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The countdown to Christmas is on! Christmas shoppers are out in full flow and it’s starting to feel cold! Log fires, mulled wine and Christmas jumpers!

I for one am hoping for a snowy day on Christmas Day! Use Locally is expanding, and in December we launch our second magazine “Villages” delivering your favorite magazine to even more homes and readers.

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Finance

By Ann Haldon

Different Types Of Debt And How To Deal With Them repayments your home could be repossessed, so this is the number one priority debt above all others.

The temptation to borrow money is all around us.

Despite the credit crunch, we still live in a consumerist society where credit card companies extend your limit unprompted, and payday lenders target those least able to pay extortionate interest rates.

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Tech Trends For 2017 Virtual worlds, super smartphones and home hub hype

In 2016 we saw all kinds of over 4K and HDR televisions. bright ideas in technology: dual- 4K, also known as Ultra HD or lens cameras in smartphones, UHD for short, has four times virtual reality headsets, new WKH QXPEHU RI SL[HOV WKDQ IXOO versions of Windows and the HD, so it delivers really sharp end of the headphone socket images - provided you have a in iPhones. Here are the key 4K source. There aren’t many trends we think will be driving of those around just now: the technology you buy, use or 1HWà L[ KDV D OLWWOH ELW RI . crave in 2017. content, but most broadcasters are still on HD rather than 4K. Online TV The most recent PlayStation Getting TV over the internet DQG ;ER[ 2QH RIIHU . JDPLQJ isn’t new, of course, but although once again that it’s changing. In October, it depends on having games HPHUJHG WKDW 1HWà L[ LV QRZ optimised for the resolution. It offering half the amount of might be worth waiting to see titles it offered in 2012. That’s whether 4K succeeds or if it’s because it - and its rival another 3DTV. Amazon - is more interested in making its own programmes While 4K offers more detailed than in buying other people’s. images, HDR offers more From Amazon’s Jeremy drama. It’s short for High Clarkson vehicle The Grand Dynamic Range, and you might 7RXU WR 1HWà L[¡V 7KH &URZQ have encountered it in your VRPH RI WKH PRVW H[FLWLQJ 79 smartphone’s camera: HDR isn’t being broadcast anywhere delivers deeper shadows and but online. That trend’s going brighter highlights than normal to accelerate in 2017. The photography, and it’s the same days when online TV services with HDR TV. resembled a particularly bad Virtual Reality video shop’s bargain bin are 2017 will decide whether virtual disappearing fast.

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Horoscopes by Russell Grant ARIES

LEO

March 21st - April 20th

24th - August 23rd

It will be hard to get a dream off the ground in early December. Try not to get discouraged when an authority figure criticises your initial attempts. Patience and perseverance will pay off. The Full Moon on the 14th brings exciting news about your family. A round of celebrations will be triggered. Take this opportunity to reconnect with your nearest and dearest.

Be realistic about romance at the beginning of December. Releasing a desire for perfection will make your personal life much more rewarding.

Working with a partner is strongly advised during the first half of the month. The Full Moon on the 14th will bring the successful conclusion to a group project.

Use this success as a launching pad to bigger and better work assignments.

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August 24th - Sept 23rd

April 21st - May 21st A team project will be very frustrating in early December. It will be impossible to do a good job with so many conflicting opinions. The Full Moon on the 14th will help you earn extra money. Use this sum to buy a new car or computer. The second half of the month will invite you to expand your horizons. Taking a trip for pleasure will be a welcome change of pace on the 29th.

Be respectful of a loved one's desire for privacy in the early days of December.

Focusing on work will be a welcome distraction during the first half of the month. The Full Moon on the 14th marks a turning point in your domestic life. This is a great time to buy or sell a property.

The New Moon on the 29th invites you to launch a creative project.

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May 22nd - June 21st

September 24th - Oct 23rd

It will be hard to get a straight answer from your boss in early December. You will have to muddle ahead as best you can. Be prepared to start a job from scratch. The Full Moon on the 14th is ideal for making a serious commitment.

Getting engaged or married is a distinct possibility. If you're already in a serious relationship, you may launch a business partnership.

CANCER June 22nd - July 23rd It will be difficult to find fulfilling work at the beginning of December. Your love life will fare much better. If you've recently met someone you fancy, you will have to be the aggressor. Don't be afraid to pursue your heart's desire. The Full Moon on the 14th will allow you to rest, relax and recuperate from a stressful assignment.

