Euro Weekly News - Costa de Almeria 21 - 27 November 2013 Issue 1481

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Antique toy story SANTA ANA CASTLE in Roquetas de Mar has a collection of antique toys on display until the end of the year. The collection belongs to 70-year-old Jesus Martinez and includes a 50year-old train set.

Quiz winners THE Almanzora Group of Friends held their second annual Quiz of Quizzes.

The winners were ‘Hodge Podge’ representing Albox Club de Tenis, who nominated MACS to receive a €400 contribution.

Bubbly night THE show ‘100 Per Cent Burbujas’ comes to Macael Theatre on Sunday at 6pm.

It is a spectacular display of bubbles using just soap and water. Tickets on the door are €12.

Tourist spot ORIA has given the green light for the construction of a building to serve as a rural tourism office.

Fight to save cats ANIMAL Charity PAWS has thrown its weight behind the effort to stop the mass round-up and slaughter of feral cats in Almeria City.

The city hall has already begun rounding up animals and is reportedly separating kittens from

their mothers. PAWS was contacted by a lady called Irene from Activismo Por Los Animales, who has been caring for a colony of cats, and Mila Gutierrez of Animalia Terrae in Aguilas, who has set up a petition on Change.org.

The petition has already attracted more than 2,000 signatures and the number is climbing every day.

Supporters are being asked to send letters to Carlos Sanchez, Almeria’s Councillor for Health, and Mayor Luis Rodriguez-Comendador, calling for a halt to the slaughter and introduce a more humane programme of neutering the animals.

PAWS has run a feral cat ALMERIA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT celebrated the Day of the Province neutering programme in at San Andres Castle in Carboneras on Saturday. Carboneras was chosen the Mojacar area for many to coincide with the celebrations of the bicentenary of the town. years.

As every year, the government awarded its highest distinctions in order You can find all the to highlight the historical, social and cultural references of Almeria. details on the PAWS This year the province’s gold medal was awarded to the patron saint of website www.paws-patas. the capital, the Virgen del Mar. Awards were also given to the association org/news_cat_slaughter. of parents of children with cancer, cycling brothers Jose and Juan Muñoz php. There is also a helpline in sports, and the painter Antonio Lopez in the cultural section. number 678 490 217.

Celebrations in Carboneras

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Finance 21 - 26

Letters 27 TASTER: Primark’s Zaragoza store.

Primark set for its Roquetas launch THE new Primark store in Roquetas de Mar will open its doors next Thursday.

The 133 workers taken on by the store will join the team of more than 6,000 people who make up the staff of Primark in Spain.

The low cost clothing and accessories retailer continues to grow in Andalucia with the opening of its first store in Almeria Province. Primark will be situated in the Gran Plaza shopping centre in Roquetas de

Mar and will be the seventh store in Andalucia.

Up until now, the Primark formula has had a very positive response in the region.

From this new store in Roquetas de Mar, Primark will reach a larger number of customers in Almeria.

Primark now have a total of 38 stores in Spain, with another new store due to open in Albacete.

Daily TV 28 - 29

Leapy Lee 33

Time out 40 - 41

Classifieds 62 - 64

Sport 71 - 72

NEWS Nice Shot PAQUI RODRIGUEZ, who was born in Cantoria, has won a prize at the Fearless Awards for her wedding photography.

Tenors’ tickets THE PAWS shop in Las Buganvillas has party wear, Christmas decorations and much more on sale. They also have tickets and masks for the Three Tenors event on December 7 at Hostel Rural Turre.

Internet fraud CONSUMERS in Gador attended a workshop to learn how to make safe purchases on the internet.

City run MORE than 1,300 people took part in the second fun run in Almeria City at the weekend.

That’s grand THE ‘American String Quartet’ opened the series of ‘Grand Interpretations’ with a concert at the school of Music and Arts in Almeria City at the weekend.

Job contracts THE town hall of Garrucha have formalised 27 work contracts for people at risk of social exclusion.The two month contracts will see the workers carrying out maintenance work in the town.

Blood banked A RECORD total of 420 people gave blood at the University of Almeria following a two day campaign.

Almost half were new donors.

Resting place THE town of Hijate with approximately 750 residents now has its own morgue built at a cost of €169,000.

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On wheels and off the booze...

MORE than 600 people on bicycles, roller skates and scooters took part in the second Almeria ‘march on wheels.’

The event was organised by the Department of Social Affairs of the City of Almeria, to celebrate ‘world no alcohol day.’

The city’s mayor, Luis Rogelio Rodriguez Comendador, was

charged with the reading of the manifesto of the no alcohol day, which highlighted the importance of the prevention of drinking from an early age. “Activities like today are fundamental in educating people and getting them to reflect on the risks associated with alcohol consumption,” he said.

Bicycles, skates, scooters and

even pushchairs were used by more than 600 Almerienses taking a tour that ran between the Plaza de Las Velas up to the junction with Calle Murcia, where they continued down the Rambla returning to Plaza de las Velas again.

After the tour, which lasted five laps, all participants were able to try out different alcohol-free drinks.

No to violence!

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OVEMBER 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

The day aims to raise awareness of the fact that women are subject to rape, domestic abuse and other forms of violence.

The date is based on the 1960 assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic which was ordered by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.

In December 1999, the date received its official United Nations (UN) resolution.

Events are held throughout many parts of the world on this day, including Spain, to express rejection of violence against women.

In the past decade, more than 700 women have died in Spain at the hands of their partners or former partners, and according to the government, 600,000 women every year are the victims of domestic violence, although there are only 140,000 complaints on average every year against the abusers.

There is not a unique profile for victims of gender violence.

Amongst the 700 who have died, there were foreign women who had no family or friends in Spain, disabled women, and women with no studies, but there were also those with university degrees, members of political parties,

Quote of the Week

RUBALCABA has a problem: to decide whether or not he will run for the presidential elections,” Socialist Felipe Gonzalez, who was Prime Minister from 1982 to 1996, regarding the future of the Secretary General of the PSOE, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba.

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Gold rush EL EJIDO gymnastics club gold medals and the championships Cordoba.

rhythmic won three a silver at Andalucian held in

Piano duo VERA will be hosting a piano concert on Sunday. The ’Orchestra of four hands’ piano duo will take to the stage at 8.30pm at the Victoria Convent.

Name vote RESIDENTS of Alcolea are to vote on whether to change the name of the Calle Carretera to the Avenida Alpujarra.

Happy birthday!

CANAL SUR radio celebrated its 25th anniversary with an open air broadcast in Almeria City.

Crowned champ JOAQUIN REINA from Almeria has been crowned under-15 champion in the National Masters Badminton tournament held in Sevilla.

In honour NOVEMBER 25: To raise awareness of violence.

students and businesswomen.

Only a fourth of women who are killed by their partners or former partners had ever reported them in the past.

Already this year, more than 45 women have died at the hands of their partners, and approximately 40 children have been left without a mother. The government estimates that at least There is no 840,000 children suffer the effects of violence unique profileS_BUKLEY against mother, and more than 500,000 are / SHUTTERSTOCK.their COM for victims. abused by their fathers.

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per cent of Spaniards believe the whole of Spain should have a say in whether Cataluña becomes independent from the rest of the country and that a referendum should be held. Almost 94 per cent of Partido Popular supporters believe this should be the case.

A CONCERT in honour of Saint Cecilia takes place in the Plaza de la Constitucion on Sunday at 12.30pm in Huercal-Overa, with three bands taking part.

Step up JONATHON ZONGO will make the step up from UD Almeria B to join the first team from January 1.

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Town hall keen to reopen HuercalOvera indoor pool HUERCAL-OVERA Town Hall is planning to reopen its indoor swimming pool.

The council claims that operating company Tecnicas Ruedas is in breach of contract.

This is a decision made after “a difficult time, such as the closing of a facility that is used by our citizens,” explained town hall spokesman, Antonio Lazaro. “We work hard to ensure these services are available to our citizens,” he added.

The decision to terminate the contract with Tecnicas Reunidas comes after the closure of the indoor pool by the company, “which has abandoned the pool and unilaterally waived the contract signed at the time,” said the town hall.

Lazaro added: “Because they no longer provide the service we have to be fair and do what our people deserve. We cannot let the company off the hook. We are asking for the contractual guarantee of €294,000, we intend to fight for the interests of our people.”

The main objective is to restore the service. A sports council feasibility plan has already been made for this facility.

The mayor, Domingo Fernandez, intends to reopen the pool. “We will work together to restore the service. If in the future it is feasible we will think of offering a concession, however for now we are focused on getting the pool operating.”

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Trophy loss for UD SEVILLA won the Antonio Puerta Trophy game played against UD Almeria, the game finished 1-1 with Sevilla winning on penalties 42.

Ping pong INTERPRETATION CENTRES: Lack of resources to run them properly.

€3m for twenty closed centres THE completion of 20 subsidised interpretation centres of Andalucia from 2005 to 2012 cost almost €3 million according to figures from the Ministry of Tourism.

It is now almost four years since the completion of the project in the

Almanzora Valley and two years in Lower Andarax and Filabres-Alhamilla. At the moment the only reality is that the thematic facilities Fire, Earth, Time, Water, Air, Architecture, Desert, Jobs, have no activity, unless someone requests a prior visit through the

Anglican Church events

INDOOR POOL: Plans to reopen by the town hall.

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THE Anglican Church of Mojacar has two events organised by the newly arrived Reverend Pauline Williams.

A Christingle Service on December 1 at 5pm at the St. Pascual Church, Agua de Enmedio, Mojacar.

A Children’s Nativity and Crib Service on December 8 at 5pm at The Aljambra Chapel, Aljambra, Albox.

On December 6, there is also the Church at Levante Bar Car Park, Mojacar.

council. The main problem for the town halls is the lack of resources to contract a person to run the centres.

“We were open for a while, but did not attract the numbers of visitors expected, so we changed the opening hours and only open the centre when a group asks for it,” explained the mayor of Seron, Juan Lorenzo.

The same can be said for all the centres in the Almanzora Valley built at a cost of €1.2 million.

In fact of the 20 centres built, only three seem to have had any success, Benahadux, Tabernas and Velez Blanco.

HUERCAL ALMERIA hosted the Andalucian table tennis tournament at the weekend.

Paddle time SAN ISIDRO DE NIJAR opened two new paddle courts continuing its commitment to providing sports facilities for the area.

Northern trip THE Tourist Board of the City of Almeria will promote the Costa de Almeria with visits to Oslo and Stockholm.

Craft fair THE Vera and District Lions Club is holding a Christmas Market and Craft Fair in El Gnomo Feliz, Vera Playazo, on December 1, from 10am-2pm for charity.

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313 evictions are avoided in a year MORE than 300 evictions have been prevented in Almeria Province by the Regional Government (Junta de Andalucia).

The Regional Government’s Department of Public Works and Housing said that it prevented 313 evictions in just one year.

The Andalucian Programme in Defence of Housing has fulfilled its primary purpose, that people who come to us to prevent eviction stay in their homes, stressed the territorial delegate Encarna Caparros.

She said these results show that, “when the regional government takes the side of the victims of the crisis, it is possible to make effective policies in their favour.”

Between October 8, 2012, when the office opened in Almeria, and September 30 this year, this service has dealt with 474 cases.

A fundamental part of the programme is to act as an intermediary. A total of 313 people have been attended to at this stage, and all have avoided eviction.

“These are families who want to pay, but cannot.

Thanks to the mediation

of the department they remain in their homes despite still having a debt with financial institutions,” said Caparros.

These families, who come to us when they are at risk of losing their home, remain in their homes. We have avoided their eviction thanks not only to our intervention, but mainly to the efforts of these families to defend their right to housing," she added.

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3 arrested for robbing elderly THE National Police have arrested three women in Almeria City between the ages of 26 and 37 on suspicion of drugging and robbing elderly men.

The women would seduce their victims and would get invited back to their homes. Once there they would make a cup of coffee and dissolve a narcotic substance in the drink of their victims.

After taking the drink the men would lose consciousness, giving the women time to steal their possessions.

According to the A TOTAL of 42,703 Almerienses are part of the investigation the women diabetes care process run by the Andalucian took advantage of the health authority sleeping victims to steal Coinciding with World Diabetes Day, the money and valuables from College of Nursing, in collaboration with the their properties.

Almeria City Hall installed a tent in Puerta On two occasions the dose Purchena to give information about the disease. was too big and caused the Twenty five nurses carried out blood sugar hospitalisation of two men. tests on citizens.

The investigation began in In the province there are 23,244 men and early November when agents 19,459 women who are being treated for learned of a complaint by an diabetes. Among the symptoms that may hint at 80-year-old citizen who was the disease are a continuous thirst, regular trips a victim of several robberies to the toilet during the night, fatigue for no after having maintained reason or a major rapid weight loss, diabetes relations with all three experts explained. women.

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Fines festival for young people YOUNGSTERS from all over the Almanzora Valley gathered for an event especially focused on them.

Named ‘Fines Joven,’ the event at the town’s sports hall gathered together young people under the banner ‘to do something different, something that you like.’

Actor Cristobal Garcia dead at 46 THE Almeria actor Cristobal Garcia has died of a heart attack at the age of 46.

The cinema and theatre worlds are mourning the loss of Garcia, who was well known in the cultural and audiovisual fields in the province of Almeria for his passion for the short film genre.

He was also the founder and president of the group ‘Desalysol’ a collective that fought for the interests of the Cabo de Gato and its natural park.

He was married with two daughters.

There was a mechanical bull and a radio workshop, as well as debates on the present and future of the youngsters.

There were also Wii and PS3 tournaments, an exhibition of cars and plenty of music provided by Charanga Flores Factory, the Barossi brothers, with their hip hop, and DJ Blas Pardo.

