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Visitors increase A TOTAL of 83,084 visitors made use of the services provided by the Almuñecar tourist offices in 2013, an 11.4 per cent increase year on year.

Fake IDs A WOMAN was arrested in Melilla after trying to board a ferry to Motril with her two sons using fake IDs. The boys, aged six and 10, were taken to La Purisima foster home in Melilla.

First baby MALAGA’S first baby of 2014 was a boy called Sinai, born at 1.35am at Malaga Children’s Hospital, weighing 4.5 kilos.

Don’t go THE president of the Association for the Tourist Promotion of the Axarquia (APTA) has asked VelezMalaga Council to reconsider its decision to leave the association.

Velez-Malaga Council decided to leave at the end of 2013 in order to save €16,000 per year.

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Green light for €165m luxury golf resort A MASSIVE €165-million golf course and 1,000 luxury homes’ project bordering two natural parks has been given the green light.

The Spanish Supreme Court authorised the project in La Coladilla area of Nerja, which had been halted in 2006 by the regional government (Junta de Andalucia).

Back then, the Junta passed the Plan for Urban Development of the Axarquia (POTAX), protecting the land the project was to be built on.

But Nerja Council had already sold the land to

residential and tourist resorts developer MedGroup for €15 million.

Both the council and MedGroup appealed against this decision, but their expectations were not met as the Andalucia High Court backed the Junta in 2010.

Now the project, which comprised the building of an 18-hole golf course, 1,000 luxury villas and a five-star hotel, has been given the go-ahead.

The luxury resort is to be built in La Coladilla, located north of the Nerja Cave and bordering the Tejeda and

Almijara natural parks.

“Justice has spoken and has said Nerja Town

Council was right,” said Mayor Jose Alberto Armijo (pictured).

Anniversary celebrations in Nerja Cave SUNDAY marks the 55th anniversary of the discovery of the Nerja Cave by five local men from Maro.

On January 12, 1959, Francisco Navas Montesinos, Jose Torres Cardenas, brothers Miguel and Manuel Muñoz Zorrilla, and Jose Luis Barbero de Miguel

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discovered the cave by chance when hunting bats.

Now the Nerja Cave Foundation is preparing a series of events to commemorate the date.

Among them is the display of never-before-seen archaeological artefacts from the Nerja Cave

Museum’s collection.

These artefacts have been analysed and classified in the last decade, but were discovered during the first archaeological digs undertaken in the cave.

In addition, free guided visits are offered to Spanish speakers from 1pm to 2pm every day.

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Letters CRUISE SHIP: 28 vessels and 16,800 people visited Motril Port in 2013.

Cruise boost for the Axarquia...

MOTRIL PORT is gradually finding its place in the cruise market.

The port closed 2013 with 16,800 visitors, 36.8 per cent more than the previous year.

And even better figures are expected in 2014 as more than 29,000 visitors will go through Motril Port according to predictions.

A total of 28 cruise ships stopped over at the Costa Tropical port and used it as a base to visit the Alhambra, Alpujarras and Malaga Province in 2013.

“We go upwards year after year and that’s rewarding considering how difficult this market is,” said President of the Motril Port Authority, Angel Diaz Sol.

The turning point in relation to cruise ships for Motril Port was 2011, and ever since the trend has been upwards.

Some 12,344 cruise passengers decided to visit the province on their own last year, whereas the remaining 4,465 paid for excursions, including to the Alhambra and Alpujarras.

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NEWS Stowaways found FIFTEEN minors were arrested at Melilla Port on New Year’s Eve when they tried to stow away aboard a ferry to Motril.

Mobile MOT THE mobile MOT (ITV) unit will be in Nerja from January 27 to 31, as well as on February 3. It will be located at the market site near Avenida de la Constitucion from 10.05am to 2.30pm, and from 4pm to 4.45pm.

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Spray can abortion protest PROTESTERS against the new draft abortion law have targeted the house of the Justice Minister in Nerja with graffiti.

Members of pro-abortion collective ‘Maria del Rosario y sus ovarios’ have painted graffiti on a side wall of the holiday home of Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon. The graffiti depicts what its authors describe

as ‘a rosary in the shape of ovaries’, with an inscription reading ‘Aborto Ruiz-Gallardon’ in a pun on the minister’s name and the Spanish word for abortion.

The self-proclaimed ‘antipatriarchal’ group is protesting against a draft abortion law recently put forward by the government.

The draft substantially modifies the current abortion legislation by establishing just two cases in which having an abortion would not be a criminal offence.

That is, if the woman’s life or physical or mental health are at grave risk during the first 22 weeks of pregnancy, or if the pregnancy is the result of a rape.

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Puppet lecture A LECTURE on the traditional puppet Mr Punch is to take place at the Cultural Centre in Nerja from 6pm on Tuesday.

Entrance is €10. For more information call Christine Sinclair on 952 52 34 57.

Art prize

Scrubland blaze A FIRE in scrubland alarmed residents of the Los Marinos area in Almuñecar on New Year’s Day. The blaze, the origin of which is unknown, was quickly put out by firefighters.

MOTRIL-BASED artist Mikel Heredia has won the bronze medal at the 12th Brazil International Art Competition with a painting inspired by bullfighting.

Settling debts MOTRIL Town Council has paid €500,000 to more than 250 local companies and organisations in order to settle its debts.

PRESSURE group Save Our Homes in Axarquia (SOHA) will hold its annual general meeting on January 22 at the camping restaurant in La Viñuela from 7.30pm.

Less jobless UNEMPLOYMENT in VelezMalaga decreased by 582 people in 2013, Mayor Francisco Delgado Salado has announced.

Handball match

Sporty honour THE Almuñecar Sports Board paid tribute to the best local sportspeople of 2013 in an event at the Casa de la Cultura.

Town budget ALMACHAR’s budget for 2014 will be €2,337,186, the town hall has announced, €28,000 more than last year.

Fire scare A TEENAGE girl was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at her flat in Salobreña. The girl, together with her family, had to spend the night in a hotel as the blaze seriously damaged their home.

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EEKERS of knowledge are celebrating the 13th anniversary of Wikipedia.

The free internet encyclopaedia, supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, was launched on January 15, 2001, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger.

The name comes from ‘Wiki’ (a type of collaborative website/the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning ‘quick’) and encyclopaedia, and it has become the web’s largest and most popular work of general reference, with an estimated 365 million readers.

Volunteers worldwide write Wikipedia’s 30 million articles in 287 languages.

The English Wikipedia alone has more than 4.4 million articles.

Quote of the Week We respect the legal decisions’ The Royal Household, after learning that Judge Castro, who is handling the Noos corruption case, has decided to charge the Infanta Cristina with tax fraud and money laundering. She will be called to testify on March 8.

Wikipedia’s departure from the traditional style of encyclopaedia creation by experts has received extensive attention in the media. It has also become a news source because of how quickly articles are updated.

However, its open nature has led to concerns about the content, as anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles, meaning it can fall victim to pranks, vandalism and inaccuracies.

However, a 2005 investigation in Nature showed that science articles came close to the level of accuracy of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

The Spanish Wikipedia was launched in May 2001 and has 1,067,597 articles. It is the eighth largest Wikipedia for the number of articles and the third most popular Wikipedia for the number of page views.

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per cent of Spaniards and 69 per cent of Britons admit that they have stolen items from hotels, according to a study by Jetcost. Meanwhile, 88 per cent of Danes claim that they have never stolen anything from a hotel.

THE Fernando Hierro sports hall in Velez-Malaga is hosting a handball match between Meridiano from Antequera and Angel Ximenez from Puente Genil (Cordoba) on Saturday.

Entrance is free.

Street facelift NERJA COUNCIL is to replace the storm drainage and sanitary sewer in Calle Iglesia and Calle Tajillo.

Save the castle THE Costa Tropical Association for Sustainable Tourism has asked the regional government to give Salobreña Council more time to repay a €600,000 grant to refurbish the town’s Moorish castle.

And finally...

SPAIN’S first baby of the year 2014 is a boy called Tanai, born at the Joan XXIII University Hospital in Tarragona, who came into the world just after clocks struck midnight, the Catalan Regional Health Service announced on their Twitter account.

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Market plan for site of old bus station A NEW market will open in Velez-Malaga this year.

The council’s town planning department has drawn up a proposal to turn the old bus station at Avenida Vivar Tellez into a market.

The premises will have room for seven fruit and vegetable stalls, 10 fish stalls, six meat stalls, as well as a bakery and a delicatessen shop.

