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CAMPING CANNIBAL
drunken brawl between two British men at the San Javier camping site (stock picture) took a bloody twist last Saturday night, in a scene straight out of a Hannibal Lecter movie, as one of them gnawed off part of the other’s cheek. The cannibalistic twist saw the 47-year-old British national, only identified as JB, being arrested by the San Javier local police, with a receptionist, called Siri, telling the La Verdad newspaper that she spotted what appeared to be a “piece of meat” on the ground and a “pool of blood” amidst false claims that a man had been bitten by a dog. A group of children were walking by and saw the men involved in a brawl and called for help, with the receptionist rushing to the scene.
The man who had been assaulted, identified as 49year-old JD, was discovered as having a piece of his left cheek missing, with his jaw bone clearly visible, and officers immediately summoned an ambulance to take the victim to hospital. Police sources told La Verdad that JD was so drunk, that he had no sense of what had happened in the wake of the attack at 9.45 pm, whilst the assailant managed to run away, before he was eventually caught later, and handed over to the Guardia Civil to face felony charges of assault. The men, who were said to be “friends”, had been drinking with their wives on the terraces of their bungalows at San Javier since the afternoon. The two families had been renting property
on the site for “several months”, according to Siri the receptionist, and had “never caused any trouble”. Siri told La Verdad that one man started an argu-
ment, and as the other tried to calm him down, the assault then took place as they were apparently walking away from the terrace to go to the bar on the site.
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onday’s collapse of Monarch Airlines led to the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation at the start of the week, with 110 thousand people being brought back home on specially chartered planes, at an estimated cost of 60 million pounds to the British government. Some of those repatriations include passengers using Monarch on services to Alicante-Elche airport, with the company running up to eight services per day during the high season from Gatwick, Luton, Leeds,
Manchester, and Birmingham. The accountants KPMG announced in the early hours of Monday that Monarch, Britain’s longestsurviving airline brand, had been placed into administration after 49 years of business, and that all further flights from the UK had been cancelled. One implication of Monarch’s collapse concerns a number of British postal courier services in Spain that have used the company to ferry mail to and
from the UK at a comparatively low cost, which will
mean they will have to make other arrangements.
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A Valencia judge has started to take oral evidence on a charge of prevarication concerning the ex-mayor of Santa Pola, Miguel Zaragoza, for allowing live entertainment based at a kiosk in Cala Ermita del Rosario, that was only licensed to sell refreshments to beach-goers. Prosecutors are calling for a year-long prison sentence and seven years of disbarment from public office, with Zaragoza currently being a deputy on the Alicante Provincial Council representing the Partido Popular. He is facing charges along with two Elche PP councillors, Justino Delgado and Luis Angel Mateo, over the granting of permission for the extended function of the kiosks in Santa Pola and also at El Carabasi beach in the Elche municipality. The fourth defendant is ex-Elche PSOE councillor, Emilio Domenech. Live concerts and music was pumped out into the early hours of the morning from the two kiosks as late as 5.00 am, especially at weekends, with complaints lodged by Carabasi residents at the time..
The four accused are said to have ignored advice and recommendations over the kiosks from the Valencian Government and the Valencian Ombudsman, and according to the charges, did nothing to stop the operators straying from their license conditions between 2008 and 2014. A lawyer on behalf of the residents, Roberto Batllés, said that rulings that the kiosks were operating illegally and causing major noise problems, were ignored by Zaragoza and the Elche councillors. He claims that they even got their respective authorities to carry out spot checks when they knew that there would be little noise.
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Catalan Chaos
Catalunya will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC. In his first interview since Sunday's unofficial referendum, Carles Puigdemont said his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next". Meanwhile, King Felipe VI in a television address on Tuesday night said organisers of the vote put themselves "outside the law". He said the situation in Spain was "extremely serious", calling for unity. A general strike brought large areas of the region to a standstill on Tuesday, with the action called by regional trade unions and associations due to "the grave violation of rights and freedoms" seen during Sunday's ballot. 900 people were said to have been injured in clashes involving the police, but local health officials also admitted that over 30 police officers were also hurt.
Public schools, transport, and medical clinics were closed for the day, and even Barcelona’s footballers went on strike, though they had no match. Catalan officials said 90 percent of those who voted backed independence in Sunday's vote. The turnout was just over 42 percent. The anti-independence Societat Civil said there were voting irregularities, including the same people voting twice, whilst independent observers said that the results, given the chaotic nature of the poll, should be taken with a “pinch of salt”, with a number of opinion polls this year putting those who want independence at around 40 percent. In the BBC interview, President Carles Puigdemont said his government would move quickly over independence. When asked what he would do if the Spanish government were to intervene and take control of
Catalunya’s government, Mr Puigdemont said it would be "an error which changes everything". He disagreed with the European Commission's statement on Monday that events in Catalonia were an internal issue for Spain. He was speaking shortly before the king's speech on Tuesday, In his televised address to the nation, the king said the Catalan leaders who organised the referendum showed their "disrespect to the powers of the state". "They have broken the democratic principles of the rule of law. "Today, the Catalan society is fractured," the king said, warning that the poll could put at risk the economy of the wealthy northeastern region and the whole of Spain. But he stressed that Spain "will overcome difficult times". The central government has described the referendum as illegal.
Journey's End Two parts of Torrevieja are to get revamped street lighting thanks to a grant of almost 120 thousand euro from the Alicante Provincial Council. 63 thousand euro is to be spent upgrading the lights on Avenida Delfina Viudes, whilst 57 thousand euros
has been allocated to improvements in the Plaza del Molino area (pictured). Last week the Provincial Council announced that it had budgeted over a million euros to fund lighting projects next year in the La Mata and Barrio Acequión areas of the municipality.
A young driver lost control of his car in the Callosa de Segura area on Saturday and ended up hitting two parked cars outside the terrace of a bar, where fortunately nobody was sitting at the time. The incident happened just after 2.00 pm close to
the Callosa cemetery on the CV-900 which links Callosa and Redován, with witnesses saying that car jumped the traffic lights at speed before hitting a car that was already making a legal manoeuvre. The impact of that collision saw the car that
jumped the light then collide with some parked cars as as well as signs and plant pots outside the Avenida Bar. There were no injuries and the young motorist fled on foot, before being tracked down and arrested by the Redován local police.
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Getting Removed Torrevieja council says it will cost up to 148 thousand euro to remove an illegally built roundabout on one of the key roads in the city. The roundabout was built a decade ago by a builder next to the Las Lagunas college on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas, and as reported previously by The Courier, the council was deemed liable for it by a judge in August because it allowed it to be built in the first place. That's despite a different political grouping, namely the Partido Popular, being in charge of the authority at the time. Councillor Fanny Serrano
said three companies will considered for removal work and described the roundabout as dangerous
to road users and should not have been built, as it did not conform to safety guidelines.
Downward Trend
Unemployment figures are continuing to fall in Spain, with the latest returns for September showing a drop of 8.3% over the last year. The September figure stood at three point four million, an expected seasonal
rise of nearly 28,000, compared to August, but still the best for September in eight years, as the underlying trend is in a downward direction. Local statistics are even better than the national picture, with Alicante Provice showing an annual fall of
8.6%, with the September total standing at over 155,000. The returns are even more dramatic in the Murcia region, with a jobless fall of almost ten percent over a year, with the latest figures for September on 108,000.
Mayor Fights Back
Orihuela mayor Emilio Bascuñana is threatening legal action citing slander and libel over allegations that he snooped on a fellow councillor's mobile phone via WhatsApp and accessed private messages. That came after he survived a no-confidence vote over the matter in a special plenary session of the council. Partido Popular councillor and Orihuela PP president Dámaso Aparicio made the allegations in public over two months ago, when he claimed that Bascuñana was getting private details that could only have been enabled by phone hacking and that it could have happened on five occasions. Bascuñana (pictured at last Thursday's plenary meeting)has angrily denied the accusations stating that he hasn't been accessing material on Aparico's phone and nobody else has been doing it either on his behalf.
Aparicio informed the Valencian regional section of the Partido Popular of his concerns earlier in the year, but Bascuñana added:- "If Mr.Aparicio suspects that his phone is being tapped, then surely the police and courts should be notified. I don't understand why he doesn't do it?". The mayor said that he's been quiet over the allegations that have been appearing in the media in recent months, but he has instructed his lawyers to study some of the public comments that have been made. Aparicio was re-elected as the Orihuela PP president back in July, and lost his sport portfolio on the authority in June in a cabinet reshuffle, which saw him take on markets, in addition to his existing responsibilities concerning urban waste. Along with education councillor Begoña Cuartero,
Aparicio missed a vote of no-confidence debate in Bascuñana that was held at Orihuela council last week at the instigation of the opposition socialist PSOE, using the hacking allegations as the main issue. Aparicio said that he was pursuing the matter with the PP and told the Informacion newspaper that “his absence from the debate was consistent with the steps he had taken and that the council chamber was not the forum to discuss the issue”. Cuartero, who is a witness for Aparicio concerning the allegations, told Informacion that she had been suffering with migraine for a number of days and that she had to go to hospital. The vote ended as a tie with the PP and Ciudadanos coalition voting against, whilst the PSOE and Cambiemos Orihuela voted for. That meant that the motion was lost.
Logjam Unstuck
Testing Strikes
A stalemate that has prevented Pilar de la Horadada council approving a budget has been broken with the news that the Vecinos por el Pilar councillor Francisco Albaladejo (pictured right alongside mayor Ignacio Ramos on Monday, with
council spokesman Alfonso Armenteros on the left) has joined the socialist PSOEled administration. The move will give the new coalition an overall majority over the opposition Partido Popular. Albaladejo will assume a
variety of portfolios including infrastructure, housing and animal protection, and his move will enable projects to go forward like the completion of the infamous La Paloma cultural centre, as featured in The Courier previously.
Murcia’s ITV car testing stations were hit on Monday by the first of a series of one day strikes called by unions against the regional parliament’s decision to impose national rules on ITV stations, which the unions claim is backdoor privatisation. The parliament overturned the Murcia government’s more radical proposals, but that has still left the unions unhappy and they’ve announced a raft of nine strike dates for October at
centres like San Pedro del Pinatar, which include
Monday and Friday of next week.
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Parade Posturings Orihuela’s tourism councillor Sofía Álvarez has been slammed by an opposition politician over the late cancellation of last Saturday’s Moors and Christians parade scheduled for Aquamarina in Cabo Roig, adding that it was another snub against the Orihuela Costa. The socialist PSOE councillor María García (pictured) has called on Álvarez to apologise after what she claims has been the third incident involving the Orihuela tourist department and the Moors and Christians Association in two years. That included the late cancellation of an Association costume exhibition at Cabo Roig last year, and the Association being unable to stage a parade at a travel fair in 2015, because of a lack of promised transportation. Media outlets were informed in the middle of last
Friday afternoon by Orihuela council that last Saturday’s event had been scrapped “due to circumstances beyond their control”, with no reason stipulated. The Orihuela Costa parade had been heavily promoted by the authority as part of the muncipality’s World Tourism Day celebrations.
It emerged over the weekend that the council had scrapped the event because there were no musicians, with the Moors and Christians Association claiming that the cancellation was down to Orihuela’s tourism department, and that they were all ready to go ahead.
Knife Giveaway A 41-year-old Spaniard is behind bars after trying to rob a man who was using an ATM machine at a Torrevieja bank, with a knife ending up as key factor in his arrest. The incident happened in July, but the details have only just been released by the Guardia Civil, with the individual using a pair of underpants as mask and a knife to threaten his victim. The unamed assailant has a criminal history and threatened a 30-year-old man with a large kitchen knife prodded into his back when he was withdrawing cash from a bank at the junction of Calle Azorín and Paseo Vista Alegre in the early hours of July 12th. The whole incident was recorded on CCTV with the victim then grabbed by the neck and the knife held to his throat. He ran away with the man’s cash, and then the following day was detained for threatening his father with
Theatrical Farce
In a piece of pure theatre, Torrevieja mayor José Manuel Dolón (picture from the Información newspaper) has put up posters in windows of the city’s Teatro Municipal explaining why it has not reopened, over two years since the council shut it down for essential safety work. The authority says it is considering legal action against the original architect Antonio Marquerie, who is said to be refusing to put his signature after the completion of the work. In June, the Mayor showed a certificate issued by the Organismo de Control
Autorizado that said that all safety problems had been dealt with, but a final work certification still needed to be signed to get an operating license. That document, under law, has to be signed-off by the building’s architect, Marquerie, however, he was said at the time by Dolón to be “uncooperative”. The Mayor subsequently suggested that an attempt to get another architect to “signoff” could take place, but it seems that, that move appears to have floundered, with Dolón now putting up posters explaining the impasse.
Better Teatro
the same knife, which Guardia officers matched up as being identical to the ATM
robbery via the bank video footage that was recorded on CCTV.
Two hundred thousand euro of improvements are being carried out to the Teatro Capitol in Rojales. The work will include installing a new security and safety system, and a new stage surface. A stand-by generator is also being installed because of public safety concerns over would happen if there was a power cut during a show, along with lighting and acoustic enhancements. Rojales councillor for culture, Inmaculada Chazarra, said that the work was needed to upgrade facilties at the theatre that were long obsolete.
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Missing Motion
The national parliament in Madrid has voted for a motion demanding that the Public Works ministry find the money to finish off the “missing” stretch of the RM1 road in the Murcia region. All the indications towards the start of last year were that work would begin this year with the national gov-
ernment funding the project and advertising for contractors, but nothing has happened. The money ran out suddenly during the recession in 2010, stopping the direct link between San Javier and the A7 Murcia to Alicante highway, with the road, nicknamed the “Highway of the
Bed”, terminating abruptly before some lemon groves at Zeneta. 11 kilometres of the highway need completing, with estimates two years ago that 112 million euro is needed to finish off the project, with some 30 million of it set to be claimed from the European Union.
Smoother Alhambra
Trips to Granada's Alhambra Palace should be queue-free in future, with the ticket-booking system having been overhauled to cut delays for visitors to the attraction in the Andalucian city. Visitors to one of the country’s biggest tourist
attractions can now book between two hours and three months before their tour and even print off their tickets at home. Those who wish to print their tickets but do not have access to a printer at home can do so in special booths set up at the entrance to the
Alhambra. But tickets will still be available for purchase at the entrance as always, for those who do not have internet access. Payment by credit or debit card is now being accepted, and, of course, visitors can still pay in cash.
