Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 8 - 14 October 2015 Issue 1579

ISSUE NO. 1579

8 - 14 October 2015

COSTA BLANCA NORTH YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Poppy Appeal MAJOR parade to launch this year’s campaign

The Royal British legion Poppy Appeal Launch 2015 will take place in Benidorm on Wednesday October 14.

Mayor of Benidorm Antonio Perez, Defence Attaché Captain Paul Lemkes, RN, The

British Vice Consul in Alicante, Lloyd Milen, and Chairman of District North of the Royal British Legion in Spain, Nigel Hails, will all be in attendance.

The Parade of Standards

will be led by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums. The event starts at 12 midday from Calle Castello, proceeding along the Paseo de Levante beach towards the Dais at the Rincon Turn to Page 2

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Three years’ jail for false orders A SALES representative of a pharmaceutical company has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraud, forgery and misappropriation of funds by the provincial courts in Alicante. The man is said to have falsified orders and pocketed the money amounting to more than €93,000.

The company discovered irregularities in the accounts between 2012 and 2013 and he was dismissed and reported.

The man had falsified orders and aimed to obtain high value items and resell them on to non-clients of the company, keeping the monies from the sales for himself.

Annual Poppy Appeal launch from Front Page

They state: “This year, as we continue to mark the centenary of the First World War, The Royal British Legion is asking everyone to support the Poppy Appeal for the memory of the fallen and the future of the living.

“The legion created the Poppy Appeal to help those returning from the First World War. A century on from the start of that conflict, we’re still helping today’s Armed Forces’ families in much the same way, whether coping with bereavement, living with disability, or finding employment.”

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New multi-adventure park now open in Elche LASER camp is 2,500 square metres set within the natural palm tree gardens

By Buster Smith THE new multi-adventure park located in the palm tree gardens in Elche has opened its doors with a new 2,500-square-metre entertainment area, the Laser Camp.

Recreating an oasis with dunes and palm trees, the complex is located in a beautiful natural outdoor environment and offers many different types of strategy games for teams of up to 10 people. Aimed at children from seven years and above, and adults, games can last for up to half-an-hour at a time.

A typical survival game similar to paintball, laser optical beams are used instead, with participants donning jackets with integrated sensors which let them know if they have been ‘shot’. There are a number of different scenarios for teams to participate in including Domination, Last Survivor and Medical Rescue.

CEO of Elche Palm Aventuras, Rafael Garrido, said there had been a very good reception from the public and the attraction strengthens and reinforces leisure activities offered in the town. The park provides games and rates for birthday parties and groups.

LASER CAMP: The attraction strengthens leisure activities offered in the town.

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The Spanish love to see their history on parade

Survey being done TEACHERS in Valencia are complaining they have not been paid for September. The teachers union, STEPV is carrying out a survey to identify those affected in order to denounce the situation. There are so far over 300 teachers who have not been paid.

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FIGURES invariably depict characters from Spain’s past

Extinction of deer Illegal hunting XIXONA Town Hall has called for measures to be put in place to prevent the extinction of the native Carrasqueta Deer, urging the regional government to increase surveillance in mountain areas and increase punishments for illegal hunting and poachers.

Free parking in blue zone As from October 1

Gigantes and Cabezudos

ON PARADE: The giant hollow figures which are several metres high.

By John Smith THERE is no doubt that the Spanish love parades and often the more unusual the better.

One theme that is always popular is that of the ‘gigantes y cabezudos’ which translates as ‘giants and big heads’ which have heads finely made from papier maché and invariably depict characters from Spain’s past.

The gigantes are hollow figures which are several metres high where a single person controls a harness within the body which allows it to shake and dance whilst the cabezudos are human size but with very large heads. Looking

450,000 is the record from 2009 for the number of people who placed flowers in a pyramid structure built in Zaragoza for the week of the Fiestas del Pilar by way of tribute to the Virgin Mary.

out through the mouth, this character normally uses one hand to steady the head and in the other holds a whip or inflated pig bladder so that ‘he’ can frighten children.

These figures are often accompanied by a marching band and cause much hilarity in parades around Spain, particularly during the Fiestas del Pilar which falls on October 12, a national holiday.

The most famous of the Pilar Fiestas is run in Zaragoza from October 10 to 18 and will certainly include these grotesque manikins, although on October 12, the statue of the Virgin Mary surrounded by flowers will take centre stage in the parades.

THE title of a zarzuela from 1898 set in Saragossa about the Spanish army’s return from defeat in the Cuban War of Independence. The action focuses on characteristics of people from Aragon, comparing them to ‘Gigantes’ and ‘Cabezudos.’

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Valencia runs out of beds for very ill LA FE Hospital in Valencia has run out of space for chronically ill patients after the closure of one of the floors at the hospital.

The timing could not be worse since it is at this time of year the hospital usually sees a peak

in flu and respiratory illnesses as temperatures change and the onset of winter approaches.

The hospital is currently operating at 100 per cent occupancy, although there may be some 36 beds available shortly. There

is already a waiting list of more than 20 people waiting to be treated, and the CSIF union representative at the hospital, Doctor Moliner has stated the department for health does not have any specific plans to deal

with the demand from chronically ill patients and that these patients are entitled to receive the proper treatment and care.

Last year experts in the field warned of the increasing trend in chronically ill patients,

which is said to be around 60 per cent of the adult population, and a need to address the situation. Those suffering from chronic illness stay an average of 47.2 days in hospital, with some for up to six months.

THE Department of Transportation in Benidorm has announced that as from October 1 it is no longer necessary to pay for parking in the blue zone, offering a total of 1,126 more free parking spaces in the town.

Promoting sports Funding provided JAVEA Town Hall has renewed cooperation agreements with various sports entities in the municipality as a contribution to the promotion of sport among young people. Funding will be provided to the Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and others in the town.

New diabetes treatment More benefits DOCTORS at the general hospital of Elche have developed a new drug to combat colour blindness resulting from diabetes.

The treatment is said to have more benefits than what is currently available with fewer side effects.

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Eight people from three families held after raid HOUSES in the same street were involved in the growing and distribution of drugs

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Daily TV 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66 Our View 57 Mike Walsh 57

MARIHUANA: Guardia Civil officers discovered a hydroponics grow room with over 23 plants and various other drugs.

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THE Guardia Civil has arrested eight people who are suspected members of three separate families dedicated to the sale of hashish and marihuana in El Campello, aged between 14 and 25-years-old.

The arrests were made as part of operation ‘Penthouse,’ which was launched earlier

this summer and which has resulted in seven men and one woman being arrested.

The criminals are said to belong to three families residing in houses located in the same street, which they were using as outlets to sell thedrugs.

According to the police, the families stationed lookouts at different points in the street to

alert others of any police presence and were making, on average, between 40 and 50 illegal sales every day.

Police raided the houses of the suspects and uncovered a hydroponics grow room, with over 23 marihuana plants which was dismantled by police, along with 156 grams of marihuana, 181 grams of hashish, two grams of heroin,

three precision scales, drying equipment for the marihuana and cash amounting to €722.

The eight suspects who have since been arrested are accused of crimes of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organisation. Police sources state that the Guardia Civil have dismantled an important drug retail outlet in El Campello.

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Fire in vacant hotel leads to evacuation of 75 neighbours SIX people were treated for smoke inhalation with one being taken to the regional hospital for further tests

By Buster Smith A FIRE at the vacant Hotel Selomar, on the Playa Levante in Benidorm, Alicante, which has been closed to the public since 2007, has caused the evacuation of 75 people from the adjoining buildings.

Six people were being treated for smoke inhalation in a makeshift emergency hospital.

One of the victims was taken to the regional hospital for tests, due to his advanced age, but he is said to be in a stable condition.

Rescuers pulled three squatters from the building; they were taken to the Local Police station to give evidence.

The Councillor for Citizen Security, Lorenzo Martinez, arrived at the scene immediately after receiving the alarm, at around 9am on Sunday, October 4. A large plume of smoke could be seen coming from the building, covering much of the area after the fire had been extinguished.

The fire was attended by the regional fire brigade, supported by members of

Hospital is forced to close unit THE Alicante General Hospital has been forced to temporarily close its Intermediate Care Unit for a week as a safety measure to prevent the possible spread of infection due to water leaks. The nineday closure will cost the hospital â‚Ź51,000.

the Local Police, National Police, Red Cross, Civil Protection and the contracted personnel that service the local beaches, since the building is on the first line of the Levante Beach.

Pedestrians and traffic were diverted from the area for several hours. Once the fire was extinguished and the smoke had cleared, those that had been evacuated were allowed to return to their homes and the hotel where they were staying.

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BLAZE: Three squatters were being questioned by police.

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Birthday celebrations for largest rodents in world THEY usually live in herds on savannas, rivers, swamps and wetlands

By Buster Smith THE three capybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaerus) at Terra Natura nature and animal park in Benidorm are celebrating their first birthday.

Caregivers have prepared a special fruit salad and vegetables to mark the first birthday of these three animals. Olivian, Odita and Obelixia arrived at the complex three months ago and have adapted well to their new facility.

CAPYBARAS: Enjoy a special fruit and vegetable salad.

A male and two females were born at a zoo in Munich in September last year and were moved to the park in June. The transfer was the result of collaboration of the European Association of Zoo and Aquaria (EAZA), which belongs to Terra Natura.

The capybara is the largest rodent in the world. They usually live in herds on savannas, rivers, swamps and wetlands in South America, and especially in the Amazon River basin.

Benidorm to provide funding for local animal shelter THE mayor of Benidorm, Toni Perez, and the mayor

of H e a lth, A na Pe llic e r, have visited the facilities of the SPCA in Marina Baixa, where they were shown the improve me nts tha t ha ve be e n ma de . It a nnounc e d new aid to further enhance the centre’s capabilities.

Toni Perez explained that the visit aims to “assess the state of the facilities and what future requirements a re ,” w hile “ ma inta ining our strong commitment to

improve resources.”

The mayor stressed his appreciation for “the tireless, courageous and priceless work of the organisat i on and t he vol unt eer s, because they do an incredibl e j ob wi t h ani m al s t hat have been abandoned.”

Per ez added t hat “t hey show gr eat cour age and selflessness and are always thinking of the animals welfare and how best to serve

them.”

The mayor of Health, Ana Pellicer, wanted to emphasise that “the treatment of animals is outstanding by the entire team of workers and volunteers,” adding that “i t i s cl ear t hat t he t eam cares about these facilities, they are spotless and clean, the animals are treated with the love and attention that they deserve, they are doing a tremendous job.”

Priority for path repairs THE town hall in Calpe has stated it is now a priority to repair the footpath that leads visitors up to the iconic landmark that receives over 120,000 visitors per year. The top section of the path was closed in May due to a lack of maintenance and had become dangerous.

Global march OVER 400 supporters including students from Javea International College turned out in Javea, Alicante on October 4 in support of the global march for elephants and rhinos, to raise awareness and funds.

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3,000 copies of Euro Weekly News stolen FINISTRAT theft can’t stop paper going out

By John Smith MICHEL and Steven Euesden, the owners and publishers of Euro Weekly News were given a rude awakening early on October 1 when their printer called with theunbelievable news that a pallet containing 3,000 copies of the Costa Blanca North edition marked for Benidorm had been stolen from our distributors in Finistrat.

That was the bad news, but the good news was that the printer, knowing how important it is to have the newspaper ready to read on issue day (Thursday), had proceeded to print a further 3,000 copies and had dispatched them to the distributor.

We can’t thank him enough on behalf of the newspaper

and the community who benefit so much from the content of EWN. We now know the number of the vehicle used to steal the newspapers and this has been reported to the authorities, but what we don’t know is the reason for doing such a bizarre thing.

Fellow professionals in the industry, like the Round Town News and the Costa Blanca News, have the same ethos as the EWN as, once the papers leave the printers, it is the property of the advertisers, so this is clearly the work of amateurs.

Generally, we prefer to report the news rather than make it, but on this occasion, whilst upset with the loss, we are delighted with the response from our suppliers

who know how much we value our community of readers.

We are lucky at the EWN; we have, over 20 years, formulated plans and systems to cover every eventuality and with a fantastic team of people who are proud to, in this case, literally stand and deliver, we will never be beaten.

Be assured that we will let everyone know once the culprit is apprehended. However, if anyone has any further information on this failed act of sabotage that puts at risk people’s earned contracts of employment, please contact John Smith on our news desk. Yes, that is his real name!

FAILURE: Sabotage was overcome by prompt action.

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Plans to convert fish market into a water sports school A PASSION for water sports in Alicante has been increasing in recent years

By Buster Smith THE director of the Port Authority of Alicante, Carlos Bonet, has presented the president, Juan Antonio Gisbert, with an initiative to renovate the former fish market building and convert it into the municipal sailing and water sports school and the project

also allows for small boat moorings.

The fish market has been abandoned for over nine years due to the bankruptcy of the Fishermans Association of Alicante and earlier plans to reopen it as a fish market, as well as a nightclub, have been scrapped over two years ago.

Carlos Boet has said that

the building could in fact serve two uses, as a sailing school and as a fish market, as both would be of interest to the residents, with more people moving towards a healthier lifestyle, the provision of healthy activities and fresh fish could go hand in hand, plus it would create jobs and generate activity in the port area.

The passion for water sports in Alicante has been increasing in recent years, with two other clubs currently open 365 days a year, which are the Real municipality and Costablanca Yacht Clubs. The City subsidises these clubs during the school season to provide children’s activities, which are highly popular.

WINTER PADDLING: A great variety of water sports are run year round in a number of ports in association with Sailing Clubs.

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Argentinian doctor accused of killings and torture released DETAINEE to appear in court daily while extradition is resolved

By Buster Smith THE judge at the National Law Courts in Alicante, Eloy Velasco, has released the Argentinian doctor, Carlos Fernando Gori, who is awaiting extradition to his home country, Argentina.

He is accused of involvement in killings and torture during the 1976 coup and the first year of the military dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla.

The judge has imposed obligations on Gori to appear daily in the court after he was detained in Alicante.

The 74-year-old suspect, who has worked since 2002 for the Medibarox Company, based in Alicante, is dedicated to hyperbaric medicine, according to

his social media pages.

He made no effort to hide his real name, which is how he was detected by Interpol, who alerted Spanish authorities.

Gori is accused of involvement in the 1976 coup and the first year of the dictatorship.

Argentinian authorities had not issued an international arrest warrant for his extradition until September this year, which is why he had not been detained previously.

Dr Gori is accused by Argentinian judicial authorities of

several counts of aggravated murder, infliction of torture, deprivation of liberty and aggravated conspiracy, all allegedly committed during the military dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 to 1983.

Gori was, at that time, the head of the Department of Health of the submarine force and is said to have illegally detained dissidents and political prisoners, keeping them in inhumane conditions.

The Spanish judge took a statement from the defendant in September and attended an international commission in Argentina to ask authorities if the claim for extradition was still valid for the crimes he is accused of.

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NEWS EXTRA

Restoring sight CALPE recently held a music concert in the Casa de Cultura with violinist Juan Santiago and guitarist Vicent Ballester performing to raise money for cataract operations for over 300 people living in Kenya, helping to restore sight to those affected who do not have the resources to do so themselves.

New heart programme MARINA SALUD has introduced a new heart failure programme that has managed to reduce the rate of readmissions by 30 per cent. Small devices, which are implanted, send ECG records to the cardiologist allowing specialists the ability to monitor and act immediately.

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Model community jo

RESIDENTS join together and set up their own Crisis Response Team to provide emergency an

By Buster Smith THE Castalla International urbanisation, located just outside of the town of Castalla, Alicante is a true model community and a shining example as to how a positive spirit and desire to care for your neighbours can help strengthen communities and make them a better and safer place to live.

In February this year a group of residents got together to create a crisis response team with the goal to offer emergency response and social care services to the residents and in particular to the vulnerable members of their urbanisation.

An incentive originally put together by Jill Henderson and Jackie Scarisbrick, their team now comprises 42 people in total, including 18 fully trained

emergency first responders trained in cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) use, plus a team of 14 support workers and 10 fundraisers.

Jill Henderson is a retired exarmy and psychiatric nurse with over 35 years experience working with the NHS who retired to Spain some eight years ago, which is where she met Jackie, an ex-surgical nurse for the NHS. After numerous incidents involving elderly residents on their urbanisation and the realisation that they now lived in a relatively isolated area where a rapid response from emergency services could not always be guaranteed, they set about creating their own crisis response team.

“I had been thinking about it for quite a while, the nearest

hospital is in Alcoy, about 40 minutes away, and it was after an incident involving an elderly gentleman who had suffered a cardiac arrest that really pushed me to get something going” says Jill.

“Although Jackie had investigated the possibility of obtaining an AED for the urbanisation some two years prior to no avail, we had noticed early this year that there were a number of locations in town that had installed them, including the municipal sports centre, so we thought if they can have one then so can we.

“The benefits of having CPR and AED trained people on site are huge” explains Jill. “Effective CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival and survival

Jill Henderson (left) and Jackie Scarisbrick (second to left) being presented with the AED machine by councillor for Health, Carmen Bellot Belder and former Castalla Mayor, Juan Antonio Candela. rates can reach as high as 50 per cent in communities with comprehensive AED programmes that include CPR & AED training and have AEDs available.”

Jill initially proposed the idea

to the residents and gained a decent amount of support, so she went about preparing an operational policy, which they had translated into Spanish, and organised a meeting with the for-

All in a good cause MORE than 100 people in La Nucia visited the charity clothes store located in the social centre El Calvari in La Nucia, Alicante. The department of social welfare has recognised the centre for its 15 years of hard work during their recent open day. Clothes and shoes are available for everyone, from baby clothes to children and adults.

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CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM: Now counts on over 18 fully qualified CPR & AED first responders who are available on the urbanisation 24 hours a day. mer mayor, Juan Antonio Candela and councillor for health, Carmen Bellot Belder, to present their idea.

After some negotiating they managed to gain the support of

the town hall that agreed to purchase an AED for the urbanisation. The team then set about organising fundraising events and initiatives in order to raise funds to pay for professional training

and now count on over 18 fully trained first responders living on the urbanisation, offering 24 hour a day emergency response.

