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Issue 080 23rd - 29th November
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Octopus raid
Women’s work
by Jose Arturo
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FISH inspectors with the Junta de Andalucia have seized more than 3,700 kilograms of octopus in Fuengirola which authorities claim was illegally fished off the Costa del Sol. The Junta’s Fisheries Inspectorate said the octopus did not have the proper documents to confirm where it had being caught and to provide that it had been obtained legally. The Fuengirola haul came as part of a Malaga Province-wide operation which also saw four bluefin tuna seized from an industrial estate on the outskir ts of the provincial capital. Junta fish officials said the octopus and the tuna were destined for restaurants across the Costa del Sol. The case has been passed over to the Local Police officers in Fuen-
FISH SEIZED: The haul was found in Fuengirola. girola who have taken over the investigation. Health officials have also been informed due to concerns that the octopus may not have been properly cleaned, the Fisheries Inspectorate said. Fish officials also
The big turn on FUENGIROLA will be aglow with festive cheer this evening (Friday) at 7.30pm, as the Christmas lights are switched on. Estepona’s lights start on the same day. Although Malaga and Marbella have had some lights for a few weeks now, the official switch on is November 30.
found that the bluefin tuna seized near Mercamalaga did not have documentation to prove it had been caught legally. Both hauls are now set to be destroyed because officials cannot confirm their sanitary
status. Octopus fishing was previously a lucrative venture for Costa del Sol fisher men until it was banned in September 2016. Octopus is the basis for the ‘pulp a la gallega’ dish and takings from selling the
catches made up around 60 per cent of their income. The ban was brought in in a bid to stop the creatures being fished to extinction as part of the European Union’s (EU) Mediter ranean Management Plan.
MARBELLA has hosted its first International Tourism and Equality Forum, with the participation of a range of professionals in the sector to discuss the issue. Congress Palace was the venue for the conference, which comes shortly before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women on November 25. For the first time, professionals from the United Nations, Marbella University, business, tourism, hospitality, and women’s organisations met with the council to discuss and share their experiences and views. Councillor for Equality and Diversity, Isabel Cintado, said: “We consider it essential to start with the perspectives of women in industries where they make up a large percentage of the workforce, but where they tend to occupy precarious, low-level positions.”
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Charity party
UPILS at a school with high numbers of expatriate students have held a Halloween party which raised more than €1,300 for a Mijas charity for people with special needs. The party, at St Anthony’s College, was held in aid of the Association for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Mijas (ADIMI). It comes as part of a collaboration between the school and the charity which has been ongoing for the last six years. Natalia Quero, a teacher at St Anthony’s, said the cause was “very important” for the school. “My Baccalaureate group organised the Halloween event which included a castle of terror and home-made cakes from parents. All proceeds went to ADIMI,” Quero said. Cristobal Perez, the head of ADIMI, said the display of empathy from students at the school was just as impor tant as the money raised. “We are very happy with the party. It is important that students know about ADIMI and
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FUNDRAISER: The party took place at St Anthony’s College that they realise there are other children who have more difficulties in life than they do,” Perez said. Some of the funds raised are set to be spent on international schemes including getting speech therapists from Brazil to come and help children with special needs in Mijas, Perez added. Mari Carmen Carmona, Mijas Council’s social ser vices spokesperson, said the party had been “wonderful” and joint
work between the school and the charity was positive. “Now that the charity is closer to the school students are more aware and able to make these contributions and do this kind of work,” the councillor said. ADIMI was founded in 1999 by the parents of children with special needs. It works to defend the rights of such children, improve their quality of life and ensure their long-term well-being.
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Tourist tempters
COSTA DEL SOL tourism officials have taken part in a campaign with a budget British airline to attract more holidaymakers from the country during the autumn. The push for tourists saw the Costa del Sol’s tourism board work alongside Jet2holidays. The ‘high impact’ campaign included online advertisements on Jet2’s website in an effort to reach up to 37 million potential British customers during September and October. Emails were also sent out to potential holidaymakers who lived less than an hour away from the Belfast, Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted airports. Arturo Bernal, a director at Tourism Costa del Sol, said: “This campaign had a great impact on a priority market for the region.”
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Drugs group bust A CRIMINAL group suspected of being involved in inter national drug trafficking has been dismantled following a police operation involving more than 100 officers. An extensive investigation began in January and police have since established that the organisation had contacts across Malaga Province. And during raids at eight homes in Alhaurin el Grande, 14 people, the majority of whom are
MASS RAIDS: Eight homes were searched in the operation.
HIT British singer Rod Stewart is set to play next to Fuengirola’s Sohail Castle next Jul y, h i s p r o m o t e r s h ave a n nounced. T he voice behind songs incl u d i n g S a i l o r , Y o u ’ r e i n m y Heart and Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? is due to perform at the Marenostrum Concert Park on Wednesday July 3. All tickets for the concer t go on sale on the Ticketmaster website today (Friday). T he announcement comes as it was also r evealed that
Rod and the boys
Spanish, were arrested. The raids were made simultaneously and marihuana plantations were found in each home. A total of 1,000 plants were seized, 8kg of marihuana buds, along with €32,790 in cash, six cars and a pistol. The detainees are accused of belonging to a criminal organisation, a crime against public health and electric energy fraud, and five of them are in custody.
90’s boy band Backstreet Boys a r e s e t t o t a ke t h e s t a g e i n Madrid next May. T he group, from Or lando, F lorida in the United States and famous for songs including Backstreet’s Back, are due to perform at the Spanish capital’s W iZink Centre on Monday May 13. They are also due to perform at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jord i C l u b o n Fr i d a y M a y 1 7 a s par t of their DNA World Tour. Tickets for the tour are available online now.
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Council splashes out MARBELLA’S municipal budget next year will increase by 15 per cent to €283 million, revealed Mayor Angeles Muñoz. This increase is largely down to the arrival of European EDUSI funds, the settled debt with the Hidralia water management company and the increase in economic activity across the municipality. During 2018, income from the concession of licences grew 100 per cent, and so an increase close to this percentage has been budgeted in this area. Mayor Muñoz stressed that the budgets again supported decentralisation, with more than €20 million set aside for San Pedro Alcantara. The budgets include cultural investments, such as the restoration of the Museo del Grabado and the Trapiche del Prado, and €1.2 million for sports facilities, including the creation of a competition swimming pool and the closure of the Guadaiza sports centre.
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Route reopens
Alleged heist attempt GUARDIA CIVIL officers ar rested three suspects t h i s we e k i n c o n nection with an alleged attempted ar med bank robbery in Mijas. Police claimed two people enter ed the La Cala de Mjas branch of the BBVA bank at around 8.30am last Monday brandishing guns and demanding money. Another was waiting for his accomplices outside, according to police. Guardia Civil officer s made their arrest outside the bank. No one was wounded and no damage was caused to the bank, with the investigation still ongoing.
SUDDEN DEATH: Jackie Lee (inset) was staying in Benalmadena.
Burial of Brit holidaymaker
THE funeral for a British mother-oftwo who died of a suspected hear t attack a day after arriving on the Costa del Sol is set to take place today (Friday). Jackie Lee, 57, from Senghenydd in Wales, had been having dinner with her husband Colin last month, when she told him she could not breathe. She told her hus-
band: “I’m dying, t e l l t h e k i d s I l ove them,” before passing away just one day into the coup l e ’s h o l i d a y i n B e nalmadena. Ja ck i e ’s h u s b a n d Colin said his first thought was that she was having a panic attack. He added: “W ithin m i n u t e s o f t h at w e t h i n k s h e ’d p a s s e d away. It was devastating.” Jackie’s famil y
had to pay for her body to be r epatriated back to Britain as the couple did not have holiday tr avel insurance. “Jackie always made a point of getting insurance as she had a pacem a ke r, b u t g e t t i n g ready for the holid a y wa s a l i t t l e b i t more rushed than nor mal as we only knew we were going about a week or
s o e a r l i e r, ” C o l i n said. A Go Fund Me page subsequently set up by family member s to pay for the repatriation raised more than €14,850, exceeding the more than €11,210 goal. Jackie’s famil y said they would donate the dif fer ence t o t h e A b e r Va l l e y charity which helps families in similar circumstances.
BU D G E T a i r l i n e R ya n a i r h a s a n nounced plans to r e i n s t at e a r o u t e from Malaga to Scotland next year t h at wa s p u l l e d earlier this year. T he car rier said a ser vice from Glasgow Airport to t h at o f M a l a g a wo u l d r e s u m e at the beginning of April. M a r k Jo h n s t o n , the managing director of Glasgow Air por t, said: “Reintroducing these ser vices is a fir st step for Ryanair to once again establish a strong presence in Glasgow.” The G l a s g ow Malaga route is one of four set to b e p u t b a ck i n t o ser vice out of Glasgow. They were previously closed due to tax reasons.
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Care is out there
Gunned down POLICE continued to sear ch for a man yesterday (Thursday) who shot another dead in a Marbella urbanisation and remains at large. The shooting is said to have taken place on the Sierra Blanca urbanisation, one of the most affluent in the city, at around 8.30pm last Tuesday. Police believe the killing may have been gang-related. Initial investigations suggest the shooter approached the victim w hile the latter was stood in a private garage between Calles Pizar ro and Zabalea. The gunman then opened fire, s h o o t i n g t h e v i c t i m s eve r a l t i m e s before riding away on a motorcycle. Some repor ts claimed that the gunman had used an AK47 assault rifle b u t p o l i c e h ave n o t ye t c o n f i r m e d this. The National Police’s UDYCO homic i d e s q u a d wa s c a l l e d i n a f t e r t h e killing and they have now taken over the investigation which remains ongoing. T he shooting follows a spate of similar incidents on the Costa del Sol this year. M a n y o f t h e m a r e b e l i eve d t o b e connected to organised crime.
Photo credit: Gran Recogida de Madrid/Facebook
GIVE GENEROUSLY: It’s for a good cause.
Annual food bank appeal
THERE has been a big shout out to get as many expats to join in with the local Spanish people and suppor t one of the countr y’s annual food bank charity events. Expat Jenny Dodd wants people to get involved with the annual Gran Recogida
(Big Collection). During the event, volunteers hand out plastic ba gs in supermarkets, with the idea being for people to buy something extra to donate to the food banks. Jenny explained: “It can be anything you can afford - a bag of rice or a can of food. I
know British people are ver y generous when it comes to charity and if they know what it is all about I am sure they would be all too willing to help” The Gran Recogida r uns fr om next Friday, November 30 to Saturday, December 1.
FOR the first time there is now a branch of Age Concer n for Marbella-San Pedro Alcantara. There is a coffee morning at the Paddle Tennis Club in Nueva Alcantara on the first Thursday of ever y month. Ever yone is welcome to ask about services they provide, to take a friend or family member to socialise, or to become a volunteer. Help can be offered with shopping, trips to the bank, doctors or lawyers. Age Concern is also on hand for applications for home help with Social Services and financial assistance from the Royal British Legion for ex-service personnel. Volunteers are waiting to help elderly residents. The Helpline is 689 355 198.
