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More that 3,500 individual cultural artefacts have been recovered and 75 people arrested for running an international art trafficking organization in an operation led jointly

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Several items identified as having “great cultural importance in the archaeological world” were recovered as part of a widespread operation involving law enforcement agencies from 18 countries, according to a statement issued by Europol.

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Priceless cultural treasures bust Pandora, including 19 artefacts stolen from the Archaeological Museum in Murcia in 2014.

Over 400 stolen coins from different periods were seized following investigations into online advertisements, according to the statement.

“Interpol assisted investigators in the field by cross-checking hundreds of objects against their stolen works of art database. They also provided a swift response when identifying artefacts of illicit provenance.

Spain’s Interior Ministry said a total of 48.588 people were investigated and 29,340 vehicles and 50 boats searched during operations concentrated in October and November last year.

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On Saturday the president had condemned media reporting of the number of people attending his inauguration.

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said there was “an obsession... to delegitimise this president.

We’re not going to sit around and take it.”

But photos appear to show more people attended the inauguration of Mr Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama in 2009.

Mr Priebus said on Fox News Sunday that the “media from day one has been talking about delegitimising the election”.

He said Mr Trump’s presidency would fight such coverage “tooth and nail every day”.

The latest row was mainly sparked by the inauguration figures.

There were no official estimates. Mr Trump said

Key figures in Donald Trump’s administration have become embroiled in a fresh war of words with the media during a visit to the CIA on Saturday that it “looked like a million and a half people”, but provided no evidence.

He called reporters “among the most dishonest human beings on Earth” for saying it was far lower.

His press secretary Sean Spicer outlined figures amounting to 720,000 people in Washington’s National Mall, despite also saying that “no-one had numbers” for the inauguration.

Ms Conway insisted there was “no way to really quantify crowds” and, taking offence at a laugh from the reporter, said: “You can laugh at me all you want. It’s symbolic of the way we are treated by the press the way you just laughed at me.”

She also highlighted another issue that caused friction with the media - the Time Magazine reporter who incorrectly

reported that a bust of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr had been removed from the Oval Office. The reporter later apologised for the error.

Mr Trump on Sunday tweeted about television ratings of the inauguration, saying that 31 million people had watched, 11 million more than four years ago.

He also referred to Saturday’s day of protests that saw millions in the US and hundreds of thousands around the globe take to the streets in some 600 demonstrations against his presidency.

His initial tweet said he was “under the impression that we just had an election”, asking: “Why didn’t these people vote?”

A later tweet said that “peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy”.

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Dutch PM Rutte: ‘If you don’t like it here, then leave

Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country’s values should leave.

“Act normal, or go away,” he says, in a message seen as taking on the antiimmigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls.

The Dutch felt increasingly uncomfortable with people who abused the very freedom they came in search of, Mr Rutte argued.

Elections are taking place on 15 March.

Geert Wilders’ Freedom party (PVV) is running neck-and-neck in the polls with Mr Rutte’s liberal VVD and branded Mr Rutte’s message as a

downright lie. “The man of open borders, asylum tsunami, mass immigration, Islamisation, lies and deceit,” he tweeted. But even if Mr Wilders wins the election he will struggle to form a coalition, after Mr Rutte ruled out forming a government with the PVV. Political commentators pointed out that the election was now being run on the national mood rather than traditional issues such as the economy and the government’s handling of the financial crisis.

Last week Conservative CDA leader Sybrand Buma accused the prime minister, who came to power in October 2010, of presiding over a “moral crisis”.

Mr Rutte’s full-page ad appeared on Monday in several Dutch newspapers and he gave further details in an interview with the daily, Algemeen Dagblad (AD).

He singled out the case of bus company Qbuzz that was censured by the Dutch human rights institute for turning down an immigrant applying for the job of bus driver because he refused to shake women’s hands. It found that shaking hands was not a key part of the job whereas the man’s freedom of religion was affected.

“I think it’s a bizarre verdict,” he told AD. “Qbuzz is of course absolutely right. Surely a driver can’t say ‘I refuse to shake a woman’s hand because it doesn’t fit my beliefs’?

“That’s precisely why I and many other people are rebelling. Because the norm here is that you shake hands with each other.”

Mr Rutte also complained about antisocial behaviour on public transport and on the streets, but particularly targeted those who refused to adapt to Dutch values, harassed women in short skirts and gay men, and branded ordinary people as racists.

“If you live in a country where you get so annoyed with how we deal each other, you have a choice. Get out! You don’t have to be here!”

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May promises frank talk with Trump

Theresa May promises frank talk with Trump after women protest Prime Minister Theresa May promised on Sunday to challenge any “unacceptable” talk when she meets President Donald Trump later this week, as she tries to secure Britain’s “special relationship” with the new U.S. administration.

May, Britain’s second female premier, made the comments after thousands of women marched in London on Saturday to protest about Trump’s attitude to women, joining demonstrations held in major cities across the globe.

She told the BBC she would use Friday’s meeting in Washington to discuss issues including future U.S.UK trading relations, following Trump’s promise to put “America first” in his inauguration

speech on Friday.

Since Britons voted last year to leave the European Union, May’s government has been keen to deepen ties with the United States and other nations outside Europe to show that Brexit will not diminish its standing in the world.

May indicated she would not shy away from any difficult issues, when asked about the controversy over Trump’s comments on women.

This erupted last year during the presidential election campaign over a 2005 video in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitals.

“I’ve already said that some of the comments that Donald Trump has made in relation to women are unacceptable, some of those he himself has apologised for,” May said.

“When I sit down (with

Trump) I think the biggest statement that will be made about the role of women is the fact that I will be there as a female prime minister,” she said. “Whenever there is something that I find unacceptable I won’t be afraid to say that to Donald Trump.”

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Trump’s election has raised questions over the future of the so-called “special relationship” that has underpinned close British-American ties for decades, but the new U.S. leader has said he believes Brexit will be “a great thing”.

May, who initially struggled to build relations with Trump’s team, said she would also use the meeting to discuss the NATO defence alliance and challenges such as defeating terrorism and the conflict in Syria.

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If that describes your feelings, then I can only say that I have some Good News and some Bad News for you. But first the Good News; which is that as from Thursday 18th January, an English Language Communion Service is to be held at 11:00 am on the third Thursday of each month in the Community Centre in Aljambra, Albox. The Bad News of course is that for anyone living in the Almanzora Valley, Bang goes your excuse for not getting to Church!

