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Castro had initiallysummoned her to appearbefore him on March 8th.

The judge isinvestigating her possibleinvolvement in tax fraud,money-laundering and themisappropriation of publicfunds in connection withthe not-for-profit Nóosinstitute set up byher husband IñakiUrdangarin and hisformer business partnerDiego Torres.

The infanta’s lawyer,Miquel Roca, said onMonday that PrincessCristina wanted to testifyas soon as possiblebecause “she believes thatshe has to do so to clear upa situation in which she isabsolutely convinced ofher innocence.” Roca saidit was the Princess herselfwho decided not to appealagainst the subpoena.She has returned toSwitzerland where sheworks after spending last

week with her lawyers inMadrid and Barcelona.Roca said she would bereturning to Barcelonasoon to prepare for herappearance before Castro,which the princess hopes“will leave everythingvery much cleared up”.

Her decision waswelcomed by the RoyalHousehold which said in astatement last Saturdaythat it was “very positive”.The Princess's lawyer had

said a few days earlierthat they would appeal thejudge’s decision to makeher a formal target in theinvestigation, as he hadtried to do for the firsttime in April 2013. Butlast Friday Miquel Rocaannounced in writing thatshe wanted to renouncethis right and wouldtestify voluntarily onMarch 8th.

The royal family hadexpressed a desire to put

an end to “the suffering”caused by the case, whichhas been dragging on forthree years, since thejudge started investing thedubious business practicesof her husband, IñakiUrdangarin, a formerOlympic handball playerwho married the Princessin 1997.

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He and his formerbusiness partner, DiegoTorres, are suspected ofembezzling €5.8 millionobtained through no-bidcontracts with thegovernments of Valenciaand the Balearics. Theyhad been hired to organisesports and tourism events– some of which did nottake place, although paidfor – through their non-profit Nóos Institute, butchannelled much of themoney to private firmsand tax havens, theinvestigation claims.

Judge Castro believesthat Princess Cristinabenefited from that moneythrough her use of fundsfrom Aizoon, a companyshe owns jointly with herhusband and whose sole

activity seems to be as adepository of Nóos money.In their arguments to theexamining judge, thePrincess's lawyers saidthat any alleged taxevasion by Aizoon iswholly attributable toUrdangarin. They arguethat there is no reason tobelieve that Cristina deBorbón was aware thather husband “may havebeen involved in any kindof fiscal irregularitysuggesting that thecompany funds that sheoccasionally used hadtheir origin in criminalactivity.”

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Health Minister AnaMato has abandoned aplan to introduce co-payment for certain publicservices with a lowerpriority, according toministry sources. Theseservices include non-emergency ambulancetransportation, prostheticequipment such aswheelchairs or crutchesand medical nutritiontherapy products.

The sources said thedecision was taken inDecember, before theState Council released areport questioning thesavings to be obtainedfrom making people pay afee for these services.

The plan had originallybeen to charge patients

five euros each way forevery ambulance ride fornon-emergency purposes,with a monthly limitdepending on personalincome.

This would haveaffected people whorequire dialysis orphysiotherapy on aregular basis.

"The Partido Popular(PP) has gone intoelectoral panic mode," saidthe Socialist healthspokesman José MartínezOlmos. "This decisionunderscores their absurdpolicies on very sensitiveissues. All the oppositiongroups said that these co-payments were clearlydetrimental to people, andthat they would not result

Health minister's U-turn on co-payments

The European Parliamentwill debate proposedchanges to Spain'sabortion law on Thursday,with the Social Democrats,Green and left-wingparties joining forces toreject the changes thegovernment is planning.

Hannes Swoboda,Social Democratsspokesman in the EUparliament, told reporterson Monday that his partyopposes the reform, whichrestricts a woman's right

to the procedure unlessthere is a danger to themother's health or in casesof rape.

The debate over thegovernment's plannedchanges to the 2010legislation took off lastweek when MikaelGustafsson, chairman ofthe Women's Committee,sent a letter to allparliament membersexpressing "great concern"over the proposed law.

Spain and The New YorkTimes noting that PrincessCristina “is the first closerelative of a Spanishmonarch in modernhistory to face the prospectof a criminal trial”.

Both King Juan Carlosand Crown Prince Feliperead the internationalpress and are aware of thedamage the case is doingto the monarchy's image.The king's popularity is atits lowest, at just under 50per cent, while anincreasing number ofSpaniards believe heshould abdicate.

Recent surveys showthat some 60 per cent ofSpaniards believe PrinceFelipe can restore themonarchy's image.

in the desired savings.Now the PP isbacktracking as part of astrategy to minimise thedamage at the pollsresulting from their anti-social policies."

Mato's U-turn leavessome questions up inthe air. Some regionsalready charge forwheelchairs and crutches,while others do not. Andwhile the government willno longer impose the co-payments, it willapparently not forceregional governments tostop doing so, either.

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US President BarackObama told MarianoRajoy during his first visitto the White House, thathe had come to power "at avery difficult time", butthat "thanks to your greatleadership," Spain hasmade important advancesin economic stability,deficit reduction and thecountry’s performance infinancial markets.

Obama applauded the"not the most popular,but necessary" reformsintroduced by the Spanishgovernment. However, theUS president said "greatchallenges remain" withregard to economic growthand job creation, which hedescribed as the two mostpressing issues right now.

One thing that couldcontribute in that regardmight be the free tradetreaty that the EuropeanUnion and the UnitedStates are going to negotiate,the president said.

Monday’s meeting camenearly two years afterObama invited Rajoyto visit Washington,although the two menhave met at several

international conferences.

Rajoy arrived inWashington on Sundaywith a delegation thatincluded Secretary ofState for Foreign AffairsGonzalo de Benito,Secretary of State forCommunications CarmenMartinez Castro, Cabinetchief Jorge Moragas andEconomic Affairs Officedirector Alvaro Nadal. His

first official event was theplacing of a wreath onMonday at the Tomb of theUnknown Soldier inArlington National Cemetery.

From the White House,Rajoy went to theInternational MonetaryFund for a meeting withManaging DirectorChristine Lagarde. Heended the day with anevent at the residence of

Spanish AmbassadorRamon Gil Casares, wherehe presented the GreatCross of Isabella theCatholic to U.S. SenatorBob Menendez, chairmanof the Senate ForeignRelations Committee.

The President leftWashington on Tuesdayafter meeting businessmenat the local Chamber ofCommerce.

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Around 200 peoplegathered early on bothMonday and Tuesdaymornings in the Burgosneighbourhood ofGamonal to preventmachine operators fromresuming a constructionproject that has deeplydivided the city.

The protest against theconversion of Calle deVitoria into a boulevardwith a bicycle lane andan underground parkingstarted late last week.Around 40 people werearrested on Friday andSaturday after someprotesters burned rubbishcontainers, broke bank

windows and damagedstreet furniture. Policereleased 26 of thosearrested on Saturday.

On Sunday evening,around 1,000 peoplegathered in front of thenewspaper Diario deBurgos, yelling: “They'vesold out; they're not reallyreporting on what's goingon here!”

One local resident toldreporters "It's all veryaesthetic, very nice, butit's useless to us,” addingthat the working classdistrict has been hard hitby unemployment, andpeople needed more social

services, not more streetbeautification.

The protesters vow theyare not going to budge andare organising shifts of100 people so that theconstruction site is neverdeserted at any time.

The State Secretaryfor Security, FranciscoMartínez Vázquez, said ina radio interview thatthe incidents in Gamonalare the work of “violentgroups that travel todifferent parts of Spain toinfiltrate neighbourhoodmovements, generatingenormous social damage”.

Anti-boulevardprotesters dig in

But in a fit of Christmasspirit, the entrepreneur,who organises nearly allthe local fiestas insouthern Cantabria,northern Burgos and partsof Asturias, gave out smallshares of the number hehad bought to the mayorsof more than 300 villagesfor whom he works.

He thought they wouldgive the prize money –€12,500 – to their councilsbut now some of themare asking: who shouldkeep the money, themayors themselves orthe municipalities theyrepresent? Julio Espinosa,mayor of Ruerrero, said itwould all go to his villageof 50 people.

The amount is threetimes as much as thecouncil spends on fiestasin an entire year, butEspinosa plans to spendsome of the money onthings other than

fireworks. “Some of itwill have to go to theelderly,” he said.

Some peopledefend the mayorswho have decided tokeep the money forthemselves.

In the tinycommunity ofRuerrero, people saidthe hamlets are runon a system ofmutual back-scratching. “Ifresidents don’tdefend the mayor, maybethe next day their cattlewill be set loose or theirland might catch fire,” onewoman said.

The mayors blameXavier Murgui for all thecontroversy. Murgui, whois president of theneighbourhood associationValcampo, filed acomplaint with the publicprosecutor last week,

asking the authorities toestablish who the prizemoney belongs to. As aresult he is not a welcomefigure in many townsthese days.

Vicente de la Fuentesaid he won't be sharingthis year's lottery ticketwith anyone. "It's causednothing but trouble," hesaid.

Gordo winnerregrets generosityVicente de la Fuente should be a happy man, having wonthird prize in the El Gordo Christmas lottery, which gavehim a cool five million euros.

Anticorruption prosecutorshave asked the Catalanregional High Court toofficially name Oriol PujolFerrusola – the son offormer Catalan regionalpremier Jordi Pujol, whogoverned from 1980 to2003 – as a suspect in analleged crime of bribery.

The Barcelona publicprosecutor issued astatement on Monday tosay that these potentialcharges are separate fromthose Pujol is alreadyfacing in the so-called ITVaffair, in which he hasbeen officially named as asuspect for allegedlytaking €30,000 from agroup of businessmen tohelp them win a publiccontract to manage the

region’s ITV vehicleinspection centres.Businessmen RicardPuignou and Sergio AlsinaJiménez, as well asPujol’s wife, Ana VidaMaragall, are alsoimplicated in the case.Pujol denies beingpart of a corruptionnetwork.

Pujol is the secretarygeneral of the CDC, onehalf of the ruling CiUcoalition in the region, andthe latter’s parliamentaryspokesman.

Ex premier'sson accusedof bribery The National Statistics

Institute (INE) announcedon Tuesday that homesales plunged inNovember of last year totheir second-lowest levelsince the crisis began atthe beginning of 2008.

The INE said housingtransactions that monthshrank by 15.7 per cent to21,847, a figure only abovethat of April 2012.

The INE said demand isbeing affected by a joblessrate of just under 26 percent and by fallingwages as companiesstrive to restore theircompetitiveness and makeexports cheaper and moreattractive.

Home sales fell in all ofthe country’s regions, withthe exception of theCanary Islands, where

they rose by 13.5 per centfrom a year earlier andNavarre, where there wasan increase of nearly 10per cent.

Home sales alsoincreased spectacularly inthe North African exclavesof Ceuta, where theydoubled, and Melilla,where they increased 59.1per cent. The biggest fallsin home sales wereexperienced by La Rioja(66.6 per cent), Cantabria(55.0 per cent), Asturias(37.1 per cent) and Galicia(30.2 per cent).

House salesplunge

The Cabinet has approveda new colour-coded systemfor the country's differenttypes of ham products.

Introducing the newclassification to the press,Agriculture, Food andEnvironment MinisterMiguel Arias Cañete saidit would include a tradedescription of the product

and the breed of pig itcomes from.

Products from theprized pure Iberian pigsfed exclusively on acornswill be labelled black, andred when only partiallyIberian. Ham from grazingpigs will be tagged greenand fodder-fed animalswhite.

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Economy minister Luis de Guindos announced on monday inParliament that the recovery of the economy was strengthenedin the fourth quarter of 2013, when GdP grew 0.3 per centcompared with the previous quarter. it was two points higherthan the figure for the second quarter, when the country finallymanaged to pull out of the longest recession of the democraticera. de Guindos said the country is now “faced with a recovery,albeit fragile, but one that is, after all, a recovery”. among thepositive factors he mentioned, de Guindos focused in particularon the fall in borrowing costs for the Spanish state and theaccompanying drop in the risk premium, which all point toforeign investors' increasing confidence in Spain. The ministersaid the housing market was beginning to touch bottom, andthat unemployment fell in 2013. He predicted that theunemployment rate will fall from 25.9 per cent, its currentlevel, to 25 per cent by the end of 2014.

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The Supreme Court ruled on monday that France Telecom doesnot have the exclusive right to use the square orange icon ofits mobile phone brand Orange. France Telecom had patentedits brand’s icon in Spain but rival mobile firm Jazztel, which alsouses the colour orange in its logo, filed a suit against the Frenchfirm’s claim to exclusivity. The court ruled that the colourorange that Orange “claims as a distinctive exclusive sign of itsproducts is nothing other than one of the most common in themarket,” and therefore, “should be open to the use of alleconomic operators.” it said it was “in the general interest” notto restrict the availability of colours to other operators offeringthe same products or service. Jazztel and Orange’s legal battledates back to 2009 and the Supreme Court only reached itsjudgment in december of last year. Jazztel’s lawyers had arguedthat in Orange’s case: “The colour orange is represented in themost trivial, insignificant, banal, simple, rudimentary, primary,basic, elemental shape imaginable to the human intellect: thatof a simple two-dimensional square, without contours, borders,texture relief, perspective, without any ornamentation.”

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Despite being called amarch for "human rights,understanding and peace",some demonstratorsshouted slogans in supportof the Basque terroristgroup. The march wasorganised by Basquenationalist and separatistpolitical parties after ajudge banned a rallycalling for ETA inmates tobe moved closer to theirfamilies. One marcher, 52-year-old Itziar Goienetxia,told reporters she lived inthe Basque country andhad to travel 1,200 km tovisit her husband in jail inCadiz, at the other end ofthe country.

The victims' associationAVT had applied in vain tohave the march banned,saying it gave "graveoffence to each and everyvictim of terrorism". "Theonly aim of the initiative is

to pay homage to prisonersof the terrorist groupETA," it argued. Radicalleft-wingers havedemanded for years thatETA prisoners should betransferred closer to homebut last Saturdaymembers of the moderateBasque Nationalist Party(PNV) joined the march.However, Basque premierIñigo Urkullu and otherPNV members of theBasque regionalgovernment, were allconspicuously absent fromthe demonstration.

Late last year, the HighCourt ordered the releasefrom prison of several ETAmembers, acting on aruling by the EuropeanCourt of Human Rightsthat Spain had actedillegally when itretroactively appliedlegislation that stopped

them being eligible forearly release. Most of thereleased prisoners hadbeen convicted of multiplemurders.

A spokesman for the

government said ETAsympathisers could marchas much as they like butthe government would notchange its attitude untilETA lays down its armsand dissolves itself.

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making it the biggest officebuilding in the world

The people of Haiti have been remembering the victims of adevastating earthquake that struck the country four years ago, killingmore than 250,000 people and leaving at least 1.5 million peoplehomeless, in a country with a population of about 10 million. Fouryears after the quake, some 150,000 people are still living intemporary accommodation and signs of destruction are stilleverywhere.

On Sunday, people attended special religious ceremonies across thecountry and President Michel Martelly laid a wreath at a mass gravein Saint Christophe, where many victims were buried. Thegovernment issued a decree declaring 12th January a day ofremembrance and reflection. Haiti, the poorest country in theAmericas, has struggled to rebuild its infrastructure, despite millionsof dollars in aid pouring into the country. President Martelly said ayear ago that only a third of the money pledged after the 2010earthquake had actually been delivered.

Since the earthquake, Haiti the has been affected by landslides andhurricanes, as well as an epidemic of cholera and rampant crime.

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For the first time, at least 268 of the 534 politicians in the Senate andHouse of Representatives had a net worth of $1m (£606,821) or morein 2012, according to a wealth analysis. democrats were slightlywealthier than Republicans, according to the data from the Centrefor Responsive Politics (CRP) at OpenSecrets.org. democratsregistered a median wealth of $1.04m while Republicans had $1m.Senators ranked higher than members of the House in medianwealth, with $2.7m versus $896,000 in the lower chamber.

Congress is suffering its lowest approval ratings in history, "but there'sbeen no change in our appetite to elect affluent politicians torepresent our concerns in Washington", CRP director Sheila Krumholztold reporters. She added that wealth is necessary "to run financiallyviable campaigns". The figures were published just as politiciansbegin to debate national jobless benefits and the minimum wage.

