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Alicante is centre of yachting world THE Volvo Ocean Race has sailed in to Alicante and with it, thousands of visitors and even a royal prince.

At the weekend’s

opening was Sweden’s third in line to the throne, Philip Carl Philip who is the patron of the race.

He watched the first inport race, won by Team

Alvimedica, on board the all-women boat of Team SCA before taking on the challenge to climb to the top of a race boat’s 30m mast. Afterwards he said:

“That was a privilege and a unique experience.”

The Race Village is home to the seven teams as well as attractions and information for visitors and is open until Saturday (October 11) when the fleet leaves for Cape Town on the first leg of the race.

Next week we have a special interview with a crew member of Team SCA.

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INDEX News 1 - 34 Finance 35 - 40 Letters 41 Leapy Lee 42 Daily TV 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58 Time Out 63 - 66 Health & Beauty 67 - 69 Food 70 - 71 Homes & Gardens 72 - 73 Property 74 - 77 Services 78 - 82 Classifieds 83 - 85 Motoring 86 Sport 87 - 88

AMBASSADOR VISIT: President of Murcia Alberto Garre with Ambassador Simon Manley.

Ambassador meets charities in Murcia THE British Ambassador, Simon Manley, has welcomed the efforts of English speaking charities in the Murcia Region.

He also praised them for working closely with local authorities and highlighted the importance of Murcia as a location for British tourism and for its agricultural exports to the UK. During a visit with Consul Paul Rodwell to Murcia, Mr Manley thanked the charities for the invaluable support they offer to the English-speaking community.

He said he was impressed at the way they work with local town halls and the

support received in return.

Meeting charities including Help at Home Mar Menor, MABS cancer support, HELP Murcia Mar Menor, Pals and Forget Me Not, he said their work with the local councils represented an “excellent example of integration and joint working” and thanked all volunteers.

In separate meetings with the local authorities and President of the Region, Mr Manley stressed the important links between Murcia and the UK in terms of agricultural exports to the UK and tourism.

Rent payments for unused unit TORREVIEJA is paying €1,866 a month for a locale in the city which is lying empty and not being used.

The building, close to the

roundabout of Ricardo la Fuente, was being used to process DNI and foreign resident'’s NIE numbers.

However, after that service

was moved to the new Immigration Unit within the National Police offices in Calle Arquitecto Larramendi it has remained empty.

The contract does not run out until the middle of this month so the town hall has been paying on a unit that has not been used since June.

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Truce called EIGHT of Torrevieja’s protesting police officers called a truce as they took part in the ceremony to honour the feast of Santos Angeles Custodios.

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THE long awaited Corvera airport in Murcia is facing further delays as the European Commission in Brussels has said it needs further information.

The EC wants more answers from the Murcian Government before it makes the decision on whether the proposed Regional Government’s loan to the management company Aeromur

is acceptable. Brussels requires further clarification to ensure that good money is not being thrown after bad.

It wants more information as to whether the loan is to be used on infrastructure or on the airport’s running costs when it opens.

It also wants to be clear on any compensation offered to San

Javier airport if it closes, as is planned and expected, once Corvera opens.

Regional minister for Development and Public Works, Manuel Campos, said the loan is for infrastructure which has confused the EC as Regional President Alberto Garre has previously said the airport was ready to open “tomorrow.”

Torry army A BEETLE drive takes place on October 18 at Casa Ventura, San Luis at 8.30pm. Organised by the Torry Army, tickets are available from their office in San Luis at €6 including cheese, wine and nibbles.

Valencia budget THE Valencian Community will receive budgets from Madrid next year which works out at €156 per head. Although more than this year, it is €85 less than the national average.

Golden celebrations FORTY-SIX couples celebrating their golden wedding anniversary were recognised and honoured in Elche at the Palacio de Altamira.

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Volunteer planting

AROUND 30 volunteers took part in the planting of more than 200 dune plants on Monte Blanca in La Manga as part of the campaign to restore the natural flora and environment of the area.

Top boxer BOXER Emiliano Casal has been named athlete of the year at the XXI Torrevieja Sports Gala held at the Municipal Theatre.

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Sizzling September SEPTEMBER in Alicante Province, with an average temperature of 25.2 degrees Celsius, has placed as the eighth warmest month since 1859. The first three weeks were the warmest since records began.

Trade fair A FAIR Trade and Services event takes place in Orihuela from October 30November 2. Retailers wishing to take part can contact the town hall, spaces will cost €350.

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More delays for Corvera

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Dreamhills fiesta THE third Annual Urbanisation Dreamhills II Hog Roast and Fiesta took place raising €200 for Reach Out Charity based in Torrevieja with 155 people attending.

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AN Alicante woman faces prison for intimidating her daughter’s teacher and threatening to kill her if she failed to pass the girl in her exams.

Can cook BBQ cooking is once again permitted in the Sierra Espuña national park area having being stopped for the summer to prevent forest fires.

MYSTERY PLAY OF ELCHE: One of the religious highlights of the year.

A date with history ONE of the religious highlights of the year is the Mystery Play of Elche.

Normally performed in August, this year there is a second chance to see what has been declared by Unesco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

Held at the Basilica of Santa Maria, the play dates back to the 15th century and is a chanted drama that commemorates the Assumption of Mary.

In even numbered years there are extra ticketed performances on October 29 and 30, followed by free access on November 1.

The play has lasted through to modern times despite the Council of Trento (1545 - 1563) banning

Quote of the Week Unemployment levels in Europe are unacceptable and creating quality jobs should be a priority for national and European policies.” Director General of the International Labour Organisation Guy Ryder when asked about the possibility of Europe entering a new recession.

the performance of Mystery Plays inside Christian temples. Over the years it has picked up influences from some of the periods it has survived through, so today it has Medieval, Baroque and Renaissance music accompanying the performance.

Participants are amateur singers with a choir of children to voice Mary and the angels. Around 300 people take part, with many thousands of spectators. In keeping with medieval mystery plays the stage is organised horizontally for the earth and vertically for heaven.

It is viewed as being the last truly Medieval Mystery Play surviving, with the text being taken from collections dating from 1625.

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is the number of people currently serving prison terms in Spain for tax evasion, said the Ministry of the Interior. The figures have registered a 63 per cent increase since January 2012.

Book fair THE 13th edition of Torrevieja’s old and used book fair is on at the Paseo Vista Alegre until October 19 with more than 20,000 books on display, including ones in English.

Spooky windows TORREVIEJA is looking for the best window display for Halloween. Windows must be completed by Wednesday (October 15) with the winner receiving free radio advertising for their business.

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Seventy per cent of Spaniards suffer from computer vision syndrome due to the protracted and uninterrupted use of their computers, mobile phones, tables and e-book devices, said the Catalan Association of Optometrists (Coooc).

Some symptoms include blurred vision and vertigo.

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A big thank you to all T

HE Euro Weekly News is proud to have been given an award from the Spanish newspaper association

AEEPP. It is gratifying to have recognised the years of service we have given the English speaking expatriates on the Spanish Costas. No other media group can touch us when it comes to giving the mix of Spanish and expatriate news we do across six different editions. We view it as a real honour to be recognised in this way by our Spanish peers.

But without you, our readers and clients, it would not be possible. So thank you to the AEEPP, and thank you to everyone who has supported us down the years. We pledge to carry on not just being the voice of the community, but to remain firmly at the heart of it.

Burning issue TWO Catalans have been fined â‚Ź900 each for burning a portrait of the former King Juan Carlos I. The incident happened during a pro independence protest before the abdication.

While not condoning the act, which may well have been taken as being insulting to many Royalists, it was still something that should be covered by freedom of expression. Disrespectful?

Yes, but why should that be illegal? Surely the courts have better things to occupy their time with than this.

The Royal Family is capable of looking after itself.

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Man is jailed for biting his daughter ELCHE’S Court of Violence on Women has sentenced a man to six months in prison for habitual abuse of his partner.

He was also charged and found guilty of hurting his two-month old daughter. The alarm was raised by the maternal grandparents who spotted injuries on the infant and took her to hospital. The doctor treating the child suspected abuse and called police.

The medical report showed the infant to have numerous injuries and bites over her body.

In sentencing, the man has had his parental rights as a father removed for four years.

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Civil war shell found in Fuente Alamo TWO explosive shells found in Fuente Alamo and Villarrobledo (Albacete) have been disabled by Guardia Civil specialist agents from Murcia.

The bomb disposal group (GEDEX) received a warning that a resident had found an artillery shell in a field in Fuente Alamo. Officers believe the 40cm long shell was from the Spanish Civil War. It was disposed off after a security zone was

BOMB FOUND: Resident reports finding shell in field. laid out.

The same day, another device was reported in the municipality of

Villarrobledo with GEDEX agents from Murcia taking charge of the explosive material.

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Civil Protection helps 122 cases ORIHUELA’S Civil Protection Service carried out 122 interventions between June 15 and September 30.

The unit’s main mission was monitoring of forest and agricultural areas to prevent fires, but also included attending to cleaning of public roads following accidents, searching for

missing people and generally assisting and supporting the other security and emergency services.

Councillor Manuel Gallud said: “We are very proud of this service, these units are fast acting and provide solutions to many problems that are presented to the citizens.”

A road bump too many RESIDENTS in Playa de San Juan, Alicante, are complaining about speed

bumps. They say the bumps do not conform to official regulations being

too high and too long causing problems with the suspension and shock absorbers on cars of owners who regularly drive over them.

This is not the first time that Playa de San Juan residents have objected.

Two years ago they complained that traffic passing over them caused vibrations which had, as a result, caused cracks in their homes.

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Concern over Redovan’s debt REDOVAN is fighting to leave Vega Baja Mancomunidad and is refusing to pay the annual fees to be part of the collective.

Chairman of the liquidation commission of the Association of Economic Development of the Vega Baja, Antonio Tomas Mateo, has sent a letter to the municipalities

of Algorfa, Rojales, Benejuzar, Bigastro, Jacarilla, Benferri, Los Montesinos, San Isidro, San Miguel de Salinas and San Fulgencio, warning that Redovan owes substantial debt.

The municipality refused to pay annual fees in November 2011 saying it was no longer part of the

Orihuela arrests FOUR HUNDRED people have been arrested this year in Orihuela municipality.

That’s according to chief inspector Luis Lombarte in his speech to colleagues and authorities on police activity as around 100 National Police officers who oversee Orihuela celebrated the feast of Santos Angeles Custodios.

Despite the number of arrests being lower than during the same period in 2013 and a general decrease in the number of crimes, there has been an increase in robberies. Police operations against drug trafficking and the consumption of drugs have increased.

Mancomunidad but that decision was never ratified or approved by everyone else.

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Late summer sun boost for hotels ALICANTE City hotels reached 82.66 per cent occupancy rates during the month of September, an increase of 5.22 per cent over the same period in 2013.

According to the Provincial Association of Hotels Alicante (APHA), the ‘positive’ data is believed to be a result of the extended summer season with the favourable weather conditions and the influence of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Other municipalities in the province also registered busier hotels. In Elche, hotels reached 62.6 per cent occupancy, 5 per cent more than the previous year.

However, July and August recorded a slight decline in occupancy levels compared to 2013, of 0.18 per cent.

APHA said the record number of passengers through Alicante-Elche airport and high SPEED in the centre of Torrevieja will be limited to occupancy on the AVE 30km per hour. train “should have The new speed limits are expected to be introduced meant an increase in in the first quarter of 2015 along with a special overnight stays” but this signalling plan. has not been the case Mayor Eduardo Dolon said the drop from 40km to due to a large increase 30km will have an immediate effect on the reaction in illegal housing. time of drivers and prevent accidents as well as The association said reducing noise and CO2 emissions. hoteliers “addressing A total of 50 hectares in the main pedestrian centre this issue and the will come under the new ‘Area 30’ including Calle implications of unfair Ramon Gallud, Diego Ramirez, Apollo and Ramon along competition should be a to the port area. government priority.”

Lower limits for Torrevieja

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Murcia sees rise in self employed THE number of selfemployed workers in Murcia has increased by 2,278 people (2.5 per cent) so far this year.

According to a report by the National Federation of Independent Workers Associations (ATA) autonomous workers rose

from 90,778 in December 2013 to 93,056 recorded last month.

The rise is in part, thanks to the Special Scheme for SelfEmployed (RETA) aimed at encouraging and making it easier for people to be self-

9 arrested for looting homes NINE people, four of them minors aged between 14 and 16, have been arrested for their alleged involvement with various breakins and thefts from homes and sheds in Cartagena and San Javier.

Among those arrested is a man just out of prison.

The arrests are the result of a police investigation launched in August as a spate of thefts were reported with small appliances and tools being stolen.

employed.

The rise was the third highest in Spain behind Andalucia and the Balearic Islands.

Nationally, the Basque Country was the only community to see a fall in autonomous workers, of 0.3 per cent.

Alicante fireman flies to rescue A FIREMAN from Alicante helped to rescue a Spanish potholer trapped in a cave in Peru.

I単aki Saez was amongst a group of Spaniards who had flown out to Peru to assist in the rescue operation after Cecilio Lopez Sanchez, from Madrid, fell down a 400m deep cave.

I単aki Saez was one of the first rescuers to reach the cave.

Lopez Sanchez said this was his first accident in 22 years of caving.

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Elche also fights for post delivery ORIHUELA COSTA residents are not the only ones affected by cuts in the postal service.

As residents took to protesting outside the Playa Flamenca Post Office to demand home deliveries are reinstated as reported in last week’s Euro Weekly

News, the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations of Elche are now also coming together to fight the decision.

The outlying villages and urbanisations of Elche, including Montesol, Peña de las Aguilas, La Loma and La Hoya, are penning a

Social spending down in Alicante SOCIAL spending is being reduced in Alicante, despite the rise in poverty.

With the announcement of the budgets for 2015, social spending has been allocated almost €400,000 less but councillor for Finance, Juan Seva, argues that despite the reduction, all current benefits will remain and savings have been made.

Other areas have received a cash injection in the city such as urban transport. In 2015, the city will spend around €12 million, €2.4 million more than this year.

letter to the Ombudsman of the Valencian Community to ask why they are being denied a service to which they say they are entitled to. They disagree with the decision of the National Commission on Financial Markets and Competition (CNMC) to cut the home delivery service and install mailboxes.

Language school queue STUDENTS wanting to enrol in language courses camped overnight outside The School of Languages of Alicante to get a place.

The centre opened at 8.30am for a first come first serve basis for the 1,000 seats available in various language classes. By 11am 500 places had been filled.

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Spanish pensioners are taking a break PENSIONERS are headed for the Costa Blanca as the Government’s subsidised holiday scheme is under way.

The Imserso

programme is expecting to bring 168,800 pensioners to 46 Costa Blanca hotels between now and next spring.

Thirty-five of the hotels

CLR pledges to get more cash FOLLOWING news that Orihuela is to spend €320,000 on parks and gardens in the city, with Orihuela Costa receiving no funds, leader of the CLR party, Pedro Mancebo said action needs to be taken.

To repair this “unfair and shameful situation,” Mancebo said he will put forward a change to the investments proposed by the minority government to the Diputacion of Alicante to improve and develop only parks and green areas in Orihuela City. CLR feels confident its proposal to rectify the Government investments will be supported by the PP who together hold a legal majority in the Orihuela council.

are in Benidorm, the first choice for the majority of pensioners.

