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GUARDAMAR’S BIG BLAZE T
wo hectares of woodland was destroyed in a blaze deliberately started in the Playa Babilonia area of Guardamar on Monday afternoon. Guardamar’s mayor José Luis Sáez said that an arsonist caused the fire, which was reported at around 5.00pm. Crews were brought in from Almoradí, Orihuela and Torrevieja, to supplement the forest brigades based in Guardamar and Tibi.
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It took crews four hours to bring the blaze under control, which was started in a protected area, with teams working through the night to make sure the fire did not restart. It was a busy day for fire tenders, as teams from Guardamar, Elche, and Crevillente also had to deal with a fire that burnt some six thousand square metres of canes off the Los Vaillos camino linking Catral to Dolores.
HIGH TECH COLLAR
martphone GPS technology was used to track down four violent robbers who broke into a property on the La Florida urbanisation on the Orihuela Costa. An unnamed couple, believed to be British, called the Orihuela local police after four men burst into their home, and stole mobile phones, jewellery, as well as some cash, which the authorities said was around 100 pounds. The woman was in state of shock when officers arrived, whilst her husband suffered an arm
injury as he bravely tried to stop the robbers from getting away. A number of patrol cars started a sweep of the area, whilst the couple were interviewed about their ordeal, as they provided the officers with a detailed description of the burglars. The clincher came though when the man told the police that there was GPS tracking enabled on the stolen smartphones, and he produced his computer tablet, which the crooks had not stolen, and the police noticed that
one of the phones was just 200 metres away. The police then decided to make a bee line for where the signal was coming from, and discovered four men hiding in some bushes, just metres away from the phones, which they had thrown away and smashed their screens. Unknown to them, one of the GPS trackers were still working. The gang (ages and nationalities undeclared) were arrested and made available to the Orihuela courts, whilst the couple's
property was returned to them.
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An intoxicated man from the San Miguel de Salinas area faces assualt and battery charges after an Orihuela local police officer suffered a broken leg at Villamartin Plaza earlier in the month. Though the incident happened in the early hours of Monday September 11th, details have only just been released by the Orihuela police. A group of women enjoying a night out complained to a security guard about a drunken man constantly annoying them both verbally and physically. The guard realised that the burly indi-
vidual would be a bit of a handful, and so he called the police. The women were concerned that the drunken lunger might attack them as they waited for a taxi, but as the officers arrived, he turned his attention to them, as he became even more aggressive and refused to identify himself. He then shoved into one of the officers, who suffered a broken right tibia and fibia, but nevertheless the man was arrested. No details of the burly assailant's nationality or age has been released by the authorities.
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Construction of a new roundabout on the RM-12 between the La Manga and Cabo de Palos started on Monday, with disruption for motorists scheduled to run until mid-November. The work on a busy stretch of road during the high season months which
carries up to 50 thousand vehicles a day, will see a 242 thousand euros spent on building the roundabout, which will provide easier and safer access to the Las Dunas commercial centre. November 18th has been pencilled in as the completion date.
Short Changed Thieves bungled an attempted robbery on an ATM in a Rojales bank, when they fled emptyhanded after the alarm went off. Guardia Civil and local police officers were at the scene quickly when the alarm was activated at a branch of the BBVA bank on la Plaza de España in the early hours of Sunday morning. The erstwhile thieves had broken through the main door and had started to use specialist tools to trying to get into the ATM, before the alarm frightened them away. The Guardia believe they may be a gang responsible
for other ATM robberies across Alicante Province. The area was dusted down for fingerprints with a
helpful sign printed out and placed on the machine stating that the ATM was out of order.
More Promises Orihuela councillors met with around 100 people living on the Entre Naranjos urbanisation last Friday, and promised to work with the residents group to help improve services in an area often nicknamed as the “Forgotten City”. Health and Statistics councillor Noelia Grao and International Residents councillor Sofía Álvarez discussed subjects like renewing registration on the municipal padron and getting access to the SIP A 59-year-old woman from the San Bartolomé area of Orihuela died last Friday after being involved in a three vehicle collision on the CV-91 Orihuela to Guardamar road. The crash happened at La Campaneta at around 7.10 am, as a car hit a tractor as it was overtaking it, and then went into the path of an oncoming vehicle heading towards Orihuela. Two people were transferred to the Vega Baja Hospital for treatment, with one man suffering from bruising, and another with chest pains.
health card. Amongst the gripes of residents was the long-standing
anger over poor public transport links to and from Entre Naranjos.
Fatal Crash
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A Super Summer
The Orihuela area has had a bumper summer for holiday visitors according to tourism councillor Sofía Álvarez. She's based that conclusion on the number of inquiries received by tourist information centres around the Orihuela Costa and in Orihuela City, which have increased by 30 percent on last year. Álvarez's calculations are also based on 16 thousand more hits on the Orihuela
council's tourism website, along with big hotel occupancy figures in July and August, with nearly 100 percent being reached on the Orihuela Costa at times. She claimed that the increases were down to the work done by Orihuela's tourism department over the last two years, but with record figures hitting all of Spain's tourist hotspots over the last two to three years, the boost in Orihuela does appear to be part of a
national trend, as neighbouring areas like Torrevieja have reported similar rises in inquiries and occupancy rates. Álvarez has also promoted Orihuela's involvement in World Tourism Day this weekend with a series of events, including a Moors and Christians parade this Saturday evening on the Aquamarina urbanisation, and a walk taking in the Cabo Roig tower on Sunday.
Bidders Explore
The two remaining bidders for the contract to run Murcia’s Corvera International Airport have been given extensive tours of the facility, ahead of a deadline at the end of October to provide further details of their proposals for Cruz Roja lifeguards tried in vain to save the life of a British holidaymaker who drowned at a Guardamar beach on Saturday. The woman, said to be in her seventies, got into difficulties in the waters of Playa del Moncayo, and was with her husband at the time. The beach was not on the list of patrolled beaches at the time, whilst other beaches in the Guardamar area had red flags in operation to warn people not to go into the water.
the 25-year franchise. Representatives from AENA and EDEIS have until October 30th to submit their next documents in the second stage of the tendering process. AENA currently run the existing facility at San Javier,
whilst French company EDEIS are the operators at Castellon in the north of the Valencia region. No timescale has been given as to when the Corvera francise will be awarded or when the empty facility will finally open.
Letting Fraudsters Four Spaniards have been arrested by the National Police for running a bogus holiday letting company offering non-existent rentals in the Benidorm area, and subsequently swindling around 40 thousand eurs from at least 160 clients. The National Police in Elda started their investigations in April after a complaint from a customer of the firm, who found out that he had paid for a rental on a property that the scammers had no right to offer. The quartet would use photographs of properties that they saw on the internet, and would then copy them, and advertise them as being on their books. They would pinch identities of people, including those who were no longer alive, to register phone numbers as part of the con to suggest everything was
above board, and to use those names as contacts once customers had paid half of their rental in advance. The majority of the victims found they had been scammed when they arrived for their holiday, and could not contact the agency or get into the property that
they had hired. Further afield, two people were arrested in Valencia City for advertising four bogus holiday lets as they defrauded clients of nearly three thousand euro, with six arrests also being made recently across the Valencia region over similar cases of fraud.
Magazine Cost Torrevieja council is set to spend up to one point three million euro of public money over the next six years to keep the Vista Alegre magazine going. Last June, the Suena Torrevieja political party described the publication as “propaganda”, after it featured the ten members of the government team on the front cover. The council magazine first appeared in 1955, and two bidders are applying for the contract to produce it, with the cost likely to be lower than published in the tender document. The tender sees tripling the circulation of Vista Alegre to five thousand copies and for it to come out every week, as opposed to fortnightly, with an increase of distribution points across Torrevieja. Back in June of this year, Pablo Samper of Suena
Torrevieja slammed Vista Alegre for bias and also ignoring opposition political party news releases, as well
as querying the costs of publishing the magazine which are "paid for out of local taxpayer pockets".
Cooking Taster
British Drowning Valencian president Ximo Puig visited Los Montesinos last week to check out the municipality's schools and a new vocational training cookery course at the town's high school. Puig (pictured fourth from the left) said that the 15 stu-
dents on the course were part of 78 thousand young people across the Valencia region that were in vocational training, and that there were plans to increase the numbers in the future. The regional president, accompanied by
Los Montesinos mayor José Manuel Butrón (pictured middle back), also visited the Virgen del Pilar primary school, where he announced that his government's education department would fund improvements to the playground.
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Journey's End
Spain’s maritime rescue service says it saved 64 migrants from two small boats trying to make a perilous sea crossing from Africa to Europe. The rescue service said one of its boats intercepted 28 migrants last Friday near
Alboran Island, which lies in the western Mediterranean Sea east of the Strait of Gibraltar. The service has an outpost on the small island. It posted photos of African men packed into a small rubber boat. The rescue ship docked at the town of Motril
on Saturday morning. A second rescue boat pulled another 31 men and five boys from another small craft. The service identified the passengers as Moroccans and says several of them were suffering from hypothermia.
Madrid's Move
Free Ride Gripe
A man who got a free train ride across Galicia in northern Spain has decided to complain to operator RENFE about not having to pay for the journey, because he feels a lack of revenue might force the company to close the line. José María Lorza set off from the station in Ferrol and was unable to buy a ticket due to machines being out of order. At his destination in Ribadeo, there was no con-
ductor to check his ticket, with no barriers in use, allowing passengers to pass straight though. He went to the station information office and asked for a complaint form. “A ticket for this journey costs me two euros, but if nobody checks them or you can get on the train without buying one, how long are we going to have the service for before it's disbanded because it makes a loss?” Lorza queried.
“The rail service from Ferrol to Ribadeo is essential for the area, but if this is how it's managed, how long is it going to last?” Lorza's comments about the 'free ride' is just part of his wider complaint about the neglect the route suffers from and the fact that its 'poor management' goes against authorities' ongoing campaigning for people to use public transport more often instead of taking their cars.
Mozzie Patrols
Car numbers will fall by a fifth in Madrid in eight years' time thanks to a new anti-air pollution plan announced by the city council, aimed at attempting to combat the area's severe problems. Traffic restrictions in the Spanish capital will include all private vehicles being banned from the central
Gran Vía, which runs down to the main Puerta del Sol square, from June next year, plus increased hour slots for parking meters and new ones set to be erected All cars which do not have the General Directorate of Traffic's (DGT's) 'environmental kitemark' will be banned from the entire
city from the start of the 2025. This effectively means one car in every five, or 20% of those currently on the road. Petrol cars registered prior to the year 2000 and diesel cars registered before 2006 are those which will not pass the DGT's 'environmentallyfriendly' test.
The Orihuela Costa has seen a big rise this month in mosquito activity due to heavy rain a few weeks ago, followed by high temperatures. These have helpe to provide perfect breeding conditions for the insect. In keeping with neighbouring areas like Torrevieja, Orihuela council has authorised an increase in the service provided by the company responsible for mosquito control. Environment councillor Miguel Ángel Fernández said:- “The number of swimming pools on the Orihuela Costa in now
uninhabited holiday homes coupled with containers filled with water, are ideal breeding grouds for the tiger mosquito. We are aware of the recent problems with mosquitoes and we have
upped the control and elmination work that is going on”. The councillor also appealed for residents to call the authority on 966 742 374 to report any outbreaks.
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Airport Agreement The threat of strikes hitting Spanish airports including those at Alicante-Elche and San Javier has been lifted, after a provisional agreement between the unions and the state-owned airport management companies AENA and Enaire. Industrial action due for September was suspended as all bar two elements of workers' requests had been agreed in time by the firms. The only issues outstanding at a meeting on Tuesday were pay rises and unions'
requirement for 600 extra staff to be taken on in addition to those replaced due to voluntary exits and retirements. No details of what
was agreed has been made public, only that the scheduled dates of strike action through to the end of the year have been scrapped.
Falling Factors Spain is no longer in the top 10 healthiest countries in the world, having plunged to number 23 from seventh place in the last year, according to the medical journal, The Lancet. Out of 188 countries, Spain used to be healthier than 181 of them, but has plummeted 16 places in 12 months – largely due to its levels of smoking, alcohol consumption and childhood obesity. Rankings are based upon 37 criteria within the framework of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Objectives for 2030, the first-ever exhaustive analysis of health and lifestyle trends between 1990 and 2016. Since last year, the criteria has expanded and now
includes availability of vaccinations, physical and sexual violence, child sex abuse and the death rate. Spain's overall score is a very creditable 74%, but this has fallen from 82% in 2016 – mainly due to alcohol consumption levels. Last year, drinking issues scored 57 out of 100 – the higher the percentage, the better the situation – but has since dropped to just 10 out of 100. Smoking rates have also contributed to Spain's drastic decline: last year, at
47%, still below the 'pass mark', has got worse and now sits at 25%. Overweight and obese children were responsible for Spain's worst 'grade' in 2016, at 33 out of 100 – and although the ranking in this area is still poor at 36, it has at least shown a tiny improvement. Two other 'fails' or 'nearfails' for Spain are HIV and AIDS, scoring 51 out of 100 – albeit better than last year's 49 points – and child sex abuse, at 49 out of 100.
Hello Sailor The ex-Spanish monarch, King Juan Carlos, became a world sailing champion last week at the tender age of 79. The former king along with his crew including the experienced Dennis Conner, a veteran of the Americas Cup races, won the Six Meter Class World Championships in Vancouver, Canada. Juan Carlos and his crew were the overall victor after a series of eight races organised by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club.
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Successful Successful Fair Fair
Local cuisine and entertainment were the order of the day for last weekend's Vega Baja Tourism Fair staged on Avenida de la Purisma in the centre of Catral. 10 municipalities joined forces again after the successful staging of last year's first event in Almoradi, in a showcase for local culture, produce, and leisure promoting all that the Vega Baja region has to offer for any visitor. Food on offer include sweets from Catral and Los Montesinos, as well as a 200 kilo meatball(pictured sizzling) and artichokes from Almoradi, whilst the entertainment include zumba and flamenco dancing, including particpants from Pilar de la Horadada(pictured). Each of the ten local council authorities had their own stands, with Rojales mayor Antonio Pérez(pictured right) welcoming a visit from Los Montesinos mayor, José Manuel Butrón, to his municipality stand.
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Quilts Donated
Dave The Captain
Ten handmade quilts have been donated by Barbora Dick to help raise money for some new internal fencing at the Rojales-based Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre. Czech-born Barbora, who now lives in Alicante, doesn’t know Easy Horse Care founders Sue and Rod Weeding personally, but learnt of their work and funding struggles through long-time supporter of the charity, Kate Cammish, and the local media. "I have decided to donate the quilts to Easy Horse Care because I think both Sue and Rod are doing an incredible job with the charity,” Barbora said. “I wanted to honour the enthusiastic work of the charity, and to help a group that entirely depends on donations”
The Hondon Valley branch of the Royal British Legion recently held a Summer Party at Bistro Rikki in Aspe, with around 120 members and friends attending. Entertainment was provided by RBL member Dave Sparks, who dressed up as Captain Horatio and treated everybody to some amusing ancient mariners songs. Arrangements are well advanced for the Branch Poppy Ball to be held at Ya Restaurant in Aspe on Friday November 3rd, and more details are available by sending an email to Neil via neilucy30@gmail.com To find out more about the branch, please call the secretary on 865 666 158.
Entertaining Night
Remembrance Date
The Orihuela Costa Male Voice Choir will be staging a Remembrance Day Concert on Sunday November 12th at the Centro Ecuménico church on Calle Diamante, La Zenia. Nigel Hopkins will take up the baton again for a varied programme which will include medleys from the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas and from Les Misérables, in addition to solos from Verity Hall and Rebecca Holt. Tickets are priced at 12 euros with proceeds going to church funds, and are available from the new La Ponderosa Gift Shop next to the Consum supermarket at La Zenia, or from choir members.