“We have developed the programme to include a support team as well,” explains Jill, “so its not just life threatening emergencies we deal with, we provide a very valuable service to the 700 or so residents on our urbanisation, it’s a short term crisis care team that helps people get back on their feet after suffering from an incident, and helps to facilitate services that may not be available or are available but people are unaware of.”

The team are holding another fundraiser on October 10 at 2pm that includes a dog show and awareness stand offering basic training and explanation of how CPR & AEDs work, in an effort to gain more volunteers.

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Brain can correct abnormalities SCIENTIFIC breakthrough at university in Elche shows that brain can detect and respond to injuries

By Buster Smith RESEARCHERS at the Neurosciences Institute at the University Miguel Hernández (UMH) in Elche and the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) have discovered that the brain can sense if there is a bodily injury or abnormal growth and respond to restore it to normal.

The findings could be used to create new drugs to treat growth problems in children or to stimulate tissue regeneration.

The research has identified a neuronal receptor and a set of neurons that are responsible for detecting and evaluating physical growth and each organ that is responsible for implementing the necessary adjustments to offset defects. As such, the proportion and the normal course

of growth can be recovered.

Researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences, Maria Dominguez, said that “to date, it was thought that the size and appearance of growth defects were a reflection of genetic inheritance. Our work shows that mechanisms can compensate for errors and deviations in growth during the developmental stage, because even a genetically ‘perfect’ body can be disrupted by environmental stress, accidents or genetic disease.”

The hormone that reports the presence of damage or abnormal growth, known as ‘Dilp8,’ was discovered three years ago by the same team at the Institute of Neurosciences: “This study has identified the receptor Lgr3 belonging to the family of G protein-coupled receptors, one of the most important fami-

lies of proteins in the drug field.

“Many hormones, neurotransmitters and most stimuli such as light, smells and flavours have these receptors,” said Dominguez.

UMH researcher and Co-Director of Research, Javier Morante, concluded that “until now, there was no apparent explanation for the ability of children to recover from an injury, illness or surgery.

“Our research, which was conducted on the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, has shown that the flies with a deficiency in receptor neurons Lgr3 could not correct and compensate for variations and discrepancies in growth. Therefore, we concluded that the mysterious plasticity to compensate for irregular development is controlled by the brain."

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EURO WOMEN PAGE

A passion for getting things done Our Euro Women series is featuring women who have made a success of their lives in Spain. These outstanding ladies have been shattering glass ceilings whether in business, charity work or sports.

Past experiences spur Jayne Fisher on to help mistreated and abandoned animals.

JAYNE FISHER has always used her skills to help others who are less fortunate than most. She is a woman who sees the bigger picture, and is focused on how to achieve the desired results.

She arrived in Spain in 2005, after working in Edinburgh as the Chief Executive of a home for the disabled. She was responsible for finding suitable homes for those who needed special physical requirements and she made sure that ongoing support was at hand.

From this background, it is no surprise that Jayne still possessed the passion to get things done when she and her husband Bill bought their home here in Spain.

She had witnessed terrible sights and many abandoned animals - two being left to starve in the mountains which rang alarm bells in her conscience that something had to be done.

Being in a position to volunteer help, Jane contacted a small charity that had been operating, named ADANA, which was in desperate need of obtaining ongoing funds. She recalled: “I began to distribute tin money boxes all around the area just to get money coming in for the shelter. The problem was plain to see that you need ongoing funds, and not just the one-off influx from an event.”

Jayne began to help organise events along with other volunteers, and being treasurer she has to make sure that that tap always flows.

FORWARD THINKER: Jayne believes in educating the young about being responsible for their animals.

Jayne always gives 100 per cent When you see an unwanted animal in a new home, it is a feeling that money cannot buy”

Fact file Name: Jayne Fisher Age: 57 Profession: Treasurer of ADANA Family: Husband, Bill Pets: 3 ADANA dogs and 2 cats Where from: London

The ADANA shelter needs €9,000 per month to keep it going, and depends entirely on funds raised.

During the course of the years, Jayne has become a well-known figure in the community, which has assisted her in being able to raise thousands upon thousands of euros to keep up the good work.

Jayne also thinks outside the box, as she believes that educating children on how important it is to avoid unwanted breeding and be responsible for chipping their pets, is vital.

She has visited schools in the area, including Calpe School, where she

Where now: Sabanillas, Estepona, Malaga Languages spoken: English, Spanish Book or TV: Book Favourite title : Salman Rushdie novels Strengths: Organising, getting things done What irritates you about some people: Those who are judgemental

gives talks to the classes. Always thinking, and always giving 100 per

cent is why Jayne really does achieve her goals.

She added: “In five years from now, I would like to see the ADANA shelter with electricity and be up to a high standard without having to constantly battle on with short-term projects.” It is her rewards that drive her on, as she remarked: “When you see an animal that has been through the rough times and totally unwanted, to witness them in their new home is a feeling that money cannot buy.

“It’s not just about animals, but it is also how animals can bring joy to children or an older person. It works for both parties and makes me happy to see comfort in others in that way.”

Between organising and overseeing programmes including the ‘Sponsor a Dog’ programme, Jayne is also the president of her home community.

She admits that she has a desire for team work, moving forward and making a change.

She is always grateful for support from organisations, including Euro Weekly News, in sponsoring dog shows and the like.

Her faith in the community and her need for giving things back is what is at the heart of her persona.

She also finds strength in her local church and is always there to support others around her.

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured.

As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.

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Casino to remove controversial facade THERE were often complaints about the bold design

CONTROVERSIAL: Casino exterior to be replaced with a simpler design.

By Buster Smith ALICANTE Casino is to remove its controversial facade by the end of the year. Owner Jesus Alamo, said it will be replaced by a simpler design and will be “adapted more to

the environment” having less impact on the entrance to the marina area of the city.

There were often complaints about the bright and bold design that was not in keeping with the style of the area and when asked about

the reasons that led to its installation, the casino manager said: “It was chosen by business circumstances that are difficult to explain.”

Mayor Gabriel Echavarri has also called for the carousel to be removed.

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R.I.P. Harvey Allen May 16, 1935 - September 29, 2015 IT is with great sadness that we say farewell to Harvey Allen, a member of the Royal British Legion in Calpe. During his time as a stalwart member of the Calpe branch Harvey acted as Membership Secretary, then Chairman and finally served as Branch President.

Harvey lost his fight against cancer after a long illness. He is pictured here in happier times with his wife, Irma.

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Ten arrested for links to ISIS DETAINEES part of a recruitment network

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Pensioners to get less THE ruling PP government headed by Rajoy will receive a 1 per cent pay rise in 2016, while the increase for pensioners will be limited to 0.25 per cent. The increase means on average just €30.52 more a year for pensioners, compared with €781 for ministers.

Woman, 79 is rescued LEGION STALWART: Harvey with his wife, Irma.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fenandez Diaz.

TEN suspects have been arrested throughout Spain including one young woman in Xeraco, Valencia, for allegedly being linked to the terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS).

The suspects were rounded up on October 4 as part of a joint operation between police and security forces in Spain and Morocco.

According to the Spanish Interior Ministry: “The deta ine e s w e re pa rt of a re cruitment and indoctrination

ne tw ork s e nding fore ign fighters to join the ranks of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.”

Spanish Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz stated that the detainees in Spain were two women, both of Moroccan nationality, and two boys, one Spanish and the other a Moroccan-born Portuguese who had converted to Islam.

The 20-year-old woman detained in Xeraco apparently lived with her parents

for more than nine years in t he m uni ci pal i t y, but t he network had been under surveillance for some time Fer nandez Di az added that the operation “demonst r at es t he ext r aor di nar y level of relations with Morocco,” with the two nations shar i ng i nt el l i gence and synchronising responses.

However, he stressed that the country remains on high alert, Level Four, which signifies a high risk of possible terrorist attacks.

CONCERNED relatives of an elderly 79-year-old woman, who had fallen in her apartment in Elche, Alicante, and was unable to be contacted, called the fire brigade to rescue her.

Firefighters gained access to the apartment via the terrace and carried out the rescue. Fortunately, the pensioner had not sustained any major injuries.

U3A meeting THE U3A monthly general meeting is on Monday November 2 at 10.30am at Salon de Banquettes, Avenida Mediterraneo, Teulada.

Both existing and nonexisting members are welcome to join and can renew or complete memberships on the day.

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SECURITY PROPOSALS: Explosives and liquid drugs will be immediately detected.

New detectors for airports AIM is to increase screening of passengers and hand luggage

By Buster Smith NEW detectors are to be installed at AlicanteElche and San Javier airports under new EU security proposals, to further alert officials to illegal substances.

Airport operators AENA said the EU implementations are now in force and airports like Ibiza already have the necessary equipment in place.

The objective is to increase the screening of passengers and their hand luggage at security

checkpoints to detect substances not permitted inside the aircraft. Using the latest generation scanners, explosives and any type of liquid drug will be immediately detected by taking a small sample.

As the equipment is progressively installed, there will coexist two types of inspections for passengers and baggage: manual (to remove liquids or objects not allowed) and detection equipment to further look for substances not permitted inside the aircraft.

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Halloween at Terra Natura Animal Park TERRA NATURA ANIMAL PARK in Benidorm, Alicante, has organised Halloween themed shows for visitors from October 16 until November 2. They are inviting people to come in Halloween costumes and there will be many activities including a magic trick workshop, a zombie make-up workshop and special shows, plus the chance to visit the Disgusting Rotten Sweet Shop and check out the fearful passage of terror set up for the occasion. A Halloween discount entrance fee is available.

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Little Chef workshop THE Department of Social Welfare and Health in Altea has launched the new edition of Peque Chef (or Little Chef).

The workshops, which will run through October, teach participants about healthy eating and the benefits of an active lifestyle and are aimed at families with children aged between four and 10-years-old.

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Downpour drops 142 litres per square metre in El Verger THE last day of September saw over 142 litres per square metre of rain fall in El Verger, Alicante according to meteorological agency AEMET.

Other areas in the region affected by the extremely heavy downpours of close to 100 litres per square metre included Orba, Oliva and La Safor.

SPEEDY SYSTEM: Without the need for extensive excavation works.

Pioneering technology used to repair water pipes HIDRAQUA uses new system in Benidorm and saves thousands

By Buster Smith HIDRAQUA BENIDORM, Alicante has used for the first time a pioneering new technology in the repair of water pipes without the need for extensive excavation works.

Works were carried out on the storm drain located in the Paseo de Colon and only lasted two days, without the need to inconvenience residents and saving more than €100,000.

The innovative German technology was used to repair the damage caused by the re-

cent heavy rains experienced in the municipality that overloaded the system causing the pipes to burst. Instead of resorting to the traditional system, preliminary preparations are made inside the pipes before a 5.9mm thick VIRO polyester fibre hose is introduced which is filled with compressed air, a curing process is carried out by sending ultraviolet light through the tube, all controlled via TV monitors.

Water Cycle councillor, Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, highlighted the bene-

fits of the system that “avoids inconvenience to residents, shops and restaurants and commuters and significantly reduces construction time.”

Adding that normally they would have taken two months to resolve this failure but this system has taken just two days without major inconvenience, without the noise and dust.

As well as the speed and efficiency, the technology is cost effective only costing about €100,000, while the traditional system would have exceeded €240,000.

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Driver well over limit A 44-YEAR-OLD British man has been charged by the Guardia Civil with drink driving after failing a breathalyser test which registered him as six times over the legal limit. He was stopped after his vehicle was involved in an accident on the CV-790 road between Alcoy and Benilloba in Alicante.

U2 trains RENFE is offering an extra 2,200 seats this week from Alicante to Barcelona. The service has been enhanced for the the U2 concert in Barcelona tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday (October 10), having already performed on Monday and Tuesday this week.

Discounted tickets are available from €23 each way.

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Peace, cleanliness and space are most valued, survey says DATA shows very high levels of satisfaction and a large number of repeat visitors

By Buster Smith QUIETNESS, cleanliness and spaciousness are the three aspects that users value most on the beaches of Benidorm, according to a survey carried out this summer by the Municipal Services for Beaches.

The aim of this type of research, according to the Councillor for Beaches, Lorenzo Martinez, “is not only to gain feedback and details of satisfaction levels from the people who use our beaches, whether residents, visitors or foreign nationals, but also to be used as a working tool to correct defects, improve services or consider launching new services on the basis of the suggestions made.”

He added that the ultimate goal is to improve the quality of service provided by the town hall for its main attraction.

According to the survey data, taken from 573 interviews conducted between May and July, a major indication that Benidorm beaches are attractive to tourists

ATTRACTIVE: Over 97 per cent of respondents said they would recommend the beaches of Benidorm to others. is the fact that 84.59 per cent of people that visited in the summer of 2015 had already visited before, so are repeat visitors. In fact, over 89 per cent of Spanish people surveyed claimed to have visited on more than one occasion, showing a high level of loyalty to the area.

One of the main positive and attractive

features is the ease of accessibility; 69.58 per cent of visitors say access to the beaches, without the need to use any means of transport, was important to them.

The survey also illustrated that the appeal of Benidorm’s beaches was quite clearr, since 97.02 per cent of respondents said that they would recommend the

beaches of Benidorm.

Further, 98.1 per cent of people of Spanish nationality and 96.97 per cent of UK respondents recommend the beaches of Benidorm with 96.81 per cent of those surveyed saying that they intend to return to visit the beaches of Benidorm on another occasion.

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Improvements to poultry health AID will assist with vaccines, cleaning and fumigation

AID GRANTS: Money being allocated in Valencia to protect the health of poultry.

By Gemma Quinn THE Department of Agriculture will allocate a total of â‚Ź397,560.40 in investments to improve poultry health in the Valencia Region, in particular the prevention and eradication of salmonellosis, an infection caused by salmonella bacteria.

Valencia is the region with most aid grants of this type and the Department will collaborate with producers when performing health checks to help maintain the health of farm

animals. The aid will assist in the purchase and administration of vaccines, slaughter and destruction of affected animals, as well as cleaning, fumigation and pest control facilities.

The Department is also working to ensure livestock production is carried out under conditions that ensure public health, so that the products obtained do not undermine the health of consumers and any potential diseases are not spread.

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Russian financial crisis THE ruble crisis reduces Russian tourism in the province

DRASTIC: There has been a drop of almost 50 per cent in visitors from Russia this year.

By Buster Smith THE Russian ruble crisis has hit the Costa Blanca. There has been a drastic reduction in Russian tourism due to economic instability caused by the conflict in the Ukraine and by EU sanctions.

The result is a reduction of almost 50 per cent in tourism coming from Russia, with just over 150,000 visiting this year, compared to over 300,000 in 2014, which equates to a loss in turnover of 500 million euros.

More well-off Russian families are still visiting, in particular those who have capital in dollars, however, the average Russians are the ones who have noticed the crisis.

All is not well in the real estate industry, as wealthier Russians turn to alternative locations, such as Turkey, Egypt and Thailand, since Spain has yet to resolve the visa issue for Russians, which makes a visit to Spain more complicated.

Although there are still regular flights into the provincial

airport in Alicante from Moscow and St Petersburg, what happens after November is yet to be seen as flight operators turn their eye to domestic flights instead.

A large travel operator for Russian tourism to the Costa Blanca area, Versa, which brought over 80 per cent of its clients from one of Russia’s richest cities, St Petersburg, dropped its programme last year, causing a loss of over 4,000 Russian tourists to the province.

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Ondara marks World Heart Day with a talk from the mayor on avoiding CVD CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE is often caused by factors that can be controlled, treated or modified

By Buster Smith THE mayor of Ondara and Internal Medical Resident (MIR) at the Javea Health Centre, Zeus Serrano, along with the Nursing Coordinator at the Health Centre in Ondara, Xaro Pons, gave a talk on Wednesday, September 30 where they addressed ways in which people can prevent future heart problems.

The meeting was attended by many residents of Ondara and coincided with World Heart Day; the world’s biggest intervention against cardiovascular disease (CVD).

The focus of World Heart Day is on creating healthy heart environments, by ensuring that everyone has the chance to make healthy heart choices wherever they live, work and play.

World Heart Day encourages people to reduce cardiovascular risk, promoting a heart-healthy planet for those around us.

Most CVD is caused by factors that

HEALTH CENTRE: Town’s residents attended the meeting which was held to coincide with global event. can be controlled, treated or modified, such as; high blood pressure, cholesterol, weight issues/obesity, tobacco use, lack of physical activity and diabetes. However, there are some major CVD factors that cannot be controlled.

In terms of attributable deaths, the

leading CVD risk factor is high blood pressure to which 13 per cent of global deaths are attributed, followed by tobacco use at 9 per cent, raised blood glucose, 6 per cent, physical inactivity, 6 per cent and weight issues and obesity, 5 per cent.

Modifiable risk factors include; Hypertension, tobacco use, high blood glucose, physical inactivity, diet, cholesterol and weight issues and obesity.

In addition, there are some nonmodifiable risk factors. People in these categories should receive regular

check-ups.

Age: CVD becomes increasingly common with age. As a person ages, the heart undergoes physiological changes, even in the absence of disease. The heart muscle of the aged heart may relax less between beats, so the pumping chambers become stiffer and work less efficiently.

When a condition like CVD affects the heart, these changes may compound the problem or its treatment.

Gender: A man is at greater risk of heart disease than a pre-menopausal woman. Once past the menopause, a woman’s risk is similar to a man’s.

Risk of stroke, however, is similar for men and women.

Family history: A family’s history of CVD indicates a person’s risk. If a first-degree blood relative has had coronary heart disease or a stroke before the age of 55 years (male) or 65 years (female), the risk increases.

For more information you can visit; www.world-heart-federation.org.

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Accident was faked JUDGES at the Provincial Court in Alicante have cited an alleged traffic accident as “impossible from a physical point of view” and have sentenced five people for attempted insurance fraud.

Judges said the vehicle said to have caused the accident was lower than the impact identified on the supposed victim’s vehicle and that there was manipulation in the information supplied.

Six months in prison was given to the two that submitted the insurance claim and eight months to three occupants of one of the vehicles that had claimed they had sustained injuries.

A sixth person was acquitted.