Work won't offer much creative fulfilment in the opening days of December. Your love life will be far more promising. If you're single, you could meet someone special at a sporting event or gym. Are you already in a serious relationship? Your partner will inspire you to develop your artistic talent. The Full Moon on the 14th brings the successful conclusion to a legal matter

SCORPIO October 24th - Nov 22nd Don't feel pressured into buying expensive gifts at the beginning of December; it's better to conserve your resources. The Full Moon on the 14th will bring some additional money from an inheritance, legal settlement or insurance refund. The New Moon on the 29th will prompt you to acquire some valuable skills. Expand your repertoire.

SAGITTARIUS November 23rd - Dec 21st Family won't be very supportive at the beginning of December. You'll have to be your own cheerleader, especially if you're planning a bold move. The Full Moon on the 14th marks an exciting turning point in an intimate relationship. Getting engaged or married is a distinct possibility..

Landing a lucrative job is a strong possibility on the 29th.

CAPRICORN December 22nd - Jan 20th Be careful about sending sensitive emails in the early days of December. Double check the address field before hitting 'send.' The last thing you want is for confidential information to get into the wrong hands. The Full Moon on the 14th will mark an exciting turning point in an intimate relationship. The New Moon on the 29th could prompt you to change your look. Adopting a more fashionable appearance will be empowering.

AQUARIUS January 21st - Feb 19th Money will be tight at the beginning of December. The best way to increase your income is to spread word of your talent.

You can generate lots of business with an original promotional campaign. The Full Moon on the 14th will bring the successful conclusion of a creative project. If you play your cards right, you'll be able to sell your handiwork for a handsome profit.

PISCES Feb 20th - March 20th It will be difficult to get an authority figure's approval in early December.

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Beauty Party Pick-Me-Ups

by Kate Duggan www.kateduggan.co.uk Feeling a bit partied out and ready to MXVW FXUO XS ZLWK 1HWĂ L[ DQG D PXJ RI KRW chocolate? Our beauty picks this month will soon have you back on your feet and ready to hit the town.

First up, Urban Veda’s Radiance Body Ritual collection. Just opening the drawstring bag is a treat. The products all smell amazing – they’re packed with nourishing, fragrant ingredients, including orange oil, turmeric and papaya, so it’s like breathing in the scent of holidays. With a body scrub, body wash and body lotion, you just need to light a candle to create a home spa experience.

And they really do leave your skin and spirits feeling rejuvenated. ÂŁ34.99, www. urbanveda.co.uk.

Looking to get some of that summer glow back? Green People’s Self-Tan, £21, is one of the best fake tans on the market.

It’s easy to apply, and develops into a natural looking tan within three hours. As an added bonus, it doesn’t have that typical fake tan smell, and it contains rosehip oil to moisturise as it tans. As with any fake tan, you’ll want to leave at least 24 hours between hair removal and application. It’s also a good idea to exfoliate with a good body scrub beforehand. Massage in a light body lotion, and give it time to sink in. Then work some extra moisturiser into your knees, elbows and other ‘knobbly’ bits, to help avoid darker patches. See www.greenpeople.co.uk.

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If your hair is looking a bit frazzled and fed up with all that styling, try treating it to an Ouai Treatment Masque.

It takes just 10 minutes for the treatment to soothe and restore your weary locks, leaving them smoother and shinier after just one use. A pack of eight sachets will set you back £25, so it’s not cheap, but worth having in your beauty arsenal for big nights out. See www.spacenk. com.

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Flawless Aesthetics and Beauty Sarah and the team would like to welcome you to a new therapy clinic in Newark.

Flawless Aesthetics and Beauty has recently moved premises to Stodman Street Newark and now has an additional menu of beauty treatments by Lorna including gel nails, spray tanning, eyelash extensions, hair extensions and permanent make up and Holistic therapies with Charlotte including Reiki, Reflexology and Neuro Linguistic Programming! Other services include a women's health clinic, counselling, hypnotherapy, meditation classes and workshops will be launched in the New Year.

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is job that requires a high level of skill, understanding how to perform these treatments correctly comes from many years of experience. I take my clients safety very seriously and I give existing and new clients complete trust in our services.”

Sarah is a qualified nurse and fully trained in an array of non invasive treatments and is the East Midland’s most experienced nurse in the Non Surgical Thread Lift which can do face and even breast lifts.

She regularly trains nurses across the UK on a number of treatments and is known as a leader in the Aesthetics Industry.

