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Stalemate over coastline plans Explosion update Comic capers BRITISH comedy legends Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have taken their cringe-worthy ribtickling antics to Malaga

province as filming begins on the third season of the widely acclaimed BBC show ‘The Trip.’

THE cook who was hospitalised following the violent gas explosion that laid waste to the takeaway section of the La Bohemia cafe in Velez-

Malaga has been discharged. She suffered multiple injuries after being thrown several metres into the air.

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Subaquatic winners THE home team was the triumphant winner of the two underwater championships held in La Herradura last week. Spain came first, both in the 2nd European Underwater Photography Championships and the 1st European Underwater Video Championships. See page 6

Rustlers collared THE Local Police in Motril managed to avoid the theft of 170 kilos of avocados from a country property to the north of the town last week after a plain-clothed officer spotted people trying to drag them through a hole in a fence. See page 11

By Simon Firth One of the last strips of undeveloped coastline which had been earmarked for more than 1,000 homes including four star hotels, will not be built on, it has been revealed. The area, known as the Playazo between the rivers Chillar and Seco, had been included under a previous urban plan more than 10 years ago. In early 2014 the stretch of

land, more than 1.1 million square metres, was again designated for development. This would have entailed the purchase of some land from private owners. Now the fate of the land, dubbed one of the last virgin strips on the east coast of the province, has led to political wrangling between the parties. Left-wingers have called for it to be left in its current state but there have been accusations that failing to

allow development would jeopardise “the tourist, economic and social future of Nerja.” The fate of El Playazo will now be decided at a meeting in a week’s time by the socialist-led authority in Nerja. But its leaders have signalled the development is not currently one of its priorities. In August this year the environmental watchdog, the Sustainability Observatory, said Spain’s Mediterranean

coastline was becoming over-developed and this could actually harm the tourism sector which is so vital to the country’s national economy.

Reservoirs run dry MALAGA Province has exited the hydrological year, which ended on September 30, with water reserves in its reservoirs at their lowest lev-

els since 2009, when the area began to recover following the drought of 2005-2008. See page 12

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LOCAL NEWS

Resin the roof A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by the National Police in Motril under suspicion of drug trafficking, with a massive 246.65 kilo haul of hashish seized during a raid on a truck he was driving.

The narcotics were apparently hidden in an oil tank aboard the vehicle and transported from Melilla to Motril via ferry, with the Spanish Levante thought to be the final destination.

Ahead of the pack NERJA’S Environment councillor, Jorge Bravo Gallardo, has confirmed president of the Association of Costa del Sol Axarquia municipalities, Gregorio Campos, and owner of the Don Animal Animal Park, Jose Antonio Villodres, have signed a contract for collection of abandoned and stray animals throughout Axarquia. The deal also includes a 24-hour emergency service and provisions for the collection of dead animals at 31 different localities.

Saved from danger MARITIME Rescue and the Guardia Civil intercepted a small inflatable dinghy with 12 North African immigrants aboard off the Velez-Malaga coast. The adults on board were in

good overall health although one had to be transferred to hospital. A local fishing boat alerted the emergency services to the plight of the vessel, which was around 15 kilometres south east of Torre del Mar.

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Comic geniuses on the south coast By Matthew Elliott BRITISH comedy legends Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have taken their cringeworthy rib-tickling antics to Malaga Province as filming begins on the third season of the widely acclaimed BBC show ‘The Trip.’ The hit series embarks on a restaurant tour across Spain, having had critics in tears with previous seasons set in northern England and Italy. Welshman Brydon has already tweeted over his escapades and encounters, writing: ‘Radio in the taxi in Malaga playing obscure Kate Bush album track. #vivaespana.’ Director Michael Winterbottom has also joined the gruesome twosome in southern Spain and has been spotted sampling the fare at Malaga’s renowned Refectorium restaurant. Once filming is done expats will be able to see the fruits of their adventures and perhaps discover a few more places to visit. There may even be a feature film made which would surely be shown in local cinemas, hopefully not dubbed!

COMICS: Rob Bryden (right) and Steve Coogan (above.)

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Running out of gas By Matt Ford OFFICERS from the Public Safety Unit of the Guardia Civil seized 4,000 individual doses of nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, during the Nerja Feria on Sunday, October 9. The gas has become one of the most fashionable ‘drugs’

in places such as Ibiza and the UK, and the haul represents one of the largest to be confiscated in Malaga Province. Undercover officers spotted that the gas was being distributed from two of the five ‘casetas’ installed for the annual knees-up, with 11 people implicated in the scam. No arrests have yet been

made, although their names have been sent to the competent authority, and financial penalties may yet be dispatched. Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas used as an anaesthetic in hospitals, and when inhaled it lowers blood pressure, heart rate and breathing, and may cause irri-

tation to the eyes, nose and throat. Consumers often break out in uncontrolled smiles or fits of laughter, and in extreme cases may suffer temporary losses of certain senses. Health experts warn that the gas is highly addictive, and that regular use can be dangerous.

Come fly with me at lower cost SPANISH budget carrier Vueling is to offer a total of 40 itineraries connecting Andalucia to other parts of Europe this winter, with new offerings to Birmingham

and Toulouse among them. There will be 672,058 seats available from Malaga Airport, with year-round destinations including Lanzarote, Ams-

terdam, and Cardiff to name just a few. As well as the two new routes, connections to Ibiza and Milan will be available during the Christmas period.

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LA BOHEMIA CAFE: The scene of the gas explosion.

Heroine back home By Matt Ford THE cook who was hospitalised following the violent gas explosion that laid waste to the takeaway section of the La Bohemia cafe in Velez-Malaga has been discharged. She suffered multiple injuries after being thrown several metres into the air by the force of the blast before landing on top of tables and chairs. Having spent four days in intensive care, she was subsequently moved to the Traumatology department last Wednesday, and is

now home. The 35-year-old Moroccan was widely credited by police in the aftermath of the incident, since she raised the alarm alerting customers to the strong smell of gas and helping to evacuate the premises. Some 90 people were injured during the blast, which occurred in a pedestrian zone at the height of the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual feria on Saturday, October 1. It subsequently emerged that the takeaway section did not have an operating licence, despite having applied in 2013.

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Spain’s triumphant wins

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY: Spain won both of the European events held in La Herradura. THE home team was the triumphant winner of the two underwater championships held in La Herradura last week. Spain came first, both in the 2nd European Underwater Photography Championships and the 1st European Underwater Video Championships which the town hosted, taking first place on both podiums at the award ceremony at the Centro Civico on Sunday evening (October 9).

Rafael Fernandez Caballero from Madrid and Jesus Osorio from Malaga took the winning photos achieving both the gold and silver medals for Spain while the bronze went to the French team. Meanwhile in the video championship Jose Carlos Rando, also from Malaga, took the gold while a Dutch team won silver and a German team bronze. Altogether more than 70 people took part

in the Championships, which were organised by the Andalucian and Spanish underwater photography federations in collaboration with Almuñecar Council and the world underwater activity confederation (CMAS). La Herradura’s waters will greet more camera-wielding divers next week as the Spanish national underwater photography championships are also to be held there from October 19-23.

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New community way of living A GROUP of like-minded British expats based in Almuñecar have been thinking about their future when they can no longer manage to live in their own houses or flats, or no longer wish to. The reasons may include limited mobility, distance from activities or social isolation, and some of their friends, whether Spanish, Northern European or other nationalities have expressed similar concerns. Many of them have seen their parents or friends in difficulties when decisions have had to be taken and they could no longer choose where they live. For these reasons the group wishes to explore the possibility of designing a self-run cooperative community within which they could support each other. They believe that renting property may be a better option than buying, so that services could be bought in as needed and costs shared, and that in this way they could maximise their later years and enjoy life to the full. So, the friends are looking for an international group of likeminded people to help make this happen. Their first meeting is on Thursday October 20 at 6pm, downstairs in the Asa de Cultura Almuñecar, with the second on November 7 at the same time, same place. Please get in touch on unavidabuena2016@gmail.com and pass this on to anyone you think would be interested. Their website, which has links to similar projects, is unavidabuenasite.wordpress.com.

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Leaked report opens wounds BREXIT PAGE By Matthew Elliot and Simon Firth FOLLOWING Theresa May’s decision to set March next year as the date to invoke Article 50, leaked papers suggest the UK economy could be about to take a massive hit to its tax revenues and its GDP, the monetary value of its goods and services. The claim is based on a report prepared for the then chancellor, George Osborne, during the referendum campaign. Senior figures in the ‘Leave’ movement have already said the aim was to make leaving the single market look as bad as possible, and have called the figures unrealistic. The report is based on a draft cabinet committee report seen by The Times which claims the Treasury is warning of a £66 billion annual cost to the UK. A more optimistic assessment speaks of a £38 billion loss, given the then ‘smaller size of the economy.’

Unsurprisingly, campaigners pushing for a so-called ‘soft’ exit, have seized on the report. Former business minister Anna Soubry said, “The horrific damage of a hard Brexit is clear, less tax revenue means less to invest in schools and hospitals, lower trade and investment means businesses and jobs at risk.” The news makes more grim reading given a warning from the British Chambers of Commerce earlier this week that business investment had hit a four year low. The government’s opponents have also been quick to make capital out of the leak, with Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron saying that quitting the single market will wreck the economy. He called a ‘hard’ Brexit “an act of sheer economic vandalism.”

Tim Farron: “Economic vandalism.”

Price hikes likely on the high street ANOTHER aspect of life in post-Brexit Britain has come to the fore, with a warning of price hikes in the country’s shops. The group representing the main high street retailers is putting pressure on the government to come up with a good deal for Britain or face the consequences. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is warning of tariffs on UK goods that could see 16 per cent added to meat prices, and 27 per cent to meat, also clothing and footwear imported from within the EU, currently zero-rated, would see tariffs up to 16 per cent. These would be imposed under trade deal rules from the World Trade Organisation. The problem, says the BRC, is that stores would be forced in most cases to pass these prices rises on to the shopper. Imports are already more costly with the fall in the value of the pound, currently at its lowest rate against the euro for around five years. Richard Baker, chairman of the BRC, said “We will be engaged in a constructive dialogue with government that will bring our experience to bear on the Brexit talks to the benefit of everyone in the UK.”

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May in Madrid for Brexit talks By Matthew Elliott THERESA MAY is conducting her first visit to Spain as prime minister and met with her Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy at the Palacio de La Moncloa in Madrid on Thursday October 13. May, and Spain’s acting prime minister, met over a working lunch at 12.30pm where the impact of Brexit on relations between the two countries was the chief subject matter. The two leaders have already had an official conversation on the telephone following May’s selection as prime minister in July, and in China during the G20 summit. On both occasions they stressed the need to protect all British and Spanish citizens from any negative fallout from Brexit, although the Rockshaped elephant in the room,

THERESA MAY: On a charm offensive. Gibraltar, was not discussed. Recent demands for co-sovereignty negotiations from acting foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo have met with short shrift by chief minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo, who rejected the

prospect outright. May is completing a whistle-stop tour of Europe, also taking in Denmark and the Netherlands as she attempts to shore up support ahead of crunch Brexit talks in the spring.

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CRACK DOWN: Local Police regularly patrol the countryside.