The youngsters also had time to enjoy a barbecue provided by the town hall and take part in a whole host of activities that attracted people from all over the province, in particular the Valley.

Fines Joven began last year as an alternative to the ‘botellon’ street parties or night clubs, with the intention of offering the youngsters different activities and bringing together people from all over the province.

Councillor for youth Oscar Liria said: “The best thing about this activity is that the youngsters of Fines tell us what they want us to provide. It has gone well and we hope to repeat it every year.”

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New pharmacy in Urracal THE town of Urracal has a new pharmacy, located in the square next to the town hall.

More parking THE Playa Serena area of Roquetas de Mar will have 40 new car park spaces which will be open by Christmas.

Vera concert THE Brio string quartet will be playing a concert ‘From North to South’ in the Victoria Convent Vera tomorrow night (Friday) at 8.30pm.

Mojacar fair THE Anglican Church of Mojacar Christmas Fair will be held on December 6 from 10am at the Levante Bar car park with many stalls. All profits to charity. Free entry. All welcome.

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Andorra celebrates 20 years twinning ENCAMP in Andorra welcomed representatives from Mojacar and two other of its twin towns to the tiny principality.

Encamp is the gateway to the ski slopes of Grandvalira, the largest ski area in the Pyrenees.

Europe’s fastest and longest cable car Funicamp, has turned Encamp into a winter destination and a point of interest for naturerelated activities in the summer where people can practice hiking, fishing and climbing.

Mojacar was represented by the Mayor Rosa Maria Cano, the Councillor for Tourism Emmanuel Aguero, and members of the Twinning Association with Encamp headed by Felipe Kirch Gomez.

The group visited the Andorran parliament, located in the capital city, Andorra la Vella, where, together with the delegations of Rouillac (France) and Alghero (Italy), they were received by

ENCAMP: Twinned with towns of Mojacar, Rouillac and Alghero.

Andorran General, Vivenç Mateu Zamora.

The twinning of Mojacar and Encamp began 20 years ago.

The mayor of Mojacar, on behalf of the town’s citizens, highlighted ‘the importance of twinning as an effective starting point for the exchange of experiences and mutual enrichment in two very different cultures.’

The mayor thanked the officials

of Encamp and the Encamp Twinning Association “for the extraordinary welcome and the great efforts made for the success of this endearing and important anniversary celebration.”

The mayor of Mojacar also invited the delegations from Alghero and Rouillac to visit Mojacar, pledging to continue the ties of cooperation and cultural exchange.

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Perfume filcherer A WOMAN, aged 35, has been arrested accused of attempting to steal perfume worth €700 from a shop in Almeria City.

The incident occurred in the Avenue Pablo Iglesias shortly after the shop opened at 10am. The woman entered the shop and started browsing through the aisles, said police.

Once the attention of the shop workers was elsewhere the woman allegedly loaded up a holdall with bottles of the most expensive perfume from one of the shelves.

She then headed for the door and ran off when the alarm was set off. A shop customer alerted members of the staff to the apparent theft, who gave chase.

The woman didn’t get far before a passer-by blocked her path, the police were called and they arrested her.

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Man arrested with 400 kilos of hashish

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Mojacar concert THE municipal band of Mojacar will be performing a concert in honour of Saint Cecilia in the multiple use centre on Saturday at 8pm.

Entry is free.

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MARINA DE LA TORRE golf course in Mojacar is hosting a golf tournament this Saturday.

Christmas treat THE Moscow Ballet will be performing ‘The Nutcracker’ at Huercal-Overa Theatre on December 27. Tickets are priced at €20 and €25.

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BANNED MAYOR: Still pulling the strings?

Who is the power behind the throne?

THE banned former mayor of Cantoria, Pedro Llamas, has denied on the Cadena SER radio station that he continues to be the ‘mayor in the shadows.’

Llamas expressed his discomfort with the situation that has arisen in the town. “It is absolutely false.

I’m respectful of justice and will

fulfill my sentence.”

The Guardia Civil has begun an investigation to determine whether Llamas continues to work ‘de facto’ as mayor despite being disqualified from public office for 23 months over new home licensing offences.

The move came after the left wing PSOE group urged the

Attorney General to tackle what they consider a ‘mockery’ of justice

by Llamas.

They recently denounced the former mayor for apparently visiting the town hall every day, where allegedly he gave out orders to the council and organised the workers’ daily schedule.

THE Guardia Civil in Velez Blanco have arrested a 37year-old man from Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona).

He was arrested on suspicion of a crime against public health when 400 kilos of hashish were found in the boot and rear seats of his vehicle.

The agents were carrying out regular spot checks on the A92 in the direction of Murcia, in the municipality of Velez Blanco when the man, who was driving an Audi Q5 and travelling alone, was stopped.

The driver showed signs of nervousness after stopping at the control point which led to to the agents carrying out a search of the car.

As a result of the search, the agents located in the boot seven bundles of hashish and six bundles in the rear seats of the car, where upon the man was arrested for a crime against public health.

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Family fun day out in Arboleas ACRAA (Association Cultural Recreative Amigos de Arboleas) will be holding a fundraising event a week on Sunday,

December 1, A ‘Christmas Family Fun Day’ will take place in the Salon Servicos Multiples, next to the municipal pool and Sophia’s new premises in Arboleas, between 4 and 7pm.

There will be various stalls, books, CDs and DVDs, toys, jewellery, bric a brac, cakes, cards, guess the weight of the THE tiny town of Chercos in the heart of the Sierra cake etc. de Los Filabres and with a population of 340 There will also be a inhabitants is not usually a place that makes the Father Christmas, face news. painting, clowns and However, when a vacancy arose in the town hall children’s Flamenco for an administrative assistant quite a few people dancing, with music from began to look for it on the map. A total of 64 people Johnny Slade. have presented themselves in the hope of becoming A bar with refreshments a clerk for this tiny Almeria town. But of the 64 will be selling pizzas, applicants there are none from Chercos itself. burgers and hot dogs.

The mayor, Jose Torres, explained that there was All profits will be shared no one with the necessary qualifications to apply for between Help the Aged the post. “No one here has been able to apply, but and funds for the Children there are people across the province, including of Arboleas (help towards Almeria City,” said Torres. school trips etc.).

He added “the truth is I do not know what Entry by raffle ticket at someone from Almeria City would find to do here.” €1.

Jobseekers head for unknown Chercos

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Weekend tapas in Sierro SIERRO is hosting its third Ruta Micotapa this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) with a chance to vote for the best tapas provided by the bars in the town.

Top marks ALMERIA referee David Fernandez Borbalan came through the physical tests with flying colours when referees and linesmen from the top two divisions were put through their paces in Las Rozas.

Flu campaign THE flu vaccination programme started on October 15 has now covered 90 per cent of the population with 81,763 jabs been given so far.

ALMERIA: Sir Ridley Scott (right) considers the filming locations have been an authentic paradise.

Farewell to Exodus SIR RIDLEY SCOTT will leave Almeria very happy with the treatment received and very happy with the results obtained in the filming of Exodus, according to local press reports.

He considers that the locations he has been filming in are an authentic paradise and he leaves enamoured with Almeria, said a Spanish news site.

It is also known that Sir Ridley Scott, since arriving in Almeria, has lived in a luxury

home located in the city’s Plaza Bendicho.

Scott was fascinated in August when he was in Almeria with the feria in full swing and the historical quarter of the city.

Although he had requested a mansion to live in during filming, he settled on this house, owned by a well known local architect.

The actor who has caused most fascination in the city has been Aaron Paul, who will be leaving the city after declaring

his love for Almeria. He appears to have had a great time during his month in the city, having worked hard, but also had a lot of fun.

He became known for always having time and a smile for autograph hunters and people wanting to take a photo.

Less is known of Christian Bale, who chose to stay in Almerimar with his wife and daughter. His time in Almeria has been focused on the film and his family.

Embrace your council THE town of Albanchez joined the initiative ‘Embrace your council’ to protest against local government reform.

The scheme was set up by the Platform of Social Organisations of Andalucia to protest at local administration reform plans proposed by the conservative PP government.

Some Albanchez residents responded to the request and demonstrated at the doors of the town hall in Plaza España.

The mayor of Albanchez, Francisco Martinez, read out a manifesto against local council reform.

The mayor expressed his “regret and fear of this reform” and recognised "there has never been a similar situation in local politics in my 26 years as mayor.

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Ryanair hoping to recover the Madrid flight from Almeria AIRLINE Ryanair may reinstate the Almeria-Madrid route it dumped a year ago if airport operator AENA lowers prices.

Since the abolition of the Ryanair flight to Madrid, the only available flight is operated by Air Nostrum of Valencia, with rates reaching almost €700 for a round trip much to the discontent of local business people.

The situation has prompted many passengers to travel to Alicante and Granada to catch flights at more competitive prices.

According to Luis FernándezMellado, the director for Marketing and Sales in Spain for Ryanair, AENA increased airport costs by 20 per cent in 2012 and 9 per cent in 2013, with a forecast increase of 1 per cent in 2014; making it impossible to maintain a route such as Almeria to Madrid where there is not a great volume of passengers.

He added that despite this, “we managed to create demand and attract tourists from Madrid to the coast and the interior of Almeria, now the tourist board tells us that this source has dried up.”

Fernandez also said that the airline had maintained correspondence with the local government of Almeria to reach an agreement on promotion, “but this institution, of course, has no jurisdiction over the airport.”

Almeria airport reached 1 million passengers in 2005 and 2006, although, with the arrival of the recession, figures have fallen dramatically.

Fernandez went on to say that he doesn’t understand why AENA does not apply a more coherent price rate to airlines.

“You cannot charge the same price in January as you do in August,” he said.

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Gibraltar border checks are legal THE EU Commission has ruled that Spain has not violated any laws with the tougher border controls in Gibraltar

which began this summer.

The border controls followed conflict with the Gibraltar authorities over several concrete blocks being dumped in the Bay of Algeciras.

The EU has issued recommendations for both Spain and the UK, saying that managing the border is a constant challenge due to BARS, restaurants, hotels and other catering the high volume of traffic in services will no longer be able to offer clients a relatively small space and refillable oil bottles from January 1, 2014. the rise of tobacco According to new rules approved by the Cabinet smuggling into Spain. within Plan of Action in the EU Olive Oil Sector, oil Spain is recommended to given to clients must be in labelled packaging or make better use of space bottles. The containers must have opening systems on the Spanish side of the which are broken upon the first use, as well as border checkpoint, be more others to prevent them from being refilled. selective in checks and Oils which they have already purchased which do exchange more information not comply with the new rules can be given to clients with the UK. until February 28, 2014.

The UK is recommended Similar rules, to guarantee the quality and to guarantee controls authenticity of the oils served are already in place in based on risk to travellers, Italy and Portugal. They also aim to improve the improve legislation, and image of the product while informing clients of its exchange more information characteristics. with Spain.

No more refillable oil bottles on tables

NEWS Guardia Civil sentenced for fiddling fines TWO members of the Guardia Civil traffic unit in Navarra have been sentenced to two years in prison for cancelling fines for footballers and businessmen.

The officers, a man and a woman, will not serve time in prison as they have no criminal records.

They altered reports to prevent 21 people from paying fines, including well-known former Osasuna football players, Javier Camuñas, Walter Pandiani, Ludovic Delporte and Roversio Rodrigues.

Others who benefited were the club’s former manager, Angel Vizcay, and businessmen such as Manuel Entrecanales, from shipping company Acciona.

They were arrested in March 2011 and were released with charges of corruption, document falsification and computer damages.

Each of them has paid compensation of €12,000 to the General Traffic Department, and have been fined €1,500 each, as well as being banned from holding positions linked to similar tasks.

Classy jazz big finale THE 24th International Jazz Festival comes to a close on Sunday with the Big Band Classijazz performing at the Maestro Padilla theatre in Almeria City.

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Top gig for 2014 SPANISH group Auryn, voted the best in Spain by MTV for 2013, will play at the Auditorium Theatre in Roquetas de Mar on Saturday, January 18, 2014.

Lucky lottery ticket THE blind charity lottery ONCE has sold a winning ticket worth €40,000 in Huercal-Overa.

Happy anniversary MICHELIN celebrated 40 years in Almeria with a gala evening held at the Maestro Padilla Theatre in Almeria City.

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Royal British Legion annual Christmas Bazaar next up THE Albox branch of The Royal British Legion is holding its annual Christmas Bazaar on December 6.

Instead of approaching businesses for donations for the

tombola stall, the branch will be relying on donations from members and the public. They can only accept new items.

All proceeds from the tombola

go directly to the Poppy Appeal.

The bazaar will be at La Parrilla Hotel and Restaurant in Albox main square starting at 10.30am.

Stalls for this event, are

FACE treasurer takes retirement FACE (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everybody) has announced the retirement of its hard-working and much appreciated treasurer Sheila Dye. Sheila has been involved in fundraising in the area for over 12 years, firstly for MacMillan Nurses, and then she became a founder member of FACE and was the treasurer from its inception.

Over the years Sheila has been instrumental in helping to raise money for regional and national charities MACS (Mojacar Area Cancer Support), AECC (Asociacion Española Contra El Cancer) and ALCER, an association assisting people with renal problems.

On a more local basis, assistance has also been provided to the main school in Arboleas, the small school in El Prado and to the Grupo Scout 106 Del Saliente in Albox. Sheila feels it is now time to retire and FACE would like to thank her for all her dedication throughout her term of service.

SHEILA DYE: Time to retire.

The new treasurer will be Sue Pearce.

For information concerning FACE contact Adele Wrigglesworth on telephone number 667 255 094.

available for €5 by contacting Social Secretary Bob Cowan on 608 049 490 or email rcowan25@gmail.com.

The next social event is the Albox Branch Christmas Dinner Dance. This year’s theme is ‘Black & White’ with music by J&J Music.