Pedro’s Appeal
Pedro Dominguez from the Cruz Roja has appealed for more English-speaking volunteers to join the Spanish equivalent of the Red Cross. Pedro made his plea at the monthly meeting of the Orihuela Costa Branch of the Royal British Legion in Mil Palmeras, after being invited by the Branch Welfare Officer, Sandie Coates (both pictured). He explained that training is provided in English which is the language that volunteers would also operate in, so there is no need for any
more than a very basic knowledge of Spanish Pedro highlighted some of the many services that the Cruz Roja can offer to vulnerable British nationals, such as advice and support with accessing social services, help for sufferers of Alzheimer’s and dementia, and practical help for those suffering financial difficulties. For more details about the Cruz Roja, or to help out, you can call Pedro on 678 501 586 or you can send him an email to pdominquez@cruzroja.es
The Cardenal Belluga Theatre Group based at the theatre in San Fulgencio will be staging their autumn show, Let Us Entertain You, for three nights starting on Wednesday October 18th. Tickets, at seven euros each, are on sale for this family show from the tourist
Volunteers Wanted
Age Concern Costa Blanca South is urgently in need of volunteers with a background in nursing or social care to help in its Lifeline Welfare Section, which provides help to elderly people. The duties include making home visits and carrying out assessments; advising on where to get nursing care; liaising with social services and other charities; giving advice on care aids and pro-
viding information on residential care homes, as well as matching up the volunteers to the people that they will be helping. For more details, drop into the Age Concern centre on Calle Paganini on the La Siesta urbanisation in Torrevieja, or phone 966 786 877. T he email address is costablanca@ageconcern.o rg.es
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.
office on the La Marina urbanisation and as well as from the council office, or by contacting Pam Sutton on 966 796 828. All proceeds will go to local charities. New members are welcome to join, and more details are available from Tom Ford on 966 790 547.
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Justice Served
A serial conman arrested on the Costa Blanca nearly a year ago, has pled guilty to nine counts of fraud at Chelmsford Crown Court, after being extradited back to the UK. He will be sentenced next month. Fowler went missing in 2014 after being sentenced to nine months in jail for fraud at Norwich Crown Court, and popped up on the Costa Blanca using a false name and instigated a variety of fresh scams. The 39-year-old, from Colchester, was later arrested by the Guardia Civil for unrelated gun licensing matters, but was released in May last year, with no European Arrest Warrant being executed at the time. After skipping bail from Norwich Crown Court,
Fowler rented an apartment from British businesswoman Betty Inglis in December 2014. In January 2016, he moved to Pedregeur after his neighbours found out about his past. Once there he tried to sell a car to expat Diana Lindsay-Vosper. The vehicle turned out to be stolen. Last autumn an unnamed British expat said he had received a 2,500-euro cheque from Fowler in exchange for goods he had sold him. The cheque bounced. He said: “Nobody believed he could be a fraudster as he was such a sad-looking guy. He had the perfect cover.” Fowler last week pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation. Essex Police said "a great deal of effort and commitment" had gone
into tracing Fowler and bringing him back to the country to face justice. He has been detained at Brockfield House in Essex, a secure mental health facility. Essex Police said he had been wanted for fraud involving at least nine victims in the UK.. He had advertised items, including high value watches, camera equipment, phones and laptops, which he did not possess on the online sites, police said. Fowler initially went missing in 2014 after pleading guilty to a separate fraud in Norfolk. He conned videographer Tom Tailford out of £21,000 worth of camera equipment which he was supposed to have taken on loan but never returned.
Suicide Riddle
A couple found dead in their home in Huelva province are believed to have taken their lives by an overdose of pills, and were not discovered for five days, until the woman's young children said something to the landlord. Mario Peña, the mayor of Calañas, said the children’s mother, aged around 40, and her current boyfriend had only lived in the house in La Zarza, a hamlet in the municipality for around a month, but it was an area she had lived in all her life until a few years ago. A post-mortem found high amounts of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in the couple's system, but no signs of violence, leading the police that they had died in a suicide pact.
The woman's four children, aged between five and 13, said they had been washing, dressing and feeding themselves for five days and had not realised their mother and stepfather were dead. None of them thought to check the bedroom, where the bodies were, because they assumed that their mother was asleep and her boyfriend was playing computer games, something that happened on a regular basis. It was only when their landlord called round and one of the children said their mother could not come to the door as she was 'asleep and very cold' that his suspicions were aroused and the Guardia Civil called out. The landlord immediately noticed
a foul smell and asked the children to open the bedroom door. The mother had recently visited the social services in Calaña to apply for benefits to help her pay her rent, and this was said to be in process at the time of her death. It is thought the appointment was just a few days beforehand, given that nobody had seen her or her boyfriend – said to be 10 years or so older than her – in the village since 'at least Tuesday or Wednesday of last week. The father of the three youngest children has been given temporary custody of all four, and he hopes to keep all of them together on a permanent basis in the future.
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Keith Littlewood, International Financial Adviser at Blacktower, Costa Cálida Since the Pensions Freedom Act came into force in the UK April 2015 there has been a huge outflow of money from defined benefit pension schemes and personal pensions in the UK. Many people have taken advantage of the new flexibilities byhaving control of their own pension pots. It is true, it is becoming increasingly difficult to transfer from some schemes now, as hurdles have been put in place by some providers. These hurdles also ensure that individuals are not transferring their pots to unauthorised schemes. They also double check that the advice they are receiving about the pension transfer is from a qualified Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). For you, the pension holder, it is quite an easy process. If you contact a qualified IFA like myself, then we can do all the hard work for you.Here are the steps that you need to take: • Contact the IFA • Complete a letter of authority
keith.littlewood@blacktowerf m.com. The Blacktower office address is: Calle Isla Tabarca, Urbanización Regia Roig, 44,Local 15, 03189 Orihuela Costa; Alicante We can be found on the Cabo Roig strip on the first slip road after the pyramid roundabout if coming from La Zenia, in the La Regia Commercial Centre. The office signage can be clearly seen from the N332. To make an appointment call the office on 965320562 or mobile 657684094. • 4 – 8 weeks later, the IFA should have all the information available for you to make your decisions. The IFA should complete various forms with you, including afact-find and attitude-to-risk questionnaire, and should be able to provide you with a detailed report on all the pros and cons of transferring your pension, and give you all the options available to you now and when you intend to take the benefits.
You should not wait until you are ready to retire to find out what your options are. There are many cases where pension pots built up in the UK years ago are now sat dormant and invested in old funds that are not managed as well as some other funds that are available now. Reviewing your pension pot during the early years on a regular basis can make a huge difference to the size of fund you have when you come to retire. There is no cost to you to
find out about each of your pension pots.Normally a provider will allow you to apply for a transfer value once each year free of charge. They often charge for a second or subsequent application within a 12-month period. I would strongly recommend you find out about your pension pot now; you have nothing to lose and you will be better placed to start planning your retirement. I have been involved with pensions now
for nearly 30 years and can categorically state keeping on top of your own provision will pay you dividends in the long run. In today’s financial climate, it is essential you do everything you can to make sure your money is safe and secure, and what you want to transpire in the future has the best chance of happening.If you need advice or if have any questions regarding the above, you can contact me, Keith Littlewood DipPFS, on 657 684 094 or email
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 (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
DIESEL Diesel needs some luck, as when he was aged 10 years, he was thrown out by his owner when a tumour was discovered, only to be hit by a car, which broke his leg. Rescued by APAH, Diesel is now in full health and is a happy dog who loves the company of people and female dogs, but doesn’t like cats. Diesel could be for you if you want an older dog. Please call 630 422 563 to meet him.
DOLLY Dolly is a two-year-old Chihuahua cross and although a quiet little girl, is very loving and affectionate. She is good with other dogs and weighs around six kilos. Dolly is negative for Mediterranean diseases, and is for ready for her forever home. For more details about her, please call Pets in Spain on 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com
Up Close And Personal British pet-lovers now think nothing of kissing the dog goodbye before leaving home, sharing a bath with their pet – and face-timing the cat, according to a new study.
ments to their dogs and cats and the lengths some people go to to ensure their pets’ needs are not only catered for, but, in many cases, exceeded.
Researchers found a large percentage of pet owners are going out of their way to do things for their animals that some may consider loopy as they turn to them for comfort and company amid the stresses and strains of modern life.
“The acceptance by wider society that our pets are an integral part of the family unit has made it easier to indulge in our dogs and cats, enabling us to do things with our pets such as taking them out to dinner that several years ago simply wouldn’t have been possible.”
It also emerged nearly a fifth of cat owners get up to serve breakfast at 4am while another 40 per cent take their canine companion to bed with them at night. Others admitted they have asked a friend or relative to call them so they can hear their cat’s purr while at work. Commissioned by Lily’s Kitchen pet food, the poll of 2,000 dog and cat owners also found a third have let their pet into the toilet at the same time as them or shared a BATH with their pet.
LOUIE Louie was found wandering the streets trying to interact with people, and appears to have been well looked after. Sadly he has no microchip, so he could not be reunited with his owners. He is well house trained, is very good on a lead and when left to roam freely within boundaries . Louie would suit a single man as he has tendencies to bond with one individual only, which means that he would not fit in well with a family or other animals.For more on Louie a home, please call K9 charity on 600 845 420.
NOAH
Noah is a beautiful 18-month old who is very good with other dogs and cats. He is a very affectionate dog and loves having cuddles and enjoys playing. Noah is very sociable and has gained a lot of confidence over the last year after not being handled much prior to his rescue and was very scared initially. For more details about Noah please telephone P.E.P.A. on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
“As a social species, we are programmed to seek out relationships with others, human or otherwise. The infantile features common to dogs and cats, such as their big eyes and clumsy movements, can trigger care-giving behaviour.” “This may explain some of the findings of the research, notably why we treat dogs and cats in much the same way as our children; we have simply evolved to love and care for soft, helpless things, human or otherwise.”
While a quarter have confided with their animals about their personal problems.
The survey also found around a fifth of owners kiss their pet on the lips and 15 per cent have taken time off work because their cat or dog was poorly.
And 66 per cent believe this behaviour is totally normal – with nine in 10 owners saying they “don’t care” what people think of their relationships with their animals.
Others have let their animals choose what to watch on TV and have read books to them, while a quarter think nothing of taking their dog to the pub with them.
Commenting on the research, Dr Deborah Wells, an animal psychologist based at Queen’s University of Belfast said: “This research highlights the intensity of owners’ attach-
Thirty-four per cent refer to themselves as their pet’s mummy or daddy and three in 10 sign their animal’s name in birthday cards.
RALPH Ralph is a five-year-old male weighing in just under six years old, after being rescued from a perrera. He is currently living in a lovely foster home, and is good with other dogs. The love of his life is a tennis ball and so Ralph is looking for new owners who would enjoy playing ball with him. For more on this lovely boy, please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
SKIPPER
SkIpper is an unwanted 11 week old puppy who is a small crossbreed, and when he has had the necessary puppy vaccinations, he will be ready to go to his new home. If you think you could give Skipper a home, then please contact the SAT kennels in Dolores on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com
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Friday 29th September 2017 ADVERTORIAL
Liberty Seguros Rewards Customer Loyalty Until 20 December 2017, Liberty Seguros will welcome new customers and reward existing policy holderswith cashback offers on both car and home insurance policies. With so many insurance providers out there today, choosing which is right for your needs is not an easy feat. Expatriates living in Spainwill undoubtedly be drawn towards a provider that not only offers a premium service but that also speaks their language, and Liberty Seguros is proud tobe serving the needs of 175,000 expatriates living both in mainland Spain and on the islands. Today’s customer requires more than just a superior service; they wish to be valued and rewarded for placing their trust in our products. It’s for this reason that this year Liberty Seguros will not only be offering new customers special cashback offers on car and home insurance policies, but also our existing customers that take out new policies will receive a much higher reward. Between 21 September and 20 December 2017, all new customers that take out their first car or home insurance policy, paying by direct debit, will be welcomed by Liberty Seguros with 40€ cashback. Also, during this same period, existing customers of Liberty Seguros who take out new home or car insurance policieswill be rewarded for their loyalty with 60€ cashback. This cashback will be deposited directly into the policy holder’s bank account, as long as the policy is paid by direct debit. For their convenience, payments can be set up both in Spain or in their home country bank account, as long as it is within the Single Euro Payments Area(SEPA) zone. Customers must be aware that these offers are not for renewals or replacements –and some minimum premiums do apply. For example, car insurance must be for fully comprehensive cover with an annual premium exceeding 400€ in mainland Spain and over 300€ in the Canary Islands. Home insurance premiums for cover on the mainland and Balearics must exceed 200€, and home insurance premiums in the Canary Islands must exceed 150€. According to Liberty Seguros, this is the first year that our cashback gift to our existing customers has been increased to reward their loyalty. It is vital that these customers feel – and continue to feel – valued. Our policy holders are more than just a number and at Liberty Seguros we remain committed to ensuring a valued, personalised service that understands and meets the needs of all policy holders. In order to achieve this and to assist thosethatprefer a more personalised service, Liberty Seguros has an extensive network of 300 brokers that are dedicated to providing friendly, expert advice. Speaking your own language, these brokers are available to discuss, face-to-face, the cover that will be right for you. Withinsurance for not only for car and home, but also life, pet, business, commercial, leisure, public liability and personal injury,today Liberty Seguros is considered the expat’s number one choice in Spain. To find out more or to receive a no obligation quote, visit www.libertyexpatriates.es.Or to find out the location of your nearest broker, simply call 91 342 25 49.
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Rare Turtle Find
A two-metre-long turtle washed onto a beach in Calella, near Barcelona last week. The dead leatherback turtle, which reportedly weighs 700kg, was videoed being removed from the beach with a crane. It is reportedly the second leatherback turtle, or Dermochelys Coriacea, to wash ashore on the Spanish
coast in the past month, after fishermen in Vilanova i la Geltu found a 300 kilo deceased turtle at the beginning of September. Sightings of the giant turtles in the Mediterranean are rare, with only ten being spotted in the last 2,000 years, according to biologists. The giant turtles prefer tropical and subtropical
waters and are usually found in South America. Pere Alzina, a biologist from Arenys de Mar, said:"We could have the great surprise of finding a leatherback turtle nest in the Mediterranean". The turtle that was found in Calella was taken to Barcelona University for research testing.
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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: Sue wanted to know how to manage her website INFO: Sandra received a number of spam contact requests passwords within Firefox on her Skype setup.
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Hi Richard, in last week's Courier you printed a letter from Brenda who had accidentally carried on typing her password in the email address box in Google Chrome. I have done the same but I use Outlook on Firefox. I have searched for the answer how to remove it but have failed! Help please! Best wishes, Sue
Good morning Richard, I hope you don't mind me asking you, but over the last week or so I have been receiving requests to be someone's contact on Skype. It happens every evening and is always a different name. So I just keep blocking them.Is this a common problem because it has never happened before? Sincerely Sandra
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Hi Sue, in order to manage your login details within Firefox you should click the three bars and choose options, then click the security panel and click “saved logins”, this will open up the password manager and from there you can manage your saved credentials.
Email: office@bluemoonsolutions.es Mobile: 655 044 970
Hi Sandra, no problem at all for contacting me yes it happens to us all, you should take the option to block the user and report them for abuse, that then reports them to Skype and saves other people receiving the same type of spam.
