Secrets 1:30pm Wild Tales From the Village 2:30pm Monty Don's Japanese Gardens 3:30pm Flog It! 4:15pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 5:00pm Tomorrowland 7:00pm Ski Sunday 7:45pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pmGeraint Thomas: The Road Will Decide 11:00pmThe Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan 12:00am Dara O Briain Voice of Reason 1:00am Mustang 2:30am Snow Animals 3:30am Best House in Town 4:15am Holby City

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am You've Been Framed! 9:00am Dress to Impress 10:00am Dress to Impress 11:00am Dress to Impress 12:05pm The Masked Singer 1:35pm You've Been Framed! 2:35pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 4:25pm Hotel Transylvania 2 5:25pm FYI Daily 5:30pm Hotel Transylvania 2 6:15pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 9:00pm Skyfall 10:15pm FYI Daily 10:20pm Skyfall 11:50pm Family Guy

8:00pm The Women's Football Show Kelly Somers presents highlights of the weekend's games in the Super League. 8:30pm Snow Queen 10:00pmFake or Fortune? 11:00pmDarcey Bussell: Looking for Margot 11:55pmA Timewatch Guide 12:55am Lucy Worsley: Elizabeth I's Battle for God's Music 1:55am The Many Primes of Muriel Spark 2:55am Rebel Women: The Great Art Fightback The story of the revolutionary feminist artists inspired by the cultural revolution of the 1960s. 3:55am Darcey Bussell: Looking for Margot

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am George and Mildred 7:25am Coronation Street 10:40am Emmerdale 2:00pm Lewis 3:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot Poirot visits a garden fete where he meets the son of an old friend and his fiancee. 5:05pm Midsomer Murders 7:00pm Endeavour 9:00pm Midsomer Murders Christmas special of the detective drama from 2016. 11:00pm Midsomer Murders 1:05am Endeavour 3:10am Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 3:35am Judge Judy 4:00am Emmerdale

7:25am King of Queens 7:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:40am Frasier 9:00am Frasier 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am The Big Bang Theory 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:55pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 3:55pm Back to the Future Part III 6:10pm Channel 4 News 6:40pm Mrs. Doubtfire 9:00pm George Clarke's Old House, New Home 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm The Big Fat Quiz of the Decade 1:00am Conan the Barbarian 2:50am George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 3:45am Phil Spencer's Stately Homes

10:10am Floogals 10:30am Digby Dragon 10:35am Shimmer and Shine 10:45am SpongeBob Squarepants 10:55am The Loud House 11:10am Access 11:15am Friends 11:40am Friends 12:10pm Friends 12:45pm Friends 1:15pm Friends 1:45pm World's Most Vicious Beasts 2:50pm Jumanji 3:50pm Access 3:55pm Jumanji 4:55pm The Angry Birds Movie 5:55pm Access 6:00pm The Angry Birds Movie 6:55pm 5 News Weekend 7:00pm Secrets of the Kellogg's Factory 8:00pm Britain's Favourite Cereal 10:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 11:00pm Inferno 12:05am Access

4:00am 7:00am 7:25am 8:15am 9:15am

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Live Test Cricket South Africa v England. Coverage of day three of the Second Test in the four-match series. 5:30pm Test Cricket Bitesize Day three of South Africa v England. 5:45pm Cricket Debate Day three of South Africa v England. 6:30pm Live NFL 10:00pm Live NFL 2:00am Live PGA Tour Golf The Sentry Tournament of Champions. 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

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11:35am 1:45pm 4:00pm 5:05pm 5:10pm 7:15pm 8:15pm 8:20pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:40am 1:45am 1:50am 2:35am 3:35am 4:00am

Teleshopping The Protectors The Sweeney The Sweeney The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Hornblower The Towering Inferno FYI Daily The Towering Inferno Nevada Smith FYI Daily Nevada Smith Executive Decision FYI Daily Executive Decision Rush Hour 2 FYI Daily Rush Hour 2 Fishing Impossible The Protectors Teleshopping

