Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 4 - 10 December 2014 Issue 1535

ISSUE NO. 1535

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New arrival A NEW species of orangutan has arrived at the Rio Safari Park in Elche. The eightyear-old male is from Bioparc in Fuengirola near Malaga. This species originates from Borneo and there are only 20 of its kind in Spain.

Jobs boost ALBATERA is implementing its third Employment Workshop, which will aim to hire 37 workers on a sixmonth contract.

Employment programmes in the town currently attract more than €400,000 in grants and contributions.

Best tapas ORIHUELA’S tapas route saw El Tapeo de Gus win best tapas dish.

Thirty-nine establishments took part and more than 30,000 tapas were sold.

Irrigation theft A MAN has been arrested for stealing irrigation equipment from farms in San Isidro, Albatera, Catral and Elche, worth an estimated €164,000.

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Helping keep families at risk off the streets A PLAN to help some of the thousands of people at risk of losing their homes and being thrown onto the streets has been drawn up.

The council in Cieza, Murcia, has decided to take steps to ‘guarantee citizens’ rights to housing’.

Councillors also decided that water, electricity and gas supplies were a basic need which all citizens must have access to. Now the council will establish

regulations to guarantee access to the basics for families in need.

A motion passed at the December plenary session included the creation of a

British visitors spend more SPENDING by foreign tourists in the Valencia Region has grown.

In the first 10 months of the year, foreign visitors spent €4.86 billion on their trips, representing an increase of 3.1 per cent over the same period of 2013.

The Tourism Expenditure Survey reported that in October, tourist spending totalled €513 million, up 8.2 per cent compared to October 2013. Nationally the month also saw an increase of 7 per cent compared to last year.

The survey, released by the Ministry of Industry, said the increase was due to a greater influx of visitors as the average expenditure per tourist suffered a slight decrease of 0.4 per cent to €967. The average amount spend per day was €109.

Travellers from the UK, France and Asia were the biggest spenders. Between January and October this year, British tourists spend €11.65 million in the region, 6.5 per cent more than last year.

Municipal Home Project to develop and regulate measures to cover emergency housing requirements.

Lists of people at risk of eviction will be produced to guarantee their basic needs are covered and a register will be drawn up of empty properties repossessed by banks and financial entities to be used as temporary housing.

The council has promised to ask judges to suspend eviction orders for homes where mortgage repayments are in arrears and create a public housing estate to re-house evictees at minimum rent.

Municipal legal advice services will collaborate with evictees to provide adequate protection against loss of homes. In addition, projects to halt evictions of families with children and protocol revisions for Social Services were also approved.

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INDEX News 1 - 34 Finance 35 - 40 Letters 41 Leapy Lee 61 Daily TV 42, 44, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70 Time Out 71 - 74 Health & Beauty 76 - 79 Food 81 - 84 Homes & Gardens 86 - 87 Services 93 - 97 Classifieds 98 - 100 Motoring 101 - 102 Sport 103 - 104

CLOSED: Ciudad de la Luz would be full and generate income, according to Ridley Scott.

Ridley Scott queries film studio closure

DIRECTOR Ridley Scott has criticised the closing of the Ciudad de la Luz in Alicante.

Ahead of the release of his new film Exodus: Gods and Kings, he lamented the closure of the film studios in an interview, saying: “Are they crazy? Do you have the best studio in the world and not use it? It makes no sense.” Scott argued against running costs being an issue, commenting that if it was open it would be fully occupied

due to its good location, size and tax breaks for filming in Europe. “In London there are so many shoots happening, you cannot find a free set. I do not understand what is happening in Spain,” he said.

Scott spent time in Alicante Province filming scenes for The Counsellor, starring Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz, which was released in 2013.

Couple cleared of neglect after leaving baby in car A JUDGE in Alicante said he could find no evidence of an offence having been committed by a couple who left their baby in a van whilst they went shopping.

The parents were arrested after leaving their four-month-old baby in their van in the car park at the Puerta de Alicante.

A shopper alerted a security guard

that the infant was alone in the vehicle, and he called the police.

The judge said for a crime of neglect to be confirmed, there needed to be a malicious disruption in the care of the

child, which he considered was not the case in this instance.

However, he did comment that the parents’ behaviour was reprehensible from a moral and civic point of view.

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NEWS Exit tax for wealthy THE Spanish Government has brought in a new regime for tax residents who quit the country on shares they own, whether or not they sell them.

As part of the fiscal reforms of the government, the wealthy are being targeted by the socalled ‘exit tax’.

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Car accident A GIRL was hit by a car in the centre of Elche as she was crossing the road. The six yearold was taken to Vinalopo Hospital with injuries to her leg.

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A property boost for Elche APPROXIMATELY 24 per cent of homes in Elche are empty or are second homes and, therefore, uninhabited for part of the year.

The latest building report prepared by the city, states that 12 per cent of households in the town are empty, while virtually the same percentage are officially considered second

homes. Compared to data for 2011, the number of empty and second homes has declined.

Elche has also increased fivefold the approval of new homes being built or renovated, during the first half of 2014, compared with the same period last year.

From January to June 2013, 30 building permits were

requested and during the same period this year, the number of licences requested was 173.

Councillor for Town Planning, Vicente Granero, welcomed the information saying there was a clear shift towards Elche.

“There are more people residing in Elche and building which, overall, is positive news,” he commented.

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WRECKAGE from a fishing boat which sank off El Campello was spotted near the shore following the recent bad weather. The remains will be salvaged to prevent any fuel spillage.

Santa’s house ALICANTE’S annual House of Santa Claus, opens tomorrow, Friday December 5, in its new location of the Plaza Seneca. It will remain open until January 6.

Cancer run SPECTACLE: Fair is dedicated to Andalucian horses and their versatility.

Equine beauty and discipline on show

Boat fire A FIRE broke out in the engine of a small boat at Torrevieja’s Marina Internacional, causing a minor fuel spillage.

Lottery drop LOTTERY spending has fallen in Alicante Province. The crisis and the proliferation of online gambling are being attributed to the drop.

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THIRTY-SIX illegal electricity hook-ups have been discovered and disconnected in Elda.

Owners face prison sentences if convicted.

Weather warning FORTY-NINE litres of rain fell in four hours on Sunday in northern areas of Alicante Province. The area was on yellow alert for heavy rains.

HIV testing OVER 30 per cent of HIV cases go undiagnosed in the Valencia Region. To mark World HIV Day, Minister for Health Manuel Llombart said a pilot scheme was being introduced to bring HIV testing into primary care.

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Food drive FOOD BANK volunteers collected around 400,000kg of food last weekend across Alicante Province at supermarkets and stores to give to families in need.

Four stars GUARDAMAR'S Meridonial Hotel, this year celebrating its 40th anniversary, will re-open in March 2015 after being upgraded to a four-star hotel.

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URE-BRED Spanish horses take centre stage in the southern city renowned for its equestrian heritage in early December each year, wowing visitors with spectacular performances and equine beauty.

The International PRE Horse Fair (SICAB) is currently taking place in Sevilla until December 7, a trade fair which attracts more than 240,000 visitors and one of the most important on the equestrian calendar. Andalucian horses - known as Pura Raza Español (PRE) or Spanish pure-breeds - are celebrated during the week-long festivities with displays of their beauty and discipline.

SICAB has become the most important singlethemed horse trade fair in the world, dedicated

Quote of the Week In Europe, people go to the Mediterranean coast. I visited Spain, it is very hot and humid in summer. I think Uganda would be a better destination than some of those destinations,’ said Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, who claims his country is promoted as having “only some chimpanzees and so on.”

exclusively to PREs. Dressage, show-jumping, carriage-driving, bareback riding, prancing and dancing are all part of this unique fair focused entirely on the Andalucian ‘horse of kings’.

Strongly built, with long, thick manes and tails, the Andalucian is a horse of such beauty that it regularly features in major Hollywood movies, usually historical and fantasy epics. All living Andalucians trace their heritage to just a small number of horses bred by religious orders in the 18th and 19th centuries, thus making them particularly special and much sought-after in the world of horse trading.

For more information on the SICAB event in Sevilla, visit www.sicab.org.

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Number of the week

€120

MILLION is the amount pledged by Spain to the UN-backed Green Climate Fund to help developing countries respond to climate change and promote low carbon development. So far, the fund has raised nearly €8 billion.

MORE than 6,500 people defied the rain on Sunday to take part in Elche’s solidarity run against cancer, organised by the Association of Women Affected by Breast Cancer.

Tree arrives THE Christmas tree, funded by the Nordic community since the 1960s, has arrived in Torrevieja. The traditional lighting of the tree in the Plaza de la Constitucion is of cultural importance between the nationalities.

Lighting up ORIHUELA COSTA turns on its Christmas lights tomorrow, Friday December 5, at 6pm outside the town hall in Playa Flamenca. Orihuela City will turn its on at 8pm.

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Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale has revealed that he is fluent in Spanish swear words. The Welshman has been having weekly Spanish lessons since moving to Spain, and when asked if fluent, he replied: “In swear words I am. I certainly understand the team talk as long as the manager doesn’t talk too quickly.”

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Nurse is attacked by psychotic patient A NURSE required medical attention after she was attacked by a patient with Hepatitis C and HIV at San Vicente Hospital.

The 50-year-old man is believed to have had a psychotic outburst when he attacked the nurse.

He was later sedated as the nurse was taken to Alicante General hospital but was not at risk from either Hepatitis or HIV as she had not been in contact with the patient’s blood.

The patient is known for insulting the nurses, making inappropriate comments, but he had never been violent before. He is due to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital.

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Drugs bust on the motorway POLICE in Murcia and Alicante carried out a joint operation which saw the arrest of three people who had more than seven kilos of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of a car seat.

They were intercepted by police on the AlicanteMadrid motorway near El Rebolledo after being spotted travelling at high speeds.

Officers discovered seven packets of cocaine hidden

HIDDEN: Drugs were found in car seats. in compartments within the dashboard and rear seats.

The driver, passenger and a woman were arrested.

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Black Friday: is apt after violent scenes

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E saw the usual chaotic scenes on Black Friday in the United States last week, with frenzied shoppers coming to blows as they viciously fought each other over bargains the day after giving thanks for all that they already have.

These unfortunate scenes are now - sadly - a regular occurrence in the UK too, and several shops in Britain witnessed full-scale mayhem, where in some instances the police had to be called to restore peace. To see the carry-on of some of these bargain-hunters verbally and physically abusing other shoppers and staff makes the stomach turn. Sure, we all love a good bargain, but to feel the need to become a screaming thug willing to hurt somebody else over a reduced-price television set is really quite distressing.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are gradually gaining traction in other parts of the world since their birth in America. In Spain - a relative newcomer to the party some stores put on Black Friday deals this year in order to attract extra business, but there was nothing like the distasteful scenes we have become accustomed to in the US, and now in the UK. But who’s to say that this will last? As Black Friday becomes more of a tradition and gains in popularity, a future visit to - for example - El Corte Ingles or Zara could become a violent free-for-all as Spaniards feel the need to emulate their American and British counterparts. But let’s hope that common sense and decency prevail, and that we don’t start witnessing the kind of anarchy associated with Black Friday in other countries.

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Couple are jailed for abuse of housekeeper AN ALICANTE couple has been jailed for assaulting their housekeeper.

The Court of Alicante sentenced the husband to two-and-a-half years in prison for sexual assault offences whilst his wife was sentenced to a year for allowing the violation to happen and for filming it.

The prosecution was calling for 24 and 21 years imprisonment respectively.

The victim was abused after becoming housekeeper for the couple.

She escaped their property after five days and recorded her statement prior to the hearing as she had returned to Equatorial Guinea and therefore could not return to Spain to testify.

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BLACK FRIDAY: Shoppers enjoyed discounts.

Black Friday in Alicante

WHILST it may have been without the crowds and fights reported in the UK, Black Friday arrived on the Costa Blanca.

In Torrevieja, 75 businesses joined the initiative through APYMECO business group, offering sales throughout the day with stores across the province joining the popular shopping day imported from the USA offering anything from 10 to 70 per cent off the purchase price.

Black Friday is a tradition in America where stores heavily discount items after Thanksgiving celebrations and to mark the start of the Christmas shopping period.

HANDLES from street doors to apartment building in Alicante City’s Calle del Teatro have been stolen.

One resident complained that in one night thieves took nearly every metal door knob in the street for their copper, brass and lead content.

Thieves struck doing the same thing a year ago.

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Mayor claims she still has support INFORMAL opinion polls in Alicante are still showing support for the city’s mayor Sonia Castedo, despite her alleged involvement in corruption cases and ongoing investigations.

Speaking during the last

plenary meeting, Castedo said the polls ahead of next May’s elections were “more than favourable” towards her and that she was still capable of commanding an overall majority.

However, Castedo is

Acid attack victim was wrong target A SCIENTIST in Valencia lost the sight in one eye after having acid thrown in his face.

The young man was with friends on the terrace of a city bar when acid was thrown at him. His friends raced after the attacker who jumped into the passenger seat of a car.

They were able to memorise the number plate which led to police tracking down and arresting the attacker and three other family members.

After questioning it was found that one of them, a woman, had told the man to carry out the attack but he had wrongly identified the intended target.

unlikely to keep her position. Alberto Fabra, President of Valencia’s Regional Government, has made it clear that anyone likely to stand trial for corruption would be excluded from voting lists and being listed as a candidate.

100 Murcia banks close MORE than 100 banks have closed in the last year in Murcia Region.

According to the Regional Confederation of Organisations, 110 branches have closed across the 45 municipalities showing that, ‘the sector still faces great difficulties and is adjusting its size.’

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Insurer fined for not detecting cancer COMPENSATION of €110,000 has been awarded to the family of a woman who died from a cancer which was misdiagnosed.

A court in Alicante

ordered a medical insurer to pay the family as the adequate tests were not conducted at the start and months later, she was still subject to misdiagnosis.

The patient, aged 50 with

Torrevieja disabled taxis lead the way TORREVIEJA has the highest number of taxis adapted for disabled users in the Valencia Region.

There are 15 adapted vehicles allowing for wheelchair access, representing 17.4 per cent of the licensed taxis.

Orihuela has five vehicles (8.1 per cent) and Elche 10 (5.7 per cent).

Taxi rates for 2015 have been approved and confirmed with a regular flat rate during the day of €3.36 per trip, plus €1.02 per kilometre and a minimum trip fee of €3.50.

During weekends and holidays, the rate rises to €4.37 plus €1.29 per kilometre.

two children, first went to her GP in summer 2009 when a smoker’s cough was diagnosed. It was not until November 2010, when she lost consciousness in the street, that metastatic lesions in the brain causing lung cancer were discovered.

The judge said that earlier diagnosis could have led to patient survival.

Fraud cost THE annual direct economic cost of corruption in the Valencia Region is thought to exceed €900 million, while in Spain it is estimated at €10 billion, equivalent to 0.97 per cent of GDP.

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Murcia’s jobless toll drops MURCIA’S unemployment levels fell in November for the first time in eight years.

There were 836 fewer people on the unemployment register, bringing the total number of people without work to 142,651, according to data from the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

Of the 836 people, more than 500 found work in the agricultural sector.

During the first 11 months of the year, unemployment fell by 3,821 people.

However, it was a different scene in Alicante Province where 1,370 more unemployed were registered in November.

The Valencia Region recorded a decrease of 6,763 people, but Alicante rose by 0.67 per cent.

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Almost half Alicante homes fail energy test ALMOST half of the homes built in Alicante Province would not pass the energy efficiency test required by the European Commission.

At present, 44 per cent of existing homes, 556,045 properties, receive the ‘G’ energy rating; the worst of the seven levels making up the

certificate which was set by the European Commission in June 2013 to minimise CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. Most of the homes in the ‘G’ rating were built before 1980 without energy efficient standards and without insulation against the cold, heat or noise.

As from 2020, European legislation states that all homes to be built have to be fully shielded to avoid environmental impacts and must reach the ‘A’ grade energy efficiency standard.

Ninety per cent of the energy certificates made across the whole Valencia Region are classed in groups ‘E,’ ‘F’ and ‘G.’

Pain treatment pioneered

ELCHE’S General Hospital has launched a pioneering technique to diagnose and treat back pain.

The technique is unique to the province and so far has only taken place in the Hospital La Fe in Valencia and 20 other Spanish hospitals.

The endoscopic surgical procedure, carried out THE walkway along Playa Los Locos in under sedation, is a Torrevieja is closed after the collapse of minimally invasive visualaccess stair cases and balustrades. isation of the epidural The areas has been sealed off as stairs and space and is used to ramps have been battered and worn by the diagnose and treat sea over time and come into a state of patients with chronic disrepair. lower back pain that is The area will be closed throughout next unresponsive to convenweek as repair work commences. tional treatment.

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New HIV cases fall

THE number of new cases of HIV recorded in the Murcia Region has fallen.

Last year 87 people were diagnosed with the virus that triggers AIDS, a fall compared to the previous year, confirming a downward trend that began in 2010 when 121 cases were detected.

