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JOYFUL: The Three Kings processions delighted young and old in towns and villages throughout Almeria. to the Rambla amphitheatre. In Mojacar the Three Kings’ parade was rather more modest, but the children lining the street from the village to the multi-uses centre were no less excited to see Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar and to gather up the sweets, soft toys and streamers their majesties gave out. Finally the Three Kings presented gifts to Mojacar children, assisted by Mayor Rosa Maria Cano and local councillors. Adra, Huercal-Overa, Vera and Albox were just some of the towns where the Three Kings fun attracted big crowds, all putting on processions featuring a succession of creative floats, dancers, costumed characters and even giant inflatable unicorns and polar bears.
In a classy break from tradition, the Three Kings arrived in Albox this year not on camels but in vintage motor cars. Meanwhile in Huercal-Overa Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar brought a smile to the faces of young patients in the local hospital and to senior citizens at residences for the elderly. And in Garrucha, one of the biggest, families scrabbled for the thousands of sweets the Three Kings launched.
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THREE KINGS’ parades brought final festive season magic to the streets of towns and villages all over the Costa Almeria. The provincial capital once again put on one of the most colourful and exuberant processions on Sunday evening, attracting thousands of people into the city centre to enjoy the annual tradition celebrated as the Christmas holidays draw to a close. Events began with Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar making their way down the steps of the Alcazaba fortification, mounting camels and setting off for Plaza Vieja. Addressing the crowd from the town hall balcony, Gaspar told them, “We want to bring you happiness, generosity, hope and many gifts.” Among the highlights of the Almeria procession line-up of fantastical floats, music and spectacular street entertainment were a splendid carriage pulled by a giant illuminated horse, along with acrobats, dancers, stilt walkers and fire eaters, and highly imaginative recreations of fairytales. The three Wise Men and their helpers flung no less than two million, soft gluten-free sweets into the crowds as they wound their way round the city
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QUESTIONABLE COALITION Spain will now be led by a coalition government after acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured parliamentary approval for a joint administration between his Socialist party (PSOE) and the Unidas Podemos alliance. in Spain will be affected by the country’s first coalition government since the Second Republic.
The new PSOE-Unidas Podemos administration have promised a host of measures that will be rolled out across the
country, which are set to negatively impact higher earners and large corporations. This includes a new minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent, rising to 18 per cent for banks and energy utilities, where tax on capital gains above €140,000 will also be increased from 23 to 27 per cent. Those with high paid jobs will also be impacted, where there is set to be an increase in income tax for those earning more than €300,000 a year by four percentage points. Although Sanchez states this is in aim of forming a “government for all people that broadens rights, restores co-existence and
fights for social justice,” many have voiced their outrage on the matter. Those who have achieved success in their professional career, contributing to society and creating jobs for others, see the increases as a brazen attempt at economic targeting. However, proposals to overhaul some of the labour changes introduced eight years ago when the conservative People’s party was in power has delighted a proportion of the workforce. This includes measures such as strengthening protection against dismissal for absences caused by illness and lifting the minimum wage to 60 per cent of
average national wages. Although positive news for some, this will again impact business owners, who will now be subject to increased scrutiny and higher pay-outs to meet the governmental standards based upon worker-friendly legislation. In a tweet sent after the vote, Sánchez wrote: “With the progressive coalition government, Spain is entering a time for the defence of dialogue and useful politics,” where Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias said the new coalition programme was designed to make Spain “a world reference of modernity to support the most vulnerable groups.” CREDIT: AFP
ENDING more than nine months of political deadlock, many questions have now been raised about how those residing
NEW LEADER: Pedro Sanchez is congratulated by Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias.
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THE IBI property tax is set to rise in four Almeria municipalities in 2020, Felix, Fondon, Macael and Turre, in accordance with the revision of the official register of property ownership, extent and value in a given area approved by the Council of Ministers.
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A STRETCH of the N-340 coast road on the Enix coastline between the Playa Sol hotel tunnels and a campsite remains closed to traffic due to the serious damage caused to the surface when a massive rock the size of two cars came crashing down.
Sales slump CAR sales in Almeria slumped 12.55 per cent in 2019, according to figures from the ANFAC Spanish vehicle manufacturers’ association. Vehicle sales to private individuals dropped 15.05 per cent, while company car sales were down by 3.6 per cent. Diesel vehicle sales plummeted 27.63 per cent.
Lucky Adra LADY LUCK smiled on Adra for the Three King’s day special ‘El Niño’ annual lottery, with winnings adding up to more than €3.3 million. A lottery shop in Calle Natalio Rivas sold 45 tickets with the second prize-winning number 21816. Each ticket is worth a cool €75,000.
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ALMERIA City Council has installed new keep-fit parks in the Regiones, Nueva Andalucía, 500 Viviendas and Ciudad Jardin neighbourhoods at a cost of more than €40,000, bringing the total number of these kinds of outdoor exercises areas in the provincial capital to 27.
A COURT in Vera ordered prison without bail for a 44year-old man arrested for savagely beating his former partner in her home in Pueblo Laguna on Boxing Day. There had been a restraining order in place which prohibited him from getting close to the victim.
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DEVILISH: People dressed as demons gather around the fire.
DANCING DEMONS EVERY January, the demons t a k e o v e r M a l l o rc a a s t h e Sant Antoni Abad festivities begin. The popular celebration is deeply rooted in popular customs, dating back to the former Balearic agricultural society. During that time, people revered San Antonio - the patron saint of domestic animals - who they hoped would bless them with protection for their working farm animals. Over the
years, the magical celebrations have evolved into a popular feast. People eat grilled sobrassada and other traditional sausages and food, with plenty of wine as accompaniment. On January 16 - the eve of the festival - large bonfires are lit in the main streets and squares of the villages. Adults and children alike gather in the streets dressed as demons, where they go bonfire to bonfire as they sing and dance. The traditional dance symbolises the temptations of the Devil that
Brutal attack
POLICE launched a manhunt after a young woman was brutally attacked on her doorstop in Almeria City early on New Year’s Day morning. Officers found the 20-year-old victim lying unconscious on the ground after a witness alerted the emergency services to what they took for a violent robbery on Calle Antonio Gala in the Oliveros district. The victim suffered serious injuries and was in intensive care in the Torrecardenas hospital for five days. She has now reportedly been moved to an ordinary ward. Investigators have interviewed the individual who made the 112 emergency call, local residents and the victim’s family members. They have also been analysing CCTV footage from the area in the hope of finding clues to the assailant’s identity. Police have reportedly not ruled out the possibility the attack was an attempted sexual assault or gender-based violence.
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Sant Antoni had to overcome and the triumph of good over evil. The following day, a solemn mass is held in honour of the saint and then the Beneïdes (blessing) of the animals and townspeople takes place. Crowds gather as they take their animals to church to receive protection, a very popular tradition in towns including Sa Pobla, Muro, Artà and Sant Joan. After, the party continues as a parade of floats and animals celebrates their devotion to Sant Antoni.
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Speeding car thief GUARDIA CIVIL stopped a car thief after clocking him driving at high speed on a road in Cuevas del Almanzora. When a Guardia traffic patrol on duty on the A-332 on the border with Murcia region indicated to the driver of the grey Peugeot 307 to pull over he put his foot down and shot off in the direction of Cuevas town. He was not only going too fast and risking his own life, he was also putting the safety of other drivers in danger, the Guardia said. Sure enough the fugitive driver crashed into a wall. He tried to escape on foot, but Guardia officers caught up with him. It turned out the car had been stolen in Granada and the 31year-old Moroccan was wanted by various courts. There is also a national order for expelling him from the country hanging over his head.
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Water works help THE Diputacion de Almeria announced financial assistance for Huercal-Overa for upgrading the water supply network in the El Saltador and San Francisco areas. Tourism and Depopulation provincial delegate Fernando Gimenez officially presented Huercal-Overa mayor Francisca Lourdes Fernandez with a €60,000 subsidy to go towards €142,000 works to replace pipes and connections. The pipe supplying the San Francisco district runs parallel to the ALP-9014 highway, the provincial administration explained. This infrastructure was badly damaged during torrential rains on the stretch running between the Morena and Montacar water courses: the road was flooded and supply pipes got washed away,
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COLLABORATION: The works will be co-financed by the Diputacion de Almeria and the local council. causing cuts to the water supply. Repair works on the affected area will include digging and shoring up
ditches and the installation of 1,560 metres of piping. “This assistance responds to a mu-
nicipal demand and is going to make a reality a measure which is going to improve a basic service,” Gimenez commented. Diputacion subsidies for specific matters such as this “offer real solutions which contribute to improving the provincial residents’ quality of life and help to fix population in the 103 municipalities,” the delegate maintained. Francisca Lourdes Fernandez echoed the delegate’s comments and highlighted the importance of collaboration between administrations. “Ensuring equal conditions of public services through HuercalOvera is a priority for the council, hence prioritising an allocation of €82,000 in the municipal budget for carrying out the water network works,” the mayor stressed.
Street signs go high-tech STREET signs have gone hightech in Vera. In a collaboration between the council’s Tourism and Trade and New Technologies departments, the local authority has installed 12 interactive digital information panels. The aim is to promote traditional traders and promote economic development in the town. “This measure, as well as revitalising the historic commercial centre, will expand on the face-
to-face service the municipal tourist offices and information points offer, covering the needs of residents and tourists 24 hours a day, every day of the year, and becoming an essential tourist agent support for the municipality,” commented Vera Tourism councillor Catiana Soriano. The eight exterior and four interior panels are strategically located in the main tourist and commercial hubs and in different
buildings of municipal interest. “They will be used to promote the most important social, cultural, sport, and particularly business, events and activities,” explained Trade councillor Ana Lourdes Ramirez. The panels will, she also revealed, “serve as a promotional platform for the municipal traders’ association, as they will be able to be used for multimedia marketing actions.” New Technologies councillor Belen Carnicer added that the
supports give users a wireless municipal internet connection and will send notifications to passers-by with information on points of tourism interest, establishments and commercial offers. The more than €90,000 investment in the digital panel project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund via the Chamber of Commerce for measures to modernise trade in the small business sector.
EXTRA: The council says the digital panels expand on the face-to-face service provided by the municipal tourist offices.
Job done EMERGENCY repairs to seven provincial roads damaged by September’s torrential rains are completely finished, the Diputacion de Almeria announced. Public Works deputy Oscar Liria said the provincial government had acted immediately on the stretches of highways declared an emergency in Almeria and Nijar municipalities to get them opened up to traffic as soon as possible with repairs and provisional diversions. A Diputacion investment of €650,000 has now meant a definitive solution to the problems caused by the extreme weather, according to the regional administration. “The response was immediate to enable residents of these areas to be able to get in and out of their homes and live their normal lives. However, from the first minute we got to work so the emergency works could be carried out as soon as possible,” Liria affirmed. The deputy also highlighted the importance of the works for local economic activity, pointing out, “These highways are the main roads which fruit and vegetable growers use and also tourists who visit our province on holidays and weekends.”
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ADRA Council Local Police have identified an individual suspected of trying to burn the openair library in the Cercado park as an underage youngster. The local authority also reported police were investigating whether anyone else had taken part in the act of vandalism on December 28, which resulted in a number of the books for public use at the recently inaugurated leisure and cultural space being set on fire. The council said it was evaluating the cost of the damage, with a view to presenting a claim and for the corresponding sanction to be imposed on those responsible. The administration said the case file was being handed over to the Guardia Civil to continue with the appropriate administrative and legal processes and to take a state-
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DAMAGE: Books at the recently inaugurated leisure and cultural area were set on fire. ment, and that the incident will be passed to the Juvenile Pros-
ecutor as a case against municipal assets.
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Employment plan benefits
IMPORTANT TOOL: Provincial delegate Matilde Diaz said the plan helped address depopulation in rural areas.
VELEZ-RUBIO is benefiting from improvements to public services and infrastructure under a rural employment development plan, the provincial government said.
The Diputacion de Almeria-managed PFEA plan adds up to more than 3,000 working days and an investment of some €325,000 in upgrades to plazas, parks, gardens and the fairground.
Inland tourism cash injection PROJECTS aimed at attracting visitors to inland Almeria are getting a cash injection from the Junta de Andalucia. The regional government’s Tourism department has allocated €400,000 to 10 initiatives in nine municipalities as part of funding packages for localities of less than 20,000 inhabitants in interior and natural heritage zones. Two municipalities are getting assistance for projects which promote environmental protection and biodiversity, supporting initiatives which develop and improve tourist infrastructure. Cuevas del Almanzora is to receive €21,200 to recover the Luis Siret path and Macael is to get €50,000 for the restoration of the Moorish track to Macael Viejo. Macael is also getting money for enlarging its marble museum under the line of assistance related to inland municipalities’ cultural heritage, which is aimed at developing universal access and highlighting the value of heritage through the development of museums and visitors’ centres or unused agricultural or industrial infrastructure. The council said both projects would be carried out in the first half of 2020 and be “an important boost for Macael as a cultural tourist destination.” Also getting Junta Tourism department cash are Alboloduy (€39,120), Huercal (€24,299), Zurgena (€51,000), Velez Blanco (€35.593), Albanchez (€6,050), Fiñana (€57,200) and Albox (€47.709). Junta provincial tourism delegate Jose Luis Delgado said the financing “offers villages an opportunity to make the most of their resources and to generate visits and employment.” According to the delegate the projects will help bring an end to the seasonal nature of tourism in the province, create a more diversified cultural offer and will drive inland tourism.
