Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 27 December 2018 - 2 January 2019 Issue 1747

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ISSUE NO. 1747

27 Dec 2018 - 2 Jan 2019

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

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NEWS EXTRA Red Cross help MEMBERS of the Red Cross and Local Police in Denia were called following a head-on collision between a car and moped on the Avenida Trenc d’Alba roundabout.

The moped driver was taken to Denia Hospital.

Ferry party BALEARIA, the company who runs ferry services to the Balearic Islands, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a large dinner and party. The event, held in Balearia Port attracted more than 300 people.

Knife arrest TWO young Colombians were arrested in the popular bars and clubs area around Alicante port after allegedly attacking two others with knives. They then threw the weapons into the sea.

RIGHTS: UK citizens will be able to choose their local Spanish and British councillors.

British to get local vote

by Darren Parmenter THE UK and Spanish governments are on the verge of signing a bilateral treaty which will give UK citizens living in the country the continued right to vote in municipal elections.

According to reports in the Spanish media, there are more than 280,000 British nationals living in Spain and more than 115,000 Spaniards in the UK, and the deal must be formally ratified by both countries’ parliaments

once the agreement has been signed by officials in Madrid and London.

The bilateral agreement has been necessary, as if there is agreement on the transition period, UK citizens in Spain will preserve most of their rights intact until December 2020, but this didn’t extend to voting in the municipal elections.

However, and to prove the keenness of both countries to get the deal into law before May, despite the official ratification prob-

ably not being taken through their respective parliaments in time, the Spanish Foreign Office is considering allowing the agreement to take effect as soon as it is signed.

But there is one added feature to this particular draft deal: UK citizens will not only be able to vote in local polls, but also be elected to office.

This additional right recognises the fact that there are already 37 British nationals who are working as elected councillors in several Spanish municipalities.

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Stabbed after row A WOMAN, 34, is in a critical condition after allegedly being stabbed by her partner.

The 39-year-old has been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the victim in Calle Venzuela, Benidorm, at 3.30am last Thursday morning.

According to reports, a neighbour heard screams in the street, and when he looked out of the window, he saw a woman lying ‘bleeding on the floor,’ with the suspect stood nearby.

As he was calling emergency services, a National Police officer happened to be passing by, and found the victim with a ‘knife wound to the chest’.

She apparently told the officer her partner had stabbed her after an argument, and when police searched the couple’s home there was blood and bottles of alcohol in the living room.

The suspect was arrested and the woman remains in the district hospital of Marina Baixa,Villajoyosa.

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Clean drains

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BENISSA Council has launched a campaign aimed at stopping people from flushing wet wipes and sanitary towels down the toilet. This comes after drains became badly blocked in a number of different places across the municipality, as well as the items ending up polluting the sea.

Big spending THE President of the Alicante Provincial Council, Cesar Sanchez, has confirmed that the Valencian Government has invested €4.7 million in Benissa since 2015, despite suggestions to the contrary. In addition, the Alicante Council has also subsidised the municipality to the tune of €1.5 million in the same period.

Bike success MORE than 800 people of all ages to o k p a r t i n t h e Villajoyosa ‘Day of the Bike’ which aimed to bring together cyclists from across the municipality to promote the bicycle as an important means of transport.

Regular cyclists joined families on the 10-kilometre route.

New health AFTER 10 years of waiting, the people of Pedreguer will finally get their new heath centre. The Valencian Government has allocated €200,000 for the project for 2019 which will go towards the tendering process, and part of reversing the private management of Marina Alta health services.

Villa plans CAMPELLO’S Environmental Commission will be meeting again shortly to address a number of alleged irregularities relating to a project to build two luxury villas in the nearby district of Coveta Fuma. Opposition parties on the council have raised their concerns on the environmental impact of the plans.

Church works FINESTRAT Council will be spending €50,000 on a programme of works to repair and reform the San Bartolome Parish Church. Opened in 1752, the building will experience a thorough cleaning and also some safety problems detected with the subsoil in the crypts will be resolved.

DANCE OFF: The Fiesta Mayor de Verdiales takes place in Malaga Province.

Song and dance THIS photograph of two dancers in full swing was taken at the Andalucia annual Fiesta Mayor de Verd ia le s co mp e tition w hic h ta ke s place tomorrow (Friday) this year.

The contest, held near Malaga City, pits musicians, singers and dancers from local villages against one another as they attempt to win over judges who decide the winner.

T h e c o mp e tito r s a re know n a s ‘pandas’.

The festival takes its name from the Verdiales style of dance which

is believed to have originated in the Los Verdiales region north of Malaga City. It is characterised by its ‘fa nda ngo a le gre ’ (ha ppy) moves.

The style began life as a traditiona l folk da nc e be fore be ing gradually brought into the flamenco family. The name itself comes from the Latin words for green and flourishing.

The contest sees 25 groups compete in three categories: Almogia, Montes and Comares. Each group

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Fire defence plan IN the wake of a spate of destructive forest fires in and around Costa Blanca North, Javea Council has reinforced its resources and invested in a dozen portable water cannons.

Some €21,895 has been spent on 12 portable ‘Sideinfo’ portable guns that can be used to extinguish blazes in ‘out-of-the-way’ places, with the water being taken from nearby swimming pools.

This equipment can be quickly put into operation, and Councillor Pepa

Gisbert has announced that a training session will shortly be held so that members of the Civil Protection Volunteers can learn how to operate the water cannons.

This isn’t the only investment in the safety and security being carried out in Javea. The council has recently received a subsidy of €128,000 towards the purchase of a vehicle that helps in clean-up operations after forest fires to prevent further incidents.

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is made up of about 20 performers.

One dance is performed with a solo lead dancer while another sees a pair dancing together. There is another dance which features three performers. The contest is also known for lively rehearsals practised by performers between the official dances.

The Spanish government awarded the festival Cultural Interest status in 2010.

This year’s Verdiales will be the 56th edition of the event.

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Rise in MS cases ACCORDING to recent estimates by the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN), close to 2,000 people across the Alicante Province suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS)... a number that has doubled in the past 20 years.

The figures show the majority of those affected are women between the ages of 20 and 40 and is the second cause of disability in young people. Across Spain as a whole, there are around 47,000 people affected by the condition;

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70 per cent being women.

Speaking about the report, Angel Perez, a neurologist at the Alicante General Hospital said the noticeable trend in the cases involving women “seems to repeat itself throughout the Mediterranean without knowing the causes as to why.”

Some of the reasons for the increase in cases of MS are being put down to lifestyle factors such as changes in diet, smoking and exposure to sunlight.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1746 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 159 local stories.

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Franco burial appeal

by Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from the family of former dictator Francisco Franco to halt preparations for the proposed exhuming of his remains.

The court’s ContentiousAdministrative Chamber, ruled that the appeal over Franco’s remains moving from the Valley of the Fallen should not be heard. The appeal was dismissed because exhumation procedures remain incomplete, according to court sources.

The Franco family had appealed to the court to stop moves towards the exhumation while outstanding legal issues including the former dictator’s final resting place are dealt with.

The seven grandchildren of Franco have been locked in legal wrangling over his ex-

EXHUMATION: The government wants to remove Franco’s remains. humation after the Council of Ministers approved the plans in November.

The family want him to be buried in a crypt in Madrid’s La Almudena Cathedral while the government opposes this

over concerns it could become a far-right pilgrimage site.

Government sources said they were preparing a decree against the plans. Efforts to deal with the exhumation

plans in parliament have stumbled recently due to opposition from the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and the centrist Ciudadanos.

The Valley of the Fallen, near Madrid, is controversial due to housing Franco’s remains and the fact it was built by forced labour from political prisoners.

In Cataluña, Barcelona City Council has passed a motion calling for Spain to ban a group which promotes Franco’s legacy.

Deputy Mayor Jaume Asens said the motion on the Francisco Franco Foundation was passed over concerns the group’s existence violated Spain’s Historical Memory Laws and human rights.

The Foundation claims its existence is permitted under free speech laws and does nothing illegal.

Lady of the lens dies SPAIN’S first female photojournalist, Joana Biarnes, who exclusively covered the Beatles’ tour of Barcelona in 1965, has died due to ‘health complications.’

Joana Biarnes, 83, first achieved professional recognition in 1962 for her extensive reports on the devastating floods in her birthplace, Terrassa, which claimed the lives of hundreds of people.

She went on to specialise in the portraits of numerous personalities, includ-

ing Salvador Dali, Orson Welles, Lola Flores and Roman Polanski, before retiring in 1985.

Paying tribute on Twitter, Photographic Social Vision, a foundation which represents photojournalists, said: “Joana left us due to a sudden complication of her health.

She was a woman fighter, kind, coherent, humble, generous, intelligent, with values and principles, fair, respectful. We have all lost a great friend and photographer.”

IN THE PICTURE: Joana Biarnes spent a lifetime the other side of the camera (inset).

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Sailors killed at sea THREE fishermen died and six survivors were rescued after their boat sank in rough seas, four miles south of Cape Fisterra in A Coruña.

A 10th crew member of The Sin Querer 2 vessel, based in Portonovo, Sanxenxo, was missing at the time of going to press.

Tw o s a i l o r s w h o were in the area managed to pull the survivors to safety after they had jumped into the water in auxiliary rafts.

They were transferred to the ports of Fisterra and Muro.

Salvamento Martim o ’s n a t i o n a l c o - o r dination centre in Madrid deployed two helicopters, Salvamar Regulus and Helimer 401, and the crews recovered the three corpses from t h e s e a b e f o re b e g i n ning the search for the missing fishermen.

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PEACE SHATTERED: Sleepy Benahavis was rocked by an explosion, with a suspect captured on CCTV (inset).

Arrests made after explosion FOUR men have been arrested in Marbella and Malmö (Sweden) accused of attempting to blow up a Costa del Sol villa and an industrial warehouse in a drug trafficking related ‘settling of accounts’.

The men have been charged with illicit possession of explosives, homicide, belonging to a criminal organisation, damages and forgery of a public document.

Operation Mudhika-Latvia, was a Guardia Civil and National Police joint-run project, to capture those responsible for the gang-related violence. The Swedish police were also instrumental in capturing two of the alleged assailants.

On October 10, two bombs were detonated in a house in a residential area in Benahavis, and on an industrial estate in San Pedro de Alcantara.

The explosions caused great alarm to members of the public, and caused significant material damage, according to the Guardia Civil.

A torched vehicle was located shortly after the explosions in Nagüeles, Marbella.

Fitted with false licence plates, the vehicle had been registered as stolen several years ago in Belgium.

Police in Spain allege that the detainees are members of a top criminal organisation

with an operation stretching over several European countries, including Spain.

Police in Sweden linked the explosions to similar occurrences in Scandinavia, incidents involving the aforementioned criminal organisation and similar explosive materials.

The international police investigation now claims to have uncovered the identities of several members of the organisation.

Four house searches have since taken place, three in Sweden and one in Spain, during which the police seized bulletproof vests and anti-explosive vests.

THE European Commission’s envoy to Spain has welcomed the possibility that there might be a boost to voter turnout in EU parliamentary elections scheduled for this coming May. Ioannis Virvilis said EU officials expected a higher number of people to vote due to bloc elections taking place the same day as local and regional ballots.

“Something which citizens sometimes don’t realise is

that we have to elect the European Parliament because it will decide if there will be more money for the Common Agricultural Policy, for security or to meet the challenge of migration,” Virivillis said.

Virivillis added that EU was hoping for turnouts of up to 70 per cent when voters go to the polls on Sunday May 26, 2019. The turnout in Spain at the last EU elections in 2019 was 43.8 per cent.

Index table CATALUÑA ranks fourth in the Regional Competitiveness Index of Spain for the second year running.

The table is the result of the analysis of seven ‘competitive axes’ - economic environment, labour market, human capital, institutional environment, basic infrastructures, business efficiency and innovation.

The Index was published by the Council of Economists of Spain and places Andalucia, Extremadura, Canarias, Castilla La Mancha and Balearic Islands at the opposite end of the scale.

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British Airways to turn Spanish?

BRITISH AIRWAYS may up its roots in Britain and move its operations to Spain should the UK leave the European Union without securing a deal, according to the Spanish

media.

In the event of a no-deal Brexit, it is claimed the International Airline Group (IAG) will fail to meet EU ownership standards, due to having

too many British shareholders, and will be unable to operate.

As a result IAG, the group which owns the airline, has reportedly entered talks with

the Spanish government to make preliminary plans for the move.

According to the European Union’s ‘Open Skies Agreement,’ 50 per cent of an airline’s shareholders must be EU residents in order for the airline to operate.

Once Britain leaves the European Union, IAG is expected to fall below these requirements and fail to make the threshold.

Experts have recommended that the group breaks itself up or buys out British shareholders in order to maintain its status and operation rights.

IAG is based in London but is registered in Madrid. The group also owns Spain’s Iberia and Ireland’s Aer Lingus.

British politician and Labour deputy leader Tom Watson tweeted ‘Spanish Airways’ as the news broke in

the UK. Labour MP Mary Creagh added: ‘British Airways, the UK’s national flag carrier bails out of Brexit Britain.’

IAG are yet to officially comment on the speculation.

However, the group has gone on record to say: ‘Even if there is no Brexit deal, both the EU and UK have said they will put an agreement in place which allows flights to continue.’

BRITISH AIRWAYS: May up its roots in Britain.

No threat

A DUTCH man who was arrested in Salou on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack was later found to be ‘struggling with mental health problems.’

The 29-year-old, known as Khalid M, was detained as a result of his ‘disorderly behaviour.’

He had written ‘incomprehensible symbols’

on the mirror of his hotel room in Vilasec and later reportedly stood screaming ‘incoherent things about his mother’ in front of a police station.

Officers arrested him a few kilometres away where he was found sitting barefoot in his car at a petrol station. A psychiatrist was called in to assess the ‘suspect’ who is ‘not known to be a jihadist.’

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ISLAND GETAWAY: The estate in Lanzarote will allow Sanchez to unwind in luxury.

Sanchez seeks island paradise SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will spend his Christmas holiday with his family in a palace in La Mareta, Lanzarote.

The grandiose estate was donated by King Felipe to the National Heritage Trust in 2015, to promote tourism.

It had originally been given to former King Juan Carlos as a gift from King Hussein II of Jordan in 1989, and is now also used for diplomatic meetings.

The palace sits in luxurious grounds of 30,900 sqm designed by the architect and artist Cesar Manrique, and with direct access to the sea.

It reproduces the traditional architecture of the Canary Islands, of colonial style, with white walls and numerous balconies.

The complex consists of 10 bungalows, three swimming pools, a gym, tennis court, basketball court and a 10,000 sqm garden.

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Royal portrait SPAIN’S parliament has commissioned a new portrait of King Felipe costing €88,000, for a room in the Congress of Deputies which already features pictures of the king and queen.

The Congress’ Bureau, made up of representatives from Spain’s main political parties, approved plans for the painting last week. Representatives from the leftist Podemos party voted against the plans.

It is set to be painted by Hernan Cortes, 65, from Cadiz, who is considered one of the country’s leading portrait artists.

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National park call A CONSERVATION NGO has called on the UN to take Spain to task on what it alleges is the country’s failure to prevent the exploitation of a national park.

The World Wildlife Fund

(WWF) has accused Spain’s Climate Change Ministry and the Junta de Andalucia regional authority of failing to comply with conservation rules for the Doñana National Park.

The WWF claimed both authorities had allowed water and gas extraction, mining and the dredging of the Guadalquivir River at the site in western Andalucia.

The natural space was becoming ‘threatened’ as a result, WWF said.

Juan Carlos del Olmo, of WWF Spain, said: “UNESCO must hold Spain responsible for mistreating our

common heritage.”

It comes as Spain sent a report to the UN’s UNESCO body in early December outlining steps it was taking towards protecting the park.

The WWF said these were declarations of intent and not legally binding.

It has also said it will spend millions on monitoring inland waterways in Doñana and in other Spanish rivers.

The Doñana National Park covers an area of 543 square kilometres. It is home to thousands of animals and bird species, some of which are endangered.

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Demand for autumn election THE president of CastillaLa Mancha, Em i l i ano Garcia-Page, has suggested to the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, i n a m eet i ng hel d t hi s week that he should call a general election in autumn 2019 if the national budgets do not get approved next year.

With Sanchez leading a

minority PSOE government with just 85 of the 350 seat s, t hi s i s a potential scenario without support from other parties.

According to reports, bot h m en had a ‘ ver y frank, sincere and cordial’ meeting in Madrid which l ast ed f or m or e t han an hour.

River death

NATURE CALL: The WWF has called for action on the Doñana National Park.

A FEMALE motorist died after her car left the road and overturned in a nearby river in Abegondo.

A passenger travelling with the victim managed to escape from the car, but the deceased was trapped inside, and Betanzos firefighters had to pull her body free last Wednesday morning. The survivor was transferred to the University Clinical Hospital of A Coruña.

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Out of work MORE than a quarter of people with disabilities in Spain were unemployed in 2017, 2 per cent less than the previous year. But the figure (26.2) is still 9 per cent higher than for those without disabilities, which stands at 17.1 per cent, according to the National Institute of Statistics. Last year there were 1.8 million people with disabilities of working age (16 to 64), of which 651,700 had jobs.

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Human rights violations THE European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg condemned Spain nine times this year for human rights violations, including for free speech and fair trial violations.

The cases which went before the ECHR this year included that of the trial of Arnaldo Otegi and the treatment of protesters who torched images of the royal family.

Rights International Spain featured a tally of the cases in this year’s annual Balance of Human Rights in Spain report. The group said there had been no improvement in Spain this year.

“The high number of Spanish human rights cases in the ECHR, is striking.

“The cases seem to indicate that Spain shows a certain level of reluctance regarding an effective protection of some rights related to political dissent,” the group said.

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CONDEMNED: ECHR rulings included one of the burning of photos of Spain’s royal family in 2007. said earlier this year it was committed to protecting and promoting human rights in Spain and internationally.

The case of Arnaldo Otegi saw the ECHR condemn Spain for denying him and others a fair and impartial trial.

Otegi was sentenced to 11

years in prison over links to the Basque nationalist ETA terror group. His sentence was later cut to six years by Spain’s Supreme Court.

The ECHR ruled on Stern Taulats and Roura Capellera, who were each fined €2,700 for burning pictures of the royal family during a demon-

stration in Cataluña’s Girona Province. The court found the fines violated their right to free expression.

Other cases included a ruling that supermarket owners breached workers’ rights to privacy by installing hidden security cameras to monitor them.

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EWN vindicated as case is thrown out A CASE against publisher of the Euro Weekly News Michel Euesden has been thrown out of court after a j u d g e d e c i d e d it h ad n o merit.

Marco Baiardo - publisher of The Weekender Newspaper - had gone to court after a social media exchange in which Mrs Euesden had defended the integrity of her family and business following a series of highly personal and offensive posts made by Baiardo.

These followed a business deal gone sour in which Baiardo walked away with thousands of Euros, and subsequently set up his own newspaper, breaking written agreements he had made with the EWN Media Group.

Since then he has continued to make misleading statements about the integrity of the EWN Media Group - and Mrs Euesden and her family - in a campaign that has been viewed as intimidatory.

Baiardo pursued a case against Mrs Euesden after she reproduced some remarks made by actor Patrick Murray - who played Mickey Pearce in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses - about Mr Baiardo's honesty.

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He was invited to Spain to help fundraise for local charity Busy Bees. Baiardo, accompanied by Mr Murray - to whom no blame is attached - encouraged well-wishers to put money in collection buckets.

According to Mr Murray’s account, it was later found that the seals had been broken. A criminal investigation was filed by Busy Bees in the Courts of Benidorm, but the case was dismissed as it

couldn’t be proved.

Despite bringing a large legal team, Baiardo was unable to convince a judge in Villajoyosa that there was any basis for his bid to claim damages.

The judge therefore dismissed the case.

Speaking after the decision Mrs Euesden said: “This is a complete vindication of not just myself, but also the EWN Media Group.

“I fully expected the case to be thrown out as it had no merit. In my opinion it was merely an attempt to gain money from what was a Facebook comment replying to particularly nasty and personal abuse directed at family members.”

She added: “I would like to thank all my friends and clients of EWN Media Group who have steadfastly supported myself and the business despite unfounded allegations directed at us by Baiardo.

“These would appear to have been aimed at affecting our business, in particular our relationships with clients, many of whom have been with us for years.”

Mrs Euesden went on to say: “We are proud to note that our business has remained resilient despite what has in effect been a campaign of smears by Baiardo.

This is thanks to our many clients who know what we stand for - service and integrity.”

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Failed Nude photo acquittal raid

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TH IEV ES ble w up a Caixa Bank ATM during the e a rly hours of the morning, but ended up leaving empty handed.

Explosives specialists Tedax, were deployed to the bra nc h in B la ne s , Se lva , a nd found the cash machine destroyed together with a collapsed roof.

The s us pe c ts ha d a lready fled the scene.

CLEARED: The court heard the man had contacted his daughter on social media.

A COURT in Asturias has cleared a man on trial for asking his 14-year-old daughter for nude photographs online after finding out it was to educate her about internet safety.

The Second Criminal Court of Aviles heard from defence lawyer Marco Antonio Fernandez Pintado that the defendant wanted to alert his daughter to the risks of sharing sexually explicit photos.

The court heard the man

created two fake social media profiles in 2017.

After making the first, he contacted his daughter and asked her to upload nude photos of herself, telling her that she had a ‘very good body.’