“This project is closely related to the gastronomy and the products of the Axarquia,” explained Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla.

The new market, which has been allocated a budget of €748,430, is planned to open before the summer.

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Solidarity wave sweeps in for needy children NEEDY children in the Axarquia got presents on Three Kings Day thanks to the generosity of local people and organsiations.

The Velez-Malaga branch of charity Cruz Roja (Red Cross) donated more than 1,000 toys to children in Nerja, Torrox, Algarrobo, Competa, Comares, Alfarnatejo, Periana, El Borge, Almachar, Macharaviaya and Moclinejo.

Some 350 families benefited from the solidarity campaign in which more than 10 organisations, including private companies and public bodies, participated.

President of Cruz Roja VelezMalaga, Elias Khoury, thanked all of them for their help with the toys.

He said: “Without them we couldn’t have carried out this charity campaign. We have brought happiness to hundreds of children in the Axarquia.”

Meanwhile, 320 children from 186 needy families in Almuñecar and La Herradura also received presents from the Three Kings.

CHRISTMAS THRILL: Red Cross members prepare the children’s gifts.

This was possible thanks to Almuñecar Town Hall, which launched a similar charity campaign with the co-operation of local businesses. The presents were custom-made lots based on the children’s needs, and included toys, shoes, school supplies and books.

"These are hard times, but once again the residents of Almuñecar and La Herradura have shown their solidarity and made an effort to ensure our children enjoy the festive season,” Councillor for Social Welfare Maria del Carmen Reinoso remarked.

Lucky VelezMalaga THE second prize of the ‘El Niño’ lottery draw left €750,000 in Velez-Malaga.

A lottery outlet in the town sold 10 ‘decimos’ (or the 10th part of a ticket) of the winning number 69632.

In 2011, the same outlet sold another 10 ‘decimos’ of the 2184, third prize of that year’s Christmas lottery draw.

The winning number has brought money to seven out of the eight provinces of Andalucia.

In Almuñecar luck struck the residents of the San Sebastian area. A shop owner bought 10 ‘decimos’ of the second prize, and shared them with family and friends.

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Week of prayer THE Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre has organised a week of prayer for Christian unity to take place from January 17 to 25. For more information visit their website www.luxmundi.org.

Photo setting NERJA is the setting for a photo shoot. The Axarquia town is currently featured in a German fashion catalogue for which pictures were taken last October.

Learn to sing THE Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS) is offering a ‘Sing Harmony in a Day’ course in Almuñecar on February 23. For more information call 958 784 801 or email tropicaltones@gmail.com

Tasty treat MORE than 2,000 portions of ‘roscon de Reyes’ (traditional ringshaped cake) were served free in the streets of Torre del Mar previous to the Three Kings Day parade on January 6.

So close THE Local Police of Salobreña is close to signing an agreement with the town council to improve its internal organisation.

Officers protested in November claiming they were being discriminated against.

Thief caught A DUTCH man, 28, was arrested in Malaga for allegedly stealing a television and a beer tap from a hotel in the city in 2012.

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Extension given to legalise ‘illegal’ homes in Motril MOTRIL Council has extended by six months an amnesty to regularise homes built on nonurban land.

This decision comes after only 70 home owners out of 2,500 illegal homes took advantage of the measure.

The amnesty comes with a tax reduction of 1.4 per cent.

This means that owners, instead of paying 5

per cent of taxes in relation to the value of their home, would only pay 3.6 per cent of it.

The Councillor for Town Planning, Jose Luis Chica, has encouraged Motril residents to take advantage of this amnesty.

“It’s important to see this as an investment, not as an expense,” he said.

These 2,500 houses built in non-urban land face an uncertain situation as they’re

not legal, nor illegal.

The time for judicial action has expired, so although the homes cannot be demolished, they cannot apply to be connected to the electricity, water and sewer networks, leaving them in a legal limbo.

A law passed by the regional government allowed Motril Council, and in fact any council in Andalucia, to legalise these homes under the condition they are more than five years old and they were not built on protected land.

But it seems for the time being owners have taken FINISH LINE: Paragliders flew more interest in getting from Loma del Gato to Velilla information than in beach. legalising their homes.

Councillor Chica stressed Almuñecar Tourism Board. legalising a home is not an Participants this year came option, but an obligation. from Germany, the United Nonetheless, he hopes Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, more people will go to the Russia, Holland, Belgium and town hall to legalise their Spain. homes this year.

Prizes were given to the winners of each category, these being male and female singleseater or two-seater paragliding.

After the awards ceremony held on El Tesorillo beach, the councillor for Sports Luis Aragon pointed out the importance this NEGRO, the latest foursport has for the town as it is of footed recruit to join the “utmost tourist interest.”

Almuñecar Local Police, has proven to be a valuable member to the force.

The sniffer dog has recently helped officers find drugs on three occasions.

In two of them, which took place at the bus station and El Majuelo park, 2.5 grammes of marihuana were seized.

In the last one, Negro found 39 grammes of marihuana in the boot of a PROCESSION: The saint is taken through the streets. car officers were helping Residents and visitors until the early hours of the after it accidentally ran off will continue the festivities morning. the CN 340 road.

120 paragliders in Almuñecar A TOTAL of 120 paragliders from eight different countries flew over Almuñecar during the 2013 Paragliding Festival.

Good weather conditions allowed participants to fly from the morning throughout the afternoon.

The taking-off points were located in the Loma del Gato and the Cerro del Itrabo areas, finishing on Velilla beach.

Each flight took between 15 to 90 minutes, during which the paragliders could enjoy a view of the Costa Tropical from the sky.

The event was organised by the Club Parapente Tropical, and was sponsored by the Sports department together with the

Valuable recruit

A Comares traditional festivity COMARES is to honour French saint Hilary of Poitiers on Sunday.

The festivity goes back to 1442, when the Mozarabs (Christians who lived under Islamic rule in Al-Andalus) revolted against the ruling Muslim community of the town on the anniversary of the saint’s death.

As a way to thank him for his protection, the

Christians decided to name Hilary of Poitiers patron saint of the town.

Celebrations start with a mass and the music of the Balcon de la Axarquia women’s chorus.

After the mass, the saint’s effigy is taken in a procession along the streets of Comares to Plaza Balcon de la Axarquia, where music will be played all day long.

Earth shakes, but no damage caused TWO earthquakes shook the Axarquia village of Iznate days before saying goodbye to 2013.

The first one measured 4.2 on the Richter magnitude scale and had its epicentre at a depth of 68km south east of Iznate.

The second was less intense,

only measuring 2.8 on the Richter magnitude scale. It had the same epicentre as the previous one.

Neither of them caused any damage. These are considered to be normal seismic events in the area.

In fact, the Axarquia and Antequera are earthquake high risk zones according to the Map of Seismic Dangerousness drawn up by the Public Works Minister and the National Geographic Institute.

High magnitude earthquakes

in Malaga province have taken place between 87 and 117 years in average.

The last earthquake that caused serious damage in the Axarquia happened in 1884, with its epicentre located in Arenas del Rey (Granada).

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Clean up plea MOTRIL COUNCIL has urged the owners of unused plots in the town to keep their land clear of rubbish after two fires caused damage in the area last November.

Save school NERJA COUNCIL has asked the regional government to encourage parents to enrol their children in the Fuente del Baden School.

Forty students, of a maximum allowed of 50, are enrolled at the centre this year.

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‘Dangerous’ Jihadist arrested in Malaga A SPANISH national to be a believed dangerous Jihadist has been arrested in Malaga.

Abdeluahib Sadik Mohamed, 28, who is from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa, was arrested at MalagaCosta del Sol Airport when disembarking from a plane from Turkey.

He is believed to have been returning from Syria, where he went in May 2013 to join the training camps of terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a group

DETAINED: Abdeluahib Sadik Mohamed. believed to be part of Al Qaeda.

The group is believed

to be responsible for the abductions of Spanish newspaper El Mundo’s

MALAGA artist Rafael Vertedor Maese is the designer of the poster for the San Anton festivities to be held in Maro, Nerja, on January 16 and 17.

Bins alight POLICE and firefighters have reported that eight rubbish containers were set alight in Malaga City on New Year’s Eve and two vehicles were damaged.

Damage woe THE left-wing Izquierda Unida party in Malaga has warned that the San Telmo aqueduct in the city may have been damaged during work to build a car park.

Copper thefts TWO men have been sentenced to six months each in prison for making a hole in the wall of an old disco in Malaga City with the intention of stealing copper wire from inside the building, in December 2012.