Diputacion PFEA delegate Matilde Diaz paid a recent visit to the municipality to see how works are coming along. “The PFEA plans is one of the Diputacion’s most important,” the delegate commented. “It allows us to correct economic imbalances in rural zones, improve and modernise infrastructure and public services in municipalities, and above all, and for the same reasons, becomes an important tool in securing population.” One of the main PFEA works projects is in the town’s Plaza del Rey, with works on drainage, paving, cabling and the garden area irrigation system. Elsewhere, maintenance on garden areas will include weeding, cleaning up, pruning and planting. The areas set to benefit are the Meson park, Calle Meson, the area around the cemetery, roundabouts, fountains, play areas, gardens in the Los Angeles district, the Gloria Fuentes park and surroundings, the municipal sports complex and Paseo de la Libertad gardens. The Diputacion described the PFEA as an example of collaboration between the provincial government, the Junta de Andalucia, local councils and the SEPE State Public Employment Service.
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Green light for Mojacar budget Mojacar Council gave the green light to the 2020 municipal budget of just under €11 million in line with the coming year’s expected revenues at the last plenary session of the year. THE mayor, Rosmari Cano, maintained the budget was well-managed and financially sound, while reducing debt, based on controlled public spending, e ff i c i e n c y a n d e ff e c t i v e management. The government team also described the spending plans as “transparent, with balanced accounts and an austere spending plan.” In terms of income, the municipal coffers receive their greatest input through the ‘padron’ register of inhabitants, the IBI property tax, capital gains etc, with just over €7 million exp e c t e d n e x t y e a r. T h i s i s 7.48 per cent less than 2019, based on the tax payments settled in the previous year. The next most important
CLAIMS: The Mojacar administration described the 2020 budget as ‘transparent, with balanced accounts and an austere spending plan.’
source of municipal income is the State and Junta de Andalucia contributions, amounting to €1,931,895, 0.52 per cent more than in the previous budget. This is followed by just over €1 million collected through municipal taxes, fees, and various other income. In terms of expenses, the
most important area is municipal staff salaries, with a government increase of 2 per cent, plus a variable depending on the GDP. This includes the costs of three new Local Police officers, as well as other pending posts. A total of €200,000 has also been allocated to main-
tenance, repairs and infrastructure upkeep, and to priority projects such as the Mojacar Playa relief road. Mojacar Council’s real investment for 2020 will be €1,078,815, representing 10 per cent of the total budget. This is an increase on 2019, which the local administration attributed to good management with respect to the payment of debts contracted by the council in previous financial years and a corresponding decrease of 93.40 per cent with bank loans repaid two years earlier than expected. Mojacar’s beaches are set to benefit next year from new walkways, rescue modules and equipment, as well as the installation of upgraded waste bins and containers. The Local Police will get new equipment, and the Mojacar la Vieja restoration project will continue. The plan will also include the incorporation of Mojacar into the ‘Plan de Movilidad,’ with €1.5 million earmarked for road resurfacing and new pavements throughout the municipality.
Tourism property offer VERA has the highest number of tourist properties registered with Turismo de Andalucia in Almeria. The municipality has 1,202 tourist properties and 5,650 places. Mojacar has the second highest amount, at 971 and 4,931 places. Also offering significant numbers of apartments for tourists are Roquetas de Mar (693), N ijar (648), Almeria City (414), Pulpi (364), Carboneras (201) and El Ejido (118).
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BREXIT BRIEF by John Smith THE acting Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey (who hopes to become leader following the departure of Jo Swinson) has announced that there should be a formal investigation into the EU referendum and the Brexit result. He plans to table an amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill which will be in front of Parliament shortly calling for an inquiry into past events within six months of the bill being passed. This enquiry would review former Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to hold the referendum, the finances and conduct of politicians during the campaign as well as the government’s handling of Article 50. Another area for such an enquiry
Calls for investigation
ANNOUNCEMENT: Jo Swinson and Sir Ed Davey.
would be a review of the government’s handling of key Brexit matters including its decision not to hold
a second referendum. Mr Davey is on record as saying “Countless lies by our prime minister,
others in the Tory Party and beyond, means questions must be asked about the result of the referendum in 2016. “The past three years have only gone to show how much deceit was used during the campaign, as well as how determined the Conservative government is to hide the true impact of what they’re trying to unleash. “We must address the decisions made around the referendum, but also the shambolic approach taken by the Conservatives in the years since. “To truly understand the events leading up to Brexit, there must be a public inquiry.” He is still angling for a second Referendum, but has little chance of this happening.
Jeremy Corbyn tries to extend Brexit AS various Labour MPs confirm their wish to become the next Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn continues in his now caretaker role but is trying to influence the Brexit situation. He has tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill which would extend the transition period until 2023 if there is no agreement on what
shape the future UK-EU relationship should take. In addition, he is also is looking to reinstate the rights of unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with their families after Brexit. The actual bill is due to be passed through Parliament in three days and as the British government has a working majority of 80 and the
first reading passed with a 124 majority, it seems unlikely that any amendment will be voted through. Once this piece of legislation is approved and passes through the Lords as well, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will then be in a position to enter into serious negotiations with the EU.
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BREXIT EXTRA Recycling tax IN order to try to plug the financial gap left with the loss of British financial contributions, the EU is looking to introduce a tax on plastic waste and use profits from carbon trading to boost income over the coming years.
Brexit confusion LABOUR leadership hopeful Jess Philips has been giving mixed messages about her stance on Brexit, as on the Andrew Marr show she said she would want the UK to apply to rejoin the EU, but in an article wrote it was best to move on.
Revving up ALTHOUGH UK car sales have been dropping for the last three years, a recent survey by a motoring research organisation suggests that now the Brexit decision is made, motorists are more likely to purchase a new car in 2020.
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ANDALUCIA’S vaccination schedule for 2020 includes recommendations for all ages. Newborns to senior citizens are covered within the plan that was made public on Monday December 30, by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The vaccination schedule, as explained by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, includes protective measures against 14 diseases. In addition, for the first time in Andalucia, the tetravalent meningococcal vaccine will be included for 12 months and 12 years and is the main novelty of the 2020 calendar in Andalucia. According to a statement, the 2020 calendar will also includes vaccines that protect against tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B, invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b disease, pneumococcal, meningococcal ACWY serogroups, measles, rubella, mumps, chickenpox, human papillomavirus and influenza. The format for the following year also incorporates new sections referring to the application of vaccines,
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VACCINATION SCHEDULE: The 2020 calendar will include a wide variety of vaccines against disease.
prescription and registration, as well as data on coverage from the previous year, in order to highlight the importance of these highly relevant points in vaccination. Regarding the plan that was made public last week, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Jesus Aguirre, said that “the importance of
vaccines at all ages of life has been reflected in this new calendar 2020 for all people living in Andalucia and aims to highlight and visualise the importance of vaccination, not only in childhood, but also in adolescence, adulthood and senior citizens. We have to help the correct immunisation of the entire popula-
tion against these vaccine-preventable diseases.” The counsellor also highlighted the importance of the recommendations for pregnant women to vaccination against influenza and whooping cough, hinting that “vaccination begins before birth, as these vaccines help the future child protect
against these infections.” With regard to Senior citizens, the vaccine against pneumococcal conjugate 13-valent, currently the best vaccine against pneumonia, is recommended to all people as they reach 65 years, a measure that has already begun in Andalucia in 2019, one of the five communities that carry out this extraordinary preventive action. As Euro Weekly News understands, in addition, the calendar includes the recommendation of vaccination against influenza, tetanus and diphtheria to people 65 years or more. The chickenpox vaccine will also be recommended for the adult population up to the age of 50 years, provided they have no history of the disease. As Aguirre concludes, the calendar of vaccinations presented each year in Andalucia is the result of constant work by the General Directorate of Public Health making it possible to be adapted year after year so as to keep up with both epidemiological changes in immunopreventable diseases and scientific and technical advances in the field of vaccines.
Sweet surprise A MADRID couple got a super sweet Festive Season surprise when they found a cheque for €10,000 hidden in a t r a d i t i o n a l T h re e King’s cake. Maria del Carmen and Eduardo, both non-commissioned officers in the Spanish army in their 30’s, were the lucky winners of the cash prize which every year the Conrado patisserie in La
Bañeza in Leon conceals in one of their cream-filled ‘roscon de reyes’ created for the Christmas campaign. The pair had made the most of a mini break to the area to visit family to buy one of the cakes. The patisserie first came up with the idea of the money Christmas giveaway in 2008, starting out with a relatively modest €500. The popularity of the initiative
among customers means the prize amount has been increasing ever since. Thanks to online orders the Conrado sells its Three Kings cakes throughout Spain and in other countries, including Italy, France, Germany and the UK. If no-one comes forward to claim the annual prize within 15 days of Three Kings’ Day on January 6, the patisserie donates the money to an NGO.
SUPER SWEET: The Leon patisserie hides a cash prize in a ‘roscon de reyes’ every Christmas.
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SHAPE Spanish Pension: Important Changes In 2020; The retirement age is delayed and the calculation of the pension varies REFORMS in Spain continue to impact Spanish pensions. The entry into the new decade will lead to changes in the retirement age and also the years contributed into the social security system to determine the benefit. The measures are automatic, and form part of the 2011 reform which gradually delays the retirement age to 67. As it stands, for those who turn 65 years old in 2020 and have contributed 37 years or more, he or she will be able to retire at 65. In the case of partial retirement, where one combines work and benefit, the minimum will be 61 years and 10 months if that person has contributed to the system for 35 years or more. The retirement age will gradually increase over the next few years from 65 to 67. In December 2019 there were
6,089,294 retirement pensions in Spain, with an average benefit of â‚Ź1,143.55 per month. The current government had originally promised that they would increase pensions by 0.9 per cent however, the measure will not be taken until the definitive governing body is formed. In regards the actual calculation of the pension to be received, it was previously calculated taking the last 15 years worked into account, however as of this new decade, the state pension will be calculated on the last 23 years contributed instead and by 2022, the state pension will be calculated taking into account the last 25 years worked. Another measure which will have a strong impact on the system is the arrival of the sustainability factor, which will be applied from 2023 and will
gradually cut back on new pensions, based on the view that pensioners will live longer. A criterion that was originally intended to be implemented in 2019.
PENSIONS: Changes are being made to the retirement age and the years contributed.
Man dies in tractor accident after falling A MAN has sadly died after falling under a moving tractor in Cordoba. As reported by the Andalucian emergency services, the tragic incident took place on a farm in the agricultural area of Carcabuey on Sunday, December 29. It is not clear exactly how the 44-year-old man came to fall out of the large and powerful vehicle, however it is known that he was working on the farm tending to the land at the time. After a report was called in by a distressed colleague working on
the site who found the man and was able to bravely stop the tractor, an ambulance raced to the scene. Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the man’s life who was pronounced dead on arrival, suffering from multiple internal injuries after being crushed by the vehicle. As Euro Weekly News understands, the Guardia Civil have now taken charge of the investigation, where the victim’s body has been transferred to a local medical centre for forensics teams to carry out an autopsy.
TRAGIC: Man was killed by falling under a tractor.
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Jobless numbers dip The year ended with positive news on unemployment in the province THE Government Sub-delegation in Almeria reported there were 1,444 fewer people registered as out of work at the end of the December than at the beginning, representing a 2.57 drop in the jobless rate. The decrease put the number of people without work at 54,772, the first time the total has fallen below 55,000 since February 2009. The inter-annual drop was 2.66 per cent, or 1,497 less people out of work than in December 2018. The sub-delegation highlighted the decrease in unemployment among women, with 1,314 less than in November; women currently represent 57 per cent of the province’s jobless total. By sector, services registered the greatest decrease in the number out of work, with 1,304 less, followed by agriculture on 174. In the ‘without previous employment’ group there was a drop of 226.
POSITIVE: December was the first month the provincial jobless total fell below 55,000 since February 2009.
Fire destroys part of Garrucha beachside restaurant A FIRE on Monday night destroyed part of the Boracay beachside restaurant in Garrucha. A post on the restau-
rant’s Facebook page reported the blaze broke out in the bar area of the e a t e r y, w h i c h h a d b e e n closed for the start of
staff holidays just hours earlier. The post explained that as the bar area was all done out in wood it was completely burnt, commenting, ‘you can imagine the damage.’ Thanks to the rapid reaction of firefighters and the emergency services the fire was extinguished before it could cause more destruction. The Boracay post expressed huge gratitude to the Levante fire brigade, Local Police, the Guardia Civil and Garrucha Civil Protection on Facebook for their speedy response to the incident and announced every effort would be made to be ready to open up again at the usual time of year. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, the Boracay post stated.