This is at the same venue on December 14, starting at 7pm with food served at 7.30pm consisting of three course meal with some drinks. Tickets cost €20 for members and €22 for nonmembers and may be collected at any of the branch meetings or from Bob Cowan as above.

If you want more details on this, or any other social functions, or want to become a member, go along to one of the meetings on the first and third Thursday of each month at La Parrilla Hotel and Restaurant in Albox, or contact the Chairman Peter Phillips on 693 483 392 peatpee@sky.com or www.britishlegion.org.uk/ branches/albox.

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Psychotic break POLICE arrested a woman in Palma for allegedly injuring her boyfriend with a knife in an argument. The victim was taken to the hospital and the woman will face charges.

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HIGH temperatures and little rain until mid-November affected the La Safor area’s navel orange crop. Yellow stains on the skins will lower their value, growers feared.

White Mallorca

A MAN, aged 80, who suffered from Alzheimer’s, has been found dead in s’Albufera days after he got lost on his way to visit his sister from his care home.

Fake officer A MAN has been arrested for impersonating a Guardia Civil officer and asking for €6,000 from an elderly lady to “get her son out of prison.” The woman’s son was not in jail and it was all part of a scam.

AXARQUIA

Green discount PEOPLE who use renewable energy in their homes could get a 50 per cent reduction on their IBI property tax in Rincon de la Victoria, according to a motion filed by the Izquierda Unida party.

Toy collection EL BORGE and the Red Cross have organised a charity toy collection.

Anyone interested in participating can take their used toys to the town hall until December 27.

Have a taste THE 14th Grape-Juice and Chacina (cured pork meat) day is to be held in Colmenar on Sunday with free tastings and dance shows.

Top dog TAKO, an Afghan hound owned by Almuñecar dog breeder Jose Antonio Joya, was named Spanish champion in the 30th International Dog Exhibition held in Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) last weekend.

Tight squeeze

Tainted fruit

FIVE passengers of the local transportation company (EMT) bus were injured after the driver had to hit the brakes to avoid crashing into a car.

Found dead

without leads and muzzles risk €300 fines.

AN out-of-control car ran into a traffic island in Calpe’s Avenida del Puerto and embedded itself in the central reservation. No-one was seriously injured.

Sudden braking

THE first snowfalls arrived in the high zones of Serra Tramuntana. The winter winds have brought heavy rain, strong winds and large waves with them.

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SEAFRONT HOMES: Rules will sometimes be relaxed.

Relief as strip rules changed

APARTMENT-OWNERS on Benidorm’s Poniente beach can breathe again.

Their properties are not at risk and there will be no demolitions, said the Environment ministry in Madrid.

The obligatory area that must be left free between the high tide mark and dwellings can be reduced by to up to 15 metres in some instances, the ministry’s Costas department announced.

This strip will end at the town’s seafront ‘paseos’ or, in the case of the Poniente Beach, the wooden boardwalk built three years ago.

The new ruling will apply to the section between Punta Escalera and the boundary with Finestrat.

Overall, the new boundaries are much less restrictive than at present, agreed Vicente Juan Ivorra, councillor for Urban Development and the Environment at Benidorm Town Hall.

Many properties on the Poniente beach that would otherwise have been situated inside the protection zone will benefit from the ministry’s decision, Ivorra said.

The Environment ministry reckons to spend a year measuring the limits from the high-water mark. All seafront and coastal construction will be halted during this time.

Big spend THE Malaga Provincial Government will spend €500,000 to turn the Calle del Mar in Torre del Mar into a pedestrian street.

COSTA DEL SOL

Teenager falls AN underage girl sustained serious injuries when she fell from a first floor apartment in Ronda onto a car. This reportedly followed a row with her family.

Official routes THE Ministry for Industry has given official certification as Spanish Wine Routes to routes in the Serrania de Ronda area.

Wanted woman A BRITISH woman, 27, who was wanted

for fraud in New York, USA, was arrested by National Police in Coin.

Brother sentenced A MAN has been sentenced to eightand-a-half years in prison for sexually abusing his mentally disabled step-sister when she was 15, in 2011 in Ronda, when their parents were not at home.

Tajo ticket THE ‘Tajo’ (gorge) in Ronda featured on a lottery ticket for the National Organisation for the Blind in Spain, ONCE, this week.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Pooper snoopers PLAINCLOTHES policemen are patrolling Valencia city streets, watching dog-owners. Those who fail to clean up after pets or walk them

Pimp jailed A ROMANIAN was convicted in Alicante of raping two girls aged 15 and 17 who were forced into prostitution after being promised work in Spain. He received a 26-year sentence.

Brrrr, it’s cold!

THE first snow of the winter fell in Alcoy, Agres and other inland mountain areas. Ten roads were cut off and a fallen high tension cable affected Alcoy’s electricity supply.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Fine situation FOURTEEN people who urinated in San Vicente streets were fined €300 while 21 had to pay €100 for throwing away cigarette ends. One man was also fined €150 for spitting.

Domestic violence A MAN has appeared in court in Elche for allegedly throwing his girlfriend from the fourth floor into the inner courtyard of the building. The woman suffered a sprained ankle.

Managers charged THE two managers of a hostess club in Cartagena have been arrested and charged with prostitution crimes and exploitation of women.

The end A HUNDRED people have protested against the closure of the cinema at Ociopía shopping centre in Orihuela.

Owners say they have been negotiating with the centre to lower the rent for months.

Brit drug arrests TWO Britons have been arrested in Torrevieja for carrying almost 300g of cocaine hidden within their clothing.

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SOUTH KOREA imported Spanish wine worth €7.6 million between January and September this year. This was 39.4 per cent more than during the same period in

Families throwing away produce

launched ‘Buen Aprovecho’ week, urging consumers to throw less away.

Tips offered during the awareness campaign included packed lunches, ordering a ‘half-menu’ during the working day and doggy-bags.

The 2.9 million tonnes of food that ends up in the rubbish bins is worth €11 billion, working out at around €250 per family, the ministry said.

Trains a strain Iberia losing out IBERIA was the third mostused airline in Spain in October, with 1.87 million passengers despite a 30 per cent drop in trade.

This pushed Air Europa into fourth place although Iberia’s accumulated figure of 11.6 million passengers during the first 10 months of the year puts it down to fourth place overall.

Low-cost airlines and the high speed train network were partially to blame for the 30 per cent drop in Iberia passengers between October 2012 and 2013, said airports’ operator AENA. The third factor was Iberia’s restructure since merging with BA in January 2011 to create IAG. Cost-

cutting measures have entailed a 15 per cent reduction in Iberian’s routes in a move to return the airline to profits.

Adding Iberia Express and Air Nostrum passengers to the equation would increase Iberia’s October quota to 2.2 million and also put it ahead of IAG in second place.

Although Ryanair lost 4 per cent of its passengers in October, it still remained in the top spot with almost 3.2 million passengers. The low-cost Irish airline has lost passengers throughout the year, AENA said, owing to its decision to reduce routes owing to higher airport charges.

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Boxing clever TAX AUTHORITY Hacienda will seize 542 safety deposit boxes from 270 branches of 24 banks.

They belong to 551 people with unpaid tax debts and no other known collateral.

Big purchase SWISS firm Novartis is selling its US-based blood transfusion test unit to the Catalan multinational, Grifols.

The Barcelona pharmaceuticals company is paying €1.24 billion for the unit.

Saving for a rainy day YOUNG Spaniards do not save for retirement.

Only 14 per cent of the 20-29 age group are habitual savers compared with 25 per cent worldwide, found a survey by Aegon.

Sixty-five per cent said that saving for their retirement would be important ‘when the time came’ according to the multinational insurance group.

Forty per cent intended to save for the future but did not yet

The young are not saving. consider it a priority, especially as their age group will not be able to retire until reaching 67, they said.

Most did not save, they told Aegon, as they earned too little to set aside an amount each month.

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€11bn food waste SPANISH families throw away 2.9 million tonnes of food each year.

Forty-five per cent of this could have been used if consumers had bought more wisely and stored more adequately, the ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment said.

Needing to meet EU targets to reduce waste by up to 50 per cent in 2020, the ministry

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Don’t call me Scrooge, but…

Loose change

If you’re broke, you’re broke.

A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

IT feels like I’ve just cleansed the cobwebs off my face from Halloween, but as I strolled through the streets this week despite the warm sun there was a real feel of Christmas in the air.

Shop assistants were busy decorating windows and putting up fairy lights, while adverts are

strategically putting ideas in our heads of presents we should buy.

“Oh no, ho ho ho!” is about as much festive spirit as I could muster up.

After paying for the mortgage, various loans, the electricity, flights back to home for Christmas as well as an array of other unforeseen costs, my Christmas piggy bank savings are at an all time low. Right now - at the most expensive time of the year - I’m broke!

What if community has no legal existence?

Q. We live in a community of 12 houses. In 1997 our community was registered by the original builder in a very simple way, providing for the maintenance of the common elements. This registration was handwritten, with an official book of the minutes of the meetings.

This book was never used and has been lost. Statutes were never made and community rules now are limited to the use of the pool. Up to now we never had any problem.

But recently some houses were sold and new owners of different You and the nationalities have moved in. So my Law in Spain question is: What is the legal status

By David Searl of our community?

G B (by e-mail) A. In strict terms, your community has no legal status at all and its decisions have no legal force. A handwritten piece of paper does not constitute registration.

However, you do have statutes. If a Community of Property Owners does not make any special statutes, they are by law governed by the terms of the Law of Horizontal Property.

Second, it is possible that your builder registered the community at your nearest Property Registry. Communities are registered in a special section here because they own property. Your pool, for example, is owned by the community.

So, you may be registered without knowing it. In addition, Spanish courts have in many cases accepted the legal existence of such informal communities because of their continued functioning.

Your best course of action is to instruct a lawyer experienced in Community

affairs to help form a legal Community with powers to compel payment of fees.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952-667090

Am I a total Scrooge if I suggest a ‘Cheap Christmas’ to my family?

Or will they be thinking, ‘I like the idea of that, I’m smashed too!’

This is the thing about Christmas, while it is a fun time where all the family gets together and eats and drinks their hearts out, it’s also a time of the year that makes people feel really stressed and feel guilty too.

If your brother gets you the latest iPhone, but you only get him socks, it’s mortifying. It’s a minefield deciding how much to spend on each other and no one wants to underspend, so that’s why we often spend more

than intended - for fear of looking cheap.

But if you’re broke, you’re broke. That’s the reality of the situation and considering the financial mess the world is in right now, you can be guaranteed that many family members are feeling the same pinch.

So go ahead - set down some ground rules to make Christmas more affordable this year. Try presents just for the kids, or a Secret Santa type of idea where 50 quid is spent on one nice present for one member of the family. As long as there are mince pies and a log fire a ‘Cheap Christmas’ sounds just perfect.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Eating habits are changing SPAIN’S ready-meals segment is expected to grow by 3.4 per cent a year in value terms between 2012 and 2017, making it the third-fastest growing category among food sectors.

The forecast was made in a new report issued by UKbased consumer market research company Canadean. The expected rise has been attributed to a change in the eating habits of Spanish consumers, who are shifting to prepared meals instead of eating out.

The report also noted that Spain has been reeling under the impact of challenging economic conditions, with uncertainties surrounding the euro having further affected consumer spending.

Extra fizz

DIJSSELBLOEM: Welcomed decision.

Spain’s clean exit from bank bailout

FINANCE ministers from Eurozone countries have given their vote of confidence to Spain after it elected to make a ‘clean break’ from a bank bailout programme.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the EU’s Eurogroup, welcomed Spain’s decision to exit the aid programme in January 2014.

Spain will be joining Ireland in making a clean break.

Spain dipped into the bailout fund to the tune of €41bn in 2012 to recapitalise banks after the property market crashed.

Speaking after a meeting of the group of finance ministers Mr Dijsselbloem said: “Both countries have always shown strong commitment towards the implementation of their programmes.

“This has shown results, as the recent developments on the financial markets have shown. The Irish and Spanish people have gone through a difficult period, but I am now confident that their efforts will pay off in the coming years.

Now these economies are back on the road to recovery.

“We fully support Spain’s decision to exit the programme. Spanish banks are now stronger, more resilient and supervision and regulation have been tightened.

SPANISH drinks producer Torres has announced plans to release a new cava in 2015 as it looks to launch a range of wines in the next five years, reports the UK’s Drinks Business Review.

The company’s move is aimed at producing a niche, premium cava with initial output of less than 5,000 cases per year.

Torres said the new wine, a blend of international and local grape varieties, will be targeted towards the Chinese market.

Dia success THE Iberian peninsula has been one of the worst affected eurozone markets, with headline retail sales dropping month after month.

But there has been one genuine success story over the past two years - Dia, a hard discounter that became an independent company in 2011 after being spun off by Carrefour.

OPINION & COMMENT

Reputation as probably the worst company in Spain!

TELEFONICA/MOVISTAR must surely be living up to their reputation as probably the worst company in Spain - yes worse than power company Sevillana/Endesa!

Their incompetence and that of their operators is world breakingly above others. The new automatic answering system has taken a turn for the worse, if that was possible.

If you don’t press the right button or say the right word it just cuts out on you. If you are lucky you may eventually get to speak to an equally confusing non electric person!

I reported a fault on my business phone number. We could not receive or make calls, yet if someone phoned in they could hear the phone ringing.

The fault was reported but nothing was done, so I called again. This time what appeared to be an intelligent person took details of my fault - again.

When I asked if they could divert incoming calls to my mobile she gave me a code - to put in to my failed phone.

I did explain that as the phone was not working it would seem to be a pointless and useless exercise.

Could you not do it from the central exchange I asked? No. Why not? Because I am unable to. Can I speak to your superior? No. I had the same argument the following morning having had no contact from the technical department.