Sarah’s is always at the forefront of innovative treatments and offers a variety of non surgical procedures including Botox, Chemical Peels, Dermal fillers, Vein Treatments, Fat Reduction & Tightening, Skin Needling, and much more.

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Health

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By Alison Runham www.alison.runham.co.uk

Six Tips for Surviving Christmas

For many of us, Christmas is a special time to spend with loved ones, brightening the darkest days of the year. Unfortunately, though, it can be fraught with stress, family tensions and too many food or alcohol-based temptations.

So how can you survive Christmas?

1. Be Prepared Start adding a few Christmas items to each shopping list now, saving you the stress of a massive, last-minute shop. Only the freshest items need to be purchased just beforehand. Bake, prepare and freeze as much as possible in advance.

2. Go Easy on the Alcohol Alcohol is a calorie-heavy appetite stimulant linked to serious health conditions, which lowers inhibitions and affects judgment - so beware voicing long-standing gripes at Christmas and plan your drinking, ensuring you don’t exceed the recommended weekly maximum of 14 units (now applicable to men and women).

Never drink on an empty stomach and match each alcoholic drink with a soft one to help your body handle alcohol’s toxins and dehydrating effects.

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on several factors, so no set amount guarantees you’re under the legal drink-drive limit (and Scotland’s is much lower than the rest of the UK’s). Any amount of alcohol affects judgement and reactions.

3. Remember: Christmas Is About Everyone 7U\ WR UHVROYH IDPLO\ FRQÁLFWV (or agree a temporary truce) before the big day. Consider what everyone (including yourself) wants most from Christmas, but remind them compromises will be UHTXLUHG 7U\ WR ÀQG D IHZ things everyone can enjoy together.

Many Christmas adverts portray the exhausted woman, rushing around while everyone else relaxes, as the norm. Don’t let it be. Ensure everyone helps.

4. Be Shrewd with Food Keep a few quick-to-prepare items in stock to feed unexpected visitors, but don’t buy huge quantities of food.

You can always top up later.

Food poisoning isn’t festive, so ensure all cooks wash and dry their hands. Frozen foods should be properly defrosted and immediately refrigerated or cooked thoroughly (particularly large poultry or joints of meat).

Keep raw foods separate from cooked food.

Leave enough room in the fridge for cold air to circulate and don’t leave buffets out for more than 4 hours.

Healthy festive food: • Removing skin and avoiding butter basting removes around a third of your turkey’s calories and

half its fat.

• Choose low-salt gravy mixes and hide the saltshaker.

• Swap: o sausage meat for vegetarian sausage mix o goose fat for healthy oils o traditional mince pies for ÀOR RU RSHQ WRS YHUVLRQV o brandy butter or cream for low-fat custard or crème fraiche o crisps, salted nuts and chocolate for plain popcorn, rice cakes, pretzels, unsalted nuts and homemade chocolate-covered fruit (preferably using dark chocolate) 5. Stay Festive Fit An alarming amount of Christmas hospital admissions are due to excessive or unhealthy eating. Include some ‘normal meals’, avoiding excess sugar and salt. Keep portion size sensible and stop eating just as you start to feel full.

Ensure you get a good night’s sleep whenever possible, and stay active: a walk burns calories and the daylight and fresh air will help you feel physically and mentally well.

6. Finally... Keep It in Proportion Christmas Day is only one day; most festivities are centred on just one week out of 52. If the turkey’s burnt, laugh; it’s not what matters most. Keep celebrations simple, focusing on what makes you and your loved ones happy. It’s your Christmas. Relax and enjoy it!

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Learning Through Play

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A simple football can help your child to develop their coordination, become better at working in a team and learn the importance of perseverance.

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Marble runs are fantastic for encouraging a child’s creativity, as well as helping to develop their problem solving skills, spatial awareness and hand-toeye coordination. They’re also a lot of fun. Marble runs start at around £10 for a small kit, but if you fancy splashing out,

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While children seem to choose their comics based on the free plastic toy, most children’s magazines do include educational activities, from craft ideas to recipes, puzzles and colouring in. If your children have moved on from Sparkle and Thomas the Tank Engine, they might be interested in one of the new range of children’s subscription magazines: • National Geographic Kids magazine is aimed at the ‘explorers, archaeologists, scientists, artists and astronauts of the future’.

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By James Baggott

Golf GTI Clubsport S

WHAT IS IT? It’s the fastest front-wheeldrive car around the Nürburgring, a stripped-out hardcore celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Golf GTI and a limited edition collector’s piece all in one.