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State attorney urges for separatist’s release SPAIN’S state attorney has recommended the temporary release of jailed Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras in what is believed to be a political gesture as the Socialist Party seeks support to form a government. On Monday, December 30, the office for the state attorney filed a request at the Supreme Court which asked that Junqueras be allowed to travel to Brussels to take his seat as a European MP. Junqueras had been elected into the European Parliament in May of last year whilst he was waiting for the verdict to be handed down on his case in jail, where in October he was subsequently sentenced to 13 years in prison over his role in the controversial move for Catalan independence. Despite the backlash for Junqueras to lose his seat as an MP, the European Union’s top court later affirmed that he was entitled to immunity as an EU lawmaker. Speculation was rife before the announcement was made, where many gov-
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ORIOL JUNQUERAS: Was elected into European Parliament in May 2019.
ernmental experts had predicted the request to be made as the Socialists try to persuade Junqueras’s party, the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), to throw their support behind a Socialist government. At present, they have a total seat count of 155 which is still short of the 176 seats
needed for a majority, making the 13 seats held by the ERC particularly important. A spokesman for the ERC declined to comment on the request, although party leaders are believed to have met this afternoon at the same time as leaders Pedro Sanchez and Pablo Iglesias have scheduled a joint press conference in Spain.
A WOMAN has been arrested for murder after drowning her 10-year-old daughter in a bathtub at a property in Girona. As reported by the Mossos d’Esquadra, the local police unit of the Cataluña region, a 49-year-old woman called the emergency services on Monday, December 30 to confess that she had attempted to murder her daughter by holding her under the water with her bare hands. Several ambulances and units from the police rushed to the property in Ferran Puig, where they found the young girl unconscious on the floor. Paramedics desperately tried to save the child’s life by
performing CPR before she was then taken to the nearby Josep Trueta Hospital where she was reported by medical personnel to be in a critical condition. Tragically, the little girl succumbed to her injuries and died an hour later. Shortly after, police officers took the woman in handcuffs back to the family home so that she could reconstruct the events alongside her lawyer. As Euro Weekly News understands, the woman has been charged with murder and will appear in court in due course. There is however no indication yet as to why the woman committed such a horrific crime to an innocent child.
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What to do in the event of an Poppy fundraising photo emergency in Spain FITTING: The image of a cap resting on a bed of poppies honours those who gave their lives in The Great War.
A PHOTOGRAPH honouring the fallen in The Great War is raising money for the Royal British Legion Spain Poppy Appeal. The emotive image entitled ‘Fallen Hero’ was created by Sue Evans LRPS CPAGB. “I was given this piece of trench art by a friend, a cap made from a brass gun shell,” the photographer explained. “It was made by an unknown soldier during the First World War. I felt the cap resting on a bed of poppies would be a fitting tribute to those who gave their lives during The Great War.”
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Park maintenance now stepped up ADRA Council is stepping up maintenance on more than 30 parks and garden zones in the town. Mayor Manuel Cortes has signed a contract for more than €130,000, which also covers pruning and treating trees and palms for pests around the municipality, lawn maintenance, irrigation, hedge trim-
ming and fertilising. The extra works have already got underway, with particular emphasis on areas around schools and residential districts, and the mayor went to take a first-hand look, accompanied by Parks and Gardens councillor Jose Crespo, staff from the company given the contract and council technicians. “Improving basic services is a priority for this government team, and this reinforcement of human and material resources in the Gardens department is key for covering the needs which arise in our municipality, but also for advancing the appearance of our town and improving the life of Adra residents,” Cortes commented. He explained the plan meant a doubling of gardening staff, the contract including the permanent support of three workers plus two people to carry out the pruning tasks. “We are supporting in an important way the municipal service staff for complete coverage of all our green spaces,” and “improving the image of our town,” he said. The contract runs for 10 months.
LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.
In Spain there are in effect two groups which most people would understand as being ‘the police.’ The National Police (Policía Nacional) who have jurisdiction in the towns and cities and the Guardia Civil outside the towns and cities. The Local Police are employed by town halls; they basically deal with property found, and enforce local laws. Whilst they have a power of arrest, when exercised they must take the arrested person to the National Police or Guardia Civil according to where the crime took place. National Police and the Guardia Civil deal with all crimes, missing persons etc in their jurisdiction. The National Police also deal with all applications for immigration paperwork, NIEs, EU Citizens Registration and for non EU nationals, Residencia, etc. Throughput Europe the general number for all emergencies is 112. In Spain the operators speak English, French, German and Italian, in addition to Spanish and will liaise with the emergency services when the caller does not speak Spanish. No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles even those without a Spanish SIM card or any credit. You can also fax or SMS 112.
The 24 hours national emergency numbers for Spanish speakers are: 091 - police, 061 - health emergencies 080 - firefighters. By calling 902 102 112, but only when the perpetrator is unknown, one can give details of certain crimes, including:- burglaries, car theft, theft or loss of documents or belongings. The service is available in English from 9am to 9pm seven days a week, and from 9am to 3pm in French, German and Italian. Having given details of the crime, you must go to the National Police station which you nominate, within 48 hours to make the report using the information supplied on the telephone. In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 112 at the time for police attendance, or go directly to the police station which covers that area to make a report. Other useful numbers are:016, specifically to report instances of gender violence. For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24-hour helpline 900 100 333.
091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 9pm
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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Simian suffering
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AFTER police in Krefeld announced that the monkey house in the zoo which was burnt down killing all of the inhabitants was started by sky lanterns, a local woman and her two daughters volunteered that they had released three.
Santa Claus ALTHOUGH a few days late in the attempt, an 18yearold on holiday in Central Germany climbed a 15metre chimney and jumped in, trying get to the bottom. Friends alerted the
BURNT: The destroyed monkey house. fire brigade to his Santa Claus trick and he was removed suffering from hypothermia.
BELGIUM
Busy night
Swamped
BRUSSELS police made 181 arrests on New Year’s Eve for a range of misdemeanours in cluding the setting fire to 11 cars and a scooter and the stabbing of one man who is in hospital in a very serious state.
TWO women went for a walk in the Welle meersen nature reserve in Flanders on New Year’s Day and after straying from the path fell waist deep into a swamp. Unable to free themselves they had the presence of mind to call the fire brigade for assistance.
DENMARK
FRANCE
Green Dubai
Plastic ban
DENMARK will be one of 192 countries taking part in Expo 2020 being held in Dubai in October of this year. Organised without funding from the govern ment, it is planned that this will be the most sus tainable pavilion at Expo 2020.
WITH immediate effect, France is to ban single use plastic plates, cups and cotton buds (although they may be sold for six months if purchased in 2019) and the following year it will be the turn of plastic straws and cutlery.
Trumped up
Cheddar-gate
THE former US ambassador to Denmark, Rufus Gifford has criticised President Donald Trump’s ap pointment of so called ‘political ambassadors’ who have been ‘consistently inadequate’ and this in cludes his own successor, Carla Sands.
UNCONVENTIAL French Chef Marc Veyrat who lost one of his Michelin stars has also lost his court case in which he demanded that the notes made by the inspector who visited his establishment be given to him so that he could find the reason for the loss.
NETHERLANDS
Holland out
Fire trap
IN a decision to rebrand The Netherlands for tourism purposes, the Dutch government has decided to cease using the word Holland when referring to the country, as Holland actually on ly refers to two of the 12 Dutch provinces.
A FIRE in an apartment block in Arnhem left a resident and his fouryearold son dead after being trapped in a smokefilled lift. Two boys aged 12 and 13 were seen on CCTV letting off fireworks and are being questioned by the po lice.
SWEDEN
NORWAY
Kidnap resolved
Status change
A KIDNAPPING occurred at Arlanda airport when several people seized an individual and took him to an apartment in Vällingby where he was threat ened with injury but not harmed. Police rescued him and have since arrested two men.
THE Norwegian government has been criticised by migrant groups after announcing it would remove refugee status from 1,600 Somalians and send them back to Somalia as it believes that the situa tion in the country had improved.
Making amends
Thief shot
THE ashes of a young Swedish boy which were stolen from a hire car in Cyprus have been re turned to the family after the thief made a tearful phone call to the mother in Sweden, apologising for what he had done.
POLICE in Oslo opened fire on a man who stole an ambulance and then drove it into a group of peo ple. He was arrested and although not critically in jured was taken to hospital for treatment. Police have not revealed whether this was linked to ter rorism.
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Hero officer AN off-duty trainee Guardia Civil officer rescued a family of four from a burning apartment. The hero, called Alejandro Javier, was in his home when he noticed flames coming from the apartment above his in Torrevieja. He knew the situation was dangerous as he had seen ashes and burning wood falling past his window. Without hesitation, he ran upstairs, banging on the apartment door and shouting for the family he knew lived there to get out. When he did not get an answer, he broke the door down to check that there was no one inside. Once in, he found a mother and her three children all sound asleep and not aware of what was happening. He woke them and escorted them outside to safety then evacuated neighbouring flats and calling 112. No one was hurt in the incident - thanks largely to Alejandro’s actions.
BLAZE: Smoke was a danger to sleeping family.
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
Project takes the prize MORE than 400 residents voted to use Altea’s Participatory Budget allocation for improvements to Calle Puente de Montcau. This was the third edition of the popular vote, with 1,051 registered residents emitting 2,256 votes to decide how some of the town hall’s cash is spent. Citizens’ Participation councillor Maria Antonia Lavios thanked all the members of the local population who took part in the Altea Imagina, Altea participa (Altea Imagines, Altea participates) initiative. “They have shown that they want to take part in the decisions that make improvements to our town,” Lavios said. The Montcau proposal for a ramp to substitute some of the steep road’s steps was backed by 408 people, followed by improvements to the Cap Blanc neighbourhood, which obtained 381 votes. “We conclude this edition with good news, as the total budget has increased to €120,000 and there was a 23.5 per cent increase in the number of people taking part,” the councillor said. This amount will cover the Pont de Montcau project, Lavios said, with the remainder shared between the other finalists.
COSTA DEL SOL
Clubbing together CHEQUE: Pedro Rodriguez and Maria from Club Crisol with Vanesa Morales.
EVERY year the Crisol de Benalmadena Golf Club holds a winter charity tournament and this year, it raised funds for the Cudeca Cancer Hospice situated in the town. The tournament was open to members and the general public and was held, as in previous years, using Stableford Handicap rules with three categories for men and one for women. Prizes including one for the ball nearest the hole were presented by Sports councillor, Joaquín Villazón and the representative of Cudeca, Vanesa Morales. Following a raffle, a cheque in the sum of €2,763.20 being the total collected by entry fees, donations and the raffle was presented by the Club President to the Cudeca Foundation.
AXARQUIA
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ALMERIA
Mojacar debut WATERCOLOURIST Lourdes Martinez de Arbuto has her first exhibition in Mojacar. The show at Mojacar Pueblo’s La Fuente Art Municipal 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 children, drawings and paintings,” she says. She expresses herself in one of the most difficult painting techniques, watercolour, recreating shapes, dreams and illusions. The exhibition reflects San Sebastian-based Lourdes’ evolution as an artist. Lourdes is a frequent visitor to Mojacar. She loves Almeria’s light and “the contrast between the dark, rocky mountain and the ever- changing Mediterranean Sea.” Mojacar Education councillor Ana Garcia commented on the high standard of Lourdes’ 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.
MALLORCA
Special protection
FAMOUS FACE: Javi Mota and Mayor Chamorro.
CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Motril
Local star
MAYOR of Motril, Luisa María García Chamorro, has praised local singer Javi Mota for his career and love for his roots. She said “No one has ever given anything to Javi, everything he has has been achieved with great effort and determination.” At 15 years old, Mota left his home town to start a successful path after his performances became known throughout Motril. His jump to the national scene led to TV show Menudo and musical groups Banghra and Gypsy Teens. He has a career in musicals, combining singing, theatre and dance and currently enjoys success with his song Iguales.
A GROUP of scientists have launched a campaign to ask that five natural areas in Mallorca are declared as a ‘Place of Geological Interest’ (LIG). Made up of experts from the UIB and the Ministry of Environment, the group indicate the need to protect several mountains in the Serra de Llevant and Serra de Tramuntana, most specifically in Betlem, Galatzó, Tomir, Planícia and Puig Major. Through research conducted this year, the scientists have determined that the areas are particularly vulnerable to degradation and should therefore be considered as an LIG due to their scientific, cultural and educational value. They believe that the mountains should be carefully managed due to the areas being particularly popular with hikers in the region, which has made a geological impact. In addition, it is asked that special attention is paid to its vegetation, which although is said to be very scarce at present, that it does have the potential to be extremely fruitful in the future.
PROTECTION: Research shows that hikers have negatively impacted the natural areas.
FINANCE
Trying it on
MANY of the staff working for TSB Bank had their current ac counts with their employer and were amongst the 1.9 million af fected by a major IT crash in 2018. All customers were entitled to compensation, but some em ployees took advantage of their knowledge of how the compen sation worked and allegedly made false claims in order to re ceive the maximum pay out. The bank (which is a sub sidiary of Sabadell) has accused eight members of staff of mak ing false claims and has sacked five whilst three were allowed to resign.
