Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 30 October - 5 November 2014 Issue 1530

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Blind man’s buff MOST men convicted of gender abuse do not believe they acted in a criminal manner, according to Clara Moya, Professor of Penal Law at Alicante University. Sixty per cent blamed their partners, Professor Moya added.

Going batty BATS are invading the terraces of a San Vicente apartment block. But no action can be taken against them as they are a protected species.

Some are even finding a way into homes, residents have complained.

Lower rates THE council in Callosa d’en Sarria is reducing IBI property tax rates in urban areas by approximately 7.4 per cent. IBI on rural properties will fall by more than 24 per cent.

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Extra funds to encourage Costa Blanca tourism material aimed at tourists.

Event organisation, information on local festivities and promotion of products including gastronomy, culture and golf are among the proposals included in the scheme, which aims to reduce seasonal slumps.

This was the part of the scheme which attracted the most interest, with a total of 104 applications, and it has an allocated investment of €232,919.

The scheme also includes a fund of €175,000 for non-profit entities Meanwhile, Alicante authorities in the province including the will spend €277,697 to help local Alicante Provincial Hotel councils cover translation and association, Camp-site and printing costs of promotional Holiday Town Owners association, Costa Blanca Golf Course association, L’Alcoia, El Comtat and La Foia de Castalla tourism groups and Benidorm Travel Agencies association.

An additional €15,000 THE number of heart patients difficulties the hospital has for three was allocated to treated at the Marina Baja hospital years running been placed in the covering costs of in Villajoyosa has doubled since final four of Spanish hospitals’ Top council staff attending 2006.

20 awards in the Cardiology the Madrid International However, the unit has only one category. On November 5, the unit Tourism Fair (Fitur) to more doctor than in 2006 and has led by Dr Fernando de la Guia, will provide personal had to battle against government know if La Vila, as it did in 2012, will attention and offer spending cuts. Despite these walk away with a top award. detailed information on locations.

A TOTAL of 120 Alicante towns and 36 non-profit entities will benefit from the 2014 Costa Blanca Tourism Aid Scheme with an assigned amount of €1,287,503.

Provincial Tourism Delegate Joaquin Albaladejo announced the scheme - which aims to boost tourism promotion - on Monday, October 27, explaining that internal adjustments had allowed all applications received to be accepted.

Internet promotion and new technology will receive €331,958 from the Costa Blanca Tourist Board to cover updating of tourism websites, search engine promotion and mobile apps.

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INDEX News 1 - 32 Finance 33 - 38 Letters 39 Daily TV 40, 42, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56 Leapy Lee 47 Time Out 57 - 60 Health & Beauty 62 - 65 Food 66 - 68 Homes & Gardens 70-71 Property 72 - 76 Services 78 - 81 Classifieds 82 - 84 Motoring 85 - 86 Sport 87 - 88

BUS STATION: Shops at the location are in commercial limbo.

Opening the door to the big boys

BIG stores could soon be allowed to set up shop in Benidorm.

The move would also legalise the bus station’s shopping centre, which currently exists in a state of official limbo.

At present the retail giants are vetoed by the resort’s 1990 Urban Development Plan (PGOU) but ‘reinterpretation’ could smooth the path of the 55,000-squaremetre shopping centre planned for the future industrial estate.

Stores whose principal merchandise is food cannot occupy an area of more than 750 square metres, according to the 1990 PGOU. This increases to 1,500 square metres for stores where other commodities outnumber food products.

The proposed changes would open the door to big stores by removing size restrictions with the proviso that food sections did not exceed the area destined for other departments, explained Councillor Vicente Juan Ivorra.

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Local honour INSTITUTO GATA DE GORGOS will change its name to Instituto Matematico Vicent Caselles Costa in memory of the internationally acclaimed mathematician. He was Gataborn and died last year aged 53.

ALFAZ DEL PI plans to transform its gullies and ravines through the EU’s LIFE-Green Corridors programme.

The usually-dry ‘barrancos’ and streambeds extend from Alfaz to the beach district in Albir and with funding from Brussels they could soon be linking both ends of town.

“This is very ambitious but if approved it will benefit all Alfaz

residents,” said Town Planning and Environment councillor Vicente Soler. “The ‘barrancos’ would shed their neglected and useless image to become another element in the urban landscape that everyone can enjoy,” Soler added.

While improving quality of life by providing paths, bicycle lanes and pathways between both neighbourhoods the project is

environmentally important, Soler maintained. The project also has the backing of CHJ, the regional water authority, as it would eliminate the vegetation that threatens native species and clogs the ravines during heavy rain.

Detailed plans have now been presented to Brussels, which Alfaz hopes will provide 50 per cent of the €3 million cost.

Good payers DENIA Town Hall settles suppliers’ bills within 56 days instead of the obligatory 60, compared with 120 days in the past. It now intends to reduce this to 20 days.

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VOLUNTEERS cleared one ton of rubbish from the River Serpis in Alcoy. Environment councillor Paco Agullo criticised residents lacking in public spirit who debased the area’s outstanding fauna.

Absorbent park PLAYA DE SAN JUAN’S new park, La Marjal, will open in late November. It is designed to cope with floodwater that collects at Calle Pintor Perez Gil during heavy rain.

VALENCIA Port is a principal entry point for cocaine, maintained public prosecutor Jose Ramon Noreña. Methods have changed, he explained, and cartels send more than 500 kilos at a time.

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Port compromise ALTEA Town Hall and the regional government are discussing a future leisure centre at the port. This would suit those wanting entertainment activities and those preferring tranquillity, sources said.

New look WORK continues at San Juan’s sports complex where football changing rooms have been renovated. The disused cafeteria is now due for transformation into offices for local clubs and a boardroom.

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Road rage A PETREL motorist needed hospital treatment after being confronted and attacked by the father of a boy he had almost hit. The father has a record, police sources later revealed.

No excuse BENIDORM Town Hall offered the regional government 15,000 square metres of land for the new Rincon de Loix health centre. This should help to avoid threatened delays, the mayor said.

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Too hot, too long THIS year’s October temperatures, often in the 30s and the highest in 145 years, are causing stress, a clinical psychologist said. Irritability and aggressiveness have also increased, he claimed.

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Stunning pyrotechnics at Sant Narcis festival

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NE of the most visually spectacular Spanish festivals of the year takes place in Girona this week. In a country renowned for its weird and wacky festivals - where people will do anything from pelt each other with tomatoes to build dangerously unstable 10-storey human towers - the Fires de Sant Narcis is probably the most striking, and loudest, festival on the Spanish holiday calendar.

The highlight of the week’s festivities is the ‘correfoc’ - Catalan for ‘fire-run’ - a celebration featuring a cacophony of drum beats and exploding fireworks set off by revellers dressed as devils and demons. Fire crackers and stunning light

Quote of the Week ‘I know biting appals a lot of people, but it’s relatively harmless,’ says Barcelona player Luis Suarez in his new book ‘Crossing the Line: My Story’ which is published this week.

shows fill the Girona skies and streets all in the name of Sant Narcis, the patron saint of the city.

Sant Narcis is celebrated each year with traditional Catalan customs, food, music and culture. Market stalls attract families, revellers and visitors keen to enjoy the biggest festival of the year in Girona. Malaga flamenco-electro band Chambao has already played as part of the Sant Narcis festivities this year, and more top name acts are pencilled in to keep the party going until Sunday.

While some aspects of the festival are definitely not for those who enjoy their peace and quiet, it is nevertheless an unrivalled pyrotechnic spectacular.

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million is the sum involved in a mass corruption case involving local government construction contracts in Spain. Fifty one people have been arrested in the operation codenamed ‘Punica.’

ALFAZ and Callosa will share the Benidorm bus for sports students training at Cheste High Performance Academy (Valencia). In return Alfaz and Callosa will make their centres available to Benidorm.

Not wanted POLITICIANS involved in corruption cases will be excluded from PP voting lists in next year’s elections, pledged regional president Alberto Fabra at a recent meeting of Muchamiel associations.

Jobs ahead GANDIA’S planned water park will attract 600,000 visitors a year and generate €8 million annually, predicted local mayor Arturo Torro. When open in 2017 it will provide 300 jobs, he said.

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Nearly one in three flights from the UK to Spanish sun spots are delayed. So far this year a total of 8,826 flights from UK airports to Tenerife, Palma, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura have been delayed. UK passengers are eligible for compensation if their flight is delayed by more than three hours.

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Buttoned-up in Villena THE second floor of Villena courthouse was off-limits for liftusers for two months.

The second-floor button was missing, obliging the energetic to take the stairs and others to go to the third floor and walk down.

Two months of complaints had not

produced repairs, revealed a recent report in the provincial Spanish press.

The regional government’s justice department responded by promising to solve the problem in a couple of days. Less than 24 hours after the story appeared, a replacement

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Diary date KEN HENSLEY of Uriah Heep will perform with Jools Cooper and Friends on November 11 at 7.30pm Casa de Cultura in El Verger.

Tickets €18 in support of Make A Wish. www.joolscooper.com or 965 993 275.

Good looking MORE than 720 canaries competed in San Vicente. Prizes were awarded for plumage and colouring.

button was located and installed, despite the difficulty in tracking down a spare for such an old lift.

It was not all applause for the regional government, however. It had acted so rapidly only because of the adverse publicity in the local press, court workers claimed.

Councillor has bag snatched DENIA Councillor Pepa Font had her bandbag snatched from a café terrace in the centre of town.

It was early morning and as Font drank her morning coffee with her handbag on another chair, a boy in a balaclava grabbed it and ran off. She reacted by shouting and running after the boy, helped by a delivery man, who joined the chase after hearing her cries.

The boy, who appeared to be 12 or 13, discarded the bag and ran towards Calle Magallanes, disappearing amongst shoppers at the weekly fruit and vegetable market.

The contents of the recovered bag were untouched but it was the first time she had ever been robbed in broad daylight and in the middle of the street, Font remarked.

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Not such a bumpy ride CAMINO SAN PERE between La Nucia’s San Vicente chapel and the El Tossal urbanisation has been resurfaced.

It also links El Tossal to the El Captivador environmental education centre and this is the first time it has been asphalted.

It took workmen a week to level the road and fill in potholes before the heavy machinery could move in.

The 1.1-kilometre road sees exceptionally heavy traffic for several days each year during the San Vicente fiestas when, as they have for generations, the residents of neighbouring towns travel there to picnic in the countryside.

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E’D like to extend a warm Spanish welcome to the brave five-yearold cancer sufferer Ashya King and his parents, who arrived in Marbella this week.

Little Ashya is undergoing further treatment at the HC Marbella Hospital in Andalucia, following an incredible story that has gripped both Spain and the UK. Brett and Naghemeh King triggered an international manhunt in August when they took their son from Southampton Hospital without the consent of his doctors, and brought him to Spain for treatment.

Believing that proton beam treatment would be more effective than the radiotherapy offered in Britain, they came to Marbella but Brett and Naghemeh were arrested and held in a Madrid prison for three days, while Ashya was hospitalised

in Malaga. Thankfully, common sense prevailed and they were released without charge.

His parents then took Ashya to Prague in the Czech Republic for proton beam treatment and he is now back in Spain where his condition is said to have improved.

Cancer is a disease that affects so many families across the globe, and it is particularly upsetting when diagnosed in someone so young.

Ashya has known little of a normal childhood to date and everyone following this heartbreaking tale can only hope that everything goes well for Ashya and the King family.

Too afraid to return to the UK at the moment, they have decided to rest up in the quaint village of Casares where they have a home.

We wish the Kings all the best during their stay – and beyond – and extend a genuine ‘bienvenidos to Andalucia’ once again.

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All change in Benidorm NON-ALIGNED Benidorm councillor Juan Angel Ferrer has called for electrification of the FGV railway line to continue to Altea.

Students, workers and tourists must still change trains in Benidorm, he complained.

Safe crossing WORK has begun on a footbridge over the River Girona in Beniarbeig linking schools and the municipal sports complex.

Pedestrians will be safer, the town hall said.

Nice surprise A DENIA woman whose National Lottery ticket matched the last two numbers of the winning ticket expected to get €18. Instead she found she had won the €1.2 million “special prize.”

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San Juan out of the Ebola picture POTENTIAL Ebola patients in Alicante Province will not be treated at San Juan hospital as originally planned.

Alicante cases are to be transferred to Valencia city’s La Fe hospital together with any from the region’s third province, Castellon. The Valencian Community was complying with Ministry of Health recommendations, said the head of the regional health department Manuel Llombart.

Using only one hospital makes it easier to comply with safety protocols, he added. These require medical staff to be supervised by another health professional when putting on and removing hazmat suits after treating Ebola patients, Llombart continued.

“Spain’s first Ebola infection demonstrates the advisability of limiting all activity to a single centre,” he said.

CUMBRE DEL SOL: Residents want more signs.

Reading the signs in Benitachell BENITACHELL Town Hall is spending €40,000 on new traffic signs for the Cumbre del Sol urbanisation.

Better signposting for the 2,500 properties and 100 kilometres of roads is one of the most frequent requests since the Residents’ Participation plan was introduced in 2012, said Benitachell’s mayor Josep Femenia.

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“The town hall is aware that improvements are necessary for Benitachell’s biggest and most-visited urbanisation,” he added.

Work is expected to take two months and should be finished early in 2015.

The contract for the signposting has gone to local firm VAPF which will carry out further improvements estimated at €34,233.

Even though future cases will be transferred to La Fe, planned modifications to San Juan hospital rooms set aside for Ebola patients will go head, Llombart confirmed. These include lining the walls of isolation units with washable material and adding anterooms where medical staff can put on and remove protective clothing.

Although the rooms will not be needed for Ebola cases, the improvements

will assist in treating other types of infectious illnesses, Llombart pointed out.

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Island houses still standing

THE regional government has suspended an earlier order to demolish six homes on Tabarca Island.

Tabarca comes under the jurisdiction of Alicante City which granted planning permission and certified the new buildings were fit for habitation.

Nevertheless, the central government ruled in 2003 the terraced properties were illegal and infringed the Coastal laws.

A NEW and easy-to-read large format map of Eleven years on, only one Benissa is now available. home has been pulled down by It shows all footpaths and ramblers’ tracks as its owner who believed that well as the Vall de Pop mountain bike routes that demolition was imminent. pass through Benissa.

The remainder are still It’s not all exercise as the map also identifies occupied and the Generalitat’s examples of local architecture as well as springs Infrastructure department has and the ‘lavaderos’ where Benissa women once not been able to access the did the washing. properties. Although officials Parks, gardens, lookout points and even cave have the provincial high court’s paintings are listed on the map which is available permission, they do not have it at the Tourist Office. in writing and applied to the It can also be downloaded at Upper court of the Valencia region for an order to avoid http://www.benissa.net/bd/archivos/archivo423. later complications. pdf They are further hampered This complements the maps of Benissa’s town as the regional government centre, coastal and countryside within the must pay €1.2 million in municipality’s boundaries that can be compensation to owners who downloaded at www.benissa.es choosing the bought homes they thought ‘multimedia/folletos turísticos’ option before were legal. selecting the desired map.

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Too young EIGHTY PER CENT of people at an unauthorised macro-fiesta in Callosa last September were underage, police reported. Some minors later needed treatment for alcoholic poisoning.

Big plans TEULADA Town Hall contracted Producciones Kronos to convert Castell de Moraira into an ‘interpretive centre’ museum.

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Another tram incident in San Vicente LINE 2 between Luceros and San Vicente is the most used of the FGV’s tram system.

It links the centre of Alicante City with the University of Alicante, crossing built-up areas with heavy traffic and in the 14 months of its existence there have been several collisions. Invariably these are the fault of drivers who jump red lights and cross the track even though a tram is approaching.

FGV, the regional rail operator and officials from San Vicente will be meeting shortly to discuss ways of increasing

security at these danger spots, sources said.

The latest incident occurred at the roundabout connecting Calle Aeroplano and Calle Alicante when an articulated lorry failed to stop at the traffic light there. The tram-driver activated the emergency brake but could not stop the convoy in time and was trapped inside the cab after the windscreen shattered. She and a woman passenger who suffered light injuries were taken to Alicante General Hospital, but released later that day.

Denia patients miss out on La Pedrera treatment DENIA’S La Pedrera hospital for chronic and long-stay patients

continues to receive few local patients.

Together with the Centro de Salud Publica in Denia, La Pedrera is the only state-run medical centre in the area.

Health Care in the Marina Alta is now outsourced to a private firm, Marina Salud, and there is frustration in Denia that the company transfers so few local patients there. Patients from the state-run hospitals in Villajoyosa, Alcoy and

Gandia always outnumber those from Denia and Marina Alta.

Although La Pedrera has a specialist unit for patients recovering from strokes, only 8 per cent of the 377 patients it has treated since opening in 2012 were referrals from Marina Salud. Last year it sent on 18 patients and so far this year has sent 25.

The company is reluctant to meet the cost of patients’ treatment at La Pedrera.

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Calendar mother is ‘really naked’ now ONE of the Montserrat (Valencia) women who posed for a saucy calendar has been evicted.

Two years ago Eva Maria Casas and other mothers sold the calendars to fund their own school bus after new regulations meant

their children were no longer eligible for free transport.

She and her husband had both worked in the construction sector “and things were pretty good,” Eva explained recently.

In 2006 they started to

Stowaways in Alicante A CARGO ship that docked at Alicante was found to have two stowaways on board.

When the two Algerians, both aged around 20, were discovered the captain of the Hagen, registered in Antigua and Barbuda, advised the Alicante police.

They were shut in one of the cabins to prevent them from going ashore prior to being returned to Morocco, the Hagen’s last port of call, where they are believed to have stowed away on the ship.

Nevertheless, when the ship left Alicante the two youths were still aboard as it had first to put in at Algeciras before leaving for Morocco.

buy a €270,000 chalet but both lost their jobs four years later.

They now survive on the husband’s €700 a month unemployment benefit as Eva Maria, who was selfemployed, receives nothing.

Unable to keep up the mortgage payments they came to an agreement with Bancaja, but everything changed when the bank merged with Caja Madrid to become Bankia.

The new manager wanted the house returned and the outstanding debt settled.

The couple, who now have been served an eviction notice, will move into social housing paying €150 a month rent.

“I had to take my clothes off to help our children but now I feel I’m completely naked,” said Eva Maria.

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Benidorm’s plan to ban evictions BENIDORM intends to be declared an ‘eviction-free zone.’

The proposal was put forward at the last plenary session by Social Welfare councillor Cristina Escoda. The town hall will create a municipal register of properties designated for social housing and another for applicants, the councillor revealed.

