Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 15 - 21 October 2015 Issue 1580

ISSUE NO. 1580

15 - 21 October 2015

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Surprise visit

by Corrie star SOAP stalwart Jimmi Harkishin takes time out to support MABS

By Gemma Quinn Coronation Street actor Jimmi Harkishin (pictured) was the surprise guest at the MABS annual Party in the Park event in Roda, Murcia.

The star, who plays Dev Alahan in the ITV soap, was on holiday in the area when he was spotted by MABS fundraising volunteer Donna Walsh on the morning of the event.

She told Euro Weekly News that she, along with other volunteers were at the civic centre in Roda preparing the venue for the event when they went to bar next door for a coffee break and she recognised Turn to Page 7 the actor.

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Geriatric centre THE PP in Catral is calling for a commission to be created to get a geriatric centre opened in the town after the original concession to create the centre went into bankruptcy leaving

the building abandoned. The PP said it recognises the difficult situation but said “it is time to join forces to work together so we can revitalise activity in our town.”

Better service MURCIA Town Hall has announced it is to increase its translation and interpretation services to provide a better service to non-Spanish speakers in the municipality.

Almost 8 per cent of the enquiries received at the town hall are from residents who do not speak Spanish. The team of seven translators is to be increased.

Two injured TWO people were injured in a car accident on the AP-7 motorway at the height of Dolores.

The car they were travelling in overturned for reasons unknown, with the two occupants being re-

moved from the vehicle and taken to Torrevieja Hospital.

As safety measures were put in place on the motorway to slow the traffic, the wreck of the car was removed by a crane.

Historical memory ALICANTE has dedicated a tribute to Miguel Grau, a victim of the political violence of the Transition. Grau died after being hit with a brick whilst he was sticking up a poster for 'freedom and the statute of autonomy.'

The tribute has been issued according to the Law of Historical Memory and is the first official recognition of the city in nearly four decades.

DRUGS FOUND: Officers recovered 465 kilos of cocaine from a boat in January of this year.

Three arrested for Torre de la Horadada drugs TRIO used pleasure boats to transport large quantities

By Gemma Quinn THREE people have been arrested in connection with a shipment of 465 kilos of cocaine seized from a boat in January.

The trio belong to an organisation dedicated to using pleasure boats to transport large quantities of drugs collected from larger ships off the coast

of Alicante.

This latest seizure was made as drugs were found inside a boat moored in Torre de la Horadada. As a result the boat’s owner and son were arrested suspected of a crime against public health, being responsible for collecting drugs offshore, although they were not directly connected to the criminal group

that had organised the shipment.

With the drugs seized, police carried out their investigations in an operation run jointly with the Organised Crime and Drug Enforcement team from the Guardia Civil, the National Police and the Tax Agency. Their work led them to three members of the drugs ring; two Spaniards and a man from Montenegro.

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Employment plan

FEATURED NEWS

One of the top three boats shows in Europe sailed into Barcelona

Working together GUARDAMAR, Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada have announced they will work together on plans for employment including niches related to tourism, the beach or the environment.

Cross removed Photo Credit Barcelona Salon Nautico.

BOATING attracts a huge audience in Spain

After 70 years CALLOSA DE SEGURA is to withdraw the ‘Cross of the Fallen’ after more than 70 years of being located next to San Martin, in order to fulfil the Law of Historical Memory, which requires removing symbols of Franco’s dictatorship.

School sports Hiring monitors ORIHUELA is planning to revive school sports by hiring a company to manage up to 18 monitors to offer sports clubs.

Better wifi For tourists

From strength to strength

PADDLEBOARDERS: Take to the waters outside of the Barcelona Boat Show.

By John Smith THE 54th Barcelona Boat Show running from October 14 to 18 with over 300 Spanish and foreign exhibitors, around 700 boats and more than 1,300 sailors are all part of the annual Catalan Sailing Week.

The entire Barcelona Boat Show is located in Barcelona’s Port Vell marina, which means that visitors with money to spend will have more opportunities for test-driving of the boats.

The Barcelona Salon Nautico is regarded as one of the top three boat shows in Europe in terms of both quality and the number of people attending.

