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ISSUE NO. 1749

10 - 16 January 2019

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Pupils left shivering after vandals trash school for dinner cash STAFF at a school in S’Illot were devastated when they opened the doors on Tuesday morning to find the building had been ransacked, flooded and €1,000 of pupils’ dinner money stolen. The overnight break-in at CEIP Talaiot occurred a day into the new term, and children faced a miserably cold start to the year after the thieves pulled a radiator from the wall, leaving the building without heating, and water everywhere. School sources confirmed ‘drawers were scrambled and they went directly for the money which was a consider-

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SCHOOL BREAK IN: Extensive damage caused and €1,000 stolen.

Bridge death probe AN investigation has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 22year-old man believed to have jumped from a bridge in Palma, before being run over by an unsuspecting motorist. Shortly before the tragic incident at 2.30pm on Sunday, Palma police received a call from a member of the public warning that a ‘young man was walking in the middle of the road in Calle Indalecio Prieto with the obvious risk of being run over.’ A second witness then called to say a young male had thrown himself from a

bridge that connects the neighbourhoods of Son Gotleu and Rafal Vell, over the Via de Cintura de Palma. According to police sources, early indications show the victim ‘voluntarily launched himself from the bridge to the road below,’ and that once the body was on the road, ‘a car driven by a girl who was driving correctly could not avoid the collision and ran over the man’. The National Police has launched an investigation to determine whether the death was suicide or accidental.

able amount because the previous day the families had paid the quarter of the dining room costs and the children’s snacks’. Sources added that boxes full of important documents were ‘ruined’ by the water, windows were smashed and locked doors were forced open. CEIP Talaiot management reported the break-in to Manacor police and officers from the scientific support carried out a lengthy and detailed inspection of the school, gathering evidence. A police spokesman said that ‘it is striking the thugs did not take the computers. They were looking for money and it seems they knew where it was.’

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NEWS EXTRA Electric shock A WORKER was electrocuted as he changed his clothes at the end of a shift and stood barefoot on a live wire, suffering a ‘violent discharge’ which ‘launched’ him several metres. His injuries are not known.

Train trip THE inaugural trip of the first electric train on the railway network between Palma and Manacor was overseen by the government officials on Tuesday. The move means travellers no longer have to change at Sa Pobla.

Two hurt AN older woman and a young man were injured in a car crash on a road between Can Picafort and Santa Margalida at around 6.50am on Tuesday, when one of the vehicles reportedly careered into the opposite lane.

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Fire starter strikes again AN arsonist continued to stretch the resources of Palma firefighters on Tuesday night, setting fire to yet another large container. At around 11pm, a crew was called to Calle La Roca in the La Vileta neighbourhood. But firefighters were faced with an immediate issue; they couldn’t tackle the flames in the normal fashion as the street was too narrow to pass with the water tanker. They were forced to improvise, and with the help of a neighbour and their water supply, the blaze was eventually extinguished. In a Twitter post, Palma firefighters said: ‘It was difficult for us to move with the truck. We shut down thanks to the collaboration of a neighbour who provided us with water from her own home.’ Some 280 containers were set alight last year and the mayor of Palma, Antoni Noguera, said last week he hopes whoever is responsible receives the ‘maximum sentence’ when caught.

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A WOMAN faces three years in prison if found guilty of poisoning her next door neighbour’s two dogs in Sa Pobla. The complainant told a court on Tuesday that she ‘watched her pets die in just 10 days.’ She said she took the first to the vets with respiratory problems, and was told the animal showed symptoms of ‘poisoning’ though it could not be confirmed 100 per cent. The dog was admitted but died, as did the dog owner’s second pet 10 days later showing similar signs of illness. But the defendant denies any involvement in the dogs’ deaths and told the judge she had ‘not thrown anything from her house to her neighbour’s house’ and that she ‘had never heard the dogs next door.’ The trial continues.

Fatal crash

ARSON: Another container set alight.

A MOTORIST who died after apparently losing control of his vehicle in Manacor, was found by his family who grew concerned when the 22-yearold had not returned home on Sunday night. Police believe the Dominican restaurant worker may have fallen asleep at the wheel as there were no other cars involved in the crash at kilometre 23 of the Ma-14.

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Jealous stabbing

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A MAN, aged 23, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his neighbour in a jealous rage about the victim’s friendship with his girlffriend. The attack took place in a car park in Calle Joan de Saridakis, Cala Mayor, while the 38-year-old injured man was sitting in his car.

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LAST month in Mallorca was slightly warmer and drier than normal with the average temperature reaching 12.4º, 0.8º warmer than the average. There were also five fewer rainy days than usual, and the average rainfall was 32.4 litres per sqm, 51 per cent lower than normal.

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A DROP in population figures over the last four years means that four town halls will have fewer councillors to elect at the next municipal elections in May. The four affected are Puigpunyent, Ses Salines, Valldemossa, and in particular Calvia, which could lose up to four councillors.

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THE number of road fatalities in the Balearics fell to 38 last year, 10 less than in 2017. In 2018 there were 1,180 deaths on Spain's roads, 18 fewer than in 2017. The greatest increase was in August, with 25 more fatalities than in the same month of 2017.

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GREAT YEAR: Almost 1,265,760 visited the Guggenheim in 2018.

Museum visits THIS futuristic-looking modern art museum in the Basque Country had one of its best years for visitor numbers last year. Almost 1,265,760 people visited Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum last year, the third highest in the gallery’s history according to its own figures. The figure comes behind that of 2017, the 20th anniversary of its opening, and its first full year of operation in 1998. The Guggenheim sits next to the

Nervion River and is one of the largest museums in Spain. It cost almost € 78.4 billion to build. It was designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry and named after the businessman, art collector and philanthropist Solomon R Guggenheim. It houses modern and contemporary works from Spanish and international artists. The building is famous around the world for its design, with its unusual curves designed to appear random to re-

flect sunlight. It frequently features in rankings of the best buildings designed in recent years. The Basque Country’s regional authority decided to fund the museum as part of efforts to regenerate Bilbao’s port area which was run down by the 1990’s. Other cities around the world have since taken cues from the idea of extensive building projects to revitalise an area. The trend has even been dubbed the ‘Guggenheim effect’ after the Bilbao museum.

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Name change THE names of three streets in Manacor, the last of which have links to the Franco regime, could soon be changed if the government accepts the proposal which will be made by the majority group, MES-Left, at the next meeting on February 14.

Jail term TWO men who beat up an Army commander in the Borne, outside the gates of a bank branch, have been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay €9,000 compensation to the victim by the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands.

Jihadist suspect free THE suspected leader and founder of a jihadist movement cell shut down in Inca last year has been released on bail after paying €60,000. A court has overturned an unconditional prison order imposed on Tarik Chadlioui, who was arrested in London for his alleged connection to the Inca group. Three other men were also arrested and remanded a year ago, all of whom are awaiting trial. Chadlioui is a clergyman based in

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London. According to investigating officers, he travelled twice to Mallorca in 2014 and 2015, where the prosecutor’s office claims he met with the other suspects and ‘initiated radicalisation.’ But this week, the court viewed ‘audio visual material’ seized in the UK and the judge concluded that while it has ‘exclusively religious’ and radical content, it is ‘not inciting to violent struggle’ Chadlioui must appear weekly before a court and cannot leave the country.

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Series release date A NETFLIX comedy series, ‘Turn up Charlie’, filmed largely in Mallorca last summer, has been given a release date of March 15. The first season, of eight episodes, was shot in Cala Serena (Felanitx), Cala d’Or (Santanyl), Fortaleza sa (Port de Pollensa) and EL Mago beach (Calvia). The fictional programme follows the life of frustrated DJ, Charlie, played by Golden

Globe winner Idris Elba for his role in Luther. In a bid to relaunch his music career, he takes up babysitting for his best friend’s daughter, a superstar. To put himself in Charlie’s shoes, the British actor said he was able to build on his own experience as a DJ - he has played several times on Ibiza and around the world, as well as being a hip-hop and soul singer. Casting for 300 extras was recently held in Palma.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1748 of the Euro Weekly News Mallorca edition, including 62 local stories.

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Hospital revamp THE renovation and expansion of the Emergency Department at Manacor Hospital is on track with the first phase due to be completed in March. Minister of Health, Patricia Gomez, visited the centre this week to see for herself how construction work is progressing. The works began in February of last year, and sources claim all deadlines are being met. The project involves the expansion of the Emergency Department, which will consist of two floors of 500msq surface each. On the main floor there will be a new observation area, with 16 boxes and a separate area for pediatric care, which will have two observation boxes and six positions for different treatments. An underground plant is also being built which will house various non-assistance units, such as a meeting room, offices and the electro-medicine workshop. The budget for this first phase of the REMAINS of a body believed to date back to the Islamic era, which ran from the eighth to the 14th century, have been unearthed during a renovation project of the old fishmonger in Pollensa market. The human parts were specifically found at the site of the old Local Police barracks, which is also part of the reform project of the Peixateria. Researchers suspect they are from the Islamic period ‘due to the position in which they were buried and also because of their orientation.’

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681 361 318 tara@euroweeklynews.com ON TRACK: Minister of Health, Patricia Gomez, checks out construction work. master plan is €2,272,685. The next phases involve the construction of a new ICU, the expansion of the surgical block and a new building

which will house all outpatient services. The whole project is expected to take four to six years.

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REMAINS: A body which could be from the Islamic era, found at Pollensa market.