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A permit to hunt and kill an endangered Black Rhino in namibia hasbeen sold at a US auction for $350,000 (£212,000). The dallas SafariClub in Texas said the winning bidder – who has not been named –will hunt an old, non-breeding male rhino. Such animals actually posea threat to younger rhinos, which they sometimes charge and kill. Allproceeds will be donated to the namibian government and will beearmarked for conservation efforts, safari club officials said. Animalrights groups described the hunt's conservation claim as "perverse"and "a sad joke". More than 80,000 people signed online petitionsagainst the auction. The FBI says it is investigating a string of deaththreats over the auction. namibia is home to about a third of theworld's 5,000 black rhinos, and issues just three hunting permits ayear. It is the first time a permit has been auctioned outside thesouthern African nation.

Inventor 'feared he was to blame'

Demonstrators surroundedthe Customs Departmentand key road junctionsremained blocked. Theprotesters allege thatPrime Minister YingluckShinawatra is controlledby her brother, oustedformer PM ThaksinShinawatra, and say moneypolitics have created aflawed democracy.

Thailand's electioncommission has called forthe vote to be postponed to

May, but this is unlikely tosatisfy the protesters, whowant the Shinawatra familyto be purged from politics,and a two-year periodwithout elections in whichan appointed committeewould reform Thailand'spolitical system. They saythey will remain on thestreets until their demandsare met.

Ms Yingluck has called asnap election on February2nd but the opposition

intends to boycott the polls.The shutdown has beenpeaceful so far and shopsand businesses haveremained open inunaffected areas.

The government hasdeployed 8,000 soldiers and10,000 police to keep order.The military – which hascarried out several coups inthe past – has refused torule out another one. Somefear an escalation ofviolence could lead to a

military intervention. Thegovernment has so farworked to avoidconfrontation with theprotesters.

The political unrest isthe worst to hit Thailandsince the protests of 2010,which were against agovernment led by thecurrent opposition partyand left more than 90people, mostly civilianprotesters, dead.

Thai protesters marched on several government buildings on Tuesday, the second day

of what they call a shutdown of the capital, Bangkok.

The inventor of theKalashnikov assault riflewrote to the head of theRussian Orthodox Church,Patriarch Kirill, in 2012,expressing fears that hewas morally responsiblefor the people it killed.

Mikhail Kalashnikov,who died last month aged94, said he was suffering

"spiritual pain" over themany deaths it caused. "Ifmy rifle claimed people'slives, then can it be that I,a Christian and anOrthodox believer, was toblame for their deaths?" heasked.

"The longer I live, themore I wonder why theLord allowed man to have

the devilish desires ofenvy, greed andaggression".

The Kalashnikov, orAK-47, is one of theworld's most familiar andwidely used weapons. Itscomparative simplicitymade it cheap tomanufacture, as well asreliable and easy to

maintain. It is thoughtthat more than 100 millionKalashnikov rifles havebeen sold worldwide.

Kalashnikov formerlyrefused to acceptresponsibility for themany people killed by hisweapon, blaming thepolicies of other countriesthat acquired it.

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An Australian man has received medical treatment to remove a largecockroach that had burrowed into his ear. Local media reported thatthe 2cm pest caused agonising pain for Hendrik Helmer, and defiedhis efforts to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner. He was taken tohospital where a doctor tried putting oil down the ear canal but thatonly made the cockroach crawl in deeper, before it eventually beganto die. It was then that the doctor was able to put forceps into his earand pull out the cockroach. Mr Helmer told reporters: "They said theyhad never pulled an insect this large out of someone's ear." MrHelmer said he was not suffering any major discomfort and wouldnot be taking any additional precautions before going to sleep. Buthe added that his friends were strongly advising him to go to bed withheadphones on.


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Zhang Shuxia was foundguilty of abducting andselling seven babies to childtraffickers betweenNovember 2011 and July2013, including a pair oftwins, a judgement postedon the WeinanIntermediate People'sCourt's microblog onTuesday said.

Six of the babies wererescued, but one baby girldied. She told parents theirinfants had serious diseasesand convinced them to giveup the babies, the courtsaid.

Zhang and several othersuspects were arrested afterthe most recent abduction

case in July. The parentsreported the case to policeafter they suspected theirbaby had been trafficked.

The baby was found andreturned to his parents inearly August. Police saidthey were still investigating50 related cases, including26 cases linked to Zhang,and several other suspectswere in criminal detention,Xinhua news agencyreported. Zhang has beensentenced to death, with atwo year reprieve.Suspended death sentencesare normally commuted tolife imprisonment in China.

Under China's strictpopulation control policies,

most couples can only haveone child, and there is astrong preference forhealthy baby boys. Earlierthis month, China's toplegislature formallyadopted a resolution easingthe country's one-childpolicy, allowing couples tohave two children if eitherparent is an only child.

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Egyptians voteamid tight securityEgyptians began voting onTuesday amid tightsecurity in a two-dayreferendum on a newconstitution, which couldpave the way for freshelections. Interim PrimeMinister Hazem Beblawihas called the referendumthe "most critical moment"for Egypt.

The new constitutionwas drafted by a 50-member committee thatincluded only two

representatives of Islamistparties, and will replacethe constitution passedunder Islamist PresidentMohammed Morsi monthsbefore he was ousted bythe army.

The military wants astrong "Yes" vote toendorse Mr Morsi'sremoval. His MuslimBrotherhood, nowdesignated a terroristgroup, boycotted the vote.Shortly before voting

began, an explosion washeard near a courtbuilding in Cairo,although no casualtieswere reported. A hugesecurity operation is beingmounted for the two daysof voting.

The interior ministrysaid 200,000 policeofficers, 150 centralsecurity units and 200combat groups weredeployed around pollingstations.

A group of policemen areunder investigation inBrazil to find out whetherthey went on a three-hourkilling spree in an allegedrevenge attack.

Twelve people werekilled overnight bygunmen in vehicles in adistrict of Campinas, a citynorth of Sao Paulo. Theattacks began hours afteran off-duty policeman died

in a robbery. Investigatorstold reporters that arevenge attack by fellowmilitary policemen isregarded as "the strongesttheory".

The calibre of weaponsused in the attacks is thesame as that used bymilitary police, andseveral of those who diedhad criminal records, localmedia reported.

Investigators believe itis significant that theattacks "happened in asequence, in the same areaof the city and in the spaceof a few hours," a localpolice commander said,adding that otherpossibilities are beingconsidered, including "anextrajudicial execution oreven a conflict betweenrival criminal gangs".

Brazil police suspectedof killing spree

A Chinese obstetrician has been given a suspended deathsentence for stealing newborn babies and selling them tochild traffickers.

Doctor Zhang Shuxia

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Lee Willis, 30, who is one ofBritain’s thirteen mostwanted men and was thoughtto be in hiding in Spain, wasarrested in the end in Bolton,Greater Manchester, UK.He was named as part ofOperation Captura after goingon the run in June last yearfollowing pleading guilty topossessing cannabis andcocaine. He also standsaccused of dealing in cocaine.Arrested on New Year’s Dayby Greater Manchester Police,Willis from Ashton-under-Lyne appeared on the listissued by Crimestoppers andSpanish Police in Madrid lastyear and is due to appear incourt later this month forsentencing.

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Police investigating thedisappearance of a teenagerwho has been missing formore than two weeks aresearching streams near hersixth form college.

Nida Ul-Naseer has not beenseen since December 28th,when she left her home inNewport, South Wales, to takeout the rubbish.

Concerns for her safety aregrowing because the 18-year-old student was not wearingshoes when she steppedoutside her home in LintonStreet.

She also did not have herphone, money or coat whenshe vanished.

Gwent Police say they remainopen-minded about whatmight have happened to Nida,and are continuing to describetheir work as a missing personinquiry.

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Three “stars” go on trial this weekThe trial of actor WilliamRoache, 81, morecommonly known asCoronation Street’s KenBarlow started onTuesday at Preston CrownCourt.Mr Justice Holroyde

QC told jurors that it wasimportant to distinguishbetween the character theactor has played on TV formore than 50 years andthe “real person” duringthe trial in which hestands accused of twocounts of raping a 15-year-old girl in east Lancashirein 1967 plus five othercharges of indecentassault on four girls agedbetween 12 and 16 yearsold between 1965 and1971 allegedly inManchester. He said: "Youmay feel in one sense youknow the defendant, MrRoache. He is well knownas an actor who for manyyears has played the partof Ken Barlow inCoronation Street. But ofcourse this is not thefictional character of KenBarlow in court. It is a realperson, William Roache,who is on trial. You mustseparate the fictionalcharacter from the realperson, you will have todecide verdicts from theevidence you will hearfrom a real person, about areal person."

Mr Roache arrived atthe court with sons Jamesand Linus and flanked bya security guard afterwhich he formallysurrendered to bail andentered the dock at thestart of the hearing whichis expected to take up tofour weeks. He denies thecharges against him.Among the witnesses

for the defence to be calledduring the trial areCoronation Street actorsAnne Kirkbride, ChrisGascoigne and HelenWorth, jurors were told.The trio play thecharacters DeirdreBarlow, Peter Barlow andGail McIntyre.The trial continues.

Also in court this weekaccused of a series of 13assaults that were “sexualin nature”between 1976and 2003 and one in 2008on 11 women, one of whomwas 15-years-old at thetime, was former Radio 1DJ Dave Lee Travis, 68,who was described as an"opportunist" who preyedon "vulnerable" youngwomen, at SouthwarkCrown Court in London.The women complainantswere said by prosecutorMiranda Moore QC tocome from all parts of theUK and the assaults aresaid to have been carried

out “in a workenvironment” both overand under their clothing.The alleged assaults

were said to have takenplace while the DJ, realname David PatrickGriffin, was working inradio, acting inpantomimes and even atthe opening of a hospitalradio station. He deniesthe charges, describingthem as “utter rubbish”and told police that hewould not havejeopardised his career inpanto.One of the incidents

was allegedly filmedduring a recording of TopOf The Pops but wasdeleted from theprogramme that wasaired. And in anotherincident at aShowaddywaddy concertat a farm inGloucestershire hisalleged 15-year-old victimsaid she was “pinned toher seat” and thought hewas going to rape her,

according to Ms. Moore.Another victim told ofbeing assaulted whileworking on thepantomime Aladdin whereTravis was appearing asAbanazar, the “evilwizard”, betweenNovember 1990 andJanuary 1991. The theatrelater decided to banfemales from being ontheir own in the presenceof Travis, Ms Moore toldthe court.Travis is charged with

13 counts of indecentassault dating between1976 and 2003, and onecount of sexual assault in2008.He was arrested under

Scotland Yard's OperationYewtree, which wasprompted by abuseallegations involving thelate Jimmy Savile, thecourt heard.

Last, but not least, sawRolfe Harris in SouthwarkCrown Court on 12 countsof indecent assault on four

girls between 1968 and1986.Harris, 83, has yet to be

arraigned on four counts ofmaking an indecent imageof a child.He will stand trial on

the indecent assaultcharges on April 30th, andmade no comment toreporters as he left thecourtroom.Harris who has lived in

the village of Bray,Berkshire, for the past 50years, was released onconditional bail. He wasborn in Perth, WesternAustralia but moved to theUK in 1952.The conditions of his

release until trial are thathe does not contactprosecution witnesses,lives at his home address,and does not spendtime with anyone under18 without beingaccompanied by someoneover 21.He arrived at court

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Advertising feature Inadequate hospitalstaffing levels blamedfor toddler’s death The mother of four-year-old Sean Turner told aninquest that her son wasreduced to sucking themoisture from wet tissuesas hospital staff failed tohelp him “due toinadequate staffing levels,poor hygiene standardsand lack of training”.

Yolanda Turner saidthat the “beginning of theend” for her child camewhen he was moved fromthe paediatric IntensiveCare Unit to Ward 32 as ahigh dependency patientat the Bristol RoyalHospital for Children andthat the alleged failings inhis treatment and careleft him with “no chanceof survival”.

The little boy,described as a “happy,lively little boy” had goneinto hospital for vitalcorrective heart surgeryin January 2012 but diedfrom a brainhaemmorhage shortlyafter suffering a cardiacarrest in the arms of hisfather, Stephen Turner.He said: "The nurses onWard 32 cared but did nothave the knowledge orknow-how to give Seanthe level of care he sodesperately needed. Noparent should be put inthis situation, in a safeenvironment – having tobeg for help. We have tolive with this for the restof our lives."

Fighting back tears,Yolanda Turner recalledhow her pleas for painrelief for her young son,who was in "considerablepain", were ignored,adding: "I cannotunderstand how a childcould be left to suffer solong."

At least 10 families,including the Turners,allege their children haveeither died or wereleft damaged followingtreatment on Ward 32since 2008 and are takinglegal action againstthe University BristolHospitals NHSFoundation Trust (UHBristol). In November lastyear, Avon Coroner MariaVoisin returned anarrative verdict in thecase of another one of the

10 children – seven-year-old Luke Jenkins – whodied three weeks afterSean on Ward 32.

Luke's parents, from StMellons, Cardiff, believedthe hospital could havedone more to save theirson's life, but the coronerfound "no evidence that agross failure led to orcontributed to hisdeath".

Two further inquestsare due in February andMarch 2014.

Robert Woolley, chiefexecutive of UH Bristol,said in a statement: "We

would like to offer oursincere condolences to Mrand Mrs Turner for theloss of their son, Sean. Wealways aim to do our bestfor the children andfamilies under our careand we are fullycommitted to workingwith the coroner to helpher investigate thereasons for Sean's death.It would not beappropriate for us tocomment further until theinquest has concluded."

The inquest into Sean'sdeath is expected to lasttwo weeks.

How safe is mycompany pension?Forgive me forreminiscing, but Iremember the days whenif you were a member of acompany pension schemeyou were set for life,particularly if it was adefined benefit scheme,even more so if you workedfor the local authority anda member of thesuperannuation scheme,be it a teachers scheme,local government scheme,fire service etc.

Back then I worked forthe Prudential, which hada non-contributory definedbenefit staff pensionscheme set up on a 1/60thbasis. FANTASTIC! Iwas made redundant in1999, so what may havehappened to my deferredbenefits since?

Let’s consider:FUNDING LEVELS...This is the amount in

the pot available to keeppromises to employeesand ex-employees whenreaching retirement andwant to take companypension benefits. Whencalculating these figures,it is necessary for theTrustees to make certainassumptions about futureevents. This means thatthe amount actuallyneeded to provide thebenefits – which includethose benefits currentlygranted on a discretionarybasis, such as any increaseto pensions in payment –could turn out to be quitedifferent from the figuresquoted by the company.

Considering this inmore detail, most companypension schemes areheavily reliant on ‘newmoney’ going into the pot –in other words, those whoare still working andcontributing to the schemeare to a degree funding theincome paid to those whoare retiring.

Many schemes’ fundinglevels have deterioratedover recent years, for acombination of reasons,e.g. poor investmentperformance (someschemes have still notrecovered from stockmarket falls of 2008), thelack of new contributionsgoing in (due to the closureof the scheme to newemployees), mortalityrates (retired people are

living longer and so thereis a bigger drain on the‘pot’ from which pensionincome is paid).

SO WHAT DOESTHAT MEAN TO MYPENSION?

What many people don’trealise is that they cannotrely on what is quoted intheir pension schemebooklet as being the up-to-date situation of theirdeferred pension benefits.For example:

1. At any point priorto retirement, theTrustees can vary theterms of your pension. Sothe accrual rate can beincreased (which meansthat your pension incomeis reduced), the retirementdate can be changed (soyou may have to waitlonger to start drawingyour pension income), thespouses’ benefits can beamended (so your spousemay not receive the 50%income you expected in theevent of your death), etc.

2. At any point postretirement, the Trusteescan also vary the terms ofany annual increases inpayment. So you are notnecessarily guaranteedincreases each year inyour pension income onceyou start drawing it.(Over time, this willimpact on the buyingpower of your pensionincome due to the effects ofinflation).

Unfortunately, thereare now a number ofpension schemes that arein a situation of beingunderfunded. See thefollowing chart:

Aggregate fundingposition of defined benefitoccupational pensionschemes in the PPF 7800index, February 2005 toFebruary 2013 – United

Kingdom £bn

Notes:1. Source: Pension

Protection Fund 7800Index, end-February 2013.

2. The informationin this chart is not aNational Statistic.

3. Aggregatefunding position equalstotal assets minus totalliabilities..

4. The ‘7800 index’covers the 6,316 definedbenefit occupationalpension schemespotentially eligible forentry to the PPF (atFebruary 2013). Thenumber of schemes in theindex has declined overtime.

