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3 - 9 December 2015

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Young superheroes LEARNING new powers to help save the planet By Sam Croft With the Paris Climate Change Conference in full swing and environmental concerns everpresent in the global media, the momentum doesn’t seem about to slow down any time soon, and the trickle-down effect can be seen in environmental initiatives like the one about to head to Motril. The Campaign for Environmental Education about Climate Change is set to hit Motril next week. It is geared towards children between six and 12 years of age and aims to include youngsters from all parts of Motril. Those wishing to participate should apply by telephone (958 048 046) or email (comunicacionambiental. motril@yahoo.es) no later than tomorrow, December 4. The campaign was created with the intention of making young people more environ-

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Eviction orders issued Home-owners fear Christmas on the streets RESIDENTS of Carmens del Mar in La Herradura have reported they have been told to leave their homes as shifting

earth is gradually causing the urbanisation to sink and it has been given an expiry date of seven or eight years. See Page 2

Wind or vandals? Almayate locals remain undecided over headless bull THE well-known Osborne bull on the hillside over Almayate appeared to have lost its head overnight. Locals are still trying to decide whether to blame vandals or strong winds for the damage caused to the iconic landmark. See Page 4

Independence in sight Green light for Torre del Mar mentally aware through a series of fun and educational activities. Motril Council believes that if children learn to be conscious of environmental issues at a young age, they will be more likely to apply their knowledge in practical ways, by doing things like recycling or making a concerted effort

to save energy. In order to make the programme more dynamic, developers have created two superhero characters who will educate the children by stressing the importance of environmental conservation. The idea is to make the children feel that they too can be

superheroes who can help to save the planet. The environment has been a hot topic in the news over the last few weeks. The Paris conference is under way, with a record 147 leaders together under one roof attempting to arrive at solutions to environmental issues.

TORRE del Mar was declared a Local Autonomous Entity at a VelezMalaga plenary session following months of discussion and work. The news means the area will have more independence. See Page 5

Property tax hike Bad news for home-owners ALMUÑECAR Council has approved a measure to gradually increase property taxes, which is

expected to see 46,000 buildings affected between now and 2017. See Page 7

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4,240 fireworks confiscated THE Guardia Civil has confiscated 4,240 fireworks from a shop in Rincon de la Victoria. The shop, the police force reported, not only lacked permits to sell this type of item but also failed to meet any

safety measures and the fireworks were being sold straight out of a box on the counter. Most of the items confiscated were categorised as group two and three, which cannot be sold to under 16s or 18s.

Pregnant swimmers AS of January 11 mums to be will be able to join swimming classes at Nerja’s municipal sports complex. A new round of swimming

lessons for beginners will kick off on the same day, with activities taking place on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8pm to 9pm.

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CARMENES DEL MAR: Urbanisation has been given an expiry date of ‘seven or eight years’ due to subsidence.

Local residents worried HOMEOWNERS hoping local authorities will give a helping hand By Sam Croft RESIDENTS of the Carmenes del Mar de La Herradura Urbanisation in Granada are worried that they will ha ve to s pe nd C hris tma s ‘unde r a bridge’ after receiving eviction orders for safety reasons. The urbanisation is gradually subsiding as a result of the shifting of the ground, and has been given an expiry

date of ‘seven or eight years’. Some of the residents have already left, particularly families with children. Others have stopped paying their mortgages. Residents have initiated a class-action lawsuit, and are hoping that the authorities will lend them a helping hand so that they can pay for some cautionary measures to keep the houses standing until the lawsuit finishes.

Many residents feel nobody is listening to them. They argued t hat €4m i l l i on, t he amount needed for the cautionary measures, would be next to nothing for the Junta de Andalucia Regional Government. They f ur t her added t hat t he Junta could exert its influence to get the insurance process moving more quickly.

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ICONIC: The bull’s black silhouette is a local landmark. Inset: Damaged billboard to be investigated.

Headless bull causes a bit of a stir in Almayate OSBORNE technicians called in to inspect the damage By Sam Croft

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ALMAYATE residents awoke to a surprise on Thursday (November 26), the Osborne bull located in the area was missing its head. Further inspection revealed that the bull’s head hadn’t been ripped off but rather was folded over. Osborne technicians and VelezMalaga Council members were sent to investigate what had happened. It was unclear

4,000 kilos is the weight of the huge bulls, which have become a part of the Spanish landscape whether the damage to the bull was the result of vandalism or strong winds. The authorities confirmed that the bull would be repaired as soon as possible.

In Almayate on Thursday the bull was the talk of the town. Local resident Antonio Martin observed that the bull had been graffitied before, but said: “It has never lost its head.” The Almayate bull weighs 4,000 kilos, is 14 metres tall, and covers a surface of 150 square metres. Currently there are 90 of the bulls in all of Spain. Initially an advertising campaign, the billboards have since become a part of the Spanish landscape.

Woman arrested for false robbery report A WOMAN in Motril was arrested after falsely reporting that her mobile phone had been stolen. The 40-year-old went to Motril Police Station and said she had

been walking around town when a boy had come up to her, snatched her bag, and then ran away. She claimed that her mobile phone had been inside the handbag.

However, upon further investigation, the police discovered that the woman had in fact lost the phone herself and wanted to claim on her insurance for a new one.

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Torre del Mar political group gets its wish PP Councillors didn’t participate in vote By Sam Croft A POLITICAL group in favour of making Torre del Mar a self-governing community finally got its wish after the area was declared a Local Autonomous Entity (Entidad Autonoma Local – ELA) following approval at a plen a r y se ssi o n i n th e Velez-Malaga Town Hall. Man y c o u n c i l l o r s e x pressed excitement at the historical ruling, noting that the decision came after multiple meetings and months of hard work. Current Torre del Mar leaders observed that the declaration will give more politic a l a u t o n o m y an d a greater ability to self-gov-

ern to the more than 22,000 current residents of the community. However, Mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer expressed frustration that the main opposition party, PP, was absent from the session even before the debate over the matter had begun.

Residents evacuated FIVE blocks of flats in La Caleta de Velez had to be evacuated in the early hours of Friday morning (November 27) when a fire started in an underground garage. Emergency services were alerted to the fire by residents from the complex on Calle Moreras de Baviera just before 4am and police officers, firefighters and ambulance teams were sent to the scene. Two cars were destroyed by the blaze and four police officers had to be treated after inhaling smoke.

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What’s on in the runup to Xmas LA HERRADURA has announced a series of upcoming events in the runup to Christmas. The first is a charity flea market to raise funds for Caritas, which has been organised by the Cofradia de La Herradura, and will be running at the brotherhood’s premises on Plaza de La Independencia from December 4 to 8. On Saturday (December 5) there will be a street market and food drive for Caritas along with the traditional Chocolate and Churros afternoon to raise funds for the Three Kings’ Parade. On Sunday 13, a Christmas concert will be held at San Jose church. Then from December 17 to 19 there will be another Christmas market on Plaza de La Independencia.

NO WINNER: Just runner-up and two third prizes.

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JUDGES decided entrants had not met the r By Eleanor Hawkins FOLLOWING a busy week at La Herradura’s civic centre, the panel of judges for the Andres Segovia classical guitar competition finally decided not to award a first prize this year.

The prize, including €10,000 in cash and a guitar valued at €5,200, required an extremely high level of excellence which the judges decided they had not seen amongst the 14 guitarists who came from 11 different countries to take part in the pres-

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Marching for the planet’s future LA HERRADURA held its own march on Sunday (November 29) to coincide with G loba l C lima te M a rc he s ta king pla c e a ll ove r the world. Granada University Orchestra performed a concerto.

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required level of excellence tigious competition. Second prize, with €4,000 and a performance date at next year’s International Music and Dance Festival of Granada, went to Cuban guitarist Ali Arango, while there was a draw for third place between Ukrainian Marko

Topchii and Japanese Masataka Suganuma. Granada University Orchestra joined the participants at the end of the final round and award ceremony and performed Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concerto of Aranjuez.

Protests took place all over the globe to urge world leaders at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris to push for 100 per cent clean energy

Wearing green, people from La Herradura and Almuñecar gathered at La Caleta beach, opposite Los Fenicios hotel, where a giant heart was drawn in the sand for them to stand inside.

SYMBOLIC: Protestors carried green hearts and balloons. Later the group marched along the beach as far as the El Castillo area carrying symbolic hearts and green balloons. Their purpose was to convince world leaders, due to meet in Paris the following day, of the need to push for 100 per cent clean energy and put an end to pollution of the planet.

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Property tax increase approved PROPERTY owners in La Herradura and Almuñecar are facing higher IBI property taxes. An estimated 46,000 buildings in the area will be affected by the increases, which will be brought in gradually and may reach 30 per cent by 2017. The tax had to be put up some years ago to allow Almuñecar to adhere to a government scheme, but this year the council did have the option to halt the rise.

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A little voice made Chile cry BOY from Velez-Malaga starred in Chilean telethon By Sam Croft ADRIAN MARTIN VEGA who touched the hearts of Spain, participated in a Chilean telethon. THE 24-hour CI Telethon is an annual event featuring hundreds of Chilean artists. This year it also included Martin Vega as a very special guest, after he was invited to participate on Friday and Saturday.

He is familiar to Spanish audiences from his appearance on The Voice. On both the reality show and at the telethon, many in the audience were crying by the end of his performance. Martin Vega, who has neurological problems, became famous a year ago after a video of him singing a Rosario Flores song went viral. He was also the winner of the talent show Mama, I want to be an artist.

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Work on botanical garden finalised BEGAN in August 2014 but spent a lot of time at a standstill By Sam Croft THE botanical garden Detunda, located next to la Cueva de Nerja and the Maro District, will shortly be ready to open its doors to the public. Work on the gardens began in August 2014 and has cost more than €3 million. The town council held a meeting yesterday, with the architects who designed the gardens. The mayor of Nerja, Rosa Arrabal, and the Environmental Councillor, Jorge Bravo, welcomed the park designers, Isabel Amores and Modesto Garcia, who have been awarded the Premio Ateneo (Ateneo Prize) from the University of Malaga for their work on the project. Local authorities showed their satisfaction with the recent push the project received after previously spending too much

WORK: Has cost more than €3 million. time at a standstill. In the botanical garden there are 200 species of plants, 42 of which are classified as threatened. It occupies a space of

26,000 square metres. Within the gardens and the neighbouring cave, numerous conservational and educational activities are being organised.

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Climbing competition MOTRIL will be hosting the Andalucian Climbing Championships and Spanish Cup on December 5 and 6 at the local sports complex, and more than 100 people are due to take part. The event will include the semi-finals and finals for the competitions, which have vari-

ous categories for different age-groups. Some of Spain’s best climbers will be visiting to compete. The organisers have stressed the importance of the event and pointed out that climbing in its various forms is quickly gaining popularity, especially amongst younger people.

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Gang held for avocado theft SUSPECTED thieves hid in a shed when police arrived By Sam Croft THE Guardia Civil has arrested five men in Motril for allegedly stealing 1,500 kilos of avocadoes from a farm in La Garnatilla area. The men are also suspected of taking tools and plant health products. Officers in the area were tipped off that some of the stolen goods could be found in El Cerrajon area of Lobres, so they began to inspect the area

1,500 kilos of avocados were recovered but about 3,500 are still missing, the farmer said for suspicious behaviour. When they arrived at one of the farms they noticed two men loading boxes of avocadoes into a van. The men, upon seeing the police, locked the van and shut

themselves in a shed. Further inspection revealed 1,500 kilos of avocadoes. Afterwards, the area was inspected by the agents along with the farmer, who calculated that 5,000 kilos of the fruit had been taken and identified the avocadoes from the hut and the van as his own. Another three people were arrested at a later date, including a farmer who allegedly sold the fruit on.

Plants pruned after complaints AFTER more than four years of requests from residents, Nerjaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parks and Gardens Town Council Office has done some necessary cleaning and pruning around Enrique Lopez Cuenca sports complex. On Calle Saturno, overgrowth was extending across the pavement and even reached part of the road.

The plants were affecting the flow of traffic in one lane, and were a serious safety hazard. The dense vegetation made it difficult to use one of the pavements on the steet, putting pedestrians at risk. Adjacent streets have also been given attention, to solve similar problems.

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Changing things for the better Our Euro Women series is featuring women who have made a success of their lives in Spain. These outstanding ladies have been shattering glass ceilings whether in business, charity work or sports. Lyn Baines ‘retired’ to Spain in 2002, but is now busier than ever. AFTER a busy working life in Marketing and PR, Lyn Baines was worried she would be bored after retiring to Spain in 2002. Now, 13 years later, she is anything but bored, juggling numerous hats in the social, animal welfare and charity worlds. Lyn has always had a passion for singing and was in a barbershop group in the UK. It was one of the biggest things she missed in Spain so she set about doing something about it. “Barbershop was almost non-existent here,” said Lyn: “So with my friend Anthea we put an advert in the paper and Spangles was formed with just five women.” The group now has more than 44 regular singers and associate members and is marking its 11th year by preparing to go to Cork in Ireland next year to compete in an international competition. Spangles is renowned on the Costa Blanca and Costa Calida for their polished and fun performances and these have stood out at competition level. They have been crowned Spanish champions every time they have competed in the national barbershop championships organised by SABS, the Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers, of which Lyn is a founding member and now president. “In 2008, I was contacted by a guy in Madrid who had been introduced to barbershop singing on the internet and was looking for like-minded people, so I met him in Gandia,” Lyn recalled. They got the ball rolling and began spreading the barbershop word and building their membership, which currently stands at over 200, comprising men’s, women’s and mixed groups from all around Spain and Portugal.