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Umpire on drugs charges A BRITISH golf umpire has been arrested for drug trafficking.

The man, a resident in Sucina, Murcia, was due to officiate at a tournament in Tarragona when he was arrested by police, along with another British man and a woman from New Zealand.

More than five kilogrammes of drugs were seized by police and customs officials. The recreational drug mescaline is believed to have arrived from Peru, headed for the UK, where it would have been enough for more than 300,000 doses with a street value of up to €30 million.

Police launched the operation after intercepting a suspect package at Madrid Barajas Airport, headed for Murcia, where they tracked down the receiver.

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Rain floods court days after refit RECENT rain flooded three court rooms of the Provincial Court in Alicante.

The rain flooded rooms overlooking the newly remodelled building, pointing to an error in the connection of the down pipe to remove the water, which caused it to seep

in to the ceiling area, resulting in roofing and plaster coming down. A large stone also fell on to the table where the bailiffs usually sit during trials, but the room was not being used at the time.

The damage occurred just days after masons left the building following renovation work that began in June 2013, and the official inauguration was due to take place this week by the Regional Government of Valencia.

The President of the Provincial Court, Vicente Magro, said such incidents were normal in HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Mayor of Torrevieja presents a newly finished project Concha with flowers on her 100th birthday. and work performed is still under warranty for a period of 10 years.

He said: “The sooner the TORREVIEJA resident, Concha Torregrosa Carbonel, known to her friends as ‘Concha la Chenta,’ has problems are detected the celebrated her 100th birthday. Mayor Eduardo Dolon sooner we can implement presented her with a bouquet of flowers as she solutions.”

There was no damage celebrated with her family, including two daughters, four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and her brother. to records or equipment.

Birthday bouquet

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Business prize for Santa Pola SANTA POLA, through its Local Development Agency (ADL), has received first prize for Entrepreneurial Institution in the Region.

At an event in Valencia to mark Entrepreneur Day 2014, manager of the ADL, Jose Mazon Gamborino, accepted the award which recognises the organisation for developing the best plan of action to promote and assist entrepreneurs.

Mazon said the award was in recognition of the work done for entrepreneurs and, “represents a further incentive to continue working for our town.”

In 2014 the Santa Pola ADL offered start-up advice to 457 people looking at running their own business or becoming self employed.

Of these, 51 have gone on to create companies, generating 84 jobs.

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Elche winning war on palm beetle ELCHE appears to be winning the war on the Red Palm Weevil; the beetle that attacks and kills palm trees.

A municipal board meeting about the palms said that, since 2011, only five palm trees have fallen because of the red weevil and all were located outside of the city’s heritage area. However, the board said they did not have the data on the number of trees that have fallen this year, and the

number of palms damaged or destroyed is “protected information” according to the regional department. Councillor for Public Roads, Manuel Rodriguez, said that despite not having these figures, “the palm weevil has decreased.”

Over €1.2 million is annually allocated to tackle the weevil and treat palms, employing 49 people for such tasks. In 2008, there were 13 workers.

Broken lift halts Uni advice disabled access THE lift down to the beach of Punta Prima is currently out of service with users claiming it has been closed for months.

The lift cost €60,000 to install four years ago, allowing wheelchair users and people with other disabilities to access the beach, and was instrumental in obtaining a quality Q award for the coast.

Residents are calling for the lift to be fixed and to be operational all year round, not just in the summer months.

THE University of Alicante (UA) plans to launch a new website next year with the intention of bringing together its 85,000 graduates from the past 35 years.

Using their experiences and following careers, it is hoped the graduates will become ambassadors for the university and advisers of new generations of students.

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Caritas helps up to 4,000 families BETWEEN 3,500 - 4,000 families have received direct support from Caritas in Elche this year.

Local Caritas, Ruvira, around

co-ordinator of Francisco Javier said they have €15,000-€20,000

Waste reused TOY factories will send their plastic waste to be used at a cement works in Alicante.

Factories in inland areas have signed an agreement for their plastic waste to be used to fire the furnaces at the Cemex cement works. Whilst complying with EU directives on waste treatment as well as soil pollution, the five-year agreement with Cemex provides a solution for disposing of waste generated by one of the province’s most important industries.

The director of the Alicante plant said the agreement benefited everyone: “Carbon dioxide emissions are reduced, savings are made on fossil fuels and a clean, safe and efficient procedure provides energy for the cement works.”

In addition to the environmental and cost savings, the five year agreement will see a percentage of the income raised through processing the plastic go to a solidarity fund benefiting children and the disabled.

each year to help the neediest families in the municipality.

This money is used to help people pay their electricity and water bills, to buy food and school supplies, but not to cover mortgage payments.

He said: “Since the crisis began, demand has increased 15-20 per cent each year and today remains a work in progress.”

Members and supporters of the NGO gathered in the city to mark ‘Day of the Homeless.’ The local shelter houses 1,300 1,500 people each year.

Elche’s General Hospital has also announced the launch of its third annual campaign to collect food and hygiene products amongst its employees for Caritas.

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Hotel plans for harbour scrapped TORREVIEJA harbour will not be home to a hotel.

Mayor Eduardo Dolon said the idea had been looked at, but in a meeting with the President of the Association of Hospitality, Jose Antonio Lozano, he explained that a hotel was not going to be permitted. A resolution prohibits a hotel in the public

domain and in port areas and the new law on Ports of the Generalitat also includes the resolution. There is the chance it could be permitted in exceptional cases but Dolon said the city is unlikely to risk this and include it in any plans.

Proposals for a spa and convention area are still being considered.

IFA expanding its services

Repairs to La Mata footpath

THE IFA exhibition centre by Alicante-Elche airport is expanding its services and now offering low cost long stay parking.

The CEO of the complex said: “The trade fair has ample parking and the need for this service has been detected given its proximity to the airport and the income would contribute to the centre. The ultimate goal is to make the most of the facilities at our disposal and adding services that benefit the public.”

Transfers to the airport are included and services such as taking your vehicle to its ITV test and valeting, are available.

LA MATA’S coastal walkway is being repaired. Work is expected to be completed within two months and has a budget of €234,668.

The Provincial Coastal Service has started repair work on the 3,026m stretch of walkway.

It was built in 2003 as part of coastal conservation activities but its location by the sea has meant it has weathered and deteriorated.

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Only part-time jobs for region’s young VALENCIA has the highest rate of part-time employment among

young people aged between 16 and 34.

The latest report by the

Eco-park is approved on Orihuela Costa PLANS have been submitted and approved for Lomas de Cabo Roig to house a recycling eco-park on the Orihuela Costa.

This could result in the construction of an ecopark, which would take waste collected by municipal rubbish trucks and also act as a drop-off point for residents to deposit their rubbish.

Councillor for the Coast, Martina Scheurer, whose Los Verdes party voted against the proposal, said it was not the best location. “Nobody is against the construction of the eco-park. In fact, the project is ready to be started once the money is released and a suitable location is found. We do not believe that the site at Lomas de Cabo Roig is the right one and are currently investigating the best site,” she said.

Youth Council of Spain showed that for the first quarter of this year there has also been an increase of almost 9 per cent of those aged between 16 and 29 who work parttime.

Nearly half of employees under 30 (48.5 per cent) have temporary contracts of less than one year in duration.

The data also highlighted how young women are the group most affected in the current labour market, reflected by job insecurity, over-qualification and the effects of labour reform.

The report noted that the lack of work for this age group means that younger people were unable to leave home, with more under 30s still living with family.

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Keeping it in the family WHAT was denounced as an illegal campsite in Benidorm’s La Lloma district has been revealed as private property.

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the local council had denounced the site as a “flagrant irregularity” permitted by the town hall without any type of control, but Councillor for

Insurer fined for not detecting cancer COMPENSATION of €110,000 has been awarded to the family of a woman who died from a cancer which was misdiagnosed.

A court in Alicante ordered a medical insurer to pay the family as the adequate tests were not conducted at the start and months later, she was still subject to misdiagnosis. The patient, aged 50 with two children, first went to her GP in summer 2009 when a smoker’s cough was diagnosed. It was not until November 2010 when she lost consciousness in the street that metastatic lesions in the brain causing lung cancer were discovered.

The judge said that earlier diagnosis could have led to patient survival.

Planning, Vicente Juan Ivorra, said: “The land is private property whose owner invited relatives to park and stay there. We sent inspectors to La Lloma to report on this allegedly illegal site, and to our surprise we found that everything was in order.”

A Belgian national who owns a large plot of ground had invited relatives to drive out to Spain in their motorhomes and spend some time in Benidorm. There was no situation of unfair competition to campsites, nor was the existence of the private plot an attack on local tourism, said Ivorra.

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CLARO reflects on campaigns at AGM ORIHUELA COSTA political party CLARO’s ninth Annual General Meeting took place in the Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima, attended by English, Spanish and German members.

The reports on the year’s activities and the finances of the party, required by the statutes, were approved unanimously and the agenda item on political strategy was the occasion for serious debate.

Since January, the AGM noted that CLARO has pursued an independent policy.

On one hand they have selectively criticised the council’s minority ruling team, over neglect of street cleaning and rubbish removal, and on the other cooperated regarding issues such as the postal service, the burning waste tip and the register to vote information desk.

However, it was noted that opportunities for future cooperation are likely to be few now they TWO new tourism routes have been planned for the are effectively in the long December bank holiday weekend in Orihuela. pre-local election Councillor for Tourism, Rosa Martinez, said this campaign period.

Saturday’s route, ‘Tales and Legends’ will leave at The AGM approved a 5.30pm from the tourist office and will visit places proposal to renew the outside of the usual scope and radar for visitors, telling Executive Committee about legends of the city. with Bob Houliston On Monday, December 8, there will be the ‘Sweet remaining as President.

Steps’ route with two groups of up to 35 people David Lorenzo, Jan departing at 11am. It will pass by two convents and Holden and Paul Piccio include a tasting of the sweets made by the nuns. have also been The cost of each route is €3 and those interested welcomed to replace should register at the tourist office. those stepping down.

Fiesta tour routes

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Sports centre to get name change PILAR DE LA HORADADA is to remove signs honouring the Duke and Duchess of Palma from the sports pavilion.

Named after the Infanta Cristina and her husband, their name is to be removed considering their indictment in the Noos case and alleged corruption and tax evasion.

The motion, presented by the council leadership, led by PP Mayor Jose Fidel

Ros, was discussed during the last municipal council meeting and was supported by all groups who agreed to remove it as quickly as possible.

The town hall said that naming a municipal building or street after a person was a tribute and recognition, so it was deemed the ‘Pabellon Duque de Palma’ was not appropriate.

The centre was opened in 1999.

Children’s home Success for receives €4,000 food appeal ELCHE Children’s Care Home has benefited from raffles held by Sue Reader at various events with the recent Black and White Night raising €1,000, and €4,000 throughout the year.

The event took place at the Quesada Country Club with music provided by PDQ, sponsored by Spanish Life Properties.

There are more fundraising events in December so email sueinthesun@hotmail.co.uk for details.

The next one is food tasting at The Indian Ocean in Doña Pepa where samples can be tried for just €1. Places are limited so reserve now.

MURCIANS donated around 80,000 kilogrammes of food as part of the national food bank appeal.

The campaign was carried out at supermarkets across the country with non-perishable food items collected by 1,200 volunteers working across Murcia, urging shoppers to make donations of whatever they could afford.

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Beetle plague ORIHUELA is targeting a plague of the Tomicus palm beetle by cutting down palms to prevent it from spreading.

Work has begun on cutting affected trees in the area of Pinar de Bonanza with the pine logging continuing in San Miguel.

Jobs plan funds up ALMORADI has doubled the budget for its Employment Plan.

Around €67,000 has now been allocated for the hiring of 11 people for five months.

The employees will work in the town in the area of street cleaning, parks and gardens.

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Help at Home Chatters get out and about at Christmas THE HAH Help at Home Chatters Social Group held their Christmas lunch at Bacchus Restaurant, Urbanisation Oasis, for clients, volunteers and friends.

With a full, traditional turkey dinner and all the trimmings and carols playing in the

background, the event gave people the chance to enjoy a social outing.

Mary Westcott, a HAH volunteer, said: “It was great to see so many clients and volunteers all out together with friends.”

Patti Lee, a client and friend of HAH, said: “It was wonderful. I am so pleased that I contacted HAH following an operation, as they have been absolutely fantastic.

“Nothing is too much trouble for them. They have helped me

in so many ways, but most important now, we have all become firm friends.”

Bacchus are hosting the HAH craft event from midday on December 7 with Spangles Ladies Harmony Group singing from 3pm.

Bilingual Aladdin in Jacarilla Fiesta parades FOLLOWING the success of Aladdin in San Pedro del Pinatar, ADAPT association is taking the show to Jacarilla, near Bigastro, on December 12 at 7pm.

This is a traditional British pantomime with a difference, as it is in two languages and open to both Spanish and English speaking communities to enjoy some fun together. Tickets are €2 for adults, €1 for children on the door, with proceeds going ALADDIN: Cast prepare to take show on the road. to a local charitable cause.

TORREVIEJA’S traditional fiestas continue this weekend with the ‘giants and bigheads’ parade from 5.45pm tomorrow (Friday) followed by the late night shopping event from 8pm.

On Saturday, the day of the Spanish Constitution will be marked at 11am in the Plaza de la Constitucion. Later on, a floral offering at the church follows a parade from the Sagrado Corazon church to the Inmaculada church from 5pm.

The giants and big heads are in the Plaza de la Constitucion once again on Sunday from midday followed by a paella competition and the ‘mascleta’ fireworks at 2pm.

On holiday Monday, the solemn procession of the ‘Inmaculada’ through central streets after mass starts at 7pm, followed by fireworks.

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HELP needs you LIKE all charities, HELP Vega Baja relies upon donations to enable it to continue its work in the local community, providing support and information from Pilar de la Horadada down to La Marina and inland.

Collection boxes are key to funding the work the charity does and volunteers work hard to ensure that boxes are delivered and collected regularly. With such a wide area to cover, this can be quite a task.

If you feel you are able to support

HELP by joining the team distributing the boxes and collecting them on the charity’s behalf, it would like to hear from you.

In particular, HELP is looking for volunteers in the Quesada and Torrevieja areas.

For more information about the charity or volunteering, contact the San Miguel office on 966 723 733, Monday to Friday from 10am-1.30pm or email office@helpvegabaja.com

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Fundraising will feed hungry this season

THE period to apply for municipal aid for pensioners in Torrevieja is open until December 9.

Pensioners must apply at the Department of the Third Age in Calle Maldonado, No 5.

For more information, visit the OARI office, in Tourist Information on Paseo Vista Alegre.

THE AAN Christmas Fayre, held at the Posh Private Members Club in La Marina, raised â‚Ź862 for the charity which supports the needy in San Fulgencio and the municipality.

TAABS singers from Torrevieja entertained visitors with Christmas carols, and Santa Claus was available to take Christmas orders.

President of AAN, Pauline Prior, thanked all who attended and said the amount raised would ensure that nobody goes hungry over the Christmas period.

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Dinner dance success for HAH

OVER 200 people attended the first HAH Mar Menor charity dinner dance at the hotel 525 in Los Alcazares.

Following a top class meal, the Red Tops arrived to get the party started and within minutes there was a full dance floor. Lesley Eburne, one of the event organisers, said “We actually had a waiting list for tickets this year, so next year is already booked.”

She added: “Manuela Lopez from the hotel did Torrevieja. Participants us proud, as did the hotel and spectators are invited staff, the Red Tops and to bring along an item of the HAH volunteers and all tinned or dried food to the people who came along to make it such a donate into the sleigh.

Registration for the 5km fantastic night.

Not wanting to overwalk is €5 with all proceeds going to the charge people, only €1 per AECC’s cancer screening ticket was made for the and research programmes. charity, but a raffle on the Registration is from 10am, night raised a further €984 the walk starts at 11am and a photo of Jimi and don’t forget your Hendrix, taken at his home by celebrity professional Santa suit!

For more information photographer Bill Zygmant call Maria Wilson on 633 who was attending, raised 487 595. €305.

Santa fun walk this weekend THE Santa Fun Walk in aid of the AECC cancer charity takes part on December 7.

Organised by Maria and the Pink Ladies, this annual event is starting and finishing at Zenia Boulevard, La Zenia, for the first time.

TAABS will be carol singing and Torrevieja Tigers Rugby Club will once again be pulling Santa on his sleigh which will be filled with food to be given to Reach Out charity for the homeless in

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New training ground secured for Barbarians DS BARBARIANS Rugby Football Club has left the beach and started their training on the pitch at their new location in Daya Vieja.

Following a meeting with the councillor for Sport, the newly formed club has been given the all clear to use the facilities and commence

A Xmas weekend THE eighth Christmas market of Rojales is running throughout this weekend at the Indoor Market.

It is being officially inaugurated tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm by Adrian Ballester Espinosa, member of the Provincial Council in charge of the Department for the Modernisation and Assistance to Municipalities.