5. Changes made toactuarial assumptionsfrom 31st March 2008produced a one-offdecrease in liabilities of£40.1 billion.

6. Changes made toactuarial assumptionsfrom 31st October 2009produced a one-offdecrease in liabilities of£71.6 billion.

7. Changes made toactuarial assumptionsfrom 1st April 2011produced a one-offdecrease in liabilities of£30.6 billion.

The other maincomponents of pensionfund expenditure are lumpsums payable onretirement, death benefits,transfers to other pensionschemes (outwardtransfers), andadministrative costs.Expenditure on lumpsums fluctuated around £3billion from the mid-1990suntil 2004, but then roserapidly, reaching a peak of£8.5 billion in 2010. It thenfell back to £7.7 billion in2012.

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Part 1: written by Andrea Speed, Speed Financial Solutions, Tel 951 318 529

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1973President richard Nixon suspended US offensive action in North Vietnam

People who need todispose of a pet's bodyusually contact their localvet or the council'sdisposal service but peopleliving in Cordoba haveanother alternative – theSan Francisco de Asisfuneral parlour in CalleAlfonso XIII, the first onein Spain for pets.

Owner Juan CarlosGisbert decided toestablish the service afterhe had to have a pet dogput to sleep and felt theservice provided by vetsand the local council "wasnot dignified enough".

However, he ran intowhat he called a legalvacuum because therewere no pet funeralparlours in Spain so hewent to Germany,

Belgium and Hollandwhich were pioneers inthis service.

The price of thecremation plus urn cancost as much as €130,depending on the size ofthe dog. He also offersmade-to-measure coffins

for burying pets in one'sgarden, something hesays is not exactly legal –for health reasons – butmany people do it. He isnow studying thepossibility of opening apets' cemetery similar tothat pictured above in theUSA.

A 49-year-old Spaniard fellfrom the 4th floor of the ElPrincipe building in LosBoliches around 2.30 pmlast Friday, landingbetween the Solsolsupermarket and theRestaurant Trefpunt,where people were eatingon the terrace.

Police told GeoffHeading of The News atthe scene that they didnot know if he hadjumped or been pushedbut at that time therewas no indication that itwas anything but asuicide.

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at a special meeting last Friday, Marbella councillors unanimouslydecided to drop the plan approved last November that would haveallowed the construction of a number of skyscrapers. Mayor angelesMuñoz had already said the plan would not go ahead if a majorityof townspeople opposed it. even the Duchess of alba waded in andbegged the mayor not to destroy the town's skyline. representativesof the platform "No to Skyscrapers" attended the meeting and gavethe councillors a standing ovation when they reached their decision.

Council drops skyscraper plan

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The council has decided to allow dogs to accompany their ownerson the town's urban buses, provided they meet certainrequirements. The dogs should have a valid health certificate issuedby a vet, and cannot sit on the seats. Only five dogs will be allowedon a bus at any one time. If the bus is crowded, the driver can stoppeople with dogs from boarding. all dogs except guide dogs mustpay half the normal ticket price. The measure will take effect beforethe end of this month.

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Nerja Council has approved a proposal put forward by the councillorin charge of tourism, Bernardo Pozuelo, to ask the junta deandalucia's Tourism and Commerce Department to withdraw atourist map which does not show the Balcony of europe.

Pozuelo said the map shows neighbouring towns such as Torrox,Frigiliana and almúñecar, but not Nerja, its caves or its museum. Hesaid the map "not only damages Nerja but also the image of thepublication itself", noting that the person responsible for itspublication, rafael rodriguez, "comes from the axarquia and mustbe aware of Nerja's existence".

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Animals in Distress willhold its second CharityAuction of the year onFriday, February 7th,starting at 7.00 pm at theHiedra Restaurant whichis just inside the entranceto the Poligano Rosa onthe A404 Alhaurin elGrande to Coin road.

People wishing to enteritems for sale should letA.I.D. know 24 hoursbefore the auction. Bringyour items between 5 pmand 6 pm to be logged inby Chris and his helpers.A 15 per cent commissionwill be deducted from thesale of each item, whichgoes to the charity.

Donations of bric-a-brac, furniture, jewellery,etc. are welcome. Forfurther details call Chrison 528 239 174 and Joe on

626 942 427.

The next big fundraiserwill a Valentine’s DinnerDance on February 15th atthe same venue, withspecial guest the formersinger from Heatwave,Frankie B, plus greatentertainment from theD.J. Lee Jay Road Show.

Starting 7.30pm, the €15for the three-course mealincludes a donation toA.I.D.

Watch this space formore information. A.I.D. isa registered charity No.7974. For full details go toits website www.animals-in-distress.eu

Next charity auctionfor the animals

Taste of Malagain El Corte InglésEl Corte Inglés in theCosta Mijas shoppingcentre has a new salesarea – Sabor a Malaga(Taste of Malaga) – on thethird floor wherecustomers can buy fruitand vegetables producedin the province, as well astraditional sweets andcheese. Provincialgovernment presidentElias Bendodo and Mayor

Angel Nozal were amongthose who attended theinauguration of thespace, which offersproducts from 150companies, whoserepresentatives were alsopresent. Bendodo saidSabor a Malaga productswere sent to the Spanishtroops in Afghanistan andwere also on sale atHarrods in London.

Photo by Geoff Heading

In the first rains of theyear, only five litres persquare metre fell in someparts of the province, theworst start of ahydrological year sincerecords have been kept. Tocatch up with the averagerainfall of previous years,there will have to be rainsamounting to 73 litres persquare metre before theend of the month, whichaccording to the

weathermen is probablynot going to happen. Thehead of the Junta deAndalucia's environmentdepartment, Javier Carnero,said it was too soon to talkabout drought, becausethe province's reservoirswere still pretty full. Hesaid the weathermen werepredicting that rainfall inFebruary, March andApril would dispel thespectre of drought.

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Past disaster overshadowsDoñana anniversary

A holding dam burst at themine, releasing some fivemillion cubic metres ofacidic mine tailings. Thetoxic sludge entered theGuadiamar river, the mainsource of water for theDoñana National Park, oneof Europe’s biggestwetlands. The effects weredevastating. Soil in thesurrounding area washeavily contaminated withdeadly substances includingarsenic, while 37 tons ofdead fish were recoveredfrom the river. The poisonentered the food chain andtests on wildlife in theregion found many specieshad sub-lethal quantities ofheavy metals in liver andmuscle tissue. It took threeyears to clean up thespillage, at a cost of around€240 million. Now theJunta wants to reopen the

mine because the regionneeds economic growth.But for WWF officials, itwould be a "terriblemistake" if proper safeguardsare not put in place.

The park was declared aUnesco World HeritageSite by the United Nationsin 1994, which should havesafeguarded Doñana fromfuture environmentalthreats. Since then, thepark has become a finalstronghold for the endangeredIberian lynx and is home toseveral endangered speciessuch as the Spanishimperial eagle, It is also animportant stop-off forthousands of migratorybirds travelling betweenEurope and Africa.

But the WWF andother conservation groups

associated with the parkare fighting an ongoingbattle on several fronts.Besides the mine, Doñanais also at risk from plansfor underground gasstorage and the dredging ofthe nearby Guadalquivirriver. However, the biggestthreat of all is the use ofillegal boreholes to irrigatethe strawberry cultivationaround the perimeter ofthe park. The farmers areaccused of draining waterfrom the park’s undergroundaquifers, which are crucialfor maintaining the park’secosystem and the vastnumber of species whichlive within it. The problemis so serious that last yearUnesco threatened toremove Doñana from itslist of world heritage sitesif the Spanish governmentfails to address the issue.

“The World HeritageCentre and InternationalUnion for Conservation ofNature (IUCN) remainconcerned about thecumulative impacts of anumber of threats to theoutstanding universalvalue of the property, inparticular the issue of over-extraction of the Doñanaaquifer,” read a Unescostatement. “If these issuesare not addressed theproperty could meet theconditions for inscription

on the List of WorldHeritage in Danger in thenear future.”

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report to the UN byFebruary 1st, outlining thesteps it is taking toregulate water usage foragriculture.

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Recent celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Doñana National Park - created by the World Wide Fund for Nature(WWF) in 1963 - were overshadowed by the Junta de Andalucia's plan to reopen the Los Frailes mine, near Aznalcóllar inSevilla, which was the cause of one of Spain's biggest environmental disasters in April 1998.

Memo fromMadridMartin DelfínWrites for the English language version of

The LocalVoice

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Ishould imagine no-one will believethat the Infanta Cristina finallyrealised that the harm her

husband is inflicting on the monarchywill only start coming to an end if shestops appealing against Judge JoséCastro's summons. Apparently shespent a night at the Zarzuela Palacein Madrid last week and waspersuaded to go to court withoutfurther ado. King Juan Carlos is nofool and he knows a few sheep mustbe thrown to the wolves if themonarchy is to survive. Unfortunatelyone of those sheep is his youngestdaughter. I should imagine the kingwould dearly love to throw his son-in-law to a real pack of wolves – and aconsiderable number of people wouldbe only too happy to help him.

The princess's lawyer apparentlyintends to base his defence onthe fact that she's completely

besotted with her husband, as anyonewith eyes can see, and didn't knowthe first thing about his businesses.However, I find it hard to believe thata well-educated, modern workingwoman didn't know what herhusband was up to. He's not just aJohnny-come-lately, although hiscareer as a professional handballplayer with FC Barcelona might leadsome people to think he was aworking-class boy who made good.His full surname name is Urdangaríny Liebaert –- his father is a Basquewith some minor nobility in his familytree and his mother is a FlemishBelgian. He didn't allow his career insports to stop him from studying fora master's degree in businessadministration.

Ithink Judge Castro intends to putUrdangarín behind bars and thesooner his wife stops delaying the

inevitable the better. As for theprincess, I think the judge will besatisfied if he can get her into court ofher own free will and make her looklike a silly woman blinded by love. Itremains to be seen if her marriagecan survive what must be aharrowing experience for her andher four children.

However, if the case drags ontoo long, it could end in theking's abdication. He's never

been a man to take the coward's wayout. He fooled Franco for many years,lulling the dictator into thinking hewould carry on the regime when allthe time he intended to turn Spaininto a parliamentary democracy.Franco's spies apparently kept an eyeon him, but Juan Carlos allegedlysmuggled a variety of pro-democracy,anti-Franco people to meetings at hisresidence in the boots of cars. And if

the only way to save the monarchy isto abdicate, he will.

For Henry

The murder of a formerVenezuelan beauty and popularsoap opera star and her British

husband in Venezuela last week by agang of thieves caused an uproar.Most of the reports in the local andinternational press focused on MonicaSpear, with husband Thomas HenryBerry getting a passing mention.

However, he called himselfHenry – his father is calledTom – when I used to babysit

him in Caracas. The Berrys lived inthe same building as me and myVenezuelan partner. They used tolook after my cat when we went awayfor a weekend, and I was able toreturn the favour after we broke upby babysitting Henry and his littlesister Katie so that Tom and wifeCarol could get away for an evening.

At the time I was active in theCaracas Playhouse amateurdramatics group and I always

played the baddie in the ChristmasPantomime. One Christmas, I wasFleshcreep, the giant's evilhenchman, in Jack and theBeanstalk. I loved the part – itallowed me to be seriously evil and Iloved the way the kids screamed withjoy when Dame Trot finally killed meoff. I'd lie there on the floor, trying notto laugh, and Henry was the only kidwho noticed that. He came to me afterthe performance to accuse me oflaughing "when you were supposed tobe dead". I told him "Henry, it's onlymake believe". He was about nine atthe time.

The last time I saw Henry acouple of years before I leftVenezuela, he was in a

wheelchair recovering from a gunshotwound in the abdomen. His bestfriend had been killed when thievestried to steal the car they weretravelling in. Henry left the countryfor a while, but went back becausehe still loved the place he'd knownas home since he was two yearsold, when his father started toteach mathematics at one ofVenezuela's best universities. I canunderstand that – Venezuela is a verybeautiful country but the murder rateis shocking. I suspect if I'd stayedthere, I would have met the same fateas Henry. RIP Henry, you didn'tdeserve to have your life ended sobrutally.

What was not said in WashingtonSheep to the wolves

Mariano Rajoy has finally gotone of his most desiredwishes. Until a few months

ago, Monday’s visit to the White Housewas just a dream but it was carefullyorchestrated from Madrid to coincidewith good news being offered by hiseconomy minister, Luis de Guindos,that the Spanish economy grew 0.3 percent at the end of the fourth quarter of2013. The accolades coming fromPresident Obama put Rajoy in seventhheaven. The US leader praised theSpanish prime minister’s “sound”leadership for “stabilising theeconomy, moving into growth,reducing the deficit and being able toreturn to the financial markets”.Nevertheless, he said that Spain stillhas a long way to go in grappling withits economy and still needed furtheraction to curtail the country’sunprecedented high unemployment –caveats that Rajoy perhaps wouldrather have not heard.

This was the first visit to theWhite House since the PartidoPopular (PP) leader came to

office in 2011. Rajoy, who had beenadamant in calling for early electionsthroughout his years as oppositionleader during the past administrationof Socialist predecessor José LuisRodríguez Zapatero, was just asdetermined to get invited to the OvalOffice during this term. And it came onthe day – coincidentally, mind you –that De Guindos gave Congress thepositive growth figures.

Yet the prime minister wasn’tabout to upset the watersespecially after all the kudos he

received from the American president.He didn’t take a firm stance – like hisGerman and French counterparts – inrejecting spying activities by theUnited States on Spanish officials, asrevealed by wanted former USintelligence contractor Edward J.Snowden. Instead he told reportersthat he was satisfied with theexplanations US officials gave him butdidn’t go into detail. No doubt theSocialists and the United Left (IU)coalition will be pressing the primeminister for a full disclosure in thecoming days, if they intend to assumetheir responsibilities as the opposition.Nothing was said – at least publicly –about the Spanish High Court’sconcerns that the United States is notcomplying with its bilateral treaties inhelping in the ongoing but stalledinvestigation into the death of JoséCouso, the Telecinco news cameramanwho was killed in Baghdad when USforces attacked the hotel where he andother journalists were staying nearly11 years ago. Judge Santiago Pedrazissued a writ addressed to Justice

Ministry’s international section earlierthis month complaining that theUnited States has refused to cooperatein the case, and has even “failed tonotify” the three former US officerswho are being held accountable by theHigh Court for Couso’s murder.

Besides a brief question about theCatalan independence drive bya reporter – an issue on which

Obama remained silent –- there wasno mention of the ongoing corruptionand criminal investigations intomembers of Rajoy’s PP party. The twoleaders did acknowledge that theydiscussed security issues in NorthAfrica and relations with LatinAmerica.

Obama did thank the Spanishgovernment, however, forallowing US forces to beef up

their facilities at Rota Naval Base inCádiz, where the United States, alongwith other NATO allies, areestablishing a European anti-missiledefence shield. This agreement wasactually hammered out by Zapatero inhis final diplomatic fait accomplishortly before leaving office, but Rajoyno doubt underhandedly walked awaytaking all of the credit. Yet it is fair tosay that as opposition leader, Rajoydid agree with Zapatero on the signingof this memo of understandingbetween the US and Spanish defenceofficials that took place only weeksbefore the 2011 general elections.

There were also other items on thediscussion agenda, includingObama’s push for a trans-

Atlantic trade pact that he claims willboost employment on both continents.“We both agreed that there isenormous potential for increasingtrade and growth between two of thelargest economic actors in the world,but it will require intensive work andserious compromise on all sides, andthe prime minister and I agreed thatit's well worth the effort," the USpresident said.

Later in the day, Rajoy received awarm welcome by IMF directorChristine Lagarde who also gave

the Spanish leader credit for turningaround the economy. But the biggestaccomplishment from this Washingtonvisit has been Rajoy’s own personalsatisfaction. He walked away from theWhite House smiling like a bigCheshire cat, without any clearindications of what all this back-slapping means for the Spanishpeople.

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A trip to London is never quite longenoughSteeped in history and with more shops to wander round than you could ever want, here’s a few morethings to do in the Capital, plus a bit of history.Taking a trip to the capitalof the UK seems to almostbe over before you start.

There are literallythousands of hostels, bedand breakfasts, and hotelsfrom the fairly cheap tothe absolute epitome ofluxury to stay in withalmost as many websitesselling their beds but, shoparound and you’ll veryoften pick up a last minutebargain. If you fancy aparticular hotel it may beworth phoning them directto see if they’ll drop their“rack” rate. As they say inthe trade: “It’s better tohave bodies in beds thanempty rooms.”

