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LARGE parts of the AP7 have become free to use - but users on the Vega Baja will have to wait until 2048 before tolls finally cease.

Cars travelling from Alicante to Tarragona will save about €46 on this 375-kilometre stretch and the journey from Tarragona to the French border will start to be free from 2021.

But for now, the section of the AP-7 between Alicante and Pilar de la Horadada and between Cartagena and Vera will continue to be paid for. On the first of these, the Ministry of Public Works will apply a 0.84 per cent increase in fares as of midnight tonight, while the Cartagena-Vera leg will be free of charge only between noon and 6am.

The Ministry of Public Works expects traffic on the free part of the AP-7 to increase by at least 30 per cent, as it did after the liberalisation of the AP-1 in Burgos last year.

The measure on the road between Burgos and Vitoria has had ‘all kinds of repercussions:

NO CHARGE: Tolls have ended on the AP-7 in Valencia, except on the Vega Baja.

the accident rate on the alternative national road has dropped, but there are also complaints because there is now less traffic (on the national road) and the petrol stations and restaurants have lost customers.’

From December 31, the AP-4 between Sevilla and Cádiz will also be free of charge, a 94-kilometre stretch that links both Andalucian provinces.

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took the decision not to extend the expiring toll road concession contracts so that they would revert to the State and allow their free use. Except for in the Vega Baja, where the present concession does not run out until 2048.

It was proposed by politicians to establish a reduced toll for residents, as the only other alternative to travel between Orihuela and Torrevieja is the N-

332, which suffers from jams, especially in the summer season. But this proposal has not been taken up.

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QUESTIONABLE COALITION Spain will now be led by a coalition government after acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured parliamentary approval for a joint administration between his Socialist party (PSOE) and the Unidas Podemos alliance. in Spain will be affected by the country’s first coalition government since the Second Republic.

The new PSOE-Unidas Podemos administration have promised a host of measures that will be rolled out across the

country, which are set to negatively impact higher earners and large corporations. This includes a new minimum corporate tax rate of 15 per cent, rising to 18 per cent for banks and energy utilities, where tax on capital gains above €140,000 will also be increased from 23 to 27 per cent.

Those with high paid jobs will also be impacted, where there is set to be an increase in income tax for those earning more than €300,000 a year by four percentage points. Although Sanchez states this is in aim of forming a “government for all people that broadens rights, restores co-existence and

fights for social justice,” many have voiced their outrage on the matter.

Those who have achieved success in their professional career, contributing to society and creating jobs for others, see the increases as a brazen attempt at economic targeting.

However, proposals to overhaul some of the labour changes introduced eight years ago when the conservative People’s party was in power has delighted a proportion of the workforce. This includes measures such as strengthening protection against dismissal for absences caused by illness and lifting the minimum wage to 60 per cent of

average national wages.

Although positive news for some, this will again impact business owners, who will now be subject to increased scrutiny and higher pay-outs to meet the governmental standards based upon worker-friendly legislation.

In a tweet sent after the vote, Sánchez wrote: “With the progressive coalition government, Spain is entering a time for the defence of dialogue and useful politics,” where Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias said the new coalition programme was designed to make Spain “a world reference of modernity to support the most vulnerable groups.”

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ENDING more than nine months of political deadlock, many questions have now been raised about how those residing

NEW LEADER: Pedro Sanchez is congratulated by Unidas Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias.

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NATIONAL POLICE officers have been cleared by a court of using disproportionate force and breaking and entering in an incident where the owner of a dangerous dog threatened to set it on them.

He then took refuge in a Murcia house, which police entered and made three arrests after allegedly being threatened.

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A WOMAN who fell and broke an arm waited 45 minutes for an emergency ambulance that never arrived. Local Police called health authorities three times before bringing in a private ambulance that had been hired for the Three Kings parade in Elche, which took the woman to hospital.

Road deaths THERE were 43 fatal traffic accidents in Alicante last year, three more than in 2018, according to Interior Ministry figures. Across the Valencia region there were 99 road deaths, 33 fewer than in 2018 when 132 fatalities were recorded.

Gang hunt POLICE are hunting for a gang of five gunmen who have committed a string of robberies across the Murcia region. Officers say they have been travelling in a white Audi car and have been holding up petrol stations late at night with firearms, although it is not known if they are real or fake.

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ALICANTE ended the year with 2,643 fewer unemployed than at the beginning of 2019, good news but a significantly smaller reduction than 2018’s 7,600 drop in the number of people out of work. The total number of registered unemployed in the province stood at 148,073 at the end of 2019.

HEALTH officials are trying to find the cause of a food poisoning outbreak that left 44 people ill after a New Year’s Eve party in Molina de Segura.

Although left unwell no one needed to be hospitalised in what is thought to have been a case of salmonella.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY DEVILISH: People dressed as demons gather around the fire.

DANCING DEMONS EVERY January, the demons t a k e o v e r M a l l o rc a a s t h e Sant Antoni Abad festivities begin. The popular celebration is deeply rooted in popular customs, dating back to the former Balearic agricultural society.

During that time, people revered San Antonio - the patron saint of domestic animals - who they hoped would bless them with protection for their working farm animals. Over the

years, the magical celebrations have evolved into a popular feast. People eat grilled sobrassada and other traditional sausages and food, with plenty of wine as accompaniment.

On January 16 - the eve of the festival - large bonfires are lit in the main streets and squares of the villages.

Adults and children alike gather in the streets dressed as demons, where they go bonfire to bonfire as they sing and dance. The traditional dance symbolises the temptations of the Devil that

Sant Antoni had to overcome and the triumph of good over evil.

The following day, a solemn mass is held in honour of the saint and then the Beneïdes (blessing) of the animals and townspeople takes place. Crowds gather as they take their animals to church to receive protection, a very popular tradition in towns including Sa Pobla, Muro, Artà and Sant Joan.

After, the party continues as a parade of floats and animals celebrates their devotion to Sant Antoni.

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GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a man who had allegedly just assaulted a woman who was walking along the promenade of Torrevieja.

The man stole the bag of a 43-year-old woman. According to the victim’s description, it was a fairly large man who had assaulted her from behind and, after grabbing her by the arms, threw her to the ground and snatched her bag.

After searching the area, the Guardia Civil found the alleged perpetrator and, after a cursory search, found the stolen mobile phone, documents in the victim’s name and €230 in cash in his trouser pocket.

In one of the adjacent streets, the bag was found, which the alleged perpetrator had disposed of after keeping the valuables. All these items were returned to their rightful owner.

The detainee, a 36-year-old Senegalese, has been remanded in custody awaiting trial.

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THE culinary event Alicante Gastronómica (Gastronomic Alicante) is entering the international playing field. A new agreement will see a Russian presence in the 2020 edition of the gourmet affair. The Costa Blanca Board of Trustees closed an agreement with the Russian House of Alicante to promote the country’s participation.

The event is sponsored by the Provincial Government and will be held in March at IFA facilities. For the first time, the gastronomic fair will go international, as it hosts one of the countries that contributes the most permanent residents to Alicante. President of the provincial government Carlos Mazón, met with the president of the Russian House, Aleksandr Chepurnoy, to finalise details of the federation’s presence as a guest country. The third edition of Gastronomic Alicante will include the exhibition of local products, tastings, workshops and competitions.

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Club murder A fight broke out: Failed to resuscitate.

ACCORDING to a spokesman for the National Police a young man was recently arrested in Murcia accused of stabbing another in the Atalayas entertainment area.

The deceased, 30, a native of Ecuador and nationalized Spanish, was in well-known nightclub, Ibiza, when a fight broke out in which he was injured with a knife. A call to the

emergency telephone number 112 alerted the medical emergency unit that attended in order to transfer the injured party to the Reina Sofía Hospital in Murcia, where he entered in a very serious condition with injuries to the abdomen that led to his condition deteriorating so much that he suffered a cardiac arrest. Attempts were made to resuscitate him but were, unfortunately, unsuccessful.

Misuse of funds THE CURRENT government team of the Popular Party plans to validate several invoices originating in the previous mandate of the PSOE. At the end of the accounting year "there are on the table invoices for services provided during the previous mandate of the PSOE" but according to sources from the Popular "People want to know the origin and the reason for the expense”. The Popular spokesman Rufino Lancharro confronted the socialist group about a bill of €500 from a restaurant in Pilar de la Horadada, which was attended by about twenty diners and councillors of the PSOE, held three days before the municipal elections of May 2019.

In her response, Trinidad Escarabajal, councilor of the PSOE, said that this expense was for a meal for "women who participate in sewing school ." Lancharro replied that this lunch has always been held in April, a month before, and not at the end of May. "It's the closing of the Sewing School," the councilwoman insisted. The team has consulted the municipal accounting team without finding

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Attempted to rape ex wife A WOMAN who was beaten by two hooded men who tried to rape her was rescued by police who unmasked her attackers to find they were her husband and brother-in-law.

The extraordinary circumstances happened in Mula in Murcia. The victim, who has not been named, was opening a bar she runs when two masked men burst in brandishing knives. She thought they were robbers, but after threatening her they did not ask for money but instead started beating her and, according to police, tried to rape her.

A Local Police patrol heard the woman’s screams and came to her rescue, thinking there was a robber y taking place. But on arresting the two assailants they found one was the woman’s estranged husband and the other the partner of her sister.

The two detained men have been charged with the crimes of gender-based violence, threats, injury and attempted sexual assault. The Local Police proceeded to hand them over to the Guardia Civil.

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Migrant figures double T H E Va l e n c i a n C o m munity closed 2019 with almost 700 undocumented immigrants intercepted on board 60 boats, nearly twice as many as a year before (353).

According to data provided by the Red Cross in Alicante, the total number of people treated on land has been 673, of which 126 are minors and 11 women, while it was necessary to transfer 18 of these immigrants to hospital.

The main nationality of origin was Algerian, with more than 600 of the 673 immigrants, followed by Moroccans, some Libyans and also about 20 people of Syrian origin.

In 2018 there were 353 immigrants intercepted including 10 women and 65 minors on board 37 boats and a year earlier there were 388 (four women and 71 minors), according to Red Cross figures.

The first year this type of boat arrived was 2007 with

DOUBLED: Red Cross says 700 undocumented migrants arrived on Valencian shores in 2019.

38 immigrants, a figure that remained stable with a slight increase until 2014, when seven boats reached the southern coasts of the Comunitat Valenciana with 84 people (all men, 30 of whom said they were under 18).

In 2015, there was a drop as three boats and 26 immigrants were registered (no

women and 11 minors) while in 2016 there were nine boats and 116 people (24 minors).

The wave of boats seems not to stop because on December 31, 12 more people arrived in Alicante, three of them minors.

The head of the Red Cross’ operations in Alicante, Patricia Compañ, ex-

plained that the charity takes care of these people who, in the vast majority of cases, arrive with signs of hypothermia and cold.

“They come wet and we provide them with a blanket, clothing and hygiene kit so that, once they are warm, we can give them high-energy food.”

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MORÓN AIR BASE: Will operate to support the US and Allied aircraft.

Spain backing the USA Spain is lending its full support to US forces as the military build up prepares for the current crisis due to an agreement between the Spanish and US governments.

DUE to an agreement made in November 2015, Spain agreed for the US Air Base Morón to be a permanent fixture for the foreseeable future. The mission of Morón Air Base is to operate and maintain a strategic forward operating base to support the US and Allied air/space power projection, to include transient and aircraft maintenance operations.

The agreement was originally for potential conflicts in North Africa.

Spain agreed to at least 3,000 troops and an increase of 40 aircraft to be stationed at the southern Spain military installation. Already the US military personnel stationed at the base have been used to respond to crises in Africa, but now will support the Iran crisis as well.

Flight radar yesterday saw US military planes leaving a

base as they flew over Spain to the Middle East, although these aircraft were supply planes for troops on the ground rather than attack planes supplied from Naval air base nearby Roton.

Morón Air Base is located in Andalucia, the country’s southernmost region. It is less than an hour away from Sevilla, a city of almost one million people famous for its flamenco shows, spring festivals, and bullfights. Morón is 75 miles northeast of Naval Station Rota. The installation is located in a quiet and rural setting within several hours of many major historical and tourist locations in Spain.

The base itself gets its name from the town of Morón de la Frontera situated nearby where American troops reside and is the home of the US to the C-5 Air Bridge and 496th

Air Base Squadron.

Up to 3,000 American troops and civilians of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force can be stationed there, while the number of aircraft is limited to 40 after the recent 2015 agreement between the US and the Spanish.

Military plane spotter former Naval chief Fred Soul, who served in the Falklands War and the Suez Canal crisis told the Euro Weekly News “I read reports in the press yesterday regards planes taking off from Spain and going to the Middle East and being spotted on flight radar apps, but that’s a normal occurrence as they are simply supply planes, they fly back and forth from Roton naval base, whilst any aircraft from Morón can’t be seen as they are classified aircraft.”

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THE woman whose badly burned remains were found in a park suffered from psychiatric problems.

Police were called when a man walking his dog made the grisly discovery in the Parque de Polvorines in the town of Monteagudo in the Murcia region.

Local Police and Guardia Civil arrived to find the woman dead. She has not been named by police but has now been said to have suffered from psychiatric problems.

Her badly charred body had a can of petrol by its side and her car was nearby.

Her body was taken to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Murcia, where a post-mortem showed there were no signs of violence before the fire.

A M A N i n h i s 3 0 ’s died early on Tuesday morning and his partner was seriously injured in a fire of unknown cause in a house in Archena, the Emergency Coordination Centre has reported.

Emergency services received several calls around 4am informing them that a two-storey house on Calle Esparto in Archena had caught fire and smoke was coming out of all its windows.

Patrols of the Guardia Civil, Local Police, nine firefighters of the Consorcio de Extinción de Incendios y Salvamento and ambulances with medical personnel were mobilised.

Upon arrival, the firemen rescued the mother and recovered the body of the man, who had already died before their arrival.

The woman was treated at the scene by medics and then taken to the burns unit of the Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital in Murcia with very serious injuries.

According to the sources, an officer of the Guardia

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Man dies in fire

BLAZE: Man died and home was badly damaged in the fire.

Civil had to receive medical assistance for smoke inhalation.

This was the fourth fire in homes in the region in less than 24 hours. In Alhama, firefighters had to extinguish a chimney fire at a duplex on Monday, while that night another chimney fire

broke out in Calle Santo Ángel, in Murcia. In addition, three people had to be rescued by firemen and attended to by the emergency health services, affected by smoke inhalation in the fire in their home in Calle Rafael Lorenzo Vivo, in Alcantarilla.

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Boys accused Guardia praised of robberies

OFFICERS of the National Police have arrested two 14-year-old boys accused of eight crimes of robbery with violence and/or intimidation in Murcia.

Police say that the duo would identify a victim - usually another child on his own - they would follow him until they reached a quiet area, and once no one was in sight they would approach the victim to ask the time.

Once they took out their mobile phone to check, they intimidated the victim, sometimes using physical force, to take it away from them.

These minors are alleged to be part of a gang, which acted in groups of two, three or even four, all of them between 10 and 14 years old, and they moved around on bicycles, which allowed them to quickly escape.

The detainees have been placed at the disposal of the Murcia Public Prosecutor’s Office for Minors.

This investigation has been carried out by Group IV of the Judicial Police of the N ational Police Station of Cartagena, which belongs to the Superior Headquarters of the National Police of the Region of Murcia.

Hairdressers targeted A MAN aged 42 has been arrested for allegedly holding up hairdressers at knifepoint.

An investigation started in December when a hairdresser in Torreagueara complained that he had been robbed by a man wielding a large knife.

While the investigation was being carried out, other people, also owners of hairdressing salons, filed complaints with the Torreaguera Guardia Civil for robbery with violence and intimidation and theft.

In all cases the description given of the assailant was identical. Police identified a suspect and arrested the man from Alcantilla who has been handed over into court custody.

THE Algorfa Council paid tribute to the Benemerita on their 175th anniversary, dedicating a park in the municipality to them, located around the Algorfa golf course.

An event was recently held with a large audience of residents and members of the Guardia Civil of Almoradi, highlighting the presence of the mayor of Algorfa, Manuel Ros, and the Colonel Chief of the Guardia Civil Command of Alicante, José Hernández Mosquera.

For the mayor of the town, it is a gesture of recognition of the service and delivery of the Corps to residents throughout all these years and he wanted to acknowledge the important work done by the Guardia Civil during the recent flooding of much of the region of the Vega Baja.

For his part, the Colonel Chief of the Commander of the Guardia Civil of Alicante, José Hernández Mosquera, offered during his speech his thanks to the people of Algorfa for this recognition in a special year for the Spanish armed institute, receiving numerous distinctions in the Vega Baja - in which the Benemerita has one of the most important presences of the country for its implementation in Torrevieja.

PARK DEDICATION: The Guardia Civil of Almoradi.

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BAIL FOR ALLEGED NEW YEAR RAPISTS THREE men arrested accused of the New Ye a r ’s E v e r a p e o f two American sisters and sex attack on a third have been released on bail.

The suspects are Afghans aged between 20 and 25.

The alleged sexual assault on the three American sisters in Murcia took place in two different homes, one in the Plaza de la Candelaria

where the youngest of them lived during her stay as a student, and another location was the home of the three arrested Afghan citizens.

Two of the three detainees had recently been granted political asylum in Spain and one of them is studying professional training in the country. None of them has a criminal record and their situation is regular in Spain since they have residence permits. They all deny the allegations.

The alleged victims have flown back to the USA via Vienna (Austria).

The National Police has contacted the American Embassy in Spain to be able to contact them and inform them of the progress of the investigation that has been opened in Murcia.

The sisters may be able to give evidence via video link from their homes in Ohio.

The police are collecting images from surveillance cameras in the central dis-

ARRESTS: Police detained Afghans accused of raping American sisters.

trict of Santa Eulalia where the women met the accused men in a pub on New Year’s Eve before carrying on the party at the two properties where the assaults are alleged to have taken place.

The two older sisters of the one who was studying in Murcia travelled to the city at Christmas to spend a few days’ holiday in Spain.

The alleged victims, three sisters aged 18, 20 and 23

respectively, reported to the National Police that three individuals had raped two of them, while the third all e g e d l y s u ff e r e d i n j u r i e s while fighting off a sex assault.

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THEY may have become keen footballing rivals in recent years (for reasons no one is quite sure about) but there is one statistic in which Elche is now beating Granada.

It has overtaken the Andalucian city to become the 19th biggest municipality in Spain, in terms of population.

The 2,000 new residents registered in the city last year helped it consolidate its position in the top 20 with a population of

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Moving up the table 232,517 compared to Granada’s 232,462.

Madrid, followed by Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla and Zaragoza, with Malaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Bilbao make up the first 10 spots.

POSITIVE FIGURES: Increase on last year.

Positive sales figures MURCIA and Madrid were the only two autonomous communities that closed 2019 with positive figures for passenger car and SUV registrations compared to the previous year, with 9.8 per cent and 1.6 per cent, respectively.

In the region of Murcia 29,959 cars were sold last year, in

Madrid, 463,309 units (with a market share of 36.8 per cent), while in the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla 2,434 cars were sold, 1.2 per cent more.