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Crooks Together
The Guardia Civil have arrested four Spaniards at the A-7 service area in Granja de Rocamora who were members of what they described as a dangerous criminal gang that kidnapped a businessman, after he had tried to rip them off. The 58-year-old Alicante-based businessman has also been detained by the Guardia. The businessman was bundled into a car in the San Isidro area, and taken down to Benalmádena in the Malaga Province, where his
office and safe was located. He managed to escape in Benalmádena and returned north and was treated for injuries at Alicante General Hospital a day later. The 58year-old told authorities that he knew nothing about his kidnappers and suggested that they were after his safe. The businessman and the “kidnappers” were allegedly involved in scams involving the sale of high-end cars and commercial properties, with the gang leader based in Molina de Segura in the Murcia region.
One Hour Waste
Seven members of the Salvemos Lo Ferrís group took part in a symbolic clean-up operation at Cala Ferris in Torrevieja on Sunday, and retrieved over 20 kilos of rubbish from the water in just an hour (picture from Objectivo Torrevieja) . Over half of the trash was
plastic with the details of what was found being sent to the SEO/BirdLife and Ecoembes organisations. The latter group is compiling a report on Spanish coastal waste which will be passed onto the Environment ministry in Madrid.
Plenty Of Brass
An impressive figure of over eighteen-hundred euro was raised for Orihuela Costa branch of the Royal British Legion in a special outdoor concert featuring the JB Brass Band. Over 300 people attended last Friday’s event at the Olympia Restaurant in Mil Palmeras, with entertainment also provided by the
Francisca Samper Flamenco Troupe. JB Just Brass, under the direction of Jayne Illingworth include musicians from many of the top UK brass bands, including Black Dyke and Fodens, as well as two players from the Brighouse & Rastrick and Fairey brass bands who travelled out to Spain just for the night.
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MABS Money
Stroke Centre Benijofar mayor Luis Rodriguez had some ribbon cutting to do recently, as he opened up the new headquarters for the Stroke Association Spain (formerly Torrevieja Stroke Support) in the town. The new centre is located within the Cultural Centre on Calle Francisco Ribera Perez in Benijofar, with the mayor and council officials taken on a tour of the facilities. SAS President Paul Owen thanked the mayor for attending, and he said the new premises afforded the opportunity to extend the group’s membership.: For more details call: 654 801 260 or mail: strokesupportgroup@hotmail.com
Nearly five thousand euro was raised at last month’s annual Party in the Park in Roda organised in aid of the MABS Murcia/Mar Menor cancer support group. 4.853 euro was the final figure for another sell-out event, with the organisers thanking everybody who was involved and supported the day including all the entertainers, raffle prize donators, and the volunteers. Meanwhile Donna Walsh from MABS picked up a 200-euro cheque from Jo Scott at La Zona Minigolf in Los Alcázares, raised from the weekly charity bingo sessions run by Jo at the bar.
Huntington’s Quiz
ALPE Donation Kind-hearted customers of the Lo Crispin Tavern on the Lo Crispin urbanisation have raised over eight hundred and twenty-five euro for Torrevieja’s ALPE special school for adults and children with learning disabilities. A series of boot fairs organised by Yvette Cooper were the focus for the fundraising, along with two hundred euro raised on an August evening as people shelled out money for a wet sponge throwing challenge and 135 euro raised from throwing change into a big bottle on the bar. The fruits of everybody’s
efforts were presented to two of the ALPE staff along with some of their young-
Ivie Remembered
A special charity afternoon is to be held this month in memory of The Courier golf writer Ivie Davies (pictured with his wife Diana), who passed away with pancreatic cancer in October last year. The fundraising event will be staged by the Med Bar Golf Society at the Med Bar on the El Raso urbanisation in Guardamar on Friday October 20th, which would
be exactly twelve months after Ivie’s death. Ivie helped establish the society many years ago and was an active member of the group until his illness, with the proceeds from the afternoon (between 5.00 pm and 8.00 pm) going to cancer research. Live entertainment; a raffle; an auction; and table stalls will all feature in the three-hour event.
sters, as they made a surprise visit to the Tavern last month.
Just over 300 euro was raised recently for local Huntington's Disease sufferers, thanks to a fun quiz at Café Almoradi. A closefought contest was eventually won by four-strong team (pictured, including Courier tennis writer Donna Gee in the middle!), “AJ Concern”, from the El Raso urbanisation in Guardamar.
Charity Boost
Last month's spectacular fundraising night at the Quesada Fish & Chips restaurant raised just over a whopping thousand euro to be spent on clothes and books for the start of the school years for the youngsters at the Elche Children's Care Home.
Annette English from the Care Home charity is pictured getting a cheque from Callum, the grandson of Quesada restaurant owners Tony and Diane Crowson, watched by her husband David, as well as event organisers Marlene Brown and Joan Rampton.
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.
Quiz organisers Martin and Christine Watkins said they were very pleased with the three hundred and seven euro raised during the evening, which will go towards helping HD sufferers on the Costa Blanca. Huntington's Disease, which is often called HD, is a hereditary disorder of the central nervous system, with
no cure at the moment for what is a terminal illness. The next charity event for Huntington's will be on Saturday 14 October at Benijofar’s Bar Catorce, with an evening of food and entertainment at 7,50 per head, with bookings being taken on 966 849 030. Why not call now and reserve your place?
I’m Dreaming Of…….
After the summer success of Mack & Mabel, the Studio 32 musical theatre company are in rehearsal for next month’s show White Christmas, based on Irving Berlin’s movie musical. The show contains some all-time classic songs including Blue Skies, Sisters, and of course a certain title number made famous by Bing Crosby! The two lead roles are played by Luke Ringrose (pictured left) as Captain Bob Wallace, and Nick Morgan (pictured right) as
Private Phil Davies., who became famous entertainers after being demobbed after the Second World War White Christmas will be performed at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga theatre from Wednesday November 29th through to Saturday December 2nd, with curtainup at 7.30 pm. Reserved seating tickets costing 10 euro can be obtained by calling 602 454 033, or by emailing tickets@studiothirtytwo.org.
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Imprisoned Slave
A young woman forced into prostitution in Valencia City told the National Police that she was held at a disused warehouse, with officers subsequently arresting nine people of Romanian and Polish nationality who were squatting in the building. Two of those detained were women, with four of the group having criminal
records. The authorities moved into action after the young woman escaped from the building where she was held captive, and made contact with the police at Valencia bus station. She said that a man had tricked her at the bus station a few days earlier to go to the warehouse, and once there, she was assaulted
and raped, in addition to being held captive. He also pimped her out for sex. The nine arrests also include a number of people who had been squatting at the deserted unit, and who all are considered as accomplices under Spanish law, as they were aware of what was going on, but did absolutely nothing to help the woman.
Busy Sunday
One hundred and eighteen people were brought ashore in the Mar Menor and Cartagena areas on Sunday, having made dangerous boat journeys from North Afrrica. Two of the boats were
spotted off Cabo de Palos at around 10.00 am on Sunday and were towed in to Cartagena port by a maritime rescue vessel. 31 children, including two babies, were amongst those attended to by the Cruz
Roja, ahead of being taken into custody by the authorities. Further north, seven migrants were taken ashore, also on Sunday, after being spotted in the waters off Santa Pola.
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Classics Aplenty
Guardamar Fair
Classic cars and bikes were on display in Los Montesinos on Sunday, as the town’s Classic Bike and Car club celebrated it’s 25th anniversary, as part of the municipality’s Virgen del Pilar fiestas. Over a 100 vehicles took part in a special parade, before going on a longer drive to Benijófar, Guardamar, and Santa Pola. Lambrettas, Vespas, and many Minis were on display as well as Mercedes, Ford and Volkswagen cars.
Over 20 exhibitors took part in Guardamar's fourth trade, outlet, and leisure fair last weekend, which was based in the Plaza de la Constitución. Craft demonstrations as well as stands from charities like the AECC cancer charity were part of the event, which also featured the usual quota of food tasting, which caught the eye of Guardamar mayor José Luis Sáez on the opening day.
BEAT THE %%%% BANK
By Richard Samuels, International Financial Adviser, Blacktower Financial Management In today’s financial climate, it can be difficult to decide how to invest your money. Since the banking crisis in 2007, interest rates have hit a record low. The Bank of England last year cut rates by a quarter point to 0.25% to stimulate the economy following the controversial Brexit vote – making it the first rate move since 2009.It now looks like interest rates are set for a modest increase later in the year.
In a nutshell, you can achieve better returns by taking advantage of a bond to invest your money in mutual funds for the medium to long term – which is likely to get better returns in comparison to current saver rates from the banks. If you would like more information on the above or if you would like advice on any of the issues you can contact me on richard.samuels@blacktowerfm.com.
However, with inflation at 2.9% (CPI August 2017) savings in fixed rate bank deposits are still likely to be eroded in real terms. Easy-access rates have now fallen so low that you cannot beat inflation with one, while some high street banks are offering just 0.01 per cent for your cash, making a paltry £1 for every £10,000 saved. As your savings can’t keep up with inflation your ‘buying power’ will decrease over time. For example, £10,000 on deposit with 0% interest will effectively decrease in real terms to £7,450 in ten years with the current rate of inflation.
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To achieve a higher rate of growth than inflation investors need to consider other asset classes such as stocks and shares, or property. Most people are already in invested in property by owning their own home and I believe that property should form a part of everyone’s investment portfolio. Building a well-balanced, diversified portfolio may prove to be one the best protections against capital loss. However, property is not a liquid asset, meaning that it is not always possible to realise capital when required depending on the prevailing market. Mutual Funds or collective investments offer access to markets for the typical investor which give inflation beating returns. These can be very tax efficient and offer liquidity. Investments are generally held in a “wrapper” such as an ISA for example which offers tax free growth and tax-free withdrawals. For Expats here in Spain, although you can keep existing ISA’s, you are not allowed to open new ones or add to existing
ones as a non-UK tax resident. The good news is, expat investors can take advantage of a similar wrapper known as a Spanish Compliant Bond. Funds are held in Sterling or Euros outside of Spain. They offer “gross roll up” i.e.Tax-free growth, and you are only taxed on the profit element of any withdrawal. So, for example if your investment had made a 5% profit you are only taxed on 5% of any withdrawal. With current rates of savings tax in Spain at around 20% this means you would effectively pay 1% income tax in this example (20% x 5% = 1%). Spanish Compliant Bonds are available from major international financial institutions via regulated advisors such as Blacktower and allow for a combination of Mutual Funds, Stocks and Shares, Cash to be held in them. It is also worth noting that Mutual Funds, also add better protection because they can be diversified across multiple sectors (including real estate). They are pooled investments which means that individual investors have access to markets that would be otherwise prohibitive. I.e. you can benefit from the buying power of the institutions.
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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.
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Friday 6th October 2017
Adoption Corner
DOTTY Dotty is a three-month-old English Setter that is currently being looked after by Pets in Spain. She is a happy, playful little girl that is in excellent health. Dotty has started her vaccinations and is good with other dogs, cats and children, and is now ready for her forever home. She will be medium to large size when fully grown, and for more details about her, please call 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com.
Protecting Our Pets
ESME Esme is a young kitten that was born in mid-June. She is very sociable, friendly young female kitten, and is white with pale ginger patches and a very crooked tail. Esme is fine with other cats and dogs and loves people. She is litter trained and has been treated for both internal and external parasites and is nowready to be homed. To meet her, call the K9 charity on 610 832 726.
JACKSON Jackson is a rescue dog that is aged around 11 months. He is in a loving foster home with lots of other cats and dogs and gets on very well with both, but now needs a place of his own. Jackson is the sweetest boy who behaves very well and has a gentle soul and is very affectionate. For more details on this adorable boy, please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com.
LEO
Leo is a three to four-year old playful dog who will quite happily sit on your lap, weighing in at around eight kilos. He gets his confidence from other dogs and will come up to you and say hello. Take the other dogs away and he is not sure at all. Leo will need time to settle in but once he has done that, you will have a friend for life. Please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
Most people are aware of the existence of zoonoses - those few diseases that pets can pass onto people: examples include rabies, ringworm, But what about the opposite scenario: so-called “reverse zoonoses” which are diseases that humans can pass on to pets? Reverse zoonoses are rare, but they do occur, according to vet Pete Wedderburn, who appears on many British tv and radio programmes, as well as writing for the Daily Telegraph. So what sort of diseases should owners be aware of, so that they can protect their pets from their owners’ maladies? Ringworm, or dermatophytosis, is an infection of the skin affecting humans as well as animals. If you develop suspicious skin lesions, avoid close contact with your pets until your doctor has ruled out ringworm. And if your pet - dog or cat - has signs of skin disease, avoid close contact until you have confirmed with your vet that ringworm is unlikely to be the cause. Ringworm is perhaps the most common two-way human-animal infectious disease. Studies have suggested that exposure - and reaction - to human flu viruses is more common in pets than previously suspected. To be safe, if you are suffering from signs that may be genuine flu, it makes sense to avoid close contact with the family pet. Most cases of Salmonella are linked to food poisoning, but
MARY Mary was brought into the SAT kennels, and was a little nervous as she had always been in a home environment and not used to kennel life. She soon settled down and has become a happy, lively girl. Mary weighs around 11.4 kilos and loves to have a run around, is very affectionate, gets on well with the other dogs and walks well on the lead. For more about Mary please call the SAT kennels on 966 710 047 or emailinfo@satanimalrescue.com
humans can also pick up this bacterial infection via contact with infected animals, and equally, animals can be infected by humans carrying the disease. Dogs and cats are more resistant to Salmonella than humans, but the risk should not be ignored. Giardia infection, or giardiasis, is spread via drinking water, including wells, lakes and streams. The condition can infect dogs, cats, and humans, and can spread from one to the other. The main sign is diarrhoea, so if you are afflicted with this, pay particular attention to hygiene between yourself and your pet in case Giardia is the cause. Strictly speaking, tobacco smoke inhalation is not a disease, and so cannot be transmitted from people to pets. However, inhaling smoke does cause a wide range of diseases, including cancer, cell damage and weight gain. If pets are “passive smokers” in a home where humans actively smoke, they are more likely to suffer from the consequences. If you want to protect the health of your pets, stop smoking, or at least, stop smoking in the same indoor areas as your pets. Pets and humans are generally good for each other, but it’s always wise to take steps to protect the health of your furry companions. So wash your hands before and after feeding, petting, and toiletting. Don’t share your bed with your pet and don’t let them lick your face.
