Costa del Sol 22 - 28 November 2012 Issue 1429

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Blood-suckers A BLOOD donation campaign using the slogan ‘Politicians suck our blood, we donate it’ was organised in Malaga by police, Guardia Civil and fire brigade trades unions.

Festive gift MORE than 8,000 temporary work contracts will be signed during Christmas in Malaga Province and 35,000 in Andalucia, a study by Randstad recruitment agency said.

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Cities unite for tourism MALAGA, Cordoba and Sevilla are to unite to offer a joint tourism product.

Representatives of the tourism councils of the three Andalucian cities met in Malaga to discuss the ‘Andalucia Milenaria’ campaign.

This tourism package is targeted at markets outside the EU, including the US, Russia, the Middle East, Japan and China.

They are aiming for tourists more than seven hours’ flying time away, since they usually stay for longer and plan to visit several cities during their time in Andalucia.

“Malaga-Costa del Sol is usually their gateway to Andalucia. This tourist profile is eager for culture and gastronomy. The three cities together can provide an excellent

offer,” Malaga Tourism Councillor Damian Caneda said.

Travelling from one city to another is easier since Renfe launched the Spain Pass. Ticket holders get between four and 12 journeys on AVE (high-speed), AVLD (high-speed long-distance) and Media Distancia (intercity) trains. Sold at a set price it can be used for one month.

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THE agreement for the new foreigners office in Marbella’s La Patera area will be signed ‘in the forthcoming weeks’, Mayor Angeles Muñoz said.

Local food REGIONAL gastronomy will be promoted through the ‘Sabor a Malaga’ campaign and trade show on December 6-9, both organised by the Malaga government.

In the red A PLEA to delay payments of the €800,000 annual royalty has been made by the company managing Malaga’s Muelle Uno Port promenade, reportedly in the red.

Shock eviction A PENSIONER from Rincon de la Victoria was evicted from his home while out for a walk. He had been paying his monthly rent, but the property’s owner had not paid the mortgage.

Crime down TASTY TREAT: But ham with true Iberian origins from pigs fed on acorns (inset left) faces an unsure future.

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UALITY Iberian ham appears in need of saving its own bacon. The Spanish government has introduced new rules regarding the production and sale of ham with true Iberian origin.

This has caused much controversy among traditional producers who fear that the survival of legs of ham and other products will become endangered by more lowerquality goods marketed as true Iberian pork.

In the past three years, production of true Iberian ham from pigs fed on acorns and bred outdoors has fallen 26 per cent, while produce from stall-bred pigs fed on animal feed has increased 34 per cent.

True Iberian ham should come from pigs bred outdoors, allowed to reach a certain

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PLANS by energy company Repsol to drill a natural gas well offshore between Fuengirola and Mijas - are to go ahead despite Ministry of Industry reservations.

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UP to €47 million will be invested in 2013 by Malaga City Hall, out of which €6 million will be used on the AVE high-speed rail works, the Tabacalera building and port promenade.

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A TOURIST area costing €300,000 in Estepona’s Los Pedregales park, featuring camping, mini-market, paintball area, toilets and hiking routes is being planned.

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‘It is true that these measures are harmful for the people. But they are meant to produce growth, richness and welfare. Otherwise we would not take them.’

Spain’s President Mariano Rajoy, on the first anniversary of heading the government.

age and given a special diet, including acorns.

However, under current rules, the pig can be slaughtered before it is 10 months old, in many cases be a cross-breed with American pork, and often bred in pens.

Consumer organisations say that traditional methods are being taken elsewhere, leading to fears that the top products, one of the main figures of Spanish gastronomy and famous throughout the world, will eventually disappear.

The government planned to change the rules, but traditional producers do not want products from animals bred in stalls, even if pure Iberian pigs, to be marketed with the Iberian origin.

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fewer foreigners paid National Insurance (Seguridad Social) last month in Spain out of the 1,701,875 signed up, the Ministry of Employment has revealed.

CRIMES and offences decreased by 11 per cent this year in Estepona, following 2010’s 10 per cent drop, the town hall said.

Bridal show MORE than 40 companies exhibited at the DeBoda 2012 wedding trade show, held in Torremolinos Palacio de Congresos.

All clear DEBRIS removal and sand recovery measures are being stepped up at the beaches of Santa Ana and Las Gaviotas in Benalmadena Costa, following last weekend’s storms.

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A STUDY by 168 neurologists in Spain has revealed that 75 per cent out of 851 patients surveyed suffering from headaches did not receive proper health assistance, and additionally 45 per cent were not correctly diagnosed.

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The heavens opened on Malaga

By Raul Candela

THE Spanish Met Office predicts more rains from Sunday as the city is still recovering from the aftermath of last weekend’s flash floods.

Between 2,000 and 3,000 damage cases are expected to be reported following the 112 litres per square metre which fell in three and a half hours in Malaga city.

Initial estimates by the Insurance Consortium said last weekend’s heavy rainfalls doubled the damages in homes, cars and businesses registered in late September’s floods.

Those who were affected by

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floods – damp in upper floors are not included - can contact the Insurance Consortium at www.consorseguros.es.

Some of the worst affected areas in the city included Ciudad Jardin, El Limonar and Los Asperones. To a lesser degree, the areas of El Palo, Carretera de Cadiz and the city centre, in the area around El Corte Ingles and the Larios Shopping Centre also sustained flood damage.

A small tornado was also reportedly spotted in the Malaga Airport area.

Floods, and the subsequent mud and debris piling on the street, were attributed not only to the heavy rains but also to the sewer system. “Either they are insufficient, they are not cleaned enough or sewers are located in wrong places,” PSOE Malaga party spokesperson Maria Gamez said. “In some cases, it is the badly paved road structure that means rain water doesn’t get to the drains.”

Malaga Mayor Francisco de la Torre blamed the Andalucian Government of delaying a €120

MALAGA: Heavy rain battered the city for three and a half hours. million plan for restructuring the sewer system.

“It was signed in 2004, but then the responsibility went to the Andalucian Government and they reported there were no EU funds for it, so it went missing,” the Mayor said, who also proposed a water reservoir in El Limonar area should be built to prevent floods.

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NEARLY 20 different nationalities will show how Christmas is celebrated in their home country.

On December 8, from noon until 8pm, the Plaza de la Mezquita square in Arroyo de la Miel will be crowded with stalls featuring typical Christmas products and goods from each country.

British expatriates will be joining in, as well as residents from Poland, Finland, Colombia, Peru,

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The event is being organised by the Foreign Residents Council.

“There will be folk dresses and food products on sale,” Benalmadena Mayor Paloma Garcia said.

“It will also be an entertaining way for locals to get to know the different international traditions, and to have a chat with foreign residents living in their town,” she added.

MARBELLA COUNCIL has pledged to spend €400,000 to repair 20 damaged roads in the town. And the public works department has said it will be done ‘as quickly as possible’.

The plan is to start works simultaneously once the tender contracts have been awarded.

A deadline of two months has been set for all projects.

Repairs will be made in several Marbella streets, including Notario Luis Oliver, Jacinto Benavente and Picasso Avenue, as well as in Nueva Andalucia, San Pedro de Alcantara and Las Chapas.

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CONFUSING signs cluttering the British countryside will be banned under new plans. The government is to issue new guidance to local councils and highway officials.

TWO yacht brokers are looking to tie up at Estepona Port.

GPS Electronics Yachts and Nautica Bautista hope to be in pole position for 10-year contracts for spots in the port’s dry dock.

They have put in bids for warehouse space to

store and sell ships, yachts and sailing gear.

But there is still time for more companies to apply for permission to move in with December 2 being the deadline for applications.

The warehouses are ready for use following a €544,000 investment by the port authorities.

LOCKS have been changed at the Tower of London, home to the Crown Jewels, after a thief stole a set of keys from a sentry post. The Beefeaters, who famously guard the tower, reportedly did not give chase as rules prevent them leaving their posts.

A SCHOOLBOY who used sophisticated prosthetics to disguise himself as a pensioner while carrying out a violent armed robbery has been jailed.

Brandishing two handguns and dressed up as an old man, 16-year-old Miles Alura and his two teenage accomplices were caught following a raid on a Kent jewellers.

No access MORE than seven million adults in Britain have never used the internet, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Top word THE term ‘omnishambles’ - coined by a political satire TV series - has been crowned by Oxford University as 2012’s word of the year. The term, defined as ‘a situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterised by a string of blunders and miscalculations,’ topped a list of words that reflect the past 12 months in the UK.

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More to build A SET of new building licence charges has been announced by Malaga City Hall.

The local treasury expects to collect an extra €800,000 to make a total of €5.7 million from construction and renovation licences.

From next year a property owner will be

forced to pay 75 per cent of the cost of a building licence if his application is rejected.

And if the owner withdraws an application he will still have to pay 50 per cent.

Any modifications to already granted licences will be charged at 10 per cent.

Water at full capacity AFTER the recent heavy rain, the Casasola reservoir is officially more than full.

It is the first time that it has been at 100 per cent capacity. In fact its official capacity of 23.45 hectometres was actually topped by 0.43 hectometres after last weekend’s storms.

The reservoir, near Almogia, has traditionally been used as a dam to contain floods from Campanillas River.

Though it is not a large reservoir, it is being considered as an extra water supply source.

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Widower says ‘no, thanks’ to ashes AN URN containing human ashes has been handed over to a court after a widower refused to claim it.

Local Police traced the deceased woman’s husband from a label on the urn after it was found by a gardener in a park in Riviera del Sol, Mijas. It was inside one of the official Malaga Cemetery bags. The deceased was of foreign origin.

However, when officers attempted to hand over the ashes to the widower, he refused to accept them and said that he would throw them away again if they forced him to take the urn.

Now the courts must decide whether the man’s behaviour is against the law.

In the meantime, the ashes remain with the Guardia Civil.

ASHES FOUND: A police officer recovers the urn.

Everybody wants to work for Metro Malaga MORE than 4,500 people applied for a Metro Malaga job position during the first day the vacancies were posted online.

And these were just the applications submitted to the job search website Infojobs, one of the two ways of applying besides

sending CVs straight to recruitment company Psicotec.

There are 95 job positions for Metro Malaga currently available.

These include customer service helpdesk and co-ordination, office clerks, administrative staff, operation engineers, sales

department management, and many more.

Those finally chosen after the recruitment process will start working by late 2013 when the tube is starting partial operations, according to plans by Metro Malaga.

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Malaga combines tourism and football on Russian trip

THE cities of Malaga and St Petersburg are signing bilateral tourism agreements.

This will lead to an increasing share of Russian tourists visiting the Costa del Sol capital. Also, the agreements will enable direct flight connections between the two cities.

The announcement was made by Malaga Tourism, Sport and Culture Councillor Damian Caneda, St Petersburg’s Tourism Managing Director Nana Gvichia and Pulkovo Airport Sales Manager Eugeny Llyin.

Taking advantage of Malaga CF football club visiting St Petersburg for the UEFA Champions League match against local team Zenith, several representatives of Malaga City Hall travelled to the Russian city to promote tourism in Costa del Sol. “Setting Malaga-St Petersburg flights and other new flight routes is now easier than ever, with the new airport

bonuses to be granted by the Spanish Government,” Caneda said. Airline companies will be granted discounts by the government whenever they open new flight routes and keep them operative for at least two years, the General State Budget for 2013 states.

“St Petersburg’s City Hall has showed a great interest in setting joint promotional campaigns. This will allow Russian citizens to discover the cultural offer in Malaga. And it will also be much easier for Andalucian tourists to enjoy the many appeals of St Petersburg,” Damian Caneda said.

Malaga Tourism representatives also met with the main Russian tour and holiday operators. Four hundred promotional posters with the ‘Come to Malaga’ motto were distributed to travel agencies and tourist hot-spots.

And more than 5,000 leaflets were handed out at Zenith’s Petrovsky stadium during the football match.

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Singer used as ‘bait’ NEW and contradictory statements have been made in the moneylaundering case involving singer Isabel Pantoja and former Marbella Mayor Julian Muñoz.

Managers of Aifos, developers of Hotel Guadalpin where Pantoja allegedly bought an apartment with fraudulent funds, admitted in court that Muñoz had been in contact with them.

But they said he just introduced the singer to them. They admitted using Pantoja as ‘come-on bait’ and for that they offered her a discount on the flat.

But the Public Prosecutor alleged that the €330,000 apartment, bought through a company linked to Pantoja ‘was fully paid by Muñoz with fraudulent funds that he kept hidden’.

Boulevard bids on show in San Pedro

THE 11 different projects proposed for the new 55,000square-metre boulevard in San Pedro de Alcantara are on show at the cultural centre.

The €6.1-million boulevard will be built above the underground traffic tunnel.

Works are due to start in the first three months of 2013 and the boulevard should be ready for mid-2014, Marbella Town Hall said.

The pedestrian area, whatever the winning project will be, will feature green areas, bicycle lanes, playgrounds for children and sports areas.

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Strike cancels 21 flights A TOTAL of 21 out of 129 flights were cancelled at Malaga Airport during the November 14 national strike.

Costs double MAINTENANCE costs of Malaga’s town planning building have doubled to €800,000 a year after it was split into five separate offices, the city’s works council said.

MODERN: Some of the projects include ‘cutting-edge elements’, Mayor Angeles Muñoz (right) said.

Jobseekers workshops held up by €40m debt MORE than 40 workshops for the unemployed and 29 training schools have been put on hold while town halls wait for the

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Junta de Andalucia to pay money owed.

The debts were revealed by Malaga Partido Popular (PP)

spokesman Jose Ramon Carmona, who said more than €40 million was missing. He added that as many as 2,300 jobless

people and students could be affected.

Now the PP is demanding the money be paid immediately.

Staying put SOLAR panel manufacturer Isofoton, which has its headquarters in Malaga, is not planning to leave the city and will invest in international exports, CEO Angel Serrano announced.

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Building to go ahead WORKS for building the Mario Vargas Llosa Primary School in Marbella will start soon. An agreement was signed by the Andalucian Government representatives and the construction company. The building should be ready in four months, according to the contract’s deadline.

The agreement came right the day before a protest by the AMPA parents’ association was scheduled. They had announced they would go to the Andalucian Government’s Office in Malaga. But after the agreement, parents were doubtful about going ahead with their protest.

Around 175 students in this Primary School have been attending classes in prefabricated classrooms for the past three years.

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Families now less in debt with banks LOAN debts with banks by Andalucian families and businesses have decreased 11.13 per cent since

2008. The latest statistics report published by the Bank of Spain said the current bank loan debt by the

private sector is currently set in €207.3 billion.

The figures belong to this year’s June. Four years ago in the same period, the Andalucian loan debt was as high as €233.3 billion.

In other words, this €25.9 billion gap would mean more than 80 per cent of the Andalucian Government’s budget for this year.

This decreasing trend has led experts to think of some sort of ‘unlocking’ of the private economy in the region. “It is happening at a ASSISTANCE: Malaga firefighters also drained homes and businesses. natural pace. This is a positive trend for the Spanish economy in general, because it had stuck,” the BBVA bank managing director for A TOTAL of €800,000 Government repair- after last weekend’s southern Spain said. will be spent by ing 200 to 250 storms.

Malaga Regional kilometres of roads And more money is being set aside to pay for the cleaning of mud and debris from the roads.

Last Saturday SUPPORT for foreign aid firemen and charities by the Junta de emergency workers Andalucia has been slashed were called to 63 from €58.7m to €34m. storm-related incidPublic funds for NGOs in ents in the province, Andalucia are managed by especially in the the Andalucian Agency for Axarquia and inland International Development areas.

The draining and Cooperation, Aacid. cleaning work they So far this year, the did made it possible organisation has been to reopen five out of given just €17 million, with the six roads closed the rest pledged to come to traffic. later.

Money set aside for roads damaged by the storms

Funds slashed

Evicted man who committed suicide A MAN evicted by his family committed suicide.

The 52-year-old man had been forced to move back in with his mother in Cordoba after separating from his wife.

But his mother moved out to live with another of her sons due to their frequent arguments.

The deceased’s brothers applied to the court and served an eviction order on him after he refused to leave.

On Friday at 11.30am, minutes before he was due to be thrown out of the property, the Spanish man called the police and told them he planned to throw himself out of a second-floor window. Local and National police arrived too late; he landed on top of a bus shelter and died instantly.

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Switched off in Munich A MORNING power cut switched off most of Munich. Some areas regained power within 15 minutes, while others had to wait up to an hour, local press reported.

Egged on PROTESTERS pelted Germany’s consul in Thessaloniki (Greece) with eggs and coffee leading to riot police intervention.

No relief A MAN in a wheelchair was refused use of the toilet in Düsseldorf city hall as he was told by the guard that “disabled persons pose a safety risk,” according to Bild.

Nazis rise EAST Germans empathising with extreme right-wing policies have grown from 10.5 to 15.8 per cent since 2010, a report by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation said.

Sick note EMPLOYEES in Germany can be asked to produce a doctor’s note from the first day they call in sick, a state labour court ruled.

Fake attack THE Mayor of Rickenbach was fined €18,000 for fraud as he faked a Molotov cocktail attack on his own office.

Death wish A 38-year-old woman in Fresing, near Munich, survived a car crash suicide attempt right after she had suffocated three of her four children to death.

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Increase in public spending DESPITE the crisis Estepona has announced a 25 per cent increase in public spending.

The town’s large urban projects will be guaranteed after finance chiefs announced €10m from the town hall budget will be allocated to projects.

Investments will be distributed as follows: Old Town street furnishing and embellishment (€3.5m), permanent fairgrounds (€2.5m), new Costa del Sol Theatre (€1.75m), new boulevard connecting the central park and the beach promenade (€1.5m), green areas in town centre (€0.9m), and a promenade along the Estepona coast (€0.5m).

And €150,000 will be given to social aid organisations and NGOs, and families with urgent economic problems will be given help.

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Life begins again REFORESTATION of the 4,200 hectares of burnt forest in Ojen will start before the end of 2012.

And compensation of €2.5 million has been claimed by those affected by the August blaze.

A KIND OF MAGIC: Vocalist Thomas performing with Candlemass.

On top of the 104 individual claims made, Ojen’s town hall is asking the Government Deputy Office for €20,000 in emergency expenses.

Action to bring life back to Ojen’s mountains started in October, when workers cleared dead pine trees.

Seeds were collected from pine cones and will now be used for reforestation.

Half of the Vikström is known by metal fans for overall 8,225 hectares burnt during the Costa del Sol fires were in the Ojen mountains.

Vikström, Michele McCain, Pablo A German, aged Perea and Lori Lewis.

54, was killed and Combining orchestra arrangefive others injured. ments with the popular melodies More than 5,000 of the British rock band Queen, people were the result was a unique evacuated from performance for the audience. the town.

In spirit of Freddie Mercury

ROCKERS and classical music fans gathered together for the Queen Symphonic Rhapsody show last Sunday. The Cervantes Theatre in Malaga shook to a string of powerful opera-rock voices, including Thomas

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Eviction stopped AROUND 300 members of local association PAH stopped police from evicting a disabled woman from her home in the Palma-Palmilla area of Malaga.

Civic duty A MARBELLA town hall campaign is to target schools and residents’ associations with advice about various anti-vandalism measures.

Sell kiosks THE €200,000 kiosks the city hall installed in Malaga to collect citizens’ opinions are said to be considered “useless” by the local IU party “and they should be sold.”

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Gourmet delights at popular venue British essayist Virginia Woolf once said “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” With this in mind, Euro Weekly News reporters joined a banquet at El Rincón de La Sala, a new San Pedro restaurant making a name for itself.

PLAYING to a full house many nights of the week, the new bistro, which attracted more than 1,000 people to its inauguration, definitely provides food for thought.

The latest addition to Sala Group, El Rincón, a cosmopolitan eatery, caters for international and Spanish clientele.

We were seated in direct view of the open-plan kitchen, where chefs worked to create our 10-course feast.

To commence, a selection of tasty tapas style dishes from the sharing bites menu was served.

While regulars of sister establishment La Sala will recognise elements of the popular hot-spot, El Rincón offers a traditional Spanish atmosphere and menu with local and seasonal delights.

Next, cod fritters with tomato, nuts and a garlic sauce, perfect bite-sized mouthfuls, leaving us fighting over who could devour the last one.

From the €12.95 two-course menu del dia, altered weekly, available from 1pm until 4pm, Asian prawn toast with coriander and a sweet chilli dipping sauce was offered.

Back to the sharing bites menu; smooth homemade Iberian ham croquettes, ‘just like grandma makes them’ General Manager Miguel Angel Mena Castillo told us, enhancing the home-style feel.

Deep-fried boquerones followed, presented in an authentic newspaper cone, marinated in lime and lemon with alioli.

The grilled green asparagus with poached egg and hollandaise sauce was a favourite; the yolk oozing over the crunchy vegetables and the creamy sauce bringing the flavours together.

Another special of the day; seasonal earthy mushrooms, grilled with garlic and parsley, and crunchy bok choy, a welcome balance MANY HANDS: of textures.

More dishes The kitchen in ensued: tempura action. prawn bites with a sweet plum dipping sauce and fillet of sea bass with mushrooms, asparagus and a goat’s cheese risotto. This, our eighth dish, sought to defeat us, but the tangy goat’s cheese risotto and the

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EXTERIOR: El Rincón’s outdoor dining terrace.

TEAMWORK: El Rincón’s experienced staff. soft lubina ensured we virtually licked the plate clean.

A sharing platter for two followed the La Sala House Special - a tender rib

of beef, originating from Galicia - a region famed for its lush grass - cooked with smoky black salt and served with savoury potatoes and vegetables.

Our final plate was a crunchy banana split served with a toffee sauce and yoghurt ice cream. The contrast of the sweet jus and the Greek style ice cream married wonderfully with the crisp coating enveloping the smooth, warm banana inside.

The general manager has worked in the hospitality industry since he was 14 years old. He said of El Rincón: “The food is exceptional, and the ambience like no other. Few places offer dining, drinking and live music without stepping out the door. We aim to create a mini holiday experience when people enter, no matter how long their stay.”

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La Chica Malpica, involved from the beginning in designing El Rincón’s menu, has previously worked in high-end establishments including the Puente Romano Hotel and Alberto & Simon in San Pedro.

Customers can expect ‘an innovative menu of Spanish specialities’, he explained; his cooking ‘creative with an emphasis on quality’.

La Sala, El Rincón and Aqwa Mist offer an array of festive treats throughout the yuletide season. Dining options for the Christmas period, including lunch and dinner on December 24 and 25, are available at great prices.

New Year’s Eve at La Sala has been sold out for months, with reservations arising for the 2013 festivity, but tickets for El Rincón and Aqwa Mist are available, promising to mirror the quality, excellence and vibrancy of the Sala Group brand.

El Rincón is the latest addition to Sala Group, the coast’s most recent success story. Over the past three years, they have introduced La Sala Restaurant, projected Sala Beach into the limelight and revealed the Costa del Sol’s first super-club, Aqwa Mist.

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Horsey tapas A TAPA route on horseback will be held from 11am on December 1 at the Esparragal Park in Mijas Costa.

At every stop, a tapa and drink will be offered to all participants for €2 each. Local specialities such as small sandwiches, callos and sausages will be served.

“We are going to ride along the Fuengirola river, passing la Alberquilla and Entrerrios, to end back at the Esparragal Park,” Councillor for Agriculture and Livestock Farming, Jose Antonio Sánchez said.

“By organising such events, we are supporting the world of horse riding, a popular activity in our area,” he added. Bookings are not needed.

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Nearly 4,500 junior doctors on strike AROUND 90 per cent of the more than 4,500 junior doctors in Andalucia went on an indefinite strike.

Percentages were provided by the association of Andalucian junior doctors

(Careir), which called for the strike.

Meanwhile, sources by the Andalucian Health Service said nearly 50 per cent actually went on strike.

IN CUSTODY: “It was very satisfying for Marbella to hold a tournament of this size,” Muñoz (left) said.

Trophy in Mayor’s hands

THE first Marbella ATP Tennis Open is over and the trophy is in the Mayor’s hands for custody until next year.

Mayor Angeles Muñoz was given the bronze trophy by tournament director Fabricio Valdivieso for safe keeping.

The tournament, held at the Puente Romano Hotel Tennis Club, was won by ATP top 100 player Albert Montañes.

The strike was called to protest against a 35 per cent salary cut, passed by both the central and regional governments.

Measures taken also include more working hours. As a consequence, many tutors specialising in the training of junior doctors have resigned. This has left 100s of newly-qualified medics without a tutor, or in cases dozens are sharing the same tutor, Careir association sources said.

As other professional doctors have seen their working hours reduced by 25 per cent, those hours were then transferred to junior doctors.

“Furthermore, we have been performing health treatments that we are not authorised for nor even trained. We are on-process doctors,” a Careir spokesman said.

BYE BUILDING: The area was sealed off for safety reasons.

Eyesore gone

AN eyesore tower is being demolished by hand in Mijas Costa.

The Calypso tower, built in 1976 as a water tank, had fallen out of use for many years.

“It is not a nice building. The residents always saw it as cumbersome and difficult to keep,” Mijas Mayor Angel Nozal said.

Council workmen are demolishing it by hand to avoid damaging other buildings.

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Animal magic A DOG show will take place at Finca Mariposa on Saturday December 8 in aid of the Andalucían Rescue Centre for Horses and Animals in Need.

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Hospital plans ‘on hold’

AN urgent meeting is being called to get work on a huge extension to the Costa del Sol Hospital finally finished.

Due to be completed in June 2011, work has

ground to a halt at the Marbella hospital.

Malaga Health delegate Daniel Perez said the project has been put on hold because the town hall refused to build a

private car park at the hospital. Now Marbella Mayor Angeles Muñoz has sent a letter to Andalucian Health Councillor Maria Jesus Montero asking for a meeting.

“They cannot say the only option available is that users pay for private parking,” Muñoz said.

The mayor pointed out that the council had bent over backwards to change

the PGOU municipal plan to make room for a private car park, a kindergarten and business area, ‘despite it not being our first choice for financing the hospital works’.

INNOVATION: “We need to identify what to keep, what to change and what to develop,” Rafael Rodriguez said.

Tourism looks for new ideas MORE than 200 professionals gathered today (Thursday) in Torremolinos to plan the future of Andalucian tourism.

Members of the industry and political figures met for the Tourism Strategies Conference, organised by the Andalucian Government.

Twelve workshops covered the different tourism business areas including: Sun & Beach, Culture, Nature & Rural, Congresses & Summits, Cruise & Sailing, Health & Beauty, Sport, Gastronomy & Wine,

Languages and Emerging Small Products.

Proposals, ideas and suggestions from other sources like trade unions and citizens themselves - submitted through the dedicated website www.turismonuevasideas.org - were also considered during the summit.

“The current tourism cycle has run down,” President of CEA Tourism Businessmen Board Miguel Sanchez said. “It is up to all of us to find a new and more profitable one,” he added.

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Social worker in abuse case A MADRID social worker has been arrested for allegedly raping and photographing children.

Police seized so much pornographic material from the home of Rafael Prado that it will take months to analyse, they believe.

Employed by the city council’s Samur Social, an emergency service that assists the needy, the 41-year-old was denounced by his own wife.

Prado organised summer camps for children and was a swimming instructor at the Parque Movil sports

ground. At the camps he allegedly filmed himself raping and abusing children as young as seven, sources revealed.

Prado was denied bail and remanded in custody.

Some parents, all unaware of Prado’s abuse, have now been contacted by the police, but many of filmed and photographed children have yet to be identified.

This will be harrowing, police said, as parents will be required to identify the images.

Refuge boss lived high life while animals died NEARLY €1 million destined for animal care may have been siphoned off for high living while thousands of pets slowly suffered an agonising death.

This amount, included in a report by the Guardia Civil Nature Protection Service, is more than was initially estimated to have been misused by the president.

Carmen Marin was arrested in 2010 for allegedly killing more than 2,865 animals which were given low doses of drugs and took days to die.

The report states that the money was used for luxury hotels, car rental, gym and spa sessions, a car, expensive restaurants, trips abroad, home security, driving lessons and other concepts.

Marin also allegedly spent €100,000 on redecorating a clinic managed by her daughter.

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SCANDINAVIAN PRESS Stories making headlines in Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Learn the language SWEDEN – All new foreign citizens in Sweden should speak Swedish, a survey of 4,600 people by the National Statistics Agency found.

Killer’s plea NORWAY – Mass killer Anders Breivik, convicted of murdering 77 people last year, complained that his prison conditions violate his human rights, his lawyer said.

Xmas moan DENMARK – A housing complex in Kokkedal with a Muslim-majority board decided not to pay the Christmas tree costs, raising criticism by the Conservative People’s party members.

Child abuse SWEDEN – More than 150 children, most of them foreign-born, have been victims of human trafficking in Sweden, a report by the Stockholm County Administrative Board reported.

Salmon’s up NORWAY – Salmon exports to Britain were boosted by lower prices as volume rose 30.5 per cent in 2012’s third quarter, the Norwegian Seafood Council said.

Cold cases DENMARK – Three murder investigations from the late 1980s may be reopened by the Copenhagen Police after reviewing evidence using new forensic technology.

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Cruise numbers sinking passengers will drop by 20 per cent in 2013.

This is mainly because ship operator Royal Caribbean is to stop using Malaga as its home port from next year.

“It is not that they will stop coming, but it will be less frequent and there will be fewer people. We are in negotiations with other cruise operators, so we expect to regain momentum by 2014,” said Malaga Port CEO Sebastian Camps.

Currently, the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship is based at the Costa del Sol capital and will complete its 28 cruises, but next year it

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AROUND 150,000 fewer people will visit the Port of Malaga from cruise ships next year.

Estimates by the port authorities said the number of incoming cruise

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Mayor cleared THE Public Prosecutor’s Office has dropped a case of construction fraud against the former Mayor of Guaro, Sebastian Rueda, and a developer.

Work done NEW BUSINESS: The Adventure of the Seas has a capacity for 3,840 passengers. will use Southampton, England, as its home port.

This year saw a 10 per cent increase to 700,000

cruise passengers landing at Malaga. Cruise tourism provides 25 per cent of the Port’s turnover.

The falling passenger numbers since the second half of the year could lead to a €2 million annual loss.

Young Spanish drivers take it easy INSULTING other drivers while at the wheel is done by 56 per cent of Spanish drivers aged under 25. This is

Dali auction A SALVADOR Dali etching sold for $21,000 (€16,400) in an online auction.

The piece of art – called Reflexion – was anonymously donated among other secondhand goods to a charity store in Tacoma, United States. The money raised will be given to the Tacoma Goodwill charity organisation.

the second lowest rate in Europe, right after the Turks (46 per cent).

On the opposite side, the Swedes

are the angriest drivers as 83 per cent of those surveyed admitted offending driving mates, reported a study by Goodyear tyre company.

The report also found that Spain is the most concerned country on drunk drivers, with nearby Italy next and both countries lead the table in terms of concern to be struck by another car.

Young drivers who live alone are more aggressive than those who live with their parents, since they are more prone to insulting SURREAL: Etching part of Los ciclos de vida suite. or obscene gestures.

Toyota car recall TOYOTA ESPAÑA has recalled 17,113 Prius, Avensis and Corolla Sedan models.

Defects have been located in a steering component in cars produced between August 2000 and December 2009, Toyota warned. The part could wear out if the steering wheel is ‘frequently and forcefully’ turned fully to the left or right at low speeds, it explained. This could result in loss of steering ability, the manufacturer said, but stressed that ‘in no case’ would control of the vehicle be lost.

