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Inside Flintshire Magazine School’s out for Summer! Let’s keep our fingers crossed the excellent weather continues throughout the school holidays. We often get messages from: local people asking where they can pick a copy of our magazine up from so we now stock our magazines at verious large supermarkets and outlets across Flintshire so it’s even easier than every to get your hands on your favourite magazine - see page 12 for the full list.

So what do we have in store for you in this month’s issue? We have another amazing competition page with a chance to win tickets to see Ocean Colour Scene, The Damned, a family Day pass to the Mold Food Festival and not forgetting £25 in our Who Am I? competition.

Take a look at our double page preview of this year’s Mold Food Festival on pages 6-7. We take a look at what Chester Zoo has to offer on pages 18-19. Our discover feature this month sees us visit Southport on pages 26-27. Looking for a last minute holiday get away? Then take a look at our 10 best Spanish family resorts on pages 10-11. We have are fitness and health editorials, gardening, motoring, film reviews and lots lots more inside.

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A feast of food, music, and family fun‌ Mold Food and Drink Festival will be returning for the 13th year, bringing with it the very best exhibitors, cookery theatres, produce, and leading names in the culinary world.

and revealing just what is on the festival menu for what is now a highlight in the North Wales event calendar.

Exhibitors are currently being booked so if you would like to be a part of the event then do get in touch.

CELEBRITY AND LOCAL CHEFS We’ll be joined by a stellar line-up of celebrity and local chefs.

Celebrity Masterchef winner, author and actress Lisa Faulkner will be joining us on Sunday September 16th, cooking up dishes for visitors to try.

To be held on Mold’s New Street car park on September 15 and 16th our festival is the perfect recipe of exhibitors, activities, music, and cookery demonstrations – something for everyone with a dusting of a little Mold magic.

We’ll have outstanding produce, some new faces, and a welcome return for some firm favourites including the ever-popular children’s cookery school.

Over the next few months we’ll be unveiling more of the 2018 line-up, announcing our chefs

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Television chef Lisa has enjoyed a stellar cooking career since winning the BBC One competition.

Now a successful author with five books to her name, Lisa will be making her first visit to North Wales. We’ll also be welcoming back Graham Tinsley MBE. With the Welsh National Culinary Team, Graham has had the privilege of cooking for the Queen and members of the Royal Family on numerous occasions, as well as the Emperor of Japan and European Heads of State at Cardiff Castle.

Watch this space for details of other chefs joining us over the weekend.

Celebrity Masterchef winner and author Lisa Faulkner will headline on Sunday September 16th and we’ll announce the rest of the stellar line-up very soon.

ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN Rides, trampolines, face painting and more, there’s something to keep little ones entertained and amused throughout the day. And don’t forget our FREE kids’ cookery and science sessions too.

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CHILDREN'S COOKERY SCHOOL Our hugely popular Children’s Cookery School & Food Science Lab is back this year and it’s bigger and better than ever before with EXTRA sessions. It’s a fantastic opportunity for children to get involved with food and cooking – and all the sessions are FREE! 11:00am - 12:00pm Tantalising Taste Buds We'll learn about the 5 tastes, investigate the difference between 'taste' and 'flavour' and use what we've learned to make a Chinese noodle salad (yum)!

1:00 - 2:00pm Marvellous Microbes We learn about micro-organisms, and how they can be good as well as bad for us in cooking when we create our own pickled vegetables.

2:30 - 3:30pm Eating With Our Eyes & Ears!

Can crunching a packet of crisps in our ear whilst eating a yoghurt affect the way we eat? Does a blue plate make our food taste more salty?

We’ll be trying to answer these and other questions before a couscous salad to take home and eat.

4:00 - 5:00pm Fizz! Bang! Wallop!

We discover how CO2 makes dough rise as we create bread bubble bombs, carbon dioxide rockets and make a scrumptious bread roll and homemade butter to take home and cook.

All sessions will be led by a team of expert cooks and aprons will be provided.

LIVE MUSIC MOLD TOWN CONCERT BAND Saturday • 10:00 The band was originally formed as the Argoed Concert Band in 1997.

Adopted by Mold Town Council in 1999 we became Mold Town Band.

