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DESPITE boasting 320 days of sunshine per year, Sierra Nevada is actually Europe’s southernmost ski resort.
Located in Andalusia, Sierra Nevada is a little warmer than most ski resorts in Europe – although it gets a strong coating of snowfall from December right through to April.
Covering 1,200m, Sierra Nevada is the largest snow range in Spain, with slopes funneling down to Pradollano base at the bottom of Mulhacén mountain.
Some of the slopes sit above 2,700m with even the newest skiers and snowboarders being treated to eye popping views across the valley.
A spokesperson from Crystal Ski Holidays told Sun Online Travel: “Sierra Nevada offers a wide variety of slopes suitable for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities, from beginners, intermediate and experts, there are plenty of opportunities for carving, freestyle, and off-piste adventures, so there really is something for everyone.
“The resort also features a well-kept snow park, which makes it a favourite destination for snowboarders and night skiing can be experienced on the illuminated slopes.
“You can make your way down a mountain while gazing out to the Mediterranean Sea and Costa del Sol (you might even spot Africa on the clearest days)”.
Sierra Nevada is a popular ski resort for families, with plenty of activities for children.
For example, kids can race down slopes on snow tubes and toboggan runs and families can explore the Spanish ski resort on snowmobiles.
Other attractions for kids include the Crèche and Dreamland Snow Garden – a friendly childcare spot for kids ages between three and 12.
There’s also the Sea and Woodland Slopes, which are two nature-themed slopes where younger skiers can gain confidence while spotting animal figures like deer and octopus.
Meanwhile, the Sulayr Snowpark is a family-friendly section where youngsters can tackle smaller obstacles.
For children aged four and over, there’s also the Mirlo Blanco fun park – an alpine coaster with a 550m vertical drop.
Other nearby attractions include the Sierra Nevada Observatory, a scientific research base that’s open to the public.
Visitors to the observatory can use two telescopes and learn about the projects that are happening at the centre.
Holidaymakers can reach the observatory on a cable car from Pradollano to the Borreguiles area before boarding a chair lift and walking 2km to the research base.
A spokesperson from Crystal Ski Holidays described Sierra Nevada as a “a lively après-ski atmosphere, which is centred around the terrace and tapas culture – think wine bars, cocktails and relaxed beers with small plates of food
“There are lots of small, hole-in-the-wall type bars with lively terraces that tend to stay open into the early hours.”
Local delicacies include bocadillos – a typical Andalucian sandwich which can be enjoyed for fuelling after days on the slopes.
Direct flights operate from London Luton Airport to Malaga Costa del Sol where holidaymakers can board transfers to Sierra Nevada.
Ski holidays to Sierra Nevada are more affordable compared to other destinations.
Crystal Ski Holidays currently has packages from £874 per person, with breaks at the three-star hotel Mont Blanc including flights and transfers.
LAST year, our ski expert shared her expert insights to help novice skiers find the best place to carve their first tracks.
Laura Hazell, Sales and Marketing Director at Ski Beat – the largest UK tour operator offering package ski chalet holidays to the French Alps – gives us her recommendations, from location to non-ski-based activities.
Meanwhile, a lesser-known European city with cheap booze has been named a trending travel destination for 2025 – and it’s great for skiers and snowboarders.
And this French ski resort has everything from snowy slopes to stunning spas.
THE search for a missing woman has been stood down after her body was found.
Christina McEvoy, who was 45-years-old, was reported missing from Mallow in Co Cork earlier this month.
She was last seen in the Cork town on November 8.
Christina’s car, a Blue Honda was discovered at Kilconnell, Liscannor, Co Clare on Tuesday, November 12.
Gardai have today confirmed that the search has been stood down following the discovery of a woman’s body.
A spokesperson said: “Following the discovery of a woman’s body, the missing person appeal for 45-year-old Christina McEvoy, who was missing from Mallow, County Cork since Friday, 8th November 2024, has been stood down.
“No further media action is required and no further information is available at this time.
“Gardai would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance.”
Seperately, the heartbroken loved ones of a woman missing at sea off the coast of Co Galway have vowed to “keep pushing” until they bring her home.
The search for Máire Ní Fhátharta, 32, resumes today after she went missing after going for a swim at Silverstrand near Barna in Galway on November 12, just hours after singer Johnny Duhan was also lost at sea.