The most pronounced declines were recorded in La Rioja (14.3 per cent), Cantabria (13.6 per cent) and Navarra (13.5 per cent), while in Cataluña, with the second most important market share

in the country (13.8 per cent), the fall was 6.3 per cent which equates to 173,469 units.

Enrolment of passenger cars and SUVs in Spain decreased in 2019 for the first time since 2012, 4.8 per cent compared to the previous year, to 1,258,260 units (63,177 less), according to manufacturers association Anfac, sellers Ganvam and dealer Faconauto.

Floods commission set up A SPECIAL commission to study measures against flooding on the Vega Baja will be inaugurated in Orihuela on January 27.

Set up by the Valencian Parliament, it will look at all factors that led to the severe flooding caused by last September’s DANA storm.

President of the Cortes (parliament) Enric Morera, said that any policy formed should not be for “only in emergencies” but also take into account issues “that are also important, such as preventing and rigorously analysing the effects of the DANA in our territory.”

The committee, which was approved with the support of all parliamentary groups except Vox, will aim to analyse how the water, land and urban management affecting the Vega Baja has been carried out over the last few decades from the perspective of flood risk prevention.

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STORM FORCE: Floods caused millions of euros worth of damage.

It will also assess the causes and extent of the September floods, as well as the cost of the damage caused and to study the actions that should be taken by the different public administrations.

Elche is the third biggest city in the Valencian Community, only surpassed by Valencia and Alicante, and with a considerable advantage over its immediate rival, Castellón, which has 171,728 inhabitants.

As for the national ranking, Elche is clos-

est in population to 18th placed A Coruña, which has a population of 245,711.

Next comes Vitoria (251,774), Hospitalet de Llobregat and Gijon, from which Elche is separated by fewer than 40,000 people.

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A JUDGE has ordered Murcia Health Authority’s insurers to pay € 416,000 to a man whose child died after suffering a brain injury in childbirth The child was born at the Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital after an episode of ‘acute fetal suffering.’ He remained acutely ill, needing 24hours-a-day care for two years before he finally passed away.

The events occurred in April 2011 when the baby’s mother, aged 35, was admitted to the hospital, where she was a midwife, to give birth.

Several incidents during the delivery forced health professionals to perform an urgent Caesarean section.

The newborn had to be admitted to intensive care after he suffered from severe oxygen deprivation.

From that moment on, the

baby suffered a disability and needed multiple hospital admissions as well as specialised assistance 24-hoursa-day to keep him alive.

At the trial, a carer recounted how the child required constant vigilance as he had severe respiratory problems, convulsions, attacks of hypothermia and hyperthermia and epilepsy.

One year after the birth, in August 2012, the mother died of sudden illness, and in 2014 her little boy also died.

The court decided that doctors were too slow in performing the Caesarian despite clear warning signs that the baby was in distress, resulting in a lack of oxygen reaching his brain.

The father says he will donate part of the compensation to a foundation to provide medical assistance to children in the third world.

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TRAGEDY: Baby was left severely disabled after being born at the Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital.

Home sweet home RECOGNISED illustrator Paco Saéz returned to his hometown - San Miguel de Salinas - to exhibit his work. After being nominated for a prestigious Goya for his short film Madrid 2120, Saéz looked towards poetry for inspiration.

The cartoonist returned to his old stomping ground, where he displayed a dozen illustrations based on verses written by Spanish poet, Miguel Hernández. The event was organised by the municipality, as Saéz reflected on growing up and studying in Orihuela, the place of birth of Hernández.

Miguel Hernández was incarcerated by Franco for his anti-fascist sympathies during the Spanish Civil War. He was first sentenced to death before being imprisoned in Alicante, where he died from tuberculosis at age 31.

His last book, which expresses his pain at the death of his infant son and the tragedy of the war, was written in prison on scraps of toilet paper. The book was published posthumously and is considered to be one of the finest pieces of Spanish poetry.

A special gift ON E very special blind woman and her guide dog are giving patients in Alicante the best gift: their time.

Raquel Marqués Laso is a Red Cross volunteer, who, despite her disability helps hospitalised patients. Along with Stela - her Labrador guide dog - Raquel takes two buses to the San Vicente del Raspeig hospital every Monday.

There, they walk the halls and chat for five or 10 minutes with those who need it most. Raquel assures that time is the most valuable thing a person can have.

She believes that it is priceless to spend a few moments to make somebody’s life a bit more enjoyable.

Raquel is a trained nurse and physiotherapist but since she lost her sight, the young woman has not been able to find employment. The inspiration to volunteer and give a helping hand came from Raquel’s father, who is also a Red Cross volunteer in her homeland of Galicia.

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SPAIN will close 2019 establishing a new record with the lowest number of fatalities in traffic accidents. The government estimates that the number of d e a t h s o n i n t e rc i t y roads is around 1,100, down from 1,188 last year. Improving on the p re v i o u s re c o rd i n 2015, when 1,131 people died.

The reduction of the maximum permitted speed from 100 to 90 kilometres per hour on secondary roads is one of the main causes of the drop in fatal accidents after several years of stagnation with a slight upturn in fatalities.

Number Of Road Deaths Down The year 2019 will replace 2015 as the year with the least number of deaths on intercity roads since the beginning of road traffic data collection in the 1960s.

The Directorate-General for Traffic (DGT) finalises the year with the following emotional message: “This year we count less.

Less tears, less emergencies, less ambulances called out.

Fewer orphans and fewer tragedy. Fewer absences. Because this year the number of victims on the road is less again.”

The Ministry of the Interior agrees that the data are not the

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: The number of victims has reduced.

result of chance: “There is a consistency behind it.” Stressing that the “consistency” and improvement of road safety has a name and surname, that of Pere Navarro, the director general of traffic since July 2018.

And previously from 2004 2012.

Navarro’s implementation of the points-based driver’s licence provoked a dramatic reduction in traffic fatalities. The result was immediate, with a

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progressive fall in the number of deaths between 2004 and 2011 (from 3,464 to 1,484).

The next major reform that the current government has prepared is to reduce the speed limit in the city from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour. In 2018 there were 489 deaths on urban roads, of which 237 were pedestrians. Sixty-six per cent were 65 years old or older.

Reported road casualties in Great Britain in the year ending June 2019 show, at 1,870 reported road deaths, at a higher casualty rate than Spain.

Migrants Arriving in Spain Falling THE number of immigrants arriving in Spain between January 1 and December 15, 2019 fell by 50 per cent: from 62,126 people counted in 2018, a record year, to 30,781 registered in 2019, 31,345 less.

In the specific case of the autonomous city of Ceuta, between January 1 and December 15, 2019, 1,895 people arrived in Ceuta in an irregular manner, 32 per cent less than in 2018. However, while the number of migrants who enter Ceuta by land continues to fall, the number of those who do so by sea, increases significantly.

According to the Ministry of the Interior, in 2019, 573 people entered Ceuta by sea, an increase of 25 per cent in respect to the previous year and the number of boats intercepted increased from 45 in 2018 to 85 in 2019.

Despite the decline in numbers, this year has seen over 300 migrants rescued off Spain over the two-day Christmas period.

More than half of those who were rescued were found off the Costa Blanca on Spain’s southeastern coast.

About 100 refugees and migrants were

rescued off the coast of Spain on Thursday, adding to about another 200 saved off makeshift boats on Christmas Day, Spain’s maritime rescue service said. More than half of the migrants were found off the Costa Blanca on Spain’s southeastern coast, with 10 people rescued just before dawn, among them eight men, a woman and a child.

So far this year, at least 1,250 men, women and children have died attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean, the UN’s International Organisation for Migration said in a statement on December 20.

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BREXIT BRIEF

by John Smith THE acting Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey (who hopes to become leader following the departure of Jo Swinson) has announced that there should be a formal investigation into the EU referendum and the Brexit result.

He plans to table an amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill which will be in front of Parliament shortly calling for an inquiry into past events within six months of the bill being passed.

This enquiry would review former Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to hold the referendum, the finances and conduct of politicians during the campaign as well as the government’s handling of Article 50.

Another area for such an enquiry

Calls for investigation

ANNOUNCEMENT: Jo Swinson and Sir Ed Davey.

would be a review of the government’s handling of key Brexit matters including its decision not to hold

a second referendum.

Mr Davey is on record as saying “Countless lies by our prime minister,

others in the Tory Party and beyond, means questions must be asked about the result of the referendum in 2016.

“The past three years have only gone to show how much deceit was used during the campaign, as well as how determined the Conservative government is to hide the true impact of what they’re trying to unleash.

“We must address the decisions made around the referendum, but also the shambolic approach taken by the Conservatives in the years since.

“To truly understand the events leading up to Brexit, there must be a public inquiry.”

He is still angling for a second Referendum, but has little chance of this happening.

Jeremy Corbyn tries to extend Brexit AS various Labour MPs confirm their wish to become the next Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn continues in his now caretaker role but is trying to influence the Brexit situation.

He has tabled an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill which would extend the transition period until 2023 if there is no agreement on what

shape the future UK-EU relationship should take.

In addition, he is also is looking to reinstate the rights of unaccompanied child refugees to be reunited with their families after Brexit.

The actual bill is due to be passed through Parliament in three days and as the British government has a working majority of 80 and the

first reading passed with a 124 majority, it seems unlikely that any amendment will be voted through.

Once this piece of legislation is approved and passes through the Lords as well, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will then be in a position to enter into serious negotiations with the EU.

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BREXIT EXTRA Recycling tax IN order to try to plug the financial gap left with the loss of British financial contributions, the EU is looking to introduce a tax on plastic waste and use profits from carbon trading to boost income over the coming years.

Brexit confusion LABOUR leadership hopeful Jess Philips has been giving mixed messages about her stance on Brexit, as on the Andrew Marr show she said she would want the UK to apply to rejoin the EU, but in an article wrote it was best to move on.

Revving up ALTHOUGH UK car sales have been dropping for the last three years, a recent survey by a motoring research organisation suggests that now the Brexit decision is made, motorists are more likely to purchase a new car in 2020.

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Clash of cruises

CHANUKAH: People gathered on the beach at Playa Flamenca.

PICTURED: Cruise ship docked in Alicante port.

END of year figures reveal that the p o r t o f A l i c a n t e re c e i v e s o n l y a quarter of the cruise passengers which arrive in Cartagena. The 240,000 passengers who arrived in the port of Cartagena during 2019, are far from the results obtained in Alicante.

According to the director of Terminal Cruises, Francesco Balbi, Alicante welcomed 65,000 passengers aboard 46 different ships.

A figure that is well below that of 2018, when

the port received 100,000 cruisers.

The bad result was seen coming, following the cancellation of four scales and Balbi himself admitted that the numbers are below expectations. The schedule for 2020 is not yet known, but no ships will arrive in January or February.

The city has clearly lost the cruise game with Cartagena, but until 2009, Alicante had always been ahead. In 2010, the trend changed as Alicante landed 76,000 cruise passengers and Cartagena exceeded 104,000.

The Southern Costa Blanca Jewish Community celebrates Chanukah ON the last night of Chanukah, Sunday December 29, more than 65 people gathered on the beach at Playa Flamenca for the lighting of the Menorah. It was a calm but cool evening, which started with an impromptu firework display which everyone enjoyed.

As in previous years, a shortened version of the Miracle of Chanukah was read out. This was followed by the lighting of the recently enlarged Menorah, while Hanerot Halonu and Moa Tzur were sung. Afterwards doughnuts and wine were served.

For further information about Shabbat services and other events please contact alan201150@hotmail.com.

Jobs for the unemployed R A FA L C i t y C o u n c i l h a s hired 16 unemployed people registered with the Valencian Employment and Training Service (SERVEF) thanks to almost €161,000 of subsidies received through the EMCOLD programme.

These people will work full time for six months reinforcing services and carrying out improvement ac-

tions in some areas of the municipality that were damaged by the DAN A storm last September.

In relation to hiring, two people have been taken on as gardeners, who will focus their work on the green areas of the municipality with the aim of reconditioning them and keeping them in top condition.

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Cash grants announced REDOVAN Council has approved €20,500 in grants for associations and voluntary groups in the municipality.

It is the latest tranche to be approved out of a total of €108,000 which is being handed over to local entities.

In the last month, subsidies have been approved for the Cultural Association Dance Group, Cycling Club Cantera Express, Peña Blaugrana, MTB Club, Ampa Rebdan, Cofradía Piedad, Ampa Colegio Sagrados Corazones, Club de Paloma, Fishing Club, Junta Mayor Festera, Asociación Club Amigos Tercera Edad, Asociación Aracelia and the Women’s Association.

Mayor Nely Ruiz, explained: “Thanks to the associations, Redovan is a lively town all year round, where we celebrate many activities in which all the neighbours participate.”

She added: “Our goal is to continue in this line and help more groups and, if possible, that encourage more residents to participate in the activities.”

Technician has also been hired to carry out the relevant tasks in this area. A painter and three construction workers have been included, who will focus their work on repairing damage, as well as reinforcing the tasks that have already been started by the local town hall’s works brigade.

A caretaker has been hired to control access to public buildings in the municipality and three administrative assistants to strengthen the area of procedures and management.

In order to reinforce the tasks of street cleaning, five sweepers have been hired to be placed in different areas.

Thus, as indicated by the councillor of Employment, Gabriel Valero, “the town council remains committed to maximising employment and benefit from all subsidies of this type to increase municipal staff and improve public services and the operation of the council.”

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ACCLAIMED ACTOR MISSES OUT ON A GOLDEN GLOBE Spain comes away without a Golden Globe as Almodóvar and Banderas leave the awards empty-handed.

GAS LEAK: House was in a rural location.

Youngster Dead And Three Seriously Intoxicated THE young people, aged between 19 and 21, spent the night of the Three Kings in a rural house in Colmenar Viejo on the M-618 at kilometre 6.

At around 1.30pm on Monday January 6, a family member went to the location concerned by the lack of news from the group and was horrified to discover three of the young individuals unconscious and one already dead. The emergency services were immediately called.

Authorities have confirmed that the young men were intoxicated by carbon monoxide.

Firefighters have certified that the cause of the gas leak was due to a failure in the generator which the young men had left running inside the house all night.

Two of the young men found in a critical condition were taken by helicopter to the Hospital Puerta de Hierro in Majadahonda and to the 12 October. A third young man, also in a serious condition was transferred to the Hospital Puerta de Hierro.

BANDERAS: Missed out on a Golden Globe award.

LA MANCHA lost to South Korean’s Bong Joon-ho and Banderas could not beat Joaquin Phoenix.

Unfortunately for Spain, Almodóvar didn’t get the statuette for Best Foreign Language Film for ‘Pain and Glory’ nor Antonio

Banderas for Best Dramatic Actor for the same title.

The first said award, as the bookies predicted, went to Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasites.’

‘Pain and Glory’ began its American journey at the To r o n t o F i l m F e s t i v a l .

Since then, both the actor and the director have committed themselves to an intense promotional campaign in Hollywood.

And despite Cannes showing a preference for Pain and Glory and the internationally acclaimed Banderas, the main rival of the year ‘Joker ’ wasn’t rel e a s e d u n t i l t h e Ve n i c e Film Festival.

The American’s performance, which has been one of the most applauded of the year, gave him his second Golden Globe after the one he won in 2006.

Banderas himself has been previously nominated for the Golden Globes, on four other occasions - for his roles in ‘Evita,’ ‘The Mask of the Fox’ and the T V s h o w s ‘ P a n c h o Vi l l a ’

and ‘Genius.’

The year 2019 has been one of extensive international projection for the M a l a g a a c t o r. Tw o y e a r s after suffering a heart attack, Banderas has returned to the forefront of cinematic conversation and, although he has been left without a Golden Globe, he will be able to console himself with his European Film Award and, probably, with the Goya.

Sandra Bullock presented the last prize of the night at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday 2020 and the trophy for Best Film, Drama went to … 1917!

The film ‘1917’ tells the heartbreaking story of two British soldiers fighting in the First World War. The youths are given a seemingly impossible mission: infiltrate the enemy territory to deliver a message that could save 1,600 men and one of the soldier’s brothers.

The director and writer of the movie, Sam Mendes, accepted the award on behalf of the cast and crew.

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Mid air death A HOLIDAYMAKER flying home to Newcastle from Alicante died mid air on New Year’s Day. The unnamed man, said to be 63-years-old, fell ill mid flight. Despite the best efforts of crewmembers on the easyjet flight he passed away.

They had alerted medics to meet the flight on touchdown and the pilot managed to shave 15 minutes off the flight time, but it was to no avail.

A spokesman for the airline said: “easyJet can confirm that a passenger was taken ill on board flight EZY6418 from Alicante to Newcastle on January 1.

“Medical assistance was provided to the passenger on board and the crew requested paramedics to attend upon landing to provide further medical assistance however the passenger sadly passed away.

“Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the pas-

TRAGEDY: Man died on easyJet flight after falling ill.

senger and we are offering support and assistance at this difficult time.

“The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is our highest priority.”

A spokesman from Northumbria Police said: “At

about 1.35pm on New Year’s Day police received a report that a 63-year-old man had fallen unwell on a flight travelling to Newcastle Airport from Alicante.

“Paramedics attended to the man when the flight landed in

Newcastle, however, he was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.

“There are not believed to have been any suspicious circumstances around the man’s death and a report will now be prepared for the coroner.”

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Accused of burglaries

THE Guardia Civil has arrested a man and a woman in Rojales who have since June allegedly committed eight burglaries.

Police say they are responsible for thefts of goods worth €7,000 and of causing €3,000 worth of damage during the crime spree.

Guardia Civil started an investigation at the end of June, when they became aware of a considerable increase in the number of burglaries in Rojales, especially at commercial premises as well as at homes and construction sites.

The Guardia Civil's Investigation Department in Almoradí determined that what at first seemed seemed to be isolated events, due to the difference in times offences were committed, were in fact linked as they followed the same pattern.

Finally, and with all the information gathered, two suspects were finally identified

and located.

The investigation focused on these two people, a 30year-old man and a 27-yearold woman, both Spanish, who allegedly forced an entry into various establishments and homes, managing to steal numerous mobile phones, a plasma TV, an iPad, aluminium doors and building materials, as well as cash.

The couple, who live in Rojales, tried to remove effects that could be easily and quickly sold on the black market.

The home of those under investigation was entered and searched and they were arrested. They were charged with eight counts of robbery with force.

The detainees have already been placed at the disposition of Court number 2 of those of Torrevieja, which has released them from custody as they await trial.

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Dads Can Now Enjoy 12 Weeks Paternity Leave AS of January 1 2020, Dads in Spain can now enjoy 12 weeks’ leave on the birth of a child.

Increasing the paternity leave by four weeks more than in 2019.

This extension of paternity leave in Spain came into force last April through Royal Decree-Law 6/2019 on urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities between men and women in employment and occupation approved by Pedro Sánchez’s government.

The new law states that of the 12 weeks leave, the first four must be taken without interruption immediately after the birth; however the remaining eight weeks may be taken, without interruption, at any time from after the birth until

the child’s first birthday.

The paid leave is strictly only for the father and can not be transferred in any way to the mother.

As established in the approved measure, the first four weeks after birth must be taken immediately after birth and simultaneously with the maternity leave of the mother. This norm which does not permit the parents to take turns during the first weeks after birth has been met with criticism among some associations and also by the farleft political party Unidos Podemos.

