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Dozens of wildfires are spreading across the south of the country, fanned by hot weather and strong winds. Officials say an unknown number of homes have been destroyed and a firefighter has been injured in the state of Victoria.
are at their worst since 2009. Then an inferno killed 173 people and destroyed about 2,000 homes in a disaster dubbed Black Saturday.
evidence of serious injury. That's first and foremost our priority – protection of life."
Wildfires have destroyed at least 20 homes in Australia's Victoria state where authorities said conditions
Dennis Napthine, Victoria state premier, said: "At this stage we have no evidence of loss of life which is a great effort by the firefighters and all emergency services, and at this stage we have no
Rob Purcell from the Metropolitan Fire Brigade said: "It was very hard for us to initially get that fire to stop due to the fact that the winds were blowing up towards the airport."
Some residents have been ordered to leave and flames have spread to the outer suburbs of Australia's second biggest city, Melbourne.
It was Australia's deadliest natural disaster of the modern era.
Fire crews said they saved about 550 properties from an intense blaze at suburban Keilor, near Melbourne's airport.
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One man told the ABC that fast-moving flames had cut off his evacuation route, forcing him to stay and defend his property near Forbes, north of Melbourne. Homes have been lost
in the Melbourne suburbs of Warrandyte and Mickleham, and in Gisborne some 30 miles north-west of the city. Mr Napthine said help was available for anyone impacted by the wildfires:
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Well, that’s that then. BBC went first, then ITV channels went, despite people saying it would be against the law for them to not provide us with their stations. No more Call The Midwife or Mr Portillo and his trains. No more Homes under the Hammer, Escape to the Country or The Sherrifs are coming, and what a shame it is to lose them. Still, there are many more channels to choose from and there will be lots of ways devised, no doubt, for you to get them back again. We’ll keep you informed of developments as and when they happen but, at the end of the day, perhaps we’ll communicate more with our families, go out more and maybe, just maybe it will give a bit of a kick start to the economy by our doing that. One lives in hopes! This coming week sees Valentine’s Day on Friday and many restaurants and bars will be decking their places out with wonderful hearts and flowers everywhere. There will be special entertainment and menus all over the Costa and inland so why not make the most of it and go out and enjoy what’s on offer. Oh, yes... and if you have an “other half” for God’s sake don’t forget that card at least or you’ll be right in the doghouse ... you have been warned! My fabulous husband (and I don’t use the term lightly, he really is one of the best) always comes up with a brilliant card and we either go to one of the restaurants for a special meal, go away to an hotel and sample a local restaurant – last year it was French in Roquetas – or he cooks me one at home. My man is a very good cook and one of my favourites is a Greek dish of lamb shoulder roasted in the oven with pieces of garlic and rosemary stuffed into little slits in the skin. Buyrite Supermarket in Coin has some in (and at a very reasonable cost too) so we have also given you a recipe this week on Kym’s Kitchen (page 21) to give you another idea of how to cook a shoulder of lamb. Yummy!
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east Australia "The Victorian government has an assistance package in place that will be rolled out immediately for those people who have lost their homes."
More than 70 fires are burning across Victoria and 15 emergency warnings are in effect. Emergency crews are also fighting blazes in South Australia and New South Wales.
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Mr Abbot has since refined his opinions and now accepts global warming is happening.
Court has begun investigating top Communist Party officials, including former president Jiang Zemin, for crimes against humanity in Tibet.
investigation into the April 2003 death of a Spanish cameraman in Iraq, José Couso, after US soldiers fired at the hotel he was staying in.
Ruling party alone in bid to eliminate universal justice The ruling Partido Popular (PP) stands alone in its attempt to severely restrict the application of universal justice in Spain. All other political groups in Parliament oppose this initiative, and made that quite clear during Tuesday’s plenary session.
The government wants to curtail this legal principle, which allows Spanish courts to try foreigners for crimes committed abroad, in order to end the diplomatic conflicts it has created. It is especially keen to appease Chinese authorities – Spain's High
This past Monday, the court issued an international arrest warrant against Zemin. The opposition claims that the PP’s initiative is so restrictive that it will also limit the ability of law enforcers to seize drug shipments out at sea, fight female genital mutilation and pursue paedophiles. It will also lead to the dismissal of the
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Mr Abbott said fire had always been part of the Australian experience and listed a whole host of major fires across the country stretching back more than a century. His comments drew the ire of environmentalists.
The plans have also been criticised by a significant number of Spanish judges and international organisations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International which have issued statements reminding Spain of the agreements it has signed with other countries, and lamenting what they see as political interference with the independence of the justice system.
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After Princess Cristina’s appearance in court in Palma de Mallorca on Saturday, the anticorruption prosecutor in the Nóos investigation, Pedro Horrach, said she should not be implicated in the business dealings of her husband, former Olympic handball medalist Iñaki Urdangarin, and that over half of the 40 official suspects in the case should not face charges.
But he went on to ask for a prison sentence of 19 years for Urdangarin and 15 years for his former business partner Diego Torres. They are both charged with embezzlement, falsifying documents, tax fraud and other financial crimes. As for Princess Christina, Horrach said he will recommend she pays €600,000 in civil liability for being co-owner of the real estate firm Aizoon, one of the companies used by Urdangarin and into which he pumped €1.7 million of illicit money. Horrach said Carlos García Revenga, the royal secretary to Princess Cristina and her elder sister, Elena, should face no charges, and neither should Torres’ wife, Ana María Tejeiro.
Trusted her husband
Cristina arrived at the Palma de Mallorca courthouse just before 10 on Saturday, smiling and nodding at a barrage of photographers kept behind a rail by police as she got out of the car that delivered her to the back entrance of the courthouse. At the front entrance to the court, around 200 protesters yelling insults and carrying Republican flags and signs calling for the abolition of the monarchy, were held back by police.
During the ensuing six hours of testimony,
Princess Cristina declined to answer most of the questions put to her by Judge José Castro about her expenses and the income she received from a real estate business. He specifically asked the princess about her husband’s financial affairs and her role at the defunct Nóos Institute, which is the subject of an ongoing inquiry into an alleged scheme to divert public funds paid out by two regional governments for sports and tourism events.
Although the session was held behind closed doors, lawyers who were inside the courtroom later told reporters that Cristina had avoided most of the judge’s questions, saying “I don’t know” and “I have no knowledge about that.” She also told Judge Castro that she knew nothing about the day-to-day operations at Urdangarin’s Nóos Institute, even though she was on the board of directors, or at the Aizoon real estate firm. “I trusted my husband,” the princess said, referring to decisions made in both enterprises, and denied any wrongdoing.
It is the first time a member of the royal family has been subpoenaed by a judge in a criminal inquiry, but sources inside the Royal Household have said they
are confident that after hearing her testimony, Judge Castro will remove the princess as an official target in the investigation.
Leaked footage “unspeakable”
The princess's testimony was supposed to have been held in a closed session, and all the people allowed into the court had to leave mobile phones, laptops, tablets and other recording devices with the police at the entrance at the courthouse. However, El Mundo on Sunday published an image of the king’s daughter during her sixhour appearance taken from a video posted on the internet. The chief judge in Palma de Mallorca, Francisco González, expressed his “indignation” at the breach of protocol and opened an investigation to find the source of the leaked footage. “Either they didn’t go through the metal detectors or the device was a ridiculous size,” he said. On Monday Judge Castro called the leak “unspeakable” and said he had “an idea of who might have been behind it,” but that he could not reveal anything further at this stage. The princess's husband had asked the Palma de Mallorca court not to videotape his testimony last February precisely because he feared it would be leaked to the media.
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Immigrant death toll reaches 15
At least 15 people drowned in last Thursday’s tragic attempt by a large group of migrants to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. The search for bodies continued on Tuesday as the Guardia Civil came under fire for allegedly shooting at the dozens of migrants trying to swim from Morocco.
The victims either drowned or died after heavy waves slammed them against the sixmetre high wall that extends some distance out to the Mediterranean
and acts as a barrier that divides Ceuta and Morocco. The Guardia have denied the allegation.
The incident occurred after Guardia security cameras along the 8.2 kilometre perimeter captured images of a large group of migrants descending from a field near the Tangier highway and closing in on the Moroccan security post at Bab Septa. Moroccan security forces alerted the Guardia that they were approaching. The Spanish
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government’s delegate in Ceuta, Francisco Antonio González, said that the migrants were “aggressive” and began throwing rocks and other objects at authorities. Guardia officials said that they used their anti-riot gear “to dissuade” the migrants from rushing the border, which was closed off for 30 minutes. As they reached the highway, about 200 tried to swim around the seawall as the Moroccan authorities began controlling the situation.
There is a deep divide between what the Catholic Church says and what its followers believe, a new international poll by Bendixen & Amandi for the Spanish-language US television network Univisión has revealed. It showed a huge gap between Church doctrine and many Spaniards’ views on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion, divorce and contraception. Only eight percent of the 1,000 respondents said they were against abortion in all cases, compared with 88 per cent who support it in all or some situations. The Spanish Episcopal Conference recently said that “nobody has the right, in any circumstance, to take away the life of an innocent human being. Any abortion law, no matter how restrictive, would still be unfair.” Evaristo spokesman
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Culture minister a no-show at Goya Awards Education and Culture minister José Ignacio Wert did not attend the Goya Awards ceremony on Sunday because he had to fly to London early the following morning. He made the announcement which angered the cinema world – just three days before the awards ceremony.
The Goyas are Spain's Oscars Awards and all culture ministers,
including Wert, attend it.
The Spanish cinema world is very left-wing and uses the ceremony to take pot shots at the government. Wert had to sit through the darts thrown at him and his government at last year's ceremony but had what one actor called a "pathetic excuse" to opt out this year.
association Redes Cristianas (Christian Networks), said he was not surprised: “The beginning of life is a scientific matter and there has been no particular problem with the current law. We are in favour of keeping it, and against the proposed reform by Justice Minister Alberto
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The survey also showed that 64 per cent of Spanish Catholics approve of samesex marriage, which Church leaders oppose.
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Sephardic Jews get fast naturalisation
the government has announced new measures to speed up the naturalisation of Jews of Sephardic descent whose ancestors fled the iberian peninsula five centuries ago when they were told to convert to Catholicism or leave the country. the cabinet approved a bill last Friday amending previous legislation that granted nationality by naturalisation to Sephardic – Hebrew for "Spanish" – Jews who chose to apply for it.
the reform will allow dual nationality, enabling people who can prove Sephardic ancestry to also retain their previous citizenships. Justice minister alberto ruiz-Gallardón, said the measure smoothes the bureaucracy involved in obtaining Spanish nationality. applicants must be vetted by the government and the Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities. Sephardic Jews emigrated to cities including istanbul, London and Cairo after the 1492 decree. Culture Minister José Ignacio Wert
many who didn't convert were executed during the inquisition.
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newspaper on Monday showed that 60 per cent of its readers agreed with
him, especially as it's the government which pays for the ceremony.
Services sector grows fastest in six years
In it, ETA referred to "significant contributions to feed the peace process, without delay" – a statement which left most people scratching their heads. Basque regional premier Iñigo Urkullu has asked Prime Minister Rajoy to be receptive to this new attitude.
On January 11th, for the first time, Urkullu's mainstream nationalist PNV officially joined proETA radicals in a street demonstration, and he has allegedly also asked Rajoy to accept ETA's demand to have its prisoners transferred to Basque jails.
Official policy has been to keep them in jails all over the country to stop them getting together and conspiring to commit more violent acts. However, the government's attitude is no concessions can be made to ETA prisoners until the group disarms and disbands.
Companies in the sector also increased their staffing levels slightly in January, ending a run of 70 consecutive months of job cutting. all six of the market segments surveyed by markit posted increases in activity, led by transport and storage. Companies were upbeat about an improvement in economic conditions this year, in which economy minister Luis de Guindos has predicted that output could rise by 1.0 percent. Business confidence looking a year ahead was also at its highest level since July 2007.
ETA 'planning gradual disarmament' ETA is paving the way for a gradual disarmament process under international supervision, according to the Basque abertzale separatist left, responding to a statement by the Basque terrorist group which the radical newspaper Gara published last Saturday.
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the services sector, which accounts for over half of GdP, saw the fastest growth in activity in the first month of the year since July 2007, cementing expectations of a recovery in the economy this year, according to a survey released by consultant markit. the increase in the month was also the strongest since before the current crisis took hold around the start of 2008. it also marked the third successive month in which the index stood above the 50-point mark that denotes expansion.
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In an interview with El Pais newspaper, State secretary for energy Alberto Nadal said that the auctions which set the price of electricity for homeowners will disappear in April, to give way to a “simpler” system.
Nadal explained that the variable part of the utility bill, which represents 45 per cent of the total price to be paid
by consumers, with the rest being a fixed rate, will be set in accordance with the average price on the wholesale market. He said this will “allow significant savings for residential consumers”.