The man then made a second profile and asked the girl about her virginity and sexual orientation before sending a picture of a naked torso of a boy. He then asked her to send pictures of her naked breasts.

The court heard the man became concerned about his daughter’s welfare online after viewing videos she had uploaded to social media showing her drinking alcohol and smoking marihuana.

He also suspected she had published nude photographs but could not view her account because she had blocked him.

The court ruled the man had been motivated by the need to protect his daughter ’s welfare and not by sexual desires.

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CAPTURED: Three suspected fugitives captured.

Fugitives found in Spain POLICE have arrested three fugitives, including a Brit, who were reportedly hiding out in Spain to evade capture for different crimes in England, Germany and Venezuela.

According to a National Police source, the alleged offences include sexual violence, aggression and murder, and the arrests were made in Benidorm, Barcelona and Madrid.

On November 30, a Serbian citizen was arrested in a downtown hotel’ in Barcelona in connection with the attempted rape of a woman as she was entering her home in Stolberg, Germany.

That same afternoon, officers detained a British citizen for whom a European Arrest Warrant had been issued following a ‘serious assault’ on a man in Stain-

forth, England.

The arrest was made in a campsite in Benidorm.

The third suspect, from Venezuela, ‘captured’ was subject to an International Arrest Order for murder and was arrested in Madrid.

He had reportedly been charged with killing a Bolivian National Police officer and his wife, who were shot several times in the city of Caracas.

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Pit closures SPAIN has signed a letter in support of an agreement which will see the closure of coal plants in Europe, while providing a system of guarantees for other technologies to support renewable energies.

The letter has been signed by 12 other countries, including the UK.

BENIDORM: Ignoring tax advice.

THE Spanish government has been advised by experts to implement a tourist tax in resorts on the Spanish peninsula.

From a financial point of view, experts have suggested that the Spanish government should apply a tax between two and five Euros per day.

Despite the advice, resorts in Benidorm will not be adding the tax any time soon.

Antonio Pérez, mayor of Benidorm, has told the Span-

Tourist tax ish press: “At the moment, the tourism municipalities are simply promoting VAT as a generous income for the coffers of the state.”

Other Spanish destinations are currently considering the proposal.

Valencia and the Canary Islands are some of the desti-

nations which are said to be considering implementing the new tourist tax.

Cataluña (Costa Brava) and the Balearic Islands have already introduced the tax for overnight stays.

The tax in Cataluña reportedly brings in around €50 million a year.

The mayor of Salou (Cataluña), Pere Granados, addressed during a conference in the Canary Islands the benefits of the tourist tax: “It is working fine,” he said.

Granados claims that 50 per cent of the money collected by the tax remained in the municipality.

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Review your finances for the new year Make sure one New Year’s resolution is to review your financial planning to check it is on track to protect your family’s long-term wealth.

Preparing for Brexit Whatever happens with Brexit, those already formally resident in Spain have the right to remain and can continue receiving the same benefits as today for as long as they are settled here. If you plan to move to Spain or have not yet registered as tax resident, take urgent steps to establish your settled status before 29 March 2019.

Tax planning Regular tax reviews can ensure your wealth is arranged in the most suitable way to limit your liabilities while meeting your obligations. Today, with the ‘automatic exchange of information’ regime well underway, it is more important than ever to get it right. Over 100 countries – including Spain and

By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks the UK – are sharing data on residents’ overseas income and assets, with more joining each year. This means your local tax office will automatically receive financial information about you.

Remember, in extreme cases tax evasion can result in prosecution – even if unintentional – so take specialist advice to achieve peace of mind and potentially secure significant tax savings.

Savings and investments The Bank of England (BoE)

increased the UK interest rate to 0.75% in August – the first time in over nine years that rates reached over half a per cent. While some banks eventually passed on an increase to savers, rates remain relatively low – around 1.5% for easy access and up to 2.7% for locking cash away for five years.

multi-currency flexibility can help minimise exchange rate risk.

Remember to review your portfolio annually to take market developments into account, address any changes in your circumstances and take advantage of opportunities for residents in Spain.

With the current rate of inflation still above the BoE’s target of 2% – as high as 2.7% last August – many savers are actually earning a negative real rate of return. British expatriates have the added concern of exchange currency risk in what is currently a highly volatile time for Sterling.

Pensions Today’s pension landscape offers more choices than ever, but this may change with Brexit. For example, it is possible that tax-free transfers to Qualified Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS) may be targeted once the UK sheds its EU obligations.

Carefully weigh up all your options, as well as the tax implications in Spain and the UK, to establish the best course of action for you.

Successful investing is about having a strategy based around your personal circumstances, time horizon, needs, aims and risk tolerance. You should ensure you have adequate diversification to avoid over-exposure to any given country (including the UK), asset type, sector or company. Using investment structures that allow

Make sure you take regulated advice to protect your retirement savings from pension scams and do what is right for your personal circumstances and aims.

Whether it is tax, investments, pensions or estate planning, take personalised advice to establish the most suitable approach for you. Spending time on a financial health-check now can provide peace of mind that you and your family are in the best position to enjoy a prosperous 2019 and beyond.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

Caught in the act

Safe with family BRITISH expat, Donald Wright, has been found safe in the UK after being reported missing nearly three weeks ago by his wife in Fuengirola (Malaga).

H i s w i f e , Ay s l a Wr i g h t , h a s i n formed the public via Facebook that she received a call f r o m M r Wr i g h t , and was informed he was safe with a family member.

Mr Wright had apparently driven through Spain and France and taken a Ferry from Calais to get to the UK.

Estate planning In Spain, both succession law and tax work very differently to the UK, so your estate plan should be set up accordingly. If you remain UK domiciled – as many expatriates do – you continue to be liable for UK inheritance tax, so you should plan to reduce this liability for your heirs. Speaking of heirs, do not forget to take into account any new additions to your family this year!

A BUNGLING thief needed hospital treatment after becoming trapped in a store’s metal shutters as he was trying to make his getaway.

Badajoz police officers were called after the 41-yearold’s screams for help were heard by the shop manager, and officers escorted him while he received medical attention, before making an arrest.

TRAGIC: Amy (inset) was found at Puerto de la Cruz.

Body is missing Brit A BODY found on the coast of Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife, Spain on December 4 has been identified by DNA tests as British girl Amy Louise Gerard.

The Gerard family reported: ‘DNA results confirm our worst nightmare and we are devastated because Amy is not with us any more.’

In the statement posted to social media site Facebook, the

family were able to confirm the news of Amy Louise’s death.

However, it remains unknown at this time the circumstances of her death: ‘The police investigation continues and there is no more information to share at this moment,’ added the family.

The family have reportedly been aided throughout this difficult time by the Lucie Black-

man Foundation, which helps relatives of missing persons abroad.

Amy Louise Gerard was 28 years old and worked in Loro Parque on the Canary Island of Tenerife as an animal trainer.

She disappeared on November 30 after spending the night in a bar with some friends on the island. National Police report that the case is now under ‘secrecy of summary.’

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Rescued explorer ‘could have died’ A CYCLIST from Spain who undertook the arduous task of biking across Siberia in -50C temperatures had to be rescued by locals after he was found in a t h i n t e n t s u ff e r i n g f r o m frostbite.

Jose Andres Abian Pajares, originally from Zaragoza, was discovered

on a mountain pass in the Kolyma region of Russia during freezing conditions.

His rescuers took him to hospital in the town of Susuman, 400km north of Magadan from where he h a d s e t o ff w e e k s e a r l i e r, and reports claim ‘he could have died’.

The 47-year-old’s journey

FROSTBITE: Jose Andres Abian when rescued by locals in Rus began when he flew from Moscow to Magadan aiming to ride to Lake Baikal

Boundary threat THE Spanish navy has been criticised after one of its vessels allegedly followed a British submarine leaving Gibraltar.

A source told one publication a Spanish ship followed nuclear submarine HMS Talent as it left the Port of Gibraltar on Friday afternoon on a se-

cret mission. The ship reportedly only backed off when a British Royal Navy vessel intervened.

Critics claim this breached maritime laws and, “is a clear saber-rattling exercise in Madrid, which flexes its muscles again over the disputed British enclave.”

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Pedro loses his shine

n Pajares was in a bad way ssia. near Irkutsk, about 4,660 km away, sharing his travel experiences on his ‘around the world’ blog.

He has previously documented his cycling adventures from Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Romania, Iceland and Morocco, to name a few.

According to British press reports, Pajares, who is now recovering, will have to s p e n d N e w Ye a r i n t h e r e mote area of Siberia as there are no flights out of the region until January.

AN unofficial poll by the El Confidencial online n e w s p a p e r f o u n d t h a t t h e ‘ P e d r o S a n c h e z e ff e c t ’ i s waning.

Sanchez was initially buoyed up by last June’s successful Vote of No Confidence in the former president, M a r i a n o R a j o y. S i x m o n t h s l a t e r, E l C o n f i d e n c i a l found that his government had the support of only one in three voters.

Even within his own party, Sanchez’s popularity has slipped. Three months ago he had the approval of 71.8 per cent of PSOE voters but this has dropped by nine percentage points to 62.7 per cent.

T h e p r e s i d e n t ’s a p p r o v a l r a t i n g f r o m v o t e r s o f a l l national parties - PSOE, PP, Cs, UP and Vox - stands at 36.1 per cent.

Support for Sanchez comes from the PSOE, his own p a r t y, a n d U n i d o s P o d e m o s ( U P ) , t h e P o d e m o s Izquierda Unida coalition, where approval has fallen by only 1.4 percentage points according to El Confidencial.

PSOE voters’ disillusion with Sanchez also spreads to his ministers. Sanchez announced a Cabinet where women outnumbered men and incorporated wellknown ministers from previous socialist governments and independents respected in their fields.

Optimism has faded and 40.5 per cent of PSOE voters said they were disappointed as the performance of Sanchez’s ministers was worse than they had expected.

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CHAMP: Maria Jesus Rosa made history in women’s boxing.

Female boxing legend dies FLYWEIGHT star Maria Jesus Rosa, who made history in women’s boxing when she became Spain’s first ever world champion 15 years ago, has died of cancer aged 44.

The pioneering athlete was diagnosed with the disease just a couple of months ago, and lost her fight last week.

The Spanish Federation of Boxing said it was saddened by the death of ‘the sensational Madrid boxer’ describing her illness as ‘unjust, painful, cruel.’

The statement went on to say that Rosa will be remembered ‘for her perennial and contagious smile, and her vitality,’ adding that ‘she has disappeared from this world, but her story has not ended, she is the history of our boxing.’

Rosa finished her career in the boxing ring on a high with an outstanding record of 19 wins and only one defeat. This was during a world title fight on September 10, 2005 against Gernman Regina Halmich.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Eyeing up The Rock SPAIN’S conservative opposition party has urged the government to seize the opportunity presented by ongoing Brexit uncertainty to assert sovereignty claims over Gibraltar.

Members of the Partido Popular (PP) in the Senate have tabled a motion calling for cosovereignty over the British enclave. The motion, which is non-binding, outlines plans including dual citizenship for Gibraltarians and changes to the territories tax rules.

Jose Ignacio Landaluce, PP Senator for Algeciras, said now was the opportune time to extract a deal on The Rock from Britain. Opponents say ‘waving a flag’ will not solve anything.

PP leader Pablo Casado claimed Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez wasted a ‘historic opportunity’ over Gibraltar during Brexit talks. Britain has repeatedly stated it will not compromise on Gibraltar.

Spain ceded the territory in 1713 and has claimed sovereignty over it since.

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New vote date

By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S prime minister has announced a new date for a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal as doubts continue over whether it will pass and no-deal planning intensifies.

The new date of the so-called ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit, which Theresa May must win to seal her Withdrawal Agreement, has been set for Monday, January 14.

The announcement comes as the government attempted to turn attention to domestic issues and post-Brexit Britain with a raft of announcements on economic and environmental policy, among others.

It also comes as Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour opposition attempted to pile pressure on the government with mixed results.

The government’s proposals for after Brexit, which include bolstering worker’s rights and environmental protection rules, were made in tandem with contingency planning for a no-deal Brexit scenario.

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Ireland’s plan for no-deal IRELAND’S government has unveiled its 130-page no-deal Brexit contingency plan which includes plans to make sure flights are not interrupted if no withdrawal agreement is reached by March 29, 2019.

New vote

NEW DATE: Parliament is set to vote on January 14. handle a no-deal withdrawal. Brussels has said EU officials are also preparing contingency measures and member states including Spain and Ireland have also followed suit. Britain’s Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay called on MPs to back the deal while speaking in the House of Commons.

“The Brexit deal we will present to the House in the New Year is a good deal. It is the only deal. To reject this deal makes a

no-deal far more likely,” Barclay said.

Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer hit back, claiming May’s deal is highly unlikely to get through parliament as it currently stood.

“The majority in this house are not likely to support the Prime Minister’s deal, whenever it is put,” he said.

Without substantial changes to the current deal, back up plans may soon be put into effect.

BRITAIN’S Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd has said a second referendum on EU membership could be a ‘plausible’ way forward if MPs cannot agree on the terms of withdrawal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May.

Green body ECOLOGICAL groups have criticised the government’s plan to deliver a ‘Green Brexit’ by creating a new watchdog which would take over the European Commission’s role of enforcing environmental laws, claiming that the agency’s powers would be too weak.

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Cannabis controls MORE than 120,000 patients are using medicinal cannabis without any professional supervision or contro l , e x p o si n g t h e mselves to legal and health issues.

This is the finding of the S panish Me d i c i n al Canna b i s Ob se r v a t o ry, w hich h a s c r i t i c i se d th e lack of regulation and expressed its ‘absolute perplexity to the current situation of t h e r a p e u tic cannab i s wh e n t h e r e are thousands of preclinical and clinical studies which support its properties’.

Whil e a c k n o wl e d g in g more research is needed, the observatory notes that countries like Canada or Israel which have medicinal d i sp e n sa t i o n p ro grammes, controlled by the government, with cannabis traced, analysed and dispensed under medical supervisi o n , ‘ a r e wo r k in g with very good results’.

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Watch your change NATIONAL POLICE have warned the public to keep an eye out for a coin scam going around Europe once again.

O ff i c e r s f i r s t w a r n e d about people being shortchanged last year but have recently been forced to warn the public again after a rise in reported cases.

Police are warning that everyone should check their change carefully after every transaction to make sure they have not been given either a Turkish Lira, which looks almost identical to a one-Euro coin, the Turkish 50 Kurus coin (looks like a two-Euro coin) Jamaican 20 Dollar coin (looks like a one-Euro coin), the Polish 5

SHORT-CHANGED: Check your change carefully.

Zlotych coin (similar to a two-Euro coin) and the Ve n e z u e l a n B o l i v a r ( v e r y similar to the one-Euro coin).

According to the National Police, these coins are very similar to the real Euro but their value is much, much lower.

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€7.3 billion for weaponry ACCORDING to sources at Spain’s Defence Ministry, the government is ready to approve three weapons programmes worth €7.3 billion.

As part of the plans, five F-110 class frigates will be constructed between 2019 and 2032 at a cost of more than €4.3 billion.

In addition, 348 army vehicles worth €2.1 billion will be procured by 2025, along with €906 million in upgrades to the Eurofighter aircraft.

Since Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez came to power in June, the government has also approved the release of nearly €1.2 billion in cost overruns for S-80 submarines, €1.4 billion for communications satellites, €819 million to upgrade Spain’s Chinook helicopters, and almost €1.4 billion to buy NH-90 helicopters.

In total, the government’s expenditure on defence will rise to €12.1 billion, and ministers are approving the investment for these programmes, not the contracts themselves.

Construction on the frigates is expected to create 7,000 jobs over nine years, mostly located in Galicia.

They are equipped with a US-developed naval weapons system known as Aegis, and will replace the Spanish Navy’s six Santa Maria frigates, which have been in service for over 30 years.

The Euro fighter upgrade seeks to prevent the Spanish aircraft from becoming obsolete compared with other project members (Britain, Germany and Italy).

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Carlos Baos We can help you.

BEING an owner of a property or any other asset; bank account, investments, car, etc in Spain, is

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Spanish Wills. Why we must have one if we have assets in Spain reason enough to have a Spanish Will drafted irrespective of nationality as there are many addi-

tional advantages to having a Spanish Will.

Some advantages are: 1) The existence of a Spanish Will is a cost effective means of simplifying the handling of your affairs. Many people rely upon their national Wills or even worse, on their national intestacy rules where there is no Will, to deal with their Spanish estate.

Unfortunately however, without a Spanish Will, no action can be taken in Spain until the Grant of Probate of your English estate has been finalised (or the equivalent in another countries). This can take a very long time, with more expenses, in translating and implementing a foreign Will in Spain for your Spanish assets.

2) As per European Regulation 650/2012 you can choose your national law to apply to your succession. By making a

Will you will be able to choose your national law to apply for your inheritance in Spain, which is good as you can avoid Spanish Law to govern your Spanish inheritance, as Spanish Law forces you to leave the majority of the assets (2/3) to the descendants, and not, for example, to leave them to your spouse.

3) A closely related topic is Inheritance Tax. Having a Spanish Will allows you to fulfil your tax obligation in the six months, that as per the Spanish law you have to pay the IHT in Spain.

Without a Spanish Will it is possible that it takes more than six months to get the Grant of Probate, so making a Spanish Will shall save you from paying delay interests on the taxes.

Also, with a proper Will explanation and tax strategy, you can minimise future Inheritance

Tax for your beneficiaries.

As per our last articles, bearing in mind the last court precedents of the Spanish Supreme Court, even after Brexit, a UK citizen will be able to enjoy the same inheritance tax benefits as residents in Spain, so bearing in mind the new court interpretation, a Spanish Will could be done, minimising the IHT, without the need to set up companies or other IHT tax advice which in the long-term are not tax efficient.

4) Sometimes, when an English person passes away there is no need to get Probate as long as he has a valid Spanish Will, but if this person does not have a Spanish Will then normally the Spanish authorities will need to see the Grant of Probate before dealing with the Spanish estate.

5) You can also use the Span-

ish Will to name a Spanish Albacea, equivalent to the executor, as this could help your Will be executed properly and make sure your wishes are fulfilled, and will simplify the whole process, as for example if your heirs are out of Spain, the executor could prepare all the documents, and get all certificates ready for the inheritance to be signed by your beneficiaries, without the need to come to Spain to get the documents.

If you want real expert advice about making a Spanish Will and how to minimise IHT in Spain as per Spanish Law and the last court precedents, contact us and we will help you.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

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STUNNING: Largest Christmas tree in Europe.

Tallest tree in Europe GRANADA boasts the largest Christmas tree in Europe and the second largest in the world.

Located at the Nevada Shopping Centre in Armilla, the Ilmex Illumination creation stands at 56 metres, the height of a huge building.

And according to holiday and tourism portal Rumbo.es, the festive spectacle is a huge crowd puller, with reservations in the area rising by 22.4 per cent last year in the run up to and during its debut.

Designers spent months designing and installing the tree, which is made of aluminium rods and steel wire, but consists mainly of electric standard and flash garlands and string lights - thousands of LEDs. A company spokesperson said: “For our team, the holiday season is a year round process as they gather their inspiration for the next holiday.�

The biggest Christmas tree in the world is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is 84 metres tall.

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GRAFFITI: Slogans were found sprayed on Podemos’ Alicante City headquarters.

Far-right vandals strike LEADING members of leftist parties in Spain have spoken out after local branch offices were found plastered with far-right and fascist graffiti.

Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias shared pictures on Twitter of his party’s Alicante City headquarters sprayed with slogans including: ‘Reds, No,’ ‘Spain is not touched’ and ‘The Falange.’

The latter is the name for

fascists who support former dictator Francisco Franco.

“Graffiti on party buildings doesn’t help. The ones who do it almost never come out in the media,” Iglesias said.

Antonio Maillo, of Izquierda Unida (IU) in Andalucia, replied to Iglesias with a picture of his party’s offices in the Malaga Province town of Antequera also covered in spray paint.

Slogans included: ‘Long life Franco,’ ‘Long live Spain’ and ‘Sons of B******.’

The graffiti comes as tensions between radical leftwingers and the far-right have risen following Vox’s winning of 12 seats in recent elections in Andalucia.

The party is known for its hard-line stances on immigration, Spanish unionism and social issues.

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Gangs at war

WANTED: The officer alleges that elite narcos and organisations use the Costa del Sol to conduct their illegal affairs.

SPANISH media have attributed the escalation of violence witnessed this year on the Costa del Sol to the rivalry between new international crime gangs which have expanded their enterprises to the south of Spain.

The number of recorded cases of gang violence on the Costa del Sol has risen this year and has been widely reported across the Spanish and British Press.

Incidents involving arson, explosive devices, horrific torture and murder as well as the confiscation of deadly weapons have been tackled by Spanish police forces on a frequent basis in 2018.

The victims and alleged instigators of the crimes have been Dutch, British, Swedish, French, Croatian and Spanish.

In a move to bring an end to the escalating violence, Spanish police have installed billboards on the Costa del Sol featuring the mugshots of the most wanted alleged criminals on the coast.

One anonymous police officer told a well-known Spanish media publication, the Costa del Sol had become a ‘melting pot of delinquency.’ The officer alleges that elite narcos and organisations use the Costa to conduct their illegal affairs. The anonymous policeman also claimed the infrastruc-

ture on the Costa del Sol is ideal and logistically, perfectly positioned for conducting illegal affairs. He cited the proximity to Morocco and the presence of an international airport as factors in the criminal’s choice in location.