PERRY Perry is a beautiful galgo dog who is a recent arrival at the Los Infiernos Perrera in San Javier. He's large but very friendly and gets on well with the other dogs at the kennels. If you would like to meet Perry and to give him a forever home, then please email losinfirernosdogs@hotmail.com or check out the Facebook page Los Infiernos Perrera Supporters. All adoptions are subject to a homecheck.
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Friday 6th October 2017
Double Fiestas
Two major holidays are commemorated next week, but only one if you live in the Murcia region. Valencia Day falls this Monday October 9th, and is classified as a premium red day holiday across the Valencia region, whilst the Fiesta de la Hispanidad is
celebrated this coming Thursday. The Fiesta de la Hispanidad was established as a national bank holiday in 1982, and celebrates Spain’s links around the world to other Hispanic nations on the date that Christopher Columbus first
landed in the Americas in 1492. October 12th is also the country’s Armed Forces Day, with King Felipe presiding over a military parade in Madrid, which will also feature a display by the San Javier-based aerobatics team, the Patrulla Aguila.
New Centre
Algorfa has officially opened a Youth Centre aimed at seven to 17-yearold's in the municipality, promising a wide range of activities for local youngsters. The facility at Plaza Espana is set to "promote youth association and participation" according to Algorfa mayor Manuel Ros, with a programme of talks, workshops and events planned.
Arson Repeat
A fresh arson incident happened in the Guardamar area on Tuesday, making it the fourth fire to be started deliberately in the same area of pine forests in just over a week.
The latest blaze came in the zone between the mouth of the River Segura and a line of properties at Playa Babilonia. Two helicopters, a sea plane, and fire crews from Almoradi and
Torrevieja were deployed to deal with the fire shortly after 5.00 pm, with the blaze being contained as the firefighters worked throughout the night to make sure it was completely extinguished.
New Roundabout
A notorious Vega Baja road blackspot is set to have a new roundabout built on it, with the news that the Public Works ministry has budgeted for the project on the N340 highway at a key junction with Redován, Subject to formalities, the one point eight million euro project is set to be tender next year, with the aim of finishing it by the spring of 2019. Redován mayor, Emilio
Fernández, said that the community had long campaigned for the roundabout,
and that easier access to the town would be a boost for the local economy.
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Friday 6th October 2017
Painted Insults
A man who painted offensive slogans against Orihuela council and the local police on two buildings in Orihuela City has been arrested by authorities. The poorly spelt insults were daubed on municipal buildings on Calle Arriba used by the Disabled Day Care Association and the Citizen Participation Centre. No details about the offender have been released by the police, or how much it will cost to clean up the walls, but council workers were hard at it removing the slogans last weekend.
Ramped Up
A new elevated pedestrian crossing has been installed in Dolores on the Elche main road, paid for by
the Valencian government. The Mayor of the Vega Baja village, José Joaquín Hernández, said that the
crossing was badly needed in the town to help avoid an accident that might kill a child.
Ramped Up
A new water pumping station for San Fulgencio has been officially opened, which will enable all of the municipality’s green areas to use recycled water from the EDAR sewage treatment plant. The plant produces 800 thousand cubic metres of water a year which had been pumped into the sea, but San Fulgencio
council and the Hidraqua water company set up a joint initiative to reuse the water instead in the area’s green areas. A council spokesman said that recycled as opposed to drinking water would be used for green areas, making the muncipality more “envionmentally sustainable”. This initiative is useful as reservoir levels are low.
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Home Computing
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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: Kath wanted to know how to deal with a message ADVICE: Lisa wanted to know how to sort her subfolders about her File History settings. alphabetically when using Microsoft Outlook client
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Hi Kath, the file history drive is an external USB drive or stick that is used as a backup to save copies of your files so that you can get them back if they are lost or damaged, you can access all of the settings relating to this feature within Windows by using the control panel and navigating to system and security and then to file history.
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Sprouting Broccoli, Green Sausage, Roasted Veg & Romesco & Almonds Puy Lentil One Pot
Ingredients
Method
1 head broccoli, cut into long florets 100g sprouting broccoli, trimmed 1½ tbsp olive oil ½ lemon, juiced flaked almonds toasted For the green romesco 50ml olive oil 1 garlic clove 2 tsp blanched almonds 25g sourdough, torn into pieces 125g green peppers, fried until tender and cooled 25g spinach leaves 1½ tsp chardonnay vinegar
To make the romesco, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over a low heat. Add the garlic and cook until golden. Carefully remove the garlic and discard, keeping the infused oil in the pan. Add the blanched almonds and cook until golden. Remove the almonds from the pan and set aside. Add the sourdough pieces to the pan and fry until golden. Remove toasted sourdough, pour out the infused oil and reserve. Whizz the toasted sourdough, almonds, green peppers, spinach, vinegar and
infused olive oil in a blender until thick and pesto-like. Season to taste. Heat a grill or griddle pan to high. Toss all the broccoli with 1 tbsp olive oil, then grill, turning, for 10 mins or until tender. Spoon the green romesco over a large serving plate or four small plates and top with the grilled broccoli. Season and drizzle the broccoli with the lemon juice and remaining olive oil. Scatter over flaked almonds to serve.
Prep: 15 Mins Cook: 20 Mins Serves: 4
Ingredients
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8 sausages 2 x 400g packs ready-toroast vegetables 3 garlic cloves, bashed in their skins 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp smoked paprika 2 x 250g pouches Puy lentils 1 ½ tbsp sherry or red wine vinegar 1 small pack parsley, roughly chopped
Heat grill to high. Put the sausages in a large roasting tin and grill for 8-10 mins until browning, then switch the oven on to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Remove the tin from the oven and add the vegetables and garlic, then drizzle over the oil and toss in the paprika and some seasoning. Roast for 30-35 mins more
until the sausages and veg are mostly tender, then stir through the lentils and vinegar. Return to the oven for 5 mins until everything is heated through. Squeeze the garlic cloves out of their skins and stir the garlic into the lentils, then season to taste, stir through the parsley and serve. Prep: 5 Mins Cook: 45 Mins Serves:4
Diner Sloppy Joes
Ingredients 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 onion, finely chopped 2 small red peppers or yellow peppers, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed 400g minced beef 2 x 400ml cans chopped tomatoes 2 tbsp chipotle or smoky barbecue sauce 4 cheese slices 6 burger buns
crispy onions, to serve iceberg lettuce, to serve Method Heat the oil in a deep frying pan, then fry the onion, pepper and garlic for 8-10 mins until softened. Add the mince, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go, and stir until it browns all over. Tip in the tomatoes and chipotle, or barbecue
sauce, and add a little seasoning. Simmer for 10-15 mins until the sauce has thickened. Put the cheese slices on top of the mince and cover with a lid for 2 mins to let it melt into the sauce. Pile into the buns with the crispy onions, and lettuce on the side for scooping up the extra sauce. Prep: 5 Mins Cook: 30 Mins Serves:6
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Food & Drink
Cajun Chicken Gumbo
Ingredients 4 tbsp olive oil 5 skinless chicken breasts, cut into chunky pieces 1 onion, chopped 2 celery sticks, sliced 3 bay leaves 5 tbsp plain flour 4 tsp Cajun spice mix (or 1 each paprika, ground cumin, ground chilli and dried basil) 600ml chicken stock (made with 2 stock cubes) 2 green peppers, deseeded and cut into chunks
300g thickly sliced ham, trimmed of any fat and diced 3 spring onions, sliced 2 tbsp very roughly chopped parsley Method Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a wide casserole or big frying pan and fry the chicken for a few mins to brown. Tip out onto a plate. Add the onion to the pan with 1 tbsp more oil and fry for 5 mins until almost softened. Add the celery and fry for another 2 mins, then tip out to join the chicken. Add the remaining oil, bay leaves and flour to the pan and cook
into a paste. Carry on cooking, stirring constantly (with a splash of water if you need), until golden brown, then stir in the spices for 2 mins. Gradually stir in the stock until smooth and saucy. Return the chicken and veg to the pan, along with the peppers, cover and simmer gently for 15 mins. Stir in the ham, cover and simmer gently for 10 mins more. Check for seasoning, then serve, sprinkled with the spring onions mixed with the chopped parsley. Prep: 20 Mins Cook: 45 Mins Serves: 6
Salted Caramel & Peanut Butter Billionaire’s Slice Ingredients For the base 225g butter, chopped into cubes, plus a little for greasing 140g unsalted peanut, toasted and cooled 225g plain flour 50g cornflour 85g golden caster sugar For the peanut butter layer 140g butter 225g smooth peanut butter 140g icing sugar For the salted caramel layer 2 X 397g cans Carnation caramel 1½ tsp flaky sea salt or ½ tsp fine sea salt For the chocolate-toffee topping 3 x 100g bars dark chocolate, broken into small pieces 140g soft dairy toffee 3 tbsp milk ½ tsp flaky sea salt Method Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line a 20 x 30cm rec-
tangular cake tin with baking parchment – the best way to do this is with 2 long strips of parchment. Put the ingredients for the base in a food processor and blitz until it starts to clump together – don’t worry if the peanuts are still a little chunky, they will add a lovely texture. Tip onto your work surface and knead briefly to bring together as a dough. Press the dough into the base of your tin in an even layer. Bake for 25 mins until golden, then set aside to cool. To make the peanut butter layer, melt the butter and peanut butter in a small pan and mix until smooth. Sieve the icing sugar into a bowl, then pour in the hot butter mixture and stir to combine. While the mixture is still warm, pour over the base and smooth out with a spatula. Chill for 2 hrs until set. To make the caramel layer, put the caramel and salt in a pan, bring up to the boil and simmer vigorously for 2-3 mins, whisking continuously, until the colour darkens a shade or two and the caramel thickens slightly. Leave the caramel to cool for 20
mins (see tips, below). Once cooled, pour it over the peanut butter layer and return to the fridge for a further 2 hrs. Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Meanwhile, put the toffees and the milk in a small saucepan and gently heat. They will clump together and struggle to melt at first, but keep heating and eventually they will turn into a runny toffee sauce. Remove the tin from the fridge and pour the chocolate over the salted caramel layer, tipping the tin to spread the chocolate over the surface. Use a spoon to quickly drizzle the caramel over the chocolate in a thin loopy pattern (or see tip, below). If the toffee starts to get too thick, add a splash more milk or cream and pop it back on the heat until runny. Sprinkle over the sea salt flakes and put the tin back in the fridge to chill for 2 hrs before slicing. Prep: 45 Mins Cook: 55 Mins Serves: 15 Slices
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Can even moderate drinking increase the risk of cancer? Alcohol may be a social lubricant but WHO and Public Health England say it can cause cancer. Last week the alcohol industry was accused of downplaying the link between alcohol and the increased risk of seven cancers: mouth, throat, oesophagus, liver, breast and colon. A research paper in Drug and Alcohol Review found that “responsible drinking” information funded by the alcohol industry tends to push the message that only heavy drinking increases the risk of these cancers. But the paper says the risk starts with low levels of drinking, even though the risk itself is low. So is the recommended number of alcohol units a week – 14 – too high?
women might still be positive,” he says. “For colorectal cancer, the risk for men and women is low until you reach more than two drinks per day.” There are also individual genetic differences in metabolising alcohol that can increase the risk of cancer. Ethanol in alcoholic drinks is broken down into acetaldehyde, which is toxic to cells, damaging DNA and proteins. Some people have genetic variations that are less effective at getting rid of acetaldehyde, and they may have a higher risk of oesophageal cancer.
The solution Even less than 1.5 units a day – a small glass of wine – can increase the risk of mouth, throat, oesophagus and breast cancer (in women), according to a UK government committee. While the toll of heavy drinking on the liver and pancreas is well known, the link
to cancers, especially breast and colorectal, is less so. There are more than 100 epidemiology studies showing an association between breast cancer and alcohol, the risk increasing with less than one daily glass of wine.
Research at Harvard found that while light to moderate drinking was not significantly associated with an increased risk for men (unless they smoked), it did increase the risk of breast cancer for women.
Edward L Giovannucci, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health and the lead author of the report, says that the increase in risk is modest. And there are some health benefits from
occasional drinking that make the true risk to health harder to quantify. He points out other research that shows that one drink per day reduces the risk of diabetes for women. “So the overall effect on health for
Giovannucci says that overall he wouldn’t recommend drinking alcohol to improve your health. “But if one enjoys a glass or occasionally two a day as part of a healthy diet, and doesn’t smoke, I think the increased risk of cancer is small,” he says. “For those with a family history of colorectal or breast cancer, I’d suggest not drinking or not exceeding one glass per day.”
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Why Is Wheat Toxic? For thousands of years, people have cultivated wheat as food. Wheat is primarily a grass. In many cultures, wheat serves as a staple food, and like every staple food, it provides food in the absence of better quality foods. Wheat has never been a particularly healthy food in human society due to the toxins it contains typically found in grasses. Nevertheless, wheat had been reasonably tolerated by people until the mid1970s when it was genetically modified and became transformed into a brandnew plant species. This wheat from the mid1970s is the commercially available form of wheat found all over the world. It is
used to make bread, pasta, sausages, pastries, pies, cakes, biscuits, snacks, sauces and many other processed foods. This genetically modified form of wheat contains far higher concentrations of toxins than the original wheat called Spelt wheat. Wheat is widely known to contain Gluten, the protein responsible for the glue-like quality of wheat. Gluten damages the finger-like processes in the walls of the intestines responsible for absorbing nutrients, which leads to diseases such Coeliac. But gluten, however, is not even the most toxic compound found in wheat. Wheat contains a highly toxic substance called Lectins which studies
show have a strong link to chronic diseases. Lectins are indigestible compounds that accumu-
late in the organs such as the stomach, intestines, and pancreas to cause diseases in these organs.
Other chronic diseases linked to Lectins include Rheumatoid Arthritis, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, Crohn's, Multiple Sclerosis and Cancer. Another toxin found in Wheat is Wheat Germ agglutinin (WGA). This toxic compound also damages the intestinal villi responsible for absorbing nutrients, resulting in nutrient deficiencies and chronic diseases. A study published in the British Journal of Cancer showed a strong link between wheat germ agglutinin and Cancer of the pancreas. Most people will tolerate some of the toxins found in natural Wheat or Spelt Wheat. But the genetically modified commercial wheat
contains many times more toxins and more people today suffer from abdominal problems resulting from these toxins. These problems may start off as mild symptoms like abdominal distension and cramps and gradually progress into stomach pain, diarrhoea, constipation and food intolerances. People with recurrent abdominal problems such as abdominal pain, should eliminate wheat from their diet and replace with the alternatives to wheat such as Rye and Spelt.