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FEMALE entrepreneurs from across the Costa del Sol were given the opportunity to bolster their business profiles and contact base during a collaborative networking event at Our Space in Marbella on Monday. The Costa Women event, sponsored by the EWN Media Group, was an open invitation to business women from across the region to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, while providing a platfor m for making contacts, sharing knowledge and striking valuable friendships. And almost 50 members and potential members took advantage of the opportunity, joined by representatives from Costa Women sponsors, Currencies Direct and My Lawyer in Spain. Organiser Ali Meehan said: “The fun and relaxed evening of business networking provided the opportunity for our local women entrepreneurs to share their businesses to a
wider audience.” Ali also launched her inspirational ‘Make It Happen 2019 Planner,’ created in collaboration with EWN Media Group. “The diary contains simple and effective tools to empower women to take charge of their lives.” But the planner is more than a diary, it contains inspirational quotes, targets and goals, an opportunity to take account of achievements and create a future plan for further development. Inara Guliyeva, from the Fuengirola office of Currencies Direct, said: “I love coming to these events, meeting new people and getting the word out there that we can benefit and help people save money.” Wellness coach Gemma Divine, of Herbalife Nutrition, credits Costa Women for the success of her business in Spain. “Costa Women has kept me
NETWORKING: Melanie Radford and Inara Guliyeva of Currencies Direct with Patricia Ruiz from My Lawyer in Spain. going here. I moved to Spain in March of last year and immediately went to a meeting, making lasting friends. Within my network of clients, a lot come from Costa Women. For me it has provided amazing opportunities.” Mercedes Bassani, of Marbella Reality Trends, has attended a couple of Costa Women events, and said she
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Costa Women mark Entrepreneurship Day
ORGANISER: Ali Meehan launched her Make It Happen Planner 2019. ‘will definitely become a member.’ “Costa Women is great. These are entrepreneurial women who know what they want and support one another,” she said. Patricia Ruiz of My Lawyer in Spain, based in Marbella, added: “It’s great to spend the evening with professional women and meet new people. The Costa Women members live here but have friends or people that we can assist.”
EWN Media Group Managing Director and owner Michel Euesden has been keen to support women in business since the inception of the group. "Although the challenges of running a business in Spain can seem immense, with the right support and advice the path to success is very much achievable.” To order a copy of the Make It Happen 2019 Planner, email planner@costawomen.com. www.costawomen.com
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Corpse found
THE lifeless body of a man was found at a beach in San Roque last Sunday. Andalucia’s 112 Emergency Services confirmed they received a call at around 7am informing them of the find. A local resident had seen the corpse lying around 500 metres from the Sotogrande treatment plant near the Carbonera Lighthouse. Guardia Civil officers and medical personnel were despatched to the scene. They said the body was wearing a wetsuit-style top and jeans and that it was already beginning to decompose. Authorities have since opened an investigation.
Violent attacks
THE National Police has launched an investigation after a man was beaten and allegedly left for dead at a Marbella nightclub. Four of the nightclub’s bouncers have been arrested in connection with the attack, with the victim taken to hospital with eye wounds, broken ribs and a punctured lung. Meanwhile, in Malaga City, National Police officers arrested a 49year-old suspect in connection with an alleged burglary at the home of a man aged 80. Sources claim the alleged victim was left with several injuries after being assaulted and sprayed with bleach while proceedings for the suspect have been sent to the courts.
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Student sentenced A SECONDARY school student has been sentenced to six months in prison after a court in Malaga City found her guilty of assaulting one of her teachers in Mijas. M ala ga City ’s S e c o n d C r i m i n a l Cour t hear d the pupil had tried to avoid taking an English exam at a Mijas school last February. The defen-
dant had protested and argued with her tutor before making inappropriate comments towards her. Prosecutors said the defendant then assaulted her. Emergency services personnel had to be called in to treat the teacher’s injuries, the court heard. The teacher brought the case to court
with the help of the Workers’ Commission (CCOO) union, of which she is a member. Felix Martin, secretary general of the union’s teaching division, said he was satisfied with the sentence and encouraged teachers who had suffered from similar attacks to come forward.
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Dame Twanky is in town tomime Aladdin. With elaborate costumes and oversized headdresses, Roger Storey plays this role of the traditional pantomime Dame expertly
and delivers some hilariously funny lines. Children from Lourdes Fernandez Dance Academy open the pantomime and start an evening of entertainment which promises to be a great night out with fun for adults and children alike. TAPAS (The Andalucia Performing Arts Society) production of Aladdin is on for two nights at El Palacio, La Trocha, Coin tonight (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday). Curtain up at 7pm. “Adults and children alike will all find something for them in this great show and it’s one not to be missed” said Betty Ross, TAPAS’ events co-ordinator. “It is a few years since TAPAS put on a panto, so we are all very excited about this year’s event. The costumes are fantastic
Credit: TAPAS
WIDOW TWANKY, the fabulous Panto Dame arrives in Coin today ( Fr i d a y ) for two nights as one of the central characters in the TA PA S pan-
PANTO PROS: It will be a night of fun and laughter for all the family. and we have some great scener y, especially the spooky cave scene!” Betty added. Tickets are on sale now: available through the TAPAS website or
telephone 678 932 284. Prices are: €8 for children, €12 for adults, €10 for TAPAS members. A raffle will also be held to support
their charities. If you would like more infor mation, please contact Angela Stopforth on 685 386 923 or email publici ty@tapassociety.com.
Apartment blaze A 22-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital last Friday for smoke inhalation treatment after a fire broke out in his Fuengirola apartment. Andalucia’s 112 Emergency Services line said they received several calls after the fire broke out in the fifth floor flat in Pasaji de las Rampas block at around 7.20pm.
Firefighters along with Local Police and National Police officers and medical personnel were despatched to the building and along with firefighters and medical personnel were able to get the 22-year-old out. He was taken to the Costa del Sol hospital. The cause of the fire is currently being investigated.
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COSTA WOMEN INSPIRATIONS
Fire and brilliance on the Spanish Costa Costa Women was created as a space for women living or thinking of moving to Spain to meet up, share ideas and give tips to support each other. It has members and meetings all around Spain. Founder Ali Meehan has decided to share the stories of some of the inspirational women in her group…
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THIS week Ali is talking to Dee Coxon, Author of Polish the Diamond in your Heart. Dee talks about finding her own fire and brilliance and launching a business in her mid-life and beyond and how you can too.
Ali: Hello Dee, tell us about your journey to Spain. Dee: I was a hairdresser and beauty therapist with my own salon for 30 years and living in the north east of England (yes I’m a Geordie). To support the geographical transition along with a career change my plan was to create a business that would be location free and lifestyle friendly. This meant creating a business which I could operate online. I’ve had a home in Spain for the past 14 years however I’m not there full time yet because I have two young grandchildren now and I find it hard to leave them. So my time is spent between Spain and the UK. Where is your Spain home? Ciudad Quesada - Costa Blanca and I love it. It’s a unique setting in that it has an eclectic mix of mainly European cultures including a huge UK expat community and yet right next door we have the typically Spanish village of Rojales. There are a huge range of amenities again varied in order to support the different nationalities. It’s an ideal location to combine a healthy lifestyle with an active social life. And you have recently written a book? Having been a business owner I had lots of experience in the business world, but none when it came to setting up a business online. So I lear ned ever ything myself from scratch and while I learned a lot, I wasted a hell of a lot of time and money because I didn’t know what I was doing. Once I got to the end of my journey I realised I could have done things much quicker and a lot cheaper had I known where to go and who to ask for help. Now I know how to do that, I wanted to share that with other midlife women who want what I wanted but don’t know where to start. We have many women who would
If your skills don’t match your dreams, it’s time to learn some new skills.”
What has been your biggest learning through polishing your own life diamond? I’ve learned that based on my own definition of success I can have it all. And for me having it all is about making enough money to give me enough ‘time.’ Time is the most valuable commodity in my life and allows me to work with the women who light me up. Be with those I want be with and do what I want to do, when I want to do it and yes time has to be paid for that’s why I’ve designed and created a business that’s lifestyle friendly and location free.
DEE COXON: Business woman and author.
like to write their stories, or share experiences. Any tips for new writers as to the process of writing a book? If you’re writing non-fiction, particularly if it’s transformational as my book is, then you must from the get go come to terms with the fact that readers are only interested in the stories you’d rather not share. Nobody’s interested in the easy stuff. They want to know who were you before, what happened to you, why it happened and how you fixed it. And you have recently been celebrating being on page 1 of Amazon, what would be your top tips for authors? Before you write your book: Go online and read up on as much as you can about the writing process, particularly how to plan and structure your book. Then of equal importance and at the same time learn about the book marketing process and get to work on that very early on. Don’t wait until the book is finished, that will be too late. Decide on whether you’re going to self-publish or seek a publisher because that decision will impact all of the other work you have to do and how
point and wrongly assume ‘I can’t do this.’ Once you understand what’s keeping you back, then the next step is easy and it’s this; if your skills don’t match your dreams, it’s time to learn some new skills. Once you get that, you’ll have a start point and be in a position to ask for the right kind of help from the right person, as opposed to endlessly fantasising over a business you’ll never start.
you’ll do it. I recommend following Joanna Penn https://www.thecre ativepenn.com/, apart from her obvious expertise she’s also a contributor to Amazon’s KDP platform and a great resource for aspiring authors.
Your favourite personal learning book and your biggest take away? I have taken a little from a lot of books and combined that learning power, however my favourite learning came from Brené Brown’s video talk ‘Why your critics aren’t the ones who count.’ I was so blown away by what she said, as a creative it inspired me to step into the arena and be seen as well as write my book.
Your book is about ‘Polishing the Diamond in Your Heart’ - what do you believe holds us back, especially in our middle age and beyond to create something new and accept changes? I write about this in my book and it took me years to work this out, but here it is in a nutshell: To turn your calling into a business you must have the professional competence to match your intuitive skills. If you haven’t realised that, and many women don’t, then you have no start
Something you will achieve before the end of 2018 Currently my ‘Fast Class’ which is a bespoke accelerated learning experience is offered as a one to one service. By the end of 2018 I will offer this as an online group programme so I can impact more women, extend my reach and effect more change for those women who want what I have to offer. Beyond that in 2019 I’d love to offer this as a workshop retreat. The Fast Class - Marbella does have a certain ring to it!