RINGING THE CHANGES: Lyn is now working to bring improvements to animal protection and welfare.

A lady determined to make a difference We also need to be in schools, educating future generations”

Fact file Name: Lynda Baines Age: 64 Married to: Billy

Singing offered a break from her charity work, which Lyn has been involved with since 2007: “My friend was diagnosed with cancer and I would go to hospital and translate. We went through a rocky journey. There was no help or support and we did not know the system.” Lyn continued: “I was going to start something up myself when I discovered MABS and so after speaking with Jacqui, the president, she agreed I could set up a MABS branch in Murcia.” Being prolific in founding MABS Murcia Mar Menor, Lyn used her determination and marketing and organisational skills to successfully open the first such charity shop in the area. “The shop was and still is very successful and brings in vital money for MABS.” Lyn organised the Race for Life and Party in the Park events, which were big fundraisers each year but

Profession: Formerly in Marketing and PR, now retired Children: Daughter, grandson and granddaughter Nature or nurture: Nurture Originally from: near Bournemouth, UK Now lives: Los Alcazares, Murcia Pets: French bulldog Books or TV: Books but I don’t really get chance to read much Favourite book: Gone with the Wind

the shop brought in essential daily funding for the cancer support group. Lyn has helped raise tens of thousands of euros for MABS. But after six years she felt she had given it all she could and

stepped down as director of the Murcia branch. “Dealing with cancer every day takes it toll on you,” she explained, but within a few weeks she was already planning her next charity challenge, this time

with animals. Along with Sue Thomason, Cruz Azul was formed, which Lyn hopes will be pivotal in helping to change laws and attitudes towards animal welfare. Working along the lines of the PDSA in the UK, Cruz Azul exists to provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need and to promote responsible pet ownership. They also form part of PAES (Protección Animales España) which aims to bring together associations, government, authorities and professionals or companies interested in animal welfare so they can make a difference, something which is the main driving force behind Lyn’s many hours of dedication. “I have just met with a councillor in Murcia in the hope of getting the law changed. There are European laws coming in, saying how animals should be treated, and some regions in Spain have already passed laws so that no dog can be put down. There are changes and developments being made, just very slowly. We also need to be in schools, educating future generations, ” said Lyn. In the next five years Lyn hopes they will see even more changes and improvements in animal protection and welfare.

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured. As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced with all profits going to charitable organisations.

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NEW SIGNS: Work is already underway in Almuñecar.

Drivers asked to collaborate during sign painting WORK has begun on the repainting of signs and zebra crossings By Eleanor Hawkins MUNICIPAL workers are busy at the moment providing Almuñecar streets with

new signs, Maintenance Councillor Francisco Alba has reported. Alba asked for collaboration from local residents and particularly from drivers

and explained that work started in the La Carrera de la Concepcion area and would later travel to other areas which needed signs or zebra crossings repainting.

Youth campaign in Motril THE PSOE socialist party has taken its new ca m p a i g n , T h e O ffice o f L o s t Rights to Motril in order to point out the pitiful amount of money it claims the PP government has allocated to

youth rights and employment. The socialists have rallied against the huge amount of opportunities they say PP has taken away from young people in regards to education, train-

ing, and work. They have urged young people to vote for Pedro Sanchez in the election on December 20, as they claim that he will bring their rights back.

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Rumoured changes at Malaga CF UNCERTAINTY following poor season so far NOT only are Malaga CF at the bottom of the league, but yesterday, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, the president and owner of Malaga CF, pulled rank on the club’s current CEO, Vicente Casado. This has left Casado unable to make any decisions on the running of the team without prior consent from Sheikh Nasser or the vice president. In recent years, Casado has played a pivotal role in Malaga, specifically in 2012, in which he helped to solve the critical economic situation Malaga CF faced. Although there is no specific knowledge of any further changes, rumours have been circulating regarding the possible implementation of a new CEO to take over Casado. On Tuesday, Al Thani took to twitter to communicate with his followers and fans of the club. He posted cryptic tweets, and warned: ‘The time for change has come’, followed by ‘See you very soon in Malaga’. The tweets sparked intrigue and left fans wondering what changes would follow. In an interview with La Opinion the following Thursday, Al Thani did not deny immediate changes would ensue, but he sent a message of

VICENTE CASADO: Job is under threat. confidence to the coach and staff: “My full support is with the coach and entire staff, I am in contact with them permanently,” he said. The Sheikh expressed his trust in Javi Gracia, and called on fans to support the staff and coach. Despite the vote in confidence from the owner, Gracia is under threat due to poor performance, and if Malaga are defeated in the upcoming game against Granada, on Sunday, he may lose his job.

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Swing concerns LOCAL residents are unimpressed with the children’s park on the Puerta del Mar Beach. Anonymous citizens sent photos to a local newspaper and complained that the park is in ‘lamentable, dangerous condition’. Major concerns included loose rungs, rusty iron, and broken swings with frayed ropes.

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Improved lighting ALMUÑECAR streets are now better lit By Eleanor Hawkins ALMUÑECAR’S Plaza de Abderraman and Calle Bikini are now better lit thanks to new lamp posts and light bulbs the council has spent

a total of €7,000 on fitting. A number of nine-metre tall lamp posts with 150 Watt bulbs have been put into place, paying attention to one side of the square where parking areas were previously left in the dark.

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Christmas pizza SWEDEN: A fast food restaurant in Karlstad has created a unique Christmas twist on the traditional pizza by combining Swedish favourites such as meatballs and pickled herring with Italian pizza.

Refugee ships SWEDEN: Refugees could be housed on cruise ships in a bid to ease the urgent asylum accommodation shortage as winter sets in. The Swedish Migration Agency said several shipping companies have been in touch with the agency to offer ships.

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Tax rise over five years MONEY needed to help town halls pay for elderly care COUNCIL tax bills could rise by an average of £250 (€356) over the next five years to help cash-strapped town halls raise more money to pay for elderly care.

Carols cancelled THE headmistress of a primary school in Mackworth, Derby has cancelled two carol concerts saying it was too dangerous for children to cross the road to church. She said she was ‘not comfortable’ with 360 children crossing the A-52 to the church.

Depression death A FORMER BBC journalist shot himself in the grounds of his old Catholic boarding school after suffering from depression and money worries.

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David Prysor-Jones worked for the BBC from the 1970’s to 90’s and an inquest confirmed he shot himself in the head at his former Somerset school.

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Gone girl AN actress from Hampshire was given a suspended sentence at South-ampton Crown Court after she faked her own kidnapping, in a plot reminiscent of the film Gone Girl, to try and win back her ex-boyfriend.

DENMARK: An auction house has dropped its planned sale of two elephant tusks after a social media storm over the sale of the ivory. The auction was criticised by the WWF as ‘immoral.’

Norwegian plot NORWAY: A man, aged 29, suspected of being involved in a plot hatched in Norway to attack a Danish newspaper has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in New York, USA.

A REPORT has shown how Germany’s education system stacks up against the USA and the UK, with it showing German teacher’s salaries are substantially higher and a stronger early education programme.

A WOMAN was shocked to find a scorpion in her bed. What was more shocking was that it is likely to have been there for three months, stowing away in her luggage from her summer holiday in August.

CROWN COURT: Gave suspended sentence.

Happy atlas THE area of SchleswigHolstein is reported to be the happiest place in Germany according to a ‘Happiness Atlas’ which compared 19 regions on various aspects of life satisfaction including work, free time and healthcare.

German relief GERMANY is to send up to 650 soldiers to Mali, to provide some relief to France in its global fight against ISIS jihadists. The move comes in the wake of the November 13 attacks in Paris.

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SWEDEN: A man, aged 22, who was wrongly accused of planning a terror attack in Sweden, has returned to the northern town of Boliden after being freed without charge and cleared of all suspicions. The man said he is not angry at authorities for being falsely accused.

DENMARK: With 10,040 learning hours across 10 years of education, Danish students receive more instruction than pupils in any of the 33 OECD (Convention on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). According to a report, the average hours was 7,570.

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Cleaning fine USER-FRIENDLY: A system which can be built into new and existing cars.

Driver-less cars experiment CENTRAL part of government’s infrastructure police THE Dutch government is leading experiments with driver-less vehicles after making the project a central part of its infrastructure policy. The aim of the Dutch Automated Vehicle Initiative is to develop a user-friendly system which can be built into new and existing cars.

Pigs heads TWELVE pigs heads were dumped at a field near Enschede earmarked to be a new asylum seekers’ reception centre.

DUTCH PRESS Police said “there is little doubt the pigs heads are connected with the arrival of the refugees.”

Plant closure A DUTCH coal-fired power station

has been closed permanently following a string of accidents. The Borssele power plant was due to shut at the end of the year but after the death of a 52-year-old man, it has closed earlier than planned.

New €20 DUTCH banks have started issuing new €20 banknotes which the European central bank says are ‘more resistant’ to counterfeiting. The old €20 notes will be gradually withdrawn.

A TEACHER from central Germany has been ordered to pay a €1,000 fine after he painted over swastikas which had been sprayed on public property. The judge said the fine was related to the cost of cleaning up the damage.

Strike off AIR crew workers union UFO has called off planned strikes against Lufthansa, after the airline made significant concessions in ongoing negotiations. Air crew threatened a week of strike actions which would have affected thousands of passengers.

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Jaguar expands in the Midlands CAR manufacturer set to hire hundreds of new workers By John Smith JAGUAR LAND ROVER is set to hire hundreds of new workers as the car manufacturer announces plans to double the size of its engine manufacturing centre near Wolverhampton to 200,000 square foot.

is the amount that Jaguar plans to spend in doubling the size of its engine manufacturing plant.

OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS: Being used to sell fake goods.

Be careful of internet bargains A NUMBER of warnings have been given about the sale of fake goods, whereby sellers use official photographs to show images of a rang e o f p r o d u c t s a n d then supply counterfeit and shoddy items to the buyers instead. In addition, a number of major companies are taking ex t r a c a r e t o e n s u re

The plant, in south Staffordshire, employs 700 people and once the expansion is completed it hopes to double the number of employees. A rise in global demand had led to the centre’s expansion, the company said. Conservative business secretary

“The technical steps needed to fix the vehicles are technically and financially manageable." VW Chief Executive Matthias Mueller.

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that their websites are not hacked or have had malw are a d d e d w h ich co u ld steal financial information from clients. Many of the illegal activities stem from criminals in Eastern Europe, alth o u g h th is ma y d ro p a s the west recruits many of the hackers to combat web terrorists.

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Digital investment BBVA Bank will invest €63 million in obtaining 29.5 per cent of British digital bank Atom, which hasn’t even started trading as yet and will take two seats on the board. “We’ve been interested in the UK for quite some time,” Teppo Paavola, chief development officer and general manager of new digital businesses at BBVA, said in an interview. “We studied the market and concluded the way to play here is in a digital fashion.”

Spanish Budget BRUSSELS has again warned the Spanish Government they need to reduce the deficit. President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, considered the 2016 Budget was not in line with expectations but understood no changes would occur until after the election.

Paris climate change summit MUCH is at stake for the oil and gas industry at the UN organised Paris climate summit which runs from November 30 to December 11. More than 100 heads of state will gather to negotiate an agreement aimed at driving down

UK public finances over the next five years are looking £27 billion (€38 billion) better than they were in July, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

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greenhouse gas emissions. There has been much speculation about the financial security of some of the major oil companies as they may be sitting on too much crude oil in an ever shrinking market.

Sajid Javid said the company’s investment was “further evidence that the British automotive sector can compete with the best in the world. “More than 10,000 jobs have been created and about £3.5bn has been invested in its Midlands’ manufacturing sites since 2010,” he added.