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TUESDAY - 7 JANUARY

MONDAY - 6 JANUARY 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; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather

3:45pm The Best Dishes Ever 4:15pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:15pm Alaska - Earth's Frozen Kingdom 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Twinstitute 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pmThe Choir: Aylesbury Prison 11:00pmI Love 11:30pmNewsnight

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Handmade: By Royal Appointment 9:00pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 10:00pmEat to Live Forever with Giles Coren 11:00pmThe Normans 12:00am The Art of Scandinavia 1:00am Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 2:00am Hokusai: Old Man Crazy to Paint 3:00am Handmade: By Royal Appointment

2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 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 10:00pm24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pmGogglebox 12:35am The Adulterer

2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 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 Inside... 10:00pmBritain's Loudest Snorers 11:30pmNew Year's Eve 12:30am Access

4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather 11:35pmVeganville

3:00pm Get Away for Winter 3:45pm The Best Dishes Ever 4:15pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:15pm Alaska - Earth's Frozen Kingdom 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Baby Has Landed 9:00pm Cornwall: This Fishing Life 10:00pmThe Choir: Aylesbury Prison 11:00pm Better Things

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain 9:00pm Italy's Invisible Cities 10:00pmStoryville 11:20pmThe Normans 12:20am Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British 1:20am Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC 2:20am Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA 3:20am Italy's Invisible Cities

1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm Sun, Sea and Surgery

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm Midsomer Murders 11:25pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:55pmITV News London

3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:55pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmFamily Guy 11:30pmFamily Guy 12:00am American Dad!

1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm The Durrells 5:50pm Heartbeat 6:55pm Foyle's War 9:00pm Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure 10:00pmJudi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure 11:00pmGrantchester

3:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 9:30pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 10:00pmGet Carter 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pmGet Carter 12:15am Jaws 3

9:00am Live Test Cricket 5:30pm Test Cricket Bitesize 5:45pm Cricket Debate 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm The Transfer Show Analysis of the latest transfer news. 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pmSky Sports Tonight 11:00pmTransfer Centre 11:30pmThe Debate 12:00am Sky Sports News

7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Britain's Busiest Motorway 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show: Live 10:00pm The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather

11:35am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm The Durrells 5:55pm Heartbeat 6:55pm Foyle's War 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmGrantchester 12:00am Grantchester

3:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 10:05pmFYI Daily 10:10pm Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 10:50pmWorld of Sport 11:00pm Double Impact 12:00am FYI Daily

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Across 1 Monsieur's country is profitable (4) 3 Scares an awful opposition to Crusades (8) 9 Arranged the loan to become solvent (7) 10 Bear I had trapped in Lincoln? (5) 11 Feed the fires in the Potteries (5) 12 Model ran into brick carrier (6) 14 Notch found on the Spanish metal (6) 16 Counts out Arizona city (6) 19 Deceitful person beginning to win artist’s support (6) 21 One is entertained by flower girl (5) 24 Take a pot shot at wading bird (5) 25 Stone that's great in building (7) 26 Rewriting tag lines is theft (8) 27 Last character with Susan backing old Greek (4) Down 1 Bird more exotic than apes? (8) 2 Brute in agency, a hooligan (5) 4 A fellow hobbling on fire (6) 5 Sailor a foot nearer the stern (5) 6 Newspaper bosses' steroid abuse (7) 7 Observes what they grab, by the sound of it (4) 8 Henry's second wife takes former husband back but not in the main house (6) 13 E.g. insert mobile numbers (8)

15 Female garment requiring some fabric, hem is extended (7) 17 Professional in Egypt formerly creating turmoil (6) 18 Ensign aboard vessel? (6)