The market opens on Saturday from 10am with handicrafts workshops for children. At noon there is a performance by the Municipal School of Dance and La Lira music band will parade the streets from 12.30pm.

Other highlights include wine tasting from 1pm, a visit

by Santa at 6.30pm and on Sunday Christmas sweet tasting and an African music workshop.

training.

Training is on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8.45-10.15pm and is on artificial grass so no studs allowed. Children and adults of all nationalities and ages are welcome as well as beginners and experienced players.

The club is based on the traditional ethics of the sport and the aim is to get teams into leagues in the new season next year for the juniors and seniors.

For more information about the club contact Saul on 634 042 913 or Dutch on 692 767 242 or pop to the rugby stall and see Dutch at Zoco market every Sunday.

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Neglected mare surgery success A NEGLECTED horse with crippling front hoof problems has returned to the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales this week after receiving life-saving surgery in Barcelona.

The mare, named Goldie by centre founders Sue and Rod Weeding, arrived at the Rescue Centre last year with severe laminitis in both her front feet; a painful condition caused in her case by years of neglect: “All of her life she was kept on her own in the most horrendous circumstances and just fed rubbish,” Sue said.

Goldie was sent to Equihealth Veterinarios clinic in Barcelona in October, for specialised surgery. If the surgery had not worked the only course of action would have been to put her to sleep.

“She’s a lot more comfortable now and is able to move freely without painkillers so it has been a huge success but she will always have to have special medical shoeing.

Rod collected Goldie while dropping off another rescued animal requiring specialist care, Franky the donkey. As previously reported in the Euro Weekly News, Franky was found with severely malformed hooves caused by years of inadequate hoof care,

SURGERY: Franky is to undergo surgery on his malformed hooves. including his front left hoof that has curved so far under that the donkey is walking on the equivalent of his wrist. The Equihealth Veterinarios team will attempt corrective surgery to help the hoof rotate to the correct position.

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One in five families depends on pension ONE in every five Spanish households has a retirement pension as their main source of income.

Figures presented in Barcelona by the Spanish trade union CCOO show that the income of 19.9 per cent of Spanish households directly depends on a

New car sales grow SPAIN’S subsidy programme for the purchase of new cars is proving to be a continuing success, with figures released this week showing new car sales were up 17.7 per cent in November, year-on-year.

The November growth marks the 15th consecutive month of increased new car sales and the current subsidy programme is due to last until the end of the year.

retirement pension. The phenomenon – thought to be on the increase as a result of the economic crisis – is especially prevalent in Castilla y Leon (24.7 per cent of families).

According to the CCOO, the retirement pension of as many as 4.5 million retirees is below the minimum wage (€645 a month) and 14 per cent of them live below the poverty line.

“There are retirees who have to choose between eating and going to the doctor,” said General Secretary of the Pensioners and Retirees Federation of CCOO Julian Gutierrez.

“Not only do they face economic problems because of the pension they receive, but they also provide for their children and grandchildren. In some cases the situation is very dramatic,” he remarked.

He called upon the government to cut the VAT levied on food and non-alcoholic beverages by 4 per cent and the VAT put on electricity by 10 per cent. He also asked authorities to increase the Spanish minimum wage.

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Air-raid A POLICE helicopter located more than 2,500 cannabis plants in a Granada village.

Guardia Civil officers confiscated them together with a gun and three kilos of marihuana. Two people were arrested.

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Financial aid TOWNS in the Axarquia will benefit from financial aid provided by Malaga Provincial Government. In total, €8.8 million will be spent in 30 towns around the region, including Nerja, Benamargosa, Moclinejo and Periana.

COSTA DEL SOL

Malaga marathon

Hazardous training

TABERNAS library, Modesto Garcia, has received the national Maria Moliner award for encouraging reading. This is the second year in a row that Tabernas has gained the prestigious award.

Smell alert

A WOMAN died last Wednesday after being involved in a head-on collision with a truck on the A-356 at Velez Malaga. She was taken by helicopter to the Virgen de la Victoria hospital, where she died as a result of her injuries.

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Library award

NATIONAL Police in Velez-Malaga have recovered equipment stolen from Velez Football Club. It included footballs, sports equipment and electronic devices, amongst other items.

Fatal collision

residents’ most frequent complaints, councillors said.

MORE than 30 firefighters from across Almeria headed to Turre and participated in a course about how to handle incidents involving hazardous materials.

Kit retrieved

A 65-YEAR-OLD man has been found dead at his home in Motril. National Police officers were alerted by a neighbour who had noticed a strong smell coming from the apartment.

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HONOURED: Pamela (third from left) is congratulated by Alfaz del Pi Mayor Vicente Arques and Councillors Genoveva Tent and Vicenta Baldo.

British Empire Medal for expat

PAMELA DAWSON TASKER, who has lived on the Costa Blanca for more than 30 years, has received the British Empire Medal (BEM) for her charitable work.

Receiving the medal from the Ambassador’s Residence in Madrid, Pamela told EWN that she had been ‘stunned’ to receive the call from the ambassador to say she had been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

“I couldn’t believe it and had to keep it quiet until it was officially announced,” said Pamela.

On accepting the medal, Pamela said it was not just for her, but in recognition of all the volunteers.

Pamela started her work in 1982 distributing poppy boxes for the Royal British Legion (RBL). She went on to found the RBL Benidorm District Branch and remains its secretary as well as being President of the local branch of cancer charity AECC in Alfaz del Pi. She thanked the town hall for supporting her over the years.

Mayor Vicente Arques and Councillors Genoveva Tent and Vicenta Baldo praised her strength and tenacity.

Fake crime A MAN has been arrested for falsely reporting a crime. He said a street vendor had mugged him outside a bank and stolen €665. He had even cut his own head, which needed six stitches.

Gastroentiritis outbreak SEVENTY children and four adults have now been reported as being affected by a gastroenteritis outbreak at a private school in Huercal de Almeria. An investigation by the Department of Health remains open.

Python star ALMERIA’S boulevard will have a new star when Terry Gilliam gets his. The Monty Python star and acclaimed director of such films as Twelve Monkeys will have his star installed this week.

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Traffickers jailed

THE fifth edition of the Cabberty Malaga Marathon will be held on Sunday, December 7. The starting and the finishing lines are located in Paseo del Parque and as many as 3,000 people have reportedly registered to participate in the event.

visiting Estepona in October registered a 36.18 per cent increase compared to 2013 and that overnight stays in local hotels grew by 29.79 per cent.

regional government’s concession to reorganise moorings and build shops and offices at Javea’s Fontana canal. Its €6 million bid was the only one received.

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Cat killer jailed

Tight squeeze

A MAN has been sentenced to two months behind bars for killing two cats. The 81year-old Estepona resident was reportedly seen by a woman throwing the animals onto the pavement and then putting their dead bodies in a bin.

ALCOY Council has spent €11,300 on adapting a Proteccion Civil off-roader into a snow-plough and salt-spreader. Normal vehicles are too wide for some of the town’s narrow streets, sources explained.

THE road between Andratx and Estellencs was closed for more than four hours on Monday due to heavy rain and wind.

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Fishy business

Gas tanks removed

GANDIA’S fishing guild has been ordered to return 40 kilos of gilt-head bream confiscated from amateur fishermen last March. They were wrongly accused of stealing the fish, now frozen, from the guild’s nets.

REPSOL has removed gas tanks, fumes from which are believed to have overcome two Manacor hospital workers over the last six weeks.

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A WOMAN was injured on the Inca motorway when a stone hit the windscreen of her car. Several stones were thrown from a bridge above the motorway breaking the glass and cutting her face.

EMIRATES is holding an open and assessment day in Malaga on Thursday December 18 for cabin crew. Applicants must be older than 21, speak English, and present an updated CV in English.

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Oil slick fears

MALAGA Council has launched a new website - www.gobiernoabierto.malaga.eu - where citizens can ask questions, talk to councillors, have access to information regarding budgets and accounts, and make proposals.

WRECKAGE from a fishing boat which sank off Campello was spotted near the shore following the recent bad weather. The remainder will be salvaged to prevent spillage from the boat’s 800 litres of fuel.

Visitors increase

Canal decision

DATA shows that the influx of tourists

NOU FONTANA has been awarded the

ALTEA Town Hall will fine dog-owners who do not clear up after their pets. Dogs fouling streets and pavements is one of

FIVE members of a drug trafficking ring have been sentenced to serve a total of 25 years and five months in prison for smuggling large amounts of cocaine from South America since early 2013. The ringleaders were also fined €1 million.

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DENMARK - Twenty more acts have been added to the line-up for the 2015 Roskilde Festival, bringing the total number of acts to 169 for the week long music festival.

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DENMARK - A working group is set to meet Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to discuss the possibility of Denmark hosting a Grand Prix for the 2018 Formula 1 calendar.

It’s a dog’s life A JACK RUSSELL called Meg has been named as Britain’s oldest dog at the age of 25. Meg’s owner has put her longevity down to a diet of fish fingers, pasta and roast dinners. Meg is 113 years old in dog years.

Brothers jailed TWO brothers in the UK have been jailed for conspiring to attend a terrorist training camp in Syria. The brothers from east London are the first in Britain to be convicted for joining jihad, receiving sentences of four-and-a-half years and three years.

Poor cancer survival A STUDY has found that UK cancer survival rates are lower than some Third

World countries. Patients in Puerto Rico, Indonesia and Malaysia are more likely to survive some cancers than British patients.

Plus-size fashion THE UK’s first ever fashion magazine for plussize women has gone international. SLiNK magazine was set up because ‘beauty and style doesn’t stop at size 8,’ and is available in 15 countries.

Pricey skeleton A RARE woolly mammoth skeleton has been purchased at an auction in the UK for £189,000.

The skeleton of the Ice Age mammal was purchased by an anonymous buyer at Summer Place Auctions.

F1: Danish GP could be on the way.

UN posting DENMARK - Danish MP Mogens Lyketoft will become the first Dane to serve as president of the UN General Assembly when he takes over the post next year.

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SWEDEN - A contestant on Sweden’s hit television show Idol has been found dead at his home in Gotland. The cause of death of Tristan Bjorling, aged 19, has not been made public.

Caring chocs A RUSSIAN chocolate maker has released a series of chocolate bars bearing the image of President Vladimir Putin crying, hugging a puppy and nursing a young deer, in order to show the president’s more ‘caring’ side.

OAP charged NORWAY - A 69-yearold pensioner has been charged with attempted murder in Lillehammer after he shot and nearly killed a policeman with a shotgun.

SNOWY STOCKHOLM: Maybe not this year.

Chilled-out cops MOSCOW police are to get ‘chill-out’ rooms featuring massage chairs, massage helmets and music, in an effort to help them relax from the everyday stresses they endure as part of the job.

Passenger push AUTHORITIES in Siberia are investigating an

A sensitive injury POLICE in Leipzig are searching for a man who bit another man’s testicles during a drunken street fight.

The victim was taken to a clinic with sensitive injuries but allowed home the same day.

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Blatter must go incident in which passengers on a flight from Krasnodar to Igarka were supposedly asked to disembark and push the plane down the frozen runway in preparation for takeoff.

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IMMIGRANTS in Germany contribute around €22 billion to government coffers, a new study has found. This figure has risen by 50 per cent in the last 10 years.

UNEMPLOYMENT in Germany fell to a record low during November of this year. The country’s unemployment figure now stands at just 6.6 per cent.

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SWEDEN - Sweden is unlikely to get a white Christmas this year after a global weather agency has predicted that temperatures will not drop too much in December. It is likely to rain rather than snow.

GERMAN PRESS Economy benefiting

BRITISH PRESS Festival lineup for 2015

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Putin’s tiger A SIBERIAN tiger released into the wild near the Chinese border under Putin’s animal protection programme is being blamed for the slaughter of 18 goats on a farm in China.

Cat sparks fire A CAT in the Crimean capital of Simferopol left 27,000 people without electricity when an electrical discharge from her body caused a fire at a power substation. The female cat died in the incident.

REINHARD RAUBULL, the head of the German football league, has called on FIFA president Sepp Blatter to resign over controversies surrounding the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

Beach murder AN elderly German couple have been found hacked to death on a beach on the Caribbean island of Tobago.

The couple owned a home on the island and were well known locally.

ISIS deaths GERMAN intelligence sources say that around 60 Germans have so far died fighting for the jihadist group ISIS in Syria and Iraq. They warned that others have returned to Germany and could pose a threat at home.

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September with a reserve price of €40 million. El Corte Ingles put in the winning €136 million bid.

The Castellana store was built in 1969, originally covering an area of under 50,000 square metres.

This grew by another 130,000 square metres in 2011, following an extension

Slim in, Soros out for FCC NEGOTIATIONS between Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) and George Soros foundered after 10 days.

Soros was on the point of acquiring 25 per cent of Esther Koplowitz’s 50.1 per cent holding in the construction and services company.

Now he is likely to be replaced by the Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim, the second-richest man on the Forbes Rich List.

If negotiations prosper Slim would hand over €660 million for the same 25 per cent stake.

Assuming the deal goes ahead, €500 million would be assigned to acquiring the rights to

shares in the capital increase recently approved by the FCC board, giving Slim a stake equal to Koplowitz’s. The remaining €160 million would cover Koplowitz’s own subscription rights.

Koplowitz needs funds to pay the interest on the €1 billion loan extended

by BBVA and Bankia to the holding company B1998 through which her family controls FCC. If Slim buys into FCC he will be one of many other investors like Warren Buffett and Microsoft’s Bill Gates - he owns a 6 per cent stake - who are buying relatively cheaply now, while waiting for Spain’s future turnaround.

constructed on the €480 million site of the old Windsor tower that was destroyed by fire in 2005.

The new 13,000 square metre site opposite the present store will add a built area of approximately 35,000 square metres, making the new complex Spain’s biggest El Corte Ingles store.

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Cheaper rates MOTORWAY tolls could be reduced during offpeak periods next year.

Lowering charges when traffic is at its lightest should encourage more use of the roads, ministry of Public Works sources said.

More cars, more work FORD in Almussafes (Valencia) will take on 700 more workers next year. The first 200 should start in January and will produce an additional 100 cars a day.

Spanish and French suitors for BT TELEFONICA is negotiating the sale of its UK mobile subsidiary O2 to BT. Talks between the two parties are at a very early stage, but the deal would include a 20 per cent stake in BT in a strategic alliance designed to strengthen both groups.

Another mobile company EE, which is owned by the French

operator Orange, is also sounding out BT the British company confirmed.

Although O2 is not quoted on the stock exchange, Telefonica paid €26 billion for the company in 2005.

The transaction included Irish and German assets, although BT would be interested only in the UK operation, sources said.

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STAT OF WEEK A TOTAL of 116,826 people were laid off work through redundancy during the first nine months of 2014. This was 60 per cent fewer than during the same period last year.

Flagship store expands THE flagship El Corte Ingles store in Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana is to be enlarged.

The group headed by Dimas Gimeno has acquired land owned by Spain’s track operator Adif that was used until now as a car park.

Located in the Azca district in Madrid’s business and finance centre it was auctioned last

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It’s a business give-away IT was my first experience of a business culture radically different from our own.

Having ordered drinks at the New York bar I asked if I could have a box of matches. A plate, filled with printed cover book matches, was pushed in my direction. “Help yourself,” the bartender smiled.

Thanking him, I took some change and held it out towards him. He looked at me strangely: “There’s no charge,” he smiled.

I soon caught on. Before too long I realised that Americans, streets ahead on business acumen, were good at giving things away.

As it so happened, one of my first

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jobs on leaving my seagoing career, was that of a salesman engaged by Starline Business Gifts Company of Blackpool.

The directors, one of whom was American, set about introducing the business gifts way of doing things in

Britain. At the time it was a novel approach to generating business and goodwill.

There was little competition, only a Midland-based company selling printed car tax disc holders for windscreens. If you could print on it, Starline sold it.

Quickly cottoning on I set out to call on businesses. There was some head scratching as I introduced the concept of building business by giving away free stuff. The best sellers were printed pens, desk calendars, key fobs, and tax discs.

In my arsenal of sales aids, a catalogue filled with every imaginable printed gift from wall calendars to paper weights, desk clocks to

plastic carrier bags.

Taking the printed car key fob as an example, the concept was as simple as it was ingenious. “Thanks for the business. Here is a small thank you,” the garage proprietor would smile. “If you ever need me here’s the number on the key fob.”

Not a big deal today, but the novelty and business sense behind the idea of giving small tokens of appreciation, that coincidentally keeps your business card on your client’s desk, quickly caught on.

Each one of us appreciates an unexpected gift.

Unlike the business card, business gifts last much longer.

Extra income for Madrid undergound based on images projected onto underground train windows.

This is the latest advertising initiative due to be put in place during the first few months of

2015 between Nuevos Ministerios and Colombio stations on the Number Eight line by Canadian company Digital Underground. The system, which has not yet been

Can he enclose his terrace?

