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CAN SPAIN EVER BE FREE OF FRANCO? I

N the hills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, fifty kilometres north of Madrid, sits one of the tallest stone crosses built anywhere in the world (below). It stands more than 150 metres high and precedes over a vast basilica built into the rock below known as the ‘Valley of the Fallen’. It is home to over 40,000 people who fell during the Spanish Civil War. It is also the final resting place for Franco.

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The Spanish dictator, who died four decades ago, plunged his country into war and went on to preside over the death, incarceration, torture and exile of hundreds of thousands of his opponents. He is often reviled as one the continent’s most fascist leaders alongside Hitler and Mussolini. Yet today the government still tries to ignore the brutality he inflicted and far from allowing old wounds to heal, this failure has kept old hatreds alive for longer than anyone thought possible. ‘The sins of Spanish democracy are being still unatoned today.’ But the so called ‘pact of forgetting’ - the unspoken agreement made between left and right in the wake of Franco’s death to look to the future, not the past which was cemented in the 1977 amnesty law, looks to be unravelling thanks in part to The Platform for Truth Commission who have called for political parties to commit to investi-

The 20th November is always a reflective time for Spaniards as it marks the day that Spain was released from the grip of dictatorship at the hands of Francisco Franco. But now, even 40 years on, the country is still trying to come to terms with the legacy he left behind gating disappearances and unsolved crimes inflicted upon Spanish citizens during the 1939-1975 of Francisco Franco. So yes, if the Spanish government commits

to investigating these alleged crimes and fulfils the resolutions as requested by the UN, then Spain may finally be able to heal old wounds. And will finally be free of FRANCO.

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Terrorists are able to roam freely throughout Europe because of EU’s relaxed border controls Extremists are finding it increasingly easy to enter Europe under the free movement charter across the Schengen area which allows travellers to come and go within 26 countries without any form of control because as few as one in 100 passports are checked against the EU’s anti-terror watch list

T seems that in several countries persons entering are often just waved through border controls with only a cursory glance at their passports. On average, just 10-20 per cent of EU nationals travelling

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from outside Europe have their passports checked against a Schengen-wide database – the database known as the Schengen Information System, identifies a staggering 4,000 foreign fighters who could pose a threat and it is believed that at least three of the eight known Paris terrorists are believed to have been on that list.

BOAST Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind behind the horrific events often boasted that he travelled back and forth between Syria and his home nation of Belgium. He even claimed in an ISIS propaganda magazine that a border guard failed to recognise him, despite his picture being broadcast around the world. In addition Samy Amimour, the suicide bomber that attacked the Batalclan music theatre, was on the watch list and had been

since 2012, yet he still managed to travel to Syria and then back to Europe. With the steady flow of immigrants moving across Europe, citizens are now demanding that their governments close borders to prevent these atrocities happening again. Sweden has temporarily closed its borders to immigrants albeit for just 10 days and Hun-

gary and Slovenia have both erected large fences, an action which has been widely criticised. So will Europe dismantle the Schengen zone? Only time will tell but in the meantime to counter the growing terrorist threat and the migrant crisis Europe must stand united.

“We are coming, coming with booby traps and explosives” A social networking site related to Daesh the Islamic terrorist group known as ISIS has released a video claiming that any country taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to next strike America at its centre with an attack in Washington. The message delivered by a man dressed in fatigues and a turban, and identified as Al Ghareeb also warned Europe that more attacks were coming. “I say to the European countries that we are coming, coming with booby traps and explosives, coming with explosive belts and (gun) silencers and you will be unable to stop us because today we are much stronger than before,” he said. The chilling new video is part of a long list of material released by the group following the Paris attacks

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Sombre moment at the G20

On a lighter note - moggies enjoy starring role on the G20 catwalk WORLD leaders gathered in Turkey this week for the latest G-20 summit to discuss important economic issues and naturally the atmosphere was tense. Following the attacks in Paris a ‘ring of steel’ was put into place and all security measures were tightened but obviously not tight enough to keep out three stray cats who managed to wander aimlessly onto the main stage area. The impromptu catwalk(!) brought some comedic relief to an otherwise sombre gathering of some of the world’s most powerful leaders. The G20 meeting was initially called to address terrorism and migration, before discussing climate change, corporate tax avoidance and the overall state of the world economy, but following the Paris attacks discussions obviously became dominated by the growing concern that is ISIS.

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OMING in the wake of Friday’s horrific attacks in Paris, David Cameron’s announcement that the British government is funding 1,900 extra security and intelligence staff and doubling funds for aviation security is an understandable response to the increasingly troubling problem of identifying terror plots before they happen. Cameron’s new funding package is not directly a result of the Paris atrocities, but of the mounting threat of returning Syrian fighters to Britain, the danger of Islamic State terrorists entering the country under cover of being refugees and fears that IS will try to bring down a British airliner. There can be little doubt that the IS caliphate project has already inspired a small but worrying number of indigenous Islamic extremists in the UK as in other parts of Europe. Outlining the extra resources, the prime minister said “That means we can now invest more in our national security and I am determined to prioritise the resources we need to combat the terrorist threat because protecting the British people is my number one duty as prime minister.” The increase in funding to security at a time when other public services are being heavily cut reflects the difficulties the security services are experiencing. One of the key problems – and one that is only too clearly shown by the Paris attacks – is that some of those responsible for an attack were known to police and intelligence agencies. But how

BRINGING BACK THE CLASSICS During their 1787 trip to the Crimea, Admiral Fürst Potemkin gave his Empress, Catherina The Great, a local vodka which she enjoyed very much. Its recipe was handed down during the ages and is still being used to make a fine Vodka. Fürst Potemkin Vodka is an elegant Vodka with a delicate taste, a pleasant palate and a smooth finish. The recipe for this premium vodka has been composed by Fürst Potemkin himself. It won him the heart of Catherina the Great.

Britain ramps up security to meet terror threat – but does more mean better? By Paul Lashmar Lecturer in Journalism, University of Sussex to keep an eye on all suspects? Clearly the Belgian, French and German intelligence services could not. It is not a new problem. In the UK, the converts who killed Fusilier Lee Rigby had come up on the security services’ radar as did some of those involved in the UK 7/7 and 21/7 attacks in 2005 – notably the 7/7 leader, Mohammed Siddique Khan, a community worker from Yorkshire.

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traditional, tried-and-tested surveillance and intelligence techniques? Obviously something went wrong when Belgium-based suspects known to the Belgian security agencies were able to hit Paris without warning and no one picked up the “chatter” that usually accompanies these terror acts. In the UK, the situation is more complex than changing the emphasis from Signals Intelligence (Signit) to Human Intelligence (Humint). The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), “the eavesdropping agency”, monitors communications between suspected terrorists both in the UK and elsewhere. Other intelligence agencies gather information from sources and tracking, with MI5 working in the UK and MI6 outside. This information is brought together and assessed. It is now very integrated. Much has been learnt in the past 15 years in the UK. As the head of MI5 Andrew Parker recently said “ 7/7 transformed our counter terrorism operations. Since the early 2000s, MI5 has doubled in size to around 4,000 members of staff, and the vast majority of that growth has been in our counter terrorism work, which now makes up more than two-thirds of our effort. We have developed a highly sophisticated and integrated response, working with the police, SIS and GCHQ and other partners.”

DEVELOPING THREAT TThe urgent problem is dealing with the sheer number of new suspects and then estimating how much of a threat each suspect appears to pose and therefore how closely they should be monitored. A key question is asked: “Do they seem to be involved in a live plot?” Herein lies the rub, as keeping a suspect under constant monitoring is not only difficult but consumes huge resources. Electronic surveillance is not foolproof. Human surveillance works better but

it takes about 24 MI5 officers to keep one suspect under 24/7 surveillance. This is why a considerable chunk of the new funds and manpower are going to MI5. Meanwhile, GCHQ is in the process of building vast computer processing and storage power. The security forces certainly cannot monitor every suspect 24 hours a day. The threat keeps changing. Even by the time of 9/11, MI5 believed it had neutralised every known al-Qaeda operative in the UK. With Britain’s ability to monitor its borders – being an island nation which is not part of the Schengen agreement – the problem for UK security forces has mostly been “homegrown” terrorists. However the Syrian and other Middle Eastern conflicts have created new and considerable dangers. Many young British people have gone to fight with the Islamists. It is estimated that at least 450 have returned, some known and some unknown. Many will want a quiet life after the horrors of fighting but others will be zealots. There have been claims some evidence from the Paris attacks, so far unconfirmed, suggests that IS may be sending terrorists into Europe posing as refugees. Finally, it is almost certain that an IS bomb brought down the Russian jet in Sinai last month. This new tactic explains the doubling of funding for aviation security. With the UK still reeling from the emotional impact of the Paris attacks, the prime minister’s decision to upgrade UK surveillance capability will seem appropriate. However, it is also important that oversight and accountability of the UK state security apparatus is expanded proportionally. We are building a state security apparatus of unprecedented power and reach. We need to ensure it works.

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The biggest shopping days of the year are nearly upon us

OR any shopper or bargainista black Friday is surely the biggest and best day of the shopping calendar as stores across the world slash their prices in an attempt to get the Christmas spenders spending. When I was growing up Boxing Day was deemed the sale day of the year with retailers looking to offload their Christmas wares at massively reduced rates so they could line their shelves with new seasonal products but not anymore. An import from the United States “Black Friday” is the name given to the Friday that follows Thanksgiving a day that traditionally heralded the start of the Christmas shopping spree in stores in the United States.

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Cyber Monday is the Monday immediately after Black Friday; the terms were introduced in 2005 when it was noticed that there was a substantial increase in online sales on the Friday and Monday after Thanksgiving and hence marketers took this opportunity to offer special promotions to try to increase sales even more. Fast forward a few years and shoppers around the world have now come to expect major discounts on these two days. In recent years shoppers have been known to queue outside stores for hours to be the first through those glass fronted doors and

once they enter the store any sense of decorum is thrown out of the window, shoppers trample over each other as they search for the best discounted products, fights have broken out at tills as consumers argue over who actually had hold of that last remaining television set and in some cases police have had to be called to stop rioting. In 2014 consumers across the UK spent over £810m on Black Friday and £720m on cyber Monday that’s a whopping 1.53bn spent over the course of four days. In America Black Friday netted $1.5bn and cyber Monday cashed in with $1.3bn of sales totalling $2.8bn in sales over a weekend period. That can’t be bad! This year Black Friday falls on Friday 27th November and Cyber Monday falls on Monday 30th November.

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Sorry John Lewis but the el Gordo advert wins this season’s must-see advert Man in the Moon above and Mog the Sainsbury’s cat below

IF you thought John Lewis’ man-on-themoon or Sainsbury’s Mog mischief adverts were emotional then wait until you see the Spanish National Lottery’s tug at seasonal heartstrings. The advert for el Gordo (right) the bumper Christmas Lottery is taking the internet by storm at over three minutes long the advert in the style of Pixar shows a lonely night shift security guard whose life is stuck in a rut as he aimlessly ponders around the mannequin factory he is protecting.In search of human contact he starts using the mannequins to leave messages for the daytime colleagues he never gets to meet with. But all of that changes when he sets up a lottery syndicate and finds he and his colleagues numbers have come up.

277 bodies found under Manchester tram line THE remains of at least 277 people have been discovered beneath a Manchester tram line. Construction workers found the mass graveyard, while working on the expansion of the Metrolink line in Manchester city centre. Archaeologists initially expected to find some 130 bodies at the Cross Street site, when the gravesite was discovered in 2014 but were stunned after unearthing more than double the amount. The resting place believed to date back to the 18th century has caused something of a headache for project leaders tasked with expanding the line as it has meant that the Metrolink expansion has been delayed for almost a year. The excavation work has now been completed, and the exhumed remains are set to be re-buried at Southern Cemetery in Chorlton next summer.

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Crimes against the environment is now the 4th most profitable organised crime

HAT’S the message Interpol’s Cees Van Dujin, Environmental Crime Programme project leader wants to express at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference which is set to take place in Paris. (November 30 to December 11). Crimes against the environment are said to generate as much as $213 billion a year, and is now regarded as the fourth largest money-making operation for organised criminals after drug trafficking, counterfeiting and human trafficking. Broadly speaking, environmental crime includes a wide range of issues including the dumping of toxic waste, illegal deforestation and wildlife trafficking in protected species of wild fauna and flora. In addition to these clear and present crimes, new types of environmental crime are starting to emerge such as carbon trade and water management crimes.

Knowing this it is little wonder that Cees Van Dujin has expressed concern that officials tend to overlook this problem at an international level instead focusing more of their attention towards climate change. Speaking to FRANCE 24 Cees Van Duijin said “I regret that this issue is being overlooked at the international climate conference. We need stronger political support in order to address these types of crimes, but to get that political support we need people who have first-hand knowledge of the problem to be invited to speak at major meetings. The consequences of drug trafficking are immediately visible, but this is not the case with environmental crime, which can seem an abstract phenomenon – so it is hard to it make it a priority. Yet we are all victims of crimes committed against the environment, even if they occur on the other side of the planet.”

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May the force be with you? WE all make mistakes in our day to day lives but sadly for journalist Jota Abril he made his in front of thousands of viewers when during his morning show on TVE a prime time television show he mistakenly confused the logo of Al Qaeda with the Star Wars Rebel Alliance . Upon realising his mistake Abril took to Twitter to apologise assuming full responsibility for the error however by this time social media had got hold of the story and memes. This is not the first time a television broadcaster has made such an error last year a CNN reporter mistakenly quoted that a sexual toy displayed upon a Gay pride flag was an ISIS symbol.

Third piece of Space junk hits Spain IT was only last week that two strange black orbs from outer space were discovered in remote fields in Murcia, and now a third object has been discovered in Elda in the neighbouring region of Valencia. None of the objects have been deemed to present any danger to human health but speculations still remains as to what exactly are these objects and why are they falling onto Spanish soil. NASA says more than 500,000 pieces of space debris are orbiting Earth, with bits of space junk falling to Earth every year it just seems to be a coincidence that three pieces have hit Spanish shores in a matter of week. This is not the first time these mysterious objects known as “space balls” have been discovered. A smaller sphere (13 pounds, 14 inches in diameter) was found in Namibia, Africa, in December 2011. Another mysterious metallic sphere was discovered in after an explosion in Riacho dos Cocos, Brazil, in February 2012.

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Poop powered house A COUPLE in northern Spain are nearing the completion of renovating an old farmhouse which stood abandoned for 60 years. Whilst this may not be news in itself, what is, is that the house will be powered by poop. The poop-powered house is the brainchild of Californian born Meghan Sapp and her partner Iñigo Arana of engineering start-up PlanetEnergy. When finished they claim the house will be 100% self-sufficient for energy with poop used to heat the property aided by mini-wind turbines and solar panels to create electricity. Unfortunately the organic waste from both Meghan and Iñigo isn’t quite enough to run the home completely so manure from four horses will be needed (the couple currently have two). The two began construction on the house in June earlier this year and hope to have the project completed by next Easter.

