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Three Kings bring tragedy to Málaga
A boy aged six was killed by a float during the Three Kings’ procession in Malaga on Saturday, when he ran out into the road to collect the sweets that are traditionally thrown to the children by the Three Kings and the other participants on the floats. The incident happened shortly after the procession began at 5.30 pm in the vicinity of General Torrijos Plaza.
The authorities wanted to cancel the event altogether but the boy’s father, a forensic doctor with the Malaga courts, asked them to allow it to continue. The father had tried to revive his son but he was declared dead by medics who arrived on the scene shortly afterwards.
Witnesses said the man driving the lorry on which
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The procession continued without the float but a planned stop to offer flowers to the Three Kings outside the Cathedral was cancelled. City mayor Francisco de la Torre declared two days of mourning – on Sunday and Monday – and called for an exhaustive investigation into the incident.
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One of the first conclusions was that the safety barriers lining the route were insufficient.
Dozens of people attended the boy’s funeral on Sunday, while wellwishers left candles and flowers at the spot where he died.
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Minister upsets nationalists Speaking during the military’s annual ceremony on Sunday, which was held at the Royal Palace and attended by King Juan Carlos, Defence minister Pedro Morenés said the country’s military “are well prepared, with their
spirits firm and sober, without paying any attention to absurd provocations, and are quietly doing their duty”.
Catalan nationalists immediately interpreted his words as a veiled threat. However, the
Unemployment fell in December
The number of people registered as unemployed fell in December, the Labour Ministry said last week, by 41,023, or 0.8% less than in November. It was the first drop since July. The Labour Ministry said it was the best performance in the month of December since existing records began in 1996, with young people, women and first-time workers doing particularly well. The number of jobless now stands at 4.85 million but
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showed that 49,400 Spaniards found jobs there last year, an increase of 15.8 per cent over 2011. Over 253,000 Italians, more than 123,000 Greeks and nearly 57,000 Portuguese also found jobs in the continent's top economy last year.
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minister turned the table on them on Monday, saying he had been referring to their own recent assertions that elements within Spain’s military were planning to invade Catalonia and get rid of the nationalist parties.
Politicians criticised
The president of the Association of Terrorism Victoms (AVT), Angeles Pedraza, attacked the country’s politicians on Tuesday for “not knowing how to bring about the end of the Basque terrorist group ETA”, asking them, “What use have so many deaths been during the last five decades if the terrorist group is allowed to form part of the country’s institutions?” She was referring to the recent naming of Iñaki Goioaga as a senator representing the Bildu coalition in the Basque Country, calling him “ETA’s political commissar”.
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PM and Catalan King 'hurt' leader meet on train about jobless Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalan regional premier Artur Mas met face to face on board a high speed train on Tuesday, the day after Mas’s CiU nationalist party and the Catalan Republican Left (ERC) met to officially create the so-called National Catalan Transition Council, which will drum up support for the planned vote on independence next year.
The two parties are drafting a sovereignty declaration that will be presented to the regional parliament on January 23rd. Rajoy and Mas were on the train for its inaugural journey from Barcelona to Figueres in Gerona province, where the new line will connect to the AVE high speed train to France. They were
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accompanied by Crown Prince Felipe, who sat opposite Mas, and Public Works minister Ana Pastor, who sat opposite Rajoy. The two men exchanged a few words before boarding the train with other national and regional officials at the Sants railway station for a prompt departure at 11 am. Outside the station, a small crowd shouted “fewer Aves, more regional trains”.
The last time Rajoy and Mas met face to face was at the PM’s official residence, the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on September 20th, when they failed to reach an agreement on a new tax policy for Catalonia. After the meeting, a
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However, his party lost 12 of the 62 seats it had before the election and Mas has been forced into what many predict will be a tempestuous alliance with the Catalan Republican Left, which has been pursuing independence from Spain ever since it was founded in 1931.
During a rare television interview last Friday on the eve of his 75th birthday, King Juan Carlos said he was "hurt" by the number of young Spaniards forced to emigrate for economic reasons. "One of the things that is most worrying and is in the mind of many Spaniards is the lack of jobs that makes it impossible for millions of families to live with dignity and forces young people to leave Spain to look for work," he said, adding "it hurts me a lot".
Most observers agreed that the interview was a pitch to the Spanish people at a time when the popularity of the royal family is in decline and there is concern in royal circles about the future of the Royal family.
Republicanism is still a force in Spain, less than 40 years after the end of the Franco dictatorship.
However, the King reminded his audience how he had smoothed the transition to democracy and how far the country had come during his 37year rule. "I would like to be remembered as the king who has united Spaniards, that with him democracy and the monarchy have been recovered," he said. He also said he hoped he would be remembered by the word "liberty".
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Bank of Spain Banned Basque party ignores malpractice closes French branch According to a report by the Association of Inspectors at the Bank of Spain, which covers 80 percent of the professionals at the lender, when evidence of wrongdoing is discovered in Spanish banks, "the usual reaction is to look the other way".
The report, which was leaked to the daily El Pais, also complains of irregularities in the supervision of Spain’s banks, saying that there are too many levels of filters between an inspection report on a bank and the decisions taken by the Executive Board, which adjust the conclusions of the inspection – “meaning that the inspectors' report does not figure among the documents at the disposal of the Executive Board". The paper said this suggests that the conclusions of a report written by an inspector
The Basque nationalist Batasuna party is closing down its branch in France, which continued to operate in the French Basque country after it was banned in Spain in 2003 for its links to Basque terrorist group ETA.
who has conducted an indepth study of a bank are being altered. When Luis Linde was made governor of the Bank of Spain in July last year, he said a commission would be set up to investigate the institution’s failings.
In addition to several cases of corruption in a number of regional savings banks, the government has upset public opinion by spending
billions of euros of public money to shore up banks which had handed out mortgages to people who could not afford to pay them back.
As a result, since the collapse of the construction sector, the banks are now owners of thousands of properties which they cannot sell, while thousands of people are homeless after being evicted from their homes.
Bilbao mayor ‘Best in the World’
Before that, Batasuna was a powerful voice for Basque separatism, running local councils in Spain and winning seats in the European Parliament but its influence has waned and its membership has fragmented since 2003. Batasuna was never as influential in France as it was in Spain. At a news conference in Bayonne to announce the decision to disband, senior leaders Maite Goyenetxe
The London-based organisation said the award was made for the conversion of Bilbao from a run-down industrial city into an international centre for tourism and the arts “thanks to the construction of the Guggenheim Museum (pictured above). It said the transparency of the city’s administration also played a part in its decision. Azkuna
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The City Mayors Foundation has been conceding the award since 2004 to mayors across five continents who have introduced projects that boost the development of their respective cities and the well being of their inhabitants.
and Jean-Claude Aguerre said they would continue to press for an independent Basque nation.
Many former Spanish members of Batasuna have joined the left-wing coalition, Euskal Herria Bildu, which was created last year. Previous
attempts to create a successor party to Batasuna in Spain had been struck down by the courts.
ETA itself renounced violence in 2011 after a 40year campaign that claimed more than 840 lives.
Briton drowns in Lanzarote A British man drowned last Sunday at Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote, where he was holidaying with his family.
The 44-year-old, who had not been named by press time, was dragged unconscious from the sea at about 4pm. His wife and children were escorted from the beach while members of the island's
Bilbao mayor Iñaki Azkuna has won the “Best Mayor in the World 20102” award, granted by the City Mayors Foundation, in recognition of the transformation of the Basque capital in recent years. He was competing against the mayors of Perth (Australia), Lisa Scaffidi; Surakarta (Indonesia), Joko Widodo; Quebec (Canada), Régis Labeaume, and El Paso (USA), John Cook.
Batasuna activists Maite Goyenetxe and Jean-Claude Aguerre
voluntary emergency and rescue service, Emerlan, tried to revive him, but he died at the scene.
One rescue worker said the man had ignored a red flag warning not to go into the sea. He said: "A lifeguard tried to warn him not to go into the water by blowing his whistle because conditions were bad. When the red
Stranded train passengers rescued A fault in the overhead power cable on the Gijon – Madrid railway left some 600 passengers stranded at Arcas Reales, Valladolid province, for over two hours on Monday night. They were rescued at around 1 am on Tuesday, when the temperature had fallen below zero.
The passengers were transferred to another train and reached Madrid four hours late.
Another five trains with 1,500 passengers on board were also held up at stations along the route until 5.30 Tuesday morning, when normal service was resumed.
flag is up swimming is forbidden and going into the water is the swimmer's responsibility. Paramedics spent 40 minutes trying to save his life but he died at the scene."
Xmas road deaths
Since the Traffic Authority’s special Christmas road safety campaign – running from 3 pm on December 21st until midnight on Monday when it ended – 58 people lost their lives in 54 road accidents, with 23 people seriously injured. Of the dead, nine were motorcyclists. Last year, during the Christmas – New Year – Three Kings’ period which started a day later, 57 people died on the road.
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Calendar mothers achieve their aim A group of mothers who faced the prospect of walking their children six kilometres to their elementary school five days a week after their school bus fell victim to public-spending cuts in the town of Montserrat, Valencia province, decided to raise the money for a new bus themselves.
Wearing little or nothing, they posed for a calendar, which they then sold at €5 a pop. They sold 1,800 of the 3,000
calendars printed, raising enough money to hire a bus for three months. “It’s the best Kings’ Day gift we could have given the children,” said Silvia Cisneros, the December calendar girl. The women, dubbed “yummy mummies” by the press, have appeared on national news broadcasts, and hope the publicity will sell the remaining calendars and may even bring in a few donations. The children’s plight hit
According to figures released by the Agriculture, Food and Environment Ministry, the amount of items
purchased by households last October fell by 1.8 per cent and by 2.3 percent in September when average prices increased by 0.7 per cent. The ministry’s monthly survey of 12,000 homes shows that spending on food per person continued to fall for the past three months. Olive oil and wine
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Builders offer evictees cheap rentals
Three brothers who own a construction firm have offered to rent apartments to 28 families who were evicted from their homes in the municipality of carlet for just over €50 a month. a council spokesman called them “the Three Kings of the construction industry, while the brothers themselves said they hoped other builders would follow their example to help alleviate the dramatic effects of the economic crisis on families who have not been able to pay their mortgages. madrid
the TV new headlines late last night, when they were shown taking dangerous shortcuts across busy roads that reduced the six kilometre walk to three. The
mothers are planning other protests in an effort to force the region’s education department to make a U-turn on its decision to eliminate the school bus.
Families cutting back on food Having given up many luxuries because of the economic situation, more and more households are now cutting back on purchases of food to make ends meet.
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are two of the items being discarded by hard-up households.
Consumption of olive oil in October fell 15.7 per cent, while that of cheaper sunflower oil rose one per cent. Consumption of still wine dropped 9.4 per cent, while sparkling wine declined 9.8 per cent. However some good may
Killer of Serb PM to be extradited
a court has approved the extradition of Vladimir milisavljevic who was convicted of killing former Serbian Prime minister Zoran djindjic in 2003. milisavljevic was arrested last February in Valencia, together with three other alleged members of the Serbian criminal gang, Zemun. The gang, in which milisavljevic was a senior member, emerged from a Serbian paramilitary unit which had a reputation for brutality during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. milisavljevic had been sentenced to 35 years in jail in absentia in 2007 for the part he played in the assassination of the proWestern prime minister, who was shot by a sniper in march 2003. milisavljevic has also been convicted of 14 other murders and two abductions.
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Obama nominations under scrutiny
US President Barack Obama has named former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel to be his next defence secretary and counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan to lead the CIA, but the nominations may not go smoothly. Mr Hagel's fellow Republicans have accused him of being hostile to Israel and soft on Iran, while Mr Brennan is also under scrutiny over harsh interrogation techniques used at the CIA. Both appointments must be confirmed by the Senate. Mr Hagel, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, would be the first enlisted soldier to lead the Pentagon. Mr Hagel has
stoked controversy in criticising a military strike by either the US or Israel against Iran. He has also advocated including Iran in future peace talks in Afghanistan.
Mr Hagel made critical remarks against the Israel lobby in Washington, in a 2008 book by former state department official Aaron David Miller. "The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here," Mr Hagel
was quoted as saying. "I'm a United States senator. I'm not an Israeli senator."