Well, I’m not sure that every would-be Church-goer in the area rose to that challenge, but certainly a sufficient number did, to require us quite quickly to increase the number of Services (now held 2nd and last Thursdays and 2nd Sunday evening of each month) and two years ago, to open another Church nearby at Llanos del Peral, which now holds regular, well-attended Services every Sunday Morning.

And so the amazing thing is that

tomorrow, 26th January 2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the start of Anglican (Church of England) Services in the Almanzora Valley, which I believe is something worth celebrating. So the Service tomorrow at Aljambra, Albox will include thanksgiving to God for His inspiration for starting this work in this area and encouraging its growth in two churches over this ten year period, and giving thanks too for the help and support of the local communities.

But of course, whilst we’d love to see you, you don’t have to attend this Service or that at Llanos on Sunday to thank God for all His goodness. We can, and I believe should, do that privately on a continuing basis.

Details of a number of English Language Churches are given in Sol Noticeboard for any who wish to Worship, but further information about the Anglican Church and details of forthcoming events may be seen on the web site www. mojacarchurch.org Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com

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Trump presidency will force renegotiation of Palomares nuclear clean-up

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James Costos, the US ambassador to Spain appointed by Barack Obama in 2013, resigned on Wednesday, leaving the embassy’s trade attaché, Kris R. Urs, in charge.

After the US Senate approves a Donald Trump-appointed successor, a process that could take several months, among the priorities on the new incumbent’s desk will be a renegotiation on how to clean up tons of contaminated soil in Palomares (Almería), the site of a 1966 US air force crash that released four hydrogen bombs over the area.

Three of the bombs were found near the fishing village of Palomares. The non-nuclear explosives in two of the devices had detonated, contaminating a two-square-kilometer area with plutonium. The fourth bomb fell into the sea and was recovered more than two months afterwards.

Half-a-century later, on October 19, 2015, Spain and Washington signed an agreement paving the way for the US to transport almost 50,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil to its shores. Budgeted at around €640 million, the project requires an international treaty that has yet to be ratified by Spain’s Congress.

Both governments originally agreed to conclude the deal by December

31, 2015. But two inconclusive elections in Spain – the first on December 20, 2015, followed by a second in June of 2016 – resulted in a ten-month political stalemate that was only resolved in November.

Sources at the US embassy in Madrid say that during this time meetings to discuss technical details about the cleanup have been held, but there has been no contact at the political level, given that the interim administration headed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of the Popular Party lacked the authority to sign an international agreement.

On November 8, four days after Rajoy took office at the head of a minority government, Donald Trump won the US elections against all expectations. Sources at Spain’s Foreign Ministry said that efforts were made to gauge whether the Obama administration would sign the deal before Trump took office, but the White House said this would not be possible, given the delicate nature of the talks, the costs involved and the need for approval of any decision.

Trump presidency will force renegotiation of Palomares nuclear clean-up English in Action with Michael Robinson It is not clear how the Trump

administration will view the agreement of October 2015, which was not legally binding.

The arrival of Trump’s ambassador to Madrid will coincide with the appointment of Spain’s ambassador to Washington, former Defense Minister Pedro Morenés.

Aside from the Palomares cleanup, Morenés will also have to negotiate a request by the Obama administration to install a fleet of some 20 helicopters at the Morón airbase in Seville to be used to combat drug trafficking.

Then there is the matter of the Obama administration’s request to install officers from its own Customs and Border Protection agency at Adolfo Suárez Madrid– Barajas Airport to check for possible terrorism suspects boarding flights to the United States.

The Spanish government has not responded officially to the request, but has expressed its concerns to Washington that, given that the agents would be armed and hold diplomatic immunity; the measure would involve handing over national sovereignty.

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health & beauty Tel: 950 121 936 - sales@soltimes.com number of employees with medical insurance rose by 3.4% to 3,070,000 people, or 76.3% of the total. This suggests that the increased popularity of PMI may be down to a recovery in the economy and companies taking more staff, rather than fears about the state of the NHS. The number of individual subscribers to private medical insurance continued to decline, dropping

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Most are put off by the rising cost of buying cover independently. A typical PMI policy for a healthy 35-year-old costs about £650 a year, but this rises steeply to £2,300 for those aged 70, when claims are far more likely.

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4 sessions was 76€ now 50€ The number of people in Britain taking out private medical insurance has risen significantly for the first time since 2008, amid fears about the ongoing crisis gripping the NHS. After falling steeply between 2008 and 2011 and then staying flat, demand for private medical insurance cover in Britain rose by 2.1% in 2015 with just over 4 million people insured.

The figures, compiled by healthcare consultancy LaingBuisson, account for the period until the end of 2015. Figures for 2016 are not yet available.

Philip Blackburn, an economist at LaingBuisson, said: “There has been a clear rise in interest in private healthcare recently as more and more people are dissatisfied with higher waiting on the NHS and increased restrictions on NHS treatment. Private medical cover will benefit from this, and there is a wide choice of policy options at

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The rise in sales of private medical insurance (PMI) comes despite increases in insurance premium tax (IPT) during the period from 6% to 9.5%, which has made policies more expensive. But the private medical industry is still far below its peak in 2008, when 4.35 million people – 12.4% of the UK population – had private cover. After the rise in 2015, a total of 4,022,000 people have cover, or 10.6% of the population.

The entire rise in private cover is coming through company schemes, where the

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Notes on a Scandal. Zoe Heller

‘You betrayed me. You told Bangs.

What an idiot I’ve been to trust you. All that filth and lies you’ve been writing.

You’re exploiting me.’

The book was shortlisted for the Booker prize in 2003 after receiving incredible reviews, the film in 2006.

Sheba, a teacher of pottery meets Barbara Covett, a history teacher at St. Georges. Their friendship blossoms but turns sour once Sheba realises that her so-called friend has chronicled her affair with Steven, a minor at the school and once published will live richly off the proceeds!

Sheba (Bathsheba) comes from a privileged middle/upper class, affluent family but she has not nourished the success and happiness she deserves.

She drifted into marriage at twenty, with an older man, Richard who has already had a failed marriage behind him and children. He is trendy, decent, welleducated but not wonderfully exciting.

Bill Nighy takes on this role with gusto.