Under the previous system, the price of energy was established by an auction system that set a constant price for three months. He said it was
"very complex, with lots of intermediaries, and it generated significant surcharges for consumers”.
The public reacted angrily last December, when the auction looked as if it would force consumer rates up by at least 11 per cent for January this year. In response, the government opened an investigation
to determine whether power companies were colluding to raise the price of electricity but found no evidence of wrongdoing. However, the government decreed that the price hike in January could not exceed 2.3 per cent.
The cost of electricity rose an average 4.5 per cent last year, and has gone up by nearly 80 per
cent in the past decade. Electricity bills in Spain are among the highest in Europe, with only the
people of Ireland and Cyprus having to pay more.
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France and Germany have voiced concern about Switzerland's vote to bring back strict quotas for immigration from European Union countries.
Final results showed 50.3% voted in favour. Fiercely independent Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but has adopted large sections of EU policy. The European Commission said it regretted the outcome of the vote and would examine its implications.
Freedom of movement is a key pillar of the EU single market – a market which accounts for more than half of Swiss exports. Switzerland's bilateral
agreements with the EU took years of negotiation to achieve, and abandoning free movement could limit Switzerland's access to the single market.
The initiative to hold the referendum was spearheaded by the rightwing Swiss People's Party (SVP), amid increasing debate across Europe about migration and the impact of free movement of people. Observers said the vote had shown up traditional divisions, with
French-speaking areas against the quotas, German-speaking regions divided, and the Italianspeaking canton of Ticino firmly in favour. In addition, cities with higher than average numbers of foreigners – Basel, Geneva and Zurich – voted against the quota proposal, while rural areas mostly voted for it. The initiative means employers should in future give preference to Swiss passport-holders. But the
Swiss government and business leaders say free movement is key to Switzerland's economic success, allowing employers to choose skilled staff from across Europe. Last year 80,000 new immigrants arrived in Switzerland, and foreigners now make up 23% of the population. It has the continent's second highest foreign population after Luxembourg.
China and Taiwan in first government talks China and Taiwan have begun the highest-level talks since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun, the top cross-strait officials from each side, are both attending the four-day talks in Nanjing. Taiwanese officials said they would raise the issue
of press freedom after Beijing denied access to some media outlets.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Taiwan, Mr Wang, head of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, said he hoped the visit, which "did not come easily", would go smoothly,
adding that the two sides would not be signing any agreements during the talks. Given the sensitivities, the meeting room had no flags on display, and the officials' nameplates had no titles or affiliations, AFP news agency reported. China insists that Taiwan is a
part of its territory and has a stated aim of reclaiming the island.
Taiwan still calls itself the Republic of China and nominally claims the same territory as the Communist government in Beijing, although it does not press these claims.
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Australian drug trafficker freed
Convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby has been released on parole after nine years in prison in Bali, indonesia. Corby was convicted and jailed for 20 years in 2005 for trying to smuggle marijuana into the tourist island. The 36-year-old has protested her innocence since she was caught entering Bali in 2004 with marijuana hidden in one of her bags. She was granted parole last Friday in Bali but it was only implemented on Monday. She is unlikely to be able to return to Australia immediately because she will have to remain in indonesia until 2017 to fulfil the conditions of her parole. Corby had received several remissions throughout her sentence because of good behaviour. Five years was shaved off it in 2012 after an appeal for clemency to the president. Her release was welcomed in Australia, but drew criticism from some indonesian lawmakers and an anti-drugs group, who said it violated anti-drugs laws that are supposed to be stringently enforced.
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Legal rights for same-sex spouses extended
The US is to make changes to the justice system to give greater legal recognition to same-sex marriages. in a speech on Saturday at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in new York, Attorney General eric Holder said the Justice Department had a role in "confronting discrimination". Benefits will include couples being exempt from having to testify against each other in court, and having equal rights to visits in federal prisons. Same-sex marriages are currently legal in 17 US states and in Washington DC. Other states grant some marital benefits to gay couples, while others have banned gay marriage outright. However, the new ruling will apply to federal matters in all states, whether or not they recognise gay unions, as long as the couple married legally in a state which does. Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said the announcement would "change the lives of countless committed gay and lesbian couples for the better".
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Fast-food giant McDonald's has opened its first restaurant in communist-controlled Vietnam. Hundreds of people queued for the opening in Ho Chi Minh, known as Saigon during the Vietnam War, where the US-backed government was based until it fell to communist forces 38 years ago. its owner, Henry nguyen, who is married to the daughter of Prime Minister nguyen Tan Dung, flipped burgers at a McDonald's restaurant while a teenager growing up in the United States, where his family fled at the end of the war. He said that it had been his dream to open a McDonald's since returning to Vietnam more than a decade ago. The move underlines Vietnam's hunger for Western consumer brands, Despite the Vietnamese economy's recent slowdown, foreign brands are popular among the youthful population whose parents had few of the food and lifestyle options now available in the country. Starbucks, Subway, Burger King, and KFC all have a presence there.
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Vigilantes drive out drug cartel
Vigilante groups paraded on Sunday through a stronghold of the Knights Templar drug cartel, Apatzingan in Michoacan state, backed by armoured vehicles and troops and shouting slogans before convening at the city's main square. The groups began an offensive last month aimed at ending the drug gang's activities in Michoacan. The government recently reached a pact with the groups, granting them temporary legal status by redefining them as Rural Defence Corps. The Knights Templar cartel controls much of the drug trafficking in the area, carrying out killings and kidnappings and extorting money from local people. Members of the patrols met government forces on the outskirts of the city to discuss their next steps following Sunday's action. Vigilante leaders, joined by the official security forces and the army, have been searching house by house for leaders of the Knights Templar. More than 70,000 people have died in drug related violence across Mexico in the past six years.
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Some 300 Syrians have fled Homs after both sides agreed to extend a three-day truce in the Old City, which has been under siege for 18 months. During the first three-day ceasefire in Homs, hundreds of civilians were allowed to leave. The evacuations took place amid mortar fire and shooting, which both sides blamed on each other. Activists say several people were killed. The Syrian government has acknowledged that some of those evacuated from Homs on Sunday were detained after they left. A Syrian information ministry spokesman told reporters that 103 "militants" had been detained for security checks, and had since been released. But other reports suggest the men have not been released, and are still being detained with their families. Meanwhile, government and opposition negotiators have resumed peace talks
in Geneva. Analysts say that little progress is expected. The first round of talks ended last month with no firm agreements and both sides trading insults. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said France and other countries would present a resolution at the UN calling for greater access for humanitarian aid. He told French radio: "It is absolutely scandalous that there have been
discussions for quite a while and that people are still being starved every day, and so along with a number of other countries we will present a resolution at the UN along those lines." China and Russia did not turn up to preliminary discussions on the draft. Syria's civil conflict has claimed more than 100,000 lives since 2011 and has driven 9.5 million people from their homes.
European Union to negotiate with Cuba
The EU has agreed to launch negotiations with Cuba aimed at restoring full bilateral relations with the Communist-run island. The talks, which could begin as soon as next month, will try to increase trade and investment, and include a dialogue on human rights, officials said. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton stressed that human rights remained "at the core" of its dealings with Cuba. The announcement comes with Cuba engaged in an economic and social reform process launched by President Raul Castro.
In 1996, the EU agreed on a set of rules governing its relations with Cuba, called the Common Position, which states that the EU's objective is "to encourage a process of transition to a pluralist democracy and respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms, as well as sustainable recovery and improvement in the living standards of the Cuban people".
Despite the policy, more than half of EU member states have bilateral agreements with Cuba. Cuba has rejected the Common Position, arguing that it constitutes an interference in its internal affairs.
Cuban President Raul Castro
The EU ambassador to Havana, Herman Portocarero, said the talks came in response to "serious" changes in Cuba, but he added that the EU had a number of "red lines" in order for the relations to be normalised. These included such issues as human rights and the possibility for civil society groups to have legal status. The move indicates the most important diplomatic shift since the EU lifted sanctions against Cuba in 2008. The EU is Cuba's second-biggest trading partner after Venezuela. It represents a major source of investment, and hundreds of thousands of European tourists visit the island every year.
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Our television screens have been filled with pictures of waves the height of three story houses, destruction of sea defences and, particularly graphic, both tracks of the Westcountry mainline railway suspended in midair in Dawlish, Devon, (pictured) for 30 metres where the sea has torn through the sea wall and taken away the track bed. The problem of flooding remains and where the waters had receded they have risen yet again and there remain serious problems in many parts of the country with new flood warnings in place. At one stage there were no railway services to Exeter in the South West of England because of
flooding on the track, and a landslip on another track blocked an alternative route. And there remain no services to Plymouth, a large city which recently closed its airport. It is linked to the rest of Britain by a dual carriageway road with a particularly poor safety record. The Prince of Wales and Prime Minister David Cameron have both been on the Somerset Levels to view the damage and discuss the issues. It appears that there is now a consensus of opinion that the levels will in future have to be managed in the old way, which involves dredging the
rivers, to allow a greater volume of water to escape to the sea. Unfortunately work cannot begin until the waters recede and it will take some time. Meanwhile the emergency services are doing all they can in extremely difficult circumstances. Royal Marines from 40 Commando are involved in the operation, but the water has nowhere to go and there is tangible sense of exasperation at the news that there is more rain on the way.
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I suspect many readers will share my experience of the prevalence of lung disease resulting from smoking. I have people close to me whose mobility has been seriously compromised.
And I recently bumped into a woman I worked with in a newspaper office for several years who told me her specialist had explained to her that although she did not smoke her health had been affected by her husband’s smoking. I see Mayor of London Boris Johnson has now
teamed up with medical professionals to urge Members of Parliament to vote to outlaw smoking in cars carrying children.
The MPs are to be given a free vote on the issue. There are those who believe it will be unenforceable, and the continuing use of mobile telephones in cars suggests they may have a case, but the ban is backed by cancer charities and it would send a message to parents who smoke. If a good number of adults fall in line, then campaigners will feel that a ban is fully justified.
Diabetes affects six per cent of adults The number of people with diabetes in the UK now stands at six per cent of the adult population. A large increase in type 2 diabetes has been linked to obesity and lack of exercise. Some of the increase could be down to improved diagnosis. Even so, it is recognised that many
people still have the disease without knowing it. According to Cardiff University researchers the use of insulin to control the disease has trebled over the last 20 years. The disease accounts for 10p in every pound the National Health Service spends.
Britain’s war on wasted tax receipts One of Britain’s most influential lobbying groups in the UK is the TaxPayers’ Alliance, which campaigns for lower taxes and generally has the ear of the coalition government. It is interesting to note that the organisation is now suggesting that as much as one pound in every six of public money spent is unwarranted, enough to wipe out the
country’s deficit with money to spare, it says. In its latest press release the alliance has produced a catalogue of failures to control spending that makes embarrassing reading. The great thing is that Government really is listening. Last year it made savings of £10 billion and is determined to do much more to cut down on waste in Whitehall.
Confidential files containing the personal details of some customers of Barclays Bank in Britain have been stolen and sold to rogue traders. They in turn have persuaded some customers to buy rare earth metals which do not exist. According to the bank, the stolen files relate to information provided to the Barclays’ financial planning operation that ceased as a service to customers in 2011. The story broke in The Mail on Sunday newspaper. A spokesperson for Barclays confirmed that the bank was investigating the matter and was contacting customers who might be affected.
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Trade deficit narrows
The UK’s trade deficit was at a 17-month low in December, falling from £3.8 billion in November to £1 billion. It was the lowest monthly figure since July 2012.
Record exports were boosted by oil, chemicals and aircraft sales, with a fall in imports of aircraft and ships. Manufacturing expanded by only 0.3 per cent over the month, but optimism among firms is at its highest level for two decades. The number of people in the UK who are insolvent has fallen to its lowest level in eight years according to the latest figures. LIVERPOOL
Jackets auction
The Beatles are still filling the airwaves some 50 years after making a lot of their hits and the band is back in the news again because jackets worn by George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the photograph featured on the cover of the ‘Help’ album are to be sold at auction next month. The film of the same name was made in 1965 and the jackets were worn throughout production. The coats are part of 200 Beatles’ lots being sold in Liverpool to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the number one hit ‘Can’t Buy Me Love.’
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Calls were being made on Tuesday for the Government to divert some of its £11 billion foreign aid budget to those people in the UK hit by the recent floods. Parts of the Thames Valley have been declared a “major incident” area by police.
Those hit by floods in the West Country and Thames Valley in particular are saying that if money was diverted even for a couple of months from the foreign aid budget, much could be done for those whose homes have been wrecked by flooding. People are angry that dredging of rivers hasn’t been carried out “for years” and it is barely in living memory that people have had to leave their homes – the last time there was severe flooding to the region was in the 1940s. Dredging of rivers and canals was regularly carried out in past years but councils have
repeatedly blamed a lack of funds for not carrying on these very necessary works.