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20 Sense some of his mellowness (5) 22 This set of rooms sounds charming (5) 23 Avails oneself of various essential services (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents C and 14 represents B, so fill in C every time the figure 13 appears and B every time the figure 14 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 Down 1 Clean with hard rubbing (5) 1 Censure severely or angrily (5) 4 American buffalo (5) 2 Male sheep (3) 7 Zoological garden (9) 3 Land alongside or sloping down to a 8 Pack of 52 playing cards (4) river (4) 10 Tooth decay (6) 4 Mendicant (6) 12 Only one (6) 5 Small fatty fish usually canned (7) 13 Smaller amount (4) 6 Requires (5) 16 Charge someone with too many tasks 9 Prevent from being seen or discovered (9) (7) 18 Put off until another time (5) 11 At a snail's pace (6) 19 Of very poor quality (5) 12 Fencing weapon (5) 14 Provoking fear or terror (5) 15/17 Principal groomsman at a wedding (4,3)

English - Spanish

Across 1 Chestnut (fruit) (7) 5 Roncar (cuando se duerme) (5) 8 Flat (level) (5) 9 Recibo (7) 10 Arrows (7) 11 Deslizarse (5) 12 Refrigerator (6) 14 Draw (equal score) (6) 18 Alas (5) 20 Wire (metal) (7) 22 Emanar (7) 23 Cousin (female) (5) 24 Suit (for man) (5) 25 Fingir (7)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Down 1 Cellophane (7) 2 Smooth (skin) (5) 3 Otro (diferente) (7) 4 Delay (6) 5 Calcetines (5) 6 Office (workplace) (7) 7 Between (5) 13 Advantage (7) 15 Pastel de carne (4,3) 16 Esmeralda (7) 17 Maquillaje (4-2) 18 Trigo (5) 19 Agitar (5) 21 Novia (en boda) (5)

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A chance remark alluding to your past brings a flashback. This helps you to see a current situation more clearly. We all make mistakes and follow the same old patterns, but this time you are being forewarned. It is in your experience and power to make a different choice of action this time. In doing so, much confusion and upset can be avoided.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Someone will most certainly come to the rescue when your situation changes. Well, they will, won't they? Have Plan B ready just in case. In continuing to think in the short term you do yourself no favours. Think now of a '10year plan' and be determined to reach your goal. Bit by bit and day by day you will progress. You don't have to rush ahead and get stressed.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) An exciting project is bubbling away in your mind but may need financial backing. Take advice from a professional or someone with successful experience in these matters. Remember that any idea has to grow, so consider what you need to see happen in five years' time.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) During your social encounters this week you meet someone who offers to help. That is great, but do ask yourself if you would be prepared to give anything in return.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Some exciting suggestions make you think twice about a current business matter. However, it may not be necessary to change anything but to consider the new suggestion as a sort of 'add on' to a current project.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The moment that you have been waiting for has arrived. A colleague has made a decision that is long overdue. Perhaps you are a little shocked and speechless because there has been such a time lag, but this will pass. It may not be overconvenient but the phrase 'striking while the iron is hot' springs to mind.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) You work hard for your money. Make it worthwhile by trying to hold on to as much of it as possible. Someone who is charming and plausible may try to get you involved in a fast-track money making scheme.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) By showing confidence in your own way of doing things, you inspire others. This is chiefly because you are at last finding a balance between work and home life. In the past you may have felt stressed and equated that with working - not so now.

LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Saturday December 28

BONUS BALL

Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

IRISH LOTTO Saturday December 28

BONUS BALL

EURO MILLIONS Tuesday December 24

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Because you are intent on pleasing others, you may be cramping your own style. This is something that you have in abundance and it should be used. You may be feeling that a business idea does not stand a chance.

BONUS BALL

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The rather more serious side of your nature needs to take over this week. Someone in a higher position is keeping an eye on you. This maybe because they are considering you for promotion, so be on your best behaviour. It is important at the moment to stick to any rules and regulations or your reputation (and pocket) could be hit.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Letting life get too tame will eventually irritate you no end. Your social life needs a boost which, in turn, helps romance blossom. It is easy to be a bit lazy when things are going smoothly but we all need constant stretching. With an active mind such as yours, the important thing is to keep making progress. This may be in a physical way or in some kind of business. A brisk attitude to your whole life is needed.