Officer thwarted avocado thieves By Eleanor Hawkins THE Local Police in Motril managed to avoid the theft of 170 kilos of avocados from a country property to the north of the town last week after a plain-clothed officer spotted people trying to drag them through a hole in a fence. The officer reported that

he asked a group of men for their ID after seeing them passing boxes of avocados through a gap in a fence but they fled the scene. After calling for a uniformed patrol and inspecting the area, another pile of boxes of the subtropical produce was found inside the fence which the thieves intended to

make off with. The avocados were returned to their rightful owner immediately, citizens security councillor Maria Angeles Escamez reported. Local Police officers carry out regular patrols of the countryside in an aim to crack down on agricultural theft of this type.

Motril pet microchip readers THE Junta de Andalucia has given Motril Council six new hand held readers for reading the microchips that cats and dogs are required by law to have inserted into their bodies for identification purposes. It appears the council requested the donation of these readers as it will assist in not only returning lost animals to their owners but will al-

so assist in tracking down those who have abandoned their pets for some reason or other . Assuming owners undertake chipping at the age of three months as required, it also means the council should have the ability to have a reasonably accurate idea of the number of ‘legal’ cats and dogs it has in the town although figures will be skewed by unregistered animals.

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Approval for less hours given THE Junta de Andalucia has approved a scheme whereby its 270,000 municipal employees will only have to work a 35-hour week from January 2017. Although the decree re-

mains to be approved by Spanish Parliament, the Regional Governing Council agreed the measure on Tuesday, October 11. Junta spokesman Miguel Angel Vazquez said, “This is

a measure which will improve public services, and it is also a question of political will which the Junta is determined to implement.” “It would be irresponsible to prevent these professionals

benefiting from the [financial] recovery.” If approved by the central government, the decree would see the 37.5 hour week agreed in 2012 abolished, although there is likely to be resistance from Mariano Rajoy’s interim administration. Madrid City Council and the Basque Country have already failed in attempts to reduce the number of weekly hours for civil servants following appeals from the national government. Vasquez, and Andalucian president Susana Diaz, appear prepared to defy any appeal, however, with both declaring that the issue is none of the government’s business. “Our Statute of Autonomy gives us full responsibility for the management of our civil services,” said the former, who also believes that the change will create “thousands of jobs,” without specifying precisely how. The reduction in working hours was initially agreed with the CCOO, UGT, and CSIF trade unions in June, and is earmarked to be brought into practice on January 16. The new timetable would be introduced gradually in the health sector, while those employed in education would have to wait until the new academic year begins in September 2017.

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Lowest lev

LA VIÑUELA: At just 33 per cent of capacity. MALAGA Province has exited the hydrological year, which ended on September 30, with water reserves in its reservoirs at their lowest levels since 2009, when the area began to recover following the drought of 2005-2008. In August 2005 reserves totalled 217.2 cubic hectometres, and this week the seven dams used for municipal supplies contain 251.2 cubic hectometres. Average annual consumption is approximately 120 cubic hectometres, of which almost half is consumed by Malaga City. The Territorial Delegation

of Environment and Planning assures that even if this autumn and winter remain dry, there is sufficient water for at least a year on the Costa del Sol, 18 months in Axarquia, and two years in the Guadalhorce Valley and city. That said, the regional Environment Minister, Jose Fiscal, said that in his view the situation is “worrying,” during a visit to Nerja last week, although for now no drought warning is in place. “If rainfall is normal, and [State Meteorological Agency] Aemet forecasts suggest that autumn will fall within the normal average,

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there will be no need to enforce measures, so I hope that the predictions are met,” he said. More serious than the lack of reserves is the fact that the province has not made any significant improvements to infrastructure in the seven years since 2009. Some projects have been initiated but later cancelled resulting in lost time and money, and the official line being adopted by both the Junta de Andalucia and Malaga Provincial Council is that they are “studying the possible scenarios that might occur before taking any decisions.”

18 months supply of water is still available for Axarquia.

The only measure taken to alleviate supply issues this year was the delivery of water to a number of villages near Antequera twice a week, and in Axarquia the agricultural sector is particularly concerned. Should a drought alert be issued, the supply for citizens’ drinking water will be prioritised, and farmers are up in arms over the repeated delays

to the long-mooted desalinisation plant which is required to reduce the dependence on the La Viñuela reservoir. It has been considered a priority since 2007, but is now not expected until 2027, while only €6 million of a promised €11 million investment announced during the drought of 2008 has materialised. The provincial department of environment and planning are now threatening to limit the expansion of subtropical crops such as mangos and avocados in Axarquia, in order to maximise water use and ensure a secure future for plantations that already exist.

DAVID LEO GARCIA, a 27year-old poet and Spanish teacher from Malaga, has gone down in the history of game shows on Spanish TV, winning €1,866,000 on Telecinco’s ‘Pasapalabra’ show. After taking part in 109 programmes, the persistent young man finally managed to fill in the so-called letter doughnut in the word game, which requires participants to successfully guess words beginning with each letter in the alphabet from clues read by presenter Christian Galvez within a short period of time. The prize, which the winning man has said he intends to spend on taking his girlfriend on a trip to Japan and then opening a bookshop and café, was the largest ever handed out by the TV station. Yet luck had little to do with the win, Garcia explained, he had been studying and preparing for the competition playing online and memorising words and definitions for more than two years before he applied to take part. The next challenge for the Malaga wordsmith will be to take part in the second edition of the game’s ‘Master Pool’ which sees winners pitted against each other to prove who is the best of the best.

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Rising debt SWEDISH household debt has risen to an all-time high. Household debt is now at the equivalent to 87 per cent of the country’s GDP and is growing at an annual rate of 7.3 per cent.

Tougher rules SWEDEN: Proposals for stricter legislation on sexual crimes have today been presented. It comes after a number of acquittals in rape trials in recent years have sparked debate on the subject.

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Change is coming BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May has set out her ‘patriotic’ vision for Britain insisting ‘change is going to come.’ She said Brexit offered a ‘once in a generation chance to change the direction of our country for good.’

Gay figures ACCORDING to figures from the Office for National Statistics, one in 30 young people in Britain say they are gay, lesbian or bisexual.

Brain study SCIENTISTS in Cambridge are growing brains outside the human body. Stem cells are being grown into brain cells to help research disorders unique to humans such as autism and schizophrenia.

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PRESS Compensation rejected A GERMAN court has rejected compensation claims by relatives of victims of a German air strike in Afghanistan seven years ago that killed dozens of civilians saying the colonel had exhausted all reasonable means of checking for civilians.

Flight fallout FOUR friends were marched off a flight from Manchester to Turkey by armed police for playing a song about bombs. The friends deny they were being ‘extremely disruptive’ and said they were picked on for being bearded Asians.

Daesh support A MAN has been sentenced to almost seven years in jail by Dusseldorf court for swearing allegiance to Daesh and joining the group in combat.

THERESA MAY: Has set out her vision.

Facing closure

SWEDEN: One in five Ericsson workers will leave their jobs as a result of cuts announced by the telecoms giant on Tuesday. Currently employing more than 15,000 workers it confirmed it would be making redundancies.

SUPERMARKET chain Kaiser’s Tengelmeann could face closing dozens of stores immediately if a takeover deal doesn’t go through as it struggles to stay afloat. Supermarket chain Edeka is looking to buy the company.

September heat

Cruisers return

NORWAY has just enjoyed its warmest September since 1900 according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Bergen hit an all time high for the month with thermometers reaching 27.6 degrees on September 16.

A GERMAN cruise liner has docked in Tunisia for the first time since the 2015 Daesh attack. MS Europa with 350 passengers on board made a one-day stopover. Many of the tourists who died in the terrorist attack were on cruise stopovers.

Frozen effect NORWAY: Hollywood productions are starting to bring in too many tourists with infrastructures at breaking point. Norway has seen a sharp rise in the number of tourists since Disney’s film Frozen, developed with the support of Norway’s tourism agency, came out in 2013.

Price rise DENMARK: House prices in the country are on the up, driven by a general improvement in the Danish economy and the low interest rates connected to the British Brexit vote.

Pool slasher POULTRY FARMS: The recent fire was one of the biggest in recent history.

Chicken fire AROUND 60,000 chickens have been killed in a fire at a poultry factory farm in Waddinxveen. There are often fires at factory farms, but this is one of the biggest in recent history.

Gold reserves THE Dutch central bank is planning to move the country’s gold re-

DUTCH PRESS serves from the centre of Amsterdam to land owned by the defence ministry near Zeist. Dutch gold is currently also held in central banks in New York, Ottawa and London.

School security A PRIMARY school in Gronin-

gen has brought in a security guard following fights between parents which took place in the playground. The security guard has been posted at the school gate to head off trouble.

More pay PAY rises have reached a sevenye a r hig h i n t he t hi r d quar t er of 2016, with wages up an average 2.1 per cent on the previous year.

THE great ‘paddling pool slasher’ who ruined 47 paddling pools in Munnerstadt and spent seven years on the run, has finally been arrested. The culprit was a 27-year-old local man.

Yes or no A GERMAN man was so drunk when he popped the quest i on t o hi s gi r l f r i end that he cannot remember if she said yes or no and she refuses to tell him. The man has taken to social media to see if anyone knows whether he is to get married or not.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

Take That Russia NEW SONG: Has awful lyrics.

ROBBIE WILLIAMS has managed to turn an entire country against him. The former Take That singer’s new song ‘Party Like a Russian’ was lambasted for its cheap stereotypes and awful lyrics, including the poetic “ain’t no refutin’ or disputin’ - I’m a modern day Rasputin” sung as a gaggle of ballerinas danced around him.

Assassins in court A TRIAL is underway in Moscow with five Chechen men accused of assassinating popular politician Boris Nemtsov. The fierce critic of president Putin was shot four times in the back as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin last year. Prosecutors believe the men were paid assassins and the contractor remains at large.

Cage-fighting kids PUTIN’S favourite regional strongman Ramzan Kadyrov was criticised after his two children participated in a nationally televised cage-fighting competition. A tournament in Grozny saw Akhmad, Eli and Adam, aged 10 or under, fight in front of their tyrant father with professional commentary detailing the bouts on state TV.

Supersonic flyers over Spain TWO Russian supersonic bombers skirted the airspace of Spain, France, the UK and Norway before being intercepted by jets from each country. The TU-160s, known as Blackjack bombers, were tracked and photographed by French fighters. Two Spanish F-18 fighters were involved in the operation intercepting the Russian planes to the north of Bilbao.

Virtual threat THE Russian intelligence services are set to ban civil servants from using WhatsApp as the messaging app presents a unique threat to state security. The world’s biggest private messaging service is very popular in Russia, but authorities are concerned over their lack of control and growing influence of Facebook, which recently bought WhatsApp.

Exodus redux RUSSIA is facing a demographic nightmare that presents perhaps the gravest threat to its future. It now

ranks 126th in terms of life expectancy which is the same as North Korea’s, and has one of the world’s highest abortion rates with more than 100 every hour. Russians are also emigrating in record numbers.

Spy games OFFICIALS have strenuously denied American claims that Russian operatives had ‘drugged’ two US diplomats in St Petersburg and argued they were simply drunk. The pair ’s drinks were allegedly spiked with a date rape drug during a UN convention on corruption, or just boozing at a hotel bar depending who you believe.

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IMF warning on world debt By John Smith THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been reviewing the levels of international debt and has warned governments around the world that the current situation is more than worrying and that they need to keep a very close eye on the situation and be ready to intervene in the event that it appears their economies are about to implode. This warning has come about following a review of the economies of

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$152 trillion (€136 trillion) is the amount of debt in the World which is currently growing according to the IMF.

