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Welcome & Contents
Hello Readers,
Welcome to the December edition of HULLMAG with Christmas just around the corner, I imagine most of you will busy putting up your Christmas Trees and decorating the house and don’t forget those last minute Christmas presents! If you’re like me, I always leave it until the very last minute, then everything I had planned to buy for people, is sold out – perhaps I should make a New Years resolution to be more organised! Talking of the New Year, why not check out our New Year – New You feature. It is packed full of useful help and information to give you some great ideas as to how you could make 2016 even better. Maybe you want to loose weight, get fit or are looking to change your career, hopefully the feature will inspire you to do just that.
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Neutering Pets
Don’t forget the garden in December, there is always something to be done, so check out our December gardening feature for the latest news. As always we the latest news from Hull City as they push for promotion. I wonder what 2016 will hold for them? If you are feeling lucky this Festive Season, why not try your hand at entering our competitions this month. We have tickets up for grabs to see the amazing Dynamo at the Sheffield Arena in February. This spectacular and unique live stage production will give two lucky readers the chance to see his magic skills up close and personal.
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We also have a CD bundle to give away, courtesy of KCFM and local artist Jack Rigg has kindly given us one of his amazing calendars to give to one lucky reader. So get your postcards in now, before the Christmas rush! Plus we have all our regulars like Fiona Dwyer and the crossword puzzle and a Motoring feature with some important information on speeding and how it can effect your insurance! All that remains for me to say is, from myself and the team at the Hull Mag office we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Keep warm and safe and we will be back with you at the end of January
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4 Pets: Neutering 6 Dynamo Competition 6 KCFM Competition 8 Local People, Local Lives 10 Quentin Budworth 12 Crossword & Sudoku 14 Doing The Business 16 New Year, New You 20 Hull Foster Care 22 Dr. Fatloss 22 Win A Jack Rigg Calendar 24 Travel: Stay in Hull 25 Marion Owen Travel 26 Christmas Stress 28 Motoring: Speeding Implications 3 30 December Gardening: General Advice 32 Hull City Column: It’s Coming Together 33 Trusted Tradesmen 34 Fiona’s Food for Thought 34 Useful Numbers
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The importance of Neutering Pets Each month, vet Dr. David Robinson from the Kingston Veterinary Group will be giving advice about looking after your pets. In this month’s Pets Page he talks about the importance of neutering. If you do not intend to breed from your pet, we recommend that you have it neutered. Apart from preventing unwanted litters, neutering reduces the risk of your pet developing a serious disease, can help them to live longer and enjoy a better quality of life. Neutering a female is known as spaying and involves removing the ovaries and/ or womb. In a male it is known as castration and involves removal of the testicles. Both of these low risk procedures are carried out under general anaesthetic. Your pet will be closely monitored throughout and after the procedure and will be given pain relief. They will usually be able to come home on the same day and will require rest for about seven days.
Male dogs that have been neutered have a reduced risk of getting testicular cancer, prostrate disease and other cancers. Unneutered dogs are much more assertive and are more prone to urine marking than a neutered one. However, neutering your dog should reduce urine marking and may stop it altogether. For cats, the urge to spray is extremely strong, and the best way to stop it is to get them neutered before there is a problem. Neuturing also minimises howling, the urge to roam, and fighting with other males. Fighting puts your cat at risk of contracting several fatal diseases, including the feline AIDs virus – an incurable disease spread by saliva and commonly transmitted by a bite wound whilst fighting or mating with an infected cat. We recommend neutering your cat when it reaches 2kg in weight, which is usually between four to six months of age. Dogs can be neutered from six months of age and rabbits from five months.
Kingston Vets also offer the option of spaying by keyhole surgery. This is minimally invasive and your pet will only need to rest for about 24 hours after the procedure.
If you are considering having your pet neutered speak to your vet, as they can talk you through the procedure, and advise you about the cost and the best time to have it done.
Spaying a pet, especially whilst it is young and before its first heat, greatly reduces the risk of mammary cancer, uterine cancer and infection of the womb, all of which are common and potentially fatal conditions in older, unspayed pets.
