Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 28 November - 4 December 2013 Issue 1482

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28 NOVEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2013

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Wildfire blame game

THE owner of a house where a gardener’s bonfire sparked a blaze that raged across the Costa del Sol could be held liable for damages.

Malaga Public Prosecutor has asked a court in Coin to consider if

the owner of the property where the wildfire broke out last summer has subsidiary civil liability.

The fire, which destroyed more than 8,000 hectares across six municipalities and killed two people,

started on a property in Barranco Blanco when a gardener tried to light a bonfire to burn garden refuse.

The Belgian owner of the house was not in Spain at the time.

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Letters GAITANES GORGE: Site of the Caminito del Rey.

Death walkway: repairs planned

MALAGA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT has completed the project for the definitive restoration of the notorious ‘Caminito del Rey’, known as the ‘death walkway’.

The project to restore the walkway over the Gaitanes Gorge between Alora, Ardales and Antequera will cost €3.12 million. President of the Provincial Government Elias Bendodo has said that it will open in 2015.

Once the railway administrator, Adif, has issued a report regarding the

coexistence of the walkway and the railway tracks at El Chorro, the work can go ahead and is due to take 10 months.

Helicopters will be used, and specialist workers will have to be suspended from the gorge to make the new walkway, which will consist of wooden panels on metal supports drilled into the rock.

There will be parts of the 1.2-kilometre walkway with glass panels so that visitors can view the gorge below.

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NEWS Good looking RUBEN LOPEZ from Castilla La Mancha has been crowned ‘Guapo de España’ (Handsome of Spain) at a gala held at the Reserva del Higueron Hotel in Fuengirola.

Porn offer POSTERS have been put up around Malaga University Campus advertising for women between 18 and 30 to appear in porn films, paying €300 per scene.

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Charity fraudsters charged MIJAS LOCAL POLICE have reported two Romanians, aged 31 and 22, who pretended to be deaf and mute and asked for money in the name of UNICEF. The two men were asking for money near the Miramar Shopping Centre, saying it was to build a

shelter for the disabled. They communicated using only gestures and gave people slips of paper in Spanish and English informing them of the supposed ‘Regional Association for the Speech and Hearing Impaired and Poor Children’ which they claimed was supported

by UNICEF. The plain-

clothes officers asked the men if they worked for UNICEF, to which they nodded. The police then showed them their badges and one of the men spoke in Spanish.

The two men said the pamphlets weren’t theirs and that they were helping a friend. They were charged with fraud and theft.

Hopes dashed A MAN, 23, was arrested in Malaga for using his former partner’s password to cancel her registration at the Faculty of Nursing.

Alcohol poisoning A GIRL, 13, fell into a coma caused by alcohol poisoning while at school in Vizcaya.

She had been drinking a colourless liquor from a water bottle and had to be taken to hospital.

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Lawyers’ pay

THE Junta de Andalucia and the Andalucia Bar Associations Council have agreed on a payment plan for 1,663 lawyers in Malaga who have been giving their services for free.

A LOCAL POLICE officer from Cartama has won second place in the Mister Model category at the Mister Universe Championship of the World Amateur BodyBuilding Association in Germany.

Sailor missing A SEARCH has been carried out for a sailor who fell from a merchant ship 25 miles off Cabopino, Marbella.

English film THE English film at La Trocha in Coin will be ‘Prisoners’ showing today (Thursday) at 8.30pm, Wednesday at 8.30pm and Thursday at 6.30pm. Box office opens 5.30pm.

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Man fined A MAN in Malaga has been sentenced for grabbing a boy by the arm in August 2012 because he had been ringing his doorbell. He will have to pay €243 in compensation.

Bogus doctor A MAN, 44, has been arrested in Ronda for dressing as a doctor to steal a computer and equipment from the local hospital. He had been admitted hours earlier.

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New facilities HOME TOWN: The winery was founded in 1879 in Haro, La Rioja.

Best in the world Spanish wine wins coveted title

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SPANISH wine has been named the best in the world by specialist magazine Wine Spectator.

The winning Rioja, the Imperial Gran Reserva 2004 from the CVNE winery, is the first Spanish wine to top the list, according to the executive director of Wine Spectator, Thomas Matthews.

This year, their critics have analysed 25,000 wines, testing the quality, price, availability and the emotional factor.

Second on the list was a Bordeaux, the 2010 Chateau Canon-La Gaffeliere, and third was Evestad’s 2010 Domaine Serene from Oregon, USA. The CVNE Gran Reserva 2004, of which 4,000 crates were produced, got 95 points out of 100, meaning it is readily available, and costs the equivalent of €46 in the USA, which is not considered to be expensive. Critics said it reaches the balance between tradition and modernity, which they believe is what people want nowadays.

It is made with Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano grapes and matured in barrels of American and French oak.

The winery was founded in 1879 in Haro, Rioja, S_BUKLEY / La SHUTTERSTOCK .COM and has belonged to the same family for five

Quote of the Week They go to Germany to clean backsides’

Maximo Gonzalez, President of the General Nursing Council, regarding the situation of hundreds of Spanish nurses who have gone to find work in Germany and are given the lowest possible positions.

Ex questioned THE friend of a 28-year-old woman reported missing from Marchena said she doesn’t think the woman’s ex-boyfriend, who has been questioned by police in Fuengirola, had anything to do with her disappearance.

Fake goods A CORKER: Imperial Gran Reserva 2004 from the CVNE winery. generations. Its full name is the Wine Company of Northern Spain.

The labels show CVNE written as ‘Cune’.

Haro has some 12,000 inhabitants and it is known to have been the first Spanish city to have electric lighting in all its streets in the 1890s, not long after Paris or London.

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NEW skateboarding and petanque courts have been opened within the Sports City complex in Ronda at a cost of €187,000.

per cent is how much petrol prices fell in October, dropping to the lowest average price this year, €1.412 per litre on the mainland and in the Balearic Islands, according to the National Markets and Competition Committee’s monthly report.

TWO Chinese people have been sentenced to six months in prison and fined €3,600 for selling imitation sportswear in Malaga.

New plant VICE-PRESIDENT of the Junta de Andalucia Diego Valderas has inaugurated a new asparagus packing plant in Antequera.

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Work delayed WORK on the five-star Hotel Miramar in Malaga City is not due to start until the middle of next year. It will be located in the old provincial courthouse.

Tourist train THE left-wing Izquierda Unica party has proposed a tourist train connecting Fuente de Piedra, El Torcal and El Chorro.

Wine fair MORE than 7,000 people visited the 14th Wine and Mediterranean Food Fair in Torremolinos.

Inland action THE new Guardia Civil team operating inland, ROCA, arrested two people for stealing fruit and for transporting marihuana.

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A sweet festival THE ‘Chocolate Festival’ was held in Mijas with the help of local chocolate factory, Mayan Monkey.

Councillor for Festivities Silvia Marin said that the aim was for locals and visitors to learn about the culture and history of chocolate and that there are

plans for it to be held again in the future.

Young and old were able to taste the chocolate after seeing how it is made and modelled at the event, which aimed to attract visitors to Mijas Pueblo.

There were also workshops to teach people about the

INFORMATIVE: Visitors learnt about all aspects of chocolate. therapeutic properties of chocolate. Mayan Monkey made chocolate following the recipe

first used in Cadiz with cocoa brought from America at the beginning of the 16th century.

Liability questions over wildfire From Front Page The gardener, from Alhaurin el Grande, was arrested a month after the fire and released with charges. He has to appear in court twice every month and is banned from leaving Spain.

Now one of the insurance companies which has had to pay out to one of its clients for damages, has asked whether the Belgian owner's property was insured with civil liability cover.

If it was, his insurer could have to pay, but if not, the owner may be found personally responsible.

The fire destroyed houses, vehicles, natural areas and urban facilities, as well as killing two people. Another man remains in hospital in Germany in a serious condition.

The case is taking a considerable time to be resolved as expert reports have to be gathered and the damage has to be quantified.

At the time the accused started the bonfire, in August 2012, lighting fires was totally banned because of the risk of starting a wildfire. He denied before a judge having done so.

However, investigators found that he had attempted to set the garden refuse alight, but because it was green, it hadn’t caught light immediately. He left the area without checking there was no danger, and the fire flared up.

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Officer tips off drug smuggler A GUARDIA CIVIL officer has been suspended for a year for informing a friend that he was under investigation for drug smuggling.

The officer, who was with Marbella Drugs Squad, has also been sentenced to pay a fine of â‚Ź2,880.

In March 2001, the Guardia Civil discovered that large quantities of hashish were being brought to Spain from Africa. They were aware of the imminent arrival of several shipments, including one of 2,000 kilos of hashish. The officer told his friend via mobile phone, internet and in person that he was under investigation.

Four more people have been sentenced to nine months in prison for trafficking drugs, two others to five months and four to six weeks for covering up the crimes.

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Fake abduction claim exposed A WOMAN, 22, has been arrested for reporting that she was abducted and tied to a tree, in order to incriminate her ex-boyfriend.

The woman and her current boyfriend went to the Local Police claiming that the day before, she had been abducted by two men who took her to Campanillas, Malaga, where she claimed she had been attacked.

She did not specify how but said she intended to lodge a complaint once she had been treated by a doctor.

The case was handed over to the National Police, to whom she reported that she had received a threatening text the previous day.

She claimed it said she should tell her boyfriend to go to a specific location.

She added that the two people tied her up, blindfolded her and tied her to a tree with items which she gave to the police, including rope, a chain, a lead and fake handcuffs. She said she had been abandoned by them but managed to get free and call her boyfriend. She also claimed to have received

False profiles set up.

messages via social networking sites threatening her, her brother and her boyfriend, and suggested that her exboyfriend had sent them, as well as saying he wanted to attack her current boyfriend.

Finding no evidence of the attack, the police took another statement and she eventually admitted that she had fabricated everything, including the messages. She had gone to the countryside, tied herself to a tree and called her boyfriend.

She had created false profiles on social networking sites to send the messages, intending to incriminate her former boyfriend.

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100 are living on the streets MORE than 100 people live permanently on the streets of Malaga City, according to Catholic charity Caritas and other associations.

The organisations have said that 60 per cent of these people have health problems and that they should have better access to treatment.

Forty per cent of them, they report, are addicted

to alcohol or drugs, 26 per cent have physical illnesses and 24 per cent suffer mental problems.

Many of them find it difficult to access health care, and it is especially challenging for those who are not EU citizens, a Caritas spokesperson said.

Another association complained that there is no dedicated hospital unit for the homeless

and that there are long waiting lists for them to go into therapy or be treated for mental illnesses.

In addition, due to changes in the health service, 42 medicines are no longer free.

They also pointed out that life expectancy for people living on the streets is 20 years lower than for the rest of the population.

Census of horses MIJAS Council of Agriculture and Farming is setting up a municipal census of horses, mules and donkeys in the town.

They will be visiting stables and farms to find out how many equines there are in Mijas, Councillor Jose Antonio Sanchez announced.

He said the focus of the survey is to find out if Mijas is amongst the Andalucian towns with the most equines. The Junta de Andalucia estimates there are some 3,000 and the town hall wants to support and protect equine culture.

Crimes detected inland GUARDIA CIVIL have seized 2,635 packets of illegal cigarettes being sold in shops in Alhaurin de la Torre.

Meanwhile, in Alora and Alhaurin el Grande, National Police discovered two marihuana laboratories at two houses.

They seized 955 plants, 104 Ecstasy

tablets and several doses of marihuana prepared for sale.

Two Alhaurin el Grande residents have been arrested for drug trafficking and illegally connecting to the electrical supply. They were selling the drugs in Fuengirola, Mijas and elsewhere.

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Son held for killing mother A MAN, 19, has been arrested in Ciudad Real for allegedly killing his mother after a row. He also killed the family dog and threatened his father.

9 holidays THERE will be nine National Holidays in Spain in 2014, and the only extended break will be the day after the May 1 holiday, which falls on a Thursday.

Ronda flag A GROUP of experts formed by the town hall to come up with a flag for Ronda has decided that it will be deep red and white.

The final model is yet to be decided.

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Alleged paedophile still a free man DONALD CASSIDY, 78, who was arrested in Estepona recently but later released, has been detained again accused of sexually abusing two girls in the town.

Cassidy was wanted in the UK for events which took place in Cheshire between 1973 and 1982,

and was detained in Estepona on a European arrest warrant.

He was released, but later arrested again after a woman reported that he had abused her daughters when they were aged nine and 15.

In the UK, he was accused of making his

own son and the boy’s friends, all under 18, play ‘games’ in his garage which involved undressing and carrying out sexual acts while he watched.

On several occasions, he sexually assaulted one of the girls, between the ages of six and 13.

In Spain, a former neighbour reported him to the National Police after learning about his past, although the abuse allegedly took place five years ago.

They lived on the same urbanisation and had a close relationship with the man, who was

Christmas concerts announced for Benalmadena and Marbella THE Collegium Musicum Costa del Sol Choir and Orchestra, conducted by Annemarie Philipps, is once again holding its Christmas concerts.

The first concert is on December 15 in Benalmadena Costa, at 8pm in the Church of Our Lady of Carmen (near Bonanza Square).

The second concert is on December 17 at 9pm in the

ON SONG: Christmas concerts.

Church of the Encarnacion (Marbella Old Town).

The concerts reveal the diverse characteristics of

the national musical traditions of European heritage across the centuries. The programme

includes elegant and rather restrained French carols, more serious and straightforward German carols, English and Irish carols, heavily influenced by the folk music of Britain, and down-to-earth Spanish carols full of life and colour.

For more information visit www.colmus.org, Facebook or phone 952 475 840.

reportedly a ‘respected member’ of the expatriate community on the Costa del Sol. The woman said her daughters treated him like a grandfather and were alone with him on many occasions.

Cassidy, who denies the accusations, has not been remanded in prison because he is currently in a wheelchair with a broken leg, but his passport has been confiscated and he has to appear before a judge once a month.

He has asked the authorities to wait until he has undergone an operation on his leg before deciding whether or not to extradite him.

Cassidy’s wife reportedly left him when he was facing charges and he fled the UK. He first went to Florida, then to Ireland, and finally to Estepona in 2002.

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More work, same staff BUSINESSES in Malaga have high hopes for the coming Christmas season, however, they have few plans to take on more staff.

According to the Malaga Commerce Federation, for the fifth year running traditional shops in Malaga have little intention of taking on more staff for the busiest three weeks of the year.

Shop owners say they can’t afford to do so, although they do expect to take more money

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING: Takings expected to increase. from sales.

Meanwhile, temporary work agencies are more optimistic and expect as

many as 9,700 contracts will be signed by staff hired to cover the busy Christmas period in

shops, bars, restaurants, transport, airports, hotels, leisure facilities and other businesses.

The Commerce Federation has said that those who will benefit most from the Christmas period will be chains of shops and restaurants, whose takings will increase by 75 per cent over Christmas and the sales.

Consultor Erpasa Consulting expects people will spend an average of €800 this year on gifts.

Fines for Schools to promote understanding of disability dangerous THERE are more than 20 schools in Malaga city working to promote the integration of disabled people.

They have joined a campaign called ‘Put yourself in my place’ and will teach primary and secondary school pupils about different

types of disability, accessibility as well as carrying out a workshop which will help them to detect barriers.

The activities will take four hours and aim to prevent situations of exclusion against the disabled in school.

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MALAGA City Hall will issue the same fines for dangerous behaviour on a bicycle as for dangerous driving.

This is despite the complaints of the ‘Round Wheels Association,’ which had suggested three types of fines, with a maximum amount of €70 and the minimum €30, depending on the severity of the offence.

However, the Mobility Council will enforce fines of between €100 and €500.

The highest fines will be for those who ride on just one wheel, dangerously or too fast.

However, cyclists will be allowed to park their bikes on pavements or areas wider than three metres as long as there are no bicycle parking areas within 100 metres or if they are full. They can chain them to benches, lampposts or other street furniture as long as they are not damaged, can still be used and don’t annoy other people.

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Cemetery returned MARBELLA CITY HALL is once again the owner of the Virgen del Carmen cemetery in the city, which had been embargoed to cover debts run up by previous council teams.

On the move MARBELLA chef Dani Garcia will close the Calima restaurant at Hotel Gran Melia Don Pepe next season and move to Hotel Puente Romano.

Foster homes THE ‘Hogar Abierto’ (Open Home) scheme is looking for foster families in Malaga Province as centres for minors are full. www.hogarabierto.org

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Plans approved to allow dogs on beach and buses FUENGIROLA TOWN HALL has approved plans to prepare a beach area which can be used by dogs.

It will be near the Sohail castle and the plans will go ahead in

conjunction with Mijas Town Hall. Dogs will have to be controlled at all times, and those weighing more than 20 kilos must wear a muzzle. They must be prevented from fouling the

beach and owners must carry bags to pick up any droppings, as well as carry the dog’s documents.

Dogs will also be allowed on local buses which have areas

prepared specially for them and specific cleaning materials. Only one animal per passenger will be allowed, and the person travelling with them will be responsible for any damages or annoyance they cause.

Tickets for dogs will be 50 per cent of the normal amount, except for guide dogs, for which there is It will also ask the no fee.

Small dogs can travel in Health Ministry for national regulations on baskets or in their their use, since they have owners’ arms, and only been banned in France in dogs weighing less than all areas where smoking 25 kilos will be allowed.

Potentially dangerous regular cigarettes is not dogs and bitches on heat allowed.

Malta has also enforced are banned. Dogs cannot bans in bars, restaurants sit on seats, and there and work places, while can only be five dogs Belgium and Luxembourg maximum on a bus at consider them a tobacco any given time.

If there are too many product, and Italy wants to ban them in schools passengers on board, the and prevent their sale to driver can stop the dogs from boarding. under 16s.

E-cigarettes to be regulated THE Junta de Andalucia has announced plans to regulate the use of electronic cigarettes.

They will be banned from hospitals, health centres and schools, and an investigation has been opened into the possible effects they could have on health.

The health department has also said that in-depth inspections will be carried out to ensure that there is no misleading advertising regarding the use of

UNDER SCRUTINY: Electronic cigarettes. electronic cigarettes, and to make sure that sellers do not promote them as a

way to stop smoking or claim they have positive health benefits.

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Battle over transsexual school pupil continues THE San Patricio Catholic School in Malaga has been urged by Malaga Public Prosecutor’s Office to respect the gender identity of a pupil.

Failure to do so will lead to legal action, the school has been told.

A meeting was held between the Regional Government Education Delegate, Patricia Alba; Gender Violence and

Sexual Discrimination Prosecutor, Flor de Torres; the pupil’s parents and a representative of the school.

The school in Malaga has not allowed the pupil to wear a girl’s uniform because it believes this could have a negative effect on the other students.

The child is six and has been at the school for five

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‘Haunted house’ to be restored THE owner of the 19th century mansion, Cortijo Jurado, in Campanillas, known as Malaga’s haunted house, Promociones Pantie, has agreed to go ahead with renovation work.

Paid up THE former mayor of Alhaurin el Grande, Juan Martin, reportedly paid a €200,000 fine just 10 days after he was sentenced for urban planning corruption.

years without suffering any type of discrimination.

This is the only one of three similar cases which arose at the beginning of the term which is yet to be resolved.

The child’s parents have asked the school to respect the gender with which the pupil identifies, use the name she has chosen, allow her to use the girls’ toilets and

wear a girl’s uniform.

In the meantime, she is wearing a tracksuit instead of a uniform, and her parents report that her behaviour has changed.

The school has stated that a meeting will be held to discuss the matter again, but had initially said that until there is a court order in place, it will not change its policy.

Visa plan for health tourism THE Costa del Sol is hoping for ‘health visas’ which will encourage people to come to the area for treatment in private clinics.

During the presentation of the ‘Health & Wellness’ programme, President of the Tourism Board Elias Bendodo said they are working with the Ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs to create a visa for this purpose.

He said that by 2017 health tourism alone could bring almost 40,000 tourists and €300 million to the area. He added that the Tourism Board had brought together public and private initiatives to create a new concept for health tourism. Some nine million people every year in Europe alone head abroad for health purposes, which Bendodo said is a great opportunity to promote the Costa del Sol as an ideal area for health.

The main markets are Germany, the

HEALTH DESTINATION: Costa del Sol. UK, France, Holland and Scandinavia, countries already familiar with the Costa del Sol.

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SURPASSING EXPECTATIONS: Magical dining at the spectacular Sea Grill restaurant.

Enjoy Christmas by the Beach at Hotel Puente Romano Experience the magic of Christmas by the Beach this year at the Puente Romano Hotel’s spectacular Sea Grill restaurant. With its stunning views over the Mediterranean, exquisite, innovative cuisine and outstanding service, it’s a place that has a special ambience all year round – but at Christmas time it surpasses all expectations!

Enjoy truly magical dining as the Sea Grill is transformed into a magnificent winter wonderland. Award-winning chef, Thomas Stork, has used his creative talents to conjure up a glorious Christmas Eve and Christmas Day menu offering traditional festive fayre sprinkled with signature Sea Grill dishes, guaranteed to utterly delight. Original Café del Mar Flamenco chill artists GITANE will also be performing to help make this a truly splendid culinary-musical experience. Whether you are hosting an intimate family party or a truly grand affair, let the Sea Grill do all the hard work so that you can focus on the most important thing this Christmas – spending time with the people you love.

Christmas Eve Dinner at the Sea Grill The night before Christmas is always a fantastic time to get together with close friends and family and make an early start on getting into the festive spirit. To complement the merriment and great company, the Sea Grill is offering a truly sensational festive treat for your taste buds - a special four-course, modern Mediterranean Christmas Eve menu. It all starts with Seared Tuna with Micro Herbs and Coriander Honey Dressing, followed by a warming Sweet and Spicy Seafood Soup with Prawn Toasts, then either sumptuous American Buffalo Tenderloin with Black Hawaiian Salt or Jumbo Madagascar King Prawn with

Lemongrass. Your Epicurean festive experience finishes off with an indulgent Wild Strawberry Tartlet with Champagne Ice Cream dessert.

(You can think about those New Year's Eve resolutions later!)

Celebrations start at 8pm. Cost €125 per person (includes VAT) Traditional Christmas Day Lunch Buffet Christmas Day Dining… with paradise as your vista. Imagine yourself surrounded by the people who matter the most, sitting in a natural theatre overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, tucking into an incredibly indulgent cosmopolitan buffet of traditional festive fayre and delicious modern Mediterranean cuisine. Not to mention a rich Christmas dessert... after all, if you’re going to indulge one day of the year, this is the one! And for the kids - watch their faces light up as Santa drops in for a surprise visit! As you sit there, breathing in the deeply cleansing sea breeze, watching the sun perform a mesmerizing light show with its own reflection on the pastel blue-pink waves, you can look around and realise you have everything you would wish for – a perfect Christmas by the Beach with close family and friends. Great food, wonderful company, a jolly good time for all! The Sea Grill will be open from 1pm on Christmas Day. Cost €125 per person (includes VAT) restaurantes@puenteromano.com +34 952 820 900

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Underpaid Malaga ALMOST 53 per cent of workers in Malaga province earn less than â‚Ź11,270 per year, according to the Tax Ministry.