SPANISH COUPLE JAILED FOR 18 YEARS FOR MURDERING THEIR ADOPTED CHINESE DAUGHTER

ROSARIO Porto, a 46-year-old former lawyer, and her ex-husband, journalist Alfonso Basterra, 51, have been sentenced to 18 years each in jail following the guilty verdict handed to them last month for the murder of their adopted daughter Asunta. Asunta, who was the first Chinese baby to be adopted in Galicia was found dead in a forest trail near the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela in September 2013. Her parents had reported her missing a few hours before she was found, but a jury unanimously agreed with prosecutors that the pair had in fact conspired to kill their daughter. The pair continue to proclaim their innocence and have said through their lawyers that they will appeal their convictions.

Catalan leaders stand fast

FOLLOWING last week’s ruling by the Constitutional Court of Spain to block Catalans succession bid Catalan leaders have confirmed they will ignore this ruling and continue to seek independence. One of Catalonia’s independence leaders, Oriol Junqueras (pictured above), said viaTwitter. “We are committed to continue with our democratic mandate. The will of the Catalan people cannot be suspended.”

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Court claims the controversial concession rights for Aznalcollar mine were not corrupt A HIGH court in Seville has decided to close the case against the Andulcian Government for the alleged misuse of power, bribery and illegal negotiations for the newly awarded rights to mine within the Aznalcollar site. A site which 17years ago caused one of Spain’s biggest ever environmental disasters after its dam burst (pictured left), dumping five million cubic metres of toxic sludge into the Guadiamar river resulting in a €240m clean-up bill. The case which was brought against the government by Emeritas Resources Espana SLU alleges that seven members of the Junta de Andulcia turned a blind eye to irregularities and awarded the new mining contract to Minorbis Grupo Mexico w a company who were in fact not even part of the initial tender process.

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MOST WANTED FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SPAIN AN Operation Captura fugitive has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of being a member of an international drug trafficking organisation. Michael Roden, aged 26, from Redditch, was captured on 4 November at an address in the town of Alomartes, Andalucia, but details could not be released until today to protect an ongoing Guardia Civil investigation being carried out in collaboration with the National Crime Agency (NCA). Roden was one of seven people apprehended for allegedly belonging to a criminal organisation involved in drug trafficking, illegal possession of firearms, money laundering and forgery. He is currently detained along with three men and three women who are Chilean, Romanian, Georgian and Spanish nationals. Six house searches resulted in the seizure of approximately 30 kilos of cannabis, drug packaging material, several firearms, high-value vehicles, 85,000 Euros and £600. A European Arrest Warrant for Roden, who featured on the Operation Captura fugitive list, was also executed as he is wanted by West Midlands Police in connection with the importation of 70 kilos of cannabis in 2013. An extradition hearing is expected to take place in Madrid this week. Dave Allen, Head of the International Crime Bureau at the

NCA, said: “The arrest of Michael Roden marks yet another success for Operation Captura and highlights the effectiveness of the campaign in flushing out fugitives. “We’ve caught 73 out of 86 fugitives on the Captura list and will continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners to find the remaining 13.”

INCREDIBLE Lord Ashcroft, KCMG PC, Founder and Chair of Crimestoppers, said: “The success of Operation Captura has been quite incredible and I commend all those at Crimestoppers, the NCA and the Spanish authorities for their tireless work in locating these wanted individuals. “We are now down to the unlucky 13 who still remain at large, and I would ask anyone with information on their whereabouts to contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 900 555 111 in Spain or 0800 555 111 in the UK, so we can bring them to justice.” Operation Captura is a multi-agency initiative between Crimestoppers, the NCA and the Spanish authorities to track down suspected or convicted criminals on the run in Spain.

CANADIAN JOURNALIST FINDS HIMSELF LABELLED AS A TERRORIST AN innocent man is threatening legal action against one of Spain’s biggest newspapers after a photoshop image of him portraying him as a member of the terror group involved in the Paris attacks appeared on its front page. Madrid-based newspaper La Razón ran a story on Sunday morning following the Paris attacks with a facial image of Canadian man Veerender Jubbal, along with the caption “one of the terrorists”, however, the image a selfie had been doctored. The original image taken in a bathroom shows Jubbal holding an iPad but in the edited version the iPad is replaced with a Qur’an and a suicide vest has been applied. Jubbal, a freelance computer games journalist from Canada was obviously shocked by the posting and took to social media to proclaim his innocence posting images of the original alongside the doctored image. It is unclear who edited the image and why. La Razon have removed the image from its website and made an apology on Sunday afternoon.

Embassy worker charged with misuse of funds

A MEMBER of staff at the Spanish Embassy in London is under investigating following claims that funds in excess of €83,000 were used for personal purchases. Between the period of 2013 to 2014 receipts for furniture, baby alarms, bicycles an iPad a television set and kitchenware were claimed for items that are not listed within the embassy. The employee named only as Nieves G.P worked within the accounting department and was tasked with ensuring payments were made to suppliers. It is reported that the alleged misuse of funds could date back as far as 2006 and that Spain’s ambassador to London, former Justice Minister Federico Trillo-Figueroa, was informed of the case in 2013. Investigators are also looking into the direct supervisor of the NieveS G.P who was replaced in 2013 and whose successor, Esther Corral, was the one to alert the ambassador about the translations. It is also claimed that Nieves GP forged Corral’s signature which is found to be correct will result in criminal proceedings. Nieves G. P. denies any wrongdoing after a preliminary inquiry, the case will go to trial.

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MISSING MAN, PRESUMED DEAD DISCOVERED ALIVE AND WELL IN NATURE RESERVE

SPANISH doctor presumed dead who disappeared from his home 20 years ago has been discovered living as a hermit in a nature reserve near the Maremma Coast in Tuscany. Carlos Sanchez Ortiz de Salazar, now 45, had been a practising doctor in Seville when he disappeared without a trace in 1995 it is believed he was suffering with severe depression when he fled his native Spain at the age of 26. After years of searching for him his family had given up hope of finding him alive and in 2010 he was formally declared to be presumed dead by the Spanish authorities So it was by chance that two mushroom pickers wandering through the Cala Violina nature reserve stumbled upon a camp finding Carlos who recounted his story to them even letting them photograph a few tattered documents, including a university library card. He told them that he had

been living in the nature reserve for most of the last two decades, he had three jerry cans for holding rain water and a tarpaulin that he had strung between the trees to give him shelter.

VANISHED The mushroom pickers passed on the photographs they had taken to an Italian organisation called Penelope, which helps locate missing persons unsettled by being discovered, Carlos has once again vanished into the forest however his family are undeterred after travelling to Tuscany his mother Amelia 65, told the Italian press “When they told us that it was him, it was as if our son had been born again. He’s alive and that is the important thing. We will respect his wishes and his freedom, but we won’t go home until we have at least given him a hug, even for a few moments.”

Ferraris fit for king go unsold SPAIN’S Finance Ministry has announced that the auction of two rare Ferraris which were given as gifts to Spain’s former king Juan Carlos has been cancelled. The two four-seater Ferrari FFs – one silver grey and one black –were given to the Spanish monarch by the United Arab Emirates government in 2011. The monarch donated the cars to the Spanish National Heritage in 2012, who in turn gave the cars to the central government for auction with a price tag of €695,000 for both vehicles €350,000 for the black Ferrari and €345,000 for the silver grey one because it had “a slight scratch mark on the left front side and rear side,” as well as a “slight dent on the back wheel.” Only one person, who has not been identified, submitted an offer but this was rejected as was considerably lower than the required opening bid. Ministry officials have not said what steps they will take next to try to offload the vehicles In the meantime, the vehicles will remain parked in a government garage, where they have been stored since 2012. In an attempt to clean up the image of the royal family following allegation of corruption Spain’s new King Felipe VI, has instructed all members of the royal family not to accept any more favours or expensive gifts.

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THE KILLING GAME

REPORT by Amnesty International has revealed that Saudi Arabia has reached a 20 year peak in the number of execution conducted with over 151 people executed this year alone – The highest recorded figure since its records of 192 executions set back in 1995 which accounts for on average one person murdered every other day. “The Saudi Arabian authorities appear intent on continuing a bloody execution spree which has seen at least 151 people put to death so far this year - an average of one person every two days” said James Lynch, Deputy Middle East and North Africa Director at Amnesty International. Officials have been unable to comment as to why there has been a sudden surge in the number of executions however some believe that an increase in the number of judges appointed has reduced the backlog of cases resulting in the severe penalties being handed out - a penalty of death for crimes that across Europe wouldn’t even result in a prison sentence. Of a list of 16 mandatory death sentences there are five crimes that wouldn’t even be deemed custodial offences these include: sorcery, consensual gay sex with an adult, adultery, the consumption of intoxicants and apostasy of the remaining eleven crimes these range from probation for drug possession to life in prison for murder and treason. In the report conducted by Amnesty International it points outs that almost half of the 151 executions carried out this year were for

offences that do not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes” for which the death penalty can be imposed under international human rights law. This blatantly contradicts the Saudi Arabian authorities’ claims to apply the death penalty with the strictest safeguards in place.

VIOLATION Under international human rights standards “most serious crimes” are crimes that involve intentional killing. Saudi Arabia also continues to impose death sentences on and execute people below the age of 18 years, in violation of the country’s obligations under international customary law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. “Using the death penalty against juvenile offenders is an egregious violation of international human rights law. The use of the threat of executions as a tool to punish and intimidate political dissidents by the Saudi Arabian authorities is an appalling abuse of power” said James Lynch. The Report by Amnesty International also highlights that with this rise in execution the Kingdom has managed to

place itself as the third top country in the world after China and Iran. The report also says that the use of death penalty within Saudi Arabia is disproportionately used against foreigners as they are vulnerable as they are unable to speak Arabic and are often denied adequate representation in court. This year alone 71 of the 151 executed have been foreigners

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TERROR TIMELINE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 - USA

2,996 DEAD

Whilst this was the not first attack on US soil the 9/11 attacks were a pivotal turning point in the world of terror. It marked it the worst terrorist attack in world history and the deadliest foreign attack on American soil since the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It began on the morning of September 11th terrorist took control of four commercial airliners terrorists: • American Airlines Flight 11: Hijackers flew this plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre at 8:46 a.m.

Since 9/11 the number of terrorist attacks around the world linked to Islamic groups or individuals has increased most recently 129 people were killed in coordinated attacks across Paris. Here we look at other attacks linked to Islamist groups or individuals

• United Airlines Flight 175: Hijackers flew this plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Centre at 9:03 a.m. • American Airlines Flight 77: Hijackers flew this plane into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m. • United Airlines Flight 93:.As passengers attempted to subdue the hijackers, the aircraft crashed into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:03 a.m. The attacks resulted in the deaths of 2,996 people, this included the 19 hijackers, 2,753 individuals were killed at the World Trade Centre site in Lower Manhattan. At the Pentagon in Washington, 184 people were killed and in Pennsylvania, 40 passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 died when the plane crashed into a field. OCTOBER 12, 2002, - BALI, INDONESI

202 DEAD

TOP: The September 11 attack at the World Trade Centre in New York. BELOW LEFT the Madrid bombings and BELOW RIGHT, a tribute at the Place de la République, in Paris, to victims killed during the attack at Charlie Hebdo. Picture Aurelien Meunier

The attack involved the detonation of three bombs: a backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, and people from more than 20 other nationalities).[3] A further 209 people were injured. Indonesian officials blame al Qaeda for a car bomb that killed nearly 190 people on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali. NOVEMBER 20, 2003 - ISTANBUL, TURKEY

60 DEAD

Two bomb attacks were carried out on November 15th and November 20th resulting in 60 dead and over 700 wounded. On each occasion two trucks filled with bombs were placed at strategic places. • On November 15th two trucks carrying bombs slammed into the Bet Israel and Neve Shalom synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey and exploded. The explosions devastated the synagogues and killed twenty-seven people and injuring more than 300 people • Five days later, on November 20, two more truck bombs exploded outside the headquarters of HSBC Bank and the British Consulate, killing thirty people and wounding 400 others. 74 people were charged by Turkey for their involvement in this atrocity MARCH 11, 2004 - MADRID, SPAIN

JULY 7, 2005 - LONDON, UK

56 DEAD

A series of four coordinated attacks by suicide bombers ripped apart London’s transport system. On the morning of 7th July four Islamists separately detonated three bombs across London, three were released on the subway train system with a fourth bomb detonated aboard a double decker bus. The attacks happened a day after London had won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games SEPTEMBER 21, 2013 - NAIROBI, KENYA

67 DEAD

It was one of the deadliest attacks on Kenyan soil since the 1998 United States embassy bombing. Four groups of masked militants carrying assault rifles entered the upscale Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi shooting indesscriminately and releasing grenades. Amid the panic hostages were taken and a standoff ensued which lasted for four days

191 DEAD

JANUARY 7, 2015 - PARIS

Also known as 11-M the coordinated bomb attacks hit four Spanish commuter trains in Madrid, bombs were packed into backpacks and detonated using mobile phones. The explosions killed 191 people and wounded 2,050. Initially Eta was blamed for the attack however following an investigation officials later agreed that the attacks were the work of Islamists undertaken by an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell.

On the morning of 7th January 2015 two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Armed with assault rifles and other weapons, they killed 11 people and injured 11 others in the building. After leaving, they killed a French National Police officer outside the building. Several

17 DEAD

further attacks followed in the Île-de-France region, where a further five were killed and 11 wounded. APRIL 2, 2015 - GARISSA, KENYA

147 DEAD

The second deadliest attack in as many years, with more casualties than the 2002 Mombasa attacks, the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack the 2014 Nairobi bus bombings, the 2014 Gikomba bombings, the 2014 Mpeketoni attacks and the 2014 Lamu attacks. A group of armed terrorist stormed a university campus in Kenya, setting off a rampage that left nearly 150 dead. The gunmen took over 700 student’s hostage separating them into groups of Christians and Muslims. Muslims were then freed and the Christians killed. JULY 20, 2015 - SURAC, TURKEY

33 DEAD

The targeted midday attack at the Amara Cultural Park in Suruc, where a group had gathered calling for more help to rebuild the Syrian Kurdish city of Koban was perceived by many as one of the worst cases of spill over violence from the 4 1/2year conflict in neighbouring Syria. The explosion came just weeks after Turkey deployed additional troops and equipment along parts of its border with Syria, concerned about the risk of fighting between Kurdish forces, rebel groups, Syrian government troops and Islamic State militants intensifying. The bomb was believed to be detonated by a male disguised as a woman.