Nonagram

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Friday December 27

BONUS BALL

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A juicy bit of gossip comes your way this week and it is hard to keep it quiet. You must do so, however, because there is a lot riding on it. When people trust you, they are saying much about the relationship. In this particular case, the person may well be able to progress you socially at some time in the future.

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EL MILLON: BJC55088

Thursday December 26

BONUS BALL

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JOKER: 8 401 006 Saturday December 28

BONUS BALL

JOKER: 3 670 600 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday December 29

16 30

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BONUS BALL

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: 8 Good: 12 Very good: 17 Excellent: 21

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION abed able bade bald bale band bane bard bare barn bead bean bear bend blah bled brad brae bran bred drab herb abler baaed baled baler banal bared beard blade bland blare blear blend brand bread debar rehab abrade arable balder blared herbal blander halberd HANDLEBAR

QUICK Across: 1 Plenty, 4 Grab, 8 Gradually, 9 Mars, 10 Ceased, 13 Strict, 15 Bass, 18 Offensive, 19 Tied, 20 States.

Down: LA PRIMITIVA

Kakuro

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 C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Pyjamas, 2 Eager, 3 Team, 5 Rules, 6/18 Buy out, 7 Mules, 11 Discuss, 12 Scent, 14 Rifle, 16 Alert, 17 Gift.

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Risque, 3 Hatred, 8 Carmine, 10 Place, 11 Eased, 12 Ocelots, 13 Banal, 15 Pause, 20 En masse, 22 Radio, 24 Torso, 25 Madeira, 26 Relief, 27 Points.

Down:

1 Rocker, 2 Sires, 4 Apple, 5 Reasons, 6 Dressy, 7 Pesos, 9 India, 14 Admiral, 16 Acrid, 17 Hector, 18 Germs, 19 Rowans, 21 Stole, 23 Deign.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:

Across: 1 Patito, 3 Blocks, 8 Naughty, 10 Carta, 11 Snore, 12 Desmayo, 13 Throw, 15 Spear, 20 Apretar, 22 Taste, 24 Force, 25 Sunrise, 26 Llover, 27 Anillo.

1 Punish, 2 Truco, 4 Luces, 5 Corbata, 6 Season, 7 Ayuda, 9 Hueso, 14 Horario, 16 Put on, 17 Marfil, 18 Brush, 19 Veneno, 21 There, 23 Still.

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NO SAFE HAVEN DEAR Euro Weekly and readers, Happy New Year! I read this paper every week to keep myself uptodate and it se ems that we have seen a lot of violence in 2019 in Spain. It’s truly a shame as I consi dered the Mediterranean coast somewhat of a safe haven. It seems this could soon be no more. I truly don’t understand what we are coming to but would like to leave a message here. I know a lot of good people who help and really contribute to society in a positive way. If you are one of these peo ple, please keep doing what you do. You may not feel like it, but the world apprecia tes you and your work. Who we are and what we do may feel insignificant at times, but it all adds up to something very special. And I believe that what goes around, comes around. Let’s make 2020 a good year! Janet Foster

The irony… DEAR Mr Lee, The only problem with Greta Thunberg is that she does not get it right with regards to who is guilty of being the initiator of cli mate change; which by the way is the ELI TES upon whose order the climate is engi neered by aerosol injection and HAARP. The top of irony is that she is a psyop of the globalists in the first place, whose goal is to further the deliberate misin formation of the public with the aim of making the NWO’s sustainable agen da acceptable. The climate change we see today is the eﬀect of Geoenginee ring and weather modification by HA ARP, which leads amongst other things to the food shortage crisis we see alre ady an onset of. This is a crime against humanity caused by order of the globa list elites. As you chose this topic for your we ekly column (Issue 1797) you should ha ve used the opportunity to set this in formation right. Yet all you did was complain about a precocious, glowering twerp. How dare you?!!! Name and address supplied