Once you’re settled andyou know the lie of theland as far as transportfrom where you are isconcerned, now’s the timeto browse through allthose leaflets you pickedup at the airport and inyour hotel’s reception.Last week we took you toGreenwich. This weekwe’ll just touch on a fewmore places that are wellworth seeing but not verywell publicised.

Museums

If you’re on a family tripthere's Pollocks ToyMuseum. Opened in 1956it is dedicated to theBritish toy theatre whichwas very popular at theturn of the century.Named after BenjaminPollock who was a famousprinter of toy theatrebackdrops, it's at 1 ScalaStreet, London W1 and isnow run by his grandson.Nearby is Covent Gardenthat has lots of artisanstalls in the old marketplus street jugglers,dancers, musicians and allmanner of things going on.The area is a warren ofsmall shops and cafes.

Then there's the V&AMuseum of Childhood inBethnal Green and theCartoon Museum in LittleRussell Street inBloomsbury (not strictlychildhood but interestingfir children nevertheless).

Brook Street Londonhas the Handel Museumdedicated to the German

composer who became aBritish citizen in 1927. Helived in the house fornearly three decades andit's preserved in the styleof the times.

One place that, so far Ihaven’t visited myselfbut would love to, isThe Bell Foundry at32/34 Whitechapel Road,London E1 1DY where BigBen, the bell that’s in thetower at the Palace ofWestminster was made, aswell as the Liberty Bellthat is now on permanentdisplay in PhiladelphiaUSA. The company wasestablished in 1570(during the reign of QueenElizabeth I) and has beenin continuous businesssince.

Whitechapel BellFoundry's business hasalways been, and still is,the manufacture of bellsand their fittings. Themanufacture of large bellsfor change ringing peals inchurch towers, singletolling bells, carrillonbells, and a completerange of accessories suchas framework, wheels,clappers and theirassembly in Churchtowers accounts forapproximately four-fifthsof the company output.The other fifth of thebusiness lies in themanufacture of handbellsfor tune and changeringing, and other smallbells. Its long historyspans the reigns of twenty-seven English monarchs.

During the war years,the Foundry switched tomanufacturing castingsfor the Ministry of War. Inthe aftermath, it was verybusy replacing peals lost tobombing raids and fires,including the bells of St.Mary le Bow (within thesound of which allcockneys must be born)and St. Clement Danes of'Oranges and Lemons'nursery rhyme fame.

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London’s past

London’s importancewas probably firstestablished by the Romansin around AD 43 when itwas known as Londinium.By the Tower of Londonthere remains a section ofthe wall that was built byRoman hands. Standbeside the church of AllHallows and look towardsthe Tower of London andthere, in a single glance,you can see two thousandyears of history, anexperience that can berepeated again and againall over the city. Deepwithin the church you willfind an arch, part of itsoriginal construction thatdates back to Saxon times.In the Tower itself, QueenElizabeth I was heldprisoner by her older sisterand from there she wouldhave been able to hear thebells peeling from thesteeple of All Hallows.

It was this very samesteeple that diaristSamuel Pepys climbed toobserve and record theGreat Fire of London in1666 that wiped out agreat part of the city thatwas then mainlyconstructed of wood.

Great Plague

A year ealier, in 1665,he had made note ofseveral houses in DruryLane having red crosseson them and the words“Lord have mercy uponus”. These were the housesthat had become infectedby the Great Plague, theterrible epidemic ofbubonic plague that was toeventually wipe out atleast 70,000 lives beforethe disease had run itscourse. Many believe thatthe Great Fire was tothank in large part for theend of the plague.

The standardtreatment for the plague,from which very fewrecovered, was aconcoction of the herbssage, rue, buttercupo root,angelica root, snake rootand saffron infused in,

oddly enough, Malagawine! At the time itremained unknown whathad first caused thedisease but, two centurieslater it was found thatfleas from the rats thatswarmed over the slumsoutside London’s walls inSt. Giles, Cripplegate,Whitechapel, Stepney andLambeth were to blame.

A vast majority of itsvictims were the poor wholived in extremely closeproximity to theirneighbours and, at thattime in London’s history itwas quite common foreach dwelling to housemore than one family. Therich, on the other handwere largely able to isolatethemselves from the restof the population sosuffered far less severely.The dead were put in thestreets for the burial cartsto collect and a man with abell shouting “Unclean,unclean” would walkbefore the cart to warnpeople not to come near. Inmany churchyards inLondon you can still findburial pits.

After sending his wifeoff to the country “for herown safety” Mr. Pepys inher absence took fulladvantage of the situationby having numerousaffairs and on December31st 1665 he wrote: “Ihave never lived somerrily as I have done theplague time!” Despiteliving throughout the timein London, he survived totell the tale.

Great Fire

In the early hours ofSunday, September 1st1666 a fire broke out in abaker’s shop in Pudding

Lane, near to LondonBridge. To start with itwas thought to be only asmall fire and even whenit spread to straw in thecourtyard of the nearbyStar Inn, nobody reallytook any notice. However,the summer had been hotand dry that year and asmany of the buildings andbridges were of timberconstruction coated inpitch it was to turn into afire of mass destruction.

Nearby warehouses bythe river were crammedwith goods includingtallow, oil and spirits andwood and coal was stockedon the wharves. The fireeasily leapt the narrowalleyways and, on a risingwind, by the time theprimitive fire enginesarrived on the scene,the fire was totallyunstoppable burning downthe Royal Exchange, St.Paul’s Cathedral and theGuildhall.

To stop the fire Cityauthorities had to takedrastic measure and it wasdecided that seamenshould be brought in touse gunpowder to blow upwhole rows and streets ofbuildings to create a firebreak. Once the winddropped, the fire wasbrought under control butin the five days it raged, ithad completely destroyed373 acres of the city ofLondon including 89churches, 44 craft andguild halls and over 13,000houses, with almost aquarter of a millionpeople made homeless.Amazingly, there were noknown deaths!

After the fire Londonersrebuilt their city, but thistime used bricks andstone. It was a unique

opportunity for the greatarchitect Sir ChristopherWren who produced plansfor a new city with wideboulevards and finehouses and churches.However, because of theurgent need to rebuild,most of his plans were notadopted and the old streetpatterns were retained.Wren was, however, stillresponsible for many finenew buildings including,of course, the new St.Paul’s Cathedral. Mostinhabitants moved out ofthe city and the centralSquare Mile of the citybecame the financial andbusiness district knowntoday as “The City”.

All Hallows still bearsthe scars of the Blitz of theSecond World War whenthe church took an almostdirect hit. However, thebells still ring out everySunday and people arestill baptized within itswalls.

To all points of thecompass beyond this spotlies Greater London withits modern shops, officesand homes, plus thehomes of Kings andQueens of the past and thepresent time.

So, there’s a few bitsand pieces for you aboutLondon and, if you haveanything interesting inthe area you come fromthat you think our readersmight like to visit, pleasesend me the details [email protected] by snail mail to Buzon300, Spanbox, CC LaTrocha, Coin 29100,Malaga and we’ll let themknow.

written by Kym Wickham

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PET OF THE WEEK

MuffinMuffin is a five-year-oldGolden Retriever who isvery well behaved andgood natured. He is goodwith other dogs, cats andchildren. In fact, Muffinwould make the perfectfamily dog.

He was abandoned,found in the Campo andis now looking for aloving home to settle

down in for the rest of hislife.

If you like the look ofMuffin, or would like tosee some of the otherdogs that PAD has attheir shelter who arelooking for a home, callLisa at PAD on 658 351642 or the Shelter 689757 580.

Above and beyond by volunteersmake all the difference topensioners at Christmastime Age care would like tothank volunteers for goingabove and beyond whatwas expected of them.

On Christmas DayKathy and Paul Longinvited 14 Age Carepensioners, most in their80’s, to their lovely homein Acapulco, Fuengirolafor a traditional ChristmasDinner. Kathy and Paulhave lived in Spain forseveral years running asuccessful business herebefore retiring. Now theyare Age Care volunteers,recently becomingdeputies to BridgetSouthin, Welfare Leaderfor the Fuengirola centrewhich meets at theManilla Bar, PaseoMaritimo, Los Bolichesevery Thursday: 10.30 –12.30 pm.

Kathy said “We foundthat many older peoplewere going to spendChristmas alone and wedecided, with a bit of helpfrom Age Care, we’d dosomething about it!” That‘something’ was a six-course Christmas dinnerand a gift from Santa.Kathy and Paul madeeveryone feel so welcomeand special, and mostguests stayed all day.Next year, they areplanning to raise extrafunds so they can have abigger venue and can caterfor more. Paul said “Weforget that there are alsomany couples, maybe oneof whom is houseboundand can’t visit theirfamily or friends overChristmas. They get verydepressed. Age Carewants to reach out to themas well!”

Age Care’s President,David Mantle, said “AgeCare cannot exist withoutvolunteers, and we are solucky to have volunteers ofthis calibre. Kathy andPaul have been soproactive in Fuengirola.Well done.”

Age Care’s supportof the ever-increasingolder English-speakingcommunity on the Costadel Sol is vital. Althoughnot an emergency service,Age Care provides welfareinformation and practicalsupport. Volunteers visitpeople in hospitals, carehomes and private homesand for many a visit by avolunteer from Age Care isthe highlight of theirweek.

Age Care is doing asmuch as it can to improve

the lifestyles of vulnerableolder people on the Costadel Sol. Anyone who needshelp, or anyone who wouldlike to help, should contactthe Age Care AdviceCentre on Tel: 952 933409. Alternatively, popinto one of the coffeemornings: BenalmadenaCosta – La Iglesia Bar, nrBonanza Square,Mondays: 11-1 pm;Calahonda – El Zoco Café,Supersol, El Zoco,Tuesdays: 11 -1 pm orFuengirola – Manilla Bar,Paseo Maritimo, LosBoliches, Thursdays: 10.30-12.30 pm. For moreinformation on the work ofAge Care, please go to ourwebsitewww.agecarecosta.org,[email protected] oryou can follow us onfacebook.


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Great startto PoppyAppeal 2014In 2013, Darren Faithfulljoined Movember – anannual event involving thegrowing of a moustacheduring the month ofNovember to raiseawareness of men’s healthproblems. Darren and hissponsors from MightyQuinn’s Bar inBenalmádena Costaraised 125.00€ which theyhave donated to TheRoyal British Legion(Benalmádena branch)Poppy Appeal. Val Bales(Poppy Appeal 0rganiser)and Mandy Deakin werepleased to meet Darrenand Angela Quinn toreceive the donation andexpress thanks on behalfof the branch.

The total raised for thePoppy Appeal in 2013 in

Benalmádena was 5697euros. Thanks to all whocontributed or helped inany way to raise this sum.

Benalmádena branchpresented two certificatesof appreciation toFredericks Bar and Bistroin Benalmádena Pueblo,and La Chique inTorremuelle for collectingthe most during the year,and the most in the monthof November respectively.

The branch meets onMondays at The Lounge,Avenida Bonanza,Benalmádena Costa at10.30 for 11.00 a.m. for asocial hour of chat, quizand bingo.

New members willalways be welcome.

Tea raises cashCudeca says “thanks” toall participants andvolunteers at a recent teaparty held in a bar inBenalmadena. A total of268,45€ was raised, whichwill go towards coveringthe costs of the CudecaHospice’s Health CareProgrammes that providecare to more than 800people with cancer and

other advanced and non-curable conditions eachyear, as well as providingsupport to their families,all free of charge.

The Cudeca Team,patients and families aresincerely grateful to themembers of the BarPikoteo de Bellavista havewho made this such aspecial charitable event.

Age Concernshop, EsteponaThis shop sells good qualityclothing, bedding, shoes,bric-a-brac etc – all donatedby the people of Esteponaand the surrounding area.

The shop is popular withlocal people and they sellthousands of items eachyear. To maintain thequality and standard theyare known for moredonations are urgentlyneeded, so please searchyour wardrobes andcupboards and storageareas to see if there isanything you are preparedto donate. Items can bedropped off at the shopduring opening hours orcollection can be arranged ifyou call the shop on 608587 538.

Unfortunately theycannot sell electrical goodsor furniture. But they arehappy to accept unwantedChristmas presents!

The Age Concerncharity shop is in CalleZaragoza, Estepona andopens from 10.00 to 13.30Monday to Saturdayinclusive.

The profits from theshop go to support thevolunteers who work in thecommunity with olderpeople, and also helpsupport the drop-in centrewhich is in Calle Zaragoza.

All of the staff who workin the shop are volunteers –there are no paid staff.

For older people whorequire help or advice, AgeConcern operate atelephone service calledLifeline. This gives theindividual a direct point ofcontact with the charity.The telephone number is650163928. It should benoted that Age Concern isnot an emergency service.There is also an emailaddress you can use tocontact Age Concern,Estepona and Manilva –[email protected]

To find out what theyare up to why not give ourweb site a visit –acespana.org – and followthe links.

Saving money is oneveryone's mind thesedays, since cash is so tight,which is why the ArkChristian Fellowship inLas Rampas, Fuengirolahave a thrift shop offeringa wide variety of low costclothing, shoes and'interesting' items thathave been donated.

As the shop is staffed byvolunteers (and more arealways welcome, just seeJenny!) all proceeds gotowards the assistancethat the Ark offers anyonewho needs help, and ascurrently there are overninety (non member)families needing foodassistance, all income iswelcomed.

Most people’s idea of athrift shop is one of oldclothes discarded and inbad condition, howeverthat is totally inaccurate.Most of the clothesdonated are almost newand often expensivebrands (believe it or not Ipicked up a GeorgioArmani top coat for next tonothing in excellentcondition just beforeChristmas), so it's alwaysworth visiting when youneed to restock on

anything from workclothes to high fashion,before you spend yourmoney in other places!

All clothes on sale havebeen quality checked andsteam cleaned, so restassured they are in goodcondition.

Now the exciting bit!

The Ark Thrift Shop isholding a ONE Euro Salestarting on Tuesday 21stJanuary.

Which means thatEVERYTHING will be onsale for ONE EURO onthat day, and for as long aswe can.

Our mission is to raisecash to help people inneed, so come and helpothers whilst picking up atop quality bargain at thesame time.

We have a coffee shopright next door to the thriftshop, with coffee at 1€ acup, and homemade cakes(which are totallydelicious) at the sameprice, so bring a friend andrelax whilst picking up abargain.

written by John Harper

Save at The Ark

WEDNESDAY, January 15TH 2014

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The beauty of blossom - almond time in the village of Guaro

Tread the boards - Auditions for Whistle Down the Wind at the Salon

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The menu is atraditional Scottish BurnsSupper and costs 25€ perhead. Entertainment is byDave Dean.

The date is early due tothe availability of a piper,without whom the night isincomplete. Tickets areavailable from Reg on 952567 412.

Fires and funin ValenciaLights, gunpowder,monuments, flowers,traditional costumes,music, satire, emotionsand a great deal of fun arethe ingredients of a uniquecocktail known as theFallas Fiestas.

In the middle of theMediterranean coast,Valencia city celebratesthe final days of the winterand the arrival of springeach year with spectacularfires and pyrotechnics.Every March Valencia isgiven over to a carnival ofbonfires, street parties,fireworks and a healthydose of satire known asLas Fallas – the fires.

Displayed on everycorner all over the city arecolourful ninots, giantpapier-mâché figures often20 feet tall or more thathave been paradedthrough the streets andthen placed in fantasygroups to tower overexcited spectators. Eachone in some way satirisesa political figure, a soapstar, or more exoticcreatures from the movies,TV, sports idols, or simplyimagination. Some of themare grotesque – othersplayful and charming – allare larger than life and upfor public scrutiny.

An important event isthe Ofrenda de Floresa la Virgen de losDesamparados, a beautifulceremony every year, that

honours Valencia's patronVirgin. Thousands ofFalleras and Fallerosarrive in the city fromevery corner of theComunitat (ValenciaState) and take to thestreets wearing traditionalcostumes and dancing totheir neighbourhood orvillage bands as they wendtheir way to the Plaza dela Virgen to offer bouquetsto the giant image of theVirgin.

Nowadays, celebrationsdraw to an end with afabulous firework displayin the Paseo de laAlameda, called the Nitdel Foc (literally "TheNight of Fire"). All Fallaseffigies burn all over thecity on the “Crema” night(including the winner ofthe competition) in atremendous spectacle offire and joy. Valencia is atthat moment like Nero'sRome, a city in flames.That's why Valencians callthis the best fireworkfiesta in the world! Don´tmiss it!