The Costa Blanca holidays are also amongst the cheapest within the programme with prices starting from €20.25 in a three-star hotel and €20.75 for four-stars.

The hotels receive €19 a day per guest, making no profit from the Imserso programme, but the income and guests allow them to be able to remain open and keep staff in a job throughout the winter months.

However, the Costa Blanca hotelier's association, Hosbec, said it is time to review the prices as they have remained unchanged for 10 years and the area’s hotels were hoping for a larger quota this year.

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Poundland opens store in Alicante DISCOUNT retailer Dealz is opening its first Costa Blanca store on October 16 in Alicante.

Dealz is part of Europe’s biggest single price discount retailer Poundland and will be bringing top brands for

less with most items in store costing €1.50.

The opening of this store in Calle de Castellar 3, will create 37 new jobs and represents a significant investment in the area.

Store Manager Carles

Calls for 2nd new school PARENTS in Gran Alacant are demanding a second school.

A meeting is being held with Mayor Miguel Zaragoza for parents to express their opinions and concerns, as parents association AMPA says the school Vicenta Ruso cannot cope with the amount of pupils.

They claim that the school started the new term with around 800 students when the facilities are only built to house 450 and three new prefabricated classrooms have been built in addition to the six already existing.

Cartes Fernandez said: “We are extremely excited to be introducing Dealz’s unique single price offer onto the Costa Blanca at a time when households are trying to survive on a tight budget.

Customers will be amazed at what we have to offer.”

Camelot set for closing TWENTY-FIVE years after opening, Camelot nightclub in Santa Pola looks set to close its doors for good.

The owners say there has been a decline in the number of customers, in part attributed to the economic difficulties and growing competition from seafront bars and club.

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Missing person - can you help?

THE search continues for Rosemary Broadwell, known as Rosie, who has been missing since September 15 when she was given a lift into Quesada town centre at around 11am.

Rosie is a popular and well-known personality in and around Quesada, Doña Pepa and of recent years San Miguel de Salinas. She is 76 years of age, 4ft 8” tall and is a fit, well and ablebodied lady. Rosie is slim and has short blonde hair with red/purple highlights.

She has a tattoo of a tiny coloured lizard on her foot and another of a dolphin on her right shoulder. Another distinguishing feature is Rosie always has perfectly manicured finger nails. She was not driving her white Renault Twingo car at the time of her disappearance.

MISSING: Rosie Broadwell.

The Guardia Civil are aware that Rosie has gone missing and are actively looking for her. The family is urging readers to think back to the morning of September 15, or to any

time you think you may have seen Rosie recently.

Anyone who has any information can contact the Guardia Civil or Rosie’s daughter Cheryl Webster on 0044 7983 503710.

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Register your right to vote A CAMPAIGN has launched on the Orihuela Costa to ensure that all residents are on the voter’s list ahead of next year’s elections. All EU residents who are on the padron have the right to vote in local and

European elections but less than 15 per cent of Orihuela Costa EU residents are registered to vote.

To ensure you are on the list confirm you are on the padron at the padron desk in the Play Flamenca Town Hall and ask to complete the voter registration form.

A passport and a copy of your passport is required but the green Residencia paperwork is not essential.

To help with the procedures, for the first time, thanks to an initiative

by Martina Scheurer, councillor for the Coast and C.L.A.R.O. councillor, Bob Houliston, an official information desk is located TORREVIEJA has launched a special service to facilitate in the Playa Flamenca the renewal of the padron to European residents.

Town Hall, opposite the Councillor Rosario Martínez Chazarra said the Padron office.

Department of Census and Statistics has agreed to Those who have improve the existing service of the Office of Attention registered on the Padron for International Resident (OARI). since the last local election The padron can now be renewed every Tuesday and in 2011, should soon Wednesday from 9am-11am at the OARI office within receive a voter application the Municipal Tourist Office on the Paseo Vista Alegre as part of a new campaign to ensure people are form by post. registered on the padron and the benefits awarded to The period to register the city. your right to vote closes in December.

Padron renewal service

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Butterfly ball raises thousands MORE than €5,000 was raised at the fifth annual charity ball for DEBRA Butterfly Children.

The glittering event was held at Camping International in La Marina and was attended by Director of DEBRA Evanina Makow.

Evanina recalled a story about a seven-year-old boy who, when asked where it hurt most,

replied “on the bus.”

When asked why it hurt most on the bus he replied “because when I get on the bus people move away from me and I have to sit on my own.”

It is stories like these that made people pledge even more money and support to raise awareness of the plight of families living with Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), an inherited

Sweet fiesta BAKERS in the Valencia Region have produced 45,000 kilos of marzipan sweets ahead of the regional holiday today (Thursday, October 9).

The Guild of Master Confectioners of Valencia, believed to be Europe’s oldest trade association, said bakeries had made 10 per cent more of the traditional sweets to mark the ‘Dia de la Comunitat Valenciana.’

connective tissue disease causing the skin to blister at the slightest touch.

Top prize on the night’s raffle was €200 of Media Markt vouchers won by Pam Finnegan who gave them back to the charity to be auctioned.

The auction saw guests bidding for items such as holidays in Majorca and the Costa del Sol. Organisers of the ball Mary Chambers and Sue Rogers said: “We would like to thank everyone who gave so generously and all individuals and businesses who donated the amazing prizes for which we are forever grateful.

“All funds raised will go to the Respite Home Project to ensure many more families with EB can enjoy this facility.”

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EWN is a press awards winner THE Euro Weekly News (EWN) Media Group has picked up a prestigious award from the Spanish newspaper industry.

EWN was nominated in the AEEPP (Asociaciòn Española de Publicaciones Periòdicas) 9th annual awards ceremony in Madrid.

Members of the Euro Weekly News (EWN) team travelled to Madrid where they were joined by other media publications from across Spain.

President of the Community of Madrid, Ignacio Gonzalez, presented the award to the EWN team. It was made for the dedicated deliverance for more than 15 years of its free weekly publication to the English expatriate and English-speaking community in Spain and the wider digital audience.

The award was accepted on behalf of the entire EWN group by Operations CEREMONY: Ben and Nicki (centre) collect Manager, Nicki Burgess and Sales Manager, Benjamin Wickham.

Sr. Gonzalez asked who EWN targeted Forty awards were presented to media and Nicki explained it was the largest publications, EWN being the only English- English-language publication keeping language publication to receive one. Nicki expatriates in Spain informed of news Burgess said: “We are honoured to across its six editions. He was impressed receive the award and privileged to be with the coverage and asked when EWN here with our Spanish colleagues from would be available in Madrid, asking if it would be when Madrid had a beach. other media groups.”

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HE No means No campaign has advanced into the arena of the Marbella International Film Festival this past week.

Whilst interviewing the festival director, Mac Chakaveh to promote the festival as their official media partners, Mac explained that he had become aware of the No means No campaign.

Asking how the campaign came to fruition he endorsed equality for women globally, echoing the words and hopes of other supporters that standing united to raise awareness and help to bring equality, fairness and awareness of anti-abuse to women to the forefront of the public’s mind can only help to achieve the

the award.

He showed great interest in EWN’s attendance, passing comment that he could tell the team were from Malaga with their southern Spain suntans.

The conversation continued in a jovial manner, with the story being relayed to the president at his request as to how

EWN had become such a large and successful news group.

EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden were unable to attend the ceremony as they were promoting the business in Europe at another function.

But having seen the photographs of the event, Michel said: “This award is for no one person, it is for all at EWN. We do not work as individuals, we work as a team.

We pull together to ensure that each week we deliver to the English-speaking community a newspaper giving local, national and international news.

“We also deliver 24/7 breaking news digitally to our readers and clients.

Without the commitment and dedication of the whole team we would be hard-pressed to meet our own expectations. Steven and I are proud of where Euro Weekly News fits into the community, and we are equally proud of the team. We are thankful to the AEEPP for their recognition and award. A big thank you to everyone and importantly a big thank you to our readers for their loyalty, and our clients for their continued advertising. We lead in being Spain’s largest free newspaper in English.”

The No means No campaign gets more and more support

GIVING SUPPORT: Film Festival director Mac Chakaveh (left) and Nicole King (right) joined in the campaign.

ultimate goal - equality.

Presenter Nicole King of Mi Marbella Radio also joined the campaign by showing her support this week.

Nicole helped raise awareness by broadcasting the campaign on her programme delivering the information to residents and

visitors to the Marbella region.

Four weeks after launching the #No_means_No campaign, Emma Watson, the appointed Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations, delivered a speech on September 20, speaking and campaigning to the boys and men of the world to stop violence against women, and to enhance equality and fairness.

Delivering some hard hitting facts in her speech, Miss Watson sent a strong and powerful message that change was needed to achieve equality for women. The UN backed #HeforShe campaign echoes the same message and aims as #No_means_NO. Details on how to send support to both campaigns can be found on our website: www.euro weekly news.com/nomeans-no Male staff of Euro Weekly have shown their support by sending a photograph to the #HeforShe and hope others will follow.

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Stay safe by the pool…

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HE summer is at an end and for many of us it is time to pack away the swimming pool for another year as the evenings get shorter and the weather chillier.

We leave summer behind, but the happy memories of splashing and frolicking in the pool, or simply lying stretched-out in the middle on a lilo, will stay with us.

Sadly issues surrounding pool safety were thrown sharply into focus when the tragic death of a two-year-old boy occurred in a neighbour’s swimming pool on the Costa del Sol last August.

It was terrible news to have to report, and at the Euro Weekly News we want to help raise awareness of pool safety to ensure that the risks of such a tragedy happening again are minimised.

We know how difficult it is for parents to keep an eye on their children 24 hours a day and accidents can happen in a flash: be it during the summer months or winter.

As we have stressed before, installing a pool safety fence will give pool-owners peace of mind. In winter, with lounging around the pool a

POOL OWNERS: Should seriously think about installing a pool safety fence. distant memory, parents may not be as mindful to the dangers of swimming pools as they are in summer.

Simply put, if a child cannot get near a swimming pool, then they cannot fall

into a swimming pool.

Although safety fences are required

by Spanish law to be placed around community pools, there is no such restriction on private pools.

La gente AS part of our series La Gente, Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she meets an author obsessed with a cat...

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HEN Simon, a mischievous young cat, is smuggled on board HMS Amethyst, his simple life amidst the streets of Hong Kong is transformed into an adventure fit for heroes.

But alongside new friend Peggy, the ship’s dog, he discovers a mortal enemy in king rat Mao Tse Tung.

Under heavy fire from the Chinese Communists, the ship runs aground, stranded for 101 days.

Despite severe injuries, Simon and the crew bravely battle their respective foes, enabling Amethyst to make an escape.

Heralded worldwide as heroes, they sail back into Plymouth to a

jubilant welcome but further heart-rending tragedy.

This is the new novel by Torrevieja home owner Jacky Donovan.

Based on true events of HMS Amethyst’s ‘Yangtze Incident’ Simon received the PDSA’s Dickin Medal after surviving injuries from a cannon shell, raising morale amongst sailors and killing off a rat infestation during his service.

Several books have been written about the ‘Able Seacat’ but none through the quirky yet emotional cat’s eye narrative as in Jacky’s novel ‘Simon Ships Out’ which is sure to move and entertain all who read it.

The story is a far cry from Jacky’s previous book ‘Instant Whips and Dream Toppings’ based on her previous life in London as a high class dominatrix indulging the strange fantasies of her clients including high profile businessmen, MPs, TV personalities and even a pregnant woman. With ‘Instant Whips and Dream Toppings’ featured in the British press including The Sun newspaper, she hopes ‘Simon Ships Out’ will have more of a family feel about it.

Speaking about her new book she said: “Somebody mentioned they were thinking of writing a historical book about the

Yangtze Incident and Simon. Then I met someone who had a book about him and that made me google him.”

She was fascinated by the story which she admits was strange: “Given I can’t stand animals that is pretty rare! The story grabbed me and the rest is history.”

In France, the law requires all private pools to be equipped with a safety fence and failure to comply can see fines of up to €220,000 being enforced. We call on our readers to get in contact with their political representatives and demand that Spain follow suit with a similar policy to that of France.

In the meantime, the Euro Weekly News team asks all readers with swimming pools to ensure that they consider the safety of others around their pool.

If you are thinking of suspending the use of your swimming pool during the winter months, why not invest in a covering for your pool? You can never be too careful, and covers are a practical way of both protecting your pool from damage, as well as protecting your loved ones from coming to harm.

Euro Weekly News offers advice that you can download and print out at https://www.euroweeklynews.com/im ages/pool-safety-printout/Pool-Safetyprintout.pdf Together we can enjoy our swimming pools responsibly.

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NEW WHEELS: The chair will make Christina de la Cruz’s life more enjoyable.

Special wheelchair WHEN the Provincial Grand Master of Murcia Freemasons, Duncan Robert Mitchell, heard of a teenager in Albacete who required a special wheelchair he

charged the Provincial Almoner with raising money to subsidise half of the cost.

The lodges in the province gave generously to the fund and the new chair was ordered from the specialist supplier in Madrid.

The chair, which cost THE Hondon Valley Branch of The Royal British Legion €5,000, was delivered to celebrated its eighth birthday with a poppy shaped cake.

Christina’s school last week.

The branch has raised €45,000 since its inception.

The chair which replaces an The group meets every third Tuesday of the month outdated model, will suit at 7pm at Monte Alto Restaurant, Hondon de Las Christina for years to come Nieves. Email secretary.hondonvalley3577@gmail.com and will make her life much more enjoyable.

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La Cova plays host to the big cats THE latest outing by The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club in Spain took members to Restaurant La Cova, on the cliff top overlooking the harbour and beaches of El Campello.

It was the perfect setting to show off 22 samples of Jaguar engineering expertise.

An example of the new Jaguar F-Type Convertible; €100,000 worth of super car, was also on show, kindly brought along by

Javier from Mundicar in Alicante.

On November 16, the meeting will be at Restaurant La Torreta, near Eld and will include a presentation from Pelicer and Heredia, relating to legal issues and vehicles in Spain.

The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club is the largest of the world’s Jaguar Clubs. Email jaguarspain@outlook.com or call 609 931 647 or visit www.jec-spain.es.

Smile charity Balloons will fill the Zenia skies

SMILE charity group hosts its next fundraising night on October 22 at Restaurant El Alto La Dolores, just off the N-332 between Guardamar and La Mata.

Owner of the Restaurant, Andres, has once again donated a Mediterranean cruise as a raffle prize will all money raised going to Elche Children’s Home.

Entertainment on the night is by Andy Jones and Lyndon B, with tickets €10 including a two course meal.

Call 692 866 536 to book.

INTERNATIONAL breast cancer awareness month is being commemorated at Zenia Boulevard on Sunday October 19.

To mark the event, pink helium filled balloons will be sold by Maria Wilson and her Pink Ladies over the weekend and then released on the Sunday between 6.30-7pm as Paul Michael sings Nessun Dorma.

Last year over 2,000 balloons were released and it is hoped more will be released this year. Balloons cost €2.

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Take a walk on the bark side CRUZ AZUL supporters gathered with their dogs on the promenade in Santiago de la Ribera for the second ‘Walk on the Bark Side.’