Fire alarm A LARGE fire which broke out on the Coronado Mountain in La Virreina area of Malaga City, caused alarm amongst local residents although noone had to be evacuated.

Mother’s milk SINCE 2012, Malaga Children’s Hospital has run a programme by which breastfeeding women can donate milk for babies at risk whose mothers are unable to feed them.

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Four youths detained for violent robberies FOUR youths, two under 18, were arrested for their allegedly involvement with robberies committed in Mijas and Fuengirola.

They are believed to have committed one robbery on La Ponderosa Urbanisation in Mijas, entering the house wearing hoods and armed with a fake gun.

They beat the owner, 70, causing him serious injuries.

Three of them are foreign and one is Spanish, and they had been causing much alarm amongst residents in the area as they were extremely violent and also committed acts of hooliganism during the robberies.

Guardia Civil also arrested two people for allegedly stealing objects from cars parked in the Refugio del Juanar area in Ojen when the owners were inside the establishment or had gone hiking.

The thefts, mainly committed in August, included locks and windows being broken.

The detainees are a man, 38, and a woman, 40, both residents of RECOVERED: Safe taken in robbery.

Benalmadena.

Gang stole hire cars to sell SIXTEEN people have been arrested for their alleged involvement with an international organisation which hired vehicles which were then sold in Morocco.

Amongst the detainees are eight Spaniards, three Italians, three Bulgarians, a Moroccan and a Venezuelan, who were detained in Mijas, Cordoba, Algeciras and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa.

The gang was based in Malaga and would hire vehicles in Malaga and Cadiz, which were then taken to Ceuta, where they were kept in a warehouse before being taken across into Morocco.

They are also accused of drug trafficking amongst other crimes.

Police recovered 14 vehicles and a safe taken in a robbery in Marbella.

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Farmers can sleep easier NINE people have been arrested and 24 charged following Guardia Civil and National Police operations to put an end to thefts on rural plantations.

The Young Farmers Association has said that farmers can now sleep easier knowing something is being done to prevent olives, fruit, avocados and nuts from being stolen from their properties, something which they had been demanding for years.

The worse hit areas were the Serrania de Ronda, and the Axarquia area, where police have even used helicopters at night to prevent thefts from mango farms.

The main strategy of the operations has been to increase surveillance on the routes out of the areas where the crimes take place.

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Corkscrew attacker could face 16 years for death of Finn MALAGA PUBLIC PROSECUTOR will ask for 16 years and six months in prison for a man accused of killing another with a corkscrew in Mijas in August 2012.

The man worked in a restaurant as a waiter, and when his shift was over, he went to a pub with a colleague, where they met two Finnish men and spent the night drinking together.

The other man left but the accused

stayed with the two Finns. In the early hours, he took them in his car to Calahonda. He parked outside the complex and they entered the garage of the building.

According to the prosecutor, an argument began and the accused attacked one of the men with a corkscrew, causing him facial injuries and bruises to the neck. He then stabbed the other man several times in

Ginger stray gets a second chance BILL AND DENISE from Cat and Dog World were on their way to Santander to take 10 rescued cats to England when they met a ginger stray at a café.

The dirty little cat approached them to ask for food and while feeding him, Denise noticed the cat had worms.

Once they dropped off the cats in England, they passed the same café, and still thinking of the cat, they went back there.

The cat was nowhere to be seen, but eventually Denise found him near a dirty stream bed asleep under some rubble. After some difficulty it was able

FIGHTING FIT: Ginger has a clean bill of health. to climb up the bank to where Bill was waiting with a travel box. They fed him and he slept all the way back to Malaga.

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the face and head with the corkscrew.

The victim fell and hit his head against the wall, which killed him.

He could also be ordered to pay the injured man €1,100 in compensation and €200,000 to the victim’s brother.

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Nine women freed from prostitution TEN people have been arrested and nine women rescued in a National Police operation against street prostitution in Estepona.

The investigation began after a Turkish man reported that his Romanian partner had been abducted in Germany.

The German authorities alerted

Interpol, as she had contacted her partner and told him that her exboyfriend, who had forced her to work as a prostitute in Spain in 2011, had put her in a car and driven her to Spain.

Her boyfriend contacted the police in Estepona but in the meantime, pretending to be a client, he had

managed to get her back to Germany.

She told police that she had been locked in a house and her mobile phone was taken from her.

Thanks to her statement, police in Spain located the organisation in Estepona and Sabinillas, members of which controlled, humiliated, threatened and attacked the women.

Most of them fell prey to the gang through a method known as ‘Lover Boy’ in which the pimps court women from a poor background and family was responsible for the behaviour is obligations in their country found. of origin with promises of a The events were much discussed on life together abroad. social networking sites, and Marbella When the women get to FC has come forward to say they thank Spain, they are forced into fans for their support but that they prostitution. want nothing to do with the personal The gang had plans to opinions expressed by them in the bring more Romanian stadium. They added that they will act women from Germany and in cases when people engage in illegal Madrid, and force one of activities and said it was a shame that the women, who was five a small group had marred what had months’ pregnant, to have been a ‘great match’. an abortion.

Marbella fans insult San Pedro AN investigation has been opened to determine who was responsible for insults against San Pedro Alcantara at a football match against Marbella.

A banner was held up by Marbella supporters which read ‘San Pedro, yokel village’.

The citizens’ ombudsman, Manuel Fernandez, has asked for reports from the Local Police, Sports Department and Legal Department of Marbella City Hall, which has said it will temporarily close the football ground until whoever

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Returning grants ALMOST 8 per cent of Malaga University students will have to return the grant money they received last year as they failed to pass half of the subjects for which they enrolled.

Not enough BETWEEN next year and 2022, Malaga City Hall plans to build 4,500 stateprotected apartments, only half of the number demanded by residents.

Model town A YOUNG man from Antequera has spent 20,000 hours making a 28-metre model of the town as it was in the 18th century. It will be on show at Capella Cafe y Tapas.

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Thieves caught red-handed THIEVES who attempted to steal from a tobacconist in Cañete la Real in the early hours of the morning got more than they bargained for when a local youth shot at them.

After a first attempt the previous week, the three

intruders were able to enter the premises, but they were caught by a young man who had taken a relative’s gun and fired a shot. It hit the counter but it is not known if any of the thieves was injured.

The Guardia Civil are investigating the incident.

People are shopping earlier for Christmas THE price war waged by toy shops has paid off, and for the first time they are reporting that people have started buying early for Christmas.

Many toy shops printed their catalogues early this year and families have been buying toys since early November, without waiting for the sales, as a way of ensuring they get the product they want, as well as staggering the expenses.

Consumer groups believe more shoppers are realising that buying gifts over a period of weeks rather than all in one go, doesn’t come as such a shock to the pocket.

It is also estimated that people will spend an average of 5 per cent more on toys this Christmas, whereas expenditure on other products will fall by €10.

Malaga is one of the provinces in Andalucia where

TOYS: Parents spread the costs.

least is spent at Christmas, with only Almeria spending less. Consumer groups recommend comparing prices before purchase as they can differ by up to 40 per cent.

NEWS

21 years for drugs smuggling SIX members of a network which brought hashish to Malaga by boat from Morocco have been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison.

Each has been ordered to pay €1 million in fines.

In the first half of 2012, they transported the drugs to a boatyard in the Axarquia area, which was managed by one of them.

Their phones were tapped and police learned who directed the operation, contacted the providers, agreed the quantities and prices, and decided when the drugs would be transported to Spain.

In July 2012, they were due to pick up a shipment of 440 kilos of hashish but were initially unable to locate the boat. When they did, it had already been intercepted by the police, leading to the arrests.

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Doctor reported for ignoring man A DOCTOR at Ardales Health Centre has been charged for failing to immediately attend to a man who had just had a heart attack.

The man was walking in the town when he began to feel ill, lost consciousness and fell to the floor. His companion shouted for help and another local resident went to the health centre, just 700 metres away, to alert the doctor, who allegedly did nothing, according to the Patients’ Defense Association.

THE parents of murdered Sevilla teenager, Marta del As several minutes Castillo, will have to pay €2,014 in legal costs to two passed and the doctor suspects who were found not guilty. didn’t come, another local Marta, 17, went missing on January 24, 2009. resident went to his office Marta’s ex-boyfriend, Miguel Carcaño, claimed he and asked again for him to killed her during an argument after hitting her over come to the scene. He the head with an ashtray. He was sentenced to 21 reportedly answered that years and three months in prison. His brother and a he was already aware of friend called Samuel were both suspects in Marta’s the situation and continued death, but despite several appeals, they were not with his consultation. sentenced. The court will now force her parents to The victim’s son also pay the cost of the appeal. Marta’s mother says it is asked the doctor to come “unfair, immoral and indecent,” and believes if they and see his father, which refused to pay, they will be embargoed. was when he got in his car There are two appeals pending against the acquittals, and went to the scene one in the Constitutional Court and the other in the where the man was already Supreme Court. Carcaño has given seven different dead. This was 40 minutes versions about where the body was buried. Searches of after he was first alerted. these sites have revealed nothing.

Parents to pay up

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Man runs down prostitute A MAN, 29, accused of deliberately running down a prostitute with his car on the Guadalhorce Industrial Estate in Malaga, was arrested by National Police.

According to local Spanish daily Diario Sur, the man wanted the services of the 24-year-old

Bulgarian woman and she got into his car.

Once inside, they began to argue, according to some because she didn’t have change and according to others because he wanted her to smoke marihuana. He then allegedly took out a knife and stopped her from getting out.

She managed to escape but when walking away, he allegedly knocked her down and fled the scene. She suffered several broken bones and bruises and was taken to hospital.

The driver has been charged with attempted manslaughter and will appear before a judge.

Chocolate heaven for the RBL MEMBERS and friends of the Alhaurin el Grande branch of the Royal British Legion found themselves in chocolate heaven when they arrived in Rute.

After a delightful drive in brilliant sunshine they were able to enjoy the chocolate Belen (nativity scene).

This year’s display was a little more original than in the past. Scenes from the local area have been incorporated in the giant display, the actual nativity scene taking up less space than usual.

Another new innovation was at the Turron museum

across the road. New York, New York, was modelled in chocolate, complete with glittering lights and a suitable soundtrack.

The group then moved on to the Museum of Anis where they enjoyed a short and informative talk about the distillation of Anis.

After free samples of the many flavoured varieties of Anis they were able to buy their favourites before travelling on to a local restaurant for lunch.

Trips are currently being researched for next year with Granada, Ronda, and Tarifa possible venues.

Everyone is welcome to join the RBL on the trips.

More information about the RBL: Christine James on 952 112 118 or 637 134 616. All are welcome to their coffee mornings on alternate Tuesdays at El Bichito in Alhaurin el Grande.

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Typhoon donation ARCHIDONA TOWN HALL has donated €1,000 to Firemen in Action for medicine and a water purification system to assist in the Philippines’ relief effort.

New museum THE Contemporary Arts Centre in Mijas is to have on show more than 400 works by artists including Picasso, Dali, George Braque, etc, belonging to the Remedios Medina Collection.

Duo detained TWO brothers were arrested in Marbella for allegedly stealing more than €30,000 from the vehicle of fairground traders while in a shopping centre car park.

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La Sala to launch in the UK THE LA SALA brand of top restaurants and clubs is spreading its wings.

The Puerto Banus based group is set to launch its brand in the UK as a licensed partner.

In the UK, the British company will be a separate entity and be chaired by restaurateur James Horler who famously grew the La Tasca brand from 16 restaurants in 2001 to 74 in 2007, when the

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION: The Puerto Banus-based group.

business was sold for £134 million (€160 million).

“The La Sala brand already has international recognition, celebrity status and is a firm

No doughnuts for Malaga THE 94 Panrico distributors in Malaga Province have gone on an indefinite strike. They are demanding that the company

pays them the commission due from sales in the last month and claim that they have been paying their expenses out of their own pocket.

In Malaga some €70,000 is spent daily on these bakery products, according to the distributors.

The self-employed distributors from Malaga and San Pedro de Alcantara said they can no longer afford to use their own money for deliveries and will maintain strike ON STRIKE: Doughnut distributors. action until they are paid.

favourite with Britons who holiday in Southern Spain. We are aiming to bring a little bit of sunshine to the UK, transferring the La Sala blend of atmosphere, quality, exceptional service and value that is part of the proven formula for success. I am really excited about this opportunity as this is a totally different concept and the right brand to bring to the UK at this time,” said Horler.

“Our first site is likely to be in Essex to attract celebrities and footballers, and will have valet parking and the same atmosphere and great food as

the Spanish restaurant,” Horler added. “We’re planning to roll out two sites in the first 12 months with a third to follow, maybe in West London.”

Prince Albert of Monaco, actress Eva Longoria, chef Jamie Oliver, Coronation Street star Kym Marsh and footballers Ashley Cole, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Stephen Carr, (who is also a shareholder in the Spanish company) regularly frequent the Puerto Banus restaurant.

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Chinese guidance THE National Police met with the Chinese Business Association of Andalucia in Malaga to give them advice about how to avoid becoming the victims of crime.

Chestnuts recovered GUARDIA CIVIL have seized a load of chestnuts which was stolen from a private property near Ronda, and have charged four people with theft.

Water watch A COMPANY has been called upon in Fuente de Piedra to carry out a study of the water supply system and detect any possible leaks.

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Horse owner goes on trial for lack of care THE owner of a mare which had to be destroyed due to the injuries sustained through lack of care is facing nine months in

prison for animal abuse.

In July this year, the Guardia Civil Nature Protection Service (Seprona)

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received an anonymous call telling them that a horse was in a poor condition in an area of Cartama. The 18-month-old mare had an open wound on her hind- quarters, as well as other injuries to other parts of the body.

The owner had reportedly attempted to treat them with several products, including motor oil.

The wounds were infected, and after being examined by a vet, it was decided it would be best to put the mare down.

The prosecutor maintains that the state of the wounds were due to a lack of proper care over a period of a week, during which the owner did not take the mare to a vet.

The prosecutor is also asking for a two-year ban for the man from holding any profession or business involving animals.

NEWS Company to compensate injured worker MALAGA company Isofoton has been ordered to pay €80,300 in compensation to an employee who sustained injuries when a bottle containing a chemical substance exploded.

A court in Malaga considered it proved that the company didn’t have a work plan to remove the substance nor were there other safety measures in place.

The employee sued the company for negligence after the accident, which occurred in 2010. He had been working for the company for 10 years, when the explosion occurred and the glass from the bottle as well as the chemical substance damaged his face, eyes and back.

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GERMAN PRESS Encrypted phones

BRITISH PRESS Not in my backyard NORWAY – Mayor of Oslo Stian Berger Røsland has asked the government to ban prostitution after women were reportedly offering their services outside Parliament.

Sales drop DENMARK – According to governmental organisation Statistics Denmark, year-on-year sales in the country fell by 2 per cent in October.

Going veggie NORWAY – The Norwegian military plans to serve its troops a vegetarian dish once a week in order to reduce the consumption of ‘ecologically unfriendly meat that contributes to global warming’.

Too pleasant SWEDEN – Four black men reported a pub in Stockholm after they were reportedly refused drinks because of their skin colour. A bartender claimed it was because they were ‘unusually pleasant’ and he thought they were on drugs.

Train tragedy DENMARK – A young man, aged 16, lost his legs after being run over by a train in Copenhagen. He had been out drinking and fell asleep on the tracks the night before.

Side-effects SWEDEN – Police in Uppsala have complained of the side-effects a confiscated stash of cannabis stored in a poorly ventilated room at the station is causing them.

Silly tweet

GERMAN politicians will use encrypted mobile phones in order to keep their internal communications safe.

A MOTORIST convicted for driving offences after tweeting about a collision with a cyclist has said she was the victim of cyber-bullying because of the post. Police only became aware of the collision after she tweeted about it.

Sexy dialect

Full scan TRANSPORT SECRETARY Patrick McLoughlin has announced Cardiff Airport will be among 11 British airports to have the full-body scanners installed as a security measure.

Beat anorexia A WOMAN who dropped to a skeletal four stone battling the eating disorder anorexia recovered after getting a job at McDonald’s. Jo Thompson beat the condition after falling in love with the restaurant manager who helped her overcome it.

Nowhere to go ONE in seven young people are still out of work despite falling unemployment, with 500,000 of them ‘doing nothing at all’. There are 1.07million 16 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training, according to the Office of National Statistics.

UNITED: Matt Smith and David Tennant both starred in the 50th anniversary episode.

BAVARIAN has been named as German’s sexiest dialect in a survey carried out by dating site FriendScout24 with 26.2 per cent of the votes.

UK is growing

Prime suspect

MEASURED by absolute numbers of people, Britain’s population is growing faster than anywhere else in the European Union. The latest Eurostat population figures show that there were 392,600 more people in Britain in 2012 compared to the previous year.

A MAN, aged 20, is the prime suspect for the murder of a 14-year-old girl found stabbed to death outside Berlin. They reportedly met in an online chatroom.

Doctor’s birthday ICONIC British series Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special episode uniting the last two doctors, Matt Smith and David Tennant.

RUSSIAN PRESS Tiger shot POLICE are investigating the death of an endangered Amu tiger at a nature reserve in the far east of the country. The animal was found with a bullet hole below its right shoulder blade.

Purchase restricted THE government is considering restricting the purchase of homes, land and commercial property by foreigners to prevent the creation of foreign enclaves in Russia.

Dollar ban TWENTY-EIGHT per cent of Russians support a bill proposed in the State Duma to ban the US dollar from circulation and savings accounts in the country, a survey by polling institution VTsIOM revealed.

EUROPEAN PRESS

IKEA censure FURNITURE retailer IKEA has been criticised for removing an interview with a lesbian couple from a customer magazine in their stores in Russia due to the country’s ‘antigay propaganda’ law.

Woman hit A PENSIONER accidentally hit his wife with his car while manoeuvring in a parking space in Berlin. The woman, who sustained injuries to her arm, leg and hip, was checking for her husband after he had previously hit six cars.

Fast food...

MCDONALD’S has tested its first German delivery service in the city of Osnabrück.

FAST FOOD: McDonald’s testing delivery service.

Late letter LETTERS in Russia are delivered three days later compared to 2009, a report by the National Association of Distance Selling said, reportedly due to ageing transport and logistics systems.

Plane crash

Bottle house

FIFTY people died when a Boeing 737 jet airliner crashed on landing in the city of Kazan. Among the victims was a British woman, aged 53.

A FORMER Interior Ministry intern from Volgograd, aged 28, has received nationwide praise for building his house with materials coming from recycled plastic bottles.

Creator dies ARTUR BRAUN, cocreator of the Braun electric razor and son of the company’s founder Max Braun, died earlier this month, aged 88.

Caught out A TEACHER has been reportedly caught by his students watching pornography on his laptop during lesson time at a private school in Bonn.

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Living in fear A GROUP of squatters has taken over a building in the neighbourhood of Sa Indioteria. Now some neighbours say they are living in fear, with one claiming to have been beaten up and injured by the squatters.

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ONLY 32 per cent of youngsters leave their family home. The lack of job opportunities and the economic situation in the Balearic Islands is making it difficult for young people to move out.

No respect THREE men have been arrested accused of violently robbing two women aged 100 and 93 at their home in Palma.

AXARQUIA

Lucky ticket A CITIZEN from Motril has won €180,000 on the Spanish Gordo de la Primitiva prize. The luck keeps flowing in Granada after another citizen from Almuñecar won €100 million two weeks ago on the Euromillions.

Religious objects RELIGIOUS objects given to VelezMalaga by Queen Isabel are on display at the Semana Santa museum. It is the first time in 40 years that these 15th century religious pieces, have been put on display.

ALICANTE: The number of homeless has increased by 21 per cent.

Fundraiser

Alicante’s homeless cause big problem THE Caritas charity has said the number of homeless people in Alicante has increased by 21 per cent during 2013.

There are twice as many women living on the streets and triple the number of young people aged from 18 to 25 that were registered last year.

Caritas is now helping more than 2,000 of the 3,500 homeless people, with the rest being helped by other charity associations in the area.

Charo Moreno, from Caritas who works with the homeless, explained that lots of these people are in this situation because they were evicted from their homes by the banks: “The biggest problem is that the people living in these conditions are normally affected by more diseases, which increases the risk of social exclusion.” She added it is more difficult for them to get medical assistance because most are non-registered foreigners and 60 per cent do not have a medical card.

Caritas says their life expectancy is 20 years below the rest of the population.

JAVEA animal shelter was broken into for the third time since September. No dogs were missing but owners of fight dogs are thought to want them as ‘sparring partners.’

Blue zone NEIGHBOURS from Motril went to bed with their streets painted with white lines and when they woke up, there were blue lines everywhere. They are not happy that 222 parking spaces in the neighbourhood have been made pay spots.

ALMERIA

Call for help

NINE people have been arrested and 24 charged following Guardia Civil and National Police operations to put an end to thefts on rural plantations.

FARMERS are calling for help after a heavy hail and rain storm in the Poniente area of Almeria caused €32 million of damage. The storm affected mainly the area to the north of El Ejido where many greenhouses were destroyed and roads flooded.

AN institutional ceremony at Nerja Town Hall and a tribute to victims were some of the events celebrated on Monday, the International Day against Gender Violence in Nerja.

MORE Benidorm students are taking the bus each day to Alicante University. They can no longer afford to rent flats in the city, the ABEU students’ association explained.

THE Alicante Cerebral Palsy Association (APCA) is organising its eighth national horse-jumping competition in Muchamiel from December 6-8. Funds raised will help build a new residence for young local patients.

Stolen fruits

Against violence

Home again

BENIDORM hotels provided 5,156 direct jobs last October, 100 more than in October 2012. This was the first personnel increase since hotel occupancy began to rise earlier this year.

PALMA City Hall has set aside €125,000 to pay the electricity and water bills for needy families. That is 58 per cent more than last year.

Still at home

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More jobs

Needy helped

THIS autumn, the citizens of Mallorca went from enjoying temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius wearing short sleeves to kitting themselves out in winter clothing as temperatures plunged to below 12 degrees overnight.

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Violence ‘no’ ALMERIA CITY COUNCIL has been honoured with the ‘Menina’ award of

Andalucia for the ‘UNETE’ campaign against violence towards women.

Happy snappers THE International Photography Contest ‘Almeria Tierra de Cine,’ will be contested by 30 images showing film locations in the province of Almeria. The competition is one of the activities of the XII International Short Film Festival of Almeria (Almeria en Corto) which starts next week.

Grammy winner ALMERIA guitarist Jose Fernandez Torres, ‘Tomatito,’ won an award at the Grammy Latino 2013 in the best album category for flamencan music for his album ‘Soy flamenco.’

Tummy ache A MAN was arrested aboard the Melilla to Almeria ferry and was later found to have 168 pellets of hashish in his stomach.

Dog fight fears

Fast work THE Alicante-Madrid high speed train ‘stole’ 110,000 air passengers between June and October. Iberia Express was worst hit by the frequent and cheap AVE service to Madrid.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Protest march AN estimated 70,000 people united in Murcia to protest against budget cuts and issues affecting the public.