The body of Johnny Duhan was recovered from the water a few hours after he was reported missing and he was laid to rest on Friday following his funeral mass at St Killian’s Church, in New Inn, Co Galway.
Máire has now been missing for nine days after she went for her daily swim at Silverstrand Beach last Tuesday.
Searches have been carried out daily for the young woman, with a multi-agency operation led by gardai and involving the Coast Guard Service, Civil Defence teams and the RNLI underway.
Hundreds of volunteers have also taken part in the effort to locate Máire, with daily coastline searches assisted by kayak clubs, paddle boarders and local boat owners.
An online fundraiser set up to help cover the costs of fuel and search equipment has already raised almost €220,000, with the family pledging to donate any excess funds received to voluntary organisations that have been assisting them in the search.
In a post on social media, Máire’s loved ones vowed to keep searching until they bring her home and told how grateful they are for “endless strength and support” from volunteers and those praying she will be found.
MAGIC duo Penn & Teller will be performing at The Royal Variety Performance 2024.
Penn and Teller, will be flying in especially for the prestigious Royal event which is set to be aired in December.
The Royal Variety Performance is the world’s longest-running entertainment show, with the first royal show held in 1912.
The annual charity event, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, will be attended by King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Alan Carr and Amanda Holden will be hosting the charity event on Friday, November 22, 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall, but the show will not air on ITV until December.
Penn & Teller will perform at the Royal event as they embark on their 50th anniversary, ahead of a big UK tour the duo have planned in 2025.
Magician Stephen Mulhern will also be performing at the Royal Variety show with the promise of some incredible illusions.
Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, TV presenter, and author.
He was born on March 5, 1955, in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
He is best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller.
The duo has been featured in a number of stage and TV shows, such as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Penn & Teller: Bulls***!
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As an author, Jillette has published eight books, including the New York Times Bestseller, God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales.
In 2008, Jillette was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, paired with professional dancer Kym Johnson.
He was the first celebrity to be eliminated.
He was also one of the contestants on The Celebrity Apprentice season five in February 2012.
Other TV appearances include:
Penn is married to Emily Jillette.
Like her husband, Emily works in the entertainment industry.
According to her IMDB profile, she began working on movie sets in the early 1990s.
Emily was listed as a production assistant on the movies Rookie of the Year and Striking Distance.
The pair met in the early 2000s after one of his shows and then tied the knot roughly two years after dating.
According to public records, the couple got married on November 23, 2004.
Their daughter, Moxie CrimeFighter, was born in 2005, while their son Zolten Penn arrived the following year.
Penn and Teller were introduced to each other by Wier Chrisemer in the 1970s.
They performed their first show together at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival on August 19, 1975.
Speaking in an interview with CBS Local’s DJ Sixsmith about their success as a duo, Jillette said: “When I first met him, Teller was already working silently.
“I think he was really interested in seeing if he could lie to people without speaking. By the time I met Teller, he was a good magician. I was a juggler. I wasn’t a funny physical comedian and then I decided I wanted to do more talking.
“We’re from middle-class backgrounds. My father was a jail guard, Teller’s dad was a commercial artist.
“We came to New York on a whim in 1984. Producers took a shot on us and we did not expect to be successful.”
AN IRISH woman has told how she survived a terrifying near-death experience after a serious blood clot was diagnosed as anxiety.
Elizabeth Devaney, 39, suffered a saddle pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis after a procedure to rectify a varicose vein on her leg.
And when the clot moved from her leg to her chest, she was left feeling like she was “drowning and suffocating”.
Describing her horrendous health ordeal, she told us: “It literally just plugged my chest and I could not breathe.”
Elizabeth added that a “huge knowledge gap” almost cost her her life and is urging others to know the symptoms and advocate for themselves.
Her health hell began after going for a procedure called sclerotherapy in October 2022 which involves injecting a chemical into the varicose vein which seals the vein walls shut to close it.
Regular side effects include bruising, hives and skin sores, however deep vein thrombosis caused by a blood clot in the area is a rare, but possible complication.
And almost immediately after the procedure she started to experience clot symptoms, but was unaware it was a potential side effect.
She explained to The Irish Sun: “In my case, the vein doesn’t close fully between my knee and my groin.