Top Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told CNN on Sunday: "This is an in-your-face nomination of the president to all of us who are supportive of Israel."
Mr Brennan withdrew his name when President Obama nominated him to
lead the Central Intelligence Agency amid questions about his connection as a top CIA official to interrogation techniques used during the administration of George W Bush.
Mr Brennan is currently Mr Obama's chief counter-terrorism adviser and was heavily involved in the planning of the 2011 raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
Winds fan Australia wildfires
High winds and record temperatures exacerbated more than 130 fires currently burning in New South Wales – 40 of which have not been contained – after Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned of a "very dangerous day" during her visit to the area on Monday.
Four areas in New South Wales have been given a “catastrophic” fire danger rating, meaning that if fires break out they will be uncontrollable and fast-moving, so residents should leave. Ms Gillard said residents had to stay alert. "The word catastrophic is being used
for good reason," she said. "So it is very important that people keep themselves safe, that they listen to local authorities and local warnings.”
The fires and warnings follow days of searing heat. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology revealed in a statement that for each of the first six days of 2013, the "national areaaverage" temperature had been in the top 20 hottest days on record.
It was also the first time that average national top temperatures over 39C had been recorded on five consecutive days, the
bureau said. Bans on lighting fires are in place across New South Wales, Canberra, Tasmania and Victoria. Winds of up to 50mph have also been forecast.
All national parks, state forests and reserves have been closed to the public and many tourists are reported to be leaving campsites.
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experts believe a shortage of mountain hares has caused the migration of hungry wolves. The wolf-hunting season has been extended to the whole year, as the target is to get the wolf population in the region down to 500 – reckoned to be the optimal number. Currently there are estimated to be more than 3,500. Last year hunters killed 730 wolves in the republic. HonduraS
Police seize $50,000 gold-plated AK-47 The police have seized a gold-plated, jewel-encrusted aK-47 assault rifle, complete with two silver magazines, estimated to be worth more than £30,000 and believed to belong to drug traffickers.
The authorities said the gold-plated rifle had an engraving associated with the Malverde drug gang – which is allegedly connected to Mexico's Zetas cartel. "It's an exclusive design and a fine carving," said police chief Leonel Sauceda. Honduras has the highest homicide rate in the world, according to a un ranking, with nearly 92 killings per 100,000 habitants in 2011. CaMeroon
'Gay sex' men acquitted
an appeals court has overturned the conviction of two men jailed in 2011 for homosexual acts, their lawyer said on Monday. In november 2011, a court sentenced the two men to five years in prison after police arrested them for allegedly having oral sex in a car in the capital, Yaounde. They denied the charge. "They were doing nothing when they were arrested by police," their lawyer said. "Just because they were wearing women's clothes and had make-up the police said this must be a network of homosexuals and put them in jail." International gay rights campaign group all out welcomed the ruling. Homosexual acts are illegal in many african countries.
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Coalition remains ‘steadfast 110 and out and united,’ says Cameron The coalition Government in Britain – now at its half way stage – remains united and determined to pursue its policies according to Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
apart within 12 months, but while there have been substantial differences of opinion this has not happened, and where there has been common ground substantial progress has been made.
There has been a review and the message from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in Government is that they
It is a fact that a number of observers believed the coalition would fail and start to fall
have plans for childcare, infrastructure investment, care costs for the elderly and much more.
Mr Cameron said: “We are dealing with a deficit, rebuilding the economy, reforming welfare and education and supporting hard working families through tough times.”
There will remain those
Prince meets young Savile Row tailors The Prince of Wales has always taken a great deal of care over the way he dresses and appears at public engagements so it was no great surprise that he visited his Savile Row
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with serious doubts about a marriage made in a ballot box, but the Prime Minister’s message was clear, the coalition remained ‘steadfast and united.’
On the things that mattered most: “Our resolve and sense of shared purpose have, if anything, grown over time,” he said.
Britain’s oldest man, Reg Dean, has died aged 110 years and 63 days. A former United Reform Church Minister, he was a founder member of the Dalesman Male Voice Choir in Derbyshire, a former Army chaplain and teacher.
Born in Tunstall, Staffordshire, in 1902, he survived two World Wars and was stationed in Burma during the second.
The ‘most shocking’ advertising on TV Anyone who has been in Britain recently, or who has had access to our television programmes on the internet, will know that we have been subjected to some of the most shocking advertising ever seen on the small screen. It is intended to stop people from smoking.
The television advertisements feature a man smoking a cigarette and a tumour growing from the cigarette as he inhales. The present Government is committed to trying to get the message across because of the huge amount of illness smoking causes. There is
also the high cost of treatment provided for patients by Britain’s National Health Service.
There is a lot of tax on cigarettes and legislation requiring danger warnings on packaging, but it seems there is always someone trying to make a fast buck at the expense of others. Smuggling of cigarettes is rife and customs and revenue officers recently seized nine million cigarettes during raids. Smokers have been warned that ‘fake’ cigarettes can pose an even greater threat to health.
Big increase in sales of new cars In spite of all the doom and gloom in Britain, more than two million cars were sold in the UK last year, up over five per cent on 2011 and the highest figures for four years. But the figures do mask underlying problems.
Many people bought new cars because the latest models are much more fuel efficient and there have been some very good deals in the showrooms. While drivers have invested in an effort to beat rising fuel prices at the pumps, over time fuel price increases are likely to outstrip the savings made through fuel
efficiency.
The newer cars are also likely to prove more reliable and need servicing and replacing less often, which could impact on future sales.
Over two million cars were registered in 2012 and the market grew at its fastest rate for 11 years according to motor traders and manufacturers. Diesel models took over 50 per cent of the market share. Alternative fuel vehicles – such as electric cars – accounted for only 1.4 per cent of the market share, although this was a new high.
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Spending cuts Figures following card sales analysis suggest December high street spending was weaker in Britain than first thought with people using the internet in greater numbers to buy Christmas gifts.
Spending was 1.7 per cent down on the same period a year before, but strangely hotels and restaurants fared better. Some stores also appeared to buck the trend, John Lewis, Waitrose and Next reporting strong sales. The internet share of the spend rose 1.1 per cent to 12.5 per cent in the week before Christmas. There was a great deal of bad weather in December, which would have dampened shopping on the high street, but consumer confidence in internet shopping appears to have continued to improve.
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Weekend of British soldier shot Text FA Cup action dead in Afghanistan killer Another soldier has lost his life by way of the so in England jailed called “green on blue” killings. It was a weekend of FA Cup action in England and there was quite a bit of news off the field too. Championship side Wolves, relegated from the Premiership and struggling in the Championship, were dumped out of the cup by non-league Luton Town and as a result of the 1-0 defeat their manager lost his job.
Norwegian Stale Solbakken was replaced by 48-year-old Dean Saunders after compensation was agreed with Doncaster Rovers. Saunders has done well in management to date and leaves Rovers joint top of Division 1.
It looked as though Manchester United could go out after West Ham scored twice following crosses from new signing Joe Cole and they were losing 2-1 in the 90th minute. But a wonder goal from
Robin van Persie and Ryan Giggs, who provided an inch-perfect pass, brought United level. Watching the match was David Beckham. West Ham Manager Sam Allardyce refused to be drawn about the significance of Beckham’s presence. There was an element of controversy about the Liverpool–Mansfield fixture after Luis Suarez handled the ball as he clinched Liverpool’s 2-1 win and a place in the fourth round.
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The soldier, who had not been named at the time of going to press on Tuesday, was part of the 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment at Patrol Base Hazrat in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand Province was shot dead by a man wearing an Afghan army uniform according to details released by the Ministry of Defence on Monday evening. The patrol base was due to be handed over to Afghan control soon.
The soldier’s family have been informed of his death.
Major Martyn Crighton, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), told Sky News the soldier died after "an individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against both Afghan National Army soldiers and Isaf troops. During the
engagement the attacker was killed and there were some other folks who were wounded. They were subsequently taken to an Isaf medical facility to be treated."
The killer has been named by the Taliban as Mohammed Qasim Faroq.
Spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Major Laurence Roche, said: "This is an extremely sad day for the Corps of Royal Engineers and everyone serving with Task Force Helmand. Our thoughts are with the soldier's family and friends at this time." The Taliban often claims such attacks, but Isaf officials say most stem from personal grudges and misunderstandings due to the differences in culture. More than 60 personnel with Isaf, which is led by Nato, were killed in 47 attacks by members of the Afghan security forces last
year, eroding trust between Afghan soldiers and their foreign counterparts. All six fatalities suffered by the current British sixmonth tour in Afghanistan are believed to have been the result of insider attacks.
A total of 439 British servicemen and women have died in Afghanistan since 2001. Afghan forces already take the lead on security for 87% of the population ahead of the withdrawal that is planned for most of the troops of the international force by the end of 2014.
Once more police are warning about the dangers of using mobile phones while driving. Susan Noble, 29, of Armthorpe, Doncaster has been jailed for three years and been disqualified from driving for six years at Teeside Crown Court for causing the death of Romanian Alexandru Braninski, 25, as she texted a friend while driving on the A19 near Northallerton in December 2011. She had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Mr Braninski was standing behind his stationary vehicle at the side of the road while the wheel was being changed following a puncture and the crash caused the car to be pushed completely off the road and into a field. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering devastating crush injuries.
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Hotel closures affect Jobless man burns 1,000 employees himself to death A jobless man in Malaga died in hospital last week, a day after apparently setting himself ablaze in the street. Neighbours and witnesses told reporters the 57-year-old, of North African origin was suffering from financial problems.
The luxury hotel Melia La Quinta Golf and Spa in Benahavis is the fifth fivestar establishment on the Costa delsol to apply for an ERE (financial help to fire or retire personnel) in the past three years.
Its closure will send 77 people to the dole queue, The other hotels that have closed are Las Dunas in
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Los Monteros, also in Marbella, was closed but is opening its doors again since it changed hands. In all, more than a thousand employees have been affected by the closures. A spokesman for the Workers Commissions
trade union said the closures had tarnished the Costa’s tourism image and affected the businesses located near them.
He said the main problem was that the hotels had been run by people not related to the tourism sector but by speculators who thought they could make a killing.
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The crime figures would have been even better if there had not been a sharp increase in petty thefts – up 10 per cent over 2011, and rising. The National Police are developing special measures to combat this particular crime.
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However, hospital sources told El Mundo newspaper that the severity of his injuries, and speed with which the fire had spread, suggested his action had been deliberate. Another man was recovering in the same hospital apparently after setting himself alight
a day later. Police said the 63-year-old was found with serious injuries beside his burning car under a road bridge. No other details were given but according to El Mundo, preliminary investigations indicated that the fire had been lit intentionally. A number of people have committed suicide in recent months to avoid being evicted from their homes.
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ONCE lottery ticket vendor Marcos Rueda Montcayo sold 59 tickets which won €30,000 each plus the series that won €9 million in last weekend’s Cuponazo – a total of €10,770,000. He said he had never dreamed that he would be able to make so many people happy – and even better still in these hard economic times.
A second Cupanazo of €100,000 was won by someone in Algeciras. As Rueda Montcayo, luck has really rained down on Andalucia so far this year.
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Volunteers help with English classes
Britons living in the Serrania de Ronda are helping out with English classes at the Virgen de la Cabeza school, which is located in a poor area of the town where families are unable to pay for language classes to give their children a head start when it comes to job hunting. The staff came up with the idea a few months ago and appealed to the local English-speaking residents for volunteers. The classes are small – six or seven at most – and the students are handpicked by the school’s English teacher and the Studies director. School director Evaristo Jimenez said the students’ pronunciation has improved considerably and their parents are delighted with the scheme.
Volunteers Pamela Buckle, Prudence Moffat, Pamela Chapmany, Petra Wiegmink, Chris Chapman and Azzam Qasrawi ended last term with a Christmas party for which they and the school’s cook had prepared traditional delicacies such as shortbread and an Arab dessert called baklawa. Sr Jiménez said a very good time was had by all.
launch their sales.
But shoppers will be much more discerning this year – with less money in their pockets thanks to the ongoing economic crisis, observers predict they will spend between €50 and €70 on average, some 34 per cent less than last January.