This will be coordinated and assessed by her department, she said but there would also be input from the Municipal Anti-Eviction Office and the Marina Baja branch of the anti-eviction group Plataforma Antidesahucios (PAH).

There have been several meetings between PAH members and Benidorm’s Mayor Agustin Navarro since last August when the collective was barred from a council meeting. There was bad feeling at the time, but relations between both parties have undergone a 180-degree transformation, sources said.

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STAR: Xavi Hernandez backs mountains campaign.

Mountain day

FOR the sixth consecutive year Denia, which nestles against Montgo mountain, is observing International Mountain Day. The UN-backed annual event held on December 11 draws attention to the important role played by mountainous regions in supplying water and food.

This year’s edition has two outstanding ambassadors in Constanti Sotelo, professor of Music and choirmaster, and Barcelona footballer Xavi Hernandez.

Both feature in International Mountain Day

promotional videos and will take part in activities.

Sotelo will address the audience at Denia Social Centre on December 6 and two local secondary schools on December 9.

Xavi Hernandez has donated several signed Barcelona FC shirts. These will be amongst the prizes for an Instagram competition organised by the UN’s Food and Agriculture department.

The town hall is also organising the ‘Mountainlover’ race with all funds raised for local charities.

EIGHT birds of prey were released recently in the Font Roja national park near Alcoy.

The Font Roja was chosen as the setting for their return to the wild as it was named the Valencian Community’s National Park of the month for October.

There were five kestrels, a booted eagle, an owl and a tawny owl.

All had been treated at the Fauna Rescue Centre in El Saler (Valencia) which last year nursed 3,482 of the region’s native birds and animals back to health.

All had been rescued in bad condition or with injuries caused by poison, hunters and power cables, said Salome Pradas, from the regional government’s Environment department.

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Memory training in Alfaz del Pi ALFAZ DEL PI Town Hall is launching more memory-training courses for adults.

The free workshops will be held at the Hogar del Pensionista in Alfaz and the Social Centre in Albir and are due to commence once the local fiestas are over.

Those interested in participating can register now at the Hogar or Social Centre.

Classes will be held on Mondays in Albir and on Wednesdays in Alfaz.

The timetable is from 11.30am until 1pm in both cases.

This is the third in the

MEMORY TRAINING: Courses in Alfaz and Albir. cycle of the memorytraining courses which have been very popular with older residents, said Isabel Muñoz, Alfaz’s councillor for Third Age

issues. There was so much demand that the town hall has decided to extend the courses from one to three months, she revealed.

Campello improves the C53 bus route THE C53 bus linking the Pueblo Español district in Campello and San Juan hospital has modified its route.

Instead of turning right on reaching Avenida de les Germanies, the bus now continues along Calle San Bartolome, Avenida dels Furs and Avenida de la Estacion, making a dog-leg before joining Germanies and the N-322 main road to the hospital.

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Easy on the water ALICANTE Province residents were termed “model consumers” of water.

Each uses an average 100 litres of water a day, half the country’s average consumption, said Asuncion Martinez, director of the Aquae Foundation, during the International Congress for the Right to Water.

Applauding Alicantinos for recognising the need not to waste water, Martinez compared regions in northern Spain, some of which receive generous water transfers from the Ebro river.

the Tram station has been eliminated and replaced by a stop outside the station itself. There are also new stops at San Bartolome 57 and Avenida FursInstituto.

The changes will make a considerable difference to Playa Carrerlamar residents and pupils at the Clot de L’Illot secondary school, as they no longer need to go almost into town to catch the C53.

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Long wait over for Portal del Clot AFTER standing empty for years, the Portal del Clot building in Javea is to be finished.

The €6.6 million municipal building was completed in 2008

but inside it remains as it was when the last workmen left six years ago.

The town hall could not afford to finish the interior and later attempts to rent it out

EMPTY: Council offices will be occupied at last. were unsuccessful.

Funding has now been obtained from the central government’s Instituto de

Mosquitoes outstay welcome THE long hot summer has become a long hot autumn and mosquitoes are as voracious as ever.

Worst of all are the tiger mosquitoes. They can bite 50 times within a quarter of an hour as the Marina Alta resident who had to visit A & E can testify.

Local councils are taking steps to combat the plague, including Ondara where the town hall is spraying schools, parks and storm drains.

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Breeding grounds like untended swimming pools, turf sprinklers and flower planters will also be tracked down and treated, said councillor Javier Lozana.

Schools are to be fumigated on Saturdays while parks and gardens will be closed for 12 hours after spraying. Fumigation is aimed at all mosquitoes, but a product specific to tiger mosquitoes will be used inside storm drain grills, Lozana explained.

Credito Oficial and the building should be ready for occupation

by April 2015.

Finishing the interior was put out to public tender and the contract awarded to the Spanish multinational Ferrovial whose €1.74 million bid was 48.6 per cent below the €3.3 million limit.

Work is due to start next month and once finished the Portal del Clot building will house the town hall’s departments of Economy, Town Planning, Public Works, the Municipal Archive and the Local Police headquarters.

MORE Villajoyosa residents will be eligible for a discount in ORA parking fees.

This applies to those registered on the town roll or ‘padron’ as living in Calle Canalejas, Calle Pizarro, Calle Ciudad de Valencia, Travesia Calle Colon between Colon and Canalejas, Calle Hortet, Calle Pal, Calle Soledad, Calle San Agustin and Calle Huerto.

Registered occupiers of properties in these streets can apply for a resident’s card enabling them to pay 20 cents an hour instead of the normal 80 cents charged in ORA zones from 9am - 1.30pm and 5 8.30pm on weekdays and between 9am and 1pm on Saturdays.

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Easier access for vaccine call THE Valencian Paediatrics Foundation is calling for the chickenpox vaccination to be more freely available.

In a letter to the Minister of Health, Manuel Llombart, it wants the vaccine to be more accessible. Its pleas come following a decision by the Ministry of Health to block the sale of the vaccine in pharmacies and include it in the category of hospital use, reserved for those drugs whose characteristics treat a youngster who had and side-effects require passed out and another extensive control.

In its decision, the who required stitches to his chin after falling as a result ministry cites chickenpox of being under the as a ‘mild’ disease but the region’s paediainfluence of alcohol.

It is believed there was tricians say the disease no licence in place for the affects around 30,000 music event. Despite it children each year with being a municipal complex, 5 per cent of them local Mayor Batiste Saval developing complications require said he had no power to that punish or take action hospitalisation.

An average of two against the contractor or camping venue, and the children in the region contract would not be die each year from chickenpox. terminated.

Party camp-site to remain open AN illegal party at a campsite left several children being treated for alcohol intoxication.

The party at Fonts del Algar camping in Callosa d'En Sarria resulted in Local Police and medical personnel being called to the site. Police say around 80 per cent of the partygoers were underage and drinking.

The site promoted the event as a small festival and sold tickets for €12 each. Medics were called to

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20 years prison for El Vergel shooting PROSECUTORS are calling for a jail sentence of 20 years for the man accused of killing the owner of a hostess club in El Vergel after an argument.

The incident occurred in 2002 when the defendant was at the club and

talking with three people, one of whom later hit him.

Believed to be seeking revenge, he left the premises, recruited six people, armed with sticks and iron bars, and returned to the venue.

The defendant was

Rubbish rates discounted THE unemployed and pensioners in Benidorm will benefit from a direct discount of 75 per cent in the rates for rubbish collection.

Until now, the groups were offered a grant from the Department of Social Welfare, but the City of Benidorm has now paved the way for the discount to be put in place prior to payment so residents do not have to first pay the full amount and then claim back the discount later.

carrying the gun allegedly used to shoot dead the owner of the premises after he tried to snatch it away when it was pointed at the person who had initially hit him.

The two others who accompanied the man and were involved in the incident are also standing trial and face two-and-ayears in prison.

Dog rescued from well FIREFIGHTERS from Els Serrillars rescued a dog from a well in a cave in the mountainous area of Gata de Gorgos.

The animal ran off from its British owner who was hiking in the area, unaware of the cave and deep well, which the dog fell into.

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Multiple assets, multiple identities, multiple frauds - abuse of the system THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has just released a new campaign in the UK targeting benefit thieves in their local areas and reinforcing an ongoing effort to get back the millions that are taken from the tax payer - 82 million for last year alone for abroad fraud cases.

There is no one ‘type’ of benefit thief, but the one thing they have in common is that they are all taking advantage and abusing the system. For example, Peter Fischer claimed over £85,000 (€107,885) in benefits using multiple identities. Not only was Mr Fischer claiming benefits while living abroad, he was also working in both the UK and Spain, where he had tried to operate a business, without informing the DWP. He also owned undeclared property in Spain. In July of this year Mr Fischer’s case went to court and he was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and suspended for 15 months.

In another recent case, 74-year-old Dennis Troubridge, who was living in Murcia while claiming benefits, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, in

BENEFIT FRAUD: New and improved methods are in place to target thieves.

September of this year. Mr Troubridge had been living in Spain from 2009, and had claimed over £135,000 (€171,347) in benefits with the assistance of his daughter, Poppy Bowling. Ms Bowling

was sentenced to a Community Order for 12 months after providing her address in Dagenham as a benefit claim address for her father. She also dealt with benefit mail at her address and had

control of one of her father’s bank accounts allowing her to withdraw cash from one account and transfer it to an account he had control over.

In both cases, the benefit thieves had been claiming Income Support, Pension Credit, Disability Living Allowance and Housing Benefits, all of which are not exportable when living abroad.

New and improved methods are in place to target benefit thieves wherever they are and government departments are working together to catch anyone abusing the system. This also includes the traditional benefit fraud hotline, where DWP receives allegations from the public.

The Spanish hotline [900 55 44 40] is free and confidential, and members of the public can call to report suspected benefit thieves in Spain. The line is open from 8am-4pm Spanish time.

For further information on benefits you can receive while living abroad please visit https://www.gov.uk/living-inspain#state-pensions

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Pensioner’s body found

THE body of a man with dementia has been found in the Serra Grossa, Alicante. The man, in his 70s, had gone missing from his home a day earlier.

Lotto winners TICKETS for the Loteria Nacional sold in Petrer and Sax have won prizes totalling €7.2 million.

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Separation and divorce fall 40% DIVORCES have fallen by nearly 40 per cent in Alicante Province since the economic crisis began.

According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of divorces, separations and annulments fell last year compared to 2006. There were 3,661 divorces and 170 separations finalised last year, down from 6,198 in 2006. Three

marriage annulments were carried out last year.

The number of divorces almost doubled between 2005 and 2006 but the economic crisis changed all that. With the costs involved in divorcing or separating, the number of couples going through litigation greatly reduced.

Head of the Justice area of UGT in Alicante, Juan Pierre Pelegrin, confirmed that couples

are increasingly avoiding having a contentious break-up due to the costs and time involved in formalising a separation.

“Many couples find themselves maintaining the same address and remaining in the family home because neither can afford to move to another house. But this can lead to very uncomfortable situations that create conflicts,” said Pelegrin.

PILGRIMAGE: Walkers ready to set off from Alfaz del Pi.

Pilgrimage from Alfaz del Pi attracts more than 150 walkers MORE than 150 walkers took part in the first pilgrimage route from Alfaz del Pi.

An initiative of local Jose Angel Garcia from the Friends of the Camino de Santiago and sponsored by the town hall, the 22-mile walk took in the Serra Gelada TEN municipalities in Alicante Province are among the 500 renowned for its with the largest amount of debt per capita in Spain. stunning scenery and Local authorities have cracked down to reel in the debt incredible views but 10 remain the most indebted in the country in relation heading from Alfaz to population. Data released by the Ministry of Finance to Benidorm and have identified them as Daya Vieja, Finestrat, Benidorm, Finestrat. Given the Bigastro, El Castell de Guadalest, Calpe, Monovar, large turnout for the Monforte del Cid, Benillup and Novelda. pilgrimage, it is hoped more will be planned.

The deepest in debt

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Ashya King doing well and is back in Spain BRAIN tumour patient Ashya King is back in Spain after receiving his final dose of proton beam therapy in Prague.

The five-year-old has undergone 30 irradiation treatments in a bid to cure his rare form of cancer.

Doctors say he is doing well and will continue to be treated at a hospital in Marbella.

His family have a home on the Costa del Sol. Ashya’s case hit the headlines when his parents took him out of a hospital in Southampton, UK, and went to Spain.

They had consistently said that they wanted to have him treated abroad as the UK did not offer the therapy they wanted on the NHS. Ashya was declared a

ward of court and an international arrest warrant was issued for his parents.

The family was finally tracked down to a hostel in the Axarquia.

His parents were arrested and taken to Madrid for an extradition hearing while Ashya was taken into hospital in Malaga.

After a public outcry the warrant was withdrawn, Ashya’s parents Brett and Naghemeh King released and the family flew to the Czech Republic for the course of treatment.

Iva Tatounova, Director of the PTC medical centre in the Czech capital, told the BBC: “Ashya has been very well. I don’t know if you remember the

pictures when he was transported here – just lying on his bed in the ambulance.

“Now he can sit on his own, he can play with the toys and his motorics have improved dramatically. He can also react to his surroundings.”

The advantage of proton therapy treatment over radiotherapy, according to the PTC, is that it limits the collateral damage.

Vital organs like the heart and liver suffer less damage, which has long-term advantages in restricting severe sideeffects.

Although the treatment is not available on the UK’s health service, the NHS has since agreed to cover the cost of the therapy.

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Spain top for hen parties FOR a place to enjoy a last hurrah with the girls before getting hitched, UK bridesto-be can’t get enough of sunny Spain.

Marbella, Mallorca and Barcelona have topped the list as the favourite destinations for hens to party the night away and let their hair down before walking down the aisle.

The three Spanish destinations are renowned as party hotspots, and UK hens have named them as the best places to enjoy a hen do in a poll carried out by Red7, a hen and stag party company.

In contrast, naughty UK stags prefer to hit the bars and clubs of Riga, Amsterdam and Prague, well-known for their strip clubs and red light districts.

“Many brides-and-groomsto-be travel a considerable distance for their perfect hen or stag do,” said Viki Sanders

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England, she added.

Brighton, London and Edinburgh are the top three UK destinations for pre-

wedding partying, but Spain is the firm favourite with sun-seeking, party-loving hens.

Spanish director to represent Europe in USA IGNACIO COSIDO - General Director of Spanish National Police - was chosen to represent European police forces at the 121 conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in Orlando (USA) held on October 25-26.

Cosido and representatives for South America, Asia-Pacific, Central America-Caribbean, North America, Middle East and Africa will collaborate to establish a fast, effective relationship to combat all types of crime.

During his visit to the USA, the police director met American National Security, Border Authority, Immigration Department and FBI representatives to discuss illegal traffic of drugs, immigration, terrorism, fraud and other crimes that worldwide police forces work together to control.

During the conference, Cosido also had the chance to examine the latest in security technology and police equipment.

€2 million inheritance for waiter A PALMA waiter has won a five-year battle to establish his identity and has inherited €2 million in the process.

Esteban Marchena Garcia has claimed for years that he is the illegitimate son of a wealthy Sevilla landowner, and has now been awarded his slice of a multi-million euro inheritance.

The result of an affair between 17-yearold servant girl Encarnacion Marchena and wealthy aristocrat Juan Velez Utrera, the infant Esteban was not recognised by his father as he was illegitimate. Encarnacion was working on Utrera’s Sevilla estate when she gave birth to Esteban in 1955.

His mother was forced to put Esteban up

for adoption because of lack of money, but later kept in contact and told him who his father was.

When Utrera died in 2001 his estate was divided up among his three legitimate sons, and Esteban - seeking justice for his mother - started legal proceedings in 2009 for his share of his father’s fortune.

The 59-year-old waiter obtained a court order for the exhumation of Utrera’s body in order for DNA testing to be carried out, but the family had secretly dug up the corpse and had it cremated.

Utrera’s three legitimate sons also refused to provide their DNA for testing to see if they were related to Esteban - who works as a waiter in Palma de Mallorca - or not.

However a judge in Sevilla last week awarded Esteban his €2 million share biggest photography of Utrera’s fortune given competitions in the world. the ‘extraordinary obstrucAs patron of the Natural tion’ of the three brothers History Museum, Kate and the strong family Middleton attended the resemblance was enough prize-giving ceremony to prove Utrera is Esteban’s and posed with a smiling biological father.

Carlos brandishing his Utrera, whose mother trophy. died two months ago, said Snap-happy Carlos has it was a great shame she his own website featuring had died not knowing. his stunning images of In 2006 Spain changed nature, plants and its inheritance laws to allow animals near his home in children born outside Teruel, as well as from marriage the same right to journeys with his parents inherit family fortunes as to India, Brazil and China legitimate children. Since among others. See his then dozens of cases have amazing photos at emerged involving illegitiwww.carlospereznaval.wo mate children claiming their rdpress.com. right to inheritance.

HE’S not yet 10-years-old but already little Carlos Perez Naval is an awardwinning international photographer.

The 8-year-old camera buff from Teruel has won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award at a star-studded ceremony in London, where he posed for pictures with none other than the Duchess of Kent, Kate Middleton.

Carlos’s photo entitled ‘Stinger in the Sun’ beautifully depicts a common yellow scorpion brandishing its stinger as a warning. With a glowing

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Spanish snapper, 8, wins international award

CAMERA SHY: Carlos Perez Naval receives his award from Kate Middleton. late afternoon sun as the backdrop, Carlos’s entry nabbed him the prestigious prize at the

50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards held by BBC Worldwide and the

Natural History Museum.

His winning picture will now be showcased in an exhibition to be held at the museum.

Despite his age, Carlos is no stranger to photography, or to winning. He took a serious interest in photography when he was just five-years-old and has already won prizes in Spanish, Italian and French competitions.

His most recent prize, however, is without a doubt his most important, as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is one of the

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Library day design contest in Poble Nou

VILLA SARITA: Demolition of the finca will open up the road and ease congestion in the area.

Finca to be demolished in Javea

JAVEA is set to demolish a ruined building.

Villa Sarita will be knocked down as part of planned work in Calle Vicenza in the section linking Calle Genoa and Avenida del Mediterraneo.

The finca was acquired by the city last year after being abandoned by the owners in the 1990s following the release of the town’s General Plan. Since then, it has been surrounded by weeds and insanitary conditions.

The process to expropriate the property has been entrenched for two decades until the legislature has reached a financial settlement.

When demolished, it will allow a new section of road to open up in Avenida Augusta which will unlock one of the most congested areas, giving alternatives to traffic and more parking near the beach.

The tender process is now due to contract out the work.

