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Old bangers MARINA BAJA Local Police stopped and checked 8,571 vehicles between January and July this year. Lacking an ITV certificate accounted for 60 per cent of fines, they revealed.
Fast food THE third TeuladaMoraira Gourmet Race, where yacht crews must cook a meal while racing, will be held on October 11.
Help at hand ALFAZ set aside €15,000 of its budget to help parents in financial straits meet extras that must be paid even in state schools.
Locked in A BENIDORM police officer was reprimanded for locking up the public library at 8.30pm when two 11-year-old girls were still inside the toilets. They were freed 20 minutes later.
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Emergency money is earmarked for Montgo THE Generalitat regional government has already allocated €175,000 for emergency action after the Montgo fire. This will be made available as soon as possible so that work can begin on reversing erosion in the 444 hectares of the national park that were affected by the fire, said Salome Pradas of the Regional Environment Department. Dry stone walls and terracing will be repaired, charred vegetation removed and water troughs installed for wildlife. Meanwhile, residents in the Javea neighbourhood of La Plana, who saw their homes threatened by the blaze, were critical of the regional government and the Montgo park’s board of governors.
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They had been asking them for permission to clear the park as well as their own properties of debris and
deadfalls since 2012, they said. “They treat us as though we’re delinquents,” one resident complained in allusion to the board’s rejection of all requests to thin the park’s increasingly abundant vegetation. The La Plana residents were equally displeased with investigators’ initial Mayor, said: “It is a sector conclusions that although that stimulates much of the fire could have been the economy in the deliberately started, it was province and one great more likely to have been source of income for the result of negligence. Alicante.” He also called This made it look as for more transparency to though the fire was the ‘know where those fault of the residents, they investments are spent’. said.
Investment in province’s beaches takes a dive INVESTMENT in Alicante’s beaches has dropped by more than 90 per cent. In 2007, the province was allocated €20.8 million for the maintenance and upkeep of beaches while last year it was only just over €1
million. This year, up to August, the investment has been €355,000. In a province which relies so heavily on beach tourism, the figures are a concern as the president of the hospitality association, Hosbec, Toni
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NEW BOOK: Pascual Almiñana, third right with Gemma Amor, Tourism councillor.
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A DEFINITIVE book on Benidorm, finished in 2003, has finally seen the light of day. Entitled ‘Diccionari de Benidorm’ it was commissioned by former mayor Vicente Perez Devesa from Pascual Almiñana, a Spanish literature teacher and expert on Marina Baja place-names. Almiñana compiled a 600-page book on Benidorm with approximately 1,000 entries by local specialists classifying the town’s medicine, literature, historical figures, music,
popular sayings, food, biology and fishing. “This is a scientific study from the town’s foundation in 1325 until the present day,” Almiñana said. Computer studies teachers Maria Jose Lozano and Salvador Mora, together with their pupils at the Pere Maria Orts i Bosch Institute, are developing an application for accessing Diccionari de Benidorm online. The project, due to be completed by June 2015, will be updated with new terms.
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NEWS Shock report MORE than 500 streetlights in Alicante City stripped for their copper are dangerous as this deactivated their earths, the council admitted. Copper theft has cost the city €300,000 this year. Writ in stone THE region’s marble exports, most from Alicante Province, rose 7.14 per cent between January and July. Bestsellers were Crema Marfil (cream), Rojo Alicante (red) and Marron Emperador (brown).
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Mother to sue over death AN American mother is holding a Dutch company responsible for her five-month-old daughter’s death at Alicante airport. The woman, Nathania Terry, was standing at the airport’s luggage carousel for large items, waiting for her pushchair as she held the baby named Vashtin in a car-seat. She placed this on the stationary conveyor belt but as she did so, the
carousel began to move and the carrier overbalanced. “It happened within seconds,” airport staff explained afterwards, describing how the baby was crushed in the gap between the two moving belts. Terry tried to save the child but did not have sufficient time to respond, they said. The mother is now suing Vanderlande which supplies
luggage-handling systems to airports, reported US newspaper Court House News. She seeks punitive damages for wrongful death, negligence, design defects and failure to warn. “The conveyor belt functioned correctly and the accident was the responsibility of the person in charge,” the Spanish government said later after an official enquiry.
Not long now AEMET, Spain’s meteorology office, predicted that Alicante Province will receive rain this autumn. The Environment ministry confirmed 2014 as the driest year since records began in Madrid in 1938.
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ALTEA Town Hall is joining the SIVAC scheme to sell indebted developments to investors and mutual funds. Cash raised will improve developers’ finances and reactivate the sector, said mayor Miguel Ortiz.
CEMEX began demolishing the empty San Vicente homes of the now-closed cement works’ employees. Others were boarded up and relatives of ex workers given notice to leave.
Vote warning PINOSO Town Hall will hold a referendum on an oil company’s plans to install an underground oil deposit there. The ballot exceeds the local council’s powers, the Spanish government warned.
Leak sought TEULADA’s mayor intends to sue a Santa Pola resident who lodged official complaints against him arising from confidential council documents. The town hall is now investigating the incident.
Phone gripes CONSUMER complaints in Gandia between January and September rose by 9 per cent on last year. Most grumbles received by the OMIC consumer protection office centred on telecommunications’ firms.
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Gentle hint AN Elda circus audience was asked to text the town hall, requesting water for the site. Roustabouts refused permission to use a nearby fire hydrant had to bring water in buckets for the animals.
Canal bid ONLY one company put in a bid to develop Javea’s Fontana canal. The €5 million project along the 800-metre canal includes 300 moorings, two pedestrian bridges, shops and offices.
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On track VOLVE OCEAN RACE: Held every three years, is hugely anticipated in the yachting world.
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HE countdown has started for one of the biggest and most important races in the yachting world, and all eyes will be on Spain. The Volvo Ocean Race, formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race, is held every three years, and is hugely anticipated in the yachting world. This time round the much hyped event will be starting from Alicante on the Costa Brava, for the third time in a row and the fourth time from a Spanish port - in 2005 it started from Vigo. The previous eight races had started from England - four times from Portsmouth and four from Southampton. The 2014-15 race will be held over eight stages
Quote of the Week The letter is signed by a certain R.I.P.’
TV Presenter Marilo Montero forgets the meaning of the acronym Q.E.P.D (Spanish for Rest in Peace) while reading on live TV a letter written by the family of murder victim Asunta Basterra.
and 38,739 nautical miles before finishing in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Spanish are back in it with a boat skippered by Iker Martinez. The 37-year old Basque is an Olympic champion and has been sailing the 49er class with crewmate Xabi Fernandez since 1999, winning gold at the Athens Olympics in 2004 and silver in Beijing in 2008. In all there are seven teams, including all-female crewed team SCA skippered by Portsmouth-born Sam Davies,aged 40. The eightmonth long race will start from Alicante with the yachts heading off for Cape Town in the first leg on October 11.
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Number of the week is the number of Spaniards suffering from Hepatitis C who have decided to pay €60,000 out of their own pocket to buy Sofosbuvir, a powerful drug which can cure 90 per cent of cases when used in combination with other therapies. The cost of the drug is not covered by the Ministry of Health yet.
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CONCESSIONARIES at San Vicente’s velodrome cycling track must spend €500,000 on improvements within 12 months. Their contract lacked a penalty clause for failing to deliver.
Lift plunge A LIFT carrying three cleaners at San Vicente hospital fell several floors before the emergency brake was activated. They were trapped for 90 minutes and suffered neck and back injuries.
Textbooks out THE region’s Education department authorised tablets for fifth and sixth year pupils at 49 state primary schools. They are now used by 3,000 pupils, three times more than last year.
And finally... Contrary to popular belief, putting an iPhone with the iOS 8 operating system in the microwave will not charge its battery. The rumour, however, is making the rounds on social media and has led many around the world to give it a try. The result: a charred iPhone and an unforgettable picture on Twitter.
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Alicante mayor sitting tight ALICANTE City mayor Sonia Castedo faces an interview under caution on November 27. She will be questioned by an examining judge who in accordance with Spanish legal practice
sifts evidence to decide whether or not there is a case. The case in this instance centres on the Rabasa development and Castedo could be charged with perverting
the course of justice and misusing influence. She allegedly ensured that the 2005 contract went to developer Enrique Ortiz who intended to build 13,500 homes and a mammoth shopping centre in the Alicante City suburbs. This is Sonia Castedo’s second entanglement with the law as she is also accused of irregularities in approving Alicante City’s PGOU urban development plan. So far the mayor has
QUESTIONED: Alicante mayor Sonia Castedo. resisted all efforts to persuade her to resign. Alberto Fabra, president of the Valencian
Community, announced that politicians involved in corruption cases will be excluded from Partido Popular voting lists for next May’s municipal elections. Resignation is Castedo’s only option according to regional PP sources who termed her situation “unbearable.” The mayor herself does not agree. She has no intention of resigning, she said: “I’ll go down fighting,” she allegedly told close collaborators.
Mother wants investigation THE mother of Andruta, a 17-year-old Romanian who drowned in Benissa, wants her death investigated. Andruta and her Romanian fiancé were with friends at the Benissa villa when she drowned in the swimming pool. Her death was accidental, they insisted, as she could not swim and
was alone when she entered the pool. Andruta’s mother believes there was foul play as there were bruises on her daughter’s arms and face, she claimed. She has lodged a formal complaint with the Denia court and wants a police investigation.
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Heavy fire toll FOREST fires destroyed approximately 600 hectares of Alicante Province countryside this summer, most of it in environmentallyimportant national parks. Montgo, Mariola and Font Roja were the worst-affected.
Shark spotted SWIMMERS at the Mareny Blau beach near Sueca (Valencia) spotted a small Blue Shark which left after several minutes. This is normal, experts said, as they approach the shore to spawn.
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HE winter fuel allowance debate rages on amongst expatriate pensioners. The news that last year the number of expats claiming the British allowance whilst living in Spain rose by 44 per cent will further enflame the debate. Those who claim it, see nothing wrong with doing so. After all they have paid in all their lives for their pension, so why should they miss out because they live abroad? But this is a payment to help people keep warm in freezing weather more common in the UK, not those living in sunny Spain, goes the argument against. Leaving aside the fact that many parts of Spain - and not all that far inland either - do get very chilly indeed in the winter, both arguments miss the point. That is that NO winter fuel
payment should be made at all, whether here in Spain or back in the UK. Instead the British government should pay people a decent pension. That would mean no one would need an extra payment. To argue that one of the wealthiest countries in the world cannot afford it is disingenuous. There are plenty of other things the government could cut back on. Pensioners deserve better.
Missile step SPAIN is sending six missile launchers and 130 personnel to Turkey as part of a NATO deployment to discourage any thoughts of an ISIL Islamist invasion. While every little helps, it is going to take more than that.
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Cash-back WATER concessionary Aqualia will return €521,000 to Novelda householders and businesses. A 22 per cent increase in 2009 was unjustified and they were overcharged, the Supreme court ruled.
Cool profits RECORD-BREAKING September temperatures were good news for Alicante Province ice cream manufacturers. The 2014 season’s sales of €250 million were 1 per cent up on last year, they said.
Oil slick NINE Denia cyclists fell unharmed from their bikes at the Les Rotes roundabout after skidding on oil. It had seeped from a streetcleaning machine and was immediately cleared by firemen.
New centre FINESTRAT’S health centre in Serra Cortina is open, two years construction completed.
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Taking up the Maroc Challenge for charity RUI CABACO and Juanjo Llido have promoted La Nucia and the Maroc Challenge while rallying in Morocco. The two Javea-based drivers will drive for the La Nucia Ciudad Deportiva team in the Challenge which sets out from La Nucia on December 6. Meanwhile they are competing in the 2014 edition of the Panafrica Africa rally that ends tomorrow, Friday September 26, in Merzouga (Morocco). The present rally has provided Cabaco and Llido with an opportunity to boost participation in the December event, they said. The Maroc Challenge is an off-road event that combines adventure and 2,000 kilometres of inhospitable desert landscapes. The Spanishorganised rally is also a charity event and registration fees supply schools in Merzouga and other towns and villages on the rally route with materials,
RALLY: Rui Cabaco, La Nucia mayor Bernabe Cano and Juanjo Llido. clothes and toys. Vehicles must all be at least 16-years-old and car buffs can inspect them over the two days before the start at La Nucia’s Camilo Cano stadium.
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Alcohol and drugs tests extended THE Valencia Region will be the first in Spain to extend drugs and alcohol testing to all roads. Tests have previously been carried out only by the Guardia Civil on main roads but now DGT traffic authority wants every regional municipality with a police force to check for drugs and alcohol. Drivers register 12 per cent positive in random tests in the region’s three provinces but this rises to 60 per cent when a driver in an accident is tested.
Help for nursing mothers A TOTAL of 114 photographs were submitted to Alfaz del Pi’s annual photographic competition that features nursing mothers. The event was
organised by the Amamaluna association in conjunction with Marina Baja health centres and town halls. The photos are currently displayed at Villajoyosa hospital.
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Disagreement on Lucifer well LONGSTANDING resentment surrounding the Pozo Lucifer aquifer has flared again. The River Girona irrigation syndicate is no happier now that water channelled from the Lucifer well to Calpe, Murla and Vall de Laguart is finally authorised. The regional government’s Agriculture
department, the CHJ water board and the Alicante Diputacion are permitting an illegal water transfer, the syndicate maintained. Although Calpe has used its water for more than 30 years, the Lucifer well in the Girona riverbed flouts current legislation, syndicate members continued. They have received no financial compensation, they said, although Vall de Laguart receives €360,000 a year “merely because the illegal Lucifer well is located “They told me the tractor inside its boundaries.” The irrigation syndicate must already have left Spain. It would have been now has to extract water stolen by an Eastern from the Barancs well in European mafia that Tormos at a depth of 200 specialises in these metres to water crops, robberies and move heavy members claimed. Suggestions for a machinery in trailers,” Ribes desalination plant in Calpe said. Unable to finish baling have been ignored, they the hay, he expects to lose said, because it is cheaper €10,000 for the job and is to use the Girona’s scouring the internet for resources even though replacements. “It isn’t local agriculture depends heavily on the river. easy,” he said ruefully.
Thieves target heavy farming machinery AN eight-ton tractor worth €120,000 and a €20,000 baler disappeared from Pego in just half-an-hour. “People saw them parked by the marsh,” said their owner, Lorenzo Ribes. “Then within minutes they’d gone,” he added. He went to the Guardia Civil to make a formal complaint although officers doubted that he would see either the tractor or the baler again.
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Foietes park to become reality BENIDORM’S Foietes park is a step nearer to becoming reality. Plans to turn the 115,000-square metre area around the Foietes streambed into parkland were first included in the 1990 Benidorm town plan (PGOU). The necessarily compulsory purchases of land were covered by a €2 million allocation
from the regional government although progress was hindered by a lawsuit launched by one of the landowners. The courts ruled in his favour and the town hall had to pay him €2.7 million, plus €1.4 million in default interest instead of the €270,000 originally offered. Five years after committing to the Foietes scheme, the Generalitat has now announced a €2.28 million tender. Work should start before the end of the year and is expected to take 12 months although asking the association to Benidorm’s Urban Developprovide shelter for the ment councillor Vicente animals until the fire was Juan Ivorra expressed totally extinguished and caution. owners could go home. He hoped, he said, that APASA has a microchipthe park will be more reader together with a fortunate than the town’s database giving details of Pere Maria Orts i Bosch local pet-owners and had institute, where work little difficulty in locating ground to a halt more than and contacting owners of three years ago despite the dogs. All those in the being 80 per cent care of the association are finished. now back home.
Dogs return home thanks to APASA
THE APASA animal protection society reunited 11 dogs with their owners after the Montgo fire. Some owners had no choice but to leave their pets as flames spread through Cabo de San Antonio and these were collected by Javea’s Social Services department. Councillor Tere Bisquert contacted APASA for help,
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Ondara looks after its primary pupils AIR-CONDITIONING has been installed in Ondara’s infants’ school and five classrooms at the Sanchis Guarner state school. Only five systems were put in at the latter school as a further 20
classrooms and all communal spaces there already have airconditioning. The Institute was less lucky, as the town hall is responsible for the upkeep of Ondara’s infants’ and primary
No-go urban plan for Benitachell BENITACHELL has been told to restart its urban development plan (PGOU) from scratch. Town planners will have to return to the drawing board, said a report from the regional government’s Infrastructure, Territory and Environment department. The PGOU envisaged in 2007 is now outdated, the department claimed, and cannot be considered environmentally viable. Alternatives must safeguard the landscape and nature of Puig de la Llorenca by halting further construction at the Cumbres del Sol urbanisation.
school but not the secondary school. This comes under the control of the regional government’s Education department, the mayor explained. The school year should have had a later start, recommended a group of 15 teachers from the region’s best-performing schools, selected to assess the department on scholastic failure. Their recommendation was not prompted by exam results or even the consistently high temperatures at the beginning of September. The 2014-2015 academic year started on Wednesday September 3 and the two preceding days were insufficient for organising the coming term, the teachers said.
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A little help HOUSEHOLDERS in La Plana (Javea) where properties were affected by the Montgo fire will be excused their next water bill. The town hall will also help them make insurance claims.
In harmony BENISSA holds its seventh Multicultural Festival on October 3, 4 and 5 the in Dolores Piera park. It will showcase the cultures of 12 different countries in the town.
Apple crop APPROXIMATELY 1 million kilos of apples have been harvested in La Sarga near Alcoy and Jijona, slightly less than usual. Introducing dripirrigation saved the orchards during the drought, growers said.
