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10 Angela Watkinson Political Update

14 Around Town Sports Review of 2016

18 Recipe

Mulled Wine

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22 Martin Lewis

Money Saving Expert

26 What’s On

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2016 REVIEW My credentials and reputation are not exactly on world level, but read on as I give my thoughts on the 2016 sporting year. How have we done this year as a nation!?

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Winning – Not bad – Fail – Epic Fail Rugby – Last year was a year to forget, but my word 2016 has seen England hit an amazing winning streak, putting them at number 2 in the world, soon to be number 1. A fresh mentality from Eddie Jones has seen a new confidence running through the Rugby team this year, making them almost unbeatable before a game has kicked off. Long may it continue!

Football – Oh wow! 2015 looked ok for England, they had qualified with ease and actually had some exciting players etc. Then the Euros descended on us, some uninspiring results in the group followed by ICELAND! Oh dear!

Formula 1 – Lewis Hamilton just lost out to his team mate and rival Nico Rosberg. It was somewhat of a hollow victory for Nico, as the momentum was with Hamilton for the entire second half of the season and if it wasn’t for some bad luck he would have taken a 4th title.

Olympics 2016 - Team GB claimed more medals that they ever have at an Olympic Games and totally smashed the medal haul they took at London 2012. This is some feat considering most experts and former athletes were saying how hard it will be to follow such a home games. From Cycling and Rowing where Britain usually clean up to Hockey where they shocked the world. Rio had us staying up late and tuning in early to catch up.

Cricket – A struggle this year! Alistair Cook has been flying the flag on his own with the help of Joe Root. They drew at home to Pakistan as they looked hopeless against a world class spinner in Yasir Shah and then went to the sub continent to play Bangladesh and India. While Bangladesh are getting better, England will be disappointed to draw the series at 1-1 and then again in India they are 1-0 down in the series. Spin is killing them at this time and it is quite obvious how you hurt England at the moment. I expect the Aussies are trying to get Shane Warne out of retirement.

Boxing – British boxers are continuing to dominate at world level. Anthony Joshua has become the Heavyweight Champion and remains a shining light for British boxing. James Degale still holds a belt, along with Kell Brook, Tony Bellew, Nathan Cleverly and others. Katie Taylor has also started to put women’s boxing on the map this year in this country. She fights again before the year is out and with Nicola Adams threatening to turn professional Boxing is still Britain’s success story.

Tennis – Andy Murray has firmly established himself as the best tennis player on the planet right now. He has taken advantage of dips in form from Djokovic and Nadal with both hands. With Roger Federer seemingly at the end of his career, can he dominate, I wouldn’t put it past him!

I would love to cover more sports, but 2016 has been yet another positive year for Britain in regards to sporting achievement. Football has really let us down and apparently is the most loved sport in the country, but all we seem to see if negativity relating to the so called “beautiful game”. Perhaps I will leave it out of the list next year.

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Mulled Wine (4 - 6 Servings) Ingredients: 1 bottle dry red wine 2 (5cm) cinnamon sticks 1 dessertspoon whole cloves 1 dessertspoon whole allspice 1 large piece orange rind (avoid the pith) 1 large piece lemon rind (avoid the pith) 2-4 tablespoons demerara sugar, (or to taste)

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Pour the wine into a heavy saucepan over medium heat, and add the cinnamon, cloves, allspice, lemon rind and orange rind.

Heat gently, but don’t bring to the boil. Stir in 2 tablespoons of the sugar, and once dissolved, taste to see if you’d like the wine sweeter and add more if so (take care not to burn your

mouth as this will be hot!).

Keep hot on medium to low heat for 20 minutes to let the flavours infuse the wine.

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Money SinS Are you a sinner? Financially that is.

There are a host of everyday money misdemeanours that millions of people do, costing them thousands, without being aware of it. These aren’t horrors like grabbing a payday loan, but the result of simple misunderstandings, bad habits or inaction.

So having recently toured around the UK doing roadshows for the sixth series of my ITV show, I’ve collated five of the most common.