OPTIMISTIC: Retailers hopeful of positive figures for the winter sales.

Spanish to spend more in the sales this year SPANIARDS are expected to spend €3.9 billion in the winter sales, slightly more than last year.

The Spanish Confederation of Commerce (CEC) has said that each person will spend an average of €60 in the sales, which will end on March 7, mainly on clothes.

However, the Independent Users and Consumers Federation (FUCI) estimates an average expenditure of €85 per person. Shops will be offering discounts of between 30 per cent and 50 per cent, coinciding with the first two weeks of the sales, and later increasing the discount to 70 per cent. More traders are optimistic and say that over Christmas, for the first time in years, sales have risen, and that

although they remain cautious, they hope the positive figures will also be seen throughout the sales.

The regions expected to spend the most are Madrid and Valencia, with €100 and €92 per person on average respectively, and the least will probably be spent in the Canary Islands, with €72, according to FUCI. Back in 2007, the average expenditure was around €122. Many people will be waiting for the sales to purchase goods which they can’t afford the rest of the year. Two out of three people say they will purchase items in the sales and most intend to spend more than last year, although 45 per cent intend to set a budget and make a list of items to buy.

correspondent Javier Espinosa, freelance photographer, Ricardo Garcia, and El Periodico de Catalunya envoy Marc Marginedas.

The Spanish Interior Ministry has said that he joined groups in both Syria and Iraq and that he is considered to be ‘very dangerous’.

The security forces had been watching him for months.

They suspect he could have planned terrorist attacks against Spain and recruited other terrorists. He has now been remanded in prison in Madrid.

He is married, with two daughters aged three and four, and his family said he ‘regretted’ going to Syria and ‘just wanted to return to Spain’.

He has always worked in the building trade but had been unemployed for several months.

They had reported him missing in May 2013, and said he was influenced by a terrorist network dismantled in Ceuta in June 2013, when eight people were arrested.

The group recruited Islamists and sent 50 Jihadists to Syria to carry out attacks and suicide missions.

NEWS Student told to leave Malaga THE Foreigners’ Department has refused to prolong the stay of a Moroccan woman who wants to study in Malaga.

She arrived in Malaga eight years ago on a student visa and studied first at Granada then at Malaga University. Her visa was renewed each year and she requested another renewal in order to take a Professional Training (FP) qualification in Malaga.

However, Malaga’s Government SubDelegate refused to renew the visa and asked her to leave the country because they considered they had insufficient proof to confirm that she was studying and not working.

A lawyer has appealed against the decision, as the young woman has integrated in Spain, has a partner in Malaga and has never received state grants.

However, the Foreigners' Department explained that as she was starting a new course, she should have requested a new visa from the consulate rather than attempting to extend the one she already had.

Robbery ‘joke’ lands teenager in a cell A MAN, 18, was arrested in Malaga for a violent robbery in which the Chinese owner of a shop, 44, was injured.

He reportedly entered the bazaar and shouted: “This is a hold-up.” The owner confronted him and forced him to leave the premises, but they began fighting.

Thanks to witnesses, the youth was identified and

located, as he had just entered a police station to make a complaint. He told the police he had entered the shop to ‘play a joke’ on the owner, pretending to carry a gun and saying it was a robbery.

He spent the night in a cell, and the shopkeeper was taken to Malaga University Hospital where he needed stitches to his lips.

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STAT OF WEEK SALES of second-hand cars rose by 6.5 per cent last year to 1,680,000 vehicles, representing 49 per cent of the national market. Sixteen per cent were deals between private owners.

Flocking to the city Old meets new in heart of Madrid SOME Madrid streets are trails originally used for herding sheep to winter and summer pastures.

Periodically they regain their original use as during the Transhumance Fiesta last year, when flocks were driven along the Calle de Alcala. The sheep, photographed in front of a Tommy Mel’s restaurant, were

chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one of the most memorable photos in 2013.

The juxtaposition of Spain’s past and present economy in the Andres Kudacki/ Associated Press photograph would not have been lost on the New York paper.

Time was when the Honoured Council of the Mesta was the only commercial

The allure of FCC attracts big name SPAIN’S FCC has attracted new suitors.

George Soros, the Hungarian-born American magnate, investor and chairman of the Soros Fund Management hedge fund, now owns 3 per of the company.

He reputedly paid around €72.39 million and now owns the third-largest individual FCC holding.

Soros follows Microsoft founder Bill Gates who acquired a 6 per cent FCC holding for approximately €110 million last October.

The rise and fall of FCC followed the same pattern as Spain’s property boom-and-bust economy. Forty per cent of FCC’s revenue from construction, infrastructure and services comes from Spain itself

and both have had a difficult year.

The group was badly affected by the burst property bubble through its real estate company Realia, jointly owned with Caja Madrid.

Realia succeeded last September in avoiding a creditors’ meeting, the customary prelude to bankruptcy proceedings.

Instead it pulled off an €847 million refinancing deal, now reduced to €792 million thanks to BBVA, Santander and CaixaBank, although ‘bad bank’ Sareb also took on part of the Realia debt.

Despite FCC’s problems, Gates and Soros are now shareholders.

Money talks, it is said, but their actions speak louder than words about the future.

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On-piste EXPERTS recommended properties in Spanish ski resorts as a good investment. Rented by the week during the ski season, they bring a 5.5 per cent gross return.

Rail lay-off RAILWAY infrastructure operator Adif and the CCOO and UGT unions reached agreement over voluntary redundancies for 2 per cent of staff.

The 250 employees will receive 20 days’ gross salary per year worked.

Better times are ahead SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has predicted that 2014 will be the year of economic recovery for the country.

He said that a strengthening economy will help reduce dole queues. He added at a news conference: “If 2012 was the year of cutbacks, 2013 was the year of reforms, then 2014 will be the year

of the start of economic recovery in our country. We have seen a clear change in the situation.”

He was backed by figures from the Bank of Spain which showed that a tentative improvement in the economy as the country dragged itself out of recession had carried on into the final part of 2013.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Sheep trot past a Tommy Mel’s. concern with which a well-born Spanish gentleman would allegedly sully his hands.

This powerful association of sheep

farmers in central Spain created in 1273 was one of the most important guilds in mediaeval Europe.

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2.7M 2.8M 20.8M 4.2M 5.2M 4.3M 34.2M 3.7M 11.8M 29.4M 3.0M 11.2M 31.8M 4.1M 7.5M 17.6M 5.0M 9.9M 43.6M 3.0M 24.0M 7.2M 11.0M 1.8M 3.0M 3.4M 16.1M 2.1M 7.3M 6.8M

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NET VOLUME 647.36 1,325.10 54.46 246.02 37.58 84.71 2,686.60

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$ 2.56 $ 2.08 $ 2.27 $ 6.81 $ 6.63 $ 2.01 $ 46.32 $ 7.10 $9 $ 9.56 $ 31.01

0.721 / +39.21% 0.23 / +12.43% 0.24 / +11.82% 0.68 / +11.09% 0.64 / +10.68% 0.19 / +10.44% 3.91 / +9.22% 0.55 / +8.40% 0.67 / +8.04% 0.70 / +7.90% 2.21 / +7.67%

$ 11.59 $ 17.28 $ 20.22 $ 4.38 $ 51.26 $ 12.07 $ 8.06 $ 18.77 $ 10.93 $ 22.33 $ 2.22

2.98 / -20.45% 4.07 / -19.06% 2.77 / -12.05% 0.50 / -10.25% 5.48 / -9.66% 1.22 / -9.18% 0.74 / -8.41% 1.67 / -8.17% 0.97 / -8.15% 1.95 / -8.03% 0.19 / -7.88%

Most Advanced Origin Agritech Limited USA Technologies, Inc. Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. Exelixis, Inc. Jiayuan.com International Ltd. Life Partners Holdings Inc Verint Systems Inc. PRGX Global, Inc. Pacer International, Inc. Flamel Technologies S.A. RetailMeNot, Inc.

Most Declined Brightcove Inc. Select Comfort Corporation VisionChina Media, Inc. Intermolecular, Inc. First Solar, Inc. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. PMFG, Inc. Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. American Independence Corp.