53,000 is the number of visitors to the 53rd Annual Barcelona Boat Show 2014 held at the Port Vell Marina for just the third time.

The boat show also featured the Excellence Fair, which is included in the boat show admission price. The Excellence Fair celebrates the glamour and luxury sector of cars, jewellery and works of art.

Even for those with smaller wallets there was plenty to do and see including surfing, sailing for beginners, regattas, fun beach zone, flyboarding, a radio controlled yacht regatta and night time entertainment including concerts and food tasting.

With so many options and visitors from all over the world, the waters in and around Spain attract a huge boating population.

ALTHOUGH the Barcelona Boat Show was in existence for 50 years it had to cope with the fact it was held indoors so in 2012, it moved to Port Vell allowing for an interactive show on the water and has since gone from strength to strength.

Quote of the Week I would say that it’s a recovery that is decelerating a bit.’

Christine Lagarde head of the International Monetary Fund on China’s economy

Dependency list almost doubled SOME 11,000 people in Alicante Province, are waiting on some form of benefits to be paid; almost double the number since the start of summer.

The increase largely comes from a change in the dependen-

cy law on July 1 which now includes people with a milder degree of dependency to be able to claim benefits.

New beneficiaries means a considerable increase in the money spent to assist these peo-

ple in the community with the figure expected to rise to €450 million.

The Spanish Confederation of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities (Cocemfe), said it welcomed the change in

law of people entitled to benefits, in some cases, ‘people who have spent years waiting to join the system,’ but said it was now down to the government to allocate the human and financial resources to deal with these ex-

tra dependants and to pay them.

Currently in the province of Alicante there are 13,388 people who are being treated in the system of dependency, mostly through financial benefits for dependent care.

MURCIA’S hotels and campsites are to receive over €300,000 in subsidies to improve their Wifi facilities for visiting tourists.

New signs Throughout region MURCIA’S tourist attractions are being highlighted with new signs being installed on major roads throughout the Region.

Business help Workshop organised APYMECO, the association of merchants and professionals of Torrevieja, Apymeco, is organising a workshop today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) for independent entrepreneurs to enhance their businesses.

Vegetable spill Road closed A TRUCK, loaded with vegetables, was involved in an accident on the AP-7 motorway near Los Balcones. Lanes towards Alicante were closed.

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INDEX News 1 - 41

Featured News 3

News Desk 40

European Press 42

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Russian tourism under threat COST BLANCA could lose thousands of Russian visitors

Russian Press 43

Finance 45 - 50

Stocks 46

Leapy Lee 51

Daily TV

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LOST TOURISTS: Tickets from Russian airline Transaero no longer on sale.

Our View 57

By Gemma Quinn

Colin Bird 57

Mike Walsh 57

Letters 66

Time Out 67 - 70

Legally Speaking 72

Health & Beauty 74 - 77

Social Scene 78 - 81

Homes & Gardens 82 - 83

Property 84 - 88

Services 92 - 97

Classifieds 98 - 100

Motoring 101 - 102

Sport 103 - 104

THE Costa Blanca could lose 8,000 Russian tourists a year as flight ticket sales are stopped.

The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency has decided to stop selling tickets from Transaero, the Russian company that for two years has operated weekly flights between Moscow and Alicante-Elche. which moves around 8,000 tourists annually, due to the poor economic state of the airline.

Russian passengers are now without a

direct flight operating on Sundays; a service that had an average occupancy of 98 per cent. Moscow has assured travellers who have bought tickets that they may continue to fly using Aeroflot.

Airport sources pointed out that, so far, there have been no cancellations and flights operated normally last weekend.

Alicante-Elche remains connected with Moscow (Siberian Airlines and Vueling) and Saint Petersburg (Vueling) until the end of October, but there is a question over what will happen from November.

The Russian Transport Ministry announced in early September absorption plans of a 75 per cent stake in Transaero Airlines from Aeroflot for the symbolic amount of one ruble (â‚Ź0.01), but the deal failed to materialise because not all the conditions of the deal were fulfilled.

The absorption agreement stated that Aeroflot, the largest Russian airline with 51 per cent of the state capital, would head the restructuring plan for Transaero, but lenders have failed to agree on the terms of debt restructuring.