RESTORATION work on pavements in the Fuentenueva and El Salto del Agua areas in San Pedro de Alcantara is finished.

Bus fire A FIRE that broke out on a coach was put out by firemen on the A-7 near Benalmadena. No people were injured.

EU mobility A SERIES of conferences promoting mobility in the UE among people aged 16 to 25 will be held in Alora, Ronda and Velez this month, ending on November 28.

Bridge hit RONDA’s Puente Nuevo bridge, the town’s landmark, was slightly damaged when a car hit it when driving across.

Fire alarm AN eight-storey building in Calle Orquideas, Fuengirola, was evacuated by emergency services after a fire broke out on the ground floor.

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Stories making headlines from Russia

Court swap THE Supreme Court and other main state courts may be moved from Moscow to St Petersburg, President Vladimir Putin said, pending a final decision.

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OLDER: Expatriates will make the average population age rise.

Malaga to be crowded out in 10 years MALAGA will be the region with the fastest growing population in Spain in 10 years. The current 1.61 million residents registered this year will increase to 1.68 in 2022 in a 4.5 per cent growth.

The national average, on the contrary, will show a negative trend.

It should be noticed that 31 per cent of those new inhabitants living in the Malaga province will be people aged over 65, a study by the National Statistics Institute said.

In the same way, the share of people under 16 will slightly drop, and those aged 16 to 65 will stay at similar rates.

Most of those retired people coming to live in Malaga will possibly be foreigners, the study said. Besides, it was not assessed in the study that the Government will grant the residence card to foreigners buying a property in Spain priced over €160,000.

This will possibly be an additional boost for incoming foreigners in the Costa del Sol. If estimates become true, workers in the Malaga province will have to pay higher costs to compensate the cost of pensioners. The current share of retired people, compared to the working population, is set at 22 per cent. By 2022, pensioners will increase to 29 per cent.

Adding the share of people aged under 16 (25 per cent) – that is to say, those not allowed to work by law – it yields a joint share of 54 per cent.

In other words, there will be more people to be supported by the Social Security than those in work and hence to pay contributions.

Not to mention this is based upon a 100 per cent employment scenario, while the current unemployment rate is around 30 per cent.

THE national transportation tax, increasing an average 600 roubles (€15) for car owners in 2013, has been criticised by Civic Platform party leader Mikhail Prokhorov.

Air danger A PILOT was found guilty of breaking air safety rules when making an emergency landing in stormy weather at the Blagoveshchensk airport in the Amur region.

US poll FORTY-EIGHT per cent of 1,600 surveyed Russians would have voted for Barack Obama and 4 per cent for Mitt Romney, a state agency survey said.

Pirate bill BUSINESSES trading or distributing counterfeit goods may be fined up to 30,000 roubles (€742), if a new law is passed by the government.

Van attack A MAN driving an office supplies van in Moscow city centre was attacked in broad daylight by two unidentified men who smashed the car’s windows with a gun.

No tweets THE @Russia Twitter account has never been used and it remains unknown if it belongs to the government, a study revealed.

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Romanian on remand for stabbing his partner A ROMANIAN man, aged 27 was remanded in custody for allegedly stabbing his 30-yearold transgender partner to death.

The victim was found in their shared flat in Matias Saez de Tejada, Fuengirola. She died from severe knife injuries to her chest.

Friends, neighbours, relatives, politicians and representatives of gay, lesbian and transgender associations held a moment of silence for the victim. The killing was labelled a ‘gender violence attack’ by the Andalucian Women Institute.

A MARRIED couple was sentenced to jail for selling drugs from their home in Fuengirola.

The Spanish woman was given three-and-ahalf years. Her Venezuelan husband has been sentenced to three years. Both were also fined €1,500.

The drug dealers had been selling cocaine and heroine since June 2010, the court found. A police raid in

JEWELLERY worth €1m was stolen by three armed men at El Corte Ingles in Puerto Banus.

Investigations were ongoing at time of going to press.

Knife injured A 47-year-old man was held by the police in Malaga’s Barriada de la Luz area for allegedly injuring another man in the arm with a knife during a fight.

Hot point PROS: Robberies were always committed at night.

Commuting gang held by police FIVE alleged members of a professional criminal gang were held in Benalmadena and Melilla.

The suspects, who all live in the North African Spanish town, would commute to the Costa del Sol to commit robberies.

They targeted shops, offices, petrol stations, supermarkets and homes, the September the same year, found drugs worth €1,200.

10km car chase A GANG of four Spaniards and a Polish man was arrested after a 10 kilometre car chase.

They were spotted in Marbella and drove away before being caught in Calahonda. They are suspected of specialising in safe breaking.

police said.

A collection of items normally used by professional thieves was found during the raids.

These included transmission devices to explode bombs, two blank bullet guns, wire cutters, surveillance cameras, a radial saw, and break-in tools.

Russian victim TWO men aged 19 and 20 were held by the police in Ronda for allegedly snatching a Russian tourist’s bag.

Party’s over AN illegal party with more than 150 people was raided by police in Estepona. The party was being held in the basement of a

large warehouse on the industrial estate with neither an official licence nor the required emergency exits or safety measures.

More than 20 people aged under 16 were identified.

Officers reported 12 cases of drug possession.

Police investigations revealed more than 350 people had been invited to the party through social networks.

Broke businessman tells a tale of woe A MAN aged 37 was held by Police in Malaga’s Calle Martinez Maldonado

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A MAN was taken to Carlos Haya hospital after being found in Calle Carreteria with a gun shot to his chest.

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A SIXTY-YEAR-OLD foreign man was found dead in an apartment in Marbella’s Nueva Andalucia area.

He had allegedly participated in a sexual threesome with a Brazilian prostitute.

She reported the death to the police. Police are looking for the second man involved, who allegedly fled the scene having taken the dead man’s mobile phone and other personal items.

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as he allegedly tried to rob a bank.

But officers were told by the ‘hostages’

that the man never used any violence, since his intentions were not to steal but

to be caught and sent to prison.

He admitted to the police that he had

business and personal troubles and that he was in a desperate position.

A DRUG den in Dos Hermanas, Malaga, was raided by National Police, who arrested four suspects and seized 1.3kg of hashish and 60gms of cocaine.

Water trick A WOMAN was arrested in Ronda as a suspect in three robberies. In each case she would ask for a glass of water and then steal handbags.

Baby blues A BABY was taken into care by Malaga police when they spotted him with his 22-year-old Bulgarian mother working as a prostitute.

Facing jail A MAN faces jail and a €2,460 compensation bill after breaking into the room of a 14-yearold girl in Malaga. He was allegedly found in his underwear by the girls’ father at midnight.

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Critics slam Meme themes PANRICO is withdrawing a series of picture cards from its popular Bollycao range.

Included with the chocolate-filled buns, they feature humorous or grotesque pictures whose wisecracking captions were criticised by family campaign group, Foro de la Familia.

The cards are ‘machista’ and ‘crude’, according to the Foro. “Amongst other things, they present an unacceptable image of women which we thought no longer existed,” said a spokesman.

“Having listened to some of our consumers, although they are a very small minority, the company has decided to end the television campaign and will stop including the picture cards in their products, despite the added expense,” Panrico announced.

Free meal ticket for two national strikers A GRANADA city restaurateur watched guardedly as two young pickets entered his premises on November 14.

It was the day of the national strike,

Chorus boys back in town CHOIR lovers have another chance to see The Choir Boys at the Cervantes Theatre.

The choir from Saint-Marc in France, which became famous after 2004 French film The Chorus will visit Malaga for the third time on January 2, 2013.

On this occasion, and under the lead of director Nicolas Porte, the boys will perform classics and a selection from their last album Sing the Beatles.

but the owner of the well-known restaurant in the old quarter decided to open. His foreign clientele were oblivious to the strike and a day’s takings were too important to forego.

But instead of making trouble, the pickets, wearing union stickers, sat down at a table on the terrace. They ordered Rioja and beer to drink, accompanied by fish, grilled vegetables, fried squid and endives with anchovies.

Neither the owner nor the staff saw them leave and assumed they had left the €42.50 cost on the table. Instead of cash they found a note stapled to the bill, stating: ‘We believe there are motives for not using money today. We sympathise with your business, but we sympathise more with the national strike. Thank you for understanding.’

“The unions are respectable and generally peaceful,” commented the restaurant owner. “But THE CHANSON: It will be a celebration of some are halfwits,” he added.

The Beatles’ 50th anniversary.

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TREES: Green initiative.

Plea for planters

ENVIRONMENTAL charity Arboretum is asking for the support of the local community to help plant 1,000 trees and plants.

From 12 noon on December 2, at the site behind Marbella Bus Station, the event will make an important contribution to the town’s People’s Forest, which currently consists of more than 10,000 trees, shrubs and grasses planted on the site over the last year.

To register go to: www.facebook.com/events /538196096207587/

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Healthcare in Spain for pensioners THE British Embassy is reminding expatriate pensioners that they are still entitled to Spanish healthcare.

But they are obliged to pay the same charges that Spanish nationals have to.

Under EU regulations the British government pays Spain an average annual cost to provide healthcare for its pensioners.

Care is given to its citizens who are resident in Spain and have registered for an S1 form.

They should get the same health benefits as a Spanish pensioner, but they also have to pay the same prescription charges.

The embassy added that for more details expatriates should get in touch with their local health authority in Spain.

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Evictions back from the brink as families thrown a lifeline THE latest Spanish Cabinet meeting has brought breathing space to those facing eviction.

A package of new measures will now halt proceedings for two years for ‘vulnerable’ families.

“This is an urgent response to alleviate the worst effects of the economic crisis,” said Vice-

president Soraya Saenz de Santamaria. The government also intends to provide more social housing with affordable rents for those without homes.

The measures will apply to families where total annual income is less than €19,164 and mortgage payments now account

for at least 50 per cent of net income. To be eligible families must have dependants children, the elderly, disabled or seriously ill - in their care. One family member has to be longterm unemployed.

These people will be able to remain in their homes without

Fans cheer football cups THE FIFA World Cup and the two UEFA Euro Cups won by the Spanish national team in 2008 and 2012 were exhibited in Malaga, Velez and Coin.

Despite the weekend rain many people visited the exhibitions and took the opportunity of having a photograph with the trophies.

charge for two years, said Economy Minister Luis de Guindos, adding that the move came ‘as a great relief’.

Unpaid mortgages accounted for only 3 per cent of the total, indicating that most people were paying punctually, De Guindos pointed out.

He also drew attention to the banks’ favourable attitude towards halting evictions.

Its members understood the measures, commented the AEB, Spain’s banking association, although their cost will fall exclusively on the banks.

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CHAMPIONS: Parents brought children for a once-in-a-lifetime photo.

CHILDREN from Marbella schools visited the Junta de Andalucia headquarters in Sevilla for a Children’s Parliament.

The trip was to mark UNICEF’s Universal Children’s Day.

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€2.5m car park awarded

ALMERIA City Council has allocated €550,000 - with 70 per cent of funding from the EU - for renewal of the old town to encourage businesses to locate in the area.

Trial begins

NERJA COUNCIL has awarded a tender to build an underground car park in Burriana to a consortium which bid €2.5 million. The council received 28 bids. The 200-place car park should take 18 months to build.

News from our editions

A MAN has gone on trial for stabbing to death a suspected drug dealer during a row over prices.

He is also alleged to have started a fire to conceal the crime, unaware that a woman was hiding in the home. She suffered injuries but survived.

No to bars TWO planned beach bars at El Ejido have been cancelled by the council, though seven already built will remain.

Greenpeace plea GREENPEACE has called for an end to oil and gas drilling in the Sea of Alboran between Adra in Almeria and Mijas in Malaga. It claims that dolphins, turtles and fish would suffer as a result of the ‘chronic pollution’.

Bogus officer A MAN who posed as a Guardia Civil officer to approach a woman, showed her fake ID and demanded to search her handbag, was arrested in Roquetas de Mar later at the scene of a car crash.

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Hospital magic CHILDREN in hospital in Elche were entertained by magicians as part of an initiative to make their stay happier.

Fire probe CCTV footage is being reviewed as investigators probe a fire that damaged the interior and broke windows at the BBVA bank in Puente Nuevo, Orihuela.

Window treat GUARDAMAR has launched a Christmas window-dressing competition for retailers, with a €200 prize for best lighting, originality, innovation and product.

Share out AECC FUN DAY: The Pink Ladies are joined by Councillor for the Coast Pedro Mancebo (centre left).

Skies turn pink for AECC

HUNDREDS turned out in support of the AECC cancer charity fun day at Evolution bar in La Fuente Commercial Centre.

With live entertainment, a fashion show

by Tiger Feet, face painting and a pool competition there was fun for all the family.

Councillor for the Coast Pedro Mancebo and his team arrived to show their support for the event which has raised thousands of euros for the charity’s early detection cancer screening programme.

The main event took place at 4pm with the release of almost 1,000 pink helium filled balloons. The balloons were bought for €2 each and an address tag attached.

Bank facelift

In the coming weeks it is hoped the tags will be returned to AECC by whoever finds them and the balloon that travels the furthest will win the owner €100.

Maria Wilson, President of the AECC Torrevieja branch, thanked the owners of Evolution, John and Jack Williams, for their support, along with their mum Karen who is one of Maria’s Pink Ladies and an avid fundraiser.

As Maria went on to thank all her Pink Ladies who helped throughout the day, EWN would also like to thank mechanic Adam from Autos Direct who helped get our reporter back on the road after the event.

THE façade of Alicante’s Bank of Spain in La Rambla, which was opened in 1947, is to receive a €28,000 clean-up.

serving in Afghanistan returned home to a hero’s welcome at Palma airport. They had taken part in a seven-month tour of duty along with 35 comrades, who returned home last month.

Plan protest

Pension U-turn

ENVIRONMENTAL group Ecologists in Action has voiced its objection to plans to build an electrical sub-station adjoining the Avenida de las Naciones roundabout in Playa de San Juan, Alicante.

UP to 500 retired health workers who lost pension credits last month will not now lose out after the Balearic government reversed its definition of those who qualify.

The pensioners had staged sit-ins at the Health Ministry in protest at their treatment.

MALLORCA

Dog hanging

Chemist cash

A PREGNANT pit bull has been found hanging from a well in Son Rapinya. An animal rights group has offered a €500 reward for help in the investigation, which is being carried out by the Guardia Civil.

THE Balearic government has promised to pay pharmacies all monies owed after they threatened to charge patients the full, unsubsidised amount for prescriptions. Pharmacists claim they have not been paid since July.

Soldiers home

Noise control

THE last 10 Balearic soldiers

BAR owners in Sa Gerreria have

accused Palma City Council of abuse of power in singling them out for breaking noise pollution rules. They claim measures forcing them to close early are ‘unfair and discriminatory’.

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Country life PLANS to restore woodland and protected countryside in Parcent have received approval from the regional government.

Help for needy THE Caritas Food Bank in Denia has received 32,000 kilos of provisions for the needy from individuals and supermarkets.

Smelly denial SMELLS reaching Campello town centre are not emanating from the Les Canyades refuse treatment plant, according to the local council.

LOCAL associations and NGOs in VélezMálaga will receive €57,000 in council grants. The town hall will allocate €15,000 to the nongovernmental organisations and the remainder to the collectives.

Need a lift THE mayor of Nerja has called on the regional government to install a lift at the town’s health centre, which suffers from chronic access problems as a result of unfinished building work.

Save cave WORK to protect 30,000-year-old cave paintings at the Cueva del Tesoro in Rincón de la Victoria will be finished by the summer.

A further €75,000 has been allocated to fight fungus in the cave, the mayor said.

Police claim OPPOSITION groups in Torrox want an investigation into what they claim are ‘illegal’ police contracts which have led to the existence of a ‘parallel force’ honed from Protección Civil which has the role of the Local Police.

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Stat of week 3.5 per cent inflation was registered in Spain last month, while the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in the third quarter showed a 0.3 per cent loss.

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Driving ambition by car makers SPAIN has a driving ambition to produce more vehicles.

Despite sales nationally languishing, manufacturers want to produce more

vehicles than the current two million a year.

The longer-term hope by the sector is to see sales rise to three million with improved buying facilities, better logistics, the elimination of number plate tax and lower energy costs.

All these will help boost sales, says Anfac, the manufacturers’ association.

Their plans foresee 2.5 to profit, sources said, million vehicles for export with adjustments that and 1.3 million for the home include cutting flights 15 market. Seven ministries per cent and disposing including Industry, Public of five long-haul and 20 Works, Economy and the short-haul aircraft.

Treasury, will be involved if Iberia also wants to the scheme to increase introduce the wageproductivity and boost scale agreed with the business comes to fruition. low-cost airline Vueling “We have had a very for pilots on domestic positive reaction from the and European flights. government,” announced This would mean Anfac Vice-president Mario slashing current Armero. €64,000 pre-tax salaries Manufacturers also want to €27,000, although more official grants for the CCOO union claims prospective buyers pilots’ incomes are exchanging their present closer to €40,961 a year. car.

Although energy Iberia’s plans are reforms have increased ‘barbarous’, according to manufacturers’ costs by 8 pilots’ union Sepla. per cent, they are working Instead they called for to lessen the impact, he an end to Iberia’s said. “Spain does not have merger with British to be a country of service Airways which they industries,” said Armero. claim is ‘emptying’ “This is the time to boost Iberia. our industries.”

MOTORING AHEAD: Manufacturers want to boost yearly output.

Sackings the last resort for Iberia SACKINGS are seen by the Spanish government as a ‘last resort’ for national airline Iberia.

Between 2008 and last September, Iberia’s turnover fell from €2,272 million to €1,704 million.

The company, which hopes to reduce staff by 4,500, has now explained its plans to Minister of Public Works, Ana Pastor.

Restructuring needs dialogue on all sides, Pastor said, following talks with Iberia management and the principal unions.

“And that should include every factor that would make Spanish dismissals the last option,” she said.

Iberia hopes to return

Zara shows the ZARA’S policy of constantly introducing new lines, and rapid restocking, has brought praise from across the Atlantic.

Having sung Mercadona’s praises, the New York Times is now praising Zara which is part of the Inditex empire built up by Spaniard Amancio Ortega, the world’s third-richest man.

Masoud Golsorkhi, editor of culture and fashion magazine Tank, was

world how to sell quoted as saying Inditex has completely changed consumer behaviour.

“With Zara you know that if you don’t buy it then and there, within 11 days the entire stock will change. And because the prices are so low, you buy it now.”

Even high-end fashion companies including Louis Vuitton or Prada bring out up to six collections a year instead of two.

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How to deal with problem of 20 barking caged dogs

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COULD you please advise the legal situation on barking dogs? In June we moved to a semi-rural area on Costa Blanca. The problem of excessive barking very near our property has since arisen. There are about 20 dogs causing the problem; particularly half a dozen dogs kept caged. When people pass by and the dogs begin to bark, it sets off all the dogs in the area.

We approached the handler but his response was dismissive and he said we You and the could complain as much as we liked but nothing would be Law in Spain

By David Searl done. We made a ‘denuncia’ to the town hall with nine signatures, which was sent to the police. They replied that they cannot identify the source, as all the dogs bark.

One of our major concerns is the danger these dogs pose. We have had nine instances of loose, unattended dogs coming onto our property. We have grandchildren aged two and three who are due to visit, and are keen for a solution before they arrive.

M.R.D. (Xabia)

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Dogs barking at night can be infuriating. Even worse is the danger posed by dogs running loose.

Both of these activities can be punished by law.

If you want to resolve the situation, you must go to the Juzgado de Guardia, the duty court, and make a formal charge against the owner of the dogs. This could include keeping dogs in unhealthy condtions, allowing dogs to run loose, not microchipped, and creating a nuisance at night. Perhaps some come under the ‘dangerous dogs’ regulations. The court is required to act upon your formal denuncia and should order police to investigate. Xabia surely has ordinances prohibiting these activities. You do not have to identify the owner specifically. The location of the dog pen should be sufficient. Use a Spanish lawyer to make sure your denuncia is in proper form.

David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers.

You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.

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A debit card for children aged 6 YOUNGSTERS as young as six, and up to 16, are to be targeted for a pre-paid Visa debit card being launched by new company Pktmny.

£££ THE tax take from the nation’s investment banking industry is set to fall to £50bn (€62.5bn) compared to £87bn (€108.5bn) before the financial crisis hit in 2007, according to the Centre

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£££ RETAIL sales fell in October as shoppers bought less food and

clothing, slowing a revival that the government hoped would kick-start the economy.

£££ ELECTRICAL retailer Dixon’s boss Sebastian James has warned that unless multinationals including Amazon and Google are made to pay their fair share of tax then UK retailers are at risk of collapse.

Is international finance merely an ever ongoing juggling act?

LURKING behind the international coverage of the US Presidential election, Greece’s financial woes appeared to be relegated to the ‘second division’ of newsworthy items.

Only a few months ago there were strong signs that the EU barons were preparing Greece’s exit from the Euro, the only real concern being how this might be achieved ‘gracefully’.

Antonis Samaras’s cobbled-together government squabbled over the extent to which the Troika’s austerity demands might be met, whilst increasing and more violent civil unrest, an overall rate of 25.4 per cent unemployment, rising to 58 per cent for the youth of the country, rendered acceptance of all or any of these proposals difficult.

Samaras’s pleas for an extension of time to allow the so-far unsuccessful measures to mature, were falling upon deaf ears with, as usual, Ms Merkel being the most intransigent.

Times change, however, and now the Troika leaders appear to have decided to soften their approach, perhaps as a last-ditch attempt to keep

FAMILY THOUGHTS: Life for the Greeks used to be simple and without ongoing financial worries.

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the eurozone intact, with some interesting financial juggling being brought into play to counter the understandable reluctance of private bond buyers who, only a year or so ago, were forced to accept a 75 per cent loss on their holdings.

Now, under the new plan, any loss on future bond sales will be in the hands of the European bail-out funds, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

If there should be what banking circles call a ‘haircut,’ it will be these institutions which suffer the loss, and as one respected financial

correspondent points out: “For the first time the German taxpayer will see real money which otherwise might have been used for pensions, healthcare and education, disappearing into the bottomless pit of Greek hand-outs.”

Let us not fool ourselves. This latest tranche of Troika bail-out money - €31.5 billion might temporarily plug the hole in Greece’s public finances, but entities charged with monitoring the programme are already suggesting that a further loan of at least €20 billion, together with a massive write-down of still-outstanding debts, will be needed just to ‘keep the pot boiling’.

But here we come across another interesting point. The ECB is barred from taking ‘write-downs’

so to get around the problem the proposal is for it to transfer its holdings of Greek bonds at cost price - to EU member states, which will then transfer any profit on maturity back to Greece.

With this ‘smoke-andmirrors’ strategy, sleight of hand if you like, nobody takes a haircut even though, as explained in a recent article, it would mean the debt being partially forgiven, interest payments waived for a while if deemed necessary and maturities extended, pushing a proper resolution of the problem away into the future.

Basically, a typical political manoeuvre.

Surely the Greek people must be considering alternatives - anything with even the remotest chance of alleviating their misery. Many must be harking back to the days before their nation embraced the Euro.

They hobbled along then, managing their own affairs; unemployment wasn’t the horrifying spectre it is now, and it would be less than surprising if they were thinking that returning to those times might provide a better life than the one they are enduring now.

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www.euroweeklynews.com Back in April, the Spanish government announced details of its draft new anti fraud plan. One of the proposed measures related to assets held outside Spain and would affect most expatriates living here. Confirmation that this is going ahead was finally received at the end of October.

Law 7/2012 of 29th October 2012 was published in the Official State Gazette the following day. It amends existing tax and budget legislation and adapts financial legislation to strengthen action to prevent and combat fraud. Most measures came into effect immediately.

It arms the Tax Authority with powerful weapons to fight tax fraud and the hidden economy - one of the main priorities of the government’s economic policy.

State Secretary for the Treasury, Miguel Ferre, described this new anti fraud plan as “the most ambitious legislation in this field since the 1970s”.

If you live in Spain, it is important to understand what the tax rules are, and ensure you correctly report your income and assets and only use approved tax planning arrangements. Professional advice from a firm like Blevins Franks which specialises in tax and wealth management for British expatriates in Spain is invaluable.

Reporting obligation Under the legislation, residents of Spain now have a new obligation to

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by Bill Blevins, Financia l Correspondent, Blevins Franks

report all assets and rights held outside Spain, where they are: • Owners • Beneficiaries • Authorised signatories.

A new reporting model will be created, on which all kinds of assets may have to be reported, including: • Bank accounts • All forms of securities • Capital • Life insurance • Real estate.

Failure to comply with the obligation will have costly consequences when discovered by the tax authorities.

A €5,000 penalty will be imposed for each omitted data - with a minimum penalty of €10,000.

An asset which has not been reported under this system and is discovered by the tax authorities will also be assumed to have been acquired with undeclared income. It will be treated as an ‘unjustified capital gain’ for the most recent tax year which is within the statute of limitations.

Under Spanish law tax investigations can go back four years, so the income would be deemed to arise four years prior to the year the asset is discovered. It will be taxed at the marginal rates of income tax.

This effectively eliminates the statute of limitations for undeclared assets, so the tax authorities can go back indefinitely to assess undeclared income and tax it at maximum rates, plus interest and penalties. It will be considered a “very serious offence” with a penalty of 150% of the tax due.

Although this is new legislation, the obligation to report overseas income is not new. Anyone who meets the tax residence criteria in Spain is already liable for tax on their worldwide income and gains and is obliged by law to declare them accordingly. Except for the years when wealth tax was effectively abolished, they should also have declared their worldwide assets on their wealth tax returns where a liability arose.

So what is new and important about this legislation is the consequences for failing to report. The penalties are very severe and could be more than the value of the hidden asset/s.

At the time of writing, the government has not supplied information on how the reporting is to be done. Further regulation will establish the terms.

Limits to cash payments The new anti-fraud law introduces a limit to cash transactions where one party is a business owner or professional (credit institutions are excluded).

Cash transactions now cannot exceed €2,500. This comes into effect 20 days after the law was published.

Where one party is a non-resident, the limit is €15,000.

Any breach will be considered a serious administrative offence. A penalty of 25% of the payment will be imposed. Both parties are jointly liable, so the authorities can bring action against either one.

If one party voluntarily reports the transaction, they will be exonerated from paying the penalty.

Measures to improve tax collection The legislation includes a series of

measures to strengthen the tax authority’s ability to collect revenue, particularly if the taxpayer attempts to escape their obligations by delaying payment, creating obstacles or concealing wealth.

It toughens the penalties for resistance, obstruction, excuses or refusal to comply with tax inspectors.

The penalties vary between €1,000 and €600,000.

The times are changing for tax planning across Europe, perhaps even more so here in Spain. Professional advice is essential if you want to protect your wealth from unnecessary taxation and make sure your tax planning will stand up to scrutiny. A firm like Blevins Franks will guide you through your options for legitimate tax mitigation.

The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual should take personalised advice.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com

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When a woman is the higher earner then men need to add up situation!

I HAVE a friend who makes a lot the women in question, or of money. whether it has a serious She has a high-up position in a consequence on their big company, works very hard relationship. and picks up a very healthy pay The answer is unclear as each cheque at the end relationship will play of each month. to a different tune.

Her husband, on But one thing is for the other hand, is sure; a little thought terrible with about the subject money. will help keep a He earns nothing relationship intact.

A look near to her wage So back to my at finance and despite the friend. for females general perception She started that perhaps he getting a little put Jane Plunkett might feel emasout that the past few jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. culated being the holidays, bills and com lower earner out of general household the two, this is not necessities were the case. coming out of her earnings.

In fact, he finds his situation Her other half was seemingly comfortable - sometimes a little taking for granted the fact that too comfortable - expecting her she would automatically pay. to pay for things just because, But then he redeemed himself. well, she can.

Having been terrible with cash Women earning the same or for a long time, he surprised more than men is nothing new her with an amazing ring, which nowadays. she had admired while on a The big question is whether it holiday. The fact that he had bothers men, whether it bothers saved up for two years just to

Loose change

Catalan bank is set for takeover SABADELL BANK is preparing to acquire BMN’s branches in Cataluña and Aragon.

BMN - Banco Mare Nostrum - is the result of an earlier merger between Cajamurcia, Caixa Penedes, Caja Granada and Sa Nostra, following the property boom collapse.

Most branches to be disposed of belong to Caixa Penedes.

The deal, if it goes through, will affect 462 bank branches, 2,000 employees and involve the transfer of 900,000 clients, said sources close to the operation.

The planned merger is subject to certain conditions, announced Josep Oliu, President of Sabadell, which in June bought the

nationalised CAM bank for €1. These include transferring BMN’s toxic property and land assets to Spain’s ‘Bad Bank’, Sareb.

Following stress tests by Oliver Wyman earlier this year, BNM was told it needed to sell assets in order to meet capital needs of €2,208 million.

Sabadell will now take on €11,100 million in BMN’s customer loans and €8,800 million in customer deposits, but has not revealed how much it will pay.

“The transaction will significantly increase Sabadell’s presence on its home ground and expand its retail business there, making it Cataluña’s fourth-largest bank,” said a Sabadell statement.

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HIGH EARNER: But partners can create money concerns. buy it impressed her no end.

Even though the principal breadwinner in the relationship, she still wanted to be romanced and spoilt.

Despite all the love in the world, if one party continues to pay for things resentment can build up. Therefore, it is important to keep the channels

BUSINESS BRIEFS

At the top BELEN ROMANA, Treasury Director General between July 2003 and October 2005 has been appointed head of Spain’s ‘Bad Bank’ Sareb.

Profits plunge DEVELOPMENT and sustainable energy giant Acciona’s third quarter profits plunged 64 per cent.

Too expensive VODAFONE, whose half-year Spanish earnings fell 11 per cent, admitted that the €24,000 million it paid for Airtel during the 2000 ‘dot.com’ boom was more than the company was worth.

of communication open and talk about the finances.

She might be OK about footing all the bills, but maybe she’s not.

He might seem OK about his missus being the high earner, but maybe he’s not.

The only way to know for sure is to speak up and let your feelings be known.

Spain cannot chase debts in Ecuador BANKS will not be allowed to chase up immigrant workers’ Spanish debts in Ecuador.

Spain’s 480,000 Ecuadorians are more affected by unemployment and mortgage foreclosures than any other immigrant community. There were a daily 50 evictions last year and a fair percentage involved Ecuadorians, claimed immigrants’ support group Conadee.

Nor was eviction their only problem.

“Hundreds are saying that banks threatened to recover their mortgage debts in Ecuador,” said Ambassador Aminta Buenaño.

The Ecuadorian government headed by Rafael Correo has vetoed any attempt to square a citizen’s

foreign debt by impounding assets in Ecuador.

Ecuadorians in Spain are also wary of the Pichincha España bank which last year acquired immigrants’ loans and unpaid mortgages from Bankia and a Spanish investment fund.

Pichincha España will not pursue immigrant workers’ debts in Ecuador, an official said.

Seniors flush juniors away BATHROOM cleaners are big business... even though when it comes to the loo, elderly people clean up more than the youngsters.

Whilst 27 per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds hate to touch the toilet bowl, an impressive 92 per cent of over 65s are made of sterner stuff and have no qualms about getting stuck in to the cleaning.