Over 30 owners and dogs completed the walk, helping to raise €236 for the charity.

“Our first Walk on the Bark Side was so successful that people asked us to organise another one and we’re delighted to see so many people, in spite of the inclement weather. It was great to have a drink and a chat together at the end of the walk too,” said Cruz Azul President, Lyn Baines. “The success of today’s event is down to the great work by the Cruz Azul team and all our lovely supporters.”

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DOGGY WALK: The sponsored walk with pet pooches raises money for Cruz Azul. similar lines to the PDSA in the UK and its mission is to provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need and to promote responsible pet ownership.

The Cruz Azul charity shop, next door to Yorkshire Linen in San Javier, is open Monday to

Saturday, from 10am2pm each day.

A second shop will be opening on October 24 in San Pedro del Pinatar on the Avenida Artero Guirao, opposite the Confiteria Alicia.

For more information on the charity visit www.cruzazulmurcia.es or call 693 017 616.

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Flight attendant jailed for tobacco smuggling A FLIGHT attendant has been jailed for carrying out a €230,000 tobacco smuggling operation between the UK and Spain.

Dennis Connolly has been handed a 21-month jail sentence for masterminding a cigarette smuggling operation by using his staff discount privileges to pay for flights.

The easyJet flight attendant was heavily in debt after he took to online gambling to deal with the grief of losing his boyfriend to pancreatic cancer in 2007.

Connolly employed a variety of people to travel to destinations around Spain and Portugal for day trips and short breaks.

He then gave information on the rotation of customs officials to the smugglers working for him, so that they could sneak the cigarettes back into the UK. The cigarettes would then be sold at bargain prices on the British Black

Market, and as no Customs Duty had been paid on the tobacco, Connolly was able to make a profit.

All in all, it is thought that Connolly smuggled 1,000 kilos of tobacco into the UK, avoiding €230,000 in duty over a three-year period.

The law caught-up with the flight attendant last April when three of his smugglers were stopped at customs with a large quantity of cigarettes in their suitcases.

The tickets that the three men were travelling with were linked back to Connolly’s flight bookings. As an employee of easyJet, he was able to purchase a large quantity of tickets on the cheap.

Connolly admitted to having committed the crimes of ‘conspiracy to evade duty’ and ‘possession of criminal property’ at Manchester Crown Court, and was jailed for 21 months by the judge.

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GERMAN PRESS Charity walk

BRITISH PRESS DENMARK - The area around Nørrebo Station is to be transformed into a bus-only area with space for buses to park, said Copenhagen Council. Car traffic is to be led away from the area.

Slower increase DENMARK According to HelpAge International’s Global AgeWatch Index, Denmark is the 12th best country in the world to be old and the rapid increase in the size of its over-60 population is slowing down.

Stolen tails NORWAY - Burglars targeting the Spydeberg riding school in Indre Østfold stole horse riding equipment and cut the tails of five horses.

Police are looking for the culprits.

Winter Games NORWAY - Oslo has officially withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Winter Games. The decision came after a majority of government officials voted no. “A big project like this, which is so expensive, required broad popular support and there is not enough support for it,” said Prime Minister Erna Solberg talking to the media.

PM elected SWEDEN - Stefan Löfven was elected Sweden’s Prime Minister.

His coalition is not expected to reverse the previous administration’s most popular reforms, including tax cuts for middle-income earners.

State visit PM David Cameron arrived in Kabul for what is to be his last visit to Afghanistan before all UK troops leave the country.

Cameron is the first world leader to meet the new Afghan government.

Veto power ACCORDING to plans by the Conservatives, rulings from the European Court of Human Rights would not be enforceable in the UK any more. It appears the Tories would give Parliament the right to veto judgements. The proposal is to be included in the party’s election manifesto.

Thailand murders TWO migrant workers who reportedly admitted to killing Brits Hannah Witheridge and David Miller went back with police to the scene of the crime to stage a reconstruction. The reconstruction was conducted to “get a sense of what happened,” said Thai police.

Royal auction QUEEN Victoria’s 52-inch silk bloomers are to be auctioned on Sunday (October 12) at Westenhanger

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A GROUP of expats walked part of the route of the Berlin Wall on German Unity Day (October 3), almost a quarter of a century after its fall to raise funds for refugees a year after the Lampedusa tragedy in which more than 360 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Italian island.

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Auctioneers in Stamford, Kent. They are expected to sell for £2,000 (€2,546). Some of the other odd items to go ‘under the hammer’ include a vial with US President Ronald Reagan’s dried blood and a clump of Mick Jagger’s hair.

Serving time PE teacher Luke Maslen, 24, was jailed for sleeping with two teenage pupils after sending them multiple flirty messages on Twitter. Maslen is to serve a four-year prison term.

RUSSIAN PRESS Government support THE Russian Government is to provide support to major companies by injecting state capital, said top officials at an investment forum. The Western sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine are “stupid,” said President Putin.

Organ donors MOST Russians would be unwilling to donate their organs, according to a survey conducted by the Levada Centre. Only 21 per cent of respondents said they would donate them, while 41 per cent said it was unlikely.

Entry ban OVERSTAYING a Russian visa for a year or more could get foreign visitors banned from entering the country for a decade. People who violate Russian migration law currently face a ban of three to five years.

Compensating victims THE Russian Government could offer compensation to owners of property lost due to ‘unlawful decisions of foreign courts.’ The draft law

was due to be reviewed by the State Duma on Tuesday (October 7).

Expansion plans AMERICAN online auction site eBay is working out plans to expand its services in Russia by opening its website to some of the country’s largest online stores, according to reports from business daily Vedomosti.

Cars burnt AS many as 10 cars have been set on fire in Berlin.

The police are not ruling out political motives, said a local newspaper.

Rising crime THE number of investigations into organised crime in Germany registered a 7.2 per cent increase last year, according to a report presented by Interior Minister Thomas de Maizere.

War criminals THE Israeli branch of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre urged Germany on Wednesday last week to bring to justice alleged members of Nazi death squads during World War 2 and provided authorities with a list of 80 suspects.

Payments rise STARTING next year the German Government is to increase the compensatory payment given to political dissidents who were jailed for at least six months by the German Democratic Republic by 20 per cent, said officials.

BURNING CARS: Set on fire in Berlin.

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Pro-independence supporters fined TWO supporters of the Catalan independence movement have been fined €900 for a crime against the Spanish Crown.

The defendants were brought up on charges after they burned an upside down picture of King Juan Carlos during a proindependence demonstration staged in Mataro in Catalonia. It was a premeditated act carried out to smear the reputation of

the monarchy, said the National Court.

Though Guifre Peguera (23) and Jordi Nogue (24) admitted to having participated in the non-authorised demonstration mounted back in 2013, their defence counsel argued the defendants only burned the picture to criticise the monarchy and that they never intended to insult or disparage the Spanish monarchy, since no slogans were chanted at the time nor was a manifesto read during the demonstration, which was not against the crown, he said.

Nevertheless, the judge SPANISH police have confirmed that two surfers died did not see it that way and after struggling with strong currents off the northern ruled they had indeed beach vacation area of Zarautz. sought to insult the Emergency services were called after other surfers monarchy, especially by had pulled the two onto the beach, on Sunday turning the King’s picture (October 5) morning, police said. One surfer had run upside down. into trouble and the second went to assist but was The Public Prosecutor’s also struggling, a spokesman said. Resuscitation Office was asking for a attempts on the beach were unsuccessful. €10,800 fine, but the judge The Basque coast in front of the Bay of Biscay is decided the minimum fine renowned among surfers. The beach at Zarautz, 40 was enough, since Peguera kilometres (25 miles) west of the French border, is and Nogue are students popular because of the type of waves it offers. It and have no steady also hosts a well-known surfing school. income.

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Spain violates international law SPAIN has violated international law by extraditing a man facing torture, according to a UN ruling.

It refers to the extradition of a MoroccanBelgian man, Ali Aarrass, to

Morocco in November 2010.

Charged with terrorist offences, Aarrass appealed to the UN’s Human Rights Committee fearing he would be tortured on arrival in Morocco.

Beardless Jesus THE earliest known images of Jesus without a beard, have been found by archeologists in Spain.

The glass plate, dating back to the 4th Century AD was used to hold Eucharistic bread as it was consecrated in early Christian rituals.

The plate which, was discovered near Linares, (Jaen) reportedly has images of a clean-shaven Jesus engraved on it.

The pieces found by scientists were very well preserved and 81 per cent of the piece has been pieced together. It shows Jesus flanked by two apostles, who are believed to be Peter and Paul.

According to the ruling reached by the UN’s Human Rights Committee, Spain broke the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by extraditing the terror suspect to Morocco when there was a possibility that Aarrass would face torture once there.

The Committee agreed that Spain had failed to carry out its obligations to adhere to Human Rights protocols stipulated in the ICCPR, despite being expressly told to halt extradition proceedings whilst Aarrass’ case was examined.

Aarrass argued that there was reliable evidence that if he was extradited he would be tortured, but the Spanish Courts denied his appeal and the man’s extradition was approved on November 19, 2010.

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FERROVIAL’s order book was at an alltime high of €26.14 billion by the end of last June.

Projects were asymmetrically split between services (€18.84 billion) and construction (€7.30 billion) with two-thirds

of the Spanish multinational’s business located outside this country.

These include the North Tarrant Expressway (NTE) in Texas (€1.05bn), the US route I-77 (€480m), renewing much of the UK’s rail infrastructure including the

Playing for time costly for AENA DELAYS in paying for land compulsorily purchased to extend Madrid’s Barajas airport have proved expensive.

Acquiring 26 million square metres of what was classed as rustic land worth €15 per square metre in 1999 was expected to cost airports operator AENA €390 million.

Fifteen years later AENA must pay at least double that because owners waiting more than two years for compulsory purchase compensation were entitled to a revaluation. This right was claimed by 590 owners although the majority of applications were rejected as being outside the time

limit. Nevertheless, AENA must now pay a further €372 million after 145 claims were upheld.

Another 27 claims involving €37.5 million are pending and at least €400 million will be added to AENA’s bill.

On average the price per square metre rose to €80 while in areas nearest Madrid this soared to €283.

According to legal sources, AENA acted on the advice of State lawyers and paid only owners who accepted the original offer. Those who appealed received nothing while their claims were processed, paving the way for reassessments when land prices were at their highest.

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Chain reaction CARREFOUR reported Spanish profits of €47.3 million last year following €21.7 million losses in 2012.

Turnover fell 2.3 per cent to €7.35 billion, the fifth consecutive year of lower sales.

Losses offset SPAIN was allocated 95,000 tons of the 400,000 tons of fruit and vegetables covered

by European Commission compensation.

A €165 million fund will offset losses following Russia’s ban on imports.

Easy mortgages, hard times SIXTY PER CENT of now-defaulted mortgages were taken out between 2004 and 2007.

This was the period when the property bubble showed few dangers of bursting and accommodating banks were providing mortgages of 100 per cent or more.

Despite the slowly-improving economic situation and reduced unemployment, foreclosures on

principal homes rose by 8.4 per cent during the second quarter of 2014, according to Spain’s statistics office INE. Cataluña had more foreclosures than any other region (3,994), followed by Andalucia (3,981) and the Valencian community (3,342).

La Rioja with 61 had the fewest, followed by the Basque Region (94) and Navarra (118).

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STAT OF WEEK SPANISH homeowners spent almost €3 billion in the first three months of this year on landlines (€736 million), mobiles (€1.21 billion), internet (€739 million) and pay television (€270 million).

CROSSRAIL: Ferrovial part of consortium building the crossLondon line.

Crossrail project between Maidenhead and Heathrow (€670m), extending two Australian motorways (€630m) and a motorway in Saudi Arabia (€145m).

“Countries in the Organisation for Cooperation and Economic Development (OCED) are our expansion priority,” said Ferrovial’s CEO Iñigo Meiras.

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HILE I was working in the Middle East some time ago I noticed that a friend of mine living there always had a brand new swanky car every single year. This particular man ran an organic food supermarket and café and he was so ‘green’ that he actually charged his mobile phone by connecting it to a type of pump, on which he jumped up and down and the energy he created powered his phone!

Therefore I was naturally surprised that this man, who recycled everything imaginable, bought a brand new car every year.

CAREER MOVE: Research shows that what a person wears has a big impact.

“The brand new car is a business move,” he told me. When doing deals in that part of the world, if he drove up to the meeting in a shiny new car, his prospective business partners had more respect for him and he made a better deal.

Superficial, isn’t it? But the same thing is happening on European shores too.

According to a recent news report, many businesses are advising their staff, not on the car they drive, but on their appearance in the workplace and telling them that a sharp look can help improve their career.

A famous Swiss bank has a 44page dress-code document drafted up on everything from appropriate

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underwear to the importance of regular haircuts. While a wellknown accountancy firm reminds new recruits of the importance of appearance, stressing that people make up their mind about them in just 30 seconds.

Research from a UK psychology professor clearly shows that what a person wears has a big impact on others’ impressions of them and on their subsequent career opportunities.

She says women whose work wear is ‘slightly provocative’ are judged to be less competent and therefore less likely to get promoted. While, a man in an offthe-shelf suit is judged as less successful and less flexible than his counterpart who wears a tailormade suit.

As shallow as all this does appear, the unfortunate truth is that we live in a very imageobsessed world and how we present ourselves on the surface probably does drive other people’s opinions of us and our potential.

Ratings war FITCH Ratings placed Cataluña and the Institut Catala de Finances (ICF) on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). The ratings agency warned that as the region will probably need access to the regional liquidity fund (FLA) next year, its bonds would risk being downgraded to junk status without the national government’s support.

Make-up rise SPAIN’S cosmetics sector had a €646 million turnover last year, 0.6 per cent more than in 2012 and an accumulated 13.36 per cent since 2006. Andalucia spent €110 million last year on cosmetics, more than any other Spanish region while La Rioja, with an outlay of just €2 million spent the least.

Another look at water leaks Successful team management Q. Since our original response a few weeks ago to the question of whether You and the the Community or the owner is Law in Spain responsible to pay for leaks and damage

By David Searl in water pipes, we have received two letters with varying stories. Both stories involve Communities of detached villas, where the individual water meters were moved from the properties to a central pumping station, with relatively long pipes to deliver the water.

A: In one case, an underground leak was discovered when the homeowners checked their bill as it had jumped to €4,000 instead of the usual €100. The leaking pipe runs under Community land and the Community paid for the repair.

However, the water company proved more difficult. In most court cases, the judge has ruled that there was no way for the owner to identify the underground leak so the company is partly responsible. This decision generally leads to a substantial reduction in the bill.

In the other case the owner protested to the water company, they made him a very large discount, but the Community refused to pay for the repair. In principle the owner is responsible unless he can show the Community was at fault.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

MANY business owners are blissfully unaware of the actual mechanics of running their business. Clever at their trade, they are hopeless at business management, which is a wholly different calling.

The business owner’s skills are far different from those working on the shop floor. Car dealership owners likely have difficulty changing a spark plug. Often the restaurateur is hopeless in the kitchen whilst famous name authors are useless at writing.