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The magazine that actually never was details of the organisation, its bank accounts and labyrinth of companies eventually led them to Elche where the crooks printed the magazines on an old press. These were sent to advertisers but never distributed to the public. The publication and online edition contained badly-written police news, releases copied from official sources as well as interviews of police officers unaware that the magazine was fraudulent. Three lawyers who advised the ringleader on money laundering were HANDOVER: Members with Pat Bramah, fifth from right. amongst the 52 people arrested by the National Police, as were Elche telesales staff. Described THE Asociacion Benefica de Teulada But there was a surprise to come as “authoritarian” and donated €20,000 to AFA, an because the cheque signed by Pat “intimidating,” they were association for the families of Bramah and handed to the AFA encouraged to imply that Alzheimer’s sufferers. president Jose Buigues was for they belonged to one of It was decided to make a €7,500 €20,000 raised by the Asociacion the police forces. donation towards new transport. Benefica. ELCHE-BASED swindlers made €15 million and defrauded thousands by selling advertising for a bogus police publication. The deception continued
successfully for 14 years but police began investigating two years ago after a spate of complaints in online blogs and forums. Compiling and analysing
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Will Russian tourism hold? RUSSIAN tourism during the first half of September increased by 29 per cent compared with 2013. Alicante Province and Benidorm in particular are the only Spanish areas where the Russian market has not only maintained its levels but actually increased them, said Costa Blanca hoteliers’ association, Hosbec. It therefore came as a blow when Russian tour operator Versa announced recently that as a result of EU and US sanctions it would concentrate solely on domestic tourism. Sector sources were reluctant to predict whether the second fortnight would be as good. The fallout from the suspension of Versa flights is “unpredictable,” Costa Blanca hoteliers said.
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Hate-mail for Campello school THE French embassy has requested an investigation into threats received by the headmistress of the Lycee school in Campello. Last June, the headmistress received an anonymous letter, threatening her and railing against the official and traditional neutrality of French schools. The writer also opposed “with hatred” the fact that “certain
children” were allowed into the school, revealed a communiqué from the French embassy. On receiving the communication, an official complaint was lodged with the authorities and the French ambassador contacted the State Prosecution department, prompted by the letter’s “serious and unacceptable nature.”
Neither the embassy nor the Lycee offered more details, emphasising their official stance of not making any further statement. “Everything is now in the hands of the authorities,” both said. The French school has pupils from different backgrounds and of all nationalities including Spain, France, Morocco, Russia, Algeria and the US.
Port is on the right track again RAILWAY tracks at Alicante port will not be adapted to European gauge. The port has, however, recovered its original rail link, cut off in 2010 to speed up infrastructure work for the AVE high speed train. The branch line is now up and running again, confirmed Joaquin Ripoll, president of the Alicante Port
authority, allowing freight traffic direct access to the docks. Ripoll and members of the Port Authority board thanked the central government’s minister of Public Works, Ana Pastor, for keeping her promise to restore the link. This was as vital for both the port and local businesses.
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MARK MCCLELLAND: The (mis)adventures of a bass player.
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AS part of our series La Gente, Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she went a bit rock ‘n’ roll...
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I HAVE just arrived in Alicante to try to make a living as a bass player. I’m travelling light. This is my attempt on the Costa Blanca...” Bass player Mark McClelland has documented his adventure on the Costa Blanca in a diary that is getting rave reviews and support from other musicians across the web. Having left his home in Madrid, his time on the Costa Blanca was short and sweet but it was what it was; one man’s determination and attempt to work professionally as a bass player. For the 40-year-old this was not a mid-life crisis, nor was it a last bid attempt to make millions and be famous. He has worked professionally in the industry before in Ireland. He even had a big audition with a stadium level band but at the time was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Needing to recover and recuperate he moved to Madrid where he has now been for six years. But the talented musician hasn’t always been playing. Mark admits he was quite late to the scene. When he was 14 he was a fan of Iron Maiden and watching bassist Steve Harris, he was hooked. But it wasn’t until some years later he let on his desire to play and so his parents bought him a bass guitar for his 18th birthday. From that day on he was self taught and quickly realised he had a natural talent. However, he had already embarked on his career choice and was at journalism college learning the trade with music put on the back burner for several years. But now, in Madrid, the bug had bitten again and Mark was off to try the Costa Blanca. Staying with a friend in Alicante he explored the city attending gig nights,
BASS PLAYER: Mark McClelland has been on the Costa Blanca this summer looking for gigs. headed to Benidorm, or “backing track city” as he called it and also Javea where his money sadly rang out: “I just arrived too late. “I knew I needed to find other work also but it seems I arrived just a little too late in the season to be able to supplement it with bar work.” “I arrived back in Madrid with a nonexistent bank account and no job. Beware. That’s what can happen when you take a big risk and back yourself. At the next opportunity I’m going to do it all again.” And he is. Having now been offered a job in London he returns to the UK next week to be in the heart of the British music scene. Mark’s diary of his Costa Blanca adventure is full of highs and lows, honest thoughts and humorous recollections and can be viewed on www.scottsbasslessons.com and who knows, he may be back on the Costa Blanca playing with a band very soon...
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Russian business interested in regenerating old fish market A RUSSIAN investor group has shown interest in the old fish market building in Alicante. The group presented an offer to Alicante Port Authority President Jose Joaquin Ripoll, to take over the building which once housed the old fish
market in the port. Local sources have said they first need to ensure that the property is released from its original purpose of selling fish. This could then lead to it being turned into a leisure area.
LIONS DEN: New charity store opens in Moraira.
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MAYOR Antoni Joan Bertomeu has inaugurated the new shop run by TeuladaMoraira Lions Club located at the Barclays shopping centre in Moraira.
Bertomeu, who was accompanied by Councillor Sylvia Tatnell, thanked the Lions Club for all the work they are doing to help needy local families. The store, called Lions
Den, is open from Monday to Saturday in the morning, selling mainly women’s clothing, to raise money for various local projects and charity Caritas to help local families.
Souvenirs out of fashion SUMMER is over and although beaches are still crowded, Benidorm businesses-owners are taking stock. The figures are not encouraging, according to Rafael Gasent, President of the AICO shopkeepers’ association. Turnover is 30 per cent down on the
summer of 2013, he said. Even so, this was only ‘relatively significant’ and not too much importance should be attached to last year’s balance. That was an ‘incredible’ season he said, and the best in the last five years while sales in 2014 were on a par with those of 2011 and 2012. These are in any case overall figures, Gasent pointed out, as some shops had managed to increase turnover. JAVEA has launched the ‘Don’t be alone this Rincon de Loix was most Christmas’ programme aimed at the over 60s. affected by fewer sales while Those interested can register until shops in the centre did better. November 4 at the Department of Social Souvenir shops suffered the most Services in the Community Centre. while clothes shops maintained or even increased turnover, he said.
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INTERVIEW: (From left) Karen McMahon of Mijas International TV with Dean Harrison and Anna Tildesley of EWN.
NO MEANS NO gets noticed get dressed and go out for THE No Means No campaign was the evening and think, I’d launched by the Euro Weekly News better not wear this or that as (EWN) on August 21; a month later and I may be assaulted, I may be we continue to stand and support equality beaten, I may be killed? EWN for women in Spain and across the globe. The campaign has been welcomed very much doubts that. NO! locally, and supporters are continuing to Does it matter what we wear HOLIDAYING: Eileen, Lisa and send their photographs in with their or what time we are out to, Paula in Benalmadena Pueblo. endorsements. enjoying ourselves? Would they Right: Something About Mary’s Bar, In an exciting turn, men have also have let another, or a group, Mary, from Fuengirola Port. begun to show support. We have received take advantage, hurt, beat, sexually contact from Magaluf, and as far afield as safety. “They think our country is beautiful assault, rape or kill them? EWN very much the USA. The news of the campaign is and safe so they can do whatever they doubts that. NO! Would they have been trickling out through our coverage in all six want. They can wear bikinis and walk likely to put up a struggle to prevent Euro Weekly News editions as well as via everywhere. Can they be safe in bikinis?… attack, a beating, sexual assault, rape and our social media, Facebook, Twitter and unless they are not beautiful.” death? EWN would highly think so. YES! So General Chan O-Cha, does it matter He continued by saying: “British tourists now with new coverage on Instagram. Show your support and send your photo should not have put themselves in danger the time of the day or night, what we messages to us via Instagram by being out in the early hours.” His wear to go out in or what we drink? As @euro_weekly_news or tweet us your remarks have caused politicians as well as human beings are we not all equal and photos @euroweeklynews. All the support rape victim supporters to condemn his does No Not Mean No? The words spoken by this senior police we receive will be shared amongst the comments as ‘hugely insensitive’. Why? Because they dressed for the officer involved in the murder investigation wider Euro Weekly News social media and weather? Because they were out whilst on are in EWN’s opinion outrageous. Hearing publications. EWN were pleased to be invited to the holiday enjoying themselves? Because the underlying inference of how ‘they may Mijas International TV studios by they may have attended bars, clubs, a have brought it on themselves,’ albeit presenter and producer Karen McMahon, party in the late hours and then into the those exact words were not used, who had heard of the campaign and early hours on the beach area? The very certainly appears to be General Chan Owanted to be involved by showing her things the young, middle-aged and older Cha’s mindset. No matter what the support. Karen was intrigued to learn how people do whilst on holiday, going out and occasion or the situation, No Means No. the No Means No campaign came about; enjoying themselves, dressing for their Responding to a letter printed last the controversial speeches made by two holiday, relaxing on their holiday? week, Natali Trujillo has written to express elected officials were of great interest as According to General Chan O-Cha such her support: “In response to David was the support the campaign has actions may have brought about their Cummings’s email: I don’t believe you can received. On the day of EWN visiting the deaths. Would Hannah or David have put the world’s problems of not honouring studios, news was breaking of significant welcomed any confrontation, violence and and respecting women down to the Bible’s leads concerning the double murder of ultimate death? EWN very much doubts teachings and doctrines. Picking out Bible two British tourists in Thailand. With the that. NO! Did they scriptures and using updates trickling out of Thailand and the world waiting for answers, the most senior police officer in charge of the investigation made a speech on live television. General Prayuth Chan OCha, in an extraordinary statement, is reported to have said: “Only ugly tourists were safe when wearing bikinis.” The general’s comments appeared to suggest that his feelings were that MIJAS TV LADIES: Karen, Beatrice, Amanda, Patricia, Laura, Carmen and Monica. murdered Hannah was to blame for her own slaying for ‘exposing herself to the brutal attack’. On live TV, the general said: “There are always problems with tourist
them out of context, without understanding the culture the people were living in, doesn’t give you a full meaning of what they are trying to say. Nowhere in the verses you pointed out did it mention anything about allowing men to badly treat women, rather, it talks about structure and respect. If men, in the past, or even at present, have taken scripture out of context and made them to please their own desires, it cannot be blamed on the Bible or Christianity, but it can only be put down to men’s machismo. In the times of Jesus, there was a social difference between men and women. Women where even looked down on yes. But is this down to the Bible (believing that it is the Word of God and not of man) or down to man changing teachings for their own purposes? Check Galatians 3:28. “Along came a man, for many, not just any man but the One the Bible calls the Son of God, Jesus Christ. He was a revolutionary; He did things differently and out of the box. In a society where it was seen wrong to do certain things, Jesus, being a rabbi, spoke to prostitutes, spoke with women that weren’t Jews, He ate with women and had same level conversations with both men and women. Jesus broke with the structures that men had established, and through this He was looked down on by the Pharisees, the religious leaders of the time. “Can you really say that God does not love women? Jesus Christ, Son of God, God Himself, brought back equality between men and women. He died on the cross both for men and women for their redemption of sin (as the Bible teaches). I have not yet come to know any greater love than this.” Natali Trujillo (location not known) Rec: September 19, 2014 Keep up-to-date with the No Means No campaign at www.euroweeklynews.com/ no_means_no and see the full Mijas International TV interview www.youtube.com/euro weeklynews.com
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COMMEMORATING: Aircrew Association attend a lunch in Javea.
Battle of Britain commemorated SIXTY members and guests of The Aircrew Association Costa Blanca attended a Battle of Britain Commemoration lunch at the Parador Hotel, Javea. Chairman of the North Costa Blanca Branch of the RAF Association, Wing Commander (Retired) Bob Hunt, MBE, and his wife Margaret were guests of the association and were welcomed by the chairman Max Maxwell during his introductory remarks. Maxwell read a message from the founder of the association Peter Beechey and invited
those present to remember those who gave so much during the First World War which started 100 years ago. The lunch was followed by the Dedication to the Comradeship of Aircrew, given by Association President Brian Weskett, who then proposed a toast to King Felipe of Spain. This was followed by a toast to Queen Elizabeth. The Aircrew Association is in its 26 year and is a vibrant and thriving organisation. Anyone wishing to join can call 966 404 123.
MABS Costa Blanca North are delighted that a couple are taking on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela 121.6kilometre walk on behalf of the charity. Christine, owner of Harry Stafford’s Fish and Chips in Jalon, and her partner Cor, will leave Jalon next Saturday at 2pm, and start the walk from Ferrol on October 6. Donations can be made at the restaurant.
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New centre opens DENIA has welcomed a new rehabilitation centre. REMA (Unidad de Rehabilitacion Marina Alta) is the first of its kind in the region with a keen focus on
post operative and sports injury rehabilitation. Originally the brainchild of Dr. Christoph MeyerJosten, he joined forces with local Denia business-
Breastfeeding photo comp attracts 114 entrants OVER 100 photos were entered in to a Breastfeeding Photo Competition. Organised by the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers in the Marina Baixa (Amamaluna) in collaboration with local health health centres, the 114 photos are now on display at Hospital Comarcal. Amamaluna is a non-profit organisation that provides information and support for mothers who want to breastfeed. They hold meetings at the Health Centre of L’Alfas del Pi on the first Wednesday of each month allowing mothers to share advice, experience and tips.
man Juan Olivert to develop the centre to include a strong focus on sports injury rehabilitation. Following the speeches, eight-year-old Sarah MeyerJosten gave a cuddly toy to the newly born daughter of Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Dining out at Satari’s THE Moraira-Teulada U3A Dining Out Group enjoyed their post summer reunion at Satari’s restaurant. The group is normally so large it is split into two, with the different groups going to the same restaurant two weeks apart, but for the September meeting the combined group of 74 people all went to Satari’s with Barry Peters providing live music for dancing. For more information on the group visit www.u3amorairateulada.org.
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2nd Spanish Ebola patient in Madrid A SPANISH doctor and priest infected with the Ebola virus arrived in Madrid earlier this week. Manuel García Viejo, aged 69, touched down in the early hours on a flight from Sierra Leone, and has been quarantined in Madrid’s Carlos III hospital. García Viejo has spent the last 12 years as Chief Medical Consultant at the religious order of San Juan de Dios in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, and contracted the
disease after treating patients at the Order’s medical centre. A specially-equipped military aeroplane took off from Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown Sunday afternoon, and arrived at the Torrejón de Ardoz air base at 3.15am Monday morning, entering the hospital half an hour later. All of the crew, health workers and the flight deck were protected by special quarantine suits and impermeable sheeting which is designed to prevent spread of infection. This is the SPANISH ecologists participated in the largest climate march in second time in history. Thousands of people gathered in New York City on less than two Sunday for what was labelled the people’s climate march, the months Spanish largest protest in history against climate change and a group of government has Spanish ecologists joined in. brought citizens The protest took place against the backdrop of a United infected with Nations Summit supported by Secretary General of the UN Ban Ebola home. Ki-Moon. A demonstration was also organised in Madrid at the On August 7, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment by Avaaz, the priest Miguel Greenpeace, Ecologistas en Accion, Plataforma Nuevo Modelo Pajares arrived Energetico, EQUO, CECU, Coalicion Clima, WWF, Amigos de la in the same Tierra SEO/Birdlife, among other groups. hospital.
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Mother guilty of killing two newborns A WOMAN from Sevilla accused of killing and freezing her two newborn babies has been found guilty. The jury of five men and four women arrived at the conclusion that the defendant had deliberately taken the lives of her children. The Public Prosecutor’s Office is asking for a 40year sentence for murder with malice aforethought. To reach their verdict, the jury took into consideration the testimony of the forensic coroners who performed the post-mortem examination on the two infants. Their report stated that the victims had breathed once outside the womb and were later drowned. There was a 99 per cent certainty that the babies had died a violent death as a result of submersion, they said. “The first baby’s stomach was dilated and had an aqueous content that had been swallowed,” said the experts.
However, a state’s evidence witness, expert in forensic medicine, said: “I am certain, 100 per cent certain, that there was no drowning.” The defendant, identified as Sara L.H., maintained during the trial that the first baby had been stillborn and that she had no recollection whatsoever of the second birth. During his closing argument, the public prosecutor said the mother was “a monster” and “an evil person,” capable of “looking her babies in the eye and of killing them.” The verdict was also based on the testimony of two psychiatrists from the Institute of Legal Medicine in Sevilla who examined the defendant after her arrest in 2012. According to them, it was 100 per cent certain that she had been in full possession of her mental faculties and had deliberately killed her children, fully aware of what was going on.
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Outstanding debt TORREMOLINOS Council has asked the Junta de Andalucia to pay off an outstanding debt of €583,655 which corresponds to training courses taught in the town. The debt was the only item on the agenda of a recent plenary meeting.
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Easier credit MARBELLA Council and Unicaja signed an agreement which will make it easier for new entrepreneurs to have access to credit. As many as 1,000 entrepreneurs could benefit from the decision every year.
New workshops BENALMADENA Mayor Paloma Garcia Galvez presided over the official presentation of the 2014-2015 workshops organised by the Arroyo de la MielBenalmadena Womens’ Association and the council.
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Tourism promotion THIS has been an intense week of national and international tourism promotion for Almeria including appearances at the Seatrade Med fair in Barcelona and Seville’s French market day.
Learning business OHANES youths are being offered a business course in the town. Nineteen young people have signed up. The course is aimed at youths aged 18 to 35 years.