Then in 2002 we changed our name to Mold Town Concert Band.

NORTHOP YOUTH BAND Sunday • 11:00 Members of this 30-strong band range from 10 years of age upwards!

The band plays to audiences of all sizes at various events in the area.

COR-Y-LLAN Saturday • 11:00 Côr-y-Llan was established as part of the Ysceifiog Festival of Performing and Creative Arts in 2013 which was supported by the Arts Council of Wales, the National Lottery, Cadwyn Clwyd, and the Welsh Assembly Government.

PENTENNYN Saturday • 12:00 Pentennyn. A folk quartet, Pentennyn mainly sing and play songs and melodies from the Welsh tradition but also from other origins.

Pentennyn enjoy singing their lively arrangements of the familiar and new and are also an experttwmpath (barn dance/ceilidh) band.

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Holiday review

August

Ten family-friendly Spanish resorts Tossa de Mar

This Costa Brava resort is an established hit with families.

There’s enough to do day and night yet the atmosphere remains relaxed rather than in your face. And its beaches are more on the mild than wild side, despite being located on Spain’s famously rugged coast.

Moraira

Keep your littler ones out of your hair with a day trip to Aqualandia, the Mundomar Marine Park, or Terra Mitíca theme park in nearby Benidorm. Alternatively, take things easier in this chilled, yet rarely chilly, Costa Blanca resort.

What was once a bustling fishing village has Moraira become an easyon-the eye tourist destination, with its picturepostcard setting of pine-clad mountains rolling down to turquoise water.

Puerto de la Cruz

Think of Tenerife and you might well conjure up images of brightly-lit discos and beaches thronged with partying youngsters. Where it seems to be one long half-term break. Not so in northern Puerto de la Cruz which is less manic than the sexy southern resorts of Las Américas and Los Cristianos, but which still offers fun-for-all-the-family attractions in Loro Parque and the Lago Martianez water park.

Costa Teguise

Another Canary Island, another family-friendly holiday destination. This time it’s Lanzarote and Costa Teguise.

More restrained than livelier Puerto del Carmen, there’s nothing grotty about a resort which grew up under the watchful eye of César Manrique, an architect/artist, who ensured it didn’t become overdeveloped.

Puerto de Mogán

César Manrique, no lover of multi-storey buildings, would approve of the low-level charm of Puerto de Mogán, on the neighbouring island of Gran Canaria. Although designed by Malaga-born Rafael Neville, there are plenty of Manriquelike touches. Especially the bougainvillea-clad whitewashed properties. Playa del Inglés, it isn’t.

Tossa de Mar

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Calella de Palafrugell

A classy Catalan resort which remains blissfully underdeveloped, Calella de Palafrugell is very much the unspoilt Costa Brava. From sandy beaches to hidden coves which wouldn’t look out of place on the pages of Treasure Island, you and your family won’t tire of discovering this area’s various nook and crannies. And all reached in under an hour from Girona airport.

Aigua Blava

Close to Calella de Palafrugell, heading in the direction of Begur, you’ll find the equally beguiling resort of Aigua Blava. Its small beach becomes busier in summer, but not unbearably so. This is the less commercial part of the Costa Brava, after all.

Port de Pollença

Hit the north of Mallorca for the laidback Port de Pollença, the very antithesis of Magaluf, the island’s wild west. The beaches slope gently down to the sea here which is perfect

Aigua Blava

for younger members of the family who haven’t shed their water wings yet. Keep an eye out for cycling hero Bradley Wiggins who loves to holiday in the area with his family.

Portinatx

Twentysomething kilometres, just over a 30-minute drive.

That’s all that separates Ibiza’s Portinatx from the party island’s infamous San Antonio. However, they might as well be located in another time zone, for whilst the former is all fiesta fiesta, no time for siesta, the latter is a place where any time of the day seems a perfect excuse for a gentle snooze.

Corralejo

The beauty of Fuerteventura’s Corralejo is that you can visit all year round, whether it be for a short Christmas break or longer summer holiday. Even the most energetic children will tire after a day spent playing in the great outdoors of beaches backing onto Atlantic surf. Which will ensure a peaceful evening for you, at the very least.

