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Vince Tracy-chat show host and podcaster in sunny spain sharing ideas with like minds. This podcast investigates the story of the day's music down the years
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Award winning weekly podcast with Vince Tracy, Terry Whitehead and Neil Colbourne, Matt King, Mike Payne and Barbara Anne taking a weekly look at the news from Europe and the UK..
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Cathy gives us theheadlines from the Costa Blanca News -a weekly newspaper here on the Costa Blanca.We also discuss relevant news from the UK Cathy's enthusiasm about the stories in print in the Post. Extra! Extra! Read all about it.....
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Country Mile, the USA TODAY NETWORK’s new podcast series, explores the evolution of one of America’s truest art forms through the stories told by the stars who lived them. The format is simple: Two artists, two stools and an unscripted evening of memories taped before a live audience. Guests include Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Dierks Bentley, Chris Young, Ashley McBryde, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Tenille Townes, Marty Stuart and more.
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A show about painful lessons learned. By someone who always learns the hard way. You will learn...
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In 2015, Phil completed his underground wine cellar at his 1929-built Nashville estate. Filled with cocktail favorites, candles and, what else, a piano, the cellar quickly became his favorite place to write, play and hang out with friends. The environment inspired his idea to create a series with his talented friends. Songs from the Cellar was born! SFTC will feature artists, songwriters, entertainers, athletes, comedians and wine enthusiasts will be guests on the show. Each episode will spo ...
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Adam Powis made the foul-mouthed farewell on the public address system at the hardware giant's Weston-super-Mare branch in November. He shared a TikTok of the incident, which quickly went viral, showing the 18 year-old saying: 'This is a customer announcement. I just got sacked and B&Q are c****. F*** everyone. Have a nice day'.Britain's youngest E…
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@vincetracy and @terrywhitehead discussed #Spain #weather #winter #construction #water #cultivation #farmers #Madrid #Eurostat #EU #Russia #imports #BBC #media #protests #Rome #CatholicChurch #PopeBenedict #PopeFrancisBy Vince Tracy
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@mattking and @vincetracy discussed the very important question of #retirement looking at #pensions #careers #education #careersadvice #timemanagement #finances #money #age #health #travel #ambition #fitness #languagelearning #Spain #UK #hobbies #musicBy Vince Tracy
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The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will make it easier for trans people to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC), which is legal recognition of their acquired gender.It will introduce a system of self-declaration for obtaining a GRC and remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria...................................…
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Greek MEP Eva Kaili, who has become the face of the European Parliament's widening graft scandal, will spend at least another week in custody before attending a postponed pre-trial hearing, her lawyer said Wednesday. Former EU parliament vice-president Kaili, 44, her partner Francesco Giorgi, 35, ex-MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri and lobbyist Niccolò Fig…
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@mattking and @vincetracy discussed #photogrphy #television #media #software #technology #var #politics #editing #presenting #paperazzi #telephones #animations #disney #misinformation #QatarBy Vince Tracy
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Civil servants have been told to call their Christmas parties 'festive celebrations' in an attempt to avoid offending other faiths. In another move to promote diversity and inclusion, some officials have been informed they cannot drink alcohol at a celebration if one team member is tea-total.UK Driving Low tread on tyres - £10,000A vehicle with low…
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A TikTok star has revealed how he makes more money than a doctor - despite sleeping in and only working two hours every day.Andy Peng, who goes by Andy the Sk on social media, has racked up more than 4.6million followers on TikTok thanks to his outrageous pranks.For years, the obituaries in our grander newspapers have been dominated by the intensel…
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According to Spain’s Labour Inspectorate Ryanair violated the right of workers to strike earlier in the year, when it used so called “scab” labour.Business Secretary Grant Shapps today acknowledged 'national security' fears led to taxpayers' cash being used to end China's involvement in the Sizewell C nuclear power plant. Speaking in the House of C…