Overall that could mean up to nine million people are driven round the bend by the chore, claims a survey in Britain by global market research company Mintel.

And 34 per cent of British expatriates follow the Spanish lead of saying bleach is best for that sparkling rim.

With an estimated 43 million toilets in Britain just over half households have the bog standard one loo, almost a third have two, and a tenth have three.

But when it comes to cleaning the loo, Britain is a nation of extremes with one in five cleaning the lavatory once a day or more, whilst one in 20 whip out their brushes just two or three times a month.

A decidedly unfragrant 1.5 million (3 per cent) admit to cleaning the loo once a month or less.

High-flying pizza PIZZA now features on Vueling’s in-flight menu.

Home-delivery firm Telepizza has signed a contract with the low-cost Spanish airline to supply individual Four Cheese pizzas. Easy to store and to prepare, they are the ideal aircraft meal, said Vueling.

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Forget sweetie, just get me a gin Ana JeffersonSmith takes an irreverent look at life as a singleton expat in Spain

COMMENT A taxing situation MARIANO RAJOY would like to lower income tax in 2014, but Economy Minister Luis de Guindos knows it is not going to happen.

Spain’s priority is reducing the deficit, De Guindos insisted recently.

And just how many people would a tax-cut affect? By 2014 more people than ever could be out of work.

Having a job and paying tax even at the current rate would be their idea of heaven.

Ambitions SPAIN usually dislikes its politicians, bestowing affection after they die because they do little to earn it in life.

The spat between Madrid’s mayor and the regional president - who belong to the same party does not directly affect the rest of the country.

Nevertheless, it demonstrates that Spain’s politicians devote too much energy to defending their patch and not enough to doing what they are elected to do.

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OW winter is setting in, the temptation to hibernate for the next few months is stronger than ever.

The allure is to hide, watching re-runs of Sex and the City in my fluffy slippers with a box of Ferrero Rocher in one hand and a hot chocolate in the other.

Who am I trying to kid? I really mean a strong G&T. In each hand.

WHEN the initial results of the survey were published, many men scorned the findings, but people in Spain were keen to agree that women are better behind the wheel.

“Women tend to concentrate more and can do two things at once, so yes, I would agree,” said Kevin Mooney from Guardamar on the Costa Blanca, who admitted that in day-to-day life his wife does ‘most of the driving’.

Jean Blackwell, who divides her time between Benalmadena, Costa del Sol and Essex, UK, pointed out: “Women are more patient on the roads, and the older woman is definitely better behind the wheel than the younger woman.”

Boutique owner Sam Buxton from Quesada on the Costa Blanca also views women as better drivers.

“Men can be quite hostile, while women take more care.”

Mallorca expatriate Bianca Hadley, originally from Holland but now living in Santa Ponsa, agrees. “Yes! Women are more careful, though there are some dreadful women drivers as well.

I’ve terrible speeding fines but I have never been in an accident.”

British expatriate Madeline Evans from Lo Crispin on the Costa Blanca feels the issue is based more on age. The main driver in her household, she says: “Older women drivers are definitely better, though I have found some of the younger ones

STREET TALK

As I see it...

So with my last remaining single lady no longer on the scene, what’s to entice me to kick up my six-inch-high, €1,000+ Louboutins that I try so hard to walk in, and paint the town red?

Obliged to attend another friend’s leaving drinks, the guest list was as follows: Mr and Mrs Been-TogetherForever, Mr and Miss In-The-

Annoying-Honeymoon-Phase, Mr and Miss On-And-Off-But-VeryMuch-On-Right-Now, Mr and Mrs We’re-So-Overly-In-Love-We’rePretty-Much-Married. Plus, of course, lonely young me!

I have no problem hanging out with other couples. But when every other word is ‘babe’ or ‘sweetie’ or ‘cutie’, I tend to seek another tipple.

Women are the best drivers Following a British study of 19,000 vehicles fitted with tell-tale black boxes, females were found to speed less, brake more cautiously and drive less after dark when most crashes occur. But what do others think of the findings? Laura-Jane Bruce reports.

FROM LEFT: Madeline Evans, Nick Clayton and Fernanda Fernandez.

tend to be the most aggressive and don’t like to be behind fellow women drivers.”

Fernanda Fernández from the Mallorca capital of Palma also regards women as safer.

“We cause fewer accidents because we are more prudent.

Women have a sixth sense, that’s why we drive so well. Oh, and I park well, too.”

Sheffield-born Nick Clayton agrees with the statistics, adding: “My wife is a very good driver but she drives like a man, and she’d admit that.”

But Crispin Clarke, on holiday in Malaga with his partner Sheila,

disagreed with the findings and the views given by others. “I am a far better driver than Sheila, who often lacks confidence. I know parking is not everything, but my sister - and many other women - cannot even park a car straight, so how can you say they are better drivers?”

All the touchy-feely-kissy-ness does make me feel a little nauseous; I mean there’s a time and a place, and it’s preferably not in front of me.

And when discussions arise on how fantastic Christmas will be spent together, that’s when I really do mentally freak out.

I don’t sound bitter, do I? Clearly I need to simply keep in mind the perks of being footloose, single... and keen for real action!

For starters, nightly - come to that matter, in fact, daily drinking is not an issue.

I have the freedom to dine as I wish, with whom I wish.

Additionally, I do not need to face questions about who, what, where and when I go out.

I have the ability to be spontaneous and flirt with whoever I like!

That last slice of pizza is mine.

No ifs, ands or buts about it.

And no non-singleton can say the remote belongs solely to them. But I can.

Having popcorn and wine for dinner without having to worry about what a partner or spouse wants to eat is also a godsend.

I can wear comfortable underwear, regardless of aesthetics.

Those far-fetched dreams of running into and falling in love with my celebrity crushes are slightly more fathomable.

And should the threat of loneliness start to creep in, there’s always my very own 50 shades Mr Grey, a short phonecall away.

I think I already know what my priority is for this weekend...

Just fancy that THE corpse of an American night-shift worker who died on the front porch of his home remained in place for several days after a postman failed to report the incident, thinking the body was part of a Halloween display.

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Domestic violence, a concern for society T HIS Sunday, November 25, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

In most Spanish towns and cities, conferences and workshops will be held.

Everyone, including expatriates, should become involved in measures to rid Spain of one of its most shameful problems.

So far this year, 55 women have been murdered in Spain due to gender violence, 45 of them by a partner or ex-partner. In the first half of 2012, a total of 62,967 cases of gender violence were reported to the authorities, figures from the Home Office show. According to them, 36 per

cent of cases were reported by foreign women, although 40 per cent of them refused to go ahead with prosecutions.

It is very difficult to estimate the magnitude of the problem as less than 10 per cent of physical domestic attacks are reported. The number of reported cases is even lower if we consider psychological abuse. But why is domestic violence so common in Spain?

Obviously, this is a hard question to answer but experts have identified alcohol and drug abuse as well as economical and social causes. This is also believed to be the SUPPORT: A gender violence information group in Sant Joan, Alicante. case in areas like Scandinavia*.

In my opinion, Spaniards believe the problem goes deeper, citing the culture of the dominant, misogynistic male (the ‘macho’ or ‘machismo’).

Having its source in the Franco era and the extreme Catholic repression that generations suffered, a role for each gender was established in the minds of many men and women. The man was the bread-winner and THERE are just six weeks left the woman dealt with home and before the end of the year, the family. This was respected by deadline for residents to sign both sides, and somehow it on the municipal register, worked. Then freedom came in officially known as the ‘padron’. the shape of women’s rights, the Town halls are doubling their efforts to contact foreign pill, divorce laws, the right to residents by post, phone and abortion, etc. Spain is still in the home visits. middle of a progressive change Expatriates are being advised of values. that the quality of public We may think violence is only services (health, education, attributed to a certain profile: safety, etc) is dependent on the men in their 50s or those older budget the state government and poorly educated for whom allocates for each town, democracy came too late. which is directly Of course, improvements Local and related to the have been made in education amount of people and a new generation has national benefits registered on the grown up believing in the values become accessible to padron. of gender equality. Sadly, COMMON GOOD: Expatriates in Nerja sign up to ensure the provision foreign nationals if With 32 per cent however, statistics reveal that of good quality public services. they sign on the of a population of about 30 per cent of domestic padron 23,100 being foreign registered, late October and the mailing.

These are local benefits, but violence cases were committed residents, the town of more than 3,000 We have been contacted lots of some of padron’s national by people under 30.

Nerja in Andalucia is an are British, far above times to confirm if they need to advantages include enrolling in There is clearly still much left example of the crucial role the 630 Germans and 500 renew their registration. In public education centres and to do. We should all do our bit to expatriates can play in the Swedes. most cases, they do. voting rights in local and EU build a better society. provision of local welfare. Out “Yes, foreign residents are Otherwise, they will be elections. Being registered also Campaigns organised by the of the nearly 7,400 foreigners reacting to the call we made in excluded, losing their benefits,” speeds up administrative different Councils for Equality Jacky Gomez from the Foreign processes: getting an NIE, (Delegacion de Igualdad) in Department at Nerja Town Hall driving licence, registering a every municipality have proved car number plate, applying for successful in raising awareness told EWN. Since the majority of subsidies, contracting water of a formerly hidden problem.

Question: Do I lose fiscal residence in my home country expatriates in Nerja are people and energy suppliers, etc.

There is an association in almost if I register? aged 60 to 75, they are given “But it is not just about the every Spanish town where help Answer: The padron registration has nothing to do with the ‘65 Card’ when they individual benefits,” Jacky is guaranteed So if you want to your fiscal residence, meaning that a citizen can be an register, providing special Gomez said. learn more, check your town inhabitant of a Spanish town and remain a tax resident discounts on bus passes, “I am amazed by foreign hall’s agenda for November 25. abroad. swimming pools, parking residents. They are very *Domestic Violence against Send your questions to: raul@euroweeklynews.com permits, and when buying conscious their town will lose Women Report, European glasses. so much if they don’t sign up.”

Commission September 2010.

Deadline for registering on padron getting closer

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Good-time girls a turn-off for decent people WITH deep regret it’s Adios Magaluf.

After several years as a beach-front apartment owner I have sold up and am shipping out.

I am sure I speak not just for my family but also friends and many holidaymakers, in all thousands of people, who won’t return to Magaluf due to the gauntlet of prostitutes we have to run to get to bars or back to our lodgings.

They are like a pack of locusts who also mug the lonely and vulnerable.

Sincere thanks to all the hardworking people of Magaluf. We had a great few years of enjoyment and happiness but sadly not any more.

The pimp with his Hummer and the girls from Ghana should go to Hell for winter and not come back.

Voice of the people, Magaluf (Mallorca)

Blood surprise I READ with interest your article Give Blood (Issue 1426) in Javea. I was an avid blood donor in the UK, managing to notch up 40 donations before coming to live in Javea in 2004.

I arrived at the donor session at 9.30am and there were four Spanish people waiting with me. No-one from the transfusion service turned up until after 10am, and they didn’t attend to the first person until after 10.30am.

When it was my turn I sat at the desk and said I was British. I was then told, in Spanish, that as I had lived in the UK between 1970 and 1996 I could not give blood.

I am writing this so that other British people will not have the same thing happen to them. I just hope that if I ever need a transfusion there is some blood available for me.

Wendy Ranger, Pinomar (Alicante)

Diesel shock THROUGHOUT my seven years in Spain, diesel prices have always been lower than petrol.

So imagine my shock when I went to fill up my wife’s petrol car yesterday in the garage near the Iceland supermarket in Fuengirola, and the price of 95 octane was lower than diesel at the pumps.

I am not sure of the reason and, interestingly, in the UK petrol pump

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JUST one day after the EWN appeared with the report ‘Danger on death bend’ (Issue 1428 CDS) a car overturned at the N340 black spot, though the three occupants escaped serious injury. Three days later there was another pile-up on the bend. Having lived nearby for more than 20 years, sadly crashes often appear almost a part of weekly life, especially in the summer, though as your article indicated, hopes remain that a solution to the danger spot can be found.

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prices are always lower than diesel prices.

Perhaps things are about to change in Spain in 2013?

N Speed, Los Boliches, Fuengirola (Malaga)

Wasted lives AT the time of writing this 395 British service personnel have been killed in Afghanistan by terrorist action.

The politicians tell us they died defending the UK from terrorist attacks which originate in that country.

I must ask would nearly 400 UK citizens have died in Britain if we hadn’t gone into Afghanistan?

I believe it is the actions of the security services, MI6 and Police Special Branch in catching terrorists and exposing home-grown plots to maim and murder that are the ones saving British lives.

To me our servicemen’s and women’s lives have been sacrificed to solve Afghanistan’s problems, not ours.

Tom Hawksworth, Santopetar (Almeria)

Seeing the light BRITISH cycling champion and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has recently been injured in a UK road crash.

It amazes me that more cyclists are not hurt in crashes in Spain.

While returning home on an unlit country road, four cyclists headed towards me... and while they had lights, they were not fitted on their bicycles, but they were wearing helmets with lights on, rather like miners’ hats. To me they were adding to the danger, for as they moved their heads the lights went everywhere.

When will cyclists realise the dangers, and act accordingly?

M Horton, Nerja (Malaga)

Eat healthily VERY much enjoyed Ulrica’s article The ‘C’ Word (Issue 1422), not least because my daughter had breast cancer and I know that a dairy-free and animal-fat-free diet really does

22 - 28 November 2012 Costa del Sol help prevent and halt cancer. I would like to recommend a very informative book as prescribed reading for all women, The China Study by T Colin Campbell, ISBN 978-193210066-2.

Several women I know who have had breast cancer have kept the cancer at bay by changing their diet.

Caroline Elliot (by email)

Bad medicine CONCERNING your article ‘Madrid holding up prescription payments’ (Issue 1427) I would be extremely sceptical about statements coming from the Valencian Health Authority.

This authority has brought many pharmacies to the point of bankruptcy by diverting designated health funds from Madrid to pay other debts.

Pensioners’ reimbursement in three months? Laudable but laughable.

Incidentally, the 10 per cent figure for pensioners’ prescriptions reduces to 5 per cent for those on low incomes.

Ken Bethell Puerto de Mazarrón (Murcia)

Under the carpet WHAT can be done when some VIPs are being linked to a paedophile scandal? Well, what I would do is have a very senior meeting and decide to have some innocent bigwig accidentally, but very publicly named, on Newsnight for instance.

It must be done so that the targeted man can take legal action for lots of compensation, and that there could be no defence in a libel action.

There, that should do it. Take the sting away, make it much more difficult to have a proper enquiry and most of the scandal gets swept under the carpet. Unfortunately, one or two may get pulled down, but only the ones that we don’t like anyway.

Conspiracy theory anyone?

Keith the Apicultor, (Malaga)

Go home WHENEVER Mike Walsh writes about the Spanish he creates dissention.

If he is not happy here he should return to where he came from and stop his criticism. I would ask him to prove he can speak in the language of the country he has made his home before criticising. He is becoming a controversial fellow.

Herminio García Formentera del Segura,( Alicante)

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Critics slam Meme themes PANRICO is withdrawing a series of picture cards from its popular Bollycao range.

Included with the chocolate-filled buns, they feature humorous or grotesque pictures whose wisecracking captions

were criticised by family campaign group, Foro de la Familia. The cards are ‘machista’ and ‘crude’, according to Foro.

“Amongst other things, they present an unacceptable image of women which we

Writer attacks McCann spend A LOCAL author has criticised the parents of Madeleine McCann for using money meant to find the missing girl to fund libel cases.

“To use the cash collected for finding Madeleine to silence intelligent criticism and research is criminal in itself,” said Brian Deller, from Malaga.

His comments came after a book by American criminal profiler Patricia Brown was published.

Deller, known for his books on motoring in

Spain, said: “Needless to say the McCanns, with their massive funds collected from a sympathetic public to finance the search for poor little Madeleine, have engaged top lawyers who specialise in libel actions to have the book banned.

Amazon has had to withdraw it from their online website.”

He added that money donated to find Madeleine should not be used to fund libel actions, saying the silencing of critics and book bans were the actions of totalitarian regimes.

Spanish book sells for thousands A FIRST edition, untrimmed and unopened copy of Federico García Lorca’s book ‘Impresiones y Paisajes’ has been sold for £7,500 (€9,300) at Bonhams auction house in London.

It was expected to fetch just £6,000, but its rarity meant that the final bidder paid 25 per cent more than it was predicted to sell for.

The Spanish poet’s collection of lyrical prose pieces was published in 1918, and documents a trip the 20-year-old made through Castile, Leon and Galicia in 1916 and 1917.

This first edition is extremely scarce; it is said so few copies were sold that the disillusioned writer gathered together all

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Certainly no copies are recorded as having sold at auction since 1975, and institutional copies traced seem to total just four, three in the USA and one in Madrid.

thought no longer existed,” said a spokesman. In response, Panrico announced: “Having listened to some of our consumers, although they are a very small minority, the company has decided

MEANING: Beauty is on the inside, but yours is light years away. to end the TV campaign and will stop including the picture cards.”

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Now free Qatada has positive role

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT For centuries lawyers and legal eagles have twisted, dissected, adapted, reinterpreted and amended vast numbers of laws, rules and regulations in Britain’s legal system. These people have now become an enormous consortium of nest-lining sharks, basically being paid a fortune to unravel and subsequently make even more complicated, the creations of their forerunning bloodsuckers, generally from taxpayers’ money.

If I had my way I would appoint a committee of the best neutral legal minds,

have them begin to dismantle the whole sorry farce, and replace it with straightforward edicts of legal simplicity.

Putting it all in an understandable language for all would be a start. Did Cherie Blair know what she was doing or what!

Why doesn’t Palestine recognise Israel’s right to exist and have done with it?

Peace would prevail, prosperity would return, Israel would withdraw from the Gaza Strip and both countries could look forward to a bright and happy future for their children and families.

But they won’t, will they?

Instead they continue allowing Hamas to throw missiles over into the adjoining ‘non country’ till it has no choice but to retaliate.

Under the

Gem snack SOUTH AFRICAN police caught a Lebanese man who swallowed 220 polished diamonds, worth an estimated €1.8 million in a bid to smuggle them from Johannesburg to Dubai.

Snake alert THAI customs officials seized 600 deadly cobras after stopping a vehicle. They were destined for use in traditional medicine and food.

FLAG WAVING: Palestine should recognise Israel. ensuing onslaught of an enormously powerful, ‘selfinflicted’ enemy they then start screaming how hard done by they all are.

Fighting to remove an adversary that is NEVER going away is tantamount to giving a blessing to war without end.

The absolute danger to

us all, of course, is Iran’s empathy for them, with its increasing nuclear capabilities. If Ahmadinejad puts a nuclear bomb into the middle of Tel Aviv, we can all kiss ourselves goodbye.

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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END COLUMN

’M beginning to warm to Abu Qatada. Not because of what he stands for, but for his almost super-human tenacity after once again being freed to walk Britain’s streets.

Yet again this hulk adorns the nation’s front pages, initially upon gaining freedom, and then with his first request after leaving jail for a bigger house!

You gotta hand it to him, haven’t you?

I now seriously hope to see him still around for some time to come, for the longer he manages to flaunt and manipulate the laws of Britain the more it shows what a mishmash of ridiculous regulations they all are.

And this, if it leads to change, will be a definite positive.

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BBC2

5:15am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country Series in which buyers are helped to find their dream homes.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 Wildlife series.

4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie.

5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under Comedy prank series.

5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Young Apprentice 10:00pm Hunted 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time

12:35am This Week 1:20am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

1:25am Panorama 1:55am Countryfile 2:55am Planet Earth Live 3:55am Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce and the team return with a new run for the antiques favourite.

4:55am Paul Martin’s Handmade Revolution 5:40am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera 10:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News 10:30pm Impractical Jokers 11:00pm World’s Craziest Fools 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy series about the life of an American family.

12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy series about the life of an American family.

12:45am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Russell Howard’s Good News 2:00am Impractical Jokers 2:30am Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen 3:30am I Want to Change My Body Young body-obsessed Brits turn the cameras on themselves.

ITV

Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

5:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. Sue Hill asks for help to solve more crimes. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. Sue Hill asks for help to solve more crimes. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather James Mates with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.

5:50am Countdown 6:35am Make Do and Mend 7:00am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:05am Sali Mali Sali Mali and Jackdaw watch videos of all their fun times together. 7:10am The Hoobs Mysterious marks have appeared in the grass outside the Hoobmobile. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:40am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series.

5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain’s next culinary superstar continues.

10:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide.

11:00pm Hebburn It is wedding day in Hebburn. Though Jack and Sarah are technically already married, Pauline and Dot are determined to treat it like their special day. Dot dresses the bridesmaids in her choice of buttercup yellow but Sarah has trouble when one of them, Denise, insists on reminding her of her history with the groom.

11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Emily Maitlis.

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Katie and Declan’s escalating arguments end in disaster.

8:30pm Tonight Each year in the UK, almost a million people suffer heart failure.

9:00pm Emmerdale Declan desperately tries in vain to rescue Katie.

9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands Documentary series which takes a look at the popular getaway through the eyes of the people who holiday there, and the many who make their living through tourism on the island.

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4's brand new general knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me On day four of the competition in the West Midlands the host is massage therapist Lucy Hird.

6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks Dodger is faced with a shocking revelation, and Lacey’s forbidden infatuation escalates.

8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Kirstie’s Vintage Home 10:00pm The Aristocrats 11:00pm Living with My Stalker

4:15pm An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Family drama set in the 1880s. A recently widowed woman struggles to feed her three children.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Gina and John agree to spend some time apart.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic Documentary series presented by Rolf Harris.

9:00pm World’s Strongest Man 2012 The first qualifying round of the 2012 World’s Strongest Man competition is in Australia.

10:00pm Hatfields and McCoys Star-studded drama series about two feuding families in post civil-war America.

11:00pm Navy Seals

12:20am Dara O Briain’s Science Club 1:20am The Culture Show 1:50am An Island Parish Series following the community on the tiny crown dependency of Sark in the Channel Islands.

2:20am BBC News 4:55am How God Made the English 5:30am Strictly Soulmates

12:05am Grimefighters 12:35am The Late Debate Alastair Stewart discusses what has been going on in Westminster with a panel of London MPs. 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight Each year in the UK, almost a million people suffer heart failure. 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:05am Rory Peck Awards 2012 12:10am 999: What’s Your Emergency? 1:15am Embarrassing Fat Bodies 2:10am Geordies Overboard 3:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 3:10am Unreported World 3:35am Dispatches 4:05am Time Team 5:00am Deal or No Deal 5:55am Countdown

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1977 9:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Joy of Stats 11:00pm Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food 12:00am America on a Plate: The Story of the Diner 1:00am Tales From the Wild Wood 1:30am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 2:30am Top of the Pops: 1977 3:00am The Joy of Stats Professor Hans Rosling presents a documentary about statistics, exploring their history, how they work mathematically and how they can be used in today's computer age to see the world as it really is.

CH4

11:00pm Living with My Stalker 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Divine Designs

Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Raising Hope 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Flintoff: From Lord's to the Ring 11:00pm Spy 11:30pm Trollied

12:00am Trollied: Behind the Scenes 12:30am A League of Their Own 1:30am Road Wars 2:30am Miami SWAT 3:30am Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Death Becomes Her 7:30am Down to Earth 9:05am Swinging with the Finkels 10:40am 30 Minutes or Less 12:10pm Arthur 2:10pm Swingers 3:50pm The Change-Up 5:50pm The Cat in the Hat 7:25pm 30 Minutes or Less 9:00pm Arthur 11:00pm The Change-Up 1:00am Swinging with the Finkels 2:30am Down to Earth 4:00am Swingers 5:40am The Cat in the Hat

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

11:45am The Tourist 1:30pm Hanna 3:30pm Twister

6:00am Prom 7:45am War Horse Sky Movies Special 8:15am Going the Distance 10:00am Cherrybomb 11:30am Stay Cool 1:10pm One Day 3:00pm Honey 2

5:30pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 7:15pm The Tourist 9:00pm Hanna 11:00pm Twister

5:00pm Country Strong 7:00pm Sweet Home Alabama 9:00pm One Day 11:00pm What's Your Number?

12:55am Ironclad 3:00am Gone in 60 Seconds 5:00am Priest

12:50am Boys Don’t Cry 2:50am Racing with the Moon 4:45am 33 Postcards

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:45am Braddock: Missing in Action 3 6:30am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 7:00am The Longest Day 10:00am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

TCM 6:00am Taras Bulba 8:15am Gunsmoke 9:20am Gunsmoke 10:25am Crossfire Trail 12:15pm Comanche 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Escort West 5:35pm River of No Return 7:20pm Cast a Giant Shadow 10:00pm Road to Perdition 12:15am Absolute Power 2:35am Road to Perdition 4:35am Chandler

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No cash over €2,500 allowed IT is now illegal to make payments in cash exceeding €2,500 in Spain.

This is part of an EUwide initiative to cut down on money laundering. It is already in force in France and Italy.

This new anti-fraud law was published in October, but has only just come into force to allow people time to adjust to it.

Businesses or selfemployed persons found to carry out transactions of €2,500 or more will be fined 25 per cent of the amount involved, plus IVA. If someone reports they have received or been ordered to pay this amount in cash, they will be exempt from any fine.

Private individuals are not affected by the new law. So it would not apply, for example, to parents giving their children a few thousand euros in cash.

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Spain second most popular place for Brit home-buyers SPAIN is still one of the most popular places to buy a property abroad.

This is despite ongoing financial problems.

France tops the list of the HiFX Property Hotspots report, with 23 per cent of potential British buyers. This is 12 per cent down from March’s survey, which found 35 per cent were interested in snapping up property in France.

Spain came just behind France in the popularity stakes with 19 per cent of interested buyers wanting to live under the Spanish sun. This is a 3 per cent rise compared to the March survey findings.

In third place was the USA with 7 per cent of buyers, followed by Italy, Cyprus, Portugal and Switzerland, which each got 3 per cent.

Of those planning on buying a home abroad in the coming

HOME IN THE SUN: A beach-front property. years, 28 per cent said they will spend between £50,000£100,000. A further 16 per cent said they plan to spend between £100,000 and £150,000.

Nearly half (43 per cent) said they would fund the purchase of

the property through savings, while nearly a quarter said they would sell their UK home to make their dream of an overseas property a reality.

Lifestyle and culture beat weather as the most appealing

aspects for luring property buyers abroad. A better standard of living and the belief that it is cheaper to own a property abroad compared to in the UK were other reasons for those who were questioned.

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BBC1

BBC2

5:40am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors The Hollins buy a new car - but just how much torque can Karen handle? 3:15pm Escape to the Country Series in which buyers are helped to find their dream homes.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 Wildlife series.

4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie.

5:00pm Blue Peter 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Outnumbered 10:30pm Me and Mrs. Jones 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

ITV

7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link 4:00pm Real Rescues

BBC2

7:50am - Rastamouse 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series.

5:30pm Breakaway 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind John Humphrys asks the questions as the hunt continues for the nation'’ Mastermind.

9:30pm An Island Parish Series following the community on the tiny crown dependency of Sark in the Channel Islands.

10:00pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Kirsty Wark.

Channel 4

Channel 5

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather James Mates with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.

5:55am Countdown 6:40am Make Do and Mend 7:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim Jim doesn’t want to be Cheryl’s new best friend, so he tries to recruit a replacement. 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier Frasier agrees to appear on a seemingly innocent teen-oriented radio show. 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Mentalist

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion.

6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Declan fears he has made the situation worse is it too late for Katie?

8:30pm Coronation Street Fiz points the finger at Kirsty but will anyone believe her?

9:00pm Island Hospital 9:30pm Coronation Street Will Fiz be vindicated? David feels like he’s losing Kylie. Eva struggles to hold it together.

10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush.

11:30pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me The West Midlands competition closes with mental health nurse Lloyd Cast as the final host.

6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks Barney arrives back in the village but someone has a proposition for him.

8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Come Dine with Me 10:00pm Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live Chatterbox Live invites viewers to enter the wonderful world of Sarah Millican.

11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man

4:15pm Christmas in Canaan Drama set in a 1960s small American town.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Cowboy Builders 9:00pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan Dominic Monaghan travels in search of weird creatures.

10:00pm The Mentalist American crime drama. The CBI team investigate a homicide that could reignite a vicious gang war.

11:00pm Castle 11:55pm Law and Order: Criminal

12:05am 4funnies: Dr Brown 12:35am Random Acts 12:40am 8 Out of 10 Cats 1:25am Full English 1:55am The Ricky Gervais Show 2:20am My Name is Earl Finally out of the Witness Protection Programme, Joy joins a social networking website. 2:45am My Name is Earl 3:05am Bob’s Burgers 3:30am Bob’s Burgers 3:50am Glory Daze 4:35am 90210 5:15am Deal or No Deal

12:55am Inside Hollywood 1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world. 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Divine Designs Paul Binski examines some of Britain’s most fascinating religious artworks and artefacts.

CH5

4:15pm Christmas in Canaan

Billy Ray Cyrus

12:20am The National Lottery Friday Night Draws The National Lottery Friday night draws presented by Scott Mills. 12:30am Live at the Apollo The BAFTA-nominated Live at the Apollo returns for an eighth series. 1:00am EastEnders Omnibus 2:55am Weatherview 3:00am Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight 4:00am Question Time 5:00am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Merlin 8:45pm Doctor Who 9:30pm World’s Craziest Fools 10:00pm Unzipped 10:45pm Russell Howard’s Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Some Girls 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:15am American Dad! 1:40am American Dad! 2:00am Impractical Jokers 2:30am Him and Her 2:55am Him and Her 3:25am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:10am Unzipped

BBC3

4:10am Unzipped

12:00am The Review Show 12:50am Later... with Jools Holland 1:55am Jar City 3:25am BBC News

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Choir of the Year 2012 Choirs from all over the UK battle it out for the coveted title of Choir of the Year 2012.

10:00pm The Joy of the Single 11:00pm Ultimate Number 1s at the BBC 12:00am Love Me Do: The Beatles ‘62 1:00am The Joy of the Single 2:00am Ultimate Number 1s at the BBC 3:00am Love Me Do: The Beatles ‘62

12:10am Accepted Teen comedy. 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am The Skeleton Key Horror thriller set in New Orleans. 5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Raising Hope 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Middle 9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Spy 10:00pm When Robbie Met James 11:00pm A League of Their Own 12:00am When Robbie Met James 12:30am Flintoff: From Lord’s to the

Ring 1:30am Road Wars 2:30am Miami SWAT 3:30am Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am The Cat in the Hat 7:10am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 8:50am Analyze That 12:20pm Your Highness 2:10pm Horrible Bosses 3:50pm Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 5:35pm Analyze That 7:20pm Little Nicky 9:00pm Your Highness 10:45pm Horrible Bosses 12:30am Little Nicky 2:10am Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 4:45am 33 Postcards 6:25am Cupid,

Inc 7:55am Casino Jack 9:45am 4 Wedding Planners 11:20am Mother and Child 1:35pm Life as We Know it 3:35pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 5:35pm The Company Men 7:25pm I Don’t Know How She Does it 9:00pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 11:00pm The Terminal 1:15am Life as We Know it 3:10am Beautiful Wave 4:50am The Lamp

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:00am Priest 6:30am Justin Timberlake 7:00am Tracker 8:45am Circle of Pain 10:15am Sanctum 12:10pm X-Men: First Class 2:25pm First Blood 4:10pm Rambo: First Blood Part II 5:50pm Déjà Vu

8:00pm I, Robot 10:00pm X-Men: First Class 12:15am First Blood 1:55am Rambo: First Blood Part II 3:35am Crimson Tide 5:35am Thunderbirds

TCM 6:00am River of No Return 7:35am Gunsmoke 8:40am Gunsmoke 9:45am Cast a Giant Shadow 12:20pm Escort West 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Left-Handed Gun 6:00pm Something Big 8:05pm The Thomas Crown Affair 10:00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 12:15am Say Anything... 2:10am Four Weddings and a Funeral 4:10am Say Anything...