Archaeologists believe that further remains may be uncovered, suspecting it could be an old burial site. A council spokesman said: ‘The fact there are other spaces of different-coloured earth in the room leads us to think about the possibility that there are more bodies buried in the area’. The €200,000 renovation scheme is on hold while archaeological examinations are carried out.

Violent robberies A CLIMATE of fear has descended on Palma’s taxi drivers following a spate of robberies with force, prompting a pledge from the city council to finance security cameras for the vehicles. The Association of the Autonomous Taxi of Mallorca (ASATM) and the Mallorcan Association of Autonomous Taxi Workers (AMTAT), attached to the Federation of Small and Mediumsized Companies (Pimem), have expressed their ‘great concern’ over the numerous violent robberies which drivers have suffered in less than a month. The latest two incidents occurred at the weekend, taking the toll to five in four weeks. Presidents of ASATM, Biel Moragues, and AMTAT, Toni Cladera, have demanded the ‘competent authorities’ solve the issue as soon as possible, as taxi drivers are suffering ‘a climate of nervousness and fear.’ They have called for taxi fleets to be provided with anti-theft armoured screens and security cameras, and a meeting is to be held with the police and city council.

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NEWS EXTRA Rightful owner MANACOR police is looking for the owner of an envelope with a ‘significant amount’ of money which was found by a resident in the coastal area and appears to be a ‘Three Kings’ gift from a family member.

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Toys seized in police sweep

Money off MORE than 30,000 families in the Balearic Islands have applied to Endesa to take advantage of a government ‘electric social bond’ which offers a discount of between 25 and 40 per cent for homes in a vulnerable situation.

Too drunk A COUPLE in their 50’s couldn’t escape their overturned car in Palma as they were reportedly too drunk. Police sources believe the driver - four times over the limit - lost control of his car and crashed into another at 3.30am on Sunday.

SEIZED: Thousands of ‘irregular’ toys and festive goods. A CAMPAIGN to crack down on the ‘irregular’ sale of toys and festive products in Palma unearthed 18,503 products which don’t comply with consumer regulations. Officers visited 16 shops and warehouses over the Christmas and New Year period, and filed reports for around seven of them, for allegedly ‘not adhering to standards or laws regarding labelling and safety.’ Other issues dealt with during the investigation in-

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cluded the ‘overcrowding’ of storage areas, posing a threat to public safety. Palma police tweeted: ‘We recently conducted a campaign on the proper compliance with the rules of consumption of Christmas products for children and decorative elements such as garlands, figures or bright laces, paying special attention to the labelling of the goods, checking that they contain the precise instructions and warnings for their correct and safe use.’

A MASS of polar air is expected to hit the Balearic Islands today (Thursday) and tomorrow with temperatures as low as minus 10º. Met agency, Aemet, claims the ‘episode’ will be relatively humid at first, but will become drier causing a ‘generalised drop in thermometers,’ frost in large areas and snow at levels of around 400 metres. The north of the Balearics is expected to be particularly affected ‘with a stronger intensity,’ but no significant rainfall is foreseen. A recovery of the temperatures is predicted for Saturday, but cold winds are expected to continue into the weekend.

Artisan market PALMA City Council has approved a market for artisans at Costa del Teatre. Councillor Antonia Martin said ‘we want a quality market to be located with artisan and local products which give a good image to an area which is truly emblematic.’ He added that it is a ‘medium-term’ project and as such it will not be possible to advance before the end of the current legislature, ‘because we need the project to reform the area, which is in a very bad state, and we already know that resources are limited in that sense.’

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NEWS EXTRA Burning building PALMA firefighters tackled a blaze at an abandoned building in Palma, believed to be used by squatters. The building was fortunately empty when the fire broke out in Calle Reyes Catolicos at around 5.35pm on Sunday afternoon.

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LOS JAVALOYAS: Performed in aid of flood victims.

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High note as thousands are raised for flood victims

VIGILANT security guards at Intermodel Train Station in Palma helped reunite a traveller with a backpack containing €6,000 after scouring CCTV to see who picked it up, and police traced the woman.

A FUNDRAISING concert generated €7,140 for the victims of October’s devastating floods in Sant Llorenc. The musical extravaganza at Sa Maniga Auditorium in Cala Millor on December 27 has been hailed a ‘great success,’ thrilling an audience of all ages from across Mallorca with the musical hits from Tomeu Penya and Simo, Tony Frontiera and The Revival and Los Javaloyas. The concert was organised by Grup Trui and the Sant Llorenc Council.

THE Hoteles Elba chain will open its first complex in Mallorca on June 1, in Calvia in Palmanova. The hotel will have four superior stars, 262 rooms and suites with sea views.

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THE first casualty of 2019 on Mallorca’s roads was a 29-year-old Spanish man who died after his car collided with the pillar of a Genoa bridge. An investigation has been launched into how the crash occurred at 12.45pm last Friday night. When emergency services arrived at the location on the Ma-1044, they discovered the ‘totally deformed’ car under the bridge. Two ambulances, one basic and one equipped with advanced life support apparatus, attempted to save the life of the ‘very seriously injured’ driver, but he died at the scene. A Palma firefighter who released the man’s lifeless body from the vehicle, told press the accident ‘was very violent as the car hit the column at very high speed.’ There were no witnesses and Guardia Civil’s traffic department is working with Local Police to determine the cause of the crash.

Dogs reunited with owners OF the 21 dogs picked up by the Animal Protection Centre of Son Reus over the festive period, 17 chipped family pets have been returned to their relieved owners. According to a centre spokesperson, there are always more ‘entries’ at this time of year due to the fireworks used ‘during the end of year festivities which cause distress and suffering to pets.’ While thanking all the volun-

teers who help out all yearround and those who adopt animals, general co-ordinator, Josep Maria Rigo, added that ‘this year has seen pets which are mostly chipped and we continue to stress the importance of identifying animals.’ To volunteer or adopt, visit: http://adopta.palma.cat or the centre itself which opens Monday to Friday from 9am until 1.30pm and Saturdays from 9am until midday.

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Igloo hotel WHILE some countries may be able to boast of ice hotels, one Spanish company is offering the ‘unique’ opportunity to spend the night in an igloo. Tena Park, in the Spanish Pyrenees, has been awarded the best tourist experience in Aragon, and one company, Yumping, is offering travellers the chance to spend the night in their own personal ice hotel in the Tena Valley. Accompanied by professionals, visitors take a snowmobile sleigh into the hills where they will spend the night under the stars, warmed by a camp fire. For more information, call 693 695 580, or visit www.tenapark. com.

Mayor sorry for fascist salute T H E may o r o f a to w n in northe rn S p a in h as ap o lo g is e d a fte r be ing caught on camera making a Francoist salute in front of the flag Spain used while under fascist rule. The left-leaning Partido Socialista in La Rioja called for the resignation of Miguel Angel Gomez de Pedro, the mayor of Gallinero de Cameros, after the video was posted to YouTube. He was delivering a Christmas message to residents of the town. Gomez de Pedro, of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), said he was parodying the salute but added he now recognised the gesture was made in bad taste. “I want to publicly apologise to all those people who have been offended. It is clear that the issues addressed and the symbols used can annoy and offend those who watch the video without understanding the context,” the mayor said.

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‘BAD TASTE’: Gomez de Pedro has since apologised for making the salute. PSO E’s La R ioja bra nc h s a id no politician should make such a gesture in Spain today, even if it is intended as a joke. “The PP of La Rioja should ask the mayor to resign. If they do not then they will be accomplices in an apology for Francoism,” PSOE said. Gomez de Pedro called for the unity

of Spain in the video before claiming foreigners and immigrants were “destroying” Spain. He ended the video with the salute and said: “Long Live Spain!” The salute, which resembles that used by the Nazis and Fascist Italy, was adopted in Spain under former dictator Francisco Franco.

Pets sex abuse law call THE case of a sexually abused dog in Spain could change EU law to protect domestic animals. After the horrific story about Pincho went viral

via Facebook animal lovers all over the world have taken action to try to change animal welfare laws in the EU. A petition is currently

running to achieve more rigorous animal welfare laws across the EU by amending the 1998 Animal welfare directive, 98/58/CE, to include do-

mestic pets. The petition started shortly after Pincho’s stor y e m e rg e d i n M a y 2 0 1 8 in Spain. P i n c h o ’s n e w o w n e r,

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Yvonne West, launched a campaign to try to cover t h e d o g ’s v e t b i l l s a s h e needed three operations. The response was monumental, receiving over €15,000. Pincho was used as a ‘sexual slave’ for over five years by his owner ’s brother in Spain. The dog still suffers chronic injuries due to the sexual abuse he endured since he was a puppy. The ‘Rescue Group for Spanish Animals’ (RGSA) who fight for animal rights in Spain, helped Pincho find a new home in the UK with Yvonne. P i n c h o ’s n e w o w n e r said the dog experienced nightmares after arriving to her home. According to the RGSA, the abuser did not get charged for his actions due to lack of evidence, despite police having received numerous complaints from neighbours.

SPAIN’S oldest council house is set to become a museum. The small house in Almoradi, Costa Blanca, was built by local authorities in 1832 after a ‘devastating,’ earthquake four years earlier destroyed the town and many of its houses. Almoradi Council has since paid €46,000 for the property, the last of 124 homes built to house families after the earthquake. Jose Antonio Latorre, councillor for Heritage explained the council bought the property from its owners, two brothers, in time for the 190th anniversary of the quake in March. Councillor Latorre said the house was “distributed to widows and the poor,” after the earthquake claimed 200 lives and devastated the town.