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DRUGS BUST: Officers unload the bales of hashish resin.

Police catch up with criminal gang MURCIA group trafficked drugs from Africa to Spain

By Gemma Quinn TEN people have been arrested in Murcia and one in Almeria, for allegedly belonging to a criminal organisation and for crimes against public health, drug trafficking, robbery and illegal possession of weapons.

Police dismantled the gang which was dedicated to drug trafficking between Africa and the peninsula.

As part of the operation, they seized 4,040 kilos of cannabis resin. In a subsequent house search undertaken at the headquarters of the criminal gang in Aguilas, officers seized three guns, ammunition, four vehicles, computers, 42 mobile phones, two satellite phones and documentation relating to criminal activity.

The investigation began last summer after a man of

Spanish nationality was arrested on the RM-11 between Lorca and Aguilas, for having 127 bales of hashish resin in his van. Officers traced the 33-year-old’s involvement to a criminal gang based in Murcia and surveillance was established, tracking members’ movements.

Some of the suspects were identified as violent offenders with arrest warrants on them for serious offences.

Break-in Pot plantations at town rack up €12,000 electricity bill hall A COMPUTER and printer were thrown from inside the town hall in Alicante on to the street.

Security patrolling the building observed that one of the windows was open in the office of the General Register and on the street was a computer screen and printer.

There was no one inside the building and damage included items broken and thrown on the floor within the town hall itself. Nothing had been stolen.

Police have launched an investigation into the vandalism and break-in and to assess if any further damage was dong.

LEGAL action has begun against a gang that were hooking up to the electricity supply illegally to power their marihuana plantations in Novelda.

The criminal court in Alicante has been informed that the accused defrauded the electricity company of more than €12,000.

The three defendants face two years each in prison.

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Specialist surgeons operate on Elche baby INFANT was born with a heart defect at 24 weeks and weighed just 700 grams

By Gemma Quinn EMERGENCY surgery was carried out on a premature baby at Elche’s General Hospital.

The infant was born with a heart defect at 24 weeks and weighed just 700 grams.

With the baby girl’s weight increasing to 800 grams surgery was deemed possible but she was still too fragile to travel.

A specialist team of two cardiac surgeons and surgical nurse travelled from Valencia’s Hospital La Fe to carry out the operation in the neonatal unit of the intensive care unit itself.

José Pastor, chief of paediatrics at Elche’s hospital said surgery to close a conduit between the pulmonary artery and aorta had gone well but the next few days were vital to her recovery.

Currently, most children with heart diseases are referred to the La Fe where there is a full paediatric cardiac surgery team in place. The hospital carries out around 25 of the same operations as the baby girl had in Elche on premature ba-

BABY SURGERY: Specialist team from Valencia carried out the operation. bies throughout the year. Congenital heart defects affect one in every thousand live births in Spain.

Last year, the Valencia hospital carried out 850 heart operations a year, 650 on adults and 200 on children.

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Star delights guests at Party in the Park HUNDREDS of attendees got an unexpected surprise From Front Page

She approached him within her capacity as a MABS charity volunteer and explained what they were doing and about the fundraising event. “When he realised it was for cancer he said he would be delighted to come, but he was with friends and didn’t know their plans or what time he would be back.

However, true to his word, he did show up,” said Donna.

The surprise and unexpected appearance delighted the hundreds of guests at the event as he was happy to pose for photographs and chat with the crowd. Donna added: “He flew out to Spain the day after the live episode and he seemed quite surprised that we watched Coronation Street here, but he was very nice, very pleasant and seemed a genuine good guy.”

STAR VISITOR: Jimmi in front of MABS banner.

His support finished off another successful Party in the Park event, which has been going since 2009, raising funds for MABS cancer support. The event is the charity’s biggest fundraiser each year and raised €4,163. Organisers wish to

thank all volunteers, supporters and the acts who gave up their time.

Cancer does not discriminate and neither do MABS. They help anybody of any nationality affected by cancer. The helpline number is 693 275 779.

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Alicante top for shopping tourism CITY is most likely to attract visitors with spending power

By Gemma Quinn ALICANTE has been named the fifth most attractive Spanish city for shopping tourism.