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As American as apple pie Tonight, Thursday, is that most American of festivals, Thanksgiving. Ric Polansky explains.

AMERICANS, as overtly ostentatious as they appear to the foreign public, have never actually been a festive folk.

No lavish bonfire nights, nor frequently celebrated saints’ days either.

However, they have one holiday in common that is as important to their national characteristics as God, Mother and apple pie, that is Thanksgiving Day. By Presidential decree it is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

And, as a true Yank, whether you live in the chilly north of Alaska or the sunny southern climes off Key West, Florida, you can be presumed to be with your family and eating turkey.

The house might be split religiously, one sister a Mormon, another a Catholic, an older brother an atheist and someone else not sure.

TRADITIONAL: Thanksgiving Day is celebrated the length and breadth of America.

But come ‘T Day’ they’ll all drive lengthy distances just to sit down together and share

whatever blessings and bounty have come their way during the year.

Even if this reasoning seems somewhat fabricated, all ends up well because of the

enormous stocks of food that each guest is plied with to guarantee his appreciation of the host’s scrumptious generosity and to ensure the guest’s later physical discomfort.

Of course you eat too much, it’s Thanksgiving, and that’s just what you do on that particular day.

If you are lucky enough to receive an invite to an American’s Thanksgiving consider yourself one of the honoured family.

Historians have written of that most memorable First Thanksgiving, most likely in October of 1613. It was celebrated between the Indians and the Pilgrim forefathers of the Americans, and the outstanding food featured now shared the world over wasn’t turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes or pumpkin pie, but a novel dessert brought and served by the Indians, popcorn.

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5:00am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Baking Made Easy Chef, baker and patissier Lorraine Pascale is back in the kitchen for some speed baking.

1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 1:10pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 1:15pm Football Focus Dan Walker and guest John Hartson preview the weekend’s domestic football action. 2:00pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home in the country.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 6:30pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 6:40pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

6:50pm Pointless 7:40pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Merlin Fantasy drama series.

9:45pm The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws 9:55pm Casualty 10:45pm Live at the Apollo Welsh comic Rhod Gilbert introduces stand-up from the world-famous Hammersmith Apollo.

11:15pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 11:30pm Match of the Day

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Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Roar 8:30am Bear Behaving Badly 8:55am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:20am Dennis and Gnasher 9:30am Trapped: Ever After 10:00am Jedward's Big Adventure 10:30am Sorry, I've Got No Head 11:00am The Ministry of Curious Stuff 11:30am Deadly 60 Bites 11:35am Splatalot 12:00pm Prank Patrol 12:30pm Ooglies 12:45pm MOTD Kickabout 1:05pm My Fake Fiancé 2:30pm Rugby Union

5:45am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Babar and the Adventures of Badou 7:10am Babar and the Adventures of Badou 7:25am The Hive 7:35am The Hive 7:45am The Hive 7:50am Canimals 8:00am Canimals 8:05am The Avengers 8:25am Rated ‘A’ for Awesome 8:40am Rated ‘A’ for Awesome 8:50am Horrid Henry 9:05am Horrid Henry 9:20am Horrid Henry 9:30am Shake it Up! 10:00am My Phone Genie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 12:15pm Murder, She Wrote 1:20pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:05pm ITV News and Weather 2:10pm Holiday Home Sweet Home 3:10pm Holiday Home Sweet Home

5:15am Deal or No Deal 6:10am Countdown 6:55am The Treacle People 7:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:10am The Hoobs There’s a little bird living in the Heebeleaf tree in the Hoobyroof garden. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Beach Volleyball The men of the FIVB World Tour meet in Stare Jablonki, Poland. 8:55am The Morning Line Turf tips and news from the Channel 4 Racing team.

9:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 10:00am A Racing Portrait: For the Love In 2011, Sam WaleyCohen became the first amateur jockey for 30 years to win the Gold Cup. 10:30am The Killers 11:05am Made in Chelsea 12:10pm Suburgatory 12:45pm The Big Bang Theory 1:20pm The Big Bang Theory 1:50pm The Big Bang Theory 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:55pm Channel 4 Racing

7:45am Olive the Ostrich 7:50am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 8:00am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:15am Animal Antics 8:20am Noddy in Toyland 8:35am City of Friends 8:50am Little Princess 9:05am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:40am Rupert Bear 9:55am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:25am Roary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am ThunderCats 12:10pm Highland Emergency 12:40pm The Hotel Inspector 1:35pm The Hotel Inspector 2:35pm The Hotel Inspector 3:30pm The Town Christmas Forgot

5:00pm Final Score Gabby Logan and her guests Garth Crooks and Steve Claridge discuss all the action as final whistles blow the length and breadth of the country.

6:10pm Rugby Union 8:30pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 9:30pm Dad's Army Classic wartime sitcom.

10:00pm QI XL Comedy quiz show.

10:45pm Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane 11:45pm The Rolling Stones at the BBC

4:10pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor The third instalment of the Mummy films.

6:20pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather.

6:30pm ITV News and Weather Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world.

6:45pm The Golden Rules of TV Comedian Robert Webb with more of TV’s best kept secrets.

7:15pm You’ve Been Framed!

Harry Hill presents a brand new batch of hilarious home videos.

7:45pm Take Me Out Paddy McGuinness presents another episode of the fun dating show.

9:00pm The X Factor Dermot O’Leary presents another Saturday night live show of the UK's biggest singing competition.

10:45pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:45pm ITV News and Weather Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world.

4:55pm The Simpsons 5:20pm Come Dine with Me 5:55pm Come Dine with Me 6:20pm Come Dine with Me 6:55pm Come Dine with Me The penultimate celebrity host in Dublin is tabloid journalist Paul Martin.

7:25pm Come Dine with Me 7:55pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:25pm 4thought.tv 8:30pm Heston’s Fantastical Food 9:30pm Stephen Fry: Gadget Man Stephen Fry, Britain’s favourite clever clogs, doesn’t live life like the rest of us.

10:00pm The Wolfman Joe Johnston’s re-boot of the classic 1940s Universal gothic horror.

5:15pm The Christmas Pageant Charlene Amoia, Candice Azzara, Kate Flannery, Gloria Gifford (I).

7:00pm A Christmas Visitor 8:45pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

8:50pm NCIS 9:45pm NCIS Former marine Gibbs now leads a tough team as part of the NCIS. 10:45pm CSI: Miami Crime drama.

11:40pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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5:00pm Final Score

CH4

10:00pm - The Wolfman Joe Johnston’s re-boot of the classic 1940s Universal gothic horror. Benicio Del Toro plays Lawrence Talbot, a Victorian actor who returns to the ancestral home to discover that his brother has been savagely murdered.

Benicio Del Toro

12:50am The Football League Show Manish Bhasin presents all the action from the Football League. 2:05am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:10am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Rugby Union 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News 10:45pm One Direction: Up All Night Live 11:45pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

12:55am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:15am Impractical Jokers 1:45am Him and Her 2:15am Him and Her 2:45am Russell Howard’s Good News 3:30am I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys and Muscle Men 4:30am Some Girls

12:30am A Culture Show Special 1:30am Dawn of the Dead Gruesome horror story in which the deceased return to life to devour the living.

BBC4 8:00pm Metalworks!

Art historian and curator Tobias Capwell celebrates the great age of armour.

9:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Killing Sofie Grabol, Anders W Berthelsen, Olaf Johannessen, Helle Fagralid, Sigurd Holmen Le Dous, Nikolaj Lie Kaas.

11:00pm The Killing 12:00am Britain on Film 12:30am Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones: Live at the Checkerboard Lounge 2:10am Top of the Pops: 1977 2:40am Metalworks!

Art historian and curator Tobias Capwell celebrates the great age of armour.

3:40am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity.

12:00am Paul McCartney: Live Kisses 1:00am The Cube Phillip Schofield presents the tense game show. 1:45am The Store 3:50am In Plain Sight 4:35am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:00am Fatal Attraction 2:15am Micmacs Dany Boon stars in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 21st-century steampunk revenge comedy. 4:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus

12:40am Forensic Files Documentary series examining the application of modern technological advances in crime-fighting.

1:10am Super Casino 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:25am The Great Artists 5:50am County Secrets Series that throws a spotlight on some of the UK's most scenic counties.

Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Lion Man 7:30am Lion Man 8:00am UK Border Force 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Best of Oops TV 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama 3:00pm Futurama 3:30pm Futurama 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm When Robbie Met James 7:30pm When Robbie Met James 8:00pm Hawaii Five-0 9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Robbie Williams Live: Take the Crown 12:00am When Robbie Met James 1:00am When Robbie Met James

1:30am White Men Can’t Jump 3:45am Road Wars 4:45am Futurama 5:00am Best of Oops TV

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5:40pm Batman 7:50pm Batman Returns 10:00pm Immortals

SKY MOVIES COMEDY

4:50am The Lamp 6:30am A Valentine’s Date 8:00am Burlesque 10:05am The Chateau Meroux 11:45am Albatross 1:25pm Coach Carter 3:45pm A Little Bit of Heaven

12:00am Real Steel 2:10am Rambo III 3:55am Rapid Fire 5:35am Small Soldiers

4:00am How Do You Know 6:05am A Nanny for Christmas 7:40am Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Behind the Scenes Special 8:10am Dunston Checks In 9:45am It’s Kind of a Funny Story 11:30am The Dilemma 1:30pm Bad Teacher 3:15pm The Top Ten Show 2012 3:35pm Due Date 5:20pm It’s Kind of a Funny Story 7:05pm The Dilemma 9:00pm Bad Teacher 10:45pm Due Date 12:30am The Pool Boys 2:10am Head of State 3:50am Jimmy Hollywood 5:50am Dunston Checks In

5:40pm Like Crazy 7:20pm Easy A 9:00pm Coach Carter 11:20pm A Little Bit of Heaven 1:15am The Kids are All Right 3:05am Henry’s Crime 5:00am The Descendants Special 5:20am Listen to Your Heart

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:35am Thunderbirds 7:15am Batman 9:25am Batman Returns 11:35am Jaws 2 1:35pm Immortals 3:30pm Real Steel

TCM 6:00am TCM Shorts 6:15am Something Big 8:20am Gunsmoke 9:25am Gunsmoke 10:30am The Left-Handed Gun 12:30pm A Star is Born 4:00pm Guns of the Magnificent Seven 6:00pm The Searchers 8:15pm Branded 10:00pm 16 Blocks 11:55pm Poltergeist 2:05am 16 Poltergeist

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Is this a bargain I see before me?

LIKE many a free-thinking, freespirited woman, I love a good bargain.

The words ‘50 per cent off’ send shivers up my spine, and a red sticker stuck on a price tag can send me spinning in infantile delight.

Like a cat following a pinprick of light, I will pursue a red tag with the fervour of a witchfinder dropped on the hillside of Pendle during the 1600s.

I am an intelligent woman who fully understands the futility and damage of a consumerist attitude to life, but I find it virtually impossible not to feel an almost forbidden delight when passing through the glass-fronted entrance to a shopping centre.

As a young girl my idea of a good day out involved visiting my Nan and accompanying her to East Ham market for her weekly shop.

Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). To comment on any of the issues raised in Suzanne Manners’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/suzanne-manners.

I would stare open-mouthed at all the bright bits of plastic hanging from the hardware stall and choke with excitement when she stopped beside the toy stall and purchased a small doll or book for me. I loved the feel of a brand new object nestling inside a crisp brown bag no matter its value, as long as it was new and shiny.

I also have a thing for gadgets (not like that!) and have been known to groan with pleasure when unwrapping a new mobile phone or computer.

A friend recently purchased a new Kindle Fire and I must say I drooled when he lifted the shiny black box to reveal a perfect shiny black tablet nestled in white card like treasure salvaged from the ocean.

In terms of gadgets, I live vicariously due to lack of funds, which is just as well as my house would be full of electronic gear that would be out-of-date before I’d even signed the delivery form.

So this Saturday was spent wandering, with a good friend who shares my delight in bargains and shopping centres, through the covered halls of Plaza Mar in Alicante.

We flittered like magpies through gift shops and clothing stores, trying on boots and cooing over crockery.

My friend has a high-powered job in IT and I am about to

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SALES: A blissful time for intelligent women. become a fully-fledged Art Teacher, but still we leave our brains behind at the entrance and skip (yes, there was indeed some skipping) like girls through the hallowed halls. I bought some Christmas gifts (bargains) and she bought light fittings.

Sated and happy we returned to our respective homes to gloat and preen over our purchases. Not only that but we discovered a €1 sandwich shop, gravy on the cake, as they say.

The joy of sharing this with a like-minded person was

immense as I have often had to hide this shameful secret beneath a veneer of cynicism.

On visiting art galleries or museums I fidget and twitch with impatience until I can stumble excitedly into the gift shop and in intellectual safety purchase shiny art books or various useless knick-knacks that gather dust on my shelves.

At least it’s cheaper than a psychiatrist. Or as Tommy Cooper once said: “I went window shopping today. I bought four windows.”

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BBC2

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm F1: Grand Prix 7:15pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

7:40pm Countryfile Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury explore Somerset's countryside and coastline.

8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman present another drama-filled results show.

9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Secret of Crickley Hall Drama.

11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:15pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:25pm Match of the Day 2 Colin Murray introduces highlights from the day's four Premier League fixtures.

Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Walk on the Wild Side 8:30am Deadly Art 8:45am Copycats 9:15am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:40am Wingin’ It 10:00am 12 Again 10:30am Gastronuts 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 1:30pm Yellowstone Kelly 3:00pm Rugby Union

4:35am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Engie Benjy 7:10am Jungle Junction 7:25am Jungle Junction 7:35am Signed Stories 7:45am Canimals 7:55am Canimals 8:00am Matt Hatter Chronicles 8:25am Almost Naked Animals 8:35am Almost Naked Animals 8:50am Almost Naked Animals 9:00am Big Time Rush 9:30am Good Luck Charlie 10:00am Good Luck Charlie Family sitcom.

10:25am ITV News The latest national and international news. 10:30am There's No Taste Like Home 11:25am Dinner Date 12:25pm Dickinson's Real Deal 1:25pm ITV News and Weather 1:35pm Carry on Camping 3:15pm The X Factor

4:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 6:05am Countdown 6:50am Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard 7:00am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:05am The Treacle People 7:15am The Hoobs The Hoobs are excited.

7:40am The Hoobs 8:05am Extreme Sailing Series 8:35am BT and Channel 4 Present...

8:40am Sailing Mario Andretti invites Jimmy Spithill for a day at the races in LA. 9:05am Will and Grace 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Deal or No Deal 3:35pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things

8:00am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:10am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:20am Animal Antics 8:25am Noddy in Toyland 8:40am Castle Farm 8:45am City of Friends 8:55am Little Princess 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:40am Rupert Bear 9:55am Mio Mao 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby's Travelling Circus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:45am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am ThunderCats 12:10pm Meals in Moments 12:20pm Highland Emergency 12:50pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic 1:50pm I’ll be Home for Christmas 3:30pm Noel

4:00pm The Way We Were 5:55pm Songs of Praise 6:30pm Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 7:30pm Fawlty Towers 8:00pm Top Gear Motoring show.

9:00pm Return to Forgotten Britain 10:00pm Dragons’ Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires.

11:00pm Harry and Paul 11:30pm Hebburn It is wedding day in Hebburn.

5:00pm The Home of Fabulous Cakes Series finale.

6:00pm The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single Fearne Cotton presents the second in a threepart programme.

7:30pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather.

7:45pm ITV News and Weather James Mates with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Surprise Surprise Holly Willoughby presents the last in the series.

9:00pm The X Factor Results Show Another heart-breaking elimination.

10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:30pm ITV News and Weather James Mates with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:45pm Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

4:05pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things It's pear time.

4:40pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things Hugh serves partridge, dried pear and spelt dinner.

5:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things The main ingredient is citrus fruit. Hugh cooks a simple lemon sole with lemon-flavoured mash.

5:40pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things The final day of fruit week sees a return to apples, but this time for puddings.

6:10pm Fred Claus 8:20pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:50pm 4thought.tv 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm How Britain Worked 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Peep Show Channel 4's longestrunning, awardwinning sitcom returns.

5:25pm Mermaids 7:15pm Superman Oscar-winning fantasy based on the classic comic strip, portraying the early years of the Man of Steel. After his birth on the planet Krypton, Superman grows up on Earth. He becomes a journalist, but must juggle his job with his secret identity as a powerful superhero and his battles with arch-nemesis Lex Luthor.

Luthor plans to lay waste to the west coast of America and Superman is the only one who can stop him.

9:55pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

10:00pm Dirty Harry

8:00pm Surprise Surprise

11:35pm Kookyville Welcome to Kookyville, a new comedy sketch show with a difference.

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2:10am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Fern Britton Meets... 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil and Tim Donovan with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:20pm Countryfile John Craven and Julia Bradbury head to rural Leicestershire.

2:15pm Bargain Hunt Some famous faces go bargain hunting in a special edition of the antiques challenge. 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:30pm Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day Cookery series.

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BBC3 8:00pm F1: Grand Prix 9:00pm Gavin and Stacey Comedy series based around the relationships between Essex boy Gavin and his Welsh wife Stacey.

9:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Him and Her 11:30pm American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

11:55pm American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. After Snot professes his love for Hayley and gets shot down, Steve and Roger devise a plan to cheer him up.

12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am Some Girls 1:30am Him and Her 2:00am Impractical Jokers 2:30am I Want to Change My Body 4:00am Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera

12:00am The Rolling Stones: Charlie is My Darling 1:05am Never Mind the Buzzcocks Richard Madeley joins team captains Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus as the guest host.

1:35am Awaydays Drama set in Northern England in 1979. 3:15am BBC News

BBC4 8:00pm The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire 9:00pm Michael Wood: The Story of India Documentary series about the history of India, presented by Michael Wood.

10:00pm Why Poverty?

Documentary looking at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty.

11:00pm Even the Rain 12:35am Michael Wood: The Story of India Documentary series about the history of India, presented by Michael Wood.

1:35am The Joy of the Single 2:35am Ultimate Number 1s at the BBC 3:35am Love Me Do: The Beatles ‘62 On October 5th 1962 the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do.

12:45am Rugby Highlights 1:40am The Store 3:45am Motorsport UK Racing from Silverstone with round 14 of the AirAsia Clip Cup and round 18 of the Porsche Carrera Cup. Commentary from Richard John Neil, Simon Hill, Toby Moody and Tim Harvey. 4:35am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:10am Down with Love Romantic comedy starring Ewan McGregor, Rene Zellweger and David Hyde Pierce. 2:00am American Football Live 5:45am Grudge Match Humorous tales of longstanding rivalry in the world of sport and competition. 5:55am Countdown

12:05am Hatfields and McCoys 1:15am War Hero in My Family Documentary. 2:15am Super Casino 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:25am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:50am County Secrets Series that throws a spotlight on some of the UK’s most scenic counties.

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Lion Man 8:30am Lion Man 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am The Glee Project 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Futurama 1:30pm Futurama 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama 3:00pm Best of Oops TV 4:00pm The Middle 4:30pm The Middle 5:00pm The Middle 5:30pm The Middle 6:00pm The Middle 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Raising Hope 8:00pm When Robbie Met James 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Robbie Williams Live: Take the Crown 12:00am When Robbie Met James

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12:30am Game of Thrones 1:45am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:45am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:45am Road Wars 4:45am Futurama

9:35am Batman and Robin 11:40am Spider-Man 1:45pm Green Lantern 3:45pm Batman Forever

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 9:05am City of Angels 11:05am Jane Eyre 1:10pm Shakespeare in Love 3:15pm That Thing You Do!

1:00am Eddie Murphy: Raw 2:40am Wild Cherry 4:10am High Anxiety 5:50am The Fighting Temptations

5:05pm City of Angels 7:00pm Something Borrowed 9:00pm Shakespeare in Love 11:05pm Jane Eyre

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1:10am Rabbit Hole 2:45am Cherrybomb 4:15am 33 Postcards 5:55am Deck the Halls

5:20am Listen to Your Heart 7:05am

5:50pm Batman and Robin 7:55pm Spider-Man 10:00pm Green Lantern 12:00am Gone in 60 Seconds 2:00am The One 3:30am The Thing

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In the footsteps of pilgrims T

HE CAMINO de Santiago is one of Spain’s great gifts to the world.

This ancient footpath has, for more than a thousand years, been a source of immeasurable significance for those who have sought physical and spiritual transformation.

Stretching 750 kilometres across Northern Spain, this long-distance pathway has achieved worldwide recognition as one of the most popular pilgrimage treks in the world.

Today’s pilgrims are not only spiritual soul-seekers but also cultural and historical hounds, food and wine enthusiasts, those seeking a great physical challenge as well as lovers of natural landscapes and fresh air.

The Camino takes about four to six weeks to complete on foot (two

For a thousand years pilgrims have been treading the Camino de Santiago. Jack Gaioni followed the same path

Jack Gaioni Consider This US citizen Jack is spending the first years of his retirement in Almeria. His articles have been published in Spain and the US.

weeks by mountain bike) and is replete with medieval villages, ancient cathedrals and castles.

The route can be divided into roughly three sections: first from the French border at Roncesvalles to Burgos, the Camino descends through the beech forests and green pastures of the Pyrenees foothills. Then it goes through Spain’s wine growing region of La Rioja and Navarra. The final

MARKER: One of the shells showing the way.

250-kilometre section, from Leon to Compestela, takes one through the lush green forests of Galicia.

This article directs your attention to the middle section, an area known as the Meseta.

It has long been described as Spain’s flat, treeless, interior tableland. Some guidebooks have even gone so far as to describe it as ‘a soulless, featureless landscape’.

My wife and I trekked the Meseta and our experiences and impressions were quite to the contrary.

During the past few decades, the Camino has experienced a remarkable renewal. The number of walkers has increased fivefold, but what is even more remarkable is that the modern numbers are believed to be less than half the estimated pilgrims that walked this route in the medieval period of the 13th-15th centuries.

To house that many people, monasteries, churches and hostels were established to give hospitality to the pilgrims.

Today more than 300 albergue hostels, many of which have been serving walkers for centuries, house weary pilgrims.

Many of these medieval buildings remain, giving today’s pilgrim an ongoing, real-time history lesson.

For example, Castrojerez was a major stopping point on the medieval Camino with no less than eight pilgrim hostels. A ninth century castle overlooks the town and the Meseta

countryside. Similarly, the pueblo Formista (two days’ walk away) is another example of a once-thriving pilgrim town beginning to show signs of a rebirth.

Contrary to the aforementioned guidebooks and noticeable especially when travelling on foot, is that the Meseta is not flat.

The pueblos, although few and far between, are set low in the long valleys bisected by oak and

poplar-lined river.

The rivers, valleys, open wheatfields, the big skies and distant horizons of the Meseta, along with views of the snowcapped Cantabrian peaks to the north, can hardly be called ‘featureless’.

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4:50am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country Series in which buyers are helped to find their dream homes.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News 4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Vip People 6:00pm Newsround 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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12:20am The English Patient 2:55am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

3:00am Golden Oldies 4:00am You've Been Trumped 5:30am BBC News

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8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

9:00pm Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 10:00pm Dying for Clear Skin In 2011 24-year-old Jesse Jones went missing.

11:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News 11:30pm EastEnders Derek races to Joey and Lauren's assistance after hearing about their accident from Alice.

12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am Dying for Clear Skin In 2011 24-year-old Jesse Jones went missing.

2:30am Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen 3:30am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:00am I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys and Muscle Men

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4:35am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.

5:55am Countdown 6:40am Make Do and Mend 7:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss 12:00pm Secret Removers 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown 4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show.

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks Musical comedian Alex Horne joins team captains Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus as the guest host.

11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Jeremy Paxman.

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Britain’s Best Bakery 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street Kirsty pushes Tyrone to breaking point. Jason makes Stella an offer she cannot refuse.

9:00pm Little England 9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm The Agenda

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches Public spending is being slashed across the board.

9:30pm Stephen Fry: Gadget Man Stephen Fry shares his passion for gadgets and new tech, from the everyday to the extraordinary.

10:00pm The Curious Case of the Clark Brothers 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats The latest series of 8 Out of 10 Cats brings viewers more facts, polls, figures and laughs.

11:50pm Full English

12:20am Dragons’ Den 1:20am BBC News 5:00am Your Body Your Image 5:15am Dying for Clear Skin 5:25am Ask Lara 5:35am Ask Lara 5:50am Ask Lara

5:50am The Fighting Temptations With Cuba Gooding & Beyoncé Kmowles

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9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm The Toilet: An Unspoken History 11:00pm Why Poverty?

Ruschlikon is a village in Switzerland with a very low tax rate and very wealthy residents.

12:00am The Killing 1:00am The British Army of the Rhine 2:00am Nature’s Microworlds Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world’s most iconic ecosystems.

2:30am Only Connect 3:00am Great British Railway Journeys 3:30am The Toilet: An Unspoken History

12:05am Inland Empire 3:20am Jackpot247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:20am Random Acts 12:25am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:30am Secret State 2:25am The Good Wife 3:05am The Good Wife 3:50am Broken Lance 5:25am Supernanny US Supernanny Jo Frost helps a San Antonio family bursting at the seams with kids and conflict.

6:40am Thomas and Friends 6:50am Roary the Racing Car 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

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American Revolution drama in which a widowed farmer forms a regiment of Carolina patriots whose guerrilla tactics prove pivotal to the US war effort.

4:15pm Three Wise Women Seasonal drama. A woman set to get married on Christmas Eve must make a life-changing decision.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Natalie and Brax head for Dead Man’s Tree in the desert.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan Dominic Monaghan travels in search of weird creatures.

9:00pm The All New Gadget Show 10:00pm The Patriot

1:15am Revealed Documentary series. 2:05am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:45am Divine Designs Paul Binski presents the series examining Britain’s religious art.

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New York, I Love You 5:00pm Shallow Hal 7:00pm Sweet Home Alabama 9:00pm Footloose 11:00pm Water for Elephants

5:30pm Ramona and Beezus 7:15pm Taxi 9:00pm Little Fockers 10:45pm Arthur

1:05am Easy A 2:45am Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Special

12:45am Take Me Home Tonight 2:30am Family Jewels 4:10am You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:25am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain 7:00am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 7:30am Spy Kids 9:10am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost

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TCM 6:00am The Wizard of Oz 7:45am Seven Men from Now 9:10am The Return of Frank James 10:55am How the West Was Won 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Around the World in 80 Days 7:15pm Desert Pursuit 8:35pm Return of the Frontiersman 10:00pm Super Troopers 11:55pm Stir of Echoes 1:50am Hush...Hush, Charlotte

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Starry job

lot of theatre work, which I really enjoy, including Wind in the Willows at the Royal Opera House.

Vital Statistics

LOIS MCINTOSH travels the world as a hair and make-up artist. She recently worked on location in Alicante on the Hollywood movie The Counselor starring Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.

Gemma Quinn reports.

How did you first get involved in hair and make-up for television?

Initially, I wanted to be a jockey but didn’t fancy getting up at 5am, so decided to go into the world of entertainment, either as a sound engineer or in make-up.

Then, having completed a hairdressing and beauty therapy course, I was later accepted for a television work course.

• Currently Living: Kent, UK • Age: 42 • Status: In a relationship • Hobbies: Horse breeding, racing and my dog.

• Biggest achievement: Breeding a winner • Would like to meet: Sharon Osbourne • Most famous people you have met: Cameron Diaz and Kristen Stewart • Likes about Spain: The sun • Dislikes: Flies • Currently reading: 39 Steps

Is it a competitive industry?

I don’t know within the industry, but within my circle of friends, no.

Someone will get a job and have to put a hair and make-up team together so we often work together and help each other.

Who have been the nicest celebrities you have met?

Hayley Atwell who appeared in Captain America and The Pillars of the Earth, and Kelly Reilly who played Dr Watson’s wife in Sherlock Holmes, and whose wedding I recently attended.

What was your first television job?

The Tales of Little Pig Robinson, filmed in Cornwall in 1991, based on the Beatrix Potter book when I was a trainee.

What was your most memorable job?

I have done some great jobs including a

How different is doing hair on set to working in a salon?

The hairstyle has got to last all day on set and follow the continuity through so that it looks the same each time.

Where are you working next?

After Spain I go home for a few days then fly to Morocco to work on TV series Game of Thrones.

Magaluf now ‘Mugaluf’ BRITISH tour operators have warned Turespaña, the Spanish state tourist board, that the image of Magaluf is harming efforts to market Mallorca.

The popular resort is famed for its hedonistic nightlife but has reached new levels of notoriety because of a spate of ‘balconing’ deaths and the presence of African prostitutes who local businesses and the council claim are muggers.

The problem has become so widespread that even its long-time nickname of ‘Shagaluf’ has given way to ‘Mugaluf’.

It is believed that Manuel Butler Halter, the director general of Turespaña, plans to visit Magaluf to see first-hand the scale of the problem.

ON THE RISE: Incidents of cyber-bullying.

Online menace IT has been revealed that 30.1 per cent of Spanish adolescents aged 10 to 16 are victims of cyber-bullying.

An ever-growing form of victimisation, Spanish journal Adolescent victims of cyberbullying: prevalence and characteristics studied a group of 1,431 Spanish adolescents.

American Writer Alexis Moore, founder of non-profit crime victim agency Survivors In Action, said there were no resources for parents on this

online discrimination phenomenon.

After learning that a young teen sharing the same name as hers committed suicide after being bullied, she wrote the book A Parent’s Guide to Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying: Protecting your children as simple as 1-2-3 to help empower, educate and inform parents.

One hundred per cent of the book’s proceeds are donated to charity to aid victims and expand resources.

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5:30am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt The Bargain Hunt teams fight for victory at the antique shops of Lewes in East Sussex. 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

2:45pm Doctors Howard finds there is more than just love in the air at Fordbank Retirement Home. 3:15pm Escape to the Country Series in which buyers are helped to find their dream homes.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News 4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie.

5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under Comedy prank series.

5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Vip People 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Imagine...

12:40am Film 2012 1:10am The Big Easy 2:50am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am Vikings Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the legend of the Vikings. 3:55am Britain’s Hidden Hungry 4:50am Great British Food Revival 5:50am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Total Wipeout Game show.

9:00pm Free Speech: Body Beautiful Special 10:00pm Inside the Body Beautiful 11:00pm Some Girls 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy series about the life of an American family.

12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Some Girls 2:00am Inside the Body Beautiful 3:00am Free Speech: Body Beautiful Special 3:55am Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen

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7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What’s New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip Antiques experts travel across the UK as they compete to make the most money at auction.

9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain’s next culinary superstar continues.

10:00pm Dara O Briain’s Science Club Experts and a lively audience join Dara O Briain to tackle the biggest ideas in science, taking a subject and examining it from lots of different and unexpected angles. In this episode, Dara and guests look at the final frontier - space.