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Coca-Cola HBC AG 1756.00 Compass Group PLC 965.00 CRH PLC 1580.00 Diageo PLC 1984.00 easyJet PLC 1577.50 Experian PLC 1116.50 Fresnillo PLC 722.25 G4S PLC 252.65 GKN PLC 379.30 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1622.50 Glencore Xstrata PLC 306.20 Hammerson PLC 500.25 Hargreaves Lansdown 1465.50 HSBC Holdings PLC 666.85 IMI PLC 1543.50 Imperial Tobacco Group 2337.00 InterContinental Hotels . 1995.50 International Conslidtd ... 415.95 Intertek Group PLC 3105.50 ITV PLC 199.10 Johnson Matthey PLC 3270.50 Kingfisher PLC 390.15 Land Securities Group 970.75 Legal & General Group 229.15 Lloyds Banking Group 81.40 London Stock Exchange 1731.00 Marks & Spencer Group 446.35 Meggitt PLC 533.50 Melrose Industries PLC 301.20 Mondi PLC 1018.00 National Grid PLC 784.00 Next PLC 6192.50 Old Mutual PLC 192.00 Pearson PLC 1321.00 Persimmon PLC 1289.50 Petrofac Ltd 1225.00 Prudential PLC 1344.00 Randgold Resources Ltd 3775.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 4724.50 Reed Elsevier PLC 902.75 Resolution Ltd 350.10 REXAM PLC 513.25 Rio Tinto PLC 3229.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings 1279.00 Royal Bank of Scotland 346.95 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2260.50 Royal Mail PLC 566.75 RSA Insurance Group PLC 97.70 SABMiller PLC 3040.75 Sage Group (The) PLC 392.65 Sainsbury (J) PLC 366.25 Schroders PLC 2632.50 Severn Trent PLC 1661.50 Shire PLC 2859.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 862.75 Smiths Group PLC 1474.00 Sports Direct Interntnl... 745.75 SSE PLC 1359.50 Standard Chartered PLC 1322.00 Standard Life PLC 363.85 Tate & Lyle PLC 795.00 Tesco PLC 333.07 Travis Perkins PLC 1885.00 TUI Travel PLC 411.90 Tullow Oil PLC 848.25 Unilever PLC 2450.00 United Utilities Group 671.50 Vodafone Group PLC 237.72 Weir Group PLC 2092.00 Whitbread PLC 3781.50 William Hill PLC 405.20 Wm Morrison Suprmrkts 252.65 Wolseley PLC 3439.50 WPP PLC 1366.00

CHANGE 3.00 2.50 0.00 7.00 -19.00 -4.00 -13.00 -2.00 0.58 5.50 -0.05 0.00 -25.00 6.80 -7.00 -10.00 7.00 2.00 -8.00 1.40 2.00 -1.40 10.00 3.20 1.30 -14.00 6.10 -1.50 -1.20 2.00 -1.36 20.00 2.20 2.30 -1.00 -6.43 6.00 -11.00 -29.00 -0.50 0.30 -2.50 -37.50 -9.72 2.70 3.50 -5.50 -0.20 14.50 -2.70 -1.60 9.00 -44.32 15.00 -4.55 4.00 5.95 0.00 -8.50 3.90 3.00 0.90 -11.00 -3.50 1.50 9.00 -1.50 1.95 0.00 -6.00 1.60 -3.00 -3.00 5.00

% C H G. 0.17 0.26 0.00 0.35 -1.19 -0.36 -1.77 -0.79 0.15 0.34 -0.02 0.00 -1.68 1.03 -0.45 -0.43 0.35 0.48 -0.26 0.71 0.06 -0.36 1.04 1.42 1.62 -0.80 1.39 -0.28 -0.40 0.20 -0.17 0.32 1.16 0.17 -0.08 -0.52 0.45 -0.29 -0.61 -0.06 0.09 -0.48 -1.15 -0.75 0.78 0.16 -0.96 -0.20 0.48 -0.68 -0.44 0.34 -2.60 0.53 -0.52 0.27 0.80 0.00 -0.64 1.08 0.38 0.27 -0.58 -0.84 0.18 0.37 -0.22 0.83 0.00 -0.16 0.40 -1.17 -0.09 0.37

VOLUME 30.23 739.00 276.43 420.50 284.14 104.76 171.35 802.21 296.07 610.91 4,141.23 426.73 175.91 5,252.57 118.28 232.58 83.72 1,196.05 17.43 751.48 19.47 661.91 287.26 2,777.36 38,583.62 59.06 1,041.89 39.53 124.39 156.95 445.64 90.19 1,012.47 129.27 113.24 151.09 356.40 51.56 232.13 255.11 305.42 168.40 965.17 403.79 1,233.59 603.89 211.70 5,089.23 179.09 191.24 3,625.64 29.13 308.42 172.29 153.38 57.78 113.54 230.35 967.59 762.75 272.76 3,308.34 82.39 465.17 172.71 203.52 234.21 6,460.37 92.86 120.99 1,574.93 1,768.85 53.89 320.15

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

UK economy finally gaining momentum AFTER lagging behind the eurozone and USA economically since the financial crisis, the UK economy finally generated some momentum in the last two quarters of 2013.

Strong growth was driven by the return of the British consumer to the UK high street after a long period of household deleveraging.

At least in the near term consumers are once again spending money aided in part by a very strong housing market, particularly in London. Britain’s manufacturing and service sectors also showed improvement driven by an easing of credit conditions and a lower pound earlier in the year.

Continued low interest rates from the Bank of England and a commitment to keep them on hold until unemployment is below 7 per cent has aided an overall improvement.

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The Pound has mirrored the improving economic picture in the UK and is the best performing currency across the major pairs in the last six months. Against the Euro Sterling has risen 4 per cent and against the Dollar it is up 10 per cent since July.

Across the eurozone things continue to slowly improve. The European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates and is much more dovish in tone, following other central banks in announcing forward guidance of interest rates over the next few years.

That is positive for the Euro in the longer term, however, it is the current relative speeds of

POUND: Best performing currency in the last six months. recovery that matter for currencies and the UK is simply growing at a faster rate than the eurozone as a whole. That trend is likely to continue at least for the first quarter of 2014.

Looking further ahead, both Ireland and Spain exiting formal bailout programmes is a very positive step. Key to both countries’ progress has been

breaking the negative feedback loop between a country’s overall solvency and that of its banking system. The ECB must be applauded in doing this with its OMT programme.

Germany remains the key country within the Euro. German elections passed without major upheaval, with Angela Merkel remaining in power.

The key to how long the PIGS take to return to growth remains the willingness of Germany to adjust, which looks as far away as ever. We can expect several more years of pain across southern Europe before growth returns.

What the long term scars of this policy will be in terms of longterm unemployment and lost growth potential is unclear, but it is unlikely to be positive.

2014 is set to be the year that the highly accommodative monetary policy in place across the western world starts to be wound down. Interest rates are likely to rise, only gradually at first but expectations of higher rates tend to be reflected quickly in prices. How consumers and business cope with higher rates will be the main theme in 2014 and will be a major driver of the value of the Pound, Euro and Dollar over the coming months.

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Renfe gets some speed up DEMAND for Spain’s AVE high speed train increased by 20.94 per cent over the last 10 months.

Rail operator Renfe has had a record year, one of its best ever, the ministry of Public Works announced. Twenty-five million passengers used the AVE and intercity trains between February and the end of December, according to ministry figures.

Demand for both trains increased by 13.4 per cent and 20.9 per cent for the AVE alone.

Most of Spain’s transport systems have seen a

RECORD YEAR: Renfe Passengers’ director Alberto Garcia congratulates Felix Rodriguez, who brought numbers up to 25 million. drop in passengers but reversing the tendency of recent years, this has not affected rail travel.

Increased use has remained steady since Renfe introduced a sales policy based on ‘dynamic

tariffs’ and generalised discounts for the AVE and long distance trains, said minister Ana Pastor.

Canal threat

Sales up

THE consortium building a third set of locks on the Panama Canal, led by Spanish company Sacyr, has threatened to down tools over huge cost over runs.

It wants the Panama Canal Authority to pay more after the price tag ballooned by 50 per cent from an initial €2.27 billion.

NEW car registrations in Spain rose 3.3 per cent in 2013. Sales in December were 18.2 per cent higher than the same month in 2012. Total new car registrations were 722,703 in 2013 compared to 699,549 in 2012.

Bank bailout exit is praised SPAIN has been congratulated for exiting a European bank bailout programme having used less than half the money available to it.

The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) financial assistance programme for Spain expired with the Spanish government making a successful exit. Since the programme started in December 2012, the ESM had lent a total of €41.3 billion to the Spanish government for the recapitalisation of the country’s banking sector. Originally up to €100 billion had been made available. Spain will not request any follow-up assistance from the ESM. Klaus Regling, Managing Director of the ESM, said: “Spain’s exit after one year is an impressive success story. Our financial assistance programme has proven instrumental in recapitalising and restructuring Spain’s troubled banks, which are today on a sound footing.