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Apple acquisition APPLE has purchased the company behind motion-capture technology used in the latest Star Wars film. Faceshift specialises in software that allows 3D animated characters to mimic the facial expressions of an actor. Apple has now bought the company, though in keeping with tradition they have not revealed the cost or their plans for the business.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY 3i Group 497.85 -3.15 Aberdeen Asset Management 322.40 -12.40 Admiral Group 1,615.00 -6.00 Anglo American 395.00 -5.15 Antofagasta 489.45 -7.25 ARM Holdings 1,117.50 0.50 Ashtead Group 1,088.00 4.00 Associated British Foods 3,513.00 -3.00 AstraZeneca 4,505.25 -7.25 Aviva 510.00 -3.00 Babcock International Group 1,085.50 1.50 BAE Systems 520.25 0.75 Barclays 222.98 -1.32 Barratt Developments 588.25 0.75 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,131.50 -3.50 BG Group 1,023.00 -7.00 BHP Billiton 781.90 -25.70 BP 384.05 -2.50 British American Tobacco 3,908.75 10.25 British Land Co 832.00 -2.50 BT Group 498.83 -0.97 Bunzl 1,903.00 -1.00 Burberry Group 1,246.50 1.50 Capita Group (The) 1,266.50 -0.50 Carnival 3,477.50 14.50 Centrica 218.50 -2.30 Coca-Cola HBC 1,625.00 5.00 Compass Group 1,141.50 0.50 CRH 1,958.00 -2.00 Diageo 1,922.00 -2.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 407.80 -0.40 Dixons Carphone 484.60 3.00 easyJet 1,645.50 13.50 Experian 1,226.50 4.50 Fresnillo 708.25 -6.75 G4S 223.70 0.30 GKN 298.65 0.25 GlaxoSmithKline 1,357.25 -8.25 Glencore 90.18 -1.70 Hammerson 607.00 -2.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,466.50 -4.50 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 2,147.50 -4.50 HSBC Holdings 530.00 -4.90 Imperial Tobacco Group 3,603.00 -8.00 Inmarsat 1,111.00 -2.00 InterContinental Hotels Grp 2,529.50 40.50 International Consolidated Air 571.25 6.25 Intertek Group 2,776.00 20.00 Intu Properties 321.85 -1.45 ITV 271.90 4.30

% CHG. NET VOL -0.63 4,872.03 -3.70 4,436.85 -0.37 4,524.34 -1.29 5,609.45 -1.46 4,896.75 0.04 15,722.92 0.37 5,456.25 -0.09 27,835.26 -0.16 57,021.83 -0.58 20,754.69 0.14 5,465.49 0.14 16,436.98 -0.59 37,622.72 0.13 5,848.28 -0.11 4,284.20 -0.68 35,176.45 -3.18 17,057.09 -0.65 70,680.05 0.26 72,675.23 -0.30 8,517.59 -0.19 41,671.31 -0.05 6,379.87 0.12 5,538.17 -0.04 8,414.09 0.42 7,485.39 -1.04 10,983.77 0.31 5,903.17 0.04 18,945.57 -0.10 16,097.48 -0.13 48,391.40 -0.10 6,123.00 0.62 5,545.44 0.83 6,482.44 0.37 12,078.57 -0.94 5,268.79 0.13 3,466.26 0.08 4,917.80 -0.60 66,448.07 -1.85 13,401.80 -0.33 4,776.46 -0.31 6,977.23 -0.21 4,279.90 -0.92 104,376.19 -0.22 34,560.55 -0.18 5,003.77 1.63 5,876.96 1.11 11,522.24 0.73 4,447.13 -0.45 4,277.64 1.61 10,772.00

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Johnson Matthey 2,805.50 6.50 Kingfisher 351.40 1.30 Land Securities Group 1,231.50 -1.50 Legal & General Group 270.35 -2.45 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 72.39 -1.01 London Stock Exchange Group2,637.00 -8.00 Marks & Spencer Group 501.25 1.25 Meggitt 386.50 -0.50 Merlin Entertainments 408.45 0.95 Mondi 1,524.50 0.50 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 153.30 -1.30 National Grid 928.10 -4.50 Next 7,905.00 -15.00 Old Mutual 209.15 -1.05 Pearson 827.00 -2.00 Persimmon 1,866.50 -10.50 Prudential 1,538.75 -9.75 Randgold Resources 3,956.50 -40.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,269.50 -39.50 RELX 1,195.50 -1.50 Rio Tinto 2,179.50 -19.50 Rolls-Royce Group 605.75 -0.75 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 305.40 -1.30 Royal Dutch Shell 1,640.75 -15.75 Royal Dutch Shell 1,655.00 -18.50 Royal Mail 485.85 -3.75 RSA Insurance Group 436.65 -0.15 SABMiller 4,027.50 -0.50 Sage Group (The) 576.25 1.75 Sainsbury (J) 254.85 -1.25 Schroders 2,970.50 -19.50 Severn Trent 2,235.00 -13.00 Shire 4,666.50 1.50 Sky 1,117.50 -3.50 Smith & Nephew 1,118.00 -3.00 Smiths Group 1,025.00 -5.00 Sports Direct International 715.00 3.50 SSE 1,440.50 -19.50 St James's Place 1,010.50 1.50 Standard Chartered 551.15 -7.35 Standard Life 415.55 -2.55 Taylor Wimpey 188.90 0.20 Tesco 168.30 -0.85 Travis Perkins 2,003.00 -3.00 TUI AG 1,088.50 -1.50 Unilever 2,876.50 0.50 United Utilities Group 972.25 -6.25 Vodafone Group 224.25 -1.55 Whitbread 4,440.00 9.00 Wolseley 3,809.50 3.50 WPP Group 1,533.50 -7.50

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NET VOL 5,735.65 8,161.84 9,747.40 16,211.39 52,388.32 9,185.57 8,241.32 3,048.04 4,131.02 7,399.84 3,610.05 34,890.57 12,107.59 10,354.78 6,800.19 5,753.79 39,811.72 3,722.40 45,062.45 13,451.13 30,933.93 11,151.08 19,739.38 64,513.80 40,840.27 4,896.00 4,441.20 65,107.83 6,189.65 4,919.48 6,758.07 5,347.08 27,600.55 19,270.18 10,026.13 4,066.21 4,258.08 14,498.77 5,273.03 14,219.17 8,233.17 6,139.28 13,762.89 4,991.57 6,393.98 36,912.29 6,672.28 59,865.68 8,052.86 9,897.77 20,113.66

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 157.99 +0.36 +0.23% 876.1K 71.85 +0.16 +0.22% 1.5M 117.81 -0.22 -0.19% 13.0M 146.95 -0.48 -0.33% 1.3M 71.22 -0.27 -0.38% 1.6M 90.37 -0.50 -0.55% 2.5M 27.32 +0.08 +0.29% 9.5M 43.15 -0.21 -0.48% 7.2M 115.13 -3.54 -2.98% 14.9M 67.09 -0.17 -0.25% 1.0M 81.23 -0.02 -0.02% 4.2M 30.36 0.00 0.00% 33.1M 190.47 +1.32 +0.70% 1.1M 134.74 +0.09 +0.07% 3.3M 138.46 +0.46 +0.33% 1.4M 34.46 +0.01 +0.03% 6.6M 102.37 +0.41 +0.40% 2.4M 67.17 +0.31 +0.46% 4.1M 114.23 -0.17 -0.15% 2.8M 53.96 +0.24 +0.45% 3.0M 53.93 +0.24 +0.45% 9.0M 134.33 +0.20 +0.15% 2.3M 32.79 -0.08 -0.24% 16.1M 75.70 -0.20 -0.26% 2.4M 114.85 +0.05 +0.04% 548.1K 96.80 -0.47 -0.48% 1.9M 114.34 -0.07 -0.06% 1.7M 45.23 +0.31 +0.69% 4.1M 79.84 +0.28 +0.35% 3.1M 59.89 -0.35 -0.58% 5.3M

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$ 34.83 $ 2.44 $ 2.88 $ 4.29 $ 6.82 $ 2.01 $ 2.79 $ 5.24 $ 4.78 $ 9.27 $ 3.05

8.20 ▲ 30.79% 0.50 ▲ 25.77% 0.54 ▲ 23.08% 0.80 ▲ 22.92% 1.25 ▲ 22.44% 0.30 ▲ 17.54% 0.39 ▲ 16.25% 0.71 ▲ 15.67% 0.54 ▲ 12.74% 1.04 ▲ 12.64% 0.34 ▲ 12.55%

$ 2.04 $ 7.90 $ 8.76 $ 4.06 $ 3.14 $ 3.22 $ 6.61 $ 9.22 $ 2.29 $ 23.10 $ 31.11

0.18 ▼ 8.11% 0.69 ▼ 8.03% 0.74 ▼ 7.79% 0.318 ▼ 7.26% 0.23 ▼ 6.82% 0.23 ▼ 6.67% 0.405 ▼ 5.77% 0.55 ▼ 5.63% 0.13 ▼ 5.37% 1.30 ▼ 5.33% 1.71 ▼ 5.21%

Most Declined Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. XBiotech Inc. Baozun Inc. Hong Kong Television Network Limited China BAK Battery, Inc. Qumu Corporation TriVascular Technologies, Inc. TiVo Inc. Approach Resources Inc. Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Insys Therapeutics, Inc.

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Time to take a look back at 2015 Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

AS another year comes to an end, it’s time to look back at 2015 and see what clues it gives us to the year ahead. Overall, 2015 has been a positive year for the UK economy, which remains the success story of the G7. With increases in wages, a strengthening job market and steady GDP growth, investors are increasing their bets UK policymakers will start raising interest rates sometime next year. However, the Bank of England remains cautious in its approach and is closely monitoring inflation, which remains well below its 2 per cent target. The bank is also evaluating global downside risks, as China and the developing countries are facing headwinds. Despite a slowdown during the summer, the UK still stands to grow 2.5 per cent. After three consecutive quarters of falling manufacturing output, the UK enters its final quarter with growth hitting its fastest rate. It remains to be seen if the manufacturing sector will succeed in

GROWTH: Despite a slowdown during the summer, the UK stands to grow 2.5 per cent. maintaining its momentum. The recent surge in Sterling poses a real challenge for UK exporters competing in Europe, their main export market. Sterling put in an impressive performance against the euro over the past year, thanks to a substantial improvement in economic activity and the prospect of monetary

normalisation in the near future. The divergence of monetary policies between the UK and the Eurozone is also likely to further support the pound. The Eurozone’s recovery is finally consolidating, and appears to be on a firmer ground than many analysts had anticipated. However, the

slowing of global economic activity is cause for concern to the Eurozone, especially as Germany’s engine has been making worrying sputtering noises. The euro has been kept weak by the European Central Bank (ECB), and though it tried to make up for some of its losses after the summer those gains were limited and short-lived. It only took the press conference following the October meeting of the ECB’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting for those gains to disappear. Interest rates were left unchanged (as was widely expected), but ECB President Mario Draghi managed, once again, to surprise investors during the press conference. ‘Super Mario’ sent a strong message to the market and investors were caught off-guard as they were presented, not only with the very real possibility of more easing in December, but also with a central bank that’s actively exploring lower deposit rates, extending the deadline on its quantitative easing programme and potential increasing the size of the programme. Investors couldn’t sell their euros quick enough as the implications of Mr Draghi’s speech hit home. The upshot is that, before the pre-Christmas ECB meeting, we could see a market that’s inundated with euros.

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SPANISH renewable energy and engineering firm Abengoa SA said on November 25 that it intends to file for preliminary creditor protection, a step that could lead to the largest bankruptcy case in Spain’s history. For Abengoa this highlights the problems that a number of companies around the world have experienced when trying to expand whilst carrying heavy debts which have crippled them during the financial crisis. The company is one of the world’s major builders of power lines, specialising in transporting energy across Latin America as well as being a construction business, making massive renewable-energy power plants in the UK and the US. When Spanish investment firm Gonvarri Corporación Financiera cancelled a plan to lend the Sevilla based company a further €350 million it recognised that it needed to take immediate action to protect itself and its creditors.

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SHARM EL SHEIK: British Airways and easyJet have suspended all flights until at least January 2016. By John Smith FOLLOWING the decision by British Airways and easyJet to cancel all flights to and from Sharm el Sheikh until January 2016, a number of passengers have been delighted as they are now able to obtain a full refund and make other arrangements. The budget airline was the first to an-

nounce plans to continue its ban on flights, shortly followed by British Airways, who have suspended flights until January 14. A BA statement said: “Following advice from the UK Government about the situation in Sharm el Sheikh, we will not be operating any flights to or from the holiday resort up to and including Thursday January 14, 2016.”

This news was not well received in the city as there will be an immediate loss of revenue for the two airlines and the fear of attacks on transport generally may well see a drop in passengers carried on other routes. The announcements saw the value of their shares drop by up to 5 per cent on November 24 although both finished the day just over 3 per cent down.

UK Autumn spending review has one surprise CONSIDERING the stance the Conservative government took following the voting down of the proposed tax credit cuts by the House of Lords, Chancellor George Osborne has surprised critics by doing a U-turn as well as vowing to protect police budgets in his spending review on November 25. Low-paid families will not see their benefits cut in April next year, although it is now his plan to phase out tax credits by 2018 and critics insist that the new Universal Credit that will replace them is likely to be less generous. Rather than phasing the cuts, as had been expected, Mr Osborne said he had decided the ‘simplest thing’ was ‘to avoid them altogether,’ even though it means missing his own target for overall welfare spending. He was able to make this decision due to higher tax receipts and better public finances.