Population figures MORE than half of Spain’s provinces saw their populations fall in 2018, according to new data from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE). The INE’s annual Municipal Register Review showed A Coruña lost 843 people, Albacete 1,246, Asturias 6,716, Avila 2,202, Badajoz 3,508, Burgos 1,101, Cantabria 66, Caceres 3,549 and Cadiz 721. Ciudad Real lost 3,478 people, Cordoba 2,979, Cuenca 1,496, Granada 863, Huesca 357, Jaen 5,385, Leon 4,570, Lugo 2,307, Ourense 2,387, Palencia 1,355, Pontevedra 959, Salamanca 2,130 and Segovia 842. Soria saw a decline of 303, Teruel 990, Valladolid 1,279 and Zamora 2,855. Madrid saw its population increase by 70,895, the highest rate of increase in Spain.

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Law changes to tackle child abuse THE statute of limitations for cases of physical or sexual abuse of children could be extended after a draft law was approved by the Spanish cabinet. Under current Spanish law, the limitations begin at 18, but if the proposed changes to the criminal code are upheld by parliament, they will come into action when a victim turns 30. For some time, campaigners have argued that it can take years for somebody to digest and report the abuse, meaning that in many

SEIZED: Huge haul of ‘cannibalised’ firearms were recovered in Sevilla. tools to assemble firearms. The parts are believed to have been bought from suppliers across Europe. The investigation is ongoing under the operational action plan 2018 of the so-called Empact

Firearms (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats), which leads and promotes the co-ordinated action of the countries of the EU against the illicit traffic of weapons.

A HIGH speed water chase ended in the arrest of three suspected hashish smugglers on Malaga’s Sabinillas beach. The Guardia Civil used a helicopter to hover overhead and a speed boat to intercept the suspects who attempted to escape during the dramatic pursuit. The detainees, a Spaniard and two Moroccans, were arrested after their

cases offenders cannot be prosecuted. The amendments would affect sexual crimes, physical abuse, human trafficking and attempted murder, as well as including new crimes committed online such as incitement to commit suicide, sexual crimes or encouraging eating disorders. The government also intends to tighten the rules granting conditional or temporary release from prison for offenders serving time for sexual assault against children.

Drama at sea high-powered vessel was rammed by police, putting an end to a chase which covered several kilometres. A video of the events shows the suspects attempt-

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FOUR ‘traffickers’ who allegedly acquired parts of weapons and ‘cannibalised’ them for sale, have been arrested in Sevilla. The procedure involves using ‘fundamental parts of different firearms, which are subject to strict legal control in Spain,’ to create complete weapons. As part of Operation Armstrong, National Police officers seized two automatic sub-machine guns together with several specific pieces for rearming, an active calibre 5.56 bolt action rifle, an active 22 bit calibre rifle, two 22 calibre rifles, an active Glock short weapon, 14 Glock weapons, different ammunition of war of the calibre 5.56, more than 2,000 cartridges of the calibre 9mm as well as several other pieces; firing needles, silencers, and

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FOILED: Two migrants are discovered inside mattresses. TWO migrants were found hidden inside mattresses strapped to the roof of a lorry in an attempt to make their way into Spain at the Morocco-Melilla border. A video recorded on a mobile phone, which has gone viral, shows the Guardia Civil lowering the two mattresses and cutting

them open, revealing a young man in each. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene when officers asked to inspect the cargo. The two migrants, of sub-Saharan origin reportedly told the authorities they had paid the equivalent of €4,500 each to try to enter the country.

Rubella cases A DOZEN workers at ‘The Pink Pig’ slaughterhouse in Zarragoza have contracted rubella, the highest concentration of cases in Spain since 2012. The Aragon government and abattoir

c o m p a n y G r u p o J o rg e , s a i d t h e r e i s n o ‘risk to the population due to the consumption of meat,’ adding ‘the outbreak has coincided here simply because it is a space of coexistence.’

ing to flee on foot, despite the helicopter landing on the beach first. They reportedly became ‘extremely violent’ and began throwing stones at the police. Guardia Civil sources claim a shipment of hashish was recovered on board the vessel, and a vehicle loaded with gasoline, thought to be waiting to refuel the boat, was seized nearby.

Choking warning DOCTORS have urged parents to cut grapes in half before giving them to children after a toddl er choked t o deat h while seeing in the New Year in the traditional Spanish way of eating a fruit for each stroke of midnight. The three-year-old, whose f am i l y are bel i eved t o be m i grant s f rom Ecuador, was rushed to a hospital in G i j on, on t he Bay of Biscay, where doctors tried unsuccessfully for an hour to revive him. Health professionals cl ai m t hat eat i ng grapes poses a choking hazard for young children as the smooth surf ace of t he f rui t can form a ‘seal’ that prevents air from getting in. Their advice is to cut the fruit in half.

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BREAK-IN: Police have since placed locks and chains outside Bernardo Montoya’s (inset) home.

Suspected killer’s home broken into MURDER suspect Bernardo Montoya’s neighbours allegedly broke into his home in El Campillo, Huelva, where he lived before being arrested in connection with Laura Luelmo’s death. The Guardia Civil were alerted after passers-by heard noises coming from inside

the property. Spanish police have now placed locks and chains outside the house to prevent further break-ins. Montoya’s home, located just in front of the house Laura had recently moved in to, is actually owned by his farther.

According to Spanish press, neighbours are ‘afraid’ that the killer’s brother, Luciano Montoya, who is currently in prison, will live at the house once released. Montoya is in a prison unit which holds some of the most dangerous criminals in Spain.

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Two week review Commentary by Moneycorp GBP: There was a rush of statistics just before Christmas. GDP was confirmed to have expanded by 0.6 per cent in the third quarter and business investment went down as expected, but the quarterly 1.1 per cent decline was less than analysts had predicted. Public sector net borrowing for November was also lower than forecast. It was quiet over the Christmas period but sterling opened the year an average of 0.2 per cent higher than the levels seen on New Year’s Eve. H o w e v e r, t h e o p t i m i s m d i d n ’t l a s t . The PMI for manufacturing came in half a point higher and above forecast at 54.2, but Brexit worries returned to weigh on the pound and it fell by an average of 1.1 per cent against the other majors. EUR: The euro was doing well before Christmas, although there was nothing

in the data to indicate the performance; the European Commission said confidence for the euro zone as a whole softened to a provisional -6.2. However, currency movements were modest; the biggest was a half-cent decline by the euro. Although the stats aren’t stellar, the PMIs are coming in roughly in line with economists’ predictions and the euro appears to be holding relatively steady at the beginning of the year. USD: After a strong performance in 2018, things are looking a little more difficult for the greenback in 2019. A partial government shutdown and concerns about the security of the Fed chairman’s position weighed on the doll a r, a s d i d b i g s w i n g s i n U S s h a r e prices. It was flat against sterling and two thirds of a cent lower against the euro.

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902 887 243 mallorca@moneycorp.com. This year began with the swearing in of the new congressmen and women who will form part of the Democrat majority, which could suggest more volatility in the political picture which could weigh on the dollar. CAD: Oil prices remain the key issue for Canada; prices touched an 18-month low despite the apparent efforts of OPEC to limit production.

The issues in the US are also having a knock-on effect on the Loonie. AUD: The risk in the US dollar also cast a shadow over the Australian dollar. There were no Australian economic data to make any positive case for the Aussie and it was left to do what it could for itself amid volatile global equity markets and dysfunction in Washington. There was a positive start to the year, where the PMI measure improved from 53.7 to 54.0. NZD: Ri sk aver si on seem ed t o al so i m p a c t t h e N e w Z e a l a n d d o l l a r, a n d there was little on the data to help the kiwi counteract the concern. In the year to date, however, the NZ dollar has strengthened by 1.5 per cent against sterling and by 4.8 per cent against the Aussie.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Spanish PM’s expat pledge SPAIN’S Prime Minister has said he told his British counterpart Theresa May that Madrid will guarantee that the rights of British expatriates living in Spain will be protected after Brexit. Pedro Sanchez added the passing of the current Withdrawal Agreement was in Spain’s interests. The Prime Minister said Spanish officials have begun working with the EU to prepare contingency plans for a no-deal Brexit. The government was also preparing a royal decree to give it powers to respond in the event of a no-deal scenario, Sanchez added. Separately, Britain’s ABTA travel agents association said British travellers would be able to fly between the country and the EU regardless of whether a deal is passed. If the deal passes, travellers will enjoy the same rights as they did under EU membership during the transition period due to end in 2020. The European Commission (EC) has also said flights between Britain and the bloc could go on as normal if no-deal is passed.

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Deal vote looms By Joe Gerrard BRITISH government sources have confirmed that the postponed parliamentary vote on the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal will go ahead this Tuesday as doubts over MPs’ support continues. Many including hard-line Brexiteers in Theresa May’s Conservatives and the Northern Irish DUP, which props up the Prime Minister’s minority government, have ruled out supporting the current Withdrawal Agreement. May has sought to bolster support for the deal and said last week she was working to extract more concessions from Brussels. There have been some moves from the EU since December, she added. EU officials have repeatedly stated that the deal agreed at the last bloc council meeting is not up for renegotiation. May said the real danger lay in Brexit not happening at all. Brexit Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said he was ‘very hopeful’ that the deal would be voted through. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said

By Joe Gerrard A LEFTIST party has accused a local branch of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) of divisive behaviour after it handed out thousands of Spanish flags in Granada City. Podemos’ Granada branch said the handout, organised for the anniversary of the conquest of the city from the Moors in 1492, was designed to sow hatred and xenophobia. The Granada PP said it was to commemorate an event of historical significance peacefully and out of respect for tradition. Around 4,000 flags were h a n d e d o u t o n Tu e s d a y, January 2.