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How to choose the ideal garden room A garden room is a great way to give your home a new lease of life. If you’re craving extra space at home and have the ability and budget to extend out into your garden, go for it! A stunning outdoor room can dramatically improve the look and feel of your home, providing a tranquil bolt hole from day-to-day life. It also has the potential to add value to your property.

Create a classic hardwood conservatory

An extra room looking onto the garden is a traditional choice for many country homes. Painted hardwood is popular and has benefits over other materials such as aluminium.

Hardwood will last for years with little more maintenance than repainting.

Build a kitchen-conservatory extension

A conservatory that opensHow out from the kitchen be home to add valuemust to your Ourhaving homesaare an investment planned with care. It’s worth thermal comfort so, when it comes to property value, the question ‘how analysis carried out and tweak your design accordingly to much is my house worth?’ is one of the most frequently asked. It’s then ensure the space doesn’tfollowed becomeby tooanhot it summer or toovaluation by a inevitable property cold in winter. In large, open-plan consider using series of spaces, estate agents, which then results in most homeowners asking, ‘so howedcan appliances with a low noise level as sound is magnifi in aI add value to to my flhome?’ glazed area with a hard tiled oor. If that sounds familiar, there are plenty of ways to increase the value of your home – from renovations, extensions and big decorating jobs, to smaller, more budget-conscious Go contemporary with a glass box extension updates that will helps boost can yourwork homes selling Contemporary conservatory designs well even power. for period houses. Glass with solar properties refl ects Before you make any big design decisions or start internally-produced heat back intoan a room makes the planning all-outand home renovation project, we would recommend to a to trusted local estate most of the sun’s rays. Glass box structuresspeaking can be used agent, whodetracting knows about sale prices – and link two buildings together without fromhouse original what sells – in your area to ensure that any architectural details. amendments or additions that you make your home will, in fact, add value to the property. All homes have a ceiling price so it’s vital to make sure that you Add a traditional orangery don’t end up losing money by doing renovations that An orangery is more substantial conservatory.

It is don’t, inthan fact,aalter the value of your home – although they maytowell be worth it if they make your home a usually made of brick or masonry match the existing more comfortable place to live. property, with floor-to-ceiling windows and a lantern-style roof. Orangeries are the perfect solution for kitchen-diners so up or just want So, whether you’re thinking of selling you will need to plan howtotoadd usevalue the space from thelong-term start. to your home by investing in it now, here are some of the most popular (and proven) ways to increase your property’s value and Design an outdoor garden room boost its selling power.

Try creating an outdoor room by trailing vines over a canopy on a terrace. Here, a pretty diningan room, complete with Build extension Whether it’s a plenty side return or a glass-box extension, impromptu porthole window, provides of shelter from adding a single-storey extension the sun. Green crockery neatly mirrors the greenery of thecan start at around £30,000, while two storeys are generally about 50% foliage.

more expensive – so from approximately £45,000 (before VAT) depending on size and location.

According to Nationwide Building Society, a modern extension on the ground floor can increase your property’s value by around 5%, while adding a bedroom to create a three-bed house will add about 12% to the potential asking price.

When planning an extension, design rooms to be as big as possible, but without sacrificing too much of the garden or outdoor area – this can make a property feel out of balance and deter buyers.

Check with the local planning office to see if you need permission to carry out building work. All home improvements on this scale must also comply with Building Regulations and be inspected and passed at key stages.

Plan a loft conversion

A loft conversion is the most cost-effective way to gain extra living space and you should be able to do it if your home was built before 1975 and/or the loft has a maximum headroom of 2.3m.

Work on converting an attic costs from around £20,000 – although on average a dormer loft conversion with a double bedroom and en-suite bathroom is more likely to be in the region of £3545k – and takes about six to 12 weeks to complete.

This configuration is the most popular option and, according to Nationwide Building Society, it could add an estimated 21% to the value of your home.

Remember, take professional advice before you start to plan your loft conversion because it must meet building and fire regulations.

Maximise on space with a lean-to conservatory

This is a popular style for homes with limited space.

A lean-to is particularly common for period terraces as they make the most of the space at the side of a house. Take advantage of the ‘side return’ space at the back of a Victorian or Edwardian terraced house to create a long, narrow leanto-style conservatory.

