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ARRESTING FIGURES
licante Province is the number one region in the world for British arrests since 2015. Spain is also the world leader for foreign British arrests, making it the "Costa del Crime" for some expat law breakers or those on the run from UK justice. Figures released by the British Foreign Office showed that 655 British nationals were arrested or detained in Alicante Province between 2015 and this summer, making the region the number one specific location in the world for British arrests. In total, some 2,590 people from Britain were held in Spain over the last two-anda-half years – more than in any other country, according to the FCO data.
The United States was the second most prolific, with 2,045 arrests recorded, whilst in terms of specific areas, after Alicante Province, Dubai was the destination with the next greatest number of Britons detained at 524, with
Malaga Province on the Costa del Sol fifth at 441. The figures don't offer any analysis, as to how many arrests included fugitives, as opposed to British expats getting into hot water. With both the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol having
one of the highest concentrations of British citizens living abroad, there is some inevitability that more expats will figure in local crime statistics, as opposed to other countries where there are fewer resident British citizens.
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yanair passengers will have to shell out for priority boarding from November 1st if they want to carry a wheelie bag on board, as the air-
line attempts to reduce boarding and flight delays caused by a shortage of overhead cabin space. A new policy being introduced by the budget airline
will force people to put bags larger than 35cm x 20cm x 20cm in the hold – unless they cough up for priority boarding. Priority boarders will still be able to carry on two bags, but all other passengers will be allowed to take only one smaller bag on board the aircraft. A second, larger, wheelie bag will have to be placed in the hold free of charge at the boarding gate, to be collected at baggage reclaim on arrival. The budget carrier, who fly out of Alicante-Elche and San Javier airports, is also lowering checked bag fees and increasing the weight
allowance to encourage more customers to check in luggage. From November 1st, the minimum check-in bag allowance will increase from 15kg to 20kg, while the fee for luggage in the hold will be reduced by a third. Kenny Jacobs, the airline’s chief marketing officer, said the changes to its baggage policy still mean passengers will be able to travel with two bags for free, but under the current rules too many passengers were taking two bags on board busy flights, resulting in insufficient overhead space and causing delays.
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Reckless Father
Baby Snatcher Foiled
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A 35-year-old Guardamar man was arrested last Friday by the Guardia Civil for leaving his five-year-old daughter alone at home whilst he went for a night out at a karaoke bar. A neighbour called the Guardia Civil at around 3.30 am after hearing the girl screaming and sobbing. Officers climbed the fence onto the terrace of a Guardamar property, and the child ran to them and gave them a hug. The Guardia inspected
the house to see whether anything untoward had happened to the girl's father, with whom she lives alone, but they did not see any sign of him or his car near or in the building. A search led to his car being located outside a bar where a karaoke was being held. The Spaniard was arrested, and put in front of a judge on abandonment charges, but was released on bail, as the court did not want to add further to her distress.
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where he is there of his own free will and not under police custody. The incident happened at around 10.00 am when the man, described as stocky, approached an East European woman that was pushing her granddaughter in a buggy. He grabbed the toddler and ran away with her in his arms. Two women witnessed what happened and chased him to outside a tourist office (pictured), with one of them starting a struggle with him, whilst the other female managed to get the
child off him. The snatcher then fled, but the shouts of the on-lookers alerted an off-duty Torrevieja local police officer, who started to chase the man, and caught him outside an ice cream parlour. The officer pushed him to the ground and restrained him, with the Guardia Civil arriving to take the man into custody. The child was unharmed during the ordeal, whilst the grandmother was treated for shock by a medical team, but not require further treatment.
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A Spaniard aged in his sixties snatched a twoyear-old girl on the boardwalk of Torrevieja's Playa del Cura beach on Saturday, and was eventually pinned to the ground by an off-duty local police officer. The Informacion newspaper reported that he told officers that he was "helping the child", and has got a history of psychiatric illness. He was bailed by a Torrevieja judge on Monday, and placed into the care of the psychiatric unit of Torrevieja Hospital
Local police chiefs and mayors from across the Vega Baja region met in Bigastro last week to discuss what security improvements need to made locally in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Catalunya. Bigastro mayor Teresa Belmonte said that the key point of the meeting was to make sure that neighbouring
forces and municipalities cooperated more in exchanging information. José Miguel Saval, deputy Valencian government subdelegate for Alicante Province, encouraged everybody in the area not to hesitate to call the local police if they spotted something suspicious in their locality.
The number of foreign tourists coming to Spain continues to rise according to July's figures published by the National Statistics Institute. There was a recordbreaking number of 10.5 million arrivals, a rise of just over 10 percent over a year. The first seven months of 2017 has seen an overall 11.3 percent increase, with 46.9 million foreign visitors, as the British continuing to dominate. Visitors from the UK accounted for over 22 percent of the cumulative total for the year, with two point three million coming to Spain in July, a hike of seven percent on the previous year, suggesting that
fears over Brexit and a poor exchange are doing little to dampen their enthusiasm for coming over. The Valencia region, including Alicante Province, saw one point two million international visitors in July, which is a big 17 percent increase over 12 months, with over 40 percent coming
from Britain. The yearly rise in the Murcia region was even more spectacular, with a record 127 thousand tourists coming in July, a big rise of nearly 36 percent, British visitors made up 43 percent of the figures, which are climbing at three times the rate for the rest of mainland Spain.
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Assaulters Charged
Two Spaniards and an Ecuadorian have been arrested by the Guardia Civil, some sixteen months after a British expat was beaten, tied up and raped during an attempted robbery in the Murcia region. As previously reported in The Courier, the 52-yearold woman, from Hampshire, was dragged from a swimming pool area at a property in the village of Gea y Truyols on Friday May 20th of last year. The three hooded men – one of them a minor aged just 17 – then forced their
way in to the home she was sharing with her sister and took her from room to room, beating her as they demanded money and jewellery. They then tied her up and sexually assaulted her. The ordeal only ended because the woman's sister arrived and surprised them, leading them to flee as they stole her car as well driving away in their other vehicle. The sister's vehicle was discovered on the road to Sucina, and was taken away for examination by the Guardia. The trio face charges of
robbery with violence and intimidation and sexual aggression, whilst two of the accused were already in custody for other alleged crimes. The 18-year-old has been released on provisional liberty after depositing bail money to an investigating judge’s court, and has been classified as a minor because the assault happened when he still aged 17 years. The victim who had been living in the area with her sister, decided to leave Spain after the ordeal.
Drunk And Drugged
A 17-year-old teenager was killed in Santa Pola in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was knocked over by a speeding car on Avenida Santiago Bernabéu (pictured). The teenager and a 15year-old boy were hit at around 4.30 am, with the
vehicle driven by a young driver, who then proceeded to collide with another 17year-old male teenager by the access steps to the beach. The motorist escaped on foot, but he was caught by the local police, and was found to be over the drink-drive limit as well
having taken drugs.. The incidents happened during the first weekend of Santa Pola's Moors and Christians festival, with events being postponed and rejigged as a mark of respect, as well flags flying at half-mast at municipal buildings for three days
River Of Rubbish
The End Of Worries?
The Rojales mayor, Antonio Pérez, and a local lobby group have slammed the lack of action to stop waste flowing down the river Segura in the wake of last week's heavy rain. Pérez says that white foam and floating debris have caused
concern and has asked the Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura (CHS) for an explanation, especially into what the foam is, and whether it is dangerous. Meanwhile the Platform in Defence of the Farmland has criticised the CHS for
doing nothing about the thousands of plastic bottles that build up in the Segura, where it flows into Rojales from Benijófar in the vicinity of the commercial area. The Platform claims this is a regular problem on the back of heavy downpours.
A Choice Of Two British pensioners who have retired to Spain and other EU countries will continue to have their healthcare paid for by the National Health Service post-Brexit in a reciprocal arrangement, after a deal in principle was agreed by negotiators in Brussels last week. Any rubber-stamping though of this aspect of the fraught Brexit negotiations would come as part of a complete package once the talking is concluded, and it
would have to be approved by all of the EU member nations. In one of the few advances made in discussions about EU citizens’ future rights last week, the UK Brexit secretary, David Davis, said there had been agreement on four key areas, including reciprocal healthcare for British and EU retirees affected by Brexit. “This is good news for British pensioners in the EU,” he said.
The agreement would also allow a British pensioner who has retired in Spain to travel to other EU countries on holidays and to use the existing European Health Insurance Card should they need medical attention. It is understood the UK was pushing for this EHIC agreement to cover British tourists as well, but the EU said it was not an issue to be discussed in a deal for EU citizens.
Just two bidders are left in the contest to run Murcia’s much-delayed Corvera International Airport, with it down to two-horse race between Spain’s main operator AENA and French company Edeis, who already run the facility at Castellon in the north of the Valencia region. Murcia’s regional government says that a third bidder, Corporación América., which is owned by Argentinian billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian, has failed to meet meet the appropriate standards. The next stage will see AENA and Edeis present further details of their plans
over the next two months. AENA currently run the existing facility at San Javier, and no timescale has
been given as to when the Corvera francise will be awarded or when the empty facility will finally open.
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Flight Fist Fight A fight broke out on board an Alicante-Elche airportbound Ryanair flight from Newcastle last week, involving, 42-year-old Nicola Artley from Middlesborough, who then proceeded to be involved in a second brawl at the airport's luggage reclaim area, despite the impression being given that the Guardia Civil intended to detain her on landing. Witnesses speaking to the UK media said she had been seen by officers on landing and waved through, with Artley then involved in a second fight. She told the Middlesbrough Gazette that she wasn't abusive until claiming that she was attacked first. The first incident flared up as the plane was coming in to land last Thursday afternoon. A witness, Lucy Norris, of Blyth, Northumberland, told The Mirror newspaper:-"It was just as we were about to land when the woman(Artley) started kicking off." "She was shouting, screaming and making a show of herself. She had been rude to a few people on the flight and I think she was drunk". Footage recorded by Lucy showed a man arguing with Artley before another woman, who was next to him in a blue shirt, appeared to throw a punch at her. “I’m on a lot of medication. I’m on antidepressants, diazepam for my back and sleeping tablets which I’m
prescribed", Nicola Artley told the Gazette. “I had been awake since 5am. I had had a drink, but all I’d had was two pints and two shots of vodka. “I was probably being loud and I did get into an argument, but it wasn’t me who was violent first.” Nicola claimed that another passenger had thrown a drink over her and hit her - and insisted the viral videos merely capture her reaction. She said: “I was getting attacked.” When Artley left the plane, she was allowed to walk through to baggage reclaim where she she was involved with another fight, this time with another woman. Mobile phone video footage of the fight shows a woman in a green dress straddling Artley, who is then
heard screaming with her legs flailing in the air as the other woman pins her down on the floor. The brawl got so out of control that the two women eventually had to be prised apart by a bystander. Rachel Burns, 35, who had been on the same flight told the Daily Mail that Artley was 'intoxicated'. "It was unbelievable. At the airport the police had already seen her and let her go. When we got into the baggage collection area that's when the violence started." "I was with my family, we'd got our bags and had been walking away and then they got stuck into it. I saw her just go up to a lady who had been one of the people telling her to sit down. Then they were going at it on the floor." “People need to know I didn’t get arrested, the police escorted me to a taxi", Nicola Artley responded. “I’ve never been in trouble with the police over there or over here about this incident. People have it all wrong. I’ve had to come home early. “If you watch all the videos, people are screaming and shouting at me. It was like a mob. People were cheering as I was attacked in the airport." “People have been threatening my family on Facebook . Some have said they were going to publish my address.” Robin Kiely, head of communications for Ryanair said:- "This passenger has been banned from flying with Ryanair and this is now a matter for local police”. “This is exactly why we are calling for significant changes to prohibit the sale of alcohol at airports, such as a two-drink limit per passenger and no alcohol sales before 10.00 am.” “It's incumbent on the airports to introduce these preventative measures to curb excessive drinking and the problems it creates, rather than allowing passengers to drink to excess before their flights.”
Beyond Belief
An eight-year-old boy, named as Dominique, was killed and the pregnant partner of his foster father was raped in a shocking attack at their home in the centre of Elda in Alicante Province last week. Two masked men apparently surprised the boy and woman on the stairwell of their apartment block, with neighbours hearing some
loud cries around 9.00 pm. Emergency services were called and the woman, named as Alejandra, was found bound and gagged on her apartment floor after being assaulted, whilst the body of the child was also on the floor. The autopsy revealed that he had been suffocated, and both victims had
been sexually abused. The National Police said that nothing had been stolen from the apartment and the door had not been forced. The partner’s girlfriend had to be taken to hospital in Elda with severe shock. Investigators have so far drawn a blank as to what the motivations for the attack was.
Illegal Parking Around a hundred cars a day are flouting no parking notices on a car park that is in danger of sinking in the La Mata area of Torrevieja, according to a report in the Informacion newspaper. The area is above the Canal de La Mata, where the weekly market is held and Torrevieja council has been talking to stall-holders over the last few months about moving to a new site because of the dangers of subsidence. Informacion says that the local police have not imposed any parking fines, with markets councillor Javier Manzanares telling the paper that the high summer season with the influx of tourists and a shortage of police officers
has meant that they cannot cover all of the Torrevieja area all of the time. Manzanares also stated that he hopes to make an announcement soon on a new location for the market
which is expected to be in the Avenida de los Europeos area. Traders have expressed their disquiet about some of the site suggestions being put forward by the authority.
Airport Spending
Alicante-Elche airport is to see an update of security systems for its perimeter fencing as well as the construction of four new walkways for passengers
boarding and leaving aircraft. The investment package has been announced by the airport operator AENA who have
advertised tenders worth two million euro for the various projects. Two new toilet areas are also to be built at the terminal.
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Donald's Guest
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is to jet off to America later this month for talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House. The two leaders have already met at a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany and a NATO summit in Brussels, but this will be
their first scheduled headto-head talks on Tuesday September 26th. The first phone conversation between the two leaders was in February when Trump assured Rajoy that the United States remains committed to NATO, despite his past criticism of the transatlantic military
alliance. Trump and Rajoy then agreed "to continue close security, economic and counter-terrorism cooperation". Rajoy visited the White House in January 2014 when Trump's predecessor Barack Obama was in office, with Obama coming to Spain last year
Happy Ending It all turned out fine for the family of a British girl who went missing last week after a night out at a Costa Blanca restaurant, with Guardia Civil officers finding the eight-year-old, who is called Scarlett, watching television in a room at a next door bar. Scarlett's mother reported her missing at 2.00 am after an hour of searching following her disappearance from the restaurant in Albir where she had been dining with her family. Six hours later Guardia Civil officers spotted that the television in an adjoining bar had been left switched on, even though it was closed and locked up. Inside, they found Scarlett watching it, unharmed and
perfectly calm, after calling the bar owner to open it up. It turned out she had slipped away from the table where she and her family were eating and gone off to explore, wandering into the next door premises. Whilst there, and unseen by staff, she had fallen
asleep, and not woken up until daylight, when decided to switch on the television. It was not made clear whether Scarlett (pictured with the rescuing Guardia officers) had been on holiday with her family, or whether they were local residents.
Top Of The Parks
Visitor numbers to Spain's national parks have climbed over 77 percent since 1997, with the returns for last year showing a record 15 million people enjoying their natural
beauty. Increasing foreign visitor numbers have helped to fuel the rises, with the Teide on Tenerife featuring a dormant volcano proving to be the
most popular of the parks. The biggest mainland draw is the Sierra de Guadarrama (pictured), a mountain range to the northwest of the Madrid region.
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Almagro's Pledge
Work is to be done to try and cut down on the backlog of applications for new businesses to open on the Orihuela Costa, according to the recently appointed Urbanism and Planning councillor, Rafael Almagro. Speaking to the Informacion newspaper, Almagro has admitted that dozens of requests for opening licenses had yet to be dealt with, as applications continue to come in, with a number of businesses running without proper authority in lieu of getting the paperwork somewhere down the line.
Almagro said that most of the businesses are in the leisure and hospitality sector, and that a normal process of getting a license which should take a few weeks, has been running up to six months. That would also include an inspection by Orihuela council officials. "As a result of being unlicensed, some premises are not keeping to proper opening hours or noise limits", added Almagro. He pledged that all the backlog of applications would be fully cleared up by the end of the year.
Drugs Bust Brits
A dozen British nationals have been arrested over an alleged cocaine ring operating in Maguluf on the island of Mallorca. The Guardia Civil said they had seized three kilograms of cocaine, more than 100 thousand euro in cash and four vehicles as part of Operation Tatum. Smaller amounts of MDMA tables, hashish and methamphetamine was also found. The Guardia said the
gang were distributing the drugs at popular night spot areas around Magaluf. 12 British nationals, including several women, were arrested last Thursday in the raids alongside one Spaniard and a Dominican national. The Guardia said they were assisted by agents from the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) in helping arrest members of the alleged criminal organisation.