THE Day of the Library saw lots of activities organised to promote the services on offer at the library of Poble Nou de Benitachell.

To mark the occasion, children were invited to draw a mascot for the library.

Ninety-one youngsters took part in the competition, with the winning design by Vanessa Garcia Caballero selected to represent the municipal library for the next year.

Councillor for Culture, Silvia Mayans, said: “Having the library full of children and families is a pleasure and is the goal of the centre; to make it educational, offer training and entertainment, available to all ages.”

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Game of Thrones tourism boost for Spanish town HBO blockbuster TV series Game of Thrones is causing quite a stir at its latest location, the historic Andalucian town of Osuna.

Hotels are fully booked until the end of October, when filming is due to end, and the tourist information office has extended its opening hours to cope with the influx of visitors.

With regional unemployment standing at 34.7 per cent, it is a welcome economic boost to the town, which saw a rise in visitor numbers months ahead of filming.

In a sign of the huge popularity of the swords and sex fantasy drama, visits to the town rose by 15 per cent back in June on the announcement that Game of Thrones was to be filmed there.

It is an effect that has been seen in Northern Ireland, Malta and Croatia, where the TV series has also been

filmed, but the interest in Spain has been even more marked.

When a Malaga-based casting agency advertised for 500 extras, it was swamped with 86,000 applications and had to increase internet server space just to cope.

Now Osuna Town Hall is looking to capitalise on the raised interest in the town and is considering creating a museum with a Game of Thrones theme.

And in the meantime, one local restaurant is making the most of it with a range of tapas inspired by the show’s characters, including ‘The Joffrey’. The dish of trout with bacon garnished with mulled wine is named after the character King Joffrey Baratheon.

Filming moved on to Osuna after several scenes were shot in nearby Sevilla’s 15th century Alcazar.

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Consulate offers advice at Iceland THE British Consulate and the Alicante Healthcare Team will be at various Iceland stores across the Costa Blanca this November to give shoppers the chance to find out how the Consulate can help and check that they are

properly registered for healthcare.

They will have a stand at the entrance to the stores in San Javier, Benidorm and Torrevieja with information about the padron, residencia, property, healthcare and how to keep in touch with

BARC charity walk BUSOT Animal Rescue Centre (B.A.R.C.) is having a sponsored Christmas walk along the sea front in El Campello.

The event is being held on December 6 from 11am, starting and ending at Bernie’s Bar. Entry is €5 and dogs are welcome. The walk will be followed with mulled wine and mince pies.

All monies raised will go towards the costs of treatment of a small, young dog thrown from a car, and which requires extensive surgery.

For more information email barc.busot@gmail.com

the Embassy via social media.

The team will be at Iceland Benidorm on Wednesday from 11am3pm.

British Vice Consul Lloyd Milen said: “We are really grateful to Iceland for giving us the opportunity to use their stores to talk to British nationals. I hope that as well as doing the weekly shop, Brits will have a chance to talk to us about their concerns and how we can help them.

“It’s also a chance for shoppers to check that they are registered for healthcare and get answers to any questions they may have about living in Spain. We hope to see you there!”

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Thank you to EWN

MY wife Jill and I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the Euro Weekly News owners, Michel and Steven Euesden, and all of your staff especially Dilip Kuner and Jenni Leighfield.

We are so very grateful for all your support over the years and appreciate all that you have done for us in helping publicise and report on events in aid of Tomas Leighton Care, and keeping your readers up to date with Tomas’s ongoing challenges and progress.

Tomas could not have progressed so well and come so far without your help.

It was very emotional for us all at the finish line in front of the Euro Weekly News offices on Friday October 17. It was a fabulous welcome for the cyclists finishing ‘From Rain to Spain’ and really wonderful to have everyone come out and greet Tomas and the cyclists.

Once again, thank you to you all.

With best regards, Jon and Jill Leighton

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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 Finca Bon Any in Mutxamel to meet the founder of the Pineapple Performing Arts School...

‘FAME costs and right here is where you start paying, in sweat.’

The immortal lines from the movie Fame and a lesson quickly learnt by students from the European School in Alicante who took part in a weeklong musical theatre and performing arts workshop with teachers from the Pineapple Performing Arts School (PPAS) in London.

There was plenty of sweat as students learnt dance, drama and singing, headed by principal of PPAS, Maggie Paterson. As a professional dancer herself, she knows full well the rigours and dedication involved to make it in the industry: “It’s hard and is

MAGGIE: Principal at Pineapple Performing Arts School the most brutal of techniques as you are training like an athlete, it takes over.” But the rewards can be immense.

Maggie has appeared in TV commercials, stage shows and pop videos and was even approached to choreograph The Full Monty, released in 1997.

Having selected all the music and choreographing the dole queue dance, she had to pull out at the last minute due to an arm

injury. Such is the industry.

But as one door closes, another opens and after years teaching at the famous Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden, she approached founder Debbie Moore about setting up a school and now, 17 years and 400 students later, PPAS is going from strength to strength.

Maggie and her talented professional teachers have given students a week to remember.

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PERMANENT ICON: Alicante Port was bustling during Volvo Ocean Race launch.

Hoteliers call for ‘iconic’ landmark FOLLOWING the success of the launch of the Volvo Ocean Race in Alicante Port, hoteliers are calling for the area to become a permanent tourist attraction.

The Provincial Hotel Association said after more than 300,000 visitors in the area at the Race Village, the port had been left spookily empty and predicted it would remain so until the start of the next race in 2017.

President of the hotel association Cristina Rodes is calling on the Ministry of Development, Alicante Port and the regional government to create a flagship icon that will draw in tourists all year round: “Valencia has the City of Arts and Sciences, Bilbao the Guggenheim, so why not get something for the Volvo zone, an event that has shown tremendous tourist attraction?”

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Marbella winner A TICKET-HOLDER won €68,459.35 in the Bonoloto lottery drawn on Monday, October 27. The ticket was stamped at the Number 13 lottery office in Marbella and was one of three winning tickets.

Police training SAN ROQUE Local Police officers have completed a two-day training course to improve response times to the 112 emergency services.

Navy visit THE Castilla Spanish navy ship with capacity for up to six helicopters and a special operations unit including an extensive medical centre docked at Malaga Port on Monday, October 27, for a two-day visit after taking part in NATO operations in the Mediterranean.

Coin helps out LUNA NUEVA charity sent its sixth delivery of items including medical supplies, food, toys and an ambulance to Senegal on Tuesday, October 28, and will help to build installations for children in need.

Health education MIJAS secondary schools received visits from the Cancer Prevention Caravan on Monday, October 27, and Tuesday, October 28, with informative talks on healthy living and disease prevention.

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Car blaze A CAR burst into flames in Almuñecar as it was being driven along Calle Tenis. No one was hurt, but the blaze spread and affected 40 square metres of land.

Jaen Tourism Fair ALMUÑECAR’S tourist attractions were advertised at Tourism Fair ‘Tierra Adentro’ in Jaen. The fair, which closed last Sunday, October 26, attracted more than 400 exhibitors, and 10,000 visitors.

Swimmer rescued MARITIME Rescue saved a 27-year-old swimmer with hypothermia symptoms in Velez-Malaga. The man was taken to Hospital Comarcal and is reported to be in good health.

Traffic accident THREE women and two men were injured as a result of a collision between their cars on the A-356 at Velez-Malaga. The injured were taken to Hospital Comarcal in Axarquia.

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La Alfoquia community fair is a great success LA ALFOQUIA’S Renfe building was the venue for the town’s first annual Community Fair.

Hundreds of people visited the fair on October 25, and a large number of them entered the competitions as an opportunity to show off their skills or their home-grown produce. Euro Weekly News (EWN) sponsored the paper craft section, and it was with pleasure that Ruth Reily from EWN’s Albox branch presented Gill Kelly with her trophy for that section.

This really was a community event, with both English and Spanish residents and businesses coming together to support the day with prize donations for the tombola and raffle, as well as corporate sponsorship for various competitions.

Neptune Insurance, Storage Solutions, Voss Homes, Cat Services and Avalon were among the many businesses keen to support the event with sponsorship and to show La Alfoquia how much they backed this event.

There were other events and presentations in addition to the craft competitions. Four-legged pals pranced proudly with their owners during the dog show, and children loved getting their faces painted.

Car enthusiasts were enthralled by the number of classic cars on display from Amigos Classic Car Club. There was

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Brit’s house fire A BRITISH couple and their children, aged four and five, were treated at Torrevieja Hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at their home in El Galan, San Miguel de Salinas.

Roman ruin ONE HUNDRED demonstrators gathered around Cartagena’s old Roman amphitheatre to protest about it’s state of disrepair. Improvement work has currently stalled due to the economic situation.

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Animal cruelty A GERMAN SHEPHERD dog was shot dead with a shotgun in Can Rullan, Soller.

Councillor Joan Ruiz said the council would get to the bottom of the dog’s death.

Burnt-out vehicle A FIRE that broke out at around 2.30am on Sunday, October 26, on Calle Joan Burgues Zaforteza gutted a car and caused serious damage to another. Police suspect an arsonist could be behind the blaze.

Classical concert TEATRE PRINCIPAL in Palma is hosting a concert dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is taking place on Saturday, November 1, at 7pm. Tickets are €55, €45, €30 and €20. More information at www.teatreprincipal.com.

Tapas route A TAPAS gastronomic route is taking place in Calvia every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between tomorrow, October 31, and November 16. Maps and more information at www.fundacioncalvia.com.

Passing out TOP ATTRACTION: Face painting. entertainment from Appassionata and Dave Sharp, a hog roast and a bar to help visitors keep cool in the heat. The Renfe building was perfect for the event, with stalls and displays adorning the historic building, inside and out.

Aside from demonstrating the amazing community spirit so prevalent in La Alfoquia, the day was also about raising funds for local charities and community support.

At the time of going to press, €800 had been counted, although the final figure is yet to be confirmed.

Winning tickets TICKETS for the National Lottery sold in Petrer and Sax have won prizes totalling €7.2 million.

Pest control REDOVAN has set aside €10,000 to treat and eradicate the Tomicus pest that is killing pine trees in the Vega Baja.

Camino improvements ROJALES is to pave the roads around the camino de los Huertos to improve safety for farmers and improve infrastructure. The work has an investment of €60,000; half will be funded by the town hall.

A HORSE passed out on Saturday afternoon, October 25, on Avenida Jaume III. A vet and members of the municipal services arrived on the scene to determine its condition.

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Stolen donations MACS (Mojacar Area Cancer Support) is asking that donations are not left outside the shops as they are being rifled through and stolen.

Airport shuttle ALICANTE Airport now receives shuttles from Mojacar and the surrounding areas.

The service comes in addition to Exclusive Airport Shuttles’ provision for Almeria Airport.

Centenary songs THE First World War centenary is being marked with a performance by the Rose Singers at 7.30pm on Thursday, November 6, at the Living Water Church at Camping Los Gallardos.

Tickets €8.

Forklift horror IN La Redonda, El Ejido, a worker suffered serious injury after falling from a forklift cage. While he remains in hospital, the accident is being investigated.

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SWEDEN - A date has been set for the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist. The couple will tie the knot on June 13 in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm.

HEAD teachers should be able to grant term-time holidays for special occasions without parents facing fines for taking their children out of school. The Local Government Association has called for a ‘common sense approach’ to term-time holidays.

SWEDEN - Students at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm are being helped to build Sweden’s first satellite by the country’s first astronaut. Christian Fuglesang, 57 went into space in 2006 and is helping the students who hope to launch in 2017.

Budget cuts NORWAY - Proposed budget cuts to benefits for parents of disabled children will save 590 million kroner (€70.9 million).

Lifting ban NORWAY - A ban on professional boxing could be lifted by the New Year. A law passed in 1981 banned the sport forcing Norwegian professionals to fight abroad. Now proposals to permit the professional sport could go before parliament before Christmas.

Ebola pledge DENMARK - The government has committed another 115 million kroner (€15.45 million), a military supply ship and health workers to the fight against Ebola.

The new contributions bring Denmark’s total spend so far to 190 million kroner (€25.52 million).

British jihadist A STUDY has found that British jihadis fighting in Syria and Iraq are being killed at the rate of one per week. Twenty-three Britons are believed to have so far died after travelling to fight in the civil war. It’s believed that all 23 are second-generation immigrants from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.

Replica jersey ban SHEFFIELD UNITED has banned the sale of replica shirts bearing the name of former player Ched Evans. Evans was recently released from jail after serving half of a five-year sentence for rape. The Sheffield United club store is refusing requests from fans for the number nine shirt with Evans’ name printed on the back.

Unemployment dropping UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK has fallen below the two million mark for the first time since the financial crisis. Latest figures show that 1.97 million people in Britain are currently unemployed. The figure - that equates to 6 per cent of the population - is the lowest figure for the last six years.

A CRIMINAL gang in Manchester has been using James Bond-style tracking devices to stalk cannabis growers and steal their produce. The gang used

CANNABIS: Being stolen by a criminal gang.

RUSSIAN PRESS Sub hunt cancelled

third in terms of quality of the working environment.

SWEDEN has called off the hunt for a suspected Russian submarine in waters off Stockholm. Sweden mobilised 200 troops, helicopters and stealth ships following foreign ‘underwater activity,’ believed to be a Russian submarine.

Expats in Russia RUSSIA has ranked 17th on HSBC Bank’s annual list of the world’s best countries for expats.

Encompassing 34 countries, Russia came out top for expats in terms of quality of social life and making friends, and

CONSUMER confidence is due to recover, according to a report by marketing company Gfk. A succession of falls in confidence has been halted and the consumer confidence index is forecast to rise to 8.5 in November, up 0.1.

Refugee plan BERLIN city bosses plan to use two huge inflatable tents and six shipping container ‘villages’ to house a total of 2,600 refugees.

The city is struggling to cope with the numbers of people seeking asylum.

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hidden GPS trackers to track the farmers’ movements and work out when would be the best time to steal their drugs. Police in Manchester fear the ploy could spark a gang war.

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Bank protests sanctions SBERBANK, Russia’s top bank, has protested Western sanctions against the bank in a European Union court. The EU imposed sanctions on Sberbank, restricting its access to international capital, in a decision linked to Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis.

Dual citizenship MORE than 600,000 Russians have declared they hold dual citizenship. Those with foreign passports or resident status abroad were asked to disclose their status to the authorities or face a fine of 200,000 rubles (€3,700). Activists have criticised the move and say it is a stepping stone for the government to ban dual citizenship altogether.

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Oldest bear dies

DENMARK Lebanese authorities are holding a Danish born teenager for fighting alongside ISIS. The teen has been held for four months with no charges.

THE world’s oldest brown bear has died at a zoo in St Petersburg. Varvara, the mother of 29 cubs, died at age 35. Varvara lived almost twice the normal length of time for wild brown bears.

SBERBANK: Russia’s top bank.

FOREIGN Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said Germany is sending a mission to Northern Iraq to examine the possibility of expanding its training of Kurdish forces for their fight against Islamic militants.

Germany has already approved humanitarian aid and the delivery of weapons.

Market forces GOOGLE’S market power has forced German publishers to allow the search engine giant to show news snippets in search results free of charge.

Google had stopped showing them, instead displaying only a headline and link, when publishers started legal action to try to get compensation from the search engine for republishing their content.

Beer wage ESSEN has started paying alcoholics in beer to clean the city’s streets.

Depending on their needs the alcoholics get a small hourly wage and up to three bottles of beer in an effort to get them to rejoin society. Not everyone gets beer - just those who can't work without it.

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STAT OF WEEK SPAIN’S Synthetic Index of Export Activity (ISAE) registered 7.6 points between July and September, 15.5 less than in the second quarter.

Despite this setback short-term export prospects are still good, the government said.

SPAIN’S theme parks have never lived up to their promise.

Only Port Aventura in Salou (Barcelona, 1995) has been a consistent success. It had a €164.5 million turnover last year and profits of €9.96 million in return for a total investment of €1 billion.

Isla Magica (Sevilla 1996),

PORT AVENTURA: Consistent success for theme park.

Board agrees FCC rights issue FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS (FCC) announced an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for November 20.

The Barcelona construction and services company whose investors include Bill Gates and George Soros expects to raise €1 billion through a new rights issue.

This will then be used to repay its debt and shore up the capital reserves of units outside Spain.

The announcement hinged on an agreement between majority shareholder Esther Koplowitz and the banks regarding loans tied to her holding in FCC which has belonged to her family for more than 50 years.

Koplowitz will cut her 50 per cent controlling stake to around 25 per cent to refinance her own debt which is estimated at €1 billion, according to insiders who asked to remain anonymous.

The company now seeks to cancel the €1.35 billion payment-in-kind loan that was introduced as a temporary measure earlier this year during restructuring amounting to almost €5 billion.

Assets have been sold and jobs cut to counteract more than two years of losses. These stemmed from the economic crisis and the collapse of Spain’s property as well as the insolvency of FCC’s Austrian subsidiary, Alpine.

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Sure thing JUAN ROSELL, current president of Spain’s business confederation, CEOE, has sufficient backing to be re-elected in December. Opposition from the metallurgical and construction sectors cannot obstruct his re-election, sources said.

Unfair fine ANDALUCIA’S regional govenrment fined ‘bad bank’ Sareb €120,000 for obstructing the Junta’s anti-eviction measures. It will appeal against the fine, which Sareb’s chairwoman Belen Romana said was “unjustified.”

The customer is not always right BANKS in only five eurozone countries comply with the rulings of users’ protection agencies.

Apart from Ireland, France, Slovenia, Greece and Lithuania, 13 EU countries including Spain ignore their conclusions.

When a customer is dissatisfied with their Spanish bank’s handling of a complaint this is passed on to the Bank of Spain. Eight-two per

cent ignore the supervisor’s recommendations when these are in the client’s favour, found comparison website Kelisto.es.

In 2012, Barclays in Spain made no rectifications at all while Citibank complied with 1.3 per cent and Cajasur 2.3 per cent. Deutsche Bank was more compliant, rectifying in 61.1 per cent cases, as was Sabadell (51.1 per cent).

CHRISTIAN BERTRAND / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

Some major variations on a theme costing the equivalent of €85 million, has been on the brink of closing on several occasions and last year’s €2.1 million profit was its first ever.

Terra Mitica (Benidorm 2000) cost €425 million of public and private money when the Valencian Community was in the grip of

the mega-million building boom. Last year it had a turnover of €14.44 million but made just €790,000 and will have a ‘make or break’ 2015.

Other regions refuse to be deterred by such mediocre results and Murcia optimistically plans to open a Paramount theme park in 2016.