Q. Another owner and I are in a protracted legal battle with our community president regarding the enclosure of our terraces. Three years ago we obtained permission from our

By David Searl previous president to erect an awning-type structure that enclosed our rear terraces. This decision was reversed by the new president, after we had each spent almost €3,000 for the structures. I believe a recent change in the Horizontal Property Law allows for the enclosing of terraces. Is this correct?

A O (Murcia)

You and the Law in Spain

A. The short answer is: yes. However, let us take this by parts. First, you are not in ‘a legal battle’ with your president. The president on his own has no power to authorise or to deny the enclosure of a terrace. Only the owners in their collective wisdom at the AGM can do so.

Revised Article 10 of the Horizontal Property Law as amended in 2013 requires a favourable vote of three-fifths of the community members to authorise changes such as enclosure of terraces.

These formerly required a unanimous vote.

So you two owners wish to place on the agenda for the next AGM a request to authorise the enclosure of your

used in Spain, is already running in cities including Hong Kong, London and Santiago de Chile.

LED lights are installed in the walls of the underground tunnels and activated by the movement of the trains, projecting silent moving images onto the windows.

A Madrid Metro spokesman stressed that safety would not be affected in any way as the systems do not interfere with the trains.

All is forgiven

Madrid Metro will be paid €200,000 per year by Digital Underground for at least two years with the possibility to renew the contract for another two.

It will consider placing the new advertising system on other lines depending on the results from Line Eight.

The project is part of Madrid Metro’s new policy to increase income following reductions in passenger numbers over the last few years.

DESPITE Spanish consortium Sacyr’s three-month halt earlier this year on the canalwidening project owing to overspends, Spanish companies do not have a bad image, said Panama City’s mayor.

There was tension at the time and Panamanians will not forget the conflict, but Spanish companies continue to be welcome, he added.

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MADRID METRO will gain €200,000 from a new advertising system to be implemented on Line Eight of the city’s underground network.

The system will be

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IMAGES: Metro windows could soon carry advertising.

Better than the boss SIXTY-FOUR per cent of Spanish employees believe they could do a better job than their bosses. Another 54 per cent would prefer a different superior, they told recruitment consultants Robert Walters.

Car subsidy success terraces. If three-fifths of the votes favour this proposal, the matter is settled.

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

SPAIN’S subsidy programme for the purchase of new cars is proving to be a continuing success, with figures released this week showing new cars sales were up 17.7 per cent in

November, year-on-year. The November growth marks the 15th consecutive month of increased new car sales and the current subsidy programme is due to last until the end of the year.

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Eurozone recovery long way to go

UST when one central bank threatens to take away the punch bowl driving financial markets over the last five years, another steps in to keep the party going. The European central bank is finally following the Federal Reserve in the USA, (albeit five years late), in large scale asset purchases to try and bring euro zone inflation back towards the two per cent target.

Inflation has been falling across the eurozone in 2014 as banks reduce net lending to consumers and businesses and the ECB are rightly worried about outright deflation.

The original catalyst of the eurozone crisis was over indebted governments which many countries’ leaders are still working hard to reduce and make sustainable in the longer term. Allowing deflation is counterproductive as it increases debt in real terms.

The ECB plan is to focus on buying private sector debt via

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INFLATION: Has been falling across the Eurozone as banks reduce net lending to consumers and businesses. covered bonds (usually mortgages) and asset backed securities like car loans, but not, controversially, government debt of member countries.

Part of the issue dragging down inflation was an overvalued currency against its main trading partners.

The ECB indicated that a lower exchange rate was overdue and the markets duly delivered the ECB wish, driving the euro lower. But that alone

has not been enough to push inflation back to target.

Part of the problem the eurozone system is suffering from is large trade imbalances between member states, with the north running large surpluses with the south. The preferred method of shrinking trade imbalances between surplus and deficit countries so far has been via internal adjustments in wages, causing

mass unemployment in countries such as Greece and here in Spain. This is a painful journey for those countries adjusting, but it is the preferred route of the creditor countries, notably Germany.

And so it falls on the central bank to try and aid the adjustment process via the one thing they can always produce, inflation. What the ECB hopes is that by easing credit

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conditions across the eurozone, businesses and consumers will increase borrowing and push the inflation rate upwards towards target. The ECB is also hoping higher inflation will aid in balance of payment adjustments via higher inflation in the creditor countries, which unlike the current method of forced adjustment puts some of the onus on creditor countries rather than heap the pain solely on debtors.

The eurozone still has a long journey ahead to repair the huge imbalances built up the years after the introduction of the Euro. Mario Draghi, head of the ECB, promised to do ‘whatever it takes’ to preserve the euro and the ECB really is doing everything in its power.

The problem for Europe is with monetary policy now at its limits, ‘whatever it takes’ is now a political problem and politicians do not seem willing or able to honour that promise.

Plan ahead and avoid a Christmas debt hangover DECEMBER is here and Christmas is drawing near.

It may be ‘ho ho ho’ for Santa Claus and his reindeers, but with household budgets being severely squeezed at this time of year, you can bet that not everyone is feeling so jolly.

That’s why is it so important not to let spending on decorations, presents, food and booze get out of control. Instead try to really plan ahead.

This is the only way to have a happy holiday season and not wake up to a debt hangover come the New Year.

Tackle the present situation first. Decide who is getting presents and who isn’t. Will you keep it to children only this year? Or will your family decide to do Secret Santa, where you draw names out of a hat so that everyone has to buy only one gift. If a maximum

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price is set in advance, this can be an effective way of keeping costs down. The sooner you begin thinking about getting presents out the of the way, the cheaper it will be and you can also then see how much of your budget is left for other things.

Buy some presents after Christmas. Do you have some family members you won’t see until after Christmas? Be cheeky and buy gifts in the January sales and you can save some money.

Kid-free shopping. Do leave the children at home when you go shopping.

The bright lights, Christmas music, chocolates and mountains of toys will only make them hyperactive with excitement and you can be sure their pester power will wear you down into buying something you don’t need.

Bring your own. If the tradition is that everyone calls over to your house during Christmas, then maybe shake things up a bit this year by making it a BYO Party. Ask each guest to bring a little something crackers and cheese, a bottle of wine or some nice jamon. A food bill shared out among all the visiting family and friends will be a lot easier to stomach.

Avoid credit cards. Never use a credit card for shopping, use cash. If you don’t have the cash then you should not be spending money. Nobody wants to receive a present that leaves a person in the red.

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Costly ticket AFTER analysing prices in London, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Amsterdam online travel agency Rumbo found that a monthly season ticket for the London underground was the most expensive.

At €152 it was almost five times dearer than Milan’s €35, while commuters paid €79 in Amsterdam, €65 in Paris and €54 in Madrid.

No increase THE market price for pork has remained stable, despite fears that the fire at the Campofrio plant would affect supply and demand in the sector.

Although the Burgos processing and packing plant was destroyed, the abattoir is working at the same rhythm and distributing the meat to other Campofrio plants.

OPINION & COMMENT

Time to go, the UK should leave the EU ANOTHER pro-EU rant from Bill Campbell! Is he on a retainer from Jean-Claude Juncker?

There are a number of reasons for the UK to leave the EU: it is undemocratic, corrupt, bureaucratic and staffed by overpaid jobsworths. It means we have uncontrolled immigration with all the attendant pressure on schools, hospitals, transport systems and, above all, housing.

We are full up!

It is also a condition of membership we are subservient to the European Court of Human Rights, which seems always to come down on the side of criminals and terrorists.

Incidentally, Spain should leave the EU and the euro as well and revert to the peseta. This would immediately lose value with great benefits to tourism, property sales and the scandalously high unemployment rate.

Roger Page, Mojacar Playa (Almeria)

Colour me red THE time has come for the men in their white coats to come for Leapy Lee if he thinks Ed Miliband is a communist. He is not even a socialist and would be at home in the Tory party.

Bob Mitchell (by email)

Off the record SO Hacienda has launched a campaign to uncover unregistered properties, at great expense no doubt. But it’s a joke, right?

Here is an owner who went to Hacienda in May 2011 to tell them I wanted to rectify my property.

Six months later they told me they couldn’t do it and I would have to go to Land Registry. Here I paid for a complete history of the property and for a topographer to come and measure the plot. I even tracked down the original owner who declared to Hacienda, way back in 1991, that his plot was 224 square metres to avoid paying the necessary taxes on a plot that is in fact 2,244 square metres.

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If Mr Nosworthy has photographic evidence of campers disposing of their sewage illegally, he should note their registration numbers and inform the police, as this is a criminal offence.

The reason I park at El Pinet is because it is quiet at night. All European nationalities are there, apart from Spanish who are very noisy. I love living in their country but don’t want to park next to them. On the only occasion I stayed at the campsite, I was put between two Spanish families who came back at midnight and talked very loudly outside for another two hours. At El Pinet everyone is quiet after 10pm.

Peter Realey (by email)

Sham permits

MY daughter and grandson doing as they’re told. Well it does say “No standing at any time”!

Linda Gonzalez, Altea (Alicante)

He has since been to the notary with me and signed a declaration that it was an error, and I have taken the whole sorry mess to court where even a judge has refused to rectify the ‘error.’

So far it has cost me €6,000 and three very stressful years. I would willingly pay €60 to ‘correct the information registered’ and wonder what Hacienda would say to the above?

Maybe I should start again.

Maggie Hetherington, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

Back to nature MY husband and I are ‘wild’ campers who have also spent a lot of money on our home, much the same amount as an apartment in Spain. Ours just happens to have wheels.

This is our choice because in our retirement we would like to visit various places in various countries rather than remain in one spot. We park up sensibly, considerately, as unobtrusively as possible and very rarely in residential areas. We and many of

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our motor home compatriots bring much-needed winter revenue into local businesses that would struggle through the lean, non-tourist, winter months.

We regularly aim for official camping ‘Aires’ that have facilities to fill up with water and empty toilet cassettes.

Yes, we could be considered tight by avoiding campsite fees, but is that any worse than expats not registering their UK vehicles here, avoiding paying Spanish taxes or fraudulently claiming UK benefits? No, they don’t all do it but then, by the same token, not all motor homers engage in poor practice either. Please do not tar

us all with the same brush!

In our 15 months of travel, we have been welcomed by communities in France, Spain and Portugal but have only heard complaints from expat British folk.

Sour grapes, I wonder?

Makes you proud to be British!

Hilary Cox, no fixed abode (hehe)

Good night’s rest REGARDING campervans at El Pinet, Elche Council is not interested in A Nosworthy’s complaints because it is not illegal to park there.

It only becomes an offence if one passes the two large signs at the end of the parking area.

I have witnessed the Local Police moving on campers who pass these signs on several occasions. If it is illegal to park in the parking area then the signs would be before it, not after.

I live about 30 kilometres inland and stay regularly at El Pinet at weekends. I have never seen anyone empty sewage in green areas or down the drains.

I READ in the Euro Weekly News that the province of Malaga is introducing new parking permits for the disabled. Years ago I noticed that although a lot of illegal permits are used by the non-disabled, police officers do not react properly. I am curious to learn how quickly the new system will be copied again.

WK de Klerk (by email)

A woman’s touch I JUST wanted to tell you, the paper looks really good.

The amount of local news and forthcoming events, especially last week, was impressive.

I know getting what’s-on information and blood from stones are often synonymous, don’t even mention a photo.

I have to say I actually read most of the paper.

Sex and drugs and sausage rolls are all well and good, but local positive news is for me and I know for our customers at Satori’s shop is really important and probably one of, if not the key, to a good paper.

Plus it gives a more positive picture to all those visitors and tourists from outside the Costa, who might well think sometimes this must be a coke and hash smugglers supermarket, specialising in corruption and kidnapping.

Keep up the good work, remember to smell the flowers now and then and tell our readers how lovely they are.

(The flowers and the readers) Pete - Woody’s Los Boliches

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11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Die Another Day

9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Babylon

9:00pm The Railway: First Great Western 10:00pm Britain's Bloodiest Dynasty 11:00pm Revealed

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12:20am Snooker 1:10am The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 2:10am Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar? 3:10am This is BBC Two 5:00am Arena 5:30am Ten Pieces Extra

2:05am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 5:05am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats 12:50am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:50am One Born Every Minute 2:45am The Paedophile Next Door 3:45am The British Property Boom 4:40am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under

12:00am Nevada Triangle: The Missing Evidence 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

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1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice

9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:05pm Faith in the Future 5:40pm French Fields 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Lewis 12:00am Cracker

12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Journey to Le Mans 10:00pm River Monsters 11:00pm The Matrix Reloaded 1:45am River Monsters

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 The Big Bang Theory 10:30pm 2 Broke Girls 11:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

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9:00pm Watchdog 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Crimewatch

12am 12:45am This Week 1:30am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

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SKY MOVIES Action 7:05am After Earth 9:00am Alexander 12:00pm Star Trek Into Darkness 2:15pm The Peacemaker 4:25pm Chain Reaction 6:20pm Mean Machine 8:10pm After Earth 10:00pm Star Trek Into Darkness 12:15am Species 2:10am Crank 3:45am Enter the Dragon A martial arts master uses a tournament to infiltrate the island fortress of a drug baron.

5:35am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain The Angel Summit ski resort has been blessed with early snows.

9:45am Elf 11:35am Two Weeks Notice 1:30pm Click 3:30pm The Guilt Trip 5:20pm The Nutty Professor 7:10pm Elf 9:00pm Two Weeks Notice 10:50pm Click 12:45am The Nutty Professor 2:25am In a World...

4:05am As Cool as I Am A 17-year-old girl struggles to deal with her warring parents alongside the pressures of growing up.

5:40am Son of the Pink Panther

7:50am Sleeping with the Enemy 9:40am The Liability 11:20am In Their Skin 1:10pm After the Sunset 3:00pm Deadfall 4:45pm Sleeping with the Enemy 6:30pm Last Passenger 8:15pm After the Sunset 10:00pm Deadfall 11:40pm Kill Bill: Vol. 1 1:35am Basic Instinct 3:45am Jagged Edge 5:35am Malpractice

7:05am Holy Night!

8:45am Snowmen 10:20am The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 12:00pm Saving Santa 1:30pm Die Hard 3:45pm Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey 4:15pm Jingle All the Way 5:50pm The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 7:30pm Saving Santa 9:00pm Jingle All the Way 10:40pm Die Hard 1:00am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 2:40am Snowmen

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7:00am Frontera 8:55am Black Nativity 10:35am Reasonable Doubt 12:10pm I, Frankenstein 1:50pm Frontera 3:45pm Reasonable Doubt 5:25pm Last Vegas 7:20pm Black Nativity 9:00pm Last Vegas 11:00pm I, Frankenstein 12:40am Frontera 2:40am Shame the Devil 4:30am The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 5:00am Thor: The Dark World Special 5:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special

9:40am Behold a Pale Horse 11:55am Charro!

1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke Festus heads to another town to deal with his cousin's arrest.

4:00pm Man From Sonora An ex-ranger is ambushed by a gang and has his horse stolen.

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BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Channel Patrol 8:50am Claimed and Shamed 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am The Great Interior Design Challenge 11:05am Children's Hospital 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker

ITV 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 Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world.

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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 The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Living on the Edge 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours

SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 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 3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point

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

3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm A Fairytale Christmas

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6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 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 World War II in Colour

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

9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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12:15am We Own the Night 2:20am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service.

12:05am Toast of London 12:40am White Noise 2: The Light 2:25am Dance Flick 3:50am Boss 4:50am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:45am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away

12:55am Access 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Nevada Triangle: The Missing Evidence 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:25am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Karajan's Magic and Myth 10:00pm The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 11:00pm The Genius of Funk 12:00am Prince: Purple Reign 1:00am Synth Britannia at the BBC 2:00am The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 3:00am The Genius of Funk 4:00am Prince: Purple Reign 5:00am This is BBC Four

11:15am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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9:00pm The Mummy 11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:30am Celebrity Juice

10:15am Judge Judy 10:40am Judge Judy 11:10am Judge Judy 11:35am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:40pm Agatha Christie's Marple 4:50pm Faith in the Future 5:25pm French Fields 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Doc Martin 12:00am Vicious

12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 2:55pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 6:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Statoil Masters Tennis Live 11:30pm The Sentinel 1:45am Black Gold 2:40am Minder

7:00am Hollyoaks 7:30am Charmed 8:15am One Tree Hill 9:00am Suburgatory 9:30am Happy Endings 10:00am Rules of Engagement 10:30am Rules of Engagement 11:00am Charmed 12:00pm Charmed 1:00pm Hollyoaks 1:30pm Paternity Court 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory

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3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:55pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 5:25pm Flog It!

3:00pm Snooker Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage from the Barbican Centre in York. The competition is down to the last eight players and the first two quarter-finals get under way.

6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm The Two Ronnies Sketchbook

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Mastermind 8:30pm Match of the Day Live

9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Citizen Khan 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Not Going Out 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Kirsty Wark.