Simultaneous protests took place across Spain.

Low numbers THE Murcia Region has the second fewest number of nurses per capita with 378 nurses per 100,000 inhabitants. The national average is 528.

Kids rule CHILDREN of Orihuela took part in a political forum as the Sixth Children’s Plenary was held to commemorate the Convention on the Rights of Children.

Eco-island ELECTRIC cars are being introduced to Tabarca Island next year in a bid to make it a petrol and diesel car free zone. New tourist paths and trails are also to be created in 2014.

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FEWER young Spaniards are emigrating, claimed Labour Minister Fatima Bañez. Only 8,812 of 124,737 young people leaving in 2012 were Spanish compared with 19,927 returning Romanians and 15,800 Moroccans.

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Mexican flavour for oil giant The Mexican corporation, which made huge losses last year, is ‘enormously interested’ in acquiring Repsol’s high-end technology, sources said.

Repsol has a ‘free float’ of just over 60 per cent and if the deal goes through Slim would buy shares on the open market. This would cost an estimated €2.4 billion.

Can maker sells out to US rivals THE US company Crown Holdings recently acquired Murcia-based can-producer Mivisa.

Crown, a leader in consumer packaging, paid €1.2 billion for the Murcia company whose annual six billion ‘easy open’ ring-pull tops make it a world leader.

Mivisa is also the thirdlargest can manufacturer in Europe.

The company was founded by Miguel Vivanco in 1972 to answer demand from Murcia vegetable-growers and exporters. Vivanco sold out in 2000 for €200 million, after which the company changed hands several times.

All were venture capital companies that favoured expansion and allowed Mivisa freedom to work professionally, said CEO Tomas Lopez, who has been with the company for 33 years. But it was satisfying to return to an industrial group, he admitted.

The sale to Crown Holdings - which is subject to EU review - is mutually beneficial to both companies, Lopez explained.

The 2,000 Spanish employees will keep their jobs and Mivisa, which also has factories in La Rioja, Asturias, Galicia, Extremadura and Sevilla, will retain its Murcia headquarters.

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usiness extra

Look East OIL company Cepsa is paying €1.63 billion for Coastal Energy, a Canadian company with assets in Thailand and Malaysia. The acquisition will further Cepsa’s exploration and production in Southeast Asia.

On board FORMER Economy Minister and expresident of the European Parliament, socialist Josep Borell has joined Abengoa’s Audit Committee. He has been on the Spanish energy firm’s board since 2009.

’Tis the season to be working AS usual there will be more work around at Christmas.

Most jobs will be in the retail sector, as shops gear up for the holiday season and a predicted 1.2 per cent increase in spending.

There will also be demand for other jobs, said Page Personnel, a company specialising in middlemanagement vacancies.

Thirty per cent of staff required over Christmas will be in finance, with jobs for employees

experienced in accounting and taxes, according to Page Personnel.

Between 55 and 60 per cent of the temporary staff could in time be taken on permanently, the company predicted.

A further 20 per cent are likely to be needed in human resources for general tasks, training and analysis, with around 80 per cent eventually offered indefinite contracts.

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Bidding for Repsol PEMEX, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, wants to buy a 10 per cent holding in Repsol, according to press reports.

It already owns 9.3 per cent and if as thought, it joins forces with the world’s richest man, Mexican Carlos Slim, Pemex would have a controlling stake in the Spanish multinational.

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Small steps to bigger savings Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

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VERY now and then it’s time to recap on spending and expenses and examine what exactly we do with our money.

Often, habitual spending habits can be reduced or cut out completely, when on closer inspection we realise that they aren’t actually that necessary.

But to do this we need to step back and take a good look at our spending and figure out where cutbacks can be made.

Here are just a few ideas to think about in order to save an extra bit of cash for the Christmas holidays.

Don’t take water for granted. The water that runs from a tap is not free; a water company,

New fate for tall tower EMIN Capital investment fund intends to buy Barcelona’s 145-metre high Torre Agbar for €150 million. North-American company Hyatt will spend another €35 million on transforming it into a super-luxury hotel.

The 38-storey skyscraper was designed

by French architect Jean Nouvel in association with the Spanish firm b720 Fermin Vazquez Arquitectos and built by Dragados.

The tower has a floor space of 50,693m2, of which 30,000 are offices, 3,210 technical facilities, 8,132 services, including an auditorium, and 9,132m2 for parking. It opened in June 2005 at a cost of €130 million.

CUT IT OUT: From a pricey slice of cheesecake to letting the tap run. which makes a profit every time we let water run endlessly, supplies it.

In fact, it costs about two cents to flush the loo, but these costs could potentially soar if it refuses to rain and water shortages kick in.

So respect the fact that water flows freely in your

house, but don’t abuse it.

Plan your meals.

Nobody wants to take the spontaneity out of cooking, but not being prepared for mealtimes can often lead to overspending. Nothing in the fridge? Of course a pizza or eating out is an option. But it’s not a

cheap option. The best solution is to plan a few meals each week. Make a shopping list and only buy what you need.

Supermarkets are designed to intrigue and tempt your taste buds, so entering one without a list is dangerous territory. Be warned!

Is Michael O’Leary having a change of heart?

OK, so the Ryanair boss has promised to be kind and thoughtful from now on. Well, we shall see. If you are planning a trip home for Christmas, the flights should have been booked three weeks ago.

Only a few seats on each flight are sold at bargain prices and once they’re sold, the prices rise. So book early.

Always ask yourself: do I really need this? From a piece of delicious €5 a slice cheesecake to complement afternoon coffee, to picking up a barbeque utensil set that is suddenly half price, just step back and think are these purchases necessary? Try to teach yourself to take the impulse out of impulse buying. You’ll be amazed at how much stuff you actually don’t want!

Remember, small steps towards better managing your finances can go a long way, which results in more savings for you.

Spain is on the road to recovery says international think-tank AN international think-tank has confirmed that Spain is entering a period of economic recovery.

But the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned that the need to control government spending, plus a lack of private lending, could keep the pace of recovery slow.

It has still upgraded its forecast for growth in Spain to 0.5 per cent, up from 0.4 per cent, in 2014. That is substantially lower than

the Spanish Government’s own forecast of 0.7 per cent. The forecast for 2015 is a growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 1 per cent, while the economy will have contracted 1.3 per cent during 2013 against initial estimates of a 1.7 per cent decline in GDP. The OECD expects the unemployment rate to improve slightly but still remain at around 25.6 per cent by 2015.

“Improving growth in export markets, gains in market share and the stabilisation of private domestic demand will help to foster a weak UPTURN: Spain’s growth forcast upgraded.

recovery in 2014 and 2015,” the OECD’s report on Economic Outlook said.GDP growth across the 34member OECD is projected to accelerate from this year’s 1.2 per cent rate to a 2.3 per cent in 2014 and 2.7 per cent rate in 2015, according to the Outlook.

The pace of the global recovery is weaker than forecast last May, largely as a result of the worsened outlook for some emerging economies.

Growth in the United States is projected at 2.9 per cent in 2014 and 3.4 per cent in 2015.

The euro area is expected to witness a gradual recovery, with growth of 1 per cent in 2014 and 1.6 per cent in 2015.

Growth has begun picking up in China but will remain weaker than previously projected in most other major emerging market economies.

BUSINESS EXTRA

German surplus under review THE European Commission has launched a review into whether Germany’s export surplus is undermining the European Union’s economic recovery, which has sparked outrage among German officials.

Fewer hols SPAIN will have fewer national holidays (nine) compared to Italy (12), Slovenia (17) and the rest of Europe in 2014, the government has stated in the Official State Gazette.

Exports rise EXPORTS to the Euro- zone grew with the best development in the last two years with a 14 per cent increase. This export upturn extends the trade deficit.

Looking better?

FAMILIES’ net revenue fell 3.5 per cent to €23,123.

But the number of households beneath the poverty line fell to 21.6 per cent as poverty is defined as a percentage of average income.

Google card GOOGLE will be offering credit cards for consumers to use in any establishment and withdraw money from any cash machine in the coming months as part of its online Google Wallet scheme.

Cheaper fuel PETROL and diesel prices dropped 0.3 and 0.2 per cent respectively last week.

The prices registered their lowest point since December 2012, according to the European Petrol Gazette.

Here’s hoping!

THE Spanish will spend an average €50 on the Christmas lottery, €4 less than last year.

OPINION & COMMENT

Text advice to help keep people online I WOULD like to take issue with Gary Waite’s letter about Movistar/Telefonica (Issue 1481).

I work for a group of companies and am responsible for the contacts we have with Movistar; faults, contracts, discounts and so on for both mobile and landline telephones.

I have nothing but praise for Movistar. Their service and customer relations have improved enormously over the last couple of years.

Last week was a typical example: I had a call to say that on two lines the ADSL wasn’t working. I texted 1002 with the telephone numbers and a brief description of the fault. Straight away, a reply was texted that they were looking into it.

Within a few minutes, another text arrived, saying it was a local problem and that their engineers were working on it.

About an hour-and-a-half later, another text arrived, saying that the problem had been resolved but the routers may need re-booting.

A bit later, I had a call, asking if the problem had been resolved satisfactorily.

We have many landlines and mobiles and Movistar also provide us with computers.

If ever I have occasion to contact them their response is rapid and efficient.

I would recommend that Mr Waite tries the texting way of reporting faults.

Cherry Atkinson, La Nucía (Alicante)

More red tape I WAS slightly amused, as well as bemused, to see Benidorm Council’s plans for controlling mobility scooters (Costa Blanca North, Issue 1481).

Whilst the story may bring up images of reckless users, too lazy to walk, mowing down pedestrians, in my experience most mobility scooter users do need them and are very responsible.

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No tea party IT is sad to witness the shutdown of a once great democracy, the USA, as it moves inevitably closer to a society governed by a small but influential minority.

I am referring to a group of ultra-conservative Republican members of Congress who are stubbornly prepared to not only destroy the economy of their own country, but also cause irreparable harm to those of other nations, simply because these ‘Tea Party’ extremists don’t like a law!

A law that was not only approved by both chambers (Congress and Senate), but was also later upheld by a Supreme

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everywhere (only my humble opinion).

There’s so much more serious stuff involved, which I won’t go into here as the readers will get tired of it all.

Thanks again for your offer, but I’m too far away.

Un saludo.

Olivia Qualtrough, Calvia (Mallorca)

Licensed to heel

A Spanish flag flying in the November sunshine by a Santa Pola beach. Simply beautiful!

By Brenda Pullen, Gran Alacant (Alicante)

certificates or proof of age from everyone wanting to even hire them, let alone buy one, on pain of being fined, is sure to hit those shops who rent them out hard.

How many people coming on holiday are going to bring a doctor’s certificate? Will any certification have to be translated into Spanish? Having lived here 20 years, I expect so, probably by an official translator at vast expense.

Yet another layer of unnecessary red tape for no real reason at all!

Jeremy Bartholemew, Benidorm (Alicante)

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Court decision. A group of Obama-hating politicans who have practically kidnapped the system in such a way that it’s almost impossible to defeat them at the polls because of their gerrymandered election districts.

I sincerely hope the US can heal its wounded political system before it suffers a slow self-destruction caused by a small group of petty, selfish individuals who apparently are not at all interested in the welfare of their own country.

Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante)

Double fault...

THE list of Top Ten Tennis Players, (Time Out, Issue 1480) on the basis of achievement, appears in a haphazard sequence. For example, Hewitt and Roddick are ranked above Agassi and Borg.

It also mixes currently active players with those retired.

More significant is the omission of the two players with arguably the most valid claim to all-time greatness: Steffi Graf and Rod Laver.

David Worboys, Nerja (Malaga)

Lunch declined THANK YOU, Mike Thomas, for your lunch invitation and education. It was very sweet of you. My husband and I often enjoy tapas or ‘pa amb oli’ (Mallorcan bread and olive oil) at our local chiringuito.

My initial letter (regarding nudists in everyday life) certainly did not intend to offend you or anyone, rather it was written with tongue in cheek or a light-hearted view of mine.

Now history. Over 40 years ago having a drink at a chiringuito in Porto Cristo, Mallorca with my ‘now’ Mallorquin husband clad in 60s’ beachwear - longish shorts and full swimming costume - we were asked to put on shirt/blouse whilst we sat at the table. We apologised and did so. Just manners, no!

In your nudist colony you have your rules and etiquette. And that’s fine. But in the real world we ‘hoi polloi’ are not ready for nudity

AT last a sensible suggestion regarding the dog owning problem in Spain.

However, as in Germany, the tax or licence should be graded according to the type of dog, large aggressive types hundreds of euros, for example.

This would provide employment and income which is especially needed in Spain, also ensuring appropriate veterinary checks and happy contented dogs!

Robert Fudge, Mallorca Editor’s note: In Issue 1481, Mrs J Hollowell suggested bringing in dog licences to pay for wardens and dogs’ homes.

In dog house I DISAGREE with David the Dogman’s advice to parents to not get a dog if they have children.

I, myself have grown up with dogs and my own children have grown up with rescue dogs.

It would be better to advise parents to show caution when choosing a dog when you have children. For example, get a rescue ‘puppy’, or a breed that is good with children; rescue centres are full of them.

I also think parents have a responsibility to teach their children how to treat the dog, and at the end of the day it teaches children to love and respect animals.

Hundreds of thousands of dogs are re-homed every year, and most rescue centres do get it right.

Don’t let the mistake of one rescue centre undermine the brilliant work most rescue centres do!

Francesca Fedo, Albir (Alicante)

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Get more out of living in Spain THE British Embassy has set up two new social media sites to help expatriates.

British people living in Spain can now use the channels to engage with fellow residents, as well as to find news and advice from the Embassy and its partners who support Britons abroad.

The new channels - ‘Brits living in Spain’ on Facebook and @BritsliveSpain on Twitter - let residents search for and share useful tips and experiences, thus enabling the 800,000strong British community to better help each other and make more of Spanish life.

The launch by the Embassy of these social media channels coincides with the first official visits this week by the new British Ambassador Simon Manley to Malaga, Alicante and Barcelona - and ahead of visits to the Spanish islands in the coming weeks.

Mr Manley said: “These days, whether we are young, or just young at heart, we are all going digital.

Our new Facebook and Twitter

channels are the perfect way for Brits living in Spain to get more information about the issues that matter, and to comment on them so that we can engage better with our nationals living abroad.

“I would really encourage Brits in Spain to search out our new channels, ‘like’ or ‘follow’ them, and reap the benefits of a new way of communicating with each other and with us.”

The new social media channels are regularly updated with useful, independent information tailored to local demand, and will provide open forums for residents to engage with fellow Britons across Spain.

• HOW TO JOIN: Facebook: Go to www.facebook.com. If you don’t already have an account you will be prompted to

create one. Search for ‘Brits living in Spain’ and once on the webpage, click on ‘like.’

Twitter: Go to www.twitter.com and sign in or create an account using your email address.

Search for @BritsliveSpain and then click on ‘follow.’

You can also follow the Ambassador personally by searching on www.twitter.com for @SimonManleyFCO and

clicking on ‘follow.’

According to the Office for National Statistics, half of all Britons use social media regularly, with one in five people aged 65 or over using it on a daily basis.

More than half the British population now have Facebook accounts, including more than 12 million people aged 30-49 and another 5.5 million aged 50+.

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Tom wants to speculate. Ben wants to order a mountain of takeaway food. Rachel has her own adventurous weekend planned. Andrew's work has arranged a murder mystery weekend and she's off to guess who done it, leaving the boys to protect the cash. The simple task of not spending money proves tricky for the badults. As the cash ebbs away Tom takes the advice of local bookie Aggressive Gary and turns to the gee-gees.

Matthew draws up a business plan, but Ben spies an opportunity for riches in one of Tom's smellier ideas. Tensions rise and friendships unravel, eventually plunging the flat into civil war. Territory is divided, barriers erected, an aristocracy formed and peasants enslaved. All that remains is revolution.

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Women can’t have it both ways LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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DUNNO, you girls really do want to have that bit of cake and eat it too.

For years now, in fact ever since the railing chains and racecourse ‘suicide’, women’s libbers have fought tooth and nail to be accepted as equals to men. And what a success the whole exercise has turned out to be! We now have female church leaders, men-only organisations are basically illegal, women are 50 per cent partners in matrimony. Western women are now just about accepted in every field as the equals they have always yearned to be.

And then what happens? A number of the ‘sexually equal’ military members sue the army because they hurt their backs when expected to take the same spaced marching step as the men!

Give us a break, girls! You can’t have it both ways. The only reason you were a bit ‘stretched’ was because you were a bit short.

Well, I’ve got news for you. There are plenty of short men who find it a mite uncomfortable to keep pace with their taller comrades in arms; you really don’t see them running to the authorities bleating about discrimination. I

suggest you just get used to it. Shame on the Ministry of Defence for actually paying out sums of money that in many cases exceeded those given to soldiers injured in Afghanistan. Disgraceful!

I suppose Cameron and his European cronies really won’t be convinced that you simply cannot trust most of these ‘mid-beast’ leaders until Iran drops the biggest suicide bomb in history, right in the middle of Israel.

Western leaders still don’t seem to understand that nobody fights fair any more.

The Christmas Day ‘truce’, decent treatment of prisoners and suchlike are things of the past. I bet the Iranian hierarchies are Women in laughing up their sleeves at the the military ‘stupid infidels’ who actually should keep believed they would restrict their nuclear capabilities in return for the pace with lifting of sanctions. This dangerous their male naivety and appeasement will get us colleagues. all killed. Come back, Winnie. All is forgiven.

Once again, thanks for all the mail. My Princess Di opinion created a virtual avalanche. Sorry all, but that was my opinion.

Can’t reply to ‘em all, but I read every one.

Keep ‘em coming.

Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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LEAPY LETTERS

Well said!

WOW! Leapy that’s one helluva theory about the causes for racism, and I cannot argue with it.

I wish you success with your efforts to persuade the media to monitor itself, or be controlled.

The media holds sway over everything in our society, even our right to discuss it.

Nevertheless, anything we can do to eliminate racism is worth a period of experimentation.

However, you will have disappointed all those poor misguided souls that see you as a rank racist.

Well said, Leapy.

Leo (by email) Editor’s note: Leapy said adults are to blame for bringing up children as racists, as well as images and stories in the media.

He targeted charity appeals saying they often depicted black children as always suffering from famine and disease.

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9:00pm As Good as It Gets 11:20pm In and Out 12:55am Horrible Bosses

SkyMoviesDrama/ 10:15am Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas 11:30am The Nightmare Before Christmas 1:00pm Snowmen 2:30pm Elf

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Film, 2011) A group of retirees heads to India to live out their days in luxury, but the beautiful residence they were sold isn't quite what they expected when they arrive.

4:15pm Bad Santa 6:00pm Miracle on 34th Street 7:40pm The Nightmare Before Christmas 9:00pm Elf 10:45pm Bad Santa 12:30am Turbulence

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BBC3/ 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Jack Whitehall Live 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm The Revolution Will be Televised 11:55pm Family Guy 12:20am American Dad! 12:45am American Dad! 1:05am Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 1:35am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 2:30am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:00am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:30am Him and Her 4:00am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents

Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You (Entertainment) BBC 3 from 8:00pm to 9:00pm Robert Webb reveals the bits Hollywood hoped viewers would never notice, with his greatest compilation of foul-ups yet. The most hilarious mistakes from the year's big-budget blockbusters, most popular films, critically-applauded movies and worst flops are all exposed.

Featuring extraordinary continuity errors, breathtaking special effects blunders and some amazing moments when production crew sneak into shot.

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8:00pm Rick Stein Tastes the Blues 9:00pm Danny Boy The Ballad that Bewitched the World 10:00pm The Man Who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy 11:00pm Of Gods and Men 12:55am Blues America 1:55am Blues at the BBC 2:55am The Man Who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy 3:55am Danny Boy The Ballad that Bewitched the World

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7:00am This is BBC Two 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Caught Red Handed 8:35am Operation Hospital Food with James Martin 9:20am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 10:05am The House That £100k Built 11:05am Swansea Market 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 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 Snooker 1:10am Snooker 3:10am Film 2013 3:40am No Sex Please, We're Japanese 4:40am This is BBC Two 4:50am Your Body: Your Image 4:55am Your Body: Your Image

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12:00pm Building the Dream 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 1:10pm The First Wives Club 3:10pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 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 Turner Prize 2013 9:00pm A Great British Christmas with Sarah Beeny 10:00pm Liberty of London 11:00pm Fresh Meat 11:50pm Cardinal Burns 12:25am Man Down 12:55am Random Acts 1:00am The Shooting Gallery 1:30am A Separation

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9:55am Dinner Date 10:55am The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55am The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55pm You've Been Framed!

1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:25pm Coronation Street 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!

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8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm Ocean's Eleven 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Take Me Out 1:55am Fake Reaction

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The Witches of Eastwick (Film, 1987) Three bored New England women lament the gap in their lives, until a devilish stranger turns everything upside down.

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6:00pm The Middle 6:30pm The Middle 7:00pm Yonderland 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm A League of Their Own 10:00pm Strike Back: Shadow Warfare

11:00pm Banshee 12:20am Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

SkyMoviesComedy/ 9:25am Roxanne 11:25am Bad News Bears 1:25pm Tower Heist 3:25pm Head of State 5:15pm Mental 7:20pm Surviving Christmas

•Jack Nicholson •Cher •Susan Sarandon •Michelle Pfeiffer

9:00pm National Lampoon's 10:40pm The Witches of Eastwick

SkyMoviesDrama/ 10:20am Christmas in Wonderland 12:05pm Ernest Saves Christmas 1:50pm Miracle on 34th Street 4:00pm Chilly Christmas

5:30pm Ernest Saves Christmas 7:15pm Christmas in Wonderland 9:00pm Miracle on 34th Street 11:00pm A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 12:35am Booky and the Secret Santa 2:20am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas

BBC3/ 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes IV: May the Fourth be with You 9:00pm The Call Centre 10:00pm Come Fly with Me 10:30pm Come Fly with Me 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:15am American Dad! 1:40am American Dad! 2:00am American Dad! 2:20am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:50am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 3:50am Great TV Mistakes 4:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad

Great TV Mistakes (Entertainment) BBC 3 from 3:50am to 4:00am The follow-up to Great Movie Mistakes uncovers TV's very worst gaffes and continuity errors. Featuring cuttings from Fawlty Towers, Friends, EastEnders and Doctor Who.