Football fans agree that many team managers are incapable of physically playing football. Home improvement companies employ salesmen who haven’t the foggiest idea what a Phillips screwdriver is. Where the successful business owner does succeed is in successful team management. I have done both. As a salesman I was consistently the top performer, at team management I was an also ran.

Those who cannot recruit, select, train, inspire, lead and manage a team will never run a successful business. Business owners whose attitude is, ‘if you want a job doing properly do it yourself,’ can never compete against a rival’s well-managed team. I fall into this category. I used my wife to hire and fire. Such is the difference between shop floor and sales that occasionally it is

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necessary to cross no-man’s land. I recall being interviewed by a pathway and patio installation marketing company. Salesmen were advised to visit clients wearing cords and body warmers rather than suits. This was to create the illusion that they were familiar with managing the task.

Instead of focusing on running your business turn your attention instead to effectively managing your staff.

Each has a task; encourage, empathise and reward them.

Delegate and use the strengths of each individual where they are likely to be most effective. A people person is best with clients; great at the counter, reception or in sales.

Those lacking personality best put them out of sight. If a family or staff member is creative then let them help with marketing.

Successful business management means putting round pegs in round holes, square pegs in square holes.

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Adding fuel to the winter payment fire I FULLY agree with the Editor regarding the heating allowance.

Bus passes, television licences, rent and rates rebate should be abolished and pensioners should receive a liveable state pension.

As my late mother-in-law said: “I don’t need these payments, just give me a decent pension.”

Of course this would create redundancies in the civil service and local government, a cost the central government might wish to avoid.

Spain, they say, is a hot country so you don’t need the allowance.

How is it that the mountains are covered in snow in winter? Madrid isn’t exactly boiling hot in winter and neither is most of northern Spain. Who is kidding who?

Let us have our vote back and a reasonable pension. After all, we did pay taxes during our working lives so now let’s enjoy the benefits of our labours.

Robert Peake, Mijas Pueblo (Malaga)

Not viable THE winter fuel allowance is a nonsense and should end.

Pension credits are available for those who need them and other benefits exist.

The Editor’s conclusions are illogical: the UK may be a wealthy country but it can’t afford the drugs and health service that keep us alive until we can’t walk or talk. It then nurses us to an end that is unsatisfactory in quality of life and they pay us bigger pensions.

We are at a point where half the population work for money.

The other half, in education or retired, are supported by those working and supplemented by savings.

Pension schemes are based upon workers contributing but nearly half of workers’ pay is removed by taxes and national insurance. It is foolish economics and populist nonsense to say “Pensioners deserve better.”

Pensioners have to realise they have already had a chance to earn and save and many have huge assets in their possessions.

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State pensions have to be a safety net, not a salary by right.

Sixty per cent of the world’s population is in dire poverty yet many of them put away up to 20 per cent in savings to help pay for schooling, health and care for their elderly family members.

Pampered western cultures have to cut back on quality of life, meaning excessive benefits, high tax, superb healthcare, generous infrastructure and help for all those in need.

Then they can afford to help others around the world who are vastly worse off although some economies are catching up.

We in Europe have about 5 per cent of the world’s population and 25 per cent of its wealth. That is changing fast and we shall have to tighten our belts for a long time yet.

Dave Wood, Estepona (Malaga) and Maldon (UK)

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nasty experiences on flights, some years ago four of us took a flight to Cyprus from Gatwick in London.

Twenty minutes into the flight, the captain announced that we had to return to Gatwick for technical reasons. As we came in to land we were followed by two fire engines either side!

The passengers remained absolutely quiet, without a titter.

We waited for five hours before we took off again but were told that our luggage would follow on another flight.

When we finally got it next day, the cases were slightly damp.

Something in one of the cases had clearly set off the sprinklers!

Ted Gilleland, Quesada (Alicante)

Lights out I AM writing in reference to the absolutely dreadful service we encounter all too often here in Spain.

Our community of 22 dwellings was left without electricity after a storm and as I didn’t have the community account information, which is kept by our administrators, I got the reply that Endesa were unable to help.

It took four phone calls, the last one from the electrician we often use, and six-and-a-half hours for Endesa to sort this problem out.

As the storms raged on we woke up to the same problem, although after only three phone calls and three hours waiting, the electricity came back on.

It was a very frustrating situation as Endesa seemed incapable of identifying where we were located and kept telling me

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there was no problem. To say they were unhelpful would be an understatement: they simply didn’t appear to care that 22 houses were without electricity!

Anne-Marie Savastano (by email)

Ludo torture I READ with interest a story in the online edition of the Euro Weekly News. It described the indignation of a group of friends fined for playing ‘parchis’ in Malaga town square after midnight.

Well done, Local Police! I would like each of those doughty officers to receive a commendation if not a medal. This cut-throat version of ludo should be played in a soundproof room or preferably a padded cell. I also believe a fine of €101 each was far too lenient if, as Euro Weekly News revealed, they were playing for three hours.

No wonder there were complaints as these fanatics rattled their dice in that horrid little cup and scatter them noisily on the board until 2am.

In the days when I lived in a seafront apartment an entire summer was made unbearable by a family of Madrileños who spent all night, every night playing ‘parchis.’

I only wish I’d had the nerve to ring the police as the Malaga residents did.

Deirdre Baxter (by email)

They never learn MORE PEOPLE have been killed and massacred in the name of God due to organised religion than anything else.

It’s only logical true believers in a spiritual deity wouldn’t normally murder their fellow human beings although throughout history the same contradictory mistakes were repeated in order to benefit one religion or another.

All religions are organisations and structures conceived by human beings, with their intrinsic faults and defects.

Personally, I prefer the Golden Rule, which never fails: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Why is this simple Rule so difficult to apply and practice?

Richard M McBride, ex-altar boy at St Thomas Aquinas Church, Adams, Massachusetts (by email)

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Taking a lead from Saudi…

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LTHOUGH all rather macabre, I did find the highly media covered reenactment of the two alleged murders of the Thai backpackers, pretty riveting this week.

It was actually not the first time I had observed this practice of public demonstration by criminal perpetrators.

I remember on one occasion, while watching extremely boring Saudi Television, the programme was suddenly interrupted by a voice informing us that two Filipinos had confessed to the particularly vicious rape and murder of a Saudi man and wife. The scene then opened in the bedroom of the unfortunate victims.

The accused then proceeded to reenact the whole sordid series of events. At the close of the action the men, in full close up, confessed to both murders. The following Friday, after prayers, they chopped off their heads in the market square. Job done.

These men bore no apparent marks or signs of any form of torture and frankly, in this latest incident, these two men would, in my opinion, need to have been under the direction of Carl Foreman and possess

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT the acting talents of Lawrence Olivier to carry out this particular scenario were it not the truth. Why can’t the UK incorporate exercises of this nature when

RIYADH: Saudis have right idea… they have captured and obtained confessions from guilty parties?

How much more time and money it would save if evidence of this nature were produced in court. But they won’t will they. ‘Uman rights ya see.

I sincerely hope and pray that Cameron’s pledge to repeal our human

rights agreement with the Euro bureaucrats is truly sincere. Unfortunately I rather doubt it. Despite all the rhetoric and pledges at their Tory conference, I still feel ‘Dave’ remains a bit all mouth and no trousers.

It’s actions not words the people want to see. Supply those and you really may not have to worry about the Liberal, Labour or UKIP brigades. Not, however, holding back much breath at the moment.

Just received an email from an extremely irate reader who informed me that because I have lived abroad for nearly 40 years I have no knowledge of what the political situation is in Briton.

Well all I can say to that is I’ve never actually ever lived in China, but I certainly have a good idea what’s going on over there. Also what’s afoot in North Korea, Libya, Australia, and Afghanistan etc. In this day and age the plight of the whole world is at our fingertips dear reader.

Thanks for your interest. Keep ‘em coming. You know I can take it. Keep on perusing. It’s all only a stage!

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Who can you trust in a landscape of lies VISIONS OF AMERICA / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

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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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HO do you trust?

Politicians? Bankers? The police? Trust is now at an all time low for many, mainly due to those at the top who have let the rest of us down.

Indeed, it was recently suggested that all UK MPs should attend ‘honesty’ classes. And that’s the truth, honestly!

But let he who is without sin cast the first stone. After all, haven’t most of us been economical with the truth at some point? “Nice outfit” tends to work better than “you look a bit chubby in that.”

Not to mention: “That’s odd because you were definitely on the guest list!”

Or: “I’ve had a few problems with my email - must be the server!”

According to a recent study, 60 per cent of people lied at least once during a 10 minute conversation. Unsurprisingly, men lie differently from women, tending to lie ‘upwards’ (‘earn more,’ are ‘taller’)

BILL CLINTON: “I did not have sex with that woman.”

while women lie downwards (‘weigh less,’ slept with ‘fewer people,’ are ‘younger’).

And politicians? They’ve raised lying to an Olympic sport. Remember Chris Huhne’s speeding points? Or Bill Clinton’s “I did not have sexual relations

with that woman.”

Just why and how people lie - and the impact this has on others - is a subject that has always fascinated me and inspired my latest novel, Landscape of Lies (reviewed in this paper), a

harrowing story of suspense, secrets and revenge set in Derbyshire’s Peak District.

Step by step, a chilling crime thriller unfolds revealing a number of unforgettable protagonists (which of them can be trusted?) - one of whom may just be a ruthless killer...

Psychologists claim we lie to compensate for the gaps between who we are and who we want to be and between what we have and what we want to have.

Now, telling a white lie in order not to offend and paying an unreal compliment to give pleasure are both natural deceits adopted at an early age. In public and private life, white lies are part of our survival mechanism.

But when deception becomes a trusted person’s modus operandi, when deception becomes their default position, we should all be on our guard.

As the thought-provoking Landscape of Lies shows, lying - from everyday halftruths to outright deceit - undercuts all aspects of human life. And death...

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:40pm Four in a Bed

CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Storage: Flog the Lot! 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Harrow: A Very British School 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?

3:10pm A Place in the Sun 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal

3:15pm NCIS 4:20pm Avenging Angel

6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street

6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World

6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm World War II in Colour

6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 10:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 10:30pm Gardeners' World 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Gino's Italian Escape 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Job Lot

9:00pm Stars at Your Service 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man

9:00pm Paul Merton: World's Biggest Cruise Ship 10:00pm JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence 11:00pm Body of Proof 11:55pm NCIS: Los Angeles

9:00pm The Last Ship 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad: Short Way Round

12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Kids Who Kill 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am The Simpsons 12:30am The Simpsons 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantisยบ

4:00pm Gymnastics Ore Oduba introduces coverage of the World Gymnastics Championships from Nanning, China, where the world's elite women are doing battle in the all-around competition.

Western in which a preacher turns gunman in order to avenge the death of his wife and child.

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm Emergency with Angela Griffin 5:30pm Harrow: A Very British School

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Big School 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

Karl Pilkington's got company this time around: film and TV star Warwick Davis.

12am 12:25am The Secrets 12:55am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am BBC News

12:05am Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12:35am Later... with Jools Holland 1:40am French Film 3:05am Question Time 4:05am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:10am Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2:00am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly.

4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen

12:10am Scrotal Recall 12:40am 48 Hrs 2:20am Boss 3:20am The Inbetweeners USA 3:45am Very Important People 4:10am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:00am Win it Cook it

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10:00pm England's Worst Ever Football Team 11:00pm Some Girls 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Rude Boys 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am England's Worst Ever Football Team 2:40am Bad Education 3:10am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:40am Some Girls 4:10am Rude Boys

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Proms Chamber Music 9:00pm Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies 10:00pm Imagine...

11:30pm Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock 12:30am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC 1:30am Imagine...

3:00am Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock 4:00am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC

12:10pm Royal Pains 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm You've Been Framed!

2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed!

6:30pm You've Been Framed!

7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm Two and a Half Men 8:30pm Two and a Half Men 9:00pm You've Been Framed and Famous!

10:00pm Fast and Furious 12:15am Release the Hounds

11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 5:15pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Never the Twain 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:25pm Judge Judy 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Love Your Garden 11:00pm Prime Suspect 1:15am William and Mary

12:55pm The New Avengers 2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Motorway Patrol 3:30pm Highway Patrol 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 5:55pm Magnum, P.I. 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Moonraker 12:35am Sudden Death

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Suburgatory 9:00pm How I Met Your Mother 9:30pm How I Met Your Mother 10:00pm Priest 11:50pm The Big Bang Theory 12:20am The Big Bang Theory

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SKY MOVIES Action 7:05am Alex Cross 8:55am Jaws 11:05am Predator 1:00pm Fast and Furious 6 3:15pm Any Given Sunday On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose.

5:55pm Alex Cross 7:50pm Jaws 10:00pm Fast and Furious 6 12:15am Predator 2:15am Commando 3:55am Uncommon Valor 5:45am The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone

7:00am Bean 8:35am Curse of the Pink Panther 10:30am The Cable Guy 12:10pm The Hangover Part III 1:55pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 3:40pm American Pie: The Wedding 5:30pm Bean 7:15pm The Cable Guy 9:00pm The Hangover Part III 10:45pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 12:30am American Pie: The Wedding 2:10am Scary Movie 3 3:40am Someone Marry Barry 5:10am Curse of the Pink Panther

6:30am Deep Family Secrets 8:15am Flesh and Bone 10:35am Black Hawk Down 1:10pm The Call 3:00pm Twisted 4:50pm Zero Dark Thirty Special 5:10pm In the Line of Fire 7:30pm Black Hawk Down Brutally authentic war action detailing the covert US mission in Somalia that became a bloodbath.

10:00pm The Call 11:40pm The Canyons 1:30am Internal Affairs 3:35am Fear 5:20am Malpractice

7:40am Wish You Were Here 9:20am Promised Land 11:10am Beyond the Sea 1:10pm Best Man Down 2:50pm About Time 5:00pm How to Steal a Million 7:10pm Promised Land 9:00pm About Time 11:10pm Thelma and Louise 1:25am The Sessions 3:05am Vamps 4:45am Let's Make Love

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7:00am Spike Island 9:00am The Best Man Holiday 11:15am Powder Room 1:00pm Moshi Monsters: The Movie 2:30pm All is Lost 4:30pm Captain Phillips: Sky Movies Special 4:45pm 47 Ronin 6:45pm The Best Man Holiday 9:00pm 47 Ronin 11:00pm All is Lost 1:00am Spike Island 3:00am Powder Room 4:45am The Lone Ranger Unmasked

7:45am Gunsmoke 8:45am Gunsmoke 9:45am The Boy From Oklahoma 11:25am The Odessa File 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Funeral in Berlin 6:05pm The First Texan 7:50pm King Richard and the Crusaders 10:00pm Exit Wounds 11:55pm The Reaping 1:45am Exit Wounds 3:35am Gold Fever 4:45am TCM Shorts 5:05am Off Set

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:15pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 2:30pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 2:35pm Weather The latest weather information. 2:40pm Football Focus A look ahead to this weekends football action with interviews, expert opinions and highlights.

BBC TWO 6:35am F1 the Russian Grand Prix Practice 1.

