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by Michael Cano REINFORCEMENTS adding to Spanish police stationed in CataluĂąa have been sent from across Spain, with eight vans from the Malaga National Police Intervention Unit (IPU) being cheered as they departed.

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Social support for LGTBI

ANDALUCIA is to benefit from more than €189m.

The funds approved by the Ministry of Finance and provided as part of the Sustainable and Integrated Urban Development aid plan (DUSI), make up more than a third of the total available to Spain.

Distributed to a total of 48 municipalities, the grant is being hailed as an to boost employment and it will also be able to help improve run-down urban areas as well as go towards environmentally sustainable projects.

by Jemima Roberts MIJAS COUNCIL has held its first diversity conference to support the LGTBI community.

The event, which aims to “move forward in terms of diversity,” will bring together groups from across the province and Andalucia to learn how public bodies should deal with LGTBI people.

Mari Carmen Carmona, Councillor for Equality, explained, “the main objective of the department is to draw Event attention to those people who suffer aimed at hate crimes because they have a difimproving ferent sexual orientation or because knowledge they were born with a gender that and treatment does not belong to them.” of hate Last week the same council ancrime nounced it had organised an event victims to teach local police about dealing whose president, Gonzalo Serrano, with hate crimes.

The course was designed to “im- was in charge of teaching the classes.

Councillor Carmona explained, prove the knowledge and treatment of people who suffer from these “it is essential to train police or types of crimes and teach the state state security forces, as they see security forces how to deal with hate crimes and discrimination, which is what we will focus on. them,” according to the council.

The mayor for Equality, Mari Car- The Department of Equality is placmen Carmona explained the initia- ing special emphasis on the LGTtive, which is particularly aimed at BIQ community because it is most crimes against the LGTBIQ communi- affected by these cases.”

The course taught officers to ty, was created in collaboration with the Andalucian Rainbow Federation, identify hate crime, learn about

which laws regulate these crimes, famous cases, and how to deal with the situation. Gonzalo Serrano explained, “society has changed over the years, and it is much more respectful but it is true that there are still some people who are not.

We need to learn to treat people according to how they identify, not what their birth certificate says, because transsexuals feel a particular gender and there are protocols for that we have to follow.”

Free phone

Javier Garcia announces the free number MARBELLA COUNCIL has created a free phone number for residents to contact them.

The 900 number will “allow citizens to get in direct contact with the council,” and will be operational 12 hours a day from October onwards.

A mobile phone app has also been announced, allowing residents to report on road incidents in real time.

Councillor for Works,

Javier Garcia, explained, "the objective is that residents do not have to present a motion to get a pavement, curb or street lamp," adding, "we want our city to improve through the collaboration of everyone and make residents the stars of the show.”

He added, "The goal is to make a city much more liveable, friendly, sustainable and efficient

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that really bets on making the lives of citizens easier," he said.

Setting out some of the council’s other goals, Councillor Garcia explained it has plans to help the construction sector by awarding contracts costing less than €60,000 without a tender. He also confirmed the council’s commitment to accessibility and promoting tourism.

Mijas Council also aims to create a database revealing the statistics of hate crimes in the municipality. Councillor Carmona explained, “we want to know how to act in every situation and for that we need to know how many cases we have in Mijas, and thus improve.”

The council points out most victims of hate crimes do not report the offence for fear the police will not help. It explained it hopes the course will allow this perception to change.

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by Jemima Roberts FUENGIROLA COUNCIL has begun building a €1 million apartment block to house those in need.

The 445.32 square metre building, located between Calles Salvador Rodriguez Navas and Arapiles, will also have an underground car park. One of the properties will also include nine bedrooms and will offer assistance.

The town’s Mayor, Ana Mula, visited the site together with the Councillor for Town Planning, Maria Hernandez, and revealed the project will be completed in January 2018. Mayor Mula explained, "we put together a tender for the works, receiving offers from quite a few companies. It was awarded to company Easy 2000.”

She added, “they are ambitious works because it is creating a social housing building, in the heart of the city and at an unbeatable place.”

The building, which stands on the site of former accommodation for teachers next to Sohail School, covers five floors and a basement. The works began at the beginning of this year, although the school holidays were used to carry out the demolition of the previous building so

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the school was not affected.

According to Maria Hernandez, "when we started the works we found layers of cemented sandstone, which could not be drilled…so we decided to get rid of one of the parking floors for the safety of the adjoining properties which are very old since we did not know the exact condition of the building or its foundations.”

Commenting on the project, Mayor Mula explained, "we believe that there is a sector of the population we need to reach: people living alone, who have no family, have no resources or have insufficient money to rent… and that is why we planned this initiative, where around a dozen people could live together using private spaces and common areas, such as a kitchen or a dining room, with a minimum economic contribution” She concluded, "the rest will be housing for families with special situations.”

Mayor Mula explained there had been a slight delay to works so far, saying “I have strongly urged the company that they must undertake the remaining work with much more agility and speed, using extraordinary measures."

Barcelona was the heart of the Republican movement during the Civil War and Cataluña had various degrees of autonomy over the past several hundred years as well as periods of conquest and loss of status.

Once again, the country is split by ideological differences and even in Cataluña, there is no guarantee that if the independence referendum actually goes ahead that there will be an enormous turnout or that those wishing for independence from Spain will be successful.

Reports are now being received that whilst the Spanish government is able to have referendum websites taken down anywhere in the European Union, Russian hackers have stepped in to provide links to the banned website.

Despite everything that the government has done to enforce what it considers the rule of law, the situation will only become clearer on Sunday when either a large number of people turn out to vote or it becomes something of a damp squib with the government managing to shut down polling stations.

One thing is however certain and that is that a schism has opened up within Spain which will be difficult if not impossible to heal in the foreseeable future.

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The building is under construction

Historic port event as vessel renamed A SHIP renaming ceremony took place at Malaga port for the first time in its history.

The Legend of the Seas became the Tui Discovery 2 as it was purchased from Royal Caribbean International..

It was integrated into Thomson Cruises´ fleet after having made a

New name: An historic event saw the former Royal Caribbean vessel renamed

total of 20 weekly round trips cross a series of Atlantic and Mediterranean routes, accommodating approximately 72,000 British tourists.

It is currently docked in the North Pier of the Levante Sea Station.

Thomson Cruises have enjoyed more activity than any other shipping company this year.

Four more vessels are scheduled to visit the port before the end of November including the Thomson Dream, Thomson Majesty, TUI Discovery and Thomson Celebrity.

The positive results this year have encouraged the company to station three ships at the port in 2018, with an aim of carrying 92,000 passengers.

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Green light for road improvements Photo credit: Pixabay

by Michael Cano MARBELLA CITY COUNCIL held a meeting in Malaga with the Eastern Andalucia State Road Department to put forward new plans.

The mayor, Angeles Muñoz, along with the deputy mayor of San Pedro Alcantara and the councillor for public works, Javier Garcia, met with the head of the highway unit to discuss plans such as creating a third lane on the road between San Pedro and Puerto Banus and new access to the A7 road from Las Chapas.

Mr Garcia said afterwards that the meeting was “very helpful” and that significant progress had been made to advance the A7 access project, which is now just waiting for approval from Madrid before work can officially begin.

The council have also been given permission to start the necessary studies needed for the San Pedro road extension - which citizens requested in order to ease traffic jams in the area.

The meeting also discussed improvements that could be made to increase pedestrian safety and general road conditions.

Significant progress made towards advancing A7 access projects

Case dismissed

A COURT in Fuengirola has dropped a case against a firefighter accused of not performing overtime work he had been paid for.

A spokeswoman for the council, Ana Mata, made the announcement about the case which came to light almost a year ago. She explained the investigations into mayor Rodrigo Romero and the former head of a fire station had now been dropped, after it was found no criminal wrongdoing had taken place.

The case comes after a series of firefighter strikes in Malaga, with the city council now agreeing to new work conditions.

The council has said it is prepared to negotiate with the fire men to redraft a document regulating fire workers’ conditions, dating from 1959. The document will see issues including training, shifts and fire stations renegotiated.

The strike had been ongoing in the province for nine months, leading to a potential criminal case for 60 firefighters who ignored calls to attend five blazes in one day.

The Malaga prosecutor’s office has referred

the matter to a judge who will now decide whether the workers are guilty of abandoning their office, a matter punishable by up to two years’ suspension from work and fines.

According to reports, on June 27 five fires broke out simultaneously around the province. Sixty-one firemen were all called and asked to come to work but only one turned up. Twelve said they could not because of child care or doctor’s appointments, three said they were out of the area, one refused to go, two were on leave and the other 42 did not pick up their phones or return the call.

In the end, Provincial firefighters and Infoca workers were left to tackle the blazes in La Corta, Campanillas, Asperones, Monte Dorado and Atabal. A court will now decide whether the men broke the “minimum services” conditions of their strike terms, in which, “in the event of an extraordinary situation (fire in buildings, activation of the Emergency Plan or any other incident), it may be necessary to take up the necessary personnel reinforcements to deal with such situation.”

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Into the fold

by Pippa Harris MIJAS COUNCIL is undertaking a survey of the surrounding 200 urbanisations to see whether they can be included in the municipality.

The audit, which is the first of its kind for 40 years, comes after residents of satellite urbanisations have asked to be given the same rights as those who officially live in the Mijas municipality.

The town’s Mayor, Juan Carlos Maldonado, explained the €97,000 contract for carrying out the work had been awarded to companies Cemosa and Ingenia, commenting, “our commitment has always been firm. This is something which has been demanded for a long time and now we are carrying out a study which will tell us

more about each of these areas and allow us to act accordingly.”

The so called “Municipal reception plan for urbanisation” has been divided into three sections to allow the work to be undertaken as quickly as possible and therefore free up council funding for any subsequent works.

Jose Carlos Martin, Councillor for Infrastructure, explained, “The award of the audit is a saving of 50 per cent with respect to its bid price. From now on the companies have three months to carry out the study where they will have to evaluate the state of the infrastructures in addition to which they have to execute and this division makes the process faster so that by the end of December we will have the real diagnosis of how the Mijeñas urban-

First audit of satellite urbanisations in 40 years izations are, so that we can draw a roadmap for their reception.”

The first section of work relates to areas classified as “urban” in 1987, the second to the classed this way in 1999 and the third section of work will relate to those classified as “urbanisable” in 1999.

Andres Ruiz, Councillor for Urbanisation, explained, “we are talk-

ing about an audit that affects 8.8 square kilometres of area between roads which is why we have divided the study into sections so that it is more efficient. We aim to start adopting urbanisations in 2018 but the number will depend on the data retrieved and the municipal budget.” He concluded, “a definitive solution will be put in place over

the status of these urban complexes throughout the council term and will have a legal guarantee.”

Once an urbanisation has been logged, auditors will describe any maintenance works needed, which will then be passed to the council for funding, giving those living on the outskirts of Mijas the same rights as those nearer the centre.

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THE CASE against a Guardia Civil officer facing prison over two alleged road safety offences has been suspended after it emerged the man was already in prison.

The officer, who was accused of causing an accident after drink driving in Torremolinos in May this year, has been in prison for causing a fatal collision since June. The trial for the officer’s latest alleged offences will now recommence on June 1 2018 when the man can be transferred from prison to court.

In his latest trial, the Guardia Civil officer was accused of causing an accident on May 26 this year on the road between Alhaurin el Grande to Fuengirola in which three people were injured. The prosecution are seeking a year and a half in prison, as well as an eight year driving ban and compensation to the man’s victims.

They allege the officer had “previ-

ously ingested such amount of alcoholic beverages that he was incapacitated for the complete mastery of your vehicle. Thus, it is indicated that the accused was circulating “at an excessive speed and higher than it should be”, citing this for the reason he collided with a car and a moped.

The prosecution added the man was “aware of the protocols and how to act in case of an accident”, because he was a police officer but instead “he decides to leave without further ado, avoiding and therefore refusing to undergo alcohol tests”. According to police, the man seemed drunk.

The same officer, known only as Sergeant Miguel, was tried in June for killing three and injuring seven in a car accident, facing four and a half years in prison.

Three people were left in a serious condition in hospital after the policeman, who was accused of driving at high speed and swerving between lanes on the A7 outside

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Drink-drive cop case suspended Torremolinos, hit two cars. The officer, who was previously the subject of six internal police investigations, and who was fined €650 in 2015 for threatening his neighbour, claimed he was driving at a normal speed.

Sergeant Miguel was also accused of trying to flee the scene of the accident, hurdling the central reservation and escaping into a pine forest.

Two passing members of the National Police chased and caught up with him. He allegedly told the officers “I wasn’t driving, I was with another member of the Guardia Civil. The accident had nothing to do with me.”

When asked in court why he fled, Ser-

Elderly man injured

AFTER being closed for reconstruction for nearly a year, Calle Andalucia in San Pedro Alcantara has been reopened and has already claimed its first elderly victim.