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Plans to use ‘pushback’ tactics against small boats in the Channel have been ditched by the Home Office, the immigration minister confirmed yesterday. Robert Jenrick said analysis showed there were only ‘limited circumstances’ in which the turnaround idea could be deployed against dinghies. He said the proposals were ‘currently withdrawn’ and there…
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A female secondary school mentor sent a teenage pupil 3,000 messages in just two months and told 'I think I'm falling for you' and 'I want you so badly', a court heard.In a series of 'overtly sexual' texts Ellen Cadman-Smith told the 15-year-old that he 'drove her insane' and that she was 'thinking about him non-stop'.In extracts from messages read…
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Ministers were accused of betraying British workers today as a £1.6billion contract for Royal Navy support ships was handed to a consortium that will carry out work in a Spanish dockyard. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today announced the Team Resolute consortium including Navantia, the Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, was the preferred bid…
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Britain is facing a winter of discontent after 100,000 civil servants voted to strike today as comrades on the rail network agreed new dates and nurses decided on taking industrial action for the first time in more than a century. Salto de Castro, found in north-western Spain, has 44 homes, a hotel, a church and a swimming pool has been put up for …
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@mattking and @vincetracy discussed the implications of #alcohol and #drugabuse from definitions of these terms via #teaching #experience #sport #rugby #judo #music #Spain #UK #theosaps #advertising #sponsors #centrepoint #emmerdale #coronationstreet #beer #spirits #depression #loneliness #socialdrinking #age…
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A Royal Navy submarine which was fully armed with nuclear missiles aborted a top secret operation after a fire broke out onboard.The £3billion HMS Victorious, which is one of Britain’s four Trident submarines, had been sailing to a base overseas when the electrical fire started six weeks ago. The Home Office is spending millions of pounds on taxis …
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China is operating dozens of secret police stations in plain view by disguising them as British restaurants, estate agents and other ordinary businesses, a civil liberties watchdog has claimed. A report from human rights organisation Safeguard Defenders warned China was operating more than 50 undeclared police hubs as part of a global network to fo…
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@MIKEPAYNE joined @vincetracy to try and make sense of the happenings in the UK. We discussed #RishiSunak #liztruss #Margaretthatcher #Tories #Labour #immigrants #racism #ecozealots #juststopoil #economy #woke cop27 #MONARCHY #THECROWN #NETFLIXBy Vince Tracy
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An updated study on dementia published in the Lancet found that around 40% of dementia cases worldwide might be attributable to 12 potentially modifiable risk factors so we looked at such factors as #Health #education #lifestyle #smoking #drugs #alcohol #hypertension #obesity #depression #physicalfitness #diabetes #internet #socialcontact #airpollu…
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All hell broke loose' in Dover yesterday when the driver was seen laughing as he threw the devices at the Western Jet Foil immigration centre on the dockside, where nearly 1,000 migrants were brought for processing less than 24 hours earlier.A council has broken up a family-of-eight after they were kicked out of their privately-rented home in June.…
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The outgoing Prime Minister could leave a lasting mark and controversially lavish her closest aides with gongs despite a disastrously short tenure in Downing Street. Mark Fullbrook , the former premier's chief of staff, is understood to have suggested she reward her outgoing staff and advisers with knighthoods and peerages.https://www.climateemerge…
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A new report has suggested that mums who choose to stay at home with their children should be given an extra £8,000 for support. Researchers at the Civitas think tank plan to urge ministers to make an £8,000 childcare allowance available in order to help stay-at-home mums. Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said she will refuse to call Eddie Izzard a wom…
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Mike Payne joined me to discuss the bizarre series events taking place in the UK after Liz Truss became Prime Minister. How much longer will she remain in office?By Vince Tracy
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Spain will waste €300 million by putting the clocks back by one hour according to calculations by the Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE).By abandoning this move from Summer Time to Winter Time, the evenings (when people are more active) would remain lighter for one hour and could ensure a reduction in energy consumption o…