Website:www.bluemoonsolutions.es NEW: Tel: 965 987 032
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Food & Drink
Slow Cooker Turkish Breakfast Eggs
Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, finely sliced 1 red pepper, cored and finely sliced 1 small red chilli, finely sliced 8 cherry tomatoes 1 slice sourdough bread, cubed 4 eggs 2 tbsp skimmed milk small bunch parsley, finely
chopped 4 tbsp natural yogurt, to serve Method Oil the inside of a small slow cooker and heat if necessary. Heat the remaining oil in a heavy-based frying pan. Stir in the onions, pepper and chilli. Cook until they begin to soften. Tip into the slow cooker and add the
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cherry tomatoes and bread and stir everything. Season. Whisk the eggs with the milk and parsley and pour this over the top, making sure all the other ingredients are covered. Cook for 5-6 hours. Serve with the yogurt. Prep: 15 Mins Cook: 5 - 6 hours Serves: 4
Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup With Ricotta
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400g tomatoes, halved 1 red onion, quartered 2 Romano peppers, roughly chopped 2 tbsp good quality olive oil 2 garlic cloves, bashed in their skins Few thyme sprigs 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 2 tbsp ricotta Few basil leaves 1 tbsp mixed seeds Toasted bread, to serve
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the tomatoes, onion and peppers in a roasting tin, toss with the oil and season. Nestle in the garlic and thyme sprigs, then roast for 25-30 mins until all the veg has softened and slightly caramelised. Squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins into the tin, strip the leaves off the thyme and discard the stalks and garlic skins. Mix the vinegar into the tin then blend every-
thing in a bullet blender or using a stick blender, adding enough water to loosen to your preferred consistency (we used around 150ml). Reheat the soup if necessary, taste for seasoning, then spoon into two bowls and top each with a spoonful of ricotta, a few basil leaves, the seeds and a drizzle of oil. Serve with bread for dunking. Prep: 10 Mins Cook: 30 Mins Serves: 2
Oregano Chicken & Squash Traybake
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180g pack grilled artichokes 1½ tbsp olive oil 1 tsp dried oregano 2 tsp cumin seeds 8 chicken drumsticks 1 butternut squash, cut into chunks (leave the skin on – it adds flavour) 150g mixed olives of your choice, roughly chopped Large handful rocket
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 6. Measure out 1½ tbsp of oil from the grilled artichoke pack. Mix this with the olive oil, oregano and cumin. Put the chicken drumsticks and squash in a large roasting tin, toss in the flavoured oil and some seasoning. Roast in the oven for 45
mins until tender and golden, then tip the artichokes and olives into the pan. Give everything a good mix, then return to the oven for 5 mins to warm through. Stir through the rocket and serve. Prep: 5 Mins Cook: 50 Mins Serves: 4
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Food & Drink
Pancetta, Date & Chorizo Meatballs
Ingredients 1 tbsp chopped dill 1 tbsp chopped parsley 8 baguette slices, toasted to serve For the date meatballs 8 medjool dates, pitted and cut in half 250g cooking chorizo, skin removed 16 slices pancetta or thin streaky bacon For the tomato sauce 1 onion, sliced
olive oil, for frying 2 garlic cloves, sliced 2 x 400g cans peeled tomatoes Method To make the date meatballs, stuff each date half with 30g of chorizo – they should look really full. Wrap each date with a slice of pancetta, then divide the meatballs between four individual baking dishes. To make the tomato sauce, fry the onion in a little oil until
soft. Add the garlic and fry for 2 mins until fragrant. Add the tomatoes and cook for 45 mins over a low heat until the sauce is thick. Season well, then using a stick blender, blend until smooth. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the dates for 1015 mins or until cooked through and crisp. Tip the sauce into the baking dishes and bake for a further 3-5 mins to warm through. Scatter each baking dish with herbs, and serve with toasted baguette. Prep: 20 Mins Cook: 1 Hour 15 Mins Serves: 4
Ultimate Plum & Apple Cobbler Ingredients For the fruit 100g butter, cubed 100g golden caster sugar 2 vanilla pods, seeds scraped out 700g firm plums, stoned and roughly chopped 300g Braeburn apples, peeled, cored and chopped 1 tsp cinnamon For the cobbler dough 1 egg 100ml milk 140g cold butter, cut into cubes 280g plain flour 140g golden caster sugar ½ tsp cinnamon 1 tbsp baking powder 2 tbsp demerara sugar clotted cream, to serve Method For the fruit, put all the ingredients in a saucepan. Cook over a low heat, stirring until the butter has melted and the sugar has dissolved, then leave to simmer
until you have a chunky fruit compote, then set aside. Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 6. Whisk the egg into the milk and set aside. Rub the butter and the flour together until it has the texture of chunky breadcrumbs, then stir in the caster sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and a large pinch of salt. Pour in the milk mixture and bring together to form a thick, batter-like texture. Tip the compote into a baking dish and top with large spoonfuls of the cobbler mix, making sure there are a few gaps for the fruit to bubble through, then sprinkle everything with the demerara sugar. Bake for 35-40 mins or until the topping is golden and just cooked through. Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 5 mins before serving straight from the dish with generous spoonfuls of clotted cream. Pre: 45 Mins Cook: 40 Mins Serves: 8 - 10
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Friday 29th September 2017
Centenarians are fastest growing age group in UK, figures show Centenarians are the fastest growing age group in the UK, with the number of 100year-olds almost doubling over a 14-year period, according to the Office for National Statistics. Although they make up a very small proportion of the total UK population (0.02% in 2016), their numbers have grown rapidly from 7,750 in 2002 to 14,910 last year. In 1986 there were just were just 3,642 centenarians. Female centenarians outnumber males by five to one. The ONS figures, published on Wednesday, also show that the number of people aged 90 and over living in the UK last year was the highest ever – 571,245. ONS analyst Ngaire Coombs said the increase was “largely driven by people who were born during the post first world war baby boom reaching age 90 and progressing through the oldest ages, causing both population growth and ageing within this age group”. The rise in centenarians means there are now two for every 10,000 people in the UK. People aged 90 and over make up less than one
in 100 in the population. The ONS said the main driver of population ageing in recent decades has been improving mortality at all ages, but particularly at older ages. Improvements in survival to older ages are due to factors such as improved medical treatments, housing and living standards, nutrition, and changes in the population’s smoking habits, it said. However, data published in a separate ONS bulletin on Wednesday showed that improvements in life expectancy in the UK have slowed in recent years. Life expectancy for a newborn boy was 79.2 years in 2014-16, while for a newborn girl it was 82.9 years. For both sexes, the rise was just 0.1 years more than 2013-15. Since 2010, yearly increases in life expectancy at birth have dropped by more than half for males and by nearly two-thirds for females, compared with the preceding three decades. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), which uses three-yearly periods to offset the effects of fluctuations
caused by seasonal events such as flu, found that improvements in life expectancy at birth for males in the UK slowed to six weeks a year between 2010-12 and 2014-16, compared with 13.6 weeks between 1980-82 and 200911. The slowdown was even more dramatic for females, with the yearly increase falling from 10.0 weeks to 3.6 weeks. The ONS suggested that the reduction in the rate of the increase was due to previous successes in challenging some of the major contributors to early death. A spokeswoman said: “Part of the reason for this could be that some of the factors that have historically driven life expectancy improvements, such as reductions in smoking and circulatory disease, may largely have been realised.” However, a former government adviser on the links between poverty and illhealth has suggested that a drop in NHS and social care funding may be responsible for life expectancy rates stalling. Sir Michael Marmot, who
published a major review of health inequalities for Gordon Brown’s Labour government in early 2010 and is the director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London, said rates of increase in life expectancy had slowed
across Europe since 2010 but generally by more in the UK than elsewhere. “We have to look at what’s been happening [as rates have slowed] and there was a global financial crisis and we then have to look at what was happening in Britain
and I raise the question could austerity have been playing a part?” he said. He said the UK should be aiming to emulate Hong Kong, which has the highest life expectancy in the world – 81.1 years for men and 87.3 for women.
Stress and social media fuel mental health crisis Girls and young women are experiencing a “gathering crisis” in their mental health linked to conflict with friends, fears about their body image and pressures created by social media, experts have warned. Rates of stress, anxiety and depression are rising sharply among teenage girls in what mental health specialists say is a “deeply worrying” trend that is far less pronounced among boys of the same age. They warn that the NHS lacks the resources to adequately tackle the problem. New NHS data reveals that the number of times a girl aged 17 or under has been admitted to hospital in
England because of selfharm has jumped from 10,500 to more than 17,500 a year over the past decade – a rise of 68%. The jump among boys was much lower: 26%. Cases of self-poisoning among girls – ingesting pills, alcohol or other chemical substances – rose 50%, from 9,700 to 14,600 between 2005-06 and 201516. Similarly, the number of girls treated in hospital after cutting themselves quadrupled, from 600 to 2,400 over the same period, NHS Digital figures show. Rising levels of “body dissatisfaction” – insecurity and low self-esteem about their appearance – have been
identified as driving the unprecedented levels of mental turmoil in young women. “There is a growing crisis in children and young people’s mental health, and in particular a gathering crisis in mental distress and depression among girls and young women,” said Dr Bernadka Dubicka, the chair of the child and adolescent faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. “Emotional problems in young girls have been significantly, and very worryingly, on the rise over the past few years.” Increasing numbers of academic studies are finding that mental health problems have been soaring among
girls over the past 10 – and in particular five – years, coinciding with the period in which young people’s use of social media has exploded. So many girls are now seeking help that NHS children and adolescent mental health services cannot cope, warned Dubicka. “Over the past few years we have seen overwhelming demand from young girls presenting with emotional distress and self-harm. We don’t have the resources to meet the demand.” Mental health data shows stark difference between girls and boys Government-funded research last week showed that one in four (24%) girls
aged 14, and 9% of boys the same age in the UK are beset by such negative emotions – including loneliness, self-hatred and feeling unloved – that they are
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depressed. That was double the 12% rate of depression seen in girls, and 5.5% in boys, a decade earlier, said Dr Praveetha Patalay, the lead author of the study.
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Understanding Dementia Dementia is certainly not the same as age-related brain decline. In age-related memory loss, the accuracy of the memory remains sharp, instead what declines is the speed of recall. A person suffering age-related memory loss will struggle to remember the name of a familiar face or place, but will eventually recollect the information. In dementia, however, the sufferer is completely unable to recall a familiar face. Dementia is the persistent and progressive loss of normal brain function. The symptoms of dementia will vary depending on the severity of the condition which in turn depends on
age, the presence of other medical problems as well as socio-economic status. Brain degeneration is the primary cause of dementia, and there are some wellknown causes of brain degeneration that eventually gives rise to dementia. Deficiencies of vitamin B complex is one of those causes. The B vitamins are essential for energy production in the brain and for producing brain chemicals and proteins that prevent memory loss. B complex supplements quickly reverse this type of dementia. Vascular Dementia is because of narrowing of the arteries that results from
Parkinson's, associated with dementia. One of the earliest symptoms of dementia is the loss of appetite which progresses to weight loss. The typical symptoms of dementia, however, include memory loss, depression, disorientation, poor judgment, and speech problems, difficulties with reading and writing and social withdrawals. There may also be anger, paranoia, delusions and hallucinations. inflammation of the arteries. Narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the brain, and without an adequate blood supply, the brain starts to lose its vital functions.
A build of heavy metals in the brain such as iron, aluminium, and mercury is a cause of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and
The treatment and management of Dementia will depend on the cause. Avoiding toxic metals including iron is important. Iron plays a vital role in the body and helps prevent
anaemia. However, care should be taken with iron tablets for treating anaemia as they easily become overloaded in the brain and cause dementia. Detoxing the body with effective detox agent will help eliminate toxins from the body and prevent inflammation. Vascular dementia due to narrowing of the arteries can be improved or halted using serrapeptase, a natural enzyme that dissolves plaque in arteries and improves blood circulation. For A Full Body Diagnostic Scan Call MedB Clinic – 965 071 745, 966 189 074 or visit www.medb.es for more information
High-precision radiotherapy for prostate cancer 'shows promise'
by Karen Simpson
"Targeted radiotherapy 'cures' prostate cancer that kills thousands," reports suggest. The news is based on a UK study of the use of high-precision radiotherapy to treat men with advanced localised prostate cancer. Researchers wanted to see if they could safely target cancer cells that had spread outside the prostate to nearby lymph nodes without damaging nearby healthy cells, and reduce treatment side effects. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men – more than 47,000 cases are
diagnosed in the UK every year. Some 447 men with locally advanced disease took part in the 10-year study, carried out by the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. The high-tech radiotherapy, called pelvic lymph node intensity modulated radiation therapy (PLN-IMRT), can modify the shape and strength of its beams to target cancerous cells more effectively. The main aim of the study was to look at the side effects of the treatment, specifically on the bladder and bowels.
Five years after receiving treatment, up to 71% of patients were alive and disease-free. Only 8-16% of patients experienced bowel or bladder complications. This is promising research that suggests PLN-IMRT should be studied further. Laterstage randomised controlled trials would be the best way of confirming the safety and potential benefit of this treatment for men with advanced localised prostate cancer and seeing how it compares with other treatment approaches.
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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.
Getting Started We will remove the pain and hassle of starting up your own estate agency by setting the all-important website that will market your business. The costs are cut, and you don’t need any experience of running an agency or experience of sales. We can do that for you, but you will need to promote your website and of course to generate new opportunities.
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What happens next? With our support you can advertise YOUR website anywhere you wish in local and social media, newspapers, magazines, radio, TV, it´s up to you. Once an enquiry is made it comes to YOU and your account manager, the decision is made by YOU as to how to proceed. You can get involved in the whole process as much or as little as YOU wish. Full legal documentation and support is provided by our independent legal team. Upon sale we will provide accounting documentation which details your commission. Throughout the entire process we will liaise with you and have full agreement on every aspect, including such things as picking up clients from the airport; property tours; taking them to solicitors; and signing those final papers. That’s our job, whilst as an Find A Spanish Property Associate you can get involved in as much or as little as you like.