More information: www.deecoxon.com and costawomen.com
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Testing times MORE than 400 people were tested by La Cala de Mijas Lions Diabetic Suppor t Group last weekend to mark World Diabetes Day. And the awareness raising promotion was hailed a success as several adults and children were found to need further attention. The group’s last meeting of the year will take place next Friday (November 30) at El Hogar, Calle Blanca Paloma, in Fuengirola, at 10.30 am for 11 am. The club hopes to have a doctor present to answer questions and offer advice. The Lions are holding their Christmas Fayre at the Hotel Tamisa Golf, on Sunday.
Cruise fundraiser
A RECENT cruise around the Mediterranean which had members of a Costa del Sol Royal British Legion branch on board has helped to raise almost €1,000 for the charity. A total of 27 members and friends of the Mollina Royal British Legion embarked on the cruise around the central Mediterranean. The branch had marketed the cruise and as a result Jesus M Flores Molina, a director from the Halcon Travel company, donated €955 towards the poppy appeal. Tony Burns, treasurer of the Mollina branch, said the branch had worked closely with the company for a number of years to organise cruises and holidays. “This donation edges our appeal towards touching point of our €8,000 target. Collection tins have still to be counted, so I urge members to give generously,” Burns said.
Thespa monkeys THE next Thespa evening is next Wednesday at the Masonic Hall, Edificio Bougainvillea, Los Boliches at 7.30pm. The first One-Act play will be ‘All of the Monkeys’ by Michael Park and directed by Michael Edwards, featuring him and Julie Payne. The second play will be ‘Up the Garden Path’ by Paul Beard, directed by Shirley Knauf. To reserve a place contact thespa booking@gmail.com or phone 622 454 422, and explain any dietary requirements.
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Expats Guide to
Spanish Life Sponsored by Blevins Franks For more information about the sponsors go to www.blevinsfranks.com
What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics. made, claimants have 48 hours to HERE in Spain there is a general check and sign their statement at number for all emergencies, 112. the police station of their choice. No area code is needed and the In the case of robbery, where number can be called from any threat or force has been used, phone, including mobiles without victims should call 091 at the a Spanish SIM card. time, then go directly to a police The responders speak a numstation to make a report. ber of languages, and you can alThe Guardia Civil is a military so fax or SMS 112. In addition, there are individual force which operates mostly in emergency numbers, depending rural areas and is responsible for on the type of assistance you drug offences, fatal car accineed. It’s a good idea to keep a dents, robberies and murders, printout of them and can be conhandy, in your tacted on 062. Local Pobag or wallice (Policia let, in the municipal) home and in cover their the car. And local town or it can’t hurt from 9am to 2pm city area for to have a few traffic offences helpful Spanish and control, lost property and medical/emergency terms written crimes such as theft and neighdown, just in case you don’t get bourhood disputes. You can an English-speaking member of reach them on 092. staff. And a special helpine, 016, has National Police, also known as been set up specifically to report National Police Corps (Cuerpo instances of gender violence. Nacional de Policia, CNP), deals For an ambulance (ambulancia) with criminal offences and public and health emergencies, call 061 order in towns and cities, and can or 112, and in the case of a fire be contacted by calling 091 or 902 102 112. call the fire brigade (cuerpo de The latter was set up for nonbomberos) on 061 or 112. Spanish to report burglaries, car For problems at sea, the Martheft or a break-in when docuitime Rescue Service (Salvamenments and belongings are lost or to Seguridad Maritmo) can be stolen. Available in English from contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 9am to 2pm, all week long, the 902 222 292. There is also a Red ser vice is also available in Cross 24-hour helpline 900 100 French, German and Italian. 333. Once the telephone report is
091 or 902 102 112
This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
LIVE THEATRE: Bobbye Aaron performed Alan Bennett’s The Hand of God.
Play reviews MARBELLA’S International Theatre Studio (ITS) has been bringing live theatre to the Costa del Sol since 1975 in a variety of venues, and last week presented two plays for four nights in El Paraiso Golf Club. Bobbye Aaron performed Alan Bennett’s T he Hand of God which is full of his sly northern jokes about the antique business, and the audience was ver y enter tained by Bobbye’s interpretation. She was convincingl y cunning and self assur ed, until her come-uppance, which was a joy to see. The set was also convincingly made into a junk shop.
The Resounding Tinkle by N F Simpson completed the evening. The set was a ver y convincing suburban semi sitting room. T he cast handled the dialogue with aplomb, which was a difficult feat because the whole script is illogical. A pet in the garden is a lar ge elephant sent by mistake but swapped for a neighbour’s boa constrictor; Uncle Ted was a g lamor ous woman the entire play is a hilarious mixture of the mundane and sublime. David Dunckley made a splendid r etur n to ITS with his depiction of the hus-
band, convinced he was living in a bungalow having never been upstairs in 20 years. During the Chur ch Ser vice on the radio his silent acting was wor thy of Buster Keaton, and he was a bl y suppor ted by Carmel Rogers as his long-suffering wife. Congratulations are in or der for director Miles Rendle, backsta ge cr ew leader s Kar l Mar esz, Ruth Baldwin and Sandra Sprawson and producer Diana King. T hanks are also in or der for light and sound mana ger Andrew Gommersall and Kar en Danzig’s Del Sol choir, as well as to the El Paraiso performance space.
Age Concern Christmas party AGE CONCERN welcomes you to their fabulous Christmas Party on Friday December 7 at the four-star Hotel Tamisa Golf, in Mijas. As in previous years, the Christmas Party is expected to be sold out well before the date. The evening begins with an Arrival and Drinks reception at 7.00pm. Dinner will be served at 8.00pm and there will be a choice of starters, main dishes (including a vegetarian option) and desserts. A selection of wines with water will be on the tables and the meal will be followed by coffee and pacharan.
A special discount for additional drinks at the bar is available to all Age Concern guests, and live entertainment is being provided by the wonderfully talented Laura Elen. Admission is by ticket only, please call 952 476 210 or pop into the Age Concern charity shop in C/Francisco Cano in Los Boliches. Alternatively you can buy them directly from the reception desk at Hotel Tamisa Golf. Age Concern Fuengirola and Mijas looks forward to welcoming you.
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LOCAL Police ar rested a young British woman for allegedly selling laughing gas in capsules to fellow UK citizens during the famous Benidorm fancy dress party. She was spotted in Calle Gerona around 6pm acting suspiciously outside one of the busy bars in the area and passing the gas container to a customer. The 28-year-old was detained after discovering she had a number of the capsules with h e r, a s w e l l a s € 4 0 0 i n c a s h suspected to be from earlier sales. The nitrous oxide gas is known to cause serious damage to those that inhale it, and isn’t always a laughing matter.
Riddled with bullets NATIONAL POLICE officers have opened an investigation after discovering a body in Alicante with a number of gunshot wounds. The body of a 27-year-old man was found in the ear l y hour s of Sunday mor ning and the police are looking for those responsible for the alleged murder. The alar m was raised by local people after they found the body lying in a pool of blood in the northern part of Alicante City.
Racist attack on teenagers
A 39-YEAR-OLD Polish national has been ar rested in San Fulgencio in connection w i t h a l l e g e d f a ke d o c u m e n tation. According to repor ts, the man used six false identities to carr y out a series of crimes, and ther e wer e warr ants out for his ar r est fr om three cour ts in Castellon and Denia - in Alicante - and Torrente in Valencia. The detained man is also believed to be a member of a dr ug trafficking gang and had been living in the Valenc i a n C o m m u n i t y fo r at l e a s t 10 years. The number of fake identities used ena bled him to commit his crimes and evade justice... until now. T he end of the r oad for the man be gan in June this year, when the Guardia Civil based i n Jave a we r e s u s p i c i o u s o f the documents presented when he opened a bank account and wanted to rent a car. Colla bor ation with the Poli s h a u t h o r i t i e s s h ow e d t h at t h e p e r s o n d i d n’ t ex i s t , a n d so the ef for ts of the Spanish i nve s t i g a t o r s c o n c e n t r a t e d on finding out his real identity. Once they’d uncovered who he was and where he was, the ar rest took place in San Fulgencio, but even then the man of fer ed fake ID w hen stopped. The man has been sent to prison without bail and awaiting trial.
CAUGHT: Suspected faker produced fake ID when arrested.
Police injured in car chase
Fake porn profiler arrested
THREE policemen have been injured following a car chase on the road between Alicante and Monforte del Cid after a vehicle was stolen in Elche. The incident resulted in two people - a 34-year-old man and a 41year-old woman - being arrested after being suspected of stealing fuel and batteries from the Las Atalayas industrial area. However, before their arrest the couple tried to ram the police officers in the stolen car and had earlier failed to stop at a check point when requested. During the high-speed chase, the car drove through a number of red traffic lights and narrowly missing other vehicles. The couple were eventually detained after a short pursuit on foot when they were found hiding in a house.
NATIONAL POLICE in Elche have arrested a 42-year-old Spanish man for allegedly using a fake identity in order to exchange pornographic images on social media. The detained man used both the name and a photograph of another person to create his false online profile, understood to be the name of someone the female victim knew. Once the friendship was accepted on Facebook and gaining trust with her ‘friend’ the arrested man then began to send and receive images. His real identity was discovered by investigators who followed the digital trace left by the messages and was able to identify the WiFi network from where he sent the images. The man was arrested for crimes associated with identify theft and privacy issues.
Youth council meets
THE thir d meeting of the Teulada youth council took place in the town hall plenary chamber at the star t of November. The next one is scheduled for May and is one of the few youth councils in the Valencian Community. Children from the 5th and 6th grade and the 1st ESO grade are part of the council and they discussed topics that
Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Teulada
A G RO U P o f a l l e g e d r a c i s t ex tremists have badly beaten up two young African boys in Denia. The teenagers - both aged 14 were kicked and punched all over their bodies and such was the ext e n t o f t h e i r i n j u r i e s t h at t h e y were both taken to hospital. According to repor ts, the first stages of the investigation sugg e s t t h at t h e at t a ck s we r e planned and were carried out by about 15 people with their heads and faces covered with hoods and d r e s s e d i n d a r k cl o t h e s . B o t h boys are now being cared for in a juvenile centre.
Multi-identity criminal arrested CREDIT: Almagro Vallejo family
No laughing matter
FUTURE: Members of the youth council with their diplomas.
inter est them in the company of Mayor Carlos Linares and Councillor Daniel Ibanco. Some of the suggestions the youth council have presented in previous year s were to improve street lighting, basketball nets and goals in unused areas, better public transport and bus connection between Teulada-Moraira and Benitatchell.