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The secret art of a successful business SOME business owners see customers as sheep to be fleeced whilst others try to increase profits by maximising prices whilst minimising service.

Balancing the books is essential to running a successful business. To get it right is an art form.

We have all endured caferestaurants that have more in common with a workhouse canteen or dock road café. For some strange reason they think they can compete on price with restaurants offering real value for money.

There is a Spanish saying; “Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” If customers don’t

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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perceive the service as being equal to the bill they will not return.

I once had the privilege of spending an hour or so with Pam Morgan, then the marketing head of Redrow Homes. Having started as a one-man business, she and her

husband, Steve, created Britain’s largest privately owned housebuilders. I asked Pam what she put down to the company’s success.

“We built homes when others were building houses,” she told me. “These were basic budget designed and built with no thought for the woman or her family. Yet, ironically, the lady of the house is a far bigger influence than the husband when choosing their home.”

“Those houses were boxes,” she told me. “I realised that minor changes to home fascias; a curved roof line, bay window, arched door, didn’t add to the building costs but added individuality.”

Pam went on to tell me that show homes of rivals had nightmare deeppile white carpets, anti-child tubular steel, and glass furniture.

Electric sockets were at a minimum, no glory hole for toys and prams; “A coat rail? There wasn’t even a hook to hang an ironing board on,” she added.

She then explained that she designed show homes that real people could identify with.

“The expression I heard most often was from the young mum-to-be: “This is just the way I want my home to be.”

Tip: Find out what your customer wants and then sell it to him.

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Don’t let cybercrime drag you down - change your passwords regularly Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

OCTOBER is Cyber Security Awareness Month and while most recently the press have been running numerous reports about how some celebrities have had private pictures of themselves hacked into, what’s a lot more important than their nudity is ensuring that your money is safe online.

Cyber crime is big business and it doesn’t just affect the rich and famous, every single one of us, regardless of the amount of money we have in the bank, is a target.

Cybercrime comes in many forms online identity theft, financial fraud, hacking, email spoofing, information forgery, and intellectual property crime.

BIG BUSINESS: Cyber crime doesn’t just affect the rich and famous.

It can cause a lot of stress for a victim, while at its worst, cybercrime can even lead to financial ruin.

In the UK it’s said that someone is ripped off by a fraudster or loses money to an online crime, every two minutes of every day. Therefore learning how to

prevent such crime is essential.

Keep a clean machine. Whether it is a PC, mobile device or laptop, make sure security software is current and up-todate. How many times have you delayed security updates when they pop up on the screen? Exactly. But remember that

having the latest software on all devices can be one of the best defences against viruses, malware and other online threats.

Change passwords regularly. When changing your password, make it complicated, with a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols.

Don’t use the same password for many accounts. By keeping various passwords you lessen the risk of multiple accounts being compromised.

Connect with care. Be cautious when connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots and if you decide to purchase something online send personal information only to websites that are fully encrypted.

Be aware of suspicious texts, emails and links. Unsolicited emails and pop-up ads can be full of computer viruses designed specifically to steal user names and passwords from your computer. Just for the sake of curiosity they are not worth opening. Close and delete dubious messages.

Report it. If your identity has been stolen or compromised, contact your bank immediately.

Can husband be President?

Q. Article 13 of the Law of Horizontal Property states that, ‘The President You and the shall be chosen from among the Law in Spain owners in the Community.’ In our list

By David Searl the wife of the President is named as the owner. The Property Registry names the wife as owner and says: TITULARES ACTUALES: ‘Maria…

Participación… Pleno Dominio para la sociedad conyugal, casada con Don Francisco…’

My question is whether a spouse can be classed as an owner and so be the President of our Community?

J.P. (Costa Blanca)

BUSINESS EXTRA

Oil find GENEL ENERGY has found oil off the Moroccan coast at Agadir, 200 kilometres from the Canary Islands.

It is too early to make technical interpretations, the Anglo-Turkish consortium cautioned, and even if the quality and quantity of the oil were commercially viable, it would require up to six years to extract under good conditions.

Vice pays out A. The key to your question is ‘full ownership for the matrimonial entity,’ or ‘sociedad conyugal.’ If their partnership is ‘gananciales,’ they are co-owners. If their scheme is ‘separación de bienes,’ then only the wife owns. Most couples in Spain have property sharing. The husband’s name does appear. In the case of two or more owners, one of them must be named to exercise their Community rights. If they choose to name the

husband, then he can legally be President.

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

PROSTITUTION and drugs contributed 1.7 per cent of Spain’s GDP in 2010, compared to the EU average of 1.3 per cent.

Cyprus benefited most from vice-generated money, with an 8.4 per cent contribution to the economy, followed by the Netherlands (5.9 per cent), Portugal (2 per cent) and Italy (1.9 per cent).

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Callous owners who abandon their dogs WE Brits can easily be misled when we see a stray dog wandering around with no collar, dirty, emaciated and unchipped.

We assume it has been abandoned and out of the kindness of our hearts might be inclined to take it into our homes after having first taken it to the vet. Then we discover it belongs to someone who allows it to roam the streets in this condition and sees nothing wrong with that.

This has happened to two friends of mine and indeed almost happened to me. I found a Labrador-type dog wandering in the middle of Turre a few months ago. It was terrified and emaciated, covered in mud and obviously pregnant.

I bought a collar and lead for it and, as it was hungry and thirsty, gave it food and water. I waited until the vet was open and was about to walk it up there to be checked out when I was stopped by a Spanish chap who told me it was his and had escaped from his compound.

He also said he wasn’t bothered about the dog and maybe I could have it after it had the pups. In the event both the dog and the pups ended up at Paws Patas.

We now have another dog from Paws Patas and as she was left at their gates I suppose it’s safe to assume someone didn’t want her.

Steve Clarke, Turre (Almeria)

Great treatment I WANT to share some good news with your readers!

I have been admitted twice to Malaga University Hospital Clinico in the last few months and each time I have been treated so well by everyone in A & E and doctors, nurses and cleaners.

My sheets, towels and nightgown were changed every day.

Floors and bathroom cleaned twice a day. As we all know, this helps towards recovery.

So special thanks to all in A & E, on Floors Four and Six and especially to Dr Carlos de la Cruz Cosme who listened to me and got my all tests completed so I could get home for my big party!

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Maurice Cousins (by email)

Five-star treatment in a National Health Hospital: thank you all so much.

Mary Margaret Hopkins, Torremolinos (Malaga)

Quieten down I HAVE to wonder at people like Mr Gregory who like noise.

Some Spanish people and maybe Mr Gregory seem to have hearing difficulties and talk at a volume that in any other race would be called shouting.

All through the summer months I had tourists from elsewhere in Spain walking past my apartment block on the ninth floor at gone 2am and talking loudly enough to be heard a few hundred yards away. And drunks talking equally loudly till gone 6am. What is pleasant about such people who don’t give a damn about others?

Obviously even other Spanish people complain about them rather than just a few Brits, as some noisy late-night places were shut down in Velez-Malaga a while back.

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As to Mr Gregory’s comment on Japan, I’ve been there a few times and found it and its people quiet.

Michael Hill, Torre del Mar (Malaga)

Fly away I WORK in a hotel near the promenade in Palma.

Summer has just finished although it’s still hot, but in my opinion the regional or the central government could promote the islands better.

Everybody on the mainland is wrong in thinking that Baleares

are only beaches. For example there are a lots of very beautiful small villages like Deia, Valldemossa, Fornalutx.

An idea would be to reduce taxes when flying because it’s very expensive and tourists with three or four free days in winter could visit other places in Spain.

Carlos Felix Carrascosa Medina, Palma de Mallorca.

Taken for a ride WE went to the port of Algeciras last week to take a ferry.

On arrival no English signs were visible and we were pleased when a man waved us down. He told us to park at a lower level and charged us €50 for two days’ car parking.

Then a police car stopped and told us long term parking was up the ramp and the man who previously helped us was a fraudster!

Beware: these men disappear in seconds. What a racket!

Linda (by email)

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Mobility bullies READING Street Talk on the state of driving on Spanish roads prompts me to make the following observation on the use of mobility scooters.

I am happy that the quality of life for those with mobility issues has been improved by the invention of the mobility scooter.

In Benidorm there seems to have been an explosion in their use, and not just by those less fortunate.

It seems to have been forgotten that the users of these scooters are still pedestrians.

They frequent pavements and pedestrian areas which are, especially in Benidorm, heavily trafficked by walkers.

Pedestrians travel at different speeds and have to patiently negotiate their way around slower walkers at opportune moments.

The same should apply to mobility scooters.

In the past weeks I’ve witnessed users sounding their horns, whistling, shouting and even knocking into pedestrians in order to get past.

What gives them the right to do this?

I am sure if pedestrians barged through other walkers or shouted abuse to clear a path they would soon feel the wrath of the law.

Maybe the issue could be alleviated by making these scooters use roads and banning them from the generally slowermoving pedestrian areas.

Nigel Lewis-Davidson, Benidorm (Alicante)

No sale GOING back a few months there was division of opinion in Your Say regarding Looky Looky street vendors.

I now know how I feel about them after recently refusing to buy a bracelet as I enjoyed my morning coffee and read the daily paper.

“No, gracias,” I answered politely. The vendor thrust his face too near mine and fiercely demanded to know why not, to which I replied sharply and less politely, “I said no.”

I’m sure some of these chaps are good sorts, but I can well imagine that others could be intimidating if given the chance.

S McNamara (by email)

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UK Pension Reforms and Drawdown

THE new pension regime coming into effect on 6th April 2015 provides much more flexibility for drawdown pensions. Many people will want to take advantage of this, but it is important to consider all the implications to establish what will be most beneficial for you.

Current rules You can start to take an income from your pension funds from age 55 under the “drawdown pensions” regime.

The alternative is to buy an annuity. You have a choice of “capped” or “flexible” drawdown.

With capped drawdown, your pension remains invested and you take an income. The amount of income is capped at 150% of an equivalent annuity.

Under flexible drawdown, you can withdraw as much of your pension as you like, including the whole amount. To be eligible you must meet the “minimum income requirement”

By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks of £12,000 of secure pension income.

UK residents receive the 25% tax free pension commencement lump sum, but the rest is taxable. For those living outside the UK, tax would be chargeable dependent on taxation in your country of residence.

With capped drawdown, you can contribute up to £40,000 per year into a pension fund, tax free.

With flexible drawdown you are no longer able to contribute.

British expatriates are able to continue to contribute to a UK pension and get tax relief, provided they had a suitable plan in force before they left the UK. The amount they get relief on is capped at £3,600 per annum for five years following departure, or 100% of net relevant earnings.

However some providers will not accept contributions from overseas residents.

When the balance of the fund is paid to your beneficiaries on death, there is a 55% tax charge if you are aged 75 or over, or if you have started taking benefits.

New rules from 6th April 2015 The 55% death charge will be abolished. If you die under the age of 75 your pension pot will pass to your beneficiaries tax free, even if it is in drawdown. If you are over 75, your heirs will pay their marginal rate of tax. If they

take it as a lump sum, a 45% fixed rate will be charged (the government hopes to change this to their marginal rate from 2016).

Both capped drawdown and flexible drawdown will be replaced by a new “flexiaccess drawdown,” which has no upper limit on how much members can take. It works similar to flexible drawdown, but with no minimum income requirement.

As before, expatriates can continue to contribute to their existing UK pension.

However, under this new regime you can only contribute up to £40,000 tax free a year if you have not taken any benefits from the fund. If you take anything, the allowance drops to £10,000.

It is important not to rush into anything when the new rules come into effect. You need to carefully consider all

the options and how they affect you personally from a tax and long-term financial security point of view.

Specialist, professional advice is essential to make sure you understand all the implications, including the Spanish tax ones, and make the best decision for you. For peace of mind, your adviser should be authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

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

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

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Deals to protect the powerful?

GB are going to fall into the EU line.

I also cannot believe that Germany could actually fail to envisage such an obvious outcome to the whole ill-fated scheme. When you ‘even’ everyone up you don’t lift them up to your living standards and way of life, you get dragged down to theirs.

The more participants in this whole grand EU scheme, the lower all our standards are going to end up. When we’ve finally sunk to the ‘every country is equal’ level, we’ll all be working for two bob an hour with the EU hierarchy driving their limos to work in special lanes. Give us a break. Let’s get out while we can and reap the benefits of our free enterprise and sacrifices. I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all.

Delighted we’ve finally pulled out of our war in Afghanistan. Any idea who won?

Finally, when are these terrorists going to get into their heads that the more atrocities they carry out the more resolved the West will be to wiping them out? Let the hostages go. We have been known to respect a little compassion.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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T the start of the Pistorius trial I forecast he would get six to eight years for manslaughter.

Not far out was I? Around that time I also wrote there was an extremely big name ‘waiting in the wings’ to be brought up on historical child abuse charges. I was of course referring to Rolf Harris.

Well now I can tell you there is at this moment another bunch of names facing the dock. A group that will only escape child molestation charges if, as is highly possible, there is a cover up of Profumo proportions to get them all out of it. Will these people receive their just desserts?

I’ve no idea. What I do suspect, however, is that, as we speak, there is a veritable hive of hierarchy, whirling like dervishes to protect their backsides.

The phrase ‘if I go - you go’ is probably being more bandied about than ‘bring down the deficit’ in certain high places at the moment. Watch this space - but don’t hold yer breath.

OSCAR PISTORIUS: Sentenced to five years in prison.

You know why the EU is never going to work? Because it’s communism, pure and simple. Why do you think Miliband and his bunch of lefties are so up for it?

The £1.7 billion, demanded by the coffer keepers of Brussels, simply because Britain has been so successful in restoring the economy, shows up the whole rotten conspiracy with all its

devious left-wing intentions.

Communism, which runs on the premise that all men and women (and countries) are equal, simply doesn’t work - unless its participants are brainwashed into the marionettes and robots that dwell in countries akin to North Korea and China. This being the case, there is no chance whatsoever that the citizens of

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Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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HE Western Powers are now engaged in perpetual war. Few Britons or Americans have known a month when their country was not directly or indirectly involved in conflict.

Rudyard Kipling, Britain’s greatest poet, who lost his only son in the First World War, was scathing: “If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied.”

Disregard Orwellian mantras like ‘The War on Terror’ and similar smokescreens.

Conflict is fuelled not by idealism but by pursuit of market share, territory and raw material. Global war is the most profitable venture of all man’s pursuits. Western economies are largely based upon armsrelated investment, raw material acquisition and profits.

Britain’s history of piracy and pillage is abysmal. Of the world’s 200 plus nations, Britain has invaded all but 22 of them.

There is not enough room to list the number of conflicts Britain has been

CONFLICT: The US economy depends on war and arms manufacture. involved in since 1945.

The piratical record of the United States is equally grim. Since 1776, a period spanning 238 years, the US has been at peace for only 21 years.

Henry Labouchere, Liberal MP and journalist, said: “We are without exception the greatest robbers and marauders that ever existed on the face of the globe. We are worse than other countries because we are hypocrites also, for we plunder and always pretend to do so for other people’s good.” The US has more than 1,000 bases

spread over 153 countries. They are not there to defend our freedoms.

It is said that war and arms manufacture is not only America’s biggest industry, the entire US economy is based on it. The US spends more on arms than China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, France, the UK, Japan and Germany combined. Most of us prefer the comfort of our illusions to the truth, which is, one supposes, understandable.

The fact remains that we no longer have government of the people for the people but government by corporates for

corporates. During 2009 and 2010, household name oil, gas and coal companies spent $347 million (€274 million) on political campaigns and lobbying bribes. A profitable investment. Big oil gets a 5,800 per cent return on every dollar it spends on Congress. US senators who voted to attack Syria received 83 per cent more campaign money from military contractors than lawmakers voting no.

Politician Dick Cheney has been cited as the most powerful Vice-President in American history. His arms manufacturing related companies made over $39.5 billion (€31.25 billion) US taxpayer funded dollars from the Iraq War alone.

US taxpayers saw $2 trillion (€1.58 trillion) of their hard-earned cash spent on the war in Iraq. Ninety per cent of that money ended up in the bank accounts of 1 per cent of the population. You guess which 1 per cent.

Britain’s parliament is every bit as corrupt. Only 0.7 per cent of Britons are millionaires yet 78 per cent of British parliamentarians and 50 per cent of Congressmen are millionaires. If you think such wealth is salary-based, you are likely to believe in fairies at the bottom of your garden.

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CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Access 11:50am The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 12:50pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:50pm Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 2:50pm A Christmas Visitor

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3pm 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton

3:00pm Doc Martin 4:00pm Keep it in the Family 5:00pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

5:00pm Come Dine with Me 5:30pm Come Dine with Me

6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Gardeners' World 8:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 8:30pm William the Marshal

7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed!

8:00pm The Chase

6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:35pm Come Dine with Me 7:05pm Come Dine with Me 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:05pm Speed with Guy Martin

6:15pm The Town Christmas Forgot 8:00pm 5 News

9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night 11:00pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying

9:00pm The X Factor 11:00pm The Jonathan Ross Show

9:00pm Walking Through History 10:00pm Red

9:05pm World War II in Colour 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm The New Daughter

9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Miracle on 34th Street

12:15am QI XL 1:00am TOTP2 2:00am Silkwood 4:05am Walkabout 5:30am Rugby League Four Nations Australia v England.

12:05am ITV News and Weather 12:20am Bloody Sunday 2:20am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.

12:10am Rude Tube 1:15am Psycho 3:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:15am Location, Location, Location

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12:10am An Idiot Abroad: A Commentary 1:10am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:10am Road Wars 3:10am Road Wars 4:05am Nothing to Declare 4:35am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 5:30am Road Wars

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4:55am This is BBC Four

11:35pm Country at the BBC 1:05am Land of the Lost Wolves 2:05am Sounds of the Eighties 2:35am Top of the Pops 3:05am Classic Albums 3:55am Maps

2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm Honey 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm Honey 4:45pm The Little Vampire 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm The Little Vampire 6:40pm Casper 7:40pm FYI Daily 7:45pm Casper 8:35pm Back to the Future 9:35pm FYI Daily 9:40pm Back to the Future 11:00pm The Xtra Factor 12:00am Celebrity Juice

7:00am Wycliffe 7:25am Columbo 8:50am The Royal 9:55am The Royal 10:55am The Darling Buds of May 12:05pm The Darling Buds of May 1:10pm Wycliffe 2:20pm A Touch of Frost 4:35pm Inspector Morse 6:55pm Endeavour 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Bomb Girls 1:00am Another life 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen

8:05am Cheers 8:35am Cheers 9:05am Motorsport UK 10:05am Bundesliga 11:10am UEFA Champions League Weekly 11:40am The Professionals 12:45pm World Rally Championship Highlights 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm Storage Wars 6:25pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Storage Wars 7:25pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Death Race

1:30pm How I Met Your Mother 2:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:30pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 4:40pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 5:00pm Made in Chelsea 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Footloose 12:10am The Big Bang Theory

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3:45pm Show Boat 5:30pm Great Interior Design Challenge

4:35pm A Carol Christmas A highly spirited take on the classic Christmas novel by Charles Dickens. Carol Cartman is an egomaniacal TV talk show host who is determined to destroy the festive fun in the studio.