The top six supermarket chains IN a review released on November 24 by Kantar Worldpanel, a global market research company, they revealed the top six supermarket chains in Spain up until the end of September 2015, which makes very interesting reading with Mercadona dominating the sector by a huge amount. Actual market share calculated for each of the ‘main players’ is Mercadona with 22.9 per cent, Grupo Dia 8.8 per cent, Carrefour 8.6 per cent, Grupo Eroski 5.9 per cent, Grupo Auchan 3.9 per cent, Lidl 3.6 per cent. All of the top six with the exception of Eroski have seen slight growths, but they do account for over 50 per cent of all the groceries sold in Spain and although Lidl is leading Aldi in the list, both companies, with their policies of discounted food and fast expansion would expect to be gaining ground over the next year. The general opinion from the research company is that the growth in supermarket sales is to the detriment of the traditional specialist shops which have been such an important part of the Spanish landscape.

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Beyoncé hopes to conquer the fashion world By John Smith GLOBAL superstar and style maven Beyoncé is entering into a commercial partnership with Sir Philip Green, owner of the Arcadia group which includes high street brands Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, and Burton. They have announced that they are planning to start retailing a new athletic street-wear brand across the world in spring of 2016, under the name Parkwood Topshop Athletic which will offer clothing, footwear and accessories to a youngish demographic. Not only does Beyoncé have her own clothing line House of Deréon already, but she has also been known to model for other clothing companies including H&M. No doubt both she and Sir Philip

will ensure that the new brand stands alone from all that she has done in the past. “This not a collaboration. This is about building a brand and building a business, a separate, proper business, with separate overheads and a separate office,” Sir Philip Green told Women’s Wear Daily when the venture was first announced. Taveta Investments, Arcadia’s family-controlled parent company, has announced operating profits in its last financial year of £251.6 million (€352 million) an increase of 5.5 per cent. Although it has indicated that trading has been difficult and it sold the BHS Group for £1 earlier this year.

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Long live The Lord’s Prayer! CINEMA ban is eroding British values even further LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. IF anything in this short prayer offends anyone, I suggest you either get a life or choose to live somewhere else. (This includes the relevant cinema owners!) OK? Merry Christmas! So, here we all are again. I think I gave Corbyn six months, or was it a year? With the latest antics of both him and his party (Mao’s Little Red Book, would you believe) I think any length of time is politically long for this bunch. Seriously, folks, how can anyone vote for a man who wants

THREAT: Jeremy Corbyn’s policies put our future at risk. to scrap most of the UK’s defences, allow unlimited ‘refugees’ into the country and considers that ‘negotiating’ with psycho-

pathic scum a more viable option than eliminating them? Give us a break. If this man ever came into power, we, our chil-

dren and (assuming they ever came into existence!) our children’s children would never sleep safely in their beds again. I still maintain the UK should close its borders completely for at least three years. With no terrorists getting in, we can then begin to root out all those already entrenched. If they manage to escape becoming ‘martyrs,’ bang’em up and then deport the whole lot to one of the MidEast hell-holes they all seem to admire so much. If Brussels objects, so what? What are they going to do, declare war? I hardly think they can say too much, considering the state the open border policies have got their own country in. I also suggest we round up all able-bodied ‘refugees’ between the ages of 18 and 25. Proceed to arm them to the teeth and ship ’em all back to fight for the various countries the cowardly bunch has actually deserted. Keep the Faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Islamic community has nothing to hide and is happy to help Re: Not wanted – but the most sought-after man in Europe AGREE with this editorial, but I must stress that Islamic communities all over Spain have, indeed, been standing up and speaking out in the media and on TV. Some even say they don’t mind if police stop every one of them in the country to check their ID, because they’ve nothing to hide and would be happy to help in the fight against terrorism. One of these was a woman injured in the 11-M attacks. The problem is that, although they actively want to help, they’re silenced, their words not always reported, and they’re blamed. We should be getting them on our side, because that’s where they want to be. Not responding to the Islamic community’s attempts to help and speak out, and demonising them instead, is a short-sighted, narrowminded and self-destructive attitude seen all too frequently, mainly among British right-wing tabloid readers with limited education who indiscriminately share ‘patriotic’ posts on Facebook. In fact, it’s just insane, and is fuelling the issue. From Kally, via email

Much too late Re: Have we left it too late to stop ISIS? BANG on again, Lee. All is lost unless we come down hard but I suspect, like you, it will be too little, too late (much too late). Paris is just the start, methinks. You let the migrants in without proper checks and ISIS becomes the world’s oyster. I also liked the front page of Euro Weekly News about the Muslim silence re Paris. Their silence speaks volumes, don’t you think? Brian Allen, via email

Smack on Re: Have we left it too late to stop ISIS? HI LEE, smack on again. I can

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Cabopino in our boat. A man in his early 50s with blonde hair driving a very small light blue car pulled up at our bus stop and told us that the bus in Fuengirola had caught fire and that there were long delays and huge queues so if we wanted a lift, he would be happy to help us out. Naively we accepted his help and said we were going to Marbella. When we arrived he explained that there would be a charge of €48 which I reluctantly paid. I then reported the matter, together with the registration number of the car to the police who didn’t seem overly interested. Let others be warned and do not accept lifts from strangers! Ted at sea, via the telephone

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Hit the nail on the head! Re: Have we left it too late to stop ISIS? Dear Leapy, As ever and sadly once again you have hit the nail on the head! Oh how I yearn to pour scorn and ridicule upon your opinion this week yet find no grounds whatsoever upon which to do so. You remind me of Bernard Dineen of the Yorkshire Post fame some years ago who also said it as it was. Please continue along this vein and perhaps some of what you have to say may make a difference one day! Robert C, via email

never work out why it is that straight after one of these atrocities, the security services seem to root out all the ones well known to them for some time, as posing a threat, and deal with them immediately. I’d like to believe that some organisation, albeit MI5 or the likes of, are disposing of these evil people, without the media and everyone else knowing about it. But unfortunately the occasional one slips through. Bombing a load of sand is never going to solve anything, so where are all these highly paid, highly intelligent, know all the answers type people to sort this problem out. It’s not as though you’re taking

on the might of Nazi Germany again, just a bunch of yobs, brandishing firearms, who want to cause as much death as they can before they go and meet their heaven full of virgins. Keep up the good work! From Fred, a agrumpy old git, via email

Daft TV Re: Just a bunch of prattling females! HI Leapy, you are so right, as usual... These women really are an embarrassment to the rest of us. As a female, I could never stomach watching this daft programme, after having switched it on out of cu-

riosity ages ago. And, just to see if I’d imagined how idiotic they are, I’ve passed by to make sure I was right. However, why do these men go on as guests? What does that say about them? Could it be for the money?! Patsy, via email

Bus scam I READ with interest your recent article about a scam whereby drivers stop at bus stops, advise that the bus is not coming, offer a lift and then charge for it. This is exactly what happened to me and my wife when we were visiting

Re: Podemos plan to enable voting for foreign residents I BELIEVE this is too dangerous in today’s world. Imagine a commune with a large immigrant popul at i on - l i ke Sal t i n Cat al oni a with 40 per cent of its population or i gi nat i ng f r om Mor occo and Muslim. A Muslim mayor could be elected and introduce islamic laws or have an influence which is not in the interests of Spain. Podemos and the Socialists are only in favour of this since the majority of immigrants tend to be at t he l ower end of t he soci al scale. Only members of the EU should be allowed to vote as at present. Other foreign residents should either choose to become Spanish or keep their own nationality. Peter Fieldman, via website

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It’s election time eleven years on A woman’s world

Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

IT was never fair to say that Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero won the 2004 election because of the Madrid bombings on March 11. He won it because Aznar’s government insisted the bombs were from ETA. The Spanish felt they had already been lied to and manipulated over joining Bush and Blair in Iraq, the 11-M bombs were the last straw. In the wake of the Paris massacre on November 13, Mariano Rajoy has postponed any decision over relieving the French troops in Mali until after the elections on December 20. Possibly he is mindful of what happened in 2004 or perhaps he is merely exercising his habitual prudence until he knows if he will still have a job on December 21. But 2015 is not 2004, and what

CHUNTERING has been heard because women head only 34 per cent of the leading parties’ lists of general election candidates. Who cares? Women don’t. They plan to vote for a political party and an ideology, not the gender of its candidates.

not an entirely bad thing. He’s poaching votes, of course, and has fallen prey to the ‘Liquorice Allsorts Syndrome’. Remember how each different type had its own distinctive flavour? These days they all taste the same regardless of shape and size and this could be said of Iglesias, whose views are coming into line with everyone else’s. Trying to please everyone satisfies no one, just like 21st century Liquorice Allsorts.

Cloth ears was pointless and reckless then seems the only possible course of action now.

Same difference ZAPATERO: Won the election in 2004.

PABLO IGLESIAS of Podemos no longer wants a reform of the Spanish Constitution and finally admitted that the Transition was

FIFTY per cent of Catalans now want to remain in Spain and 60 per cent reject their regional parliament’s ‘disconnection’ from Spain. Sixty-four per cent reject independence if this means leaving the European Union. And Artur Mas, who wants to be president of an independent Cataluña, gets no for an answer time after time but still refuses to listen.

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10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Oxford Street Revealed 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Watchdog 10:00pm Doctor in the House 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time 12:35am This Week byElection Special 3:00am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am Fake Britain 7:45am Oxford Street Revealed 8:30am Bargain Hunt 9:15am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Snooker 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Last Kingdom 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Snooker 1:05am Snooker 3:05am British Bribery Exposed 3:35am Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You 4:35am Doctor Who Sci-fi drama. 5:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Live at the Apollo 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Rent a Cop 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Rent a Cop 2:00am Josh 2:30am Young, Trans and 3:30am Live at the Apollo

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Travel Guides 12:40am The Chase 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Psych 8:20am Emmerdale 8:50am Coronation Street 9:50am Dinner Date 10:50am Psych 11:40am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm You've Been Framed! 6:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:00pm The Xtra Factor 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:05am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Two and a Half Men

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am George and Mildred 7:35am Heartbeat 8:35am Murder, She Wrote 9:30am Where the Heart is 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Doctor at Large 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle's War Crime drama series set in the Cold War era. 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:05am Judge Judy 2:25am Wycliffe 3:20am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping

8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Patagonia with Huw Edwards 10:00pm What a Performance! Pioneers of Popular Entertainment 11:00pm Detectorists 11:30pm The Life of Rock with Brian Pern 12:00am The Curse of Frankenstein

FRIDAY - 04 DECEMBER

8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of 6 Year Olds 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm First Dates

9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 12:30pm The Heart of Christmas 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm A Christmas Promise 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Secrets of Great British Castles 9:00pm Alex Polizzi's Italian Islands 10:00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK 11:00pm Homeless at Christmas 12:00am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Oxford Street Revealed 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Would I Lie to You? 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Citizen Khan 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Peter Kay's Car Share 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:20am Josh

7:30am Homes Under the Hammer 8:30am Oxford Street Revealed 9:15am An Island Parish: Falklands 9:45am Great British Menu 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Mastermind 8:30pm Match of the Day Live 11:00pm An Island Parish: Falklands 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Artsnight 12:35am Snooker 1:25am The Salton Sea 3:00am Question Time 4:00am Imagine... 5:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm World's Craziest Fools 8:30pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:30pm Sherlock 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:20am Family Guy 1:45am Rent a Cop 2:15am Josh 2:45am Russell Howard's Good News Extra

7:00am 7:55am 8:50am 9:50am

7:00am WWE SmackDown! 8:00am Intl Premier Tennis League 2:30pm Sporting Greats 3:00pm Football 4:00pm Football Gold 4:15pm Football Gold 4:30pm Football Gold 4:45pm Football Gold 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm Premier League 100 Club 6:00pm Football 7:00pm Barclays Premier League World 7:30pm Capital One Cup Round Up 8:30pm Football 11:15pm Capital One Cup Round Up 12:15am NFL Highlights 1:15am NFL Hard Knocks A behind-thescenes look at the Houston Texans, the team that boasts defensive superstar JJ Watt.