By the end of the novel she has lost his support and love. He is disgusted at her behaviour and she in turn becomes disgusted by Barbara’s smothering and intrusive nature. Poor Sheba. Her flaw is her stupidity and naivety. She forfeits everything through one stupid mistake.

Polly, her seventeen year old daughter is a handful. She hates her mother, gets expelled from school for extreme bullying and then runs away from home.

A wild child beyond discipline. On the other hand, there’s Ben, a Downe syndrome loveable child who is a handful for different reasons.

Barbara is stern, matronly and extremely lonely after being rejected

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by a former female lover. She becomes jealous of all the attention that Sheba attracts and notes this in her manuscript.

The story hints early on about her unhealthy attraction and obsession with Sheba. At times we can empathise with her loneliness and desire to be loved more so in the novel than in the film. Judi Dench is manipulative and scheming in the film.

Sheba, played by Cate Blanchett is just naïve and follows her own instincts.

She likes to live on the knife-edge and craves excitement. Like a fool, she gets involved with a young guy from school and gets a kick out of it. She becomes insanely jealous of the thought that he might ‘dump’ her one day for a young girl and inevitably he tires of her and replaces her with a girl his own age. The reader is waiting for the bubble to burst and Sheba having to face inevitable consequences. She loses everythingher family, marriage, home, job and her reputation. The guys create smutty jokes about her and she is wickedly mocked.

It is not surprising that one person who is obsessed with her stands by her after betraying her dirty little secret. Yes you’ve guessed it-Barbara. She is forced into taking early retirement because she knew of the affair and failed to notify the Head. Her consolation prize is the disgraced Sheba who she can smother to death and of course her manuscript which she can make a fortune out of! An exciting read and brilliant film. Obviously a message in there for the ladies.

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How to Secure Your Google Account Out of all your online accounts, there’s a good chance that Google holds most of your information. Think about it: if you use Gmail for email, Chrome for web browsing, and Android for your mobile OS, then you’re already using Google for almost everything you do.

Now that you’re thinking about how much is stored and saved by Google, think about how secure that account is. What if someone got access to your Google account? That would include bank statements in Gmail, personal files in Drive, stored pictures in Google Photos, chat logs from Hangouts, and a lot more. Scary thought, yeah? Let’s talk about how to make sure your account is as secure as it can be.

Start with a Security Check up. Google makes checking your account security very easy: just use the built-in Security Check up tool on your accounts “Sign in & security” page. When you click the “Security Check up” option, you’ll be tossed into a multi-section form that will basically just ask you to review and confirm some information—this shouldn’t take that long, but you’ll definitely want to take your time and thoroughly review the information you find here.

The first option is very simple: confirm

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your recovery phone number and email address. Basically, if you get locked out of your Google account, you’ll want to make sure this stuff is correct. I don’t mind using a second email address but will not give them my phone number, if they get hacked then the nuisance calls start!

Next will be to see who has connected to your google account in the past month. This lets you know if you should change your password or if it is still secure. Followed by “Clean Up Apps That Have Permission to Access Your Account”. Some need access such as your email app but most don’t! So be very choosy what can access your account! The list will not only show what the app or device is, but exactly what it has access to. If you don’t remember granting something access (or just no longer use the app/device in question), then click the “remove” button to revoke its account access. If it’s an account you actually use and accidentally remove, you’ll just have to re-grant it access the next time you log in.

The final stage would be to setup or check your “2 step login”. I’m not, as of today, completely sure that typing in your login (email address) and then getting a one-time password through your phone, every time, is any easier or more secure than using the normal Login and Password.

You have now checked your google security and have peace of mind again and it only took a couple of minutes!

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Sky is set to report a 10 per cent drop in profits on Thursday, according to a prediction by investment firm UBS. The broadcaster is expected to announce a fall in pre-tax profits to £673m in the six months to December, due to the increased costs of its Premier League coverage.

However, the UBS report also forecast strong growth from Sky, with underlying revenue growth set to be up 5.5 per cent in the first half to £13bn, with UK business growing 5 per cent, Italy up by 3.5 per cent, and jump of nine per cent in Germany.

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Fox needs 75 per cent of Sky’s independent shareholders to accept the deal. The UBS report suggested that investors are likely to be comforted by the evidence of Sky’s growing momentum.

The analysis, which was put together by UBS’s head of telecoms research, also described Fox’s bid as a “f loor rather than a ceiling”. It suggested that Fox might raise their bid if Sky continued to improve operating momentum.

The predicted drop in profits was mainly accounted for by the increasingly intense rivalry between BT and Sky for sports broadcasting rights. Sky paid £4.2bn for a three year deal on the Premier League rights last year, up from the previous price of £2.3bn.

The two sports broadcasting giants will go head to head again in the next few weeks. UEFA released an invitation to tender last week, and bids will be expected in March.

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Very large and attractive 256m2 house on the edge of Cela.

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Spain approves fast-track law to settle mortgage crisis

The Spanish government said on Friday it had approved a royal decree that will give banks three months to reach settlements with customers who were sold mortgages with interest rate floors that were not clearly explained.

The royal decree - a law fast-tracked through Parliament - aims to allow customers that were sold these mortgages to agree some form of compensation with their banks free of charge. It also aims to prevent a wave of lawsuits against the banks.

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If you wish us to print an article about a particular topic, please e-mail info@daviessolicitors.com - www.daviessolicitors.com Inheritance tax in Andalucia: Exemptions have been increased for group I and II heirs (spouse and descendants) Last year the Andalucia Parliament informed they would reduce inheritance tax by increasing exemption in Andalucia.

They informed that they would only do this if the budget for 2017 permitted this to happen.

Well, the good news is that the new increased exemptions are now in force.

They have increased the exempt amount for spouse and descendants from 175,000 to 250,000.

Just as important is that unlike the old system, where if you received one euro less than 175,000 euro you would only be entitled to 16,000 euro exemption (in other words basically no exempt amount), with the new system, after 250,000 euro you do not lose the exemption completely as you are allowed to make use of it on those first 250,000 euros as long as what you received does not go above 350,000 euro.

They have increased reduction in the taxable base for spouses or children under the age of 18 inheriting the main home up to 100% if worth less than 1,24000 and a sliding scale after that.

In addition to this they have also increased other exemptions like the one available for the inheritance of family businesses and agricultural land in production.

Who do these increased exemptions apply to?