Row Continues
A senior Torrevieja police officer has said that his team could have provided security cover for the cycle race, La Vuelta, to come into the city centre areas of Torrevieja towards the end of last month. Operations officer Vicente Gutiérrez (pictured) said that he had supplied Torrevieja mayor José Manuel Dolón a report stating that fact over two months ago, with local police chief Óscar Cartón backing up Gutiérrez's disclosure. Cartón said that a combination of police officers, Civil Protection volunteers, and La Vuelta security teams could have covered the cycle race as went through the city.
The prestigious sporting event had to by-pass key areas of Torrevieja after the mayor claimed that he did not have enough officers to do patrol duties, along with citing security concerns in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Catalunya. "The final decision over providing cover for La Vuelta was not a police matter", added Cartón. Leading figures from Alicante Provincial Council, including vice-president and ex-Torrevieja mayor Eduardo Dolón had slammed José Manuel Dolón's decision, and his rejection of an offer for security personnel from the provincial authority.
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Diving Donation
Erica Rogers always fancied trying a sky dive, and after plucking up some courage, she actually took the plunge at an airfield in Castellon last month, raising over 1,200€ for the Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity into the bargain. The money
came through the generosity of Erica’s friends from the Petanca Group, Urbanisations Buena Vista 9 and 10, Rojales; the Bridge Bar in Rojales; Nev, Mick and friends from the monthly Charity Quiz at Benimar’s Rialto Restaurant, Benimar;
in addition to Erica’s family and friends back in England. Two charity volunteers Meeche and Valerie, accepted the cheque from Erica on behalf of the Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity at the Petanca pitch in Quesada.
Monday Friends
The Almoradi Monday Club picks up their meetings after the summer break on Monday September 18th at the Centro Social Rooms (pictured) on Plaza San Andres in the town. Entry is on the right-hand side via a door next to "The
Charity fundraiser Marlene Brown recently presented a cheque worth almost thirteen-hundred euro to the Samaritans in Spain, thanks to a charity night last month at the Quesada Fish and Chips restaurant. The money was handed over by Marlene to
Finn Fitzsimons, Publicity and Awareness Trustee for The Samaritans in Spain, and Glenys Palmer, Publicity Manager. The money will be spent on updating the old computers that are used at the Samaritans call and drop-in centre in Punta Prima.
Crescendo Calling
The Torrevieja-based Crescendo Choir are back rehearsing today (Friday September 8th), ahead of their autumn programme of concerts. The group is very much multi-national and are looking for new singers, even if you can’t read music or have not sung in a choir
social events, club lunches and evening meals in and around the area, with guest speakers at the meetings. You can learn more via the Facebook page, Almoradi Monday Club, or send an email to davedanie@gmail.com
Velvetones Return
If you enjoy singing and making new friends, the Velvetones Harmony Chorus have started up their weekly Wednesday rehearsals after the summer break, and are looking for
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Bar" with blue awnings outside, with the meeting starting at 4.00 pm. The club’s aim is to get English speakers from in and around Almoradi to get together on an informal basis to enjoy local life. The club activities include
before. They meet every Friday morning from 9.30 am at the El Paraiso restaurant close to Carrefour in Torrevieja. You can visit their website www.crescendo-choir.com for more details including photographs and reviews of past concerts.
AT YOUR SERVICE We’d love details of your charity events, amateur dramatics, and choral concerts! The Courier would love to hear from you as we gear up for another busy autumn across the Costa Blanca and Mar Menor. Send you snippets and photographs to thecourier@tko media.
people to join them. The sessions take place at the El Paraiso Restaurant, Jardin del Mar III, Torrevieja from 10.00 am, with the Velvetones being a group of ladies who
sing for enjoyment and to raise money for charity For further details, phone Ena on 965 707 598, or you can visit the website www.velvetonesharmonytorrevieja.com
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Forward Planner A woman from northern Spain who died last week, has been buried in a coffin (pictured) she designed, bought and took home with her back in 1997. Josefa Rego, known as 'Fina de Rivera' by her friends and neighbours, passed away in Lugo in Galicia aged 99, some 20 years after buying the coffin that she kept ready in her lounge. She is even known to have had pictures of her taken lying inside it whilst still alive to see what she would look like at her funeral during the 'open coffin' session after her death. But none of this was with morbid intentions, say those who knew her – she was a 'fun person' with a 'very black sense of humour', according to José María Teixido, who owned the funeral parlour near her house. Teixido admitted when Fina first went into the shop 20 years ago, just after they had arranged her husband's funeral, asking to buy her own coffin so she could keep it in her house, they refused, thinking she was suicidal. But she 'managed to convince a local carpenter' to make one to her required specifications, and Teixido's company then sourced the material for the inside and
fitted it. Fina then contracted the firm's photography service to take pictures of her inside the coffin, to get an idea of what she would look like at her funeral, and even commissioned them to write her obituary. This was 15 years ago, when she also arranged the fleet of vehicles her loved ones would be transported in to the church of Santa Mariña in Guitiriz where she wanted the service to be held.
Her forward planning meant that last Thursday, the required obituary was published and the alreadybooked fleet and church were duly employed. Teixido said when he went to collect the coffin from inside the flat it had shared with its future occupant since 1997, a note had been placed in a prominent location with a set of keys. The keys were for Fina's niche at Guitiriz cemetery, and the note explained this and indicated where it was.
Tourists Taxed
The Balearic Islands, including Mallorca and Ibiza, are putting up tourist taxes next year, with the average doubling to three euro per person amid growing unease among local residents over the effects of mass tourism. The increases are one of several new measures taken by the regional government to cope with what is viewed as the damaging effects of mass tourism, at a time when other regions like Catalunya have also been experiencing a backlash against an influx of visitors. The islands were the second most visited region in Spain during July, after north-eastern Catalunya, as
they welcomed two point four million overseas tourists in July, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics. That's more than double the usual population of the islands outside the peak holiday season. Last month, the Balearics introduced new legislation to crack down on illegal tourist rentals, targeting online home-sharing sites such as Airbnb, amid complaints their popularity was driving up rental costs for residents. The increased tourism taxes are expected to raise up to 120 million euro in revenues each year, which will be allocated to helping to protect the environment and helping the islands deal with
the effects a visitor influx, according to the regional government. Tourist taxes will range from one euro per day on people camping or staying in hostels to four euro for those in high-end hotels and apartments. They are to be imposed on anyone staying overnight - even those from elsewhere in Spain - or arriving on a cruise ship. “It will help us to enhance the balance between the impact of tourism on locals and the contribution made by the people who visit us,” Biel Barcelo, the region’s tourism chief, said in a statement. “It will be a tool to help us build solidarity between visitors and residents.”
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Out Of Control
Nothing Doing
The new school year starts in the Valencia region this coming Monday (September 11th) but there's as yet been no indication as to when work will be done to help prevent flooding at the CEIP Infant and Junior school at Los Dolses on the Orihuela Costa. Heavy rain caused flooding to the mainly prefabricated structures last autumn and winter disrupting lessons, with the "temporary buildings" erected in 2002 susceptible to rainwater getting through. Orihuela's education councillor Begoña Cuartero said that they were still waiting on action from the Valencian government on building a median wall to reduce the flooding risks, but no start date has been declared.
Quesada Crash A woman was hospitalised last Thursday when a bus hit her after losing control and smashing into a ticket office at Torrevieja bus station. The vehicle belonging to
the Globalia company was operating on the Alicante City to Cartagena route, and for reasons unknown, did not stop at the prescribed point but drove into the ticket
outlet, knocking over the woman who standing out the building. The unnamed female victim was taken to hospital, whilst the driver was treated for shock.
Almoradi firefighters rescued an 80-year-old Swiss woman who was trapped in her car, which collided with a van in Quesada. The incident happened on Monday lunchtime on Calle Onda, with the female driver suffering some pain, and she was transferred to hospital. No explanation was given by authorities for what caused the accident.
UNFREEZE YOUR LOST PENSIONS
RICHARD SAMUELS, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ADVISER, BLACKTOWER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT The term “frozen pension” can be misleading. This is namely because a frozen pension can be defined in multiple ways.
EQUIVALENT transfer value in order to secure your pension pot. Some of these schemes are looking to reduce their liabilities, and thereby offering enhanced transfer values to get members off their books. In some cases, they could be more than 20 times the value of the annual pension offered on retirement.
For example, a state pension received by a UK expatriate who has retired overseas is frozen on the very day he or she lands in the new country of residence if that country is outside of the EEA. It will not increase with inflation as it would have had the pensioner remained in the UK or EEA. This is true in the case of people who have emigrated to Australia, New Zealand or Canada for example.
You don't have to decide straight away – you can generally transfer at any time up a year before the date that you are expected to start drawing retirement benefits. In some cases, it's also possible to transfer to a new pension provider after you have started to draw retirement benefits.
Another way of defining a frozen pension is related to a workplace pension established through a previous employer. When an individual leaves an employer to take a job with a new one, any pension that is older than two years remains intact unless the employee explicitly chooses to transfer it elsewhere. Leaving a pension behind in this way is sometimes described as a “frozen pension”, although the correct term is a “deferred pension”, as neither the employer nor the former employee continues making contributions. However, it is not frozen as the invested funds can continue to earn returns for as long as they remain invested; or in the case of “final salary schemes” they will increase annually to account for inflation. Over the last few decades, there have been many changes in the workplace including a more migratory and flexible workforce. These days it is common to move between different employers in search of better pay and conditions. However, this has caused people to lose track of their pensions causing them to become “lost”. It is not the employers’ responsibility to keep track of “deferred” members, so if you move address you should inform all your previous pension schemes. The scale of the problem is huge — £400 million is estimated to have been left in lost or forgotten pension schemes. It is also worth noting that pension schemes can continue to exist even if the original employer has gone out of business, changed name, or was bought by another company. The pension scheme is run separately from the company and quite often is administered by a pension administration or insurance
WHY NOT MEET US FOR BREAKFAST? Forthcoming Expat Breakfast Briefings at: Edinas Bar & Grill – Urb. Dona Pepa, Quesada – 11am 18th September Olive Bar – Urb. Dona Pepa, Quesada - 11am 19th September Jukebox Bar – Urb. Eden, Guardamar – 11am 20th September Expert advice for expats inc. Pensions, Residency, Brexit, Inheritance Tax, Savings & Investments, Wills, Funeral Plans Contact me for further details and to reserve a place. richard.samuels@blacktowerfm.com. Tel 692 352 156 COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST AND DRINK For further information contact: Richard Samuels, International Financial Adviser, Blacktower Financial Management (International) Ltd M: 692 352 156 or E: richard.samuels@blacktowerfm.com company. At Blacktower, we are happy to help clients track “lost” pensions. By doing so will enable you to plan for your retirement properly. Most pensions will allow you to transfer your pension pot to another pension scheme, which could be a new employer’s workplace pension scheme, a self-invested personal pension (SIPP) or a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS). If you have several pensions they can be consolidated into one thereby saving costs. If you have a “final salary scheme” you can request a CASH
The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity. Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licensed in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV in Spain.
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Adoption Corner
ANNIE If you are looking for a cat to become part of your family, then Annie could well fit the bill! She was born in mid-June and is turning out to be a very sociable friendly young female ginger kitten, who loves people, and is fine with other dogs and cats. Annie has been treated forparasites and is now ready to be rehomed, and is very clean and litter-trained. For more details call K9 on 610 832 726.
Keeping It Grounded DOTTY
Dotty is a an eight-week-old English Setter and is a happy, playful little girl. She is in excellent health, has started her vaccinations and is good with other dogs, cats and children. Dotty currently weighs four kilos and will be big when fully grown. For more details about her, please phone Pets in Spain on 645 469 253 www.petsinspain.com
MAGGIE Maggie was found with a leg fracture, and has made a great recovery and was happy to start running and jumping about like a normal dog. 22-month old Maggie is now in a mixed pen at the SAT kennels in Dolores and really enjoys the company of other dogs. She loves to play and walks well on the lead, and like most greyhounds, she loves to do a lot of lazing around! For more on Maggie please call SAT on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com
PEGGY
21-month-old Peggy was rescued in a terrible condition after wandering in a village, having been hit by a car. She had to have her leg amputated and is now fully recovered, with three legs proving to be no disadvantage to her! She is quite a dominant dog and would do well to be with another dog of a similar size as she is happy in the company of another dog. For more on Peggy please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
Jumping up is a common behaviour problem facing many dog owners. It's annoying to feel like you're being attacked by an excited and overly exuberant dog the minute you step through your front door. It can also be dangerous for small children. The good news is that you can train a dog to stop jumping. Withhold Attention The first part of teaching a dog not to jump involves withholding your attention. There are several ways you can do this: • As soon as your dog jumps up, turn your back on him. Cross your arms over your chest, and don't make a sound. If the dog runs around to jump again, turn the other way so your back is again to him. Wait for him to stop jumping. • Another method is to remove yourself altogether. If your dog jumps up when you walk in the door, turn around and walk back outside. If he jumps up when you're inside, walk out of the room. Wait a moment, and step back inside. Repeat this until your dog is calm. Reward Good Behaviour It helps when you're working on stopping unwanted jumping if you keep some treats close at hand. As soon as your dog is standing in front of you with all four paws on the ground, throw him a treat. Give him praise, but keep things low key. Too much excitement and attention from you may stimulate him enough to get him jump up again. Practice Makes Perfect It helps if you can set up the situation to practice with your dog. For instance, if he jumps up a lot when you first walk through the door, spend a few minutes a few times a day coming and going. Don't make a big fuss over the dog, and be sure to step back outside if he jumps up. Reward him any time all four feet are on the floor. Add a Sit Command Once your dog is able to keep all four feet on the floor for a
SUGAR Sugar is a beautiful three-year-old medium/large boy that is being looked after the San Javier-based Los Infiernos Perrera. He is a gorgeous dog that has a lot of love to give, and would make a brilliant companion. For more details and to meet Sugar, please email losinfiernosdogs@hotmail.com or have a look at the Facebook page, Los Infiernos Perrera Supporters. All adoptions are subject to a home check.
few seconds or more, start asking him to sit. Walk into a room or through the front door, and give the command “sit”. As soon as the dog sits, give him a treat. Practice this over several training sessions. With lots of practice, your dog will be sitting as soon as you walk through the door or enter the room. Practice with Other People It's not enough that you practice with your dog. You should also involve friends and family in this training. Otherwise your dog may learn only that it's not okay to jump up on you. Having other people help with this training will teach your dog to keep all four paws on the floor no matter who comes into the room.
SUKI Suki is a 19-month-old small-medium sized girl. She has a very sweet character and is a lovely dog, who gets on well with other dogs. Suki was found wandering and was a bit nervous at first, but warms up very quickly, and would make make a very loyal companion for a lucky person. For more about her, please telephone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
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Seagate Wealth Management Are You Getting 5% On Your Savings? – If Not You Need To Talk To Us With banks offering low interest rates, simply putting surplus money into a standard savings account will not see a return above the rate of inflation. As financial advisers we provide a range of flexible, cost effective savings schemes from some of the worlds’ leading product providers, such as Prudential and Old Mutual. The products offered by these companies allow you to achieve the growth you want, but just as importantly are fully tax compliant here in Spain. Many ex-pats are unaware that their UK based savings like ISAs, Premium Bonds and other NS&I products are not suitable for Spanish residents. These products could potentially lead you to unwittingly break tax laws that can lead to large, unexpected fines. Even simply leaving money in your UK bank account can create complex reporting requirements that can easily be avoided. The Seagate team has a wealth of experience in providing advice on all aspects of investments and savings options. Whether you are new to the world of savings or have an existing investment portfolio, we are here to help you. Seagate can tailor make the savings solution that works best for you and the lifestyle you deserve. Our clients expect and deserve excellent and timely services and support. If you have an investment, but no adviser, then we can help to get your portfolio back on the right track. We are truly independent with access to UK and European regulated investment funds. Ultimately with the right financial advice and regular reviews you can work towards and achieve your financial goals. For a free no-obligation chat call us on 965 704 338 or email: Contact@Seagatewealth.es
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Friday 8th September 2017
Polluted Waters
A popular Los Alcázares area beach had to be closed off to bathers last Thursday and Friday after a sewage pipe damaged in the winter storms started to spew waste into the water at Playa del Espejo. A lifeguard spotted the waste matter in the sea and called authorities who then cordoned off the area. It's believed heavy rain at the start of last week amplified the problem over the pipe.
Authorities carried out analysis of the water, and deemed it safe to be reopened for swimmers on Saturday, with the green flag being raised to give the allclear. Meanwhile the Neighbourhood Association president José Merino said that a vile stench hit the area caused by the drains flooding in some streets after last week's heavy rain. He said the local drainage system was not fit for pur-
pose, as it was put in years before the mass building of properties next to the beach, and that regular complaints to the local council fell on death ears. In an incident not linked to the sea pollution, up to 30 dead fish hit the area's shore on Friday morning. Experts said that they may have got detached from fishing nets being used by local poachers, or simply discarded by licensed fishermen.