12am 12:20am Cuckoo 12:50am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am BBC News

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SKY MOVIES Action 7:15am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 7:45am R.I.P.D. 9:35am White House Down 12:00pm Hunger Games: Mockingjay Special 12:30pm A Bridge Too Far 3:35pm King Arthur 5:55pm Last Action Hero 8:15pm R.I.P.D. 10:00pm White House Down 12:15am King Arthur 2:25am Miami Vice 4:45am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 5:15am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers

Comedy 7:15am The Best Man Holiday 9:20am Wedding Crashers 11:25am Grudge Match 1:20pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 3:30pm Liar Liar 5:05pm Uncle Buck 6:50pm The Best Man Holiday 9:00pm Grudge Match 11:00pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 1:05am Wedding Crashers 3:10am Scary Movie 5 4:40am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas

7:15am The Washington Snipers 8:55am Derailed 10:55am Twisted 12:45pm Closed Circuit 2:35pm The East 4:35pm Dead Calm 6:25pm Derailed 8:15pm Twisted Detective Jessica recognises a murder victim as an old flame.

10:00pm Closed Circuit 11:40pm Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2:05am Jennifer Eight 4:20am The Wee Man

7:30am Miracle on 34th Street 9:15am Holiday Inn 11:00am Bad Santa 12:45pm Die Hard 2 2:55pm Love Actually 5:15pm New Year's Eve 7:15pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 9:00pm Bad Santa 10:45pm Die Hard 2 12:55am New Year's Eve Comedy following the adventures of a group of New Yorkers on New Year's Eve. Comedy/romance.

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8:00am Gunsmoke 9:00am The Fighting Lawman 10:25am The First Texan 11:55am Mara Maru 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Man in the Wilderness 6:00pm King Richard and the Crusaders 8:15pm The Fearmakers 10:00pm Strength and Honour 11:55pm F/X 2:10am Strength and Honour 3:55am A Really Big Show: Ed Sullivan's 50th 5:05am Michael Caine Off Set 5:30am Off Set

A struggling mum sends her son to stay with his inspirational grandparents for Christmas.

5:30pm The Monuments Men 7:30pm Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 9:00pm The Monuments Men 11:00pm Labor Day 1:00am Cheap Thrills 2:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 3:00am Frontera 5:00am Thor: The Dark World Special

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Religion plays a crucial place on Christmas Eve, part in a Spanish the Nochebuena, and it Christmas, with nativity usually consists of a main scenes - often life-sized dish of meat or seafood. found in streets, Preferred dessert public buildings is turron, the and homes all typical Religion around the Christmas plays a country. sweet made Typical with honey, crucial part Christmas sugar and in Spain often nuts or carols are sung, often with a almonds. touch of flamenco, Many Spaniards and instruments such as attend the Misa del Gallo tambourines and bottles (literally, the Rooster’s of anis, used to tap a beat Mass), a church service on, are a must if you want held at midnight on to celebrate the Spanish Christmas Eve. It is named as such because a way.

The main meal takes legend says that a rooster was the first living thing to document the birth of Jesus with its crowing.

The King traditionally gives a speech on Christmas Eve, an especially significant date this year as it will be the first time for the new King, Felipe VI. Christmas Day is spent at home, when Spanish families gather around to continue eating, often the leftovers from the previous day.

The big day for celebrating is New Year’s Eve, or Fin de Año, when thousands of young people wear their best suits and gowns (or, in some places, dress up in costumes) and hit the streets, but not before eating each and every ‘lucky grape’ that mark the 12 last seconds of the year.

Get into the Xmas spirit.

The following day is

THE Christmas season in Spain is a particularly magical affair.

Anyone who has yet to get into the spirit will be swept away with the National Lottery emotional advert, the Christmas lights put up by the end of November and the festive atmosphere of the streets.

On December 22 the National Lottery draw is held. It marks the beginning of the holidays for schoolchildren and millions of Spaniards tune in to watch it, in the hope of winning ‘El gordo’ (The Fat One), the biggest national lottery in the world.

also a public holiday, and can be spent sleeping the hangover away.

The Three Wise Men are in charge of bringing the gifts to Spanish children on January 6.

They are reminded throughout the year to behave properly, or else they will receive coal made from sugar instead of presents.

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WITH dolls from the hit Disney movie Frozen currently causing fights among parents in toy stores and being sold at inflated prices on eBay in the run up to Christmas, we take a look back at 10 of the ‘musthave’ presents of Christmas past.

1. Cabbage Patch Kids - These dimpled, freckled dolls absolutely had to be under the tree on Christmas morning in the 1980’s. The popularity of the dolls led to punchups in shops and dolls being sold for up to 10 times their retail price on the black market.

2. Star Wars action figures - The amount of middle-aged men today who wish they had kept their 1970’s and 1980’s Star Wars figurines - now collectors' items - in their original packaging instead of playing with them could probably populate a small planet.

3. Rubik’s Cube - Even though it’s the world’s best selling toy, it’s not hard to picture the look of disappointment on a modern-day

child’s face if they opened up a Christmas present and found a Rubik’s Cube inside. In 1980 they caused a worldwide craze.

4. Furby - Forty million of these owl-like dolls were sold between 1999 and 2001. Furby was programmed to come out of the box speaking a strange unidentifiable language, but gradually began speaking English as time went by.

5. Shirley Temple doll - The toy that started the craze for ‘must-have’ gifts. Released in 1934, The Ideal Toy and Novelty Company netted around $45 million during seven years.

6. Tamagotchi - Surreal Japanese digital pets that users had to feed, discipline and entertain or they would die. Tamagotchi’s were in every Christmas stocking in the late 1990’s.

7. Tickle Me Elmo - This Sesame Street doll caused stampedes at toy stores in 1996 as parents fought to grab one, and were often sold at mark-ups of up to 600 per cent.

8. Trivial Pursuit - There was a time when board games were the most exciting things to receive on Christmas morning, and Trivial Pursuit was the daddy of them all in the 1980’s.

Players had to answer gen-eral knowledge questions as they moved around the board in order to fill their piece of pie with plastic wedges.

9. Nintendo Game Boy - Preinternet/PlayStation/mobile phone/tech-savvy kids would spend hours glued to this handheld video game device playing Tetris while their parents pleaded to have the sound turned off.

10. Transformers - No schoolboy in 1984 could be without an autobot or decepticon transforming robot toy. Hasbro sold an estimated $80 million worth of Transformers in 1984 alone.

KIDDIES FAVOURITE: Furby doll.

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TORY of the month for me was the Pakistani suicide bomber who was captured before managing to set off his explosives. Subsequently searched by the authorities, he was discovered to have placed some type of amour around his ‘nether’ regions.

When asked the reason for this unusual piece of equipment, he explained that he wanted to make sure his penis was still intact when he was presented with his 72 virgins in the afterlife! Sums it all up really doesn’t it? No wonder these people are so easily radicalised. Most of them are complete morons. It actually makes it all even more disturbing and once again raises my issues with the Imams and religious leaders of the Islamic hierarchy.

They really have to stop convincing these youngsters of all these wonders that await so called ‘martyrs’ in the next life - if of course they agree to throw away

I’M A CELEBRITY: Should I be shouting ‘get me out of here?’ their existence in this one. If it’s all so wonderful, why do you never see any of them strapping up and blowing themselves to smithereens? (Chance would be a fine thing) because they know it’s pure, never to be proven, balderdash, that’s why. I know I know, I can hear you all saying that other religions also preach of heaven and hell, more teachings never to be proven, but at least these mythical

destinations don’t require you to kill as many human beings as possible to achieve your nirvana. Until we all move on from what are all basically primitive superstitions, we will never secure peace and harmony for the human race.

I hasten to add that I am not an atheist; I truly do believe there has to be some incredible force, way beyond our understanding, which is responsible for it

all. I also believe the Tao is the only path to enlightenment. Perhaps we will all find ourselves in some sort of paradise after our earthly demise, but I’m in no hurry to find out and certainly have no intention of taking bunches of victims with me.

It is the religious leaders that are responsible for all the chaos in the world and if hell does indeed exist, then a great many of them are on a one-way ticket, and in my opinion the sooner they embark on the journey better.

Girding our loins for the rapidly approaching Flying Curry Circus Christmas party. Delighted to say we now have the highly talented Bobby Alexander in cabaret and have also been promised a visit from Mother Christmas! 689 485 956 is the number to ring. If you can’t make it you can catch it all on Channel Five early in the spring. Have a wonderfull week, don’t get too wet! (Where is all that water coming from?)

Oh, by the way, are this year’s Jungle ‘celebrities’ an utterly boring bunch or is it me?

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com.

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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Snooker

BBC TWO 9:30am Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom 10:00am Junior MasterChef 10:30am Junior MasterChef 11:00am Deadly Pole to Pole: The Complete Journey 11:30am Deadly Pole to Pole: The Complete Journey 12:00pm The Blue Planet 1:00pm Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey 2:00pm The Rockford Files 2:45pm The Great Caruso

ITV 9:10am Text Santa: Little Helpers 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am The Munch Box 10:25am Dinner Date 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Storage Hoarders 1:25pm Countrywise 1:55pm Doc Martin

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CH4 6:40am NFL 7:05am Great Ethiopian Run 8:00am FIM Superbike World Championship 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 11:55am Frasier 12:25pm The Big Bang Theory 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:20pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:20pm Channel 4 Racing

CH5 9:05am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:20am Wanda and the Alien 9:40am Zack and Quack 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Jelly Jamm 10:25am LazyTown 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Santa, Jr. 1:15pm Meet the Santas 2:55pm Hats Off to Christmas

SATURDAY TV

SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Glee 8:30am The Fantasy Football Club 9:30am The F1 Show 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm Get Santa Movie Special 2:30pm Penguins of Madagascar Special

3pm 5:30pm Final Score Jason Mohammad introduces all the scorers, results and headlines from this afternoon's fixtures up and down the football pyramid.

4:30pm Flog It! 5:30pm Snooker Hazel Irvine introduces further live coverage of the first semi-final, with the first player to six frames booking his place in Sunday's final.

3:00pm Keep it in the Family 4:00pm Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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

4:40pm Mrs. Miracle

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

8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special

6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:35pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Inside Rolls-Royce

6:35pm Noel

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

9:00pm Battleship 11:35pm From Dusk Till Dawn

Drama. A widowed father of six-year-old twins struggles to cope with his family responsibilities.

3:00pm Last Man Standing 3:30pm Last Man Standing 4:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains

6pm 6:25pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:30pm BBC London News 6:40pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:55pm BBC & Regional News and Weather 7:10pm Pointless 8:00pm Strictly Come Dancing

6:30pm Restoring England's Heritage 7:00pm Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 8:00pm Snooker Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage as the second semi-final gets underway.

Drama in which a series of events link five disparate strangers in New York on Christmas Eve.

8:25pm Britain's Craziest Christmas Lights

6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

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

11:00pm Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction Dominic Sandbrook continues his exploration of the science fiction genre with a look at its obsession with robots.

Ant and Dec present the jungle survival challenge.

Robert Rodriguez directs this cult horror from Quentin Tarantino's script.

9:25pm 5 News Weekend 9:30pm Live World Championship Boxing: Ola Afolabi v Yoan Pablo Hernandez 11:30pm Pale Rider

9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Alien 3 Ellen Ripley's escape pod crashes into a penal colony.

11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show

12am 12:45am The Football League Show 1:25am A.W.O.L. 3:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:10am BBC News

12:00am Intruders 12:45am Night and the City 2:25am Beyond the Fire 3:40am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

12:40am ITV News and Weather 12:55am Play Misty for Me 2:40am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen

1:40am The Talented Mr. Ripley Tom Ripley craves the life led by Dickie Greenleaf.

4:05am Hollyoaks Omnibus

1:45am Super Casino 4:10am Gotham 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:15am A League of Their Own 1:15am Hawaii Five-0 2:15am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:05am Ultimate Road Wars 4:00am Costa Del Street Crime 5:00am Crash Test Dummies 5:30am Crash Test Dummies

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8:00pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Sherlock 11:30pm Bad Education 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:10am Family Guy 2:35am Life is Toff 3:05am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:30am Some Girls 4:00am Bad Education

8:00pm Ice Age Giants 9:00pm Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano 11:45pm Billy Joel: The Bridge to Russia 1:00am Billy Joel Live in Leningrad 2:20am Top of the Pops 3:00am Ice Age Giants 4:00am Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 5:00am This is BBC Four

10:25am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm The Cube 2:00pm Totally You've Been Framed!

3:05pm Rumour Has It...

5:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

6:30pm She's the Man 8:40pm The Scorpion King 10:30pm The Xtra Factor 11:35pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:35am The X Factor 2:05am The Xtra Factor 3:00am Two and a Half Men 3:25am Two and a Half Men 3:45am The Hot Desk

7:00am World Kitchen 7:25am The Four Musketeers 9:25am The Royal 10:25am The Royal 11:30am The Darling Buds of May 12:40pm The Darling Buds of May 1:50pm Columbo 3:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:05am Bomb Girls 2:55am ITV3 Nightscreen

9:10am Motorsport UK 10:10am GT Academy 10:40am Bundesliga 11:45am UEFA Champions League Weekly 12:15pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:25pm The Professionals 2:30pm Statoil Masters Tennis Live 5:30pm Cheers 6:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 7:00pm Storage Wars 7:30pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Storage Wars 8:30pm Statoil Masters Tennis Live 11:30pm The Living Daylights 2:15am Journey to Le Mans

4:00pm Made in Chelsea 5:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 6:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 6:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 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 The Waterboy 11:50pm Rude Tube 12:55am The Inbetweeners 1:30am The Inbetweeners

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10:00pm The Wolverine An old acquaintance brings the clawed mutant to Japan, where he finds himself in grave danger.

12:15am Mad Max

Comedy 6:15am Little Shop of Horrors 7:55am Home Alone 9:45am Stand Up Guys 11:25am The Internship 1:25pm You've Got Mail 3:30pm Ghostbusters 5:20pm Ghostbusters II 7:10pm Home Alone 9:00pm The Internship 11:10pm A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 12:50am Stand Up Guys 2:35am The Dukes of Hazzard 4:30am Pitch Perfect

6:15am Point Last Seen 7:55am The Fast and the Furious 9:50am Cold Comes the Night 11:25am Runner Runner 1:05pm All Things to All Men 2:45pm The Fast and the Furious 4:40pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 6:35pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 8:25pm Cold Comes the Night 10:00pm Runner Runner 11:35pm The Canyons 1:25am A Man Apart 3:25am 2 Fast 2 Furious 5:20am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man

6:30am Penguins of Madagascar Special 7:00am Christmas in Wonderland 8:45am Jack Frost 10:35am Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 12:15pm Mickey's Once upon a Christmas 1:30pm Disney's A Christmas Carol 3:15pm Penguins of Madagascar Special 3:45pm Gremlins 5:40pm Ernest Saves Christmas 7:20pm Disney's A Christmas Carol 9:00pm Gremlins 11:00pm Almost Christmas 12:50am Jack Frost 2:40am Ernest Saves Christmas 4:20am Christmas in Wonderland

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7:50am Gunsmoke 8:55am Gunsmoke 10:00am King Richard and the Crusaders 12:10pm The Fearmakers 2:00pm The Train Robbers 4:00pm Jungle Moon Men 5:20pm Jungle Manhunt

When tragedy strikes, a man trying to sneak over the Mexican border is wrongly accused of murder.

Jungle Jim searches for a famous football player lost in the jungle.

6:35pm Jungle Man-Eaters 8:00pm Which Way to the Front?

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BBC TWO 7:15am Great British Garden Revival 8:15am Countryfile 9:15am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:00am The Football League Show 10:40am 50 Golden Years of Sport on BBC Two 11:40am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 1:10pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 1:55pm Snooker

ITV 8:45am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:10am Text Santa: Little Helpers 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Big Time Rush 10:00am The Aquabats! Super Show! 10:25am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:35pm Batteries Not Included 2:30pm All Star Family Fortunes

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CH5 9:00am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:10am Wanda and the Alien 9:25am Zack and Quack 9:45am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:00am Jelly Jamm 10:15am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:50am Access 10:55am Police Interceptors 11:50am Police Interceptors 12:50pm Police Interceptors 1:50pm Secret Santa

SUNDAY TV

SKY 1 6:30am Crash Test Dummies 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Get Santa Special 10:30am Penguins of Madagascar Special 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm Last Man Standing 2:30pm Last Man Standing

3pm 5:20pm Songs of Praise 5:55pm Christmas Supermarket Secrets Gregg Wallace goes behind the scenes with Britain's biggest food retailers over the course of a year to discover how they source, make and move the food we find on the supermarket shelves.

3:00pm Snooker Hazel Irvine presents live coverage from the opening session of the UK Championship final. Eight frames are played in the afternoon session, with a maximum of 11 in the evening session to decide the winner.

3:30pm The X Factor 5:00pm Apollo 13 US spacecraft Apollo 13 has almost reached the moon when an on-board explosion causes the ship to lose oxygen, power and guidance.

