Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 23 - 29 October 2014 Issue 1529

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Land ceded to pay debt A GANDIA landowner who owed €4,000 in unpaid IBI rates had the bill written off after ceding the plot to the council for use as a public garden until 2024.

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Load of bull BULL-RUNNING at local fiestas is as popular as ever in the Valencian Community.

Castellon held 129 events this year, followed by 120 in Valencia and 36 in Alicante Province.

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Doors stay open for winter visitors

IN a sign of the ever-improving tourism market, the vast majority of hotels will stay open this winter.

The Entrepreneurial Association

of Benidorm and Costa Blanca Hotels (Hosbec) has said that 74 per cent of hotels and lodgings in Costa Blanca will not close their doors during the traditional

Dust-up over quarry VALENCIA’S Upper Court (TSJ) has ruled in favour of Adsubia residents who complained about the nearby Pego quarry. The regional government must now produce an environmental impact report, the TSJ said.

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closed season. This year’s winter season started on September 1 and will continue until May 31, 2015, but there will be no shortage of beds for off-peak travellers.

As many as 53,115 beds, out of 71,778 in 223 hotels and lodgings, will remain available to the general public.

This data stands in contrast with figures from other important tourist destinations in Spain, including Ibiza, where only nine hotels will stay open during winter, and with the Balearic Islands, where the seasonal closure will affect more than 80,000 hotel industry employees.

According to Hosbec, ribbon to form the characteristic bow 69.1 per cent of beds in that since 1991 has represented Benidorm will remain solidarity with breast cancer victims. available, while 43 Benidorm’s mayor Agustin Navarro hotels – representing applauded the brave and committed 10,852 beds (30.1 per women. “They have shown us that it is cent) – will close their possible to put up a fight with the doors during the winter. strength and support of the people In Costa Blanca, 76.5 around us,” Navarro said. per cent of hotels are to remain open.

Benidorm marches with ANEMONA ANEMONA members recently celebrated International Breast Cancer Day in Benidorm.

The Marina Baja support group for women and their families who are coping with breast cancer marched through the town’s principal streets to the Levante beach.

Here they unfurled a huge pink

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INDEX News 1 - 32 Finance 33 - 38 Letters 39 Daily TV 40, 42, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54 Leapy Lee 47 Time Out 55 - 58 Health & Beauty 60 - 63 Food 65 - 67 Homes & Gardens 68-69 Property 70 - 74 Services 75 - 79 Classifieds 80 - 82 Motoring 83 - 86 Sport 87 - 88

MYSTERY FILM: The mayor of Alfaz with the filmmakers, Luis Mottola and councillors.

Albir lighthouse takes centre stage

THE Albir lighthouse will feature in a fulllength film by Alicante filmmakers Paco Amat and Alfredo Navarro. Entitled ‘El Faro, otra dimension’ (The Lighthouse, another dimension), shooting is expected to start soon. The film is their most ambitious project to date, said Elda-born Navarro during a recent visit to Alfaz del Pi. Other locations include Cabo de la Nao, Tabarca Island, Santa Pola and Biar in Alicante, as well as Almeria, Japan and the US.

Navarro declined to elaborate on the plot, which centres on a lighthouse-keeper ‘surrounded in mystery.’ The principal role is played by the popular actor Luis Mottola who has appeared in some of Spanish television’s most popular series. Once completed, it will be previewed at the Alfaz Film Festival.

“The project is born of enthusiasm, love and affection for self-sufficiency,” said Paco Amat. “There are no official subsidies, but we do have the kind of help that is even more important than money.”

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Filling up DECEMBER bookings for hotel rooms in Alicante Province account for 5.84 per cent of Spain’s total. Huesca had (5.47 per cent), followed by Toledo (5.11 per cent).

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Addict held pets to ransom AN Elda man who threatened his aunt’s pets faces a year in prison.

The accused, a drug addict, allegedly went to her home in a violent mood, seized her cat and dog and demanded €20.

Unless she gave him the money he intended to kill them and she would never see them again, he claimed. The threatened woman handed over the

money and the animals were released, said the public prosecution department, who accused the nephew of extortion.

Medical reports have been ordered to determine whether he showed signs of schizophrenia or paranoia.

Until the episode with his aunt, there was no evidence that the man’s mental

capacities were impaired, the prosecutor stressed, despite being ‘diminished’ by his drug habit. Legal experts also pointed out that animals figure in a growing number of gender violence cases. Women are forced to remain in a relationship for fear of losing a pet or are intimidated by threats to kill it, they said.

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No summer cover TEULADA Health councillor Sylvia Tatnell agreed Marina Salud should have covered doctors’ absences instead of leaving patients without health care this summer. She will raise this issue with the company, she said.

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Fire warning HOMEOWNERS in Sierra Mariola called for more administration help with fireprevention. Uncontrolled regrowth in areas destroyed 20 years ago is again a fire risk and should be cleared.

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Clocks go back

AT 3am this Sunday the clocks go back by one hour to 2am, giving us darker evenings but brighter mornings, and an allimportant extra hour of sleep.

For those who confuse when the clocks should go backwards or forwards just remember the old saying: “Spring forward, fall back.”

Plan dilemma

Brought to book PUBLISHERS’ association Anele is suing the regional government for encouraging re-use of textbooks. This adversely affects sales and limits the rights of teachers to choose their own manuals, Anele claimed.

Order reversed THE regional government reversed its temporary order to close the San Juan crematorium. It accepted an appeal from owners ASV which claimed that pollution levels no longer exceeded permitted limits.

Sign here POLICE caught two youths red-handed as they added their ‘tags’ to graffiti in Elda.

They now face stiff fines, compensation for the owners of the defaced buildings and community service.

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THE Algar building plan annulled by Valencia’s upper court could cost La Nucia more than €14 million in compensation to the developers. The town has three years to reactivate the plan or pay up.

Home again A 66-YEAR-OLD man who disappeared from his Alcoy home was found alive and well the next day in Gandia. He had left a note to his family saying he had “personal affairs” to resolve.

Outlook dull UNLESS more volunteers come forward to organise Jalon’s October 2015 fiestas the town hall will have to take over. This will result in a “loss of essence,” the Fiestas councillor warned.

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‘El Clasico’- the rivalry continues

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HE first and eagerly awaited ‘El Clasico’ of this season will see Barcelona travel to Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium on Saturday as they seek to widen their four-point gap at the top of the table over their arch rivals.

Over the last few years the meetings between these two bitter adversaries have had an added dimension through the dynamism and skill of Barcelona’s Leo Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo - just who is the better player? - and Saturday’s match may see the first competitive game for Barcelona’s Luis Suarez since his fourmonth ban for biting at the World Cup.

Quote of the Week A new political force to change the country has been born today,’ said Pablo Iglesias at a Civic Assembly organised by leftwing political party Podemos at Palacio de Vistalegre in Madrid.

The rivalry between the clubs from Spain’s two biggest cities is steeped in history reflecting political divisions that emerged during the Franco regime.

Real Madrid was viewed as the ‘establishment’ club representing Spanish nationalism, and the citizens of Barcelona were mostly opposed to Franco’s fascist rule. The intense rivalry has grown over time thanks to a number of factors, including the issue of Catalan independence, controversial player transfers and the overwhelming hunger for trophies. Real Madrid currently has a slim lead over Barcelona in the number of ‘El Clasicos’ won: 91 to Barcelona’s 88.

But Barcelona has yet to concede a goal this season.

Real Madrid versus Barcelona kicks off at 6pm.

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Number of the week

1,100

is the number of economic crimes investigated by Spanish police so far this year, 67 per cent of which correspond to corruption cases, said Chief of Police Ignacio Cosido.

Dangerous game A 52-YEAR-OLD man lost all the fingers of one hand while he was handling a firecracker in an Alicante City bar.

Fat chance THE Fundacion Oli Free Ocean (Sigoleo) is installing recycling points for used cooking oil in Benidorm. There will be a container for every 1,500 inhabitants.

DIY law THE Xarpolar consortium of villages near Alcoy and El Comtat are considering hiring private security guards as the area does not have sufficient Guardia Civil patrols.

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The northern rhino is now closer to extinction. Suni, one of the last breeding males, was found dead last week by rangers at the Ol Peteja Conservancy in Kenya. Now there are only six of the species left in the world.

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A legacy from Denia’s past KIRSTIN MILNESANDERSEN has donated her late aunt’s photograph collection to Denia’s town archive.

The six albums go back to the 1920s when

Ragnhild Andersen, daughter of the Norwegian Consul in Valencia, arrived with her family to live in Denia.

Apart from the Civil War years, she remained at

her Les Rotes home until her death in 1992, leaving the photographs to her niece and goddaughter, Kirstin Milnes-Anderson.

Ragnhild Andersen took most of the 795 photos

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Past revealed EXCAVATIONS in Elda, named Elo by the Romans, reveal it was the capital of the Alto and Medio Vinalopo areas. Its influence reached as far as Caudete in Albacete, archaeologists said.

Sales down AS Valencia Region’s daytime temperatures continue to break records winter clothes are failing to sell. Sales are 10 per cent down, said the big retailers.

between 1925 and 1929, putting them into order and dating them herself.

They are mainly family snaps taken in Les Rotes although they also show Javea, Moraira and Calpe as well as Valencia City and its outskirts.

The collection will be available to the public at the municipal archive and a selection of the photographs will be on view at a Casa de Cultura exhibition next month.

Rosa Seser, in charge of the municipal archive, urged residents who have

LES ROTES: Denia as no-one knows it now. photographs and documents relating to the past to donate them to the town hall.

Here they would be

kept in conditions guaranteeing optimum conservation, Seser said, with a stable temperature and controlled humidity.

Alicante mayor ruled out REGIONAL President Alberto Fabra gave a clear answer to the will she, won’t she, dilemma.

The she in question is Sonia Castedo, currently Mayor of Alicante City, and Fabra confirmed that she will not be a Partido Popular (PP) candidate in next May’s municipal elections.

Castedo has been named in several

corruption cases and is to be interviewed under caution by a High Court judge next month for alleged involvement in planning irregularities.

“All those linked to processes that could affect citizens’ trust in the institutions will be left out,” Fabra said.

“They will not be candidates,” he emphasised.

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Giving a helping hand…

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E here at EWN were among the first to congratulate two hardy cyclists who pedalled from Yorkshire to Southern Spain for charity.

The reason? Well, the cycle’s finishing point was at our offices in Benalmadena!

Paul Kearns and Steven Tindall cycled 2,000 miles through three countries in aid of two wonderful charities and we were proud to be a part of the event.

Without suffering one single puncture between them during their 26-day trip, the ‘two blokes and two bikes’ travelled from Baildon, Bradford, down through France and then on to Benidorm, Costa Blanca, and through Alicante and Malaga before finishing at the EWN offices, tired but in good cheer.

The dedication and

determination they showed to power their bikes through all sorts of adverse weather conditions has to be admired. And with more than £10,000 (€12,500) raised for charity, they deserve all the thanks in the world as well as a hardearned rest.

It makes us proud to see expat people in Spain doing what they can to raise money for good causes, and Paul and Steven’s trip was just one of thousands of events that take place every year organised by people for the good of their communities and for worthwhile causes.

We take it upon ourselves to support various events and charity causes, and would likewise encourage the expat community, wherever they may be in Spain, to get involved in any good causes close to home.

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Valencia AVE ready before the spring THE Alicante-Valencia high-speed AVE train is no longer shunted into a siding.

Although work stalled more than a year ago it will be operational by next spring, the central government’s Ministry of

Public Works has announced.

“Budget adjustments” were necessary after track operator Adif faced the expense and technological challenges of constructing a three-kilometre branch line from Villena’s La

Encina junction to Fuente La Higuera. Here the high-speed train will use the existing Jativa track, whose Spanish gauge will have to switch to international gauge for the AVE to continue to Valencia City.

DOMISOL SISTERS: Back to the future.

Swing time in Javea JAVEA’S latest jazz and swing cycle opens this week with the Domisol Sisters.

The four singers, Elena Almendros, Paula Almendros, Carla Sanz and Mireia Serrano successfully model their style on the Boswell Sisters and the Andrews Sisters with a repertoire based on music from the 20s, 30s and 40s and the golden age of jazz and swing. They are performing

tomorrow, Friday October 24, at the Casa de Cultura in Javea and will feature songs from their latest disc, Get On Board.

They are accompanied by Eduard Marquina on piano, Simone Zaniol on drums and bass-player Jaume Guerra.

The concert begins at 8pm in the Casa de Cultura where tickets, which cost €5, will be available from 7pm onwards.

Central government funds were unable to stretch far enough in 2013 but the 2015 budget will allocate €20 million for the project.

Work has continued slowly in the meantime and is 80 per cent complete, Adif claims.

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Name game THE latest edition of Spain’s most respected dictionary has not found favour with Alicantinos.

The 2014 version of the Diccionario de la Real Academia (RAE) has a total of 93,111 entries, with modern additions like Wi-Fi and ‘tuit’ (a Twitter tweet).

But the definition of Alicantina as a noun meaning ‘trickery, shrewdness or malice,’ continuing prejudices that go back generations, was not well received.

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New lamps for old in Teulada TEULADA Council has voted to substitute conventional lighting at the town hall and Espai La Senieta in Moraira.

The 619 lightbulbs, halogen lamps and

fluorescent tubes in Teulada and another 415 in the Moraira building will now be replaced with LED illumination. The move was first discussed in 2012 after TeuladaMoraira joined the Covenant of Mayors, said Teulada’s Mayor, Antoni Joan Bertomeu, after the meeting. The covenant is a mainstream European movement of local and regional authorities who voluntarily commit to increasing energy efficiency and using renewable energy sources.

Installing LED lighting will bring a saving of 65 per cent to the town hall’s electricity BENIDORM: Cruise passengers view the skyline. bill and 70 per cent for the Moraira building, Bertomeu said. The initial changeover will cost €130,883 of which BENIDORM hotels had more guests during the first €124,339 will come from the fortnight of October than in July. Occupancy reached provincial government with 92.1 per cent, only a few decimal points below the town hall paying the August’s 92.55 per cent. This was the second-best remaining 5 per cent. start to October since 2008.

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Going with the flow in Benitachell A NEW mains water pipe in Benitachell will solve intermittent problems in the domestic supply.

The existing 60millimetre diameter pipe in Calle del Pozo is being replaced with one 150 millimetres wide. The substitution was decided following a series of problems last year but this was delayed until after the end of the summer tourist season.

The €136,000 project will be finished by the end of the year.

In future there should be no more cuts in the domestic supply while burst pipes or leakages are repaired, the town hall announced. The new installation will also solve water pressure problems in Calle del Pozo area, one of the town’s most-populated.

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La Vila to become a health tourism giant THE Norwegian residence-clinic Solgarden in Villajoyosa is set to triple in size.

The Vila Vida complex is expected to include residential apartments and a Third Age

Amjasa image change AMJASA, the municipal company that supplies Javea’s domestic water, recently revamped its corporate image with an updated logo.

It has also acquired two electric cars that will be used by the company’s meter-readers who drive considerable distances each year in the course of their work.

It was because of the many kilometres that they cover on a regular basis that the company decided to opt for electric vehicles, as these need less maintenance than conventional transport. Fuel costs are also much lower than for vehicles that run on petrol or diesel oil while the electric cars also cut down on noise pollution and greenhouse

AMJASA: Quietly does it. emissions.

One of the cars is already in use while the other will come into service shortly, Amjasa said.

centre, revealed Solgarden’s director, Pablo Sbertoli.

Together with the Imed Levante hospital and Diakonhjemmet hospital in Oslo it will form a ‘health cluster’ able to treat 10,000 patients a year.

Oslo patients would be referred to Villajoyosa while those in Solgarden could, if necessary, transfer to Oslo.

The Vila Vida project will make Villajoyosa one of the most important Norwegian health centres in Spain, turning the town into a health tourism destination.

Solgarden will also focus on attracting health tourists from Northern Europe who plan to visit the Costa Blanca for medical treatment or to convalesce.

Enlarging the existing Solgarden installations where 100 people currently work will necessitate taking on 100 more staff, Villajoyosa Town Hall pointed out and also create indirect employment amongst suppliers.

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Stitch in nine HEALTH unions have called for glass screens to be installed at all counters at Denia hospital and Marina Alta health centres as protection against possible Ebola cases.

Hitching snag SAN JUAN Town Hall has voted to introduce a fee for civil weddings at councilowned venues. It will now cost couples between €100 and €180.

Dear nuts ALMONDS are fetching €6 a kilo owing to the drought. Higher prices will not affect Christmas turron, predicted growers, who claimed manufacturers “buy cheap almonds from the US.”

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Toadfish surprise in trawler catch A DENIA trawler caught a poisonous toadfish, the first

recorded in the region.

Native to the Indian

CUT DOWN: Ailing pine could not be saved.

Parque del Pla old-timer felled DESPITE efforts to save it, a 15-metre-high pine in Alfaz del Pi has had to be felled.

The tree had stood in the El Pla park for more than 40 years but the trunk was practically hollow and the top of the tree increasingly fragile.

“It was sick and extremely dangerous,” explained Alfaz’s municipal biologist Jose Manuel Perez. “It would have fallen sooner or later and it was impossible to find a better solution.”