Later the same day I phoned yet again - this time a very helpful lady arranged the divert in three minutes.

No wonder they keep all their operators in Chile or South America. It wouldn’t be safe for them to walk the streets of Madrid.

Gary Waite (by email)

Three cheers!

THREE cheers for the Mayor of Mijas, Angel Nozel, for

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By Robyn Boutilier, Turre (Almeria) considering a dog tax (Costa del Sol Issue 1479).

There is an easy and fair way of doing this. Nationwide licences.

If licences were to be introduced here the revenue from them would more than pay for the employment of dog wardens and possibly pay for dogs homes rather than be dependent on charity. Maybe the rest of us would not have to suffer the incessant barking of so many dogs.

If owners can not afford a licence, how can they afford the expensive food these animals must have?

Mrs J Hollowell, Arroyo de la Miel (Malaga)

Harsh mistress THE recent storms we have had in Mallorca caused a lot of damage, but it is a sobering thought to compare them to the typhoon disaster in the Phillipines.

We had floods and trees came crashing down, and it was

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a scary situation. But multiply that by 100 and we can get an idea of what those people went through.

Mother Nature can indeed be a harsh mistress. My prayers are with the people in the Pacific.

Mrs Joan Clinton, Palma (Mallorca)

Silly rules RE the story about communities of residents in Mijas (Costa del Sol, Issue 1480) wanting to raise a petition against the enforcement of swimming pool

legislation on older properties.

The communities do have a point. These regulations at times lack common sense.

On my community the shallow toddlers’ paddling pool was filled in as it was ‘too near’ the main swimming pool.

As a result there is nowhere for the toddlers to splash around in except the main pool, which is of course much deeper, and as a result much more dangerous.

So the ‘safety’ regulations have resulted in an increased danger for young children. The law of unintended consequences in operation, with no common sense applied.

Madeline Montague, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

Turkey vote INTERESTING to read Emilio Botin (president of Santander bank) saying banks should be allowed to fail (Finance, Issue 1480).

I beg your pardon? A banker saying banks shouldn’t be

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bailed out by the taxpayer? Well it is nearly the festive season. I expect turkeys have already started casting their votes for Christmas!

Steve Morris, Altea (Alicante)

No right...

IT certainly seems that the issue over green waste has taken on a degree of momentum. It is positive that CLARO has taken up the issue supported by the Popular Party.

The responses of the mayor to the legitimate concerns of Orihuela Costa residents who are forced to live in a dirty, poorly maintained area were insulting to every person living on the coast. There are no recycling services provided on the coast. There is no site where green waste can be deposited by the residents of the coast. To blame the inhabitants for a blatant lack of a garden waste disposal system by a councillor from the Green Party is beyond believe.

The reaction of the councillors sitting 30 kilometres away in Orihuela to the disgusting state of Orihuela Costa just proves that these people have no right to have any control over the coast. The sooner Orihuela Costa gains its rightful independence the better!

Liz Page (by email)

Lunch date In reply to the letter (EWN Issue 1480 ), sorry Olivia Qualtrough, but in reality you are the person who is ‘naive and ignorant.’ I have been a practising naturist for more than 20 years and I have never, ever, sat naked on any restaurant seat nor have I ever seen any other naturist do so.

The etiquette is to always to take a towel and use it. The same goes for beach beds, sauna seats, etc.

In fact, just so you can be more informed in future, I invite you to join me for lunch at a chiringuito (beach bar) on the naturist beach here at Vera Playa. No dress code - just a towel!

Chris Thomas, Vera Playa (Almeria)

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Friday BBC1/

2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Moving On 4:00pm Pressure Pad 4:45pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Animal Odd Couples 10:00pm Britain's Secret Terror Force 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time

BBC2/ 2:00pm Cash in the Attic 2:45pm Coast 3:30pm Floyd on France 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:45pm Are You Being Served?

5:15pm 'Allo, 'Allo!

5:45pm Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm An Adventure in Space and Time 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV/ 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Britain's Secret Treasures 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show

CH4/ 3:10pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Bedlam 11:00pm Bouncers 12:05am 24 Hours in A and E 1:10am One Born: What Happened Next?

ITV2/ 2:25pm You've Been Framed!

2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:05pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm The Guide to You've Been Framed!

10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Take Me Out

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2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Moving On 4:00pm Pressure Pad 4:45pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Miranda 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

BBC2/ 2:00pm F1: Grand Prix Practice 3:45pm Ride Lonesome 4:55pm F1: Grand Prix Practice 6:35pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Rugby Union Autumn International 10:30pm A Culture Show Special 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV/ 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Off the Beaten Track 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm World Cup Winners: Ten Years on

CH4/ 1:30pm 20 Million Miles to Earth 3:10pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 10:30pm Man Down 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:05am Stand Up for the Week

ITV2/ 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Emmerdale 2:25pm You've Been Framed!

2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:05pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:45pm Whip it!

11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now!

BBC1/ 1:30pm Rugby League 4:00pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News and Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 8:50pm Doctor Who 10:05pm Casualty 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:55am The Football League Show 1:25am BBC London News 1:30am The Football League Show

BBC2/ 12:15pm F1: Grand Prix Practice 1:55pm F1: Grand Prix Practice 3:05pm EastEnders 4:00pm Flog It! 5:00pm Inspire: The Olympic Journey 5:30pm Final Score 6:30pm Rugby Union Autumn International 9:00pm Dad's Army 9:25pm QI XL 10:15pm Horizon Special 11:15pm A Culture Show Special 12:15am Bright Star 2:05am The Big Picture

ITV/ 12:35pm Surprise Surprise 1:35pm Dinner Date 2:35pm Doc Martin 3:35pm All Star Mr and Mrs 4:35pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 7:05pm ITV News London 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The X Factor 10:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:30pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:35am ITV News and Weather

SUNDAY-SATELLITE CHANN Sky1/ 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 3:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 4:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Yonderland 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Revolution 12:00am Road Wars 1:00am Night Cops

SkyMoviesComedy/ 8:50am That's My Boy

ITV2/ 12:55pm The X Factor USA 2:45pm The X Factor USA 3:45pm You've Been Framed!

4:15pm You've Been Framed!

4:45pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

5:45pm Peter Pan 8:00pm The Lost World 10:30pm The Xtra Factor 11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:35am Fake Reaction 1:20am The X Factor 2:45am You've Been Framed!

SkyMoviesDrama/ 9:30am Argo: Sky Movies Special 10:00am Anna Karenina 12:15pm Les Miserables 3:00pm The Bridge on the River Kwai 5:45pm Philadelphia 8:00pm Les Miserables 10:40pm Anna Karenina

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CH4/ 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:25pm Heston's 80s Feast 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm Come Dine with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:35pm Come Dine with Me 7:05pm Come Dine with Me 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:05pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 9:00pm Stonehenge: Walking Through History 10:00pm Killing Kennedy 11:55pm Devil 1:35am Stand Up for the Week 2:20am Paddy's TV Guide 3:05am Hollyoaks Omnibus

10:45am The Mask 12:30pm The Guilt Trip 2:10pm Roxanne 4:00pm Ernest Saves Christmas 5:35pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 7:15pm The Mask 9:00pm The Guilt Trip 10:40pm That's My Boy

BBC1/ 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Points of View 4:00pm F1: Grand Prix 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm BBC London News 7:25pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm The Paradise 10:00pm Britain and the Sea 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm BBC London News 11:25pm Match of the Day 2 12:25am Soul Men

BBC2/ 7:00am This is BBC Two 7:10am Morning Glory 8:20am Murder on a Honeymoon

9:35am Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets 10:35am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 12:45pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 1:30pm EastEnders 2:30pm Rugby Union Autumn International 5:00pm Rugby League 5:45pm Coast 5:55pm Songs of Praise 6:30pm The Tuxedo 8:00pm F1: Grand Prix 9:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:00pm Morecambe and Wise: The Whole Story 11:30pm Hebburn 12:00am Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12:30am The Daisy Chain 1:55am Countryfile 2:50am Holby City

ITV/ 7:00am Babar and the Adventures of Badou 7:10am Matt Hatter Chronicles 7:35am Dino Dan 7:50am Dino Dan 8:00am Canimals 8:25am Sooty 8:35am Horrid Henry

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Monday SkyMoviesAction/

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Film, 2011)

4:05pm

•Robert Downey Jr. •Jude Law •Noomi Rapace •Rachel McAdams

Investigating a series of murders and shady goings-on, Sherlock Holmes' enquiries lead him to the door of the evil Moriarty and a malevolent plot that must be stopped.

Tuesday BBC1/

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ELS/ 12:55am The Constant Gardener 3:05am The Rum Diary

SkyMoviesAction/ 8:40am The Karate Kid, Part II 10:40am The Next Karate Kid 12:40pm Wrath of the Titans 2:25pm Taken 2 4:05pm Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 6:20pm The Three Musketeers 8:15pm Wrath of the Titans 10:00pm Taken 2

TCM/ 6:00am TCM Shorts 6:15am I Died a Thousand Times 8:15am An Affair to Remember 10:25am What's Up, Doc?

12:15pm Support Your Local Sheriff!

2:00pm Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics 3:00pm The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 4:00pm Good Day for a Hanging 5:40pm Westbound 7:00pm Red River Range 8:00pm Ed Sullivan's Rock N' Roll Classics 9:00pm The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 10:00pm Band of Brothers 12:35am Suspect Zero 2:25am The Brotherhood 4:00am Suspect Zero 5:40am TCM Shorts

2013 Sunday 8:50am Victorious 9:15am Bottom Knocker Street 9:30am Fort Boyard 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Storage Hoarders 11:30am Sunday Side Up 12:30pm Sunday Scoop 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:35pm Inside the National Trust 2:35pm Love Your Garden 3:35pm The X Factor 5:05pm All Star Mr and Mrs 6:05pm You've Been Framed!

6:35pm Prize Island 7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Surprise Surprise 9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm Off Their Rockers 12:15am Rugby Highlights

CH4/ 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The American Football Show 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:25pm The Simpsons 3:55pm Gadget Man 4:25pm Star Trek VI: The

Undiscovered Country 6:35pm Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 8:25pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Finding Babylon's Hanging Garden - Secret History 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Was it Something I Said?

11:30pm Toast of London 11:55pm Fresh Meat 12:50am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:50am American Football Live

ITV2/ 7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm The X Factor 2:30pm The Xtra Factor 3:30pm You've Been Framed!

3:55pm You've Been Framed!

4:25pm You've Been Framed!

4:55pm Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 6:50pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

7:50pm The Incredible Hulk 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm You've Been Framed!

11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:30am Tricked 1:35am Body of Lies

2:00pm Rugby League 2:45pm Coast 3:40pm Floyd's American Pie 4:20pm Cagney and Lacey 5:05pm Are You Being Served?

5:35pm 'Allo, 'Allo!

6:00pm Natural World 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Choir: Sing While You Work 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Horizon Special

ITV/ 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Show Me the Telly 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm The Agenda 12:05am Animal Heroes

CH4/ 1:15pm The Mark of Zorro 3:10pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Health Freaks 10:00pm Caught on Camera 11:00pm Fresh Meat 11:50pm Cardinal Burns 12:25am Man Down

ITV2/ 2:25pm Coronation Street 2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:05pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm Ocean's Thirteen 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice

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12:35am When a Man Loves a Woman

BBC2/ 2:00pm Cash in the Attic 2:45pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:50pm Coast 3:50pm Floyd's American Pie 4:20pm Cagney and Lacey 5:05pm Are You Being Served?

5:35pm 'Allo, 'Allo!

6:00pm Africa's Magnificent Beasts 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Strange Days - Cold War Britain

ITV/ 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Show Me the Telly 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm UEFA Champions League 12:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 1:25am Jackpot247

CH4/ 1:05pm River Cottage Bites 1:20pm Gunman's Walk 3:10pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm The Sound of Musicals 11:00pm Masters of Sex 12:15am 8 Out of 10 Cats 1:00am Random Acts

ITV2/ 12:55pm You've Been Framed!

1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:25pm Coronation Street 2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:05pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice

BBC1/ 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Pressure Pad 4:55pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 5:40pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Nigel and Adam's Farm Kitchen 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm A Question of Sport 12:05am Film 2013

BBC2/ 2:00pm Cash in the Attic 2:45pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:50pm Coast 3:50pm Floyd's American Pie 4:20pm Cagney and Lacey 5:05pm Are You Being Served?

5:35pm 'Allo, 'Allo!

6:00pm Natural World 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Tudor Monastery Farm 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Strange Days - Cold War Britain

ITV/ 3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Show Me the Telly 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Mystery Map 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:30pm ITV News and Weather 12:05am Stay Alive 1:40am Jackpot247

CH4/ 3:10pm Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:05am Bouncers 1:10am Drifters

ITV2/ 2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:05pm The Real Housewives of New Jersey 6:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:45pm The Perfect Storm 11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:30am Celebrity Juice 1:15am Take Me Out

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T seldom occurs to career politicians that figures who convince inside the party do not necessarily cut it with the public. Neither do they grasp that elections are easier to win if party favourites are family favourites.

Even committed PSOE supporters and those owing him their jobs agree that Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba should not lead the party into the 2015 general elections. The man who took the PSOE to two crushing defeats in 2011 is therefore unlikely to put himself through the coconut-shy of primaries despite a rapturous reception at the PSOE’s recent Political Conference.

Brave new policies and a brave new PSOE were euphorically applauded, encouraging Rubalcaba and party grandees to delay naming the evil day, a.k.a. the primaries, as long as possible.

They are talking about summer 2014 or even autumn, waiting to evaluate the party’s showing in next May’s European elections.