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Dozen defendants sentenced for buying stolen goods from minors CHILDREN used money from sale of goods stolen from parents to buy marihuana

By Buster Smith THE Alicante provincial court has imposed prison sentences and fines to a dozen defendants who were charged with selling jewellery that had been stolen by minors from their parents at different locations in the Marina Alta.

The buyers and resellers of the stolen goods were given €180 fines for receiving and selling stolen goods and for paying minors for the jewellery.

Seven other people were also sentenced for crimes against public health for selling the drugs to the underage children, imposing sentences ranging from one to three years in prison.

The judgements came as a result of an agreement between the prosecution and de-

PARENTS: Stolen property had been taken from the parents of the youngsters concerned and also from pawn shops. fence lawyers and included the acquittal of two other defendants and most of them were also requested to enter into rehabilitation pro-

grammes for drug addiction problems.

The crimes occurred in the town of Pego, Alicante, between October 2012 and May

2012 where the minors stole jewellery belonging to their own parents and outlets that sold gold such as pawn shops.

The money received by the

children was used to purchase marihuana from another group, who were also caught and sentenced for crimes against public health.

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CEREMONIES: Different municipalities were involved in paying their respects to the police forces.

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AWARDS: Long-standing officers were given medals.

Province honours its Guardian Angels NATIONAL Day of the Police recognises officers’ dedication and their importance to the security of citizens

By Buster Smith OCTOBER 2 was the Dia Nacional de la Policia or National Day of the Police; a day to celebrate the patrons of the police force and to recognise the work carried out by those who dedicate their lives to the service of citizens, including veterans and serving officers, who were honoured in ceremonies in different municipalities throughout the province.

In Javea, Mayor Jose Chulvi along with the Councillor for Public Safety, Pepa Gisbert,

joined officers to celebrate the day and congratulate them on their dedication to the service including officer Mariano Armero, who has served 25 years and their longest-serving officers; José Enrique Miguel, Fernando Escolano and Ángel Demetrio Mosquera.

Special praise was given to the force for meeting the needs of the general public in Javea, with the police force chief, José Antonio Monfort, giving thanks to the work and efforts of local organisations including the Red Cross and Civil Protection stat-

ing; “with your help, everything is easier.”

Councillor Gisbert highlighted the importance of the police force’s role in the community and praised their work, stating; “they are always the first in line to receive any complaint or meet any demand, performing a job that does not get the recognition it truly deserves.” Mayor Chulvi added “they are always there, working hard every day with rigour and enthusiasm, always beside those in need.”

In Benissa, the mayor, Juan Bautista Roselló, Councillor for

Public Safety, Francisco Cabrera and representatives from the National Police and Guardia Civil attended a mass at the Iglesia de la Puríssima Xiqueta church in the town to mark the day and pay their respects to former serving officers.

In Denia, Mayor Vicent Grimalt and Councillor for Public Safety, Javier Scotto also attended a ceremony held at the town hall along with representatives of the local and regional police forces and invited members of the public.

During the ceremony, the

Merit Cross was awarded to Chief Inspector of the National Police, Rodrigo Poquet Reig, who is head of the Public Safety Brigade in Denia.

Many officers were also commended and received medals of honour for their many years of service including Valeriano Fernández García and agents Llagunes Carter and Juan Esteban Martinez Gázquez for their 20 years of service to the force.

The Chief Inspector, Antonio Cabeza also presented a plaque to the town hall in appreciation of the support that has been

given to them since the creation of the station in Denia in 1978.

In his speech, he congratulated Mayor Vicent Grimalt, stressing that “our vocation, our business, our work and our attitude towards public service must prevail at all times.”

The heads of the National and Local Police forces highlighted the achievements of their workforce during the last year and have agreed to redouble their efforts to detect and prevent gender violence in particular, with the Chief Inspector stating that there would be a review of protocols to further ensure the protection of victims.

In Benidorm too, a service was held at Buen Pastor Church which was attended by Mayor Toni Perez, the Deputy Mayor, Ana Pellicer and the Councillor for Public Safety, Lorenzo Martinez, along with other members of the town hall and regional police forces.

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22M demonstration planned in province MARCH for dignity to protest against austerity

By Buster Smith TH E o rg a n i sa t i o n , 2 2 M , along wi t h m o r e t h a n 2 0 other organisations throughout the province, met at the University of Alicante on S eptemb e r 2 1 t o p l a n a demon st r a t i o n m a r c h fo r dignity on October 22.

Included in the meeting were representatives from local political parties, trade unions, social movements and social agents from Alicante, E l c h e , Sa n t a P o la , San Vicente, El Campello, Benidorm and Alcoy.

A day of protest has been scheduled for the same date, which has been called once again to unify people and organisations against what the organisation claims to be a savage assault on the

rights of the working classes and workers by the current government.

With a specific focus on debt repayment, which the organisation feels should n o t b e p aid fro m p u blic funds that would otherwise be budgeted for basic social services including healthcare and education, they say they are are alarmed at recent changes to the constitutional laws with regard to this matter.

The ma rc h es h ave brought together the main players in Spain’s sustained, collective resistance to austerity measures and against what many Spaniards perce iv e to b e a d is c re d it e d government and democracy.

Rajoy’s Popular Party government has been em-

broiled in high-profile corruption scandals involving illegal payments to party leaders for millions of euros over the past 11 years.

A t the s a me time , the government has been seen to be pursuing a relentless a tta c k on public s e rvic e s and programmes, including attempts to privatise public services such as health care.

The movement also believe the government has failed to mitigate the devastating housing crisis facing hundreds of thousands of Spaniards who are losing the ir home s due to a n ina bility to pa y the ir mortgages, or to address the serious unemployment crisis, especially acute among the young, where it is at about 50 per cent.

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Alfas to celebrate International Day EIGHTH annual event marks town’s multicultural character

By Buster Smith L’ALFAS DEL PI will be celebrating its international community with the eighth edition of its International Day. Organised by the Department of Immigration, the AMICS organisation and foreign residents, it is a day that celebrates the different cultures and traditions of the residents of the muticultural town and aims to promote coexistence and integration within the community.

“More than 50 associations are expected to participate, and they will present the cuisine, culture and folklore from their many different countries,” said the mayor, Vicente Arques.

In L’Alfas del Pi, over 100 different nationalities are represented with more than 50 per cent of the population of for-

MAYOR: Vicente Arques (centre) publicising the festivities. eign origin.

“The festival allows residents to share the proud culture and folklore from their home countries and has been extremely popular each year, with a large turnout. It really reflects the multiculturalism of our community and our municipality,” says Vicenta Baldo,

head of Immigration-AMICS. This year, the day will start at 10.30am and finish at 6pm.

There will be food tasting, games for children and music performances, including folk music.

The event will be held at the Polideportivo Municipal de L’Alfas del Pi.

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A continuous school day wanted in Altea FITS better with parents’ own schedules and timetables

By Buster Smith ALTEA City Council is pushing for the implementation of the continuous school day.

Town mayor Jaume LLinares, and the councillor for Education, Vicenta Pérez plus a large representation of councillors of the Municipality and representatives of AMPAS and groups of teachers of Altea are united with their request.

The councillor for Education said “we want to emphasise that all of Altea, from students, AMPAS, teachers and the City Council support and believe in the continuous day timetable.”

He added that this is not the first time the request has been made and that last July a motion had already been unanimously passed in support of the

TOWN HALL: Demonstrated their support by placing a banner over the facade. incentive by the department of education in Altea.

They have been requesting the change for numerous years already, with their requests being sent to the regional secretary of education, Miquel Soler.

The town wants to move to the continuous day timetable as it better fits with parents’ own schedules and timetables and they believe that the continuous day will help improve and provide a better

quality of education.

The town hall recently demonstrated their support once again by placing a banner demanding the continuous day over the facade of the town hall building.

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AMBITIOUS: Operation marks the climax of a series of training events and is the largest for over 10 years.

NATO forces arrive in Valencia by air and sea for big military exercise TRIDENT Juncture demonstrates NATO’s ability to meet present and future security challenges and will involve more than 30 countries

By Buster Smith TRIDENT Juncture 2015 is NATO’s most ambitious exercise for over a decade.

Partner nations and International Organisations (IOs)

will participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 in Italy, Portugal and Spain, from October 3 to November 6, 2015.

The event, a flagship activity for NATO’s Connected Forces Initiative (CFI), is the largest exercise conducted by the alliance since 2002.

Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 will mark the climax of a series of dynamic and demanding training events designed to train and test troops and commanders, including those from the NATO Response Force (NRF).

“The purpose of the exercise is to train and test the NATO Response Force, a

highly ready and technologically advanced multinational force comprising land, air, maritime and special forces components,” said General Hans Lothar Domrö se, the Commander of Joint Force Command Brunssum.

“Enhancing our response forces is a key part of NATO’s overall effort to adapt to emerging security challenges.

“Trident Juncture 2015 has been designed to ensure that our concepts and procedures will work in the event of a real crisis because our job is to always be prepared to defend the people, territory, and values of this alliance” he con-

tinued.

The exercise, which involves 36,000 personnel from more than 30 allied and partner nations, will take place throughout Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and also Canada, Norway, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Trident Juncture 2015 will demonstrate NATO’s new increased level of ambition in joint modern warfare and will showcase a capable, forwardleading alliance equipped with the appropriate capability and capacity to meet present and future security challenges.

More than 12 major international organisations, aid agencies and non-governmental organisations, such as the EU and AU will also participate in the exercise, demonstrating NATO’s commitment and contribution to a comprehensive approach, providing them with an opportunity to refine their operational capabilities.

Air, land, maritime, and special forces will participate simultaneously in several locations and from different headquarters to train in a complex environment to improve the alliance’s capabilities.

The main entry point for effective participants in Trident Juncture 2015 is Valencia. With both the airport and the port of Sagunto already beginning to receive military equipment coming from Europe.

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Gandia’s beaches in an ‘appalling’ state, say locals RECENT ‘super moon’ had adverse effects on tide

By Buster Smith RESIDENTS of Gandia, Alicante, are complaining of the appalling state that the beaches have been left in at the Mediterranean resort town after the super moon episode.

The recent phenomenon has had adverse affects on the Mediterranean tide, causing an inflow of water and damaging areas of the otherwise pristine beachfront.

The beaches are now scattered with garbage bins and strewn with rubbish. Boardwalks have been ripped up and left in a state of disrepair: “We have tried to contact the town hall to report the problem but there is no one there to answer the phone, maybe because it is a fiesta,” said one local resident, adding that the beaches had been left in the state for almost two days.

The Tio de la Porra Fira Gandia 2015 was being celebrated in the town at the time. The event started on September 25 and continued until October 4 and residents believe that the image being given to tourists visiting the town to enjoy the fiestas was a very poor one.

The resident continued, “We rely heavily on tourism here, even more so out of the summer season, so for the beaches to be in this state is very bad news for the town’s image. The children are also on holiday right now and families are avoiding the beach, even though we have good weather.”

Residents continued to try to reach the town hall and hoped that they would not have to wait until the end of the fiestas before something was done.

“The garbage that is on the beach is getting washed out to sea, so this is an environmental issue too.”

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Marathon blood donation drive is seen as a success THOSE who wish to donate can do so in many hospitals in the province

By Buster Smith

THE seventh Marathon blood donation incentive organised by the town hall in Denia and the Alicante Transfusion Centre on October 1, at the Denia community centre was a success.

Over the course of the day there were close to 200 donors.

The mayor of Denia, Vicent Grimalt, councillor for Health, Cristina Morera and the councillor for Equal-

Blood donors are urgently needed in the province

COMMUNITY CENTRE: Was well attended.

ity Elizabeth Cardona paid a visit to the centre to participate in the joint incentive, with local organisaand tions businesses collaborating including Electrodomésticos

Pineda, Baleària, Marina Salud, Radio Dénia Ser, Canfali Marina Alta and Cruz Roja Dénia.

Blood donors are urgently required in the province, especially after the summer months, which drastically reduces blood supplies. Those who wish to donate and help save lives can do so in many hospitals. centro-transfusion.san.gva.es

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Celebrating most beautiful towns El Castell de Guadalest is surrounded by rugged mountain peaks

By Buster Smith ON October 1 Spain celebrated the very first day of the most beautiful towns in Spain, a new incentive created to aid in the recognition and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of these towns.

Director of the programme, Francisco Mestre says “This is the first time the event has been held and is a commitment to beauty as forming the backbone of the future of these small dream like spots,” adding that they are looking to gain more support and involvement from groups such as Turespana.

Different events were held in each of the 35 municipalities included on the list, including free entrance to the town’s cultural sites such as museums and other touristic services.

BEAUTIFUL SPAIN: Preserving the cultural heritage.

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ESTIMATES suggest over 40,000 people homeless, 1,200 of those are in th

By Buster Smith SPAIN is still struggling with what many have cited as the worst jobless crisis in modern history.

After suffering the worst financial crisis since the civil war of the 1930s, the country has been left with over 22 per c e nt une mploye d a nd, al though decreasing, Spain still has an extremely worrying 48.6 per cent youth unemployment rate, according to the most recent figures released by Eurostat on September 29 this year.

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and social exclusion in Spain remain very big, unresolved issues and, according to the RAIS foundation, an organisation that monitors homelessness and works on numerous social transformation projects, there are an estimated 40,000 people currently living on the streets throughout the country.

Data compiled by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), reveals that approximately 1,200 of those are in the region of Valencia. But

t he pr obl em does not end there; over a million-and-ahalf people are currently living in substandard housing, according to the 2014 FOESSA report.

One in 20 households are severely affected by intense social exclusion with a total of 11.7 million people (3.8 million households) affected by different social exclusion processes and five million of them finding themselves in situations of severe exclusion.

The aver age i ncom e of households has fallen by 11 per cent between 2008 and 2012 and the report also

INVISIBLE: Many of us do not notice the extreme poverty that is all around us.

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sness New electricity tariffs high introduced on October 1

he province of Valencia

highlights that the situation in Spain with regard to inequality is in danger of continuing for a prolonged period of time, causing it to become chronic.

A lthough m o r e r e c e n t l y th e government has been pointing to figures suggesting that Spain is emerging from its crisis, economic growth and development do not necessarily imply a decrease in poverty rates and in times of crisis the most vulnerable people suffer the most.

Social exclusion is a situation that goes bey o n d p o v e r t y a n d refers to a process in which a person cannot exercise any of their basic social rights as a citizen.

A person is excluded when they lack sufficient personal, social or economic resources to exercise their citizenship.

Homeless people do not reach their situation suddenly; they usually go through a long and painful process before reaching severe social exclusion.

The RAIS Foundation believe it is necessary to have a network of basic social resources in the fight against exclusion and that these people also need relationships, dialogue and processes to help facilitate their recovery and to bring them back into society.

Despite the fact that many of us see them on the streets every day, the reality of homelessness remains almost unnoticed by the public, media and many NGOs, which further causes the myths and prejudices that accompany the images that are sometimes associated with these people.

For more information on the RAIS foundation, their work or to donate, please visit: www.raisfundacion.org

DIFFERENT method of charging based on hourly usage

By John Smith WITHOUT a great deal of publicity, a number of the larger electricity companies introduced a new method of c h arg in g fo r ele c tric ity based on hourly usage with each hour having a different tariff, which can also change depending upon the day of usage.

In theory, there could be 168 different tariffs each week and even they could c h an g e d ep en d in g on whether it’s a windy day, as if it is, more wind power comes into play and electricity could get cheaper.

Organisations such as the C itize n s A d v ice Bu rea u seem a little ambivalent as to whether there will be any real saving although they think on balance there may be. They do point out, however, that a high percentage of the bill from the electricity companies is in respect of taxes and fixed charges rather than consumer usage.

They also point out that all those with a tele-operate d d ig ita l mete r an d o n a contract with the PVPC (Precio Voluntario al Pequeño Consumidor) tariff w ill b e a ffec te d b y t his change. Those on a contract that offers a fixed price for a whole year are not.

Practically all electricity c o mp a n ies ca n o ffe r a n hour-to-hour billing system, but the system as regulated by the state can only be offered by ‘commercializadores de referencia’

ELECTRICITY COSTS: Consumer bodies ambivalent as to whether there will be savings. amongst which are Endesa, Iberdrola, Gas Natural Fe nos a , ED P Es pa ña a nd E.ON España. With the new regulation in force, more companies can join if they meet certain requisites.

There is some confusion a s to the like ly c os t of changing the meter (and the government aim is for all me te rs to be re pla c e d by 2018) but according to information received, one of the ‘main players’ has indic a te d a €9 c ha rge for c ha nging the me te r follow e d by a n 81- c e nt monthly rental charge.

Beware the unscrupulous who may try to take advantage of this change and always contact your electricity supplier as they are the

ideal company to make any changes for you.

It would be almost impossible for any consumer to be completely aware of all of the costs, but it is fairly obvious that peak charges are likely in the morning and the evening whilst low costs are more likely after midnight and at weekends especially Sunday.

This change will affect everyone who uses electricity ove r the ne xt thre e years, but whether the companies have come up with a solution which will benefit the c ons ume r is ye t to be s e e n a nd the fa c t tha t no consumer organisation was consulted in the drawing up of these plans may be ominous.

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Game of Thrones spoiler alert for Almeria City

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IF rumours are correct, La Alcazaba will be closed to the public on October 20 and 21.

This is regarded as unspoken confirmation that these are the days when the Moorish monument overlooking Almeria City will become a Game of Thrones location. The production company is giving nothing away, especially after leaked photographs of filming in Belfast were circulated on the internet.

The regional and local government are agreed that choosing Almeria as one of the locations for the sixth season of the HBO fantasy season will bring free international publicity for the province and more employment. Rosa Aguilar, who heads the Junta’s Culture department admitted that at present it not impossible to calculate the direct benefits to Almeria, especially as filming has yet to start.

Lucia Ayala, a Podemos party regional MP for Almeria is unconvinced. Speaking in the Sevilla parliament she claimed that the province would be called on to provide nothing more than extras, runners, gofers, waiters and drivers.

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Decomposed shark

Councillor dies

Seniors fun

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A SPECIES of shark was found washed up on the beach of El Cura in Torrevieja. The animal was nearly 3m in length and in an advanced state of decomposition.

MATEU VIDAL BALAGUER, councillor for Sports and Culture in Estellencs, died last week in a motorbike accident on the Banyalbufar-Estellencs road. Although ambulance staff tried to revive him their efforts were in vain.