Most people interviewed on the street by roving TV news teams said they had a good idea what they were looking for – mainly clothes and shoes – and did not intend to do
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Stores were offering discounts of up to 70 per cent in the hope of making up for poor year-round sales last year. The January sales represent some 20 per cent of a business’s total yearly sales. On Monday, there were plenty of people in the streets but most of them were just looking and comparing prices to make their money stretch as far as possible.
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Dragados offshore plans to build the biggest oil rig – weighing some 21,100 tons – in its 40 year history in Puerto real after coming to an agreement with the norwegian oil company Statoil. Detailed engineering work will be done by the British company SnC lavalin. the work is expected to begin almost immediately and will end in June 2015. With this contract Dragados offshore once again becomes the leading oil rig construction company in the north Sea. Puerto real mayor Maria Isabel Peinado said the news came as a huge ray of hope for an area that desperately needed jobs.
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environment councillor Dolores Buzón reported last week that a total of 697 batteries had been recycled last year, collected from 33 disposal points around the town. She told reporters that one mercuty battery can contaminate 600,000 litres of water while the alkaline ones contaminate 167,000 litres. She said that in addition to the 33 collection points people can also leave their used batteries at the municipal Punto limpio and the “ecomovil” which is parked at the fair ground every thursday and friday from 8 am to 2 pm.
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ing Juan Carlos gave a rare television interview last Friday night, on the eve of his 75th birthday. It was pretty dull and how much that was the fault of the insipid interviewer or the King’s unwillingness to discuss certain matters we’ll never know. What did surprise many people was that the King never once mentioned Queen Sofia, Crown Prince Felipe or any other member of the Royal family. And not a whisper about the corruption scandal involving his son-in-law or his elephant hunting trip to Botswana, both of which have put a dent in the King’s popularity.
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nd that’s bad news, because too many Spaniards either have short memories or are too young to remember the role played by Juan Carlos in the tricky transition from dictatorship to democracy after Franco’s death just over 37 years ago. Not counting the Civil War, Franco was in power for 36-and-ahalf years and gave the country the longest stretch of political tranquillity Spain had ever known. I say tranquillity and not peace or stability because Franco kept Spain quiet through fear, which meant the vast majority of Spaniards didn’t dare oppose him. Juan Carlos has now beaten that record and while the political scene seems stable at the moment, there are forces boiling under the surface that could change all that – if we didn’t have a monarchy which is still popular with a majority, albeit a small one.
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hose forces – the Socialist Party and Izquierda Unida (the Communist Party under another name) – would dearly love to wipe out all memories of what the King did in just three short years after Franco’s death.
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hat he actually did was pull the strings behind the scenes, leaving Adolfo Suarez, the man he appointed Prime Minister a few months after Franco died, to do the dirty work. But he couldn’t have done what he did without the King’s full support. At this point, it should be remembered that Juan Carlos inherited all of Franco’s powers and was intended to reign as an authoritarian monarch. He preferred to take a back seat and not use those powers while Suarez quickly and efficiently dismantled the Franco regime.
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etween the two of them, they pulled off one of the most remarkable political renaissances that any country has ever known – the so-called Transition. They were very unlikely freedom fighters. Juan Carlos seemed a nice enough chap, but did not appear to be particularly intelligent or imaginative. However his bland exterior belied a penetrating and receptive mind. During the dictator’s last years, Juan Carlos went to great lengths to smuggle the men he wanted to talk to into his palace outside Madrid. By the time Franco died, Juan Carlos had a very clear idea of what he
had to do to restore democracy although his hands were initially tied by the constitutional system he had inherited from the dictator. Juan Carlos reluctantly confirmed Franco’s Prime Minister, Carlos Arias Navarro, until he was able to gobsmack the entire nation by appointing the relatively unknown Adolfo Suarez. When Franco died, Suarez was the secretary general of the Movimiento Nacional (National Movement, the only political party allowed in Spain during the dictatorship). But Juan Carlos knew that the best man to dismantle the system was a man who had been part of it. He also knew that Suarez, only 43 at the time, was a reformer who could lead the country towards a democratic, parliamentary system without annoying the powerful conservative factions, especially the military.
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escribed by one commentator at the time as looking like a floor manager for the big department store, El Corte Ingles, within three months of being appointed, Suarez presented a political reform bill to the Cortes (Parliament) to introduce universal suffrage and a two-chamber parliament. The government was expected to win the debate on the bill – which was televised live – and when it was finally put to the vote on November 18th 1976, viewers could hardly believe their eyes. One by one the members of the Cortes – generals and admirals, ex-ministers, bankers and local bigwigs – stood up and endorsed a bill that would put an end to everything they had spent their lives supporting under Franco.
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eanwhile, Suarez granted a partial amnesty to some 400 political prisoners and the repressive Tribunal of Public Order was abolished. In September, the government allowed the Catalans to celebrate their national day and the Basque flag was legalised in January 1977. In February, Suarez legalised all political parties, except for the Communist Party, which he legalised by decree on April 7th, 1977. A few days earlier, the government had dismantled the Nationalist Movement and passed a law that restored the free trade unions destroyed by the civil war. He then led the country into its first free postdictatorship election in June 1977, which he won. It was a formidable record of success for which Suarez earned his place in Spanish history as the man who saved the country from the political chaos that had bedevilled neighbouring Portugal since the so-called Revolution of the Carnations in 1974.
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uring last Friday’s interview, Juan Carlos said he would like to be remembered as the man who restored freedom to Spain. If that is to be the case, we have to remember what he did to understand why the word freedom should always be associated with him. That will only happen when certain politicians stop rewriting the history of the Second Republic and the Civil War.
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nce again big business has given Spain a sharp slap in the face by showing that it really doesn’t care about image or ethics, or even what anyone else thinks, when it comes to cronyism. It is the same story over and over, and while the outrage flares for a time, the flames are usually doused in a few days and nothing ever seems to stop this brazen-faced practice of favouritism. So it must not have come as a shock to a lot of people when Telefónica decided to hire the main target of an ongoing criminal investigation into the biggest bank collapse in Spanish history as an advisor for the telecoms international operations.
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ato hasn’t been formally charged but is looking at serious offences, along with 32 other former and current directors, from fraud to price-fixing over Bankia’s actual worth and the lender’s adamant drive to lure its clients to invest in now worthless shares. When he became head of Bankia in 2011, the lender – a merger of five banks including Caja Madrid – was said to be worth €309 million on the books. By the time it collapsed last May and Rato was pressured out, Bankia was €10.4 billion in the hole, according to audits. Its stock plummeted from 3.75 per share when it debuted on the Spanish bourse in July 2011 to 40 cents when it was finally removed from the Ibex 35 at the end of the trading day on December 30th.
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isgraced former Bankia president Rodrigo Rato, who is the subject of an inquiry before the High Court, was given this plum job “because of his vast knowledge of international business” just days after he testified before a judge investigating the bank’s collapse. Rato, a former Economy minister in the Aznar government and an IMF director until 2007, was recently named by Business Week as one of the worst top five CEO’s in the world for 2012. But that didn’t put off Telefónica, which is a favourite destination for former politicians seeking plum positions. The international telecoms giant, which is a private company but is regulated and closely aligned with the government, has had dubious people on its payroll in the past. It gave Princess Cristina’s husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, a position with the firm’s Latin American department based in Washington soon after he was ushered out of the country by the Royal Family when the monarchy got wind of the investigation into the diversion of public money by the nonprofit Nóos Institute he had set up.
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also given a job to work with the telecoms top directive committee last March.
ast year, he temporarily stood down from his position after deciding to return to Spain to face the charges that are expected to be formally filed in the weeks ahead. The husband of Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Iván Rosa Vallejo, was
ato is set to receive €200,000 in salary for his role as an advisor for Telefónica’s operations in Latin America and Europe. It appears this comfortable perch was part of a “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” deal between him and Telefónica’s president César Alierta. When he was Economy minister in 1996, Rato appointed Alierta to head up the government’s tobacco regulator Tabacalera. According to Socialist Deputy Óscar López, Rato also helped paved the way for Telefónica’s privatisation then.
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hy does big business continue to hand out political favours, even to people with less than marginal reputations, while there are hundreds of capable persons out there who can handle the same job without evoking public outrage? Maybe it is time someone began a boycott of Movistar’s products through a public campaign across the social networks. Such blackball drives have worked recently in other countries against firms, politicians and even television programmes. It is also essential for Parliament to strengthen ethics laws to keep anyone who is facing charges – or even those who have left government or are associated with the current administration in power – off the payrolls of firms that receive some kind of government assistance. The case of Rodrigo Rato (Roderick Rat, as he is commonly referred to in the El País newsroom) is just another dreadful, painful example of how business is conducted in this country.
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The Honeypot BAM gourmet holiday lunch does it again! and what’s on in 2013 Members of the Benalmadena Branch of the Royal British Legion enjoyed a Christmas Dinner at the Honeypot Inn and the President (Mrs Jane Leary) presented the owner with a Certificate of Appreciation, together with a letter of thanks from the Spain South District Poppy Appeal Coordinator, to thank them, their staff and customers for their continued support for the Poppy Appeal. For
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The Royal British Legion in Benalmadena meets on Mondays (10.30 for 11.00 a.m.) at The Lounge in Avenida Bonanza, recommencing in the new year on 7th January. Everyone welcome.
Think pink The Pink Ladies dance class organised their first fund-raising event in aid of Cudeca. This small group of friends and exercise enthusiasts have all been touched by cancer and wanted to make a difference by creating a great event for their friends and local community to enjoy. Their auction raised €1,500 for the cause. In total the event raised €8,500 and they want to
make the event an annual affair. The Pink Ladies will be arranging a monthly Strictly Ballroom Tea Dance which will include a fundraising raffle for Cudeca. The first event will be on Wednesday 6th February from 3.30pm and there will be a full afternoon tea and a ballroom class. For tickets call Vivian 690 083 113.
The British Association of Marbella (BAM) held their Christmas lunch in Marbella's Old Town for the majority of BAM's 50 members. What a great gourmet meal and holiday celebration! With Violette and Angret organising this gourmet dining extravaganza, BAM members enjoyed large helpings of many wonderful foods from the award-winning chef, great service and lively conversation in a warm "French Bistro" atmosphere. All we said with our meal was – "YUM"!
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President Jan Jennings described BAM's plans for regular events and professionally guided trips in the New Year. BAM's open to members' suggestions of other places to visit or events to attend, the strategy is to arrange outings/events that best meet the interests of members. BAM's goal: fun and enjoyment for those involved.
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PLC wins the prize The PLC InterCommunications team joined a Christmas party in the well-known Valparaiso restaurant in Mijas recently. Not only did it turn out to be a fun, memorable evening with great entertainment and fine dining, it was a night full of surprises too, when some of the members of the PLC team were called up on stage to receive an ‘Expat Agency of the Year’ Award.
And of course BAM holds weekly coffee mornings at its new site, "La Pensionista" every Wednesday at 11 am in Marbella. Folks interested in BAM are always welcome to attend and learn about us. As often said, "Try it ... you'll like it!" Anyone interested in joining BAM or attending any of the events can call
Last week we gave you a photo of Coin-based horses Lucky and Bullet in their Christmas clothes. We also mentioned that, as all horses’ birthdays are deemed to be on January 1st, they had reached the ripe old ages of 21 and 12years-old respectively. What we didn’t know was that these two lucky lads had also been baked a cake for their birthdays from their owners Harold (pictured with his trusty steeds above) and Jackie Rice.
The horses are ridden practically every day and
have a lovely stable that was built for them by Harold, plus lots of straw and hay to eat and have warm beds.
Harold and the horses can often be seen at the local hostelries enjoying a pint of Guinness and the odd carrot or two.
The photo above had to be taken rather quickly as the boys were very eager to get their muzzles into their cake... it didn’t last very long at all! That’s Lucky on the left, Bullet on the right and, of course, Harold in the middle.