The extension of paternity leave from eight to 12 weeks in 2020 will cost the State €336 million more, according to estimates that the government included in the Budget Plan sent to Brussels last October 15.

PATERNITY LEAVE: Is now available for 12 weeks rather than eight.

Between both parents, the maternity and paternity leave will tally up a total of €705 million a year for the State.

Latest statistics from the

Ministry of Labour reflect that there were 120,973 maternity and 150,750 paternity benefits in 2019.

Interestingly there are more

men receiving the benefits than women, however this is attributed to the fact that there are more men in employment than women and therefore qualify

for the benefit more readily than women.

Paternity leave in Spain was first recognised in the Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for the Effective Equality of Women and Men, which defined it as ‘an individual and exclusive right of the father, which is recognised both in cases of biological paternity and in those of adoption and fostering.’ Until then, the rights of the father were covered by article 37b of the Workers’ Statute, which was approved and published in the Official State Gazette for the first time in 1980.

It recognised the father ’s right to two days, which could be extended to four in the event of ‘death, serious accident or illness, hospitalisation or surgery.’

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Nice try, but no cigar A DRIVER who was so d r u n k h e r a n a re d l i g h t t h e n c o u l d n ’t stand up when pulled over by police claimed he couldn’t complete a breath test because he suffered from bronchitis.

He also told them he was a member of the Guardia Civil and he ‘wouldn’t ask a colleague to blow.’

His story however cut no ice with Murcia Provincial Court which has sentenced him to six months jail, a €1,080 fine and a lengthy driving ban.

According to a written judgement, the man was convicted of a crime of driving under the influence of alcohol and another of refusing to take the breath tests.

The incident happened on February 8, 2019, in the Avenida Primero de Mayo

in Murcia, when the convicted man was driving ‘after having drunk a lot of alcoholic beverages which impaired his faculties.’

After he ran a red light he was stopped by Local Police who warned him that he showed clear signs of drunkenness, as he was staggering and could not stand up.

Police twice tried to perform breath tests on him, which he failed to comp l e t e , s a y i n g h e c o u l d n ’t because of his lung condition.

This earned him a trip to the police station where he claimed to feel ill, although the doctor who attended him said he had no problem that prevented him from completing the test.

He also refused to take psychometric tests or to sign any documents.

NO PUFF: Man claimed to have bronchitis.

The sentence, now confirmed by the court, also imposed a penalty of withdrawal of his driving licence for one year and six months and one year and one day for the two offences.

In response to his claim

WhatsApp rescue A COUPLE who got lost in the Barranco del Agujero with the batteries on their mobile phones running out managed to send a WhatsApp to a relative asking for help at 6pm.

But it was not until midnight that police were notified, leaving the couple to have a chilly few hours before they were led to safety.

The couple had gone for a walk between Monte Alto and Cabezo N egro in Alicante but got lost when they tried to return to their car.

It was after midnight when the family member notified the police and the officers immediately activated a rescue operation, contacting the Emergency Coordination Centre, which sent a team of firemen and activated a unit of the Guardia Civil’s Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group.

The WhatsApp message had contained their last known coordinates which helped the specialists using their knowledge of

the area to eventually reach them.

They were found safe and sound and escorted back to their vehicle.

that he suffered from bronchitis, the court said that no evidence had been produced to prove this.

It added that he could have asked for a blood test instead, and had been advised of this fact, but failed to do so.

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REFORMS in Spain continue to impact Spanish pensions.

The entry into the new decade will lead to changes in the retirement age and also the years contributed into the social security system to determine the benefit. The measures are automatic, and form part of the 2011 reform which gradually delays the retirement age to 67.

As it stands, for those who turn 65 years old in 2020 and have contributed 37 years or more, he or she will be able to retire at 65.

In the case of partial retirement, where one combines work and benefit, the minimum will be 61 years and 10 months if that person has contributed to the system for 35 years or more.

The retirement age will gradually increase over the next few years from 65 to 67.

In December 2019 there were 6,089,294 retirement pensions in Spain, with an average benefit of â‚Ź1,143.55 per month. The current government had originally promised that they would increase pensions by 0.9 per cent however, the measure will not be taken until the definitive governing body is formed.

In regards the actual calcula-

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SHAPE Spanish Pension: Important Changes In 2020; The retirement age is delayed and the calculation of the pension varies

PENSIONS: Changes are being made to the retirement age and the years contributed.

tion of the pension to be received, it was previously calculated taking the last 15 years worked into account, however as of this new decade, the state pension will be calculated on the last 23 years contributed in-

stead and by 2022, the state pension will be calculated taking into account the last 25 years worked.

Another measure which will have a strong impact on the system is the arrival of the sustain-

ability factor, which will be applied from 2023 and will gradually cut back on new pensions, based on the view that pensioners will live longer. A criterion that was originally intended to be implemented in 2019.

Man dies in tractor accident after falling A MAN has sadly died after falling under a moving tractor in Cordoba.

As reported by the Andalucian emergency services, the tragic incident took place on a farm in the agricultural area of Carcabuey on Sunday, December 29.

It is not clear exactly how the 44-yearold man came to fall out of the large and powerful vehicle, however it is known that he was working on the farm tending to the land at the time.

After a report was called in by a distressed colleague working on the site who

found the man and was able to bravely stop the tractor, an ambulance raced to the scene. Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the man’s life who was pronounced dead on arrival, suffering from multiple internal injuries after being crushed by the vehicle.

As Euro Weekly News understands, the Guardia Civil have now taken charge of the investigation, where the victim’s body has been transferred to a local medical centre for forensics teams to carry out an autopsy.

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State attorney urges for separatist’s release SPAIN’S state attorney has recommended the temporary release of jailed Catalan separatist leader Oriol Junqueras in what is believed to be a political gesture as the Socialist Party seeks support to form a government.

On Monday, December 30, the office for the state attorney filed a request at the Supreme Court which asked that Junqueras be allowed to travel to Brussels to take his seat as a European MP. Junqueras had been elected into the European Parliament in May of last year whilst he was waiting for the verdict to be handed down on his case in jail, where in October he was subsequently sentenced to 13 years in prison over his role in the controversial move for Catalan independence.

Despite the backlash for Junqueras to lose his seat as an MP, the European Union’s top court later affirmed that he was entitled to immunity as an EU lawmaker.

Speculation was rife before the announcement was made, where many gov-

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MOTHER CAUGHT: A 49-year-old woman has been arrested for the murder of a 10-year-old child.

Mother drowns girl

ORIOL JUNQUERAS: Was elected into European Parliament in May 2019.

ernmental experts had predicted the request to be made as the Socialists try to persuade Junqueras’s party, the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), to throw their support behind a Socialist government.

At present, they have a total seat count of 155 which is still short of the 176 seats

needed for a majority, making the 13 seats held by the ERC particularly important.

A spokesman for the ERC declined to comment on the request, although party leaders are believed to have met this afternoon at the same time as leaders Pedro Sanchez and Pablo Iglesias have scheduled a joint press conference in Spain.

A WOMAN has been arrested for murder after drowning her 10-year-old daughter in a bathtub at a property in Girona.

As reported by the Mossos d’Esquadra, the local police unit of the Cataluña region, a 49-year-old woman called the emergency services on Monday, December 30 to confess that she had attempted to murder her daughter by holding her under the water with her bare hands.

Several ambulances and units from the police rushed to the property in Ferran Puig, where they found the young girl unconscious on the floor.

Paramedics desperately tried to save the child’s life by

performing CPR before she was then taken to the nearby Josep Trueta Hospital where she was reported by medical personnel to be in a critical condition. Tragically, the little girl succumbed to her injuries and died an hour later.

Shortly after, police officers took the woman in handcuffs back to the family home so that she could reconstruct the events alongside her lawyer.

As Euro Weekly News understands, the woman has been charged with murder and will appear in court in due course. There is however no indication yet as to why the woman committed such a horrific crime to an innocent child.

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Still missing one

NOT FORGOTTEN: Family and friends remember the disappearance of Henry.

TWELVE long months after a young man disappeared from Orihuela Costa his family is determined not to let his case be forgotten.

Two rallies were held last Thursday and Sunday in Orihuela to keep the name of Henry Alejandro Gimenez Marin in the public eye.

He was last seen celebrating New Year’s Eve with friends.

His last sighting was at La Florida urbanisation in Orihuela Costa during the early hours of January 1.

He vanished without leaving a trace after an argument with a flatmate, and his family remains broken and unable to find peace.

A witness said he had seen the young man in the pub area of Aguamarina and family confirmed it was Henry after watching the security footage that placed him in one of the pubs at 11.42pm on January 1.

However, this was the last clue to his whereabouts and the Guardia Civil continue to search for the Colombian 20year-old.

Officers searched ravines, clearings, coves and the whole of Orihuela’s coast as they searched for any evidence.

Now, a year later, Henry Alejandro’s family are desperate to keep the search alive.

There hasn’t been a single day in the last 365 days when the family and friends of young Henry Alejandro Jimenez have stopped looking for answers to his disappearance.

After the disappearance of the young man, who was studying second year of high school, a major search party was set up in which, in addition to police and other security and emergency personnel, numerous volunteers participated.

But it was all unsuccessful and there is not a single clue as to where Henry might be. Neither the searches conducted nor the open investigation have borne fruit so far.

The Guardia Civil is keeping the case almost completely secret. His family doesn’t believe Henry’s disappearance was voluntary.

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Still waiting ABOUT 30 bin men and street cleaners demonstrated in front

of the waste collection company Sirem’s Orihuela headquarters.

The employees claim that t h e c o m p a n y, o w n e d b y controversial Orihuela businessman Angel Fenoll and run by his family, owes them up to three paycheques each.

All of them carry out the service of urban solid waste collection and street cleaning Redován and

Granja de Rocamora, as well as the municipality of Abanilla in Murcia.

Sirem workers who perform the service in these municipalities are the most a ff e c t e d b y n o n - p a y m e n t according to UGT union, which called the protest.

The employees gathered next to the building in

NO PAY: Some bin men owed three months wages.

Calle Osbispo Rocamora, where Sirem has its headquarters, and showed a banner which read ‘Sirem SL workers want to be paid

First migrants TWELVE migrants including three children aged 12, 10 and three, have been rescued from a boat off Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca on January 2.

This was the first migrant boat to arrive in Alicante waters in 2020.

A Guardia Civil patrol boat discovered the migrants at 4am and landed

them in Alicante port at 6am.

The youngest child was taken to Alicante General hospital for a routine check-up, while an adult was treated for a knee injury.

It appears the children are siblings and were accompanied by their mothe r. O f t h e 1 2 r e s c u e d n i n e a r e m e n and three female.

punctually and NOT almost after three months.’ The employees denounce that many of them have not b e e n p a i d s i n c e O c t o b e r, others since November.

The regional secretary of UGT, Jaime Esquitino, said that he will meet with the mayors of the municipalities that have a contract with Sirem. He explained that Sirem has justified late payment of wages by saying it is still waiting for councils to settle their bills.

Another rally will be held on January 13 if the w o r k e r s ’ p a y h a s n o t a rrived, with the threat of strike action hanging in the air.

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Alarming birth rates THE beginning of the year saw little Ariadna be the first baby born in Spain in 2020. At two minutes past 12, the little girl was welcomed into the world in the hospital of Elda in Alicante. But according to the latest figures, the miracle of life is beginning to see a drastic decrease.

The downward trend continues as less and less babies are born every year. So much so, that in a decade the number of births has fallen by 30 per cent in the province in Alicante. The number has plunged from 20,202 births in 2008 to 14,161 at the end of 2018.

In this framework, the gross birth rates (number of births per thousand inhabitants) and fertility rates (number of births per thousand women) are at their lowest point since 1975. And, the National Institute of Statistics anticipates that in 2030 there will be only 13,045 births in the province.

The fall in birth, alongside the ageing population, represents a real economic challenge for the province. Currently, per every pensioner there are

A 30-YEAR-OLD British man has been arrested after police found six kilos of marihuana in his car on the A-7 motorway heading for the Costa Blanca’s Alicante.

The Guardia Civil detained him after the drugs were discovered at a checkpoint at the San-

BIRTH RATES: The downward trend continues as less babies are born every year.

2.2 workers who contribute taxes.

However, it is estimated that in 2030 the number of retirees will shoot from 9.6 to 15 million. This would mean just one employee per pensioner, meaning the system wouldn’t be viable.

The head at the College of Economists highlighted that 14.5 million

new jobs would need to be created, something that he doesn’t believe to be very likely. Other options are increasing retirement age and complementary individual contributions. Experts also believe that incentivising births is a necessary measure and a demographic challenge that should begin to equate in the government’s agenda.

Aroused suspicions tomera rest area in the region of Murcia.

Police say the driver had ‘irregularly slowed’ with the intention of avoiding the checkpoint, arousing their suspicions.

T h e y p u l l e d h i m o v e r, a t w h i c h t i m e t h e y p e rceived the strong smell of marihuana emanating from the interior.

A search of the car revealed the drugs in vacuum sealed bags stowed in

various parts of the vehicle, plus several carrier bags filled with marihuana buds.

The man, said to be a resident of Benidorm, was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking.

Murcia Court of Investigation has remanded the man in custody.

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SAD NEWS: An elderly man died after being struck by a car on a dedicated crossing.

Heartbreaking THE death of a much loved elderly resident in Cadiz, souther n Spain, has received an outpouring of sadness from the local community.

The 86-year-old man was tragically killed on Sunday, December 29 as he walked over a road on a dedicated crossing in the Valdelagrana district, located in the region of El Puerto de Santa María.

As reported by the emergency services, four calls were taken to request urgent medical help for the elderly resident who was struck by a vehicle and who they believed was seriously injured.

A nearby doctor in the area at the time had rushed over to help the unconscious man, desperately performing resuscitation manoeuvres in an attempt to save his life.

Medical personnel arrived a

short time later alongside units from the Local Police, however, sadly nothing could be done to save the man who was pronounced dead on arrival.

As Euro Weekly News understands, an investigation will now be launched to determine how much fault lies with the driver and the victim’s family is being supported by specialist officers in the wake of an incredibly devastating incident.

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What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.

In Spain there are in effect two groups which most people would understand as being ‘the police.’ The National Police (Policía Nacional) who have jurisdiction in the towns and cities and the Guardia Civil outside the towns and cities. The Local Police are employed by town halls; they basically deal with property found, and enforce local laws.

Whilst they have a power of arrest, when exercised they must take the arrested person to the National Police or Guardia Civil according to where the crime took place.

National Police and the Guardia Civil deal with all crimes, missing persons etc in their jurisdiction. The National Police also deal with all applications for immigration paperwork, NIEs, EU Citizens Registration and for non EU nationals, Residencia, etc.

Throughput Europe the general number for all emergencies is 112. In Spain the operators speak English, French, German and Italian, in addition to Spanish and will liaise with the emergency services when the caller does not speak Spanish. No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles even those without a Spanish SIM card or any credit. You can also fax or SMS 112.

The 24 hours national emergency numbers for Spanish speakers are: 091 - police, 061 - health emergencies 080 - firefighters.

By calling 902 102 112, but only when the perpetrator is unknown, one can give details of certain crimes, including:- burglaries, car theft, theft or loss of documents or belongings. The service is available in English from 9am to 9pm seven days a week, and from 9am to 3pm in French, German and Italian.

Having given details of the crime, you must go to the National Police station which you nominate, within 48 hours to make the report using the information supplied on the telephone. In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 112 at the time for police attendance, or go directly to the police station which covers that area to make a report.

Other useful numbers are:016, specifically to report instances of gender violence. For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24-hour helpline 900 100 333.

091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 9pm

This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice.

If in any doubt, seek professional help.

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DOMESTIC TRAFFIC: Saw a significant increase over the last year.

SPAIN’S airports continue to grow, maintaining the influx of passengers visiting Spain on an upwards trend.

The airport which has done exceptionally well in terms of growth and improved connectivity with the rest of the EU as well as customer service was the Alicante-Elche airport which has gained 1.1 million passengers this year and places itself in the group of Europe’s largest airports.

Aena (Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea) - Spanish Airports and Air Navigation, forecasts that the terminal will close the year

with over 15 million passengers, 8 per cent more than last year.

The favourable connectivity with the rest of the EU and the attractiveness of the Costa Blanca in winter are the key factors.

About 600,000 travellers were British, followed by Germany, with 99,687; the Netherlands, with 95,726; Norway, with 73,975; Belgium, with 69,966; and Sweden, with 67,065 passengers.

The increase in domestic traffic was also significant, with 144,257 passengers, an increase of 10.8 per cent.

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COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Hero officer AN off-duty trainee Guardia Civil officer rescued a family of four from a burning apartment.

The hero, called Alejandro Javier, was in his home when he noticed flames coming from the apartment above his in Torrevieja.

He knew the situation was dangerous as he had seen ashes and burning wood falling past his window.

Without hesitation, he ran upstairs, banging on the apartment door and shouting for the family he knew lived there to get out. When he did not get an answer, he broke the door down to check that there was no one inside.

Once in, he found a mother and her three children all sound asleep and not aware of what was happening.

He woke them and escorted them outside to safety then evacuated neighbouring flats and calling 112.

No one was hurt in the incident - thanks largely to Alejandro’s actions.

BLAZE: Smoke was a danger to sleeping family.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Project takes the prize MORE than 400 residents voted to use Altea’s Participatory Budget allocation for improvements to Calle Puente de Montcau.

This was the third edition of the popular vote, with 1,051 registered residents emitting 2,256 votes to decide how some of the town hall’s cash is spent.

Citizens’ Participation councillor Maria Antonia Lavios thanked all the members of the local population who took part in the Altea Imagina, Altea participa (Altea Imagines, Altea participates) initiative.

“They have shown that they want to take part in the decisions that make improvements to our town,” Lavios said.

The Montcau proposal for a ramp to substitute some of the steep road’s steps was backed by 408 people, followed by improvements to the Cap Blanc neighbourhood, which obtained 381 votes.

“We conclude this edition with good news, as the total budget has increased to €120,000 and there was a 23.5 per cent increase in the number of people taking part,” the councillor said.

This amount will cover the Pont de Montcau project, Lavios said, with the remainder shared between the other finalists.

COSTA DEL SOL

Clubbing together CHEQUE: Pedro Rodriguez and Maria from Club Crisol with Vanesa Morales.

EVERY year the Crisol de Benalmadena Golf Club holds a winter charity tournament and this year, it raised funds for the Cudeca Cancer Hospice situated in the town.

The tournament was open to members and the general public and was held, as in previous years, using Stableford Handicap rules with three categories for men and one for women.

Prizes including one for the ball nearest the hole were presented by Sports councillor, Joaquín Villazón and the representative of Cudeca, Vanesa Morales.

Following a raffle, a cheque in the sum of €2,763.20 being the total collected by entry fees, donations and the raffle was presented by the Club President to the Cudeca Foundation.

AXARQUIA

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ALMERIA

Mojacar debut WATERCOLOURIST Lourdes Martinez de Arbuto has her first exhibition in Mojacar.

The show at Mojacar Pueblo’s La Fuente Art Municipal Art Centre features the artist’s landscapes of Almeria, northern Spain and other European locations.

Passionate about art and artistic expression, Lourdes divides her time between creating and her profession as a primary school teacher. She has a life “among children, drawings and paintings,” she says.

She expresses herself in one of the most difficult painting techniques, watercolour, recreating shapes, dreams and illusions.