Ocean, they have so far been found only in the Eastern Mediterranean after entering through the Suez Canal, said Spain’s Fisheries Directorate.

The fish was sent to Alicante University for identification although some of the trawlermen had recognised it as poisonous and believed it could be a puffer fish.

A report released by Carlos Larrañaga, Head of the Fisheries Directorate, confirmed it was a toadfish and belonged to the same family as the puffer fish.

The fish contains tetrodotoxin, a powerful neurotoxin that paralyses the nervous system. It is dangerous if consumed and “appropriate steps should be taken to prevent the fish from entering the food chain,” the report continued.

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Mount up on Shanks’s Pony THE Benissa Gymkhana is now under way.

It began on October 18, continues until January 10 next year – and no horses are involved.

Instead competitors will probably prefer Shanks’s Pony as they explore Benissa to find the answers to 28 questions and 26 photographs.

The gymkhana has the backing and co-operation of Benissa Town Hall but the Costa Blanca branch of Belgian association, Flamencos en el Mundo, is behind the idea, which is aimed at generating low-season tourism.

The names of the participants who answered all the questions correctly will enter a draw for one of approximately 40 prizes donated by businesses in Benissa and other Costa

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BENISSA: Discover the town and win a prize.

Blanca towns.

Entry forms in Spanish, English and Flemish are available at Padesucre and Tourist Info, Benissa. The forms can also be downloaded from

www.benissa.es and www.viw-costa blanca.com Prizes will be awarded at the Seu Universitaria de la Marina in Benissa at 4pm on January 17, 2015.

ALICANTE UNIVERSITY has helped to develop a reading system to assist those with autism spectrum disorders.

Together with other centres in Spain, the UK and Bulgaria, the university has worked on a way to adapt written matter into a format that is easier for them to read and understand.

The system was the principal result of the EU-funded FIRST (Flexible Interactive Reading Support Tool).

“Through language technology and a simple interface we have achieved an enriched version of text that allows a better understanding without assistance,” said Paloma Moreda, a computer programmer at Alicante University. The software, named Open Book, was designed for autism spectrum disorders although its benefits will reach many more groups, Moreda explained. “It can also help people with low literacy or learning difficulties, as well as those learning a foreign language and the elderly who have problems grasping new words.”

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Anti-flood plans for central street AFTER a year of drought rain brought chaos when it returned to Benidorm

earlier this month.

More than 27 litres per square metre fell within 80

Not jobs to bank on BANKING is the only large sector in Alicante Province that continues to destroy employment.

Over the last year 580 bank workers have lost their jobs, with their numbers falling from 10,017 to 9,437 employees.

In contrast other principal sources of employment in the province created work for around 18,000 people.

The hotel and catering trade generated approximately 4,600 jobs, industry provided work for another 3,900 and a further 3,100 people were taken on in retail or commerce. Even the hard-hit construction sector has almost 1,000 workers more than a year ago.

Despite government measures introduced in 2012 to discourage early retirement Santander, BBVA and SabadellCAM are offering older employees this option, unions claimed.

minutes and the lower reaches of Calle Dr Orts Llorca, which links the N332 to the Levante beach, was knee-deep in water.

Business-owners could do nothing as they saw merchandise outside their shops swept away. “This happens every time it rains heavily but nothing is ever done about it,� one complained.

Now something will be done as the city hall recently announced that it would allocate â‚Ź1 million to solving the problem.

There was criticism from non-aligned councillor Juan Angel Ferrer. Less than 40 per cent will be spent on improving the drainage system, he complained.

Much of the money will go on granite paving, lampposts and bollards for a 125-metre section at the bottom of Orts Llorca.

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Councillor arrested over harassment AN Esquerra Unida (EU) councillor in Burjassot has been arrested for harassment and sexual assault.

The 60-year-old appeared in court after testifying to the police this week.

In relation to the

Flu campaign launches in Alicante THE flu vaccination campaign has begun across Alicante with almost 300,000 doses of vaccine being distributed across the province.

There are over 1,800 points of distribution, of which 52,060 are in Alicante General Hospital. This year there will also be around 1,000 special vaccines for those patients with allergies to eggs and antibiotics.

The influenza campaign is targeted at giving the vaccine to the most-at-risk groups, including those aged over 60, pregnant women, people with chronic illnesses and health workers.

allegations, Burjassot’s Mayor, Rafael Garcia, said: “At all times we work with the presumption of innocence of the people,” but added that if the court says any wrongdoing has been carried out, action will be taken as the town hall works to promote “exemplary honesty and integrity.”

Co-ordinator of the EU party in Valencia, Marga Sanz, said immediate action would be taken if charges against the party member went ahead.

Sanz added: “Allegations of corruption, influence peddling, coercion, harassment and sexual abuse, if confirmed, will result in suspension of membership and expulsion from the organisation if they are accused.”

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Spain elected to UN Security Council as a non-permanent member

Relief for varicose vein sufferers RELIEF is at hand for sufferers of varicose veins and haemorrhoids.

A new centre in Altea is specialising in the study and prevention of vascular diseases.

It has been brought to Altea by Trinidad Sánchez Fuentes from Clinica Mejorate Physiotherapy and Ostheopathy Centre.

She said: “The treatment is different from the rest in that we make the varicose work again so you do not need to burn or cut it away.”

The procedure involves an injection that opens up the vein allowing blood to flow through, improving its appearance. It can be used on all types of varicose veins, from small, to large, including varicose ulcers.

Sánchez Fuentes said there were a number of benefits to the treatment.

There is no surgery and no anaesthetic and therefore no overnight stay in hospital or postoperation pain. The clinic is in Calle La Mar 197, Clinic Paradigma, Altea.

Tel 966 721 687 or 650 409 877 www.info@ clinicamejorate.com

Turkey, Spain’s rival for nonpermanent membership, only won 60 votes. Other new members of the UN Security Council include Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Venezuela, which were elected in the first vote.

Neither Spain nor Turkey won the required number of votes during the first round of voting.

The General Assembly of the United Nations then held two rounds of secret balloting to fill

the remaining seat, which was open to the Western European and Other States Group.

Spain earmarked nearly €1 million to support its candidacy to the Security Council. The funds were invested in inviting many ambassadors to the United Nations to come to Spain to attend seminars on climate change and water resources management, in publishing brochures and folded leaflets providing information

concerning the country’s commitment to the UN, among other initiatives.

King Juan Carlos personally sent letters to presidents and some of his counterparts around the world asking for their support and vote, and his son, King Felipe VI, addressed Spain’s candidacy during his speech at the UN General Assembly delivered less than a month before the official ballot.

Likewise, President Mariano

Rajoy made the most of his bilateral contacts to line up support for Spain’s candidacy.

The UN Security Council is tasked with maintaining peace and international security. It held its first session on January 17, 1946, and consists of 15 members. Russia, the UK, France, China and the US serve as its permanent members. The other 10 members are nonpermanent and serve two-year terms.

More abuse victims are not pressing charges THE president of the Observatory of Domestic and Gender Violence has expressed concern over the rise in the number of women who report abuse but later choose not to press charges.

The institute says that a total of 31,699 gender violence cases were reported during the second quarter of this year, 4,188 of which were later withdrawn, bringing the number of women who do not continue the process to 13.2 per cent, the highest amount in the second quarter of a year since records began in 2007.

She also stressed the need to encourage women to report cases to achieve a better

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SPAIN has been elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

The Spanish delegation was able to drum up support from 132 out of 190 delegates to the UN General Assembly in a repeated round of balloting held on Thursday October 16.

Spain is to serve as a nonpermanent member for two years, beginning on January 1, 2015, until December 31, 2016.

DOMESTIC ABUSE: A rise in women not pressing charges. response from the authorities and increase the protection offered to women and

children. The amount of reports has hardly changed in comparison to those of the

Melilla immigrants employ new tactics WHEN the Ebola alert began, many minds turned to the Melilla borders and the images of hundreds of immigrants climbing the fence in an attempt to enter Spain.

This fear gradually reduced since the virus would become apparent during the time it takes the African

immigrants to travel from their original countries to the border.

Yet these people are fully aware of the situation on Spain’s side of the border and have shown this with their latest tactic against the Civil Guard border officers.

Government representatives have stated

that during the latest attempt to jump the fence, immigrants started to spit at officers while shouting the word Ebola. The United Association of Civil Guards (AUGC) declares this to be an obvious intimidation attempt by immigrants who intend to enter Melilla at any cost, and

also employ extreme violence using stones, posts and anything else to hand.

Officers at the scene reported the latest tactic as a follow on to those already used to avoid police officers touching them, including climbing the fence naked or covered in faeces.

same period in 2013, though many of these crimes are believed to not be reported to the authorities.

Sixty-nine per cent of women reporting abuse are Spanish and 31 per cent of other nationalities. Of these, 62 per cent of the victims who choose not to press charges are Spanish.

While the figures for the second quarter barely differ from last year, the first quarter registered a total of 62,110 reports, 1.8 per cent more than the same period in 2013.

As tends to be the case, this quarterly study - which collects data from the 106 courts dedicated exclusively to violence towards women in Spain along with 355 general courts - shows that in 70 per cent of cases the report is made by the victim herself, 1.61 per cent by family members or friends, 14.2 per cent following direct police intervention and 11.84 per cent are reported following injury. A small remainder (1.78 per cent) are reported by third parties.

The Balearic Islands, Murcia and Valencia are the areas with the highest number of reports in proportion to female residents.

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Meal plan helps hungry across Alicante CAMPAIGN: British Consul Paul Rodwell and Vice Consul Lloyd Milen with the Corte Ingles management

Best of British on

EL CORTE INGLES has launched its GREAT campaign to promote the best of British fashion, food and culture.

From now until November 9 the El Corte Ingles department stores in Alicante, Murcia and Valencia will be promoting British fashion, food and culture. The aim is to showcase the creativity

of the UK as part of the ‘GREAT Britain’ campaign.

Alicante Consul Paul Rodwell said: “It's great to see British food, fashion and culture being promoted across the area through el Corte Ingles. I hope that Spanish and British people alike take the chance to go along and support this excellent initiative.”

RED CROSS is this month distributing more than 700 tonnes of food to the most deprived people in Alicante province.

The action ends the 2014 Food Plan which has seen millions of food items given to around 47,500 people.

According to the NGO, in the last 10 months the number of people struggling to feed themselves and their families has risen to 60,000. Of these, more than 3,100 are infants with the Red Cross providing baby food and milk. In addition, more than 40 per cent of people who get food support are under the age of 18.

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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 headed to the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle show in Algorfa...

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ARK STACEY is the life and soul, lighting up the room with his laughter and fun persona.

He makes antiques as interesting as himself and it is astounding how he has so much knowledge about such a wide field. He joked: “I’ve been doing it for around 30 years now and

if you have been doing something for long enough, it eventually sinks in.”

Now a renowned antiques expert, valuer and regular on numerous television shows, this was not Mark’s first career. He worked within social services as a care worker, but antiques had always been of interest.

History was his favourite subject at school and he would spend his weekends going around antiques fairs and markets before he decided to turn his hobby into a profession.

He joined the auction world of Bonhams before joining Sotheby’s and then Hamptons. During this time he was a regular on local radio, hosting phone-in shows.

His break into the world of television came when he saw the BBC was looking for experts.

Following auditions and screen tests he did an episode of Flog It and was booked straight after. “The rest, as they say, is history and I’ve been doing the likes of Flog It and Bargain Hunt for 12 years now which is great,” Mark said.

The popularity of the programmes propelled Mark to becoming a household name, but he has his feet on the ground. “Of course, it is lovely when people come and say hello but generally I do forget

MARK STACEY: Star of the show at the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle exhibition. about it and I don’t look at it like I have some sort of celebrity status at all,” he explained.

Mark was at the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show, held at La Finca in Algorfa, where he was star of the show, offering free valuations, giving talks and getting

involved in the events at the exhibition. He is now somewhat of a regular on the Costa Blanca, coming across for various charity events and to do valuations.

So if you missed him this time, chances are this cheeky chappy will be back soon.

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DEALZ: Mayor Sonia Castedo opens the store with Malcolm Hepworth of Poundland and Alvaro Villamizar of Dealz España.

Dealz’s first store on Costa Blanca

DEALZ, part of Poundland, Europe’s biggest single price discount retailer, has opened in Alicante City.

The store is part of the group’s plan to trial approximately 10 stores in Spain over the next two

years, following the launch of their Torremolinos (Malaga) store in July.

Mayor of Alicante Sonia Castedo attended the official launch and said: “I feel proud that this international brand has

come to Alicante, not only to have a new shop for the people in the city to enjoy, but also because it’s creating jobs, contributing to the variety of shopping on offer and also enriching and improving our economy.”

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SUCCESSFUL START: Volvo Ocean Race brought over 300,000 visitors to Alicante.

Successful start for ocean race

A WEEK after the Volvo Ocean Race was launched from Alicante Port, those responsible for the Race Village and the Alicante experience said it was “the most successful edition in the history of the race in Spain.”

Adolfo Rodriguez, Director of the Alicante

Race Village, said attendance during the 10 days “has been spectacular with both domestic and international visitors and they have not been disappointed.”

A total of 313,463 people visited the exhibitions for the Volvo Ocean Race, along with delegates from 15 countries.

Hotel occupancy also saw a boost, recording an average of 90 per cent during the opening weekend which coincided with the in-port race.

Adolfo added: “Alicante has had a huge branding internationally, thanks in part to the 834 accredited journalists from 42 countries on five continents.

“Both the volunteer programme and the schools deserve special mention because of the great reception. More than 450 volunteers have been involved in the organisation.” The school programme resulted in the visit of 2,800 schoolchildren from 57 schools.

Race latest Dongfeng Race Team lost the lead at the weekend after the boat hit an unidentified object and broke the rudder. The problem enabled Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing to take the lead but the rest of the fleet were still hot on their heels. Follow all the race action at www.volvoocean race.com

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Wrong direction pensioner banned AN 86-year-old drove his Volkswagen Golf in the wrong direction for 10 kilometres on the Alicante-Madrid motorway.

He was travelling at more than 100kph, said the Guardia Civil officers.

They finally intercepted him in Novelda although he allegedly attempted to ram them when they signalled him to stop.

It was miraculous that he did not cause a serious accident, they added, as dozens of oncoming vehicles managed to avoid him.

The only incident was a lateral collision between two cars whose drivers suffered minor injuries.

The car’s papers were in order and a breath test showed that the elderly man was not driving under the influence of alcohol, Guardia Civil sources revealed later.

He has been banned from driving as a precautionary measure THERE was barely a spare seat to be had when and the authorities are Careline Theatre performed ‘Lest We Forget - A now awaiting the Walk Down Memory Lane’ at the theatre in Alcalali. findings of a doctor’s An evening of popular songs, dance routines, report. sketches and monologues, the show saw €2,500 This should determine donated to the Royal Air Force Association and the whether the incident was Royal British Legion Benidoleig Branch. the result of an oversight If you missed the performances, the show is on or if it was caused by at the Casa de Cultura in Calpe for one night only neurological complications tomorrow (Friday October 24). Call the box office like dementia or on 652 294 750 for tickets, costing €12.

Alzheimer’s, they said.

Careline convoy heads for Calpe

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British fugitive held in Madrid GUARDIA Civil officers have arrested 47-year-old Conrad T, the supposed leader of a criminal narcotics organisation.

The Belgian authorities had been hunting for the man, who has a 10-year sentence pending in Belgium, for bringing 155

kilograms of cocaine into Belgium in July 2011 inside a shipment of tuna from Ecuador. He is also accused of belonging to an armed gang and of money laundering.

In July 2013, the Guardia Civil received information placing

Adios to Javea U3A quiz masters JAVEA U3A quiz fans have said farewell to quiz masters Jeni and Stan Oldfield.

The couple, who have run the popular quiz group for six years and have set more than 4,000 questions, have decided to call it a day as they hosted their final quiz at El Salaito tapas bar in Javea Old Town. For more information on Javea U3A visit www.u3ajavea.org.

Conrad in Spain. An investigation was started by the Guardia’s fugitive location team to find and detain him.

At first he was located in Malaga Province, but the extreme security measures he used to avoid the police meant his trail was lost. Continued investigations brought to light the fact that he had a sporadic relationship with a woman living in Madrid.

Officers kept her under surveillance during the following months, until the accused was sighted leaving her home on October 13, and he was arrested.

The detainee is currently awaiting extradition to Belgium.

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Two blokes, two bikes, 2,000 miles – job done END OF THE ROAD: Tomas (centre front) and well-wishers gather at EWN. THEY made it. After 26 days in the saddle, two blokes on their two bikes powered up the final hill in Benalmadena, Malaga, to finish a 2,000-mile charity cycle outside the offices of Euro Weekly News (EWN) at lunchtime on Friday.

They were greeted by a gathering of more than 40 well-wishers, friends and family, most of whom had flown over from the UK to greet Paul Kearns and Steven Tindall at the end of

their epic journey.

“We’re two minutes late,” joked Paul as he got off his bike and embraced his family. The pair of amateur cyclists set off from Baildon, Bradford, 26 days ago in order to raise money for two charities – Tomas Leighton Care and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

With more than £10,000 (€12,500) raised, Paul and Steven enjoyed a Champagne reception outside sponsors EWN’s offices.