If the party wants to see itself in phoenix-mode it needs primaries as soon as possible. Rubalcaba

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A weekly look and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

might have ‘the best political head’ in the party as former president Felipe Gonzalez said recently, but he has the poorest image.

Speaking volumes WAS it a deliberate snub?

There was a governmentshaped hole at the recent presentation of Jose Maria Aznar’s second volume of memoirs. It was very different at the first volume’s launch attended by Rajoy and several ministers a year ago.

Their absence is unsurprising.

Relations between the government and Aznar tensed last May when the ex-president criticised the economic policies of the man he appointed as his successor.

He has ‘taken note’ of the latest absences, Aznar remarked.

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Rajoy has enough to worry about without Aznar breathing down his neck and no longer needs to pay court to him. Nor does he risk losing PP voters still enamoured of the ex-president as there is no far-right wing party for them to decamp to.

Unlearnt lessons UNLOVED education minister Jose Ignacio Wert is another with nothing to lose because he never sought a political career, insiders claim.

This is fortunate, because his decision - now reversed - to terminate Erasmus students’

RUBALCABA: Best political hea d, but the poorest image.

allowances to study abroad in mid-course brought down government wrath on his head.

He was one of Rajoy’s most trusted assessors, which recalls the saying about “those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach.”

In Wert’s case those who can’t, assess. And they make an unholy mess when they try putting what they preach into practice.

Still remembered “I LEFT the Fine Arts School in Calle de Alcala 13 and everybody was talking about it outside.

Someone had a transistor and we stopped to listen.”

It’s neither myth nor cliché.

Everyone, like the Madrid art student now aged 71, remembers where they were on November 22 1963 when John Kennedy was shot.

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A true deep Royal romance...

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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BIT of a ‘told you so’ blurb this week.

Normally I hate trumpet blowers, but I’m not averse to a little input on occasions. Firstly, some years ago, during the vilification of Prince Charles over his affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, I predicted one day their affair could turn out to be one of the great Royal love affairs in British history.

I think the couple, who are obviously deeply in love, have come through the whole saga with dignity and a new, thoroughly deserved respect.

Camilla is far more suited to him than Diana, who, with all due respect, was nothing more than a somewhat flaky, manipulative star-struck clothes horse; one who Charles was bundled into marrying merely to produce an heir to the throne.

Camilla not only ‘looks right’ at his side, but with her somewhat zany views and slightly off the wall projects, totally fits in with Charles ‘talking to

plants’ and environmental attitudes. I wish them both all the very best and a large dose of happiness in their life journey together.

The second ‘trumpet call’ hits a somewhat sourer note. I’ve actually lost count of the times over the past 15 years or so I’ve taken a leaf from Enoch Powell’s book and predicted this whole immigration fiasco would finally lead to rioting and bloodshed on the streets.

The latest statement from David Blunkett does, I think, finally exonerate me from all who accused me of

‘ranting’ and ‘scaremongering.’

Mr Blunkett’s comments, that the influx of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of Eastern Europeans, with their poor living standards and alien cultures, could lead to violence on the streets of Britain, is no doubt a welcome and sane observation, but too late.

Even now there has been a deafening silence from most other leading politicians on the subject. It’s no good waiting for many British suburbs to resemble Syria or Beirut before they clamour to air their views on the nation’s media. In less than two months hoards of these people will pour into an already beleaguered Britain. They will have nowhere to live. No money and no jobs. What on earth is Britain Camilla and going to do with them all?

Charles - one of Don’t ask me, I’m only an old the great Royal hack, one hit wonder from way love affairs. back. I’ll tell you something mind, Britain had better gird her loins for an unprecedented rise in crime rates, hoards of beggars littering the streets, a capitulation of the NHS and benefits infrastructure and unparalleled rioting on the streets of Britain, and all down to incompetent politicians that have well and truly shafted the British public.

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Muslim allies IT is very wrong of ‘Leapy Lee’ to ridicule the Burka as a way of dress.

Although I agree there are situations where it is totally inappropriate, this is the fault of incompetent politicians and there is no reason why it should cause offence in normal everyday multicultural life.

He is additionally very wrong to comment as to why one does not see remembrance poppies worn on a Burka. Many of those Muslim women must carry, in their hearts, memories of their loved ones - the older ones their husbands and brothers, the younger ones their grandfathers who died fighting in WW2, alongside British soldiers in the Western Desert, Burma and Italy.

So, please Leapy, do try to be more objective.

Brian Nicholls (by email)

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Period drama Downton Abbey returns for a fifth series to ITV Richard Shanley

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OWNTON ABBEY has been officially renewed for a fifth series by ITV. Carnival Films has confirmed that the period drama will return for a fifth run, following the fourth series finale earlier this month. Julian Fellowes will return once again as head writer, along with executive producers Gareth Neame and Liz Trubridge.

Neame said in a statement: “Audiences have enjoyed their regular Sunday evening visits back to Downton once again this autumn and we are thrilled to produce a new series of the show next year.

DOWNTON ABBEY: Promises all the usual highs and lows.

“We promise all the usual highs and lows, romance, drama and comedy played out by some of the most iconic characters on television.”

An official broadcast date has yet to be confirmed. The previous four seasons have aired each autumn. The series will first return for a two-hour

Christmas special in the UK on Christmas Day, which will include guest stars Shirley MacLaine and Paul Giamatti.

Radio Times has launched its DiscoverTV app for iPad devices.

The iOS 7-optimised software helps users discover new content across television,

radio, catch-up and ondemand services.

DiscoverTV provides subscribers with 14-day customised TV and radio listings, and serves them with daily categorised recommendations.

“This is the first app designed for the way viewers watch television now. This is a golden age for quality television. Viewers have never enjoyed so much choice. But we want to make it easier to find the good stuff,” said Radio Times editor Ben Preston.

BT Sport has won exclusive rights to show all live UEFA Champions League and Europa League games.

The three-year deal, costing around £299 million (€356 million) per year, will begin with the 2015/16 season.

BT has also confirmed that it will show a selection of fixtures free of charge, even

to non-subscribers.

Both the UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals will be free to air, and at least one of each participating British club’s European fixtures will be shown free of charge per season.

If you would like me to answer any questions you may have on satellite TV or to expand on anything I have written about please call me on 678 332 815 or email richard@europa-digital.com. I look forward to your comments and questions.

Don’t forget to listen to my radio show every weekday from 10am on Spectrum Radio (90.8FM Coastal & 96.1FM Inland), now covering over 2,000sq kms of Costa Almeria or listen online at costaalmeria.spectrumfm.net for the latest news and views from the world of satellite television.

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NHS speaker for FGBMFI meeting GRAND AUCTION: In aid of ‘Perros sin Casa.’

Money to the dogs THE Grand Auction and Fundraiser at The Palms Restaurant, Urcal in aid of ‘Perros Sin Casa’ attracted more than 85 people to support the charity.

A total of €1,555.50 was raised on the night.

Perros sin Casa would like to thank all those who generously donated items and their time. A big thank you to Eileen at The Palms for the venue and food. All money goes towards the care of the many dogs currently in the care of Perros sin Casa.

THE November FGBMFI Ladies’ and Men’s Breakfast Meeting on November 30 will be attended by the speaker, Dr Adam Bradford.

He will tell the people attending of his life, his work, his experiences and background. He is of Jewish origin but converted to Christianity at an early age.

Dr Adam Bradford is married with four children, he is the NHS Commisioner for Cancer, a Medical

Turre Dames meet Monday DAMES IN TURRE will meet on Monday at Centre de Usos Multiples, Turre, 11am.

The speaker will be Jennifer Young who has a passion for Natural Soaps, and will explain how she makes them and other natural products she has developed.

For more information call Secretary, Pam Smith, 950 475 418 or President Lesley Barlow, 950 478 633.

Practitioner in a seven doctor Christian practice and is the doctor to Blackheath Rugby Club, the oldest Club in England.

He has been a Bible Scholar for many years, and has published five books, the most well-known being ‘The Jesus Discovery’ which gave some revelations on the ‘missing years’ of Jesus’ life from the age of 12 to 30 years old.

The meeting will be at the Delfin Dorado Restaurant, Mojacar Playa and starts at 10am. The cost is €6.00, which includes a full English breakfast with toast, orange juice, tea or coffee.

Booking is required for seating and catering purposes, so please contact David Templeman on 950 168 349, mobile: 661 140 481 or email:mojacar@fgbmfispain.org.

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Important things are signalled by the stars.

There are gains to be made in many different areas. Just keep believing things will work out for the best for you and they will.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) It's a better week for travel with less likelihood of delays.

Should you be feeling a little lethargic and sorry about recent events, just count your blessings.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Satisfaction with your love life

7-Star Quiz 1. What was former US president Lyndon Johnson’s middle name?

2. By what name was the American soldier, bison hunter and showman.

William Frederick Cody better known?

3. Built in 1903-6 on the site of Newgate Prison, how is the Central Criminal Court in London much better known?

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Which US film director/producer had the middle name Blount?

5. What was writer George Orwell’s real name?

6. Which famous English novelist and dramatist’s middle name was Klapka?

7. According to Alexandre Dumas’s 1844, novel, what were the names of the Three Musketeers?

Arturo Perez-Reverte is a Spanish journalist and writer. Born in Cartagena, Murcia, Perez-Reverte worked as a war correspondent for 21 years. He has been a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he holds the T letter-labelled seat since 2003.

Perez-Reverte is most known for being the author of the Captain Alatriste series of novels. A movie based on the novels starring American actor Vigo Mortensen was released in 2006. to be working. As you have helped others in the past, make it clear that you expect a bit of co-operation.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Being very much in demand for your talents this week means less time to spend socially, so it's important to make time for loved ones at the weekend. are going to take anyway. .

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A conversation with a colleague brings insights into how others live and it is quite an eye-opener. Friendships are particularly important this week.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) This is a week when progress is fast and plans run ahead.

Try new ideas and seek information to hone your knowledge.

An organisation that is new to you offers insight and social involvement.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There may be some opposition to your ideas as Pluto turns this week. Perhaps your natural charm just doesn't seem

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is something in you that needs a creative outlet.

Perhaps you would like to write a

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Although you have perhaps been looking to money-making ideas to progress finances, think also of alternatives. Perhaps there are areas of your lifestyle where money could be saved.

Sudoku

LIBRA (September 24 October 23) Having suffered a bit of a setback last week, you may be feeling less confident. Revving up your social life will certainly help to bring spirits up again. Be with people who liven or inspire you in some way.

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.

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SCORPIO (October 24 November 22) Thoughts come to you, perhaps in dreams, that are creative and energy boosting. Someone who recently moved out of your sphere is sadly missed but is in some ways still a part of you.

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Average: 7

Very good: 21

Good: 9

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book: memoirs, for instance, take up a craft or paint.

is paramount this week, and the opinion of others seems important to you. Perhaps you are looking for an excuse to make a change.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Spirituality seeps right through the week. As you are feeling particularly sensuous, invite someone special to dinner or on a trip. Visit garden centres and plan ahead.

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IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK:

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 December 21) A strong and exciting romantic feeling flows through the week, which is fitting as Valentine's Day comes round again next month. Someone returning from a trip makes you smile and boosts your spirit.

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THE OLD BAILEY, 4. CECIL B DE MILLE, 5. ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR, 6.

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Across 1 What thief might do, and how thief ends in awful peril (6) 4 Poem for a sailor to remind him of home (5) 8 Crime is the result when clergyman loses his head (5) 9 Theyʼre biters, children! (7) 10 Instruct little Albert to do the gardening, using no hands (7) 11 Bluff king has circle, surely not this one! (4) 12 A tree in gospel music (3) 14 Painter is in Muhammad Aliʼs corner (4) 15 Keen part a go-go dancer has (4) 18 Flipping ban results in arrest (3) 21 Young creature with about fifty feet (4) 23 Greed makes woman take food (7) 25 Shredding damaged granite (7) 26 Phil has a liquid container (5) 27 Messages transmitted about a mile (5) 28 Worry about show of hesitation for search (6) Down 1 Communist newspaper very into Italian fashion label (6) 2 Slag Ana off for the food (7) 3 One German saint, one German theorist (8) 4 The snakes are venomous and arsenicʼs extremely poisonous (4) 5 Last letter or letters from some

gangsters (5) 6 School admitting us, somewhere in London (6) 7 Approach the early English settler (5) 13 Plant organised my appeal (3,5) 16 Musical includes current and former actor (7)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents P and 24 represents X, so fill in P every time the figure 7 appears and X every time the figure 24 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.

17 Grass-cutting tool making one chesty somehow (6) 19 Shove canal boat (5) 20 Farmer loth to consume wine (6) 22 Animal going round a shopping precinct (5) 24 Face being laid up (4)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Sacking, 4 Cuban, 7 Leaps, 9 Invalid, 10 Centaur, 11 Rhone, 12 Danish, 14 Parsec, 18 Comic, 20 Auction, 22 Everest, 23 Trade, 24 Poser, 25 Red rose.

Down: 1 Spliced, 2 Chain, 3 Goitre, 4 Cover, 5 Bellows, 6 Nudge, 8 Stays, 13 Numbers, 15 Ascot, 16 Concede, 17 Gaiter, 18 Cheap, 19 Clear, 21 Idaho.

QUICK Across: 1 Chosen, 4 Signet, 7 Quickstep, 9 Taut, 10 Wage, 11 Bagel, 13 Endear, 14 Softly, 15 Couple, 17 Helium, 19 Steer, 20 Ages, 22 Ogre, 23 Departure, 24 Scythe, 25 Colony.

Down: 1 Cattle, 2 Shut, 3 Nectar, 4 Sashes, 5 Grew, 6 Timely, 7 Quadruped, 8 Partridge, 11 Balls, 12 Lover, 15 Ceases, 16 Ethane, 17 Hectic, 18 Meekly, 21 Sect, 22 Oral.