The exhibition reflects San Sebastian-based Lourdes’ evolution as an artist.

Lourdes is a frequent visitor to Mojacar.

She loves Almeria’s light and “the contrast between the dark, rocky mountain and the ever- changing Mediterranean Sea.” Mojacar Education councillor Ana Garcia commented on the high standard of Lourdes’ watercolours, and the work shown regularly at the art centre, saying there is a full calendar of exhibitions lined up for 2020.

The watercolour exhibition runs until January 6, opening hours 9am to 1pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 1pm at weekends.

Entrance is free of charge.

MALLORCA

Special protection

FAMOUS FACE: Javi Mota and Mayor Chamorro.

CREDIT: Ayuntamiento de Motril

Local star

MAYOR of Motril, Luisa María García Chamorro, has praised local singer Javi Mota for his career and love for his roots. She said “No one has ever given anything to Javi, everything he has has been achieved with great effort and determination.”

At 15 years old, Mota left his home town to start a successful path after his performances became known throughout Motril. His jump to the national scene led to TV show Menudo and musical groups Banghra and Gypsy Teens. He has a career in musicals, combining singing, theatre and dance and currently enjoys success with his song Iguales.

A GROUP of scientists have launched a campaign to ask that five natural areas in Mallorca are declared as a ‘Place of Geological Interest’ (LIG).

Made up of experts from the UIB and the Ministry of Environment, the group indicate the need to protect several mountains in the Serra de Llevant and Serra de Tramuntana, most specifically in Betlem, Galatzó, Tomir, Planícia and Puig Major.

Through research conducted this year, the scientists have determined that the areas are particularly vulnerable to degradation and should therefore be considered as an LIG due to their scientific, cultural and educational value.

They believe that the mountains should be carefully managed due to the areas being particularly popular with hikers in the region, which has made a geological impact. In addition, it is asked that special attention is paid to its vegetation, which although is said to be very scarce at present, that it does have the potential to be extremely fruitful in the future.

PROTECTION: Research shows that hikers have negatively impacted the natural areas.

FINANCE

Trying it on

MANY of the staff working for TSB Bank had their current ac­ counts with their employer and were amongst the 1.9 million af­ fected by a major IT crash in 2018.

All customers were entitled to compensation, but some em­ ployees took advantage of their knowledge of how the compen­ sation worked and allegedly made false claims in order to re­ ceive the maximum pay out.

The bank (which is a sub­ sidiary of Sabadell) has accused eight members of staff of mak­ ing false claims and has sacked five whilst three were allowed to resign.

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is the expected value of sales to be generated in Malaysia by Spanish energy company Solarpack after winning a new contract in that country.

Closing tax loophole

FOR more than 10 years, the European Union as well as the USA have been working to cut at least one legal loop­ hole which allowed mega companies such as Alphabet, the Google parent company to reduce tax liabilities.

Known by the clumsy phrase ‘Double Irish, Dutch sandwich’ it allowed com­ panies to transfer money to an Irish subsidiary , then to a Dutch holding company which in turn sent the money to an Irish holding company which was based in Bermuda.

It then licensed certain rights back to Google intellectual property and be­

By John Smith cause Bermuda has no corporate tax, this switching of funds ending in a li­ cence allowed Google to delay tax pay­ ments on international earnings in the USA and to reduce tax payments within Europe.

In 2014, after considerable pressure was exerted on it by both the European Union and the US government, Ireland changed their tax law, but companies were still allowed to use this method until 2020.

This is not small change as the

amounts involved in the past two years alone which passed through the Dutch company exceeded €40 billion for Al­ phabet alone and as the Dutch govern­ ment is about to change its licensing laws so that royalties will be taxed in fu­ ture, this is one legal outlet that seems likely to be closed.

Many EU members plus the United Kingdom have been endeavouring to tax not just Google, but all of the major social media companies who use sub­ sidiaries and holding companies to re­ duce their tax obligations, so in theory they will be happy.

Consumer debt

THE Bank of Spain has released figures which show that the personal debt of private indi­ viduals in November reversed a four month trend by increas­ ing by 1.6 per cent.

The main reason for the in­ crease in the private sector is due to personal loans as op­ posed to new mortgages which only increased slightly, al­ though the total amount owed does include a significant amount in respect of mortgage loans.

On the other hand however, company debt has effectively remained static and over the past year has reduced from very high previous levels.

LEGALLY SPEAKING 90-Day Limit Clarified I read with interest your article regarding the 90­day tourist visit. I cannot find anywhere the ruling that the ‘calendar year’ provision means I could visit from October to December, then in January start another 90 days. This would make a huge difference on my decision to buy a property in Spain or not. Can you provide further evidence of this rule?

T W (Costa Blanca)

BUSINESS EXTRA

Bank on it THE Spanish banking sector has started the New Year well with the top six banks on the Ibex stock exchange seeing gains of between 2 and 4 per cent. Bankia, the bank partly owned by the Spanish taxpayer saw the greatest growth.

Veganuary No, I can­ not, be­ cause it was nev­ YOU AND THE er a rule. It was, LAW IN SPAIN however, a fre­ quent misinterpretation which I accepted and I have been caught out. Here is the rule: The tourist stay in European Union countries, which properly is called the Schengen visa, is limited to 90 days in any peri­ od of 180 days. There is no reference to ‘calendar year.’ After 90 days, you must leave Spain and you may not return for the following 90 days. Be warned that ‘90 days’ is not ‘three months’ and ‘180 days’ is not ‘six months.’ My thanks go to ‘J C’ and others whose queries helped me to correct this.

DAVID SEARL

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

BRITAIN’S popular bakers, Greggs has now launched its second product after the vegan sausage roll in a bid to cater for the growing vegan market. The new vegan steak bake is a meatless version of the brand’s original steak bake.

Sevilla Scotch CHIVAS, the whisky distiller from Scotland is now producing an exceptional version of Royal Salute which is sent to Sevilla to be aged in first fill Pedro Ximénez sherry casks in order to create a new blend which has an added taste of orange and sultana.

Registrations down FOR the first time since 2012, the registration of new cars in Spain has dropped, so that the 2019 figure of 1,258,260 is 4.8 per cent (63,177) down on 2018.

The largest drop is in the

number of diesel cars regis­ tered which is down nearly 26 per cent and the drop in private registrations general­ ly is more than double the overall total drop off.

These figures combine the

figures from the three main associations, motor manu­ facturers, sellers and dealers.

December figures rose however, perhaps in antici­ pation of new taxes to hit in 2020.

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New economic policy fears AT the time of writing, it is assumed that the PSOE/Podemos coalition will receive sufficient support from small­ er parties to form a viable Spanish government.

This is of particular interest to busi­ ness interests and a number of associa­ tions representing both companies and the self­employed are already sharing their fears for the future of the Spanish economy.

CEOE and Cepyme have stated that the government programme already announced is likely to discourage fu­ ture investment and job creation.

The PSOE and Podemos believe

Credit: Casa de SM el Rey Twitter

By John Smith

Pedro Sánchez expects to be sworn in as Spanish PM.

No oil found THE Repsol energy group has a strong oil drilling operation and has been working of the coast of Guyana in South America since 1997.

Recently it has been drilling

with partner Tullow Oil plc but has had mixed success and its latest work has led to exploration in the Carapa 1 area being halted and the well plugged and abandoned.

After drilling more than 3,000 metres, it found ver y little oil which meant that it now has to consider all of its exploration activities in the area which it has licensed.

however that their plans will generate more income for the State which will in turn allow them to increase minimum wages and pump more money into the economy through consumer spending.

They plan to repeal certain reforms passed by the previous government, increase Corporation Tax from 15 per cent to 18 per cent for banks and oil companies and apply a new 15 per cent tax on undistributed profit from the recently introduced Socimis (Real Estate Investment Trusts).

Another decision is to implement a ‘Google Tax’ which will allow the Span­ ish government to properly tax profits earned in Spain by mainly American multi­nationals such as Amazon, Face­ book, Google and Microsoft rather than let them transfer the income through holding companies to cheaper tax areas.

As already noted, the Irish and Dutch loophole is being closed but there are still ways for these compa­ nies to repatriate funds which could be taxed, but France has already been threatened with massive trade tariffs by the USA for imposing a similar tax, so this could be a double edged sword.

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BUSINESS EXTRA More jobs THE number of unemployed in Spain in 2019 fell by 38,692 (1.2 per cent) meaning this was the seventh consecutive year to see a drop. It should be noted however that this is the lowest decline in unemployment since 2013.

New Year virus TRAVELEX which offers UK travellers currency exchange facilities at airports was hit by a software virus and had to close its UK online site. Whilst manual transactions could take place, banks such as HSBC and Barclays which use it were left stranded.

Green bank WITH almost 900 branches, the Spanish Kutxabank Group boasts that it is now the first bank anywhere in the world to be completely carbon neutral with its electricity supply. It purchases only renewable energy from Iberdrola.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WOULDN’T it be nice if just for once we could usher in a new year with a mod­ icum of common sense? Ha! Dream on everyone. Only in the UK could head­ lines warning of a possible new Mid East war, or millions of hectares being destroyed in uncontrollable Australian bush fires, be shared with the same front pages informing the nation that veganism must now be considered to be on a par with religion!

This week a judge ruled that ‘ethical’ vegans should be protected under the same rules that apply to religious and philosophical beliefs. Yet another minor­ ity group will now have attained the right to accuse the beleaguered majority of some unfair ‘victimisation’ or another.

How long will it be I wonder before one of these plant eaters manage to drag a ‘disgusting’ carnivore into court for dis­ playing some form of veganophobia?

I truly do respect the views of my ve­ gan friends, but please don’t try to make the majority of us feel bad for eating what some of you colourfully de­ scribe as ‘dead animals.’ It’s a nice pork chop or a sizzling T­bone.

FEATURE

Happy New Year VEGANS: Don’t make the majority of us feel bad!

Awright? Just as a matter of interest, it is also a proven fact that plants do ac­ tually have feelings as well. Looks like starvation time ahead folks.

And talking of the New Year. Once more, in the same way as the lefties managed to hijack the Millennium cele­

brations, they also managed to turn what should have been a New Year cele­ bration of British culture and proud her­ itage into a disgraceful lowbrow exhibi­ tion of mind numbing, diversity rap ‘gangsta’ music, smoky fireworks and pop rubbish, which almost unbelievably

also included the dreadful football song ‘It’s Coming Home’ (which it didn’t!).

I do sometimes wonder if Mayor Khan and his fellow organisers simply have no breeding or class at all, or by dragging us down to their level are de­ liberately trying to sabotage just about

everything the United Kingdom with its proud traditions holds near and dear.

Last year, I remarked there was a re­ markable absence of burkas around the Cenotaph when the UK paid tribute to the brave servicemen and women, who gave their lives so we could live in peace and democratic freedom.

Not so last week. Hundreds of burkas were in evidence when, with al­ most unbelievable arrogance and dis­ tain for the country that succours them, crowds gathered in London to hold a candlelight vigil for Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by the allies in a drone attack.

This man was a terrorist, a sworn en­ emy of the West and was responsible for the death of thousands of service­ men and innocent civilians. He was planning even more atrocities and had publicly warned the West of his inten­ tions. If any more proof was required as to where the loyalties of many of the UK immigrant populace lie, this demon­ stration was most definitely it.

Keep the faith, Love Leapy.

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TERROR & TRIUMPH ON LONDON BRIDGE NORA JOHNSON BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

THIS week I was planning to write about the comparative differences between the philosophies of Niet­ zsche, Wittgenstein and Schopen­ hauer. Quite brief. Provocative.

And exciting. You’d have loved it.

Trust me. I’m a writer... Never mind!

But then something happened.

My blood pressure started rising rapidly. In a good way. After weeks of depressing news about Corbyn, Putin and Trump, we read that the London Bridge heroes of last No­ vember are in line to be honoured.

Clearly too late for the New Year’s Honours recently announced ­ but presumably later this year.

One of them, Darryn Frost, who was seen in pictures that spread across the world holding Usman Khan at bay with a narwhal tusk on London Bridge before armed police arrived and shot the terrorist at­ tacker dead, has been rightly

LONDON BRIDGE: There were people willing to risk their lives for others.

praised. That such fine people as Darryn exist gives us all hope and optimism for the new decade in these Trump­related troubled, un­ certain times.

In past attacks, the supporters of the terrorists have praised the per­ petrators as ‘lions.’ But people like this young man are the lions.

They’re the ones who took on the armed killer with whatever came to hand. These heroes are the lions.

That narrative does not belong to the deluded idiot who picks up a knife and starts slashing at people

who are trying to help him. Lions versus losers. Lions will always win.

Sometimes we wonder what would happen in the event of brav­ ery and self­sacrifice being called for. The answer is that fine people still exist. There were such people at the London Bridge incident, will­ ing to risk their lives for others.

Whatever we (and yes, I’m as guilty as anyone) may say about snowflakes or millenials, the wider public has an excellent record of in­ tervening, usually at significant per­ sonal risk, on other peoples’ behalf in these situations.

Would I as a younger woman have done the same? I’d hope so as I’m sure we all would. But no way to know until we’re actually tested ­ like Darryn and those other London Bridge heroes...

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora­john son.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback and audiobook.

All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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Antiques Roadshow BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Coast Get Away for Winter The Best Dishes Ever Who Do You Think You Are? The Snow Wolf Family and Me Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Great British Railway Journeys The Baby Has Landed Baby Chimp Rescue Murder Trial: The Disappearance Of Margaret Fleming The League of Gentlemen Newsnight Weather

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Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Family Guy Family Guy Celebrity Juice Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Release the Hounds

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Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world.

8:30pm A Slow Odyssey 9:00pm The Great British Year 10:00pm Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives 11:30pm Horizon 12:30am The Joy of Winning 1:30am Akala's Odyssey 2:30am Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections 3:30am Gravity and Me: The Force That Shapes Our Lives

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King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Undercover Boss USA Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Channel 4 News Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Escape to the Chateau: DIY Countdown A Place in the Sun: Home or Away A New Life in the Sun Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Supervet 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Naked Attraction Naked Beach

The Protectors Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow Passenger 57 FYI Daily Passenger 57 Rush Hour 2 FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news.

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Becca's Bunch Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 5 News Lunchtime Police Interceptors Home and Away Neighbours My Husband's Secret Wife Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ice Road Truckers Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun All Inclusive Age Gap Millionaires How the Other Half Lives

8:00am Celebrity Coach Trip 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Mike & Molly 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Mike & Molly 3:30pm Mike & Molly 4:00pm Young Sheldon 4:30pm Young Sheldon 5:00pm The Goldbergs 5:30pm The Goldbergs 6:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Celebrity Coach Trip 9:35pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Watch 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory 1:05am Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 7:30am The Next Karate Kid 9:30am Armageddon 12:05pm The Kid Who Would Be King 2:10pm Cliffhanger 4:10pm Oblivion 6:25pm Armageddon 9:00pm The Kid Who Would Be King 11:00pm Cliffhanger 1:00am Oblivion

7:00am What They Had After her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, Ruth, wanders into a blizzard on Christmas Eve, Bridget Ertz travels back to her hometown.

8:45am Instant Family 10:45am Shazam!

1:00pm Berlin, I Love You 3:10pm Wheely 4:45pm Instant Family 6:50pm The Sisters Brothers 9:00pm Shazam!

11:15pm Book of Monsters 12:40am The Aftermath 2:35am Burning 5:15am Wheely In a world of cars, a young racer finds his days on the track are over after a bad accident.

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10:30am Carabao Cup Highlights 11:30am EFL 12:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30pm Football's Greatest Players 1:00pm EFL Greatest Games 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Carabao Cup Highlights 3:00pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL Highlights 5:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:30pm Carabao Cup Highlights 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Highlights 8:00pm Carabao Cup Highlights 8:30pm Carabao Cup Highlights 9:00pm EFL Highlights 10:00pm EFL Highlights 11:00pm Carabao Cup Highlights 11:30pm Carabao Cup Highlights 12:00am EFL Highlights

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6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Grantchester 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years 12:45am Dancing on Ice 2:20am Ideal World

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9:25am Becca's Bunch 9:45am Little Princess 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 1:10pm 5 News at Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Deadly Deed: A Fixer Upper Mystery 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Ice Road Truckers 9:00pm Secret Scotland 10:00pm Holidaying with Jane McDonald 11:00pm Inside the World's Greatest Hotels 12:05am Inferno 1:05am Access 1:10am Inferno

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Dinner Date Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Hangover Part III FYI Daily The Hangover Part III Family Guy

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Teleshopping The Protectors Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special River Monsters River Monsters Rocky Balboa FYI Daily Rocky Balboa All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite The Sweeney The Protectors ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

The Next Karate Kid The Perfect Storm Highlander Skyscraper Mortal Engines Mad Max Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 7:00pm Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome 9:00pm Mortal Engines 11:15pm Skyscraper 1:10am Highlander

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The Sisters Brothers Book of Monsters The Top Ten Show Clips from the UK and US Top Ten show viewers the best of what is on offer on the big screen.

Wheely In a world of cars, a young racer finds his days on the track are over after a bad accident.

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Football Countdowns Football Years Football Years Championship Season Review The Fantasy Football Club The Fantasy Football Club Football's Greatest Players EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games EFL Highlights EFL Highlights Championship Season Review Carabao Cup Highlights EFL Highlights SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games EFL Highlights

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7:45am Wild & Weird 8:00am Top Class 8:25am The Dog Ate My Homework 8:55am Blue Peter 9:25am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 9:55am Supersized Earth 10:55am Robot Wars 11:55am The Odd Life of Timothy Green 1:35pm Flog It! 2:20pm Talking Pictures 3:00pm All Creatures Great and Small 4:30pm Monty Don's American Gardens 5:30pm The World's Most Extraordinary Homes 6:30pm Equator From the Air 7:30pm Natural World 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Earth's Tropical Islands 10:00pm Joanna & Jennifer: Absolutely Champers 11:00pm Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 12:25am Sara Pascoe Live: Ladsladslads 1:45am Love Is the Devil

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8:50am Mr. Bean 9:10am The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 9:30am Thunderbirds are Go 10:05am Craig of the Creek 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:40pm Nadia's Family Feasts 2:40pm ITV News and Weather 2:59pm ITV London Weather 3:00pm The Masked Singer 4:30pm Tenable 5:30pm ITV News and Weather 5:45pm ITV News London 6:00pm The Brits Are Coming 7:00pm Catchphrase 8:00pm The Masked Singer 9:30pm The Voice UK 11:00pm Shopping with Keith Lemon 11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:44pm ITV London Weather

8:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:55am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:50am The Masked Singer 12:20pm Supermarket Sweep 1:20pm Supermarket Sweep 2:20pm Supermarket Sweep 3:25pm You've Been Framed!

3:55pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 4:55pm FYI Daily 5:00pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 5:45pm Antz 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm Antz 7:25pm Yes Man 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Yes Man 9:30pm Skyfall 10:45pm FYI Daily 10:50pm Skyfall 12:20am Family Guy

4:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:40am Lewis 10:35am Coronation Street Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street.

1:30pm Foyle's War 3:45pm Foyle's War 5:50pm Foyle's War 8:00pm Midsomer Murders Members of the Midsomer-in-theMarsh Ornithological Society fall out when Ralph Ford claims to have spotted a bluecrested hoopoe, meaning he wins the group's year-listing competition.