11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Jeremy Paxman.

12:20am Storyville Against the backdrop of an escalation in brutal murders of people with albinism, quietly determined 15-year-old Veda still dreams of completing his education. 1:20am BBC News 5:00am Spark

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm Britain on Film 10:00pm The Dark Ages: An Age of Light The Dark Ages have been misunderstood.

11:00pm Why Poverty?

12:00am The Killing 1:00am The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire 2:00am Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 2:30am Britain on Film 3:00am Great British Railway Journeys 3:30am The Dark Ages: An Age of Light The Dark Ages have been misunderstood.

Channel 4

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world.

3:00pm Crime Stories

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Channel 5 5:45am Divine Designs 6:10am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Removal Men 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Half Built House 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

5:25am Supernanny US 6:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 6:10am Deal or No Deal 7:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss 12:00pm Secret Removers 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

4:10pm The National Tree Touching drama. A teenager is honoured when his spruce tree is chosen to be planted outside the White House as the new national Christmas tree for America.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Romeo collapses in the middle of training, so Alf and Indi rush him to hospital.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Highland Emergency Documentary series.

8:25pm Highland Emergency Documentary series. A dramatic rescue is needed for an elderly walker in agonising pain.

9:00pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic Documentary series presented by Rolf Harris.

10:00pm Body of Proof US mystery series. When a champion equestrian is found dead in the woods, Megan’s daughter helps to provide a clue to the killer.

11:00pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series.

8:55am - Everybody Loves Raymond

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Britain’s Best Bakery 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Take Me Out

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Heston’s Fantastical Food 11:00pm Fresh Meat 11:50pm Random Acts 11:55pm Homeland

12:50am Grimefighters Series following the work of clean-up teams around Britain. 1:10am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

1:00am Pokerstars.Co.UK and Monte Carlos Casinos Ept Grand Final 2:00am BT and Channel 4 Present... 2:05am A Racing Portrait: For the Love In 2011, Sam Waley-Cohen became the first amateur jockey for 30 years to win the Gold Cup. 2:30am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:00am Sailing 3:25am Beach Volleyball 4:20am Bullrun 4:45am Extreme Sailing Series 5:15am Best of British

12:00am CSI: NY 12:55am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:45am Forensic Files Documentary series examining the application of modern technological advances in police work.

2:10am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

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Couple’s Spanish dream turns to nightmare wait for compensation

By Ric Polansky BRITISH couple who had their home demolished on the orders of the Junta de Andalucia are still waiting for compensation after winning a court case.

Len and Helen Prior, both aged 68, hit the headlines in Spain and Britain when their €680,000 villa was razed to the ground. It had been built illegally, though they had made every effort to ensure it was legal, with building permits in order and lawyers and architects hired to ensure the licences were correct.

Since the demolition nearly four years ago the Priors have been fighting for compensation.

The courts have blamed the municipality of Vera in Almeria for giving permission to build when they should not have, and said compensation must be paid.

But although the town hall has been named as responsible, no figure for compensation has been reached.

So the Priors wait patiently for another Spanish court to calculate the sum due.

Potentially thousands of homes in the Almeria region could be demolished, with the responsibility falling on local town halls which allowed development on land not zoned for building in the 1990s and the early days of the 2000s.

But with the present economic crisis leaving town halls strapped for cash, getting compensation for homeowners, even those like the Priors who acted in good faith, is proving extremely difficult.

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Why their house was targeted out of the thousands built, many without any paperwork at all, has never been explained.

“It was as if our names were drawn from a hat,” said Helen.

Since their eviction the Priors have been spending most of the time living in the garage of their former home, although they have been provided with an apartment to sleep in by Vera Town Hall.

But they prefer to stay mostly in their garage so they can look after their dogs and garden.

Helen said: “We are so tired of fighting this. I almost forget why we came to Spain in the first place; for the sun, and the lovely people.

“Then to have it all taken away by this incident and dragging on forever. We are not getting any younger.

“It would be nice to have the nightmare over so we could go on living again,” she added.

The stress of the last four years has started to affect the Priors’ health with Len suffering migraines, some lasting four to five days.

And Helen continues to battle against mental strain and tiredness.

It is a far cry from the day they moved to Spain and had the threebedroom villa built on a 10,000-square-metre landscaped plot in 2002.

Their dreams of a happy retirement in the sun were shattered.

Over the last two or so decades thousands of homes were built in a construction boom that brought wealth to many parts of rural Spain.

Town halls anxious not to miss out on the bonanza often gave building permissions on

land which was not included in the official development plans.

STRAIN: Helen Prior is still waiting for compensation.

MIGRAINES: Stress is affecting Len Prior’s health.

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YANAIR’S Michael O’Leary has hit the headlines yet again with claims he’s being blocked in attempts to operate flights where passengers stand during the journey at a cost of just £1 per ticket. He’s calling for standing room only cabins with the removal of the back 10 rows of seats.

Arguing that seat belts would be useless anyway in a crash and should therefore be scrapped, he points out that they’re not required on the London Underground or on trains travelling at 120 mph. Why then on planes? Fuming at the authorities for denying him permission, he says: “The problem with aviation is that for 50 years it’s been populated by people who think it’s a wondrous sexual experience … when it’s really just a bus with wings.”

What can’t be denied is that O’Leary’s a brilliant manipulator of the media. Rather than pay a fortune for advertising, he plants another silly story in the press and all the media pick it up (oops, guilty myself here!), giving him hours of free publicity.

What next? Outside toilets?

Strapping passengers to the wing? Getting passengers to stick

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their arms out of the windows and flapping to reduce costs?

Parachuting passengers out of the plane when it’s directly over the airport they’d prefer to land at rather than the one Ryanair’s taking them to?

Or are slot-machines the solution? Coin-operated slotmachines giving passengers access to oxygen masks, lifebelts, emergency exits and chutes. Could this be O’Leary’s true vision of the future? No wonder O’Leary’s loaded, he gets

WHY SEATBELTS?: Simply a bus with wings! all this coverage free.

But love him or loathe him, he’s created numerous jobs, a fact which is, indisputably, good for the ailing economy. Additionally, many European cities would be in dire straits if not for the tourists being bussed in by his planes.

And as O’Leary himself would

say: if you don’t like ’em, don’t use ’em.

Basically, you can’t help but admire the resourcefulness of everyone’s favourite love-to-hate Chief Executive whose strategy seems exclusively based on a weird sort of ‘anti-marketing’. Any publicity’s good publicity in

Michael O’Leary’s opinion but sooner or later it’ll backfire. But hopefully not in mid-air …

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Global traveller Terence Kennedy is touring America with his Dutch wife, Elise. The couple lived in Spain in the early 80s, but now reside in a South-African game reserve. Here is the second and final feature on their present trip

A surprise mouse and plenty of breakfast-time Thence to the Wall Drug Store in Wyoming for one of its famous five-cent coffees, passing it through endlessly empty horizons interrupted by tiny, desolate settlements including our favourite Lost Springs: Population Four.

Cheyenne saw us in the noisiest truck stop on our trip, but they provided the best cheap and safe overnighters when compared to the good money asked for a bare RV Park or a crummy motel.

But in Cheyenne our sleep was punctuated by the level-crossing wailing of endless trains, with 105 wagons our counted record, hauled by five locomotives.

By Rocky Mountains National Park I was in trouble. High as a kite literally, suffering massive altitude sickness at 3,700 metres. America’s highest paved road, and I had to sit frustrated and wheezing while Elise clambered lonely as a cloud among the sparse vegetation high above the treeline.

Thence to the oddly-named Parachute and along a marvel of modern engineering, the Glenwood Gap Freeway, ending up at the Colorado National Monument and its stark canyoned landscape, and its neighbouring Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Not places where you would want to get lost.

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EADING up the Blue Ridge Parkway towards Chicago we were sermonised almost to distraction by Biblebelt radio. Virtually every second station is pumping out godspeak.

In Kentucky we declined an invitation to visit Colonel Sanders’ birthplace, given that we decline to visit his emporia as a matter of course everywhere else.

We did pass the Jack Daniels Distillery in Tennessee, where you can look but not drink, for by a supreme dash of irony it’s in a ‘dry’ county.

That’s about as wacky as me now a pensioner - buying wine in Walmart in Fort Stockton, West Texas, and the cash register reminding the cashier to check that the customer was over 40!

Only in America.

In Merrivale Indiana we hit what has to be the worst motel ever encountered, so dingy that even the Gideon Bible was grimy.

It was a pleasure to be back camping on the road after that, and an even greater pleasure to enjoy Chicago as notoriously non-city folks.

After a truly splendid day out in and around Chicago, including along its waterways which are flanked by equally amazing architecture, we headed to the 96th top floor of the Sears Tower for a drink and then to a cosy outdoor Italian restaurant.

Then back on the road again towards South Dakota with some great rock stations on the radio.

Big country, too: according to our satnav, 605 miles to the next turn on the most ridiculously long and straight road we recall for many a trundle.

Along the Iron Mountain road we stumbled on a horse camp where we slept among ‘real’ cowboys and whinnying horses as red-tailed deer frolicked on the plain opposite. A truly magical experience.

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PIT STOP: Wall Drug Store in Wyoming for a five-cent coffee.

Bit of a setback there with our fancy and super-comfortable Dodge Grand Caravan vehicle in all its electronic glory.

That night in a pine forest we heard scuttling and shuffling over the car bodywork the whole night. The next morning we lifted the hood and discovered a treasure trove of stored pine nuts and nest-building vegetation. Is that where the car’s problems first began? Ultimately the loss of cruise control, several misbehaving dashboard sensor lights and even the failure of the automatic door-closing mechanism. All that damage from one tiny mouse?

By the tiny settlement of Vaughn in New Mexico we had

stumbled across our first diner, then to the famous Carlsbad Caverns to watch up to two million bats exit the cave mouth at dusk.

The next day we walked a whole four miles underground, through the most astonishing cave scenery.

This being America you could even eat a meal 750 feet underground, but we declined.

The Guadalupe Mountains saw us plunged back into the incredible southern heat - even in late September - but still gamely trudging one of the trails through the canyons.

On down to the Rio Grande under the watchful eye of the US Border Patrol - so watchful that as

STARK LANDSCAPE: Colorado National Monument.

we got near the ‘artists town’ of Marfa a massive airship was hovering above us, obviously ‘surveilling’ the countryside for miles around.

Later we would be pulled over

by Border Patrol officials who checked against our passports to see whether we could recall our own names, birthdates, birthplaces and approximate dates of entry into the US. Fortunately we could, and so were waved on.

Along the roller-coaster, undulating desert road beside the Rio Grande and into the Big Bend National Park, a Martian landscape dotted with packs of javelinas (US equivalent of warthogs, more or less).

And finally we reached the very last day of our road trip and went out on a high, managing to find a perfect place to camp free for the night before ending up in the very Hispanic city of San Angelo in a cosy Super 8 Motel.

Here Elise had to call for help in the breakfast room as the freshlyprepared five-gallon container of waffle mix started pouring out of the dispenser as the spout came away in her hand!

Lots of cursing and cleaning in Spanish and not five minutes later it happened to the very next punter.

Ah, the adventures of being on the road in America!

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Time Out A year after his brother Tom’s death, Jack is still struggling emotionally. When he makes a scene at a memorial party, Tom’s best friend Iris offers up her family cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Once there, however, he runs into Iris’ sister Hannah who is reeling from the abrupt end of a seven-year relationship and finds solace in Tom’s unexpected presence. A blurry evening of drinking concludes with an awkward sexual incident, made worse by Iris’ sudden presence at the cabin the next morning. A twisted tale of ever-complicated relationships is set in motion.

1h31m Director : Lynn Shelton Starring: Emily Blunt, Rosemarie Dewitt, Mark Duplass, Mike Birbiglia

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts.

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Drugs, sex, blackmail and murder BOOKS Scott Learmont was recruited by British Intelligence while a postgraduate student of Mandarin Chinese and Classical Arabic, ‘two of the world’s most impenetrable languages.’ In the course of his career he has saved the life of the chief executive of Hong Kong, foiled an assassination attempt on a British Prime Minister and dined with an American President.

IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: The fact that you are so at home working in a group is indicative of your cooperative nature.

Capitalise on this by applying your people skills to your work. In a busy world, relaxation counts.

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Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse festive social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places.

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travelled to Britain because one of Cliff’s nieces, a student at a local university, has gone missing. Cliff seeks out Learmont and asks him to find his niece. Although a ‘half-hearted’ detective at best, Learmont agrees.

In the course of the ensuing investigation, Learmont uncovers drug racketeering, sexual manipulation, blackmail and finally murder.

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Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had. Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health.

Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you.

SU DOKU

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)

HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the ʻbig pictureʼ may have faded into the background.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment. Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person.

Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because they could be timeconsuming and disruptive.

FAMOUS SCIENTISTS 1. Which English mathematician (1912–1954) developed the concept of a theoretical computing machine, a key step in the development of the first computer and carried out important code-breaking work in the Second World War? 2. Which German-born American theoretical physicist (1879–1955), was the founder of the special and general theories of relativity?

3. Which Scottish bacteriologist (1881–1955) discovered the effect of penicillin on bacteria in 1928?

4. Which Italian physicist (1745–1827) is best known for the voltaic pile or electrochemical battery, the first device to produce a continuous electric current?

5. Which Scottish-born American scientist (1847–1922) invented a method for transmitting speech electrically and gave the first public demonstration of the telephone in 1876?

6. Which Swedish chemist and engineer (1833–1896) invented dynamite, gelignite, and other high explosives, making a large fortune which enabled him to endow the prizes that bear his name?

7. Which Swedish astronomer (1701-1744) devised the centigrade thermometer?

8. Which French scientist (1743–1794), is regarded as the father of modern chemistry? He caused a revolution in chemistry by his description of combustion as the combination of substances with air, or more specifically the gas oxygen?

9. Which Greek philosopher and scientist (384–322 bc), a pupil of Plato and tutor to Alexander the Great, founded a school (the Lyceum) outside Athens? He is one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western thought and his work was central to Islamic and Christian medieval philosophy?

10. Which Greek mathematician and inventor, of Syracuse (c.287–212 bc) is famous for his discovery of the principle named after him? Among his mathematical discoveries are the ratio of the radius of a circle to its circumference, and formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere and of a cylinder.

TARGET: Average: 11 Good: 14

Very good: 20 Excellent: 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alar, alec (idiot), carl (miser), clad, dahl, dale, deal, dhal, earl, hale, halt, heal, held, lace, lade, lard, late, lath, lead, lech, rale, real, tael, tala, talc, tale, teal, alate, alder, alert, altar, alter, areal, chela, clear, cleat, dealt, decal, delta, haled, haler, laced, lacer, larch, latch, lated, later, lathe, leach, letch, ratel, acetal, alated, althea (plant), cartel, chalet, claret, cradle, daleth, halted, halter, herald, lather, rectal, talked, caldera, latched, tracheal, CATHEDRAL

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LEO (July 24 - August 23)

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. Solution on website.

Just joking What’s a man’s idea of a balanced diet?

A beer in each hand.

I haven’t spoken to my wife in 18 months.

I don’t like to interrupt her.

How do you make a blonde’s eyes sparkle?

Shine a light into her ear.

How do you know it’s raining cats and dogs?

When you step in a poodle.

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Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy.

Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position. After all, you love a challenge so see this as a bit of a juggling act.

Word ladder CAMP

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym.

Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now.

BEDS

Move from the start word (CAMP) to the end word (BEDS) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

CAMP CAMS CATS BATS BETS BEDS

Keeping up the activity level physically is really in your best interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

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Across 7 Right, for example, Iʼm the key to the government (6) 8 I enter the rearranged salon to find the girl (6) 9 Global institutionʼs taken over this island (4) 10 Conclusive argument from a wrestler? (8) 11 Fate badly needs it (7) 13 Hotel next to the river is home (5) 15 Sap died an unknown character (5) 17 English paella is cooked with beer (4,3) 20 Take unawares and dismiss (5,3) 21 Ethereal but confusing year (4) 22 Diggers are children, itʼs said (6) 23 Fungus spoilt a cigar (6) Down 1 Watch out for second-rate merchandise (6) 2 New Zealander seen in a khaki windcheater (4) 3 Iced gin mixture before take-off helps the plane fly better in winter! (2-5) 4 Silent diplomacy includes Italy (5) 5 Reveal the princessʼs near (8) 6 Ron and Les mix, being people

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Across 1 Inexpensive (5) 4 Utilises (4) 9 Organise (7) 10 Expel (5) 11 Regret (3) 12 African country (5) 14 Outdoor sitting area (5) 15 Pivotal (5) 16 Go wrong (4) 18 Simple (4) 20 Egg-shaped fruits (5) 22 Japanese port (5) 23 Turnip-like vegetable (5) 25 Fasten (3) 26 Japanese dish (5)

Improve your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.

Across 1 Tail (of bird, horse, fish, plane) (4) 3 Melocotón (5) 6 Wolves (5) 8 Heron (5) 10 Aceite (3) 11 Otra vez (5) 12 Friend (f) (5) 13 Rum (3) 14 Brillo (de tela, pelo, zapatos, superficie) (5)

Co d e B r e a ke r

who donʼt mix (6) 12 Excavatorʼs plate (8) 14 Showing favouritism, section one has a likely leader (7) 16 Arkansas sailor in charge of language (6)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS 27 Trap (7) 29 Get rid of (4) 30 Sediment (5) Down 1 Place of Christian worship (6) 2 Ahead of schedule (5) 3 Cooking vessel (3) 5 Wide-awake (9) 6 Detectives (7) 7 Fairground ride (6,5) 8 Crouch (5) 13 Garrulous (9) 17 Collects (7) 19 Brag (5) 21 Postpones (6) 24 Avoid (5) 28 Unhappy (3)

Play on Words ALL ALL ALL ALL SWORTH

LOYAL TIES

Answers: For all one’s worth, Divided loyalties

Funagram

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet.

In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents K and 15 represents Z, so fill in K every time the figure 9 appears and Z every time the figure 15 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares.

As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

18 English poet not quite frolicking (6) 19 English composer possibly lost by the hospital (5) 21 Sad to say, a young girl never finishes (4)

CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Winged, 5 Butter, 8 Goya, 9 Shameful, 10 Lipstick, 11 Trek, 12 Dear me, 14 Depict, 16 Snow, 18 Spurious, 20 Incident, 21 Shoe, 22 Assess, 23 Dressy.

Down: 2 Idolise, 3 Gnats, 4 Dislike, 5 Black, 6 Treetop, 7 Educe, 13 Rawhide, 14 Doubted, 15 Coupons, 17 Nones, 18 Smees, 19 Issue.

QUICK - Across: 1/6 Put off, 3 Basic, 8 Tbilisi, 9 Clean, 10 Lends, 11 Explain, 12 Pardon, 14 Stable, 17 Replica, 19 Singe, 21 Hello, 22 Applied, 23/25 Sea god, 24 Scary.

Down: 1 Petal, 2 Thinner, 3 Bliss, 4 Shiver, 5 Cockpit, 6 Omega, 7 Finance, 12 Perches, 13 Ominous, 15 Bunting, 16 Sahara, 18 Polka, 19 Soppy, 20 Ended.

ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Somewhere, 5 Dates, 7 Carta, 9 Thumb, 10 Rings, 11 Roads, 12 Italy, 14 Penknives.

Down: 1 Sad, 2 Washbasin, 3 Escorpion, 4 Grass, 6 Trufa, 8 Renta, 9 Tarde, 13 Yes.

1. Unscramble the name of a popular BBC television drama series, first broadcast in 2003 (two words):WRIST, NECK 2. Unscramble the name of an English rugby union club currently playing in the Aviva Premiership: HOLD IN IRONS

15 Owner (5) 16 Roncar (cuando se duerme) (5) 17 Mouth (4) Down 1 Cuellos (de abrigos, camisas) (7) 2 Bibliotecario (9) 4 Inglaterra (7) 5 Butcher (9) 7 To smile (7) 9 Poppy (7)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (HEDGES) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ASSERT ASTERS AVOIDS BAREST DARTED DESIGN DREAMS

Quote Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

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Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) British actress and humanitarian.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Acting, 2 Tinder, 3 Tastes, 4 Course, 5 Island, 6 Intent, 7 Sender, 8 Inland, 9 Severe, 10 Danced, 11 Render, 12 Steeds, 13 Cinder, 14 Stench, 15 Misery, 16 Dealer, 17 Desire, 18 Slayer, 19 Normal.

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Bear with a sore head

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F you were an animal, what would you be? Quick and predatory like a leopard? Loyal and reliable like a dog? Or, like me, would you be a bear?

Not a cuddly one of the teddy variety, but a fully-fledged grizzly is more like it.

Partly because I love raw fish (sashimi, smoked or ‘gravad’), I can eat a month’s worth of food in one sitting and, if irritated, I have a tendency to roar. But mainly it’s because I go into hibernation this time of year.

“Mum - get out of bed!” The kids call bright and early on a Sunday morning. “I can’t,” I groan. “Why?” they demand to know. “Back problems…” I mumble, trying to sleep mid-dialogue. “…can’t get it off the mattress,” I add in an attempt to close the discussion.

Normally the kids win this tug-of-war, but left to my own devices, I would probably spend most of the day tucked away under the warm duvet, as the cold winds howl outside and the darkness falls earlier and earlier each evening.

Is it just me or does the lure of a good movie, some mulled wine or hot chocolate in front of an open fire not appeal more than facing the elements ‘out there’? Hibernation in bears is more technically referred to as denning or

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winter lethargy, which perfectly sums up my lack of energy and impetus come winter-time, symptoms which in humans are referred to as Seasonally Affective Disorder (SAD).

Unlike the grizzly, the show must go on for us, so what can we bears do to survive this winter of our discontent?

Experts recommend that we expose ourselves to as much natural sunlight as possible, especially during the hours of 6am and 8am. Pretty tough, since it’s pitch black for most of this time. For investigative purposes I set my alarm at 6am to verify this before nodding off again. So, if this is not possible, it may be worth investing in a dawn simulator or a box of light, which emits a light 10 times stronger than your average household lightbulb.

GRIZZLY: Hibernation is the best option for me at this time of year.

What you eat also has a bearing on our hibernation instinct. Foods that

contain the amino acid tryptophan can help to increase levels of serotonin in the body, which can make you feel better.

Foods rich in tryptophan are turkey, milk and egg whites. The experts also tell us to avoid alcohol and caffeine, but they always do, don’t they? Personally, I think a glass of Rioja Reserva cures many ills and life without my daily coffee is, frankly, inconceivable.

Other than that, we are meant to exercise and keep a regular schedule (not sleeping in late on Sunday mornings, my kids will be delighted to hear). Of course, if the bear tendencies cannot be tamed with these home remedies, you might want to pop into your friendly doctors or speak to a counsellor. SAD is a recognised medical ailment and may need professional treatment if severe.

If all this fails, then your only remaining option is to move to an even sunnier climate than we have here in Spain. The ideal is within 30 degrees of the equator, so get your map and protractor out and consider your options.

I will have a look in the Atlas soon but perhaps a few more minutes in bed are needed first. Just one more press of the snooze button…

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Crooks brighter than MPs I

N terms of inmates, the distinction between Her Majesty’s prisons and Her Majesty’s House of Commons is becoming increasingly blurred.

The main differences appear to be that a member of the House can rob and claim Mike Walsh parliamentary privilege to stay out of jail; if prison vwww.michaelwalsh.es inmates are caught with International Journalism Europe Broadcaster their fingers in the till Commentator International Radio they get extra time.

Awarded ‘Writer of the Year’ Mobile 0034 662 067 490 In my experience your To comment on any of the issues raised in Mike’s column, go to average career criminal is www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/mikequicker witted than the walsh sleepy residents of the two reptile houses situated in Westminster. Britain’s prisons have been described as universities for BLURRY: The distinction between inmates criminals.

Some of my friends have done time. toured classrooms where crooks learnt They tell me that when new batches of new skills in the futile hope they would convicts arrive there is a ‘a glad you’re discard old skills. home’ camaraderie between regular My friends included policemen. Many residents. It is much along the lines of expressed grudging admiration for the the back-slapping when sailors find quick wittedness of their clients. I was they’re signed on to the same ship as told of a hot pursuit through a dockland former shipmates. area in which a squad car tried to keep Whilst working with prison officers at up with a stolen SAAB. Manchester’s Strangeways Prison, I Picture the moment. The police squad

in prison or in the Commons. car rounds the bend to find the pursued saloon stalled. The bonnet is glowing, its doors open and a couple of grinning brats sitting on the nearby bridge parapet. Pointing in the direction of a maze of streets they call out: “They ran that way, mister.”

I was told that the youngsters were known to the police. One was 15 years of age and his accomplice 13. The

bobbies knew, of course, these were the two car stealing culprits but chances of a conviction were slim.

Happy to retrieve the stolen vehicle one cop returned to the squad car whilst his colleague got in the SAAB to drive it to the police station. Embarrassingly, he couldn’t figure out how to get it in gear.

The younger of the two boys showed him how.

On another occasion the control buttons of lifts in a high rise block of flats were constantly vandalised. An alternative design was manufactured to withstand kicks and bricks. The pillars of the community smugly gathered to admire their solution. Such was their confidence of the new panel being vandal proof they invited nearby youths to do their damndest. They presumed they would kick hell out of the button panel. A youngster approached, took a tube of super glue from his pocket and squirted its contents into the panel. I rest my case my lord.

If this kind of quick thinking and initiative could ever be redirected I think the country would be in far better shape.

Maybe crooks should be conscripted.

They would surely be a match for the ‘mujahideen’.

Cracking trip

CAMERA READY: FFCC flock to animal sanctuary.

Snap shots of a day out

HORSES and birds of prey were the subject of the Friends in Focus Camera Club at the Caballos Alkadar in Estepona. Meetings are Tuesdays, fortnightly.

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A TRIP to watch a ballet on ice preceded by a tour of the Malaga Christmas lights and a three course lunch are lined up for Mijas residents.

Organised by travel agency Via Reisen, together with the Mijas Foreign Residents Department, the day out is planned for Friday, December 14.

Lunch at the city’s oldest bodega, el Pimpi will be followed by a staging of The Nutcracker at the Teatro Cervantes.

For tickets, costing 89 euros, phone 951 881 860.

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CHAIN: The Spanish answer to McDonalds.

100 Montaditos heads to US T

HE Spanish answer to McDonalds, delightful plazas imaginable.

The La Tasca Restaurant was second the 100 Montaditos chain of restaurants, is now taking only to central London’s La Tasca in popularity. I was never out its brand to the U.S. of the place and often took Its speciality is biteSpanish visitors there. sized baked rolls with a Many of my guests choice of fillings washed remarked: “Why can’t we down with a caña at a have restaurants like this?” reasonable €4.

By the way; the chain was It reminds me of a

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The builder told me it was to be a Spanish restaurant. Looking about me I IF you think Spanish bureaucracy is bad replied that they must be one caña short do find sympathy for a Ukrainian friend intent on taking a week’s winter holiday of a picnic.

I later discovered one of the most in Spain.

Although travel is covered at reasonable cost by Polish airline, Wizzair.com official procedures and costs are SPAIN’S union remarked: “Just formidable. Russia is not leaders say the because you don’t alone in wanting visa Popular Party take an interest in applications made easier. considers a strike by politics doesn’t mean The Federation is the 9 million workers as politics won’t take an world’s biggest country merely a public order interest in you.” sitting on resources whole issue. They would He might as easily continents can only wouldn’t they? We all have remarked: “Just dream about.

Its know that once because politicians burgeoning middle class elected, political take no notice of the has little access to candidates magically people, doesn’t mean Mediterranean warmth the people won’t morph into an elite. and lifestyle.

For goodness sake let’s get The glad-handing take any notice of them over here. and baby kissing is them.” A Metroscopia Foot dragging is over; no more poll reveals 84 per political but costing pressing the flesh cent of the electorate trust the Europe dearly in lost and of course the don’t investment.

The world’s out of step Spanish PM; 91 per mismanagement by the with them. Back in cent distrust the 430 B.C. Pericles opposition.

EU’s unelected top echelons is breathtaking.

Images of Spain

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Value of a food diary WITH Christmas only five weeks away, everyone is wondering where the time has gone.

Shops have filled up with selection boxes and festive goodies and it only feels like we have just turned the corner from summer.

Some folk have lost the extra weight they wanted to but others are still trying. Realising that all their extra pickings and nights out have caught up with them, a few are not too happy. The good news is there is still time to shed a few pounds before Christmas. All it takes is motivation and will-power.

Whereas some folk might think they are following their eating plan, when you get down to asking them what they really ate, amnesia seems to set in. That’s why I think keeping a food diary is important.

I know some members of my class think it’s a chore having to jot down everything they put in their

mouths but it is important in the first few weeks and at any time when their weight has stabilised.

Most people actually eat more than they think and writing it down makes them more aware of this. A few chips off someone else’s plate usually don’t count because it’s not actually their plate! A glass of wine is a glass of wine regardless if it’s served in a goldfish bowl or not! A tablespoon of pudding doesn’t deserve to be written in the diary, as we didn’t actually eat the whole pudding!

But all these things do count, and allowing them to be brushed under the carpet is like being in denial.

When it comes to kicking hunger pangs, it’s a good idea is to swap all things white for all things brown.

This means ditching white bread, white pasta, white rice and cornflakes and instead opting for wholemeal bread, wholemeal

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pasta, brown rice and wholegrain cereals. Foods containing a lot of fibre generally take longer to chew. As well as helping you to feel more satisfied, they slow down the speed at which you eat, giving your brain time to register feelings of fullness so you’re less likely to overeat. Fibre also acts like a sponge and absorbs and holds on to water. This means fibre-rich foods swell up in your stomach, helping to fill you up. And, because fibre is harder to digest, it stays in your stomach for longer, keeping you feeling fuller for longer.

So if you’re determined to lose a few more pounds before Christmas, be honest with yourself,

Shed a few pounds before Xmas. and keep that halo high above your head. It’s truly worth it.

Until next time, Take care and have a nice week, Lesley x (Any questions, please contact me on 654-865-157 or visit w8matters.com

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PAINFUL: Sitting on your wallet can twist your spine.

Clothes can hurt CLOTHING is injuring millions of Brits each year.

One in two adults said they suffer aches, pains or injuries from items including handbags, bras, belts and hats.

The British Osteopathic Association (BOA) published the data which said poor fitting bras are a source of back pain for many women along with heavy bags causing discomfort in the neck, back and shoulders.

Men were likely to suffer from back pain after keeping their wallet in their back pocket. The pelvis sits on the wallet and, over time, the spine twists.

Overly tight hats can cause vascular compression and sunglasses can cause neck extension, headaches and neck pain.

The BOA also warned women that ballet pumps are almost as dangerous as high-heels, while flip-flops can result in claw toe and toe pain.

Botox out, CO2 is in FORGET Botox, CO2 is the new anti-wrinkle remedy.

As well as smoothing out

wrinkles, it is claimed that carboxy-therapy can help get rid of dark under-eye

circles and fade scars.

The treatment involves an injection of naturally occurring carbon dioxide gas into your skin. This persuades the body it is lacking in oxygen, which prompts a release of the gas into the blood, improving circulation. And that boosts collagen in skin cells, making the skin plumper and wrinkles less defined. But there have yet to be studies into potential side-effects.