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There's so much to see and do - we don't know where to start! There's over 21,000 of the world's most exotic and endangered animals to discover in 125 acres of award-winning gardens.

Start exploring today to find out more about our wonderful wildlife and immersive habitats.

And we're not just an amazing day out. You'll see that as a wildlife charity, conservation is at the heart of everything we do, here in the zoo and around the world.

Daily Animal Talks Come along to one of our talks to get to know our animals a little better and find out some of what we think are the most amazing facts about some of our most brilliant species. Animal talks usually last around 7 minutes with the chance to ask questions afterwards.

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Animal chats: These are a quieter chance to meet our Zoo Rangers and ask all of your questions about our animals. Look out for our friendly team and pop over to say hello.

Drop-in ‘Discover’ activities: How much do you know about Elephants and chillies? And have you ever heard of a Jungle Nymph? Our drop-in ‘Discover’ sessions are the perfect chance for all ages to get up-close to some amazing animals and objects and to chat to our Zoo Rangers about the latest conservation updates from the field.

Drop-in ‘Science at the Zoo’ activities: Do you know what an endocrinologist does? And have you ever helped to design a Komodo Dragon’s habitat? We have a dedicated Science team at the zoo and employ the latest research techniques to make sure that our animals are happy and healthy. Explore why science is so

important to us and get hands on with real equipment to learn just what it takes to be a Chester Zoo scientist.

Bird Feeds: The chance to get close to some of the zoo’s most beautiful feathered inhabitants whilst they have their lunch. The Zoo Rangers will be on-hand to chat and answer all your questions.

Just so you know, sometimes we might change our talks and activities because of animal needs or the weather.

All of these events are FREE to attend and we have different ones on different days, so be sure to check the schedule on our Chester Zoo app or inside the zoo. If you have any additional requirements, just speak to our Zoo Ranger team who will be happy to help.

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Meet our Animals We're a registered charity and one of the world's leading centres for conservation, working in the UK and around the world to help protect animals and plants from extinction.

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As we learn more, we can do more to Act for Wildlife and protect threatened species around the world. It’s incredibly important work. And not just because animals are lovely, but because what happens to wildlife affects everyone on Earth.

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August

The new BMW X4: Have your cake and eat it

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MW will not be deflected from its coupe-SUV course. Having created the divisive breed with the ‘distinctive’ X6 in 2008, its smaller, X3-based X4 was launched in 2014 before any of its rivals had even joined the party.

At the time of writing, only Mercedes has deigned to go down the same route, with its X4-rivalling GLC Coupe and X6-analogue GLE Coupe models.

Almost all the five global launch variants of the X4 will have four-cylinder turbocharged engines, eight-speed Steptronic automatic gearboxes and a reworked xDrive four-wheel-drive system, but there’s a solitary six-pot in the range and it’s coming to the UK: furthermore, it’s the sole M Performance derivative (for now…), badged the M40d.

Packing a twin-turbo 3.0-litre diesel, it delivers 322bhp with a colossal 502lb ft backing it up, which results in one seriously quick SUV.

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Is it just another X3 with less rear headroom?

Hardly. BMW says it has taken the M Sport suspension of the X4’s closely-related third-gen X3 stablemate and then tweaked it to accommodate the coupe model’s lower ride height and sportier intent. Further, its centre-of-gravity is lower than the X3’s, it has a 30mm wider rear track than the old X4’s, there’s an M Sport differential on the trailing axle.

Moving inside, the X4 is slightly larger in all the dimensions that matter, with an additional 54mm in the wheelbase resulting in 27mm of extra legroom for those seated in the rear. The 525-litre boot is also useful and it’s accessed by an electrically-powered tailgate as standard, while the rear seats split 40:20:40 to maintain as much SUV practicality as that sloping roofline will allow.

And the looks? Well… we kind of like them. Only the most fervent coupe-SUV haters could argue that it’s ugly, while there’s a real appeal to the smoothed-off rear end of the BMW. Obviously, M Performance 21-inch alloys, the beefed-up bodywork and the lustrous Flamenco Red metallic paint help, but we’re inclined to say this is the most handsome coupe-SUV we’ve yet seen.

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Do I have to have diesel for M Performance?