NATIONAL

Heckling probe LONDON’S Metropolitan Police is investigating whether public order crimes were committed after pro-Brexit protesters called Conservative MP Anna Soubry a ‘Nazi’ and ‘scum’ whilst being interviewed outside parliament.

Farm fears

CRUNCH TIME: May (inset) faces the deal vote in the Commons on Tuesday. May was attempting to breathe life into a ‘Frankenstein Monster’ of a deal and was attempting to ‘blackmail’ Britain into backing it. “The public has a right to know what, if anything, has changed since she dodged the meaningful vote nearly one month ago. “We need a guarantee that the vote will not be delayed again,” the Labour leader said. Corbyn’s comments come after a cross-party

amendment was proposed to curb government tax and finance powers if Britain leaves the EU without a deal and without Parliament’s approval. Labour sources said their MPs would back the amendment. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said the move was ‘irresponsible.’ If May loses, she will return to Brussels or resort to drastic alternatives after it was confirmed she could not stage repeat votes if defeated.

BRITAIN’S Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said that farms and food industries would be disrupted in the event of a no-deal Brexit due to additional customs checks, in a call for backing for the proposed Withdrawal Agreement.

Ship row CHRIS GRAYLING, Britain’s Transport Secretary, made no apologies for supporting a new British business after coming under fire for awarding a €13.8 million no-deal contract to Seaborne Freight, a company which has never run a ferry service.

Flag handout row Podemos said on Twitter the move was a ‘textbook’ example of ‘dogwhistling.’ The term refers to the use of subtle language or gestures to appeal to nationalists, xenophobes and the far-right. ‘In principle the idea sounds normal. But to certain ears it is equivalent to a message of rejection. The flag which would unite us is used to create division and confrontation,’ the party said. Sebestian Perez, a senior member of the Granada PP, said Podemos and other

DIVISION CLAIMS: Podemos accused the PP of being confrontational with the handout.

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critics had ‘misinterpreted’ the gesture and the day. “The Day of the Taking of Granada is history and c a n n o t b e i g n o r e d . We simply ask that it be respected, maintained and celebrated in peace and freedom,” Perez said. The Fall of Granada was one of the last battles fought in the Christian Reconquista of Spain from the Muslim Moors. It led to the Alhambra Decree which saw Jews expelled from Spain. Persecution against Muslims also followed.

HIGH temperatures have led to a shortage of snow meaning two ski resorts in Asturias have not been able to open so far this season. Winter Fountains and Valgrande Pajares remain closed as the Picos de Europa is merely dusted in snow, a stark contrast to this time last year when the area had one its best ever winter seasons.

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Data science training plan BILBAO based bank BBVA is set to train up 2,000 staff members in data science to help improve products and services, according to internal company documents. Documents relating to The Transcendence Project and seen by Spanish media detail moves to use trained analysts to help clients with some products and services. BBVA’s target is to have 2,000 such analysts. It has already trained 220 and a further 252 are in the programme this quarter.

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10 - 16 January 2019 THE amount knocked off Spain’s unemployment rate during 2018, according to Labour Ministry data which also showed the number of those out of work has reached its lowest for a decade.

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Manufacturing growth slows

Minister on growth outlook SPAIN’S Economy Minster has said this coming year will be full of challenges as officials prepare to update predictions for 2019’s output. Nadia Calviño said economic output (GDP) would be difficult to predict due to uncertainties abroad including Brexit and the ongoing trade war between China and the US. Job creation data was very positive but Spain’s unemployment rate of 3,202,297 was still too high, the minister added in an interview with Spanish media. “We are seeing a moderation in economic growth but we are in a positive sit-

By Joe Gerrard uation to face challenges,” Calviño said. “We continue to expect higher growth rates than those of neighbouring countries,” the minister added. Calviño said ministry officials were still calculating 2018’s GDP growth but added current estimates placed it at 2.6 per cent. Growth in 2019 is predicted to be 2.3 per cent. Calviño did not say whether forecasters would revise the figure up or down in their update. The minister’s comments come as

concerns over a possible slowdown in growth continue. Data from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) found that the economy grew by 2.4 per cent year-on-year during the third quarter of 2018. The growth rate was one 10th less than the previous two quarters. It was also the lowest level of growth since 2014, when Spain began recovering from the eurozone debt crisis. Data showed the construction sector continued to drive economic output but that investment slowed during that quarter.

THE growth in output from Spanish factories slowed to its lowest rate of increase since mid-2016 last November and December, according to an industry index. The IHS Markit Factory Purchasing Index stood at 52.6 in November and 51.1 in December. Input prices slowed to their lowest rate of growth since September 2016 and output prices almost stood still, the index showed. The slowdown comes amidst concerns over the economy’s performance and a slowdown in the car making sector.

Catalan state debt highest of regions

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Borrowing post-QE Photo credit Alberto Rodriguez/Twitter

SPAIN and Portugal are better prepared than Italy to borrow from financial markets when the European Central Bank (ECB) stops buying government bonds as part of its Quantitative Easing (QE) programme, according to the Moody’s rating agency.

Asset sale INDEBTED: Cataluña’s Generalitat is the most indebted. CATALUÑA’S regional authority owes the Spanish treasury €57.5 billion, €4.5 billion more than a year ago and the highest debt of the country’s autonomous communities according to government data. Almost three quarters of the Catalan Generalitat was borrowed from the Spanish government’s Autonomous Liquidity Fund (ALF). The fund was created in July 2012 during the eurozone debt

crisis to help Spain’s Autonomous Communities plug gaps in their books without having to borrow from financial markets. Cataluña’s debts to the fund grew from more than €53 billion on September 30, 2017 to more than €57.5 billion a year later, according to the latest treasury data. The Generalitat has also announced plans to begin borrowing from the government’s Financial Facility Fund (FFF) and to cease borrowing from ALF.

THE Adveo office supply company has sold assets in France, Italy, Belgium and some of its global services to the Sandton Capital Partners fund for between €13.3 and €15.5 million to secure a bridge loan worth €5.5 million.

Take out AN offshore investment company, Fidelity International Limited, has reduced its stake in Spanish pizza chain Telepizza from 3.45 to 1.89 per cent following speculation of a takeover bid from private equity firm KKR, according to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV).

Blockchain club buyout A DUTCH cryptocurrency company has placed a down payment of €4.3 million on the Elche CF football club, according to its founder. Libereum’s buyout comes as part of moves from the firm and other blockchain companies to increase demand for cryptocurrency by investing in sports. The firm reportedly hopes to make its currency, the liber, part of the club’s financing system and offer it to

fans as a payment option. Cem Kumlar, founder of Libereum, said: “The purchase of Elche CF, a beautiful football club that shares our vision of a cryptocurrency future and is willing to actively communicate it to its supporters, is fantastic news.” It comes as investment platform Etoro struck deals with British clubs including Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur paid for with bitcoin corn (BTC).

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,754.60 -16.20 Associated British Foods 2,166.50 12.50 Admiral Group 2,005.50 26.00 Ashtead Group 1,783.75 30.25 Antofagasta 804.30 -5.10 Auto Trader Group 448.65 0.25 Aviva 387.60 6.30 AstraZeneca 5,951.00 -54.00 BAE Systems 472.55 6.55 Barclays 157.92 2.50 British American Tobacco 2,513.00 38.50 Barratt Developments 478.70 1.70 BHP GROUP PLC ORD $0.50 1,672.80 -12.40 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,553.50 8.50 British Land Co 542.40 9.80 Bunzl 2,370.00 19.00 BP 522.45 1.65 Burberry Group 1,705.50 5.50 BT Group 238.10 0.15 Coca-Cola HBC 2,444.00 10.00 Carnival 3,975.00 53.00 Centrica 133.10 1.85 Compass Group 1,645.25 -0.25 Croda International 4,775.50 2.50 CRH 2,153.00 26.00 DCC 6,272.50 -22.50 Diageo 2,733.50 14.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 321.70 3.20 Evraz 472.90 -2.50 Experian 1,889.00 9.50 easyJet 1,122.75 22.75 Ferguson 5,065.00 15.00 Fresnillo 891.40 -24.60 Glencore 287.30 -0.05 GlaxoSmithKline 1,513.60 -0.80 GVC Holdings 694.50 5.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1,651.50 -36.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,897.25 3.25 Halma 1,386.50 17.50 HSBC Holdings 650.30 8.20 Hiscox 1,543.00 3.00 International Consldtd Airs Grp 593.00 -3.60 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,204.00 38.00 3i Group 804.80 2.40 Imperial Brands 2,351.00 21.00 Informa 630.40 11.40 Intertek Group 4,871.00 0.00 ITV 129.13 3.03 Johnson Matthey 2,812.00 17.00 Kingfisher 223.55 3.15

% CHG. NET VOL -0.91 24,878.26 0.58 17,052.66 1.31 5,750.50 1.73 8,378.56 -0.63 7,979.52 0.06 4,207.39 1.65 14,879.65 -0.90 76,085.72 1.41 14,892.38 1.61 26,627.81 1.56 56,759.35 0.36 4,838.00 -0.74 35,591.39 0.24 4,573.59 1.84 5,109.31 0.81 7,909.36 0.32 105,544.36 0.32 6,993.54 0.06 23,611.29 0.41 8,941.28 1.35 7,554.07 1.41 7,476.83 -0.02 26,098.24 0.05 6,283.32 1.22 17,343.92 -0.36 6,184.81 0.53 65,749.98 1.00 4,379.38 -0.53 6,807.98 0.51 17,103.99 2.07 4,369.29 0.30 11,708.74 -2.69 6,749.95 -0.02 40,205.13 -0.05 75,181.81 0.73 4,012.00 -2.13 4,074.56 0.17 8,983.60 1.28 5,197.35 1.28 128,648.25 0.19 4,432.00 -0.60 11,884.47 0.91 7,947.50 0.30 7,807.09 0.90 22,291.97 1.84 7,748.63 0.00 7,861.46 2.40 5,076.04 0.61 5,409.26 1.43 4,650.69