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Coast Wisting Wisting Top of the Pops: 1989 Top of the Pops: 1989 Radio 2 in Concert Our Musical History Icelandic Walks with Julia Bradbury The presenter embarks on a 38mile journey along Iceland's most famous hiking route.

Coast Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain

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Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Cheers Cheers Heineken Champions Cup Rugby: The Big Tackle The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Heineken Champions Cup Rugby Union A Place in the Sun Food Unwrapped Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Britain's Wildest Weather Bone Detectives: Britain's Buried Secrets Alien: Covenant The Maze Runner

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am The Protectors 7:25am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8:20am The Big Fish Off 9:25am Fishing Allstars 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Football Rivalries 11:45am River Monsters 12:15pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Cheyenne Autumn 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm Cheyenne Autumn 8:05pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 10:00pm The Untouchables 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Untouchables

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Wissper Pirata & Capitano Floogals Digby Dragon Shimmer and Shine SpongeBob Squarepants The Loud House Access Britain's Favourite Cereal Friends Friends Friends Friends Jesse Stone: Night Passage Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 5 News Update Digging Up Britain's Past Tony Robinson's History of Britain How the Victorians Built Britain The Story of Greatest Ever TV Blunders

6:10am How I Met Your Mother 6:35am How I Met Your Mother 7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:10am Rugrats Go Wild 8:40am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 9:40am Wife Swap USA 10:40am The Goldbergs 11:10am The Goldbergs 11:40am Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:10pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:40pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:10pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:40pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:10pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:40pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:10pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:40pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:10pm The Big Bang Theory 4:40pm The Big Bang Theory 5:10pm The Big Bang Theory 5:40pm The Big Bang Theory 6:10pm The Big Bang Theory 6:40pm The Big Bang Theory 7:35pm Sahara 10:00pm Riddick 12:20am Gogglebox 1:20am Gogglebox 2:30am 8 Out of 10 Cats

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7:00am Jason and the Argonauts 9:00am The Scorpion King 10:45am The Scorpion King: Book of Souls 12:40pm The Mummy 3:00pm The Mummy Returns 5:15pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 7:15pm The Scorpion King 9:00pm The Mummy 11:15pm The Mummy Returns

5:15am Wheely 7:00am Monster Family: Special 7:30am JT Leroy 9:30am Final Score: Special 10:00am Wheely In a world of cars, a young racer finds his days on the track are over after a bad accident.

11:35am Spy Cat 1:10pm Us 3:10pm Instant Family 5:10pm Berlin, I Love You 7:15pm Spy Cat 9:00pm Us 11:00pm Instant Family 1:00am The Sisters Brothers 3:10am What They Had 5:00am The Top Ten Show Clips from the UK and US Top Ten show viewers the best of what is on offer on the big screen.

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6:15am Fletch 8:00am Dusty and Me 9:40am The 40 Year Old Virgin 11:40am Gulliver's Travels 1:10pm Beethoven's 2nd 2:40pm Matilda 4:25pm Get Him to the Greek 6:20pm Bridget Jones's Diary 8:00pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 10:00pm Crazy Rich Asians 12:05am The 40 Year Old Virgin

Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Live European Tour Golf The South African Open.

1:00pm Live EFL 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:00pm Live Premier League 9:30pm Goal Zone 10:00pm Live NFL San Francisco 49ers v TBA (Kick-off 9.35pm).

1:30am Live NFL Baltimore Ravens v TBA (Kick-off 1.15am).

5:00am Sky Sports News

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11:00am Sunday Politics London 11:30am Homes Under the Hammer 12:30pm Wanted Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Flog It! 3:15pm Money for Nothing 3:45pm Garden Rescue 4:45pm Eat Well for Less 5:45pm Blue Planet II 6:45pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News; Weather 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Countryfile 8:10pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm The Trial of Christine Keeler 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News; Weather 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am The Women's Football Show

7:30am I Escaped to the Country 8:15am The Instant Gardener 9:00am Around the World in 80 Gardens 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Mary Berry's Country House Secrets 1:30pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 6:15pm Top Gear 7:15pm Ski Sunday 8:00pm Dragons' Den 9:00pm The Speedshop 10:00pm Louis Theroux: Selling Sex 11:00pm The Finest Hours 12:50am Snooker: The Masters 1:40am Snooker: The Masters - Extra 3:40am Question Time 4:40am Best House in Town 5:25am Holby City

8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour 10:00pm Fake or Fortune?

11:00pm The Sky at Night 11:30pm How to See a Black Hole: The Universe's Greatest Mystery 12:30am Arena 1:20am Being the Brontes 2:20am Bauhaus 100 A century after it opened its doors, this programme tells the story of the Bauhaus art school in Germany, and the men and women whose designs shaped the modern world.

3:20am David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour

6:35am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 6:40am Extreme Chocolate Makers 7:05am King of Queens 7:30am King of Queens 7:55am Doctor Dolittle 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:05pm The Simpsons 2:35pm The Simpsons 3:05pm The Simpsons 3:40pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 4:40pm National Treasure 7:15pm Channel 4 News 7:45pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 9:00pm George Clarke's Old House, New Home 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Escape Plan 2:15am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 3:05am Phil Spencer's Stately Homes

9:20am Paw Patrol 9:35am Nella the Princess Knight 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Pirata & Capitano 10:10am Floogals 10:30am Digby Dragon 10:40am Shimmer and Shine 10:55am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:05am The Loud House 11:20am Access 11:25am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:50am Friends 2:20pm Friends 2:50pm The Angry Birds Movie 3:50pm Access 3:55pm The Angry Birds Movie 4:50pm Death Becomes Her 5:50pm Access 5:55pm Death Becomes Her 6:45pm Ocean's Eleven 8:55pm 5 News Update 9:00pm Inside Iceland 10:00pm The Wonderful World of Chocolate 11:00pm Notting Hill 12:00am Access

12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 1:35am 2:00am 3:00am 4:00am 4:25am

The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Herbie: Fully Loaded Star Trek: Discovery Gogglebox Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Star Trek: Discovery Gogglebox Schooled Hollyoaks Drama following the lives and loves of a group of teenagers and young adults in Chester.

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Total Goals A round-up of the latest football action.

9:00am Total Goals 10:00am Live European Tour Golf The South African Open. Coverage of the fourth and final day's play at Randpark Golf Club in Johannesburg, where Louis Oosthuizen is the defending champion.

1:00pm Live EFL 3:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 5:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:30pm Live NFL 10:00pm Live NFL 2:00am Live PGA Tour Golf 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

9:30am Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny 10:05am Craig of the Creek 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 11:30am Living on the Veg 12:30pm Gino's Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 1:05pm The Greek Islands with Julia Bradbury 1:35pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:44pm ITV London Weather 1:45pm The Voice UK 3:15pm The Masked Singer 4:45pm Minions 6:30pm ITV News and Weather 6:50pm ITV News London 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:14pm ITV London Weather 11:15pm Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 11:40pm Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow 12:40am Liar

9:05am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:00am Dress to Impress 11:00am The Masked Singer 12:30pm Supermarket Sweep 1:35pm Supermarket Sweep 2:35pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 4:20pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 5:20pm FYI Daily 5:25pm Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 7:05pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 8:05pm FYI Daily 8:10pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 10:00pm Love Island 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy

7:00am 7:25am 10:25am 1:15pm 3:30pm 5:45pm

7:00am Goals of the 80s 7:10am The Protectors 7:35am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 8:30am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 10:45am Hornblower 12:55pm Cheyenne Autumn 1:55pm FYI Daily 2:00pm Cheyenne Autumn 4:00pm Nevada Smith 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm Nevada Smith 6:35pm The Last Sunset 7:35pm FYI Daily 7:40pm The Last Sunset 8:55pm Return of the Seven 9:55pm FYI Daily 10:00pm Return of the Seven 11:00pm The Last Boy Scout 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am The Last Boy Scout 1:10am The Nice Guys 2:10am FYI Daily 2:15am The Nice Guys 3:30am The Protectors 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am 9:20am

7:00am Spy Cat 8:35am Instant Family 10:50am Sometimes Always Never 12:35pm Us 2:45pm Final Score: Special 3:15pm The Sisters Brothers 5:30pm Spy Cat 7:15pm Sometimes Always Never 9:00pm Us In 1986, young Adelaide goes on holiday with her parents to Santa Cruz.

11:00pm Instant Family 1:00am Book of Monsters 2:25am The Sisters Brothers 4:35am JT Leroy

8:00am EFL Championship Highlights 10:30am EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 11:00am The Sunday Supplement 12:30pm Live EFL 3:30pm EFL Highlights 5:45pm EFL Championship Highlights 6:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 6:30pm EFL Highlights 6:45pm EFL Championship Highlights 7:45pm EFL Championship Highlights 8:00pm EFL Highlights 8:15pm EFL Championship Highlights 8:45pm EFL Championship Highlights 9:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 9:30pm EFL Championship Highlights 11:45pm EFL Championship Highlights 12:00am EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2

6:55pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 2:50am

3:15am 3:40am

George and Mildred Coronation Street Emmerdale Foyle's War Foyle's War Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Inside the Ritz Hotel Inside the Ritz Hotel Charles: 50 Years a Prince Cameraman to the Queen Changeling Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant Judge Judy Emmerdale

11:45am 2:10pm 4:25pm 6:40pm 9:00pm 11:15pm 1:30am

7:20am 9:15am 11:05am 12:55pm

Star Wars: Episode I Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Episode III Star Wars: Episode IV Star Wars: Episode V Star Wars: Episode VI Star Wars: Episode IV Star Wars: Episode V Star Wars: Episode VI

Sleepless in Seattle The Family Stone About a Boy Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls 2:35pm Wayne's World 4:20pm Wayne's World 2 6:10pm Sleepless in Seattle 8:05pm About a Boy 10:00pm Team America: World Police 11:50pm Little Monsters 1:40am Death Do Us Part 3:30am Brüno

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Drug your wife for a peaceful life BARRY DUKE I'M often left flabbergasted by things I’ve seen on the Internet, but never to the point when I’ve had to vacate my chair and take a walk in the park to get my head around an advertisement I’d just spotted.

I concluded that what I’d seen this week ­ an ad exhorting husbands to dose their wives with Valium ­ had to be a wind­up, especially as the caption be­ neath it claimed it would make wives ‘behave as a dutiful mother and wife, silent and without revolt.’

But it was NOT a spoof. This from a book entitled ‘Governing the Female Body: Gender, Health, and Networks of Power’: ‘In the 60s and 70s, as women were gaining more power in the work­ force and fought to alter the patriarchal structure, psychotropic pharmaceuti­ cals were used to calm down angry and irate feminists who would rock the so­ cial boat, demanding equality in wages and opportunity.’

I discovered the Roche Laboratories

ad, aimed at husbands wanting to zombify their uppity wives, while doing some picture research. I required an im­ age to illustrate a piece submitted to my Freethinker website by Seattle­based feminist and atheist blogger, Ophelia Benson.

Roche’s Valium ad was an extreme example of how rampant sexism was in the advertising industry during that era.

But while most ads were grossly offen­ sive, some were laugh­aloud funny, though clearly not intentionally so.

Example: a 60’s cigarette ad suggest­ ed that if you blow smoke in a woman’s face she’ll fall at your feet in adoration.

Why? Because the brand, Tipalet, came in a variety of irresistible flavours. It said: ‘Hit her with Tipalet Cherry. Or rich grape­y Tipalet Burgundy. Or lus­ cious Tiplalet Blueberry … a puff in her direction and she’ll follow you, any­ where.’

Now I never knew flavoured ciga­ rettes ever existed, aside from men­ thol, and imagined fruity aromas only hit the scene when vaping became fashionable and I took to it like a fat ADVERT: If you blow smoke in a woman’s face, she’ll fall at your feet in adoration.

kid takes to pies.

I threw over the fags about four years ago when I acquired my first Personal Electronic Nicotine Inhalation System (PENIS) and quickly discovered that people have some very odd reactions to vaping. One old geezer who periodically visits my local makes a point of sitting very close to me to sniff blueberry and mint, my favourite vape flavour.

Others stare daggers at me, feign coughing fits and wave their palms in front of their noses. One imbecile even did this when I simply placed an e­cig on a bar counter and made no move to puff on it.

But back to my main point: the man­ ner in which women were objectified as chattels, and portrayed as fragile, mind­ less creatures whose only purpose was to clean, cook and submit to their hus­ bands. In one a woman is shown actual­ ly getting spanked by her spouse for buying the ‘wrong’ coffee!

The image I eventually chose to illus­ trate Ophelia’s article was for a brand of ties called Van Heusen. It shows a woman kneeling beside her husband’s bed, offering him breakfast on a tray.

Your guess is as good as mine as to why hubby is in a single bed wearing a pris­ tine white shirt and a grotesque tie.

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12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 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; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Our Lives 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Ladhood 12:00am Live at the Apollo 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

7:00am Wanted Down Under 7:45am The Farmers' Country Showdown 8:30am MasterChef: The Professionals 9:30am This Week in Parliament 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 5:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Twinstitute 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret 11:00pm I Love 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Handmade: By Royal Appointment 9:00pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 10:00pm The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pm Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 12:00am The Art of Scandinavia Andrew GrahamDixon explores the history of the North European region through its art.

1:00am Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 2:00am Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories 3:30am Handmade: By Royal Appointment 4:00am Caribbean with Simon Reeve

6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Cold Feet 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Welcome to HMP Belmarsh with Ross Kemp 12:45am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am

6:00am The Durrells 6:50am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am George and Mildred 10:30am George and Mildred 11:00am Man About the House 11:35am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm The Durrells 5:55pm Heartbeat 6:55pm Foyle's War 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pm The Bay 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:05am A Touch of Frost

11:25am 11:55am 12:20pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:50pm 3:45pm 4:50pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 12:35am 1:05am 1:35am

Teleshopping Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore Love Island Love Island: Aftersun Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad!

8:20am King of Queens 8:45am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm How to Lose Weight Well 10:00pm Catching a Killer 11:45pm Naked Attraction 12:50am Naked Beach

7:00am World of Sport: Petrol Heads 7:15am Quincy, M.E. 8:05am Kojak 9:00am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:05am Minder 11:15am The Professionals 12:20pm The Sweeney 1:30pm Quincy, M.E. 2:30pm Kojak 3:35pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 4:40pm Minder 5:45pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 7:55pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 9:30pm Rescue: River Deep, Mountain High 10:00pm Fighter Pilot: The Real Top Gun 11:00pm Carlito's Way 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am Carlito's Way 1:55am Minder 2:55am The Contender

8:35am 8:45am 8:55am 9:10am 9:30am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Peppa Pig Top Wing Paw Patrol Floogals Becca's Bunch Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 5 News Lunchtime Police Interceptors Access Home and Away Neighbours Deadly Vengeance Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ice Road Truckers raffic Cops M1: Keeping Britain Moving Busted in Bangkok Circus Kids: Our Secret World

9:00am

Star Wars: Episode III 11:30am Cliffhanger 1:30pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 4:00pm 300 6:00pm 300: Rise of an Empire 8:00pm Cliffhanger 10:00pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 12:30am Machete 2:30am 300

8:50am Raising Arizona 10:40am The Ladykillers 12:35pm You Don't Mess with the Zohan 2:40pm Johnny English 4:25pm Johnny English Reborn 6:15pm Johnny English Strikes Again 8:00pm Sometimes Always Never 9:45pm Little 11:40pm The Big Lebowski 1:40am Raising Arizona

7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:35pm 10:00pm

Hollyoaks Celebrity Coach Trip Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Celebrity Coach Trip The Big Bang Theory Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 12:40am The Big Bang Theory 1:10am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Berlin, I Love You 9:15am Spy Cat 11:00am Monster Family: Special 11:30am Vault 1:30pm Us 3:30pm JT Leroy 5:30pm Sometimes Always Never Alan is a tailor whose son Michael stormed out years ago over a game of Scrabble.

7:15pm Spy Cat 9:00pm Us In 1986, young Adelaide goes on holiday with her parents to Santa Cruz.

11:00pm Vault 12:45am The Sisters Brothers 2:50am Burning

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Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Transfers Football Centre Football Centre Ref Watch Transfer Talk Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Transfer Centre Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Transfer Centre Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 The Transfer Show Sky Sports Tonight Sky Sports Tonight The Debate Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News

1:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 2:30pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 3:30pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL Highlights 5:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:15pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:30pm Football's Greatest Players 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:15pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 7:30pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1 &2 8:00pm EFL Championship Highlights 8:15pm When Jamie Met Frank 8:35pm Live Irish Football 10:45pm EFL Highlights 11:00pm The Debate 12:00am EFL Highlights

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The sales that best suit you are at Habaneras Shopping Centre From January 7 to January 31, Habaneras customers will find discounts of up to 70% and can win four outfits created exclusively by a renowned personal shopper.

HABANERAS SHOPPING CENTRE, managed by MVGM, is always seeking maximum customer satis­ faction and that’s why, from January 7 to January 31, it has programmed its sales campaign with the best discounts on leading brands and a variety of shopping experiences sure to delight visitors to the fullest.

Visitors and residents of Torrevieja alike who are looking for incredible prices on fashion, accessories, beauty, sporting equipment or homewares this sale sea­

son can stop by the shop­ ping centre and enjoy the wide range of establish­ ments.

In addition, Habaneras customers who make pur­ chases during this sale sea­ s o n w i l l a l s o b e a bl e t o wi n four exclusive outfits creat­ ed by the renowned influ­ encer and personal shopper Carolina de Souza (@Caroli napshopper). Each week one outfit will be raffled.

To win an outfit, just download the Habaneras App and redeem your re­ ceipts at the centre’s In­ foBox.

For every €20 purchased, customers will receive an entry voucher for the draw, sent directly to their mo­ bile.

The lucky shoppers will be able to win up to four outfit proposals, put together by the personal shopper, val­ ued at more than €100.

Also through the App, users will be able to request up to 15 minutes of a per­ sonalised consultation with Carolina since, next Satur­ day, January 18, she will have an exclusive corner on the first floor of Habaneras where she will provide con­

sultation to those customers who request her service.

And to cheer up those post­holiday blues, Ha­ baneras will be dressed in blue and plans to add a lit­ tle sugar to your Blue Mon­ day. On Monday, January 20, those close to the shop­ ping centre cannot miss this event and must be sure to make a trip to Habaneras as many surprises await you.

One thing is clear: the sales at Habaneras are for all of their customers and are perfect for authentic [H]Addicts. #Haddict #Ha­ banerasSales #RealSales

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain: Holidays 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 EastEnders 9:00pm Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Veganville 12:20am Nadiya's Asian Odyssey 1:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

Wanted Down Under 8:15am The Farmers' Country Showdown 9:00am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 5:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Baby Has Landed 9:00pm Cornwall: This Fishing Life 10:00pm Exposed: The Church's Darkest Secret 11:00pm Better Things 11:20pm The Archiveologists 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am NFL This Week 1:05am Snooker: The Masters

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world.