“That’s where I developed severe pain. I mean, next level pain. It was like a cramp deep inside my leg.
“Then I contacted [the clinic] by email and I said, ‘I work from home, I can’t sit at my desk, I can’t bend my leg and there’s a lot of pain. Is that normal?’
“I was told it was all completely normal. I wasn’t brought in for a scan. My knowledge of blood clots would have been minimal at that point. So I trusted what was said.”
However, two days later Elizabeth “knew something was really wrong” when she had what felt like a panic attack and completely lost her balance.
Trouble breathing, chest pain, dizziness, or coughing up blood are all symptoms of a pulmonary embolism which happens when a blot clot travels to the lungs.
Blood clot symptoms include pain or tenderness, swelling, or a warm feeling if it is in the arms or legs; or trouble speaking, vision changes, a sudden strong headache, or dizziness if it is in the brain.
Elizabeth called a doctor concerned she had a blood clot and then called her mother, a retired nurse, who confirmed her suspicions regarding her symptoms.
But she was diagnosed with anxiety.
She explained: “I was diagnosed with anxiety which is a common thing with symptoms like that.
“And then unfortunately, there was no significant swelling between left and right leg at the time, which might have been more indicative of a clot.
“There was no discoloration of the leg for the doctors to be concerned about.”
After two days the pain in her leg had eased but it had now developed into a deep purple colour and she was unable to bare weight on it.
Having been examined a few days before, the 39-year-old believed she was fine, but was thrust into an emergency situation while walking to a nail appointment.
She said: “I felt the clot, it was a saddle pulmonary embolism, which is the worst one you can have. It literally just plugged my chest and I could not breathe. I felt like I was drowning, suffocating. My heart was over 200 BPM.
“I was on the verge of collapse. I could not catch my breath. I was trying, struggling to tell my husband. I couldn’t talk.”
The couple managed to call an ambulance with paramedics believing she was suffering a heart attack when they arrived on scene.
Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism together are known as venous thromboembolism and Elizabeth said it also cost her her life.
Describing her experience with the paramedics, she said: “There was no mention of pulmonary embolism. They thought it was a heart attack, asthma, everything else.”
And when she arrived at the hospital it was still believed she had suffered a heart attack, was prescribed anticoagulants and almost discharged and initially asked to come back for a CT scan the following day.
However a CT done that night did confirm a “huge blood clot” as well as several smaller clots which are now chronic.
She said: “They were going to let me go home. If I did, I would be dead.
“There were so many things that should not have happened. And that’s what scares me the most.
“My respiratory consultant, the first thing she said to me, ‘You are so lucky’. That’s when I actually realised how serious it was.”
A pulmonary embolism is a clot that forms in a vein.
Clots form when blood cells and blood components stick together
and block blood vessels.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a clot that forms
within a deep vein, usually in the leg or arm.
If untreated, part of the clot can break off and travel
to the lungs and block blood flow, known as a Pulmonary Embolism.
Symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest pain while breathing, coughing up blood and collapse however, some people may have no symptoms at all.
They are most often treated with anticoagulants which help prevent new clots developing and prevent existing clots from growing
and moving.
Treatment is usually at least 3 months or sometimes for longer, depending on your risk factors.
In some cases people need to take anticoagulant medication for life.
After her terrifying ordeal Elizabeth was asked by Thrombosis Ireland to make an awareness video for paramedics to help bridge a gap in knowledge.
She now suffers chronic thromboembolic disease as a result of the clots which results in shortness of breath, chest pains, tiredness and a racing heartbeat.
Elizabeth now works closely with both Thrombosis Ireland and the National Blood Clot Alliance to raise awareness and stop others going through the “horror” ordeal she has suffered over the past two years.
The 39-year-old now suffers from anxiety and post traumatic stress which is common for survivors of heart attacks, strokes and pulmonary embolisms.
She suffers regular panic attacks and was unable to leave her apartment for five weeks for fear a pulmonary embolism would strike again and is now preparing to return to work on a phased basis after taking three months off for mental health reasons.
Timing is everything, it can kill you on the spot.
Elizabeth Devaney
However, unlike survivors of heart attacks and strokes, no mental health supports are offered to those who have survived ordeals such as the one Elizabeth did.
