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In this issue...

Don’t be Taken In By The Pension Scammers Gadgets for The Indoor Gardener 8 Recipe – Pork Jambalaya 10 Competitions 12 Sugar: Not So Sweet and Innocent 16 Beauty – Spring is in the Air 18 22-29 What’s On 30–33 Education & Training Short Story – Alpaca On The Line 34 Cake & Bake – Rhubarb & Coconut 36 Meringue Cake Gardening – Go On Grow Your Own 45 50-51 Home & Interiors – Planning a Master Bedroom 56-57 And Another Thing 59-60 Motoring – Range Rover on Test Puzzles 62

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By Ann Haldon

Don’t be Taken In By The Pension Scammers

Since new pension regulations were introduced in 2015, conmen have been using the new freedoms to target people approaching retirement. One of the scams involves telling those under the age of 55 that a ‘legal loophole’ allows them access to their full pension, with no requirement to pay tax on the money withdrawn (in reality, a rate of up to 55%).

Pension monies are then moved into an alternative scheme run by the fraudsters, with savings either being stolen or severely diminished after extortionate charges are made for the ‘service’.

To make matters worse, HM Revenue and Customs has been sending out bills to reclaim tax on the amounts withdrawn, leaving victims of the scam with no pension savings and in large-scale debt in some cases.

HOW CAN THE CONMEN OPERATE SO EFFECTIVELY? Although younger people are a clear target for pension scammers, those aged 55 and over are also under threat.

With no restrictions on how pension savings can be used, unscrupulous individuals and criminal groups are taking advantage of a lack of regulation within the industry,

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plus an uncertainty about how best to invest such a large amount of money. ,QHIÀFLHQW V\VWHPV DOVR IRUP part of the problem, enabling conmen to set up these rogue pension schemes. HM Revenue and Customs are not pension regulators, but having LQWURGXFHG D œÀW DQG SURSHU person’ test in 2014, they have at least attempted to control the potential for fraudulent activity.

HMRC has the power to deregister or refuse to register a new pension scheme, but some have said they should take more responsibility for what is happening to victims, rather than chasing them for tax payments.

PROJECT BLOOM TASKFORCE A new taskforce has been set up by the government and the National Crime Agency to combat the problem of pension fraud. A ‘perfect storm’ of new pension regulations, lack of awareness about where to reinvest, and the fact that large sums of money are involved, has enabled scammers to get away with too many sophisticated cons.

It’s hoped that Project Bloom will bring awareness to the LVVXH KRZHYHU DQG VSHFLÀF advice is offered to anyone concerned about their pension.

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provides free advice if you’re worried about potential scams, or to discuss your pension options in general.

A SOPHISTICATED APPROACH One of the problems is that scammers set up sophisticated systems and procedures that include glossy brochures and polished, well-rehearsed speeches. This makes the entire con appear legitimate unless you’re aware that this type of fraud is taking place.

Bringing awareness of what’s happening is key to combating crimes like this, and hopefully Project Bloom will help to prevent more people suffering the devastating loss of their retirement income.

WATCH OUT FOR FAKE WEBSITES Fraudsters are even setting up fake websites with names very similar to legitimate bodies offering free advice. They may be able to gain access to your personal information in this way, and then contact you directly via phone or email.

It pays to check the web address you’re typing in very carefully, to ensure that the site is legitimate and not part of the fraudsters’ arsenal of tricks. http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/ money/investing-pensions/ pension-liberation-scamvictims-facing-huge-tax-bills11364036908047 http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/ money/pensions/article-3419232/ Should-pension-scam-victims-lettax-bills.html http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/ money/pensions/article-3397828/ Three-tell-tale-signs-dupedpension-fraudsters.html

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Gadgets For The Indoor Gardener You don’t need to get dirty to grow great things

Spring has sprung and it’s gardening season. But not everybody has a garden or access to decent growing space - and even if you do have the space, the recent stormy weather has been enough to keep all but the most determined gardener indoors.

Don’t despair, though: there are plenty of gadgets that enable you to grow great things indoors or when you have limited space for green things.

There are even tools to design gardens that don’t exist.

If you’re also a keen cook, you’ll like the Indoor Allotment (£24.99, currently on preorder at Firebox.com): it’s a miniature herb garden complete with picket fence and storage shed. It includes basil, coriander and oregano along with everything you need to get your herbs growing - and LW·V VPDOO HQRXJK WR ÀW LQ WKH corner of a windowsill. If you fancy something a little bit more ambitious, IKEA’s Socker miniature greenhouse is just £12 with an assembled size of 45cm wide, 22cm deep and 35cm high, which is more than enough for all kinds of plants.

You can also keep the roof vents partly open to improve air circulation for plants that don’t like it too hot.

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While you’re in IKEA, it’s worth checking out their self-watering plant pots too. The Sötcitron and PS Fejö pots (from £6 to £16) are designed for those of us who don’t always remember to water our plants, and do a superb job for very little money.