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 11:00pm Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves 12:00am The Story of Music Hall with Michael Grade 1:30am Narnia's Lost Poet: The Secret Lives and Loves of CS Lewis 2:30am Only Connect

SkyMoviesAction/ 8:40am The Scorpion King 10:20am The Karate Kid 12:30pm The Karate Kid, Part II 2:30pm The Karate Kid, Part II 4:30pm The Next Karate Kid 6:25pm The Scorpion King 8:00pm The Karate Kid 10:10pm The Karate Kid, Part II 12:10am The Karate Kid, Part II

3:00am Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

3:30am Great British Railway Journeys 4:00am Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

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12:35am Film 2013 1:05am Walkabout 2:45am Weatherview 2:50am BBC News

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11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Trauma: Level One 12:35am The American President 2:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women

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12:00pm Building the Dream 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm River Cottage Bites 1:20pm Footsteps in the Fog 3:10pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 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 Stephen Hawking in Brief 9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm The Sound of Musicals 11:00pm Masters of Sex 12:10am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:15am 8 Out of 10 Cats

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1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:25pm You've Been Framed!

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5:30pm The Simpsons 6:00pm A League of Their Own 6:30pm The Middle 7:00pm The Middle 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 10:00pm Revolution 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am UK Border Force 2:00am UK Border Force 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am UK Border Force 5:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter

SkyMoviesComedy/ 5:40am Roxanne 7:30am So Undercover 9:10am Salvation Boulevard 10:55am Elf 12:40pm The Full Monty 2:20pm The Dictator 3:55pm The Three Stooges 5:35pm So Undercover 7:20pm Elf 9:00pm The Full Monty 10:35pm Scary Movie 3 12:05am The Dictator 1:35am Salvation Boulevard 3:25am The Three Stooges 5:10am Vice Versa

Gone with the Wind (Film, 1939)

•Clark Gable •Vivien Leigh •Leslie Howard •Olivia de Havilland •Thomas Mitchell

The star-studded Civil War epic, with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, that is perhaps the most famous film of all time.

An emotional, artistic and technical triumph that has never failed to entrance audiences over the years.

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5:25am Booky and the Secret Santa 7:00am Chilly Christmas 8:35am The Search for Santa Paws 10:20am All I Want for Christmas 12:00pm Grumpy Old Men 2:00pm Rise of the Guardians 3:50pm Chilly Christmas 5:30pm All I Want for Christmas 7:15pm The Search for Santa Paws

4:00am Kingdom of Heaven 6:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of James Bond 8:50am Outbreak 11:05am Dante's Peak 1:05pm Gladiator 3:45pm The Three Musketeers 5:45pm Last Action Hero 8:00pm Dante's Peak 10:00pm Gladiator 12:35am Commando 2:10am Stealth

6:00am Heaven Can Wait 7:50am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:55am Hell Bent for Glory 11:45am Alvarez Kelly 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Gone with the Wind 8:15pm The Quick Gun 10:00pm Collateral Damage 12:05am The Challenge 2:05am Collateral Damage 4:00am The Challenge

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Family Guy (1999) BBC 3 from 12:00am to 12:25am Family Guy, created by Seth MacFarlane, is a subversive animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of family life.

It focuses on the middle class Griffin family from suburban New England. Couch potato Peter Griffin is the father and head of the family and Lois is his loving wife, who struggles to maintain a modicum of normality in their chaotic home life.

They have three children - teen queen Meg, 13-year-old slacker Chris and the youngest, Stewie, a diabolically clever and malicious baby who is intent on overthrowing his parents and achieving world domination.

Wrapping up the family unit is Brian, the family dog, who just happens to be the brainiest of the bunch. Creator Seth MacFarlane himself voices three of the characters - father Peter, baby Stewie and Brian the dog.

Lois, the mother, is voiced by Alex Borstein, daughter Meg by Mila Kunis and Seth Green (Austin Powers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer) provides the voice for son Chris.

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 10:00pm The Joy of Logic 11:00pm Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 11:45pm 4,000 -Year-Old Cold Case: The Body in the Bog 12:45am The British Army of the Rhine 1:45am Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 2:45am Britain by Bike 3:15am Great British Railway Journeys 3:45am The Joy of Logic

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6:00am Dance with the Elements 6:30am Loona Balloona 6:45am Jirka and the White Mice 6:55am Wonders of Nature 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Caught Red Handed 8:30am Operation Hospital Food with James Martin 9:15am Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 10:00am David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 11:00am Ronnie's Animal Crackers 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Mary Berry Story 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Tudor Monastery Farm 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:20am Snooker 1:10am The Choir: Sing While You Work 2:10am See Hear 2:40am This is BBC Two 5:00am The Modern Monarchy

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11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm 28up South Africa 1:00am Jackpot247 4:00am Columbo

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12:00pm Building the Dream 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm River Cottage Bites 1:15pm Cat Ballou 3:10pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 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 Stephen Hawking in Brief 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Gogglebox 11:45pm British Comedy Awards Nominations Show 2013 12:50am Drifters 1:20am What Happens in Kavos...

2:15am Random Acts 2:20am Running Scared 4:20am Superscrimpers' Challenge

7:00am Emmerdale 8:00am Coronation Street 8:25am The Hot Desk 8:35am Up All Night 9:00am Up All Night 9:25am You've Been Framed!

9:55am Dinner Date 10:55am The Real Housewives of New York City 11:55am The Real Housewives of New Jersey 12:55pm You've Been Framed!

1:25pm Emmerdale 2:25pm Coronation Street 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!

9:00pm The Nutty Professor 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Take Me Out 1:55am Lemon La Vida Loca 2:35am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3:00am Life's Funniest Moments 3:20am Teleshopping

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9:00pm Glee 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Strike Back: Shadow Warfare 12:00am Road Wars 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am UK Border Force 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am UK Border Force 5:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 5:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter

SkyMoviesComedy/ 10:10am Bad Santa 11:55am That's My Boy 1:55pm Runaway Bride 3:55pm Ernest Saves Christmas

5:30pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 7:30pm Liar Liar 9:00pm That's My Boy 11:00pm Bad Santa 12:40am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 2:10am For a Good Time, Call...

3:40am Beetlejuice 5:15am Runaway Bride

SkyMoviesDrama/ 5:20am Chilly Christmas 7:00am Snowmen 8:30am Santa Buddies 10:05am The Flight Before Christmas

•Naomi Watts •Jack Black •Adrien Brody

11:30am A Christmas Princess 1:05pm Jingle All the Way 2:40pm The Nightmare Before Christmas 4:10pm We're No Angels 6:00pm Snowmen 7:30pm Jingle All the Way 9:00pm The Nightmare Before Christmas 10:30pm Turbulence 12:20am The Flight Before Christmas 1:50am Turbulence 3:35am Snowmen 5:05am We're No Angels

King Kong (Film, 2005) This big budget 2005 Oscar-winning remake of the classic monster movie is a class act all round. Directed by Peter Jackson, Naomi Watts plays Ann Darrow, a Depressionera down-on-her-luck actress who accepts an offer from filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) to star in a film shot on mysterious Skull Island, which is teeming with prehistoric life.

While there, Ann is abducted by natives who offer her as a sacrifice to a giant ape, which instead of harming the starlet becomes smitten with her.

SkyMoviesAction/ 4:15am Flight of the Phoenix 6:15am Butch and Sundance 8:15am Chronicle 9:50am Wrath of the Titans Special 10:05am Wrath of the Titans 11:50am The Bridge on the River Kwai 2:35pm The Last Samurai 5:10pm King Kong 8:20pm This Means War 10:00pm Wrath of the Titans 11:45pm The Last Samurai 2:20am The Man with the Iron Fists

4:00am Missing in Action 5:45am Batman

TCM/ 6:00am The Quick Gun 7:30am Gunsmoke 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:35am Gone with the Wind 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Scrooge 6:20pm Hellcats of the Navy 7:55pm Island in the Sky 10:00pm 8MM 12:20am The White Buffalo 2:10am 8MM 4:15am The White Buffalo

BBC3/ 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm World's Craziest Fools 9:30pm Bruce Almighty 11:00pm Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad! 1:15am American Dad! 1:35am Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 2:05am Sweat the Small Stuff 2:35am Russell Howard's Good News 3:05am Young, British and Broke 4:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad

Hotel of Mum and Dad (Documentary) BBC 3 from 4:00am to 5:00am Series in which young couples living with their parents or inlaws test drive a place of their own for a week. Christie and Isaac live with Christie's dad in Stroud and Isaac is eating him out of house and home. The couple have big dreams to move to the city, but don't have the big budget to match.

How will they fare when they move into a city pad in Cardiff together? Laura and Lee met at university and have been living the life of riley since Lee snuck in whilst Laura's parents were on holiday. Lee has got used to a certain standard of living at this five-star inclusive and even has his own lad's pad at his in-laws and a state-of-theart home gym. Laura has a rigid five-year plan to save for a mortgage and Lee is on too much a good thing to want to give up his cushy lifestyle. So can this couple leave their life of luxury and make it in the real world?

BBC4/ 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm The Golden Age of Liners 10:00pm Lionel Bart: Reviewing the Situation 11:00pm Storyville 12:20am Frozen Planet 1:20am Edward VII: Prince of Pleasure 2:20am The Man Who Brought the Blues to Britain: Big Bill Broonzy 3:20am Great British Railway Journeys 3:50am Lionel Bart: Reviewing the Situation

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Diplomatic bag THE British Government has said that Spain’s decision to search a UK diplomatic bag at the border with Gibraltar was ‘a serious infringement’ of international diplomatic protocol.

Terminal moved THE coach terminal in Gibraltar has now moved to its new location in Reclamation Road, which is nearer to the town centre.

First trees THE first trees - Evergreen Magnolias - in the new Commonwealth Park have been planted. The expected result is a ‘park with soul,’ according to the principal landscape consultant.

WHAT’S ON •November 28

• December 1

The Convent Christmas Fair noon to 7pm. More than 40 seasonal stalls, Santa’s Grotto from 2pm-5.30pm, at 5.30pm carols sung by children from the Sacred Heart School.

This year the main beneficiary will be Cancer Relief Gibraltar.

Admission £2 for adults with free entry for children under 12.

Gibraltar Classic Vehicle Association Casemates Square, 11am - 2pm

• December 5 & 6 Student Zone John Mackintosh Hall Theatre, 7.30pm For info contact info@santosproductions.com

Bobby in MASTER-AT-ARMS Bobby Stokes, a Service Police Officer, will do a 24 hour non-stop charity walk wearing fancy dress in aid of Childline Gibraltar.

Gib helps THE Royal Gibraltar Police thwarted a drug smuggling operation, chasing a suspect vessel into Spanish waters.

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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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OPINION & COMMENT

Pot, kettle and black: politicians grasping at straws

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HREE party grandees - two former Home Secretaries and a former Prime Minister - came out of the woodwork recently to come clean and admit their own party policy was wrong.

Jack Straw criticising Labour for allowing so many people to settle in Britain which, he confessed, was a “spectacular mistake”.

David Blunkett warning of civil unrest in his own Sheffield constituency because of the “aggravating” behaviour of recently-arrived Roma migrants.

And what about former PM, John Major?

Well, he’s “shocked” at the public-school elite’s current grip on power, saying Cameron’s Tory-led coalition should do more to help social mobility.

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migrants creates “frictions” with local residents.

In fact, the last Labour government predicted only 13,000 would move to Britain from Eastern Europe after 2004. Yet, more than one million arrived in one of the biggest waves of immigration ever seen in the UK. As Straw himself put it: “Lots of red faces, mine We’re always included.”

Blunkett’s left with too, CONFUSING COMMENTS: John the same old apparently: Major, former British Prime Minister. in 2003, he story from declared politicians there was “no obvious upper hindsight! Straw and Blunkett, work in Britain limit” to for their part, were two of the from 2004 was a immigration. most senior figures of the “well-intentioned policy And as for Major, I’m a bit Blair/Brown era. Fully signed up we messed up” came just a day Blunkett, Straw’s confused by his comments. Not to the New Labour ‘project’. after Straw’s admission that the successor as Home Secretary, so long ago, he was forever Labour party’s decision to allow warned British cities could face waxing lyrical about England Eastern European migrants to riots as the arrival of Roma being “a land of long shadows David Fowler_Shutterstock.com

on county cricket grounds and old maids cycling through the morning mist” (a rather elitist view of the country if ever there was one).

Now he’s “shocked” that Eton and Harrow public schoolboys rule the land? (Careful, though, to blame the “collapse” in social mobility squarely on Labour.)

It’s always the same old story from politicians, isn’t it? “Yeah, fings is bad now, but it’s the other guys what dunnit, guv.”

Do we have here The Three Wise Men? Probably not. All three are like little schoolboys caught smoking behind the bike sheds. “Oh! It weren’t me, sir it’s ’im over there!”

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An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.’

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Monty Python have decided to reunite.

Charles Darwin (1809 –1882) English naturalist and geologist

in history

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1955: Rosa Parks makes history challenging the American race law after refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.

1961: The birth control pill is made available on the British National Health Service.

1971: Ten people die and 17 are injured when a bomb explodes in a crowded Catholic pub in Belfast.

1977: South African police are exonerated of any blame in the death of black activist Steve Biko.

1982: A letter bomb sent by animal activists explodes inside Downing Street injuring a member of staff.

1988: Thousands of people are feared dead after a cyclone devastates Bangladesh.

1990: The Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France is finished.

1963: More than 100 people die after a Canadian jet crashes shortly after taking-off.

1989: A summit held in Malta officially puts an end to the Cold War. 1990: Margaret Thatcher formally hands in her resignation as Prime Minister to the Queen and leaves Downing Street.

1992: Queen Elisabeth becomes the first Monarch to pay taxes since the 1930s.

1994: Norway says ‘no’ in a referendum to becoming part of the European Union.

2001: The Taliban regime surrenders the stronghold of Kandahar after weeks of bombardment by the US airforce.

2005: David Cameron becomes leader of the Conservative Party.

My idea of good company is the company of clever, wellinformed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.’

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817), English novelist

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

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Hotel lobby, Romania: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.’

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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Runtime 116 minutes. Rated 12.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is still a strong accent on family matters and getting things sorted out. The way ahead is clear. If you are able to persuade someone that an idea was theirs and not yours, so much the better. Being in a practical mood serves you well because it is possible to get a lot done in the next few days. The weekend, however, is another matter.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your mind is still sharp this week and there are many questions that you would like answered. Doing a bit of research proves fruitful and also quite amusing. A recent contact may not come up with the proposition hoped for, but realise that it is still early days.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A meeting midweek could mean a change to your finances for the better. In the short term, it may be necessary for you to rearrange money and appointments but try not to be too put out. Change is perhaps something that we become less tolerant of after a situation has gone on for a time.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) There is so much that has come to light in the past few weeks. It is no wonder that your mind is reeling. All will become clear in the weeks ahead and this cannot be rushed. However, there is a need to look after your health and get out in the fresh air. Any thought of joining a walking club or health group should be pursued.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A pleasant surprise makes you a little more optimistic midweek. It is possible for you to take on negativity too quickly. The next time something does not go according to plan, hold fire. It is amazing what a little time and distance will solve.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although last week was not run at the pace anticipated, now the pace certainly picks up. Finances are still firmly on the agenda, but this time you will be able to deal on a more relaxed basis. A contact made recently gives you the opportunity not only to make some money but also to enlarge your circle of friends.

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Ex-CIA agent Frank Moses is brought out of retirement once again when he is asked to track down a nuclear device which has fallen into the wrong hands. In order to find out the device’s location, he must first speak to Edward Bailey, the scientist responsible for its creation. But to make matters worse, his old partner Victoria has been hired to kill him with the help of a much renowned deadly assassin.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Being considerably more relaxed about those things which cannot be changed has taken a weight from your shoulders. It is also easier to understand why others have taken this approach in the past. There is, however, a balance to be found. Don't be put off by people who have become sloppy in their approach because this is not going to affect you.

SCARED

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WANDER (10)

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1 Mutter, 2 Curled, 3 Insect, 4 Packed, 5 Lector, 6 Senses, 7 Pamper, 8 Hasten, 9 Lament, 10 Postal, 11 Wishes, 12 Dealer, 13 Assert, 14 Almond, 15 Earned, 16 Signed, 17 Reward, 18 Leaned, 19 Streak

Your Stars musician and writer.

November 28: Ryan Kwanten, 37.

Australian actor known for his role as Jason on vampire drama series True Blood.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Make a point of putting on a happy face and your mood will stay high. There is still some more to be done to improve your social life and a recent offer of charity work may be just the thing. Avoid restricting the sort of folk whom you are willing to mix with. Cultural differences apart, it is quite an eye-opener to find out how others live and think.

RESTED

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Taking the goat by the horns can prove tricky because you are not going to put up with being restricted this month. Anyone who tackles you head on may be either brave or stupid. You, however, are brimming with confidence and raring to go.

December 1: Woody Allen, 78.

American Academy Award winning director, actor, producer,

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November 29: Anna Faris, 37.

American actress known for having the lead role in the Scary Movie series.

CASTLE

November 30. Sara Carbonero is a Spanish sports journalist.

Toledo-born Sara Carbonero started her career in Radio Marca during her second year in the Journalism faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid. Carbonero gathered media attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup for reportedly distracting her boyfriend, Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas, in a match between Spain and Switzerland.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you still patting yourself on the back for that recent achievement? Socially, this is a lovely week when old friendships are strengthened and new acquaintances prove to be relaxing. It is another mellow week but one in which you seriously consider making a major change.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be your charming self this week without pushing too much. A natural approach when you are seeking a response is the best course of action. Simply being in the right place and under someone's gaze is all that is required. Are you getting itchy because an offer is not forthcoming? Well, if you absolutely must, then get a little bird to whisper in their ear.

December 2: Britney Spears, 32.

American singer known as the Princess of Pop.

10-Star Quiz

LOVE IS ALL AROUND 1. ‘If music be the food of love, play on’ is the first line of which play by William Shakespeare?

2. ‘Love means never having to say you’re sorry’ was a catchphrase based on a line from which 1970 romantic drama film?

3. According to his 1976 Top 10 hit single, music was which singer/songwriter’s ‘first love’?

4. The 40-piece string-laden group the Love Unlimited Orchestra was formed by which American R&B/soul musician in 1973?

5. What is the name of (a) the Greek goddess of love and (b) the Roman goddess of love?

6. Which 1956 black-and-white motion picture, directed by Robert D Webb, starred Richard Egan, Debra Paget and introduced Elvis Presley in his first theatrical release?

7. Which famous 18th century poet wrote the song/poem that begins ‘My love is like a red, red rose’?

8. Which nation state in southern Central Europe has the word ‘love’ hidden it its name?

9. Which series of comedy films made by Walt Disney Productions starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sun-roofed 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie?

10. Which vegetable is sometimes referred to as the ‘love apple’?

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET:

December 3: Ozzy Osborne, 65.

English rock vocalist, songwriter, and television personality.

Average: 15 Good: 19 Very good: 28 Excellent: 34

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

December 4: Jay Z, 44.

American rapper, record producer and entrepreneur.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It is clear that you really love your hearth and home but, every now and again, there is a small voice calling. The good things in life appeal and, to have these, an effort is involved. Do not underestimate the amount of pleasure that you will enjoy when putting in that extra effort. It does, after all, involve other people.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) H a v i n g p u t i n e x t r a e ff o r t t o bring a zing into your life, it is important that you keep the impetus going. This is not only good for your health and wealth, but also your mind. Although trying something new brings a few odd remarks your way, try not to be sidetracked.

ante, dang ,dean, dent, etna (gas burner), gean, gent, gnat, nave, neat, tang, tend, vane, vend, vent, agent, anted, vaned, vegan, adnate, advent, agenda, agnate, vantage, vanadate, ADVANTAGE

Word Ladder LAKE

BEDS

Move from the start word (LAKE) to the end word (BEDS) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder.

You must only change one letter at a time.

LAKE WAKE WADE WADS WEDS BEDS

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

1. TWELFTH NIGHT (OR WHAT YOU WILL), 2. LOVE STORY, 3. JOHN MILES, 4. BARRY WHITE, 5. A – APHRODITE, B – VENUS, 6. LOVE ME TENDER, 7. ROBERT BURNS, 8. The Republic of SLOVENIA, 9. THE LOVE BUG (sometimes referred to as HERBIE THE LOVE BUG) 10. TOMATO

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Unscramble the name of a famous television quiz show that was first broadcast in August 2000 (three words): KNEW SKI ATHLETE

Across 2 A bill for a musical symbol (4) 4 Family doctorʼs first to be sympathetic (4) 9 Partly determining final points (7) 10 Bring tea round in porcelain (5) 11 Sends off vessels (5) 12 Keeps making chess move (7) 13 Like bears and lemurs in every part (6) 15 Buddy to finish after half a day (6) 18 Ticket tout exchange parcels (7) 20 Ape is different colour (5) 22 Unsuitable camouflage paint (5) 23 Theoretically itʼs no Milan, sadly (7) 24 Kate chopped wood (4) 25 We must accept silver as payment (4)

Unscramble the name of one of the oldest dog breeds in existence (two words): HAND A HOG FUN FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: THE WEAKEST LINK, AFGHAN HOUND

Play on Words

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church (5) 13 Sign up centre forward by mistake but itʼs an improvement (7) 14 Nathan, missing the point, conceals acidity level of solvent (7) 16 Stretch of river harbouring vessels (7)

17 Elephant part makes a strong case (5) 19 Sailor a foot nearer the stern (5) 20 American uncle taking bachelor to dance (5) 21 Al sat tripping up heavenʼs supporter (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 6 represents S and 19 represents W, so fill in S every time the figure 6 appears and W every time the figure 19 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.

Across 1 Occasionally (9) 4 Donkey (3) 6 Cooking stove (5) 8 Piece of furniture (5) 9 Reserve (5) 10 Commence (5) 11 Foolish (6) 13 Most recent (6) 16 Allotted portion (5) 17 Aches (5) 19 Plentiful (5) 20 Join together (5) 21 Regret (3) 22 Lasting (9)

Down 1 Dangerous (7) 2 Less (5) 3 Female parent (6) 4 Mean (7) 5 Holy person (5) 7 Inspect (7) 10 Sports ground (7) 12 Ignorant of (7) 14 Anguish (7) 15 Seem (6) 16 Clearheaded (5) 18 Wait on (5)

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

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HENRY VII G E V

Answers: A little misunderstanding between friends, Kings Cross

Down 1 Collection Iʼm backing for little children (5) 2 Nymphs concealed in reeds (7) 3 Endeavours to score sporting points (5) 5 Awfully ironic about old Bob cutting tooth! (7) 6 When a doctor gets sick it calls for exercise (5) 7 Sea bird can be cooked slowly (7) 8 Little bird wrapped in a scarf in

Funagram

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Pilfer, 4 Abode, 8 Arson, 9 Nippers, 10 Digital, 11 Halo, 12 Elm, 14 Dali, 15 Agog, 18 Nab, 21 Calf, 23 Avarice, 25 Tearing, 26 Phial, 27 Email, 28 Ferret.

Down: 1 Pravda, 2 Lasagna, 3 Einstein, 4 Asps, 5 Omega, 6 Euston, 7 Angle, 13 May apple, 16 Olivier, 17 Scythe, 19 Barge, 20 Merlot, 22 Llama, 24 Dial.

QUICK Across: 1 Sales, 3 Pardon, 6 Agitate, 8 Abhor, 10 Eat, 11 Extinct, 12 Bored, 13 Obeys, 18 Inertia, 20 Own, 21 Lotus, 22 Amiable, 23 Assess, 24 Roots.