Despite the challenges ahead I am confident that the ESM’s support, combined with structural reforms, will allow the Spanish economy to achieve stability and sustainable growth.”

ESM financial assistance was provided in the form of debt securities to FROB, the bank recapitalisation fund of the Spanish government, and then channelled to the financial institutions concerned to be paid back over an average 12-and-a-half years.

The financial assistance in Spain was the first programme carried out by the ESM.

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The unwanted Christmas gift dilemma Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

IT may be all smiles and delight on Christmas morning, but in every household there are always a few insincere ‘thank yous’ also vocalised, as gifts that weren’t on any wish list suddenly stare up at you from torn wrapping paper.

Be it a crazy Christmas jumper from Grandma, a DVD from Uncle Bob that you’ve already downloaded or a toaster from Mum, the big question is: how do you get rid of unwanted presents?

If you are too embarrassed to ask for the receipt, there really is no point just hiding the unwanted gifts in a drawer in the hope that one day a use will be found for them, just try to return them.

By law, shops don’t have to entertain your unwanted gift if you don’t have the receipt, but as it’s the holiday season and we should be spreading joy and goodwill to all, many retailers will do a direct swap for another similarly priced item. To better your chances of a return or an

DIY tariff THE government plans to hold monthly power auctions to determine the price of electricity. This month’s bills will rise by 2.3 per cent instead of the planned 11 per cent.

Fraud fight THE Ministry of Labour will pay private consultants to set up guidelines for fighting ‘irregular employment’ and Social Security fraud. Tenders have been invited for €5 million or less.

Jobless fall NOT ON WISH LIST: A jazzy festive jumper. exchange just make sure that the tags are in place and that there are no Christmas turkey crumbs on the unwanted jumper!

Remember, even if a particular present doesn’t appeal to you, there are many people out there in this world who will pay good money for such items. One man’s rubbish is another man’s treasure.

So why not try to sell unwanted presents online?

Check out websites like eBay or Amazon and see if you can transform an unwanted gift into a few euros.

Remember that there are also specialist websites which look for particular items, like electronic devices.

If all this sounds like too much hassle as Christmas holidays are a time for relaxing and watching movies in a comfortable armchair,

then why not give the unwanted presents away to someone who wants and deserves them.

Many charities collect unwanted gifts and use them to brighten up the days of sick children and other needy people.

You might not get a financial reward for just giving stuff away but you will receive a jolly good feeling in your heart that you made someone else’s Christmas!

Good news at factory gates THERE was good news for the Spanish economy as manufacturing output bounced back from a dip in November to post a rise last month.

The Spanish manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) saw an improvement in operating conditions in December as output and new orders rebounded from a fall in November.

But employment and purchasing activity were reduced further. Input cost inflation remained relatively muted, but firms raised their output prices at a solid pace which was the strongest since May 2011.

The seasonally adjusted Markit PMI - a composite indicator designed to measure the performance of the manufacturing

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economy - moved back above the 50.0 no-change mark in December, posting 50.8 following a reading of 48.6 in November. Modest improvements in operating conditions have been recorded in four of the past five months.

Commenting on the data, Andrew Harker, senior economist at Markit and author of the report, said: “The return to growth of the Spanish manufacturing sector at the end of 2013 was a positive sign, largely as it allayed fears that the decline seen in November heralded the start of a new downturn.

Rises in output and new orders lay a platform that firms will hope to build on during the new year should tentative improvements in client demand strengthen.”

Manufacturing output increased in December following a fall in the previous month. Moreover, the rate of expansion was solid and the fastest since March 2011. Growth was sharpest at intermediate goods firms, while consumer and investment goods producers also raised output.

Increased production was supported by a rise in new business, which also rebounded from a fall in November.

Meanwhile, new export orders increased solidly, albeit at a reduced pace.

Growth in production outpaced that of new orders in December, and panellists linked this to a fall in backlogs of work.

Outstanding business has decreased in four of the

DOLE queues shrank by 107,570 to 4.7 million people out of work in December. The 2.2 per cent fall was the second biggest for the month since records began, Labour Ministry figures show.

Unbelievers A SURVEY by El Mundo newspaper shows that 71 per cent of Spaniards do not believe Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s assertion that the economic recovery will start this year.

Most think the country will have to wait until 2015 before things get better.

Prices edge up

NISSAN: Spanish factory helped manufacturing output figures. past five months.

Manufacturers continued to reduce their workforces during the month, although the rate of job shedding eased to the slowest in six months.

Purchasing activity also decreased at a weaker pace, but firms still lowered their input buying for the second month running.

Some panellists reported having lowered purchasing activity as part of attempts to reduce stocks.

Pre-production inventories declined markedly in December, and at the sharpest pace since September. The rate of depletion of stocks of finished goods also quickened. Respondents indicated that the delivery of products to clients had contributed to lower postproduction inventories.

Although manufacturing cost inflation rose slightly in December, it remained modest.

SPAIN’S annual inflation rate rose to 0.3 per cent in December. In October prices had actually fallen for the first time since 2009, the year in which the economy shrank by 3.7 per cent.

Gloomy stats ACCORDING to consultancy agency Rentrak, Spanish cinema earnings plunged to €508 million in 2013 from €606 million in 2012, down 16 per cent. A hike in IVA tax to 21 per cent from 8 per cent is thought to be largely to blame as 13 million fewer tickets were sold.

OPINION & COMMENT

Season of goodwill, not greed...

IT was lovely to see whole families out on the streets on the evening of January 5 to watch the Three Kings parades.

However, what I think should be discouraged is the greed demonstrated by those catching sweets, not only children, but also adults. Twenty-five years ago when we first started going to the parades in Spain, children would be happy to catch a few sweets and those who didn’t would often be handed some by others who had been luckier.

Nowadays, they carry bags and umbrellas to attempt to catch more; there is no sharing and I have even seen adults squabbling over a boiled sweet which one was quicker to pick up off the floor.

Some parents have very little control over their children and do nothing to keep them from misbehaving or putting themselves in danger. It’s a miracle that there are not more children lost or injured on a night which should be joyous for the little ones.

Janis Jamieson, Benalmadena (Malaga)

Help needed IT was surprising to read the letter from Pedro Rodriguez from Benalmadena (Malaga) in last week’s Issue 1487.

He commented about how many local Spanish businesses had closed down but noticed that those which were open were managed - and supported - by British people and felt there was a lesson to be learned by Spanish people.

Whilst I do not like to generalise, I agree with him that some Spaniards do not do enough to support their local cafés and bars. Often when out walking in Benalmadena, I see Spanish couples and families sitting on public benches eating their own food and drinking their own drink, when within just a few feet of them are comfortable and inviting Spanish bars.

I appreciate that times are hard but if each of these ‘self-

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I WAS walking in Paloma Park, Benalmadena, on New Year’s Eve when I saw this couple. They were busy building a nest in the warm sunshine but took time out to pose just like expectant parents do!

By Dave Richards (By email) caterers’ just went in once a week and bought a coffee or a beer, I’m sure it would make a big difference to local trade.

In the long-run, this would benefit all as a lively café scene is always a big draw to potential tourists, who I am sure would be happy to while away a few hours and spend some cash as they lap up the local atmosphere.

P C Mellars, Benalmadena (Malaga)

Pay the price RE Leapy Lee’s article ‘Arrogant Warlords forget Raj is over’ (Issue 1486).

While I entirely agree that the Afghan engagement was doomed from the outset, it is much too complicated a situation, especially a whopping 12 years in, to simply say that we ‘start looking after ourselves’ by withdrawing all foreign aid in order to ‘let these people sort out their own problems’.

That approach is entirely too elementary for a complex international dilemma with serious implications for

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Afghanistan’s people and its neighbours too, among whom are strong western allies.

I fear the international community is doomed to bear the consequences of its abysmally poor choices since 2001, a price that will slowly and painfully be paid through indefinite engagement.

In Afghanistan there is no resolution of the conflict, only its management.

This bleak assessment is unfortunately shared by top international conflict resolution experts in both developed and developing countries.

Francesca Leky, Alhaurin de la Torre (Malaga)

Too right...

COULDN’T agree more wholeheartedly with Leapy Lee’s article.

Once again he has hit the nail right on the head!

What a terrible and tragic total loss of lives, money and time wasted on Iraq and Afghanistan under the once again noble ideal of ‘bringing democracy’ to the masses!