Nope, an M40i with a 3.0-litre turbocharged straight-six petrol – delivering 355bhp and 369lb ft – is on the way later this year. However, there’s no reason to overlook the M40d, because it’s a superb performance SUV, which blends together a deft chassis, a thumping drivetrain and a veneer of top-level civility.

It’s not without faults; the ride on the 21s, with the adaptive dampers in Comfort, is occasionally on the lumpier side of smooth and the steering is needlessly heavy in Sport and Sport+ modes, while the engine doesn’t like to rev – no turbodiesel does, but if you’ve sampled an X4 M40i, the derv-burner’s reluctance to spin up will frustrate you.

However, the steering, in general, is utterly faithful and super-precise. Body roll is remarkably quelled and – if you turn off all the electronic traction aids – the rear-biased xDrive and the M diff will allow you to punch the X4 into mild oversteer on the exit of tighter bends. Not tyresmoking drifts, mind, just a serene amount of slip with a tiny snifter of correctional opposite lock. Wonderful.

Driven more sedately, you can appreciate the SUV’s slippery aerodynamic properties, as they help contribute to a cabin that is eminently hushed. With lower revs on the dial, you’ll be hard-pressed to hear anything from the engine and

so it’s left to the tyres to aurally keep you informed of the BMW’s forward momentum.

BMW X4 M40d: the verdict

The BMW X4 M40d is a prime example of ‘have your cake and eat it too’. It’s fast but frugal, practical yet aesthetically stylish – and, sometimes, trying to cram a load of conflicting characteristics into one product can lead to a severely compromised result. But to drive the new X4 is to love it. As SUVs go, no matter what their exterior shape, this BMW is one of the most rewarding to steer.

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Southport S

ituated on the Sefton coast, Southport is easy to reach from all over the North West. Close to both Liverpool and Manchester, Southport is a great coastal town to escape the hustle and bustle of a big city for a day out, short break or a ‘staycation’!

Southport Pleasureland

Pleasureland is Southport’s premier attraction for families looking for a wonderful place to go. There’s a fun mix of rides and amusements set around a park that’s family friendly, clean as a whistle and blooming with hanging baskets and flower beds.

It offers families a mix of thrilling roller coasters, flumes and waltzers plus loads of rides designed for younger visitors.

The park also has an indoor amusement area with a coffee bar and food offering and free shows throughout the season.

On the stalls you can test your luck on the Arabian Derby, Hook a Duck or Penalty Shoot Out. There are Go Karts, Dodgems, food and drink outlets and a lovely gift shop.

Southport Pier

Antony Gormley (main pic, above).

The beach has been awarded the Quality Coast Award by Keep Britain Tidy and the standards of beach management are of the highest quality in the UK. Visitors can walk along Crosby Beach and the Coastal Path and take in views of the sea, the Wirral and North Wales.

Access to this strip of coast is good with four train stations and free car parks at Crosby Marine Lake, Mariners Road and Hall Road.

Ainsdale Beach

Ainsdale Beach is now recognised as one of the premier beaches in the UK for extreme kite activities, with zones set aside for kite buggy and landboard use and kitesurfing taking place on the sea.

The Ainsdale Discovery Centre, situated adjacent to the beach and Ainsdale & Birkdale Sandhills Local Nature Reserve, provides local information, a classroom facility, venue for events and free cycle hire .

Open during the summer, you are welcome to pop in and see the shell collection and find out what wildlife there is to see and maybe have a go at a family activity.

The 1,000 metre long Southport Pier is the country’s secend longest and oldest iron pier, having stood for over 150 years. On a clear day you can see neighbouring Blackpool and even the North Wales coast.

The pier tram will take you straight to the end where you can grab a cup of tea in the pier pavilion and view a small exhibition on Southport’s history as well as playing traditional penny slot machines, including pre-decimal one armed bandits.

At the pier entrance, Silcocks Funland has plenty of amusements including the famous ‘Golden Gallopers’ carousel.