Police sources on the Costa del Sol have also attributed the rise in gang violence to the influx of cocaine to the Costa, an alleged product of increased narcotics production in Colombia.

Police in Spain are said to be aware of over 100 criminal organisations at present on the Costa del Sol, the majority of which use the black market to attain weaponry.

National Police unit UDYCO have called for tougher policing and the introduction of harsher sentences to control the escalating violence levels on the Costa del Sol.

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Shut down A GANG of traffickers which lured Colombian women to Spain with the promise of work, only to force them into a world of prostitution and slavery, has been shut by the Guardia Civil. The criminal network is accused of recruiting young females with ‘limited resources to confine them’ in brothels in Alicante and Albacete.

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Forced marriage arrests POLICE arrested five members of the same Bulgarian family on charges of forcing a young woman into marriage after she was sold by her family for €2,000.

The family held the woman against

her will for five months in Alquerias, Murcia, making her engage in sexual relations with the man she was supposed to marry, one of the sons. She managed to escape to Alicante by train, and went to police for help.

POSITIVE: Drink driver five times over the limit.

String of offences A MOTORIST caught driving with a blood/alcohol recording five times higher than the national legal limit has been arrested by Cataluña’s police force, Mossos d’Esquadra.

Officers also found that the man’s licence had previously been suspended judicially and the vehicle he was driving had not passed its ITV, the Spanish road inspection test.

According to reports, the driver also failed to provide valid insurance for the car when stopped in the Pobla de Mafumet in Tarragona.

Police sources explained that on the morning of last Saturday, they were called out to reports a 42-year-old man had been intercepted by members of the neighbourhood after he nearly collided with a number of other vehicles on Reus Street.

The driver was breathalysed and found to be positive for alcohol with a reading of 1.16 milligrams per litre.

The maximum legal alcohol reading in Spain is currently 0.25.

Jihadist recruiter jailed NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a presumed jihadist in Vitoria for allegedly belonging to a terrorist organisation and believed to be helping to recruit future members. According to reports, the man is a 36-year-old Algerian national.

Judge Ismael Moreno has sent the

man to prison in Vitoria for his links to Daesh and for devoting himself to spreading their ideology from his position as president of a cultural associat i on. He t r i ed t o at t r act suppor t er s am ong t he Basque Count r y I sl am i c community.

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PM thanks women

‘VANGUARD’: Sanchez (inset) praised female activists.

SPAIN’S prime minister has said the nation’s women have put the country in the ‘vanguard’ of the global gender equality movement through their activism this year.

Pedro Sanchez said demonstrations such as the women’s general strike on March 8 showed activists were committed to achieving equality between men and women.

He was speaking at an event

for women organised to mark the 40th anniversary of Spain’s Constitution.

“Equality between women and men is not negotiable.

There is no going back, but forward towards more equality, more feminism and more women in public life,” Sanchez said.

“Without women and without their tireless struggle, Spain would not be the tolerant, open

and admired country which it is today,” the Prime Minister added.

Sanchez called on men to help gain more equality for women and said the struggle for equal rights was far from over.

Millions of Spanish women took to the streets of cities across the country in March this year to protest against what they said was ongoing inequality and gender discrimination.

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MORE spiders are likely to be lurking across Spain than the 1,300 recorded species, according to experts.

If funding was available to fund more extensive research, scientists from Barcelona believe the list of eight-legged varieties could be far higher.

A study of this particular faunal group, carried out by the Faculty of Biology and the Institute for Biodiversity Research of the University of Barcelona, the Experimental Station of Arid Zones and the University of Helsinki, examined 20,539 spiders found in national parks across the country.

They found specimens of seven species which have never previously been detected in this country, and a further 11 which may be totally new to science.

Study director Miquel An-

SPIDER PARADISE: Spain is home to more than 1,300 species. gel Arnedo said “there are still many species of spiders to discover,” adding that results show the “lack of systematic sampling of the

arachnological biodiversity of the country and are a good example of how little we still know about our own fauna.”

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Preparing for New Year’s Eve

DRY RUN: Benidorm’s Local Police in Salamanca.

WITH Christmas over, Benidorm Town Hall is now completing arrangements for New Year’s Eve. Revellers will see in the New Year with an authorised event organised by the Ociobal association of pubs, clubs and bars on the Levante Promenade. This will involve barring traffic from Calle Bil-

Big spending next year BENIDORM Town Hall announced investments of €9 million for next year.

Local mayor Toni Perez admitted that a draft of the Budget should have been ready during the last quarter of 2018, but said it had been necessary to tie up the loose ends of major town hall projects.

These included the compulsory purchase of land for access roads to the future shopping complex and the Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development (EDUSI) programme.

bao onwards, and vehicles bound for the Old Town will have to make a detour via Calle Condestable Zaragoza or, if necessary, Calle Emilio Romero. Security will include a crackdown on drugs in public places.

With this in mind, three of Benidorm’s Local Police officers were part of police units

deployed in Salamanca for and End of Year fiesta attended by 30,000 students.

The Benidorm policemen, accompanied by their sniffer dogs, first attended a course on drug detection with other policemen from all over Spain, who later put theory into practice during the student celebration.

Old Town building to go BENIDORM is about to lose another piece of its history.

The town hall has authorised the demolition of one of the oldest buildings in Paseo de la Carretera, now a pedestrian street in the centre of the Old Town and once the main road.

The two-storey building in the section closest to the Parque de Elche and the harbour will make way for a new building that other business-owners believe could be a shopping centre.

No plans have yet been presented, revealed the town hall’s Urban Development councillor Lourdes Caselles.

“All we’ve received are the demolition plans, which have been authorised,” she said.

Demolition is expected to take one month and the company involved must leave a €1,350 deposit to cover possible damage to existing public services and infrastructure.

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IMPROVEMENTS to the Camino del Algar was the most-voted of the 10 Participatory Budget options.

Last autumn, residents had the chance of suggesting projects to be funded by an allocation from the municipal Budget. These were later narrowed down to 10 and Citizens’ Participation Maria Lavios announced that the Algar road, which skirts the municipal sports complex and continues under the N-332 road bridge, was the most popular project.

This was followed by a wooden play centre for children, and third, liberating the market

from the use of plastics. Lavios thanked Altea residents for their participation in the vote.

“This has been a very satisfying experience because it was another step in achieving effective citizens’ participation,” she said.

“Launching a new project is always expensive, more so when asking the local population to put forward ideas and select those they consider the most important for Altea.

“This was a very exciting project, as from first to last it was up to residents to decide how €100,000 of the Budget should be invested.”

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Altea makes its choice

ALGAR ROAD: Mock-up of improvements to the existing road (inset).

Backb the t A L FA Z m a y o r Vi c e n t e A r q u e s stressed the importance of the t o w n ’s a s s o c i a t i o n s d u r i n g h i s Christmas breakfast meeting with their representatives.

“That’s where our strength lies,” the mayor told the 100 people who attended the annual date at the Playa de Albir social centre.

“We are very proud of our vigorous framework of associations, a collective composed of all types of business, social and cultural groups which assimilate citizens of so many nationalities and backgrounds,” Arques said.

“Alfaz’s associations are enriching and integrating,” he declared.

“This is why the local government will continue to encourage them.”

In their role as intermediaries with the administration, the groups and associations altruistically channel mutually beneficial suggestions for improvements to local culture, society and education, Arques said.

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Great escape ALTEA’S Youth Centre will be converted into an ‘escape room’ based on the Saw horror film saga, at 5pm this Saturday.

The activity is free and is open to over-14’s, who will be admitted to the centre in groups of between six and 10 people, in sessions which last approximately 30 minutes.

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THE Fifth Canicross meeting was recently held in Albir.

This combined a run for dogs and owners with a collection for the Food Bank.

Organised by the USAR 13 charity, with the collaboration of Alfaz Town Hall, the morning began with a race for the dogs and their owners from the Carrascos Park in Albir up to the Lighthouse.

The race was run with solidarity in mind, as the entry fee was a kilo of non-perishable foodstuffs which will later be distributed amongst needy local families.

For those who donated three kilos of more, USAR 13 presented each runner with a commemorative t-shirt.

one of town wealth,” he added, repeating the town hall’s continued commitment to supporting Alfaz’s associations.

In the course of the meeting, Arques announced that in February the town hall will present its plans for the municipality and the use it will make of the €10 million rec e i v e d i n f u n d i n g v i a t h e E U ’s Strategy for Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development (EDUSI) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER).

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Dog-owners on the run

CANICROSS: Paticipants get ready to race.

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Not fair FOR the fourth consecutive week, Calpe’s municipal workers demonstrated outside the town hall, continuing their demand that all pay grades should be determined by a formal Evaluation of Work Posts (VPT). They claimed they are discriminated against, maintaining salary supplements are dictated by political criteria and not professional standards.

Looking for the right person CALPE’S Peñon de Ifach national park is currently without a director.

The regional government’s Environment department has not been able to find anybody with suitable qualifications, and the problem is not limited to Calpe, as the same situation exists in the Montgo, Albufera (Valencia) and Islas Columbretes (Castellon).

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DIRECTOR NEEDED: Visitors’ centre at the Ifach park.

posts. Candidates were required to have degrees or equivalent qualifications in Biology, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture as well as a Master’s degree.

The regional government needed 12 directors for the Valencian Community’s 22 national parks and received three applications from women and eight from men.

Two of the women have now been engaged and six of the men but no-one has been found for the Ifach park and Montgo as well as the other two parks although the Environment department pledged ‘a rapid solution.’

More land needed CALPE’S Instituto, built for 500 pupils, now has 986.

The town hall is taking advantage of the Generalitat’s Edificant funding scheme but finding the land for the new school is not proving easy.

The municipality donated 9,365 square metres two years ago but the Generalitat’s Education department requires 15,000.

“We are working to find a solution, but the project is going to be delayed,” admitted Calpe’s Education councillor Pilar Cabrera.

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Calpe Vuelta returns to town with a 193-kilometre second stage which starts the following day in Benidorm.

The riders immediately turn inland th ro u g h B e nimante ll, the C onfr ide s pass, Benilloba, Alcoy, Cocentaina and Puig Llorença before entering Calpe, the fourth time a stage has ended in the town.

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CAL P E o nc e a g a i n fe a tu res in n e x t year’s Vuelta a España, one of the big three Grand Tour cycle races.

The 2019 Vuelta begins on August 24 with an 18-kilometre time trial at Torrevieja salt lakes.

Calpe will be the finishing line for the secon d da y o f t he r a ce , w h ich s ta r ts

SPECIAL MENU: The chefs with Rafael Anson and Calpe mayor Cesar Sanchez.

Honour for starred chefs RAFAEL ANSON, president of the Royal Academy of Gastronomy recently visited Calpe.

Earlier, he had named Alicante Province as the gastronomic capital of the Mediterranean and while in Calpe he was keen to meet the three local chefs who hold Michelin stars.

Between them, Rafa Soler, Enrico Croatti and Jose Manuel Miguel had prepared a special menu for the Academy members during the visit.

With initiatives like these,

municipal sources explained, Calpe hopes to establish a reputation as a leading desti-

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Not so much of an emergency PARENTS with children at Teulada-Moraira’s Sant Vicent Ferrer school were warned not to be alarmed on hearing the school siren.

“We shall be carrying out an emergency evacuation of the school,” explained text messages sent out over the General-

EMERGENCY DRILL: Pupils at Sant Vicent Ferrer evacuated the building in record time. itat’s Web Familia network at 9am that morning.

The same message also stressed the importance of Web Familia in guaranteeing fluid communications between the school and parents.

The siren was sounded at approximately 2pm and the 500 pupils left the building in accordance with the regional government’s Risk Prevention FOR Schools regulations.

Teachers remained calm to ensure that the pupils were not needlessly alarmed and the entire building was cleared in just 10 seconds over five minutes.

At the end of the exercise, the school’s director, Araceli Ribes said the drill was ‘very satisfactory.’

The school was evacuated quickly, in an orderly fashion and procedures had been followed correctly, she added.

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Grand finale for anniversary dinner A SEASONAL chill had descended on the December countryside as the MorairaTeulada U3A’s 217 members headed for their Christmas dinner dance.

This was the grand finale to the group’s 10th anniversary y e a r a n d a s t h ey steppe d i n si d e t h e Sa lo n Canor b a n q u e t i n g su ite, members were invited to a welcoming glass of cava before meeting up with friends old and new in the festive atmosphere.

Ever y o n e so o n f o u n d their allotted seat and after the Moraira-Teulada U3A

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TENTH ANNIVERSARY: Moraira-Teulada U3A dances the night away. president David Haxon formally welcomed them, they

settled down to enjoy the meal which was to follow.

As soon as everyone had e a te n the ir fill, the evening’s entertainment bega n in the s ha pe of G e s Rogers’ Union Gap who entertained the assembly with popular songs from the 60’s and 70’s.

The dance floor was soon c row de d w ith e ne rge tic dancers, keen to make the most of a splendid occasion.

There were warm thanks for the Social Events officer, Tony Old, for organising the ground event, and who is certainly due a visit from Sa nta for a ll his e fforts.

Plum PP post for councillor JOSE CISCAR, president of the Partido Popular in Alicante Province, named Teulada-Moraira councillor Raul Dalmau as party co-ordinator.

Dalmau, now third in the provincial hierarchy, will be responsible for organising the party’s election campaign next May. Dalmau replaces Rafa Candela who has left all his posts, including that of councillor in Crevillent and position of assessor to the Alicante Provincial Council, the Diputacion.

Dalmau’s election gives still more weight to the Marina Alta inside the party machinery, insiders said. He is a trusted adviser to Ciscar who, like the councillor, is Teulada-Moraira born.

Repairs okayed THE regional government’s Education Department approved the town hall’s request to include repairs to the Cap d’Or school roof

and new offices for Teulada-Moraira’s Instituto.

These were included in the new Generalitat’s Pla Edificant financial scheme.

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BOUNDARY DEFINED: Jose Chulvi and Miguel Angel Garcia and (inset) Puig Llorença.

Friends as well as neighbours THE mayors of Javea and Benitachell met recently to define once and for all the GranadellaPuig de la Llorença boundary.

This boundary, Jose Chulvi and Miguel Angel Garcia declared, did not separate the municipalities but on the contrary connected them.

Regarding the GranadellaPuig de la Llorença boundary as a frontier was outdated and naïve, they agreed, and it was preferable to harmonise territorial issues by collaborating and

strengthening links between the towns.

The definitive demarcation, which draws a line under a conflict which has lasted more than 10 years, will be ratified by the regional government after the agreement has been approved by plenary meetings of their respective councils.

Chulvi and Garcia are convinced of the importance of common sustainable development policies now that both municipalities are producing

their General Development Plans (PGOUs).

Benitachell intends to create green corridors giving continuity to the protected Granadella area, connecting it to Puig de la Llorença, the Moraig and Llebeig beaches and the traditional vine terracing.

“We are historically linked to Javea as neighbours,” Benitachell’s mayor said. “It was time to surmount boundary disputes which no longer make sense in the 21st century.

Maria won’t stop MARIA FERRER, who lives in Javea, was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 27. She collected 200,000 signatures and has petitioned the regional parliament for early mammograms for women with a family history of breast cancer.

Her mother died aged 41, Maria said: “I don’t intend to stop and I want to help other

women,” she said. Now she has embarked on another project by creating her organic cosmetics brand Segunda Vida (Second Life), which will be launched within days.

“I want to express the power and hope of these last months while raising awareness and transmitting my own energy to other women,” Maria explained.

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Play time NADAL JOVE-ESPORTIU returned to Javea this Christmas, with the Palau d’Esports Miguel Buigues municipal sports complex offering free activities for one to 17-year-olds each afternoon between 4.30pm and 8.30pm until tomorrow (Friday).

There are between 30 and 40 monitors supervising the activities and the cafeteria is also open.

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Four hurt in crash EMERGENCY services were called out to a road near Xabia’s Pinosol park last week after a car crashed into a wall and set on fire, injuring four people.

Emergency services sources said the car was on the CV-747 road near to the park when it left the road and hit a wall at around 8pm on Thursday. It then set on fire.

Local Police and Guardia Civil officers, along with firefighters and medical personnel, were despatched to the scene.

Two women were taken to

Denia Hospital, one with head wounds and another

with chest injuries. One man was taken to the same hospi-

tal with a hip injury while another had a fracture.

ROAD SMASH: The accident took place near the Pinosol Park.

The Players had a ball JAVEA PLAYERS recently held their Christmas dinner where the first event was the presentation of a €1,000 cheque. This went to Tony Grande of Make a Smile, Javea Players’ chosen charity of the year.

Tony was most grateful for the donation, as funds are always tight and although a national charity is now footing some of the cost of housing and feeding the 96 children in their care, they do not cover presents at Christmas or for birthdays.

Being a theatrical group, a cabaret co-ordinated by Roger Brown, included a skit by a couple who are usually behind the scenes and everyone learnt why there is a fairy at the top of the Christmas tree. Paulene Beach and Alan Brozel provided the buffet meal and a good time was had by all.

Anyone interested in joining the Players - it’s not necessary to tread the boards or help backstage - should check out the www.javeaplayers.com website.

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Port ambitions

DENIA PORT: Regime could soon change.

TURNING Denia into a self-governing port is becoming more likely.

N o w t h a t G e n e r a l i t a t ’s Budget has been passed by the regional parliament, there is a possibility that ports under its jurisdiction could be run by indepen-

dent boards.

M a r i a J o s e S a l v a d o r, who heads the Generalitat’s Public Works department, announced on a recent visit to Denia the introduction of a law paving the way for a body composed of the autonomous administration, Denia Town Hall and companies operating in and out of the port.

Regarding critics, including the Podemos and Ciudadanos parties who claim this is an attempt at privatisation, Salvador remarked that this type of organisation would indeed result in a public-private sector entity.

The local and regional administrations would have a voice, but so too would private enterprise, she said.

Special emphasis has been attached to Denia port, Salvador added, because the town hall had a long history of requesting public-private collaboration where it would be involved in decision-making.

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What really characterises Marina Alta cuisine most is the quality of the product, its freshness. All ingredients must be fresh or seasonal, because only then can the nature of our dishes be duly appreciated.

The town of Denia is the capital of Marina Alta. In it’s gastronomic heartland, in the historic quarter, lies Calle Loreto. The street is a clear example of Marina Alta cuisine. Whilst there may be restaurants of greater renown in other areas of the town, such as Las Marinas or Las Rotas, Calle Loreto has become in recent years one of the most effervescent areas at the g a s t r o n o m i c l e v e l . I t s l a rg e n u m b e r o f bars and restaurants, its wide gastronomic offer, and the excellent level of service offered, have turned this street into one of the biggest tourist attractions of Denia.

One example restaurant that encompasses all of the aforementioned is restaurant Ca Pepa Teresa, on Calle Loreto 23, located in the heart of Calle Loreto. It is a perfect place to enjoy the culinary tradition of the Marina Alta. There you will find paellas, stews, meats, fish and a constant hallmark: the daily purchase of the best fresh produce in the traditional food markets of the area. Conditions that other s i m i l a r r e s t a u r a n t s l i k e E l s To m a s s e t s (C/Loreto 35), share.

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Restaurant La Seu is one of the Calle’s essentials. In addition to working with the freshest fish, and La Seu (C/Loreto 59) make their own salted fish themselves.

What clearly denotes a respect for their product and a love for work well done. La

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The experiences proposed in La Seu pivot on concepts and designs based on the attachment to the land and the eternal learning, which emerges from the admiration for other cultures and procedures: “The construction of our dishes has a harmonious order that reconciles tradition and innovation,” says Diana Cervera, its Chef and manager.

Mediterranean spaces, authentic and unique, configured diaphanously. The light and transparency are the main features, communicating kitchen and dining room, to establish a direct communication between the kitchen and the diner.

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The fresh and local product, together with the influence of traditional cuisine, make a restaurant that combines t h e a t t r a c t i v e n e s s o f i t s d i ff e r e n t rooms, with the quality and presentation of its dishes. All an experience for the senses.

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Farewell to the prefabs Photo credit: Denia town hall

DENIA Town Hall has now awarded the contract to build La Jara’s new school.

Although La Jara has its own council, it comes under the control of Denia Town Hall and the announcement brings to an end years of requests from parents.

La Jara is the only school in the Marina Alta which is entirely built of prefabricated classrooms, which have housed pupils since 2007 when the original building was closed on safety grounds after cracks appeared.

The school will be financed by the regional government, but the paperwork, formalities and construction will be carried out by Denia Town Hall under the Generalitat’s Edificant scheme.

The two-storey school will cost €2.579 million and should be finished within 12 months once the contract has been finalised.

The school, a complex of three buildings

Say it with music

NEW BUILDING: A simulation of the new school. linked by covered walkways, will be built on a 6,008-square metre plot acquired by the La

Jara Council, with its principal access on Calle de la Morxama.

DENIA’S Local Police force marked its 145th anniversary by celebrating Local Police Day for the first time.

The occasion was also the first time that a new piece of music was heard in public, a composition entitled 145 ‘Anys mes prop de tu’ (145 years closer to you), performed by Denia’s Agrupacion Artistica Musical. It was specially written by Vicente Israel Triviño Carreño, one of Denia’s Local Police officers, who is also a musician and plays the trumpet.

The song’s title sums up what being a police officer means in a town like Denia, defending the values of ‘defence and freedom,’ Triviños explained.

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Rise in suicides DEATHS by suicide in Spain increased by 3.1 per cent in 12 months, last year, to 3,679. This figure is significantly higher than those who lost their lives in traffic accidents, which stood at 1,943 in 2017, an increase of 2.8 per cent.