The Golf GTI Clubsport S is the result of asking engineers to do what they can to cement the GTI’s name in the hot hatch pantheon.

a different exhaust system freeing up a couple of horsepower.

That’s paired with the six-speed manual gearbox for weight purposes, as the extra few kilos of the dual-clutch gearbox (DSG) would work against the weight-saving nature of the Clubsport S. WHAT’S THE SPEC LIKE? The GTI Clubsport S is a WRS VSHFLÀFDWLRQ *ROI DQG LW comes with the appropriate bells and whistles.

replaced with a faux strut brace and cargo net. Cruise control is absent, unusually, leading to an oddly sparse suede steering wheel.

WHAT’S IT LIKE TO DRIVE? It drives exactly as you’d expect the car that set the fastest front-wheel-drive lap of the Nürburgring ever to drive. It’s really very savage in a straight line, barking through the exhausts with every upshift, and scrubs off speed no less impressively.

The sticky Michelin Pilot Cup tyres offer huge amounts of grip, too.

WHAT’S UNDER THE BONNET? The infotainment system Lifting the Golf’s bonnet is Volkswagen’s Discover will reveal the same twoNavigation with a 6.5-inch litre, turbocharged petrol On the mixed and drying colour screen - but you can \RX·OO ÀQG HOVHZKHUH LQ WKH roads we used, the upgrade to the Discover Golf range – notably the Clubsport S exhibited a little Pro for £1,325, which adds Golf GTI and Golf R. In torque steer if you gave the a larger screen and DAB this application it’s been car some stick, but far less radio. You’re missing one tuned up slightly, producing than you might expect. or two things – not least of 306hp – broadly similar to Otherwise, it’s a very neutral which are the rear seats, the Golf R’s output but with 58 Use Locally – Partners with Newark & Sherwood District Council

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WHAT DOES THE PRESS THINK? AutoExpress reckons that the Clubsport S has â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;even more involvement and VXUSULVLQJ UHĂ&#x20AC;QHPHQW¡ ZKLOH Autocar thinks that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;by a nose, the very best fast Golf you can buyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

WHAT DO WE THINK? It seems odd to turn a car with such broad credentials into a two-seater sports car, especially as the rear compartment trim is still present, but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really ignore the way it drives.

The Golf R might be a safer bet for all-weather performance, but the Clubsport S makes a great case for itself on dry roads

and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel as wrung out as other front-wheeldrive offerings of similar power outputs.

Losing the rear seats makes the Clubsport S a bit of a tough sell when silhouette rivals retain the family usability and two-seat competitors are commonly less expensive, but as all of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s allocation of 150 have already been sold, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost a moot point.

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Winter Driving Tips It may be mild for the time of year but winter hasn’t started yet. Iain Betson passes on these tips.

Stop! It may be stating the obvious, but when snow is falling fast don’t drive unless you really have to.

Terrible weather is an occasion when putting things off until conditions improve really is the best advice.

And your condition? Winter ailments can leave you exhausted and sluggish. If you don’t feel like you can drive safely, don’t risk it.

Car Maintenance Is the car safe to drive? Keeping it well maintained is doubly important in winter. Worn tyres won’t hold the road in wet conditions as well as those with a good, deep tread. Make sure all exterior lights are working correctly and that wiper blades are in good condition. Check the oil, coolant and washer ÁXLG OHYHOV In The Wet 'ULYLQJ LQ KHDY\ UDLQ LV GLIÀFXOW DQG FDQ be treacherous, so take precautions. Slow down: the wetter the roads, the longer your

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braking distance, and the heavier the rain, the worse your visibility. Driving cautiously and leaving a good distance between you and the vehicle in front is the safest thing to do.

In Snow And Ice The same advice applies if you are driving through snow or ice. Slow down and leave plenty of room between you and the vehicle in front. Use your headlights if necessary. Brake and accelerate gently.

It’s not always easy to tell if you’re driving on ice, but a good rule of thumb is that if your tyres are making less noise than usual, you may well be. If you do skid, don’t brake – you’ll lock the wheels and lose control. Instead, depress the clutch and steer into the direction of the skid. When the car straightens, steer as normal.

Emergency Stopping You may have more need for a well-executed emergency stop in winter’s slippery conditions, so remember the rules. Apply the brake, without locking the wheels. If the vehicle starts to skid, ease pressure from the pedal and then reapply.

Depress the clutch just before you stop.

Safe winter motoring!

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