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Former British fighter pilots are training the Chinese to shoot down Western aircraft, officials warned last night. Up to 30 pilots have recently moved to China after securing £250,000-a-year contracts to teach Western flying procedures, it was revealed.Nicola Sturgeon today claimed the UK is 'fundamentally on the wrong path' as the SNP leader cont…
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Nicola Sturgeon was rebuked by ministers and MPs after she delivered the jibe during an interview in which she hinted at a possible election tie-up with Keir Starmer . The SNP leader insisted it is 'not difficult to answer' the question of whether Sir Keir or Liz Truss should be in No10, saying: 'I detest the Tories and everything they stand for.'A…
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The Spanish government said on Thursday that residents whose wealth exceeds €3 million will be subject to a new asset tax during the next two years, 2023 and 2024, as part of its upcoming budget that will need to be approved by the Spanish Congress. Budget and Public Finances Minister María Jesús Montero said the temporary wealth tax, which could a…
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Eco-protestors who smear the government as ‘genocidal’ paralysed central London for hours yesterday as they unleashed a planned month-long campaign of mayhem.Members of the group Just Stop Oil occupied four bridges in the capital, causing gridlock on busy roads, before converging on Parliament.Local councillors have been accused of telling 'sob-sto…
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Terry Whitehead 29th September 2022Europe must prepare for 'previously unimaginable' threats to its offshore and undersea infrastructure, Germany's interior minister has said today, after the Nord Stream pipe was blown up in a suspected Russian attack. Leaders have already begun scrambling to shore up their defences with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg…
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A transgender children's charity has been accused of giving chest-flattening devices to young girls against their parents' wishes. Mermaids staff offered to send a breast binder to a girl they believed was only 14 after being told she was banned from using one by her mother. According to an investigation by the Daily Telegraph, the charity has been…
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Disgraced former King Juan Carlos of Spain has arrived at Buckingham Palace ahead of the Queen's state funeral amid a row over his attendance. The former monarch, 84, who currently lives in Abu Dhabi, was reportedly asked not to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II by Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchéz. But he was pictured being ushered…
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What a colossal mistake it was to invite China's Communist leaders to the Queen's State Funeral in Westminster Abbey on Monday...............Britain's fattest man who weighs 47 stone has complained that his human rights are being infringed by his doctors who have put him on a calorie-controlled diet in a battle to save his life.Jason Holton, 32, fr…
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Celtic fans mocked the Queen's death with a banner that read 'F*** The Crown' and chants of 'if you hate the royal family, clap your hands' last night - while Rangers defied Uefa's ban on British teams playing the national anthem. Scottish football is divided by sectarianism and many fans who follow Rangers identify themselves as Protestant and uni…
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For a perfect illustration of the chaos into which the cause of Scottish independence has been plunged since the death of the Queen.... Iran's foreign ministry has not commented on her death or the ascension to the throne of King Charles III, and its government-linked TV channels have been spreading vile remarks about her legacyDemands that world l…
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A Christian chaplain was dismissed after refusing to chant 'smash heteronormativity' at inclusion training at a fee-paying boarding school, an employment tribunal was told. Reverend Dr Bernard Randall, 49, from Long Eaton, Derbyshire, did not join in the 'chant' when urged to do so by the leader of Educate and Celebrate Dr Elly Barnes during an ins…
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A 78-year-old coach driver died in a crash on the M25 after suffering 'a medical episode'and veering across three lanes into the central reservation today. Six teenage girls were also injured but did not require hospital treatment. A 19-year-old woman has said she is too 'afraid to leave the house at night' after she wasbeaten by a mob of youths sh…
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A police force has been praised for its 'fantastic decision' to bring back traditionalheadwear - just six years after switching to 'more practical' US-style baseballcaps. Lancashire Police announced the U-turn on social media, saying it would be ditching the gender-neutral headgear for all its officers, before re-introducingbowler hats for females …