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THE WORLD JUST GOT A LOT SMALLER FOLLOWING the bombing of the Russian passenger plane over Egypt which killed all 224 people on board the Sinai Peninsula has been added to an ever expanding list of no-fly zones around the world. According to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), seven countries - Libya, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen North Korea and the Ukraine - are completely no go areas for commercial airlines. Restrictions are in place over Mali, Kenya, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Afghanistan South Korea, and now parts of Egypt. The UK Foreign Office (FCO) has listed over 60 nations around the world that it feels are unsuitable for travel, including a vast majority in Africa and the Middle East, with Tunisia being the most recent addition, earlier this year. Countries include the whole of Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, Palestine, Somalia/Somaliland, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Myanmar, Colombia and Bangladesh.

UKRAINE No flying since jet show down in 2014 NORTH KOREA No flying

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MALI Stay above 26,000 ft

SYRIA & IRAQ No flying

AFGHANISTAN Stay above 26,000ft

EGYPT Avoid flying over Sinai LIBYA No flying

YEMEN Avoid certain areas SOMALIA Not below 26,000 ft KENYA Avoid certain areas

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Stay above 15,000 ft

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EU LEADERS PLEDGE 1.8 BILLION EUROS TO AFRICA IN A BID TO TACKLE MASS MIGRATION TO EUROPE

CITY LETS PEOPLE PAY PARKING TICKETS WITH CANNED FOOD DONATIONS LEXINGTON city council in Kentucky has come up with a great idea of helping its community with a month long “Food for Fines” program – Anyone issued a parking fine ( or citation) will betweenNov.16 to Dec.18 be allowed to be pay by way of a donation. The city’s parking authority will accept tinned food for citations and those who donate 10 canned food items will receive a $15 credit. Persons with multiple citations may bring in 10 cans per citation for the credits. The recipients of this great idea God’s Pantry Food Bank will then use the food to stock shelves

at its four Lexington locations. “One expired parking meter ticket could mean two meals for hungry Fayette County families,” God’s Pantry CEO Marian Guinn said. Last year the citizens of Lexington brought in more than 6,200 cans of food as payment said LexPark Executive Director Gary Means. Last year, the program was limited to LexPark citations for expired parking meters. This year any parking citation issued by either LexPark or the police department will be eligible.” We hope by opening the program up to all types of citations, we’ll see the numbers increase,” Means said.

Glasses are soooo last year ONCE upon a time, a glass was just that - a glass a vessel to hold you liquid refreshment. Well not anymore thanks to US company Xtreme Tech LLC the ‘ePint’ a glass that takes drinking to a whole new level. This clever new invention glows with a blue light that switches off when the glass is empty, signifying that its needs a refill. It calculates how many glasses you’ve consumed, has a built-in bottle opener at the base of the glass and will even tell you much how water you need to drink to avoid a hangover Using information from the app it will even alert you when your football team scores a goal, and could potentially book a taxi when you start to slur your words. Unfortunately the ePint isn’t available for purchase quite yet, but its creators have recently taken to Kickstarer to help raise the funding needed for production. If all goes as planned and the campaign hits its $50,000 funding goal, ePint’s creators expect production to start as early as April 2016.

A RARE gathering of around 50 leaders from around the world met last week in Malta to launch a new initiative ‘The African Trust Fund’ a fund set up with an initial investment of €1.8bn to help Africa combat the poverty and conflict ranging through its country causing the biggest flow of refugees and migrants since World War II. This new fund taken from the bloc’s central budget will add to the some €20bn euros that Africa currently receives annually from the 28 European states, will help to finance projects aimed at tackling radicalization, violence and poverty. In pledging this money the European Commission requested that member states match the pledge. “For the Africa Trust Fund and our response to be credible, I want to see more member states contributing and matching the 1.8 billion euros,” said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. So far 25 of the 28 EU member states and two non-EU donors Norway and Switzerland had pledged a total of around €78.2 million euros which is considerable less than the €1.8 billion euros Juncker requested. The UK has pledged to commit €3million in addition to the €283 million (£200 million) offered over the next four years to Africa and €389million (£275 million) it has committed to Turkey over the next two years . Spain, Germany and Luxembourg each contributed €3million with Malta pledging €250,000.

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FTER months of preparation, the massive trial of alleged participants in the “Mafia Capitale” criminal network is now underway in

Rome. The majority of arrests were carried out in a swoop on December 2 2014, when 37 people – among them Massimo Carminati, an alleged boss of Mafia Capitale – were charged with mafia-type association, extortion, usury, corruption, money laundering and other crimes. The authorities argue that Mafia Capitale is a mafia organisation born and bred in Rome, linked to all the major Italian criminal organisations in the capital but ultimately autonomous, with its own mandate and reach into public administration and politics. One of the problems for anti-mafia prosecutors is that they will have to show that Mafia Capitale is indeed a mafia group, even though the group’s alleged methods – including corruption of public administrators – were apparently not the traditional ones legally required to meet the definition of a mafia. The Supreme Court of Cassation, Italy’s highest court, confirmed in spring 2015 that the power to intimidate – the typical “mafia method” of retaining territorial influence and social prestige – can be acquired and maintained through corruption. This means any criminal structure that influences public bodies by substantially quashing any competitor or any initiative external to the interests of the group, could, indeed, be considered a mafia-type group.

The mafia mega-trial that has Italy on tenterhooks By Anna Sergi - Lecturer in Criminology, University of Essex

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CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE There are now 59 people facing trial, of whom 46 are the subject of this mega-trial. Alongside Carminati on the charge of leading the organisation is Salvatore Buzzi. And alongside them are various local politicians and entrepreneurs, the so-called “in-betweeners” accused of supporting Mafia Capitale – and they are crucial to the state’s case. According to the prosecutors, this trial is all about the “mondo di mezzo”, the “world in between”. And the “in-betweeners” who populate it are public officials, counsellors, local politicians, mediators and brokers who are close to figures in higher office (the “world

above”), and who are seen as likely to accept promises of a better career and/or other benefits and income by exchanging favours with figures in the “world below”. The state argues that Mafia Capitale was not only involved in various criminal activities, but also used a network of in-betweeners to influence public tenders and contracts in all sectors of public administration. To prove it

legally counts as a mafia-type organisation, the prosecution needs to establish whether Mafia Capitale’s entrepreneurial approach is enough to qualify the group as a mafia-type criminal association under article 416-bis of the Italian Penal Code. This would be a major breakthrough. Under Italian law, getting a group classified a mafia group is not an easy thing to do.

SEATTLE’S FAMED CHEWING GUM BECOMES UNSTUCK!

EATTLE’S famous gum wall, a.k.a. the Market Theatre Gum Wall has vanished, after twenty years as one of the world’s most revolting and strangest attraction has been steam cleaned. The unlikely attraction, situated in Pike Place Market, dates back to 1991, when theatregoers began using gum to stick pennies to the brick walls of Post Alley while they waited in line, as you can imagine the pennies soon disappeared but the gum stuck around and soon enough just like the “love lock bridge” in Paris it became an institution. It is estimated that there are over 1million pieces of gum stuck to the wall with some pieces of gum artistically shaped, the most

Once they move outside their traditional territories, even long-established mafia groups tend to adopt hybrid methods, cooperating with other local groups and focusing more on their profits and financial activities than on the control of the territory. This conflicts with Italian law’s very specific definition of what a mafia is, which rests on the use of intimidation and the resulting conditions of submission and silence to commit criminal offences, or to manage or control economic activities and concessions.

spokeswoman, said that following a busy summer season, market leaders decided now was as good a time as any to wipe the wall clean.

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iconic piece being a set of lips designed by Man Ray. Emily Crawford, a Pike Place Market

The job is expected to cost around $4,000 and market officials hope that avid chewers, who they know will continue to deposit their gum on the wall, will at least contain their deposits across the market’s historic walls to a limited area. The gum wall has earned the dubious distinction of being named the world’s second-germiest attraction, after Ireland’s Blarney Stone.

The main challenge for Mafia Capitale’s prosecutors is therefore to distinguish the legal definition of “mafia-type” organised crime from its everyday meaning – traditional, patronage-based groups operating mostly in the south of Italy – by proving that article 416-bis does in fact apply to Massimo Carminati’s organisation. Their argument is that Mafia Capitale’s strength was its ability to accumulate and exploit social capital, and its active cooperation with individuals in different roles in society. Intimidation is not necessarily the central method of exerting influence. By trading benefits and favours at every level of public administration in Rome, the case goes, Mafia Capitale allegedly assembled an ever-larger network of contacts that could be used to access other contacts. This snowballing approach both strengthened the reputation and reach of the organisation, and allowed it to better intimidate anyone unwilling to comply. Again, it all comes down to the in-betweeners. Mafia Capitale’s alleged strategy supposedly revolved around accumulating “institutional capital” – a system of relationships with politicians, bureaucrats, public officials and public servants as part of a strategy to penetrate public administration. Wiretaps set by authorities suggested this system also pivoted around letting the in betweeners believe they were in control of their corrupt pacts, rather than merely the executors of the alleged criminal association’s plans. The trial of the 46 people will be heard for a total of over 130 hearings, scheduled until the end of July 2016. And if Mafia Capitale is deemed to indeed be a mafia group, the court in Rome could fundamentally change the way Italy deals with organised crime.

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ARSON’S Lodge is a well-preserved Victorian coastal battery, located at a site of the 13th Rosia Battery which dates to the 18th Century. For many years, the Gibraltar Museum has had its field station at Parson’s Lodge, providing accommodation for visiting scientists when undertaking research in Gibraltar, for example during the excavation season at Gorham’s Cave, and it is also used as an outdoor experimental archaeology site. The site’s potential extends beyond its current function and, with Government’s support, the Gibraltar Museum has been taking active steps to maximise the site’s potential. Apart from the battery itself, Parson’s Lodge is located on a promontory of tectonic breccia which includes the famous Rosia Breccia fossil site. This site was studied by the leading international scientists of the 18th Century and is the type locality of an extinct species of rabbit – Prolagus calpensis - which carries Gibraltar’s name in recognition of the discovery. In addition, the promontory includes a well-preserved Olive Maquis habitat which is a stop-over site for many migratory birds in spring and autumn. The habitat itself includes many plant species which were known to have grown on the Rock as far back as 100 thousand years ago, when Neanderthals lived on the Rock. The Gibraltar Museum’s Parson’s Lodge project includes a series of phases, with the first one having been completed and the second

PARSON’S LODGE OPENS ITS DOORS, WITH A STRONG EDUCATIONAL FOCUS will be implemented before the end of the year. The first, and necessary step, was to repair and make safe all the areas before they were opened to the public. A Health and Safety report was commissioned and remedial steps have been completed making it possible to open areas of Parson’s Lodge to the public under supervision. It is expected that the site will be opened for guided tours early in 2016 but such tours will be made available to residents with immediate effect. Initially, tours will take place three times a week with the Gibraltar Museum’s senior guide. Visits for residents will be free of charge. There may be a need for a waiting list

if the initial demand is high. The next step will be the use of Parson’s Lodge as an experimental archaeology facility for schoolchildren. This is expected to be available to local schools early in 2016. For many years local schools have visited sites in Spain for this purpose, but the Gibraltar Museum now has trained archaeological staff and Gibraltar will now be able to offer this facility to its schoolchildren.

NEANDERTHALS This 2 aspect is being linked to the current bid for UNESCO World Heritage Status: Parson’s Lodge is the ideal site to interpret the world of the Neanderthals in context and is the ideal place to have an educational archaeology facility. However, the facility will go beyond the study of Neanderthals and workshops on Phoenicians, Moorish Gibraltar, British fortifications and local ecology, among others, will be offered.

As the project develops, the Gibraltar Museum hopes to further enhance the site, for example with life-size models of the animals that once lived on the Rock at the time of the Neanderthals. Commenting on the work done so far and the exciting plans for the near future, Gibraltar Museum Director Clive Finlayson said that he was delighted with the progress which had been made, which had to do directly with the government’s support for the World Heritage Bid. He added “this is a perfect example of how the bid can act as a focus from which projects looking at our wider history and heritage, as well as our natural history, can emerge. The strong educational focus is a clear signal that the future of our past lies not just with the young generations of upcoming scientists, historians and heritage managers but also with a wider public who will embrace all tangible expressions of their identity from a position of knowledge”.

For further information on Parson’s Lodge tours, please contact the Gibraltar Museum at enquiries@gibmuseum.gi or at the Gibraltar Museum Reception Desk.

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CT Scanner Suite opened at St Bernard’s Hospital these services in the future. The training of local staff has been central to this project, which forms part of the Government’s wider policy to provide the best possible standard of patient care.

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HE Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo, and the Minister for Health, the Hon Dr John Cortes, opened the Gibraltar Health Authority’s new CT Scanner Suite. The new 128 Slice Computed Tomography Scanner was made and installed by Philips Medical Systems (UK) and is the most advanced model in Europe. It has replaced the 10 year old 16 Slice Scanner and its significantly higher specifications enable greater flexibility on the range of examinations that St Bernard’s Hospital can offer. The wider clinical applications of the scanner include the provision of a better and safer quality service, particularly regarding dose saving software, reliability and image quality. The new CT Scanner has the capability to conduct Brain Perfusion, Cardiac, Virtual Colonography and Dental Scans, which means that St Bernard’s Hospital will be able to offer

The Minister for Health, the Hon Dr John Cortes, said: ‘Investing in this new, high-specification CT Scanner was absolutely essential to ensuring quality of healthcare in Gibraltar now and in the future. Staff will be properly equipped and trained to offer these services and we now have the potential to offer new and better services in Gibraltar in the future, reducing the stress and discomfort involved in having to travel to receive treatment.’ The Chief Minister, the Hon Fabian Picardo QC, said: ‘This Government has made healthcare our single biggest priority in terms of spending, and we have made a significant investment in St Bernard’s Hospital to ensure that staff are able to offer patients the best standard of care. This new CT scanner equips the Radiology Department with the best available technology in Europe. It means that patients can be diagnosed and treated as quickly as possible. We have also invested in staff training and we are proud of all those who have recently graduated from their Degrees in Nursing and Degrees in Health Care Practice. The facilities on offer in this regard have been greatly improved by the establishment of the Faculty of Health Studies and Sport Science at the University of Gibraltar. Patients recovering at St Bernard’s Hospital will now receive good quality, nutritious meals as a result of the transformation of the Hospital’s Catering Facility from a run2 down kitchen to one that is totally fit-for-purpose. Gibraltar deserves the best possible quality of healthcare, and this Government is committed to providing it.’