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Bedbugs thought to 'hitchhike' on dirty holiday laundry "Dirty laundry a powerful magnet for bedbugs, study finds," is a recent claim. Bedbugs are small blood-sucking insects that live in cracks and crevices in and around beds. They crawl out at night and bite exposed skin to feed on blood. The number of bedbugs has soared across the globe recently, with cheap air flights believed to play a role in their spread. But until now, it hasn't been clear how or why these tiny wingless bugs manage to travel great distances.
The authors of this latest study now think they have the answer: dirty laundry left lying around in hotel rooms, regardless of the presence of a human host. In experiments done on identical rooms, researchers found bedbugs were most likely to collect in bags containing dirty clothes than in bags of clean laundry. The researchers propose that traces of body odour on dirty laundry are enough to attract the critters – the presence of humans isn't necessary. Once in the laundry bag, the
insects can travel in a person's luggage back home and then hide under mattresses, in headboards, or along carpet edges. The researchers suggest a simple way of protecting yourself against the unwelcome hitchhikers: keep dirty laundry in sealed bags. This was a small experimental study with limitations. But as bedbug infestations are so tricky to treat, prevention is key – and it makes sense to try this simple measure the next time you're travelling.
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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.
What Have You Got To Lose? This is really the best time in a decade to get involved with the Spanish property market and to earn our generous commissions. Get in touch with us now to learn more.
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Events Calendar Until Tuesday 10 October, 2017 Crevillente Moors and Christians Fiestas Friday 6 - Sunday 8 October, 2017 Alicante Stock City Feria Outlet Benijófar VIII Tapas Route Friday 6 - Monday 9 October, 2017 Moraira Oktoberfest Friday 6 October, 2017 Almoradí Ruta Verde Nocturna: Night-time Green Walk Saturday 7 October, 2017 Murcia Cathedral to Caravaca de la Cruz 90km Charity Run in Awareness of Autism Saturday 7 - Monday 9 October, 2017 La Nucia IV Business, Leisure, Automobile, and Gastronomy Expo Saturday 7 - Saturday 14 October, 2017 El Campello Mercat Festa Vintage plus Moors and Christians Fiestas Sunday 8 October, 2017 Torrevieja Fiesta Blanca (White Party) in C/ Bella Antonia Monday 9 October, 2017 Orihuela Guided Tour visiting local historical and heritage sites Monday 9 - Wednesday 11 October, 2017 Torrevieja Agein UK Live-In Care Worker Training Day Wednesday 11 October, 2017 Rojales Night of the Stars Wednesday 11 - Sunday 15 October, 2017 Torrevieja Sevillanas Fair (was the May Fair) Thursday 14 October, 2017 Orihuela Guided Tour at 11 am visiting local historical and heritage sites
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
Should there be another series of Doctor Foster after an exciting finale to the second season on Tuesday night on BBC 1 that left some big unanswered questions? My heart rules my head and suggests that there is plenty of mileage left here for a return in a couple of years time, especially after teenage Tom made his views clear about what he thought about his parents, and ran away from them. It was all nuts as we wondered whether Simon would take his own life, but gripping nevertheless. Tellingly there was no continuity announcement over the closing credits that Doctor Foster would return, but on Wednesday, creator and writer Mike Bartlett said that “there were conversations to be had”, and that Suranne Jones would be pivotal as to whether there is a third series. One way or another, thanks to everybody for the crazy ride, and if we get another shot at it in 2019, then all well and good. Jessica Raine made a
Foster’s Open Finale
Sunday night TV name for herself as one of the first new faces to become well known thanks to Call The Midwife. I wonder what her Nonnatus House mates in Poplar would make of her Sunday return playing an alcoholic bed-hopping wife of a British military police officer in mid-sixties Aden? Sex and foul language abound in her scenes in The Last Post (BBC 1), which is set a few months before the Brits are sent packing with a flea in their ear from the colony on the Arabian pennisula. It’s very hot there in this interesting tale of a new(and far too good-looking) captain being brought in to join the military police team, with his new wife in tow. I’ll leave it there, but if I tell you that Peter Moffat, the writer of legal dramas Silk and Criminal Justice, is behind this, then there is plenty of intrigue to get your teeth into, as the local rebels plot attacks against the occupying Brits. The new network US TV season continues to unfold, and here’s news of a show that comes form the Marvel
Comics stable, The Gifted, which is running on FOX UK, as well as many other outlets. A whole raft of Marvel shows have appeared on streaming services in the last couple of years, and I have to say that a lot appear to lack humour and good plotting, but The Gifted is miles better. This, like the very different Legion from earlier in the year, is an X-Men spin-off, with mutants being chased around by the authorities. Stephen Moyer, having picked up some pocket money for ITV’s dreadful Safe House, looks miles more comfortable in this, as he plays a prosecutor who runs cases against mutants, and discovers that his two kids are mutants themseles. You really do care what happens when you watch the opener unfold, with great special effects, and the odd bit of humour thrown in, plus the regular cameo appearance from Marvel creator, Stan Lee. This is just good entertainment, which is after all what the Marvel TV shows should be about, in the vein of
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter, as opposed to recent disappointments like The Defenders (on Netflix) or Inhumans (set for Sky One, and regarded as the “dud” of the year). Mr.Selfridge is back with Jeremy Piven now playing a much-more likeable genius tech innovator in the mold of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs who creates a cutting-edge
crowdsourcing app to solve his daughter’s murder. The show, airing on CBS in the States, is called Wisdom of the Crowd, and has a smell of Person of Interest and CSI about it. It does have some interesting things to say about the use of technology and almost a very uncomfortable sort of vigilantism. There was a scene in the opener where a crowd
of app-users surrounded the baddie as he got off a train, and I went, “what the heck?!”. That concept really got some critics worried after Sunday’s premiere, but I’m sure Wisdom will address that issue in a perfectly passable hour that does try to be different, and is clearly aimed at a younger audience. Count me in for more!
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admits that she’s paying off the man from the Bistro, who is Clayton’s dad Dane.
from it to blot out her worries. Doug soon realises someone has stolen the booze and plays detective.
Friday More sad news reaches the village and lives are changed forever. Who hasn’t made through the week?
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Elsewhere, plans are made after last week’s Friday Suspicious Phelan follows Daniel to a nursing shocking events. home and comes face-toface with an old enemy.
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Monday Shock reverberates around the village after the tragic news and the police are beginning to arrive. Harriet is struggling with guilt and Cain is soon knocked for six.
Meanwhile, Doug gives Gerry a job to pay off his debts, but Diane has already offered Liv and Gabby work to keep them out of mischief. Could there be trouble ahead? Elsewhere, Lydia is worried that her lies will be exposed.
Tuesday Rishi is determined to meet Lydia’s new employee Una, leaving Lydia feeling pressured to keep lying about this fictional creation.
Meanwhile, Shona is unnerved when Clayton’s dad Dane calls into the café and demands her scratch card winnings. Elsewhere, Gary is rattled when Phelan asks how he Wednesday Police are in knows Nicola. the village after last week’s Also, Andy hits rock bottom events. and plans a suicide Meanwhile, Liv and Gabby attempt. are surprised to find Gerry staying at Aaron’s flat. Phelan calls at Daniel’s flat Gerry suggests they and threatens to hurt him if should bunk off school and he doesn’t stop snooping. Will Daniel listen? drink together. Elsewhere, Kerry remains Meanwhile, Shona arrives for her birthday meal at the suspicious. Bistro with the Platts, but Thursday Events move in she’s instantly unsettled by a different direction as the the sight of Dane at a nearaftermath of last week con- by table. tinues to play out. David is also taken aback Meanwhile, Zak takes mat- when Dane approaches ters into his own hands him and mentions Kylie. when he thinks something Predicting trouble, Shona has happened between furtively sets off the fire alarm. Gerry and Liv. Elsewhere, Lisa worries Elsewhere, Fiz is angry that Beth has been exploitabout Sam’s plan. ing Hope’s cancer battle to raise awareness for a crowdfunding page the factory girls are setting up to start a new business. Beth is contrite, but when she logs on to remove Hope’s story, she and Fiz are startled by the sudden leap in donations. Vanessa and Charity unwittingly get locked in the Woolpack cellar. With mutual animosity, they start drinking whiskey to get through their ordeal – but this leads to a kiss that quickly turns passionate. Meanwhile, the Dingles Monday David follows want a confession. Shona to the solicitor’s and catches her asking for her £1,000 from Adam. Shona
Shona takes David with her to meet Dane, where they refuse to hand over any money. When Dane responds with some vile remarks about Kylie, David sees red and Shona has to drag him away.
Deciding it’s time to be honest, Linda tells Mick that she had cancer while she was away and she’s scared that it’s back.
Meanwhile, Gethin agrees to tutor Bex again when she apologises for her recent behaviour.
Meanwhile, Stacey is reunited with her children when doctors confirm that there’s no reason to be alarmed about Arthur’s bruises. In private, Kush still wants answers from Carmel about why she called social services.
Elsewhere, Linda organises a surprise graduation party for Johnny.
Thursday Mick realises that he needs to get Linda to a doctor. Later, Mick is shocked to realise that Woody knew about Linda’s illness all along, which causes a big argument between the Carters.
Meanwhile, Rana is shaken when a furious Imogen accuses her of fancying Kate.
Monday Stacey is still reeling after Carmel reported her to social services, which led to the kids being placed in Carmel’s care. Feeling guilty, Carmel lets Stacey spend time with Lily and Arthur, but fails to mention that she was the one who reported her in the first place.
Elsewhere, Billy confesses to Shona that he took her £1,000 for the factory girls but promises to repay her.
Later, Kush confronts his mum and admits that he knows it was her who made the call.
Wednesday Rana continues to wrestle with her secret feelings for Kate. Rana is also impressed by Rosie’s chutzpah as she relates how she nearly had a gay experience in Miami.
Meanwhile, Woody encourages Linda to open up to Mick when he notices that she’s in pain. Linda is reluctant to do so, fearing the worst as she had these symptoms just before she was diagnosed with cancer. Could she be unwell again?
Later, David and Shona load Max and Lily into the car ready for their trip. Suddenly, Dane hurtles across the street, jumps in and locks himself inside with the kids. David and Shona look on, horrified. David and Shona frantically bang on the car as Dane sits inside with a traumatised Max and Lily.
Later, emboldened by alcohol, Rana calls at Kate’s flat and kisses her passionately. Kate is stunned.
Friday A torn Carmel makes another huge decision, but will she regret it?
Meanwhile, Max offers to stay with Jane while Ian is busy on the Square.
Fletch must come to terms with the realities of his new role as director of nursing, when he is charged with having to break some bad news.
Meanwhile, after catching Daniel snooping in the yard office, Nicola finally gets Phelan alone. What does she have to say? Spotting Todd, Rana insists she’s not a lesbian and is planning to start a family. Rana orders Todd to leave her alone, but will he? And how will Rana react when Zeedan suggests making their marriage legal? Meanwhile, Nicola has big news for Phelan. How will he react to the news that she’s pregnant.
Tuesday Linda is still worried about her health, but she confides in Woody by revealing that there’s a five-week wait for an appointment at the hospital. Later, Mick finally gets suspicious over Linda’s strange behaviour and realises that she’s unwell.
Meanwhile, when a familiar face shows up, Essie is forced to say goodbye to a very significant person in her life – is she ready to move on? Elsewhere, during the day from hell, Donna makes a serious schoolgirl error – can she do damage limitation in time?
Later, Kerry overhears Lydia giving Rishi a phone number. Meanwhile, Liv is unimpressed when Gerry steals a bottle of vodka from the B&B and Gabby swigs
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
Weekends Saturday 09:00 Breakfast with Tim Bridge 12:00 Saturday Afternoons with Paul Norman 15:00 Saturday Sports with Alex Trelinski 18:00 Entertainment Power 20:00 Northern Soul
Sunday 09:00 Breakfast with Tim Bridge 12:00 Soul & Mowtown 14:00 Gary Jackson 16:00 The Retro Chart 18:00 Classic Country
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Friday 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 A Question of Sport Sue Barker takes charge as captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by Shay Given, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Katy Marchant and Luther Burrell. 21:00 EastEnders A torn Carmel makes a huge decision? 21:30 Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon hosts with David Mitchell and Lee Mack. Guests are Sara Cox, Jason Manford, Nick Robinson and Harry Shearer.
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 For What It’s Worth 14:45 World Championship Gymnastics 16:15 Coast 16:45 Great American Railroad Journeys 17:15 This Farming Life 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Coast: The Great Guide Tessa Dunlop and Neil Oliver present an insider guide to Southern Wales - from the Severn Bridge to St Davids - as they unearth the stories that give this coast its wild appeal. Building on the best of ten years of “Coast” stories from these shores, Tessa takes to the seas to seek out new stories and extreme experiences for the guide.
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 Sad news reaches the village. 20:30 Coronation Street Andy hits rock bottom. 21:00 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury Heading to Anglesey, Julia’s coastal walk uncovers the birth place of the Land Rover and ends on the romantic Llanddwyn Island, the home of Wales’s own female St Valentine which offers stunning sea views. 21:30 Coronation Street Daniel earns a reward from his boss Cindy.
22:30 Porridge Fletch has taken to helping his fellow inmates with appeals, letters home and the like. Things get complicated when Barry’s girlfriend comes to visit.
22:00 Gardeners’ World Monty begins the process of taking out plants which are in the wrong place and moving or dividing others.
22:00 Cold Feet Despite David’s generous bail out, the pressure of family life and work sees the walls closing in on Karen. Her new business venture may well be her downfall. Will anyone save her from the abyss before it’s too late? When Adam seizes the opportunity to spend the night away from Tina in the name of teambuilding he gets more than he bargained for.
23:00 News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 00:25 Josh 00:55 The Apprentice 01:55 Weather 02:00 News
23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Dragons’ Den 01:05 Live: Gymnastics 04:00 Panorama 04:30 MND and 22-Year-Old Me
23:00 News 23:45 Bad Move 00:15 Tonight at the London Palladium 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Storage Hoarders 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
22:00 Have I Got News for You Team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Alexander Armstrong.