ALMOST 1,500 senior residents are currently taking part in the different workshops offered by the VelezMalaga Council. Among the courses offered are memory workshops, painting courses, sevillana dancing, theatre and choir singing.

THE third series of British-American horror drama television series Penny Dreadful will be partly filmed in Almeria Province. Until now it has been shot in London and Dublin.

Eco-park tender TORREVIEJA Council has initiated the procedure for bidding out the management contract of the municipal Ecoparque.

City accident A MAN, aged 55, suffered a head injury after being hit by the back of a bus at the juncture of Calle Diego Ramirez and Calle Apollo in Torrevieja. He was taken to hospital to be checked over.

Unemployment falls A TOTAL of 179 people left the unemployment register in Murcia Region during September, 0.14 per cent less than during the previous month. It puts the number of unemployed in the Region now at 130,354.

Architecture week THE Architects Association marked the Week of Architecture with a workshop for children in the Plaza Gabriel Miro in Alicante, inspiring the professionals of tomorrow.

Clubs raided POLICE raided four hostess clubs in s’Arenal last week in an operation against credit card fraud which led to 30 arrests.

Better force AS OF last week Calvia’s Local Police force has a new chief, Justino Trenas, an experienced officer who now faces the challenge of reorganising the force and meeting expectations to create a better force closer to the community.

New connections FLIGHT Company Vueling has announced an increase of connections to and from the Islands which are to be launched from November 2015.

Beach damaged THE Port de Pollensa suffered damages due to the strong waves registered on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Waves flooded on the beach and removed a large amount of sand into the water.

Migrants rescued A TOTAL of 28 Sub-Saharan migrants were rescued from a dinghy 55 miles off the coast of Granada and were taken to Motril in good health.

The boat was spotted at around 2pm on September 30 and migrants were rescued by the Salvamar Hamal craft.

Lucky number THE first prize of the National Lottery has been awarded to a lucky resident of Almuñécar and another one in Ojén (Malaga). The two lucky winners will share the staggering amount of €1 million thanks to the 55,458 winning number.

School for parents THE Secondary School Villanueva del Mar in La Herradura has launched a pioneering initiative. The ‘School for parents’ has been designed as a way to provide parents with information revolving many different aspects of their children’s education.

For more local news from our five other regions see www.euroweeklynews.com

Multiple stings TORREMOLINOS’ lifeguard team reported that the majority of the incidents dealt with this year involved jellyfish, with 2,266 people suffering stings in July and 1,639 in August.

Rare twins

LA ALCAZABA is closed later this month which may be due to filming taking place

LA ALCAZABA: Guest appearance in HBO series.

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TERESA and Catalina, rare identical twins born at Malaga’s El Angel private clinic after a ‘mo-mo’ pregnancy, where the babies share an amniotic sac and placenta but have separate umbilical cords, have been sent home after spending two months in incubators.

False surgeon A MAN who masqueraded as a plastic surgeon in Marbella and caused serious harm to a patient in 2006 during a botched boob-job has been jailed for 19 months and ordered to pay €36,200 in damages.

Local cocktails

ONCE work finishes on the false tunnel for heavy traffic bound for Garrucha port, all 585 moorings for private craft are expected to be taken. At present only a quarter are used.

MARBELLA and San Pedro now have their own cocktails, which will be presented at Madrid’s Fitur tourism fair in January.

The recipes were created by local barmen Oliver Cintrano and Juan Antonio Bernal.

Promise kept

Trail to success

AFTER January 1 Gador residence will no longer pay the Impuesto de Construcciones tax when improving or modifying their properties. He is honouring his election pledge, the mayor said.

THE Caminito del Rey mountain trail near El Chorro has attracted more than 160,000 visitors since it opened on March 28. As of 2016, Malaga Provincial Council has announced that it will be charging a small entry fee.

Tunnel vision

High hopes EIGHTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Francisca Funes from Almocita fulfilled a lifelong ambition by reaching the top of Mulhacen, Spain’s highest mainland mountain in the Sierra Nevada. She completed the final kilometre of the 3,478 peak.

Epic fail “THE capital city of Asturias? Almeria!” answered Gran Hermano (Big Brother) contestant, Ivy during one of the show’s weekly tests. Originally from Mexico, she now lives in Barcelona.

Four years A SEVENTY-TWOYEAR-OLD woman from Coin has been sentenced to spend four years in a prison psychiatric facility for stabbing her daughter-in-law, who she believed was trying to poison her and her son.

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Survival success SWEDEN has the highest cancer survival rates in Europe according to a study by the European Cancer Congress in Vienna. Survival rates in northern Europe averaged 59.6 per cent with Sweden’s at 64.7 per cent.

Wealthy Swedes SWEDES are the fourth wealthiest people in Europe and fifth richest in the world behind the Swiss, the Americans, British and Belgians according to a wealth study by insurer Allianz.

Repeat offender DENMARK: A Palestinian, aged 25, who stabbed a police officer at an asylum centre in Denmark is the same man who is accused of attacking a Swedish minister earlier in the year.

PRESS

Project wastes money BEECH tree had no fruit AN art project in Bristol that aimed to capture the sound of beechnuts falling from a 100-year-old tree is scuppered as the tree chosen had no fruit wasting £37,000 (€50,000).

Airport fine A DRIVER has been fined £150 (€200) after getting lost at the Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster and stopping ‘for seconds’ to get her bearings and turn around in a dead-end road.

Mad cow A COW on a Welsh farm has been confirmed as being infected with mad cow disease. The disease has not entered the food chain and there is no risk to human health according to the authorities.

Price hike UK telecoms regulator Ofcom just announced an inflation-busting price hike that will triple the licence fees

OLD BOYS CLUB: Theatres hostile environments for women.

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paid by UK mobile network operating companies. The likes of EE, O2, Vodafone and Three must pay the government to use the 900MHz and 1800MHz radio frequency spectrum bands, which from October of next year will cost the industry £199.6 million per year.

THE number of German universities among the world’s top 200 has almost doubled since last year. LMU Munich was Germany’s highest ranking at number 29.

Rent-a-bunker A HIDDEN Stasi bunker on the outskirts of Berlin is available for rent for €3,000 a month. The nuclear bunker was built in the 1980’s.

A giant step THREE of the world’s tallest people have been in Germany to visit the specialist shoemaker who helps make their lives bearable. Georg Wessels has produced 500 pairs of shoes for the world’s tallest people over the last 30 years.

Job shift DENMARK: Almost 4,000 government jobs in Denmark will be moved out of the Copenhagen area to 38 other cities and towns to help create ‘better balance.’

Training help NORWAY: The Norwegian Army’s Combat Training Centre is to receive advanced training and simulation systems and system support from Saab. The order was issued by the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation and is worth about $16.8 million.

POWER generated by Germany’s wind farms by September surpassed last year’s total, thanks to favourable weather conditions and an expansion of wind farms, producing 59 billion kilowatt-hours so far this year.

THE new British Ambassador to Berlin, Sir Sebastian Wood, has said he hopes relations between the UK and Germany will become closer and that more young British people will move to Germany.

A LEADING female surgeon from Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has criticised operating theatres for being an ‘old boys club’ and being hostile environments for women.

SWEDEN: Residents in Jarbo in central Sweden are concerned about increasing wolf attacks after a wolf snatched a puppy from its garden in the town.

DENMARK. Postage costs in Denmark will almost double from January 1, 2016. First class letters will increase from the current 10 kroner to 19 kroner (€2.55).

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ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: Number of foreign students at Dutch universities and colleges soared.

More and more people going Dutch CHEAPER student fees are a draw, particularly for British students THE number of foreign students at Dutch universities and colleges soared to 62,000 last academic year and now accounts for 9 per cent of the student body. Cheaper student fees are a draw, particularly for British students.

Police resignation HEAD of the Dutch national police force has resigned saying he no longer feels capable of seeing

DUTCH PRESS through the current reorganisation of the merger of 26 police regions into one single national police force.

Early English AN advisory body recommends

that children should learn English from the age of four, as soon as they begin at a Dutch primary school.

Weaker growth DUTCH industrial growth has weakened slightly, but companies report they are not too worried about problems in China and other developing countries.

Best place ACTRESS Claire Danes has spoken of her love of Berlin where she is filming the new season of Homeland.

Speaking on the Ellen DeGeneres show she said the notorious Berghain club was the “best place on Earth.”

Dead or alive A WOMAN who was declared dead over 30 years ago after a man admitted to her murder, is alive. The woman, now 55, staged her own disappearance but refuses to tell police why or to contact her family.

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Underwater church HOPED to attract tourists to the peninsula

BLACK SEA: The world’s first underwater church for divers.

CONSTRUCTION of the world’s first underwater Russian Orthodox church has begun in Crimea with divers placing a giant cross at the bottom of the Black Sea. It is hoped the underwater temple will draw tourists to the peninsula.

No tarmac A 500M stretch of a motorway in northern Moscow, that was stripped of its tarmac during a renovation programme, has still not been covered with new asphalt, worsening congestion on one of the city’s busiest roads.

Uni rising MOSCOW State University climbed 35 places to 161st on the Times Higher Education world university rankings list for 2015-16. It shares its place with the University of Miami in the USA.

Cemetery auction AN online auction for 100 family burial plots located in 13 of Moscow’s cemeteries is being held in November. The auction is part of a wider

Clinton hackers IT has been reported that Russian hackers tried at least five times to hack into Hillary Clinton’s private email account when she was secretary of state.

bid to improve the quality of the funeral services sector.

History change THE Kazakh Education Ministry will correct geography and history textbooks to remove references to Crimea as a Russian region. Moscow annexed Crimea

from Ukraine last year, but few nations have officially recognised the region as part of Russia.

End of conspiracy A RUSSIAN space enthusiast is asking for 800,000 rubles (€10,800) to fund the building of a spacecraft to prove that the Apollo moon landing really happened and finally ending conspiracy theories.

Baby sale A RUSSIAN woman is on trial for attempting to sell her five-month-old son through WhatsApp for 1.5 million rubles (€20,000).

Deep recession NOW, for the first time in the country’s history, millions of Russians who cannot pay back their debts will be able to file for bankruptcy. The measure is meant to ease the financial situation of people struggling with repayments amid a deep recession.

HILLARY CLINTON: Hacking attempt.

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MANOS LIMPIAS, a trade union which has a history of taking action against public figures, including the king’s sister, has laid a criminal complaint against Volkswagen AG’s three Spanish units and their chairmen.

MO FARAH: Gold medal winner promotes food company.

Quorn is gobbled up by Filipino firm QUORN FOODS, the meat substit u t e c o m p a n y, h a s been sold to Monde Nissin in the Philippines for £550 million (€770 million).

Produced in Yorkshire and advertised as a healthy product by Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah, the food is produced from fungus and is available ei-

They are accused of defrauding consumers and the tax authorities as well as damaging the environment whilst the Spanish state could also face a civil liability case for failing to adequately supervise the carmaker.

To add to their troubles, SEAT announced that the

‘My job is to think always about the future of our company’ Ralph Lauren on announcing that he was stepping down as CEO of his company.

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The amount SEAT will repay to the Spanish government for each ‘rogue’ diesel car sold.

ther on its own or in ready mea ls in clu d in g b u rg e rs and sausages.

Currently employing 620 people in the UK and exporting to 15 countries, the management expect to not only increase the number of staff employed, but to also expand into the lucrative Asian market.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Mint security GUNNEBO SPAIN, a subsidiary of a Swedish group, has won a €1.8 million contract to increase security at a banknote factory belonging to the Spanish Royal Mint. The factory contains a paper mill from which banknotes are printed and Gunnebo has been appointed to provide armoured panels to shield the factory.

Repsol sale REPSOL has announced that it has sold part of its piped gas business to Gas Natural Distribution and Redexis Gas for €652m. It has now surpassed its goal of raising €900m from the sale of non-strategic assets.

Battle is over EIGHTEEN lawsuits had been active between the companies, Microsoft and Google, relating to the use of technologies in mobile phones, Wifi and other areas but in a joint statement they have now said that they would ‘collaborate on certain patent matters.’

Worst quarter for four years STOCK markets around the world ended the third quarter of 2015 with a slight flurry of positive activity but overall it has been their worst quarter for four years.

There were falls of between 7 per cent

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‘$48.5 million (€43.4 million) are the single weekend gross takings in America for the children’s film ‘Hotel Transylvania 2,’ almost four times as much as the takings for its nearest rival.

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and 15 per cent with the Shanghai Index falling furthest, down 25 per cent.

Confidence in stocks has been hit by the crisis in Greece, the Chinese slowdown and the threat of higher interest rates.

Spanish government, which offered subsidies of €1,000 for energy efficient car purchases, requires the manufacturer, rather than the consumer, to repay the money where emissions have been tampered with and now awaits details of the number of cars affected.

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New Spanish fund started FERNANDO BERNARD and Beltran Parages, former executives of Bestinver Asset Management, are starting a fund focused on undervalued equities in Spain and abroad.

AzValor Asset Management SGIIC will be registered with the Spanish regulator and will include a mutual fund focused on Spanish and Portuguese equities with another for international equities.

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 143.20 +2.40 +1.70% 3.1M 74.41 +0.52 +0.70% 5.1M 110.38 +0.80 +0.73% 58.0M 132.56 +1.95 +1.49% 3.0M 65.70 +1.31 +2.03% 8.8M 81.55 +3.21 +4.10% 13.1M 25.76 +0.03 +0.12% 34.9M 40.39 +0.59 +1.48% 15.5M 103.00 +0.33 +0.32% 9.1M 49.26 +0.91 +1.88% 4.6M 75.88 +1.82 +2.46% 18.8M 25.47 +0.28 +1.11% 42.7M 177.01 +0.99 +0.56% 4.5M 117.81 +0.78 +0.67% 4.4M 144.58 +0.99 +0.69% 3.1M 30.51 +0.51 +1.70% 27.9M 93.93 +0.76 +0.82% 8.4M 60.81 -0.61 -0.99% 20.4M 99.79 +1.01 +1.02% 4.4M 50.14 +0.77 +1.56% 24.3M 45.57 +0.96 +2.15% 41.8M 125.21 +1.38 +1.11% 4.6M 33.08 +1.24 +3.89% 41.7M 72.42 +0.47 +0.65% 9.1M 100.03 +1.69 +1.72% 2.4M 89.77 +1.41 +1.60% 4.6M 118.83 +2.22 +1.90% 3.5M 42.84 -0.12 -0.28% 22.3M 70.67 +0.68 +0.97% 7.5M 64.98 +0.71 +1.10% 7.1M

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Most Advanced Edge Therapeutics, Inc. Sphere 3D Corp.

XenoPort, Inc. Wynn Resorts, Limited EDAP TMS S.A. Carbylan Therapeutics, Inc. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. REGENXBIO Inc. CalAmp Corp.

Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP 3X Long Silver ETN Velocityshares

$ 17.48 $ 2.72 $ 4.32 $ 63.52 $ 4.31 $ 4.09 $ 9.21 $ 22.19 $ 18.20 $ 2.42 $ 13.85

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Most Declined Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. $ 6.3801 Horsehead Holding Corp. $ 2.45 3X Inverse Silver ETN Velocityshares $ 57.79 Lantheus Holdings, Inc. $ 4.07 Capital Southwest Corporation $ 15.07 Daily 2X VIX ST ETN Velocityshares $ 10.72 Progress Software Corporation $ 23 ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ Biotechnology$ 28.56 Liberty Global plc $ 44.29 Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc $ 9.31 Dynamic Materials Corporation $ 8.855

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Greece to dominate economic news again after left-wing election victory Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

SOONER or later, Greece will start to dominate Euro-related news again, now that Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing party have been sworn back into power.

After the latest general elections, Mr Tsipras breezed back into the poisoned hotseat with even more power than before.

The anti-austerity leader had managed to strike a last-minute deal with its creditors for a sum of €86bn, preventing Greece from defaulting on its debts and being forced out of the Eurozone.

Investors are still pointing to Greece’s long-term issues as the key indicator for Euro deterioration against most major counterparts into the first quarter of 2016.

ANTICIPATION: It is believed that the pound to euro rate could head towards 1.40.

There is an air of anticipation that GBPEUR could start to head back towards

1.40 once the US finally starts to move its own interest rates.

In other news, the EU Quantitative Easing Programme (QE) may be allowed to continue beyond its scheduled expiry date of September 2016.

After its early success and signs of real economic improvement, questions are starting to surface again as to whether the bond-purchasing programme may need to be extended, due mainly to slow growth and weak inflation figures.

The latest figures for September actually showed that the Eurozone had ‘deflated’ as prices fell by 0.1 per cent. This is the first time in six months that the numbers have fallen into negative territory.

President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, had warned this could happen, so there were no sudden shocks for the market. There are expectations that Mr Draghi wants to keep the Euro relatively weak, especially against the greenback, as exports have been gaining from a frail currency pairing of EURUSD.

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SEPTEMBER saw consumer prices in Spain fall at their fastest rate in seven months, according to early estimates from the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE), partly due to lower energy costs.

While retail sales continue to grow on the back of increasing demand, the overall view from the EU is that Spain is currently enjoying a period of negative inflation.

There are indications that, for the first time in eight months, Germany will also record negative inflation during September.

While high inflation is considered to be bad for any economy, less prominence is given to negative inflation but this latest news may not be welcomed by the European Central Bank, which has a programme of quantitative easing aimed at an overall inflation rate of 2 per cent across Europe, which it considers will help economic growth within the Eurozone.

Precious metal prices are under scrutiny from Swiss Authorities FOR many years, it has always been a tradition that in times of financial disturbance, precious metals in general, and gold in particular, are an ideal home for investments rather than stocks and shares.

The metal has been particularly volatile since the global market turndown and both gold and silver have hit record prices. Although they have retrenched to some extent, they still stand at much higher levels than before the turn-down; gold more so than silver.

Like so many other areas of finance, however, the question now arises as to whether these prices have been orchestrated over the years as authorities in Switzerland have announced a probe into global banks over the suspected manipulation of the price of precious metals.

The Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) has said it will investigate seven banks saying it had “indications” that the banks had “possibly concluded illegal competition-defying deals.”