Practice 2. Practice 3. 11:15am Map Man 11:45am South Africa Walks 12:15pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 12:45pm The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 1:15pm Rick Stein's Island Escapes 2:15pm The Gay Divorce

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Hungry Sailors 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm Storage Hoarders 1:30pm The Unforgettable... 2:05pm Tipping Point

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CH4 7:05am How I Met Your Mother 7:30am Transworld Sport 8:25am Mobil 1 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Frasier 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 12:55pm The Big Bang Theory 1:25pm The Simpsons 1:55pm Gadget Man 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crime-fighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell. 11:35am The Secret Life of Pets 12:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 1:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:00pm Vera Cruz

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SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am All Aboard: East Coast Trains 8:00am Glee The hit show returns. 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am The F1 Show 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm Modern Family 2:30pm Modern Family

3pm 3:20pm Gymnastics 4:50pm The Great British Bake Off 5:50pm Celebrity Mastermind

3:55pm Top Hat 5:30pm Escape to the Continent

John Humphrys presents a celebrity version of Britain's toughest quiz.

3:05pm The X Factor The UK's biggest talent search sees thousands audition for the life-changing prize of a millionpound recording contract .

3:00pm Channel 4 Racing 5:05pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me

3:50pm The Magnificent Seven Ride!

The fourth in a series of films about the famous Western heroes.

5:45pm 5 News 5:50pm Operation Crossbow

4:10pm Jurassic Park

3:00pm The Middle 3:30pm The Middle 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton

6pm 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News 6:35pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing

6:00pm ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 7:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 7:30pm Gardeners World 8:00pm Flog It! 8:30pm Penguins - Spy in the Huddle

6:35pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed!

7:30pm The Chase 8:30pm The X Factor

6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:40pm Come Dine with Me 7:10pm Stars at Your Service 8:05pm Channel 4 News 8:20pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money

11:00pm Through the Keyhole

9:15pm Grand Designs 10:20pm Hanna

All the very latest local news and weather.

8:05pm World War II in Colour A new collection of rare and unseen footage from World War II presented in colour thanks to the very latest colourising techniques.

6:00pm Futurama 6:10pm The Boxtrolls Movie Special 6:20pm The Simpsons 7:50pm The Simpsons 8:20pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew

9pm 9:35pm Doctor Who 10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm The National Lottery Live 11:20pm BBC News 11:38pm Weather 11:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys

9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm QI XL Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right.

Keith Lemon presents a brand new version of the classic game show.

Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett star in Joe Wright's unusual chase thriller.

10:45pm Storyville

9:00pm JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence Documentary which presents evidence to support a shocking theory about who John F. Kennedy's real killer was.

10:00pm Hang 'Em High

Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.

9:20pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo 10:20pm Doctor Dolittle 2 Comedy sequel following Dr Dolittle's attempts to save an endangered Pacific forest from the lumber industry by introducing a protected species of bear back into the wild.

12am 12:10am Armageddon 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:35am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:20am Newsnight Debate 12:50am Shine 2:30am TOTP2 3:30am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:00am ITV News and Weather 12:15am The Game 2:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am Nightscreen

12:30am Rude Tube 1:35am Gangster No.1 3:20am Homeland 4:25am Hollyoaks Omnibus

12:25am 3.10 to Yuma 2:30am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heart-thumping casino experience every night. 4:10am Benefit Brits by the Sea 5:00am House Doctor

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Hawaii Five0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Nothing to Declare 5:30am Nothing to Declare

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8:00pm Kung Fu Panda 2 9:20pm Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 9:30pm Top Gear 10:30pm Live at the Apollo 11:00pm England's Worst Ever Football Team 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:28am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:12am Family Guy 2:35am The Revolution Will be Televised

8:00pm Hidcote: A Garden for All Seasons 9:00pm Horizon 10:00pm The Code 10:55pm The Code 11:55pm Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 12:55am More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on 1:55am Top of the Pops 2:30am Horizon 3:30am Hidcote: A Garden for All Seasons

3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 4:25pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed!

5:30pm You've Been Framed!

6:35pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 7:35pm FYI Daily 7:40pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 8:25pm The World is Not Enough 9:25pm FYI Daily 9:30pm The World is Not Enough 11:00pm The Xtra Factor 12:00am Celebrity Juice

9:40am Judge Judy 10:00am The Royal 11:05am The Royal 12:05pm The Queen 1:05pm FYI Daily 1:10pm The Queen 2:15pm Columbo 3:50pm A Touch of Frost 5:45pm Wycliffe 6:55pm Inspector Morse 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am A Touch of Frost 1:40am Bomb Girls 3:15am ITV3 Nightscreen

11:20am I Want That Car 12:20pm Storage Wars 12:50pm Storage Wars 1:20pm Storage Wars 1:45pm British Superbike Highlights 2:50pm Superman 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm Superman 5:45pm For Your Eyes Only 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm For Your Eyes Only 8:25pm Euro 2016 Qualifier Live 11:00pm Storage Wars 11:30pm Storage Wars 12:00am Storage Wars

1:55pm Melissa and Joey 2:30pm Melissa and Joey 3:00pm City of Ember 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:30pm How I Met Your Mother 8:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Unstoppable 12:00am The Inbetweeners

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SKY MOVIES Action 5:45am The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone 7:30am Gladiator 10:15am Aliens 12:40pm White House Down 3:00pm The Top Ten Show 2014 3:20pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 5:20pm Gladiator 8:00pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 10:00pm White House Down 12:15am Aliens 2:35am Crank 4:10am The Man with the Iron Fists 5:50am Born to Race: Fast Track

5:10am Curse of the Pink Panther 7:05am 13 Going on 30 8:45am Son of the Pink Panther 10:20am Big Daddy 11:55am Identity Thief 1:55pm There's Something About Mary 4:00pm Stand Up Guys 5:40pm 13 Going on 30 7:20pm Big Daddy 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm There's Something About Mary 1:10am Stand Up Guys 3:00am Stir Crazy 5:10am Son of the Pink Panther

5:20am Malpractice 7:05am John Q 9:10am A Few Good Men 11:40am Dead Again 1:40pm Miami Vice 4:00pm John Q 6:05pm Derailed 8:05pm Trance 10:00pm Oldboy 11:55pm American Psycho 1:50am Cherry Falls 3:35am Dead Again 5:35am Loss of Faith Drama about an author drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and deception.

6:50am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:10am Dead Poets Society 9:25am Cruel Intentions 11:10am Never Been Kissed 1:05pm The Lifeguard 2:50pm The Devil Wears Prada 4:50pm While You Were Sleeping 6:40pm The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00pm Never Been Kissed 9:00pm The Devil Wears Prada 11:00pm Cloud Atlas 2:00am Cruel Intentions 3:45am Disconnect Technology causes several lives to intertwine with terrible consequences.

5:45am Niagara

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5:30am Moshi Monsters: The Movie 7:00am Powder Room 8:45am The Best Man Holiday 11:00am Spike Island 1:00pm The Top Ten Show 2014 1:15pm Moshi Monsters: The Movie 2:45pm All is Lost 4:45pm 47 Ronin 6:45pm The Best Man Holiday 9:00pm 47 Ronin 11:00pm All is Lost 1:00am Spike Island 3:00am Powder Room 4:45am Gone Girl Special 5:15am Pain and Gain: Sky Movies Special 5:30am Moshi Monsters: The Movie

6:00am Funeral in Berlin 8:00am Gunsmoke 9:00am Gunsmoke 10:05am The First Texan 11:40am The Gun Hawk 1:30pm Terror by Night 2:45pm The Three Stooges in Orbit 4:30pm The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 6:15pm Road to Bali 8:05pm Son of Paleface 10:00pm Rollerball 11:55pm Dangerous Ground 1:45am Rollerball 3:30am Dangerous Ground 5:10am Off Set

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OR Dr Nadia Ferro, from Salud Dent dental practice in Torrevieja, the best summer she has was a few summers ago when she took some time out to travel around Spain with friends: “We followed Lenny Kravitz during a tour and saw him play at a number of venues and that was great, it was something different.”

Although she also admits ‘summer’ for her is usually January when she gets to take time off work and enjoy travelling: “I love Europe and capital cities like London and Paris and I’ve also been to Jamaica and Thailand.”

Steve Hartley, Marketing Manager at the Colina Club in Calpe had many summers

DR NADIA: Lenny Kravitz made her best summer.

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holiday with my husband, the first in over 20 years, since we had our children. We went to Paris and had a wonderful time with friends and family.”

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As autumn starts to take hold and the beach towels are packed away for another year, we asked what was your best summer ever?

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working on cruise ships but for him, the best summers were spent with his parents as a teenager on their boat: “We would just go around the whole of the UK on the canals in the 70’s and it was great.”

For Gary McCrow of the Beach House in Elviria, Malaga, his fondest memories are a little more up to date. He said: BEACH HOUSE. “The best summer of my

life was the summer just gone, 2014 because; I finally got to walk the love of my life closely followed by our three boys, three dogs, family and friends down the aisle, on the sun kissed sands of Elviria and in front of our beautiful restaurant.”

Clare Staunton of Awesome Global Events also doesn’t need to look back too far. She said: “The best summer has to be last summer. We were working with American R&B singer NeYo and spent eight days with him in Portugal before bringing him over to Marbella. Then we had a Chic concert, followed by a

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news stories and events. 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show Andrew Marr talks to key figures from politics, current affairs and the arts. 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm F1 the Russian Grand Prix

BBC TWO 7:00am Great British Garden Revival 8:00am Countryfile 9:00am Gardeners World 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden Scotland's favourite gardening programme. 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 12:30pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 1:35pm Dances with Wolves

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 11:30am ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 11:45am Carry on Matron 1:30pm The X Factor

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CH4 7:00am NFL 8:00am Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon 8:55am FIM Superbike World Championship 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond Debra is suspicious when Angelina, a waitress at Nemo's, calls Ray at home. 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:35pm Deal or No Deal

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crime-fighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell.

11:25am Access 11:35am Police Interceptors 12:30pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex. 1:25pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 2:25pm Daddy Day Camp

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SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Inside Gatwick 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm The Middle 2:30pm The Middle

3pm 3:15pm Sunday Politics 4:30pm Strictly Navratri 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm The Great British Bake Off: Class of 2013

4:25pm Escape to the Continent 4:55pm Gymnastics Coverage of a Gymnastics event.

4:00pm Downton Abbey 5:00pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

5:15pm ITV News and Weather 5:30pm Euro 2016 Qualifier

3:40pm The Big Bang Theory 4:40pm The Big Bang Theory 5:10pm A Monster in Paris

4:05pm Along Came Polly Romantic comedy.

5:45pm Tarzan

Bibo Bergeron wrote and directed this charmingly quirky family animation.

3:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm The Simpsons 5:30pm The Simpsons

6pm 6:50pm BBC News 7:10pm Regional News 7:15pm Weather 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing

6:30pm Rugby League The latest action in the Rugby League.

7:30pm Flog It! 8:00pm Human Universe

8:15pm Live at the Palladium Variety show from the London Palladium featuring musicians, comedians, and other entertainers.

7:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

7:20pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

7:30pm Alan Carr Does Deal or No Deal 8:30pm Guy Martin's Spitfire

7:25pm Spider-Man 3

10:00pm Homeland 11:05pm Law Abiding Citizen

9:55pm Gotham: Exclusive Preview 10:00pm 2012

Superhero sequel.

Documentary questioning what it is to be human.

6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm Moone Boy

9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Our Girl 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You

9:00pm Wonders of the Monsoon 10:00pm Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:35pm Kinky Boots

9:15pm The X Factor Results Show 10:15pm Downton Abbey Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville lead an all-star cast in Julian Fellowes' drama series.

A brutal, gory revenge thriller starring Gerard Butler and directed by F Gary Gray.

11:20pm ITV News and Weather 11:35pm Euro 2016 Qualifier Highlights

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threaten to annihilate mankind.

9:00pm An Idiot Abroad 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Road Wars 11:30pm Dracula Untold Special Documentary going behind the scenes of new film Dracula Untold.

12am 12:10am The Recruit Computer whiz James Clayton joins the CIA to uncover the mystery about his dad's death. 2:00am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:05am BBC News

1:15am Stolen Drama based on a true story. 2:40am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 3:35am Holby City 4:35am This is BBC Two

12:35am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 1:35am The Store 3:35am Motorsport UK 4:25am British Superbike Championship Highights 5:15am Nightscreen

1:10am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2:05am NFL Six weeks into the season and it's time for one of the oldest, most bitter rivalries in US sport.

1:00am Alien Hunter 2:35am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor .

12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Nothing to Declare 5:30am Nothing to Declare

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8:00pm F1: Grand Prix 9:15pm Doctor Who 10:00pm Come Fly with Me 10:30pm Come Fly with Me 11:00pm Family Guy 11:22pm Family Guy 11:45pm Bad Education 12:15am The Revolution Will be Televised 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Black Sheep 2:55am Bad Education 3:25am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:55am Impractical Jokers 4:25am Bad Education

8:00pm Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams 9:00pm Rome: A History of the Eternal City 10:00pm Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams 11:00pm The Sky at Night A look at the world of astronomy.

11:30pm Elles 1:05am Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' - Imagine 2:35am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC 3:35am Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams

10:10am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:35pm Space Jam 1:35pm FYI Daily 1:40pm Space Jam 2:15pm Wild Wild West 3:15pm FYI Daily 3:20pm Wild Wild West 4:20pm The X Factor 6:50pm The Xtra Factor 7:55pm Back to the Future 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Back to the Future 10:15pm The Xtra Factor 11:15pm Tricked 12:15am Bad Bridesmaid

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7:00am World of Sport 7:10am Cheers 9:10am Ax Men 10:10am Silverstone Classic 11:15am MSA British Touring Car Championship 7:30pm Motorway Patrol 8:00pm The Car Chasers 8:30pm The Car Chasers 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm Mortal Kombat II: Annihilation 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Mortal Kombat II: Annihilation 11:50pm Basic 12:50am FYI Daily

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Journey to the land of Christian Kings IT was from the kingdom of Aragon where Zaragosa is found that the Christian re-conquest of Spain found its roots.

But first let’s make a short visit to Teruel. Despite the terrible damage done to this town during the Spanish Civil War, it has risen from the ashes to recover the peaceful charm characterised by its narrow streets and delightful buildings. Centred around the Plaza de Torico (meaning small bull), Teruel is the smallest provincial capital in Spain. Street cafes line the square. From here it is only a short walk to the cathedral and the Mausoleum of the lovers of Teruel .

Zaragosa is much larger. Here on the banks of the river Ebro the towers and domes of the Basilica de Pilar rise majestically above the city. Zaragosa maintains a relaxed and easy going atmosphere. Streets filled with street cafes and tapas bars spill into squares dominated by attractive buildings.

An unexpected sight this far north, is the Aljaferia.

ZARAGOZA: Sits on the banks of the Ebro.

A Moorish palace which was built in the 11th century by the Benihud family. A low cost hop on hop off tourist bus is available.

The ticket also gives free entry to many museums. Mini cruises on the river are generally also available. With so much to see and do, it would be difficult not to enjoy time in this active city.

A day away from the city takes us to Monasteria de Piedra. An old Moorish castle which was donated by Alfonso the 2nd to the monks of Poblet to help them spread Christianity in the area.

Amongst the normally arid countryside of this area you suddenly find this lush green fertile oasis which surrounds the

monastery. Caves, the ‘mirror lake,’ the 50 foot high ‘horsetail waterfall’ streams, and rivers make for some very beautiful surroundings. A meal in a local restaurant with panoramic views of the lake add to the pleasure of the experience.