21:00 Mastermind John Humphrys presents another heat of the classic quiz. 21:30 Only Connect A team of darts players take on three Wimbledon FC supporters in this heat.
A Very English Scandal
Filming on Russell T Davies' major three-part drama for BBC One A Very English Scandal has begun. Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe and Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott will be joined by Alex Jennings, Patricia Hodge, Monica Dolan, Adrian Scarborough and Jason Watkins, with Eve Myles, Michele Dotrice and Blake Harrison. A Very English Scandal is the shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for conspiracy and incitement to murder. Hugh Grant is to return to British television screens for the first time since the early 1990s as the disgraced MP Jeremy Thorpe, who in 1979 was tried but acquitted of conspiring to murder his exlover Norman Scott, played by Ben Whishaw. Further cast include Fisayo Akinade, David Bamber, Patrick Barlow, Lucy Briggs-
Owen, Paul Hilton, Jonathan Hyde, Alice Orr-Ewing, Steffan Rhodri, Paul Freeman and Susan Wooldridge. It is the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been decriminalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party and the youngest leader of any British political party in a hundred years, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as his ex-lover Norman Scott is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk. Thorpe schemes and deceives - until he can see only one way to silence Scott for good. The trial of Jeremy Thorpe changed society forever, illuminating the darkest secrets of the Establishment. The Thorpe affair revealed such breathtaking deceit and corruption that, at the time, hardly anyone dared believe it could be true.
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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 20:30 Unreported World As Ireland prepares for a referendum on whether to alter legislation that makes abortion illegal in almost all circumstances, Shaunagh Connaire and Kate HardieBuckley meet women and families on both sides of the debate. 21:00 The Crystal Maze Richard Ayoade guides an all-female football team through the Maze. They hope to score, but will they play defensively or go on the attack, and will there be any own goals? 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 Film American Hustle (14) 03:30 Back 04:00 Electric Dreams 04:55 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Take Me Out returns for a tenth series
Take Me Out returns for a tenth series with two special episodes Take Me Out, the most successful* Saturday night dating show returns early 2018 for its tenth series. Hosted by the King of dating, Paddy McGuinness, the new series is to air with two special episodes to celebrate 10 years of dating success. A new line up of ‘Flirty Thirty’ girls will be ready to meet the single boys taking a ride down the ‘Love Lift’, but who will be lucky enough to bag themselves a date on the sunny Isle of Fernando’s and be successful in their quest to find love? The new series includes two Take Me Out special episodes; one featuring a line-up of thirty fabulous sin-
gle older ladies, looking for love. In the second special, Paddy ‘brings on the boys’ as we see thirty of his favourite male contestants return for another chance at finding ‘The One’. The show also celebrates the Take Me Out love matches created as Paddy reunites with the successes from previous series. With seven weddings and three babies to come from the show, Paddy chats to the couples and reminisces about the moment their eyes met across the Take Me Out love lift. Series 10 of Take Me Out and the two specials will air in 2018 on ITV. Transmission will be confirmed at a later date.
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 The Mentalist 16:20 Film - Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (12) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Gadget Show The G Team help magician Tom London improve his YouTube videos, Ortis is in Malta to test a millionaire’s dream underwater toy, and Jon evaluates Dyson’s addition to the robotic vacuum sector. 21:00 Britain By Bike With Larry and George Lamb Larry and George start their visit the Scottish Highlands with a speedboat tour of Loch Lomond, and cycle through the Trossachs National Park. 22:00 A Celebrity Taste Of Italy Rula Lenska, Johnny Ball and Ian Lavender forage for black truffles with a local dog called Rambo. Later, they join Judith Chalmers and Diana Moran, exploring two of Tuscany’s most beautiful settlements. And Judith and Rula become star attractions in the city of Siena as British tourists queue up for some selfies. 23:00 Celebrities: In Therapy 00:05 Alaska: A Year in the Wild 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Film Throw Momma From the Train (12)
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 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 Film - Fast & Furious (14) 00:10 Family Guy 01:35 American Dad! ITV 3 07:00 Coronation Street 07:50 Heartbeat 08:55 Where the Heart Is 09:55 Wild at Heart 10:55 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 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 Lewis 01:05 Mr Selfridge ITV 407:00 The Chase 08:35 The Avengers 09:40 The Car Chasers 10:40 Pawn Stars 11:35 Cash Cowboys 12:35 The Avengers 13:40 The Saint 14:50 Ironside 15:55 Quincy, M.E. 16:55 Minder 18:00 The Avengers 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 River Monsters 22:00 Film Licence to Kill (15) 00:45 Film - Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (18)
Celebrity line-up confirmed for ITV’s Gone To Pot
All aboard for the trip of a lifetime. The celebrity lineup for new ITV documentary series Gone to Pot has been unveiled and includes Birds of a Feather actress and Loose Women panelist Linda Robson, exEastEnders actress Pam St Clement, actor Christopher Biggins, retired footballer and TV presenter John Fashanu and darts supremo Bobby George. The group of well-known celebrities will be hitting the road together for a new three-part series, to embark on the ultimate trip across the US on board a magical mystery bus. They will explore the locals use of marijuana, for both medicinal and recreational purposes and meet some truly extraordinary characters along the way. Each of the personalities is motivated by a personal
desire to find out more about the issues involved and the series follows their journey of discovery. They travel to states where medicinal and recreational use has been legalised, meeting people who have experienced both the benefits and downsides of medical and recreational use. The issue of legislation has long been a subject of debate in the UK with marijuana having been reported to ease symptoms of arthritis, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and several other conditions. However, it remains the most commonly used and trafficked illicit drug in the world and evidence suggests that frequent and prolonged use can be detrimental to both mental and physical health. Executive producer says: “The legalisation of marijuana is a hot topic in Britain.”
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Basquiat - Rage to Riches
Louis Theroux: Dark States Heroin Town: Heroin Town
Sunday - BBC Two In Huntington, West Virginia, Louis Theroux embeds himself in an Appalachian community that is being devastated and stretched to its limits by widespread heroin use. He spends time with members of the user community that are caught in the grip of drug addiction, and follows the emergency services as they struggle to cope with multiple overdoses each day. Saturday - BBC Two Documentary, exploring the rise in profile of the output of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose work is currently the subject of a large-scale exhibition at the Barbican in London - the first time a wholly Basquiat collection has been displayed in the UK. This film serves as a portrait of Jean-
Michel's origins, making use of interviews with his sisters Lisane and Jeanine, along with accounts from his friends, confidants, lovers and contemporaries, to detail how a self-taught, Brooklyn-born artist came to rank alongside the likes of Picasso, de Kooning and Francis Bacon on the international art marketplace - 29 years after his death.
Live Boxing: York Hall Brawl: Andrew Selby v Maximino Flores Saturday - C5 Andrew Selby v Maximino Flores. Coverage of the WBC world flyweight eliminator, which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green. Welshman Selby is undefeated thus far in his fledgling career, having won all nine of his previous bouts, with five of them being by stoppage.
Sir Bobby Charlton at 80 Sunday - BBCOne Documentary celebrating the life and career of the former Manchester United footballer, who won the World Cup with England on home soil in 1966, as he approaches his 80th birthday. Charlton survived the tragedy of the Munich air disaster in 1958, which killed several of his United team-mates, and he became a crucial figure in the club's resurgence, winning two league titles and the European Cup. Featuring archive footage and interviews with the man himself, as well as Alex Ferguson, Eric Cantona, Geoff Hurst, Denis Law,
David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney, who surpassed Charlton's
all-time goalscoring records for both Manchester United and England.
Saturday TV 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 13:00 Football Focus 13:30 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 World Championship Gymnastics 15:45 Film Muppets Most Wanted 17:25 Chris Coleman: Dare to Dream 18:25 News 18:45 Pointless Celebrities Strictly Come 19:35 Dancing Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host as the couples perform routines inspired by some of the greatest films of all time for movie week. The opening number is a group performance that pays tribute to “La La Land”.
07:00 How We Won the War 07:30 Coast 08:10 Film - Hans Christian Andersen 10:00 Saturday Mash-Up 12:00 Natural World 13:00 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 14:00 Railways of the Great War With Michael Portillo 14:30 Flog It! 15:30 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 16:30 India: Nature’s Wonderland 17:30 Mastermind 18:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown 19:00 Anglesey: Island Life 19:30 Gardeners’ World
20:30 Front Row John Wilson meets Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling to talk about “Blade Runner 2049’, the long awaited follow-up to Ridley Scott’s 21:40 Casualty Dylan is seminal science fiction forced to bring Sanosi into thriller. the ED much to David's dismay, and Lily grows ever 21:00 Britain Afloat Marymore jealous of the bond Ann explores the story of forming between Iain and the coracle, a boat that’s as Sam. Meanwhile, Connie simple as they come, and struggles to deal with the which some believe has severity of her diagnosis, been on Britain’s waters for and tries to come to terms up to 40,000 years. with what it means for her future. 21:30 Dad’s Army The Chief Warden challenges 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys Mainwaring to a game of After faking Grandad’s cricket. death, the Brown family are still waiting for the insur- 22:00 Basquiat: Rage to ance money to come Riches The story of through. Agnes has prom- Brooklyn-born artist Jeanised the money to Dermot Michel Basquiat. and Maria, who are desperate for a place of their own. 23:30 Performance Live 00:00 Later ... with Jools 23:00 News 23:20 Film - Holland 01:05 Film - Bright Thor: The Dark World (PG) Days Ahead (15) 02:35 01:05 The NFL Show 01:35 Film - A Nightingale Sang in Weather 01:40 News Berkeley Square (PG)
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07:00 CITV 10:25 Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:20 Midsomer Murders 14:10 News 14:15 Catchphrase 15:00 The Chase 15:55 The X Factor 17:25 Thunderbirds Are Go 17:50 Little Big Shots 18:50 News 19:15 Cannonball 20:10 The Family Chase The Price family from Oldham join forces to try and outsmart one of the country’s finest quiz brains, the Chaser. 21:15 The X Factor Dermot O'Leary presents as the Bootcamp stage of this year's contest draws to a close. The remaining contestants take the stage at Wembley Arena, where they must perform in front of a live audience for the first time this series. 22:45 The Jonathan Ross Show Game of Thrones star Kit Harington joins Jonathan, and he will no doubt be talked into chatting about the shocking developments for his character Jon Snow at the end of the show's penultimate series. Also taking a seat on the sofa this evening are former Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins, singer Mary J Blige, and comedian Rob Beckett. Plus, music by Dua Lipa.
07:15 Mobil 1 The Grid 07:45 Stoke on Trent European City of Sport Triathlon 08:10 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 The Simpsons 12:55 The Crystal Maze 14:00 Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix Qualifying Highlights. 15:30 World’s Most Expensive Cars 16:35 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:35 Location, Location, Location 19:30 News 20:00 Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson Tony uncovers a prehistoric shark tooth, shines a light in an abandoned railway tunnel and discovers DH Lawrence’s mountain retreat in the Peak District. 21:00 WWII’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails Monty Halls retraces the tough World War II freedom trail across the Pyrenees from France to Spain and meets soldiers who survived it and people who helped them.
22:00 Film - Escape Plan An expert takes a contract from the CIA to test a maximum security prison by trying to break out of it , but he soon discovers he has been duped and that his 23:45 News 00:05 Film - captors intend him to stay American Pie: The inside for ever. (14) Wedding (18) 01:50 Jackpot247 04:00 The 00:15 Film - The Gunman Hungry Sailors 04:50 ITV (14) 02:20 The Last Leg 03:20 Hollyoaks Omnibus Nightscreen
07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 The Gadget Show 12:20 Criminals: Caught on Camera 12:50 Police Interceptors 14:50 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 15:50 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 17:50 News 17:55 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 19:50 Film - Where Eagles Dare World War II espionage thriller scripted by Alistair MacLean from his bestseller. An elite squad of commandos are dispatched to rescue an American general held by the Nazis in a castle fortress in the Bavarian Alps. From the moment they parachute behind enemy lines, however, it becomes apparent that they face not only the might of the German army, but also a traitor in their midst. 22:45 Live: Boxing Live boxing from York Hall in East London, featuring the flyweight title eliminator between Andrew Selby and Maximino Flores. 00:30 Football Colin Murray introduces all the goals from the weekend's games in Leagues One and Two, including Doncaster Rovers v Southend United and Barnet v Coventry City. 01:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Film - Love at the Parade 05:40 Divine Designs
07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:35 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25 The X Factor 14:00 Film - The Lake House (PG) 16:05 Film - The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 17:55 Film - Happy Feet 20:00 Film - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG) 23:15 Celebrity Juice 00:05 Family Guy 01:30 American Dad! 02:25 Bromans ITV 3 07:00 Murder, She Wrote 08:50 Film - The Belles of St. Trinian’s 10:45 Columbo 12:50 Film Bertie & Elizabeth 14:55 Rosemary and Thyme 15:55 Foyle’s War 20:00 Midsomer Murders 00:00 Lewis 02:05 On the Buses ITV 4 07:00 Sporting Funnies 07:05 The Avengers 08:00 The Car Chasers 08:25 Motorsport UK 09:25 Monster Carp 10:30 ITV Racing 11:30 FIM World Superbike Series Motorcycle Racing 12:30 British Touring Car Championship 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 ITV Racing: Live From Ascot 17:00 World Cup Top Goalscorers 17:10 Pawn Stars 18:10 Hornblower 20:25 Live: FIFA World Cup Qualifier Football - Belarus v Holland 23:00 River Monsters 00:00 World Cup Qualifier
Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer 15:15 Money for Nothing 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Points of View 17:00 Lifeline 17:10 Songs of Praise 17:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 18:45 News 19:15 Countryfile
07:25 Great British Garden Revival 08:25 Gardeners’ World 09:25 The Beechgrove Garden 09:55 Countryfile 10:50 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:20 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 12:50 My Life on a Plate 13:35 Talking Pictures 14:15 Film - Dial M for Murder (PG) 16:00 World Championship Gymnastics 18:00 Super League Rugby 19:00 Top Gear
20:15 Strictly Come Dancing The group perform together in an act that pays tribute to classic Disney films and features a host of Disney characters. The bottom two couples go head to head in a bid to stay in the competition, and Sheridan Smith performs.
20:00 Russia with Simon Reeve The traveller's second leg of his journey across Russia takes him from south-east Siberia to the far south west and the majestic Caucasus Mountains.