Nine-year-old Tomas Leighton, who suffers from cerebral palsy and cortical blindness, was in Spain to greet his two heroes who powered their bikes through three countries to raise money for his cause.

The two cyclists plan to recuperate and rest for a few days in Spain before heading back to the UK. “We won’t be doing much cycling this week,” they joked.

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UK court rejects ETA extradition A UK court has refused to extradite an ETA member to Spain.

Judge Emma Arbuthnot of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court rejected an extradition request filed by the National Court of Spain against ETA member Antonio Troitiño.

The European arrest warrant under which he was detained in London earlier this year was invalid, said the judge.

Troitiño is responsible for 22 murders and had been on the run since April 2011 before being arrested in February.

He is wanted in Spain for allegedly rejoining the logistical network of ETA after he was set free in 2011. Spanish authorities have seven days to lodge an appeal against the ruling.

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REJECTED: Extradition of an ETA member to Spain. attorneys said their client was being persecuted by the Spanish Government and he would not receive a fair trial in Spain. Troitiño disputes the charges brought against him.

This is the second time the ETA member has faced extradition to Spain. He was arrested in London in 2012 under a European arrest warrant. However, he was later released by

the British authorities.

The convicted ETA member served a 24-year sentence in Spain for terrorist attacks in the 80s, including one in 1986 against a Guardia Civil bus in Madrid, in which 12 police officers were killed and 50 hurt.

He was detained again in London in February 2014 after being charged by a Spanish court.

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GUARDIA Civil officers arrested a Spanish man at Malaga airport carrying more than three kilos of cocaine concealed in boxes of chocolates in his luggage. The passenger had travelled from Bolivia via Madrid.

THERE are fears for the future of the old Roman bridge in Pollensa as plans have been announced for development.

Residents are concerned that any construction will not be sympathetic to the landmark.

AN Estepona association of amateur footballers and referees has donated the €1,240 proceeds of a recent event to the Emaus: Work of Love soup kitchen, which intends to use the funds for fuel.

Music festival

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Fatal accident A 48-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist died in the early hours of Tuesday October 21 after crashing into a lamppost in San Roque.

Police officers and emergency services found him dead upon arrival at the scene.

Mijas signs VISITORS to Mijas village now benefit from 70 new signs in the streets showing the way to points of historical interest, monuments, leisure facilities and accommodation.

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Language lessons ALMUÑECAR Council will give intensive English and German courses to almost 100 unemployed people starting this week to help improve their chances of finding work.

Bikers give milk TIBURONES motorcyclists club has donated 2,000 litres of milk to the charity Caritas, using funds the Almuñecar club obtained during the recent local fair.

Frigiliana filming SCENES for a film based in a 1950s’ Spanish village will be recorded in Frigiliana on October 27 and 28, with local residents acting as paid extras. Requirements for extras specified no tattoos or obviously modern adornments to stay in keeping with the historical nature of the film.

Show tonight CASA DE LA CULTURA in Almuñecar is hosting a flamenco and jazz concert tonight

MALLORCAN tennis player Rafael Nadal is in Switzerland competing in the Basel Open. There were doubts over whether he could play after recently returning to Mallorca with appendicitis.

Bridge fears

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LA LINEA police have arrested a man who was seen setting fire to a palm tree in Princesa Sofia park last week. The detainee, who will receive a psychological evaluation, was arrested for similar acts in 2012 and 2013.

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LEAD ROLE: Joseph Fiennes plays a Roman centurion in Clavius.

First Exodus, now Clavius, next Conan

A MAJOR Hollywood movie project currently being filmed in Almeria has brought a whole host of stars to the city.

Clavius – a depiction of events based on the missing body of Christ following his crucifixion – has turned much of Almeria into a movie set and has witnessed some of the big screen’s top names pop up in locations around town.

And thousands of locals have been applying for roles as extras in the movie – due for general release in 2015 – in scenes reminiscent of Ridley Scott’s visit to the area to film Exodus last year.

Joseph Fiennes, Peter Firth, Maria (October 23) at 9.30pm by a trio that features Jesus Mata on saxophone and flute, Ziggy El Gato on guitar and Michael Ritter on bass. Tickets are €5.

Opening hours IN the past, the Salvador Rueda Municipal Library in Nerja only opened on Saturdays during certain periods. Now, however, it is to open every Saturday from 10am to 1.45pm and from 5pm to 8.45pm.

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Balloon release TORREVIEJA released dozens of pink balloons in the Plaza de la Constitucion to mark the International Day Against Breast Cancer.

Foreign invasion A CAMPAIGN against invasive, non-native

Botto and Stephen Hagan all star in the Kevin Reynolds-directed biblical epic about the 50 days following Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection.

Fiennes plays the lead role as an agnostic Roman centurion dispatched by Pontius Pilate to investigate the resurrection of Christ.

Hollywood’s love affair with Almeria won’t stop once Clavius is done, however. Arnold Schwarzenegger is due in the city to film the next Conan movie.

The Terminator star was a recent visitor to Almeria where he received an award and a star on the city’s Walk of Fame in September. cactus species has been launched by Murcia Regional Government in the El Valle-Carrascoy park.

Immigrant arrival MEDICAL personnel wore protective suits as a precaution against Ebola as 25 immigrants from Africa were intercepted off the coast of Cartagena.

Fishy food FISH has been confiscated in Los Alcazares by police. The catch was destroyed as a potential health risk as it did not have the correct paperwork relating to where it had been purchased.

Hiker dies A HIKER has died after falling off a cliff at the Pico del Aguila in Orihuela. The 30year-old was hiking in the area with two friends.

MALLORCA’S Music festival is under way with a range of classical music concerts taking place at various venues every Saturday throughout autumn. For the full programme visit www.musicamallorca.com

Candidates list PALMA is due to reveal this week who is to head its candidacy list for the PP political party in the elections.

Tax lowered ANDRATX is lowering the IBI tax next year for residents. Those who choose the deferred payment method, paying an amount from March to October and then November, will receive a 5 per cent discount.

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Tomato sales TOMATOES were the best seller in exports from Almeria in the first seven months of 2014, with 55 per cent going abroad.

The pepper was in second place, with 19.8 per cent of the crop heading out of Almeria.

Almeria Strings MEMBERS of the Almeria Strings club were treated to a performance by Australian mandolin player Nic Gellie at Romerijo in Turre. Nic spends a lot of time in Spain.

Tabernas finalist TABERNAS desert has been selected as one of the final 17 for voters to choose from as one of the seven rural wonders of Spain. Public votes can be cast on Toprural’s Facebook page.

Adra cycling ALMOST 100 touring bikes travelled through Adra at the weekend as part of a route that covered eight Andalucian provinces in two days. Adra was the only stop in Almeria.

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GERMAN PRESS Hostages freed

BRITISH PRESS Saying goodbye SWEDEN – After being voted out of her position as Finance Councillor for Stockholm County, Filippa Reinfeldt, ex-wife of Sweden’s former Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, said she would step down from council politics once the term is over.

Determined sleepwalker NORWAY – A fouryear-old was found alone and wearing only her pants and boots in Finnmark in the early hours. She reportedly sleepwalked for over four kilometres from her home.

Richest MP NORWAY – Culture Minister Thorhild Widvey has been declared Norway’s richest MP. Her personal fortune in 2013 totalled 3.4 million kroner (€456,643), said the government.

Bonus fish SWEDEN – Magnus Fageström from Bergsjö caught a 127-centimetre salmon weighing around 25 kilos while fly-fishing in the Ljungan River in Northern Sweden. “It felt great, but it was more of a bonus fish, since we were actually fishing for sea trout,” he told local media.

Losing faith DENMARK – As reported by Danish national daily newspaper Belingske, an increased number of Danish officers have turned their backs on the military for purportedly losing faith in their leadership.

Airport screening MANCHESTER and Birmingham airports are to start screening passengers arriving from at-risk countries for Ebola, said Public Health England. Prime Minister David Cameron called upon other countries to follow Britain’s lead in tackling the outbreak.

Footballer released FORMER Sheffield United striker Ched Evans was released from Wymott Prison after serving half of his five-year sentence for rape. He was convicted in April 2012 for raping a 19-year-old woman at a hotel in May 2011.

dumped in her garden over an alleged £30 debt (€37.66). Two men were later arrested.

Putting on pressure DURING a meeting of leaders held in Milan, Prime Minister David Cameron challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to denounce illegal elections reportedly planned by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.

BRITISH jihadists who fight for Islamic State or have sworn allegiance to the group may face charges of treason, said the Foreign Secretary. Any Briton convicted of the offence could be sentenced to life in prison.

Exacting revenge SHOCK LOAD: Two Bengal tigers found in lorry.

RUSSIAN PRESS Official visit

BIG FIND: Graveyard of mammoth tusks and bones.

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is scheduled to pay a visit to Russia this week, said a United Nations information centre. Russia objects to the US-backed bombing campaign against IS targets in Iraq and Syria.

Extreme measures

WORKERS digging up sand at a quarry in the Ural Mountains unearthed a graveyard of mammoth tusks and vertebrae and other

Tasteless joke A BAR in West Berlin was sealed off by firefighters after a prankster called the emergency services to say one of the customers was exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms. The fire service said it was the first Ebola prank registered in Berlin.

VETS at Frankfurt Zoo have put down purportedly the world’s oldest orangutan. Charly, 57, was captured as a baby in 1962 and taken to Stuttgart Zoo before being moved to Frankfurt in 1978. He was suffering from joint pains and old age.

RUSSIA has allocated almost $19 million (€14 million) to help fight Ebola, said the Foreign Ministry. According to Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, 16 cases of suspected Ebola have been recorded in the country but they all turned out to be false alarms.

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PAVEL ASTAKHOV, Russia’s child rights ombudsman, has called for a fundraising drive which would allow citizens to donate money for the chemical castration of convicted paedophiles, according to a news report.

TWO German hostages who had been abducted by an Islamic fundamentalist terrorist group in the Philippines in April while sailing around the islands were set free last Friday (October 17), said a local broadcaster.

POLICE in Saxony were shocked to find two Bengal tigers inside a Scania truck after they stopped it for driving too slowly (25km/h) on the Autobahn 72 near Großzöbern. The driver was reportedly taking the animals to a circus in Bavaria.

Life for IS fighters

A WOMAN in North Yorkshire was devastated after her horse, a seven-yearold former racehorse, was found shot dead and

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Picky muggers prehistoric animals’ remains. Palaeontologists are working to determine the age and gender of the mammoths.

No breakthrough TALKS with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Italy did not lead to a breakthrough in the deadlock over Ukraine, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

POLICE in Berlin detained three muggers who took a young man’s wallet and phone after threatening him with a knife. The thieves, however, gave him back the phone saying it was too old and worth nothing to them.

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STAT OF WEEK SPANIARDS worked an average of 1,665 hours last year. This was 277 hours more than the Germans and 176 more than the French, found the Institute for Economic Studies.

More millionaires but more inequality SPAIN’S dollar millionaires increased by 24 per cent to 465,000 between June 2013 and June 2014.

This doubled the advance of the previous 12 months, found Credit Suisse’s Global Wealth report for 2014.

The greatest wealth belongs to the 1,766 people in Spain worth more than $50 million (€39

MILLIONAIRE LIFESTYLE: More Spaniards have achieved it.

Tax break blow for multinationals SPAIN has been told to reverse tax breaks to its leading multinationals.

The government acted unlawfully by making it easier for them to acquire foreign companies, declared Joaquin Almunia, Vicepresident of the European Commission and Competition Commissioner.

Telefonica, Santander, Iberdrola, Albertis and the Spanish subsidiary of French insurers, AXA, must return this ‘illegal aid’ Commission sources revealed.

“Several billion euros” are at stake, they claimed, although both Brussels and the Spanish Government declined to give exact figures. Only money that has been used will have to be returned, said sources

close to the Spanish companies. Telefonica, for instance, received around €4 billion in tax breaks when acquiring the Brazilian company Vivo, but has used between €20 and €30 million, insiders revealed.

The 2012 Spanish allowances were backdated to 2007 when Brussels outlawed this type of help that offsets the difference between the value on a company’s books and its purchase price.

Before 2007 companies were justified in believing the tax breaks to be legitimate. By 2012 the Spanish Government knew they were not and should not have backdated them by five years, the European Commission now argues.

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Mortgage conditions BANKS are no longer granting mortgages to employees earning €1,000 a month.

Minimum income has risen to €1,500 for one title-holder or €2,000 for two, found comparison website Helpmycash.

Easier ride INTERNATIONAL car manufacturers will invest €5 billion over the next five years, announced Begoña Cristeto, Junior Industry Minister. This will create 6,000 direct jobs and 25,000 indirect jobs, Cristeto said.

Economy ‘unaffected by Ebola’ THE Spanish Government is confident that the Madrid Ebola case will not affect tourism or the economy.

Asked if he believed that tourists would associate Spain with Ebola, Finance Minister Luis de Guindos gave a categorical “no” as he arrived in Brussels for an Ecofin meeting of the EU’s finance ministers.

The Madrid case was under control, De Guindos said. The only difference was in the human element and a fundamental desire for the infected patient to recover, he added.

The deceleration of the world economy together with Europe’s was having a greater effect than Ebola, according to the minister.

million) while the more modest fortunes of $1 million (€740,000) increased by 89,000.

The improvement stems from money made on the stock and finance markets, an environment inaccessible to those of modest means, Credit Suisse pointed out.

The net wealth of Spanish families increased by 15 per

cent, compared with the 10.6 per cent average for the countries examined by Credit Suisse. The report nevertheless stressed that this increased prosperity has not reached all of Spain’s population.

Inequality is growing, Credit Suisse found, with the richest 10 per cent of the population controlling 55.6 per cent of Spain’s wealth.

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Dressing to kill is essential for business I WINCED as our order was taken. Although hardly the epitome of sartorial elegance, I was far better dressed than was our ‘dumb’ waiter.

His jeans fell far short of those worn by metro-man, I doubt his teeshirt was fresh and a shave might have helped improve his appearance.

Frankly, he looked like a refugee from a Venetian circus.

His shabbiness was body language for ‘couldn’t care less’. If he had such a low opinion of his appearance and basic hygiene, what on earth went on in the kitchen? Do we really want to know?

Remember when entertainers used to look the part, when they were

Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

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smartly turned out in tuxedo jackets and butterfly ties? As one despairing restaurateur sighed: “Entertainers today look as if they have just strolled in off the beach.”

One Swedish restaurateur insisted that pianists engaged looked the part. The two musicians he booked

actually made an effort and, wow, what a difference it made!

If you look like a street busker you have no right to command a professional performer’s fee.

Uniforms and tunics are an essential part of working life. Our attitude towards others mirrors their attire. A very ordinary person you wouldn’t look twice at in the street creates a favourable impression when in overalls, uniform or nurse’s tunic.

A uniform or tunic conveys authority, competence and professionalism. It sends the right signals.

The difference that properlyattired, table-serving staff makes is remarkable. It has a marked effect on

customers’ attitudes and increases profitability. Shabbily-dressed staff have little choice but to sell on a price that reflects their dress code: cheap.

Might I suggest to business owners that they insist on a proper dress code as a condition of engagement.

Staff dressed appropriately build customer confidence and increase profitability. It has a bonus effect; staff feel better about themselves and they perform more professionally.

Personal appearance of staff is essential. It is the business owner who is responsible for the appearance of his staff and those he decides to employ.

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A chilly new benefit is being offered to career-orientated women Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

FOR many women these days, a personal ambition to excel in the workplace, alongside perhaps a desire to start a family, has for a long time presented a complicated maze of decisions and lack of possibilities.

It can be difficult to advance along a chosen career path if a mother suddenly has to take time off to look after children. And on top of that, what also makes it difficult for a woman to be successful is that it’s not unusual for bosses to promote and hire male colleagues over female ones, because they believe that the woman might one day become pregnant and need leave.

Such lines of thinking, which are alive

STARTING A FAMILY: A complicated decision for working women. and kicking in today’s ‘modern society’, leave women really struggling to prove that they are dedicated to their job and worth promoting. So much so, that some women even put off babies forever, or until they are satisfied that they have had enough of a career.

Two high-technology companies in America, however, have caused a stir this week since announcing another ‘benefit’ alongside yearly bonuses and education reimbursements. Facebook and Apple are going to offer female staff the option of freezing their eggs. A

typical round of egg-freezing costs about €8,000, with €400 or more in fees each year for storage. And the tech giants are willing to pay for it all.

Obviously the new health benefits have raised a few eyebrows, with many speculating that the measures are a way of encouraging female staff not to start a family and just work around the clock.

Plus, leaving motherhood till later is more complicated for all women.

For women who are not ready to have a baby, the new measure is fantastic, but if Apple and Facebook really want to encourage motherhood, then why not introduce a plan that allows men to take an extended paternity leave so that they can also look after the children? Share the responsibility, not just force women into making a difficult decision.

The technology world is a maledominated industry and both Facebook and Apple have recently released statistics showing that at least 70 per cent of their workforce is male, so it seems this surprising new ‘benefit’ is in order to try and retain more female staff.

Can they vote by internet?

Q. WE were informed a couple of weeks ago that our community You and the president had decided to bring in Law in Spain internet voting for the next AGM. We

By David Searl are concerned as many of the residents are not into computers, and will not have much say in matters at the meeting. The items on the official agenda will only be published on the internet. Is this legal?