Down: 1 Scared, 2 Startle, 3 Prefer, 4 React, 5 Broth, 7 Introvert, 9 Honeycomb, 14 Barrier, 15 Silly, 16 Harass, 17 Unless, 19 Taste.

Across 1 According to (5) 3 Valiente (persona, acción, decisión) (5) 7 Passage (between buildings) (6) 9 Love (between people) (4) 10 Prisioneros (9) 13 Camino (carretera) (4) 14 Broom (brush) (6) 16 Estante (5) 17 Piedra (material) (5)

Down 1 Soup (thick) (4) 2 Grape (3) 4 Cupboard (7) 5 Orejas (4) 6 Badgers (animals) (7) 8 Apellido (7) 11 Brazos (4) 12 Jaula (para animales) (4) 15 Gato (3)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Codo, 3 Track, 8 Seaweed, 9 Car, 10 Opaco, 11 Anden, 12 Eat, 13 Teorias, 14 Users, 15 Town.

Down: 1 Customer, 2 Diamantes, 4 Radiator, 5 Cocodrilo, 6 Reporter, 7 Grandson.

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TOP TEN BEST PAID ACTORS IN HOLLYWOOD 2012 saw a lot of great movies like the third biggest box office hit of all time The Avengers or reinterpretations of classic Broadway musicals like Les Miserables.

Producers know one of the key ingredients to a box office smash is making sure there is a star name topping the billing, and they are prepared to pay huge amounts to get one. This week’s Top 10 shows the best paid actors in Hollywood.

1. Robert Downey Jr. $75 million (€55.5m) The Avengers was the 1 third highestgrossing movie of all time and no star benefited more from it than Robert Downey Jr. As Tony Stark he was the only indispensable actor, which meant he was able to demand the most money.

2. Channing Tatum $60 million (€44.3m) Tatum gets a lot of attention for his looks, but this year the actor proved that he’s also one of Hollywood’s smartest businessmen. Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh self-financed the movie Magic Mike. A sequel is in the works.

3. Hugh Jackman $55 million (€40.6m) The actor, who is maybe best known for playing Wolverine in the many X-Men movies, showed last year that he can also move the audience in Les

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GREAT comic writers are as rare as hen’s teeth. And Helen is one of a very select band who have created a character of whom the very thought makes you smile.

Bridget Jones’ Diary, charting the life of a 30something singleton in London in the 1990s was a huge international bestseller, published in 40 countries and selling more than 15 million copies worldwide.

Its sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, published soon after was also a major international bestseller. Both were made into films starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.

Set in the present, the new novel will explore a different phase in Bridget’s life with an entirely new scenario. The novel follows a year in which she tries to get her life back in shape. She has spent a few

Miserables. He scored an Oscar nomination and helped the musical earn $438 million on a budget of $61 million.

4. Mark Wahlberg $52 million (€38.4m) Ted was one of the most unexpected hits of 2012. The comedy, about a teddy bear that comes to life and grows up, earned $550 million on a budget of $50 million Now he’s stepping into his first blockbuster in the next instalment of Transformers which hits cinemas in the summer of 2014.

5. Dwayne Johnson $46 million (€34m) The former wrestler is now a bona fide star.

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years missing Mark and focusing on her children, but with the encouragement of her friends she looks to re-enter the dating scene.

“If people laugh as much reading it as I am while writing it then we'll all be very happy,” Fielding has said.

weeks in 2013, Johnson had a movie in the box office Top 10. Fast & Furious 6 grossed more than $500 million in less than two weeks and G.I. Joe: Retaliation is yet another franchise that Johnson has saved.

6. Leonardo DiCaprio $39 million (€28.8m) The 2013 adaptation of The Great Gatsby, from director Baz Luhrmann, seemed like a tough sell. But with DiCaprio at the helm, the film easily topped $250 million at the box office, DiCaprio’s biggest hit is still the 1997 film Titanic.

8. Tom Cruise $35 million (€2.5.8m) The 2012 film Jack Reacher is a perfect example of why you should never underestimate Tom Cruise. The movie got middling reviews and did mediocre business in the US, bringing in only $80 million. But overseas, Jack Reacher was a hit. The $60 million film grossed a total $217 million.

9. Denzel Washington $33 million (€24.4m) Washington was nominated for his sixth Oscar this year thanks to his performance in Flight as a hero airline pilot battling addiction issues. The movie earned $162 million on a budget of $31 million.

10. Liam Neeson $32 million (€23.6m) Neeson earned more than some bigger ‘names’ like Ben Affleck and Will Smith.

He’s quietly built one of the best careers in Hollywood thanks to low cost, high return films like Taken and The Leonardo Grey.

DiCaprio

7. Adam Sandler $37 million (€27.3m) Hotel Transylvania turned out to be Sandler’s biggest hit to date, grossing $347 million on an $85 million

Adam Sandler

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Average: 29

Just Joking I got breathalysed by the police last night while driving home from a fancy dress party dressed as the Titanic. I was a nervous wreck. *** Why did Cinderella get kicked off the football team?

She ran away from the ball.

Good: 37 Very good: 54 Excellent: 66

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION sofa, sofas, soar, soars, safe, safes, safer, sate, sates, sateen, saree, sarees, fans, fatten, fattens, fatter, fate, fates, fare, fares, fens, feat, fear, fears, feta, fern, fees, afar, neat, neath, near, nears, nett, oafs, oath, oaten, oars, otter, otters, area, areas, arena, arenas, ares, ease, ears, earth, earn, etas, eras, sane, saner, sneer, seas, seat, sear, sera, sere, serene, seen, sent, tote, totes, tater, taters, tare, tares, tars, tart, tarn, threat, three, threes, teas, tease, teaser, tens, tense, tenser, teat, tear, tears, terse, tern, tees, teen, treat, tree, trees, rate, rates, refs, resent, reef, reefs, reset, rent, enter, enters, entreat, entree, entrees

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Good fun or just shallow?

‘Selfie’ is the word of the year 2013, according to Oxford Dictionaries. It describes a self-portrait taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone, often posted on social media internet sites.

WOMEN who take selfies spend an average of 16 minutes to prepare themselves for a ‘spontaneous’ picture, according to a survey. Many take up to six pictures of themselves to check hair and make-up before going out. That, for many of our readers, seems a waste of time.

Kirsten Van Barneveld, aged 38, works as a waitress at Digby’s Bar in Javea and has only taken selfies a couple of times in her life.

She said: “It was just for fun, with some friends of mine and I didn’t like how I looked on them. I did not prepare at all to take both selfies.”

Maria C Cano, a 20 year-old

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student from Benissa, said: “I have never taken a selfie because when I need to check how I look, I look in the mirror.”

Penny Loudon, a retired nurse from Almanzora, agreed, saying: “I have got a mirror. Selfies are too vain and egotistical. I think people are just fishing for compliments.”

Patricia Lawrie, retired, who lives in Arboleas, remarked: “I don’t take selfies. I ask my partner for his opinion, that is the most important one. I am not vain. I think it is a very strange person that takes photos of themselves.

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Hairdresser Laura Mattin, aged 21 from Benijofar, said: “I have taken selfies but only if I’m going out and they are never for Facebook. I certainly wouldn’t particularly get ready and dressed up just to take one.” She did, however, think they are more acceptable for celebrities to take and post on Twitter.

Friend and colleague, Indie, aged 17, said: “I find them a bit cringe-worthy. I don’t take them but would ask someone to take a photo of me and friends if I’m out.”

David, aged 60, who is retired and living in Crevillente, is Penny not really a selfie Loudon fan and has never taken one: “It is a generation thing.

Generally, I think they are a bit silly,” he said.

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The effects of flying on your body Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com

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HRISTMAS is coming and many people will be going on holiday or travelling home to see family and/or friends.

Most of us fly as it is the easiest and quickest way to travel; however, our poor bodies do sometimes react badly to this experience.

The extreme change in pressure as the plane goes up and down, causes considerable havoc on the soft structures of our bodies.

The pressure is lowered as the plane takes off and rises rapidly as we land; the most common experience we all have during these times is blockages in our ears.

This same process affects many parts of us,

the air in your stomach, the gel centre of the discs in your spine and the swelling in joints including the tiny joints of your spine.

The pressure in a normal joint is just below atmospheric pressure so that it can cope with the atmospheric changes. If the joint is swollen (and you may not know this if it is in your back), the pressure is raised and therefore the joint or structures will not tolerate these harsh changes of pressure.

The result is a stiff back, knee, foot… as you try to get off the plane and certainly the following day.

Then, of course, as you get off the plane, you start lifting heavy luggage, driving to your destination, unpacking, cleaning and/or even lying on a sun-bed. Next thing you know, you have seized up!

It may take days for this to settle but usually it is nothing dangerous, just

AIR TRAVEL: The changes in pressure can cause problems.

painful and disrupting for your holiday. Don’t panic and please don’t try to move vigorously, as the muscles are in a strong protective lock while they try to assess how serious the situation is.

Use an ice pack as soon as possible to calm things down and try not to take lots of tablets as this is not always a great thing to do!

Tips to avoid the flu WITH the peak flu season nearly here, it is important to know how to avoid the potentially lethal virus. For a start it helps to know the places to avoid and steps you can take to lower the risk.

And health authorities throughout Spain have launched their annual vaccination programme for those at most risk. They include older people, children aged two to three, people suffering from asthma plus various other vulnerable groups. The latest flu survey says that bus travel doesn’t increase the risk of catching flu. People are more likely to catch it from children, especially during the school term.

Flu is not only debilitating but can be dangerous for older people and those with weak immune systems. It can also trigger heart attacks, and vaccines should be given to those

WINTER: The time when most people cannot avoid getting sick. people aged between 50 and 64 with a high risk of heart disease.

Try to stay away from sick people, difficult as it may be. People can be contagious for 24 to 48 hours before they feel ill and five days afterwards.

Doctors advise that the risk can be reduced by washing hands thoroughly and often.

To prevent this happening: • Try to arrange an isle

seat so you can get up and stretch easily and frequently • Try to travel in the middle of the day avoiding early morning or late night flights • Do some gentle movements while sitting – foot circles, heel lift/toe lift, knee raises/curls, neck stretches, shoulder rolls…

• Keep hydrated and remember that alcohol causes dehydration and stiffness.

Short flights actually cause more problems than long-haul ones. This is due to the quite severe stress of decompression and recompression in such a short space of time.

Ironically, in my

experience working here in Spain, it is often the second flight that is more troublesome so depending on where you return to, you may want to have a physiotherapist’s number handy.

Physiotherapy relieves the joint swelling and reduces muscle spasm, which combined with a home management routine will make the recovery swifter so you can enjoy yourself.

If you have any questions related to this article please call The Bodyworks Clinic on 952 883 151 or visit www.TheBodyworksClinic. com

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HEALTH DRINK: A cup of coffee is good for the heart.

Coffee cleans the arteries A CUP of coffee can help keep arteries clean, especially if it contains caffeine.

According to a recent study from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, coffee seems to improve blood vessels’ performance by removing obstructions in the arteries.

The study, conducted on 27 volunteers, is the first one that proves this theory.

The researchers indicated that the smallest blood vessels in the organism expanded to the size of a finger, thanks to the 30 per cent

increase the caffeine provided.

The study, originally performed in Ryuku, Japan, joins other research investigating the benefits of coffee, one of the most consumed drinks in the world.

Other studies proved that those people who drink at least one cup of coffee a day are less likely to suffer a heart attack or coronary heart disease.

“Our results give an idea of how coffee can help and improve a heart’s health,” said Masato Tsutui, main researcher of the study.

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Damage limitation primary concern Cassandra Nash

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

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HE PSC, Cataluña’s Socialist party, merged with the PSOE in 1977.

Like any Spanish bride, it kept its own name and cohabited without too many problems until the separatist question reared its head.

Many PSC politicians and voters want a right-to-decide referendum but after much soulsearching, the PSC has abandoned the independence route.Pere Navarro, PSC Secretary General, announced that the party “will oppose any initiative in favour of Cataluña’s selfdetermination not first agreed with the Spanish institutions.”

Navarro knows that agreement, amounting to permission, is unlikely to be forthcoming. His decision could lose votes for the PSC but backing independence

would lose the PSOE many more outside Cataluña where there is scant sympathy.

The PSOE has enough on its plate just now. It cannot capitalise on the government’s unpopularity, its party image is no better than the PP’s and it needs a charismatic leader. If the PSOE is to have more problems to contend with, they should at least be of its own making, not Cataluña’s.

A true princess THE judge investigating the Noos corruption scandal is apparently determined to involve Iñaki Urdangarin’s wife, Princess Cristina. The Public Prosecutor

is equally determined to clear her of any wrongdoing. Whether or not Urdangarin diverted public money into his joint accounts with Cristina, it’s unlikely she was ever aware of what she put her name to. Remember how

the sleep of a true princess was disturbed by a pea beneath a towering stack of mattresses? The Infanta’s involvement is a reversal of this story. The Spanish monarchy is comparatively austere but she was presumably sufficiently featherbedded not to lose sleep over whether there was money under the mattress or in offshore accounts.

Brave enough?

“INVESTIGATE disappearances during the Franco dictator-ship,” the UN urged Spain. Earlier its Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) was unimpressed by the Spanish Government’s reasons for not doing so. Madrid should take the “necessary legislative or judicial” steps to bring suspects to VOTE LOSER? PSC Secretary General Pere Navarro.

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trial instead of sheltering behind the Amnesty Law, the Committee insisted.What judge will be brave enough to dig up the past? It was doing precisely this that cost exjudge Baltasar Garzon his job.

Spilt milk THE Prestige trial is over and only the stricken oil-tanker’s captain Apostolos Mangouras is to blame, a La Coruña court ruled.

Mangouras, who looks the way Ulysses would have looked at 78, received a nine-month sentence which he is unlikely to serve - for initially ignoring the government’s orders to be towed out to sea.

The government is unhappy about the verdict because it will lose €4.24billion civil liability compensation. Tough: the then national government should have let him put into port as he wanted. The spill would have been contained and 1,600 kilometres of Spanish, French and Portuguese coast would not have been polluted.

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A SALA on Sundays has become the ideal venue to spend your final day of the weekend delicious traditional roast dinner, Champagne offers, children’s entertainers and live music, what more could you ask for?

The live music throughout the afternoon is the perfect accompaniment to La Sala’s ‘not-to-miss’ Sunday roast. Each week chef Darren Stevens creates two delicious meat choices ranging from Roasted Gammon with Colcannon, Buttered Cabbage and White Onion Sauce, Roast Rib of Beef or Pork and Crackling served with Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Puddings, Seasonal Vegetables and Gravy.

Over a third of Brits have voted the Sunday roast their favourite dish, “I think it’s fantastic that this tradition is still so popular,” shared chef, Darren, “it’s a little touch of home here on the coast.”

If you opt for the fantastic value three course set menu for just €24.95 enjoy starters including Steamed Asparagus with Poached Egg and Hollandaise or Deep Fried

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Brie with Cranberry Sauce.

Then finish off the delicious offering with Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding served with Custard, Banoffee Crumble or Chocolate Praline Fondant.

Children can also enjoy a roast dinner for only €7.95.

If you choose to select the three-course menu you can take advantage of the

fantastic value offer on Heidsieck Champagne, purchase one bottle and receive a second one complimentary. The ideal accompaniment to your decadent feast!

In addition La Sala also provides a children’s entertainer between 2pm and 4pm on Sundays in the second dining room. La

Sala’s resident children’s entertainer Tina, amuses the children with face painting, balloon modelling and games for all to enjoy.

However on December 8, 15 and 22, Santa will be taking Tina’s place and popping in to spread some Christmas cheer.

Sala Sundays, the only place to be. For reservations please call 952 814 145.

Night food to avoid

IF you are not consuming any coffee in the afternoons or evenings but still can’t sleep, the food you’re eating might be the problem.

Sleep is part of your overall health, so the same things you do to take care of your body and health can also be good for your sleep. If you’re snacking at night, make sure it’s a healthy snack not loaded with sugar.

Steak, due to its high protein levels, takes longer to digest. Wine, beer or alcoholic drinks are sedating, but may alter your sleep cycle. Chocolate has big levels of caffeine that can also disrupt sleep cycles.

Try to avoid these foods before going to bed.

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FRIDAY FEELING: People most likely to overindulge ahead of the weekend.

Friday is the day for indulgences FRIDAY is the one day of the week when

people are the most likely to overindulge on food and drink and skip the diet.

A survey of 600 people found that eight in 10 admitted to relaxing their diet and fitness regimes ahead of the weekend.

More than six out of 10 (61 per cent) exercised regularly, but only 12 per cent did so

on a Friday, with four in 10 admitting they were more likely to have a cooked breakfast on a Friday rather than a healthier option.

Forty-six per cent said Friday was the day when they were most tempted to indulge in the office and raid the biscuit tin and vending machine for sweet treats.

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Would you drink the new health juice?

THE UK’s first ever Brussels sprout juice has been launched by Juice Club.

The green drink is being hailed as the new healthy option and is going on sale at Fortnum & Mason stores.

Sprouts, a staple

of the Christmas dinner, are rich in victims C and K and contain sulforaphane, which is believed to have cancer-fighting properties and can help lower cholesterol.

NOT A FAVOURITE: But the humble Brussels sprout is thought to have cancerfighting properties.

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Stronger cheeses wanted BRITISH people are becoming more adventurous when eating cheese, a study by global market researcher Mintel claims.

Sales of mild cheddar so far this year have only reached £161 million (€193 million) of the total £2.6

billion (€3.1 billion) cheese market, the study claims.

This is a 6 per cent decrease in relation to 2012.

In contrast, sales of blue cheese, extra mature cheddar and continental cheddar have gone up by

Champagne for everyone!

MOËT & CHANDON has installed a vending machine in the luxury department store Selfridges, in London.

It is specially prepared for well-heeled customers who enjoy chilled 200ml bottles of Champagne at £18 (around €22) each.

Customers cannot use money to buy the bottles, but instead need an exclusive pre-paid card that can be refilled at selected stores.

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Viva la Pizza!

A new look MILD CHEDDAR: Are its days numbered?

PIZZA BOX: There’s an art behind it.

14, 12 and 10 per cent respectively, according to the study.

This could be proof that Britons are now demanding stronger flavours.

In fact, the study found that shoppers considered that this factor was more important when buying cheese than price.

The market researcher has placed Tesco and Morrisons as leading supermarkets in providing alternatives to mild cheddar.

While the former has been focusing on continental cheese, it says, the latter has opted for British cheeses.

PERHAPS one of the things we pay less attention to when ordering a pizza is the box it comes in.

For many pizza boxes are nothing less than an accessory, and most of the times, if not always, they end up unnoticed in the rubbish bin.

But now a selfproclaimed expert in pizza boxes has decided to look beyond the food and focus his attention

on the cardboard container.

In Viva la Pizza!

Scott Wiener has traced design trends over the past four decades.

The book is the result of collecting and cataloguing pizza boxes for more than five years.

In it, Wiener presents more than one hundred weird and wild box designs and explores the curious history of this item.

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Classic taste yo RISTORANTE LA PLAZA welcomes you for a taste of Italian food, with the best atmosphere and many shows and performances at Riviera del Sol. Located at the frontline of the beach, the Italian restaurant offers a great variety of courses with long opening hours, every day of the week in the very first heart of Mijas Costa.

In addition, live shows and events go on throughout the year with sustained quality and variety, from soul to flamenco shows.

La Plaza has become one of the most significant culinary references on the Costa del Sol, specialising in genuine and refined Italian cuisine since 2009.

The restaurant offers a tasteful combination of top quality products, exceptional professionalism and a wide and varied menu of dishes at affordable prices.

Besides the exceptional Italian cuisine, with a great presence of home-made fresh pasta and over 10 specialities of pizza, there are many other kinds of cuisine that can be enjoyed at La Plaza - fresh seafood, delicious steaks, soups, salads a taste of the amazing starter courses and even a ‘Bambino’ menu so the children can enjoy it too.

Everything is tasty and affordable at La Plaza, with an amazing lunch menu at

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€9.90 including starter, main course and dessert.

La Plaza also has a great showcase of excellent shows and performances that take place every week in the evenings. You will be able to enjoy from tributes to great artists like Elton John, Frank Sinatra, George Michael to flamenco performances or guest local artists to liven up your dinner.

This Christmas, La Plaza is preparing to deliver a great Christmas and New Year’s

Eve menu comprising three courses for €38 per person and three courses plus cocktails for €60 respectively. The restaurant also has a special menu prepared for business meals for 18, 20 or 30 people €18, €20 and €30 each.

La Plaza invites you to come and enjoy your meal and also be a guest at the next show on Saturday November 30 with special guest star ‘Deborah Dee.’ For any further information or to make a reservation you can contact La Plaza on 952 935 073 or info@ristorantelaplaza.com.

The restaurant opens their doors from 1pm to 11pm.

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NJOY the Yazan Bar and Lounge, morning, day and night. The restaurant specialises in Moroccan dishes including roast lamb, Tagine, Couscous and Moroccan Kebab. It also boasts international dishes, with their superb English breakfast, using only English and Irish products. In the evening try one of the delicious fillet steaks or large shared dishes including paella and lamb or fish tagine made to order.

The owner Nadia says “We are a family run business who pride ourselves on authentic cooking, using only the best products like real Moroccan spices bought in Morocco, good service catering to people from all walks of life; we even source halal products (meats sacrificed according to Islamic rituals) for Muslim customers.”

Sit with family and friends in the stylish contemporary décor of Yazan Bar and restaurant with hints of Moroccan inspiration and be immersed

YAZAN BAR AND LOUNGE: A stylish destination. in the Moroccan experience. Sample the selection of mint or oregano teas and enjoy a shisha pipe (water pipe) with an array of flavoured tobaccos.

Enjoy your meal with Yazan Bar and Lounge’s exquisite wine selection with whites from France, Italian wine and good Spanish wines from Rioja or Ribera del Duero. Even the house wine is delicious and

excellent value for money. Or for something for a special occasion buy a bottle of the Campillo, Envite or Lopez Cristobal.

Yazan Bar and Lounge, aside from being a café in the morning, a lovely place for lunch during the day and a fabulous restaurant in the evenings, it is also a stylish lounge. The bar has an amazing cocktail menu and large TV screens for sports fans to enjoy any sporting occasion, with pints at €2.50.

Everything is great value for money at Yazan Bar and Lounge, including their incredible offer of two glasses of wine and two tapas for just €5.

Yazan Bar and Lounge is open from 10am to 1am, with happy hour every day from 6pm to 7pm.

For more information contact Yazan Bar and Lounge on 671 271 433 situated in Los Jarales 16, Calahonda.

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The Peacock – passionate ...about food FOR good wholesome food visit The Peacock restaurant in Benalmadena.

The family run business set up by Katrina Bradley boasts a fantastic select menu, beautiful New York inspired décor and great service for all to enjoy.

Katrina says, “I’m passionate about food. I come from a family of restaurateurs and saw a market for good, easy, healthy food, which I source and cook myself so everything is fresh and cooked to perfection.”