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Events Calendar Until Sunday 1 October, 2017 Orihuela Costa Dinopétrea Dinosaur Exhibition (see BELOW) Villajoyosa Fiestas de la Ermita in honor of San Miguel Until Tuesday 10 October, 2017 Crevillente Moors and Christians Fiestas Until Tuesday 31 October Guardamar Painting Exhibition by Barral at the Casa de Cultura Friday 29 and Saturday 30 September, 2017 Elche Video and console game competition. Friday 29 September to Sunday 1 October, 2017 Alicante Estate agent and housing event at the IFA. Torre Pacheco Antique and collectors event at the IFEPA. Guardamar Business and Leisure Outlet Fair in the Main Square Alicante Designer’s Market - Including Concerts, Stalls, Food Trucks Orihuela Costa La Zenia Boulevard V Anniversary Saturday 30 September to Sunday 01 October, 2017 Almoradi V Classic, High-End Sports, Muscle Car and Motorbike Exhibition Denia DNA Gastronomy Festival From Saturday 30 September to Sunday 22 October, 2017 Valencia Jurassic Expo - Life-size Dinosaur Exhibition Saturday 30 September, 2017 Rojales 10k and 5k street run. Orihuela Flamenco Show in Homage to Poet Miguel Hernández. Torrevieja Open day and adoption event at the municipal pound. Guardamar ‘Sand Memories’ Guided Tour of the Castle and Arabic Tower. Leaves the Casa de Cultura at 18h Torrevieja International Tapas Day
Join TKO Radio at an Open House Event TKO listeners and Courier readers are invited to an open house showcase that’s taking place on Saturday 7 October between 12 pm and 3 pm at 171 Calle Tomás Breton in Villamartín, where you are invited to browse around the villa to see the professional workmanship from Chris and his team at BBKC, and if you like it that much, it could be yours, I am sure Chris could arrange the sale, he has the owner’s permission TKO Radio will be there with your host, Dennis Christian, keeping the party going in full swing. To find the house, turn right on to the road just before Villamartín Plaza, with Treasure Chest on your right, and follow the road round until you come to number 171, there will be signs to direct you and have a look at the map. Come and see professional and quality workmanship at its best by the Costa Blanca’s leading building company BBKC. You can inspect the quality work which has been carried by BBKC, THE PROFFESIONAL BUILDING TEAM. Kitchens, Bathrooms, extensions, tiling, swimming pools ETC - No job too big or small. Anyone considering any type of building or renovation work, you must come and see how it’s done professionally. Free drinks and a FREE Raffle prize on the day, with a Dolce Gusto coffee maker up for grabs, as well as some free promotional items and a few surprises too. Remember, the party starts at noon on Saturday, 7 October, so make a date in your diary today, and come and have a free drink, a nose around, and maybe even a little dance as you browse. Meanwhile, to see some of the work carried out on the property, as well as before and after pictures, visit the BBKC website, at bbkcspain.com
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TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI
Much as I like Doctor Who, my favourite all-time TV sci fi show is Star Trek, from the original sixties show down to the varying spin-offs down the years. The Golden Goose got cooked too much and the last incarnation, called just Enterprise left screens 12 years ago in a whimper and it didn’t cut the mustard for me. The Trek franchise had simply run out of steam. The build up to Star Trek:Discovery and the premiere on CBS in the States on Sunday was almost Game of Thrones-like, and I have to say it has been worth the hype. Check it out for yourself on either Netlflix UK or Netflix Spain. What I loved about Discovery is that it is not a rehash of the old Trek, and the first two episodes (releases to come once a week on Monday) were like a very grand movie set a few decades ahead of the Captain Kirk era. We get some very nasty Klingons wanting a good old fashioned scrap with the federation after Sonequa MartinGreen’s character of first
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officer Michael Burnham (a human raised by Sarek the Vulcan, who happens to be Spock’s dad:- got it?) kills a Klingon who is up to no good at a destroyed satellite. Martin-Green is terrific, as Walking Dead fans can confirm (she was bumped off last season so that she could join Trek), and she
rebels against the captain of the USS Shenzhou over wanting to be tough over the Klingons. That brings tragic consequences and sets us up nicely for the rest of the series. This is new and exciting Star Trek that is offering more sophistication compared to the past, with some great special effects, along
with a compelling lead character that has been wrenched away from being on a ship that she has served seven years on. Trek fans will not be disappointed and totally new viewers can join in from the start and not feel that they are not being allowed to join a club. If you want traditional
Trek, it is alive and well in a curious but enjoyable comedy spoof called The Orville from the mind of Family Guy creator, Seth McFarlane, which will air on FOX UK. The first three episodes offer the odd belly laugh here or there, but essentially I was surprised by the quite serious tone of the stories. McFarlane plays Captain Ed
Mercer, with his first officer just having to be his ex-wife, who he caught in bed with a blue-skinned alien! It is a likeable homage to Star Trek, but because it is neither fish nor fowl in either drama or comedy, I see it falling between many stools and much as I like it, I do not see it lasting beyond the initial 13 episode commission. The divisive American Horror Story is back for another crazy run on FOX in the UK and Spain, and it is bang up to date. The story is called Cult, and features AHS favourite Sarah Paulson as a woman who has had psychiatric issues in the past and has a relapse when Donald Trump wins the US presidential election last November. I will not supply any further details because it is never easy to explain AHS, but the dark humour continues mixed in with obvious divots thrown in the direction of Trump, plus some nasty clowns; gruesome murders; and a killer microwave. Nothing changes in the enjoyable world of AHS!
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Friday Sarah can see that Gary is getting increasingly frustrated, but when she warns him to calm down, Gary storms out.
Friday Emma is feeling determined after the week’s events. What will her next move be? Meanwhile, April is not happy. Elsewhere, Lachlan is on edge. Also today, Holly’s loved ones mark the anniversary of her death.
Monday Emma is acting strangely after Gabby’s intervention and the resurfacing of the memory card. She heads to the Bartons’ farm to confront Moira over her feelings for James, leading to an argument between the rivals. A fight with a pitchfork knocks out a light and it’s not long before things escalate even further, with the barn going up in flames. As Moira begs for help, will Emma come to her rescue or leave her to die? Meanwhile, Tracy tries to convince the single villagers – including Vanessa – to attend singles’ night.
Adam is disappointed to realise Victoria is attending the event too and confronts her about it. She ends up kissing him again, but will the estranged couple get back together? Tuesday Adam and Victoria rush to the burning barn after seeing the
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Friday 29th September 2017
When Sarah wonders if the stress of his job is to blame for his temper, how will Staying one step ahead, Gary react? Emma manages to get Bethany hold of the weapon and Meanwhile, fires a shot in the dark as spends the day talking to she runs through the Mel in a bid to persuade woods. Someone is left her to come forward to the badly injured as a result, police. but who? Over a bottle of wine, Gary opens up to Nicola about his time in the army, while she shares tales of her own eventful youth. Reflecting on where they’ve ended up and how much they have in common, Gary and Nicola start kissing passionately. Will Meanwhile, the barn one thing lead to another? explodes. Did Moira get Or will Gary come to his senses before betraying out on time? Sarah even further? Meanwhile, Bethany is unnerved when Mel insists that going to court will be a waste of time. Monday Nathan phones Mel. Promising her they will be together when it’s all over, he tells her to do whatever she can to stop Elsewhere, Cain and Bethany getting to the Harriet discuss their rela- court to give evidence. tionship and decide to get away from it all. Wednesday Emma’s actions have had terrible consequences. One villager is seriously injured and slumped against a tree, while another life also hangs in the Pretending she is going to the police, Mel gets balance. Bethany to accompany her to the station, but instead Will everyone survive? stops the car by some railThursday A death is con- way tracks. Mel grabs firmed after the week’s dra- Bethany by the hair, dragging her towards the matic events. tracks. The individual’s loved ones are devastated to hear the news, while the terrible news also reaches the rest of the villagers. Only one episode will air tonight.
Meanwhile, Anna calls at Seb’s house with groceries. His mum Abi seizes the opportunity to head upstairs with a bottle of vodka, leaving Anna stuck in charge of the twins. At court, Nathan is cocky when his barrister reveals that Bethany hasn’t turned up. Will Bethany escape Mel’s clutches and arrive at court in enough time to give evidence? Meanwhile, Anna refuses to turn her back on Seb, but will she report Abi after discovering that she’s an addict? Elsewhere, Adam calls on Eva at the flat with some whiskey, determined to cheer her up. As they get tipsy together, Eva is taken aback when Adam admits that he’s fallen for her in a big way. Wednesday It’s Craig’s turn to give evidence in support of Bethany at Nathan’s trial, but he’s flustered. Will Craig be able to steady himself enough to deliver his evidence? Meanwhile, Yasmeen gives Daniel chapter and verse on the flats scam, but when he approaches Phelan for a comment, he’s given short shrift. Once Eileen is present, Phelan is suddenly more forthcoming, as they reveal to Daniel how Vinny fleeced them then vanished without trace. Nathan’s verdict is in, but has he done enough to evade justice? Meanwhile, Anna warns Daniel against investigating Phelan, citing Michael’s death as an example of how that turns out. Confirming that Todd found the body, Anna sends Daniel off on a new line of enquiry. Daniel arranges to meet Todd, but what will Todd reveal?
Friday Although Martin once again tries to explain himself to Stacey, the tension between them grows worse. Will Martin be able to get through to Stacey? Meanwhile, Jay and Donna head to The Vic to see how Ben is getting on with his date, but it comes to an early end.
When an emotional Stacey breaks down, Carmel comforts her and it seems that they’re finally on the same page again. However, when Carmel is left alone with Arthur, she makes another worrying discovery. Thursday More worried than ever, Carmel shares her concerns with Kush – before deciding to take matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, Sonia notices something strange about Bex’s attitude towards her kiss with Gethin. When Michelle suggests that Bex could have her own crush on Gethin, Sonia tells him they shouldn’t see each other anymore. Can Gethin talk her round?
Monday Stacey, Martin and Kush are desperate to find out what’s wrong with Arthur after he was found unconscious and rushed to hospital. Later, once Stacey and Martin are left alone by Kush, the doctor reveals what seems to have caused Arthur’s health scare. Will it be shocking news for Stacey?
The past comes crashing into the present when a patient recognises Nina from the newspapers. Truths emerge, casting new light on old events, but can Matteo and Nina finally put Nico to rest?
Meanwhile, Gethin intervenes when a man called Mr Waters arrives to confront Sonia over what happened in Kettering. Sonia is grateful for his support and admits the truth, which also leaves her family reeling. Elsewhere, Johnny is concerned to hear that Ted could be jailed for five years over his shooting. Tuesday A concerned Carmel offers to help Stacey with the children, but Stacey quickly clocks onto the fact that Carmel doesn’t trust her with Arthur anymore.
Meanwhile, Fredrik tests Hanssen’s patience when he oversteps the line on the ward. Elsewhere, it’s Ollie’s first day back at work after his split with Zosia, and reminders of his recent heartbreak are everywhere. Can he build a future at Holby?
Week Days 08:00 Breakfast with Peter Hurst 11:00 Mornings with Dennis Christian - DC, AM to PM 14:00 Afternoons with Alex Trelinski - Alex in the Afternoon. 17:00 Drivetime (AKA Tea Time) with Mark Nolan
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Friday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Neighbourhood Blues 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 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Britain Afloat MaryAnn Ochota discovers the story of the Thames sailing barge, a boat that played a key part in London’s history. The barges were used to transport goods and building materials up the Thames, from Victorian times to the early 20th century. 21:00 EastEnders Although Martin once again tries to explain himself to Stacey, the tension between them grows worse. 21:30 Live: Invictus Games JJ Chalmers and Daraine Mulvihill present coverage of the final day of swimming, and Ade Adepitan has the latest news from the wheelchair basketball preliminary stages. 22:00 Death in Paradise DI Goodman finds himself embroiled in the world of modelling when a young star is strangled. 23:00 News 23:35 Graham Norton 00:25 Room 101 00:55 Film - Up in the Air (14) 02:40 Weather 02:45 News
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Fake Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 The £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 Great American Railroad Journeys 17:15 Earthflight 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 This Farming Life It is mid summer and David and Sandra have to shear the sheep and start to train a month-old foal, dairy farmers Stuart and Aylett Roan take a break from the cows to prepare for piglets, and Robin and Penny’s hay harvest is threatened by the weather. 21:00 Mastermind John Humphrys presents another heat of the quiz. 21:30 Only Connect A team of fashion fans take on a team of football coaches. 22:00 Gardeners’ World Monty shows how to prune and train the summer growth of climbing roses and makes the most of the seasonal warmth by planting perennials and sowing annuals. 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Dragons’ Den 01:05 Later ... with Jools Holland 03:05 Venice Biennale: Britain’s New Voices 03:40 The Search for a New Earth 05:10 This Is BBC Two
French and Saunders reunited for 30th special
Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will be back together this festive season as BBC Studios Comedy brings a special anniversary episode of their award-winning sketch show French and Saunders to BBC One. Reuniting for their first show in 10 years, the huge comedy talents that brought the world Absolutely Fabulous and The Vicar of Dibley are coming back to a screen near you to celebrate 30 years of French and Saunders. Dawn and Jennifer promise to be the uproarious and madcap twosome that they have been since 1987 with a show bursting with greatest hits, hilarious rarities, and even some new material. Dawn French says: “We’ve got our lucky pants on and
we're ready to get funny...” Jennifer Saunders says: “We have almost deliberately stayed alive this long just to force the British Broadcorping Castration to put us on television one last time.” Jon Plowman, Executive Producer says: “To be honest I wouldn't have a career without them so it’s terrific that they're back together for this show of old, gold and new stuff. They are two of the greats and it's good that they've finally found each other's phone numbers for the first time in a while.” Additionally, to celebrate Dawn French’s 60th birthday next month, her critically acclaimed one-woman show, 30 Million Minutes, will air on BBC Two at 10pm this Sunday.
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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 Emma is determined. 20:30 Coronation Street Gary takes out his stress on an oblivious Sarah. 21:00 Teach My Pet to Do That Alexander Armstrong opens the doors of his pet training school to Ethel the goat and Fagin the crow. 21:30 Coronation Street Nicola provides Gary with a sympathetic ear. 22:00 Cold Feet Tina is devastated when revenge porn featuring her surfaces online. Adam cannot resist taking matters into his own hands by seeking out Jamie, Tina's ex and the suspected perpetrator, and giving him his just desserts. Karen prepares to fight hard to defeat Benjamin's takeover bid and David draws on his business acumen to support her in their meeting. However, it's not enough and unless she finds cash Karen stands to lose everything she's worked so hard to build. 23:00 News 23:45 Bad Move 00:15 Tonight at the London Palladium 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Storage Hoarders
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:55 Malaysian Grand Prix Practice 2 Live. 10:35 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 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 My Kitchen Rules UK 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Unreported World Marcel Theroux explores the extraordinary world of China’s music stars, inspired by hip-hop, punk and K-pop but working under increasing censorship and an authoritarian government. 21:00 The Crystal Maze Maze Master Richard Ayoade guides the Well Read and Underfed team, a group of plucky students through the Maze. But will they graduate with honours or will the Maze mark them down? 22:00 Gogglebox Fly-onthe-wall series in which TV viewers share more of their sharp, insightful, passionate and sometimes emotional critiques of the week's biggest and best shows from the comfort of their own sofas. 23:00 The Last Leg 00:05 First Dates 01:10 Back 01:40 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 02:20 Film - The Man With the Iron Fists (18) 03:55 Electric Dreams
Sheridan Smith to star in her own tv special
Sheridan Smith will star in a lavish TV special for ITV, airing later this year. This one-off TV extravaganza will see the multi awardwinning actress and singer headline her very own show, Sheridan, for the first time. The star of ITV shows such as Mrs Biggs and Cilla - for which she won a BAFTA TV Award - will showcase exclusive performances of songs from her new album, as well as an array of stunning musical numbers, all accompanied by a live orchestra. Sheridan will also be speaking all about her life, stratospheric career and status as a national treasure. The show, made by ITV studios, is sure to be a wonderful celebration of Sheridan, one of Britain’s most recog-
nisable stars of stage and screen, and her love of music and performing. Sheridan said: “I am so excited to be performing my songs and sharing my journey with my fans, friends and family. It's a dream come true...” Lee Connolly, Creative Director for ITV Entertainment, said: “With such a stellar career as an actor, it's easy to forget that Sheridan is also a wonderful singer. With brilliant performances in ITV's Cilla and as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl it reminded us why Sheridan is such a special and unique performer and we are delighted to be making this one off special with her.” Sheridan will be made by ITV studios and will air on ITV later this autumn.