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino's Italian Escape: Islands in the Sun 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Mercury Rising 1:45am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Psych 8:20am Emmerdale 8:50am Emmerdale 9:20am You've Been Framed! 9:50am Dinner Date 10:50am Psych 11:40am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:30pm Back to the Future 10:45pm The Hot Desk 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:05am Keith Lemon's Back T'future Tribute

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am George and Mildred 7:35am Heartbeat 8:40am Murder, She Wrote 9:35am Where the Heart is 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:35am Judge Judy 12:00pm A Touch of Frost 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Doctor at Large 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:00am Closing the Ring 3:55am Judge Judy 4:15am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:40am Emmerdale Omnibus

10:50am 11:55am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 3:55pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

1:50am 3:30am

Gunsmoke The Sweeney Minder Alias Smith and Jones Gunsmoke The Professionals The Sweeney Minder Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Gunsmoke Alias Smith and Jones The Professionals The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Deals, Wheels and Steals Deals, Wheels and Steals Fifth Gear Year of the Dragon Intense thriller set on the crime-ridden streets of New York's Chinatown. Death Wish 2 Formula E

TV LISTING

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Good Old Days 9:15pm Sounds of the Seventies 9:25pm Pop Go the Sixties 9:30pm Sounds of the 70s 10:00pm Forever Young 11:00pm I'm Not in Love 12:00am The Old Grey Whistle Test

9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm TFI Friday 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:05am First Dates

8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 12:25pm Deck the Halls 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Gift of the Magi 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The UK's Strongest Man 2015 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm NCIS 12:50am Access

8:45am Minder 9:45am Alias Smith and Jones 10:50am Gunsmoke 11:55am The Professionals 12:55pm The Sweeney 1:55pm Minder 2:55pm Pawn Stars 3:25pm Pawn Stars 3:50pm Gunsmoke 4:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 6:00pm The Professionals 7:00pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Car Chasers 9:30pm The Car Chasers 10:00pm The Enforcer Police thriller sequel. 12:05am Child's Play 3 The murderous Chucky returns, reincarnated by an avaricious toy manufacturer. 1:55am The Chronicles of Riddick 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am WWE Main Event 8:00am Intl Premier Tennis League 2:30pm Sporting Greats 3:00pm Capital One Cup Round Up 4:00pm Football Gold 4:15pm Football Gold 4:30pm Football Gold 4:45pm Football Gold 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm Capital One Cup Round Up 6:30pm Game Changers 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Fantasy Football Club 12:15am Barclays Premier League Review 12:45am Football Gold 1:00am The F1 Show 2:00am Game Changers 2:30am Football Gold 2:45am Football Gold 3:00am The Fantasy Football Club 4:00am Bpl Legends

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

Breakdowns are on the increase AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

BREAKDOWNS INCREASE: Indicative of a worrying lack of maintenance of vehicles. ACCORDING to the Real Automovil Club de España (RACE), breakdowns have increased by 8.4 per cent in the last two months, with more than 104,000 vehicles assisted during September and October. RACE believe that the upward trend is indicative of a worrying lack of maintenance of vehicles, stressing the importance of properly maintained vehicles at all times, especially during the winter months. During September and October the RACE attended 23,640 flat batteries, an increase of 2 per cent, 10,276 tyre related incidents, an increase of 13.2 per cent, and 4,889 engine problems, an increase of 2.5 per cent. To reduce potential problems a regular check of the battery, tyres, liquid levels and windscreen and lights is recommended. Indicating Whether you call it signalling, using the

indicators, turning on the blinkers, or something else, letting other road users know what you’re doing is an essential part of road safety. Signals warn and inform other road users, including pedestrians, of your intended actions. You should always: Use them to advise other road users before changing course or direction, stopping or moving off. Cancel them after use. Give clear signals in plenty of time, having checked it is not misleading to signal at that time. If you want to stop after a side road, do not signal until you are passing the road. If you signal earlier it may give the impression you intend to turn into the road. Your brake lights will warn traffic behind you that you are slowing down. Use an arm signal to emphasise or reinforce your signal if necessary. Remember that signalling does not give you priority.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

Neighbour’s video cameras My neighbour has installed five long-range wide-focus cameras that video and record over almost half of my property, as well as public roads. He can see everyone that calls to my property and the areas around

No, he is not allowed. Spain has strict regulations about the use of security cameras. They are limited to the owner’s property and a minimum of its surroundings. You can report him to the

my garden and pool. Is he allowed to do this? I feel very stressed to know that he is watching me and my family. What can I do about it?

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

Data Protection Agency. If your neighbour has

G.A. (Costa Blanca)

cameras that view the public way, he should be registered with the Agency. If he is not, he could be fined. Visit the Agency’s website www.agpd.es, or call 901 100 099 and 912 663 517 for more information.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

3 - 9 December 2015 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical

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Some things in Spain just wind me up! Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I HAVE to start this by saying I love living in Spain. I’ve been here for 11 years now and a regular visitor for 35 years before that. But there are some things that just wind me up and that I don’t understand. Let’s start with pedestrian crossings on roundabouts. As we all know it’s a life threating event navigating the darn things as it is, as nobody would ever dream of giving way. In fact it’s time for most to accelerate at you! So what do they do to help? Yup, stick a pedestrian crossing right on the exit so you have to stand on your brakes as the pedestrian strides out in front of you in a total act of challenge and defiance. They never even notice you have a car hurtling up behind and your front wheels are already on the crossing. Then there is the act of trying to join the main road via its 12 inch slip road. You try and edge out and jockey for position but of course no one will slow down to let you out.

However, Lewis Hamilton behind has decided there is enough space to overtake and pulls out in front of you just to prove how macho he is and fears nothing in his probably uninsured heap. Red tape and rules could drive you nuts. How about the paying of bills? You know the ones you have to pay at a certain bank on a certain day between certain hours. Whoever heard of anything so daft? And get there five minutes late, not a chance! Come back next week...oh but not that date because it is a bank holiday that day on that side of the street! Mrs S goes to the post office, not a person in there and one counter open. So up she strides and goes to speak to the lady behind the counter who looks up and says ‘you have to take a ticket’. ‘Are you joking? There is no one here except you and me?’ ‘You have to take a ticket.’ So off she goes and gets her ticket, sits down and as her bum hits the seat her number lights up and she now gets served by Señora Jobsworth. My list is actually much longer but I’ve used up my word allocation for this week so I might add more soon and, by the way, I never realised how grumpy I was!!

E W N 3 - 9 December 2015 / AxarquĂa - Costa Tropical

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SATURDAY - 05 DECEMBER

7:00am 11:00am Kitchen 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:10pm 2:00pm 5:30pm 6:20pm 6:50pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:05pm 10:55pm 11:05pm 11:25pm 12:55am 1:55am

2:00am

Breakfast Saturday Simply Nigella BBC News Football Focus Snooker Final Score Celebrity Mastermind BBC News BBC London News Pointless Strictly Come Dancing Doctor Who Casualty The National Lottery Live BBC News Match of the Day The Apprentice Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. BBC News

9:00am Marvel's Avengers Assemble 9:30am Thunderbirds are Go 10:00am Jessie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Murder, She Wrote 11:25am Countrywise 11:55am The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:00pm ITV News and Weather 1:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:10pm Judge Rinder 3:15pm Doc Martin 4:20pm E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial 6:30pm ITV News London 6:45pm Catchphrase 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The X Factor 10:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:40am ITV News and Weather

7:10am Race to Super Bowl 50 8:00am The Amazing Mr. Blunden 9:35am Beverly Hills Chihuahua 11:00am Ronnie's Animal Crackers 11:30am Ronnie's Animal Crackers 12:00pm The Wonder of Animals 12:30pm Animal Park 1:00pm My Life on Plate 1:45pm Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 2:30pm Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 3:15pm Saboteur 5:00pm Flog it! Trade Secrets 5:30pm Snooker 6:30pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 7:30pm Dad's Army 8:00pm Snooker 11:00pm QI XL 11:45pm Glory 1:40am Come As You Are 3:25am This is BBC Two

7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:15pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:15pm The Xtra Factor 2:20pm The Hot Desk 2:30pm Scorpion 3:25pm The Polar Express 5:20pm You've Been Framed! 5:45pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 6:50pm Lost in Space 9:20pm Back to the Future Part II 11:35pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:35am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 1:05am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 1:35am Viral Tap 2:20am Crazy Beaches 2:45am Totally Bonkers 3:10am Animal Practice 3:30am The Hot Desk 3:40am Teleshopping

8:00pm World's Craziest Fools 8:30pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:30pm Top Gear 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:15pm Live at the Apollo 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:15am Rent a Cop 2:45am Josh 3:15am Live at the Apollo

7:10am 7:35am 8:00am 8:25am 8:55am 9:25am 10:00am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 12:55pm 1:25pm 1:55pm 2:25pm 5:00pm 5:25pm

8:00pm Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World 9:00pm Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 10:00pm The Bridge 11:00pm The Bridge 12:00am Catching History's Criminals 1:00am I'm Not in Love 2:00am Top of the Pops

7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Where the Heart is 8:10am Where the Heart is 9:10am A Christmas Carol 10:40am The Darling Buds of May 11:50am Rosemary and Thyme 12:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 1:55pm Carry on Screaming 3:55pm A Touch of Frost Detective drama series. 6:00pm Columbo 7:55pm Doc Martin Drama series about a GP in Cornwall. 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Foyle's War Three-part series set in the era of the Cold War. 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:00am On the Buses 3:30am Teleshopping

6:00pm 6:35pm 7:05pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:10am

King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Mobil 1 The Grid Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 Racing Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News The Great Polar Bear Feast The World's Weirdest Weather Non-Stop TFI Friday

7:00am Football's Greatest 7:10am Ax Men 7:55am Ax Men 8:40am Motorsport UK 9:40am Bundesliga 10:45am Alias Smith and Jones 11:50am The Professionals 12:50pm Pawn Stars 1:20pm Pawn Stars 1:45pm Pawn Stars 2:10pm Pawn Stars 2:40pm Storage Wars New York 3:15pm Storage Wars New York 3:45pm The Secret War of Harry Frigg 6:00pm The Car Chasers 6:30pm The Car Chasers 7:00pm Fifth Gear 8:00pm Storage Wars Texas 8:30pm Storage Wars Texas 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Texas Killing Fields 12:10am We Were Soldiers 2:55am The Big Fish Off 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 06 DECEMBER

8:30am Pip Ahoy! 8:45am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:30am Wanda and the Alien 9:45am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:30pm A Christmas Promise 2:15pm Hats Off to Christmas 4:00pm A Snow Globe Christmas 5:50pm The Christmas Spirit 7:35pm 5 News Weekend 7:40pm Fail Army 8:05pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 9:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 10:00pm Football League Tonight 11:30pm Live International Boxing

7:00am Breakfast 8:25am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Fern Britton Meets... 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:38pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Escape to the Country 2:45pm FA Cup Final Score 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm The Hunt 6:50pm BBC News 7:10pm BBC London News 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Hunt 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:20am Citizen Khan 12:50am The Graham Norton Show 1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:15am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:00am Big Dreams Small Spaces 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am An Island Parish: Falklands 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 12:45pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 8:00pm Snooker 12:00am Brooklyn's Finest Crime thriller. 2:05am Countryfile 3:00am Holby City Hospital drama. 4:00am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm 8 Mile 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am Josh 2:15am Rent a Cop 2:45am Russell Howard's Good News 3:15am Is This Rape? Sex on Trial 4:15am Josh

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am

9:30am 9:45am 10:00am 10:25am 10:30am

12:00pm The X Factor 1:35pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 2:35pm You've Been Framed! 3:35pm Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas 4:35pm The Polar Express Computeranimated family adventure. 6:35pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Ant and Dec present more celebrity jungle action live from Australia. 7:40pm Back to the Future Part III Final instalment in the timetravelling comedy adventure trilogy. 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm You've Been Framed! 11:35pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:35am Plebs

7:35am On the Buses 8:05am A Christmas Carol 9:35am Heartbeat 10:40am Heartbeat 11:45am A Touch of Frost 1:50pm Columbo 3:50pm Rosemary and Thyme 4:50pm Wycliffe Drama series about a Cornish police detective. 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Sunday Night at the Palladium Rob Brydon hosts the last in the current series of the revived entertainment show. 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm The Constant Gardener 1:30am Till Death Us Do Part 3:25am Wycliffe Detective drama series. 4:20am ITV3 Nightscreen

9:00am 9:30am

10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 3:45pm 6:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:30am 2:00am 3:30am

5:30am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Bpl Legends Barclays Premier League Review Game Changers Barclays Premier League Review The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Scottish Premiership Pro 12 Rugby Ford Saturday Night Football SNF: Game of the Day SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice Fight Night A big bout from the boxing world. Bpl Legends

11:25am 12:30pm 1:35pm 1:45pm 2:50pm 3:55pm 5:30pm

7:30pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

11:35pm 11:50pm 12:50am

Fish Hooks Fish Hooks Jessie ITV News Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show The Chase The X Factor The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ITV News London ITV News and Weather Jekyll and Hyde The X Factor Results Show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News and Weather Rugby Highlights Off Their Rockers

8:00pm Concerto at the BBC Proms 8:25pm Pina: Legend of Dance 10:00pm The Golden Age of Steam Railways 11:00pm Easy Money 1:00am Natural World 2:00am Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster: Quintinshill 3:00am Horizon

7:35am Challenge Mallorca 8:05am World Superbike Review of the Year 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:45pm The Big Bang Theory 2:10pm The Big Bang Theory 2:40pm The Big Bang Theory 3:10pm The Big Bang Theory 3:35pm The Simpsons 4:05pm The Simpsons 4:35pm Journey to the Center of the Earth 6:25pm The Jungle Book 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm World's Weirdest Homes 10:00pm Homeland 11:05pm Gogglebox 12:05am The Five-Year Engagement 2:15am Alan Carr: Chatty Man

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DON’T you get the feeling that there is an underlying ‘something’ being kept from us all? Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

THE papers are full of it, the politicians hold endless rounds of talks about it, and each of us has an opinion on the subject. In the meantime, the situation becomes increasingly dangerous. The escalating refugee problem, with tens of thousands more entering Europe every single day and the growing threat from the subhuman monsters of ISIS, continue unabated and effectively unchallenged. Those who believe that Europe’s borders should be closed to the Syrian refugees are labelled racist by those of the opposite persuasion, with

INTEGRATION: England is already the most densely populated major country in Europe. the accusation of a blinkered and irresponsible attitude being thrown back by the other side (actually only 40 per cent of the influx is of Syrian origin, so why is there not a selection procedure in place at the very least?). Ordinary, caring, but gen-

uinely concerned, members of the public have for years been saying that uncontrolled migration into the European Union in general, and Britain in particular, needs by necessity to be strictly controlled. Not for any xenophobic reasons, but because vital in-

tegration, a term that we rarely hear these days, cannot take place with this continuous flood of humanity reaching our shores, coupled with the fact that England is already the most densely populated major country in Europe.