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Police officers faced a backlash over the weekend for joining in with a performance of the Macarena at a Pride festival, as critics accused them of not taking their job seriously enough. Locals reacted with fury after multiple posts were made showing on-duty officers having fun on Lincolnshire Police's social media accounts from the festival, inclu…
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I use a bit of social media but don’t use TikTok. For me, it’s always been one for the youngsters. I can’t dance, sing or do backward somersaults or forward ones come to that.TikTok have strict rules too, or so I thought.The number of passports lost by the Home Office in 2021 amidst the covid catch-up battle has tripled the amount seen in the previ…
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@vincetracy and @neilcolbourne discuss UK news #water supply #Tikok #GrantShapps #Cycling #Parenting #EducationBy Vince Tracy
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Taiwan, Inflation and Prince Charles 4th August 2022 ..... Moreover, Britain goes into the cost-of-living crisis with nearly full employment. The more people in work ,the more National Insurance and income tax contributions flow into the nation's coffers and the more there is to spend, pushing up VAT receipts.Prince Charles was accused of a 'seriou…
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A study has revealed that Chester, the walled cathedral city, in the northwest of England, has the highest percentage of buildings - 83.7 per cent - that align with the 'golden ratio'.Using this ratio as a guide, researchers drew up a ranking of the most eye-catching cities on the planet, with Venice coming second. It has a 'beauty score' of 83.3 p…
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Proof of having enough cash is not the only new requirement, with Spain saying British entrants may have to provide a range of documents when entering the country under new rules introduced because of Brexit. IStriking rail workers were yesterday accused of demanding pay rises ‘at the point of a gun’ amid claims that some drivers already earn over …
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Knowing where a crime is going to be committed before it happens is the dreamof police departments all over the world, and data scientists and artificialintelligence experts want to make it a reality. Many law enforcement agencies,especially in the US where gun violence is rampant, have been using pattern-detecting information systems to predict cr…
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When I was a child, the TV weather forecasts were based around a map to which magnetic symbols, usually denoting fog or slanting rain, would be attached.When the weather did improve, it was always cheering to see childish little yellow sun images suddenly slapped on to our bit of the UK.At such times the weather forecaster might suggest it was time…
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Thousands of festivalgoers lined Pamplona's narrow streets for the centuries-old festival as the bulls charged through the city. Seven men needed hospital treatment on the third day - Saturday July 9. Expert runners that take part in the historic festival run directly in front of the bulls before trying to jump out of the way at the last minute wit…
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A Question of Values with Barbara Anne 12th July 2022Britons complained that it was 'too hot to work' today on what could be the hottest day of the year so far - with temperatures hitting 33C (91F) amid a heat-health alert, as sunbathers hit beaches and parks early this morning.........Radio 4's specially extended edition of the Today Programme on …
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The Australian Kyrgios, who has proved to be his usual controversial self during the first week of Wimbledon after a number of high profile incidents including rows with umpires and crowd members, grew frustrated with the match official during his third round tie with the fourth seed. ........... The Scout Association faced a backlash last night af…
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@terrywhitehead and @vincetracy discuss #Melilla #Spain #Morocco #pilots#diesel #fishing #trawlers #China #Cambridgeshire #PrinceofWales #Qatar #G7By Vince Tracy
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning west coast rapper, 35, was one of a number of artists at the Glastonbury music festival His plea for female rights was in protest againstthe US Supreme Court's recent decision to end the country's constitutional rightto abortion.Rising diesel prices could soon stop Britain’s fishing crews from setting sail as itbecomes to…
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Waking up before everyone else to reserve a sun lounger with a towel is often acontentious subject, with many arguing the early bird catches the worm. But in Spain, the early bird in this case will receive a £25 fine - and unruly tourists could face even more substantial penalties if they are not careful. Holidaymakers braving airport chaos in Brit…
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