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 - Cradle of Lies 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Secrets Of The National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh Alan visits Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, an 18th-century cotton mill that is still home to a working mill as well as a museum. Oz Clarke uncovers some Civil War history at Dunster Castle in Somerset. Jon Culshaw visits a stately pile in an unusual location and Dan Jones joins an architectural dig on the south coast. 21:00 Britain By Bike With Larry and George Lamb On the Yorkshire Dales, the pair learn how to train a sheepdog, make pork pies, go fly-fishing and enjoy a raucous evening of ferret racing. 22:00 A Celebrity Taste Of Italy Actors Ian Lavender and Rula Lenska, travel reporter Judith Chalmers, TV mathmatician Johnny Ball and fitness guru Diana Moran learn about the culture and cuisine of Tuscany. 23:00 Celebrities: In Therapy 00:05 Alaska: A Year in the Wild 01:05 Cricket 02:05 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 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 Film - 2 Fast 2 Furious (14) ITV 3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:40 Heartbeat 08:40 Where the Heart Is 09:40 Wild at Heart 10:45 Judge Judy 12:00 George and Mildred 12:35 On the Buses 13:40 Barging Round Britain With John Sergeant 14:10 Heartbeat 15:10 Doc Martin 17:20 Wild at Heart 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:05 Lewis ITV 4 07:00 The Chase 08:45 The Avengers 09:50 The Car Chasers 10:50 Pawn Stars 11:50 Cash Cowboys 12:50 The Avengers 13:55 River Monsters 14:30 ITV Racing: Live From Newmarket 17:00 Minder 18:00 The Avengers 19:05 The Car Chasers 19:35 The Darts Show 20:05 Pawn Stars 21:00 Film The Living Daylights (PG) 23:40 Film - Fire Down Below (18)
Production begins on series three of Humans
Channel 4 and AMC have confirmed that filming on the Kudos produced, critically acclaimed series Humans has commenced. With writers Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley leading the writing team, the series is set in a parallel present and explores what happens when the lines between humans and machines are blurred. The eight-episode third series is due to air next year on Channel 4. Joining the cast this season is “Catastrophe” and “Apple Tree Yard” star Mark Bonnar. Mark Bonnar plays Neil Sommer. An intriguingly charming scientist on a government commission with whom Laura develops a strong personal connection. He joins series regulars Gemma Chan, Katherine
Parkinson, Tom GoodmanHill, Emily Berrington, Colin Morgan, Ivanno Jeremiah and Ruth Bradley. One year after the dawn of consciousness, a decimated and oppressed Synth population fights to survive in a world that hates and fears them. In a divided Britain, Synths and Humans struggle to broker an uneasy peace, but when fractures within the Synth community itself start to appear, all hope of stability is threatened. As the synth family, Mia, Niska and Max continue to battle for their right to survival, Joe, Laura and their children struggle to come to terms with the cataclysmic events of the last series and their deeply polarised views on the implications of the singularity.
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Stop All the Clocks: WH Auden in an Age of Anxiety
Saturday - BBCTwo Thirty years after his BBC film The Auden Landscape, director Adam Low returns to the poet and his work. Following surges of popularity - from featuring in Four Weddings And A Funeral to being the poet New Yorkers
turned to after 9/11 - Low reveals how Auden’s poetry helps us to better understand the 21st century and the tumultuous political climate in which we now live. Why does the poet - who began as the golden boy of the 1930s and ended up as the craggy-faced laureate
Russia with Simon Reeve Sunday - BBCTwo
A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Simon Reeve embarks on the first leg of an extraordinary threepart journey across Russia. Setting out amongst the active, snow-capped volcanoes of Kamchatka, over 4,000 miles from Moscow, Simon explores one of the remotest regions of the country. The population of Russia's far east has fallen dramatically in recent years, but travelling by chopper and skidoo, Simon finds indigenous reindeer herders who are still eking out a fragile we never had - have a existence. greater hold on our imaginations than ever before? Writers Alan Bennett, Polly Clark and Richard Curtis Sunday - BBCOne and poets James Fenton and Paul Muldoon share Drama about military police their passion for Auden, and and their families faced with celebrate the potent, moving political and personal conflicts in a 1960s British impact of his work. colony on the Red Sea coast. An officer and his wife arrive in Aden, where he is to replace a much-loved captain. Page makes his own emotional goodbyes - to his lover Alison Laithwaite, the troubled wife of Lieutenant Ed Laithwaite. Ed, meanwhile, airs his frustrations to Major Harry Markham about the treatment of an Adeni prisoner. When Markham insists he is simply following orders, Ed as well as 19-year-old Isaiah slips off to meet an NLF informant, who warns of an Hull.
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Kate Tempest Presents Saturday - BBCTwo The acclaimed poet introduces an evening of live verse and performance at the BBC's inaugural Contains Strong Language festival, which forms part of in Hull's 2017 City of Culture events programme. Kate Tempest performs some of her own work, and introduces poetry by a selection of spoken word artists from
across Britain, including brassy humourist Kate Fox,
imminent NLF attack, directed at the RMP and spearheaded by new leader Abdul-Kadir Hakim. Settling in, Honor is immediately drawn to the enigmatic Alison, despite Joe’s con-
cerns about their husbands’ differing ranks. She is also welcomed by Mary Markham, mother to six year-old George. But danger is never far away in Aden...
Saturday TV 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 13:00 Football Focus 14:00 News 14:15 Super League Rugby 15:15 Bargain Hunt 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:00 Final Score 18:10 Live: Invictus Games 18:40 News 19:00 Pointless Celebrities Strictly Come 19:45 Dancing Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present the first live show of the series, as the scores awarded to the 15 couples in the previous round are added to those given out following this week’s performances.
07:15 How We Won the War 07:45 Coast 08:30 Film - Herbie Goes Bananas 10:00 Saturday Mash-Up 12:00 Natural World 13:00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 14:00 Flog It! 14:30 Mastermind 15:00 University Challenge 15:30 Only Connect 16:00 Live: World Championship Rowing 18:30 Gardeners’ World 19:30 The Big Family Cooking Showdown Zoe Ball and Nadiya Hussain host the penultimate heat, pitting teams from South Wales and Dorset against each other.
20:30 Front Row Nikki Bedi is joined by guests 21:50 Casualty Connie including Ian Hislop to cast undergoes tests and, as a critical eye on this week’s she anxiously awaits the arts offerings. results, she focuses on Ethan’s consultancy revi- 21:00 Britain Afloat Marysion. Elsewhere, Elle meets Ann Ochota discovers the a potential love interest. story of the Thames sailing barge. 22:40 Mrs Brown’s Boys It’s all kicking off in the 21:30 Dad’s Army Brown residence as Rory Mainwaring encourages and Dino have a bust up women to join the platoon. and Mark and Betty announce their imminent 22:00 Stop All the Clocks: departure to Australia. Plus, WH Auden in an Age of after a strange phone call Anxiety Thirty-five years from a solicitor, Agnes’s after his BBC film “The children start to suspect Auden Landscape’, director one of them might be Adam Low returns to the adopted. poet and his work.
23:10 News 23:30 Match of the Day 00:55 The NFL Show 01:25 Film - The Salton Sea (18) 03:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:05 News
23:00 Kate Tempest Presents 23:30 Later ... with Jools Holland 00:35 Film - The Edge of Love (15) 02:20 Film - Trishna (14) 04:05 This Is BBC Two
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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 Midsomer Murders 15:25 Catchphrase 16:10 The X Factor 17:10 Thunderbirds Are Go 17:40 Little Big Shots 18:35 News 19:00 Cannonball
07:00 NIC Hamilton’s Racing Dream 07:55 Malaysian Grand Prix Practice 3 Live. 09:25 F1 Meets... Nigel Mansell 09:55 Malaysian Grand Prix Qualifying Live 12:45 World’s Most Expensive Cars 13:40 The Simpsons 14:30 Malaysian Grand Prix Qualifying Replay 16:30 A Place in the Sun: 20:00 The Family Chase Winter Sun 18:35 Location, The O’Hare family from Location, Location 19:30 Liverpool join forces to try News and outsmart one of the country’s finest quiz brains. 20:00 Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony 21:00 The X Factor Robinson Sir Tony walks Dermot O'Leary presents Offa’s Dyke in the footsteps as the Bootcamp stage of of William Wordsworth, this year's contest begins. meets Wales’s fearsome Judges Simon Cowell, dragon and ponders the Nicole Scherzinger, Sharon priceless gold coin issued Osbourne and Louis Walsh by King Offa. set the contestants a series WWII’s Great of tests to demonstrate 21:00 their ability to sing and Escapes: The Freedom dance, with the outcome Trails Monty Halls recounts deciding who gets to go the story of a daring SAS through to this year's Six mission behind enemy lines in northern Italy, and Chair Challenge. retraces the troops’ dramat22:30 The Jonathan Ross ic escape route across the Show Jonathan is joined by Apuan Alps. US actress and singer Demi Lovato, and Doc 22:00 Film - Now You See Martin star Martin Clunes. Me A federal agent and an Plus, TV presenter Holly Interpol detective play a Willoughby takes a seat on cat-and-mouse game with the sofa, and as The X cunning illusionists who rob Factor reaches the boot- corrupt business leaders camp stage, chart-topping during their performances, 2012 winner James Arthur then funnel the money to members of the audience. puts in an appearance. (PG) 23:30 News 23:45 Film Film American Pie 2 (18) 01:40 00:15 Jackpot247 04:00 The Transcendence (PG) 02:20 Hungry Sailors 04:50 ITV The Last Leg 03:15 Hollyoaks Omnibus Nightscreen
07:00 Milkshake 11:10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:45 Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 12:40 Benefits 13:40 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 15:35 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 17:35 News 17:40 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!
07:05 The King of Queens 07:30 British GT Championship Motor Racing 08:00 Malaysian Grand Prix Live Build Up 08:35 Malaysian Grand Prix Live. 11:00 Malaysian Grand Prix Live Reaction 11:45 Sunday Brunch 14:30 Malaysian Grand Prix Replay 17:15 The Crystal Maze 18:15 The Great British Bake Off 19:30 News
07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Football 13:00 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 13:30 Film - Bewitched (PG) 15:30 Film - Leap Year Film 17:20 (PG) Serendipity (PG)
19:35 Film - The Fifth Element In the 23rd century, the world faces destruction from a seemingly unstoppable force of pure evil. Meanwhile, a New York cab driver encounters a mysterious woman destined to save the Earth from its fate, and has to protect her from a scheming arms dealer and a horde of alien mercenaries. Luc Besson's sci-fi adventure, starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman. (PG) 22:00 Football Colin Murray introduces highlights from the weekend's games, including Cardiff City v Derby County at Cardiff City Stadium, Ipswich Town v Bristol City at Portman Road, and Reading v Norwich City. 23:25 Film - Jumper A man discovers he has the ability to teleport, a talent he cleverly exploits to rob banks undetected while living a life of luxury. (PG) 01:05 SuperCasino 04:10 Film - Throw Momma From the Train (12) 05:40 Access
07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:40 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:30 The X Factor 13:35 Take Me Out 14:55 Film - Babe 16:45 Film - The Smurfs 2 18:50 Film - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG) 22:00 Film - The Hangover (18) 00:10 Family Guy 01:35 American Dad! 02:05 Celebrity Juice 02:50 Bromans ITV 3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 Murder, She Wrote 08:15 Film - Death on the Nile (PG) 11:00 Columbo 12:40 Film - Buried Treasure 14:45 Rosemary and Thyme 15:45 Foyle’s War 20:00 Midsomer Murders 00:05 Film - My Boy Jack (15) 02:05 On the Buses ITV 4 07:00 Football Rivalries 07:10 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Motor Racing 08:00 Motorsport UK 09:00 Monster Carp 10:00 Fishing Allstars 10:30 ITV Racing 11:30 World Cup Top Goalscorers 11:45 Pawn Stars 14:30 ITV Racing: Live From Newmarket 17:00 Pawn Stars 17:25 Film - The Dam Busters (12) 20:00 Hornblower 22:20 Film Heartbreak Ridge (15) 01:00 Film - Falling Down (18) 03:15 The Car Chasers 03:40 Football's Greatest
Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 08:35 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Money for Nothing 15:00 Escape to the Country 16:00 Points of View 16:15 Songs of Praise 16:50 How to Stay Young 17:50 Live: Invictus Games 18:50 News 19:15 Countryfile Ellie is in South Yorkshire following in the footsteps of the Clarion Ramblers, England’s first working men’s walking society. 20:15 Strictly Come Dancing Tess and Claudia present as the judges scores are combined with the results of this year's first public vote to determine which of the 15 couples are facing elimination. 21:00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce presents the show from Minehead Railway Station. 22:00 The Last Post Captain Joe Martin arrives in Aden with his wife Honor to replace the outgoing and much-loved Captain Nick Page of the Royal Military Police. 23:00 News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 00:35 The Women’s Football Show 01:10 Weather 01:15 News
07:00 Great British Garden Revival 08:00 Gardeners’ World 09:00 The Beechgrove Garden 09:30 Countryfile 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00 Live: Great Scottish Run 14:45 Live: NFL Football 19:00 Super League Rugby
07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 11:00 Peston on Sunday 11:55 Amazing Animal Births 12:25 Robson Green’s Coastal Lives 12:55 Bigheads 13:55 News 14:00 ITV Racing: Prix De L’arc De Triomphe 20:00 Russia with Simon 16:30 The X Factor 18:00 Reeve Setting out amongst Victoria 19:00 News the snow-capped volcanoes of Kamchatka, over 19:30 Tipping Point: 4,000 miles from Moscow, Lucky Stars Have Labour Simon explores one of the MP Alan Johnson, Jimmy remotest regions of the Bullard and Katherine Ryan got what it takes to beat the country. extraordinary machine and 21:00 Astronauts: Do You win thousands of pounds Have What It Takes? At for charity. the Shuttle Landing Facility on Florida’s Space Coast, 20:30 The X Factor Chris Hadfield probes if Dermot O'Leary presents they have considered the the Bootcamp stage of this risks. They experience year's contest. Judges weightlessness as their Simon, Nicole, Sharon and motor skills are tested at Louis set the contestants a 30,000 feet, and the winner series of tests to demonis decided at London’s strate their ability to sing and dance, with the outScience Museum. come deciding who gets to 22:00 Dragons’ Den The go through to this year's Six Dragons meet a duo hoping Chair Challenge. to pack a punch with their boxing tech business. Also 22:00 Victoria When news in the ring is a coffee brew- of the horrific famine in ing entrepreneur who is Ireland finally reaches the looking for success but Queen, she is adamant that finds himself in hot water her government should be doing more to help. for fumbling his financials. 23:00 Dawn French Live 00:55 Film - Isn’t She Great (14) 02:25 Question Time 03:25 Holby City 04:25 This Is BBC Two
23:05 News 23:20 Peston on Sunday 00:20 Liar 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Motorsport UK 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
20:00 Escape to the Chateau It’s Spring and Dick buys a tractor, with plans to tame the walled garden. 21:00 Escape Five engineers stranded in the middle of hostile desert terrain, surrounded by the wreckage of a vehicle, have only one way to survive - build a new machine and get out of there. 22:00 Electric Dreams Ed, is a down-trodden station attendant whose main goal is to simply get through life unscathed. One day he encounters a woman who sets him on a journey to a town that doesn’t exist. 23:05 Boris Johnson: Blond Ambition 00:00 Film The Three Musketeers (PG) 02:10 WWII’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails 03:05 Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson
19:05 Film - Jack the Giant Slayer A young farmhand gets swept into the realm of legend when he must defend his land from a seemingly unstoppable force of giant warriors. (PG) 21:00 Aviva Premiership Rugby Mark DurdenSmith and David Flatman present the best Aviva Premiership action from across the weekend. 21:55 News The Film 22:00 Expendables 3 Soldier of fortune Barney Ross discovers an old friend he was forced to kill is still alive, and has become a powerful arms dealer with vengeance on his mind. Barney is forced to recruit a new band of mercenaries and adopt more modern tactics to deal with this threat to him and his past associates. (PG) 00:25 Film - Under Siege (15) 02:20 SuperCasino 04:10 Film - Against All Flags (U)
07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:15 You’ve Been Framed! 08:05 Coronation Street Omnibus 11:00 Guidance 11:30 LA Story 11:40 Cheerleaders Steel Rays 12:05 Ready, Set, Style 12:15 Third Wheel 12:45 The X Factor 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:55 Film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 16:45 Film - Happy Feet 18:55 Film - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (12) 22:00 Chris & Kem 23:05 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 08:45 Heartbeat 10:50 Murder, She Wrote 14:05 Film - The Belles of St. Trinian’s 15:55 Columbo 18:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 23:00 Film - If I Had You ITV 4 07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:10 The Darts Show 07:35 The Avengers 08:45 The Car Chasers 09:15 Storage Wars 10:10 Pawn Stars 11:30 Live: British Touring Car Championship 19:35 Goodwood Revival 20:35 Fishing Allstars 21:00 The Chase: Celebrity Special 22:05 Film - Memphis Belle (PG)
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07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Fake Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 ICF World Championship Slalom Canoeing 15:00 World Championship Rowing 16:45 Great American Railroad Journeys 17:15 This Farming Life 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes 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 Alphabetical 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
20:00 Antiques Road Trip Paul and Natasha are antiquing in Norfolk.