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GibX - What is it? What does it do? GibX is an express commuting service that collects commuters from stops with parking facilities at Estepona, Manilva, Sotogrande and Alcaidesa, then travels crosses the boarder and terminates at Ocean Village. When does it travel? GibX have started the service for 9-5 workers but plan to expand the schedule respective to demand, eventually catering for all shift patterns. Who founded GibX? GibX was founded by Mr John Slack an ex-employee of Gibraltar, who lives in Spain and commuted into Gibraltar for a period of 13 months during a consultancy contract for Gibdock Ship Repair. John knew only too well the difficulties and inconveniences of commuting to and from Gibraltar, the need for improvement was clear, and so after being made redundant John set to work developing the GibX Park and ride service. GibX have now created a service that will ease the daily grind of commuting, help improve the local environment and improve travel links between Gibraltar and beautiful Spanish coastal towns further afield such as Manilva and Estepona. What’s the benefit to commuters? Commuters will now be able to travel safely and comfortably to and from work without all the difficulties of: car safety, car breakdowns, car sharing, car parking, car security, car fuel costs, car maintenance, driving in the

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dark and bad weather, adding to pollution, relying on lifts. Commuters will be able to sit back and relax, listen to music, read a good book, sleep, catch up with emails, get ahead on the days work or simply socialize with like minded commuters. What’s the safety impact? Our commuting service will vastly reduce the risk of drink

2nd Princess to Miss Supranational 2015 Miss Gibraltar’s 2nd Princess, Natalia Nunez, will be participating at Miss Supranational 2015 that will be held in Krynica-Zdroj, Poland on the 4th December. Natalia will be leaving for Poland from the Gibraltar International Airport on Monday 16th November. To follow her journey, Natalia will be working with the Miss Gibraltar Office where she will be blogging on Facebook about the pageant and uploading her page with photos. The Miss Gibraltar Offices encourages the general public to follow Natalia’s journey on www.missgibraltar.gi or facebook.com/ MissSupranationalGibraltar and facebook.com/ MissGIbraltar

drivers over the Xmas period, traveling with GibX commuters will be able to socialize after work and not worry about how they are going to get home. Driving in the winter when the roads are wet is always more risky than the summer and accidents are more likely to occur, therefore with GibX all the stress and risks of driving in bad weather over the winter period are removed. What’s the impact on the environment? By introducing a new Park and Ride concept GibX aim to reduce the amount of traffic on the Spanish coastal roads between Estepona and Gibraltar, consequently reducing the amount of car emissions will significantly improve the local air quality. What’s the benefit to Gibraltar? Gibx anticipate in the near future a vast reduction of cars and bikes going into Gibraltar and therefore reducing Gibraltars Road Traffic population, Air Pollution, Car Parking and other traffic related problems. What’s the benefit to Spanish towns and businesses? GibX by improving transport connections to towns on the Spanish coast will directly increase local business revenue, beautiful towns such as Manilva and Estepona that were previously less desirable to Gibraltar employees simply due to the commuting issues will now be a viable option to consider for living and socializing. What are the GibX coaches like? GibX have a fleet of luxury vehicles which are well equipped with everything from reclining seats to Wi-Fi and USB access, providing a comfortable, enjoyable, stress free commuting service. Summary: GibX aims to provide a solution to current traffic and commuting issues while improving travel connections to Spanish towns and helping to reduce environment pollution. Private hire is also available, if there is sufficient demand from one company then a private vehicle will be issued to their requirements. Private hire also covers Xmas parties and events.

This year’s convent Christmas fair will be held on Thursday 26th November from 12.00 midday to 7.00pm. The event will follow the lines of previous years with a mixture of over 40 charity and professional stalls. The four charities that will benefit from this year’s fair will be the Saffron Rose 4 Rett Charitable Trust, Downs Syndrome Support Group Gibraltar, Autism Support Gibraltar and Pathway Through Pain. The fair will take place in the banqueting hall, upper quadrangle and ball room of the convent. Refreshments will be available throughout the day and at 6.00pm the Loreto Convent Choir will sing carols in the cloisters where mince pies and mulled wine will be available. A raffle will be drawn at 6.30pm. Entrance fee £2.

Minister congratulates young Gibraltarian Powerlifter The Minister for Sport, the Hon Steven Linares would like to publicly congratulate Leon de Roeck who has recently competed in the WPC World Powerlifting Championships held in Maia Portugal and broken a total of six world records during the competition. The Minister said, “He has not only had the opportunity of competing against the top powerlifters in the world, but has also joined the many local sports persons that continuously contribute to promote Gibraltar internationally. Congratulations and well done”

2016 Enrolment for Government schools in Gibraltar The Government of Gibraltar’s department of Eductation is asking that parents who are normally resident in Gibraltar with children born between 1st September 2011 and 31st August 2012 register their children to start school on the 1st September 2016, as soon as possible. Children need to be registered at the office of the Department of Education, 23 Queensway, between 8.30 am and 3.00 pm - Mondays to Fridays. A long version of the child’s birth certificate is ESSENTIAL. Evidence of residence in Gibraltar, e.g. ID Card/Permit of Residence is required. A recent local utility bill will also be required. Please note that children currently attending Government nurseries also need to be registered.

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Made any plans for the rest of November? The Weekend World has rounded up a list of some of the best events in Spain, from a family party in Fuengirola to a magical cabaret in Benahavis n Family Party - 22 November Jacksons Bar, Fuengirola A party to help raise funds to support a young women going to work in Tanzania - check out Julie’s Fundraising Campaign on Facebook. Julie is paying her flights and all her own expenses and 100% of money raised will be used to buy medical supplies, books, equipment and more for a children’s hospital and school. Free entry and free entertainment. Please just eat, drink and make a donation. Jackson’s Bar will be donating to the cause, plus there will be raffles, tombola, guess the sweets in the jar and more fundraising games! Kids Parties Spain will keep the little ones happy with a live show, magic, balloon modelling and special guest visits!!!

n Talk on Punch and Judy - 24 November - Benahavis Town Hall, Benahavis Long before television, people hungered for news – political, criminal, gossip – and since the 16th century Mr Punch and his beleaguered wife, Judy, have been providing a satirical view of current events. Our talk traces the history of this outrageous character from his roots in Italy to the modern day. Doors open 5.30, talk starts at 6.30 prompt. Café/bar available. n Private Screening of First Position 27 November - Iglesia La Virginia, Marbella

For all ballet lovers a private screening of this award winning documentary will

The Speaker for Punch & Judy, Bertie Pearce, is also a magician. He is a Gold member of the Magic Circle and a true entertainer. This is a very special opportunity to see Bertie up close performing his magic. Buffet lunch at Los Arqueros Golf Club 13.30 for 14.00 – Price 30 Euros to include lunch and welcome drink. Please email events@benahavisdfas.com to book your places.

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Lighting up for Christmas A ROUND-UP OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT SWITCH ONS AND FESTIVE FAIRS n Feria Navideña (Christmas Fair) - 2829 November - Hacienda Almoguera, Los Barrios Feria Navideña is a family friendly Christmas Fair in Los Barrios with artisan, charity, food, wine and children stalls. It is a popular event with the expat community in the area, Gibraltarians and local Spanish alike, with something for everyone. It is just what is needed to get one into the festive spirit; there is nativity scene, a flamenco Christmas choir, mince pies, mulled wine and a roaring fire… The Feria Navideña was organised for the first time in 2007 by Tomás, Luisa and Benedict Agnew Larios now the fifth generation of the Larios family. They had been fully involved in the restoration of the farmhouse and wanted to organise a charity event showcasing local artisans and small businesses in the area. Nine years later it has become a bit of an institution and with nine children between them, all aged under ten, the event is very much geared towards families with children. There is plenty to keep the younger generation distracted whilst their parents socialise and shop; including a bouncy castle, pony rides, go-karts, biscuit, ceramic, face painting, art and crafts and this year for the first time animals from Monte de la Torre’s own petting farm the “Granja Escuela Bilingue”. Please can visitors remember to bring donations of non-perishable foods; pastas, rice, oils, canned food and dried legumes, as there will be collection boxes at the entrance of the Fair for the Food Bank of the Bay of Gibraltar. Every little bit helps. There is a 3€ entrance fee per vehicle and profits will go towards the White Cross, who help refugees and those in need in the area. Lunch will be on offer and will include organic beef burgers from Almoguera’s Organic Farm, plus Indian and Thai Curries. For directions on how to get to the event please see www.haciendaalmoguera.com (we are 20 mins beyond Sotogrande) For more information call +34 956621997 |haciendaalmoguera@gmail.com n Christmas Light Switch In Marbella 28 November - Avda. Ramón y Cajal, Marbella At 19:30pm the inauguration of the Christmas lights will be held in Marbella on Avda. Ramón y Cajal, corner of C/ Enrique del Castillo. In the Parque de la Alameda you are invited to the inauguration of Santa’s Grotto and the Municipal Nativity Scene. Santa will have a mailbox, so children may write letters to him and receive

an answer. Don’t forget to include your name and address and you will get a reply! Free chocolate and rosquillas (Spanish cookies) and free rides for all the children at Parque de la Alameda. n Christmas Light Switch In San Pedro 28 November - Plaza de la Iglesia, San Pedro de Alcántara At 18:00 the inauguration of the Christmas Lights will be held in San Pedro de Alcántara on Plaza de la Iglesia in San Pedro Alcántara. At 5:00pm you are invited to see the inauguration of Santa’s House (Casa de Papá Noel) and the Municipal Nativity scene on Avda. Marqués del Duero. n Christmas Light Switch On and Festive Market - 05 December Kempinski Hotel Bahia, Estepona Kempinski Hotel Bahia hosts a magical start to Christmas with their traditional lighting of the Christmas tree and boutique Christmas Market. Starting at 4pm till 8pm there will be roasted chestnuts, mulled wine, carols from Magnum Mysterium choir and at dusk the lights will dim and the Christmas tree will be officially lit by Father Christmas who will also sing! For more information visit www.kempinski.com/estepona Or Call 952809500 n Christams Fayre - 06 December Tamisa Golf Hotel, Mijas Raising money for the La Cala Lions, this Christmas Fayre will be visited by Santa

who will be handing out presents to the children in his grotto. There will also be stalls selling crafts and food and quality local products, and a bar open from 12noon. The events runs from 11.30am to 5pm and entry is free. n Feria Del Belenes (Seville Bethlehem Fair) - until 23 December - Calle Fray Ceferino González, Seville Seville’s Feria Del Belenes is as big and as crowded as any Christmas market in a comparable mid-sized town. It even has the same Christmas music piped in through loudspeakers, but that’s where

the comparisons end. For at this market you won’t find the usual arts and crafts stalls, handmade candles, sticky candies and mulled wine; In fact here you will find over 50 stalls selling nothing but figurines for nativity scenes. And it’s not just the usual figurines of Shepherds, Wise men and mangers, its anything that you could possibly integrate into such a scene, including chickens, Toga-clad Roman citizens, Saracen warriors and camels. The Market runs from 7th November to 23rd December Monday through Friday from 10:30 to 14 and from 17 to 21 hours. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11 to 15 and 16 to 21 hours.

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CLUBS & AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES After-school & weekend activities help kids develop social skills, improve academic performance, and help them build strong supportive relationships with adults other than their parents. Kids benefit especially from the social skills development and improved academic skills, this leads to improved conflict management and better school attendance. From dance schools to football clubs, the Costa del Sol has plenty of after school clubs & classes so to help you find the class your child needs we have categorized these groups into four different areas of sport, which we will feature over the coming months.

Under 8’s: From 3 years old we will focus on building confidence through team play, structured games and encouraging success. The 3 - 6 year olds train every Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 11am and Wednesday from 5pm - 6pm. Your first time is FREE. Under 14s: In this age group we encourage and develop children’s enthusiasm for the game. Stretching their minds and knowledge. The 7 - 14 year olds train every Saturday and Sunday from 11am - 1pm and Wednesday from 5pm - 7pm. First time is FREE. www.atletico-allstars.com

Funtastic Gymnastics Introduces and develops boys and girls aged 4 plus in the physical activity of Artistic Gymnastics in a fun, varied and progressive environment. Following the British Gymnastics Education program, we teach children specific gymnastics moves using balance beams, springboards, vaults, bars and floor mats whilst encouraging the development of physical, social, emotional and life skills. www.marbellagymnasticsclub.com

The Multisports Club The Multisports Club offers sports activities for both children and adults based in Aloha Gardens in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella. They also offer a popular kids camp that runs during weekends and school holidays all year long. Offering a wide range of sports and fitness activities to suit both children and

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Offers fun progressive lessons following STA (Swimming Teachers Association) Badge Scheme to motivate students of all ages and levels. Offering courses in Cancelada, Marbella, Coin, Fuengirola and Calahonda Duck n Dive Swim School is the largest swim school on the Costa del Sol and is a place where babies, children and even adults can learn how to swim with the proper technique with confidence in a safe, secure and caring environment. Classes are taught by qualified instructors who speak English, Danish and Spanish in clean pools at various urbanizations throughout the Costa del Sol or private lessons can be arranged in your own pool at home or in your community. www.swimminglessonsmijascosta.com

STAGECOACH SPAIN & GIBRALTAR Stagecoach Theatre Arts opened in Spain and Gibraltar in 1999 and today caters for almost 200 students. Stagecoach is a parttime theatre school and runs classes in the three major disciplines of the performing Arts – Drama, Dance and Singing – at three different locations on the coast – Fuengirola, Marbella and Gibraltar. Children are welcome from ages 4 to 18 years of all abilities and the school loves to bring out the best in every

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MARBELLA STAGE SCHOOL Marbella Stage School is a fun English stage school in Marbella that accepts all ages and levels and offers courses in dance, singing and musical theater. Located at the Qi sports centre in Vasari Puerto Banus, some courses are also taught at local schools - Alboran, EIC and Swans. The school focuses on providing every child a chance to dance, sing and act in a fun, safe, stimulating environment. Classes in ballet, tap, modern, jazz, hip-hop, singing and drama for children ages 3 - 18 are taught by experienced and qualified instructors. www.marbellastageschool.com

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TRADITIONAL OR TRENDY? Claridge’s Hotel, in London has unveiled its Christmas tree designed exclusively by Burberry’s Christopher Bailey and the design is definitely not a traditional tree. The tree is layered with over 100 metallic gold and silver umbrellas (which make up the body of the tree) and 77,000 individual lights which light up as guests walk past, sending beams of light into the lobby. Whilst fashionable and on trend the style of the tree has got us thinking and we ask What Does your Christmas tree say about You? ARTIFICIAL or REAL? There are two types of people: Real Christmas tree people and artificial tree people. One is not better than the other, just different. If you are a person who likes real trees you probably like the outdoors. You enjoy creating an ambiance that invokes smell as well as sight. Real tree people feel that the experience of searching it out, chopping it down and dragging it back to the old homestead is all part of the fun. If you like artificial trees, you like an investment that lasts. You want something pretty, but don’t want to make a lot of fuss. Artificial tree owners can also be perfectionists. They don’t like to deal with gaps in the branches or dropping needles of a real tree.