Take one last look around Britain's biggest airbase.

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6pm 6:25pm BBC News 6:35pm Regional News 6:38pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing

The latest news coverage.

8:05pm Marilyn Monroe: The Missing Evidence

6:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

9pm 9:15pm Doctor Who 10:00pm Casualty 10:50pm The National Lottery Live 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pm Match of the Day

Jonathan Ross presents a chat show in which he will be meeting top guests from around the world and introducing performances from the biggest bands and solo artists.

When a retired CIA 'black-ops' agent is the victim of an assassination attempt, he recruits his former colleagues to help track down the culprit.

The late Richard Attenborough is the department store Santa who must convince a little girl - and a New York court - that he's real.

Charming update of the evergreen tale.

12am 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

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8:00pm Land of the Lost Wolves 9:00pm Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano Inspector Montalbano investigates cases in the town of Vigata in Sicily.

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4:40pm The Peacemaker 6:55pm The Saint Simon Templar is a debonair master thief with a talent for disguise.

9:00pm Pacific Rim 11:15pm xXx 1:25am xXx2: The Next Level 3:10am 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded

6:30am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:00am What Women Want 9:10am Best in Show 10:55am There's Something About Mary 1:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 3:05pm Little Shop of Horrors 4:50pm Anger Management Shy Dave ends up in court after an argument on an aeroplane.

6:45pm What Women Want 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:00pm There's Something About Mary 1:05am You, Me and Dupree 3:05am Notting Hill

7:10am Red Rock West 9:00am Ripley's Game 11:05am Murder by Numbers 1:20pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan A gang of football hooligans turn to bank robbery, with the police in hot pursuit.

2:55pm Runner Runner 4:40pm Plush 6:35pm Red Rock West Michael drives from Texas to remote Wyoming on the promise of a job.

8:25pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 10:00pm Runner Runner 11:40pm Plush 1:30am Jagged Edge 3:30am Traffic

7:00am The Judge Special 7:30am Trouble with the Curve 9:30am Barefoot 11:10am Some Kind of Wonderful A young man is caught in love triangle without even realising it.

12:50pm Jobs 3:00pm When Harry Met Sally 4:45pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Special 5:05pm Cruel Intentions 6:50pm Jobs 9:00pm When Harry Met Sally 10:45pm This is 40 1:05am Birth 2:50am Disconnect

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6:00am Son of the Mask 7:40am Young Sherlock Holmes 9:40am Planes: Fires and Rescue Special 10:10am Home Alone 12:05pm Night at the Museum 2:00pm The Muppets Take Manhattan 3:45pm Muppets from Space 5:20pm Baby's Day Out 7:10pm Night at the Museum 9:00pm Home Alone 10:50pm Liar Liar 12:20am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 2:05am Baby's Day Out 3:45am Liar Liar 5:15am Young Sherlock Holmes

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Why we hate politicians ... and end up with those we deserve Nora Johnson

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

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T

HE UK’s less than a year from a General Election but just look at the choice offered by the main parties! Is there anyone near the top in any party that you’d want running the country, let alone trust?

Politicians these days regard their ‘job’ as an all-expenses paid hobby, with a few tedious interludes when they gather to barrack whoever’s speaking in Westminster that day and even more tedious surgeries when they have to pretend to listen to the plebs. There may be some honest, decent, conscientious

WESTMINSTER: Modern politicians lack real-world experience and can never say it as it is!

ones amongst them, but they soon learn what the party line is!

Basically, modern politicians many lacking real-world experience - can never say it as it is, never use common sense and hedge everything (except possibly for UKIP’s Nigel Farage, which maybe accounts for his popularity?). Not to mention their peculiar way of talking (usually

‘down’ to the plebs) whilst trying to appear sincere - is there some elocution school they’re forced to attend? If so, Ofsted should shut it down immediately.

Obsessing over focus groups, they’re forever promising something - anything - so long as they’re re-elected. How about proper governance in the first place, eh? All people want,

generally speaking, is a safe environment to live in, clean water, decent food and enough money to live comfortably.

But so many politicians today simply don’t tell the truth or deliver what the people, who elected them, want. They have their own agenda, very often increasing their own self-worth at the expense of those they’re

supposedly ‘representing’ whilst simultaneously forcing ridiculous PC values on them.

And in this age of political correctness, nobody wants to hear the truth and so politicians are only too happy to oblige by failing to address it - either by ignoring it or being ‘economical’ with it. End result: voter apathy and so we end up not with the politicians we really need but those we deserve.

Speaking about truth, many thanks to all who purchased my recently published thriller, Landscape of Lies, following my piece about it here recently.

Thanks also for helping my other novels, Retribution, Soul Stealer and The De Clerambault Code (available from Amazon) sell so well, too! And keep those great comments coming to my website and donations to Cudeca! (www.nora-johnson.com)

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BBC TWO 8:30am Countryfile 9:30am Gardeners' World 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:20pm Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 2:20pm Waterloo

ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:40pm Carry on Jack Costume comedy with the Carry On team.

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

11:35am Chinese Food in Minutes Chinese cookery show with chef Ching-He Huang.

11:50am Police Interceptors 12:50pm Police Interceptors 1:50pm Police Interceptors 2:50pm The Ghost of Greville Lodge

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SKY 1 6:00am Nothing to Declare 6:30am Nothing to Declare 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Modern Family 10:30am Modern Family 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm The Middle 2:30pm The Middle

3pm 3:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 3:45pm Lost Treasures of the Sikh Kingdom 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm Life Story

4:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving.

5:00pm Inside the Animal Mind

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

3:25pm The Simpsons 3:55pm The Simpsons 4:25pm The Simpsons 5:20pm The Simpsons 5:50pm The Simpsons Movie

4:35pm The Canterville Ghost

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6:25pm The Witches 8:10pm 5 News

Adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story in which an American family move into a grand English estate.

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6:00pm Rugby League Four Nations Highlights 7:00pm Britain's Classroom Heroes 8:00pm Human Universe Documentary questioning what it is to be human.

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9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm F1: Grand Prix

9:00pm Wonders of the Monsoon 10:00pm Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar?

11:00pm Match of the Day 2 Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action.

9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:05pm ITV News and Weather 11:25pm Harry's Southpole Heroes

9:00pm Speed with Guy Martin 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Shame

10:00pm The Cabin in the Woods 11:50pm Piranha Comedy horror. It is the annual spring party at Lake Victoria and 50,000 young revellers have gathered for the occasion, unaware that the lake conceals a dark secret.

9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 The Five-0 track down three female thieves behind a robbery gone wrong.

11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12am 1:00am The Apprentice 2:00am Girl From Rio 3:35am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:40am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:05am Russell Howard's Good News 12:35am The Fall 1:35am The Fall 2:35am Countryfile 3:30am Holby City 4:30am This is BBC Two

12:25am Rugby Highlights 1:15am The Store 3:20am Motorsport UK 4:10am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:55am Nightscreen

12:55am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:50am The Simpsons 2:20am NFL 5:45am NFL

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

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8:00pm The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs That Got Britain Reading 9:00pm The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction 9:30pm The Secret Life of Books 10:00pm Storyville

9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10pm The X Factor 2:05pm The Xtra Factor 3:20pm Totally You've Been Framed!

4:20pm You've Been Framed!

4:50pm Valiant 5:50pm FYI Daily 5:55pm Valiant 6:25pm The Lost World 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm The Lost World 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:05pm Tricked 12:05am The 40 Year Old Virgin

10:00am The Secret of My Succe$s 11:00am Heartbeat 12:05pm Heartbeat 1:05pm Inspector Morse 3:25pm Wycliffe 4:30pm Columbo 6:05pm Lewis 8:00pm Foyle's War 10:00pm All New It'll be Alright on the Night 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 1:05am William and Mary 2:05am William and Mary 3:00am Judge Judy 3:25am Judge Judy

7:00am World of Sport 7:15am Cheers 7:40am Cheers 8:10am Cheers 8:40am Cheers 9:10am Cheers 9:40am Border Security USA 10:40am Minder 11:45am The Professionals 12:45pm Ax Men 1:45pm Darts 5:55pm BRDC Formula 4 Championship 6:55pm Sports Life Stories 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Driven

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9:15pm Shanghai Noon 11:00pm Family Guy 11:22pm Family Guy 11:45pm Life is Toff 12:15am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

12:37am American Dad! 1:00am Drive 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:00am The Revolution Will be Televised

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11:25pm Come As You Are 1:10am Classic Albums 2:05am Goth at the BBC 3:05am John Denver at Wembley Arena 3:50am The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs That Got Britain Reading

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4:10am Dante's Peak

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6:05am Ocean's Eleven 8:20am Gone Girl Special 8:50am The Good Doctor 10:35am Dead Calm 12:15pm Black Rain Cop Nick transfers a Japanese hitman from New York to Tokyo, then loses him.

2:25pm American Hustle 4:45pm Swordfish 6:30pm After the Sunset 8:15pm The Machinist 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am Harsh Times 2:25am American Psycho 4:20am Money Train

9:00am Under the Tuscan Sun 11:00am How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 1:00pm Austenland 2:45pm Sunshine on Leith 4:30pm West Side Story 7:10pm Austenland 9:00pm Sunshine on Leith 10:45pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 12:45am Spike Island 2:40am Best Man Down Two newlyweds are forced to cancel their honeymoon when their best man passes away.

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5:15am Young Sherlock Holmes 7:05am Balto 8:30am The Prince of Egypt 10:15am Chimpanzee 11:45am Oz: The Great and Powerful 1:55pm Despicable Me 2 3:40pm The Prince of Egypt 5:25pm Ella Enchanted 7:10pm My Girl 9:00pm Despicable Me 2 10:40pm Oz: The Great and Powerful 12:55am Chimpanzee 2:20am Ella Enchanted 4:05am My Girl 5:50am Balto

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HICH common courtesies have gone?

A lot of them, according to Ilde Casanova from Park and Go airport parking at AlicanteElche Airport.

He said: “When customers arrive we would open their doors, help carry their bags but that was not something the company had trained us or told us to do, it was just politeness and being helpful to people. But now the boss has installed it as policy and made all employees do the same thing; however, he shouldn’t have to, really, it should come naturally and I think that is a shame. Now, it is normal not to be necessarily polite or courteous.”

ILDE: Now it is more common not to be courteous

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Manners matter Good manners cost nothing; it is the little things that matter.

What is a common courtesy that nowadays people seem to have forgotten about?

STREET TALK Claus van Mierlo from NICLA Casas in Almeria said: “I think some people have forgotten how to be up front and honest in their dealings. They feel the need to tell a different story to change a situation when they could just tell the truth.

It is impolite.”

Paul Mentessi from Gold Rush in La Zenia agrees that courtesy is a dying form. “Courtesy in general has gone and I think Claus van Mierlo

the most obvious one for me is respect for people’s jobs and profession.

Some question their position and have no respect, and I find that really disrespectful.”

Nick Holland with He added that Stephen Lloyd-Morgan one nationality in particular had no common courtesy, finding them ruder than any others he deals with. things that are Nick Holland, Manager for well- important, but it is nice to get a thank known tenor, Stephen Lloyd-Morgan, you for making the effort. If we are said: “Please and thank you. Steve and getting paid, or it is a reciprocal I were only talking about this the other agreement, then that is a different day. We do a lot of work for charity, we matter, but it is nice. Manners cost love to help and get involved with nothing!”

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BBC TWO 8:45am Close Calls: On Camera 9:15am A Taste of Britain 10:00am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:00am Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 11:30am World War I Beyond the Trenches 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm Cash in the Attic

ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 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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CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Sham Wedding Crashers 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

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

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

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

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Good Witch, Bad Witch

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Greatest Little Britons 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 8:30pm Children's Hospital

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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 at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Jake has plans for Brax - plans that will 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show

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9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Intruders 10:45pm Some People Telling Jokes 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 11:30pm Newsnight

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

9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Sarah Beeny's How to Sell Your Home 10:00pm Make Leicester British 11:35pm Toast of London

9:00pm Conspiracy: The Missing Evidence 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Under the Dome 11:55pm Once Upon a Time in Mexico

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm Micky Flanagan's Detour De France 11:00pm Arrow

12:10am Weather 12:15am Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 1:15am The Apprentice 2:15am This is BBC Two

12:20am The Jonathan Ross Show 1:25am Jackpot 247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:30am Nightscreen

12:05am The IT Crowd 12:40am NFL 1:35am Secret Millionaire USA 2:25am Kaksparsh 4:55am Location, Location, Location 5:50am Kirstie's Vintage Gems

1:50am Campus PD 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Bomber Boys 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am 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

BBC THREE

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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad!

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire 10:00pm The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour 11:00pm The Mummy 12:25am Detectorists 12:55am Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age 1:55am David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust 2:55am The Genius of David Bowie 3:55am The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour

1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed!

6:30pm You've Been Framed!

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

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

11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm The Secret Life of Dogs 11:00pm Collision 12:00am The Vice

9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Kojak 11:00am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder 1:10pm Tommy Cooper 1:45pm Snooker 6:15pm Cheers 6:45pm Rugby Highlights 7:45pm Snooker 12:15am Bundesliga 1:15am Rugby Highlights 2:15am Motorsport UK 3:20am Cheers 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm New Girl 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Glue 12:05am The Big Bang Theory

Comedy

Crime

Drama

3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

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

Includes sport and weather.

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Gareth's All Star Choir 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You

The award-winning comedy, co-written by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry, returns to Channel 4.

12am 12:20am Citizen Khan 12:50am The Graham Norton Show 1:35am Soul Men 3:10am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:15am BBC News

Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am Hotel of Mum and Dad 2:30am People Like Us 3:30am Live at the Apollo 4:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad

SKY MOVIES Action 6:00am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers 7:35am Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 9:25am After Earth 11:20am Aliens 1:50pm Lethal Weapon 3 4:05pm Appaloosa 6:10pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 8:10pm After Earth 10:00pm Aliens 12:25am Lethal Weapon 2 2:30am Lethal Weapon 3 4:45am The Marine: Homefront

7:50am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot 9:30am Caddyshack 11:15am The Top Ten Show 2014 11:30am Identity Thief 1:35pm Idiocracy 3:15pm Hyde Park on Hudson 5:05pm Notting Hill A self-effacing bookshop owner bumps into a major American movie star and falls instantly in love.

7:20pm Our Idiot Brother 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm Idiocracy 12:30am Caddyshack 2:10am In Security 3:50am Why Stop Now?

6:25am Deep Family Secrets 8:10am Children of Men 10:10am Dead Again 12:10pm Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2:50pm Conspiracy Theory 5:15pm Zero Dark Thirty 8:00pm Children of Men 10:00pm Oldboy 11:55pm The Island 2:20am Taxi Driver 4:25am Death Warrant A maverick detective poses as an armed robber and goes deep undercover in a high-security penitentiary in order to uncover a human organ trading plot.

8:35am Decoding Annie Parker 10:20am Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Special 10:40am Gorillas in the Mist 12:55pm 42 3:10pm The Judge Special 3:40pm Philomena 5:25pm The Devil Wears Prada 7:25pm Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 9:00pm Philomena 10:45pm The Devil Wears Prada 12:45am Before Midnight 2:45am Hide Away 4:15am Life of Pi 4:45am Girls! Girls! Girls!

Premiere

Family

7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 3:35pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 5:35pm Contest 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 12:45am American Mary 2:35am Goodbye World 4:30am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special 5:00am Hugh Jackman.

5:50am Balto 7:10am Curious George 8:45am Big Top Pee-Wee 10:25am Sammy's Great Escape 12:10pm The Flintstones 1:55pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 3:40pm Peter Pan 5:45pm The Good Witch's Destiny 7:20pm The Flintstones 9:00pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 10:40pm Peter Pan 12:40am Big Top Pee-Wee 2:10am The Good Witch's Destiny 3:45am Sammy's Great Escape

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The People Remember 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 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 9:15am A Taste of Britain 10:00am Antiques Roadshow 11:00am Building Dream Homes 11:30am World War I Beyond the Trenches 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm Cash in the Attic

ITV 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 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Small Animal Hospital

CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Rome: The World's First Superpower 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 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 5:00pm Tipping Point

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

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Garage Sale Mystery

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Greatest Little Britons 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

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 UEFA Champions League

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 at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

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

9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Human Universe 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm You Can't Get the Staff 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:50pm Gogglebox

9:00pm Britain's Worst Crimes 10:00pm Miracle Babies 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm NCIS

9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00pm Road Wars

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Passing Bells 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...

Round-up of the day's news.

11:40pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time Highlights of all the Champions League matches.

Road Crime Unit officers are flagged down to help a member of the public, and dog handler Lee is called in to deal with two incidents involving men armed with knives.

12am 12:40am In the Valley of Elah 2:35am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:40am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

12:10am Weather The latest weather information. 12:15am Wonders of the Monsoon 1:15am Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath 2:15am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:40am The Cube Game show which tests contestants' skill, nerve and determination to win, hosted by Phillip Schofield. 1:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

12:50am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage 1:50am Transworld Sport 2:45am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:10am Cycling 4:05am Helly Hansen Beauty and the Beast Marathon 5:00am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 5:55am Hugh's 3 Good Things

12:55am NCIS 1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Underground Britain 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am 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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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Free Speech 10:00pm Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Life is Toff 11:30pm The Revolution Will be Televised 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Life is Toff 2:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:30am EastEnders

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:30pm National Treasures of Wales 10:00pm Doris Day - Virgin Territory 11:00pm The Life and Loves of a She Devil 12:00am Supernatural

1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed!

6:30pm You've Been Framed!

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

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:45pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 2:05am Two and a Half Men

10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Collision 12:00am The Vice

9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Kojak 11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder 1:10pm Tommy Cooper 1:45pm Snooker 6:10pm Cheers 6:40pm Kojak 7:45pm Snooker 12:15am A Dangerous Man 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am A Dangerous Man 2:15am BRDC Formula 4 Championship 3:20am Cheers 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm New Girl 10:30pm New Girl 11:00pm The Mindy Project 11:30pm Tattoos After Dark 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

Crime

Drama

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

Chilling anthology series where membership to the secret society, The Club of the Damned, is granted through telling horror stories. story of his escape from a female vampire in eastern Europe.