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Land Securities Group 825.10 Legal & General Group 238.85 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 54.18 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,179.00 Micro Focus International 1,427.75 Marks & Spencer Group 266.80 Mondi 1,675.50 Melrose 170.30 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 215.15 National Grid 785.65 NMC Health 2,806.00 Next 4,724.00 Ocado Group 862.10 Paddy Power Betfair 6,782.50 Prudential 1,415.00 Persimmon 2,016.00 Pearson 985.70 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,943.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 226.85 Royal Dutch Shell 2,372.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,394.50 RELX 1,649.50 Rio Tinto 3,835.50 Rightmove 459.88 Rolls-Royce Group 833.40 RSA Insurance Group 515.30 Rentokil Initial 341.20 Sainsbury (J) 267.10 Schroders 2,592.00 Sage Group (The) 601.50 Segro 609.90 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,120.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 260.93 Smith (DS) 310.80 Smiths Group 1,363.00 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 470.10 Smith & Nephew 1,397.50 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 6,205.00 SSE 1,078.00 Standard Chartered 611.90 St James's Place 982.50 Severn Trent 1,868.75 Tesco 208.75 TUI AG 1,187.25 Taylor Wimpey 140.38 Unilever 4,078.50 United Utilities Group 756.60 Vodafone Group 156.01 John Wood Group 554.10 WPP Group 876.80 Whitbread 4,835.00

CHANGE(P) 10.10 3.65 0.83 -27.00 23.75 6.10 7.50 4.00 -4.50 6.75 -6.00 149.00 25.10 47.50 20.50 8.00 9.50 18.00 2.85 4.50 5.50 18.50 4.50 2.83 23.80 3.50 2.90 1.40 28.00 2.90 6.30 40.00 2.28 4.80 -22.00 3.30 -22.50 5.00 23.00 17.30 11.90 18.25 6.25 12.25 0.68 -26.50 3.80 -1.39 0.10 10.80 55.00

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1.24 1.55 1.56 -0.64 1.69 2.34 0.45 2.41 -2.05 0.87 -0.21 3.26 3.00 0.71 1.47 0.40 0.97 0.30 1.27 0.19 0.23 1.13 0.12 0.62 2.94 0.68 0.86 0.53 1.09 0.48 1.04 1.92 0.88 1.57 -1.59 0.71 -1.58 0.08 2.18 2.91 1.23 0.99 3.09 1.04 0.49 -0.65 0.50 -0.88 0.02 1.25 1.15

6,042.91 14,019.73 37,965.78 14,644.01 5,855.02 4,236.19 6,125.58 8,079.28 5,201.64 26,472.58 5,854.88 6,381.73 5,844.70 5,353.10 36,160.00 6,376.61 7,624.89 41,919.48 26,988.88 105,885.51 89,479.68 32,106.84 49,288.07 4,079.43 15,347.67 5,255.87 6,236.00 5,852.07 5,795.21 6,498.49 6,117.50 4,934.03 6,535.04 4,190.47 5,483.75 6,810.17 12,435.90 4,563.96 10,829.97 19,675.00 5,138.93 4,388.74 19,831.83 6,907.84 4,579.59 47,968.18 5,133.26 42,057.23 3,775.73 10,927.39 8,777.92

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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M

PRICE 98,170 147,930 328,110 128,230 112,260 43,210 46,950 71,520 176,020 177,040 118,150 47,440 127,010 100,760 180,220 75,430 102,060 75,720 43,230 92,120 118,300 106,970 240,080 56,720 136,060 69,970 94,540 110,560 190,880

CHANGE% CHANGE 0,54 0,53 -0,22 -0,33 0,31 1,03 0,06 0,08 1,30 1,44 0,68 0,29 -1,30 -0,62 0,52 0,37 0,55 0,97 1,97 3,42 0,71 0,83 0,47 0,22 -0,64 -0,82 0,07 0,07 1,09 1,94 -1,10 -0,84 0,13 0,13 1,43 1,07 0,53 0,23 -0,40 -0,37 -0,32 -0,38 -0,05 -0,05 0,19 0,46 0,64 0,36 1,80 2,41 0,57 0,40 1,18 1,10 0,87 0,95 -0,23 -0,44

VOLUME(M) 842.356 14.597.682 824.125 1.401.820 1.672.877 5.678.422 4.040.478 3.544.967 760.579 1.518.416 1.130.944 7.249.079 2.488.502 4.724.419 921.388 6.308.117 10.944.070 2.081.302 7.167.243 2.870.640 299.664 1.290.500 1.194.422 4.602.772 5.479.839 2.680.215 1.757.098 1.889.190 668.834

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Most Advanced Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. Loxo Oncology, Inc. Insmed, Inc. Sage Therapeutics, Inc. Equillium, Inc. Roku, Inc. CLPS Incorporation Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Taiwan Liposome Company, Ltd. Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Clovis Oncology, Inc.

$ 6.87 $ 232.65 $ 21.27 $ 139.13 $ 10.12 $ 42.18 $ 3.1055 $ 72.75 $ 7.29 $ 3.22 $ 21.73

4.24 ▲ 161.22% 92.78 ▲ 66.33% 6.42 ▲ 43.23% 41.62 ▲ 42.68% 2.055 ▲ 25.48% 8.45 ▲ 25.05% 0.5955 ▲ 23.73% 13.72 ▲ 23.24% 1.34 ▲ 22.52% 0.54 ▲ 20.15% 3.39 ▲ 18.48%

Most Declined Cutera, Inc. $ 13.27 Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. $ 15.06 electroCore, Inc. $ 7.28 Translate Bio, Inc. $ 7.32 scPharmaceuticals Inc. $ 3.37 Yangtze River Port and Logistics Limited $ 3.23 Myriad Genetics, Inc. $ 27.98 ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ Biotechnology$ 16.31 NuVasive, Inc. $ 45.45 Neuronetics, Inc. $ 17.63 Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. $ 17.02

3.67 ▼ 21.66% 3.66 ▼ 19.55% 1.08 ▼ 12.92% 1.06 ▼ 12.65% 0.46 ▼ 12.01% 0.42 ▼ 11.51% 3.34 ▼ 10.66% 1.79 ▼ 9.89% 4.60 ▼ 9.19% 1.56 ▼ 8.13% 1.49 ▼ 8.05%

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Coal mine closures WORKERS in unprofitable coal mines hung up their hard hats for the last time at the start of this year as plans to shut down their pits came into effect. A total of 26 mines have shut down under the EU directive which required member states to close state subsidised mines making losses as part of the bloc’s wider environmental agenda. Grupo Lamelas Viloria, the owner of a Castilla y Leon mine which closed on Tuesday January 1, said it would fight against the closure. The firm has presented plans to dig for coal at nearby sites which it said could yield profits without the need for state aid. The previous government unveiled a €2.13 billion spending package to help soften the blow of the closures with the backing of Brussels in 2016 when plans were announced. The current left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government reached a deal with trade unions in October which included an offer of early retirement for workers. Officials have also earmarked €250 million to help repurpose disused mines. The €2.13 billion government

PITS SHUT: A total of 26 mines closed at the start of this year.

spending plan also includes measures to retrain miners so they can take jobs in Spain’s growing green energy sector. Any coal mine which failed to close before the end of 2018 had to return its share of the €2.13 billion. The EU has also announced punitive measures including fines for member states which failed to make mines close. Around 60 per cent of miners in the 26 closed pits are expected to opt for early retirement, according to government sources. Spain’s coal mining industry is largely based in the northern regions of Aragon, Asturias and Castilla y Leon. There were around 2,000 pit workers in Spain prior to the closure, down from roughly 100,000 in the 1950’s. Mines have been closing down since the middle of the last century due to the rising costs of getting coal out of the ground. Less than 10 per cent of Spain’s energy is sourced from coal. The country is aiming to have 20 per cent of its energy come from green sources by 2020 in line with EU targets. The current figure is 17 per cent.

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Good start for index STOCKS on Spain’s index of its largest listed companies traded at the highest average level of any in Europe, according to market data. The IBEX 35 index closed at 8,550 points on the second trading day of this year. It fluctuated throughout that day and Wednesday January 2, dipping to 8,488.1 before recovering. The index’s results come as the Euro Stoxx, Germany’s DAX, France’s CAC and Italy’s MIB all closed with losses at the start of the year. London’s FTSE 100 stood at 6,703.38 points at midday on Wednesday January 3, down from its closing position of 6,733.97 on December 31. Gains from Telefonica and Santander of 0.2 per cent and 1 per cent respectively helped to drive positive results for the index. The IAG airline group also made gains of 1.5 per cent in the middle of the first trading week of the year.