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To this end Ley 57 Lawyers establishes a schedule for this service at its two offices in Marbella and Alhaurín el Grande in order to meet the demand of society.

You only need to call and arrange an appointment.

Carlos Comitre.

“Anyone going through any kind of issue or incident should be aware of their rights; therefore all citizens should have this service available,” stated Carlos Cómitre, lawyer and founder of Ley 57 Lawyers, adding “that’s why we offer a free consultation once a week and try to help and respond to queries made with regards to all of the civil, criminal and administrative matters and with special emphasis on family and consumer issues.”

About Ley 57 Abogados Based on Carlos Comitre’s more than 10 years of experience and expertise, Ley 57 Lawyers was founded in Marbella in 2009 in response to the need for a better quality legal assistance in civil, criminal, administrative, labour and tax matters.

As a result of its professional team’s experience and successful work, a new office was then opened in 2010 in Alhaurín el Grande, thus providing legal coverage to a total population in excess of 150,000 inhabitants.

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Cooking shows lead to junk eating.

Aloha Yuletide fair ALOHA COLLEGE host its Christmas Bazaar at the school in Nueva

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Don’t be tempted WATCHING your weight? Then don’t watch cookery programmes.

According to scientists, while popular cooking shows inspire us to have a go in the kitchen, they also make us more likely to eat unhealthy snacks.

American psychologists studied 80 adults to find out what impact television viewing has on our eating habits. Half were told to watch a cookery show, while the others watched a nature programme.

Three bowls of snacks containing chocolates, crisps and raw carrots were placed in front of participants for them to choose. The results showed those watching the cookery programme got through larger amounts of chocolate than the others, who were more likely to tuck into the carrots.

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The restaurant is quite large with well spaced seating and has a large covered terrace which provides excellent al fresco dining, when the weather permits and car parking facilities are close at hand.

The foundation of the menu of the Mumtaz Mahal is authentic, well prepared Indian dishes with detailed descriptions of the dishes printed in the menus.

On my last visit I chose, what has become my favourite dish, the Chicken Dopiaza, which is described as ‘a medium strength dish with cubed onions, tomato, green pepper and coriander’.

This is a very tasty dish with reasonable sized pieces of very tender chicken breast

and I was very pleased with our hot dinner plates and the attractive presentation of the food.

The prices of the dishes at Mumtaz Mahal are very reasonable, offering good value for good sized portions and the most ardent Indian food fans cannot question the quality of the food.

Speaking of value, the Mumtaz offers an excellent three-course lunch menu for just €9.95 with a wide variety of dishes to choose from.

The bar is well stocked and has a good selection of reasonably priced wines to complement your meal.

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contest. The Premio Promesas, organised by Le Cordon Bleu is looking for the best under-25-year-old

Festival of lights YOUNGSTERS at the British School of Marbella celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali. Children and teachers dressed up in traditional costumes and learnt about the festival of lights.

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Cooks to compete for training grant at Le Corden Bleu centre STUDENTS from more than 50 cooking schools in Andalucia will compete in a national haute cuisine

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BSM: Teachers dressed up for the festivities.

cooks in their last year at the schools.

The best cook will win a â‚Ź21,000 course for a Higher Diploma in Kitchen or Pastry studies at Le Cordon Bleu centre in Madrid. A â‚Ź7,000 grant will is second prize.

All cuisine students can apply through their schools until January 21, 2013. The organisers will make a pre-selection of 100 candidates. Those chosen will have to present a recipe following the rules of Le Cordon Bleu.

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A SEASONAL ANTICIPATION: Flowers and foliage for the festive season.

Royal florist in Marbella NICK GROUNDS, NAFAS National Demonstrator from Wisbech, who has designed flowers for HM The Queen, will be visiting Estepona Floral Art Club on Tuesday December 4.

Tikitano Restaurant in Estepona will host the event from 3.30pm until 5.30pm, where Nick will demonstrate festive flower arrangements and foliage.

Local man celebrates momentous occasion HARRY ALLEN has celebrated his 100th birthday, and received a card from Queen Elizabeth and Buckingham Palace. He moved to Mijas Costa two years ago from Cornwall, UK.

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The sound of music A CONCERT by the Romantic Trio will take place on Sunday at the Hotel Gran Meliá Don Pepe, with a repertoire of piano, violin and cello music. More information: 952 815 047.

Open day AT the International Club of Estepona on Sunday at 12.30pm. 952 802 549.

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Underdone liver now off menus RAYMOND BLANC’s London restaurant has stopped serving a liver dish which left two diners with food poisoning.

Blanc Brasserie in London’s Covent Garden no longer offers pink lamb’s liver after complaints of food poisoning during the summer.

Guidance from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommends lamb’s liver be cooked at 70 degrees centigrade for at least two minutes.

Brasserie Bar Co, of which Raymond Blanc is the director, have now taken the dish off the menu in Britain, saying to overcook the dish would spoil it.

BELL RINGERS: This year’s entertainment.

Annual Christmas fair THE Foreign Residents’ Association in Estepona’s Christmas Fair and Coffee

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Super berries at Christmas CHRISTMAS dinner may seem like a calorie overload, but there is a lot of great nutrition packed onto the festive table. There are anti-cancer fighters in the broccoli and a boatload of vitamin A in the sweet potatoes, but the nutrition king of the Christmas spread is the cranberry.

They have fibre, vitamin C and manganese, an essential mineral. But what makes cranberries the superstars are its antioxidant power. In fact, out of the 277 most commonly eaten foods, cranberries have one of the very highest antioxidant levels. Since antioxidants reduce risk of heart disease and cancer

and raise immunity, cranberries are a true beauty fruit.

Studies have shown that cranberries can prevent and treat urinary infections, reduce risk of blood clots and in the lab seems to kill cancer cells. Most of cranberries power seems to be its ability to keep things from sticking together.

In the blood vessels it prevents cells from sticking together so they remain clear and unclogged. This reduces risk of high blood pressure, stroke and heart attack. And it’s helpful to remember that healthy blood vessels are essential to maintaining healthy, strong wrinkle busting collagen.

Happy anniversary

CELEBRATIONS: Line, second from left, and members of the Redline Team.

REDLINE Company has celebrated eight years as the Costa del Sol’s external marketing department.

Eatery Mr Gourmet Burger in San Pedro hosted the festivities, with complimentary beers, wines and bite-sized burgers, along with a slice of red birthday cake and entertainment from DJ Diogo Meira. Line Lyster, director and founder of Redline Company, says, “As an experienced marketing and PR company, we know how to arrange a good party!”

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Enjoy your three course sandwich MARKS & SPENCER has created a three-course Christmas sandwich to help satisfy those festive cravings.

The three-part sandwich consists of smoked salmon with cucumber and dill, followed by turkey, stuffing and bacon before the final course of brie, grapes and chutney.

But at 785 calories maybe it’s best to leave it until after you have to squeeze in to that little black dress for your Christmas parties.

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of ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ and the three dedicated chapters in ‘Apartment Gardening Mediterranean Style’ • Stylish garden furniture can complement patio design • Light music of your choice for relaxing. For an Andalucian style ambience quietly played guitar or flamenco music

• The sound of water, for instance fountains in the centre of ponds, against walls, in corners, or stand alone. These days there are also numerous types of water features available • Small birds, fish and terrapins can add interest • Subtle lighting, perhaps a mix of spots, wall lights and standard lamps designed for external use as rain will certainly fall into the patio well at times • Stone slabs, terracotta tiles, glazed tiles and stone chippings can look attractive.

This week’s article is an extract from our book ‘Your Garden in Spain - From planning to planting and maintenance.’ ©Clodagh and Dick Handscombe www.gardeninginspain. com November 2012

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Appealing to senses A DOG’s sense of smell is a marvel. They have 125 to 220 million smell-sensitive receptors. Dogs can distinguish odours at concentrations about 100 million times lower than a human can. By contrast, dogs have fewer taste buds than humans. People have about 9,000 taste buds as opposed to 1,700 in a hound’s mouth.

They really can’t taste a lot of the food given to them. Smell attracts them, not taste. Maybe one of the reasons why dogs love delving into the trash so much; it smells so interesting no matter what it tastes like.

Fishy business GOLDFISH lose their colour if kept in dim light.

Similar to humans, they need sunlight to keep their pigment.

Contrary to popular belief, they are fairly intelligent animals and will recognise the person who feeds them; research shows that goldfish have a memory-span of at least three months and can distinguish between

different shapes, colours and sounds.

They will show recognition by swimming rapidly back and forth when a person is near the tank or splashing.

Goldfish enjoy company and benefit from the exercise, so having two fish is better than one. The oldest goldfish on record is Freda who died in Sussex, England aged 41!

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Spraying in the House OFTEN you’ll blame yourself or something you must have done for putting kitty off-track.

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.

Urine marking, or what’s typically called ‘spraying,’ is an expression of territorial dominance found in both cats and dogs. It’s associated with the rubbing of body oils from the chin and tail on favourite objects (and favourite people).

Spraying, however, typically occurs when a cat feels like placing an advertisement that sex is available. It increases during mating season and particularly during ‘courtship.’ It’s the feline way to send the message “Hey, this is my boudoir keep out!”

However, getting your cat neutered will almost always solve this. But it can also happen when a cat feels threatened by an intruder.

An indoor cat may see a new neighbourhood cat spraying on or near the house.

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Jane from Estepona writes: “My 8-year-old cat has started spraying in the house. He was neutered at the proper age, and is an indoor cat. He started spraying about two years ago, at first infrequently, but now it’s pretty bad. He is also in good health.”

Answer Inappropriate elimination is the number one behaviour problem reported to vets by cat owners, with both males and females found to be equally at fault. While it can be caused by a urinary tract infection or illnesses such as colitis, often there’s no medical cause, which seems to be the case with your cat.

will initiate defensive activity involving spraying and possibly other behaviour such as running to the door, hissing or growling at the window, and obsessively watching the rival. It can also occur when a new cat is introduced into the house.

Winnie

Please, sir, I want some more

Queen of the rodents ALL the pet hamsters in the world are descended from just one female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in Syria in 1930.

The species had been named in 1839 when a single animal was found, again in Syria, but it had not been seen by scientists for nearly a century.

Selective breeding has now produced several colour varieties.

Basically, anything that disturbs the cat’s routine and arouses the cat or is perceived as a threat can elicit spraying.

It’s important to evaluate what could possibly be causing your cat’s stress which is, in turn, causing the spraying. Try to determine if any outdoor cats are tormenting your cat. If so, either try and drive the outdoor cat away or block the view of your indoor cat.

Think back - is there any household behaviour which may have changed in the past year or two, since the spraying activity began?

Any new addition (even a human) to the household can cause stress to your cat.

Finally, if spraying seems to be occurring in the same locations, try breaking kitty away from these areas.

Commercial cat repellents, mothballs in cloth bags, orange peels, and rubbing alcohol will all tend to keep kitty away.

You can also try setting the cat’s food dish near the spot, as cats don’t like to soil near their feeding area.

You can also try upsidedown mousetraps or aluminum foil spread on the floor. Unfortunately, the spraying may just relocate to another part of the house in this instance.

Unfortunately, there’s no single cause for spraying and, consequently, no magic cure-all. Careful observation and trial-anderror are the only sure fire solutions.

Good luck!

David For your local radio frequency log onto www.talkradioeurope.com.

BEGGING: Look at those puppy-dog eyes.

THIS is Winnie, my two-year-old pug who knows exactly how to get what she wants. So much so, we’ve had to put her on special diet food.

Emily Newlove, Cabopino

Submit fun pet pictures to petoftheweek@euroweeklynews.com, in as high a resolution as possible. Please include name of the pet, your full name, where you live and if relevant a couple of lines to explain the circumstances of the photo. Due to space restrictions not all submissions will be used.

Chain reaction from your cat CONTRARY to popular belief, people are not allergic to cat fur, dander or saliva, but to ‘sebum’, a fatty substance secreted by the cat’s sebaceous glands.

More interesting, someone who is allergic to one cat may not be allergic to another cat.

Though there isn’t yet a way of predicting which cat is more likely to cause allergic reactions, it has been proven that male cats shed much greater amounts of allergen than females.

A neutered male, however, sheds much less than a non-

neutered male. To manage reactions to cats, wash your hands immediately after petting and do not touch your eyes. Try to confine cats to one area of the house and keep it well ventilated.

Also, avoid wearing wool where possible.

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The false economy of illegal workers WITH the economic crisis in full swing it is quite normal for communities to attempt to save money by choosing companies or workers who offer them the best prices; all fair and legal, but it is quite a different matter to try to save money by illegal employment practices.

Communities may think it is clever to save money by paying wages to their gardeners, cleaners and repairmen without paying their Social Security or providing a proper contract of work. Little do they realise this false economy could lead to serious problems.

If an uninsured worker has an accident the community will be held responsible for compensation, the Spanish Social Security will not pay one centimo for their time off work, nor will they cover physical injury or pay compensation to the family if the accident is fatal. All those costs will go to the community owners who opted to save money by not paying Social Security, and the amounts involved could be considerable.

ILLEGAL: Cash payments to nonregistered workers.

Community Law Corner

By José Luis Navarro Solicitor for Intercala Administration

joseluis@intercala.com

www.intercala.com

with Pete Woodall, Woody’s Los Boliches

As a way around this, instead of taking on someone directly, a community may engage a company who employs workers illegally and by doing so can offer the community wonderfully cheaper prices.

To engage such companies could again be a false economy, as the community would have a subsidiary responsibility where workers are not contracted legally with all their Social Security paid to date (Article 42 of the Workers Law in Spain).

It gets worse, in addition to all the potential compensation claims, the government will fine a community where a worker is found to be employed without their proper Social Security and this situation darkens further should the person working in a community be someone from a non-EU country.

In some cases working illegally on behalf of the

community might even be considered a criminal offence under Article 312.2 of the Criminal Law of Spain. The president, the administrator and whoever else is involved in this kind of illegal agreement may even face a prison sentence of two to five years.

Even if the worker is Spanish or at least from another EU country, it could be a criminal offence if someone is found to be working without the obligatory health and safety measures approved by the Spanish Government in Article 316 of the Criminal Law of Spain.

As from November 19, 2012, according to the new Spanish Law 7/2012, communities can also be fined if they pay any amount over €2,500 in cash or by a cheque made out to ‘al portador’ (the bearer). From this date all payments over €2,500

should either be made by bank transfer or by a cheque payable to an identifiable person or company. Should the payment not be made in this way the government can and probably will heavily fine a community.

Presidents, administrators and the members of a community may be happy to reduce the quotas by saving money by any of the above ways but they will also be blind to the risks they are taking with the community’s money and in serious cases possibly the loss of their own liberty.

It is also a surprise to see that many owners still tend to be proud of their presidents and administrators when they save money on community works and services. Yet they never question if everything is being done legally or if there is a risk of having to pay a fine or compensation to a worker or his family.

Regardless of the direct responsibility of the president, administrator or the ones who made the decision to employ someone illegally, the community will be the ones held responsible and therefore all the owners will be made to pay.

We the lawyers for Intercala Administration recommend that owners should be very aware about any situation concerning all the workers in their community to avoid unpleasant and possibly expensive surprises.

In addition, they would be well advised to be properly informed by a legal and registered administrator about what actions to follow in the future.

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Legionnaire’s scare closes sports centre did not show dangerous levels.

Schools and centres for the elderly are also being checked but no cases of Legionnaire’s were detected among the population, representatives of the MalagaAxarquia Health Board said.

“Although no cases of infection were found, we closed the sports centre temporarily as a safety measure. Lots of people, including many children, use these premises every day,” Velez-Malaga Sports Councillor Jesus Lupiañez said.

Back in 2007, an outbreak of the disease occurred in Arroyo de la Miel, resulting in the death of former EWN editor Dennis Wills, aged 63.

Seventeen other people CO-OPERATION: Elias Bendodo (fourth from left) with members of MSCM board. were infected at the time.

water pipes and ventilation systems, were disinfected and the sports centre is now open. High levels of the legionella bacterium were detected in both the men’s and women’s shower rooms. Other areas

Planning guidelines to be speeded up PLANNING zone guidelines, officially known as the PGOU, are to be speeded up in Malaga Province.

The regional government has promised to pass documents as soon as possible in about 70 per cent of Malaga towns.

The announcement was made after a meeting with representatives of the construction industry in Malaga, gathered under the MSCM board (Mesa

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“This is crucial for constructors. We were urged by them to finish the plans so they are provided with a legal base upon which they can do their work,” Malaga Regional President Elias Bendodo said.

PGOUs regulate the way in which properties and constructions are developed within an area.

Initially they are proposed by town halls, but then

are transferred to regional governments for final approval.

If passed, a new PGOU may bring advantages and disadvantages for property owners. For example, it may allow enlarging the building, but it can also mean new charges will be paid by the landowner.

For constructors and developers, the PGOU is the starting point for doing business under legal guidelines.

Lure for foreign buyers FOREIGNERS who buy a residential property in Spain could be given temporary residency.

This is provided they spend at least €160,000 on the property and six months and a day in Spain each year.

Mariano Rajoy’s Government released their plans on Monday.

Similar reforms have taken place in

Portugal, Ireland, the UK and Canada.

The objective of this legislation is to sell apartments and houses built during the construction boom that now lie empty.

Meanwhile, immigrant associations have described the plan as ‘unjust’, while the Socialist PSOE party accused the cabinet of ‘turning a treat into a commodity’.

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•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches: 645 684 756.

•HARMONY SINGING in Benalmadena Costa 952 560 651.

•ROTARY CLUB MarbellaGuadalmina: 2pm lunch at Restaurante Cortijo del Guadalmina, San Pedro de Alcantara. 952 888 077. w w w . r o t a r y c l u b marbella-g.org.

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•ADANA COFFEE MORNING, 11am in Plaza Manilva (Estepona): 952 800 975.

•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches meets at Cafe Manilla 1.45 to 5pm.

New players welcome. 645 684 756/951 081 984.

•DIABETIC SUPPORT GROUP 952 464 184.

•BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY group meets at Marbella sangha in English at 8.30pm. Contact tonybillings@telitec.com or 952 852 190.

•U3A Marbella COFFEE MORNING 11am. www.u3a.es or 622 670 158.

•TRIPLE S SOCIETY – Sports and Social club - meets 12pm at Lauro Golf Clubhouse on the A404 between Alhaurin el Grande and de la Torre. Membership is free and money raised divided between Cudeca and SOS. Call 952 411 463.

Saturday

•MALAGA HASH HOUSE HARRIERS - a drinking club with a running problem - meet friendly people who enjoy running and walking in the Malaga countryside. www.malagahhh.com, robertand marisa@hotmail.com or 637 544 761.

•CAR BOOT SALE at petrol station Europe on A357 between Cartama and Alora.

• FESTIVE FAYRE Ponderosa Road House Bar and Restaurant from 12pm-5pm. All proceeds to PAD. 952 385 955.

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•ICE Coffee morning: www.siberme.com or 952 802 549.

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Church services •ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY, St Andrew’s Church, Los Boliches: 952 472 140.

•ANGLICAN CHURCH Costa del Sol West: Holy Communion Sundays.

952 808 605.

•ARK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Fuengirola - Evangelical family church - Sundays 11am. 952 592 171.

•CALAHONDA CHURCH - Evangelical Christian Fellowship - Sundays 4.30pm 952 588 160. www. calahondachurch.com.

•CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Service Lux Mundi, Fuengirola, Sundays 10.30am. 951 260 982.

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•ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS in English, Arroyo de la Miel, Parroquia de la Inmaculada, Plaza de la Estacion, with Father Joe Crawford, Saturdays 1pm.

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•EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Paseo Maritimo 77, Los Boliches. Sunday ‘Breaking of Bread’ at 2.45pm; worship and Bible teaching at 4pm.

Wednesday Bible study and prayer at 7.30pm. Call 952 460 728.

•THE WAY – Christian Counselling Ministry – Fuengirola. 634 369 414 or 663 708 224.

•CALAHONDA BAPTIST CHURCH: Calle San Jeronimo 1. Worship Sunday 11am with Sunday School.

President Terry Webb 952 815 528. www.calahondabaptistchurch.com.

•SEPE CAR BOOT SALE, La Alqueria, last Sunday of month: 610 775 413.

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•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches meets at Cafe Manilla 1.45 to 5pm.

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•COSTA BOOK CLUB, Hotel Tamisa, second Monday of month.

677 251 058.

•WELSH SOCIETY COFFEE MORNINGS, 11am on last Monday of month at Bar Mediterranea, Avenida Gamonal in Arroyo de la Miel. Call Anne 622 922 207.

•ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES España No 1 Lodge meet at Woodies/Peacock Bar, Avenida de Bonanza, Benalmadena at 7pm. Call 952 563 950.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, Benalmadena Branch meets at The Lounge, Avda. Bonanza, Benalmadena Costa at 10.30 for 11am.

Enquiries to 952 442 655.

•ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION meets third Monday of each month at the Peacock Bar, Ave de Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel at 2pm.

• U3A Learning for Pleasure Monthly talk at 4pm at The Ark Fellowship Hall, Las Rampas, Fuengirola. More information 952 577 671.

Email whatson@euroweeklynews.com Fax 952 440 887 Post Euro Weekly News, Calle Moscatel 10, P-62, Poligono Industrial Arroyo de la Miel, 29631 Benalmadena, Malaga.

DAY OUT: Half Orange in Comares.

HALF ORANGE GROUP, for widows, widowers and singles, part of Lux Mundi, Torre del Mar, visited Comares in Axarquia, with tours through the cobbled streets and landmarks of the town.

Meetings every Monday 1pm. More information: www.lux-mundi.org.

Tuesday

•AGE CARE ASSOCIATION: El Zoco, Calahonda 11am-1pm – 655 903 182. www.agecarecosta.org.

•AGE CONCERN Estepona and Manilva: 650 163 928 or acesteponaymanilva@ageconcernespana.org.

•BRIDGE CLUB Casaes: 655 459 576 or www.bridgeweb /casares.com.

•COLMENAR DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB: 951 163 071.

•ESTEPONA FLORAL ART CLUB flower arranging demonstrations third Tuesday of month except July, August and December. 610

950 810. www. facebook.com/ esteponafloralartclub.

•LUX MUNDI DUTCH LANGUAGE LIBRARY, Calle Nueva, Fuengirola open from 3pm-5pm.

•MABS Cancer Support Group: 952 833 568.

•MARBELLA HEALING CIRCLE fortnightly: www.marbellahealingcircle.com.

•SOUTHERN SOUND BARBERSHOP CHORUS Lux Mundi, Fuengirola, 5pm-6pm. 952 473 051.

•ACE BRIDGE, 4pm at Pueblo Lopez, Fuengirola. Computer scoring also Mon, Thurs and Sat. Contact 952 485 678 or ace.bridgeclub@yahoo.com.

•COFFEE MORNING and Charity Shop every Wednesday 10.30 to 12.30 in St Andrew’s Church Los Boliches 952 580 600.

•CHICAGO BRIDGE, Estepona – small friendly group – 4.30pm Age Concern drop-in centre. 952 780 243.

•LIONS CLUB La Cala de Mijas: Second and fourth Wednesday of month. 952 494 323.

•SEPE COFFEE MORNING, La Alqueria: 610 775 413.

•THE ACHIEVERS TOAST-MASTERS CLUB, Nueva Andalucía: 646 533 112.

•TORREMOLINOS & DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB meets at ‘The Bailey’ off Plaza de la Independencia, Torremolinos. Call 952 386 172.

•ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES are holding a horse tack sale on the first Wednesday of the month at the stables behind Miralmonte, phone Claire on 635 798 219 for more info.

•PARASOL SINGERS, friendly amateur singing group, welcomes new members who can hold a tune.

We rehearse Wednesday evenings between Sabinillas and Estepona.

Call Mike on 692 558 041 or email parasol.singers@btinternet.com

Others

•AGE CARE ASSOCIATION drop-in centres various locations: 691 761 088 or www.agecarecosta.org. CHARITY SHOP, El Zoco, Calahonda, Mon-

day-Friday 10am-4pm, Thursday until 7pm, Saturday 10am-2pm.

•FUN PAELLA NIGHTS at The Yucatan, San Pedro, in aid of animal rescue: €15 without drinks.

Call 952 781 177 or info@animalcharter.com.

•GAMES: Whist on Mondays, Dominoes on Thursdays, 2pm at Bar Calla Bella in La Cala Village. Proceeds to Mijas La Cala Lions Club and Cudeca.

Call 633 748 558.

•MOTHER AND TODDLER GROUP The Ark Christian Fellowship, Fuengirola, Tuesday and Thursdays, 11am, •NADFAS (National Decorative and Fine Arts Society) illustrated lectures: Second Monday of month, Salon Varietes Theatre, Fuengirola, 4.30pm; Second Tuesday of month, Danish Club.

Telephone 952 382 713 or www.nadfascostadelsol.org.

•THE GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB Los Boliches raise funds for CUDECA: 952 494 730.

•THE INTERNATIONAL TABLE TENNIS CLUB welcomes new players of good club standard or higher. Play every Thursday and Sunday, no membership fees. Call Barry for further details on 952 373 813 mornings.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION meets throughout the week, various locations. www.britishlegion.org.uk/ counties/spain-south/branches.

• ESTEPONA, Casares and Manilva Jewish Social Club meets regularly for various social events etc.

Contact by email gerrycee@yahoo.co.uk or esteponajcom@btinternet.com.

•DEMENTIA/ALZHEIMER’S plans for a support/advice Group.

Contact rememberthe person@ymail.com •FREETHINKERS GROUP: Informal get-togethers for humanists, rationalists, secularists, atheists, agnostics and sceptics to exchange views and ideas and have social outings.

Email to: costadelsolfreethinkers@gmail.com

Coming Up

• XMAS BAZAR CLUB NARANJA Calahonda. Saturday 1st December.

To book stall call 952 934 378 •CHRISTMAS FAIR St George’s Anglican Church. Sunday December 2 at 12.30pm. Mince pies, jams and preserves and a raffle.

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BOATS | CARS | JOBS | SERVICES | PETS | BIKES | FURNITURE | PROPERTY | MOTORING | FOR SALE Accountants UK CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT providing tax and accounting advisory service. Emergency UK tax returns also handled. Full translation service offered. Call Jonathan Porter FCA on 678 451 788 or email jonathanp@aims.co.uk.

(204405)

Air Conditioning AIRFLOW Air conditioning for cooling and heating units. Professional, fully guaranteed installations. Tel: 952 443 222 (203104) AIR CONDITIONING repairs and servicing. Airflow. 952 443 222 (203104) AIR CONDITIONING heating installation, servicing, repairs and regassing, 24/7. Prompt reliable service 620 020 232, 951 165 090

Airport TRANSFERS FLYING to Stanstead or London Southend? For pre-booked (legal) taxi, ring or text (0044) 7440 629947 or email ed.drive@ya hoo.com. Safe and sound to any destination, any time (200841)

Antiques WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition, immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony´s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Silver fox furs wanted, see main advert on page 27. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel 952 588 795

Architects PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licenses & legalizations. cheda coarq@hotmail.com 680 700 430

Art TIFFANY, FUSING & ENGRAVING, LUXURY ART WORKS. Customised according to your needs and ideas. Free Estimate!

647 874 547 (95493)

ARTISTIC PAINTING. All techniques: Oil, aquarel, pastel … Custom portraits on demand. 647 874 547 (95493) HAND MADE Artistic Cards. Customised according to your needs and ideas. Free Estimate! 647 874 547 (95493)

Awnings ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also blackout blinds. Please see our main ad on page 99. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / ace ofshadeslacala@hotmail.com (101730)

SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. Solar blinds.es@gmail.com Tel Ian 644 546 176 (204325)

PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings.

Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed.

689 515 558 (96789) REFORMS & REHABILITATION. Specialists in all types of building works. Free estimate! 647 874 547 (95493)

Beds UPHOLSTERY for boat cushions in fabric and leather, boat cover for sailing and motor boats. www.iris seegert.com phone 647 764 426

Books

Bespoke Clothing

ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / aceofshadeslacala@hot mail.com (101730)

PLASTERING

PLASTERING, RENDERING, Water damage. Tradesman, over 20 year’s experience, references available. Call: 618 776 864

BATHOLOGIST. Specialist in repairing chipped baths or refurbishing old / worn baths. No mess or disruption. 678 808 837 (101382)

Blinds

DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558

PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings.

Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed.

689 515 558 (96789)

Bath Repairs

LA D I E S A N D G E N T L E M E N ’ S suits to measure. Be measured in the comfort of your own home or office by a qualified English tailor. Linen suits a speciality. Phone 634 378 085 for the travelling tailor to call. (204860)

DAMP PROOFING

Boats

BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice. All areas covered! Coast and inland.

655 825 931 (200855)

BEDS - NEW top quality British beds or just mattresses at unbeatable prices. Also top brands of bankrupt stock including Silentnight, Sealy, Relyon, Rest Assured etc, direct from our new larger premises on the Camino de Coin (A7053) KM 13, heading out of Fuengirola opposite Littlewoods.

Tel 600 633 986 / 634 187 700 (203130)

PROFESSIONAL Building Services. All aspects of work undertaken. Fast, reliable service. References available.

952 492 681 / 606 143 829

SOLAR BLINDS

GET PUBLISHED on Amazon.com and other e-book websites from as little as £250 for a 50,000 word book. Contact Angela@euro peaxess.com

Building Services MIKANN BUILDING SERVICES. Extensions, kitchen/bathroom reforms. All maintenance/repairs. Carpentry, decking.

Phone Mike on 605 269 066 Estepona area (93472) (T1)

PLASTERING, RENDERING, Water damage. Tradesman, over 20 year’s experience, references available. Call: 618 776 864 (100417)

Business For Sale BUSINESS FOR SALE! Beachside, hotel (Bed & Breakfast) 9 Bed and staff apartment, reduced for quick sale. Call 952 774 945 / 607 511 512

Business Opp VEGETARIAN Restaurant for rent in Torremolinos, 13 years, regular clients. Tel: 646 316 388 (203187)

Jim’s home improvements. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small. 692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (204228)

EXCELLENT recession proof business with no overhead! 20 Pringle vending machines €19.900, set up with guaranteed sites, all areas, great cash income! For more info call 600 608 138 (204962)

CONCRETE Ozbuild specialist imprinted concrete. Reseals, brickwork, tiling, plastering, screeding.

10 years coast/campo. Competitive prices, quality finish. 952 426 074 / 606 745 920 www.ozbuildspain.com Quote EWN when calling (200763)

Buy & Sell

SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs. Visit www.swinglescasas.webs.com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (88621) L.G.S CONSTRUCTION. All building work undertaken.

New builds, extensions, reforms, driveways, slabbing, brickwork, internal & external tiling. Ground works & concrete specialists. All work guaranteed. For a free quote. Tel: 699 049 296 lightgaugesystems1@gmail. com (204202)

Caravans PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola.