Crosby Beach

Crosby Beach is now the permanent home to ‘Another Place’, the sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist,

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Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre

Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre is a £10 million centre offering a variety of water sports activities for young and old alike, a fitness suite and fitness classes, premier conference & meeting suites plus the fantastic Lakeside Bistro & Bar. It offers individuals and groups the opportunity to experience watersports and adventurous activities on its 24 hectare lake within Crosby Coastal Park. The centre is recognised by the Adventurous Activities Licensing Service, the Royal Yachting Association and can offer British Canoe Union courses. Courses include sailing, paddling, windsurfing and powerboating.

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Lamb, apricot & shallot tagine Adapted from the Moroccan roast lamb fish ‘mechoui’, this slow-cooked dish has an aromatic marinade and irresistably fruity sauce.

Ingredients 1 large leg of lamb, bone in (about 2kg) | 600g shallot, halved if particularly large | 400g small apricot, halved and stoned | 85g whole skinless almond | 2 preserved lemons, flesh discarded, peel and pith finely chopped | 1 tbsp ras el hanout | 1 tbsp clear honey | 150ml hot chicken stock | small pack coriander, leaves picked | couscous and natural yoghurt, to serve.

For the marinade: 4 tbsp olive oil | 4 garlic cloves, crushed | 1 tbsp ground cumin | 2 tbsp clear honey | 2 tsp ground cinnamon | 2 tsp ground ginger | 2 tsp coriander seed | pinch of saffron.

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Run just below your lactate threshold

Heavy lifting The real fat burning benefits of introducing heavy lifting to your training come after your workout has finished. This is because your metabolism is raised in the hours following the exercise as your body burns calories to repair muscles. Remember to only lift weights that you are comfortable with, as anything too heavy can cause you to sacrifice your form and therefore leave you susceptible to injury.

Train with kettlebells Introducing weights such as kettlebells into your workouts is another excellent way to see fat burning results. Training with kettlebells helps you to tone up your problem areas and therefore burn fat (as the more muscle mass a person has, the more calories they burn.) The aerobic nature of kettlebell exercises also helps to blast fat by raising your heart rate. Many gyms offer kettlercise classes or alternatively you could follow along at home with an online tutorial.

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Skipping A firm favorite of boxers, skipping is a high intensity, aerobic exercise that is fantastic for fat burning. It will raise your metabolism and keep your body burning fat after your workout has ended. Skipping will help your body burn more calories over a prolonged period of time in comparison to a less intense aerobic exercise, therefore making it one of the best fatburning exercises.

According to a recentlypublished report, relatively unfit men burn more fat when they run just below their lactate threshold in comparison to athletes who are much fitter.

To introduce this principle into your own training, warm up and begin to jog, then pick up your speed every few minutes until your muscles begin to burn and it becomes difficult for you to breathe. Once you have found your lactate threshold, slow your pace again and run just below this speed to gain optimal fat burning benefits.

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his responsibilities as Ant-Man when he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) with an urgent new mission.

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Gardening tasks for August In the flower garden

● Keep your Camellias and Rhododendrons well watered at this time of year to ensure that next year’s buds develop. ● Keep patio container plants well watered and feed with a liquid fertiliser every fortnight. ● Dead-head bedding plants and perennial plants to stop them self-seeding and to encourage further flowering into the autumn. ● Cut back faded perennials to keep borders tidy. ● Dead-head Lilies for a better flower display next year. ● Cut back herbs now to encourage a new flush of tasty leaves you can harvest before the frost. ● Prune summer flowering shrubs once they have finished blooming. ● Prune your Wisteria after flowering by removing all the whippy side-shoots from the main branch framework to about 20cm from their base (about five leaves from the main stem). ● Collect ripened seed and store for next year. Leaving some seed heads in place can be attractive and allows the plant to self-seed in the surrounding soil. ● Take cuttings of your favourite tender perennials such as pelargoniums and fuchsia to propagate them for next year. ● Look out for symptoms of Clematis Wilt such as wilting leaves and black discolouration on the leaves and stems of your Clematis. Cut out any infected plant material and dispose of it in your household waste.