The manhole covers on the pavement are not flush, being about two centimetres above ground and an elderly man tripped over one of the covers and was so badly hurt that emergency services were called out to try to stem the flow of blood and take him for treatment. A complaint has now been made to the local council but the danger still remains and all walking in the area should be aware of the potential hazard.

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€460,000 road works continue

WORKS to build a second ring road in La Lobilla are at the half way stage.

The project will include the creation of two green spaces measuring more than 9,000 metres, as well as installing a road, paving signage and street furniture. Estepona council hopes the works will help to alleviate traffic problems in the town.

The investment will not incur any expense for the council as the project is being entirely financed by bank guarantees from construction companies which did not comply with their contractual obligations when building in the town originally.

New legislation requires developers to deposit guarantees with banks before projects are started and the town hall checks the work before returning the money. These most recent works have been pending since 2008 due to a “failure on the part of the promoter who built the housing development,” according to Estepona Council.

The town hall started claiming back the fee paid in 2012 in a “long administrative procedure.” The money claimed back will now fund more than €4 million worth of works.

geant Miguel said at that moment he “just wanted to die.”

He then allegedly tried to resist arrest after being breathalysed and found to have 0.47 and 0.50 milligrams of alcohol per litre of air in the two tests carried out. Once at the police station, Sergeant Miguel also tested positive for cocaine in a drugs test.

The accused, who protested his innocence, says he had drunk one beer at a bar before driving and swore on the lives of his three children he did not take cocaine, blaming the false positive on several coca colas and red bull drinks he had consumed before the test.

Mr. President

There was confusion amongst all as Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday afternoon.

President Trump spent the entire conference referring to Rajoy as "president of Spain" instead of "prime minister." Despite hearing others refer to him as prime minister — President Trump even addressed him as "Mr. President" at one point.

The White House also referred to Rajoy as president in an official tweet announcing the press conference, which further emphasised the incorrect title.

The Prime Minister’s visit to the U.S. has attracted media criticism given its timing with the Catalonia secession vote.

The regional government in Catalonia is holding a binding referendum on Sunday to separate from Spain. But the Spanish government insists such a vote is illegal and promises it won't take place.

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A TOTAL of 16 people have drowned in Malaga province so far this year, according to a report by the Royal Spanish Federation of Rescue and Lifesaving (RFESS).

Half of these deaths occurred on unmanned beaches, while another four bodies were found in ports and the rest were discovered in rivers and swimming pools.

These figures make the province the second highest for recorded drowning in Andalusia, only beaten

by Cadiz who have had 20 deaths. It is also the eleventh highest in Spain. The figure is fast approaching last year’s tally of 17 deaths, with three months of the year still to go.

According to RFESS spokesperson, Carlos Porro, all these deaths occurred in areas without supervision so one of the biggest causes was recklessness on the part of individuals.

This irresponsibility has been largely debated in towns across the province, with many considering imposing penalties on those who commit dangerous acts that endanger their lives or those who rescue them.

The towns of Estepona and Benalmadena already have fines in place to punish those who ignore warnings against bathing in dangerous areas.

Teresa Porras, the Councillor for Operational Services, Beaches and Festivities in Malaga, has reserves about putting these punishments in measure as the implementation would be “complicated” and would require increasing the presence of local police at beaches, which would be a costly endeavour.

Porras went on to state that it is more effective to run awareness campaigns to prevent these incidences in the first place.

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Drownings on the up

Teachers hiring process criticised

by Jemima Roberts ASPIRING teachers in Torremolinos have complained potential jobs are being promised before interviews have even taken place.

Political parties, Partido Popular (PP) and Costa del Sol- Podemos have criticised the PSOE-led council after it was claimed the name of one candidate has been listed as a teacher on a school’s class schedule while the hiring process is still ongoing. The politicians are

demanding the current hiring system be suspended, claiming selection committees are made up of friends of certain applicants.

The town hall, however, claim the irregularity was down to “human error,” saying the teacher had been at the school last year and “the names of teachers from last year were copied and pasted.” The council has not revealed whether the hiring process will be suspended or cancelled.

The controversy comes af-

ter it emerged a music teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted an 8-year-old pupil could still be teaching.

According to media reports, the 35-year-old man, who was arrested on September 4 in Fuengirola, could have been transferred to another school after his suspension.

National Police are now analysing the man’s mobile phone and computer after the girl’s mother claimed he touched her daughter when alone in a classroom togeth-

er one day, before showing her pornographic videos and threatening to kill her if she told anyone.

A psychologist was brought in to listen to the girl and believed her story, leading to the man’s arrest. The teacher denies the allegations and was released on bail with an order preventing him from contacting the girl.

The National Police’s Family and Woman Unit are keeping their investigation open in case any further children come forward.

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Labour market boost Green growth

by Jemima Roberts

MIJAS COUNCIL continues its quest to help the long-term unemployed by offering a training course on warehouse work.

The 70-hour course, which will take place in the Department for Social Services, is aimed at those who have been unemployed for some time or come from families in which all members are unemployed.

Mari Carmen Carmona, Councillor for Social Services, explained, “we have big companies that want to bet on Mijas and that they are seeing a bit of a rebound in economic activity.

In addition, they demand a lot of this type of training due to the shortage of people with specialties in handling machinery in warehouses or with paperwork skills, among other skills, so we want to offer this type of courses so that residents have a greater opportunity in the labour market.”

During the theoretical sessions, attendees will be taught about dealing with paperwork, personnel management and operating equipment. Councillor Carmona explained, “it is noteworthy that in Mijas we have large and powerful companies such as Carrefour, AKI or Corte Ingles, who always collaborate with us in these schemes, as well as many others who want to join our training programs, and we have to take advantage of support they give us.”

Mijas Council recently announced it

Shortage of skills needed within warehouses expects to receive hundreds of millions of Euros of investment from Britons buying up property locally in the 10 years following Brexit.

Juan Carlos Maldonado, Mijas’ Mayor explained, “this council team has managed to instil confidence in British buyers to come and spend their money in our municipality.”

He added the first €10 million has already hit Mijas, explaining, “the number of licences for building work in Mijas is growing and this real estate development reveals the confidence the town generates.”

Mijas is also attracting substan-

tial investment in its hotel industry.

Juan Carlos Maldonado recently announced the council has approved a building permit to refurbish luxury hotel, Byblos, with works beginning after the summer.

Maldonado commented, “the deadlines are being met and, if everything continues to go to plan, once the summer season ends, this tourist attraction will have a green light to start refurbishments.” He added, “Byblos is a year-round quality attraction which draws in crowds in the golfing sector and most importantly boosts our town’s economy and generates employment.”

OPPORTUNITIES for employment, greater tourism prospects and environmental improvement have been hailed.

Irene Garcia, president of the Provincial Council of Andalucia, has praised the expansion of Los Alcornocales Natural Park, highlighting it as an area for growth in the region.

She has rejoiced in that fact that more than 5,800 hectares of extra space that will be added and emphasised the positive impact that this move will have on

future generations.

This measure protects an important ecological corridor that joins the forests of the park with the Mediterranean coast and adds to the network of protected natural spaces that already exist in the area.

Also pointed out was a study which revealed that municipalities with protected areas have a higher wealth and a rise in their income per capita compared to other rural areas without such spaces.

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First aid campaign A CAMPAIGN, “put your health in order, order your medicines,” has been launched in Mijas.

The initiative launched by the Malaga Pharmacists Association, aims to teach about storing medicines at home.

The Councillor for Health, Mara del Carmen Gonzalez, alongside Francisco Criado, member of the Illustrious Association of Pharmacists of Malaga, launched the campaign, which will visit the municipality on Tuesday October 3.

According to reports from the College of Pharmacists, currently 20 per cent of medicines stored in homes in Malaga province are expired, leading the body to warn of the need to update first aid kits in the home. The campaign was launched to coincide with the week in which World Pharmacists Day is launched.

As explained by the Councillor for Health “this campaign will give us the guidelines to look after medicine cabinets at home and to better understand what conditions drugs should be stored in.” The council has placed special emphasis on teaching the elderly, explaining, “despite the fact that the campaign is addressed to the entire population if it is true that this is a population group that usually

take more medicine,” adding, “we invite you to come along next Tuesday.”

The initiative will be put in place in 680 pharmacies in the province and an information tent will be in place in Mijas on October 3, while on October 4 it will go to Antequera and on October 5 will be in Ronda.

In total, 50,000 information leaflets have been distributed with tips for the correct use and maintenance of first aid kits at home, which, according to recent studies, house an average of 24 medicines per household. Francisco

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Campaign launched to educate residents about how best to store and maintain their medicines

by Richard Johnson

Criado said, “we are talking about an information and training campaign, in which we will focus on a series of guidelines for the correct use of medicines we have at home,” adding, “we will also have a collection point for expired drugs, which can also be found in people’s normal pharmacies.”

The Department of Health encourage all residents of Mijas who are in any doubt to “go to the tent which will be in the area of the Las Lagunas health centre from 10am to 2pm, where they can get information from great professionals.”

Skin treatment helps teen

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A TEENAGE girl suffering from a rare skin disease has shown signs of improvement.

As previously reported in Euro Weekly News issue 1680, Shalini Yadav, 16, has erythroderma, an inflammatory skin disease also known as red man syndrome, which causes her to shed her skin every two months.

After reading about her condition, Spanish journalist Paco Rego helped the young Hindu receive treatment from some of the best specialists at the International Medical Academy of Marbella.

As a result of the treatment, Shalini has gained weight and grown in height as well as experiencing improved motor abilities.

She has now returned to India where her treatment will continue at home.

Shalini is given a daily bath of water and oats before the application of a number of different treatment creams, a treatment which has had a significant impact on her condition and given her a longer life expectancy according to Spanish media sources.

In Malaga, she has learned to use a computer, play chess and handle a mobile phone.

She wants to study medicine to be able to provide others with similar help to that which she has received.

MIJAS COUNCIL has extended the deadline to register in their employment programme for the over-40s.

Laura Moreno, Councillor for Employment, explained the scheme helps the longterm unemployed back into work. She said, “After analysing the unemployment figures of the municipality and the employment plans that were already being developed, we saw the need to implement specific plans for unemployed people over 40.”

The programme will cover CV updating and active job searching and will include individual sessions and personalised attention. Councillor Moreno explained, “individualised

attention is one of the highlights of this programme which can take a total of 10 unemployed people from Mijas, where they will be able to gain tools for an actively looking for employment and improving their confidence in job interviews.”

Mr Moreno said the council wants to “make a special appeal to unemployed women over 40 to encourage them to come by the employment agencies where we can advise and inform them of all the courses and workshops at their disposal.”

Applications can be made at the offices of Employment or by email at promo.desa@mijas.es.

Innovative New Year Celebrations PERHAPS a little earlier than might have been expected, the San Pedro Alcantara council has announced its plans for New Year’s Eve. There will be three separate areas devoted to different types of music including live performances from artists to be announced in due course as well as an area containing a range of food trucks.

This is the first time that a municipal party of this type will have been held in the area and it is seen as a pioneering concept produced by the council in cooperation with event-company Conciertos y Eventos de Malaga.

According to the Councillor for Youth, Gema Midón this is an exciting experiment which will provide 60 jobs

for local residents and local companies will wherever possible be employed to work on a range of different tasks.

There will also be an indirect spin off for local commerce as visitors are likely to spend money in bars and restaurants before the fun starts.

Admission is reserved for those aged 18 or above with a free bar and at least 12 live performances. A special parking area will be established and busses from a number of different points will be laid on.

Tickets initially costing €35 (although this will increase nearer to the date) will be available through post offices in the area and El Corte Ingles from next Monday and it will also be possible to purchase VIP and reserved tables.

Photo Credit: Ayuntamiento de Marbella

Heartbreaking: The 16-year-old is often compared to a snake due to her condition

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The youth of today Photo credit: Pixabay

by Pippa Harris MORE THAN 5,000 young people got involved in events organised by Mijas Council in July and August.

Among this year’s new initiative, were zombie survival classes and a cabaret circus, which attracted large numbers of users according to the council.

Tamara Vera, Councillor for Youth, explained, “we are very pleased with the uptake of the activities promoted by the department and have managed to bring together about 5,000 people.” She added, “the return of the summer cinema screenings for all ages and the youth information point on La Cala beach were initiatives young people and their families had asked for.”

More than 2,500 people took part in healthy sporting activities, including free sand and water sports and environmental care activities on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays in July and August.

Around 700 people attended free moving screenings.

A cabaret circus act toured three areas of the municipality as well over the summer and “received a great reception,” according to the council.

Tamara Ver explained, “these new activities were in addition to more traditional ones such as the popular games which we offered once again this summer or the visits to Gamepolis and exchanges with young people in other municipalities like Nerja.”