Lengthy Withdrawal
A man who went to use an ATM machine in the inside lobby of a Murcia City bank on Sunday morning got more than he bargained for, because after he withdrew
his cash, he found he couldn't get out. The incident happened at a Santander branch in the city, and the imprisoned customer dialled emergency
services on his mobile phone. After some time, firefighters and the local police eventually managing to open the door to free the man.
Downward Trend
Spain’s unemployment rate is continuing to fall, with the August figures showing an 8.5 percent reduction on 12 months earlier. Over 3.8 million people were registered as out of
work last month, which was a 46 thousand increase on July’s figures, as summer contracts started to come to an end. Some of the most significant rises were in tourist
areas like the Murcia region at 3.6 percent, and the Valencia region at 2.3 percent, though compared to August 2016, the jobless figure has dropped nationally by just over 315 thousand.
Lorry Driver Death A lorry driver, aged in his forties, died on Saturday when his vehicle overturned on a bend on the intersection between the RM-19 exit for San Javier and the A-30 Cartagena to Murcia City road. The accident happened before 10.00 am and despite firefighters able to free the man from his cab, medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
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Guardia Statistics The Guardia Civil in Alicante Province have been involved in over five thousand aid and rescue operations so far this year, according to figures released by them a few days ago. There have been over eleven-hundred instances of providing first aid at incidents across the province, mainly on the roads, in addition to operations involving immigrants arriving in boats from north Africa, and a variety of sea rescue incidents. The sea rescues included a total of four bathers being pulled out of dangerous waters at Cala de la Higuera in Torrevieja in June and July.
No Laurel Sitting
Feathered Felonies Eight illegal exotic bird breeding locations and a shop in the Elche area have been raided by the Guardia Civil, with 153 birds being impounded. Some of the birds could fetch up to a thousand euros and had been falsely declared as being kept as "private zoological collections". The store and breeding area owners are being charged with 90 infractions over the illegal breeding and sale of protected species.
Despite record-breaking tourist figures featuring British visitors coming to the Costa Blanca this year, the Valencia Tourism Agency has hired a PR company to promote the region to the UK travel industry. That's because it wants to cushion the impact that Brexit and lower exchange rates may have on British visitor numbers next year.
The Informacion newspaper reports that the Mediaco company is running a campaign aimed at British travel agents, travel journalists, tour operators, as well as potential tourists to promote what the whole of the Valencia region can offer UK tourists over and above good weather and beaches. Activity breaks like cycling and walking are being
pushed along with the history of the region's towns and cities, in addition to the many festivals that take place during the year. The area's variety of dining is also being promoted, along with opportunities for business tourism. Mediaco will also support the promotion of the region during the annual World Travel Market in London
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Rotten And Keeling
One of the wooden masts on the Pascual Flores schooner moored in Torrevieja has partially keeled over and sunk by a metre due to decomposition, with a crane having to be brought in by Torrevieja council to prop it up, ahead of its eventual removal
(photo from Objectivo Torrevieja). Over six million euro has been spent on the ship over the years which is regarded as a symbol to the old local tradition of shipbuilding. Earlier this year, the council said they would spend 19 thousand euro to see what repairs are need to
the schooner that was used on the classic BBC TV series The Onedin Line. Tentative suggestions for the municipality-owned vessel includes it being turned into a floating museum or to become a working ship to be used as a marine laboratory or for outreach activities.
Full House Fraud
58-year-old Spaniard from Torre Pacheco who charged up to 200 euro a time for foreigners to illegally register at the same address on the Los Alcรกzares padron has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. His ruse was rumbled after 60 foreigners, mainly from the Indian sub-continent, were all declared as living at the same farm belonging to his mother, who had died earlier in the year.
The Spaniard charged between 100 and 200 euro for his clandestine services, which were uncovered by the Guardia in Operation Simoneti, which was launched after suspicions were aroused over anomalies arising in registrations onto the Los Alcรกzares muncipal register. Officers discovered a flurry of registrations to the same address appearing in the last few months of 2016, with approximately 12 thou-
sand euro obtained by the Spaniard, who has been charged with fraud and misrepresentation. The accused man forged the signature of his mother for the padron registration documents, and contined the process even after she passed away. Obtaining a padron certificate for illegal immigrants meant that it would ease their process in obtaining social benefits and getting a residency certificate
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Home Computing
RICHARD CAVENDER
BlueMoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es
BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca. BlueMoon Solutions comes to you at home or at work. Their personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada.
Richard moved to Spain ten years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!
ADVICE: Pam was having problems with her emails not syn- ADVICE: Paul had a question relating to Panda AntiVirus chronising on her iPad
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Hi Richard, hope you are well. I have just downloaded Panda anti-virus as per your recommendation. I had been using Microsoft Security Essentials until now, is it best to totally uninstall Security Essentials or simply stop it from starting up via "system configuration menu)?Many thanks Paul
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Hello Richard, I hope you can help me with a problem I have got in my Junk emails on my iPad. I have 3 emails which will not let me delete them. I get a message up which says: - Unable to move Message - The message could not be moved to the mailbox Trash. They are from:- Tedswood Working, iBook’s, and Candle Caking. These do not, however, appear on my Laptop, only my iPad. Thanking you Richard. Kind Regards, Pam Hi Pam, it sounds like the automatic synchronisation of your email is having some issues, you can try disabling your email (you do this from within Settings > Mail) and then try to restart your iPad and then re-enabling your email. Sometimes this resolves the problem, in other cases it’s a matter of deleting your email account from within your iPad and re-adding it. Of course, these are both quite complex and scary things to do, by all means get in touch if you want to arrange an appointment for me to do it for you.
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Tempura Veg Hot Dogs Carrot & Ginger Immune-Boosting Soup
Give yourself a boost and treat yourself to this low-fat, healthy carrot soup with a swirl of soured cream Ingredients
200ml vegetable stock
3 large carrots 1 tbsp grated ginger 1 tsp turmeric a pinch of cayenne pepper, plus extra to serve 20g wholemeal bread 1 tbsp soured cream, plus extra to serve
Method Peel and chop the carrots and put in a blender with the ginger, turmeric, cayenne pepper, wholemeal bread, soured cream and vegetable stock. Blitz until
smooth. Heat until piping hot. Swirl through some extra soured cream, or a sprinkling of cayenne, if you like. Prep: 5 Mins Cook: 5 Mins Serves: 1
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Method
3 tbsp mayo 1 tbsp chilli jam 4 hot dog buns 500ml oil, for frying 50g cornflour 30g plain flour 80ml cold lager 300g mixed vegetables (we used courgette, aubergine and red pepper), cut into chunks 2 spring onions, thinly sliced 2 tbsp salted peanuts, roughly chopped
Mix the mayo with the chilli jam and set aside. Split the buns in half and get everything else ready. Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan until 180C or until a little piece of veg browns in 20 secs. Line a baking tray with kitchen paper, then whisk together the flours and beer with a good pinch of seasoning. Working in batches, spoon the veg pieces into the batter, toss to coat, then fry
until golden brown and crisp – about 2-3 mins. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain on the kitchen paper and sprinkle with salt. Repeat the process until all the veg is fried. Divide the tempura veg between the buns, drizzle over some mayo, then top with the spring onions and peanuts. Prep: 15 Mins Cook: 10 Serves: 4
Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Traybake Ingredients 6 chicken thighs, skin on and bone in 90g jerk paste 3 limes, 1 zested and juiced, 2 cut into wedges, to serve 1 pineapple, peeled, cored and chopped into chunks 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks 1 red pepper, sliced 300g wholegrain rice 400g can black beans 1 tbsp coconut oil few thyme sprigs, leaves picked 3 Little Gem lettuces, sliced Method Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cut the thighs in half lengthways down one side of the bone. Put them in a large roasting tin. Mix the jerk paste with the lime zest and juice and pour over the chicken. Tuck the pineapple pieces, sweet potatoes and peppers in and around the chicken. Season, cover with foil and roast for 30 mins. Increase the oven tempera-
ture to 220C/200C fan/gas 7, remove the foil, baste the chicken and stir the veg in the cooking juices. Return to the oven for 20-25 mins. Meanwhile, cook the rice according to pack instructions, then stir in the beans, coconut oil, thyme leaves and seasoning. Cook for 2-3
mins to warm the beans through and melt the coconut oil. Serve 3 pieces of chicken per person with the vegetables, and the lettuce and rice on the side. Prep: 20 Mins Cook: 1 Hr Serves 4
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Food & Drink
Sausage & Bean Casserole
Ingredients 2 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 medium sticks celery, finely chopped 1 yellow pepper, chopped 1 red pepper, chopped 3 fat garlic cloves, chopped 6 cooking chorizo sausages (about 400g) 6 pork sausages (about 400g) 1½ tsp sweet smoked paprika ½ tsp ground cumin 1 tbsp dried thyme
125ml white wine 2 x 400g tins cherry tomatoes or chopped tomatoes 2 sprigs fresh thyme 1 chicken stock cube 1 x 400g tin aduki beans, drained and rinsed 1 bunch chives (optional) Method Heat the olive or rapeseed oil in a large heavy-based pan. Add the onion and cook gently for 5 minutes. Add the celery and peppers and cook for a further 5 mins. Add the sausages and fry the sausages for 5 minutes,
then stir in the garlic, spices and dried thyme and continue cooking for 1 – 2 mins or until the aromas are released. Pour in the wine and use a wooden spoon to remove any residue stuck to the pan. Add the tinned tomatoes, and fresh thyme and bring to a simmer. Crumble in the stock cube and stir in. Cook for 40 minutes. Stir in the beans and cook for a further five minutes. Remove the thyme sprigs, season with black pepper and serve. Prep: 15 Mins Cook: 1 Hr Serves: 4-6
Apple, Pear & Walnut Crumble Ingredients 500g apple, peeled, cored and cut into large chunks finely grated zest 1 lemon, juice of ½ sprig rosemary (optional) 2 tbsp light muscovado sugar 500g pear, peeled, cored and cut into large chunks custard or cream, to serve For the crumble topping 100g pack walnut 175g granary or wholemeal flour (or plain white) 85g butter, diced 85g caster or light muscovado sugar Method Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the chopped apples, lemon zest, rosemary, if using, and sugar in a saucepan. Add the lemon juice and cook for 3-4 mins. Tip in the pears and cook 2-3 mins more, until the fruits are just beginning to soften. Spoon the fruits and juices into a 1.7 litre pudding dish and flatten slightly. For the crumble, finely chop half the walnuts in a food processor until reduced to the consistency of ground almonds. Add the flour, butter and sugar and continue to blitz to a coarse or fine crumble mix, whichever you prefer. Roughly break the remaining walnuts with your fingers and stir into the crumble. Scatter the crumble mix on top of the fruits and bake for 20-25 mins until golden brown. Serve warm with cream or custard. Prep: 35 Mins Cook: 25 Mins Serves: 4-6
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You Could Have This Common Skin Condition And Not Even Know It That dark patch on your cheek that you thought was a healing sunburn could actually be the sign of a common, though littleknown skin condition called melasma. Melasma causes brown or brownish-grey patches to appear on your skin ― most commonly on your face, along the forehead, cheeks, upper lip and chin. It’s caused by an overactivity of the skin’s colour-making cells, called melanocytes, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. The good news? It’s easily treatable and rarely dangerous. Melasma can range from mild to severe and affects more than five million Americans, 90 percent of whom are women. It is also more common among people with darker skin tones, including Latinos and people of African, Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean descent, according to the AAD. “Many of my patients aren’t aware their discoloration is a common disorder named melasma,” Lauren Ploch, a Georgia-based dermatolo-
gist, said. “They often attribute it to a previous sunburn or oral contraceptive pills. Many people aren’t aware that it is treatable.” So what should you do if you suspect you’ve got it? What causes melasma? While it’s not entirely clear, researchers suspect sun exposure is the main cause: Ultraviolet light can put the skin’s color-producing cells into overdrive for some people, especially those with darker skin, according to the AAD. Hormonal changes from pregnancy or birth con-
trol can cause melasma to act up, too. Melasma commonly appears during pregnancy, while taking birth control, or after sun exposure. How do I know if I have it? Melasma patches can be subtle and come with no other symptoms. Dermatologists can usually diagnose it just by looking at the skin. Look for brown or brownishgray patches on your cheeks, forehead, nose bridge, above your upper lip or on your chin. Some peo-
ple get patches on their forearms or neck, per the AAD. Melasma is sometimes mistaken for more typical sun spots, or lentigos, said Jessica Krant, a dermatologist at the Laser and Skin Surgery Center of New York. “Since there are many types of brownish skin discolouration, it’s very possible people might have some areas of melasma without realising it,” she told HuffPost. Does melasma put me at risk for other disorders? No, but it may signify other potential issues. Because
melasma often appears after significant sun exposure, it could mean you’re at higher risk for skin cancer, Ploch said. Hormone changes from thyroid problems may also cause melasma, she added, so it’s smart to check with your doctor if the condition doesn’t go away. What can I do to treat it? The best thing to do is start using sunscreen ASAP. “[You] should immediately start wearing a physical sunblock daily,” Ploch said. “Melasma is easier to treat
when it’s new.” Very early melasma can clear up on its own with sunscreen, she added. If that doesn’t work, Ploch usually prescribes a compounded topical cream, then moves on to laser treatments and peels. Pregnancy-induced melasma usually clears up on its own. A dermatologist can help you plan for how treat yours. Overall, it’s important for people to recognize that melasma is an issue, and that it’s treatable, said Anand Ganesan, a melasma expert at the University of California Irvine. Some research has shown that melasma spots can make patients feel frustrated, embarrassed or depressed about their appearance, and treating it ― instead of letting it linger ― can provide an important confidence boost, he said. “There are situations where (melasma) doesn’t adversely affect some people,” Ganesan said. “However [that] shouldn’t be used to discount the fact that others have it and it affects them severely.”
Trial raises Parkinson's therapy hope Scientists have restored nerve cells destroyed by a condition similar to Parkinson's disease, in monkeys. The Japanese team hope their work could lead to stem cell trials in human patients before the end of 2018. Parkinson's disease causes the progressive loss of nerve cells that release dopamine, a chemical that helps control body movement. The researchers triggered a similar loss of cells in macaque monkeys, then used human stem cells to replace them. The animals showed significant improvement in their symptoms two years after having precursor dopamine
neurons derived from human stem cells transplanted into their brains. These cells - known as induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells - are created by genetically reprogramming ordinary adult cells, so that they revert to an embryoniclike state. In this state, they can then be coaxed to develop into many different adult cell types - in the case of this experiment, dopamine neurons. Researcher Prof Jun Takahashi, from Kyoto University, said the work, published in the journal Nature, showed that the artificially created cells were as effective as those created naturally in the brain of the
monkeys. He said: "Because iPS cells are easy to obtain, we can standardise them to only use the best iPS cells for therapy." Brain scans confirmed the cells were functioning as expected and not triggering a damaging immune response, or the growth of cancerous tumours, which can be associated with experimental stem cell therapies. The researchers also found that the quality of the donor cells was the key factor - not how many each monkey received. Dr Tilo Kunath, a Parkinson's UK-funded researcher at the Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine at
the University of Edinburgh, said: "This is extremely promising research demonstrating that a safe and highly effective cell therapy for Parkinson's can be produced in the lab. "Such a therapy has the potential to reverse the symptoms of Parkinson's in patients by restoring their dopamine-producing neurons. "The next stage will be to test these therapies in a first-in-human clinical trial." Prof Tom Foltynie, of the National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, said there would be concerns about how stem cell transplants might pan out in human Parkinson's patients, but the latest work had
addressed some of the previous uncertainty about whether it was safe to use iPS cells. He said "Overall, the results they report in the short term are encouraging and provide some reassurance that these cells can function as sources of dopamine to address those movement
symptoms of Parkinson's disease that relate to dopamine loss. "No-one expects that transplants will address the nondopamine, non-movement aspects of Parkinson's disease such as dementia and falls, which ultimately emerge with very long-term follow up."