Beneficiaries resident in Andalucia of an estate regardless of where it is situated (as long as the preexisting wealth of the

beneficiary is less than 401,000 euro).

Thanks to the sentence of the European Court of Justice of 3/4/2014 that established that Spain could not discriminate non-residents of Spain who were residents in other countries of the European Union, all non-residents of Spain (that are residents of other European Union Countries)can also take advantage of these exemptions. Please note though that as you may imagine you could not claim the exemption established for the main home because if the beneficiary is a non-resident he/she cannot claim the Spanish house to be his/her main home.

Also note that if you are resident of a country outside the European Union you cannot nota advantage of the sentence of the European Court of Justice (as long as the preexisting wealth of the beneficiary is less than 401000 euro) These new exemptions are excellent tools for estate planning and will allow for many families who would have previously paid to pay no inheritance on the Spanish estate by distributing their estate amongst their family (depending on the size of the estate) in the most tax efficient way.

Please not that what is explained above is a very simplified version of the situation and that there are lots of ifs and buts surrounding this subject so you will need to obtain individualised advice from a solicitor.

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About 1.5 million customers who were sold those mortgages will still have the right to seek to get their money back in the courts, potentially creating a new legal headache for Spanish banks and hitting their bottom line.

BBVA, Spain’s second largest bank, said in December the ECJ ruling would knock its full-year earnings for 2016 by 404 million euros.

BBVA executive chairman Francisco Gonzalez said in Davos on Thursday that the bank would proceed level, which meant customers missed out when rates according to the new law but also said: “It is important dropped below that minimum. to look at the big picture and preserve legal security.”

In December, the European Court of Justice said Spanish banks must compensate customers who took out A spokesman for BBVA said on Friday the bank would these mortgages, overturning a Spanish court ruling that wait for the Spain’s Supreme Court interpretation of the ECJ ruling, expected in the following weeks or months, had put a cap on what banks should pay.

The Bank of Spain has estimated the cost to the banks at before deciding how to proceed.

Banco Sabadell has said its mortgages were still valid as 4 billion euros ($4 billion). they had been presented clearly. Deutsche Bank analysts The banks must now contact customers to offer them a settlement and have one month to set the process in motion. If they come up with a compensation offer, customers have 15 days to accept.

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“The consumer and the entity can agree on compensatory measures other than cash,” Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Friday. He said, for example, a bank could compensate the home owner with a reduction in future mortgage payments. ($1 = 0.9407 euros).

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British renewables firms vying for $50bn of Saudi contracts

British renewables firms are preparing to compete for a multi-million dollar windfall by snapping up contracts to develop wind, solar and power storage projects in Saudi Arabia through the kingdom’s $50bn renewables drive.

Within weeks the world’s largest producer of oil will launch a tender process for an ambitious renewable energy program which is expected to involve investment of between $30bn and $50bn by 2023 to help kick its addiction to fossil fuels.

The Saudis are planning to shift their power sector towards renewables, which is less expensive than its oil-burning power plants, in order to meet its rocketing

demand for power which is increasing at a rate of 8pc every year.

Already UK renewable energy firms are preparing to compete for a share of the funding pot in what could prove a crucial test of the sector’s ability to export worldleading technology and skills.

The challenge is whether the UK developers can reduce their cost to match the prices of international players Solar developers including Light source Energy, RES and Solar Century are expected to be first in line for a multimillion dollar Saudi windfall, and the Telegraph understands that a raft of energy storage, engineering and software firms are also preparing to take part in

the tender.

Emma Pinchbeck, executive director of RenewableUK, said the industry is ready to take advantage of the Saudi deal as part of its wider drive to tap the $290bn global renewables market.

“British companies are moving as fast as they can to seek out contracts wherever they can internationally, and capturing economic value for the UK. This Saudi opportunity is just the latest.”

“In Saudi Arabia, for example, we already have members offering services as broad as delivering energy storage projects or supporting with land surveys,” she added.

ScottishPower boss Keith Anderson urged the sector’s supply chain to vy for contracts too, saying: “The UK renewable sector supply chain has a fantastic wealth of talent and experience and should now consider the opportunities in Saudi

Arabia.”

But the UK industry will need to prove that it can reduce costs to keep pace with the plummeting cost of renewable energy technologies globally.

UK solar companies are racing to drive costs to below recent international tenders for solar projects which have been awarded at £25 a megawatt compared to UK auction prices closer to £75 a megawatt, said Ilesh Patel, a partner with Baringa Partners.

“The challenge is whether the UK developers can reduce their cost to match the prices of international players.

“I’m pretty optimistic that the best developers will be able to, especially if they move into joint ventures with complementary companies. They absolutely have something to offer but they have a lot of hard work still to do to reduce costs,” he added.

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El combate de lucha libre

There was to be a grand wrestling match in Alqueria. A combatant from each of the barrios would contend for the title of Alquerian All Comers Champion. To organise such an event in a town with a potent barrio divide and intolerant hatred for the opposing faction may seem like a well-planned disaster waiting to happen. The powers that be thought it would allow barrio rivalry to be confined to the ring and away from the streets.

The naïve fools.

The Alquerian weapons of choice tended to be cobblestones, bricks, bottles and fire-bombs.

Hand to hand combat was considered too dangerous so outside wrestlers had to be recruited. Only the meanest and fittest fighters were head-hunted by the respective barrios.

They were given Alquerian citizenship, something which can be purchased reasonably cheaply and briefed in the ways of the Pueblo.

Manuela took an active part in the selection of the Hill People’s champion. She spent quite a time interviewing each personally.

She was very thorough and enthusiastic in her singular selection technique.

Santiago ‘Spleen Ripper’ Gonzales was to represent the Hill People while Ángel ‘Granny Masher’ Tierno was the chosen one of the Newcomers. Both wrestlers left a grisly reputation of broken limbs and chewed ears in their wake. Loco Paco regarded the

two fighters with an academic interest and threw morsels of food to them. It wasn’t until he heard them speak that he realised they weren’t some exotic variety of hairless Ouran-Utang but human. Paco was rightly disappointed and turned his attention once more to his imaginary rodent friend, Bert.

Come the day of the contest and the Town’s Plaza was packed with what seems like the entire population of Alqueria. The square was regaled in garlands and bunting. The wrestling ring stands ready and the crowd have already started exchanging jibes and insults.