The Peacock specialises in Argentinian steaks, both fillet and ribeye, but also offers a varied menu of sensational starters including homemade soups and excellent fish dishes, including poached salmon. And Katrina says, “if a customer wants something that isn’t on the menu I’ll get the ingredients and cook it for them.”

The Peacock also does a splendid Sunday roast, with all the trimmings which Katrina says is always a “sellout!” So book a table if you don’t want to miss out!

And what’s more all of the food at The Peacock is incredible value for

FAMILY RUN: Boasts a fantastic menu, beautiful decor and great service. money, especially their best seller, ‘The Meat Feast Special’ including a whole shoulder of lamb, whole chicken, rack of ribs, with vegetables, chips, and cauliflower cheese, for four people, including a bottle of wine all for €40.

Add to the enjoyment of your meal with The Peacock’s selection of fine wines, Champagne, cognacs or malt whiskys.

The Peacock is the perfect setting

for any special occasion; the restaurant caters for everything from parties to wedding and wakes. The Peacock will tailor make the party to your needs, whether it’s a buffet or sit down meal.

Haven’t made plans for Christmas yet? There are still tables available to enjoy a special Christmas Day dinner with family and friends. And if you need a venue for a New Year’s Eve Party, contact The Peacock.

Open Tuesday – Saturday 6pm – late and Sunday 1pm – 7.30pm. Find The Peacock on Avenida Bonanza (next to CJ’s Karaoke).

For more information or to make a booking call 677 443 461.

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XPATRIATES who have chosen to live in Spain for their retirement often return to the UK on a regular basis for various reasons.

As the years go on, a problem that many have faced when renting a car in the UK for their trip so that they can get around, is the upper age limit that many car hire companies impose. Indigo Car Hire are pleased to say that they can offer good value car rental up to and including 98 years of age!! Even better, there is no extra charge.

Many car hire companies have an upper age limit of 75, and as people are living longer, healthier lives, especially out here in the sun, this can be very frustrating. At Indigo, they believe that drivers over 75 are often more reliable, have fewer accidents, and so are more than happy to have them as customers.

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Cherie Walker, Reservations Manager for Indigo Car Hire, says: “Leaving the booking of your car hire until the last minute can result in charges of up to £200 for a small car for one week, or even

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The beauty and variety of bulbs IN the first of a two-part article, Dick looks at the subject of bulbs...

There is a large number

of varieties of bulbous plants (which includes bulbs, corms and rhizomes) which grow excellently

even spectacularly in Spanish gardens. There are bulbs for all seasons but most are best planted in the autumn or early winter.

However, the choice is often limited in Spain, so over the years we have searched wider for interesting and spectacular forms and colours.

Some mail order catalogues to try: We have used the following over the years and you will discover many

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more such companies advertising in the autumn gardening pages of many UK newspapers.

1. Bressingham Gardens, Diss, Norfolk. ww.bressing hamgardens.com.

2.

Bloms Bulbs, Melchbourne, Bedfordshire. www.blomsbulbs.com.

3. Claire Austin, UK, (for unusual irises), www.claire austin-hardyplants.co.uk, enquiries@claireaustinhardyplants.co.uk.

4. The Heritage Bulb Club, Ireland, www.heritagebulbs.com, info@heritagebulbs.com.

Some seed catalogues to try: Chiltern Seeds, UK,

www.chilternseedsco.uk, info@chilternseeds.co.uk.

Plant World Seeds, UK, Fax 0044-1803-875018.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa. seedroom@nbict.nbi.ac.za.

Why bulbs can be interesting There are bulbs for all seasons, some being very exotic. Since they grow well in pots as well as the open garden they are useful for covered terraces, courtyards, patios, apartment/ penthouse terraces, rockeries, flowerbeds or as natural plantings under trees and deciduous shrubs. Many will come up year after year and multiply. They can have a dramatic effect as individual bulbs or as massed plantings. Once planted in the garden they need little care. They are

therefore of special interest to absentee gardeners.

Some choices to consider For late winter and spring:The most reliable in the garden are anemones, grape hyacinths, freesias, flag irises, Dutch and Spanish irises and miniature irises. Flag irises are particularly useful for semi-shaded corners where they can be left to multiply year after year.

For pots try clivias, anemones, tulips, rananculus and exotic species of daffodils and amaryllis, and for window boxes grape hyacinths and late-planted full-sized hyacinths.

Unfortunately slugs often eat tulip bulbs during the summer if planted in the open garden. ©Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com November 2013.

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Agrupació is located in Fuengirola, and its doors have been open for more than 13 years.

Agrupació is one the oldest insurance companies

in Spain. Founded in 1902, it is still one of the references in the insurance business for their career and history in the industry.

Since then until today, Agrupació is well known for their innovative and advanced products and services, developing the business in different activities such as wellness,

Christmas open house at PAD PAD animal protection centre in Cerros de Aguila is holding a pre-Christmas open house on Sunday.

The cats and dogs that the centre looks after are in need of all the help they can get, according to co-founder of the centre, Monica Dredge.

Doors will open on Sunday from 11am until 3pm. Monica said: “We would like to welcome animal lovers, their friends and family to meet our animals, have a drink, a tapa, coffee or Christmas cookie, get interested in our work, become a dogwalker, adopt, foster or sponsor an animal.

“We know the crisis has hit everybody, but the animals are suffering more than ever, being neglected or just abandoned. I have never seen so many hungry, sad and unhappy animals before.

Please help us to help the animals in need.”

The centre can be found next to the municipal dog pound CANES in Mijas/Fuengirola at Km 1 Cerros de Aguila.

sanitary, health and life, dependence or home and accident insurances.

Agrupació is part of the ‘Credit Mutuel,’ one of the world’s biggest Monetary Funds. They also have the ISO 9001 seal of quality, one of the few companies that qualify under the regulations in Spain.

“A personalised, closed relation with our customers is what make us different from any of the other insurance companies you’ll find,” states Javier Betancourt.

He is one of the front faces in the office and has been in the insurance business for 20 years.

Agrupació offers many health insurances for different needs.

One of the specialties of Agrupació is the Dependence Insurance, being one of only three insurance companies

competition prices, with the best funeral plans, discounts up to 20 per cent, three months for free in health insurance, six months for free in child plans or special prices for smoke-free clients.

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On Fridays, you can visit Agrupació from 8am to 3pm.

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This insurance gives an economic help needed from the loss of autonomy.

Agrupació understands the difficult economic situation and offers services with affordable and no

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The gentle touch David THE Dogman Listen to David on TRE every Saturday 10am to 11am Costa del Sol (Gibraltar/Sotogrande) 98.7fm (San Roque to Calahonda) 91.9fm (Calahonda to Motril) 88.9, Costa Calida 92.7fm Costa Blanca (Torrevieja to Elche) 105.1fm (Elche to Calpe) 88.2fm, (Calpe to Gandia & Ibiza) 104.6fm, (Denia to Valencia) 95.3fm Mallorca 103.9fm

JUST as we, as humans, develop less than perfect posture and have areas where we carry tension (e.g. tight shoulders), so too do our pets.

Your dog may have a really tight tail or might carry his head quite high, indicating tension in the neck. He might carry tension in his muzzle and bark excessively.

These patterns of tension and blocked awareness of certain areas of the body can create stress elsewhere in the body, potentially affecting posture and behaviour.

The technique Tellington TTouch helps to release tension and to improve its balance, co-ordination and posture, which influence behaviour.

As posture improves, so does behaviour, and often unwanted behaviours diminish.

The animal becomes calmer and more focused, learning to respond rather than react to situations.

Exercises can seem a little different to typical animal training techniques, as they do not directly address specific training or behavioural issues, but by teaching the animal to have better balance and co-ordination, more selfawareness, and to be able to self-calm, they give it transferrable skills to take into its

wider life. TTouch can help with issues like inappropriate aggression, fear of thunder/fireworks, fear of the vet or being groomed, nervousness of new situations, lack of focus, over-grooming, pulling on the lead, training issues and general well-being.

It is a great way of strengthening the owneranimal bond as the animal really learns to trust their owner

on a deep level.

Tellington TTouch is being used by pet owners and professionals alike - it is used in rescue centres to help rehabilitate animals prior to rehoming.

In conjunction with other supportive treatments (e.g. hydrotherapy) it can help animals recovering from spinal or neurological injuries. It is so gentle it can be used on puppies and kittens as well as ageing pets. Your vet might know a TTouch consultant.

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Recovery in Spanish property sales is strengthening slowly but steadily HOUSE sales in Spain increased between October 2012 and September 2013, a report by the Ministry of Public Works has revealed.

A total of 341,104 houses were bought in this period, a 1.4 per cent increase in relation to the same period the previous year. The regions of Murcia, Aragon and Cataluña are the ones where more houses were sold, with a rise of 14.3, 9.4 and 7.6 per cent respectively. These figures contrast, however, with

those corresponding to house sales during the third quarter of the year.

According to the report, 70,196 houses were bought between July and September this year, a 6.8 per cent year-on-year fall.

Only three regions The Canaries, Murcia and Cataluña registered positive year-on-year figures, with the remaining 13 Spanish regions registering negative ones.

Costas still the best for second homes WITH continued positive GDP growth forecast for 2014 according to the EU Commission, the reignition of the Spanish economy is proving attractive to overseas investors.

From one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates, who recently acquired a $155 million (€114.3 million) stake in a major Spanish builder, through to ordinary people buying homes, the smart money is pouring into the Spanish property market with the Costa del Sol on the receiving end of much of this investment.

The popular secondhome destination saw a 33 per cent increase in sales to foreigners in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, according to Malaga

Tourism Board.

Despite predictions that the introduction of the new ‘Golden Visa’ (which grants residency to non-EU nationals who purchase property worth €500,000 or more) would see more Russian and Asian buyers, it is in fact the British who remain the second-home market drivers accounting for 630 transactions or almost 20 per cent, within Malaga Province.

“Visiting the Costa del Sol each month I have seen first-hand the steady increase in both tourism levels and demand for second homes over the last 1824 months and am confident that we are once again on an upward curve,” stated Marc Pritchard, Sales & Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey España.

By province, four registered a year-on-year increase: Malaga, Santa

Cruz de Tenerife, Almeria and Alicante where more houses were sold.

Finally, the report mentions that 56,278 houses, that is 80.2 per

cent, were resale properties, with 13,918 new homes sold.

Market pulse getting stronger Bob Callan

The Property Insider www.BobCallan.com

THE green shots of recovery are showing momentum during 2013, says Bob Callan, who will be writing a new monthly Property Insider column for the EWN. Here Bob introduces himself and gives some thoughts on the property scene...

I AM in constant contact with banks, lawyers, financial advisors and fellow Marbella, Costa del sol agents, and the most of them are in agreement that the local property market pulse has been getting stronger by the month since the beginning of the year.

I have lived and breathed property for over 30 years, having started as a developer in London.

Nowadays I specialise in property on the Costa del Sol and in particular Marbella.

How different things are to five years ago when I featured on ITV programme Paradise Lost about the downturn in the Spanish property market.

Since then plenty of big names have gone or are struggling... The MRIS, Andalucian Dream Homes and another big Marbella name which is currently in receivership.

Thankfully the upmarket property market in Marbella and the Costa del Sol, however, has generally outperformed the general Spanish property market.

Throughout 2013, Marbella and the Costa del Sol have shown green shoots of recovery. Luxury

and exclusive properties in prime areas have been selling at realistic prices.

Serious investors have also come out in force throughout the year, sensing that perhaps the luxury market has bottomed out, and are ready and waiting to pounce on that ‘once in a lifetime’ investment deal.In my monthly column I will be keeping you informed on all aspects of the Spanish and local market, bringing you the bargain property deals of the month, including new home bargains.

I will be featuring luxury and exclusive homes which most can only dream of. All the local gossip of what the stars and celebrities are buying or selling and generally what they are getting up to.

I look forward to you joining me soon in my new Property Insider column.

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AIR CONDITIONING by Cool and Cosy. The family company that cares. Installation and repairs. Quality machines. EsoSense movement sensor supplied and fitted for 80 euros. Coin meters supplied and fitted from 230 euros. For other energy-saving products, visit www.cooland cosy.es. Tel 952 935 513 (219783) AIR CONDITIONING SALE! 7000 Fujima (small) 295 euros, 9000 Fujima (medium) 345 euros, 12000 Fujima (large) 395 euros. These DIY kits include all pipes, brackets & English instructions. We can install for 150 euros if you wish, so for example our 9000 model for medium size room would cost just 495 euros fully fitted & guaranteed. These air conditioners are premium luxury models normally costing from 700-1000 euros each!!

Phone our senior fitter mark on 635 059 456 for free home visit or to arrange to visit our Fuengirola depot to view these DIY models. KOLDAIR Air Con Company, est 1978 (217539)

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VISIT The Bed Warehouse for top quality British beds or just mattresses at unbeatable prices. Also top brands of bankrupt stock including Silentnight, Sealy, Rest Assured etc. Direct from our new larger premises on the Camino de Coin (A7053) km 13 heading out of Fuengirola - opposite RDMC’s and Woods Direct. Tel 634 187 700 / 600 633 986 (215791) WATERBED. Softside waterbeds from €1,200 complete. Hardside waterbeds from €750 complete.

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TAXI FLYING to Stanstead or London Southend? For pre-booked (legal) taxi ring or text (0044) 7440 629 947 or email ed.dri ve@yahoo.com. Safe and sound to any destination any time..(215315)

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JIM’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small. 692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (208371) SMALL SKIPS FOR HIRE, we cover Calahonda to Duquesa Clearflow Group. Tel. 630 200 600 or 616 456 601 (217673) SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs.

Visit www.swinglescasas. com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (202607) www.blueflaghomes.com.

Professional home builders in Spain since 2003. You choose the design - we do the rest. Tel 952 472 283 (217569) CONCRETE Ozbuild specialist imprinted concrete. Reseals, brickwork, tiling, plastering, screeding.

10 years coast/campo. Competitive prices, quality finish. 952 426 074 / 606 745 920 www.ozbuildspain.com Quote EWN when calling. (216599)

BUSINESS FOR SALE RESTAURANT in busy central location of La Cala, fully equipped, 150m2 plus terrace, front and rear. Lease for sale 14,000€, all equipment included. Tel 676 571 719 (219961)

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Best prices GUARANTEED. Card meters also available. Tel 616 119 007 & 952 550 323

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GOURMET Spanish wine tasting and tours, Vineyard Lunches and Cellar Door Experiences www.trip pyvines.com 674 187 559

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Mick 634 053 107 (218510) CD and DVD collections large or small. TC will buy them all. Telephone 652 072 600 (218597) PRIVATE INVESTOR, large cash reserve, ready to purchase top jewellery, watches, gold, diamonds, paintings.

Possibility to arrange loan on importance pieces. Discretion and immediate payment assured. Call 603 459 108 (208102) POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts Tel: 666 933 726 www.spainpool.com (218571)

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CARAVANS PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / info@eu rodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (204977)

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CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (202841) IRISH CARPENTER, doors, decking, kitchens, bathrooms, all aspects. Established 2002. Tel 952 196 457 or 696 064 019 www.complete-carpentry.com (216606) CARPENTER, joiner, Swiss, reliable, reasonable, quality.

Kitchens, bathrooms, tiling etc.

Engineered wooden floors installed from 35€/m2. Bruno Horn.

637 506 527 / 951 397 436 / brunaz@yahoo.com (215853) DB INSTALLATIONS Established on the coast since 1998. Fit kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, lounges, studies and general carpentry. All work carried out to the highest of standards and fully guaranteed. Call 660 817 308/ 951 204 077 www.dbinstalla tions.weebly.com (207673)

BASIC COMPUTER LESSONS taught by mature adult. Tune-ups, upgrades, recover lost files and photos. Tel 626 980 869 (218514)

CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL YOUR CONSTRUCTION needs, new build-reform, pool, maintenance. Holiday rental maintenance. Coast and inland.

35 years experience, 12 years in Spain. Contact Matt 0034 615 309 446 or 0044 01631 705 000 (217670)

CURTAINS QUALITY hand finished curtains & soft furnishings, professionally qualified, contact Rachel 952 825 766 or visit www.curtaincouture marbella.com (209717) CURTAINS, BLINDS, UPHOLSTERY, a complete service. www.marbellacurtaindesign.com.

Mary 675 813 348 (215855)

DAMP PROOFING SPANISH: QUALIFIED NATIVE TEACHERS, COIN CENTRE, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. 656 272 719 (207629) GUADALMINA IDIOMAS LANGUAGE SCHOOL. Group/private lessons. Private lessons @ home. Native and qualified teachers. Centro Comercial Guadalmina, above SUPERSOL. Tel 952 883 880 www.guadalminaid iomas.net / info@guadalmi naidiomas.net (219666)

CLEANING SERVICES OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard, dirty work, from 35€. 632 569 282 oven cleaningcostadelsol.com (207828)

DAMP Problem!! Sourced and cured by master builder, longest established damp company on the coast. Call Ed 693 859 894 (217701)

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES WASHING machine repairs and sales. No fix No fee. Tel Joe: 686 271 836/952 448 695 (215766)

DOMESTIC APP. REPAIRS DOMESTIC Appliance repairs washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired.

Christian 608 337 497 (207492)

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UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST, RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382) LEATHER Suites, Upholstery and carpets thoroughly cleaned. Tel: 952 930 472 or 667 430 518

COMM. PROPERTY OFFICE in Calahonda facing N340. 108m2. Suitable for an office, shop or warehouse. Tel: 696 206 698 (218633)

COMPUTERS LAPTOP HELP LINE. Notebooks, netbooks and tablets repaired, software updates, Internet and email problems solved. Refurbished laptops for sale. Web page designed and maintained. 952 564 274 / 677 702 501 (208364) COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED. Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Repairs and upgrades available. Laptops in English. Kindle, iPad & Android help. One-toone training. Also, low cost, reliable internet TV solutions, even for slow connections. Experienced, reliable service. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (216558)

CLEARFLOW DRAIN SERVICES. All drain problems solved. More than 25 years on the coast. Leak detection, leak and repair. Clearflow Group. Telephone 952 885 661 or 630 200 600 (217647)

ELECTRICIANS ELECTRICIAN 16th Edition BS7671 qualified 24 years experience. Rewires, extra sockets, lights, fault finding etc. www.electrician costadelsol.com Contact electrician.in.spain@gmail.c om Call Ian 650 151 569 (203235) ELECTRICIAN fully qualified all aspects covered. No call out charge.

Honest reliable service.Call James Tel.954 059 041 Mobile.667 876 754 (215794) ELECTRICIAN on coast for 11 years, repairs and installation. Call James 652 023 012 (215766) ALL ELECTRICS - Rewiring, fault finding, boletins - 693 678 980

www.euroweeklynews.com AN EXPERIENCED electrician/electronic technician. Full/part rewiring, fault finding and maintenance. Exterior/interior lighting system, security alarm and CCTV systems, home and car audio/video installation and repair.

English and Russian spoken. Mob 685 222 433 (215370)

ENERGY CERTIFICATES MY ENERGY CERTIFICATE. Now legally required for all properties for sale or rent. Call +34 627 805 581 info@myener gycertificate.com (216551)

ENGINEERING DLS FABRICATIONS Welding engineers and wrought iron specialist. 649 696 453 www.dlsfabs.com (215343)

FENCING SERVICES CHAINLINK FENCING erectors, general builders, really competitive prices. Free quotation, no job too big or small, very reliable. Tel: 655 218 466 (209671)

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And cannot get money from a bank? Contact us! Tel: 952 810 438 or 690 270 682 Email : mtf@bc-international.eu Business Contacts International (215941)

FIREWOOD DELIVERY BEST QUALITY large logs, charcoal and sawdust. motale nia@gmail.com / 952 490 028 (207621)

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GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gardenprofessionals.com (215793) GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design. Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 www.jardin-garden.es (208110) ARBOLISTA Tree Surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998. 600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree.com (207515)

LAWN PAINTING LOVELY LAWNS (Brand new prestigious service). We green your lawn with our special lawn dye. We can also fertilise your lawn and kill your weeds. Instant results, average price depending on size €25. Specialist products from UK. Tel 666 850 328

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671 244 683 (203209) T1

MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed.

Wooden floors treated. No job too small. Family run. Cleansol 10am 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (215777) TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (215928)

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HEALTH & BEAUTY SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 608 977 260 www.masajes sayan.es (218077) ASIAN MASSAGE SALON in Benalmadena, promotion month of May 30 euros one hour body massage, all masseuses are Asian and qualified with lots of experience. Telephone: 952 824 348, 660 587 171 www.asianmassagesalon.com (206767)

BEAUTY TREATMENTS BOTOX AND FILLERS - From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. 609 347 086. www.al tered-image.eu (219778)

CHIROPODISTS PODIATRIST / CHIROPODIST Jennifer M.S.S.Ch M.B.CH.A HCPC reg. Qualified 25 years, Diabetic footcare, ingrowing / fungal nail, verrucae, callous / corn removal. La Cala 603 447 008 or 663 516 654 (219793)

MASSAGE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS MASSAGE 12 years experience.

1 hour €35, 1.5 hours €50, Elviria.

Wendy 952 852 330 or 634 310 821. Mobile service + €10 (216603)

HIRE SERVICES SMALL SKIPS FOR HIRE, we cover Calahonda to Duquesa Clearflow Group. Tel. 630 200 600 or 616 456 601 (217673)

FLOOR POLISHING

MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE .WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (207797) T1

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HOT TUBS/SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (200773)

HOUSE CLEARANCES EXPRESS Metalwork Services.

Gates, grilles, rails and scissor gates. 952 485 261, 617 065 636. www.express-steel.com (215878) ELECTRIC GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation. Call Colin - 636 394 641 (217722)

GENERAL SERVICES ALMOST ANYTHING! General household maintenance, plumbing, tiling, painting and more.

Marbella to Fuengirola, Speak to Gareth, Tel - 690 841 188.

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GUITARS GUITAR LESSONS. Pop music, blues, jazz, qualified Dutch teacher. In English, Spanish, Dutch. Marbella Golden Mile area.

25€ per 50 min lesson. Call Benno 633 319 639 (215349) CHARLIEGUITAR.COM. Sell and buy guitars. The first vintage shop in Spain, opposite the bus station.

Calle Jacinto, Benavente No 1, Fuengirola 622 919 500 (215849) YAMAHA STRAT with case, plus Marshal practice amp. 200€. 602 533 508 (215897)

WANTED – House Clearance and garage clearance, best prices paid. Contact Paul Vickers, 617 543 315 (207637) WANTED HOUSE CLEARANCE. WE BUY ANYTHING, BEST PRICES PAID FOR YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS. CALL MOBILE 693 480 411 EMAIL AN NETTE.GODDARD@YAHOO.C O.UK (208374) WANTED FURNITURE & household items houses gardens garages cleared top prices paid fast reliable service 639 229 607 / 649 977 723 (215472) HOME CLEARANCES WANTED. Buy and Sell. Quality furniture.