8:30pm Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain 9:00pm Italy's Invisible Cities 10:00pm The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pm Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 12:00am Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British 1:00am Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture 2:00am Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA 3:00am The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear 4:00am Italy's Invisible Cities

7:30am Cheers 8:20am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pm How to Steal Pigs and Influence People 12:00am Catching a Killer 1:45am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:35am Meat the Family

8:20am 8:45am 8:55am 9:10am 9:30am 9:40am 9:55am

Peppa Pig Top Wing Paw Patrol Floogals Becca's Bunch Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Neighbourhood Voyeur 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Ice Road Truckers 9:00pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 10:00pmBen Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:00pm Bad Girls Behind Bars 12:05am Age Gap Millionaires

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:35pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Celebrity Coach Trip Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Mike & Molly Mike & Molly Young Sheldon Young Sheldon The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Celebrity Coach Trip The Big Bang Theory 8 Out of 10 Cats Tom Allen Absolutely Live 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory

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 10:00am Good Morning Transfers Featuring a round-up of the latest football transfer news.

11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 1:00pm Transfer Talk Discussion of the latest transfer news.

2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Transfer Centre 4:30pm Live European Tour Golf 5:30pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Transfer Centre 6:30pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm The Transfer Show 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 11:00pm The Debate 12:00am Live NBA: The Warm Up 1:00am Sky Sports News

6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The Metro: A Rail Life Story 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm White House Farm 12:45am Tenable 1:35am Ideal World 4:00am The Home Game 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am George and Mildred 10:25am George and Mildred 10:55am Man About the House 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm The Durrells 5:55pm Heartbeat 6:55pm Foyle's War 9:00pm Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 9:30pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm The Bay 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:10am A Touch of Frost 4:00am George and Mildred 4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 4:30am Teleshopping

7:00am 7:25am 8:15am 9:05am

7:00am Déjà Vu 9:15am Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:45am The Top Ten Show 12:00pm Glass 2:15pm Pacific Rim 4:30pm Pacific Rim Uprising 6:30pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 9:00pm Glass 11:20pm Pacific Rim 1:40am Pacific Rim Uprising

7:00am Spy Cat 8:35am Sometimes Always Never Alan is a tailor whose son Michael stormed out years ago over a game of Scrabble.

10:10am Pond Life 12:00pmUs In 1986, young Adelaide goes on holiday with her parents to Santa Cruz.

2:00pm Spy Cat 3:35pm Berlin, I Love You 5:40pm Vault 7:25pm Sometimes Always Never Alan is a tailor whose son Michael stormed out years ago over a game of Scrabble.

9:00pm Us In 1986, young Adelaide goes on holiday with her parents to Santa Cruz.

11:00pm Pond Life 12:45amBook of Monsters

9:00am Football Countdowns 10:00am SPFL Greatest Games 10:30am Football Years 11:00am Championship Season Review 12:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30pm Football's Greatest Players 1:00pm EFL Greatest Games 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL Highlights 5:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:30pm Football's Greatest Players 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Highlights 8:00pm Soccer AM: The Best Bits 8:30pm EFL Championship Highlights 11:00pm EFL Greatest Games 11:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:00am Championship Season Review

7:30am

11:25am 11:55am 12:20pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:50pm 3:45pm 4:50pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:50pm 12:20am 12:50am 1:20am 1:45am 2:15am

Teleshopping Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore Love Island Don't Hate the Playaz Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show

10:15am 11:20am 12:25pm 1:35pm 2:35pm 3:40pm 4:50pm 5:55pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

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11:00pm 12:05am 12:10am 12:55am 2:00am

The Protectors Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach FYI Daily Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach National Lampoon's European Vacation FYI Daily National Lampoon's European Vacation Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera Jeremy Wade's Mighty Rivers

7:10am Benjamin 8:50am Lost in London 10:45amStella's Last Weekend 12:35pmIdentity Thief 2:35pm Super Troopers 2 4:20pm Sister Act 6:10pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 8:00pm Game Night 9:45pm Identity Thief 11:40pmForgetting Sarah Marshall 1:40am Benjamin 3:10am How to Get Girls

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain: Holidays 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 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Eating with My Ex 12:05am My Mate's A Bad Date 12:35am First & Last 1:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:30am

Wanted Down Under 8:15am The Farmers' Country Showdown 9:00am See Hear 9:30am Fake Britain 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Live Snooker: The Masters 5:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Andrew Neil Show 8:30pm Saving Lives at Sea 9:00pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 9:30pm Lose Weight and 10:00pm Good Omens 10:50pm Terry Pratchett: Back in Black 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Snooker: The Masters

8:00pm

6:05am 7:00am

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am

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10:00am 11:00am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:59pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:40am 1:30am 4:00am 4:50am

Judge Rinder Good Morning Britain Lorraine This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson's Real Deal Tenable ITV London Weather Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad Coronation Street White House Farm ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Peston Tenable Ideal World Through the Keyhole ITV Nightscreen

10:30am 11:25am 11:55am 12:20pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:50pm 3:45pm 4:50pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:50pm 12:20am 12:50am 1:20am 1:45am 2:15am

Teleshopping Dinner Date Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore Love Island Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show Two and a Half Men

Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world.

8:30pm James May: The Reassembler 9:00pm Earth's Great Rivers 10:00pm The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story 11:00pm Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 12:00am Treasures of Ancient Egypt 1:00am Romancing the Stone: The Golden Ages of British Sculpture 2:00am John Berger: The Art of Looking 2:55am Arena 4:00am Earth's Great Rivers

7:25am 7:55am 8:25am 8:55am 9:55am 10:30am 11:00am 11:35am 1:40pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 4:55pm 5:55pm 6:55pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 2:05am 4:00am 4:25am 4:30am

Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale Heartbeat George and Mildred George and Mildred Man About the House A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street The Durrells Heartbeat Foyle's War Agatha Christie's Poirot The Bay A Touch of Frost A Touch of Frost George and Mildred ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7:30am 8:20am 9:10am

Cheers King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 2:05pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pm Meat the Family 11:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 12:55am 999: On the Frontline 1:50am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

7:00am 7:20am 8:10am 9:00am 10:10am 11:20am 12:20pm 1:25pm 2:30pm 3:35pm 4:40pm 5:50pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:10am 12:15am 1:20am 2:30am 3:00am 3:45am

4:00am

World Cup Rivalries Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Quincy, M.E. Kojak The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special Junk and Disorderly Billy Connolly's Great American Trail The Nice Guys FYI Daily The Nice Guys Minder The Protectors Fishing Impossible ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.

8:20am 8:45am 8:55am 9:10am 9:30am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Peppa Pig Top Wing Paw Patrol Floogals Becca's Bunch Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 5 News Lunchtime Police Interceptors Access Home and Away Neighbours Brace for Impact Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ice Road Truckers Britain's Parking Hell Red Arrows: Kings of the Sky Rich Kids Go Homeless Big Family Values: More Kids Than Cash

7:00am Robin Hood 9:00am Samson 11:00am Street Fighter 1:00pm The Predator 3:00pm Predator 5:00pm Predator 2 7:00pm Predators 9:00pm The Predator 11:00pm Predator 1:00am Predator 2

8:10am People You May Know 9:50am Trouble 11:35am You, Me and Him 1:15pm Slaughterhouse Rulez 3:05pm Along Came Polly 4:40pm All About Steve 6:25pm Holmes & Watson 8:00pm Little 10:00pm Along Came Polly 11:45pm Jackass: The Movie 1:25am Jackass: Number

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 1:30pm

2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm

8:30pm 9:35pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 12:30am 1:00am

WEDNESDAY TV

Hollyoaks Celebrity Coach Trip Mike & Molly Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Part two of two.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine The cop comedy returns after a midseason break.

The Big Bang Theory Mike & Molly Young Sheldon The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Drama following the lives and loves of a group of teenagers and young adults in Chester.

Celebrity Coach Trip The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Wife Swap USA The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine

7:00am Vault 8:45am Spy Cat 10:20am Pond Life 12:10pm Us 2:10pm Sometimes Always Never Alan is a tailor whose son Michael stormed out years ago over a game of Scrabble.

3:45pm Out of Blue 5:40pm Spy Cat 7:15pm Vault 9:00pm Us In 1986, young Adelaide goes on holiday with her parents to Santa Cruz.

11:00pm Out of Blue Mike Hoolihan is a New Orleans cop investigating the murder of astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell 1:00am Book of Monsters

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Transfers Football Centre Transfer Talk Sky Sports News Drive Time USA Transfer Centre Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Transfer Centre Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 The Transfer Show Analysis of the latest transfer news.

Sky Sports Tonight Sky Sports Tonight The Debate Sky Sports News Sky Sports News

10:30am Football Years 11:00am EFL Highlights 12:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:30pm Football's Greatest Players 1:00pm EFL Greatest Games 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 4:00pm Championship Season Review 5:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 5:30pm Football's Greatest Players 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm Championship Season Review 8:00pm EFL Goals: Leagues 1&2 8:30pm EFL Highlights 9:00pm EFL Championship Highlights 11:00pm EFL Greatest Games 11:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:00am Championship Season Review 1:00am Football Years

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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The pleasure you will get from helping in the home this week should not be underestimated.

What you have been thinking of as a chore turns out to be a great ball of fun. Youngsters may be involved at the weekend, so plan ahead to give them a festive surprise.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your relationships to others linked to the home environment are going well. Aim to build on that this week because the chance to make a real change to your surroundings opens up.

Comfort is top of your agenda and the continuing sales give scope. Restlessness can be channelled into an energetic response when others seek help. Taking on a small charitable task makes you smile and brings satisfaction.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your mind is as sharp as a razor this week, so woe betide anyone who tries to trick you. It's a great time to use your talents fully, particularly in regard to a business venture.

It is possible that your strengths are a little unrecognised so don't be afraid to try something entirely new. A strong urge to take control keeps others on their toes.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This week is mainly concerned with financial matters, and it is easy to both save and make extra money. Keep your energy levels high by making the most of chances to exercise and get out in the fresh air.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The repayment of a favour should see you with extra money in your pocket.

Holding on to it is your best bet.

Trying to change someone close is so obviously not going to work that it is surprising you tried for so long.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A social gathering turns up an old friend who makes an offer.

Although you may feel unworthy, please be reminded of the times in the past when you have given them support. It will be through others that real progress will be made.

‘Greetings cards featuring artwork by AudreyQ are available at P.C. Highway, Javea with profits going to Aspadis, a Valencian charity for severely handicapped children.’

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keep energy levels high by being at the hub of any social activities.

Accept all invitations, however dull you feel that they may turn out and allow yourself to be surprised. Continue with any check-ups on your health, eating sensibly if you overindulged during the holiday. There is no better time to make that special effort.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As you have decided to rearrange both your business and home life, it is a busy time, indeed. You enjoy a challenge so it will not worry you that other people have different ideas.

Although you are not inclined to listen to silly whims, some things crop up time and again and have to be dealt with at some point.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Concentrating on hearth and home gives you great satisfaction. As a born homemaker, you relish the idea of making something beautiful.

This week it may be possible to show more of your skills when someone seeks your advice.

You could end up helping with appearances.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Making a new start is not always the exciting thing that people imagine. When there are still old matters to be resolved, it takes the edge off the pleasure. It may be worth cooling off a new relationship until your social life is more settled. An urge to move around could be caused by your not facing a problem straight on.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get both business and personal plans sorted out in the coming week. Thereafter, changes to your routine may be necessary, which is disruptive. The best-laid plans can need adjustment, so don't beat yourself up over that.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) This is the time. It isn't a nibble that is needed at the moment, but a feast. Accepting anything less would be a mistake because someone is watching your reaction to an offer. If you feel unsure of your worth, then ask a few trusted friends.

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IRISH LOTTO Saturday January 4

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Cryptic

TIME

Across 1 Get up around noon and wash lightly (5) 4 South of Spain and Portugal, a region far to the east (7) 8 Electricity supplier got name wrong (7) 9 Staff conceal a French circular (5) 10 Abroad, went out with old hat (8) 11 Have in mind the middle position (4) 13 Passes the time shopping? (6) 14 Blackbird becomes a hound (6) 17 A bird has to take evasive action (4) 19 Roman Catholic official's vehicle Linda crashed (8) 22 Grub of a popular variety (5) 23 Back away, it’s a horrible tree rat (7) 24 Doubter, cold, in infected surroundings (7) 25 Afghan ruler appearing in dream, eerily (5) Down 1 Young lover runs rings around me (5) 2 Close to neckwear, item of lingerie (7) 3 Stones thrown by mere lads (8) 4 Pushes steamship around East Sussex resort (6) 5 Hurtful remark from pub bore, initially (4) 6 Get up or use make-up (5) 7 Plus, the poker stake is a musical direction (7) 12 A blood-feud to sell - and for the

French, a thankyou (8) 13 Dad's going round with Les to get some bicycle seats (7) 15 Birds circling on rising from an Italian city (7)

Code Breaker

16 Material contained in half a brick (6) 18 Five taken into care are cut up (5) 20 Some rare talent returning afterwards (5) 21 Compassion, we hear, for male deer (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents M and 25 represents Y, so fill in M every time the figure 4 appears and Y every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across Down 1 Not complex (6) 1 Game similar to billiards (7) 4 Swearword (4) 2 Slightly wet (5) 8 Containing faults (9) 3 Be without (4) 9 Toy flown in the wind (4) 5 Watchful (5) 10 Position (6) 6/18 Casserole of meat and vegetables, 13 Free from harm or evil (6) typically topped with sliced potato (3,3) 15 Give temporarily (4) 7 Fact that has been verified (5) 18 Establish or official way of doing 11 Vocalists (7) something (9) 12 At rest (5) 19 Narrative, story (4) 14 Mar (5) 20 Washes (6) 16 Musical drama (5) 17 Having no empty space (4) 18 See 6

English - Spanish

Across 1 Shoe polish (5) 4 Brújula (7) 8 Puddles (7) 9 From (indicating starting place) (5) 10 Hasta ahora (2,3) 11 El más largo (7) 12 Fuga (6) 14 Platillo (para una taza) (6) 17 Mustard (7) 19 Less (5) 21 Dejar (5) 22 Beggar (7) 23 To stretch (7) 24 Enojado (5)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

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

Down 1 Mouths (of people, animals, bottles) (5) 2 Tráfico (7) 3 To be born (5) 4 Castillo (6) 5 Move (house) (7) 6 Nave (de iglesia) (5) 7 Refugio (sitio) (7) 12 Enamel (7) 13 To plan (7) 15 Astuto (7) 16 Martillo (6) 18 Inteligente (5) 19 Sleeve (5) 20 Nevado (5)

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Hexagram

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

BATEAU BILLET CLIQUE FUNGAL GINGER GINGKO INLAND ISLAND PHLOEM POLICE RADIUM REDACT SCRAWL SHEAVE SWATHE TEETHE TRIUNE UPKEEP WINDOW (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Frilly 2 Senior 3 Muffle 4 Satire 5 Factor 6 Miasma 7 Tartar 8 Caused 9 Bitten 10 Accept 11 Nausea 12 Teeter 13 Scaled 14 Intent 15 Please 16 Scurvy 17 Cheese 18 Greasy 19 Arrear.

Nonagram

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TARGET: • Average: 18 • Good: 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

• Very good: 36 • Excellent: 46

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 12 Good: 17 Very good: 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 32

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QUICK Across: 1 Scrub, 4 Bison, 7 Menagerie, 8 Deck, 10 Caries, 12 Single, 13 Less, 16 Overwhelm, 18 Delay, 19 Tinny.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 1 Scold, 2 Ram, 3 Bank, 4 Beggar, 5 Sardine, 6 Needs, 9 Conceal, 11 Slowly, 12 Sword, 14 Scary, 15/17 Best man.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Pays, 3 Saracens, 9 Ethanol, 10 Abide, 11 Stoke, 12 Method, 14 Nickel, 16 Tucson, 19 Weasel, 21 Rosie, 24 Snipe, 25 Granite, 26 Stealing, 27 Zeus.

1 Castaña, 5 Snore, 8 Llano, 9 Receipt, 10 Flechas, 11 Slide, 12 Nevera, 14 Empate, 18 Wings, 20 Alambre, 22 Emanate, 23 Prima, 24 Traje, 25 Pretend.

Down: 1 Pheasant, 2 Yahoo, 4 Aflame, 5 Abaft, 6 Editors, 7 Sees, 8 Annexe, 13 Integers, 15 Chemise, 17 Uproar, 18 Flagon, 20 Smell, 22 Suite, 23 Uses.

Down:

1 Celofan, 2 Suave, 3 Another, 4 Atraso, 5 Socks, 6 Oficina, 7 Entre, 13 Ventaja, 15 Meat pie, 16 Emerald, 17 Make-up, 18 Wheat, 19 Shake, 21 Bride.

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QUIZ: EAST IS EAST...

1. Existing from 1949 to 1990, when the eastern portion of Germany was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, what was the official (English) name of East Germany?

2. First published in September 1952, East of Eden is a novel by which Nobel Prize winning author?

3. In which year was the first episode of EastEnders broadcast on BBC1?

4. Opened in 1998, Bayview Stadium, known formerly as New Bayview, is the home ground of which Scottish football club?

5. Situated in Friedrichstrasse, what name was given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991)?

6. Stay Another Day was the title of the first and, so far, only UK number one hit single for which English pop boy band?

7. The Hay Wain and Flatford Mill are both works by which landscape painter, who was born in East Burgholt in Suffolk in 1776?

8. To which village in East Sussex was the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO) moved in 1957?

9. Which Muslim republic in southern Asia was, until 1971, known as East Pakistan?

10. With an urban population of 210,000, which is the largest city in East Anglia?

Not a lot of people know that… the Dutch East Indies were the first Asian team to participate in the FIFA World Cup, when they qualified for the 1938 tournament. The 6–0 loss to Hungary, in the first round of the tournament remains the nation's only appearance in the World Cup.

Answers: 1. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, 2. JOHN STEINBECK, 3.

EAST FIFE, 5. CHECKPOINT CHARLIE (also known as CHECKPOINT C), 6. EAST 17, 7.

JOHN CONSTABLE, 8.

HERSTMONCEUX – in 1998 the RGO closed, the Greenwich site was returned to its original name, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich and was made part of the National Maritime Museum, 9.

BANGLADESH, 10. NORWICH

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• Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, January • Jamie Vardy, English footballer, January 9, 1982, 38 11, 1987, 33 Although she came into the limelight for her Leicester City striker and former member of the relationship with Prince William she has shown a English national team who signed for Leicester City for a non-League record transfer fee of great interest in charity works which focus mainly on issues surrounding young children and addiction. £1 million in 2012, and helped them win the Rod Stewart.

Time magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Championship in 2014. In 2015–16 he was Influential People in the World. voted Premier League Player of the Season and FWA • Rod Stewart, British singer, January 10, 1945, 75 Footballer of the Year.

• Howard Stern, Radio shock jock, January 12, 1954, 66 He rose to prominence by helping introduce the blues-rock genre with the band, Faces and went on to launch a successful He became a national sensation when his show, ‘The Howard solo career. He released albums that infused rock, R&B and Stern Show,’ gained popularity throughout America. During soul music and became a household name with chart-topping its run from 1986 to 2005 it gained a whopping 20 million listeners. His book titled, ‘Private Parts,’ became a bestseller singles Maggie May and Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?

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

and was later adapted into a movie.

• Orlando Bloom, English actor, 13 January 1977, 43 After his breakthrough as Legolas in The Lord of the Rings films, he rose to fame in epic fantasy and historic films including the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and Troy.