When will we ever learn? And what the UK has suffered goes in spades for the US thanks to the likes of Bush, Cheney and his cronies. Time to stay home and take care of our own problems: ‘Charity Begins at Home’.

Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

Watch out!

I WOULD like to inform your readers not to be complacent when shopping during the sales.

My wife and I went to La Zenia Boulevard, Orihuela, to do some shopping. We first went to Media Markt to buy

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some electrical goods. We purchased three items, decided to put them in the boot of our car before returning to another store to buy some clothing.

When we returned to the car park, we noticed that the rear car door window had been smashed and the three electrical items stolen from the boot. We had obviously been spotted by undesirables loitering in the car park.

So do not be complacent while shopping at La Zenia Boulevard, and don’t do your shopping in two or more goes.

Don’t let your guard down.

When you get back to your car go home and complete your shopping on another day.

If you are offered a cheap microwave oven, electric kettle or Brita water filter in the pub tonight, beware they might be my stolen items.

Happy New Year to you all!

Peter Row, San Miguel de Salinas (Alicante)

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Not only can they be used to teach grammar, but also to start interesting debates with my students.

In addition, they get to see their reality from a different point of view, something that certainly widens their horizons and helps them become better citizens.

My students particularly enjoy controversial topics such as the new abortion law, although they also like to read about charity events in the province.

I would definitely recommend any English teacher out there, and anyone interested in learning English, to have a go and use your newspaper as teaching material.

Thanks again, Euro Weekly News Team, and happy New Year!

Robert Williams, Almeria

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An insult to our intelligence LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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HAT on earth was that arrogant, selfimportant, complete pain in the butt, Keith Vaz thinking of when he elected to greet Eastern Europeans immigrants at Heathrow?

What an insult to our intelligence to expect us to perceive this as anything more than a cynical publicity stunt, which actually backfired by showing us all what a pompous, publicity-seeking idiot he is.

Perhaps he could be given the job of shaking hands with the hordes who will be pouring into the UK over the next few years.

At least it would keep him out of everyone else’s hair for a bit. Why not allow him to host a vast welcome party in Hyde Park, for example? Well, it would be conveniently close to where most

OUTFLOW: Immigrants will drain UK coffers. of ’em will be dossing down!

They could arrange a lucky dip for social security numbers. Hand out computers so they can Skype loved ones back home. How to claim benefits’ guides could be handed out, housing lists, jobs bingo, food vouchers, ‘Pick a Doctor’ stalls. The list is endless.

And to top it all the chance for the BBC to send half of their interviewing force to hear all their hard-luck stories.

I did also wonder in the light of

this wonderful open border policy, just how many British, or indeed French or Germans, landed in Bulgaria or Romania this week to take advantage of the opportunities on offer there.

Give us a break! This is once again slashing open another vast wound in the UK’s torso, through which to haemorrhage money. If half the 200,000 expected this year manage to send money back to their families, even at the conservative estimate of some

£400 a month, this amounts to £40 million a month or £480 million a year.

Add to this the child benefits they can claim for dependants in these countries and you’re looking at untold millions pouring out of the British coffers.

It’s a joke. A cruel joke on the UK populace. The lily-livered politicians in their, up to now, non-immigrant impregnated country retreats should be ashamed of themselves. But they won’t be, will they? Nothing will be done until a few years’ time when they find them actually camping on their own doorsteps.

When that happens watch ’em all rush to emigrate themselves.

The rats will leave the sinking ship in droves. And they won’t be bound for the EU, that’s fer sure.

Watch out Maldives and the likes of the Caribbean, the UK ‘fat cat’ immigrants are coming! I dunno, I really do despair of it all.

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

LEAPY LETTERS In Issue 1486, Leapy called for a halt to military intervention in foreign countries by our ‘arrogant warlord’ politicians…

Don’t get it LEAPY’s article should be posted in the most frequented place in the Palace of Westminster, the Members Bar. Every bloke down the pub has been expressing the selfsame opinion for years.

How come those dummies don’t get it?

David Harris (By email)

No winners I FEEL UK politicians entered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with the best of motives. But, it led to suffering and loss of life. No one has been a winner, except the extremists, the opposite of what was intended.

P Lawson (By email)

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CH4/ 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Supersize v Superskinny 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm What Happens in Sunny Beach...

ITV2/ 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Orange County 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm Fake Reaction 11:50pm Forgetting Sarah Marshall

BBC2/ 5:15pm The Great British Winter 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Great British Garden Revival 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Kangaroo Dundee 10:00pm Italy Unpacked 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV/ 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Britain's Best Bakery 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Piers Morgan's Life Stories 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Americans

CH4/ 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm David Blaine

ITV2/ 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Orange County 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin

11:10am Sunday •Daniel Craig •Judi Dench •Javier Bardem •Ralph Fiennes •Naomie Harris

Saturday

Skyfall (Film, 2012) Veteran MI6 agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) is off the map. After dropping seemingly to his death on a failed mission, his presumed demise leaves the job of boss M (Judi Dench) on the line.

Back in London, her tenure is scrutinised further when a bomb decimates the MI6 building, forcing their operation underground.

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4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Songs of Praise 5:35pm Dolphins: Spy in the Pod 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm Antiques Roadshow 9:30pm Sherlock 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm BBC London News

BBC2/ 5:30pm Darts 7:00pm Flog It! 8:00pm Nature's Weirdest Events 9:00pm Dad's Army 9:30pm Morecambe and Wise in Pieces 10:30pm QI XL 11:15pm Burke and Hare

ITV/ 4:55pm Show Me the Telly 5:55pm ITV News London 6:05pm ITV News and Weather 6:20pm Ice Age: The Meltdown 8:00pm Splash!

9:30pm Take Me Out 10:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:45pm ITV News and Weather

CH4/ 5:05pm Channel 4 News 5:35pm Come Dine with Me 6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:40pm Come Dine with Me 7:10pm Come Dine with Me 7:45pm Come Dine with Me 8:15pm Crocodile Dundee 10:00pm Hostages 11:00pm Wanted

ITV2/ 5:30pm You've Been Framed!

6:00pm You've Been Framed!

6:30pm You've Been Framed!

7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm Evan Almighty 9:30pm Tomorrow Never Dies 11:50pm The Magaluf Weekender

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6:00pm Ski Sunday 6:45pm Darts 9:00pm The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve 10:00pm Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow 11:00pm Let Me in

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Great British Garden Revival 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 10:30pm Sacred Wonders of Britain 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV/

ITV/

4:50pm All Star Mr and Mrs 5:50pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 6:50pm ITV News London 7:00pm ITV News and Weather 7:15pm Dancing on Ice 8:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 9:30pm Dancing on Ice 10:00pm All New It'll be Alright on the Night's Best of the Worst 11:00pm ITV News and Weather

5:00pm Britain's Best Bakery 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm The Bletchley Circle 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

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CH4/ 4:00pm The Simpsons 4:30pm 27 Dresses 6:40pm Deal or No Deal 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 9:00pm Speed with Guy Martin 10:00pm Fast Five

ITV2/ 4:30pm Step Up 6:45pm The Incredible Hulk 9:00pm You've Been Framed! Top 100 Holidays 10:00pm The Magaluf Weekender 11:00pm The Butterfly Effect

CH4/ 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dogs: Their Secret Lives 10:00pm Benefits Street 11:00pm Dave: Loan Ranger

ITV2/ 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Orange County 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Sweetest Thing

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Wednesday

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4:00pm Perfection 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Motorway Cops

4:00pm Perfection 4:45pm Escape to the Country 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 EastEnders 9:30pm Waterloo Road 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm A Question of Sport

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BBC2/

12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Great British Garden Revival 9:00pm The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 10:00pm Wild Brazil 11:00pm House Of Fools 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Masters Snooker Highlights

ITV/ 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Britain's Best Bakery 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm River Monsters 9:00pm Weight Loss Ward 10:00pm Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Sports Life Stories

CH4/ 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm The Taste 11:00pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 11:55pm The Undateables

ITV2/ 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Orange County 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Tomorrow Never Dies

12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Nature's Weirdest Events 9:00pm The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 10:00pm Wild Brazil 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV/ 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Britain's Best Bakery 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show

CH4/ 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Restoration Man 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Finding Mum and Dad

ITV2/ 4:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:10pm The Real Housewives of Orange County 6:05pm The Millionaire Matchmaker 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm The Magaluf Weekender

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) In this your birthday month, your mind is positively buzzing with ideas. There has been so much progress in your personal life during the past year that it is hard to believe. However, you are capable of being very dynamic and single-minded.