113 countries and the troubling information is that overall debt appears to

be in excess of 225 per cent of the world’s GDP and the bulk of the money owed is in the private sector, not the government sector. In blunt terms, the director of the IMF fiscal affairs department Vitor Gaspar has made it clear that governments do need to exercise control over the private sector and that the high volume of debt, unless spread over a longer term, could lead to financial in-

I will do all I can to ensure the City of London retains its position as the world’s leading international financial centre” Chancellor Philip Hammond.

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STRONG MARKET: For the iZettle reader.

Paying via phone AS the world moves inexorably towards a cashless society, with Sweden apparently leading the way, a small Swedish company looks set to capitalise on a combination of bank’s high charges, consumer wish to pay by debit card wherever possible and fear that contactless payment cards are easily broken into. Jacob de Geer was amazed when his wife who sells imported sunglasses returned from a trade fair and was angry because companies there would not accept debit cards by way of payment for advance orders as they didn’t want to go through the hassle of setting up a deal with a bank

and the attendant costs. The entrepreneur who had some experience of starting and selling small companies researched the market and came to the conclusion that there were literally millions of small companies within Europe which would love to take debit cards and set about founding a company to make it easy and inexpensive. With some investment money and working with a friend Magnus Nilsson, he set up iZettle which for a low outlay (in the region of £35 or €40) supplies a card reader which can be linked to smart phones or tablets thus allowing debit and credit cards to be accepted.

ALTHOUGH South Korean electronics giant Samsung had announced the problem with its Galaxy 7 Note device had been spotted and cured with replacement batteries issued, a report has been received that on October 5, one of the devices, said to be safe started to heat up and smoke on board a flight in America causing the cancellation of the flight. Passengers on all US flights have been warned about packing these items in their checked baggage nor to turn them on in flight. Samsung are working with the airline to check the problem with this particular device.

2017 Budget ACCORDING to the latest bulletin by the Bank of Spain, the country has until October 15 to present its 2017 budget to the EU together with an explanation of the way it intends to bring the economy into line in order to meet directives previously issued which allowed it to escape any fine for missing previous targets. As there is currently only an interim government in Spain, there are significant restraints upon its ability to produce a new budget or to accept new targets.

Rodrigo Rato denies fraud ON trial with 64 others, former economy minister and head of the IMF Rodrigo Rato denied any improper use of bank funds or credit cards during his time at the head of the Bankia group. The prosecution argues that the cards in particular were used as personal sources of undeclared in-

£8.2 million (€9.3 million) is the amount that UK insurance company Aviva has been fined by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for breaking the rules on the protection of clients' savings, although no losses occurred.

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come and as such those who used them were guilty of embezzlement. According to Mr Rato, the cards formed part of his salary although in a slightly confusing twist, he also suggested the money taken was in effect an advance on his salary.

stability again. The bulk of debt sits in the West as well as developing economies, most noticeably China which saw a period of sustained growth encouraged by easy to obtain loans and large profits, but as the world economy cools so the risks in China in particular which has seen private debt increase by 70 per cent is becoming potentially dangerous and the volume of debt is adversely affecting global trends.

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He’s a lucky boy THE internet search engine Google has waived a charge of €100,000 run up by a 12-year-old Spanish boy who thought he was going to raise funds for a brass band in which he plays by selling adverts on his personal website. How wrong he was, as it transpires that he actually gave Google authority to promote his website and charge him for every click that resulted in someone online visiting it! It was only when the bank where he had a savings account contacted his parents that the error became obvious. Google recognised a mistake had been made and have cancelled the invoice.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY 3i Group PLC 672.75 -2.00 Admiral Group PLC 2063.00 -3.00 Anglo American PLC 1032.50 12.00 Antofagasta PLC 556.25 6.50 Ashtead Group PLC 1328.00 6.00 Associated British Foods PLC 2503.00 -2.00 AstraZeneca PLC 5074.50 -12.00 Aviva PLC 448.20 -1.70 Babcock International Grp 1000.25 -5.00 BAE Systems PLC 543.75 3.00 Barclays PLC 170.40 -3.17 Barratt Developments PLC 478.35 -1.70 BHP Billiton PLC 1246.75 14.50 BP PLC 484.73 -1.25 British American Tobacco PLC 4864.25 -8.50 British Land Co PLC 586.50 -0.50 BT Group PLC 366.85 -1.10 Bunzl PLC 2328.00 4.00 Burberry Group PLC 1467.00 3.00 Capita PLC 594.75 -8.75 Carnival PLC 3810.50 -24.00 Centrica PLC 214.65 -0.60 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1807.00 7.00 Compass Group PLC 1497.50 5.00 CRH PLC 2656.50 -3.00 Croda International PLC 3649.00 9.00 DCC PLC 7180.00 15.00 Diageo PLC 2241.75 10.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 355.55 -0.60 Dixons Carphone PLC 339.45 -1.60 easyJet PLC 867.50 -28.50 Experian PLC 1591.00 4.00 Fresnillo PLC 1699.50 35.00 GKN PLC 335.10 1.10 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1708.25 -0.50 Glencore PLC 224.65 1.05 Hammerson PLC 558.00 0.00 Hargreaves Lansdown PLC 1259.50 -5.00 Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC 2021.00 -1.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 619.05 -0.40 Imperial Brands PLC 3863.75 5.50 Informa PLC 733.25 -0.50 InterContinental Hotels Grp 3251.50 2.00 International Consolidated ... 359.50 -5.60 Intertek Group PLC 3704.50 -6.00 Intu Properties PLC 284.00 2.00 ITV PLC 174.40 -0.60 Johnson Matthey PLC 3496.50 20.00 Kingfisher PLC 372.20 1.30 Land Securities Group PLC 981.50 -4.50

% CHG. -0.30 -0.15 1.18 1.18 0.45 -0.08 -0.24 -0.38 -0.50 0.56 -1.83 -0.35 1.18 -0.26 -0.17 -0.09 -0.30 0.17 0.20 -1.45 -0.63 -0.28 0.39 0.33 -0.11 0.25 0.21 0.47 -0.17 -0.47 -3.18 0.25 2.10 0.33 -0.03 0.47 0.00 -0.40 -0.05 -0.06 0.14 -0.07 0.06 -1.54 -0.16 0.71 -0.34 0.58 0.35 -0.46

NET VOL 59.35 48.79 540.60 139.76 85.80 83.92 71.01 604.71 85.74 1,002.34 3,295.80 488.42 741.78 2,038.91 119.11 226.89 1,387.85 41.64 160.95 350.04 28.85 888.04 12.94 197.00 65.17 16.53 7.56 245.07 152.60 293.69 775.95 53.34 85.53 625.89 328.57 4,452.35 368.50 39.78 10.32 3,431.44 143.23 126.29 12.80 879.44 12.05 198.28 1,506.92 21.02 931.50 93.75

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Legal & General Group PLC 219.30 -2.10 Lloyds Banking Group PLC 51.81 -0.69 London Stock Exchange Grp 2797.50 1.00 Marks & Spencer Group PLC 317.50 0.50 Mediclinic International PLC 912.25 3.00 Merlin Entertainments PLC 440.95 -3.30 Micro Focus International PLC 2244.00 16.00 Mondi PLC 1686.00 9.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 217.15 -0.60 National Grid PLC 1040.50 1.00 Next PLC 4506.00 -14.00 Old Mutual PLC 207.80 0.20 Paddy Power Betfair PLC 8562.50 70.00 Pearson PLC 806.75 -1.00 Persimmon PLC 1745.00 -8.00 Polymetal International PLC 862.50 7.00 Provident Financial PLC 3175.00 -15.00 Prudential PLC 1434.25 -4.50 Randgold Resources Ltd 7215.00 140.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 7265.00 -5.00 RELX PLC 1474.50 7.00 Rio Tinto PLC 2694.50 18.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 786.25 11.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 178.90 -2.90 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2179.75 12.00 Royal Mail PLC 483.10 -2.00 RSA Insurance Group PLC 557.50 0.00 Sage Group (The) PLC 741.00 -0.50 Sainsbury (J) PLC 230.80 -1.20 Schroders PLC 2763.00 -6.00 Severn Trent PLC 2310.00 -15.00 Shire PLC 5196.00 4.00 Sky PLC 891.75 5.50 Smith & Nephew PLC 1234.50 -6.47 Smiths Group PLC 1528.00 3.00 SSE PLC 1510.50 -5.00 Standard Chartered PLC 669.90 -4.10 Standard Life PLC 354.35 -1.40 St James's Place PLC 958.75 -4.50 Taylor Wimpey PLC 146.60 -1.10 Tesco PLC 199.90 -1.30 Travis Perkins PLC 1451.50 -16.00 TUI AG 1112.00 -4.00 Unilever PLC 3726.00 6.50 United Utilities Group PLC 918.25 -2.00 Vodafone Group PLC 222.85 -0.70 Whitbread PLC 3784.00 -6.00 Wolseley PLC 4557.50 8.66 Worldpay Group PLC 297.40 -0.11 WPP PLC 1812.00 7.00

% CHG. -0.95 -1.31 0.04 0.16 0.33 -0.74 0.72 0.54 -0.28 0.10 -0.31 0.10 0.82 -0.12 -0.46 0.82 -0.47 -0.31 1.98 -0.07 0.48 0.67 1.42 -1.59 0.55 -0.41 0.00 -0.07 -0.52 -0.22 -0.65 0.08 0.62 -0.52 0.20 -0.33 -0.61 -0.39 -0.47 -0.74 -0.65 -1.09 -0.36 0.17 -0.22 -0.31 -0.16 0.19 -0.04 0.39

NET VOL 1,146.55 23,636.75 3.25 735.57 82.58 79.86 24.16 47.96 691.53 514.15 44.67 582.54 8.83 150.10 50.79 113.06 17.06 314.02 69.26 39.75 223.28 274.50 471.04 1,475.56 469.56 232.48 109.63 53.77 590.19 13.38 55.38 84.89 371.31 125.33 46.13 302.75 308.04 193.85 28.65 874.63 1,189.32 54.96 28.69 123.30 138.72 2,053.51 35.86 17.20 173.64 176.58

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 171.33 -0.31 -0.18% 2.2M 61.76 -0.18 -0.29% 4.2M 114.06 +0.17 +0.15% 24.4M 133.85 -0.57 -0.42% 4.3M 88.47 -0.82 -0.92% 3.8M 102.27 +0.09 +0.09% 5.8M 31.47 -0.01 -0.03% 13.1M 41.73 +0.02 +0.05% 8.1M 92.49 -0.34 -0.37% 6.1M 68.35 -0.71 -1.03% 2.4M 86.74 -0.30 -0.34% 6.6M 29.08 -0.19 -0.65% 37.8M 169.83 +2.68 +1.60% 3.4M 128.31 -1.88 -1.44% 5.5M 155.67 -1.21 -0.77% 2.7M 38.10 +0.03 +0.08% 16.9M 119.24 +0.49 +0.41% 4.8M 68.11 +0.24 +0.35% 18.5M 113.45 -0.47 -0.41% 4.2M 62.77 +0.11 +0.18% 10.8M 57.80 +0.06 +0.10% 20.1M 51.79 -0.24 -0.46% 8.4M 33.56 -0.09 -0.27% 14.8M 90.00 +0.78 +0.87% 20.5M 114.53 +1.35 +1.19% 1.6M 100.58 -1.50 -1.47% 3.9M 136.66 +0.19 +0.14% 2.6M 49.92 -0.34 -0.68% 13.8M 82.88 -0.48 -0.58% 8.2M 68.70 -0.66 -0.95% 12.7M