And finally...

Logroño, the capital of the

Logroño region is also home to some of the finest bodegas in the area. This pleasant little town offers a notable cathedral and is particularly famous for its tapas bars which are found on Calle de Laurel. The highlight of this day has to be a visit to one of the largest and best known bodegas in the country.

In one room alone 7,000 barrels stretch as far as the eye can see. After the guided tour, relax for a moment on the balcony of the bodega sipping a glass of the finest Rioja whilst surrounded by the vineyards which produced the grapes.

This new excursion from David’s Coachtrips ticks all the boxes and is centred in a 4* Zaragosa city centre hotel on a B&B basis. All excursions are included, as are entries to the Monastery and Bodega.

The meal on the Monastery trip is a special treat from the management of David’s Coachtrips. This trip is five days October 27-31 for only €225.

Tel: 966 785 910

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2:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 9:20am The Housing Enforcers 10:05am James May: The People's Car 11:05am Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A Taste of My Life 2:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook

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ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

CH4 7:20am King of Queens 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Jamie's Money Saving Meals 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 1:15pm No Foreigners Here - 100% Documentary following the residents of Britain's most diverse street as they go about their daily lives. British 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

MONDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Harrow: A Very British School 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles All is not as it seems when the girlfriend of a former Navy officer is kidnapped. 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

3:15pm The Rockford Files American 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys

3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them?

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One Sandi Toksvig returns with a brand new series of the notoriously tough quiz show.

3:15pm NCIS A team of special agents, must investigate any crime with pieces of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal

4:15pm Deadly Visions

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 Stand Up To Cancer

6:00pm 5 News

9:00pm Jamie's Comfort Food 9:30pm Gadget Man 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:45pm Up All Night

9:00pm Police Interceptors

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm Emergency with Angela Griffin 5:30pm Inside RAF Brize Norton

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out

6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather

9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect

9:00pm The Undriveables

All the very latest local news and weather.

7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street

The latest news coverage.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm The Gadget Show

6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm The Farage Factor - Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Ten Years of the Apprentice

A show in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things.

10:00pm The Kitchen 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 11:30pm Newsnight

Following the progress of two drivers who keep failing their tests.

9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Grantchester 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Agenda

Documentary series profiling the work of a highspeed police interception unit in Essex.

10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Under the Dome 11:55pm The Descent

9:00pm Duck Quacks Don't Echo Relive the most memorable moments from series two of the riotous panel show.

10:00pm An Idiot Abroad: Short Way Round Karl and Warwick's journey continues via India.

11:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life

12am 12:35am Our World War Tense combat drama series revealing experiences of British soldiers in World War I. 1:35am The Graham Norton Show 2:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:25am BBC News

12:20am The Long Shadow 1:20am Scrappers 1:50am This is BBC Two 5:00am One Hundred Years of the Women's Movement 5:30am The Plantagenets

12:10am Billy Connolly's Big Send Off 1:15am Jackpot 247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 5:10am Nightscreen

12:45am NFL 1:45am Sulemani Keeda 3:20am Mammon 4:25am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:20am Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 5:40am Deal or No Deal

1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Caught on Camera 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Divine Designs 5:50am House Doctor

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

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8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm World's Craziest Fools 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 11:00pm Sexy Beasts 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Hotel of Mum and Dad 2:30am Sexy Beasts 3:00am Don't Drop the Baby 4:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Horizon

11:15am Ben and Kate 11:45am Up All Night 12:10pm Royal Pains 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed!

7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:00pm The Guide to You've Been Framed!

10:00pm Release the Hounds 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 12:00am Viral Tap 12:45am The Job Lot

11:00am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm The Specsavers Crime Thriller Club 11:00pm Trial and Retribution 12:00am William and Mary

12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Minder 2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Motorway Patrol 3:25pm Highway Patrol 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 6:00pm Magnum, P.I. 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm MotoGP Coverage of the latest MotoGP event.

10:00pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Ax Men

1:30pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm New Girl 9:00pm The Mindy Project 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Glue 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

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10:00pm Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race 11:30pm The Spaceman of Afghanistan 12:30am Detectorists 1:00am Ancient Apocalypse 1:50am Horizon There's something very odd going on in space something that shouldn't be possible.

2:50am Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race

SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Anaconda 8:45am The Marine: Homefront 10:30am Bad Boys II 1:10pm King Arthur 3:30pm Bloodsport 5:15pm Emperor 7:15pm Anaconda A film crew is hijacked by Sarone, a madman intent on capturing the biggest snake in the Amazon.

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Comedy 7:20am Black Sheep 8:50am Weird Science 10:35am Life 12:35pm The Internship 2:45pm Uncle Buck 4:30pm Hyde Park on Hudson 6:15pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 8:00pm Life 10:00pm The Internship 12:10am Uncle Buck 1:55am The Ladykillers Professor GH Dorr assembles a gang to rob a Mississippi casino.

3:45am Weird Science 5:20am My Big Fat Greek Wedding

7:10am S.W.A.T. 9:10am Red Rock West 10:55am The Perfect Score Six teenagers form a plot to steal the answers to a vital exam.

12:40pm Children of Men 2:35pm Courage Under Fire 4:35pm Cold Comes the Night 6:20pm The Perfect Score Six teenagers form a plot to steal the answers to a vital exam.

8:00pm S.W.A.T. 10:00pm The Counsellor 12:20am Deadfall 2:05am Jagged Edge 4:05am Scream 2

7:10am Life of a King 9:00am Save the Last Dance 11:00am The Truman Show 12:50pm Tootsie 2:50pm Rain Man 5:10pm All Good Things 7:00pm Before Midnight Almost two decades after meeting, Jesse and Celine wrestle with marriage and kids in Greece.

9:00pm Rain Man 11:20pm The Truman Show 1:05am Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 3:40am Cherry 5:30am Paradise, Hawaiian Style

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1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Lonely Man 5:55pm Darby's Rangers 8:15pm Rocky Mountain 10:00pm Ocean's Eleven 12:10am The Matrix 2:45am Ocean's Eleven 4:55am Off Set

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BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:50am Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 9:20am A Taste of Britain 10:05am Antiques Roadshow 11:05am Building Dream Homes 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A Taste of My Life 2:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook

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CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Inside RAF Brize Norton 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip

3:15pm The Rockford Files 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys

3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Time of Death

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm Emergency with Angela Griffin 5:30pm Inside RAF Brize Norton

6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears

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 Stand Up To Cancer

6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Meerkat Manor 8:30pm The Secret Life of Pets

6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9:00pm ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 10:00pm Human Universe 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired!

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9:00pm Long Lost Family 10:00pm Spandau Ballet: True Gold 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Elizabeth: The Golden Age

9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm Ramsay's Costa Del Nightmares 11:00pm Gogglebox

9:00pm Jill Dando: Britain's Worst Crimes 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm NCIS

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Pistorious: The Full Story

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders

9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Swap My Council House

Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.

12am 12:25am The Street 1:25am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 1:30am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:20am Wonders of the Monsoon 1:20am Hotel India 2:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Children of the Holocaust 5:45am Once Upon a Time Six classic fairytales are re-imagined and re-told through dance, movement and animation.

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12:05am Alan Carr Does Deal or No Deal 1:05am Embarrassing Bodies 2:00am Pokerstars.Com 3:00am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:25am Transworld Sport 4:25am Lloyds Bank Cardiff Half Marathon 5:20am Mobil 1 5:50am FIM Superbike World Championship

12:55am Secrets and Lies 1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Benefit Brits by the Sea 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Legends 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:30pm World War I at Home

2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed!

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7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm Two and a Half Men 8:30pm Two and a Half Men 9:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed!

10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Fast and Furious 12:50am FYI Daily 12:55am Fast and Furious

10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:30pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Trial and Retribution 12:00am William and Mary

11:00am Magnum, P.I. 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Minder 2:00pm The Professionals 3:00pm Motorway Patrol 3:25pm Highway Patrol 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 5:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:55pm Minder 7:55pm Pawn Stars 8:25pm Euro 2016 Qualifier Live 11:00pm Benidorm 12:00am Storage Wars

4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm How I Met Your Mother 9:30pm How I Met Your Mother 10:00pm New Girl 10:30pm The Mindy Project 11:00pm Tattoos After Dark 11:30pm Tattoos After Dark 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

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Comedy series about a teacher who is a bigger kid than the kids he teaches.

11:30pm The Revolution Will be Televised 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Bad Education 2:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:30am EastEnders 3:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad 4:00am Don't Tell the Bride

Professor Jean Seaton uncovers the story of industrial conflict in Devon during the First World War.

10:00pm Moon 11:30pm Do We Really Need the Moon?

12:30am Being Neil Armstrong 1:30am Voyager: To the Final Frontier 2:30am World War I at Home Professor Jean Seaton uncovers the story of industrial conflict in Devon during the First World War.

3:00am Britain on Film

SKY MOVIES Action 5:15am Angel Flight Down 7:00am Jaws 4: The Revenge 8:40am Executive Decision 10:55am Appaloosa 12:55pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2:55pm Cinderella Man 5:25pm The Karate Kid 7:40pm Executive Decision 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 12:00am Django Unchained Freed slave Django embarks on a quest to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner. Western.

2:50am Ghosts of Mars 4:40am The Karate Kid When California new boy Daniel gets on the wrong side of the school bullies, karate master Mr Miyagi teaches him to fight.

Comedy 7:00am Why Stop Now? 8:40am The to Do List 10:30am The Dukes of Hazzard 12:20pm Ali G Indahouse 2:00pm Mr Woodcock 3:40pm Bean 5:20pm Our Idiot Brother 7:00pm The Dukes of Hazzard 9:00pm Ali G Indahouse 10:35pm The to Do List 12:25am Mr Woodcock 2:00am Our Idiot Brother 3:35am Mental 5:35am Bean A bumbling oddball working as a National Gallery security guard is sent to LA in a cynical plot by his superiors to get rid of him, but his trip across the Pond causes mayhem.

6:15am Deep Family Secrets 7:55am The Good Doctor 9:40am 96 Minutes 11:20am The Transporter 1:05pm Sleeping with the Enemy Laura Burney seems to have the perfect life: a stunning house and a loving husband, Martin.

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An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.

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12:40am The Undriveables 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

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9pm 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport

Graphic Australian drama series set in a women's prison.

Deemed unfit for work, Martin grows one step closer to unravelling the mystery of his past when he heads to Texas to track down a smuggler.

12am 12:05am The Great British Bake Off Class of 2013 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:10am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

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12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:00am Bad Education 2:30am Girls Behind Bars: Stacey Dooley in the USA 3:30am Don't Tell the Bride 4:30am Parents' Evening

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7:10pm Admission 9:00pm American Pie 2 10:50pm American Pie: The Wedding 12:35am Mallrats

6:30am Malpractice 8:15am Hours 10:05am Bad Company 12:15pm Transporter 2 2:00pm The Manchurian Candidate 4:20pm Three Days of the Condor 6:30pm Transporter 2 8:05pm Children of Men 10:00pm Inside Man 12:15am Derailed 2:10am Blow

8:10am Gone Girl Special 8:40am She's Having a Baby 10:35am Disconnect 12:35pm Dangerous Minds 2:20pm Sleepless in Seattle 4:10pm Being Flynn 6:00pm Cloud Atlas 9:00pm Sleepless in Seattle 11:00pm Adore 1:00am Hide Away 2:30am Being Flynn

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11:05am Tarzan and the Amazons 12:35pm Tarzan and the Mermaids 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Iron Sheriff 5:30pm South Sea Woman 7:25pm Jungle Moon Men 8:45pm Gold Fever 10:00pm No Good Deed 12:10am The Matrix Revolutions 2:30am No Good Deed

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LEAVING home with a heavy bag of toys and sweaty t-shirts so that both Boy Boy and Sheba had my scent I handed them over to Stefanie feeling very lonely without my old pals.

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smelling like new born babies with shiny coats. I did not make too much fuss when they were handed over to me as this can cause excitability and some dogs are inclined to jump up.

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1915: British nurse executed in WW1. British nurse Edith Cavell, 49, is executed by a German firing squad in German-occupied Belgium for helping allied forces escape. She is later honoured with a statue in St Martin’s Place, just off Trafalgar Square.

1952: Eighty five killed in multiple train crash. Eighty five are killed and more than 200 injured after three trains crash at Harrow, a north-west suburb of London. It is the country’s worst peacetime rail crash.

1962: Apollo 7 launched. The first manned Apollo mission is launched with three astronauts on board. The crew conducts an 11-day orbit of Earth and transmits the first live TV broadcasts from orbit.

1964: Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize. King is awarded the prize for his nonviolent resistance to racial prejudice in the United States. At 35, he is the youngest person ever to receive it.

1967: Che Guevara is executed.

Socialist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. He was buried in an unmarked grave. His remains are found in 1997 and sent back to Cuba.

1975: A man is killed in Piccadilly bomb blast. Graham Ronald Truck, 23, is killed after a bomb planted close to Green Park tube station and the Ritz Hotel goes off.

Twenty people are injured.

1980: PM Margaret Thatcher makes defiant speech to Conservatives at a party conference. The Prime Minister stresses her determination to stick to tough economic policies despite doubts coming from the Tory ranks.

1982: Mary Rose rises after four centuries. The flagship of King Henry VIII is raised to the surface after spending 437 years at the bottom of the Solent. It was rediscovered in the summer of 1836 by fishermen.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Some legal matters need your attention. That's not really what you want at this time of the year. A decision has to be made and it needs a fine balance.

Asking others may just confuse matters, so only seek expert advice. At the end of the day, you will know what is both best and acceptable. An attempt to bring romance into your life may be more successful than you think.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A last-minute invitation turns out to be just the ticket in more ways than one. An invitation to join a holiday may be proffered. This is unusual, certainly, but keep an open mind. Your company is clearly well appreciated so why not make that a point of pride? Let's face it, who is best equipped to blow your trumpet?

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Someone you mistrust offers to add to your celebrations. Why not call a truce?

We both know that little long term will come out of it, but who cares?

Sometimes, it is better to share one good moment with someone than none at all.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) As you are in the limelight, it comes as no surprise that admiration comes your way. What may surprise you, however, is the direction it comes from. Who would have thought that such a situation would arise?

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There is a wonderful enthusiasm about you at the moment. Seeing the reaction of others to you, it occurs that you should have taken this attitude before.

Therefore, make a resolution to put more energy into everything that you do.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Something new which you started in recent weeks becomes more than a passing interest. Although it may be surprising to you, it is owing to a predictable situation. In opening your mind, you also seem to have opened your heart. Many people do that at this time of the year and so you are not alone.

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9 October, Sharon Osbourne, 62, Reality Star Rose to fame as the wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and starred in The Osbournes but has since gone on to appear as a judge on The X Factor and America’s Got Talent.

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 G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

13 October, Sacha Baron Cohen, 43, Movie Actor British comedian who created the characters Ali G and Borat. He was influenced by Rowan Atkinson and Monty Python. He is married to Isla Fischer.