Mijas council organises zombie survival classes She added it was the council’s aim to always ensure “a programme of leisure activities is on offer which is orientated towards the whole family and responds to the requests we receive from young people.”

The Department for Youth also promoted music by young local artists “with the celebration of the first Torreon Festival and the concert of the local artist Vivianne Da Silva in the area of Torreon, both free events and open to everyone.”

The department explained it is already working on activities for the coming months and has reminded the

young people of the municipality they can keep up with council news through Facebook (Juventud Mijas), Twitter (@ juventud_mijas) or Instagram (@juventud_mijas). They can also receive information by sending a Whatsapp to the department on 606 41 76 09 with the message “I want to receive information from the department of youth.”

Councillor Vera concluded, “this is an open department and is at the service of the young people of the municipality, so we encourage you to visit us and send us your suggestions for upcoming events and activities.”

Football fans

FUENGIROLA is preparing to host the VII Manuel Fernandez Memorial indoor football cup tomorrow (Saturday) at the Elola complex.

The event, which takes place from 5pm to 8m, will see different age groups battle it out to be winner.

Councillor for Sports, Pedro Cuevas, accompanied by the secretary of the Peña Futbol Sala, Los Boliches, Jose Martinez Ramos, said, “thanks to Peña Futbol Sala in Los Boliches, we commemorate a person who was quite important for the Peña Fútbol Sala and for Los Boliches, Manuel Fernandez.”

He added, “this is the seventh memorial game organised by the Peña Futbol Sala, Fuengirola football teams and the Depart-

ment of Sports, and this time it will be dedicated to younger players.”

He explained, “this year we will have as special guest the Club Larita Futbol Sala from Malaga.” Jose Martinez added he was “proud to be able to celebrate the seventh anniversary of this tournament in memory of Manuel Fernandez, who was a great person and was very supportive of the Peña Indoor football club.”

Martinez thanked “the town of Fuengirola, the Department of Sports and in particular Pedro Cuevas, as well as the Federation of Peñas for their collaboration,” adding, “I want to invite all sports fans to come along this Saturday from 5pm to enjoy great matches.”

Bitcoin available to buy at Carrefour

On September 20 the Spanish bitcoin payment platform, Bitnovo, announced residents from Spain can now purchase redeemable bitcoin cards at fifty Carrefour retail stores located across the country.

Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No one controls it. Bitcoins aren’t printed, like dollars or euros – they’re produced by people, and increasingly businesses, running computers all around the world, using software that solves mathematical problems. It’s the first example of a growing category of money known as cryptocurrency.

Start-up Bitnovo is continuing to expand throughout Spain, launching pre-loaded bitcoin cards that can be purchased at over fifty of the well-known Carrefour shops located in the country. Spain is Carrefour’s second most popular market next to France, with the company currently operating in more than 30 countries worldwide.

The Carrefour redeemable bitcoin card sales are part of Bitnovo’s launch of over 4,000 new physical locations throughout Spain and the startup’s Visa brand bitcoin debit card.

“With our eagerness to continue bolstering cryptocurrency to all the corners of the planet we have launched a new product,” announced Bitnovo.

The Bitnovo redeemable bitcoin cards are available for purchase at the store’s gift card rack alongside restaurant coupons, iTunes cards and other retail store vouchers.

The company says customers can buy the bitcoin cards with cash or credit card and without registration. To purchase a Bitnovo loaded bitcoin card, Spanish residents can go to one of the fifty partnering locations and select a card with the desired amount of funds. The company says the bitcoin cards can be redeemed instantly into any BTC-based wallet. In two steps, the user enters the PIN tethered to the purchased card alongside entering a forwarding bitcoin address.

“The gift card format is ideal to give as a gift and to initiate your relatives or friends into the exciting world of cryptocurrency,” Bitnovo said. “With our cards, you do not have to keep bitcoin with us; you can store it in your favourite wallet and just convert the bitcoin when necessary. It’s a very quick process, with no logins or registrations, as simple as it gets.”

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by Michael Cano FIFTEEN years ago, Alan Howard Green came over to Estepona to spend two months making a bit of money hustling golfers before moving to Malaysia as a director of golf.

He is still here and rather than play golf professionally, he now has become a professional golf trader and the money he makes from that helps to top up the pension of this engaging and cheerful 71-year-old.

Every week, there is a televised golf tournament somewhere in the world which normally runs from Thursday to Sunday and this has been Alan’s bread and butter as he studies the course, the statistics and watches the players to spot those who are below par or nervous and he then decides by the last day, who is most likely to win.

He doesn’t get involved if a player is miles ahead of the competition as the odds are then so bad that there is no money to be made

but if things are close, 90 per cent or more of the time, he can forecast who will win or even accept wagers from other traders if he thinks that a player is going to lose.

Having been involved with golf as a very successful amateur and then a professional, he has a very good grasp of the game and although he doesn’t invest large amounts of money in the trading, he invariably ends up ahead after each tournament.

For the first time in many years, he actually attended a tournament taking a very close friend and now publisher of his new book from Poland to see his first ever tournament, the Ladies Costa del Sol Open at the Real Club de Golf in Guadalmina.

Having led a very colourful life, he has amused friends and acquaintances with his anecdotes and it has often been suggested that he should write a book so when his friend Andrzej Jacaszek told him to do exactly that, he agreed but explained that he couldn’t afford to

publish it.

Andrzej just happens to own the Ican Institute in Warsaw which publishes the Harvard Business Review in Poland, so Alan had no option but to sit down and write the book as he now had a publisher ready to go.

After two years, and 75,000 words If you haven’t gambled (You haven’t lived) has been released and in Alan’s own words “ It takes you on a journey of non-stop hustling, gambling, horses, casinos, sex, criminal activity and also the peaceful path of the world’s fairways.”

Although it is partly based on his experiences over the years, Alan has produced a novel which combines reality with his own wicked creative streak.

Now available on Amazon to download and in paper form, it has already received a number of good reviews and it has been decided by the author and publisher that any profits will be collected and given to a charity for underprivileged children.

The author still hits the golf course regularly

Photo Credit: Alan Howard Green

A golf hustler tells his story

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Mastering the toaster by

Colin Bird

There is only one thing worse than the embarrassment of wet behind the ears adolescents sorting out problems with my computer. It’s when blokes my own age are able to sort out problems with my computer.

The generation gap was always a reliable excuse for not being au fait with the latest technology, but the fact of the matter is, I have always been sadly deficient in the understanding of anything remotely mechanical or electrical.

My mind is as blank as a nun’s diary when it comes to such things and I am not only a fish out of water, but one that is already gutted and fried.

I have only just got to grips with the toaster.

Talking to an acquaintance recently about ‘the good old days’, it became apparent that whilst I was a Mod - they of the Beatles haircuts and Carnaby Street persuasion - he had been a Rocker and a member of the Brylcreem and leather brigade.

One of the younger ladies present asked what the difference was between the two. My friend offered the view that all Mods were big girls blouses (appropriate laughter) whilst I informed her that unlike Rockers, the Mods did wash (more tittering).

The other major difference we pointed out, was the mode of transport.

Whilst Mods were buzzing about on their Lambretta and Vespa hairdryers, the Rockers thundered around on their prized Norton and Triumph death machines.

Apart from the attraction of funky clothes and haircuts, there was of course the music, but I have to confess that secretly, I used to drool over the shiny super bikes in the motor cycle showrooms.

My brother-i- law owned a BSA Rocket Gold Star, truly a thing of beauty, and I longed to be able to do my Easy Rider thing and roar off with a raven haired woman on the pillion seat, moulding her luscious body into mine as we left lesser machines in our wake.

So what was the problem?

Well firstly there was no way I could afford such a machine. Secondly I didn’t know any raven haired women with luscious bodies, and thirdly, whilst we Mods would simply lock up our scooters for the night after a day’s posing, Rockers would be up to their elbows in oil and mysterious metal bits; stripping down and rebuilding the damn things on an on-going basis.

And that, as I have already explained, was completely beyond my understanding.

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50 years of Radio 1 & 2

by Steve Collins TOMORROW, Saturday September 30, BBC Radio 1 & Radio 2 celebrate their 50th birthday.

Fifty years ago to the day, while the UK was enjoying the long hot summer of love and BBC TV had recently broadcast its first colour pictures, BBC Radio closed the fader for the last time on the Light Programme and launched two brand new popular music networks to the BBC family - Radio’s 1 and 2.

As a special treat on the actual day tomorrow, Saturday September 30, Radio 2 presenter, Tony Blackburn, will re-create live the very first Radio 1 Breakfast show (8am to 9.30am Spanish time) - the programme that launched that station on the same day as Radio 2. He’ll be playing all the records on their original vinyl formats, including the first song ever broadcast on the show, Flowers in the Rain by The Move.

It will be broadcast on both Radio 2 and Radio 1 Vintage (a pop-up digital station marking Radio 1’s birthday), and Tony will be setting the scene earlier in Sounds of the Sixties (7am to 8am). From 9.30am to 11am, both Tony and Radio 1’s current Breakfast Show host, Nick Grimshaw, will

co-present a special breakfast show across the two stations and Radio 1 Vintage.

‘Radio 1 Vintage’ is a special digital station set up to cover just the three-days of this weekend of celebrations featuring 50 one-hour themed nostalgic shows made from Radio 1’s archive material from DJs across its entire history to celebrate the pivotal role that Radio 1 has played in music, entertainment and popular culture since its launch in 1967.

The first-ever playlist from the Tony Blackburn Breakfast Show that he will be playing again tomorrow in its entirety is reproduced below:

1. Beefeaters – John Dankworth (Theme Tune) 2. Flowers in the Rain – The Move 3. Massachusetts – The Bee Gees 4. Even the Bad Times are Good – The Tremeloes 5. Fakin; It – Simon & Garfunkel 6. The Day I Met Marie – Cliff Richard 7. You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes 8. The Last Waltz – Engelbert Humperdinck 9. Baby, Now That I’ve Found You – The Foundations 10. Good Times – Eric Burdon & The Animals 11. A Banda – Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass 12. I Feel Love Comin’ On – Felice Taylor 13. How Can I Be Sure – Young Rascals 14. Major to Minor – The Settlers

15. Homburg – Procol Harum 16. You Keep Running Away – The Four Tops 17. Let’s Go To San Francisco – The Flower Pot Men 18. Handy Man – Jimmy James 19. You Know What I Mean – The Turtles 20. The House That Jack Built – The Alan Price Set 21. Excerpt From A Teenage Opera – Keith West 22. Reflections – Diana Ross & The Supremes 23. King Midas in Reverse – The Hollies 24. Ode to Billy Joe – Bobby Gentry 25. Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals 26. Anything Goes - Harpers Bizarre 27. The Letter - The Box Tops

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The way I see it… by

Harvey Mann

Believed to be the greatest love story ever told was the mythical one of Romeo and Juliet, however now there is another one that has unfolded, that could have been made in the heavens? This was between a man called Giovanni Cassini and Linda Spilker, although they had never met. The reason for this is because, astronomer Giovanni Cassini lived in the 17th/18th century, and Linda Spilker is a woman of today, in her late forties/early fifties.

After spending 29 years as the chief scientist on the Cassini project, Linda kept watch over the Saturn explorer. Nicknamed the “Voyager Mum,” a few tears probably trickled down her cheeks as she watched as Cassini, a billion miles from home, running low on fuel, and almost out of time. After 13 years traversing the Saturn system, the spacecraft Cassini plunged to a fiery death, becoming part of the very planet it has been exploring and in a ball of fire disappeared towards the surface of Saturn with the words a “goodbye kiss” from Linda Spilker.

After 13 years producing extraordinary discoveries.

Cassini had travelled 7.9 billion kilometres mostly at 123,607 kph. The incredible journey lasted 19 years, 11 months and 15 days at a cost of £2.5 billion.

Was it worth it? A one-way trip into the heart of Saturn, Cassini’s incredible achievements and discoveries of a mission that has changed the way we see the solar system.

Strange new worlds with gigantic ice geysers, hidden underground oceans that could harbour life and a brand-new moon coalescing in Saturn's magnificent rings.

Scientists now know a lot more of Saturn and its moons and some of the discoveries will help future developments towards the ultimate goal of space travel and the time earth has to colonise another planet.

Since the day America sent men to stand on the moon, space has changed our lives, in our life time technology and medicine has changed at an extraordinary pace, almost everything we use in our house, at work, and in our lives, has come with the back ground of space exploration.

Planet earth has been

The Cassini Project: Photo Credit NASA

home to human mankind for over 200,000 years, now with a population of 7.3 billion and counting, with limited resources this planet may not support us forever.

Professor Stephen Hawking and his team of scientists believe that the human species will have to populate another plant within the next hundred years, with climate change, pollution, deforestation, pan-

demics, and the population growth, increase in temperature, and failing crops in parts of the world, colonisation must be inevitable.