Limonium minus LIMONIUM MINUS has been named as plant of the month by the botanical gardens in the Sierra de Maria Los Velez natural park. The perennial plant is an endangered species.
Family benefits A TOTAL of 1,371 families and 3,023 children in Almeria have benefited
Education cuts FIFTY students gathered in Orihuela’s Glorieta Gabriel Miro square to participate in the protest against cuts in education as part of the action called by the whole country.
MURCIA has reduced its spending on social services by €41.1 per person per year between 2011 and 2013.
ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE is to celebrate its first bicycle day on Sunday. The event, organised by club MTB Jarapalos, kicks off at 12.30pm with an 8km ride from Plaza de España. Registration at XRC Bike.
ALHAURIN EL GRANDE is to hold its annual romeria in honour of Cristo de las Agonias on October 5. The event, one of the oldest and most popular festivities celebrated in the town, was presented by council authorities in Las Cuevas del Convento.
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Beach patrols CELEBRATING: More than 2,400 visitors attended the British Spanish integration day.
Integration day a success
ACCORDING to data provided by Huercal Overa Town Hall, more than 2,400 visitors attended the British Spanish integration day in Huercal Overa at the weekend. Attendees enjoyed a mix of dancing, music and the traditional cuisine from both nationalities in a day that brought the entire town together in a spirit of unity. The council took over the cost of buying the ingredients for the food and the profits went to local associations for issuing to local causes. The welcome ceremony was attended by Mayor Domingo Fernandez, as well as representatives from the Huercal Overa Council and the British Honorary Consul for Almeria, Alejandria Guerrero Salvador. The mayor said: “This is a day of celebration for the citizens of both nationalities to get to know each other better. More than 1,200 British citizens live in Huercal Overa. Today they have taught us their traditions and customs and have learned ours in return.” over the past year from the family financial aid programme organised by the ministry of gender, health and social policy.
Juanjo (49’). The visitors had tied the game on the 38th minute.
Worker demonstration
A SMALL fire broke out at the old almond factory in Motril on Friday. The cause of the fire remains to be determined. Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze shortly before 10pm.
CASUAL workers from Vita Alcazaba del Mar hotel in El Toyo have demonstrated outside sister hotel Gran Hotel Almeria for non-payment of wages for August, and September.
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Young talent ALMUÑECAR table tennis champion Lucia Lopez was crowned champion of the Most Promising Table Tennis Competitors Tournament for the second year in a row. The 10-year-old did not lose a single game. Only one of her opponents came close to her skill level.
Happy anniversary VELEZ CF celebrated its 92nd anniversary on Sunday with a victory over Ronda 3-1 at Vivar Tellez stadium. The winning goals were scored by Loren (15’ and 62’) and
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Helping families RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council is to distribute free school supplies to needy families, including pencils, scissors, rulers, notebooks, markers, rubbers and crayons. The project is being jointly organised by public and private companies and will benefit 11,381 children.
Charitable game THE Pabellon Colegio Novaschool Añoreta in Rincon de la Victoria is hosting a charitable basketball game on Saturday at 7pm. The proceeds are to be donated to a foundation helping cancer patients (FMAEC) and to Volunteers of Paediatric Oncology (AVOI).
GUARDAMAR reported that since July 160 services were carried out by Local Police and Guardia Civil on the town’s beaches. There were 130 complaints processed for rule violations.
Loo lock up A POLICE officer was reprimanded for locking up the Public Library whilst two girls, aged 11, were still inside in the toilets. They were let out 20 minutes later.
Works plan TORREVIEJA has had a grant approved of €425,951 for improvement works in Avenida Gregoria Marañon and for the replacement of street lighting in the Acequion district.
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Activist dies ONE of cultural group Grup Blanquerna’s founders, Josep Maria Magrinya, has passed away aged 93. La Obra Cultural Balear described Magrinya as “irreplaceable and indispensable.”
Light work DURING the last three years 33,372 lampposts in Palma have been repaired according to figures released by Palma Council. Five hundred units are expected to be replaced.
Onieva not repeating MANUEL ONIEVA has announced that he will not be running for mayor again in the future for the PP. Onieva was mayor in 2011 for Calvia and was succeeded by Carlos Delgado.
Popular beaches PALMA beaches Bossa de Ibiza, Playa Palma and Illetas de Formentera have been included in a list of 20 beaches most ‘checked in’ at on the social network Facebook.
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Winter fuel allowance payouts rise in Spain THE number of expatriates claiming the winter fuel allowance in Spain has risen by nearly half in the last two years. Last winter, 50,000 received the winter fuel allowance, an estimated increase of 44 per cent
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SPANISH Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has openly expressed his happiness that Scotland voted no to independence in the the recent referendum. In a speech to the Cabinet he said: “I am happy that Scotland will remain with us in the European Union. We all need each other.” Paralleling the situation in Catalunya, Rajoy commented: “They have chosen between segregation and integration, between isolation and inclusion, stability and the uncertain, security and a certain risk. They have chosen the option most favourable for everyone, for them, for the rest of Britain and for the whole of Europe.”
total of 139,000 people being paid the benefit for the last winter. Seventyfive thousand claimed in the winter of 2011/2012. The biggest concentrations of expatriates in receipt of this benefit are in Spain and France, with payouts up to £300 (€381) being given to each household. The total paid to expatriates in 2013-14 was £22 million (€28m), a record. In order to qualify for the benefit, pensioners abroad need to have been born on or before July 5, 1952. But there is controversy over whether those living abroad in warmer climates should be entitled to the allowance. A spending review in 2015 will examine the possibility of only paying the allowance to expatriates who live in colder countries than the UK.
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BRITISH PRESS Fatal shooting Cancer referrals DENMARK - A fatal shooting inside a Copenhagen bailiff’s court was the result of a family dispute, Danish police have said.
Rat trap SWEDEN - Children at a kindergarten in Malmo were forced to stay at home due to an invasion of rats at their school. Eighty families were affected as pest controllers set traps to catch the rodents.
Sexsomnia SWEDEN - An appeal court in Sundsvall acquitted a man of rape because of his ‘sexsomnia,’ accepting that he was asleep and did not intend to have sex. The condition has yet to be widely researched or recognised.
THE number of women referred by British GPs for genetic breast cancer tests has doubled since Angelina Jolie announced her preventative double mastectomy. An expert said her actions may have “encouraged those who had not previously engaged with health services.”
persuaded the council to care for the animals until a new home could be found.
SAVED: Fifty horses were found abandoned in Wales.
€1m winners KIRKLEES Council in West Yorkshire has won a €1 million prize in global competition Philanthropies Challenge set up by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Entrants proposed exciting new ideas to improve urban life.
Bombs found MUNITIONS from World War 1 and 2, found in a raid on a St Albans home, have been safely detonated by bomb disposal experts. A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing items including grenades and mortar shells from protected sites.
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Wipeout THE KREMLIN: It has been suggested its walls be painted white.
Women win SWEDEN - The Swedish women’s football team qualified for the 2015 World Cup in Canada in some style, winning all 10 of their qualifying matches. Norway also comfortably qualified, taking all three points from nine games.
AN ‘anti-stress’ act could see workers protected from having to answer work emails and calls in their free time. Investigating the proposals, labour minister, Andrea Nahles, has launched a study of the effects and costs of workrelated stress.
THE UberPop ‘ridesharing’ service, which advertises as an alternative to traditional taxis, has been allowed to continue operating in Germany following a temporary ban. The company has caused anger as its drivers don’t have professional transport licences.
FIFTY horses have been saved from being put down thanks to Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norwich. The horses were found abandoned in Wales, where local volunteers
FINLAND - Marks and Spencer is set to open 15 new stores in Finland and Norway. Helsinki will see the opening of the company’s first Scandinavian shop, selling clothing and food, in October.
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THE arrest of oil and telecoms billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov on money laundering charges endangers Russia’s economic prospects, says development minister Alexei Ulyukayev. The minister called for ‘clarification’ on the situation to reassure investors.
AN MP is seeking to extend the definition of bribery to include non-monetary bribes, such as promotion, sex or hospitality. Oleg Mikheyev says “intangible bribes” should be punished with fines.
Death support A NEW poll has found 63 per cent of Russians still support the death penalty for some serious crimes. Capital punishment remains on the statute books, but has been under moratorium since 1999.
White Russian A NATIONALIST MP has suggested painting the walls of the Kremlin white, to “symbolize the priority of morals in the everyday lives of our citizens and rulers.” Mikhail Degtyaryov has previously called for the restoration of Russia’s 19th century flag.
THE liberal party FDP lost all of its seats in state elections in Brandenburg and Thuringia, following a similar result recently in Saxony. Experts warn that the party, which has been represented in government longer than any other in Germany, faces electoral wipeout.
No sleeper RAIL company Deutsche Bahn has announced it will scrap a number of overnight train services, including the sleeper from Paris to Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. The company cites falling revenue, blamed on low cost air travel.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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ELIGHTED with the outcome of the Scottish referendum saga. Of course, if you removed the natural English haters those who, were they born south of the border, would still hate the citizens of Rome, and also, despite his PR denials, southern despiser Andy Murray, plus the children, who went to the polls with no more incentive than the memory of Mel Gibson bellowing ‘freedom’ as he expired in Braveheart then I think you’d probably be looking at more of a 70/30 per cent result in favour of the no’s. Together again. Sounds like the title to a song, and a very pleasant song at that. Thank the Lord I won’t have to boo the Scottish team when it makes the next World Cup, (unless you’re playing the English of course!).
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Still together thankfully, sounds like a pleasant song Still, consider those of the Muslim fraternity who consider themselves above British authority and live under Sharia law, an utter disgrace. One of the biggest craw stickers to me is the four (plus one reserve) wives they are allowed under this illegal UK organisation. Apparently there are some 20,000 of these ‘arrangements’ now existing. To be honest, I have always found one wife more than enough and frankly, to my mind, they can all get on with it. But it doesn’t end there does it? Because British law only allows a single spouse, they can only claim family allowance for one. So what do they do? Simple, they impregnate the other three and claim for them on the social as unmarried mothers. It’s fraud, pure and simple. Multiply that little touch by
SCOTTISH REFERENDUM: Delighted with the outcome. 20,000 and it comes to some 80,000 claimants plus offspring, living off the British taxpayer (I didn’t include the husband in these figures, because I assume he goes out to work.) It’s all a National farce, but then, only one in an ever increasing line of
disgusting unfair practices thrust on to the beleaguered British public by incompetent gutless politicians intent on presenting the UK to foreigners on a plate of gold - our gold! After all that down time I’ll finish on a high note (hurrah). I found these in my favourite
news sheet last week. Here’s a couple of nonsense trivia facts to hopefully brighten your day. Did you know that: All the chickens’ eggs produced in the world would make an omelette the size of Northern Ireland? There are a billion dogs in the world (most of them in Spain!). The least common pin number is 8068? (not any more!). The Royal Navy blasts out Britney Spears ‘Oops I’ve done it again’ to scare off Somali pirates. And the most difficult tongue twister in English is ‘Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.’ Oh, and as a final gem, if you borrowed £400 from Wonga at its standard rate for seven years, you would owe more than Britain’s national debt! Keep the faith. Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com
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STAT OF WEEK DEFAULT by families and businesses on July’s credit card payments and loans dropped by 30.5 per cent year-on-year to €278 million. Arrears have now fallen for 25 consecutive months.
The taxman lurks in the stands SPAIN’S football clubs allegedly owe more tax than they admit. Instead of the €482 million that the Liga Profesional de Futbol (LPF) acknowledged at the end of last season, clubs owed €564 million, maintained Spain’s tax collecting authority. Neither did they cut their tax debt by €165 million as the LPF claimed,
Hacienda continued. Last season’s true figure stands at just €99 million and represents a 15 per cent reduction instead of the claimed 25 per cent, Hacienda argued. Possibly hoping to underline the clubs’ subsequent efforts, the LPF gave inexact figures for the preceding season, the tax authority continued. Determined to obtain its dues,
Orange bid for Jazztel ORANGE has offered €3.4 billion for Spain’s Jazztel. The CNMV, Spain’s stock market regulator, suspended trading in Jazztel shares when their value shot up by 12 per cent, hours before the deal was announced. It intends to investigate possible insider trading, the supervisor announced later. Acquiring Jazztel would give Orange approximately 1.5 million broadband subscribers and follows Vodafone’s takeover of Spanish cable provider ONO last July. “With the economy recovering, this is the moment to reinforce our presence,” said Orange CEO Stephane Richard. At the receiving end of
the €13 per share offer are Jazztel’s shareholders and its chairman, Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals, a Spanish-Cuban who is now a US citizen and owns a 14.48 per cent stake in the company. Pujals founded Telepizza in 1988 based on just one Madrid outlet and capital equivalent to €372,000. By 1999 he was able to sell out for €360.6 million and buy into Jazztel, then on the brink of insolvency, using €60 million of the Telepizza sale. If the current transaction goes through, he will now receive 14.48 per cent of the €3.4 billion that Orange is offering.
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Well balanced MADRID City Hall’s €1.3 billion surplus last year outstripped all Spanish municipalities. Barcelona and Valencia were the next-best money managers with respective surpluses of €290 million and €119 million.
Bitter fruit PEACHES, nectarines and potatoes affected by Russia’s veto are retailing at up to10 times more than the prices they receive, complained growers in a call for tighter anti-speculation controls.
Changeover follows tradition DIMAS GIMENO ALVAREZ was named El Corte Ingles president following the death of his uncle, Isidoro Alvarez. This is practically a family tradition, as Alvarez inherited the department stores from his own uncle, Ramon Areces. El Corte Ingles is one of Spain’s strongest brands and for the first time since 2007 the chain’s profits increased
last year, rising 6.2 per cent to €14.3 billion although turnover fell by 1.8 per cent. Economic analysts suggested that Gimeno will need to look for foreign growth. “The stores need to reinvent their business model, expand their distribution changes,” Madridbased Ricardo Wehrhahn told Bloomberg. “They need to look abroad to grow in Latin America.”
Hacienda is scrutinising and impounding any relevant sums of money that the clubs obtain via gate-money, television rights and advertising deals. Reductions in the clubs’ debts corresponds to Hacienda vigilance, administration sources claimed, not self-control on their part or that of the LPF.
FOOTBALL CLUBS: Owe more tax.
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BUSINESS EXTRA
First steps ANA BOTIN recently closed Santander’s first deal since she took over as president, acquiring the Canadian carfinancing company Carfinco for C$298 million (€210m.)
Flying high THE government will partly privatise Spain’s airports’ authority Aena by selling a 49 per cent stake in the network of 48 Spanish and 18 foreign airports. It finished 2013 with profits of €597 million and the aim now is to compete in the international market.
Morocco return AFTER three years’ absence, Spanish boats returned to fishing grounds off Morocco. Twenty-eight vessels from Algeciras, Barbate and Conil were granted licences following the agreement between the EU and Morocco.
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Spanish children in the money! Loose change A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
IT’S no news flash that the Spanish spoil their kids and a new survey has just confirmed it. According to research, which looked at the average amount of pocket money children receive across Europe, it’s been revealed that kids in Spain are not left short. Spanish kids are the third-best paid youngsters in the EU (after Italy and France), with those aged between five to 15 receiving €5 to €10 a week. Almost 50 per cent of parents in this country said that they don’t give their kids any pocket
money at all and that if their child needs something, then they simply discuss the purchase and buy it for their child if necessary. Therefore, almost half of young Spanish children don’t handle money. The other 50 per cent of parents, however, who do give money to their children, said that their main reason for doing so is to ensure their kids learn to respect and value money. Almost 85 per cent of those parents studied also admitted that since giving pocket money to their children
Worried over medical bills? Q. It was with great concern that I read a reader’s letter from a woman in You and the Carboneras, published in your August Law in Spain 28 edition. She apparently had to pay By David Searl a large medical bill despite having all the documentation to entitle her to use the Spanish health system. Being a pensioner and not in good health, I am worried about my own position. Could you look into this further? R.N.D. (Costa Blanca) A. If you are a UK pensioner, receiving the state old age pension, you have the right to NHS medical treatment in the UK. If you become an official resident of Spain, with the Certificate of Residency, you have the right to transfer your medical treatment to the Spanish healthcare system. You apply to the Spanish Social Security office in your autonomous region, such as Valencia or Andalucia. They will then issue you the Spanish Social Security card which entitles you to treatment and they will assign you to a local family doctor. Each of the regions administrates health care in its territory but your card is valid in all of Spain.
The process is not automatic. You must apply for it.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
POCKET MONEY: Children learn to be responsible.
they have noticed that their kids have quickly learned how to be responsible with money, through the process of trial and error. Many children who regularly receive pocket
money are also noted to save a significant portion of their allowance, which
is great practice and habit building for the future. In general, if parents can afford it, giving kids regular pocket money is a great way to develop their independence and goal setting. For example if a child wants a new video game console, then they can learn how to save to buy it. A child will see that it takes time to build up savings and will hopefully develop a sense of responsibility regarding the concept of money. It’s a good idea to provide two jars for children when you give them pocket money: one for spending and one for saving. This way they can choose how they distribute their pocket money between the jars. This also gives you a chance to teach your kids about money and its use.