7-Star Quiz

1. Capellini, fusilli, vermicelli and ziti are all varieties of what?

2. Dolmades (or dolmas) are Greek and Turkish delicacies in which ingredients such as spiced rice, meat, and bread are wrapped in what?

3. If food is described as ‘en brochette’, how would it be served?

4. The hot appetiser known as ‘angels on horseback’ consists of what wrapped in bacon and served on toast?

5. What is the name of the Russian pancake made of buckwheat flour and yeast and usually served with caviar and sour cream?

6. Which adjective used to describe food, typically pasta, cooked so as to be still firm when bitten, comes from the Italian for ‘to the tooth’?

7. Which popular breaded cutlet dish of boneless chicken breast pounded and rolled around cold garlic butter with herbs, then breaded and either fried or baked, is named after a city in Ukraine?

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keeping up the activity level physically is really in your best interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment. Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person.

Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because they could be time-consuming and disruptive.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy. Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position.

LIBRA

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

(September 24 October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends.

SCORPIO (October 24 November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue.

Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off.

Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any.

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

TARGET:

Average: 15

Very good: 27

Good: 19

Excellent: 34

acne, acre, arco, cane, care, cave, ciao, coin, coir, cone, core, corn, cove, cran, icon, narc, nice, once, orca, race, rice, vice, acorn, cairn, caner, canoe, carer, carve, caver, ceria, corer, coven, cover, crane, crave, crier, crone, crore, erica, nacre, narco, nicer, ocean, racer, recon, ricer, vicar, voice, carven, carver, cavern, coiner, cornea, corner, corrie, craven, craver, novice, racier, rancor, voicer, carrion, cornier, corvine, veronica, CARNIVORE

Word Ladder LENS

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Move from the start word (LENS) to the end word (HOOD) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

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exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the 'big picture' may have faded into the background.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health.

Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There are moments of boundless energy which really

FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD

urge you to 'get up and go'. Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had.

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Ana Rosa Quintana, born January 12, 1956.

Quintana is a Spanish journalist and TV host. She started her career in the Spanish National Radio (RNE) as an intern, to eventually become one of the most influential journalists in Spain. In 2000 she published her first novel ʻSabor a Hielʼ (A Taste of Bile), which was withdrawn from bookshops.

HOOD

FOOD HOOD

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Don't chance your plans being disrupted by ill health. Get any problems sorted out now even if you think they are 'nothing'. When you are feeling good it is easy to take that for granted.

Your Stars

IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: The fact that you are so at home working in a group is indicative of your cooperative nature.

Capitalise on this by applying your people skills to your work. In a busy world, relaxation counts.

LENS LEND FEND FOND

CAPRICORN (December 22 January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything.

1. PASTA, 2. VINE or CABBAGE LEAVES, 3. ON A SKEWER, 4.OYSTERS, 5. BLINI (also called BLINTCHIK or BLINTZ), 6. AL DENTE, 7. CHICKEN KIEV

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Cryptic Across 1 Kind of felt dead flat (8) 5 Within a week I lost weight (4) 9 Odd trinkets containing uranium (7) 10 Find praise in next oldest (5) 11 Pious person isnʼt a problem (5) 12 At last, you and me hit grassy clump (7) 13 Norwegian artist going around one German city (6) 15 A politician in retreatʼs wet (6) 18 Marines prepared for meeting (7) 20 An opening, so itʼs said, for love (5) 22 Found in any long fabric` (5) 23 Iced liquid? Could be great eclair (7) 24 ʻYou are really naughtyʼ starts the story (4) 25 Trek less confusing for flighty hunters (8) Down 1 Birds not welcomed by cricketers (5) 2 Rocky French region is unfamiliar (7) 3 Float about on high (5) 4 Substitute some keepers at zoo (6) 6 Musical passage will return in a fortnight (5) 7 Waterproof items made in kilos (7) 8 Worshippers, I assume, embracing Iran formerly (6)

Quick

13 Strong work may be wrecked by my arson (7) 14 Find acne in dogs (6) 16 Guarantee that the motorway is in plain English (7) 17 British villain has an Irish accent (6)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 20 represents Q and 24 represents T, so fill in Q every time the figure 20 appears and T every time the figure 24 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.

19 Grinder found in Alamo larch tree (5) 20 A degree gets short measure in the back (5) 21 Most pearls are kept by the nobility (5)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Cilla, 4 Dahlias, 7 Deacons, 8 Rosie, 10 Maine, 11 Refutes, 12 Egret, 14 Plots, 19 Observe, 21 Chafe, 22 Slang, 23 Ordeals, 24 Amended, 25 Talon.

Down: 2 Leading, 3 Alone, 4 Desert, 5 Harmful, 6 Inset, 7 Dame, 9 Ease, 13 Enraged, 15 Travail, 16 Cons, 17 Record, 18 Jets, 20 Snare, 21 Cadet.

QUICK Across: 1 Scrape, 4 Bites, 9 Climate, 10 Snail, 11 Ewer, 12 Definite, 14 Stated, 16 Recent, 19 Superior, 20 Taxi, 23 Climb, 24 Illness, 25 Other, 26 Costly.

Down: 1 Secrets, 2 Raise, 3 Peak, 5 Inspired, 6 Examine, 7 Level, 8 Glue, 13 Terrible, 15 Appoint, 17 Thirsty, 18 Movie, 19 Sect, 21 Alert, 22 Also.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Cachorros, 6 Agria, 7 Cerca, 13 Roads, 14 Agree, 15 Bracelets.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Funagram

Down: 1 Cual, 2 Cerilla, 3 Ojal, 4 Race, 5 Abad, 8 Referee, 9 Cruz, 10 Isla, 11 Gate, 12 Beds.

Play on Words

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

Across 1 Friend (5) 3 Salsa (5) 5 Comer (3) 7 Tarde (últimas horas) (7) 9 Verdadero (4) 10 Ambos (4) 13 Cloudy (sky, day, weather) (7) 14 Sun (3) 15 Seven (5) 16 Toads (5) Down 1 Olives (9) 2 To smell (4) 3 Cobertizo (para animales, herramientas) (4) 4 Cáscaras de huevo (9) 6 Pulgar (5) 8 Ídolos (5) 11 OK (4) 12 Leños (4)

Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (MUSCLE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ADDICT

NEATER

BEHAVE

RASCAL

BODIES

REVEAL

BUREAU

STATUE

DILATE

STRAND

ELAPSE

SWERVE

ESTATE

TRACER

FIXATE

TURRET

IDEATE

WARMTH

MUSCLE (10)

Unscramble the name of an English professional rugby union team (two words): POLAND SNOWS

WALLON

Answers: Allin-one, Black box

Unscramble the name of a famous period drama television series (two words): NEW TO BOY BAND

Across 1 Strategy (6) 4 Relating to vision (5) 8 Ancient artefact (5) 9 Associate (7) 10 Approve of (7) 11 Drill a hole (4) 12/18 Solidified carbon dioxide (3,3) 14 Song of praise (4) 15 Catch sight of (4) 18 See 12 21 On one occasion (4) 23 Provide commentary (7) 25 Small flute (7) 26 Awkward (5) 27 Prepared (5) 28 Disregard (6) Down 1 Partition (6) 2 Vacation (7) 3 Tubular pasta (8) 4 Monster (4) 5 Latin American dance (5) 6 Brass instrument (6) 7 Velocity (5) 13 Longing for (8) 16 Inert medication (7) 17 Barrel maker (6) 19 Take pleasure in (5) 20 Having a light touch (6) 22 Hot drink (5) 24 Duplicate (4)

BOX

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Nearby, 2 Carter, 3 Railed, 4 Darted, 5 Talked, 6 Asters, 7 Belted, 8 Kisses, 9 Reeled, 10 Bested, 11 Rivers, 12 Steeds, 13 Enters, 14 Tested, 15 Resent, 16 Desert, 17 Settle, 18 Estate, 19 Tramps

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: LONDON WASPS, DOWNTON ABBEY

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Is processed honey real?

CONCERNED nutritionists are asking what can be considered ‘real’ honey and what cannot, a question at the heart of the raw versus processed honey debate.

If honey is defined as the product bees actually produce, a US study showed that RAW HONEY: more than Retains all three-fourths pollen. of the honey sold in US grocery stores cannot be called honey because the pollen is filtered out.

The World Health Organisation and others warn that without pollen, it is impossible to determine the product’s origin, making it impossible to verify if

the honey came from safe, legitimate sources.