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And the invasion of senior politicians into flood-hit areas has started to backfire, with local communities accusing them of being little more than 'flood tourists' in search of a photo opportunity. Tory Member of Parliament for Reading West, which is on the Thames, Alok Sharma accused Labour leader Ed Miliband of “failing to do his homework” as he stood in his wellingtons while posing for photographs in a street in Purley, Berkshire. He asked Mr. Miliband: “Why are you actually here? What I am hearing from local residents is they are not actually interested in people just coming for a photo opportunity talking about local issues when
they don't know what is going on locally. I wish you had done a bit of homework before you turned up here.”
Residents in all areas have complained that there is not enough help being sent to them and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond was berated live on TV by angry volunteers demanding to know why troops had not been sent in to help flood communities. The Defence Secretary’s attempts to reassure people near the Thames that he had put the military on standby did little to reassure people in Wraysbury. During uncomfortable exchanges on television, Miss Burrows, a local volunteer, said just eight police officers had been on duty to provide help overnight.”We had eight people last night, eight. We need men. We need sandbags, we need sandbags, just let me
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finish. We had sandbags being delivered last night that were hijacked,” she said.
Mr Hammond tried to interject that he had been told an hour ago that combined police and military team was collecting sandbags for distribution.
But she hit back: ‘That’s the first we’ve heard of it. Who is unloading them when they get here? Who is co-ordinating them, there is nobody here coordinating those efforts, apart from us and we are not being communicated with,” adding the entire operation to close roads and redirect traffic was being run by volunteers with little or no help from the emergency services. “We are directing people where they need to go not the police, we are directing the police. We are directing the parking officers of the royal borough where they need to go to manage traffic. We are telling them where they need to close the roads. We have got rotas at the end of every single road managing traffic telling them where they can and cannot go. Why are the military not doing this, why is the EA not doing this? These guys have not slept… we are tired. We need people.”
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On Tuesday at just after 1pm it was reported that soldiers and firefighters were rescuing people from flooded homes on the
banks of the River Thames following the televised interview on Monday, and troops have now been deployed in Chertsey, Surrey, and in Wraysbury, Berkshire. Emergency services are going from street to street, helping people whose homes are under threat from record water levels.
Stacks of sandbags – described as "like gold dust" by one shopkeeper – have been brought in to shore up defences, while police in Surrey have released £10m to tackle the crisis.
There are fears up to 4,000 more properties could be inundated, with further severe weather forecast for the rest of the week.
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Residents have been evacuated this week from the Surrey and Berkshire regions of Egham, Shepperton, Bourne End and Wraysbury among others, including some of the Queen’s servants. Her Page, Paul Whybrew, 56, known as “Tall Paul” who was seen in the spoof footage of Her Majesty walking along a corridor with “James Bond” for the Olympics, and Head Housekeeper, Rachel Gordon, 40, whose house is built on a bridge close to the Windsor Farm Shop, have both seen their historic turreted grace and favour houses in Windsor Home Park engulfed by the rapidly rising waters and have had to de-camp into Windsor Castle until
the waters recede. Other royal staff who live on the estate had their road cut off on Monday by the rising waters. The castle itself is highly unlikely to be affected as it is built on a hill above the water.
People have been blaming the bursting of the banks of the Thames in some areas on authorities who have diverted water into the Jubilee River and then into the Thames to alleviate rivers in other areas. The Jubilee river protects 3000 properties and 500 businesses from flooding when the river Thames rises by diverting water along an eleven kilometre channel but it is being said that the sluice gates were opened despite the Thames being in flood itself. The Thames barrier, erected to stop central London flooding, has been closed 29 times since the beginning of the year. January was the wettest recorded since 1766.
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Man shot dead in front of children A French-Algerian man was shot dead in Marbella on Monday morning as he drove his three sons, aged 10, 9 and 3, to school. As he was crossing a narrow bridge that crosses the Autopista del
Mediterraneo in the Las Lomas del Marbella Club urbanisation, a woman stepped out in front of his car as if asking for help. He stopped the car and a masked man stepped out from behind a bush and
fired two shots, killing him instantly.
The police were alerted minutes later by another motorist but they were unable to catch up with the killers.
A stone in the road It wasn't just any stone that tumbled down the hillside to land on the road between San Pedro de Alcantara and Ronda on at 9 am Sunday.
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Coming events for the animals
Animals in Distress will hold a Valentine Dinner Dance on February 15th, with special guest and former singer from Heatwave, Frankie B, plus great entertainment the D.J. Lee Jay Road Show, starting at 7.30 pm, at the Hiedra Restaurant which is just inside the entrance to the Poligono Rosa on the A404 Alhaurin el Grande to Coin road. The €15 for the three course meal includes a donation to A.I.D.
host its next Afternoon Tea on February 25th, from 2.30 to 5 pm.
The pub will host its next Quiz Night with raffle prizes on March 7th. All proceeds go to A.I.D. Watch this space for further details. A.I.D. is a registered charity No. 7974.
For full details go to its website www.animals-indistress.eu
The next Charity Auction will be held on Friday, March 14th, starting at 7.00 pm at the same venue.
It was rock the size of a big car that blocked the road for five hours, until a mechanical digger came along to push it to the side of the road.
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Fortunately no traffic was passing at the time and there were no casualties.
Six tons of food distributed The Association of Western Costa del Sol Municipalities has begun distributing six tons of non-perishable food to the needy in its 11 members.
The amount of food distributed in each municipality will be based on the number of residents. Marbella will get 1,616 kilos, Mijas, 912 kilos; Fuengirola, 816; Torremolinos, 768 kilos; Benalmádena and Estepona, 720 kilos each; Manilva, 144 kilos;
Benahavís and Casares, 96 kilos each, and Ojén and Istán, 48 kilos each. The councils receiving the food will be responsible for distributing it to their most needy inhabitants.
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The Association's president, Margarita del Cid, said the initiative formed part of a campaign to get people to recycle. All the food is in recyclable containers and is being distributed in recyclable bags, she said.
In response to questions from the opposition Socialists in Parliament, he reminded them of the visit by EC officials to the border late last year.
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US Marines learn 'How to live in Andalucia' the
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The first of four US antimissile destroyers, the Donald Cook, arrived in Rota base this week, with 330 Marines on board.
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how to do their shopping. Here they will be advised to buy fresh products in local shops and to become
To help them adapt to their new home, they and their families will be given a week-long course on "inter-cultural relations" in the base's Fleet and Family Service Centre. The course was designed by the Pentagon in collaboration with the local council and is aimed
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Gibraltar entry fee scam back There have been reports that unwary tourists sitting in their cars in the queue to cross the border into Gibraltar are being approached by members of a gang and told they need to pay a fee to get in.
The practice was common in the 1990s but the authorities managed to stamp it out. In those days the “entry ticket” was usually an ONCE lottery ticket torn in half. Now it's a man scribbling something on a
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Three youths have been fined €1,000 in Torremolinos for not throwing papers, cigarette ends and other rubbish into a container.
A council spokesman said the three – aged, 21, 17 and 19 – had “flagrantly violated Article 10 of the Municipal Ordinance for
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US university takes up residence
lanjaron in Granada province has become the new temporary headquarters of the university of Arkansas. A delegation of professors and students arrived last week to promote good relations with universities in the united States. From now on, students at the university of Arkansas will be able to spend the first term of university life in lanjaron, integrating with the local community and getting to know their culture. Granada's tourism councillor said he hoped their experience would boost tourism from the uS state.
Thief nabbed for 98th time
A Spanish woman and an Algerian man were arrested after security cameras showed them stealing a mobile phone from a woman's handbag in the vestibule of the carlos Haya hospital. The police had been following the well-known pair from the Barbarela clinic.
car window with a marker. If the driver doesn't pay anything, it is then erased.
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Romero said that over the next few weeks, the council would also focus on the parks and areas where people exercise their pets. He said: "We're not trying to catch anybody
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people who cross by car into Gibraltar on a regular basis to help by warning tourists they should not pay if they see a scammer at work. It also suggests that signs on La Línea's
lamp-posts along the route of the queues – in English and Spanish– warning drivers that no ticket is required to enter Gibraltar would be a great help.
out, we just want dog owners to become aware of the responsibilities they have towards their pets."
Under a law passed last year by the Junta de Andalucia, all dogs should be chipped.
Henry Moore only visited Spain once – in 1934 – and he didn't come to Andalusia. Nevertheless, the director of the Henry Moore Foundation, Richard Calvocoressi, said he would have been "enchanted" by the place where seven of his bronzes are on display until March 12th – the Plaza del Triunfo in Seville:
talking to the Cathedral, a mountain of stone itself, and the walls of the Real Alcazar, which is like a cliff. They all share the same monumentality". After Seville, the exhibit moves on to Valencia.
Microchip campaign under way
Fuengirola council has begun a campaign in the most densely populated areas of the town to get dog owners to microchip their pets.
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friends with their owners. They will also visit local markets, and be taken on excursions around the area.
the Protection and Defence of Citizen Coexistence and Property in the Municipal Public Domain". It is the first time anyone has been fined under this new regulation, which stipulates fines between €60 and €3,005, depending on the seriousness of the damage.
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it was the 98th arrest for the 41-year-old Algerian and the 26th for the 44-year-old Spanish woman. They had changed their clothes before leaving the carlos Haya in an attempt to throw off the police, who were waiting for them as they left the clinic. They said the Algerian had at least 17 different identities that they knew of.
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Cost of ITV to drop
The cost of the iTV vehicle inspection will drop by the end of the first quarter of this year, giving around two thirds of all owners discounts of between 10 and 45 per cent. A Junta de Andalucia spokesman said the objective was to reduce maintenance costs for the region's vehicle owners in these times of crisis. He said Andalucia would be the region where it was cheapest to pass the iTV inspection. There are 214 iTV inspection premises in Andalucia. The number will increase with the planned opening of new ones in Martos (Jaén), níjar (Almería), Priego de córdoba, Mijas (Málaga), Palma del Río (córdoba) and Galaroza (Huelva).
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he media was hyping it as the most important event since the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden but it turned out to be the biggest non-event of the century. I'm referring to Princess Cristina's long awaited appearance in court last Saturday. Since the beginning of the week, the newspapers and TV stations had it on the top of their hype list – would she walk down the "alley of shame" – so-called because protesters would be able to vent their frustration on her – or would she arrive by car, as the judge said she could. Millions of Republicans, antimonarchists, anti-system groups and anarchists were expected to turn up to make it a day the princess would never forget. The media even told how all the stepladders in local hardware stores had sold out – to photographers trying to get a better view. (As it happened, they wasted their money.) The hype reached such a pitch that I awaited the event with dread. Would she be assassinated, would I end up being ashamed – once again – of being a journalist?
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usually work in the A.I.D. charity shop on Saturday mornings so I wasn't able to watch it all live on TV, but I knew I wouldn't be able to escape the riotous scenes completely because they would dominate the news for the rest of the weekend. I needn't have worried. Cristina arrived by car, which left her 11 steps short of the courthouse door (one journalist kept count). Smiling broadly, she nodded at the journalists corralled behind barriers by a number of policemen – who looked as if they were just waiting for an excuse to start wielding their truncheons.
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owever, the protesters – all 200 or so of them – were kept well away from the court on the main street, although you could vaguely hear them chanting their slogans in the background. This was just before 10 am, and the day passed very slowly until the princess made her exit just after 6 pm, smiling and nodding at the journalists who by now were almost dropping off to sleep. It had been a long and very booooring day.
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ow they're speculating about how many years her husband with the unpronounceable name will get – one paper said the prosecutor was asking for a 40-year jail sentence. Most of the other papers put it at 7 to 17 or 19 years. I'm sure King Juan Carlos has already told his daughter her husband will have to spend time in
jail – throwing the wolf to the wolves – to stop the monarchy from becoming even more unpopular. Whether Cristina's marriage will survive is another matter. However, now that the case is nearing its end the media are suddenly discovering aspects of the princess's character which seem to have been kept under wraps. One online newspaper, El Confidencial Digital, now says it was Cristina who set her cap at he with the unpronounceable name, not the other way round. And others are hinting that her disarming smile masks an arrogant, wilful nature. Whatever. The judge is expected to wrap up the case by as early as April, so we'll just have to wait and see how this little drama ends.
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Madrid court has ruled that a protest against home evictions held outside the home of Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría in April of last year should be seen as a “common mechanism of democratic participation of civil society and an expression of the pluralism of the public ." The judges said that while no warning of the hastily arranged protest in the capital – a practice known as an escrache, a word coined in Argentina – had been given, it was also true that there were no violent incidents during the 20-minute demonstration. They said the protest could not be considered as a threat to the minister because there were no indications that the protesters intended to harm her or her family, consisting of a mother who looks after her two year old son while she and her husband are at work. I can't help wondering if the ruling would have been different if the escrache mob had belonged to the Partido Popular and the victim had belonged to the Socialist Party or the United Left.