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Non-invasive diagnostics is the future of healthcare Medical diagnostics have advanced tremendously in the last 20 years, however judging from what is available in the public healthcare system, this may not be apparent. The art or science of modern medicine is largely based on medical diagnostics. Without the accurate diagnosis of a disease, it is unlikely that the disease will be treated. The routine investigations carried out at the primary care level such as blood tests, and X-rays are too rudimentary to provide any useful information on a person's state of health. Blood tests measure the levels of proteins, enzymes and other chemicals in the blood. These chemicals only become measurable
when diseases may have progressed. So, at the start of a disease blood tests may not indicate any changes. X-rays are reliable for identifying fractures. Otherwise, their application elsewhere is very limited. X-rays, however, should be avoided as they are known to trigger cancer. If X-rays are bad, CT scans are even worse. CT scanners are X-ray machines that take thousands of X-ray images to produce a 3-dimensional picture of the body. CT scans expose the body to extremely toxic levels of radiation and are a known cause of several cancers. MRI's are relatively safe, but due to their high opera-
tional cost, their use in public healthcare is limited. Since the 1980s, the trend with medical diagnostics has been towards noninvasive and holistic technologies capable of a full examination of the body in one session, rather than multiple visits to several
specialities. Such modern technologies read electromagnetic frequencies from the brain and other parts of the body, and the computer analysis of these frequencies can determine the state of a person's health. The process is like what happens in a garage when
the engineer uses computers to downloads data from the car to figure out the cause of a problem. Over 100 years ago, scientists established that every cell, tissue and organ in the body as well as the diseases, have unique frequencies or Identities, and these measurable frequencies change when the body becomes diseased. Most interestingly, these frequencies change long before the symptoms of diseases set in and serve as an early warning signal to the body. The best of these medical diagnostic technologies is called Sensitiv Imago. Sensitiv Imago measures and interprets frequencies from the brain and body and provides a detailed
health report of the body. The report from the scan includes information such as the possible diseases occurring, the presence of viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and contaminants. Also included are a detailed blood test, food allergy tests, and the impact of negative energy and food additives on the body. Sensitiv Imago is the most advanced diagnostic scan in use today in health centres. Sensitiv Imago is used for the full body diagnostic scan carried out at MedB clinic. To book a Full Body Scan Call 965071745, 966189074 or visit www.medb.es for more information
Having A Beard Is Good For Your Health Beards are considered a must for any Millennial tribe member worth his salt. While those with a more traditional view may not be fans of the bearded look, it’s fair to say this style has found its place in the realm of men’s grooming. Now, there’s even more reason (beyond style) for men to grow their beard. Research has shown that beards can protect you from up to 95% of harmful UV rays. Rearchers at The University of Queensland conducted a study on UV radiation protection provided by beards and moustaches. They found that facial hair reduced the exposure to ultraviolet
radiation to about one third when compared to those without any. Dr Adam Freidmann says: “Sun exposure is the primary cause of photo-ageing and skin damage so it makes sense that if your face is covered by a heavy beard, it may well protect your skin from the signs of ageing.” But experts have also warned that other sun safety precautions should be used. “While beards will never be as sun-safe as sunscreen, they certainly are a factor in blocking UV rays,” lead author Professor Parisi explained in the study. So, in other words gents, more is more.
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COME AND JOIN US! It’s the perfect time to consider joining Find A Spanish Property as a property associate, as property prices are on the rise, and the market is blossoming. 2016 was a positive year for the real estate market with prices having bottomed out the year before with modest price rises. Things have really kicked in during 2017, in strong contrast to the recession period that kicked in during 2008 and 2009. Official government figures confirm that prices are rising this year, and outside the cities of Madrid and Barcelona, Alicante Province which features the Costa Blanca, and the Murcia region with the Costa Calida tourist area, are two of the biggest areas on mainland Spain which are seeing substantial rises in demand along with price increases. The cranes are back with new homes being built by the coast, and the re-sale market continues to rise, fuelled by low interest rates in Spain. Statistics show that demand for homes from British buyers is still high, despite pessimistic fears last year over the Brexit factor, coupled with purchasers from across Europe, and even further afield. Recent surveys show that the majority of British people living in Spain are aged 65 and over, and website statistics confirm that older British nationals with no mortgage on their UK property are still very much looking at Spain as their area of choice to buy a holiday home, or even somewhere to retire to. It’s a great time to get involved in becoming a seller of real-estate in Spain, especially since most of the cowboys disappeared thanks to the recession nearly a decade ago. We like to think that we’ve played our own small part in helping to seeing them off, by offering an honest business that people are proud to recommend and that we now want to substantially expand.
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Events Calendar Until Sunday 10 September, 2017 Orihuela Exhibition of the history of the Local Police from 1950 to the present day at La Lonja Exhibition Hall Monòver September Town Fiestas Benidorm Benidorm Pride Alfàs de Pi Feria de LÁlfàs: Leisure and Business Fair Until Sunday 17 September, 2017 Santa Pola Moors and Christians Fiesta Friday 8 September Torrevieja Guided walking tour of the salt lakes. Orihuela Procession and Floral Offering as part of the Virgin of Monserrate Fiestas Saturday 9 September, 2017 Orihuela NEW Miguel Hernández Route in Orihuela "Perito en lunas" at 10 pm. Meeting point: Tourist Information Orihuela Centre. Buses from Orihuela Coast and Entrenaranjos, if there is a minimum of 20 people interested. Buses have access for disabled people. Futher information and bus bookings: Tourist info Orihuela Costa 96 676 00 00 ext:32. Sunday 10 September, 2017 Orihuela Costa Little Pod Association Fundraising Afternoon Thursday 14 September, 2017 Orihuela Adaptation of the Billy Elliot Musical by the Escuela de Danza Ana Belén Navarro Sunday 17 September, 2017 Orihuela Grand procession concludign the Virgin of Monserrate Fiestas From Monday 18 to Sunday 24 September, 2017 Alcoy Modernism Week: guided tours, exhibitions, workshops
Benidorm Pride on in Full Force
The Region of Valencia is a really, really friendly destination where entertainment is never left out. After the celebration of the Fiesta del Orgullo in June, the event of the community LGBT arrives to Benidorm. A golden closing event to the calendar of The Pride!
Benidorm Pride 2017 is already here. The most important event of the community LGBT of the year, with his terrific and colourful parade on 9th September, will gather thousands of people who will shout and celebrate that love is love. As each year, there are a huge number of events programmed from 5th to 10th September. Benidorm Pride is considered the seventh big gay escape but they aim at becoming the biggest Wow Factor Event in the Costa Blanca in the 2017, will you help them to get it? Let’s speak of the Big Parade. On Saturday 9th September, from 17.00 hours, it will visit the beach of Levante filling the streets with colour, music and emotion. The end of the route will be the stage of the Auditorium Julio Iglesias, prepared for the occasion and with free entry. Besides, there will also be free access and entry to the thematic parties in the open air in the Mirador de Castillo. In Benidorm, they expect 15 000 visitors who will find a city which never sleeps in real terms and where it is always summer. The main attraction for the attendants to the Benidorm Pride is the ancient city, where "the heart" of the gay community is. Nearly 30 bars and restaurants really gay friendly but at the same time small and intimate places, only a jump away one from the other. And when the sun is well up, everybody has to go to enjoy the beaches of golden sand in Benidorm!
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TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI
The television equivalent of dragging your nails down a blackboard is back, with a fantastic hour of paranoia and excruciating moments. Welcome back to Doctor Foster on BBC 1 with Suranne Jones as the GP now trying to get to grips with her ex-husband moving back to the area with his new wife. It’s been a two year wait for series two, and I’m pleased to say that Doctor Foster delivers. Fans of the show would inevitably wonder where it is going to go, and it’s gone even crazier in a good way, with Suranne Jones in top form as her character clearly has issues, especially when she pops up at her ex-hubby’s wedding party with a date in tow. You could hear a pin drop in a great moment as she appeared, and then after son quits her home to live with dad, the final scene almost reminded me of Lady Macbeth in a Shakespearean scene, as she Foster dissolved her wedding ring in nitric acid. Has she gone Looney
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Tunes and Merrie Melodies, or is there another web of deception being weaved against her? It’s a neat twist where on the basis on episode one, your sympathies lay with her ex, Simon (Bertie Carvel), and her son Tom, who seems to have more sense than any of them! Social media was not terribly kind to ITV’s new Saturday night show Cannonball, which is like Total Wipeout in the water. One correspondant suggested that there would be
more fun at a Michael Barrymore pool party! Cannonball isn’t a dud, but it’s hardly something that I would be running centrestage in a primetime schedule. I enjoyed the quickfire pace of the show and the challenges, along with good production values and the use of some great pop tunes as the contestants were put to the test in Malta. Clearly, Bognor or Clacton had nothing to offer, though they would have been rather grim in April and May when
the show was taped. The big mistake is wasting host Freddie Flintoff, who barely appeared on screen for five minutes, and was confined to a post-production commentary booth back in the UK, dubbing on the scripted links, as Richard Hammond did on Total Wipeout. Freddie is good fun, as viewers to his shows on Sky would confirm, and his wit and ability to react with people is a strong card of his, which the producers did not take advantage of. Instead we
got a parade of largely unknown faces (barring exSaturdays singer Frankie Bridge) hosting the various elements, and to be fair they were not bad, but Freddie would have been better. I fear for Cannonball as Strictly returns tomorrow night to “Totally Wipe it Out”, to use a TV pun! The X Factor (ITV) was great last weekend in a double return, and loads of fun from the judges in a complete contrast to the bear-pit atmosphere from a few years ago. There were two
good changes with the singers able to sing their own songs, and a policy decision to cut down on the number of “rubbish” acts, with a pledge that the likes of Honey G will not darken our doors come the live shows. If you’ve given up on The X Factor in recent years, then do try it again, as I think you will be pleasantly surprised. James Martin launched his new Saturday morning cooking show on ITV last weekend, which of course is not meant to be a rival to his old home of Saturday Kitchen on BBC 1. To be fair, it was recorded on location, and perfectly pleasant, but Saturday Kitchen rules with the live element and the excellent Matt Tebbutt, who has made the show his own. James Martin also needs to remember what happened to Antony Worrall Thompson when he went to ITV with his Saturday Cooks show, which disappeared after being bounced around in the schedule, due to Martin taking over Saturday Kitchen.
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Meanwhile, sick of finding David’s dog destroying her garden, Yasmeen confiscates him. She tells David and Shona they’re not fit to look after him.
Meanwhile, Debbie can’t get a loan, but she ignores Ross when he tells her to tell Charity the truth about the insurance.
Friday Priya is feeling low after the recent revelation. Can she get things back on track? Meanwhile, Tracy gets jealous when David comforts Leyla.
Monday Megan reminds Leyla that the designer is wanting repayment for her ruined wedding dress. Leyla has no idea how she’s going to afford it, but she decides to drown her sorrows and wear the dress out for one last time. David finds her wallowing in self-pity and offers to help Leyla out of her financial predicament, which she gratefully accepts. Soon afterwards, David breaks the news to Tracy at her birthday party that they won’t be going on holiday, since he’s just given Leyla the money. How will Tracy react? Meanwhile, Bernice decides to get back to dating. She ends up having a date with David’s super-fan Scott, while Laurel and Nicola watch on. Could this be the beginning of a blossoming romance? Tuesday David has a new plan to surprise Tracy, but can it make up for yesterday? Meanwhile, when Vanessa finds Leyla alone and making a wish in the zen garden, she wonders if she’s wishing for David. Vanessa has a hunch that Leyla has feelings for him, but Leyla denies it.
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Elsewhere, Jai reaches Friday Will invites Maria to meet him for lunch at the out. Bistro. Oblivious to his Wednesday Debbie meets plotting, Maria readily Graham in a hotel bar and agrees. Will then calls in he takes her to the pent- the Bistro and when house upstairs to meet his nobody is looking, he boss. plants drugs in the first aid box. Taking out his phone, Debbie mistakes the he then tips off the police. young, handsome and wealthy boss Tom for a butler and he enjoys playing along with this, until she discovers who he actually is. Despite the sexual tension between them, will the meeting go according to plan? Meanwhile, Vanessa struggles with her knowledge of As Maria joins him for Leyla’s feelings for David. lunch, Rana takes Zeedan by surprise in the bistro Thursday Debbie and kitchen, causing him to cut Ross have a new plan. himself. Michelle pulls out the first aid box, but when Meanwhile, Aaron gets a she opens it, she’s surprise when Liv returns shocked to find a bag of to the village. drugs. Elsewhere, the ladies head on a night out, but are disinterested in being chatted up. Instead, Vanessa and Megan pretend to be a couple, but when Frank appears, trouble begins.
As Michelle, Zeedan, Kate, Daniel and Rana stare at the drugs in horror, the police arrive with sniffer dogs and Will watches in excitement.
Monday Having told Eileen that he has a job in Scotland, Phelan ties a terrified Andy’s wrists and bundles him in the back of his van, telling him they are leaving for France with his fake passport. When the van crashes in the woods, Andy kicks open the doors. Discovering Phelan unconscious at the wheel, he makes a run for it. Meanwhile, Seb begs Anna to take him home, where she is horrified to see the conditions he is living in with his young twin siblings. Seb makes her promise not to tell Faye about his awful home life. Will Anna tell anyone what she discovered? Andy forces his way through the woods, stumbling as he goes. With Andy now free, is the game up for Phelan? Or can he regain the upper hand once again?
Friday As things look up for one family, tragedy strikes for another. Meanwhile, the Taylors are left devastated when Bernadette suffers a miscarriage. Karen feels the pressure to hold it together for the sake of her children, but Shirley offers a shoulder to cry on. Monday Families are left in pieces following last week’s disastrous events.
Wednesday Gary goes out by himself and bumps into Nicola in a bar. Unaware of who she is, he unburdens himself. Will Gary regret the conversation when he discovers that Nicola is Phelan’s daughter? Meanwhile, Eva arrives back from France loaded down with shopping bags, having given Aidan’s credit card a severe whipping. Adam tells her that his plan for Underworld is on track. Maria is intrigued to clock their intimacy.
Thursday The Kazemi and Fox families anxiously wait for news on whether Kush will be okay. Denise is also worried that their argument could be to blame for what happened. Will Kush pull through?
Some residents are grieving for their loss, while one person is feeling guilty and facing demons from the past. Meanwhile, Keanu is desperate to support Bernadette following the tragic loss of her child. Bernadette begs Karen to take her to the hospital so that she can say goodbye to the baby. However, Bernadette gets angry when Karen decides to visit the baby without her. Elsewhere, Linda continues to wonder whether she should leave Mick. With Jack’s words still on her mind, will she have a change of heart?
Convinced that Rich planted the drugs, Michelle sets off for his house, determined to have her revenge.
Also, Daz tries to do a good job at the salon, but there could be problems ahead when Nicola discovers that Elliott has found the knife in Hettie. As Michelle flies at Rich, accusing him of a whole Debbie feels the pressure litany of crimes, Kate and and is left feeling torn. Maria try to pull her back. Rich swears blind that he’s Meanwhile, Aaron berates innocent, but will anyone Liv for travelling alone believe him? without telling anyone, but she has a go at him for not Meanwhile, Faye tells Seb telling her that he’s no that she’s planned a day in longer with Robert. She Chester so they can spend also doesn’t believe him some time together. when he promises that he’s fine. Sunday Hour-long episode Anna is horrified Elsewhere, Daz faces the to discover that Faye and consequences of his Seb have run away. actions. Anna sets about trying to Also, Megan is hostile. track them down, but will she manage to find them?
Mr Pryce in the Minute Mart over her guitar lessons.
Tuesday Kush asks Denise to move in with him, but she dismisses the idea – causing an argument between them. When Kush storms outside, Sonia and Kim spot the commotion. Events then take a shocking turn when Kush suddenly collapses and suffers a cardiac arrest. Meanwhile, Bernadette visits the hospital to see her baby. Elsewhere, Bex ambushes
Zosia is puzzled by Guy’s increasingly erratic behaviour, and starts to suspect he’s drinking on the job.
Divided between doing the right thing and protecting her dad, Zosia makes a decision with devastating consequences. Meanwhile, Donna’s exhusband makes a shocking visit to the ward, putting Donna in an awkward situation. He claims he’s changed his ways and wants to win Donna back, but what will Donna decide to do? Elsewhere, the Keller team are surprised by Dominic’s friendly and efficient outlook today, and Oliver is impressed he’s completed all of his best man duties. But when Lofty questions Dominic, his façade begins to crack.
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Friday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Thief Trackers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Red Rock 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Garden Rescue 17:30 Celebrity Money for Nothing 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport Sue Barker hosts the light-hearted sports quiz, with Olympic swimming silver medallist Jazz Carlin, BMX world champion Liam Phillips, Six Nations Grand Slam winner Martyn Williams and former Premier League striker Kevin Campbell joining team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell. 21:00 EastEnders As things look up for one family, tragedy strikes for another. 21:30 Celebrity MasterChef The last of the heats sees the battle for the remaining semi-final places reach its climax. The contenders are tasked to make tempura prawns, vegetables and a dipping sauce in just 15 minutes. Split into teams, they then have to prepare lunch at King's College Dental Institute for 120 staff and students. 23:00 News 23:35 Comedy Playhouse 00:05 Room 101 00:35 Film Little Voice (15) 02:05 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:10 News
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Council House Crackdown 08:15 Garden Rescue 09:00 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 Countryfile 15:10 Glorious Gardens From Above 15:55 Coast Australia 16:45 Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 Planet Earth IIPG 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:30 Eggheads
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
20:00 This Farming Life On Mull, Janet and Alastair put Owen, their new young virgin tup, to the test. Stevie risks the wrath of the buffalo mums when he eartags four newborn calves, and early snow on the Western Highlands helps David gathers his sheep.
21:00 Teach My Pet to Do That A miniature horse and working cocker spaniel are taught how to shut multiple kitchen cupboard doors.