1. Saving while you’ve expensive debts Savings rates are depressingly low – the top easy-access rate is 1%. Credit card and other interest rates are depressingly high. So, £1,000 credit card debt at 18% costs it costs you £180 a year, the same amount saved in top paying savings account at 1% interest only earns you £10. If you had both, pay the debt off with your savings and you’d be £170 a year better off.

Many of you will be thinking, “but I want to keep my savings, what if the boiler packs up or the roof falls in?” However, that’s a sentimental strategy, not a logical one. Let’s carry on the £1,000 debt and £1,000 savings scenario to show you why.

- If you don’t pay the debt off with the savings and an emergency happens that cost you £1,000 to fix, you’d use all your savings and still £1,000 of credit card debt.

- If you do pay off the debt with the savings, and a £1,000 emergency happens, you’d need to pay for it on your credit card, meaning you still have no savings and £1,000 of credit card debt.

The end result of them both is the same, yet by paying off the debt with the savings, you save in the meantime.

The only exception is if the debt is at 0%. Then the financially savvy and disciplined can do what’s called stoozing, where you deliberately build up 0% debt only to save it and earn

interest. Though with current saving rates so low, it’s not as easy as it used to be. Full help on that atwww.mse.me/stoozing 2. Not at least asking your energy firm are you on its cheapest deal Most people in the UK are on their energy firm’s standard tariff, which typically means they’re overpaying by £300 a year. I’ve talked about switching until I’m blue in the face, and, of course, the best plan is take five minutes to do a full market comparison via mywww.

CheapEnergyClub.com or anywww.Ofgem. gov.uk approved comparison site.

Yet for some that doesn’t hit home. So, let me be plain. Even if you won’t do that, just pick up the phone and ask your current provider “Am I on your cheapest tariff?” and, if not, switch to that as there’s no change but the price!

For example, as I write (it can change daily), on EDF’s standard tariff someone with typical usage pays £1,070/year. It also has a 12-month fix at £880/year - £190/year less.

British Gas’s standard tariff with typical use is £1,044/year, but it also runs Sainsbury Energy (i.e., it’s the same company but a different name), and its cheapest fix is £804/ year – saving £240/year.This don’t ask don’t get saving works at all the big firms, so if you won’t do a comparison, at least do this.

“YOUR HOUSE PRICE IS THE WRONG FIGURE...”

3. Only making the minimum repayments on credit cards Credit card minimum payments are based mostly on a percentage of the balance, which only just covers the interest. So, you hardly clear any off.

A 30-year-old with £3,000 debt on a credit card at 17.9% interest, who made only typical

minimum repayments, would take 27 years to clear it. By then, they’d be 57 and have paid a total cost £4,000 in interest (see my minimum repayment calc atwww.mse.me/minrepay to work out how long it’ll take you).

Now you may be thinking ‘easy to say, but I can’t afford more than the minimum.’ Well, I have a solution. On £3,000 debt, the current minimum is around £70 a month. If instead of opting to pay the minimum, fix your repayment at £70. The debt will clear in five years at a total cost of £1,500 in interest, saving £2,400.

Though if you’ve debt on more than one credit card, focus all spare cash on repaying the most expensive, making only the minimums on the others. That way you get rid of the most expensive debts first.

4. Don’t cover your home’s value on buildings insurance Your house price is the wrong figure; you only need to insure the usually much lower rebuild cost – literally how much it would cost to rebuild your home should it get knocked down. This is often far less than the market value. There’s information and a calculator on this athttp://abi.bcis.co.uk.

5. Saving or borrowing to pay your children’s tuition fees I’m often freaked out by parents telling me they’re saved up so their child won’t have to pay tuition fees at uni. Worse, some even extend their mortgage. My problem isn’t just that it’s actually students’, not parents’ responsibility to repay this…

martin L e W iS Money Saving Expert

All new English full-time students can get a tuition fee loan and a living loan to help pay for uni costs. You’re eligible to start repaying in the April after leaving, but only if you earn over £21,000, and you repay 9% above that.

Repayments stop after 30 years. In many ways, it acts far more like a tax than a loan, and how many would save “in case my child earns enough to be a higher rate taxpayer”?

An extreme example provides clarity. Imagine your child goes to uni and becomes a brilliant poet, who never earns above the £21,000 threshold. They would never repay a penny.