21:00 Countrywise Ben Fogle looks for blue sharks off the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall, while Liz Bonnin is in Dorset to sample local gin and find out why it is a true taste of the countryside. Plus, there's a return to Ravenseat Farm in the Yorkshire Dales, where shepherdess Amanda Owen and her brood of nine children head off to auction to sell their lambs.
21:00 University Challenge Emmanuel College fight it out against St Hugh’s College. 21:30 Upstart Crow Will Shakespeare takes it badly when told his new play about two sets of identical twins separated at birth and given the same names is rather far-fetchedl. 22:00 The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken see how powerful reflexes keep us safe from danger. 23:00 W1A 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Today at Conference 00:45 Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World 01:45 Countryfile 02:40 Celebrity MasterChef
20:00 Emmerdale Moira is confronted. 20:30 Coronation Street Mel resorts to drastic measures to keep Bethany away from court.
21:30 Coronation Street Will Nathan’s plan to derail his trial succeed? 22:00 Liar Laura travels to Edinburgh, determined to uncover the truth behind Andrew’s wife’s death. 23:00 News 23:45 100 Year Old Driving School 00:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 My Kitchen Rules UK 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food Jamie cooks a tasty tikka roast chicken, a vibrant carrot and grain salad, a super-speedy crab spaghetti, and chocolate orange shortbread. 21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story Kate Quilton travels to South Africa, to see if the baobab tree might help with diabetes. 22:00 The Undateables Richard is 43 and autistic and last year managed his first-ever second date. Can he now build on this success with Anna? There is also Sam from Surrey, who has a form of autism, and struggles to get beyond friendship with girls. 23:00 First Dates 00:05 Too Posh to Parent 01:10 How’d You Get So Rich? 01:55 The Supervet 02:50 Location, Location, Location 03:45 Grand Designs Australia
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 The Mentalist 16:15 Film - Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Car Crash TV Horrors include the art of overtaking, it’s behind you, incorrect intersections, the great car crashini, abracar-dabra, car pinball, want to ride my bicycle, crash scene investigation, the blame game and the Car Crash TV driver of the week. 21:00 Police Interceptors Mark tracks down a suspect believed to be cultivating drugs. Interceptor Jules rushes to assist a fellow officer, and Jacko chases a runaway in a high speed pursuit. 22:00 Inside The Railway Signal problems lead to a restricted service during rush hour. Twenty four hours later, the same signal leads to the complete suspension of the line. 23:00 When Sharks Attack 00:05 Film - Total Recall (14) 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 A Celebrity Taste Of Italy
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 Chris & Kem 23:05 Family Guy ITV 3 07:25 Heartbeat 08:20 Where the Heart Is 09:20 Wild at Heart 10:20 Judge Judy 11:40 Film - Bertie & Elizabeth 13:40 Wild at Heart 14:40 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:50 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Marple 23:05 Lewis ITV 4 07:00 Cash Cowboys 07:45 Pawn Stars 08:30 The Saint 09:30 Ironside 10:35 Quincy, M.E. 11:35 Minder 12:35 The Avengers 13:40 The Saint 14:50 Ironside 15:55 Quincy, M.E. 16:55 The Sweeney 17:55 The Avengers 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 River Monsters 22:00 Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera 23:00 Film - The Specialist (15)
Tuesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Neighbourhood Blues 12:45 Caught Red Handed 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 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Carmel is left shaken by recent events. 21:00 Holby City Matteo makes a devastating discovery when a stranger recognises Nina on the ward. Also, Fredrik tries to impress Hanssen, but only winds up testing his patience, and Ollie is back at work, how will he cope without Zosia?
22:00 Doctor Foster Gemma goes to extreme lengths in order to come out on top and win back her old life, but this time has she gone too far? 23:00 News 23:45 The Insider 00:35 The Monkey Lab 01:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:20 News
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 World’s Busiest Cities 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 The £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 15:45 How the Wild West was Won with Ray Mears 16:45 Great American Railroad Journeys 17:15 This Farming Life 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes 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 Alphabetical 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Emma is resolute.
20:30 Save Money: Good Health Journalist Sian Williams and Dr Ranj Singh look at which cold and flu remedies are most effective for the money, and whether the products 20:00 Antiques Road Trip we buy do actually work. The West Country beckons for James and Raj . Kicking 21:00 Robson Green’s off in Bath, they motor Coastal Lives Robson is through Bristol and in Pembrokeshire, meetHungerford, before board- ing the family who have ing the IOW ferry. Both bought their very own believe an island auction island. will attract bidders looking 21:30 Call the Cleaners for nautical fare. Maxine and Jasmine tack21:00 Saving Lives at Sea le one of their biggest A father and son are in dan- hoarder jobs yet, an elderger after jumping into res- ly man who has a bungalow packed with 30 years’ cue a drowning dog. worth of belongings. 22:00 Reformation: Europe’s Holy War David 22:00 Cilla Sheridan Starkey tells the story of Smith takes the lead role the Protestant in Jeff Pope's three-part drama charting Cilla Reformation. Black's rise to fame in the 23:00 Later Live... with 1960s. Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Today at 23:00 News 23:40 Safe 00:40 Lethal Conference 00:45 NFL House 01:30 This Week 01:35 How to Weapon Stay Young 02:35 Without Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women Limits: Vietnam
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 My Kitchen Rules UK 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Great British Bake Off There's a savoury signature, where contestants must impress judges Paul and Prue with style and substance. There's also a multi-layered technical, and an ambitious final challenge, in which the bakers make a traditional pie. Sandi and Noel are with the contestants every step of the way, ready with a pertinent pep talk or a shoulder to cry on. 22:15 Barbie: The Most Famous Doll in the World Mary Portas explores the iconic status of Barbie. She visits the manufacturer, meets the superfans, and asks if the doll can survive in an increasingly genderneutral world. 23:20 Gogglebox 00:25 Parenting for Idiots 01:25 Music on 4 01:50 Escape 02:50 The Supervet 03:45 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 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 Film - Heart of Murder 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Tony Robinson: Coast To Coast In the Eden Valley, Tony makes a dramatic ascent to limestone paved Asby Scar, the last evidence of a 300 million-year-old tropical sea. He also finds out why border collies make perfect sheepdogs, before reflecting upon the huge drystone cairns at Nine Standards Rigg. 21:00 The Yorkshire Vet Katy needs advice from Peter and Julian when a lamb is born with five legs, Percy the peacock pays a visit to a council estate, and Julian gets up close and personal with a burly young bullock. 22:00 Alaska: A Year in the Wild Summer has arrived in Alaska. This sets the scene for one of the world’s greatest migrations of the Alaskan salmon run. 23:00 When Chat Shows Go Horribly Wrong 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 Eamonn and Ruth’s 7 Year Itch
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 - 22 Jump Street (14) ITV 3 07:00 Coronation Street 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 Where the Heart Is 09:50 Wild at Heart 10:50 Judge Judy 11:20 Inspector Morse 13:35 Wild at Heart 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:50 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 The Booze Cruise 23:10 Lewis ITV 4 07:00 The Car Chasers 07:50 Pawn Stars 08:35 The Saint 09:35 Ironside 10:40 Quincy, M.E. 11:40 The Sweeney 12:50 The Avengers 13:55 The Saint 14:55 Ironside 16:00 Quincy, M.E. 17:00 The Sweeney 18:00 The Avengers 19:05 The Car Chasers 20:05 Pawn Stars 21:00 FIM World Superbike Series Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Caught on Camera
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Wednesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Neighbourhood Blues 12:45 Caught Red Handed 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 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Who Do You Think You Are? The American actress, comedian and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax traces her family tree, travelling to Central Europe to learn about the lives of her parents, who fled from Vienna in 1938 to escape the Nazis. She also learns about their dysfunctional household, and questions if her own mental health issues had their origins in her upbringing, and the trauma her parents went through. 22:00 The Apprentice Alan Sugar begins another search for a business partner, challenging a new group of candidates to design and manufacture their own burgers to sell to the public in London. Chaos in the kitchen throws one team into disarray, while the other team wastes valuable time deciding how to label their product. Back in the boardroom, tensions rise as the candidates face Lord Sugar for the first time.
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 See Hear 09:30 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 The £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 15:45 How the Wild West was Won with Ray Mears 16:45 Great American Railroad Journeys 17:15 This Farming Life 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Antiques Road Trip James and Raj hunt continues in the New Forest and Cheshire. 21:00 Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World From the invention of Paypal in the nineties to the smartphone app economy that followed ten years later, this is the story of how tech giants brought about the digital payment revolution and formulated a plan to one day kill cash. 22:00 The Detectives: Murder on the Streets With multiple suspects now in custody the investigation in to the murder of Daniel continues to prove complex.
23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Today at Conference 00:45 23:00 News 23:45 A Astronauts 01:45 See Hear Question of Sport 00:15 02:15 Tribes, Predators & Ambulance 01:15 Weather Me 03:15 Astronauts 04:15 This Is BBC Two 01:20 News
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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 Alphabetical 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale A life hangs in the balance. 20:30 Coronation Street Daniel digs for dirt on Phelan’s flats swindle. 21:00 Bad Move Nicky and Steve’s dreams of peaceful country nights are shattered by Grizzo and his band rehearsing his latest album outdoors. 21:30 Coronation Street Phelan inadvertently provides Daniel with a new lead. 22:00 Doc Martin The GP is perturbed when he discovers Louisa, who is already spending much of her time away, has applied to take up a child and adolescent counselling course. However, achieving a work-life balance is far from the greatest of concerns for some of the Ellinghams' neighbours, not least of whom is Al, whose plans to demonstrate his business acumen are placed in jeopardy when Ken decides to close the pub. 23:00 News 23:40 Play to the Whistle 00:25 Unbelievable Moments: Caught on Camera 01:20 Jackpot247 04:00 May the Best House Win
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 My Kitchen Rules UK 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location In south Devon, Kirstie Allsopp searches for a property in a small seaside town where there’s nothing on sale, and Phil Spencer meets a couple looking for a place to raise chickens. 22:00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud meets designers Beth and Andrew, who have rescued a crumbling Victorian dairy in south east London and plan to convert it into a family home, while retaining as much of the ramshackle roof, rust and crumbling brickwork as possible. However, as they begin stripping back the old building, the true extent of its condition becomes plain, and the couple have to decide quite how much decay they are willing to live with. 23:00 Back 23:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:35 Educating Greater Manchester 01:35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:25 Film - Blue Valentine (18)
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 - Fatal Memories 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Britain By Bike With Larry and George Lamb The father-and-son duo take to two wheels and explore Britain's national parks, beginning with the Yorkshire Dales. In Malham Cove, they investigate a limestone cliff that is considered the jewel in the Yorkshire Dales' crown. Larry introduces George to actor Duncan Preston. 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors Couples visit the GPs together this week. David’s wife is worried that he may have dementia, but he thinks she is being over-dramatic. Patrick looks after his wife Mary on top of a full-time job, and the stress is getting to him. 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Max and Steve attempt to calm a situation where a debtor loses his temper. Matt and Garry attempt to help an accountant who is asset rich but cash poor. 23:00 Fritzl: What Happened Next 00:05 Countdown to MurderC8 01:05 Murder On The Internet 02:00 SuperCasino
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 The Cube 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 Below Deck 12:15 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 13:50 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 Celebrity Showmance 23:00 Family Guy 00:30 American Dad! 01:30 Two and a Half Men 02:30 Through the Keyhole ITV 3 07:00 Coronation Street 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 Where the Heart Is 09:50 Wild at Heart 10:50 Judge Judy 11:20 Inspector Morse 13:35 Wild at Heart 14:40 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:50 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:05 Lewis 01:05 Inspector Morse ITV 4 07:00 Snooker and Racing 07:05 The Car Chasers 07:55 Pawn Stars 08:50 The Saint 09:55 Ironside 11:00 Live: EIBA Indoor Test Match Bowls 18:30 The Car Chasers 19:30 Storage Wars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 British Superbikes Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Film - The Living Daylights (PG) 00:40 Film - Memphis Belle (PG) 02:50 Ax Men 03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen
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07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 Mountain: Life at the Extreme 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 The £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 15:45 How the Wild West was Won with Ray Mears 16:45 Great American Railroad Journeys 17:15 This Farming Life 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Coast: The Great Guide Tessa Dunlop and Neil Oliver present the ultimate guide to the Cornish coast - from the River Tamar to Tintagel Castle as they tell the stories that make this stretch so unique. 21:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown The Boyes family will be hoping to impress judges Rosemary and Giorgio with their high-end presentation. 22:00 Russia with Simon Reeve The second leg of Simon’s journey across Russia begins in Siberia and takes him to the majestic Caucasus Mountains. 23:00 MOTD: The Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Detectives: Murder on the Streets 01:15 Live: World Championship Gymnastics 04:00 Celebrity MasterChef
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 Alphabetical 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale The individual’s loved ones are devastated to hear the news. 20:30 World Cup Qualifier Live: England v Slovenia Mark Pougatch presents live coverage of England’s penultimate World Cup qualifier against Slovenia at Wembley Stadium. A win for Gareth Southgate’s side will ensure qualification for next year’s World Cup in Russia with a game to spare. Joe Hart was the star performer for England when the teams met in Ljubljana back in October 2016, as the West Ham goalkeeper produced a string of saves to help earn his side a 0-0 draw. A year on, Southgate will look to the likes of in-form strikers Harry Kane and Marcus Rashford to see England over the line with a game to spare. Mark is joined by Ian Wright, Lee Dixon and Ryan Giggs for expert analysis, and commentary comes from Clive Tyldesley and former England manager Glenn Hoddle. (Kick-off 20.45) 23:00 News 23:45 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Football 00:50 Sports Life Stories 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A New Life in the Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 17:00 My Kitchen Rules UK 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Supervet A border collie called Buzz is referred to Fitzpatrick’s with a suspicious lump on his ankle. Noel can see Buzz is in a lot of pain. His recovery does not go to plan and proves extremely challenging. 22:00 Educating Greater Manchester The teachers struggle to contain a Snapchat revolution when an anonymous schoolwide message encourages students to break the rules by wearing trainers. Headteacher Mr Povey tries to negotiate peace between two year 11 girls who have fallen out because one of them spoke to a boy on FaceTime, and Miss Bland helps 11-year-old Caprice, who refuses to come to school after being called names on social media. 23:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 23:50 The Undateables 00:55 Gogglebox 02:00 Barbie 02:55 Boris Johnson: Blond Ambition 03:50 Unreported World