21:00 Mastermind John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. 21:30 Only Connect Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts as three cricket fans take on a team of professional question setters. 22:00 Gardeners’ World Monty shows how to harvest and store potatoes at Longmeadow. He also adds late summer colour to the cottage garden and prunes shrub roses. 23:00 Mock the 23:30 Newsnight Dragons’ Den Panorama Dangerous Borders Normal for Norfolk This Is BBC Two
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League of Gentlemen to film next month
After much secrecy and speculation, it has been confirmed that BBC Two would broadcast three special 20th anniversary episodes of cult hit comedy The League of Gentlemen. Further details can now be unveiled about what fans can expect. Once again starring Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton and Mark Gatiss, who have written the shows alongside co-creator Jeremy Dyson, filming will begin on the specials next month in Manchester and the Peak District. The Gentlemen said: “We are thrilled to bits to be returning to Royston Vasey in celebration of our 20 years at the BBC (with time off for bad behaviour). We look forward to digging up the old characters - some of them literally - and seeing
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how life has treated them. It's been great fun to write these Specials, and we've saved money on the makeup budget by kindly growing ancient ourselves. Like the sign says: You'll Never Leave.” After a 15 year absence from television screens, once again the team will be playing dozens of characters, the local denizens of the isolated Northern town of Royston Vasey. The League of Gentlemen's radio series, On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen won a silver Sony award 20 years ago this year. The first series of the ground breaking TV series won a BAFTA award, and a Royal Television Society Award, and the prestigious Rose D'Or in Montreux.
20:00 Emmerdale Nell seeks comfort. 20:30 Coronation Street Will masterminds a drugs raid on the bistro.
21:30 Coronation Street Michelle vows to put a stop to Rich’s reign of terror. 22:00 Cold Feet After agreeing to take things slow, Adam and his landlady Tina have rarely been apart over the past 10 months. He is keen to dive into the next phase of their relationship, but will commitment-phobe Tina commit herself? Though struggling to keep a grip on home-life, Karen is set to launch her fledgling publishing house and its debut novel, while disillusioned chauffeur Pete wants to be appreciated at home, but finds Jenny distracted by work. 23:00 News 23:45 London Palladium 00:45 Tipping Point 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Storage Hoarders
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Coast vs Country 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 French Collection 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Cheap Cheap Cheap 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Streetmate 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Film - Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (15) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News
21:00 The Crystal Maze Richard leads a martial arts team with a player who was in the original series 26 years ago through the Maze. She won all her games then, but will her record remain intact?
21:00 Celebrity 5 Go Motorhoming Don Warrington, Lesley Joseph, Nick Heyward, Cleo Rocos and Melvyn Hayes forego their usual creature comforts to travel through Wales in motorhomes. Heading towards the peaks of Snowdonia, the gang enjoy the freedom to take in detours and unscheduled stops, including a boat trip in New Quay and a visit to a Welsh vineyard.
22:00 Gogglebox The flyon-the-wall series turning the cameras on TV's most vocal armchair critics returns, as the show's regular gaggle of families, friends and viewing party acquaintances settle down to share their thoughts on what they have been watching during the week. As always, in-house cameras capture their instant reactions to the most dramatic shows of the past seven days, as well as the lively discussions generated by the more divisive TV programmes. 23:00 Naked Attraction 00:05 Married to a Celebrity: The Survival Guide 01:05 Back 01:40 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 02:30 Film Get On Up (PG)
Rob Beckett joins in with All Together Now
BBC One have announced All Together Now, a brand new six-part entertainment format for Saturday nights from Remarkable Television, part of Endemol Shine UK. Hosted by comedian Rob Beckett, each episode sees a range of talented performers (solos and groups) take to the stage to perform in front of The 100, an audience of great singers with big voices and even bigger opinions. If any of The 100 like what they hear, they stand up and join in. The greater the number that stand up and sing along, the higher the contestant’s score. Featuring big name music talent as part of The 100, the series comprises of five hour-long heats. Each con-
testant is battling to convince as many of The 100 as possible to lend them their voices. The 100 are made up of specially cast members of the public all with singing credentials, from right across the UK. With a real mix of musical backgrounds, the singer will be confronted with 100 people all with something to say - tough crowds don't get any tougher. At the end of the show, two performers progress to the Grand Final for the chance to win a big cash prize. All Together Now is for anyone who believes their voice could win them big, and surprise a lot of people in the process. All Together Now is set to air on BBC One on Saturdays nights next year.
20:00 Cricket Highlights of the second day of the Third Test between England and the West Indies at Lord’s.
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 14:50 Ellen DeGeneres 15:45 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 00:30 American Dad 01:30 Two and a Half Men ITV 3
22:00 Cruising with Jane McDonald Starting and finishing in Havana, Jane takes a trip around Cuba where she falls for the people, the buildings, the music and the 50s cars. She has lunch on the floating Rasta Raft, and enjoys a hot salsa session, before gate-crashing a house party where she discovers no-one parties like Cubans party! 23:00 Liberace Inside Balmoral SuperCasino Exploding Sun
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Double WEDnesday treat for Corrie viewers
ITV have announced the transmission date for the extra weekly episode of Coronation Street - and it is a double WEDnesday treat for viewers. The first extra episode will air on Wednesday September 20th at 9.30pm meaning Corrie fans get double helpings of their favourite soap on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays every week. And the first week of the new six episode double Wednesday transmission pattern will kick off in fittingly spectacular style with the double wedding of Aidan, Eva, Jenny and Johnny. The action packed week begins with Aidan Connor confessing his affair with Maria to fiancee Eva on the day of their wedding. Just when it looks as though she
has decided to still go ahead with the marriage jilted mistress Maria gatecrashes the wedding in truly jaw dropping style. What follows is one of the most sensational stunt-filled weddings the cobbles have ever seen. But the drama is not confined to Aidan and Eva’s nuptials. Things don’t go quite to plan for Jenny and Johnny when Rita’s health takes a turn for the worse. As a concerned Jenny refuses to leave her hospital bedside it looks as though neither of the Connor men are going to manage to tie the knot. Corrie went to three episodes a week in Oct 1989 before adding a fourth weekly episode in Nov 1996. The addition of a fifth episode was Oct 2002.
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Sunday - Channel4 Ruth Langsford, Holby City actor Joe McFadden, JLS's Aston Merrygold, Paralympian Jonnie Peacock, TV chef Simon Rimmer, and Debbie McGee, whose late husband and performing partner Paul Daniels previously took to the dancefloor in 2010. This
year, the `Queen of Latin' Shirley Ballas will be replacing Len Goodman on the judges' panel, with Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell all returning to appraise the talents of the amateur dancers and their professional partners.
Last Night of the Proms Saturday - BBCTwo and BBCOne Katie Derham presents live from London's Royal Albert Hall, where the BBC Proms' signature Last Night concert gets under way. Conductor Sakari Oramo leads the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus this evening, as they accompany soprano Nina Stemme. before the festivities are brought to a close with Rule Britannia, Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem.
A streetwise teenager is taken under the wing of his dead father's old colleague, an agent working for a super-secret spy organisation. Will the youngster prove to be a chip off the old block by proving useful during a battle against a twisted, hi-tech genius? Action comedy film based on a comic book, starring Colin Firth, Taron Egerton and Samuel L Jackson.
All New Most Shocking Moments in Pop Sunday - Channel5 A countdown of outrageous events and scandals from the pop world, including Grace Jones hitting Russell Harty on his chat show, George Michael's dubious driving, Solange's bust-up with JayZ, rock 'n' roll excess by 1970s rock band Deep Purple and the triumphant occasion when Sophie Ellis Bextor beat Victoria Beckham to the number one spot in the charts. With contributions from Rick Wakeman, Cheryl Baker, Liz McClarnon, Matt Richardson and Nina Myskow.
Saturday TV 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Nadiya’s British Food Adventure 13:00 Football Focus 14:00 News 14:15 Athletics 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:00 Final Score 18:20 News 18:40 Len Goodman’s Partners in Rhyme 19:10 Pointless 20:00 Strictly Come Dancing Tess and Claudia launch a new series of the celebrity dance contest, pairing up the 15 celebrities with their professional dance partners. 2016 champions Joanne and Ore return to perform their winning jive to show, and there are also performances from Shania Twain and Rita Ora. The celebrities take to the floor for their first group dance, and there is a very special group routine as everyone on Strictly pays tribute to Sir Bruce Forsyth. 21:40 News 22:00 Last Night of the Proms The second half of the celebrations continue, live from the Royal Albert Hall. John Adams’s seventieth birthday is marked with the London premiere of his exhilarating Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance, and solo star soprano Nina Stemme performs Weill’s Surabaya Johnny and The Saga of Jenny. 23:30 Match of the Day 00:55 The NFL Show 01:25 Film - The Rookie (U) 03:25 Weather 03:30 News
07:15 How We Won the War 07:45 Britain’s Flying Past 08:45 Film - Vivacious Lady 10:15 Film - The Fox and the Child (U) 11:45 Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 12:15 Wanted Down Under 13:00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 14:00 Coast Australia 14:50 Film – Emma 16:45 Mastermind 17:15 University Challenge 17:45 Only Connect 18:15 Gardeners’ World 19:15 The Big Family Cooking Showdown
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07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:25 The Hungry Sailors 13:20 News 13:25 The X Factor 14:30 ITV Racing: Live from Haydock 17:30 The Chase 18:30 News 19:00 The Family Chase
07:10 Mobil 1 The Grid 07:35 Motorsport 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:50 The Simpsons 12:50 Come Dine with Me 15:25 Big House, Little House 16:30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:35 Location, 20:00 Cannonball! Andrew Location, Flintoff hosts the action- Location 19:30 News packed game show, in Shakespeare’s which 24 contestants are 20:00 tasked with traversing a Tomb Documentary chartseries of water-based chal- ing a two-year-long archeolenges and custom-made logical investigation of Shakespeare’s inflatable obstacles, each William 20:15 Last Night of the designed to test their grave at Holy Trinity Proms Live from London's speed, accuracy, height Church in Stratford-uponAvon. Royal Albert Hall, where the and distance. BBC Proms' signature Last Night concert gets under 21:00 The X Factor 21:00 Great Canal way. Conductor Sakari Dermot O’Leary hosts as Journeys Timothy and Oramo leads the BBC the singing competition Prunella explore the waterSymphony Orchestra and continues its exciting four- ways of India. Tim and Pru Chorus this evening, as teenth series. More singers leave behind the safe conthey accompany soprano and groups from all walks fines of the canals as they Nina Stemme in a perform- of life line up to audition head out into the rarely ance of music from across the nation, but will navigated Brahmaputra Wagner's Tristan and they have what it takes to river in the far north east of Isolde.The ensemble cele- impress judges Simon India. brates 100 years of Finnish Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, independence with rendi- Louis Walsh and Nicole 22:00 Film - X-Men: First tions of Sibelius's Finlandia Scherzinger? Class (12) Telepathic and Kodaly's Budavari Te mutant Charles Xavier Deum 22:15 The Jonathan Ross forms the first generation of Show Jonathan is joined by the superhero team in the 22:00 Film - x+y (12) A BRIT Award-winning, 1960s. Their battle with a socially awkward teenage singer Rag’n’Bone Man, Nazi war criminal manipumath prodigy finds new Game of Thrones actress lating the world toward confidence and new friend- Natalie Dormer, and come- nuclear war gradually ships when he gains a dian Jack Dee - who talks drives a wedge between place at the International about his new sitcom. Xavier and his ally Mathematics Olympiad. Magneto. 23:20 News 23:35 Film 23:45 Film - What Women United 93 (15) 01:40 00:40 Film - The Tourist Want (12) 01:45 Film - Jackpot247 04:00 02:25 Ramsay’s The (12) Miss Bala (15) 03:35 This Hungry Sailors 04:50 ITV Kitchen Nightmares USA is BBC Two 03:20 The State Nightscreen
07:00 Milkshake 11:20 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:55 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 12:15 Police Interceptors 16:05 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 17:00 Murdered: The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 18:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 20:00 Cricket Highlights of the third day of the Third Test between England and the West Indies at Lord’s.
07:00 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:50 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:20 The X Factor 13:20 Celebrity Catchphrase 14:20 You’ve Been Framed! 15:50 Film Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG) 17:45 Film - Sweet Home Alabama (12) 19:50 Film The Incredible Hulk (12) 22:00 Film - American Pie 2 (15) 00:10 Family Guy 01:55 Film - Forgetting Sarah Marshall (15) 04:00 Teleshopping ITV3
21:00 The Great Fire: In Real Time History series revealing what actually happened during the Great Fire of London of 1666, hour by hour, and street by street. Dan Jones visits the exact location of the bakery where it started, Suzannah Lipscomb reveals how Londoners tried to save their belongings, and Rob Bell investigates 17th-century building materials and the prevailing weather conditions. 21:55 News 22:00 Football Highlights from the weekend’s games, including Fulham v Cardiff City, Wo l v e r h a m p t o n Wanderers v Millwall and Sunderland v Sheffield Unitedt. 23:30 Hijacked: Terror in the Sky 00:30 Criminals Caught on Camera 00:55 Access 01:10 Casino 04:10 Exploding Sun
07:00 Murder, She Wrote 08:50 Film - The Sign of Four (PG) 11:10 Film - The Secret Garden 13:15 Columbo 14:50 Wycliffe 15:55 Foyle’s War 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Foyle’s War 00:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 02:00 An Audience with Victoria Wood 03:00 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping ITV4 07:00 Snooker v Darts 07:05 Motorsport UK 07:55 Cycling 09:45 Pawn Stars 10:15 ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:15 Cycling 16:30 Quincy, M.E. 17:30 The Professionals 18:35 Storage Wars 20:00 Cycling 22:00 Film - The Gauntlet (18) 00:15 Film Double Jeopardy (15) 02:30 Minder 03:25 Tommy Cooper 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping
Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 08:05 Match of the Day 09:30 The Andrew Marr Show 10:30 Great North Run 14:30 News 14:45 Fake or Fortune? 15:45 Money for Nothing 16:30 Escape to the Country 17:15 Points of View 17:30 Songs of Praise 18:05 Film - Shrek 2 19:30 News
07:00 The Instant Gardener 07:45 Garden Rescue 08:30 Gardeners’ World 09:30 The Beechgrove Garden 10:00 Countryfile 11:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure 12:00 My Life on a Plate 12:45 Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Bargain Hunt 14:45 Film 20:00 Countryfile Ellie Grand Prix (PG) 17:30 Harrison presents the show Coast 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 from Cornwall’s Rame Athletics Peninsula, revealing the story of the area’s last fish- 20:00 Tribes, Predators erman, who continues to and Me Gordon Buchanan use the traditional methods is on Owarigi in the of his forefathers and is and Solomon Islands, where is passing his skills on to the local men encounter disadvantaged youngsters. dangerous sharks almost every day. 21:00 Fake or Fortune? Fiona Bruce and Philip 21:00 Astronauts: Do You Mould investigate the histo- Have What it Takes? The ry of two pictures, both of remaining candidates head which are believed to be by to a secret facility in Paul Gauguin, one of the Sweden. There they are giants of 19th-century art. deliberately deprived of oxygen to see if they can 22:00 Strike - The recognise the signs of Silkworm The detective is hypoxia. hired by the wife of a notorious author to find her miss- 22:00 Dragons’ Den ing husband, only to discov- Entrepreneurs pitch busier the writer has been mur- ness ideas to multimilliondered in a manner remark- aires, hoping for an investably similar to a scene in ment. one of his books. 23:00 Best Album : Meet 23:00 News 23:30 Match the Mercury Prize Shortlist of the Day 2 00:30 People 23:30 Film - Broken (15) Just Do Nothing 01:00 Film 00:55 Film - False Trail - The Rebound (15) 02:30 (18) 03:00 Countryfile Weather 02:35 News 03:55 Holby City
07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Judge Rinder 11:25 The Chase 12:25 Long Lost Family 13:20 News 13:30 Bear Grylls Survival School 14:00 Film - You’ve Got Mail (PG) 16:15 The X Factor 17:30 Victoria 18:30 News 19:00 Tipping Point
07:00 Last Man Standing 07:45 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Simpsons 14:50 Film - The Core (12) 17:20 The Crystal Maze 18:25 The Great British Bake Off 19:40 News
20:00 Amazing Spaces 20:00 Coronation Street Shed of the Year George Anna discovers Faye’s plan Clarke presents the entries to run away with Seb. in the Historic and Workshops and Studios 21:00 The X Factor categories. Dermot hosts as the singing competition contin- 21:00 From Russia to ues its exciting fourteenth Iran: Crossing the Wild series. Another batch of Frontier Levison Wood singers and groups line up completes the final 1000 to perform in front of judges miles of his journey, travelSimon Cowell, Sharon ling through Armenia and Osbourne, Louis Walsh and the Republic of Iran as he Nicole Scherzinger, but will heads for the shores of the they have the right mix of Caspian Sea. He meets a talent and appeal to photojournalist documentimpress them? ing the struggle between Armenia and Azerbaijan for 22:00 Victoria Discontent the contested state of is growing in the country, Nagorno-Karabakh. and Victoria decides to hold a ball in a misguided 22:00 Film - Kingsman: attempt to help the silk The Secret Service (15) weavers of Spitalfields. But Intelligent teenager Gary the spectacular event only ‘Eggsy’ Unwin lives on a exposes her naivety, and London housing estate, unexpected grief finally where he perpetually gets forces her to put childish into trouble with the law. things away for good. 00:35 Film - Sin City: A 23:05 News 23:20 Judge Dame to Kill For (18) 02:25 Rinder’s Crime Stories Bruce Springsteen 03:50 00:20 5 Gold Rings 01:20 Gillette World Sport 04:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Boxing Weekly 04:45 Motorsport UK Mobil 1 The Grid
07:00 Milkshake 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Football Turtles 11:35 All New Traffic 13:00 Cops 14:00 Traffic Cops Special 15:00 All New Traffic Cops Cricket Mark 20:00 Nicholas presents highlights of the fourth day of the Third Test, which took place at Lord's. With comMichael by mentary Geoffrey Vaughan, Simon and Boycott Hughes. 21:00 Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Mark Durden-Smith and David Flatman introduce highlights from the second weekend of matches, Northampton including Saints v Leicester Tigers at Franklin's Gardens, Bath v Saracens at the Recreation Ground and Exeter Chiefs v London Irish at Sandy Park.