WHITE or MULTICOLOURED LIGHTS? If you have white lights on your tree, you think of each light as a tiny star. White light people like simplicity and tend to have a modern interior. Conversely, multi-coloured people are festive and embrace the party spirit. To them, the holidays are one big party and everyone is invited.

ASSORTED ORNAMENTS or MATCHING ORNAMENTS? Apparently, people who decorate their tree with a variety of ornaments value their past and family history. The idea is that, typically, each ornament has a special meaning or story behind it. And, more often than not, the tree was decorated by a group of people. But when a tree has matching ornaments, it means a single person decorated the tree with a specific vision of how it’s supposed to look. Put another way, people who decorate their tree to have a “theme” tend to prefer order and consistency.

STAR or ANGEL? People who top their tree with a star tend to be idealists. They also tend to make decisions more haphazardly . . . leaving their fate in the hands of “the universe.” Meanwhile, those who top their tree with an angel tend to be more religious, and they make decisions based on a Higher Power.

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Estonia, Lithuania, Germany & Denmark. The United Kingdom is expected to run out of cash on the 11th November while Spain has already defaulted and dipped into the EU coffers having exhausted its funds on the 30th October. Currently France’s national debt is registered over the 2 trillion mark at €2,164,518,600,000+ gaining €1,690 interest pre second or €53,289,628,992 interest per year -With a population 66,133,194 which equates to a debt per citizen of €32,730

EasyJet make it look easy! FOR a fifth consecutive year Easyjet announce a year – year profit. The no-frills carrier has released its annual pre-tax profits and they look healthy with figures showing a pre-tax profit of £686m in the year ending September 30 up 18% from £581m in 2014 The carrier said the figures reflected cost savings, weaker fuel prices and passenger growth. Passenger numbers have increased by 6% to 68.6 million following a strong summer and aviation strikes around the world. Chief executive Carolyn McCall, recently named Leader of the Year at the National Business Awards, said “Our outlook for the longer term is positive. We expect demand in our markets to be sustained and for EasyJet to continue to be a winner in its markets.

Investors are looking for safe stocks FOLLOWING the atrocities in Paris, investors have turned to safe stocks with the price of gold rising steadily. On Monday the first trading day following the attacks spot gold prices rose as much as 1 percent to the session high of $1,093.310 an ounce It seems that once again when turmoil impacts the world gold is used as a sanctuary. This increase is a rebound from the near-sixyear lows reached only last week.

Marriott International set to create world’s biggest hotel chain HOTEL group Marriott International Inc is set to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide for an estimated $12.2billion deal - creating the world’s largest and biggest hotel chain. As a combined group, the companies would operate or franchise over 5,000 hotels with over 1.1million rooms worldwide once concluded the deal would be one of the largest takeover of a hotel company since Blackstone Group LP bought Hilton for $26 billion in 2007.

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Most Active Stocks Name s Glencore t Lloyds Banking t Vodafone Group PLC s BP s Tesco t Barclays s HSBC Holdings t BT Group s Anglo American s Bhp Billiton

Last Prev. High Low Chg. % Vol. 92.9250 88.8300 94.3500 85.7250 +4.61% 57.84M 73.8400 73.8400 74.0000 73.5400 0.00% 37.30M 223.6000 225.5500 226.3000 223.0500 -0.86% 26.02M 382.9000 378.5500 383.7500 373.3000 +1.15% 15.23M 170.8750 169.0000 172.0000 166.2750 +1.11% 14.30M 226.3500 227.4500 227.1000 225.7500 -0.48% 10.21M 520.700 519.200 521.900 516.400 +0.29% 10.12M 487.900 492.900 491.050 484.900 -1.01% 8.50M 451.80 431.00 452.25 417.20 +4.83% 8.13M 890.40 877.10 892.40 852.50 +1.30% 6.75M

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BBV HAVE announced that it will close yet another 26 branches and cut 187 jobs in Portugal in the final phase of its restructuring plan. BBVA Portugal management says the move is part of a cost cutting program. “The growth strategy in Portugal consists of reducing model costs, gaining commercial competivity and improving the quality of service at the same time”. Up until now, BBVA Portugal is made up of 583 employees and 38 branches in Portugal. The closing of BBVA agencies will leave just 12 agencies throughout the country. The cuts are the second in two years after the bank announced a plan to cut jobs and close half of its branches in Portugal, which had 81 branches at the time. The Spanish-owned bank claims that the intention is to continue to operate in the country. BBVA Portugal has been in the market since 1991.

Amazon’s expansion plans look set to create over 1,000 jobs within the next three years

The e-commerce giant Amazon has announced plans to double its logistics centre in San Fernando de Henares, Madrid meaning the creation of over 1,000 jobs within three years. In addition the company is also sourcing locations for a second logistics centre in Spain, with a focus on the area of Barcelona. The construction of the new building in San Fernando is expected to begin before the end of the year with a schedule to begin operating during the second half of 2016. The new building will be equipped with advanced technology and when the resort is completed will add 75,000 square meters to store, pick, pack and ship millions of products to Amazon customers in Spain and across Europe. Most Active Stocks Cati Rodriguez, mayor of San Fernando said the expansion is “great news” for both the city and the Henares Name Last Prev. High Low Chg. % Vol. t Santander 5.104 5.112 5.127 5.059 -0.17% 13.43M Corridor, as it will help to create “quality and stable employment”. Amazon will begin the process of hiring emt Telefonica 11.852 12.395 11.985 11.793 -4.38% 12.82M ployees in early 2016. s B. Sabadell 1.740 1.736 1.763 1.734 +0.20% 12.19M s Repsol 12.115 11.910 12.193 11.738 +1.72% 5.08M t BBVA 7.673 7.703 7.715 7.651 -0.39% 4.90M s Bankia 1.161 1.158 1.165 1.150 +0.26% 4.59M t Iberdrola 6.489 6.552 6.540 6.466 -0.97% 4.33M s Sacyr 2.389 2.277 2.391 2.259 +4.92% 4.27M s Mapfre 2.515 2.485 2.527 2.478 +1.21% 4.09M s Banco Popular 3.372 3.365 3.408 3.345 +0.21% 4.01M

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Banco Santander has sold its Italian branch of Banco Santander’s wealth management division to UBS. Santander launched the private banking business division in Italy in 2007 supported by the Spanish model Banif providing investment products and advice to wealthy individuals and families. It also offers other banking products and services, loans, and mortgages. The division has six branch offices located in Milan, Varese, Brescia, Rome, Naples and Salerno. According to UBS, before the transaction, its private banking unit was ranked sixth in Italy, with a 3.7 per cent share of the Italian wealth management market. After the deal, the combined group should be ranked fourth, UBS said, with 4 per cent of the market. No price was given for the sale, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016

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Four euro zone countries risk breaking EU 2016 budget rules THE European Commission has warned that Italy, Lithuania, Austria and Spain are at risk of breaking European Union rules with their 2016 budget plans The Commission, the EU executive arm who checks draft budget plans of euro zone countries every year to see if they are in line with the Stability and Growth Pact, has warned that the budgets presented by these countries fall short of the EU rules which state a government has to keep the headline budget shortfall below 3 percent of GDP.

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PANISH Consumer Association FACUA has successfully filed action against Telefónica-Movistar over their allegedly fraudulent tariff increases applied to their Movistar Fusion Deal with a court hearing scheduled to take place any day soon. Spain’s largest telecommunications company Movistar Fusion upped bills of nearly four million customers by €5 a month purely to increase its own profits by over €220 million a year by increasing its prices despite its advertising claiming it tariffs would be fixed ‘forever’ FACUA set up an online group of affected customers under the hashtag #demandaMovístarFusión, advising those who had chosen to stay with the company that they could apply for a refund of the €5 a month, and that those who were locked in by contract terms but decided to break them could reclaim the €190 penalty charge for doing so. The association called it an ‘act of disloyalty to consumers’, saying its advertising was ‘deceptive’ and supposed ‘disloyal competition’, allowing it to attract four million customers ‘under false pretences’. The case is scheduled to be heard in court number 8 in Madrid.

WARNING The Commission has warned that the draft budget presented by Italy, Lithuania, Austria and Spain “might result in a significant deviation from the adjustment paths towards the medium-term objective.” The draft presented by Spain, was found to pose a risk of noncompliance with the requirements for 2016. In particular, neither the recommended fiscal effort nor the headline deficit target for 2016 is forecast to be achieved,” the Commission said confirming an opinion issued in October. It said it had asked Madrid to make sure the budget would comply with EU rules and had asked for an updated draft as soon as possible.

Two of Britain’s largest manufactures announce plans to cut staff

THE manufacturing sector in Britain has taken a turn for the worst with the announcement that both BAE Systems and Rolls Royce will be reducing their workforce over the coming year. The defence giant BAE Systems said it will be cutting 371 from its 13,000 strong workforce in Lancashire because of the slowdown

in production of its Typhoon jet fighter. At the same time Rolls Royce announced it will be reducing the amount of senior management staff, whilst it hasn’t confirmed how many will be cut the decision was reached as part of Warren East, chief executive for Rolls Royce plans to save the company £200 million next year.

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Helping patients achieve and maintain excellent gum health There is a common misconception that dental care is limited purely to the actual teeth – but what about the gums these are the solid foundation needed to achieve and maintain excellent oral health. Teeth are precious, and the thought of losing them can be quite distressing. Many clients often ask themselves ‘How can I save my teeth?’ and the answer is simple - take care to brush, floss and use mouthwash. At the first sign of swollen red gums and blood, it is recommended that you visit your dentist. They can begin treatment for minor gum abrasions, however for the treatment and prevention of further infection, periodontal care is required. Although very common, many patients wonder ‘What is gum disease?. From time to time, it’s not unlikely that a significant number of people have experienced sore or bleeding gums due to over brushing or ill care. However, if symptoms such as these persist then it could be evidence of something a little more severe. If the first signs of gum irritation and inflammation are ignored and left untreated, it can, in some extreme cases, lead to tooth loss. Periodontal disease is one of the three main types of gum disease, the others of which are gingivitis and the more severe version of the latter - acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG). Here at, Dentist – Sotogrande we specialise in periodontal (gum) problems, treating gum inflammation, infection and the build-up of plaque and tartar. The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of periodontal issues is a specialist subject, and you can be confident in the excellent services provided by our highly skilled team. Delivering quality periodontal care to patients, treating the onset of gum disease before it further develops, is our main priority. In general, treatment is quick and easy. Dr Friman provides care for the cases of periodontal diseases as well as aesthetic periodontal treatment. Cosmetic dentists are often assisted with the reconstruction of damaged gums, prior to the insertion of dental implants. Cutting edge laser periodontal therapy is used to remove the plaque and calculus pockets from around the teeth whilst smoothing the gum tissue to make brushing teeth easier and more effective.

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T’S wintertime and the livin’ ain’t easy— For many people, the cold winter days bring more than just a rosy glow to the cheeks it also brings uncomfortable dryness to our skin and hair. Cold air outside and central heat indoors can strip moisture from strands and pores, making hair rough and skin itchy and dry. But endure cracked and peeling skin no more: Items hiding in the back of your kitchen cupboard could just be the answer MOISTURIZE MORE You may have found a moisturizer that works just fine in spring and summer. But as weather conditions change, so, too, should your skin care routine. During winter our skins need more moisture and oils are the perfect solution, Use avocado oil, mineral oil, primrose oil, almond oil or Shea oil.

SLATHER ON THE SUNSCREEN No, sunscreen isn’t just for summertime. Winter sun can still damage your skin. Try applying a broad-spectrum sunscreen to your face and your hands (if they’re exposed) about 30 minutes before going outside. GIVE YOUR HANDS A HAND The skin on your hands is thinner than on most parts of the body and has fewer oil glands. That means it’s harder to keep your hands moist, especially in cold, dry weather. This can lead to itchiness and cracking. Wear gloves when you go outside; if you need to wear wool to keep your hands warm, slip on a thin cotton glove first, to avoid any irritation the wool might cause. HYDRATE YOUR BODY, NOT JUST YOUR SKIN If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Drinking water helps your skin

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Tips for healthier skin and hair this winter stay young looking. In fact, it’s a myth. Water is good for your overall health and “the skin of someone who is severely dehydrated will benefit from fluids. Aim to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day BAN SUPERHOT BATHS Sure, soaking in a burning-hot bath feels great after frolicking out in the cold. But the intense heat of a hot shower or bath actually breaks down the lipid barriers in the skin, which can lead to a loss of moisture. A lukewarm bath with oatmeal or baking soda, can help relieve skin that is so dry it has become itchy

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CIENTISTS in American who specialise in herbal technologies claim to have developed a “medicinal” chocolate, which contains only 35% fat compared to the usual 70%. Kuka Xoco, the Boston-based claim to have found a way to make cacao the natural ingredient in chocolate less bitter removing the need for fats and sugars. Cacao, the key ingredient in chocolate, contains a variety of antioxidants and minerals, which perform health benefits such as protecting the nervous system, reducing stroke risk and lowering blood pressure but because of its bitter-

ness it requires copious amounts of sugar which overrides its health benefits. The firm have discovered a new de-bittering agent in the form of a little-used herb from the Andean region of Bolivia and Peru which uses micrograms of the plant extract which they claim can completely de-bitter large amounts of unsweetened cacao A prototype with only 35 per cent sugar and fat has been developed, but the company is aiming to create chocolate bar containing only 10% of fat and sugar as it tries to “fight back against sugars and artificial sweeteners.”

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Author encourages women to feel happy in their bodies

EIGHT loss, poor body image, obesity, and eating disorders are something a large proportion of young girls and women are struggling with every day. Author, Eva George believes she has discovered a range of simple and practical ways for women to improve body confidence and become the healthiest version of themselves, without dieting or disrupting their lifestyles and has put everything she has learned into a book, designed for busy women and mums like herself. The result is Size HH. The title simply means to be size happy and healthy and it’s an easy to read, practical guide to making the most of your unique shape without dieting, or extreme exercise, plus how to make life-long healthier habit changes. The book is primarily focused on health rather than weight-loss and focuses on the 4 key areas needed to become Size Happy & Healthy; the mind, lifestyle, nutrition and exercise. It has been written in a funny, accessible and honest style with even the busiest or least motivated people in mind and aims to encourage achievable, sustainable changes. To give readers the most up to date, factual information in the book, Eva consulted experts in sleep, mind training, psychology and nutrition, as well as getting inspirational stories from real women. The ebook and paperback will be supported by a website offering challenges, tips and regular information to help women to reach their Size HH and stay there. www.sizehh.com Size HH ebook will be launched on December 2nd with a day full of online activities in association with award winning website Costa Women, including a Facebook event, Twitter chat and competitions. As weight loss and body image are such hot topics at the moment, the Size HH team will also be running a story sharing competition where women can share their own success stories of finding a healthy size they are genuinely happy with, to inspire others, encourage honest discussion and be in with a chance of winning a fitbit Activity Monitor. Eva once had such a poor body image that even at a young age and low weight she wanted to have surgery. But after two children

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Cheers, everyone Drinking three glasses of champagne every week ‘could HELP prevent dementia but only if you’re a rat!

and learning a few essential tips including; how to consciously make new healthier habits, incorporate exercise into a busy life and aim for healthy rather than skinny, she has found the ultimate balance. The paperback book will be available to buy on January 10th, but preorders can be made on the website www.sizehh.com. The ebook will be available on all electronic readers including Amazon Kindle, Apple ibooks, Google Play etc.