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is the expected value of sales to be generated in Malaysia by Spanish energy company Solarpack after winning a new contract in that country.
Closing tax loophole
FOR more than 10 years, the European Union as well as the USA have been working to cut at least one legal loop hole which allowed mega companies such as Alphabet, the Google parent company to reduce tax liabilities. Known by the clumsy phrase ‘Double Irish, Dutch sandwich’ it allowed com panies to transfer money to an Irish subsidiary , then to a Dutch holding company which in turn sent the money to an Irish holding company which was based in Bermuda. It then licensed certain rights back to Google intellectual property and be
By John Smith cause Bermuda has no corporate tax, this switching of funds ending in a li cence allowed Google to delay tax pay ments on international earnings in the USA and to reduce tax payments within Europe. In 2014, after considerable pressure was exerted on it by both the European Union and the US government, Ireland changed their tax law, but companies were still allowed to use this method until 2020. This is not small change as the
amounts involved in the past two years alone which passed through the Dutch company exceeded €40 billion for Al phabet alone and as the Dutch govern ment is about to change its licensing laws so that royalties will be taxed in fu ture, this is one legal outlet that seems likely to be closed. Many EU members plus the United Kingdom have been endeavouring to tax not just Google, but all of the major social media companies who use sub sidiaries and holding companies to re duce their tax obligations, so in theory they will be happy.
Consumer debt
THE Bank of Spain has released figures which show that the personal debt of private indi viduals in November reversed a four month trend by increas ing by 1.6 per cent. The main reason for the in crease in the private sector is due to personal loans as op posed to new mortgages which only increased slightly, al though the total amount owed does include a significant amount in respect of mortgage loans. On the other hand however, company debt has effectively remained static and over the past year has reduced from very high previous levels.
LEGALLY SPEAKING 90-Day Limit Clarified I read with interest your article regarding the 90day tourist visit. I cannot find anywhere the ruling that the ‘calendar year’ provision means I could visit from October to December, then in January start another 90 days. This would make a huge difference on my decision to buy a property in Spain or not. Can you provide further evidence of this rule? T W (Costa Blanca)
BUSINESS EXTRA
Bank on it THE Spanish banking sector has started the New Year well with the top six banks on the Ibex stock exchange seeing gains of between 2 and 4 per cent. Bankia, the bank partly owned by the Spanish taxpayer saw the greatest growth.
Veganuary No, I can not, be cause it was nev YOU AND THE er a rule. It was, LAW IN SPAIN however, a fre quent misinterpretation which I accepted and I have been caught out. Here is the rule: The tourist stay in European Union countries, which properly is called the Schengen visa, is limited to 90 days in any peri od of 180 days. There is no reference to ‘calendar year.’ After 90 days, you must leave Spain and you may not return for the following 90 days. Be warned that ‘90 days’ is not ‘three months’ and ‘180 days’ is not ‘six months.’ My thanks go to ‘J C’ and others whose queries helped me to correct this.
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
BRITAIN’S popular bakers, Greggs has now launched its second product after the vegan sausage roll in a bid to cater for the growing vegan market. The new vegan steak bake is a meatless version of the brand’s original steak bake.
Sevilla Scotch CHIVAS, the whisky distiller from Scotland is now producing an exceptional version of Royal Salute which is sent to Sevilla to be aged in first fill Pedro Ximénez sherry casks in order to create a new blend which has an added taste of orange and sultana.
Registrations down FOR the first time since 2012, the registration of new cars in Spain has dropped, so that the 2019 figure of 1,258,260 is 4.8 per cent (63,177) down on 2018. The largest drop is in the
number of diesel cars regis tered which is down nearly 26 per cent and the drop in private registrations general ly is more than double the overall total drop off. These figures combine the
figures from the three main associations, motor manu facturers, sellers and dealers. December figures rose however, perhaps in antici pation of new taxes to hit in 2020.
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New economic policy fears AT the time of writing, it is assumed that the PSOE/Podemos coalition will receive sufficient support from small er parties to form a viable Spanish government. This is of particular interest to busi ness interests and a number of associa tions representing both companies and the selfemployed are already sharing their fears for the future of the Spanish economy. CEOE and Cepyme have stated that the government programme already announced is likely to discourage fu ture investment and job creation. The PSOE and Podemos believe
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Pedro Sánchez expects to be sworn in as Spanish PM.
No oil found THE Repsol energy group has a strong oil drilling operation and has been working of the coast of Guyana in South America since 1997. Recently it has been drilling
with partner Tullow Oil plc but has had mixed success and its latest work has led to exploration in the Carapa 1 area being halted and the well plugged and abandoned.
After drilling more than 3,000 metres, it found ver y little oil which meant that it now has to consider all of its exploration activities in the area which it has licensed.
however that their plans will generate more income for the State which will in turn allow them to increase minimum wages and pump more money into the economy through consumer spending. They plan to repeal certain reforms passed by the previous government, increase Corporation Tax from 15 per cent to 18 per cent for banks and oil companies and apply a new 15 per cent tax on undistributed profit from the recently introduced Socimis (Real Estate Investment Trusts). Another decision is to implement a ‘Google Tax’ which will allow the Span ish government to properly tax profits earned in Spain by mainly American multinationals such as Amazon, Face book, Google and Microsoft rather than let them transfer the income through holding companies to cheaper tax areas. As already noted, the Irish and Dutch loophole is being closed but there are still ways for these compa nies to repatriate funds which could be taxed, but France has already been threatened with massive trade tariffs by the USA for imposing a similar tax, so this could be a double edged sword.
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BUSINESS EXTRA More jobs THE number of unemployed in Spain in 2019 fell by 38,692 (1.2 per cent) meaning this was the seventh consecutive year to see a drop. It should be noted however that this is the lowest decline in unemployment since 2013.
New Year virus TRAVELEX which offers UK travellers currency exchange facilities at airports was hit by a software virus and had to close its UK online site. Whilst manual transactions could take place, banks such as HSBC and Barclays which use it were left stranded.
Green bank WITH almost 900 branches, the Spanish Kutxabank Group boasts that it is now the first bank anywhere in the world to be completely carbon neutral with its electricity supply. It purchases only renewable energy from Iberdrola.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WOULDN’T it be nice if just for once we could usher in a new year with a mod icum of common sense? Ha! Dream on everyone. Only in the UK could head lines warning of a possible new Mid East war, or millions of hectares being destroyed in uncontrollable Australian bush fires, be shared with the same front pages informing the nation that veganism must now be considered to be on a par with religion! This week a judge ruled that ‘ethical’ vegans should be protected under the same rules that apply to religious and philosophical beliefs. Yet another minor ity group will now have attained the right to accuse the beleaguered majority of some unfair ‘victimisation’ or another. How long will it be I wonder before one of these plant eaters manage to drag a ‘disgusting’ carnivore into court for dis playing some form of veganophobia? I truly do respect the views of my ve gan friends, but please don’t try to make the majority of us feel bad for eating what some of you colourfully de scribe as ‘dead animals.’ It’s a nice pork chop or a sizzling Tbone.
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Happy New Year VEGANS: Don’t make the majority of us feel bad!
Awright? Just as a matter of interest, it is also a proven fact that plants do ac tually have feelings as well. Looks like starvation time ahead folks. And talking of the New Year. Once more, in the same way as the lefties managed to hijack the Millennium cele
brations, they also managed to turn what should have been a New Year cele bration of British culture and proud her itage into a disgraceful lowbrow exhibi tion of mind numbing, diversity rap ‘gangsta’ music, smoky fireworks and pop rubbish, which almost unbelievably
also included the dreadful football song ‘It’s Coming Home’ (which it didn’t!). I do sometimes wonder if Mayor Khan and his fellow organisers simply have no breeding or class at all, or by dragging us down to their level are de liberately trying to sabotage just about
everything the United Kingdom with its proud traditions holds near and dear. Last year, I remarked there was a re markable absence of burkas around the Cenotaph when the UK paid tribute to the brave servicemen and women, who gave their lives so we could live in peace and democratic freedom. Not so last week. Hundreds of burkas were in evidence when, with al most unbelievable arrogance and dis tain for the country that succours them, crowds gathered in London to hold a candlelight vigil for Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by the allies in a drone attack. This man was a terrorist, a sworn en emy of the West and was responsible for the death of thousands of service men and innocent civilians. He was planning even more atrocities and had publicly warned the West of his inten tions. If any more proof was required as to where the loyalties of many of the UK immigrant populace lie, this demon stration was most definitely it. Keep the faith, Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com
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DAVID WORBOYS WE have all met the odd (some times very odd) eccentric. There are people who are completely im pervious to anybody’s reactions and any repercussions. They will do anything for a laugh and they normally have a dry, deadpan hu mour. A business colleague of mine, Monty, was such a man. He spoke several languages and he had a gift for imitating the accents of those he was addressing. This occasional ly provoked physical retaliation, es pecially in pubs, but was normally met with humour. As I frequently travelled on business with him, I found some situations frustrating even quite uncomfortable but al ways very funny. Filling in the landing card as our flight approached New York, he came to one of the questions: ‘Have you ever committed geno cide?’ Monty duly wrote ‘Yes’ and passed it to me for my approval. I had to laugh. I also had to wait for over an hour for him to give an ac
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ODD PEOPLE: They will do anything for a laugh and normally have a dry, deadpan sense of humour. ceptable explanation at immigra tion control after undergoing all sorts of questions and checks. When we entered the customs area at airports Monty would adopt an exaggerated innocent pose, wheeling his trolley with his head
held high, staring into the air and whistling. Invariably he was stopped and I had to wait while his bags were searched. On other occa sions he would grip his trolley and charge through at high speed; with the same result.
Monty had his own way of preparing for our forthcoming trip to Israel. He had found a passport size photo of Hitler which, with an adhesive, he carefully superim posed over his own photo. He invit ed us all over to his desk. “I’m going
to Israel” he said as he opened his passport with a flourish. Spotting the image of Hitler, most of us found it hilarious, but two of our colleagues were disgusted. It was especially offensive to Sidney Gold berg. The trip to Israel was cancelled. Monty had a special assignment at our base in Oxford while I went to some meetings in Madrid for a week. Soon after that, Monty and I were booked for a conference in Frankfurt. At passport control in Frankfurt airport, with me behind him, Monty presented his passport, not realising he had forgotten to re move the photo of the Fuehrer. The immigration official was speechless for a moment before asking in Eng lish “What does this mean?” I was already sniggering uncon trollably before Monty chose this moment to adopt a German accent and imitate the official as he replied “Oh, mein Gott! Ziss vas a joke. I haff forgotten to remove it.” Eventually it was sorted out but Monty will probably never change his ways.
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TRAVEL SET in the heart of the region of Ex tremadura about an hour’s drive from the historic Renaissance town of Cac eres, the pretty village of Guadalupe is a remarkable destination in its own right. While its cobbled streets are lined with striking buildings that show the evidence of many centuries of histo ry, the reason people come from far and wide is to see the magnificent building right at its centre the Sanc tuaryMonastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Founded by King Alfonso XI of Castille in the 14th century, it is a truly exceptional edifice that has been added to and lavishly embellished down the years. In fact it is regarded so highly that it has been named as a UN World Her itage Site. It became Spain’s Royal Monastery, where the great and good gathered amidst some of the most magnificent religious art and exquisite gold, and sil verware. This was not simply a religious house, for it was at the heart of power. It was here that the Catholic Monarchs, Is abella and Ferdinand, granted Christo pher Columbus an audience that would eventually lead to the discovery of the Americas.
Guadalupe - the Royal Monastery at the heart of Spanish history
ROYAL MONASTERY: At the heart of power. Exceptional blend Architecturally, it is an exceptional blend of differing styles. The 14th15th century Mudejar church and cloister is particularly fine, with its intricate façade setting a striking tone. The interior nave and two side aisles are notable for their fine vault ing and feature richly ornamented al
GUADALUPE: A remarkable destination.
tars and tombs. The sacristy is renowned for a series of paintings by Zurbarán and magnifi cent wall paintings that seem to leap out from the plain canvas of the archi tecture itself. It was built between 1638 and 1647 and provides a contrast to the earlier periods. Moving through the sacristy the
Chapel of Santa Catalina of Alejandria is home to some imposing tombs that date to the 17th century. It is also packed with reliquaries and exquisite works of art. Entering into the Camarin de la Vigen you will find an octagonal room deco rated in baroque style. Head up the stairs and the star of the show awaits
Guadalupe’s famous black Madonna. Here a monk takes over from the usual guide to present the statue to and bless visitors. The statuette is richly clothed and in her arms holds a baby Jesus also black. It is the most emblematic symbol of the monastery and for many Catholics the most holy part of the visit.