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MORE AND MORE: Are children being given an unhealthy view of the world by being spoiled at Christmas? have some eﬀect on these insensitive idiots that are giving their children an unhealthy view of the world by spoiling them and plastering it all over social media. I can only imagine that it makes children heap more pressure on their poor parents for bigger, better gifts. Will they always have a bike, games console, mobile phone or will there be a day when the parents can’t keep up with their demands? I am sure most rea ders will agree that social media is the devil and by showing staged photos it is just gi

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ving a false portrayal of life. The best thing I have seen recently is the little girl, too young to have been damaged by this nonsense who is handed a wrapped gift and once ripping the paper open is overjoyed to discover it is a banana! This was obviously filmed for a laugh, but should also be a warning that we should le ad as an example and stop building false hope and greed. Yours gratefully, Emma Collins

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Unrealistic choices A S 2 0 2 0 b e g i n s , p e o p l e e m b a r k o n t h e i r Ne w Year’s resolutions. The moment has finally arrived to face the objectives that keep being put off till January 1. But research proves that the outlook is bleak. About half of all adults make a New Year’s resolution. However, less than 25 per cent of people stay committed to their goals for longer than 30 days and only 8 per cent of people accomplish them. The most common resolutions come in the form of lifestyle changes like losing weight and saving money. The main reason that people don’t achieve their objectives is because they are generally unrealistic. Expectations about the speed and ease of completing resolutions also contributes to people falling victim to the false hope syndrome, leaving them disappointed. Ancient Babylonians are considered to be the first civilization to make New Year’s resolutions, around 4,000 years ago. Celebrations were held in mid-March, when the year began with the planting of the crops. During a religious festival known as Akitu, Babylonians promised to pay their debts and return borrowed objects. If they didn’t keep their word, they would fall out of favour with the gods. Despite these religious roots, resolutions today are focused on self-improvement. And although the rate of accomplishment is dismal, it doesn’t stop the tradition from continuing. After all, we’ve had thousands of years of practice.

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Four out of five young people in Spain feel lonely COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK

I sincerely don’t believe it’s just due to the usage of mo bile phones. FOMO that is exacerbated by an inability to deal with their emotions appropriately. This genera tion are quick to turn to drugs (alcohol, marihuana, etc) instead of trying to understand their emotions. I don’t envy whomever must contend with them when they’re adults. It’ll be psychosis and sociopathy galore (to varying degrees). Seán Harris

Police issue warning to swimmers in Spain as man drowns after taking advantage of warmer waters: Take care out there guys! The water is still cold! There’s a big difference between the sea and a pool. But if you aren’t a confident swimmer, stay away from both! Gordon O'Keeffe

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broken, so no way of getting her wheelchair up the steps. If there had been a warning about this when we bought our tickets at Torremolinos we wouldn’t have made the trip. Yvonne Doniford

Recognised By Queen: Honour the people that do so much for others. Doctors, Paramedics, Nurses, Police, Soldiers, RNLI etc, who put people’s lives first and are paid a pittance or are unpaid volunteers. Not the rich and famous, sports or film and TV entertainers. They do not deserve it! Brenda Demeter

Incompetence on the Costa Del Sol leaves disabled person stuck inside lift for hours, missing their flight: They aren’t bothered. A couple of years ago we took my disabled mum to Malaga. Got there and the lift was

LAST WEEK’S POLL: Living in Spain, do you just celebrate Christmas or also Three Kings?

• Three Kings as well: • Just Christmas:

68.57% 31.43%

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81-year-old Grandmother dies on hard shoulder of UK motorway after being driven by ambulance 600 miles looking for bed: I am back in the UK now and even getting in to see a doctor is crazy. I had to wait seven weeks recently, al beit not an urgent need. But having said that, my brother died in Spain in June because the ambulance refused to take him until I ran back to the apartment to get his health card. I had to leave him collapsed in the local square with strangers around him. Devastating. So, there is good and bad health care everywhere. Annette J Beveridge

POLL OF THE WEEK Less than 25% of people stay committed to their New Year resolutions for more than 30 days. Are you one of them? • YES:

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Fly safe THE worst and most unwel come souvenir to bring back home is a cold or a flu. And one of the most common places to catch a chill is on an aeroplane. Planes put a big group of people in close prox imity, creating a breeding ground for bacterium and viruses. However, getting a flight doesn’t mean an assured bout of illness. There are certain tips that can help reduce the chances of catching other trav ellers’ ailments. Viruses spread on planes be cause of the low humidity and air conditioning. Sitting by a window reduces contact with people in the aisle. Passengers should also adjust their air conditioning in the vents above the seat to blow germs away.