3:25pm The Simpsons 3:50pm Stardust Matthew Vaughn's family fantasy starring Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller and Claire Danes.

3:30pm Santa Who? 5:15pm Ice Age: The Meltdown Animated sequel returning to the frozen world of mammoths and sabre-toothed tigers.

3:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 4:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm The Simpsons

6pm 7:00pm Match of the Day - FA Cup Highlights 8:00pm Snooker

7:00pm 5 News Weekend

7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Coronation Street

6:25pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 8:45pm Channel 4 News

9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry

9:00pm The Billion Pound Base: Dismantling Camp Bastion 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Sinister

12:00am Russell Howard's Good News 12:30am The British Guide to Showing Off 2:05am Countryfile 3:00am Holby City 4:00am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

1:50am The Store 3:35am Motorsport UK 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy presents the American version of his popular ITV daytime show. 5:10am ITV Nightscreen

1:05am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2:00am NFL 5:45am NFL

1:30am Campus PD 2:05am Super Casino 4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

12:00am Road Wars 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Spy 3:30am Spy 4:00am Costa Del Street Crime 5:00am Crash Test Dummies 5:30am Crash Test Dummies

BBC THREE

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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:10pm Great TV Mistakes 8:40pm Armageddon 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad! 12:10am American Dad! 12:30am Some Girls 1:00am Sweat the Small Stuff 1:30am Life is Toff 2:00am Comedy Fest Live 3:00am Extreme Beauty Queens: Secrets of South America 4:00am Some Girls 4:30am Life is Toff

8:00pm The Great War 8:40pm Britain's Wild Places 8:50pm Britain's Wild Places 9:00pm The Day of The Triffids 9:30pm The Day of The Triffids 10:00pm Imagine...

11:25pm Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways 12:25am Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways 1:25am The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 2:25am The Genius of Funk 3:25am Imagine...

4:50am This is BBC Four

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:30pm The X Factor 2:00pm The Xtra Factor 3:05pm The Hot Desk 3:15pm You've Been Framed!

4:15pm Ant and Dec's Christmas Show 5:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

6:40pm The Mummy 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm You've Been Framed!

11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:35am American Pie Presents Band Camp

10:25am Heartbeat 11:30am Heartbeat 12:30pm A Touch of Frost 2:35pm Rosemary and Thyme 3:35pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:40pm Columbo: Troubled Waters 7:45pm Inspector Morse 10:00pm Lewis 12:00am Cracker 1:10am Cracker 2:10am William and Mary 3:05am Judge Judy 3:25am Judge Judy 3:50am Judge Judy 4:10am ITV3 Nightscreen

8:55am Black Gold 9:50am Minder 10:55am Ax Men 11:45am Journey to Le Mans 12:45pm Statoil Masters Tennis Live 3:30pm Cheers 4:00pm Alias Smith and Jones

1:30pm Made in Chelsea 2:35pm Melissa and Joey 3:00pm First Daughter 5:15pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 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 Step Up 2: The Streets 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 11:35pm The Inbetweeners 12:10am Bad Robots

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6:35pm BBC London News 6:45pm Christmas Supermarket Secrets 6:55pm BBC News 7:10pm Regional News and Weather 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing

The UK Championship final reaches its conclusion with a maximum of 11 frames left to decide the winner.

Includes sport and weather.

National and international news.

7:05pm Where Eagles Dare

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

9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Remember Me 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2

9:00pm Snooker Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage from York, where the trophy and a cheque for ÂŁ150,000 await the 2014 champion.

Ethan Hawke stars in this supernatural horror from Scott Derrickson.

10:00pm Enemies Closer 11:45pm The Shepherd Explosive thriller in which a former homicide detective becomes a US border patrol agent and must single-handedly thwart a drug cartel attempting to bring $35 million-worth of heroin into the country.

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles

12am 12:35am The Apprentice Lord Sugar summons the candidates to tell them their next task. 1:35am Racing for Time 3:00am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:05am BBC News

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5:05pm Paths of Glory 7:00pm Statoil Masters Tennis Live 10:00pm The Specialist 12:15am Rambo III 2:20am River Monsters 3:30am Nitro Circus

SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Batman Begins 9:25am Fire with Fire 11:15am Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 1:15pm Hellboy 3:35pm Deep Blue Sea 5:35pm xXx2: The Next Level 7:30pm Batman Begins 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 12:00am Fire with Fire After identifying a murderer, a firefighter is placed in a witness protection programme.

1:45am Deep Blue Sea 3:40am xXx2: The Next Level 5:25am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot

Comedy 7:00am The Man with Two Brains 8:45am Fun with Dick and Jane 10:25am The Hangover Part III 12:15pm Identity Thief 2:15pm Ali G Indahouse 3:50pm Without a Paddle Three old friends take a camping trip to hunt for hidden treasure.

5:35pm Bean 7:15pm Groundhog Day 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm The Hangover Part III 12:45am Ali G Indahouse 2:15am Without a Paddle Three old friends take a camping trip to hunt for hidden treasure.

7:05am Harsh Times 9:10am American Hustle 11:40am Swordfish 1:35pm Children of Men 3:35pm The Island 6:05pm Harsh Times 8:05pm The Machinist 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am American Psycho 2:10am Basic Instinct 4:30am Swordfish Futuristic technology spy movie about a man who is desperately trying to access information that is locked inside a complicated computer system that contains mountains of government secrets and money.

7:40am Naughty or Nice 9:15am Pete's Christmas 10:50am Look Who's Talking Now! 12:30pm Saving Santa 2:00pm Get Santa Special 2:30pm Elf 4:10pm Miracle on 34th Street 5:50pm Saving Santa 7:20pm Elf 9:00pm Black Christmas 10:30pm Pete's Christmas 12:10am Naughty or Nice 1:50am Black Christmas 3:20am Look Who's Talking Now! 5:05am While You Were Sleeping

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7:25am Jungle Manhunt 8:40am Jungle Man-Eaters 10:00am Which Way to the Front?

11:55am The Train Robbers 2:00pm Hell Bent for Glory 4:00pm Buchanan Rides Alone 5:35pm Hostile Guns 7:30pm The Lost Command 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 10:55pm Hell on Wheels 11:50pm Tango and Cash 1:50am Hell on Wheels 2:40am Hell on Wheels 3:30am Tango and Cash 5:15am Off Set

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What sort of thing is difficult now, that was easy when you were a child?

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AVING no concerns as a child is easier than as an adult for Tony Cooper at ABC Air Conditioning and Satellite Specialists, Turre in Almeria. Tony says: “I think it is worrying that is more difficult now. You have no stresses and worries to speak of as a child, but as an adult it can feel like you have all the worries in the world upon your shoulders.”

Taking time to enjoy the simpler things in life and remembering to enjoy each moment is harder as an adult for David Campling, owner of Hot Springs Mallorca.

David says: “Enjoying life as a child was easy, but the older you get the more you have to work at it and Tony Cooper. take

STREET TALK a step back from the day to day stuff and just think about how good life is if only you take a few moments each day to enjoy it.”

Being able to eat what you want as a child and having the energy to burn it off is harder now as an adult for Giselle from Marbella Beauty Academy. Giselle says: “I would say the most difficult thing for me now is not being able to eat a single naughty treat without putting on weight, which when I was a child was no issue!!!”

Having the time and energy for fitness is difficult now for Jill Marples, owner of Jacaranda Restaurant in Moraira, which was easier when she was younger.

“Fitness is definitely harder now, but I think it is in part just old age as well” she joked, adding: “I think life in general is a bit easier when you are younger, you don’t worry about

anything, children have no worries.”

Gary Russell, owner of Carpet Heaven in Los Montesinos, agrees that things do get harder the older you get: “Physically getting up in the morning is a lot more difficult now. I used to play a lot of football and worked in a heavy trade in the air force doing a lot of lifting, so there are a lot of old injuries and aches and pains and in the morning I have a lot of stiffness, but once I’m up it’s fine.”

Gary Russell: Aches and pains.

Jill Marples.

Giselle.

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CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig Animated series about a lovable little 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 12:25pm Mrs. Miracle 2:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Christmas Card

MONDAY TV

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8:35am Channel Patrol 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm James Martin's Food Map of Britain 2:10pm The Blue Planet

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 Let's Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather

9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Kirstie's Vintage Christmas 12:00pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me

3:10pm The Great British Bake Off 4:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:55pm The World's Most Photographed 5:25pm Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point

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

4:30pm Mistletoe Over Manhattan

6:25pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm FA Cup 3rd Round Draw 8:30pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes

6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The Royal Variety Performance

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

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

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

9:00pm Who Killed Tutankhamun?

9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Arrow

6:00am Crash Test Dummies 6:30am Crash Test Dummies 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 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

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Seasonal fantasy yarn. Sensing that her workaholic husband is too exhausted to maintain his Christmas spirit, Mrs Claus heads to New York, the city where they first fell in love.

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Investigation into the ancient mystery surrounding the death of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.

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A FESTIVE winter ‘wonderland’ created by Laurence LlewelynBowen, the TV presenter with the ruffles and tresses (and, as his website helpfully points out, ‘Britain’s favourite interior decorator’), was temporarily shut down after just a day following a barrage of complaints from angry parents.

Families forking out up to £22.50 a ticket to The Magical Journey attraction at the UK’s world-famous Belfry Golf Club had been promised ‘the most amazing Christmas experience that Planet Earth has ever seen.’ But children were left in tears to find hour-long queues for swearing Santas handing out cheap plastic toys not even wrapped.

Others expressed elf ‘n’

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LAURENCE LLEWELYNBOWEN: Created a ‘not so’ festive winter ‘wonderland.’ safety fears for ‘chav’ elves having to push a train up a hill while others sat around ‘smoking and moaning about working hours.’

Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without an annual Winter Wonderland fiasco! Last year it was Milton Keynes’ Winter Wonderland, while in 2008 at Lapland New Forest ‘Santa got attacked and an

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ELFGATE: a winter blunderland of chav elves and swearing Santas elf got smacked in the face and pushed into a pram.’

All helping to put the grot into grotto!

I really don't know who’s dafter: the people who set up these ‘magical Lapland Christmas’ extravaganzas or those who really believe a few sheds full of ‘tacky’ gifts, bored students dressed up as elves and a bit of spray-on fake snow will somehow turn into some ‘amazing Christmas experience.’

Well, here’s an idea: if you want a Lapland experience, go to Lapland.

If you want a Disney Christmas go to Disneyland. Want something cheaper? Do something nice at home. Or go to your school/church’s Christmas Fair: there's sure to be one locally, and your money will

likely go to a better cause than a rich man’s pocket.

Otherwise simply put the money towards more gifts for your children since you’re never going to get a ‘winter wonderland’ in a muddy English field.

You can almost imagine Nigel Farage’s thoughts over a pint of bitter: “I’ve never heard of this Laurence chap, but there’s nothing anybody can do about Christmas as it’s all controlled by Brussels. But when I’m in charge we’ll have a referendum, and then we’ll get rid of it once and for all. Ho ho ho!”

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm 10 Things You Didn't Know About Earthquakes 10:00pm The Secrets of Quantum Physics 11:00pm James May at the Edge of Space 11:30pm The Rolling Stones Return to Hyde Park: Sweet Summer Sunday 12:45am The Rolling Stones at the BBC 1:30am Neil Diamond 2:30am Sounds of the 70s 3:00am Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 4:00am The Secrets of Quantum Physics 5:00am This is BBC Four

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10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm American Pie Presents Band Camp 12:55am Two and a Half Men

8:55am George and Mildred 9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am A Touch of Frost 1:55pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:05pm Faith in the Future 5:35pm French Fields 6:10pm George and Mildred 6:45pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Bouquet of Barbed Wire 12:00am The Vice

10:55am Magnum, P.I. 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm The Sentinel 12:15am The Matrix Reloaded

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Festive drama. Two women take a trip to Ireland. One visits an old suitor who is now an earl and the other tries to find a publisher for her novel.

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10:15am Royal Pains 11:15am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm The Cube 2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm The Best Ever You've Been Framed 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Educating Joey Essex 11:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:20am Two and a Half Men

9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:05pm Faith in the Future 5:35pm French Fields 6:10pm George and Mildred 6:40pm Heartbeat 7:45pm Wycliffe 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Harry at 30 11:00pm Bouquet of Barbed Wire 12:00am The Vice

12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm GT Academy 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm River Monsters 11:05pm Species IV: The Awakening 1:10am Nitro Circus 1:30am Nitro Circus

3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm My Fair Wedding 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 Step Up 3 11:15pm The Big Bang Theory 11:40pm The Big Bang Theory 12:10am The Inbetweeners 12:40am The Inbetweeners

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SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am After Earth 8:45am Catwoman 10:30am R.I.P.D. 12:10pm X2 2:25pm A Bridge Too Far 5:20pm Oblivion 7:30pm After Earth 9:15pm R.I.P.D. 11:00pm X2 1:20am Oblivion 3:30am Enter the Dragon

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7:35am 96 Minutes 9:25am My Brother the Devil 11:30am All Things to All Men 1:10pm Hours 3:00pm Big Nothing 4:35pm Thelma and Louise 6:55pm All Things to All Men 8:25pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 10:00pm Training Day 12:05am The Last Boy Scout 2:00am Taxi Driver

7:30am Christmas in Wonderland 9:15am Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 10:50am The Santa Clause 12:30pm Saving Santa 2:00pm Sleepless in Seattle 3:50pm The Santa Clause 5:35pm Miracle on 34th Street 7:15pm Holiday Inn 9:00pm Saving Santa 10:30pm Sleepless in Seattle 12:20am Almost Christmas

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9:35am A Lion is in the Streets 11:15am Night Raiders 12:25pm Westbound 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Fort Osage 5:30pm The Buccaneer 7:55pm The Story of Will Rogers 10:00pm The Keeper 11:55pm Bait 2:10am The Keeper

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in history 1872: The Mary Celeste ship is found without any trace of the crew but with a six month supply of food and water on board. It is believed that they abandoned ship, but just what happened to the crew is a mystery that endures to this day.

1921: The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London, bringing to an end the Irish War of Independence. The treaty gives way to the forming of the Irish Free State.

1933: Prohibition in the United States comes to an end, thus ending 13 years of the ban on alcoholic beverages. It is widely held that Prohibition gave birth to the American mafia, following the rise of several prominent bootleggers such as Al Capone.

1937: The very first edition of children’s comic The Dandy is published. It was the first comic to use speech bubbles instead of captions and introduced characters Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat to the British public.

1941: The Japanese navy carry out a surprise attack on an American naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. More than 2,400 Americans are killed, and the attack leads to the United States’ entry into the Second World War. 1952: The Great Smog of ’52 is responsible for around 12,000 deaths in London. Four days of cold weather and air pollution from the burning of coal results in mainly children and elderly people dying from respiratory problems.

1960: The first episode of Coronation Street is broadcast on ITV in the UK. It is the world’s longest running television soap opera.

1980: John Lennon is murdered

by Mark David Chapman at the entrance to the building where he lived in New York City. The former Beatle is cremated two days later in Hartsdale, New York.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse festive social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Don't chance your plans being disrupted by ill health. Get any problems sorted out now even if you think they are 'nothing'. When you are feeling good it is easy to take that for granted.

Fresh foods and air mean more at the moment than making an extra few pounds.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your mind is positively buzzing with ideas. There has been so much progress in your personal life during the past year that it is hard to believe.

However, you are capable of being very dynamic and single-minded. This is why, now, you may be patting yourself on the back. Keep colleagues on your side by taking a particular interest in them.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There are moments of boundless energy which really urge you to 'get up and go'. Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had. Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting. At the moment, your priorities are paramount.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health.

Getting out and about lifts the spirits,

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A young American couple – Tom and Anna – fall into debt during the renovation of their London home, and find their dreams of having a house and starting a family beginning to crumble. When they discover the tenant in the apartment below them murdered and find $400,000 in cash, they decide to keep the money and use what they need. However, their spending gets out of hand, and the thief who stole the money, wants it back. Soon, bad things start happening to good people.

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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: The fact that you are so at home working in a group is indicative of your co-operative nature. Capitalise on this by applying your people skills to your work. In a busy world, relaxation counts.

December 4, Marisa Tomei, 50, actress Tomei won an Academy Award for her role in the 1992 movie My Cousin Vinny, and has had roles in What Women Want, Anger Management and The Wrestler.

She had a major role in TV show A Different World, a spin-off from The Cosby Show.

December 5, Little Richard, 82, singer The rock n’ roll man who sang Good Golly Miss Molly is an inductee of the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He released his first single, Tutti Frutti, in 1955, and has been compared to Elvis Presley in terms of his influence on music in the 1950’s.

December 7, John Terry, 34, football player The Chelsea defender has while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you.

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also captained the English national side and was named UEFA Club Defender of the Year in 2005, 2008 and 2009. He famously had an affair with the exgirlfriend of former teammate Wayne Bridge, who subsequently refused to shake his hand before a match.