If you have any queries about your pet’s health you can ask us for advice. Contact us on 01482 223688 or visit our website www.kingstonvet.co.uk
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Dynamo fans will have the opportunity to see his magic skills up close and personal in what promises to be a spectacular and unique live stage production. Dynamo, whose real name is Steven Frayne, hit our screens just three years ago with his first series of Magician Impossible, in that short time he has quickly established himself as one of the world’s most known and most loved magicians, with his series airing in over 180 countries worldwide reaching over 250 million cumulative viewers across the world. He was recently awarded the highest accolade by the magic circle with his promotion to Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star, a position only held by 300 magicians worldwide, including HRH Prince of Wales. Dynamo said of his new venture, “After four series of Magician Impossible I was ready for a new challenge and for a long time I have wanted to take my show to the stage. I am hoping that like I did for magic on TV, I can reinvent the live magic show and produce something fans have never seen before. This is something I have been working towards for the last 20 years and I can’t wait to amaze audiences what I have in store for them”.
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Local People, Local Lives This month Jane from HullMag interviews a local Nutritionist and father of five Dr. Fatloss! Name: Mike Clark (aka Dr. Fatloss NMQAA) The UK’s first ABED Professional Weight Loss Coach. Current Position: Owner of ‘The Well Naturally Health Company’ HM: Where were you born? Hedon Road Maternity Hospital. HM:
Where do you live now? Marlborough Avenue, Hull.
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Tell us about your family? I am happily married to my beautiful wife Sarah and have 5 young boys.
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What do you do in your spare time? Play chess, read & watch Liverpool Football Club.
HM: How would you describe Hull to a visitor? The friendliest city in the world. HM: What do you like most about Hull? The people & the feel of the place. HM:
If you could have dinner with anyone (live or dead) who would it be and why? My lovely Wife Sarah, it’s just so hard to get baby sitters.
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What is your favorite food? King Prawn Naga
HM: When did you last go to the cinema and what did you see? Ant Man with my boys. HM:
Briefly explain your working day and what your job entails? The last 6 years has been most intense preparing my work for the Dr Fatloss non diet weight loss programme. It has involved having to create the UK’s first official lifestyle therapy called ABED. Now the work is finally complete and has been proven to be effective it’s now time to let other people who would like help losing, weight that there is another way rather than endless dieting. HM:
What do you love most about your job? Watching my clients lose weight, witness them feeling great and mostly it’s about helping them see how simple it is to lose weight once you know how.
HM: Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? I plan to write a book on my work for Dr Fatloss NMQAA and I am keen to teach others nationwide how to become Dr Fatloss NMQAA Healthy Weight Loss Coaches. HM: Thank you Mike for taking the time to speak with us, we wish you every success for the future. See page 22 for The Dr. Fatloss Column
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replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 5 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving people money, although that obviously helps. Many tradespeople have struggled since last year and I honestly feel that during the good times a minority perhaps didn’t focus on customer care as much as they should have done. We make sure we turn up when we say we
will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle. I often get comments back from customers on how they really didn’t expect that sort of service which, in a way, is very sad for the service industry as a whole.’ Cloudy2Clear service the Hull, Beverley & Driffield areas and William is finding that his approach is a major factor in his success.‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal
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THE STRANGER’S TALE At Princes Avenue Methodist Church, Hull
Part of The Untold Stories Project funded by Roots and Wings and The James Reckitt Library Trust – The Stranger’s Tale is based at The Open Doors, Princes Avenue, Hull. Photographer and artist Quentin Budworth has worked with people from the Open Doors community to collect and encourage the creation of stories, drawings, writings voice recordings, music, songs and photographs of the untold and largely unheard stories. He has worked with the community to record, document edit and curate their rich tapestry of diverse human experience and narrative into a final exhibition which celebrates life in Hull as experienced through the eyes of a stranger.
Quentin portrays stories of human kindness, joy, alienation, discrimination and connection. The final exhibition features collages created digitally and annotated photographs of the ‘Stranger’s Tale’ – to be exhibited for 6 weeks from the beginning of December 2015 until mid January 2016 at the Open Doors Project. The digital artworks, photographic portraits, audio and text will be stored online and at the Untold Stories Archive. Untold Stories is part of Roots and Wings a Creative People and Places Project funded by Arts Council England and the James Reckitt Library Trust. Raising the profile of the Library Service and the wider cultural offer of Hull.