10 October, Una Healy, 33, Singer Singer with The Saturdays who found fame with the 2008 song ‘If this is Love.’ She is engaged to rugby player Ben Foden and they had a baby girl in 2012.

14 October, Usher, 36, Singer An R & B singer who rose to fame after releasing Platinum selling album, My Way. He helped Justin Bieber’s rise to fame with their song ‘Somebody to Love.’

12 October, Hugh Jackman, 46, Movie Actor An Australian actor, singer, dancer and producer who starred in X-Men, The Prestige and Les Miserables. He was voted Sexiest Man Alive in 2008.

15 October, Sarah Ferguson, 55, Royalty The former Duchess of York (she was married to Prince Andrew) became a successful TV personality. Known as ‘Fergie’ she also does a lot of charity work.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Being totally inspired this week, you could be tempted to let enthusiasm run away with you. It is a lovely feeling, like being a child again. Be sure to have fun, but do keep as much money in your pocket as possible.

danger you will cut yourself!

Seriously, though, try not to appear pompous over a certain matter. You may be right and you may be clever, but smarty pants are rarely popular.

Some of that sharpness gets things going for you in the love department, though.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There will be a certain amount of discussion regarding holiday plans. You know what you want but how do you persuade others? It's quite easy really. All you have to do is to get someone else to suggest a certain place.

You then agree and it looks like their idea.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With everyone busy round you, the chance may be taken to show what you are capable of.

Instead of watching someone make a pig's ear of a work project, offer to help. It's important, though, to let them think any bright ideas were theirs. Giving praise now will mean it coming back to you ten-fold. Be aware that a close friend is in a delicate frame of mind.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are so sharp that there is a

1. At 5,895 metres (19,341 feet), which is the highest mountain in Africa?

2. By what other name is the Crocodile River of Southern Africa also known?

3. By what name was Harare, the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe, known as from 1890 until 1982?

4. Which American rock/pop band reached number three in the UK singles charts in 1983 with Africa?

5. Which landlocked constitutional monarchy is completely surrounded by South Africa?

6. Which republic in south-western Africa on the south Atlantic coast was formerly known as South West Africa?

7. Which two South African politicians were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

8. Who were the two main stars of the 1985 American romantic drama film Out of Africa?

9. With a surface area of 68,800 square kilometres (26,600 sq mi), which is Africa's largest lake by area and also the largest tropical lake in the world?

10. With an estimated population of 174.5 million, which is the most populous country in Africa?

TARGET: Average: 6 Good: 7 Very good: 10 Excellent: 13 11 October, Mercedes Odina, Journalist. A Spanish journalist, author and film director. Mercedes has a Bachelor of Art degree in Communication from Barcelona University. She began her career at Radio Miramar and in 1985 joined Spanish televisión station RTVE.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) A business partnership takes on a romantic tinge this week. It is possible that the other party sees this as more significant than you. To avoid problems later it would be best to let them do all the running. Unless, of course, you are determined to run yourself. With a lot of excitement in the air it is possible for you to show just what fun you can be. Enjoy!

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Your outgoing attitude is spot on.

Some may say you are a little crazy, the way you go for things. Each person has their own way and yours can be quite unique but that certainly does not make it wrong. People who make the world around us that little bit more colourful are gems.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cake, kart, rack, rake, reek, tack, taka, take, teak, trek, ackee, crake, creak, creek, karat, raker, taker, track, arrack, karate, racker, racket, retake, tacker, teacake, tracker, CARETAKER

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

1. KILIMANJARO, 2. LIMPOPO, 3. SALISBURY, 4. TOTO, 5.

LESOTHO, 6. NAMIBIA, 7. NELSON MANDELA and F W DE KLERK, 8. ROBERT REDFORD and MERYL STREEP, 9. LAKE VICTORIA, 10.

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benefits (8) 15 Bats need ears for the evening air (8) 17 Tree rat built a hideaway (7) 20 Exclude Ferdinand from Spanish speaking quarter (6) 23 Runs around ‘The Railway Children’ (5) 24 Lingers in Flagstaff, Arizona (4) 26 Fair destiny, we hear (4)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 22 represents P and 23 represents Z, so fill in P every time the figure 22 appears and Z every time the figure 23 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 Expands (8) 4 Competent (4) 7 Entrances (5) 9 To one side (5) 11 Remains behind (5) 12 Vacant (5) 13 Method (6) 15 Call off (6) 19 Elegant (5) 21 Speak (5) 23 Light meal (5) 24 Arrive at (5) 25 Dismiss (4) 26 Bewildered (8)

Down 1 Stages (7) 2 Ballots (5) 3 Commendation (6) 5 Ahead of schedule (5) 6 Cook with dry heat (4) 8 Person owned by someone (5) 10 Subject (5) 14 Chairs and benches (5) 16 Theatrical performer (5) 17 Expressed mirth (7) 18 Long-tailed bird (6) 19 Jumps over (5) 20 Squad (4) 22 Byways (5)

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

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(5) 3 A sailor, Spanish sun, mid-January, end of August and June, it’s perfect (8) 4 Mountain guide catches her in spa (6) 5 Gravity-free network (4) 6 Rock, it’s set in stone (7) 7 Steel men work out basics (8) 13 Spins one around for retirement

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Down 1 Mary goes out with a lot of soldiers (4) 2 Tranquil time for a top gym instructor

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FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: STEPHEN SONDHEIM, MALTESERS

Across 1 Seems like there’s a spare penny change (7) 5 Batsman’s prayer before digging in? (5) 8 Another mason complains (5) 9 Plastered if I cement inside building (7) 10 Blade hidden in the cupboard (3) 11 Timber trade (4) 12 Lecturer dined around midnight (4) 14 Natural springs discovered in Russian mountains (5) 16 Greet strange heron (5) 18 Choose the Spanish middle selection (5) 19 Glowing coal from November bonfire (5) 21 Sound vision required by a city developer (4) 22 Digs in the East somehow (4) 25 Guide Russian leader to the United Nations (3) 27 Begin to broadcast outside (4-3) 28 No ale brewed in isolation (5) 29 First staff at the Esso station fills up (5) 30 What has supervisor to do with poetry in Old English? (7)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Eels, 4 Scales, 9 Adrenal, 10 Scene, 11 Terse, 12 Sandals, 13 Sadden, 15 Deters, 19 Realise, 21 Shade, 23 Nests, 24 Sterile, 25 Attend, 26 Ties.

Down: 2 Error, 3 Sincere, 4 Splash, 5 Arson, 6 Elevate, 7 Faiths, 8 Lens, 14 Dead set, 16 Easiest, 17 See red, 18 Ceased, 19 Rent, 20 Issue, 22 Afire.

QUICK Across: 1 Desires, 5 Works, 8 Goals, 9 Regular, 10 Tie, 11 Well, 12 Fair, 14 Ended, 16 Times, 18 Items, 19 Saves, 21 Easy, 22 Cubs, 25 Too, 27 Private, 28 Vague, 29 Sleek, 30 Shrinks.

Down: 1 Dogs, 2 Share, 3 Restless, 4 Spread, 5 Wage, 6 Release, 7 Surprise, 13 Attempts, 15 Discover, 17 Massive, 20 Voters, 23 Begin, 24 Task, 26 Mess.

Across Down 1 Listo (dispuesto) (5) 1 Carrera (4) 3 Cervezas (5) 2 To give (3) 7 Basto (superficie, piel) (6) 4 Company (firm) (7) 9 Abierto (4) 5 Arena (tierra) (4) 10 A veces (9) 6 Windy (meteorological) 13 Grapes (4) (7) 14 Week (6) 8 Lawyer (7) 16 Corto (longitud, 11 Nuestro (4) distancia) (5) 12 Spade (tool) (4) 17 Beach (5) 15 Thousand (3)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Portraits, 8 Acera, 9 Items, 11 Seda, 12 Risa, 14 Rama, 16 Vaca, 19 Saber, 21 Crane, 22 Aguacates.

Down: 2 Opens, 3 Teas, 4 Acid, 6 Sabroso, 7 Escapes, 10 Tar, 13 Ave, 15 Awake, 17 Arma, 18 Acta, 20/5 Big toe.

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TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS AND PROLIFIC CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSERS Most of these composers may have lived hundreds of years ago, but their masterpieces remain unsurpassed and continue to marvel and inspire people around the world.

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1. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Born in Eisenach, this German organist, composer, violist and violinist wrote over 1,100 compositions including cantatas, arias, chorales, passions, organ works, concertos and works for harpsichord. Best known works: Brandenburg concertos and Toccata and Fugue in D minor.

2. Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Born in Le Roncole, in Parma, is best known around the world for his operas. Following his wife’s death and the failure of his second opera, Verdi almost gave up music. After composing Nabucco, he went on to be a dominant figure of the 19th century Italian classical music. Best known works: La Traviata, Rigoletto, Aida, Don Carlos and Otello.

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7. Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Born in Saint Petersburg, Stravinsky is no doubt one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. His compositions stand out for their stylistic diversity. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Best known works: The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring.

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3. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Born in Votkinsk, Tchaikovsky composed ballets, suites, overtures, chamber music, concertos, operas, symphonies and sacred choral music. His life was punctuated by crises and depression, resulting from his mother’s untimely death, that of his friend Nikolai Rubinstein and his leaving his mother for boarding school. Best known works: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Marche Slave.

4. Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Born in Venice, this Baroque composer was a virtuoso violinist, whose influence was widespread throughout Europe. He composed more than 500 concertos, sacred choral music, sonatas and chamber music. Best known works: The Four Seasons.

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8. Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) Born in Zelazowa Wola, Chopin was a gifted child, like Mozart, and was one of the leading musicians of his era. The virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era is credited with the invention of the instrumental ballade. Best known works: Nocturne in E-flat major, Funeral March and Fantasie-Impromptu.

9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Born in Salzburg, Mozart is one of the most influential and prolific composers of the Classical era.

He showed a prodigious inherent ability since an early age. He composed from the age of five and even performed before European royalty. He composed over 600 works. Best known compositions: Requiem, The Magic Flute and Piano Sonata No.11.

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5. Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924) Born in Lucca in Tuscay, Puccini is hailed as the greatest Italian opera composer after Verdi.

He became one of the leading exponents of the

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post-Romantic verisimo style. His operas are among the most widely performed around the world. Best known works: La Boheme, Tosca and Madama Butterfly.

10. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Born in Bonn, Beethoven is one of the most famous and influential composers of all time. A virtuoso pianist, Beethoven was a friend of Joseph Haydn and wanted to study under Mozart. He started to lose his hearing by the age of 26. Best known works: 9th Symphony, which he wrote when he was almost completely deaf, 5th Symphony and Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major.

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.

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

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Just Joking • Three vampires walk into a bar. The first one says, “I’ll have a pint of blood.”

The second one says, “I’ll have one, too.”

The third one says, “I’ll have a pint of plasma.”

The bartender says, “So, that’ll be two Bloods and a Blood Lite?”

• Three guys, stranded on a desert island, find a magic lantern containing a genie, who grants them each one wish. The first guy wishes he was off the island and back home. The second guy wishes the same. The third guy says “I’m lonely. I wish my friends were back here.”

Good: 23 Very good: 33 Excellent: 41

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION line, linen, linens, lined, liner, linear, life, lifer, lire, lira, bins, binned, sneer, inns, inner, infra, infrared, infer, nibs, nerd, nerds, near, dens, dear, dean, deer, drear, fibs, fins, finned, fine, fined, finer, fire, fired, firer, free, freer, fern, ferns, ribs, rife, rend, rends, reds, reran, rear, refine, refined, refiner, rare, ranee, ends, earn, earns, reed, reeds, reared, earned, earner, eared

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Boost for treatment A NEW treatment could improve the ability of radiotherapy to save the lives of cancer patients.

Scientists in the UK at the University of Manchester have discovered the reason why radiotherapy treatment does not always work and have found a way to improve its success.

More than half of cancer patients are treated with radiotherapy, which kills tumour cells, but some cells become resistant to the treatment and can grow into new tumours.

This is because of a protein called PD-L1 which forms a ‘molecular shield’ around some cancer cells preventing them from being destroyed.

They carried out a study injecting an antibody into the blood stream of mice to block the protein, destroying the shield and allowing radiotherapy to target the cancer cell.

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Elderly residents on their own MORE than 1.5 million elderly people live alone in Spain.

The Federation of Friends of the Elderly said it is an “unknown situation that moves silently” as they launched an awareness campaign ‘They’re living alone’ to mark International Day of Older Persons.

The number of elderly has grown significantly in recent decades, as the over 65s represent 18 per cent of the population and the numbers are expected to grow.

The federation is suggesting everyone should visit an elderly person and take a photo to be uploaded to social media sites using #NoEstáisSolos to raise awareness.

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By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

wo weeks ago I spent a week sitting on a delightful section of the River Ebro fishing and thinking up ideas for future articles and books as well as catching 50 plus plump fish.

As you can see from the photograph, the scenery along the river bank and to distant mountains were both very relaxing and stimulating.

During 70 hours of fishing the scenery, especially the river and bank immediately in front of me, stimulated numerous ideas for my garden and those of friends and also for future articles. Being on a private estate there was no disturbance from other fishermen or walkers, and very little from boats. If you are a fisherman find out more about the location, facilities and costs by searching the website www.ebrosportingadventures.com or by calling Stephen on (0034) 658 364 299.

This English speaking family business can also arrange hunting days and weekends from quail to stags.

So the week was a great time to relax and reflect even on the couple of rainy days.

The top 10 garden ideas from the week’s reflections 1. Nature is full of ideas for copying

RIVER EBRO: As well as fishing, stimulated many ideas for my garden. and adapting.

2. Group plants, different colours of flowers, leaves and barks, rocks and water features in creative ways for interest and easy maintenance.

3. Hide all eyesores beyond the fence with walls, hedges, trees and climbers.

4. In beds blend in, in the style of ancient hedgerows, woodlands or even jungles, ground cover and climbing plants, shrubs and trees, groups of rocks and stone chippings, and fountains and ponds.

5. Make features of different coloured barks and leaves.

6. Create interesting garden sounds. Not just from birds or wind chimes, but also from rustling leaves, groaning branches and popping seed pods plus water features.

7. Create interesting reflection and sun and shadow effects. If you decide to avoid water features under-plant or plant in front of tall shrubs and trees areas of low growing plants with varying colours of leaves and flowers to great artificial but natural alternatives to colourful reflections.

8. Attract interesting and safe native wildlife such as butterflies, birds, lizards,

geckoes, glow worms, frogs, toads, and hedgehogs.

9. Create a balance of sunny and shady areas.

10. Build in a balance of essential resting, active, eating and working areas.

Walk and talk gardening Dick Handscombe is leading a three hour easy scenic walk, eight kilometres in length, for Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers on Saturday October 11 starting at the Font in La Drova, 12 kilometres inland from Gandia on the CV675, at 10.30am.

Inevitably it will turn into a walk and talk gardening morning and there is the possibility of lunch afterwards for those interested. All readers are welcome.

The following new book might interest you Dick’s new book ‘Auditing and improving company cultures’ has been recently published via Amazon Books.

It is mentioned here as many gardeners, especially those that grow their own ecological vegetables, fruit and medicinal herbs, are well aware of the way in which the products and practices of both local and multinational gardening, horticultural, agricultural, food product and medicinal product companies are increasingly questioned.