Pay cut sends scientist home ERWIN WAGNER, creator of the first transgenic mice, is leaving Spain’s National Centre of Oncological Investigation (CNIO).

The Austrian scientist is ‘tired of the lack of support’ and his pay has been cut by 70 per cent, he announced.

Wagner, 68, arrived in Spain in 2008 to work on transgenic mice and inflammatory processes. He admitted his earnings were the same as in Austria and Ministry of Science sources revealed he was paid double the centre’s highest salaries.

In order to be able to make Wagner an economically interesting offer, the Ministry’s official resources were topped up by

the BBVA Foundation.

The prestigious scientist also received two grants from the European Research Council with €5 million for five years.

But when the BBVA Foundation contribution ended, Wagner’s salary was reduced.

“In January 2016 they told me they could not pay me the same amount and cut my salary by 70 per cent. I had a contract but they did not respect it.”

He went on to say it should have been possible to find ways permitting ‘an attractive offer’ and mentioned conversations with the Severiano Ballesteros Foundation. “But the rigidity of the Spanish science system would not allow it.”

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Drunk on a plane A ‘DRUNK’ passenger has been arrested after allegedly making homophobic remarks to a member of easyJet’s cabin crew on a flight bound to the UK from Spain.

The 42-year-old man, from Guildford, Surrey was arrested on suspicion of being drunk on an aircraft.

The easyJet flight EZY8706, from Tenerife, Canary Islands to London Gatwick Airport, landed at about 11pm, where officers from Sussex Po-

lice apprehended the man.

Police report receiving ‘a request for assistance in dealing with a drunk and abusive passenger’ while the aircraft was in flight at about 10pm.

Police tweeted: ‘Drunk passenger arrested upon landing into Gatwick Airport tonight, due to him verbally abusing a member of crew with homophobic comments during the flight. Unacceptable and we will be robust with individuals.’

HOMOPHOBIC: Drunk abused cabin crew.

An airline spokesman said: “easyJet’s cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time.

“Whilst such incidents are quite rare, we take them very seriously and we do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour on board.

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Police ‘assault’ A GROUP of police officers operating in the Spanish enclave of Melilla who have been reported for assaulting a 17-year-old, have said that, in turn, they were similarly attacked by a group of teenagers.

The controversy has been heightened following a video that clearly shows the youngster being laid on the ground in handcuffs and surrounded by police officers.

Unions representing the police have now explained what happened leading up to the alleged assault.

According to reports, as the police in plainclothes left a restaurant one evening, they were faced by the group who began to hurl stones and bottles at them. Five of them were later treated at the Melilla Hospital for cuts and bruises with one suffering from a broken finger.

The investigation into the incident continues.

Death queried ASSOCIATIONS representing animal rights have asked for a full investigation following an alleged killing of a dog by a member of the Guardia Urbana in Barcelona.

There are a number of contradictory reasons as to what actually happened, but the police officer said it was a reaction to him being bitten on the arm by the dog.

However, witnesses to the incident said while the dog jumped up on the policeman, there was nothing to suggest it was being aggressive.

Barcelona City Council defended the actions of the police officer, while animal associations have said the killing was unnecessary.

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Spanish fishing quotas increased SPAIN has announced that it is ‘satisfied’ with the latest distribution of European Union (EU) fishing quotas.

After close to 17 hours of negotiations that finished in the early hours of the morning, the Spanish fishing industry came out with an increase in the quota of some of its catches - after

four consecutive years of cuts - and it will be allowed to keep fishing for the popular meluza (hake).

According to the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, the positive changes to the quotas have been possible thanks to recent surveys

on fish stocks relating to northern hake, mackerel, sea bass and Norwegian lobster.

However, not everyone is happy as environmental organisations have denounced as ‘irres p o n s i b l e a n d i n s u ff i c i e n t ’ t h e a g r e e m e n t reached by the European Commissioners to prolong the overfishing in European waters.

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Toys for everyone THE Institute of Catalan Women (ICD) wants to overturn the gender-stereotyping which is present in children’s toys.

It has launched the Let’s Overturn Stereotypes campaign with four posters which combine images of toys traditionally identified as suitable for one gender or another, but not both.

One poster shows Superman’s characteristic S painted pink with a skirt below it and the message: ‘I have superpowers when I dance.’

Another has a rugby ball topped with a witch’s hat and declares: ‘I can cast spells

with my rugby ball.’

Up until January 7, posters, written and social media and videos will put across the message that toys are more than a game and are instrumental in building imaginations and identities.

The ICD aims to promote education in the values and attitudes of equality and teach children not to discriminate on the grounds of gender.

Let’s Overturn Stereotypes is the association’s third annual campaign in its bid to eliminate the propagation of sexist concepts via toys.

Terror networks dismantled THE National Police has investigated and disassembled jihadist terror networks in various prisons.

Police infiltrated and shut down a network of prisoners dedicated to the financing of jihadist terrorism from their cells.

The National Police operation went ahead after successful investigations were carried out into the alleged terrorist activities and organisations working within Spain’s prison system.

The operation has resulted in the detention and imprisonment of several people for crimes against public health.

The National Police claim drug-related activities from within the prison walls were being used to fund jihadist terrorist organisations which used goods transportation companies to traffic weapons and people across Europe from North Africa and Syria.

One of the investigated prisoners has also been charged with the crimes of jihadist recruitment and indoctrination in prison.

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Artefact haul GUARDIA CIVIL officers in Castilla y Leon have seized 257 archaeological items which date from ancient times to the 15th century and are estimated to be worth almost €307,000.

Police seized the items as part of Operation Fibulas, an investigation into artefacts allegedly illegally taken from sites in the Valle del Tiertar area during the 1980’s and 1990’s.

Virginia Barcones, the Spanish government’s representative in Castilla y Leon, said the investigation had helped to recover items which belonged in the public domain.

The investigation which led to the seizing of the artefacts began in April. The probe led officers to uncover a seal, dating from the 15th century which someone in

ITEMS SEIZED: Police uncovered a total of 257 artefacts.

Avila Province allegedly possessed illegally.

A further 256 items were then uncovered. These included a flint arrowhead and a bronze and silver coin which are believed to have been minted by the Iberian

civilisation in the 1st century BCE. A further 124 Roman coins and stone objects were found, as well as 58 ceramics. All the pieces are set to be handed over to the Museum of Avila.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

A year of change

By Joe Gerrard AS Spain prepares to welcome the arrival of a New Year this Tuesday, it is worth taking stock of the eventful 2018 we are leaving behind.

We will go into 2019 with a new government which has already made significant political moves and has also had its fair share of scandals and setbacks.

Regionally, tensions show no sign of abating in Cataluña while in the south, political parties continue to wrangle over who will take power in Andalucia.

Efforts to muster support for the government’s budget also look set to continue into the New Year. If they come to nought then a general election could well be on the cards at some point in 2019.

One of the first big political events of 2018 saw millions of Spanish citizens take the initiative on one of Spain’s most deep-rooted issues; the treatment of women in society.

Around 5.3 million women from across the country staged mass demonstrations on March 8 to demand gender equality and an end to discrimination which they claimed ran through Spanish society. Those issues have

ALL CHANGE: A new government took power this year. continued to make headlines since.

June saw the ousting of Mariano Rajoy’s conservative Partido Popular (PP) government over the Gurtel kickbacks-for-contracts scandal.

It was the first time in Spain’s democratic history that a government was deposed using the parliamentary motion of censure, or no confidence mechanism. The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), led by Pedro Sanchez, took power in its place.

The party has since announced a raft of changes including confronting Spain’s authoritarian past and placing a greater emphasis on issues including climate change and gender

equality. The party has been hamstrung by its minority position in parliament and has been rocked by the resignation of ministers over corruption and questions over university qualifications.

More recently in Andalucia, Sanchez’s party was delivered an upset with elections thatcould put an end to more than three decades of dominance in the region. The vote was also a breakthrough for the far-right Vox party.

Cataluña also made headlines during much of 2018. We go into 2019 with tensions running just as high in the region, more than one year after an independence push first shook Spain to its core.

Women comments BEING a woman in Spain is a ‘bargain’ and the issue of gender violence is overhyped by the media, according to the new head of a far-right party’s Ibiza branch.

Jaime Diaz de Entresotos, formerly of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and now a Vox member, told a local newspaper that current gender violence laws should be repealed.

He said this was due to the measures assuming that men had urges which needed to be ‘repressed instantly.’

“Spain is not the country in Europe with the highest figures, probably the least. In fact, statistics show that being a woman in Spain is a bargain,” Diaz de Entresotos said. “The topic is being exaggerated in the media. It is a serious problem which must be solved, but we cannot be bombarded with the same news all day,” the Vox leader added.

Diaz de Entresotos’ comments come as Andalucian teacher Laura Luelmo was found dead after being sexually assaulted and killed, which a suspect has confessed to.

A total of 61 women have been killed in Spain this year, excluding Luelmo, up from 51 in 2017.

Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 24.1 per cent, 102 seats Partido Popular (PP): 21.2 per cent, 89 seats Ciudadanos: 18.4 per cent, 66 seats Unidos Podemos: 16.7 per cent, 52 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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NORWAY CONSERVATION workers in Helnorsk recorded four new wolf pup litter births there over the summer and another one on the region’s border, meaning that a target of four to six annually has been reached seven months before the counting date.

Wolf births

Equality table NORWAY has come second in a ranking of the most gender equal countries in the world behind Iceland and ahead of Sweden, with the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) table marking countries on female participation in politics, economics and society.

NEW ARRIVALS: Wolf conservation efforts are on track.

BELGIUM

Priest trial

Asylum places

CATHOLIC priest Alexandra Stoobrant is set to appeal against a Bruges court’s verdict which found him guilty of criminal negligence after a parishioner spoke of killing himself during a confession and committed suicide a day later.

BELGIUM’S Migration Minister Maggie De Block has announced plans to create around an extra 100 places for asylum seekers, with the decision now awaiting approval from the country’s government which has seen resignations recently over migration policy.

SWEDEN

FRANCE

Gig ruling

Vote call

A FESTIVAL billed as ‘man-free’ and held in Gothenburg earlier this year broke anti-discrimination legislation, according to Sweden’s Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) which noted individuals were not targeted but that the description excluded men.

PROTESTERS with France’s Gilet Jauntes (Yellow Vest) movement have called on the government to hold regular referendums that would overrule parliamentary votes if enough people sign a petition as demonstrations from anti-government groups continue.

Prize claims THE Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize, has taken on lawyers to investigate one of its members who the body alleges leaked the names of Literature Prize winners to husband Jean-Claude Arnault who was jailed for rape earlier this year.

Attack charge A COURT in France has charged a 37year-old for allegedly supplying a gun used in the Strasbourg Christmas market attack on Tuesday December 11 after lead suspect Cherif Chekatt was shot dead by police.

NETHERLANDS

Bankers’ pay

Taken ill

DUTCH government officials have announced plans to strengthen rules on bankers’ pay after ING, which was bailed out with public money in the last financial crisis, ditched plans to award its CEO with a 50 per cent pay rise.

A 26-YEAR-OLD man from the Netherlands has been diagnosed with yellow fever after visiting Gambia and Senegal in West Africa last month, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said while adding the chance of the disease spreading remains ‘very small.’

DENMARK

GERMANY

Hack tests

Case dismissal

DENMARK’S Central Bank has announced plans to hire hackers who offer their services legally to governments, businesses and other bodies to test how well protected the country’s financial industry is against potential cyber attacks.

THE Constitutional Court of Germany has thrown out three complaints made by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) against Chancellor Angela Merkel over her 2015 refugee acceptance policy after justices deemed them ‘inadmissible.’

Migrant data ALMOST 1,000 Somali nationals living in Denmark lost their residence permits from the beginning of 2017 to October 2018 after immigration officials said their home country was safe enough for them to return to it.

Passport row REFUGEE advocacy groups have criticised immigration officials after it emerged that Syrian refugees living in Germany have been made to deal with embassies and consulates loyal to President Bashar Assad, which they branded a ‘scandal.’

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NEWSDESK COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

With six editions on the Spanish Costas and Mallorca we cover the main expat areas of Spain - take a look at what is happening around our regions.

COSTA DEL SOL

Fake items destroyed A SPECIALIST group of Torrevieja’s Local Police has begun to destroy a significant amount of the counterfeit goods which have been confiscated during the past year.

A total of 35,000 fake items such as watches, sunglasses, CDs and DVDs estimated to have been worth around €700,000 on the black market have been crushed.

Mayor of Torrevieja, Jose Manuel Dolon, was present at the event when the material was destroyed by heavy equipment.

He said: “The subject of counterfeit goods is something we take very seriously in Torrevieja as it is something that ultimately affects genuine traders.”

Any items that have not been tampered with and lacking any official registered trademark, such as clothing and other accessories, is delivered to the Department of Social Services and Welfare and are then allocated and distributed to families in the municipality that are most in need.

ALMERIA

Celebrating castle history COMMEMORATIONS of the 500th anniversary of the Marquis of Los Velez Castle in Cuevas del Almanzora have officially got underway.

Cuevas mayor Antonio Fernandez, Education, Health and Festivities councillor Ana Mª Castro

NEWSDESK

Stranger encounter A SCHOOL in Malaga City has warned parents about their children being approached by strangers after one woman allegedly tried to lure a sevenyear-old away from the centre.

Local Police sources said the incident took place at the Santa Luisa de Marillac school in the Huelin district of the city last week.

The mother of the seven-year- TAKE CARE: The school has warned parents about old told officers she was inside strangers. (File photo) the school when she heard her daughter screaming outside.

The mother’s sister-in-law then went outside and managed to find the girl. She claimed she also saw a dishevelled woman aged between 40 and 50 fleeing the area.

The seven-year-old later told police that the woman had said: “Come with me, I am going to take you somewhere.”

The girl’s mother is yet to formally report the incident to police. The school has asked parents to take precautions when leaving their children outside alone.

and official chronicler Enrique Fernández Bolea unveiled the programme of events last week.

These include a series of conferences about the castle’s important role in Cuevas’ history over the last five centuries and ‘The surprising look: something more than a century of photography in Cuevas del Almanzora 1865-1973’ exhibition, which runs until March 22 at the Antonio Manuel Campoy La Tercia hall.

“Throughout its history, the castle has been the main emblem of

our town, and as it could not be any other way, for a year it is going to be the nerve centre of the most important acts we are going to celebrate,” the mayor said.

AXARQUIA

On trial PROSECUTORS in Malaga have agreed to investigate the president of the Axarquia Commonwealth over alleged misappropri-

ation of public funds.

Lawyers will look into whether Gregorio Campos is guilty of claiming €598 in, ‘maintenance,’ payments in 2015.

The prominent politician, who is also mayor of Iznate, denies the charges, saying the claims were made legitimately during the period he was acting as president of the Axarquia Commonwealth but before he began to receive his €41,000 a year salary.

Politicians from the opposing Partido Popular (PP) party are

demanding answers, however, with the mayor of Torrox, Oscar Medina, calling on Campos to, ‘give explanations.’

Gregorio Campos was only last week cleared by prosecutors investigating whether he had correctly followed the law when offering public contracts. During the investigation, the politician said he had, ‘blind faith,’ in the justice system.

MALLORCA

Nadal’s aid to flood victims TENNIS ace Rafael Nadal has donated €1 million to the victims of the flash flooding which claimed the lives of 13 people in Mallorca on October 9.

The 32-year-old world number 2 is from the island himself, and lent his personal support during clean-up efforts in Sant Llorenc des Cardassar a day after the catastrophe.

His kind gesture was made public by the local council in an open letter. Signed by the mayor, Mateu Puigros, it said that ‘it is assistance from a person who is very special to us, someone who shows his profound love for our land and our residents every day.’

Nadal has a tennis school in nearby Manacor, which he offered to victims of the flooding as a place of shelter.

The athlete’s donation will be added to the reported €1.6 million that has been raised so far.

To date, almost €260,000 has been paid out to those affected by the freak storms.

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Dubai drive THE Dubai Investment Development Agency (FDI) recently held a meeting with major industries and key investors at the Circulo Ecuestre in Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with Senda International Company.

The meeting, which aimed to further boost Dubai’s strong investment and trade relations with Spain, formed part of Dubai FDI’s efforts to showcase its competitive edge in attracting international investors.

Spain’s interest is particularly strong in the tourism and retail sectors, and Dubai FDI is keen to draw their attention towards new opportunities in construction and technology.

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is the total amount of short term credit that El Corte Ingles is offering €380 million This its customers in order to boost sales over the festive period.

FINANCE

business & legal

Santander in fine mess SANTANDER UK has been fined €36.3 million by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to properly process the accounts of deceased customers.

The bank did not transfer funds totalling over €203 million to beneficiaries when it should have done, affecting a total of 40,428 customers directly.

In addition, after it became aware of the issues, it failed to disclose the problems to the FCA. Santander apologised for the situation and said: “We have now transferred the major-

ity of customer funds and made significant improvements to our whole probate and bereavement process.

“This will ensure we provide both a sensitive and efficient service to our bereaved customer representatives and those who are managing the estates of people who have passed away.”

Mark Steward, executive director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA said: “To the firm’s credit, once these problems were notified to the board and senior management, they were

fixed properly and promptly, but recognition of the problem took too long.”

There were weaknesses in how Santander organised and controlled its probate and bereavement processes, the FCA added.

This meant that the bank failed to follow-up on communications with deceased customer representatives, which increased the likelihood of cases not being closed.

As a result, despite Santander being informed that a customer had died, funds would not be transferred to those who were entitled to them.

Block boost SPAIN-based multinational bank BBVA has announced that it has used blockchain technology to finalise a €150 million loan to Porsche Holding Salzburg, a subsidiary of German carmaker Volkswagen.

Porsche Holding Salzburg, (distinct from Stuttgart-based luxury carmaker Porsche), is currently the largest car distributor in the European Union (EU).

This is the latest transaction in a series of blockchain-based deals carried out by BBVA with corporate clients.

BBVA has issued similar loans to Red Electrica Corporacion, Repsol and ACS.

EU trade strategy

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Tourism talk IRAN’S Ambassador to Spain, Hassan Qashqavi, has announced that he is exploring ways to promote cooperation between the two countries in terms of holding cultural exhibitions in order to boost tourism in Iran.

Debt ditch BUSINESS BOOSTER: EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager is looking to strengthen the market.

A TOTAL of 19 governments including Spain have proposed updating the EU’s antitrust rules in order to facilitate the emergence of European giants able to face ‘fierce competition’ from the US and China.

After a meeting of ministers in Paris, the group called for a ‘new political impetus’ to ensure European industry remains competitive on a global level.

As part of a new assertive strategy, the group said they will make proposals to the European Commission that will be

nominated after the EU elections in May 2019.

One of their main ideas is ‘the identification of possible evolutions of the antitrust rules to better take into account international markets and competition in merger analysis,’ said the final statement.

The member states agreed to identify European strategic value chains ‘prioritising those most directly linked to improving global productivity, fighting climate change, and enhancing technological development.’

SPAIN, Italy and France are likely to see demand for their debt from the European Central Bank wane next year, after the ECB announced that it would stop adding to its stock of government and corporate bonds.

New chief GRUPO Lo Monaco has announced the appointment of Costas Antimissaris as its new CEO, and Antimissaris has extensive experience in the retail sector having worked for Inditex, Douglas Spain and Marks and Spencer.

A taxing service A NEW poll carried out by independent think tank Instituto de Estudios Fiscales has indicated that more than half of Spain’s tax paying population believes the country’s public services are not providing value for money.

Around 43 per cent of Spaniards’ annual earnings are taxed, just below the EU average of 45 per cent.

But 65 per cent of tax payers believe pub-

lic services have not improved over the past five years, or have actually declined.

Moreover, 86 per cent of those surveyed feel that tax fraud has gone up in the past decade, singling out businessmen and selfemployed people as the main culprits, rather than multinationals or politicians.

Respondents said that tax evasion is accepted in Spanish society but that nobody admits to it.

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Lloyds Banking Group ORD 51.12 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,070.00 Micro Focus International 1,376.75 Marks & Spencer Group 247.65 Mondi 1,627.00 Melrose 157.35 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 222.38 National Grid 793.65 NMC Health 2,711.00 Next 4,132.00 Ocado Group 761.10 Paddy Power Betfair 6,317.50 Prudential 1,407.75 Persimmon 1,911.25 Pearson 929.30 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,227.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 209.80 Royal Dutch Shell 2,279.25 Royal Dutch Shell 2,303.00 RELX 1,614.00 Rio Tinto 3,781.75 Royal Mail 276.50 Rightmove 424.78 Rolls-Royce Group 807.20 Randgold Resources 6,688.00 RSA Insurance Group 506.20 Rentokil Initial 326.80 Sainsbury (J) 265.20 Schroders 2,413.00 Sage Group (The) 592.00 Segro 601.20 Shire 4,530.75 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,101.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 252.95 Smith (DS) 297.55 Smiths Group 1,413.25 Scottish Mortgage Invstmet Trst 462.78 Smith & Nephew 1,461.75 SSE 1,078.75 Standard Chartered 595.60 St James's Place 929.90 Severn Trent 1,871.50 Tesco 192.93 TUI AG 1,140.50 Taylor Wimpey 135.45 Unilever 4,198.00 United Utilities Group 760.60 Vodafone Group 160.84 John Wood Group 500.25 WPP Group 875.40 Whitbread 4,494.50

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Bank sells loans to Lone SPAIN’S state-owned lender Bankia has announced that it has sold a portfolio of toxic assets with a gross value of €3.1 billion to two subsidiaries of US private equity firm Lone Star.

