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May this year of 2017 be A year of Health & Happiness....A year of Wealth & Wisdom.....

A year of Peace & Prosperity....And also a year of Love & Laughter!

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Horoscopes by Russell Grant ARIES

LEO

March 21st - April 20th

24th - August 23rd

2017 begins in a quiet, understated way. Instead of plunging right into the thick of things, you will gently test the waters. Quiet, contemplative activities will give you the emotional strength to assume big career responsibilities. A gathering on the 28th is worth attending; you'll attract admirers like a flower draws bees at this stimulating gathering.

Financial gain through a marriage, business partnership or investment deal could arrive early in the month.

This is a good time to indulge your love of luxury. Splash out on a new outfit, fancy gadget or anything else that appeals to your sensual side. The New Moon on the 28th is ideal for embarking on a partnership of some kind.

SAGITTARIUS November 23rd - Dec 21st The opening days of 2017 offer a welcome opportunity to recover from the Christmas season. Stick close to home, spending quality time with your relatives and pets. As January comes to a close, you'll get some good news on the 28th. That's when the New Moon will help you reconnect with a fun loving neighbour or relative.

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VIRGO

CAPRICORN

April 21st - May 21st

August 24th - Sept 23rd

December 22nd - Jan 20th

Rubbing elbows with VIPs will be a trend during the first half of January.

Whether you're looking for love, want a job or feel compelled to showcase your creative work, get out and network.

Having good connections will help you reach goals that were unattainable last year. The New Moon on the 28th will attract a welcome career opportunity.

Two heads are better than one in the early days of January. Spending quality time with a loving partner will strengthen your commitment. It will feel like you can move mountains with your beloved by your side. If you're single, you could meet someone special at a professional conference. On the 28th, the New Moon could mark an exciting job offer

GEMINI

LIBRA

May 22nd - June 21st

September 24th - Oct 23rd

You'll be basking in the public spotlight in the opening days of January. This is a terrific time to make a sales pitch or public appeal. People will respond warmly to your wit and humanity.

Working at a university or law firm could be profitable. Start sending out applications on the 28th, when you'll have the strength of the New Moon on your side.

The opening days are January are perfect for sprucing up your wardrobe or updating your look in some way. The New Moon rises on the 28th, and you could get a terrific offer. Working for a company that places a strong emphasis on creativity will be the answer to a prayer. You'll get the full support of your best friend or romantic partner to pursue this line of work.

The opening days of the month will be pleasantly pleasing and relaxing allowing you to talk with upbeat people who bring out the best in you. On the 12th, the Full Moon will put strain on a close relationship. You'll have to strike a better balance between your personal and professional lives to keep this romance alive. Stop erring on the side of your career all the time.

AQUARIUS January 21st - Feb 19th You have a good chance of making money from your creative work in early January. This is a great time to show the fruits of your labour to an editor, talent agent or boutique owner. The Full Moon on the 12th may prompt you to change your routine in a radical way.

Quitting a job, starting a health regimen and breaking a bad habit are among the possibilities.

CANCER

SCORPIO

PISCES

June 22nd - July 23rd

October 24th - Nov 22nd

Feb 20th - March 20th

Spend the opening days of 2017 touring a city that has fascinated you since childhood. If you can't take a trip at this time, you can always armchair travel via the internet or a movie. On the 12th, the Full Moon could make you quite emotional. You'll be ready to cut ties with a relative who is always overstepping their boundaries.

Love, adventure and leisure will characterise the opening days of 2017 for you. This is a wonderful time to go on a romantic trip with your amour, post a dating profile or launch a creative project. On the 12th, the Full Moon will expose some gaps in your knowledge. Don't hesitate to ask for help and additional training. Nobody will look down on you for wanting to further your education.

All eyes will be on you in the early days of January. Your enhanced charisma will attract love, money and creative opportunities. The New Moon on the 28th could find you adopting a lower profile. Use this time to rest, relax and recharge your spiritual batteries. You'll be much more productive after you catch up on your sleep

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Karols Korner

Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed the first issue of Use Locally Villages and are looking forward to reading your second issue!

New years resolutions – outdated or bang on trend?