Bloom began dating pop singer Katy Perry in 2016 and on February 15, 2019 Perry confirmed the couple were engaged.

• David Grohl, American musician, January 14, 1969, 51 Best known as the drummer for grunge legends Nirvana he is now the vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Foo Fighters. Grohl has established himself as one of the most influential rock drummers and in 2014 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside his Nirvana bandmates.

Word Ladder DEAR

BANK BACK

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

Solution DEAR BEAR (DEAD) BEAD BEND BAND BANK

ANOTHER breathtaking book from bestselling author BA Paris.

It’s Livia’s 40th birthday and she’s throwing the party of her life to make up for the wedding she never had.

Everyone she loves will be there except her daughter Marnie, who’s studying abroad and although Livia loves Marnie she’s secretly glad she won’t be there.

She needs to tell Adam something about their daughter but she’s waiting until the party so they can enjoy this last happy time together.

Adam has secretly arranged for Marnie to come home and surprise her Mum on her birthday. However, during the day, he receives some terrible news that he must tell Livia, but will it ruin everything?

The Dilemma - how far would you go to give someone you love a last few hours of happiness?

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This week in history

Heart breaking

1922 - Breakthrough In Toronto, a 14-year-old boy with diabetes was given the first injection of insulin. After an initial allergic reaction, biochemist James Collip worked to improve purity. This was successful and completely eliminated the glycosuria sign of diabetes.

1964 - Fab Four The Beatles released their first US record, Introducing … the Beatles 10 days before the official release of Meet the Beatles!, this semi-illegal release featured hits I Saw Her Standing There and Love Me Do. 1977 - Boogie nights Saturday Night Fever premiered in LA making a movie star out of 23year-old John Travolta and propelling the already famous Bee Gees to superstardom. Wellcast, well-acted and well-directed its pulsing disco soundtrack made it a work of lasting historical significance.

1980 - Pretty penny Oil tycoon Armand Hammer paid $5,126,000 for a notebook containing writings by legendary artist Leonardo da Vinci.

2001 - Digital Apple launches iTunes, a media player that revolutionised the way people consumed digital media.

2003 - Downfall Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was captured when soldiers found him hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown.

The man once obsessed with hygiene was found to be unkempt, with a bushy beard and matted hair.

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THE 2019 Christmas special of the award-winning TV show returns 10 years after audiences last spent Christmas with the Shipmans and the Wests.

Gavin and Stacey, now have three children and are finding parenting a challenge. On Christmas Eve, Dawn makes a shocking discovery about Pete that jeopardises their marriage (again) and a visit to the pub that night is an eyeopener in more ways than one. Packed with nostalgia and nods to the original series the special is a must-watch for fans.

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A Year of decision MAKING decisions is an inevitable part of life and the new decade will surely bring many new choices along with it. And it’s safe to say that 2019 has seen a barrage of what most would consider as ‘bad’ decisions.

Prince Andrew went against his PR advisor to do a highly controversial interview with the BBC. Facebook was fined $5 billion after some shady emails brought their privacy lapses to light. And in the political sphere, Jeremy Corbyn led his party to their worst result since 1935.

Research suggests that the typical person makes around 35,000 decisions per day. Most of these decisions are minor and automatic, but many also have serious consequences.

Good decision-making takes rest, concentration and balanced emotions; circumstances that aren’t always possible to maintain. However, as we prep a r e t o t a k e o n t h e Ne w Ye a r, s o m e a r g u e t h a t there are no ‘bad’ decisions and that taking action trumps everything.

Life coaches agree that decisions resulting in an ugly aftermath allow people to refine what they want from life and increase resilience. They also give the opportunity to master the art of self-forgiveness and exercise freedom of choice. One thing is for certain, if a boat never sets sail it will never reach its destination, even if it has to correct course along the way.

WHAT INVESTMENTS? Dear EWN, AS all the local town halls finish up their budgets for 2020, I am left wonde­ ring. When will the average resident see any improvements? Living in Malaga City I am left very confused with the big investments the town hall is conti­ nuously announcing. In my area, I have barely seen any changes in the past ye­ ars. And compared to the Christmas lights in the centre, we only got a few old lights put up. Last year, one of the Christmas lights came down in the middle of a busy road and nearly hit a passing lorry. Also, the pavement on my street is lifted up in lots of places and is a safety concern, especially for my older neighbours.

It’s very discouraging to see all the money go to the same areas time and ti­ me again. As much as Calle Larios is very important to the city, I think the town hall could work by areas and slowly fix everything up.

Suzanne King

Leapy and Scotland YOUR correspondent, Leapy Lee, ap­ pears to have a number of fans amongst the expats in Spain. Fair enough if he is pontificating on rat­ her stunted musical histories, condi­ tions in prisons or running a bar in Mallorca, all subjects he has expe­ rienced in his career and may well be well informed on such matters.

He does, however have no obvious knowledge whatsoever of the Scot­ tish people and their wishes.

In the 2014 Independence refe­ rendum, 55 per cent of the electora­ te voted to remain within the UK and to be honest, had I had a vote at that time, I would probably have vo­ ted with the 55 per cent. I do believe that the larger unit is better placed in most circumstances and certainly as far as negotiations, for whatever the object, may be.

At that time the UK was part of the EU and there was no serious talk of them leaving that union. Fast for­ ward to 2016 and the referendum on the subject of leaving the EU and although Scotland voted 62 per cent

MALAGA CITY: Needs investment to be spread around. to 38 per cent against leaving, and the Northern Irish people also voted against leaving, they were obliged to follow the English voters.

In the recent general election, 48 of the 59 Scottish constituencies voted for the Scottish National Party. (A party with a second referendum high in its manifesto). The Conservatives won six seats, but still an English Prime Minister has rejected the Scots’ wishes for a re­

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peat referendum, in view of the chan­ ged circumstances. Democracy?

LL may well feel that the Scottish are incapable of governing themselves, (he may even be correct) but what would his reaction be if the English people we­ re being treated in such a shameful manner?

Regards, Alex Walker San Miguel de Salinas

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300,000 pets abandoned in Spain every year COMMENTS FROM FACEBOOK

The reason why I don’t own a dog; because I’m not pre­ pared to walk a dog at least three times a day, come rain or shine, for 12­15 years, as we don’t live in an area with nice nature walks. I’m not in an economic position to look after another animal, with vet bills, should it get sick. In short, I’m not able to give a dog the life he de­ serves, however much I love dogs. And I do not under­ stand why so many people get pets they can’t look af­ ter...

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Bulwell paedophile Angela Allen to be released from prison: gets parole after four attempts: Leopards can’t change their spots, paedophiles are never not going to be a risk to children. The origi­ nal judge obviously thought there was a major

risk, these parole boards are a joke.

I have no issue with people trying to make a living and if they were selling merchandise like this it would be fine.

I just think this differs hugely from selling goods that pass off genuine brand names which is highly illegal, in fact tourists attempting to later import these items into the UK can find the item not only confiscated but them­ selves in court. It would be great if they could sell this

Less than 25% of people stay committed to their New Year resolutions for more than 30 days. Are you one of them?

• YES, I commit!

• NO, it doesn’t last!

Alison Kille

Looky looky men strike it lucky after years of hardship:

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kind of merchandise instead, and be permitted to do so by the authorities while they await their time before ap­ plying for residency. That said, it’s still wrong to simply turn up on a foreign nation’s shores without going through the relevant customs and disease checks, which can potentially cause a vulnerability to that na­ tion and people living there.

Leigh Hobson

Tip for today: When going to a restaurant, if you wouldn’t use their toilet, don’t eat their food!

My husband and I ran a bar/restaurant and we were so particular about the loos ensuring they were always clean, we overheard someone who came in with their family say, ‘it’s okay, we will stay, the toilets are nice and clean ‘, this just goes to show how important it is.

Doreen Nichols

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Do you think that 12 weeks paternity leave is unnecessary?

• Yes, unnecessary:

• No, it’s wonderful:

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Stretch it out THERE’S a lot of research that prais­ es the benefits of Pilates, from re­ ducing the risk of certain illnesses to strengthening muscles and improv­ ing flexibility.

It’s also a gentler workout than most but it can be just as effective, meaning you get all the benefits of exercise without any of the soreness afterwards.

According to a study by the Jour­ nal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Pilates can help ease back ache as those with chronic lower back pain who attended classes for a month experienced more relief than those who went to see a physician or other specialist.

This is believed to be because Pi­ lates strengthens the core, which then alleviates stress on the lower back region.

A stronger core also will help to improve your posture and overall sports performance as all the body’s

muscles are connected through the core, so this will make your move­ ments sharper and help you run faster.

It’s also easier on your joints than other workouts as the slow, controlled move­ ments cause minimal im­ pact.

One of the major benefits of practising Pilates is the won­ ders it does to your flexibility, which can improve your body’s range of motion and, therefore, your exer­ cise performance.

A study that followed young Brazilian women, without any prior experience, as they attended 20 Pilates ses­ sions showed they became 19.1 per cent more flexible by the end of the research.

STRONG: Pilates helps to strengthen the core.

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Stay clean CLEAN eating has been the focus of many dieticians and health­food ob­ sessives for a while now, but what does the term actually mean? Is it ac­ tually as good for you as it’s made out to be?

Clean eating is de­ fined by the Oxford Dictionary simply as: ‘Relating to a diet con­ sisting of un­ processed, un­ refined, and n u t r i e n t­ r i c h food, typically eaten as small meals throughout the day.’

Eating a diet of fresh, unprocessed food is undoubtedly important, and is the basis for the en­ tire clean eating move­ ment. However, the term has now been used to de­ scribe many recent diet trends such as organic, vegan or alkaline diets.

Some believe you have to cut out all

gluten products to be eating ‘clean,’ others think the same for dairy.

While many of these diets have their benefits, it’s

GOOD STUFF: How clean is your plate?

important to make sure your diet is rich with all the essential nutrients your body needs, and eliminating en­ tire food groups sometimes defeats the purpose of healthy eating.

Although society as a whole is un­ doubtedly eating more processed food than a hundred years ago, sim­ ply because there were less processed ingredi­ ents back then and it was more common place to eat from scratch, the clean eating movement has had a positive impact in that it’s encouraging more people to get back to basics and consider what they actually put in their bodies.

You shouldn’t cut out every indul­ gence in the name of healthy eat­ ing, but eating a range of unprocessed, fresh food is always important.

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PURPLE GAIN: Lavender has been proven to reduce emotional stress and nervous tension.

Lathering in lavender LAVENDER oil is extracted from the flowers of the lavender plant, usually using steam, and is often used in beauty and health products such as aro­ matherapy oil, lotions and soaps.

The essential oil also works well when blended with other essential oils such as pine, cedar wood, geranium and nutmeg.

The health benefits of laven­ der oil have been raved about for centuries. It has the ability to relieve pain, enhance blood cir­ culation, get rid of nervous ten­ sion, disinfect the skin, enhance

blood circulation, and treat res­ piratory problems among oth­ ers.

It also works as an effective bug repellent and has anti­in­ flammatory qualities that help to reduce the irritation if you do get bitten.

Lavender oil has been used for centuries to induce sleep and can be used to treat insom­ nia. Studies on elderly people have revealed their sleep regu­ larity increases when they place some lavender essential oil on their pillows due to its relaxing impact.

For this reason it also helps to calm the nerves and ease anxi­ ety.

The stimulating aroma has been proven to get rid of ner­ vous exhaustion and restless­ ness while increasing mental ac­ tivity at the same time. This, therefore, makes it effective in treating depression, headaches, emotional stress and nervous tension.

One study revealed that peo­ ple taking exams suffered from less anxiety if they inhaled lavender and rosemary oil be­ fore taking the test.

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Blonde bombshell T O W I E’S Amber Turner brought a touch of Essex allure to Marbella as she enjoyed a romantic break with boyfriend Dan Edgar. The starlet has been feuding with T OW I E co-star Chloe Sims, ever since it was revealed her beau Dan had been two-timing them.

However, the loved-up pair seemed to be in good spirits as they soaked up the sun during the Christmas break.

The blonde beauty enjoyed the good weather as she stunned in a feminine, low-cut top and pink trousers. Brushing off the drama, the good-looking couple only had eyes for each other as they posed for Instagram on Marbella’s seafront.

After a rocky year, the pair seemed to have reconciled as they frolicked during the sunset stroll. Amber and Dan be-

2017, but have split on numerous occasions. Earlier in the year, it was revealed that Dan had enjoyed a brief fling with mum-of-one Chloe in March.

FAMOUS RAPPER: Kylie Jenner’s ex, Travis Scott.

Rap royalty

gan their relationship in

SPANISH singer Rosalia recently announced her latest collaboration with one of the most famous rappers in the world Travis Scott.

The song, Highest in the Room is a remix of the original version that Scott released last October that went directly to Number 1 on the Billboard charts. The song belongs to JackBoys, a miniLP of remixes featuring heavyweights of hip hop and rap.

Last July, she shared a photo with Scott on Instagram that hinted at a possible collaboration. The truth is that the musician, former beau of Kylie Jenner and father of her daughter Stormi, knows Rosalia’s talent well. Both

share a producer, Frank Dukes, considered the ‘King Midas’ of hip hop. Dukes, creator of some of Kanye West and Rihanna’s successes, has worked with Scott on his three studio albums. Rosalia recorded with him two of his hits of the year: Con Altura and A Palé.

Hours after the release of Highest in the Room, social networks began to speculate on who will make cameos on the new Rosalia album, planned for 2020. Travis Scott, of course, but also names like Kanye West and Billie Eilish were mentioned.

Rosalia closes an impressive year, positioning herself as ‘royalty’ in the music industry.

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Skin art is popular with all ages

LOVERS of body art will want to visit the First International Tattoo con­ vention to be held at the El Batel Au­ ditorium in Cartagena on February 28 and 29 and March 1.

There will be a large number of

artists taking part and visitors will be able to see displays of body painting, parades and tattoo contests.

The event promises to be a fun three days with exceptional tattoo artists showing off their skill and

One of the best Queen tributes in Europe ALTHOUGH Brian May and Roger Taylor are still per­ forming with different singers as Queen, there are any number of high quality tribute bands and one, Unrisen Queen, a Spanish band, regularly tours play­ ing the best of the band’s catalogue of classic hits.

They will be performing at La Sala REM in Murcia City on Saturday February 1 and the show starts at 10.30pm with tickets available in advance online or at the door.

Arguably, this Spanish band has a singer with a voice most like that of Freddie Mercury and al­ though they don’t try to look like the original band, their sound and performance has seen them play around Europe including special Queen celebrations to much acclaim.

Find out more and see them play at www.unrisen queen.com.

SOCIAL SCENE BODY ART: See some of the best work in Spain.

with the chance to see live models and walking canvasses showing off the art that they carry around on their bodies.

A three­day ticket costs €23 from El Batel.

Spanish rockers call it a day AFTER 33 years together, Spanish rock band Extremod­ uro are hanging up their gui­ tars and breaking up after a short tour which takes in Va­ lencia, Murcia, Sevilla, Madrid, Santiago, Caceres, Barcelona and Bilbao.

They will be playing two n i g h t s a t t h e L a F i c a Fa i r ­ ground in Murcia City on May 22 and 23 with tickets for each concert costing €41 on­ line.

Although just one member,

Robe Iniesta remains from the original band, the musical sound has remained as one of the best in Spanish rock, but it appears that due to internal differences, the current incar­ nation of the band has decid­ ed to call it a day.

Extremoduro have crossed the generations, still respect­ ed by their original fans but they have also carved a new following from the children of those who originally made them famous.

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There’s a kind of magic MOON WORLD RECORDS is a Spanish company which specialises in putting to­ gether large stage presen­ tations based on the music of some of the most suc­ cessful rock bands of recent years.

Their shows are highly professional with superb lighting and special effects with outstanding musicians and professional singers who understand the music that they are presenting.

Over the past 30 years, the company has grown and perfected the musical presentations it is involved with and these include Symphonic Pink Floyd and Symphonic Abba and the History of Rock.

Now they are booked on tour with their all new Sym­ phonic Rhapsody of Queen show which features five international rock singers in a 160­minute show backed by the One World Sym­ phonic Orchestra.

They promise to relive every single hit that Queen

RHAPSODY OF QUEEN: A sell-out in Barcelona. ever recorded as well as some that aren’t quite so well­known.

Rhapsody of Queen will

be presented at the Teatro Principal in Alicante City on Friday March 13 with tick­ ets costing €38 and €43 and

at El Batel Auditorium in Cartagena the following night with tickets costing from €35 to €45 online.

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The Spider in the toaster I SHOW you this picture as a gift from nature to a friend of mine who now has a new website. Could you break up this beautiful home and kill the creature that made it?

I have a spider that lives in my toaster and I honestly don’t know how it sur­ vives. There is no web and it is one of those Spanish jumping varieties that run like Usain Bolt.

Three years ago I was driving at night in South East France near the Pyrenees, on a two­lane country road when the car ahead slammed on its brakes and jinked right, on the left was a car pulled over with squiffy headlights, and in the middle of the road still kicking, a large wild boar on its side. The car with the squiffy headlights was going to need a tow truck. The car in front of me pulled over and stopped, I cruised onwards into the night with little I could do about any­ thing.

Suddenly racing towards me was a convoy of small French vans of all sorts and varying degrees of dilapidation.

These were the local hunters sum­ moned to despatch the wild boar as quickly and humanely as possible before butchering the animal at the road side. A wild boar in that condition is very dan­ gerous indeed. This was the best out­

SPIDER’S WEB: Could you break up this beautiful home? come and the fastest for the situation.

Really city folk should not be judge­ mental of what goes on in the country, and most city folk would not have the guts to put this unfortunate boar out of its misery quickly. Even with a gun, if they had one to hand and knew how to

take the safety catch off and where to put the bullet.

I mention this because of a fool in the UK delighted to post on Facebook how he clubbed a fox to death that was caught in barbed wire. I am no fan of fox hunting for pleasure but I could not club the poor animal to death either. I would have got hold of someone with a gun to put it out of its misery as quickly as possi­ ble.

Some people condemn country life, and those who live it, I think that is quite wrong. City people who think a steak comes wrapped and packaged should think again.

A few years ago in the USA a pilot friend who lived opposite a poor family in Florida had an experience too. The mother regularly left her children to come home from school and sit on the front porch before she might come home to feed them in two­three hours.

My friend and his wife started to take the children in and feed them until the mother came home. The children were horrified that burgers came from pigs and cows and nuggets came from chick­ ens. Yes, it did take an animal to die to provide.

My spider will live on in the toaster, it does not have to provide for me.

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Busy January in La Zenia IF you have promised yourself that you will get fit in January after enjoying the Christmas and New Year fes­ tivities then La Zenia Boulevard is the place to be to ensure that you start off in the right way.

They are promoting fitness with special classes from January 18 to 30 with different options as follow: January 18 6pm ­ Advice on keeping fit January 20 noon ­ Fitdance January 22 noon ­ Walk to fitness January 23 noon ­ Pilates January 27 noon ­ Fitdance January 29 noon ­ Walk to fitness January 30 noon ­ Pilates The little ones aren’t overlooked during January as on Saturday January 11 and Sunday 12 the Mayan Bee, a character in a well­loved Japanese cartoon series will be meeting with the children between 1pm and 7pm so that they can have their photographs taken and just have fun.