The loss of a family member is always hard to bear, but when a pet is killed in a meaningless accident it makes things even harder. “It’s a sunny summer’s day, and the gate leading to the street has somehow been left open. Our dog takes the chance and sneaks out to explore the world beyond the comfortable garden. Two streets from home she is run over by a car – and dies instantly. The situation is dreadful for the entire family. One minute we are all together and happy – and the next we have to bid farewell to our beloved dog. The children are heartbroken and there is nothing I can do to comfort them. My heart is also broken and I am thus paralyzed. Completely unable to take action.” I want to focus on how you can handle the situation and help yourself and your family through the mourning process. In addition to the pain of the loss, one must also process and handle the emotions
that occur in the event of a sudden death. Emotions such as shock, rage, denial and guilt. Guilt due to thoughts that speculate on what you could have done to prevent the tragedy. A pet’s death is always traumatic, even if death has long been foretold and expected. We are never quite prepared to let go of our beloved pet, regardless of how long we’ve been preparing ourselves for its death. But at least when the pet is older and has been suffering for a longer period of time, the owner has had time to prepare herself for the inevitable and the final farewells. However, when the pet is suddenly and tragically lost, there is no time to get accustomed to the idea, no time for last minute preparations and certainly no time for farewells. Everything just happens suddenly and brutally. Written by Susanne Kamu, Veterinary Surgeon Part 2 next week
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Riders, walkers and dogs of all shapes and sizes joined forces last Sunday morning to raise funds for the Alhaurin el Grandebased horse rescue centre Cyd Santa Maria (www.asociacioncydsanta maria.es) in a leisurely ramble along the Rio Grande just outside Coin.
The weather could not have been better, with blue skies and warm sunshine making the water sparkle. Organised by Clare Kirkman who supports the volunteers helping out at
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the refuge, the event was designed to walk off those extra Christmas calories – no one was sure how successful this was since there were homemade cakes and banoffee pie with cream on offer at the end! But participants raised 115 euros for the horses and a great time was had by all. The photograph shows some of the walkers and riders, Capitan the grey horse in the middle is one of the lucky ones rehomed from Cyd Santa Maria and enjoying life in the campo.
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Friday 25th January – Burns Night at Lainey’s, Sierra Gorda – further details to follow. Tickets from Rosie Mahoney at meetings or by emailing tickets or Contact 637 474 753. Thursday 7th February – Trip to Antequera - with a visit to a Leather Factory on the way, leaving La Trocha at 9.30 a.m. and returning at 4 p.m. Members 11.50€/non members 13.50€. Tickets from Thelma Allwood at meetings or by emailing tickets or Contact 637 474 753. Friday 15th February – Murder Mystery with a Valentines theme – at Lainey’s, Sierra Gorda, with a meal for 12.50€. 7.30 for 8 p.m.
Branch Photographic competition 2013 Theme: COIN Open to all Branch Members. Size of Photograph – A4 (Mounting not essential). The competition will be held on Wednesday 20th March 2013. Entries can be given in to Pam Cross up to Wednesday 13th March 2013.
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Bowls all over the place! Behold a star shone over The Bowling Green of the Benavista Bowling Club on the 6th January and the Kings came out in great numbers. A great day was had by all in the warm sunshine. The girls provided, once again, plenty of yummy food and drink. The winners on the day were Isabella Neilson, Wendy Pemberton and Bill Davey. The booby prize winners were The 3 Ds – Diane Needham, Doreen Fabron and Doreen Davey. Janette Kennedy and Barry Pemberton won the best outfits – and Barry nearly smiled!
Santa Maria Lawn Bowls Club
The club held what is always a popular event and the forerunner to the second half of the Winter Season. There was an exceptional turnout considering that many of its members have yet to return following the festive season, with 30 taking part. As a result the match, over 18 ends, was contested by 5 Triples with the total score of both Teams determining the overall winner. The Pennines was the
dividing line and it was extended North through Scotland and South to the Channel Coast to establish which side of the boundary members would represent. It is the first time the club has used this format, providing some unusual combinations. The Team from the East definitely had the edge with experience, and were favourites to win. In the early stages it looked as though a “whitewash” was on the cards but the West rallied late on to bring about some respectability to the scoreline. They only won on one Rink, thanks to a 23-9 victory by Alan Turner, John Walker & Mo Holberton, and suffered 1820 and 17-20 defeats on two others. Unfortunately they suffered 9-29 and 18-26 defeats to Garry Aldridge, Stuart Thacker & Mike Holberton and John Warn, Jim Thomson & Jenny Aldridge respectively to give the East a convincing 104-85 victory.
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What wonderful weather we had for the Three Kings day, a perfect day to have a bit of fun – it was quite colourful to see
some of the crowns that had been made and not bought. There was a good competition arranged by Roberto Wright who drew up teams of 3 to play 4 games counting only the end’s won. Each team moved on at the end of the game so we played different teams on different rinks. There were Kings teams and Queens teams, the ones with highest scores from Kings and Queens played a final in front the rest of the players. Before this we all had lunch cooked by Carol and her helpers Gladys and Carol Jacobs, as well as a quiz. After lunch the final was played – the Kings team of Roberto, Janis and Tony won easily. The Queens team of Linda, Geraldine and Frank, were possibly hampered by having drunk too much cava with lunch! Prizes were given to both teams and the best crown was won by Carol Wright. It was a lovely event and all the effort by Carol and her team was greatly appreciated. To contact the club email mijasbowls@hotmail.com or our web site www.mijasbowls.org
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Statement from FCO RGP and GDP commended London spokesperson by the Governor The UK can confirm that the UK and Spain held official level discussions yesterday about many subjects. The UK holds such discussions with Spain regularly on a wide range of issues as is standard in the conduct of international relations. As is also standard, the content of those discussions is regarded by the UK to be subject to diplomatic confidentiality.
On occasion, issues pertaining to Gibraltar may be raised by either side. The UK is constitutionally responsible for Gibraltar's external affairs and defence, and has regularly used its contacts with Spain – in the very closest consultation with successive HM Governments of Gibraltar – to pursue and defend the wishes of the people of Gibraltar, including to press for an end to the unacceptable incursions by Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltar Territorial Waters and protest in relation to
Sir Adrian Johns, HE The Governor of Gibraltar recently commended the work of the Royal Gibraltar Police and the Gibraltar Defence Police.
border delays.
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Such ad hoc contacts in no way constitute a return to any bilateralism in respect of Gibraltar. Moreover, the UK is at all times clear with its Spanish interlocutors that it abides by the "double-lock" formula and therefore is not prepared to discuss sovereignty.
The UK shares the position of Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar on our strong commitment to return to the Trilateral Process for Dialogue and Gibraltar's active participation in that dialogue process. We have repeatedly made clear to Spain that this position is non-negotiable, that there will be no return to bilateralism and that
Registrar and additional Stipendiary Magistrate Acting on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, His Excellency The Governor is pleased to appoint Mr Liam Yeats, currently Senior Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers, to the position of Registrar of the Supreme Court and additional Stipendiary Magistrate.
Mr Liam Yeats was called to the Bar in Gibraltar on the 7th April 1997.
He joined Government Service on the 12th August 2003 as a Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers and was promoted to Senior Crown Counsel on the 22nd August 2011.
2013 BANK HOLIDAYS ON GIBRALTAR
Commonwealth Day Monday 11th March Good Friday Friday 29th March Easter Monday Monday 1st April Workers Memorial Day Friday 26th April May Day Wednesday 1st May Spring Bank Holiday Monday 27th May Queen's Birthday Monday 17th June Summer Bank Holiday Monday 26th August National Day Tuesday 10th September Christmas Day Wednesday 25th December Boxing Day Thursday 26th December
Remember that most shops will be closed on these days although the sightseeing areas, Morrisons and the bars and restaurants usually remain open
there is no question of the Trilateral Process for Dialogue being replaced by a quadrilateral or bilateral process.
In keeping with the modern relationship which the UK and Gibraltar enjoy under the 2006 Constitution, the UK actively briefs Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar on all matters of relevance to Gibraltar, and is doing so on this occasion. NOTE: The term 'double lock': The UK will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another State against their wishes. Furthermore, the UK will not enter into any process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content.
HE The Governor in commending the units said: “There has been a significant increase over the course of this year in the demands placed upon the Royal Gibraltar Police
The bug, first known for its rapid spread amongst cruise ship passengers, usually strikes in winter and can spread rapidly through communities and people throughout the UK and Gibraltar have been affected this year. Symptoms include diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting affecting around a million people in the UK every winter season.
There is no cure but the symptoms should only last two to three days. Bedrest and drinking plenty of fluids is the only way to deal with it and there’s no
“I was also pleased to present recently my
personal commendation, as Commander-in-Chief, to the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron.
“Working closely with the GDP and RGP they have sustained long periods of high readiness with crews continuously on call for reactive operations arising from unlawful incursions and dealing with confrontations in the most testing of circumstances.”
Defenders of Gibraltar His Excellency the Governor received in person at the Convent on 28th November a petition from the Defenders of Gibraltar group.
The Governor took the opportunity to hand the petition over personally to the Minister for Europe, David Lidington, when they met on 4th December. Defenders of Gibraltar petition: The
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Vomiting bug hits Gibraltar More people have been taken ill with Norovirus, known as the vomiting bug, at the Mount Alvernia Care Agency with more than 58 residents and staff feeling unwell. All those affected have been tested for the bug but the results have yet to be reported.
and the Gibraltar Defence Police and this has required the highest standards of boat handling skills in testing conditions by day and night and also calm judgement and cool heads – often in the face of significant pressure. This is a testament to the skill, professionalism and maturity of the personnel involved.
responding to the Governor recognised that, with almost 10,000 petition signatories, there is a high level of concern surrounding the recent escalation in relations with Spain.
The Minister understood the pressures that Gibraltarians face and made clear the UK's commitment to defending Gibraltar's sovereignty. all
This included pursuing necessary and
proportionate actions to ensure it is not compromised and the Minister stated that he stood ready, with his colleagues, to protect Gibraltar's long-term prosperity and the safety of its population.
The Governor welcomed the Minister's robust response to the petition and agreed that no options should be ruled out in responding to Spanish actions.
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point in going to the doctor as he cannot give you anything for it and you will only spread the virus.
If symptoms persist longer than four days, it is likely that the problem lies elsewhere and an appointment with your doctor should then be made.
The virus is passed from person to person but can also be caught from contaminated food, drink and surfaces, much the same as the common cold and influenza. Last week a spokesman for the Ministry for Social Services said that the Alvernia Care Agency has implemented the policy on dealing with incidences of infections.
Lady Johns presented a cheque for £8,700 to the Chief Minister as Honorary President of the Gibraltar Diamond Jubilee Trust Fund.
The funds were raised at the Convent Garden Open Day this summer.
The successful Open Day in July welcomed the public to visit the Convent garden and cloisters as well as the newlyrefurbished Convent Ballroom and the Banqueting Hall with its history spanning nearly 500 years.
Cricketer dies Gibraltar Cricket player for over 30 years Gary De’ath passed away on December 11, 2012.
His death was felt with great sadness by the Gibraltar Cricket Association, who describe
Mr De’ath as “a great servant and stalwart of Gibraltar cricket for well over 30 years, representing Gibraltar at numerous ICC Trophies and European championships.”
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The Natural Horsemanship Association of Coin is holding the first of its 2013 series of workshops this Saturday at Finca Hiedra in La Jara, with instructor Freddy Verleyen, a licensed Parelli professional.
If you are interested in learning more about this approach to working, riding and playing with horses get in touch with Freddy on 619 96 60 12. You can come and watch
the sessions for free as an introductory taster or take part, with or without your own horse. Once a month there is also a fun-filled Natural Horsemanship League Competition where you can test your new-found skills. Look at the Association´s website for more information: www.naturalhorsemanship-coin.com or follow them on Facebook. written by Jean Joss
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Mijas Reforestation EL MOJITO Volunteers 2013 The Medio Ambiente (Department of Environment) for Mijas will resume the reforestation campaign for 2013 on the 12th and 13th January – concentrating this time on the coast and the area surrounding the San Sebastian school. Anyone interested in volunteering to help with the rewarding task of reforestation on the 12th January is invited to meet up in the parking area for the beach at El Bombo at 11 am. On Sunday 13th
January, the area to be worked on will be in the CEIP San Sebastian and the meeting point is at the door to the Town Hall at 11 am. Sensible work shoes, a sun hat and clothing is recommend for both days. For more information or to be included on the team just call Mijas Town Hall Foreign Residents Department on 952 589
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should be taken full advantage of. There are two routes on this Saturday 12th January – one through Osunillas and the other Valcázar Peak and Cabezo of Zagalurrera. Both outings are planned to start at 09:00 am from the Osunillas sports centre just outside Mijas village on the Benalmádena road. Suitable clothing is recommended – if in doubt
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Costa del Sol DFAS have two lectures in January Lecture 1 is entitled “Treasures of the Silk Road from China to the Mediterranean” with the lecturer being Christopher Bradley B. Eng (Hons), F.R.G.S.