TERROR & TRIUMPH ON LONDON BRIDGE 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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THIS week I was planning to write about the comparative differences between the philosophies of Niet zsche, Wittgenstein and Schopen hauer. Quite brief. Provocative. And exciting. You’d have loved it. Trust me. I’m a writer... Never mind! But then something happened. My blood pressure started rising rapidly. In a good way. After weeks of depressing news about Corbyn, Putin and Trump, we read that the London Bridge heroes of last No vember are in line to be honoured. Clearly too late for the New Year’s Honours recently announced but presumably later this year. One of them, Darryn Frost, who was seen in pictures that spread across the world holding Usman Khan at bay with a narwhal tusk on London Bridge before armed police arrived and shot the terrorist at tacker dead, has been rightly
LONDON BRIDGE: There were people willing to risk their lives for others.
praised. That such fine people as Darryn exist gives us all hope and optimism for the new decade in these Trumprelated troubled, un certain times. In past attacks, the supporters of the terrorists have praised the per petrators as ‘lions.’ But people like this young man are the lions. They’re the ones who took on the armed killer with whatever came to hand. These heroes are the lions. That narrative does not belong to the deluded idiot who picks up a knife and starts slashing at people
who are trying to help him. Lions versus losers. Lions will always win. Sometimes we wonder what would happen in the event of brav ery and selfsacrifice being called for. The answer is that fine people still exist. There were such people at the London Bridge incident, will ing to risk their lives for others. Whatever we (and yes, I’m as guilty as anyone) may say about snowflakes or millenials, the wider public has an excellent record of in tervening, usually at significant per sonal risk, on other peoples’ behalf in these situations. Would I as a younger woman have done the same? I’d hope so as I’m sure we all would. But no way to know until we’re actually tested like Darryn and those other London Bridge heroes... 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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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pmLose Weight and Get Fit with Tom Kerridge 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Garden Rescue 4:00pm Britain's Best Home Cook 5:00pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm BBC London News; Weather 6:23pm Weather 6:25pm The Mallorca Files 7:15pm Pointless 8:00pm The Greatest Dancer 9:10pm First & Last 9:55pm Casualty 10:45pmMrs. Brown's Boys 11:15pmBBC News 11:25pmWeather 11:30pmMatch of the Day 1:00am The NFL Show 1:30am The Water Diviner 3:20am Weather for the Week Ahead
7:45am Wild & Weird 8:00am Top Class 8:25am The Dog Ate My Homework 8:55am Blue Peter 9:25am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 9:55am Supersized Earth 10:55am Robot Wars 11:55am The Odd Life of Timothy Green 1:35pm Flog It! 2:20pm Talking Pictures 3:00pm All Creatures Great and Small 4:30pm Monty Don's American Gardens 5:30pm The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 6:30pm Equator From the Air 7:30pm Natural World 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Earth's Tropical Islands 10:00pm Joanna & Jennifer: Absolutely Champers 11:00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 12:25am Sara Pascoe Live: Ladsladslads
8:00pm Icelandic Walks with Julia Bradbury The presenter embarks on a 38-mile journey along Iceland's most famous hiking route. 9:00pm Coast 10:00pmWisting 10:45pmWisting 11:30pmTop of the Pops: 1989 12:00am Top of the Pops: 1989 12:30am Radio 2 in Concert 1:30am Our Musical History 2:30am Icelandic Walks with Julia Bradbury The presenter embarks on a 38-mile journey along Iceland's most famous hiking route. 3:30am Coast 4:30am Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain
6:55am 7:15am 7:40am 8:05am 8:30am
Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Cheers Cheers Heineken Champions Cup Rugby: The Big Tackle The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Heineken Champions Cup Rugby Union A Place in the Sun Food Unwrapped Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Britain's Wildest Weather Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets Alien: Covenant The Maze Runner
10:00am Wissper 10:10am Pirata & Capitano 10:20am Floogals 10:35am Digby Dragon 10:45am Shimmer and Shine 11:00am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:10am The Loud House 11:25am Access 11:30am Britain's Favourite Cereal 1:30pm Friends 2:00pm Friends 2:30pm Friends 3:05pm Friends 3:35pm Jesse Stone: Night Passage 5:20pm Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise 7:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 7:55pm 5 News Update 8:00pm Digging Up Britain's Past 9:00pm Tony Robinson's History of Britain 10:00pm How the Victorians Built Britain
11:00am Sunday Politics London 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 Flog It! 3:15pm Money for Nothing 3:45pm Garden Rescue 4:45pm Eat Well for Less 5:45pm Blue Planet II 6:45pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News; Weather 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Countryfile 8:10pm 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 2 12:30am The Women's Football Show
7:30am I Escaped to the Country 8:15am The Instant Gardener 9:00am Around the World in 80 Gardens 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Mary Berry's Country House Secrets 1:30pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 6:15pm Top Gear 7:15pm Ski Sunday 8:00pm Dragons' Den 9:00pm The Speedshop 10:00pm Louis Theroux: Selling Sex 11:00pm The Finest Hours 12:50am Snooker: The Masters 1:40am Snooker: The Masters - Extra 3:40am Question Time 4:40am Best House in Town 5:25am Holby City
8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour 10:00pm Fake or Fortune? 11:00pm The Sky at Night 11:30pm How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery 12:30am Arena 1:20am Being the Brontes 2:20am Bauhaus 100 A century after it opened its doors, this programme tells the story of the Bauhaus art school in Germany, and the men and women whose designs shaped the modern world. 3:20am David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour
6:35am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 6:40am Extreme Chocolate Makers 7:05am King of Queens 7:30am King of Queens 7:55am Doctor Dolittle 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:05pm The Simpsons 2:35pm The Simpsons 3:05pm The Simpsons 3:40pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 4:40pm National Treasure 7:15pm Channel 4 News 7:45pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 9:00pm George Clarke's Old House, New Home 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Escape Plan 2:15am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 3:05am Phil Spencer's Stately Homes
9:50am Wissper 10:00am Pirata & Capitano 10:10am Floogals 10:30am Digby Dragon 10:40am Shimmer and Shine 10:55am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:05am The Loud House 11:20am Access 11:25am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:50am Friends 2:20pm Friends 2:50pm The Angry Birds Movie 3:50pm Access 3:55pm The Angry Birds Movie 4:50pm Death Becomes Her 5:50pm Access 5:55pm Death Becomes Her 6:45pm Ocean's Eleven 8:55pm 5 News Update 9:00pm Inside Iceland 10:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 11:00pm Notting Hill 12:00am Access
8:50am Mr. Bean 9:10am The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 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 Nadia's Family Feasts 2:40pm ITV News and Weather 2:59pm ITV London Weather 3:00pm The Masked Singer 4:30pm Tenable 5:30pm ITV News and Weather 5:45pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Brits Are Coming 7:00pm Catchphrase 8:00pm The Masked Singer 9:30pm The Voice UK 11:00pmShopping with Keith Lemon
8:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:55am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:50am The Masked Singer 12:20pm Supermarket Sweep 1:20pm Supermarket Sweep 2:20pm Supermarket Sweep 3:25pm You've Been Framed! 3:55pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 4:55pm FYI Daily 5:00pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 5:45pm Antz 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm Antz 7:25pm Yes Man 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Yes Man 9:30pm Skyfall 10:45pm FYI Daily 10:50pm Skyfall 12:20am Family Guy
4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:40am Lewis 10:35am Coronation Street Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street. 1:30pm Foyle's War 3:45pm Foyle's War 5:50pm Foyle's War 8:00pm Midsomer Murders Members of the Midsomer-inthe-Marsh Ornithological Society fall out when Ralph Ford claims to have spotted a bluecrested hoopoe, meaning he wins the group's yearlisting competition. 10:00pm Midsomer Murders
4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am The Protectors 7:25am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8:20am The Big Fish Off 9:25am Fishing Allstars 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Football Rivalries 11:45am River Monsters 12:15pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Cheyenne Autumn 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm Cheyenne Autumn 8:05pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 10:00pm The Untouchables 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Untouchables
6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Live European Tour Golf The South African Open. 1:00pm Live EFL 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:00pm Live Premier League 9:30pm Goal Zone 10:00pm Live NFL San Francisco 49ers v TBA (Kick-off 9.35pm). 1:30am Live NFL Baltimore Ravens v TBA (Kick-off 1.15am). 5:00am Sky Sports News
10:25am ITV News 10:30am Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 11:30am Living on the Veg 12:30pmGino's Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 1:05pm The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury 1:35pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:44pm ITV London Weather 1:45pm The Voice UK 3:15pm The Masked Singer 4:45pm Minions 6:30pm ITV News and Weather 6:50pm ITV News London 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Vera 11:00pmITV News and Weather 11:14pmITV London Weather 11:15pmBradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 11:40pmBritain's Busiest Airport Heathrow
9:05am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:00am Dress to Impress 11:00am The Masked Singer 12:30pm Supermarket Sweep 1:35pm Supermarket Sweep 2:35pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 4:20pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 5:20pm FYI Daily 5:25pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 7:05pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 8:05pm FYI Daily 8:10pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 10:00pm Love Island 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy
7:00am George and Mildred 7:25am Coronation Street 10:25am Emmerdale 1:15pm Foyle's War 3:30pm Foyle's War 5:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Inside the Ritz Hotel 9:30pm Inside the Ritz Hotel 10:00pm Charles: 50 Years a Prince 11:00pm Cameraman to the Queen 12:05am Changeling 2:50am Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 3:15am Judge Judy 3:40am Emmerdale
7:00am Goals of the 80s 7:10am The Protectors 7:35am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8:30am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 10:45am Hornblower 12:55pm Cheyenne Autumn 1:55pm FYI Daily 2:00pm Cheyenne Autumn 4:00pm Nevada Smith 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm Nevada Smith 6:35pm The Last Sunset 7:35pm FYI Daily 7:40pm The Last Sunset 8:55pm Return of the Seven 9:55pm FYI Daily 10:00pm Return of the Seven 11:00pm The Last Boy Scout 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am The Last Boy Scout 1:10am The Nice Guys 2:10am FYI Daily 2:15am The Nice Guys 3:30am The Protectors 4:00am Teleshopping
7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Total Goals A round-up of the latest football action. 9:00am Total Goals 10:00am Live European Tour Golf The South African Open. Coverage of the fourth and final day's play at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg, where Louis Oosthuizen is the defending champion. 1:00pm Live EFL 3:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 5:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:30pm Live NFL 10:00pm Live NFL 2:00am Live PGA Tour Golf 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News
9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm
4:10pm 4:55pm 6:00pm
7:00pm 7:30pm 9:00pm
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TUESDAY - 14 JANUARY
MONDAY - 13 JANUARY 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Our Lives 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pmSilent Witness 11:00pmBBC News at Ten
2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 5:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 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 10:00pmExposed: The Church's Darkest Secret 11:00pmI Love 11:30pmNewsnight
8:30pm Handmade: By Royal Appointment 9:00pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pmCatching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 12:00am The Art of Scandinavia Andrew GrahamDixon explores the history of the North European region through its art.