12:50am Spider House 2:20am National Treasures of Wales 2:50am Doris Day - Virgin Territory 3:50am Beautiful Thing.

SKY MOVIES Action 6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am Cinderella Man 9:30am Men in Black 11:20am Bad Boys II 1:55pm Gangster Squad 4:00pm Alexander 7:05pm Alex Cross 9:00pm Men in Black A pair of secret agents battle to save the earth from an intergalactic terrorist. Scifi/comedy.

10:50pm Bad Boys II 1:25am Mad Max 3:10am Gangster Squad 5:15am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain The Angel Summit ski resort has been blessed with early snows.

Comedy 7:15am Vinyl 8:45am Top Secret 10:20am Mr. Deeds 12:00pm Uncle Buck 1:45pm The Hangover Part III 3:30pm Syrup 5:05pm What Women Want 7:15pm Mr. Deeds 9:00pm Uncle Buck 10:45pm The Hangover Part III When Doug is kidnapped, pals Alan, Phil and Stu become embroiled in a battle to save him.

12:30am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:00am Blazing Saddles 3:40am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 5:25am The Trail of the Pink Panther

6:10am Malpractice 8:00am Hours 9:50am Jennifer Eight 12:00pm Courage Under Fire 2:00pm Blood Work FBI profiler Terry McCaleb has retired after a heart transplant.

4:05pm The Mean Machine 6:10pm Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.

7:45pm In the Line of Fire 10:00pm Blood Work 12:00am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:00am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 4:25am Big Nothing A frustrated teacher is forced to take a job in a call centre to support his family.

7:05am How to Steal a Million 9:15am City Slacker 10:55am She Wants Me 12:35pm Shirley Valentine 2:35pm Pitch Perfect 4:35pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 6:40pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Special A look at the fantastical comedy adventure starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig.

7:00pm Shirley Valentine 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 1:05am Dangerous Minds 2:50am Cold Mountain A wounded soldier escapes the American Civil War to go home to his sweetheart Ada.

5:30am Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Premiere

Family

7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 3:35pm Contest 5:10pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 12:45am American Mary

5:30am Curious George 7:00am Harriet the Spy 8:45am Doctor Dolittle 11:10am Corpse Bride 12:30pm Home Alone 2:20pm Doctor Dolittle 3:50pm Doctor Dolittle 2 5:20pm Doctor Dolittle 3 7:00pm Home Alone 9:00pm Liar Liar 10:30pm Corpse Bride 11:50pm Doctor Dolittle 2:15am Liar Liar 3:45am Harriet the Spy

A talented but debt-ridden surgical student turns to the dark world of illegal body modification.

2:35am Goodbye World 4:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:00am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special

11-year-old Harriet's only desire is to become a famous writer.

5:35am Doctor Dolittle A doctor discovers he has the incredible talent to talk to animals.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The People Remember 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 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors

BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Call the Council 8:45am Close Calls: On Camera 9:15am A Taste of Britain 10:00am Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 11:00am Building Dream Homes 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm Cash in the Attic

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

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CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Small Animal Hospital

WEDNESDAY TV

CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 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 The Rockford Files 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys

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

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

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Dangerous Attraction

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 Coronation Street

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 at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors

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

9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired!

11:30pm Newsnight

9:00pm Surprise Surprise 10:00pm Broadmoor 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Through the Keyhole

9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Grayson Perry: Who are You?

9:00pm Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

11:00pm Wentworth

9:00pm An Idiot Abroad 10:00pm A League of Their Own 10:30pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Legends

12:10am Weather 12:15am Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot 1:15am Intruders 1:55am See Hear 2:25am The Kitchen 3:25am Doctor Who 4:15am This is BBC Two

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

12:00am 24 Hours in A and E 1:00am Music Nation 1:30am Rude Tube 2:25am Ha Bharat Maza 4:35am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 5:30am River Cottage Bites 5:40am Location, Location, Location

12:00am Inside Holloway 1:00am Dallas 1:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am The Sham Wedding Crashers 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor

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

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8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

9:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 10:00pm People Like Us 11:00pm Sweat the Small Stuff 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad!

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

9:00pm The Truth About Meteors 10:00pm Secrets of the Universe 11:00pm What Do Artists Do All Day? 11:30pm Big in America 12:30am The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water 1:30am Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador 2:30am Britain on Film 3:00am The Secret Life of Books 3:30am What Do Artists Do All Day? 4:00am Secrets of the Universe

1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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

6:30pm You've Been Framed!

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

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Freshers 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Happy Gilmore 1:25am Two and a Half Men

10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:25pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm A Touch of Frost 11:00pm Collision 12:00am The Vice

7:00am Cheers 7:25am Cheers 8:00am Minder 9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Kojak 11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder

3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Melissa and Joey 9:00pm St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 11:10pm The Big Bang Theory 11:40pm The Big Bang Theory 12:10am Drifters

Comedy

Crime

Drama

3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Drama based on a true story.

3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Greatest Little Britons 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin

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

9pm 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm England: What Next?

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

12am 12:15am Film 2014 12:45am Away From Her 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:35am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:10am American Dad! 1:30am People Like Us 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad 4:00am People Like Us

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

Comedy drama series about the shady dealings of a loveable rogue and his reluctant sidekick.

1:10pm Tommy Cooper 1:45pm Snooker 6:10pm Cheers 6:40pm Kojak 7:45pm Snooker 12:10am Mercury Rising

SKY MOVIES Action 5:15am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain 7:00am The Last Samurai 9:45am Men in Black II 11:25am Fury Special 11:55am K-19: The Widowmaker 2:25pm Thor: The Dark World 4:30pm Volcano 6:20pm The Last Samurai 9:00pm Men in Black II 10:40pm Thor: The Dark World 12:45am Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 2:35am The Man with the Iron Fists

7:10am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:40am The Break-Up 9:30am Pleasantville 11:45am Grown Ups 2 1:30pm We're the Millers 3:25pm The Man with Two Brains 5:05pm Kindergarten Cop 7:00pm The Break-Up 9:00pm Grown Ups 2 10:45pm We're the Millers 12:45am Scary Movie 5 2:25am Notting Hill

6:05am Loss of Faith 7:50am In Their Skin 9:40am Witness 11:45am Sleeping with the Enemy 1:35pm Proof of Life 4:00pm Red Rock West 5:50pm Derailed 7:50pm Alive 10:00pm Proof of Life 12:20am Killing Them Softly 2:05am Jagged Edge

5:30am Paradise, Hawaiian Style 7:10am Romeo and Juliet 9:35am The Four Feathers 11:50am Barefoot 1:30pm Any Day Now 3:20pm 50 First Dates 5:10pm The Sessions 6:55pm Awakenings 9:00pm The Butler 11:15pm 50 First Dates 1:00am Adore 3:00am Being Flynn

Premiere

Family

7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Contest 3:25pm Paranormal Activity 5:10pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity 12:45am American Mary 2:35am Goodbye World

5:35am Doctor Dolittle 7:05am Dennis The Menace 8:45am Monster House 10:20am The Prince of Egypt 12:00pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 1:50pm Oliver!

4:15pm March of the Penguins 5:40pm The Prince of Egypt 7:20pm Monster House 9:00pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 10:50pm Oliver!

1:15am March of the Penguins

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1517: German theologian Martin Luther publishes his ’95 theses’ sparking the Protestant reformation.

Luther had become angry about the church selling ‘indulgences’ and his theses attacked these and other papal abuses.

1605: The Catholic ‘Gunpowder Plot’ to assassinate King James 1 is foiled and Guy Fawkes is arrested.

He was found guilty of high treason and hanged. Guy Fawkes Night in Britain is celebrated in November with the lighting of bonfires.

1890: London’s first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell. It was the first major railway to use electric traction and later gave birth to the London Underground.

1942: The Second Battle of El Alemain sees Field Marshal Rommel disobey direct orders from Adolf Hitler and lead his troops on a five-month retreat during World War Two. 1952: The US army detonates the world’s first hydrogen bomb on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

800 times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, the detonation allowed the US to temporarily move ahead of the Soviet Union in the arms race.

1957: The Soviet Union sends the first living thing into space in the form a dog called Laika on board the Sputnik II rocket. Unfortunately Laika died within hours from overheating.

1960: Penguin Books is cleared of obscenity for publishing Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence. The book was notorious for its explicit descriptions of sex.

1982: Channel 4 is launched in the UK. The channel was established to provide a fourth television station for the British public alongside BBC’s two channels and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV. 1993: Under the terms of the Maastricht Treaty, the European Community becomes the European Union.

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During a single day, the town of Silverton, Oklahoma is ravaged by tornadoes that cause unimaginable death and destruction. With the town facing complete annihilation, groups of terrified townspeople, professional storm chasers and amateur thrill-seekers must keep on the move in order to survive. Into the Storm is from the ‘found footage’ genre of movie making, with events depicted from camcorders and cameras as if they are real.

Directed by Steven Quale. Stars Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies and Matt Walsh. Run time 89 mins. Rated 12A. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) With a lot of pent-up energy and not a little determination the month is off to a strong start with you. Be aware, however, that treading on the toes of influential people is not to be advised.

Your feeling that you are right is admirable, but be tactful.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) You of all people understand the importance of the spiritual side of life.

Despite being successful in your own right there is the need to bring this to other people. In sharing your experiences this year you come to a better understanding yourself.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your practical streak is in full force.

Over the next months you will bring much benefit to those around you, in financial terms perhaps, but also spiritually. This week, in itself, shows you how others value your presence and advice.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Your lot is to be optimistic and positive. Perhaps in the last few months there was the need to take on the problems of others. However, you absolutely must get a balance here.

Concentrate this week on getting your body and mind in good shape. That means being a little self-centred to start with. A good routine is essential and the will to stick with it.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your very nature can lead to internal struggles. In the coming months, however, the truth becomes clear. What is outside of your experience now will become a part of your make-up. Any fear that you had of the unknown gradually diminishes.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There has been a very strong feeling through these last few weeks. This feeling has been one of spirituality. Your thoughts have been deeper than usual and the sense that there is more to life is acute. This, therefore, gives an impetus to everything that you do this week. The need to progress both on the home and business front has rarely been stronger.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Invest, 2 Tested, 3 Prices, 4 Decent, 5 Causes, 6 Trench, 7 Speeds, 8 Traits, 9 Cheers, 10 Purity, 11 Thresh, 12 Storey, 13 Writer, 14 Orders, 15 Stroke, 16 Cherry, 17 Tender, 18 Slowed, 19 Tinkle

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October 31, Peter Jackson, 54, movie director New Zealand-born Peter Jackson is the awardwinning director of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, and King Kong. He started out directing low-budget horror comedies before moving into more mainstream movie direction during the 1990’s.

November 1, Jenny McCarthy, 42, model and actress A former Playboy model, Jenny McCarthy is today known for her television work. She

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) In the last few weeks there may have been a sense of being not quite in control. That is something to deal with this week. Real progress will only be made when you have faced what is not wanted. You will rid yourself of any negative emotions quickly by facing them.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are a great charmer but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Is there the possibility that your romantic life needs tidying up?

Perhaps the number of irons that you have in the fire is causing problems? This week, make it a priority to simplify your life. Be strong and straight with others. A clean slate for the future means not letting small matters run away with you.

1. By what name is actor William Henry Pratt, best remembered for his roles in horror films and especially for his portrayal of the monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939), better known?

2. In the 1984 supernatural horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, what is the name of the burnt serial killer who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, played by Robert Englund?

3. Salem’s Lot (1975), Pet Semetary (1982), Cujo (1981), Misery (1987) and Carrie (1974) were all novels by which American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy?

4. The 1978 American independent ‘slasher’ horror film Halloween was produced on a budget of $325,000 (£160,250) but grossed $47 million (£22.5 million) at the box office in the US and $70 million (£33.75 million) worldwide, true or false?

5. What was the nationality of Bram Stoker, the author of the famous 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula?

6. What was the title of the 1999 American found footage horror film that relates the story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Michael C Williams and Joshua Leonard) who disappear while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend?

7. What was the title of the American sciencefiction/fantasy anthology television series created by Rod Serling that ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964?

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October 30, Diego Maradona, 54, former footballer Maradona is considered one of the greatest football players of all time and was the hero of the World Cup-winning Argentina side. He scored two memorable goals in World Cup history, both against England in that match.

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

starred in her own sitcom and later joined The View as a co-host. She made regular appearances in the hit comedy Two and a Half Men.

November 2, David Schwimmer, 48, actor Schwimmer is best known for his role as Ross Geller on the hit 1990’s sitcom Friends. The role won him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance. He also provided the voice for the giraffe, Melman, in the Madagascar movie franchise.

November 3, Kendall Jenner, 19, reality star Kendall is the half-sister of Kim Kardashian and made her appearance on reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians when she was 11. She and her sister Kylie created their own clothing brand called Kendall & Kylie. At nearly six-feet tall she has become a successful model.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The ever-inquisitive part of your brain is in high spirits. Clearly there is much to be known and enjoyed over the coming months. Begin at the beginning though. Before you throw yourself into a spiritual or business endeavour, get the facts. I don't mean what people tell you they think. What you need right now is proof that your interest in a certain area is justified.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Certainly there have been times that you felt crestfallen.

Sometimes circumstances bring us down. Avoid believing in the myth of ‘what should have been’. What you are is not what others see but what you feel inside.

TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 20 November 4, Rosario Flores, singer and actress.

Born in Madrid, Rosario is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning gypsy singer. She is the sister of singer Lolita Flores and singer-songwriter Antonio Flores. In late 2012 Rosario featured as a judge and coach on the hit Spanish television show La Voz, where judges sit with their backs to the singers during auditions and decide if they are good enough without looking at them.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The changes that have already started in the way that you see your life have given pause for thought. You are sure that you could have done better but maybe it is not clear how. Take a step back now and see where you came from. Two years ago where were you heading? Do you still want to follow that path? A need to get back on track can start this week.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It becomes clear to you that some friends are drifting away. We all have to make changes as life itself is a constantly shifting event. You prefer to hold on to what is familiar and you are not alone in that. At the moment, however, there is much for you to experience, see and feel.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alar, alee, anal, earl, elan, lane, late, lean, leer, lent, rale, real, reel, tael, tala, tale, teal, alate, alert, altar, alter, anele, areal, elate, later, latte, leant, learn, natal, ratel, renal, altern, antler, antral, elater, lateen, latent, latten, latter, leaner, learnt, letter, nettle, rattle, relate, relent, rental, talent, enteral, eternal, ALTERNATE

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SASH WASH WISH WISE WINE LINE

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1. Boris KARLOFF, 2. Freddy KRUEGER, 3. Stephen KING, 4. TRUE, 5. IRISH (born in Clontarf, Dublin), 6. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, 7. THE TWILIGHT ZONE

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

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Unscramble the title of a 1992 legalsuspense thriller written by John Grisham (three words): RETAIN CHIEF PLEB

Across 1 Powerful goddess is buried in Teheran (4) 4 Cargo ship hired by a promiscuous woman (5) 9 Elsewhere in Dali biography (5) 10 Two items used in table tennis game (7) 11 Surprisingly tautest act (7) 12 Create nearly identical copies one hundred and fifty one (5) 13 Ken’s is funny, like Hank’s (6) 15 Playtime corner (6) 18 Rent easel in error (5) 20 Keep us confined in a bad spot (7) 23 English reason for showing a lot of feeling (7) 24 Map book can be found in that last cupboard (5) 25 Built laser for lords (5) 26 Attorney volunteers facts (4)

Unscramble the name of a British rock band, formed in 1978 (one word): HAS KEEN WIT FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: THE PELICAN BRIEF, WHITESNAKE

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MOOR BOYS 6 Philosopher began playing lute at two o’clock (5) 7 Mocks tabloid newspapers (4) 8 Tool’s unusual perils (6) 13 The supplier is in the basement we hear (6) 14 Poorer born, then pass on, right (7) 16 Eastern apostle and French

decoration (7) 17 Rushes funny looking guides (6) 19 An advance, we hear, on its own (5) 21 By the sound of it, remained very serious (5) 22 Bill returns in ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (4)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents Q and 11 represents M, so fill in Q every time the figure 7 appears and M every time the figure 11 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 1/23 Avoid humiliation (4,4) 3 Get in the way of (8) 9 Living room (7) 10 Happen or occur again (5) 11 Excessively fat (5) 12 Ornamental hanging tuft of threads (6) 14 Stir up (6) 16 Not according with the facts (6) 19 Terpsichorean (6) 21 Respond (5) 24 Following (5) 25 Set apart from the rest (7) 26 Income (8) 27 Charges (4)

Down 1 Mistakenly believed (8) 2 Region marking a boundary (5) 4 Censure severely or angrily (6) 5 Agreement details (5) 6 Poorly stated or described (7) 7 Ripped (4) 8 Secret or hidden (6) 13 Worried and uneasy (8) 15 Talk idly or rapidly (7) 17 Not wide (6) 18 Demanding attention (6) 20 Welsh breed of dog (5) 22 Conscious (5) 23 See 1 Across

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

BONBNET

Answers: Back room boys, A bee in the bonnet

Down 2 State of being a measure angry (7) 3 So, long cube is surrounded by gold (5) 4 Vehicle used in Tibetan demonstration (6) 5 Account of claret I drunk (7)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 4 Ancient, 8 Avocets, 9 Coterie, 10 Theatre, 11 Nervous, 12 Elated, 14 Career, 18 Assuage, 21 Timpani, 22 Elegant, 23 Lineage, 24 Austere.

Down: 1 Lattice, 2 Moses, 3 Lecture, 4 Ascend, 5 Cater, 6 Earlobe, 7 Teems, 13 Answers, 15 Anemone, 16 Recited, 17 Settle, 18 Arena, 19 Agate, 20 Banal.

QUICK Across: 1 Succeed, 5 Scrub, 8 Excites, 9 Rules, 10 Share, 11 Replace, 12 Career, 14 Access, 17 Reached, 19 Tasks, 22 Front, 23 Imagine, 24 Lasts, 25 Guesses.

Down: 1 Seems, 2 Cocoa, 3 Extreme, 4 Desire, 5 Scrap, 6 Release, 7 Baskets, 12 Careful, 13 Reasons, 15 Cottage, 16 Adding, 18 Hates, 20 Skips, 21 Seeds.