In some cases EWN readers are also involved in such industries.

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Data released by the National Statistics Institute on Friday September 26 show the number of new home mortgages increased in July for the second month in a row, with 18,107 home loans signed.

The figure represents a 28.8 per cent increase over the same month last year and a 19 per cent increment month-over-month.

The positive trend is due to an improvement in the housing market and to the reopening of credit, according to experts.

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HOME MORTGAGES: There were 18,107 home loans signed in July. was €100.866, 0.3 per cent less year-over-year, while capital loaned registered a 28.5 per cent increase over 2013 (€1.8 million).

Compared to June, home mortgages grew by 5.7 per

cent, the most substantial increment registered in five years.

Moreover, the amount of capital loaned also took an 8.1 per cent upturn during July, the sharpest since 2010.

The number of mortgaged homes, however, dropped by 9.4 per cent between January and July year-over-year despite the increment in mortgages.

MORTGAGE LOANS: Most taken out when it was easier to borrow money.

Most foreclosures date back to housing bubble MOST foreclosed mortgages were taken out during the real-estate bubble, said the National Statistics Institute (INE).

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by Spanish banks during the second quarter of the year were taken out in the midst of the housing bubble, according to data released by INE on September 30.

Statistics show that 60 per cent of the foreclosure processes were initiated against mortgage loans negotiated between 2004 and 2007, when the financial sector made it easier for potential homebuyers to borrow money and would finance 100 per

cent or more of the property’s value without taking into consideration the implied risk of such transactions.

On the other hand, INE figures confirm that evictions, one of the most visible symptoms of the crisis, continued during the second quarter of the year.

Despite the economy’s recovery, the creation of new employment and the fact that their number had dropped by 4.2 per cent during the first quarter of the year, mortgage foreclosures registered an 8.4 per cent increase between April and June, totalling 9,611 processes.

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SEVEN years after the burst of the bubble, the construction sector is once again the most attractive industry for foreign investors in Catalonia.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, €152.5 million out of the €523.3 million received by Catalonia from outside Spain during the first six months of the year had the construction sector as its destination.

This represents 30 per cent of the total investment received during the period and doubles that invested in industry, which fell 50 per cent year-on-year during the same timeframe.

Although the foreign investment received in Catalonia has decreased in almost all main sectors, the figures have been less dramatic in the construction sector with only a 27 per cent reduction.

Other sectors such as industry (-92 per cent), transport (-94

FOREIGN INVESTMENT: Thirty per cent of investment benefited the construction sector.

per cent) and food and beverages (-94 per cent) have felt the pinch much harder.

Salvador Guillermo, Director of Economia de Fomento del Trabajo, has pointed out that it is too early to be fully optimistic

since great deals in the sector may have distorted the data.

Moreover, he has highlighted that it is possible that the secessionist process in Catalonia may cause some uncertainty amongst investors;

however there is nothing that indicates this so far.

Guillermo also believes that the process initiated by banks to sell their active assets has caught the attention of the investors who now understand

that their market price might not continue devaluating for much longer.

Furthermore, Jose Garcia Moltavo, professor in the Pompeu Fabra University, considers that the foreign investment is being diverted to the construction sector due to the small returns financial markets are providing nowadays. In his research, he confirmed that 27.9 per cent of buyers purchase properties as an investment and that this percentage is much higher in Barcelona City. In addition to this, he believes that the majority of these buyers are small investors and pensioners who use their savings to pay for the property with the view of renting it afterward.

Madrid puts housing policies in place to help those families in need MADRID has allocated a total of 201 houses to families with difficulties.

Borja Carabante, Vice Counsellor for Transport, Infrastructures and Housing, has announced the initiative whilst handing the apartment keys to a couple in Alcorcon, south of Madrid. Carabante stated that: “the goal is to help families have a second chance since the region is aware of the financial radical change that many families have suffered in a very short period of time.”

For the new apartment dwellers, Priscila and Javier, this represents the opportunity to start a new life. “We had the eviction order to leave the apartment on September 11 and had to leave. When they phoned us we felt tremendously happy and grateful.

We have to move in again but this time we will do it with a smile on our face.”

On the other hand, the Vice Counsellor has also confirmed that the council continues applying their social policies through relocation. “We are going to relocate 11 families from the Ventorro de la

Puñala shanty neighbourhood. We are planning to finish the whole relocation programme by the end of the year which will mean the dismantling of all historical shanty areas in Madrid City.”

Carabante has explained that the programme begins with the relocation and continues with the total reinsertion of these families with their new neighbours. To achieve this, the Relocation and Social Integration Institute works with the families for years in order to ensure they fully integrate into society.

“In some cases, these individuals do not have a proof of identification and, very often, are analphabetic,” remarked Carabante.

The rent the relocated families will have to pay will depend on their financial situation. However, they will need to carry out with the day-to-day duties of the community, such us bringing the rubbish bags to the containers, looking after the building and respecting their neighbours.

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ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two.

Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac.

There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always.

Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc.

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THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461) TCF is a multi-national English speaking church now located on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 68, Torrevieja.

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The Phantom Metropolitan Collection, unveiled at the Mondial de L’Automobile in Paris, features hand-crafted design inspired by the modern metropolis. Just 20 of these beautifully crafted cars will be available to commission.

Rolls-Royce say the Phantom’s launch in 2003 “emphatically heralded the renaissance of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars by affording the world’s most discerning successful men and women the consummate

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Central to the car’s allure is an interior furnished in the very finest materials; expertly hand-applied by the master craftspeople at the Home of RollsRoyce in Goodwood, England. It presents a space that cossets occupants and provides the ultimate sanctuary in which to traverse and observe the city in supreme comfort.

The Phantom Metropolitan Collection pays homage to the world’s great metropolises through the meticulous application of marquetry the art of inlaying small pieces of wood veneer to form decorative motifs.

When open, Phantom’s signature picnic table presents occupants with an elevated view of the city, created through the expert application of 500 individual wood veneer pieces.

Indeed, the process of hand-cutting, colouring, shaping and applying is so

complex these unique objects d’art take an expert wood craftsperson several days to complete.

On closing the tables, a different perspective of the cityscape is offered reflecting the view one gets when effortlessly travelling in the rear of a Phantom.

“I can think of no more fitting location than Paris to debut this remarkable new motor car. This is a city that echoes Rolls-Royce’s very special brand promise in perfectly combining the timeless and modern in a manner that celebrates the art of the master craftsperson,” said Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer, RollsRoyce Motor Cars.

“Our customers across the globe delight in challenging our designers

THE PHANTOM: Available in 44,000 different colours. and craftspeople to create true, one-of-a-kind pieces of automotive art.

“This latest Collection serves to showcase the extraordinary scope for Bespoke personalisation afforded to every patron of the marque.”

Meticulous care is taken when selecting individual wood veneers. Minute imperfections such as knots and flecks lead to instant rejection.

Adjustments to the colour of each piece are made through the traditional hand-process of hot-sand shading before a final inspection under magnification on a light box to ensure perfection.

The cityscape theme extends beyond Phantom’s many wood surfaces.

A specially developed Aetherius Grey leather colour was created to echo the colour palette of the modern city whilst 6,800 two-tone stitches to the central rear seat flutes depict an abstract image of a skyscraper. A specially developed Bespoke clock extends the theme to the front of the car.

For the first time in the marque’s history, a rotating bezel expressing 24 of the great cities of the world and their time zones adorns the central console.

An exterior hue, Darkest Tungsten, inspired by city skylines finishes the exterior surfaces of the car on display in Paris.

However, as afforded to any Rolls-Royce customer, the full palette of 44,000

colours is available to those commissioning a Phantom Metropolitan Collection car. Should that not be enough, the marque’s Bespoke craftspeople will create a perfect match of any colour or object a customer may wish to replicate.

The exterior is completed with a hand-applied coachline that depicts an abstract silhouette of modern skyscrapers.

This is the latest in a line of remarkable, individual Bespoke masterpieces such as the Phantom Drophead Coupé Waterspeed Collection that paid tribute to Sir Donald Campbell’s record-breaking achievements and the Pinnacle Travel Phantom that made its debut at the Beijing Auto Show.

Unique in the world: three plug-in hybrid models from Porsche THE new Porsche Cayenne S EHybrid1 has celebrated its world premiere.

It is the first plug-in hybrid in the premium SUV segment and it now, claims the manufacturer, sets the standards among luxury all-wheeldrive vehicles.

At the same time, it makes Porsche the leading manufacturer of

plug-in hybrid cars. Together with the Panamera S E-Hybrid2) and the 918 Spyder3) it is the only brand to offer three plug-in models.

Besides the Cayenne S E-Hybrid, Porsche is also presenting updated models of the Cayenne S, Cayenne Turbo, Cayenne Diesel and Cayenne S Diesel in Paris. Their main features are increased efficiency, even more

precise handling, a more streamlined design and even more extensive standard equipment.

Thanks to plug-in hybrid technology the Cayenne S E-Hybrid has a fuel economy of only 3.4 litres per 100 kilometres and CO2 emissions of a mere 79 grams per kilometre. Market reaction to the models was positive.

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Orihuela Chase is on at Busters as the pace hots up come out top THE chase is on, Busters Golf Society player of the year competition has two games to go and the pace is hotting up, with six players in the running.

HARSH tackling by Orihuela and some poor refereeing was insignificant as Monte suffered their first defeat of the season in front of a 220 crowd.

Monte began the half the better team.

Vaz was shadowed constantly by former Monte player Andreas whose challenge prevented Vaz from going in on goal. After 10 mins of bad tackles by the visitors, the ref finally showed a yellow card for a foul on Marcos. Monte kept plugging away, but Orihuela are a strong, well organised outfit who contained any home threat with ease.

Vaz finally drew a good save on 20 mins, but then Monte right back Dimitry was caught napping and the Orihuela No 9 cut inside to score via the post.

The second half started like the first with Carlos going close and a Dimitry cross was well saved. A deliberate hand ball went uncarded and the free kick saw an M&A shot come to nothing. Orouker was replaced by Edu and Alberto for Yonhi, but this made no difference as Monte were limited to shots from the distance.

Edu then pulled up, so the sub was subbed for Rubio.

Yonhi and Fernando had shots go wide as the game fizzled out for a Monte home defeat. Final score CD Montesinos 0 Playas de Orihuela 1.

Next week Monte are away on Sunday October 12 to San Isidro, kick-off time to be confirmed.

For more info email www.thefullmonte2011 @hotmail.com or check the website at www.cdmontesinos.com

The society’s latest game was played at Alto Real.

Nine players scored above 30 points, with Phil Pettican’s score of 38 points taking top spot.

He was followed by Bill Peters (35) and Steve Edwards (34). Bill Peters took nearest the pin prizes on holes eight, 10 and 17 with John Rush winning NTP on the third hole.

Lewis ‘rains’ in wet Japan, unbeaten Chelsea roar on START with Formula 1...

And Lewis Hamilton claimed his eighth victory of the year by winning Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.

In atrocious conditions (rain, rain and more rain) Hamilton produced one of his greatest drives ever to finish ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg with Sebastian Vettel third.

Hamilton is 10 points clear of Rosberg in the drivers’ championship with four GPs remaining.

Unfortunately Hamilton’s victory celebrations were

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subdued following an accident involving Marussia’s French driver Jules Bianchi (25) who was taken to hospital, unconscious, after crashing into a recovery vehicle.

Earlier, on the same

track, Dutchman Max Verstappen (17) became the youngest ever F1 driver, taking charge of a Toro Rosso car in the first practice session. And here’s a fact - no-one can hold a full driving licence in Holland until they’re 18.

And former Italian F1 driver Andrea De Cesaris (55) has been killed in a motorbike accident in Rome.

Onto Football... and in last week’s European action, there were Champions League wins for Chelsea and Real Madrid,

20/20 TOURNAMENT: An exciting weekend for all cricket fans.

A warm welcome at La Manga

THE La Manga Resort will once more be the place to be for all cricket fans.

Over the weekend of October 10 to 12 cricket teams from the UK - United Asians, Barking CC, Chester Boughton Hall, Waltham and Sandiacre CC alongside a team from the Spanish Academy will battle it out in an intense 20/20 tournament, with one aim, to be crowned champions of Lady Taverner’s Twenty 20 Tournament.

The well known figure of Mike Gatting, ex-England Captain, will also be at the

event and at around 15.45 on the Sunday, the winners of the T20 will have the honour of playing against the Mike Gatting Legends.

There will be three matches every day starting at 10am, 1pm and 4pm. So go along and watch some competitive cricket played at a very high standard in the exciting 20 overs matches.

More information: George Wambeek 0034 610 006 783 or www.lamangaclub.com/love-sport/cricket.

draws for Arsenal and Manchester City and defeat for Barcelona, while in the Europa League, Celtic triumphed but both Everton and Tottenham drew.

Two former Chelsea players, Samuel Eto’o and Demba Ba, scored for Everton and Besiktas (against Spurs) respectively.

In the Premiership last weekend, leaders Chelsea beat Arsenal 2-0; Aston Villa lost 2-0 to reigning champions Manchester City 2; Hull clipped Crystal Palace 2-0; Liverpool edged out WBA 2-1; Manchester United defeated Everton, also 2-1; Sunderland licked Stoke 3-1; Tottenham beat Southampton 1-0 and West Ham eased past QPR 2-0.

The games between Swansea-Newcastle and Leicester-Burnley ended in 22 draws.

Here in Spain, Lionel Messi netted again, lobbing home Barcelona’s in a 2-0 win over nine-man Rayo Vallecano.

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El Raso at Altorreal EL RASO played at Altorreal. Apart from the greens being a little woolly and difficult to read, the course was in good condition for this time of year. Due to some late cancellations, and the time of year, only 17 members and one guest travelled from the Quesada area to play.

The par threes on this course are quite long and well protected by bunkers, and no-one managed to get a ball onto the 10th green. However Marilyn Eckersall managed it on the fifth and Bob Shorley and Roger Richings hit the eighth and 17th respectively.

Captain, Ken Brett, won the best front prize with 19 points and after a close three way tie Jan Shorley won the best back with 14 points. The third prize overall went to Roger Richings with a score of 31 points, and second was Bryan Fenwick on 32 points.

The winner with 36 points was Marilyn Eckersall.

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Trophies for swimmers THE City of Torrevieja acknowledged the achievements of sports people across the city from 25 different sports.

Throughout the evening in the Municipal Theatre on Saturday (October 4) awards were made in the ‘21st Sports Gala.’

Awards were made to the under 25’s Best Male and Female from each sport and for Trainers in

21ST SPORTS GALA: Swimmers from Torrevieja swimming club with their awards. the Technical Category.

The last category being the Best Absoluto Sportsperson, (any age).

Swimmers from Club Natacion Torrevieja received awards in each category.

Paula Garcia, Best Female, Elian Rio del

Castillo, Best Male, Juanma Martinez, Best Technical and Vicki Connolly Best Absoluto swimmer.

Awards were made to Vicky Pignur, Zoe Connolly and Beth Altabas for their outstanding achievements in their

sport over the previous season.

For more information about Torrevieja Swimming Club please contact Rosa 665 454 126, President Felipe on 609 418 776 or Vicki 669 637 015 or by email on info@clubnatacion torrevieja.com.