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Most Advanced Vanguard Natural Resources LLC Clearside Biomedical, Inc. Cinedigm Corp Curis, Inc. Federated National Holding Company Nova Lifestyle, Inc Alphatec Holdings, Inc. Vanguard Natural Resources LLC CareDx, Inc. AtriCure, Inc. Egalet Corporation

$ 2.40 $ 23.37 $ 2.35 $ 3.37 $ 18.01 $ 3.83 $ 7.27 $ 2.29 $ 3.97 $ 17.52 $ 7.43

0.41 ▲ 20.60% 3.22 ▲ 15.98% 0.30 ▲ 14.63% 0.35 ▲ 11.59% 1.75 ▲ 10.76% 0.36 ▲ 10.37% 0.65 ▲ 9.82% 0.19 ▲ 9.05% 0.32 ▲ 8.77% 1.37 ▲ 8.48% 0.52 ▲ 7.53%

$ 2.99 $ 29.41 $ 2.16 $ 11.92 $ 29.69 $ 10.10 $ 15.73 $ 7.02 $ 15.65 $ 15.10 $ 100

0.83 ▼ 21.73% 6.36 ▼ 17.78% 0.30 ▼ 12.20% 1.45 ▼ 10.85% 3.59 ▼ 10.79% 1.19 ▼ 10.54% 1.69 ▼ 9.70% 0.73 ▼ 9.42% 1.57 ▼ 9.12% 1.44 ▼ 8.71% 9.42 ▼ 8.61%

Most Declined Senomyx, Inc. Clovis Oncology, Inc. Eleven Biotherapeutics, Inc. Summit Therapeutics plc Coupa Software Incorporated Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. H&E Equipment Services, Inc. Dimension Therapeutics, Inc. SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. Acacia Communications, Inc.

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

Innovative new Spanish payment app BY the end of October no less than 24 Spanish banks will have signed up for a new way of payment without cash, debit or credit card or cheque, under the banner of Bizum. The concept is simple provided that you have a smartphone and a bank account and all of the major banks in Spain have either signed up or are in the process of doing so. You download an app from your bank which will allow you to enter your bank account number and you simply give the telephone number of a friend or relative who is also signed up to the app and you can literally transfer money to their account immediately. In due course, once any of the inevitable teething problems are ironed out, you should be able to use this system to purchase goods online or pay for goods or services in store or by transfer to a contractor’s account. The system is designed so that you never know the bank details of the person or business that you are transferring the funds to and therefore, in theory, is potentially much safer than using a card over the internet or in store as there is nothing to clone. It has also become apparent that even contactless cards which you just swipe against a reader are vulnerable to determined and knowledgeable

Photo Credit: Bizum

By John Smith

ANGEL NIGORRA: CEO of Bizum, the new payment app coming to Spain.

24 Spanish banks will have signed up to the new payment app Bizum by the end of October. IT specialists but this system does do away with the need to carry large volumes of cash and cards. The obvious drawback however (and no doubt the banks are well aware of this) is the regular loss and theft of mobile phones, so despite any safety measures put into operation, it is feasible that a stolen phone could be cracked and that funds could be transferred into a third party bank account, although there would of course be an obvious trail. At the moment the service is free to use but if successful may well, a bit like PayPal, require the recipient to pay a percentage of funds received. With the support of the bulk of the majors such as La Caixa, BBVA, Santander, Bankia and Sabadell, it would appear there has been a great deal of planning and security reviews in order to ensure that this system is safe and efficient and as it is owned by the participating banks they have every reason to ensure that it works as it should.

By Matthew Elliott TRADE-WEIGHTED sterling hit an eight-year low of 74.0 on Tuesday as GBP/USD crashed past the $1.23 handle after a leaked paper showed the British treasury can anticipate a £66 billion annual hit if a hard Brexit goes ahead. A draft cabinet committee paper seen by The Times comes from a study ordered by former chancellor George Osborne into the likely impact leaving the EU would have on public finances. It found that switching to a regime governed by World Trade Organisation, rather than EU, rules, would send GDP plummeting by almost 10 per cent. Nor would this be a brief fall from grace. The paper suggests a central estimate that GDP would be 7.5 per cent lower after 15 years with a loss of between £38bn and £66bn per year. Neil Wilson of City firm ETX Capital said: “It’s not unreasonable to think that fero-

cious flash crash was just a very tentative toe in the water and the pound is now plunging headlong into the abyss. “Sterling seems to be looking for a level and it’s really unclear where that could be and so bargain hunting is a risky game to play at the moment. The $1.20 handle earmarked by many before the referendum is definitely in play as everyone seems to be short sterling at present.” A government spokesman attempted to assuage fears but failed to comment directly on the news: “We want the best outcome for Britain. That means pursuing a bespoke arrangement which gives British companies the maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the single market, and enables us to decide for ourselves how we control immigration.” On October 11 the pound was 17 per cent lower than on June 23, the date of the referendum, after suffering its worst four-day run since the immediate aftermath of the vote.

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A shockingly weak week for sterling

GEORGE OSBORNE: Former Chancellor was questioned by MPs after leak.

Bad news for importers, bad news for Brits abroad but potentially good news for exporters who expect the devalued pound to pick up momentum in the coming months. The FTSE 100 index struck an all-time intraday high, striking the 7129 mark as share prices were driven up by the weak pound. Bank of England representative Michael Saunders told parliament that he wouldn’t be surprised to see the sterling slip further. Noting that Brexit was far from the only pressure on the pound, he suggested that the current account deficit was also contributing to its sudden demise. On a lighter note the pound wasn’t actually the world’s worst performing currency over the week. That honour was reserved for the South African rand which nose-dived by 3 per cent against the dollar after finance minister Pravin Gordhan was issued a summons for fraud.

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Stelios

easyJet’s profit expectations fall

ON ORDER: A large number of new aircraft.

AFTER several years of steady growth, easyJet is warning that its 2016 profits are likely to fall well short of the 2015 profit of £686 million (€776 million) hurt in part by the continued fall in the value of the pound against the dollar, the currency in which fuel oil is purchased and which has removed £90 million (€102 million) from its forecast. The estimated profit figure for 2016 is now some 28 per cent below the 2015 figures at just under £500 million (€566 million). This is the first drop in profits the company has experienced since 2009 when the airline was originally set up as an early example of a low cost airline by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995. As he and his family continue to be the largest shareholders in the company, they may have something to say about the situation. The airline has been hit by a slight downturn in travel, but it has been keeping its share of the market stable by cutting prices, but what has effectively become something of a price war with other airlines such as Ryanair is obviously hurting the airlines un-

ness on the day that this edition of Euro Weekly News is published despite the fact that it has seen some further investment and promises the imminent announcement of ‘the largest investment in its 48-year history.’ easyJet shares have suffered following the announcement of the referendum result and are some of the worst performing AIRLINE FOUNDER: Sir Stelios. stocks in the FTSE 100. CEO Carolyn McCall is putting a brave face on the Whilst times are situation, explaining that difficult in the whilst times are difficult in aviation industry, the aviation industry, strong strong airlines airlines not only survive but not only survive will emerge all the stronger but will emerge all the stronger.” as the market improves. Whilst the airline is no doubt in a fairly good posiderlying profits and with a tion for the long-term, it must large number of new aircraft be very aware that the Interon order it has to be careful national Airlines Group about the easy availability of which owns Aer Lingus, BA, cash. Iberia and Vueling is looking No airline is safe nowadays long and hard at expanding and recent rumours have sugits low-cost short-haul busigested that Monarch has been ness where it sees definite fifacing serious financial quesnancial advantages from cuttions and indeed with its ting costs with BA ATOL licence only extended announcing the end of free until October 12 it could possnacks on board flights under sibly be forced out of busifive hours. Credit: Stelios.org

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OPINION & COMMENT

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Stop degrees of tolerance Those who cause public disorder, or discriminate in any way should be treated with complete equality irrespsective of their creed, calling or religion.”

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT THE reason the police and authorities show more lenience and are l e ss l i k e l y t o ta k e ac tio n against ethnic demonstrators is quite simple; they are frightened of them. Or more specifically afraid of the wrath they could incur should they ‘upset’ them too much. Have no doubt that the police are ordered to walk on eggshell when dealing with ethnic minorities, particularly the Muslim community. Can you imagine the reaction there would have been if the BBC had refused to employ two announcers because they were black or Muslim? It would have come as no surprise to me for a decision like this to instigate full scale rioting acr o ss t h e l a n d . A s it w a s th e two men in question had to make do with a bit of media coverage

DIANE ABBOTT: Shadow Home Secretary.

and a few tut tuts. This ridiculous situation of one degree of tolerance toward certain members of our society and a different attitude toward another, simply has to stop. It is discrimination at its very worst and must be dealt with before it gets utterly out of hand. Just because one section of the community are unlikely to cause unrest and another likely to create mayhem, should have no bearing on the authorities actions whatsoever. Those who cause public disorder, or discriminate in any way should be treated with complete

equal i t y i r r espect i ve of t hei r creed, calling or religion. If they then decide to instigate public disorder, they should be dropped on like a ton of bricks by the full weight of the law and troops if necessary. Mi nd you wi t h Mr Khan i n charge of t he bi ggest pol i ce force in the land, don’t hold your breath! What a ridiculous sight Corbyn conj ur ed up wi t h hi s entourage of diverse females at the recent Labour conference. Looking for all the world like a poor man’s Ghaddafi (who also had a penchant f or f em al e ‘ bodyguards’) he managed to convey the exact patronising attitude toward the fair sex he was presumably trying to rally against. Bet ween hi m and t he awf ul hypocrite Diane Abbott, they have m anaged t o ensur e Labour’s time in the wilderness for at least the next decade. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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THURSDAY - 13 OCTOBER

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Street Auction 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Decimate 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Going Back Giving Back 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Anne Robinson’s Britain 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time 12:45am This Week

7:00am Street Auction 7:45am Thief Trackers 8:15am Going Back Giving Back 9:00am Gardeners’ World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:15pm The Edge 3:00pm Hi-De-Hi! 3:30pm Yes, Prime Minister 4:00pm To the Manor Born 4:30pm Wonders of the Monsoon 5:30pm The Link 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 8:00pm Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Nature’s Weirdest Events 10:00pm The Fall 11:00pm The Apprentice: You’re Fired! 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am A Brief History of TIM

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 8:55pm Pop Go the Sixties 9:00pm Railways: The Making of a Nation 9:30pm Hive Minds 10:00pm Time Shift 11:00pm The Great Butterfly Adventure: Africa to Britain with the Painted Lady Documentary examining the longest butterfly migration on earth. 12:30am Dissected: The Incredible Human Foot 1:30am Great Barrier Reef 2:30am Top of the Pops John Peel presents the weekly pop chart show, first broadcast on 27 May 1982. 2:55am Island at the BBC 3:55am Time Shift 4:55am This is BBC Four

7:45am King of Queens 8:10am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Four in a Bed 5:30pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm My Kitchen Rules 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Stand Up To Cancer 9:00pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Hunted 11:00pm The Lie Detective 11:50pm Gogglebox