Fancy something a little more high-tech? The Click and Grow (¼59.95 from clickandgrow.com) describes itself as a “smart garden” and uses a NASA-inspired combination of hydroponics and electronics to ensure that your plants get the right combination of water, oxygen and nutrients without you doing anything.

It includes a LED lamp for maximum germination, and because it’s LED the running costs are microscopic. The creators suggest growing petunias, tomatoes, chillies, basil or thyme but it should be able to handle anything that isn’t too large. ,I \RX·YH JRW JUHHQ ÀQJHUHG children, the Chuppon selfwatering animal planter (£9.99) should delight them: it’s a ceramic animal with a herb basket on its back and a straw that sips from any glass or mug.

There are four animals and four herbs to choose from, although of course you can put your own herbs in instead.

Even the smartphone has made its presence felt in the world of gardening, and there are lots of apps and devices for indoor and outdoor gardening.

One of the cleverest devices is the Parrot Flower Power, a wireless device that sits in your plant pot and monitors the plant’s health, sending alerts to your phone. It’s available for Apple and Android phones, measures sunlight, temperature, fertiliser and moisture, and it currently costs £42. That’s probably a bit steep if you’re growing cress, but if you’ve got something exotic or temperamental it could be a very wise investment indeed.

There’s another type of digital gardening you can do, and that’s to create a virtual one in your computer - something you can do just for fun, or to plan what you’ll do to a real garden space. There are many garden planning apps to choose from, including My Garden (free from www.gardena.com/uk) and Marshalls Garden Visualiser (free from www.marshalls. co.uk). Happy gardening!

Images L to R: Indoor Allotment; Chuppon selfwatering animal planter; Parrot Flower Power; Click and Grow Smart Garden.

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Balderton Tiles is truly a family business; even Darcy the gorgeous Cockapoo gets involved with various tasks such as filing, and emptying the rubbish! She’s very good at that!

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Health

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Sugar: Not So Sweet and Innocent osteoarthritis, depression, respiratory problems, sleep apnoea, infertility problems, breast cancer and bowel cancer.

Recently, evidence of sugar’s evils and a potential sugar tax have dominated the media. The Chief Executive of the NHS has even proposed a 20% NHS ‘sugar tax’ on food in England’s NHS cafes.

So why is sugar nutrition’s new super-villain?

STORING SUGAR AS FAT Sugar’s most obvious risks are obesity, which costs the NHS around £6.4bn per year, and tooth decay. What’s less obvious is that when we don’t burn off the sugar we consume our bodies convert it to fat, storing it partly in the liver, which can lead to fatty liver disease, and partly in our fatty tissues. A study of the development of visceral fat - the dangerous, hard-to-shift fat that’s stored around the internal organs - showed that while it increased in all participants, it increased most in people consuming sugar-sweetened drinks on a daily basis.

High sugar intake, hand-in-hand with obesity, can also increase our risk of hypertension (high blood pressure), type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gout,

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Sugary foods can make our blood sugar levels seesaw too, making us irritable and tired when we come ‘down’.

However, experts are divided about whether a high sugar diet makes us prone to thrush, although diabetics are at higher risk and there’s anecdotal evidence of low sugar diets helping with recurring thrush.

SUGAR BY ANY OTHER NAME... IS STILL AS SWEET Your latest grocery purchase may not say it contains ‘sugar’, but glucose, dextrose, maltose, fructose (found in fruit) and lactose (found in cow’s milk) are all different forms of sugar, as is sucrose (our everyday sugar).

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Spring Is In The Air

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Spring is a great time to clear out the makeup bag (or RYHUÁRZLQJ FXSERDUG LQ P\ case) and treat yourself to D IHZ QHZ JRRGLHV How pretty is this new palette from Paul & Joe? Teaming an eye shadow duo with a powder blush, the palette is available in two shades: Papillons de Printemps and Floral Nectar (pictured).

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Go On, Grow Your Own!

by Pippa Greenwood

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Home & Interiors Planning A Master Bedroom

Your bedroom is a highly personal space, but if you are considering selling, or simply want to enhance your property’s value in the long term, you’ll also need to design it so it has general appeal, says Katherine Sorrell.

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Framinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 'Ell, Supplying Frames for your precious works of Art Phil Stephenson, the owner of Framing' 'Ell is passionate about your artwork! Trained by the Fine Art Trade Guild, and as a Guild Certified Framer, Phil is a professional framer who is able to ensure all work is completed to the highest standards.

Recent orders include Military Medal mounting and framing; framing of the famous Tower of London Poppies,- these are placed into special acrylic domes so that the frame can then be put into any wood or moulding to suit the customers taste, and the Poppy can be viewed from all around, rather than in the past it would have been put into a deep rebate boxed frame meaning it could only be viewed from the front. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Technology at its best!

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Becauseâ&#x20AC;Śweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not speaking!â&#x20AC;?

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