The ranking came in a report entitled ‘The new era of travel retail: impacts and challenges of shopping tourism’ presented this week in Madrid.

The report said the average consumption of international overnight tourists in Spain is 47 per cent lower than the average of the surrounding countries.

Alicante, with around six million foreign tourists a year, is one of the cities most likely to attract visitors with high purchasing power from China, Mexico, USA, Morocco and Russia.

Foreign tourists consume on average in Spain €38.32 per overnight, moving around €3 billion in shopping tourism,

SHOPPING: Alicante is 5th for shopping tourism. with Alicante being the fifth largest city in turnover after Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Valencia.

The study predicts that shopping tourism in Spain could

reach €5 billion in revenue in the next four years with nonEU travellers benefiting from tax free shopping and helping to generate an estimated 50,000 new jobs.

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Students evacuated from Alicante uni FALSE bomb threat at university

By Gemma Quinn STUDENTS had to be evacuated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Alicante due to a false bomb threat.

The eviction was ordered as the security services of the academic centre inspected the building and located a suspicious package. Classes were suspended as security forces were deployed to the building to remove the package but it was a false alarm with the University saying via Twitter it was “not dangerous.”

The definition of a false bomb alert is defined

in Article 561 of the Criminal Code, which states it as a “false claim or simulating a situation of danger to the community and as a result of which is necessary to render assistance to another, thereby causing the mobilisation of police, or rescue assistance.”

In the latest reform of the Penal Code the wording of Article 561 (false bomb alert) now includes cases of false activation by news of health or emergency situations and causing a situation “with the intention of endangering public peace.”

A false bomb alert can carry a prison sentence for guilty parties.

Car found floating in sea N O T the s ort of thing you expect t o s e e floa ting on the w a t er, but pol i ce officers arrived at the Rocio del Mar area of Torrevieja to find a car floating in the sea.

It is believed that the vehicle’s elderly British owner parked the car by the Nautilus restaurant, Punta Prima and forgot to

put the hand brake on with the car gradually rolling off the low cliff and into the sea. Some reports say the British couple were still in the car at the time and were rescued by a young man who saw the incident.

The Seat Ibiza was eventually pulled out of the water by a crane.

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Valencia is the ‘Cinderella’ of tourism INDUSTRY lacks financial backing

By Gemma Quinn THE Valencian Government handles a budget of billions of euros each year but allocates just 0.2 per cent of it to sustain the Valencia Tourism Agency.

The tourism sector seems to have been the great forgotten within the Consell provincial government in the last decade which, despite a severe economic crisis, is a sector that has continued to rescue the economy and create jobs.

The Valencia Tourism Agency spent €19.7 million in marketing and promotions in 2007 just before the crisis hit, which has now decreased

by around 70 per cent to €5.7 million this year. Critics complain this is not acceptable for an industry which maintains 300,000 jobs and accounts for 14 per cent of Alicante Province’s GDP. The last major budget cuts occurred last year when the then Minister for Tourism reduced spending to €5.4 million allocated to projects aimed at promoting innovation and tourism competitiveness, including highlighting actions aimed at strengthening support for aspiring entrepreneurs to start a business.

In 2012, more cuts were made when aid was abolished

that was for hotels to modernise their facilities, revoking subsidies of between €3,000 and €1 million that had been approved and affecting 100 hotels in the region.

José María Caballé, president of the Servigroup chain of hotels, considered it a “mistake and very sad that the administration has considered tourism as a Cinderella tale and there is not only any financial support but no planning for the future either.”

Caballé added: “It is not just about good beaches and good service. We need support that has never existed and it is very sad.”

BIG BUSINESS: Tourists are keeping businesses busy but is lacking in funding from Valencian Government

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Network of social housing to be created PLANNING councillor says it is a priority this term for Alicante Province

By Gemma Quinn THE Consell provincial government wants to set up a network of social housing, using the 210,000 empty homes in

Alicante Province.

Councillor for Planning Maria JosĂŠ Salvador said the creation of a network to facilitate access to housing for people who have lost theirs is a priority this term.

In order to carry this out, officials will contact the owners (including banks) of the 210,000 homes that stand empty in the province and offer them the possibility of a rental yield.

HOUSING: Owners of empty dwellings will be asked if they would consider renting them out.