L S (Costa Blanca) A. As of today, voting by internet is not legal for communities. The law specifies that votes at the AGM shall be by personal attendance or by proxy. If any member of the community chooses to impugn the results of the internet vote, he will surely win his case in court.

One way around this might be for those present at the meeting to vote to accept the results of the internet vote as valid. If no member challenges this procedure, then the decisions should be valid. If you can assemble enough votes, you may be able to overturn the president’s decision. One other point: Such a big change should be properly voted for by the members at the AGM

BUSINESS EXTRA

Plain sailing ALMOST 10 per cent of 3,756 leisure boats registered between January and September were destined for tourist and charter hire, compared with 6 per cent in 2012, Spain’s Merchant Navy has revealed.

Motor launches were the most popular and 85 per cent of the new craft were under eight metres long.

Help needed

and not simply installed by the president.

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

ALTHOUGH there are fewer grants around and families are short of funds, university registration fees now cost between €680 and €1,400, an average rise of €540 since 2012.

Students increasingly turn to crowd-funding to pay their annual registration fees, using internet sites like GoFundMe or Medifund, exclusively for medical students.

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Get it in writing when you need to make a move MAY I use the Letters’ page in your paper to issue a warning to persons moving furniture, etc, to UK from Spain or viceversa?

Back in May or June I priced the cost of moving three items of furniture from Spain to UK. I telephoned various removal companies and eventually obtained two prices of €150 and €186.

I decided on the cheapest at €150 but when I rang to arrange the pick-up, I was told the price was now €245.

When I asked why, the lady I spoke to made excuses about the cost of petrol and the distance to travel. She said I was being ignorant, which I was not, so I set the phone down.

As I had not kept the name of the second-cheapest company, I got my wife to deal with this person and had to pay the €245.

My purpose in writing is to advise any person moving goods to Spain from the UK or from the UK to Spain to ensure that they get any quote in writing, as in this case the company had no scruples in changing their original quote.

JM, address witheld

Law, no orders CONGRATULATIONS on your award from the Spanish newspaper association AEEPP. Until now I had not appreciated that the Euro Weekly News (EWN) had any real impact within the Spanish community as well as the British.

Since this is the case, perhaps I can send a message through you to Sr Luis Colomna, the Chief Justice of Almeria.

In response to his comments about Albox Council being ordered to pay for illegal homes, we don’t believe his claim that the British community has the support of the Spanish justice system.

The Spanish legal system is, at long last, recognising that many people, British and

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comments in the international press and highlighting the habitual Anglo-Saxon attitude that the further south you go, the more things get bungled.

How do they explain the new cases reported in Texas, contracted by two hospital nurses whose source of infection mirrors that of the Madrid case?

Frances Beaumont, Murcia

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THE way this goat smiled so broadly without knowing where he was heading, was enough to make me become vegetarian.

Charlotte Woollett (by email)

JEREMY CLARKSON was hounded out of Argentina, he claims, for driving a car with an H982 FLK numberplate, apparently a sly reference to the 1982 Falklands War. Apparently he had another registration in reserve that read BEII END, which some read as a reference to the sinking of the Argentinian cruiser, the Belgrano.

In fact, I think if II were to be substituted with LL the resultant word would be a pretty apt description for Mr Clarkson.

F Andrews, Campello and Farnborough

Soulless act Spanish alike, have become victims of the granting of illegal planning consents.

As we have seen, having the law on your side and getting justice if your home has been demolished are two entirely different things.

The EWN report highlights the core issue: the Spanish courts can order compensation to victims but no one is paid it.

In short, no one wants to pay up.

When those victims who have had their homes demolished are paid the compensation awarded by Spanish courts, it will be then, and only then, that we will believe the claim that the British community has the support of the Spanish justice system.

Chris Thomas, Vera (Almeria)

Varying degrees BEFORE the sisterhood vilifies me, I shall begin as I did in an

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earlier letter to this page by stating that I genuinely, fundamentally and wholeheartedly agree that rape is abhorrent and ‘No’ should mean ‘No’.

But I also support Judy Finnigan who invited outrage and vitriol when she said on the Loose Women programme that some rapes were worse than others.

As happens when anyone well-known strays a centimetre or two from accepted media doctrine, Ms Finnigan felt obliged to apologise for something that

she said in all sincerity.

That didn’t prevent her daughter Chloe from being threatened with rape by those who disagreed with Judy but contemplated punishing her by committing the very crime they decry.

Surely rape victims do not want this kind of support?

L F Bartlett (by email)

Human errors NOT being a medical expert, I am the last person to know whether Spain’s Ministry of Health dealt with the country’s first Ebola patient in a responsible and efficient manner.

Any country unused to dealing with an often fatal disease that until now had been confined to Africa was likely to slip up regarding the stringent safety measures that need to be in place.

Of course it had to be Spain, inviting the usual snide

HOW appalling to learn that the dog Excalibur was put down because his owner, the Spanish nurse Teresa Romero, was infected with Ebola!

Why in Heaven’s name couldn’t the animal have been kept in quarantine like all the humans who had come into contact with her?

I have a theory about this and it won’t be popular.

The news columns and Letters’ page in the Euro Weekly News and other English-language publications in this part of the world repeat story after story of animal cruelty.

The blame for that rests squarely on the shoulders of the Catholic Church for teaching that animals do not have souls.

I for one do not believe this for one minute and what’s more if there are no animals in Heaven (if it exists) then I don’t want to go there.

Marianne Skelton (by email)

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6:00am Elysium: Sky Movies Special 6:30am Fast and Furious 6 Special 7:00am The Best Man Holiday 9:15am Barefoot 11:00am Thor: The Dark World Special 11:30am Jobs 1:45pm The Best Man Holiday 4:00pm Goodbye World 6:00pm Barefoot 7:45pm Jobs 10:00pm The Wolf of Wall Street 1:00am Goodbye World 2:45am The Wolf of Wall Street 5:45am Pain and Gain: Sky Movies Special

6:00am China Doll 8:00am Gunsmoke 8:55am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Black Dakotas 11:10am Fury of the Congo 12:30pm The Last Posse 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Castilian 6:30pm Snowfire 8:00pm Assignment to Kill 10:00pm Bugsy 12:40am The Fog 2:35am Bugsy 5:05am Off Set

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Call the Council 8:50am Close Calls: On Camera 9:20am A Taste of Britain 10:05am ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 11:05am Sea City 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A Taste of My Life 2:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. A look at the day's news headlines. 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

FRIDAY TV

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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 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 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am 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 Underground Britain 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS join forces with the National Security Agency when a computer expert 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 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:30pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

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 Sandi Toksvig presents the new series of the notoriously tough quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm At Risk

6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Big Dreams Small Spaces

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 8:35pm 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 The BBC Children in Need Sewing Bee 10:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 10:30pm Gardeners' World 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Secrets From the Sky 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Job Lot

9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

9:00pm Rome: The World's First Superpower 10:00pm Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 11:00pm Body of Proof

9:00pm The Last Ship 10:00pm A League of Their Own

12:05am Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12:35am Later... with Jools Holland 1:35am Perfect Creature 2:55am Question Time 3:55am This is BBC Two

12:10am Out of Sight 2:20am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

8:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 9:00pm Traffic Cops 10:00pm Reggie Yates' Extreme South Africa 11:00pm Some Girls 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Jenny Bede: AAA 12:20am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Bad Education 2:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:30am Some Girls 3:00am Impractical Jokers 4:00am Bad Education 4:30am The Revolution Will be Televised

8:00pm World News Today

Mystery based on the novel by the best-selling US crime writer.

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 Not Going Out 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

After an explosive end to the first season, the action-packed US drama returns to Channel 4 for a second series.

10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man

James Corden hosts an all-new comedy sports quiz.

US crime drama starring Dana Delany and Jeri Ryan.

10:30pm Road Wars 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad: Short Way Round

12:05am The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night 1:45am Scrotal Recall 2:10am Black Snake Moan 4:05am Very Important People 4:30am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:25am Location, Location, Location

12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Fairground Attractions 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

12:00am Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 1:00am Hawaii Five-0 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantis

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:45am You've Been Framed!

9:15am The Cube 10:15am Winners and Losers 11:15am Ben and Kate 11:45am Up All Night 12:10pm Royal Pains 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

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

7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm Totally You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hot Fuzz 12:25am Release the Hounds

9:20am Wycliffe 10:35am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Wycliffe 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 Love Your Garden 11:00pm Blue Murder 12:00am The Vice

7:00am Highway Patrol 7:45am Cheers 8:40am The Professionals 9:40am Kojak 10:40am Magnum, P.I. 11:45am The Professionals 12:50pm Highway Patrol 1:15pm Highway Patrol 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm Magnum, P.I. 7:00pm UEFA Europa League Highlights 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Jaws 2 2:25am I Want That Car 3:30am Cheers

12:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:35pm 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 Charmed 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Shooter 12:35am The Big Bang Theory

Crime

Drama

12am 12:20am The Secrets 12:50am EastEnders Omnibus 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News

The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Concerto at the BBC Proms 9:00pm Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century 10:00pm The Joy of ABBA 11:00pm ABBA at the BBC Compilation of ABBA's greatest performances at the BBC.

12:00am Agnetha: Abba and After 1:00am Disco at the BBC 2:00am The Joy of ABBA 3:00am ABBA at the BBC

SKY MOVIES Action 5:10am Born to Race: Fast Track 7:00am Get Carter 8:45am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 10:35am Bad Boys II 1:05pm Pain and Gain 3:15pm Alexander 6:10pm Appaloosa 8:10pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 10:00pm Pain and Gain Three Florida bodybuilders devise a criminal get-rich-quick scheme that goes horribly wrong.

12:15am Bad Boys II 2:45am Enter the Dragon 4:35am Get Carter

Comedy 5:50am Bean 7:25am Monsters University Special 7:55am Look Who's Talking 9:40am Look Who's Talking Too 11:10am Look Who's Talking Now! 12:55pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 3:05pm We're the Millers 5:05pm Notting Hill 7:15pm Without a Paddle 9:00pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 11:10pm We're the Millers 1:10am Jackass: Number Two 2:55am Without a Paddle 4:50am Saving Mr. Banks Special

5:45am Loss of Faith 7:30am Dead Calm 9:15am Compulsion 10:55am Murder by Numbers 1:00pm The Transporter 2:45pm Bad Company 4:45pm Dead Calm 6:30pm The Good Doctor 8:15pm The Transporter 10:00pm Oldboy An ad man is inexplicably imprisoned in a sparse cell.

11:55pm Killing Them Softly 1:40am Taxi Driver 3:40am Bad Company 5:40am Angel Flight Down

5:40am Desk Set 7:30am Save the Last Dance 9:30am Gorillas in the Mist 11:45am The Judge Special Entertainment special taking a closer look at new film 'The Judge'.

12:15pm Lincoln 2:50pm Les Miserables 5:30pm Dangerous Minds 7:15pm Baggage Claim 9:00pm You've Got Mail A comic tale of romance on the internet.

11:00pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 1:00am Cherry 2:50am All Good Things 4:40am All About Eve

Premiere

TCM

6:00am Thor: The Dark World Special 6:30am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:00am Barefoot 8:45am Goodbye World 10:30am Contest 12:15pm Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 1:45pm August: Osage County 4:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 5:45pm Contest 7:30pm Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 9:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 10:30pm August: Osage County 12:45am Goodbye World 2:30am Barefoot 4:15am Elysium: Sky Movies Special 4:45am Fast and Furious 6 Special

6:00am The Castilian 8:25am Gunsmoke 9:25am Gunsmoke 10:25am Snowfire 11:55am Assignment to Kill 1:50pm Gunsmoke A young gunslinger shoots Matt and heads to Dodge to rob the bank.

2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm His Majesty O'Keefe 5:45pm Behold a Pale Horse 8:05pm Black Gold 10:00pm Posse 12:05am On Deadly Ground 1:55am Posse 3:55am China Doll

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 1:05pm Weather The latest weather information. 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday A look at the day's sporting events. 2:00pm Rugby League

BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:30am Rugby League Four Nations England v Samoa. 10:00am The Trials of Life 10:50am The Private Life of Plants 11:40am The Private Life of Plants Growing 12:30pm Map Man 1:00pm The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 1:30pm That's Entertainment!

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Hungry Sailors Dick and James Strawbridge sail around Britain to discover fantastic food. 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm Storage Hoarders 1:30pm Surprise Surprise 2:30pm All Star Family Fortunes

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CH4 7:30am Mobil 1 8:00am Ironman World Championship 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:30am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crime-fighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell.

11:05am Access 11:10am Police Interceptors 12:05pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 1:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 2:10pm Mosquito Squadron

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8:00am Glee Kurt hopes to impress a fashion bigwig, and Rachel grows closer to Brody.

9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am The F1 Show 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm The Maze Runner Special 2:30pm The Judge Special

3pm 3:30pm Bargain Hunt 4:30pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.

5:00pm Final Score

3:35pm Silk Stockings 5:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving.

3:15pm Doc Martin Comedy drama series about a top London surgeon who developed a phobia of blood.

4:15pm Tipping Point 5:20pm Jurassic Park III

5:10pm Come Dine with Me 5:40pm Come Dine with Me Tribute band manager Paul Wood hosts the second day in Sheffield.

3:55pm 55 Days at Peking U.S. Army Major Matt Lewis aided by British Consul Sir Arthur Robertson devises a strategy to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force arrives.

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

6pm 6:25pm BBC News 6:35pm Regional News 6:40pm Weather 6:45pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing

6:30pm ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 7:30pm Gardeners' World 8:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 8:30pm Swallowed by the Sea: Ancient Egypt's Greatest Lost City

7:00pm Local News and Weather

9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm QI XL

9:00pm The X Factor

All the very latest local news and weather.

7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm The Chase

6:10pm Come Dine with Me 6:40pm Come Dine with Me 7:10pm Come Dine with Me 7:40pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Grand Designs

7:00pm When Hell Broke Loose 8:30pm World War II in Colour

9:00pm Walking Through History 10:00pm This Means War

9:25pm 5 News

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

6:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

9pm 9:20pm Doctor Who 10:05pm Casualty 10:55pm The National Lottery Live 11:05pm BBC News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day

Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right.

10:45pm Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York

The UK's biggest talent search sees thousands audition for the life-changing prize of a million-pound recording contract and a guaranteed shot at the Christmas Number One.

11:10pm The Jonathan Ross Show

FDR Foster is a charismatic Jack-the-lad, Tuck a tough, moody silent divorcee. Both are elite CIA spies and best mates, until Lauren ends up meeting them both via online dating and things get complicated.

The latest news coverage.

9:30pm World Title Boxing Live From Monte Carlo.

9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 Season five gets under way as the team try to prevent a terrorist drone attack.

10:00pm The Jewel of the Nile

12:00am Gotham

12am 12:00am The Accidental Husband 1:25am TOTP2 2:25am Kicks 3:45am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

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

12:00am Friends with Benefits 2:05am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 3:00am 20 Million Miles to Earth 3:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:30am NFL

12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 5:00am House Doctor

12:00am A League of Their Own 1:00am Costa Del Street Crime 1:30am Costa Del Street Crime 2:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:00am Road Wars 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am Nothing to Declare

BBC THREE

BBC FOUR

ITV2

ITV3

ITV4

E4

8:00pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Sherlock 11:30pm Live at the Apollo 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 3:05am Bad Education 3:35am Live at the Apollo 4:05am Impractical Jokers

8:00pm Land of the Lost Wolves 9:00pm Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession 10:00pm The Code 10:55pm The Code 11:50pm Elvis: That's Alright Mama 60 Years on 12:50am Top of the Pops 1:30am Land of the Lost Wolves 2:30am Sounds of the Sixties 3:00am Even More Guitar Heroes at the BBC 4:00am Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession

12:55pm Iacgmooh! Trials and Tribulations 1:55pm Junior 2:55pm FYI Daily 3:00pm Junior 4:05pm Arthur and the Great Adventure 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Arthur and the Great Adventure 6:15pm You've Been Framed!

6:45pm Miss Congeniality 7:45pm FYI Daily 7:50pm Miss Congeniality 9:00pm Back to the Future 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Back to the Future 11:10pm The Xtra Factor

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am Inspector Morse 9:10am The Royal 10:15am The Royal 11:15am The Darling Buds of May 1:40pm Columbo 3:40pm 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 2:05am Bomb Girls 2:55am Wycliffe 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen

7:00am Cheers 9:00am Motorsport UK 10:00am Bundesliga 11:05am UEFA Champions League Weekly 11:40am Cycling 12:10pm British Superbike Highlights 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm Highway Patrol 7:00pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Air America 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am Air America 2:20am River Monsters 2:25am Sports Life Stories

12:00pm Melissa and Joey 1:00pm The 100 1:55pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 2:00pm Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 3:50pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 4:00pm Made in Chelsea 5:00pm New Girl 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 7:50pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Limitless 12:10am The Inbetweeners

Comedy

Crime

Drama

12:45am The Football League Show Highlights from the day's Football League games. 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:10am BBC News

SKY MOVIES Action 4:35am Get Carter 6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am Lethal Weapon 3 9:15am Volcano 11:10am Deep Impact 1:20pm Jack Reacher 3:35pm Stealth 5:40pm Jaws 7:50pm Deep Impact 10:00pm Jack Reacher 12:15am Lethal Weapon 2 2:15am Lethal Weapon 3 3:20am Thor: The Dark World Special 3:50am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 4:20am The Bridge on the River Kwai

5:20am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot 7:00am The Pink Panther 9:00am Mr. Deeds 10:45am Crocodile Dundee 12:30pm Crocodile Dundee II 2:30pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 4:15pm The Pink Panther 6:15pm Mr. Deeds 8:00pm Crocodile Dundee 9:50pm Crocodile Dundee II 11:50pm The To Do List 1:40am Life 3:35am Scary Movie 3 4:10am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 4:40am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 5:10am My Big Fat Greek Wedding

5:40am Angel Flight Down 7:20am Sleeping with the Enemy 9:05am Last Passenger 10:50am The East 12:50pm Transporter 2 Frank takes a job driving the young son of Miami's anti-drugs tsar.