Enter the protagonists, lumbering, knuckles scraping the flagstones. The crowd goes wild. Things more tangible than insults are now thrown, a number of supporters are felled by well-aimed projectiles. The ring was torn apart and its planking used as weapons.

All in all it was a well-planned disaster that had an inevitability Nostradamus would have found easy meat.

The two wrestlers took refuge in the Bar la Casa Devante where they discovered they were once close friends. They had shared the same room while on an advanced grunting course organised by the World Wrestling Council. They sat chatting while bedlam reigned outside.

The irony of the situation seemed somehow quite normal in Alqueria.

Size Matters

The last firewood we ordered turned out to be gigantic misshapen monsters that came in an enormous lorry driven by a small but ebullient Spaniard, and was sufficient for four winters.

Each year since he has appeared at our gate in the forlorn hope that we have somehow managed to burn it all up and so will need some more.

Last January he once more graced our gate. I took him to the woodshed and showed him our diminished pile of slumbering timber trolls.

‘We have enough for this winter.

We don’t want any more before March.’ I told him.

He took this sad news as cheerfully as ever. ‘March.’ He said.

‘March.’ I repeated.

On the first of March there he was! ‘You want firewood.’ His tone was midway between question and statement.

‘Yes,’ I answered. ‘But we don’t want a big lorry like last time.’

‘Vale, I’ll bring a small lorry.’

I pressed home my advantage.

‘And we don’t want big logs. We want little logs.’

‘You can have little logs.’ He beamed.

I felt I needed to emphasise the point. ‘We want a little lorry of little logs.’

‘You want a little lorry, or little logs?’

Maybe I hadn’t been clear enough.

‘No, a little lorry of little logs.’

‘You can have a little lorry, or little logs.’

Time to explain again. ‘We want a little lorry. We want little logs.

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We want a little lorry of little logs.’

Obviously, I thought my Spanish was letting me down.

‘No, you can’t have that.’

‘Why not?’

‘You can have a little lorry with big logs, or a big lorry with little logs.’

‘But we want a little lorry. Full of little logs. We don’t want a big lorry, or big logs.’

He shrugged his shoulders, maintaining the bonhomie of one who has lost sixpence and found a shilling. ‘You can have a little lorry of big logs, or a big lorry of little logs.’

‘But we want…’ I could see I was getting nowhere neared a solution, but a lot nearer confusion, so I changed tack.

‘Why?’ ‘Because the little logs are on the big lorry, and the big logs are on the little lorry.’

I suppose that did make sense.

I pondered. Big lorry, little logs.

Little lorry, big logs; Which was the less inconvenient? He watched me, like a cheerful Christmas robin who had just spied a juicy worm.

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3. Which Nottingham club was managed by Brian Clough?.......

4. Which vegetable (in cooking it is a vegetable, by definition it is a berry and a fruit) do Americans call Eggplants?......

4. Which player was involved in Britain’s first million pound transfer?..................................

5. What name is given to the Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat, vegetables and seasoning all cooked together quickly, usually at the table?..................

5. Which Scottish side’s nickname is ‘The Blue Brazil’?..

6. Which vegetables, popular in Chinese dishes, are the bulb like stems of the bulrush?................................................

6. Which soccer player advertised ‘Brut’ in the 1980s?.

7. Which soccer side plays at Rugby Park?.............................

7. If you were offered a choice between Brick, Dunlop or Excelsior, what type of food would you have been offered?........

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8. Which stadium hosted its first FA Cup semifinal in 1991?..

9. Which team are known as the Gunners?............................

10. Which team first won an FA Cup semifinal on a penalty shootout?................................

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3. Salmon

7. Cheese

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6. Water Chestnut

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10. From which country did the dish chilli con carne originate?......................

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2. Which manager said he’d been in more courts than Bjorn Borg?.......................................

3. Which fish is the traditional ingredient of the Scandinavian dish called Gravad Lax?.... .............................

8. Which meat is traditionally eaten in the USA on the fourth Thursday in November?............................................

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1. Which London team earned the nickname ‘The Crazy

6. Kevin Keegan 7. Kilmarnock 8. Wembley 9. Arsenal 10. Liverpool

2. What forms the base of the Indian dish ra ita?..............................................

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1. What is the name of the Spanish soup served cold?..........................................

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on this day 28th january

1393 – King Charles VI of France is nearly killed when several dancers’ costumes catch fire during a masquerade ball.

1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, lasting until May 25.

1547 – Henry VIII dies. His nine-year-old son, Edward VI becomes King, and the first Protestant ruler of England.

1909 – United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War. 1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first US television appearance

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1457 – Henry VII of England (d. 1509) 1935 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor 1963 – Dan Spitz, American guitarist 1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster

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Down 1 High pitched, quiet and small channel (6) 2 Dessert, led astray by little pool (6) 3 Pull 17ac (3) 5 Try this mixture - it’s dry (7) 6 Carry on Connie, you French drunk! (8) 7 Band with no light? (8) 10 Sleep mid-morning with a political leader (3) 11 Poor Cynthia missing in 17ac (5) 15 Tree hiding amongst legumes (3) 16 Relative loses a free... (5) 17 ...17ac from “Club Argentina” (5) 18 Music for your photos? (5) 22 17ac cook without hesitation (5) 23 Hit deck as mass disintegrates (7) 24 Trying times in middle-age without drugs (7) 26 That woman takes a weekend to tremble (5) 27 Almost frown for 17ac (4) 31 Tree has transformation (3)

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Spanish Style Devilled Eggs

Most traditional Spanish lunches start out with appetizers or tapas.

The most common

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This devilled eggs with tuna recipe is a traditional Spanish egg recipe. Devilled eggs are often served as a pre-lunch

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Open Noon – 11pm Happy Hours 3pm – 7pm It’s Grumpy Club at 7pm, so come along and have good moan on the “Soap Box” – a free drink for anyone who can moan the most for 2 minutes without hesitation, deviation or repetition. Then a selected comedy that night to cheer everybody up.

Thursday

Open Noon – 11pm Happy Hours 3pm – 7pm It’s Ladies Night – It’s Ladies Night at ‘Legends’ on a Thursday – A welcome free glass of Sangria for every lady who graces out bar. Music requests

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Friday

Open Noon – Midnight Happy Hours 3pm – 8pm & 11pm till closing Duke Box Night – select your favourite songs and music videos via the magic of the Internet – Your host Angie handles the requests!