21:00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce and the team head to Nymans gardens near Crawley.
21:00 Dragons’ Den The Dragons come face to face with their synthetic doubles as an entrepreneur presents his eco mannequin business to them.
22:00 The Last Post Mary goes into labour while her husband has left the city to rendezvous with the SAS, who are returning to Aden after a secret mission to capture a dangerous fugitive. 23:00 News 23:30 Sir Bobby Charlton at 80 00:35 The Women’s Football Show 01:10 The Graham Norton Show 02:00 Weather 02:05 News
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 The Chase 15:00 The X Factor 16:30 Victoria 17:30 Live: FIFA World Cup Qualifier Football - Lithuania v England 20:15 News 20:30 The X Factor In the first of three special Six Chair Challenge episodes, the stakes are high as the acts perform individually for a place at Judges’ Houses. 22:00 Victoria After a series of assassination attempts, the queen is forced to seek sanctuary far from the palace. She and Albert travel to the Scottish Highlands, an area that has always fascinated her, but proves to be far from the romantic retreat she had fantasised about. However, travelling incognito gives both the royal couple and their servants a freedom they do not often experience.
22:00 Louis Theroux: Dark States Louis embeds himself in an Appalachian community that is being devastated and stretched to its limits by widespread heroin use, with one in ten babies in the city born 23:00 News 23:15 Peston on Sunday 00:15 FIFA dependent on opiates. World Cup Qualifier 23:00 Snowfall 23:55 Mock Football 01:15 Liar 02:10 04:00 the Week 00:30 Film - Jackpot247 UK 04:50 Oranges and Sunshine (14) Motorsport 02:10 Question Time 03:10 Superbikes Racing 05:40 ITV Nightscreen Holby City
07:20 Kevin Can Wait 08:10 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 14:35 The Simpsons 16:00 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix Highlights 18:15 The Great British Bake Off 19:30 News 20:00 Escape to the Chateau As the wedding season comes to the chateau, Dick and Angel’s lives are about to get busier. Then there’s the barn, the van and the lime trees, as tensions start to rise. 21:00 Escape The engineers are confident they can overcome both the harsh environment and the engineering challenges, but as the climate takes its toll, physically and mentally, the reality of what they’re facing starts to bite. 22:00 Electric Dreams Ed has his life turned upside down, and his wife Sally’s worst fears come true when he meets femme fatale Jill, a “chimera” or synthetic being who is as beautiful as she is deadly. 23:05 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:05 Film - Walter Mitty (PG) 02:10 WWII’s Great Escapes 03:00 Britain’s Ancient Tracks
07:00 Milkshake 10:25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:00 Football 11:35 Police Interceptors 13:30 Film - Innerspace Film 15:50 (PG) Mannequin (PG) 17:35 Film - Annie 20:05 Deep-Sea Super Predator Documentary about the search for a mysterious predator that is large enough to hunt down and devour a three-metre great white shark. Plus, a look at the discovery of a bizarre natural phenomenon that, for only a few short weeks each year, sees some of the ocean's most fearsome creatures behave in an unusually aggressive manner. 21:00 Aviva Premiership Rugby Mark DurdenSmith and David Flatman present the best Aviva Premiership action from across the weekend. 21:55 News 22:00 Film - Wild Card A bodyguard goes after the sadistic thug who beat his friend, only to find that the object of his wrath is the son of a powerful mob boss. (15) 00:05 Film - Safe (14) 01:50 Car Crash TV 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Film A Lonely Place to Die (15) 05:50 Divine Designs
07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 You’ve Been Framed! 08:05 Coronation Street Omnibus 11:00 Guidance 11:30 LA Story 11:45 Cheerleaders Steel Rays 12:10 Ready, Set, Style 12:20 Third Wheel 12:50 The X Factor 14:20 Take Me Out 15:35 You’ve Been Framed! 16:35 Film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 18:15 Film Despicable Me 2 20:20 Film - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (PG) 23:00 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 Film - Bertie & Elizabeth 08:50 Heartbeat 10:50 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Film - Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s 15:55 Columbo 18:00 Lewis 20:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 22:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 23:00 Honest ITV 4 07:00 Hat-trick Heroes II 07:15 The Avengers 09:10 The Saint 10:15 British Touring Car Championship 11:45 Pawn Stars 14:40 Film - Jeremiah Johnson (PG) 16:55 Film - The Way West (12) 19:20 River Monsters 21:00 The Chase: Celebrity Special 22:00 The Devil’s Advocate (18)
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07:00 Real Lives Reunited 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Code 14:45 World Championship Gymnastics 16:15 Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation 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 Coast: The Great Guide Tessa hitches a ride with the Thames river police to the new London Gateway, where she gets an overview of Britain's trade with the world.
21:00 Countrywise Ben Fogle joins a team from the Ordnance Survey to recalculate the height of Scafell Pike, and Liz Bonnin witnesses the autumn red deer rut at Cheshire’s Lyme Park.
21:00 University Challenge University of St Andrews and St John’s College compete for a place.
21:30 Coronation Street Shona’s skeletons come tumbling out of the closet.
21:30 Upstart Crow Will's new comedy The Taming of the Shrew becomes a big hit. 22:00 The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed Chris and Xand uncover how new skills are developed. 23:00 W1A 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Billion Dollar Deals 01:15 Countryfile 02:10 Imagine... 03:10 This Is BBC Two
20:00 Emmerdale Shock ripples through the village. 20:30 Coronation Street David’s run-in with Shona’s ex puts his kids in danger.
22:00 Liar Laura's resolve to bring Andrew to justice deepens and she enlists Tom's help in her plan. However, when a deception in her personal life comes to light, she is left with no one to turn to and resorts to dangerous methods to force Andrew's confession. But she is not alone in her mission. 23:00 News 23:45 After the News 00:20 Jonathan Ross 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen
07:20 The King of Queens 08:40 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 Four in a Bed 18:30 Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food Jamie cooks a super-fast, stress-free sausage carbonara with a peppery punch. There’s also a spicy one-pot Thai red chicken soup; a scrambled egg omelette; and steamed pudding with a sticky marmalade glaze. 21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story Kate Quilton goes to the limit with watercress on a trip to Ireland. She also investigates whether onions cure gout.
Monday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 The Gadget Show 13:10 News 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:10 Access 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 Film - A Killer Among Us 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 FIA World Rally Championship Highlights from Spain of the eleventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
08:15 Below Deck 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 The Great Indoors 12:20 Dress to Impress 13:20 Emmerdale 13:50 Coronation Street 14:50 Ellen DeGeneres 15:45 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 Dress to Impress 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 American Dad! 23:00 Timewasters 23:30 Timewasters ITV 3
21:00 Police Interceptors As criminals use even more hi-tech means to break the law, the police must employ their own array of gadgets, from thermal imaging cameras to drones. Meanwhile on the beat, there’s a thrilling motorway pursuit, and the team cuff a drug driver.
22:00 The Undateables Poet Shaine and Gemma celebrate their first anniversary, while ghosthunter Lily and charity worker Ray are looking for love again.
22:00 Inside The Railway The Queen arrives at Paddington on board one of GWR’s new trains, commemorating a trip made by her forebear Queen Victoria. At Reading station, a Revenue Protection Officer has to call for back up when a fare dodger makes a run for it.
23:00 First Dates 00:05 Quadruplets and Homeless 01:10 How’d You Get So Rich? 01:50 The Supervet 02:50 Film Bajirao Mastani (PG)
23:00 Aircrash 00:05 Film Blade: Trinity (18) 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Film Knock Off (18) 05:45 House Doctor 06:10 Divine Designs
07:00 Coronation Street 07:55 Heartbeat 08:50 Where the Heart Is 09:50 Wild at Heart 10:50 Judge Judy 11:15 Inspector Morse 13:35 Wild at Heart 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:45 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 23:05 Lewis ITV 4 08:30 The Saint 09:30 Ironside 10:35 Quincy, M.E. 11:40 Minder 12:45 The Avengers 13:50 The Saint 14:50 Ironside 15:55 Quincy, M.E. 16:55 The Sweeney 18:00 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 - Se7en (14)
Tuesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 A Matter of Life and Debt 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 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Stacey and Martin anxiously wait for news. 21:00 Holby City As the new director of nursing, Fletch learns that with great power comes great responsibility.
07:00 Real Lives Reunited 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 A Matter of Life and Debt 09:00 Horizon 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Code 14:45 The £100k House: The Final Fix 15:45 Coast 16:00 Daily Politics 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 Neil Oliver and Tessa Dunlop present the ultimate guide to East Anglia, from The Wash to Canvey Island. Building on the best of ten years of Coast stories, Neil takes to the sea on a variety of boats to seek out new stories for the Great Guide.
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 Rishi puts pressure on Lydia. 20:30 Save Money: Good Health On World Mental Health Day, Sian Williams investigates stress, Dr Ranj Singh brushes up on oral health and Ashraf tests the 5:2 Veggie and Vegan diet.
22:00 Our Girl Georgie is deployed with 2 Section to Nepal on a humanitarian mission following a earthquake. Georgie thinks she has put Elvis behind her and is drawn to one of the Nepalese NGO’s, with dangerous consequences.
21:00 Robson Green’s Coastal Lives Robson meets a couple living on a seal sanctuary, a volunteer lighthouse keeper who 21:00 Saving Lives at Sea lives four days a month at The Aberystwyth crew must the remote coastal locaimprovise when a local tion of Spurn Point. paraglider crash lands at 21:30 Call the Cleaners the bottom of steep cliffs. Maxine and Jasmine help 22:00 Russia 1917: a man who is caring for his Countdown To elderly father, the house Revolution In 1917 a seis- has not had a deep-clean mic event took place. Over in decades. 8 months Russia was transformed from Tsarist 22:00 Cilla With Cilla and autocracy to the first Bobby reunited, Cilla’s Communist state. This is confidence returns and the story of three men: she is once again dazzling Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin. crowds.
23:00 News 23:45 Panorama 00:15 The Insider: Reggie Yates 01:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:15 News
23:00 Later with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 NFL This Week 01:05 How to Stay Young 02:05 Imagine...
23:00 News 23:40 After the News 00:15 Lethal Weapon 01:05 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women
07:20 The King of Queens 08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 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 Four in a Bed 18:30 Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Great British Bake Off The amateur cooks take part in Italian week, which culminates in a fiddly showstopper in the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the tent. Before that, under the ever watchful gaze of judges Paul and Prue , the contestants dish up a Sicilian signature that gets them all hot under the collar and a deceptively tricky technical. Noel and Sandi are on hand to keep the bakers in line as the pressure of reaching the final stages of the competition intensifies. 22:15 Hunted Seven famous faces attempt to survive 14 days on the run from an elite team of hunters. 23:30 Gogglebox 00:35 Parenting for Idiots 01:35 Music on 4 02:00 Escape 02:55 The Supervet 03:55 Grand Designs Australia
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 Honeymoon 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Tony Robinson: Coast To Coast Tony visits Wensleydale cheese manufacturers, a calf auction, Asgarth Falls, a traditional brass band, a wildlife haven and Kiplin Hall. 21:00 The Yorkshire Vet An ewe is struggling to deliver her lamb and it’s a rush to save the mum-tobe and her baby, there’s a battle to save a newborn calf, and a dog with something stuck in his stomach that needs to be removed fast but it’s a mystery what it is. 22:00 Alaska: A Year in the Wild Young animals prepare for their first winter away from their parents, humpback whales return to Alaska’s rich feeding grounds and salmon return to spawn in the rivers. The returning salmon however have to negotiate a path past hungry brown bears. 23:00 When TV Goes Horribly Wrong 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors
08:15 The Great Indoors 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 The Great Indoors 12:20 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 - Fast & Furious (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 11:15 Inspector Morse 13:30 Wild at Heart 14:35 Heartbeat 15:40 Coronation Street 16:50 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Film - The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (12) 23:00 Lewis ITV 4 07:40 Pawn Stars 08:20 The Saint 09:25 Ironside 10:25 Quincy, M.E. 11:30 The Sweeney 12:30 The Avengers 13:35 The Saint 14:40 Ironside 15:45 Quincy, M.E. 16:45 The Sweeney 17:50 The Avengers 18:55 The Car Chasers 19:55 Pawn Stars 20:25 Live: FIFA World Cup Qualifier Football - Holland v Sweden 23:00 Car Crash Global: Caught on Camera
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Wednesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 RipOff Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 A Matter of Life and Debt 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 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Eat Well for Less? Gregg and Chris come to the aid of a Lancashire woman with five daughters, two of whom have Coeliac disease. Her busy routine leaves little time for food shopping, and she is forced to buy for each meal on a daily basis, while her daughters' different dietary needs and schedules mean she is often unable to cook for herself. 22:00 The Apprentice The candidates are summoned to Stoke Park, where they learn that this week's challenge will see them working as interior designers. The contestants are tasked with transforming a bedroom at the hotel, before pitching their ideas to the hotel manager and a leading interior designer. However, both teams encounter troublesome DIY issues, and their concepts are picked apart during the daunting pitches. Back in the boardroom, Lord Sugar sends another contestant from the losing team home.
07:00 Real Lives Reunited 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 A Matter of Life and Debt 09:00 Land of the Giants 09:30 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The Code 14:45 The £100k House: The Final Fix 15:45 Wild West: America’s Great Frontier 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 Neil sheds light on a military shipbuilding project in Rosyth, and heads to the island of Inchmickery to investigate a bird colony with a difference. 21:00 Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World From the creation of shared values in the workplace to the deal that ushered in inflated executive pay and zero job security, Jacques reveals how key decisions over the past decades have revolutionised the workplace. 22:00 The Detectives: Murder on the Streets The trial date finally arrives and detectives gather at court, but with the two suspects pleading not guilty the outcome is now in the hands of the jury.