FRIDAY 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 10:30pm 11:00pm 11:25pm 11:40pm 12:25am
BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food Make Me a Dealer Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show A Question of Sport EastEnders Not Going Out Have I Got News for You Would I Lie to You? BBC News at Ten BBC London News The Graham Norton Show Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle
9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm
Shop Well for Less BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100k Built Highlands Scotland's Wild Heart India: Nature's Wonderland Eggheads Flog It! Strictly: It Takes Two Richard Osman's House of Games Mastermind Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Made in Great Britain The Mash Report 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 Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Imitation Game 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:05pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm ITV News London 11:50pm Invictus 2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Cold Feet
8:30am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:20am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Formula 1 11:35am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pm The Simpsons 12:55pm Channel 4 News 1:00pm A New Life in the Sun 1:55pm Formula 1 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm Alone at Home 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg
This is BBC Two Top Class All Over the Place Wild and Weird 2 Show Me What You're Made of Got What it Takes? Super Smart Animals Bearwalker of the Northwoods Homes Under the Hammer Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul Talking Pictures Move Over, Darling Flog It! Make Me a Dealer Rugby Union Rugby Union Dad's Army Evita: The Making of a Superstar QI XL Snowfall
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Paw Patrol Floogals Shimmer and Shine Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Jeremy Vine Merry Ex-Mas Cruising with Jane McDonald 5 News Lunchtime Home and Away Neighbours Finding Father Christmas Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Gadget Show Britain by Boat Blood Air Force One
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Seven Days Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Moana: Special 7:30am Bent 9:20am Mom and Dad 11:05am Corbin Nash 1:00pm Father Figures 3:15pm Game Night 5:10pm Bent 7:00pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 7:15pm Mom and Dad 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Game Night 12:45am Thumper Gritty thriller about a high-schooler who gets mixed up with a local drug ring. 2:35am Corbin Nash 4:30am Seven Days
12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Football Countdowns 7:30pm SPFL Matters 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live 12:15am EFL Greatest Games 12:30am Football Countdowns
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SATURDAY 2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Classic Mary Berry 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Rugby Union 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm BBC London News 6:30pm The Time it Takes 7:00pm Pointless 7:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:10pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:45am The NFL Show 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:20am BBC News
4:20am 7:40am 8:10am 8:40am 8:55am 9:25am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 4:30pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 8:30pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:45pm
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The Powerpuff Girls Toonmarty Robozuna Mighty Magiswords ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin Gino's Italian Coastal Escape The X Factor ITV Lunchtime News ITV Racing: Live from Haydock The Chase ITV Evening News ITV News London Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones The X Factor I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News The Mask Jackpot247
Triathlon King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Off the Grid Formula 1 Hamilton v Vettel: The Fight for Five Formula 1 Countdown A Place in the Sun Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Rugby Union John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky The Other Woman Criminal Hollyoaks Omnibus
10:30am Floogals 10:50am Paw Patrol 11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:55am The Secret Life of Puppies 12:40pm A Prince for Christmas 2:25pm Miss Christmas 4:10pm Rocky Mountain Christmas 6:00pm The Family Man 8:20pm Shop Smart, Save Money: Black Friday Special 9:10pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 10:05pm 5 News Weekend 10:10pm Revealed 11:10pm White House Down 1:45am Mobs and Yobs: Caught on Camera
6:30am Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special 7:00am Mom and Dad 8:45am Game Night 10:40am The Grinch: Special 11:00am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 12:40pm Father Figures 2:50pm Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Special 3:10pm Bent 5:00pm Mom and Dad 6:45pm Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Behind the Scenes 7:15pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Game Night 12:45am Corbin Nash 2:35am Thumper 4:25am Top Ten Show, the 2018
8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:25am Frasier 8:55am Frasier 9:25am Jamie Cooks Italy 10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Live Build Up 1:45pm Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Live 4:25pm Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Live Reaction 5:35pm Back to the Future Part II 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau 10:00pm A Very British Country House 11:00pm Tin Star
9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:35am Friends 11:05am Friends 11:35am Friends 1:00pm Friends 1:30pm Friends 2:00pm Friends 2:30pm Friends 3:00pm Friends 3:30pm Northpole 2: Open for Christmas 5:10pm Deck the Halls 7:00pm San Andreas 8:00pm 5 News 8:05pm San Andreas 9:05pm Britain's Parking Hell 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Mad Max: Fury Road 11:00pm 5 News 11:05pm Mad Max: Fury Road 12:20am Homefront
4:45am The Christmas Cottage 6:30am Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Game Night 8:45am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 10:20am Father Figures 12:20pm The Christmas Cottage 2:00pm Bent A ruined former cop attempts to bring down the conspiracy that killed his partner and put him behind bars. Crime thriller 3:40pm Sweet Country 5:40pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 7:15pm Game Night 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Sweet Country 1:00am Mom and Dad
8:50am 9:20am 9:50am 10:20am 10:55am 12:25pm 12:55pm 3:45pm 4:35pm 5:35pm 6:40pm 7:10pm 9:30pm 11:20pm 1:30am 3:20am
6:15pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:30pm 10:45pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:00am 1:00am
Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Football Live Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Goals: Championship One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games
SUNDAY 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:55pm Escape to the Country 3:40pm Shrek 2 5:05pm Dynasties 6:05pm BBC News 6:20pm BBC London News 6:30pm Countryfile 7:30pm Doctor Who 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Dynasties 10:00pm Little Drummer Girl 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am The Women's Football Show
7:50am Greatest Gardens 8:20am Great British Garden Revival 9:20am The Instant Gardener 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 1:30pm A Cook Abroad 2:30pm Rugby Union 3:30pm Talking Pictures 4:00pm Reach for the Sky 6:10pm Flog It! 7:00pm Colombia with Simon Reeve 8:00pm Britain's Biggest Warship 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Louis Theroux's Altered States: Take My Baby 11:00pm A Great British Injustice: The Maguire Story
8:50am Ben 10 9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Spy School 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 11:25am Doc Martin 12:30pm Midsomer Murders 2:25pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:35pm The X Factor 4:00pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 4:30pm The Chase 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm Tenable 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:30pm ITV News
10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 12:30pm Football 3:30pm Football Countdowns 4:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm Football Countdowns 8:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30pm Best Championship Goals 9:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 9:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:30pm EFL Greatest Games 10:45pm EFL Greatest Games 11:00pm EFL Greatest Games
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MONDAY 12:00pm A Matter of Life and Debt 12:45pm Ill Gotten Gains 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm The Truth About the Menopause 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Tina Turner
10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm
BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100k Built The Secret History of My Family Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Only Connect University Challenge Babies: Their Wonderful World People Just Do Nothing 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 Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News Midday Summary 2018 1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Liam Bakes 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Emergency
BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100k Built The Secret History of My Family Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals School I'll Get This Newsnight NFL Made in Great
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 Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 9:00pm How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:05pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Lego Masters 10:00pm 999: What's Your Emergency? 11:00pm Gogglebox
9:05am 9:25am 9:40am 9:55am 10:05am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 4:00pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am
Paw Patrol Floogals Shimmer and Shine Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Jeremy Vine A Prince for Christmas Neighbours Stealing Christmas A Royal Christmas Ball 5 News at 5 Friends Friends Neighbours 5 News Tonight Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights Police Interceptors Warship: Life at Sea Narcos UK Air Force One
4:35am 6:30am
Corbin Nash Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special 7:00am The Christmas Cottage 8:45am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 10:20am Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 12:05pm Father Figures 2:05pm Bent 3:45pm Sweet Country 5:45pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 7:15pm Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Sweet Country 1:00am Thumper 2:45am Corbin Nash 4:30am Mom and Dad
12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm
One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games EFL Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns Soccer Am Best Bits Football Countdowns EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits EFL Goals: Championship SPFL Round Up Show
TUESDAY 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm A Matter of Life and Debt 12:45pm Ill Gotten Gains 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Mrs Wilson 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News
10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:15am 1:05am
9:25am Floogals 9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Miss Christmas 1:45pm Neighbours 2:15pm Coming Home for Christmas 4:00pm Christmas Next Door 5:45pm 5 News at 5 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm UK's Strongest Man 2018 9:00pm Our Yorkshire Farm 10:00pm Egyptian Tomb Hunting 11:00pm Inside Russia's Toughest Prisons 12:05am 8 Years Old and Smuggling Drugs
4:30am Mom and Dad 6:15am Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Special 6:30am Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Bent 8:40am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 10:15am Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 12:05pm The Christmas Contract 1:50pm Father Figures 3:50pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 5:25pm Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 7:15pm The Christmas Contract 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Corbin Nash 12:45am Sweet Country
12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm Football's Greatest 2:30pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm MLS Round Up Show 7:30pm Soccer Am Best Bits 8:00pm Football 11:15pm EFL Goals: Championship 11:45pm MLS Round Up Show
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WEDNESDAY 3:10pm 4:10pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm
The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food Make Me a Dealer Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show Watchdog Live The Apprentice BBC News at Ten BBC London News A Question of Sport
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Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Death and Nightingales 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired! 11:30pm Newsnight
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Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs Coronation Street I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Peston Play to the Whistle
2:05pm
Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Superkids 12:10am 24 Hours in A&E
1:45pm 2:15pm
Neighbours Rooftop Christmas Tree 3:55pm Santa Who? 5:45pm 5 News at 5 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm UK's Strongest Man 2018 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Egyptian Tomb Hunting 11:00pm Curvy Girls
12:40pm 120 Bpm 3:15pm Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Behind the Scenes 3:45pm The Christmas Contract 5:30pm Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 7:20pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm 120 Bpm 1:30am Sweet Country 3:30am Thumper
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5:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm Football Countdowns 8:00pm EFL Matters 8:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 9:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 9:30pm EFL Matters 10:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two
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Costa chef makes a meal of it M A R B E L L A’ S D a n i G a r cia has scooped a thir d Michelin star in a glitt e r i n g a wa r d c e r e m o n y for the Michelin Guide 2019 in Por tugal on Wednesday night. W ith his thir d Michelin star for his restaurant in the Hotel Puente Romano Beach Resor t and Spa, Dani García has positioned himself as one of the top chefs in Spain. A creative chef who never sto p s w i t h a l mo s t 20 years of experience in the kitch e n , h i s c o o kin g is global and cosmopolitan, feeding off a multitude of influences: fr om his Andalucian roots, his experi-
ences tr avelling ar ound the world and from the cultures that he continues to discover, and from all his years of learning. G a r c i a w a s t r a i n e d at Mala ga’s ‘La Cónsula’ catering school and in 1996 he star ted his career under the wing of Mar tin Berasategui, who he claims to shar e the ‘chef ’s DNA’ with. Dani developed a cooking style filled with intention, youth and colour during his time at Tragabuches in Ronda between 1998-2004, where he was awarded his first Michelin star w hen he was only 25 years old.
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MICHELIN STARS: Marbella’s Dani Garcia. T h e n at Ca lima ( 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 3 ) h e mat u r e d a s a chef, perfecting his techniques and becoming the f ir st ch e f in An d a lu c ia
with two Michelin stars. Last night, in Por tugal, he r eceived his thir d Michelin star for the Dani García Restaurant.
A t o t a l o f 2 2 M i ch e l i n s t a r s h ave b e e n a wa r d ed to r estaur ants in Andalucia in the south of Spain.