December 7, Noam Chomsky, 86, teacher and political activist Known as the father of modern linguistics, Chomsky is renowned as a professor, philosopher and political activist and is the author of numerous books on politics and linguistics. He was voted the world’s top public intellectual in 2005.

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December 8, Enrique Ponce, bullfighter Born in Valencia, he was the first bullfighter to fight more than 2,000 corridas and made his first public appearance in 1986. In March 2014, during the Las Fallas festival in Valencia, he suffered a severe goring which resulted in a broken collarbone and ribs. they could be time-consuming and disruptive.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the 'big picture' may have faded into the background.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keeping up the activity level physically is really in your best interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities. A promise broken may still be restarted without trauma, just determination is needed.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment. Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person. Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy. Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position.

December 9, Dame Judi Dench, 80, actress Initially trained as a set designer, her acting career began on the stage and later on television, before she moved into movies. She has received six Laurence Olivier Awards for her theatre work and has played M in several James Bond movies.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends. Children and young people fill your time for a lot of this week and certainly give you a reason to smile.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue.

Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now. Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible.

ROYALTY 1. “Oh no, it wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast”, was the last line of which classic 1933 film?

2. A Night at the Opera (1975), A Day at the Races (1976) and News of the World (1977) were all best-selling albums by which British rock band?

3. Charlottetown is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of which Canadian province?

4. Love and Pride was the only UK Top 10 hit single for which British new wave pop band of the mid-1980s?

5. What was the name of the series of large luxury cars made by British Motor Corporation under its Austin marque and its subsidiary Vanden Plas from 1947 to 1968?

6. Which American tennis player won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles title six times (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973 and 1975)?

7. Which former WBO, WBC, IBF, and Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion was famous for his boxing antics and spectacular ring entrances that have included entering the ring via a Chevrolet Impala, a flying carpet, a lift and a palanquin?

8. Which is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City?

9. Which is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia?

10. Which literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in May 1835, is about a young woman whose royal identity is established by a test of her physical sensitivity?

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

TARGET: Average: 21 Good: 27 Very good: 39 Excellent: 48

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION able, bale, bane, bawl, bean, been, bene, blah, blew, blow, bola, bole, bone, bowl, ebon, lobe, beano, below, blown, bowel, elbow, noble, obeah, baleen, enable, WHALEBONE

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (ARENAS) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

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Unscramble the name of a famous British athlete: AFAR IF PACE DULL

Across 1 Rustic Asiatic city gets rainstorm (8) 4 Be eating the thing making for a light meal (4) 7 Lets out stern characters (5) 9 Help to make a curtain, say (5) 11 Thin can found in the street (5) 12 Formally approve some women actors (5) 13 Watch your heart (6) 15 Reasons why sauces are free (6) 19 Wooden smiles (5) 21 Castles for birds (5) 23 Discredit fake Earl (5) 24 Note: dead, but cheer up! (5) 25 Closely similar but mixed up as me (4) 26 Trek less confusing for flighty hunters (8)

Unscramble the name of a famous British historical event (five words): LIGHTED AFTER FORENOON FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: PAULA RADCLIFFE, THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

Play on Words O V E R S worker, one hears (4) 8 Climb up a ladder (5) 10 Hangs around foals (5) 14 Insensitive fool after credit (5) 16 A poem about baby’s first home (5) 17 Cushions frequently found in

ship (7) 18 Easy job in a light wind (6) 19 Releases from custody with some cricket gear (5) 20 Stupid cats flee (4) 22 Traps laid for son born a soldier (5)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 20 represents C and 21 represents V, so fill in C every time the figure 20 appears and V every time the figure 21 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 7 Happening lately (6) 8 Long journey (6) 10 Educational institution (7) 11 Sugary (5) 12 Look for (4) 13 Less in number (5) 17 Arrive at (5) 18 Sixty minutes (4) 22 Away from others (5) 23 Safeguard (7) 24 Departs (6) 25 Pressure (6)

Down 1 Exact (7) 2 Reprimanded (7) 3 Wrath (5) 4 Behemoth (7) 5 Humped animal (5) 6 Owed amounts (5) 9 Magnifier of images of distant objects (9) 14 Scarabs (7) 15 Eternally (7) 16 Object formally (7) 19 Ahead of time (5) 20 Asian archipelago (5) 21 Footwear (5)

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

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Answers: Left overs, A lot to answer for

Down 1 In a row about tea bars (7) 2 Ran Kansas degrees (5) 3 Modifies Pat’s ad by mistake (6) 5 Law and order (5) 6 Forced to be a domestic

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Slapdash, 5 Nags, 9 Respite, 10 Tress, 11 Bends, 12 Epistle, 13 Clever, 15 Carrot, 18 Aerosol, 20 Coped, 22 Cease, 23 Seaport, 24 Rest, 25 Mainstay.

Down: 1 Scrub, 2 Absence, 3 Drips, 4 See red, 6 Alert, 7 Suspect, 8 Attila, 13 Chaucer, 14 Easier, 16 Rapport, 17 Plasma, 19 Reaps, 20 Chain, 21 Ditty.

QUICK Across: 1 Dismiss, 5 Caged, 8 Adapted, 9 Ideal, 10 Stern, 11 Exactly, 12 Copied, 14 Mended, 17 Arrange, 19 Plans, 22 Lends, 23 Chasing, 24 Dirty, 25 Singers.

Across 1 Helmet (5) 3 Cervezas (5) 7 Bitter (drink, medicine) (6) 9 Abierto (puerta, armario, boca, herida) (4) 10 Septiembre (9) 13 Strange (person, event, behaviour, feeling) (4) 14 Spain (6) 16 Bufanda (5) 17 Dressing gowns (5)

Down 1 Carbón (4) 2 Coche (automóvil) (3) 4 Company (firm) (7) 5 Healthy (person, plant, mind) (4) 6 Rockets (fireworks) (7) 8 Happiness (cheerfulness) (7) 11 Grey (in colour) (4) 12 Alfombras (pequeñas) (4) 15 Guisante (3)

Down: 1 Deals, 2 Share, 3 Intense, 4 Sudden, 5 China, 6 Greeted, 7 Delayed, 12 Crawled, 13 Partner, 15 Explain, 16 Fences, 18 Nasty, 20 Alike, 21 Signs.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Shell, 3 Salon, 5 Ant, 7 Germans, 9 Snap, 10 Door, 14 Terraza, 15 Oca, 16 Perla, 17 Sacks.

Down: 1 Soaps, 2 Liga, 3 Sure, 4 Nos, 6 Traer, 8 Apodo, 11 Roads, 12 Papa, 13 Hats, 14 Tap.

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TOP TEN CHRISTMAS MOVIES It’s that time of year when people enjoy nothing more than relaxing on the sofa after a hearty dinner, putting their feet up by the fire, and watching a classic Christmas-themed movie to enter into the spirit of the season.

Here’s a pick of 10 of the best.

1. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Though not strictly a Christmas movie, anybody who grew up in the UK and Ireland has made watching this 1971 classic a tradition on Christmas morning as it was forever part of the Christmas TV scheduling.

2. It’s a Wonderful Life One of the most loved movies in American cinema, this 1947 Oscar winner stars Jimmy Stewart as a man who has given up on his dreams to help others, and has his life turned around with the visit of his guardian angel. Sentimental and life-affirming, this is a Christmas classic.

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He is forced to answer the question: what will he sacrifice in order to save those he loves?

Patterson is widely held to be one of the greatest crime writers of our time, and Hope to Die is another fast-paced thriller

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Just Joking A man walks into his lawyer’s office and says: ‘I’d like to make a will but I’m not really sure how to go about it.’ His lawyer replies: ‘Don’t worry, leave it all to me.’

‘I used to be addicted to soap, but I’m clean now.’

in a vest killing terrorists isn’t exactly what you’d call Christmas viewing, but when it’s set to a backdrop of an LA Christmas with plenty of jingling festive tunes accompanying shoot-outs and punch-ups, then it makes for essential Christmas viewing.

7. White Christmas Christmas isn’t Christmas without Bing Crosby crooning the classic tune ‘White Christmas,’ and this is the celluloid version of the best-selling single of all time. The America of the 1940’s and 1950’s was the era for producing great Christmas favourites.

from this master of the genre.

8. Trading Places This might not be on everybody’s favourite Christmas list, but the 1983 tale of backstabbing and double-crossing with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd set in Philadelphia during Christmas is one of the alltime comedy greats.

9. Jingle All the Way This fun-filled family Christmas movie tells the story of two dads battling it out to get their hands on a Turbo-Man action figure for their sons for Christmas.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reputation as an action-hero makes the silliness of the movie all the more endearing.

3. Love Actually Considered by many to be far too saccharine and schmaltzy, this UK romantic comedy nevertheless gets viewers in the Christmas spirit as it weaves its various tales of love to a wonderfully British Christmas backdrop.

4. Home Alone Macaulay Culkin gets accidentally left behind when his family depart for the Christmas season, and spends the best part of the movie terrorising a pair of bungling burglars attempting to rob the house. Made in 1990, this still stands up as a must-watch Christmas movie.

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DON’T MISS: Christmas movies such as White Christmas and Home Alone.

5. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Dubbed a modern Christmas classic, this hilarious 1989 movie follows the mishaps and mini-triumphs of Clark Griswold as he

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tries to give his family the best Christmas ever.

6. Die Hard Bruce Willis running around a skyscraper

10. Miracle on 34th Street Be it the 1947 original or the 1973 and 1994 remakes, Miracle on 34th Street is definitely a Christmas staple.

Telling the story of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real thing, the film perfectly captures the magic of Christmas.

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: 24 Good: 31 Very good: 44 Excellent: 54

SCORING:

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION rouge, rouged, rogue, ounce, ounces, ennui, envíes, neuron, niece, nicks, necks, vices, nines, invade, incest, icier, genii, genie, genre, vogue, vined, vines, vague, inert, inter, civet, agent, enter, scene, scened, scent, skein, stein, stern, begun, device, deice, deter, tenet, tenets, treks, trend, rented

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To heil with that work ethic Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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HILST the German work ethic is well known and respected, no one wishes to imitate it. There is about the Germans an unnerving sense of ant-like self-discipline that leaves most of us aghast.

Taking a holiday at a Belgian camping site we were dismissive of the young Germans setting up their tent next to ours. Talk about Carry on Camping, upon awakening the difference between our two groups was hilarious.

As bleary-eyed we stumbled out of our tent, the already scrubbed and smartly dressed Fritz next door, with perfect precision, dismantled and stowed their tent and belongings. The procedure took them about five-minutes.

GERMAN WORKERS: Go to work and wouldn’t dream of using Facebook or gossiping.

An hour later we hapless Englanders were still trying to figure out how to take down and pack our gear. In the end, we just threw the lot in the back of the car and uttered words no German wishes to hear.

This goes some way to understanding how Germans manage to produce far more than we do, yet work fewer hours. How, we ask, is a nation that works only 35 hours each week, enjoys 24-days of holiday each year on full pay,

able to maintain such a high rate of quality production.

They’re so darned good at being cost effective and efficient they even bail out their fellow Europeans when their economies fail.

With many young Spaniards looking to employment in Germany, and a large British expatriate community already bedded in, what changes are newcomers likely to find in the workplace?

A working regime that might have them doing a quick right-

about-turn and returning to their home country. The laid back laissez-faire which the Spanish and others are notorious for, has to go for a start.

In Germany, when employees turn up for work this is precisely what they do; they work. To malinger is to earn the wrath and scorn of colleagues. You just don’t do Facebook, scroll Reddit, make personal calls or gossip when at work. Nor do you pretend to be busy when the boss comes

in. Sure, such behaviour is frowned upon in much of Europe, but it is tolerated. In Germany there is zero tolerance shown towards idleness. Interestingly, the ire likely to be directed at a work dodger will come not from management but from fellow workers.

A young German woman on a working exchange job in England expressed her bewilderment. She says; “I was in the office and the people are talking all the time about their private things like, ‘what’s the plans for tonight’ and constantly drinking coffee.”

The Germans retire at 65 whereas in the UK there is no longer a set retirement age.

This means you remain on the hamster wheel until you fall off it. By comparison, the UK and Spain are also-rans in the workplace. Most of us on reaching three-score years and five realise we have little choice but to keep working.

I’m a Christmassy sort of person Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

I LIKE the tinsel and phoney snow and the whole roast turkey, mince pies and silly hats thing.

Whilst maintaining a macho exterior, I actually get all excited when the tree is decorated (it’s been up since November 19) which arches over precariously with enough glass balls and bells to decorate the O2.

My function, however, is to simply lug in the boxes of bling from the garage and erect our fake Norwegian Spruce, after which the Princess takes over and tells me to get lost as she adds layer upon layer of lights, glass baubles of varying sizes and miniature reindeer and snowmen.

And all this in spite of the fact that we are still finding bits of glitter on the carpets and in the fridge from last year’s celebrations.

Then you have the annual problem for us blokes of what to buy the little woman.

FAVOURITE PERFUME: Is never one smelling of ‘Roses of Battersea.’

More particularly what to buy a woman who has everything.

Perfume is always a reasonable place to start and they all have their favourites. But it’s never the two quid a gallon ‘Roses of Battersea’ stuff for

my little lady. No it has to be Coco by Chanel. I would prefer Cocoa by Nestlé, it’s a lot cheaper, but she is insistent.

It’s never regarded as the primary present either, but merely a stocking

filler. So having lashed out three thousand euros for a bottle the size of a fairy’s jock strap, you then have to start thinking about the bigger gift, and you are back to the original problem.

What to buy?

Shouldn’t criticise too much though, because I am also very particular about the smelly water that I throw on myself prior to an evening out at the Gran Chino Wok Buffet, and I favour Gentleman by Givenchy.

It often attracts complimentary remarks from the ladies and if I’m lucky, I will get sniffed-up a couple of times on a Saturday night.

It also, however, attracts comments from other men, but they are never quite so respectful. Smelling like a Turkish tart’s pillowcase is one example.

With its main ingredient patchouli, it transports me back to those heady days of the 60’s when you could asphyxiate on the scented smoke from joss sticks at parties, and where pungent patchouli incense was used to disguise other suspicious aromas when the fuzz came calling.

You know, fried onions and stuff.

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Just pondering what the following day held for me and the school rang me to say that my daughter was feeling unwell and had blurred vision. My son who had been in A & E just the day before with a temperature of nearly 40 was sleeping off his terrible fever.

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The teachers were all aware of my situation so were only too happy to help. Life goes on! One in bed with a fever, the other on the sofa complaining of sore eyes and headaches and one Mummy flying slightly at half-mast! What a team we made! My daughter had had an eye test just a few days ago and the optician didn’t seem to think she needed glasses… just a very slight myopia to keep an eye on… pardon the pun.

Right, time to cheer us all up and the way to do that was through food! So I got out my cookery books and looked for something delicious and comforting to make. Pumpkin soup… the children weren’t so convinced!!

November 25, I arrived at the hospital in the morning for my CAT scan or TAC as it is called here in Spain. You have to drink a glass of water every 15 minutes for an hour before you have the scan. Then I was called in to administer the contrast dye, just a quick prick and into the vein it goes. Then they move you bit by bit through the scanner and you have to remain absolutely still. No drama as it only took 10 minutes.

November 26, I had to go to the hospital El Materno at 7:15 fora blood test, book my appointment with the oncologist and then I went for breakfast. I

returned to the hospital, accompanied by Jorge who has been an absolute rock for me. We had a four hour wait as they prepared the blood analysis and all the scan results. Finally my name was called and in we went to see the oncologist. She gave me the good news that my brain and body were free of tumours, but there were some stains or lesions in my lungs. Nothing too serious but they needed watching so I would need to go back for another CAT scan within three months. I was also told that I had to remove my coil because the hormones were counterproductive for breast cancer and my treatment. Then, to my total surprise, they told me I would be having my first session of chemotherapy the very same day. In a way it was great just to get on with it.

The nurses came and explained all the possible side effects of nausea, diarrhoea, hair loss, sore stomach, possible loss of appetite, dry skin, mouth ulcers, white gums - a sign of your immune system being down, brittle nails, vaginal dryness and a zillion other things. She then gave me lots of information about cancer support groups, wig specialists and diet advice. You have to hydrate yourself well on

the inside and outside, eat lots of nuts and take certain medication and drink lots of tea, ginger is apparently wonderful. I was told that my hair would fall out within a week to 15 days, so I was advised to cut my hair short and choose a wig or scarf and have it ready for the inevitable moment!

It was a lot of information to take in but more or less message received. My chemo nurse Rosa told me she would ring me in a few days to check how I was and to see if I had any questions, she gave me her number. She was utterly charming and professional and definitely in the right job. I felt like I’d won the lottery as I had been so lucky with all the medical professionals that I had come into contact with.

Then time to start chemo! I would be having eight sessions every 21 days of quite an aggressive dose. They inserted the drip into a vein in my hand and fed through a preparatory cocktail to protect my stomach and reduce the likelihood of nausea. Then they flushed out the vein before starting the first in a two part chemo treatment. That took another half an hour having rested for 30 minutes and then the final blast was administered.