Across 1 Langosta (insecto) (6) 4 Hatred (4) 8 Estrellas (5) 9 Ira (de persona) (5) 10 Emerald (stone) (9) 13 Guante (5) 15 Anchor (5) 16 Cerca (indicando proximidad) (4) 17 Penknife (6)

Down 1 Último (4) 2 Abrigos (5) 3 To hold (8) 5 See 13 6 Remo (pala) (3) 7 Pumpkin (8) 11 Shower (in bathroom) (5) 12 Cow (farm animal) (4) 13/5 Perro de caza (3,3) 14 Goose (domestic) (3)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Hailstorm, 8 Enero, 9 Saber, 10 Team, 11 Otro, 15 Snore, 17 Llave, 18 Strongest.

Down: 2 Arena, 3 Leon, 4 Test, 5/16 Rub out, 6 Ventoso, 7 Arboles, 12 Tears, 13 Beso, 14 Flag.

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TOP 10 CLASSIC HALLOWEEN MOVIES Given the week that’s in it, here is a list of 10 of the best classic horror movies to watch during this spooky time of year.

1. Halloween (1978).

A must-watch during the holiday that bears the same name and sparked a franchise of 10 movies in total. The original tells the story of Michael Myers, a psychotic murderer who escapes a psychiatric hospital and goes on a murderous rampage through the streets of a small American town. This slasher movie was the film debut for Jamie Lee Curtis.

2. The Shining (1980).

Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film about a family who move into a remote hotel in the mountains to look after it during the winter. Jack Nicholson plays the father who develops cabin fever and starts to lose his mind. Viewed as not only one of the best horror films of all time, but also one of the greatest movies ever made. Creepy stuff.

3. Psycho (1960).

One of the most shocking films of all time, this Alfred Hitchcock directed classic remains a firm favourite of horror movie buffs. Anthony Perkins plays motel manager Norman Bates, a strange young man with an unhealthy fixation on his mother. When a guest of the motel goes missing, Bates finds himself the subject of much unwanted attention. The shower scene is one of the most famous in movie history.

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Just Joking Just as she was celebrating her 80th birthday, our friend received a jury-duty notice. She called the clerk’s office to remind them that she was exempt because of her age.

“You need to come in and fill out the exemption forms,” the clerk said.

“But I filled them out last year,” she replied.

“You have to fill them out every year.”

“Why? Do you think I’m getting younger?”

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The king of horror, Stephen King, is back with a dark and electrifying novel about addiction and what might exist on the other side of life.

When a charismatic new church minister - Charles Jacobs - arrives in town with his alluring wife, the whole town is mesmerised by this enigmatic couple. Jamie Morton strikes up a bond with the minister based on a

secret obsession but tragedy soon strikes the Morton family and when minister Jacobs curses God, he is banished from the town.

Twenty year later, Jamie is playing in a rock band and addicted to heroin, stranded and desperate. He bumps into Jacobs once again and their bond becomes a pact beyond even the devil’s devising.

Spanning five decades, Revival is a must for Stephen King fans and fans of the horror genre.

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4. The Exorcist (1973).

When a young girl is possessed by an evil entity, a local priest takes it upon himself to try and save her. Based on the book by William Peter Blatty, the movie is not only famous for its shocking scenes, but also for the unforgettable soundtrack by Mike Oldfield.

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5. The Omen (1976).

An American ambassador in England discovers that his adopted son might possibly be the son of the Devil. Is Robert Thorn raising the anti-Christ?

Full of memorable scenes and spooky music, The Omen is a firm favourite to be watched during the Halloween festivities.

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6. Night of the Living Dead (1968).

The original zombie movie, George A Romero’s classic tells the tale of the dead coming back to life and eating the living. A small group of people barricade themselves in a house and have to fend off hordes of brain-hungry zombies during a long and tension-fraught night.

7. Carrie (1976).

Based on the Stephen King novel, Carrie still to this day has one of the best ‘jump-out-of-yourseat’ moments that will have you cowering behind the sofa. Sissy Spacek plays a high-school girl bullied by her classmates. Carrie - who has a rare telekinetic ability - exacts bloody revenge when she is pushed too far on prom night.

8. The Blair Witch Project (1999).

The movie that inspired the entire ‘found footage’ genre of horror films. Three film students go into the ominous Black Hill Forests to investigate the local legend of the Blair witch.

They soon find themselves cold, lost, and hearing strange noises during the night. Disappearing without a trace, they leave only their footage behind. Many viewers thought they were watching actual real footage, adding to the infamy of The Blair Witch Project.

9. An American Werewolf in London (1981).

The best werewolf movie ever made and featuring amazing special effects for its time. Directed by John Landis (who also directed Michael Jackson’s Thriller video), the story tells of two American backpackers who are attacked by a strange beast on an English moor. One of them survives, but soon finds himself feeling very strange indeed whenever there is a full moon. A great mix of comedy and horror.

10. The Thing (1982).

John Carpenter’s stark and spooky tale about a group of scientists in the Antarctic who find themselves being stalked by a shape-shifting alien that can assume human form. Fraught with tension throughout, just who is real and who isn’t who they claim to be?

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: 32 Good: 41 Very good: 59 Excellent: 72

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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 lutes, gismo, guise, smote, smite, smile, sheaf, shift, shaft, domes, dotes, mutes, motile, motif, mites, soppy, snout, spout, split, tomes, topple, times, notify, polyp, plods, plies, pylon, lotus, limes, lifer, flout, flops, floppy, felon, wafer, plops, yelps, elite, elites, refit

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SEPTEMBER: operation day. I was booked in for the second slot of the morning which gave me time to have a shower, get my compression socks on and to look longingly at my room-mate’s breakfast. No food for me!

Then I was wheeled down to the radiology section where they inserted a metal wire or ‘harpoon’ as the Spanish refer to it, into the tumour in my breast as it was difficult to find and the surgeon wanted to have it perfectly located in order to operate.

Then I had a mammogram with said harpoon in, which was not the most pleasant experience I have ever had but was over quickly and made much better by the fabulous medical team.

By the end of the experience I had given an English lesson to one of them, promised to have tea with another’s children and

told them about my life abroad to encourage them to travel and told them how lucky I was to have the doctor that I had… because in his own words he was much easier on the eye than the other specialist!

Just the Spanish way of relaxing you.

I was then whisked back up to my room and shortly after, they came for me to transport me down to surgery.

It felt like the films; lights flashed above my head and the nurse complained that whoever had designed the bed had given little thought to dimensions as we scraped through doorways and into lifts.

She was an expert and manoeuvred me around well until I was in a holding area where I was wished luck by my loved one. Once inside I was asked all the pertinent questions by my anaesthetist and then wheeled into surgery.

After a few deep breaths with the mask on, I was under.

The operation lasted about three hours.

Seventeen lymph nodes were removed from my right armpit, the tumour in my breast and additional

micro tumours that had not shown up on the mammogram, but were regarded as suspicious by my surgeon.

I came to, felt cold but in quite good shape and was given an update by my surgeon and then taken back to my room.

The rest of the day was spent feeling ravenous, but after having some tea and biscuits and holding that down well, I was given lunch. Some people react badly to the anaesthetic If you have any procedures in Spain, remember that their timetable is different.

and are very ill when they first eat. Not me! If they hadn’t given me lunch I was going to nip down to the hospital café and grab a sandwich… either that or start eating my bed sheets.

Thirty-six hours without food is not ideal!

The ensuing days were spent looking forward to

visitors, lots of cakes, chocolates and flowers, meal times and general updates on my progress.

The nurses changed my dressings and controlled the two drainage globes to check the levels were dropping. The drains were the most awkward things as it made it difficult to shower, as the bandages had to be kept dry and I had to be careful that the drains did not come out.

I wasn’t in a great deal of pain, but the staples in my armpit were uncomfortable.

Being bored and in need of a pen to do a crossword I went down to the shop in the entrance of the hospital.

I was shooed back upstairs as I really shouldn’t have been down there, but I was a little fed up with the circuit on my ward. I think it essential to carry on as normally as possible. It’s what the Brits do, isn’t it?

Keep calm and carry on.

I insisted they took my drip out the day after my operation and didn’t take any more painkillers. I got up and moving about as soon as possible.

I got to know the staff well and we enjoyed joking with them and they even kept my surplus of cakes in

their fridge.

I can’t speak highly enough of the care I received. People often complain about the service in general in Spain, but if you are respectful and polite, they are the kindest and most helpful people you could ever wish to meet.

The most amusing thing for me was being woken up in the middle of a blissful sleep and being asked if I wanted a sleeping tablet at 11.30 at night.

If you have any procedures in Spain remember that their timetable is different. They come round with tea at 11pm!

Finally one drain was removed and the other was left in. I had had enough of hospital and opted to go home.

The doctor gave me the ‘alta’ or permission to go home.

This gave me a huge boost. I was desperate to see my children and basically be in my own home.

I was given various instructions to follow and then had to wait for the results of the operation to see what the next step would be.

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Become a cougar to improve chances of having a baby WOMEN wanting a baby at over 40 could improve their chances of conceiving if they are with a younger man.

A study of women aged 40 and over found if her partner was aged 43 or above, her odds of giving birth plummeted as the combination of an older man’s sperm and an older woman’s eggs make it less likely to

conceive. Canadian researchers believe one solution is for older women to choose toy boys, whose sperm will be in better condition.

Michael Dahan, of McGill University in Montreal said: “It actually gives a biological argument for the cougar phenomenon.

Younger women’s eggs can fix any defects of genetic material of the

Pollution during pregnancy can harm children’s lungs POLLUTION during pregnancy may have consequences on the health of an unborn child.

Studies by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epide-

miology in Barcelona, found that the harmful effects of air pollutants affects the lungs of children of school age.

For their work the centre carried out a study with 1,295 pregnant women, in which exposure to air pollution was analysed and the lung capacity of their children measured for four and a half years.

The results showed that exposure to high levels of pollutants during pregnancy were associated with reduced lung function in children in respiratory tests.

sperm. But once a woman hits 40, that’s no longer true.”

OVER 40: Easier to conceive if you are with a younger man.

Cash incentives may be way to lose weight THE UK’s NHS is considering plans to pay people to lose weight.

The new scheme, which would only be available to workers, would see weight loss rewarded with cash or shopping vouchers in a bid to tackle the obesity crisis.

The amounts given are unclear but firms could also receive tax breaks from the Government and some funding to set up slimming or exercise classes, following suit with other countries which run similar schemes.

LOSE WEIGHT: And be rewarded for your efforts.

NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said workplace schemes to encourage weight loss

have been largely ignored despite success abroad adding that he personally managed to lose nearly

three stone thanks to an incentive scheme at his previous job with an American insurance firm.

Dr Sally Norton, a weight loss surgeon, added that these schemes would also boost productivity amongst staff: “Employers lose over £20 billion a year due to absenteeism, but the costs of reduced productivity due to ill-health may be three times higher. Being overweight increases the number of sickness days taken by 50 per cent.”

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Men are feeling more and more pressure to remove body hair WHILST once it was the preserve of elite athletes including professional cyclists or swimmers, it seems that more men are plucking up the courage to achieve a hair-free body.

Half of all British men say there is more pressure for men to remove or groom body hair following the example of sports stars.

For today’s modern man, hair removal has extended past a simple shave of the face.

Over the last 12 months, some 55 per cent of men say they have removed hair from their head, this is followed by the pubic region at 29 per cent, chest at 13 per cent, underarms at 12 per cent, back at 9 per cent, bottom at 6 per cent, arms at 5 per cent, legs at 4 per cent and feet 2 per cent.

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Just 30 per cent of men say they have not removed hair from their body in the last year.

Additionally, Mintel’s research highlights how Britain’s men are giving Cara a run for her money, with a quarter (25 per cent) admitting to removing hair from their eyebrows.

Charlotte Libby, Senior Beauty Analyst at market research firm Mintel said: “It is becoming increasingly commonplace for men, particularly under-30s, to remove hair from their body as behaviours once described as metrosexual are becoming increasingly mainstream.

“Major sporting events such as the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the media attention given to the swimming team and their hair-free bodies in particular, drew focus to male body hair removal.”

Overall, one in five (19 per cent) men claim they feel expected to remove hair from their torso, while around the same number (18 per

cent) say they feel the pressure to remove hair from their underarms and 13 per cent from their legs.

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PAINKILLING drug that is harmless to the cattle it is given to, but is deadly to vultures, could result in Spain’s vulture population facing a very real threat.

Vultures dining on the carcasses of animals containing a fatal drug resulted in the decimation of Asia’s vulture population, and experts are worried about the future of Spain’s vultures.

A report issued this month about the death of a Eurasian Griffon vulture found on an animal reserve in Andalucia two years ago shows that the bird had severe visceral gout, a condition consistent with the poisoned vultures of Asia.

Since the 1990s, vulture numbers in India have plummeted by 99 per cent – tens of millions of the birds died – and scientists

have linked this ecological disaster to kidney failure resulting from the feeding on carcasses of animals treated with a painkiller, diclofenac. Harmless to the cattle, the drug is fatal to the birds that feed on it.

The drug has since been banned in India and there is now hope for the scavenging birds of Asia, though the drug does still continue to be used illegally.

Andalucia’s dead bird is believed to have ingested flunixin, a similar drug to diclofenac.

However, earlier this year diclofenac was approved as a veterinary drug in Spain and Italy, and experts are worried not only for the safety of the vulture, but also the Golden eagle and the Spanish Imperial eagle.

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UNDER THREAT: A Eurasian Griffon vulture a breeding ground or part of the migration route for many different species of vulture, including the

Griffon vulture, the Egyptian vulture and the Black vulture. The Strait of Gibraltar is where many of

these birds pass during migration and the nearby Spanish town of Tarifa boasts a viewing station where visitors can watch these large, imposing raptors feed on the carcasses of dead animals.

However, experts warn that monitoring of these ‘carcass dumps’ is needed in Spain in order to quantify how many medicated carcasses end up as food for vultures and other scavengers.

The approval of the use of diclofenac has avian enthusiasts concerned due to the fact that Europe is the last refuge of Old World vultures (New World vultures are made up of different species).

In Africa, the vulture population has been in decline for some time and diclofenac practically wiped out the entire Asian vulture population.

The October report about the death of the vulture in Andalucia highlighted that “there is an urgent need to test the safety of drugs like flunixin in vultures in Europe”, but it’s already known that diclofenac has a deadly effect on the carnivorous bird.

Add flunixin into the mix, and Spain’s vultures could possibly go the way of Asia’s: virtual extinction.

Whenever venturing towards Gibraltar and the Costa de la Luz, it is a common sight to see the dark, looming shadows of vultures as they circle lazily high in the sky. It is a sight that conservationists, scientists and avian enthusiasts want to continue to see, but one that could be under real threat.

The astro forecast for November WHAT will you throw onto the bonfire this November?

As we move into the darkest period of the year, it is time to make peace with your past, enjoy the present, and expect the best for the future.

Between October 31 and November 2, the veil between this world and the next is said to be thinner. With Halloween and All Saints Day occurring over these days, it is a time to remember those who have passed, and to acknowledge the parts of yourself which need to be laid to rest. This is a time of death and rebirth. Only by recognising what aspects of yourself no longer serve you, will you be able to connect to the light of your soul.

All too often we are drawn off into a world of strong emotions and mental turmoil, but this month is giving you the opportunity to hear your soul’s song. What is your song and where is it taking you?

Bonfire Night falls on the eve of the full moon in Taurus. This is a particularly good time for clarity and cementing ideas.

Sally Trotman Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot. Each month she will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid increased self awareness.

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This steady earth sign is offering the opportunity to commit more fully, possibly to a new direction. Anything started around the full moon in this sign promises to be lasting and enduring.

November is the 11th month of the year. This master number is giving you the opportunity to see life from a different perspective and overcome fears. When added together the number 11 becomes 2. This represents partnership, balance, and duality. In the major arcana tarot, the second card in the deck is the High Priestess. This intuitive female is helping you to connect to your inner voice, wisdom and ancient knowledge.

The 11th card in the tarot

11TH MONTH: Moving into the darkest period of the year. deck is the card of Judgment.

Consider decisions carefully and use your intuition to guide you. There may even be a choice this month or fork in the road. If this is the case let your inner wisdom guide you and keep your long-term plans in sight. Whenever making a decision, ask yourself, will this take me a step closer to fulfilling my wishes? Go in a direction which excites you and

brings a feeling of inner strength.

The new moon in Sagittarius on November 22 will bring light relief from searching Scorpio.

This upbeat fire sign will restore a renewed sense of energy in the lead-up to Christmas. Enjoy the sociable, extrovert energies of Sagittarius. You may feel bolder and more confident under this influence, and this

may even be a good time to take a short trip. Whilst you may be hanging out for the feel-good vibes at the end of this month, the inner work must be done in order to reap the rewards.

So take time to reflect on your deepest yearnings as Scorpio will help you discover your own truth. Give thanks to this powerful sign for guiding you into the shadows of your psyche, for it is only when we delve into the dark that we can truly find our light.

Sally Trotman offers onehour guidance sessions via skype, working with Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot, as a tool to aid personal development.

Working intuitively, she will guide you to understand the more complex aspects of yourself so that you can bring your mind, body and spirit into alignment to create the life you desire and deserve.

Please visit her website for more information: www.sallytrotman.com 07944 744493

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It is getting colder - for your pets too!

NOW the temperature has dropped many older pets will be grateful for a warm bed.

You will notice your cats snuggling up inside and spending more time inside. Like us humans, wear and tear will lead to painful joints, aches and pains with age.

Your senior dog might have trouble getting up, stops during the walks, sits down all the time or is just reluctant to walk or play. Your senior cat will have difficulty jumping on your bed, sofa or chair and is lying around sleeping all the time.

They might appear to be incontinent as they are too sore to get up.

After a visit to the vet your pet might be prescribed an anti-

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This makes their lives easier and more fun.

Also they will move better therefore using the muscles they really need to keep going.

Sometimes these muscles need a little help with androgenic drugs.

Magnetic beds and collars have proven to have a beneficial effect.

This is the time of the year when you (re)start giving your senior pet the help it needs.

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Are you ready to have a dog?

OFTEN I am asked ‘What is the best age to get a dog for my children?

Cats and dogs are not toys, I recommend you reconsider when they are teenagers.

The decision to buy or to adopt a dog is not one that should be taken lightly. It is a serious commitment and there are several factors to consider. Are you really ready to have a dog? As fun as dogs can be, it is a serious decision. You are planning to take responsibility for a living creature that is completely dependent on you.

Dogs require food, shelter, DOGS: Some require more attention than others.

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health care, exercise, attention, love, time and money. If you’re not completely prepared to provide all of these things, you’re not yet ready to own a dog.