210,000 properties stand empty in Alicante Province

Alicante has accumulated in the hardest years of the financial crisis since 2008 to this year, 35 per cent of the foreclosures that have taken place in the Valencia Region, with a total of 29,060 housing evictions comprised of first occupation, second homes and tenants who stopped paying rent to the owners.

Councillor Salvador said these figures are forming the starting point for drafting the Law on Social Housing.

The action aims to overturn the failed social rental plan which was launched by

former Councillor Isabel Bonig in December 2012, to help families who were evicted from their homes for unpaid mortgages or found themselves in a situation of lack of income.

Coming up to the third anniversary of the launch of this programme, officials say they are unable to respond to all requests by municipalities for housing assistance, to the point that, at present, there are around

3,000 Alicante families waiting for social rental housing.

The new Law on Social Housing will also include the creation of a register of housing applicants, as well as a record of empty dwellings.

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Beaches fill up for the bank holiday

BUT facilities were lacking on Murcia coast where many services were closed THE fine, sunny weather on the long bank holiday weekend drew visitors to the beaches along the coast. However, those along Murcia’s shoreline were

Alicante hospital aims for quicker diagnosis ALICANTE’S Hospital de Sant Joan detected almost 400 cases of cancer last year through its rapid diagnostic testing system.

Implemented by the radiology department, the high-resolution technology meant a quicker diagnosis could be arrived at with the hospital saying that in many cases, within a week of diagnosis patients were already in the hands of specialists and starting treatment.

Patients often have X-rays and numerous tests done on the same day, reducing the stress and worry put on them.

This fast circuit pioneering system was introduced a few years ago in Valencia and has gradually increased in use and effectiveness.

Sant Joan’s department of radiology has also achieved the national standard for ‘risk management for patient safety’ which was certified by the Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification (Aenor), an organisationwhich works for safer patient care.

in for a bit of a shock to find all the basic services on the beaches had already been removed.

All signs pertaining to the awarding of the Blue Flags and

‘Q’ quality awards were gone; footpaths, walkways, toilets and foot-baths had all been dismantled.

Many mobile toilets had

been taken away mid-September when lifeguard surveillance ended and even the permanent ones on the beaches at La Azohia and Isla Plana were locked.

The reduction in services occurred on a weekend with a significant number of people along the coast of Cartagena, where bars and bars remained open.

The actions contrast with the alleged intentions of the regional and municipal authorities, who say they aim to take steps to break seasonal tourism.

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Transparency in Alicante CITY launches new website for citizens

By Gemma Quinn ALICANTE City has launched its public website informing citizens of contracts and costs of services in a bid to improve transparency.

The local council said: “This tool is aimed at improving transparency, par-

ticipation in municipal management and prevention of corruption.”

The website fulfils the city’s obligations to comply with the deadlines and requirements of the new Law on Transparency of Valencia.

Councillor for Area Coordination and Projects, Natxo

Bellido said that the local government team “is determined to make transparency one of the hallmarks of our work, which translates into full c oope ra tion w ith the Government, which is making an effort and working to improve transparency in the institutions.”

Citizens can visit www.transparencia.alicante. es where information is split into sections including information on the municipal corporation; relations with citizens and society; economic and financial transparency; procurement and service costs; planning, public works and environment and the transparency act.

TOURIST CAMPAIGN: Autumn is the perfect time to discover the still sunny shores of the Costa Blanca and its café culture.

Discovering the autumn ALICANTE is investing €200,000 in a campaign to bring Spanish tourists to the Costa Blanca this autumn.

With the s loga n ‘M any aut um ns t o Discover’ it aims to promote the destina-

tion during the last months of the year.

The campaign will run in Madrid mainly wi t h post er s i n t he Met r o and i n t he Atocha train station and in the provinces of Murcia and Albacete.

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Harmony College a success AWARD winning barbershop quartet guide students to giving stage worthy performance

By Gemma Quinn SINCE the group Collabro won Britain’s Got Talent in 2014, there has been big interest in A Cappella (singing without accompaniment, or Barbershop) as people recognise that they don’t need to play an instrument to be a successful musician.

