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The single life-changing ticket was sold at Centra at Grange Road Retail Park in Rathfarnham on Friday. But remember, the owner of the 20 Quick Pick Lotto Plus ticket has only 90 days to collect their prize. MENU the Home Digest 4 Guilty Pleasures Celebrity gossip 6 World Digest 10 MetroLife Arts and entertainment 12-13 60 Second Interview Journalist Stephen Rogers 14 Puzzles & Letters 16-17 TV 14-15 Classifieds 18-19 Sport 20-24 Help keep Dublin clean and tidy for everyone by taking your Metro with you and recycling it Beach landslide leaves two dead A DAY at the beach turned to tragedy yesterday after two people were killed after being buried under falling rocks during a landslide on a Tenerife beach. Marion Auril OHara, 57, a British tourist and a 34-year-old local woman died when part of the cliff towering above the popular family beach collapsed. Hundreds of sunbathers ran for cover as rocks from the 490m-high cliff at Los Gigantes started raining down. Around 150 rescue workers including local police, firefighters and Red Cross workers, along with mechanical diggers, were rushed to the scene but the two women were dead by the time they reached them. At the launch of Dublin City Councils programme of winter events, Laura Murray and Amy OGorman, fairies in Robin Hood at the National Concert Hall, look at Dorothys shoes from The Wizard Oz at the Olympia Theatre. For information and a full list of events, log on to www.dublincity.ie thereS no pLace Like home thiS chriStmaS BY BeveRLeY ROUSe 250,000 children face climate riskA QUARTER of a million children could die next year because of the effects of climate change, Save the Children warned yesterday. And, alarmingly, the global chari- ty said the figure could rise to more than 400,000 a year by 2030. Its report Feeling the Heat, which was launched yesterday, claims cli- mate change is the biggest global health threat to children in the 21st century. The charity predicts 175million children a year will suffer the con- sequences of natural disasters such as cyclones, droughts and floods by 2030. It warns that more than 900mil- lion children in the next generation will be affected by water shortages and 160million more will be at risk of catching malaria one of the big- gest killers of children under five as it spreads to new parts of the world. Save the Children is urging world leaders to put children first during climate change negotiations in Bar- celona this week, ahead of the Co- penhagen summit in December. Ultravoxs Midge Ure, a Save the Children ambassador, recently re- turned to Ethiopia 25 years after the 1984 famine which prompted him to create Band Aid with Bob Geldof. Climate change is no longer a distant, futuristic scenario, but an immediate threat, he said. Weve all heard about the East African food crisis but Ive been in Ethiopia seeing first hand the im- pact its having on childrens lives. Ive seen how vulnerable children are to the effects of climate change. Erratic rainfall means farmers can no longer predict the weather and have lost their crops, which are a vi- tal source of food for their family. I asked one farmer in the high- lands of Ethiopia what would hap- pen if the food aid stopped coming. He replied: It is in the hands of the gods. Maybe we could lend a hand as well? he said. Save the Childrens director of policy, David Mepham, said: Cli- mate change is a ticking time bomb. Global leaders need to act now to stop the needless deaths of millions of children. It is still possible to avoid the worst predictions for climate change if governments are bold and commit to a binding international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions when they meet in Copenhagen. But a good deal for children is not just about cutting emissions governments must commit to pro- viding substantial new and addi- tional funds... and help poor countries adapt to the impacts of climate change. No to $2m ransom demandTHE Philippines government has rejected a $2million (1.35million) ransom demanded by the kidnappers of an Irish priest but said efforts would continue to safely secure his freedom. The kidnappers of Father Michael Sinnott have released a video of the 79-year-old missionary which sparked hope among his fellow Columban missionaries after rumours circulated that he had died. It shows him holding a copy of the Philippine Daily Inquirer dated October 22 11 days after six gunmen snatched him as he was strolling in Pagadian city. Fr Sinnott appeals in a weak voice to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Irish Government, his fellow missionaries and friends who may have pity... to help so that I can get out of here as soon as possible. Fr Patrick ODonoghue, who heads the Columban priests in the Philippines, said he was relieved to know Fr Sinnott was alive and had received heart medication, but added the ransom should not be paid. He appealed to the kidnappers to free him without further delay. Health fears: Fr Sinnott LOTTO SATURDAYS DRAW 03 04 09 16 17 22 Bonus: 12 Plus 1: 07 08 16 18 27 35 Bonus: 36 Plus 2: 03 04 06 36 40 43 Bonus: 44 index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html