The portfolio includes foreclosed assets with a gross book value of €1.65 billion and non-performing loans worth €1.42 billion.

Bankia said the deal would yield cost savings of more than €200 million before taxes over the next three years.

The transaction is the latest step by the bank, which was bailed out in 2012 via a €22.4 billion rescue package, to shed bad loans built up during Spain’s economic crisis.

S p a i n ’s g o v e r n m e n t c u r rently holds a 61 per cent stake in the bank, and while it has said it aims to sell that stake by the end of 2019, it has also warned that market conditions at the moment are not suitable.

The deal with Lone Star

ASSET DUMP: The deal enables Bankia to shed more bad loans. will involve the creation of a new company, Lone Star Fund XI, which will hold 80 per

cent of the assets, with Bankia holding the rest.

The economic rights of the

non-performing loans will be fully controlled by Lone Star Fund XI, Bankia said.

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Unequal pay exposed SPAIN is among the worst in the world in terms of pay equality between men and women, despite being a ‘model country’ in terms of political empowerment and access to health and education.

These are the findings of the annual report on the gender gap of the World Economic Forum.

According to Forum executive director, Saadia Zahidi, “what is pulling Spain back is the salary parity for similar work,” with the count r y r anked 129t h out of 149 count r i es; 20 places from the bottom.

Zahidi said the situation is the result of both ‘prejudices’ and by the ‘type of organisational structure which still dominates.’

She added that there is a ‘lack of progress in internal policies which allow paternity leave, have flexible workplaces and achieve promotions based on objectives and not on time in the office.’

In contrast, Spain has reportedly advanced dramatically in gender equality when it comes to accessing education and health, ranking first in gender consistency for enrolment from primary to university education.

The report reveals there are, in fact, more women than men entering universities, but on the flip side, 10 per cent less females go on to enter the workplace.

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FEATURE

Lacking a sense of humour

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I HAVE always been convinced that the British sense of humour has been one of our most commendable and enduring assets.

Through the horror of two World Wars, all the disasters and conflicts which have beset us over the years, Brits have always managed to find some way to raise a smile out of even the most tragic circumstances.

The skill of our comedians and cartoonists is such that the humour never sets out to undermine these situations, it merely eases their seriousness by lightening the mood and in doing so, allows those affected to hopefully surmount their problems more easily.

The British sense of humour has always been a bit of a mystery to the rest of the world, something indefinable and unique, which most foreigners simply can’t get their heads around. Some years ago, I wrote that whatever the terrorists or our enemies can throw at us, nothing will ever rob us of our most commendable and enduring gift, our humour.

Well I was wrong. At the time of writing that particular piece we weren’t being strangled by the despicable, destructive, and downright traitorous yolk of the PC brigade.

Not content with changing their fellow citizens from a nation which prided and flourished through its policies of oratory freedom, into a herd of sheep

BRITISH HUMOUR: Keeps us sane. watching every word they say and almost frightened to open their mouths in case they offend somebody, this utterly superfluous bunch of time and space wasters have finally managed to turn their attack on one of the most dearly loved jewels

of our culture, our purveyors of comedy.

This week, the students (who else!) organising a UNICEF fundraising event, issued Konstantine Kisin, a comedian hired to appear at the event, a list of ‘don’ts’ regarding the content of his act.

When he appeared, they instructed he was not allowed to make jokes about racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, xenophobia or Islamophobia. Kisin subsequently turned down the job because it left him with virtually nothing to make jokes about!

You really couldn’t make it up. What I find truly disturbing about this whole farce, is that this man is a Russian who moved to the UK to escape the censorship and suppression of free speech in his own country! What does that tell you!? We need to come to our senses and curb these dangerous idiots before Orwell’s prophecies do truly become reality.

This week another bunch issued guidelines instructing schools that eight-year-olds be taught that all genders can have periods, to avoid, wait for it; ‘offending girls who identify as boys’!

The directive continues by decreeing that bins for used period products should be provided in all toilets for children. Well, frankly if I had my way, I would prosecute these morons for child abuse. Unfortunately, as a member of a majority, nobody is allowed to listen to me!

Happy New Year everyone. At least we’re still allowed to say that. At the moment anyway.

PS: To all my Vegan remark objectors of last week, I truly do love animals, honest.

Keep the faith. Love, Leapy.

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TECH FOR THE TIMID MY elderly neighbour has a newyear’s resolution; never again to spend a tenner on yet another battery for her near-immortal Nokia 3310 from 2001.

It’s astonishing just how many such venerable ‘dumbphones’ are still in use.

Nokia made nearly 130 million 3310s (and indeed has recently resurrected them), and like those iconic early Casio digital wristwatches so beloved of terrorist bombers for their virtual indestructibility (except of course when you actually blow up), those original Nokias just go on and on.

But now the fastest-growing converts to the online world, the so-called ‘silver surfers,’ are finally moving into the smartphone world. Why wouldn’t they; or you?

There’s the benefit of always having a camera in your pocket, for one.

Many phones have FM radios and if not, there’s the TuneIn app to listen free to thousands of the

Why buy a smartphone?

Get smart and ditch that old Nokia, advises Terence Kennedy

EVOLUTION OF MAN: From ape to app. world’s radio stations. Or download the podcasts for later.

There’s not having to get lost thanks to Google Maps. There’s Facebook for family news. Voicedialling and text readers are two more innovations invaluable to less dexterous users.

Then there’s the clincher for all of us nearing our best-by dates; the instant ability to look up today’s latest ailment and e-mail or WhatsApp it for the rapturous enjoyment of all the family.

I understand my neighbour ’s long-held reluctance to give up her 3310 after her first disastrous dip into the smartphone market; a horribly complicated Nokia E72 nearly a decade ago.

The world’s fiddliest operating system (Symbian) and a keypad designed for bonsai people very quickly meant her granddaughter got an unexpected hand-me-down.

But we’ve moved on, with Android and Apple now so userfriendly there’s little challenge for

the geekier among us.

Unless someone passes on a ‘pre-loved’ one, perhaps it’s better not to buy a smartphone secondhand.

Why would you, when even €100 or less buys new these days, with a battery you can rely on?

No need to get technical, but do at least try for a phone with at least 4 GB of storage to avoid the dreaded ‘phone full’ messages.

Pretty much all other specifications these days will do just fine; screen size, Android or Apple version, and processor speed.

Indeed phones are generally so alike now that many lament we’ve reached a ‘vanilla era’.

Just do be aware of one more thing before ditching that beloved 3310. Smartphones are addictive.

According to the stats, the rest of us spend 24 hours a week online, with little to show for it.

You have been warned.

SIMple solution A FRIEND with a new phone recently e-mailed in anguish; her SIM card was too big.

It wasn’t. Peer closely at a clever revelation. These days, virtually any SIM will fit any phone if you pop out the relevant section of the card.

SIM too big? Then carefully push along the pre-cut lines and your large standard SIM begets a medium-sized Micro SIM which begets a tiny Nano SIM. Be sure to keep the unwanted parts of your newlydissected SIM somewhere safe, in case you ever need to go bigger again rather than smaller, though Amazon and others sell replacement adapters if needed.

So one size really does fit all, as the saying goes.

Despite what those anatomical e-mails in my Inbox keep insisting.

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FEATURE

The ill wind

Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

SEVEN politicians were responsible for compiling and overseeing Spain’s 1978 Constitution.

Gabriel Cisneros, Miguel Herrero y Rodriguez de Miñon, Jose Pedro Perez Llorca, Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Gregorio P e c e s - B a r b a , J o r d i S o l e Tu r a a n d Miguel Roca Junyent are often referred to as the Seven Fathers of the Constitution.

Some political observers believe that J o r g e E s t e b a n , a u t h o r o f D e s a r ro l l o politico y Constitucion Española published in 1973, should be the eighth.

This volume allegedly inspired Torcuato Fernandez-Mirando when preparing the Law for Political Reform which in 1976 opened the door for the Transition to democracy.

The book had already impressed Juan Carlos, then Prince of Asturias, in the early 70’s. Franco had named him as his successor and in private the prince was already disclosing plans for holding democratic elections once he was proclaimed king.

Juan Carlos also made it clear that if a left-wing party were to win, that would

KING: Juan Carlos around 1978. be party to form a government.

“The book had repercussions,” Esteban recently told an interviewer. “I was called to the US Embassy as the Americans were concerned about passing from

dictatorship to democracy without division and conflict.”

Esteban says an attaché, whom he now suspects belonged to the CIA, asked what he believed would be the greatest obstacle to Spanish democracy.

“My reply was clear. ‘The greatest obstacle is called Carrero Blanco’,” he told his Spanish interviewer. “And we know that the Admiral was assassinated not long afterwards.

Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, a close adviser to Franco since 1941, was made a minister in 1951. He became viceprime minister in 1967 and was named prime minister six months before his assassination.

The ageing dictator, who boasted that all loose ends were ‘tied up and well tied up’ trusted that on his death, Carrero Blanco would ensure that the Movimiento, Spain’s only political organisation, survived after Prince Juan Carlos was proclaimed king.

On December 20, 1973, Carrero Blanco’s car was blown up in Calle Claudio Coello in Madrid. He was returning home after Mass as he did each morning

in his official car, a black Dodge, and his unvarying routine made him an easy target.

The attack was carried out by ETA’s five-strong Txikia commando and took more than a year to set up.

S o h o w c o u l d t h e E TA c o m m a n d o spend a year in Madrid setting up the p l o t t o k i l l C a r r e r o B l a n c o ’s D o d g e without detection?

W h y d i d H e n r y K i s s i n g e r, t h e U S Secretary of State visit Madrid two days previously?

What was in Franco’s mind when he began his Christmas speech that year with the phrase ‘No hay mal que por bien no venga?’ His use of the equivalent of ‘It’s an ill wind that blows no good’ generated inevitable conspiracy theories.

A conspiracy theory will always be more interesting than the plain unvarnished truth, but a now-declassified memorandum from the Madrid Embassy to the State Department in Washington also said, ‘The best thing would be to have Carrero disappear from the scene.’

Even conspiracy theorists get it right occasionally.

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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

SCIENTISTS have uncovered five ‘tells’ in middle age which reveal whether someone will remain fit and healthy into retirement.

Researchers who looked at more than 6,000 middle-aged Brits said that people in their 50’s who were obese, smoked, or were inactive, were more likely to be deemed ‘frail’ in their 70’s.

Well I never! This explains why there are no inactive, obese, chain-smoking novice triathlete pensioners; I knew there had to be a reason.

‘The least frail people in this study were also physically active in their 50’s, ate fruit and vegetables at least every day, had a normal weight, low blood pressure, low cholesterol and drank alcohol in moderation.’

Nothing new here! Just how many versions of keeping active and eating a healthy diet can be published under the pretext of new research? Still, given the increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and general illhealth, the focus of these reports is to try to keep health issues in the public eye.

Especially as the NHS fails to help educate Brits in prevention rather than cure, which is what they should be doing.

So the main take-away is: ‘Don’t smoke,

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Hey! Study uncovers yet more useless bits of research!

STAY FIT: Just do everything in moderation. don’t get fat, and don’t get poor. Plus, don’t drink much alcohol and move around a bit.’

Maybe they should put this up in all NHS waiting rooms (the bit about being poor probably best left out!).

But maybe the best thing is to take all ‘studies’, reports and celebrity ‘diets’ (yes, clean eating etc) with a huge pinch of salt.

The only ‘advice’ you need to follow is keep all in moderation. I find it far more concerning that interested parties use data indiscriminately to justify policies and ‘studies’ like this which are later shown to be misguided but prove financially hugely rewarding to those who proposed and lobbied for them.

So, yet another instance of not believing everything you read as carved in stone.

These kinds of ‘studies’ are as scientifically rigorous as predicting tomorrow will be in the mid 70’s with scattered showers. OK, rant over! Happy New Year!

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FEATURE

Can English law apply?

Are there any circumstances in which EU Regulation Number 650/2012 applies when dealing with the disposition of a UK national’s Spanish estate?

It is a small property on the Costa del Sol. The UK national was habitually resident in England, and died before August 17, 2015. If not, does Spain permit that the national law of the deceased at the time of death prevails?

J G (by e-mail) You do not say whether the UK na- David Searl tional left a Will or not. This is You and the Law in Spain a key point. First, the UK person died before the EU regulation 650 regarding cross-border Wills came into effect. Second, the UK did not sign on to the regulation, so I do not see any circumstances for its application. If the person left an English Will disposing of his worldwide assets, Spain will honour its terms after it has been translated and legalised in Spain. Spain will only want to collect the Spanish inheritance tax. If a foreign property owner dies without a Will, however, Spain standardly applies all the terms of Spanish succession law. This means children or parents or other relatives are compulsory heirs.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

Gold over Bitcon Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO Christmas is over by the time you read this and we now go merrily into a new year.

Of course, I don’t do merrily so I’m going to mention a couple of things which made me grumpy in the last 12 months or so and that I passed on to you.

Bitcoin. I said in an article that I thought Bitcoin, and other crypto currencies, were all a giant Ponzi scheme, and at the time, asked if you had a choice of one bitcoin or 11oz of gold, which would you take. I said I’d take gold all day long.

A few weeks later, one Bitcoin was worth 6 ½ oz. of gold, and guess what, your investment is now worth 2 ½oz of gold. I got a few people trying to tell me that they knew someone who knew someone who earnt a fortune on crypto currencies. Yeah, yeah. Enough said about that.

The other thing I wrote about was the HS2 which is the nonsense railroad waste of space and money which gets you to Birmingham or Manchester a bit quicker than currently possible.

At the time I said it would never come in on the budget of £36- £54 billion. Guess what? It’s now going to cost at least £100 billion.

Plus, the decision to approve the HS2 highspeed rail project in the first place was based on cost estimates which were hundreds of millions of pounds too low, a former senior staff member of the company has claimed. They were lied to!

Blatant lies; there’s a surprise!

So, Mr Grumpy called it, and I repeat, the whole idea was nonsense and was never ever going to come in on budget. Once again, the British people have been conned and if a stupid old fool like me can work it out, surely the geniuses in Parliament between them should be able to.

As you all know I love my telly and Mrs S likes a bit of reality stuff. Strictly and I’m a Celeb have both just finished but there was one thing I noticed this year, which was, before every dance or task in the jungle the contestants were told by everyone to ‘go and smash it.’ Then, when they had completed their dance/task they were told, ‘well done, you smashed it.’ In fact every time anyone did anything they ‘smashed it.’

It became ridiculous and seriously annoying; they were ‘smashing’ everything. When someone cooked something they used to get a ‘thanks that was yummy.’ Now, they ‘smashed’ it.

By the end it had become so crazy they actually did a segment on each programme on how many times it was said. mikesenker@gmail.com.

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I WAS disturbed to read in last week’s EWN that a student was beaten up in the Basque Country for going to a meeting of students who support the unity of Spain.

I remember a time when people of widely different opinions, even if they vehemently disagreed with one another, were still capable of holding a civilised debate.

Incidents such as this and the rise of radical street groups on the far left and right make me wonder if we have lost the art of dialogue and if instead ‘hit first, talk later’ is now the order of the day.

While I personally find nationalism petty, crass and a bit sad, I would never go and punch someone because they indulged in it.

I would just tell them I disagree and we could have it out over a beer.

Frank Hicks

Who to trust?

LAST week you printed a letter from a reader ‘sign of the times,’ which highlighted stabbings and domestic violence.

I would like to add another significant reflection of today’s society is the number of greed and power-driven politicians and police officers who appear before the courts.

There isn’t a week goes without a serving or former mayor or chief inspector, for example, being arrested or investigated for some demeanour or other.

And these are the people we are either asked to vote upon, or pay taxes for, while at the same time entrusting them with our futures and our safety.

I agree wholeheartedly that everything possible should be done to tackle domestic violence or of any sort for that matter.

That’s where our money and efforts are better placed, not having to deal with the scourge of immoral and corrupt people mistakenly placed in a position of power.

Jason Berridge

Tragic loss I WAS very saddened and moved when I read in your newspaper that a young Brit has died while in Spain, and I wanted to send condolences and best wishes to the family of Nixon Smith from myself, my family and friends here in Spain.

It is always awful to hear about someone losing their life so young when they had their whole lives ahead of them.

It is also sad to know he died after travelling around this beautiful country that so many of us call home.

I would finish by saying that in spite of possible risks and dangers we face both when travelling and in our day to day lives, it is important not to become too sheltered out of fear.

It would be nice if we could take a cue from Nixon who, despite his tragic death, chose to come to Spain and to explore the country. He was clearly full of life.

Janice Morris

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Less violence, more dialogue Parc life I JUST want to pay tribWILD: The ute to Fuengirola’s Bioparc is a Bioparc which is a real nature oasis. oasis amidst an otherwise urban environment.

I love how it introduces new animals as part of conservation efforts to protect endangered species.

The park itself has improved out of sight in the 20 years that I have lived here, especially with the expansion of gorilla valley.

Also, as someone with a keen interest in exotic birds, it is a pleasure to see such a wide variety enjoying life in a lovely leafy enclosure.

I saw that the Bioparc won a Best Family Attraction award earlier this year and it was well deserved.

I fully encourage people to pay a visit to a new model of zoo based on respect for nature and the preservation of endangered species.

Amanda Stanley

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THE New Year is just around the corner and as far as news is concerned it looks as though there will be plenty to keep us occupied.

Just days after people in Britain tidy up following New Year’s Eve celebrations, the country’s Prime Minister is due to face her next big test on Brexit.

Theresa May has announced that the ‘meaningful vote’ on Brexit is set to go ahead in Parliament on Monday January 14, with the chance of it passing slim. A general election could well follow a parliamentary defeat.

Here in Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s leftleaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government also faces an uphill struggle to pass a budget for the country.

The party has been governing as a minority administration since it took power in June. Many including Sanchez’s ally in parliament Pablo Iglesias, leader of the leftist Podemos, have said a national ballot would likely follow any failure to get the budget through parliament.

Given that the conservative Partido Popular (PP) has a majority in the Senate, giving it an effective veto on government plans, this is not unlikely.

Spain is also likely to remain preoccupied with three areas that have dominated the news in 2018: migration, gender equality and the environment. Each has kept politicians busy and the issues surrounding them are likely to intensify.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Hopes for higher turnout in elections One less election for the UK to bother about. French president goes missing during riots, Germany gets rid of Merkel, Spain due for yet another president. We go out with no deal, better put the tourist tax up.

John

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE

SUPERSOL SHAME: Supermarket employees in Spain strike due to unsustainable working conditions and criminally low salaries

confined Spanish residents to a small Spanish-only section and barred them from everything else! That would be racist! How about teaming up with me Mike, to hire a lawyer and charge the TV companies with race discrimination in the European Court? Tee, hee.

Brian

The real shame is that useless and some corrupt people in the central offices are still making lots of money that could go to the people in the supermarkets.

Tomas

VISIT SPAIN: Don’t miss Europe’s tallest Christmas tree at the Nevada Shopping Centre Really!!!!!!!! That is NOT a Christmas tree. I wonder which forest they found it in.

Renato

Why not be sensible?

I enjoy reading your highly entertaining comments every week Mike. I agree completely with your item about UK TV broadcasters. I subscribe to both Netflix and Amazon Prime. I would be happy to pay the BBC and Sky too if they would let me, but they won’t! Imagine if a supermarket allowed only UK residents access to all the shelves but

Only 1,489 of the 10,816 illegal Moroccans that arrived in Spain this year have been expelled Why Ceuta? What is wrong with the ferry to Tanger?

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Drunk man arrested after ‘making homophobic remarks’ on easyJet flight to London

TOURIST TAX: Resorts in Spain to introduce new tourist tax as a way to bring in extra money About time the UK introduced same tax for Spain and other EU countries plus the £6 for a visa, at least we will be honest and not pretend the money is to benefit tourists. Let’s start tit for tat and see who cries first.

John Already pay one to holiday in Greece so no problem whatsoever. In fact if it means we are rid of the shitty EU I’d gladly pay double, then the UK should do same too.

Everyone happy. And the best part is that remoaners get to pay it too but hey that’s the Spanish democracy system for you. Maybe when they turn up and get asked to pay it they should ask for another vote cos the Spanish didn’t realise what they were voting for.

Garry People coming to the UK from EU countries should be charged tourists tax, perhaps £10, like you have to pay when going to places like, Egypt, Kenya!

June

Why let him on the plane in the first instance?

John

Dreamy White Chocolate Christmas cheesecake I want white chocolate cheesecake.

Megan

Smuggler’s car stopped at Spain border with an ‘unauthorised’ furry friend on board Probably stolen in Gibraltar. Hoping they pay for their nasty deed.

Ken

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7:30am Dynasties 8:30am Nature's Biggest Beasts 9:30am This Farming Life 10:30am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 11:30am Great British Menu 12:30pm Great Indian Railway Journeys 1:30pm Emma 3:25pm Brideshead Revisited 5:30pm Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made 6:30pm Masterchef: The Professionals Rematch 7:30pm Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 9:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 10:00pm Made in Scotland 11:00pm Billy Connolly - A Bafta Tribute 12:10am Quartet 1:40am Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

4:00am This is BBC Four 7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm Flying Scotsman From the Footplate 9:00pm Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2018: Who Am I? What Makes Me, Me? 10:00pm The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand 11:00pm Sinatra: All or Nothing at All 1:00am Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night 2:00am Top of the Pops Peter Powell presents the pop chart programme, first broadcast on Christmas Day 1986.