It may seem pointless, but wiping down the seat before sitting down can also minimise the chances of illness. Disinfec tant wet wipes or spray will do the job quickly and effectively and cleaning should be focused on the tray, armrests and seat belt. Plenty of water to keep hy drated will also contribute to keeping in top shape. Finally, the golden rule that everyone should try to follow is to not sit near the toilets, as they are the busiest part of the cabin with the biggest germ concentration. Dr Craig Ranson from the English Institute of Sport, spoke about these measures which apply both to travelling athletes as well as the general public. He indicated that the illness prevention campaign has proved effective so far,

with 40 per cent less illnesses among their ranks. The most common illnesses which spread among people sitting in close quarters include colds, chest infections and bugs like the norovirus. They are spread through condensa tion in people’s breath, which is expelled when they talk or cough. These harmful microor ganisms can survive on hands or on hard surfaces and poten tially infect healthy individuals. A study conducted in Canada compared illness transmission rates between people on flights and average com muters. The investigation led researchers to find that trans mission was 23 times more likely on a plane than on public transport, being the lack of fresh air one of the main cul prits.

UNWANTED: Passengers frequently get ill on a plane.

HEALTH & BEAUTY W I N T E R brings the fes tive season and cosy evenings by the fire, but it can also wreak havoc on our skin. The cold weather and heating takes its toll on our body’s biggest organ. And as the wind and low hu midity cause dryness, everybody whips out the lotions and potions. But having the ingredi ents for a good skin care routine sometimes isn’t enough. Once you have the products that are suit ed to your skin type, it’s time to consider the cor rect order to apply them. Beauty experts have spo ken, and they have as sured that the order of application really is im portant. Certified dermatologists generally work by the ‘thinner to thicker’ rule. Following this application method, product should be applied in order of tex tures and thickness, start ing with the lightest prod uct. In this way, the thinner serums will be able to penetrate the skin and get results.

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Efficient skincare Another approach to take into consideration is the time of application. In the morning, it’s benefi cial to layer products that prevent damage and pro tect the skin from the sun and pollution. A typical morning rou tine should start with cleansing if necessary followed by serum, mois turiser and SPF. Protection against the sun should be applied last and can be topped with a foundation that also incorporates SPF. It’s important to remem ber that even during win ter, sun protection is im portant and will also brighten skin. A nighttime skincare routine should start with cleansing to remove makeup and dirt accumu lated throughout the day. If the makeup was espe cially heavy, a double cleanse is recommended as sleeping without com pletely removing makeup can prevent the skin from fully repairing.

With a clean base, toner and serum can then be ap plied. At night, a richer moisturiser or oil can be used to provide deep hy dration overnight. It’s im portant to note that a wellformulated mois turiser only requires a

2 - 8 January 2020 peasized amount to cover the whole face. The first step to build ing a routine is getting to know your skin and it’s important to keep in mind what actually works for your individual needs. The essential steps are to keep skin clean, not over exfoliate and the daily use of SPF.

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Tennis champ IT has been a busy time for tennis player Rafa Nadal recently, not only has he won a record fifth Mubadala World Tennis Championship after a three-hour and 12-minute epic against Stefanos Tsitsipas in last week’s final, but he also added one more prize to his extensive list of awards, although, on this occasion, it had little to do with tennis. He received the Silver Cross on the merit of the Guardia Civil thanks to his collaboration with their project to promote the National Interuniversity League of Challenges in Cyberspace. Nadal recently stated that emerging talents like Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas could go for Grand Slam glory in the coming year. Whilst he will be facing the brutal reality of ending his career soon and questions about his retirement date have cropped up regularly in re-

RECEIVED SILVER CROSS: Collaboration with the Guardia Civil.

cent times, it doesn’t appear to be anything the Mallorcan can shed any light on just yet. Talking about how long will he continue to play, he said: “I do not know. It cannot be foreseen. I see my-

self playing until the head gives me to be able to maintain the passion for what I do. It is also true that I think it’s easier for the head to maintain the illusion if the body responds to you.”