08:25 Coronation Street 11:00 Guidance 11:30 L.A. Story 11:45 Cheerleaders: Steel Rays 12:10 Ready, Set, Style 12:20 Film Third Wheel (15) 12:50 The X Factor 14:05 Take Me Out 15:10 You’ve Been Framed! 15:40 Film Beethoven’s 2nd 17:25 Film - Step Up 2: The Streets (PG) 19:25 Film - King Kong (12) 23:00 Family Guy 01:00 American Dad! Itv3 07:00 Film - The Sign of Four (PG) 09:05 Heartbeat 11:15 Murder, She Wrote 13:25 Wycliffe 14:30 Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind 16:05 Film - Carry on Matron (PG) 17:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 23:00 An Audience with Victoria Wood 00:10 Foyle’s War Itv4
21:55 News All New Most 22:00 Shocking Moments in Pop A countdown of outrageous events and scandals from the pop world 00:55 The Last Hours of Elvis Presley 01:55 Super Casino 04:10 Liberace: In Life and Death 05:00 Now 05:50 Funny! That’s Divine Designs
08:00 World Endurance Series Highlights 08:55 Cycling 09:55 River Monsters 10:25 Hat-Trick Heroes 10:45 Cycling 17:00 Pawn Stars 18:00 Film - The Pink Panther (PG) 20:30 River Monsters 21:00 Cycling 22:00 Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera 23:00 Cycling 00:05 Film - United 93 (15) 02:15 Film - Halloween
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07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Council House Crackdown 08:15 Garden Rescue 09:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 Coast 15:00 Glorious Gardens From Above 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 Planet Earth II 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Charles Hanson and Catherine Southon head for their final auction in Congleton. 21:00 University Challenge Sheffield takes on Newcastle. 21:30 Upstart Crow Will Shakespeare is desperate to make a good impression with the College of Heralds. 22:00 The Search for a New Earth Professor Stephen Hawking is joined by engineering professor Danielle George and his former student Christophe Galfard to examine if humans could relocate to other planets 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Astronauts 01:15 Celebrity MasterChef 02:15 No More Boys and Girls 03:15 This Is BBC Two
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
Monday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News
20:30 Coronation Street Andy tastes freedom when Phelan takes a big risk.
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Coast vs Country 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 French Collection 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Cheap Cheap Cheap 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News
21:00 Countrywise Liz takes a trip down the river Severn during one of its massive tidal bores, and Ben takes his six-year-old son Ludo to a stretch of coastline in Cornwall.
21:00 Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food Jamie Oliver cooks up a tender lamb shoulder, super green spaghetti, one-pan fabulous fish and apple crumble cookies.
21:30 Coronation Street Eileen and Nicola pay a surprise visit to Phelan’s house.
21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story Kate puts 20 volunteers on a rollercoaster four times in a row to see if taking ginger can stop them from being sick and also investigates if raw milk is a safe option.
21:00 Police Interceptors Jacko tries to stop a suspect who throws a package out of the window during the chase, Liam and sniffer dog Louis are called in to help discover why a man was in such a hurry to flee, and a young driver claims he has been coerced into breaking the law by a family member.
20:00 Emmerdale Tracy looks forward to her birthday.
22:00 Liar Recently single teacher Laura is set up with Andrew, a widowed surgeon and the father of one of her students. The two enjoy a first date, but the next day rumours and accusations begin to circulate and the two find themselves entangled in a web of deceit and confusion. 23:00 News 23:40 Lisa Riley’s Baggy Body Club 00:40 The Jonathan Ross Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen
22:00 The Undateables The return of the programme following disabled people as they try to search for romance, and experience the delights and pitfalls of blind dates and matchmaking. 23:00 Gogglebox 00:05 Britain’s Benefit Tenants 01:05 Random Acts 01:35 60 Days in Jail 02:25 The Supervet 03:25 Aligarh
20:00 Cricket Highlights of the fifth day of the third Test between England and the West Indies at Lord’s.
22:00 Inside The Railway 20,000 football fans take to the western network for the Champions League Final in Cardiff. Extra trains have been laid on, but getting everyone home after the match is complicated by a major terrorist incident at London Bridge. 23:00 Great British Royal Ships 00:05 Film - The Frozen Ground (15) 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera
08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 13:50 Coronation Street 14:50 Ellen DeGeneres 15:45 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 23:00 American Dad! 23:55 Family Guy
07:25 The Royal 09:20 Heartbeat 10:20 Where the Heart Is 11:20 Judge Judy 12:15 Rising Damp 12:45 On the Buses 13:55 Griff’s Great Britain 14:25 Heartbeat 15:25 The Royal 16:25 Wild at Heart 17:25 On the Buses 18:30 Rising Damp 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 23:10 Law & Order: UK
07:50 Storage Wars 08:35 The Saint 09:40 Ironside 10:40 Quincy, M.E. 11:45 Minder 12:50 The Professionals 13:50 Cycling 14:50 Ironside 15:55 Quincy, M.E. 17:00 Minder 18:00 The Avengers 19:05 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Fishing Allstars 22:00 Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera 23:00 Film - Double Jeopardy
Tuesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Thief Trackers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Boss 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Garden Rescue 17:30 Celebrity Money for Nothing 18:15 P o i n t l e s s 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Kush has a proposition for Denise but events take an alarming turn. 21:00 Holby City As Guy’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, Zosia’s suspicions put her in an impossible position.
22:00 Doctor Foster Reeling from the repercussions of Simon’s return, Gemma scrambles to uncover his secrets and find out what’s going on with Tom. 23:00 News 23:45 Stacey Dooley Investigates 00:45 Ambulance 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Council House Crackdown 08:15 Garden Rescue 09:00 Fake or Fortune? 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Coast 15:00 Glorious Gardens From Above 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 Planet Earth II 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:30 Eggheads
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale David has a plan.
20:30 Save Money: Good Health Journalist Sian Williams and Dr Ranj Singh get to the bottom of the true cost of some of 20:00 Antiques Road Trip the nation’s biggest health Experts Christina and Mark spends, from sleep to pain search for bargains in the to allergies and diets. Cotswolds before heading 21:00 Robson Green’s to auction in Knutsford. Coastal Lives Robson 21:00 Saving Lives at Sea travels to the Isle of Skye The Tenby crew race to a to meet a family who are kayaker with suspected planning to build their own back and neck injuries after timber house in just one being caught out by a day. wave. Cornish crews join forces in an epic 11 hour 22:00 100 Year Old battle to stop a vessel Driving School Some of Britain's oldest drivers breaking up on the rocks. take mature driving tests 22:00 Horizon With the to determine whether they dream of sending humans should still be on the road, to Mars closer than ever beginning in Wiltshire with before, the world’s leading 102-year-old John, a experts on Mars are asked Royal Navy veteran who where they would visit, and cheated death three times what they would need to during the WWII, and is quite relaxed about his survive. date with destiny. 23:00 Quacks 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 NFL This 23:00 News 23:40 Safe 00:40 Lethal Week 01:05 World’s House 01:30 Busiest Cities 02:05 Diana, Weapon 7 Days 03:40 The Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women Pacemakers
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Coast vs Country 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 French Collection 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Cheap Cheap Cheap 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Great British Bake Off After the exertions of cake week and biscuit week, Sandi and Noel introduce the contestants to bread week, with the 10 remaining bakers having to create a teacake signature, a two-tiered technical that proves to be a back-tobasics challenge and the most ambitious sculpture showstopper ever set in bread week. 22:15 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls After two weeks on the island, ravaged by hunger, tensions are building in the camp. Shazia Mirza goes fishing and Sharron Davies drops a bombshell. 23:20 Married to a Celebrity: The Survival Guide 00:25 Naked Attraction 01:20 Music on 4 01:50 Lego Masters 02:45 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 Film - A Wife’s Nightmare (12) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News MotoGP 20:00 Championship Series Highlights of the thirteenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season from San Marino. 21:00 The Dog Rescuers Anthony rescues two collie crosses with terrible skin conditions, Jaqui tends to a seriously ill shih tzu and Lewis checks up on Bridget, one of 27 poodles recently rescued from an over-run house in Cornwall. 22:00 Inside Balmoral Examining the Highland estate between 1992 and 2017. In the aftermath of the infamous annus horribilis, Queen Elizabeth had retreated to Balmoral. The Royal family had endured one of their worst years, and with a republican feeling growing in the country, many felt they must adapt. 23:00 The Hotel Inspector Returns 00:05 Cruising with Jane McDonald 01:05 Royal Pets: One’s Best Friend 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Supernatural Nazis
07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 13:50 Coronation Street 14:50 Ellen DeGeneres 15:45 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - American Pie 2 (18) ITV 3 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 Where the Heart Is 09:50 Wild at Heart 10:50 Judge Judy 12:05 Rising Damp 12:35 On the Buses 13:40 Griff’s Great Britain 14:10 Heartbeat 15:15 Doc Martin 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 On the Buses 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:05 Law & Order: UK ITV 4 07:45 Pawn Stars 08:30 The Saint 09:25 Ironside 10:35 Quincy, M.E. 11:40 Minder 12:40 The Avengers 13:45 The Saint 14:50 Ironside 15:55 Quincy, M.E. 17:00 Minder 18:00 The Avengers 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Goodwood Classic Cars 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Caught on Camera
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Wednesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Dom on the Spot 12:45 Thief Trackers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Boss 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Garden Rescue 17:30 Celebrity Money for Nothing 18:15 P o i n t l e s s 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Rip-Off Britain In a battle against suspect deals, the team digs into the facts and demands answers from people at the top, as well as showing viewers how to get the necessary information to make practical choices about their finances. 21:00 Celebrity MasterChef The show kicks off with the celebrities’ toughest challenge so far, cooking a feast for 120 staff and volunteers at the Royal National Lifeboat Institute. The contestants are cooking in specially constructed marquee kitchens, so conditions are tough!
07:00 Flog It! 07:30 Council House Crackdown 08:15 Garden Rescue 09:00 World’s Busiest Cities 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 Coast 15:00 Glorious Gardens From Above 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 Human Planet 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:30 Eggheads
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
20:00 This Farming Life As winter arrives, Stevie experiments with a radical buffalo feeding idea, and Robin and Penny's family arrive in the Highlands for the annual festive ceilidh.
21:00 Love Your Home and Garden Alan Titchmarsh and his team transform a home and garden in Chester for retired couple Richard and Ann Price. The couple have fostered 20 children over the last ten years, and with such busy lives, their home and garden has had to take a back seat. Alan and the team re-configure the house and create a direct connection to a new country-style outdoor space.
21:00 World’s Busiest Cities Dan Snow, Anita Rani and Ade Adepitan go behind-the-scenes to reveal the systems and people running the city of Moscow, the biggest and busiest city in Europe.
22:00 How to Stay Young Angela Rippon and Dr Chris van Tulleken travel the world investigating the latest experiments and new research that could help put the brakes on the ageing process.
22:00 Mountain: Life at the Extreme The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world and home to astonishing hidden worlds, extraordinary animals and remarkable people. Featuring a puma hunt, bears searching for water in scorched forests and a newly discovered shape shifting frog.
23:00 News 23:45 A Question of Sport 00:15 Live from the BBC 00:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News
23:00 The Other One 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Horizon 01:15 Panorama 01:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 02:45 Astronauts 03:45 This Is BBC Two
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20:00 Emmerdale Vanessa struggles with a secret. 20:30 Coronation Street Gary shares his woes with an unexpected confidante.