Your lifestyle should probably be one of the biggest factors to consider when planning to get a dog. All dogs require attention, but some need much more than others.

If left alone, these dogs

American catsits for stray in Fuengirola

By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch DEREK and Jenny love their villa by the sea, and until this spring they had lived there alone, without pets. Last April a stray cat began to visit at meal times. After several weeks they realised she was indeed a fixture in their lives, popping in daily for meals and cuddles.

When the time came to go on holiday they weren’t quite sure how to manage with this stray, that had become a much loved pet. After reading an article in their local newspaper they decided to register with a new service, an online network for pet owners and house sitters. There was a free introductory offer and so lost nothing by registering

to try it out. Within weeks they had a list of prospective sitters all keen for the month long housesit by the sea.

“I am writing to say that our holiday to Scotland, when we were away for nearly a month, went very smoothly, due in great part by our house sitter, namely Alison, all the way from Florida who did a fantastic job. Many thanks

to Ali and to HouseSitMatch for your help in making our holiday such a success,” Derek, Fuengirola, Spain.

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will not do so well and are more likely to destroy items in your home. The same can be said for exercise. Some dogs require much more time to run around, while others can get by with less physical activity. If you’re the type of person who is away from home more often than not, you should choose a dog that will manage well in your absence - independent breeds like Dachshunds, Mastiffs, or the Yorkshire Terrier.

Everyone loves puppies. They’re adorable. But how adorable will you think your puppy is when you find him in the middle of a mess that used to be your favourite pair of shoes.

Puppies, like babies, require an enormous amount of attention and effort - from housebreaking and socialising to teaching acceptable manners. If you don’t have the time to keep a steady training schedule, perhaps you should look into getting an adult dog. However, adult dogs can come with their own ‘baggage.’

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Olive trees have so many benefits

MANY readers will have one or two olive trees and a few will be lucky enough to have healthy high yielding olive groves. But not everyone makes maximum use of their benefits, so I review them in this week’s column. Brainstorming I could think of 15. They are described below.

1. They are interesting evergreen trees especially if pruned annually in January or February to keep their shape and open up the centre to let the air in to prevent olives from rotting.

2. Hundred, 1,000 and 2,000 year old trees add majesty and special interest to any garden. If you have several do keep them and

Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner

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

OLIVE GROVE: Olive trees are part of Spain’s dwindling heritage. don’t be tempted to sell them abroad as the millennium plus ones are part of Spain’s dwindling heritage.

3. If you have just one or two you can harvest the olives each autumn and pickle them for eating as described in ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain.’

The most popular process is as follows. a. Soak olives in cold water for five to six weeks changing the water every few days. This extracts the bitter taste of raw olives. b. Then collect a bunch of thyme leaves preferably

the round leaved pebrella variety. c. Prepare brine by two thirds filling a saucepan or bowl with lukewarm water, then adding salt tablespoon by tablespoon and whisking to dissolve it until a fresh egg floats towards the surface rather than lying on the bottom. d. Then fill jars with olives with a few thyme leaves between every two or three layers. Fill the packed jars with brine and float two or three carob leaves on the surface. Seal the jars and place in a cool dark place for three to six months.

e. When you want to try your olives, open a jar and remove some olives into a bowl and rinse them with cold water to remove excess salt. You can then eat them raw or improve the flavour by adding a selection of rosemary and thyme leaves, oregano leaves, anise seeds, sesame seeds, chopped garlic, slivers of orange and lemon rind, or honey and then just covering with olive oil. Stir the mixture, cover the bowl with kitchen paper and set to one side for a couple of days.

4. If you can harvest 200 kilos or more, or add to a

neighbour’s larger harvest, you can take your olives to an olive mill to have them processed into olive oil.

5. The shape and leaf cover is attractive to nesting birds such as blackbirds.

6. Pruned thick suckers and strong thin branches can be used to repair old wicker baskets.

7. Remove long thick branches when doing a major pruning.

8. Dried twigs are useful when lighting a log fire or log burning stove due to the oil in the woods.

9. Likewise olive logs are excellent to establish a good strong fire.

10. Thick logs are also excellent for wood turning if that is your hobby.

11. A line of olive trees or a thick grove makes a good privacy and security screen.

12. Being evergreen olive trees make good wind and rain breaks.

13. A mature tree can offer deep shade.

14. Young seedlings/ saplings can be trained into interesting bonsais.

15. To help you enjoy your olive trees for many a year, add a few olive leaves to your morning herbal infusion. The ingredients in olive leaves are said to have anti-aging, antibiotic, antioxidant, anticancerous properties. I started to add leaves to herbal infusions a few days a week after my cancer scare 20 years ago.

This was the stimulus to writing the book ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’.

Incidentally this book will be published in Spanish before Christmas and will join the English version on the bookshelves of Amazon Books. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com October 2014

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Goldman buying in Spain MULTINATIONAL investment banking giants Goldman Sachs is in talks to buy a portfolio of 38 Spanish properties.

Bloomberg has reported that the Goldman Sachs Group is negotiating with Bankia for the sale of around €300 million worth of Madrid-based property.

The portfolio, called ‘Lakes,’ is made up of 27 apartment blocks and 11 office properties.

Last year Goldman Sachs spent €201 million on a portfolio of Spanish property.

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Low interest rates here to stay for home buyers HOME buyers in Spain can take advantage of historically low mortgage interest rates.

In the UK the property market recovery has been encouraged by the low interest rates, and mortgages in the Eurozone remain at historic lows with signs

that foreign banks are opening up more to lending to foreign buyers in 2014.

“In Spain, for example, banks realise that foreigners are vital to the revival of the property market in certain areas of the country and are willingly

offering up to 75 per cent loan to value mortgages to qualifying applicants,” said Angelos Koutsoudes, Head of the Overseas Guides Company.

“Right now, rates in Spain for a lower value mortgage are typically between 3 to 3.5 per cent, pegged to the Euribor rate and updated annually higher LTV purchases will get even better rates, as low as 2 per cent.

And in France, fixed rates start at around just 3 per cent, making it a cheap time to buy there.

MORTGAGE RATES: Banks are offering up to 75%.

“Using a broker, rather than going direct to a foreign bank, often will save buyers money as well as time and stress.

“Not only will a good, English-speaking broker guide clients through the application process, they will also have good relationships with certain banks and frequently be able to

offer foreign clients better deals than if they went direct to the lending bank.

“Buyers should also consider how they will service a foreign mortgage, and if using sterling-based income to service it, speaking to a specialist currency firm to avoid financial losses here is highly advisable.”

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JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB

Bridge articles by “NEVER play cards with strangers for money,” was the advice mothers gave to their sons as they set out to make their way in the world.

Many ignored this counsel, as this hand, used by cardsharps on the riverboats, attests. Whist was played then but it works for bridge. Cover up all the hands except South’s, which is yours:

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lost that sum on this hand (at that time you could double and redouble ad infinitum.) You can see that a diamond lead holds South to six tricks in hearts, nine in spades or 10 in clubs.

The Duke of Cumberland Hand:

♠J9876 ♥♦876 ♣109876

♠AKQ ♥AKQJ109 ♦♣AKQJ

How much would you bet that South cannot make a game in any contract? $10,000? An unsuspecting punter is reputed to have

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♠AKQ ♥AKQJ ♦AK ♣KJ97

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The Mississippi Heart Hand (and others):

♠105432 ♥♦5432 ♣5432 ♠♥8765432 ♦AKQJ109 ♣-

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was dealer and became declarer after announcing that clubs (the last card was turned up) as trumps. The Duke (South) in accordance with the established precepts at the time, led the 7♣, in order to shorten the opponent’s trumps and stop them ruffing his high cards.

West covered with the 8♣ and the card-sharps then bet him £20,000 (about £2 million now) he would not take a trick. Remember, in Whist no hand is exposed, so it should have been obvious that something was up!

However, he accepted the bet.

The play: having won with the 8♣, W leads a diamond, ruffed by E, who

returns a club, W covering whatever S plays. Another diamond is led back and ruffed by E, who leads his last club. W overtakes, cashes the last trump and runs his established diamonds for 13 tricks.

In Ian Fleming’s book Moonraker, James Bond plays a similar hand against Sir Hugo Drax, who has been spotted cheating at bridge at M’s club.

This is the club’s way of letting the villain know he’s been rumbled.

Bond, pretending to be drunk, opens “7♣”.

The unsuspecting Drax doubles and Bond redoubles, including the side bets. Drax loses £15,000

We play duplicate four days a week, starting at 15.00 (arrive by 14.45 please). Monday – no fear, Tuesday & Friday – open, Wednesday – host system, so you will be assured of a partner. On Thursday – lessons.

We’d like our articles to be interactive so if you have bridge-related comments, problems, etc, send them to: questions@javea bridgeclub.com and we’ll do our best to answer.

Suspended for just doing their jobs Cassandra Nash

Safer choice

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

THE Gurtel corruption case sounded the death knell to Baltasar Garzon’s career as a judge. He ordered wiretaps of conversations between remanded prisoners and their lawyers, but for his pains Garzon was found guilty by his fellow judges of abusing his authority and was suspended for 11 years.

Another judge, Elpidio Jose Silva, also heard the tocsin after twice remanding Miguel Blesa, the former chairman of Caja Madrid. The examining judge ordered Blesa’s arrest while investigating losses resulting from Caja Madrid’s purchase of a Florida bank in 2008. He also attempted to probe a Caja Madrid loan to Gerardo Diaz Ferran, once head of Spain’s Confederation of Business Owners.

Ferran, whose

RODRIGO RATO: Is in the sights of the judge. businesses were all bankrupted, is now imprisoned for concealing assets and moneylaundering. He was also a Caja Madrid board member.

Blesa was released from prison on both occasions, but Silva was eventually suspended for 17 years for ‘violating his constitutional rights and those of Diaz Ferran.’

BLESA’S successor at Caja Madrid, which later evolved into Bankia, was Rodrigo Rato, a former Economy Minister and managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

Rato, like Blesa before him, had practically limitless credit on a card that he was never expected to repay. He too is in sights of judge Fernando Andreu who set off the whole shooting works by investigating Bankia, which later needed nationalisation and a €22 billion government rescue. Interestingly, former president of the Spanish government Jose Maria Aznar once considered naming Rato as his successor. Aznar instead chose Mariano Rajoy who was safer, sounder and never known for flashing the cash.

Blesa is once more in the news. Together with 82 other Caja Madrid and Bankia executives, he lived high off the hog with an opaque Caja Madrid credit card for ‘expenses,’ a euphemism for undeclared earnings.

Once more he is under investigation but still at large.

Messengers like Garzon and

Silva don’t get shot these days, but they do find themselves out of a job even - or especially when their suspicions are proved correct.

Own safety THE proposed Public Safety Law is feared only by “the

violent and criminals” according to the Interior Ministry.

That is not strictly true, as it is also feared by those who want to retain hard-won freedoms like the right to protest.

Many of this law’s critics are unlikely ever to demonstrate or want to, but they know that restricting that right is the first step towards protecting politicians, not the public.

Hair today PABLO IGLESIA who heads newly-hatched Podemos revealed that he is after the centre vote, a seemingly impossible task.

The politically disaffected and disenchanted made Podemos the third most-voted party in last May’s European elections.

If he starts two-timing them he’ll alienate them without managing to attract the centre.

Unless he cuts off his ponytail, that is.

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Audi demonstrated its latest ‘piloted driving’ car The Audi RS 7 with a lap on the Grand Prix track in Hockenheim - at racing speed, without a driver.

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Inflatable rear seatbelt to make debut on Mondeo FORD Motor Company’s groundbreaking Inflatable Rear Seatbelt which combines attributes of an airbag and a conventional seatbelt will make its European debut on the all-new Mondeo later this year.

Ford’s Inflatable Rear Seatbelt is designed to reduce head, neck and chest injuries for rear-seat passengers,

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“We’ve tested the system extensively using our entire crash test

dummy family and it offers extra protection over the standard rear seatbelt system,” said Joerg Doering, core engineering seatbelts engineer, Ford of Europe. “Bringing together the attributes of an airbag and a seatbelt is a significant development.”

The inflatable belts operate like conventional seatbelts in everyday use and, in Ford’s research, more than 90 per cent of those who tested the inflatable seatbelts found them to be similar to or more comfortable than a conventional belt because power:of 160 kW/218 PS. they feel padded and softer.

For the first time in the The technology was first Passat is the City offered on the 2011 Ford Emergency Braking Explorer in the US and function with Pedestrian proved immediately Monitoring, Trailer Assist, popular, with 40 per cent of Traffic Assist and buyers choosing the option.

Emergency Assist.

As with an airbag, Ford’s The new Passat is the Inflatable Rear Seatbelt is first Volkswagen with an activated when crash Active Info Display and sensors detect an accident. head-up display.

This forces compressed gas Prices in Spain start at out of a cylinder housed €26,510 up to €46,950 for below the rear seat, the diesel powered Variant through the buckle and into SPORT 2.0 TDI. the belt and is deployed in It is the 8th generation less than 40 milliseconds. of the model, which has It will also be available sold 22 million units since on the new Ford Edge 1973, and is the Group's which makes its European number one seller. debut in 2015.

New Volkswagen Passat launched onto the Spanish marketplace VOLKSWAGEN’s new Passat is available to order in Spain. Unveiled in Potsdam in July, it has since been officially launched in Germany and now Spain, amongst other European countries.

The new Passat comes with an array of driver assistance systems previously only available in more expensive cars.

Its 240-PS diesel flagship with DSG and allwheel drive consumes just 5.3.ltrs of fuel per 100km.

Helping that fuel consumption figure is that the new Passat is lighter than its predecessor. Its

lightweight design has meant VW managed to shave up to 85 kilos off the car, meaning better performance and economy.

Combined with engines new to the model range which are up to 20 per cent more fuel efficient, significant savings in fuel costs can be made by owners.

The most powerful diesel in the Passat is a new fourcylinder TDI delivering 176 kW/240 PS. Fuel consumption: 5.3 l/100 km.

And from 2015 the vehicle will be offered as the Passat GTE with a plug-in hybrid drive with

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Real Madrid are classic, Sakho in seventh heaven, statue for Wharton Tony Matthews

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

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THIS WEEKEND’S SPORTING ACTION * Football… On Sunday it’s the Manchester derby, City-United at The Etihad Stadium and Aston Villa v Tottenham. Saturday’s PL matches are Arsenal-Burnley, leaders Chelsea-QPR, EvertonSwansea, Hull-Southampton (second), Leicester-WBA, Newcastle-Liverpool and StokeWest Ham while Crystal Palace meet Sunderland on Monday. In the SPL we have Celtic-Inverness CT, Hamilton-Partick and Kilmarnock-Dundee. * F1 drivers and crews are in

Roll up for rugby From back page strong Valencian Ladies team, while La Vila’s second team beat Castellon, 35-17, and the under 16s lost against Denia, away.

Last week also saw the first Mini Rugby meeting at Villajoyosa Rugby Club.

More than 150 boys and girls took part, representing the future of Alicante Rugby.

La Vila are still looking for players for their second senior team which plays in the local Alicante league.

The club also run women’s rugby and U18’s, U16’s, U14’s, U12’s, U10’s and U8’s teams. Training has already started, but new players are always welcome.

Find La Vila Rugby Club at Carretera El Pantano, Villajoyosa, about 1 kilometre from motorway AP-7 exit Nº 66.

Austin, Texas, for the USA Grand Prix, but Caterham (in administration) and Marussia (struggling financially) will not be taking part.

Soccer round-up * John Terry made his record 430th PL appearance for Chelsea, who drew 1-1 at Manchester United. Mamadou Sakho scored for the seventh game running as West Ham beat Manchester City 2-1; Swansea beat Leicester 2-0 in the first-ever top flight game between the clubs; and Arsenal’s second goal in the 2-0 win at struggling Sunderland was their 1,500th in the PL. * In the Championship, Bournemouth recorded their biggest-ever League win, defeating Birmingham 8-0 at St Andrew’s; Derby lost at home for the first time, beaten 2-1 by Wigan, and Wolves won 2-1 at Leeds who quickly sacked their third manager this term, Darko Milanic after 32 days in charge,

leaving them looking for their 15th boss since 2004. * Hamilton lost in the SPL for the first time, 2-0 at Dundee while Hearts and Hibs drew 1-1 in the Edinburgh derby.

SPORT IN BRIEF * England’s Rugby League team beat Samoa 32-26 in their Four Nations opener in Australia. They play the hosts next. * Exhausted Andy Murray, winner of his last two tournaments in Vienna and Valencia, is now guaranteed a place in the lucrative APT finals at London’s O2 Arena. * A 16ft bronze statue of the world's first black professional footballer, goalkeeper Arthur Wharton, has been unveiled at the FA's national football centre.

Strong win for Winter League IN their first home game of the season the BBC Winter League bowlers won on all five rinks, to record a very impressive 12 - 0 victory against an in-form Bonalba side, securing a positive shot difference of +72.

BBC Tigers visited the Javea Green Opals in the Northern League and found them to be in good form and could only manage to secure two points. Their Challenger team also lost 929.

BBC Lions were away to Finca Guila where they managed a very good win to come away with 8 points to 2, while the Jaguars were at home to their close neighbours, Javea Green Onyx, and they also gained a win and 8 points.

Lions Challengers also won their match 18-8 and the Jaguars continued their winning ways by drawing 15 each.

On a glorious sunny Sunday, 23 visitors from Keyworth Bowls Club from the Nottingham area played out a match of six rinks, with some of the visitors initially finding the speed of the surface a challenge.

The home side came out ahead on five rinks and drew on one, however everyone enjoyed themselves and the Keyworth President presented a splendid pennant to the club.

El clasico Last weekend, having whipped Liverpool at Anfield in the CL, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in El Clasico, and I’ll be blunt, Luis Suarez was rubbish! Cristiano Ronaldo’s opener, his 21st goal of the season, was the first goal conceded by Barca in 755 minutes of La Liga action.

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Stunning rugby SUNDAY November 2 sees a crucial game for Rugby La Vila, at 12.30, when they play against Cugat Barcelona.

La Vila needs to win if they are to stand a chance of reaching the play-offs. Last season, Barcelona beat La Vila in the last minute of the last game of the season, meaning La Vila missed out on a play-off spot to go into the top division.

The club is asking for

LA VILA: Promise ‘high voltage’ rugby this Sunday. people to support the team at the match, and in return they are

promising a 'high voltage' performance.

Tickets are €5 per person with under 12s free. The under 16s play on Saturday, kicking off at noon, with admission free.

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