What are you planning to resolve to do in 2017?

Are you looking to grow your business in 2017? Get a new job? Go on a diet? Get fit? All great ideas and very admirable, but how about something completely different?

How about giving a bit of yourself, how about volunteering for a charity – even a couple of hours a month would be a great help.

Or what about becoming a voluntary car driver for the hospital service?

What about walking a dog at the local dog rescue? A dog would love to have the opportunity for a couple of hours a month to go out for a walk! And it keeps you fit! http://www.halfwayhome-dogrescue.org/ What about a befriending service, lots of people are lonely and it would mean so much to them. www.beafriendtoday.org.uk Make 2017 the year you give back!

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Interest Rates Are Low, So What Are Your Best Options For Saving? By Ann Haldon

With interest rates set to remain low for a while, it is worth considering what you could do with the spare cash you might now have. It is always a good idea to pay off \RXU GHEWV ÀUVW EXW WKHUH LV DOVR VRPH EHQHÀW WR VWDUWLQJ D small nest-egg.

From April 2016 everyone has a Personal Savings Allowance, which means that many people won’t need to pay tax on their savings (subject to a maximum limit). This broadening of your options means you could switch your current account to EHQHÀW IURP WKH FUHGLW LQWHUHVW offered by a different bank, RU SHUKDSV RSW IRU D À[HG term ISA that removes the temptation to spend.

With each bank applying their own rules for eligibility, here are a few of the different accounts available at the time of writing.

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offer cash back or a monetary incentive. • Nationwide offers 5% AER À[HG RQ WKHLU )OH['LUHFW account for balances up to £2,500. This rate lasts for one year only and then drops to 1%, so you will need to be prepared to swap again if you want to get a higher rate after this. In order to be eligible for the account you have to pay in at least £1,000 per month.

REGULAR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS As the name suggests, these accounts require a regular SD\PHQW LQ RUGHU WR EHQHĂ€W from the higher interest rates.

Again, some high interest rates are only available for a year as the banks use them as ‘loss leaders,’ assuming their new customer won’t be inclined to move once the rate falls. ‡ )LUVW 'LUHFW RIIHUV $(5 for one year, to customers KROGLQJ D )LUVW 'LUHFW VW Account. You are allowed to save between ÂŁ25 and ÂŁ300 per month, but if you miss one deposit your savings account will close and the balance will be placed into a low-interest account.

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offers a rate of 1.1% AER. There is no limit on the number of withdrawals, and you can replace money that you have taken out in a tax year without it becoming part of the ISA limit.

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Savings accounts offer a guaranteed return on your money, which can grow surprisingly quickly, especially if the interest is applied monthly. Having some cash to one side gives you a degree of control to deal with unexpected life events such as redundancy, or simply the reassurance that you have a ‘cushion’ to fall back on. http://www.moneysavingexpert. com/banking/compare-bestbank-accounts#interest http://www.moneysavingexpert. com/savings/best-regularsavings-accounts#bb http://www.moneysavingexpert. com/savings/best-cashisa#manipulate http://www.moneysavingexpert. com/savings/fixed-rate-savings

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Beauty Beauty Resolutions

by Kate Duggan www.kateduggan.co.uk It seems you can barely pick up a magazine without reading about another new skincare ‘miracle worker’, from skin softeners and beauty essences, to micellar water. Most of these are ‘nice to haves’ rather than essentials.

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By Alison Runham www.alison.runham.co.uk

Realistic Resolutions for a Happier, Healthier New Year LESS ALCOHOL Your Unrealistic Resolution: “I’ll give it up entirely!â€? “I won’t drink at home/when I’m out/on weekdays/until Easter!â€? If you UDUHO\ GULQN \RX¡OO Ă€QG VWLFNLQJ to such drastic resolutions easy. But if you rarely drink, you’re probably not making alcohol-based resolutions...

New Year resolutions sound like a great idea; a fresh year and a IUHVK VWDUW VHHP WR ÀW WRJHWKHU and even if we’re determined not to make any, other people can sometimes inspire us – or shame us – into making our own.

But if resolutions are such a good idea, why do they fail so often?

SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE At New Year, festive goodwill and New Year enthusiasm can give us a rosier view of life, tricking us into making a multitude of overly ambitious resolutions. They reverse the positive effect of goal setting by setting us up to fail - making us more likely to give up completely.

Here are some tips for turning three popular, doomed-tofailure aspirations into realistic resolutions.

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I’ll go to Pilates every week, walk at least two miles every weekend and do my dance DVD every Tuesday!

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Recent research shows that even low alcohol intake (well under the recommended limits of 2-3 units daily and 14 units per week) increases your risk of many serious conditions, including dementia and some cancers, so cutting back is well worth doing. But going teetotal or drastically reducing your intake may be hard if you’re a regular drinker.

A Better Resolution: Think about when and where you drink alcohol, and plan to reduce your intake gradually.

Here are a few strategies to try: • If you usually have 4 drinks on a night out, replace drink 3 with a large soft drink; it may last you the rest of the evening, halving your alcohol intake. • Match every alcoholic drink with a soft drink. • Find other ways to relax if you always have a drink on your return from work, and try to make it a Friday-only treat (or reduce your measure).

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Consider if you need to make changes in your work life. • If you drink wine with dinner

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Home & Interiors Declutter for the New Year

What could be a better New Year’s resolution for your home than to eliminate mess, create space and generally have a good sort out?

When the festive fun comes to an end, the presents are all opened and the Christmas SXGGLQJ ÀQDOO\ ÀQLVKHG LW¡V time to take a breath and assess just how much mess and clobber has built up in your home over the past year.

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With what’s left, it’s now time to work out where it will go.

By Katherine Sorrell Often, our most persistent clutter arises from the fact that we haven’t designated spaces where things can easily be put, so stuff just ends up lying around. Label your storage if necessary, and make sure the whole family knows what’s meant to go where. You’ll already have created extra storage space by having such a good clear-out; if you still need more, look for all WKH DUHDV ZKHUH \RX FRXOG ÀW additional storage, whether built-in or free-standing: from backs of doors to under the stairs, tops of wardrobes to under the bed. Think racks, hooks and shelves as well as conventional cabinets and chests of drawers and, where possible, ensure they coordinate with existing furniture, enhancing your home’s style and even adding a soupcon of on-trend glamour. You may also wish to have a rethink about the location of some conventional storage spaces. If, for example, toys are always in the living room rather than in the children’s bedrooms, how about adding a toy storage unit somewhere handy, rather than having to tidy them away upstairs every day?

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Weaving the Mondeo around the exposed ironworks of an unadopted road, I eased my chariot into the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car park. Slaloming through a strange wrought iron maze, Sarah guided me into an RIĂ&#x20AC;FH DGMRLQLQJ D QHZO\ constructed house. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the show home, Tom, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it lovely?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The architect hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t half gone to town on the study KDVQ¡W KH" , FRXOG Ă&#x20AC;W WKUHH desks in here.â&#x20AC;?

A middle aged lady wearing an azure blue suit, sporting Shirley Temple curls and a face the colour of burnt ochre rose from behind her desk and announced, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sir, this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t DQ RIĂ&#x20AC;FH WKLV LV WKH JDUDJH Âľ Wondering how easy it would be to smash the

Mondeo through the double glazing, I followed Shirley Temple and Sarah through a white door into a white kitchen. I was about to step RQWR WKH VKLQ\ PDUEOH Ă RRU when our host span round and, holding up two blue plastic bags, requested that we put them on so as not to bring in any dirt into the show home. I dutifully complied and followed the two ladies towards the beautiful surroundings. As Sarah engaged Miss Temple in a conversation about light Ă&#x20AC;WWLQJV , GHFLGHG WR FKLS in with my twopennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;orth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So how much is this pad anyway?â&#x20AC;? The two ladies turned to face me.

Shirley Temple smirked, Sarah was appalled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom, those blue covers are not for your head - take it off!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh right, I wondered why I had two anyway.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, not on your hands, on your feet!â&#x20AC;?

Suitably protected, I popped

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my head into a cupboard under the stairs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left a toilet in here.â&#x20AC;?

A stony-faced Miss Temple corrected me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the downstairs cloakroom, sir.