The lecture is to take place on Monday 14th January at 4.30 pm, in the Salon Varieties Theatre, Calle Emancipacion, Fuengirola.
Christopher Bradley illustrates the story of the Silk Road through traditional murals, ceramics, statues, carpets, architecture, mosaics, tile-work, rock carvings and of course, silk itself. The Shirley Basham Memorial sponsor this event.
The lecture is free to DFAS members. Visitors are welcome and pay 10€ at the door. For
more information contact Yvonne Sjokvist by calling 664 160 652 or go to the DFAS website at www.costadelsol dfas.com
Then on Tuesday 15th January at 10.30, in The Danish Club, Urbanizacion Haza del Algorrobo, on the Carretera de Mijas km 2.2 there will be another lecture that will be called “Walking the Longest Wadi in Arabia”. The lecture will be again be Christopher Bradley B. Eng (Hons), F.R.G.S.
Having travelled extensively in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, initially as a civil engineer then as an adventure tour leader, author, film maker and consultant, Chris Bradley is an expert on these regions and has written several travel guide books.
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He supplies four photographic libraries with contemporary travel pictures, including the Royal Geographical Society.
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Econ La Cala Pool players of 2013 The 2013 Econ La Cala pool league started yesterday, Tuesday Jan 8th. The new league covers La Cala, Miraflores and Riviera areas of Mijas Costa and is the sister league to the more established Fuengirola Econ League.
As there are only four teams in La Cala league this year it will be a simplified mini league, looping twice to run for all 12 weeks. The teams are the fearsome Studio 1, winners of the 2009/2010 league, the popular Streets of London who were the winners of the Best League Food award in both 2009/2010 and 2010/2011, Vibes Bar and U-Bar.
If you are looking for your pool-playing pals then (I think) U-Bar was previously known as Unique Bar and run by Rob, Gel and Al. They have moved and reopened at Vibes bar. The U-Bar is run by Alan and is a newcomer to the league, while the other bars have taken part in the past – more importantly they do have pool tables and are very friendly people. To keep
up with the league go online to www.lacalapoolleague. com.
Over in Fuengirola Christmas is over and it's back to the tables on a Thursday night. Alba Garden 1 are holding on to the lead with Dixies 1 coming up strong behind. Alba garden are also currently number one in the League night best snacks and food.
In the player rankings the following slick stick cue cowboys all have the exact same number of points which leaves the first spot and therefore the prizes wide open – Danny Sheenan, Marc Allan and Karl Gibson from Alba Garden 1, Brian Mathison and Darren Baillie from Dixies 1 – but watch out for Marc Topper and Don Crowley pictured here also from Alba Garden 1. Updates for Fuengirola are available at www.fuengirolapool league.com Anyone looking to play for a team – match fixtures and team information is available from the above web sites.
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Anderson wins my heart
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Jac k Reac h eR Directed by Christopher McQuarrie Starring: Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog, Rosamund Pike
Six shots ring out and five people die but it doesn’t take long before the police in Pittsburgh arrest their suspect, an expert sniper, thanks to rock-solid evidence. But the ‘shooter’ claims innocence and asks the police to contact Jack Reacher. A former military investigator who ‘lives off the grid’, Reacher reckons that the suspect, a trained military sniper, would never have missed a shot. So why six shots and only
five victims? He takes on the case and works with defence attorney Helen Rodin (Pike) and finds himself in the middle of – what else? – a deadly conspiracy.
The character of Reacher is a creation of author Lee Childs and appears in a series of books. As described by Childs he is a man mountain – six foot five inches and with a 50 inch chest. So it’s not surprising that fans of the
books reacted badly to the news of Cruise’s casting. Here we have a sinewy, taut figure of five foot seven’ ish (and that is rumoured to include the shoe stacks) so not remotely does Cruise resemble our anti-hero. As social media fury was unleashed Cruise did say in an interview that he would have thought again about accepting the role. But whatever else the actor is, he is charismatic. And those who have not
read the books, and fans prepared to put aside their image of Reacher, will discover a briskly paced film-noir style tough guy crime thriller.
Cruise as Reacher is not afraid to dish out violence and demonstrates that he can handle pretty much anything – and as there are plenty of Childs’ books to provide material, this could be the start of an avenging hero franchise for the Cruiser.
Release date: January 14th 2013
LAWLESS Set in 1920s prohibition era America, Lawless is the true story of the Bondurant brothers. Brazen and fearless, these young rural bootleggers became legendary criminals. leading the family with a silent determination, Tom Hardy plays Forrest Bondurant, violent, impassive – though with a weakness for knitwear. Jason Clarke is Howard,
the more obviously crazy hillbilly brother. Then there is nervy, quickwitted young Jack Bondurant, nicely played by LaBeouf, eager to prove himself. The Bondurants' illicit business and legend grows, so too looms the danger of bigger fish, and it's not long before the brothers must face the consequences. Crooked Special Deputy Charles
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ast week, I came across Wes Anderson’s latest film “Moonrise Kingdom”, and couldn’t wait to see it. If you know Anderson’s work, you will be pleasantly surprised, as once again he delivers, if you don’t know Anderson’s work, well then, you’re in for a treat.
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es Anderson is probably better known for directing “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, (which I think I reviewed), “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Rushmore”. Anderson normally sticks to his own stable of actors including, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray and Angelica Houston, to name a few – he doesn’t have an actual signature, but when you are watching a Wes Anderson film, you know it’s Wes Anderson. There is an odd, quirkiness that appears in all of his films and “Moonrise Kingdom” is no exception.
informs the island police Captain (Bruce Willis) of his missing scout Sam Shatusky, local girl Suzy Bishop is also reported missing. It doesn’t take long before Suzy’s parents and the police discover that Sam and Suzy planned to run away together – however finding them could be a little trickier than you would expect.
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am and Suzy are both social outcasts, none of the scouts at Camp Khaki like Sam and Suzy has been suspended from school for having a temper. That said, the scouts, who previously were not kind to Sam, later decide it is their duty to help the young lovers run away again.
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he film is a kind of moving storybook, with lots of 360 pans, narrowfield shots as if seen through Suzy's binoculars, there are some shots that make me think of “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, but just with humans instead of animals.
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he script has witty dialogue and the characters' a deadpan
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Directed by: John Hillcoat Starring: Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce and Shia LaBeouf.
y New Year’s resolution this year is to try and not be as fierce with my reviews, emphasis on “try”. Those of you who read my column will know how partial I am to horror films, and how rarely I do comedies – well this week you are in for a surprise!
Rakes played by Guy Pearce is after a share of the brothers' profits. Compounding their troubles, the local competition is elbowing in on their activities. The beauties in this film of beasts are Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska, who play Maggie Beauford and Bertha Minnix.
The violence is gruesome, and perpetual, but the whole thing leaves nothing behind but a moonshine hangover.
et in 1965, it starts with a strange little guy talking about the island that the film is set on, then goes to a house. The camera angles around the house remind me of a dolls’ house, the camera just slides along the rooms, it’s done in such a way it could almost be a stage play. But there is more to this film, than a strange little guy and a house, bottom line, it’s about two 12 year olds who fall in love and run away.
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cout Master Ward played by Edward Norton notices that one of his scouts has escaped, leaving a note of resignation. As Ward
sense of humour but what's really fantastic about this film is the eccentric personalities. And by adding in nice touches through its soundtrack, costumes and props, the film certainly adds a feeling of nostalgia giving an impression of a simpler way of life in the 60s.
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his is definitely a must see film, it will make you laugh. A great way to start off the year.
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by Cathy Stronach
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TAURUS April 20th May 20th
GEMINI May 21st June 21st
CANCER June 22nd July 22nd
LEO July 23rd August 22nd
VIRGO
When you are ahead like you are it is a good thing to stick to what you know is real and true and works. Taking unnecessary risks and chances now as an impulse of impatience comes over you can make you lose sight of your destination. The idea is not to waste time and effort on things that sound good but fail miserably when put into action. Social activities, meeting new people and putting your talents on display are where you excel this week. Memories and people from your past are likely to fill your mind and may get in touch as the New Year commences. Some memories are painful and the natural tendency is to hold on to what was. However, there is no choice being given to you except to move forward. You can do it willingly or you can fight it. There are no solid guarantees that you are going to be successful in your venture but if you put your heart and soul into what you do, there will be a sense of satisfaction. A kind of re-birth is taking place in your life and your energy is being directed towards all forms of communication. Make sure that you get all the facts and data correct and do not just rely on what others are saying. The best thing you can do is to keep yourself in the ‘hub’ of things so that rewards and opportunities can find you. You could be longing to spend some time in the home and you may struggle to achieve this. It is time this year to roll up your sleeves and take care of those that you care about. This is no time to delegate to others as they are relying on you to come through for them. By dictating to others that you want it your way can end up alienating those you care for. This can be a great time for you, so get your house in order, particularly finances, let go of the baggage of the past and then you can have one big party. New relationships could be formed right now or an existing one will change and move to greater heights. Sparks will be flying in the passion arena. You are becoming more visible to others, your talents and abilities as well as your overall reputation are being looked at. Make sure it is glowing! You will be meeting others that share a like mind and will have some realisations in the process; others will take note of you when you speak as your words are crystal clear.
LIBRA
This is a time to re-model yourself, perhaps you have already started a new year diet or new health regime, you will certainly be re-connecting with others. Others will be attracted to you this week, you are like a magnet and ready for some fun. If anyone has been taking you for granted then they are certainly September 23rd - going to get a jolt as your inner strength and determination shine through. There are some financial matters to attend to. October 22nd
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You could feel a little bit lost this week, as in ‘cut off’ or a feeling of being detached from others. If nothing else you certainly know who stands with you and who is just along for the ride. However, a lot of this could be fuelled by your own insecurities and fears right now. In reality you are on the brink of experiencing some magic in your life, there is electricity in the air and anything can happen, just ask and you shall receive.
is an issue bothering you this week, perhaps you need to make something SAGITTARIUS There right, or it could be something you need to recover. In some cases if something November 22nd December 21st
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is far from recovery then perhaps it is something that you must now accept. When the right things happen for the right reasons, they happen fast and without effort and everything falls into place. Make a serious effort now and your emotional world will find balance again.
There are major things going on for you it is like you have crossed a threshold and have a whole new perspective and outlook on life. There are many changes that will occur because of this, so much so that you probably won’t recognise many elements of your current life. Visions for the future and flashes of inspiration fill your world, make sure you are open to all possibilities and opportunities right now. Travel is likely. The things we want are not necessarily the things we need and because you are so fixed on one thing or way of doing something, it could be that you are missing an alternative option. It will require saying goodbye to some old commitments of your past but that should be fairly easy to do at this point. Something has run its course and a whole new horizon has opened up for you. The lesson this week is to be adaptable and keep an open mind.
This week is all about putting new and old ideas into motion, to get moving and take your own future in your hands rather than waiting for others to get things started. Your creativity is sky high and desires an outlet, once you get started on a venture you will be guided by your instincts and intuition and will find that it all starts to flow. This can be a very romantic time for you when you get close and intimate with someone you love.
...you don’t have to be a chef!
With lemons in supply at the moment, don’t let them go to waste, get a citrus hit with this juicy recipe – they'll last for up to a year without refrigeration! They add an intense citrus flavour to many dishes – a larder essential.
Preserved lemons Ingredients:
( Makes 1 large jar )
• 250g coarse sea salt • 12 lemons , unwaxed, 6 juiced,
6 quartered but still joined at the bottom • 8 black peppercorns • 3 star anise • 3 bay leaves
DIRECTIONS
minutes.) Pour over the lemon Preparation and cooking times: Takes 30 mins, plus preserving juice (if there's not enough liquid to fill, top with water) then seal. time Give the jar a turn every few days Pack a little salt into each lemon to redistribute the salt and leave and squash back into shape. for 4-6 weeks. Wedge them into a large sterilised jar, layering with salt, bay leaves, Nutrition Per serving peppercorns and star anise as you 655 kcalories, protein 21.5g, go. (To sterilise, wash in hot soapy carbohydrate 76.9g, fat 31.3 g, water, rinse and put in the oven at saturated fat 8g, fibre 3.4g, salt 140C/fan 120C/gas 1 for 15 0.51 g
POCO A POCO ¿Cómo? (Part 1)
SPANISH
By Valerie Mitchell
LESSON
August 23rd September 22nd
The beginning of this New Year brings for you a vista of optimism and opportunity. Saying that there is a lot of hard work ahead as the outcome will be determined by your own words and actions. Make sure that you pay close attention to the little things this week, the details, the fine print; find out what is working for you and what doesn’t. Streamlining your daily activities will enable you to get as much done as possible.