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 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 The Cheating Pact 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Dog handler Mark Sheenan tracks down a suspect believed to be cultivating drugs, who won’t come quietly. Interceptor Jules Bennett rushes to assist a fellow officer, and Jacko chases a runaway in a high speed pursuit. 21:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Following up on an Essex landlady who had to go to extraordinary lengths to evict her tenants, a landlord whose tenant refused to get the message, and another landlord who cannot move on with his life until he gets his tenants evicted. 22:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Mark had to take his neighbour Fran to court after she unleashed a campaign of harassment. Also, a quiet corner of East Sussex becomes a battle ground over a border dispute, and a party house disrupts the peace in Southampton. 23:00 Gypsy Kids 00:05 Fritzl: What Happened Next 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Yorkshire Vet 05:00 World's Most Pampered Pets
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 Bromans 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 01:15 American Dad! 02:10 Two and a Half Men 02:40 Celebrity Showmance ITV 3 07:00 Coronation Street 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 Where the Heart Is 09:50 Wild at Heart 10:50 Judge Judy 11:20 Inspector Morse 13:35 Wild at Heart 14:40 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:50 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:05 Lewis 01:05 Inspector Morse 03:10 ITV3 Nightscreen ITV 4 07:00 British Touring Car Crashes 07:10 The Chase 09:00 The Car Chasers 10:00 Pawn Stars 11:00 Live: EIBA Indoor Test Match Bowls 18:30 The Car Chasers 19:35 Storage Wars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Hornblower 23:10 Film - The Outlaw Josey Wales (15) 01:55 The Avengers 03:00 The Sweeney
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7 Established customs in religious dress (6) 8 The wild cat Coe runs around a great deal (6) 9 Get chills and fever from some colleagues (4) 10 Nationality hidden in camera (8) 11 Wider British road and a ruler (7) 13 Put off Peter by swapping a new penny for an old one (5) 15 Start being confused (5) 17 Act like a harbour fish (7) 20 Bosses will come from a rebuilt East Germany, but not yet (8) 21 Amazed silver got back less time (4) 22 Go back to surrender again? (6) 23 Rubbed out the start of the earnings related and salary enhanced dividend (6)
1 An old car is explosive (6) 2 A strange idea for an assistant (4) 3 Has made model embarrassed (7) 4 The policeman and the newspaperman managed together (5) 5 Rosa left the presentation confused and remorseful (8) 6 Close a helter-skelter, that's a relief (6) 12 Excited mate and I are in disguise (8) 14 Add water, causing mines to explode (7) 16 Commercial in Eve's skirts (6) 18 So Dean is affected by some Poles (6) 19 The first woman is given about two pounds for flat (5) 21 A farmer starts off in the distance (4)
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Across 1 From the French for ‘to rock’, what name is given to a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep? (8) 7 What is the first name of the Cockney flower girl in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s classic musical My Fair Lady? (5) 8 Which waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore is used in perfume? (9) 9 Which nautical term means at, near, or towards the stern of a ship? (3) 10 What name was applied to an agricultural labourer bound by the feudal system who was tied to working on his lord’s estate? (4) 11/14 Which British playwright won the 2005 Nobel prize for Literature? (6,6) 13 Which city is the state capital of Texas? (6) 14 See 11 17 In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, what is the name of the sweet, docile, younger sister of Katharina? (6) 18 In snooker what name is given to a slight touch of a ball against another ball? (4) 20 See 21 Down
22 What name is given to a member of a choir, especially a child or young person singing the treble part in a church choir? (9) 23 What name is given to the positively charged electrode by which the electrons leave an electrical device? (5) 24 Which ancient and medieval musical instrument similar to a dulcimer is played by plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum? (8) Down 1 Which yellow metal is an alloy of copper and zinc? (5) 2 What was the maiden name of Margaret Thatcher? (7) 3 In the British nobility, which peer ranks below a marquis and above a viscount? (4) 4 What name is given to an additional tax on something already taxed, especially a higher rate of tax on incomes above a certain level? (6) 5 From the Arabic for ‘effort’, what name is given to a holy war undertaken by Muslims against unbelievers? (5) 6 What was the surname of the 19th French chemist and bacteriologist who
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Improve your Spanish - Clues in Spanish, answer in English or vice versa. Across Down 1 Además de (7) 5 Smooth (skin, hair) (5) 8 Chino (7) 9 Inepto (5) 10 Semillas (5) 11 To get married (7) 12 Queso (6) 14 Daño (a algo) (6) 17 Aspect (7) 19 Arches (5) 22 Doubts (uncertainties) (5) 23 Clima (7) 24 Ready (prepared) (5) 25 Chubascos (7)
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made pioneering studies in vaccination techniques? (7) 7 Tallinn is the capital of which Baltic country on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland? (7) 12 What name is given to the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies? (7) 13 Which serious bacterial disease of sheep and cattle that typically affects the skin and lungs, can be transmitted to humans? (7) 15 Which plant is the national emblem of Scotland? (7) 16 Hang On Sloopy, in 1965, was the only British top 10 hit single for which American band? (6) 17 What was the surname of the English romantic poet whose most notable works were Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and Don Juan? (5) 19 In which television comedy series did Ronnie Corbett play librarian Timothy Lumsden? (5) 21/20 Which British comedian starred in the films Oh Mr Porter (1938), Ask a Policeman (1939) and My Learned Friend (1944)? (4,3)
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Last Week’s Solutions Quizword Across: 1 Scrabble, 7 Frame, 8 Annie Hall, 9 Ace, 10 Toon, 11/21 Helmut Kohl, 13 Renato, 14 Snails, 17/13D Salman Rushdie, 18 Karl, 20 Hal, 22 Economics, 23 Invar, 24 Berliner. Down: 1 Shaft, 2 Rangoon, 3 Baez, 4 Loaves, 5 Rabat, 6 Genesis, 7 Fleming, 12 Stalker, 15 Italian, 16 Salome, 17 Slave, 19 Laser. Double Crossword Across: 1 Arts, 3 Volcanic, 9 Traffic, 10 Manor, 11 Contemplates, 13 Astute, 15 Stanza, 17 Run of the mill, 20 Eying, 21 Antenna, 22 Hat stand, 23 Trek. Down: 1 Autocrat, 2 Twain, 4 Occupy, 5 Compartments, 6 Nankeen, 7 Card, 8 Afterthought, 12 Hallmark, 14 Tourist, 16 Strain, 18 Inner, 19 Yeah. Quickie Across: 1 Modest, 4 Rumpus, 9 Syringe, 10 Globe, 11 Issue, 12 Besiege, 13 Observatory, 18 Curator, 20 Extra, 22 Again, 23 Upsurge, 24 Linger, 25 Unless. Down: 1 Misfit, 2 Darts, 3 Sincere, 5 Urges, 6 Pioneer, 7 Skewer, 8 Herbivorous, 14 Bargain, 15 Treason, 16 Scrawl, 17 Caress, 19 Tense, 21 Terse.
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Škoda Kodiaq Is 2018 Caravan And Motorhome Club Towcar Of The Year • • • •
Kodiaq wins two price and weight categories and is named overall Towcar of the Year Octavia Scout named best £26,000-£30,000 towcar Both ŠKODA models praised for performance, practicality and value for money ŠKODA takes towcar trophy tally to seven for 2017
It’s been pulling buyers in since hitting UK showrooms in March, and now the new ŠKODA Kodiaq has proved itself to be the ultimate towing companion by The Caravan and Motorhome Club. The seven-seater SUV has been named 2018 Towcar of the Year after taking victory in one of the toughest judging processes in the industry. The competition’s 44 entrants were split into seven price classes and two weight categories – under 1,800kg and over 1,800kg. In addition to winning the overall 2018 title, the Kodiaq – tested in 2.0 TDI 190PS SE L 4x4 DSG form – was also named as the best car in the £33,000-£38,000 price bracket, and the best car in the All-Wheel Drive Under 1800kg category. Now in its 35th year, the Caravan and Motorhome Club Towcar of the Year has one of the most thorough testing and judging procedures in the industry. Each car on the shortlist was put through its paces at the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire and was judged not only on its towing performance over the testing circuit at Millbrook, but also its practicality in daily use as a caravan towcar. Value for money, ease of hitching and the quality of handbook towing information were also taken into account during the judging process. Awarding the Kodiaq its Towcar of the year title, the judging committee said: “ŠKODA has once again built a fantastic, no nonsense, utterly awesome towcar. The Kodiaq put in one of the best performances of the competition. Relaxing, stable, dependable, comfortable touring at its best.” Not to be outdone by its larger sibling, the Octavia Scout also drove off with the award for Best £26,000-£30,000 Towcar – comfortably seeing off the competition to take the top spot. Tested in 2.0 TDI 150PS 4x4 form, the Scout won praise for its practicality and smooth driving experience. Announcing the Octavia Scout as the winner, the judges said: “The two-litre turbodiesel engine delivered power and acceleration seamlessly all the way. Traction, handling, driver comfort and ergonomics and the ‘confidence-inspiring’ brakes all received high marks.” ŠKODA’s latest haul of towing awards further reinforces the brand’s reputation in the caravanning community. In 2017 alone, the brand has won seven key industry titles, including Best Car (up to 1,400kg) for the Octavia, and Best Car (1,4001,549kg) for the Superb in the 2017 Tow Car Awards.
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Motor Village UK Hosts Inspirational David Bowie Art Exhibition Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ flagship dealer Motor Village UK has once again been chosen as the venue for a top art exhibition – this time a presentation of photography and artworks of singer David Bowie.
The Wigmore Street, London site – usually home to FCA cars such as the Fiat 500, Alfa Romeo Giulietta, Abarth 124 spider and Jeep Renegade – was converted last week (21 September) into a stylish gallery and private view drinks reception to showcase this homage to the ‘Ziggy Stardust’ and ‘Aladdin Sane’ performer.
“David Bowie’s sense of subjectivity was the inspiration behind the show. It’s a chance to celebrate both his private and artistic persona, and we are delighted that Motor Village UK has agreed to host us. It’s a perfect and unique place for this type of event,” says Monica Colussi.
Organised and curated for Motor Village UK by artist liaison agent Monica Colussi, the exhibition both salutes David Bowie while adding to his legacy with a collection of existing and commissioned work, including paintings, photographs and sculptures. Featured artists include Guido Harari, Rankin, Lincoln Townley and Louis Sidoli.
“We’re very happy to host this most important exhibition at Motor Village,” says Rob Calver, managing director, Motor Village UK. “The subject of the exhibition is legendary and the featured artists are among some of the greatest available. We were again able to offer a first class reception and a unique showroom environment. I am delighted that the evening was such a great success.”
Motor Village UK was chosen because of its central London position and unique design and space. Situated just off Oxford Street, the showroom was originally created in 2008 with future exhibitions, displays and receptions in the plans, as well as the ability to showcase and sell cars.
This week (28 September) in a related event, the Motor Village UK showroom hosted an exclusive launch of GQ Magazine editor-in-chief Dylan Jones’ new book, David Bowie: A Life.
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Friday 29th September 2017
La Manga’s Triumph
The five-star La Manga Club resort has added another notable achievement to its ever-evolving history after becoming the first golfing venue in Spain to be invited to join an exclusive new collection of the world's top 100 golf resorts. The award-winning Mar Menor golf and leisure destinationis one of an elite group of global resorts to have been selected by the respected Top 100 Golf Courses website to feature in its new 'Top 100 Golf Resorts of the World' section. Created to showcase the world's finest golf venues, the prestigious collection features some of the most famous names in the game, with each resort hand-picked to help online visitors to identify with the ultimate in golfing luxury. As well as offering full details on La Manga Club's outstanding golf facilities, which include three 18-hole courses and a new golf training centre, the new listing also features extensive information on the resort's other sports and leisure amenities, bars and restaurants and choice of accommodation that has helped establish it as a firm favourite with golfers worldwide. Andy Newmarch, of Top 100 Golf Courses, said: “La Manga Club is probably Europe's most illustrious golf resort, and for good reason.
“The three 18-hole courses are varied, both in terms of challenge and style – while there's also an 18-hole pitch and putt course designed by Seve Ballesteros, coupled with a world-class practice centre. “The non-golf facilities are unrivalled, and the accommodation is exceptional in both quality and diversity. Has the original 1970s dream to build the best sports holiday facility in Europe been realised? Absolutely!” The new accolade is the latest honour to be bestowed on La Manga Club in what has been a big year for the resort. Other awards include receiving a Golf Digest 'Editors' Choice Award for Best International Resorts 2017' and being voted 'Spain's Best Golf Resort' by readers of the UK magazine Today's Golfer for the sixth year in a row – while La Manga Club continues to invest in its golf, sports and leisure facilities. Featuring three 18-hole golf courses, a nine-hole academy course and outstanding practice facilities, La Manga Club has enjoyed a rich golfing history over the last 45 years, with golfing legends Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Seve Ballesteros all figuring prominently in its past.
Local Battles SAMM Racing
The 2017 Línea Directa Valencian lawn bowling championships are moving into the business stage as of today (Friday), after National Director and Valencian Delegate Bob Donnelly formally opened proceedings at a ceremony held last week at the San Miguel Bowls Club. The semi-finals of the various singles as well as the doubles, triples and fours
events take place today, with the finals leading to the end of the championships and the closing ceremony on Tuesday. Amongst the highlights, Peta Rhodes (pictured) from the Quesada club will take on Carol Rudge from the San Miguel club in the ladies singles semi-finals, with San Miguel’s Mary Dyer playing Ann-Marie Stephenson from the Emerald Isle club.
A lack of breeze meant a delayed start to last Sunday’s second Autumn Season Handicap racing organised by SAMM (Sailing Association Mar Menor) at their Los Alcazares base. Once the first race action got going, the single handers of Tug Wilson (Laser 2000) and Julian Singleton (pictured in Topaz Duo) drew away from the rest of the fleet, as Tug went over the line 14 seconds ahead. After Mistral was forced to
retire in the second race, seven dinghies remained in close contention until the Topaz retired after capsizing following a collision during the third lap. The larger, slower ‘Sirocco’ gradually dropped back but still performed extremely well, as Tug Wilson crossed the line first, but after applying the handicaps, John Down in RS Quba won the second race, with Julian Singleton taking the first contest.
Walking Success
The Los Montesinosbased Monte Mentals walking football team recently hosted a one day tournament with visiting Almeria teams Lubrin Leg-Ends and La Alforquia Geri-Hatricks taking on Monte and a side from Lo Crispin. The tournament was played in a good and fair
sprit and the final results saw the winners of the tournament being declared as the La Alforquia Geri-Hatricks, who won on goal difference. The Mentals will be travelling south to Lubrin in October for a tournament involving six teams including the Eastbourne Strollers from Sussex.
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Torry On The Spot
Away Day Draw
CD ORIHUELA B 0 CD TORREVIEJA 1
PINOSO CF 2 CD THADER 2
After three successive home matches in the Preferente for Torrevieja yielding two wins and a draw, Torry produced their third one-nil victory of the season in their first away match of the campaign, putting them in a cluster of four clubs with 10 points to their name at the top of the table. The game’s only goal came in the 32 minute when Walid was bundled down in the penalty area by a clumsy challenge from Rafa Canales, with the spotkick
from Manu Amores giving keeper Aitor no chance. Minutes later Orihuela a had decent shout for a penalty for a foul on Lizón turned down, and at the stroke of half-time, a header from Gian went wide, when it looked easier to score, and that brought down the curtain on a fairly unexciting first period of play. Both sides had chances to score in a vastly more entertaining second half which produced a double save from Orihuela keeper Aitor
depriving Dani and then Juanpe on a rebound, and towards the end, Manu Amores, could have doubled Torry’s advantage. This has been an excellent start to the season for Torrevieja with a virtually new squad, and they are back at the Vicente Garcia stadium this Sunday for a clash against UD Ulicitana who are one of two teams to have no points on the board after four matches of the Preferente season. The match kicks-off at 6.00 pm.
Hucha’s Double
Rojales-based Thader picked up their first away point of the Preferente season, with a draw at a Pinoso side that some observers see as being in the end-ofseason mix. Quinho gave Thader the early lead within
five minutes which they held until six minutes into the second half, when Jahiro got the equaliser. Ruben Sanz with a superb curling freekick past the defensive wall put Thader back ahead in the 74th minute, but just four
minutes later Ramon put Pinoso back on level terms. This weekend Thader entertain FB Redovan, who are yet to record a victory from their first four matches, and just have one point on the board.