In the Atacama Desert microbiologist Maria Farias has found a strange life form that could help make an unlimited supply of oxygen on another planet.

In Houston, Texas, ex-astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz has been working on the plasma

This is the Fifth of an eight-part mini-serialisation written by author James Hartley specially for RTN readers.

Jack Levy, top Hollywood Producer and victim of a mid-air crime, has sent his heavy after the jewels. Meanwhile our hero Costa del Sol is about to make a stunning discovery. by

James Hartley

BIO James Hartley is an author and teacher who spends his time between Torre del Mar and Madrid.

He was born near Liverpool in 1973 but has lived most of his life abroad, in Scotland, Singapore, Syria and Thailand, among other places. This year The Invisible Hand, the first novel in a new series for Young Adults about children who get mixed up in the plots of Shakespeare´s plays was published. The second book, Cold Fire, based on Romeo and Juliet, will be published soon. He has also just published a book about Napoleon´s exile and death on St Helena, The Napoleon Diaries. James lives in Madrid with his wife Ana and their children Carmen, 8, and Matthew, 6.

powered rocket that could revolutionise space travel, taking humans into space faster than ever before.

Even experiments with bears, watching how they hibernate for long periods protecting their body from muscle wastage It may read like science fiction and only our great, great grandchildren will be able to say if it actually happens.

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PART 5

The Costa del Sol Adventures Costa found the building called Michelangelo easily enough but the entrance gates were all locked. It was siesta time, hot and hazy, and Costa decided there was nothing for it but a cold beer.

Between the block and the noisy beach was a fairground, covered up and shabby.

Costa sat on the edge of the dodgem track, sipped and stared.

One day he would write his memoirs. Tell the truth about Alicante´s Battle of the Espetos, or what really happened with the rasta weavers in Torremolinos.

And then he saw him. All in black, crash helmet on, visor down. It was the limp and the mountain dust on his leather trousers that told Costa everything he needed to know. Draining the beer, Costa saddled up and cruised out of the gravel car park, joining the traffic three cars back from his mark, also on a bike.

They drove away from the beach. Costa didn´t know the town well and wasn´t sure where they were until he read what was written on the archway the man had vanished through.

Cementario.

Small, walled in.

Costa grabbed the first flowers he saw and followed. The man in black stopped in front of a four-level tomb and took off his crash helmet, revealing one of the most fascinating women Costa had seen in his life.

As she shook out her long hair Costa caught the glint of a ring before a great hulk materialised and got the woman in a hold. The pair disappeared behind the grey tomb wall.

When Costa came to where the woman had been standing he saw the marks of her heels in the dust. On the ledge in front of a grave marked Pedro Ramirez he saw a diamond ring.

The woman or the ring?

Costa made his choice.

illustrations by Ben Hartley

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Peace breaks out worldwide Governments, militaryrelated industries and armed forces are reeling after peace breaks out worldwide. This development has effectively crippled every military complex on earth leaving them obsolete in a matter of moments.

One General was quoted as saying, “we may not be able to recover from this newest weapon. Our only choice may be to lay our weapons down and go home.”

The U.S and NATO governments, as well as bankers and weapons manufacturers, are in round the clock negotiations on how to deal with this latest threat. Such were my thoughts when I joined 7.4 billion other world citizens in contemplating the UN International Day of Peace on September 21.

War is an insatiable vampire bloated on blood. The most profitable enterprise of man´s pursuits meets the most potent human vice of all, avarice.

The major beneficiaries of just two major wars launched by the US government are Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOG) and Ray-

by

Michael Walsh

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theon (RTN). These two complexes alone have delivered record-shattering returns to their investors, CEOs and investment banks during the past decade and a half.

The Swiss scientist JeanJacques Babel found that during the last 5,700 years humanity fought 14,500 wars with three and a half billion dead. That is half of today’s world population. In 1991 for

example there were 52 wars or warlike crises on this earth.

The invasion and occupation of Iraq has cost the United States trillions of dollars and counting. Despite the immense costs to the American people, the military-industrial complex continues to keep the US government on a wartime economy, undermining the domestic social safety net and standard of living of

many millions.

No peaceful economic activity can match the immense profits enjoyed by the military-industrial complex in war. This powerful lobby continues to press for new wars to sustain the Pentagon’s huge budget. The costs of almost 15 years of warfare weigh heavily on the US Treasury and electorate. The wars have been dismal failures if

Not a career for the faint-hearted by

Barry Duke

Alarm bells jangled when my mate Alan, over a pint at Ye Olde Spotted Dick, told me that he planned to pack in his job and become a holiday rep on the Costa Blanca.

“Is that wise?” I asked. And I told him that I had met a number of people who had become reps and ended up needing therapy. They developed nervous tics, migraines, uncontrollable rages, agoraphobia and addictions to tranquillisers, anti-depressants and alcohol.

When Alan insisted that he was bored to death with his accountancy job and needed something more challenging, I suggested he become a lion tamer, a professional javelincatcher,or learn to be a bomb-disposal operative.

But Alan was determined. “What could possibly go wrong?” he asked.

I saw him again a year later after he had been discharged from St Tabitha’s Retreat for the Terribly Traumatised. He was still heavily sedated, and only began to talk of how he wound up there after his sixth cup of strong coffee and a couple of strong tablets.

“I couldn’t handle the stupid questions,” he croaked, and began trotting out examples: • Does Benidorm have a beach?

• Is Benidorm an island?

• Is the big rock I can see from my Benidorm hotel balcony Ibiza?

• Why is the solarium so hot?

• Why are there so many Spanish people in the hotel?

• Where can I find the third floor” (To this he replied “get in a lift and press the button between two and four” – and got

a funny look for his helpful answer.)

Then there were the endless complaints, most frequent being that the food in the hotels was “rubbish”. Asked to elaborate, guests would explain that “it’s not what we are used to back home.” Apparently Spanish chicken nuggets are far inferior to the UK variety of this nourishing delicacy.

But what finally sent him off the rails was the realisation British holidaymakers, unlike their Dutch, German or Scandinavian counterparts, don’t actually come to Spain to enjoy themselves.

Heavens to Betsy, no! They come to find fault, and will spend endless hours researching ways of squeezing compensation out of holiday companies for imagined service failures, or for more serious issues, like food poisoning.

He frequently had to deal with people who claimed that food served in their hotels had made them ill, and directed me to a recent report that a Liverpool family – Paul Roberts, his partner Deborah Briton and her daughter Charlene Briton – are to face trial next year for claiming damages totalling £51,000 from Thomas Cook.

They falsely alleged that they had suffered food poisoning during three separate holidays in Majorca.

Following the arrest of the family, the Daily Mail reported in July this year that over 1,000 food poisoning complaints were dropped after Spanish officials launched a crackdown on fraudulent claims made by British all-inclusive holidaymakers.

“A staggering 1,800 complaints had been

not outright defeats. New conflicts have emerged in Syria, Iraq and, now, Ukraine.

The power and influence of the military-industrial complex in promoting serial wars has resulted in extraordinary rates of profit. According to a recent study by Morgan Stanley (cited in Barron’s, 6/9/14, p. 19), shares in the major US arms manufacturers have risen 27,699% over the past fifty years versus 6,777% for the broader market. In the past three years alone, Raytheon has returned 124%, Northrup Grumman 114% and Lockheed Martin 149% to their investors. War profits have soared with the series of military interventions in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder!

Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings!

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction.” Helen Keller.

retracted just days after it was announced those making false allegations could face prison sentences,” the paper reported.

But what led to Alan being hauled off by a team in white coats to St Tabitha’s was something he called the Package Holiday Shuffle.

Apparently people on these all-inclusive deals never approach their reps directly; crablike, they slowly shuffle up to them, look them up and down for the longest time, then finally ask “ummm … you a holiday rep?”

Somet h i n g snapped in Alan when this happened for the 20th time in one day, and he screamed: “No, I’m only wearing this %&$!@ing uniform because there’s a carnival on the go and I’m in fancy dress!”

Management, as well as guests within earshot, were appalled at this outburst and it was decided that Alan needed to be escorted off the premises by health professionals.

The good news is that he now appears fully recovered and is ecstatic in his new job playing the role of Donald Duck for a company that organises parties for kids – SPANISH kids!

5th May -11th May

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Direct object pronoun – “lo” Basic Spanish for everyday needs by

Jane Cronin

At the end of the last article I gave you a short paragraph to translate. I have to admit the contents are a bit weird but it does give us examples of almost all the adjective forms we were talking about.

Here it is again, with my translation below. Notice there is often more than one way to translate something, so I’ve given you some alternatives in brackets.

Los dos hijos, el guapo y el feo, van a visitar a su familia este verano. Lo triste es que el guapo es más popular que el feo, aunque el feo es mucho más simpático, y es el más generoso de toda la familia. Lo más curioso de todo es que el guapo tiene muchos más amigos que el feo, pero el feo es el más feliz.

The two sons, (or both sons), the handsome one and the ugly one, are going to visit their family this summer. The sad thing is that the handsome one is more

popular than the ugly one, although the ugly one is much nicer, and is the most generous one (or member) of the whole family. The strangest (or most curious) thing of all is that the handsome one has a lot more friends (or many more friends) than the ugly one, but the ugly one is the happier (of the two).

And now for something completely different! We looked briefly at the word “lo” last week and saw that it can mean “the”. However “lo” is really quite a pesky word with all sorts of meanings depending on how it’s used. Today we’re going to look at it and what it means when it’s tacked onto the end of a verb.

First of all we have to think back a few lessons to when we were looking at verbs in their “infinitive” forms. For example, we had sentences like quiero beber (I want to drink) or necesito limpiar (I need to clean) and puedo ver (I can

see). We saw that quiero, necesito and puedo were verbs in a particular form expressing “I”, or the “first person”, and that beber, limpiar and ver are what we call infinitive forms of verbs. We then saw that we can add other words to these sentences. For example quiero beber el café, (I want to drink the coffee); necesito limpiar el coche, (I need to clean the car); puedo ver el edificio (I can see the building).

In grammar terms, the words café, coche and edificio used in this way are called “objects” because they receive the action of the verb.

Now as you listen and look around you, you may have come across words from time to time like this: beberlo, limpiarlo, verlo. Well, these words are compounds – they consist of verbs in the infinitive form and the word lo, which here means “it”.

We can now see that quiero beberlo

means “I want to drink it”; necesito limpiarlo means “I need to clean it” and puedo verlo means “I can see it”. In other words, lo is replacing the objects (coffee, car and building) in receiving the action of the verb.

As I said at the beginning, this is only one use of “lo”. There are also occasions similar to those above where it can mean “him”. In grammar terms though, this would still be referred to as the “direct object pronoun”.

One last comment about compound words like “beberlo”, is that you will not find them in the dictionary! That is why we need to have some understanding of the way words can be transformed so that we can then understand which basic forms we can find in the dictionary and which altered forms we can’t!

Well, I think I’ve run out of space now, so tune in next week for the next exciting episode.

Necessito limpiar el coche verlo Quiero beber el cafe “lo” beberlo direct object pronoun limpiarlo

puedo ver

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FRIDAY 7:00am 10:15am 11:00am

12:00pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:25pm 11:35pm

Breakfast Fake Britain Homes Under the Hammer Neighbourhood Blues Thief Trackers Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors The Boss Escape to the Country Garden Rescue Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show Britain Afloat EastEnders Invictus Games 2017 Death in Paradise BBC News BBC London News Graham Norton Show

Death In Paradise, 7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm

3:45pm

4:45pm

5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:05am

Flog it! Trade Secrets Fake Britain Neighbourhood Blues Gardeners’ World Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics For What It’s Worth £100k House: Tricks of the Trade Who Do You Think You Are? Great American Railroad Journeys Earthflight Flog It! Strictly - It Takes Two This Farming Life Mastermind Only Connect Gardeners’ World Mock the Week Newsnight Dragons’ Den

7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:15am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Dickinson’s Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Teach My Pet to Do That Coronation Street Cold Feet ITV News and Weather ITV News London Bad Move Tonight at the London Palladium

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:30am 8:55am 10:35am 11:05am

12:00pm 1:00pm 1:05pm

2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Formula 1 Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Coast v Country Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me French Collection Countdown Find it, Fix it, Flog it My Kitchen Rules Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World The Crystal Maze Gogglebox The Last Leg First Dates

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm

10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours The Mentalist Cradle of Lies 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh Britain by Bike with Larry and George Lamb A Celebrity Taste of Italy In Therapy Alaska: A Year in the Wild

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm

5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

12:00am

Road Wars Hawaii Five-0 Monkey Life The Dog Whisperer NCIS: Los Angeles Road Wars Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Sport’s Funniest Moments Stargate SG-1 Futurama Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Modern Family Zoo The Force: North East The Russell Howard Hour

How We Won the War Coast Herbie Goes Bananas Saturday Mash-Up Natural World Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Flog It! Mastermind University Challenge Only Connect Rowing Gardeners’ World The Big Family Cooking Showdown Front Row Britain Afloat Dad’s Army Stop All the Clocks Kate Tempest Presents...