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his was what the Mayor of Valladolid, Francisco Javier León de la Riva, wanted to ask Isabel Valledecabres, one of the three judges who issued the ruling. In the past, she has been adviser to three Socialist ministers and she was put forward for a position a substitute judge on the General Judiciary Council – by the Socialist Party. She also helped draw up the Socialist's abortion law. How can you take any ruling by such an obviously sectarian judge seriously? Unfortunately there are too many of them in Spain.
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ot since President Ronald Reagan uttered his celebrated “I don’t remember” statement when he was asked in 1986 about the approval of an illegal arm sale to Iran has there been such a famous memory lapse as we saw with Princess Cristina on Saturday. No one actually believes that she didn’t know where her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, was getting all his money – she definitely hasn’t been sleeping with the enemy.
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ut then again the outcome of the court hearing was no shocker. It wasn’t really expected that Princess Cristina would be upfront about her personal finances when she testified before a Palma de Mallorca judge, who has opened a preliminary tax fraud and money-laundering investigation against her. The six hours she spent in a closed-door session did nothing to clear up the battery of questions Judge José Castro fired at King Juan Carlos’s youngest daughter during an historic courtroom appearance. (It was the first time that a member of the royal family had gone to court for a criminal inquiry.) This hearing only served two purposes: it helped to demonstrate how the princess insists on keeping up her stubborn arrogance, and it provided fodder for local and international journalists who huddled outside waiting for real courtroom drama that never unfolded.
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fter initially fighting the subpoena to appear before the judge, who has been honing in on the business dealings of her husband, the Infanta decided – with much pressure from the royal family – to come forward and answer all the circulating questions concerning whether she took advantage of public money that was allegedly diverted to her spouse’s businesses. For nearly three years, Castro has been looking into allegations that Urdangarin embezzled some €6 million he received from the regional governments of Balearic Islands and Valencia to organise a series of tourism conferences and sports events through
a non-profit entity he set up with his partner, Diego Torres. The Nóos Institute had actually been conceived by Torres in 1999, but didn’t take off until Urdangarin, his former student at Madrid’s ESADE business school, used his royal connections to attract interest. The regional governments gave Nóos large chunks of money without formalising bids. Prosecutors believe that Urdangarin commingled the public funds given to his non-profit NGO with his private business accounts including Aizoon, the real estate firm he co-owned with his wife.
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fter subsequent police and tax inspector enquiries, Judge Castro decided to call in the princess when he was given evidence that she had purportedly charged a wide-range of personal expenses to the Aizoon accounts. These included bills for communion receptions, birthday parties and dance classes. Her tax statements purportedly show that she didn’t report all the income she may have received from Aizoon. Castro’s first attempt to call her in to testify last April was overruled by a Mallorca provincial court panel, which left open the door for the judge to continue to look at her tax records. When asked about her spending, Cristina said she couldn’t remember submitting any of the bills to Aizoon and stated that she trusted her husband’s handling of all the accounts.
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t took her more than a week to prepare for her testimony with lawyers from a very influential buffet in Barcelona. Those attorneys no doubt received a generous windfall for their advice in telling her to play dumb. No doubt, however, the preparation was geared on the psychological factor; the lawyers didn’t want her to break down or lose her cool with the tough questions she faced.
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oyal household sources have said that it was Cristina who had been adamant throughout all this time not to take the stand. This never set well with her family and created a lot of tension with her brother Prince Felipe and his wife Letizia. The king was also convinced that Judge Castro would remove the princess from the list of about 40 official targets in the Nóos inquiry after the royal daughter’s appearance. But the judge left the courtroom more confused than ever while the princess did nothing to help clear up the matter or take a load off her family’s backs.
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A harp made by Sebastian Erard in 1819 has joined the collection of the MIMMA thanks to a donation from author and harpist Marion Leigh. After a long journey that began in London on 3rd November 1819, the antique harp arrived early this month at Málaga’s Museo Interactivo de la Música. The magnificent instrument made by Sebastian Erard in October 1819, is the latest addition to the museum thanks to a donation made by author and harpist Marion Leigh. Prior to this kind gift, the museum had three pianos also from the house of Erard in its collection. There are many details that make this an important piece with an impressive provenance: on one side there is the inscription: “TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. His Most Christian Majesty the King of France and H.I.M. the Emperor of all the Russias”, which leads experts to think that the instrument was dedicated to royalty. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that Sebastián Erard’s relationship with the royal house before the French Revolution was
well known, as well as by the intricacy of the detailed engraving of birds on the noble wood.
The harp was given to Marion Leigh as a birthday present in 1995, when she was living in Baltimore. It had been found in poor condition in a barn in Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and partially restored by a colleague of Marion’s husband. It still has a lovely sound, although only the top three octaves can be played because tightening the bass strings would put too much stress on the harp’s very old neck. Information Marion Leigh
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Author Marion Leigh was born in Birmingham, England. After receiving her M.A. in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford, she worked for a year as a volunteer in Indonesia then moved to Canada where she had a successful career as a financial and legal translator.
Marion now spends the winter in Guadalmina, on the Costa del Sol. In summer, she and her husband can be found in North America, cruising aboard their 20-metre powerboat. To date, they have covered nearly forty thousand kilometres exploring the Great Lakes and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States and Canada. Marion’s first novel, The Politician’s Daughter, was released in Spain in June 2011. It is an adventure thriller featuring Marine Unit Sergeant Petra Minx of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Petra is called in to investigate when Emily Mortlake, the daughter of a high-flying Toronto politician, goes missing after taking a summer job aboard megayacht Titania in the Mediterranean. Despite the misgivings of her mentor, Tom Gilmore, Petra poses as a student and joins the crew of the yacht. She is quickly
drawn into the glamorous world of Titania’s owner, the ruthless and charismatic Don León. As she follows Emily’s trail from Monte Carlo to Mallorca and on to the Costa del Sol and Morocco, Petra struggles with conflicting emotions in her relentless quest to uncover
the truth before it is too late.
Marion’s second novel in the Petra Minx series, The Man in a Black Shirt, is set in the Bahamas, Las Vegas and the northern Great Lakes of North America.
Marion loves the climate and culture of southern Spain and is delighted to be associated with the Museo interactivo de la música de Málaga. Website: http://www.marionleigh.com Blogsite: http://marionleigh.wordpress .com/
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Kennerleys awarded Film annual trophy The Trumps Bridge Group in Nerja held its annual tournament on Saturday 8th February at the AlAndalus Hotel in Maro near Nerja.
The event was well attended with a total of 14 tables (56 players) and the cup, entitled The David Leake Memorial Trophy, was awarded to the winning
pair Tara Kennerly.
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The trophy was named after David Leake, a wellloved and prominent personality within the local bridge community. The bridge playing in the afternoon was followed by dinner in the evening when the results were announced and the trophy and cash prizes awarded
by Marion Talbot, the tournament organiser.
Regular duplicate bridge sessions take place on Monday and Thursday afternoons starting at 3.00pm at the Al-Andalus Hotel. All visitors welcome. For information see www.bridgewebs.com /trumpsnerja for current session times etc.
This coming week, tonight, Wednesday 12th and tomorrow, Thursday 13th February the original version of the film “The Book Thief” will be showing at La Tocha in Coin at 7.30 pm on both days.
The cost of the tickets is €4.00 per person (not €3.50) and there are no discounts available. The film lasts 2 hours and 10 minutes and is rated as a 12A in the UK and suitable for 7s and over in Spain.
There will only be two showings of this film on consecutive days. The box office will be open from about 3.30pm on each day.
The book on which this film is based – about a young girl, her relationship with the lady her mother cleans for and her love of books during the war – was fabulous so the film is not to be missed.
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This is Willy. He is 6 years old, a lovely little boy, who is very affectionate, well trained and quiet. He loves children and the company of other dogs. He came to PAD as his owner has Alzheimer’s and can no longer look after him. The rest of the family do not want him. He is the ideal companion for any dog lover and he misses the
comforts of a home. Call Lisa 658 351 642 for further information and to meet Willy.
GOOD NEWS: Boogie who was Animal Rescue Charity FAMA’s pet of the week in last week’s edition of The News has found a lovely new home. Thank you to everyone who has given a home to any of the rescued animals in this feature.
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David King of the Marbella Rugby Club visited Cudeca Hospice on Friday afternoon, 24th January, to present a donation of €680 – part of the sum raised by children from the Rugby Club packing the bags of shoppers at the Iceland store in Puerto Banus during the run up to Christmas.
Marisa Ballestracci from the Cudeca Fundraising Department, showed David and his wife Sarah around the Hospice facilities, including the Day Care Unit and the very important In Patient Unit. The Marbella Rugby Club are a self-funded Club and this event has
not only gone towards helping the Club stay alive, but the 20% donation of their total collection will help Cudeca Hospice continue giving their special care, free of any cost, to their patients with non-curable advanced cancer and other non-curable illnesses,as well as giving support to their family.
Valentine’s coffee morning Lux Mundi Torre del Mar branch will be holding a special Valentine’s coffee morning this Friday, February 14th and tell The News that they’ll be having a few surprises up
their sleeves! Of course there will also be the usual boutique, bric-abrac, preserves, books and cards for sale plus their library and tourist reference library. Join in
the fun from 11am to 1pm at Avenida Moscatel 1, Iº, (Jardines Viña Malága/Antigua Casa de la Viña), Torre del Mar. Tel: 952 543 334
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Pets, Vets & Guests with David The Dogman
I would like to thank those who wrote welcoming me back and am delighted that you like the new column. If any of you cannot get our show on TRE send me an email and I will send you a copy every week. I also remind those of you who can get the show but maybe go shopping on Saturdays that you can hear a replay on Monday nights at 8pm.
Nazli says: A walk on the beach is one of the joys of having a dog in the Costa del Sol. But be careful if your dog tends to eat things he finds. After every storm fish hooks may wash up on the beach. If they still contain bait the dog will pick it up and swallow the hook. You will see the fish line hanging out of the mouth. DO NOT pull the line! Attach the line to the dog’s collar and seek veterinary help. Prevent this happening by putting a muzzle on your dog. Anna says: When choosing a dog school, choose wisely! Go and visit the school and talk to the trainer and other students before you decide. When training a dog it is very important that you believe in what you are doing and feel comfortable during the classes. Training is supposed to be fun for both you and your dog. Celia says: Is your cat going bald? It could be fleas. Some cats are so allergic to a single flea bite that they pull or nibble their fur in this area. Cats also do this if they have a painful area, if they are allergic to some forms of food, or if they are ill. Some cats even pull their fur out of stress. So take your cat to the vet and discuss the problem. On this week’s show we discussed stress – ‘Does your pet follow you around the home and even to the toilet?’ If yes if you’re honest (big smile) simply start closing doors behind you.
Our pets suffer when we leave them and especially when they go into kennels. My advice is to put your puppy into kennels for the day once a month for the first 6 months – this way your pet will suffer very little stress. If you can why not put a video on when you go out, that will tell all! I noticed that Boy Boy kept nibbling his rear end near his tail. I brush him every day using a Zoom Groom and kept searching the area and could see it was getting a little red, in fact he started to cry when nibbling it but I could see nothing. Nazli recommended a flea treatment and within 24 hours he stopped biting. Now I recommend a flea treatment even if your dog does not have fleas, as a preventative. More about fleas on my website.
In my schools I always used the Kumfi range of head collars, leads and collars. This range is now at Nazli’s clinic, all washable and adjustable and the famous Liver Treats which every dog loves tel: 952804165 Liver treats also in Fuengirola at Clinica Veterinaria Pet Vet Kamu, Calle Maestra Aspiazu, Edificio Azahar, Puebla Lucia 952 66 73 33. If you have a question send me an email david@thedogman.net Most problems can be answered on my website www.thedogman.net
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Just for fun and for this month only Estepona Floral Art Club will be holding its next flower arranging demonstration on Tuesday 18th February from 3.15pm to 5pm at a different venue for this month only.
The February demonstration will take place at The Brasserie, Casares Costa Golf Resort, N340 km 146.5, Urb Bahia de Casares, Ctra de Casares Km 0.7 Estepona. The guest demonstrator,
Stephen McDonnell, NAFAS Area Demonstrator from West Sussex has entitled his demonstration “Just For Fun” – promising a refreshing and spectacular afternoon. A flower
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arranger for a mere five years, Stephen is a regular exhibitor and winner at all the major flower arranging shows. He won his fourth Gold Medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013 for the Best Floral Arrangement (Session 2), and Gold at RHS Wisley. Stephen says, “I enjoy large designs and at the moment I am working on my largest design which is for the north transept of Chichester Cathedral’s flower festival 2014. The design will be floor to ceiling one. It is a challenge, as I have over 40ft to fill!” His demonstration on Tuesday promises to be stunning and at the forefront of floral design. Stephen works as head gardener and floral arranger for a private 29 acre estate in Sussex. Members of the audience will hear about valuable insider anecdotes, how to create beautiful floral art displays, and have the opportunity to ask Stephen for tips and hints on gardens, plant and flower care.