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FEATURE

Where the true problems lie

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WHAT a jumped up little pipsqueak this present mayor of London has turned out to be. This arrogant individual has not only managed to take a large chunk of lighthearted pleasure from the lives of Londoners by banning bikini ads, (Ed: from TFL premises) which previously brightened many a misty morning as residents of both sexes went about their daily affairs, but he has consistently stuck his oar into political matters by airing his views on Brexit at every opportunity. This latest escapade surely took the whole tin. As a confirmed remainer (we won’t go into his motives for that!) on New Year’s Eve he had the audacity to misuse lord knows how many thousands of taxpayers’ money, by turning the London eye into a gigantic EU flag! This huge fireworks display, not only cost a fortune, but was blatantly contrived to send a message of support from ‘remainers’ to the members of the European Union. Just how much of an undemocratic, utterly arrogant and totally unacceptable action was that? This man, who was undoubtedly elected by his peers, has also informed Londoners that they must be prepared to accept acts of crime and terror as part of the trials of living in a big city! Well I’ve got news for this distasteful little man. London didn’t used to be like that. Rather than

LONDON: Many problems in the capital. poke his nose into the political arena, he would do better to begin delving into where the true problems lie. The ghettos which have been allowed to fester in rapidly expanding areas of the City. The ‘no go’ areas, which are hives of religious and cultural unrest. He should publicly recognise the fact that many stabbings and muggings are

carried out by young black members of mainly deprived areas, and create elite police units which are free to take action without worrying they may be accused of racism or political incorrectness. Put your own house in order Mr Khan, before you enter into areas best left to the unbiased politicians that, for better or worse, have been elected

by the public to run the country. If ever there was an example of Britain being considered a soft touch, this latest spate of illegal immigrants is certainly it. One ‘young’ man was asked why he and his companions hadn’t asked for asylum in France, before crossing the channel in a blow up boat. Almost unbelievably he said it was because they didn’t like the French police, who he said were rough and squirted them with pepper spray! Another couple, who were asked the same question, said they came to Britain because their nine-year-old daughter had insisted that she wanted to go to school here. You really couldn’t make it up. There’s only one way to handle illegal immigration; zero tolerance. No one, without exception, who enters Britain illegally should ever be allowed British residency or citizenship. Immediate incarceration and deportation should follow, preferably on large boats. Too dangerous by air. Rules should be simple and straightforward, thereby giving no chance for opportunistic lawyers to tie up individuals in the courts for years and rake in vast sums of taxpayers money in the process. Keep the faith Love, Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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TECH FOR THE TIMID I RECENTLY endured one of those movies where the special effects work better - and harder - than the actors. But soon today’s action heroes won’t even have to pretend to do their stunts. Nor indeed will their stuntmen. Chinese TV recently aired a robot weatherman, hot on the heels of YouTube videos where the very latest lip-sync technology made it almost impossible to tell a computer-generated Obama from the real one (tip: nonhuman Artificial Intelligence actors don’t blink. Yet). We’ve long been familiar with animated movies, right back to Disney’s very first Snow White film which traumatised me against eating red apples for years. These days CGI (computer-generated imagery) special-effects films, are gaining a growing foothold, and the day can’t be far off when expensive - not to mention temperamental Hollywood actors themselves become surplus to requirements, just as plots did in the 70’s when helicopters

Lights, camera, action Why cast Tom Cruise or The Rock when a Dalek will do, asks Terence Kennedy ROBOT DE NIRO: You talkin’ to me?

would do. Sadly, because computer-generated actors can perform and survive anything, a little bit of the magic will also go. The magic of suspending our credulity watching heroes being beaten to a pulp which would put the rest of us in Intensive Care with imminent last rites, yet managing to struggle up and carry on regardless. The magic of being asked to be-

lieve that fists on flesh resound with an explosive bang. Or face-slaps sound like the crack of doom. All with expensive hairstyles intact. The magic of having to accept actors picking locks in seconds which would take a trained locksmith and a vanload of unphotogenic equipment several hours. Or being asked to believe every hero has a built-in and infallible sense of direction: ‘Quick, head north!’

shouts Tom Cruise in the desert or jungle at midnight and doggone if he doesn’t. Go on, try it, I defy you. What woman will never have questioned why film heroines always manage to wake up looking like several million dollars, immaculately made-up and groomed? Don’t they use cold cream in Hollywood? Or hair curlers? Come to that, how come no-one on film ever does what we lesser mortals do: goes to the loo? Or actually eats the food on the table? CGI will also, finally, draw a curtain on physically having to stage the meticulously-choreographed ballet which is the staple of so many movies: the car chase. Doing it exclusively with computers will at least stop us having to believe that innocent bystanders, despite being scattered in every direction as the vehicles plunge through crowded markets or malls, are never, ever hurt. Try telling that to the Red Cross.

Switch off your brain MOVIE computing suspends belief for even the most feebly geeky among us. At a time when infants already knew the difference between Enter and the Backspace key, even a decade ago could we still be expected to believe in computer consoles which put huge letters on their screens; to the accompaniment of a beeping sound as each letter appeared? Or computers which never needed to be booted-up? Or nerds keying-in complex codes which would save/destroy the world while holding highly intelligible conversations at the same time? Perhaps we shouldn’t take it all too literally. Perhaps, as an ardent moviegoer suggested to me recently, these days before entering the cinema there is indeed something else you should switch off along with your mobile phone: your brain.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Britain's Fat Fight: The Battle Continues 10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time 12:45am This Week

8:15am The Farmers' Country Showdown 9:00am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm Reel History of Britain 3:15pm Getting the Builders in 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:50pm A Place to Call Home 5:45pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Back in Time for School 10:00pmHospital... 11:00pmBetter Things 11:25pmThe Archiveologists 11:30pmNewsnight 12:15am The Lockerbie Legacy

7:58pm This is BBC Four 8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm TOTP 1987 9:00pm Wonders of Life 10:00pm Light and Dark 11:00pm Horizon 12:00am Horizon 1:00am TOTP 1987 1:30am Inside No 9 A second season of dark comedies by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. 2:00am The Joy of Logic A foray into the world of logic with computer scientist Dave Cliff, telling the story of the quest for certainty and the fundamentals of sound reasoning itself. 3:00am Wonders of Life 4:00am Light and Dark 5:00am This is BBC Four

9:30am Lorraine 10:25amThe Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30amThis Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News 7:30pm ITV Evening 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm The Cruise: Shanghai to Sydney 10:00pm The Paras: Men of War 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The London Studios: Home of the Stars 12:45am Cold Feet 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight

9:00am Emmerdale 9:25am Coronation Street 9:55am Coronation Street 10:25amThe Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:55pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 10:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm We're the Millers 12:20am Family Guy

7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 10:00am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55amJudge Judy 11:25am On the Buses 11:55am On the Buses 12:30pmRising Damp 1:00pm George and 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Midsomer 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Law and Order: UK 1:05am Scott and Bailey 2:05am Scott and Bailey Police drama following the personal and professional lives of two Manchester detectives.

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FRIDAY - 11 JANUARY

King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond 9:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:45am Frasier 10:15am Frasier 10:45am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds 10:00pmHunted 11:00pmFlirty Dancing 11:55pmBig Fat Quiz of Everything 1:50am The Undateables

Top Wing Paw Patrol Digby Dragon Floogals Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmGPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Yorkshire Vet 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmLethal Beauty 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Dog Rescuers: Best in Show 9:00pmBargain Loving Brits in the Sun 10:00pmThe Secret Life of the Holiday Resort 11:00pmMy Alcohol Addiction

11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 10:00pm EastEnders 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News

10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm Reel History of Britain 3:15pm Getting the Builders in 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:50pm A Place to Call Home 5:40pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 10:00pm The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Front Row Late 12:45am Better Things 1:10am Imagine...

8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 1:00am 21 and Over 2:35am Catastrophe 3:05am Indian Summers

9:05am Digby Dragon 9:20am Floogals 9:40am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Yorkshire Vet 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Locked Away 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Digging Up Britain's Past 9:00pm Celebrity 5 Go Camping 10:00pm Jane McDonald: Cruising Down Under 11:15pm In His Own Words 1:15am The Best of Bad TV

7:20am The Avengers 8:15am Kojak 9:05am Quincy, M.E. 10:10am Minder 11:20amThe Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. Crime drama. 4:40pm Minder Drama series about the shady dealings of a loveable rogue. 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Bear's Mission with Anthony Joshua 10:00pmTomorrow Never Dies 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pmTomorrow Never Dies 12:25amSe7en 1:25am FYI Daily 1:30am Se7en 3:00am Better Late Than Never

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00amGood Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Match Centre 12:00pm Match Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports New 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 11:00pm The Debate Live 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Live PGA Tour Golf

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Grantchester 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Take Me Out 12:55am Cold Feet 1:45am Jackpot247

10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:55pm Clash of the Titans 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Clash of the Titans 10:00pm Ted 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Ted 12:10am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad! 1:35am American Dad!

7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 9:55am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am On the Buses 11:55am On the Buses 12:30pm Rising Damp 1:00pm George and Mildred 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:05am Liverpool 1 4:00am Hotel in the Clouds 4:50am Road to Avonlea 5:40am Road to Avonlea

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The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase: Celebrity Special Info not available Info not available The Blues Brothers FYI Daily The Blues Brothers Green Zone FYI Daily Green Zone Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping ITV4 Nightscreen

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Cricket Cricket Football Centre Football Centre Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 Football Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United take on Frank Lampard's Derby County at Elland Road in the Sky Bet Championship. Leeds were 4-1 winners when these sides last met. The Debate Live Sky Sports News Live PGA Tour Golf Live NBA: La Lakers @ Utah The Utah Jazz host the LA Lakers at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City.