23:00 The Apprentice 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Theroux 01:15 23:00 News 23:45 A Louis Question of Sport 00:15 Tribes, Predators & Me Ambulance 01:15 Weather 02:15 Astronauts 03:15 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 Gabby and Liv make a discovery. 20:30 Coronation Street Rana wrestles with her feelings of confusion. 21:00 Bad Move Nicky and Steve are alarmed to discover that an ancient public right of way runs through their garden. Grizzo is preoccupied with a new tapping craze. 21:30 Coronation Street Zeedan asks Rana to make it legal. 22:00 Doc Martin Morwenna's parents pay a surprise visit, having been working as missionaries in Kenya. However, the reunion is tinged with sadness when it turns out that Morwenna's mother has liver cancer, and has decided against treatment because of her faith. Louisa's first online call for her new course does not go as planned - especially when Martin tells the lecturer exactly what he thinks - and Joe investigates a break-in at the school. 23:00 News 23:45 After the News 00:15 British Touring Car Championship 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 May the Best House Win
07:20 The King of Queens 08:40 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 Four in a Bed 18:30 Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location Kirstie Allsopp helps a couple look for properties on the south of the Thames, exploring Balham and Putney, while Phil Spencer helps an Australian and his partner to find a home in the Thames Valley that measures up to Antipodean living standards. 22:00 Grand Designs Kevin McCloud visits a house belonging to an engineer that resembles a giant snake. The building was inspired by an ammonite shell and has a scaly, curving structure that spirals over two levels and combines natural materials with the latest modern technology. However, completing the project within the 12-month schedule may not be possible. 23:00 Back 23:35 Norskov 00:35 Educating Greater Manchester 01:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:25 Film - Splice (18) 04:10 Building the Dream
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 - Consumed 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Britain By Bike With Larry and George Lamb Larry and George start their visit to the Scottish Highlands with a speedboat tour of Loch Lomond, and cycle through the Trossachs National Park. 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors A woman knocked off her bicycle, who was lucky to survive, was treated at the A&E but fears there’s also something wrong with her shoulder. Also, a recovering addict with chronic pain in her legs with an unclear cause of the pain. 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Stewart and Iain are in Manchester to collect one of the largest debts they’ve ever chased. In Kent, Gary and Cona have a writ for money owed by a couple for unpaid rent, and Stewart and Vic collect a debt owed for unpaid fines. 23:00 The Eastenders Murderers: True Crime, Real Tragedy 00:05 When Kids Kill 01:05 Countdown to MurderC8 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 DeepSea Super Predator
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 The Great IndoorsPG 08:40 The Great Indoors 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 The Cube 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 The Great Indoors 12:20 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 Timewasters 02:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records ITV 3 07:00 Coronation Street 07:55 Heartbeat 08:50 Where the Heart Is 09:50 Wild at Heart 10:50 Judge Judy 11:15 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 Foyle’s War 23:05 Lewis 01:05 Inspector Morse ITV 4 07:00 The Protectors 07:25 The Car Chasers 08:20 Pawn Stars 08:50 The Saint 09:55 Ironside 11:00 EIBA Indoor Test Match Bowls 18:30 The Car Chasers 19:35 Storage Wars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Parking Wars 22:00 Film - Payback (15) 00:10 The Outlaw Josey Wales
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07:00 Real Lives Reunited 07:30 Rip-Off Britain 08:15 A Matter of Life and Debt 09:00 Mountain: Life at the Extreme 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Code 14:45 The £100k House: The Final Fix 15:45 Wild West: America’s Great Frontier 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 Neil and Tessa present their insiders’ guide to the Western Isles, a coastal cluster of a myriad sea-girt islets that include the Inner and Outer Hebrides. 21:00 The Big Family Cooking Showdown Zoe and Nadiya present the first semi-final of the competitive cooking show, which sees three of the nine remaining families returning to the kitchen. 22:00 Russia with Simon Reeve Simon travels from the Crimea to the historic city of St Petersburg. He meets the owner of a safari park who is struggling to get water after a canal that supplied much of the Crimea was shut off by the Ukraine. 23:00 MOTD: The Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Detectives: Murder on the Streets 01:15 Imagine... 02:45 This Farming Life 03:45 This Is BBC Two
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Alphabetical 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Zak takes matters into his own hands. 20:30 Tonight Britain is a country obsessed by personal injury claims, and there is a huge industry specialising in them whether it be for holiday sickness or whiplash. As a result, it is pushing up premiums and the cost of holidays. Hayley Hassall investigates how the insurers and tour operators who pay out are fighting back. 21:00 Emmerdale The Dingles demand answers. 22:00 An Hour to Catch a Killerwith Trevor McDonald Documentary with unprecedented access to Northumbria murder detectives as they set out to solve the killing of a 24-year-old woman from Gateshead. From the moment the body is discovered by the victim's flatmate, body-cameras worn by the officers allow viewers to see how the investigation unfolds. 23:00 News 23:40 After the News 00:15 Lord Lucan: My Husband, the Truth 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen
07:20 The King of Queens 08:35 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 Four in a Bed 18:30 Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Supervet A twoyear old mastiff is diagnosed with a bone tumour in her leg. A tiny pug has lost control of her hind legs, and a Rhodesian Ridgeback comes to surgery suffering from lameness. 22:00 Educating Greater Manchester New teacher Mr Humphreys, who only has a year's teaching experience at an all-girls school, came to Harrop looking for a challenge but gets more than he bargained for as form tutor to mischievous best friends Tiger and Billy. And on Valentine's Day love could love be in the air for 11year-olds Lily and Jacob? Although they used to be boyfriend and girlfriend, Lily called it off and now they argue all the time. 23:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 23:50 The Undateables 00:55 Gogglebox 01:55 The Supervet 02:50 Grand Designs Australia 03:50 Building the Dream
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 NCIS 16:15 Film Too Close To Kill 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors As criminals use even more hi-tech means to break the law, the police must employ their own array of gadgets, from thermal imaging cameras to drones. 21:00 Criminally Funny: Caught in the Act Clip show featuring criminallyfunny lawbreakers including a shoplifter arrested when he complains to police about the public display of his e-fit and footage of a a kleptomaniac cat! Comedians and self-confessed video junkies Zoe Lyons, Matt Richardson and Dave Spikey, are on hand to enjoy all the fun. 22:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Two men fall out and become sworn enemies. A pensioner takes no prisoners when a new neighbour moves in next door and starts making waves, while a woman is shocked when her new neighbours start their own industrial business. 23:00 Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 00:05 Film Wild Card (15) 01:55 Film Blitz (15) 03:30 SuperCasino
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 08:15 The Great Indoors 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Ellen DeGeneres 11:20 The Great Indoors 12:20 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 01:10 American Dad! 02:10 Two and a Half Men 02:35 Celebrity Showmance 03:30 Teleshopping 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 16:45 Inspector Morse 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:10 Lewis 01:15 Inspector Morse 03:30 Teleshopping ITV 4 07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:10 The Chase 09:00 The Car Chasers 10:00 Pawn Stars 11:00 Live: EIBA Indoor Test Match Bowls 18:30 Cash Cowboys 19:35 Storage Wars 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:55 Hornblower 23:05 Film - Licence to Kill (15) 01:50 Film - The Road (14)
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Across 1 What name is applied to terrestrial ecosystems characterised by poor drainage and the consequent presence most or all of the time of sluggishly moving or standing water saturating the soil? (8) 7 Which unit of electrical energy is equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second? (5) 8 What is the name of the arm of the North Pacific lying between NE Siberia and Alaska, bounded to the south by the Aleutian Islands? (6,3) 9 What was the first name of actress Ms Gardner, whose films include The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), The Barefoot Contessa (1954) Mogambo (1953) and Bhowani Junction (1956)? (3) 10 What name is given to a small stream or a shallow channel cut in the surface of soil or rocks by running water? (4) 11 What collective name was given to the three daughters of Zeus and Hera, Aglaia (Brightness), Euphrosyne (Joyfulness), and Thalia (Bloom)? (6) 13 What name is given to the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal
preserved in petrified form or as a mould or cast in rock? (6) 14 See 4 Down 17 Ronald Wilson were the first names of which US president? (6) 18 What is the name of the vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs, for transportation over snow? (4) 20 On which river does the city of Exeter stand? (3) 22 What is the state capital and largest city of Iowa? (3,6) 23/21 Swindon-born actress who described herself as ‘the only sex symbol Britain (had) produced since Lady Godiva’? (5,4) 24 Da Doo Ron Ron and Then He Kissed Me were both British top 10 hit singles for which American girl group? (8) Down 1 Named after a 19th century German physicist, what is the SI unit of magnetic flux? (5) 2 She’d Rather Be With Me and Elenore were both British top 10 hit singles for which US group? (7) 3 Which river in central Italy rises in the Apennines and flows through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea? (4)
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4/14/19 By the Sleepy Lagoon is the theme music of which long-running radio programme? (6,6,5) 5 George who was the director of the Star Wars series of films? (5) 6 What name is given to liquid treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification? (7) 7 Title of the celebrated article on the Dreyfus affair by the French novelist, critic, and political activist Émile Zola? (7) 12 Named after the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which satellite of Uranus was discovered in 1948? (7) 13 Which popular American television series that ran from 1994 to 2004, featured the characters Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross? (7) 15 In which city were the 1996 summer Olympic Games held? (7) 16 What title was given to Roman emperors, especially those from Augustus to Hadrian? (6) 17 The title of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s first British hit single, which topped the charts for five weeks in 1984? (5) 19 See 4 21 See 23 Across
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VAUXHALL EXPANDS AWARD-WINNING VAN RANGE • • •
New Corsavan Limited Edition NAV added to the Vauxhall model range New black graphic styling and 16-inch black alloy wheels exclusive to latest model Updated Navi 4.0 IntelliLink infotainment with seven-inch touchscreen
Luton – Vauxhall has expanded its popular Corsavan range with the addition of a new top-of-the-range Limited Edition NAV model. Available to order now, the new variant offers some of the latest technology and stylish exterior design features. The new Corsavan Limited Edition NAV model features unique exterior graphics, as well as black wing mirrors, 16-inch Black Alloy Wheels and a Carbon Flash grille bar. The stylish new black accents have been designed to complement the Corsavan’s full range of exterior colours (excluding Royal Blue and Metallic Black). The new model also marks the introduction of the Persian Blue exterior colour, which is offered exclusively on the Limited Edition NAV. As well as a new look exterior, the new model trim will add Navi 4.0 IntelliLink connectivity to an already impressive list of standard technology. The updated system has a seven-inch colour touchscreen for easy navigation, with features including RDS with Traffic Programme, Eco Routing, DAB digital radio, and sat nav with European coverage. The unit’s smartphone integration is compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and enables USB connection, Bluetooth connectivity and A2DP audio streaming. “This stylish new Corsavan will appeal to operators who want a small car-derived van that stands out from the crowd,” said Steve Bryant, Vauxhall’s Head of Commercial Vehicle Brand. “It’s exceptionally well-equipped for its size, with features including Navi 4.0 IntelliLink connectivity with a seven-inch touchscreen.”
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DATES ADDED TO MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY TRY OUT PROGRAMME Sessions can be booked beforehand by phoning 02746 408040, or via the website www.geton.co.uk or people can turn up and book on the day (subject to availability). Under 16s must bring an adult or guardian.
More people in London and the North West will get the chance to try a motorcycle or scooter for free this month, with the addition of two weekend-long events to the Get On diary. St Helens in Merseyside (14th/15th October) and Erith in South East London (28th/29th October) have both been chosen for a third Get On visit, due to popular demand. Get On is the motorcycle industry’s free ‘try out’ programme and offers free 45-minute taster sessions with a professional instructor at venues across the UK. All bikes and protective clothing are provided. This will be the third time the Get On team has delivered free taster sessions to people in Erith and St Helens and both events will be held at the town’s driving test centres, which are empty at weekends, so ideal spaces for Get On. Karen Cole, Director of Safety and Training for the Motorcycle Industry Association, which backs Get On events, says this is an ideal introduction to motorcycling: “If you’ve never tried a motorcycle or scooter, but always wondered what it is like, this
is your opportunity to do.” “Whether you are looking for a way of saving time on your journey to work by avoiding traffic queues, or you long for a David Beckham style off-road adventure, Get On will help you discover if motorcycling or scootering is for you, in a safe and structured environment. You can also get advice on where to go to find high quality training in your local area.” What happens at a Get On event? Riders are introduced to the gears, brakes and slow speed handling by a professional instructor. Bikes and protective clothing are all provided, so riders just need to wear long jeans and sturdy shoes. There is no cost at all. Riders will also be given advice about wearing protective clothing and how to find an accredited local training school, should they decide to take their interest further, as well as learning what licences are needed for different sized motorcycles.
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Friday 6th October 2017
Dunne And Dusted
Paul Dunne held his nerve to survive a late surge from Rory McIlroy in the British Masters at Close House on Sunday. The Irishman birdied the last two holes to win by three shots and claim a maiden European Tour victory. On a day of low scoring at the North-East England course, Rory McIlroy made a run at the title with five birdies in his last six holes. He closed with a 63 and posted a clubhouse total of 17-under-par. At that stage Dunne had a two-shot lead with two holes to play. He made a birdie at the 17th to increase the cushion to two over McIlroy with just the par-3 last to play and he then sealed the tournament victory with a chip-in from off the last green. Dunne closed with a sensational 61 to finish on 20-under-par, with McIlroy in solo second. Forty-eight-year-old Robert Karlsson carded a closing 66 to end the week in third with Florian Fritsch, David Lingmerth and local boy Graeme Storm tied for
Spring Trophies
Despite being into the autumn series of racing, the Sailing Association Mar Menor (SAMM) recently declared their results for the spring races and presented trophies to the winners. Over the seven completed races, John Down in his RS Quba ‘Lola’ was declared the winner, with the the Sailfish 18 ‘Sirocco’, second. Sirocco had been sailed by different crews during the
season so the trophy was accepted by Julian Perring, pictured to the right of John Down. In third place was Mick Burgess in his Sea Hopper ‘Rosita’, which was the smallest boat in the fleet. The autumn series is in full swing now, and more details and information about SAMM is available from their website: www.sailingmarmenor.com.
fourth. It was a first European Tour win for Dunne who led the 2015 Open Championship through 54-holes when he was still an amateur. “It’s kind of a sense of relief to prove it to myself that I can get it done. I think I’ve improved a lot mentally over the last year in these kind of situations,” Dunne said, “I feel like I’ve got a bit tougher mentally and I get excited to go out and look at the leaderboard, rather than trying to look at position. I went out and really tried to win the tournament rather than have someone hand it to me. That was the focus.” “Once I was in front, just keep pushing, make no bogeys and see how many birdies I can make. Absolutely thrilled. Obviously the money is great. It means I don’t have to worry about getting a job where I have to sit behind a desk. But after all this, you know, I really love playing golf, and I’ve been grateful.”