Later... with Jools Holland The Edge of Love

7:00am 10:00am 10:25am 10:30am

12:25pm 1:20pm 1:25pm 3:25pm 4:10pm 5:10pm 5:40pm 6:35pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:30pm 11:30pm 11:45pm

Childrens TV Adventure Time ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin The Hungry Sailors ITV News Midsomer Murders Catchphrase The X Factor Thunderbirds are Go Little Big Shots ITV News London ITV News Cannonball!

The Family Chase The X Factor Jonathan Ross Show ITV News American Pie 2

7:00am

7:55am 9:25am 9:55am 12:45pm

1:40pm 2:05pm 2:30pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 6:35pm

7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 10:00pm 12:15am

Nic Hamilton’s Racing Dream Formula 1 F1: Grand Prix Formula 1 World’s Most Expensive Cars The Simpsons The Simpsons Formula 1 A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson WWII’s Great Escapes Now You See Me Transcendence

7:00am 11:45am

12:40pm 1:40pm

2:35pm

3:35pm

4:35pm

5:35pm 5:40pm

6:35pm

7:35pm 8:35pm 8:45pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:25pm

Childrens TV Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud On Benefits Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 5 News Weekend Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

The Fifth Element 5 News The Fifth Element 5 News Weekend Football on 5 Football on 5 Jumper

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am

10:30am

11:00am 12:30pm 1:30pm

2:00pm

6:15pm

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

Wild Things NCIS: Los Angeles Duck Quacks Don’t Echo Soccer Am Best Bits Premier League Prediction Show Premier League Preview Show Soccer A.M. The Next Jamie Vardy Football’s Funniest Moments Gillette Soccer Saturday Barclays Premier League Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family A League of Their Own K-19: The Widowmaker Russell Howard Hour

BBC1, 10pm

Saturday 7:00am 11:00am 12:30pm

1:00pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 5:00pm 6:10pm 6:40pm 6:50pm 7:00pm 7:45pm 9:50pm 10:40pm 11:10pm 11:30pm

Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food Football Focus BBC News Rugby League Bargain Hunt Escape to the Country Final Score Invictus Games 2017 BBC News BBC London News Pointless Strictly Come Dancing Casualty Mrs. Brown’s Boys BBC News Match of the Day

7:15am 7:45am 8:30am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm

2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 6:30pm 7:30pm

8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

11:30pm

12:35am

Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show Sunday Morning Live Sunday Politics Bargain Hunt BBC News Money for Nothing Escape to the Country Points of View Songs of Praise How to Stay Young Invictus Games 2017 BBC News BBC London News Countryfile Strictly Come Dancing Antiques Roadshow The Last Post BBC News BBC London News Match of the Day 2

Sky 1, 10pm Dawn French Live:

Sunday 7:00am 8:35am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:50pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 7:05pm 7:15pm 8:15pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 11:30pm

K-19: The Widowmaker,

30 Million Minutes, 7:00am

8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:30am

12:00pm 2:45pm 7:00pm

8:00pm

9:00pm

10:00pm 11:00pm

12:55am

Great British Garden Revival Gardeners’ World The Beechgrove Garden Countryfile Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Athletics NFL Live Rugby League Super League Playoff Highlights Russia with Simon Reeve Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?

Dragons’ Den Dawn French Live: 30 Million Minutes Isn’t She Great

7:00am 10:05am 10:25am 10:30am

11:00am 11:55am 12:25pm

12:55pm 1:55pm 2:00pm

4:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:20pm 12:20am

Childrens TV Adventure Time ITV News Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury Peston on Sunday Amazing Animal Births Robson Green’s Coastal Lives Bigheads ITV News ITV Racing: Prix De L’arc De Triomphe The X Factor Victoria ITV News London ITV News Tipping Point The X Factor Victoria ITV News Peston on Sunday Liar

7:05am 7:30am 8:00am 8:35am 11:00am 11:45am 2:30pm 5:15pm 6:15pm

7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 12:00am

King of Queens Motorsport Formula 1 Formula 1 Formula 1 Sunday Brunch Formula 1 The Crystal Maze The Great British Bake Off Channel 4 News Escape to the Chateau Escape: Human Cargo Electric Dreams Boris Johnson The Three Musketeers

7:00am 11:30am 12:30pm 1:00pm

1:30pm 3:30pm 5:20pm 6:20pm 6:25pm 7:05pm 8:05pm 8:10pm 9:00pm

9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:25am

Childrens TV Football on 5 Football on 5 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud Bewitched Leap Year Serendipity 5 News Serendipity Jack the Giant Slayer 5 News Jack the Giant Slayer Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 5 News Weekend The Expendables 3 5 News The Expendables 3 Under Siege

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

The Hour of Power Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama WWE Raw NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Duck Quacks Don’t Echo The Last Ship The Force: North East Russell Howard Hour

BBC2, 11pm

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Pick of the Day

monday 7:00am 10:15am 11:00am

12:00pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm

12:20am

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer Neighbourhood Blues Caught Red Handed Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors The Boss Escape to the Country Garden Rescue Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show Inside Out EastEnders Panorama Rellik BBC News BBC London News Stacey Dooley Investigates Annie: Out of the Ashes

7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am

10:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:45pm

5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:15am

Flog it! Trade Secrets Fake Britain Neighbourhood Blues The Big Family Cooking Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Canoeing Rowing Great American Railroad Journeys This Farming Life Flog It! Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Antiques Road Trip University Challenge Upstart Crow The Human Body W1A Newsnight Today at Conference

7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm

12:45am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Alphabetical Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Countrywise Coronation Street Liar ITV News and Weather ITV News London 100 Year Old Driving School Jonathan Ross Show

7:00am 7:45am 9:00am

9:35am

10:05am 10:35am 11:10am

12:05pm 1:00pm 1:05pm

2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:55pm 9:00pm

9:30pm

10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me A New Life in the Sun Countdown Find it, Fix it, Flog it My Kitchen Rules Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Political Slot Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food Superfoods: The Real Story The Undateables First Dates Too Posh to Parent

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

11:00pm 12:05am

Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours The Mentalist The Novel Murders: Garage Sale Mystery VI 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Car Crash TV Police Interceptors Paddington Station 24/7 Shark Attack Total Recall

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:50am

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Monkey Life Monkey Life The Dog Whisperer Modern Family Modern Family Road Wars House Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 The Flash Egg Drop The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Da Vinci Code A League of Their Own

TUESDAY 7:00am 10:15am 11:00am

12:00pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:35am

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer Neighbourhood Blues Caught Red Handed Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors The Boss Escape to the Country Garden Rescue Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Holby City Doctor Foster BBC News BBC London News The Insider The Monkey Lab

House, Sky 1, 1pm

Cilla, 7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm

3:45pm

4:45pm

5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm

8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

11:30pm 12:15am

Flog it! Trade Secrets Rip Off Britain Neighbourhood Blues World’s Busiest Cities Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics For What It’s Worth £100k House: Tricks of the Trade How the Wild West Was Won with Ray Mears Great American Railroad Journeys This Farming Life Flog It! Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Antiques Road Trip Saving Lives at Sea Reformation Later Live... with Jools Holland Newsnight Today at Conference

7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm

9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:40pm 12:40am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Alphabetical Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Save Money Robson Green’s Coastal Lives Call the Cleaners Cilla ITV News and Weather ITV News London Safe House Lethal Weapon

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:05am

9:35am

10:05am 10:35am 11:05am

12:00pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

10:15pm 11:20pm 12:25am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me A New Life in the Sun Countdown Find it, Fix it, Flog it My Kitchen Rules Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Great British Bake Off Barbie Gogglebox Parenting for Idiots

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 10:00pm

11:00pm

Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours The Mentalist Heart of Murder 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast The Yorkshire Vet Alaska: A Year in the Wild When Chat Shows Go Horribly Wrong

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm

10:00pm 11:00pm

12:00am

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Monkey Life Monkey Life The Dog Whisperer Modern Family Modern Family NCIS: Los Angeles House Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 The Flash Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons A League of Their Own Micky Flanagan The Russell Howard Hour The Last Ship

ITV1, 10pm

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WEDNESDAY 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am Ambulance

8:15am Neighbourhood Blues 9:00am See Hear 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm For What It’s Worth 2:45pm £100k House:

Tricks of the Trade 3:45pm How the Wild West

Was Won with Ray Mears 4:45pm Great American

Railroad Journeys 5:15pm This Farming Life 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing:

It Takes Two 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Billion Dollar Deals and How

They Changed Your World 10:00pm The Detectives 11:00pm The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

11:30pm Newsnight

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Alphabetical 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Political Broadcast

by the Conservative Party 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Bad Move 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Play to the Whistle

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay’s Kitchen

Nightmares USA 12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm My Kitchen Rules 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Back 11:35pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

7:00am Childrens TV 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Mentalist 4:15pm Fatal Memories 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Britain by Bike

with Larry and George Lamb 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

11:00pm Notorious Fritzl:

What Happened Next 12:05am The Body in the Freezer:

Countdown to Murder

7:00am Hawaii Five-0 9:00am Monkey Life 10:00am The Dog Whisperer 11:00am Modern Family 11:30am Modern Family 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm House 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0 3:00pm Hawaii Five-0 4:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Flash 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of

Their Own:

US Road Trip 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm A League of

Their Own 12:00am Premier League

Best Goals

7:00am Good Morning Britain

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay’s Kitchen

Nightmares USA 12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm My Kitchen Rules 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pm Educating Greater Manchester 11:00pm The Great British Bake Off:

An Extra Slice 11:50pm The Undateables

7:00am Childrens TV 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Mentalist 4:15pm The Cheating Pact 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Nightmare Tenants,

Slum Landlords 10:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour

Next Door 11:00pm Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 12:05am Notorious Fritzl:

What Happened Next

7:00am Hawaii Five-0 8:00am Road Wars 9:00am Monkey Life 9:30am Monkey Life 10:00am The Dog Whisperer 11:00am Modern Family 11:30am Modern Family 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm House 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0 3:00pm Hawaii Five-0 4:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Flash 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm The Russell Howard Hour 12:00am The Force: North East

The Apprentice, BBC 1, 10pm

thursday 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm The Housing Enforcers 10:00pm Ambulance 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time

7:30am Rip Off Britain 8:15am Neighbourhood Blues 9:00am Mountain 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm For What It’s Worth 2:45pm £100k House:

Tricks of the Trade 3:45pm How the Wild West

Was Won with Ray Mears 4:45pm Great American

Railroad Journeys 5:15pm This Farming Life 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing:

It Takes Two 8:00pm Coast: The Great Guide 9:00pm Big Family Cooking Showdown 10:00pm Russia with Simon Reeve 11:00pm Match of the Day 11:30pm Newsnight

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Alphabetical 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm World Cup Qualifier 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm World Cup Qualifier

Highlights

The Supervet, Channel 4, 9pm

BENIDORM cast and crew have been leading the tributes to actor Bobby Knut who passed away suddenly earlier this week, aged 71.

Benidorm writer Derren Litten said: "Very sad Benidorm news guys.

The wonderful Bobby Knutt has passed away suddenly aged 71. Sending our Beni love to his family."

The Benidorm TV show account tweeted: "Benidorm star and Sheffield legend Bobby Knutt passes away aged 71. Good night Knutty,

your Benidorm family loves you. X".

Tony Maudsley, who plays Kenneth in the show, said: "Take a bow Grandad Dawson. Your Benidorm family will miss you. RIP Bobby Knutt x".

Actress Stephanie Dooley Day wrote: "So sad to hear the lovely Bobby Knutt has passed away. treasured memories of our panto days!

RIP Lovely man".

Jake Canuso said: "Sad to hear of the sudden passing of Bobby Knutt.

He will be dearly missed by his @ BenidormTVshow family. RIP lovely man."

RIP: Bobby was also known for his role in Emmerdale as a member of the Dingle family

Photo credit YouTube

Tributes to Benidorm actor Bobby

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Music, Arts and Food Festival

By Michael Cano LA CALA DE MIJAS will welcome the Salida del Sol II Festival which will run from next Monday for seven nights at the Avanto Beach Restaurant.

This promises to be a celebration of music, arts and food with the added bonus of direct contact with the musicians and artists whose work will be on display.

The festival will consist of seven concerts over seven nights with renowned international musicians coming from across the globe. The Costa del Sols finest local acts will be joined by a gallery of visual and performing artists from around the world in a cauldron of creativity.

The art event is open from 10am to 6pm and is free of charge with a number of the artists being present in order to talk about their passion, techniques and drives.