Eva grew up on the East Coast of England and found her love of writing as a child but never had the confidence to pursue it as a career until her twenties. Instead, she worked in a varied range of jobs including care work, make-up artist/beauty therapist, promotions and marketing. During that time, Eva appeared in the media in some of the UK’s leading publications including The News of the World’s Fabulous Magazine, The Sun newspaper, and Lorraine Kelly’s TV show talking about self-image in young girls and how she was planning to have cosmetic surgery and botox at a young age because she hated her body. After appearing on Lorraine’s show, Eva didn’t go through with the botox or surgery but took off

traveling instead, falling in love with Marbella and life on the Costa del Sol. It gave her time to mature, reflect and get the courage to follow her passion for writing. Eva landed her dream job working with media agencies in Marbella and writing for some wellknown brands and publications. Even though she specialised in health/beauty writing, ghosts from the past about these subjects still haunted her… It wasn’t until after the birth of her first child that Eva realised she had discovered Size HH and felt compelled to start writing as a way to help other women who might feel the same. Two children later, the book is finally complete and Eva would like to let you in on a few need to know secrets so that you can discover Size Happy & Healthy too.

A STUDY undertaken at Reading University concluded that drinking three glasses of champagne every week could help to prevent the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s – the report went viral prompting much joy amongst those gearing up for the festive period however the results were reached by studying rats. The study that forms the basis of these reports was actually published in 2013, but recently went viral across social media before being picked up by newspapers and other media outlets. It looked at the possible effects of the phenolic acids found in champagne on memory in rats. Phenolic acids are similar to flavonoids, which are plant substances said to have antioxidant qualities. Three groups of eight rats were each given six weeks of daily champagne, a non-champagne alcoholic drink, or an alcohol-free drink. Their performance at finding treats in a maze was assessed before and after this period. The main finding was that rats given champagne were better at remembering how to find the treat than those given the alcohol-free drink. They found the treats roughly five times out of eight, compared with four times out of eight in rats given the other drinks. But a slightly improved maze performance in a small number of rats does not necessarily translate into humans having a reduced risk of dementia from drinking champagne. If you want to increase your flavonoid intake, there are far cheaper – and healthier – alternatives to champagne such as parsley, peanuts and blueberries plus there a guarantee you won’t have any hangovers! But whether these would actually prevent dementia is still unproven.

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Ethical foie gras – naturally obtained T

HE story begins in 1812 when Eduardo’s Danish grandfather moved to Extremadura, then as now one of the wildest and remotest areas of Spain. Wild geese often flew over the family farm, which lay just under the birds’ migration path. But Don Martín noticed something extraordinary: some of these geese touched down in his farm and stayed, attracted by the area’s wetland habitat, its mild climate and rich food resources. The Sousa family’s geese are not strictly wild, but wander freely around their 500ha property, thus retaining their instinct to gorge on acorns and grasses during the winter months. This means that the family are able to produce something as rare as it is remarkable – a foie gras that’s entirely natural, sustainable and cruelty-free. For many years the Sousas have produced foie gras only for domestic consumption, potting the fat goose livers as presents or as a special treat for the family. But when Eduardo took over the farm, he decided it was time to let the rest of the world into his secret. Sousa & Labourdette was born simply by chance, Eduardo met Diego Labourdette who has a PhD in Ecology, sharing a passion, the two business partners began to work on the ethical production of a unique foie gras. Their product is based on traditional French recipes but obtained from semi-wild geese raised on a free-range system, respecting the animals’

natural life-cycle. Today most of the foie gras on the market is obtained from geese or ducks that have been force-fed with the “gavage” system with the aim of growing their livers. On the contrary, Sousa & Labourdette’s geese, feed themselves with food they find for themselves upon the 500 hectares of preserved landscape of Extremadura. Pastures, seeds (mostly lupin seeds), olives, figs and mainly, acorns – the same acorns rich in oleic acid that reduce the cholesterol and that compose the famous Extremadura’s Iberian “bellota” pork diet. The production, obtained from the European Greylag goose “Anseranser”, is completely natural and therefore, seasonal. Sousa & Labourdette need a whole year (compared to 3 to 4 months for the force-fed geese) to produce a small foie gras of uniform colour and a regular and fine texture. Its extraordinary and delicate taste and its characteristic golden colour (coming mainly from wild yellow lupin seeds) are the straight result of their varied and natural diet and of their high quality lifestyle, flying and grazing freely. Nature provides us all the elements that make our foie gras, a unique foie gras: GOSSE’s foie gras, WHOLE foie gras, ETHICAL and EXQUISIT. For more information visit: www.sousa-labourdette.com

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SERVING SUGGESTIONS FROM SOUSA-LABOURDETTE Just as we choose the cooking recipe that best preserves the original flavour and consistency of our foie gras, we recommend you do the same when tasting it. When serving it, we would recommend placing our foie gras in the fridge for at least a few hours beforehand. Foie gras should be chilled but not icecold. 15 minutes before serving take it out from the refrigerator and immediately cut it into slices. For cutting use a smooth-edged knife and pass it under a hot running tap before use. Foie Gras is best served as a starter when the food palate is still neutral. Deposit chunks of our foie gras on toasted triangles, crusty farmhouse bread, or even better, on some toasted brioche and enjoy it by letting the foie gras melt in the mouth. Alternatively, you can beautifully associate it with some caramelised apple slices, oriental chutney or even some confit de vin (wine jelly) When pairing wine with foie gras, the luxurious, buttery quality of foie gras calls for a good quality vintage wine, whether white, red or Champagne. In general, you should avoid young or very light-bodied wines. While the classic pairing with foie gras is Sauterne, we would say that the wine that usually works best is a wine that you really like.

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including improved mood, skin and menopausal symptoms. With a relatively low smoke point, pumpkin oil should not be used for cooking or frying and this will destroy the oils taste and consistency – Best used as a dressings or a dip for bread.

AVOCADO OIL

HOOSING oil for the kitchen these days is a slippery business gone are the days when reaching for the olive oil was considered ‘tre chic.’ Today Supermarket shelves are laden with every conceivable option from pumpkin seed to coconut with each claiming to offer its own health benefit merits. The most recent contender is argan oil, the oil which for years has been linked to glossy hair and beautiful skin.

So how do you choose between these oils and what really are their benefits? ARGAN OIL Until recently, argan oil was probably best known for its use as a beauty product promising to give a glossy shine to hair and revitalise skin. But thanks to celebrity endorsements this highly nutritious and tasty ‘liquid gold’ which is a staple of any Moroccan pantry is getting some well deserved credit. Extracted from the nuts that grow on the argan tree, it has a deep nutty flavour akin to that of the hazelnut. To call argan oil cooking oil is slightly misleading as it is used more for finishing dishes drizzled over salads, roasted vegetables and desserts. Packed full of vitamin E and fatty acids, argan oil is 3 times more effective than olive oil.

PUMPKIN SEED OIL Rich in unsaturated fats, vitamins and minerals, the green coloured pumpkin seed oil is claimed to have a wide range of health benefits

The buttery avocado oil is packed full of monounsaturated fat, making it a heart-healthy choice because of its powers to improve cholesterol. The fruit oil also contains lutein an antioxidant that improves eye health. With what is considered a higher smoke point than olive oil, it is a great option for high-temperature cooking meaning this oil is extremely versatile.

FLAX SEED OIL Flax seed oil, also known as linseed oil, is a rich source of polyunsaturated omega-fatty acids. Research suggests it has a range of health benefits including lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, as well as improving menopausal symptoms. However, it is one of the most unstable edible oils, turning rancid easily, and needs to be stored in the fridge. With

a very low smoke point, it should only be used raw. Its distinctive flavour can be an acquired taste, but is delicious in dressings and smoothies, or drizzled into dips or soups, or over vegetables.

HEMP OIL Extracted from the hemp plant (not to be confused with the marijuana plant), hemp oil is a rich source of protein, polyunsaturated omega-fatty acids and fibre. It has a low smoke point so is best kept in the fridge and used raw. With a slight nutty flavour, add it to dressings, dips or smoothies or drizzled over vegetables.

COCONUT OIL Coconut oil is enjoying a surge in popularity at the moment amongst health food junkies. It is extracted from the meat of coconuts, and unlike a lot of other cooking oils, is solid at room temperature which means it has a low smoking point, so you should avoid using coconut oil over high heat. The subtle, sweet, coconut-y flavour adds to food and is used in a lot of vegan baking recipes to replace animal fats and butter.

Fat comparison chart for 1Tdsp Type of oil or fat

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Spiked apple pie punch This party beverage works well both hot and cold providing a spicy seasonal feel to any evening . Ingredients • 1 gallon apple juice • 1 gallon apple cider • 3 cups white sugar • 8 cinnamon sticks • 1 bottle 190 proof grain alcohol (750 ml) Directions 1. In a large pot, combine juice, cider, sugar and cinnamon sticks. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat and let cool completely. 2. When cool, stir in grain alcohol. 3. Transfer to large serving dish and let guests ladle into cups. Garnish with additional cinnamon sticks or apple slices, if desired.

Warm Mulled Cider Mulled wine is popular in many countries around the world, from Chile to Czech Republic. Because of its universality, this hot toddy has many varieties, from slow-cooked to quick and easy. Simply simmer apple cider with mulling spices, orange zest, and

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Ward off the winter blues with these delightful winter recipes ginger to make a drink that smells as good as it tastes.

4. Garnish with cinnamon sticks, if desired. Serves four.

Ingredients • 1/2 cup sugar • 1/4 cup water • 10 whole cloves • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon • 3 peppercorns, whole • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (to taste) • 1 orange, juiced • 1 bottle red wine • Cinnamon sticks (optional)

Cranberry martini

Directions 1. Combine all ingredients except wine in a pan and boil for five minutes. 2. Reduce heat, add wine. Heat to the point where it is just before boiling. (Try to avoid boiling; the alcohol will begin to evaporate.) 3. Strain into cups and serve hot.

Though martinis aren’t hot temperaturewise, the cranberry infused vodka in this particular variety is sure to warm you up from the inside out Ingredients • 1 shot (1.5 ounces) vodka • 1/2 fluid ounce orange liqueur • 1/2 fluid ounce dry vermouth • 2 shots (3 ounces) cranberry juice • 1 cup ice • Cranberries (optional) Directions 1. Combine vodka, orange liqueur, vermouth, cranberry juice and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously to chill. 2. Pour into martini glasses and serve. Garnish with a few cranberries, if desired. Serves two.

Hot Buttered Hazelnut Whiskey Even those who don’t care for the taste of whiskey can get behind

this winter beverage. With only four ingredients (six if you include whipped cream and cinnamon), it’s easy to have this hot and ready in minutes. Snow days just got WAY better. Ingredients: 4 parts milk 1 cinnamon stick 2 parts whisky 1 part Frangelico 1 tablespoon whipped cream per individual serving pinch of cinnamon (for garnish) Directions 1. Bring the milk and cinnamon stick to a simmer in a thick-bottomed pot over low heat. Allow to gently simmer for 15 minutes, stirring constantly (if you don’t stir constantly, the milk on the bottom of the pan will start to cook onto it, and the next time you stir the pot little cooked milk bits will mix into the liquid. Not so fun.) 2. Remove from heat, remove the cinnamon stick, and pour the milk into the serving glass. 3. Add the whiskey and the Frangelico and stir to combine. 4. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon. Serve immediately.

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David Lindo - The Urban Birder is a familiar face on TV screens and is behind the Vote National Bird campaign

How many places do you know where you can watch Black Wheatear while enjoying a beer in a town centre?

ÁLAGA, Andalucía on the sun-kissed Costa del Sol seems like a very unlikely venue for enjoying the delights of urban birding. You may have visions of hordes of holidaying Brits around every corner kitted out with buckets and spades. The city, one of the oldest in the world, has been welcoming visitors for centuries. It is now also one of Spain’s most popular tourist destinations. Before you recoil at the sheer thought of heaving streets let me tell you that I know a different Málaga. I mean, how many places do you know where you can watch Black Wheatear while enjoying a beer in a town centre? I first visited Málaga with my mum during a winter in the late 1990s. We stayed at a family friend’s apartment near the town centre and spent our week variously visiting attractions and soaking in the winter sun. My abiding memories were of the abundant Black Redstarts with their quivering red tails that seemed to be on every other rooftop aerial. I also remember finding a field full of around 160 wintering Stone-curlews at the Laguna de Fuente de Piedra Nature Reserve, 75km north-west of the city. To this day, I have never again witnessed a flock as large. Málaga has changed immeasurably since my early days and has gone through a metamorphosis over the past 10 years. Gone is the choking traffic of old and in are whole new pedestrianised areas largely constructed for the comfort of tourists to facilitate easy access to the multitude of museums and restaurants that have since sprung up. The city council have also recognised Málaga’s attraction to wildlife and as such have strived to corner-off portions dedicated to nature conservation. The Guadalhorce River Mouth The top urban birding venue in the whole city has got to be the mouth of the Guadalhorce River, the principle river in the Province of Málaga. Although the estuary itself covers a larger area, the reserve I visited takes up 67 acres and was declared a protected Natural Area in 1989. Its main feature are the branches of the Guadalhorce River that flows through it. There is also an artificial lagoon complex, reedbeds, scrub and wet woodland. The whole site is encircled by housing, sports complexes, a main road and of course, the sea. Despite the urbanity the birdlife here is pretty impressive. On my visit spring was still just around the corner and there were some lingering winter visitors present like Gadwall, Shoveler and a few Greater Flamingos on the lagoons. While early House Martins, Swallows and a sprinkling of Redrumped Swallows swooped, I also discovered a Water Rail, several Bluethroats and a Booted Eagle. Up to four of these impressive buzzard-sized raptors winter in the area.

White-headed Duck

I also made a surprise find in the guise of an unexpected immature Crane looking distinctly forlorn, standing on a tiny wet field. The summer months are hot – well, we are talking about the Costa del Sol. After dark, Red-necked Nightjars sing. But if you arrive before the mercury rises too high you would be rewarded with singing Great Reed and Sardinian Warblers. The Zitting Cisticola’s incessant and monotonous pipping electric alarm clock-like song is also commonplace. In the reedy environs, Little Bittern nest alongside Purple Heron, while Kentish and Little Ringed Plover raise their young in proximity to leggy Black-winged Stilts. It’s also worth scanning the estuary for Audouin’s and Slender-billed Gulls – both absolutely gorgeous Mediterranean specialities. The site’s star birds are Purple Swamphen and around 15 pairs of White-headed Duck which was a major lifer for me. Much punching of the air and summersaults ensued after I saw six casually loafing close to the reeds.