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Enjoy a huge choice of superb Cantonese and Sichuan food, freshly cooked and prepared for you, by the friendly and attentive staff, whilst relaxing in the lavish surroundings. Mr Chu’s is also the perfect venue for that special occasion, whether that is a wedding reception or just a small family gathering. Bookings are now being taken for over the Christmas and New Year period and there will be further celebrations for the Chinese New Year in February. If you fancy venturing further afield, why not check out Mr Chu’s at Hayton, Near Pocklington.
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New Year, New You
Ten Top Tips to make Your New Year’s Resolution a Success.
“If you are trying to lose weight, it’s not enough to stick a picture of a model on your fridge or fantasise about being slimmer.” He said the 10% of participants in the study who had achieved their target broke their goal into smaller goals & felt a sense of achievement when they achieved these.
Most of us will make a New Year’s resolution - maybe to lose “Many of the most successful techniques involve making a plan and helping weight, quit smoking or drink 6. Tell your friends and family about your less - but only one in 10 of us will yourself stick to it,” says Prof Wiseman. goals. You’re more likely to get support achieve our goal. and want to avoid failure. Psychologists have found we’re more likely to succeed if we break our resolution into smaller goals that are specific, measurable and time-based.
7. Regularly remind yourself of the benefits associated with achieving your goals by creating a checklist of how life would be better once you obtain your aim.
Professor Richard Wiseman, of the University of Hertfordshire, tracked 5,000 people as they attempted to achieve their New Year’s resolutions. His team found that those who failed tended not to have a plan, which made their resolution soon feel like a mountain to climb. Some focused too much on the downside of not achieveing their goal, adopted role models, fantasised about their goal or relied on will power alone. “Many of these ideas are frequently recommended by self-help experts but our results suggest that they simply don’t work,” says Prof Wiseman.
8. Give yourself a small reward whenever you achieve a sub-goal, thus maintaining motivation and a sense of progress. 9. Make your plans and progress concrete by keeping a handwritten journal, completing a computer 1. Make only one resolution. Your chances of success are greater when you spreadsheet or covering a notice board with graphs or pictures. channel energy into changing just one aspect of your behaviour.
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Become a Foster Carer with Hull Fostering There are currently 100’s of children from Hull in care across the region, the majority of these are in foster care and placed with one of our own registered foster carers; whilst some children are in children’s homes and temporary placements. Hull Fostering are currently recruiting for more Fostering households as we want all children in care to have a permanent, safe home in which they will be loved, nurtured and thrive. Foster Carers need to be over 21, have a spare bedroom and have no convictions against children, and can: l l l l l l
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care for sibling groups or children over the age of 5. Foster carers receive regular supervision, support and training. You will also receive a weekly fostering allowance for the child from £142 £246 (dependant on their age) Foster carers can either provide care on a short-term basis whilst permanent plans are made for children to return home to their birth family or to an adoptive family. Alternatively, foster carers can provide care on a long-term or permanent basis where the child will become a part of the carer’s family until they are ready to leave home. We welcome all your enquiries To request an information pack contact the Hull Fostering team today: 01482 612800 www.hullcc.gov.uk/fostering Facebook - Search Hull Fostering
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How to have your Cake this Christmas & still lose weight!! Christmas is a wonderful time of year and for me personally with 5 young boys to please its especially good fun and of course a very time with lots of nice food. So how can people who are watching their weight still enjoy themselves at Christmas without piling on the pounds? Do not mix processed & starchy carbs with proteins. So on a Christmas meal, roast potatoes when combined with meats clog the digestion process and fat is stored; replace some or all of your roasts with roasted carrots or sweet potato. So keep your processed carbs to a minimum, have as much natural carbs as you want you can eat fruit as you can eat and I promise you will not put on an ounce of fat from
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Admirers of Yorkshire marine artist Jack Rigg’s work invariably cite his treatment of the sea and the sky as the main attraction of his work, and perhaps the greatest tribute to his skills is the fact that fishermen are among the biggest buyers of his paintings. Jack has a collection of his shipping paintings collected together in a 2016 Calendar, which is available to buy from his stall in Trinity Market (next to Spin It Records) in the Old Town.