2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 10:00pmCatching a Killer 11:45pmNaked Attraction 12:50am Naked Beach
2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Deadly Vengeance 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 Ice Road Truckers 9:00pm raffic Cops 10:00pmM1: Keeping Britain Moving 11:00pmBusted in Bangkok 12:05am Circus Kids: Our Secret World
4:00pmI Escaped to the Country 4:45pmThe Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather
2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 5:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pmGreat British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Baby Has Landed 9:00pm Cornwall: This Fishing Life 10:00pmExposed: The Church's Darkest Secret 11:00pmBetter Things 11:20pm The Archiveologists 11:30pmNewsnight
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain 9:00pm Italy's Invisible Cities 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pmCatching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story
1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 A&E 11:00pmHow to Steal Pigs and Influence People 12:00am Catching a Killer
1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmThe Neighbourhood Voyeur 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pmIce Road Truckers 9:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 10:00pmBen Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:00pmBad Girls Behind Bars
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Cold Feet 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London
1:45pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pmLove Island 11:00pmLove Island: Aftersun 12:05am Family Guy
9:55am George and Mildred 10:30am George and Mildred 11:00am Man About the House 11:35am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm The Durrells 5:55pm Heartbeat 6:55pm Foyle's War 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmThe Bay
3:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4:40pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 7:55pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 9:30pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 10:00pmFighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun 11:00pm Carlito's Way 12:00am FYI Daily
2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm
5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The Metro: A Rail Life Story 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmWhite House Farm
2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pm Love Island 11:05pm Don't Hate the Playaz
10:55am Man About the House 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm The Durrells 5:55pm Heartbeat 6:55pm Foyle's War 9:00pm Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 9:30pm Long Lost Family 11:00pmThe Bay
4:50pm 5:55pm 6:55pm 8:00pm
Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 10:05pmFYI Daily 10:10pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 11:00pm National Lampoon's European Vacation 12:05am FYI Daily
11:00am Sky Sports News 1:00pm Transfer Talk 2:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Transfer Centre 4:30pm Live European Tour Golf 5:30pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Transfer Centre 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm The Transfer Show 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 11:00pmThe Debate 12:00am Live NBA: The Warm Up
8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am George and Mildred 10:30am George and Mildred 11:00am Man About the House 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 Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pmThe Bay 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:05am A Touch of Frost 4:00am George and Mildred 4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping
7:00am World Cup Rivalries 7:20am Quincy, M.E. 8:10am Kojak 9:00am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:10am Minder 11:20am The Professionals 12:20pmThe Sweeney 1:25pm Quincy, M.E. 2:30pm Kojak 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 Junk and Disorderly 10:00pmBilly Connolly's Great American Trail 11:00pm The Nice Guys 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am The Nice Guys 1:20am Minder 2:30am The Protectors 3:00am Fishing Impossible
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Transfers 11:00am Football Centre 1:00pm Transfer Talk 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Drive Time USA 4:00pm Transfer Centre 4:30pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Transfer Centre 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm The Transfer Show 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 11:00pm The Debate 12:00am Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Transfer Centre Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Transfer Centre Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm The Transfer Show 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pmSky Sports Tonight 11:00pmThe Debate 12:00am Sky Sports News
WEDNESDAY - 15 JANUARY 12:45pmCaught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pmDoctors 3:15pmFather Brown 4:00pmI Escaped to the Country 4:45pmThe Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pmSilent Witness 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather 11:35pmEating with My Ex
9:00am See Hear 9:30am Fake Britain 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 12:15pmPolitics Live 2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 5:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pmGreat British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Andrew Neil Show 8:30pm Saving Lives at Sea 9:00pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 9:30pm Lose Weight and 10:00pmGood Omens 10:50pmTerry Pratchett: Back in Black 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm James May: The Reassembler 9:00pm Earth's Great Rivers 10:00pmThe Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pmCatching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 12:00am Treasures of Ancient Egypt 1:00am Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture 2:00am John Berger: The Art of Looking 2:55am Arena 4:00am Earth's Great Rivers
7:30am Cheers 8:20am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pmRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pmMeat the Family 11:00pm24 Hours in Police Custody
9:30am Becca's Bunch 9:40am Little Princess 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmThe Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmBrace for Impact 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pmIce Road Truckers 9:00pmBritain's Parking Hell 10:00pmRed Arrows: Kings of the Sky 11:00pmRich Kids Go Homeless 12:05am Big Family Values: More Kids Than Cash
6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 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 Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmWhite House Farm 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmPeston 12:40am Tenable
7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am
Teleshopping Dinner Date Emmerdale You've Been Framed! 10:30am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:55am Superstore 12:20pmDress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Superstore 10:00pmLove Island 11:05pmCelebrity Juice
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Across 1 Get up around noon and wash lightly (5) 4 South of Spain and Portugal, a region far to the east (7) 8 Electricity supplier got name wrong (7) 9 Staff conceal a French circular (5) 10 Abroad, went out with old hat (8) 11 Have in mind the middle position (4) 13 Passes the time shopping? (6) 14 Blackbird becomes a hound (6) 17 A bird has to take evasive action (4) 19 Roman Catholic official's vehicle Linda crashed (8) 22 Grub of a popular variety (5) 23 Back away, it’s a horrible tree rat (7) 24 Doubter, cold, in infected surroundings (7) 25 Afghan ruler appearing in dream, eerily (5) Down 1 Young lover runs rings around me (5) 2 Close to neckwear, item of lingerie (7) 3 Stones thrown by mere lads (8) 4 Pushes steamship around East Sussex resort (6) 5 Hurtful remark from pub bore, initially (4) 6 Get up or use make-up (5) 7 Plus, the poker stake is a musical direction (7) 12 A blood-feud to sell - and for the
French, a thankyou (8) 13 Dad's going round with Les to get some bicycle seats (7) 15 Birds circling on rising from an Italian city (7)
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16 Material contained in half a brick (6) 18 Five taken into care are cut up (5) 20 Some rare talent returning afterwards (5) 21 Compassion, we hear, for male deer (4)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents M and 25 represents Y, so fill in M every time the figure 4 appears and Y every time the figure 25 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 Not complex (6) 1 Game similar to billiards (7) 4 Swearword (4) 2 Slightly wet (5) 8 Containing faults (9) 3 Be without (4) 9 Toy flown in the wind (4) 5 Watchful (5) 10 Position (6) 6/18 Casserole of meat and vegetables, 13 Free from harm or evil (6) typically topped with sliced potato (3,3) 15 Give temporarily (4) 7 Fact that has been verified (5) 18 Establish or official way of doing 11 Vocalists (7) something (9) 12 At rest (5) 19 Narrative, story (4) 14 Mar (5) 20 Washes (6) 16 Musical drama (5) 17 Having no empty space (4) 18 See 6
English - Spanish
Across 1 Shoe polish (5) 4 Brújula (7) 8 Puddles (7) 9 From (indicating starting place) (5) 10 Hasta ahora (2,3) 11 El más largo (7) 12 Fuga (6) 14 Platillo (para una taza) (6) 17 Mustard (7) 19 Less (5) 21 Dejar (5) 22 Beggar (7) 23 To stretch (7) 24 Enojado (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 1 Mouths (of people, animals, bottles) (5) 2 Tráfico (7) 3 To be born (5) 4 Castillo (6) 5 Move (house) (7) 6 Nave (de iglesia) (5) 7 Refugio (sitio) (7) 12 Enamel (7) 13 To plan (7) 15 Astuto (7) 16 Martillo (6) 18 Inteligente (5) 19 Sleeve (5) 20 Nevado (5)
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The pleasure you will get from helping in the home this week should not be underestimated. What you have been thinking of as a chore turns out to be a great ball of fun. Youngsters may be involved at the weekend, so plan ahead to give them a festive surprise.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your relationships to others linked to the home environment are going well. Aim to build on that this week because the chance to make a real change to your surroundings opens up. Comfort is top of your agenda and the continuing sales give scope. Restlessness can be channelled into an energetic response when others seek help. Taking on a small charitable task makes you smile and brings satisfaction.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your mind is as sharp as a razor this week, so woe betide anyone who tries to trick you. It's a great time to use your talents fully, particularly in regard to a business venture. It is possible that your strengths are a little unrecognised so don't be afraid to try something entirely new. A strong urge to take control keeps others on their toes.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This week is mainly concerned with financial matters, and it is easy to both save and make extra money. Keep your energy levels high by making the most of chances to exercise and get out in the fresh air.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The repayment of a favour should see you with extra money in your pocket. Holding on to it is your best bet. Trying to change someone close is so obviously not going to work that it is surprising you tried for so long.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A social gathering turns up an old friend who makes an offer. Although you may feel unworthy, please be reminded of the times in the past when you have given them support. It will be through others that real progress will be made.
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keep energy levels high by being at the hub of any social activities. Accept all invitations, however dull you feel that they may turn out and allow yourself to be surprised. Continue with any checkups on your health, eating sensibly if you overindulged during the holiday.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As you have decided to rearrange both your business and home life, it is a busy time, indeed. You enjoy a challenge so it will not worry you that other people have different ideas. Although you are not inclined to listen to silly whims, some things crop up time and again and have to be dealt with at some point.
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Making a new start is not always the exciting thing that people imagine. When there are still old matters to be resolved, it takes the edge off the pleasure. It may be worth cooling off a new relationship until your social life is more settled. An urge to move around could be caused by your not facing a problem straight on.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) This is the time. It isn't a nibble that is needed at the moment, but a feast. Accepting anything less would be a mistake because someone is watching your reaction to an offer. If you feel unsure of your worth, then ask a few trusted friends.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
TARGET: Average: 12 Good: 17 Very good: 25 Excellent: 32
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION acme acre cake came camp cape care carp cere cram mace mack marc pace pack peck race rack ackee apace caper crake cramp crape creak cream creek creep crepe macer pacer peace recap amerce camera camper packer pecker raceme repack PACEMAKER
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QUICK Across: 1 Scrub, 4 Bison, 7 Menagerie, 8 Deck, 10 Caries, 12 Single, 13 Less, 16 Overwhelm, 18 Delay, 19 Tinny.
Down: LA PRIMITIVA
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get both business and personal plans sorted out in the coming week. Thereafter, changes to your routine may be necessary, which is disruptive. The best-laid plans can need adjustment, so don't beat yourself up over that.
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.
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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Concentrating on hearth and home gives you great satisfaction. As a born homemaker, you relish the idea of making something beautiful. This week it may be possible to show more of your skills when someone seeks your advice. You could end up helping with appearances.
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Sudoku
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1 Scold, 2 Ram, 3 Bank, 4 Beggar, 5 Sardine, 6 Needs, 9 Conceal, 11 Slowly, 12 Sword, 14 Scary, 15/17 Best man.
CRYPTIC Across: 1 Pays, 3 Saracens, 9 Ethanol, 10 Abide, 11 Stoke, 12 Method, 14 Nickel, 16 Tucson, 19 Weasel, 21 Rosie, 24 Snipe, 25 Granite, 26 Stealing, 27 Zeus.
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1 Pheasant, 2 Yahoo, 4 Aflame, 5 Abaft, 6 Editors, 7 Sees, 8 Annexe, 13 Integers, 15 Chemise, 17 Uproar, 18 Flagon, 20 Smell, 22 Suite, 23 Uses.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:
Across: 1 Castaña, 5 Snore, 8 Llano, 9 Receipt, 10 Flechas, 11 Slide, 12 Nevera, 14 Empate, 18 Wings, 20 Alambre, 22 Emanate, 23 Prima, 24 Traje, 25 Pretend.
1 Celofan, 2 Suave, 3 Another, 4 Atraso, 5 Socks, 6 Oficina, 7 Entre, 13 Ventaja, 15 Meat pie, 16 Emerald, 17 Make-up, 18 Wheat, 19 Shake, 21 Bride.
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A Year of decision MAKING decisions is an inevitable part of life and the new decade will surely bring many new choices along with it. And it’s safe to say that 2019 has seen a barrage of what most would consider as ‘bad’ decisions. Prince Andrew went against his PR advisor to do a highly controversial interview with the BBC. Facebook was fined $5 billion after some shady emails brought their privacy lapses to light. And in the political sphere, Jeremy Corbyn led his party to their worst result since 1935. Research suggests that the typical person makes around 35,000 decisions per day. Most of these decisions are minor and automatic, but many also have serious consequences. Good decision-making takes rest, concentration and balanced emotions; circumstances that aren’t always possible to maintain. However, as we prep a r e t o t a k e o n t h e Ne w Ye a r, s o m e a r g u e t h a t there are no ‘bad’ decisions and that taking action trumps everything. Life coaches agree that decisions resulting in an ugly aftermath allow people to refine what they want from life and increase resilience. They also give the opportunity to master the art of self-forgiveness and exercise freedom of choice. One thing is for certain, if a boat never sets sail it will never reach its destination, even if it has to correct course along the way.
WHAT INVESTMENTS? Dear EWN, AS all the local town halls finish up their budgets for 2020, I am left wonde ring. When will the average resident see any improvements? Living in Malaga City I am left very confused with the big investments the town hall is conti nuously announcing. In my area, I have barely seen any changes in the past ye ars. And compared to the Christmas lights in the centre, we only got a few old lights put up. Last year, one of the Christmas lights came down in the middle of a busy road and nearly hit a passing lorry. Also, the pavement on my street is lifted up in lots of places and is a safety concern, especially for my older neighbours. It’s very discouraging to see all the money go to the same areas time and ti me again. As much as Calle Larios is very important to the city, I think the town hall could work by areas and slowly fix everything up. Suzanne King
Leapy and Scotland YOUR correspondent, Leapy Lee, ap pears to have a number of fans amongst the expats in Spain. Fair enough if he is pontificating on rat her stunted musical histories, condi tions in prisons or running a bar in Mallorca, all subjects he has expe rienced in his career and may well be well informed on such matters. He does, however have no obvious knowledge whatsoever of the Scot tish people and their wishes. In the 2014 Independence refe rendum, 55 per cent of the electora te voted to remain within the UK and to be honest, had I had a vote at that time, I would probably have vo ted with the 55 per cent. I do believe that the larger unit is better placed in most circumstances and certainly as far as negotiations, for whatever the object, may be. At that time the UK was part of the EU and there was no serious talk of them leaving that union. Fast for ward to 2016 and the referendum on the subject of leaving the EU and although Scotland voted 62 per cent
MALAGA CITY: Needs investment to be spread around. to 38 per cent against leaving, and the Northern Irish people also voted against leaving, they were obliged to follow the English voters. In the recent general election, 48 of the 59 Scottish constituencies voted for the Scottish National Party. (A party with a second referendum high in its manifesto). The Conservatives won six seats, but still an English Prime Minister has rejected the Scots’ wishes for a re
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peat referendum, in view of the chan ged circumstances. Democracy? LL may well feel that the Scottish are incapable of governing themselves, (he may even be correct) but what would his reaction be if the English people we re being treated in such a shameful manner? Regards, Alex Walker San Miguel de Salinas
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300,000 pets abandoned in Spain every year COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK
The reason why I don’t own a dog; because I’m not pre pared to walk a dog at least three times a day, come rain or shine, for 1215 years, as we don’t live in an area with nice nature walks. I’m not in an economic position to look after another animal, with vet bills, should it get sick. In short, I’m not able to give a dog the life he de serves, however much I love dogs. And I do not under stand why so many people get pets they can’t look af ter... Beathe Wright
Bulwell paedophile Angela Allen to be released from prison: gets parole after four attempts: Leopards can’t change their spots, paedophiles are never not going to be a risk to children. The origi nal judge obviously thought there was a major
risk, these parole boards are a joke.