2:35pm The Mean Machine 4:40pm Last Passenger 6:20pm Children of Men 8:15pm Transporter 2 10:00pm The Counsellor 12:20am Blow 2:30am Falling Down 3:30am Fear 5:20am Deep Family Secrets

4:40am All About Eve 7:00am Les Miserables Special 7:30am Racing with the Moon 9:25am Austenland 11:10am My Best Friend's Wedding 1:00pm The Top Ten Show 2014 1:15pm One Chance 3:05pm Austenland 4:50pm The Sessions 6:40pm Rain Man 9:00pm One Chance 11:00pm Love Actually 1:20am The Four Feathers 3:35am City Slacker 4:10am Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Special

Premiere

TCM

5:15am Contest 7:00am Barefoot 8:45am Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 10:15am Contest 12:00pm Goodbye World 1:45pm August: Osage County 4:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 5:45pm Contest 7:30pm Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 9:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 10:30pm August: Osage County 12:45am Goodbye World 2:30am Barefoot 3:15am Thor: The Dark World Special 3:45am Fast and Furious 6 Special 4:15am Elysium: Sky Movies Special

6:00am His Majesty O'Keefe 7:40am Gunsmoke 8:40am Gunsmoke 9:45am Behold a Pale Horse 12:00pm Black Gold 2:00pm Mara Maru An American salvage diver obsesses about finding a sunken treasure in the Philippines.

4:00pm Khartoum 6:30pm The Plunderers 8:25pm Edge of Eternity 10:00pm F/X 12:05am F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion 2:05am F/X 3:05am Duel at Diablo

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A civilised war?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

F

OUND myself once more engrossed in the excellent TV presentation of the ‘World at War, in Colour’ series, which is being repeated on ITV. One thing that has struck me is how much more ‘civilised’ war was in those, not-so-far-off days. Rows of captured prisoners, from both sides, being marched off, some even smiling.

Obviously not sure of their ultimate fate, but certainly safe in the knowledge that their heads would not be removed and used as footballs, and they would not be tortured and crucified with their eyes gouged out.

How different to the lines of bowed prisoners shuffling to exactly this form of demise at the hands of the ISIS barbarians.

No wonder these unfortunate men and women are fighting them to the death with such ferocity - wouldn’t you? The governments of the world, including Saudi Arabia, who initially financed

these monsters, must pour all their resources into these areas until these Satanists are crushed and broken, forever.

I did find myself particularly interested in the desert fighting segments of the WW2 series. My father drove a tank under the command of Montgomery in North Africa. I did wonder as I watched the tanks rumbling through the dust-filled, sunseared terrain, whether one of them contained my courageous father. All those who fought in this conflict were heroes, fighting for the people and the preservation of the country they loved.

How proud and relieved the survivors (my Dad one of them, TG) must have felt that when they once again set foot back onto British soil which, although war-ravaged, was still a place of democracy and free speech.

What a waste! Thanks to Blair and his mercenary method of importing votes, the country these brave men and women plus many of their ancestors fought for, is now descending into a country overrun with spongers, illegal immigrants and no-go areas, A place where people are frightened to speak out for fear of being labelled ‘racist’

(whatever that actually means!). And monuments of pride and beauty being used as shelters for dossers and beggars, determined to suck as much as possible from a country to which they have contributed absolutely zilch.

The graves of our heroes must be possibly vibrating to the spinning bodies they contain at the wanton waste of their precious sacrifices. I now see that Lord knows how many millions are being spent in an effort to make the Health Service more easily accessible to illegal immigrants. Makes you almost lose the will to live, dunnit!?

Many congrats to my dear friend Sandy on reaching her 60th and many more congrats to both you and him indoors in finally becoming Grandparents.

Suerte!

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com RESPONSIBLE: Blair and his mercenary method of importing votes.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:35am Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action. 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil presents the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Bargain Hunt

BBC TWO 7:00am Great British Garden Revival 8:00am Countryfile 9:00am Gardeners' World 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm Sweet Baby James 1:20pm Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 2:20pm War and Peace

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 11:15am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Carry on Cleo 2:05pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:50pm The Unforgettable...

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CH4 7:30am World Superbikes 8:00am How I Met Your Mother Robin is surprised at Barney's brother, James' visit. 8:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 2:00pm NFL

CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 10:25am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crime-fighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell.

11:00am Bupa Great South Run 2014 Live coverage of the Bupa Great South Run 2014.

1:00pm World's Scariest Plane Landings 1:45pm Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

SUNDAY TV

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 Frankie and Mike are determined to find out who is responsible for a broken window. 2:30pm The Middle

3pm 3:15pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:00pm Talk to the Animals 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:55pm Life Story

5:40pm Escape to the Continent Travel series takes buyers seeking a move overseas to test drive what an alternative life might look like in a new sunny climate.

3:20pm The X Factor 5:30pm Downton Abbey Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville lead an all-star cast in Julian Fellowes' drama series.

3:00pm NFL The NFL circus is back in London for the second time this year, as the Detroit Lions take on the Atlanta Falcons at a crucial point in the season.

Atlanta is led by Quarterback Matt Ryan.

3:25pm Kangaroo Jack 5:10pm The Goonies Beloved '80s comedic adventure staring seven unruly kids searching for pirate treasure through booby traps, water slides, gadgets, and escaped convicts.

3:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family

6pm 6:55pm BBC News 7:10pm Regional News 7:15pm Weather 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing

6:10pm Flog It! 7:00pm Inside the Animal Mind 8:00pm Human Universe Documentary questioning what it is to be human.

6:35pm Tipping Point 7:30pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Keep it in the Family

6:55pm Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:05pm ITV News and Weather

9:00pm Speed with Guy Martin 10:00pm Homeland 11:05pm Four Lions

7:20pm Speed Racer Turbo-charged adaptation of the cult cartoon.

Racetrack hero Speed gets a shot at the big time, but is the price too high?

6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons

9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2

9:00pm Wonders of the Monsoon 10:00pm The Afghan War 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm The Fall

A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

11:15pm Harry's South Pole Heroes

9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

10:00pm Angels and Demons

Chris Morris's Four Lions takes 'home grown' British suicide bombers beyond media stereotypes providing a portrayal that is both accurate and very funny.

Harvard symbologist Tom Hanks is called in to save Vatican City from being incinerated by an ancient sect.

9:00pm Futurama 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 The team investigate the kidnapping of a Navy SEAL's daughter.

11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12am 12:40am The Apprentice 1:40am Deceived 3:25am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:30am BBC News

12:30am The Fall 1:30am The Fall 2:30am Countryfile 3:25am Holby City 4:25am This is BBC Two

12:15am Piers Morgan's Life Stories 1:15am The Store 3:30am Motorsport UK 4:20am British Superbike Championship Highlights 5:35am Nightscreen

1:10am NFL 4:45am Mobil 1 5:10am Location, Location, Location

12:45am The True Story 1:40am Campus P.D. 2:05am Super Casino 4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor

12:00am An Idiot Abroad 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am The Cafe 4:00am The Kumars 5:00am Nothing to Declare 5:30am Nothing to Declare

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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 9:00pm Doctor Who 9:15pm Doctor Who 10:00pm Come Fly with Me 10:30pm Come Fly with Me 11:00pm Family Guy 11:45pm Bad Education 12:15am The Revolution Will be Televised 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Comedy Fest Live 2:30am Bad Education 3:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:30am Come Fly with Me 4:30am Bad Education

8:00pm Under Milk Wood 9:00pm Rome: A History of the Eternal City 10:00pm Storyville 11:00pm Foo Fighters 12:00am Foo Fighters 1:00am Joy of Abba 2:00am ABBA at the BBC 3:00am Agnetha: Abba and After 4:00am Joy of Abba

9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05pm The X Factor 2:20pm The Xtra Factor 3:20pm The Hot Desk 3:30pm You've Been Framed!

4:05pm Jurassic Park 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Jurassic Park 6:40pm Back to the Future 7:40pm FYI Daily 7:45pm Back to the Future 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm Tricked 12:00am House of Wax

9:55am FYI Daily 10:00am Carry on Loving 10:50am Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960s.

12:55pm Inspector Morse 3:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 4:05pm The Secret of My Succe$s 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm The Secret of My Succe$s 6:20pm Columbo 7:55pm Lewis 10:00pm It'll be Alright on the Night 11:00pm Parenthood 12:00am FYI Daily

7:00am World of Sport 7:15am Cheers 9:10am Tommy Cooper 9:40am The Professionals 10:40am Magnum, P.I. 11:40am Kojak 12:45pm Ax Men 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm World of Sport 6:10pm Tim Vine's Punslinger 7:45pm Darts 12:00am Power of Darts 1:05am Quadrophenia 2:05am FYI Daily 2:10am Quadrophenia

7:00am Make it or Break it 7:45am Happy Endings 9:25am The Mindy Project 9:55am How I Met Your Mother 10:55am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:25pm Made in Chelsea 2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 5:05pm Melissa and Joey 6:05pm How I Met Your Mother 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:30pm The Inbetweeners 11:30pm Drifters 12:00am Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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SKY MOVIES Action 4:20am The Bridge on the River Kwai 7:00am A Bridge Too Far 9:55am Fast and Furious 6 12:05pm 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.

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4:10pm The Last Samurai 6:45pm Fast and Furious 6 9:00pm 47 Ronin 11:10pm Kill Bill: Vol. 1 1:05am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 3:30am Shaft 5:20am Angel Flight Down

5:10am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 7:00am Top Secret 8:45am Maverick 11:00am Idiocracy 12:40pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 2:45pm Wayne's World 2 4:35pm Kindergarten Cop 6:35pm As Good as It Gets 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:10pm Idiocracy 12:50am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:30am Coffee Town 4:10am Monsters University Special 4:40am Maverick

5:20am Deep Family Secrets 7:05am The Island 9:35am No Good Deed 11:25am Bullitt 1:30pm The Call 3:20pm In the Line of Fire Frank Horrigan is the only active secret service man still to have 'lost' a President.

5:40pm Courage Under Fire 7:40pm The Island 10:00pm The Call 11:40pm Kiss the Girls 1:45am Death Wish 3:30am Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 5:35am Malpractice

4:30am The Inn of the Sixth Happiness 7:10am Sense and Sensibility 9:35am Les Miserables 12:15pm The Judge Special Entertainment special taking a closer look at new film 'The Judge'.

12:45pm Before Midnight 2:45pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 4:50pm While You Were Sleeping 6:50pm The Notebook 9:00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 11:00pm This is 40 1:25am Hide Away 2:55am Down the Shore 4:35am Let's Make Love

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How many of your personal values and beliefs do you think you have picked up from your parents?

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Sarah Drane from Purple Cake Factory Mallorca

off and one in the wash! My parents also taught me to be honest, something I don’t think many people worry about any more, as well as being hard-working and self sufficient.”

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Sarah Drane, Director of the Purple Cake Factory marketing company in Mallorca, said: “While my parents can be credited for a very strong foundation of what’s right and true in life (my father was a headmaster – you can imagine), most values and beliefs are picked up when you’re old enough to question the world, to learn from strong role models, to read books with more depth than chick lit, and eventually leave behind values that you once championed, and embrace new ones.

As a writer, I am terribly inquisitive. I am also very easily swayed, so my learning curve won’t plateau for a long time.”

Danny B of Frankies Bar in Vera Playa, Almeria, picked up a lot of values from his parents. He said: “They are sporty and that definitely passed on JASON: Work to me, along with the resilience needed for sport and seeing things hard, nothing through to the finish. Hard work is is for free something they always taught me

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and I’ve taken that into adulthood as well as good manners and politeness.”

Marina Lopez, from Eurochange in Benidorm, said she has inherited most of her beliefs and values from her parents. “I think 90 per cent of my beliefs are from my parents, I just dropped the religion part.

But behaviour is mostly from them and they are values I would want to pass down to my children,” she said.

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That is something I have passed down to my children, making them earn that extra bit of pocket money by doing chores around the house.”

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors Drama series set in a busy Midlands medical practice.

BBC TWO 8:05am Call the Council 8:50am Close Calls: On Camera 9:20am A Taste of Britain 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 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 Cash in the Attic 2:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook

ITV 5:35am Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine Join Lorraine Kelly and her celebrity friends for all the latest showbiz, news, style on ITV. 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

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CH4 7:20am King of Queens 7:45am 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 The Big Bang Theory 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 ight their... (read more) 1:10pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours Australian soap which follows the daily lives, romances and problems, of several families who live in the fictional Ramsay Street.

MONDAY TV

SKY 1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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 Chat show that celebrates the very best of British.

5:00pm Tipping Point

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Deadly Adoption

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline 4:30pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:30pm Star Wars Rebels

6:00pm 5 News 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

9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Sarah Beeny's How to Sell Your Home 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:50pm Sex Toy Stories

9:00pm Marilyn Monroe: The Missing Evidence 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Under the Dome 11:55pm Amityville II: The Possession

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family

Sandi Toksvig presents the new series of the notoriously tough quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm An Inside Out Special Afghanistan: The Homecoming.

6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm FA Cup 1st Round Draw 8:30pm Children's Hospital

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

9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Intruders 10:45pm Intruders 11:30pm Newsnight

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

6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Baby P: The Untold Story 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You

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

Round-up of the day's news.

11:40pm The Agenda

Everything that could go wrong has for Mitch and Cam and their disastrous big day.

10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad: Short Way Round

12am 12:20am Our World War 1:20am The Graham Norton Show 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:10am BBC News

12:20am Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 1:20am The Apprentice 2:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:20am The Jonathan Ross Show 1:20am Jackpot 247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 5:10am Nightscreen

12:50am NFL 1:50am Undercover Boss USA 2:40am Ek Cup Chya 4:50am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:45am Location, Location, Location

1:50am Campus P.D. 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Fairground Attractions 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am 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 Top Gear 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 11:00pm Sexy Beasts 11:30pm EastEnders

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

9:00pm Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies 10:00pm The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour 11:00pm The Curse of Frankenstein 12:20am Dan Cruickshank and the Family That Built Gothic Britain 1:20am Detectorists 1:50am Ancient Apocalypse, Sodom and Gomorrah 2:40am The Viking Sagas

10:15am Winners and Losers 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 Totally You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Release the Hounds 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 12:00am Viral Tap

9:25am Wycliffe 10:35am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Wycliffe 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 Awards 2014 11:35pm A Touch of Frost

9:55am Kojak 10:55am Magnum, P.I. 11:55am Border Security USA 12:55pm Minder 1:55pm The Professionals 2:55pm Highway Patrol 3:55pm Cheers 4:55pm Kojak 6:00pm Magnum, P.I. 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm MotoGP 10:00pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga

1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:35pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm New Girl 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Glue 12:10am The Big Bang Theory

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Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

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 Don't Drop the Baby 3:30am Sexy Beasts

Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.

SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am King Arthur 9:10am The Mask of Zorro 11:40am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special 12:10pm Die Hard 2:30pm Last Action Hero 4:55pm Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:25pm The Mask of Zorro 7:50pm King Arthur 10:00pm Die Hard 12:15am Django Unchained Freed slave Django embarks on a quest to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner. Western.

3:05am The Last Boy Scout 5:00am I Against I

7:00am Notting Hill A self-effacing bookshop owner bumps into a major American movie star and falls instantly in love.

9:10am The Top Ten Show 2014 9:25am Ghostbusters 11:25am Ghostbusters II 1:25pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 3:20pm So Undercover 5:10pm The Way Way Back 7:00pm Employee of the Month 9:00pm Ghostbusters 10:50pm Ghostbusters II 12:45am The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 2:30am Employee of the Month 4:20am Liar Liar

7:20am All Things to All Men 9:00am Derailed 10:55am Nick of Time Gene Watson is a widowed accountant whose daughter is kidnapped by sinister Mr Smith.

12:30pm Bad Company 2:30pm The Bone Collector 4:30pm Derailed 6:30pm The Chamber 8:30pm All Things to All Men 10:00pm The Bone Collector 12:05am Zero Dark Thirty 2:45am Traffic 5:20am Loss of Faith

4:35am Let's Make Love 6:40am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00am She Wants Me 8:40am Dead Poets Society 10:55am The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Special 11:15am The Butler 1:30pm Sunshine on Leith 3:15pm Shirley Valentine 5:15pm Under the Tuscan Sun 7:15pm Sunshine on Leith 9:00pm Shirley Valentine 11:00pm The Butler 1:15am She Wants Me 2:50am Dangerous Minds 4:40am Giant

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6:00am The Big Circus 8:05am Rio Lobo 10:15am Santa Fe 11:55am Hell Bent for Glory 1:55pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm At Gunpoint 5:35pm Man in the Saddle A small rancher swallows his pride when the woman he loves marries a man for money.