The 39-year-old is calling for mental health supports to be put in place for survivors like her as she is stuck on a waiting list for physiological services where she feels she is “getting nowhere”.
And the brave survivor has also called for further awareness on the condition from healthcare providers and wants further “exploration” when someone presents with symptoms as she did two years ago.
She explained: “What I would like to see is more exploration.
“So when somebody presents to A&E with possible symptoms, they need to investigate thoroughly before discharging a patient home because the pulmonary embolism can mimic symptoms of anxiety, and vice versa.
“The only difference is an anxiety attack should only last a couple of minutes.
With a pulmonary embolism she explained: “Your oxygen saturation would be low, so there’s certain things that would stand out with a blood clot, as opposed to anxiety.
“So anyone that presents with symptoms of a blood clot, like tachycardia, they at least need an ECG.”
The survivor is now urging anyone who fears they may be suffering symptoms of a clot or a pulmonary embolism to seek medical help even if they feel it might be nothing.
She is also urging people to advocate for themselves when they arrive to A&E and ask for the tests they are entitled to.
Thrombosis Ireland encourages people to request a VTE test, which is a blood test used to diagnose clots and a pulmonary embolism.
Elizabeth explained: “There’s a pro-activeness with it. If you still feel like something is really wrong, just trust your gut, go to the hospital, don’t even go to a doctor, go straight to the emergency department.
“Don’t be afraid, if you’re not wasting their time they won’t ever turn you away. Maybe it’s an Irish thing, people are just like ‘I don’t want to be going in and annoying them, it’s probably nothing’.
“Time is of the essence. If you’re really unwell you can’t self-diagnose. And even a GP, they don’t have scanning machines like they do in the hospital.
“Tests like that need to be conducted in a hospital setting, so cut out the doctor if you have the symptoms and go straight to the emergency department, that would be my advice. Timing is everything, it can kill you on the spot.”
THE scale of Britain’s pothole crisis has been revealed by a new map of major hotspots.
The past year has seen a massive jump in claims for damage related to potholes, each costing drivers hundreds to repair.
New data compiled from 18 local authorities by the RAC show some regions experiencing spikes in claims by up to 366%.
The Club also compiled a list of worst offenders based on the number of claims per mile of road under the council’s jurisdiction.
By that metric, Surrey came out worst with 3,418 claims made for just 3,410 miles of road – a rate of one claim every mile.
Behind that, Hampshire, Essex and Hertfordshire were all tied on two in a poor outing for the Home Counties.
They were followed by Kent and Lincolnshire on four, with Gloucestershire rounding out the top five on five.
Perhaps even more shocking, though, was the fact that many of the lowest-ranked regions also approved the lowest proportion of claims.
Gloucestershire County Council, for instance, rejected a staggering 98% of the 829 claims lodged in 2023.
Likewise, Essex County Council refused 95% of its 2,560 claims while Kent Council turned down 92% of its 1,884.
Surrey County Council’s rejection rate was down to 86% but, by virtue of receiving the most claims, they rejected the most in raw figures.
Almost 3,000 applications for compensation were turned down in the county last year.
Even when councils did pay out, the average amount was just £260, around 43% less than the £460 average repair bill, according to the RAC.
Meanwhile, data from nine of the councils the Club contacted showed that 74% of the claims they rejected were denied on Section 58 grounds.
This means that the claim was refused because officials were not aware of the pothole or potholes that allegedly caused the damage.
RAC head of policy Simon Williams said: “These findings are a stark reminder that the ongoing poor condition of many of the UK’s local roads is burning holes in the budgets of both local authorities and drivers.
“Even if a driver successfully pursued compensation, the average sum paid out of £260 is often well below the cost to fix a pothole-damaged car, for anything more serious than a punctured tyre.
“When it comes to the true extent of the problem, we may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg, as almost the same number of councils refused to tell us why they threw out pothole claims compared to those that did.
“We have long argued that local authorities need greater certainty of funding so they can tackle to the root cause of the UK’s pothole plague.
“For this reason, we’re pleased they’ll receive £500m soon to start the process of improving their road networks.
“It’s vital that this money is used by councils not to merely fill potholes, but to carry out preventative maintenance – through surface dressing roads at regular intervals to stop roads falling apart in the first place. Roads that are beyond reasonable repair should be resurfaced.”