Each night will herald a different concept, exploring both

Jacob Shaw Centre

the traditional and contemporary through audible and visual artistry, and a uniquely designed tapas menu will complement the evening.

Organised by Project Music Management, a percentage of every ticket sold will be donated to the CUDECA Hospices.

The Programme

8pm Arrival, cocktail and view art exhibition 8.30 pm Meet on the terrace 9pm First half of performance 9.30pm Drinks and Canapés on the terrace 10pm - Second half of performance 10.45pm Performance ends with a chance to meet the artists at the bar.

Monday: Grand Opening Soiree with Atlantic Folk Trio Tuesday: David Lau Magnussen pianist Wednesday: Justin Kangmin Kim a contra tenor Thursday: Marisol Lee solo violinist Friday: Jacob Shaw cello and David Lau Magnussen piano Saturday: Trio del Sol a piano trio Sunday: Closing Festival Soiree featuring the festival participants and the International Music Society.

This is a new concept in Spain and if successful it will be repeated on an annual basis.

Marisol Lee

The nightly schedule

Ticket Prices: One day ticket €25-Seven nights pass €160.

There are a number of discounts for parties and families, details of all of these and ticket purchase can be obtained by emailing pmmtickets@mail.com

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whats on

Sweet music

Audition Notice

AUDITIONS will take place at the Salon Varietes Theatre, Fuengirola on Sunday October 8 from 11am until 2pm for Mistletoe and Wine this year’s Christmas show.

The show will consist of songs, music and sketches.

David Vincent, the director is looking for performers of all ages to take part.

The show will take place from December 1 to 5 If you would like to be involved please come along to the auditions - if you can please bring a song to sing.

For further information please call the box office on 952 47 45 42.

Charity auction

TIMS Choir announces schedule for October THE FUENGIROLA-BASED TIMS Choir has announced its October schedule.

The International Music Society, known as T.I.M.S., which has an extensive repertoire covering a wide range of music, are performing on Sunday October 8 at the Salida del Sol Festival in La Cala de Mijas. The event, titled the Last Night Mini Prom, will cost €35 entry, and food and wine will be included in the price.

The four-part harmony choir has been singing on the Costa del since it was formed in 1988. The group is always looking for new members, especially male voices, despite a recent recruitment drive resulting in three new female members. The choir is also interested in hearing from anyone who can play the piano.

T.I.M.S Choir is already rehearsing for their Christmas carol concert on

December 12 at La Cala de Mijas Ayuntamiento. This year marks a special milestone for the choir who will have performed for Mijas Ayuntamiento for more than 15 years.

For more information on the choir, go to their website www.timschoir.org, or for tickets to the Salida del Sol Festival, visit www.salidadelsol.org/events.html.

Return to Earth

Satellite by Nick Lake

He’s going to a place he’s never been before: home.

Moon 2 is a space station that orbits approximately 250 miles above Earth. It travels 17,500 miles an hour, making one full orbit every ninety minutes. It’s also the only home that fifteenyear-old Leo and two other teens have ever known.

Born and raised on Moon 2, Leo and the twins, Orion and Libra, are finally old enough and strong enough to endure the dangerous trip to Earth.

They’ve been ‘parented’ by teams of astronauts since birth

and have run countless drills to ready themselves for every conceivable difficulty they might face on the flight.

But has anything really prepared them for life on terra firma? Because while the planet may be home to billions of people, living there is more treacherous than Leo and his friends could ever have imagined, and their very survival will mean defying impossible odds.

Aimed at the teenage-young adult market, Satellite promises to be a unique read that may

well find its way into the hands of an older readership.

Nick Lake’s first novel, In Darkness, was published by Bloomsbury in 2012 and won the Michael L Printz Award for Excellence in YA Literature.

He also wrote Hostage Three about a girl kidnapped by Somali pirates. Nick’s next novel There Will Be Lies – due to be released on January 15 – is about a girl who learns that everything she knows is a lie.

To say it’s a book with a twist in the story would be a massive understatement.

Sponsored by Bookworld Puerto Banus info@bookworldpuertobanus.com

www@bookworldpuertobanus.com | 952 816 084

ANIMAL charity, Animals in Distress (A.I.D.) are holding two auctions on Friday October 13 and Friday November 10.

The organisation is appealing to locals to get involved, either by attending the sale or to sell or donate something. A.I.D. will receive the 15 per cent commission of all sales.

The events begin at 7pm and meals are available.

Those wishing to sell an item should let the charity know at least 24 hours in advance. Bring any items on the day between 5pm and 6pm and give them to Chris and Phil, who will log them in. Unsold items must be collected at the end of the auction.

The auctions take place at La Cuchara Restaurant at the entrance to the Poligono Rosa on the A404, Alhaurin el Grande to Coin road. Plenty of parking is availale. To sell and item, contact Chris on 628 239 174 or Joe on 629 942 427, or visit the charity’s website at www.animals-in-distress.eu.

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Puzzles Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents C and 7 represents B, so fill in C every time the figure 3 appears and B every time the figure 7 appears.

Now using your knowledge of the English language work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

The Venus trine with Pluto shows an intensity of emotions coming to the fore right now, and leading you to the highest forms of love. Indicating spiritual regeneration through love and destiny, this focus emphasises a closer relationship as the reality and power of love are in balance and good harmony. True love at first sight is never wrong!

Staying silent right now is the very worst thing that you can do. Not only do inner energies tell you to err on the side of caution, but they are also helping you to come to terms with a better understanding of who you really are. Balance this with the chance to share those innermost feelings you keep, silently trapped within you!

Mercury’s sextile with Ceres governs the basic routine that you have become a part of. You like the tried and tested, but sometimes the best fruit is up there on the highest branch. This week is all about being given a chance to prove yourself. When the going gets tough then the tough get going, and you are no exception to the rule!

Make hay while the Sun shines. You need financial advice at the moment, and the Cosmos focusses on your taking a risk; but knowing full well that if the current deal is for real, then you cannot go wrong. Delaying will not help you in anyway whatsoever, but stalling may very well allow you to put your money where your mouth really is!

Wrapping you in cotton wool has had a soporific effect on your abundant energies and strong focus for the future. If plans are delayed and that green light seems further away, then accept that you have to strike when the time is right, and that that may not be right now. Others are full of good ideas, but you don’t have to listen to them.

Code Breaker

Friends have taken good care of you, as late, and their value to you is unmeasurable. Take time to celebrate with them, and to catch up with what has been going on in their lives too. Aspects all across the Cosmos emphasise your current needs and what exactly has to be swept away to bring back balance and inspiration to your everyday life.

WORD fit

Using just logic, can you make all the words fit correctly into the grid?

The entry of Mercury may set tongues wagging, but that is what you both want and need right now. It is not what they are saying that has any importance, it is who they are talking about, and that’s you! Rather than telling them to mind their own business, use this wisely as a tool to get just what it is that you really do want right now!

Mars trines Pluto, and willpower will be sorely tested this week. Stamina and strong application have brought about changes of the most positive nature, and you are about to be rewarded for using, to good advantage, both your foresight and your intuitive powers of discernment to make a difference that really does show!

Rather than admit defeat, remember that you acted in good faith and that there were no ulterior motives. Better to be known for what you did rather than what you didn’t do! Pluto connects with Mars this week and this adds complications to what comes next. Be careful who you trust this time, and keep everything under your hat!

Astrologically you are a dynamic leader, and a true inspiration to anyone who knows you. You like to be able to say yes, but that’s not always possible. Say a definite no to a recent request because there is more there than meets the eye. You keep your emotions on a tight rein but you need to know too, that you are appreciated!

The Venus conjunction with Mars allows you to express freely your emotions, and better explains your recent decision to move on. Above all you have to know that you are not running away, although pastures green are appealing to you right now; and for very good reason. Be unafraid to be confrontational over a matter of the heart!

A new decision is not final, but you have to take a stab at it to see if it’s what you really do want right now. Somethings got to give. Time to ask the Cosmos for the protection and care that you yourself need right now, and have every right to have. The times they are a changing, and you have to move to work together now to enable this!

3 letter words EGG ERR 4 letter words ACTS RICE 5 letter words ADAGE GUSTS NOTES PAUSE

PEDAL RAPID STEER UNION 6 letter words ENVIED ESSAYS RHYTHM SEESAW 7 letter words CADENCE

DENSITY EMINENT ENSURED HOUSING IDIOTIC SAPIENT SIGNALS 8 letter words BEVERAGE SANGUINE TANTRUMS ULTIMATE

Mystical Postbag Kenny, why do some seem to stay in the Spirit World, and why do others move on?

Cait P. Hi Cait! The Spirit World is a holding station for all those who are admitted after having lived at least one life here on Earth.

From this vantage point, once you have come to terms with your Earthly life, you will be faced with a choice. To remain and work in communica-

tion between all souls enabling the contactable connection for The Spirit World with Earth. Or to opt to be reborn as an Old Soul or plan your reincarnation. Thirdly you may return to Earth in soul form to assist others who are in need of spiritual assistance, in the form of a Spiritual Guide. One of these three will be the reason that not all choose to inhabit the Spirit World at any given time!

For Birthday Celebrants The Cosmos bids you to respond to a recent request, and not to dismiss it before you have given it at least a thought. Change this year is heralded by your strong connection with fate and destiny, as these elements combine to see you lovingly protected in the months ahead.

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More Puzzles

Cryptic

Word Wheel

There is 1x9 letter word and 172 others!

Make as many 3 or more letter words as you can using any letter combination just once and you must use the central letter in every word!

ACROSS 1 Is nude ordered to find lingerie? (6) 5 Protect a railway employee (5) 9 Crime of someone receiving stolen property (7) 10 A girl got up about one (5) 11 Meeting to vex saint (5) 12 Old man initially in touch is over the top (3,4) 14 Engineers give up and retreat (6) 16 Keep mum confined (4,2) 19 Ruined English female sheltered by benefactor (4,3) 21 Quash urban legend started by girl (5) 23 Fly around Finland’s capital — until now (2,3) 24 Turns as otter turns (7) 25 Bird, for example? About time! (5) 26 Having a go is troublesome (6) DOWN 2 One newspaper in US city that’s smart (5) 3 Editing novel that may be set on fire (7) 4 The rest of the afternoon? (6) 5 Movie star taking up old card game (5) 6 Attack a sailor, by the sound of it (7) 7 Female followers of CND (3) 8 Exhausted boxer, say, tried to change (3-5) 13 Don’t be so optimistic — it’s past praying for (8) 15 Have a discussion about one sort of tree (7) 17 Mend your old-fashioned well (7) 18 Conservative upset by doctor’s decay (3,3) 20 Prime time under trees (5) 22 Up or down, it is unacceptable (3,2) 23 Observe the diocese (3)

Word Ladder

Can you by changing 1 letter at a time, get from the first word to the last word in the given number of moves?

HELP 1 2 3 4 5 6

SAFE Soduku

Quick

Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9

Airports Quiz

1 PVG is the airport code for the main airport in which Asian 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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City? Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai Richard Branson founded which major airline? Quantas, Southwest Airlines, Virgin, Emirates Rollin King is the founder of which major airline? Quantas, Virgin, Southwest Airlines, Emirates Royal Air Maroc is the national Airline of which African country?

Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia RyanAir is an airline from which nation? Wales, Scotland, England, Ireland Sabena is an airline from which nation? France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany Sansa is an airline from which nation? Spain, England, France, Costa Rica Saudi Arabian Airlines has their base at an airport in which city?

Beddah, Jeddah, Teddah, Feddah Schiphol Airport lies in which European Capital? Berne, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam SHA is the airport code for an airport in which city? Amsterdam, Shanghai, Chicago, Hanover

ACROSS

DOWN

1 Arm joints (6)

1 Sell abroad (6)

4 Little angel (6)

2 Curt (7)

8 One of the planets (5)

3 Entire (5)

9 Cradle-song (7)

5 Food fish (7)

10 Ask for (7)

6 Cook in an oven (5)

11 Conductor’s stick (5)

7 On the far side (6)

12 Tired out (9)

9 Baltic country (9)

17 Become narrower (5)

13 Brave woman (7)

19 Beginners (7)

14 Author of “Dombey

21 Hungarian red

and Son”

pepper (7)

(7)

22 Reside (5)

15 Paper fastener (6)

23 Simpler (6)

16 Refuge (6)

24 Kidnapper’s demand

18 Famous diarist (5)

(6)

20 Russian liquor (5)

Last Weeks Solutions on page 44

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health What to look for in a face moisturiser for men The best face moisturisers for men accomplish three objectives: Hydrate, Protect, and Renew.

Hydrate: Aloe, Hyaluronic Acid, and Vitamin E are three of the best natural ingredients to keep a face looking hydrated. A hydrated face is important as this gives it an energized look and the more hydration your skin has, the firmer it appears. Hydrated skin cells also help give a ‘bright’ look versus a dull complexion.