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LAURA PENN ‘PENN TO PAPER’ YOU may be partied out by Christmas, New Year and Three Kings celebrations but don’t put away the party hats away just yet, as this month sees the island carousing again. The fiestas of San Antoni and San Sebastian are days away so take a deep breath and prepare to raise those Cava flutes again. Saint Anthony the Abbot (not to be confused with Saint Anthony of Padua) was a hermit who lived (alone obviously) in the third century He is the the patron saint of animals, livestock, farmers, butchers, bakers, grocers, basket-makers, shearers and gravediggers. The more astute reader will have already noticed something of a contradiction in his job description: being protector of animals and butchers implies a certain conflict of interests. A similar discrepancy appears during the celebrations held on his feast day, January 17. On one hand there is the delightful practice of taking pets and livestock to church to be blessed on the closest Sunday to the date. Straight after us caring humans hold

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PARTY IN MALLORCA: San Sebastian street celebration. public barbecues where we happily grill, toast and chomp on their fellow creatures. Such celebrations take place in almost all towns in Mallorca including Manacor, Arta, Andratx, Algaida and Muro, with accompanying bonfires, singing, dancing and devil-chasing parades. In Pollensa there are bonfires on almost every street corner. My favourite thing to do is wander

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SUSSEX Police recently admitted that its own drones launched to investigate the first sightings may have caused the ‘confusion’ at Gatwick which closed it for three days before Christmas, disrupting 1,000 flights and delaying 140,000 passengers. This, then, the latest embarrassment for the force which earlier admitted it was ‘possible’ there had been no drone at Gatwick at the time. Finally, the truth (possibly). Sounds like Sussex police’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus of total chaos and confusion meets April 1! (Maybe it was four pigeons in ra-ra skirts in formation - formation pigeon dancing? Or, like a few years ago, when a suspected drone at Gatwick turned out to be a plastic bag?) Police should have attached blue flashing lights to their drones going ‘Nee-naw, neenaw!’ so the public could tell which ones belonged to the good guys. Joking aside, police have the flight logs for their own drones. It should therefore take nothing more than some basic cross-referencing of those with the witness reports to determine which of the reported sightings were or could have been - the force’s own equipment, and in turn, which were suspect.

through the town getting a glass of wine from a local bar and sipping it in the warming glow of a street conflagration - it reminds me of my younger days in Toxteth in the 80’s. Next up is the fiesta of the patron saint of the city of Palma - San Sebastian. He also lived in the third century but unlike Saint Anthony who liked to wander alone in deserts, Saint Sebastian was a soldier who was perse-

cuted for being a Christian by Emperor Diocletian. He is most commonly depicted in paintings tied to a tree shot through with arrows. In an interesting twist to the story - this did not kill him as he is said to have been rescued and healed by Saint Irene of Rome. Then (in an act of ingratitude and immense stupidity) after his recovery he went to Diocletian to warn him

Drones bring Gatwick and common sense to a standstill

DRONE: Causing panic in the airport. In other news, it was reported that the suspect craft had buzzed the Gatwick control tower enabling airport staff to positively identify the brand and type. Err, what happened to that lead? But don’t worry! We were assured ‘there’s a really large-scale police operation going on behind the scenes.’ Yes, undoubtedly there was... trying to find a way to mop up this dreadful PR mess. News flash: earlier today police made a major breakthrough when they found a cache of drones in a secret warehouse location. “We believe they belong to a major new terrorist cell. “ A large number of ‘foreign persons’ were

detained. Our intelligence leads us to believe this new splinter group is called Am Azon. We believe this discovery represents a major contribution to public safety,” said a retired chief constable. Now we’re moving into 2019. Ever get the feeling we need to tighten our seatbelts a bit? Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora- johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits go to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

about his sins, and as a result was clubbed to death. He is a popular saint with sportsmen - one would suspect particularly anyone into archery - and he is said to have the power to intercede to protect from the plague. That is why he is the patron saint of Palma, as local legend has it that when a ship arrived in Palma Bay carrying a relic of one of the arrows from his body, the plague left the city. The fiesta of Saint Sebastian is one of the biggest on the island, lasting for the best part of a fortnight and ending with a spectacular firework display. The two weeks (this year January 1- 21) are filled with free music, sporting and cultural events in the city, including a dragon parade in Placa Major where the Drac Na Coca is revered. To hear more about what is going on during these two fiestas, tune into my radio show every Sunday morning on Mallorca Sunshine Radio. Laura Penn hosts The Sunshine Club on Mallorca Sunshine Radio, Sundays 10am - 12 noon. www.mallorcasunshineradio.com

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Can they shut the lift? There are problems with the lift in our building. A recent report from the administrators states that if repairs are not carried out by early March the lift will be closed down. I live on the fifth floor and I am 78 years of age so it will be almost impossible for me to negotiate a climb of 80 steps. Judging by the administrators’ report it seems that there is a very strong possibility that the community will not have the funds in place by March to carry out the works. I need your advice as to what can be done. C D (Costa del Sol) The community of property own- David Searl ers is obligated You and the Law by l aw t o mai nt ai n t he in Spain building in proper working order and they are also obligated by law to ensure accessibility for elderly persons and those with mobility problems. In your situation I would contact other residents of the upper floors and either write or visit the president of the community to remind him of these obligations and to discover what action is being taken. A special assessment may be necessary to fund the repairs.

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

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SATURDAY - 12 JANUARY

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 13 JANUARY

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Athletics 4:15pm Bargain Hunt 5:00pm Final Score 6:15pm The Time it Takes 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm Regional News 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Pointless 8:00pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 9:00pm The Greatest Dancer 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:45am The NFL Show 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

8:15am Wild and Weird 8:30am All Over the Workplace 9:00am Show Me What You're Made of 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds 11:00am Natural World 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Nigel and Adam's Farm Kitchen 2:00pm Info not available 4:00pm Info not available 4:30pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Attenborough and the Giant Egg 6:30pm The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts 7:30pm Back in Time for School 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm Manchester by the Sea 1:05am Spaceship

8:00pm Hidden Kingdoms 9:00pm Wild Arabia Few places on earth evoke more mystery and romance than Arabia. 10:00pmBlack Lake 10:45pmBlack Lake 12:30am The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA 1:00am TOTP 1987 1:30am TOTP 1987 2:00am On Drums... Stewart Copeland! 3:00am Hidden Kingdoms 4:00am Wild Arabia

7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am The Big Bang Theory 9:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am The Simpsons 10:30am The Simpsons 11:00am The Simpsons 11:30am The Big Tackle 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Heineken Champions Cup 4:10pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm Location, Location, Location 6:30pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Princess Diana's 'Wicked' Stepmother 9:00pm Hidden Britain by Drone 10:00pm Central Intelligence 12:05am The Last Witch Hunter

11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:10am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Access 11:35am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:05pm Chimp Island 1:05pm Disney's Snow Dogs 3:00pm Police Interceptors 4:00pm Police Interceptors 5:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 6:00pm Chris Tarrant: 7:00pm Red Arrows: Kings of the Sky 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm Tony Robinson's Time Travels 9:00pm Digging Up Britain's Past 10:00pm Great British Ships 11:00pm Wallis: The Queen That Never Was

9:35am Match of the Day 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm The Big Questions 1:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Bargain Hunt 3:50pm Money for Nothing 4:20pm Puss in Boots 5:40pm Pointless 6:30pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Antiques Roadshow 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm Les MisÃ©rables 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:35am The Women's Football Show 1:10am When in Rome 2:35am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:20am The Maggie 8:45am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:15am The Instant Gardener 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure 2:00pm Masters Snooker 6:15pm Ski Sunday 7:00pm The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Cities: Nature's New Wild 11:00pm Drinkers Like Me Adrian Chiles 12:00am Insert Name Here Panel show exploring the greatest person to own a particular name. 12:30am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:20am Masters Snooker Extra 3:20am Question Time 4:20am Holby City 5:20am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Indian Hill Railways Three-part series looking at the little trains have climbed through the Indian clouds for a hundred years, from the Himalayas in the north to the Nilgiris in the south. 9:00pm Woolly Mammoth: Secrets From the Ice 10:00pm The Eyes of Orson Welles 11:40pm The Sky at Night A look at the world of astronomy. 12:10am The Bridge: Fifty Years across the Forth 1:10am Treasures of the Ancient East 2:10am Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain 3:10am Indian Hill Railways

6:55am King of Queens 7:20am King of Queens 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Frasier 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:05pm The Simpsons 2:35pm The Simpsons 3:05pm The Simpsons 3:35pm Cheaper by the Dozen 2 5:20pm Night at the Museum 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm World's Weirdest Homes 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Tin Star 1:00am Hunted

11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:10am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:55am Police Interceptors 12:40pm Police Interceptors 1:40pm Friends 2:10pm Friends 2:40pm Friends 3:10pm Friends 3:40pm Friends 4:10pm Friends 4:40pm Friends 5:10pm Friends 6:10pm Friends 6:40pm Secrets of the World's Busiest Airport 8:00pm DHL: Delivering the World 9:00pm Chocolate Dreams - Inside Hotel Chocolat 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Do the Right Thing 11:00pm Horrible Bosses 12:00am Access

8:05am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Scrambled! 8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Ultimate SpiderMan v the Sinister Six 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 1:10pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:15pm Dancing on Ice 3:15pm Evan Almighty 5:00pm The Chase 6:00pm Info not available 7:00pm Info not available 9:00pm The Voice UK 10:30pm Info not available 11:30pm ITV News 11:45pm Rambo: First Blood Part II 1:30am Cold Feet

7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:05pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:05pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 3:05pm FYI Daily 3:15pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 3:55pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 6:55pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 10:00pm Clash of the Titans 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Clash of the Titans 12:10am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad!