Yes, size does matter Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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IT is inevitable that from time to time there will be disagreements with customers. The customer is not always right. Some do abuse the hypothesis that the customer is king. However, most disagreements between service provider and customer are due to avoidable misunderstandings. Customer conflict can be reduced to a minimum simply by explaining precisely what he is going to get for his financial outlay. Honesty is the best policy. Never give a delivery time you cannot meet. The important thing is to explain, understand, get it in writing. Often the fault lies with the customer. In an effort to keep prices down, the client withholds information when asking for a price. The client dislikes the bill being added to but is happy to increase his expectations of what is to be done. An example of this was when my wife, who translates menus to Russian, was
asked the fee for an a la carte menu translation. Such menus can be one page or multiple pages. When asked for an attached copy the client failed to respond. One wonders how the eatery’s owner would react had a client sat down, dismissed the offer of a menu and asked: “How much for a three-course meal?” Never price over the phone or internet. If the client is vague there is a catch. Far better to see beforehand precisely what needs doing and the time to complete. Listen carefully to your customers wants. Understand and repeat them, reassure and take notes. Having put in writing a synopsis of the work to be carried out, and if possible a price breakdown, sign and leave it. When doing so explain the costs or stages at which second thoughts or exit can be met. A no nonsense business approach from the outset will weed out time wasters. It will compensate by reassuring genuine enquirers that your business is professional in its approach. It sounds tedious, but far more tedious is a disgruntled client who, apart from later challenging you, could likely destroy your business with gossip.
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Beggars that make town look rundown I HAVE been in Torre del Mar since February. In that time there have always been 12 or more beggars about, mostly along a small section of the N340 main road, while others are outside supermarkets. Most are long-stay, some come and go. Of the long-stay, the majority seem to be fairly young and Spanish and they are out six or seven days a week, so obviously they are not looking for work. Many are quite well-dressed and some have the inevitable dog with them. One with a foldup chair that he brings with him settles down with a book and waits for the money to roll in. A man in a wheelchair has appeared recently but at times he moves his legs about (cramp, I suppose) and no cripple can move like that. I have seen a few deserving cases looking as though they have slept rough, but they are there for a few days and go. The rest just seem to be deadbeats who don’t want to work. Can’t the police do something about them, as these beggars make the town look rundown? Michael Hill, Torre del Mar (Malaga)
Highway code RECENTLY I read in the Euro Weekly News that the Manual de normas de Trafico 3 was available at all bookshops for €12. Bookshops in Garrucha knew nothing of it and sent me to driving schools, who said such a book at such a price does not exist! There are driving manuals for learners but apparently no single publication which comprehensively covers all the rules of the road. Unfortunately I cannot remember who wrote the original article so can anybody tell me if this book actually exists and how I might obtain a copy? Barbara Leach, Garrucha (Almeria)
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I THOUGHT I’d share this photo taken last summer near my daughter’s Hampshire home. It’s on my computer desktop and has helped me through the worst and hottest September Alicante has ever endured. Patsy Vincent, Alicante
Editor’s note: Spain’s highway code, CODIGO DE TRÁFICO Y SEGURIDAD VIAL, priced €35 can be bought directly from the Boletin Oficial de España website www.boe.es under the heading Codigos on the opening page. Or it can be downloaded free of charge.
Nurses needed HAVING just read your article in the current Euro Weekly News I am contacting you regarding the Nurses’ Union calls for school nurses. I, too, have a Type One diabetic child in school in San Fulgencio and it would not be possible for her to attend school if I did not test her blood myself mid-morning and then return at lunch time to inject her with insulin. I am also on call throughout the day whilst at work to deal with any additional requirements. I feel the whole process has been made very difficult and
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it has been suggested by the head teacher that she attend a ‘special school’ in Alicante that can deal with her needs accordingly. A nurse in the school would make a huge difference to both our lives. Samantha O’Connor, San Fulgencio (Alicante)
Rights or wrongs I DO not agree with the comments of Antonie Holtzhausen. I think the actions of the parents were foolhardy, ill thought-out and posed a risk to Ashya.
The consultant at Southampton Hospital had offered the family a second opinion and access to treatment abroad. The boy’s scans and notes could have been emailed to Prague and an opinion sought as to the suitability of proton treatment while Ashya was cared for in hospital. Instead his father chose to take the family on a long trek to sell his Spanish apartment to raise funds. In the current climate this could have taken months. What could have happened to Ashya and the other children in the meantime? This sale could have been arranged from the UK, or the father could have gone to Spain on his own. It all went horribly wrong and the UK police had no choice but to take the action they did. No doubt there will be interviews on morning TV, articles and books etc. I hope the proceeds are given to children’s cancer charities. The most important thing is
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that Ashya gets the correct treatment, but in my opinion there were better ways of achieving this. Marion Woods, Mazarron (Murcia)
Lock it away I WAS interested in a Euro Weekly News article describing the intention to introduce parking charges and fines to Torre Del Mar and Velez-Malaga. It seems to me that these measures will restrict tourism rather than encourage it, but will presumably provide a ready revenue stream. Will tourists favour destinations without parking charges and will this affect cafes and shop keepers, for instance? Far better in my view for councils to make money by providing an improved beach experience. I had the notion of ‘beach lockers’ and looking on Google found that Bournemouth has been offering beach lockers in the UK since 2006. These provide space for visitors to store valuables whilst they enjoy the beach for £3 per day. A small price to pay to keep your smart phone and wallet safe! I calculate that these would provide roughly €1 million per year, if introduced in the Costal del Sol alone. Neil Smith, Cutar (Malaga)
Health proposal WITH large urbanisations near Punta Prima and the Torrevieja hospital and an aging population, a second health centre will soon be needed. At the back of the hospital there is another car park that is underused. Would this not be the ideal place for another centre as the Health department must already own the land? Savings could be made using modern materials such as plastic-faced polystyrene panels in place of wood, which would be more hygienic. The downside would be the salaries of doctors, nurses and staff. William A.H. Sly, Orihuela Costa (Alicante)
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The Spanish spy who came in from the heat Peter Fieldman London-born journalist and author, Peter spends his time between Paris and Madrid. His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’ available on Amazon or www.1066TheConquest.com
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NORMANDY LANDINGS: Pujol (right) played a major role in convincing the Germans that the Allied invasion would take place in the Dover Strait, the shortest channel crossing. code-breakers at Bletchley Park became intrigued by a mass of false reports being passed to the Germans. One about a non-existent convoy en route to the Mediterranean led them to track down the mysterious person sending this data. Pujol was eventually located in Lisbon and this time he was not turned down. He travelled to London, where, given the code-name Garbo, after the actress, he began to work with Tomas Harris, a Spanish-speaking British intelligence officer. Together they sent hundreds of letters to a post office box in Lisbon where the Germans were overjoyed at having such a reliable spy in England. And it was not just one spy. Pujol had established a network of spies scattered across the country, only they never existed. To ensure credibility the messages sent were a mix of correct but unimportant data and occasionally important military details which were deliberately delayed and sent too late for the Germans to act. With his imaginary network of spies, Pujol could always blame one of his operators for delays or errors. The Germans were so impressed that Pujol was provided with the latest codeciphering devices, which were gratefully passed on to Bletchley Park. At the beginning of 1944, the Germans needed Arabel - Pujol - to give them whatever information he could
about the invasion they believed was being planned. Meanwhile ‘Operation Fortitude’, the code-name for the plan to deceive the German High Command, was already in operation and Pujol played a major role in convincing them that the invasion would take place in the Dover Strait, the shortest channel crossing. He and Harris were sending a stream of radio and written messages
Pujol is believed to be the only person to have been awarded medals by both the Germans and the British
giving the Germans details about the army being massed in Kent. As part of the deception plan, realistic dummy inflatable tanks, artillery, jeeps, landing craft and armoured cars had been made and scattered across the countryside throughout Southeast England. German reconnaissance planes would detect a vast array of military equipment near Dover. To add to the deception the Allies arranged for General Patton, known to the Germans
as a key military figure, to tour the region. To ensure that the Germans would not realise they were being duped, messages were sent warning of the Normandy invasion but told that it was a diversion with the real invasion taking place in July or August. Hitler was convinced and despite General Rommel’s opposition, ordered that the major armoured divisions and troops be sent to the Pas de Calais where they remained for two months after the June 6 landings, allowing the invasion to succeed. After the war, concerned for his safety, Pujol faked his own death in Africa before moving to Venezuela, where he opened a bookshop in Caracas and having divorced his first wife, remarried and had three children. Pujol’s vital role in the success of the D-Day landings was recognised and in November 1944 he received an MBE from King George VI. Six months earlier he had been awarded the Iron Cross for his services to the Reich, still convinced of his loyalty. He is believed to be the only person to have been awarded medals by both the Germans and the British. Four years prior to his death in Venezuela in 1988, Pujol journeyed to France on June 6, 1984, to visit the Normandy beaches and cemeteries to pay his respects to the fallen.
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Pension Lump Sums - A New Second Option HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) published its draft Taxation of Pensions Bill on 6th August 2014, covering the new pension freedom that comes into effect on 6th April 2015. Pension scheme members aged over 55 taking benefits for the first time will have four options from April: 1. Flexi-access drawdown. This new form of income drawdown has no upper limit on how much members can take. 2. Uncrystallised funds pension lump sum (UFPLS). This allows members to take a lump sum, or a series of lump sums, from uncrystallised pension funds. 3. Lifetime annuity. 4. Scheme pension. The uncrystallised fund pension lump sum is a new addition to the ‘pensions freedom’ reforms. ‘Uncrystallised’ means no pension benefits have been drawn yet from the pension plan. Normally, when you take a pension commencement lump sum (‘tax free cash’), you have
By Gary Cardwell, Partner, Blevins Franks six months to decide how to use the balance of the fund (drawdown or annuity), otherwise the sum becomes taxable. With the UFPLS this requirement is removed. Note however, that only 25% of the withdrawal will normally be tax free. The rest will be taxed at the individual’s marginal rate of income tax. Those using UFPLS will not be able to access their tax free cash and leave the rest of their pension invested; each withdrawal will be treated as 25% tax free cash and 75% taxable
income. Individuals who take an ad hoc lump sum without moving into drawdown or buying an annuity could end up paying more tax than expected. Also, when an UFPLS is taken, the individual’s annual allowance for ongoing contributions is reduced from £40,000 to £10,000. These tax rates are as applied under the UK taxation. Spanish residents also have to consider local tax rules. Specialist advice is needed to ensure there are no unexpected tax consequences. Accessing funds through UFPLS is not yet regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) or Pensions Regulator. This leaves anyone who takes this option unprotected. There is a risk that individuals could deplete their pension pots without realising it. This is in contrast to the income drawdown process where the FCA established strict rules on providing advice to ensure everyone understands the risks.
You should ensure that your pension adviser is authorised by the FCA, even if you live overseas. Temporary rules for pension commencement lump sums Temporary rules have been introduced so that money purchase scheme members can take their tax free lump sum now and defer the associated pension until after April. Therefore, the six month period mentioned above will not start until 6th April 2015, so the associated pension can be deferred to 5th October. This enables members to wait to take their pension under the flexible rules starting in April, if their scheme allows. The deferred scheme is considered uncrystallised, so if the individual dies between taking the lump sum and the pension, the balance can be paid out as an uncrystallised lump sum death benefit. However if the 5th October deadline passes and the pension is still not in payment, the lump sum can no longer be
considered a pension commencement lump sum and will be subject to tax charges. The pension reforms are welcome for UK residents and expatriates alike, but it is essential to understand the short and longterm implications of the new options, both from a tax point of view and your long-term financial security, so you can determine what the best route is for you. Seek specialist and regulated advice. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.
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Perestroika spreading to the west Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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HEWING the fat at a restaurant table I surmised that the US will cease being a power of consequence by
2020. The European Union, the economy and foreign policy of which is largely directed by Wall Street and Washington, will find itself isolated and in a permanent state of 1980s era discord and austerity. I withered under my friend’s scorn but hardly alone in my forecast. Fast-moving global politics is to me a fascinating game; watch this space. The petrodollar is history; time is running out for the US now reeling under a $17 trillion debt. Added to by $2.38 billion each day it is predicted to be at an unsustainable Weimar $26 trillion by 2020. Ensnared by Wall Street / Washington DC policies, Western Europeans now find ourselves in a 1914 hotbed of red lines, propaganda, aggression and economic warfare. We despair of our political elite. We know our system has failed but are
clueless as to what can be done to recover governance from the failing self-serving elite. The European Union has uncomfortable similarities with pre-Perestroika era of the collapsing Soviet Union. It is fundamentally controlled by 27 unelected commissioners and two unelected Presidents; the rest is theatre for sheeple. Komsomol Pravda, a popular tabloid read by Russians living in Spain: “The EU in the worst sense of the word is very much the new USSR.” Mikhail Gorbachev: “Why is the EU trying to recreate the USSR?” This last President of the USSR introduced Perestroika (reform) so radical it brought about penury to hundreds of millions of Russians and Eastern Europeans. Circumstance will bring similar change to the 28 EU nations. The Euro and
petrodollar, undermined by competing currencies and bank-free barter; life savings, national assets and economies will be stripped by a failing economy Will we be saved by our own President Putin? On assuming office in 2000 the popular Russian president turned oligarchs into fugitives, nationalised the banks, exiled the
West’s rapacious conglomerates, and diverted Russian resources to Russia’s needs. As a consequence the Russian economy bounced back. This is what lies behind the current stand-off. The EU is now a perestroika era USSR. So, who do we vote for? First must come the realisation that sheep-like voting for rotating dictatorships keeps the corrupt political elite in place. It is not politicians who need replacing but the system of governance. An end to political parties; election by public referendum of constituency candidates with a track record in service to the community and experience, who, every 12 months must explain their previous year’s achievements. An end to conflict of interest; no public official, their families or connections, to benefit from extra reward during or after office. Such change will anyway be thrust upon us by BRICS and other trade blocs with which an isolated Europe cannot hope to compete without painful perestroika. Otherwise, the European Union, cut off from its sinking American mother ship, will become a Stalinist Europe.
GORBACHEV: Introduced Perestroika.
‘My boyfriend’s handcuffed me to the bed and lost the key’ Nora Johnson
Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/nora-johnson
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HE nursery worker who was signed off sick and subsequently caught on television starring in the opening ceremony of the recent Commonwealth Games in Scotland reminded me of a survey of bosses by a UK recruitment company. It revealed some of the worst excuses given by employees for not turning up to work: ‘I need time to find myself’; ‘my garage door’s broken’; ‘I’m going to jail’; ‘my partner and I need to practise for the square-dancing
contest in town today.’ Or, my personal favourite: ‘my boyfriend’s handcuffed me to the bed and lost the key.’ Or take a recent study of 1,000 workers and 1,000 bosses commissioned by a mutual healthcare provider. ‘I’m in A&E and got a clothes peg stuck on my tongue’, ‘I’ve got a sore finger’ and ‘I’ve injured myself during sex’ are among those that made the list as did: ‘My dog has had a fright and I don’t want to leave him’ and ‘my trousers split on the way to work.’ As regards trouser-splitting, this actually happened to a colleague as he got out of the car in the company car park. Rr-r--i-i-p! Fortunately, five minutes in the gents with a stapler repaired them well enough to get him through the day, although he had to be
WORST EXCUSE: For not turning up to work. really careful sitting down... According to the healthcare provider: ‘In a tough economy, managing sickness absence becomes vital for businesses. But employers are clearly suspicious about days taken off for illness ... This is not helped
by the fact that for more than a fifth of the sick days taken, workers admitted they could have actually made it into work. High levels of sickness absence can have a huge negative impact on businesses - both from a financial perspective and
on the effect it has on staff who bear the extra workload.” Although many find this subject amusing, it’s actually a major cost to employers. The worst offenders, reportedly, are those in the public sector who take significantly more days off each year than those in the private sector - at massive cost to the taxpayer. Quite simply, if they took the same average number of days off sick as those in the private sector, it’s estimated it would save around £2.5 billion (€3.18 billion) in the UK every year.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Sailing
BBC TWO 7:15am Magnificent Doll 8:45am Island at the Top of the World 10:15am The Trials of Life 11:10am The Trials of Life 12:00pm Map Man 12:30pm South Africa Walks 1:00pm Talking Pictures 1:50pm Swing Time
ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am The Hungry Sailors 11:25am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm The Mirror Crack'd 2:35pm The X Factor
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CH4 7:35am Transworld Sport 8:30am Mobil 1 The Grid 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm Gadget Man 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Access 11:10am Never Teach Your Wife to Drive 12:10pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 1:10pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:10pm Storage: Flog the Lot!
SATURDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am All Aboard: East Coast Trains 8:00am Inside RAF Brize Norton 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am The F1 Show 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm Modern Family 2:30pm Modern Family
3pm 3:00pm Cycling Coverage of a cycling event.
5:00pm Final Score
3:00pm The Middle 3:30pm The Middle 4:00pm Harrow 5:00pm Harrow
3:35pm Field of Dreams 5:30pm The X Factor
5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me
3:15pm Cromwell
6:00pm ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 7:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 7:30pm Gardeners World 8:00pm Flog It! 8:30pm Case Histories
6:35pm Off Their Rockers 7:05pm Local News and Weather
6:10pm Come Dine with Me 7:15pm Come Dine with Me 7:45pm Channel 4 News 8:15pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money
6:00pm The Long Ships 8:30pm 5 News 8:35pm World War II in Colour
7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew
9:00pm Dad's Army 9:30pm Golf
9:00pm The X Factor 10:20pm Through the Keyhole 11:20pm ITV News and Weather
9:10pm Grand Designs 10:15pm End of Watch
9:30pm The Patriot
9:00pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 10:00pm Cheaper by the Dozen 11:50pm The Boxtrolls Special
3:30pm Strictly Ballroom 5:00pm Cycling Coverage of a cycling event.
Epic retelling of the clash between two great historical figures in the English Civil War.
6pm 6:20pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm Regional News 7:03pm Weather 7:05pm Pointless 8:00pm Strictly Come Dancing
All the very latest local news and weather.
7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm The Chase
The latest news coverage.
6:00pm Twin Towns Two different families who live in twin towns swap lives for a week.
9pm 9:30pm Doctor Who 10:15pm Casualty 11:05pm The National Lottery Live 11:15pm BBC News 11:28pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day
All the action from the latest golfing events.
11:30pm Margin Call
A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.