HEALTHY LIVING: Be heart smart

A healthy heart is a happy one Today, Friday September 29 commemorates the 17th World Heart Day. World Heart Day was established to raise global awareness of the importance of paying attention to our heart health and our risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the world’s biggest killer.

CVD causes 31 per cent of all deaths globally, resulting in 17.5 million deaths every year.

The percentage of deaths caused by CVD across Spanish autonomous communities are as follows: Above the national average: Andalucia – 32.67 per cent Principado de Asturias – 32.38 per cent Aragon – 31.61 per cent La Rioja – 30.65 per cent Extremadura – 30.50 per cent Comunitat Valenciana – 30.33 per cent Galicia – 30.05 per cent Castilla y Leon – 29.77 per cent Below the national average: Region de Murcia – 29.22 per cent Illes Balears – 29.06 per cent Ceuta – 28.17 per cent Castilla-La Mancha – 28.05 per cent Cataluna – 27.64 per cent Cantabria – 27.26 per cent Melilla – 27.13 per cent Canarias – 27.08 per cent Pais Vasco – 26.92 per cent Comunidad Foral de Navarra – 26.37 per cent Madrid – 25.86 per cent

Protect: Jojoba Oils create a protective glove around the skin, preventing water loss – which can quickly make it look deflated and dull. Rooibos Extract is also known for its ability to help fight free radicals, which can eat away at the skin’s condition over time.

What about SPF? If you’re going to be in the sun for over 30 minutes, apply a non-comedogenic SPF lotion and immediately wash it off once inside.

SPF, while great for sun protection, is loaded with toxic chemicals that you don’t want sitting on your face all day.

Renew: A men’s face moisturiser should help fight aging. Green Tea, MSM and Aloe are three of the best natural ingredients to help prevent and reverse fine lines and wrinkles.

The best men’s face moisturizers should be lightweight and fast absorbing. Even if you have dry skin, your skin is thicker than a woman’s, so you don’t want a heavy cream that will sit on top of the skin.

CVD kills 67,736 women in Spain each year and 56,461 men.

80 per cent of deaths caused by CVD could be prevented, but how? The Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia and The Fundacion Espanola del Corazon recommend the following: Ensure your diet is balanced and varied Spend 30 minutes a day exercising Do not smoke Control your weight Monitor the fat accumulated in the abdomen, as it is dangerous for the heart Check your blood pressure Check your cholesterol and glucose levels Know your cardiovascular risk and what your lifestyle should be Share your doubts and problems Learn to control your stress and anxiety Professor David Wood, President, World Heart Federation, said: “World Heart Day is our chance to shine a light on the world’s biggest killer and work together to improve heart health.

“Around the world 1 in 10 people die prematurely from cardiovascular disease but the power to change this is in our hands. Making small lifestyle changes such as eating more fruit and vegetables, keeping active and stopping smoking can save lives.

“We are urging people to ‘share the power’ this World Heart Day by sharing your healthy heart tips with friends and family and inspire people everywhere to be more healthy.”

Check out https://www.worldheartday.org/ and take the Heart IQ test to find out how heart smart you are.

Make your mascara last If your mascara tube has become dry or clumpy, there's no reason to throw it out. Add some eye drops and it will be as good as new.

Eye drops are a better idea than water because water can cause your mascara to flake or smudge and won't work at all if it's a waterproof mascara.

In a standard-sized tube, about 4-5 drops of any generic eye drop should get the job done. Close it back up, give it a quick stir with the brush and it's ready to use. You could also use any saline solution meant for storing contact lenses.

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health

What is fibromyalgia?

Ask the Optician The influence of eye colour on your health

by Amrik Sappal, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Fuengirola Recently, an interesting article was published in the Independent in the UK revealed some links between eye colour and health. We’ve had quite a few questions on the topic as a result, so we wanted to make this the topic of this week’s column.

COMMON CONDITION: Sufferers ache all over

When Lady Gaga announced on Twitter that she suffers from fibromyalgia, she was met with an abundance of well wishes. Not only did fans feel for the ‘Poker Face’ star, they could relate — many gushed with gratitude that Lady Gaga stepped up to raise awareness for a disease that is all too often misunderstood, misdiagnosed or just missed altogether.

Fibromyalgia is the second most common condition affecting your bones and muscles. Its classic symptoms are widespread muscle and joint pain and fatigue.

There's no cure. But a combination of medication, exercise, managing your stress and healthy habits may ease your symptoms enough that you can live a normal, active life.

Causes Doctors aren't sure what causes it, but some think it's a problem with how your brain and spinal cord process pain signals from your nerves.

We do know certain things suggest

you're more likely to get it: You're a woman You have another painful disease, such as arthritis, or an infection You have a mood disorder, like anxiety or depression You were physically or emotionally abused or have PTSD You rarely exercise Other family members have it Symptoms Simply put, you ache all over. Common symptoms include: Muscle pain, burning, twitching, or tightness Low pain threshold or tender points Draining fatigue Trouble concentrating and remembering, called "fibro fog" Insomnia or not sleeping well Feeling nervous, worried, or depressed Fibromyalgia can feel similar to osteoarthritis, bursitis, and tendinitis.

But rather than hurting in a specific area, the pain and stiffness could be

throughout your body.

Other fibro symptoms can include: Belly pain, bloating, queasiness, constipation, and diarrhea (irritable bowel syndrome) Headaches Dry mouth, nose, and eyes Sensitivity to cold, heat, light, or sound Peeing more often Numbness or tingling in your face, arms, hands, legs, or feet Speak to your doctor if you are experiencing any of the above symptoms.

Your doctor will examine you and ask you about your past medical issues and about other close family members.

There's no test that can tell you that you have fibromyalgia. Instead, because the symptoms are so similar to other conditions, your doctor will want to rule out illnesses such as an underactive thyroid, different types of arthritis, and lupus. So you may get blood tests to check hormone levels and signs of inflammation, as well as X-rays.

Toss that old concealer

Because concealer is often administered in tiny doses, it's possible to (embarrassingly) realise you've been using the same tube for a lot longer than recommended. This will likely not kill you, but it also means you're probably no longer getting the lovely results that made you select this formula in the first place. “Over a long period of time, some concealers will start to break down and may darken or appear discoloured, or even separated," says cosmetic chemist Jim Hammer.

"Or the product may begin to dry up. It might not smell right, or it might feel oily, or grainy, or have other issues." All are signs it's

time for a fresh start. Likewise, if at any point you notice your concealer is looking more orange or just doesn't match your skin like it used to, toss it. "Changes in colour are often indicative of problems in the product—microbial growth, oxidation—so that's a good indicator that it's time to buy a new tube," Hammer says. "Most of these products are designed to last for two years unopened on the store shelf, but it's probably a good idea to use them up within six to nine months after opening."

What do I need to watch for if I have blue or light coloured eyes?

According to a representative of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, blue or light coloured eyes could increase your risk of eye cancer because there is less pigment to protect them from UV rays. However, please note that this cancer is very rare. It’s easy to protect your eyes with sunglasses, just make sure they offer maximum UV protection and combine with a hat.

I have dark eyes, does this mean I don’t need to protect my eyes from the sun?

No matter what your eye colour you need to protect your eyes from the sun, as it can do damage including increasing your risk of macular degeneration and causing Pinguecula and Pterygium. A 2000 study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology found that dark-eyed people had a 1.5 to 2.5 times greater risk of cataracts.

My eye colour has changed, is this a problem?

Any changes to the appearance of your eyes should be reported to your optician or your doctor.

Specsavers Opticas is located in Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. To find your nearest store and book an eye test visit www.specsavers.es

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food & drink

Prime rib of beef with béarnaise sauce Whether you’re grilling prime rib for the first time or the hundredth, you can ensure a mouth-watering meal by following our tried and tested recipe below.

Ingredients rolled and tied 8 lb prime rib of beef, ced min lic, gar ves clo 2 6 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp olive oil pped 2 tbsp fresh thyme, cho black pepper 1 tbsp freshly ground Béarnaise Sauce r 2 tbsp tarragon vinega 2 tbsp white vinegar 1 tbsp water 2 small shallots, minced 1 tsp dried tarragon black pepper 1/4 tsp freshly cracked perature tem m roo 3 egg yolks, at at room temp ed, cub , ter but cup 3/4 pinch salt dash cayenne pepper

Directions 1. In a small bowl, combine the garlic, mustard, olive oil, thyme and pepper.

2. Pat the beef dry with paper towels, then spread the prepared mustard mixture over the surface. Let stand at room temperature for 1/2 hour. Meanwhile, prepare the barbecue by placing a drip pan under the cooking grids. Fill halfway with hot water, then preheat the barbecue on MEDIUM. Adjust the heat to MEDIUM/LOW, and place the prime rib on the cooking grids. Close the lid, and cook about 15 minutes per pound for medium rare. Using a meat thermometer to check doneness is a must. An initial check after an hour or so will give you a chance to assess the timing of the other dishes.

3. Closely monitor the level of water in the drip pan, ensuring it never

Avocado and tuna tapas

Preparation:

Preparation time – 20 minutes

Ingredients:

1 (12oz) can solid white tuna packed in water, drained 2 ripe avocados, halved and pitted 1 tablespoon mayonnaise 3 green onions, thinly sliced, plus additional for garnish ½ red bell pepper, chopped 1 dash balsamic vinegar black pepper to taste 1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste

Directions: Stir together tuna, mayonnaise, green onions, red pepper, and balsamic vinegar in a bowl. Season with pepper and garlic salt, and then pack the avocado halves with the tuna mixture. Garnish with reserved green onions and a dash of black pepper before serving.

runs dry. Very carefully add hot liquid to the drip pan as necessary, taking care to protect your hands with oven mitts to prevent steam burns.

4. When the meat is almost at the desired doneness, remove the roast from the barbecue and place it on a carving board tented with foil. Let it rest 20 minutes before carving. Refer to the Indirect Cooking Guide 5. Béarnaise Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine vinegars, water, shallots, tarragon and cracked black pepper, and bring to a boil over MEDIUM/HIGH heat until reduced to one tablespoon. Reduce temperature to LOW and whisk the egg yolks into the reduction.

Whisk in the butter one cube at a time, waiting until the butter is incorporated before each addition. Continue whisking until thickened.

Season with salt and cayenne.

Caramel macchiato cheesecake Ingredients:

2 cups digestive biscuit crumbs, 1/2 cup butter, melted, 2 tablespoons white sugar, 3 (8 oz) packets of cream cheese, softened, 1 cup white sugar, 3 eggs, 1 (8oz) container sour cream, ¼ cup brewed espresso or strong coffee, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, pressurized whipped cream, caramel ice cream topping

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºC (175ºC). Lightly coat a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Mix together the digestive biscuit crumbs, melted butter, and 2 tablespoons of sugar until well combined. Press into the bottom of the prepared springform pan, and 1 inch up the sides. Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes, then remove to cool on a wire rack.

3. Reduce oven temperature to 325ºF (165ºC).

4. Beat the softened cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy.

Gradually add 1 cup of sugar, beating until blended.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in sour cream, espresso and

vanilla. Pour batter into the baked and cooled crust.

5. Bake cheesecake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and 5 minutes; then turn the oven off, partially open the door and allow the cheesecake to rest for 15 minutes more. Remove from the oven, and run a knife around the edges.

Cool cheesecake on a wire rack to room temperature, then cover the springform pan with plastic

wrap, and chill in the refrigerator for 8 hours.

6. To serve, cut the cheesecake into wedges and garnish each slice with whipped cream and caramel sauce.

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home & garden

Saving a nearly dead houseplant 1. REPOT YOUR PLANT Moving a tired-looking fern or succulent into a fresh pot of soil can make a big difference. Be sure to select a pot a couple of inches wider than the one you are replacing. This will give the roots room to grow and thrive.

2. FEED IT BETTER Plants need healthy food too, so replace your old soil with a high-quality potting mix. Your newly-potted plant will appreciate regular feedings following the frequency recommended on the plant food package.

You might also want to try fertiliser — just stick with a slow-process variety that won’t feed your plant’s roots too much at once.

3. GIVE IT SUN — SLOWLY Even though sun is for the most part good for plants, abruptly moving them into the hot, bright sun when they’re looking worse for wear can cause serious problems. Only give your plant 100 per cent indirect sun for a short time until it recovers.

4. DON’T OVERWATER The most common mistake among gardeners is not being familiar with their plants’ dormant periods, so they keep watering them. You should research when this season happens with your plant so you can make sure you’re not accidentally drowning your favourite flower.

5. GET RID OF PESTS If the leaves or stem of your plant are speckled or weak-looking, bugs might be the problem. Get rid of unwanted visitors by either gently wiping or spritzing leaves with a mild soapy water solution.