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If You’re Visiting Hull for Christmas.... ..You should consider staying at HULL’S FIRST AND ONLY BACKPACKER HOSTEL. Hull Trinity Hostel’s mission is to provide affordable accommodation and a welcoming environment where people can experience some true Northern hospitality while enjoying the atmosphere of this great city! Hull is a vibrant and very independent city enjoying the status of UK City of Culture 2017. Hull Trinity Hostel is ideally situated in the Old Town, making it a great base for sight seeing.
coffee and home made food in some little eateries. The Ferens Art Gallery and the Maritime Museum are both a five minute walk. 5. Princes and Newland Avenue The Avenues are Hull’s hotspot for bars, pubs and restaurants where you can find Thai, Jamaican, Morrocan, Chinese, Italian, French and British to name but a few. 6. Fish Trail The Seven Seas fish trail is a 41 piece sculpture. Find the fish; explore the city. You can follow Hull’s own pavement of fish that will take you on a tour of the historic Old Town. 41 sculptured fish made from traditional materials make up this impressive artwork. Created by the artist Gordon Young, the trail of sculptures in 1992 - represent the actual size of fish with life size pieces, from a tiny anchovy to a 10ft ray.
Whilst staying in Hull you should check out the following attractions: 1. The Deep Situated just a 5 minute walk from Hull Trinity Hostel is the world’s only submarium! Home to around 3,500 fish including sharks rays and swordfish The Deep is a great place for all the family. Combine a day here with an evening stroll along the bank-side and marina stopping off at one of the many pubs or restaurants nearby. 2. The Old Town The only building remaining of the original ‘King’s Town’; Holy Trinity Church stands in all its glory in the heart of Kingston upon Hull’s old town. Explore the streets of the old town and discover Ye Olde White Harte where the English Civil War of 1642 finds its roots. Here you will also find a host of traditional English pubs along the Real Ale Trail. There are several restaurants in the area, a daily indoor market and all within walking distance of the Marina and Museums Quarter 3. The Marina Surrounded by pubs and restaurants including popular venues such as Früit, 1884 and Thieving Harry’s the Hull Marina is the berthing place for privately owned yachts and the Spurn Lightship museum. 4. Museum Quarter We are five minutes meander from the Museum quarter, where you can explore the Streetlife Museum, Wilberforce House, Hull and East Riding Museum and the Arctic Corsair trawler. Enjoy fine
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It is not everyone’s cup of tea these days to have a relaxing beach holiday. Often to find real local culture you feel you have to travel to far away countries. Italy still retains so much charm and within a three hour flight you can be soaking up the local atmosphere. If you are looking for something different I have a gem of a village in Tuscany which will offer a very different fabulous break. The little hotel has just 9 rooms, at the door it says 3 star but you will receive 5 star hospitality. Family run by 3 generations everywhere you look there is a smiling face. The food is produced from local produce and I would be surprised if anyone does not add a few pounds ~ well you are on holiday. All meals are included during your stay and even breakfast is a wonderful banquet. The village has been reinvented to ensure it survives in this remote location. It is a charming place and located above a stream with a pretty bridge surrounded by stunning scenery along with a natural swimming pool. If you do the cookery course then during your week you can enjoy 5 x 2 hour cooking lessons, I enjoyed making pasta during my stay but risotto, cakes, bread & how to do a proper Carbonara are also taught. The Carbonara is unlike any you have seen before. Of course if you are not into cookery walking would be a super alternative option. Truffle hunting with the dogs is not to be missed! This gives, fresh air & exercise plus the excitement of the dogs hunting out the truffles in the woods. We found both black & white varieties on our hunt, the smell is strong a little like roasted garlic. I tasted plenty freshly grated onto my food. Olive oil tasting including fresh from the press went down well as did wine tasting including a unique white wine produced in the old Roman way in pots buried under the soil. For stress relief you could join in a Yoga class it certainly made us feel good in fact we all said we would have liked to do it everyday. The village runs an Italian language school. If you are not intending to take the language so seriously, you will return having learnt a number of words as Mama & Grand Mama love to chatter away in their native tongue! It is hard to describe this wonderful place, the best way is to visit for yourself at any time of the year you will return home rejuvenated and had the most wonderful experiences including a visit to the worlds smallest volcano! If you wish to know more register for an informative presentation. Wherever in the world you are looking to experience do remember Marion Owen Travel. You can book all of your arrangements with us, do give my team a call. We are experienced in all corners of the world, we book all tour operators and our enjoyment is to fulfil your travelling desires & aspirations. We look forward to hearing from you. Marion
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Christmas stress: How to deal with festive anxiety.