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Strictly chuffed STRICTLY star Gemma Atkinson showed off her post-baby bikini body on Instagram during a recent family winter break in Spain with boyfriend Gorka Márquez and five-month-old daughter Mia. The 2017 finalist, and star of the Strictly Christmas Special, showed off her incredible bikini body in a snap, which was shared with her 1.3 million Instagram followers. The former soap star and her boyfriend Gorka, 29 - a professional dancer on the B B C ballroom dancing show headed to his hometown of Bilbao, to spend time with his family during the festive season. Gemma, who is currently on maternity leave from her regular Hits Radio breakfast show following the birth of her first child in J uly, made the most of the warm weather by heading to the pool. In the snap, Gemma can be seen leaping into the air in the middle of the swimming pool with her arms high above her head, sporting a big grin on her face. Clearly enjoying herself, she captioned the image: ‘Chuffed.’ Gemma took to Instagram to talk about her fitness training and how it had changed following the birth of her daughter. She said she had a newfound “respect and appreciation” for her body and was mentally stronger. She went on to say: “When I train, I flood my body with endorphins and it makes me feel positive, energised and happy." And added: “I don’t starve myself or rely on any ‘quick fixes,’ I POST-BABY BIKINI BODY: eat well, exercise and work hard like everyone Recent family winter break else has to.” in Spain.

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DRIVE round Almeria Province midJanuary to midFebruary and it is hard to miss fields and fields of almond trees laden with lovely pink and white blossom, particularly in areas like Lubrin, Sorbas and the upper Almanzora Valley, where almond production plays a sig nificant role in the local economies. Almonds are recommended for their vari ous nutritional benefits: packed with essen tial amino acids, protein, vitamin E, minerals, and so on. But above all else, the appeal of al monds lies in the strong, distinctive flavour and moist texture, either to munch on raw or roasted as a healthy tapa, or as a wonderful addition to a vast range of sweet and savoury dishes. Unsurprisingly almonds are one of the key ingredients in an Almerian classic dish, adding the distinctly nutty flavour to ‘ajo blanco,’ lit erally white garlic. Also known as white gaz pacho, this creamy, chilled soup is a must on menus in local eateries in the hotter months. There are a few regional variations on the theme, but in this province it is typically made from bread, crushed almonds, garlic, olive oil and salt, making the very best of in

gredients which back in Almeria’s less pros perous and pretty isolated past were easy to get hold of. Opinions vary as the best tricks for making sure ajo blanco comes out well, but the com mon local wisdom is to use stale bread, possi bly soaking the bread and almonds overnight. Adding a dash of vinegar is anoth er tip. The soup is often served with a topping of raisins, apple or grapes, accompanied by toasted bread. In this part of the world almonds are also found in rice dishes, are used to add some ex tra depth to chicken and fish dishes, and to create rich sauces. Almonds added to yoghurt with dried fruit make a delicious breakfast or for a protein boost add almonds to a breakfast shake. Sprinkling almonds on salads is a good way to pep them up a bit. Almonds are found in cakes, marzipans and icecreams. And of course no Christmas time household in Spain would be complete without ‘turron,’ a nougattype confection typically made from honey, sugar, egg white and roasted almonds.