22:00 Long Lost Family Featuring 66-year-old Inge Dart, who grew up in Kenya in the final days of the British Empire. At the age of 19, Inge became pregnant by her childhood sweetheart , but her domineering mother intervened and Inge was sent half way around the world to have her baby in secret. 23:00 News 23:40 UEFA Football 01:10 Play to the Whistle 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 May the Best House Win
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Coast vs Country 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 French Collection 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Cheap Cheap Cheap 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie and Phil are house-hunting in Croydon, with Kirstie helping friends Joe, Will and Joe get their feet on the property ladder in London. Meanwhile, Phil takes on the challenge of searching for an affordable property with the space to start a family for newlyweds Leon and Cherrelle. 22:00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets neurologists Penny Talelli and Mark Edwards, who plan to combine their love of old and contemporary architecture as they transform a derelict Victorian gatehouse. However, the pair find themselves struggling to balance their busy working lives alongside project managing the build. 23:00 Back 23:35 The Secret Life of the Holiday Resort 00:35 Educating Greater Manchester 01:35 24 Hours Inside Your Body 02:30 Film - The Hole (12) 04:00 Location, Location, Location
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 The Mentalist 16:15 Film - Wall Of Silence 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Starting Up, Starting Over Hani and Sarah and their two kids leave their comfortable suburban life in London to open a brewery in the Malvern Hills. But planning permission delays, recipe disasters and a lack of cash flow cause problems. 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors Dr Cordell has some advice for a young agoraphobia sufferer, Dr Pelly is concerned a young patient may have meningitis, and Julie has to take a blood sample from someone with a severe fear of needles. 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Max and Steve try to recover almost £2,000 owed by the owner of a bridal shop in London, while Gary and Cona in Kent chase over £4,000 of vet fees after two neighbouring dogs got into a fight. Elsewhere, agents try to collect almost £11,500 owed by a small business. 23:00 Most Shocking TV Moments 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 Supernatural Nazis 05:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 13:50 Coronation Street 14:50 Ellen DeGeneres 15:45 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Hot Fuzz (14) 00:25 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:40 Heartbeat 08:40 Where the Heart Is 09:40 Wild at Heart 10:40 Judge Judy 12:05 Rising Damp 12:35 On the Buses 13:40 Griff’s Great Britain 14:10 Heartbeat 15:15 Doc Martin 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 On the Buses 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:05 Law & Order: UK ITV 4 07:00 The Car Chasers 07:45 Pawn Stars 08:05 Pawn Stars 08:30 The Saint 09:35 Ironside 10:40 Quincy, M.E. 11:40 Minder 12:45 The Avengers 13:50 The Saint 14:50 Ironside 15:55 Quincy, M.E. 17:00 Minder 18:00 The Avengers 19:05 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 British Superbikes Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Film - On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (PG) 00:55 Film - Exit Wounds (18)
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07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Council House Crackdown 08:15 Garden Rescue 09:00 Nadiya’s British Food Adventure 09:30 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 Coast 15:00 Glorious Gardens From Above 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 Great British Railway Journeys 17:15 Human Planet 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Richard Osman’s House of Games 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 This Farming Life Dairy farmers Steven and Tracey Roan turn to technology to increase their chances of female calves and David and Sandra’s hefted sheep go back to their homes on the hill. 21:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown The Ayoubi family from Essex are up against the Herberts from Gloucestershire. 22:00 Tribes, Predators & Me Gordon Buchanan joins a family of nomads to learn about golden eagles and help them train a young eagle to hunt, but first he must learn how to train and fly his young golden eagle. 23:00 MOTD: The Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Mountain 01:15 Celebrity MasterChef 02:45 Sweet Sixteen: A Transgender Story 03:25 This Is BBC Two
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Debbie and Ross have a plan. 20:30 Tonight Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley investigates the truth about fats, hoping to dispel some myths about which are the healthiest when it comes to food. 21:00 Emmerdale Debbie feels the pressure. 21:30 James Martin’s French Adventure James’s journey brings him to the adopted home of his hero Keith Floyd, the riverside town of L’Isle sur la Sorgue, where Floyd once had a restaurant. 22:00 Safe House As the search for Julie intensifies, John's erratic behaviour in the safe house soon causes Tom and Sam to become intensely suspicious. They are surprised that he is continuing to run his business under such traumatic circumstances and it also becomes clear that Dani is wary of her mother's boyfriend. Tom's former boss turns up looking for answers 23:00 News 23:40 UEFA Europa League Football 00:55 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 01:45 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Coast vs Country 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 French Collection 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Cheap Cheap Cheap 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Lego Masters It’s the final stage of the contest and the brick builds include a robot with an ostrich head and an alien from the planet Zorg. Guest judge is comedian Dara Ó Briain. 22:00 Educating Greater Manchester Headteacher Drew Povey has his work cut out when the results of the mock exams prove disappointing. With only a few months until the real GCSEs, he and his two deputies throw everything they can at the problem, putting on extra lessons, calling a special parents' evening and trying to inspire confidence in the students. But will it be enough when the results are announced in August? 23:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 23:50 The Undateables 00:55 Gogglebox 02:00 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls 02:55 From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier 03:50 One Born Every Minute
Thursday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 Film Boyfriend Killer 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Jacko tries to stop a suspect who throws a package out of the window during the chase, Liam and sniffer dog Louis are called in to help discover why a man was in such a hurry to flee from the cops, and a young driver claims he has been coerced into breaking the law by a family member. 21:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords After letting a young couple stay in her house for free, young mum Hamdi ended up locked out of her own home. Nick discovered that his tenant had scarpered and sublet his house to half a dozen strangers. 22:00 Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World Ellie May dons fake tan and a sequined dress as she takes part in a beauty pageant, David works on his haggling skills and Nicole hopes to get the chance to shine in a talent show. 23:00 My Extreme OCD Life 00:05 My Secret Sex Fantasy 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Dog Rescuers 05:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera
07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 13:50 Coronation Street 14:20 You’ve Been Framed! 14:50 Ellen DeGeneres 15:45 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Bromans 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:40 Heartbeat 08:40 Where the Heart Is 09:45 Wild at Heart 10:45 Judge Judy 12:05 Rising Damp 12:35 On the Buses 13:40 Barging Round Britain With John Sergeant 14:10 Heartbeat 15:15 Doc Martin 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:05 Law & Order: UK ITV 4 07:00 The Car Chasers 08:10 Pawn Stars 08:30 The Saint 09:35 Ironside 10:45 Quincy, M.E. 11:50 Minder 12:50 The Avengers 13:55 River Monsters 14:30 ITV Racing: Live at Doncaster 17:00 Minder 18:00 The Avengers 19:05 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Goodwood Revival 22:00 Film - Navy SEALS
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Arts Arum Dens Edge Gaol Help Info Kits Meld Need Oral Orca Peri Read Sash Shew
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1 Weapon that might harm a girl (7) 5 Unfortunate tourist is left off the coach (5) 8 Leave behind an awful national debt without a title (7) 9 Movements one might expect from bounders (5) 10 Map the French tree (5) 11 Pressure sonnet I rewrote (7) 12 A beast of burden is the first to help (6) 14 Scottish food provided by crones entertaining an American soldier (6) 17 Fashions scare ET (7) 19 Strike a chord in Harry S Truman's speech (5) 22 Die surrounded by gold? Goodbye (5) 23 Hesitation before a certain deletion (7) 24 Scots' incorrect prices (5) 25 Compositions from Stones' new leader (7)
1 Holds as much as my opening (5) 2 Travel on foot when public transport has small change (5) 3 Talk to an audience on where one lives (7) 4 Arranged stay in, it's good sense (6) 5 Al not mixed up with The Claw (5) 6 Making fun of the rearranged seating (7) 7 Begrudges missing the first gifts (7) 12 Extremely old bill includes restoration of chair (7) 13 Classes potential church spies (7) 15 Refrain from crab's tainted meat (7) 16 Headstart in user's guides (6) 18 Roy leaves mixed yoghurts for hooligans (5) 20 Become active in humorous entertainment (5) 21 Complies with crossword compiler and French Society (5)
1 Short, heavy, curved sword (7) 5 Teacher (5) 8 Desert (7) 9 Jumps off (5) 10 Flowering tree (5) 11 Tightness (7) 12 Help (6) 14 Scottish dish (6) 17 Makes (7) 19 Sound the strings of a guitar (5) 22 Farewell (5) 23 Rubbing out (7) 24 Prices (5) 25 Poems (7) Down 1 Gaping hollow (5) 2 Vagrant (5) 3 Speech (7) 4 Normality (6) 5 Hooked claw (5) 6 Taunting (7) 7 Begrudges (7) 12 Old-fashioned (7) 13 Forms (7) 15 Go without (7) 16 Doorkeepers (6) 18 Hoodlums (5) 20 Awaken (5) 21 Encounters (5)
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Across 1 Which port on the east coast of Sicily shares its name with a city in New York State, to the south-east of Lake Ontario? (8) 7/11 Which former British world boxing champion was nicknamed the Hitman? (5,6) 8 Which is the lowest female singing voice? (9) 9 Which alcoholic spirit is distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses? (3) 10 What name is given to a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant? (4) 11 See 7 13 Oil, extracted from the shells of which edible kidney-shaped nut is used as a lubricant, an insecticide and in the production of plastics? (6) 14 The name of which peppermintflavoured boiled sweet is also used to describe a hypocrite? (6) 17 Which frozen dessert is known as granita in Italian? (6) 18/21 Which painting by Leonardo da Vinci is also referred to as La Gioconda? (4,4)
20 What was the forename of the US lawman who killed the outlaw Billy the Kid? (3) 22 Which Elton John song, a double A-side with Healing Hands, topped the British singles charts in 1990? (9) 23 Which unit of radioactivity is equal to the amount of a radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of 37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second? (5) 24 What was the nationality of the mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, who, along with Sir Edmund Hillary were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953? (8) Down 1 What was the surname of the actor who played the Spanish waiter Manuel in the comedy series Fawlty Towers? (5) 2 Ibrox Park is the home ground of which Scottish football team? (7) 3 My Best Friend's Girl and Drive were both British top 10 hit singles for which American group? (4) 4 Derived from the Latin for wood, which adjective is often used in literature or poetry to describe a pleasantly rural or pastoral scene? (6)
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Improve your Spanish - Clues in Spanish, answer in English or vice versa. Across Down 1 To drink (imbibe liquid) (5) 1 Moustache (6) 2 Baya 4 Grandmother 3 Subida (de precio) 9 Sunflower 5 Banker 10 Spikenard 11 Juguetes 6 Pendiente (arête) 12 Haricot beans 7 Despertar (sentimiento) 8 Limpio (casa, cuarto) 13 Ganar (competición, partido, premio, guerra) 13 Camarera 15 Biscuit (sweet) 14 Water 16 Trapos (usados, raídos) 17 Fertilisers (for soil, land) 18 Year 18 Ira (de persona) 19 Hojas (de hierba) 20 Bulletin (publicación 22 Pista (rastro) informativa) 23 Zeal 21 Useful (information, advice, tool) 24 Sobrina 25 Esmeralda 26 Escaso 27 Pans (large pots)
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Last Week’s Solutions Quizword Across: 7 Sloop, 8 Lena Horne, 9 Tin, 10 Troy, 11 Naseby, 13 Cantor, 14 Hammer, 17 Gounod, 20 Ear, 22 Britannia, 23 Imago, 24 Menelaus. Down: 1 Pilot, 2 Rangoon, 3 Echo, 4 Atrial, 5 Monty, 6/1A Spencer Perceval, 7 Senegal, 12 Columbo, 13 Coterie, 15 Miranda, 16 Bodice, 17/18 Great Trek, 19 Keats, 21 Babe. Double Crossword Across: 1 Dive, 3 Toeholds, 9 Rallied, 10 Urban, 11/5 Beach house, 12 Alerts, 14 Excise, 16 Stereo, 19 Behead, 21 Mop up, 24 Amigo, 25 Entitle, 26 Entreats, 27 Hose. Down: 1 Durables, 2 Villa, 4 Ordeal, 6 Lobster, 7 Sang, 8 Niches, 13 Complete, 15 Chemist, 17 Tempts, 18 Oddest, 20 Erode, 22 Patio, 23 Take. Quickie Across: 1 Defect, 4 Finish, 9 Stammer, 10 Again, 11 Gorse, 12 Sterile, 13 Bluebottles, 18 Centaur, 20 Alter, 22 Elect, 23 Cohabit, 24 Mantra, 25 Bakery. Down: 1 Design, 2 Flair, 3 Compete, 5 Irate, 6 Imagine, 7 Hinder, 8 Aristocracy, 14 Lantern, 15 Trachea, 16 Scream, 17 Pretty, 19 After, 21 Table.
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Electric cars for a new car-sharing service in Madrid
A new car-sharing service in Madrid will become a reality thanks to the expertise of 2 leading companies.
Renault has no problem selling its all-electric Zoe with a 49% sales jump in Europe earlier this year, but it’s about to deploy a bunch more in a single move through a new car-sharing service in Madrid. The French automaker plans an initial fleet of 500 electric vehicles by October. They partnered with Ferrovial Services, a major infrastructure company in Spain, to offer the new service called ‘Zity’: “This new car-sharing service in Madrid will become a reality thanks to the expertise of 2 leading companies Zity combines Ferrovial Services’ capacities in the area of municipal services and environmentally-friendly solutions with Renault’s experience as Europe’s foremost supplier of electric cars and a leading brand in the field of sustainable mobility. The Madrid car sharing service will use the new ZOE. It is currently the only mass-market electric car on the market to offer an NEDC range of 400km, equivalent to about 300km in real-world conditions, thereby extending range and usage time and adressing an even larger number of users.” That’s a significant electric car fleet and interestingly, Madrid already has a few of those. Last year, Nissan claimed the world’s largest electric taxi fleet deal with 110 new LEAFs and the city and later Uber deployed a fleet of Tesla Model S vehicles through its new ‘UberOne’ service in Madrid. Tesla expanded its retail presence in Spain with new stores in Madrid and Barcelona around the same time. Electric car sales in Spain are on the rise, but they still represent only a small fraction of overall car sales. BMW i3, Renault Zoe, and Nissan Leaf, are the most popular vehicles, but the 500 new Zoes for the new car-sharing service will more than double Renault’s entire Zoe sales for the year with this single fleet.
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BMW AT THE IAA CARS 2017 IN FRANKFURT The Frankfurt Motor Show on 14 – 24 September 2017 is your opportunity to experience the new models in action too.
BMW is firing the starting gun on the brand’s forthcoming product offensive with an extraordinary pageant of new models and concept vehicles at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt am Main. The company’s stand centres on its expanded luxury class line-up, captivating studies and production models in numerous segments exhibited at a public trade fair for the first time. The new products unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt show highlight the status of BMW as a manufacturer of vehicles that transmit unrivalled levels of emotional appeal with their inspirational design, trailblazing innovations and the driving pleasure for which the brand is renowned. BMW is also showcasing the latest technological developments for the future of personal mobility, in which powertrain electrification, comprehensive digitalisation and other advances in the field of automated driving will play a particularly important role. Hall 11 at the main entrance to the Frankfurt trade fair site has been prepared for the shared BMW, MINI and BMW Motorrad stand, and serves as a forum for current and future highlights of the product range. This is where the new products and features from all the brands will be presented under the slogan “This is tomorrow. Now. Die Zukunft ist jetzt”. The exhibition space covers an area of over 10,500 square metres and has a circuit running around it that is about 150 metres long. This will give visitors to the Frankfurt Motor Show on 14 – 24 September 2017 the opportunity to experience the new models in action too. Both the BMW Concept 8 Series and the BMW 7 Series Edition 40 Jahre are testimony to
BMW’s expanded presence in the luxury segment. Other facets of driving pleasure are demonstrated at the 2017 Frankfurt show by the BMW Concept Z4, the new BMW 6 Series Gran Turismo and the new BMW X3 respectively – including exhilarating open-air fun, elegance and longdistance comfort, not to mention multi-faceted sportiness. The knowhow gleaned from competing in motor sport is a traditional component of the BMW brand’s DNA, and it endows the new BMW M8 GTE with ideal credentials for endurance racing. The new BMW M5 (fuel consumption combined: 10.5 l/100 km [26.9 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 241 g/km), meanwhile, transfers these high-performance genes from track to road to stunning effect. The new edition of the BMW i3 (combined fuel consumption: 0.0 l/100 km; combined electric power consumption: 13.6 – 13.1 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions from petrol: 0 g/km), which is BMW at the IAA Cars 2017 in Frankfurt. Summary. BMW Media Information 08/2017 Page 2 making its debut appearance at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show together with the new and even sportier BMW i3s (combined fuel consumption: 0.0 l/100 km; combined electric power consumption: 14.3 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions from petrol: 0 g/km) illustrates just how closely the company associates driving pleasure with sustainability. BMW Motorrad is also placing the spotlight on the intensely emotional and sustainable sides of mobility in Frankfurt. The BMW Motorrad Concept Link, boasting an all-electric drive system and state-of-the-art connectivity technology, are joined by numerous other pioneering ideas for urban mobility in tomorrow’s world.
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Friday 8th September 2017
Justin’s Boston Boost
Justin Thomas fired a closing round of 66 at the TPC course in Boston to secure a three shot victory over Jordan Spieth in the Dell Technologies Championship on Monday. Australia’s Marc Leishman finished third and England’s Paul Casey tied for fourth with Spain’s Jon Rahm. Former major champions Adam Scott and Bubba Watson were among their players to see their Fed ExCup hopes end at Boston. Only the top 70 players in the FedExCup standings after the tournament progressed to the BMW Championship - the third of the PGA Tour's season-ending four play-off series next week - with both players failing to move inside that bubble. Watson dropped three places to 75th spot after ending the week in a share of 69th,
while Scott slipped to 79th position with a missed cut and Branden Grace also failed to progress. Three players jumped in to the top 70 to extend their seasons, with former Open champion Stewart Cink rising 24 places in to 57th after grabbing 12th spot. Spain's Rafa Cabrera Bello fired a bogey-free 65 to finish the week inside the top 20 and move from 80th to 60th, while Emiliano Grillo finished 22nd to jump 15 places in the standings to 62nd. Russell Knox and Kelly Kraft both slipped out of the top 70 and were eliminated from the remaining events, with Knox struggling to tied-61st and Kraft not progressing beyond 36-holes.
Half Century For Westy Defending champion Alex Noren headlines the field for this weekend’s Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre win in what will be a special tournament for Lee Westwood. Noren is joined on the start list by Race to Dubai leader Tommy Fleetwood and past winners Danny Willett, Luke Donald, as well as Westwood. It’s a big week for Westwood as he makes his 500th European Tour appearance. The former World Number 1 finished in the top-10 at last week’s D+D REAL Czech Masters and will hope to build on that performance this time out. This is one of the European Tour’s oldest tournament venues and has been a fixture on the circuit since the Tour’s inception in 1972. Past winners include Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Lee Westwood, Luke Donald and Sergio Garcia. Last year, Alex Noren claimed the second of the four European Tour victories he racked up in 2016. The Swede came through a playoff against Scott Hend at Crans-sur-Sierre. Crans-sur-Sierre has, perhaps, the most spectacular backdrop of any course on the European Tour. With the towering Swiss Alps surrounding the layout, this event makes for a stunning TV spectacle. The layout dates from 1908, though it was redesigned in the late 1920s then altered by Seve back in 1999. It’s not a long layout but it requires accurate hitting. If a player can keep the ball on track, good scores are possible. Back in 1992, Jamie Spence shot a 60 in the final round to force a playoff (which he then won) against Anders Forsbrand.
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Marc’s Marino Test
The Moto GP circus turns its sights on San Marino once again, returning this weekend for Round 13, minus local favourite Valentino Rossi, who badly broke his leg last week. Ducati’s Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso leads the now diminished 2017 chase pursued by three Spaniards Marc Marquez (pictured top), Maverick Viñales and Dani Pedrosa. Reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez has intimated he will only go for the win at this weekend’s Misano MotoGP round if it is possible while also keeping an eye on the championship standings. Spain’s Repsol Honda man lost his series lead to Andrea Dovizioso after blowing an engine at the British GP in Silverstone and now says victory is not the only target in the upcoming races.
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“We’ll try and have a great weekend in Misano, putting the last race behind us. The important thing is that lately we’ve been competitive at all kinds of tracks, so now we go to Misano, which has a twisty, tight layout, with the same approach and mentality that have worked very well for us so far,” said Marquez. “We’ll look to be as strong as possible, not with victory as the only target but ready to fight for it if we have the opportunity to do so. “We’ll work to get the best result possible. We had a positive test there in August, so we’ll go there ready to start well beginning this Friday morning.” On Monday, Yamaha announced it will not replace the injured Valentino Rossi for this weekend's Misano MotoGP race. Rossi has been ruled out of action for at least a month
after the Italian broke his leg in a motocross crash, putting him out of Misano and the following round in Aragon. But, instead of fielding a replacement for the 38-yearold, Yamaha has confirmed it will run a sole factory bike for Spain’s Maverick Vinales this weekend. It remains to be seen whether Yamaha will replace Rossi for Aragon, should the seven-time premier class champion remain unfit for the Spanish race as expected. Yamaha test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga, a veteran of seven MotoGP races since 2011, would be available to race alongside Vinales at Aragon as there is no clashing All-Japan Superbike race that weekend. The 36-year-old cannot be at Misano as he will be competing at Autopolis instead.