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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala visits the UK to investigate the latest food trends.
Fashionable food Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella
www.thelittlegeranium.com FOOD, like clothes has fashions. Albeit in the last few years I haven’t seen any really definitive changes in either food or clothes fashion. It’s not like the 1970’s or 1980’s where you could easily identify and remember the trends. Having trained at The Savoy in London, my food has always been based on classics with a moder n twist. I have an underlying traditional French/ English heritage with an international edge after working in Asia and the Middle East. I was excited to meet up with some chefs that I had worked with and
YOU will often see stone bass on trendy restaurants menus, but what is it? Stone Bass is a marketing name for a fish called meager. Depending on where you are you could see it called salmon bass, shade fish, stone bass or even corvina. Over here in Spain corvina is plentiful and inexpensive. Wild bass is hugely expensive and farmed sea bass is often poor quality, so this is a great option.
Ingredients for 4
600g of stone bass (more if using as a main course) ½ celeriac bulb peeled and diced into approx 2cm even pieces 2 onions peeled and sliced 2 tablespoons of thick cream 4 baby spring onions for garnish (poached until just tender) 4 whole large cloves of garlic skin on, slow cooked (poached) in olive oil until tender (confit garlic) A handful of wild mushrooms (chanterelles or similar)
trained years ago and eat in a variety of London and UK restaurants. So off on my travels I went with the first stop my daughter Serena, who runs a beautiful boutique hotel called Sheene Mill in the village of Melbourn near Cambridge, dating back to the 1700’s. Some of you may have seen the Channel 4 documentary called The Wedding Day. After months of them filming our family, it turned out to be a story of Serena, myself and my exwife Sally and how we all got along (or not!) along with life’s antagonistic twists. It was more like a comedy than a documentary! Sheene Mill was always my dream place. I owned The Pink Geranium, a thatched restaurant next door to it, and I always promised that I would buy the competition! Sheene sits on about three acres of landscaped gardens with the River Mel running under the building. All the rooms and most of the restaurant tables have views of the mill pond with swans and ducks playing in the fountain, it is very beautiful. In 1996 I bought Sheene after falling out with my first wife Sally.
STONE BASS: A great option.
Maldon salt Olive oil for frying
For the vegetable nage
Nage is the term often used for a flavoured liquid used for poaching delicate foods, typically seafood. Like a vegetable stock, a traditional nage is a broth flavoured with white wine, vegetables and herbs, in which the fish or seafood is poached and often thickened with butter. • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 leek washed and sliced • 1 white onion diced • 1 bulb fennel sliced • 1 stick celery chopped • 1 whole head garlic, un-
I think that I saw it as a solution, you run The Pink Geranium and I will run Sheene I said! But when I got under the skin of the property I soon realised what a monumental task I had undertaken. Sally and I were back together by now and so with her interior and management skills and my kitchen skills we turned it into a great success, that was until we split up again 10 years later! In 2012 my daughter Serena was all grown up and we had an opportunity to lease Sheene to her and her husband to be, Jordan. Serena would have only been 24 then and we could instantly see that her focus and determination to get Sheene back on the map again was succeeding and this beautiful hotel was being restored through their passion. I know the struggle she has been through, the staff causalities and the dramas but then recently, out of the blue Serena, Jordan and their fabulous team (headed up by Serda and Emma) won Restaurant of the Year award (A Hertfordshire Life award ). I flew in to see her and celebrate the
AWARD WINNERS: Chef Simone with Serena (right). award as well as tasting and writing about the food and the restaurant. I had dinner at Sheene with my best man David, we had the eight-course tasting menu cooked by Chef Simone, starting with canapés which included smoked haddock beignets with chorizo mayo, goats cheese churros, truffle and ham hock terrine with granny smith puree. Followed by pumpkin veloute with chestnut puree then a fantastic mackerel boudin with chicor y jam and then wood pigeon with pickled girolles and toasted hazlenuts. The fish course was stone bass with vegetable nage, spring onion and celeriac, the main dish was venison loin with bean cassoulet and blackberries.
Stone bass, celeriac, chanterelles and vegetable nage peeled and cut in half • 500 ml water • 2 pieces of star anise • 6 thyme sprigs • 6 parsley sprigs • 6 coriander sprigs • 3 bay leaves • ½ bottle Chardonnay or other dry white wine • Juice of 1 lemon • 250g of chilled unsalted butter cut into small pieces to finish
Make the nage
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leek, onion, fennel bulb, celer y, and garlic, reduce heat to low and cook for five minutes, stirring frequently. Now add the water and remaining ingredients apar t from the butter and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and sim-
mer, uncovered, for about 45 mins. Strain mixture through a sieve into a bowl to discard solids and add the chilled butter. Whisk in to emulsify, season and taste Note: Refrigerate the remaining vegetable nage in an airtight container for up to one week, or freeze it for up to three months.
Make the celeriac puree
Slice the onions and caramelise in a pan but don’t colour too much. Cook the diced celeriac in a little of the pre-made nage, until tender. Add both the cooked onion and celeriac to a blender and blend until smooth. Add the cream and a little of the veg nage until you have a thick smooth puree.
To cook the stone bass
Heat a frying pan and add a little olive oil. Fry the fish skin side down until the skin is crispy, usually 2-3 minutes. Now turn the fish over and immediately add enough nage to go up near to the top of the fish but not to cover the skin or it will lose its crispness. Poach for 1-2 minutes in the stock and remove and rest. Do not overcook the fish, it doesn’t need much cooking. Pass your cooking nage (from the pan) through a fine sieve or muslin into a bowl or jug. Fry the mushrooms in a little butter with seasoning and a little oil from the confit garlic cooking oil and season well. Pull the celeriac puree over the plate with the back of a spoon and place the bass on and position the garlic confit and the spring onion over and a few wild mushrooms. Ser ve with the vegetable nage poured into little jugs next to each plate so that the guest helps themselves.
You can email Steven your questions or enquiries to: steven@thelittlegeranium.com. Steven Saunders FMCGB - The Little Geranium, La Cala de Mijas & Marbella . www.thelittlegeranium.com
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What’s On FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23
Age Concern meet every Friday from 11am to 1pm at Peña Flamenca del Sur. We are located next to the Correos). Card bingo, raffle and friendship. Full social calendar. Just follow the sound of laughter. Age Concern offers advice, support, help and friendship, and look forward to seeing you. Helpline: 652 537 615. First Fuengirola Scout Group: every week from7pm to 9pm at St Anthony’s College in Fuengirola. The group is for all young people between six and 18 years old. Contact Robert Troost on 610 755 995 or email robert.troost@britishscoutin goverseas.org.uk. Christian Basilica of San Pedro de Alcantara: free guided tour of one of the oldest Christian churches on the Iberian Peninsula from 11am to 1pm, Calle Vega del Mar, San Pedro de Alcantara. Royal British Legion’s Benejarafe Branch: every Friday from 12.30pm to 2.30pm at Restaurante Puerta Niza, Carretera Nacional N-340, KM 263. RBL offer emotional and financial help to those who have served in the Armed Forces. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open Mon to Sat from 1pm to 4pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.acestepona.org. University of the Third Age Costa del Sol. Play Mah Jong: every week from 10am to 1pm at the PYR Hotel in Fuengirola. For more information contact 633 552 238 or visit www.u3afuengirola costadelsol.com. Cancer Support Group (English-speaking): last Friday of every month at 5pm in the Hospital Costa del Sol café, Marbella.
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Flamenco show: free every week from noon to 1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Organic market: every week from 10am to 1pm at Guadalhorce, Las Chapas. Puerto Banus street market: every week from 9am to 2pm near the bull ring in Nueva Andalucia. Triple A: every week volunteer dog walkers required between 10am and 3pm at Calle Carril de la Mina 33 in Marbella. For more information contact 952 771 586. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open Mon to Sat from 1pm to 4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (3 blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or visit www.acestepona.org.
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Benahavis second-hand market: every week from 9am to 2pm, located 1km before the village on the right hand side of the road. University of the Third Age: coffee morning every week from 11.30am to 1pm at the Primavera Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches. For more information contact: 679 516 654 or visit www.u3afuengirolacostadelsol.com. Sunday market: every week over 200 stalls at La Trocha in Coin. All welcome. For more info call 618 826 852.
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DO NOT MISS Still popular after 200 years BERTIE PEARCE is a very popular magician who is a member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star and is a great lover and admirer of Charles Dickens and his works. He has a background in theatre and vast experience in
lecturing and entertaining on cruise ships as well as being a registered lecturer for the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) which is a leading arts charity which opens up the world of the arts through a network of local societies.
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Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning at Tangee’s Bar, Avda Bonanza, Benalmadena (near the church) from 11am to 12.30pm. Drop in for a coffee and a chat. For more information contact 635 407 255. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open from Mon to Sat, 1pm to 4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.acestepona. org. Walking Football: every week from 7.30pm at the El Retamar pitch by the Butterfly Park in Benalmadena. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or tackling and is a great way to meet new friends. Visit www.walkingfootballspain.com for details. ‘Are you affected by someone's drinking?’ Al-anon Family Groups hold a meeting at 8.30pm in the Divina Pastora church rooms (Calle Juan Breva 2), Marbella. Details at www.alanonspain.org. The RAF Association: first Monday of each month at Ollie’s Bar, Avenida Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmadena at 1pm for a social with a quiz and raffle. The association also meets every third Monday of each month at Hotel Molino, Saydo Park, Mollina at 12pm for a social with a quiz and raffle.
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Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning from 11am to 1pm at the International Baptist Church in Calahonda. Drop in for a chat and to share experiences. For more information contact 635 407 255. Arroyo Social and Welfare Club: every Tuesday at Agata Apartments, Arroyo de la Miel from 11.30am for noon start. There is a raffle, quiz and a game such as Play Your Cards Right, plus extras! For more information call Anthia on 634 157 042. Costa Women Business Group: every second Tuesday from 9.30am to 11.30am for business networking in La Cala. For more information contact Ali 677 251 058. Fuengirola Ukulele (known as Fuengulele) social, jamming and sing-along sessions: every Tuesday from 7pm until 9.30pm-ish at the Water’s Edge Bar, Fuengirola port - visitors and beginners welcome. For more information contact Ray on 605 791 150. Language exchange workshop: free,
Unveiling of Charles Dicken Statue in 2014.