All that and the very real prospect of the collapse of our creaking public services, along with the rape of the countryside in the quest for more housing. Housing crisis? It is clearly a population crisis we are dealing with here. But, shock horror, this all seems to have come as a complete surprise to the politicians. Or has it? By their very actions and dubious decision-making on a host of important issues, it seems that our so-called leaders are at best complete morons incapable of coherent thought processes, and at worst criminally inept sociopaths. But don’t you get the feeling that there is an underlying ‘something’ that is being kept from us all and that the fat cats of our political elite have always had a quite different agenda of their own?

Tales of Hans Christian Walsh THE allegory was anti-Soviet Cold War satire Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

IT was tough going for the Russian hunter as he made his way through the tundra. Suddenly, stopping in his tracks, he noticed a baleful bear staring at him. Instinctively, the stalker raised his rifle. As he was about to pull the trigger the bear called o u t : “ W h o a , n o t s o fa s t. Let’s talk this through, brother.” At the bear’s suggestion that he show some goodwill, the hunter placed his rifle against a nearby tree and took the proffered seat. The bear and the tracker chatted amiably. “The way I look at it,” the bear smiled, “I need a square meal and you need a fur coat.” The outcome was that the bear got its square meal and the hunter got his fur coat. The allegory was anti-Soviet Cold War satire. This was in response to the peace initia-

SIBERIAN TUNDRA: Tough going for the Russian hunter. tive waged by the USSR at a time when Moscow was amassing a nuclear arsenal. Aware of Russia’s rapid moderni-

sation of their military resources there are signs that the European Union’s political elite are acutely aware that the US wants Europe to

Ban Ki-Moon in Paris

Life has to go on DESPITE the terror attacks on Paris, life has to continue and the city is now host to the UN Climate Change Conference which runs from November 30 to December 11. Whilst people around the world are still mourning the 130 who died in Paris and thousands of others who have been killed in terrorist activity, leaders (or their deputies) of 142 different states were due to speak on the first day of the meeting to consider ways of combating climate change. There have been a series of public demonstrations calling for direct action to reduce the risk to the environment of greenhouse gases, and it is clear that all those leaders will publicly espouse the cause. Poorer countries will call upon the ‘developed world’ to take action to reduce emissions from industry and household activity whilst the response will be that those in less developed countries will need to introduce more efficient ways of handling their waste. Every country will pay lip service to the concept of change and then many will return to their countries where voters will continue to demand ever increasing standards of living whilst industrial and financial interests will ‘lean on’ those politicians who need support to stay in power. The one encouraging sign is that despite the size and power of the oil companies and despite the drop in the barrel price of crude, much is being done to find new and sustainable sources of power.

provide a battleground for their anti-Russian aggression. However, there is no way the EU democracies can hope to emerge other than as a glass-strewn parking lot much as the US left Germany in 1945. Some Europeans hold vivid recollections of the British and US incineration of Europe during the latter half of the 1940s. The Spanish have a maxim: ‘Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.’ European reconstruction, peace and security lie in good relations based on trade with Russia and the CIS. Russia is by far the world’s largest country. The economy is based on huge natural resources upon which the world depends. It is going to have a solid future. Russia spans two continents and is within swimming distance of the Now we American continent. want to The far smaller petrodollar-dehear your views. pendent US is a busted flush, he nc e t he about t ur n now YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE taking place in the faux par- YOUR OPINION liaments of Western Europe’s www.euroweeklynews.com democracies.

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Helping orphans in rural Uganda CHARITY is heavily reliant on sponsorship and donations By Elizabeth Rañeses

CULTURAL MARKET: Will be held over the bank holiday weekend.

Medieval culture ONCE again, Almuñecar’s Paseo del Altillo will be hosting a Medieval Cultures Market over the bank holiday weekend, from December 5 to 8. There will be about 50 stands along the avenue where visitors will be able to find products including natural soaps and scents, silver jewellery, wooden items, tarot card

Haunted house returns to Salobreña SALOBREÑA’S haunted house, a hit last summer and on Halloween, will return to the Casa de la Cultura next weekend. On December 5 and 6, thrill-seekers can experience a brand new story revolving around a terrifying event that took place inside the house during the Christmas of 1815. Fifteen local youths worked hard to organise the event. The last haunted house took place on Halloween and attracted more than 200 people, but the event was unfortunately cut short when heavy rain caused many in the queue to scatter. Entry to the house costs €3, with €1 from each ticket going to charity.

readers, toys, aloe vera products and food among others. Entertainment planned includes bellydancing displays and bird of prey exhibitions. The market will be running from 11am to midnight with a break at lunchtime, the council announced.

Totalan shows off local dish MORE than 5,000 people attend village’s Chanfaina Festival LAST Sunday, the Axarquia village of Totalan celebrated its 11th consecutive ‘Chanfaina Festival’, a party in honour of the town’s local dish.

Festival was the 11th consecutive celebration of the town’s local dish

More than 5,000 people visited the village, which has a population of 700, in order to get a taste of Chanfaina, a stew traditionally made with potatoes, garlic, bre a d c rumbs , vine ga r, oregano, water and salt. The amusing story behind the dis h is tha t a loc a l w oma n inve nte d it to ge t back at her husband after he complained about having to eat fried potatoes every day.

THERE is to be a charity event at the Mirador de la Axarquia in Comares which starts at 12 noon on Sunday December 13, to raise funds for the ‘Nabugabo Community Learning Centre’ for orphans in a remote village in rural Uganda. The cost of entry and a seat at a table is €5 per person and there will be a table sale running from 12 noon to 4pm. During the afternoon it will be possible to purchase mulled wine, curry, mince pies and sweets for the children with all proceeds from the event going towards this Community Learning Centre.

Santa Claus is due at 1pm and there will be performances from a number of artists together with a raffle which will cost €3 for five tickets with a first prize of a five night apartment holiday thanks to www.anda lusianrentals.com together with other great prizes donated by local businesses. Those entertaining the visitors will include musician Ella Hillier, Mentally Ska’d a six-piece ska and reggae band and Felix Rey who is a singer and poet. David and Judy Batten, from Comares, left Spain in 2012 to set up a local school for AIDS orphans in a village in Uganda. The 100 primary age pupils can now call the school home, after

being deprived of education due to extreme poverty. This school offers the children two meals a day, all important medical care, clothing and most impressively, amongst all that, free education. The Battens rely on your support to keep this community project alive as they receive no help or support from the Government and the project is heavily reliant on sponsorships and donations in order to keep the doors open. So do head on over to the Mirador de la Axarquia on December 13 to show your support. To book tables please contact Jackee Rootham on 636 827 319 or Becky Bradford on 660 376 864.

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IT is apparent we live in an age where many of us are managing our waistlines, let’s face it, here in the Western world we are a far cry from the days of our great grandparents, when food was rationed and stew made from leftovers was a treat. It wasn’t going to take long for food SURGERY: Will not fix the mind. companies to exploit the fact humans love to eat, and what was once deemed a This is an operation costing around physical necessity to stay alive has now €3,600, in which a silicone band is fitted become a full-time leisure pursuit. Count to shrink the stomach, or alternatively a how many different cafes and restaurants gastric bypass, in which a small pouch is there are on the high street. created at the top of the stomach and conIs it any wonder food for many has benects to the small intestine, bypassing the come an obsession? So what can you do? rest of the stomach and bowel. First option: The Gastric Band.

You simply cannot eat anywhere near the volume of food that you were before as your stomach cannot cope. The ability to only be able to eat small portions of food will certainly reduce your appetite. The problem with option A is it will not solve any emotional problems you have with food. I had a client that was fitted with a gastric band but she was still heavily overweight. She told me she still had huge cravings and knew how to cheat, by liquidising Mars bars etc. People have also been known to suffer with depression due to the effects it has on relationships and lifestyle. The better option: Nutritional Therapy. This would consist of several sessions with a qualified practitioner to help identify when, where and why you formed a habit of over or obsessive eating. Human beings are emotional creatures and many things affect us in ways that form habits we would prefer not to have.

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SPERM BANKS: Buying on the internet is illegal in Spain. THE Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) has warned about the risks of buying sperm on the Internet for self-insemination. Dr. Rocio Nuñez, coordinator of the Interest Group on Ethics and Good Clinical Practice, said of home sperm banks: “They threaten the Spanish rules of assisted reproduction and deprive patients of the essential health guarantees to undergo assisted reproduction.” Among the necessary guarantees to be followed by a treat-

ment of assisted reproduction are medical management, assessment of semen quality before insemination and the existence of liability insurance in case of damage. In addition, Dr. Nuñez indicated such sites are illegal in Spain because they violate the condition of anonymity guaranteed in Spanish legislation. The Spanish Fertility Society is working in collaboration with other associations to end this practice.

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WORLDWIDE, 47.5 million people suffer from dementia, with the World Health Organisation saying each year there are 7.7 million new cases diagnosed. With dementia and Alzheimer’s disease now some of the leading killers, taking care of our brains is more important than ever. But what can you do to improve brain health and be more alert? Avoid medication Overuse of taking over the counter and prescription drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen, asthma medication and steroids, can deplete stores of B vitamins, which are essential for boosting mood and energy. Have house plants These are an easy and effective way to purify the air in your home and are known to have soothing and calming properties. No electronics at night Bodies and brains are programmed to sleep at night. When it’s dark the pineal gland releases more melatonin to signal that it’s time to wind down and go to sleep. When it’s light the pineal gland slows down melatonin production, signalling that it’s time to wake up. With elec-

TAKE CARE: There are some simple ways you can improve brain health and stay more alert. tronic devices, they emit a blue light which slows the melatonin production and triggers the production of a hormone that keeps you awake. This leaves bodies no longer knowing when to produce melatonin as they no longer know when they are supposed to be asleep so turn off electronic devices a few hours before bed. Meditate Meditation not only helps you feel at peace but practising for 12 minutes a day also greatly improves your focus and memory. Maintain sugar levels For the brain to work properly it is necessary to sustain blood sugar levels to keep brain chemistry balanced. Increased blood sugar levels can lead to type two diabetes, which can lead to Alzheimer’s. Stimulate the brain Like other parts of your body, the brain needs exercising. Try new activities that stimulate and improve your brain function. Eat more Omega three Eating healthy fats, such as

omega three fatty acids, can help preserve the health of your brain. They are known to prevent inflammation, the key to preserving cognitive function and warding off depression, stress, and anxiety.

Socialise Loneliness has been linked to depression so it is important to feel connected and supported in reality, not just on social media. A 2013 study showed that checking Facebook actually made people feel worse.

Cot bumpers pose risk to babies STUDY shows their direct link to a number of baby deaths THERE are calls for cot bumpers to be banned for the safety of babies after they were linked to infant deaths. A study published in the Journal of Paediatrics, found that 48 infant deaths between 1985 and 2012 were specifically linked to cot bumpers, and an additional 146 babies were involved in accidents where they nearly choked, suffocated or were strangled by the bumpers. As a result, experts are now

calling for them to be banned. The padded bumpers are widely available and are tied to the inside of cots to stop babies from getting their limbs stuck between the railings, but in the study, it found that of all items inside a cot, such as blankets, pillows and cuddly toys, the cot bumper was the most likely to cause infant deaths, potentially causing suffocation and strangulation. The UK’s NHS has also

said they do not recommend cot bumpers, warning parents

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Greed not need, too much or too little, the stories just won’t die LORD PORTER claims it just reflects ‘the way the world is’ Nora Johnson

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THE theme of this week’s column is money. People with too much. Others too little (so they say). First off, what about UK council chief executives earning six-figure salaries, as much as footballers? This according to the new head of the Local Government Association. Lord Porter ’s ‘not happy’ about it, but claims it reflects ‘the way the world is’. Hmm. Secondly, we learn that health inspectors have spent almost £1 million (€1.42 million) of taxpayers’ money on luxury hotels, spa resorts and stately homes. The Care Quality Commission’s total spending was

SALARIES: UK council chief executives earn as much as footballers. £4.4 million (€6.26 million) in 2014-15, four times its original budget. In total, £921,279.98 (€1,311,819.77) was spent on hotels for 36 inspections.