7:15pm The Moonlighter 8:50pm Canyon Ambush 10:00pm Payback 12:00am Wyatt Earp 3:30am Payback

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News All the latest local news. 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Call the Council 8:50am Close Calls: On Camera 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 Cash in the Attic 2:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook

ITV 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine Join Lorraine Kelly and her celebrity friends for all the latest showbiz, news, style on ITV. 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

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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 The Big Bang Theory 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 Rome: The World's First Superpower 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours Australian soap which follows the daily lives, romances and problems, of several families who live in the fictional Ramsay Street.

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter Exclusive eighth season of the hit reality show following bounty hunter Dog Chapman. 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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 Chat show that celebrates the very best of British.

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

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

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline USA 4:30pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:30pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

5:00pm Tipping Point

5:00pm Deal or No Deal

4:15pm The Good Witch's Gift

6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge

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 Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News

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 Autumnwatch

9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm You Can't Get the Staff 11:00pm Gogglebox

9:00pm Caught on Camera 10:00pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00pm A League of Their Own

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 Missing 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Imagine...

Nature series celebrating UK wildlife.

10:00pm Human Universe Documentary questioning what it is to be human.

Round-up of the day's news.

11:40pm The Cube

11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight

Britain's favourite opinionated TV viewers share their sharp, insightful, passionate and sometimes emotional critiques of the week's biggest and best shows.

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11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm NCIS

12am 12:55am The Mothman Prophecies 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News

12:20am Wonders of the Monsoon 1:20am Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath 2:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:40am Gems TV 1:35am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

12:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage 1:55am Transworld Sport 2:50am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:20am Hever Castle Triathlon 4:15am World Superbikes 4:45am Ironman World Championship

12:50am Secrets and Lies 1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Fairground Attractions 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 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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Life and courage an inspiration to us all IT was with sadness that we heard Lynda Bellingham had died after a long fight with cancer. The press release said she died peacefully in her husband’s arms, and for that we can be grateful.

Lynda was given an OBE for her work with charities, and here in Spain she was Patron of Samaritans in Spain for several years. She began as Patron almost at the inception of Samaritans in Spain when it began as Costa Blanca Samaritans. She remained as Patron until just a few years ago when her work commitments became overwhelming and she felt she could no longer give the time she felt the organisation deserved. She became Patron

of the Samaritans in Spain because, as she said, it offered a listening ear to people when they really needed it.

Lynda’s own personal courage was manifest in her determined fight against cancer, dealing with the chemotherapy that was, as she said, so strong her body was protesting.

Her personal decision to end the therapy in November and to hopefully have one last Christmas with her family was preempted by her sudden death. But even through all the pain, Lynda took time out to pre-record a farewell appearance on Loose Women where she told the world to grasp everything, to not be afraid and to enjoy all we can

from our lives.

What a profound message to take into our lives. Lynda had this courage, but for some that courage eludes them and they need support.

Some find it in family and friends, others in religion or work, but for a few these are not an option. If you feel in this position it would be a fitting tribute to Lynda and her courage, as well as a courageous thing for you to do for yourself to contact the Samaritans in Spain on 902 88 35 35. They also offer a dropin centre at Punta Marina shopping centre and email support on pat@samaritans inspain.com.

Her passing is a sad day, especially for Samaritans in

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A message from Samaritans in Spain on the passing of Lynda Bellingham, OBE

TRIBUTE: Lynda was Patron of Samaritans in Spain for many years.

Spain, but her life and courage is an inspiration to us all, and let us take that message forward.

Thank you, Lynda, for all the love, courage and fun that you brought into all our lives.

Credit-card freeloading officials Cassandra Nash

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

union leaders.

They say that money talks but it sings a siren song to which few turn deaf ears.

Wind direction THE 86 credit cards handed out to Caja Madrid and Bankia board members and executives were supposed to cover business expenses.

Principally, they covered expensive lifestyles because in the years they were used – from 2003 until 2012 – most of the €15.5 million they spent or withdrew was at weekends, during the summer and over Christmas.

Caja Madrid merged with other banks to become Bankia which later needed nationalisation plus a €22-billion bailout and the credit-card freeloaders included Caja Madrid president Miguel Blesa and Rodrigo Rato, his successor at Bankia. Other grateful recipients included 27 PP politicians, 15 PSOE politicians, five IU politicians and 10

CATALUÑA backed away from the yawning precipice of a full-blown but disallowed independence vote on November 9.

There could instead be a popular ballot, described by

Regional President Artur Mas as a ‘survey’ based on articles from the region’s Consultation Law not invalidated by Spain’s highest court, the Tribunal Constitucional. It would not be binding but the forerunner to a definitive vote legitimised by elections, Mas explained.

Mas has fallen into the old trap of satisfying none while trying to please everybody. Mollifying his parliamentary voting allies Esquerra Republicana de

Catalunya (ERC) will be particularly complicated given its preference for a unilateral declaration of independence.

But there could be one good outcome from Mas’s compromise: it would show Cataluña and the rest of Spain which way the wind really blows in the region.

The right note WHEN the Ebola crisis slipped from the uncertain grip of Health Minister Ana Mato, it was grasped

by Vice-President Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.

Following a slew of ministry mishaps before and after Spanish nurse Teresa Romero was confirmed as the first Ebola case outside Africa, Mariano Rajoy set up a crisis team of experts. It included the hapless Mato but Saenz de Santamaria is in charge.

“Responsibility will be FREELOADERS: Miguel Blesa (far left) and Rodrigo Rato.

apportioned if necessary. Now we must look after Teresa Romero,” the vice-president said: “Political posts seem less important now, or at least mine does.”

The decisive and sometimes divisive vice-president skirted the blame game and wisely concentrated on Teresa Romero’s plight. Whether good sense or good PR, never-cloying Saenz de Santamaria said the right thing at the right time. Her political rivals must be livid.

Highs and lows NO Spanish region is amongst the world’s 100 best places to live, named by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The country’s economy has also dropped to 14th place on the list compiled by the International Monetary Fund. It is now behind South Korea after losing five places in the last six months.

Curiously, Spaniards’ lifeexpectancy is one of the longest in the world so they must be doing something right.

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1918: German sailors start to mutiny. Sailors refuse to obey orders issued by the German Admiralty to launch one final attack on the British navy. As many as 1,000 mutineers are arrested.

1945: The United Nations is born. The UN is formally inaugurated at a short ceremony held at the US State Department in Washington DC. Twenty-nine countries ratify the Charter signed by 50 nations in San Francisco.

1951: Winston Churchill wins general election and is elected prime minister for the second time. The final result is Conservatives and Associates 321 seats, Labour 295, Liberal six and others three.

1956: Thousands of Hungarians demand political change.

Thousands of demonstrators take to the streets across the country to call for an end to Soviet rule and demand that former Prime Minister Imre Nagy be reinstated.

1962: World breathes a sigh of relief as Cuban missile crisis ends. Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to dismantle Russian missiles based in Cuba and ship them back to the USSR. 1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters in Grosvenor Square in London. The protesters break away from a bigger march against US involvement in Vietnam and are confronted by a wall of police.

1976: Queen opens National Theatre on the South Bank in London. Large crowds turn out despite the rain and are greeted by bands, fanfares, an outdoor carnival and fireworks.

1983: US and French troops are killed in two Beirut blasts. Two lorries containing bombs explode when they hit military headquarters in the Lebanese capital killing 146 American marines and 27 French servicemen.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead. Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You need to sit back and enjoy. Things have been moving so quickly that you need to do something physical to release your tension. Unexpected changes in friendships could occur. Make creative changes to your living quarters.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are likely to reveal information unintentionally. You’ll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex this week. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.

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October 23, Pele, 74, former footballer Considered by many to be the best footballer of all time, Pele won three World Cups (1958, 1962 and 1970) and scored 727 goals during his professional career. He was voted World Player of the Century by IFFHS in 1999.

October 24, Wayne Rooney, 29, footballer English forward Wayne Rooney is the captain of both Manchester United and the England National Team. He made his professional debut in 2002 with Everton and moved to the Red Devils two years later for approximately £25 million (€31.3m).

October 25, Katy Perry, 30, singer and songwriter Perry first pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager and would not venture into secular music until 2002. She rose to fame in 2008 after

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) New partnerships will develop if you join investment groups. Property investments could be prosperous. You can’t do everything on your own. Family responsibilities are escalating. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Put your efforts into being creative. Don’t give out any personal information that you don’t want spread around. You could lose a good friend because of it. Learn some new skills that will increase your income. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your home environment may be hectic, which could result in emotional upset if you aren’t well organised. Try not to take everything so seriously. Be sure to find out all you can before you commit to anything. There might be a problem with a will or with an insurance policy.

Your lucky day this week will be Thursday.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You can’t make things better if you don’t know what to fix. You may interest people in a service you have to offer. Work quietly behind the scenes for best results. Don’t hesitate to look for alternatives that will enable you to raise the kind of donations you need to do the job right. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

FAMILY TIES 1. Dance to the Music, Everyday People, and Family Affair were all UK hit singles for which US soul/funk band?

2. What is the name of the fictional town that is home to The Simpsons family?

3. What was the family name of Jed, Granny and Ellie May, the Beverley Hillbillies?

4. What was the series title of the three featurelength crime films (1972, 1974 and 1990) directed by Francis Ford Coppola that followed the fictional Corleone Mafia family through the course of its history in the United States and their homeland Sicily?

5. What was the title of the television sitcom that centred around the lives of a television-fixated Manchester family, comprising family patriarch Jim, his wife Barbara, their daughter Denise, their son Anthony and Denise’s fiancée (later husband) Dave?

6. Which American actor, pop singer-songwriter and guitarist is best known for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family?

7. Which BBC quiz show, originally broadcast between 1967 and 1984, was hosted by Robert Robinson?

8. Which British family sitcom that ran from August 2007 to March 2014, starred Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as a father and mother ‘dominated’ by their three children, played by Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez?

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

releasing the single I kissed A Girl from her second album. She plays the guitar and the piano.

October 26, Hillary Clinton, 67, politician Hillary Clinton was the 67th Secretary of State of the US Government under American President Barrack Obama. Before that, she had represented New York before the Senate and was the First Lady from 1993 to 2001.

October 27, Roberto Benigni, 62, actor, screenwriter and director Best known outside Italy for the 1997 tragicomedy Life Is Beautiful, which won him an Oscar for Best Actor in 1999, Benigni has starred in more than 20 films and has directed a total of nine movies, including a documentary.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities. Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading. Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion. Listen to others carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Those you work with may have little consideration for the underdog. You can raise your standard of living if you pick up some freelance work on the side. Don’t jump into investments too quickly. Try not to overreact to the loss. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

TARGET: Average: 12 Good: 15 October 24, Rosana Arbelo, singer and songwriter Born in the Canary Islands, Rosana began writing music in the early ’80s after moving to Madrid. Her debut album Lunas Rotas was released in 1996 and the follow-up Luna Nueva two years later. She has been awarded several prizes throughout her career and has collaborated with other famous singers, including Sting and Armando Manzanero.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Use your energy wisely. You may find yourself in the limelight for the wrong reasons. Someone envious of your popularity may challenge you to a debate.

Travel for business purposes may bring the highest returns. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge. Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing.

Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

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Former spy Ethan Renner is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and tries to mend his relationship with his estranged wife and teenage daughter. The CIA offers him an experimental treatment that could save his life in exchange for his help in taking down an arms trafficker nicknamed the Wolf. However, when his wife has to leave the city, Renner is solely responsible for his daughter. Can he keep her safe and take down the Wolf at the same time?

Directed by McG. Produced by Luc Besson. Stars Kevin Costner, Amber Heard and Hailee Steinfeld. Run time 117 mins.

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

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Unscramble the name of a famous 1976 British musical film, directed by Alan Parker (two words): BLAMES YOUNG

Across 4 An unstable ‘tec in age-old time (7) 8 Birds migrating to caves (7) 9 Gathering litter on lake (7) 10 Where the drama of warfare is played out (7) 11 Anxious, I left funny souvenir (7) 12 Some of cadet Al Edward’s return is euphoric (6) 14 Rather erratic way to approach a vocation (6) 18 Cook sausage to soften (7) 21 Kettledrum disrupted the main pit (7) 22 The Spanish man’s a gent, strangely charming (7) 23 Tell the story about a New Age family (7) 24 Hard stone in gold before (7)

Unscramble the name of a famous sporting trophy (two words): SAUCIER CAMP FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: BUGSY MALONE, AMERICA’S CUP

Play on Words

Bl!nd 6 Nobleman with award for part of listener (7) 7 Sides reported swarms (5) 13 Comes back with Wrens as alternative (7) 15 Name one hybrid woodland plant (7) 16 Delivered another credit note (7)

17 Come to terms in North Yorkshire (6) 18 Some individuals prepare naturally for the stadium (5) 19 Agitate, then remove it, to uncover a stone (5) 20 Stop a beginner being old hat (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 18 represents Z and 21 represents H, so fill in Z every time the figure 18 appears and H every time the figure 21 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 Triumph (7) 5 Clean with effort (5) 8 Stimulates (7) 9 Regulations (5) 10 Allotted portion (5) 11 Put back (7) 12 Chosen pursuit (6) 14 Right to enter (6) 17 Arrived at (7) 19 Assigned jobs (5) 22 Foremost part (5) 23 Picture in the mind (7) 24 Endures (5) 25 Conjectures (7)

Down 1 Appears (5) 2 Chocolate drink (5) 3 Outermost (7) 4 Long for (6) 5 Small fragment (5) 6 Let go free (7) 7 Containers that are usually woven and have handles (7) 12 Exercising caution (7) 13 Deduces (7) 15 Small dwelling house (7) 16 Totalling (6) 18 Abhors (5) 20 Bypasses (5) 21 Garden plantings (5)

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

REVILO Answers: Turn a blind eye, Oliver Twist

Down 1 Greek infiltrating the French network (7) 2 Israelite leader some confused with Samaritan leader (5) 3 Let cure become a lesson (7) 4 Climb with 100 in Andes, maybe (6) 5 Supply for Tom Queen (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Sward, 4 Damsel, 9 Animate, 10 Stout, 11 Even, 12 Surgeon, 13 Cut, 14 Fade, 16 Ease, 18 Sad, 20 Realist, 21 Kept, 24 Extra, 25 Awesome, 26 Sudden, 27 Tiers.

Down: 1 Snares, 2 Aside, 3 Dear, 5 Absorbed, 6 Storeys, 7 Litany, 8 Least, 13 Celibate, 15 Adapted, 17 Briefs, 18 Strap, 19 Steers, 22 Erode, 23 Bent.

QUICK Across: 1 Sight, 3 Sacks, 7 Railway, 9 Easel, 10 Opens, 11 Express, 12 Secret, 14 Raises, 18 Stories, 20 Upset, 22 Alive, 23 Useless, 24 Solve, 25 Dirty.

Down: 1 Serious, 2 Guide, 3 Styles, 4 Cheap, 5 Sisters, 6 Bills, 8 Waste, 13 Cookies, 15 Amuse, 16 Satisfy, 17 Assume, 18 Scare, 19 Ideal, 21 Swear.

Across 1 Granizada (9) 8 January (5) 9 To know (facts) (5) 10 Equipo (4) 11 Another (4) 15 Roncar (cuando se duerme) (5) 17 Key (door) (5) 18 El más fuerte (9)

Down 2 Sand (5) 3 Lion (4) 4 Prueba (4) 5/16 Borrar (3,3) 6 Windy (meteorological) (7) 7 Trees (7) 12 Lágrimas (5) 13 Kiss (4) 14 Bandera (de país, ciudad) (4) 16 See 5

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Sheds, 3 Cakes, 5/15 Old age, 7 Against, 9 Sell, 10 Vein, 14 Terraza, 16 Pesca, 17 Sacro.

Down: 1 Shoes, 2 Soap, 3 Claw, 4 Sit, 6 Dolor, 8 Nuera, 11 Nieto, 12 Nada, 13 Days, 14 Tip.

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TOP 10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CATS Cats are fascinating animals and are some of the most popular pets in the world. Here is a list of 10 interesting cat facts for all cat lovers out there: 1. Researchers are not 100 per cent sure just how exactly cats purr. Some vets believe they purr by vibrating vocal folds located deep in their throats. To be able to do this, a muscle in their larynx opens and closes the air passage approximately 25 times per second.

2. As weird as it may sound, a cat’s eyesight is simultaneously better and worse than humans’. It is better because cats can indeed see in much dimmer light and their peripheral view is wider than the average person’s. However, it is worse because they do not see colour as well as humans do. Researchers believe grass appears red to cats.

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Published by British author Michelle Kelly in 2014, When I Wasn’t Watching tells the story of every parent’s worst nightmare.

Lucy and Ethan Randall’s son Jack is abducted and murdered by teenager Terry Prince.

A moment of distraction that not only rips the family apart but also destroys the Randall’s marriage. Haunted

by the past, Lucy is left to battle her grief and raise her other son alone.