He will be bringing his highly entertaining lecture on the life and places of Dickens (while interspersing the events with readings of his works) to the Salon Varietes next Monday, November 26 as part of the Arts Society Costa del Sol, lecture programme.
every week from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Mijas village. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. The Good Companions Club: every Tuesday in Manila Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches noon to 1.30pm. For more information contact Tony White on 952 494 730. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open from Mon-Sat, 1-4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (Club Times) or www.acestepona.org. Walking Football: every week from 8pm on the five-a-side pitches at the Estadio de San Pedro in San Pedro de Alcantara. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or tackling and is a great way to meet new friends. Visit www.walkingfootballspain. com for details. The Good Vibrations Singing Sessions: every Tuesday night at 7.30pm at Huber Plataforme De Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. €10 prepaid concession, €15 casually. Go to ‘Find Your Voice Vocal Studio’ on Facebook for details. TAPAS Choir rehearsals: every Tuesday from 6pm to 8pm at El Porton de Piedra, Alhaurin El Grande. For everyone who likes to sing. No need to be able to read music. Contact info@tapassociety.com.
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The Royal British LegionTorremolinos Branch: every Wednesday at 12.30pm at Vanilla Bar in Plaza la Nogalera, Torremolinos (opposite the railway station). Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. Drop in for a chat and to share experiences. For more information contact 635 407 255. Flamenco show: free every Wednesday from noon to 1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Language exchange workshop: free every week from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in La Cala. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. Malaga Picasso Museum: guided tours in English every Wednesday at 11.30am. Entry €8, children under 18 go free. Parent and baby coffee mornings: every week from 11am to 1pm at Mundo Mania, Cancelada. Entry €5 and includes coffee and two hours of play in the baby and toddler play frame. TIMS (The International Music Society)
The lecture will commence at 4.30pm and whilst members obtain free admission, guests are welcome to attend with tickets costing €10 at the door. For more information visit www.theartssociety-costadel sol.org.
Choir: rehearsals every week from 7pm to 9.30pm in St Andrews Church, Los Boliches. A very friendly group of different nationalities. For more information contact 654 891 790. American Club of Estepona (ACE): Open Mon to Sat, 1pm to 4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.acestepona.org. Sing Sing Sing!: every Wednesday from 11.30am at Huber Plataforme De Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. €8 prepaid concession, €12 casually. Go to ‘Find Your Voice Vocal Studio’ on Facebook for details.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29
Age Concern meet every Thursday from 11am to 1pm at the Pensionista building in Los Boliches, above the indoor market and just around the corner from Los Boliches station. In Mijas Pueblo our NEW meeting place is bar Julios Bartolo opposite the doctor’s surgery. We meet every Thursday from 11am until 1pm. Easy to find with parking right outside, you are guaranteed a warm welcome. Nice terrace with large indoor facilities for those cooler days. Age Concern offers advice, support, help and friendship, and they look forward to seeing you. Lifeline: 652 537 615. The Age Concern Charity shop can be found in C/Francisco Cano in Los Boliches and is open every weekday from 10.30am to 2pm. If you’d like to join a fun loving Volunteer Team for a few hours a week in our shop or maybe help taking our clients to their hospital or doctor’s appointment then please pop into our shop for more details or call Steve on 686 289 904 weekdays from 10am - 5pm Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Las Lagunas. For more information contact 952 890 010 or send an email to frd@mijas.es. Los Jueves al Casco: every week from 8am to noon, enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella Old Town. Rotary Club: every Thursday at 2pm for lunch at Cortijo de Ramiro, Calle 11, Urb Guadalmina Baja, San Pedro de Alcantara. Please contact lizzie@marriagewed dingservices.com to book a place. San Pedro street market: every week 9am to 2pm, Calle Jorge Guillen. TAPAS Crazy Craft Club: every Thursday at El Cruce in Coin 1pm to 3pm. Contact info@tapassociety.com.
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info@psicologainmarodriguez.com INTELLECTUALLY gifted children show a high level of intelligence, creativity, imagination and curiosity that provide them with the ability to learn autonomously. These children are special, especially when regarding their needs and demands in comparison with other children. These special features can be a problem if they are not adequately addressed. I strongly recommend these children to be assessed by a trained professional. However, I would like to share with our readers some of the features we can observe in these children so parents can identify if their child is intellectually gifted. It is not difficult to identify an intellectually gifted child. We should observe some behaviours and emotional reactions that differentiate them from other children while being at school or at home. Either way, we should remember that a professional diagnoses is
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Intellectually gifted children needed in order to fully meet their needs. Some of the characteristics are: 1. Do not sleep much. 2. Learn to read in a short time. 3. Say his/her first word at six months. 4. Say his/her first sentence at one-year-old. 5. Able to maintain a conversation between 18 and 24 months, with an unusual vocabulary for his/her age. 6. Learn the alphabet and count to 10 at two and a half years. 7. Able to solve sums and straights up to 10 at three years. 8. Ask exploratory questions at early ages. 9. High creativity. 10. Shows sensitivity towards the world around them. 11. Worries about moral and justice issues. 12. Energetic. 13. Open to unusual situations. 14. Critical with himself/herself and others.
15. High attention and concentration. 16. Prefer to interact with older children. 17. Get bored at school because his/her abilities are higher than the school programme. 18. They seem to be distracted. 19. Their thinking is highly productive. 20. Lack of motivation towards the teacher. 21. They feel misunderstood and apart at times. 22. They are independent and introverted. What can families do in the case their child is an intellectually gifted child? Linda Kreger Silverman, a specialist at the US Department of Education, says that parents have very important work to do when helping these children to develop properly. Parents and families are the ones to be in contact with the professionals and the school.
If you have any questions about family therapy or any psychological issues, please do not hesitate to email your comments to info@psicologainmarodriguez.com, Tel: 722 254 848 • www.psicologainmarodriguez.com
More top reasons to get a massage FROM rehabilitation to relaxation, there are many reasons why people get massages The field of Massage Therapy has been growing and changing in recent years, and more and more people are realising that massage can have a wide range of benefits. Further to our suggestions last week, take a moment to consider five more reasons why people choose to get a massage. • Relieve tension headaches Tension headaches are believed to be caused when the muscles contract in the neck, face, scalp, and jaw - often caused by stress. Massage therapy can help reduce the tightness of the muscles and alleviate pain. • Reduce depression Massage therapy can play a role in helping patients with depression, particularly with depression that may be related to illnesses or chronic pain. By helping patients manage their pain and other symptoms, massage can have a beneficial effect on the patient’s overall well-being. • Boost your immunity Research has indicated that a Swedish massage may help boost your immunity. A massage won’t stop a sickness once it has started, but it may play a role in increasing your immune system’s ability to prevent the sickness before it starts. • Improve stability and quality of life in older adults According to research, massage can help reduce the negative effects of dementia, high-blood pressure, osteoarthritis, and a host of other health issues. In addition, it is shown to promote relaxation and stability among older adults. • Improve your overall health and well-being Many people integrate massage therapy into a regular health and wellness plan. They feel rejuvenated after their massages and enjoy both the physical and emotional benefits that massage can bring.
To experience the benefits of a massage, contact Steve Mortimore CoE IAHT CMA, Sports Massage Therapist and Personal Trainer on 602 669 824 or email SportsMassageTherapist2@gmail.com.
If you think your child could be an intellectually gifted child, make sure this is addressed as soon as possible. Specialists recommend to have a full diagnoses between three and eight years old because they usually have social SPECIAL CASE: problems when not Gifted children treated properly. may have differKenneth Shore, ent needs. psychologist and an expert working with gifted children, says these children show diferent interests to their friends so they might feel not understood. They should have an education fully addapted to their needs. Even some gifted children might appear to have learing difficulties when is totally the opposite. If you consider your child is intellectually gifted, you can get professional help for your child.
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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?
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Down 1 Stop filming a share of the profits (3) 2 Cop in estate car traps suspect (5) 3 Non-believer at home gets filed away (7) 4 Official instructions for religious groups (6) 5 In August one has enthusiasm (5) 6 Nobleman, one with the Queen previously (7) 7 Sure, spend liberally for an elastic strap (9) 10 Hybrid language or slang with fair translation (9) 13 State in which a Buddhist priest entertains a bishop (7) 15 Penny's up to be commended (7) 16 A Canadian's first coin, in a manner of speaking (6) 18 Turbulent times for pound (5) 20 Calling the exchange (5) 23 Agree to a court decision (3)
MEAL Weekly Stars
Across 1 Some exotic horizontal sausage (7) 5 Suppose guests lose time (5) 8 A criminal I got surrounded by the force's leader (5) 9 Wishes of French parents (7) 10 A slip, perhaps, if backing into tree (7) 11 Nothing evil about Popeye's girlfriend (5) 12 A baler is destroyed to make the land ready for cultivation (6) 14 Released and spread around (6) 17 Scruffy togas for Capricorns (5) 19 Escort a damaged ship (7) 21 Greed displayed by girl taking pudding (7) 22 Saint gets everything to come to a standstill (5) 24 A point to a story, kept too long (5) 25 Its diet is unusual but most neat (7)
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you the power you need to get something off your chest and well and truly dealt with. This is an ideal time for you to release that stored anger and to tell some home truths. It is time that there was some clarity in your life and this means the immediate clearance of all the debris!
Libra. A midweek tryst with both Mars and Saturn only serves to complicate your current situation. With options well and truly open take control of plans and do what you must to keep that wonderful balance in operation. Dare to challenge when you know that you must; and leave no stone unturned, as you are right to question.
Taurus. This may be a time for you to face facts, but you do not have to go cap in hand because there are some things that your pride would never allow. Mars trines Ceres midweek, and the solution to the immediate dilemma is to wait and see. Someone isn’t telling you the truth, but what are they trying to hide?
Scorpio. Talk about a sting! Mars sextiles Saturn early this week. You are very disappointed something didn’t pan out, and you must remain calm if you want to see where things really went wrong. This means creating an inner calm and playing the game, even if somebody seriously thinks you are playing by their rules.
Gemini. With Mercury squaring up to Mars there is an additional pressure on your resourceful and talented persona. With a decision having to be made, and with some highly inspiring energies around you it’s time to face the negativities full on! You have a right to be very angry, but now is a time to set a precedent.
Sagitarius. The Sun enters the ninth house this week releasing you and pointing you in the right direction. With the Mars sextile with Saturn calling the shots, influences abounding mean that you may have a fight on your hands, but winning will spur you on to make some progress in a matter that appears to have been overlooked.
Cancer. Actions in your opposing sign of Capricorn reflects a time to balance your wishes with the needs and aspirations of others. The Sun conjuncts Jupiter and it is clear you need to take the upper hand, but in the scheme of things is it worth it? You deserve a quiet life this week, but whether or not you get it depends on you!
Capricorn. Controlling Ceres trines with Mars bringing you some wonderful nostalgic connection with somebody from the past. You may have a changed routine this week, but not now why, but you will greatly benefit from the love and good energy from this surprise contact. Lighten your heart and soul with fond memories, above all!
Leo. Leave everything to others to sort out and just take a backseat. Your leadership style means that you can bulldoze a project at your whim, but there is so much to discover right now. Mercury conjuncts with Jupiter, so put your best foot forward when the time is right, you are best to stall for time in any immediate decisions!