I have no issue with people trying to make a living and if they were selling merchandise like this it would be fine. I just think this differs hugely from selling goods that pass off genuine brand names which is highly illegal, in fact tourists attempting to later import these items into the UK can find the item not only confiscated but them selves in court. It would be great if they could sell this
Less than 25% of people stay committed to their New Year resolutions for more than 30 days. Are you one of them?
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kind of merchandise instead, and be permitted to do so by the authorities while they await their time before ap plying for residency. That said, it’s still wrong to simply turn up on a foreign nation’s shores without going through the relevant customs and disease checks, which can potentially cause a vulnerability to that na tion and people living there. Leigh Hobson
Tip for today: When going to a restaurant, if you wouldn’t use their toilet, don’t eat their food! My husband and I ran a bar/restaurant and we were so particular about the loos ensuring they were always clean, we overheard someone who came in with their family say, ‘it’s okay, we will stay, the toilets are nice and clean ‘, this just goes to show how important it is. Doreen Nichols
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Do you think that 12 weeks paternity leave is unnecessary? • Yes, unnecessary:
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Drug your wife for a peaceful life ad, aimed at husbands wanting to zombify their uppity wives, while doing some picture research. I required an im age to illustrate a piece submitted to my Freethinker website by Seattlebased feminist and atheist blogger, Ophelia Benson. Roche’s Valium ad was an extreme example of how rampant sexism was in the advertising industry during that era. But while most ads were grossly offen sive, some were laughaloud funny, though clearly not intentionally so. Example: a 60’s cigarette ad suggest ed that if you blow smoke in a woman’s face she’ll fall at your feet in adoration. Why? Because the brand, Tipalet, came in a variety of irresistible flavours. It said: ‘Hit her with Tipalet Cherry. Or rich grapey Tipalet Burgundy. Or lus cious Tiplalet Blueberry … a puff in her direction and she’ll follow you, any where.’ Now I never knew flavoured ciga rettes ever existed, aside from men thol, and imagined fruity aromas only hit the scene when vaping became fashionable and I took to it like a fat
BARRY DUKE I'M often left flabbergasted by things I’ve seen on the Internet, but never to the point when I’ve had to vacate my chair and take a walk in the park to get my head around an advertisement I’d just spotted. I concluded that what I’d seen this week an ad exhorting husbands to dose their wives with Valium had to be a windup, especially as the caption be neath it claimed it would make wives ‘behave as a dutiful mother and wife, silent and without revolt.’ But it was NOT a spoof. This from a book entitled ‘Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power’: ‘In the 60s and 70s, as women were gaining more power in the work force and fought to alter the patriarchal structure, psychotropic pharmaceuti cals were used to calm down angry and irate feminists who would rock the so cial boat, demanding equality in wages and opportunity.’ I discovered the Roche Laboratories
ADVERT: If you blow smoke in a woman’s face, she’ll fall at your feet in adoration.
Pause for Resolve IT’S 2020 already! Just where has the time gone? It seems no time at all since we were welcoming in the new Millennium, when so many folk were panicking about the ‘Millen nium Bug,’ with fears that major computer systems everywhere would fail with disas trous results! But that was 20 years ago; none of my grandchildren were born then, and now, not just those 20 years, but last year, 2019 has vanished; Christmas has been and gone; and we’re into yet another New Year, doubt less marked by the traditional making of resolutions for some change to our lives, in which ideals, many of us have probably al ready failed. The trouble with making New Year resolu tions is that whilst they’re usually pretty easy to make, they are, if they’re worth any thing at all, almost by definition, incredibly difficult to keep. Whether to give up alco hol, tobacco or food, to get fit or simply to learn Spanish, the concept of such resolu tions is generally to bring motivation to help us achieve something where determination or good sense alone has failed.
But, as I’m sure we’ve all experienced, even the best resolutions, supported by the utmost determination, too easily slip, often leaving us with feelings of inadequacy or failure. But God knows and understands our weakness and is quick to forgive our fail ures, giving us strength to overcome as we turn to him in prayer. So why don’t we re solve this year to give some time to our faith, to spend at least a few seconds each day in prayer, even if all we can manage is a few lines from the ‘Lord’s Prayer,’ and with His help, His forgiveness and His strength we may well find ourselves enjoying this brief communion and wanting to increase our time in His presence. And possibly, dare I suggest, we may find it helpful to meet with others, struggling in similar fashion, gaining strength from each other. For Church, surprising though it may seem, is not comprised of a group of highly successful religious experts, but rather a collection of folk who acknowledge their frequent failures and together seek to find the strength and capacity to learn more of the God they appreciate so little.
Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Calida (further detail available at www.mojacarchurch.org) and may be contacted at d.burr@albox-online.net
kid takes to pies. I threw over the fags about four years ago when I acquired my first Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation System (PENIS) and quickly discovered that people have some very odd reactions to vaping. One old geezer who periodically visits my local makes a point of sitting very close to me to sniff blueberry and mint, my favourite vape flavour. Others stare daggers at me, feign coughing fits and wave their palms in front of their noses. One imbecile even did this when I simply placed an ecig on a bar counter and made no move to puff on it. But back to my main point: the man ner in which women were objectified as chattels, and portrayed as fragile, mind less creatures whose only purpose was to clean, cook and submit to their hus bands. In one a woman is shown actual ly getting spanked by her spouse for buying the ‘wrong’ coffee! The image I eventually chose to illus trate Ophelia’s article was for a brand of ties called Van Heusen. It shows a woman kneeling beside her husband’s bed, offering him breakfast on a tray. Your guess is as good as mine as to why hubby is in a single bed wearing a pris tine white shirt and a grotesque tie.
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Historical elegance A ROMANTIC and elegant city, the first impres sion of Antequera is the magnificent view of ‘Peña de los Enamorados’ (Lovers’ Rock) a mag nificent mountain with the silhouette of an Indi an’s face, set in a vast area of flat land with neat rows of olive trees. Folklore legends say that a young Christian man from Antequera and a Muslim girl from nearby Archidona held hands and threw them selves from the top of the mountain, as they could not be together. The ancient Moorish Alcazaba and its castle walls look down over Antequera. The steep climb to it is worth a visit, with views of the whole of Antequera. Archaeologists have uncovered Roman mo saics in the grounds below and right next to it is the 15th century church of Santa Maria, the first Renaissance style church in Andalucia. There are, in fact, 33 churches in Antequera, making it the city with the most churches per capita than any where else in Spain. A bronze Roman sculpture ‘El Efebo’ was dis covered in Antequera by archaeologists in 1955. It is 1.43m tall and perfectly preserved and can be seen in the local museum along with other in teresting artefacts. Last year UNESCO named two sites in Antequera as World Heritage Sites; the dolmens and El Torcal. The dolmens are an cient burial tombs dating back to 4,000 BC. There are three dolmens, Menga, Viera and El Romeral.
Entrance is free and there is an information cen tre. A short drive up the hills just out of Ante quera leads to the natural park of El Torcal, an area of curious, impressive Jurassic age limestone formations which are 150 million years old and one of the most impressive karst landscapes in Europe. In the past, the whole area was under the sea. Those feeling energetic may want to hike up the mountain. There are three guided routes: green, orange and red, the latter being the most difficult. Perfect for nature lovers and all types of birds, eagles and even vultures can be seen. Afterwards why not have a refreshing drink and traditional tapas in the restaurant. A few local delicacies include ‘porra Antequer ana’, a cold dish of blended tomatoes and bread served cold with one of their famous ‘molletes,’ delicious soft, white bread rolls, usually eaten for breakfast or ‘merienda’ (high tea). Gazpachuelo is a white soup with fish, garlic, prawns, potato and mayonnaise and for the sweet toothed ‘bienmesabe,’ literally meaning ‘it tastes good to me,’ an ancient dessert of Arabic origin, made with ground almonds, honey, egg yolk and cinnamon. Antequera, being the centre of Andalucia, is easily accessible by car from Malaga, Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada and Cadiz provinces, or by air from airports across both the UK and Spain. The nearest airport is Malaga, just a 45minute drive or just over an hour by train.
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THERE’S a lot of research that prais es the benefits of Pilates, from re ducing the risk of certain illnesses to strengthening muscles and improv ing flexibility. It’s also a gentler workout than most but it can be just as effective, meaning you get all the benefits of exercise without any of the soreness afterwards. According to a study by the Jour nal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Pilates can help ease back ache as those with chronic lower back pain who attended classes for a month experienced more relief than those who went to see a physician or other specialist. This is believed to be because Pi lates strengthens the core, which then alleviates stress on the lower back region. A stronger core also will help to improve your posture and overall sports performance as all the body’s
muscles are connected through the core, so this will make your move ments sharper and help you run faster. It’s also easier on your joints than other workouts as the slow, controlled move ments cause minimal im pact. One of the major benefits of practising Pilates is the won ders it does to your flexibility, which can improve your body’s range of motion and, therefore, your exer cise performance. A study that followed young Brazilian women, without any prior experience, as they attended 20 Pilates ses sions showed they became 19.1 per cent more flexible by the end of the research.
STRONG: Pilates helps to strengthen the core.
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Biggest event of the year IT’S that time of year again where MACS and all our amazing volunteers are preparing and putting the finishing details together for our biggest event of the year… THE BIG MAC 6. It is incredible to be lieve that we are now in our sixth year of running this event, but it contin ues to be made possible from all of the amazing support from our local community and venue. This year the Big Mac 6 will be held once again at the Hostal Rural in Turre on February 9 at 12pm. We are always amazed and grateful for the fan tastic turnout to this event, and it is lovely to see everyone on the day
Lathering in lavender LAVENDER oil is extracted from the flowers of the lavender plant, usually using steam, and is often used in beauty and health products such as aro matherapy oil, lotions and soaps. The essential oil also works well when blended with other essential oils such as pine, cedar wood, geranium and nutmeg. The health benefits of laven der oil have been raved about for centuries. It has the ability to relieve pain, enhance blood cir culation, get rid of nervous ten sion, disinfect the skin, enhance blood circulation, and treat res piratory problems. It also works as an effective bug repellent and has antiin flammatory qualities that help to reduce the irritation if you do get bitten. Lavender oil has been used for centuries to induce sleep and can be used to treat insom nia. Studies on elderly people have revealed their sleep regu larity increases when they place some lavender essential oil on their pillows due to its relaxing impact.
enjoying themselves and having a good time as that is what we hope to do on a day like this. THE BIG MAC is our largest charity event of the year, and due to this it takes many months of planning and organising to ensure that all who at tend enjoy themselves as much as possible and have a dance or two. The event itself would not be possible without the hard work from our fundraising team and vol unteers, and also the mu sicians, bands and dance groups who give their time freely to support the event and to deliver outstanding entertain ment to the general pub lic. Not only do we have live and acoustic music on the day from two sep
arate stages, but we also have many stallholders for our shopaholics out there, and not forgetting our foodies we also have homemade cake, sand wiches, hot dogs, pork rolls, and much more de liciousness to ensure that nobody goes hungry. If the entertainment THE BIG MAC 6: Enjoy music, stalls, lots of food and a tombola with prizes.
and food is still not enough to tempt you, we also have a large tombo la, where you will have a chance to win a flat screen TV. As always MACS are very grateful to our local businesses and individu als who so generously donate prizes for the tombola. The proceeds raised on the day will continue to help our cur rent patients and their families on a daily basis.
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Blonde bombshell Amber and Dan began their relationship in 2017, but have split on numerous occasions. Earlier in the year, it was revealed that Dan had enjoyed a brief fling with mum-of-one Chloe in March.
T OW I E’S Amber Turner brought a touch of E ssex allure to M arbella as she enjoyed a romantic break with boyfriend Dan Edgar. The starlet has been feuding with T OW I E co-star C hloe S ims, ever since it was revealed her beau Dan had been two-timing them. However, the loved-up pair seemed to be in good spirits as they soaked up the sun during the C hristmas break. The blonde beauty enjoyed the good weather as she stunned in a feminine, low-cut top and pink trousers. Brushing off the drama, the good-looking couple only had eyes for each other as they posed for Instagram on Marbella’s seafront. After a rocky year, the pair seemed to have reconciled as they frolicked during the sunset stroll.
FAMOUS RAPPER: Kylie Jenner’s ex, Travis Scott.