8:50am Murder, She Wrote 9:55am Lewis A rape case appears to be solved when the chief suspect is murdered. 11:55am Midsomer Murders 2:00pm Midsomer Murders 4:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm Endeavour Crime drama series about young detective constable Endeavour Morse. 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Vera Detective drama series based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. 2:00am Rising Damp Classic sitcom. 2:30am Rising Damp Classic sitcom. 2:55am ITV3 Nightscreen

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6:30am Sporting Records 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Cricket 12:30pm Football 4:15pm Info not available 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games Relive some classic matches in English football. 6:15pm Football Millwall host Blackburn Rovers at The Den in the Sky Bet Championship. 9:00pm Info not available 10:00pm Live NFL Divisional Play-Off A match from the NFL Divisional round. 2:00am Live NFL Divisional Play-Off

8:20am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Scrambled! 8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am Ben 10 9:10am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:30am Spy School 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 11:30am You've Been Framed! 12:00pm The Voice UK 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:40pm Tenable 2:40pm Tipping Point 3:40pm The Chase 4:40pm Finding Nemo 6:35pm ITV Evening News 6:50pm Regional News and Weather 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera 12:10am Cold Feet

6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:15am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:40am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:45am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:40pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:45pm The Voice UK 4:15pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 5:20pm FYI Daily 5:25pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 6:55pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 10:00pm Info Not Available 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:55am American Dad!

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Murder, She Wrote 7:50am Murder, She Wrote 8:50am Heartbeat 9:50am Heartbeat 10:55am The Queen's Garden 11:55am Lewis 1:55pm Midsomer Murders 3:50pm Midsomer Murders 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm The Durrells 10:00pm The Durrells 11:00pm Birds of a Feather 11:30pm Birds of a Feather 12:00am Land of the Midnight Sun 1:05am Wire in the Blood 2:10am Wire in the Blood 3:10am Joe Maddison's War 4:45am Lewis

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Didi is a dark horse Richard Shanley DANCING ON ICE’S professional skater Dan Whiston has singled out Grease star Didi Conn as having the edge over her female counterparts in the competition, and could wow viewers with a ‘Debbie McGee moment’ on the ice. Three-time Dancing on Ice champion Whiston - who has been promoted to associate creative director for this year’s series - predicts the 67-year-old actress will go far on the show, telling Digital Spy: “The girls are great this year. I think there's a bit of an undercut with Didi. “I think she may give us a Debbie McGee moment because she’s very good on the ice. She’s more of a mature lady, but people like to

GO FAR: Didi could capture the public’s hearts says Dan Whiston (inset).

It’s a farce Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man IT’S now a couple of weeks or so since the Gatwick airport debacle and it’s turned into a total farce. I will declare now that I have a personal interest in this as it was on December 20, the day that our daughter was flying from said airport to spend Christmas with us on a trip to Portugal. The thing I want to know is what happened? I mean, what the hell really happened? The whole place closed down because an overgrown toy was allegedly seen in the restricted airspace. Now, as I’m not totally stupid, if there was a drone buzzing about, they obviously had to close the airport until it was found and forcibly got rid of it. But they couldn’t find it, and as of now,

there are no official pictures of the said drone, and in fact, they are now saying that there may not have even been a drone at all! The UK police have zero, none, nada proof that there were any drones at all which led to over 1,000 flights being cancelled. Not to mention the couple who were arrested, named, and then freed because they had nothing to do with the non-existent drone and were charged with nothing; well how could they be if it never existed? I’m not a big conspiracy theorist, but there is something not quite right here. My phone can tell me where my car is parked when I can’t remember where I left it in the car park. Technology knows if I don’t have a TV licence and I’m watching EastEnders in my bungalow in East Cheam. If all that is possible, surely the might of the police and military should be able to get at worst case, a picture of this drone, and dare I suggest, find a way so this type of hoax never happens again.

mikesenker@gmail.com.

see that. “They like to see not necessarily a dead cert, but someone unexpected. She’s such a lovely lady and I think she’s going to surprise a lot of people.” Whiston also divulged which celebrity contestant is the most competitive, and it’s a close call between Love Island’s Wes Nelson, Brian McFadden and, yep, former Strictly Come Dancing star James Jordan. “I’m really excited this year because the standard is good,” the pro-skater continued. ”It’s a really strong competition between the boys, which is exciting. James Jordan, Brian McFadden and Wes Nelson have this really competitive edge.” The choreographer recently defended Gemma Collins from rumours surrounding her diva reputation, claiming the TOWIE star doesn’t want to be laughed at on the show, and is keen to do well.

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MONDAY - 14 JANUARY 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Masters Snooker 6:00pm Coast A look back at part of an episode of coast. 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Canadian Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Politics Live Special 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pmIcons 11:00pmTwo Doors Down 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature 9:00pm Fake or Fortune? Intriguing series. Fiona Bruce teams up with an art expert to look at paintings. 10:00pmArt of America 11:00pmRussia's Lost Princesses Combining interviews with leading historians 12:00am Venice 1:00am Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British 2:00am Pugin: Gods Own Architect

12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm How to Lose Weight Well 10:00pmPrison 11:15pm999: What's Your Emergency?

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5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Dead or Alive? Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a highspeed police interception unit in Essex. 10:00pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 11:00pmRaw Recruits: Squaddies at 16 12:05am Grand Theft Auto: Undercover Criminal

4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Is This Sexual Harassment?

10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Masters Snooker 6:00pm Coast 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Canadian Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Politics Live Special 9:00pm My Million Pound Menu 10:00pm Icons 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature 9:00pm Incredible Human Journey 10:00pmRome Unpacked 11:00pmWild West: America's Great Frontier 12:00am The Plantagenets Professor Robert Bartlett continues the remarkable story of the Plantagenets. 1:00am Metalworks! 2:00am Genius of the Modern World 3:00am Incredible Human Journey 4:00am Rome Unpacked

12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmCatastrophe 11:35pmThe River

3:15pm A Murderer Upstairs 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm The Humpback 9:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 10:00pmBen Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:00pmSecret Life of the Holiday Resort 12:05am Hotel Inspector: Checking in, Checking Out

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2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm You've Been Framed! 7:20pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 10:00pm Family Guy 11:00pmAmerican Dad! 11:55pm Family Guy

12:30pmRising Damp 1:00pm George and Mildred 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmScott and Bailey

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2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:55pm Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 10:00pmHell's Kitchen 11:00pmCelebrity Juice

1:35pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pmDCI Banks 12:00am DCI Banks

3:45pm Quincy, M.E. Crime drama. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 7:55pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Bad Move Offbeat comedy. 9:30pm Bad Move Offbeat sitcom. 10:00pmBenidorm 11:00pmDemolition Man 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am Demolition Man

7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitezise 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Cricket 4:30pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Info not available 11:00pmThe Debate - Live 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 10:00am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am On the Buses 11:55am On the Buses 12:30pmRising Damp 1:00pm George and Mildred 1:30pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Midsomer Murders 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pmVera 1:00am Law and Order: UK

7:00am Pawn Stars 7:25am The Avengers 8:20am Kojak 9:15am Quincy, M.E. 10:20am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:30pmThe Professionals 1:35pm The Avengers 2:40pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 10:05pmTomorrow Never Dies 11:10pmFYI Daily 11:15pmTomorrow Never Dies 12:30am Green Zone 1:30am FYI Daily The latest news from the world of entertainment. 1:35am Green Zone 2:45am Lethal Weapon

7:00am Live European Tour Golf 9:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Live European Tour Golf 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Info not available 11:00pm The Debate Live 12:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. 1:00am Sky Sports News

Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pmJeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers 11:05pm The Krays Hard-hitting true crime drama. 12:05am FYI Daily The latest news from the world of entertainment.

Cricket Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live Monday Night Football 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Live WWE Late Night Raw 5:15am Great Sporting Moments 5:30am Great Sporting Moments

WEDNESDAY - 16 JANUARY 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather

8:15am The Farmers' Country Showdown 9:00am See Hear on Tour Tel Aviv. 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 12:15pmPolitics Live 2:00pm Masters Snooker 6:00pm Coast 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great Canadian Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Politics Live Special 9:00pm Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start 9:30pm The Twinstitute 10:00pmRevolution in Ruins: The Hugo Chavez Story 11:00pmInsert Name Here 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature 9:00pm Armada: 12 Days to Save England 10:00pmAndrew Marr's History of Modern Britain 11:00pmDavid Attenborough: A Life on Air 12:00am Life on Earth The story of life, from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that now live around us. 1:00am Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher Documentary exploring how Ancient Egypt's extraordinary story fits together. 2:00am How the Celts Saved Britain 3:00am Armada: 12 Days to Save England

8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:15am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:45am Frasier 10:15am Frasier 10:45am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pmThe Undateables 11:00pmShut-Ins: Britain's Fattest People

10:05am Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmGPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Yorkshire Vet 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Deadly Departure 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm GPs Behind Closed Doors 10:00pmRed Arrows: Kings of the Sky 11:00pmCelebrity 5 Go Camping 12:05am Celeb Trolls: We're Coming to Get You 1:05am Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords

10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Political Broadcast 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Bradley Walsh and Son: Breaking Dad 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmCleaning Up 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmRegional News and Weather

10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pmDress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:55pm Minions 7:00pm Minions 7:10pm Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 8:20pm FYI Daily 8:25pm Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 10:00pmInfo not available 11:00pmCelebrity Juice 11:50pmFamily Guy 12:20am Family Guy

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