Aquarius. Uranus hedges in on the Sun, known to bring conflict and disagreement. This week any anger that you have is focussed on those who are supposed to be helping you;, and don’t regret the chance to tell things just the way that they are! You need to be appreciated for all that you are doing to bring harmony against the odds.
Virgo. Love brings complication and somebody may not be what you thought that they were. It is high time that you shared the depths of your inner soul, so look deeply into your innermost energies to make sure that what is on offer is what you want too.. Mercury squares on Mars, so you have substantial astrological support!
Pisces. Mercury brings some financial pressure in the form of a warning, and you would be wise to adjust to a spending limit whilst carefully examining your financial situation as a whole. Broken promises don’t amount to much when cash in your hand is what is really needed. Clearly someone is not paying their way!
Aries. The entry of the Sun into Uranus brings
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Kenny’s Postbag My Father died last Christmas and everyone in the family is going to find it hard to celebrate this year. There is a mixed blessing of the love that he had for anything Christmas, and the remembering that his life ended last Boxing Day. The whole family does not know what to do for the best? Rachael V.
Down 1 Partly open (4) 2 Soft white precious metal (6) 3 Heavily armoured fighting vehicle (4) 4 Existing or coming before (9) 5 Dislike intensely (6) 7 Restore friendly relations between (9) 11 Unequivocally detestable (6) 12 Playing in opposition to (6) 15 Young male horse under the age of four (4) 16 Covetousness (4)
I know how you are all feeling Rachael. Guilty to enjoy yourselves! If your Father was actually with you this year how would you celebrate? The clue to me is that your Father loved to celebrate Christmas, and for him you have to carry on the traditions that he loved. The first Christmas is the most difficult, I know that because my Mother died one Christmas Morning. Ever since her passing I have celebrated a time of the Year she always loved. I like to think that if she looks down that the Christmas tree is decorated for her. Have a toast to your Father this year and you will feel as I do, that those we love come through when we are happy and celebrating, though you may shed a tear, as I have done many times too!
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For Birthday Celebrants Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
Abundance has always been your goal, and this astrological year needs to see you afloat, and at the helm where finance is concerned. Test the water and be unafraid to rock the boat!
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a term used in tennis (two words): RECORDER OF RUN Unscramble the name of a popular British television detective drama first aired in 1997 (two words): OR MISSED DRUMMER
Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9
ANSWERS: - UNFORCED ERROR - MIDSOMER MURDERS
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Dundi in the arms of Fabienne en route to a new home. from their local council. In December 1999, they set up their not for profit organisation known as ACE (Animal Care España) in Holland and SHIN (Spanish Hounds In Need) in Belgium, determined they would save as many lives as possible.
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Now with refuges in Mijas Costa and Algeciras, they can proudly boast they have saved the lives of more than 13,000 dogs, the majority of whom have been shipped to new owners and forever homes in Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Finland and Denmark and at any one time look after up to 650 animals. Even today, when they have room, they visit perreras to purchase dogs about to be put down as only one of these ‘killing stations’ (in Malaga) will give them the animals before extermination. To find out more visit http://www.ace-chari ty.org as they are always looking for volunteers, donations and adopters.
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Changes if a no deal Brexit MANY animal refuges, Triple A included, rely upon people from Europe adopting a number of the dogs and cats rescued. The rules for taking your pet to any EU country will change if the UK leaves the EU with no deal and is treated as an unlisted country. In order to allow effective contingency planning in the worst case scenario pet owners will need to take the following steps to make sure their pet can travel after March 29, 2019 You must get your dog, cat or ferret microchipped and vaccinated against rabies before it can travel. Your pet must have a blood sample taken at least 30 days after the rabies vaccination and owners will need to talk to their vet about whether their pet needs a rabies vaccination or booster before
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BACK in the late 1990’s a Belgian lady Fabienne Paques (with husband Dirk) and Dutchman Ton van den Broek moved to souther n Spain to enjoy the weather and country. Unfortunately as animal lovers, they soon discovered the problems facing unwanted dogs in Spain and decided they had to do something about it. Like a number of other genuinely well intentioned people they considered it their duty to try to help some of the thousands of abandoned dogs that are captured and processed in commercial pounds known as perreras, where they keep strays for 10 days before killing them and receiving a payment
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NO DEAL: Could make life difficult for animals. this test. Your vet must send the blood sample to an EU approved blood testing laboratory. The results of the
blood test must show the vaccination was successful and wait three months from the date the successful blood sample was taken before you travel. You must take your pet to an official veterinarian, no more than 10 days before travel to get a health certificate. If there’s no deal, pet passports issued in the UK would not be valid for travel to the EU. It will of course be easier to move an animal from the EU to the UK but it may not be as easy as it is now.
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Anti-white Europe
by Michael Walsh
keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com RACISM is widespread throughout the European Union, it is institutionally anti-white and the worst culprits are whites themselves. Spain currently tops the list of Mediterranean countries by the number of migrant sea ar rivals. Over 47,500 migrants arrived here since the beginning of the year. As soon as migrants set foot on Spanish soil they high five each other and frolic on the red car pet laid out for them. Undocumented migrants will be protected and enjoy access to the public purse. Very few migrants are refugees in the accepted sense of the term: they are economic migrants. However, self-sufficient ethnic-Europeans are obliged to jump through bureaucratic loops to acquire right of residency without guarantee of success. Is this not anti-
IMMIGRATION: Is there a level playing field? white racism? The British Home Office said ‘it cannot be satisfied’ that Inga Lockington, a former mayor of Ipswich Office is per manently resident in England. She has lived in the UK since 1979. (Editor’s note: Inga won an appeal against the decision ear lier this year). Why do self-sufficient married ethnic-Europeans who relocate to other parts of Europe face onerous bureau-
cratic challenges when applying for resident status without guarantee of success? Many whose British forebears emigrated to the Dominions are denied resident status and sent back to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Simon Milne MBE, 58, ser ved in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. He is one of 27 Gentlemen at Ar ms who guard the Queen on royal oc-
casions. His French-born wife Francoise, 50, applied for resident status but was refused as she could not prove she was ‘self-sufficient.’ A couple of Dutch and Spanish bir th has lived in Britain their entire adult lives. They have told of their ‘devastation’ after the Home Office refused their application to have their English-bor n children recognised as permanent residents of the country.
Jan-Dinant and his wife Monica, 49, found themselves in a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ when told their 15-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter had to provide evidence that they lived permanently with their parents. “What evidence are they supposed to have? They don’t have council tax bills or proof of where they live. They are children; they have gone to school here all their lives, English is their mother tongue. I was just so shocked when we got the refusal letters.” (Editor’s note: The couple won an appeal earlier this year). Imagine the racket and media uproar if such cases as these, and there are hundreds of similar refusals, were applied to non-whites. If we are going to root out racism then let it begin at home and let us look instead for anti-white prejudice. It isn’t hard to find.
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by John Redfern
CREDIT: BBC
IT was now 1963 and I was 14. My g lass bottle retur n enter prise was ove r, m y d i r t y f a c e a n d scr uf fy clothes became too well known to the offlicences and cor ner shops, so my mind wandered back to the rag and b o n e m a n ! I w a s b r o ke and needed some money. I was picking up l o n g n u b e n d s f r o m t h e gutter and with the aid of a rose thor n smoked this nub end until it bur nt my lips. I needed money and my Mum and Dad were skint! So I made a decision! C O L L E C T R AG S . T h e l o cal r a g mer chants in C ov e n t r y w a s i n H e a t h Ro a d , w h e r e t h e o w n e r sat in a chair next to scales w hich wer e cemented into the g round, w hich had a lar ge platfor m at the bottom and a sliding bar at the top that was slid by his hand and
From rags to riches…
FREE CASH: Rag and bone men became John’s role models! read out stones, pounds and ounces. I star ted to knock on doors and ask for any old rags and the door was shut in my face str aight away. But one night I hit a Br ucy bonus. A lady said to me, give me a minute, I waited and waited then this lady
came out with a bundle of clothes in a couple of old pillow cases. My first hit yippee ! I hit the road and opened this loot. I couldn’ t b e l i eve i t ! A s c o u t ’s jumper with loads of achievement badges on it was par t of this booty and it fit me - so the next
night I knocked on doors with this jumper on and told them I was collecti n g r a g s fo r t h e s c o u t s . Ruddy Nor a! T he r a gs just kept coming in and I took them to the rag man in Heath Road and he put them on his scales and gave me a few bob. He became my mentor.
He couldn’t read or write and he had a head on him like Quasimodo, but I began to enjoy being in his company. He was a wise man and slowl y became my friend. Then one day I put some stones in the pockets of the clothes to m a ke t h e m h e a v i e r h e put them on his scales, h e s l o w l y m ov e d t h e weight bar looked at the pile of rags, then glanced at me and said: “Never for get young man, you can never bullshit a bullshitter!” I left his shop with my tail between my legs without a penny for my effort. But it taught me a lesson w h i ch I n eve r fo r g o t fo r the rest of my life: ‘Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom’ (Thomas Jefferson) And : ‘Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with impor tant matter s’ (Alber t Einstein).
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motoring THE British land speed record (LSR) attempt has run out of financial road and gone bust. Supersonic land vehicle Bloodhound requires another €28 million to guarantee funding for future record attempts, up to and including eventually going for 1,000mph on an 11.8-mile track at Hakskeen Pan in South Africa’s Nor ther n Cape. The administrator is FRP Advisor y LLP and Andrew Sheridan, its joint administrator, acknowledges the ground-breaking nature of the Bloodhound project. “Administration provides some breathing space to identify an investor who will bring the guaranteed funding, impetus and expertise required to drive the project,” he said. “The €28 million the Bloodhound requires to break the land speed record is a fraction of the cost of, for example, finishing last in a Formula 1 season or r unning an America’s Cup team.” It was always going to be an uphill task, both technically and financially. The project to build the 14-
Bloodhound out of breath RECORD-BREAKER: With funding, the Bloodhound can make land speed history.
metre 135,000 thrust horsepower jet and rocket-powered car has been overseen by Richard Noble, team founder and for mer LSR record holder. He and his co-founder and Bloodhound driver, W ing Commander Andy Green, have been full-time fundraisers since 2007 when the project was launched. Yet through endless public appearances, speeches to industr y leaders and schoolchildren, meet and greets at
conferences and endless press rounds, neither of them have flagged or been anything less than supremely enthusiastic. Many were called on in that time but few stepped up, though they have had crucial sponsorship and partnerships with Rolls-Royce, Castrol, Rolex, Cisco, Oracle and Geely, as well as the Ministry of Defence, which loaned expert staff and provided the EJ200. The public too, have been
inspired by the project, donating millions to have their name on the tail fin or to watch the first runs of the car at Newquay aerodrome last autumn. It was actually Paul Drayson, businessman, amateur racing driver and the then British Minister of Science back in 2009, who encouraged the duo to push on and try to break 1,000mph. With major skills shortages hindering UK manufacturing companies, Drayson was also
looking to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers with the ‘Apollo Effect.’ To that end, education was always key to the Bloodhound project and in its role as a contributor to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) campaign, it has reached more than two million children since launch, including 120,000 UK schoolchildren a year. Even the low-level air-speed record, which is no longer contested, stands at ‘only’ 994mph. Unlike Formula 1, there are no restrictions on design, besides the stipulation for four or more wheels, two of which are required for steering. The rest is down to the imagination and creativity of the team, as well as the skill and bravery of the driver. Mar k Chapman, Bloodhound’s chief engineer, has kept the team plugging on in the face of adversity, and said: “With the right support we have no doubt that the project will achieve its aims and could be racing for the record in as little as 10 months.”