Processed honey is falsified by mixing it with glucose syrup, inverted sugar solutions and water, along with dye, flavours and other enhancers.

Raw honey, on the other hand, is not heat-treated and purified, meaning it retains all pollen with its enzymes and antioxidants, affording it the lauded antibacterial properties.

Even so, manuka is the only honey that is widely acknowledged for proven medicinal benefits.

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ADRID will become the food capital of the world during the 2014 MadridFusion International Culinary Summit, to be held at the end of January.

More than 100 international chefs will meet in the Spanish capital under the slogan ‘The inspiration is in the street.’

Eating out will be discussed in talks, demonstrations, master classes, tastings and lectures.

The spotlight will turn on big cities (Istanbul, Bangkok, Lima, Washington, Tokyo, New York and Paris) as well as medium-sized ones (Bruges, Gerona andAgrigento), all serving as inspiration to chefs.

From January 27 to 29 experts will discuss young and promising chefs, culinary creativity and city restaurants.

Chef Andoni Aduriz and neuroscientists Luis Castellanos and Adrian David Cheok will talk about new food sensations in the ‘always connected’ cities of the 21st century.

The team from elBulliFoundation, under the supervision of molecular gastronomy chef Ferran Adria, will pose 50 questions to challenge the way of understanding cuisine in a lecture to be broadcast also in New York.

Spanish gastronomy will have a special place in Saborea España (Taste Spain), a conference within the conference to showcase and pay tribute the Spanish cuisine and its most renowned chefs.

Parallel to MadridFusion, more than 100 wine-related companies will display their

EATING OUT: Will be discussed in talks, demonstrations and tastings. products at EnoFusion, Madrid’s wine fair.

2014 wine calendar THIS year is a must for wine amateurs in Spain. More than 40 wine-related meetings, including contests and tastings, will take place in 2014.

These events are marked in the 2014 Wine Contest Calendar, recently published in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE).

The wine calendar has information provided by the public bodies in charge of organising these events.

In the calendar, all the information related to the event is available.

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Colour of the year for 2014 GLOBAL colour authority Pantone has chosen a tone of purple as colour of the year for 2014.

Their 18-3224 Radiant Orchid has been elected to ‘intrigue the eye and spark the imagination,’ the New Jersey-based company claims.

“An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm,” said executive director of the Pantone Color Institute Leatrice Eiseman.

The colour is already making its way onto the

red carpet, with fashion designers including Emerson by Jackie FraserSwan, Juicy Couture and Yoana Baraschi incorporating it into their spring collections.

Radiant Orchid will also be the colour for 2014 in make-up.

The purple hue is said to enliven the skin, and gives a seductive look when combined with red.

PURPLE HUE: Making its way onto the red carpet.

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Excessive spicy snacks could be harmful to young children AS spicy snacks like extra hot nachos get more popular, doctors are warning of the possible ill effects they can have on children when eaten to excess.

Doctors claim that some snacks are starting to send children to A&E. The damage happens with inflammation of the stomach lining which can cause severe

abdominal pain. Dr Martha Rivera of White Memorial Medical Centre in Los Angeles speaks of kids unknowingly being “set up for ulcerations, erosions and… peptic ulcer disease.”

Gastritis is another common outcome, one associated with bloating and vomiting. Despite the health risks, these kinds of snacks appeal to children due to their addictive nature.

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Husky horror

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl, Maddison, needed 80 stitches after she was set upon when she went to stroke the family pet just before she was taken to bed.

The husky called Zeus jumped forward and bit the toddler on the cheek. Maddison was taken to hospital where she underwent a two-hour operation. The stepfather refused to have the dog put down, stating: “Zeus is like a child to me and there is no point.”

More than 200,000 people a year are estimated to be bitten by dogs in England, with the annual cost to the NHS of treating injuries about £3 million (€3.61 million). More than 6,400 people a year are admitted to hospital in the UK for micro-surgery to life-changing injuries caused by dogs.

One in six of these victims is under 10.

Half the children in the world are bitten by a dog before the age of 12.

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Anyone who has a dog irrespective of breed and however well-behaved should never leave a child with a dog without supervision.

From my research I have found that more often than not a child will play with a dog, by pulling the tail, ear, leg or pinching, poking fingers in the dog’s eyes or down the dog’s ear.

Many generally are found to be teasing the animal. All dogs need space and I emphasise breed has no importance.

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replacing these snacks with tasty but healthier alternatives in order to protect their children

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CINNAMON: Comes from the aromatic inner bark of ‘Cinnamomum’ trees.

Health benefits of cinnamon sticks OH, the smell of cinnamon simmering in a hot drink or baking in the oven… few aromas are more inviting and raise the spirits more, while also providing health benefits.

Research at the University of Toronto has found cinnamon consumption to significantly reduce blood pressure in certain diabetic and pre-diabetic patients. Since cinnamon aids glucose control by enhancing the effectiveness of insulin, it also seems the household spice has a beneficial impact on blood-sugar levels. Traditionally, cinnamon has been widely used in Indian ayurvedic medicine.

The now-common spice comes from the aromatic inner bark of several trees within the Cinnamomum genus. Its Spanish name canela is derived from the Latin cannella, meaning ‘small tube’, based on how it curls up while it dries.

Cinnamon is good for oral health as well, killing bacteria associated with gum disease.

Perhaps the Sri Lankan custom of using cinnamon sticks as toothpicks might catch on here too?

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ACCORDING to the Study of Burglaries in Spain carried out by Línea Directa’s Home Insurance Division, which analysed the official data on burglaries in Spanish homes in the last six years and the opinion of 1,500 home-owners throughout Spain, the number of burglaries has increased as a result of the crisis. In spite of this, the insurer’s sources show that ‘only 43 per cent of houses are insured.’

Burglaries are a concern for many people. In fact, over 90 per cent of the home-owners taking part in the survey thought the law needed to be strengthened in order to prevent this type of crime, for which the punishment is a prison sentence of up to five years.

Furthermore, almost 40 per cent of victims consider that reporting burglaries to the police has little or no effect, and almost 45 per cent believe the work carried out by the State Security Forces in their investigations has been a failure. In fact, according to the Ministry of the Interior’s own data, although the number of people arrested for burglary has increased by 123 per cent since 2007, only 11 per cent of cases recorded last year were solved.

The most common type of burglary is committed in family homes (such as detached houses) at the weekend and in broad daylight.

The most common methods used are: breaking in through windows (40 per cent), removing locks (19.2 per

cent) or the so-called ‘slide method’ (14 per cent), which involves opening the door with an X-ray or credit card.

The cost is considerable: the average cost of homes burgled last year reached €732, a figure which is particularly significant in times of crisis. As for the objects which are stolen, money (64 per cent), jewellery (57 per cent) and electronic devices (54 per cent) are the ones most sought after by burglars.

Most burglaries in Levante, fewest inland With the aim of analysing the real scope of burglaries in homes in Spain, Línea Directa has compared the Ministry of the Interior’s data from its official crime figures with the total number of homes in our country, which currently stands at around 26 million.

This analysis reveals that homes in the Community of Valencia, Baleares and Murcia are burgled the most, while those in Asturias, Extremadura and Castile and León are where the number of burglaries recorded is the lowest.

According to Francisco Valencia, Director of Corporate Governance in Línea Directa: “Analysing the data from the report, it is remarkable that around 11 million Spanish homes are still uninsured and another four million do not have any type of security measure installed.

“As a result, it is very important to increase safety measures and include theft cover when taking out home insurance, especially taking into account that the home is still the main investment for Spanish people.”

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A look to the future with the new MINI THE new MINI John Cooper Works Concept offers a look ahead to the next generation of the elite sports model.

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The John Cooper Works model is the result of an overall concept developed on the back of the brand’s many years of motor sport experience.

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Skiing on Costa del Sol ? It’s snow joke!

UNKNOWN to many, Andalucia is home to the Sierra Nevada Ski Resort of Pradallono.

At only an hour’s drive from the coast, this is one of the only places on Earth where it really is possible to sunbathe on the beach and ski in the mountains on the same day.

With a season running from December until May the resort has a fantastic snow record yet enjoys plenty of sunshine. Make no mistake, Sierra Nevada is a first-rate ski resort. It has more than 100

FIRST-RATE: Sierra Nevada Ski Resort. kilometres of pistes, and in 1996 held the Men’s World Championship

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Sunday) finished an impressive 14th.

And it is possible with a tour package to enjoy a day on the slopes with all you need to ski for as little as €99 a person.

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