When Prince walks free and another child goes missing, Lucy cannot shake the suspicion that her son’s killer has struck yet again and joins forces with the same officer who found Jack’s body to bring the culprit to justice.

Author Michelle Kelly also

wrote The Virgin Courtesan and The Rake of Glendir.

Just Joking A gorilla walks into a bar and says: “A scotch on the rocks, please.” The gorilla hands the bartender a €10 bill.

The bartender thinks to himself: “This gorilla doesn’t know the prices of drinks,” and gives him 15 cents change.

The bartender says: “You know, we don’t get too many gorillas in here.”

The gorilla replies: “Well, at €9.85 a drink, I ain’t coming back, either.”

Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

6. Though the average cat will lap up a saucer of milk like there is no tomorrow, the fact is that they can become lactose-intolerant. After weaning, their ability to digest lactose reduces, which means that milk is not necessary in a cat’s diet.

7. Domestic cats love to play, especially kittens, who just love to play fight and chase toys. Vets believe that play fighting among kittens helps them practise and learn skills necessary for hunting and fighting.

8. Warmer temperatures and shorter winters resulting from climate change could eventually lead to an increase in cat populations, given the fact that cats are warm weather breeders. In 2007, pet adoption organisation Pets Across America warned that larger numbers of kittens were popping up in shelters across the US, which they attributed to longer summers.

3. How many cats are just too many cats? Well, a single pair of cats and their offspring could in theory produce a whopping total of 420,000 kittens in just seven years. The average litter size is three to five kittens, but double-digit litters are not unheard of.

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4. The average cat spends two thirds of every day sleeping. In other words, a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.

5. During the Spanish Inquisition, Pope Innocent VIII (1432–1492) condemned cats as evil and thousands of them were burned alive. The decision backfired though, as the widespread killing of cats resulted in an unforeseen explosion of the rat population, which, in turn, exacerbated the effects of the Black Death.

PLAYTIME: Domestic cats, especially kittens, love to play fight and chase toys.

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9. Whilst cat owners should not hold their breath for a hit song from their cat any time soon, the truth is that cats have the ability to make over 100 different sounds. This stands in stark contrast to dogs, since they can only make about 10 different vocalisations.

10. Cats have 32 muscles that control their outer ears. Humans, in contrast, have only six.

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

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

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

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

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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Average: 25 Good: 32 Very good: 46 Excellent: 56

SCORING:

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION once, cent, centre, center, foxier, feel, feeler, fern, fixer, file, filer, filet, ferment, feet, free, fret, entree, enter, mere, exile, refs, reef, reefs, reel, rent, relent, relief, reliefs, neon, germ, glee, glen, life, lifer, life, liefer, leer, lent, tree, term, tern, telex

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Ripple the weather dog stole the show WEATHERMAN Mike Sobrel had a soggy start to his weather forecast during his regular spot on Canada’s Global Edmunton News this week, as 18-month-old playful part-mastiff Ripple stole the show.

As a self-acclaimed dog-lover, Sobrel was happy to participate in a promotion for the Edmunton Humane society and kindly agreed to include young Ripple in the forecast in order to get him out of the homeless dog shelter and find the pup a new loving home.

Ripple however had other ideas, which included chewing through his lead, jumping on the

presenter and trying to pull him off screen which was a big distraction for both Sobrel and the viewers!

The pair have been featured on Good Morning America and currently have over 1 million views on YouTube, which means Ripple is definitely one popular pooch.

Behaviour problems in dogs

THE biggest reason for pet euthanasia is dog behaviour. Is it incurable disease? Injury? The truth is more companion animals are euthanised for behaviour problems than for any other reason. Some animals are euthanised as they are aggressive and dangerous, but many are euthanised for behaviour problems that could have been avoided.

My main goal is to raise awareness among dog owners in order to prevent behaviour problems.

One of the biggest problems I see is that people underestimate how much time caring for a dog requires. Many dogs do not have all of their needs met, and many are PREVENT PROBLEMS: Enrol in a training class.

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under-exercised. Unfortunately, since crate training became popular, the crate has sometimes been used as a place to stow the dog rather than being used as the housebreaking tool it was meant to be. Many dogs spend far too much time in their crates.

Another problem people have with dogs is a basic lack of manners.

Because they have not been taught manners, many dogs engage in undesirable activities, such as jumping up on people and not coming when called. When people take the time to educate themselves about the needs of their pet, behaviour issues

such as these can be prevented.

Unfortunately, owners often assume the dog should somehow be aware of basic rules of behaviour without ever having been taught.

If bad behaviour continues for an extended period of time, pet owners sometimes attribute very human characteristics to the dog, as if the pet is engaging in the unwanted activity on purpose. However, their pet is not defecating in the house or digging up the garden in order to exact some sort of retribution.

One of the best ways to avoid behaviour problems before they start is to enrol in a dog training class early, ideally when the dog is a young puppy. These classes not only teach the dog but most important teach you many things you are not aware of.

If you have a dog that has a behaviour problem or you would like to enrol your pet in a training class, contact your local veterinarian and ask about dog training clubs.

Spaniels’ owners find petsitter online!

By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch MANY Northern Europeans dream of retiring somewhere warm, a favourite holiday destination perhaps.

Spain has become the adopted home to many such retirees, and their pets! With any house move it can take months to settle in, acclimatising to new surroundings.

For pets the difference is greater. They are sensitive to changes in climate, new smells and surroundings. John and Beth brought their two

Spaniels from Wales when they emigrated in 2013.

It was a long road journey, yet the dogs did well. An unexpected call from home shortly after settling into their new neighbourhood in Alicante, told them that Beth’s mother was ill and they were needed back home. They couldn’t take the dogs with them, nor could they leave them in kennels to cope with more new surroundings.

So they contacted HouseSitMatch to look for help. From the list of petsitters they selected

Gail who lives and works in Alicante, occasionally housesitting for friends.

She joined the HouseSitMatch network looking for an affordable way to travel. But Spaniels are her favourite

breed and she just couldn’t resist sending Beth and John a message on seeing their post. They met for coffee, she played with the dogs and moved in that week. What a perfect housesit match!

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Business as usual but the wait to hear from hospital became onerous Erica has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and in her column she is charting her journey from diagnosis and through treatment

I have to say that the waiting became onerous.

So, on the advice of an oncologist friend, I went knocking on doors at the

hospital to see if I could speed up the process or at least get an operation date. Being a single, working mother with two

children, I had quite a lot of organising to do.

I fronted up at the hospital and knocked on a door that read ‘Secretary to Surgeons’… seemed like a good place to start. Little did I know the woman sifting through papers within would actually be my surgeon. I asked her if it would be possible to speak to the secretary as I wanted to find out when my operation was scheduled for.

She asked me my name and said: “Ah yes, Erica,

you’ve got me… how about Friday morning next week?”

Well, if ever there were a case for if you don’t ask you don’t get, this was it!

She took the opportunity to examine me and patiently answered all my questions. I came away feeling elated. I now had a date, yet to be officially confirmed, but at least I could plan for my hospital stay. For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, use the interpreter services offered at the hospital. I

was visited to check I was fully aware of what was happening. I did not need this service being a Spanish speaker but can imagine this would be of great comfort to someone who does not speak the language.

The ensuing week was a blizzard of phones calls and planning, cleaning the house, filling up heavy gas bottles (no lifting after the operation), doing a super shop, my freezer was crammed full.

HEALTH & BEAUTY Neighbours and dear friends were mobilised, like a military operation. People were getting ready to take my children to and from school and to their activities. Every granny, aunt and friend in the Malaga area was offering to cook for me. All my English students were outstanding.

Endless prayers were being said, candles were being lit and Holy Water was being bought. Whether you are religious or not, every positive thought and act is a massive boost.

Remember to accept help and let people in.

Then there was my family spread across the world and my friends in England. They know who they are, the best, kindest and most outstanding people.

Instead of feeling despair or sadness I just felt overwhelmingly fortunate and loved.

On September 18, I went to the hospital accompanied by someone very special to me and waited to

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be called to go up to my room. I didn’t have long to wait. My name was bellowed out over the loudspeaker. I was given my room number and up I went.

I knocked on the door and found that I was sharing with a shy girl. I said hello and went over to my bed and unpacked my stuff. Once installed, I twitched the curtain dividing us and asked if she felt up to a chat. I found out that she was

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waiting to have her gall- priority to me!

Then the nurse desbladder removed. She was homesick and missing her cended to put my drip in, baby twins, who were just check I didn’t have any nail polish on and to give weeks old.

We me an idea of my chatted. Well, I did more talking than Remember operation time and how things her but she to accept ran in the seriously needed help and let hospital. I was cheering up!

Her mother people in a little concerned by the was a lovely appearance of my woman from nurse, who was a very Granada, always up for eating the cakes that my short individual, totally bossvisitors were to bring me eyed and talking to himself.

I did cross myself and and indeed any biscuits that might be going spare. In prayed he’d find my vein fact, I couldn’t have wished first time. You should not for a better room-mate. She judge a book by its cover; was quiet and shy but she he was a pro and I hardly soon got used to me felt a thing.

Then my temperature ambling around with my nightie half was taken, as was my blood and smart undone and at times pressure part of my rear compression or anti-deep showing. Covering up vein thrombosis socks were one’s backside didn’t handed to me to put on seem to be a before my operation.

A bit of light supper, a Erica and Ollie consommé and then a shot Torremoya in the arm to ensure my blood didn’t clot, and then off to sleep.

Tomorrow was going to be a big day.

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Good for the mind

GETTING active three times a week could help prevent depression. Researchers from the University College London found that people who were physically active in their leisure time were less likely to suffer from depression, with every weekly session of activity reducing the risks.

Those who carried out exercise three times a week lowered their risk of depression by 16 per cent.

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Olive oil intake can reverse symptoms of heart disease participants divided into three groups. One group ate a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra virgin olive oil. The second ate a Mediterranean diet with added nuts, and a third group ate a low-fat diet.

The researchers found both groups who followed the Mediterranean diets decreased their obesity and blood sugar levels.

Sixty-four per cent of participants had metabolic syndrome at the start of the study with more than a quarter no longer showing symptoms of the condition after following the Mediterranean diet.

EATING a Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil could help reverse symptoms which can lead to heart disease.

Whilst the Mediterranean diet has long since been praised for its healthy properties and benefits, a new study found people who followed a diet of fruit, vegetables, fish and wholegrains, with either added olive oil or nuts, reduced their obesity and blood glucose levels, which helps reduce heart disease.

Following a diet classed as ‘low fat’ did not have the same effect.

The Spanish researchers studied nearly 5,800 men and women aged 55 to 80 who were at risk of heart disease for nearly five years, with

HEALTHY: Adding olive oil.

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Prescription-grade topical treatments High-street face creams generally do not reverse the signs of ageing, at best only offering a temporary plumping effect. This is because few components in skin creams are small enough to penetrate the skin’s surface so they cannot make changes at the cellular level.

There is one exciting exception, however, retinol. Scientists, doctors and dermatologists agree retinol really can reduce, and even

reverse the signs of ageing but to work effectively it needs to be in concentrations not available in over-the-counter cream.

Effective medical retinol treatments come in the form of peels and face creams.

Microneedling Microneedling works on the principle that damaged skin repairs itself. Micro needles create tiny punctures in the skin, activating fibroblast cells, which stimulates collagen production, the main structural component of the skin. It is the loss of collagen as we age that causes lines, wrinkles and sagging of the skin.

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) PRP, or Dracula Therapy, is an anti-ageing skin rejuvenation treatment that uses the healing properties of platelet growth factors in the patient’s own blood.

The patient’s platelets are injected into the face, neck and décolletage where they rebuild and repair damaged and aged skin cells and stimulate collagen.

Sculptra This is a facial injectable treatment, much like dermal fillers. But whereas fillers artificially plump the skin to ‘fill’ lines and wrinkles, Sculptra’s active ingredient triggers fibroblast cells to secrete collagen production, which naturally plumps the face and minimises lines and wrinkles.

To learn more about the exciting developments in skin rejuvenation book a free consultation with Medcare medical aesthetics clinic in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi. YOUTHFUL LOOK: Skin restores itself.

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What makes people tick ?

Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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AM intrigued by a woman friend. I am mystified by trying to figure out how she ticks and why. Doubtless most men will nod their heads and mutter: “Been there, mate.”

Not so fast! Here we have a perfectly unremarkable woman yet her sole ambition, from the moment she was born, was to spend as much of her life as possible on the sea or in it.

Her single-mindedness brought her a life of underwater exploration in the most exotic locations in the world. There does not seem to be any plausible explanation for such a phenomenon.

It is easier to dismiss compulsion than figure out a reason for it. She is hardly alone in an obsession that excludes all else.

Throughout history, some men and women, for no apparent reason, become fixated by an obsessional pursuit of one kind or another. All rational explanation is considered but nothing adds up. To

UNDERWATER EXPLORATION: Single-mindedness led a friend to exotic locations. give such matters thought is whimsical and best left to deep thinkers.

Interestingly, most great composers were adamant that they had been singled out by God to do his work.

Certainly, Beethoven was born to a chorister father but as a musician he was far from alone in a time and country where a career in music was perfectly routine.

To a condescending prince, arguably the world’s greatest composer, said: “What you are, you are by accident of

birth: what I am, I am by myself. There are and there will be a thousand princes.

There is only one Beethoven.”

Leaving aside the single-minded pursuit of wealth, which in most cases is simply a matter of theft by other means, education has little bearing on the kind of human achievement that enriches our lives.

The chattering and political classes benefit from the best education money can buy yet in life tend to be underachieving parasitical dullards. On the

other hand, there are those who, despite disadvantages that make most of us shudder, accomplish much that takes our breath away.

Whatever field of human achievement we examine, be it music, art, theatre, creativity, invention, manufacturing, the originator was rarely driven by the pursuit of wealth. Intriguingly, with few exceptions, the men and women who bestowed their timeless gifts on the human race were born into poverty and in most cases died destitute.

Other than in book form there could never be space enough to list the names, let alone the achievements, of such outstanding personalities. In all fields of creativity, art, music in its myriad forms, exploration, science, sport; wherever we look, we find greatness thrust upon the shoulders of men and women whose family or personal backgrounds are singularly unremarkable.

I can only ruminate as to the reasons why. I do so over a glass of wine.

However, I am still looking for an answer. If you have it, write it down on a postcard. I look forward to giving it my attention.

Credit-card freeloading officials Cassandra Nash

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

THE 86 credit cards handed out to Caja Madrid and Bankia board members and executives were supposed to cover business expenses.

Principally, they covered expensive lifestyles because in the years they were used – from 2003 until 2012 – most of the €15.5 million they spent or withdrew was at weekends, during the summer and over Christmas.

Caja Madrid merged with other banks to become Bankia which later needed nationalisation plus a €22-billion bailout and the credit-card freeloaders included Caja Madrid president Miguel Blesa and Rodrigo Rato, his successor at Bankia. Other grateful recipients included 27 PP politicians, 15 PSOE politicians, five IU politicians and 10 union leaders.

They say that money talks but it sings a siren song to which few turn deaf ears.

Wind direction CATALUÑA backed away from the yawning precipice of a full-blown but disallowed independence vote on November 9.

There could instead be a popular ballot, described by Regional President Artur Mas as

a ‘survey’ based on articles from the region’s Consultation Law not invalidated by Spain’s highest court, the Tribunal Constitucional. It would not be binding but the forerunner to a definitive vote legitimised by elections, Mas explained.

Mas has fallen into the old trap of satisfying none while trying to please everybody. Mollifying his parliamentary voting allies Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) will be

particularly complicated given its preference for a unilateral declaration of independence.

But there could be one good outcome from Mas’s compromise: it would show Cataluña and the rest of Spain which way the wind really blows in the region.

The right note WHEN the Ebola crisis slipped from the uncertain grip of Health Minister Ana Mato, it was grasped

by Vice-President Soraya Saenz de Santamaria.

Following a slew of ministry mishaps before and after Spanish nurse Teresa Romero was confirmed as the first Ebola case outside Africa, Mariano Rajoy set up a crisis team of experts. It included the hapless Mato but Saenz de Santamaria is in charge.

“Responsibility will be apportioned if necessary. Now FREELOADERS: Miguel Blesa (far left) and Rodrigo Rato.

we must look after Teresa Romero,” the vice-president said: “Political posts seem less important now, or at least mine does.”

The decisive and sometimes divisive vice-president skirted the blame game and wisely concentrated on Teresa Romero’s plight. Whether good sense or good PR, never-cloying Saenz de Santamaria said the right thing at the right time. Her political rivals must be livid.

Highs and lows NO Spanish region is amongst the world’s 100 best places to live, named by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The country’s economy has also dropped to 14th place on the list compiled by the International Monetary Fund. It is now behind South Korea after losing five places in the last six months.

Curiously, Spaniards’ lifeexpectancy is one of the longest in the world so they must be doing something right.

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THE popular arts and crafts markets, or ‘encounters,’ at Rojales caves continue on the first Sunday morning of each month - so there are just two more markets before Christmas!

From leather to stone work and jewellery to paintings there’s something for everyone with very low prices for original work.

Starting at 11am the encounter with artists has some of the caves open and running workshops for children and demonstrations.

