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Aberdeen<br />
No-one celebrates New Year’s Eve quite like<br />
the Scots, so it’s no surprise that locals in<br />
Aberdeen are furious at plans by the city’s<br />
council to cut funding for their Hogmanay<br />
street party from £250,000 (€280,000)<br />
to £150,000. Further disappointment was<br />
caused by the news that the popular concert<br />
– in previous years acts have included The<br />
Proclaimers and Travis – has been axed<br />
and a large Ferris wheel is set to be installed<br />
in its place. Matty White<br />
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Madrid<br />
Questions have been mounting as to why<br />
Real Madrid’s hotshot player Cristiano<br />
Ronaldo’s ankle injury has prevented him<br />
from playing for so long. According to the<br />
El Mundo daily newspaper, the reason<br />
could be that he was cursed. Apparently a<br />
wizard by the name of Pepé el Brujo, who is<br />
based in Málaga, has alleged that one of the<br />
footballer’s former lovers asked him to put<br />
a spell on the Portuguese player.<br />
Emilio Rodrigues<br />
OUR EUROPEAN<br />
CORRESPONDENTS<br />
GIVE US THE<br />
LOWDOWN ON<br />
WHAT’S HAPPENING<br />
IN AND AROUND<br />
THEIR CITIES<br />
THE BUZZ | GOSSIP<br />
Stockholm<br />
Swedish ice hockey team Leksand were in<br />
hot water last month after it emerged the<br />
team’s players were given a vaccination<br />
against swine fl u before it was made<br />
available to seriously ill patients and<br />
pregnant women. Allegedly, the squad’s<br />
doctor ordered the vaccinations claiming<br />
they were to be used on a specifi c at-risk<br />
group at his practice, but instead gave the<br />
drug to Leksand and the team’s coaches.<br />
Louisa Walker<br />
DECEMBER 09 | TRAVELLER | 11
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