Kym’s Kitchen
¿Cómo se dice...? Is a very useful expression. It means how do you say...?
¿Cómo se dice "apple" en español? - How do you say apple in Spanish? ¿Cómo de dice "I'm sorry" en español? - How do you say I'm sorry in Spanish? ("Apple" se dice manzana y "I'm sorry" se dice Lo siento) Como means what or how.
When there is an accent on the o ( ó ) it means como is being used as a question. Let's just look at some everyday phrases you are likely to find useful : ¿Cómo te llamas? - What's your name? ¿Cómo estás? - How are you? ¿Cómo está tu madre? - How's your mother? Without the accent it isn't a question :
No sé como hacerlo - I don't know how to do it. Hazlo como quieras - Do it however you like. Hay que ver como corren los niños - You should see how the children run. Hay que ver como trabaja Juan. You should see how Juan works. Como can also mean "as"
Blanco como la nieve - as white as snow. Él es tan alto como su padre - He is as tall as his father Ella no es tan alta como su hermana - She isn't as tall as her sister. Tan pronto como means as soon as Tan pronto como lo vi, me fui - As soon as I saw it, I left. And a nice little proverb to round it off Por donde fueras, haz como vieras - Wherever you are, do as you see. Our equivalent of When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Hasta la próxima - Until next time Valerie
Valerie runs the Centro Idiomas Language School in Coin.
Her books, “The First Twelve Shortcuts to Spanish” , “The Second Twelve Shortcuts to Spanish” , “The Third Twelve Shortcuts to Spanish” (€5 each) and “The Verb Book” (€7) are available from The News office in Coin, Woody’s Cards and Books in Los Boliches, David’s Books in Los Boliches or by email from vjeffrey1@fastmail.fm Valerie's books can now be bought from her website – www.cslspain.com or call 952 450 747.
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‘Ditch the chair’ Totally blind mice
The recent Scottish Health Survey clearly showed that while most people are aware of the importance of a healthy lifestyle, fewer than four in 10 are reaching the target of 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity per week.
According to health expert Dr Tony Westbury of Edinburgh Napier University, this is because people develop habits over time which make their lives run smoothly.
For many people, the habit of sitting in the car or on the bus, then sitting at a desk and then – at the end of a long stressful day – of getting home and sitting in the warm, in front of the TV or computer screen, is all part of the day. The result is that they have a well developed habit of sitting down. To break out of the old habits and develop new ones, Dr Westbury notes that the most important aspect of this is the motivation for changing. He says that people who change their behaviour out of a feeling of guilt or duty are different from those who change their behaviour because they love the activity. And it’s the latter who will stay the course.
Dr Westbury advises finding some form of exercise which is intrinsically fun and enjoyable – like trying something enjoyed in the past, trying something that it is easy to do, trying something that can be done with friends, trying something that doesn’t need to make special arrangements for in terms of kit, venue and weather. He says: start slowly and weave it into the day.
Take walking. People can all walk more just by parking a little further from work or the shops, using the stairs rather than the lift, walking to speak to work colleagues face to face rather than phoning or emailing, walking the dog a little further, walking to the
shops rather than driving. To those who say they don’t have time to do these things, he advises them to look at what activity does to life-span – adding years and quality to life. “You don't have time NOT to exercise,” he warns.
He also recommends rewarding oneself – “a month of walking an
additional 1,000 steps per day is surely worth that new CD / handbag etc” (1,000 walking steps is about half a mile).
get sight back
Totally blind mice have had their sight restored by injections of light-sensing cells into the eye, researchers at Oxford University have reported. They said their studies closely resemble the treatments that would be needed in people with degenerative eye disease.
Patients with retinitis pigmentosa gradually lose light-sensing cells from the retina and can become blind. The researchers used mice with a complete lack of light-sensing photoreceptor cells in their retinas. The mice were unable to tell the difference between light and dark. They injected "precursor" cells which
will develop into the building blocks of a retina once inside the eye. Two weeks after the injections a retina had formed and the mice were able to see. A spokesman for the Institute of Ophthalmology at University College London said the findings were
important as they looked at the "most clinically relevant and severe case" of blindness. However, he said this and similar studies needed to show how good the recovered vision was as brain scans and tests of light sensitivity were not enough.
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Voting starts for one of the glitziest events of the year
The National Television Awards nominees are announced
… and it looks like it’s going to be a race to get the votes for top gongs to pop out of that golden envelope! The National Television Awards take place in the UK later this month with the voting open from yesterday (Tuesday) and it looks like Sherlock and The Doctor will be going head to head.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who are both created by writer and producer Steven Moffat and are set to make a running for the prize of Best Drama plus leading men Benedict Cumberbatch who plays Sherlock and Matt Smith who plays Doctor Who in the running for best male actor.
Going against the pair for leading male are Merlin’s wizard Colin Morgan (Merlin finished in January with Arthur dying in Merlin’s arms) and Daniel Mays for his part as great train robber Ronnie
Biggs in Mrs. Biggs.
Up for best lead actress Sheridan Smith for Mrs. Biggs, Miranda Hart for her role as Nurse “Chummy” in Call The Midwife and Suranne Jones for Scott & Bailey, plus Karen Gillan for her part as Amy Pond in Dr. Who. Also nominated for the Best Drama prize are, once again, period drama Downton Abbey and fantasy series Merlin.
Nominations for the Best Factual Entertainment gong are Paul O’Grady’s wonderful series For The Love Of Dogs that saw him following the progress of dogs through Battersea Dogs Home in London, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood’s The Great British Bake Off that saw us all pile
on the pounds copying the recipes, Alan Sugar’s The Apprentice and Top Gear.
Nominees for the Top Talent Show awards are Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing On Ice, The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and surprisingly, The Voice.
Show.
You can start voting for your favourites now and the prizes are to be presenting in a star studded glittering final on January 23rd atLondon’s O2 Arena. Cast your votes by logging on to
www.nationaltelevisionawards .com and clicking on the yellow “vote now” box. My votes are Sherlock, Colin Morgan, Chummy, For The Love Of Dogs, Strictly, and Graham Norton.
by Kym Wickham
Alan Carr, Dermot O’Leary and 11 times winners Ant and Dec do battle for the winner of the Best Entertainment prize. The pair are also up against Alan Carr for Chatty Man, The Only Way Is Essex and The Graham Norton Show with their I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here show for Best Entertainment
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After an absence of 10 years since his last record release – Reality in 2003 – David Bowie is back with both a new single and an album.
With the single, Where Are We Now, recorded in New York and accompanied by a somewhat weird Bowieesque video, being available now on iTunes, the album entitled The Next Day is expected to be available from March. The album is his 30th studio recording to be released.
Long-term musical partner Tony Visconti produced the single, written by Bowie himself, while Tony Oursler directed the video which goes back to Bowie’s Berlin days where he lived from 1976 to 1979. He
shared an apartment in Schonberg with Iggy Pop and spent his time studying the burgeoning German music scene of the time, working with Brian Epstein. The video looks out over the car repair shop that was under their apartment at the time.
of artist who writes and performs what he wants when he wants, when he has something to say as opposed to something to sell.”
The single was released on the musician's 66th birthday, which his official website noted was a "timely moment for such a treasure to appear as if out of nowhere".
His website went on to say: "In recent years radio silence has been broken only by endless speculation, rumour and wishful thinking. A new record. Who would have ever thought it, who'd have ever dreamed it! After all David is the kind
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Flightplan
A widow boards a plane with her daughter and promptly falls asleep. When she wakes up, the girl has disappeared – and the mother's fear turns to outright panic when the aircraft crew insists she boarded the flight alone, suggesting the child is merely a figment of her distressed imagination. Thriller, starring Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean and Greta Scacchi.
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Oranges and Sunshine
Drama (2010). Premiere. A social worker discovers that, over several decades, thousands of British children have been falsely informed their parents are dead and been forcibly sent to care homes in Australia and suffered terrible abuse. She devotes herself to exposing the scandal and helping the victims to find their families. Fact-based drama, with Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham.
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Sun, Jan 13th 10:15pm
The Constant Gardener Detective/Thriller (2005). A British diplomat in Kenya takes charge of the investigation into the murder of his wife, who had published an article highly critical of the money-making collusion between the High Commission and a pharmaceutical manufacturer. Fernando Meirelles' political thriller, based on John le Carre's novel, with Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston and Bill Nighy.
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Detective/Thriller (2011). Premiere. A doctor on a business trip in Germany ends up in a coma after a car accident. He wakes up to find another man is claiming to be him, his wife does not recognise him and any evidence of his real identity has disappeared. He seeks the help of the woman who saved his life as he tries to find out what has happened to him. Thriller, starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones.
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6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm 4 News 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Gok's Style Secrets 9:00pm One Born Every Minute 10:00pm On the Verge of a Midlife Crisis with Sharon Horgan 11:05pm Embarrassing Fat Bodies 12:10am Random Acts 12:15am Abbey Road Studios: In Session 12:45am Spotlight: Tips for 2013 1:00am Revenge: The First Chapter 1:55am Revenge 2:40am Death Drums Along the River
6:35am The Hoobs 7:05am Will & Grace 7:30am According to Jim 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss Australia 11:00am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35pm SuperScrimpers 1:05pm 7th Cavalry 2:40pm Countdown 3:30pm Face the Clock 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Four in a Bed 5:30pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm The Simpsons
6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Location, Location, Location 9:00pm The Restoration Man 10:00pm Gypsy Blood: True Stories 11:40pm Random Acts 11:45pm The Undateables 12:45am Millionaire Boy Racers 1:40am The Horse Hoarder 2:05am Secrets of Your Car Insurance: Channel 4 Dispatches 2:35am Time Team 3:30am The Churchills 4:25am Deal or No Deal
6:35am The Hoobs 7:05am Will & Grace 7:30am According to Jim 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss Australia 11:00am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35pm Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 12:40pm I Was Monty's Double 2:40pm Countdown 3:30pm Face the Clock 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Four in a Bed 5:30pm Come Dine
with Me 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm First Time Farmers 9:00pm 16 Kids and Counting 10:00pm Rude Tube: Welcome to 2013 12:10am The New Normal 12:40am Random Acts 12:45am The Ricky Gervais Show 1:15am The Ricky Gervais Show 1:45am Bob's Burgers 2:30am Glory Daze 3:15am St Elsewhere 4:00am Deal or No Deal
3:00am This Is BBC THREE
7:00pm Pixar: 25 Magic Moments 8:00pm Up 9:30pm World's Craziest Fools 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad! 12:30am Pramface 1:30am Growing Up Poor
2:25am Russell Howard's Good News 2:55am Pramface
7:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 7:10pm Doctor Who 8:00pm Gavin & Stacey 8:30pm Gavin & Stacey 9:00pm World's Craziest Fools 9:30pm Pramface 10:30pm EastEnders 11:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad!
1:10am American Dad! 1:30am World's Craziest Fools 2:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 2:55am The Truth About Magaluf: Stacey Dooley Investigates
7:00pm Top Gear 8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Growing Up Poor 10:00pm Armageddon 12:20am Growing Up Poor Sat, Jan 12th 9:40pm 1:20am The Truth About film Magaluf: Stacey Dooley Investigates 2:20am World's Craziest Science Fiction (1998). Nasa discovers an asteroid Fools the size of Texas is on a collision course with Earth. 2:50am Growing Up Poor
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Historian James Holland analyses the Second World War battle for the strategically important Mediterranean island, which was under siege by Axis forces for more than two years. Between 1940 and 1942 more bombs fell on Malta than on Britain during the Blitz and the islanders were forced to endure a sustained attack from the air and came desperately close to starving.