6. TRY A GREENHOUSE Some plants may need a more humid environment, which you probably don’t want for your home.

To create an individual greenhouse for your plant, place a small plastic bag on top of it. Keep it like this for four to five days to revive the environment needed.

How to clean your dishwasher What you need: Distilled white vinegar Baking soda Lemon juice Cloths or soft rags Toothbrush Toothpicks Instructions 1. Run your dishwasher, or wait until just after you've run a cycle. Empty the dishwasher completely by removing the racks and utensil trays and basket.

2. Check the spinning arms to make sure all the holes are open so water can run through them freely. Clear out any debris that has built up in the holes of the spinning arm using a toothpick or other small instrument (be sure not to scratch the finish!).

3. Clean under the bottom of the door.

In some dishwashers, this is a spot where water doesn't go, so it can easily accumulate debris. Inspect the floor of your dishwasher, around the drain where the wastewater exits. There will be a grate or grill around it, under the arm. Look for debris clogging up this area and remove any solid matter that has built up. If you have a filter, remove and disassemble the parts in your sink.

Use a toothbrush to wash with a baking soda paste, or warm soapy water. Rinse well.

4. Next, use your toothbrush and baking soda paste to wash around the drain. Be sure to dislodge any food parts that can hang around and cause an unpleasant smell. This area can also become clogged with tags, or stickers that come off jars and dishes.

5. Wipe around the seal with a damp cloth soaked in white vinegar and a few squirts of lemon juice. For tighter areas, you can use a toothbrush. Scrub well, making sure to get the sides and edges of the machine.

6. Check utensil holders and racks for any stuck-on food pieces and then

wipe down. If they are really dirty you might want to give them a bath of warm, soapy water and let them soak overnight in your sink. Rinse well.

7. You can remove hard water deposits/ scale by running one cycle of your dishwasher (empty) with distilled white vinegar. Add 2 cups of vinegar to the bottom and turn the machine on to an energy saving or low wash. Stop the machine mid-wash, so the vinegar can set on the bottom and work. Let it stand for about 20 minutes, then turn on to finish cycle.

If you have rust stains, you can tackle them with a dishwasher-safe rust remover. If the finish is chipping or flaking off the wire baskets in your dishwasher, try a sealant made just for dishwasher racks.

If you have problems with mould and mildew, bleach will work effectively by

Save water at home with six simple steps 1. Tighten leaking or dripping taps Have leaks fixed as soon as possible, and always close taps securely.

2. Reduce your water pressure Too-high water pressure doesn’t just waste water, it could also cause damage to pipes, resulting in leaks that will lead to more water wastage. Consider installing

water-pressure-reducing valves to prevent this.

3. Don’t drink from the tap Pouring drinking water from the tap often means leaving water to run for a few seconds until it’s cold. So, you’re effectively going through at least two glasses of water for every one you drink – the rest goes down the drain. Fill up a few bottles at once to

store in the fridge instead.

4. Keep a shallow bucket… …in your kitchen sink to catch the runoff from rinsing vegetables and washing hands. Pour it onto your garden.

5. Don’t rinse or wash dishes under the tap Hand washing usually involves two sinks full of water – one for soap and

one for rinsing – or turning the tap on and off again to rinse each individual dish. A dishwasher can use about half the amount of water. Opt for one with an ‘economy’ cycle if possible.

6. Upgrade your washing machine If your model is more than five years old, you may be missing out on water-saving technology advancements.

adding ½-1 cup in the bottom of the dishwasher and run a full cycle.

NOTE: Do not use bleach in your dishwasher if you have a stainless-steel interior. Also, never mix bleach and vinegar!

8. Clean the buttons and panel thoroughly. Spray the handle and front of your dishwasher with a vinegar/ citrus/water solution or stainless-steel cleaner, depending on the type of dishwasher you have. I find microfiber cloths work best for stainless steel and always wipe with the grain.

Additional Notes: • It's good practice to do this (or a briefer version), about once a month.

• Be wary of dishwashing gels. They typically contain bleach and over time will cause the rubber seal to break down and leak.

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Aston Martin join Red Bull for 2018 F1 season The new Advanced Performance Centre, which will create 110 new jobs, will also house Aston Martin’s second dedicated design centre and engineering personnel who will be working on future sports

cars. The new centre will allow a closer working relationship between the two leading brands in their respective fields which will see the adoption of both F1TM and road car technology.

Photo credit: Red Bull Racing

ASTON MARTIN and Red Bull Racing have further strengthened their Innovation Partnership with the announcement that the Formula One team will compete as ‘Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’ from 2018.

The successful partnership, that has already produced the sold-out Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar, will yield future products and an exciting new Advanced Performance Centre that will open on the Red Bull Racing campus in Milton Keynes later this year. The British luxury carmaker will also evaluate the opportunity to be involved in the team’s power unit from 2021 after being asked

by the FIA to join discussions on future engines for F1TM. Aston Martin President and CEO, Andy Palmer, said: “Title partnership is the next logical step for our Innovation Partnership with Red Bull Racing. We are enjoying the global brand awareness that a revitalized Formula One provides. The power unit discussions are of interest to us but only if the circumstances are right. We are not about to enter an engine war with no restrictions in cost or dynamometer hours but we believe that if the FIA can create the right environment we would be interested in getting involved.”

The relationship between Aston Martin, Red Bull Racing and AF Racing began in 2016 after the companies combined cutting edge F1TM technology and Aston Martin’s signature sports car design to produce a ground breaking hypercar. The Aston Martin Valkyrie, which sold out on launch, is set to be the first in a line of incredible products to be borne of this Innovation Partnership will make its first run in 2018 before being delivered to customers in 2019.

Andy Palmer (Aston Martin) and Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing team boss)

UK car clocking on the rise

THE NUMBER of cars on UK roads showing mileage discrepancies is costing motorists over £800 million every year according to HPI, the UK’s leading authority on vehicle checking services.

The automotive data experts say the number of cars affected has also risen to one in 16. The figure has worsened from one in 20 cars less than three years ago.

The illegal practice of clocking takes place when drivers look to deliberately defraud second-hand car buyers when the vehicle is sold on.

Barry Shorto, head of industry relations at cap HPI said: “The problem of clocking and mileage

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DEFRAUD: Mileage alterations can hide defects in vehicles.

discrepancies in used vehicles does appear to be worsening and that’s bad news for motorists and car retailers as they are left to foot the bill. There are a number of reasons why clocking is on the up.

Technology is partly to blame as the continued development of tools to alter digital odometers and the access to this technology online is becoming increasingly easier. The boom in mileage-related finance arrangements such as PCP and PCH may also be playing aggravating the problem.”

The HPI Check includes a mileage check against the NMR as standard, now with over 200 million mileage

readings. HPI also confirms whether a vehicle is currently recorded as stolen with the police, has outstanding finance or safety recalls against it or has been written-off, making it the best way for consumers to protect themselves from fraudsters looking to make a fast profit.

Mr Shorto added: “Our valuation data conclusively shows the potential cost to dealers and motorists of the clocking problem. With clockers able to add thousands of pounds onto the value of a car, unsuspecting buyers stand to lose out, as do dealers. We urge retailers and consumers to conduct a vehicle history check to spot a mileage discrepancy before they buy.

“It can be almost impossible to tell a clocked vehicle just by looking at it, which makes a vehicle history check an even more vital form of protection for buyers. A clocked vehicle could be hiding serious levels of wear and tear, especially if it has been previously used as a high mileage private hire vehicle for a couple of years, meaning the additional cost of unexpected repairs or even a potentially serious safety threat to driver, passengers and other road users. An HPI Check can help protect consumers from buying a vehicle with something to hide, saving them cash and keeping them safe.”

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McIlroy has Ryder Cup on his mind at British Masters Photo credit Wikimedia MUCH NEEDED TIME OFF: McIlroy has said he will rest for the remainder of the season after the British Masters

RORY MCILROY has the Ryder Cup on his mind as he tries to win the £3 million (€3.42 million) British Masters.

The four-time major winner added this week’s tournament to his schedule after missing out on last week’s Tour Championship.

McIlroy finished 58th in this year’s FedEx Cup standings. That meant missing out on a trip to East Lake, but gave him the chance to join British Masters host Lee Westwood and his European Tour peers at Close House Golf Club in Newcastle.

More importantly, it means he can play in next year’s Ryder Cup guilt free.

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England have “no excuse” says new chief exec

WEST HAM United F.C.and Tottenham Hotspur F.C have been charged by the Football Association (FA)for failing to control their players in Saturday’s derby at West Ham’s London Stadium in Stratford.

Tottenham won the Premier League match 3-2 but almost lost their three-goal lead as West Ham pressed for an equaliser in stoppage time.

Both clubs had until 6.00pm last night (Thursday) to respond to the charge.

A statement from the FA said: “It is alleged that in or around the 95th minute of the game, both clubs failed to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.”

Five players were cautioned by referee Michael Oliver in stoppage time.

West Ham’s Andy Carroll, Winston Reid and Andre Ayew were shown yellow cards, while Eric Dier and Fernando Llorente were booked for Tottenham.

The incident prompting the charge came after a foul

by Carroll which brought angry reactions from both sides and saw four players booked.

Ayew’s caution for a foul came earlier in stoppage time.

Tottenham were under pressure after being reduced to 10 men with 20 minutes remaining when Serge Aurier received a second yellow card.

MayPac remains boxing’s most lucrative fight FLOYD MAYWEATHER’S 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao looks set to remain boxing’s most lucrative fight of all time, despite his fightwith Conor McGregor last month.

The Mayweather/ Pacquiao Las Vegas showdown, which fell short of expectations as a semi-injured Pacquiao went down on points to Mayweather, totalled 4.6million Pay-Per-View buys when the final tally came in.

In contrast, Mayweather’s challenge with UFC title holder Conor McGregor is reportedly some 200,000 purchases short of that figure following their bout in August.

Mayweather ended a two-year retirement to secure a 50th career victory over McGregor via stoppage as UFC boss Dana White’s prediction of 5 million sales at between $89.95 (€76.50) and $99.95 (€85.00) (HD) failed to come to fruition.

The live gate, which was also hoped to be a record-breaker, already dropped some $16.5 million (€14 million) to ‘MayPac’, which made a whopping $72 million (€61.5 million) on fight night.

Despite not reaching expectations, Mayweather and McGregor are both likely to clear nine figures for the

The Mayweather and McGregor showdown live gate dropped €14 million less than MayPac in 2015

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ENGLAND HAVE “no excuse” not to be the most powerful rugby nation in the world, the new Rugby Football Union (RFU)chief executive Steve Brown said this week.

Since losing to Australia in the World Cup in 2015, England have won 20 of their last 21 matches and under Eddie Jones have climbed to second in the world rankings -second to world champions New Zealand.

Brown, who previously worked as the RFU’s chief financial officer for six years, takes over an economically powerful governing body who last year turned over a record £407 million (€460 million).

“We want to be the strongest country for rugby across the globe,” Brown told the BBC. “I don’t think there’s an excuse not to be that.

“We may have been a bit modest in the past, but we are very clear and very open that we want to win.

“We potentially have the best rugby opportunity in the world and we need to make the most of that.

“We want to win and we want to win everything we’re involved in -- not just the men’s team but the women too and with every team we have.

“It’s my job to make sure we deliver on that promise.”

Brown echoed Jones’s who said that “everything is geared up around winning” the next World Cup in Japan in 2019.

Cup next year,” McIlroy said. “So obviously got to play my five events in Europe. So that was a big decision into that (playing this week).”

McIlroy failed to fulfil his minimum number of European Tour events in 2015 when he injured his foot.

He is playing this week and next week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and will then restfor the remainder of the season to try to get over a recurring rib injury that has hampered his season.

The 28-year-old took time off after The Players Championship, but admits he should have taken more: “I just haven’t given myself that little more prolonged length of time to let it fully heal and let it feel 100 percent,” McIlroy said. “I actually don’t feel that far away. I don’t feel like I can go out there all day and practice. I feel at some point, I’d have to take a bit of time to let it rest, and I can feel it sort of stiffening up and getting a little bit sore. It’s not as if I can go full bore at it like I want to.

“Hopefully by giving it that six-week or eight-week rest, I’ll be able to fully practice and prepare.”

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showdown, to add to their guaranteed purses of $100 million (€85 million) and $30 million (€25.5 million) respectively.

Mayweather’s total could exceed $300 million (€255 million), whilst McGregor may go as a high as half that before White takes his considerable cut of the profits.

McGregor immediately took his family on a lavish holiday, whilst Mayweather bought himself a new mansion

in Los Angeles and even paid tribute to ‘The Notorious’ McGregor with a massive painting of the pair on display.

As Mayweather reiterates his retirement, McGregor is plotting a return to UFC and has several suitors to his lightweight crown.

Pacquiao, on the other hand, is still active and could give McGregor the opportunity to add more money to his bank balance should he fancy lacing up the boxing gloves again in 2018.