As the festive season approaches it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of Christmas. But for many people the holiday season can be a major source of anxiety. From concerns about Christmas budgeting to finding yourself anticipating family disputes, here are some ways you can alleviate your festive woes and enjoy a more relaxed Christmas time.
Money worries
Christmas can send your household and credit card bills sky rocketing. With presents, festive food and Christmas parties to keep up with it feels almost impossible to cut costs. Before you dig deep into your savings or over draft, try and work out what you really NEED to buy over the festive season. Can you come to an agreement to take a break from Christmas gifts? Or plan a soiree in your own home to avoid expensive restaurants? Or why not indulge in Secret Santa? Try and plan ahead for next year if you’re worried about money stresses. Put a bit of money in a savings account specifically for Christmas time that you can your family can all contribute to.
Family problems
Pressures from TV shows and films make Christmas seem like an idyllic family time. The truth is that there will inevitably be fall outs, lets face it how often do you spend THAT much time with all your family members? If you have an unresolved issue with a particular family member, try and make a promise to not discuss it over Christmas lunch and buffer yourselves with other family members. Maybe your new year’s resolution can be to talk things through, but over Christmas try not to confront issues so directly. Focusing on children is a great way to set your priorities when it comes to family quarrels, especially if you and your partner have split up. Enable their happiness even if it does mean enduring a bit of awkwardness. Also try not to over indulge on alcohol. A few shandies in and you might end up saying something that you regret.
Loneliness
Though Christmas is often perceived as a happy time, for
many people it can be a period of immense loneliness. Not everyone spends Christmas with loved ones, but if you find yourself planning a Christmas dinner for one there are ways you can combat loneliness. Volunteer for a soup kitchen or animal shelter on Christmas day. This way you can be around others AND feel like you’ve made a difference. If you’re worried about a loved one or even a neighbour being lonely at Christmas make sure you reach out to them. A friendly phone call can be a priceless gift over the festive period.
Time management
If you’re worried about getting everything done in time for Christmas try and organise your time appropriately. Make a time table of ‘deadlines’ that you need to have completed tasks for e.g. buying presents, sending gifts abroad, ordering items online and buying your big Christmas food shop. You can also save money by being more prepared. This will calm your Crimbo nerves by a huge amount.
Staying healthy
If there’s a way to put a downer on Christmas it’s getting poorly. Make sure you eat healthily and take care of yourself in the lead up to Christmas morning. Try and steer away from all the boozy nights on offer and stock up on protein-rich foods and Vitamin C. You’ll be full of energy come Christmas day! Find out more about how to combat anxiety at : www.anxietyuk.org.uk
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Speed awareness courses could ‘invalidate insurance’ New questions raised over police links to companies offering speed awareness courses, as it emerges motorists could be risking huge problems if they fail to tell insurers about courses. Police are conning motorists over speed awareness courses by failing to make clear how drivers could inadvertently leave themselves uninsured by taking part, campaigners have said. Insurers have admitted they treat speed awareness courses the same as penalty points and it is now feared that failing to declare taking part in course could invalidate your policy. technology in the design of the Nissan IDS concept.” The courses, which cost between £80 and £150, allow drivers to avoid penalty points on their licences. Campaigners said this lulls many motorists into a false sense of security that they do not have to declare the course to insurers, in the hope their premiums will not rocket for a speeding-related offence. However, insurers usually operate a “catch all” clause in their policies about keeping them informed about factors which may affect your driving, and failing to declare a course could lead them to cancel cover in the event of an accident, experts said. Ian Belchamber, a campaigner who runs an anti-speed camera campaign in Dorset, said: “The police’s actions are potentially resulting in people driving uninsured because they haven’t told motorists to tell their insurers about the speed awareness course.
When will I get a speeding ticket?