There will also be an art exhibition in the Sala Mengolero with live music and paella on sale for just €3.50 including bread and sangria, or hot dogs barbecued next to the bar too.

Finishing around 2.30pm or 3pm, the caves are a uniquely beautiful venue on the hillside overlooking Rojales and definitely worth a visit.

So why not change the routine of the ‘normal’ Sunday market and try out the Cuevas del Rodeo instead?

Map and directions to the caves, Cuevas de Rodeo, can be found here: www.CostaArt.Net/caves.html It is also possible for other artists and craftworkers to exhibit their work there freely too.

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So where better to go than Monroes Carvery?

Wednesday 3rd, 10th and 17th of December we are offering a choice of a two or three course turkey lunch or dinner for just 8.50€ or 9.95€.

• December 25 Christmas Day We are open for lunch between 1pm and 3pm (last orders) offering a three course turkey meal with all the trimmings plus half a bottle of Rioja wine and coffee for just 35€.

• New Year’s Eve Why not join us for our New Year’s Eve

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Doors open at 8pm when you will enjoy a three course Carvery menu, half a bottle of Rioja wine per person and cava at midnight all for just 35€. You will also receive your own party bag.

Monroes Carvery, Moraira is open for lunch Monday to Saturday from 12.303.30pm and evenings 69pm (last orders).

Sunday the Carvery is available all day. There is also a large choice of meals available on the a la carte menu.

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Autumn tree plantings NOVEMBER is a good month for planting most trees. The reasons for planting now are as follows: • The weather is cooler • The soil is hopefully easier to dig after autumn rains • For the same reason one can knock support posts in to a good depth • Deciduous trees have lost their leaves and the sap has run down • Citrus trees are sprouting after slow growth during the hot summer months • Evergreens are less likely to dry out and die back • Roots will start to grow and spread quicker than spring planted ones.

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

REWARDING: Homegrown fruit from your own tree.

Selecting trees Look out for trees with a good rootball.

Also look for a good basic 360 degree framework of branches. There may only be four at this stage but you don’t want them all leaning one way; this can result in a lopsided mature tree. Finally, buy a tree with a trunk that looks in balance to the embryo head of branches. Avoid trees that show signs of damage or that have not been weeded or watered for weeks. Watch out for split bark that could allow beetles and fungi to enter.

How to plant If you have rich loamy soil, dig a hole as deep and

wide as the rootball of the tree. Fill the hole with water and let it drain away. Clean out any soil that has fallen to the bottom of the hole and then slide the rootball carefully into the hole.

Now knock in a stake two thirds the height of the trunk and secure the tree with a non-rubbing tie. A piece of wire threaded through a length of rubber tubing is ideal.

If you have a poor, heavy clay or light sandy soil, dig a hole two or three times the depth and width of the rootball. Fill the hole with water and let it drain. Then line the bottom of the hole with well-rotted compost or

a 1:3 mix of well-rotted manure and soil, firming the infill as you go. Fill until the rootball sits in the hole with the top earth at the level of the surrounding soil. This is especially important if you have purchased a grafted tree.

Knock in a stake and then place the tree in the hole and secure to the post so that it is supported while you infill the hole. Infill the hole with the same material used to line the base. Firm layer by layer until the soil is just above the surrounding soil to allow for the inevitable sinking after watering in the tree.

In both cases it helps trees to survive first and second year drought periods if you mix some TerraCottem into the soil at the bottom of the hole.

After planting give all new trees a good soaking so that moisture seeps down to the bottom of the rootball.

A forthcoming talk Dick is giving a talk to the Costa Blanca Gardeners’ Circle at 2.30pm on Wednesday, November 5, at the La Senieta conference building next to the big roundabout and big car park at the entry to Moraira. The title is ‘Getting the most from your Christmas garden’. All are welcome to attend. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com October 2014

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ANDALUCIAN HOUSES: A good August for sales.

Andalucia has most home sales THE Andalucia region saw the highest amount of house sales in the country during August.

A total of 4,765 transactions took place, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics, more than 1,000 more than second-placed Catalonia.

However, housing sales in the country were down by 1.1 per cent in August

compared with the same month last year, the first year-on-year decline registered following five months of growth.

There was a total of 23,525 property transactions registered in Spain.

Although the number of sales of new homes in Spain was down in August, there was a 15.2 per cent rise in the number of sales of second-hand houses.

MORTGAGE financing will be the topic at the forefront of this autumn’s Madrid International Real Estate Exhibition (SIMA). And according to organisers, this year’s event has seen an unusually high number of people register to attend.

Between October 24 and 26, the SIMA Expo – held at the Feria de Madrid – will attract a large number of

potential buyers of Spanish property, ranging from first-time buyers and holiday-home seekers to those looking to buy for investment purposes.

Due to the general feeling and corresponding statistics that the property market is indeed stabilising, mortgage financing and its availability is a topic very much to the fore. With

mortgage lending by banks back on the table for many prospective buyers, the sector can hopefully expect a rise in sales.

So far more than 50 companies – including Bankinter and ING Direct – have registered to participate in SIMA 2014 and this figure is expected to rise. For more details, see www.simaexpo.com.

House prices rise by 4.1 per cent in Q3 HOUSE prices in Spain rose by 4.1 per cent during the third quarter of this year. The price per square metre of housing in Spain – both new and second-hand –

now stands at €1,309, up compared with the same period last year.

The positive percentage of 4.1 represents the first increase for seven years,

since a 2.7 per cent rise in Q3 2007.

According to a report

by Sociedad de Tasacion, Andalucia was one of the regions to register the highest home price increases in Spain. The report further states that the property sector is expected to maintain stability in the coming month as a result of the slowdown in falling prices since 2008.

The rise in prices during the third quarter of 2014 “coincides with good data on unemployment and mortgage lending” states the report, but warns: “although these data invite optimism, employment and lending are far from pre-crisis levels.” It goes on to say that the number of years of full salary that an average citizen would need to buy an average home is seven-and-a-half.

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However, it said the increase may also be influenced by the effects of the fiscal changes at the end of 2012.

Researchers said that the final months of that year saw a large boost in sales with people racing to benefit from the last chance of tax relief.

This was followed by extremely low sales in 2013.

Barcelona buys two buildings to house municipal offices TWO properties owned by the Generalitat regional government in the Can Batllo and Via Laietana have been bought by Barcelona City Council for €30 million.

The buildings will be used for city authority offices and equipment.

Deputy Mayor Sonia Recasens stressed the ‘strategic’ importance of this action, allowing the town hall to take over the central warehouse with a surface area of 21,830 square metres - in the Can Battlo precinct, in SantsMontjuic district.

The building will be conditioned as the base for the area’s municipal offices, which are currently spread over five separate rented properties.

Official sources said this measure will allow a yearly saving of €5.5 million, while

BARCELONA: Via Laietana is one of the locations for the city council’s offices. preparing the building for use will cost approximately €40 million.

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Toyota hits 9m European landmark ON the heels of the Paris Motor Show, Toyota announced a new milestone for its European operations with the production of the ninemillionth car built in its European region.

Many Toyota drivers in Europe may not be aware of it, but there is a good chance that their Toyota was built in Europe. In fact, today, two out of three vehicles sold on the continent are made by Toyota employees in one of the six vehicle plants and three powertrain plants located in Portugal, the UK, Turkey, France, Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia.

Didier Leroy, President and CEO of Toyota Motor Europe, recently announced the milestone at the Paris Motor Show.

He said: “Toyota Europe is celebrating this month a

BUILT IN EUROPE: First production plant in Portugal opened in 1971. new milestone with the production of its ninemillionth car in Europe.

And I am happy to say that we do so in excellent health,” referring to the strong profit results posted in the past fiscal year by Toyota’s Europe region and three consecutive years of sales growth for the company

on the continent, with plans to increase sales further in calendar year 2014.

“At Toyota, we have a long tradition of building locally what we sell locally.

Recently, we have also expanded our exports outside Europe based on the competitiveness of our European operations. We are committed to keeping

production in Europe by bringing technology like hybrid and management innovations that enable us to continuously make our manufacturing plants globally competitive,” added Leroy.

European manufacturing started back in 1971 with the establishment of the first plant - Toyota Caetano

BMW Motorrad presents two new special edition scooters BMW Motorrad has presented its two new special-edition maxi scooters, the C 600 Sport and C 650 GT. Focusing the spotlight on its sporty and dynamic character is the highly responsive C 600 Sport special edition featuring special Racing blue metallic matt/Sapphire black metallic paintwork along with a sports seat and Akrapovic silencer.

The C 650 GT special edition, meanwhile, accentuates its elegance and touring prowess through the special paint finish Ebony metallic/Monolith metallic matt.

The equipment accompanying this special edition comprises the Highline package made up of an LED daytime running light, seat heating for rider

TOURING PROWESS: The elegant C 650 GT. HIGHLY RESPONSIVE: C 600 Sport.

and passenger, heated grips and the RDC tyre pressure monitoring system.

These two new maxi scooters replace the previous special-edition models and will be available from spring 2015.

Portugal S.A. - where the very first European-made Corolla was produced.

Today, 43 years later, nine European manufacturing plants located in seven European countries, representing an investment of more than €8 billion, are producing an extensive range of vehicles for European customers as well as some exports to the US market.

European design has gained more autonomy from Japan and new models are tailored for the taste of European customers – new designs are highly distinctive, edgy and eye-catching like the new generation

AYGO, the new Yaris, or the CH-R Concept revealed in Paris earlier this month.

With Toyota’s Global Vision, operations in Europe will be taking up an increasingly larger role as global planning centre to define the future generations of cars in the essential European A, B and C segments.

Toyota’s contribution to employment in Europe is around 20,000 people employed directly by Toyota and its affiliates – the figure is around 94,000, including those employed in the retailer network.

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IKE most expats I have owned many cars during my life, ranging from Cadillacs, Mercedes, BMWs, Jaguars, Fords, Vauxhalls, Citroens, even a 12-seater Luton Bedford Dormobile. I also had a 1929 white Bugatti replica kit car. My very first car was a Hillman Minx Californian.

However, out of all the cars I owned, my favourite was a secondhand 1973 Citroen DS23 Palace, which I purchased for about ₤500 in 1977. Most Citroen owners know that it was an extremely comfortable vehicle having hydraulic suspension. The four-wheel independent suspension provided a self-levelling system.

It was more advanced than most automobiles of its time with its sleek design, swivelling headlamps and fingertip semi-automatic clutch rod conveniently placed above

In a one-off feature reader Gerry Cannon talks about the cars he has owned and how he ‘inadvertently’ became the first owner in Spain to get the new-look Citroen DS3 Cabrio (according to his car dealer)

CITROEN FAN: Gerry with the DS3 Cabrio. the steering wheel. It even had a starting handle!

Regrettably, I sold that Citroen with my cherished numberplate MRC123 (Mr C, as my surname is Cannon) in 1979 for only ₤650.

I recently fancied buying another one with low mileage. However, I was shocked to see a 1973

model being sold for £24,950… talk about inflation!

No way would I pay that money as there was a good chance that such an old vehicle would eventually need repair. I noticed that Citroen had brought out an unusually shaped compact five-seat vehicle, namely the DS3 Cabrio, with a

concertina opening roof.

I ordered a 6 e-HDi 90 Airdream ETG6 diesel automatic model with many extras including Sat Nav from Citroen in Estepona.

After haggling for a discount with Carlos the salesman, we eventually bought it for €21,699. I

was somewhat disappointed that although it had parking sensors, Citroen did not have the option of a reverse camera to see behind the car in the Sat Nav monitor.

According to Carlos, the engine size I purchased was very economical as the diesel version would get a whopping 78mpg (3.6 litres per 100km).

I would have preferred a manual shift although my wife wanted an automatic.

At the end of June, Carlos contacted me to say that the model we had chosen was not obtainable as a newer version having

more features was to replace it, although it would increase the selling price.

Yet as I had already signed a contract, I could buy it for the same price as the one I had ordered.

To my delight Citroen added a rear view camera.

Carlos told us that we would have the first latest model in Spain, and the car arrived a couple of weeks ago. To my surprise it had both automatic and manual shift also ‘Start and Go’.

That’s whenever the car stops, like at traffic lights or in heavy traffic, the engine stops and starts again as soon as the gas pedal is operated!

It’s sad to think that now I am 79 years old, it will most likely be my very last car, although I will still have happy memories of my old Citroens... unless of course I win the lottery and buy that secondhand red 1973 Citroen DS23 and can afford to pay £24,950!

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Northern League Jaguars played their first away match of the season against BBC Lions.

Their star team were the Challengers, Mal Chamberlain, Veronica Petty and Chris Barnsby with a 29-4 victory, which puts the Jaguars at the top of the Challenger League table.

Lions had a very strong main team and lost on only one rink which gave them an overall score of 79-58.

Eight points to Lions, two to Jaguars.

Tigers were at home to Calpe and were keen to attain the same result as the Lions had the previous week. They did this by winning on all rinks and coming out with 10 points.

There was no Challenger match this week for the Tigers.

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Bowls update

BBC take on Javea IN their first match of the season, BBC travelled the short distance to their closest rivals, Javea Green.

Despite an early lead Lynda Warnes’s team lost 12-19. Bob Cockell’s team came out 10-24 and Maggie Lawley’s team lost 10-23.

Alex Fisher’s team of Iris Gardiner, Dave Roberts and Rod Warnes came out 20-19 winners.

Jeff Richards, with Harry Chick, Peter Collins and Christine Mawson took a two on the last end to win by the same narrow margin, 15-14, which gave BBC a very creditable four points overall.

In the Berleen, Carol Davies, Carole Nicholas Viv Erridge and skip Jacquie Roberts won 17-13.

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VICTORS: El Cid and Javea winning line-up.

EIGHTEEN teams representing all the bowls clubs in Northern Costa Blanca took part in the three-day Jesus Carrion 3-2-1 competition at El Cid BC. Victorious this year were Jack Wardrop and Sheila Manser from El Cid, along with Halina Leeder from Javea BC. They beat the all-Benitatchell BC team of

Christine Mawson, Derek Mawson and Viv Erridge. Losing semi-finalists were Clive Corbin, Gail Chick and Greg Sperring of Javea, and Paul Trunchion, Anita Randall and Derek Randall of El Cid. Jesus Carrion, the local supermarket, has proudly sponsored the event for a number of years.

La Vila go top RUGBY La Vila had a good win over Valencia Tecnidex on Sunday, scoring 33 points against Valencia’s seven.

Three first-half tries by Noel Carrion, Henry Davies and Hernan Quirelli put the game beyond Valencia, with Duncan Trout adding another in the second-half.

Special mention has to go to Juanma Quirante, who had an outstanding match.

La Vila now sit on top of the table followed by San Cugat Barcelona and Cau Valencia.

La Vila’s women’s team was also in action, beating Elche 43-7. The next home game for La Vila is on November 2 at the Villajoyosa Stadium against San Cugat Barcelona. Tickets €5 and under-12s are free.

On October 25 the club will host a mini-rugby festival from 10am to 2pm for children.

Warblers play at La Galiana LA GALIANA provided a spectacular backdrop for the Warblers game this week.

The use of buggies on this course is essential and the terrain still presents some difficult walks from greens and tee boxes.

The nearest the pin winners this week were Colin Harris, Mick Morley – both of whom managed to get down in two – and David Rogers and Barbara Pollitt.

Leading home Division One was Tony Young with 36 points off 11.8. He was followed by Michael Morley with 33, beating Fred Cooley on count-back.

Division Two saw Colin Harris once again on the podium with a score of 34 off 19.9. Second place was decided on count-back and John Daniels beat Barbara Pollitt, both with 33 points.

There were three knockout matches played and

Barbara Pollitt beat Arthur Sullivan four and two, and a strong performance saw David Knight overcome Steve Cliffe five and four.

Paddy Kenmore with Fred Cooley took the honours over Derek Gray with David Edwards; having finished all-square after 18 holes a sudden death putt-off decided the outcome.

The next game for the Warblers is on Wednesday, October 29 at Alicante and it will be a Texas Scramble.

Call 639 242 896 to book.

POWERHOUSE: La Vila Rugby in action against Valencia Tecnidex

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Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi won Sunday’s Australian MotoGP. Jorge Lorenzo was second with GB’s Bradley Smith third. World champion Marc Marquez crashed out when leading. The bikes and riders are in Malaysia this weekend.

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Montgo golf news MONTGO Golf Society played their first medal competition of the year at Oliva Nova on Friday, sponsored by Gerian van Ooijen, who provided prizes with a uniquely Dutch flavour.

Winner of the medal was Celia Cronin with an excellent four under net par of 68 from her 13.3 handicap and will now be playing from 11.8.

Second place went to Neil Carter (9.6) with a net 71, and Richard Morris (16.9) beat Peter Twine (17.9) for the third spot, both scoring Net 73s. Colin Foster (9.5) filled took fifth place with a net 75.

Best gross score went to the guest of the day, Campbell Lamont, with 80.

The two nearest the pins saw one of the guests, Steve Crossan, taking the honours on the 11th, with John Day the victor on the 16th.

John also had the only two of the day on Hole 3. There were longest drive prizes on the 14th and the winners were Sabrina Vincke and Ed Wallace.

The society’s next game is at La Galiana on November 7 for a stableford competition sponsored by Richard Fox. First tee is at 10am.