American Revolution drama in which a widowed farmer forms a regiment of patriots.
11:35pm Shaun of the Dead
12am 1:10am TOTP2 2:10am X the Unknown Drama in which a radioactive mud-like substance terrorises a Scottish village during the 1950s. 3:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
1:25am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen
12:25am Rude Tube 1:25am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2:20am Hot Rod 3:50am Homeland 4:40am Hollyoaks Omnibus Is Nico about to rumble Patrick's big secret?
12:35am Lost Heroes of WW1 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Age Gap Love 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.
12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Mad Dogs 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am The Cafe 4:30am The Cafe 5:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
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8:00pm World's Craziest Fools 8:30pm Great TV Mistakes 9:30pm Top Gear 10:30pm Bad Education 11:00pm Comedy Fest Live 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:28am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:12am Family Guy 2:35am Bad Education 3:05am Siblings 3:35am Siblings
8:00pm Yellowstone 9:00pm Hidden Killers of the Edwardian Home 10:00pm Crimes of Passion 11:30pm Top of the Pops 12:10am Young Guns Go For It 12:40am Young Guns Go For It
3:05pm You've Been Framed! 4:10pm You've Been Framed! 4:35pm Valiant 5:35pm FYI Daily 5:40pm Valiant 6:15pm Nanny McPhee 7:15pm FYI Daily 7:20pm Nanny McPhee 8:20pm Evan Almighty 9:20pm FYI Daily 9:25pm Evan Almighty 10:20pm The Xtra Factor 10:50pm The Job Lot 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Release the Hounds
7:55am Murder, She Wrote 8:55am The Royal 9:55am The Royal 10:55am Pride and Prejudice 11:55am FYI Daily 12:00pm Pride and Prejudice 1:30pm Columbo 3:35pm A Touch of Frost 5:45pm Wycliffe 6:50pm Inspector Morse 8:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Bomb Girls 1:00am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1:10pm FYI Daily 1:15pm For Whom the Bell Tolls 3:20pm British Superbike Highlights 4:25pm The Motorbike Show 5:25pm Goodwood Revival 2014 6:25pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Storage Wars 7:25pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Storage Wars 8:30pm Storage Wars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm The Spy Who Loved Me 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Spy Who Loved Me 12:35am Scarface
3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:35pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 4:35pm 2 Broke Girls 5:00pm 2 Broke Girls 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:30pm The 100 8:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 12:20am The Big Bang Theory
Crime
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1:05am The Football League Show Highlights from the day's Football League games. 2:25am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:30am BBC News
Documentary series examining the music and the musical icons of the 80s.
1:10am Horizon 2:10am Yellowstone 3:10am Young Guns Go For It 3:50am Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home
SKY MOVIES Action 5:50am The Poseidon Adventure 7:50am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 8:20am Batman Begins 10:50am A Good Day to Die Hard 12:40pm Fast and Furious 6 Special 1:10pm The Jewel of the Nile 3:10pm Executive Decision 5:30pm Jack the Giant Slayer 7:35pm Batman Begins 10:00pm A Good Day to Die Hard 11:40pm Barb Wire 1:25am Executive Decision 3:40am Last Action Hero 5:55am The Jewel of the Nile
Comedy 7:35am Grassroots 9:25am Saving Mr. Banks Special 9:55am Uncle Buck 11:50am The Hangover Part III 1:40pm We're the Millers 3:35pm Bean 5:15pm The Dukes of Hazzard 7:10pm Uncle Buck 9:00pm The Hangover Part III 10:45pm We're the Millers 12:40am The Dukes of Hazzard 2:30am Anger Management 4:20am Syrup 5:55am Bean
6:20am Angel Flight Down 8:00am Little Murder 9:45am John Q 11:45am The Chamber 1:40pm Pride and Glory 3:55pm Bullitt 5:55pm The Mean Machine 8:00pm Derailed 10:00pm Pride and Glory 12:15am Four Brothers Four adopted brothers reunite when their mother is killed in a botched robbery.
2:15am Basic Instinct 4:35am The Temp
7:20am Tootsie 9:20am Under the Tuscan Sun 11:20am Love Actually Romcom following the interconnected lives of a group of loved-up, and lovelorn, Londoners.
1:40pm Flight 4:00pm 50 First Dates 5:50pm While You Were Sleeping 7:40pm Love Actually 10:00pm Flight 12:20am 50 First Dates 2:05am Tootsie 4:05am Under the Tuscan Sun
Premiere
TCM
7:00am Inescapable 8:45am Monsters University Special 9:15am Willow Creek 11:00am The Harry Hill Movie 12:45pm Inescapable 2:30pm The Lone Ranger Unmasked 3:00pm Willow Creek 4:45pm American Hustle 7:15pm The Harry Hill Movie 9:00pm American Hustle 11:20pm Oldboy 1:20am Willow Creek 3:05am The Canyons 5:00am Oz the Great and Powerful: Premiere Special 5:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special
6:00am Brink of Hell 8:15am Gunsmoke 9:15am Gunsmoke 10:15am The Long Gray Line 12:50pm Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 2:10pm Son of Paleface 4:00pm The Black Stallion 6:20pm Island in the Sun 8:40pm Jungle Manhunt Jungle Jim searches for a famous football player lost in the jungle.
10:00pm Rain Man 12:35am 3,000 Miles to Graceland 2:55am Rain Man 5:20am TCM Shorts
OPINION & COMMENT
“A
LIFETIME supply of love and happiness,” is what Laszlo Miklosi would like. The owner of La Campana restaurant in Quesada said this would be more important to him than money or anything else materialistic as love and happiness mean everything. Benidorm’s Ray Europa owner Ray joked he would like a lifetime supply of unlimited internet and TV so he can install to all his customers. The technology expert said: “Everyone lives by it now and people don’t compromise on their TV and internet. If you are in good health you don't need much else.” The staying healthy theme
LASZLO: Would like love and happiness.
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What lifetime supply would you like?
What would you choose if you could have a lifetime supply of anything you wanted? Would you go for something to eat or drink, or something more cerebral? We went out to ask what some of our readers would choose if they could have anything at all for the rest of their lives.
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different slant on what she would like a lifetime supply of. “I would like a completely unlimited supply of wine, any colour and any type! That combined with good weather would be perfect.” And Geoff Jones of Computer Helpline also was looking for something edible, although a couple of wishes also made the list. “Thai curry: I’m not an extravagant person. Or I’d like to go to Hong-Kong one last time or I’d like to fly my light aircraft again.”
STREET TALK struck a chord with another of our clients. “The one thing I would really want is good health to last a long life. I would wish to grow old but healthily. I would also wish for better business, more prosperous and fulfilling said Karel Willemsens of Immo-Carlos in Arboleas, Almeria. But Julie Eason of Westar Pools, Mijas, JULIE: Unlimited Malaga took a supply of wine.
RAY: Would like unlimited internet and TV supply.
KAREL: Good health for a long life.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Bargain Hunt
BBC TWO 7:00am Countryfile 8:00am Great British Garden Revival 9:00am Gardeners World 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 1:20pm Rick Stein's Island Escapes 2:20pm Cycling
ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:35pm Carry on Girls 2:15pm Fletch Lives
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CH4 6:50am NFL 7:15am British F3 7:40am British F3 8:05am Ironman Wales 8:35am NFL 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:55pm The Big Bang Theory
CH5 9:20am Wanda and the Alien 9:35am Rupert Bear 9:50am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Jelly Jamm 10:25am LazyTown 10:50am Police Interceptors 10:55am Access 11:00am Police Interceptors 11:55am Police Interceptors 1:45pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 2:45pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Ashely Banjo's Big Town Dance 9:00am All Aboard: East Coast Trains 10:00am Inside Gatwick 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm The Middle 2:30pm The Middle
3pm 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:15pm The Great British Bake Off 5:15pm Points of View 5:30pm Songs of Praise
5:00pm Canoeing Coverage of a Canoeing event.
4:00pm The X Factor 5:15pm Downton Abbey
3:25pm The Big Bang Theory 3:55pm She's the Man
4:30pm Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco
3:00pm Harrow 4:00pm Harrow 5:00pm Get on Up Movie Special 5:30pm The Simpsons
6:00pm Channel 4 News
6:10pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 8:05pm 5 News Weekend
6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm Moone Boy
Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville lead an all-star cast in Julian Fellowes' drama series.
6pm 6:10pm Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile
6:30pm Rugby League 7:30pm Jungle Atlantis 8:30pm Golf All the action from the latest Golfing events.
6:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 7:35pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Sunday Night at the Palladium
Includes sport and weather.
6:30pm American Football Live at Wembley
National and international news.
8:10pm 10,000 BC
9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Our Girl 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2
10:30pm Mock the Week 11:00pm Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll
9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:05pm ITV News and Weather 11:20pm I Married the Waiter: Love in the Sun
9:00pm Operation Maneater
12:55am The Children 2:15am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 3:10am Holby City 4:10am This is BBC Two
12:15am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 1:10am The Store 3:30am Motorsport UK 4:20am British Superbike Championship Highlights 5:05am Nightscreen
12:15am Indecent Proposal 2:20am NFL Dallas Cowboys take on the New Orleans Saints at home.
12:15am Bangkok Dangerous 1:55am Super Casino 4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
12:00am Road Wars 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Mad Dogs 4:00am The Cafe 4:30am The Cafe 5:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
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8:00pm Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes 8:05pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 8:50pm Doctor Who 9:35pm Kung Fu Panda 11:00pm Family Guy 11:22pm Family Guy 11:45pm Bad Education 12:15am American Dad! 12:37am American Dad! 1:00am Anuvahood 2:25am The Truth About Skunk 3:25am Bad Education 3:55am Parents' Evening 4:20am Bad Education
8:00pm The World's Most Beautiful Eggs: The Genius of Carl Faberge 9:00pm Byzantium:
6:55am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Beauty and the Geek 7:45am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:25pm The X Factor 2:40pm The Xtra Factor 3:15pm You've Been Framed! 3:45pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 5:55pm Despicable Me 7:50pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm Bad Bridesmaid 12:00am Tricked 1:00am The X Factor
8:55am Carry on Camping 9:55am FYI Daily 10:00am Carry on Camping 10:45am Heartbeat 11:50am Heartbeat 12:50pm Inspector Morse 2:55pm Wycliffe 4:00pm Carry on Follow That Camel 5:00pm Carry on Follow That Camel 6:05pm Columbo 8:00pm Lewis 10:00pm The Best of the Royal Variety Show 11:00pm Gosford Park 12:00am FYI Daily
7:25am Cheers 7:55am Cheers 8:25am Cheers 9:00am I Want That Car 10:00am Ax Men 10:55am Goodwood Revival 2014. 12:00pm MSA British Touring Car Championship 7:30pm BRDC Formula 4 Championship 8:30pm Storage Wars 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm The Game 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Game 12:40am Hell on Wheels
2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Suburgatory 4:30pm New Girl 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The 100 7:00pm 2 Broke Girls 7:30pm 2 Broke Girls 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Karate Kid 11:45pm The Big Bang Theory 12:10am Glue
Crime
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When deadly predators attack humans, both sides lose out.
10:00pm Magic Mike
10:00pm Gone in 60 Seconds Tense thriller in which a car thief is forced to steal 50 luxury vehicles in one night in order to save the life of his brother, who has fallen foul of a dangerous crime lord.
9:00pm An Idiot Abroad 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm School of Hard Knocks
12am 12:20am Flightplan 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:55am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
A Tale of Three Cities
10:00pm British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash 11:00pm The Body 12:45am Queen: The Legendary 1975 Concert 1:30am Storyville 3:00am TOTP2 3:45am British Art at War: Bomberg, Sickert and Nash
SKY MOVIES Action 5:55am The Jewel of the Nile 7:45am Deep Impact 9:50am The Bridge on the River Kwai 12:30pm Man of Steel 2:55pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 4:45pm Deep Impact 6:50pm King Arthur 9:00pm Man of Steel 11:30pm Lethal Weapon 2 1:30am Django Unchained Freed slave Django embarks on a quest to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner. Western.
4:20am The Bridge on the River Kwai
Comedy 7:30am 'Til There Was You 9:30am Ghostbusters 11:20am The Man 12:55pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 3:00pm The Internship 5:10pm Ghostbusters 7:00pm Ghostbusters II 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:10pm The Internship 1:20am The Man 2:55am You, Me and Dupree Carl is in seventh heaven when he marries his gorgeous girlfriend Molly in Hawaii.
5:00am Ghostbusters II
6:20am Deep Family Secrets 8:00am Adrift Six friends are plunged into a nightmare when they jump off a yacht without lowering a ladder.
9:40am Alive 11:50am Conspiracy Theory 2:05pm Red Rock West 3:50pm Captain Phillips 6:10pm Alive 8:20pm Adrift 10:00pm Captain Phillips 12:20am Outlaw 2:10am Blow 4:25am Taxi Driver
6:00am While You Were Sleeping 7:45am Desk Set 9:35am Life of Pi 10:05am Grease 12:00pm Grease 2 2:00pm The Top Ten Show 2014 2:20pm Shirley Valentine 4:15pm Austenland 6:00pm Cloud Atlas 9:00pm Grease T-Bird Danny Zuko has an identity crisis when his demure summer love turns up.
11:00pm Grease 2 1:00am Les Miserables 3:40am Vamps 5:20am Giant
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8:45am Willow Creek 10:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 11:00am The Harry Hill Movie 12:45pm Willow Creek 2:30pm Inescapable 4:15pm Monsters University Special 4:45pm American Hustle 7:15pm The Harry Hill Movie 9:00pm American Hustle 11:20pm Oldboy 1:20am Willow Creek 3:05am The Canyons 5:00am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:30am Oz the Great and Powerful: Premiere Special
6:00am Son of Paleface 7:50am The Black Stallion 10:10am Island in the Sun 12:25pm Jungle Manhunt 1:40pm A League of Their Own 4:00pm The First Texan 5:35pm Rocky Mountain 7:10pm Badman's Country Four of the frontier west's law officers join together to defend the city of Abilene from a gang.
8:30pm Cripple Creek 10:00pm Rome 11:10pm The Fugitive 1:30am The Ballad of Cable Hogue 3:25am The Fugitive
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Saints and Scroungers 12:45pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Caught Red Handed 9:20am The Housing Enforcers 10:05am Russia's Lost Princesses 11:05am Animal S.O.S. 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm Daily Politics Conference Special 2:00pm Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam 2:30pm Celebrity MasterChef
ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.
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CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:40pm Four in a Bed
CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
MONDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Nothing to Declare 6:30am Nothing to Declare 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip
3:15pm Ready, Steady, Cook 4:00pm The Life of Mammals 5:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 5:30pm Pressure Pad
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?
3:10pm A Place in the Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Deadly Honeymoon
6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show
6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm The Undriveables 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Cilla 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
9:00pm Jamie's Comfort Food 9:30pm Gadget Man 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:20pm Jon Richardson Grows Up
9:00pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 10:00pm Too Tough to Teach? 11:00pm Under the Dome 11:55pm The Terminator
9:00pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 10:00pm 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad
Mystery thriller. A couple marries in Hawaii, but their honeymoon cruise goes terribly wrong.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm Glee 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Room 101
Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.
Classic sci-fi action thriller.
Round-up of the day's news.
The next 'thing to do' for Karl to, er, do is a trip aboard the Trans-Siberian Express.
11:40pm The Chase
12am 12:15am The Graham Norton Show 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:10am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:20am Today at the Conference 12:50am The Long Shadow 1:50am Scrappers 2:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Howard Goodhall's Story of Music: 1
12:40am Goodwood Revival 2014 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 5:10am Nightscreen
12:25am NFL 1:20am Ship of Theseus 4:00am Mammon 4:55am Sarah Beeny's Selling Houses 5:45am Kirstie's Vintage Gems
2:15am Super Casino 4:10am James Bulger: Britain's Worst Crimes 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Great Scientists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
BBC THREE
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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 11:00pm Sexy Beasts 11:30pm EastEnders
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm British Gardens in Time
1:15pm Emmerdale 1:50pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 7:00pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Release the Hounds 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 12:00am Viral Tap
1:00pm Wycliffe 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:10pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 5:25pm Barbara 5:55pm Never the Twain 6:25pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm The Specsavers Crime Thriller Club 11:00pm Trial and Retribution 12:00am William and Mary
2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Motorway Patrol 3:30pm Highway Patrol 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 5:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:55pm The New Avengers 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Motogp Highlights 10:00pm Storage Wars 10:30pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm The Tomorrow People 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm New Girl 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm The 100 11:00pm Glue 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
Crime
Drama
Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.
12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Hotel of Mum and Dad 2:30am Sexy Beasts 3:00am Don't Drop the Baby
Series which explores four iconic British gardens.
10:00pm Lost Kingdoms of Central America 11:00pm Arms Dealer: The Notorious Mr Bout 12:25am I Never Tell Anybody Anything: The Life and Art of Edward Burra 1:25am Prince - Purple Reign 2:25am The Wonder of Animals 2:55am British Gardens in Time 3:55am Lost Kingdoms of Central America
SKY MOVIES Action 7:05am Alex Cross 9:00am Fire with Fire 10:50am Stealth Air Force aces Ben, Kara and Henry are impressed by the Stealth programme's new unmanned jet.
1:05pm Flags of Our Fathers 3:30pm Dante's Peak 5:25pm Alex Cross 7:15pm Fire with Fire 9:00pm The Fast and the Furious 10:50pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 12:45am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2:40am Firewalker 4:40am Angel Flight Down
Comedy 7:00am Monsters University Special 7:30am The Out-of-Towners 9:15am Big Daddy 11:00am Identity Thief 1:05pm 10 Years 2:55pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 4:45pm The Way Way Back 6:35pm As Good as It Gets 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm Big Daddy 12:40am The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 2:35am The to Do List 4:30am The Top Ten Show 2014 4:45am In a World...