Put simply, as the law stands, you’re liable for a speeding ticket the minute you exceed the speed limit – no ifs, no buts. That means doing 31mph in a 30mph limit, 41mph in a 40, and so on. Some people say that that should be the end of it – but practically, it makes little sense. Such strict enforcement would force drivers to watch their speedos like hawks, meaning they spend less time watching what’s going on in the world around them. What’s more, speedometers aren’t always accurate; someone with a speedometer that’s gone out of calibration could innocently think they were doing 70mph, when they were actually doing fractionally more. To take account of these factors, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) suggests police forces don’t prosecute until drivers exceed a margin of error of 10 per cent of the speed limit to take into account driver concentration, plus 2mph for speedometer error. This means that most police forces will not prosecute until you’re driving at more than 46mph in a 40mph zone, for example, or 79mph in a 70mph zone. However, it should be noted that the guidance is exactly that, and that the decision over whether to give a driver a speeding ticket or not is entirely at the discretion of individual police forces and officers. In other words, you can already be prosecuted for driving at speeds that are above the limit but below the suggested threshold.
What’s the penalty?
A Fixed Penalty Notice for speeding will result in three points on your driving licence and a £100 fine. However, if your speed was sufficiently high to land you in court – or if you reject the FPN – the penalties could be much worse; the maximum fine for speeding is £1,000 (or £2,500 on the motorway), and your licence could be revoked.
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Gardening: Sponsored by Heritage Landscape Centre
Gardening in December General tasks and garden maintenance
Carry on digging over beds and borders and incorporate as much organic matter as you can. Forking over not only helps prepare the soil for next year, it helps reduce pests by exposing them to hungry birds. Protect pots and taps from frost by wrapping insulation around them. Bubble wrap is ideal and probably in plentiful supply if you are ordering Christmas presents over the internet! Clear paths of moss and lichen, treat timber with preservative, repair fences, check sheds and walls (but avoid any concreting until there is no chance of frost), clean and insulate greenhouses (that bubble wrap again!) and ensure heaters are working properly. Even a little insulation will make a huge difference to your heating bill. Clean and repair your garden tools and clock the lawn mower in for a service. New tools are always a welcome present, as are new gardening gloves. Clear debris - this is vital to prevent slugs and snails from setting up home in those lovely warm and damp conditions! However, a plea for wildlife... An artless pile of sticks and logs will make a wonderful ‘des res’ for hibernating hedgehogs and the like, so please don’t be too ferocious on the tidying front.
Make leaf mould out of fallen leaves - they will rot down into fantastically fertile matter after a year (2 for oak leaves). Store wet leaves (they must be wet to rot) in large black plastic sacks forked with holes or piled into a chicken wire container or similar. Failing that, add them to the compost heap.
Vegetables
Harvest leeks, Brussels sprouts (from the bottom upwards), carrots, parsnips (after a frost) and winter cabbages. Earth up winter brassicas to help protect them from wind - if your sprouts are very tall it will pay to cane them. Remove yellow leaves as these encourage fungal disease.
Fruit trees and bushes
Plant fruit trees and bushes as long as the soil is neither too wet nor frozen. Prune established apple and pear trees (not those grown against a wall) - keep the centre of the tree fairly open to allow air to circulate freely which helps avoid disease. Ensure any crossing and rubbing branches are cut out - open wounds will only encourage disease. If you are unsure about how to prune, please get advice at the garden centre.
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We lost David Meyler to injury whilst on international duties and this has caused a major problem. In the Bristol
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City game we also lost Andy Robertson to suspension and Michael Dawson to injury and suspension. Losing Dawson till the Christmas period has meant the side and defence in particular has lots its leadership and against Derby was all at sea in the first half. Hopefully the challenges over next month, Manchester City excepted will not be as difficult as the defence no longer appears as secure as with Dawson at the helm. Much of City’s success this season is down to the majority of our opponents being unable to break through Dawson and Davies, Bruce or Maguire. We were almost secure with just one goal during the five game winning run but that confidence may not remain the case over the next few weeks. The loss of Robertson for just the one game meant a major reshuffle which disrupted the side against Derby and does highlight one of the squad’s shortcomings. We lack an alternative to Robertson as left back/left wing back.. Even when he was out of form earlier in the season the only real alternative was Odubajo, a right footer playing
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on the wrong wing which meant there was not no width on the left. Instead of taking players on the outside he would take the easier option of passing inside and as the only width this team has comes from the fullbacks this is a shortcoming that may need addressing in the January transfer window. Last season we had two international left backs this year we have one and until recent weeks he was a shadow of last year’s player. If Robertson should get injured then we a major problem. Clucas is another alternative but he should be used elsewhere.