Pirates Crush Torry
Local rivals Pinatar Pirates rolled over local rivals Torrevieja Cricket Club cheaply in the latest ECCL Division Two match at Torrevieja last weekend, as the visitors romped in to win by 76 runs. Pinatar batting first were dismissed for 135, with only
three players making double figures. Vikash Singh top scored with 29 whilst young Robin Singh took four wickets for only nine runs. Another of the home side’s senior bowlers, Neville Harris (pictured next to Robin) chipped in with three wickets as Torry looked to
be on top at the innings break. However, the home side’s batting struggled even more than the visitors and they were skittled out for just 59 in the 30th over. Gopi Singh took five for 18 in an excellent spell of bowling.
Rugger Appeal
The Bettas Torrevieja rugby club has been progressing in recent weeks with a handful of enthusiasts growing to around 12 to 14 female players joining in the training sessions. The club was only formed a couple of months ago with
the aim of getting a ladies team together, but now their aim has changed and they are looking at junior teams as well. This is due to the amount of interest from the parents and youngsters coming along and seeing the training.
The club is appealing for more players to join in the training sessions at the Torrevieja athletics track on a Wednesday evening and Sunday morning, be they juniors, ladies and men. More details are available from Javi on 603 727 179.
Fred’s Trophy Match CD Montesinos will be taking on CF Alicante this Sunday evening (September 10th) at the Montesinos Municipal ground with a 6.30 pm kickoff in a contest for the Frederick Griggs Trophy. Fred Griggs was the president of the Full Monte supporters club and died two years ago at the age of 82, with the annual Full Monte cup being renamed in his memory.
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Luck Of A Corner
Last Gasp Agony
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Hot Shot Elche
CD TORREVIEJA 1 CD ALMORADI 0 A fortunate first-half goal directly from a Manu Amores corner secured the win for Torrevieja at the Nelson Mandela stadium on Sunday in a repeat staging of last season’s opening fixture between the two Vega Baja sides. The difference this time is that both were relegated from the Valencia third division last spring, and have been rebuilding their squads to begin life in the Preferente Group Four, though for Almoradi it was an immediate return after just one season at the higher level. It was a close contest and Almoradi started the brighter of the two sides creating a number of chances through with exTorrevieja player Saul and Angel causing particular problems for the Torry defenders, and Nemo squandering a good opportunity. Fortune favoured Torrevieja in the 23rd minute when Manu Amores stepped up to take a corner and it sneaked past everybody to go into the back of the net. As the match continued, Almoradi squandered a number of chances to at least go back home with a point, whilst Torrevieja’s defence held firm, whilst the home side’s best chance saw Beltran have a second-half shot well saved by Almoradi keeper Beltran, with Saul and Tranche coming close to putting the visitors on the scoresheet.
There were positives for both sides from this match ahead of the long season ahead, with Almoradi creating chances , whilst pretty much a brand new Torry side offers some promise. CD Torrevieja have another home match as they return to their old Vicente Garcia stadium this Sunday (6.00 pm kick-off) to take on Villena CF, who recorded an excellent opening day win over CD Thader (see below), whilst Almoradi will entertain the University of Alicante.
Losing Start
VILLENA CF 2 CD THADER 0 Thader started their Preferente campaign strongly at Villena but the home side began to get into gear after 20 minutes, and Chema took advantage of a poor Thader defensive clearance to beat keeper Pazos in the 38th minute. In contrast to the first half, Villena started the second period in dominant style and created a string of chances but with no success until Wilson got their second on the hour mark. Javito got his marching orders with three minutes remaining for a second booking, and Thader came away with nothing, who now look to open up their account against Orihuela CF B this Sunday.
DEPORTIVO ARAGON 0 ELCHE 4 Two games gone in the Valencian third division this season, and two draws for Orihuela, as they picked up a point at promoted Paiporta CF last Sunday. It was looking good for Orihuela (team pictured above before kick-off) as Benja netted on the stroke of half-time, but at the death, Paiporta levellled through Jordan in the fifth minute of second-half added time to earn their first point of the season. Orihuela return home to the Los Arcos stadium this Sunday evening to take on a side that struggled last season, Silla CF, with a 6.00 pm kick-off. Crevillente are also looking to open their winning account and they also got stung in injury time, as they went down two-one at CD Roda. Arias got the leveller for Crevillente on the hour mark (pictured below), but the home side struck to get the winner at the death. Crevillente now entertain Rayo Ibense tomorrow evening (Saturday), with a 7.00 pm kick-off. Elche Ilicitano prop up the bottom of the table, with no points to their name, after a two-nil defeat at Atletico Levante. They’re at home this Saturday against Torre Levante, in a match that starts at 6.00 pm.
Two goals from Javi Flores helped Elche to go second in the Segunda Division B table on Sunday lunchtime, and though it is extremely early days, at least the Ilicitanos have found out how to score goals, a skill that they have been woeful short of in their disastrous previous season. It was Elche’s third victory in a week, and Vicente Mir’s side dominated from start to finish, as they lie second in the table, two points behind Villarreal B. A top quality goal from in-form Sory Kaba, as he beat two defenders, opened up the Ilicitanos account in the 29th minute, but despite running the show, it took until the 54th minute for Javi Flores to double the visitor’s advantage. The home side had little to offer, but Elche did’nt sew up the game until the last 10 minutes, with goals from Benja (83 minutes) and a second from Javi Flores two minutes later. “We had a good game”, said coach Vicente Mir, “…and we dominated the match and we were the better of the two sides. We created chances and also kept a clean sheet, which is important”. The Ilicitanos have perfect opponents for their next league match when they are at home to CF Peralada this Sunday evening with a 7.00 pm kick-off. The visitors have no points to their name so far this season, but as Elche fans will well remember from the last campaign, part of their undoing was their inability to deal with teams at home that they should have beaten.
Orihuela Out
Extra Time Victors
ELCHE 3 SDC DURANGO 2 (AET) A one-goal advantage for Orihuela (in yellow kit) from last week’s first leg of the Copa RFEF tie against Ontinyent was not enough, as the Vega Baja side were beaten three-nil away on Wednesday night. The Copa RFEF is a tournament for teams from the Segunda División B, the Tercera División and sometimes from the Preferente Regional who have failed to qualify or have been eliminated in the first round of the Copa del Rey. Orihuela’s first leg advantage disappeared after just two minutes as Tito levelled the tie, with Feita (51 minutes) and Russo (63 minutes) ensuring Ontinyent’s progress in the competition.
For the second successive Wednesday, Elche saw a Copa del Rey tie go into extra time, but this week they did not need a penalty shoot out, as two extra time goals took the Ilicitanos into the third round. The Basque third division team were worthy opponents and were clearly the better side in the first half against an in-form Ilicitanos outfit. The visitors deservedly took the lead through Abasolo in the 16th minute and he should have doubled the advantage 10 minutes later when Elche’s defenders gave the ball away, with the Durango striker squandering an excellent opportunity as he shot wide. Such was the worrying quality of the Elche performance that coach Vicente Mir made a double substitution with barely half an hour on the clock, and Lolo Plà equalised with a cracking goal just before half-time to ease the Ilicitanos worries. The second half saw Elche far more positive but no real chances were created as the Durango defence held firm, with Lolo Plà producing the best opportunity to force a save from Durango keeper Errasti. Two goals in the first period of extra time put Elche in the ascendency with a Sory Kaba header (94 minutes) and secondhalf subsitute Collantes getting the third (100 minutes), though Josu pulled a goal back at the end of the first period to produce a nail-biting final 15 minutes for Ilicitanos fans. The Elche supporters, relieved at the victory, applauded the gutsy Basque players as they trooped off the field, but safe in the knowledge that their side are in today’s third round draw, with the tie set to be played on Wednesday September 20th.
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Simeone Deal
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Done And Dusted
FIXTURES Friday 8 September English Football League - Championship 20:45 Derby County V. Hull City Scottish Premiership 20:45 Hamilton Academical V. Celtic
Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has signed a twoyear contract extension with the La Liga club, who are very early leaders of the Primera division after two matches. The 47-year-old Argentine, whose previous deal was due to expire at the end of the season, has committed to the club until June 2020. He is the longest-serving current La Liga manager, having been appointed in 2011. Also a former Atletico player, Simeone led the club to the La Liga title in 2014. His side finished Champions League runners-up twice - in 2014 and 2016, both times losing to city rivals Real Madrid - but also won the Europa League in 2012 and the Spanish Cup in 2013. Atletico began this season with a 2-2 draw at newly promoted Girona, before thrashing Las Palmas 5-1. They next play away to Valencia tomorrow. Simeone originally agreed a deal that ran until 2020 two years ago, in March 2015, but he and the club agreed to a twoyear reduction in September 2016. There was talk last year that Simeone would move on from Atletico at the end of his current deal, but the new extension ends the speculation on his future.
Odegaard Extends
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has reassured his club's supporters that Lionel Messi's new contract has been signed, albeit by the player's father. The La Liga side announced an agreement with Messi, their all-time leading goalscorer, in July to extend his stay to 2021 but the Argentine has not yet put pen to paper, prompting fears he might leave at the end of the season when his previous contract expires. In an interview with newspaper Diario Sport, published on Tuesday, Bartomeu said Messi's father Jorge had signed the contract and the only outstanding matter was to take a photo of Messi doing it himself. "It's all agreed and signed. There are three contracts," said Bartomeu. "One with the Messi Foundation, which is signed by its president and the player's brother, an image rights contract with Messi signed by his father, who is the administrator of his company, and his employment contract, which his father signed - he has the power to do so.� "(What remains is) that Leo arrives and we have the official photograph and the protocol of the signature. The contract is signed and it's valid from the month of June, June 30th, the same day he got married." Bartomeu also spoke about Andres Iniesta's new contract(Iniesta pictured below), with Barcelona's veteran playmaker on a deal which expires at the end of the season. "We have the basis of a deal to renew and we hope to seal it in the coming weeks," Bartomeu told Mundo Deportivo. "The idea is that he has an indefinite contract which renews automatically year on year until he thinks he wants to retire or change." Barcelona return to action after the international break, with a home fixture against Espanyol this Saturday evening.
English Premier League Manchester City V. Liverpool 13:30 16:00 Arsenal V. Bournemouth 16:00 Brighton and Hove Albion V. West Bromwich 16:00 Everton V. Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Leicester City V. Chelsea 16:00 Southampton V. Watford 18:30 Stoke City V. Manchester United English Football League - Championship 16:00 Aston Villa V. Brentford 16:00 Bolton Wanderers V. Middlesbrough 16:00 Fulham V. Cardiff City 16:00 Leeds United V. Burton Albion 16:00 Norwich City V. Birmingham City 16:00 Preston North End V. Barnsley 16:00 Queens Park Rangers V. Ipswich Town 16:00 Reading V. Bristol City 16:00 Sunderland V. Sheffield United 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers V. Millwall 18:30 Sheffield Wednesday V. Nottingham Forest English Football League - League One 16:00 AFC Wimbledon V. Portsmouth 16:00 Bristol Rovers V. Walsall 16:00 Charlton Athletic V. Southend United 16:00 Fleetwood Town V. Oldham Athletic 16:00 Northampton Town V. Doncaster Rovers 16:00 Oxford United V. Gillingham 16:00 Peterborough United V. Bradford City 16:00 Plymouth Argyle V. MK Dons 16:00 Rochdale V. Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Rotherham United V. Bury 16:00 Scunthorpe United V. Blackpool 16:00 Shrewsbury Town V. Wigan Athletic English Football League - League Two 14:00 Mansfield Town V. Grimsby Town 16:00 Accrington Stanley V. Carlisle United 16:00 Barnet V. Cambridge United 16:00 Colchester United V. Crawley Town 16:00 Coventry City V. Port Vale 16:00 Crewe Alexandra V. Chesterfield 16:00 Forest Green Rovers V. Exeter City 16:00 Luton Town V. Swindon Town 16:00 Newport County V. Wycombe Wanderers 16:00 Notts County V. Morecambe 16:00 Stevenage V. Lincoln City 16:00 Yeovil Town V. Cheltenham Town Scottish Premiership 16:00 Heart of Midlothian V. Aberdeen 16:00 Motherwell V. Kilmarnock 16:00 Rangers V. Dundee 16:00 Ross County V. Partick Thistle 16:00 St. Johnstone V. Hibernian Scottish Championship 16:00 Brechin City V. Falkirk 16:00 Dundee United V. Dumbarton 16:00 Livingston V. Queen of the South 16:00 Morton V. Dunfermline Athletic 16:00 St. Mirren V. Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scottish League One 16:00 Alloa Athletic V. Forfar Athletic 16:00 Arbroath V. Albion Rovers 16:00 East Fife V. Queen's Park 16:00 Raith Rovers V. Ayr United 16:00 Stranraer V. Airdrieonians Scottish League Two 16:00 Edinburgh City V. Berwick Rangers 16:00 Elgin City V. Annan Athletic 16:00 Peterhead V. Montrose 16:00 Stenhousemuir V. Cowdenbeath 16:00 Stirling Albion V. Clyde Sunday 10 September
Martin Odegaard has confirmed he has agreed a new contract with Real Madrid beyond 2018. Speaking after his involvement for Norway's under-21 side in their 0-0 draw with Israel, the 18-year-old attacking midfielder said little about his contract other than that it had been extended:-"A little more than 2018, at least. I don't want to say much more at the moment." Odegaard's original contract, signed when he joined Real as a 16-year-old in 2015 after much interest from Europe's top clubs, was set to expire at the end of the 2017-18 season. The Norway international is on an 18-month loan spell with Eredivisie club Heerenveen, which began in January, and he has made only a single senior league appearance for Real since moving to the Santiago Bernabeu from Norwegian side Stromsgodset. Real have a rare Saturday lunchtime La Liga fixture tomorrow as they entertain Levante with a 1.00 pm kick-off.
English Premier League Burnley V. Crystal Palace 14:30 17:00 Swansea City V. Newcastle United Monday 11 September English Premier League West Ham United V. Huddersfield Town 21:00 Tuesday 12 September English League Cup Barnsley V. Derby County 20:45 Champions League 20:45 Barcelona V. Juventus 20:45 Benfica V. CSKA Moscow
Information correct at time of publication but subject to change at short notice.
Saturday 9 September
BRUM WINS
THE BLUES V THE REDS!
Birmingham has been chosen over Liverpool for England's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has backed the West Midlands city which would have to convince the Commonwealth Games Federation it should stage the event. Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is likely to be the main rival after Durban was stripped of the event in March.
NIC’S DATE
Just for a change, and no offence to some Premier League club fans, most of the big boys are playing on a Saturday on the back of the international break, writes ALEX TRELINSKI. There’s a cracker to get things going tomorrow lunchtime as fourth-placed Manchester City take on Liverpool (1.30 pm kick-off) at the Etihad Stadium, with last season’s meeting in Manchester producing an entertaining one-all draw. Both clubs have started the season with two wins and a draw in their opening three league fixtures, but Liverpool lie second in the table having scored eight goals in those matches. Manchester City will be without Raheem Sterling, suspended after his controversial red card in the Bournemouth side, whilst the German international midfielder Ilkay Gundogan could be back in the squad, with the 26-year-old not appearing for Pep Guardiola’s side in the Premier League since
December, when he suffered a cruciate ligament tear in a win over Watford. Liverpool will probably start Phillipe (Forget Barcelona for the time being) Coutinho on the bench where he may be joined on the bench by new signing Alex OxladeChamberlain, with the £35million man unlikely to be handed his debut ahead of Emre Can, Jordan Henderson or Giorginio Wijnaldum. Adam Lallana and Nathaniel Clyne are still out injured, but Simon Mignolet is expected to return in goal after being rested for the win over Arsenal. Leaders Manchester United have to wait until 6.30 pm for their tricky trip down the M6 to Stoke City, whilst surprise package Huddersfield will drag their heels around until Monday night with every chance of inflicting more misery at West Ham United where a home defeat would probably spell the end for manager Slaven Bilić.
DOUBLE BECKONS
Britain's Nicola Adams will fight on the Saul Alvarez v Gennady Golovkin undercard in Las Vegas on Saturday September 16th. The double Olympic champion, who turned professional in January, is making her debut in the United States and takes on Hungarian Alexandra Vlajk. She beat Virginia Carcamo and Mexico's Maryan Salazar in her first two bouts.
Barring disaster, Chris Froome is still on to course to win La Vuelta this Sunday (as The Courier went to press), when it finishes in a largely ceremonial stage in Madrid. An almost foregone conclusion for a Froome win changed on Wednesday as he suffered a tough
mountain stage to finish 14th, as his lead was cut to one minute and 16 seconds. The Team Sky rider and Tour de France champion is aiming to become the first person to win the Tour de France and La Vuelta in the same year since Bernard Hinault did it in 1978.