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Funagram

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Guijarros, 5 Magic, 7 Sobre, 9 Thunderclap, 10 Bison, 11 Among, 13 Castor oil.

Down: 1 Gum, 2 Accidents, 3 Resfriado, 4 Cheap, 6 Gruas, 8 Bolso, 9 Table, 12 Gol.

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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Elbow (4) 3 Vía (ferrocarril) (5) 8 Alga (7) 9 Coche (automóvil) (3) 10 Opaque (5) 11 Platform (rail) (5) 12 Comer (3) 13 Theories (7) 14 Usarios (5) 15 Población (lugar habitado, ciudad) (4) Down 1 Cliente (de tienda, bar, restaurante, banco) (8) 2 Diamonds (jewellery) (9) 4 Radiador (8) 5 Crocodile (9) 6 Periodista (8) 7 Nieto (8)

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 (POSTAL) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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Unscramble the name of a famous former professional English darts player: SCRIBE OR WIT

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Answers: Arm in arm, Alter ego

Unscramble the name of a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC (three words): PACK GENUINE APE PAPERS

Across 1 Clearance events (5) 3 Forgive (6) 6 Stir up (7) 8 Despise deeply (5) 10 Consume (3) 11 No longer existing (7) 12 Disinterested (5) 13 Abides by (5) 18 Inactivity (7) 20 Possess (3) 21 Egyptian water lily (5) 22 Good-humoured (7) 23 Evaluate (6) 24 Underground parts of plants (5) Down 1 Frightened (6) 2 Surprise (7) 3 Favour (6) 4 Respond (5) 5 Thin soup (5) 7 Shy person (9) 9 Structure made by bees (9) 14 Obstruction (7) 15 Foolish (5) 16 Pester persistently (6) 17 If not (6) 19 Flavour (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Salver, 2 Needed, 3 Wilder, 4 Dwells, 5 Advise, 6 Shrank, 7 Weasel, 8 Wheels, 9 Welled, 10 Seldom, 11 Merest, 12 Lemons, 13 Render, 14 Severe, 15 Racoon, 16 Barely, 17 Fences, 18 Treats, 19 Neatly

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The snow-topped mountains (top left). La Atalaya cave houses are warm in winter (top right). The St. Maria Church in Huescar (right).

holiday destination To enjoy the cold - Cave houses in Granada a wonderland AN earth-house is an architectural style characterised by the use of natural terrain to form walls. In Spain, they are known as ‘casascueva,’ or cave houses.

One of their main benefits is their natural insulation, which cools them down in summer and keeps them warm in winter.

One of the areas in Spain where there are most cave houses is Granada province.

Those in Guadix and the BazaHuescar area are particularly famous and have become a huge tourist attraction since many of them have been refurbished as rural accommodation.

If you like to enjoy the great outdoors even when the weather is cold, the Baza-Huescar area is an ideal place to plan your break. After a day out, you can go back to a cosy cave house, most of which have huge log-burning fires.

A great place to stay La Atalaya Cave Houses is a tourism complex composed of several different cave houses of different sizes.

Located in Huescar, and just a couple hours’ drive from Almeria, it is an ideal place to chill out.

Gastronomy Some local dishes are ‘Ajo al Almirez,’ a garlic sauce used to accompany meats; ‘gachas,’ similar to porridge; ‘Lata al Horno,’ which is a dish with lamb and vegetables; the ‘Relleno’ stuffed pork sausage; pickled pigeon; and ‘borrachuelos,’ fritters made with wine and covered in sugar.

While the caves houses are

River Castril Walkway The pathway runs along the side of the rock, perched on a wall of the gorge, following the course of the River Castril.

Not for the faint-hearted, the wooden walkway ends with a hanging bridge then a dark tunnel. It’s perfect for walking and enjoying the impressive views.

prepared for self-catering, close to La Atalaya is the Alkadima cave, where you can live the unique experience of eating in one of the many smaller caves inside. In the winter, it is enjoyable to sit by the log fire and taste the local liqueurs or wines.

The Sagra is the highest peak of the Subbaetic System.

At 2,383 metres above sea level, it is the perfect place to enjoy sports such as hiking, climbing, etc. The Sagra is especially impressive covered in snow.

Granada Plateau The Granada Plateau is in the north of the province. It has landscapes which form plateaux surrounding the mountains.

An ideal way to get to know the area by car is following the so-called ‘Route of the First Inhabitants of Europe,’ see more here www.rutaprimerospobladoreseuropa. com.

Castellon Alto The Castellon Alto settlement in Galera was created by the Argaric culture, in an advanced period of the Bronze Age (1900-1600BC). It has been partially restored and visiting the site allows us to see what daily life was like back then.

What to see Huescar Huescar has interesting monuments including the St. Maria Collegiate Church. Built at the beginning of the 16th century, since 2009, the temple is affiliated with the Santa Maria La Maggiore Basilica in Rome, being the first in this diocese to obtain Pontifical grace. Also in Huescar are the Homage Tower, San Francisco Convent, the Rodriguez Penalva Park and stately homes decorated with coats of arms.

The Sagra

San Clemente Reservoir The San Clemente Reservoir is located on the course of the Guardal River and the Sagra Mountain can be seen from different spots along the banks. It’s an ideal place for a family walk or a picnic.

Fuencaliente Spring The Fuencaliente Spring is a thermal spring in Huescar which also has a recreational and sports complex, poplar groves, lawn areas, sports facilities, terraces and restaurant.

The complex is built around a natural water source which has been made into a swimming pool.

Rodriguez Penalva Park The Rodriguez Penalva Park is one of the busiest and most visited areas of Huescar.

It is a recreational area where we can relax and enjoy a nice walk.

The children can run and play on the swings, and adults can enjoy a nice walk at any time of the year River Castril Walkway The path runs along the foot of the rock, following the course of the Castril River. It is an impressive wooden walkway which is perched on the walls of the gorge.

Along the way, visitors will pass bridges, tunnels and viewpoints. At the end of the walk, there is a restaurant, ideal for getting our strength back.

It is the perfect place to walk and enjoy impressive views of the gorge and surrounding area. We can access the walkway through the Arboleda Perdida Park. After entering the tunnels, we can see the changing water levels from the viewpoints.

Orce Museum The Orce Prehistoric and Palaeontology Museum is located in the Segura Palace. The museum is divided in two halls where visitors can discover the Granada Plateau of more than 1.5 million years ago. The quality and quantity of the collections is excellent.

What to do •Hiking, in the different natural areas.

•Visit the Wineries in Galera.

•There are companies which work in active tourism, providing visitors activities such as horse-riding, canyoning, canoeing...

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Nowadays a life without electronic devices is hard to imagine. From washing machines and TVs to smartphones and tablet PCs they have become part of every day life.

But which electronic device couldn’t you live without?

And why?

THERAPIST Ana Ivars, aged 39, from Benissa, considers that only a few decades ago people lived perfectly with no washing machine, no electric iron and she can always use old systems.

“My mobile phone is not necessary either.” She adds: “The only electronic device I cannot live without is Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner (MRI) because in my profession it is very important to detect health problems to treat them correctly.”

Aiden Finney, a 40-year-old sales executive from Altea, has

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ANA IVARS could live without her phone and most electrical items.

STREET TALK a totally different opinion: “I could not do without my fridge, because it keeps my beer cold and I hate warm beer!”

Gordon and Angela Southall, both retired who live in Arboleas (Almeria) are up to date. “We couldn’t live without our iPad. You have to keep up with modern technology.“ “We use it for Face Time, it is really good for speaking to family and best of all it is free.”

And Carole Whittle, who is also retired and lives in Arboleas agreed modern technology is good for keeping in touch. “I couldn’t live without my laptop. I speak to all my friends on Skype, I use it for banking and also for Googling information to prove my husband wrong!”

Ariele Lara, a 23-year-old, law student from Malaga couldn’t live without his smartphone. “I enjoy being connected to everyone I love and now thanks to the advancements in technology you can send messages and chat with your friends on different

apps for free. Taking pictures and uploading them to any of your social networks, synchronizing your calendar activities so you can organise everything you have to do… The possibilities are endless and I just couldn’t imagine being without it even though we have only had this technology for about five years.”

Celia Perez - 31, a therapist from Fuengirola (Malaga) loves her iPad. “I use it daily to manage my bank accounts and also for editing pictures for the website I own. I find it easier to carry than a regular laptop, I can take it anywhere with me in my purse and I don’t even notice it’s there. Since it has 3G wireless connection, it allows me to log on to the internet at any time and any place. Everything is easy.“ Celia Perez.

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GET lustrous locks and give hair the care it needs by using items you have at home, here’s how.

Look after your head - having a healthy scalp is just as important as healthy hair.

Reduce excess oil by applying a little witch hazel and rinse with cold water.

And fight a flaky scalp by adding a few drops of tea tree oil to your shampoo to act as a booster.

Add volume - mix together egg yolk and half a cup of honey with olive oil and two ripe avocados.

Apply generously and leave until hard,

then wash and rinse and enjoy the results.

Shine - use olive oil or jojoba oil masks, begin at the roots and brush through dry hair and leave for an hour or two, use a hair dryer to heat the hair and allow it to further absorb the oils.

Preserve colour - mix a quarter cup of white vinegar with a half cup of water and pour it over the hair, then rinse with cold water, to make sure your hair retains its colour for longer.

Maintain healthy hair with these household tips.

Stella’s success story A YEAR ago Stella opened the door to her hew business venture:Stella’s Hairdresser / Peluquería.

After tireless hard work in a bright and cheerful atmosphere emulating Stella’s own personality completely, the business has become a popular, busy success story.

At the moment whilst you enjoy having your hair styled, a complimentary Winter Warmer consisting of coffee, Baileys and cake is on offer. Also, reasonably priced retail hair products are available.

Stella would like to say a big “thank you” to Victor’s Bar for its invaluable waitress service, providing her and her clients with teas, coffees and necessary nibbles!

More importantly she would like to thank her loyal clients and her team enormously for helping to make her business the success it is today.

Apart from a job well done, having your hair styled at Stella’s is an experience not to be missed as there is ‘never a dull moment!’

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Heart attack gene discovered

MEET UP WITH FRIENDS: The easiest way to increase your brain power.

Good excuse to hit the town with friends BEING sociable could boost your brain power.

That’s according to a study which shows that parts of the brain are bigger and better connected in people with

lots of friends.

The finding comes from scientists at Oxford University (UK) who asked 18 men and women how many friends they had met, spoken to

on the phone or emailed in the past month.

The average number of friends contacted was 20 and scans showed that around half a dozen brain regions were

bigger in those who were more sociable and had more friends.

It is hoped that these findings could help scientists understand more about how the brain

reacts in social situations which could lead to new treatments for autism, schizophrenia and other conditions in which people struggle to interact with others.

A GENE which raises a person’s risk of having a heart attack has been discovered by German researchers.

The German Heart Centre in Munich believes carriers of the gene are 15 per cent more likely to have a heart attack and say that more than half of the 30,000 people they studied had the gene.

The genetic mutation results in the person having stickier blood platelets which make heart attacks more likely.

The researchers are now working on a test for doctors to use to establish whether a person has the gene and they hope the findings will make treatment better for those at a higher risk.

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Tired eyes LONG weekends or late night parties are sometimes difficult to hide. Try these easy beauty tips that focus on the least forgiving facial feature - the eyes.

• Pale eyeliner Apply a pale liner just below the bottom lash line, close to the eye, this will reflect the light and open up those tired eyes.

• Curl lashes Curling your eyelashes before applying mascara will dramatically open the eyes, lifting droopy lids.

• Define for divine Add definition by smudging eye-liner at the outer half of your top lash line for a smoky effect that extends the shape of your eye and hides tiredness.

• Mascara boost Curve the mascara brush to get closer to the roots giving lashes a little boost to looking bigger and fuller.

• Illuminate Apply illuminator to the outer corner of the eyes to reflect the light and widen the face, giving the illusion of bigger beautiful eyes.

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Taking off - or flying by the seat of their pants Nora Johnson

Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers.

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WO bastions of British life were in the news recently.

Both with their backs up against the wall in increasingly tough economic times. Will both survive and flourish? Let’s take a closer look.

First up, Ryanair. The airline’s been on a massive charm offensive of late, desperately trying to improve its badlytarnished image.

It’s going to improve its website, slash charges for not printing boarding cards, even allow you to reserve seats.

As CEO Michael O’Leary, who did the round of TV interviews, put it: “I want to be loved by my customers as much as I love them. Boy, are we listening and responding.”

Good grief! It was as if, say, John Lewis were changing its slogan from “Never knowingly undersold” to “Always out to MICHAEL O’LEARY: Chairman and chief executive officer of Ryanair.

fleece you.” What an utter U-turn!

Next, M&S. When the company announced its clothing sales were down by 1.3 per cent, it blamed everything from rival shops to the warm late summer.

But it’s not the wrong sort of weather that’s undermining M&S but the wrong sort of clothes - and management.

I have advice for M&S. Stop trying to be all things to all people. Cut your losses and just stick to chic good quality knitwear and underwear.

No more elasticated trousers, peasant-style tent tops or frills, please!

But it’s those Leibovitz advertising posters that shock me most: a bevy of super-successful women including Helen Mirren seemingly dragooned together at gun-point. The backdrop of the City, the world of the glass ceiling,

RYANAIR: Wants to improve its image. is meant to ‘showcase’ female success while they’re cooped up in a barge where nobody even wants to acknowledge the other. Some sisterhood!

This lot look as if they’ve been corralled to the stern of a booze-free ‘booze cruise’ and are considering going for broke and swimming for it.

Who authorised such misjudged advertising?