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Estepona Floral Art Clubwill be holding itsfirst flower arrangingdemonstration of 2014 onTuesday 21st Januaryfrom 3.15pm to 5pm atTikitano’s Beach andRestaurant, Estepona.The demonstration isentitled “A New Year, ANew Beginning” and thedemonstrator will beBernadette Scanlan who isvisiting from Limerick,Ireland. This event isopen to the public andpromises to be a visuallyspectacular afternoon,when the audience will notonly learn how to createbeautiful floral artdisplays, but can also pickup valuable insider hintsand tips on flower care andarranging. This will be an

enjoyable, sociable eventfor anyone who isinterested in flowers andart, and visitors arewelcome to join the clubmembers for lunch atTikitano’s, before thedemonstration. Please callTikitano’s directly on 95279 84 49 to make yourreservation, and state thatyou are attending theflower club demonstration.There is ample parking.For those people who

are inspired to have ago at flower arranging,

BernadetteScanlan has kindlyagreed to lead aworkshop on thefollowing Friday,24th January,from 11am until2pm, also open toboth members andvisitors. This willbe a wonderfulopportunity tolearn about flowerarrangingtechniques from anexpert. Please seebelow for contactdetails if you wishto attend.Established

over 10 years ago,Estepona FloralArt Club is a very friendlyclub on the Costa del Sol,Spain, with members andvisitors from Nerja toGibraltar. Once a monththere is a flower arrangingdemonstration, wherespectacular displays arecreated live on stage.There are workshops forthose who want to learnpractical skills, coffeemornings and specialevents. Members andvisitors are most welcometo attend and do not needany prior knowledge offlowers or flowerarranging to enjoy theclub’s events. Membersare of different

nationalities but allmeetings are in English.For more information

and photographs, see theClub’s Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/esteponafloralartclub. If you arealready a Facebook user,please click ‘Like’ toreceive regular updates onthe club’s activities andevents. Alternatively,please call Jo on 952 89 1385 or send an email [email protected] to receiveinformation about the lubor to join the mailing listfor the monthlyNewsletter.

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One of the most beautiful times of theyear is... Almond Blossom Time Guaro, a typical puebloblanco in the Sierras de lasNieves is better known forits enchanting candlelitLuna Mora festival heldeach year in August but atthis time of year it holdsanother daytime festival

to celebrate the beauty ofthe almond blossom whichcovers the surroundinghills.

The annual Dia delAlmendro will take placethis year on Sunday

January 26th. Visitorscan enjoy walking routesaround the orchards andsurrounding country, tastetypical local products andvisit attractions such asthe Museo Etnografico delAciete.

The day starts at 10.00with the long route(RUTA LARGA) of some9 kilometres, designed forthose who are physicallyfit and used to walkinglonger distances in variedterrain. Then at 11.00there is a second guidedwalk of 4.5 kilometres(RUTA CORTA) aimed atfamilies with children andthe less energetic. Bothroutes will be led by guideswho know the area welland can give participantsinteresting informationabout the village and thecountryside.

If you want to take partin either of these walksyou need to sign up withthe Ayuntamiento – on theinternet at www.guaro.es,or in the Guaro TouristOffice from January 13th

until January 25th. Youwill then receive an officialreceipt which has to bestamped in the TouristOffice half an hour beforeyour chosen walk starts.Please note that to takepart in one of theorganised walks onJanuary 26th you need tosign up beforehand – lastday is Saturday January25th.

At around 14.00 thewalkers and visitors cantaste the local speciality –sopa de almendros(almond soup) in the PlazaAl-Andalus. The olive oilmuseum will also behosting an almondexhibition.

As in previous years,there will be aphotographic competition

where visitors can submitphotographs – of almonds,of course – and the firstprize winning picture willbe used to publicise the2015 Dia del Almendro.The competition is openuntil February 15th andentries should besubmitted to the touristoffice ([email protected]).

If you can't get to theactual almond day thereare plans to run walkingtours for groups fromJanuary 20th untilFebruary 2nd – contactthe Tourist Office.

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The new Chicago Jim BandIt's been cold in ChicagoUSA recently with plentyof snow, in fact –27º C,wind chill at – 40º C and500 passengers stuck on

snowbound Amtrak trainsfor 15 hours only a weekago. But never mind, thereis always a warm welcomefrom the Chicago JimBand on a Sunday at Pógsin Fuengirola, where theyare the new resident bandfor the popular SundaySession.

Lead singer, front manand acoustic guitaristChicago Jim, along withman of many talentsMandolin Mick, have puttogether what many say istheir best band yet. Basedon their ongoing concept ofacoustic roots – Celticfusion, the band blendsIrish Jigs and Reels withMotown hits and Soul,now adding a touch ofblues rock, means theband has opened up onsome new fronts.

Chicago Jim has lostnone of his talent foraudience banter, StefanÖstgård is the new bassand accordion player, MickDraycott stays on bothguitar and mandolin, witheither, all action AndyMack or Manolo JoSanchez on drums. Theirrange of music is broaderthan most pub rock bands,from Steve Earle's GalwayGirl and Chris Rea's Roadto Hell, mixed with TheTemptations Get Ready.

Chuck Berry and “Bruce”,The Waterboys, John LeeHooker and Ray Charles,all the way over toSantana’s Evil Ways,Stefan Wolf and theirown popular Celticinstrumentals. They givegood value, usuallyplaying three solid sets ormore at the SundaySession, often withperformances fromspecially invited guests,like blues harmonicaspecialist Paul Stylianou,singer guitarist AliceReay, Kasper Jensen, andguitarist Texas Ken. Theyhave many friends and forboth the band and thePógs crowd these inviteswork well.

The Chicago Jim Bandnow play every Sunday at

Pógs live music bar inFuengirola, it's early doorsstarting at around 8.00pm. Pógs is worth theeffort and easy to find, just70 m up from the PYRhotel on the recentlyremodelled Calle Lamo deEspinosa. Chicago Jimand the Band are alsoavailable for other gigs,private parties andweddings, anything fromBurns Nights to BarMitzvahs,

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In one of the most excitingprojects for the SalonVarietes Peter Mitchellis directing the firstperformance in Spain ofthe Andrew Lloyd WebberMusical ‘Whistle DownThe Wind’’. Performancedates will be from the 20thto 28th March 2014.

Auditions will be heldin the theatre on SaturdayJanuary 18th between11.00am and 2.00pm.

List of Charactersrequired:

THE MAN – Strongleading man, excellentsinger

SWALLOW – Youngfemale about 15 years old,excellent singer

BRAT – Young girlabout 10 years old, singer

ROBIN – Young boyabout 7 years old, singer

AMOS – James Dean

type, rock singer

CANDY – Half caste,wild child, singer

BOONE – Children'sfather, excellent singer

ED – (a Black actor)strong singer

SNAKE PREACHER –singer

EARL – SnakePreacher's side kick

THE MINISTER –excellent singer

SHERIFF – singer

DEPUTY SHERIFF –acting role

A cast of six male andsix female singers is alsorequired, plus six childrenwith very strong voices.

For more informationcall the Salon Varietes BoxOffice on 952 474 542.

TIMSConcertinMálagaThe International MusicSociety (T.I.M.S) will givetheir first performance ofthe year during a specialservice to commemoratethe end of prayer week forChristian unity.

The service andperformance on behalf ofthe Fuengirola Lux MundiEcumenical Centre is opento all denominations andwill be given free of chargein the Cathedral on CalleMolina Lario 9 in Málagathis Sunday 19th January,starting at 8.00 pm.

For more informationand general informationon other T.I.M.S choralperformances visitwww.timschoir.org andcontact Gilly Barefordeither on 952 573 983 / 654891 790 or email her:[email protected]

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Ladies Lunch Thursday 23rd January 1:30pm

We have an extensive Menu plus changing dailySpecials, including Curry on a Monday

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Sunday we serve traditional Sunday Roast: Beef,Pork, Lamb or Chicken with all the trimmings,

various fresh Salads & homemade Beef Burgersare also available.

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Established since 1966

Picasso artgallery putsMijas oncultural map The charming ‘whitepueblo’ of Mijas – one ofthe region’s top touristattractions – is always onthe list of places to visit asex-pats seek to lay onentertainment for theirholidaying visitors.Now the town is famous

for more than just its gailydecorated donkeys. It ishome to an importantcultural landmark,honouring the works ofPablo Picasso, born inMalaga and, some wouldsay, the most famousartist in the world. CAC Mijas, the Centre

for Contemporary Art,opened its doors at the endof November and is foundin one of the town’sancient palatial houses,carefully restored to retainsome of its original featureswhich complement thecontemporary re-styling ofthe space. The centre showcases

works by Picasso and hisfamous friends andcontemporaries, includingSalvador Dali, GeorgesBraque and TsuguharuFujita and more than400 original masterpiecesfeaturing ceramics,

lithographs and paintingshave been made availablefrom the private collectionof the FundaciónRemedios Medina. During his lifetime

Picasso created around800 ceramic sculpturesand 130 are available inMijas, making it thesecond largest collection inthe world after the PicassoMuseum in Paris.Visitors are welcomed

by the sight of a life-sizePablo Picasso peeringfrom a window aboveoverlooking the street –the window has beenspecially created for themuseum using aphotograph of the artist. During the restoration

work Roman remainswere discovered in thecourtyard and these havenow been carefully cleanedand protected by a perspexcover. A café servingdrinks and tapas has beenopened on the roof terrace,and the museum, locatedin calle Malaga in the veryheart of the town, is opendaily from 10am until6pm, entry 3 euros.Visit www.cacmijas.org

to find out more.

A coach excursion to the“Alpujarras” has beenarranged by Lux MundiTorre del Mar on MondayJanuary 27th. Join themon a visit to this NationalPark situated between theSierra Nevada and theMediterranean Coast.

There will be a stop forcoffee at the village ofVelez de Benaudalla and avisit “El Mirador”, beforecontinuing through thevillages of Capileira andPortugos to finish in thevillage of Trevelez,amongst the snow cappedmountains. This town isknown as the highest townin Sierra Nevada and isnoted for its “Secadero dejamon” – ham dryer –where particpants will betaken on a tour of thefactory, taste the“Secadero” hams and localwine.

Lunch will be taken atthe restaurant “Asadormesón de la Alpujarra”.After lunch the return isvia the village ofPampaneira for a coffeestop and then via thevillage of Órgiva and thetown of Almuñecar.

The price includestransport, visit, and lunchwhere there is a choice oftwo menus when bookingand insurance.

Departure Times: TorreCoach Station 7.30am,Caleta 7.40am, andAlgarrobo (Lidl) 7.45 am.Approx. arrival time backhome will be around 7pm.

For further informationand bookings pleasecontact the Centre, Torredel Mar Tel.952 543 334e-mail: [email protected]

Coach trip

The true story of JordanBelfort (DiCaprio) – a NewYork Stock broker whobecame a symbol of theexcesses of Wall Street inthe 90s, was indicted onmoney laundering andother charges and turnedin his friends and workcolleagues to the FBI in aplea deal – is a rich mix ofmeaty material into whichScorsese sinks hisdirectorial teeth withgusto.

He has directed adeeply black comedic odeto gluttony and greed,with eye-popping excesses,including lots of nudityand DiCaprio scooped theGolden Globe this week forbest actor in a musical orcomedy.

There are wildly comicmoments, Jonah Hillprovides a spot-on comedyfoil as the haplesssidekick, and the moviecracks along – which isjust as well, because at

three hours long, it couldtest the patience of anyaudience. But the storyof how Belfort makesmillions, and embraces alife of drugs, sex and livinghigh on the hog has had alot of critics rating it asone of Scorsese’s best,and in DiCaprio’s fifthcollaboration with thedirector, he deliverspossibly his bestperformance.

DiCaprio plays the rolewith brio and his breezy,sleazy, easy-going charmkeeps the audience on sideso it will be interestingto see how he fares inthe Oscar nominationstomorrow (Thursday).

The movie is based onBelfort’s own memoirs andit’s a smart, funny exposéof Wall Street excesses.

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughy

MOVIES TO WATCH OUT FOR


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The Butler

Cecil Gaines worked as ahouse slave for a whiteplantation owner whodestroyed his family.Later he becomes a valet,and because of hissuperior work ethics,ends up as a White Housebutler. He serves manypresidents over dozens ofyears.

During these years,Cecil becomes a passive

spectator to history beingmade on severaloccasions, including theKennedy assassination.

Unfortunately, hisown family also has theirdemons. His wife isbattling addiction, and hehas a disobedient sonwho is determined to livein a fair world. This leadsto Cecil having to makesome difficult decisions.

DVD NEW RELEASE Release date: January 14th

Director: Lee DanielsStarring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Banner

The Wolf of

Wall STreeT

Enough Said

Eva is a single motherwho is dreading theimpending departure ofher daughter for collegeand the empty nestsyndrome that willinevitably accompanythis milestone.

She enjoys her job as amasseuse but fears theloneliness that is likely tocome when she no longerhas her daughter totalk to. She decides thatthe time has come to

forge some newrelationships in herlife.

She becomesfriends with one ofher clients, a poetby the name ofMarianne, and meetsa man named Albertwho is kind andgentle and is also adivorcee with a childleaving home.

Though she finds

herself falling for him,she begins to question thewisdom of their romancewhen she learns abouthis ex-wife.


10th5th

Director: Nicole HolofcenerStarring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini

Carrie

Carrie White lives in asmall town with herdeeply religious mother,who shelters her from theways of the world andrules her with an ironthumb.

Carrie is shy andquiet, and she isconsidered a freakand an outcast byeveryone at her school,especially when thenaive girl gets her firstperiod in the lockerroom and doesn't know

what is happening toher. Along withpuberty comes a moredrastic change forCarrie.

She discovers thatshe has developedtelekinesis, and thismanifests itself indangerous waysduring times of stress.

A classmate tries to bekind to Carrie byconvincing her boyfriendto attend a prom with the

misfit, but when Carrieis victimized by acruel prank, mayhemensues.


Director: Stuart BlumbergStarring: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins

Strangely, you may be feeling unusually serious at the moment, there is muchthat you wish to put into place and you will be using this week to make plansconcrete. The more you know, the clearer you will soon be on how to directyour life this year. Be very careful with your words and actions as this is not thepoint to make impulsive decisions but to pay attention to the details and consultwith loved ones, especially on the home and career front.

Right now it is all about getting your foundations operating as you want them.But be crystal clear on what you need whilst formulating a game plan to makesure you get it what you want. There is one relationship in your life that you cancount on where you feel a solid sense of security and this will also become anarea you wish to strengthen.

Your feelings could be sky high this week full of emotion and inner smolderingpassions. This can have the effect of your becoming impatient and trying toforce things into happening too quickly. Be patient for now but remainpositive, it is just that the time is not quite right yet. Financially it also requiresyou to exercise some tolerance, give it a week or so and things will work outyour way.

Moderation is your key to good living and it will become critical that youbecome clear about what you need to put in place in order for you to maintainbalance in your life. You will be surprised at how others come forward tosupport your intentions. Contracts could be up for negotiation andadvancements in the world of work could be up for discussion. There is an airof progression about you.

This week is all about you; it is about creating habits that help you instead ofhinder. When you are looking after your needs properly and have a naturalcreative outlet then you are able to be extremely productive with your life. It isnot about depending on another to feel good; it is about finding what makesyou come alive from within and sticking with it.

You have been slightly overwhelmed lately but the truth is you would not trustanother to do the job as well as you can do it. At least you know it will be done rightor to your standards and the detail will not be forgotten. By the weekend you canease up a little on the workload and give time to affairs of the heart and as you doso a warm security starts to flood over you – very cosy.

Life does not seem under your control right now – it is as if someone else isholding the reins and steering your destiny. This influence is nowencouraging you to start to think of your own needs, to rely upon yourselfmore, instead of putting the needs of others before yourself. You will domuch for love but do not give so much that you lose yourself in it all.

Getting your goals moving and motivating yourself to write, teach or to goplaces you have always wanted to visit is highlighted now. There is nothing inthe way to stop you from achieving what you want – only you. Make the mostof every day and this can be a time of remarkable achievements and success.You have finally been given a green light so that you can move forward withrelative ease.