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Paying Homage AN exhibition of hyper real ist paintings paying homage to farmers is on show at Adra’s Centro Cul tural. The ‘Mis manos. Mi vida’ (My hands. My life) collec tion of works by Manuel Higueras, a Malaga artist widely considered one of the best working in the hy per realist genre in Spain, is being exhibited at the Adra venue thanks to an Almeria City art gallery. The paintings are de scribed as a reflection of the artist’s desire to show “the strength and sacrifice of agricultural sector work ers as a source of inspira tion and admiration.” Each of the six works fea tures the hands of people of different nationalities hold ing products which are vital ly important for Adra’s agri cultural industry, including tomatoes, cucumbers, aubergines and peppers. Commenting on his visit to the exhibition, Adra may

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EXTRAORDINARY: The works featuring products of vital importance to the Adra economy look like photos. or Manuel Cortes said he was surprised by the paint ings. “They could be pho tographs,” he remarked. The collection was on show at the major Fruit At traction fruit and vegetable trade fair in Madrid in Octo ber. The paintings have as well been exhibited abroad,

including in Berlin, Mexico and Miami. Also being exhibited at the Centro Cultural are four of artist Epifanio Serrna’s paintings of Adra land marks, among them the port, the Torre del los Perdigones, the Puerta del Mar plaza and façade of the town hall.

Mojacar debut WATERCOLOURIST Lourdes Martinez de Arbuto has her first exhibition in Mojacar. The show at Mojacar Pueblo’s La Fuente Art Mu nicipal Art Centre features the artist’s landscapes of Almeria, northern Spain and other European locations. Passionate about art and artistic expression, Lourdes divides her time between creating and her profession as a primary school teacher. She has a life “among chil dren, drawings and paint ings,” she says. She expresses herself in one of the most difficult painting techniques, water colour, recreating shapes, dreams and illusions. The ex hibition reflects San Sebast ianbased Lourdes’ evolution as an artist. Lourdes is a frequent visi tor to Mojacar. She loves Almeria’s light and “the con trast between the dark, rocky mountain and the ever changing Mediterranean Sea.”

Mojacar Education council lor Ana Garcia commented on the high standard of Lour des’ watercolours, and the work shown regularly at the art centre, saying there is a full calendar of exhibitions

lined up for 2020. The watercolour exhibition runs until January 6, opening hours 9am to 1pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 1pm at weekends. Entrance is free of charge.

With more than 50 years’ experience dedicated to ar chitectural projects, design, oil painting and other forms of artistic expression, Epi fanio Serna has gained pop ularity in Spain and in many other countries. The Mis Manos. Mi Vida exhibition in Adra runs until January 10.

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AIM: The Public Works deputy said the objective is to prevent water cuts.

THE Diputacion de Almeria is investing in the Fines water network. The administration has put out to tender the €215,000 project, which comes under the 2019 Almeria Hydrological Infrastructure Plan.

Public Works deputy Oscar Liria explained the objective is to “bring water cuts to an end and to automate the municipal tank.” The works include replacing obsolete pipes along a nearly five-kilometre stretch.

Still time to donate THERE is still time to contribute to the Unidad Esculta Nyeri 106 del Saliente scout group’s ‘Ningun niño sin jugete’ (No child without a toy) campaign for children from underprivileged families. The public can drop off donations of toys

suitable for newborns and up to the age of 12 at the Smooth Living (Smooth FM radio office) in Albox until tomorrow Friday January 3. Donations should be upwrapped. The toys will then be given out to the children on the night of January 5.

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Uncovering heritage THE first phase of the third ‘Macael Viejo’ excavation campaign has wound up. The site dig is not only important in revealing more about the municipality’s heritage, but is also considered a major archaeological project for all the Upper Almanzora. The 2017 and 2018 campaigns, and now the third, are financed by Macael Council. They form part of the PGI General Investigation Project, which is authorised by the Junta de Andalucia’s Culture and

Historic Heritage department, and which aims to analyse the site and its context within the region. The project is described as pioneering for the Upper Almanzora as the first to centre on one specific site and for the use of stratigraphic survey excavation methods. The team of site investigators are mainly linked with the University of Granada and the Autonomous University of Madrid, under the coordination of Dr A Santiago Moreno Perez.

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PETS WHEN planning ahead for your 2020 holidays consider what you could do for your pets when you are away. For a small annual fee to register with HouseSitMatch, you could have experienced checked house-sitters caring for

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