Finally, Ryanair may

never be ‘lovable,’ but it’ll be no more annoying than its rivals. And M&S? This used to be known for good quality basics at affordable prices. Now it too often stands for overpriced dowdiness.

It can bring in all the stars it likes but it still can’t beat its rivals for on-trend, well-priced clothing.

It’s talking the talk all right, but the walk’s more

of a stagger on life support.

Matron, pass the meds!

Quick!

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore.

Profits to Cudeca.

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Food

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Cool cucumbers

CUCUMBERS may seem like a simple food choice, but they are one of the most cultivated vegetables in the world and are great for your health, both inside and out.

Cucumber rehydrates the body, so if water is not your favourite choice, eat a cucumber which has a 90 per cent water content. The water will also help eliminate toxins from your body and, with regular eating, cucumber has been known to dissolve kidney stones.

The vegetable is rich in vitamins A, B and C, particularly if the skin is left on.

Cucumber is often found as an ingredient in beauty products for its cooling and calming properties.

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Order your pizza by just the press of a button AMERICAN tech company iStrategyLabs is developing the ultimate food appliance: an emergency pizza button.

PiePal can memorise up to five different pizza combinations that can be ordered with just one push.

For the time being, it can only place orders to Domino’s Pizza.

This is so because the website of the international pizza chain

reportedly offers the best ordering structure available.

As it’s still in development, PiePal is not ready yet to be launched on the market.

People at iStrategyLabs are currently working on adding protection to avoid pizzas from being ordered by accident.

The company offers anyone to become a beta ‘taster’ of the

device by signing up on their website.

Unfortunately, this tasty possibility is only available for people living in the US.

PIZZA: You can have by just pressing a button.

Coffee all the way from tree to cup A NEW way of consuming coffee has emerged on the market allowing users to have complete control over the brewing process of the favoured hot drink from start to end.

Bonaverde Coffee Changers has developed a coffee machine that not only grinds and brews, but also roasts beans on the spot.

The company just

launched a Kickstarter campaign, with the hope of taking its prototype machines to mass production.

More than simply giving consumers the tools to roast their own beans, Bonaverde is also putting

consumers in direct contact with a network of farmers from around the world to choose exactly where their

beans come from.

Customers can chat or Skype with farmers as they pick out their raw green coffee beans, which will then be delivered to them in individual cloth bags.

The first machines are set to launch in October 2014.

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A shortage of nuts ALMOND shortages in America and across Europe are affecting chocoholics as some retailers report a shortage of almond chocolate bars.

Retailers say they have seen the demand for Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate and Almond bar outstrip supply in recent weeks.

UK supermarket chain Waitrose has already sold out.

California grows around 80 per cent of the world’s almonds and the harvest has suffered this year due to a prolonged drought.

Spanish and Italian crops which have seen demand rise to make up the shortfall are also expected to run out before the end of the season.

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Chocolate chip cookies, a delicious accident that is now a world snack CHOCOLATE chip cookies are a delicious and world known snack, but not everyone knows they were originally a culinary accident.

American Ruth Graves Wakefield is said to have accidentally made the first-ever chocolate chip cookies in her restaurant, The Toll House Inn in Massachusetts.

In the 1930s, after running out of baker’s chocolate while making chocolate cookies, Wakefield decided to use pieces from a Nestle chocolate bar.

But instead of melting, the chocolate maintained its shape, giving birth to the popular biscuit. Wakefield published the recipe in her cookbook Toll House Tried and True Recipes, and it rapidly became a baking favourite.

CHOCOLATE CHIP: Discovered by accident.

Rumour has it that she sold the recipe to Nestle for a lifetime supply of chocolate.

What is certain is that the Nestle Toll House

chocolate chip cookies sold in the US are made with the original recipe born from a mistake.

Restaurant opened in China which is run by robots A RESTAURANT in China has replaced its waiters with robots that cook, serve and attend to customers.

Robot Restaurant, in the city of Harbin, has a workforce of 20 robots that tirelessly work for five

hours. After that they need two hours to recharge their batteries.

But they seem to be very efficient as they make noodles, fry or steam-dumplings and bring the food to the tables

running along tracks on the floor.

The only humans in the restaurant, apart from customers, are the kitchen supervisors.

The restaurant opened in the summer of 2012 and ever since

has attracted customers willing to be served by machines.

These peculiar cooks, named Cui Runguan, are sold for €1,600 per unit, certainly a lot less than what a human chef would earn per year.

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Sponsor a hen for organic eggs

IF you prefer the intense flavour and orange yolk from organic eggs, but can’t afford to buy a farm, don’t worry.

A farm in Valencia has launched a sponsor-a-hen campaign to bring the organic food to people.

Sponsoring a hen is only €10, and for an additional €5 per month you can get approximately half a dozen eggs per week.

Hens at Tomba L’Olla farm are fed on corn, fruit and vegetables.

They live in a large henhouse where they can run, peck or enjoy a sand bath.

The farm’s website is often updated with news, pictures and information about the animals.

It also has a recipe section with ideas on how to cook the eggs.

Users can have a look while waiting for their sponsored hen to lay an egg.

HEN SPONSORING: For tasty intense-flavoured eggs.

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Where were you fifty years ago on November 22, 1963?

Peter Fieldman London-born journalist and author, Peter spends his time between Paris and Madrid. His novel ‘1066 The Conquest’ available on Amazon or www.1066TheConquest.com

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HIS November 22 will be the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy.

I was 20 years old, and seven days earlier had boarded a transatlantic liner in Southampton. JFK had become an icon in Europe since his election in 1960 and had transformed the image of America.

The President and his family were a sophisticated civilised, cultural elite who acted and spoke in a way Europeans could understand. They had become the Royal family of America and, like so many young people, I was enticed by the American dream.

On November 22, the ship was one day out from New York. Clocks and watches had already been set to Eastern time and everybody on board was thinking about the final night’s gala dinner. At about 1pm I was making my way up the main staircase for lunch when I noticed a large blackboard on which was scrawled ‘President Kennedy dead, RIP.’ Why would somebody write something so stupid, I remarked.

On reaching the main promenade deck I noticed groups of people clustered around radio sets. It soon sunk in that the notice had not been written as a silly gesture, the president had indeed been shot and was in hospital. When the news came through that the president had died no passenger was able to hold back tears.

The gala dinner was cancelled and a memorial service was held in its place.

Early the following morning the ship entered New York harbour passing the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan skyline, shrouded in mist, and into the Hudson river to dock at the city’s passenger port.

After passing through immigration, far simpler than today, I set foot for the first time on American soil. A taxi took me to a small west-side hotel. After unpacking I ventured out into deserted streets. It was cold and overcast with newspapers blowing across the street in the icy wind.

It reminded me of the final scene in the movie ‘On the Beach.’

With food and drinks purchased from corner stores, I spent three days glued to the old TV set in the hotel bedroom. Lyndon Johnson had immediately been sworn in as president on Airforce One and the police had apprehended the

supposed assassin. But events turned to incredulity when Jack Ruby shot Oswald dead as he was leaving the Dallas police station, live on TV. Then the funeral took place in Washington with the president’s family and world leaders in the cortege slowly following the horse drawn carriage on its way to Arlington cemetery.

After travelling around the country, I worked in New York until June when I booked a passage on a transatlantic liner taking advantage of the summer weather and groups of American college students travelling to Europe. It was a perfect ending to a great adventure, which had begun so tragically.

I had seen enough of America to understand why JFK was killed and was a fully, fledged conspiracy theorist long before Oliver Stone’s movie, JFK. While the West and East coast were more sophisticated, cosmopolitan centres, the rest of the country remained backward and insular. Gun ownership was an intrinsic part of society. I had witnessed run down city centres and a great deal of poverty across the country as well as racism and a strong North-South divide which still seemed to be a legacy of the Civil War, contrasting with pockets of immense wealth.

When I learnt that three university students from New York had been murdered in Mississippi by opponents of

the civil rights movement at about the same time I was passing through the State with a New Jersey registered car, I thought how close I had come to danger.

Four years later in 1968 I was living in Paris. It was a dramatic year: as well as the student revolution in Paris, the Tet offensive had started in Vietnam, Russian tanks rolled into Prague, Martin Luther King had been gunned down and Robert Kennedy was assassinated. He was perhaps a greater loss than his brother.

Acclaimed by young and old, rich and poor, white and black, across the country, he was clearly on his way to the White House. Thousands lined the tracks on the final train journey to Washington carrying his coffin on an open carriage.

A few years ago, after a visit to the Gettysburg battle site, I went to Arlington cemetery to see their burial place. There was another young president in the White House idolised by millions of people. But Barack Obama has not been able to fulfil his promises either and America is more divided than ever.

The American Dream was an illusion.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, shot and killed on November 22, 1963.

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re you a mother with a supersatisfying power job, which earns you praise and cash in equal measure? And do you still find time to prepare nutritious home-cooked meals for the kids you drop and collect at school every day, never forgetting or missing any important event in their lives and finding time to help them with their homework as well as a nighttime story?

Oh, and your home is an oasis of cleanliness and calm. No staff required.

If this is you, then congratulations. You may be the only person in the world to ‘have it all.’ Before having children, I was convinced this would be me, which must have amused mother nature no end.

As Oprah Winfrey says: “You can have it all, just not at the same time.” Being an expat mother makes getting even a remote semblance of having it all even more unlikely, without a support network of family to rely on and with fulfilling work opportunities limited.

So, it was with some disappointment I saw the Hollywood version of an excellent book on the subject, ‘I don’t know how she does it?’ written by English journalist and writer, Alison Pearson.

In the book, the working mother faces all the trials and tribulations this brings feeling inadequate both at home and at work, never able to give 100 per cent you are bound to fall short.

The novel is funny, truthful and gritty, ending in the-less-than saintlike main character making a choice between work

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Catch 22 of having it all HOW good are you at juggling?

Ulrica Marshall

Expat Strife

Swedish-born Ulrica is a freelance journalist living in Mallorca with her family. Her debut novel $Expat Wives is available on Amazon and iBooks.

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and family. The US-produced film, while entertaining, perpetuates that you can and should have it all, despite the book’s original message.

Real life is not so simple. ‘Have it all’ and you will scarcely see the kids, who will be largely raised by nannies (since stay at home daddies are still a rarity), or opt to become ‘just mum’ despite the years of studying and pre-kids work as doctor,

SUPER POWERS: Are you a mother with a supersatisfying power job which earns you praise and money? banker or engineer.

By the time your nest is empty, and you could dedicate yourself fully to a career again, you will probably be past your employ-by date and your skills antiquated.

At this stage, you may be left with feelings of sadness, loneliness and uselessness. If you had chosen career, this junction would be of little consequence,

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but for those who stayed with the family it can be a fraught time.

Psychologists urge so-called ‘emptynesters’ to reconnect with life again - by learning a new skill, taking a course in something that really interests you and travelling now that there is no one left to cook for, mentor and guide (other than your husband, who can either join you or fend for himself for a while). Travelling alone is not as difficult as it sounds - there are many alternatives these days - from yoga retreats to educational tours of China or cooking trips to Italy.

One friend who found herself in this situation retrained as a psychotherapist, having already practiced by counselling the children all those years. Or why not follow through on a business idea you’ve been considering? Now could be the time to set up that boutique, restaurant or take up day trading on the stock exchange from home.

If you still can’t face that empty nest, take advice from that wise woman Dorothy Parker, who once suggested that, “The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tyres.”

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ILEEN AND PETE of the Antas branch of the Iron Art Factory Outlets would like to announce their retirement at the end of November. Eileen commented “We have thoroughly enjoyed the last six years of running our business. We have met some lovely people and made some very good friends.

“We initially came to Spain to semi-retire but after a few months we realised there was something missing in this area.

Having knowledge of Iron Art on the Costa Blanca we approached them about opening a branch down here, and lo and behold the Antas branch was born.

“It has been our baby, raising it from nothing to now being a well known name in the area.”

However, after having been greatly affected by the floods of last year they have been greatly considering over the last year the way forward. Phrases come to mind such as ‘Life is too short’ and ‘You never know what is around the corner’ hence their decision to retire.

Eileen and Pete are looking forward to doing a bit of travelling and catching up with local groups and friends.

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IRON ART: Largest importers of garden and patio furniture on Costas.

Their son has recently moved to Saudi Arabia and they are planning trips around that area to see him.

Eileen and Pete would like to thank Adele who has worked hard and been a great asset, helping them out at times with her fluent Spanish.

Iron Art have been running

Charity Fayres for two years and would like to thank all the stall holders for their noble support on behalf of the charities they support such as MACS, Stepping Stones and Vera Orphanage.

They would also like to thank everyone for their support and friendship over the years and

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The business is up for sale and has already had a few

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They have so many uses and they can be successfully planted in the garden, containers, window boxes or terracotta herb barrels. Anyone can easily grow and benefit from them.

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If it is possible to access the area where the leaves go into the trunk, put your ear close to the trunk, you may be able to hear ‘munching’ sounds also accompanied by a strong smell of urethra.

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Grow your own herb garden The perennials such as lavender, rosemary, thyme, chives, bay, sage etc., are naturalised Spanish plants and are therefore fairly easily established.

Many annual herbs such as basil, parsley and dill can be planted in spring. They are easy to care for in semi shaded positions.

Herbs can be regularly trimmed for using in salads, cooked dishes and for healthy infusions.

Planted along paths,

within mixed flower beds, on a rockery or in a dedicated herb garden their leaves and flowers add perfume to the garden, which in turn attract many species of butterflies.

Herbs can be harvested for hanging in bunches or mixing into potpourris to provide natural aromatherapy effects.

Co-planted on the vegetable plot they can be useful attractors of beneficial insects:

(rosemary and lavender), in attracting pests away from crops (sage, dill, fennel and coriander), the basis of natural insecticides (garlic) and fungicides (horsetail) and the basis of valuable natural fertilisers (comfrey, borage and nettle).