Comco said its investigation will include Barclays, Deutsche Bank, HS-

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Further fall in Spanish inflation rate

GOLD EXCHANGE: Global banks are being investigated for the alleged price-fixing of a number of metals.

BC, Mitsui, Morgan Stanley and Swiss banks Julius Baer and UBS over what it said were “possible price-fixing deals, especially in connection with spreads.”

A ‘spread’ is defined as the differ-

ence between the bidding price and the actual price of a commodity or other asset.

HSBC is already involved in a case of metal price-fixing in New York, where it is among several companies

that were accused of having conspired since 2007 to rig the twice-daily platinum and palladium fixings. Apart from these two metals, gold and silver are also included in the Swiss investigation.

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Sharp practice is a business killer reparably by a few letters in a national newspaper, a poor news report or negative comments in social media.

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

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ACCORDING to Forbes Entrepreneurs, 90 per cent of business start-ups will fail. I imagine the troops at Ypres had a better chance of survival.

It seems rather disheartening to write out your company’s obituary before it is born.

Running a business is akin to running a gauntlet. You set your hopes high, you invest, you set out your business plan and you work hard to make your business a success.

Facing hard times, many businesses resort to dishonest practices to survive. I believe ‘sloppiness’ at the till to be institutionalised robbery.

Overcharging or failure to record a discount happens far too often for it to be an oversight.

I recall the Benidorm bar owner who advertised €1 pints. When the half-pint glasses were questioned, he replied: “These are Benidorm pints, señor.”

In another Costa resort, a large beer and baguette was advertised for just €4. It was irresistible but fool’s gold, as the baguette was the

The number of business startups that are expected to eventually fail.

HARD TIMES: Many companies resort to dishonest practices to stay afloat. size of a finger. The assumption is that tourists are unlikely to return or remember. However, there is a drip-drip, toxic, effect on a resort’s reputation and also on the better-run businesses.

Thanks to the Internet and social media, people now enjoy a power to influence that a 1960s provincial newspaper editor could only dream of. A resort’s prosperity can be damaged ir-

Tourism thrives or fails on visitor experiences. It is not hard to imagine the negative outcome if tourists, returning to their home countries, slate a country or resort. Yet the solution is simple.

It would take only a couple of tourist office staff to invite complaints and patrol tourist areas looking out for evidence of sharp practice.

Those businesses resorting to cheating should be shown a ‘red card’ and their trading licence removed if they are repeat offenders.

This simple solution would help to launder a resort’s image and all legitimate businesses would benefit as a result. Who knows, it may well reduce the number of failed businesses.

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Corbyn’s intent is hidden by rhetoric LABOUR leader promises equality but he intends to deliver us to our enemies LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT WATCHING ‘Comrade Corbyn’ address last week’s Labour Party Conference, I found myself experiencing odd twinges of deja vu. Then it dawned on me; his rhetoric was exactly like the conversations we had back in the 60’s.

The long ‘flower-power,’ ‘pot-inspired’ exchanges of young enthusiastic ideas on how we could change the world. Deep into the night we would discuss the dreams and ideals that would enable us all to live happily ever after in a conflict-free, loving environment; all with no idea at all how to turn our schemes into reality.

Of course, we were hopelessly naive and, most important of all, extremely young and painfully ignorant of the ways of the world and its workings. However, in the main, we were completely harmless. And that’s where the similarity between Mr Corbyn and the flowerpower idealists of old falls down.

This man is not some starry-eyed, naive youngster, hoping to turn the world into a

PEACE AND LOVE: Naive beliefs are for the young, not for experienced politicians.

peace loving Shangri-La. In my opinion he is a deceit riddled, extremely experienced, highly dangerous far-left operator; using these ideals to snare as many (mainly young) people as possible into embracing him as a kind of 21stcentury saviour who will lead his people to some euphoric utopia.

Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. I believe this man is fully aware that his policies will deliver us into Communism and the clutches of our enemies. Not his enemies of course; his record of embracing our adversaries has been well chronicled over the years.

His are the politics of stealth. I shudder when I see the faces that gaze up at him. I saw the same look on the followers of David Koresh, Jim Jones and Charles Manson; all dangerous manipulators who also promised their followers they could lead them to the ‘Promised Land’ and who held far less influential positions than Jeremy Cobyn and his TUC cronies.

No, I would be very wary indeed of Mr Corbyn. The devious leopards of the left seldom change their spots.

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OUR VIEW

WE were warned against visiting the Baltic State, but decided to go anyway Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

SQUATTING between Poland and Latvia is insular malevolent Lithuania. After 10 blissful days in Latvia and Estonia we were warned against visiting this Baltic State but decided to go anyway.

Speak English not Russian was the advice given.

Problem; the Lithuanians dislike Russians but few speak English. At the border our documents were scrutinised by grim-faced border control officers.

The Red Army departed in 1991 but left the Soviet mind-set behind.

The following day our tetchy bus driver took us to Kaunas, parts of which resembles Berlin 1945.

There, the clown hit the brakes so savagely an unfortunate lady passenger was catapulted against the bus windscreen shattering it. The ambulance and police arrived 20-minutes later; for all the use they were why did they bother?

It doesn’t get any better in chip-on-its-shoulderland. It was now clear why a Lithuanian explained that commuters prefer the impersonality of the train as a travel alternative.

That afternoon, our bus driver from hell examined our tickets; in large letters KAUNAS to KAUNAS AIRPORT €1.04. Having twice reassured my Russian speaking non-Russian wife of

Catalonia now dust has settled BUS SERVICE: Lithuanian commuters prefer the impersonality of the train. the airport destination we took our seats.

We were 30-minutes into the 15km journey when she again sought reassurance. He brusquely told her; “We are not going to the airport, we are going to Vilnius,” which is in the opposite direction.

Despite her distress and passengers’ alarm the driver refused to allow us to alight. As a consequence we were stranded in Lithuania for a further three days and incurred airline and hotel costs exceeding €750.

Of course we rattle the Lithuanian cage but the monkeys inside offer only a one-fingered salute.

The State Department of Tourism and police are indifferent; if a driver of a public service vehicle doesn’t allow a passenger to alight it is false imprisonment; this is the law. The complicit bus companies suggest the labyrinth process of bureaucratic complaint simply to consider the issue.

A Latvian friend tells me Ecolines Bus Service offer tickets for the 300km four-hour Riga to Vilnius trip at €4. No thanks, we prefer North Korea.

Two species of humanity!

I HAVE come to the conclusion that there are two orders of humans on this planet Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

WHAT the hell is wrong with people?

Last week it was reported that a dog whose legs had been tied together had been rescued from a canal in Rojales.

The week before, a disturbing picture of a number of dead cats was published in one of the local papers. They were subjects of a mass poisoning in Pilar de la Horadada and more are thought to have died the same way.

In our own Los Dolses neighbourhood, two cats - both wearing collars and obviously somebody’s pets - have also been poisoned.

On Saturday whilst enjoying our regular morning coffee, we observed a young girl struggling with a decrepit looking pet carry basket which she took into the nearby Little Pod charity shop.

We could see her in conversation with one of the volunteers, gesturing toward the basket, after several minutes of

ENCHANTING KITTENS: Our three temporary residents.

THERE has been something more than a little suggestive of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland about the run up to the Catalan elections.

There were however a few jokers in the pack as Tweedledum was played by Artur Mas, president of the pro-secession party and Tweedledee was well portrayed by prime minister Mariano Rajoy.

As the simple election became a referendum in the eyes of Mr Mas, so he became the Knave of Hearts in the eyes of Mr Rajoy. Rather than shout ‘Off with his head,’ the prime minister became the King of Hearts as first Mr Mas and his party were investigated for alleged fraud and then members were charged with conducting an illegal referendum in 2014.

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party saw Jean-Claude Juncker, assisted by March Hare Angela Merkel and Dormouse David Cameron all join in on the side of Spain warning Mr Mas of the dire consequences of declaring independence.

The fact that less than 50 per cent of those who voted supported the secessionist parties didn’t really bother Mr Mas and he indicated that within 18 months the autonomous community of Catalonia would be ready to launch itself as the newest country in Europe.

Then - they all woke up.

Hopefully after the ritual clashing of horns, there will be a sensible solution.

which, curiosity got the better of my wife and she went to investigate.

The upshot is, we now have some new temporary residents in the shape of three enchanting kittens.

Little Pod, like all such animal charities are simply overflowing with strays and were unable to take in these three, and although it is out of the question that we can accommodate them on a permanent basis, we felt bound to provide temporary protection.

It seems that the young girl had found them dumped beside a rubbish bin near the market in Playa Flamenca and had struggled for over half a mile to the charity shop only to be told ‘no room at the inn.’

We already have two rescued cats of our own, so as much as we would love to give these guys a permanent address, we now have the problem of finding safe homes for these lively and thoroughly engaging characters.All because Now we somebody regarded them as trash. want to When I think of these extremes of huhear your views. man behaviour - cruelty and compassion - I have come to the YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE conclusion that there are two or- YOUR OPINION ders of humans on this planet - one www.euroweeklynews.com a sub species of the other.

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Live at the Apollo Russell Howard's Good News Extra

8:30pm Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm Secret Life of Ice 10:00pm The Great British Year 11:00pm Rhymes, Rock and Revolution 12:00am Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs 1:00am A Renaissance Education

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Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor in the House Rising Damp In Loving Memory Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960's.

Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

Agatha Christie's: The Secret of Chimney's Law and Order: UK The Vice Inspector Morse ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Deal or No Deal 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Jamie's Super Food 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm First Dates 10:10pm Please Note 11:05pm Gogglebox

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News The Yorkshire Vet Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans The Good Witch's Gift 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News The Gadget Show Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 Autopsy The Best of the Joan Rivers Position Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

41 Dogs in a 3-Bed Semi Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

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Hollyoaks Charmed Revenge Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Bad(Ish) Robots The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Haunting in Connecticut

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11:00pm 11:30pm 12:30am 1:00am 1:15am 2:15am 5:30am

8:00am The Professionals 9:00am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

10:00am Kojak 11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm The Sweeney 1:10pm The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminalintelligence agents.

2:15pm Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

3:20pm Pawn Stars 3:50pm Gunsmoke 4:55pm Rugby World Cup Highlights 6:00pm BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge 10:35pm Storage Wars 11:00pm MotoGP 12:00am The Last House on the Left 1:00am FYI Daily

8:35am Everest: Sky Movies Special 9:05am Drive Hard 10:55am Tron Legacy 1:10pm One in the Chamber 2:55pm Poseidon 4:45pm The 6th Day 7:00pm Alien: Resurrection 9:00pm Tron Legacy 11:20pm Ride Along 1:15am The Knights of Badassdom

7:15am 9:30am 11:30am 1:25pm 1:45pm 3:45pm 5:25pm 7:30pm 9:00pm 10:45pm 12:40am

Pleasantville Patch Adams St. Vincent The Top Ten Show 2015 Dumb and Dumber To Three Fugitives You've Got Mail Hot Shots!

St. Vincent Dumb and Dumber To Revenge for Jolly!

8:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 9:00am Superfast 10:45am Miss Meadows 12:30pm The Gambler 2:30pm Lovesick 4:15pm Pan: On Set Special 4:45pm Unbroken 7:15pm Miss Meadows 9:00pm The Gambler 11:00pm Unbroken 1:20am Sex Ed A young teacher starts giving sexeducation lessons despite not having the relevant experience.

3:00am Superfast Anarchic spoof comedy based on the Fast and Furious franchise.

4:45am Miss Meadows Dramatic thriller about a prim elementary school teacher who moonlights as a guntoting vigilante.

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am

WWE Raw Goals on Sunday NFL Highlights NFL Highlights NFL Highlights Goals on Sunday Football League Goals Bpl Legends Bpl Legends Premier League 100 Club Fantasy Football Club Highlights FL72 Goals Football One2eleven One2eleven UEFA European Championship Qualifier Euro Quals Highlights FL72 Goals Fantasy Football Club Highlights NFL: Dwight Freeney Interview NFL Hard Knocks NFL: Pittsburgh @ San Diego NFL

Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Best of ICC WT20 Super League Grand Final India Vsth Africa ODI Highlights Cricket's Greatest Best of ICC WT20 Super League Grand Final Racing News Cricket's Greatest India Vsth Africa ODI Highlights NFL Highlights NFL Highlights NFL Highlights India Vsth Africa ODI Highlights WWE Raw NFL Highlights NFL Highlights NFL Highlights Super League Grand Final India Vsth Africa ODI Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits

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9:15am Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:10pm Bergerac 3:00pm Cash in the Attic 3:30pm A Taste of Britain 4:00pm The Box 4:30pm The Great British Bake Off 5:30pm Natural World 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 9:00pm Harvest 2015 10:00pm The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Deals, Wheels and Steals 9:00pm Eternal Glory 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

8:30am 9:30am 10:30am 11:20am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:40pm 2:40pm 3:40pm 4:50pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am

The Cube Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale The Cube Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Tricked Glitchy The Job Lot Release the Hounds

10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am 12:22am 12:45am 1:10am

Football Fight Club EastEnders Together Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Animated comedy series about US family life.

1:30am Together 2:00am Football Fight Club

9:00pm The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney 9:30pm The Secret Life of Books 10:00pm Dam Busters Declassified 11:00pm Close to the Edge 11:30pm The Joy of Sets: The Model Railway Story 12:30am The Horizon Guide to Ageing 1:30am Twin Sisters

8:20am 9:25am 10:25am 10:55am 11:25am 11:50am 2:05pm 3:05pm 4:10pm 5:15pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:55pm 7:55pm 8:55pm 10:00pm

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Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor in the House Rising Damp In Loving Memory Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Rosemary and Thyme Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order.

The Vice Inspector Morse Teleshopping

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9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Deal or No Deal 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm Educating Cardiff 11:00pm Girls to Men 12:05am First Dates

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Minder Motorway Patrol Motorway Patrol Magnum, P.I. The Professionals The Sweeney Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

Magnum, P.I. The Professionals MotoGP BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge Euro 2016 Qualifier Live Storage Wars Euro 2016 Qualifier Highlights Rambo III FYI Daily Rambo III Minder

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Home and Away Neighbours NCIS The Good Witch's Family 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Police Interceptors The Yorkshire Vet Witch Hunt CSI: Cyber The Mysteries of Laura The Mysteries of Laura Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

9:10am Die Hard with a Vengeance 11:30am Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 1:50pm Into the Storm 3:25pm Snakes on a Plane 5:15pm Air Force One 7:25pm Armageddon 10:00pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 12:15am Into the Storm

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The Other Woman Caddyshack Bruce Almighty American Pie Welcome to the Jungle Hot Shots! Part Deux The Other Woman Idiocracy Boat Trip

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Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Bad(Ish) Robots The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Empire Chewing Gum How to Get Fit

7:00am Sex Ed 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 9:00am Superfast 10:45am Miss Meadows 12:30pm Maleficent Special 1:00pm The Gambler 3:00pm Lovesick 4:45pm Unbroken 7:15pm Miss Meadows 9:00pm Unbroken 11:20pm The Gambler An English professor addicted to highstakes gambling struggles to put his demons to bed.

1:15am Sex Ed A young teacher starts giving sexeducation lessons despite not having the relevant experience.

2:55am Superfast

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8:00am WWE SmackDown!

9:00am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 10:00am NFL: Pittsburgh @ San Diego 11:00am The Premier League Years 1:00pm NFL: Pittsburgh @ San Diego 2:00pm Premier League 100 Club 2:30pm Premier League 100 Club 3:00pm The Premier League Years 5:00pm NFL: Pittsburgh @ San Diego 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 6:30pm MLS Round-Up Show 7:00pm Paul Robinson Interviewing Neville Southall 8:00pm Football 11:30pm Football's Greatest 12:00am NFL: Pittsburgh @ San Diego

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Edge 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Home Away From Home 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm DIY SOS 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport 12:05am Sir Alex Ferguson: Secrets of Success 1:05am Weather for the Week Ahead

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm All Star Mr and Mrs 10:00pm Land of the Midnight Sun 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Sports Life Stories 12:40am Wild Ireland 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am Ejector Seat 4:50am Nightscreen

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Caught Red Handed The Edge Pound Shop Wars Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Lifeline Bergerac Cash in the Attic A Taste of Britain The Box The Great British Bake Off Natural World Flog It! Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Harvest 2015 Face of Britain by Simon Schama The Apprentice Newsnight Weather Welcome to the Mosque

The Cube Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale The Cube Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed!

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Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Through the Keyhole Release the Hounds Tricked Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Release the Hounds Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

9:00pm Bangkok Airport 10:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Asian Provocateur 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:30am Asian Provocateur 2:00am Together 2:30am Don't Tell the Bride 3:30am Russell Howard's Good News 4:00am Don't Tell the Bride

8:30pm The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney 9:00pm The Search for Life: The Drake Equation 10:00pm Planet Oil 11:00pm Ultimate Swarms 12:00am The Great British Year 1:00am The Magic of Mushrooms 2:00am The Search for Life: The Drake Equation

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Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960's.

Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor in the House Rising Damp In Loving Memory Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960's.

Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order.

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8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Deal or No Deal 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Restoring Britain's Landmarks 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Million Pound Properties 12:00am 24 Hours in A and E 1:05am Blink

8:50am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

9:50am The Chase 10:50am Magnum, P.I. 11:50am The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminalintelligence agents.

12:50pm The Sweeney 1:55pm Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

2:55pm Motorway Patrol 3:25pm Motorway Patrol 3:50pm Gunsmoke 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge 11:00pm Benidorm 12:10am Maximum Conviction 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am Maximum Conviction 2:15am Hell on Wheels 3:10am Hell on Wheels

10:15am 12:10pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: Los Angeles Client Seduction 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News World's Toughest Prison GPs: Behind Closed Doors Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Britain's Flashiest Families Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Drama series about an elite force based in New York which investigates sexually oriented crimes.

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Super Casino

I, Frankenstein The Package Brick Mansions Jaws Ironclad: Battle for Blood Gravity Noah Brick Mansions Rage I, Frankenstein Starship Troopers

8:50am Three Night Stand 10:30am The Wedding Singer 12:20pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2:00pm The Interview 3:55pm The Waterboy 5:30pm Sleepless in Seattle 7:20pm The Wedding Singer 9:00pm Grudge Match 11:00pm The Interview 1:00am Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 2:45am Austin Powers in Goldmember

8:10am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 8:45pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am

WEDNESDAY TV

Revenge Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Golden Compass Supernatural The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Sex Ed 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 9:00am Superfast 10:45am Miss Meadows Dramatic thriller about a prim elementary school teacher who moonlights as a guntoting vigilante.