KEY SPECIES The White-headed Duck is the prize bird of Málaga. It belongs to a family of ducks called ‘stifftails’ that contain six species found on all the continents bar the Antarctic. The male is fairly distinctive with a largely white head and bulbous blue bill. Although many of us think of this duck as a rare inhabitant of southern Spain (which it is) it is also patchily distributed across western and eastern Asia. Most of the population of this globally threatened bird is migratory, however the Spanish and North African birds are sedentary. It is the only stifftail to be naturally found in Europe. However, its smaller American cousin, the Ruddy Duck, has also established feral populations. In Spain, the White-headed Duck had been decimated by habitat loss and hunting. Its plight was then further blighted by the problems caused by interbreeding with the more promiscuous and dominant Ruddy Duck. This led to the Ruddy Duck eradication scheme that resulted in its near annihilation in the UK and Western Europe.

HISTORIC Alcazaba – not just a tourist attraction... watch out for birds here, including Sardinian Warbler

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DAVID SAYS While in Málaga don’t forget to keep looking out for migrants during the appropriate seasons, as the city is part of the great migratory funnel that leads to and from Africa. While having lunch in the city centre I saw a Booted Eagle drifting over. When strolling around crowded cities, try to ignore the people around you. Keep an eye out for movement in the trees or on the buildings you pass. Birds are everywhere. Always remember: anything can turn up anywhere at anytime. OTHER SITES The roof terrace of Molina Lario Hotel Why not enjoy a nice early morning cup of tea on the roof terrace of this well-appointed hotel taking in the gliding Yellowlegged Gulls, singing Spotless Starlings and the Peregrines that frequent Málaga Cathedral. In keeping with many towns and cities in Britain and Europe, this cathedral (also known as the One Armed Lady due to it only having one spire) is a magnet for this great falcon. The birds here are of the smaller, more reddish breasted and bluish backed ‘brookei’ race. hotelmolinalario.com/en Alcazaba of Málaga This impressive 11th Century fortress and Roman theatre set on a hill is a major draw for tourists. The surrounding streets house numerous bars and museums including the recently opened Picasso Museum. While walking around this landmark look out for Short-toed Treecreeper, Spotted Flycatcher, Crested Tit, Sardinian and Western Bonelli’s Warblers, alongside Blackcaps in the wooded areas that flank some of the walls. Pied Flycatchers are common on passage. While on the streets below the fortress, scan the walls for nesting Pallid Swift, and if you are really vigilant, you could bag yourself both Blue Rock Thrush and Black Wheatear. WEBSITES David stayed at Barcelo Málaga Hotel barcelo.com Special thanks to Javier Hernández, Antonio Montejo and Yingda Li from Málaga City Tourism malagaturismo.com. Also thanks to Simon Harding (Ibernature Andalusia ibernature. es) and Málaga’s very own Urban Birder Luis Alberto Rodriguez birdaytrip.com

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PET CORNER

REAT news for pet owners, KZW Pet Interior’s ultra-luxury bespoke pet furniture range of products is now available in Spain. Previously marketed to a select clientele, KZW Pet Interior, founded by Her Serene Highness, Princess Katalin zu Windischgraetz of Austria has extended operations to the Costa del Sol to give discerning dog and cat owners the opportunity to pamper their pets with a collection of ground breaking furniture for the pet that has everything. Drawing from her love of animals and her background in fashion and high end interior design, the Princess has created intricately designed regal pet furniture, pet beds convertible carriers, blankets and toy boxes which are not only stylish and practical they will also fit in with any interior design scheme.

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In the lap of luxury Ground breaking luxury pet furniture designed by Austrian princess and fashion royalty, Katalin zu Windischgraetz and moving to Marbella, Princess Katalin zu Windischgraetz founded KZW Pet Interiors to create top end furniture which would provide the perfect beds and toy boxes for some of the world’s most wealthy dog-lovers.

GLAMOROUS Born behind the Iron Curtain in Hungary, Princess Katalin is also fashion royalty. As a high fashion model in Hungary she appeared on over 300 covers and was shot by the legendary photographer Norman Parkinson who came to communist Hungary especially to photograph her. Seventeen years later Parkinson also photographed Katalin’s own-designed collection of glamorous ball gowns - for French Harper’s Bazaar, when she was at the height of her fashion career. After modelling for some years, Katalin escaped communist Hungary and established her own fashion brand in Vienna and before expanding her design influence globally when she moved to the United States in 1979. The enterprising Princess soon established herself as a rising star in New York’s Seventh Avenue fashion world, specialising in “afterfive” ranges which included glamorous cocktail dresses and ball gowns. Whilst rubbing shoulders with Hollywood royalty including the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, her creations began to appear in renowned department and specialty stores. Bergdorf-Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman-Marcus, and Henri Bendel, were some of the many hanging her designs in their establishments. In 1984, she became the major designer and CEO of Jerry Silverman Inc., a $10,000,000 annual fashion

ELEGANCE

wholesaler. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991, Katalin left the US and returned to Hungary where she created a new company with a ready-to-wear collection which was sold across Hungary and opened a flagship store in Budapest. On returning to her home country, Princess Katalin also re-established the world-famous Hungarian Red Cross Gala, after 50 years of silence. The Gala committee involved all different political parties in Hungary and was also patronised by Princess Michael of Kent and Árpád Göncz, President of the Republic of Hungary to raise money for orphaned children. After retiring from the fashion industry

Now we are well and truly into autumn and with the recent downpours it can sometimes be difficult to coax your dog, particularly smaller ones, to venture outside in bad weather. Not all dogs like going out in the rain or will wear a coat but now they don’t have to and can avoid getting wet with the Puppia Dog Umbrella. The chain harness attachment makes the umbrella work as a normal lead while the clear plastic material makes it easy to keep an eye on your little rascal. Visit www.puppia.com.au for your nearest stockist.

Exuding elegance, the opulently styled pet beds have intricate embroideries and are made of the best quality materials. In combining her love of animals and design, the Princess’s bespoke pet interior service includes soft pet beds, pet furniture, sofas, - and toy boxes and gives pet owners the opportunity to choose from a wide range of designs to suit their home aesthetic. Princess Katalin zu Windichgraetz comments: ‘A combination of my love and knowledge of dogs and couture design led me to create my first pieces a few years ago. It wasn’t long before pet owners in my social circle asked me to design furniture for their animals, to match the decoration of their homes. Demand grew, and as a result I developed the most exclusive and luxurious collection of furniture for pets worldwide. My buyers are generally owners of exclusive houses who appreciate quality above all, whilst combining a high standard of hygiene with absolute comfort for their pet.” KZW Pet Interiors was founded in 2012 and Princess Katalin envisioned all of the designs and developed the manufacturing process from start to finish. Built of top quality wood, KZW Pet Interiors’ creations are designed in a high-end Marbella studio before three hand-

picked Andalusian carpenters give shape to the design. The last stages of the process involve the intricate hand painting of the beds and sewing of the top quality mattresses and covers - which can be easily washed and replaced. There is a not a one size fits all solution for all dogs, hence the collection includes a wide range of pieces which are adapted for all breeds and dogs weighing up to 55kg each. The collection includes beds, sofas, mattresses and toy boxes with hundreds of different designs inspired from the 16th Century Baroque up to 21st Century contemporary styles. Comfort and quality are also of importance. The design structure of has been backed by vets and ethologists as some of the most well-designed pet furniture on the market. The designs include high quality resilience foam mattresses and side rests which are breathable with air ventilation. To assure the body bests adapts to the bed, the mattresses have viscoelastic memory foam on the top side, which relieves the pressure and gives support at the same time. The total height of the mattress is based on the height of the pet and for oval shaped models the mattresses are longer so that the dog can stretch out. This unique and high quality product is essential to the caring pet owner. Not only does it cater to pet needs, but it exudes style and is the perfect addition for those looking to add luxury to their homes, whilst being in keeping with any interior design scheme. Prices start from €29 KZW Pet Interiors products are available online at: www.kzw-petinterior.com or contact +34 952 822 212.

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SUDOKU Sudoku is one of the most popular puzzle games of all time. The goal of Sudoku is to fill a 9×9 grid with numbers so that each row, column and 3×3 section contain all of the digits between 1 and 9. As a logic puzzle, Sudoku is also an excellent brain game. If you play Sudoku regluarly, you will soon start to see improvements in your concentration and overall brain power.

ACROSS 1 Baby’s bed 5 Actor Stacy 10 Bathtub ring 14 Mantilla fabric 15 Bird of prey 16 Too 17 Pennsylvania and Fifth: abbr. 18 Range setting 19 Mon.’s follower 20 __ examiner; coroner 22 Most mysterious 24 Recede 25 __ tube; pool toy 26 Tows behind 29 Sandwich letters 30 Sandy shore 34 Stood up 35 Actor Linden 36 __ Crunch; chocolate bar

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Find and circle all of the words that you would find in the refrigerator are hidden in the grid.

M S C A R R O T S S B U T T E R U T S E C I U J E Y S N O M E L S R S E P A R G B R O C C O L I T A B A C O N B S S M G B A S R A W M B S A R K S A E P U E E B R B A C R E N S P P D V B R P L 44 46 D E G O A I V L R R I U I R T U 47 S R N D R K E L A E C N O L M B 49 50 A R E D C S E W E E V D A I O T 51 52 N I T U Y T E S C H U O L C E H 53 A E S R T R E I S C S K T O H G 54 55 N S U U S E M S E L P P A F C I 56 57 A P C G H A A P U H C T E K E L 60 B E G C J Y R T L U O P M U C L Solution to puzzle from issue 10 E E S I A N N O Y A M W A T E R

DOWN 1 __ up; refuse to say more 2 Talk wildly 3 Frosted 4 Surround with armed forces 5 Shish __; BBQ favorite 6 __ Grey tea 7 In the past 8 Customer 9 Hayes or Hunt 10 Contemptuous writings 11 Helpful hint 12 Does drugs 13 Majority 21 NBC rival 23 Nonconformist 25 Against the law 26 Rough __; first writing attempt

APPLES BACON BANANAS BREAD BROCCOLI BUTTER CAKE CARROTS CHEESE COLD

DRAWERS DRINKS EGGS GRAPES ICE CUBES JAM JUICES KETCHUP LEFTOVERS LEMONS

LETTUCE LIGHTBULB MAGNETS MAPLE SYRUP MAYONNAISE MEAT MILK MUSTARD OLIVES ORANGES

PEAS POULTRY PRODUCE SHELVES SPINACH STRAWBERRIES WATER YOGURT

Issue 11 Nov 19 - Dec 02, 2015

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AUSTRALIA

A chicken shop in Australia has managed to train an actual chicken to run its Twitter account. Betty, the four-year-old hen is the face behind #chickentweet, the hashtag created by

the Australian fast food chain Chicken Treat. The hen has been using the keyboard placed in her coop to, according to the company, ‘tweet whatever is on her mind’, It helps however that it has been covered in feed- coaxing her to peck at the keys.

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The company intend to keep up the charade until Betty successfully tweets a five letter English word, which will earn her a spot in the Guinness Book of records as ‘the first chicken to tweet’. So far the closest she’s come to anything decipherable was the word ‘bum’. The stunt has proved popular online, with the account attracting over 30,000 followers.

Codewords are like crossword puzzles - but have no clues! Instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number! To start you off, we reveal the codes for two or three letters. 24 22 25 21 7 24 21

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CHINA

A Chinese man has earned the nickname “Chilli King” for consuming an massive 2.5 kilos of chillies A DAY. Li Yongzhi’s amazing addiction to the redhot peppershas made him somewhat a local hero and he loves them so much he grows eight different varieties in his own back yard in Zhengzhou, China. His strange habit formed when he was a youngster when he says he could go without meat or eggs but could not do without spiciness. “In the morning, other people always brush their teeth, but the first thing I do is eat chili and rinse my mouth with that,” he explains “If the food has no spiciness then it has no taste.”

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And he says his strange eating habits are not down to having any super human powers. “I just like to eat them, so I eat them. “The hospital checked and they said that I am no different from anyone else.”

USA

THE 12th annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta, a wacky and unique event was held recently Tualatin, Oregon. The event consists of four races with participants sailing around Tualatin Lake of the Commons, passing 5 marked points in giant hollowed out pumpkins. Thousands turned up to watch the bizarre spectacle or the racers paddling wildly as the pumpkins barely stayed afloat Unsurprisingly, participants said that paddling around a lake inside a hollowed-out pumpkin as big as a wheel on a HGV isn’t the easiest of tasks. Larry Nelson, 50, from Albany, who lost the first race to Mike Walton, from Aloha, said: “It’s brutal. It’s just exhausting. “Pumpkins aren’t very aerodynamic in the water.” Champion Mike told Oregon Live: “The more stupid, the more fun it is.”

Solution to Wordblock puzzzle from issue 10 tunneller - trunnel - lenten - neuter - relent rennet - retell - retune - runlet - teller tenner - tenure - tunnel - tureen - elute enter - tenne - treen - trull - tulle - tuner leet - lent - lute - rent - rete - runt - teen tell - tern - tree - true - tune - turn Solution to CODEWORD from issue 10

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He eats his daily quota as snacks throughout the day but at one point it was all he ate. Recalling the time his son was struck by a truck 10 years ago he said: “At that time, I would eat two bowls of chili peppers, drink some water, and then go right back to the hospital.”

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GOLDEN HORN CROWNED CARTIER HORSE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS HORSE OF THE YEAR Golden Horn OLDER HORSE OF THE YEAR

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Golden Horn, the Investec Derby and Qatar Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe winner, has cemented what was an almost perfect season with yet another win as the John Gosden –trained colt added the Cartier Horse of the year trophy to its mantelpiece

IS success came at the expense of Solow, Muhaarar and Legatissimo, with the Anthony Oppenheimerowned and -bred four-time Group 1 winner also finishing top of the Cartier three-yearold colt category, again ahead of Muhaarar, and Gleneagles and Jack Hobbs. American Pharoah, the US Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup Classic hero, was the only horse worldwide to be rated higher than the son of Cape Cross, who has been instrumental in reviving Frankie Dettori’s career. The other three horses in the overall category received compensation, with Freddy Head’s five-yearold gelding Solow capping an unbeaten

campaign in which he won five Group 1s by becoming older horse of the year. The Charlie Hills-trained Muhaarar, a four-time Group 1 winner when dropped back in trips, picked up the sprinter award, while 1,000 Guineas, Nassau, and Matron Stakes winner Legatissimo finished top in the three-year-old filly category. Another three-year-old filly, St Leger and British Champions Filles and Mares Stakes winner Simple Verse, claimed the stayer award, while Aidan O’Brien registered a clean sweep of the juvenile prizes with Air Force Blue named two-year-old colt and Minding the best two-year-old filly.