Cash paid. Jeans Emporium. Tel 952 793 578 (217576)

INSURANCE

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LAUNDRY NANCY’S LAUNDRY. Washing, drying, ironing, dry cleaning, duvet, bedcovers, curtains, rugs, drop off or collection and delivery available. Avda. Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel (between Lloyds Bank and Piscis). Tel 952 561 726 www.nancyslaundry.es (219605)

LAWYERS INTERNET

call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzica ley@gmail.com (207499) WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

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Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars. Home insurance from €50. Tel: 952 893 380 (68259) LSM INSURANCE. No fat singing blokes or trumpeting telephones, just professional service at the best prices for all your insurance needs including car, household, commercial, life, health and travel. Tel 952 578 008 or www.lsminsurance.biz for a quotation (218726)

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euin surancedirect.com www.euinsur ancedirect.com (217630)

HOLA CREDITO. Instant short term loans against your valuables.

Quick, easy and always discreet.

Tel 900 123 457 www.holacredi to.com (202979)

24/7 LOCKSMITH

HOSTING - Carrier grade data centre in Elviria, two diesel generators, multiple backbone symmetrical carrier-class connections, BGP4 routing, aircon, secure facilities. For dedicated housing or hostings with serious bandwidth and 99.99% uptime, we can host your servers and applications in our data centre in Elviria. Feel free to visit us to discuss your needs. 951 055 676 www.mercuryinternet.com (218717)

INVESTMENT OPP. GREAT commercial investment opportunity in SOTOGRANDE. Nine offices for sale, next door to Mercadona and Hypercor supermarkets on the AP7 exit. Total construction 600sq/m @ only 175,000€. Phone 0044 7770 885221 or email acm1@btcon nect.com (215925)

JOINERY I-Bespoke Joiner. I can design and build or copy from a photo anything in wood. Internal and external carpentry and joinery projects. Portfolio available to view online. Contact i.bespokejoiner@gmail.com (0034) 661 403 377 (215303)

LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (93549) T1 COSTALOCKS 24/7, LOCKSMITH/ HOME SECURITY, NEW KEYS, KEYED ALIKE, WINDOWS SECURED, SAFES OPENED / INSTALLED, FREE HOME SECURITY CHECK, CALL Debby or Bob 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WWW.COSTALOCKS.COM (208085) T2

MASSAGE JAPANESE beautiful lady certified from Watpo Temple in Bangkok gives unforgettable authentic traditional Thai massage. Torremolinos 633 508 435 (215340)

MISCELLANEOUS WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Passport renewals and all adverts for Euro Weekly News – display or classified. Open 9.002.00PM (Sat 10.00 – 2.00PM) One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93 (Passports Mon to Fri Only) Tel: 952 471 877 (95705)

MOBILE HOMES

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WE BUY, Sell, remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details

MOBILITY SCOOTERS, Electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames for sale and rent. Delivered to home or hotel. Part exchange considered always a good selection of quality used mobility scooters in stock with guarantee, eg Shoprider Cadiz. Rascal 850.

Sterling Elite xS . Monarch Sprint, Kymco for you. Rascal 388 Shoprider, Sovereign, Mercury Reo 4, Rascal Eco 4.

Mercury Prism. Sterling Emerald. Rascal Partner, Rascal Turnabout electric wheelchair. Sterling Pearl T.G.A eclipse boot scooter plus many more. New wheelchairs always in stock. Mobility scooters bought for cash. Mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted. For same day delivery phone 609 581 139. www.mobilityscootersdirect spain.com email mobilitysolu tionsespana@hotmail.com (203240)

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MOSQUITO SCREENS ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated.

Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / in fo@aceofshades.es (101730) MOSQUITO SCREENS. All types, all colours, fast service.

Coast and inland covered. 655 825 931 (218575) MOSQUITO SCREENS, call Mosquito Nick tlf 647 072 861 www.mosquitonick.ws (215252)

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MOBILITY THE MOBILITY WIZARD. All types of mobility scooters, wheelchairs and disability aids for hire or sale. Replacement parts including batteries, tyres and motors available. Authorised Agents for all major companies. Most repairs carried out at your home or FREE loan machine if scooter has to be taken for repair, ensuring you are kept mobile. Fully comprehensive mobility insurance for 105 euros per year. Tel 633 127 901 / www.mobility-spain.com /info@mobility-spain.com (219684)

MOBILITY SERVICES MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, nursing beds, rise ‘n’ recline chairs. Also a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire.

For the best price and advice call Senior World. Tel 952 663 131 or 670 964 181. Visit our large showroom in Los Boliches (218744)

WANTED SPANISH PLATED CARS

INSTANT CASH SAMANTHA – GORDON

952 83 21 73 608 658 785

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CHIPS AWAY, Marbella, San Pedro. 10% discount. Tlf. 952 853 350. See advert on page 14 (209715)

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E W N 28 November - 4 December 2013 / Costa del Sol 2003 RANGE ROVER 4.4 Vogue, black with cream leather, English plates, rhd, 86,000 miles, fully loaded, excellent condition throughout, only 8,995€ 672 550 037 (209777)

CHRYSLER Crossfire, hard top 2006, black with grey leather, very impressive car, clean throughout, only 40,000km, 9,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777)

CONVERTIBLE BMW 320 2002, Motor Sport, full spec, Spanish car, very nice exammple, 6,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777)

2003 VAUXHALL CORSA 1.7 DTI, diesel, 3 door in good condition throughout, new ITV, a cheap p/x bargain, 1,995€ 672 550 037 (209777)

CONVERTIBLE 2001 CLK Mercedes 320, silver, black roof, black leather, automatic, 18inch alloys, very clean for the year, 6,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777)

CAR SERVICES MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done, reasonable rates, prompt, reliable services 24/7.

620 020 232, 951 165 090 (207951) CABRIOSOL soft tops, German top quality, for all Cabriolet cars & jeeps. Professional fitting, repairs & change of plastic windows. Cabrio-sol. 639 580 372 (Camino de Coin km 13.2 Mijas Golf). Opening hours: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (215464) AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmat ic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (217517) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369. Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. brit mechanicspain@gmail.com (217674)

FOR SALE ARE you an expat with a Spanish car to sell??? Ring Robertson Cars, we want to buy Spanish registered cars and will pay top prices in cash for genuine low kilometer cars. Ring Samantha on 952 832 173 with car details and Gordon will phone you back with our valuation. Robertson (The Car Couple) here in Marbella for the last 28 years. Remember Robertson, the family business that you can trust. www.robert soncars-spain.com (219572)

CAR-ISMAS SAVER. Seven seater 4X4 DIESEL, automatic, Volvo XC90 D5 2006 momentum (just like Jeremy Clarkson’s) automatic, tiptronic, one owner, every extra, silver black leather, rare bargain.

The best 4x4 for safety and reliability and in stunning condition.

Owner leaving Spain, only reason it is for sale. Automatic and diesel and 7 seater and everything you could want. Was 13,995 euros, now 12,995 euros. Gordon Robertson tel 608 658 785 or 952 832 173 www.robertsoncarsspain.com (219572) CABRIO Peugeot 206 Coupe Cabrio 2007, only 89,000kms, approx 55,000 miles, silver blue with check trim, alloy wheels, cruise and climate control, CD player, 5 speed manual, lady owner leaving Spain, immaculate condition, electric hard dtop folds into boot, perfect Peugeot.

5,995€. Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (219572) CAR-ISMAS SAVER. Diesel Seat/Volkswagen Ibiza 1.4hdi 2007 reference 3 door, 5 speed.

Only 45,000kms. Owner leaving Spain, black beauty, climate control, CD player. Easy to park and so cheap to run. Diesel does it cheaper. Bargain was 5,750 euros, now 5,250 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple) Tel 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 (219572) 4x2 TOYOTA RAV 4 1.8 litre 16 valve. Long wheel base (room for the dogs), 5 door, silver with grey leather interior, only 68,000kms (approx 42,000 miles), climate control, CD player, lovely condition a credit to lady owner, this is the compact 4x2 everyone raves about, be quick. 6,995 euros.

Samantha or Gordon Robertson (The Car Couple), 608 658 785 / 952 832 173 www.robertsoncarsspain.com (219572) LARGE selection of vans, including Citroen Jumpers, Pick-ups, Ford Transits and Transit Connect 672 550 037 / 952 585 813 (209777) CHRYSLER Crossfire, hard top 2006, black with grey leather, very impressive car, clean throughout, only 40,000km, 9,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777)

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PEUGEOT 207, 5 door, diesel, 2008, silver, very good throughout, 1 owner, appx 50 mpg, only 5,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777) DIESEL automatic estate, Peugeot 407, 2006, fully loaded, inc sat nav, full panoramic roof, alloys, digital air con, immaculate car, 6,995€ 672 550 037 cd scars@mail.com (209777) CONVERTIBLE Chrysler Crossfire automatic, in black with red leather, fantastic condition in and out, 10,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777)

AUTOMATIC 2004, Peugeot 307, 1.6 automatic, I owner from new with full service history, excellent condition throughout 4,995€ 672 550 037 (209777) VARIOUS CARS available, lhd, rhd, 4x4s, automatic, manual, petrol & diesels from €1,000 672 550 037 / 952 585 813 / 600 868 056 (209777) 1980 MGB ROADSTER, lhd on Spanish plates, in near mint condition, this car must be seen to be appreciated, no time wasters. 8,995€. 672 550 037 / 952 585 813 (209777) 2010 CITROEN C4, 29,305km.

Efficient diesel - 66mpg, black, great condition. 9,900€. 693 752 954 www.seethecar.word press.com (207675)

2008 Ford Transit Connect, with side door, 1 owner from new, TDCi 200 series, excellent condition throughout, light use only, 5,450€ 672 550 037 (209777)

1997 CHRYSLER Stratus 2.5 V6 lx Convertible blue with black leather. All extras. LHD on English plates €1,200. Tel 607 510 109 (207676)

2007 Vauxhall Astra, new shape, 1.7 CDTi diesel, estate, only 90,000kms, alloys, air con, etc, in excellent condition throughout, one private owner from new, 6,995€. 672 550 037 (209777)

MINI COOPER CHECKMATE 2006, 101,000km.7,595 euros.

If you are looking to buy a mini in excellent condition, then look no further! This example is all but in mint condition, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! Metallic blue with silver roof and mirrors.

Alloy wheels, 1/2 leather, air conditioning, electric windows. To avoid disappointment, contact Stephen Paul on 680 799 231 or stephenpaul@live.co.uk (219685)

2006 CHRYSLER SEBRING automatic 2.4, only 46,000kms from new, fully loaded car, including sat nav, in excellent condition throughout, only 4,995€ 672 550 037 / 952 585 813 (209777) 2002 RENAULT Megane Classic 1.6 automatic, in very good condition throughout, alloys, air con, excellent runner, low kms, 2,450€ 672 550 037 / 952 585 813 (209777) 2004 VAUXHALL Safira, 2 litre, DGi, diesel, 7 seater, excellent condition throughout, in silver, new tyres, 2 sets of keys, private owner, only 4,995€. 672 550 037 / 952 585 813 (209777) CITROEN C3 diesel, 5 door 2008, new tyres, ITV 2015, excellent condition 4,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777) 2004 MERCEDES Verano 2.2 automatic, diesel, 6 seater minimus in very good condition throughout, in silver with grey leather, new ITV, 9,995€ 600 868 056 (209777) AUDI A3 1.8, Turbo Sport line, LHD/UK plates, 65,000kms, in excellent condition, 4 new tyres, 3 door. 3,995€ 672 550 037 cdscars@mail.com (209777)

FIAT Grande Punto, 2007, 128,000km. All extras. ITV. 3,450€ including transfer and payment options. Tel 634 029 878 (215934) RENAULT Scenic, auto. Luxury version. Very good condition. All extras. ITV. 5,400€ including transfer and payment option. 634 029 878 (215934) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbrady cars.com (207472) RANGE ROVER Sport (diesel) automatic HSE. TDV8 2007 metallic midnight blue, cream leather, sat/nav. This jeep is immaculate with only 146,000klm (91,000mls). Service history, parking sensors and lots more, look at this bargain, WAS 27,995€. NOW 26,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com (207472)

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MOTOR-HOME Benimar Sport 300 2009 Mdl. Ford Transit 2.2 TDCI,130.HP,CV. only 59’000 Klm (37’000 Mls.) 6 berth 6 belted seats Air-Conditioned, full central heating, Alarm, rear view camera, shower, toilet, 120 Ltr. water tank, 3 gas hob, fridge/freezer, DVD. This camper is immaculate has to be seen at this low price of only 28’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (207472)

MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now! (200726)

RANGE ROVER Sport 3.0 SDV6 HSE, 2011 bought from Salamanca Marbella, only 34,000klm (21,000mls). Cost new 80,000€.

Stornoway Grey, Almond premium leather, too many extras to list, look at this fantastic price 35,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (207472)

MECHANICS

VW POLO 1.4, 5 door 2010/11 metallic gunmetal grey, alloy wheels, looks fantastic, bought from main dealer, Sara Motors, leaving Spain, hence this bargain at only 7,995€, 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (207472) AUTOMATIC/Diesel Renault Megane 1.9 DCI, 2007 top of the range, with full Renault service history, only 87,000klm (54,000mls), half leather, climate control, alloy wheels and lots more, metallic gold, a fabulous car, was 6,995€, NOW ONLY 5,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (207472) AUTOMATIC Ford Focus 1.6 Inj 2007, 5 door from private owner, leaving Spain hence this bargain. Metallic blue and all the usual extras you get from Ford, bought from main dealer Fuengirola, yes only 5,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (207472) RENT to own your next car, modern, well maintained quality cars, all inclusive rates. Call AutoOasis on 952 623 297 or www.autooasi seurope.com (218544) MAZDA 5, 2.0 Sportive, 7 seater, silver, very good condition. €6,250 Tel 952 668 342 (217572) 2011 PEUGEOT 308 SW AUTOMATIC 1-6 Diesel (stop/start) 1 owner 11,500km 5/6/7 seater AS NEW 14,500 - 637 157 397 (207670) FORD Transit diesel. Spanish 1999, new ITV €1350. 655 095 147 (215879) SEAT 1.4FR 2007 hatchback. Lady owned from new. Low kms. Just services at Seat, new timing belt and 4 tyres. Bright red. Lovely, well cared for car. €4,750. Ian Giles. Tel 620 180 682 MERCEDES CLK240 V6 Elegance.

Very low kms. Lady owner past 8 years. Full history and high spec.

LHD. Spanish plates. Just serviced and ITV at Mercedes. Superb, well cared for car. €7,900. Ian Giles. Tel 620 180 682 RENAULT Traffic passenger van, 6 seater, 2007. TDI, air con, no km, Spanish reg. 4,685€. Tel 693 357 000 (215852)

INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies.

Call 952 893 380 (68259)

BRITISH MOBILE MECHANICS. Fully qualified, home visits, reasonable prices and repairs for all cars. ITV’s €80 we come to you. 951 400 189 www.mbcmechanics.com 695 913 592 (207809) MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (218685) BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP. Repair, service & ITV to all makes of cars, vans and 4 x 4s. Call Steve 951 914 025 or 605 407 369. Poligono Las Perales, Mijas Costa. britmechanic spain@gmail.com (217674)

REPAIRS AUTO ELECTRICAL Specialist.

Over 30 years experience.

Cars, commercials & boats.

Latest diagnostic equipment.

Petrol / diesel fuel injection problems solved. No job too small. Tel: 647 289 753 (219845)

REGISTRATION CAR TRANSFERS AND IMPORTS PROBLEMS WITH EMBARGOS ON ROAD TAX? SAME DAY COLLECTION OF PAPERS. ENGLISH SPEAKING. PLEASE CALL 633 271 274 (101382)

WANTED I BUY ANY CAR. 602 533 508 mikewallsp@gmail.com (218504) WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (101382) CARS wanted, we buy any car, UK plated, embargo cars, vans, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, campervans, lorries, etc etc, for quick decision call now. 600 868 056 five peastrading@aol.com CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (101382) CARS WANTED. All registration numbers, any age, runners/non runners, finance, embargoes, no problem, 687 049 592 or 622 156 022 (216552)

MUSIC DAVE C CLARKE, guitarist, vocalist, pianist, ex-Cunard.

Specialising in popular Spanish guitar. Available solo or combo. Parties/weddings/class restaurants, dinner dances. Huge repertoire. Details 687 627 434

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CLASSIFIEDS NAUTICAL 12 MTR BERTH in Puerto Banus available to rent, €6,000pa. 15 MTR BERTH in Estepona Marine for sale, very good position for sail boats, also DEEP. €45,000. Tel 609 044 965 (215851) 1990 Falcon 37 SPORTS BOAT racing design. Two Mercruiser 340 hp engines needs cosmetic attention. Offers over £15.000. Might take part exchange Classic car etc Tel 607 510 109 (207676) 2 MATCHING Kawasaki ultra 150 JET SKIS on Twin trailer 2001 models very good condition package €4.250 Tel. 607 510 109 (207676)

OSTEOPATH OSTEOPATH Chris Howard, BSc (Hons) Ost. La Cala de Mijas. Established over 10 years in Spain.

Diagnosis, advice, treatment for all types of pain/injury. Qualified, Registered, Insured. 952 050 180 / 679 501 367 (217709)

PAINTERS

PAINTER & DECORATOR. If you want your job done right, forget the rest and call the best. Sam “Simply the Best”, 18 years Mijas area. 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM. Painting/Interior design. Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486 PAINTING, Plumbing and General Build Works, Refurb and Reforms at competitive prices. Free quotation contact tel: 625 200 205 (217675) SANDTEX and Crown paint. AIM British Building Supplies. 952 835 172 www.abbs.es (219893) PAINTING & DECORATING guaranteed quality and a good price, OAP rates, call Roger 633 382 262

PERSONAL ELDERLY discerning clean healthy gentleman, seeks a contemporary, retired male nurse perhaps for friendship and much more with a penchant for playing medical scenario adult games in ambient secluded location, pool for winter sun and swimming an advantage. funseeker_71@ya hoo.co.uk (215338)

PEST CONTROL COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee, serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control Company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (209962)

JACK RUSSELL, 2 year old black & white male, fully vaccinated and micro-chipped with Pet Passport free to good home. He is a very friendly dog, but a new baby and lack of space means he needs a new home where he can get the attention he deserves. Call 951 313 262 (La Cala de Mijas)

PETS YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered, free of charge. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398)

CHARITIES ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call Marjorie 952 79 74 05 or 636 934 146 ACE CHARITY at El Refugio Kennels always needs volunteers to help with dog walking. It’s good exercise, a couple of hours any morning of the week. Foster and permanent homes also needed for our many inmates! Vivien 639 991 079 (93320) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public weekends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference.

You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepeonline.net www.sepeonline.net (93321) At SOS Animal Refuge we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clearout, please contact us on 665 682 919 or 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-animals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317)

ARCH - THE ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES WELCOMES VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR STABLES ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 - 12 OR BY APPOINTMENT. COME AND HELP OUT, OR SPONSOR OR ADOPT ONE OF OUR HORSES, DONKEYS OR MULES. WE ALWAYS NEED HELP WITH FUND RAISING TO LOOK AFTER THE ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. OUR AIM IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. WE ARE A SMALL FRIENDLY TEAM - WHY NOT JOIN US. FIND US IN ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, BEHIND THE VENTA MIRALMONTE ON THE ROAD FROM ALHAURIN TO COIN, (A404), URB.VIÑA BORREGO, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGNS. CHARITY REGISTERED WITH THE JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA NO 8448.

WWW.HORSERESCUESPAIN.ORG INFO@HORSERESCUESPAIN.ORG ARCHRESCUE@YAHOO.CO.UK TEL:- 635798219 OR 656935613 OR 620175828. NEW: ARCH CHARITY SHOP NOW OPEN IN ALHAURIN, NEXT TO MONEY CHANGE SHOP, AVENIDA GERALD BRENAN (93322)

FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL Bichon Frise puppy for sale with all vaccination, microchip, exc parents. 653 757 768 / 615 213 090 (215755)

KENNELS EURODOG Boarding Kennels and Cattery. Under new ownership, fully licensed and sanitary approved, long/short term. Mijas Costa Tel 697 731 171 www.eu rodogspain.com (207324) CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY is recommended and used by David the Dogman.

“I would not trust my dogs with anyone else”. Tel: 952 112 978. www.cat-and-dog-world.com

28 November - 4 December 2013 / Costa del Sol A C C O M PA N Y yo u r p e t s t o their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu

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REDUCED TORREBLANCA large 3 bedroom townhouse with parking. 169,000€. Tel 659 446 482 WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (208263)

PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Complete service from professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dogworld.com (209640)

GREAT OPPORTUNITY. TORREBLANCA. Ideal detached villa offering two self contained separate levels - main upper level 3 beds/1 bath - lower level 1 bed/1 bath, ideal for rental or elderly person/teenager/guests, large plot, private swimming pool and spacious garage, quiet residential area. Original asking price €299,500 - no agents fees, now €230,000. Viewing recommended - 647 647 629 (101501)

THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.moveyour dog.com (207293)

PHOTOGRAPHER

POOL TILING REPLACE your broken swimming pool tiles without draining your pool by utilising the very latest in underwater grouting and adhesives, quickly and efficiently. Call Lee at AquaTile Tel. 69 7529 677 www.aquatile.net (215342)

PRINT & DESIGN

STEFANIE’S KENNELS AND CATTERY, Estepona. Fully licensed, Junta approved, est. 1986. Viewing welcomed 952 790 943 www.stefanieskennels.com

PET INSURANCE PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371. www.protectapet.eu (216721)

PET TRANSPORT PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or e-mail us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227. Email: info@petcouriers.com or www.pet-couri ers.com (200622)

BENALMADENA PUEBLO - 2 bed penthouse, panoramic views, 139,000€ - 626 864 683 (202956) SELWO: Cosy townhouse, 180m2, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, large garden, car port.

No agents. 169,950€ Tel 644 132 738 (217683) PUEBLO LOPEZ - 4 bed townhouse, central location, 249,000€ - 626 864 683 VILLA. Half finished in prime location near Puerto Banus. Land 2065m2, built 850m2. 671 244 683 momarbella@yahoo.co.uk (203209)

PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.pet carespain.com (208106) COOL KENNELS AND CATTERY. Air conditioned. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. LAGU NAKENNELS@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983

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ANIMALCOURIERS - A KIND, CARING, FRIENDLY SERVICE BETWEEN SPAIN/UK. FLIGHTS FROM MALAGA OR ROAD FROM COSTA DEL SOL FOR YOUR PET TRAVEL. WWW.ANIMALCOURIERS.COM / 0044 1483 200123, 0034 635 155 962 OR ASK@ANI MALCOURIERS.COM FOR A QUOTATION. (207561)

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HOME STAGING MARBELLA. First impressions are imperative! Ensure a quick sale and let HOME STAGING MARBELLA transform your property into a special home buyers will love. www.homestagingmarbel la.com, call Petra 654 150 670 (219849)

LOOK NO FURTHER for your pet transport. We offer a service to travel with/without your pets/furniture. Pets from £295 including vet checks. Various vehicles to cater for your needs. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 spainukspain@hot mail.com (218548)

PROFESSIONAL pictures taken, in studio or location. Full studio set up, professional lighting and camera equipment. Full location portable lights. Photoshop expert and printing using professional Epson 4880 printer. Very friendly and professional: Isdabe, San Pedro. Tel 952 887 939 / 640 320 522 / 603 251 988.