12:30pm The Gambler 2:30pm Lovesick 4:15pm Pan: On Set Special 4:45pm Unbroken 7:15pm Miss Meadows Dramatic thriller about a prim elementary school teacher who moonlights as a guntoting vigilante.

9:00pm The Gambler 11:00pm Unbroken 1:20am Sex Ed 3:00am Superfast 4:45am Lovesick

7:00am The Premier League Years 9:00am Football Gold 9:15am Football Gold 9:30am Football Gold 9:45am Cricket Shorts 9:50am India Vsth Africa ODI Cricket 6:00pm Fantasy Football Club Highlights 6:30pm Football Gold 6:45pm Football Gold 7:00pm Boxing Gold 7:30pm Boxing Gold 8:00pm Fantasy Football Club Highlights 8:30pm A League of Their Own 9:30pm Boxing Gold 10:00pm Boxing Gold 10:30pm Boxing Gold 11:00pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits All the best bits from last Saturday's show, presented by Helen Chamberlain and John Fendley.

12:00am The Premier League Years 2:00am Premier League 100 Club

7:00am 7:30am 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am

1:30am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am

Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits La Liga World 2015 Cricket Cricket India Vsth Africa ODI Cricket Highlights Cricket Cricket India Vsth Africa ODI Cricket Highlights Sky Sports Originals India Vsth Africa ODI Cricket Highlights India take on South Africa in the second ODI of the five match series at Holkar Stadium, Indore.

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Dinner and dance commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain EVENT organised to pay tribute to ‘The Few’; the brave and heavily outnumbered aircrews of the Royal Air Force ON a warm, bright, sunny evening on September 15, members of the North Costa Blanca branch of the Royal Air Forces Association hosted a dinner/dance at the El Canor Restaurant, Teulada, to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

In total, 120 people attended this very special dinner/dance, organised to remember the events that took place in the skies over southern England during the late summer months of 1940.

The evening started with a Cava reception on the restaurant’s excellent terraces. Once everyone had assembled inside, the chairman announced that the standards of the Royal Navy Association, the RAF Association and the Royal British Legion would be pa-

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raded into the dining room to the strains of the RAF March.

When the standards were suitably placed alongside the various national flags assembled, the chairman explained the reasons for the evening’s function by highlighting the circumstances surrounding the

Battle of Britain, recounting several statements made by the young pilots who fought during the battle in their Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft.

As well as members of the RAF Association, the Chairman of the North Costa Blanca Branch, Wing Commander

APPEAL: Raffle and auction raised the sum of €2,000.

Bob Hunt, MBE, welcomed their guest of honour, Mr Lloyd Milen, Her Majesty’s Vice Consul in Alicante.

Also, the Royal Navy Association was very well represented as was the Rotary Fellowship of the North Costa Blanca and the Costa Blanca

Wine Appreciation Society.

After the dinner, Lloyd Milen, announced a toast to ‘The Few,’ emphasising the courage and determination displayed by the heavily outnumbered aircrews of the Royal Air Force.

A toast to the RAF was pro-

posed by the Branch President, Air Commodore Gaby Ferenczy.

During the evening, a very successful raffle and auction of aviation prints was organised which, along with the sale of various items of memorabilia, raised the magnificent sum of €2,000 to go towards the RAF Association’s annual Wings Appeal.

An amazing sum of €850 was bid for a holiday in a villa in Croatia owned and donated by one of the RAF Association members, Wing Commander Cameron Gair.

The evening was a tremendous success with everyone enjoying a splendid meal provided by the restaurant and dancing the night away to the sounds of the 1940s, provided by the TK Swing Sextet Band.

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

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Considering some of the things that are about to happen, you’ll be wise to follow your feelings. Your ability to analyse and understand other people is one of your supreme assets. The links between your job, personal and family lives suggest that you need to be a jot more flexible. Remember, you were born to succeed.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Both kind-hearted Venus and butterfly Mercury flutter with luck. This week’s planetary sound-bites suggest that you widen your social circle and conquer new horizons. Also, the lively Sun is ready to dawn on a positive outlook for any long-term changes. Forget the

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Be ready for a refreshing cycle of possibilities, as the Sun is in charge of

Alicante TODAY:

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Even if you’ve been feeling out of sorts or confused about a certain person or your future, it won’t be long before you get a clearer picture. All things change eventually, so don’t apply any unnecessary pressure to yourself or others. You’ll be surprised at how much better you feel, especially if you’re expecting a gleam of hope.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You, of all the signs, best know the value of taking each day as it happens.

It’s the old story of making time to catch up with life’s little routines. Spread your efforts, and you’ll reach your goals much faster. The tempo is picking up, and what you encounter will confirm that you’re getting somewhere.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Trust your instincts about those who chop and change. Chill out on Tuesday, and start planning next year’s ideas with the Sun making friendly aspects with determined Saturn, you should be concentrating on promoting all you have to offer.

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle?

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Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) If you cannot avoid conflicting opinions or certain odds and ends, accept them and show just how tactful you can be.

You might not hold a winning hand, but at one point you’ll be able to teach as well as learn. In your head-to-head discussions, leave things as they are until the signs are right.

your short and long-term aspirations.

Regardless of what is happening in the background, or whatever thankless tasks niggle you on Wednesday and Friday, your efforts will reward you at work, or wherever you need to improve your situation. Meanwhile, watch your diet.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) During at least one part of your week the glamorous Sun comes out to shine, and together with the new Moon in realistic Capricorn, sweeps across your working, home and social life. Gogetters will definitely benefit from whatever moves are afoot.

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(Sept 24 - October 23)

LOTTERY

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your ambitious streak will be in full flow. Stay glued to what you do best, and it will be much easier to get others on your side. The new Moon in Capricorn will heighten your chances of making the right contacts or receiving some use-

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THE APPLE OF MY EYE 1. According to Greek mythology, what was the name of the group of nymphs who were guardians (with the aid of a watchful dragon) of a tree of golden apples in a garden located beyond the Atlas Mountains at the western border of Oceanus, the river encircling the world?

2. The mnemonic ‘always eat an apple says a nurse’ is used to remember the seven what?

3. What are the surnames of the two ‘Steves’ who co-founded Apple, along with Ronald Wayne, in April 1976?

4. What is the French word for apple?

5. What name is often given to the projection at the front of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx, often prominent in men?

6. Which French region of Lower Normandy (Basse-Normandie) gives its name to a dry apple brandy?

7. Which fruit was once known as a ‘love apple’?

8. Which of the following is not the name of a variety of apple: Beauty of Bath, Charles Ross, Egremont Russet, Laxton’s Epicure or Scots Dumpy?

9. Which salad, named after a famous US hotel, is typically made from apples, walnuts, celery and mayonnaise?

10. Which US city is often nicknamed the ‘Big Apple’?

Not a lot of people know that… apples are a member of the rose family

1. HESPERIDES, 2. CONTINENTS (Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, South America, Antarctica, North America), 3. STEVE JOBS and STEVE WOZNIAK, 4. POMME, 5. ADAM’S APPLE, 6. CALVADOS, 7. TOMATO, 8. SCOTS DUMPY - which is a breed of chicken, 9. WALDORF SALAD, 10.

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) If you’re single, get out and about, and if you’re job hunting or working towards a particular result, stay on course. This is definitely a phase to follow your instincts. With the spotlight on your social, home and self-motivated activities, you could be in for some unexpected surprises. Nothing is ever lost by trying.

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TORREVIEJA

TORREVIEJA

hassles, and dig deep. Take Thursday and the weekend in your stride.

Regardless of the weather or other mixed blessings, you should try and get off the grindstone. Although the emphasis seems to be on home, family and practical property tasks, you’ll be running true to Libran form, trying to help everyone around you. Don’t forget that the planets are positively geared towards fresh steps and new projects.

LIBRA

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Your workaday, family and financial trends offer little respite from ironing out a variety of comings and goings. This is partly because not everyone is being cooperative, but it would be a big mistake to rock any boats close to you.

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Quick Across 1 Specimens (7) 5 Categories (5) 8 Break down (7) 9 In the middle of (5) 10 Whole amount (5) 11 Have an aversion to (7) 12 At all times (6) 14 Consider or hold as true (6) 17 Heating apparatus (7) 19 Reposes (5) 22 Coldness (5) 23 Form a mental picture (7) 24 Threaded metal fastener (5) 25 Digits of the hand (7) Down 1 Beginning (5) 2 Had in mind (5) 3 Feelings of allegiance (7) 4 Standing firm (6) 5 Sides (5) 6 Supply (7) 7 Part or division (7) 12 Acts upon (7)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 7 Season, 8 Monaco, 10 Rollers, 11 Spice, 12 Chad, 13 Tiber, 17 Salad, 18 Game, 22 Aloft, 23 Elation, 24 Teaser, 25 Relate.

Down: 1 Ostrich, 2 Tableau, 3 Cover, 4 Dossier, 5 Basil, 6 Homer, 9 Estimates, 14 Wastrel, 15 Capital, 16 Meander, 19 Malta, 20 Moral, 21 Haven.

QUICK Across: 7 Repair, 8 Leaves, 9 Fade, 10 Presents, 11 Adapted, 13 Reply, 15 Eager, 17 Leisure, 20 Organise, 21 Half, 22 Severe, 23 Solved.

13 Brave or experienced fighter (7) 15 Sure, confident (7) 16 Faith (6)

English - Spanish

18 Permit (5) 20 Take hold of (5) 21 Small hard fruits (5)

1 Demand, 2 Wage, 3 Gripped, 4 Sleek, 5 Careless, 6 Dental, 12 Prepares, 14 Reverse, 16 Agreed, 18 Relief, 19 Fires, 21 Hill.

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

Across 1 Pleasant (9) 8 Salir (5) 9 Usuarios (5) 11 Room (in a house) (4) 12 Mass (religious) (4) 14 Fecha (día preciso) (4) 16 Side (of person) (4) 19 Temprano (5) 21 Corto (longitud, distancia) (5) 22 Direcciones (9)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Cena, 3 Stamp, 8 Respuesta, 9 Acebo, 10 Spade, 12 Ama de casa, 14 Loyal, 15 Para.

Down: 1 Cucharas, 2 Nurse, 4 Thursday, 5 Más, 6 Espoleta, 7 Cacerola, 11 Araña, 13 Ajo.

Down 2 Vidrio (material) (5) 3 Birds (4) 4 Blue (4) 5 Mentira (embuste) (3) 6 Fontanero (7) 7 Seat (place to sit) (7) 10 Triste (persona) (3) 13 Todo (en su totalidad) (3) 15 Arriba (indicando situación) (5) 17 Yesterday (4) 18 Bears (animals) (4) 20 Rojo (color) (3)

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

AMOEBA

PLEASE

AMOUNT

RESIZE

AZALEA

SCALAR

CARTEL

STATUE

CESIUM

STRAND

DEACON

TELLER

ENSURE (10)

TINIER

HOLLOW

TRIUNE

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Easier 2 Teeter 3 Fibrin 4 Russet 5 Intern 6 Quaint 7 Platen 8 Baleen 9 Rabbet 10 Pierce 11 Vellum 12 Enable 13 Petrel 14 Amoeba 15 Detect 16 Penmen 17 Vacant 18 Burden 19 Quiver

Across 1 Mix curds at teatime for this dessert (7) 5 Races around troubles (5) 8 Brave group from Mount Ribense (5) 9 Sweet desert traveller buries Egyptian god (7) 10 Sage going out for a long time (4) 11 Eight are odd-looking lot (8) 13 Current form for master? (6) 15 Romeo following beam (6) 18 Torn, battered Bible swapped for summer shirt (8) 19 Prohibits saloons (4) 22 High ground cleft by rushing stream? (7) 23 An advance, we hear, on its own (5) 24 Breaks useful for snooker players (5) 25 Woman with others on a mountain (7) Down 1 Sword that might harm a girl (7) 2 A bad shot with the wedge (5) 3 Space is part of Far East (4) 4 Court order last month regarding

energy (6) 5 Icon’s car damaged coming from a Mediterranean island? (8) 6 Rent man injured in scrap (7) 7 Dorsal vertebra contains soothing ointment (5) 12 Anonymous travelling salesmen (8)

14 Gives back about turns (7) 16 In regard to deference (7) 17 Fellow the French say is kind (6) 18 Coach tour diverted going round square (5) 20 Rebuilt abode using clay (5) 21 Ignoble foundation (4)

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Tourists are getting fed up with all animal abuse in Spain I REFER to your article about the Mijas donkeys in last week’s paper (1578). Like many other tourists we love the Mijas Pueblo and there is nothing against people trying to make a living with donkey carts. But there are rules to follow all the way.

These are living creatures with the same feelings like humans, so if they need to work, they need to be taken GOOD care of. Meaning getting proper food and being able to drink in the extreme heat of Spain. Also standing and waiting for the next ride they should have shade. And of course they shouldn’t be beaten!

If the owners fail on these points, their licence should be taken away and they shouldn’t be allowed to execute their profession any more.

The video of the beating and dragging the donkey is not only harmful to the animal, but also to tourism! Fact is that tourists are getting fed up with all animal abuse in Spain, whether it is concerning the donkeys, the hunting, the bullfighting and abandoning domestic animals. It gives Spain a very bad name.

Wietse Haak, Netherlands by email

Good for her!

WHILE reading your newspaper I came across the article where Amina Axelsson jumped the bullring with a protest sign. All I can say is : GOOD FOR HER! Same as Peter Janssen from Holland and Victoria Ruiz from Spain. We have to get more attention for these atrocities that are still being done to these poor creatures. Let us not forget we are talking about mammals.

They have the same feelings as human beings, like pain and fear.

What is wrong with people that they can enjoy the torture, pain and death of an innocent animal?

On top of that it is subsidised by the European Union. Also a lot of town halls support the bullfighting.

In the meantime, thousands of people can’t get proper health care or education because of the lack of money. In other words: This cruel-

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needs to be given back to the homeless man and a full investigation started. The homeless man was so very upset and the puppy why the people watching did not help is beyond me. Are we all not willing to help a fellow human beings?

Norah Button, via website

Tragic year for Spanish roads

Keep up the good work CONCERNING the article, ‘Mijas donkey taxi the next step’: I hope all this works out as it sounds as if this man is very sincere in this situation and it sounds a very good idea! There must be quite a few people that live up there who would volunteer a couple of hours a week to this scheme... wish I lived there, I know I would! Beautiful place and especially only children/light weight teenagers on the donkeys. I was there in June and they are lovely creatures. I have been and visited on a few occasions over the years and they are one of the attractions, but I always feel sorry for them with heavy adults sitting on them. Keep up the good work.

Barbara Russell, via website

ty HAS to stop NOW. Don’t EVER visit bullfighting. Thank you.

Mary Bloemendaal, Mijas, by email

Nothing new WITH reference to Leapy’s column, I have an acquaintance here in Holland whose sole function is to provide Saudi money to build mosques.

I guess they finance the building of mosques in most countries.

Nothing new there.

Perhaps they feel that it puts them in the good books of their almighty. It would appear that they are not building enough, because the loss of devotee’s lives in Mecca continues to be horrendous.

Year in, year out.

As good catholics often say.

‘The Lord works in mysterious ways.’ You bet your butt he does.

When an Iraqi journalist friend of mine in London, chided his Saudi bosses for constantly knocking the decadent west, he politely

pointed out, ‘Who Built your Car, your Boat, your Computer, your Watch, your Radio, your iPhone… etc..’ They arrogantly replied that they did not need to develop any of these things because the West provides them in exchange for OUR oil.

‘Hmmn,’ Roy Leon, via website

Paris puppy snatch SHAME on you madam the puppy

THE main problem on Spanish roads are: Driving too close to the vehicle in front, talking while on the phone, cutting people up when exiting a road and not respecting the give way signs, but then if you don’t actually teach people how to drive properly then what do they expect!

For years they have been going on about speeding and fining people as much as they can to bring more money in.

Although speeding is a factor for some road accidents it is the above that are the main cause of accidents as I see it.

Mike, via website

Sounding the death knell ANYONE who is **** enough to vote Corbyn in as the new PM at the next election will sound the death knell for this once great country of ours.

Mind you, when more people understand what a buffoon he is he will disappear.

Roy Peters, via website

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Animal Centre holds open day THE Finca la Castellana animal welfare centre is holding an open day on Sunday October 11. A fun day out where people will be able to visit the animals. There will also be plenty of entertainment, stalls, tombola games and a BBQ. The event starts at 1.30pm and costs â‚Ź1 for entrance which is used to fund the centre.

Since May 2000 Janette and husband Antonio, and their family, have been taking in, rescuing and rehoming animals of all descriptions that have been abandoned, ill treated, abused or dumped.

They are situated on the outskirts of San Miguel, Costa Blanca, 40 miles south of Alicante. Anyone willing to help with volunteer work on the day or at the centre is also welcome to come along.

For more information contact Terri on 672 836 539 or Janette on 610 451 133.

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By Buster Smith TEULADA-MORAIRA celebrates the 4th Gourmet Race on Saturday October 10, as part of the Gastronomic Week celebrations with a number of nautical activities including Kitesurf lessons for beginners, Parasailing, Catamaran exc u rs io n s a lo n g th e c oa s t a nd sailing races.

The Gourmet Race is a recreational sporting event in which sailors, besides participating in the race must also cook a dish whose main ingredient is fish, on the ship itself and during the race.

The dish will then be presented and judged by a panel. A number of local restaurants are also participating in the Gastronomic Week

GOURMET RACE: Sailors must also cook a fish dish.

by preparing speci al m enus and on Friday October 9 the fish market (lonja) in Moraira will be running a fish preparation workshop. The Gour m et Race event will take place at the Puerto de Moraira, Alicante. For more informat i on cont act 965 744 319 or visit www.gourmetrace.com.