Whether the inspectors needed to be put up at these expensive hotels is open to question, but what isn’t is this: Why didn’t the CQC administrators who obtained the accommo-

dation negotiate discounts for block bookings? It’s basic business sense. Even the daftest of Lord Sugar ’s ‘Apprentices’ knows that! Here’s a suggestion. How about inspectors staying in an apartment as that’s cheaper? Oops! Isn’t it only MPs who are able to claim rental on expenses when away from home? Or alternatively, a fleet of caravans? They could park in the hospital grounds and inspections could cover the full 24 hours of a hospital’s functioning. Oops again! The NHS couldn’t afford the hospital parking costs... Thirdly, and fairly familiar territory here. News that the NHS is on course for the worst financial crisis in its history, amid warnings that hospitals could run out of cash to pay staff within a year. This together with warnings from senior police officers that possible budget cuts will mean they couldn’t deal with Paris-style

attacks. Like the Labour Party, the NHS and socialist-led councils, some think everything can be solved by simply throwing more money at the problem and recruiting more staff. But the kind of policing needed to tackle ISIS, for instance, isn’t simply the bobby on the beat or more community officers. It’s down to specialist counter-terrorism teams, and extra funding for this has been allocated. I’ve said this before and no doubt I’ll say it again. Cut overseas aid instead and redistribute it more effectively, for the benefit of the UK! Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Cudeca charity.

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MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

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Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama

in history 43 BC Cicero, considered one of the greatest sons of Rome, is assassinated on the orders of Marcus Antonius. 1492 Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Santo Domingo in search of gold. 1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia. 1660 The first Shakespearian actress to appear on an English stage (Ms. Norris) makes her debut as Desdemona. 1791 Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies in Vienna. 1877 Thomas A Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’ into his phonograph machine. 1914 The German cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Nurnberg, and Liepzig are sunk by a British force in the Battle of the Falkland Islands. 1941 Japanese planes raid Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise attack, bringing the US into WWII. 1947 Tennessee William’s play A Streetcar Named Desire premieres on Broadway starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. 1952 Killer fogs begin in London, England; ‘Smog’ becomes a word 1954 The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA. 1975 A Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, and a six-day siege begins. 1984 Toxic gas leaks from a Union Carbide plant and results in the deaths of thousands in Bhopal, India. 1987 US President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles 1989 Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev announce the official end to the Cold War at a meeting in Malta. 1992 A test engineer for Sema Group sends the world’s first text message, using a personal computer and the Vodafone network.

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“All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.” Lilly Tomlin

World of English

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The expression to ‘knuckle down’ originated from playing marbles: players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots.

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Unscramble the name of an award-winning novel, first published in 2005 (three words): OF THE HOT BIKE

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FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: THE BOOK THIEF, MICHAEL FARADAY.

Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (BOVINE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues

AERATE ASSERT AUNTIE BAMBOO BODIED BOVINE (10) COYOTE DEVOUR FAULTY GLOOMY

Amy Winehouse was one of the most important musical figures of her generation and before she would tragically join ‘the 27 club’ she created some of the best music in recent years. This film features neverbefore-heard tracks and never-before-seen footage as her demons and her music take centre stage.

David Villa, December 3, Footballer. Spanish born Villa played for Barcelona and became Spain’s alltime leading goal scorer. He scored five goals while leading the Spanish national team to their first ever World Cup Championship in 2010.

Tyra Banks, December 4, Supermodel and TV presenter, 42 As one of the original Victoria’s Secrets models she has gone on to create a multi-million dollar business with programmes such as America’s Next Top Model. Ronnie O’Sullivan, December 5, Snooker Player, 40 Known as The Rocket, due to his quick style of play, he has been in the forefront of international snooker for many years, winning numerous championships. Nick Park, December 6, Director, 57 Acclaimed stop motion animation filmmaker best known for his work on the Wallace and Gromit series as well as Shaun the Sheep. He has also co-directed a number of full length animated features. Noam Chomsky, December 7, Educator, 87 Regarded by many as one of the most accomplished educators alive, he is a linguist, philosopher, political activist and educator. Sinead O’Connor, December 8, Singer, 49 Irish singer-songwriter whose cover of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ brought her commercial success although she has something of a controversial past with four marriages and ordination as a priest of an independent Catholic group. Judi Dench, December 9, Actress, 81 Considered by many as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, she was made a Dame and has received six Laurence Olivier Awards for her contributions to the stage as well as playing M in several James Bond films.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Cloudy 2 Ruckus 3 Fallow 4 Auntie 5 Coleus 6 Fluffy 7 Shrunk 8 Bureau 9 Turnip 10 Hurley 11 Ramble 12 Sherry 13 Illume 14 Magnet 15 Diesel 16 Scream 17 Father 18 Direct 19 Sprite

YOUR STARS CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You are in for a bit of a bumpy ride this week. Some things will go well but other outcomes can be quirky. People change their minds, technology doesn’t work, phone calls don’t come. Be assured, however, that if you keep your sense of the absurd it could all be quite amusing. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When it comes to throwing wobblers, please don’t. It is so important this week to stay cool and unruffled. Change nothing that you can avoid changing. Even having discussions about change can set your nerves jangling. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of the year. Certainly, congratulations are in order. When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it, the satisfaction level is high. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) The importance of making the right choices is clear to you. Where to begin seems to be a sticking point. Starting by taking away the things you really do not want is essential. Be practical and logical. This is not a time for sentiment or muddled thinking.

SAGITTARIUS

(November 23 - December 21)

Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn’t be surprising this week. As you are prone to mistakes and misunderstandings, try not to tackle anything vital. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and fresh air. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you have the feeling that younger members of the family are not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark. They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The prospect of travel sets you thinking. Have you been spending too much time considering others? Should you take steps now to get time alone then these plans cannot be changed. This will save any discussions as to how or when. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With the best will in the world it is only possible to spend money once. We are all guilty of trying to get over this truth, but it never works. Have patience when looking to improve your possessions. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Going over old ground is counterproductive. There is nothing to be

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Unscramble the name of a famous 19th century English physicist and chemist: I AM HARDLY A FACE

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gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others. You do not need experience of a situation to be able to come up with a useful idea. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the 26th. Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions. Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental well-being. Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip. Having sorted out any problems that side-tracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself. Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people. Think of the way that a child gets its point over.

Nonagram 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 D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: Average: 8 Good: 11 Very good: 16 Excellent: 19

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION amid amir balm barm beam bema berm brim dame dime dram emir iamb idem lama lamb lame limb lime made maid mail male mare marl mead meal meld mild mile mire ream rime abeam aimed aimer alarm amber amble ameba amide armed bedim blame bream derma dimer drama dream embar imbed lamed lamer lamia limed maria medal media miler mired ramie realm rimed admire ambled ambler amelia bedlam beldam blamed dermal lambda lambed limbed limber mailed mailer marble medial medlar milder ramble admiral alarmed amiable balmier barmaid marbled rambled ADMIRABLE

SOUND OF THE WEEK A Head Full of Dreams By Coldplay Record Label: Parlophone - Atlantic The latest album from Coldplay, their seventh, will be released on December 4 and the record features collaborations with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo and Merry Clayton. The band previewed the album on Instagram recently, sharing almost eight minutes of new music which finds the group in liberating form.

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CRYPTIC

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Cryptic Across 1 Disturbed fish surrounded by poles (6) 4 Property in England, say (6) 9 Cared about a group of activists (5) 10 How old is bird in Dorset seaside resort? (7) 11 They curb characters involved in slaughter (8) 12 Talent is present (4) 14 From and to Kensington for souvenirs (6) 16 Virginia rents out the servants (6) 19 Plenty of land in tarmac resort (4) 20 Save joints of meat for private quarters (8) 23 Effect of comet crash after half an hour (7) 24 Saint gets drink that’s not fresh (5) 25 Note heard by male singer (6) 26 Refuse to accept awful jeer at court (6) Down 1 Dismiss reported target of humour, old music-maker (7) 2 Check the accounts of German car trader first (5) 3 The plane might be a Jumbo (8) 5 Remain for support (4) 6 Greed displayed by girl taking pudding (7) 7 Choose the chosen? (5) 8 Take over and use Earp from the sound of it (5)

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Across: 1 Tarzan, 4 Banger, 8 Snare, 9 Okapi, 11 Eerie, 12 Sterile, 13 Secure, 15 Ladies, 19 Swansea, 21 Staid, 23 Akela, 24 Erect, 25 Tables, 26 Hearts. Down: 1 Tenders, 2 Riser, 3 Amateur, 5 Atone, 6 Raise, 7 Dense, 10 Alibi, 14 Crate, 16 Austere, 17 Saddles, 18 Cadet, 19 Scant, 20 Skate, 22 Alter.

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13 Game makes the French angry with English (8) 15 Material for nails a tinker ordered? (7) 17 Mistrust American priest in church faction (7) 18 Came with nothing but a piece of jewellery (5) 19 A boxing match, roughly (5) 21 That’s enough of the cold comfort! (5) 22 Fiasco deep in computer instruction (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 14 represents B and 21 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 14 appears and Z every time the figure 21 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 Put down by force or authority (8) 7 Remains (5) 8 Flying machine (9) 9 Hot beverage (3) 10 Short musical composition with words (4) 11 Right to enter (6) 13 Arranged by type (6) 14 Overtakes (6) 17 Made afraid (6) 18 Own (4) 20 Hole in the earth (3) 22 Saying or performing again (9) 23 Footwear (5) 24 Worried and uneasy (8)

Down 1 Official stamps (5) 2 Associate (7) 3 Ready for harvest (4) 4 By no means plentiful (6) 5 Cobblers’ equipment (5) 6 Frees oneself from (7) 7 More than two but not many (7) 12 Mends (7) 13 Assume (7) 15 Coast (7) 16 Place of worship (6) 17 Arose (5) 19 Borders (5) 21 Lure (4)

1 Pines, 4 Shower, 9 Restore, 10 Slips, 11 Says, 12 Octopus, 13/18 Bow tie, 14 Thou, 16 Turn, 20 Realise, 21 Bait, 24 Crime, 25 Sausage, 26 Stress, 27 Sends. Down: 1 Phrase, 2 Nasty, 3 Shoe, 5 Hesitate, 6 Whisper, 7 Resist, 8 Below, 13 Business, 15 Heavier, 17 Cracks, 18 Tense, 19 Others, 22 Again, 23 Buys.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across:

English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

1 Paint, 4 Swans, 7 Ahi, 8 Azulejo, 9 Shepherds, 13 Cremosa, 15 Sea, 16 Obras, 17 Sueca. Down: 1 Pray, 2 Irish, 3 Teaspoons, 4 Saucepans, 5 Age, 6 Slow, 10 Desde, 11 Ocho, 12 Baya, 14 Ear.

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Down Across 1 Waiters (9) 1 To marry (5) 2 Royal (4) 3 Goat (5) 3 Which (4) 5 Thousand (3) 7 Wire (metal) (7) 4 Olives (fruit) (9) 6 Monday (5) 9 Frog (4) 8 Cervezas (5) 10 Cinturón (4) 11 Expensive (4) 13 Rescue (7) 12 Alquiler (de inmueble) (4) 14 Hijo (3) 15 Sacred (5) 16 Gemelos (5)

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1. Italian Supercar day For the big boys who need big toys, how about treating him to an ‘Italian Supercar Experience’? Available from Virgin, it’s a sure winner. The recipient will get giddy over driving two of the latest models to be launched from rivals.

THE new offering from Dean Koontz is a thriller sure to keep you up all night. Bibi Blair is a young woman who has escaped death and now finds herself on a mysterious mission which will uncover the reasons for her survival. She is approached by a stranger who tells her that she has survived because she now has to save a girl identified only as Ashley Bell. Brilliantly paced, an exhilarating heroine and a twisting, ingenious storyline.

2. Marc Jacobs Decadence This new floral perfume has everyone talking, and will have her talking about you! It’s bound to be an instant classic and will surely put you in her good books this Christmas. Decadence is more sophisticated than Marc Jacobs’ other iconic fragrances and will be compatible with most tastes. This bottle itself is also quite the statement, taking its cues directly from Jacobs’ fashion with its handbag shape and opulent detailing. Sure to look good on any dressing table. 3. BOSS Hugo Boss has always had that ‘something special’ as a gift, but the new fragrance from Hugo has been flying off the shelves. It’s a scent designed for seduction: a heady mix of spicy ginger, intense leather and softer fruit and lavender notes. The result is something

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4. Eva Tote Gym Bag If she loves the gym, you can’t go wrong with this stylish gym bag that nobody will ever believe holds her training kit. A must for avid gym goers and yoga enthusiasts, the Eva Tote gym bag has special places for her phone, water, dirty clothes and yoga mat. Who knew you could give the gift of style and practicality in one bag? 5. Game of Thrones Monopoly If board games are his thing, or hers come to that, then settle in for the only game more bloodthirsty than the battle for the Iron Throne itself. In this brilliant spin on the classic board game, the hotels are keeps and the Chance cards are labelled Valar Morghulis. You even get to play as a little dire wolf. All men must die, but not before they’ve passed Go. 6. Olloclip 4-IN-1 Photo Lens This ideal gift is for the gadget-loving, snaphappy girl who can’t be bothered to carry around a bulky camera. The Olloclip 4-in-1 photo lens will fit in her pocket and offers a selfie function, fisheye (180° view), wideangles (double that of the normal iPhone), and two macro lenses. For every extra like she gets on Instagram she’ll think of you. 7. Tom Tom The latest incarnation and most cutting-edge sat nav yet, proves Tom Tom have lifted the

bar again. They now offer you lifetime extras like real-time traffic updates, speed camera alerts and map updates, all for free. The big bonus is the unlimited data roaming which means, through the built-in sim card, you’re always connected, no matter which country you’re driving in. 8. GoPro HERO4 Session For the action film maker in your life: Whether they are filming themself skiing down a mountain, or just recording their cycle ride to work, this is the camera to do it with. The new Session is GoPro’s highest performing, and smallest, camera made to date, featuring ultra-high speed capture and the ability to shoot fancy 4k video, meaning your wipeout will be a viral sensation in no time.