This will be an enjoyable, sociable event
for anyone who is interested in flowers, fun and friendship, and visitors are welcome to join the Club members for lunch at The Brasserie before the demonstration. Please call The Brasserie directly on 607 474 988 to make your reservation, and state that you are attending the flower club demonstration. There is ample parking.
Established over 10 years ago, Estepona Floral Art Club is a very friendly club on the Costa del Sol, Spain, with members and visitors from Nerja to Gibraltar. Once a month there is a flower arranging demonstration, where spectacular displays are created live on stage. There are workshops for those who want to learn practical skills, coffee mornings and special events. There is no need to book in advance, members and visitors are most welcome to attend and do not need any prior knowledge of flowers or flower arranging to enjoy the Club’s events. Members are of different nationalities but all meetings are in English.
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For more information and photographs, please see their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/estepona floralartclub. If you are already a Facebook user, please click ‘Like’ to receive regular updates on the Club’s activities and events. Alternatively, please call Jo on 952 89 13 85 or send an email to esteponafloralartclub@ hotmail.com to receive information about the Club or to join the mailing list for the monthly Newsletter.
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Thurs 13th: Adele Tribute 8pm Fri 14th: Valentine’s Special. Ribs or rump + bottle of wine €20 for two plus lighthearted game of Mr & Mrs. Friday 21st: Amy Winehouse & Cher tribute with Jordana 9pm Friday 28th: Johnny G - All round entertainer Friday or Saturday night: Karaoke from 8pm, check with venue for which night! Sunday Night: The legendary Frankie B - Motown and soul Pool League starting soon
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SOS Animal Refuge volunteers and supporters will put their best foot forward in a 5km sponsored walk-jog-run to raise much needed funds. The fun event will be held on Saturday March 29th in country lanes overlooked by the famous water tower landmark in Alhaurin el Grande and all comers are welcome to take part. Serious runners who want to test themselves against the clock will set off first and be timed at the start and finish of the course and will receive personalised certificates confirming their run time. Others taking part can enjoy a light jog or leisurely stroll with or without a dog, ending up at Finca Juan Berrocal, and everyone who takes part will receive a laminated certificate of thanks. Anyone who would like to give an SOS dog a fun morning out will be able to pick one from the ‘rogues gallery’ on the charity’s website event page. The dogs will be wearing jaunty handmade red jackets sewn by an SOS volunteer. Entry is 5 euros and sponsor forms are available from SOS, either to download from the SOS website, from the SOS Sunday market stall at La Trocha, the CHAIN charity shop in La Trocha, Coin, and Victoria Hart’s beauty salon in Alhaurin el Grande high street. Visit the SOS website at www.sos-animals.org
and click on the event button to find out the route – which goes past an 8th century Moorish tower, one of just two still standing in Malaga province, and ends up at Juan Berrocal’s – plus registration times and parking details. All dogs welcome, but must be sociable and kept on a lead! For more information visit the website – www.sos-animals.org, Facebook (SOS Animals Spain) or call 605 227 155.
You know you can sing. You know you want to sing! But you don’t know how to take the first step towards singing with a group of like-minded people other than to join the local church choir.
Well, now’s your chance to join a friendly group of singers who meet regularly for A-Cappella and 4-part-Harmony singing. Harmony Magic meet every Thursday from 2
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If you would like to try your hand at being creative, why not make your way up to Benahavis’ Gran Hotel on Sunday February 23rd from midday until 6pm where you will find an exhibition of sketching, painting, photography, textiles, painting, ceramics and glass, street art and graffiti. If you fancy having a go at sketching, get there for 2pm and to get your hands on a spray can and have a go at graffiti and street art following a demonstration, be there at 4pm. Run by the Benahavis branch of DFAS, it’s free entry and parking with food available in the exhibition hall.
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THESPA’s next dinner theatre evening is to be held on Wednesday February 26th with two plays for the evening. The first one is “Say Something Happened” by Alan Bennett. Eager but green June is despatched by the Council to register elderly people in the area but meets her match with Mam and Dad. This play will be followed by a three-course dinner and then the second play, “The Dear Departed” by Stanley Houghton, will be performed. The Dear Departed is a satire exploring the attitude of the daughters towards their sick father. Do they care for him or are
they only interested in his property? Doors open at 7pm for the 7.30pm start at the Masonic Centre, Los Boliches You can reserve your tickets by emailing Annellis65@hotmail.com or by calling 952 451 113.
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Antonio and his staff would like to wish all of our customers a very Happy Valentine’s Day and welcome you to spend a romantic lunch or evening meal at Restaurante El Rio & Bar El Rio for all our usual top quality food, drinks and tapas Open 12.00 noon ‘til late (Closed Sundays and Monday lunchtime)
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There will be a Speaker on the subject: 'Getting into and thriving in the public or private medical system in Spain'. Menu: Beer battered prawns with Sweet Chilli dip, followed by Beef Bourguignon, sauté potatoes & fresh veg. Price including drink is10€ - optional dessert 3€
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All Is Lost
DVD NEW RELEASE Director: J.C. Chandor Starring: Robert Redford
A man is lost at sea in the Indian Ocean. He is all alone, and his boat has taken on water as a result of an accident that ripped a hole in the side.
Nowhere near land, he must find a way to keep the boat afloat long enough to get it into a shipping lane. That will take all of the strength
Release date: February 11th
and courage that he has.
Beyond the physical demands of keeping his ship together and surviving on very little to eat or drink, he must keep himself from going crazy as solitude encroaches on him and it becomes more and more likely that he will not survive this experience.
Ender's Game
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Mr Peabody & SherMan Directed by Rob Minkoff Voices by: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stanley Tucci Another smart animated delight from Dreamworks, which offers plenty of action for the kids and lots of gags aimed at keeping the grown-ups amused, so mark this one down as perfect family fun.
Mr Peabody (Burrell) is a talking dog who is the cleverest being on the planet who happens to have a human adopted son Sherman (Charles). Mr Peabody has used his own invention, the WABAC time travel machine, to take Sherman on trips to learn about the past in a Wayne’s World/Back to The Future riff but things get out of hand when Sherman, making amends for fighting at school with classmate Penny, shows off the WABAC and before you can say space-time continuum the pair are off on a trip through time.
As the days wear on, his will to live begins to seriously dwindle.
Release date: February 11th
Director: Gavin Hood Starring: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford
In a dystopian future, the Earth is threatened by the Formics, a high-tech alien species that almost destroyed the human race decades earlier.
Terrified by their return, the government tries to decide what can be done about this grim problem. They end up settling upon an unlikely solution: putting their hopes in a boy named Ender, whom they intend to train to destroy the
alien invaders. Ender is a kind, empathetic child who is deeply devoted to his sister and frightened of his brother.
Neither of them is a chief concern once he is whisked away, however. Somehow, this mild-mannered child must be transformed into a killing machine.
How much will this
remarkable boy be forced to give up in order to save his people?
The Armstrong Lie
DVD NEW RELEASE Director: Alex Gibney Starring: Lance Armstrong
But of course it’s not that simple and the universe is threatened by their actions so Mr Peabody and the kids find themselves in Ancient Egypt, the Trojan War, the Renaissance and Revolutionary France, as
they try to put order back into the world.
It’s all great fun, with the usual impeccable Dreamworks standard of animation and a witty script, and has won plaudits from the critics.
This documentary compellingly reviews the life of American athlete Lance Armstrong, as told by intimate friends as well as journalists who questioned his integrity early on. Armstrong managed to cycle his way to fame by winning the Tour de France competition seven times after conquering cancer of the testicles. The absence of
Release date: February 11th
Armstrong's father during his childhood as well as the creation of his popular Live Strong philanthropic organisation demonstrate some of the highs and lows of his life, until his reputation comes crashing down after he finally admits to taking illegal drugs in order to
enhance his performance.
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August 23rd September 22nd
Sometimes your heart just can’t take it, you are pushed until you reach your limit of what you feel you want to emotionally endure. You are possibly experiencing extreme diversity in your life when the pendulum seems to swing from one extreme to another, emotionally you can feel as though you are on a roller coaster ride. Massive changes usually occur under these conditions but rest assured that a gap is on its way where you will be able to settle and recuperate. Your head has had to turn and face the things that you do not wish to deal with but now that your ruler is moving direct again you are some more able to sing with the fairies. A sense of optimism and enthusiasm for the future inspires you to look with joy at the horizon. Take some time to heal the past, with someone who means a great deal to you, as there is no real moving forward until it happens. There is support around you right now not only from those who are physically there but from the intangible levels too. You may be able to either see something or someone clearly for the first time, in a way that you have overlooked, or an aspect of your health may come to your attention. At this point you could slip into moments of deep thought as your mind is processing all the information it has been collecting over the past few months. Let the tears flow Cancer, let it go. You are feeling sensitive on these days, even more so than usual and you feel like you could cry at a drop of a hat. What you really need is some peace and quiet; people may be tugging at you from all directions and demanding your attention. Take some well needed space, a bit of time out from it all, and this will restore some sense of internal balance and strengthen your resources. A wave of intense feeling is running through your veins and this will tell you all you need to know to proceed in a certain direction. However, if you are looking externally for feedback or validation from others it will be a waste of time. All you need to know is inside of you. You are about to enter a brand new life cycle that will prove to be very different from all the others, there will be hesitancy on your part as you know there will be no turning back once you begin down this road. This week ahead can be full of ups and downs, if there has been a repeating theme in your life, then this theme is likely to occur again but this time you have a chance to rewrite the outcome if you wish and take control of the cycle. Get some well needed rest when you can as this can be a strange but amusing time, having its tragic moments and its humorous ones. Once things start moving then they are likely to really take off so make the most of any quiet times you get.
Significant personal advancements start to happen and life seems to move progressively onwards. Everything seems to fall into place automatically, the barriers have lifted and it is time to really step things up and get it all moving. Others are likely to sense your energy and look to you for leadership and guidance as you appear to be able to weigh up the odds and make decisions rd September 23 - based on common sense and a logical approach.
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Love is on your mind and is a serious business, perhaps there is someone in your life that you can trust for the long haul and somewhere inside you, you know this is true. Perhaps you are thinking of allowing yourself to commit and take this relationship to another level of trust. You hold the cards at the moment and the timing and deliverance is all down to you. You have passed through the valley of darkness lately and now you are emerging stronger and more determined than ever.
This can be an unusually nostalgic time and you will want to dig deep into your past and the memories of something significant loom larger than usual in your mind. Emotionally you could feel all over the place and you will want to indulge yourself in these feelings for now. Everything seems to have slowed down and progress can look as though it has groundto a halt, use this time to consider your options and choices very carefully.
Relationship dynamics are the theme of the week and you wish to clear the decks in order to eliminate all that does not serve you in your life. Everyone has their limits and you have nearly reached yours, in one key area, you know things have to change. This week prepare yourself for the changes that are about to begin as they are likely to be beneficial once they kick in. You will be pushing the re-set button and setting the criteria back on track. Commitments and career are the areas that are highlighted for you this week, there is likely to be some sort of recovery either on the practical level as in debts due to you come forth, or on a deeper level where you feel that you get a sense of identity back. There are opportunities to recover a more sustainable base that reflects a more natural expression of you. Demand what you are worth, be more self reliant and get those personal talents working for you. With any challenging experience, there is always a way through, this week you may need to ask yourself why you were put in a certain position in the first place. Events are likely to get interesting and you could hear people say things that you did not expect, powerful personal temptations are likely too; however, this is a perfect time for helping and assisting others. Pay close attention to the details, then you will not overlook anything important.
Kym’s Kitchen ...you don’t have to be a chef!
This is a great dish to cook when you have guests for Sunday lunch – just stick it in the oven and forget about it. The 6 – 7 hours of slow cooking allows the meat to tenderise slowly and evenly.
Slow cooked shoulder of Lamb Ingredients:
• 2 kg lamb shoulder • 2 tbsp olive oil • 2 medium onions, peeled and roughly chopped • 1 head garlic, halved horizontally • sprigs rosemary • sprigs thyme • 400 ml white wine
(Serves 4)
For the boulangere
• 2 onions, thinly sliced • knob of butter • 4 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
Directions 1. Preheat the oven to 70C/gas 1/8. 2. Season the lamb liberally with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a roasting tray and brown the shoulder on all sides. Add the onions, garlic and herbs. Lightly brown the vegetables. 3. Remove the meat and vegetables from the tray. Pour in the white wine and scrape the pan with a wooden spoon to dissolve any caramelised meat juices. Return the meat and vegetables to the pan, cover tightly with tin foil and put into the oven. 4. After 1 hour, remove the foil and add enough water to have about 1cm of liquid covering the bottom of the pan. Continue to cook uncovered for 4 hours, adding more liquid as necessary to baste the shoulder. 5. After 4
hours, remove the meat from the pan and strain any liquid through a sieve - you should have roughly 300-400ml. Discard the herbs and vegetables. 6. Increase the oven temperature to 80C/gas 1/2. 7. For the boulangere: soften the onions in a little butter. 8. Spread the onions onto the roasting tray and lay the sliced potatoes, overlapping on top. Sit the meat on top of the potatoes, pour the liquid over the lamb and add more water till the potatoes are just covered. 9. Put the pan back into the oven for another 2 hours, basting the meat and potatoes occasionally. You will have the most tender piece of meat imaginable, with the tastiest potato garnish.