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Celebrating day of the Valencian community THERE are numerous processions, parades and fiestas throughout the region

By Buster Smith EACH October 9, the people of Valencia celebrate the day of their community that commemorates the date that King Jaime I officially entered and liberated the city from Muslim rule in 1238.

A festive day throughout the region with its roots in the province’s capital there are numerous processions, parades, fiestas including Moors and Christians celebrations and activities throughout the region.

KING JAMES I: Wreaths are laid at the statue.

In Valencia there will be the traditional procession to the cathedral and laying of wreaths at the statue of King James I. October 9 is also the day of Saint Donís, known as the day of the Valencian love. It is typical of this festival that men give women what is known as Mocadora, a type of marzipan sweet.

Confectioners prepare more than 70,000 kilos of the marzipan treat for the special day each year.

Languages and children’s workshops held in Benissa BENISSA, Alicante has launched its programme of activities at their youth centre f o r t h e a u t u mn . T h e e p ro gramme sets out to educate and entertain children living in the municipality.

Languages are forming an important part of the offering, with many seeking to improve their curriculum. There will be language courses including Russian, Chinese and English. Russian classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thurs d a y s, i n i t i a t i o n c la s s e s fro m 5.30pm - 7.00pm and level II from 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

Commercial level Russian classes will be held from 8.30pm - 10.00pm

costing €35 per month C h in es e cla s s e s w ill be he ld on Tuesdays, classes for children from s e v en y e a rs w ill be from 5.00pm 6 . 0 0 p m, in itia tion from 6.00pm 7.00pm and level II from 7.00pm 8.00pm, costing €35 euros per month.

There is also English level B1 courses, which will be held on Fridays from 4.00pm - 7.30pm which costs €26 per month.

The Russian and Chinese courses will be held from October 13 to May 31 and English from 16 October to 18 March.

There are also a number of work-

shops aimed at children between two10 ye a rs old on We dne s da ys from 5.00pm - 6.00pm costing €8 per workshop including fun activities such as child yoga, creative cuisine, introduction to c re a ting c omic s a nd a H a lloween workshop.

For the photography buffs there is a ls o a photos hop w orks hop e ve ry Thursday from October 15 until December 17 from 7.00pm - 9.00pm costing €40 for the course.

For more information or to register for one of the courses or workshops email Casal Jove, casaljove@ajbenis sa.es or call 965 732 352.

Women networking ON Thursday October 15, Costa Blanca Women networking events will be holding another CB Women coffee morning at a private villa in Parcent, and then again on Friday October 30, in Javea at Quo Vadis restaurant.

A networking event with a modern approach, there will be a breakfast brunch buffet and networking exercises that aim to open minds and think outside the box, creativity with strategy and building relationships.

The meetings start at 11.00am and those who wish to participate must register beforehand. For more information contact Karla on www.cbwomen.com.

COFFEE MORNING: Held at private villa.

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The Ritz is as you would expect, an elegant restaurant that serves truly international cuisine, prepared fresh on a daily basis by two highly experienced chefs.

The restaurant prides itself on offering guests a unique dining experience, with exceptionally high standards and quality dishes. They offer a simple yet creative menu prepared using some of the best ingredients imported directly from around the world. “We started importing Alaskan King Crab about 10 years ago, at that time we were one

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Volunteer appeal for HELP MANY of you will be aware of the wonderful and valuable work being done by HELP here on the Costa Blanca, from interpreting and visiting services at Denia Hospital to fundraising in our two charity shops in La Xara and Moraira, as well as medical equipment loan.

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their time to help those in need.

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ndards and quality dishes from a simple but creative menu catch,” says owner and operator Esther. “But it remains very much a house speciality. One of our signature dishes is the Club Sandwich. It is that good that we simply could not take it off the menu as our regulars would be very upset, it’s quite unlike any Club Sandwich you have tried before.

“Also very popular is our 100 per cent beef home-made burger and Chicken Saté dishes. Our chefs also prepare delicious home-made desserts including cheesecake and tiramisu.”

Other eye-catching dishes in-

clude the Thai Tiger Prawns and classic Spanish Chateaubriand.

They offer a summer and winter menu including seasonal specialities and have a three-course menu del dia at an incredible €14.95 and a daily special menu at €19.95.

The wine list is equally impressive, regularly updated it too represents the restaurant’s international clientele, flair and flavour, with a lot more than just the typical Spanish wines on offer. The Ritz has also become famous for its original and imaginative cocktails, including their Cosmopolitan.

The 100-seater restaurant seats 60 guests inside and 40 outside on their beachfront terrace, and provide catering for special events such as wedding

receptions and private parties, where they will tailor a menu specifically to the guests’ tastes.

First class entertainment is organised regularly by the restaurant, with live international music playing on Wednesday and Friday evenings and Sunday lunchtime. The events are extremely popular so reservations are highly recommended.

The Ritz restaurant is open seven days a week from 12pm until after midnight.

Reservations can be made by calling 966 867 448. Guests can also contact them via email or their website www.theritzalbir.com or by visiting their Facebook page where they will be able to keep up to date with events at the busy restaurant.

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Grand Open Day at Ciudad Patricia Senior Resort - October 14, 11am start!

AN Open Day with a difference, come along and enjoy A UNIQUE opportunity to visit Ciudad Patricia, and join in with one of the many social events along with the residents.

You can enjoy a glass of sangria, nibbles, live music, dancing, and a flamenco dance show, all set in our beautiful resort.

You will get a chance to experience life at Ciudad Patricia Retirement Resort and chat with some of the residents to get firsthand knowledge of why Ciudad Patricia of why Ciudad Patricia is Spain’s leading senior retirement resort. Call Amanda on 673 064 288 to reserve your place.

11:00 Presentation and short film.

11:30 Tour of the grounds (golf buggy transport if needed), visit a show apartment and newly reopened beauty and Spa. 12:15 Live music, sangria, nibbles and meet the residents.

13:15 Flamenco Dance Show.

13:45 Optional buffet lunch €12.50 PP booking required 616 884 468.

Hi I’m Amanda and I’ll be available all day to show you around and to tell you all about the wonderful aspects of life at Ciudad Patricia.

We will see the apartments as well as the resort and the facilities, and if you have any questions, just ask.

AMANDA HOBBS: Will cover all aspects that help residents enjoy their stay.

I have been working now at the resort for nearly five years. I really enjoy working here, what more could you ask for working in such a beautiful place. I really enjoy talking to, and explaining to different people all about the facilities the resort has to offer. I like to take my time to cover all aspects that help our residents enjoy a worry free retirement.

It is important to me that I have the opportunity to help out, and explain how Ciudad Patricia has many benefits that

help with the concerns that the English have when getting older living in Spain. I hope I will have the opportunity to meet lots of people and help spread the word on how the senior resort helps to take away their worries and concerns.

So please come along to help plan your future retirement and call me on 673 064 288 or email ahobbs@ciudadpatricia.com to reserve your place on this special day.

Visit our website www.ciudadpatricia.com to see more information.

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La Roca Restaurant - An authentic Caribbean grill CREATING quality food with flavour and providing a quality service with love

By Buster Smith THE Roca Restaurant is a family run, friendly, colourful, cosy and welcoming restaurant specialising in Caribbean cuisine. Owned and operated by Micha and Farad, they have been working for more than 25 years in the international restaurant business, a combination of over 50 years in the industry.

Their journey so far has taken them from a tiny Caribbean island of Aruba that lies close to Venezuela, to their current idyllic spot on the beachfront in Albir, Alicante.

At the age of 24, after completing his degree in catering and food service in Holland, Micha left with nothing but a backpack and a sense of adventure to discover the world. “You have to follow your dreams,” says Micha.

He headed for Aruba, which is where he met his wife, Farad, who is originally from Venezuela and had also moved to the island after spending a period of

MICHA & FARAD: Have been working together for 25 years. time working in the hospitality industry in New York. The couple spent 12 years on the island and after starting a family together decided to return to Europe, firstly to Holland but soon after made the move to the stunning, idyllic spot on the beach in Albir, to recreate a

typical Caribbean style restaurant. “We create quality food with flavour, and provide a quality service with love,” says Micha.

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The ribs prepared by the restaurant won the ‘Best Ribs in Aruba’ award. The restaurant is simply a haven for meat lovers! They can also

Javea activities to celebrate JAVEA will celebrate the ‘Dia de la Communidad Valenciana’ with a weeklong series of fiestas including cultural events for the whole family to enjoy.

Music from classical to rock, theatre for adults and children and interesting exhibitions and documentaries that depict the history of the region will be running throughout the week.

There will also be the Mar de Tapas involving many of the best restaurants in Javea offering special gastronomic treats at the weekend with the main celebrations happening on October 9.

For more information and the detailed schedule visit the Javea town hall or download the programme from www.ajxabia.com

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HAS become a classic event now engrained on the calendar THE eighth edition of the Valencia GAES underwater photography competition took place at the end of September in the waters of Moraira and Benissa. It has become a classic event now engrained on the calendar attracting participants from across the country. Boats departed from the Club Nautico in Moraira to two distinct points selected by the event organisers for their outstanding beauty. A total of 36 divers took part making two dives and were allowed to take 100 pictures of which six were selected and presented to the judges.

The pictures that were selected were later presented at the Seu Universitària of Benissa, followed by the winners, which was attended by the mayors of Benissa, Juan Rosello and Carlos Linares from Teulada plus the President of the Federation of Underwater Activities of Valencia, Alejandro Carbonell.

The competition winners were: In SLR camera category: 1st David Mocholí 2nd Luis Garcia Velarde

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UNDERWATER PHOTOS: A total of 36 divers took part.

3rd Juan Alarcon Garcia.

The compact camera category: 1st José María Miró Gumbau 2nd Ana Sandoval

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Valencia 8th underwater photography competition prepare gluten free ad lactose free menus.

They offer a special lunch menu and an evening Caribbean menu for €21.50 which includes three courses and half a bottle of Rioja wine. The food is home cooked for quality, and we have been here for eight years with 80 per cent of our customers being regulars. People come to enjoy the evening, for great food in good company.”

The restaurant, situated overlooking the Mediterranean sea has an outside terrace as well and is open Mondays and Tuesdays 5.00pm-10.00pm and Thursday to Sunday 2.00pm- 10.00pm.

Micha and Farad look forward to welcoming you.

Call 605 521 778.

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BENIDORM has organised a video games convention to take place at the Palau d’Esports L’Illa from October 16-18. The event is free to enter and showcases a number of tournaments for gamers including FIFA, Tekken, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Counter Strike, The event, whose registration is free, has the most successful tournament games between the ‘gamers,’ as FIFA, Tekken, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Counter Strike and many more.

Event times are: Friday October 16 will start at 4.00pm continues until 12.00am, and on Saturday the event will resume at 4.00pm in the afternoon and will continue through the night until 8.00am the following morning.

Registrations can be made at the Youth Information Centre in Benidorm, located at Plaza de Los Reyes de España, either personally, via telephone 965 853 041 or via email at juven tud@benidorm.org.

To register participants must provide full name, phone and ID. Minors need parental permission to participate.

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The rainy season is here, so collect water STORAGE facilities in your garden, such as water tanks will help Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner

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

HAVING been woken by heavy rain in the middle of the night for the third night in a row, it made me think: ‘How many readers have ensured that as much of the rain as possible has been saved for future use by the plants in their gardens?’

In looking at the issues involved I will be highlighting some topics covered in more detail in my book ‘How to use less water in your garden - A practical guide to waterwise gardening.’

Absorbent soil This first issue is obvious but rarely worked at year-on-year.

The challenge is to develop soil that will retain rain water, and irrigated water, around and under the roots of plants without becoming waterlogged.

It is important to ensure root balls can spread sideways and downwards in loosened soil that creates a growing space so the plant grows to maturity without becoming stunted by physical constraints in hard rock-like soil and limited moisture and nutrients.

The easiest and cheapest soil additives are your home produced composts and well-rotted animal manures.

Mulching to prevent reevaporation Do all you can to prevent evaporation from the surface of the soil by covering with nonabsorbent materials such as stone chippings, ground volcanic ash, almond shells etc.

Ground cover and shade Mulching with materials can be enhanced by allowing evergreen and deciduous plants to spread and hug the ground.

Storing rain water Install guttering and water barrels or a large storage tank.

Preventing losses to surrounding properties Surround your property with

at least a single building block wall to prevent rain water running into adjacent properties.

Moving it to where needed Design the network and slopes of paths and terraces so rainwater is directed to where it is most required, including to underground storage tanks. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com

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FEATURE

Jeremy Cor-Bean; is he Labour’s fairy godmother or is he the wicked witch?

NEW party leader represents a determination amongst supporters to try a different approach to opposition politics Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

JEREMY CORBYN (Mr Bean?): The Labour party’s new fairy godmother? Now, stay with me here; don’t look at me as if I’ve just suggested we all go bungee jumping off Tower Bridge!

If you’d just landed from planet Zog and picked up a pile of British papers, you’d be forgiven for thinking he’s either the party’s saviour or the next candidate for ‘I’m a Catastrophe, Get Me Out of Here!’ or even someone with more U-turns than Nick Clegg (why are we still waiting for Nick Clegg’s favourite recipes? He promises the food will be good, but doesn’t ex-

MISTER BEAN: Or is it Jeremy Corbyn (without the beard)?

Corbyn has helped create the wave of change and he has caught it, too

plain how to prepare it and the actual results are hard to swallow).

Fairy godmother or wicked witch, Corbyn’s election as leader of the Labour party didn’t go with-

out a hitch. He only put himself up as a candidate for the hard left because nobody else wanted the nomination. He only reached the number of supporters required 10 seconds before nominations closed. You couldn’t make it up.

An event altogether funnier than any episode in ‘The Thick Of It!’ What can’t be denied is that, following the Miliband era, a political awakening is now taking place for many. The reality is that, confronted with five more years under one of the other three mainstream Labour leader nominees, supporters presumably said: ‘Enough’s enough: Let’s try something different, rather than letting others speak for us, let’s do this for ourselves.’

Corbyn both helped to make and caught that wave. There’s no future for any party if it simply looks at polls and focus group results, iden-

tifies a group of potential voters and simply tweaks its message in a vain attempt to attract them.

Some have compared Corbyn’s election as Labour leader to the mad emperor Caligula making his horse a senator. But there are some historians who say he’s more like Caligula himself who, according to one: “Came to power impatient with a sclerotic and obstructive establishment and reached out to the people over the heads of the senatorial elite.” Admittedly, Corbyn’s yet to turn parliament into a brothel or ride across the Channel on a chariot. But it’s still early days...

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

New partner hard to please What’s in a (bridge) name?

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

ARTUR MAS has a habit of calling early elections and reducing his parliamentary majority each time.

When, in 2012, he lost CiU’s overall majority, he negotiated support from the radical nationalist republican party, ERC. True to form, Mas’s 2015 ticket, Junts pel Si, also lacks an overall majority and he needs the anti-system separatist party CUP. If Mas thought he had problems satisfying ERC’s Oriol Junqueras’s independence demands, his work will be cut out for him with Antonio Baños.

Two bad losers THERE was no Third Way of dialogue before the Cataluña regional elections; that plebiscite that wasn’t. There was only national president Mariano Rajoy’s way and regional president Artur Mas’s way.

Neither listened to the other before and neither is listening now. Both men are bad losers and the only way either of them can go is along

THE Puente de la Constitucion de 1812 Cadiz’s new bridge uniting the capital and Puerto Real - is already called La Pepa.

Spain’s anachronistically democratic first constitution was declared in 1812 on March 19 and because this is also the saint’s day of every Jose and Josefina, La Constitucion de Cadiz was soon known as La Pepa.

Some memories appear to be very near the surface, even as long as 103 years later.

ARTUR MAS: Cataluña’s Regional President will have his work cut out. a one-way street leading to absolutely nowhere.

The pro-independence faction, Junts pel Si and CUP, won more seats in the Cataluña parliament than the other parties together but only received 47.8 per cent of the total number of votes.

Ironically, had the national government atho-

rised an independence referendum, the majority of Catalans would not have voted for it.

Dream on, boy A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY in Madrid is indignant because the mayor, Manuela Carmena, is

going to withdraw the Bullfighting School’s subsidy.

“They can’t play like this with aficionados and a boy’s dreams,” complained Daniel Perez, one of its pupils.

Let’s hope that they can and they do. If he wants to wear pink stockings and tight satin trousers embroidered with sequins while he slaughters bulls, he should try asking an overpaid celebrity matador to subsidise his apprenticeship instead.

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New traffic laws for children in vehicles AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

NEW traffic laws came into force last week in Spain with the main objective of protecting children in cars.

Now, all children measuring 135cm in height or less must ride in the rear seats of a vehicle, irrespective of their age, and they must be in the correct seat and restraint according to their age and weight.

There are a number of exceptions to the rules, for example, when the vehicle does not have rear seats, when all rear seats are already occupied by others under the same characteristics and where it is not possible to install approved child seat restraints in those rear seats.

Children can then sit in the front seat but must still wear the appropriate restraint until they are taller than 150cm and then they can use the vehicle seat belt.

This amendment of article 117 also stipulates that child restraints must be installed in the vehicle in accordance with the instructions provided by the manufacturer.

The modification of this law reflects the scientific evidence from numerous studies that demonstrate the benefit of children travelling in the rear seats of vehicles in order to strengthen their protection.

A study in the USA looked at 5,751 vehicle occupants under the age of 15 who had suffered a serious car incident. The study showed that sitting in the back seat had a protective effect with respect to serious injury or death. A further study in Aus-

CHILD SAFETY: Rear seats to be used. tralia concluded that the risk of death in children under the age of four involved in an incident whilst travelling was doubled if they sat in the front.

The risk of death was four times higher if the child was under the age of one.

Not only is the risk of injury higher in the front seats, but also the severity of injuries sustained, according to the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN).

Spain’s DGT has also seen growing concerns for safety of children in vehicles.

In 2014, two of the 14 children under 12 years of age who were killed whilst travelling in vehicles were not wearing any safety device at the time of the accident.

Can the President act on his own?

As you describe it, the item was discussed but never voted.

This means the President was never authorised to put the measure into effect, especially if it requires the spending of Community money. Yes, the proper procedure now is to call an EGM to discuss the plan and to vote on it. In fact, the

has been implemented. Other than a health or safety issue, is this in order? Should there have been an Extraordinary General Meeting to discuss the merits of the issue again?