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Lottery: In It to Win It 8:50pm Casualty 9:40pm Mrs Brown's Boys 10:10pm BBC News; Weather 10:30pm Match of the Day 11:50pm The Football League Show 1:05am Weatherview 1:10am BBC News 1:30am Brazil: Welcoming the World 2:00am BBC News 2:30am Dateline London 3:00am BBC News 3:30am Best Ever Five Minutes With 4:00am BBC News 4:30am Click
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6:00am The Hitch-Hiker 7:15am On Dangerous Ground 8:35am Armored Car Robbery 9:40am The Sky at Night 10:00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama 11:00am Meet the Ancestors 11:30am Map Man 12:00pm Indian Food Made Easy 12:30pm Talking Pictures 1:15pm Scott of the Antarctic 3:00pm Coast 4:00pm Stargazing Live 5:00pm Stargazing Live 6:00pm Stargazing Live 7:00pm Flog It!
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Family and Me 8:00pm University Challenge 8:30pm Winterwatch 2013 9:30pm Why the Industrial Revolution Happened Here 10:30pm Newsnight 11:20pm Snooker: The Masters 12:10am American Football 1:10am Snooker Extra 3:10am Film 2013 4:00am Materials: How They Work 4:55am Schools: Your Paintings
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6:35am The Hive 6:40am Dino Dan 7:05am Almost Naked Animals 7:30am Almost Naked Animals 7:40am Matt Hatter Chronicles 8:05am Ultimate SpiderMan 8:30am Victorious 9:00am Jessie 9:25am ITV News 9:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20am Saturday Cookbook 12:20pm ITV News 12:25pm Columbo:
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6:35am The Hoobs 7:00am Will & Grace 7:30am According to Jim 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss USA 11:00am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35pm American Guerrilla in the Philippines 2:40pm Countdown 3:30pm Face the Clock 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Four in a Bed 5:30pm Come Dine with Me
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6:35am The Hoobs 7:00am Will & Grace 7:30am According to Jim 7:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Undercover Boss USA 11:00am A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:35pm Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 12:50pm The ThirtyNine Steps 2:40pm Countdown 3:30pm Face the Clock 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Four in a Bed
5:30pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Hollyoaks 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Supersize vs Superskinny 9:00pm The Undateables 10:00pm Utopia 11:25pm Random Acts 11:30pm What Happens in Kavos 12:30am European Poker Tour 1:30am KOTV Boxing Weekly 1:55am Beach Volleyball 2:50am Cottage to Let 4:20am Smallville
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1:00am Young, Mormon & Single 2:00am The Truth About Magaluf: Stacey Dooley Investigates 3:00am Being Human
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R. G. Waugh First of all may I wish you and your staff a Very Happy and Successful New Year in 2013 and may your excellent newspaper continue to flourish.
The letter from Mike Hamence (January 3rd. edition) was extremely amusing and I must congratulate him on his wit!
However I’m sure the current Minister, Mr.Ian Duncan-Smith’s comments would not have been quite so amusing having been directed to pay the W.F.A. allowance to ex-pats here in
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Spain when he was such an opponent of it.
He should however pursue his colleague the Home Secretary to intensify her efforts to rid the UK of the parasite, West hater Abdul Quatar. Deporting him and his family would save the UK Government millions of pounds from the benefits they pay him and the Legal Aid fees paid to his lawyers.
Hopefully the Winter Fuel Allowance issue can be brought to a close now that the UK Government are paying the W.F.A. to UK pensioners here in Spain
and while I would not go as far as to say I ran a campaign to enforce the UK Government to pay the allowance to ex-pats I would like to think my efforts have gone some way to help many ex-pat pensioners struggling to pay mortgages/rent etc. at a time when the euro is again down against the pound. And finally to the critics who say we do not need a W.F.A. as it is not cold in Spain. Why do I, ex-pats and Spanish people have to wear jerseys, jackets, coats and scarfs when we are out and about???
Margaret Spencer-Brooks May I add to David Klein’s (David the Dogman) most recent column:
Dear David, Your article was heartwarming, wise and true, but lacked one daily “I love you”.
Anyone who has a pet – be it a dog, cat, donkey, horse, rabbit, guinea pig, budgie or goldfish knows that these too are God’s creatures and dependant upon us for their survival and welfare.
Pamela Edge I was horrified to hear about the tragic accident at this year’s Three Kings’ Parade in Malaga.
As I understand it a little boy, who was there with his parents to witness this
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Those of us who are deprived of family love and companionship often depend upon the unfailing devotion of our pets to keep us going. They too deserve a daily “I love you”.
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fabulous annual procession broke free from them, got past the barriers to pick up some of the sweeties that the people in front of the floats strew across the ground for the children to pick up and got killed under the wheels of the lorry carrying the “Kings”.
One can only imagine what his poor parents must be going through at such a time and especially as they were there for a wonderful event that their little six year old would have been
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Oh well, after all the fun and frivolities of the festive season it’s hi ho, hi ho, back to work we go. Many people just had a couple of days off but, as I work for Brits, I had over a week of rest and recuperation that was supposed to set me up for the coming year’s working. So what happened?
in awe of. All our hearts should go out to them.
Editor says: Yes, everyone is very sad about what has happened, but what an amazing set of parents they are. They must have been utterly devastated but insisted that the procession carry on so that other children would not miss out. Now that takes a huge amount of guts and a love for their fellow people. We have more news of this on our front page this week. So sad.
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There were New Year’s Eve parties, Christmas parties, Christmas Eve parties, Boxing Day parties, parties because we couldn’t get together before parties, and any other excuse under the sun to eat drink and be merry and I’m absolutely worn out! Roll on the summer holidays ...!
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I was out with friends over the Christmas holidays and as we watched a huge full Moon rise, Mike asked ‘Where exactly did the Apollo astronauts land?’
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eginning with Apollo 11 in July 1969 and ending with Apollo 17 in December 1972 a total of seven Apollo missions went to the Moon with six successful landings. Apollo 13 was the unlucky flight, as everyone will know thanks to the Tom Hanks’ movie.
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uch thought and deliberation went into choosing each landing site to ensure that any rock and soil samples that were returned to Earth came from a wide variety of locations, so as to give us as much information as possible about the formation of the Moon. But in choosing the sites the safety of the astronauts also had to be considered so it was important to try to land on relatively boulder- and crater-free areas.
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sing the image above as a guide, if you look closely at the Full Moon you will see light and dark areas. The light area is the Moon’s real colour while the darker areas are the result of molten interior of the Moon spilling out to fill vast craters caused by impacts from comets and asteroids millions of years ago during the early years of the Moon’s formation. To ancient astronomers these areas looked like water-covered areas so they were christened ‘seas’. We now know that they are not watery seas but the name has stuck. Close inspection has shown that many of the ‘seas’ seem to be less pitted by craters than the surrounding areas. And so for the historic first landing an area very close to the Moon’s equator called the Sea of Tranquillity was chosen.
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s it turned out just as Apollo 11 was about to touch down on the Moon Neil Armstrong found that they were headed straight into a massive crater that was strewn with boulders the size of cars! At the very last minute he took manual control and steered the Lunar module toward a safer area. With Apollo 12 a more precision landing was called for in the Ocean of Storms. Astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean had to land within walking distance of Surveyor 3, an unmanned probe which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. Conrad managed to land less than 600 feet away! Conrad and Bean removed parts from the Surveyor 3 for return to Earth.
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pollo 13 was intended to land not in a ‘sea’ but at a more risky landing site known as the Fra Mauro, named after the 80-kilometre-
diameter crater Fra Mauro, located just above the Sea of Storms. The formation is named after a 15th century Italian monk and mapmaker of the same name. Because of the failure to land of Apollo 13 it was decided that the area was geologically interesting enough to warrant a second attempt at it and so the same site was chosen for Apollo 14. By the time of Apollo 15 in July 1971 landing on the Moon had become almost routine and so a more northerly and mountainous area known as Hadley Rille in the Appenine mountains was selected. Astronauts Dave Scott and James Irwin had the benefit of a Lunar Rover car that enabled them to travel much further from the Lunar Module to collect rock samples.
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he Apollo programme was cut short from Apollo 20 down to Apollo 17 so choosing the penultimate landing site for Apollo 16 was crucial. A volcanic outcrop known as The Descartes Highlands well away from any lunar sea was selected. It was hoped that this area would yield both ‘old’ and ‘young’ lunar rock. On the final Apollo 17 mission a trained geologist called Harrison Schmitt accompanied commander Eugene Cernan to an area of the Taurus-Littrow valley right on the eastern edge of the Sea of Serenity and a mountainous area. The valley was thought to contain extremely old Moon rock as well as relatively young material from impact craters.
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ven with the most powerful telescopes none of the landing sites can be seen from Earth but the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite is currently mapping the lunar surface with the same resolution as the Google Earth images and every one of the landing sites has been photographed with enough detail to even make out the astronauts’ footprints.
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appy stargazing!
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Dakar: Problems for Sainz early on
Stephane Peterhansel moved into the lead of the Dakar Rally as Carlos Sainz ran into problems on the third day of competition. Sainz's Red Bull team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah set the fastest time and the Qatari experienced a trouble-free day in his buggy as the rally moved from Pisco to Nazca. Al-Attiyah's time was 1m18s faster than Robby Gordon's Hummer and 3m52 clear of Peterhansel, who was third fastest in his X-raid Mini. Peterhansel now leads Al-Attiyah by 6m33s overall.
Ford’s all-new Kuga for 2013...and it costs less The all-new Ford Kuga is set to disapprove the myth that an SUV can’t be ‘green’, high-tech and capable all at the same time. The Kuga is the centrepiece of Ford’s strategy to expand in the fast-growing European SUV market and offers an array of features and technologies, including:
•Ford’s Intelligent All-
Wheel-Drive system, including exclusive Curve Control
•Segment
first handsfree tailgate that operates with a gentle kicking motion
•Class-leading
Samardzich, vice president, Product Development. “The new Kuga retains that charisma and adds remarkable new technologies, features and capability.”
fuel efficiency, including optional EcoBoost petrol engine
•Ford
SYNC Emergency Assist
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The stylish all-new Kuga offers more space for luggage than the current car and a luggage compartment that can be accessed more easily. Ford’s hands-free tailgate can be opened or closed simply by a kicking motion beneath the rear bumper; and it also offers 46-litres more space than the current model, while the
rear seats fold flat in one movement. Road and wind noise has been significantly reduced compared with current Kuga to help deliver one of the quietest cabins in the segment. Improvements were delivered using
elliptical acoustic mirrors to measure elements that can influence the noise and vibration inside the car. “European customers have really taken the current Ford Kuga to their hearts,” said Barb
Announcing the more compact set of dates, Benjamin Franassovicci, championship manager for SRO, said: “The dates have been carefully chosen to avoid clashes with other F3 events, and to provide competitors with the opportunity to compete on a superlative set of internationalstandard circuits such as Spa, Paul Ricard, and Nürburgring. It is a world-class calendar with overseas races supporting the fantastic Blancpain Endurance Series, and several of the events will be televised live.” “We are particularly pleased to be returning to the Grand Prix de Pau, the most prestigious Formula 3 race in Europe.” Currently the
championship will feature nine meetings, eight of which will feature three races – the exception being the twin-race Pau event. SRO is considering adding a 10th date. In a revision to the format seen in recent seasons, all three races in an F3 weekend will be of 30-minute duration. The second race will still be a ‘reverse grid’ event, with starting slots based on the first-race finishing positions. A random draw will determine whether it will be the top eight, nine or 10 finishers from race one who will line up in reverse order for race two. There are also revisions to the championship points. Championship points. For 2013, points will be allocated to the top-10 finishers in race one and three of a weekend, on the following basis: 25 – 18 – 15 – 12 – 10 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2 –1 Race two, the reversegrid race, will be scored thus: 12 – 9 – 8 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0.5. The season gets underway on the weekend of 30th March/1st April at Oulton Park.
Production of the new Kuga started in December at Ford’s assembly plant in Valencia, Spain. Just six months after going on sale, the new Kuga’s North American counterpart the Ford Escape, has achieved its best ever sales year.
Fiat investing in Italy
F3’s plans for 2013 This year’s Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series will be contested over 26 races at nine top-level events across the UK and mainland Europe, it is confirmed today. The championship will visit the Grand Prix circuits at Silverstone, Spa and the Nürburgring, and once again take part in Europe’s blue riband F3 event, the Grand Prix de Pau.