Financially there is a need perhaps to cut back and slow down on youroutgoings. Tightening your belt and sticking to it could be the theme that isplaying on your mind. By the weekend though there could be significantfinancial gains in the most unexpected ways. You will find that talents andabilities rise up to show themselves from within and these will be put to evengreater use this year.

Whatever you put your energy into right now the universe is likely to giveback to you tenfold. There are those around you that are looking out for youand there will be a sign that this is the case this week. New beginnings areall around you so keep your eyes and ears open for opportunities. Keep yourfeet rooted to the ground and you will remain aware of all that is going onaround you.

There could be something going on behind the scenes and perhaps there issomeone who is working hard to help you, pulling strings on your behalf. Thebigger picture is your focal point and this will help you to remain steady andcertain and on track. The clouds of the past are beginning to clear and as theydo a new brilliant, glorious horizon comes into focus.

A change to support the direction that you wish to go in is likely and it will feelliberating to have made a decision. Important life choices that will radically affectyour life for the foreseeable future are on the table. Each choice will lead you in avery different direction, but each choice is equally as good as the other, so it comesdown to what you want the most.

March 21st -April 19th

April 20th - May 20th

May 21st -June 21st

June 22nd -July 22nd

July 23rd -August 22nd

August 23rd -September 22nd

September 23rd -October 22nd

October 23rd - November 21st

November 22nd -December 21st

December 22nd -January 19th

January 20th -February 18th

February 19th -March 20th

Directions

POCO A POCOBy Valerie Mitchell

SPANISH

LESSON

Ingredients: (Serves 2)

Leftover baked chicken and chorizo

The word too in English has two meanings and, as one might expect,these two meanings are translated by two different words in Spanish.

También means too, as in also.

Me gusta el café - I like coffee. Yo también - Me too.Me parece un poco caro - I think it's a bit expensive. Yo también- Me too.Me encanta vivir en España - I love living in Spain. Yo también - Metoo.

¡Qué te diviertas! Have fun! Tú también - You too.Estás invitado - you are invited. Y tu mujer también - And yourwife too.

Yo, también, iré a la fiesta - I, too, will go to the partyEllos, también, cantarán - They, too, will sing

Demasiado means too, as in excessively or too much.Just take it one syllable at a time - de-ma-si-a-do. Fácil. ¿no?

El coche va demasiado rápido - The car goes too fast.Tu falda es demasiado corto - Your skirt is too shortTu fumas demasiado - You smoke too muchElla bebe demasiado - She drinks too muchCompraste demasiado - You bought too much

Well - BuenoBasta ya. - Enough already.

Hasta la próxima. - Until next timeYa está - That's it

Valerie

Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C.Heat the oil in a large sauté pan. Add theonion and soften over a low heat for 3minutes. Stir in the mushrooms and continueto cook for 3 minutes until golden, then addthe garlic and fry for a further minute. Add the shredded leftover chicken andstuffing, then pour in the stock and bring tothe boil. Simmer for 3 minutes. Now add thespinach, using tongs to help it wilt into thesauce, and 1 tbsp of crème fraiche. Check theseasoning and remove from the heat.Divide the warm filling between thepancakes (or tortillas) and roll. Then place therolled pancakes side-by-side in an ovenproofdish. Spread half a tbsp of crème fraîche

along the length of each pancake, finallyscattering the cheese over all of them. Bakein the oven for 15 minutes or until they arepiping hot and the cheese has turned goldenbrown.

Please note that 200g (7oz) of chicken and 80g(3oz) of stuffing is included in the ingredientslist, but, as this is a leftover recipe, you will needto add the products if making this recipe fromscratch

Nutritional ValueCalories 496 25% Sugar 6.4g 7% Fat 20.1g

29% Saturates 7.2g 36% Salt 1.8g 30%


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Kym’s KitchenThe creamy filling and cheese topping makes this the ideal comfort food. This recipe isa mouthwatering leftover idea to make from a roast chicken with herb stuffing.

• 15ml (1tbsp) olive oil • 1 onion, thinly sliced • 130g (4 1/2oz) chestnutmushrooms, sliced • 1 large clove garlic, finely chopped • 200g (7oz) leftover roast chicken, torn into pieces • 80g (3oz) leftover stuffing(or 50g (2oz) chorizo) • 200ml (7fl oz) chicken stock

• 45ml (3tbsp) half fat crème fraîche • 100g (3 1/2oz) baby spinach • 4 ready-made pancakes or plain tortillas • 25g (1oz) Gruyere cheese, grated

Valerie runs the Centro Idiomas Language School in Coin. Her books, “The First Twelve Shortcuts to Spanish” , “The Second Twelve Shortcuts to Spanish” , “The ThirdTwelve 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 [email protected]'s books can now be bought from her website – www.centroidiomas.es or call 952 450 747.

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Dear Calvin,

My hair is very oily, anysolutions to this?

May, Fuengirola

Dear May,

Oily hair is often confusedwith an oily scalp. Usinga purifying shampoo isrecommended, and avoidany products that say theyadd shine and gloss as thesewill only add more oil to yourscalp. An oily hair quick fixis to dab a bit of talcumpowder on the roots of yourhair, or try a dry shampoo.

When shampooing, haveyour water as cool as youcan stand it as hot water

stimulates the oil.

Dear Sue,

I have just invested insome high end rangeproducts from you andforgot to ask how long itwill take to see a difference?

Hazel, Mijas

Dear Hazel,

Nothing works instantly,especially in skincare,beauty and healthcare. Youneed to give the productsand their active ingredientsenough time to interact withyou skin. Don't give up aftera week –it takes the skinaround a month to renewitself and for you to see the

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Dear Calvin,

My hair gets very tangled,what can I do about it?

Karen, Estepona

Dear Karen,

The key to preventingtangles is to reduce theamount of chemicals (dyes,relaxers, perms) that you putin your hair, and always usea good conditioner. Also makesure your hair is tangle freebefore you wash it.

Avoid brushing outtangles. Use a wide toothcomb or your fingers andapply a leave-in conditionerto help. Start by gentlypicking out the tangles at theends first, and graduallymake your way up to the rootarea.

Be patient, if you rush it,it can often result in makingit worse.

Dear Sue,Should I include face

masks in my skincareroutine?

Joan, Alhaurin de la Torre

Dear Joan,

Apart from the additionalskincare benefits you getfrom applying a mask, itgives you a chance to taketime to focus on you. You canuse different types of masksto pamper and condition skin.Clay masks draw outimpurities, while hydratingmasks with essential oils addmoisture to parched skin.You can also tone and firmslack skin with anti-ageing,plumping masks. Treatyourself once a week (or twiceusing a different mask) athome – your skin will love it!

If you have any questionsfor Calvin or Sue, you cancontact them on email –Calvin, [email protected] and Sue’s email isaniathome05 @gmail.com. Ifyou don’t have time to emailyou can phone on 633 733 374(Calvin) or 952 473 681 (Sue).

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We may one day relyon caffeine to boostmemory as well as towake up, researchersat Johns HopkinsUniversity haveconcluded aftertesting the memoriesof 160 people over 24hours. They foundthose who tookcaffeine tablets,rather than dummypills, fared better onthe memory tests, butwarned people toremember caffeinecould cause negativeeffects, such as jitterinessand anxiety.

Twenty-four hours maynot sound like a long time,but it is in terms ofmemory studies. Most"forgetting" happens in thefirst few hours afterlearning something. Onlya few previous studieshave been carried out intocaffeine's effect on long-term memory and havegenerally found littleeffect.

This study was differentbecause people took the

caffeine after, rather thanbefore they had seen andattempted to memorisethe images.

The researchers saidtheir findings do not meanpeople should rush out anddrink lots of coffee, eat lotsof chocolate, or take lots ofcaffeine pills. "Everythingin moderation. Our studysuggests that 200mg ofcoffee is beneficial to thosewho do not regularlyingest caffeine," they said."But we also found aninverted U-shape doseresponse suggesting thathigher doses may not be asbeneficial."

Caffeine couldboost memory

It has been 33 years since actor andscreenwriter Colin Wellandfamously declared ‘The British arecoming..!’ during his Oscar winner’sspeech and since then the Britshave enjoyed highs and lows. TheGolden Globe awards on Sundayproved to be a disappointment –with 18 Brit nominations, includinghigh profile folk of the calibre ofDame Judi Dench, EmmaThompson, Kate Winslet, ChiwetalEjiofor and Idris Elba, there wasjust one triumph.

It was an important one – Britishdirector Steve McQueen’s criticallyacclaimed and searing movie ‘12Years A Slave’ did take the awardfor best drama.

So all eyes will be on the

announcement tomorrow(Thursday) of the Oscarnominations, and the hope will bethat the Golden Globes will notbe the precursor for moredisappointment for the Britcontingent.

McQueen lost out in the bestdirector category to Alfonso Cuaron,for Gravity, and his leading manChiwetel Ejiofor (along with fellowBrit Idris Elba for Mandela: LongWalk to Freedom) lost out in thebest actor stakes to MatthewMcConaughy, who shed 45 poundsto portray a man fighting AIDS inthe Dallas Buyers Club.

Cate Blanchett picked up bestactress in a drama for her role inWoody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ and

the hot money is on her for a shoe-in on Oscar night. American Hustlewas the biggest winner with threeawards – but with no sweep-the-board winner the Oscar field looksto be wide open. U2 picked up thegong for best song – Ordinary Love– for the Mandela movie.

In an emotional acceptance speech,as he picked up best actor for amovie made for television, MichaelDouglas, who played Liberacein ‘Behind the Candelabra’,commented that the role came afterhis treatment for cancer, when hehad not been sure if he would everwork again. He thanked co-starMatt Damon as well as his wifeCatherine Zeta Jones, watching ontelevision from the couple’s NewYork home.

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6:00am Homes Under theHammer7:00am The Sheriffs AreComing7:45am Real LivesReunited8:15am Paul Hollywood'sPies & Puds9:00am Great ContinentalRailway Journeys10:00am KangarooDundee10:30am See Hear11:00am BBC News11:30am Daily Politics1:00pm Live Snooker: TheMasters6:00pm Eggheads6:30pm Great BritishRailway Journeys7:00pm Nature's WeirdestEvents8:00pm The Great Sport

Relief Bake Off9:00pm Wild Brazil10:00pm Mock the Week10:30pm Newsnight11:20pm Snooker: TheMasters12:10am Snooker Extra2:10am See Hear2:40am This Is BBC Two4:00am Schools -Pantocracy

6:00am Daybreak8:30am Lorraine9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show10:30am This Morning12:30pm Loose Women1:30pm ITV News1:55pm ITV NewsLondon2:00pm All Star Mr &Mrs3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal3:59pm ITV LondonWeather4:00pm Britain's BestBakery5:00pm The Chase6:00pm ITV NewsLondon

6:30pm ITV News7:00pm Emmerdale7:30pm CoronationStreet8:00pm FA Cup ReplayLive10:20pm ITV News andWeather10:50pm ITV NewsLondon10:55pm FA Cup FootballHighlights11:55pm The JonathanRoss Show12:50am Jackpot2473:00am The Affair of theNecklace5:00am ITV Nightscreen

7:10am Will & Grace8:00am Everybody LovesRaymond8:30am Everybody LovesRaymond9:00am Frasier9:30am Frasier10:00am The SecretMillionaire Australia11:00am Building theDream12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Come Dine with Me12:35pm Come Dine with Me1:05pm Come Dine with Me1:40pm Come Dine with Me2:10pm A Place in theSun: Winter Sun3:10pm Countdown

4:00pm Deal or No Deal5:00pm Come Dine with Me6:00pm The Simpsons6:30pm Hollyoaks7:00pm Channel 4 News8:00pm The RestorationMan9:00pm 24 Hours in A&E10:00pm Finding Mumand Dad11:05pm Benefits Street12:05am Random Acts12:10am Launched atRed Bull Studios12:35am What Happensin Sunny Beach1:30am The Seeker: TheDark Is Rising3:10am Southland3:55am My FriendMichael Sniff

7:00pm Great MovieMistakes - Not in 3D7:05pm Top Gear7:55pm Pirates of theCaribbean: On StrangerTides10:00pm Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand11:00pm EastEnders11:30pm Family Guy

11:55pm Family Guy12:15am American Dad!12:35am Uncle1:05am Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand2:05am EdinburghComedy Fest Live 20113:05am Great MovieMistakes III: Not in 3D3:30am Uncle

6:00am Breakfast9:15am Wanted DownUnder10:00am Homes Underthe Hammer11:00am The Sheriffs AreComing11:45am Real LivesReunited12:15pm Bargain Hunt1:00pm BBC News;Weather1:30pm Regional Newsand Weather1:45pm Doctors2:15pm Father Brown3:00pm Perfection3:45pm Escape to theCountry4:30pm Antiques RoadTrip5:15pm Pointless

6:00pm BBC News6:30pm Regional NewsProgrammes7:00pm The One Show7:30pm EastEnders8:00pm Hidden Kingdoms9:00pm Silent Witness10:00pm BBC News10:25pm Regional Newsand Weather10:35pm Question Time11:35pm This Week12:20am SkiingWeatherview12:25am BBC News

6:05am Homes Under theHammer7:05am The Sheriffs AreComing7:50am Real LivesReunited8:20am Paul Hollywood'sPies & Puds9:05am Tudor MonasteryFarm10:05am KangarooDundee10:35am HARDtalk11:00am BBC News11:30am BBC World News12:00pm Daily Politics1:00pm Live Snooker: TheMasters6:00pm Eggheads6:30pm Great BritishRailway Journeys7:00pm Live Snooker: TheMasters

8:00pm The Great SportRelief Bake Off9:00pm Wild Brazil10:00pm CharlieBrooker's Weekly Wipe10:30pm Newsnight11:20pm Snooker: TheMasters12:10am Snooker Extra2:10am Iceland Foods:Life in the Freezer Cabinet3:10am This Is BBC Two4:00am Schools - Made ofMoney4:30am Schools: Music,Mud and Making Money

6:00am Daybreak8:30am Lorraine9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show10:30am This Morning12:30pm Loose Women1:30pm ITV News andWeather1:55pm ITV News London2:00pm All Star Mr & Mrs3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal3:59pm ITV LondonWeather4:00pm Britain's BestBakery5:00pm The Chase6:00pm ITV News London6:30pm ITV News andWeather

7:00pm Emmerdale7:30pm The Rise of the E-Cigarette: Tonight8:00pm Emmerdale8:30pm Birds of aFeather9:00pm Benidorm10:00pm ITV News at Tenand Weather10:30pm ITV NewsLondon10:35pm Weight LossWard11:35pm The Late Debate12:05am Jackpot2473:00am The Rise of the E-Cigarette: Tonight3:25am ITV Nightscreen

7:10am Will & Grace7:35am Will & Grace8:00am Everybody LovesRaymond8:30am Everybody LovesRaymond9:00am Frasier9:30am Frasier10:00am The SecretMillionaire Australia11:00am Building theDream12:00pm 4 News12:05pm Come Dine with Me12:35pm Come Dine with Me1:05pm Come Dine with Me1:40pm Come Dine with Me2:10pm A Place in theSun: Winter Sun

3:10pm Countdown4:00pm Deal or No Deal5:00pm Come Dine with Me6:00pm The Simpsons6:30pm Hollyoaks7:00pm Channel 4 News8:00pm Supersize vsSuperskinny9:00pm The Undateables10:00pm What Happensin Sunny Beach11:05pm 24 Hours in A&E12:10am One Born EveryMinute1:05am Random Acts1:10am Ramsay's KitchenNightmares USA2:00am The Fat Fighters2:55am Secret Eaters3:50am Phil Spencer:Secret Agent

7:00pm Winter Wipeout8:00pm Motorway Cops9:00pm Tough YoungTeachers10:00pm Live at theApollo10:30pm EastEnders11:05pm Family Guy11:30pm Family Guy11:50pm American Dad!12:15am American Dad!