Saturday

Open 8am – Midnight Happy Hours 3pm – 8pm & 11pm till closing 8am Indoor Boot Sale at Legends. Set up a free stand and sell your stuff. Breakfast and Coffee etc. available.

In the afternoon – the Big Match – check on Facebook or on the Posters for fixtures.

We usually have a live band or event on this night so keep an eye on our Facebook page or the posters in the bar.

Sunday

Open Noon – 4pm Happy Hour – All Afternoon!

Laid Back Afternoon – Traditional British nibbles on the bar. Easy listening with a chance of footie or Rugby on the big screen.

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www.soltimes.com For the roast avocado, 4 just-ripe avocados. Zest and juice of 1 lime, 1 green chilli.

A pinch of dried chipotle or red chilli. A handful of wholemeal breadcrumbs or oats. Olive oil For the slaw ½ white or green cabbage. A small bunch of coriander, 1 green chilli Juice of 1 lime, Salt.

For the charred salsa 4 ripe vine tomatoes or tomatillos, 4 spring onions 2 red chillies, 2 garlic cloves. A swig of red wine vinegar.

Salt..

Lime juice (optional).

Agave syrup or honey (optional) To assemble 100g of manchego or feta cheese, crumbled 12 small corn tortillas Limes serve.

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Keep the skin on the

avocados and cut them in half. Take out the stone and cut them into quarters, put them into a bowl, and sprinkle with the lime zest and juice. Toss well to coat.

Roughly chop the green chilli, add to the bowl with a pinch of chilli powder/chipotle and toss gently.

Put the breadcrumbs on a plate and roll the avocados in them. Put on a baking tray, drizzle with olive oil and bake at 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for 25 minutes.

Alternatively, shallowfry them in a good bit of olive oil.

Put a griddle on a high heat. While it heats, thinly shred the cabbage and roughly chop the coriander, then combine in a bowl.

Chop the chilli and add to the bowl with the lime and a good pinch of salt, then mix until well combined. Pile into a serving bowl. Char the tomatoes, spring

onions and chillies on the griddle until soft and blackened all over, turning with tongs every 30 seconds or so.

Once the whole lot looks good, put it into a blender with the garlic, a good swig of red wine vinegar and a generous pinch of salt and blitz until you have a punchy salsa. Taste and check it is nicely balanced: add more vinegar, lime or a little agave syrup or honey if it needs sweetness.

Warm the tortillas in a dry frying pan on a medium heat or over an open flame, turning with tongs. Once they are warm and a little charred around the edges, pile them on to a plate. Put them in the middle of the table with the avocado, salsa, slaw, cheese, and some extra chilli and limes for squeezing over, and let everyone make their own tacos. Serves 4.

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Bar-Restaurante

LA PALMERA

is situated in the pretty village of Cerro Gordo and just 10 minutes outside Albox. They do delicious homemade food including beef wellington, orchard pie and speciality food.

All freshly prepared so booking is essential. Try their homemade 3 course Sunday lunch at 8.50€. Free venue for your Party or Get Together just phone Chris for details 950 930 169 or 650 599 739. www.bistobonita. alittlebitofengland.es

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Saturday 11th February 8.30pm An Evening of Romance & Dance with Tony Justice 2 Dine for 40€ 3 Course Menu including a bottle of wine (Please call to reserve your table) Starters :Roasted Butternut Squash & Chilli Soup Homemade Pate served with Melba Toast & warm caramelised red onion chutney Homemade Oriental Fishcakes & Noodle Salads Main Course :Chicken Fillet filled with Spinach & Cheese served with garlic & parsley new potatoes and seasonal vegetables Poached Fillet of Salmon with a Champagne Sauce, served with new potatoes and seasonal vegetables (4€ supplement) Steak Diane served with sautéed potatoes and seasonal vegetables (4€ supplement) Strips of Beef marinated in Soy & Honey, served on a bed of noodles with Ginger & Spring Onion Desserts :Strawberry & Chocolate Mousse Sicilian Lemon Cream Tart served with a Chantilly cream Mixed Berry Pavlova (Booking Essential)

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would like to invite you to sample the exciting new additions to the already successful menú of the night. With 4 new additions per the 3 course taking it to 11 starters, 10 mains, and 9 sweets.

With additions to include more choice for the high volume of gluten free people.

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Dairy-Free Banana Cupcakes Ingredients 200g self-raising flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 50g caster sugar, 2 bananas (mashed) 100ml orange juice (smooth), 100ml sunflower oil, 1tsp vanilla extract, Soya milk, Dash of cider vinegar.

Method Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl and stir in the sugar. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients.

Combine the orange juice, sunflower oil and vanilla extract in a jug. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and fold in the mashed bananas. You are looking for the mixture to be of a dropping consistency, add a little soya milk if you need to.

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Sticky lamb ribs These lamb ribs are delicious and great served at a barbecue or garden party

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Every Wednesday 6pm-9pm Buy one fillet meal at €10 get 2nd half price Booking Essential (Ribeye Steak also available) (Fillet and Ribeye are available on the menu every day of the week for €10) thursday CURRY NIGHT Come along & try our selection of homemade curries Fridays Atlantic Cod Fillet with Handcut Chips & Peas & Homemade Tartare Sauce Full menu also available Kitchen open 10am - 9pm Traditionally Cooked Sunday Lunch Roast Topside of Beef, Roast Shoulder of Pork, Chicken, Honey Roast Gammon (Braised Lamb available at a supplement) Available 12:30pm - 4pm

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Ingredients: 1.3kg/3lb lean lamb ribs For the Marinade:* 1 small onion, peeled and grated 300ml/½pint ginger ale or cola 30ml/2tbsp light soy sauce 30ml/2tbsp rapeseed or olive oil 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped 30ml/2tbsp runny honey Freshly milled black pepper For the Tomato, Pasta and Pea Salad:* 200g/7oz dried pasta shapes, cooked, drained and cooled 200g/7oz cherry or baby plum tomatoes, halved

100g/4oz fresh or frozen shelled peas, blanched in hot water 30ml/2tbsp freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley For the Vinaigrette Dressing:* 1 small shallot, peeled and finely chopped 15ml/1tbsp white wine or cider vinegar 45ml/3tbsp extra virgin rapeseed or olive oil Method: 1.