So, if you paid the fees for them, you’d throw £27,000 away.

Most of course will earn over the threshold.

However only high earners will earn enough to repay in real terms what they borrowed within the 30 years. If not, again it means pay their tuition fees and you’re paying more than they’d need to repay. For most parents if you want to help them, a better thing to prioritise is building up a mortgage deposit. For far more on this see mymse.me/dontpayupfront guide.

Martin Lewis is the Founder & Editor in Chief of Money Saving Expert. To join the 11 million people who get his Martin’s Money Tips weekly email, go to www.moneysavingexpert. com/latesttip

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Chelmsford & District Welsh Society Membership is open to anyone with Welsh origins or connections, or to anyone with an appreciation of Welsh heritage and traditions.

Visitors and guests are warmly welcomed to attend our meetings.

The Society’s monthly meeting is held in St Cedd’s Hall, Cathedral Chapter House, Chelmsford, CM1 1NX, and is usually on the fourth Thursday of every month.

We hold a variety of events, including a ‘Noson Lawen’, St David’s Day Dinner, Church Service, ‘Cymanfa Ganu’, and an annual concert featuring a Welsh Male voice choir, held at Chelmsford Cathedral.

For more details please contact Gwenno on 07724144432 www.chelmsfordwelsh.org.uk www.facebook.com/ chelmsfordwelsh Euromedical Ambulance Service A volunteer led charity serving Upminster and Havering providing first aid cover at sporting,social and school events with weekly training sessions leading to recognised first aid qualifications for members.Meetings are held at the Rush Green Community Assn Social Club.

For more information contact Melvyn Gallagher 01708 224167 or e – mail magallagher@mgnet. freeserve.co.uk Friends Of Upminster Mini Golf Course We are a recently formed group with the aims of promoting the Mini Golf Course in Hall Lane, Upminster and working in partnership with Havering Council to improve amenities and to encourage people of all ages to participate at the course.

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Why not come and give it a go.

Equipment is supplied and the course suits all abilities from novices to experienced golfers looking to improve their short game.

More information on the Councils website: www.havering.gov.uk/Pages/ ServiceChild/Hall-Lane-golf-course.

Keep Fit 50+ Exercise, Movement & Dance for 50+ & Active Retired Wednesdays during term time 2pm St Laurence Church Hall (next to library) Upminster RM14 2AJ Friendly group/tea/social break. Why not give it a try Chrisbannister104@btinternet. com-01277 211050 MOTR® Core, Cardio & Strength Training Neil Carpenter brings the MOTR® fitness machine from the US for pre-booked ‘drop-in’ classes on Monday evenings in Cranham (maximum 8 to a class for close supervision). The MOTR® and its resistance bands will challenge your strength, core stability, stamina, control and agility in a full body athletic workout that will burn fat, tone and condition your body like no other workout.

supporting mums-to-be to tune into what their birth experience is, focusing simply on the present moment and finding confidence and acceptance.

Weekly classes include mindful meditation exercises, breathing practice, birth ball exercise, exercises for encouraging baby into optimum position for birth, managing intense sensation exercises, birth physiology and birth choices education.

Classes at The Sanctuary, Upminster, Tuesday 8-9pm – yournatalway@outlook.com 07738572554 New Yoga & Meditation Classes, Courses & Workshops for January 2017 Beginner Yoga course – Tuesday evening 6.30 – 7.30pm. Cost £60, all equipment provided.

All Levels Yoga New! daytime class – Monday’s 10am- 11.15am - 4 week block booking for classes - £40 (small class) Evening class – Tuesday’s 8 9.30pm – turn up and pay £8 or block book 6 weeks £40.

Learn to Meditate – Monday evenings 8pm to 9pm – course costs £40. Also available as a Saturday workshop.

This is a fast paced class so you must be injury free with a basic level of fitness. Flexible online booking is ideal for those with unpredictable schedules.

Children’s Yoga & Meditation course – Monday’s 4 – 4.45pm – a 5 week course as an introduction to yoga and meditation.For ages 6-10 years old. £25.

Want to try out the MOTR® for free?

Book a free class via our website www.upminstersportsmassage. co.uk or email us for further information upminstersportsmassage@gmail.com

New! Vision Board Workshop – ½ day course. Saturday 28th January 10am – 12pm. Cost £20.