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N recent months football has been tarnished by multiple corruption investigations by US and Swiss authorities. Cricket, the other gentlemen’s sport has been hit with match- and spot-fixing. Even athletics has been affected with the Russian doping scandal and the sacking of a senior sports official from China amid a corruption probe into Beijing’s successful bid for the 2022 Winter Games. So for such a dirty, physical game which often looks like a brawl, rugby remains comparatively clean, only marred by the occasional bad behaviour from individual players who have let their hair down and indulged in some alcoholic refreshments. So how has English rugby managed to stay a clean sport? The RFU would argue that rugby has managed to stay corruption free because it is a game that prides itself on sportsmanship and camaraderie, after all fans are not segregated like they are in football. Rugby is like a tribal gathering. In addition as we all watch as the sporting world became consumed with corruption the RFU has implemented a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy in order to safeguard the game against any problems. Under the strategy all participants, including players, trainers, team and match officials, must complete a wide-ranging education programme which sets out the World Rugby regulations in respect of match and spot

Rugby’s a clean sport! With nearly every international sport’s body and event tarnished with scandal or under suspicion of corruption it appears that rugby which has often been perceived as a thug’s game played by gentlemen is the only clean game left. fixing, other corruption offences as well as restrictions on betting and the use of inside information. It has also implemented integrity officers, all of whom are experts in sports integrity who will be present throughout any major the tournament to deal with any queries or issues which might arise. To handle any match fixing problems it has also contracted a betting monitoring agency that will during major tournaments use its fraud detection system to monitor global betting markets for any suspicious betting behaviour and strange odds movements. By putting these measures in place the world of rugby is trying to ensure that the principles of fair play are upheld and that the public are provided with confidence in this great game.

TWO WORLD NUMBER ONES FACE OFF IN GRAND SLAM OF DARTS

WORLD number one Michael van Gerwen defeated six-time winner Phil Taylor 16-13 for the first time to win the Grand Slam of Darts. Phil “The Power” Taylor saw his hopes of a third successive Grand Slam of Darts title end after losing 16-13 to Michael Van Gerwen. Taylor made an impressive start with 7-3 lead but the 26-year-old Dutch rival roared back to take a 9-7 advantage and ultimately the win. 2015 has been a good year for Van Gerwen’s as the world number one has had wins at the Masters, UK Open, World Matchplay and European Championship. “I’ve won every major now and it means a lot to me. I played an absolutely fantastic tournament this week, with good averages, good finishing and the only thing I missed I think was a nine-darter. To beat Phil in the final is a great honour for me,” he said.” I had two main targets this year which were the World Matchplay and the Grand Slam of Darts and I’ve won them both.

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ELGIAN authorities have increased the country’s terror threat level from two to three in the wake of the Paris terror attacks which killed 129 people as arrests are made in Belgium. The Belgian FA confirmed that it had decided to cancel Tuesday night’s Spain-Belgium football amid security fears. A statement on the Belgian Football Association website gave more detail about the cancellation of the match, which was due to take place at Brussels’ Stade Roi Baudouin it read: “In consultation with the competent authorities and the Spanish national team, the Belgian FA has decided to cancel the match. In coordination with the competent authorities and

the Spanish national team, URBSFA has decided to cancel the encounter”, it said in a statement. “During the evening, URBSFA was contacted by the government who made the recommendation not to hold the Belgium-Spain match tomorrow evening.” The Belgian FA said it “deeply regretted” cancelling a friendly match so late but given the exceptional circumstances the Belgian FA could not take any security risk with players and fans. Belgium’s issued an alert at the beginning of the week saying confirming Federal Police were looking for “a dangerous individual” named Salah Abdeslam in connection with the attacks in Paris.

WEST HAM HAMMERS LOGO MISTAKEN FOR NAZI SYMBOL SPANISH football officials mistakenly removed an England fans’ West Ham flag after mistaking the ‘Hammers’ logo for a Nazi symbol. The embarrassing gaffe happened during the Three Lions’ 2-0 defeat to the European holders in Alicante on Friday night. Furious Hammers supporters tried to reason with the stewards, telling them the logo was harmless and represented their club however local organisers insisted it was a pro-Nazi

banner and breached the regulations meaning it had to be removed. FA security officials at the game tried to defuse the dispute, explaining the flags had absolutely no Nazi connotations but Spanish officials would not listen. To make matters worse after the game, fans were told their flags would remain with the authorities and be destroyed rather than returned to the owners.

Suspended FIFA president suffers a “small breakdown” SEPP Blatter the disgraced president of FIFA found himself hospitalized last week after suffering a ‘small emotional breakdown’. Blatter, 79 who managed footballs governing body for 18 years was suspended last month following allegations of corruption. In May, fourteen ex-FIFA officials were charged by the US Justice Department following an investigation into bribery. Swiss Prosecutors swiftly acted and in September a criminal case was opened following the misuse of funds - a €2million payment was made to Uefa President Michael Platini for consultation work.

P Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Man City 12 8 2 2 26 9 17 26 2 Arsenal 12 8 2 2 22 9 13 26 3 Leicester 12 7 4 1 25 20 5 25 4 Man Utd 12 7 3 2 17 8 9 24 5 Tottenham 12 5 6 1 20 10 10 21 6 West Ham 12 6 3 3 23 16 7 21 7 Southampton 12 5 5 2 19 13 6 20 8 Crystal Palace 12 6 1 5 14 12 2 19 9 Everton 12 4 5 3 20 16 4 17 10 Liverpool 12 4 5 3 13 14 -1 17 11 Watford 12 4 4 4 11 12 -1 16 12 Stoke 12 4 4 4 10 12 -2 16 13 West Brom 12 4 2 6 10 16 -6 14 14 Swansea 12 3 4 5 12 16 -4 13 15 Norwich 12 3 3 6 16 23 -7 12 16 Chelsea 12 3 2 7 16 23 -7 11 17 Newcastle 12 2 4 6 13 22 -9 10 18 Bournemouth 12 2 2 8 12 25 -13 8 19 Sunderland 12 1 3 8 13 26 -13 6 20 Aston Villa 12 1 2 9 10 20 -10 5

Sky Bet Championship Table P Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Hull 16 10 4 2 26 8 18 34 2 Brighton 16 9 7 0 21 12 9 34 3 Burnley 16 9 5 2 23 14 9 32 4 Middlesbrough 16 9 3 4 24 12 1 2 5 Derby 16 8 6 2 22 11 11 30 6 Birmingham 16 8 4 4 24 17 7 28 7 Cardiff 16 6 7 3 17 12 5 25 8 Reading 16 6 6 4 23 17 6 24 9 Sheff Wed 16 6 6 4 20 19 1 24 10 Ipswich 16 6 6 4 23 23 0 24 11 Brentford 16 6 3 7 21 23 -2 21 12 Fulham 16 5 5 6 29 28 1 20 13 QPR 16 5 5 6 22 24 -2 20 14 Wolves 16 5 4 7 20 21 -1 19 15 Leeds 16 4 7 5 16 19 -3 19 16 Blackburn 16 3 8 5 15 15 0 17 17 Preston 16 3 8 5 11 13 -2 17 18 Nottm Forest 16 4 5 7 12 16 -4 17 19 Huddersfield 16 3 6 7 16 23 -7 15 20 Bristol City 16 3 6 7 17 26 -9 15 21 MK Dons 16 4 2 10 14 23 -9 14 22 Charlton 16 3 4 9 14 26 -12 13 23 Bolton 16 1 8 7 10 22 -12 11 24 Rotherham 16 2 3 11 17 33 -16 9

Spanish BBVA La Liga Table P Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Barcelona 11 9 0 2 25 12 13 27 2 Real Madrid 11 7 3 1 26 7 19 24 3 Atl Madrid 11 7 2 2 16 6 10 23 4 Celta de Vigo 11 6 3 2 22 18 4 21 5 Villarreal 11 6 2 3 15 11 4 20 6 Eibar 11 5 4 2 16 11 5 19 7 Valencia 11 5 3 3 16 8 8 18 8 Ath Bilbao 11 5 2 4 18 14 4 17 9 Dep. Coruña 11 3 6 2 16 13 3 15 10 Sevilla 11 4 3 4 17 16 1 15 11 Real Betis 11 4 3 4 11 16 -5 15 12 Rayo Vallecano 11 4 1 6 13 19 -6 13 13 Espanyol 11 4 1 6 12 23 -11 13 14 Sp. de Gijón 11 3 3 5 11 15 -4 12 15 Getafe 11 3 1 7 11 18 -7 10 16 Real Sociedad 11 2 3 6 12 14 -2 9 17 Málaga 11 2 3 6 5 9 -4 9 18 Las Palmas 11 2 3 6 9 16 -7 9 19 Granada CF 11 1 4 6 11 20 -9 7 20 Levante 11 1 4 6 7 23 -16 7

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Why won’t Mercedes let their driver’s race? H

E may be world champion but Hamilton has an agenda and after finding himself stuck behind team-mate Nico Rosberg and with his tyres starting to wear off, Hamilton asked his engineers to find him a different strategy. The team, though, kept the status quo and stuck to their long standing policy of having both drivers run the same strategy because for a team it’s fairer.

After the race Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirmed that despite Hamilton’s moaning they won’t be changing their approach. “We have had our principles with one strategy since 2013 and it has worked well for us,” he said. “We will not change that. However, 1996 World Champion Hill believes teams should be more flexible with their strategies and give drivers an option to “try something different” speaking on Sky Sports F1 Hill said “If both drivers run the same strategy you are going

to get the same results. Going on a different strategy, something could happen. Had Mercedes given Lewis the opportunity he could have got a better pit-stop, gained a little bit more time in traffic and made it a more interesting race.” Hill also added that he felt F1 needed to do something to make the sport more exciting. “It is one of the inherent problems with our sport and it’s becoming too structured”

GANG JAILED FOR RED BULL TROPHY HEIST

F New Zealand’s favourite son dies ONE of the world’s finest rugby union players and all round gentlemen Jonah Lomu has unexpectedly died at the age of 40. The former ‘All Blacks’ winger who represented New Zealand on the field 73 times was a formidable athlete with an imposing physique and brutal running game. He was both admired and feared by his opponents. After retiring from the game in 2002 he has suffered from health problems due to a rare kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome. He underwent a kidney transplant in 2004 and had been on dialysis treatment for the past 10 years. He is survived by his wife Nadene and children Brayley, 6, and Dhyreille, 5.

OUR members of a gang – identified as Danny Stevens, Paul Smith, Jason Eastwood, and Luke Cole – have been jailed for 18½ years collectively for their involvement in a heist at the headquarters of Red Bull Racing almost a year ago. Using a 4x4 the gang smashed their way through the front entrance of the Red Bull facility in Milton Keynes (below) making off with dozens of trophies that the team displayed in the facility’s entrance. Realizing the hardware had little monetary value, the culprits subsequently dumped many of them in a nearby lake.

The heist was reportedly just one of a number of such crimes perpetrated by the four between November 2014 and April 2015 the gang also forced their way into a convenience store in Shinfield, Berkshire towing away an ATM. The gang are believed to have stolen over £1 million in goods and caused £350,00 in damages. The defendants previously pled guilty at Guildford Crown Court to conspiracy charges, and have now been sentenced for the robberies themselves.

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Undefeated Ronda Rousey is battered and hospitalised by Holly Holm She went into the fight as the bookies favourite after winning all 12 of her last bouts so it was a huge surprise when the 28-year old American was knocked out after a series of brutal kicks

OUSEY, who had claimed to be “the best fighter in the whole world,” lost her bantamweight title after being knocked out by Holly Holm in Melbourne, Australia, with a devastating kick just 57 seconds into the second round. Holm a former professional boxer turned mixed martial artist struck the 28-year-old American in the neck sending her tumbling to the floor. Rousey was instantly floored and after the match was taken to hospital where she was seen by a plastic surgeon regarding the horrific facial injuries she suffered, after staying overnight it was confirmed that she had not suffered a concussion or any other serious injuries other than a nasty gash to her lip.

THE team tasked with next week’s Davis Cup final against Belgium has been confirmed but sadly Aljaz Bedene (right) whose hopes of being eligible for his adopted country have been put on hold. Slovenian born Bedene, ranked 45th in the world, had hoped he would be able to play under for the British team after he was granted a British passport earlier this year but failed because the ITF rules prevents players representing a second country and he had already played in three ties for Slovenia.

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CRITICISM News of the KO swept the internet with many celebrities hurling a barrage of criticism at Rousey – mainly because of her arrogant demeanour towards Holm. Floyd Mayweather took a pot shot via his rapper friend 50 cent twitter account – by editing Rousey onto a famous image of fictional character Rocky Balboa tending to a dying Apollo Creed. Lady Gaga & Donald trump also weighed in with comments with Donald Trump seemingly pleased to see she was beaten “Glad to see @RondaRousey lost her championship fight last night. Was soundly beaten - not a nice person!” How Rousey picks herself up and responds to this loss will

Britain’s Davies Cup confirmed

Brothers Andy and Jamie Murray are joined by James Ward, Kyle Edmund and Dominic Inglot. The tie begins on November 27.

be essential to her career development going forward she will face new challenges, as other fighters knowing she can be beaten will not feel as intimidated by her and of course over the next few months she will have to contend with jibes something the former undefeated champion has never had to deal with.

Russian athletes may be able to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games even if the ban is not lifted

RUSSIA’S sports minister have announced that should the doping ban for the country’s athletes still be place they will circumvent the ruling by having their track and field team members compete under the Olympic flag. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko (above) said his ministry would ask the Russian Olympics Committee (ROC) to apply to the IAAF and the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to request this. Competing under the Olympic flag was first implemented into the games in 1992 when 52 athletes from Yugoslavia competed under the Olympic Flag with their country at the Barcelona Games. More recently four athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles and newly formed state of South Sudan lined up as Independent Olympic Athletes at London 2012.

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T any other time a match between England and France would have been a fierce and highly tense match but the match held on Tuesday at Wembley was more a tribute to the 129 people killed in the attacks in Paris and a show of strength “that we cannot be defeated” Players stood side by side for a minutes silence as

flowers were laid at the side of the pitch, a crowd of more than 70,000 sang La Marseillaise - the French national anthem and a Tricolor mosaic was created with coloured cards by fans along one side of the stadium. The Duke of Cambridge and Prime Minister David Cameron were also both in attendance to show their respects.

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You could see that France was going through the motions but still England played well and goals from Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney won the game. As the match drew to an end, France’s fans delivered a final rendition of La Marseillaise, bolstered by loud applause from England supporters.