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Primero, segundo, tercero
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I'm assuming by now you all know your numbers. Or are some of you still craning your necks to read the till at the check-out? With numbers, like everything else, it is just a matter of practise, practise, practise. Try saying prices to yourself as you go about your shopping.
So with the cardinal (normal) numbers under our belts it is now time to tackle the ordinals (the ones that tell you the order/sequence of things.) They come in masculine and feminine forms Primero/a - First, Segundo/a - Second, Tercero/a - Third, Cuarto/a - Fourth, Quinto/a - Fifth, Sexto/a - Sixth, Septimo/a - Seventh, Octavo/a - Eighth, Noveno/a - Ninth, Decimo/a - Tenth.
It is worth remembering that speaking about dates, people use the normal, cardinal numbers. So, the seventh of February is el siete de febrero, 17th March - el diecisiete de marzo, 9th May - el nueve de mayo, 4th December - el cuatro de diciembre and so on. However, there are many times that it is useful to know the ordinals at least up to 10. Mi oficina está en la quinta planta - My office is on the fifth floor El coche está en el sexto nivel del parking - My car is on the sixth level of the car park Terminamos segundo en la carrera - We finished second in the race. Octubre es el decimo mes del año - October is the tenth month of the year. Toma la tercera calle a la derecha - Take the third street on the right. Y después la primera a la izquierda - And then the first on the left. Voy de vacaciones la segunda semana de febrero - I'm going on holiday in the second week of February. Ojalá - If only Ya está - That's it Hasta la próxima - Until next time. Valerie
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Testosterone’s benefits and risks Nearly a decade ago, researchers in Boston decided to find out if older men who were not in good shape could benefit from daily doses of testosterone. They recruited several hundred volunteers and gave them the hormone or a placebo. Those taking testosterone got stronger, compared with those
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Testosterone has been heavily promoted as a
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The researchers found that for people with truly low testosterone levels, the benefits outweigh the risks "but for millions of others, it’s in the same category as snake oil”.
High-dose vitamin C can boost the cancer-killing effect of chemotherapy in the lab and in mice, researchers at the University of Kansas have suggested, after tests with mice and patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
replicate the effect, and research was abandoned. It is now known that the human body quickly excretes vitamin C when it is taken by mouth.
Vitamin C 'keeps cancer at bay'
They said that given by injection, it could potentially be a safe, effective and low-cost treatment for ovarian and other cancers, and called for large-scale government clinical trials. The large pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to run trials, as vitamins cannot be patented. Vitamin C has long been used as an alternative therapy for cancer.
In the 1970s, chemist Linus Pauling reported that vitamin C given intravenously was effective in treating cancer. However, clinical trials of vitamin C given by mouth failed to
However, the researchers said that when given by injection vitamin C is absorbed into the body, and can kill cancer cells without harming normal ones. After injecting vitamin C into human ovarian cancer cells in the lab and into mice, they found ovarian cancer cells were sensitive to vitamin C treatment, but normal cells were unharmed. The treatment worked in tandem with standard chemotherapy drugs to slow tumour growth in mouse studies. Meanwhile, a small group of patients reported fewer side-effects when given vitamin C alongside chemotherapy.
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The Good Ship Lollipop will sail no more
On Monday, child star Shirley Temple died aged 85 according to her publicist Cheryl Kagan
… the dimpled, curly-headed child was known for her cutsie image but she was a political force in later years.
Shirley Temple Black, died on Monday night at about 11 p.m. at her home near San Francisco. She was surrounded by family members and caregivers. She was America’s top box office star throughout the Depression years from 1935 to 1938 beating such big names as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. She kept movie enthusiasts singing “On The Good Ship Lollipop” that featured in the 1934 film “Bright Eyes” when she sang it at just six years old. The Good Ship Lollipop was in fact an aeroplane, not a boat, and the aviators in the plane during the "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
song sequence were all volunteers from the football team at the nearby University of Southern California. Shirley Temple retired from films at age 21 when audiences lost interest in her after she lost her child status. She raised her family and later held several diplomatic posts in Republican administrations including that of ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the collapse of communism in 1989. She won a special Academy Award in early 1935 for her "outstanding contribution to screen entertainment" in the previous year. She was honoured in the 1998
Two fashion designers hit by delays Designer and girlfriend of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, L’Wren Scott has pulled out of the biannual London Fashion Week as delays in production mean that key pieces will not be ready in time for the show that was scheduled for this coming Sunday.
The 6’4” former model is known for designing clothes for her label – founded in 2006 – that women can actually wear and is a firm favourite with Penelope Cruz, Sara Jessica Parker and Amy Adams. Instead, Scott will unveil her autumn/winter 2014 collection via social media and present it to press at her Paris showroom during Paris Fashion Week at the beginning of March. She most recently collaborated with Banana
Republic to create an affordable collection of clothes, shoes and accessories.
Also dogged by delays are is Victoria Beckham’s press material for her Victoria Beckham autumn/winter launch due this week. However, the clothes still went on sale from her New York fashion house from Monday this week and are reportedly proving very popular.
The sister line to her main clothing line is responsible for taking the former Spice Girl's fashion business into the black after 2012's .£15 million turnover left a tidy profit of just below £1.5 million. Both designers are known for their smart, wearable and affordable range of clothes for the modern woman.
Academy Awards and in 2006 she was awarded the lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild. She said in her acceptance speech: "I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award. Start early!" She was "just absolutely marvelous, greatest in the world," director Allan Dwan told filmmakerauthor Peter Bogdanovich in his book "Who the Devil Made It: Conversations With Legendary Film Directors." ''With Shirley, you'd just tell her once and she'd remember the rest of her life," said Dwan, who directed "Heidi" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook
Will Danny Zuko be in the next 007 movie?
John Travolta, best known for his starring rôles such as Danny Zuko in Grease, the hip-gyrating Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever, Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, and for his part as a really rather naughty angel in Michael, turns the ripe old age of 60 later this month – next Tuesday in fact, although he’d really rather forget it, he says. Having been away from the big screen for a while, he now has a series of tough-guy roles lined up, first in heist movie The Forger, then as John Gotti Snr in a 2015 biopic about the mobster. However, he says he won’t really “close the chapter on playing villains”, until he gets cast as a baddy in a James Bond film. “I would love that. They’re going a different way with their villain in this next film but I’ve spoken to Barbara Broccoli about it and she loves the idea, so that would be great.”
Farm." ''Whatever it was she was supposed to do — she'd do it. ... And if one of the actors got stuck, she'd tell him what his line was — she knew it better than he did." She often played an orphan, as in "Curly Top," where she introduced the hit "Animal Crackers in My Soup," and "Stowaway," in which she was befriended by Robert Young, later of "Father Knows Best" fame. At one point President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that "as long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right." "We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as
Shirley Temple in Bright Eyes the 1934 film that made her a star
our beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black," a
family statement said. She was married for more than 50 years to Charles Black of whom she said: "There's nothing like real love. Nothing."
From Fleming to Bond? British actor Dominic Cooper – and if you don’t know who he is, he’s the boyfriend in Mama Mia – is playing 007 creator Ian Fleming in a new TV series, and wouldn't
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Western (2010). Premiere. A farmer is murdered by a hired hand, who flees into the wilderness. The dead man's strong-willed 14-year-old daughter is determined to bring the killer to justice, and recruits the aid of a hard-drinking, one-eyed marshal to help her track him down. The Coen brothers' Western based on Charles Portis' novel, with Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.
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Espionage (1967). James Bond is sent on a mission to uncover the truth behind the disappearances of Soviet and American space capsules before the mutually suspicious superpowers go to war. The trail leads to Japan, where Bond finally comes face to face with his arch-enemy Blofeld. Spy thriller, starring Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi and Bernard Lee.
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6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 9:00pm Peter Kay: Live & Back on Nights! Part Two 10:00pm The Last Leg 10:50pm Brooklyn NineNine 11:20pm The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 12:55am The Simpsons 1:15am Random Acts 1:20am According to Jim 1:45am Happy Endings 2:05am Franklin & Bash 2:50am Boss 3:45am Stonehouse Reunion 3:50am Location, Location, Location
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New series. Dave Myers and Si King travel around Asia exploring the roots of some of their favourite dishes from the continent. They begin in Hong Kong, where they learn about the versatility of the wok in Cantonese cuisine at a street-food stall, while breakfast reveals a surprising legacy of British rule, before the duo are sent on their way with a traditional Chinese good luck ceremony.
Programmes 7:00pm The One Show 8:00pm Waterloo Road 9:00pm Outnumbered 9:30pm Mrs Brown's Boys 10:00pm BBC News 10:25pm Regional News and Weather 10:35pm Match of the Day 12:05am Weatherview 12:10am BBC News
6:00am Breakfast 9:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00am Homes Under the Hammer 11:00am Bargain Hunt 11:30am Live Winter Tue, Feb 18th 11:35pm Olympics FILM 1:00pm BBC News; Weather 1:30pm Regional News and Weather 1:45pm Doctors Thriller (2001). A petty crook finds himself in a 2:15pm WPC 56 tricky situation when he tries to smuggle an 3:00pm Perfection antique gun from Mexico into America for his Mob boss. As events begin to spiral out of control, 3:45pm Escape to the his girlfriend's displeasure and a pursuing hitman Country 4:30pm Put Your Money only add to the would-be bootlegger's woes. Where Your Mouth Is Comedy thriller directed by Gore Verbinski, with 5:15pm Pointless Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, Gene 6:00pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News Hackman and JK Simmons.
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7:00pm Would I Lie to You? The Unseen Bits 7:30pm Would I Lie to You? 8:00pm Sexy Beasts 9:00pm Generation Sex: Secrets of South America 10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents: Thailand 11:00pm Family Guy
11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad! 12:30am Generation Sex: Secrets of South America 1:30am Sexy Beasts 2:00am Sexy Beasts 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Generation Sex: Secrets of South America
7:00pm Total Wipeout 8:00pm Motorway Cops 9:00pm Tough Young Teachers 10:00pm Ja'mie: Private School Girl 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad!
12:30am Ja'mie: Private School Girl 12:55am Uncle 1:25am Tough Young Teachers 2:25am Live at the Electric 2:55am Tough Young Teachers
7:00pm Great Movie Mistakes: Revenge of the Fifth 7:25pm Doctor Who 8:10pm Doctor Who 9:00pm MOVIE: Enemy of the State 11:05pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 11:50pm Live at the Electric
12:20am American Dad! 12:40am American Dad! 1:00am Sexy Beasts 1:30am Sexy Beasts 2:00am Uncle 2:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents: Thailand 3:30am Live at the Electric
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SATURDAY February 15th
6:00am Breakfast 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 11:30am Food & Drink 12:00pm Football Focus 12:45pm Saturday Sportsday 1:00pm BBC News; Regional News and Weather 1:15pm Live Athletics: British Grand Prix 4:30pm Final Score 5:15pm Reflex 6:00pm BBC News; Regional News and Weather 6:20pm Pointless Celebrities 7:10pm The Voice UK 8:30pm The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins
9:20pm Casualty 10:10pm Mrs Brown's Boys 10:40pm BBC News; Weather 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:45pm The Football League Show 1:00am Weatherview 1:05am BBC News
5:00am Live Winter Olympics 12:30pm Live Winter Olympics 4:30pm Live Winter Olympics 7:00pm Winter Olympics: Today at the Games 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm MOVIE: True Grit 10:45pm QI XL 11:30pm The Notorious Bettie Page 1:00am Love 2:15am This Is BBC Two 5:00am Live Winter Olympics
6:50am Canimals 7:00am Canimals 7:05am Canimals 7:10am Om Nom Stories 7:15am Sooty 7:30am Scrambled! 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Dinner Date 10:30am Murder, She Wrote 11:30am ITV News and Weather 11:40am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:35pm The Crocodile Hunter Diaries 1:05pm The Unforgettable Ernie Wise 2:05pm MOVIE: You Only Live Twice
4:20pm ITV News London 4:30pm ITV News and Weather 4:45pm Live FA Cup Football 7:20pm Splash! 8:50pm Take Me Out 10:05pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:05pm ITV News and Weather 11:20pm FA Cup Football Highlights 12:30am Jackpot247 3:00am In Plain Sight 3:45am ITV Nightscreen
6:10am The Hoobs 6:35am The Hoobs 7:00am Trans World Sport 8:00am The Morning Line 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am The Big Bang Theory 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:00am How I Met Your Mother 11:25am How I Met Your Mother 11:55am The Simpsons 12:25pm Undercover Boss USA 1:25pm Channel 4 Racing 4:10pm Come Dine with Me 4:40pm Come Dine
with Me 5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me 6:15pm Come Dine with Me 6:45pm Channel 4 News 7:05pm The Restoration Man 8:00pm Walking Through History: Northumbria 9:00pm Hostages 10:00pm Inglourious Basterds 12:55am Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2:45am Hollyoaks 4:50am Location, Location, Location
7:00pm Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 9:00pm Meet the Fockers 10:55pm Family Guy 11:15pm Family Guy 11:35pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy
12:45am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:50am Sexy Beasts 2:50am Uncle 3:20am Live at the Electric 3:50am Great Movie Mistakes: Revenge of the Fifth
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SUNDAY
February 16th
Stephen Fry hosts the annual celebration of cinema, live from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. This has been a year that has seen moviegoers get stranded in space with Sandra Bullock in Gravity, become engrossed by the excitement of Formula 1 in Rush and tinkle the ivories with Michael Douglas in Behind the Candelabra - among many other big-screen treats. Now the academy pays tribute to the very best, with American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Philomena and 12 Years a Slave competing for best film.