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9. Harrods Champagne Bar Treat her the way she deserves by making your way to the Champagne Bar and share a bottle of chilled Champagne exclusive to Harrods. Established in the Champagne region for over three centuries, the Hostomme family uses only premium quality pinot noir grapes. A taste of luxury she will remember.

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

10. Personalised Ring Necklace The classic version of this gift for her is the three ring design but you can order one with four or five rings and of course add a personalised message to make it special. The circle pendants with your personal message look great on the chain making this the perfect accessory to any outfit, night or day.

TARGET: Average: 22 Good: 28 Very good: 40 Excellent: 50

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

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that smells light or even sweet at first, before settling down as something deeper and intoxicating.

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Move from the start word (WORE) to the end word (AWAY) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

WORE WIRE WIRY AIRY AWRY AWAY

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Don’t throw away those Christmas season plastic soft drink bottles IF you produce too many cuttings, the excess can be passed on to friends and neighbours Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

PLASTIC BOTTLES: One can use the partially cut top as a cloche to protect your plants during winter. 1.5 litre bottles and up to six in the larger bottles. If possible over winter place the planted up cuttings in a greenhouse or cold frame. The mini versions sold most Springs by Lidl stores are useful in this respect. We also noticed the new Aki store on the Ondara Commercial centre site sells inexpensive green houses. On a smaller scale, one can cut off the

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DURING the next three months there will be plenty of opportunities for taking cuttings to propagate new plants to extend your plantings and fill in gaps. Unfortunately most plant pots kept from purchased plants and those available for sale in garden and horticultural centres are shallow and do not allow deep roots to be developed. This is a great pity as probably a new plant with 20 centimetre deep roots will be twice as easy to establish in the garden than one with only 12 centimetre long roots. The simple solution is to retain all 1.5 litre and five and seven litre water and soft drink plastic bottles and use them as deep plant pots. If the top is cut to leave a hinge, rather than being totally cut off, one can use this as a cloche over your cutting which will protect it during the winter. Plant individual cuttings in

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base of plastic bottles and invert them over plant cuttings in a same diameter bottle. Fix with tape and you have a mini greenhouse with a constant moisture level. These can be kept at the back of a frostless greenhouse or on a shelf in a conservatory or greenhouse, or in a cold frame protected with fleece. Wine bottles full of water

are also useful for raising cuttings from Oleanders and Bignonias. If you have never raised plants from cuttings do read Chapter 6.12 in the book ‘Your Garden in Spain - From planning to planting and maintenance.’ This describes, as does also Chapter 4.9 of the book ‘Apartment Gardening Mediterranean Style’ how to

Revamp your stairs…Try using wallpaper! WALLPAPER can be used for more than just the walls. You can renew your steps with the versatile decoration and create new colours and designs for the staircase. It may take a little preparation but the end result will be worth it. First you will need to count the number of stair risers and then measure them for height and length. Even though they may look exactly the same, you are sure to find a couple of small differences which are best to know about before you

start. Cut the wallpaper to fit each riser and after cleaning the steps put a little adhesive on and start sticking your strips. Remember that you are dealing with a different surface than standard walls when you are choosing your design. You will want a roll of wallpaper that will be suitable when it is on sideways. Unpasted wallpaper is more suited to this task than the prepasted kind because water isn’t needed for the project.

propagate various types of plants from stem, side, root, air, and leaf cuttings. Once you are hooked, propagating becomes an interesting and absorbing hobby for all ages from school children to the aged. Once you have proved you have green fingers, take every opportunity of planting up cuttings from your own garden and those of friends. The result

will be inexpensive strong plants. When we stroll round our garden the majority of plants and mature trees started off as cuttings or seeds, and many of the seeds were collected from our own gardens on our travels around Spain. If you produce too many the excess can be passed on to friends and neighbours still developing new gardens or sold at Gardening Club meetings. To improve your success rate obtain a pot of hormone powder to dip the end of cutting in before planting. Unfortunately some cuttings can be prone to rotting off especially during winter months so spray the surface of the compost with a mild fungicide. By the way a great advantage of plastic bottles is you can write the name of the plant being propagated on the outside of the bottle with a waterproof felt pen. Happy propagating next year! (c) Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com. December 2015.

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HAVING been involved with dogs for over 60 years, I learned many years ago like in any other industry there is a word called ‘progress’. A dog is not a wolf in disguise. I used to use pinch collars, choke chains, write and teach about the ‘alpha’ in the pack. I wish I could destroy my past four books. Much progress has been made in the ‘canine world’. We no longer shout and punish our pets. No point in rubbing a dog’s face in pee or poo and saying ‘he knows he did wrong’.

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AFTER this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix, winner Fernando Alonso claimed: “The winner of Malaysia this year would have been lapped six times by the winner in 2006.” A strange and bold claim, given that technology typically enhances the speed and accuracy of a given product, but a cursory glance over timesheets confirms his suspicions. Winners in the Monaco, Canadian and Japanese Grand Prix in 2005 edged out 2015 winners by seconds. In 10 years at the Suzuka track, winning times have slowed by almost five seconds with Kimi Raikkonen scoring course record 1’31.540 in 2005 and Lewis Hamilton managing 1’36.145 earlier this year. Today’s vehicles are certainly more technologically advanced, but the chief difference between now and then is the focus of new engineering promise. Fuel efficiency, ease of use and getting around ever-growing regulations are now top priorities for engineers. Track safety should always be a concern but as David Coultard said: “The current era of F1 should always be pretty much the fastest period of the sport in history.” With F1 selling itself as the epitome of racing the FIA has stepped in and to announce plans to make cars ‘five to six seconds a lap faster’ by 2017.

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INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD LADIES 1st Pat Lowe Hcp 26 39pts 2nd Karen Nuttall Hcp 31 38pts 3rd Bridget Lloyd Edwards Hcp 29 37pts MEN 1st Terry Everett Hcp 22 36pts 2nd Morris Lightfoot Hcp 22 35pts 3rd Mac Farman Hcp 16 35pts 4th Derek Lowe Hcp 25 35pts TWOS Pepe Gil / Roger Davey Gins held their individual stableford at Los Moriscos on Friday November 20 in a popular showing with 55 playing an individual game. The ladies were the winners on the top with the top three offering up terrific scores. All 14 groups managed to get a full round in within four and a half hours. ANORETA Monday November 23 LADIES DAY DUBAI STABLEFORD 4-3-2 1st TEAM Gill Sibson, Derek Sibson, Rob Nicholson and Ray Craig 99 pts 2nd TEAM MayLiz Santon, Peter Hobbs, Peter Garner and Gary Miles 95 pts 3rd TEAM Marisa Elias, Sean Daly, Ian Hanratty and Rod Oldham 94 pts 4th TEAM Lyn McAllister, Dan McAllister, Malcolm McLeod and Alan Lloyd Edwards 91 pts HOLE IN ONE Malcolm McLeod 17th TWOS Peter Verkleij and Stewart Green two, Ray Craig, Gill Green and Ian Hanratty five and Rob Nicholson nine. In a beautiful day for golf Genghis Gill Sibson and her conquering hordes came sweeping down from Baviera and dispatched the locals with some ease. Happily no blood was spilt and when the last team eventually finished the assembled company sat down to a pleasant dinner and prize giving. The ladies, especially Lyn, Judy and Bridget, who organised the teams and prizes were due a special thanks. Special congratulations to Malcolm for his first ever ‘ace’ at the not easy 17th, surely worth the bar bill! BAVIERA Tuesday November 24 INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD OVERALL WINNER Top Guns Jeff Puckett Hcp 25 39pts Ray Craig Hcp 8 39pts LADIES 1st Montse Mendi Hcp 31 30pts 2nd PJ Bentley Ennis Hcp 36 29pts MEN 1st Clive Akid Hcp 20 37pts 2nd George Reid Hcp 21 35pts 3rd Pepe Gil Hcp 9 33pts TWOS Jeff Puckett and Miguel Frayne A chilly morning soon warmed and so did the golf! For the first time there were joint overall winners, with Jeff and Ray sharing top prize. Both Clive and George also felt the handicap secretary’s knife as the attached list shows. Ladies Invitation – Next Tuesday, December 1. It was a real success, so many thanks to Pete, Bridget, Ana, Judy and Lyn for putting it all together. The ‘delayed’ 2015 Baviera Ladies Day is scheduled for next Tuesday, and hopefully teams from both Los Mos and Anoreta will reciprocate and partake of the delights available at Baviera. The game will be a Dubai and therefore there are no handicap constraints. Afterwards, there will be a prize ceremony accompanied by some tapas, beer and wine. Those not wishing to have Tapas, can opt for the Menu del Dia.

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(Fiorentina) also scored in 12 consecutive Serie ‘A’ games in 1994-95. BOXING – Despite disrespecting the National Anthem, I congratulate Tyson Fury on outpointing Wladimir Klitschko to become the undisputed WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion of the world. Klitschko had held the world title for nine years. On the same night, another Brit, James DeGale, defeated Lucian Bute to win the IBF Super-middleweight crown. MATCH ACTION – Thirty goals were scored in the Premiership last weekend, the results being: Lowly Aston Villa 2 Watford 3, plucky Bournemouth 3 Everton 3, Crystal Palace 5 awful Newcastle 1, Leicester 1 Manchester United 1, Liverpool 1 Swansea 0, leaders Manchester City 3 Southampton 1, battling Norwich 1 Arsenal 1, gutsy Sunderland 2 ten-man Stoke 0, Tottenham 0 Chelsea 0 and West Ham 1 WBA 1. Brighton beat Birmingham 2-1 to return to the top of the Championship: Coventry (2-2 with Doncaster) and Oxford (1-0 winners at Hartlepool) lead Leagues 1 and 2 respectively and Celtic are in charge in the SPL. In Spain’s La Liga, Barcelona whipped Real Sociedad 4-0 to stay four points clear of Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid (2-0 winners at Eibar) are third, six points adrift of the leaders. In Germany, Bayern Munich are romping away in the Bundesliga. The top PL games this weekend are: ArsenalSunderland, Manchester United-West Ham, StokeManchester City, SwanseaLeicester and WBA-Spurs. Ipswich play Middlesbrough in the Championship tomorrow. CUP FOOTBALL - On Tuesday and last night there were four 5th round League

Cup-ties while over the next four days, 64 teams, including the minnows of Eastleigh, Salford City (owned by the ex-Manchester United clan), Stourbridge, Welling and Whitehawk will chase glory in the FA Cup second round. Next midweek we have the final Group games of the Champions League with both Arsenal and Manchester United needing to win to join Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, Manchester City and Real Madrid, and others, in the last 32. On Saturday week, the draw takes place for next year’s European Championships in France. England (seeded) are in Pot 1 with Spain, Germany, Portugal and Belgium while Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Wales are Pot 4. CRICKET - England, after beating 3-1 Pakistan in the ODI series, doubled up by winning the T20 series as well. And in the historic first day/night Test Match ever, staged in Adelaide, Australia (224 and 197-7) beat New Zealand (208 and 202) by three wickets. The game which lasted three days attracted over 123,600 spectators …and a pink ball was used! FORMULA ONE - It was another Mercedes one-two as Nico Rosberg won the final Grand Prix of 2015 in Abu Dhabi. World champion Lewis Hamilton was second, with Kimi Raikkonen third. GOLF – Local player Matt Jones won the Australian Open by one shot from world number one Jordan Spieth and fellow countryman Adam Scott. HOCKEY – GB’s men started the World League finals in India with a confidence-boosting win over Canada. ATHLETICS – Kenya’s two-time World cross country

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Congratulations to Vardy, Fury and the Murrays ALL winners in their respective sports Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

TENNIS – Great Britain are World champions after beating Belgium to lift the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936. Majestic Andy Murray won both his singles matches and teamed up with brother, Jamie, to win the doubles. Almost 40,000 fans

attended the three-day final and there was great joy for 5,000 Brits in Ghent. Well done to head coach Leon Smith and his team…could it now be Sir Andy? GOAL MACHINES - Last Saturday, Leicester’s Jamie

Vardy became the first player to score in eleven consecutive PL games, thus equaling Blackpool’s Stan Mortensen’s 1950-51 feat of netting in 11 successive First Division matches. Only Jimmy Dunne (Sheffield United) is now

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ahead of Vardy. He holds the all-time record in top flight football, scoring in 12 games in a row in 1931-32. * Gabriel Batistuta