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Carry on swearing Richard Shanley WHETHER you love it or hate it, you can’t deny that Mrs Brown’s Boys is best-loved for its fourth-wall breaking and (often unintentionally) bad language.

The BBC aren’t too keen on those elements of its oldschool Irish charm, though, as t h e s i t c o m ’s c r e a t o r B r e n d a n O’Carroll recently revealed.

While speaking at a screening ahead of the show’s Christmas and New Year specials, O’Carroll admitted that the Beeb asked him to cut down the show’s swearing.

R e c a l l i n g D a n n y C o h e n ’s takeover as the corporation’s controller, Brendan explained

BLUE: Mrs Brown will not watch her language.

Behind THE MUSIC V L James | vljcomms@gmail.com | Facebook: @vljamesinfo

NWOBHM IN the late 70’s there was a strange phenomenon that I noticed at school. Kids were turning up with badges on their blazer lapels for bands I’d never heard of - Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Budgie, Def Leppard to name but a few.

On reading Sounds newspaper I discovered that these bands were part of the new wave of British heavy metal.

Pretty much ignored by the rest of the music press, NWOBHM started as an underground reaction to the dying embers of punk.

These new bands were influenced by early British rock legends such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.

With their long hair, leather and denim they would become a common sight on British streets.

They would colonise certain pubs that would have their favourite records on the juke box.

I remember seeing a documentary about the movement at the time and being fascinated by an air guitar disco in a pub! The fans of these bands are still a loyal bunch with some of them going on to massive interna-

HEAVY METAL: Iron Maiden were at the forefront of the new wave. tional success and still playing sold out shows today.

Some of the fans may have less hair, but they still know how to bang their heads!

(via The Mirror): “I had been invited for an ‘F’ meeting. He spent the first 10 minutes telling me how lucky the BBC felt to have found me and the f a m i l y, h o w w o n d e r f u l M r s Brown’s Boys was and how he liked that there was also pathos there and hopefully a message at the end... We were going through all of this stuff.

‘F**king bored’ with the conversation, Brendan then asked Cohen: ‘Danny, can we cut to the chase? You want me to stop saying ‘f**k’ so you can put the show on at eight o’clock’.”

And he said, ‘Exactly’.”

We ’ r e g u e s s i n g t h e a n s w e r was a resounding feck off, then. Fortunately for fans, Mrs Brown and the family will be back in all their usual sweary glory for two festive specials this year, ‘Exotic Mammy’ and ‘Mammy’s Motel.’

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10:25am ITV News 10:30am James Martin's Saturday Morning at Christmas 12:35pm James Martin's American Adventure 1:05pm The Mummy 3:20pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:30pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:30pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 5:30pm The Big Audition 6:30pm Big Star's Bigger Star 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9:00pm The London Studios: Home of the Stars 10:00pm Bradley Walsh: When Dummies Took Over the World 11:00pm The Keith and Paddy Picture Show 11:25pm ITV News 11:45pm Another Audience with Ken Dodd 12:45am Our Cilla

7:30am This Farming Life 8:30am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 9:30am Great British Menu 10:30am Great Indian Railway Journeys 11:30am Bill 1:00pm The Super Squirrels 2:00pm Dunkirk 4:10pm The Lake District: A Wild Year 5:10pm Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants 6:10pm Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made 7:15pm Kylie Minogue: Reel Stories 7:40pm Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees 8:40pm Nothing Like a Dame 10:00pm Philomena 11:30pm QI XL 12:15am Frankie Boyle's 2018 New World Order 12:55am Stewart Lee: Content Provider

7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:45am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:10pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:10pm I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Coming Out 3:15pm You've Been Framed!

3:45pm Ella Enchanted 4:45pm FYI Daily 4:50pm Ella Enchanted 5:40pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 6:40pm FYI Daily 6:45pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 7:50pm Minions 7:55pm Minions 8:00pm Minions 8:10pm Minions 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Minions 10:00pm Furious 7 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pm Furious 7 12:45am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy

7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm All About the Good Life 9:00pm The New Forest: A Year in the Wild 10:00pm Black Lake Hedda Stiernstedt, Filip Berg, Andre Eriksen, Alida Morberg, Bahar Pars, Daniel Larsson. Swedish thriller series.

10:45pm Black Lake 11:30pm The Old Grey Whistle Test 1:00am ABBA at the BBC 2:00am Life in the Snow 3:00am All About the Good Life What was it really like behind the scenes of The Good Life?

4:00am The New Forest: A Year in the Wild 5:00am This is BBC Four

6:30am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:50am Brief Encounter 9:30am Prince Harry in Africa 10:30am A Very Royal Wedding 11:55am Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy 1:20pm Princess Diana: A Life After Death 2:25pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:40pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:50pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Maigret 2:00am Maigret 3:45am Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:45am Road to Avonlea 5:40am Road to Avonlea

7:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Lego Masters 9:25am The Big Bang Theory 9:55am The Big Bang Theory 10:20am The Big Bang Theory 10:50am The Big Bang Theory 11:20am The Big Bang Theory 11:45am The Simpsons 12:15pm The Simpsons 12:40pm The Simpsons 1:15pm Baby's Day Out 3:10pm Hugo 5:35pm The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds on Holiday 6:35pm Channel 4 News 7:05pm The Secret World of Emily Brontã‹ 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau at Christmas 9:00pm Amazing Spaces Winter Wonderland 10:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 12:20am The Inbetweeners 2 2:10am Piranha 3DD

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Isle of Man TT World of Sport Silverstone Classic The Protectors The Professionals The Professionals ITV Racing: The Opening Show The Protectors The Professionals The Professionals ITV Racing: Live from Newbury Escape to Victory FYI Daily Escape to Victory Apollo 13 FYI Daily Apollo 13 Rush Hour 2 FYI Daily Rush Hour 2 Saw FYI Daily Saw The Professionals Minder The Protectors Quincy, M.E. World of Sport

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Charlie's Angels The Dark Tower Kong: Skull Island Hancock Thor: Ragnarok The Mummy Avengers: Infinity War 9:00pm Hancock 10:40pm Bad Boys 12:40am King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

7:00am Don't Tell the Bride 8:05am Don't Tell the Bride 9:10am Extreme Cake Makers' Christmas 10:15am Animals United 12:05pm The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 1:50pm Never Been Kissed 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:55pm The Big Bang Theory 7:25pm The Big Bang Theory 7:55pm Mirror Mirror 10:00pm X-Men: The Last Stand 12:05am Gogglebox 1:10am Gogglebox 2:15am Friday Night Dinner 2:50am Friday Night Dinner 3:25am Friday Night Dinner 3:55am Friday Night Dinner 4:25am Made in Chelsea's Big Christmas Quiz 5:20am Happy Together 5:40am Black-Ish

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12:00am Cricket Day five of the second Test as New Zealand and Sri Lanka meet at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

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9:00am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:15am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:25am Ultimate Spider-Man v the Sinister Six 9:55am Spy School 10:25am Ninja Warrior UK 11:25am Big Star's Bigger Star 12:25pm The Mummy Returns 2:45pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm You've Been Framed!

3:30pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 4:30pm The Big Audition 5:30pm Big Star's Bigger Star 6:30pm Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm Celebrity Chase Christmas Special 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 11:35pm ITV News 11:50pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2:30am Jackpot247

7:20am David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 7:50am This Farming Life 8:50am Countryfile 9:45am Monty Don's Paradise Gardens 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm Great British Menu 1:15pm Young Winston 3:30pm Gorilla Family and Me 4:30pm Gorilla Family and Me 5:30pm Inside the Factory Documentary series.

6:30pm Porridge 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Happy New Year, Colin Burstead 1:00am St. Stephen's Night Calvary 2:40am Home From Home: Chronicle of a Vision 4:40am Christmas at St Paul'S

5:00am This is BBC Four 7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm Al Murray's Great British War Movies 9:00pm The Heroes of Telemark 11:05pm Andrew Davies: Rewriting the Classics 12:05am Blackadder Goes Forth 12:35am Blackadder Goes Forth 1:05am Jeff Beck: Still on the Run 2:35am Ice Dream: Lapland's Snow Show 3:05am Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice 4:35am This is BBC Four

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am You've Been Framed!

7:50am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:10am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:45pm The Big Soap Quiz 2:50pm Celebrity Catchphrase 3:50pm You've Been Framed!

4:50pm Monsters, Inc. 5:55pm FYI Daily 6:00pm Monsters, Inc. 6:40pm Jurassic World 7:45pm FYI Daily 7:50pm Jurassic World 9:00pm Rock of Ages 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pm Rock of Ages 11:25pm Celebrity Juice 12:30am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Family Guy 2:00am Family Guy 2:30am American Dad! 2:55am American Dad! 3:25am Bordertown 3:55am Piranha 5:00am FYI Daily

7:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:55am Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:50am Royal Stories 9:20am The Royal Wives of Windsor 10:20am The Royal Wives of Windsor 11:20am Prince Harry's Story: Four Royal Weddings 12:20pm Invitation to a Royal Wedding 1:25pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:50pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Maigret in Montmartre 2:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:55am Road to Avonlea

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6:20am Come Dine with Me 7:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Lego Masters 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 9:55am The Big Bang Theory 10:20am Sunday Brunch 1:20pm The Simpsons 1:50pm The Simpsons 2:20pm The Simpsons 2:45pm Two by Two 4:30pm Edward Scissorhands 6:30pm Channel 4 News 6:40pm Paddington 8:30pm Britain's Wildest Weather 2018 10:00pm Big Ben: Countdown to New Year 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Tin Star 1:05am The Woman in Black 2:45am The Crystal Maze 3:40am Carry on Teacher 5:10am Come Dine with Me

9:20am Paw Patrol 9:35am Nella the Princess Knight 9:50am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am Birds Make You Laugh Out Loud 10:55am Friends 3:15pm Friends 3:40pm E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial 6:00pm Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 7:00pm 5 News 7:05pm Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 8:05pm World's Strongest Man 2018 9:00pm Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Britain's Favourite Chocolate Bar 12:05am What Women Want 2:15am Super Casino

7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 8:25am Rude(Ish) Tube 8:55am We're Going on a Bear Hunt 9:25am The Goldbergs 10:00am The Goldbergs 10:30am The Goldbergs 11:00am The Goldbergs 11:30am Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 1:05pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 2:50pm The Big Bang Theory 3:20pm The Big Bang Theory 3:50pm The Big Bang Theory 4:20pm The Big Bang Theory 4:50pm The Big Bang Theory 5:20pm The Big Bang Theory 5:50pm The Big Bang Theory 6:20pm Johnny English 8:00pm Transformers: Dark of the Moon The third movie in Michael Bay's energetic sci-fi action franchise. 11:00pm Naked Attraction 12:05am The Inbetweeners 12:40am The Inbetweeners 1:10am The Inbetweeners 1:40am The Inbetweeners

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7:00am Peter Rabbit 8:40am Olaf's Frozen Adventure 9:10am Ferdinand 11:00am Rampage 12:50pm A Wrinkle in Time 2:50pm Peter Rabbit 4:30pm Ferdinand 6:25pm Avengers: Infinity War 9:00pm Rampage 10:50pm Proud Mary 12:25am Blockers 2:10am Avengers: Infinity War 4:45am Thoroughbreds Blackly comic thriller about estranged childhood friends who begin to form an unsettling new bond.

1:00pm Football 1:30pm Old Firm Derby Best Goals 2:00pm Edinburgh Derby Best Goals 2:30pm SPFL Ballers 3:00pm SPFL Old Ballers 3:30pm Football 4:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 4:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:00pm Football 5:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 5:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 7:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:00pm Football 8:30pm Football's Greatest 9:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 9:30pm Live NBA: Detroit @ Orlando 12:00am EFL

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World of Sport Minder Minder The Sweeney The Sweeney The Professionals The Professionals Brannigan FYI Daily Brannigan Red River FYI Daily Red River Tobruk FYI Daily Tobruk Kelly's Heroes FYI Daily Kelly's Heroes The Silence of the Lambs FYI Daily The Silence of the Lambs Football's Foreign Legion Stuck on You: The Football Sticker Story The Professionals The Professionals

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 10:10am Sucker Punch 12:05pm Black Panther 2:20pm War for the Planet of the Apes 4:45pm Kingsman: The Golden Circle 7:10pm Rampage 9:00pm Black Panther 11:20pm Bad Boys II 1:50am Atomic Blonde

7:55am 9:35am 11:30am 1:30pm 3:30pm 5:15pm

Little Nicky Dumb and Dumber Father Figures The Other Guys Game Night Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 7:00pm The Other Guys 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Game Night 12:45am Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

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Cricket Cricket Cricket Sky Sports News Total Goals Cricket Live Renault Super Sunday Live Renault Super Sunday Live Renault Super Sunday Live World Championship Darts Day 15 of the William Hill World Darts Championship from the Alexandra Palace, London.

Live NFL: Sunday A match from the NFL. My Icon My Icon Live NFL: Sunday

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Breakfast Planes The Croods Dynasties BBC News BBC London News Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70 Match of the Day Big Hero 6 Maleficent Pointless BBC News BBC London News The Two Ronnies Sketchbook Celebrity Mastermind EastEnders Would I Lie to You? Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie BBC News The Graham Norton Show Madness Rocks Big Ben Live New Year's Eve Fireworks 2018 Madness Rocks Big Ben Live

7:20am The Pope and I - Our Lives 7:50am Family Cooking Showdown 8:50am This Farming Life 9:50am Top of the Shop with Tom Kerridge 10:50am Great British Menu 11:50am Super Fast Falcon 12:50pm Great Indian Railway Journeys 1:50pm Death on the Nile 4:10pm Evil Under the Sun 6:00pm Mary Berry's Country House at Christmas 7:00pm Inside the Factory 8:00pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 8:30pm Ethel and Ernest 10:00pm Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen 11:00pm QI XL 11:45pm Live at the Apollo 12:15am Jools's Annual Hootenanny 2:30am Best of Glastonbury 2017 4:40am Reading Festival 2018: The Best Bits

7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys 9:00pm Frozen Planet 10:00pm A Day in the Life of Earth 11:00pm TOTP2 New Year's Eve Special 12:10am Vic and Bobs Big Night Out 12:40am Vic and Bobs Big Night Out 1:10am Vic and Bobs Big Night Out Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer burst back onto our screens with a new series of Big Night Out. 1:40am Vic and Bobs Big Night Out 2:10am Bros: After the Screaming Stops 3:40am The Trains That Time Forgot: Britain's Lost Railway Journeys 4:40am This is BBC Four

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Queen's Green Planet 11:20am This Morning - 30 Unforgettable Years 12:45pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2:45pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:50pm ITV News London 3:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 7:30pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Spectre 11:45pm World Cup: Summer of Love 12:45am ITV News Including New Year Bongs

7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:10am Planet's Got Talent 7:35am Britain's Got Talent 8:25am Emmerdale 8:55am Coronation Street 9:25am Coronation Street 9:55am You've Been Framed!

11:00am Take Me Out: 10th Anniversary Special 12:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 1:00pm Emmerdale 1:30pm Coronation Street 2:00pm Coronation Street 2:35pm You've Been Framed!

3:40pm Casper 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Casper 5:35pm Despicable Me 2 6:35pm FYI Daily 6:40pm Despicable Me 2 7:40pm New Year's Eve 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm New Year's Eve 10:00pm Bridesmaids 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Bridesmaids 12:35am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy

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Royal Stories Holiday on the Buses 9:10am Mutiny on the Buses 10:55am Lewis 12:55pm Lewis 2:55pm Midsomer Murders 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Vera Crime drama series.

1:00am Vera Detective drama series based on the characters created

by Ann Cleeves.

2:50am Royal Stories Documentary series.

3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Lego Masters The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons Flash Gordon Vice Versa The Dam Busters Channel 4 News Hollyoaks Crocodile Dundee II The Last Leg of the Year Gogglebox 2018 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Northern Soul The Crystal Maze It takes self-belief, attitude and quick wits to conquer the Maze.

Food Unwrapped Come Dine with Me Four passionate cooks from Surrey compete to win £1000.

The Sweeney The Chase The Chase Kojak Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Professionals Minder Kojak Quincy, M.E. Khartoum FYI Daily Khartoum 633 Squadron FYI Daily 633 Squadron Cannonball Run II FYI Daily Cannonball Run II American Gangster FYI Daily American Gangster The Sweeney Minder Comedy drama series.

4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

4:30am ITV4 Nightscreen

7:40am Wissper 7:50am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:05am Fireman Sam: Heroes of the Storm 9:10am Paw Patrol 9:15am The Secret Life of Puppies 9:25am The Best of Jeremy Vine 11:20am Friends 11:50am Friends 12:20pm Neighbours 12:45pm What Women Want 3:15pm Dirty Dancing 5:15pm World's Strongest Man 2018 6:15pm Neighbours 6:45pm Pan 8:55pm 5 News 9:00pm Christmas Cruising with Jane McDonald 10:00pm Jane and Friends at New Year 11:00pm Jane Mcdonald: My Life Story 11:55pm Jane Mcdonald: BAFTA Winning Cruise 12:55am Jane and Friends at New Year

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge 12:20pm 300 2:20pm Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 4:40pm Rampage 6:40pm Captain America The Winter Soldier 9:00pm Top Gun 11:00pm Logan 1:20am Thor: Ragnarok 3:35am The Great Wall

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Life Itself: Special Mean Girls Downsizing Lady Bird Blockers Girls Trip Downsizing Lady Bird Blockers Girls Trip Role Models Bruce Almighty Brüno

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Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Postman Pat: The Movie Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Mr. Popper's Penguins Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Inbetweeners Movie The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners

7:00am Peter Rabbit 8:40am Ferdinand 10:30am Olaf's Frozen Adventure 11:00am Avengers: Infinity War 1:35pm Peter Rabbit 3:15pm Ferdinand 5:15pm A Wrinkle in Time 7:15pm Tully Charlize Theron stars as a struggling mother of three who forms a unique bond with her new nanny.

9:00pm Avengers: Infinity War 11:35pm Rampage 1:25am Blockers 3:10am Rampage 5:00am A Wrinkle in Time

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NFL Highlights NFL Highlights NFL Highlights F1 Season Review: The Fight for Barclays Premier League World World Championship Darts Alistair Cook's Fairytale Finale Barclays Premier League World Soccer Am Best Bits Best Pl Goals Premier League Review Steven Gerrard: In His Own Words Edinburgh Derby Best Goals Boxing The Debate Review of the Year Best Pl Goals Ryder Cup: Perfection in Paris World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Raw

One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns Soccer Am Best Bits Football Countdowns EFL Goals: League One and League Two EFL Goals: Championship Steven Gerrard: In His Own Words Edinburgh Derby Best Goals EFL SPFL Round Up Show SPFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits EFL Greatest Games

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am Planes: Fire and Rescue 11:15am Home 12:40pm Dynasties 1:40pm BBC News 1:55pm The Archbishop of 2:00pm The Railway Children 3:45pm Planet Earth II 4:45pm The Jungle Book 6:00pm Inside Out 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News 8:00pm Doctor Who 9:00pm EastEnders 10:00pm Luther 11:00pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:35pm BBC News at Ten 11:50pm BBC London News 12:00am Avengers: Age of Ultron 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast.

2:10am BBC News

8:30am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:00am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:15am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:30am Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit 9:55am Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit 10:25am Meet the Penguins 11:25am Britain's Favourite Walks: Top 100 1:55pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:00pm ITV Racing: Live from Cheltenham 4:30pm You've Been Framed!

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:05pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 7:35pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 9:00pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:20pm Tommy Cooper Forever 12:20am Tommy Cooper Forever

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Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment 9:00am An American in Paris: The Musical 11:15am New Year's Day Concert Live From Vienna 2019 1:45pm Nature's Weirdest Events 2:30pm Monkey Kingdom 3:50pm The Eagle Has Landed 6:00pm The Finest Hours 7:55pm The Archbishop of Canterbury's New Year Message 8:00pm The Snow Wolf: A Winter's Tale 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 10:00pm Amazon: Earth's Great Rivers 11:00pm The Revenant 1:25am Young Frankenstein 3:05am Ant-Man 4:55am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm New Year's Day Concert From Vienna 2019 10:00pm Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema 11:00pm Oasis: Supersonic The award-winning feature documentary telling the story of iconic band Oasis in their own words.

12:55am Britpop at the BBC 1:55am Elvis: The Rebirth of the King 2:55am Beirut: An Art Lovers' Guide 3:55am A Day in the Life of Earth Documentary presented by Hannah Fry, revealing how much our planet can change in just 24 hours.

4:55am This is BBC Four

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7:00am Royal Stories The history of Britain's Royal Family.

7:25am The Secret Garden 9:25am Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express Murder mystery starring Albert Finney and Lauren Bacall, 1974.

11:55am Lewis On Halloween, a university friend of pathologist Laura Hobson is found staked through the heart.

1:50pm Lewis 3:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot Another case for the dapper Belgian detective.

9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm Vera Crime drama series.

1:05am Vera

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Gold a-Z of Growing Up Emmerdale Coronation Street Celebrity Catchphrase You've Been Framed!

The Golden Compass FYI Daily The Golden Compass Emmerdale Coronation Street Monsters, Inc. FYI Daily Monsters, Inc. Nanny McPhee FYI Daily Nanny McPhee Minions Minions Minions Minions FYI Daily Minions Iron Man 2 FYI Daily Iron Man 2 Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy

6:45am Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:05am Everybody Loves Raymond Debra offers Ally regular babysitting work.

7:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:20am Frasier 8:45am Frasier 9:10am Diary of a Wimpy Kid 11:00am The Muppet Movie 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:25pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm Splash 4:40pm Turner and Hooch 6:40pm Channel 4 News 6:50pm Sister Act 8:40pm The Great New Year's Bake Off 10:00pm The Inbetweeners 12:00am The Inbetweeners 12:35am The Inbetweeners 1:10am The Inbetweeners 1:45am The Inbetweeners 2:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 3:00am The Crystal Maze 3:55am The People's Vet

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Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Sweeney Columbo Brannigan FYI Daily Brannigan Ben Hur FYI Daily Ben Hur Where Eagles Dare FYI Daily Where Eagles Dare Full Metal Jacket FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.

Full Metal Jacket Wartime drama starring Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio, 1987.

Car Crash Global Minder Comedy drama series.

The Protectors

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Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Peppa Pig The Day Henry Met Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom The Secret Life of Puppies Wissper Top Wing Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!

Neighbours E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Oliver!

Neighbours World's Strongest Man Final 2018 The Morecambe and Wise Story: Look Back in Laughter The Yorkshire Vet Winter Special Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2018

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The Jurassic Games Black Panther Avatar Ready Player One Thor: Ragnarok Black Panther Avengers: Infinity War 11:00pm Ready Player One 1:30am Braveheart 4:30am Premium Rush

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Groundhog Day Pretty Woman Rough Night You've Got Mail The House Father Figures Rough Night You've Got Mail Father Figures The House Step Brothers Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Peppa Pig The Day Henry Met Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom The Secret Life of Puppies Wissper Top Wing Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!

Neighbours E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Oliver!

Neighbours World's Strongest Man Final 2018 The Morecambe and Wise Story: Look Back in Laughter The Yorkshire Vet Winter Special Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2018

7:00am Ferdinand A big-hearted bull mistaken for a dangerous beast and taken from his home embarks on an epic adventure to return to his family.

Animated fun.

9:00am Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter adaptation with James Corden voicing the mischievous rabbit whose feud with the McGregor family reaches new heights.

10:40am Avengers: Infinity War 1:15pm Pacific Rim Uprising 3:10pm Life Itself: Special 3:25pm A Wrinkle in Time 5:20pm Rampage 7:10pm Ferdinand 9:00pm Pacific Rim Uprising 11:00pm Avengers: Infinity War 1:35am Rampage 3:25am Proud Mary 5:10am Peter Rabbit

TUESDAY TV

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Soccer Special PreMatch 12:00pm Soccer Special PreMatch 1:00pm Football 3:55pm Football 6:00pm Football 9:00pm Live World Championship Darts 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Smackdown 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:15pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 3:55pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:15pm 9:30pm 9:45pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am

Football's Greatest Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Countdowns Football Years Football Years EFL One2eleven One2eleven Football's Greatest Gillette Soccer Special: Build-Up Football Gillette Soccer Special: Reaction EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football's Greatest EFL EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Years Steven Gerrard: In His Own Words Old Firm Derby Best Goals EFL Greatest Games

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The day I became a Tory lackey Barry Duke ‘HEY, that’s me you’re talking about,’ I yelled at the radio, during a discussion of an affliction I’d not heard of before: imposter syndrome.

This is a psychological condition in which individuals imagine they are frauds, and that their accomplishments are fake.

But in my case - back in the early 1990’s - there was nothing imaginary about my phoniness and my accomplishment was genuine. I was working for a contract publishing company which was invited by the Home Office to pitch for a publication for thenPrime Minister John Major’s Citizen’s Charter initiative, aimed at improving public services in the UK. Barbara Burrows, our Managing Director, called a staff pow-wow to say that we were required to tell a bunch of senior civil servants how well we could do the job.

Then, fixing me with a determined gaze, she said ‘I’ve decided that you

CITIZEN’S CHARTER: Barry sold his soul to the devil. should do the presentation.’

I strongly protested that I was absolutely the wrong person for the task because I was an unreconstructed socialist who detested the Tories; that I thought the Charter was a monumentally stupid idea, and I resented promoting a venture which was a criminal waste of taxpayers’ money.

‘Never mind all that,’ Ms Burrows snapped. ‘The contract is worth £1-

million a year to us and you have the ability to talk the knickers off a nun.’

On the morning of the presentation I swallowed three Valium, got suited and booted, and strode into a conference room to address a panel of about a dozen of Major’s cronies, all the while smiling insincerely at the ugliest man in the room. Why? Because someone once told me that repulsive individuals are generally the most

powerful in government and large corporations, and they are the ones to charm.

After the presentation, trembling like blancmange in a hurricane, I sprinted into a pub nearest to 10 Downing Street and necked three large whiskeys in five minutes, thinking as I did so how much of hypocrite I had been by hyping-up something which ran contrary to all my principles.

I hated myself for having done so. I loathed myself even more when the boss lady announced that we had won the contract, and, because my presentation had been so awesome, I would be the one to edit the Citizen’s Charter monthly rag.

So, with gritted teeth, I churned out Tory waffle, feeling more and more of a traitor as each day passed.

Part of the Charter’s remit was to make a monthly award to a government department judged to have done a brilliant public service task. An early issue carried a report and photo of a social security team, the first award winners in the scheme.

A short while later, to my absolute delight, the entire team quit en-masse when they won millions on the National Lottery. Tears of laughter and joy ran down my cheeks.

Further relief and delight followed when the Citizens’ Charter collapsed after Labour took power in 1997.

The Tories suffered their worst electoral defeat since 1932, and I was able to regain my lost self-esteem by taking on the editorship of a renowned atheist magazine, The Freethinker, a job I’m still happily doing more than 20 years on.

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10:40am The Titfield Thunderbolt 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 2:00pm Coast 2:25pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 2:55pm Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals 3:55pm Kangaroo Dundee and Other Animals 4:55pm Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Galapagos 8:30pm University Challenge Christmas 2018 9:00pm Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start 9:30pm The Twinstitute 10:00pm Nile: Earth's Great Rivers 11:00pm Insert Name Here 11:30pm Dragons' Den 12:30am NFL 1:20am See Hear on Tour 1:50am Spy in the Snow

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8:10am Emmerdale 9:00am Coronation Street 10:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:55am Liar Liar 11:55am FYI Daily 12:00pm Liar Liar 12:35pm Emmerdale 1:35pm Coronation Street 2:40pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm You've Been Framed!

7:20pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 10:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Pitch Perfect 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Celebrity Catchphrase Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Bradley Walsh and Son: Breaking Dad Coronation Street Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Jackpot247 Lethal Weapon ITV Nightscreen

The Celts Sicily: Wonder of the Mediterranean 10:00pm Waco: Madman or Messiah 11:30pm Murder in Soho 1:00am Shirley Bassey at the BBC 2:00am Synth and Beyond with Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert 3:00am Sicily: Wonder of the Mediterranean 4:00am Wild West: America's Great Frontier America's high country is the land of grizzly bears and giant trees, of frigid winters and scorching summers, of tough ranchers and gold-rush fever.

5:00am This is BBC Four

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Royal Stories Goodbye Mr Chips Goodnight Mister Tom 11:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 1:40pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street Vera is adamant that Joss is her dad.

Jackie decides she wants to marry in a registry office.

4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote Crime drama series.

9:00pm Endeavour The case of a missing woman leads Endeavour to an investigation on Oxford's railways.

11:00pm Vera Crime drama series.

1:00am Vera Crime drama series.

2:55am ITV3 Nightscreen

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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) This being a family oriented month, much of it may be spent getting together with relatives and going over old times. Perhaps you are compiling a photo album for older members of the family or vice versa.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

DID YOU KNOW?

An exciting invitation may set tongues wagging and make a loved one jealous.

You, meanwhile, are quite bemused by the whole thing.

What comes out of this week is that you are of considerable value to others. The mere thought of you not being around sends ripples through your social circle.

When a member of tribes from long ago were lazy, or consumed much more than they produced, the tribe would set fire to their house while they were away as an act of showing them that that person was not wanted, and that the clan was not concerned with their survival. Hence the phrase ‘to get fired.’

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

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An interest in technology is not something new to you.

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Be aware that not everyone is willing to work as hard as you.

When approached by someone wanting you to trust them, be sure of their motives.

Do what you feel is right but remain firmly in control, especially financially. It may not be the time to make a particular move, although others think that it is. There's no problem with discussing things and talking them through..

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Social demands are made, but try to shuffle them to the

weekend. Be diplomatic or someone close could become irritated. Keep an eye on the small print because something fundamental may have changed in a longstanding arrangement.

Suddenly, at the weekend, you are thrust into the limelight.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be aware that leopards do not change their spots, they merely hide them. Those who demand your trust need a cool checking out and don't be afraid to say 'no' as and when necessary.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Career and home are in disharmony but a bit of compromise soon sorts things out.

You don't like playing the 'bad guy', but honesty is also important to you. Speaking your mind can be liberating although, initially, you may see it as a nuisance and embarrassing.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Someone with a larger-thanlife imagination makes you smile but that was not their intention.

Try to be diplomatic and steer them in a different direction.

Some feelings of loneliness will not be assuaged by working more. Perhaps it is time to consider taking on a pet or giving a current pet more attention.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Sometimes, you find it hard to do things just for the pure enjoyment of it.

Realise that not everything has to have a purpose or a profit.

Look round this week and seek out something that will please your senses and bring a smile to your lips.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Contact with a less than ideal situation makes you realise just how lucky you are.

It has been clear that the weeks are changeable and your situation at the moment far from settled.

Pity those whose day-today life is completely predictable.

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Cryptic Across 1 Neat tree (6) 4 Has a go at traditional Sunday food (6) 9 To clarify matters was once simple (7) 10 Lift finally here behind schedule (5) 11 Say! It's time for Herb (5) 12 Make up your mind to do the puzzle again (7) 13 Showing concern about desecration (11) 18 Go for a walk after buying first prickly bush (7) 20 Piece of poetry veers off (5) 22 Like a made up uniform (5) 23 Print us recipe for vegetables (7) 24 Number swimming in Tyne (6) 25 Note heard by male singer (6) Down 1 Confectionery we put in sets (6) 2 Answer salesman extremely loudly (5) 3 Wine cartels are corrupt (7) 5 Starts showing love for writers (5) 6 Quietly distribute bulb (7) 7 Drunken horse that's swallowed whisky (6) 8 Incorrectly tenderising items

(11) 14 Oxygen helping speech (7) 15 Daydream about one American patriot (7) 16 Get in boat that’s rocking (6)

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17 Meals the queen found a problem (6) 19 No Clue 21 Rule over Niger (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 24 represents J and 26 represents W, so fill in J every time the figure 24 appears and W every time the figure 26 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 Information about recent and 2 Large wrinkled edible seeds of a deciduous tree (7) important events (4) 3 Male sovereign (4) 4 Miserly curmudgeon in Charles 5 Plaything (3) Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol (7) 7 Pressure (6) 6 Young person (5) 9 Kitchen appliance used for baking or 8 Concerned with sacred matters, religion or the church (9) roasting (4) 10 Eastern (6) 11 Salted or smoked meat from the 11 Embrace (3) upper part of a pig's leg (3) 12 Expect and wish (4) 13 Dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top (3) 14 Frozen water (3) 16 Performance using gestures and 15 Mischievous fairies (5) body movements without words (4) 17 Attractive (6) 18 Reverential wonder or fear (3)

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Across 7 Tinsel (6) 8 Asombrado (6) 9 Log (4) 10 Saludo (8) 11 Veneración (7) 13 Sueño (5) 15 Holly (5) 17 Miracle (7) 20 Frost (8) 21 Acogedor (4) 23 Preguntarse (6) 24 Encantador (6)

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

Down 1 Árbol (4) 2 Delantales (6) 3 Happiness (cheerfulness) (7) 4 Camello (5) 5 Cake (6) 6 Reno (8) 12 Acontecimiento (8) 14 Milagro (7) 16 Coñac (6) 18 Nicho (6) 19 Bufanda (5) 22 Rebaja (4)

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

ABLATE BLURRY CREAKY DIFFER EFFACE EUREKA FAMILY (10) FILTER FORCED FOURTH FRUGAL FUNGAL HAIRDO INFIRM LATTER LAUREL MEDIAL REMAND SEAMAN

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Cobalt 2 Castle 3 Family 4 Tumult 5 Nation 6 Anyhow 7 Nimbus 8 Wisdom 9 Aplomb 10 Induce 11 Potion 12 Seamen 13 Typhus 14 Pigpen 15 Paunch 16 Beyond 17 Ensure 18 Tipped 19 Brainy.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case A) 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.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

TARGET: • Average: 32 • Good: 45

• Very good: 65 • Excellent: 84

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 10 Good: 14 Very good: 20

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 26

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Gradually, 7 Leave, 8 Viper, 9/15 Kit bag, 10 Please, 14 Ocelot, 18 Tramp, 20 Ounce, 21 Dismantle.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 1 Gall, 2 Avarice, 3 Used, 4 Lively, 5 Yap, 6 Barber, 11 Against, 12 Boater, 13 Morphs, 16 Iota, 17 Cede, 19 Add.

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Across:

Across:

1 Card, 3 Pastoral, 9 Nannies, 10 Addle, 11 Rosie, 12 Sunset, 14 Terror, 16 Sensor, 19 Saddle, 21 Asses, 24 Align, 25 Salvage, 26 Elements, 27 Once.

1 Saws, 3 Ashtrays, 9 Hervido, 10 Avena, 11 Dedal, 12 Lustre, 14 Luchar, 16 Octavo, 19 Repair, 21 Mente, 24 Ounce, 25 Ciruela, 26 Dormouse, 27 Vena.

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Down:

1 Concrete, 2 Rungs, 4 Assist, 5 Train, 6 Redress, 7 Lied, 8 Cicero, 13 Grasmere, 15 Realise, 17 Enable, 18 Bedsit, 20 Dunce, 22 Swain, 23 Fade.

1 Schedule, 2 World, 4 Slowly, 5 Tears, 6 Alegría, 7 Snap, 8 Biblia, 13 Bofetada, 15 Cleaner, 17 Cumbre, 18 Bricks, 20 Acero, 22 Niece, 23 Loud.

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The app features ‘super high tech’ swarming algorithm, a mage dynamic environment and cute faces that follow you everywhere.

QUIZ: CHRISTMAS PRESENTS 1. Christmas Crackers (1981), Heroes and Villains (1996), If They Could See Us Now (2001), Thicker Than Water (1983) and Time On Our Hands (1996) are all titles of ‘Christmas specials’ of which popular BBC sitcom?

2. In Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, what is the name of the abused, underpaid clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge (and possibly Jacob Marley, when he was still alive), who symbolised poor working conditions, especially long working hours?

3. In which 1942 musical film did the song White Christmas first appear?

4. In which year did King George V make the first King’s Christmas Message (formally His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech) on the British Broadcasting Corporation's Empire Service?

5. What did a group of four Scottish students (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson, and Alan Stuart) remove from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950?

6. What is the name of the Soviet statesman who resigned as president of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991?

7. What is the name of the traditional German fruit bread, consisting of nuts, spices and dried or candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar that is eaten during the Christmas season?

8. What was the name of the English physicist and chemist who founded the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures in 1925?

9. Which Scottish singer, songwriter, political activist and philanthropist, born on Christmas Day 1954, was a member of the Tourists and the Eurythmics, before embarking on a solo career in 1992?

10. Who was Driving Home for Christmas in 1988?

Not a lot of people know that... if you gave all the gifts listed in the Twelve Days of Christmas, it would total 364 gifts.

Answers: 1. ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES, 2. BOB CRATCHIT, 3. HOLIDAY INN, 4. 1932, 5. THE STONE OF SCONE, 6. MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, 7. STOLLEN, WEIHNACHTSSTOLLEN or CHRISTSTOLLEN, 8. MICHAEL FARADAY, 9. ANNIE LENNOX, 10. CHRIS REA

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*Salman Khan, Movie actor; December 27, *Glen Phillips, Rock singer; December 29, 47 52 The singer, songwriter and guitarist for the 90’s The Bollywood actor has starred in more than alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket, 80 Hindi Films and won the Filmfare Award for has also released solo albums such as Abulum and Winter Pays For Summer.

Best Supporting Actor for his role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. He set a Bollywood record by *Tiger Woods, Golfer; December 30, 42 Tiger Woods appearing in the highest-grossing film of the The champion golfer has won more than 100 year on nine separate occasions.

Tour events and became the youngest player to complete *Maggie Smith, Movie actress; December 28, 83 the PGA Career Grand Slam. He won 14 majors, including four Masters Tournaments.

Maggie has starred in Gosford Park, Downton Abbey, and the Harry Potter films and has won multiple Emmy *Donald Trump Jr, Business Executive; December 31, Awards in a career that has spanned more than 60 years.

40 In 1969, she won an Academy Award for her starring role Executive vice president at his father’s The Trump Organisation, is the first child of the 45th President of the in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

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.

US, Donald Trump. He began working alongside his siblings Ivanka and Eric Trump at the family firm, and is fluent in Czech. His birth mother is Ivana Trump. *Colin Morgan, TV actor; January 1, 32 The Irish actor is best known for playing the title role in the BBC series Merlin. He has also performed in several stage productions, including A Prayer For My Daughter and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. *Kate Bosworth, Movie actress; January 2, 35 Blue Crush actress Kate debuted in The Horse Whisperer and also starred in Young Americans, Wonderland, Blue Crush 21 and the remake of Straw Dogs. She wanted to become a competitive horse racer and was a champion equestrian at the age of 14.

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

Solution MAKE LAKE (MIKE) LIKE LIFE LIFT GIFT

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Gifted find WHAT would you do if you came across a 16-year-old girl who is sick, alone, and disoriented, on the side of the road near a remote forest?

Would you drive the terrified girl to the hospital, as Suzanne Blakemore does, and make sure she’s given the care she needs?

Suzanne, the wife and mother at the centre of author Sonja Yoerg’s True Places, feels compelled to help, even though she doesn’t have a second to spare in her overscheduled day.

But Suzanne has become lost in her own life, and there’s something about the enigmatic girl named Iris that reaches deep into her core.

As Iris recovers, questions about her seemingly feral life mount, and Suzanne resolves to take her in.

The decision disrupts the already fragile balance of the Blakemore home in ways no one could have predicted, least of all Suzanne. But the relationship proves to be enlightening.

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192 - Death wish Roman Emperor Commodus survives poisoning attempt by his mistress only to be strangled in the bath in assassination plot.

533 - New title Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to papacy.

1170 - Becket killed Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II. 1229 - Isle conquest James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (Palma) consummating Christian conquest of the island of Mallorca.

1460 - Duke dies Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (northern England), Duke of York killed and his forces soundly defeated by forces for King Henry VI 1801 - UK Forms The Irish Parliament votes to join the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1831 - Naturalist trip HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board departs England for a survey of South America, a voyage Darwin later said ‘determined my whole career.’

1981 - Case closed One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the ‘Yorkshire Ripper,’ is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

1998 - Fixed rate Exchange rates between the euro and legacy currencies in the Eurozone become fixed.

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By Sally Underwood AT one time or another, most of us have all overdone it a bit in the sun.

Whether forgetting to reapply SPF, or getting caught out on an unexpectedly sunny day, most people will have been exposed to UV rays whilst unprotected at some point.

While this can have worrying health consequences, sun damage can also cause cosmetic damage in the form of uneven pigmentation and sun spots. Luckily, it is possible to treat this unwanted side effect, as well as preventing further damage.

This common skin complaint, known as ‘hyperpigmentation,’ is caused by an excess production of melanin; the chemical naturally produced in the body to protect us from UV rays, which occurs when we take too much sun.

These dark spots can occur anywhere, but are most common on the face, chest and hands. Lasers can be an effective way to remove these marks, working to break down the excess pigmentation and leaving an even skin tone. This can be expensive, however, and is not advisable for all skin tones.

Another option is a chemical peel. These

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treatments create a superficial burn, removing several layers of skin and in turn sloughing off hyperpigmentation. Peels can also help to treat fine lines and wrinkles for the same reason. If going for a professionalgrade peel, make sure to do your research and select a reputable clinic or dermatologist to carry out the procedure.

The strength of chemical peels can vary enormously so talk through with a professional what results you are hoping for and whether there is any downtime afterwards.

Try The Ordinary’s ‘AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution’ (€7), for a 10-minute treatment which will help to even out skin tone.

Another alternative is a treatment applied daily under other skin care products which will work over time to gently exfoliate hyperpigmentation and remove it.

Many large brands offer these products, and can be very effective. Try Eucerin ‘Even Brighter Concentrate’ (€33.50). This pack of six tubes use anti-inflammatory and skin-lightening ingredients to remove marks within five weeks.

Finally, make sure you prevent any further damage and don’t undo any progress

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THEY say a little bit of what you like is good for you, but scientists believe sugar in our food could be causing a whole host of problems.

From weight gain and hormonal changes, to ageing and health problems, sugar is blamed for many complaints.

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type II diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

While scientists say they are yet to understand why it is thought to be so bad for us, they say it can increase inflammation which can have a knock-on effect on other health problems, as well as contributing towards ageing.

SUN DAMAGE: Can leave uneven skin tone. you make, by wearing a high factor sunscreen with a broad UVA and UVB protection.

While it seems unnecessary in the winter,

UV rays will do damage whether or not the sun seems strong so be sure to use a factor 30 to 50 daily.

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Preparing your skin before the Xmas holidays CHRISTMAS is the most anticipated time of the year and now that you’re only a few weeks away from the day when you will be reunited with loved ones, have you taken the time to assess if your beauty routine is able to keep up with your needs?