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 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Who’s Doing the Dishes? 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 Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Paranoid 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Exposure 12:40am Murder, She Wrote 1:35am Jackpot247

7:20am Celebrity Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am You’ve Been Framed! 10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm You’ve Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You’ve Been Framed and Famous! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Dating in the Dark 11:00pm Celebrity Juice

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am Man About the House 7:35am Heartbeat 8:40am Where the Heart is 9:40am Wild at Heart 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:35am Judge Judy 12:00pm Murder, She Wrote 1:00pm The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:15pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm You’re Only Young Twice 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Life of Crime 1:05am Wycliffe 2:10am Law and Order: UK

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Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Toot the Tiny Tugboat Bananas in Pyjamas The Wright Stuff House Doctor 5 News Lunchtime Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Home and Away Neighbours NCIS When Calls the Heart: Forever in My Heart 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Tube: Going Underground On Benefits: The Compensation King The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

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Cyclists: know the law in Spain IT always surprises me that instead of asking the appropriate authorities what the law is, people write to the papers. We know that those in the Spanish administration system probably do not read the English press! Re: cyclists in Quesada, letter from Oct 6. I live on Costa del Sol. In my town bicycles are permitted to ride on the footpath. It annoys me but it is the law. If one needs to know the law, and in this case the by-law, then one should ask at the appropriate office, so I called the Local Police in Quesada. They said cyclists are not permitted to ride on the footpaths in Quesada. In all of Spain cyclists riding on the road, and even invalid tricycles are bound by the same laws as cars, motorcyclists, etc. So they are not permitted to go the ‘wrong way’ in a one way street, nor permitted to jump red lights, etc. I wonder how many pedestrians know that they are not permitted to cross the road when the ‘red man’ is showing even if there is not a car in sight. That said I have lived in Spain 30 years so accept laws are imposed differently here to say the UK. Julian

Glaring error REGARDING the letter from Pat in edition 1631. She is wrong on several points but the most glaring is the claim that, by not returning to UK pensioners are saving the DWP £1,575 per year. It should be noted that for each UK pensioner who gets ‘free healthcare’ in Spain, as a result of their form E121 now an S1, the DWP pay Spain around £3,000 per year. Thus the UK actually pay more because they are living in Spain. Elaine

Sarcastic slavery I WOULD like to thank Viv (issue 1631) for enlightening me to this new subtle slavery of the western nations in this last decade or so. I’d never realised that these evil nations were pulling these poor unfortunate people with no language, skills or education from their homes and putting them on ill-equipped boats to sail across the Mediterranean, and at what cost to those nations for their rescue, feeding, clothing, medical facilities and temporary housing, until passed on to be

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Support local produce I READ with sadness your article entitled bitter oranges, and l say sadness because once again the unelected bureaucrats in Belgium have decreed that we are better off importing oranges from South Africa of all places (Is that country even in the EU?) in order to increase profits for greedy retailers... although it seems they are sold at the same price, €3 for 25lbs, which is still an insult to farmers. Can you even consider that these oranges will be anywhere near the quality of our local grown? The EU decimated the British fishing industry, and seems intent on bringing down the Spanish agriculture sector. Yes there is a recession...’let’s make it worse.’ Who are these people in the European Commission, who by the stroke of a pen, and with no conscience, can decide our farmers’ future.

come slaves to those unscrupulous nations. Perhaps if Viv (who obviously is in the know) were to name these nations they could be reported to the United Nations and the necessary sanctions taken! Yours sarcastically Clive

Feria hypocrisy ONLY a few weeks ago the police turned up at the port in Fuengirola and shut down the live music that was being played and enjoyed by local expats

It’s about time that Spain follows Britain’s lead, gets out of the EU and manages its own country. A farmer has the most important job in the world, to feed the population, and we are lucky that the region where we live is peppered with smallholdings producing tasty and healthy food that we can buy in local markets. I urge you to support your local farmer. Don’t buy oranges at Mercadona or one of the other chains. If you have to buy your produce there, read the labels, and don’t buy non-Spanish. Gandhi said, the planet can provide for human need, but not human greed. Please supoprt your local farmer, you will surely miss him, when, because of artificially low priced imports, he stops growing that delicious quality food for our local fresh markets. Annie

and tourists (was it because the bar is English?) It was offending no one and there are no residences nearby. The other side of the coin is this week has been the Féria in Fuengirola with all the fairground and razzmatazz with noises and music that goes with it. Normally starting at approx 2pm and ending approx 4am, so last night it went on until 5.30am (As it was all Spanish no one in authority gave a damn!). The Féria is right smack bang in the middle of hundreds of apartments and houses The council needs to enforce with the help of the police and put in a timed cut off point, of the music and noises, so local residents can enjoy living near the Féria without being

overpowered by noise pollution just because no one cares. Even our Spanish Friends are getting fed up with the free licence the Féria folk seem to have of how loud and how long they can outdo each other. Dave

Mobility madness I AM absolutely fed up with able bodied people tearing about Benidorm on mobility scooters! Every time my wife and I go to the shopping areas we have to avoid

scooters being driven thoughtlessly and dangerously by able bodied drivers who, when they get to their destination, simply alight from their scooters, leave them blocking pavements, and trot around the supermarket or into the bar or restaurant without a limp or shuffle. Like a lot of pedestrians we’ve been pipped at, had to dive out the way and nearly been run over when we’re forced onto the road to let them past. We’ve seen these, and the extra long double type, being handed over to small children to steer and control the speeds. A lot of mobility scooters seem to be used by able bodied, overweight people to be able to travel around the area cheaply and in comfort. If these people would exercise more by taking a brisk walk every day they would find they don’t need a scooter and might actually enjoy the walks and become healthier. More checks should be done before people are allowed to hire these dangerous vehicles and the police should fine able scooter users and the greedy hire companies who are allowing them to be used for the wrong purposes. Steve

Minister of mayhem FOREIGN minister Garcia-Margallo is being mischievous in raising worries about the UK government having to pay for expat healthcare in Spain. I am surprised that a government minister could be so ignorant and misinformed as to make that statement! The Spanish government already get around £280,000,000 (€360 million) from the UK government, per year, to pay for UK expats healthcare, and have received these payments for years! Whether the NHS in the UK charge Spain for the use of the Health Service by the 150,000 Spanish citizens in the UK is a moot point. Keith

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A single well aimed arrow 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.

OCTOBER 14 marks the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Doesn’t time fly! Harold Godwinson had only been King of England since January 6 when he faced and defeated the armies of Harald Hardrader, the Norwegian King, and Earl Tostig at Stamford Bridge near York on September 25, 1066. Five days prior to this, the same Norwegian led force had defeated another English army at Fulford, before Harold arrived for the replay with his hastily assembled outfit and reversed the result in extra time. Legend has it that a lone axeman held the bridge against all comers for hours, before a sneaky Englishman paddled silently under him in a barrel and thrust a spear through the timber slats. It brings tears to the eyes, but once the bridge fell, the resulting battle was a one sided

BULLSEYE SHOT: William the Conqueror. affair with Harold winning the day. But he had paid a heavy price. His scratch army was decimated and exhausted. This was what William Duke of Normandy had been waiting for.

There had been a lot of plotting between him and the Scandinavian lads for some time, and William had dreamed up the cunning plan to divert Harold in the north of England courtesy of his pals,

while he quietly landed his invading army on the south coast. And so on September 28, the Norman fleet of nearly 700 ships carrying an estimated 15,000 men, put ashore at

Pevensey and awaited the arrival of Harold. Why he didn’t simply march on London and engage the English army there, is puzzling. Perhaps being a bloke and not knowing the way, he simply refused to ask for directions. Just like Moses who paid for it by wandering around the desert for 40 years looking for the Land of Milk and Honey. Whatever the reason, on October 14 the footsore English army arrived at what is now Battle, North West of Hastings. Harold’s 5,000 men, almost entirely infantry, came face to face with Williams’s fully rested army, made up of infantry, cavalry and archers. The outnumbered English fought bravely and although the battle was evenly balanced at one time, once Harold was brought down with a well aimed arrow in the eye, the writing was on the wall. ‘One hundred and eighteeee’, yelled William, and the course of British history had been changed.

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Theresa May showing how clever she is John Smith Random thoughts... AS the weeks pass following the resignation of David Cameron and the inex o r a b l e r i se t o p o w e r o f Theresa May it appears that she is much m o r e Ma c h i a v e llia n th an anybody has given her credit for and th a t sh e h a s p l a y ed a v ery clever long-term game with her eyes set on survival first and eventual power second. It was suggested by many that her attitude to the referendum was too laid back and that for such a senior member of government, she w as to o l u k e wa r m , le a v in g th e likes o f Da v i d C a m e ro n a n d G eorge Osb o r n e t o fig h t th e naysayers led by Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. Perhaps this was a clever ploy as since her appointment as leader of the Conservative Party and then unelected Prime Minister, she has given a very convincing act of actually relishing the concept of the return of Britain’s independence unhindered by the interference of

THERESA MAY: Will trigger Article 50 by March 2017. the European Union. It could well be, that Mrs May was a closet Brexiteer who thought that there was little chance of the vote going in favour of leaving the Union so didn’t ‘come out’ because she didn’t want to lose her position in the party hierarchy, especially as David Cameron has made it clear that he wouldn’t stand as Prime Minister for a third term. The scenario then existed that

she wasn’t bad mouthing the Brexiteers in case they won and she was still seen to be loyal to the government which she possibly assumed would win The result came as a blessing as far as her political ambitions were c onc e rne d, e s pe c ia lly a s the Gove/Johnson pairing fell out big time and the reality was that she could ignore Gove and Fox who are not the most popular of politi-

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Keeping a promise IT does make a pleasant change for any government to keep a promise, even though some of us would argue that it has come too late! David Cameron gave a pledge prior to the last election that expats would receive the right to vote in UK elections regardless of how long they have lived outside of the UK and they would be eligible to vote in the last UK constituency in which they resided. Whilst this may be a step forward, the most important vote for expats will have been the referendum and hundreds of thousands were precluded from voting in a ballot that would personally affect them just because the government did not have time to spare for the legislation to go through. It did find time to fight in court an application for the law to be changed prior to the referendum: It won but it’s not the current PM who is to blame it’s the previous one. Voting in a general election held in a constituency that you haven’t by definition been resident in for more than 15 years is a bit of a hollow victory but the ability to vote to either leave or remain in the European Union certainly had a more direct meaning to disenfranchised expats. A cynic might suggest this is a sop, to make it look as if the new leadership cares more than the old and as it’s claimed two thirds of expats live outside the EU, the vote might not have changed anyway. What is important is that all British citizens can now vote to help choose the party which will govern the UK in the future and hopefully all those who can vote will take the opportunity to do so even though that may not be before 2020.

cians. She only had to face Andrea Leadsom who withdrew after making some unfortunate comments about Mrs May’s lack of children which particularly when taken out of context worked tellingly against her. Then it was just a matter of in with the new and out with the old, so that Davis and Fox could represent the more colourful Brexiteers, Boris could ‘charm’ the foreigners (at least those he hadn’t already insulted) and Gove and Osborne could be put out to grass. At the Conservative Party Conference, Mrs May made it pretty clear that she wanted to take advantage of the still divided Labour Party by trying to make the conserva tives t he par t y of t he peopl e whilst also promoting the UK as a Titan which once dominated the world and was now ready to shed the restrictions of the Zeus like European Union so that it could regain it’s true position in the uniNow we verse. want to She says t hat she i s goi ng t o hear your views. press the Article 50 button by March 2017 and within two YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE years Britain will either be a - YOUR OPINION dis-United Kingdom or still a www.euroweeklynews.com force to be reckoned with.