Rap royalty SPANISH singer Rosalia recently announced her latest collaboration with one of the most famous rappers in the world Travis Scott. The song, Highest in the Room is a remix of the original version that Scott released last October that went directly to Number 1 on the Billboard charts. The song belongs to JackBoys, a miniLP of remixes featuring heavyweights of hip hop and rap. Last July, she shared a photo with Scott on Instagram that hinted at a possible collaboration. The truth is that the musician, former beau of Kylie Jenner and father of her daughter Stormi, knows Rosalia’s talent well. Both
share a producer, Frank Dukes, considered the ‘King Midas’ of hip hop. Dukes, creator of some of Kanye West and Rihanna’s successes, has worked with Scott on his three studio albums. Rosalia recorded with him two of his hits of the year: Con Altura and A Palé. Hours after the release of Highest in the Room, social networks began to speculate on who will make cameos on the new Rosalia album, planned for 2020. Travis Scott, of course, but also names like Kanye West and Billie Eilish were mentioned. Rosalia closes an impressive year, positioning herself as ‘royalty’ in the music industry.
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ASTONISHING: Be prepared to ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ at the acrobats’ feats. A SPECTACUAR circus is coming this month to Almeria, which promises exciting and unique entertainment for all members of the family. The National Acrobatic Circus of China (Shanghai World Circus) will be performing its latest production in Europe at the provincial capital’s Teatro Cervantes on the night of Thursday January 16 at 9.30pm. This acclaimed company, which has bases on Broadway and in Las Vegas and Branson in the US, attracted packed houses in prestigious
venues around Spain when it toured with its previous production in 2007 and is now doing exactly the same with its new show. The New York Times has described the feats of the company’s contortionists and acrobats as ‘astonishing.’ Not that this should be too much of a sur prise give that most of the 30 Shanghai World Circus artists are former Olympic medallists or previously performed with the internationally famous Cirque du Soleil.
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The Spider in the toaster I SHOW you this picture as a gift from nature to a friend of mine who now has a new website. Could you break up this beautiful home and kill the creature that made it? I have a spider that lives in my toaster and I honestly don’t know how it sur vives. There is no web and it is one of those Spanish jumping varieties that run like Usain Bolt. Three years ago I was driving at night in South East France near the Pyrenees, on a twolane country road when the car ahead slammed on its brakes and jinked right, on the left was a car pulled over with squiffy headlights, and in the middle of the road still kicking, a large wild boar on its side. The car with the squiffy head lights was going to need a tow truck. The car in front of me pulled over and stopped, I cruised onwards into the night with little I could do about anything. Suddenly racing towards me was a convoy of small French vans of all sorts and varying degrees of dilapidation. These were the local hunters sum moned to despatch the wild boar as quickly and humanely as possible before butchering the animal at the road side. A wild boar in that condition is very danger ous indeed. This was the best outcome and the fastest for the situation.
SPIDER’S WEB: Could you break up this beautiful home?
Really city folk should not be judge mental of what goes on in the country, and most city folk would not have the guts to put this unfortunate boar out of
its misery quickly. Even with a gun, if they had one to hand and knew how to take the safety catch off and where to put the bullet. I mention this because of a fool in the UK delighted to post on Facebook how he clubbed a fox to death that was caught in barbed wire. I am no fan of fox hunting for pleasure but I could not club the poor ani mal to death either. I would have got hold of someone with a gun to put it out of its misery as quickly as possible. Some people condemn country life, and those who live it, I think that is quite wrong. City people who think a steak comes wrapped and packaged should think again. A few years ago in the USA a pilot friend who lived opposite a poor family in Florida had an experience too. The moth er regularly left her children to come home from school and sit on the front porch before she might come home to feed them in twothree hours. My friend and his wife started to take the children in and feed them until the mother came home. The children were horrified that burgers came from pigs and cows and nuggets came from chickens. Yes, it did take an animal to die to provide. My spider will live on in the toaster, it does not have to provide for me.
Gurullos, a traditional winter staple A REALLY traditional winter staple in Almeria, ‘gurullos’ is the name given to bits of dough made from hard wheat flour, water, and a pinch of salt, and possibly olive oil and saffron, which form the basis of a number of so-called ‘spoon dishes.’ The origins of gurullos in this part of the world are thought to date back to the period of the Moors, and is a good example of how in a sub sistence economy very simple ingredients can be trans formed into one dish packed with flavour and different nu trients, and which can be eat
PATIENCE: It takes time to prepare home-made gurullos.
en with just a spoon. The homemade version re quires time and patience. After making a manageable consis tency dough and leaving it to stand for half an hour or so, each gurullo has to be made by hand by picking up a little ball of the mass and fashioning it
rather like plasticine between the fingers until it resembles an elongated grain of rice in size and shape. They are then laid on a tray, covered with a cloth and left to dry for 24 hours, or after about an hour they are added to a stew or broth. Gurullos are often combined
with game in the north of the province, especially rabbit, or cuttlefish or octopus in coastal areas; over the border in Mur cia snails are another typical combination with gurullos. Vegetables like onion, tomato and beans may well be thrown in, along with herbs and garlic. Some gurullos stew recipes feature chick peas or potatoes to make them extra filling. Although gurullos are associ ated with the humble lifestyle of a bygone age, the recipe for each family’s particular version of a dish passed on down the generations, they remain a fea ture of menus of some of the province’s most prestigious eateries.
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Tribute to King of Pop A THRILLING tribute to Michael Jackson will be wowing Almeria fans of the King of Pop later this month. Almeria City’s Teatro Cervantes will be the venue for the Jackson Dance Company show ‘Michael’s Legacy’ on the night of Saturday January 18. The show, which has the backing of the Spanish Michael Jackson fan club as one of the best musical spectaculars currently doing the rounds about the late singer and dancer, is billed as a homage to the incredible spectaculars he put on around the world when touring. The show, also promoted as aimed at all ages, features a fabulous selection of Jackson’s hits, both faithful copies and versions with the company’s special interpre tation. The nine singers and dancers really bring to life the unique and unforgettable talent of the man who shone through in every one of his appearances. The company’s Michael Jackson impersonator is uncannily like the great man himself. Not only does he look and sound just like him, he has the incredible ability to perfectly reproduce Jackson’s movements and gestures. The Jackson Dance company has performed in venues around the world and has appeared on Spanish national TV channel Antena 3’s hugely popular programme ‘El Hormiguero.’
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Weather WORK ALBOX and Zurgena, plus Instincion and Fuente Victoria, are together set to receive more than €125,000 in Junta de Andalucia subsidies for addressing the most urgent repairs stemming from or for dealing with the effects of extreme weather. The regional government €40,425 for sorting out inTourism, Regeneration, Jusfrastructure on Calle Arroyo de Fuente Victoria. tice and Local Administration department’s funding Zurgena gets two payments, one of €24,478 and for the Almeria localities is part of a funding block of one of €3,775, to go on more than €1.3 million for cleaning out and improving rain water collection and projects in 20 Andalucia municipalities. drainage on Calle Escocia. “We have a firm commitAlbox is to get €4,636 for repairing infrastructure on ment to the needs of local Calle Almazara. Instincion entities to provide the help gets just short of €54,000 they need,” commented Junta Local Administration to repair damage caused by Almeria delegate Jose Luis torrential rains, and Fuente Victoria will receive Delgado.
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Motorcycle milestone CREDIT: global.honda
SINCE the introduction of the Dream DType in 1949, Honda’s 70th anniversary of motorcycle massproduction marks the compa ny’s 400 millionunit milestone for global motorcycle production. Honda was founded in 1948, and began massproduction of motorcy cles at its first overseas production facility in Belgium in 1963. Since then, Honda has expanded its pro duction globally in accordance with its fundamental principle of produc ing locally where there is demand. Honda currently produces a wide range of motorcycles, from 50cc commuters to 1,800cc models, at 35 facilities in 21 countries. Since its foundation, Honda has developed and provided products that meet the needs of customers in many countries and regions, based on its belief that ‘the purpose of technology is to help people.’ As a result, Honda achieved its 100 millionunit milestone in 1997, and its 300 millionunit milestone in 2014. In 2018, Honda exceeded an annual production of 20 million units for the first time in its history, and enjoys strong support from cus tomers in the Asia region and worldwide. Honda will continue to
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construct its development and pro duction structure to meet rising de mand. And, Honda will strive to re alise its 2030 vision, to serve people worldwide with the ‘joy of expand ing their life’s potential.’ Takahiro Hachigo, Chief Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co Ltd, said: “For 70 years, Honda has provided to customers worldwide motorcy cles that make life easier and en joyable. As a result, we have achieved our 400 millionunit milestone. I am grateful to all of our customers, and everyone involved in de velopment, manufactur ing, sales and service of our products. “We will continue to do our best to provide attractive products that meet the needs and dreams of our customers worldwide.”
1949 DREAM D-TYPE: Honda’s first major motorcycle model, manufactured in Japan.
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ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher THE MercedesBenz brand is mostly associated with sports and luxury models, but many with more modest budgets as pire to own a Mercedes and the entry level model is the A Class, a welldesigned and well equipped family car. Priced from €27,717 (£23,710), the A Class range of fers petrol and diesel engines and manual and automatic transmis sions and even entrylevel SE ver sions come with a generous amount of standard features. One of the popular choices is the entrylevel SE model A180 diesel, which offers outstanding fuel economy, averaging 24.9 kpl (70.6 mpg). Powered by a 1.5 litre 116 hp diesel unit and with sixspeed manual gearbox, this version has a 0100 kph time of 10.6 seconds and top speed of 203 kph (126 mph). Emissions are low at 106 g/km. In a sector which includes stalwarts such as the Volkswa gen Golf and BMW 1 Series, the Mercedes A Class cuts a dash, offering more visual cachet thanks to its sleek styling and a dramatic front end dominated
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classy appearance which helps make you feel you are in some thing that is rather special. The seating is comfortable and sup portive, and there is good occu pant space front and rear. The boot space of 360 litres is ex pandable by folding the rear
seats. Standard equipment includes four powered windows, climate control, satnav, cruise control, reversing sensors, digital radio, Bluetooth and connectivity fea tures, and safety kit includes auto emergency braking, lane depar
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HUERCALOVERA is gearing up for one of the biggest sporting events in the municipal calen dar, the Cochinillo cycle race. Organised by the local coun cil’s Sports department in col laboration with the Indalbike cy cle club, what will be the eighth edition of the event this Sunday January 12, is expected to at tract upandcoming cyclists from around Spain and profes sionals. HuercalOvera mayor Fran cisca Lourdes Fernandez, Sports councillor Alejandro Campos, along with the cycle club presi dent Amador Campos and rep resentatives of the companies sponsoring the race, unveiled the details in a presentation at the town hall. Junior, female and hobby rid ers will set off at 10am and the Kids Series for local children aged from five to 10 years old at 11am. At 11.30am it will be the turn of the Sub 23, Elite, Master
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Gearing up for cycle race
INVITATION: The mayor encouraged local people to come out and watch the race.
30, Master 40 and Master 50. Each category will cover a dif ferent distance on the urban route starting and ending on Avenida Guillermo Reyna and continuing along Avenida Dra Ana Parra and Calle Alamo. The Kids Series will be just one circuit of the urban route, the young promise category 700 metres and beginners 1,500 metres. Juniors will do 19 kilometres, cadets and feminine 29kilometres, and the highest categories will have to cover 16 circuits of the urban route, adding up to 60kilometres. The number of inscriptions is limited to 120, and can be done via the website www.cronomur.es. Registration in the race is free. The mayor encouraged local people to get out and watch the race. “It is without doubt a great occasion for enjoying sport on the streets of our municipality,” she commented.
COSTA ALMERIA NEWS: Tight at the top in last Aguilon Golf competition of the year CREDIT: Aguilon Golf Members Club
THE last Aguilon Golf Mem bers’ Club competition of 2019 proved to be tight at the top, with just a couple of points separating the top eight players in the individual Stableford. Staged on a splendid sunny day, and the course playing long due to the cold air and watered fairways, it was Karyn Esposito who came first with 36 points on a card playoff. Geoff Ashton was second, also on 36 points, and Vic Bee was third with 35 points on a card playoff. Two’s: Denise Adler 14th and Jim Laing 17th.
WINNERS: Karyn Esposito took top spot in the club’s last competition of 2019 and Chris Baker was number one on the leader board in the first competition of the New Year.
The same old faces popped up on the Aguilon Golf leader board in the first competition of the New Year, which again was an individual Stableford. This time Chris Baker was first with 38 points, Dave Simpson scored 37 points on a card playoff to come second. Bernie O’Brien was placed third with 37 points. Two’s: Kevin Manser 12th, Lynne Whibley 17th and Dave Wilson 17th. For further information about the club see the website aguilonmembersclub.com.
LIVERPOOL: Unbeaten in their last 23 home games against Everton.
REDS MARCH ON LIVERPOOL coach Jurgen Klopp made nine changes from the team that beat Sheffield United 20 last Thursday, most notably Takumi Minamino making his debut after his move from Salzburg. Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti did all he could to win the tie making just two alterations, and the Toffees made a flying start at Anfield. Neither side could make a breakthrough in the first 70 minutes, but Jones sent Liverpool fans wild just a minute later. The 18yearold worked a onetwo on the edge of the box with Origi before curling a shot in off the underside of the crossbar, giving Pickford no chance in goal. Everton tried in vain to grab an equaliser and in the end, they were punished for their poor finishing as Liver pool extended their impressive record against them. The Reds are unbeaten in their last 23 home games against Everton in all competitions now as they progress through to the next round.