Losing Finale Sandy Courts
Torrevieja Cricket Club (pictured) travelled down to La Manga last weekend for their last league game of the season, with the home side winning by six wickets, with plenty of overs to spare. Torrevieja won the toss and chose to bat first, as they made 148 for 7 off their 40 overs. It was slow early progress against some tight bowling, but then Torry began to increase the scoring rate. Opener Kieran Wood started to push the score along but wickets started to fall. Eventually Wood was out for 41 but this brought Paul Powall to the wicket and he continued to score at a fast rate until was bowled by Tom Vine for 42. Paul Brimble
with 3 for 31 and Hugh James taking 2 for 17 were the pick of the La Manga bowlers. The home side started their innings badly losing two early wickets, but David Williams came to the crease and made a match-winning innings, finishing on 59 not out. A quick 17 from Rupert James and 15 from Ramu Fletcher plus an embarrassing 47 extras from Torrevieja gave La Manga the win in the 35th over. Torrevieja have two friendly games against touring sides as they entertain Fenwick from Yorkshire tomorrow (Saturday) and Rainham from Essex the following week on Saturday October 15th.
Campoamor's La Glea beach will once again host the Spanish national beach tennis championships this weekend, with the event starting on Saturday morning at 9.00 am and will finish with the finals on Sunday. 64 people from 15 regions will be competing in the tenth staging of the tournament, with eight courts set to be used to accommodate the
88 matches that will be played over two days. The event is being used as an eliminator for the world championships with Orihuela Mayor Emilio Bascuñana inviting sports fans from around the area to catch the action this weekend, and to perhaps look at taking up beach tennis, as it was a sport that would improve fitness.
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CD TORREVIEJA 0 UD ILICITANA 0 Sunday’s match at the Vicente Garcia stadium was undoubtedly the most disappointing of the Preferente season so far, as coming on the back of an excellent win and performance at Orihuela, Torry toiled against the bottom side in the group, who earned their first point of the campaign. It was feeble fare for the home supporters, though at least it was a point that kept
Torry in the top slots on 11 points alongside Pinoso and Hercules B. The home banker produced the side’s worst football of the season in the first half, with all of the quality from previous matches abundantly missing. The half-time team talk normally does the trick but not in this case from coach Pedreno, who along with the frustrated supporters, saw Torry get even worse as the
strugglers actually produced some chances to score which keeper Buyo had to deal with. There was virtually nothing of any merit at the other end! If that’s Torry’s worst performance of the season truly dealt with, they have the new bottom side in the Preferente in their sights this weekend, as go to Monforte CF for a 5.30 pm kick-off this Sunday.
Another Defeat
CD THADER 1 FB REDOVAN 2 All the goals came in the first half at Rojales, as Thader’s surprisingly poor season continued as struggling visitors Redovan got their first win of the current Preferente campaign. Redovan rocked Thader
with two goals in the space of one first half minute (35 and 36 minutes) through Edu and Guille, with Rubén Sanz to getting one back, before May got onto the scoresheet in added time. That was it for the goals
as Thader through Rubén Sanz dominated the second half, but could not get back onto level terms. For Thader, and just one win to their name, they go to fourth-placed Jove Espanol tomorrow.
Monte’s First Point
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Bragging Rights
CALLOSA 2 CD ALMORADI 0 Callosa claimed the local scalp of Almoradi in last weekend’s Preferente Group Four encounter, thanks to substitute Regueras scoring just after the interval, and Garci getting a late clincher, with just
a couple of minutes remaining. The first half was undistinguished, and then Regueras put Callosa in front, with things getting worse for the visitors when Angel was sent off in the 66th minute. That
actually spurred them on, but they could not get back onto level terms, and Callosa secured the points. Midtable Almoradi entertain Petrelense this Sunday morning, who are just below them in the standings.
After two straight defeats in their first two matches in the Valencia regional primera division, Montesinos at last opened up their account at Catral on Sunday. The good news came deep into added time thanks to a Vaz header that it went in off the cross bar to grab the first point of the season. Key players were still missing for Monte, but Vaz and Carlos Ventura had good chances to put the visitors in front. However, Catral began to
control more of the midfield, and it was no surprise that the home side scored on the stroke of half-time. Early in the second half, Monte manager Carlos Perez saw that changes were needed and he made a brave call to make a triple substitution with Macan, German and Fran Guirao coming on. In spite of this, straight away Catral doubled their advantage. Monte kept their heads up, and the midfield control missing in the first half went
Monte’s way through Macan and German, with Fran Guirao and then German levelling up the match. With minutes left, Catral got back in front with a free kick that got keeper Dani beat, and the fates seemed to be against Monte, before Vaz got them a deserved point right at the death. Monte return for a home match, which is being played tomorrow (Saturday) as opposed to the regular Sunday, as they entertain Hondon Nieves CF, with a 5.30 pm kick-off.
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BARCELONA 3 LAS PALMAS 0 Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde admitted his players struggled to concentrate as they beat Las Palmas at an empty Nou Camp amid Sunday's political unrest. The La Liga leaders hosted struggling Las Palmas behind closed doors after a request to have the game postponed due to local turmoil amid the Catalunya independence referendum was rejected. Sergio Busquets eventually broke the deadlock four minutes into the second half and Lionel Messi made victory certain with two typically well-taken finishes. Valverde said: "It was a weird and complicated situation for everyone and it wasn't possible to postpone the game.” "That is why we played behind closed doors, because it was a consensual decision of the club.” Barca’s next match after the international break is a trip to fourth-placed Atletico Madrid a week on Saturday.
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane claimed Isco was high on confidence and playing without fear after his matchwinning double against Espanyol. Isco scored both goals as champions Real finally secured their first home win of the season in La Liga at the fourth attempt on Sunday. Zidane feels Isco is growing in influence as he becomes more aware of his importance to the team. “He has more confidence. He knows now that he is important but he has always been.” "He plays the way he plays on the street - he has no worries and I like it. When things don't work out, he has patience.” "I hope we can see an even better Isco.” Real’s next match after the international break is on Saturday October 14th at Getafe.
ATL. SAGUNTINO 1 ELCHE 1 Elche maintained their second spot in Segunda division B, four points behind Mallorca, after last Saturday’s draw at Saguntino. Both goals came within the first three minutes, with poor Elche defending allowing Gámez to get the home opener in the first minute, but the Ilicitanos were back on level terms shortly afterwards, thanks to an excellent free kick strike from Edu Albacar. There was little quality in the first half, with the ball spending more time in the air, as opposed to on the grass. Sory had a couple of chances, and a Golobart header came close for Elche. Saguntino had the better chances in the second half, with Elche not really causing many concerns for the home defenders until late on when Iván Sánchez had a long shot saved, but Saguntino also pressed for a winner at the other end. Elche are back with a home fixture this Sunday, as they play ninth-placed Ontinyent, with a 5.00 pm kick-off.
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Third Division News
In last weekend’s Valencia regional third division matches, Orihuela maintained their second spot in the table, after thrashing strugglers Recambios Colon four-nil, with Nico, Ivan, Antonio, and Ayo on target (action pictured above). Orihuela travel for a Saturday match at seventh-placed La Nucia tomorrow. Crevillente got a much need one-nil victory against Torre Levante, with Gomis getting the goal in the 69th minute, prompting major celebrations (see below). Crevillente are away to fellow mid-table side Paiporta tomorrow. Elche Ilicitano drew one-one with Novelda, and have a good chance to record a home win this Sunday lunchtime as they entertain Recambios Colon.
Elche Copa Dates
Real Madrid have confirmed that Gareth Bale's calf injury is not as serious as first feared and he has not torn a muscle. Bale is sitting out Wales' World Cup Qualifiers, having missed Real Madrid's win over Espanyol (see above) due to the muscle strain he suffered against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. Tuesday. Real Madrid said that Bale has "swelling but no tear in the soleus muscle of his left leg" and that his "recovery will be monitored". He will be out of action for up to four weeks.
Asensio Deal Real Madrid forward Marco Asensio has signed a new sixyear contract with the La Liga champions. The 21-year-old Spain international, who joined Madrid from Mallorca in 2014, has committed to the club until June 2023. Last season Asensio enjoyed his most successful season to date, scoring in the final as Madrid added the Champions League to their La Liga title. So far this season he has scored four goals for the club.
Elche will be rubbing shoulders with the La Liga big boys again as the last 32 draw in the Copa del Rey has paired them with the Primera division’s fourth-place side Atletico Madrid. How much of a full-strength side Atletico will play is open to question with their La Liga and Champions League fixture list, but the first match in the two-legged tie will be at Elche on Wednesday October 25th. The return leg is pencilled in for Wednesday November 29th at Atletico’s new Wanda Metropolitano stadium, with both dates possibly subject to change depending on the demands of television companies.
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Ex-Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been summoned to appear in a Madrid court next month over accusations of tax fraud, just 48 hours before Manchester United travel to Chelsea in the Premier League. In June this year, Mourinho was accused of defrauding Spain's Tax Office of over three million euros in 2011 and 2012 by state prosecutors. The money in question does not involve Mourinho's salary from when he coached Madrid between 2010 and 2013, but rather revenues from image rights. A judge has now summoned Mourinho to answer questions regarding the accusations in a Madrid court on November 3rd, just two days before United are due to travel to Stamford Bridge on November 5th.
Ronaldo Problems
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been branded as “unbearable” by some of his colleagues at the club, according to reports being published across the Spanish media. The Portuguese striker has struggled so far this season, failing to score in his three La Liga appearances. And Diario Gol report sources from inside the Real dressing room have told them of their discontent with Ronaldo. Some players have apparently described being at the same club as the 32-year-old as ’a constant battle’. The reports claim new Real signing Dani Ceballos has been very surprised with the situation at the Bernabeu. Ronaldo is often seen remonstrating on the pitch if things aren’t going his way and that is said to have irked some Real players. Meanwhile last weekend’s double-scorer Isco (see opposite page) is said to have a grudge against Ronaldo, according to Diario Gol. Isco was snapped up from Malaga in 2013, but initially struggled to establish himself. The Spain international wanted to play on the left flank. But at the time Ronaldo played there and refused to accommodate his team-mate. Diario Gol say Isco hasn’t forgotten Ronaldo’s lack of cooperation as he tried to settle at the Bernabeu. Ronaldo now plays centrally in Real’s attack and Isco is deployed in his preferred role. He has now established himself as an integral first teamplayer and is well liked in the Real dressing room. Diario Gol reckon Isco has become the leader for a group of young Spanish players. Marco Asensio, Nacho, Dani Carvajal and Dani Ceballos all reportedly look up to him.
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has hit out at ‘liars’ claiming he does not get on with his Spain team-mate Sergio Ramos, revealing that the two in fact plan to go into business together. Pique and Ramos, the captains of Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively, have clashed numerous times in derby matches between the two clubs but have formed a formidable partnership in the heart of the Spanish national team’s defence. They have won the World Cup and two European Championships playing alongside one another, and Pique has defended their off the field relationship after some Spanish newspapers claimed they had fallen out over the Barcelona man’s commitment to Catalan independence. “Any talk that we don't get along is a big lie,” Pique said while on international duty this week.”We are even going to be partners in a business that I asked him to get involved with. “Everything is okay, my relationship with him is phenomenal. It is easy to say things but we are very close and there is no problem between us.” Pique, who was jeered during an open training session with the Spain team on Monday over his support for independence, suggested then that he would be open to walking away from international football if coach Julen Lopetegui or his team mates felt uncomfortable with his presence. But he said on Wednesday, however, that he was fully committed to the team. “I considered it (quitting the Spain team) but in the end you have to evaluate every option and after thinking about it for a long time that I decided not to as leaving now would be letting the people who insult me win,” Pique told a news conference. “I believe the people who boo me are a minority and I don't want to give them the luxury of quitting. I have every confidence that there are many people, including in this group, who want me to stay and help the team win matches.”
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STOKES DEAL
All-rounder Ben Stokes is set to be awarded an England central contract when the list is announced today. The announcement was due on Wednesday but has been delayed. Test vice-captain Stokes, 26, was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm in September after an incident outside a Bristol nightclub. He and batsman Alex Hales, who is set for a renewed limited-overs contract, will not be considered for selection until further notice.
TYSON’S END?
Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury says he will not reapply for a licence to fight from the British Boxing Board of Control. The 29-year-old had his licence revoked in October 2016 after allegations of doping emerged in June of that year. His decision not to seek a new licence casts Fury's future as a boxer into doubt again, although he has previously appeared to end his career via social media.
BRITS MAKE BOLD BIDS
The Football Association could bid to host the Champions League final in 2023, according to confidential UK Sport documents obtained by the BBC. The BBC report says the game is one of a number of "hosting targets" and a "strategic priority". The staging of parts of the Tour de France in 2021 and athletics' World Championships "in 2027 or 2029", are also listed as ambitions. UK Sport says it is "actively consider-
ing the feasibility of mega events in a number of other sports". The funding agency has announced it is investing almost ÂŁ30m over the next eight years "to maintain the country's position as a world-leading host of major sporting events". Wembley Stadium hosted the Champions League final in 2011 and 2013, and will stage the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020. The FA declined to comment, but has already announced plans to bid for the
2021 Uefa European Women's Championships, which is also listed in the documents as a "hosting target". Other events already secured include the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, the 2018 Boccia World Championships, the 2019 Netball World Cup and the 2019 World Road Cycling Championships. The 2019 Men's Cricket World Cup, 2019 Solheim Cup, and 2021 Rugby League World Cup will also be staged in Britain.
NOTHING FOR GRANTED
Lewis Hamilton says he is "not comfortable at all" with his position in the F1 championship despite a sizeable lead over rival Sebastian Vettel. The Mercedes driver is 34 points ahead of Vettel heading into Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix with 125 available in the remaining five races this year. Hamilton said at autograph session for Japanese fans in Suzuka: "I am under no illusion. I might have the nail a little bit in, but I need to keep hammering it. "It is not done until there is no more to push it in." Hamilton has gained 31 points on Vettel in the past two races after problems for the German and his Ferrari team. "There are so many points available and you have seen other years where things swing," Hamilton added. "The pendulum can swing. I am hoping if it starts to swing the other way we have enough force to push it back to where it should be." Ferrari have been quicker than Mercedes in the past two races but both their cars crashed out together at the first corner in Singapore and Vettel finished fourth in Malaysia after starting from the back because of an engine problem. Asked to rate his chances of overhauling Hamilton, Vettel said: "We have a chance. I tend not to rate many things. I think there is a chance and we make sure we use it.