RD (Mallorca)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

Any member present at the meeting can call for a vote on the issue at hand.

proper procedure would have been to vote on the issue at the time rather than dropping it. Unless there is some specific information missing, it seems the President acted improperly. Note also any member present at the meeting can call for a vote on the issue at hand when he feels that further discussion is not helpful.

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

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I’M quite happy to wind up cold callers Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man

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AS I have been retired now for some years I have a lot of time on my hand.

This, of course, is something cold callers don’t know and although I don’t need someone to sort out my PPI I’m quite happy to wind them up!

“Hi, is this a good time to talk to you about PPI?” Me: “Sure”. Fifteen minutes later I say, “Excuse me, can you start again as I have short term memory loss and I don’t remember why you called me or did I call you? Is that you?

Mum/Dad?” Then they hang up and I’ve killed more time.

But my favourite phone call is from the bank: “Hello is that Mr Senker? This is Mary from HSBC”. “Yes it’s me.”

Mary: “OK I just need to ask you some

security questions”. Me: “What? You called me, you know it’s me!” Mary: “Yes but before I can continue I need you to answer a few questions.” Me: “How do I know you are Mary from HSBC? I need YOU to answer some questions. So what’s your mother’s maiden name? Your first car? The name of your first pet?” This goes on for a few minutes and we finally decide that we are both who we say we are, or in her case I am the person she phoned. On MY mobile phone! So what’s the problem?

Apparently I went on holiday without telling them! “Sorry why do I have to tell you I’m going on holiday?” “Because we noticed your card was used in a hotel in Las Vegas.” “You mean the hotel I booked with this credit card six months ago and the same card I paid for the flight with?” “Err yes.” So another 20 minutes gone. What shall I do now?

Maybe Movistar or Orange will phone me and I can listen to someone rattling off to me in Spanish for 10 minutes before I say “Lo siento no hablo Espanol.”

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More mortgages taken out so far in Spain this year JULY was the 14th month in a row to show an increase although the rise was smaller than in June

By Eleanor Hawkins THE number of home mortgages taken out in Spain increased in July for the 14th month in a row, new data from the National Statistics Institute has revealed.

Altogether, 21,863 mortgages were signed during the month, 21.8 per cent more than in July 2014, although the increase was smaller than in June, when 26.3 per cent more people took out mortgages compared to a year before.

Over the first seven months of the year, 21.2 per cent more mortgages were taken out for homes in Spain than in the same period last year, and the total amount borrowed increased by 25.5 per cent, the statistics revealed.

The average amount borrowed in July reached €104,402, 3.9 per cent more than last July and the total amount lent reached more than €2.2 billion.

Meanwhile, the average interest rate for mortgages on homes fell to 3.37 per cent in July whereas a year beforehand it was 3.9 per cent.

Andalucia was the Spanish region

€2.2bn Total amount borrowed by homebuyers in July this year.

BORROWING: Andalucia has registered the most new mortgages.

that registered the most new mortgages on homes in July (3,737), followed by Madrid (3,418) and Cataluña (3,406), yet when it came to the total amount borrowed positions were swapped with the highest found in Madrid (€541.7 million), followed by Cataluña (€410.2 million) and Andalucia (€329.6 million).

Figures show an increase in new builds NEW building licence applications have incr eased agai n t hi s year, the Ministry of Public Works and Development has reported.

Dat a r el eased by t he m i ni st r y has r evealed that over the first seven months of t hi s year a t ot al of 28,870 applications wer e m ade f or new bui l di ng wor ks, 70 per cent of them for blocks of flats.

The upward trend, whi ch began l ast year, therefore continues and if the average monthly figures continue to the end of the year an estimated 46,000 licences will have been issued.

Applications for licences for renovation or r est or at i on wor k have also increased, the ministry reported, with 15,620 received between January and Jul y com par ed t o 13,775 over the same period in 2014.

Yet ext ensi on l i cences are less in demand, with just 855 r equest ed over t he first seven months of this year compared to 979 between January and May last year.

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TAX BREAKS: Big reductions are possible.

Energy efficiency AS of next year, property in Spain is set to have tax reductions applied depending on their energy efficiency grading following adjustments to the 2016 general budgets.

This will mean property owners will be eligible for reductions of 4 to 20 per cent on their IBI property tax, depending on the grading on their energy efficiency certificates.

The Treasury Ministry has established a series of maximum reductions applicable to the taxes with those at grade A, the highest possi-

ble grade, receiving discounts of up to 20 per cent and those at the lowest grade, E, eligible for discounts of up to 4 per cent.

Energy efficiency certificates, in theory, at least, have been obligatory for all properties put on the market for sale or to rent since new regulations came into effect in June 2013.

Tinsa energy consulting company has said the tax reductions are a very effective way of raising awareness of the importance of energy efficiency.

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British MPs claim €5.8m TAXPAYERS in the UK were shocked to discover that MPs’ expense claims for tolls, parking and the London Congestion Charge amount to over £4 million (€5.4m).

The Auto Express website says UK MPs have claimed nearly £4.3m (€5.8m) in motoring expenses in three years.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), says that £1.4m (€1.9m) is claimed each year.

PERFORMANCE: New car’s makers believe that their latest X4, with its brand new TwinPower Turbo inline six-cylinder engine, will lead the field.

By John Smith BMW have announced a top model in their X4 series, the X4 M40i which they believe sets new standards in the Sports Activity Coupe segment.

They say that the exterior of the BMW X4 M40i shows the high stan-

dards set by BMW M Performance cars.

In the interior, the character of the BMW M is also present. The M leather steering wheel, the M gear shift lever, the sport seats and model-specific door sills.

The new M performance TwinPower Turbo inline six-cylinder petrol engine gets its world premiere in the BMW X4

M40i. This engine delivers 265 kw/360 hp at between 5,800 and 6,000 rpm from its three-litre capacity, providing a maximum torque of 465 Nm. With this highperformance engine and the advanced M Performance TwinPower Turbo technology, the BMW X4 M40i accelerates to 100 km/h in less than five seconds and

can reach a top speed of 250 km/h.

The specially tuned chassis of the BMW X4 M40i provides adaptive dampers tuned to M Performance specifications and the BMW xDrive four wheel drive system with its rear wheeldrive ensures a neutral, self-steering response and reduced roll tendency.

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Honda to unveil its new Fuel Cell Vehicle TOKYO Motor Show will feature car which also produces electricity

ELECTRIC: Latest model goes 250 miles before it needs charging.

New Tesla Model X will be the safest, it is claimed AMERICAN electric car manufacturer Tesla have launched the Model X which they claim will be the safest car on the road today as crash tests indicate that it will receive a five star safety rating in all categories, the first SUV to ever do so.

The Model X has a large crumple zone to absorb the energy of a high-speed impact. The battery’s location on the floor gives it an extremely low centre of gravity, reducing the risk of rollover, common in many SUVs.

Standard on all models is automatic emergency braking and side collision avoidance to prevent accidents in the first place.

Every Model X carries a forward-looking camera, radar and 360 degree sonar sensors to enable advanced autopilot features.

The car will be made with all-wheel drive, a top speed of 155 mph and will have a range of 250 miles between charging.

CAR giants Honda have announced that they will unveil the tentativelynamed FCV, the world’s first production model of a fuel-cell powered saloon to house the entire fuel-cell powertrain in the space normally occupied by the engine and transmission, at the Tokyo Motor Show, which opens on October 29.

This powertrain layout has enabled a full cabin package that seats five adults. Also, the all-new FCV has a

cruising range of more than 700 kilometres, while exhilarating driving is made possible by the high-output motors.

The FCV can also act as a mobile power plant, due to its external power feeding inverter, meaning that it will generate and provide

electricity to communities in case of an emergency.

A fuel cell vehicle (FCV) is a vehicle which uses a fuel cell to power its electric motor using Oxygen and Hydrogen. In theory, such a ‘motor’ emits only water and heat, so it is considered a zero-emissions vehicle.

Honda FCV courtesy of Honda Motor Europe Ltd

Cars crashed in latest Bond film cost €33.5m THE James Bond franchise is renowned for the quality of cars featured and the numbers that are destroyed on a regular basis

in thrilling chase scenes.

According to a recent article in the Mail on Sunday, reports suggest that around £24 million (€33.5 million) out of a total budget of £200 million (€280 million) was spent on cars which appear in the new movie, ‘Spectre,’ which is due for release in Spain on November 6.

As usual, Aston Martin have a very good presence in this film and no less than seven specially designed DB10 sports cars were destroyed in a series of high speed chases within Rome and Vatican City.

A further three DB10s, all with the classic ejector seat seen in the DB5 in Goldfinger, were also used.

Everyone understands the concept of product placement in modern films but this is the ultimate with additional appearances from a Land Rover which collides with an aircraft being piloted by James Bond (played by Daniel Craig for the fourth time).

There is also a thrilling chase between Bond and a Jaguar CX75 driven by the villain (played by Christoph Waltz).

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England lose, Uniteds thrashed, Rodgers and Advocaat fired FIRST host nation to be knocked out during group stage Tony Matthews International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

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ELIMINATION: Pressure is now on coach and several players.

DID YOU KNOW? • Only six footballers have won the Premiership with two different clubs: Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal/Chelsea), Henning Berg (Blackburn/Manchester Utd), Gael Clichy (Arsenal/Manchester City), Ashley Cole (Arsenal/Chelsea), Carlos Tevez (Manchester City & United) and Kolo Touré (Arsenal/Manchester City).

• Everton’s Gareth Barry (108) has received more yellow cards than any other PL player. Kevin Davies and Lee Bowyer have both received 99.

• Last Sunday, ex-Sheffield United and now Everton defender Phil Jagielka became only the 17th player in history to appear in 250 League games for two different clubs.

• And Arsenal’s Per Merkesacker has already made 50 ‘pass backs’ to his goalkeeper this season; the most in the Premiership.

FOOTBALL – Last weekend, Sergio Aguero bagged a fivetimer in Manchester City’s 6-1 demolition of hapless Newcastle.

The Argentinian striker touched the ball only 14 times during the match and had just six attempts on goal. Only four other players, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe, Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, have netted five goals in a PL game.

Elsewhere, Arsenal, with a trio of excellent strikes in the first 20 minutes, whipped outof-sorts Manchester United 30. Everton drew 1-1 with Liverpool and defending champions, Chelsea, were humbled 3-1 at home by Southampton.

There were also wins for Stoke (at Aston Villa), Leicester (at Norwich), Crystal Palace (v WBA), while the Bournemouth-Watford, 10man Sunderland-West Ham and Swansea-Spurs games all finished level.

By the way, Villa have LOST more matches (18) than any other PL club in 2015… and German Jurgen Klopp is set to replace sacked

Brendan Rodgers at Anfield bur who will succeed Dick Advocaat at Sunderland?

Brighton, Burton Albion, Plymouth and Aberdeen (despite a 5-1 home drubbing by St Johnstone) lead the Championship, Leagues 1 and 2, and the SPL respectively, while in Spain’s La Liga, after losing 21 at Sevilla, Barcelona have slipped down to fourth. Villarreal are top after Atletico and Real drew 1-1 in the Madrid derby.

There are several European Championship qualifiers (some vital) over the next five days. Tonight it’s the Republic of Ireland-Germany, Northern Ireland-Greece and ScotlandPoland. Tomorrow we have England-Estonia and SpainLuxembourg.

On Saturday, it’s BosniaHerzegovina-Wales (the Welsh need a point); followed on Sunday by Gibraltar-Scotland, Poland-Republic of Ireland and Finland-Northern Ireland.

Next Monday, England visit Lithuania and Ukraine play Spain. There are no Premiership or Championship games this weekend.

RUGBY UNION – Disappointing, disjointed and dismal England became the first host country to be knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage after crashing 33-13 to Australia, who coasted

into the last eight. Coach Stuart Lancaster is now under pressure to quit along with several players who simply didn’t perform!

The other countries already into the quarter-finals are France, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Wales.

Battered and bruised Scotland, despite losing 16-34 to South Africa, can join them if they beat Samoa in their final ‘pool’ game on Saturday. Argentina, Japan and Tonga are also still in the race.

FORMULA ONE - This weekend the drivers will race around the Sochi circuit in the Russian Grand Prix, and it has been confirmed that Jensen Button will serve McLaren again next season.

SPEEDWAY – Scunthorpeborn Tai Woffinden (25) is the 2015 World Champion after winning in Poland. He last won the title in 2013.

CRICKET – England are now in the UAE to play a series of Test Matches and One Day Internationals against Pakistan, with James Taylor set to return to the

SPEEDWAY: 2015 World Championship was won in Poland by Scunthorpe-born Tai Woffinden.

batting line-up.

Former Pakistan batsman Inzaman Ul-Haq is the new coach of Afghanistan.

GOLF – World number 792 Oliver Wilson (from Nottinghamshire) held on to win his first European title at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and today sees the start of the President’s Cup in Incheon City, South Korea, while the Ladies European tour continues with the Xaimen Orient International in China.

HORSE RACING – Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn, ridden by Frankie Dettori, denied French filly, Treve, an historic third Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with victory at Longchamp.

BOXING – Devon-born West Brom supporter Tommy Langford, now based in Birmingham, retained his WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight title by beating the Argentinian Christian Fabian Rios on points.

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PRIZE PRESENTATION: Levante’s captain Alan Turpin (third from left) presents the Captain’s Salver to winners Jim Thomas and Brian Norbury in glorious sunshine. Also pictured are runners-up Bill Pike and Kevin Waterland (left), and the third-placed pairing Ken Perkins (extreme right) and Les Vine.

Levante Golf holds its Captain’s Day LARGE number of prizes was up for grabs LONG established members, Brian Norbury and Jim Thomas, showed that age is absolutely no barrier to success at Levante Golf Society’s Captain’s Day. The veterans combined to win the Captain’s Salver, a pairs better-ball competition at Oliva Nova, which attracted a large field of 22 teams, and which made it a day to remember for Levante’s 2015 Captain, Alan Turpin.

Brian and Jim totalled 38 points – one point clear of the rest of the field – with runners-up Kevin Waterland and Bill Pike just one point behind on 37; the same number as the third-placed pairing of Ken Perkins and Les Vine.

Thanks to sponsorship by Campbell Lamont, Oliva Nova professional Paul Tolley and Oliva Nova Golf there were a large number of prizes up for grabs. Most went to the three leaders and the chasing pack of David French and Alan Overton, who scored 36 points; Danny Herron

and Mike Ayrton (34 points); Peter Jenkins and Barry Heath (33 points); and Martin Gates and Moe Farouky (33 points.)

Pairings not on the winners’ list were entered for a draw for four green fees provided by Oliva Nova Golf Club.

There was also a singles Stableford competition for guests. The men’s prizes went to Errol Heath and Tony Slipper, who both had 32 points.

Sally Mason won the ladies’ prize with 30 points.

RESULTS: Captain’s Salver 1st Brian Norbury and Jim Thomas (32 points) 2nd Ken Waterland and Bill Pike (37 points) 3rd Ken Perkins and Les Vine (37 points) 4th David French and Alan Overton (36 points) 5th Danny Herron and Mike Ayrton (34 points) 6th Peter Jenkins and Barry Heath (33 points) 7th Martin Gates and Moe Farouky (33 points)

Benitachell Bowls Club THIS year’s competition, sponsored by ‘Scottsdale Overseas Investments’ and ‘Blu So Easy,’ for BBC members and invited guests was played in glorious sunshine.

What better way to commemorate the opening of the club over 27 years ago?

Two days of highly competitive bowling played in the special, friendly atmosphere associated with the BBC resulted in a nail-biting final session.

The 24 teams of triples, having all having played five

matches, each went into the last round with five teams all having scored eight points.

As the last bowls came to rest, it was down to total shot difference to determine the winners and this year it was the team of John Pittaway, Denise Hart and Jenifer Bruce. With a score of 10pts and a 39 shot difference.

Runners-up, also on 10pts but with a shot difference of 31, were Brian Doggett, Hazel Duke and Carol Davies.

After the winners’ presentation, members enjoyed

tapas and wine while reflecting on those ‘if only’ moments which make all the difference.

Still, with the season only just starting, BBC members have plenty of time to get onto the winner’s podium.

The next open competition is the Saturday Winter Rinks and teams are invited to send their entry via the club’s website as soon as possible.

Contact our club trainer, Terry, for free lessons on 965 740 066 or the website and who knows, it could be you picking up next year’s Founders Cup.

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Pego Golf Society Singles Stableford OLIVA NOVA golf course, in poor condition due to aeration, on Tuesday September 29 VERY little wind and cool temperatures but, sadly, Oliva Nova is in poor condition after the aeration of the greens, fairways and approaches.

Members were disappointed with the course on the day, and they don’t say that very often

during a season.

They had a turnout of 51 players, which was great, considering the weather forecast.

However, they were only too glad to get a game and the rain did begin to fall lightly when they were on the 18th green.

There were four guests; Graham Wise, Terry Oram and two members from Montgo, namely John and Susie Snelling.

The visitor’s prize was won

by Susie Snelling with 34 points, playing off 21 which, incidentally, would have won the Division Two main prize

on the day.

In the main ‘Singles Stableford’ competition, the winners were as follows:Division One Winners: 1st; Donna Green, with 36 points playing off 11.5.

2nd; Nigel Siddall, with 36 points playing off 12.7.

3rd; Steve Patton, with 34 points playing off 12.2.

4th; Bill Pike, with 34 points playing off 17.7.

Division Two Winners: 1st; John Nicol, with 34 points playing off 23.9.

2nd; Sam Salmon, with 33 points playing off 18.

3rd; Rob Westlands, with

31 points playing off 19.

4th; Jayne Leith, with 29 points playing off 24.3.

There were three twos from John Guest, Dave Lett, and the guest Susie Sterling.

‘Nearest The Pin’ at hole five, with his second shot was Martin Gates with an excellent shot in to 1.2 metres, and at hole 16 was Susie Snelling’s husband, John, who shot into 1.31 metres.

Please enter through our website: www.pegogolfsociety.com or send an e-mail to Donna Green at: pegohandicapsec@gmail.com

RAIN: Despite the forecast, the rain held of until the 18th.