To prepare the marinade; in a large non-metallic dish mix all the ingredients together.

Add the lamb and marinate for a minimum of 2 hours, or overnight if time allows.

2.

Preheat the oven to Gas mark 6, 200°C/400°F.

3. Remove the lamb from the marinade and transfer to a large nonstick roasting tin. Roast for 1 hour covered with foil, turning once.

Remove the foil, return to the oven uncovered for the final 30 minutes.

4. Meanwhile prepare the salad; put the pasta, tomatoes, peas and parsley in a large bowl.

5. In a small screwtopped jar with a lid mix all the vinaigrette ingredients together.

Pour the mixture over the salad then toss gently.

6. Transfer the ribs to a large plate and serve with the salad.

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Kremlin says expects to agree date for TrumpPutin phone call soon The Kremlin said on Monday it expected to soon agree a date for the first phone call between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, but that it had no information for now about when the two men might hold their first meeting.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a conference call with reporters that contacts between Moscow and

Washington about the date of the first phone call were being handled by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

It was too early to talk about the details of any possible cooperation between Russia and the United States in fighting Islamist militants, Peskov said. Trump has named defeating Islamic State as a priority for his administration.

Spanish police dismantle arms and drug trafficking ring

Spanish police say they have arrested 16 people, including Dutch, Spanish, Colombian, Brazilian, Belgian, Chilean and Moroccan citizens, on suspicion of forming a criminal organization, and trafficking in arms and drugs.

Authorities said Saturday they also seized an arsenal in the southern Malaga province that included four grenade-launchers,

one machine-gun, 32 grenades and one AK-47 assault rifle.

They did not say when the arrests or the weapons seizure happened, but the investigation began in 2015.

Police alleged that the ring traded weapons for drugs, including marijuana, hashish, and cocaine, that were later shipped to the Netherlands.

FTG Notice The 'Friday Tapas Group' meet each Friday somewhere in the Urbanisation at 13.00hrs. venues for the next few weeks are as follows: 27 Jan – Chaplin’s Pub, C/Sierra Nevada, Urb. 3 Feb – Bar El Marinero, Las Marinas.

10 Feb – Bar Lady Lay, C/Sierra Nevada, Urb. 17 Feb – Mar Y Sol, in the Urb. 24 Feb – El Adel, next to Margar/Spar Supermarket.

3 Mar – Lilly’s, opposite Hotel Protur & Spa, Urb. Anyone is welcome to join the happy bunch and have a laugh, exchange views and ideas. The more, the merrier and the bar owners enjoy it too!

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Trump removes Spanish-language link from White House website

Barely two days into office, Donald Trump seems to be sending a silent message to the US Hispanic community, his country’s largest minority. After announcing a Cabinet with no Latinos in it, the first time this has happened in three decades, the new team at the White house has closed the government’s Spanish-language accounts on social networks. Furthermore, nobody has yet been announced to replace the Obama administration’s spokesperson for policies or topics relating to the country’s Latino community.

At midday on Friday, while a newly sworn-in Trump was making his inauguration speech, the White House was changing hands, analogically and digitally.

President Obama’s Twitter account was handed over to Trump, as was the White House website, which soon posted a photograph of the new incumbent. That wasn’t the only change: aside from removing the new government’s links to topics such as climate change policy, Cuba, or the Iran nuclear

deal, the En Español option also disappeared.

This link not only provided a route to a Spanish-language version of the White House website, but also to topics of interest to the Hispanic community, such as Obama’s executive decisions to temporarily regularize the situation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented minors through the Differed Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Under the Obama administration, the White House also ran a Spanish-language blog that discussed topics of special interest to the country’s Hispanic community, ranging from immigration to normalizing relations with Cuba or the economic crisis in Puerto Rico.

Despite the incoming president’s predilection for Twitter – aside from his official, presidential account, Trump has kept his personal one – the White House’s Spanish-language version has been blocked. The last tweet in Spanish is dated January 13, and was sent by the Obama administration.

Burty’s BAR

During the campaign trail, Trump highlighted immigration as one of the biggest problems facing the United States, promising to build a wall along the Mexican border and to punish US companies that continued to relocate to Mexico with high import tariffs. The only time Trump used a Spanish word while on the stump was during the last presidential debate with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, when he talked about bad hombres in reference to the “dangerous illegals” he promised to deport.

Trump also criticized one of his rivals for the Republican nomination, Jeb Bush, for speaking Spanish during the campaign.

“We have a country where, if you want to assimilate, you have to speak English… I am not the first to say this…This is a country where we speak English, not Spanish,” he said during a debate with other Republican hopefuls in September 2015.

More than a year later and now in office, Trump appears to be sticking to his guns.

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Having fun in the Maldives The Maldives is unusual as a holiday destination because of the fun things to do whether you are staying on a plush resort, in Male’, or in a simple guesthouse on an island in a faraway atoll. Entertainment and daily excursions are organised at every resort so don’t be shy about joining in. Excursions will include fishing and cruising (to watch dolphins dance) as well as visits to the capital, Male’, and to genuinely deserted islands, perhaps for swimming and a picnic, and shopping expeditions to neighbouring inhabited islands.

If you stay in a guesthouse on an inhabited island, you will have the chance to meet Maldivians, experience local culture and cuisine, and join in what the islanders do for relaxation, such as playing football in the late afternoon or relaxing over a soft drink and eating in a seaside café.

You will be able to organise fun activities for yourself, like going on a Dhoni, to try your hand at line fishing, or swim in crystal clear lagoons watching marine life through a snorkel. A must visit is to the restaurant Ithaa, at 5 meters below sea level, it offers unparalleled 180-degree views of marine life, while enjoying your food.

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It is estimated that nearly half the guests on holiday in the Maldives arrive with the intention of snorkelling or diving or, as soon as they see the crystal clear waters of an island’s lagoon and the colourful fish and corals, can’t resist giving it a try. Snorkelling is open to everyone who can swim and even children as young as ten can learn how to scuba dive. It’s easy in the Maldives.

Snorkelling: Resort dive centres run courses to help the beginner learn how to snorkel and the instructors will advise on where best to observe the colourful world underwater. To avoid sunburn while gently floating in the lagoon, wearing a T-shirt is advisable and even if you are a strong swimmer it is better to wear a life jacket when snorkelling far from the shore, as currents can carry away the unwary. Beginners at snorkelling should practise to gain confidence in shallow lagoons first and will find it remarkable how many fascinating fish are to be seen close to the beach in less than a metre of water.