MONDAY
February 17th
NOTE: Add 1 hour for Spanish viewing times.
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February 18th
6:00am Breakfast 9:00am The Andrew Marr Show 10:00am The Big Questions 11:00am Sunday Politics 12:15pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 1:00pm BBC News 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm The Indian Doctor 2:45pm Escape to the Country 3:30pm Hidden Kingdoms 4:30pm Lifeline 4:40pm Songs of Praise 5:15pm Pointless Celebrities 6:05pm BBC News; Regional News and
Weather 6:30pm Blandings 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Call the Midwife 9:00pm The British Academy Film Awards 11:00pm BBC News; Regional News and Weather 11:25pm Doubt 1:05am Weatherview 1:10am BBC News
6:00am Breakfast 9:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00am Homes Under the Hammer 11:00am The Sheriffs Are Coming 11:45am Saints and Scroungers 12:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:00pm BBC News; Weather 1:30pm Regional News 1:45pm Doctors 2:15pm Perfection 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 4:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 5:15pm Pointless
6:00pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News Programmes 7:00pm The One Show 7:30pm Inside Out 8:00pm EastEnders 8:30pm Kidnapped: Betrayed by Britain? Panorama 9:00pm Britain's Great War 10:00pm BBC News 10:25pm Regional News and Weather 10:35pm Have I Got Old News for You 11:20pm Who Do You Think You Are? USA 12:00am The Graham Norton Show 12:45am Weatherview 12:50am BBC News
6:00am Breakfast 9:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited 10:00am Homes Under the Hammer 11:00am The Sheriffs Are Coming 11:45am Saints and Scroungers 12:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:00pm BBC News; Weather 1:30pm Regional News and Weather 1:45pm Doctors 2:15pm Perfection 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 4:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
5:15pm Pointless 6:00pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News Programmes 7:00pm The One Show 7:30pm EastEnders 8:00pm Holby City 9:00pm Death in Paradise 10:00pm BBC News 10:25pm Regional News and Weather 10:35pm Traffic Cops 11:35pm MOVIE: The Mexican 1:30am Weatherview 1:35am BBC News
5:00am Live Winter Olympics 12:30pm Live Winter Olympics 4:00pm Live Winter Olympics 7:00pm Winter Olympics: Today at the Games 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Alan Davies Apres-Ski 10:30pm Line of Duty 11:30pm For Your Consideration 12:55am Countryfile 1:50am Holby City 2:50am The Truth About Immigration 3:50am This Is BBC Two 5:00am Live Winter
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5:00am Live Winter Olympics 1:00pm Live Winter Olympics 4:00pm Live Winter Olympics 7:00pm Winter Olympics: Today at the Games 8:00pm University Challenge 8:30pm Food & Drink 9:00pm Horizon: The Power of the Placebo 10:00pm The Culture Show: Damon Albarn Solo 10:30pm Newsnight 11:20pm Dragons' Den 12:20am Film 2014 12:50am Russia on Four Wheels 1:50am Animal Odd
Couples 2:50am This Is BBC Two 3:55am Legal Eagles 4:50am Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings 5:30am Schools: Your Paintings
6:45am Live Winter Olympics 1:00pm Live Winter Olympics 4:00pm Live Winter Olympics 7:00pm Winter Olympics: Today at the Games 8:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 9:00pm How China Fooled the World - With Robert Peston 10:00pm House of Fools 10:30pm Newsnight 11:20pm Horizon: The Power of the Placebo 12:20am The Super League Show 1:00am Britain's Great War 2:00am Operation Grand
Canyon with Dan Snow 3:00am This Is BBC Two 3:55am Schools - The Modern Monarchy 4:55am Schools - D-Day: The Last Heroes 5:30am Schools - Roman Voices
5:50pm ITV News London 6:00pm ITV News 6:15pm Dancing on Ice 7:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 8:30pm Dancing on Ice: The Skate Off 9:00pm Mr Selfridge 10:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 10:15pm Birds of a Feather 10:45pm FA Cup Highlights 11:45pm Premiership Rugby Union 12:45am The Store 2:45am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:10am ITV Nightscreen
6:00am Daybreak 8:30am Lorraine 9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30am This Morning 12:30pm Loose Women 1:30pm ITV News 1:55pm News London 2:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 3:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 3:59pm ITV London Weather 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm The Chase 6:00pm ITV News London 6:30pm ITV News 7:00pm Emmerdale 7:30pm Coronation
Street 8:00pm A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm DCI Banks 10:00pm ITV News at Ten 10:30pm News London 10:35pm The Agenda 11:10pm The Mighty Mississippi with Trevor McDonald 12:05am Jackpot247 3:00am Champions League Weekly 3:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:10am ITV Nightscreen
6:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm Emmerdale 7:30pm Live UEFA Champions League 10:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 10:30pm ITV News London 10:35pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 11:35pm Jermain Defoe: Sports Life Stories 12:30am Jackpot247 3:00am Loose Women 3:45am ITV Nightscreen
7:10am Will & Grace 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Come Dine with Me: Ireland 1:05pm Come Dine with Me: Ireland 2:10pm Come Dine with Me: Ireland 2:40pm Countdown 3:30pm Deal or No Deal 4:30pm Come Dine with Me 5:00pm Coach Trip
5:30pm Superstar Dogs: Countdown to Crufts 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm A&E's Missing Millions - Dispatches 8:30pm Benefits Street: The Last Word 9:00pm Benefits Britain: The Debate 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 10:50pm Troy 11:50pm One Born Every Minute 12:45am Random Acts 12:50am Scandal 1:35am Hostages 2:20am World Without End 3:55am Supernanny US 4:35am Location, Location, Location
6:00am Daybreak 8:30am Lorraine 9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30am This Morning 12:30pm Loose Women 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:55pm ITV News London 2:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 3:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 3:59pm ITV London Weather 4:00pm Tipping Point 5:00pm The Chase 6:00pm ITV News London
6:50am Canimals 7:05am Canimals 7:10am Om Nom Stories 7:15am Sooty 7:30am Scrambled! 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Murder, She Wrote 10:30am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:25am ITV News 11:35am Inside the National Trust 12:30pm The Crocodile Hunter Diaries 1:00pm Live FA Cup Football 3:50pm Splash! 5:20pm You've Been Framed!
6:10am The Hoobs 6:35am The Hoobs 7:00am Freesports on 4 7:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:55am Frasier 8:25am The Taste 9:30am Sunday Brunch 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 12:55pm The Big Bang Theory 1:25pm How I Met Your Mother 1:50pm How I Met Your Mother 2:20pm The Simpsons 2:50pm The Simpsons 3:20pm Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Gulliver's Travels
7:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 7:10pm The Voice UK 8:30pm The British Academy Film Awards: Red Carpet 9:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:00pm Family Guy 10:45pm Uncle 11:15pm American Dad!
8:00pm Scandimania 9:00pm MOVIE: Red 11:15pm Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1:05am Boss 2:00am The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life 2:55am Secret Removers 3:55am Location, Location, Location 4:50am Supernanny US
12:20am American Dad! 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am Ja'mie: Private School Girl 1:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents: Thailand 2:30am Russell Howard's Good News 3:00am Russell Howard's Good News
7:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 7:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Is Amanda Knox Guilty? 10:00pm Uncle 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Family Guy
11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad! 12:30am Uncle 1:00am Is Amanda Knox Guilty? 2:00am Live at the Electric 2:30am Growing Up Down's 3:30am Uncle
7:10am Will & Grace 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Come Dine with Me: Ireland 1:05pm Come Dine with Me: Ireland 2:05pm Come Dine with Me: Ireland 2:40pm Countdown 3:30pm Deal or No Deal 4:30pm Come Dine with Me 5:00pm Coach Trip 5:30pm Superstar Dogs:
7:00pm Top Gear 8:00pm Tough Young Teachers 9:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents: Thailand 10:00pm Bad Education 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad!
Countdown to Crufts 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Location, Location, Location 9:00pm The Taste 10:00pm Sexting Teacher 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:45pm Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People? 12:40am Random Acts 12:45am Poker 1:45am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:15am Trans World Sport 3:10am Beach Volleyball 4:05am Freesports on 4 4:35am Terror in the Skies
12:10am American Dad! 12:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents: Thailand 1:30am Is Amanda Knox Guilty? 2:30am Bad Education 3:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents: Thailand
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With the loss of satellite UK terrestrial channels in Spain, many people will be looking at the various possibilities of getting them back.
The most popular method will be IPTV which will enable the various television channels to be downloaded via the Internet. If one has a “smart” television, then the Internet can be either directly connected by cable to the television or wirelessly via WIFI.
However, if a household does not have a smart TV but has a TV that has an HDMI connection, then it is possible to buy a set-top box that will connect to the Internet and output to the TV via the HDMI connection. This will probably be the most common method and there will be many companies trying to sell these set-top boxes.
Whatever method is chosen it will now cost money to
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What a shame. With the BBC and ITV all going off and not so much choice about what to watch on the telly you’d think
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card, and costs around £35 from Amazon or Ebay. Its “operating system” is called XBMC and allows the user to not only watch literally hundreds of movies, including new releases, for free, (which other set-top boxes will not) but also enables all UKTV channels and radio stations to be downloaded for free.
It connects to the Internet, either by cable or wirelessly and its output is via an HDMI connecter to the home television. (Like all Internet services the quality is dependent upon the speed of the Internet and the service provided by the ISP, Telefonica, Telitec, Wifinetspain, Mowitel etc.).
At the moment I am watching BBC news and last night I watched a new release film called The Book Thief.
Editor says: This sounds like a good idea but PLEASE check with a reputable provider what will and will not work for you in the area where you live – before paying out any money.
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that we would all appreciate the local entertainers a bit more. There were a few of us went to see a singer in a local bar last week and it
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was such a shame to see people at the bar behaving like morons. At times we could hardly hear the singer over them shouting their conversations to each other and, why they would think the rest of us would want to hear what they had to say is utterly beyond me. Perhaps the people making all the noise will find over the coming weeks and months a way to appreciate what these artistes do and learn a few manners when it comes to ruining other people’s nights out. The artiste in question carried on through it all like the true trouper he is but at the end of the evening, all those that had travelled to see his show were very disappointed. So please, if there’s a show on and people are obviously wanting to enjoy it, shut up and have some manners in future.
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Of all the constellations in the night sky the most easily recognised must be Orion, The Hunter.
rion dominates the winter sky with his ‘bow tie’ or ‘butterfly’ shape of stars that are some of the brightest stars in the sky. At this time of year Orion can be seen rising in the east at dusk and during the night he stands upright passing right across the southern part of the sky. He is one of the more interesting constellations and each star has its own story to tell. tarting with the bright red coloured star in the upper left-hand corner – this is Betelgeuse a supersized red giant. Betelgeuse is so huge that if it were placed where our Sun is then its outer edge would reach almost to the planet Saturn. Betelgeuse is a ‘live fast die young’ type of star. It is only about 10 million years old compared to the Sun’s six billion years, but its massive size has caused it to use up much of its fuel and it is expected to explode as a supernova any time between now and one million years hence. It may have already exploded and as it is 640 light years away we are simply waiting for the image to get here. ove to the top right-hand star Bellatrix; a blue/white coloured star about 250 light years away and over eight times bigger than the sun. Continue clockwise to the bottom right hand star, this is Rigel a super bright star almost 900 light years away. Rigel is possibly 100 thousand times more luminous than the Sun and about 75 times the radius. It is the sixth brightest star in the night sky. Its dazzling blue/white colour tells astronomers that it is a very hot star with a surface temperature of more than 12,0000 C. he faint star in the bottom left hand corner is called Saith that comes from an Arabic name meaning sword of the giant. Saith is about 650 light years away, which is almost the same distance as Betelgeuse. From Saith Betelgeuse must be an amazing sight at only 10 light years away from it. ow look at the three stars in a perfect straight line crossing the centre of Orion. From left to right they are called Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. Although these three stars appear to be equal in brightness and distance they are massively different in size, brightness and distance from us, it is merely a line of sight effect that causes them to appear as Orion’s belt. f you look very carefully below Orion’s belt where his sword would be hanging you will notice that the stars here seem a little fuzzy round the
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Ferrari snatch a thrilling Bathurst 12 Hour The 2014 Bathurst 12 Hours took place in Australia last weekend at the Mount Panorama Circuit. Ferrari took the win with a thrilling finish in what was a side-by-side race to the finish line against a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 belonging to HTP Motorsports.