This interest was obvious at the ‘Harmony College’ held at the Hotel Costa Narejos in Los Alcázares as it was attended by experienced enthusiasts and newcomers from all over Spain and the UK. Organised for the second time by SABS (Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers), the event was supported by Reckless quartet from the UK who have represented the BABS (British Association of Barbershop Singers) on the international stage in the USA twice and will be representing them again in Nashville in

RECKLESS: Guided students through the techniques.

HARMONY COLLEGE: Enthusiastic singers take part in the weekend workshop.

2016. Reckless hold 10 gold medals between them.

Guests gathered to enjoy a lively course run by this very experienced barbershop quartet who taught a variety of tech-

niques to the Harmony College students to improve both their singing and performance skills.

This included three ‘Harmony College Choruses’: the Ladies Chorus, the Men’s Cho-

rus and the Mixed Chorus.

But it wasn’t all hard work.

There was a lot of fun, chatting and bonding too, and the event culminated in a free public concert which was full

to capacity.

This was an opportunity to show off what the ‘students’ had learned during the weekend and was appreciated by everyone. Reckless gave a stunning quartet performance to round off the very successful weekend.

SABS is keen to have more people join in this unique art

and to involve people in the various singing courses being held around Spain in the coming months. To find out when and where, please check the Facebook page by searching BarbershopSpain.

To find out more general information about Barbershop in Spain, visit the SABS website at www.sabs.es.

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Changing landscape of Torrevieja on show PHOTOGRAPHIC display opens

WELL ATTENDED: The inauguration of the new exhibition.

By Gemma Quinn MORE than 100 people attended the inauguration of the exhibition ‘Torrevieja: The salt of a landscape’.

The display of over 50

photographs depicting the diverse landscapes of the environment is the third exhibition to be produced by the Mastral Project of Torrevieja and its team of weather forecasters.

The images are on display at the Vista Alegre exhibition hall, which is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am-2pm and from 5-9pm, until November 30.

Admission is free.

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Half youth jobless MORE than half of Valencia’s youth are unemployed. Data for the region shows that 56.7 per cent of young people aged between 15 and 24 are without work. Murcia Region has 52.3 per cent of those aged 15 to 24 out of work.

Ceuta, Andalucia, Castilla-La Mancha and the Canary Islands were among the 10 regions of the European Union with the highest unemployment rate in the population aged 15 to 24 in 2014.

The region in the EU with most unemployment among young people is Ipeiros in Greece (69.8 per cent).

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Cliff to be secured BEACH boardwalk will reopen once work is completed

By Gemma Quinn ORIHUELA is carrying out work to prevent landslides on the cliffs of the urbanisation at Cabo Roig, which currently affect the beaches of Cala Capitan and La Caleta.

€290,613 for cliff repair work Councillor Sofia Alvarez said there was a budget in place of €290,613 for the improvement work which is planned to start “in a month.”

The project will consist of the dismantling and removing the overhanging pieces of material to avoid any possible risk to pedestrians; cleaning up the slopes to remove loose material; cleaning of the gullies in order to obtain a uniform slope and

CLOSED: Pathway will reopen once safety work is completed. placing a wire mesh with rock anchors over the cliffface to ensure stability, with the aim of preventing possi-

ble detachments.

Councillor Alvarez said that upon completion of the works, the council would

open the stretch of boardwalk that is currently closed to pedestrians for safety reasons.

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Flu vaccinations (BY SARAH G. FLICKR)

CAMPAIGN launches to reduce cases of flu

FLU VACCINE: Campaign launches next week throughout the region.

By Gemma Quinn THE fight against flu starts on Monday October 19 as the Valencia Region starts its vaccination campaign.

The campaign will run until January 31 with the aim of getting 60 per cent of the

over 60’s to receive the vaccination to help prevent cases of the flu.

Information about the vaccination plan will be distributed across the Region’s health centres.

Last year, around 620,000 people received flu shots

across the Valencian community and almost 230,000 of those were in Alicante Province.

Health authorities report that having the vaccine reduces hospital admissions by 70 per cent in those aged over 65.

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NEWS EXTRA

A soul sensation BARRINGTON is singing motown, soul and reggae at The Club, Quesada on October 21 in aid of Paul Cunningham Nurses. Tickets cost €12 including dinner of chicken or lasagne. Call 966 717 028 to book.