Also, running through until January 31, the special fair with bouncy castles, Scalextric, bumper cars and much more will also be operating to keep members of the Zenia Kids Club entertained.

The magic of the Orient and Dire Straits

Performers from the New Shanghai Circus.

TWO completely different shows will be taking place at the Torrevieja Auditorium over the next few months with the most immediate being the arrival of the exceptional acrobats and the per­ formers of the New Shanghai Circus who will as­ tound audiences on Friday January 10.

This group of young athletes is made up by some stunning dancers, trapeze artists, balancers, jugglers and contortionists who present a show that lasts an hour and a half with spectacular backdrops, cos­ tumes and skill.

More than 35 trained athletes will take part in a performance which promises to excite and astound the audience with feats of dexterity, magic and con­ tortionism.

They have toured much of the world and tickets for their single show cost from €18 to €24 online.

Then on Saturday January 25 Torrevieja wel­

comes the Brothers in Band and their Very Best of Dire Straits show which faithfully reproduces the sounds of one of Britain’s most successful bands.

The original band will not be performing again and Mark Knopfler has become a regular composer of film soundtracks, but this Spanish band have spent years honing their performance so that if you close your eyes, you think that you are back watch­ ing the real thing.

High spots include, Sultans of Swing, Love over Gold, Romeo and Juliet and naturally, Money for Nothing.

This is a nine­piece band of professional musi­ cians who are known for their album and DVD re­ leases and they simply spend most of their lives on the road reproducing the music of their heroes.

Tickets cost from €25 to €35 online or at the Au­ ditorium box office.

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THE FUTURE MARKET MANY UK investors have been holding back on overseas property investment since the 2016 UK referendum on membership of the EU. And as UK expats have been powerful investors in Spanish property in the past, online portal PropertyForum has looked at what the alleged ‘release of the Brexit paralysis’ following the general election means for Spanish property in 2020.

Ongoing recovery Many experts believe the growth in Spanish real estate prices will continue into 2020.

The construction sector and tourism industry are the mainstay of the Spanish economy, so, a continued recovery of the two will help Spanish economic growth and attract more investors and tourists.

Brought back to life As developers experienced a financial crisis in the wake of the 2008/9 economic downturn, many developments were

shelved. But according to PropertyForum, the recent recovery in the market has seen many of these projects brought back to life, creating buoyant local economies.

Coastal developments Many overseas investors are now looking towards coastal regions, though the likes of Madrid and Barcelona will remain a core element of the market in Spain. While UK expats have been significant investors in Spanish coastal properties, they are now also the preferred choice of Scandinavians,

French, Belgian and Dutch investors.

Mortgage rates In Spain they are near record lows, but outstanding debt in the country has reached historic highs and many experts expect the Spanish government to implement policies in 2020 to address this issue.

T his may include additional taxes on Spanish banks which could in turn be reflected in higher mortgage rates. Investors are therefore likely to take advantage of current low mortgage rates in early 2020.

POPULAR: Property investors are looking at coastal regions.

Real estate trend THE build­to­rent trend in Spain reflects the current trend on the country’s real estate market to construct with the aim to rent rather than to sell the property, ac­ cording to Mónica Sentieri, director of proptech ElWork­ ing.

She analysed why this type of real estate product now makes more sense than ever and could be interesting for foreign investors looking to buy property in Spain as a safe investment. * New generations that prefer renting compared to buying Accessing the finances to

buy a home is the first stum­ bling block for many people, but there are other social factors, such as the need to feel free or have geographic mobility.

The Spanish society has changed. Today, when young people finish their studies they no longer plan their life thinking about getting mar­ ried and buying a house.

They rather have an expecta­ tion of a long road ahead, of­ ten adverse to closed com­ mitments of long­term mortgages. * Increase in rental in­ come in recent years When demand increases

and supply remains stable, price increases are the direct consequence. And during the last 10 years, fewer new hous­ es have been built in Spain.

The increase in the price of rented housing is concen­ trated in the main cities of Spain, with Madrid and Barcelona having the great­ est shortage of properties at the moment. * Fiscal measures that favour the product intended for leasing In recent years, the Span­ ish Hacienda has adopted various tax measures to en­ courage rental housing. On the one hand, there are re­ ductions of 85 per cent in the tax rate for those compa­ nies that have more than eight homes for rent.

On the other hand, there is also an attractive special tax regime for companies dedicated to the leasing of urban real estate, known as SOCIMI, whose tax rate is 0 per cent, with sole taxation at the headquarters of the shareholder when dividends

ATTRACTIVE: The build-to-rent trend.

are distributed.

In general, if there is greater demand for a prod­ uct, prices are rising, and there is a favourable tax

regime, this immediately translates into greater po­ tential return on the invest­ ment. This new build­to­rent trend in Spain has become

more attractive due to re­ cent developments, even for foreign private owners who are looking for investment opportunities in Spain.

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CHARITIES/CHURCHES LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church. We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.15am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.15 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30am. Our choir sings at our 11.15am Services and there is also a Sunday school, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays. We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more information see our website w w w. l a s i e s t a e va n g e l i calchurch.org www.euroweeklynews.com

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ROUNDABOUT CHARIT Y S H O P . We a r e soon into winter and very s o o n w e w i l l b e fe e l i n g the cold! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, b o o k s o r b r i c - a - b ra c .

There is usually something there for everyone but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Canc e r Re s e a r c h a n d T h e Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc.

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ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch now meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1700 (5pm) at CHE LOCO bar/restaurant, El Chaparral urbanization, Torrevieja. For more information please contact Chairman Paul Edwards on 618644934, Vice Chairman Danny Kay on 966716274 or Secretary Margaret Forshaw on 966921996.

(95455) ROYAL BRITISH LEGION - Why not make this year the year you volunteer? Call and see how you can help either as a caseworker (with full training) or as a Telephone Buddy.

We also visit beneficiaries who are housebound or in hospital. If you feel you could support us here in Spain, and you have a Spanish phone number then why not email us for more info tbuddyhhvis its@gmail.com. If you or your partner served or are serving, and you feel you need help or support then contact us using the details on the card, we are here for the small things as well as the big, sometimes talking to someone is the first step to feeling more in control. It can be a personal need or some help with your home or information on what or who to speak to on a medical issue, we help with signposting if we cannot help directly, just call and have a chat with Pam who will try to guide you to where you need to be. If you would like to go to a branch meeting then find your nearest one at, http://branches.britishle gion.org.uk/branches/ori huela-costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Tuesday of each month at 19.00 19.30pm. More info can be

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CLASSIFIEDS found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.u k. (95457) H E L P V E G A B A J A . We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 ( Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpveg abaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com.

We also have a 24hour Emergency helpline which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456) The Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre Playa Flamenca. Calle Luis Gordillo, 1 Playa Flamenca Alicante 03189. Your local spiritualist centre open to everyone, a warm welcome awaits you all. We have Two public services per week with different international and local mediums. Our Sunday divine service with clairvoyance starts at 11 o’clock until 12 o’clock Tuesday evening of clairvoyance starts at 7.30 until 9 o’clock Thursday evening open group, with meditation, discussions and training 7.30 until 9. Thursday and Tuesday mornings spiritual energy healing 10.30 until 12 o’clock Private readings are

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Private healing sessions are available by appointment.

We also cover spiritual services, Hall is available for hire which seats 75 people.You can join us on Facebook, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Or contact Linda Schug Tel. 606 990 665 for more details PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar.

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(95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required, please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) Torrevieja Christian F e l l o w s h i p From Sunday 1st of September S a l t C h u r c h , fo r m a l l y k n o w n a s To r r e v i e j a Christian Fellowship will be relocating to Calle Daya Nueva 12, Poligono I n d . L e va n t e 1 1 , 0 3 1 8 7 Los Montesinos. Sunday C e l e b ra t i o n 1 0 . 3 0 . a . m . w i t h “ K i d s C h u r c h ”.

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CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello.

The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc., and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 email aecc_campello@hot mail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano

Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.00 a.m; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m.

House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia Contact 966 752 543 / 966 799 273. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / /617 215 463 www.icatorrevieja.org (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664 FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is

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RELAXATION

MOTORING SINCE the introduction of the Dream D­Type in 1949, Honda’s 70th anniversary of motorcycle mass­production marks the compa­ ny’s 400 million­unit milestone for global motorcycle production.

Honda was founded in 1948, and began mass­production of motorcy­ cles at its first overseas production facility in Belgium in 1963. Since then, Honda has expanded its pro­ duction globally in accordance with its fundamental principle of produc­ ing locally where there is demand.

Honda currently produces a wide range of motorcycles, from 50cc commuters to 1,800cc models, at 35 facilities in 21 countries.

Since its foundation, Honda has developed and provided products that meet the needs of customers in many countries and regions, based on its belief that ‘the purpose of technology is to help people.’

As a result, Honda achieved its 100 million­unit milestone in 1997, and its 300 million­unit milestone in 2014. In 2018, Honda exceeded an annual production of 20 million units for the first time in its history, and enjoys strong support from cus­ tomers in the Asia region and worldwide. Honda will continue to

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Motorcycle milestone construct its development and pro­ duction structure to meet rising de­ mand. And, Honda will strive to re­ alise its 2030 vision, to serve people worldwide with the ‘joy of expand­ ing their life’s potential.’

Takahiro Hachigo, Chief Executive Officer, Honda Motor Co Ltd, said: “For 70 years, Honda has provided to customers worldwide motorcy­ cles that make life easier and en­ joyable. As a result, we have achieved our 400 million­unit milestone. I am grateful to all of our customers, and everyone involved in de­ velopment, manufactur­ ing, sales and service of our products.

“We will continue to do our best to provide attractive products that meet the needs and dreams of our customers worldwide.”

1949 DREAM D-TYPE: Honda’s first major motorcycle model, manufactured in Japan.

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Inside, there is seating for a driver and a rear passenger as the rear bench has been removed to make way for a single armchair­style seat and wooden desk arrange­ ment, complete with it’s own table lamp.

In place of a front pas­ senger seat, there is a curved footrest. The ma­ terials used in the con­ struction of the new inte­ rior are eco­friendly, in line with BMW’s ‘com­ mitment to sustainable mobility.’ The floor mats,

for example, are made from recyclable materi­ als and are themselves fully recyclable.

BMW explained: “The aim was to create an inviting space with a high feelgood factor in which to spend time ­ the per­ fect place for relaxing, enjoying in­car entertain­ ment or focusing on work in a laid­back setting.”

During the Vegas show, a fleet of i3 Urban Suites that can be booked via a bespoke smartphone app will be used as chauffeur­driven shuttles around the city.

MOTORING

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ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher THE Mercedes­Benz brand is mostly associated with sports and luxury models, but many with more modest budgets aspire to own a Mercedes and the entry level model is the A Class, a well­designed and well­equipped family car.

Priced from €27,717 (£23,710), the A Class range of­ fers petrol and diesel engines and manual and automatic transmissions and even entry­ level SE versions come with a generous amount of standard features.

One of the popular choices is the entry­level SE model A180 diesel, which offers out­ standing fuel economy, aver­ aging 24.9 kpl (70.6 mpg).

Powered by a 1.5­litre 116 hp diesel unit and with six­speed manual gearbox, this version has a 0­100 kph time of 10.6 seconds and top speed of 203 kph (126 mph). Emissions are low at 106 g/km.

In a sector which includes stalwarts such as the Volk­ swagen Golf and BMW 1 Se­

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Mercedes-Benz A180 SE

A CLASS: A well-designed and well-equipped family car. ries, the Mercedes A Class cuts a dash, offering more vi­ sual cachet thanks to its sleek styling and a dramatic front end dominated by a large ex­ ample of its famous three­ pointed badge.

Inside, it is a similar story with a wow­factor dashboard with turbine­style vents, multi­

Facts at a glance Model: Mercedes-Benz A180 SE Engine: 1.5 litre diesel Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 10.6 seconds, top speed 203 kph (126 mph) Economy: 24.9 kpl (70.6 mpg) Emissions: 106 g/km

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

function sports steering wheel, chrome detailing and use of quality trim materials to create a very classy appearance which helps make you feel you are in something that is rather spe­ cial. The seating is comfortable and supportive, and there is good occupant space front and rear. The boot space of 360

litres is expandable by folding the rear seats.

Standard equipment in­ cludes four powered windows, climate control, sat­nav, cruise control, reversing sensors, digi­ tal radio, Bluetooth and con­ nectivity features, and safety kit includes auto emergency braking, lane departure warn­ ing and tyre pressure monitor­ ing.

On the road, the engine de­ livers its power quietly, smoothly and progressively, making both city and open­ road driving quite relaxing, The suspension is well­balanced providing precise and com­ posed handling and supple ride quality.

Summing up, the A180 is a strong contender in the crowd­ ed family car sector, offering a very good all­round package with the kudos of a prestige badge. Mercedes says the A Class ‘redefines the compact class’ and I think anyone who test drives one will find it hard to challenge that assertion.

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MOTORING

IN Mid­December at the Au­ tostadt, the Volkswagen brand delivered the 250,000th electric car since the introduction of the e­up! in 2013.

The brand’s electrified model range has been continually ex­ panded in the following years: e­ Golf and Golf GTE followed in 2014, the Passat GTE and Passat Variant GTE in 2015. Since 2018, the Passat and Tiguan have been available as plug­in hybrids in China, where they were followed by battery electric versions of the Bora and Lavida this year.

The best­selling electric car has been the e­Golf with 104,000 units delivered, followed by the Golf GTE (51,000), Passat Variant GTE (42,000) and e­up! (21,000).

Half of the customers opted for a battery electric vehicle and the other half for a plug­in hybrid.

The 250,000th car is a ‘Pure White’ e­Golf which was present­ ed to Sandra Fleischer from Herne, who took delivery of the car at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg.

Jürgen Stackmann, Board Mem­ ber for Sales, Marketing and After

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Quarter of a million

HANDOVER: The anniversary car was presented to Sandra Fleischer (second from left) accompanied by Frederike Gasber by Michael Fröhlich (left), Head of Vehicle Deliveries Autostadt, and Francesco Forte, Head of Customer Management Autostadt.

Sales, said: “With the 250,000th electrified vehicle, the Volkswa­ gen brand has reached a major milestone on the way to carbon­ neutral mobility. Especially all­ electric vehicles such as our new ID family are the answer to major challenges of our times.

“They offer considerable dri­ ving pleasure and advantages we could only dream of a few years ago.

“They have a carbon­neutral balance, offer more space with comparable outside dimensions, and are quiet, highly efficient, economical and inexpensive to maintain. This is why we will be selling the next 250,000 electri­ fied vehicles in a considerably shorter period of time. At Volk­ swagen, we are convinced that the future is electric.”

Despite some model changes, the Volkswagen brand delivered more than 70,000 electrified ve­ hicles in 2019 ­ following 50,000 last year. The main sales markets in 2019 were China, Norway, Ger­ many, the USA and the United Kingdom.

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ARSENAL THROUGH ARSENAL moved into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 1-0 victory over Leeds United on Monday.

Mikel Arteta earned his second win as head coach in all competitions thanks to a scrappy finish from Reiss Nel­ son 10 minutes after the restart.

Championship leaders Leeds had entirely controlled a first half in which Arsenal looked a shadow of the team that played so well in the nar­ row loss to Chelseaand 2­0 victory over Manchester Unit­ ed recently in the Premier League.

Arteta, though, managed to spark a second­half upturn to secure a fourth­round match away to Bournemouth.

A strong Arsenal side were outplayed in the first 45 min­ utes at Emirates Stadium, Leeds managing 15 shots and 63 per cent of the ball on the Gunners’ own turf.

Goalkeeper Emiliano Mar­

ARSENAL: Will be looking for some silverware this year.

tinez saved well from Jack Harrison’s strike before Patrick Bamford rattled the crossbar from inside the penalty area, as the visitors continued to win the ball back with ease whenever the hosts moved forward.

Martinez had to react bril­ liantly to make sure Sokratis Papastathopoulos did not turn Luke Ayling’s cross into his own net, as the visitors failed to make the most of several good openings.

Arteta’s half­time talk

clearly got through as Arse­ nal started the second half on the front foot, and they snatched a fortuitous break­ through after 55 minutes when Nelson scuffed a finish past Illan Meslier after a cross from Lacazette de­

flected into his path.

Leeds were now looking unable to cope with a high press and substitute Gabriel Martinelli forced a good save from Meslier, after Lacazette had escaped punishment when VAR reviewed him kick­

ing out at Gaetano Berardi.

Such was the difference be­ tween Arsenal’s perfor­ mances in the first and sec­ ond halves that whatever Arteta said to his players should be noted down and taught in coaching classes.

A lifeless, disconnected dis­ play turned into a high­press­ ing and hard­working ap­ proach to which Leeds had no answer.

But for Martinez’s excellent first­half saves, this game could have been beyond the Gunners long before Arteta had the chance to lift his play­ ers’ performance.

Having hit the bar in a promising first half, Bamford grew less and less effective in the second and was mostly a passenger for the final 20 minutes.

Arsenal under their new manager will be looking for some silverware this year and the FA Cup is probably their biggest target and off they go into the next round.

ALONSO TACKLES DAKKAR SPAIN’S greatest racing driver Fernando Alonso learned the hard way as he set about his introduction to the Dakar Rally on Monday, when his Toyota Hilux tore a wheel off as he hit a ditch caused by sand blinding from rival cars, Alonso had no vi­ sion at all as he ripped off the wheel and causing bad damage to his car.

Spain’s double Formula 1 world champion started Monday’s sec­ ond stage 11th overall and was close to the front running pace on the Al Wajh ­ Neom test when he ‘hit a hole’ less than halfway through the 228­mile stage setting him back down the positions.

Alonso and his teammate Como turned mechanic and fixed up the car themselves to save time using parts they were carrying in the car rather than using the assistance truck that can be provided in the desert, this saved them valuable time, although it cost them two hours, which could have been a lot worse for the Spanish hero.

The country of Spain are routing for their sporting hero to get back

ALONSO: Spain are routing for their sporting hero.

on the pace and catch up with the leaders and Alonso’s vast experi­ ence on car repairs from his For­ mula 1 days where he used to study rather more than other dri­ vers. That experience came to

good use on Monday saving vital time.

Spain’s Alonso, is attempting to be the first driver from F1 to win the Dakkar rally and bring back the winning trophy to Spain.

As he does so Spaniards are glued to their TV sets across Spain willing him on, with many bars across Spain switching off football in preference for their racing hero.

This is not the first different test for Fernando, he’s also won the iconic Le Mans title as well as his two times world championships in F1, although he has twice at­ tempted the gruelling Indy 500 to no success yet, although that re­ mains forefront of his mind.

The first attempt as a rookie saw him in great position to take the flag and the famous bottle of milk in Indianapolis but engine failure on the final laps put paid to that, whilst in 2019 his McLaren team set the car up wrongly against his mechanical wealth of knowledge and he failed to qualify for the ‘big one.’

Paul Mohamed a former ‘lug nut’ ( mechanic) of Alonso as known in America told the Euro Weekly News, “It’s early stages yet still in this challenge for Fernando ­ his ex­ perience and understanding of car rebuilds certainly made a huge dif­ ference, most drivers would have relied on the assistance truck cost­ ing them at least four to five hours, but he cut that time.

“I still wouldn’t write him off, he has the heart of a lion.”