Third Division News
Orihuela (pictured before kick-off) maintained their second placing and remained undefeated in the Valencian third division after a one-all draw at Borriol on Sunday. The Borriol keeper Sabater played a blinder to frustrate Orihuela, who equalised through an
Antonio header in the 38th minute, five minutes after Borriol through Mario Gallego took the lead. Orihuela are at home struggling Recambios Colon this Sunday, with a 6.00 pm kickoff. Elche Ilicitano’s ropey start to the season continued with a one-nil defeat at
Olimpic, and they now entertain Novelda, who also have five points to their name. Crevillente, also on five points, will be playing at home to four-placed Torre Levante this weekend, on the back of their previous three-one defeat at Levante Atletico.
Struggling Monte
CD ALMORADI 3 BENFERRI CF 2 Almoradi’s summer signing of ex-Villajoyosa hotshot Hucha is beginning to provide some early dividends as he was on target twice last Sunday. He helped Almoradi to win successive matches in stark contrast to their opening two losses in the Preferente season. The clash against neighbours Benferri saw the home side take an early lead after just two minutes through a
Momu header from a corner, whilst Cristian got the Benferri leveller in the 29th minute with a fine volley. Roberto in the Benferri goal earnt his fee in the second half by frustrating good chances for Hucha and Burgillos within two minutes, but Almoradi got a boost when Benferri got David Moya sent off in the 70th minute for a second yellow card.
Hucha then a had a double strike in the 72nd and 76th minutes, but Benferri stayed competitive and pulled a goal back in the final minute from substitute Alfonso. It’s another neighbouring side for Almoradi this weekend, as they travel to Callosa Deportiva, who are a point in front of them in the table, and who lost three-nil at Elda.
CD MONTESINOS 1 SANTA POLA CF 1 It was a frustrating home return after a 43 year gap for CD Montesinos last Sunday to the Valencian 1st regional level, as they lost a game which saw a Santa Pola CF player red-carded after just 13 minutes, when Vaz was pulled down. It was true that Monte were still missing some key
players, but Vaz was back after the opening day defeat, and he scored 10 minutes later, only for the visitors to level up with an excellent goal from José Ángel in the 37th minute. Vaz and Carlos Ventura saw second half chances go abegging and were punished for not taking their
chances as José Ángel got his second to wrap up a twoone Santa Pola victory. Two defeats out of two matches then for Montesinos, with a trip to Atletico Catral to come this Sunday (5.15 PM kick-off), with Monte’s opponents on one point and a place above them in the table.
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Winning Habit
The Real Deal
SPORTING LISBON 0 BARCELONA 1
BORUSSIA DORTMUND 1 REAL MADRID 3
An own goal by former Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates was enough to earn Barcelona a Wednesday night Champions League Group B victory away to Sporting Lisbon. Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez both wasted excellent chances in the opening 45 minutes. However, Barca never looked in danger once Coates bundled into his own net while under pressure from Suarez. Lionel Messi made his 593rd Barcelona appearance - tying him third with Carles Puyol on the club's all-time list. Barcelona are top of the group with six points from two games. Afterwards coach Ernesto Valverde rejected claims that his side have become boring in their play. "Everyone is free to say what they want," the coach said in his postgame news conference. "I don't get bored -- especially not when we win. "There are times when you win in an exciting way, scoring lots of goals, and then there are other times when you have to suffer to win. That's how it is.”
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as holders Real Madrid maintained their one hundred percent record Group H of the Champions League by beating Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night. Ronaldo took his tally to 109 in the competition by converting from Gareth Bale's cutback and lashing in Real's third. Welshman Bale had opened the scoring with a superb volley, while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted for Dortmund. "It was perfect," said Real coach Zinedine Zidane. "It was a great game from us. We started well. The first half was brilliant as was the second. We had some difficult moments after the break, but we played them out.” "I am delighted for Ronaldo and Bale, but the whole side worked hard, everyone was brilliant and it was a tremendous game." A worrying moment for Real saw Bale hobble off with five minutes remaining, but the ex-Spurs winger was simply suffering from cramp. La Liga champions Real next come up against Premier League side Tottenham.
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ELCHE 3 ATLETICO BALEARES 3 A last minute leveller deprived Elche of another league victory, after two strikes within ten minutes from the in-form Sory Kaba appeared to have given another three points for the Ilicitanos. The result means they go down to second in the Segunda Division B table, two points behind Mallorca. It was a cracking Sunday lunchtime clash at the Martínez Valero stadium, with the home side getting the early advantage with a Farrando own-goal deflection off a Sory Kaba shot in the ninth minute. Elche chances went abegging and they literally paid the penalty as Xisco levelled from the spot on the stroke of half time. Elche were positive after the interval and Provencio missed a golden chance to put them back in front, before Atletico took the lead themselves through Gerard Oliva. Both sides kept up the pace, and Sory Kaba’s double in the 63rd and 74th minutes seemed to be decisive before some last minute drama. Primi was sent off for a second yellow card and Gerard Oliva levelled up from the resulting free kick, and the match was drawn. Atletico were a good side, but this was certainly a case of two points dropped by Elche, but a second spot in the table at the end of September would have been taken by every supporter. The Ilicitanos finish off the month with a 5.00 pm kick-off tomorrow afternoon at the Camp Nou de Morvedre against Atletico Saguntino, who’ve have two wins to their name this season.
Don’t Panic Plea
Keeping Ahead
Fran’s Sacked ALAVES 1 REAL MADRID 2
GIRONA 0 BARCELONA 3 Barcelona made it six wins from six to keep them four points clear at the top of La Liga, but they were grateful for two own goals in their first Catalan derby against Girona last Saturday. It was a historic night in Catalunya as Girona faced Barcelona for the first time in La Liga - and their first encounter since 1949 - with the hosts backed by a partisan crowd inside the Estadi Montilivi. Captain Aday Benitez and goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz inadvertently steered the ball into their own net to give Ernesto Valverde's side a two-goal cushion. Luis Suarez sealed the victory after 69 minutes as he latched onto Sergi Roberto's long pass to tuck his shot inside the near post for his second goal of the season on a comfortable outing. Barcelona now host Las Palmas this Sunday.
Zinedine Zidane has called for patience as Real Madrid battle to climb out of an early-season slump. Real bounced back from their shock 1-0 home defeat to Real Betis by edging home at Alaves on Saturday, with Dani Ceballos firing a brace on his La Liga debut for the club. Real still struggled however, coming under intense pressure as Alfonso Pedraza hit a post twice in the second half, to add to Manu Garcia's bullet header. Despite his side's patchy form of just three wins in six league matches this term, Zidane still insists Real are on the rise. "There has to be patience. It's not a brilliant time for us, but we have to accept it," said Zidane. "I'm certain that we'll have a better performance next time. We know that it's difficult wherever we go, Alaves needed the points. They had a good game. Sixth-place Real (and seven points off high-flying Barcelona) now entertain mid-table Espanyol in La Liga this Sunday night.
The ex-Elche coach Fran Escriba (pictured at the weekend) has been shown the door as Villarreal boss on the back of the side’s 4-0 loss to Getafe, who Escriba managed on his departure from Elche. Escriba was dismissed on Monday with Villarreal 14th in La Liga after six games, having also lost to Levante and Real Sociedad, drawn with Espanyol and beaten Real Betis and Alaves. The 52-year-old was appointed in August 2016 and in May renewed his contract to the end of this season, with Villarreal being one of the surprise packages in the last La Liga campaign, but clearly memories in football tend to be on the short side. Escriba's replacement is former B-team boss Javi Calleja, who steps up until the end of the season. Calleja, 39, was part of the Villarreal squad who reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2006.
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13:30 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 18:30 Diego Costa has completed his move back to Atletico Madrid from Premier League champions Chelsea. The two clubs agreed terms last week and the 28-year-old Spain international passed his medical (pictured above) on Monday. However, he cannot be registered to play for the La Liga side until January 1 st, when the club's transfer window ban comes to an end. If anybody wants to prise him away from Atletico, the buyout clause is set at a mere 200 million euros. Costa left Atletico for Chelsea in 2014 and scored 59 goals in 120 games appearances for the Blues. He won two Premier League titles and the League Cup with the club, but found himself exiled at Stamford Bridge over the summer. Costa was told by text message that he was not in boss Antonio Conte's plans for this season and he spent much of August in his native Brazil. Problems between Costa and Chelsea surfaced earlier in the year when he was left out of the Chelsea side for an away match at Leicester having been involved in a dispute with a fitness coach. This followed reports of an offer from China that would have been worth over 30 million euros a year in salary. At the time, Chelsea said they had no intention of selling him. Later in that month, Tianjin Quanjian's owner said a bid to sign Costa had been scuppered by new rules over foreign players in the Chinese Super League. Costa, meanwhile used an Instagram post on Tuesday to say his goodbyes to Chelsea fans and staff. He wrote: “Some cycles begin while others end. My cycle began at Chelsea three years ago – three remarkable years in all aspects – and I will never forget it.” "The wonderful fans of such equally admirable club and all team mates, as well as clinical, administrative and logistics staff will remain forever in my mind and in my heart. "I will bring them with me in the certainty that I will always be by their side as well and I’m sure they will understand the reason why this cycle of mine has now ended – because I could not lose faith in myself. "Thank you Chelsea for everything.”
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Marquez's fifth win of the season has given him a lead of 16 points in the championship over Andrea Dovizioso, with whom he was tied prior to the weekend. The Honda rider has won four of the last six races, finished second at the Red Bull Ring after a final-lap battle and was among the contenders at Silverstone before his engine failed. Rossi believes his Yamaha team-mate Maverick Vinales and Ducati's Dovizioso, Marquez's main rivals, will struggle to stop him from now on. "I think the championship now, for the opponents, is very difficult," Rossi said. Marquez's Aragon win is a very big step.” Meanwhile Vinales feels that catching Marquez to win this year's MotoGP title will be "impossible" with Yamaha's current level of competitiveness. Vinales scored a second-straight pole position at Aragon, but his championship hopes were dented in Sunday’s race as he finished fourth while his fellowSpaniard Marquez won again. Yamaha rider Vinales is now 28 points behind championship leader Marquez, with a maximum of 100 still available from the remaining four rounds. "Every race that passes, our options become more and more limited.” "We always give the maximum and more, both me and Yamaha. But with the package we have now, it's difficult to think that we can recover (almost) 30 points." Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso said overhauling Marquez in the riders' standings had become a more "difficult" task after his seventh place finish, but that the result did not spell the end of his title ambitions. The Italian started the Aragon weekend level with Marquez, but is now 16 points behind after he slipped down the order in Sunday's race having run as high as third. "It's not the best, we lose points," said the Italian. "But we know the points we can gain in four races. It's not a drama.” The next race is in Japan on October 10th.
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English Premier League Huddersfield Town V. Tottenham Hotspur Bournemouth V. Leicester City Manchester United V. Crystal Palace Stoke City V. Southampton West Bromwich Albion V. Watford West Ham United V. Swansea City Chelsea V. Manchester City Scottish FA Cup Rothes V. Edusport Academy Stirling University V. Wick Academy English Football League - Championship Aston Villa V. Bolton Wanderers Burton Albion V. Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City V. Derby County Hull City V. Birmingham City Ipswich Town V. Bristol City Middlesbrough V. Brentford Millwall V. Barnsley Nottingham Forest V. Sheffield United Preston North End V. Sunderland Reading V. Norwich City English Football League - League One AFC Wimbledon V. Rochdale Blackburn Rovers V. Gillingham Bradford City V. Doncaster Rovers Bristol Rovers V. Plymouth Argyle Bury V. MK Dons Fleetwood Town V. Charlton Athletic Peterborough United V. Oxford United Portsmouth V. Oldham Athletic Rotherham United V. Northampton Town Shrewsbury Town V. Scunthorpe United Southend United V. Blackpool Wigan Athletic V. Walsall English Football League - League Two Grimsby Town V. Lincoln City Mansfield Town V. Notts County Chesterfield V. Cheltenham Town Coventry City V. Crewe Alexandra Crawley Town V. Carlisle United Exeter City V. Morecambe Forest Green Rovers V. Accrington Stanley Luton Town V. Newport County Stevenage V. Port Vale Swindon Town V. Cambridge United Wycombe Wanderers V. Barnet Yeovil Town V. Colchester United Scottish Premiership Aberdeen V. St. Johnstone Celtic V. Hibernian Dundee V. Heart of Midlothian Kilmarnock V. Ross County Motherwell V. Partick Thistle Scottish Championship Dunfermline Athletic V. Dundee United Inverness Caledonian Thistle V. Queen of the South Livingston V. Dumbarton Morton V. Falkirk St. Mirren V. Brechin City Scottish League One Airdrieonians V. Queen's Park Albion Rovers V. Raith Rovers Arbroath V. Alloa Athletic Ayr United V. East Fife Forfar Athletic V. Stranraer Scottish League Two Annan Athletic V. Cowdenbeath Montrose V. Clyde Peterhead V. Berwick Rangers Stenhousemuir V. Edinburgh City Stirling Albion V.Elgin City Sunday 1 October
English Premier League Arsenal V. Brighton and Hove Albion Everton V. Burnley Newcastle United V. Liverpool English Football League - Championship 13:15 Sheffield Wednesday V. Leeds United
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Saturday 30 September
SORRY STOKES
BATTLE OF THE BLUES England cricketer Ben Stokes is said to be "fragile and devastated" and has apologised to cricket chiefs after his arrest on suspicion of assault. Video footage has emerged that allegedly shows him in a brawl near a Bristol nightclub on Monday. The England and Wales Cricket Board has activated its disciplinary procedures with regards to all-rounder Stokes.
BROWN’S BOTHER
England full-back Mike Brown faces an anxious wait to discover the extent of an ankle problem that could see him miss the autumn internationals. Brown got the injury against Wasps in the Aviva Premiership and then aggravated it against Leicester a week later. Eddie Jones' first choice full-back for the autumn series that starts against Australia on November 11th is waiting for the results of a scan that he took on Wednesday.
Premier League champions Chelsea face the sternest test of whether they can retain their title this Saturday evening when free-scoring Manchester City come to Stamford Bridge (6.30 pm kick-off). The champions did the double over Pep Guardiola's side last season, Eden Hazard scoring three times over two games and the Belgian will make just his second Premier League start of the season, after coming through unscathed in Chelsea’s brilliant Champions win at Atletico Madrid. Chelsea were unable to break down a resolute Arsenal side at Stamford Bridge around two weeks ago but have scored 15 goals in the three games around the visit of the Gunners. Such a goal record is only beaten by Guardiola & Co., who already have 21 goals to their name in their six league games with Sergio Aguero, Gabriel Jesus and Raheem
Sterling sharing 15 between them already. For Chelsea, David Luiz is suspended meaning captain Gary Cahill will likely come in despite concerns over his form seeing him lose his place recently. Alvaro Morata was seen limping through the mixed zone after the win over Atletico, and his condition is unclear. Manchester City suffered a setback in midweek with Benjamin Mendy expected to face lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a knee injury in the 5-0 win over Crystal Palace. The summer signing will now fly to Barcelona to be assessed by a specialist, with Fabian Delph deputising well at Selhurst Park and Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League.
LEWIS ON TOP Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton was handed a lucky break in Singapore nearly a fortnight ago, but the Mercedes driver can take little more than the heat and humidity for granted in Malaysia this weekend. Hamilton needs no reminding of just how fickle fortune can be as he returns to the steamy circuit where his 2016 title hopes suffered a blow that ultimately proved too great to overcome. Hamilton has a 28 point advantage over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel thanks to the German crashing out on the opening lap in Singapore from pole position and gifting him a third successive win. The gap between the two is the biggest it has been all year and Hamilton will not need to win another race this year to clinch his fourth title if he triumphs on Sunday with Vettel lower than second. But the 32-year-old will still be wary of Sepang, hosting its final race before Malaysia drops off the calendar, after last year's engine failure struck while he was leading from pole. "I think it's going to be very close in the next races," said Hamilton, who has won every grand prix since the mid-season break, after celebrating his 60th career victory. "We've just got to stay on our toes and keep trying to extract everything out of this car."