Established 25 years. www.eu rodog.es/info@eu rodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (88614) TIMBER Building SL has been a leader in a prefabricated market for the last 28 years with more than 5,500 happy customers. Ring for wooden houses, garden sheds, pergolas, reforms. 666 819 689 CASAS MOVILES EUROPA has an experience in the mobile home trade, all over Europe for the last 25 years. You can put your trust in us! Ring Jane now on 952 119 053

Car Hire BOOK your Gibraltar/La Linea car hire online at www.brunoscar.com. Malaga and Gibraltar car hire with inclusive rates. Also cheap airport parking, Malaga. 952 891 415 (204494) CAR HIRE long term from €300 / month. Short term from €70 / week. Delivery & airport service, call 607 334 610 (200753) CAR HIRE. Quality, legal cars from €70 per week. Tel 658 031 285 CAR HIRE. Exeter Airport from £80 week. 0044 1803 312 253 / 0044 7880 921 421 lowcostdrive hire@hotmail.co.uk (203009)

Cars for Sale

POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts. Tel: 666 933 726 www.spainpool.com CD’s, DVD’s, collections, large or small., TC will buy them all. Tel. 652 072 600 (204831) SUPERPOOL est. 1985. Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new / second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 - www.superpoolspain.com

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Cruises

www.cartransportunique.com Spain UK Spain, car transport, best rates. Call 664 600 806, www.cartransportunique.com (204793)

UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (86049)

WINTER MED CRUISES - 7 days for less than £300! www.cruisesfrommalaga.co.uk (204950)

RECOVERY SERVICE car / light plant transported, cars disposed of with official destruction certificate, fully insured. 600 868 056 (203856)

Carpentry CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (101611) IRISH CARPENTER. Doors, decking, kitchens, bathrooms, all aspects. Established 2002. 952 196 457, 696 064 019. www.com plete-carpentry.com (200837)

Catering PRIVATE Chef Service. Hire your own chef for that special occasion. Gift vouchers available. 637 802 743. www.cook ingholidayspain.com (204493)

Chimney Services APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (95283) PROFESSIONAL chimney sweeping services, all areas covered.

Call 654 184 242 or 607 441 959

Chiropractors MARBELLA Chiropractic. Free spinal check. Mark Lane, Australian trained, licensed chiropractor. C.C. Guadalmina. San Pedro de Alcantara. 952 880 398 www.marbellachiropractic.com

Classes

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST, RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382) CONEJO CLEANING. All types including regular rentals and holiday lets. Most areas. 20 yrs on the coast. Wendy 635 630 370 / 952 964 407. See website for out of season specials!! www.conejo cleaning.com (204417) TOTAL CLEANING SOLUTIONS. PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENCED CLEANING SERVICES FROM HOUSE CLEANS, CHANGEOVERS TO FULL COMMERCIAL CLEAN, INCLUDING BAR AND RESTAURANT KITCHENS. CALL 633 061 607 / 659 945 915 (95531)

Curtains QUALITY hand finished curtains & soft furnishings, professionally qualified, contact Rachel 952 825 766 or visit www.curtaincouture marbella.com (99478) CURTAINS, black-out curtains, 30 colours, voiles, blinds, headboards, soft furnishings and upholstery. Complete Service. Mary 675 813 348 (99368)

Damp Proofing

L & B CLEANING services, no job too small, professional ladies. Tel 645 561 716 (204204) PROFESSIONAL cleaner / House keeper. Tel 633 461 951 (204205) BE CLEAN SWEEP S.C Property Management and Cleaning Company. Honest and reliable. Call 635 152 313 or 630 614 412 (200804)

ROOFS, WALLS, BASEMENTS. Without Damp nor Leaks.

Your Local Specialists in Damp Proofing. Free Estimate! 690 049 011 (95493) DAMP Problem!! Sourced and cured by master builder, longest established damp company on the coast. Call Ed 693 859 894 (200930)

Domestic App Repairs

LEATHER Suites, Upholstery and carpets thoroughly cleaned. Tel: 952 930 472 or 667 430 518 (203082)

DOMESTIC Appliance repairs washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired.

Christian 608 337 497 (97989)

Computers

Drainage

ELECTRICIAN 16th Edition BS7671 qualified 24 years experience. Rewires, extra sockets, lights, fault finding etc. www.electriciancosta delsol.com Contact electri cian.in.spain@gmail.com Call Ian 650 151 569 (95433)

Entertainment PARTYTIME KARAOKE. Karaoke, disco, top cabaret artist, affordable entertainment, for your bar, restaurant or private party www.partytimekaraoke.moon fruit.com Tel: 699 767 451

TREE SURGERY. Pruning and felling of all kinds of trees, dead tree removal. Free Quotation!!! 692 960 142 (95493) SECOND HAND TOMS. In San Pedro. Furniture bought and sold. House clearances. Best prices paid. Tel: 951 136 531 / 615 404 405 (100053)

FUMIGATION. LOCAL EXPERTS for all kinds of pests.

General garden care. Free quotation! 647 874 547 (95493) T1

ALL styles of furniture designed and made to measure,built-in or freestanding. Residential/Commercial.

Portfolio available. 635 878 116 stu art_macg @hot mail.com (204127)

TREE SURGEONS No tree too tall, removal of dead palm trees and limbs, eco gardening, mulch and manure fertilizer, palm pruning. 686 948 552 / 661 129 146 www.top-jardin.com (204796)

Garage Doors

PRIVATE Villas & Communities. Cleaning, gardening, fumigation, pruning, irrigation systems and much more …

Free estimate! 951 088 826

CHAINLINK FENCING erectors, general builders, really competitive prices. Free quotation, no job too big or small, very reliable. Tel: 655 218 466 (97757)

GARDENER. Trees, hedges, palms pruned, lawns, fencing, strimming, garden tidied, maintenance. Steve 952 485 941 / 616 669 285 / 654 320 567 (100418)

Floor Polishing

GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design. Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 (100065)

POLISH your marble floor professionally at half price.

671 244 683 (95518) T1 MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE. WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE THEN POLISH TO HIGH GLOSS NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL FAST SERVICE. COVER ALL COSTA DEL SOL. 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE. TEL: 671 244 683 (95517) T1 MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed.

Wooden floors treated. No job too small. Family run. Cleansol 10am 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (203037)

For Sale/Wanted

Gardening

PALM TREE PROFESSIONALS cleaning, pruning and fumigation.

Qualified, experienced and insured. Free estimates. Competitive prices. Tel: 600 558 569 www.costapalmeras.com 29€/WEEK. Cleaning. Garden maintenance and more … 634 355 441 (95493) LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTURE. Water features, computer design, all inclusive. Company established 1990. Free quotation!

634 355 441 (95493) 30€ PALM CLEANING. Pruning & fumigation. Tree felling. No tree too tall. Free quotation! 634 355 441 (95493) ARBOLISTA Tree Surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998. 600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree.com (204960)

IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. New installation and problem solving. General gardening. Free quotation! 647 874 547

COMPUTER HELPLINE. Desktop, laptops, upgraded, repaired. New and used supplied. Internet, Email problems solved.

952 564 274 / 677 702 501 (89597)

PC DOCTOR 20 years serving the Coast. Laptops, PC sales and repairs. In any language.

We come to you. 952 591 071 (200826)

PROFESSIONAL GARDEN CARE. All inclusive. Cleaning, pruning, fumigation and much more … 647 874 547 (95493) T1 39€ / PALM PRUNING!!! General Tree Care. Dead Tree Removal. Free Quotes! 647 874 547 (95493) T1

Electricians

TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (203825)

COSTASYS computer support and maintenance.

Home and office visits. Support Contracts, ADSL, Wireless, Antivirus, Networks, PC Repairs, Hardware and Software. www.costa sys.com or call Steven 622 253 592 (89638)

PC PROBLEMS solved! Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Hardware and software upgrades available. Also one-toone training. Experienced and reliable service, no call out charge. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (99398)

Furniture

Fencing Services

(CHRISTMAS) Present: get your oven cleaned by a professional, so you can tase the food you cook. From 35€. 632 569 282 ovencleaningcostadelsol.com (98222) WINDOW Cleaning - professional, established 12 years. friendly, reliable service. Call Mike 670 765 742 (99341)

UNBLOCKED DRAINS. New Installation & Problem Solving. Professional Service Guaranteed. All Inclusive.

Free Estimate! 690 049 011

Gates

Frienship CLEARFLOW DRAIN SERVICES. All drain problems solved. More than 25 years on the coast. Tel 952 885 661 or 630 200 600 (99408)

FIND LOVE IN THE SUN w w w. i w a n t 2 m e e t y o u . c o m .

Browse for free Spain’s No 1 online dating site. Bringing ex-pats together. (204448)

SECURE - IT . Manufactures of gates, railings, staircases, stainless steels etc. You price it, we slice it. We’ll beat any genuine quote. Call for free estimates. 652 625 050 / 952 465 230 www.se cureit-spain.com (98204) EXPRESS Metalwork Services.

Gates, grilles, rails and scissor gates. Stainless steel specialists.

952 485 261, 617 065 636 www.express-steel.com (203188)

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Genealogy LET ME TRACE your family tree, go back three generations, learn about your family history, find missing relatives, UK and Europe. References available. Russell 665 016 374 (203820)

MINI DIGGER / dumper hire.

Property maintenance and small building projects. Reliable, references available. Simon 678 450 051 (203874)

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

Hot Tubs/Spas HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs 691 973 131 / 952 793 398

House Clearances

LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc, any condition, immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola . Silver fox furs wanted, see main advert on page 27. Mobile 609 529 633 Tel: 952 588 795 (85364)

HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies. Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover. Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259)

WANTED FURNITURE & household items houses gardens garages cleared top prices paid fast reliable service 639 229 607 / 649 977 723 (203868)

holaCREDITO.COM offering short term loans on your valuables. Also cash for your old GOLD, top prices paid, guaranteed. Please see web for details or call Banus office 951 319 538 (203889)

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%. Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars. Home insurance from €50. Tel: 952 893 380 (68259)

Health & Beauty House Sittings YOUR HOME SECURE from burglars and intruders during your absence. Reference available! 647 874 547

EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euinsurancedirect.com www.euinsurancedirect.com

Insurance

SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 608 977 260 www.masajes sayan.es (204418)

HEALTH

BOTOX, fillers, mobile therapist. coast / inland Tel 609 347 086. www.altered-image.eu (200932)

SANITAS. Affordable private medical insurance linked to B.U.P.A. Phone 952 383 127 or 670 217 272 (96805)

PAIN? Neck, Arms, Back, Legs.

Acupressure. Fast results. No cure – no pay. Fuengirola 651 172 474 (200814)

Internet

NON-SURGICAL LIPOSUCTION IN BANÚS. WWW.TRANSFORMALL.COM TEL 605 865 755 (200953)

24/7 Locksmith Locksmith emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803

HOSTING - Carrier grade data centre in Elviria, two diesel generators, multiple backbone symmetrical carrier-class connections, BGP4 routing, aircon, secure facilities. For dedicated housing or hostings with serious bandwidth and 99.99% uptime, we can host your servers and applications in our data centre in Elviria.

Feel free to visit us to discuss your needs. 951 055 676 www.mercuryinter net.com (98184)

Interpreters

TEETH WHITENING IN BANÚS FROM 75€ WWW.TRANSFOR MALL.COM TEL. 605 865 755 (200953)

PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETERS. All major languages; literary. Legal, technical, scientific 647 874 547

NON-SURGICAL FACELIFTS IN BANÚS 35€ WWW.TRANS FORMALL.COM TEL. 605 865 755 (200953) PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL AND SKIN TREATMENTS USING IPL IN BANÚS. WWW.TRANSFORMALL.COM TEL 605 865 755 (200953)

Loans

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have.

We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance.

Call 952 893 380 (68259)

Handyman HANDYMAN & general maintenance. No job too small. 15 years on coast. Honest, trustworthy & reliable. Call Mark 675 382 808 (99445)

Lawyers

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COSTALOCKS 24/7, LOCKSMITH/ HOME SECURITY, NEW KEYS, KEYED ALIKE, WINDOWS SECURED, SAFES OPENED / INSTALLED, FREE HOME SECURITY CHECK, CALL Debby or Bob 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WWW. COSTALOCKS.COM (99468) SECURITY OF SPAIN – 24 HOUR LOCKSMITH – Lock / safe opening service. Locks changed / upgraded. Contact Darren, Tel 636 770 865 www.securityofs pain.com (204407) T3 24 HOUR locksmith. Emergency opening of doors and safes, established since 1993.

617 921 824 (204269) LOCKSMITH Unlock doors, strong box / cars. Change security locks, emergencies, 24 hours. Marbella 630 333 615 (204217)

Locksmith Auto CAR KEYS lost or need a spare?

Keys cut & paired with car, car opening, car key & remotes, Specialist. Call Ray 679 831 166

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WEIGHT LOSS or Quit Smoking Consultations. International Health Author BSc qualified. Home visits 632 731 164 any time (203076)

MEDIUM Terry Rose. She can help you by giving more insight in your live and future. By card reading, psychic or mental reading and / or regression therapy. Even reading photos, bracelets or watches. In Nueva Andalucia. Call 693 583 569 email terry.rose@foryou.nl

Health & Fitness KRAV MAGA - The most effective self defence system! Easy - effective - crucial - fitness - fun. Marbella & Torremolinos. Also private classes! Tel 655 689 455 www.kravmagamarbella.com

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Hire Services MINI digger and driver, self drive hire available, sand and stone delivery service. 649 526 922 (204976)

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Mobile/Static Homes

Mosquito Screens

WE BUY, Sell, remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley @gmail.com (100120)

ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds.

Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / aceofshadesla cala@hotmail.com (101730)

MOBILE HOME WOODEN HOUSE ? We buy & sell new and second hand units. Remove, level, repair, transport and build extensions. 30 years experience nationwide. Call us, Casas Moviles Europa 952 119 053 (204408) WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

24/7 Mobility MOBILITY SCOOTERS, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames etc for sale and hire. Delivered to home or hotel. Always a good selection of quality used scooters in stock with guarantee. e.g. used 4 wheel scooter, new batteries €350. Electric wheelchair can go into car €1,595. Rascal Eco 4 boot scooter €2,100 for €1,395.

New wheelchairs from €250.

Mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted. For same day delivery phone 609 581 139. Mobility Scooters Direct. www.mobilityscootersdirect spain.com (204413)

Cabrio-sol. 639 580 372 (Camino de Coin km 13.2 Mijas Golf).

Opening hours: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (203919) AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist.

Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmatic2005@ya hoo.com. www.transmatic.es (200809)

T H E M O S Q U I TO S c r e e n C o m p a n y. S c r e e n i n g t h e coast for 10 years. Quality p r o d u c t s a t a f fo r d a b l e prices. 622 244 116 www.mosquitoscreenco.com

RECOVERY SERVICE car / light plant transported, cars disposed of with official destruction certificate, fully insured. 600 868 056 (203856)

FOR SALE

Motorbikes

WANTED all cars. Any registration, runners, non runners.

Finance no problem. Call now, cash waiting. 687 049 592 or 622 156 022 (203809) (T1)

KTM LC4 640, Enduro Motor Crosser, on road, off road, orange, 1999, Spanish plates, very low klms, very little use, absolute immaculate condition, €3,500. 603 151 587 (203856)

WANTED expat owned Spanish cars. If you have a quality car with service history that you want to sell, please phone us and we will pay the top price in cash for it. Remember Robertson, the name you can trust. Over 46 years buying and selling cars and more than 26 years in Spain. We are a small family business and will make sure that all documentation is correctly taken care of.

Phone my husband Gordon 608 658 785 or ladies you can ring me, Samantha Robertson on 952 832 173. See our web page www.robertsoncars-spain.com

Motor Homes MOTORHOMES for sale & wanted. www.hispavan.com Leo 687 845 730 (204681)

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Mobility

All models serviced and repaired. Two years guarantee.

Free delivery 952 584 302 / 633 127 901 / 633 128 104 www.mobility-spain.com

Mortgages NEW purchase mortgages from 1.55% up to 100% LTV, resell mortgages 70% from 4.25% with LTV equity release up to 50% LTV. All status considered. Tel: 952 801 401, 666 709 743 www.thefi nancebureau.com (99475)

www.benalcars.com Sports, prestige and 4x4’s. Always buying and selling. Tel 661 351 877 (95435) CHIPS AWAY, Marbella, San Pedro. 10% discount. Tlf. 952 853 350. See advert on page 116

CAR SERVICES MECHANIC workshop & mobile.

All work undertaken. ITVs done, reasonable rates, prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (204246) CABRIOSOL soft tops, German top quality, for all Cabriolet cars & jeeps. Professional fitting, repairs & change of plastic windows.

ONLY 58,000kms, rarely used holiday car. Opel Corsa, year 2000, 1.2 limited edition “2000”, one owner, midnight blue, 5 door, 5 speed, brilliant condition, cheap to run, a genuine bargain at €2,500.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson 608 658 785 / 952 832 173 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (NEW SHAPE) 2008 Chevrolet Matiz 0.8 li8tre S model, silver, only 50,000kms, approx 31,000 miles, 5 door, 5 speed, air conditioned, power assisted steering, elderly lady owner leaving Spain, small car, big bargain, €4,500.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com DIESEL SEVEN SEATER Opel Zafira 2.2DTi, 2005, Blueline, 16 valve (125bhp), blue with alloy wheels, climate control, great people carrier, was €5,995, now €5,500.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com 4X4 DIESEL LAND ROVER Discovery 2.7TDV6 SE Mark III, one owner, 113,000kms, FSH, black with beige leather, many extras, a massive saving on new price. Jeremy Clarkson loved it, can be yours, was €18,995 now €17,995.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com 4X4 DIESEL MITSUBISHI Montero 3.2GLS long wheel base, 2003, “top of the range”, one lady owner, gold, alloy wheels, air con, 5 speed, was €7,995 now €6,995.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (200963)

AUTOMATIC Honda FRV 2008 1.8i Vetex Executive only 52,000kms, six seater, full service history, CD, ABS, PAS and air con, electric everything, gunmetal grey with alloy wheels, save a fortune on new price, this is like new condition for 12,995€ Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (200963) DIESEL Ford Fusion 2007, 1.6 TDCi Ambiente only, 26,000kms, one owner, CD player, air conditon, electric locking, windows etc, outstanding condition, looks right in white with grey interior, be quick, €6,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (200963) AUTOMATIC Jaguar “S” type, year 2001 model, 3 litre, executive, electric sunroof (top of the range), service history, immaculate condition, a credit to private golfing gentleman owner, must be seen, in metallic aquamarine blue, €4,995.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com CITROEN BERLINGOS 2008 vans / Multispaces Combis, direct Citroen lease, FSH, low KLMs, from €3,995. 600 868 056 (203856) 2001 Land Rover Discovery TD5 digital air con, diesel, lhd UK plates, good condition, one owner, €4,995. 672 550 037 (203856) TOYOTA Yaris 2007 1.4 d4d black diesel, alloys, aircon, 120,000klms f.s.h. very economical, excellent condition.

5,450€ 600 868 056 five peastrading@aol.com CITROEN Jumper, 2008 mwb van, direct citroen leasing, only 80,000klms, aircon, electric, 8,995€ 600 868 056, fivepeastrading@aol.com FIESTA 1.4, TDCI 2004, silver, 5 door, 100kms, air con, electric, fantastic condition.

3,750€ 672 550 037 AUTOMATIC Renault Megan Classic, white, 2.0 petrol, 5 door, only 100kms, 1,995€ 672 550 037 fivepeastrad ing@aol.com (203856) VW GOLF 2.0gt TDi 3 door, automatic, black alloys, sat nav etc. very rare car in perfect condition, €7,995. 672 550 037 (203856) VW PASSAT automatic, 2.0 TDi highline, top spec, black, low klms, must be seen, excellent condition. 600 868 056 (203856) AUDI A4 Cabrio, top spec, 3.0 automatic, alloys, sat nav, climate control, black with alcantara, €8,995. 672 550 037 (203856) 2009 Citroen Jumper, 2.2 6 speed high top van, top spec, cost €26,000, new low klms, €12,995. 600 868 056 2007 Corsa 1.3 CDTi diesel, 80,000klm, air con, electric, etc. 5 door sport model, very nice car. €5,450 672 550 037 fivepeastrading@aol.com (203856)

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www.euroweeklynews.com ESTEPONA ACCIDENT Repair Centre, car body specialists, Insurance repairs, vandal scratches, bumper scuffs, alloy wheels, car valeting, full car polish, full car repair, major crash repairs. 951 316 862, 692 401 665, 603 199 798 FIAT Doblo multi space, Nov 2009, top of the range safeline model, multijet diesel, 80,000klms, side steps, bull bars, aircon, etc..etc. absolutely mint condition inside and out, 8,995€. 600 868 056 (203856) FORD FIESTA, silver 2006 1.4 tdci, 5 door, aircon, newer shape, very clean car. 4,995€ fivepeastrading@aol.com 600 868 056 (203856) 2008 CITROEN C3, 1.4hdi diesel, deep metallic burgundy, great little car, 5,995€ fivepeastrading@aol.com 600 868 056 (203856) E55 AMG MERCEDES 5.5 silver, 2001, fully loaded, 130klms, full service history, very clean example. 6,995€ fivepeastrading@aol.com 2003 Model Mercedes E Class, blue, contrasting blue interior, C7C, Sat Nav, CD, alloys, VGC. €8,000. Tel 639 928 090 or 952 283 908 (203098) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 /608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (204276) JAGUAR XF Diesel 2.7 Premium luxury, Automatic 2008, only 48.000km. Bought from main dealer Marbella, Sat/Nav, parking sensors, front and rear memory seats, too many extras to list , metallic silver, black leather, this car has been garaged since new and immaculate condition. Price slashed WAS €29.995 NOW ONLY €27.995. Tel 952 838 842, 608 950 221 billbradycars.com CAMPER VAN Adria Sloop 2+1 Fiat Ducato 110hp 2.3 JTD 2004 ITV until 2014, 80,500km. Just serviced and cam belt changed at 76,000km. Trauma gas hot water and central heating. Fiamma F65s 3.2m Awning, 300w inverter and much more, great offer at only 22,995€. 952 838 842, 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) FANTASTIC opportunity Ford Fiesta 1.25 Inj 16V 2009 5 door (new shape) from lady owner bought from Ford Malaga and serviced by them. Parrot hands free, great first car or coastal car, metallic silver, looks and drives fantastic, yes this price is correct, reduced to only 7,500€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com AUTOMATIC/Diesel 4x4 Land Rover Discovery 11, 2.5TDI, 5 door, Spanish plates, very low klm, too many extras to list, including tow bar and in fantastic condition, don’t delay at this low price, 7,995€ 952 838 842, 608 950 221. billbradycars.com (204276)

THIS has to be seen, Citroen C-3 Exclusive 1.4 Inj 5 door 2005, one private owner, only 69,000klm (48,000mls) with service history, climate control, cruise control, full electric pack, six CD changer and lots more and only yes, now from 4,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) DIESEL Renault Scenic 1.9 DCI 2003 with service history and all the extras that you get with great family MPV, great value at only 2,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) GREAT value Ford Focus (Sedan) 2004, 4 door model, massive boot space, 64,000klm, long ITV (MOT), only used as holiday car, Spanish plates, a/c, full electric pack, this price is correct, only 2,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221. billbradycars.com (204276) NEED A CAR? - Can’t get credit? - Self employed? - Why not “Rent to Own” your next car?

- No loans, no credit checks.

HispAuto.com 952 564 912 LAND ROVER 2001 Freelander TD4 2.0 Diesel. Green, A/C. Spanish plates. 125,000km, good condition. €4,500. Tel: 675 314 854 FIAT Grande Punto 1.2 Classic 2007, 5 dr, platinum metallic, super clean condition, 49,000kms, 4,500€, part-ex welcome 680 841 900 PORSCHE 928 S4, automatic, LHD, Spanish reg, fully loaded. www.his pavan.com Leo 687 845 730 AUDI A6, all road, 4x4, luxury motoring, Spanish reg, LHD, auto, diesel, GBP5,600, bargain, www.his pavan.com Leo 687 845 730

INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies.

Call 952 893 380 (68259) MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now! (95302)

MECHANICS BRITISH MOBILE MECHANICS. Fully qualified, home visits, reasonable prices and repairs for all cars. ITV’s €80 we come to you. 951 400 189 www.mbcmechanics.com 695 913 592 (101500)

WANTED

Pets YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered, free of charge. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398)

WANTED all cars. Any registration, runners, non runners. Embargos no problem. Call now, cash waiting. 687 049 592 (99453)

CHIHUAHUA pedigree puppies with passport. All year round available. 952 112 870 / 654 285 667 (97945)

WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 (204332) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (101382) WANTED cars / vans / light plant, anything considered, even with paperwork problems, cash buyer, instant decisions made. 600 868 056 fivepeastrading@aol.com (203856)

PAINTER & DECORATOR If you just want the job done, then call the rest, but if you want the job done right call the best. Sam “Simply the Best” 18 years Mijas area 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 PAINTER & DECORATOR Lounges from 120€, bedrooms, halls 60€. Paper hanging, plastering, tiling and paint spraying. Call Dennis, Calahonda. 670 774 527

CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (101382)

POLISH painters and builders, 18 years experience. Damp problems, interior or exterior. Free quotes. 626 954 440 (203189)

WANTED - Motorhome, even damaged. Can part exchange car or Jacuzzi hot tub. Private buy.

Tel: 691 973 131 (200830)

Pest Control

WANTED Legal Spanish Cars and Commercial, under 10 years old, any condition, including non-runners and damaged.

Cash paid. Buyer collects.

Transfer included. Tel: 605 109 796 (200754)

Music PROFESSIONAL live music for any event. Weddings a speciality. Solo Spanish guitar to dance band. Some dates available this Xmas. Details David 687 627 434 (Not an Agent) (204219)

Multiservices MULTISERVICES. General building & reforms. Painting, gardening, pool cleaning, all areas covered.

Free Quotation! 647 874 547

Painter/Decorator

REPAIRS AUTO ELECTRICAL Specialist.

Over 30 years experience. Cars, commercials & boats. Latest diagnostic equipment. Petrol / diesel fuel injection problems solved. No job too small. Tel: 647 289 753

REGISTRATION CAR TRANSFERS AND IMPORTS PROBLEMS WITH EMBARGOS ON ROAD TAX? SAME DAY COLLECTION OF PAPERS. ENGLISH SPEAKING. PLEASE CALL 633 271 274 (101382)

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PROFESSIONAL HOUSE PAINTING and decoration.

Tidy service guaranteed. Free estimate! References available 690 049 011 (95493)

COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc.

Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee, serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control Company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (95515)

ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187/696 233 848 info@petchauf feur.eu (204880)

CHARITIES ANCRAA – The Andalucian Giant Donkey sanctuary is open to the public every Sunday from 11.00am to 2.00pm, free of charge and needs volunteer helpers for all the Andalucian Giant Donkeys. The Sanctuary can be found by taking the N340 from Marbella/San Pedro towards Estepona and leaving at km164 (just after Agro Jardin Vivero Grande) Look for signs for Parque Botanico, about 3kms to Finca Los Pajaritos for the incredibly interesting, informative and educational few hours. Oh! Of course the donkeys do enjoy a cuddle!! You can also visit the web site www.ancraa.org or email mar lene@ancraa.org Tel: 952 790 511 (93318) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call Marjorie 952 79 74 05 or 636 934 146 ACE CHARITY at El Refugio Kennels always needs volunteers to help with dog walking. It’s good exercise, a couple of hours any morning of the week. Foster and permanent homes also needed for our many inmates! Vivien 639 991 079 (93320) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00.

Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepe online.net (93321)

At SOS Animal Refuge we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 665 682 919 or 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way.

ARCH - The Andalucian Rescue Centre for Horses welcomes visitors and volunteers to their stables on Saturdays from 10 - 12 or by appointment. Come and help out, drop your children off for the Kids Club on a SATURDAY or sponsor or adopt one of our horses, donkeys or mules. We always need help with fund raising to look after the abandoned and abused animals. Our aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. We are a small friendly team - why not join us. Find us in Alhaurin El Grande, behind the Venta Miralmonte on the road from Alhaurin to Coin, (A404) Urb. Viña Borrego, follow the yellow signs. Charity registered with the Junta de Andalucia No 8448. www.horserescuespain.org info@horserescuespain.org archres cue@yahoo.co.uk Tel: - 635 798 219 or 656 935 613 or 620 175 828

KENNELS EURODOG Boarding Kennels and Cattery. Under new ownership, fully licensed and sanitary approved, long/short term. Mijas Costa Tel 697 731 171 www.eurodogspain.com SPECIAL PROMOTION for new clients at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Dogs €10 per day plus IVA Tel: 952 112 978. www.cat-and-dogworld.com (97995) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Individual heating available. Introductory offers for new clients. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.pet carespain.com (98147) COOL KENNELS AND CATTERY. Air conditioned. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. LAGUNAKEN NELS@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 (204248)

Pet Insurance PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371 info@protectapet.eu

Pet Transport PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best.

Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or e-mail us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227.

Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (95495)

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www.euroweeklynews.com THE DOG MOVER. Licensed professional transporters. Two handlers, so dogs never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.moveyourdog.com (89749) LOOK NO FURTHER FOR YOUR PET TRANSPORT. WE OFFER A SERVICE TO TRAVEL WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR PETS/FURNITURE. ALL PETS TRAVEL WITH US IN AIR CONDITIONED PEOPLE CARRIERS. CALL FOR PRICES. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 WWW.SPAINUKSPAIN.COM

Costa del Sol

Professional Serv NEED an administrative or computer job done, but don’t have the time or staff? Computer literate women, Dutch and English, can help. Content management, data entry, mailings, typing jobs etc. Call Eva on 632 993 039

www.Quick-Sale-Deals.com.

For The Latest Marbella Serious Investor and Quick Sale Luxury Property Deals Updated Daily: www.Bob Callan.com Mob: 616 004 771 (203792) T1 WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM Bargain inland properties for all budgets Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (100017)

Plumbing

GREAT OPPORTUNITY. TORREBLANCA. Ideal detached villa offering two self contained separate levels - main upper level 3 beds/1 bath lower level 1 bed/1 bath, i d e a l fo r r e n t a l o r e l d e r l y person/teenager/ guests, large plot, private swimming pool and spacious garage, quiet residential area. Original asking price €299,500 n o a g e n t s fe e s , n o w €240,000. Viewing recommended - 647 647 629 (101501)

NEED a Qualified Plumber?

No call-out charge. Call Vinny 662 682 220. www.costa plumber.es (100058) T1

MARBELLA centre, first line beach, 3 beds, 3 baths, suitable for cash buyer.

Price €250,000. 671 244 683 (95518)

PET TRANSPORTATION by air.

Complete service from professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dog-world.com ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187/696 233 848 info@petchauf feur.eu (101721

THE Irish plumber for all your plumbing requirements, all areas covered. 7 days, reasonable rates. 605 206 394 (200961) RETIRED REGISTERED PLUMBER / DRIVER. Needs beer money, any job considered. Free advice, lowest rates. Chris 652 665 380 (93499) PLUMBER: Water heaters repaired, replaced same day.

Full bathroom and kitchen reforms, previous work can be seen. References available.

Mark Allan 608 454 778 / 952 937 244 (203807)

Private Detective DETECTIVES PRIVATE, Entrellaves (1958), Marbella. All types investigations. www.en trellaves.es. 669 021 002

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Property for Sale

LA CALA HILLS. Spacious 3 bed, 2 bath apartment, 160m2, underground parking and storage, good outlook a n d i d e a l l y l o c a t e d fo r a l l amenities.