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Basic Spanish for everyday needs
by Jane Cronin
WE were looking at ‘possessives’ last week and we haven’t quite finished with them yet. To be more specific, we went through possessive adjectives, and this is what we found out that they look like:
My mi, mis Your (familiar singular) tu, tus His/her/its/your (formal) su, sus
Possessive pronouns
the word ‘my’ describes the book as belonging to me, so is therefore an adjective. However, I could also say ‘This book is mine.’ We ca n n o t sa y ‘T h is is min e b oo k’ a n d n e it h e r c a n we sa y ‘T his book is my,’ so it is clear that the wor ds ‘my’ and ‘mine’ p er for m d if fe r e n t f u n c t io n s. The word ‘mine’ can be used to replace ‘book,’ for example in the sentence ‘It is mine’ (ie ‘It is m y b oo k ’) a n d t h e r e fo r e is called a possessive pronoun.
Now her e ar e the possessive pronouns in English and Spanish.
Mine mío, mía, míos, mías Yours tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas His, hers, its, yours (formal)suyo, suya, suyos, suyas Ours nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras Yours (familiar plura) vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras Theirs, yours (formal)
Our nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras Your (familiar plural) vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras Their/your (formal) su, sus Now, you may or may not realise that we have not yet translated the wor d for ‘mine’ or ‘your s’ w hich ar e also ‘possessives.’ These words are in fact possessive pronouns, not possessive adjectives, and I think this statement is going to require some more explanation.
The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors. IT’S that time of year again when we are reminded of the onset of winter and the need, for some of us at least, to get our jabs to ward off the dreaded gripe, aka flu. Having suffered a very bad bout of influenza some years ago which left me permanently with asthma, I am fully aware of the seriousness of the disease. But in spite of that and after much research and soul searching, I decided five years ago that I would forego the annual injections and concentrate on prevention in other ways. This was a personal choice and I do not advocate others necessarily following my example. But that aside, I have been reflecting on the wonders of medical science today and how once fatal diseases can now be alleviated routinely. And having recently reread The Great Plague in London by Walter George Bell, a fascinating and often gruesome account of a ravaged 17th century London, it for cefull y br ought home to me
If you run your eye over these lists you will see that there are some overlaps between the two for ms in both English and Spanish. English gener all y adds an ‘s’ to the possessive adjective to m a ke t h e p r o n o u n , e x c e p t i n ‘his’ and ‘its’ which already have an ‘s’ in the adjective for m, whilst all the for ms of ‘nuestro’ and ‘vuestro’ are the same as adjectives and pr onouns in Spanish. T h i s i s w h y i t ’s ve r y h a r d t o tr anslate these wor ds singl y without seeing them or hearing them in the context of a full sentence. Yo u m i g h t f i n d the following a good way of remembering exactly how we use possessive pronouns. W hen you listen to small children fighting over a toy you may well hear: ‘¡Es mío!’ ‘No, es mío,’ ‘No, es mío’ and after a lot of pulling and tugging, one of them bites the other one, and the other one screams.
We saw that we can say, for example ‘This is my book,’ in which case
by Colin Bird
suyo, suya, suyos, suyas.
A shot in the arm for flu
what precarious lives our ancestors lived. It is estimated that at least 100,000 people succumbed to the plague in London alone - a quarter of the population. And no wonder that the disease developed and took hold so rapidly considering some of the less than hygienic practices of the residents, and the complete absence of a sewage disposal system. Well, not quite tr ue, because slops and human waste were disposed of by simply tossing the contents of chamber pots and other rubbish into the streets or the River Thames. My dad used to call chamber pots Jerries, because they resembled a German soldier’s helmet, or gazunders, because they gazunder the bed. But I’m rambling . . . T he stench alone must have been dreadful and imagine the truly appalling job of driving a horse and cart through the streets, calling for the dead to be brought out for transpor tation to the plague pits for mass burial. And the plague was not limited to the towns and cities alone with great swathes of countryside vil-
DEADLY TIMES: Plague headstones are a reminder of precarious lives. lages and hamlets also laid low by the disease, mostly contracted fr om the city r efugees w ho believed that they were safer in more rural surroundings.
In my village in Suffolk there is a broken headstone that sits in the church porch and depicts a carved skull and crossbones, the common symbol denoting a victim of the Black Death or plague. Whether it was an isolated case or just one surviving tip of an iceberg, nobody knows for sure as the script on the stone has been eroded away with age. Who knows, there may have been a plague pit in the village and if the pathetic appearance of my carrots and leeks were anything to go by year on year, it was probably under my vegetable garden. Bell Alley was a poor area on the banks of the Thames and stood in what is Westminster today. It is one of the many areas mentioned in documents from the time and was a depressing slum of crumbling timber houses in a stifling cul-de-sac, separated only by a narrow pavement. Infection was rampant, with the locked doors of plague sufferers marked with red crosses along with the supplication: ‘Lord have mercy upon us.’ Some might say that a pestilence still thrives in this area. It’s called the House of Commons.
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Playing for one of their own ON Saturday November 17 Walking Football Spain members took part in a special mini inter national football match in memory of the late Gordon Powell. Gordon collapsed and died of a heart attack while watching his teammates playing a tour nament match in the Algarve, Portugal in November 2017. T he Gordon Powell Memorial Trophy was contested by teams of nine-a-side made up of WFS members who represented Scotland, North of England, South of England and the Rest of the World.
TEAM EFFORT: The event was a wonderful tribute to the late Gordon Powell.
T he tour nament kicked off with a ‘derby’ match between the North and South of England. It was a closely contested affair as expected, but the experience of the South’s players paid off as they ran out winners by 5-3. The next match was between Scotland and the Rest of the World, which was also keenly contested. Scotland took an early lead and held onto it despite several close attempts on goal by the Rest of the World. A second goal after half-time clinched it for
the Scots, who booked their place in the final as 2-0 winners. The third place match between the Nor th of England and the Rest of the World produced another thriller, with the North winning out 5-3. T he final between Scotland and the South of England saw the quality of the South prove too much for their opponents, in a comfortable 7-1 victory. South striker Dar yll Collins was a nightmare for the Scots to deal with all game, and his positioning a n d s h o o t i n g p ow e r ear ned him a remark-
able five goals. Unsur prisingly he was also the tour nament’s top scorer with nine goals. An honourable mention also goes to Steven Euesden who scored his customar y goal a game. With regional pride at stake the matches were all keenly contested, but they were also played with great sporting spirit and were well refereed by injured player John Wright. Another big winner on the day was the British Hear t Foundation, as the fee all players paid to play, plus the pro-
Miraflores Open is a winner
THE Miraflores Bowls Open, the largest of its kind on the coast with ar ound 200 entries, was played in mostly warm and sunny conditions. As always a large crowd of spectator s was in attendance throughout, and the club was g r ateful to have Ibex Insurance as sponsors suppor ting the event. T his year the for mat was changed t o m a ke i t m a n a g e a b l e o n o n e green, leaving the other green available for the many casual bowlers. T his resulted in only two discip l i n e s o f M i x e d Tr i p l e s a n d P a i r s , but with such a lar ge entr y there were plenty of matches to get through. T he Mixed Triples event final was c o n t e s t e d b e t we e n M i ke a n d M a r y Detheridge and Malcolm Greenwood, a g a i n s t Je f f Tu r n e r a n d B r ya n a n d Brenda Collier. T he contest saw many dr amatic t w i s t s a n d t u r n s w i t h M i ke , M a r y and Malcolm eventually winning 1711. In the Mixed Pair s, played in sets which had seen a large proportion of games requiring play-offs, the finalists wer e Alan Gateshill and Nina
M c Ke n z i e p l a y i n g To m Ro g e r s a n d S u s a n W a l k e r. A l a n a n d N i n a w o n both sets comfor tably to take the title. G r a n t s p o ke at t h e e n d a n d t h a n ke d p l a ye r s , s p e c t at o r s , u m pires, helpers, along with Heather’s team, which was greeted with war m applause. Trophies and prizes were presente d t o t h e f i n a l i s t s b y S h a u n a ( I b ex I n s u r a n c e ) . W i d e s p r e a d fe e d b a ck from all involved praised the or ganisers for a well-r un competition and vowing to return next year. A popular feature has always been the free draw which takes place on t h e f i n a l d a y, w i t h p r i z e s d o n a t e d from local businesses. This year there were prizes valued around €600, donated by Ibex Insurance and local businesses. These businesses were Miraflores Plaza SL, Marbella Golf Club, Los Por ches, El Olivo, David of Bid dy Mulligans, Streets of London, The Big Fish, Futura Hearing Centre, Mir a f l o r e s To p s h o p a n d a b e a u t y voucher from Heather who r uns the b a r, a l l o f w h i c h w i l l o bv i o u s l y b e put to good use.
ceeds from an aftermatch raffle, raised €400. Walking Football Spain want to particular ly thank the staff from Body Wor ks Health Clinic who were on hand in case of injuries, and also the staff at Estadio Santa Maria, Las Chapas. Club President Brian Gregory’s organising of all aspects of the tournament, plus some help from volunteers, ensured the tournament was a great success, enjoyed by all and most impor tantly was a fitting tribute to the late Gordon Powell.
Golf on tour THE Andalucian Nomads Golf Society will be leaving for the G e o r g e L i s t e r Tr o p h y Tour next Wednesday. T hose w ho would like a lift should contact the pr esident Roger We d g e a s s o o n a s p o s sible to organise car shares. Otherwise the meeting point is at Islantilla Golf Resor t, Paseo Barranco del Moro, 21440 Lepe, Huelva, at 4pm and the g r oup will also go for an evening meal. T he few nomads w ho are travelling on T hur sday mor ning, the first tee time is 11am and a r e a s ke d t o p l e a s e b e ready to play by 10.30am. For those who can onl y mana ge over night golf trips, the Nomads Golf Society is planning some dates in 2019.