And through here is the lounge.â&#x20AC;?

I followed Sarah into a modern-day front parlour where I nestled into the soft furnishings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This armchair is very generous, I bet with D VTXHH]H ZH FRXOG ERWK Ă&#x20AC;W on here.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the sofa. By the way I love the wallpaper.â&#x20AC;?

Shirley Temple beamed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank you! Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had the whole house dressed by our interiors team.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;When are they going to

Ă&#x20AC;QLVK LW RII" :KDW DERXW WKH rest of it?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom - that is called a feature wall.â&#x20AC;?

Suitably chastised we adjourned upstairs to a collection of pokey rooms, most of which seemed to FRQWDLQ WRLOHWV ´/RRN 6DUDK thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another loo in here!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tom, they are en-suites.

I just love the way theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve designed it all.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bit cramped though isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it?

Imagine shoehorning all our stuff into here?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the whole point, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it dear - we are going to have to declutter!â&#x20AC;?

Miss Temple, irked at my candid remarks, through the most insincere of smiles said,

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe, sir, our Heritage Range of homes has not been aimed at people...like you.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then who have they been DLPHG DW" /LOOLSXWLDQV ZLWK weak bladders?â&#x20AC;?

On the way home (conducted mainly in silence), I detoured to our local DIY store in an effort to repair marital relations, where I allowed myself to be frogmarched into the home interiors section and vigorously VFKRROHG RQ WKH EHQHĂ&#x20AC;WV RI the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;feature wallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

And that, dear reader, is the story of how your narrator became the owner of a) one wallpaper table, and b) one rather unwelcome New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resolutionâ&#x20AC;Ś

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By James Baggott

Ferrari California T Handling Speciale and you lose all rear legroom – which means even carrying D ÀYH \HDU ROG UHTXLUHV WKH front seat passengers to perform some gymnastics for the journey. The boot is pretty cramped too. If you don’t want to use the roof, you get a little more space, but if you do then you’ll be restricted to two small bags at best. Weekly shopper, this isn’t.

Meet the California T HS – the tweaked version of the manufacturer’s folding hard-top family Ferrari. With two seats in the back for small children and a V8 turbo-charged lump up front, this is the convertible Italian supercar for those that need to carry more than one VLJQLÀFDQW RWKHU 1HZ IRU WKH Handling Speciale model are some stiffer springs, louder exhaust and some ever-sosubtle design tweaks – for which you’ll be charged £5,568 to add to an ever-expanding list of options.

LOOKS AND IMAGE The California is aimed at a certain type of buyer and as such it has the ability to disappoint behind the wheel, unless you drive it in context.

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to drive. Even with the louder exhaust system on this HS model, on the road we found it just a little too quiet.

In fact, we found the California lacked a lot of the excitement you’d expect to ÀQG LQ D )HUUDUL ² GHVSLWH its impressive performance credentials it just didn’t feel as involving as we’d hoped.

That said, it was certainly a comfortable companion over distance and never failed to draw a crowd whenever we parked it up. The quality of its build is without question too – perfectly demonstrated with a wonderfully dramatic roof mechanism.

SPACE AND PRACTICALITY OK, so a Ferrari isn’t going to win any accessibility awards like a Citroen Berlingo might, however this is a sports car and comes with sports car compromises. Put the front seats back to anything less than a knee crushing position

BEHIND THE WHEEL For long distance motorway journeys, the California T HS is a comfortable companion.

The 552bhp turbo-charged V8 has impressive breadth to its power delivery and although the feeling of acceleration is somewhat numbed in the cabin, it can hit 60mph in just 3.6 seconds. Sadly, the turbo engine loses some of the charms of a normally aspirated unit – it may offer improved performance, but lacks some of the aural pleasure you expect from a Ferrari.

Those stiffer springs and louder exhaust come into play when you select the ‘Sport’ setting on the Manettino switch on the steering wheel. Hit the bumpy road button on the steering wheel too, and you’ll be rewarded with a compliant ride that’s just about perfect for our rutted roads. A parking camera makes backing the Ferrari into spaces a pretty simple affair and despite its sports car credentials the visibility isn’t too bad either.

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