6:30am Malpractice 8:20am Hick 10:10am Ripley's Game 12:15pm LUV After his release from prison, a Baltimore man vows to act as a role model to his young nephew.
2:05pm Black Hawk Down 4:35pm Compulsion 6:15pm Witness 8:20pm Compulsion 10:00pm Déjà Vu 12:10am Black Hawk Down 2:40am The Good Doctor 4:25am Single White Female
8:40am City Slacker 10:20am Before Midnight Almost two decades after meeting, Jesse and Celine wrestle with marriage and kids in Greece.
12:20pm About Time 2:30pm Legends of the Fall 4:45pm Dead Poets Society 7:00pm Before Midnight 9:00pm About Time 11:10pm This is 40 1:30am Cherry 3:20am Hide Away 4:50am Let's Make Love
Premiere
TCM
7:00am Inescapable 8:45am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 9:15am Willow Creek 11:00am The Harry Hill Movie 12:45pm Inescapable 2:30pm Saving Mr. Banks Special 3:00pm Willow Creek 4:45pm American Hustle 7:15pm The Harry Hill Movie 9:00pm American Hustle 11:20pm Oldboy 1:20am Willow Creek 3:05am The Canyons 5:00am Oz the Great and Powerful: Premiere Special 5:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special
8:20am The First Texan 9:50am Rocky Mountain 11:20am Badman's Country 12:35pm Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Alamo 7:05pm Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 8:45pm Fury of the Congo 10:00pm City Slickers 12:05am Take a Hard Ride 2:05am City Slickers 4:00am Terry Wogan Presents the Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 5:35am Off Set
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BBC TWO 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Breakin Britain - The Crackdown 9:20am The Housing Enforcers 10:05am Natural World 11:05am Food and Drink 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm Daily Politics Conference Special 2:00pm Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam 2:30pm Celebrity MasterChef
ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.
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CH4 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:40pm Four in a Bed
CH5 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip
3:15pm Ready, Steady, Cook 4:00pm The Life of Mammals 5:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 5:30pm Pressure Pad
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?
3:10pm A Place in the Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Class
6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Meerkat Manor 8:30pm The Secret Life of Pets
6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Sarah Payne: Britain's Worst Crimes 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm Secrets and Lies
9:00pm Cheaper by the Dozen 10:50pm The Boxtrolls Special 11:00pm Football's Funniest Moments
Drama.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm Glee 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:25pm EastEnders
Includes sport and weather.
9pm 9:00pm £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 10:00pm The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight
11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time
12:35am Honeymoon in Vegas 2:10am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:15am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:20am Today at the Conference Political update. 12:50am Horizon 1:50am Hotel India 2:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Who Needs Maths? 5:30am Eco Maths
12:40am Life of Ryan: Caretaker Manager 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am Nightscreen
12:00am Educating the East End 1:00am Pokerstars.Com 1:55am NFL 2:55am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:25am Ironman Wales 3:50am Transworld Sport 4:50am Mobil 1 The Grid 5:15am British F3 5:45am Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not
12:00am NCIS 1:35am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Armed and Dangerous: Caught on Camera 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Great Scientists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Legends 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Cop Squad 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
BBC THREE
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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Barely Legal Drivers 10:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 11:00pm Bad Education 11:30pm EastEnders 12:05am Family Guy
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm World War I at Home 9:30pm The Secret Life of Books 10:00pm Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend 11:00pm Full Throttle: The Glory Days of British Motorbikes 12:00am Yellowstone
1:00am Britain's Natural World 2:00am Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador 3:00am World War I at Home 3:30am The Secret Life of Books 4:00am Timewatch
2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 7:00pm The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Billy Madison 1:40am Two and a Half Men
11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Wycliffe 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:10pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 5:25pm Barbara 5:55pm Never the Twain 6:25pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Trial and Retribution 12:00am William and Mary
12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm The New Avengers 2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Motorway Patrol 3:30pm Highway Patrol 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 5:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:55pm The New Avengers 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Celebrity Chase 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm The Blues Brothers 12:00am FYI Daily
4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm The Tomorrow People 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm How I Met Your Mother 9:30pm How I Met Your Mother 10:00pm New Girl 10:30pm The Mindy Project 11:00pm Tattoos After Dark 11:30pm Tattoos After Dark 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
Comedy
Crime
Drama
9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Driver 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm My £999 Wedding
9:00pm Posh Pawn 10:00pm Ramsay's Costa Del Nightmares 11:00pm Gogglebox
Highlights of all the Champions League matches.
A selection of famous footie fans single out hilarious highlights from the beautiful game.
12am
Animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of American family life.
12:27am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad! 1:12am American Dad! 1:35am Bad Education 2:05am Don't Tell the Bride 3:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad 4:00am Don't Tell the Bride
Series following America's wildlife in Yellowstone National Park.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Appaloosa 9:10am Deep Blue Sea 11:10am The Top Ten Show 2014 11:30am Hero 1:25pm R.I.P.D. 3:15pm Thor: The Dark World 5:15pm The Transporter 7:00pm Deep Blue Sea 9:00pm R.I.P.D. 10:45pm Thor: The Dark World 12:45am The Man with the Iron Fists 2:35am Get Carter 4:30am Pain and Gain: Sky Movies Special 4:45am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers Don is a Smoke Jumper, firefighters who parachute into forest fires and battle them from within.
6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am Mad Dog and Glory 8:40am The World's End Special 9:10am Crocodile Dundee 10:50am Crocodile Dundee II 12:50pm So Undercover 2:30pm Grown Ups 2 4:20pm American Pie: The Wedding 6:05pm Admission 8:00pm Crocodile Dundee 9:45pm Crocodile Dundee II 11:45pm Grown Ups 2 1:30am Our Idiot Brother 3:10am American Pie: The Wedding 4:50am Blazing Saddles
6:20am Loss of Faith 8:00am Bad Company 10:00am Three Days of the Condor 12:00pm Bullitt 2:00pm The East 4:00pm S.W.A.T. 6:00pm All Things to All Men 7:40pm The Island 10:00pm The East 12:00am S.W.A.T. 2:05am Derailed 4:00am Fear 16-year-old Nicole falls in love with David, a good-looking guy she meets at a party.
5:45am Ocean's Eleven
7:00am Surviving Christmas 8:45am Free Samples 10:15am Girl, Interrupted 12:30pm While You Were Sleeping A woman pretends to be the girlfriend of a man she is attracted to when he falls into a coma.
2:20pm You've Got Mail 4:25pm The Butler 6:40pm Les Miserables Special A behind-the-scenes look at the star-studded adaptation of the iconic musical.
7:10pm Dangerous Minds 9:00pm You've Got Mail 11:00pm The Butler 1:20am All Good Things 3:15am Dangerous Minds 5:05am The Barbarian and the Geisha
Premiere
TCM
11:00am Inescapable 12:45pm The Harry Hill Movie 2:30pm Willow Creek 4:15pm Fast and Furious 6 Special
7:35am Gunsmoke 8:35am Gunsmoke 9:35am Fury of the Congo 10:50am The Alamo 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Train Robbers 5:45pm By the Light of the Silvery Moon 7:40pm Band of Angels
A special show looking at the return of the full-throttle franchise.
4:45pm American Hustle 7:15pm The Harry Hill Movie 9:00pm American Hustle 11:20pm Oldboy An ad man is inexplicably imprisoned in a sparse cell.
1:20am Willow Creek 3:05am The Canyons Drama following the twisted relationships of a group of Hollywood hopefuls.
5:00am Henry Cavill: Becoming Superman 5:30am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special
Amantha Starr is a privileged girl and the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner.
10:00pm Frankenstein 12:20am John Carpenter's Vampires 2:20am Frankenstein 4:30am Fangs of the Arctic 5:40am Off Set TCM presents a special on the acclaimed English jazz-pop singer-songwriter.
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NERJA: Zuri disappeared from here in August.
The extraordinary journey of Zuri the Jack Russell WHEN Zuri, a six-year-old Jack Russell disappeared on August 12, her owner Jone Jauregui, who lives in Nerja, Malaga, never even dreamt that she would be found again - in all places - Bilbao. How the dog managed to travel the 1,000 kilometres that separate Nerja and Bilbao, we may never know, but Zuri’s owner is certainly giving it a lot of thought. Jone, who is Basque by birth but has lived in Nerja for a decade, said: “I’m from Bilbao, and it’s true that the dog has been visiting the area with me several times a year since she was a puppy, every time I go and see my family during the holidays. “But to think that she could have walked all that way alone; I don’t believe it’s possible. “I’m more inclined to believe that it was a pure coincidence. “That someone who is also from Bilbao took her whilst holidaying here in Nerja, and when she recognised the area she escaped. “When she was found
by the police she was wearing a lead and collar, and when she escaped from my house her neck was bare.” Zuri, short for ‘zuribeltz’ which is Basque for ‘black and white,’ was taken to an animal shelter where she was picked up by her owner’s brother Javier. In the end, it was Zuri’s microchip which finally reunited her with her owner. The chip carried details including her owner Jone Jauregui’s full name, DNI number and mobile phone number. Jone continued: “When they called me I could hardly believe it. I had thought that I would never see her again, I had even adopted another dog a couple of weeks before. “The girl on the phone asked if I was in Bilbao, and when I could come and collect Zuri. I was stunned when I heard the word ‘Bilbao.’ I called my brother Javier who quickly went to get her.” Zuri will stay with Jone’s parents until Christmas, when they will finally be reunited during the holidays.
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CATS all feeding from a row of food bowls look cute and you will find many of these photos on the web. Cute they may be. But they are stressful for cats, even cats that get on with each other. Cats go hunting on their own and they eat on their own. They don’t socialise over a meal like us. So keep those food bowls well apart. Is your cat going bald? It could be fleas. Some cats are so allergic to a single flea bite that they pull or nibble their fur in this area. Cats also pull or nibble their fur if they have a painful area, if they are allergic to some
SHARING FOOD: Can be stressful. forms of food, or if they are ill. Some cats even pull their fur out of stress. So take your cat to the vet and discuss the problem. Choosing a pedigree kitten. Today’s pedigree cats are beginning to develop inherited diseases from too much inbreeding, just like diseases found in pedigree dogs. It’s a complicated topic but worth looking into before you decide on one
particular breed All the information you need can be found at International Cat Care www.icare.org. There are now genetic tests available for some disorders, and you may like to discuss these with cat breeders. Helping feral cats. Many of us feel sorry for the feral cats that hang about towns and resort areas scrounging food from passers-by or out of dustbins. Many of us therefore feed them. And once they are being properly fed, the cats are more likely to survive and produce more kittens. If you are interested in trying to make a real impact on the feral cat problem, you can get two useful free downloads from World Society for the Protection of Animals at http://www.wspa.org.uk/wspaswork/ dogs/strayanimals/strayanimalresour ces.aspx. For your local radio frequency log onto www.talkradioeurope.com.
Surprising pet sitters and happy home owners By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch WHEN Diana started looking for pet sitters for her fur family she thought it might take a while to find suitable candidates. This is not because she has a challenging list of requirements for sitters, but because she has a large fur family - nine dogs and four cats to be precise! When she travels away from home, kennels are not an option because of the sheer cost of housing her extensive family of four legged friends. So instead
she prefers to have experienced pet sitters come to her home to care for them. If you look online you can usually find what you want these days… certainly Diana found a small selection of suitable candidates through an online network of specialist pet and house sitters called HouseSitMatch.com. That’s where she met Jim and Denise, both retired police-checked care workers who had worked at a rescue dogs home in their spare time. What a perfect housesit match!
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Saints and Scroungers 12:45pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Saints and Scroungers 8:45am Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 9:15am The Housing Enforcers 10:00am Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath 11:00am Penguins on a Plane 12:00pm Daily Politics Conference Special 2:00pm Cash in the Attic 2:30pm Celebrity MasterChef
ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
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CH4 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:40pm Four in a Bed
WEDNESDAY TV
CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip
3:15pm Ready, Steady, Cook 4:00pm The Life of Mammals 5:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 5:30pm Pressure Pad
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?
3:10pm A Place in the Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm They Come Back
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors
6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm UEFA Champions League
9:00pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm The Paedophile Hunter
9:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 11:00pm Wentworth
11:00pm Legends
Eerie suspense drama.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm Glee 5:30pm Futurama
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show
6:15pm Flog It! 6:55pm Party Political Broadcast by the Conservatvie Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Includes sport and weather.
9pm 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Our Zoo 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport
9:00pm The Long Shadow 10:00pm This World 11:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Celebrity Squares 10:00pm Scott and Bailey 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Through the Keyhole Keith Lemon presents a brand new version of the classic game show.
Australian drama series set in a women's prison.
Martin dusts off his most notorious legend in order to infiltrate the Chechen mob. Plus, Detective Tony Rice receives a warning.
12am 12:05am Stacey Dooley Investigates 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:10am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:20am Today at the Conference 12:50am The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane 1:50am Who Do You Think You Are? 2:50am Doctor Who 3:40am This is BBC Two 5:00am Human Planet
12:40am The Undriveables 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.
12:05am 999: What's Your Emergency? 1:05am Four to the Floor 1:30am Undercover Boss Canada 2:30am The Good Road 4:05am The Sons of Katie Elder
12:10am Never Teach Your Wife to Drive 1:05am Law and Order: Criminal Intent 1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Police Interceptors 5:00am Wildlife SOS
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
BBC THREE
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 9:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 10:00pm Live at the Apollo 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:00pm Life and Death Row 12:00am Family Guy
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys
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2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm X-Men: The Last Stand 11:10pm The Big Bang Theory 11:35pm The Big Bang Theory 12:05am Glue
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7:00am Hairbrained 8:40am The English Teacher 10:20am Boat Trip 12:00pm There's Something About Mary 2:05pm Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 3:35pm Why Stop Now? 5:10pm In and Out 6:50pm Notting Hill 9:00pm There's Something About Mary 11:10pm Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 12:40am Stir Crazy
5:45am Ocean's Eleven 8:00am Dead Again 10:00am Red Rock West 11:50am Swordfish 1:45pm Murder at 1600 3:45pm Miami Vice 6:05pm Children of Men 8:05pm Swordfish 10:00pm Proof of Life 12:20am Killing Them Softly 2:10am Jagged Edge 4:10am An Eye for an Eye
7:00am Life of a King 8:50am Under the Tuscan Sun 10:50am Dangerous Liaisons 1:00pm Racing with the Moon 2:55pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 5:00pm Gorillas in the Mist Extraordinary story of Dian Fossey's fight to save endangered mountain gorillas.
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7:45am Gunsmoke 8:45am Gunsmoke 9:45am By the Light of the Silvery Moon 11:40am Band of Angels 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Green Berets 6:45pm Rider on a Dead Horse 8:15pm Raton Pass 10:00pm Freelancers 12:00am Finder's Fee 1:55am Freelancers
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in history 1938: British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arrives back in the UK after signing a non-aggression pact with Germany. Mr Chamberlain declares the accord with the Germans signals peace for our time. 1955: James Dean is killed in a car accident. The 24-year-old Hollywood actor is killed when his German-made Porsche sports car is involved in a head-on collision with another car 48 kilometres east of Paso Robles in California. 1964: Warren Commission sees no conspiracy in JFK murder. The commission concludes in its report that gunman Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and rules out suggestions that he had an accomplice. 1973: Concorde crosses the Atlantic in record-breaking time. The supersonic airliner flies from Washington DC to Paris in three hours and 32 minutes at an average speed of 1,535 kph. 1975: First Britons conquer the world’s highest mountain. Dougal Haston and Doug Scott become the first Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The men arrive at the top of the mountain 33 days after establishing their base camp. 1983: Thirty-eight escape from Maze prison in Northern Ireland. One prison officer is killed, while another is seriously injured during the break-out. Ten of the prisoners are recaptured within hours of their escape. 1988: Ben Johnson wins the 100m gold at the Seoul Olympics. The Canadian athlete also manages to smash his own world record with a time of 9.79 seconds. Johnson leads for the entire race and reaches a speed of 48.3km/h. He is later disqualified for drugs offences. 1992: UK politician David Mellor resigns over sex scandal. Mellor blames his decision on a barrage of hostile stories published in the tabloid press and hands his letter of resignation to the Prime Minister.
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Sabotage DURING a raid on a drug cartel safe house, a close-knit elite squad of DEA operatives arrests a major crime lord and finds a large stash of money. After $10 million disappears, commander John Wharton realises one of his agents could be responsible. Hungry for revenge, the cartel begins to kill off the squad one by one and kidnaps Wharton’s family. In a race against time, Wharton tries to crush the cartel, uncover the truth and save his family. Directed by David Ayer, stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Olivia Williams. Run time 109 minutes and is rated 15.
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There is a wonderful enthusiasm about you at the moment. Seeing the reaction of others to you, it occurs that you should have taken this attitude before. Therefore, make a resolution to put more energy into everything that you do. The rewards are both social and financial. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Something new which you started in recent weeks becomes more than a passing interest. Although it may be surprising to you, it is owing to a predictable situation. In opening your mind, you also seem to have opened
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1. Founded in 1904, which body of musicians is often referred to by the initials LSO? 2. The Fairy-Queen, a masque or semi-opera by Henry Purcell, is based on which comedy play by William Shakespeare? 3. The score for The Nutcracker was which composer’s last ballet? 4. What collective name is given to the first four concertos in Vivaldi's The Trial of Harmony and Invention? 5. What was the nationality of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? 6. What was the Russian composer Shostakovich’s first name? 7. What was the title of the only opera composed by Ludwig van Beethoven? 8. Which German composer wrote the comic opera, first performed in 1911, Der Rosenkavalier? 9. Which Italian composer wrote the operas The Barber of Seville and William Tell? 10. Who composed the orchestral piece Bolero as a ballet in one act, first performed in Paris in 1928?