opponents already in close proximity. If we wish to retain possession to close out a game or go for a nil-nil then he’s ok but to win games and win promotion many fans feel it is time for a change. Livermore and Huddlestone has not worked for 18 months and the brakes are also put onto Jake going forward through the need to cover Huddlestone’s lack of pace through the centre of the park. So who comes in? Clucas may be an option with Maloney on the left flank? Isaac Hayden may be the closest match to Meyler but he’s fallen out of first team contention since August. Is Mohamed Diame now fit Sam Clucas has been one of the most enough for 90 minutes of a midfield consistent players so far this season and battle? he could be an option to cover the loss of David Meyler till the new year. The We have a number of winnable games partnership of Meyler and rejuvenated in the run up to the new year but will Livermore was the beating heart of the we display the October form or revert five match winning run. City coped to the stuttering performances from the with whatever the opposition could beginning of the season? throw at them and then overpowered the opposition. Hull City moved from We have one of the strongest first slumbering in 2nd gear to 4th with the teams in this division but the squad energy, aggression and passion they may not be quite what we think it is. brought to the midfield. Meyler’s injury The midfield needs reviewing, we will means we’ve slipped down the gears hope that Dawson returns within the once again with the restoration of Tom anticipated timescale, we need another Huddlestone. left sided player in the transfer window and wait to see Robert Snodgrass Two years ago Huddlestone was our and Adama Diomande. Snodgrass main man and much hyped England could greatly enhance our attacking candidate at the time of the 6-0 abilities when opponents come to Fulham victory. Now he is arguably defend in depth and Diomande may our weakest link. He may have great offer more threat up front. We may be passing ability but the ability to pass scoring more regularly than the past 20 yards sideways, take the easy option two seasons but only Hernandez is a and stroll around the midfield does goalscorer and this could be something not help the team. Two or three short to consider during the transfer window. passes across midfield followed by a If our Uruguayan centre forward loses crossfield ball towards the wingbacks form or gets injured then we only is so methodical, predictable and easy have two attacking midfielders, a raw for the opposition to mop up. Meyler Arsenal junior and inconsistent Aluko. and Livermore worked alongside each other going forward quickly or defending together. We could move at pace and team mates were no longer static waiting for the ball to reach them with
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FIONA’S FOOD FOR THOUGHT By Fiona Dwyer, broadcast journalist, PR & media consultant, slave to 2 children and a husband.
INSPIRING CAFÉ I recently did a report for Calendar about a café in Hull which has recently opened and has one of the most fantastic ideas I have seen or heard of in a long time. It’s called Inspire Café and you can find it on George Street. Basically, when you go in and order your hot meal and/or buy a cup of tea or coffee you can also buy a “pending” meal or drink which will then be offered to a homeless person. What a great initiative. It’s so simple yet so important for those who are in desperate need. As the cold weather is upon us, I think we should all try to take a trip in and do something that will help people far less fortunate than ourselves.
IS CHRISTMAS STRESSFUL? Yes the festive season is upon us – and it can often be a stressful time – making sure you have bought all the presents you need, you’ve bought enough food and let’s not forget the stress that can often come with visiting family members! But don’t forget to take a step back. Christmas should be less about presents and buying “stuff” and more about taking the time to spend with your children, your parents (if you’re still lucky enough to have them with you), your siblings and any other family members you’re close to. And if there is someone who is estranged, and you can’t even remember why you don’t speak anymore, perhaps now is a good time to try to reconnect. I also think it’s important to check on any elderly neighbours or friends you have. How are they spending the festive season? Do they need help? Do they want to come to your house for Christmas dinner? Christmas shouldn’t be a stressful season. It should be a time of great love and joy – so try to help yourself and others around you by not having a meltdown! Don’t worry if everything isn’t perfect – it’s not the end of the world. It’s far more important to spend quality time with your children and family.
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