The team of Craig Lowndes, Peter Edwards, John Bowe and Mika Salo in the Ferrari 458 GT3 were the victors. The outcome though was not resolved coming to the last corner, but the second-
placed HTP MercedesBenz SLS of Maximilian Buhk, Thomas Jaeger and Harold Primat missed out by just 0.4 of a second.
Three seconds covered the first four places. Third was another Mercedes, the Erebus car of Will Davison, Jack Le Brocq and Greg Crick, which just held out the surprise packet McLaren MP4-12C of pet-food magnate Tony Quinn, his son Klark, Scot Andrew Kirkaldy and the new Mount Panorama lap record-holder, Kiwi Shane van Gisbergen with a time
of 2.03.85 – a touch faster than the pole time.
Lowndes has five Bathurst 1000 trophies already on top of the 2014 Bathurst 12-Hour trophy he won on Sunday. The second placed HTP Motorsports team made it a great spectacle with an impressive performance, especially from their young driver Buhk. Third in this Class A was also another Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT of Erebus Motorsports. They fought back several laps to the top after suffering damage due to a contact. The damage resulted in the car being faster on the straights and slower at the tops which was considered an advantage.
The race continued from dawn to dusk with crashes and incidents in abundance, and an unwanted appearance by a suicidal kangaroo. The
Aston Martin recall will cost £1.5 million Aston Martin estimates that its expanded recall of accelerator pedals in 17,590 sports cars will result in a material added cost of 1.5 million pounds. The first recall for the problem was announced last May and was expanded in October and expanded again last Wednesday to include most of the sports cars built by Aston Martin since late 2007.
Aston Martin said in a statement last week that it determined the cost of the recall in late November 2013. The estimate does not include the potential cost of moving production of the pedal. Their spokeswoman Sarah Calam said the company plans to shift production of the pedal arms from China to the UK "as soon as possible" in 2014.
The cost of the recall is of great interest because Aston Martin has struggled to fund the development of a range of new vehicles while rivals like Bentley, owned by Volkswagen Group, and
Rolls-Royce, owned by BMW Group, have the ability to draw on the resources of their parent firms. Of the Aston Martin cars affected in the recall, 7,271 are in Europe and 5,001 in the United States, Calam said. The company sells cars in 41 countries.
The cars are being recalled from model years 2008 through 2014, according to documents from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Aston Martin found that Shenzhen Kexiang Mould Tool Co. Ltd., a Chinese subcontractor that molds the affected accelerator pedal arms, was using counterfeit plastic material supplied by Synthetic Plastic Raw Material Co. Ltd. of Dongguan, according to documents filed with the NHTSA.
Calam said there had been no reports of accidents or injuries related to the issue, adding that 22 failed parts had been reported.
Sepang MotoGP test: Crutchlow ‘no-one is near Marquez’
kangaroo was hit after just 15 minutes of the 6.15am start time, by the Erebus Mercedes driven by Brocq, and then the following Lamborghini Gallardo, which was damaged beyond repair and out of the contest.
The young German Buhk made a couple of adventurous lunges at Lowndes in the final minutes, but the wily Australian, winner of five Bathurst 1000s, didn't falter.
''I was running the inside lines, and making the Merc take the long way around,'' said Lowndes of the tense last few minutes. It was his fourth 12 Hour start, and first win. There was a scary moment for the winning team mid-race when van Gisbergen fired the Casting his eye over the Sepang MotoGP timesheets, new Ducati signing Cal Crutchlow was clear that world champion Marc Marquez holds a significant advantage over the other riders.
Honda star Marquez left the test with a best lap time just 0.194s ahead of Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, with the top four riders all breaking the two-minute barrier. However it was
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McLaren under the Salodriven Ferrari entering the sweeper at the McPhillamy Park bend. The two slapped panels at about 200km/h. During the third hour of the race, the Clearwater Ferrari of Hiroshi Hamaguchi clipped a wall, broke its radiator, and then spun on its own fluid at the superfast McPhillamy Park bend.
Chiyo (and earlier put among the top three by V8 Supercars driver Rick Kelly) hit the same patch of fluid and careered heavily into the Ferrari. It was turned into an unrecognisable pile of scrap metal. The team though made it clear that they will be back next year. The feeling was, this was one of the most exciting Bathurst's for many years, and next year’s dates have already been fixed 6-8th Feb 2015. One for the diary.
Marquez's final day race simulation that revealed his true advantage. “Everyone says how close it is at the top. Vale, Jorge, Dani – everyone is close to Marc as such (over one lap),” said Crutchlow. “But his race simulation, they are 20 seconds off. I can tell you that now.”
long run: “At the end of the race they would be at least ten seconds off. It puts everything in perspective. Marc is just going so well,” said Crutchlow.
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In-House Competitions take place at Mijas Bowls Club The In-House competitions have now been completed at Mijas and it is thought that two “firsts” have been recorded as, in the Drawn Pairs, a husband and wife were drawn out to play together and, in the Handicap Singles, a husband and wife played against each other in the final. The Drawn Triples was played to a finish earlier as one of the entrants, who was an eventual winner, had to return home for medical reasons. The winners were Peter Allard, Geoff Collins and Charles McIntyre who beat Hal Briscoe, Jim Taylor and June Briscoe in the final. The Drawn Pairs saw the aforementioned husband and wife pairing, Ron and Pam Cole, beat Peter Allard
and Geoff Collins in a very good final match. In the Ladies' Singles Geraldine Robinson beat Barbara Land to become the Champion who will go on to play in the Champion of Champions when she will be joined by Tony Land, the Mijas Men's Champion. After her Singles match Barbara said that as she had been playing at Indalo Bowls Club, on a much heavier green, only two days before, it took her a few ends to become accustomed to the much faster carpet at Mijas. The Men's Singles final could not be played as John Fenton unfortunately had to pull out through illness. It is worth mentioning here that Barbara had been to Indalo playing in the Malaga squad versus the Spanish National squad;
she won three out of her four matches which were two Pairs and two Trips. Last, but not least, the Handicap Singles in which Tony and Val Thornton met each other in the final. The winner was Tony, who, according to Val, played an excellent game and she just could not catch him. However, after the match, they were still talking to each other!
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On Sunday 16th March Mijas Bowls Club will be holding a “Come and try it” morning when anybody who has bowled previously and completely new bowlers will be welcome to come to try it. Further details will be given later so watch this space! By Christine Wilson
Wayne’s Weekly Poker Tips Continued from last week
Variance
If there’s one reason I hear more than any other for not playing 6-max holdem, it’s that the variance is too high. Some people simply don’t want to endure the downswings associated with a higher variance game of poker.
While it is true that your standard deviation per 100 hands will be higher in 6max than full ring, this should not be a factor in whether you play the game or not. We are supposed to be playing for the long term! If you are adequately bankrolled, then you will do better playing in the game which earns you the most money per hour, regardless of the variance. Remember, variance doesn’t alter your mean winrate, just your spread of results around that winrate. This means above it too! Most players forget this. When you have a monster session and finish up 6 – 8 buyins, do you put it all down to playing well? Or are you aware enough to be able to say “In that session I ran way above my average winrate due to variance.”
Do not limp preflop
This is the only hard and fast rule I am going to give you in this article. While it’s possible to employ a profitable strategy involving preflop limping, it’s extremely difficult to balance and relies on expert
post flop play. For the vast majority of players, it’s simply better to raise any pot you want to enter first. Three or four times the big blind will do it. If you limp, not only will you be isolated out of position a lot, it will be more difficult to build big pots with your monsters. It also makes hand reading a nightmare, especially if you let the blinds in for free.
C – Betting
C-betting is the bread and butter of 6-max holdem. If you raised preflop and get one or two callers, you will be betting most flops whether you hit or miss. These bets should be somewhere between half and full pot size. How to choose what size in this range depends on a number of things: Flop texture Number of opponents Opponents’ tendencies Balance Own hand strength
C-betting is a topic that requires an article in itself to cover properly, so I won’t attempt to reproduce that here. Just be aware that part of the reason you are raising so much preflop is to take the pot down often with a c-bet on the flop.
Position
Most players know that position is to your advantage in NL Holdem, but they simply don’t use it as relentlessly as they should. When you have position, especially on the
button, you should be raising a lot of pots. On a tight/weak table, it’s difficult to go too far with this. Raise any limped or unopened pot on the button with all but the trashiest of hands.
Position can be used to exploit different opponent types in various ways. If you have a weak TAG on your left who calls from the blinds too much but gives up too easily post flop, you can raise all sorts of hands from the button and cutoff. You can then apply pressure and 2 or 3 barrel him depending on the situation, making him lay down the vast majority of his range. If you are playing with a loose passive fish on your right, you can also isolate with a wide range. Unless he picks up a big hand, he’ll mostly be check/calling to the river, allowing you to choose where to value bet, and where to check behind. These are the sorts of situation where position gives you a huge advantage, so make sure most of your hands are played in position.
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Away-day blues for Malaga Rayo Vallecano 4 - 1 Malaga After the great result last weekend over Sevilla, Malaga travelled to Madrid in search of another vital 3 points.
Malaga had a much changed team with Angeleri, Samu, Perez and Morales all in the starting line-up. The game started with Rayo dominating play with Malaga showing little up front, and it was no surprise to see Malaga fall one behind after 25 minutes. A great run by Falque who beat two Malaga defenders with consumate ease ended in him slotting home from inside the box. Three minutes later it went from bad to worse as a hopeful shot from Arbilla outside the box took a wicked deflection to leave Caballero rooted to the spot.
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with Malaga three down and a man down, as Sanchez was harshly penalised for pulling Larrivey down in the box. A second yellow for the Malaga defender and Larrivey stepped up and scored from the resulting spot kick, (pictured with team mate Falque right).
Malaga made changes at half time, Casado on for his debut with Darder and that gave a little improvement. Arambat had a chance for Malaga but it was well saved by Ruben. On 65 minutes it was four for Rayo as bad defending led to Falque skipping through to slot home. Iakovenko coming on for his debut at the expense
of Juanmi gave Malaga a consolation goal with 15 minutes to go firing home from outside the box. But it was too little too late as Malaga were thoroughly hammered by the team who sit 2nd bottom in La Liga. This result leaves Malaga anxiously looking over their shoulder at the relegation places.
Next game is on Monday at 10pm against Real Sociedad, another must win game. Report by Scott Forbes
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Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips has challenged One Direction's Niall Horan to train with the Welsh squad after the singer criticised him on Twitter. Phillips was in a scuffle during Saturday's match against Ireland, which Wales lost 26-3, prompting the Irish singer to tweet that the player looked an "arrogant idiot". The rugby star replied: "Come down to training in the week big boy. And bring the rest of the Beatles with you." Horan declined the offer.
Snowboarding commentary Tiger Woods's niece draws complaints but others wins first title thought it exciting
More than 300 people complained to the BBC over the quality of commentary during the snowboarding slopestyle final at the Winter Olympics. It was thanks to some kind locals who had posted on Facebook that you could get BBC channel RB2 showing the Olympics that I was even watching it. And I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Slopestyle is a new and relatively young sport even though Great Britain's first Olympic medal on the snow was won by 33 year old Jenny Jones (pictured) at the event in Sochi on Sunday, where she took the bronze.
Friend and fellow British snowboarder Aimee Fuller had joined Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood in the commentary box. Fuller had taken part in the
early stages of the event but failed to make the final, after which she was invited into the presentation booth. Viewers complained that they cheered when Jones's competitors fell, and that the commentary was of a low standard. Fuller was
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heard cheering when the final competitor, Austria's Anna Gasser, fell, meaning that Jones would clinch the bronze medal. (Now I have to admit so did I! ) Fuller then said: "Are we supposed to do that? Probably not." All three commentators began crying when it became clear that Jones had won a medal. There were many parts of the commentary that the wife and I didn't understand, but the enthusiasm was infectious and the pair of us were whooping along with them. By Mike Kerrigan
Cheyenne Woods, niece of 14-time major winner Tiger Woods, claimed the first major title of her career by winning the Australian Ladies Masters. The 23year-old American shot a final-round four-under-par 69 at Royal Pines on Sunday to finish on 16 under overall and win by two shots. Local amateur Minjee Lee finished second after also carding a 69. "This is a huge accomplishment for me," said Woods, who finished
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