If we sprain a muscle, a rue infusion is a quick acting gardener’s remedy, as is a comfrey poultice.

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Mayhem and torture arriving in Mojacar!

Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer.

He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.

BLONDE HAIR: The old women took great delight in terrorising young children.

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HE trip should have taken two and a half hours at most. From Almeria’s airport to the centre of what today is called Mojacar’s south beach.

But, it took us eight. I even broke the manly code of NOT asking directions - by pleading with everyone and anyone I could encounter, “where the hell is this place called Mo-Jaw-Ker?” It was 1969 and the airport was new. We were too. There weren’t any road signs, nor maps. I would ask along the way. If the truth were known, this intrepid explorer didn’t have the common sense of an inebriated goat. But, I whizzed on - an adventure that still encompasses a lifetime.

Using my common goat sense I boldly followed the next widest pathway when the asphalt disappeared. Then onto goat tracks and further very narrow donkey trails leading high into the mountains.

These paths always led somewhere, usually someone’s cortijo-house that hadn’t ever

seen a car but were exhilarated by having new visitors.

They then sent us down dry riverbeds and up precipitous trails always arriving at just another farmhouse.They were all the same: grungy, dilapidated, sparse and forlorn. The people always dressed in black with cakes of earth packed into the clothes’

fabric to allow the folk to stand upright. The men would rush to the car as if they had been expecting us and the ladies immediately began poking and grabbing our son Joby in the backseat. He of the flaxen blond hair. They gleefully made a spectacle of twisting his cheeks until he screamed. If he didn’t

squeal their mission had been a failure.

There is something about witch-looking old women that just gotta do cruelty to kids that alerted my senses to our future prosperity in this barren land.

“Mo-jaw-ker” I screamed and damn me, the reply was always the same, they pointed off to the north and said back to me “Mohock-car” with a strange, guttural, and unrecognisable clearing of the throat that reeked of something nasty and deep inside them.

So, off I roared again down some lame dirt path to what seemed an endless morass of small farms with not even a chicken in sight.

Worse than poor, I could only imagine they got their delights by terrorising young kids.

“Just what kinda place are we going to” snarled the wife. “Beats the hell out of me” I had to reply, “but they sure don’t like our kid!”

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OU will always find a smile and a warm welcome from Sue Ennis down at ‘forget me not.’

Which is a small miracle in itself given the shop has had two floods, one being the huge natural disaster of September 28 last year during her time of ownership, which is now in its second year.

But the shop must go on as it provides so much for so many people, it’s a card and gift shop with a difference! Sue strives to buying unusual cards and gifts that cannot be found elsewhere as well as the more traditional.

‘Forget me not’ also boasts an exquisite range of silver jewellery, bag charms and handmade bookmarkers exclusively made for ‘forget me not.’

Ye olde sweetie shop now stocks up to 30 ranges of all the old favourites, including a new sugar free range which were so popular they sold out in week one (don’t panic she now has restocked).

There are the regular visitors to the paperback library always on the hunt for the latest top novels which recently have included the well known ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’

Next years diaries and calendars have arrived in-store and are selling fast!

on November 29.

Sue will also try and help in obtaining items on special requests like 100 heart shaped rose petal boxes needed for a Spanish wedding during the summer, where the customer was so pleased she cried... happy tears of course!

It’s nice to just have a browse in ‘forget me not’ because you never know what you might find in there.

Sue has great fun sourcing pressies for all the family from as little as 2€ as she has always got the postage costs in the back of her mind, having lived in Spain herself for nearly 10 years and knows just how expensive that can get.

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Finally, with Christmas fast approaching we have to mention the daily postal service in and out of ‘forget me not’ for UK, Europe and Worldwide post, parcels and couriers, plus the British passport renewal service for expatriates and Sue even has secure mailboxes to rent to

Older puppies!

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THERE are now a number of schools being run by vets, which is an excellent idea for both puppy and owner, and many training clubs around.

It can be daunting deciding what class to sign up for because many people with dogs of 12/18 months still refer to them as puppies.

Often I get a phone call from someone saying “oh, he’s only a puppy of 18 months.” Many people calculate according to children’s age. Wrong.

Dogs of around 12/18 months are already

working as police dogs and sniffer dogs, many others helping disabled people.

So we have a lot to think about to go forward with a dog that is an adult.

First the dog must learn to get on with other dogs and people. There is nothing worse than having a dog pulling you along and wanting to fight with other dogs.

Keep in mind that over half the dogs born are disposed of by having them put to sleep or sent to a rescue centre before the age of two years due to behavioural problems.

What a sad situation - if only they had gone to a training club.

Speak to your vet who will know of a local trainer.

Communication is the key word when training, so watch others at the club and after the lesson chat to them to see how they are getting along.

It might take a few

lessons - not many - but you will end up with a wonderful pet that will be a joy when told what to do.

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The Bull in Albox aiming to help the Phillipines THE disastrous typhoon Haiyan that struck the Phillipines was close to home for waitress Ruby of the Bull Pub in Albox.

Ruby was born in the Phillipines and only found out this week that a cousin’s relatives were safe and sound.

Ruby said “the island where they live was completely flattened by the typhoon leaving no landmarks whatsoever.” Now Ruby has started to raise money for her fellow countrymen and has a useful ally in bar owner Kevin.

The Bull has set a target of €300 and Kevin has promised to cut off his long hair and shave off his beard. Kevin said “I am not overly keen, I have had long hair for six or seven years so it will be strange. I will probably grow it long again after!”

People have already pledged money on the Facebook page of the Bull and anyone who wants to donate and see a new look Kevin can call into the pub in the main square in Albox.

OFF WITH THE LOCKS! Kevin and Ruby of the Bull pub.

Ruby will make sure that the money reaches the right people avoiding costly bank charges.

“I am going to send the money raised to my brother to help the town of Ormoc which they have adopted, ”she said. All money raised at the end of the month will

be sent to help the cause.

At the moment €120 has been raised.

The typhoon killed at least 3,974 people and a further 1,186 are missing, with about 500,000 people homeless, according to the latest official figures.

AUAN’s entertaining evening THE AUAN are holding an evening of entertainment in aid of the European Court of Human Rights Appeal.

The event takes place on Saturday at 8pm at the Tennis Club in Albox.

J&J music who specialise in a combination of blues, rock and contemporary ballads will be providing the entertainment.

There will be a raffle and FREE buffet which includes a selection of the speciality tapas prepared by Vanessa of the Tennis Club restaurant. Tickets are available from Total entertainment, Colin the card and Girasol health food shop in Albox and cost €7 or pay on the night €8. The event is organised by AUAN www.almanzora-au.org.

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GERMAN manufacturer Audi announced its all new A3 Cabriolet will become available in spring next year.

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These figures would grow exponentially, and were the prelude to large-scale car ownership in Spain.

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Winning ways for Philip at Alboran CORTIJO Grande Golf Club held its annual Green Jacket ‘away day’ at Alboran Golf Course.

The competition took place over two days last week with Philip Dunne winning with 36 points and 35 points on the Tuesday and Wednesday competitions.

In second place on Tuesday was Neil Halliday (33) with John Rice (32) third.

In the Second Division, Cathal Higgins won (31), Barbara Wardley came second and Tony Stubbs was third.

On Wednesday, Philip Dunne and Neil Halliday took first and second place while Julie Oliver achieved third.

In the Second Division, Mary Higgins was winner (34), Barbara Wardley second (34) and Grace Ward ended up in the third place (30). The Ball Sweep winners were Neil Halliday and Frank Mcgovern that day.

On Sunday, Philipe Dunne won the competition again (38) but this time only by countback on the 6th from Brian Hardwood (38).

In the Second Division, first place went to Barbara Wardley (36) followed

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Ashes series starts down under, fans await Merseyside derby Tony Matthews

Next Grand Prix takes place in Brazil.

International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

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THE first Ashes Tests between England and Australia started in Brisbane today... F1 champion Sebastian Vettel is going for a record-equalling 13th victory of 2013 and his ninth in succession in Brazil on Sunday, having registering his eighth, in some style, in the USA last Sunday...

England (34-6 victors over France) play New Zealand and Australia (62-0 winners against USA) meet Fiji in Saturday’s RL World Cup semi-finals, both at Wembley

World Cup play-offs took place and France could be out while Portugal, Croatia, Greece and Ukraine hope they’ve all qualified for Brazil.

Also on Tuesday, England (beaten 2-0 by Chile last Friday) met Germany, Scotland played Norway, the Republic of Ireland visited Poland and South Africa took on Spain.

CRICKET - It was over and out for the world’s greatest-ever batsman Sachin Tendulkar who retired last Saturday after playing in his 200th and final Test match for India who beat the West Indies by an innings and 126 runs.

RUGBY UNION - In last weekend’s internationals, Gethin Jenkins won his 100th cap in Wales’ 40 points to six victory over Argentina; England lost 30-22 to New Zealand; Ireland 32-15 to Australia and Scotland 28-0 to South Africa.

After seven matches, Saracens, Northampton and Bath stand 1-2-3 in the Premiership.

MOTOR SPORT - IndyLAST week, Japanese car driver Dario Franchitti athlete Kenichi Ito set a (40) has retired following World record by clocking his recent 100 mile-an16.8 seconds for the 100 hour crash in Houston. metres on ALL FOURS. The Scot won the Watch it on YOUTUBE; Indianopolis 500 three it’s amazing! times.

GOLF - Henrik Stenson won

with 2pm and 4.30pm kick-offs...

And in football this weekend, it’s Everton-Liverpool and West HamChelsea in PL derbies, Manchester City v Spurs, Cardiff v Manchester United and leaders Arsenal v Southampton while on Monday, it’s WBA v Aston Villa... The big Championship game is Nottingham Forest (5th) v Burnley (top); Swindon (6th) play Leyton Orient (2nd) and Wolves (1st) meet Brentford (5th) in FL1... the top five in FL2, Oxford, Chesterfield, Rochdale, Fleetwood and Southend, all play at home...

And in Spain, UD Almeria welcome Real Madrid (Saturday, 8pm) with a bestof-season crowd of 20,000 expected.

Meanwhile, 48 hours ago, the second legs of the 2014

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Forum golf play betterball stableford competition FORUM Golf Society helds its Pairs Betterball Stableford competition The first 10 pairs performed at a great level, especially considering the weather did not leave room for error with gusty winds and heavy rain, all scoring level par 36 points or better.

The pick of the day were winners

Mike Duckham and Dave Keymer (45) closely followed by Phil Elam and Terry Davies (44) and the third position went to Malcom Sibbons and Kevin Bircher (41). Derick Oldfield and John Evans (39) managed to get to the fourth position and Dave and Wendy Graves (38) closed in fifth.

BACK IN TIME • Sixty years ago, in November 1953, England suffered her first home defeat by a European country when Hungary won 6-3 before 104,000 fans at Wembley. Ferenc Puskas (2), Nandor Hidegkuti (3) and Jozsef Bozsik scored the goals as England’s defence got a real battering! Six months later Hungary thumped England again, 7-1 in Budapest.

• Seventy-five years ago, in November 1938, an Old Trafford crowd of 40,386 saw Tottenham’s Willie Hall score five goals (including a firsthalf hat-trick in threeand-a-half minutes) in England’s 7-0 win over Ireland.

Willie’s grandson, who I know well, lives near Mojacar.

the Race of Dubai title with GB’s Ian Poulter second, six shots behind. Stenson is the first man to win in Dubai and clinch the RedDex Cup in the same year.

HORSE RACING - Johns Spirit, trained by Jonjo O’Neill, won the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham last Saturday; Hurricane Fly has set a world record with his 17th Grade One victory and unbeaten Treve, winner of five races, is the 2013 ‘Racehorse of the Year.’

ROUND-UP - Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong could have his lifetime ban reduced to eight years...

GB boxer James DeGale beat American Dyah Davis in his latest super middleweight fight... Usain TOPS: Mike Bolt pipped Mo Farah to Duckham, become 2013 ‘World one of the Athlete of the Year’... And winners in in tennis, despite Novak the pairs Djokovic’s 24th successive compeition. win, Serbia lost to the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final.

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REACHING the semi-finals of the Drawn Rinks competition at Indalo BC were the teams of Austin Crilly, Chris Ivin, Cath Eedle and Liz Carter against Derek Webb, Dave Ebdon, Tony Davies and Francis Reynolds.

The other semi-final was between Steve Grattage, Doreen Hall, Bill and Trish Seymour against Maggie Holmes, John Dando, Alan

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The handicaps of all four teams proved absolutely correct when both semifinal matches were won by only one shot, Austin’s team winning (16-15) and Steve’s team winning (1716).

The final after a fairly

even first half proved a very one-sided affair with Austin’s team winning comfortably (20-7).

In the Mal Homes Handicap triples competition semi-finalists were the teams of Austin Crilly, Terry Kiggin and Tony Cracknell against Derek Webb, Mo and Alan De-

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Giving seven shots away Derek’s team were always behind in this match and Austin’s team won (26-15), then going on to win by a score of (20-11).

The 19th Hole Golf Society THE 19th Hole Golf Society played its annual Three Club Challenge, plus a Putter, at the demanding Aguilon Course, a task that proved less daunting than with a normal bag full of clubs because the room for error in club selection was far less.

Heavy rain half way through the round made the journey a bit more difficult, but the sun came out and everything dried out eventually.

Pete Dow hit another good run of form by taking third place and a Nearest the Pin on the 12th hole. Don Harbron (33) had his best round for some time securing 2nd place from an inspired Dave Denyer (33) on count back.

Terry Caddick and Ian Postles took the other Nearest the Pins at holes eight and four respectively, and Mark Danson really showed his ability by scoring an incredible eagle on the long par five at the sixth hole.