This was a very funny orange colour and I was told not to be

alarmed that my urine would be slightly toxic and orange of course. Apparently you have to be careful near children and make sure you flush the loo well and disinfect the bathroom thoroughly. They were right. My first pee was an impressive sunset orange!

The alarm sounded and the treatment was over, the needle was taken out and I can honestly say apart from a slight headache I had not experienced any side effects. I was advised to stay away from people with coughs and colds as my defences could be compromised. As my son had a fever and a virus I decided to stay away and his father looked after him and his sister.

So off I went to stay with my second family in Malaga! I was so well looked after, delicious food, baths were run, candles were lit, soothing music sounded, my skin rehydration treatment… you name it. What a lucky girl. In the meantime I received messages of love and support from my friends and family and colleagues.

I went to bed feeling happy and relaxed and very pleased to have started my treatment. Now I just had to wait for the bone scan results and return in 21 days for my second chemo session. Roll on December 17.

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CAT owners are being too loving and stressing their feline friends out with too many cuddles.

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The UK charity Cats Protection questioned 1,300 cat owners and found when it comes to dealing with their stressed out pet, more than half (53 per cent) would give it a cuddle.

“Being held or stroked for too long can be very stressful for some cats,” said Cats Protection’s Behaviour Manager, Nicky Trevorrow. “Space and peace is often what they need - they’re not small furry humans, so what would comfort us won’t necessarily comfort them.”

The Cats Protection’s survey found cat owners in the UK find it difficult to recognise signs of stress and many are at a loss as to what to do about it. In particular: • More than half of owners (55 per cent) didn’t realise that living with another cat or dog can be stressful for their pet.

• Half the owners were unaware that other cats coming into the house could be a cause of stress.

• More than a third (35 per cent) let neighbouring cats in, either through a door or window, or their own cat’s cat flap.

• More than half (51 per cent) failed to identify wetting and soiling in the house as a sign of stress.

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A few tips on what you should do to prepare for your pet sitter

By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch RECENTLY I was asked by a home owner new to house sitting, what they should prepare for their first pet sitter.

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condition known as hypounawareness. She began passing out at work and crashed her car due to unexpected lows.

An insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor didn’t improve the situation. She then began the training process with her Lab/Golden Retriever mix named Duchess.

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diabetic sleeps, the dog will stand guard and get on top of the person to try and wake them if she smells a low.

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While not up to August’s 22 per cent rise, it is still the leading figure across Europe according to the European Commission’s statistical office Eurostat. After Spain on the list came the Czech Republic (8.2 per cent), Hungary (7.3 per cent) and Slovenia (6.2 per cent). The UK saw a 1.8 per cent increase in the year

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De la Torre says that although the unsold new housing stock remains high there will be a rebound in the construction industry which has already started due to the wide regional differences in

housing stock. In short some of the more important parts of the market, for example Madrid, do not have a huge stock of empty homes. He also predicts that property prices will start to move upwards having seen average falls of around 40 per cent since their peak.

He sees the recent rise in the number of mortgage approvals together with more foreign investment and higher demand in Spain as the economy starts to grow again, as being key points in a gradual rise in prices.

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According to the latest figures just released for September, a total of 19,323 new mortgages were taken out, 29.8 per cent more than in the same month of 2013, and the highest figure since February of last year.

That means that Spain has seen four consecutive months of double digit rises in mortgages given - June saw a 19 per cent rise, July had an increase of 28.8 per cent and August saw a 24 per cent rise.

The average value of mortgages taken out in September reached €107,850, up 10.6 per cent compared to the same month in 2013.

HOME MORTGAGES: Increased by 29.8 per cent.

The volume of capital loaned for these mortgages increased by 43.5 per cent in the preceding 12 months to €2.08 billion.

The regions which saw the biggest number of

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The region with the largest volume of capital loaned for mortgages was Madrid (€612.3 million).

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HERE is a hand which cropped up at the club a few weeks ago.

With no opposition bidding you reach Six Spades and get the lead of the Club J. You have no losers in Spades, Hearts or Diamonds and so, to make your contract, you have got to avoid two losers in Clubs.

It all seems to depend on the Club King being on your left but, on the lead of the Club Jack, that doesn’t seem particularly likely. If you play the Club Queen at trick 1, it will lose to the King and you will not be able to avoid a further Club loser.

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on your left, you still just lose one trick. So you will lose nothing by delaying the finesse. Take the Ace of Clubs, draw trumps, play A, K and ruff a Heart, play K and A of Diamonds and, only then, lead a Club towards the Queen.

East will win but he does not have a third Club to return to his partner. He will have to play a red card, on which you can throw your losing Club and ruff in Dummy.

Twelve tricks made!

The moral of the story is that you should constantly be on the lookout for any additional small chances which might help you make your contract and play to take advantage of these.

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The new chassis does not inherit a single component from the current model.

Straight line and cornering stability is increased thanks to a centre of gravity lowered by five millimetres, a stiffer sub-frame and new suspension geometry including a new front knuckle. Roll behaviour, steering response and understeer characteristics are all improved.

The highlight under the hood of the new Corsa is the installation of Opel’s newly-developed petrol three-cylinder, 1.0 ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo. Just premiered in the Opel ADAM, this engine has been designed from a clean sheet of paper and sets a new class benchmark for exceptionally low noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) characteristics, as well as high driving comfort: the compact, allaluminium 1.0 ECOTEC Direct Injection Turbo is fitted with a counterrotating balancer shaft - a unique feature in its class.

It is available in two output configurations, giving 66kW/90hp or

85kW/115hp.

Both meet Euro 6 emission standards, and the 66kW/90hp version only consumes 4.3 l/100km in the combined cycle for emissions of just 100g/km CO2.

The petrol engine lineup also includes 1.2 and 1.4-litre four-cylinder engines. New to the range is a 74kW/100hp 1.4-litre turbo with 200Nm maximum torque available from 1,850 to 3,500rpm.

This makes it the current torque hero within the new Corsa powertrain portfolio.

Completely revised, more refined and now also Euro 6 compliant 1.3 CDTI engines with 55kW/75hp and 70kW/95hp expand the Corsa’s engine range At launch, the most frugal Corsa diesel variant – with 70kW/95hp, a five-speed manual gearbox and braking energy recuperation system – can

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reduce the three-door model’s CO2 emissions down to 85g/km and fuel consumption down to 3.2 l/100km over the combined cycle.

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HE New Opel Corsa is due to start rolling off the production lines in December.

Well established as a bestseller through four model generations spanning 32 years, 12.4 million Corsas have been sold. Together with the Astra, it is Opel’s most popular model, accounting for more than a quarter of the company’s sales every year.

Available in three and five-door body formats, the Corsa is currently number four in the small car segment in Western Europe. In Germany and the UK, it is number two.

The new fifth-generation Corsa rolls off the assembly lines in Eisenach and Zaragoza at the end of this year, and offers a fresh look and a fresh driving experience with a new chassis and optimised steering, combining German engineering with design, digital connectivity and, say Opel, a great price/performance ratio.

New generation petrol and reworked diesel turbo engines ensure a new level of comfort, top performance and low fuel consumption.

The fifth-generation Corsa can already be ordered in Germany at an entry-level price of €11,980 (three door, 1.2 petrol engine.)

“The Opel Corsa has always been widely praised, particularly for its appealing looks and its efficient use of space within compact dimensions,” says Doctor KarlThomas Neumann, CEO Opel Group.

“I am confident the new fifth generation, with its new level of comfort, its modern driver assistance and infotainment systems, will continue the model’s exemplary success. I promise that the driving experience of the new Corsa will surprise

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“With the fifth generation Corsa, we want to offer a new driving experience in this vehicle class in terms of pleasure, comfort and safety,” says

Doctor Neumann. “This is why our bestseller is coming onto the market with so many new technologies.”

At the touch of a button, the City mode of the steering system, fitted as standard except when the Opel Eye front camera is chosen, increases power assistance at lower speeds, which is particularly useful when maneuvering in congested urban areas. Hill Start Assist also comes as standard. It maintains the brake function for about two seconds.

This prevents the Corsa from rolling back when starting on a slope.

The new Corsa introduces a host of driver assistance systems, many of which are unrivalled in its vehicle class.

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Driving tips from Ford INDIVIDUAL driving styles and the ways in which customers use their vehicle on a dayto-day basis can make a big difference to fuel consumption, according to a survey of European drivers, commissioned by Ford.

“The technological advances of today’s cars offer more potential than ever for motorists to make significant reductions to their fuel bills,” said Wulf-Peter Schmidt, Director, Sustainability, Ford of Europe.

“For customers to fully optimise savings, however, requires the application of simple fuel-efficient techniques and habits, which also contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions.”

Ford has identified four simple habits which could help save motorists as much as 33 per cent on fuel - potentially as much as €1,000 a year:

• Removing the rooftop cargo box (20 per cent) • Shopping around for fuel (7 per cent) • Checking and optimising tyre pressures every month (4 per cent) • Removing excess weight from inside the car (2 per cent).

There are plenty of other techniques you can apply: • Accelerate and brake smoothly • Wind down a window • Switch off engine • Shift-up gears • Idle less • Stick to speed limits. The faster you go the greater the fuel consumption and emissions. Cruising at 130km/h (80mph) can use up to 25 per cent more fuel than at 112km/h (70mph).

Driving at 112km/h uses up to 9 per cent more fuel than at 95km/h (60mph) and up to 15 per cent more than at 80km/h (50mph)

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ENERGY EFFICIENT: New Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.

Could this be the future of low emission motoring?

TOYOTA is launching its all-new Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) in Japan on December 15.

In Europe, the car will be launched in the UK, Germany and Denmark in September 2015, with more countries to follow in 2017.

Using hydrogen as fuel to generate electricity, the Mirai achieves superior environmental performance with the convenience and driving pleasure expected of any car.

The Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), features both fuel cell technology and hybrid technology, and includes Toyota’s new proprietary FC Stack and high-pressure hydrogen tanks. The TFCS is more energy efficient than internal combustion engines and emits no CO2 or pollutants when driven. Drivers can also expect the same level of convenience as offered by petrol engine vehicles, with a generous cruising range and a hydrogen refuelling time of about three

minutes. That beats conventional electric cars hands down. To refuel it is more or less the same procedure as a traditional petrol engine. The price in Germany will be around €66,000 plus VAT. Hydrogen can be generated using a wide range of natural resources and man-made byproducts such as sewage sludge. It can also be created from water using natural renewable energy sources like solar and wind power. When compressed, it has a higher energy density than batteries, and is relatively easy to store and transport; therefore, it also carries expectations for potential future use in power generation and a wide range of other applications.

FCVs are able to generate their own electricity from hydrogen, meaning they can help make a future hydrogen-based society a reality, and are therefore expected to further contribute to accelerating energy diversification.

The new Toyota FC Stack achieves a maximum output of 114kW (155 DIN hp). Electricity generation efficiency has been enhanced through the use of 3D fine mesh flow channels which ensure uniform generation of electricity on cell surfaces, providing compact size and a high level of performance, and a world-leading power output density of 3.1kW/L (2.2 times higher than that of the previous Toyota FCHV-adv limited-lease model).

The amount of water on fuel cell electrolyte membranes has a substantial influence on electricity generation efficiency. Control of the amount of water is carried out using an internal circulation system for circulating the water created when generating electricity, meaning the Toyota FC Stack is a world-leading 5 system which, unlike systems used in all other previous Toyota fuel cell vehicles, does not require the use of a humidifier.

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San Miguel travel to La Finca SAN MIGUEL GS’s monthly visit to La Finca attracted 37 members and three guests.

Gold Category players made, in general, the best of the good conditions, closely followed by the leaders in the Silver Category.

In the Bronze Category fourth was Ray Ewins (31), third Mick Roscoe (32), second Chris Hamblett (32) and first was Brian Mulligan with 34 points.

The Silver Category saw Steve Davis (34), take fourth with John Drakesmith (34) third, Ken Potts (37) second and in first was Robin Eastman, also with 37 points.

The Gold Category had Ivan Hanak (35) fourth, in third was Shay Cunningham (36), second was Ivor Turkington (37) and first with a fantastic score playing off seven handicap was John Osborne with 40 points.

Nearest the pins were won by Mike Freeman, Keith Wraithmell and Tommy Boyle.

More information: www.smgs.org or call Barry Roehrig on 966 731 033.

Mazarron slip up From back page Little was seen of Espinardo as an attacking force but their defence kept a tight rein on the Mazarron forwards with three men in attendance every time Tolo had the ball.

With five minutes to go, the referee awarded a free kick to Espinardo on the right and Gonzalez rose unchallenged to place a firm header past Conejo to make the final score 2-0.

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Derby day for Monte IT was Derby time as CD Montesinos took on Montesinos TD. It started well for CD in the

difficult rainy conditions after only 15 minutes M+A slotted home from outside the area.

Then the home side pressed

the self-destruct button and their vulnerable defence conceded a goal two minutes later.

Carlos was always causing a

threat on the left as he twice went close to scoring as well as setting up Orouker and Marcos, only for their efforts to go wide.

The main highlight of the first period was in the 35th minute when a great move involving Marcos and Ruben put Vaz clean through, only for the TD keeper to pull off a save that had the whole crowd applauding.

With only two minutes gone in the second half, CD took the lead when Fernando skillfully found Marcos whose goal-bound shot was deflected cruelly into the net to make it 2-1.

CD then started to dominate before favourite Vaz popped up to score from midway inside the CHEERS: Nearest the pin winners celebrate.

TD half after a poor goal kick, to make it 3-1.

Dave Lethaby (36) in third Mick Kennedy on count-back.

More information: www.tmgs. spot and a pair of 38s saw M+A shortly after that org or call 966 719 604 Alan Rickers losing out to made it 4-1 with a deft finish from a Fernando cross. TD did score again with a goal that looked offside.

The home side were not finished and sub Sito found fellow sub Dario to make the final score 5-2.

TMGS play at Villamartin THE Members Golf Society played its second Eclectic Competition at Villamartin.

The nearest the pin prizes were donated by Vice Captain John Eyre and were claimed

by Nick Spicer, Colin Marsden, Ken Persson and Ole Rong, and Nick Spicer and Vernon Brown scored twos.

In the Silver Division fourth spot went to Ian Parkinson (34), third place was claimed

by Alex Goslan (35), with Roger Nilsson (35) second and Ole Rong (39) first.

The Gold Division saw Paul Fairclough (35) fourth, with

Eurogolf hold ‘medford’ in memory of Chuck Martinez SIXTY EIGHT members of Eurogolf Society played in the Chuck Martinez Memorial ‘Medford’ competition at la Marquesa.

Chuck was an active member of Eurogolf for many years and served on the committee as Match Secretary, Vice Captain, Captain in 2001 and President 2002.

As the Medford name implies, the first nine holes were played as a medal competition and the back nine as a stableford, then the stableford score was taken away from the medal score to arrive at the final result.

The overall winner of the Chuck Martinez Trophy was Brian Fenwick with a score of 15 in the Gold Division.

Second was John Barraclough (17) and

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MEMORIAL: Eurogolf Society celebrated past President Chuck Martinez. third Paul Manning (18).

In the Silver Division Terry Sayers (19) was first with Debbie Weedon (20) second and Tony

Stanley (20) third.

The Bronze Division was won by Gordon White (18) with David Gelsthorpe (19) second

and Sandy Holland (20) third.

For more information: www.eurogolfquesada.co.uk

THE Torry Army has arranged a social event at the Casa Ventura in San Luis on Saturday December 13 starting at 8pm.

It will feature live music from the 50s, 60s and 70s from five-piece group Timeless, with a festive buffet and a free raffle.

The price of tickets is €10 to members and €12 to non-members.

Tickets available from the Torry Army office in San Luis or from Arthur/Tina telephone 966 789 212 .

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MAZARRON dropped out of the playoff positions with a 2-0 defeat away to Espinardo Atletico despite having 75 per cent of possession.

Without Antonio Jose and Mateo at the back, Mazarron had to play juvenile midfielder Andreo as a central defender alongside Dani with four other juveniles also on the substitutes bench.

Liders shot wide after just two minutes and Mazarron then forced two corners both of which came to nothing. At the other end a mistake

by Lorca let in one of the home strikers who shot against the cross bar.

Espinardo took the lead after 20 minutes when Dani misjudged the pace of a through ball allowing Alejandro to run on, round Conejo and place the ball into an empty net.

Thereafter, it was all Mazarron with Tolo almost scoring on two occasions,

Despite having 75 per cent possession, Mazarron failed to score. once when he superbly rounded the last defender before seeing his shot smothered by the Espinardo keeper.

A superb free kick from Alfonso crashed against the bar before rebounding to Monty who volleyed over.

Mazarron continued to dominate in the early stages of the second half forcing numerous corners, all of which were headed clear by the strong Espinardo defence.

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