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27 September Gwyneth Paltrow, 41, Movie Actress She gained fame for her roles in
your heart. Many people do that at this time of the year and so you are not alone. Trusting is sometimes difficult but it must happen sometime. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Being totally inspired this week, you could be tempted to let enthusiasm run away with you. It is a lovely feeling, like being a child again. Be sure to have fun, but do keep as much money in your pocket as possible. With many demands at the moment, restrict your exuberance on finances. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There will be a certain amount of discussion regarding holiday plans. You know what you want but how do you persuade others? It's quite easy really. All
Emma and A Perfect Murder and won an Academy Award for Best Acress in 1989 for Shakespeare in Love. She was married to Chris Martin of Coldplay for 10 years.
29 September Jerry Lee Lewis, 78, Singer Rock ‘n’ roll musician best known for ‘Great Balls of Fire’. He has been married seven times and released the album Million Dollar Quartet in collaboration with Elvis Presley. 30 September Johnny Mathis, 78, Singer Popular singer who won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2003 Grammy Awards. He originally wanted to be a teacher before he was discovered as a singer.
you have to do is to get someone else to suggest a certain place. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are so sharp that there is a danger you will cut yourself! Seriously, though, try not to appear pompous over a certain matter. You may be right and you may be clever, but smarty pants are rarely popular. Some of that sharpness gets things going for you in the love department. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With everyone busy round you, the chance may be taken to show what you are capable of. Instead of watching someone make a pig's ear of a work project, offer to help. It's important to let them think any bright ideas were theirs.
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26 September Serena Williams, 32, Tennis Player This major tennis star began playing at the age of 5. Her father was her coach and she has won every major tournament. Her sister, Venus, is also a well known tennis player.
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25 September Will Smith, 45, Movie Actor He began his career on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 2007 and has since starred in Men in Black, Independence Day and I am Legend. He is married to Jada Pinkett Smith and has two children.
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
28 September Jose Calderon. Basketball player. Born in Villaneuva de la Serena, he is a professional basketball player who plays for the Toronto Raptors and the Spanish national team. The 6’3” player spent his first six seasons playing in Europe and made his league debut playing for CB Lucentim Alicante.
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) A business partnership takes on a romantic tinge this week. It is possible that the other party sees this as more significant than you. To avoid problems later it would be best to let them do all the running. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Your outgoing attitude is spot on. Some may say you are a little crazy, the way you go for things. Each person has their own way and yours can be quite unique but that certainly does not make it wrong. People who make the world around us that little bit more colourful are gems.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aped, dare, dart, date, dear, deep, deer, dept drat, duet, dupe, pard, read, reed, retd, rude, rued, teed, trad, adept, darer, dater, deter, drape, drear, drupe, duper, durra, eared, erred, padre, pared, perdu, prude, rated, ruder, taped, tared, trade, tread, treed, trued, darter, dearer, depart, depute, derate, draper, parted, petard, prated, pureed, purred, reader, reaped, reared, reread, retard, tarred, trader, update, erupted, predate, reputed, retread, tapered, treader, upreared, DEPARTURE
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) As you are very much in the limelight, it comes as no great surprise that admiration comes your way. What may surprise you, however, is the direction it comes from. Who would have thought that such a situation would arise? Strange things happen sometimes.
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1. LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 2. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 3. Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY, 4. THE FOUR SEASONS, 5. AUSTRIAN – born in Salzburg, 6. DMITRI, 7. FIDELIO, 8. Richard STRAUSS, 9. Gioacchino Antonio ROSSINI, 10. Maurice RAVEL
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Someone you mistrust offers to add to your celebrations. Why not call a truce? We both know that little long term will come out of it, but who cares? Sometimes, it is better to share one good moment with someone than none at all.
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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Some legal matters need your attention. That's not really what you want at this time of the year. A decision has to be made and it needs a fine balance. Asking others may just confuse matters, so only seek expert advice. At the end of the day, you will know what is both best and acceptable. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A last-minute invitation turns out to be just the ticket in more ways than one. An invitation to join a holiday may be proffered. This is unusual, certainly, but keep an open mind. Your company is clearly well appreciated so why not make that a point of pride? Let's face it, who is best equipped to blow your trumpet?
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Unscramble the name of a famous English actress: HEAR HER NOBLEMAN ACT
Across 1 Careless hit-and-run (8) 4 Monster seen in Pilgrim’s Progress (4) 7 Sounds of approval and pride (5) 9 A sail back with a different name (5) 11 Doctor behind preliminary version (5) 12 Shiver when she drinks a cocktail (5) 13 Course of ship circling lake (6) 15 Official instructions for religious groups (6) 19 Cliff Richard is miffed Elvis started lawbreaking (5) 21 Mike axes weird tests (5) 23 Acceptable to have First Lady around to conjure up (5) 24 Georgia, for example, in poor taste (5) 25 Cut cooked buns (4) 26 Broadcast this sect’s ill musicians (8)
Unscramble the name of a famous Cambridge University college, founded in 1350 (two words): A TINY THRILL FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: HELENA BONHAM CARTER, TRINITY HALL
Play on Words T T A W 6 Pine for a young lady (4) 8 Musty endless yarn (5) 10 Criticise traditional roofing material (5) 14 Knock down, we’re told, and build up (5) 16 Wanders around for nothing, among the sheep (5)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents W and 20 represents Z, so fill in W every time the figure 13 appears and Z every time the figure 20 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Selects (7) 5 Perfection (5) 8 Confidential (7) 9 Strict (5) 10 Financial institution (4) 11 Let go (7) 12 Weep (3) 13 Additional (5) 15 Borders (5) 17 Unhappy (3) 18 Have to do with (7) 19 Blocks (4) 22 Similar (5) 23 Bravery (7) 24 Connections (5) 25 Able to see (7)
Down 1 Proficient (7) 2 Pungent vegetable (5) 3 An asterisk 4 Constant (6) 5 Took a firm stand (8) 6 Night time (7) 7 Loans (5) 12 Negligent (8) 14 Emotional stress (7) 16 Hang (7) 17 Light meals (6) 18 Creep (5) 20 Make fit (5) 21 Keg stopper (4)
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Answers: What’s up doc?, Flat iron
Down 1 Masters vandalised small rivers (7) 2 A hospital room success symbol (5) 3 Box presented with thanks to an ancient Greek city (6) 5 Bird under par on a golf course (5)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Beds, 4 Meals, 9 Abscond, 10 Plate, 11 Inert, 12 Species, 13 Actors, 15 Beware, 19 Solicit, 21 Cases, 23 Ounce, 24 Earlier, 25 Spots, 26 Stem. Down: 2 Ensue, 3 Scooter, 4 Medusa, 5 Ample, 6 Stamina, 7 Manila, 8 Less, 14 Talents, 16 Encores, 17 Ensure, 18 Athens, 19 Slob, 20 Credo, 22 Swine. QUICK Across: 1 Astonishment, 8 Appear, 9 Planet, 10 Persuade, 11 Path, 12 Fewer, 14 Feast, 18 Clue, 20 Official, 22 Manage, 23 Ideals, 24 Satisfactory.
Across 1 Before (5) 4 Gum (anatomical) (5) 7 Su (de él) (3) 8 Roast (5) 9 Ribbon (5) 10 Grape (3) 11 Igual (5) 12 Ruta (de viaje) (5) 13 Of the (3) 14 Between (5) 15 Friend (f) (5)
16 Rata (3) 17 Neumáticos (de ruedas) (5) 18 Anxiety (5) Down 1 Asombro (9) 2 Translator (9) 3 Hombros (9) 4 Scarlet (9) 5 Siglos (9) 6 Housewife (3,2,4)
Down: 2 Supreme, 3 Obeys, 4 Inroad, 5 Happen, 6 Example, 7 Treat, 13 Elegant, 15 Smaller, 16 Covers, 17 Africa, 19 Leads, 21 Chest. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Conductor, 8 Acero, 9 Stone, 10 Last, 11 Frio, 15 Sepia, 17 Traje, 18 Orgulloso. Down: 2 Opens, 3 Dios, 4 Cosa, 5 Oro, 6 Tallest, 7 Relojes, 12 Roads, 13 Tabu, 14 Util, 16 Por.
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TOP 10 SCI-FI MOVIES SCIENCE FICTION has brought audiences worldwide some of history’s boldest and most glorious films. Although sometimes patronised as childrens’ stuff, this ground-breaking genre both incites the imagination and creates a sense of wonder with the universe. Here is a short list of some of the best sci-fi movies ever to grace the silver screen. 1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Voted the greatest movie of all time by the readers of Empire magazine, the first Star Wars sequel takes a fairly simplistic sci-fi formula and turns it into an enjoyable, emotionally absorbing and philosophically rich cinematic experience. This film strikes a perfect balance between sentiment, humour, spectacle and character. It has earned to date more than $538 million (€417 million) worldwide. 2. The Terminator (1984) This American science fiction film helped launch the career of James Cameron and solidified that of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The plot could hardly be more mindboggling: a relentless killer robot in synthetic skin is sent back in time to kill the mother of the future saviour of mankind before he is born. The Terminator spawned three sequels and a new movie is coming out next year.
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Finding out the truth BOOKS PUBLISHED in August 2014, Daughter is Jane Shemilt’s eerie debut novel. A teenage girl goes missing and her mother realises she does not know her daughter as well as she thought. As the police begin investigating the mysterious disappearance of Naomi, the teen’s family must come to accept what
has happened to them and come to terms with what it reveals about each and every one of them. Is finding the truth about Naomi the only way to put the Malcom family back together or will it inevitably tear them apart? Jane Shemilt completed a post graduate diploma in Creative Writing at Bristol and went on to
almost immediate success in Europe, American audiences were reluctant to fully embrace it at first, but it has since become a cult film. Director Terry Gillian has also been at the helm of other commercial successes, including 12 Monkeys and The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen.
3. Metropolis (1927) Directed by German-Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang, Metropolis is considered to be a pioneering film in the genre and even though some critics at the time called it simplistic and naïve, it has since become classic with an ever-growing cult following. Truth be told it is a masterpiece that set the standard for megacities, robots and dystopian nightmares. 4. Brazil (1985) Set in a dystopian world, this British masterpiece is arguably one of the best satires on bureaucratic society ever to be put on film. Even though it was an
6. Aliens (1986) The sequel to the 1979 science-fiction horror film by Ridley Scott gave nightmares to an entire generation. While the film admittedly does recycle a
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of the best visual punches in movie history and the unforgettable soundtrack by John Williams has become ingrained in pop culture around the world. 8. Blade Runner (1982) Blade Runner had mixed reviews when it first came out. Some critics did not like its pacing, while others praised its complexity and it performed poorly in the US after its release. However it has become a cult film. This dystopian science fiction film offers a cyberpunk vision of a future in which mankind has developed the technology to create human clones. Trivia: the first cut of Ridley Scott ran four hours.
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5. Star Wars (1977) Few would dispute that this masterpiece redefined the genre and an entire industry. At the time, its special effects were ground-breaking and it set the standard of science fiction for years to come. It launched the career of Harrison Ford, who became a megastar overnight and gave us one of the most iconic villains of all time. It received 10 Academy Award nominations and has made more than $775 million worldwide (€602 million).
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lot of borrowed ideas from the first movie, including a sympathetic android, the creatures, the corridors, the sense of gloom and the kick-ass heroine, there is no denying it takes all those elements up a notch and delivers a truly enthralling experience. Trivia: One of the alien eggs used in the movie is exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. 7. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) The aliens in this 1977 American film are a breath of fresh air, considering the fact they are not out to take over the world and disintegrate everyone with their laser guns. The glorious sight of the mothership over the mountain is arguably one
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Hailed by many as Stanley Kubrick’s magnum opus, 2001: A Space Odyssey is the movie that put the science in science fiction and a case could be made that its glorious depiction of space travel and the future of mankind remains unrivalled. Its greatest strength is in the details and Kubrick gives the viewer a lot of food for thought about what it means to be a human being. 10. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) It may come as a surprise to fans of the genre that the concept of this successful 1980’s film is based on an imaginary friend director Steven Spielberg created following his parents’ divorce in the 60’s. E.T. surpassed Star Wars and became the highest-grossing film of all time until 1993, when Jurassic Park surpassed it. This timeless story of friendship has made more than $792 million (€615 million).
E.T.: Based on an imaginary friend.
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Gain the rewards of being a high quality live-in carer WHAT do Consultus live-in carers find the most enjoyable aspect of their work? The clients. That was one of the results of an inhouse survey carried out by the company and it came as no surprise. For in the 50plus years that the company has been providing live-in carers and nurses, Consultus has won a reputation as one of the UK’s most respected organisations of its type. As a result, it tends to be the more discerning clients who seek the company’s services. People who have led interesting and successful lives and who, as the survey also identified, are very grateful for the compassionate and professional services they receive. But again that is also not surprising, because Consultus takes great care to identify, train and support live-in
carers who have the patience, empathy and desire to make a real difference to people’s lives. The additional rewards include the flexibility to work when and how often they like. Living with clients in the UK for 24/7 for periods of two to four weeks, Consultus live-in carers have the benefit of their own private room and board and can earn £910 to £1,372 for a two-week assignment. Consultus live-in carers come from a wide range of backgrounds. Some have had long careers in care, while others have little or no experience other than caring for family members and take advantage of the company’s training opportunities. Whilst there are no formal age restrictions, maturity and a certain level of life experience is looked for. Training is carried
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work through it and your needs will be quenched. This is all included in the one-off fee of only €95. So, if you’re ready to change your life, if you’re ready to free yourself from that destructive habit which has overtaken every aspect of your day and if you’re tired of smelling of stale smoke, then call today. One client had this to say: “Thank you, thank you, thank you. My husband attended your clinic in Cabo Roig for help in stopping smoking. I am so pleased to say from that day to this, he has been a non-smoker and has not even been tempted to take a puff. “Your hypnotherapy and CD did the trick, and your advice on leaving the
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out in the UK over three days to the highest levels, at the end of which carers usually go straight into placements with clients carefully matched by Consultus. Whilst in training, carers can take advantage of the The Carer House, which gives new and existing carers the opportunity to stay near the company’s head office in Tonbridge, Kent. If you think you have the attributes to become a carer and would like to take advantage of the benefits offered by a friendly and professional agency, you couldn’t do better than to start with Consultus. Please contact Sandra Field our experienced Care Consultant in Spain: Tel: 658 965 204. Email: s.field@consultuscare.com www.consultuscare.com
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Beauty Institute in Orba is now offering new beginners courses NOW it is possible to make your own skincare products with the finest natural and organic ingredients. The Beauty Institute in Orba is now offering a beginners’ course in Natural Skin Care. During this enjoyable workshop participants will learn to make a moisturiser, shampoos, lip balm, and Aloe Vera gel products. Make and take home a set of hand-made natural products which smell divine and leave you with silky soft skin. The products can be personalised to suit your own skin type and preferences.
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Experimental Spanish drug could cure half of all breast cancer patients SPANISH scientists have created a new drug which could cure half of breast cancer cases. The experimental drug, called nintedanib, causes, in combination with standard chemotherapy with paclitaxel, a total remission of tumours in 50 per cent of patients with early breast cancer HER2negative, the most common type of breast
cancer types. These are the findings of a first phase clinical trial sponsored by the National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) through the Clinical Research Unit of Breast Cancer. Miguel Angel Quintela, Head of CNIO, said: “The combination of drugs has proved to be a success, since it has proven to be completely safe and has
yielded rates of complete cure of 50 per cent.� The trial included 10 patients with HER2negative breast cancer, all in early stages of the disease. In view of the results, the institution has already launched a largescale clinical study for phase two to validate the work in a larger number of patients. The results are expected in early 2015.
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SLEEP: Children need at least 9-10 hours a night.
Is your child getting enough sleep? SLEEP is one of the most important habits to restore physical and mental balance, especially in children. Now school has started again, it is time to get back into the routine of early nights as it is essential for the development and welfare of the child. It helps with the processes of attention and memory and also helps in strengthening learning and performance improvement. Primary care paediatricians recommend the following to help children adapt to the routine: 1. Try and keep regular sleep schedules, even at the weekend.
2. Having regular times for meals will also help with a sleeping routine. 4. Avoid stimulating activities in the final hour before bedtime. 5. If your child enjoys a nap, keep it short, 30 to 45 minutes and early in the afternoon so bedtime is not therefore too late. 6. Avoid allowing your child to fall asleep with the TV on, as this is believed to decrease the depth of sleep. It is also advisable not to place a TV or electronics in the bedroom. Children aged between three and eight years old should sleep at least a minimum of 9-10 hours a day.
FIGHTING FATIQUE: Many turn to sports and energy drinks.
Energy drinks are ever more popular AS half of Britons say they often feel tired, sales of sports and energy drinks have surpassed £1.5 billion (€1.9 billion). New research from market research company Mintel reveals that half (54 per cent) of Brits claim to often
feel tired, rising to six in 10 (60 per cent) women. In line with this, throughout the downturn the sports and energy drinks market saw steady growth rising from £1 billion (€1.27 billion) in 2009 to an estimated £1.5 billion in 2014. Today, three-quarters (75 per cent) of Brits say they are more fun to be around when they’re feeling energetic (rising to 82 per cent of women) and 64 per cent say they get irritated easily when they’re tired (rising to 75 per cent of women). Further to this, it seems that many have
been looking to fight their fatigue with sports and energy drinks as 61 per cent of Britons have drunk a sports drink and 46 per cent an energy drink in the past year. However, despite its relatively high penetration, the sports drink market is declining, with sales of this drink down from 173 million litres in 2011 to a predicted 156 million litres in 2014, falling in value terms by 15 per cent from £236 million (€300 million) to £218 million (€277 million) over the same period. This comes despite sales of energy
drinks rising from 454 million litres to an estimated 550 million between 2011 and 2014. Sales are expected to rise to 647 million litres in 2019, compared to the sports drink sector, which is expected to sink to 115 million litres. David Zhang, Research Analyst at Mintel, said: “The growth of the sports and energy drinks market has slowed dramatically over the past couple of years since peaking in 2011, due to the ailing sports drink market. The decline in sales of sports drinks at a time when sports participation is rising highlights that consumers are opting for other sources of hydration when undertaking sports. With strong overlap between users of sports and energy drinks, cross-category competition between the segments looks likely to remain intense.”