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REDUCED. Villa for sale, Elviria. 3,000 sq metre plot.

Very modern. Top security system. 674 675 683 hayley.re mai@hotmail.com (215933)

PLUMBING THE IRISH PLUMBER FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING REQUIREMENTS, COMPLETE BATHROOM REFORMS, ALL AREAS COVERED. 7 DAYS, REASONABLE RATES. 605 206 394 PLUMBER: Water heaters repaired, replaced same day.

Full bathroom and kitchen reforms, previous work can be seen. References available.

Mark Allan - 608 454 778 / 952 937 244 (209854) NEED a Plumber all aspects covered. No call out charge. Honest reliable service. Call James Tel.954 059 041 Mobile.667 876 754.

30 YEARS ON THE COAST. I cover all aspects of plumbing & general maintenance. Graham 607 923 486 (217682) LEAK DETECTION and REPAIR. 25 years on the Coast.

Clear Flow Group. Telephone 952 885 661 or 630 200 600

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www.condorsol.com. Apartments and villas for sale at advantageous prices. Call 607 637 288, 952 462 302 (202945) WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (208263) EL COTO - 3 bed townhouse, panoramic view, pool, parking 149,000€ - 626 864 683 (209646)

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www.costarents.com Over 900 properties for long term rent. 671 093 925 (217721) VILLA for rent. Holiday let or long term rental. Sleeps 10 to 12 people. All on one level. Very modern.

674 675 683 hayley.remai@hot mail.com (215933) PRETTY country house in Coin.

Front porch, living room, kitchen with open fire, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Extras: A/C in bedrooms and living room, parking area, roof terrace with fantastic views and bbq area. Built: 70m2.

Land 1,000m2 Price: 600€ including bills. TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F-786) (209350) COUNTRY house very close to Coin town. Front porch terrace area, living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Parking area. Built 65m2. Price 450€. TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F-697) (209350)

PROP. MANAGEMENT

RIVIERA DEL SOL, 4 bed villa, pool, unfurnished 1,300€ per month. Tel 660 692 895 (215858) SIERRA BLANCA, 3 bed penthouse, furnished, stunning views, 2,500€. Tel 660 692 895 (215858) PUERTO BANUS penthouse available to rent, Xmas & New Year periods - 609 008 034 (219722)

PROPERTY TO LET

TOWNHOUSE Playa Golf, Torrequebrada, 2 bed, 2 bath, private garden, furnished, fantastic mountain & sea views, very clean, €650pm. 634 123 652 BENALMADENA Jupiter. Renovated corner one bedroom apartment over pools to let€500 monthly. Anne 651 036 447 (215346) APARTMENT and townhouse for rent in Neuva Andalucia from 700 euros each. Tel 647 222 295 (215899)

PROPERTY WANTED

PUMPS/WELLS WATERWELLS. Waterwell drilling, well pumps, irrigation, pump tests, pressure pumps. Waterwells.org/Sondein SL. Established on the coast since 1995.

Web page www.wellsinspain.com.

Enquiries info@wellsinspain.com 629 978 801 / fax 952 793 250

REFORMS QUALITY professional Polish workers. Total reforms to maintenance work. Andres 687 898 433

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REMOVALS Local and International. Full and part loads taken please call 952 816 582 www.fo cus-transport.com (201301) EUROPA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (217512) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (217512) STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (217512) LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (217512) WWW.SPAINUKSPAIN.COM. Vehicle leaving Spain on 9th / 19th / 29th, returning 10th / 20th / 30th.

Prices from £90 per cubic metre. cars £525, bikes £325, dogs £395, cats £295 inc vet checks/travel with your pets. Various vehicles to cater for your needs. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 (218548) MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates.

Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-european.com (93139) 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 6th December.

Space available. Tel. 639 928 090 (218529)

INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www.universalre movals.com Tel: 951 247 834 (208021) UK - SPAIN Removals. Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with AXA. Genuinely CARING service.

FULL and part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! bmceuro pean.com UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 (207584) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmatters.eu (215477) 25 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 6th December. Space available. Tel. 639 928 090 (208261)

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VAN AND MAN. Removals, clearances. Experienced and 100% reliable. €20 per hr. Paul 622 793 989 (208090) MANVAN REMOVALS €20 / hour, 3 vans available. House clearances. Storage from €10 / week. Tel David 696 810 618 (208088)

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190

WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business. English 646 066 351

SEWING ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices.

Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judeinspain@hotmail.com

SIGNS & DESIGNS SIGNS, all types, vehicles, pavement signs, illuminated, L.E.D. Neon, banners, sale boards. 16 years on the Coast! www.signstu diospain.com 639 133 135 / 952 796 299 (200801 )

SITUATIONS VACANT

LARGE LUTON VAN and man. €20 per hour, packing crates supplied. Kevin 628 993 995 (219216) MAN & VAN, removals, collections, clearances, 15€ hourly, Steve 722 306 194 (215786) MAN & VAN Removals and transport, all areas covered 100% reliable 952 816 582 (208360) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (200775)

STORAGE REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306 (44093)

ROLLER SHUTTERS

WE HAVE Scandinavian clients actively looking for villas, townhouses & apartments from Torremolinos to Calahonda.

Call Joe 626 864 683 (207636) www.costarents.com Properties urgently required for long term rent, clients waiting. 671 093 925 (217721) MARBELLA centre, rooms to let 671 244 683 (203209) TORREMOLINOS, Montemar, long term, 1 bedroom apartment, renovated, fully furnished, 360 euros, sea views, close to beach. 666 517 479 (217738) 2 BEDROOM Apartment for rent, Mijas Golf, brand new, furnished, beautiful, 550€ per month. 603 344 027 (215872)

WE HAVE Scandinavian and English clients for Villas, Townhouses, Apartments and Plots, from Malaga to Estepona. Also rentals. Tel TINA 634 328 703 (218015) WANTED long term rental, 1, 2, 3 years, 2-3 bedrooms, Benalmadena Port to La Carihuela, first/second line, pool, air con, parking. Please forward details to malcolm@polymacservices.co.uk or tel 0044 783 621 6417 or 0044 1384 444 312 (215903)

ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service. Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceofshades.es (101730)

SERVICES SPANISH Conversation. Friendly teacher. All levels. 654 480 194 (207669)

CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (202841)

EXPERIENCED CARERS REQUIRED! Join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £868 - £1330 for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English/ British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultuscare.com.

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CLASSIFIEDS QUALIFIED native English teacher wanted for academy in Benalmadena. Experienced young children, adults, Cambridge exam preparation. Send CV and references to i n f o @ n i c k y s a c a d e m y. c o m (215282) LEGAL and fiscal advisors in Fuengirola are seeking an administrative assistant to join their team. Applicants will have English as a first language, like looking after customers, a great telephone manner, computer skills and a certain level of Spanish.

Please email CV to an dal.inanl@gmail.com.

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SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosannacarmella@hot mail.com (203210)

SITUATIONS VACANT

REMOVAL / STORAGE

SOLAR LOWEST PRICES IN SPAIN. www.solarmegastore.es (217507)

SWIMMING POOLS POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland re-grouts, heaters. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklenripple.net (207400) T3 www.perfectpools.es. Maintenance, repairs, professional and reliable service, all areas from €70 per month. info@perfectpools.es.

650 348 785 (219784) JUSTPOOLS.ES 8x4m pool: regrouts (450€). Maintenance (86€). Coast and Coin. 619 636 586 / 952 472 476 (215296)

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CONSTRUCTION / MAINTENANCE AFFORDABLE POOL MAINTENANCE - Professional maintenance from only €80 per month (exc. chemicals) Call Splash Pools on 952 591 053 open 8am to 4pm (217640)

THERAPISTS LIFE COACHING, stress, depression, other problems. 24 years experience.

Contact 634 369 414 (206835)

28 November - 4 December 2013 / Costa del Sol TILING TILING AND REFORMATION of kitchens/bathrooms.

Free estimates. Graham - 607 923 486 (217682)

TRANSLATIONS O F F I C I A L T R A N S LAT I O N S. A L L LA N G U A G E S. T E L . 6 5 4 6 1 3 0 9 4 s a n p e d r o t ra n s l a tions@gmail.com (217706)

CHANGE your thinking, change your life. Psychotherapist Philip Jameson. Adults, adolescents, families. 952 789 907 - 635 276 140 (219863)

DON’ T UNDERSTAND? I can help you communicate with lawyers, courts, doctors, paperwork, builders, etc. Professional translator/interpreter, 15 years experience. Christina 607 501 408 email christina.heger@gmail.com (218731)

P S Y C H O L O G I S T : Depression, panic attacks, hypnosis.

Dr Frank Stahl. Tel: 609 503 021 (218724)

SWORN TRANSLATIONS. Reas o n a b l e ra t e s , c a l l 6 2 5 4 7 9 404 karenmonterosa@hot mail.com (207672)

TROPHIES LASER ENGRAVED Trophies, Prizes, quality glass engraving service, competitive prices, with 40 years experience. Trophies, medal, badges from 1€. THE SPORTS SHOP, Fuengirola. Tel: 952 473 530 (219732)

TV & VIDEO MR NICESKY satellite, dish realignment and installations.

Tel James: 652 023 012 SKY PROBLEMS / Installers don’t turn up when they promise to? Can’t or won’t sort out your satellite problems? Then call Steve @ Scansat. We supply and install full Sky Systems, Digiboxes, Dishes, Sky cards UK/Irish. Dish relocations and TV extensions. For a fast reliable service call Steve 676 533 209 problem solved!

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SKY DIGIBOXES - Freeview & Sky+ HD, new, used & refurbished inc warranty from € 3 0 . Te l 6 5 3 0 6 1 4 7 2 (216743) REPAIRS – TV’s, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi – Boxes, Video, Hi-Fi and microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 Years experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (215345) UK TELEVISION, Films, Sports and more. Internet connection required. Watch on computer or television. No monthly fees. www.webease.eu (215932) NO Dish Needed, IPTV Set Top Boxes only 150e Freesat/Sky uk. Wifi Broadband only 150€ Free delivery.

Dish retunes 20€ www.myiptvuk.com Tel.954 059 041 Mobile.667 876 754 (215794)

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UPHOLSTERY CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST,RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382) CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned.

Reliable, fast service. Family run.

Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am - 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (215777)

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MOBILE SERVICE. ITV Legal.

Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 solar shadetinting@gmail.com (207469)

XXX RELAXATION READERS OF A SENSITIVE DISPOSITION MAY FIND SOME OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS SECTION OFFENSIVE.

WANTED GOOD QUALITY. Fishing tackle, old air guns, swords, knives, old stamp collections.

All manner of small antiques etc. 629 258 280 (219704)

WASHING MACHINE NEAR Calahonda – Call me on 602 690 036 for natural French, latin passion, sexy, discreet and welcoming in my private chalet.

Visa 24hrs. (219558)

REPAIRS WASHING machine repairs and sales. No fix No fee. Tel Joe: 686 271 836/952 448 695 (215766)

NEAR MIRAFLORES - Angela, sexy Russian, statuesque body tall, angel face, pert bottom.

French, different positions, erotic massages. www.butterflygirls.es 24hrs 634 193 202 (219558)

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RIVIERA - Vicky - vicious + discreet, natural breasts, pure curiosity and pleasure. Loves fantasies, the best lover. 24 hrs 634 193 202 (219558)

RIVIERA - A chalet for demanding men. Beautiful women waiting to please your sexual fantasies. Toys, porn films, discreet.

24hrs 951 274 723 (219558) NEAR MIRAFLORES - Beautiful brunettes, latin, fulfil your intimate desires. New positions, erotic shower. 26yrs, English, home visits - 602 690 036 (219558) RIVIERA - Latin domination, experts or beginners. Fetishism, bondage, etc. Fully equipped dungeon in luxurious chalet. By appointment only. 634 487 517 (219558) NEAR ELVIRIA - Maria - Bulgarian, 25yrs, Eastern doll, sweet, sensual. Body of vice, slim, small breasts, pert bottom. 24hrs 602 690 036 (219558) RUSSIAN sisters 19, 20! Spectacular bodies! Natural French, Greek, kisses with tongue …

Fuengirola 633 520 255 (217655) MARBELLA CENTRE – the ideal place for your enjoyment in the city centre, eight young ladies for unforgettable moments. Open 24h and prices from €50. For reservations and information call 620 366 817 (95451) T2 SEXY blonde playful kitten. All services.

Out Calls. www.masajeseroticosmarbella.co m Tel : 645 898 573 (217554) SAN PEDRO, MIMI, 34yrs from Indonesia, very attractive, exotic, sexy, kind. Erotic, orgasmic Balisian massage and all your fantasy come true, no rush, all with happy ending. Incall, outcall, 603 352 507 (207631) NEAR Torrequebrada Casino, Benalmadena. Beautiful blonde, perfect body, massage & more, home & outcalls. 632 721 814 ONLY for mature women, handsome young man, discretion, outcalls, incalls, bc, Estepona. 662 424 941 (219705)

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www.euroweeklynews.com VERY URGENT. Ladies needed from 22 to 35 years for relax. San Pedro - Estepona area. Call 658 144 912. Whatsapp: 616 374 640 (215871) SAN PEDRO - Estepona. Barbara, blonde, very sexy, erotic masseuse. Hotel callouts. 658 144 912 (215871)

SOTOGRANDE Natalie, Lovely, Sexy, Attractive. Call me 648 704 564 (215258) MARBELLA, Andrea 20 years old, 1.75 tall, slim, French kisses, sensual and willing to please. 633 050 016 (209742) MATURE elegant lady. Voluptuous bust. All services. Only hotel and home visits. 687 387 680 (208442) ESTEPONA Rocio Paraguayan, Greek complete French, friendly and loving, home visits. 633 487 004 (209742) BENALMADENA - LAURA 28, delightful brunette. Fine skin, sexy model. Unique experience. Tel 633 744 422 (219848) GOLFERS! 19th HOLE. Classy, voluptuous, sensual, passionate brunette. Pleasure guaranteed.

Friend available. Banus - 666 014 674 (217710) CAMILA 27 years, blonde, slim, vicious, massages, couples, lesbic, out calls along the coast, 24 hours, Marbella Centre 672 906 836 (215880)

DANA, Brazilian, mature 44 years, blonde, slim, massages, lesbian couples, out call along the coast, 24 hours, Marbella Centre 698 205 833 (215880) VANESSA, Brazilian, blonde, slim, 35 years, massages, couples, hotels, 24 hours, Marbella Centre 611 279 018 (215880) 42 yr old slender brunette for an erotic massage at my villa or a special massage in my DUNGEON at my finca. French without, no limits. Or come swim with me. Tel 662 913 428. Check me out at lailalynch1.com (218503) FOR GENTLEMEN - FUENGIROLA. Beautiful and tiny haired stunner.

I am very sexy and friendly, sweet and special. Full erotic massage, sensitive and stimulating with a happy ending, the ultimate relaxation. Maximum hygiene and discretion. I am excellent company. 673 612 032 (215627) LOVELY Asian, Spanish, Russian, Lithuanian, hot and horny, discreet villa, Las Chapas, near Calahonda 679 126 231 (215457)

MAX Macho - Male Stud/for hire!

6’ 3” tall, dark and handsome and V.W.E! Call anytime - 633 339 087 satisfaction guaranteed. Respectful, friendly, intelligent, hot and super sexy. Couples and Ladies only service. Marbella / very private discreet visiting service. 633 339 087 (2165443) SOTOGRANDE. The most sensual Tantra massage. Art of Touch!

Valentina 638 845 731 www.aure atantra.com (215873) MARBELLA, Carmen, kissing, Greek, big bottom, French until end. Arias Maldonado Street, Ibereste 1-3oG. 637 872 718 (215478) SQUIRTING girl with special ability squirting. Private apartment or hotel & home visits. Escort also.

Work daily. skill@gmx.us 622 269 947 (217667) LUXURY chalet, 24 hours, private parties, stag parties, groups, services from 30 euros, 10 young ladies, five rooms, disco, 2 halls, free bar, pool, home call-outs, visa. 952 582 150 / 605 322 645 (218047) MARBELLA, novelty, beautiful lady, elegant, slim, brunette. Hotels and visits only. 693 367 624 (219799)

28 November - 4 December 2013 / Costa del Sol MARCO - Bisexual male discovery!

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Super Sebastian, sensational City, sad England in rugby and cricket Tony Matthews

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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CONGRATULATIONS, again, to F1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel who equalled Michael Schumacher’s feat of 13 wins in a Grand Prix season by taking the chequered flag in Brazil last Sunday.

Superstar Vettel also emulated Alberto Ascari’s record of nine GP wins in succession, set in 1952-53, although the German actually reached the target in just eight months (March-November).

Also, England’s Max Chilton became the first

rookie to finish in all his Grand Prix races in his first season (19 out of 19). He will learn this week whether or not he’ll be driving for the Marussia team in 2014.

Arsenal, Celtic, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United have all been involved in Champions League action this week, while Tottenham, Swansea and Wigan compete in the Europa League this evening. And over the coming weekend there are full programmes in the Premiership (including Cardiff-Arsenal, ChelseaSouthampton, SpursManchester United), the Championship and in Football Leagues 1 and 2.

CRICKET - England were battered inside four days by Australia in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. The arrogant Aussies won by

SEBASTIAN VETTEL: F1 world champion.

381 runs, scoring 295 and 401-7 declared against England’s paltry 136 and 179. Only Stuart Broad (665) and captain Alastair Cook (65) earned their

corn. The second Test starts next Thursday in Adelaide. Things can only get better!

FOOTBALL: Last Saturday’s Merseyside

derby ended Everton 3 Liverpool 3; Chelsea beat West Ham 3-0 in their 100th meeting; Arsenal increased their PL lead to four points after beating Southampton 2-0 (Saints’ ‘keeper Artur Boruc thought he was Johan Cruijff); Ten-man Crystal Palace, with new boss Tony Pulis looking on, won 1-0 at Hull; bottom club Sunderland, beaten 2-0 at Stoke, had their seventh red card of the season; Fulham’s manager Martin Jol is under severe pressure after a 2-1 home loss to Swansea and Newcastle edged Norwich 2-1. On Sunday, Manchester City thrashed, and I mean thrashed, Spurs 6-0 and Manchester United drew 22 at Cardiff while Monday’s all-Midland clash ended WBA 2 Aston Villa 2.

In Spain’s La Liga,

Under pressure after home defeat Dave Redshaw Malaga CF Reporter Dave Redshaw Dave is the author of ‘Malaga Football Club - The Story’ available from Amazon.

MALAGA boss Bernd Schuster is a man under pressure as Los Blanquiazules head into tomorrow (Friday) night’s game at fourthplaced Villarreal.

A disappointing 2-1 home defeat to Athletic Bilbao has left the Costa del Sol outfit just one point above the relegation zone and fans at La Rosaleda let their feelings be

known towards the end of the game with cries of “Schuster go now!”

The German chose youngster Juanmi up front with first-choice strikers Roque Santa Cruz and Mounir El Hamdaoui out injured, and Malaga almost opened the scoring on 18 minutes when Portillo shot against goalkeeper Iraizoz’s legs.

Even so, the visitors were unlucky not to take the lead themselves four minutes later, Weligton having to hook the ball off the line after Guillermo’s header had beaten Willy Caballero.

Malaga left-back Antunes then

carved out an opening on 33 minutes, driving into the area but unfortunately dragging his effort across goal. Nonetheless, the Costa del Sol outfit got their noses in front five minutes later, Juanmi getting in front of his marker to bury a header into the top corner after Angeleri’s superb headed cross.

After the break the Basques predictably pressed for the equaliser as both sides consistently squandered possession, and they got back into the game on 68 minutes when San Jose’s header from Susaeta’s corner found the corner following poor marking.

Malaga were starting to lose their discipline, picking up a number of bookings, and it told in the 82nd minute when Portillo was dismissed for a second yellow card within six minutes. It proved to be the turning point as three minutes later Ander Herrera got free down the right and crossed for Muniain, whose initial attempt was saved by Caballero before the midfielder tapped home the rebound to win his side three points.

Defeat meant a fifth defeat in seven games for the locals and unless things turn around quickly it could be a long, hard season for the Malaga faithful.

Almeria got thumped 5-0 at home by Real Madrid and Messi-less Barcelona walloped Granada 4-0 while in Germany, Bayern Munich clipped Borussia Dortmund 3-0.

Doncaster Rovers have purchased the town’s Rugby League club for £100,000.

The draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will take place next week, December 6. Unseeded England could face Spain, Brazil, even Germany in their group, but could also meet Costa Rica, Algeria, Australia, Hondurus or Ecuador.

The mega-rich Beckhams (David and Victoria) could buy a £50m mansion in London’s Kensington.

RUGBY Shaun Johnson’s last minute try and conversion broke England’s hearts as reigning champions New Zealand reached their fourth successive Rugby League World Cup final.

Leading 18-14, with time running out, England had one foot in the final, but a high tackle gave the Kiwis a penalty. This resulted in a try and a conversion which took the visitors through, 20-18.

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Great turnout for Miraflores Open THIS year’s Miraflores Open attracted a bumper entry of more than 330.

The competition which first ran in 1993 certainly lived up to expectations on its 20th edition.

The Mixed Triples final (sponsored by Focus Investment Planning), was between Alan Turner, Susan Walker and Mike Glithero (Santa Maria) against Robert and Carol Wright and Chris Ryecroft (Mijas). Both teams had

Ladies’ Finalists (From L to R): Margaret Kain (Runner-up), Alfonso (Sponsor: Sontec Hearing Centres) and Barbara Land (Winner). played extremely well to win their semi-finals, but Robert’s team never got going and Alan’s team dominated the final to win comfortably 25-7.

The Mixed Pairs final (sponsored by Helicopteros

Men’s Singles Finalists (From L to R): Andy Salmon (Runner-up), Alfonso (Sponsor: Sontec Hearing Centres), and Brian Todd (Winner).

Sanitarios) was between Malcolm Greenwood and Diane Johnson and John and Eleanor Morgan (all from Benavista).

The first set was closely fought with the initiative swinging to and fro.

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but with some excellent draw bowling John and Eleanor won the shot to win the set and their first championship.

The Ladies’ singles final (sponsored by Sontec Hearing Centres) saw Barbara Land of Mijas against Margaret Kain of Santa Maria.

Barbara took an early lead and although evenly balanced took her third title.

The Men’s singles final (also sponsored by Sontec) had Brian Todd of Belplaya against Andy Salmon of Superbowl. Brian got off to a good start to lead 12-3 after eight ends, but Andy kept fighting back. Brian then won the last two ends to win the title for a fourth consecutive time.