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Driving convictions AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news 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.

GUARDIA CIVIL: Carried out fewer breath tests although drug tests increased. THE latest figures by the Attorney General last month show that in 2015 there were a total of 83,283 convictions for road traffic offences in Spain. Of these, 57,313 entailed the removal of driving rights, most of which were with the agreement of the offender. In addition, there were 2,352 sentences which resulted in the loss of validity of the driving licence, 50,000 were fines and over 31,000 community service orders were issued. During last year there were fewer breath tests by the Guardia Civil traffic officers, with 5,741,000 tests in 2015, compared to 6,300,000 in 2014. They resulted in 80,388 disciplinary proceedings for alcohol related offences, compared to 94,638 in 2014. There was however a dramatic increase in the num-

ber of drug tests conducted in 2015, with 76,000, compared to 29,463 tests in 2014. The Attorney General figures show that prosecutions have generally fallen in 2015 compared to the number of criminal proceedings initiated in 2014. This has been attributed to “the effectiveness of the criminal response to this type of crime” as well as an increased awareness amongst drivers. The Attorney General’s office said the effective implementation of the law is “not the only prerequisite to reduce incidents,” it also involved improving the state of roads, signage, lighting and improving the ageing fleet of vehicles on the roads. The report also stressed the need for road safety education which is more important than ever to further reduce tragedies occurring on public roads.

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More on water damage I HAVE an underground parking space in our building, and I recently observed water dripping from the ceiling. The floor was already covered with water. I reported to the Administrator, who informed the Insurance of the Community. The next day, an expert came to observe the damage. At that time the water drip had stopped. The specialist reported that the water drip was caused by the water company when they changed a water meter. The water had damaged my golf cart, so I expected the Insurance of the Community to cover the damage. The Administration informed me that the Insurance policy of the Community does not cover the damage as the cause was not a Community failure. I cannot accept this and ask you how to proceed. P.M. (Costa Blanca) FIRST, the water company is responsible for the problem and you must contact them directly. They should have reported it when the flooding

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No remote for Trump Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man MOST of the things I grump about affect all of us by the responses I get from this column. But this week I’ve been watching the news that May has given a date to invoke Article 50 and the US elections and they’ve made me seriously grumpy and here’s why. I have a dislike and mistrust of all politicians and my opinion will never change. The whole Brexit vote was a farce. I watched my pension go down again this week and to be honest that’s all I care about because I live in ‘now’ time not the future. I say that, not out of selfishness, but because I know from over 60 years of listening to their promises and lies, nothing they say will materialise. They wriggle out of or just won’t do what they said they would. The UK won’t go back to how it was... whatever that means. All the extra business that will flood to UK manufacturers won’t be passed on pricewise to the punter. Our prices only ever go up. As a Brit, living in Spain, I normally take little interest in US politics but this nutter Trump is seriously peeing me off. How can anyone se-

riously want to give this xenophobic, racist, misogynistic, narcissistic buffoon the power and access to launch nuclear missiles at anyone he gets the hump with? He wants to build a wall along the Mexican border, deport 11 million illegal immigrants and thinks climate change is just ‘weather!’ How can anyone even consider him after hearing what he said about women on a video released this week? Even his running mate backed off. If you’ve not seen it, find it on YouTube and also what he said about Rosie O’Donnell and the Miss Universe contestant. By the way, if you think not paying federal tax for 15 years makes you smart, does that mean all the people that do are idiots? Hillary comes with baggage too. All her old man’s affairs and the odd hooky deleted email, well maybe 45,000 isn’t small, but given the choice she has to be the best of a bad lot. At least she has some clue about political protocol unlike Trump who, although he has some business acumen, has zero people skills. He knocks his suppliers, has been bankrupt four times and lost money owning casinos. I can’t imagine him talking to any world leader especially if they are women, Muslim, black, Hispanic or Asian... basically anyone except Putin. Never mind the nuclear missile controls. I wouldn’t give him my TV remote control. Email mikesenker@gmail your thoughts.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The need to plan ahead is frustrating when you know exactly what ought to be going on. Patience is something that you need to cultivate, or you risk upsetting someone close. Spending time with a colleague makes you realise how good things could be, but a lot of effort is involved. Pushing ahead does not guarantee results.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Travel arrangements may have to be changed at the last minute. Do not fret, however, because success is more likely later in the month. During a dream, or when reading a book, an idea comes to you. Can this really make a difference to your future? You may need to act quickly to start a new project but progress will require patience.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) After the 2nd it is much easier to see the path ahead. This is particularly true of a financial situation, so there's no sense in fussing until you understand what needs to be done.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A rather slow start to the week leads you to feel bored but be assured that the weekend will be far from dull. A recent conversation or correspondence with an old friend leads to unexpected contact.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) It is difficult to avoid repeating mistakes made in the past. Your approach to certain situations has not changed and therein lies the problem. Someone who blames you for a mistake shows ignorance but that does not make it less upsetting.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Everything on the home front is emphasised and there will be a flurry of activity. Get others involved in any changes. Work in the garden or painting is much more enjoyable and half the work if you enlist the help of someone you get on well with.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Your attention is needed on more than one front, and some decisions are at odds with your personal thoughts and attitudes. Being reminded that ‘business is business’ does nothing to relieve your conscience. You may have to upset someone by telling the truth, which may affect your longerterm finances. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Are you willing to take a risk on someone who has let you down before? Looking into their recent past is likely to tip the balance. What you find shows clearly if there has been a change of heart on their part or if they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes.

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Quick Across 1 Overly self-confident (5) 3 Shoulder firearm with a long barrel (5) 7 Unbearable physical pain (7) 9 Another time (5) 10 Dwelling place (5) 11 Frighten greatly (7) 12 Small, fried Indian pastry (6) 14 Utter a sudden loud cry (6) 18 Share (7) 20 Book of maps (5) 22 Limit in quality or quantity (5) 23 Expect to be true (7) 24 Expect to be true (5) 25 At or in the front (5) Down 1 Short, curved sword formerly used by sailors (7) 2 Goods carried by a large vehicle (5) 3 Turn like a wheel (6) 4 Natural talent (5) 5 Look at closely (7) 6 Irritate (5) 8 Bet with equal chance to win and lose (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents L and 16 represents F, so fill in L every time the figure 7 appears and F every time the figure 16 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.

1 Exposed, 5 Adieu, 8 Ode, 9 Exonerate, 10 Spill, 11 Express, 12 Beats, 14 First, 19 Reactor, 21 Serve, 22 Stonewall, 23 Ace, 24 Stays, 25 Sweetly. Down: 1 Egoism, 2 Precise, 3 Shell, 4 Drones, 5 Adelphi, 6 Irate, 7 Uneasy, 13 Totters, 15 Servant, 16 Trysts, 17 Dreads, 18 Heresy, 20 Aloha, 21 Solve.

QUICK Across: 13 Time period between dawn and noon (7) 15 Hold firmly and tightly (5) 16 Deceive (7)

English - Spanish

1 Seldom, 3 Attach, 8 Realise, 10 Trail, 11 Costs, 12 Silence, 13 Hides, 15 Empty, 20 Observe, 22 Train, 24 Learn, 25 Restore, 26 Duties, 27 Honest.

17 Playing in opposition to (6) 18 Aggressive (5) 19 Spacious (5) 21 Not tight (5)

Down:

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

1 Strict, 2 Leads, 4 Total, 5 Against, 6 Helped, 7 Dense, 9 Issue, 14 Instant, 16 Myths, 17 Cooled, 18 Weary, 19 Invest, 21 Range, 23 Above.

Across 1 To call (6) 4 Delgado (flaco) (4) 8 Handsome (5) 9 Wheel (5) 10 Faros (automóvil) (9) 14 Steel (metal) (5) 15 Insignia (de policía) (5) 16 Polilla (de ropa) (4) 17 To think (6)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Pesadilla, 7 Judge, 8 Gallo, 9 Radiation, 13 Agree, 15 Unico, 16 Bisabuelo.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Down 1 League (group) (4) 2 Asombro (9) 3 Garlic (3) 5 Guests (at hotel, guesthouse) (9) 6 Cerca (indicando proximidad) (4) 7 Crane (machine) (4) 11 Gota (de líquido) (4) 12 Granja (4) 13 Cerveza (4) 15 Abeja (3)

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Down: 1 Paja, 2 Sidra, 3 Dieciseis, 4 Light bulb, 5 All, 6 Crow, 10 Olive, 11 Baby, 12 Pozo, 14 Rib.

Cryptic 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 (RUDDER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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RAISED RETIRE RUDDER (10) SENIOR TEEING TETHER TRENDY TRITON TRUANT

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Lacuna, 2 Scanty, 3 Closer, 4 Struck, 5 Turret, 6 Jigsaw, 7 Treaty, 8 Regent, 9 Serape, 10 Retain, 11 Insane, 12 Reopen, 13 Tanner, 14 Theory, 15 Triton, 16 Teapot, 17 Retire, 18 Retort, 19 Intern

Across 1 Speaks publicly about spots, on the radio (7) 5 Gets ready to fire roosters (5) 8 Throw away the bandage (5) 9 Critical of a profit on the street (7) 10 Drunk put into rare state of extreme delight (7) 12 Retreats without authorisation by head of state (5) 13 Lone wolf from central Denmark is healthy (6) 15 Require no retreat for libertine (6) 18 The first to loan out a nail (5) 19 Listens by mistake and volunteers (7) 21 Short article at home, then call at the theatre (7) 22 Scarf belongs to leading characters (5) 23 Keats minced meat (5) 24 Relative has fancy gem to put on (7) Down 1 Funny sort with funny stage (7) 6 Associate with a regal spouse (7) 2 Note Republican is quietly getting pub 7 Is set to change places (5) snack (5) 11 Fashioned a junk coin into a national 3 Get a gift containing a game (3) emblem (5,4) 4 Communist supports spring being saved 14 Overindulge returning records on (6) impulse (7) 5 Protective covering for tea in post (5,4)

16 Sodium perfume is promising (7) 17 Endlessly hearing about painful affliction (6) 18 Signs of approval for arachnids (5) 20 Damage copse area (5) 22 Sadly a genius starts to slump (3)

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Fitness fad or aid? COSTLY CUDDLE: A skin to skin charge.

Contact charge A NEW father was charged $39.35 (€35.18) for holding his son in the delivery room after his birth in America. Ryan Grassley was with his wife Lidia when she gave birth to their son Samuel last month in Utah. Soon after, they received an itemised bill and in the costs there was a $39.35 (€35.18) charge for ‘skin to skin after C-section.’ Shocked, he posted a photo of the bill on Reddit, prompting tens of thousands of responses and the bill went viral.