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A warm welcome awaits at the Jacaranda in Moraira JACARANDA Restaurant and Bar in Moraira is the place to go for a family friendly welcome. They serve all your traditional English dishes which are all served with home-made chips and they also do takeaways. Tuesday night is fun night where from 9pm there is a fun quiz and Bingo and a big jackpot prize is still waiting to be won. Starting on October 2 and every Thursday after that, Spanish lessons with Carlos are launching costing just €4, so go along and learn Spanish and meet new friends. Every Friday is fish JACARANDA: Fresh, home cooked food in friendly surroundings. night. The STOP PRESS Jacaranda do a A big Happy Birthday special with Cod Yorkshire pudding and The Jacaranda is open Tuesday to to Jill (Mum) on or Haddock and everything is freshly Saturday 4pm-10pm and Sundays September 29. home-made chips cooked. The price is 1pm till close and there is a full Love you lots. and peas for €7.95. €8.95 including a free menu always available, booking is The Jacaranda is bottle of wine per couple, recommended so call now. known for its fish and chips served from 1-3pm. Booking only. A warm welcome awaits you and booking is highly The Jacaranda is well known for from Paul, Jill, Becky and Paul recommended. On a Sunday the its charity Saturday auctions at Junior. Jacaranda do a home-made two- 1.30pm with auctioneer Bob Jacaranda - Camino Viejo course roast with starter and main Gingell. Go along and change your El Portet, Moraira, 03724 or main and dessert with a choice unwanted goods for cash. The next Call 965 743 292 of beef or pork and its famous auction is on October 4.
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Steak glorious steak; Argentinian quality is now in Albir EVERY now and then you discover a little hidden gem of a place; the jewel in the crown, a pleasant surprise. Welcome to Argentina Beef and Wine. Nestled on a quiet side street in Albir, Argentina Beef and Wine does exactly what the name suggests, offering amazing Argentinian beef and wine, although we have to take their word for it on the wine, with it being a lunch time work visit. Owned and run by Luis Esquerdeiro and his Argentinian wife Silvia, the couple are joined by their trusted friend Pili serving customers. It is a small and intimate team of staff, just like the restaurant itself and it works. It is just as much a pleasure speaking with Luis as it is sampling his food. Having originally worked in the oil industry around the world he retired in 2003 and spent time in Argentina with his wife and family. Silvia’s family is from the indigenous people of Argentina; mapuche, so their Argentinian restaurant really is authentic and traditional to the country’s cuisine. Now with over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry they first opened a restaurant in Jalon followed by Calpe and Alicante City before concentrating their efforts in Albir with Argentina Beef and Wine now having been open for two years. The menu is a meat lovers delight. All simply
STEAK: Authentic Argentinian cuisine.
ARGENTINE BEEF & WINE: Now two years in Albir. and carefully prepared by Luis using only the best Angus beef from Buenos Aries from the prestigious Rioplatense fridges: “You will not find this beef anywhere else, the cows graze freely and it is kept for 21 days at 0-1 degrees and we also have a special meat fridge to keep it at this temperature so it matures and maintains its quality.” The restaurant sells around 50-80kg of meat a week, so it is popular with customers who can try a variety of cuts of beef from the tenderloin and entrecote to a transversal cut of rib or the diaphragm. Even down to the salts used in the seasoning and the chimichurri salsa to accompany the meat, all are direct from Argentina. There are of course other options available on the menu included pastas, salads and chicken but this is really all about the steak. Sampling the menu del dia, which simply has just one choice; steak, as Luis found
this is all customers wanted, it is the most affordable way to sample the quality and taste of the prime cut of meat. For €9.90 diners can enjoy the sweet succulent Argentinian entrecote with bread and a drink. The accompanying salad is crisp and fresh, another example of Luis’s attention to detail and dedication to offering only the freshest and best quality produce around. The menu del dia is serve Monday to Saturday from 1-6pm with the restaurant open from 11.30am10.30pm, closed Sundays. For a special treat try the Tango Dinner and Show with Spanish and European champion dancers. Booking is essential for the monthly spectacular which takes place on the last Thursday of the month. Book now. Argentina Beef and Wine Calle Ruperto Chapi 4 Albir Tel: 659 946 983 or 966 866 462 www.argentinabeefwine. com
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BY now most readers will have had an inch or two of rainfall and gardens are looking fresher and greener than a few weeks ago. Plants that have hibernated in terms of producing flowers will bloom again. Already autumn flowering plants such as our salvia/sage collection are coming into flower. With days a little
COLOURFUL: Flowering sages are an autumn joy. cooler it is great to spend a half day in the garden again without having to start at sunrise. And there is plenty to do as described in the monthly work lists in each of the books written by myself and Clodagh. If you need new plants to extend planted areas, or replace plants lost during the hot dry summer, now is a good time to start potting-up cuttings of many perennial plants, not just salvias, shrubs and trees. Shrubs and tree cuttings often take best if the cutting and pot is sealed in a clear or semi opaque plastic bag. Rooting powder is available in Spain. It is called ‘Hormonas de enraizamiento.’
By the way, if you are learning Spanish, there are comprehensive gardening vocabularies at the back of our gardening books. If you have vegetable gluts, process some for unseasonal use during the winter or buy a turkey or a couple of laying hens that will be happy to eat most vegetables, to cut down on grain costs. As discussed last week, have a go at starting to grow vegetables with first objectives being autumn salad leaves and all the vegetables for Christmas Day including new potatoes grown in a large bucket or dustbin. Garden centres and general stores are starting to stock winter/spring bulbs.
Many grow well in Spain but in general tulips don’t survive year after year here as they can be attacked by moisture loving pests such as slugs. Daffodils and irises do better. You might also come across some autumn-flowering saffron crocuses. It can be fun to collect and dry the stamens to flavour and colour rice dishes. As the temperatures drop reduce your watering and prompt plants to put down deeper roots and avoid autumn pest attacks brought on by over watering. Make the best of the next four gardening weeks before the clocks change and autumn starts for real. Autumn to spring talks From time to time Dick Handscombe gives gardening or healthy living talks around Spain. If you belong to a gardening or social club that would be interested in a talk between October and June next year please contact him asap by email on gardeninginspain@hotm ail.com.
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July sales increase PROPERTY sales in Spain increased by 10.7 per cent in July. Provisional data released by the National Statistics Institute show compared to last year the number of property sales rose by 10.7 per cent in July, totalling 28,583 transactions. This rise puts an end to 10 consecutive months of yearon-year declines and is actually the fifth consecutive increase after those registered between March and June. On the other hand, this growth can be traced back to the 24.7 per cent increase in the purchase of second-hand properties, which totalled 18,082 transactions. According to Europa Press, 90 per cent of property purchases were for private homes, sales of which increased by 9.2 per cent compared to 2013, finally totalling 25,720 transactions. In contrast, transactions on social housing rose by 25.8 per cent compared to July 2013 and reached 2,863 operations. The largest numbers of property sales per 100,000 people were recorded in Valencia (107), the Canary Islands (92) and La Rioja (91).
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PAINTER/DECORATOR W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 197 170. (224762) www.decorlux.es painting, decorating, renovation. Covering the Costa Blanca and inland since 1996. Estimates free. Tel 649 181 526 Facebook/decorlux painters(221196)
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PROPERTY TO LET DOGS WELCOME - 500 year old beamed cottage in valley, Jesus Pobre, Javea. www.littlehousein spain.com. SPECIAL OFFERS: 24 Sep - 4 Oct €500/week. 18 Oct - 25 Oct €450/week (229203)
PROPERTY FOR SALE CHALET in ORIHUELA, NEW. 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, pool, 1,500 plot, 154m2 construction built, 145,000€. 965 832 658 / 629 991 543 (220097) HOUSE TO RENOVATE, 160m2 build, 825m2 plot in pure nature, 10km to the beach and 2.5km to the town of Gata, 80,000€. 965 832 658 / 629 991 543 (220097)
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COUNTRY HOUSE near Gata de Gorgos, in the middle of the mountains at Cami Font Mata and is second house to the right. NEW. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath, kitchen, living room. 160m2 build with 825m plot. 2.5km to the centre, 12.5km to the beaches Javea. ONLY 99,000 euros. Tel: 629 991 543 (223633)
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World first laser tech from Range Rover THE Range Rover Evoque is now available with an advanced integrated laser Head-Up Display (HUD). The secondary driver information display projects useful information directly onto the vehicle’s windscreen and into the driver’s field of vision. In a world first, the Land Rover system features laser holographic techniques, resulting in superior colour saturation, brightness and contrast compared to rival systems, and all in a small, lightweight package. The innovative laser system is more robust against issues such as
‘washout’ - the effect that the glare from sunlight has on inferior LED-based systems. A further addition to the Range Rover Evoque’s suite of innovate technologies, HUD allows drivers to maintain a clear view of the road, while simulta-
neously receiving key driving information such as road speed, gear position, turn-by-turn navigation, traffic sign recognition, the cruise control set speed and the Automatic Cruise Control (ACC) status, including warnings.
The system is fully configurable and customisable; functions can be switched on or off, brightness can be increased or decreased and the vertical position of the display can be adjusted from the cluster menu. “Jaguar Land Rover’s HUD system is an innovative driver information tool, which really pushes the boundaries of advanced laser LASER DISPLAY: Land Rover on the road to the car of the future.
projection technology. It borrows from military technology - which, until now, has been unheard of in the automotive industry,” said Murray Dietsch, Director Land Rover Programme. “Land Rover is committed to preventing the risk of accidents by reducing driver distraction. By presenting key driver information in this way and removing the need for the driver to look away from the road ahead, HUD is an important step on the journey to delivering Land Rover’s vision of the intelligent car of the future.” Available to order now on the Range Rover Evoque, HUD functionality will vary
to ensure an optimal customer experience. HUD is now available as an option in almost all markets. Since its launch in 2011, the Range Rover Evoque has won 161 international awards for its combination of leading-edge design, striking interior craftsmanship, in-car technology and off-road capability. With highly competitive pricing, a range of powerful yet efficient petrol and diesel engines, ‘OnDemand’ Active Driveline to enhance agility and efficiency and a fuelefficient nine-speed automatic ZF transmission, the Evoque continues to win awards across the globe.
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282 miles per gallon from Renault RENAULT has unveiled a new prototype that needs just one litre of fuel to go 100 kilometres, which works at a stunning 282 miles per gallon (UK.) To achieve such low figures, the designers focused their efforts on three main areas when designing the EOLAB: minimising weight, refining aerodynamics and using Z.E. Hybrid technology, a brand new initiative which permits zero emissions motoring during everyday use. As an innovative showcase with an environmental core, EOLAB includes a very high number of technological advances that are destined to be carried over gradually to vehicles available in the showroom. As a consequence, EOLAB underlines the undertaking of Renault already a pioneer in the field of zero-emission mobility thanks to its range of electric vehicles - to take
NEW PROTOTYPE: Needs only one litre of fuel to go 100 kilometres. even greater steps to produce affordable models that have an increasingly smaller carbon footprint. For Renault, the purpose of EOLAB is to remain true to the company’s DNA by ensuring that ultra-low fuel consumption becomes a reality for as many people as possible. This in turn means making its technologies available at a price that people can afford. EOLAB features materials such as magnesium and aluminium, which are extremely light and also much cheaper than titanium.
Meanwhile, the notion of such a car being produced in large numbers within the next 10 years was in the plan from the very start. EOLAB is much more than just a styling exercise or a mere shop window. Conceived around a Bsegment platform, the prototype incorporates around 100 new, realistic technological developments that are designed to be introduced gradually on upcoming Renault vehicles. The car’s shape was designed to slice through air efficiently, while movable devices such as an
active spoiler and lateral vanes perform the same way as ailerons. A weight saving programme brought the car’s mass down to just 400 kilos, thanks in particular to a multimaterial body shell combining steel, aluminium and composites, as well as a remarkable magnesium roof that tips the scales at barely four kilos. The Z.E. Hybrid technology is a new, compact, affordable hybrid power unit which combines ultra-low fuel consumption with zero-emission mobility.
Not so mini now
MINIS are getting bigger with the introduction of the new five door model. By significantly expanding the wheelbase compared to the standard Mini, space has been created for three seats in the back and space to strech out: 72 millimetres more foot space and legroom, 15 millimetres more headroom and 61 millimetres more interior width at elbow height. On top of that the luggage compartment space is now 278 litres - 67 litres more than in the three-door model. Those, say the manufacturer, are excellent figures in the small car premium segment. As you would expect the back seats can be split 60:40 for carrying flexibility and there is an optional storage package including luggage compartment floor which can be locked into place at varying points. The effect is to add practicality to the driving fun, efficiency, ride comfort, safety and connectivity. Additionally, a new generation of engines, model-specific suspension settings and high-end fittings including innovative driver assistance systems make the car more desirable than ever. The body length has been stretched by 161 millimetres to 3,982 millimetres or for
the Mini Cooper S five door and Mini Cooper SD five door to 4,005 millimetres. Characteristic design features such as hexagonal radiator grille, headlamps and rear lights with wide chrome surround, side turn indicator element and black body bordering as in the new Mini are all kept, with 13 additional exterior paint finishes to choose from, including the new Mini Yours paint finish Lapis luxury Blue The five-door with six model offers two petrol and two diesel engines options of the new generation available with Mini Twin Power Turbo Technology generating up to 192hp in the mini Cooper S. Manual six speed gearbox is standard, with a six speed steptronic transmission for the Cooper S and SD an option. The new model has a weightoptimised and crash-optimised body structure, with standard safety fittings including front and side airbags, side curtain airbags, ISOFIX children’s seat attachment at rear and optionally also on the front passenger seat, tyre pressure control and partially active engine compartment lid for optimised pedestrian protection. It also, says Mini, has excellent acoustic and vibrational comfort and good aerodynamic properties.
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Masters comp at Benitachell NINETY bowlers from all parts of the northern Costa Blanca took part in the Masters Competition at Benitachell Bowls Club. Teams played fours, triples, pairs and singles for excellent cash prizes, thanks to sponsors Ginister Renault and De Vere Financial Management. At the end of two days of competition the finals of the fours and singles were played with Vee Wood running out winner of the singles to Maggie Lawlay. The ‘fours’ team of Lynne and Derek Elson, Yvonne Briden and Derek Randall won against Yvonne and David Carvath, Davie Ings and George Casson in a well fought match. The final two days saw the pairs and triples take to the greens. In a very exciting final Maggie Lawley (BBC) and Derek Randall (El Cid)
played superbly to beat Velia Wood and Peter Collins 9-4. The triples final had the spectators on the edge of their seats as the match went right down to the last end when Christine and Derek Mawson with Viv Erridge grasped victory to win 10-9. The overall team prize was a very close call with the three top teams vying for first place until the last game was played. In third place was Alan and Jan Phillips, Tony and Anne McKenna and Paul Brown. In second place Peter Collins, Carol and Dudley Davies, Velia Wood and Edward Teal and the winners were Maggie Lawley, Derek Randall, Derek and Lynne Eldon and Yvonne Briden. More information at www.benitachellbowlsclub. com.
OLIVA NOVA: Overall winning team and sponsors on the day.
Pego Golf Society play a ‘singles stableford’
ON a very muggy morning at Oliva Nova Golf Course, 46 players and guests took part in Pego GS’s Singles Stableford Competition. Guest prize was won by ex football player Graham Radford with 34 points. Captain Danny Herron warmly welcomed all the guests, and thanked them for taking part in the morning golf competition.
DESPITE DELAYS: The conditions prompted superb scores from the players.
Warblers have early start at Bonalba AN early shotgun start was on offer from Bonalba this week, but unfortunately due to an overnight power failure on the urbanisation it was not to be as none of the buggies were charged up.
Despite the delays the conditions prompted some superb scores. The first division was led in by David Knight (39) beating Fred Cooley on count-back, they were followed by Jim Rogers (37). The score of
the day was by Nick Berry with 43 points to top division two. In second place,was Roy Booth (40), third place went to Barbara Pollitt (34). More information: 639 242 896.
The greens are continuing to recover from the aerating, and another two weeks will see them back to running fairly quickly. Winner of division one was Martin Gates (38), Shaun O’Gorman (36) was second with Mike Cuerden (35) third and John Guest (34) fourth. It was a brilliant round by Martin Gates, who had two twos, and also by Shaun O’Gorman who went
round in 77 gross, five over par. In Division two Jim Leith (39) was first, with in second Adrian Marsh (35), Robert Jenkins (34) third and Dave Lett (33) fourth. If any guest would like to play with the Pego Golf Society, please enter through website www.pegogolfsociety.com or send an e-mail to Donna Green at pegohandicapsec@gmail.com.
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Ryder Cup 2014 GOLF - For this first time since 1973, and for only the second in the history of the Ryder Cup, Scotland is playing host to the greatest tournament in match play golf, at the magnificent Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire. The event starts tomorrow between Europe captained by Paul McGinley and the USA skippered by Tom Watson. TO READ MORE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Stongmen in town THERE was a fantastic weekend in Moraira with the first strongman event being held. Everyone enjoyed themselves from young to old and all had their favourite strongman. The event was held to raise money for local schools, to buy new sports equipment. Organisers sent thanks to all involved and all those who attended for their support.
STRONGMEN: The first event to be held in Moraira.