In the vegetable garden ● Water your vegetable plants and fruit plants daily in warm weather. ● Apply a high-potash fertiliser such as tomato food once fruits start to form on peppers, cucumber and aubergines. ● Continue to feed tomato plants with a tomato fertiliser and remove leaves lower down on the plant to help with air cirulation and prevent disease. ● Pinch out the top of tomato plants to concentrate the growth into the fruit that has already formed. Aim to leave 5 or 6 trusses of fruit per plant. ● Cut back herbs now to encourage a new flush of tasty leaves that you can harvest before the frost. Dry or freeze

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your herbs to use in the kitchen later on. ● Spring-sown carrots and beetroot will be ready to harvest now although they can be left in the ground to keep growing. ● Continue to harvest second early potatoes now - perfect for salads! ● Start harvesting your maincrop potatoes as the leaves yellow and die back. Try storing your potatoes in hessian sacks which exclude light but allow adequate ventilation. ● Pick runner beans regularly to prevent them becoming stringy and to make room for developing pods. Leaving mature pods to set seed can prevent further flowers developing and reduce your crop. ● Keep an eye out for potato and tomato blight and remove and ● Don’t worry if your lawn is looking destroy any brown, the autumn rains will soon affected make it green again. plants ● Don’t feed your lawn with a highimmediately nitrogen fertiliser now as this will to prevent its encourage lots of lush new growth spread. which is easily damaged by autumn ● Check weather. for cabbage white butterfly ● Lawn growth slows down in late eggs under summer so raise the cutting brassica leaves height of your lawn mower to and squash any help the grass cope. that you find. ● Recut any lawn edges Alternatively use if needed. Try installing lawn nematodes to kill the edging to make future caterpillars. maintenance easier. ● Keep on top of weeds as they compete with your crops for nutrients and water.

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1947 1883: Krakatoa erupts

On 7th August the rumbling volcano of Krakatoa in south western Indonesia erupted, destroying most of the island. Krakatoa spewed out more than 25 cubic km of rock, ash and pumice in one of the most violent volcanic events of all time. The official death toll was 36,417, with many more injured, mostly by the resulting tsunamis.

1945: Hiroshima

On 6th August at 8:15am the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing around 140,000 people and injuring thousands more. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing a further 74,000 people. The two atomic bombs – to date the only nuclear weapons used in a war – resulted in Japan’s surrender, announced on 15th August, which officially brought to an end World War Two.

1588: Battle of the Armada In August 1588 Spain’s “invincible fleet” - the largest of its age with more than 130 ships and over 30,000 soldiers - attempted to invade and conquer England and was defeated by an English fleet led by Admiral Charles Howard and Vice-Admiral Francis

Drake. After engaging in a huge battle at Gravelines, off the north coast of France, the Spanish tried to retreat but were boxed in and forced out towards the Irish coast, where heavy storms destroyed much of the fleet.

1962: Marilyn Monroe dies On 5th August Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills. She made 29 films during her career and came to symbolize Hollywood glamour. In the following decades several conspiracy theories, including murder, have been put forward as the cause of Monroe’s death. A fresh investigation in 1982, however, failed to uncover any evidence of foul play.

1947: Indian independence

At midnight on 15th August 1947, India became an independent nation.

Although there had been uprisings against colonial rule for more than 400 years, it was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi, who is widely credited with leading India towards independence, pioneering a policy of non-cooperation and non-violent resistance.

1990: Iraq invades Kuwait

The Iraqi army invaded Kuwait on 2nd August amid claims that Kuwait threatened Iraq’s economic existence

by overproducing oil and driving prices down on the world market. An Iraqi military government was then installed in Kuwait which was annexed

by Iraq on the claim that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq. This resulted in Desert Shield, the massive Allied military buildup, and later the 100hour war against Iraq, Desert Storm.

1961: The Berlin Wall

On 13th August The Berlin Wall came into existence after the East German government closed the border between the east and west sectors of Berlin with barbed wire to discourage emigration to the West. The barbed wire was replaced by a 12 foot-high concrete wall eventually extending 103 miles (166 km) and became a notorious symbol of the Cold War.

1997: Death of Diana

Princess Diana died at age 36 on 31st August from massive internal injuries suffered in a high-speed car crash, reportedly after being pursued by photographers. The crash occurred shortly after midnight in Paris inside a tunnel along the Seine River at the Pont de l’Alma bridge, less than half a mile north of the Eiffel Tower.

Also killed in the crash were Diana’s companion, Dodi Fayed and chauffeur Henri Paul.

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