FITNESS BAND: The novelty can soon wear off. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn FITNESS bands and trackers do not actually improve your health according to scientists. Modern health gadgets such as Fitbit, are sold globally in their millions with the companies claiming that by monitoring their activity it encourages people to take more steps, be more active and therefore generally more healthy. However, a new study, headed by Duke-

NUS Medical School in Singapore, found whilst people may wear the gadgets to start with, the novelty soon wears off. Over the course of the yearlong study, volunteers who wore the activity trackers recorded no change in their step count but moderately increased their amount of aerobic activity by an average of 16 minutes per week. However the study found no evidence that the device promoted weight loss or improved

Being sun savvy A STRETCHABLE electronic skin sensor patch has been designed to measure UV exposure and additionally will tell you when to apply sunscreen. The My UV Patch has been launched by L’Oréal through its skincare subsidiary La Roche-Posay and can be worn for five days. Its aim is to educate the wearer about their sun behaviour which, when used in conjunction with an app, will help people become more sun savvy and be aware of their exposure to the dangerous rays of the sun. The company said it is ‘first-of-its-kind’ technology with the patch working through the use of photosensitive dyes which change colour when exposed to UV radiation. The app takes into account a wearer ’s baseline skin tone, hair and eye colour, UV sensitivity, location and ozone concentra-

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CAC Malaga opens exciting new exhibition THE Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Malaga is pleased to present the first Spanish production of ‘To Breathe-Zone of Zero,’ by Korean artist Kimsooja, which will run from October to January 8, 2017. The exhibition, curated by Fernando Frances, consists of a video, and a new site-specific work created especially for this venue, visitors will be welcomed by 700 Buddhist lanterns shaped like lotus flowers, while Tibetan, Gregorian, and Islamic chants play in the background. Kimsooja’s practice encompasses installations, performances, photographs, and videos. Her work, found in international biennials, galleries and museums, strikes a harmonious balance between an aesthetic dominated by colour and minimalism, her interest in daily life, and the genuine problems of the world. For Fernando Frances,

Kimsooja “challenges the spectator ’s conscience with her work, influenced by Cézanne as a girl, and by John Cage as a teenager, she has never considered herself a feminist, in her view, this term simplifies and limits her ideas.” “She rejects the idea of belonging to just one group, to a ‘single-ism,’ she accepts that others may classify her as a conceptualist, globalist, feminist, or minimalist, but fully embracing these labels would reduce her options for expressing the situation of women, it would pigeonhole her.” Kimsooja (b. Taegu, South Korea, 1957), is one of the most prominent Korean artists working today, and is internationally renowned for her installation, photographs, performances and videos. She has lived and worked in New York since 1998, and her work has been shown at museums and art centres across the globe.

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Old traditions are to be brought back By Eleanor Hawkins THIS Saturday, October 15, Motril’s bullring will see horses, mules, donkeys and cattle on parade for the second edition of the town’s new Cattle Fair. From 8am to 9pm, locals and visitors alike are invited to head to the event to have a look at the animals and see how deals are made, as more than 150 breeders and dealers are expected to take part. The council has organised the fair in an aim to recover traditional activities in Motril, explained Festivities and Events councillor Alicia Crespo. “The Cattle Fair used to mark the end of the summer and the start of the autumn, and elderly residents speak of the excitement they felt as they watched horses and cattle herded through the streets. We want to recover that excitement,” she said. Meanwhile Health councillor David Martin pointed out the event would strictly adhere to regulations and be well controlled, with a vet available on the day to deal with any problems.

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Expat author presents her new book FELICIA HALL, an American author who lives in La Herradura, has presented the English edition of her book ‘Gone is the Mulberry Tree: Stories from La Herradura.’ Following the successful presentation a few months ago of the Spanish edition of the book entitled, ‘Se fue el moral: Vidas de La Herradura,’ Mrs

Tells the tales of the author’s decades of living in the area. Hall chose to present the much-awaited English version at a packed room at Peña Parda assisted by teacher Annette Gomis van Hetern and Michael Moore. The book tells the tales and experiences of the author’s many decades living in the area, which she and husband Andrew fell in love with during a visit. After the presentation Mrs Hall was asked to sign many copies of the book, which has been printed by Circulo Rojo and is now on sale in both English and Spanish at bookshops for 15 euros.

MUCH AWAITED: The presentation and book signing at Peña Parda.

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Avoiding accidents in the kitchen John Graham The property expert

SINCE my last article I visited an emergency ward at the local hospital and I got talking to one of the doctors and I was really surprised to hear of the high number of accidents to children and adults that happen in the family kitchen every day and all were totally avoidable. So this week’s article is about safety in the kitchen and next week I will continue with home improvement do’s and don’ts. If I can help just one EWN reader from having an avoidable accident in the kitchen this article would have been worth writing. Like most safety tips it’s

SAFETY FIRST: When cooking don’t leave pot handles pointing outwards. mostly common sense and making sure that every day you follow simple safety rules in the kitchen. I recommend that EWN readers cut out this article and place it on your fridge door,

Better analysis for foreign buyers AN agreement has been signed between two key property associations which looks set to vastly improve transparency in the Spanish housing market. The Second-Home & Resort Industry (SHARIO) inked the accord with the Spanish Land Registrars Association which hopes to offer foreign buyers a deeper understanding of the sector. By joining forces and sharing expertise the two organisations will be able to interested buyers and sellers a serious analysis of local conditions. Foreign demand for housing in Spain is a substantial proportion of total demand, with more than one in 10 properties sold going to foreign citizens. SHARIO director Mark Stucklin said “Good market analysis helps reduce risks, improve investment decisions, and increase the confidence of buyers and investors in Spain” while a spokeswoman for the Registrars Association expressed her expectation that the accord “will help to improve both an unders tan d i n g o f t h e Sp an is h h o u s in g market, and the legal securities that surround the purchase of a home in our country.”

as a reminder on kitchen safety. Here are my top 10 tips: 1. Remember that you are responsible for the safety of your kitchen and you should never leave your kitchen

Tenants union ready to battle FOLLOWING the lead of Germany, Denmark and the United States, Spain is set to see its first fully-fledged tenants union to combat soaring rental prices. Unsurprisingly Barcelona, which has s tru g g led w ith s kyroc ke ting ra te s for years, is ground zero for the new project, which will advise renting residents on their rights and also lobby the government for price ceilings and regulation. More than half of the Catalan city’s neighbourhoods have average rents which exceed the minimum monthly wage and nine out of 10 evictions are of working families who simply can’t afford to pay the rising bills. The Spanish Observatory for Economic, Social, and Cultural rights has noted that in countries, cities and neighbourhoods with a strong tenants union people enjoy far more favourable living conditions. Legal advice will be especially helpful as many people are entirely unaware of their rights and are often forced out of their homes without due process.

when you are cooking food or boiling water in a pan. If you have to leave the kitchen, turn everything off. 2. Never work with fitted appliances or hand appliances that have broken or damaged

cords or plugs, they are dangerous so get rid of them immediately. 3. Always keep all sharp objects such as knives and scissors in the drawer or wood block away from children’s hands. 4. Never have your pot handles pointing out when cooking, children can easily reach up and pull them over and adults can easily bump into them. 5. If you have children or grandchildren visiting, always fit childproof locks to your kitchen floor cabinets, especially where you store cleaning products and your oven door. Keep all medicines safely out of reach of children. 6. Keep your kitchen floor clean and dry at all times, you don’t want to slip and have an accident, if you spill something clean it up imme-

diately. If you have children keep the floor clear of toys. 7. Always unplug sharp appliances before touching the blades, such as a blender, and never slick a knife into a toaster when plugged in. 8. Make it a golden rule that toddlers and young children should not be allowed in the kitchen when you are cooking. 9. Never stand on a chair or stool to reach items in kitchen cupboards, always use step ladders with non-slip feet. 10. Dress sensibly when you are cooking, don’t wear flip-flop shoes or loose fitting clothes with loose long sleeves and keep your long hair tied back, especially if you cook with gas appliances. John Graham is a Fellow of The Architecture & Surveying Institute. Contact John by email gk.ipad@me.com.

Construction growth WITH optimistic expectations in place for the next few years, the Spanish residential construction sector must turn its attention to the long-term and the responsibility of accommodating younger generations and affording them the same opportunities their parents enjoyed. That was the essential conclusion of the Association of Promoters and Constructors of Spain (APCE) at their national conference in Madrid which drew hundreds of property experts to discuss the industry’s future. APCE president Juan Antonio Gomez-Pintado declared that production will increase from 3.8 per cent in 2015 to 15 per cent this year as the sector finally shakes off its hangover from the financial crisis. He argued, however, that this shouldn’t lead to any complacency and called for a simplification of mortgage regimes, a lowering of taxes and measures to lure more international investment in order to secure construction growth over the longterm.

INDUSTRY FUTURE: Optimistic expectations. Young Spaniards have been frozen out of the mortgage game for nearly a decade and

forced to rent as the construction industry took a serious hit in 2007.

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AUTUMN brings a dramatic change to the countryside in Spain. In the garden evergreen plants are springing back to growth before the onset of the colder winter weather. In contrast deciduous trees are changing colour and falling. There is such diversity in the Mediterranean garden. If you like to have your own fruit trees, there are various types for every season due to the milder winters. Figs are so typical in the Mediterranean landscape. Most old farms and properties have fig trees. They are perfectly acclimatised for all but the high mountainous regions of Spain. This makes them one of the easiest to grow. They will grow in most Spanish soils but benefit from compost and a little nitrogen rich additions to the soil. They do well in containers using a quality potting mixture and I recommend smart pots so that the tree’s roots don’t get root bound. The fig is deliciously sweet and fascinating in their growth structure. The fruit is rich in natural sugars, various minerals and high in fibre. The leaves and fruit appear on the branches at the same time in spring. No

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DELICIOUSLY SWEET: Figs on the branch. flowers are observed as, strangely, the flowers are enclosed in the fruit. They are pollinated internally and have male and female components, so a single tree still produces mature fruit with seeds. The main fruiting time is in autumn, but autumn rains can create a growth spurt with new fruits starting to form. This flush of new growth is usually put to a stop by the cold of winter. The deciduous fig trees leaves will fall but the undeveloped fruits will remain. When the overwintered fruits meet the warmer spring weather the fruits continue to grow and you get a surprisingly

early crop before the autumn. The fruit can be eaten fresh off the tree or dried on racks in the sun or with a fruit drying unit. If you are blessed with many trees you can make jams, chutneys, sauces, syrup and, for the adventurous, wine. Just be careful not to eat too many figs at one time as the high fibre content acts as a laxative. Pick them when they change colour from the deep green of the immature fruit to a different colour, which depends on variety. It will start to swell and when white cracks start to appear on the fruit they are ready to pick.

The perfect balcony By Eleanor Hawkins

SPAIN provides hundreds of examples of the fact that a lack of space is no excuse not to have a lovely garden. A balcony can be the perfect place to create your very own mini garden and these tips can help you create one without getting lost along the way. While it’s all very well to just stick a plant or two out there, careful consideration of a few points before you begin setting up your lofty greenery will help you turn it into an intimate, manageable, useful and stunning little garden in the sky. First, bear the weather in mind. While your local plant shops probably only sell plants which are suited to the area’s climate, balconies can have their own microclimates which will vary the conditions a little. Think about whether your balcony gets a lot of light and sun, or whether it is generally shady,

BLISSFUL BALCONY: A stunning little garden in the sky. and check how windy it gets out there to avoid wasting money on delicate plants which will wither or be blown to shreds. Next, decide whether you want perennial or annual plants. It’s usually a good idea to have a mixture, with some annuals including herbs, vegetables and spring and summer flowers and perennials to en-

sure some green all year round which will also grow and fill space over time. When it comes to choosing containers, consider the practicalities rather than just aesthetics. Pots made of porous materials like terracotta are much better than plastic as they allow damp to escape, and you should always ensure they have

drainage holes with something underneath to collect excess water to avoid root rot. Finally look carefully at the space and think about how you can make the most of it. Rather than just setting pots on the floor, imagine hanging window boxes from the railings and hanging plants from the ceiling and walls in baskets.