Although Christmas is a lovely season, there are also changes in the weather which can be detrimental to your skin, and much worse, affect your overall look.

If you are one of the people who hasn’t switched yet to a new beauty routine which is suited for the season, you may already be dealing with skin and beauty issues which you’ll definitely want to get rid of, especially in time for the celebrations which are definitely happening in December.

So, how do you start? Getting your glow back doesn’t happen overnight, but we want to make it easy for you.

We have prepared a beauty transformation guide which can restore your glow in less than one month.

Now is the time to get rid of dead skin cells, and fill the newborn cells with vitamins, amino acids and let the skin glow.

One very easy step to do this is by starting with a very light chemical peel, to give your skin freedom to breathe again. Follow up with a rich tissue mask, which lets your skin absorb the ingredients easier.

Simple, but very effective steps!

For more information and prices, please contact us on Derma Clinic Spain.

Also follow us on Facebook or Instagram for our monthly discounts and offers.

Call for an appointment on: 674 255 579 Camino del Pinxo 2 L’Alfàs del Pi 03580 674 255 579

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WITH the growing popularity of vegetarianism and veganism has come an increasing trend towards ethically-sourced and ecologically-friendly beauty products as well.

These products are not just for non-meat eaters too, all animal-lovers will be happy to hear there is now a long list of beauty companies who are 100 per cent cruelty-free and have committed to abiding by animal-friendly practices.

Going a step further, some products even avoid all animalderived ingredients, such as honey or beeswax, making them suitable for vegans. Many of these products are not just on trend, they can also be highly-effective and luxurious alternatives to our usual creams, serums, and oils.

Company Optiat makes use of the half a million tons of coffee grounds which normally end up in landfill each year in the UK alone and turns them into a range of caffeine-infused beauty products. With body exfoliators starting at €8, this brand could smooth your skin, smell great, and even help save the planet.

For a range of products which covers the needs of both your face and body, try Pai, a brand made specifically for people with sensitive skin and does not use animal-derived ingredients.

With prices starting at €26 (from www.laconicum.com) for a complete set of skincare miniatures, Pai’s products could

make a good gift for any vegan friends.

For a spa experience at home using sustainably-sourced products, check out Tropic Skincare.

This brand uses an abundance of natural ingredients to create an ethical, vegan-friendly line of lotions. Try the ‘Whipped Body Velvet Intensely Rich Butter melt’ (€33 from www.tropic skincare.com), which has won several beauty awards.

For a product which is both vegan-friendly and helps the environment as well as making you feel good, try Haeckels.

This brand uses seaweed washed up on the British coastline which is normally left to decay, in its ‘Sea Buckthorn Body Cleanser’ (€37 for 350 ml from www.cultbeauty.com).

If hair care is more your concern, there is a range of vegan and cruelty-free shampoos and conditioners at The Body Shop, a brand which has famously campaigned against animal testing for many years.

Finally, for the finishing touches. Vegan-friendly makeup has also grown in popularity, and again can be bought at The Body Shop.

Other brands specialising in cruelty-free make-up or vegan make-up include Axiology (www.na turismo.com), and The Ordinary.

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NON-INVASIVE: New therapies are available to treat ED. ment treatment.

F i n a l l y, m a n y p a t i e n t s may benefit from Shockwave Therapy (ESWT), offered at Clinica Britannia.

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is an innovative treatment. This clinically proven method has been used for various medical condi-

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The treatment takes a few minutes per session and consists of a certain number of pain-free shockwaves through the skin (distal penis, base of penis and perineum) twice weekly for six weeks. A major advantage of this innovative option includes virtually no risks or side effects.

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So why not discuss your options with English-speaking doctors at Avenida de los Ejercitos Espanoles 16, 03710 Calpe, Alicante.

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he had ‘gathered his team to announce an important decision, that 2019 will be the last season of Dani Garcia the Restaurant.’

He added that ‘having reached this dream, I will take my vision of the gastronomy of Andalucia to all corners and audiences of the world.’

With more than 20 years’ experience, Garcia became the first chef in Malaga to get three Michelin stars, and only the second in Andalucia.

‘TE BOTE’ has been crowned Google’s mostsearched Spanish-language song lyrics in America.

Officially the hottest track of 2018, it features artists Casper, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny, and Ozuna.

And the hit is continuing to rack up the accolades, having also ranked as YouTube’s mostwatched music video globally.

Google revealed its annual Year in Search

DANI GARCIA: Star chef swaps kitchen for studio.

Hottest hit list, highlighting the top news, trends, and topics that people were searching for on the web throughout 2018.

Bad Bunny’s ‘Amorfoda’ and Karol G’s ‘Culpables’ featuring Anuel AA are the other urban tracks on the list, which is primarily dominated by regional Mexican songs, or corridos.

Own goal for footie ace JUVENTUS and Portugal football star, Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to accept a two-year suspended prison sentence for allegedly defrauding Spain’s tax authorities of €14.8 million, according to the national press.

T h e 3 3 - y e a r- o l d f o r w a r d w i l l re portedly be formally found guilty at a hearing on January 14, but won’t actually serve any prison time.

The rumoured deal with the Spanish Treasury is set to end an ongoing legal saga dating back to when Ronaldo, often referred to as the ‘best player in the world,’ played for Real Madrid.

While in Spain he became Real M a d r i d ’s h i g h e s t e v e r g o a l s c o re r, netting 451 times over nine years after joining from Manchester United for a then-record £80 million in 2009.

He helped Real win three consecu-

CREDIT: Christiano Ronaldo Facebook

JUST three weeks after bagging a third Michelin star, celebrated chef Dani Garcia has thrown in the towel at his Marbella restaurant and will present a daily breakfast show on Spanish TV. Garcia will take over from the popular Torres brothers in March with his own TVE programme for La 1, which will be produced by Shine Iberia, the company behind Masterchef.

Announcing his decision on social media, Garcia said

CREDIT: Dani Garcia Facebook

Michelin chef gets TV show

RONALDO: Pictured with Cristiano Jr and girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. tive Champions League titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

R o n a l d o i s a l s o P o r t u g a l ’s m o s t capped player, with 154 appearances, and record goal scorer, with 85.

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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala uses up some Christmas leftovers for the in-between Christmas and New Year period!

Post Christmas delights, to keep away the blues!

Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella

www.thelittlegeranium.com AS I grew up Christmas was getting more and more difficult to guarantee that our family came together as we all had our own families. So the days in between Christmas Day and New Year ’s Eve were and still are the only opportunity to invite over friends and family that we had missed on Christmas Day or Boxing Day. When I was a boy one of things I loved most about the Christmas period was making Christmas cookies with my mum. She used to make the most amazing shortbread and gingerbread men, which we would spend hours icing and decorating. Then they would come out with coffee or wine for everyone that visited in between Christ-

mas and New Year.

This post Christmas period had become as important as Christmas Day itself. It was often our only opportunity to exchange gifts and sit with some wine and catch up.

Things haven’t changed much and in fact they have become more difficult since I moved to Spain. Moving to Spain was my way of wanting to slow down since the business in the UK employed around 2,000 staff and the bureaucracy of it all became stressful.

A small restaurant with a handful of staff somewhere in the sun sounded like a solution! Then The Little Geranium was born and hey… I work harder now than ever before!

So getting away at Christmas to be in the UK with my daughters, brothers and father is difficult, so they come and see me during this in-between period.

Serena my eldest daughter lands on December 27 and is here for a week, so apart from going out for meals and eating at the Geranium I have plans to make my famous Turkey and Ham pie (just like old times) and I’m going to make some gingerbread cookies with h e r ( I t r i e d t h e m o u t w i t h M i c h e l e ’s help last week, see picture!)

Wa s h t h i s d o w n w i t h s o m e m u l l e d wine after a long walk with the dogs on the beach and the feeling of Christmas suddenly hits you! That feeling isn’t totally here as you know if you live here, we all miss the Christmas feeling that we get back in the UK, so in order to bring some of it to Spain, why not try out some delicious British recipes!

By the way, my family says that my pie is the best meal that I make all year! I’m not sure that this is a compliment!

NEW CHEF: Steven and Michele.

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U3A in a Christmas mood THE group leaders and the committee members of the C a lpe U 3A e njoye d the ir Christmas lunch which took place in the Restaurant Costa C a lpe jus t be fore the break.

To say they were delighted and thoroughly enjoyed the meal and the exceptional service would be an understatement, as everyone c omme nte d tha t nothing was too much for the staff.

The Pr esi dent of Cal pe U3A, Ver i t y Waddel l , thanked everyone for their hel p and t hei r eff or t s i n making the organisation the success it is today.

The Calpe U3A Choir and the members who manned the tombola stall at the re-

cent Calpe Christmas Fair i n t he m ar ket wer e gi ven special praise for raising ₏1,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association.

The next meeting of the Cal pe U3A i s at t he Sol Ifach Hotel on January 17, 2019 at 10am.

Photo credit: Calpe U3A

SUPERB: The Calpe U3A group leaders enjoying a wonderful evening.

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King Kahn comes to town KING KHAN and the BBQ Show will be performing in Alicante on January 12 at the Sala Stereo, Pintor Velazquez 5 from 10pm.

The band is a Canadian garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec, who mix doo-wop and punk.

They are composed of former Spaceshits bandmates Mark Sultan and Blacksnake, alias King Khan. Mark Sultan, under the pseudonym BBC, contributes vocals, guitar, tambourine, bass drum and snare drum, while King Khan provides lead guitar and vocals.

Although the duo broke up in 2010, in 2011 they announced they had started recording together again and this led to them getting back on tour in 2012. They are currently on a nationwide tour so don’t miss the chance to experience their adrenalin fuelled music for only €12 a ticket.

CIRCO MAGICO: Now on in Alicante City.

A kind of magic THERE is still time to catch a circus with a magical twist in Alicante City this Christmas season.

The organisers of the Circo Magico promise that the impossible will become possible as actors and dancers weave magic before the audience’s eyes.

Show goers are invited to go on a journey with the Magical Tree who tells the tale of how the first Great Magician came from the stars to Earth.

The Tree is joined by fairies and a cast of other magical beings who help to tell stories from the

Great Book of Wisdom, where everything is written. It features more than 30 performers from circuses around the world.

The journey takes the audience from Earth to explore the universe, the stars and the constellations.

The Circo Magico is now on in Alicante City every night at the Principal Theatre (Teatro Principal) in the Plaza Ruperto Chapi.

The show launched in Alicante City last Friday and it is due to run until Sunday January 6.

Tickets are available at: http://www.teatroprin cipaldealicante.com/programacion.php?id=82

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MOTORING FACT VAUXHALL’S new electric Mokka won’t be seen for the next 18 months, but it will be worth the wait.

Although petrol versions will also be available, the 2020 Mokka X is all-electric with a 50kWh battery and a 200mile range, enough to keep most people going for a week between charges.

There is a lot to love with a bold, futuristic design, clever use of technology, and jazzed-up wheels which create a yellow ring of light on the move.

This next-gen model features Vauxhall’s new family face, best described by designer Mark Adams as a ‘visor.’

The headlights, cameras and sensors are housed behind one full-width panel.

The central bonnet crease, combined with the ‘wing-signature lights’ is called the ‘compass.’ The line continues with the roof antenna and goes down to the vertical foglight in the rear bumper.

Hop inside and the minimalist design continues with the widescreen digital dash, head-up display and not much else. Adams said: “We call it a digital detox. Take away all the stuff you don’t need on the outside as well as digitally inside. That means displaying information simply.

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“Vauxhall Mokka X 2020 A window into the future

The best-selling car of all time is the Toyota Corolla, which sold a staggering 30 million before its replacement by the Toyota Yaris in 2007.

LIGHT RIDER: The Mokka X 2020 has a radically futuristic design.

“The head-up display is fantastic because you don’t need to take your eyes off the road. We are trying to make things less cluttered, less complicated and less overpowering.”

The barn doors and floating seats (attached to the centre tunnel) are purely for show but the digital wing mirrors and Level 3 autonomy could easily make it on to the road car.

At just over four metres long, the Mokka X has the footprint of a Corsa but with far more character and personality.

“This is not over-promising,” added Adams. “This is hitting the high spots we want to deliver for our future customers, and we’re not doing it in a way which is ostentatious and over-done, we’re doing it in a way which is highquality and stylish but also restrained.”

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Driving the team forward THE heart of the new BMW iFE.18 and the BMW i Andretti Motorsport Team which was developed for Season 5, lies the drivetrain; The Racing eDrive01.

It brings together the pioneering spirit, innovation and technological expertise of both BMW Motorsport and BMW i.

Work on developing the BMW drivetrain for Formula E began in early 2017. The Racing eDrive01 began with pre-development for production drive systems and was produced in the same prototype construction facilities as the next generation of BMW i series drives.

As such, it benefits from the experience of the production engineers in the areas of manual and mechanical manufacturing of electric motors and their components.

More than a quarter of the pre-development team is also working on the Formula E project. The first concepts for the Racing eDrive01 were on the test stand for the

first time in mid-2017, the same test stand which is used for pre-production.

After the delivery of the test chassis and standard battery, work started on assembling the test car at the start of 2018.

By the time it came to the roll-out of the BMW iFE.18 in April 2018, the drivetrain had undergone many rounds of development and optimisation during extensive bench tests.

While the Racing eDrive01 benefitted greatly from the experience of production engineers during its development, the knowledge gained by BMW i Motorsport engineers in the tough competitive environment of Formula E flowed straight back into the development of future E-drives for BMW production vehicles.

Motor racing makes it possible to test new materials, technologies and methods in extreme conditions, and without having to take into consideration restrictive factors.

This way, the technology transfer between motorsport and production development comes full circle.

This technology transfer is more intensive in the Formula E project than ever before in the history of the BMW Group.

In particular, the fact that the BMW Group developed the fifth generation of their electric drive themselves again, thereby creating an excellent infrastructure for production and development, provides great advantages for the Formula E project.

This development factory makes it possible to provide technological solutions tailored specifically to motorsport within a very short period.

In the particular case of Formula E, for example, dozens of development variants were generated mathematically and via simulation almost overnight, from which the engineers could accurately select the solution perfect for the project.

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Driving wisely THE unfortunate reality when it comes to road travel is that accidents do happen and sometimes people get hurt.

But many people do not know what to do at the

scene of a traffic collision.

While the average motorist isn’t expected to have the knowledge of a paramedic, it pays to have a solid understanding of first aid.

The Highway Code sets out guidelines all drivers should follow if they find themselves in a crisis situation by the roadside.

The first thing to remember when arriving at the scene of an accident is to check for further danger, including further collision or fire.

When it comes to actually treating casualties, you should not move anyone unless they are in d a n g e r, a n d d o n ’ t g i v e them anything to eat or drink.

Tr y t o p r o t e c t t h e m from weather and ask questions to get a response.

If the airway is blocked, place one hand under the chin and lift up and forward.

If they have no signs of life, chest compressions should be administered by placing two hands in the centre of the chest and pressing down hard and fast.

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Premier League Preview

Two horse race takes shape IT has been a typically eventful first half of the Premier League season, with some exceeding expectations, some woefully underachieving.

This has been the season Liverpool fans have dreamed about since the appointment of the charismatic German Jurgen Klopp in October 2015.

Their high energy ‘heavy metal’ football has been led by the world class front three of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firminho.

However, it could be argued that the signings of defender Virgil van Dyke and goalkeeper Allisson have been the key to Liverpool’s title challenge.

This is Liverpool’s best ever start to a top flight season, and they also aim to go as far as possible in the Champions League.

The Reds will host the rejuvenated Arsenal this weekend in an eye-catching clash as the Gunners look to build on their impressive form under Unai Emery.

Manchester City have managed to continue the kind of clinical performances that took them to the title in May, despite not having the world class talent of Kevin de Bruyne at their disposal for most of it.

Leaving behind his disappointment of missing out on Germany’s World Cup squad, Leroy Sane has really come to the fore, while manager Pep Guardiola has succeeded where others have failed in getting consistently high class performances from Raheem Sterling.

There is a real strength in depth to City and an experience that leaves them favourites in many people’s eyes to retain the title.

City will travel to Southampton on Sunday looking to head into the New Year with Liverpool in their rear-view mirror.

SHAQ’S BACK: Xherdan Shaqiri proved the difference in the match.

Chelsea remain in the conversation and while a top four place looks very much achievable, they will be hoping to hit the ground running in 2019 to get back into title contention.

England fans will be pleased to note the improvement of Ross Barkley’s form under Maurizio Sarri, while N’golo Kante has been the linchpin of the midfield.

It is Kante’s glue that enables the likes of Hazard, Pedro and Willian to cut loose as they have done throughout the campaign so far.

For Tottenham, manager Mauricio Pochettino is a high-class operator, as proven by his astute tactical

approach in the win over Chelsea and draw against Barcelona.

Whether he can take his side to the next level and become contenders is the question, but with a spine of Lloris, Alderweireld, Eriksen and Kane, Spurs have every chance of making that leap.

Midfield maverick Dele Alli has begun to recover the form which deserted him last season, and although anchor Eric Dier is injured, the likes of Lamela, Moura and Winks on the bench would please any manager.

Spurs host Wolves on Saturday, who are this season’s top 10 surprise package.

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BEST OF RIVALS: Roger and Rafa have joined forces to previous Laver Cup success.

REAL MADRID president Florentino Perez has given tennis ace Rafael Nadal the highest praise by saying he is “the best Spanish sportsman of all time.”

Nadal is a well-known fan of Los Blancos, and Perez added that the Mallorcan could well become president of the team in the future.

Meanwhile, the 17-time major winner has agreed to partner Roger Federer for the second time at next year’s Laver Cup in Geneva.

Europe Laver Cup captain

Nadal simply the best Bjorn Borg said: “Bringing together two of the greatest players, and rivals, the sport has ever seen together on one team is very exciting for our sport, and will give us the best possible chance to win the Laver Cup three years in a row.”

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La Liga Preview

Barca still team to beat

BARCELONA are predictably finishing the year at the top of La Liga, with star players Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez continuing to deliver.

Perhaps a more unanticipated and pleasing surprise has been the form of forward Ousmane Dembele, whose pace and skill is leading many to compare him with PSG star Kylian Mbappe.

Manager Ernesto Valverde is relatively new in the hotseat but he has already been able to stamp his philosophy on the side to trophy-winning effect.

Fans expect nothing less than another title, but with Real Madrid still playing catch up it would be a brave man to bet against the Catalan side.

Barca will kick the new year off by travelling to Getafe on January 6, who themselves are in contention for a Europa League spot.

Real Madrid have recovered from the dreadful early season form that cost manager Julen Lopetegui his job.

Under the stewardship of Santiago Solari, Los Blancos have rediscovered their mojo and are moving relentlessly up the table.

Despite the loss of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in the summer, Los

Blancos have seen other players like Modric, Marcelo and Bale step up to the plate in his absence.

Given their rivalry with Barca, Real will not want the league leaders to canter again to the title, but will have their work cut out to prevent it from happening.

Real will start 2019 with a game away to Villareal, who are facing a relegation battle.

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ENGLAND’S Bronte Law broke a Ladies European Tour record by holing nine birdies in a row in the Lalla Aicha Tour School event in Morocco, with the 23year-old posting a 10-under-par 62.

Sevilla have made a very strong start to the campaign and find themselves in title contention at this stage.

The loan signing Andre Silva has made a huge impact up front, and it would not be a surprise if his current employers look to offer him a more permanent contract at the end of the season.

Sevilla will next host Atletico Madrid on January 6 in the weekend’s most eye-catching tie.

For Atletico’s part, they have also enjoyed a solid campaign under the guidance of manager and notorious competitor Diego Simeone.

It has been a breakout season for midfield maestro Saul, while star striker Antoinne Griezmann continues to show his class up front.

Atletico will hope to keep up the pressure on the league leaders in the new year battle with Sevilla.

PRIZE POSSESSION: Real’s Luka Modric has won both the Ballon d’Or and the FIFA men’s player of the year.

Vuelta climbs into view LA VUELTA A ESPAÑA has revealed its 2019 route and riders will face another mountainous challenge.

La Vuelta will begin in the town of Las Salinas de Torrevieja, a Natural Park in the south of the province of Alicante, on August 24 and finish in Madrid on September 15, with 3,272km of racing in between.

Riders will have to negotiate 59 climbs, 13 more than in this year’s race, which was won by Britain’s Simon Yates.

It was Yates’ first Grand Tour victory, with Spain’s Enric Mas finishing second and Colombia’s Miguel Lopez in third.

The event next year will also start with a team time-trial on a flat 18km opening stage.

WHEEL CLASS Simon Yates will be looking to defend his Vuelta title next year.

A mountainous second stage then follows from Benidorm to Calpe, before the fifth stage heads to Teruel and the climb of Pico del Buitre, featuring an 11.8km ascent.

An individual time-trial will commence through France at stage 10, while stage 16 will also favour the sprinters, a flat 155km stretch between Pravia and Alto de la Cubilla.

The race culminates on September 15 with a 105.6km 21st stage between Fuenlabrada and Madrid.

Organisers also confirmed that the Tour of Spain will begin in Utrecht in 2020, a first return to Halland since 2009 when its route began in Assen.

Utrecht will become the first city to have hosted all three major races, having formed part of the Tour de France in 2015 and the Giro d’Italia in 2010.

It will be only the fourth time the event has started outside Spain, following Lisbon in 1997, Assen in 2009 and Nimes last year.