Ford plans to leverage its global leadership in SUVs to deliver a comprehensive line-up of smarter vehicles to Europe. The new Kuga will be followed by the modern and innovative EcoSport, Ford’s entry into the small SUV segment, and the Edge – a larger, more premium crossover that is a success in North
America and other markets. Ford has said it expects to sell more than 1,000,000 SUVs in Europe in the next six years, around 10 per cent of Ford’s total volume by 2016. Since launching the first generation Kuga in 2008, Ford has sold more than 45,000 in the UK.
Fiat will invest more than 1 billion euros to build subcompact SUVs for the Fiat and Jeep brands in Italy. The move is key to the bid to boost capacity usage and end losses in Europe by focusing on highmargin cars.
Top Gear returns later this month Top Gear is rumoured to be making its return to the nation’s TV screens on the 27th January 2013, when episode one of series 19 will finally be aired.
The show was originally meant to make its comeback during 2012, but the summer of sport, as well as TV programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and the X Factor delayed its reappearance. The BBC2 show’s lead presenter Jeremy Clarkson tweeted back in 2012 that he “would love to be back in the Autumn but Sunday nights will be full of fat people singing” – a reference to Simon
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Leaked clips from the forthcoming series show James May rallying a Bentley Continental GT on an off-road course, while there’s also set to be a Top Gear road trip across America (from Las Vegas to Mexico) with a Lexus LFA, a new Dodge SRT Viper and the latest Aston Martin Vanquish. It’s thought this episode would have made up the Top Gear 2012 Christmas special, which never materialised, but the special will be shown during this series.
"We decided to shift away from mass carmaking and compete in the upscale market," CEO Sergio Marchionne said at the plant in Melfi, southern Italy, where the models will be assembled. "This will be the only plant in the world to produce a new small SUV for Jeep," the CEO added.
Marchionne plans to boost sales of more expensive models to revive Fiat's European operations, which are forecast to lose 700 million euros this year. The company is also under political pressure at home because of criticism that it's European arm is struggling now because it focused too much management time on its takeover of U.S.-based Chrysler Group.
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saying, “Many say that [Fiat's] alliance with Chrysler took something away from Italy. Today we are showing the opposite. Without this alliance, the investment in Melfi would not have been possible,"
Fiat intends to introduce 19 Italy-produced models through 2016, including nine Alfa Romeo-badged vehicles and six Maseratis. The carmaker plans to increase production of Fiat and Chrysler cars in Europe to 2 million cars a year in 2016 from 1.25 million this year.
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Women’s Cricket Berlusconi: Sepp World Cup 2013 Blatter is wrong
Pace bowler Anya Shrubsole says England will thrive on the pressure of being defending champions of the Women's Cricket World Cup. England, winners in Australia in 2009, were beaten in the final of the World Twenty20 by the Aussies in October. Shrubsole, 21, told BBC Sport: "Being defending champions is a pressure we thrive on. We know there are teams trying to catch us and that's why we do everything we can to stay ahead." Charlotte Edwards's side begin their campaign in India against Sri Lanka on 2nd February. England
Captain Charlotte Edwards and trophy
reached the final of the World Twenty20 having lost only one of 25 T20 internationals before the four-run final defeat by the Southern Stars. They now travel to India with eight of the World Cupwinning squad of 2009, with Shrubsole believing that
experience will be invaluable. "The more you play in these big tournaments, the easier they become," said the Somerset right-armer. "You're aware of what pressures there are and what nerves you might experience.”
Messi wins Ballon d'Or for fourth time Argentina's Lionel Messi, still amazingly only 25, won the World Player of the Year award for an unprecedented fourth year running on Monday evening. The award, officially known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or, came after the Barcelona player scored a remarkable 91 goals in 2012, a record for a calendar year. Real Madrid and Portugal forward
Andres Iniesta was third as Spain again missed out.
Despite dominating international football for the last four years, no Spanish player has won the award. Cristiano Ronaldo was second, the third time the 2008 winner has finished runner-up, and Barcelona and Spain midfielder
"It's incredible to win a fourth in a row, amazing," said Messi. "I want to share this with my Barcelona team mates and my Argentina team mates."
Valderrama course creator Ortiz-Patino dies aged 82 Jaime Ortiz-Patino, the golf promoter who created the famous Valderrama course and who was one one of the driving forces behind the growth of the sport here in Spain, has died at the age of 82.
"Jaime Ortiz-Patino ... passed away this morning in the Costa del Sol hospital in Marbella," the Spanish golf federation (RFEG) said in a statement on their website on Thursday. Born to Bolivian parents in Paris in June 1930, Ortiz-Patino created the Valderrama course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, in the mid 1980s and was able to lure the Ryder Cup there in 1997, the first time the competition had been held
outside the British Isles.
The course was the home of the Volvo Masters between 1988 and 1996 and from 2002 to 2008 and has also hosted the Jaime Ortiz-Patino at Valderrama Amex World Championships and the manuscripts, ceramics, Andalucia Masters. photographs and paintings and the Known as "Jimmy" to collection was auctioned his friends, Ortiz-Patino, at Christie's in London whose grandfather was a last year. fabulously wealthy Bolivian tin magnate, "All the members of the amassed a collection of Spanish golf federation golfing memorabilia that would like to express their captured the history of deepest condolences to the game over 500 years. family and friends," the RFEG said. "Rest in It included clubs, balls, peace." prints, books and
AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has hit back at Fifa chief Sepp Blatter after the world football boss said players who were racially abused during matches should not leave the pitch. Milan's players walked off during a friendly after Kevin-Prince Boateng was subjected to racist abuse by fans of fellow Italian side Pro Patria.
Berlusconi told radio station RTL: "I am of the opposite view (to Blatter). "I thanked and congratulated my players for their decision to leave the field." AC Milan's players carried anti-racism messages on their shirts prior to Sunday's league win against Siena. And former Italy president Berlusconi continued:
"This is an uncivilised problem that needs to be stopped, people should not allow these things to happen. "It's not only about the behaviour of players in the game, but of the public, and everyone needs to avoid giving Italy a negative image."
Former Tottenham and Portsmouth player Boateng picked up the
match-ball midway through the first half of Thursday's friendly and kicked it towards the crowd after reacting to abuse from a section of the fans. The Ghana international midfielder then removed his shirt and left the pitch with both sets of players and officials. Boateng has said he would leave the pitch again if subjected to racist taunts in the future.
Wayne’s Poker Tips
It is always nice to look down at a wired pocket pair – more so if they contain paint (JJ/QQ/KK) and, even better, the bullets (AA), we can also find ourself with a mid range or small pair which is only a 50/50 coin flip against 2 over cards in a show down.
For this example we will look at ring or cash games, because with tournaments how we play them depends on stack size, blind levels and how close we are to the bubble (prize monies). With small pairs say from 22 to 99 it all depends on whether we are in early or late position and how the table plays. If the pot is uncontested put your standard raise in and with 55 as an example if we can take the blinds and win the pot pre-flop I won't complain.
If you get a call whatever hits the flop you must bet the flop whether you’re first to act or not, if you have position and they check bet! Chances are the flop has over cards. If they call your continuation bet slow down on the turn. Should they check raise consider a fold, and if they bet out at you consider a fold unless you are sure your opponent is betting with air. A good rule to remember with small pairs at cash is never call 3bets (reraise of a raise) or an all in because don't forget 55 is
only a coin flip 67 to AK so you’re just playing bingo and long term this will cost you money.
You’re in a late position and you find 99 and a player in front of you raises. There are two ways we can play this – 3bet (reraise) or flat call which we call set mining. If the raiser is a tight player or limps into a lot of pots, flat call with a view to a fold should we see over cards on the flop. Now if we hit a 9 on the flop we have a set and played correctly you can win a nice pot.
Should you feel the raiser is a frequent raiser with a wide range a 3bet is good here as it can help us find out
what he is playing, he 4bets an instant fold and if he calls our 3bet we can put him on AK/Q and play the flop accordingly.
Last of all a warning about 10s and Jacks. Many players over play these hands. 25% of the deck is over cards so again with these hands think hard about calling strong large aggressive bets, I would much sooner shove all in with these hands than call!
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Lance Armstrong may confess all Lance Armstrong is considering whether to publicly confess to doping, according to the New York Times. The paper claims the 41-year-old could admit to the findings of a report by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Usada found Armstrong and his US Postal Service team had run "the most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme that sport has ever seen". He was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban. Cycling's governing body, the International Cycling Union (UCI), accepted Usada's findings and stripped Armstrong of all results since 1st August, 1998. The Texan, who did not co-operate with the Usada
investigation and has always denied doping, has remained silent since the report although he opted not to appeal against the decision. However, mention of his seven Tour wins was subsequently removed from his Twitter profile. It is believed he is considering an admission because he wants to resume his athletic career, and has shown an interest in competing in triathlons.
Asked whether the American was set to come clean, his lawyer, Tim Herman, told the New York Times: "Lance has to speak for himself on that". The newspaper claimed Armstrong had met with Usada chief executive Ty Tygart – who called for the Texan to tell the truth last month – although Herman denied a meeting had taken place.
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Tom Daley: is he commited? (He should be.)
ITV's woeful new peaktime Saturday night reality show Splash! has re-ignited anxieties in British Swimming about Tom Daley's commercial commitments away from diving. Olympic bronze medallist Daley was heavily criticised before London 2012 for not concentrating enough on his sport. Now British Swimming chief executive David Sparkes has raised concerns over 18-year-old Daley's role as a mentor for the celebrity divers in Splash!
Malaga suffer with a festive hangover After the two-week winter break and after the great 3-2 win over Real Madrid, Malaga travelled to Coruna in the hope of carrying on their good run. With Deportivo's new manager Domingos Paciencia watching, they started brilliantly. Deportivo, who are on the brink of entering administration, looked tighter in defence and sharper breaking forward. After five minutes Caballero in the Malaga goal made a great save as Depor took control. They looked far from a team who are at the bottom of La Liga, and on 20 minutes once again Willy Caballero was called into action saving well from Gama. On 31 minutes Pizzi crashed a free kick against the post with Willy rooted to the spot. Another chance for Deportivo's Riki on 34 minutes was followed by Gama's effort being saved
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again by Willy as Depor dominated. On 43 minutes a defensive mistake let in Malaga's Joaquin on goal, only for his effort to be well saved. After half time it was no better for Malaga, Riki shot wide on 50 minutes when he should have done better, but Deportivo's breakthrough wasn’t long in coming and on 57 minutes it was given to them on a plate. A Gamez
back pass fell well short into the path of Pizzi, and he finished it off superbly. Malaga improved slightly late on, Santa Cruz headed just wide but never looked like breaking their Deportivo duck. A bad defeat that leaves a difficult home Copa Del Rey match against Eibar, and Barcelona at home on Sunday evening at 9pm. Report by Scott Forbes
Shane Warne banned and fined after Marlon Samuels clash
Renegades, hit Samuels with the ball as he attempted to return it to the wicketkeeper. In return Samuels, 31, threw his bat in the 43-year-old spinner's direction before an angry exchange at the
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American Dustin Johnson takes a three-shot lead into the final round of the weather-affected Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. Severe winds saw play abandoned on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and, with the tournament reduced to 54 holes, players completed two rounds on Monday. Johnson shot 69 and 66 to lead Steve Stricker by three and Bubba Watson by four ahead of today’s (Tuesday’s) final round. Englishman Ian Poulter is 10 shots off the lead after shooting 71 and 74. Johnson has won the last two PGA tournaments that have been shortened to 54 holes.
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Adams knocked out by Dutch teen Jimmy Hendriks Three-time champion Martin Adams was knocked out of the BDO World Darts Championships with a shock 32 defeat by Dutch teenager Jimmy Hendriks. The 52-yearold Adams, who won the Lakeside title in 2007, 2010 and 2011, struggled with his doubles throughout. Adams's exit means there will be a new winner this year, as all the former champions who started the tournament have been knocked out. Third seed Scott Waites comfortably beat Willy van de Wiel to set up a second-round meeting with Geert de Vos at the Championships. Waites, 35, threw a 180 maximum in an opening 13-dart leg as he saw off Van de Wiel 3-0 to record only the second whitewash in the first round.