12:35am American Dad!1:00am Live at the Apollo1:30am Tough YoungTeachers2:30am Live at theElectric3:00am Tough YoungTeachers


6:00pm BBC News6:30pm Regional NewsProgrammes7:00pm The One Show7:30pm CelebrityMastermind8:00pm EastEnders8:30pm Miranda9:00pm Silent Witness10:00pm BBC News10:25pm Regional Newsand Weather10:35pm The GrahamNorton Show11:25pm EastEnders1:50am Weatherview1:55am BBC News

6:00am Homes Underthe Hammer7:00am The Sheriffs AreComing7:45am Real LivesReunited8:15am PaulHollywood's Pies &Puds9:00am The SacredWonders of Britain10:00am Question Time11:00am BBC News11:30am BBC WorldNews12:00pm Daily Politics1:00pm Live Snooker:The Masters6:00pm Eggheads6:30pm Great BritishRailway Journeys7:00pm Live Snooker:The Masters

8:00pm Mastermind8:30pm An Island Parish9:00pm Italy Unpacked10:00pm QI10:30pm Newsnight11:00pm Weather11:05pm Snooker: TheMasters11:55pm Snooker Extra1:55am Question Time2:55am PQ17: An ArcticConvoy Disaster

6:00am Daybreak8:30am Lorraine9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show10:30am This Morning12:30pm Loose Women1:30pm ITV News1:55pm News London2:00pm All Star Mr & Mrs3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal3:59pm ITV LondonWeather4:00pm Britain's BestBakery5:00pm The Chase6:00pm News London6:30pm ITV News7:00pm Emmerdale

7:30pm CoronationStreet8:00pm The MartinLewis Money Show8:30pm CoronationStreet9:00pm Piers Morgan'sLife Stories: NeilMorrissey10:00pm ITV News atTen and Weather10:30pm News London10:35pm The Americans11:35pm Benidorm12:25am Jackpot2473:00am The Pledge5:05am ITV Nightscreen

7:05am Will & Grace7:30am Will & Grace7:55am Everybody LovesRaymond8:25am Everybody LovesRaymond8:55am Frasier9:30am Frasier10:00am The SecretMillionaire Australia11:00am Building theDream12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Come Dinewith Me12:35pm Come Dinewith Me1:05pm Come Dine with Me1:40pm Come Dine with Me2:10pm A Place in theSun: Winter Sun

3:10pm Countdown4:00pm Deal or No Deal5:00pm Come Dine with Me6:00pm The Simpsons6:30pm Hollyoaks7:00pm Channel 4 News8:00pm Jamie andJimmy's Friday NightFeast9:00pm 8 Out of 10 CatsDoes Countdown10:00pm Sarah Millican:Chatterbox Live11:05pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine11:35pm Saw II1:10am Random Acts1:15am Chinatown3:25am The Big C:Hereafter4:20am August Rush

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Drama (1987). An aristocratic English couplemove to Kenya as Europe plunges into theSecond World War, and join a colony of otherbored and bitter expats leading a hedonistic lifeof sex and drugs. The wife soon gets into theswing of things by having an affair, but when herlover is murdered her husband becomes theprime suspect. Fact-based drama, starringCharles Dance, Greta Scacchi, Joss Ackland, JohnHurt and Sarah Miles.

White Mischief

Comedy (2009). A mild-mannered Jewishprofessor finds his simple, carefully ordered lifefalling apart as his wife leaves him, his kids gooff the rails and a failing student threatens himwith legal action. As things go from bad toworse, he turns to a trio of rabbis for spiritualadvice. The Coen brothers' 1960s-set blackcomedy, starring Michael Stuhlbarg and RichardKind.

A Serious Man

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Comedy (2008). CIA analyst Osborne Cox resignsfrom his job and writes a tell-all book as revengeon his former bosses. However, a computer disccontaining the manuscript falls into the hands oftwo gym employees, who make a disastrousattempt to sell it to the Russians. Coen brotherscomedy, starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, JohnMalkovich, Frances McDormand and TildaSwinton.

Burn After Reading

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Premiere (2011) . A mercenary is employed by theUS government to carry out secret assignments,but on her latest mission, she is set up by one ofthe operatives who hired her. She fights her waythrough the world of international espionage insearch of revenge, fending off assassins as she triesto find out who betrayed her. Action thriller,starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, MichaelFassbender and Antonio Banderas

Haywire

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7:00pm Great MovieMistakes IV: May theFourth Be with You7:30pm Doctor Who8:15pm Doctor Who9:00pm Sherlock10:30pm EastEnders11:00pm Family Guy11:25pm Family Guy11:45pm Live at theElectric

12:15am American Dad!12:40am American Dad!1:00am Uncle1:30am Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand2:30am Live at theElectric3:00am EdinburghComedy Fest Live 2011

Finding Mum and Dad

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Russia on FourWheels

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,the Witch and the Wardrobe


6:00pm BBC News6:30pm Regional NewsProgrammes7:00pm The One Show8:00pm EastEnders8:30pm Waterloo Road9:30pm Live at theApollo10:00pm BBC News10:25pm Regional Newsand Weather10:35pm A Question ofSport11:05pm Tropic Thunder12:45am Weatherview12:50am BBC News

SATURDAYJanuary 18th

SUNDAYJanuary 19th

MONDAYJanuary 20th

TUESDAYJanuary 21st

6:45am Sodom andGomorrah9:10am Life on Earth10:05am Life on Earth11:00am Fred Dibnah'sMade in Britain11:30am Great BritishRailway Journeys12:00pm The Great SportRelief Bake Off1:00pm The Great SportRelief Bake Off2:00pm The A to Z of TVCooking2:45pm Ensign Pulver4:30pm Live Snooker:The Masters6:00pm Flog It!7:00pm Live Snooker:The Masters

10:30pm QI XL11:15pm Howl12:35am Snooker Extra

7:00am Canimals7:05am Canimals7:10am Om Nom Stories7:15am Sooty7:25am Om Nom Stories7:30am Scrambled!9:25am ITV News9:30am Dinner Date10:30am Murder, SheWrote11:30am ITV News andWeather11:45am Show Me theTelly12:45pm Columbo: TheMurder of a Rock Star2:45pm MidsomerMurders4:45pm ITV NewsLondon

4:55pm ITV News andWeather5:10pm Despicable Me7:00pm Splash!8:30pm Take Me Out9:45pm The JonathanRoss Show10:45pm ITV News andWeather11:00pm MOVIE: BurnAfter Reading12:45am Jackpot2473:00am Ladette to Lady:Australia3:45am ITV Nightscreen

6:15am The AmericanFootball Show: Road tothe Super Bowl7:05am Trans WorldSport8:00am The Morning Line9:00am Everybody LovesRaymond9:30am How I Met YourMother10:00am How I Met YourMother10:30am The Big BangTheory10:55am The Big BangTheory11:25am The Simpsons11:55am The Simpsons12:25pm The Taste1:30pm Channel 4 Racing4:00pm Come Dine with Me4:25pm Come Dine

with Me5:00pm Come Dine with Me5:35pm Come Dine with Me6:05pm Channel 4 News6:30pm Speed with GuyMartin7:30pm Britain's KillerStorms9:00pm Hostages10:00pm Knowing12:20am Panic Room2:15am Southland3:00am Hollyoaks

6:00am Breakfast7:35am Match of theDay9:00am The AndrewMarr Show10:00am The BigQuestions11:00am Sunday Politics12:15pm MOTD2 Extra1:00pm BBC News1:15pm Moving On2:00pm Bargain Hunt3:00pm Escape to theCountry3:45pm Lifeline3:55pm Songs of Praise4:30pm HiddenKingdoms5:30pm BBC News;Regional News andWeather6:00pm Fake or Fortune?

7:00pm CountryfileWinter Special8:00pm Call the Midwife9:00pm The Musketeers10:00pm BBC News;Regional News andWeather10:25pm Match of theDay 211:25pm The RevolutionWill Be Televised11:55pm Shifty1:20am Weatherview1:25am BBC News

6:45am Blessed8:05am Monty Don'sFrench Gardens9:05am Countryfile10:00am SaturdayKitchen Best Bites11:30am The Great SportRelief Bake Off12:30pm The GreatSport Relief Bake Off1:30pm Live Snooker:The Masters5:15pm Ski Sunday6:00pm Flog It!7:00pm Live Snooker:The Masters11:00pm MOVIE: ASerious Man12:40am Countryfile1:35am Holby City

7:05am Canimals7:10am Om Nom Stories7:15am Sooty7:25am Om Nom Stories7:30am Scrambled!9:25am Dickinson's RealDeal10:20am Murder, SheWrote11:20am ITV News11:30am Inside theNational Trust12:25pm The CrocodileHunter Diaries1:25pm Catchphrase2:10pm Splash!3:40pm Dr No5:50pm ITV News London6:00pm ITV News6:15pm Dancing on Ice

7:45pm All Star FamilyFortunes8:30pm Dancing on Ice:The Skate Off9:00pm Mr Selfridge10:00pm ITV News at Tenand Weather10:15pm Birds of aFeather10:45pm Piers Morgan'sLife Stories: NeilMorrissey11:45pm River Monsters12:10am The Store2:15am The Jeremy KyleShow USA3:00am The Jeremy KyleShow USA3:40am ITV Nightscreen

6:00am The TreaclePeople6:10am The Hoobs6:35am The Hoobs7:05am Snowdon Race8:00am Will & Grace8:30am Everybody LovesRaymond9:00am Frasier9:30am Sunday Brunch12:30pm How I Met YourMother1:00pm How I Met YourMother1:25pm The Big BangTheory1:55pm The Big BangTheory2:25pm The Big BangTheory2:55pm The Simpsons3:25pm The Simpsons3:55pm Honey, I Shrunk

the Kids5:45pm Deal or No Deal6:40pm Channel 4 News7:00pm Jamie andJimmy's Friday NightFeast8:00pm Speed with GuyMartin9:00pm Don't Look Down10:00pm MOVIE:Haywire11:45pm Domino1:55am Southland2:40am Internal Affairs4:30am Phil Spencer:Secret Agent5:25am Kirstie's VintageGems

7:00pm Great MovieMistakes: Revenge of theFifth7:15pm The Voice UK8:35pm Monsters vsAliens10:00pm Family Guy10:25pm Family Guy10:45pm Uncle11:15pm American Dad!11:40pm American Dad!

2:00am Bad Education12:30am Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand1:30am Underage & Overthe Limit2:30am Uncle3:00am Live at theElectric3:30am Bad Education

6:00am Breakfast9:15am Wanted DownUnder10:00am Homes Underthe Hammer11:00am The Sheriffs AreComing11:45am HelicopterHeroes Down Under12:15pm Bargain Hunt1:00pm BBC News;Weather1:30pm Regional Newsand Weather1:40pm Doctors2:10pm Father Brown3:00pm Perfection3:45pm Escape to theCountry4:30pm Antiques RoadTrip5:15pm Pointless

6:00pm BBC News6:30pm Regional NewsProgrammes7:00pm The One Show7:30pm Inside Out8:00pm EastEnders8:30pm Police: Shootingto Kill? - Panorama9:00pm New Tricks10:00pm BBC News10:25pm Regional Newsand Weather10:35pm Have I Got OldNews for You11:20pm Who Do YouThink You Are? USA12:05am The GrahamNorton Show12:50am Weatherview12:55am BBC News

6:05am Homes Underthe Hammer7:05am The Sheriffs AreComing7:50am Real LivesReunited8:20am Paul Hollywood'sPies & Puds9:05am Britain and theSea10:05am Britain's EmptyHomes10:35am Click11:00am BBC News11:30am BBC WorldNews12:00pm Daily Politics1:00pm LiveInternational Bowls5:15pm Flog It!6:00pm Eggheads6:30pm Great BritishRailway Journeys

7:00pm The GreatInterior Design Challenge8:00pm UniversityChallenge8:30pm Winterwatch20149:30pm Russia on FourWheels10:30pm Newsnight11:20pm OperationGrand Canyon with DanSnow12:20am InternationalBowls1:20am Trust Me I'm aDoctor2:20am This Is BBC Two4:00am StrictlySoulmates4:30am Divine Women5:00am True Stories

6:00am Daybreak8:30am Lorraine9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show10:30am This Morning12:30pm Loose Women1:30pm ITV News1:55pm ITV News London2:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal3:00pm The AlanTitchmarsh Show3:59pm ITV LondonWeather4:00pm Britain's BestBakery5:00pm The Chase6:00pm ITV News London6:30pm ITV News andWeather

7:00pm Emmerdale7:30pm CoronationStreet8:00pm A Great WelshAdventure with Griff Rhys Jones8:30pm CoronationStreet9:00pm The BletchleyCircle10:00pm ITV News at Tenand Weather10:30pm ITV NewsLondon10:35pm Accepted12:20am Jackpot2473:00am The Jeremy KyleShow USA3:45am ITV Nightscreen

7:10am Will & Grace7:55am Everybody LovesRaymond8:30am Everybody LovesRaymond9:00am Frasier9:30am Frasier10:00am The SecretMillionaire Australia11:00am Sarah Beeny'sSelling Houses12:00pm 4 News12:05pm Come Dine with Me12:35pm Come Dine with Me1:05pm Come Dine with Me1:35pm Come Dine with Me2:10pm A Place in theSun: Winter Sun3:10pm Countdown

4:00pm Deal or No Deal5:00pm Come Dine with Me6:00pm The Simpsons6:30pm Hollyoaks7:00pm Channel 4 News8:00pm Are You Addictedto Sugar? Dispatches8:30pm Food Unwrapped9:00pm Benefits Street10:00pm My Baggy Body11:00pm The AmericanFootball Show: The Roadto the Super Bowl12:00am Random Acts12:05am Speed with GuyMartin1:00am Hostages1:55am World WithoutEnd2:50am Coming Up3:20am Dave: LoanRanger

7:00pm Snog, Marry,Avoid?8:00pm Don't Tell theBride9:00pm Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand10:00pm Uncle10:30pm EastEnders11:00pm Family Guy11:25pm Family Guy

11:45pm American Dad!12:10am American Dad!12:30am Uncle1:00am Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand2:00am Underage & Overthe Limit3:00am Sun, Sex andSuspicious Parents:Thailand

6:00am Breakfast9:15am Wanted DownUnder10:00am Homes Underthe Hammer11:00am The Sheriffs AreComing11:45am HelicopterHeroes Down Under12:15pm Bargain Hunt1:00pm BBC News;Weather1:30pm Regional Newsand Weather1:40pm Doctors2:10pm Father Brown3:00pm Perfection3:45pm Escape to theCountry4:30pm Antiques RoadTrip5:15pm Pointless

6:00pm BBC News6:30pm Regional NewsProgrammes7:00pm The One Show7:30pm EastEnders8:00pm Holby City9:00pm Death inParadise10:00pm BBC News10:25pm Regional Newsand Weather10:35pm The NakedRambler11:25pm Film 201411:55pm MOVIE: WhiteMischief1:40am Weatherview1:45am BBC News

6:05am Homes Underthe Hammer7:05am The Sheriffs AreComing7:50am HelicopterHeroes Down Under8:20am PaulHollywood's Pies & Puds9:05am AntiquesRoadshow10:05am Britain's EmptyHomes10:35am HARDtalk11:00am BBC News11:30am BBC WorldNews12:00pm Daily Politics1:00pm LiveInternational Bowls5:15pm Flog It!6:00pm Eggheads6:30pm Great BritishRailway Journeys

7:00pm The GreatInterior DesignChallenge8:00pm Winterwatch20149:00pm King Alfred10:00pm House of Fools10:30pm Newsnight11:20pm OperationGrand Canyon with DanSnow12:20am InternationalBowls1:20am The Midwives2:20am This Is BBC Two3:55am Schools: I NeverSaid Yes4:45am Schools: LizardGirl5:00am Schools - WhatMakes Me, Me

6:00am Daybreak8:30am Lorraine9:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show10:30am This Morning12:30pm Loose Women1:30pm ITV News andWeather1:55pm ITV NewsLondon2:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal3:00pm The AlanTitchmarsh Show3:59pm ITV LondonWeather4:00pm Britain's BestBakery5:00pm The Chase6:00pm ITV News

London6:30pm ITV News7:00pm Emmerdale7:30pm River Monsters8:00pm Weight LossWard9:00pm Paul O'Grady'sAnimal Orphans10:00pm ITV News at Tenand Weather10:30pm ITV NewsLondon10:35pm Chris Eubank:Sports Life Stories11:35pm The CrocodileHunter Diaries12:05am Jackpot2473:00am Loose Women3:45am ITV Nightscreen

7:10am Will & Grace8:00am Everybody LovesRaymond8:30am Everybody LovesRaymond9:00am Frasier9:30am Frasier10:00am The SecretMillionaire Australia11:00am Sarah Beeny'sSelling Houses12:00pm 4 News 12:05pm Come Dinewith Me12:40pm Come Dinewith Me1:10pm Come Dine with Me1:40pm Come Dine with Me2:10pm A Place in theSun: Winter Sun3:10pm Countdown

4:00pm Deal or No Deal5:00pm Come Dine with Me6:00pm The Simpsons6:30pm Hollyoaks7:00pm Channel 4 News8:00pm Location,Location, Location9:00pm The Taste10:00pm Ramsay'sKitchen Nightmares USA11:00pm TheUndateables12:00am Random Acts12:05am Poker1:00am KOTV BoxingWeekly1:30am Trans WorldSport2:25am Beach Volleyball3:20am Snowdon Race4:20am Phil Spencer:Secret Agent

7:00pm Winter Wipeout8:00pm Tough YoungTeachers9:00pm Growing UpDown's10:00pm Bad Education10:30pm EastEnders11:00pm Family Guy11:25pm Family Guy11:45pm American Dad!12:10am American Dad!