Re a l i s t i c a l l y priced at €259,000 Call 647 3 7 9 4 2 7 fo r fu r t h e r i n fo (99419) SANTA CLARA GOLF south facing, sea views, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, intermediaries and estate agents abstain €475.000 librosyso bres@hotmail.com Tel: 630 313 814 (203858)

Removals & Storage

EL SOTO DE MARBELLA (lowest priced apartment), large, immaculate 2 bedroomed, ground floor apartment fully furnished to a high standard with outstanding views. Prestigious development with own on-site restaurant, 9 hole golf course, gym, sauna, spa & tennis courts and set in an area of natural beauty. Final price €135,000. Tel Paul 627 134 866 (92604) PUERTO BANUS - Price reduced.

Private sale. Four bedroomed townhouse, Condes de Iza. 0044 (0)7801 427 884 (200913) REDUCED to €129,500 (was €169,500). Rancho Miraflores, furnished, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment.

Sea views. Garage. 952 939 618 (203089) LOVELY spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom flat, central Benalmadena, large patios, pool, secure garage, storage, all day sunshine, now reduced to €190,000 ono. Tel: 607 019 444 or email: lynntrans56 @yahoo.com (203093) TORREQUEBRADA - Golf and sea views, fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, garage, store room, 179,000€ 660 705 682 (204931) ALHAURIN - For sale, park home, two beds, 22,500€ 634 359 716 s i m m o c 1 9 4 1 @ ya h o o . c o . u k (204814) BENALMADENA Costa Townhouse, 3 bedroom, for sale, close to beach. www.casangela.co.uk (100157) VILLA frontline beach, 4 bed, pool, garden, new Golden Mile, unique opportunity, only 895,000€. 667 411 111 (99396)

BENALMADENA Arroyo 1 bed apt Corinto. Refurbished, pool, garden, great rental location €69.000. 1 bed Piscis, sunny spectacular views, spacious rooms, parking €79.000. 630 817 715 or 0044 1214 777 898 (204158) LUXURY Apartment For Sale. Reduced by 20,000€. See: www.mi jasgolfapartmentforsale.co.uk 00+44+1322 839 009 (204817) EL PORTON, Calahonda. €139,500. 2 double bedroom apartment. Fully furnished. Fantastic views. Kevin 607 551 601 (203089) ALHAURIN EL GRANDE Immaculate 4 bed, 3 bath, country house, garage, 4M plot 199K€ neg.

FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) MARBELLA La Reserva, Distressed Sale, prime location, 2 bed, 2 bath penthouse, 160K€ neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) ALHAURIN EL GRANDE Bargain 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse, 70K€ neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 ALHAURIN de la TORRE, Stunning character property + mod-cons, 4 beds, 4 baths, huge living & kitchen, study, pool, land, garden 430K€ NEG. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) OPPORTUNITY Benalmadena 138,000€. Charming bungalow villa, 2 bedrooms, 300m2 plot.

Garage. www.first4property.es 606 526 618 (203193) MARBELLA Banus, 3 bed, 2 bath, small sea views, €190.000. bravoelezovic@gmail.com 637 439 222 (204870) WWW.MIJASREALESTATE.COM Widest selection of property, all areas, inland and Costa, available / wanted 952 591 006 (204806)

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WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Inland property rentals, long or short term, holidays 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (100017)

WWW.MIJASREALESTATE.COM Widest selection of property, all areas, inland and Costa, available / wanted 952 591 006 (204806)

MONTEMAR, one bedroom apartment to let, all day sun, pool/gardens, any let 300€ pcm. 605 206 394 (200961)

TOWNHOUSE, Reserva de Marbella, 3 bed, 3 bath, furnished, 550€ monthly. Tel: 691 011 698

TRAVEL Agency in La Cala can offer excellent excursion rates/holidays. We also offer long and short term rentals.

More listings welcome. 952 587 090 (204160) MARBELLA centre, rooms to let 671 244 683 (95518) Nr La Duqesa Port - 2 bed, 2 bath apartment, UK TV, garage, communal pool. 5 mins walk to beach €400 per month.

HaciendaGuadalupe - 3 bed, 2 bath apartment overlooking country. Communal pool, UK TV, underground parking €500 per month Tel: 678 307 622 (204045) www.costarents.com over 900 properties for long term rent 671 093 925 (204353) MARBELLA BANUS 2 bed, 2 bath, big elegant, fully equipped, gardens, pool, parking, 800€. Tel: 637 439 222. bravoelezovic @gmail.com (204869)

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MARBELLA APARTMENT Rentals from 700 per month to 1500 per month. 1/2/3 bedrooms.

Exclusive addresses. Telephone 622 571 040 www.kingscastle marbella.com kingscastlemarbe lla@gmail.com (200817) ALHAURIN TORRE / GRANDE / COIN / TORREMOLINOS. BIG OR SMALL WE HAVE THEM ALL €400 TO €1,500 PM. ESME / JULIA 678 457 784 / 629 487 762 (99448)

WATERWELLS waterwell drilling, well pumps, irrigation, pump tests, pressure pumps. Waterwells.org/Sondein SL. Established on the coast since 1995. Web page www.wellsinspain.com.

Enquiries info@ wellsin spain.com 629 978 801 (Fax) 952 793 250 (98077)

TORREMOLINOS, Montemar, townhouse, 155m2, 3 bed + 2 bath, kitchen, large patio, lounge, terraces, views, furnished, residential area, close Carihuela Beach, long term rental, 600€ month, www.in mouniversal.com; 952 381 280 (204491) ALHAURIN EL GRANDE 3 bed, 2 bath sep. kitchen, garden, pool, excellent location, 700€ month.

FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) ALHAURIN/ALQUERIA Stunning character property + mod-cons, 4 beds, 4 baths, huge living kitchen, study, pool, land €1,000 month/deal for 6 months. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834)

ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also blackout blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / aceofshadesla cala@hotmail.com (101730)

TOWNHOUSE Playa Golf, Torrequebrada, 2 bed, 2 bath, private garden, furnished, fantastic mountain & sea views, very clean, €650pm. 634 123 652 (203856)

PRETTY 2 bedroomed country house in Coin. Front covered porch area (45m2), living room with wood burner, American kitchen, 1 bathroom with shower.

Extras: parking for 2 cars, fully fenced, entrance gates and a 25m2 shed/storage room. Unfurnished. Built 65m2. Land: 500m2.

Price 500€. TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F-790) (204315)

cheaprentalscostadelsol.com. Inland and coast. Alhaurin, Coin, Cartama, Villafranco. Call Maddy 665 452 917 or Trish 635 152 323

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TORREMOLINOS, La Carihuela, 1 bed apt, furnished, beach 50m, long term, €400/month, 670 539 504 (203084)

WWW.MIJASREALESTATE.COM Widest selection of property, all areas, inland and Costa, available /wanted. 952 591 006 (204806)

ROOM TO LET - Double room, separate kitchen and shower, within Finca, Alora. €300 pm inc.

Tel: 628 421 289 (203022)

REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306

1, 2 and 3 bedroom from €450 pcm. Calahonda, Riviera and Miraflores. Call Kevin 607 551 601 (203089)

BEAUTIFUL country house in Guaro. Front covered porch area, large living room with open fire, kitchen, 2 double bedrooms and bathroom with shower. Extras: Entrance gates, fully fenced, close to main road, storage room/utility room, pool and lovely views. Built: 90m2. Land 1,000m2 Price: 650€.

TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F-791)

TORREMOLINOS, Montemar, 1 bedroom apartment, renovated, fully furnished, south facing, sea view, 350 euros. 666 517 479

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Property Wanted

Pumps

Refrigeration REFRIGERATION/AIR CONDITIONING. Service and repairs. Fridges, bottle coolers, display cabinets. Same day 24 hr repair service. Tel 627 769 969

Removal/Storage NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL REMOVALS Local and International. Full and part loads taken please call 952 816 582 www.fo cus-transport.com (86002) FLORIDA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120) DUBAI SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120) SOUTH-AMERICA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (203120)

ROLLER shutter repairs. 7 days a week. Conversion from manual to motorized, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland.

655 825 931 (200857) WWW.SPAINUKSPAIN.COM. Vehicle leaving Spain on 9th / 19th / 28th of each month, returning 10th / 20th / 29th of each month. Prices from £90 per cubic metre. Cars £525, bikes £325, jetskis/boats from £525, dogs £395, cats £295. All animals travel with us in air conditioned people carriers. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout 2012. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01543 467 777 & see www.elite-european.com (93139) 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 7th December, space available Tel. 639 928 090 (204878) MULTIMOVERS CDS, local, international and overseas removals and storage.

952 423 128 or visit www.multi movers.com (93474) INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www.universalremovals. com Tel: 951 247 834 (200810) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmat ters.eu (204313)

MAN AND VAN VAN AND MAN. Removals, clearances. Experienced and 100% reliable. €20 per hr.

Paul 622 793 989 (97996) MANVAN REMOVALS €20 / hour, 3 vans available. House clearances. Storage from €10 / w e e k . Te l D av i d 6 9 6 8 1 0 618 EUROPE / UK fortnightly, fu l l o r p a r t l o a d s e r v i c e .

David 696 810 618 (89629) MAN & VAN Removals and transport, all areas covered 100% reliable 952 816 582 (100423) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (91628)

Scrap Metal SCRAP METAL WANTED. HMS 1&2, Copper Wiring, Brass, Stainless Steel, Cars, Trucks, Tractors, Batteries, Plastic & Cardboard.

Tel. 603 128 012 (200922)

Services CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190 (86046)

WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business. English 646 066 351

Sewing ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices.

Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judeinspain@hotmail.com

Signs & Designs SIGNS, Vehicle Decals, Logos, Flyers, A-Boards, Digital Art, Banners. 670 583 779 (200926)

Situations Vacant EXPERIENCED Telesales staff required for immediate start. Full time and part time shifts available. COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY for the right candidates, weekly paid. Please call Dean on 654 763 033 (100044)

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Therapists COUNSELLING, LIFE COACHING. All addictions, depression, other problems. 23 years experience. Contact 634 369 414 (204201) PSYCHOLOGIST: Depression, panic attacks, hypnosis. Dr Frank Stahl Tel: 609 503 021 LOOKING for extra income? Visit www.yourfinancialopportunity.net

Tiling

CARERS REQUIRED! Join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from 868GBP - 1330GBP for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English/British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consul tuscare.com (99161)

TILING, plastering, plumbing, bathrooms, kitchens, reforms and hot mini pools built. 605 206 394 (200961) TILING & REFORMATION. Bathrooms, kitchens. All areas covered. Tiling in general. Free estimate! 647 874 547 (95493)

FULL TIME Administration Staff Required. Mijas town based photographic agency requires a computer literate, energetic person to help with general office administration. Must be fluent in spoken and written English. Please email your CV to: jobs@arcangel-im ages.com (203826)

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KITCHEN Assistant required Mon Fri9 12.00 - 2.30 pm. El Rosario Marbella area. Must speak good English and be friendly, reliable & trustworthy. Please call 698 535 862

Situations Wanted RELIABLE BILINGUAL COUPLE SEEKING HOUSE SITTING / MAINTENANCE POSITION. OWN TRANSPORT ALL AREAS. 644 167 561

Soft Furnishings CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosannacarmella@hotmail.com

Solar SOLAR BEST DEAL IN SPAIN www.gosolarinspain.com AMAZING money-saving offers available, plug and play, free electricity, fantastic solar offers. www.espana-xx1.com Tel: 951 277 581 (99381)

Swimming Pools

POOL MAINTENANCE and repairs, friendly and reliable service.

Estepona to Malaga and Inland.

Special offers on re-grouts and heaters for 2011. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 sparklenripple@hot mail.com/www.sparklenripple.net (86211) T3 18€/WEEK. Pool cleaning service. Crystal clear water all year round. 634 355 441 (95493)

CONSTRUCTION / MAINTENANCE

TRANSLATION certified and ordinary. All language combination. 952 776 803 info@translationsnetwork. com (93470) TRADUCCIONES SAN PEDRO Official translations, all languages.

952 789 204 / 654 613 094 sanpedrotranslations@gmail.com

Trophies

AFFORDABLE POOL MAINTENANCE - Professional maintenance from only €80 per month (exc. chemicals) Call Splash Pools on 952 591 053 - open 8am to 4pm (204460)

LASER ENGRAVED Trophies, Prizes, quality glass engraving service, competitive prices, with 40 years experience. Trophies, medal, badges from €1. THE SPORTS SHOP Fuengirola Tel: 952 473 530

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S suits to measure. Be measured in the comfort of your own home or office by a qualified English tailor. Linen suits a speciality. Phone 634 378 085 for the travelling tailor to call. (204860)

LEARN SPANISH. Speak Spanish from 1st lesson. 1 to 1 or group lessons. Children and adults.

Friendly teacher. Learn properly, gain confidence. GCSE & all levels. From Sotogrande to Fuengirola. Great prices 664 209 839

Tarot Reading MR EDUARD Spiritualist with 35 years experience, national and international healer, adviser. Call 952 824 446 / 626 502 803 (204361)

Sky and Sky+ Digiboxes Wide selection of quality tested receivers available at very competitive prices. Ian 659 812 995 (203877)

TV & Video

SKY DIGIBOXES - Free View and Sky + HD, New, Used, Refurbished Boxes with warranty from an unbeatable €35. Tel 653 061 472 (203023) REPAIRS – TVs, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi-Boxes, Video, Hi-fi and microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 years experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (204868) UK TV. Missing channels after 7pm, channels breaking up during your favourite part of Corrie or Emmerdale? Don´t waste any more viewing time, call the experts. A quick realignment and a change to a high gain LNB will sort out all your frustrations. For a fast and reliable service. Robsky.

Tel: 0034 617 169 792 astra2sat@hotmail.com (203087) WWW.SKYSTHELIMIT.TV FOR ALL YOUR SATELLITE NEEDS, DISH ALIGNMENTS, RELOCATIONS, CALL OUTS FROM €30. SKY HD, TV WALL HANGING SERVICE, TV REPAIR SERVICE 952 371 699 OR 637 570 847 OR EMAIL SALES@SKYSTHELIMIT.TV (203847)

Upholstery UPHOLSTERY work for your furniture. Window decoration, interior consulting, wall covering, luxury fabrics, outdoor fabrics. Home visits in all places for free.

Iris Seegert.

Berlin/ Marbella phone 647 764 426 www.iris-seegert.com (204846) CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST,RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382)

XXX Relaxation Readers of a sensitive disposition may find some of the advertisements in this section offensive.

CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned.

Reliable, fast service. Family run.

Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am - 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN

Web Design

PIANO/GUITAR lessons by professional musician. Nueva Andalucia.

677 626 655 (200982)

WEBSITE design, Flash, Property Listing Software, PHP Developer, MySQL, www.net delsol.com 671 995 005

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Window Tinting

SKY PROBLEMS / Installers don’t turn up when they promise to? Can’t or won’t sort out your satellite problems? Then call Steve @ Scansat. We supply and install full Sky Systems, Digiboxes, Dishes, Sky cards UK/Irish. Dish relocations and TV extensions. For a fast reliable service call Steve 676 533 209 problem solved!

(100436)

Mobile Service. ITV Legal.

Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts.

Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 solar shadetinting @gmail.com (204325)

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www.euroweeklynews.com RIVIERA, Daniela, pretty and busty girl, very naughty, loving, spontaneous and discreet. A 100% natural breasts and bottom, Brazilian bombshell. A sweet temptation, curvy body. Relaxing massage, the best natural French, caresses, sexy posing, golden shower.

Home service. 634 193 202

EROTIC MASSAGE HAPPY BUDDHA 24h Marbella: Av Ricardo Soriano 9, 650 313 001. San Pedro: Andalucia 8 Street, 646 077 504. Girls Escorts: 634 532 612 www.Bu daMarbella.com (95428) MARBELLA CENTRE – the ideal place for your enjoyment in the city centre, eight young ladies for unforgettable moments. Open 24h and prices from €50. For reservations and information call 620 366 817 NEAR Miraflores, Maria, sexy young Bulgarian, 25 yrs old, very pretty, sweet and loving. I am your dream doll girl and the lover you desire. 602 690 036 (204105)

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MIRAFLORES, Sofia, Brazilian escort, skinny, very pretty, curvylicious. I am a pleasure machine. Relaxing massage, sexy posing and much more.

Come and taste me, we will enjoy to the fullest. 602 690 036 RIVIERA, Expert fetish dominatrix. Beginners, medium, experts. Equipped real dungeon in luxury apartment.

Sadism, foot fetish, bondage, trampling, leather, latex, spectacular golden shower.

Dates only. 634 487 517 RIVIERA, 6 beautiful girls, allintimate pleasure, sex, orgasm guaranteed. Let yourself go with these professionals for pleasure ecstasy. Comfortable ambient with good music, totally discreet. www.butterfly girls.es 951 274 723 NEAR Elviria - Angela, beautiful and discreet blue-eyed brunette. Come feel the pleasure in your skin. Your mind will be relaxed and your body satisfied. www.butterflygirls.es 634 193 202

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NEAR Calahonda, Vicky, discreet, a sensual, erotic, mind-blowing, supernaughty girl. A hot and playful tongued nympho. Pleasure guaranteed. Perfect body, sensual eyes to give and get pleasure. Perfect escort for educated, tasteful gentlemen. 602 690 036 LOVELY Asian, Spanish, Russian, Lithuanian, hot and horny, discreet villa, Las Chapas, near Calahonda 679 126 231 (204237) BEAUTIFUL young Spanish, Polish, Asian, Thai massage, relax luxury atmosphere, San Pedro near Banus 618 448 131 (204237) NEW - 19yr old slim, black girl, big breasts, beautiful, loves to swallow. Fuengirola 685 645 671 (99469) THE most gorgeous Filipina, new, sensual, masseuse, kisses with tongue, kinky. Fuengirola 658 913 924 NEW - Blonde Venezuelan, 120cm breasts, deep throat, all services Fuengirola 658 913 924 ELVIRIA Special sexy lady, come play, make your dreams come true. 634 355 751 Visits Sexy Brunette will make your day a happy one!!

In / out call. 622 673 662 www.escort-date.es/ m a r b e l l a / carolina (99406)

EROTIC, therapeutic + tantric massage. Visits and out-calls for men and couples. Puerto Banus. relaxtime@hotmail.es / www.happyrelaxtime.com 951 279 391 / 610 354 432 50 euros Fuengirola/ Mijas Costa, 10 spectacular girls, high standing, gorgeous, friendly, seductive. Striptease, all services.

Luxury villa. Call outs. 24 HOURS. 952 582 150 (200974) MARBELLA Beautiful girls, sexy, playful, morbid and very pleasant, 24 hour service. 626 797 251 MARBELLA Daniela and her seductive and playful friends, all services given, 24 hour escort.

626 797 251 (99471) MARBELLA Paula, do you want to live new experiences? Dare yourself! All the services, 24 hour escort. Tel 626 797 251 (99471) ELVIRIA Cross dressing. Come play and fulfill your fantasy. 634 364 252 (203783) NEAR Torrequebrada Casino, Benalmadena. Beautiful blonde, perfect body, massage & more, home & outcalls. 632 721 814 (204267) BRAZILIAN speaks English, hot naughty girl, super sexy, nice behind, discreet, apartment also hotel and home visits. You will enjoy your time w i t h m e Te l 6 0 2 1 0 1 4 9 0 (204229)

Rooms for rent for private escort Marbella and Puerto Banus (near La Sala) with all accommodation, beautiful rooms, independent bathroom, Wi-fi, easy parking center location, TV, air conditioning, Call 622 177 787 (203789) HORNY Russian blonde woman! 328 very big natural breasts tall anything goes, 24HRS hotel and home visits 622 177 787 Puerto Banus discreet apt (203802) GORGEOUS Polish blonde.

Tel 622 177 787 Marbella (203802) NOVEDAD! Hot Brazilian blonde, Diana. Big breasts, tall, fantastic body! All services and fantasies. Attention to couples, speaks English. Puerto Banus. In / Out. Call 622 177 787 (203802) MARBELLA beautiful girls, sexy, playful, morbid and very pleasant, 24 hour service. Tel 622 316 969 (203870) NEW Daniela and her seductive and playful friends. All services given, 24 hour escort. Tel 626 797 251 MARBELLA Paula, do you want to live new experiences? Dare yourself! All the services, 24 hours escort. Tel 622 316 969 (203870)

SAN PEDRO, new, alone, young, horny, slim, erotic massage, complete service. Very discreet.

698 373 805 (203007) NEW in Marbella, Victoria, tall, beautiful body, slim, very loving and kind, sensual massage in relax, hairy vagina!! 24/7. 602 634 794 www.sexybanus.com (204875) NEW in Marbella, Ex Playboy model, beautiful body, hard tits, tight pussy, no limits, couples, lesbian action, toys, striptease “give it to me hard baby” 24/7. 691 153 143 www.sexy banus.com (204875) DISCREET busty, voluptuous, sexy, sensual & passionate, all services, near Banus, 40 yrs. 666 014 674 (204281) SEX SHOP now open in La Cala.

AFRODITA located on post office road behind BP. Open Mon to Fri 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 7pm, Sat 10am to 2pm (204946) SAN PEDRO, newly Andrea, Emma, young, slim, horny, nice tits, massage, erotic full service. 622 402 169 (200840) SOTOGRANDE Natalie, Lovely, Sexy, Attractive. Call me 648 704 564 (200984) SEX TOYS for the girls, 15% discount with code EW15, toys, lingerie, fetish and more. www.gir longirltoys.co.uk (200828)

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MOTORING For best rates in motor insurance call: 952 89 33 80

EXOTIC: The epic tales told by Scheherazade were an inspiration for Rolls-Royce.

Arabian Rolls luxury ROLLS ROYCE is marketing a collection of Ghost family cars inspired by the tales of The Arabian Nights.

The limited ‘One Thousand and One Nights Bespoke Ghost Collection’ will be launched in three chapters.

Chapter one will be unveiled at the Sharjah International Automobile Show (United Arab Emirates) next Wednesday.

Chapters two and three will follow in 2013.

A series of two-tone paint schemes draws on a warm colour palette that serves as the backdrop for hand-painted coachlines. These intricately applied detail touches, expressing the Arabic words One Thousand and One Nights culminate in a design that frames the car’s door handles.

“This is a testament to the ability of our designers to take inspiration from a rich array of cultures,” Geoff Briscoe, Director Middle East, Africa and Latin America said.

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Ultimate open-air driving from the Italian masters Lamborghini L

AMBORGHINI has unveiled the new Aventador LP700-4 Roadster. It is the latest opentop luxury sports car built by the Italian company for the price of €300,000, excluding taxes.

On the heels of the coupe introduced in summer 2011, and with more than 1,300 already delivered to customers, the House of the Raging Bull is now offering the convertible version of the Aventador.

It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in three seconds and has a maximum speed of 350 km/h. It has a 6.5 litre V12 aspirated engine generating 700 hp, an ISR 7-speed gearbox and push-rod suspension.

The new Lamborghini is immediately recognisable by the unique profile of its upper area, which extends along

DREAM CAR: Aventador Roadster features new Dione 20”/21” alloys. newly designed geometric lines from the removable roof to the engine hood.

The two-piece roof is made

entirely from carbon fibre using techniques that guarantee maximum aesthetic performance and stiffness

although each component is extremely light.

The two parts are removable, easy to handle and

can be stored in the front luggage compartment. In a few seconds it becomes an open top car.

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SPEED: The SLS AMG Coupé Black Series accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds.

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ERCEDES-AMG has presented the high-end super sports car version of the

gull-wing model, the new SLS AMG Coupé Black Series.

Inspired by the SLS AMG GT3 racing version, the fifth Black Series model from Mercedes-AMG boasts a fascinating mix of breathtaking design, outstanding driving dynamics and uncompromising lightweight construction.

With a kerb weight of 1,550 kilograms, the car has a power/weight ratio of 2.45 kg/hp. The AMG 6.3litre V8 engine blasts out 631 hp at 7400 rpm and accelerates to 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds.

The coil-over AMG RIDE CONTROL performance suspension, the AMG ceramic high-performance composite brake system and the weight-optimised forged AMG light-alloy wheels with newly developed sports tyres

EMOTIONAL: The power transmission is a major contributor to driving dynamics. combine with the electronically controlled AMG rear-axle differential lock and the AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed sports transmission featuring uncompromisingly emotional shift

and response times, says the company.

The design of the series derives a special fascination from its similarity to the SLS AMG GT3 sports racing car.

The gull-wing racing car developed in accordance

with FIA GT3 rules has quickly become established as a serious contender among the super sports car elite.

A highlight among the optional equipment and appointments is the Bang &

Olufsen BeoSound AMG high-end surround sound system.

“The new SLS AMG Coupé Black Series is a perfect study in the 100 per cent transfer of technology and engineering from motorsport to the road.

“We have drawn inspiration from worldwide success of the SLS AMG GT3 customer sports racing car on both a conceptual and a technological level,” Chairman of MercedesAMG Ola Källenius said.

“Boasting numerous lightweight components and fascinating driving dynamics, our fifth Black Series model guarantees pure, unadulterated ‘Driving Performance’. The SLS AMG Coupé Black Series is the ultimate choice for fast laps and highly emotional driving experiences,” he added.

Jaguar join family market with launch of XF Sportbrake JAGUAR have decided to enter the family market with the launch of the XF Sportbrake.

Despite the fancy name it is really a good old fashioned estate, but with Jaguar’s pedigree it will no doubt feature sports car handling and performance.

The large tailgate that replaces the traditional boot is made of lightweight composites designed to be light, but strong. And Jaguar have included its Trailer Sway Mitigation system if you decide to use the tow bar. It uses the antilock braking and stability control system to reduce the fishtailing sensation experienced when towing

FAMILY VALUES: Jaguar’s new family friendly car. Picture courtesy Jaguar caravans and trailers.

As you would expect, Jaguar has gone to town with the luxury leather interior featuring all the latest gadgets.

Many of the design features are carried over from the XF saloon, but

there is a new roof, door frame and window design to allow an extra five centimetres of headroom at the back. It comes with 2.2 litre and 3 litre V6 diesel engines and 2 litre turbo and 3 litre V6 petrol engines.

It will be priced from €49,000.

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Djokovic stays No. 1 From Back Page GENERAL ROUND-UP • A record 18,000 crowd at London’s O2 Arena saw Novak Djokovic win the end-of-season APT World Tour final.

• The Czech Republic beat Spain 3-2 to win a thrilling 100th Davis Cup final.

• West Indian Chris Gayle has become the first player to hit a six off the first ball of a Test Match (bowled by Bangladesh’s Sohag Gazi). And despite Alastair Cook’s superb 176 and Matt Prior’s 91, England (191 and 406) lost to India (521-8 declared and 77-1) by nine wickets in the first Test.

• Frankie Dettori is being investigated by the French Horse Racing Authority after failing a dope test at Longchamp in September.

• In recent Rugby Union matches, England, Wales and Scotland lost to Australia, Samoa and South Africa respectively, while Ireland’s ‘A’ team crushed Fiji 55-0.

• Team GB Olympian Laura Trott won two gold medals at the Cycling World Cup in Glasgow.

• Sir Chris Hoy might ride at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

• Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez (48) has become the oldest European Tour winner ever by taking the Hong Kong Open.

• Carl Froch retained his IBF Super-middleweight title by beating American Yusaf Mack in Nottingham.

• Boxing’s Ricky Hatton comes out of retirement on Saturday when he fights Vyacheslav Senchenko. • Next week ‘Freddie’ Flintoff puts on the gloves for the first time.

• England has bid to stage the World Paralympic Games in 2017.

• Polish driver Robert Kubica could return to F1 in 2014.

OLDEST CLUB: Recreativo de Huelva was founded in 1889.

Root of Spanish football

By Tony Matthews WHICH is the oldest football club in Spain? No, it’s not Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla or even Athletic Bilbao.

It is Recreativo de Huelva, formed on December 23, 1889, by Dr Mackay and his band of British workers, employed by the Rio Tinto company.

Although the Gimnàstic de Tarragona sports club was started in 1886, it did not form a football team until 1914.

The first official football match played in Spain was in Sevilla on March 8, 1890, at the Tablada hippodrome, with Recreativo de Huelva the visitors.

The home side was made up of workers from the nearby Sevilla water works plus a few imported labourers. And, with the exception of just two Spaniards lining up in

CELEBRATING: Recreativo de Huelva players after a recent goal. the Huelva team, the other 20 players on the pitch were British.

This is the reason why the team is called Sevilla FC (football club) and not Sevilla CF (club de fútbol - the correct Spanish way). For the record, a crowd of 1,500 saw the Sevilla team win 2-0.

In the Basque Country during

the early 1890s, British shipyard workers and miners formed the Bilbao Football Club, while Basque students returning from Britain founded the Athletic Club.

This early British influence was reflected in the use of English names such as Recreation Club, Athletic Club and Football Club.

Wakeboard success for local riders

LADIES RUNNER-UP Emma-Maria Robertson.

THE Spanish National Cable Wake Champion-ships took place at Cable-Ski Marbella.

After two training days riders competed for a place in the finals on November 18. The Marbella Wake Crew did exceptionally well, taking at least one podium place in six out of seven categories.

Local riders Jordan Elizondo-Darwin and Jamie Lee Oliver took first and second place in the Men’s Open, while Emma-Maria Robertson took second place in the Ladies Open.

Barcelona and Real Madrid have been the most successful of all Spanish clubs in La Liga and in European and continental competitions. Between them they have won a total of 34 titles, with Real the most successful in Europe, having won the top prize (the European Cup/ Champions League) a record nine times.

In La Liga’s 80-year history (apart from the three seasons in the late 1930s when the competition was suspended due to the Spanish Civil War) Barça and Real have won 53 titles between them, 32 by Real.

And over the course of time, Spanish clubs have been victorious in seven European Cup-winner’s Cup finals, in six Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup finals, in five European Super Cup showdowns and in three World Club wins.

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Chelsea and City in Sunday shoot-out A

FTER their recent domestic and midweek Champions League exploits, Manchester City and Chelsea - lying first and third in the Premiership respec-tively - play each other at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Twenty-four hours earlier, Manchester United take on QPR, West Ham meet Spurs in another London derby, WBA, having their best topflight start for 30 years, visit Sunderland and Newcastle make the longest PL trip to Southampton.

And don’t forget that Liverpool, Spurs and Newcastle have important Europa League matches tonight.

By finishing second to a brilliant Lewis Hamilton in the USA Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel now leads Fernando Alonso by 13 points, meaning it will be an intriguing final race of 2012 in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sunday.

FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Arsenal won the 250th North London derby, repeating last season’s 52 victory over Spurs who had ex-Gunner Manny Adebayor sent-off.

Manchester United

surprisingly lost at Norwich, Chelsea succumbed to WBA, Reading beat Everton to climb out of the bottom three and reigning champions Manchester City, who walloped lowly Aston Villa 5-0, have now scored in 39 successive home games.

Southampton defeated QPR whose manager Mark

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Hughes is now under severe pressure, Swansea won at Newcastle for the first time since 1980 (2-1), Sunderland recorded a victory (at last) and Luis Suarez netted twice in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Wigan, who lost Ben Watson with a broken leg.

Crystal Palace, unbeaten in 14, Tranmere, Gillingham and Celtic, top the Championship, Leagues One and Two and the SPL respectively, while Wycombe sit 92nd and last in the FL. Steven Gerrard became the sixth England player to win 100 caps, in a 4-2 defeat by Sweden for whom Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a quite brilliant goal.

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