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AFTER many days of fruitless searching, a friend of mine had almost given up hope of finding his dog. But then he learned about this awesome tip and how this has reunited many lost dogs with their families. So I decided to pass this on. On day 12 of searching for his dog in a heavily wooded area, distraught and hopeless, he ran into a couple of hunters. They said they lost the occa-

Sad message about Martha the donkey House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on 00 44 (0) 777 214 2742. THOSE of you who have been reading this column for a couple of years may remember Martha. We told her story a while ago and that our regular house-sitters said she is just about the friendliest donkey you could ever hope to meet. Although, it has to be said, that here at the HouseSitMatch office we regularly hear from sitters that they love caring for donkeys because of their general demeanour: pretty laid back on the whole and often very, very engaging. Sadly Martha passed away recently a nd he r ow ne r wrote to tell us the y a re a ls o moving to Spa in! She ha d re a c he d the ripe old age of 15 years which is pretty good for a donkey. Her owners say they are keen to get another donkey but they’re not sure if they’ll be able to find one with a personality like Martha! What is your experience? Do you ha ve a frie ndly donkey

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Leave a bowl of water too as the dog probably hasn’t had access to any.” to get them back. The dog owner should take an article of clothing that has been worn at least all day, the longer the better, so the lost dog can pick up the scent. Bring the article of clothing to the location where the dog was last seen and leave it there. Also, if the dog has a crate and a familiar toy bring those too (unless the location is undesirable for a crate). You might also want to leave a note requesting items not to be moved.

Leave a bowl of water too, as the dog probably hasn’t had access to any. Do not bring food as this could attract other animals that the dog might avoid. Come back the next day, or check intermittently if possible. Hopefully the dog will be waiting there. My friend was sceptical and doubted his dog would be able to detect an article of clothing if he didn’t hear him calling his name as loud as possible all day for 12 days. But he returned the next day and sure enough found him sitting there! I hope this helps someone out there who is missing a best friend. Good luck! Please share to help more families find their missing four-legged family members. Also, do this on the day you lose your dog and don’t wait 12 days, and return to the last place many times. If you find that this tip has helped you to be reunited with your pet please inform me so that I may pass this on to others: david@thedogman.net.

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Unleashing the beast By Matthew Elliott HYUNDAI’s Santa Fe will be getting a serious upgrade. The American branch of the Korean motoring powerhouse has unveiled the prototype of what is surely the wildest reboot in history. Working with Rockstar Performance the firm has transformed the modest familyfriendly SUV into a monstrous nitrogen-powered off-road beast with 35 inch tyres. With KING suspension, a custom Magnaflow exhaust system, six piston calipers on the front brakes, custom roofrack, Mishimoto cooling system and four-wheel drive, it’s safe to say that the future destroyer, set to debut at the SE-

MA show in Vegas, is a spectacular slap in the face to the sleek, electric trend of recent months. The modified 3.3 litre V6 engine will include a nitrousoxide injection system and a fierce audio system and WA R N

winch will make the concept car one to watch once it roars off the production lines. SANTE FE 2015: Getting a serious upgrade.

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Honda flatpack van HONDA has revealed its first 3D printed car with an electric engine, produced in collaboration with Japanese technology brand Kabuku. The car is somewhat reminiscent of the Renault Twizy, but has no rear passenger seat and can therefore transport only a single person. It has a lightweight chassis, and the majority of the bodywork is 3D-printed, with the two companies claiming the futuristic process reduces the cost and time of production, thus making the prototype an ideal candidate for mass production. The rear seat space is occupied by a cargo area and the design has been described as a micro-van intended to be used by local couriers, particularly in urbanised environments. According to the manufacturers, it could easily be altered to house a second seat since the design is easily-customisable.

The Grand Tour begins THE GRAND TOUR, the hotly anticipated motoring show fronted by Jeremy Clarkston and his merry men James May and Richard Hammond debuts in November and the mystery surrounding the project is slowing disappearing.

An appearance on James Corden’s show, the Englishman trying to take over latenight American TV, saw the trio finally answer some questions. It first airs on November 18 on the Amazon Prime online

streaming service and there will be three 12-episode series. The first UK stop on the Grand Tour will be in the seaside town of Whitby, North Yorkshire. Famous guests will include Oscar-winning actors Charlize Theron and Matt Damon. The format will be broadly similar to Top Gear under the ‘don’t fix it if it’s not broken’ approach. LaFerrari from Ferrari, the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder will be the debut supercars and the budget will be four times that of Top Gear, which means they can officially blow up 1,125 caravans per episode if their hearts so desire. Most of the filming takes place in South Africa, though as the name suggests, the team will tour the world, with the UK, Germany and America pencilled in. ‘The Grand Tour ’ was the name chosen after Clarkson blew thousands on asking lawyers whether other names were taken and had to settle on something or sell his collection.

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THERE has been enough sport worldwide to suit everybody over this last week and there is plenty more to come. FOOTBALL Wayne Rooney was booed by a section of fans in the near-82,000 Wembley crowd as pass-happy England beat Malta (ranked 201st in the world) 2-0 in their 2018 WC qualifier last Saturday. Rooney, playing in midfield, made almost 50 square passes and only sent the ball forward 17 times. It’s like playing J i m m y Greaves or A l a n Shearer in midfield

said one ex-player! Other recent WC qualifiers ended Albania 0 Spain 2; Austria 2 Wales 2; Belgium 4 Bosnia & Herzegovina 0; France 4 Bulgaria 1; Greece 2 Cyprus 0; Hungary 2 Switzerland 3; Germany 3 Czech Republic 0; Italy 1 Spain 1; Luxembourg 0 Sweden 1; Poland 3 Denmark 2; Republic of Ireland 1 Georgia 0; Netherlands 4 Belarus 1; Northern Ireland 4 San Marino 0; Portugal 6 (Cristiano Ronaldo netted four times) Andorra 0; Republic of Ireland 1 Georgia 0 (with a rare Seamus Coleman goal), followed by the Republic of Ireland (two goals for James McLean) 3 Moldova 1; Scotland 1 Lithuania 1; Slovenia 1 Slovakia 0; Turkey 2 Ukraine 2 and Wales (now third in their group) 1 Georgia 1. On Tuesday, England (hopefully playing better) took on Slovenia while Scotland

met Slovakia. In last weekend’s top League One game, leaders Scunthorpe United were held 1-1 at home by Northampton Town and League 2 table-toppers Plymouth Argyle won 2-1 at Stevenage. The big PL matches coming up include ArsenalSwansea (American Bob Bradley’s first game in charge of the Swans), Chelsea-Leicester, leaders Manchester City-Everton and WBA-Spurs (Saturday) and Liverpool-Manchester United (Monday). Also Aston Villa play Wolves in the Championship on Saturday… the first meeting between the clubs in the second tier since 1984. Sad news: the former Liverpool and Cameroon international Rigobert Song has died from a stroke, aged 40. TENNIS Scotland’s Andy Murray and England’s Johanna Konta

ANDY MURRAY: Won the China Open.

both reached the respective men’s and women’s singles finals of the China Open. Murray beat Gregor Dimitrov 6-4, 7-6 while Konta – the first British female to break into the World’s top 10 for 30 years – lost 6-4, 62 against Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska. RUGBY LEAGUE Wigan Warriors defeated Warrington Wolves 12-6 in the Super League Grand Final in front of 75,000 spectators at Old Trafford last Saturday. CRICKET England beat Bangladesh by 21 runs in the first ODI but lost the second by 34 (238-8 against 204). Debutants Jake Ball (5-51) and Ben Duckett (60), along with all-rounder Ben Stokes (101) starred in the first match

which saw the hosts collapse from 271 for 4 to 288 all out. The third ODI took place yesterday. Edgbaston will stage the first-ever day-night Test Match in England when the visit Birmingham next August.

Spain’s Marc Marques (248 points) leads Italian Valentino Rossi (196) and his fellow countryman Jorge Lorenzo (182) in the rider’s championship. The next race is at Philip Island, Australia on October 23.

FORMULA 1 Last Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix was won by Nico Rosberg with Max Verstappen second and Lewis Hamilton (after another horrible start) third. Rosberg is now a commanding 33 points ahead of Hamilton in the driver ’s championship with four races and 100 points remaining. The next GP is in Austin, Texas, on October 23 with races in Mexico City, Sao Paulo in Brazil and Abu Dhabi after that.

ROUND-UP * Raymond Van Gerwen beat Gary Anderson in the World Darts Grand Prix final. * GB boxer Ricky Burns beat Kiryl Relikh to retain his World super lightweight crown and Olympian Anthony Ogogo’s first professional fight will be against Craig Cunningham for the WBC middleweight title in Birmingham on October 22. * Tyrrell Hatton (England) won golf’s annual Alfred Dunhill Links competition at St Andrew’s (his first ever PGA tour victory) while American Brandt Snedeker triumphed in the Fiji international tournament. Tiger Woods returns to action this week after 14 months out with injury.

MOTOR CYCLING This weekend it’s the Japanese MotoGP from Montegi. WAYNE ROONEY: Played in midfield.

NICO ROSBERG: Won Japanese GP.

DID YOU KNOW? Robbie James, ex Swansea City, Stoke City, QPR, Leicester City and Cardiff City, has made more Football League appearances (782) than any other Welshman (1973-94). India lost four wickets for no runs in the first 14 balls of their Test match against England at Leeds in 1952.

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Golf International Nerja Society Los Moriscos Friday September 31 - Swedish Medal Ladies 1st Neilma Jary Hcp29 Nett 73 2nd Rita McCracken Hcp25 Nett 74 3rd Pat Lowe Hcp27 Nett 75 Men 2nd Stephen Bennett Hcp15 Nett 69 3rd John Bollard Hcp18 Nett 71 4th Greg Harris Hcp26 Nett 71 6th Mark Langley Hcp21 Nett 72 7th David Dover Hcp28 Nett 72 Two’s Liz Taylor-Ingram, David Dover & Peter Pool. Another successful day at Los Moriscos. Fifty turned out to play a medal with some excellent scores. Even though the greens had been hollow tined and were a bit sandy it didn’t deter some excellent putting. Numbers are increasing at Los Moriscos, great to see friends returning. What a great society, just about every week there is an event not to be missed!

Los Moriscos Monday October 3 Individual Stableford Overall Winner Dirk van den Brandt Hcp28 38pts Men Sean Daly Hcp19 35pts Ladies Francoise Stein Hcp33 33pts Front Nine Peter Verkleij Hcp27 19pts Back Nine Granville Hirst Hcp17 17pts Two’s Ana Junquera & Dirk van den Brandt 2, Geir Froland & Sean Daly Hole 5 Another remarkably warm day for October, which may have contributed to the slow pace of the round. It does become somewhat irritating when waiting on a tee, to see someone walk across the width of the fairway from a buggy then walk all the way back to get a club!

An excellent round from Dirk who as a result should not see the likes of 28 handicap again! There was a runaway winner for the Ladies prize with Francoise recording an excellent 33 points.