Reef edges are simply stunning for fish and glowing corals, so resorts with a house reef close to the shore are great for beginners.

The Maldives is home to 21 species of whale and dolphin and they are frequently sighted as they cross in the channels from one side of an atoll to another. They are sometimes spotted during the crossing from the airport to Male’. Many resorts organise cruises to the sea-lanes that dolphins regularly use, and independent dolphin watching cruises by Dhoni can be arranged by the accommodation provider. Operating out of Male’ (bookings can be coordinated through your resort) the whale submarine is a chance for young and old to visit the underwater world without getting wet, while enjoying the exciting experience of diving in a real submarine. The cabin of the submarine is fully air-conditioned and has a normal atmospheric pressure so passengers breathe normal air. The whale submarine has safety features to ensure the safest, most comfortable ride, and is operated by a fully trained and certified team of pilots.

On most dives passengers can see schools of blue or yellow-striped snappers and common lionfish, yellow box fish and sometimes turtles. Depending on the time of the day, current and many other factors, the submarine may dive to some historical sites such as a shipwreck or exciting places like shark feeding areas.

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This week in sporting history with Tony Matthews * 1871 British Rugby Union was formed. * 1924 The first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France. * 1930 Joe Bambrick became the first footballer for score six goals in a full international… for Ireland against Wales. * 1939 Joe Louis k’od Henry Lewis to win the world heavyweight title. * 1952 The PGA approved black participants. * 1965 Sir Stanley Matthews (aged 50) played his last Football match for Stoke City against Fulham. * 1981 Peter Crouch was born (30th January). * 1987 Stefan Edberg beat Pat Cash and Hana Madlikova defeated Martina Navratilova in the 75th Australian tennis singles finals. * 1989 Michael Johnson scored his 10,000th NBA point in his 15th season. * 1992 Southampton beat Manchester United in the first penalty-shoot out in the FA Cup competition. * 1994 Kapel Dev (India) took his 431st Test match wicket to equal the feat achieved

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It’s subtle, but it’s there. Listen carefully when chugging along at low speed in Porsche’s new flat-four-powered 718 Boxster and you’ll recognize what you hear. Sure, it’s damped by water jackets and a turbo, distinctly lacking mechanical clatter and subdued by decades of internal-combustion progress, but there’s no denying the fundamental thrum of the thing. Under it all is the undeniable lope of an air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle.

As before, Porsche’s new 718 Boxster initially comes in only two versions: the 300-horsepower base model and the 350-horsepower S. Either can be had with

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Fifty horsepower is no pittance, but the difference between the base and S-model 718 Boxsters is nothing relative to the vast chasm that separates them, experientially, from their predecessors.

The 718’s turbocharged flat-four powerplants, displacing 2.0 and 2.5 litres, respectively, are the headlining changes.

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SPORTS SHORTS from Tony Matthews

• Congratulations to Wayne Rooney on breaking Sir Bobby Charlton’s scoring record for Manchester United with his 250th goal in Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Stoke.

• Also I congratulate Swansea for a terrific 3-2 win at Liverpool.

• Chelsea (2-0 winners over Hull) and ten-man Arsenal (2-1 victors over Burnley with Alexis Sanchez’s 98th minute penalty winner) lie 1-2 in the PL with Spurs and Manchester City (after a 2-2 draw) close behind. Sunderland are bottom of the table.

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week, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Stan Wawrinka were looking strong in the men’s singles, while GB’s Johanna Konta played Serena Williams in the women’s quarter-final clash. Spain’s Garbine Muguruza was also going well.

weekend with two non-League clubs in action Lincoln v Brighton and Sutton United v Leeds.

• In the African Cup of Nations, Cameroon, Congo DR, Ghana and Senegal are in sight of the semifinals.

• There were European Champions Cup wins last weekend for Glasgow (43-0 at Leicester), Sale and Saracens, and in the Challenge Cup for Bath, Cardiff, Gloucester, and Worcester.

• Manchester United are now the world’s richest football club after banking £505m last season.

• Newcastle, Sheffield United and Doncaster head the Championship and Leagues 1 & 2.

• Last Saturday, FC Chapecoensce (Brazil) played its first match since that horrific pre-Christmas Colombian air crash. They drew 2-2 with Palmeiras in front of a record 22,700 crowd.

• Tonight Liverpool (1-0 down) play Southampton in the LC semi-final second leg, while tomorrow Manchester United (2-0 up and unbeaten in 17 games) visit Hull in the other ‘semi’.

• In the Australia tennis Open, Sir Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic suffered shock defeats to Germany’s Mischa Zverev and Uzbekistan’s Dennis Istomin respectively.

• There are 16 fourth round FA Cup-ties over the

• England won the third ODI against India by five runs. The countries now play three T20 matches: tomorrow, Sunday and next Wednesday.

• The transfer window closed last night and it was said that £200m changed hands! Top deals included Oscar (Chelsea-Shanghai SIPG, £60m); Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras-Manchester City, £27m); Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United-Everton, £24m) and Memphis Depay (Manchester United-Lyon, £16m+).

• Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Joe Perry to claim a record seventh UK Masters snooker title.

• Welshman Alex Thomson - after 74 days at sea finished second to Frenchman Armal le Cleac’h in the Vendee Globe round the world yacht race.

• England golfer Tommy Fleetwood won the Abu Dhabi Championship.

• Birmingham-born Dan Evans beat two seeds, Marin Cilic and Bernard Tomic, before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

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Hull City midfielder Ryan Mason has had surgery after fracturing his skull during Sunday’s game at Chelsea. Mason, 25, clashed heads with Chelsea defender Gary Cahill 13 minutes into the Premier League match. “Ryan is in a stable condition and expected to remain in hospital for the next few days,” said a Hull statement.

EIBAR 0 BARCELONA 4

Defending champions Barcelona maintained the pressure on Spanish title rivals Real Madrid and Sevilla with a routine win at midtable Eibar.

Substitute Denis Suarez, who replaced the injured Sergio Busquets, opened the scoring with a crisp 20-yard drive.

Barca increased the tempo after the break, doubling their lead when Lionel Messi cushioned in Luis Suarez’s pass.

Luis Suarez robbed defender Florian Lejeune to drill in clinically before Neymar converted an injury-time cross.

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