MummyNatal with Your Natal Way MummyNatal antenatal classes

Booking is essential. For further information or to book please call Vikki or 07976 589133 or email heartfeltyoga@outlook.com or visit www.heartfeltyoga.co.uk

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OASIS - A ‘disability-friendly’ meeting for adults On the second Sunday of each month, from 3.00 to 4.30 pm, we have our ‘disability-friendly’ meeting at Cranham Baptist Church, Severn Drive, Upminster, RM14 1SN. A traditional Sunday Service is not for everyone! Oasis meetings are aimed at people with disabilities and their carers. The meetings are accessible, informal and fun where Jesus is worshipped through Bible teaching, singing, prayer and fellowship with others.

We provide a safe environment and loving support for adults with disabilities and their carers.

For more information contact the Oasis Team on 01708 223551, 07714 853545 or the Church Office on 01708 224851.

Pilates for a Healthier Spine Experienced Sports & Remedial Massage Therapists Charlene & Neil Carpenter teach traditional Pilates in private sessions and also to small groups in Upminster & Cranham.

Improve the mobility of your spine & joints, increase strength, stamina & muscle elasticity, improve balance, co-ordination & enhance the way you look, feel & move. Levels: Beginners, Improvers, Intermediate, Men Only, Post Natal, and Gentle Pilates for Seniors. Group classes are Tues-Fri mornings and MonThurs evenings.

in aid of fund raising for Hall Mead and James Oglethorpe Schools, All Saints Church and All Saints Scouts.

Departures from Cranham, flyers on holidays and day trip leaflets available. Please call Shirley Ward 01708 227884 for more details or e mail shirley@shirleytours.co.uk for full list of trips.

Tennis 4 All Hylands is delighted to engage with the JW Tennis Academy (JWTA) offering tennis lessons from mini tennis tots to squad level.

All abilities welcome 4 -18 years old. A great way to help children improve their co-ordination, balance and listening skills in a fun and social environment. Also available, Cardio Tennis and Tennis Xpress for adult beginners.

For more details please visit: www.hylandstennis.co.uk or contact us at hylandsclub@gmail.com The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch It’s nearly panto time at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch – oh yes it is! This year’s unmissable fun-packed tale is Cinderella, playing from 3 December – 14 January.

Tickets are £12.50 - £29, with discounts for groups and families.

Call the Box Office on 01708 43333 or book online at queens-theatre. co.uk

For further information or to book a course or trial class please visit www. upminstersportsmassage.co.uk or call Charlene on 07411 826721, or email upminstersportsmassage@ gmail.com

Upminster Park Towns Women’s Guild We are a friendly group of Ladies enjoying a chat over tea and biscuits listening to a good speaker or entertainer. Going on outings/ theatre trips and promoting friendship and well being.

Shirley Tours Trips Coach trips, and short breaks

We meet at St.Lawrence Church, Derham Hall, Upminster on the

fourth Wednesday each month at 1.45 - 4 pm. For more information contact Deborah Pryor 01708 226127 or Anne Monk 01708 226305 or simply come along.

UPMINSTER U3A Upminster U3A - University of the Third Age - is launching in October, in Upminster naturally!

We would appreciate a mention in Around Town Upminster, under What’s On. Launching on 18 October in Upminster, membership will be open to all third agers (i.e. no longer in full time employment).

The inaugural meeting will start at 12.30 pm, but regular monthly meetings take place at 1.00 pm on the third Tuesday (except in December), at the Methodist Church Hall, Hall Lane, Upminster.

Come along to any meeting and become a member (don’t forget your chequebook), and enjoy talks, walks, interest groups and much more.

For further information, contact info@upminsteru3a.org.uk or check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ upminsteru3a/.

Upminster Wine and Social Club We are a fun group of people with an interest in wine appreciation and enjoying many social events. We hold meetings every month with a variety of speakers and a wine tasting.

Meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month at 8.00 o’clock in the Cranham Social Hall, Front Lane, Cranham.

For more information contact Maureen Jasper on 01708 223956, or simply come along on the night. You would be made most welcome.

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