12:30am Growing UpDown's1:30am Tough YoungTeachers2:30am Bad Education3:00am Growing UpDown's

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The nuns and midwives move into their newpremises following the explosion that wrecked theold Nonnatus House, and are joined by fresh arrivalSister Winifred - a kindly-but-naive young woman.Jenny becomes concerned about new motherMerle's mental state and the welfare of her baby,who isn't feeding properly. Dr Turner believes itcould be something more serious - although themystery is eventually solved by the last personanyone would have expected. Chummy is strugglingto adjust to her new role as a housewife and mother.

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For centuries the mystery of thesuper-star remained, and it wasnot until 1731, over 100 years

after the invention of the telescope,that English astronomer John Bevishappened to spot a small fuzzy cloudexactly where the Chinese hadreported their star. But even thoughthe ‘smoking gun’ had been found,telescopes had not developed wellenough to say for certain what hadcaused it.

In 1758 a French astronomer namedCharles Messier independentlyrediscovered the ‘fuzzy blob’.

Messier however was very interestedin ‘fuzzy blobs’. He was a dedicatedcomet hunter and when a comet is faraway from the Sun, before the tail has hada chance to develop it looks very much likea ‘fuzzy blob’. At the time, Messier wasbusy hunting for the return of Halley’sComet that had been predicted to returnthat year.

He was infuriated at having to checkon every ‘fuzzy blob’ that hediscovered time and time again

wasting valuable telescope time so hedecided to accurately catalogue every oneof them that he found, thus eliminatingthem from his comet hunting. The firstobject he catalogued was the mysteriousChinese ‘fuzzy blob’. He named it M1. Inall, Messier catalogued 110 objects and hiscatalogue was so accurate thatastronomers still refer to it even today.

In 1844 another astronomer observedthe M1 ‘fuzzy blob’ this time using amuch more powerful 36” telescope.

What the Earl of Rosse saw andsubsequently drew at his observatory verymuch resembled a crab and so the CrabNebula was christened. But even then noone could give a reasonable explanation asto what it was and what had caused theChinese to report such a strange sight backin 1054.

It was not until 1921 whenphotographic techniques haddeveloped sufficiently, several

photographs taken years apart werecompared and it was found that the CrabNebula was actually expanding. Tracingthe expansion backwards revealed that thenebula must have become visible on Earthabout 900 years before, exactly the sametime that the Chinese had reported seeingit. The Crab nebula was the remains of aSuper Nova, a star that had exploded. Butas the Crab Nebula is about 1,600 lightyears away from Earth it actually hadexploded about 500 years before the birthof Christ and had taken that long for thelight to reach us from the blast.

The Crab Nebula has always been afascination for astronomers bothprofessional and amateur. It is still

expanding at the rate of over 1500 km persecond, it currently measures about 13light years wide. But what is interesting toprofessional astronomers is what

happened to the star after it had exploded?

As late as 1963 the centre of the CrabNebula was found to be emittingextremely powerful radio waves, in

fact the most powerful source of radiowaves and X-rays in the whole sky.Peering deep inside the cloudy gases thatsurround it astronomers discovered a tinystar less than 30 km wide but weighingmore than our Sun. It is also spinning veryfast at around 30 revs per second andemitting a strong pulse of energy on eachrevolution, a bit like a speeded uplighthouse. This discovery led to a newname being coined for these types of stars–Pulsars.

The Crab Nebula is not visible to thenaked eye but it can be seen throughbinoculars if the seeing conditions

are right. Today’s modern telescopes andespecially The Hubble Space Telescopehave produced some magnificent images ofthe Crab Nebula (see above). To see it, firstlocate Orion; follow the three stars inOrion’s belt up to the right to a bright red-coloured star called Aldebaran. Aldebaranmarks the eye of Taurus the bull. Nowimagine the two horns stretching out to theleft of Aldebaran marked by two mediumbrightness stars, M1 The Crab Nebula sitsjust above the lower star. (See diagrambelow.)

Happy Stargazing

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e Crab NebulaIn January 1054, the Chinese record seeing a very bright star appearthat was visible for a few days even during the day time.

Further to my letter aboutthe illegal hunter on theLa Carreta area and howworried all of us that livethere are about possibleaccidents involvinganimals and children, I amafraid I have to write againthis week to inform youthat, lying on the publicfootpath that runsalongside the Rio Pereilla,is a very large Mastin dogthat has been shot, thecartridge case lying next toit.Whether this was a

deliberate act, or whetheran accident, nobody (apartfrom the person that shotthe poor animal, of course)knows but it just goes toshow just how dangerousthis “sport” is. There areresidents’ houses within100 metres of where thisperson or persons areshooting and next time –bad enough that it is that adog should be shot andthen left there for all tocome across as they walk –it could be a child or anadult out for a walk just

minding their ownbusiness.On occasions we getstopped by the GuardiaCivil and paperwork ischecked but they don’tseem to be doing anythingabout this hunter.Perhaps those of us whoare concerned for localsafety should gathertogether and go to thepolice en masse, perhapsthen they’d make sure thelaw is upheld.

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I wanted to tell all ourreaders about somethingthat is in the pipeline withThe News.

Details have to be workedout throroughly yet but weare getting together withone of our advertisers to tryand find our Local Heroes.Even in this economicclimate there are still lots ofpeople on the Costa del Solwho put their time, andsometimes their money aswell, into helping friends,neighbours and sometimeseven total strangers.We want you to write inand tell us about thosepeople who very often goquietly about making hugedifferences to people’s lives,often not even getting asimple “Thank You” fortheir efforts.It is all too easy to sitaround moaning about ourlot and, let’s face it, there’splenty who do but there ismuch more to be made fromlife by making a little bit ofeffort and I can guaranteethat, if you help someoneout in some way, you willfeel much better about theworld.

You will read in my columnthis week about my car tyreblowing to smithereens lastweekend. Normally a verycapable woman, I found Iwas a damsel in distress asI couldn’t change the wheelwhere they’d put the nutson with an airgun.One call to my neighbour,the famous Dangerous Ellisand he was there withinten minutes, changed thetyre in 20 and I was backon the road in 30 minutesall told so, he was my heroof last weekend. I couldhave been stranded forhours and it’s little thingslike that that make theworld a better and muchpleasanter place.I will let you all know thedetails of the competitionas it comes along and let’sgive all our heroes a boost.Oh, yes, there’ll be a prizefor the winner and if anybusinesses out there wouldlike to donate more prizes,please let me know. All ourheroes deserve a medal!

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The Department forTransport (DfT) isconsidering legal optionsto make the changes aftercriticism that councils useparking as a ‘cash cow’.

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A public consultation –due to end in February –on aggressive parkingpolicies was also launched.It included the idea ofscrapping CCTV cameracars for parkingenforcement.

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Spain has expanded the carsubsidy programme by 175million euros and estimatesit should generate relatedtax income of 1 billion euros,Deputy Prime MinisterSoraya Saenz deSantamaria (right) said.

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Spanish car sales jumped18 percent in December, thefourth month of growth, and

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Spain tops up car subsidyscheme by 175 million euros

The UK's soaring motormanufacturing industryhas seen it surpass ailingneighbour France in termsof total car production forthe first time since 1966say industry chiefs.

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars isgetting closer to deciding onwhether to make an SUV,CEO Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes said in aninterview.

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Every player starts offwith getting dealt threecards; two cards face-downand one card face-up. Thetwo face-down cards arecalled the 'hole cards' andthe face-up card is calledthe 'door card'. Based onthese three cards youdecide whether or not youwant to continue with thehand. Like in any pokervariation, hand selection is

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Málaga suffer away dayblues at Levante

Málaga started the gamereally brightly, and, on 6minutes Camacho headednarrowly wide from a Dudafree kick. On 13 minutesLevante should have beenin front, a spectacular shotfrom outside the box endedwith Caballero fumblingthe ball out to Barral whosomehow failed to get to it.

A Levante corner nearlyended in the Málaga net, asthe home side came moreinto the game, and it wasn'tlong before Levante were infront, Barral heading homefrom a corner on 19minutes. Caballero savedwell for Málaga on 23minutes as Levante wentlooking for a second.Málaga though werelooking dangerous fromfree kicks but chances were

going begging. Flavio cameon for his Málaga debut on33 minutes after aWeligton injury. Samuthen shot wide from outsidethe box with 39 minutes onthe clock, as Málaga had agood spell at the end of thefirst half.

In the second halfMálaga made another goodstart creating three halfchances in the first 5minutes, the best fromEliseau who drilled the ballover from outside thebox. Málaga were nowdominating the second halfand another chance fell toCamacho who slid the balljust wide after good workagain by Eliseau. On 58minutes after a greatMálaga move Duda had hiswell struck shot saved and

from thereboundanotherMálagachancewentbegging.On 71minutesMálaga'sbestchancefell toEliseau whose shot wasdeflected over, whenlooking like a surefire goal.From the resulting cornerSanchez nearly scored fromthe tightest of angles. With7 minutes left anotherDuda free kick was saved,as Málaga continued theirgood work in the secondhalf. Free kicks andcorners came and went and

in the 90th minute Flaviohit a shot from outside thebox only to see it well savedagain.

It just wasn’t to be forMálaga in a game whichthey had totally dominated.

Next game on Fridaynight when Málaga faceValencia at La Rosaleda.

Report by Scott Forbes

Málaga travelled to Levante needing three points knowing that games againstValencia, Barcelona and Sevilla were on the horizon.Malaga 0 - 1 Levante

Englandtook a bigstep towardsretaining theWomen'sAshes bywinning theone-off Testby 61 runs.

Australiabegan thefinal day on57-5, needing 185 to win,and Ellyse Perry (31) hitan early flurry ofboundaries.

But she fell to AnyaShrubsole (3-48), who torethrough the tail to wrapup the victory beforelunch.

The win in Perth earnsthem six points in themulti-format series, andthey only need to win twoof the six limited-oversgames to keep the trophy.

It also restores somepride in English cricket

after the men's teamsuffered a 5-0 whitewashby Australia in the Ashesand were thrashed in thefirst one-day internationalon Sunday.

Women’s Ashes 2014:England win Test by 61runs in PerthWomen's Ashes Test, Perth (day four)England 190 & 201 beat Australia 207& 123 by 61 runs

Levante’s Barral jumps for joy after his goal

Jenson Button's father diesof suspected heart attackFormer world championJenson Button's father hasdied aged 70 of a suspectedheart attack. John Buttonwas found dead at hishome on the FrenchRiviera by a friend onSunday.

He was a stronginfluence on his son'scareer, which includeswinning the 2009 WorldChampionship.

A statement released bythe McLaren driver'sagent read: "It is withgreat sadness I canconfirm John has passedaway."

It added that "initialsigns indicate a suspectedheart attack".

John Button wasknown as “Papa Smurf” inF1 and was a jovialcharacter who liked aglass or two of red wine,and will be sadly missed.

Eddie Irvineconvictedover brawlin ItaliannightclubThe former Formula Oneracing driver Eddie Irvinehas been sentenced to sixmonths in prison by anItalian court. It is not yetclear if the retired racingdriver will actually have toserve time in jail.

He was convicted aftera brawl with an Italianman in a Milan nightclub.

Irvine, who is fromNorthern Ireland, andGabriele Moratti, the sonof a former Milan mayor,were found guilty of“mutual injury". The pairhad blamed each other forthe dispute that took placein the VIP section of theclub in December 2008.

Both Irvine, 48, andMoratti had accused theother of using a glassduring the brawl inMilan's Hollywoodnightclub.

Stiff test forFarah’s firstmarathonMo Farah will face worldrecord holder WilsonKipsang in a strong fieldcompeting at the 2014London Marathon. Britishdouble Olympic and worldchampion Farah ran halfthe race in 2013 and willmake his full debut in theevent on 13th April.

The 30-year-old willalso face Olympic andworld marathon championStephen Kiprotich over the26.2-mile course. "I amexpecting it to be one of mytoughest races and a reallearning experience," saidFarah.

Following hisappearance in half of the2013 London Marathon,he also won both titles atthe World Championshipsin Russia last August.Reigning LondonMarathon championTsegaye Kebede andLondon course recordholder Emmanuel Mutaiare again competing inthis year's race. KenenisaBekele is the only notableabsentee, with theEthiopian set to makehis marathon debut inParis on 6th April instead.

Alan Pardew hasapologised for swearing atManchester City bossManuel Pellegrini afterNewcastle had a goal

disallowed in Sunday's 2-0loss, after he had calledhim a f ****** old c*** ).United trailed 1-0 when

referee Mike Jones ruledthat an offside YoanGouffran had interferedwith play before ChieckTiote's shot hit the net. "It was a heat of the

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TENNIS

Great start forAndy Murray inAustraliaBritain's Andy Murray madethe ideal start to hisAustralian Open campaignwith a quick win overJapan's Go Soeda in searingheat. On a day that saw thetemperature exceed 40C,the Wimbledon championspent just 87 minutessecuring a place in roundtwo with a 6-1 6-1 6-3victory. Murray, who wasplaying only his thirdcompetitive match sincereturning from back surgery,will face France's VincentMillot, the world number267, in round two.

More good newsfor Skeleton girlsBritish Sochi medal hopesLizzy Yarnold and ShelleyRudman finished second andthird in the skeleton WorldCup in St Moritz, Switzerland. Yarnold has finished on thepodium in all six World Cupraces this year, while it wasRudman's first top-threeresult of the season.

United States' NoellePikus-Pace won the race,0.40 seconds ahead ofYarnold, with Rudman 0:04further back. A slight mistakefrom Yarnold saw her missout on gold and she said:"They were a few bumps andscrapes but I'm really pleasedthere are two British girls onthe podium. It shows ourstrength in depth."

There are two World Cupraces left with Yarnold leadingthe world standings.

Bunting takes BDOWorld Darts titleIt was 28-year old Bunting'sfirst world title and theemotional Scouser couldbarely express his joy atfinally winning the crown,as tears rolled down hisface in the post-matchinterviews. He told BBC2: "This is

my eighth time at theLakeside. "The crowd hasbeen fantastic. Thanks toeveryone who hassupported me."Bunting made his BDO

World Darts championshipdebut aged 18 and reachedthe second round beforelosing to former worldchampion Ted Hankey. Norris, 41, who saw off

Dutchman Jan Dekker 6-5in the semi-finals, startedthe stronger of the two

players, butBuntingrecovered withhalf-a-dozenmaximums tomove into a 2-1advantage.Norris kept

within touchingdistance, though,and levelled thecontest at 3-3 beforeBunting showed his class tomove three sets clear andput one hand on the trophy.There was then a brief

fightback from Norris in the10th which he won after asuperb 140 checkout, beforeBunting clinched thedecisive set to lift hismaiden world title. He liftedthe trophy and a cheque for£100,000, while Norris

walked away with £37,000. The 41-year-old Norris

said: “I suppose it’s back toMonday night darts downmy local league, but I’ll beback next year.”For Bunting, this victory

sealed one of the best dartsseasons on record – in 2013,he won eight ranking titlesand proved that his positionas the No.1 seed was wellwarranted.

Pardew losesit again, thistime withPellegrini

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew

South Africa's LouisOosthuizen birdied the lasttwo holes to win theVolvo Golf Championstournament in Durban for asecond successive year. Oosthuizen carded a

four-under-par 68 to win on12 under, one shot clear ofcompatriot Branden Grace(68). England's overnight

leader Tommy Fleetwoodfinished with a level-par 72

to tie for third with JoostLuiten of the Netherlands(71) on 10 under. Ireland's Padraig

Harrington hit a 67 to finishtied fifth on nine underpar. Harrington had five

birdies and an eagle in hisfive-under-par round andset the clubhouse lead as heposted the joint lowest scoreof the day to jump up theleaderboard.

Oosthuizen defendsChampions title

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