Open day THE Royal British Legion is hosting an Open Day at The Posh Club in Urbanisation La Marina on November 10 from 11am-2pm. Meet members and find out more.

Women’s role AN exhibition on the role of women in pre-history is on display at El Cigarralego archaeological museum in Mula, Murcia, until November 15. Guided tours are available on the second Sunday of every month.

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Almond prices see a drop FARMERS say price drop is due in part to pressure from stores to pay less for the crop

By Gemma Quinn A HIGH yield of almonds this season has led to a price drop in the crop.

The price paid by the kilo of almonds has dropped to €1.79 in just a few weeks. According to reports from producers of the Association of Young Farmers of Alicante (Asaja) in early September growers were paid €8.70 per kilo while the fixed cost is now €6.91.

Farmers say the price drop is due, in part, to pressure from the stores to pay less for a crop that this season broke records with an amount that has not been seen for years. One farmer said he managed to collect almost 16,000 kilos of almonds this year but with the fall in price, it represents a loss of more than €6,500. The Asaja association said the high cost of water for farmers had not been taken into account.

President of Asaja Eladio Aniorte, said that the decline in the price of almonds at this time of year are usual and criticised the lack of funding and aid to farmers to maintain their crops. From 2010 to 2014, over 3,000 hectares of almond crops were lost as farmers were forced to abandon the fields.

ALMOND FIELDS: More crop has resulted in a lower price for farmers.

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Rescued loggerhead turtle eggs hatch HATCHLINGS emerge after two months of intensive care

HATCHING: 22 loggerhead turtles have now emerged from the eggs laid on the beach at La Mata.

By Gemma Quinn MORE than 20 of the loggerhead turtle eggs that were laid this summer on the beach at La Mata have now hatched.

Two months after they were transferred to a nest on

the beach at La Albufera in Valencia, 22 of them have hatched.

Some of the eggs have not survived, a common circumstance, but all have been guarded by camp volunteers 24 hours a day until the

hatchlings broke out, to ensure the safety of the nest and the turtles, which are under threat from the effects of pollution, fishing and boats.

The hatchlings will be looked after at the oceanographic centre in Valencia.

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Try to survive a Zombie apocalypse IF caught, participants can then choose to join the zombie side with a team of make-up artists ready to transform them

By Gemma Quinn TORREVIEJA is under attack from zombies. Or at least it will be on Halloween.

The city is hosting the 36th

edition of ‘Zombie Survival’ where participants will be in an almost life-like interpretation of being under invasion from zombies.

Those taking part will be

survivors trying to flee the zombies in an apocalyptic plot that will be staged in a closed off area of Torrevieja from 11pm on October 31.

If caught, participants can then choose to join the zombie side with a team of make-up artists on standby to transform people into the living dead.

Torrevieja’s councillor for Culture, Alejandro Blanco and councillor for Youth, Pablo Samper, were joined by several ‘zombie’ actors in announcing the event. Blanco said: “We wanted to bring an event for young people and we requested this which is a different game that has already been enjoyed by 50,000 people in Spain and on top of that it coincides with Halloween.”

Director of World Real Games, Diego de la Concepcion, said: “We expect between 1,500 and 2,500 players” coming from Valencia and Murcia Region. He added: “For the first time in three years it matches the Hal-

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE: Prepare for your survival in Torrevieja on Halloween. loween night and we are preparing many surprises for everyone to enjoy in Torrevieja.”

Tickets to take part cost from €5 to €33 available from www.entradium.com and

outlets of WarZone and La Base Secreta. Torrevieja residents will have a discount.

Children aged from 10 can participate if accompanied by an adult.

World Real Games has over

five years experience creating reality games aimed to overcome several tests over a course set in a town or city with the aim to survive until the end avoiding zombie capture.

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Walk on Barkside event is called off LICENCE rescinded by the town council at the very last minute

By Gemma Quinn THE Walk on the Barkside charity event in aid of the Cruz Azul animal welfare charity has had to be cancelled at the last minute.

Charity president, Lyn Baines, said: “It is with great sadness and regret that we had to cancel the walk, which was due to start at the Club Nautico in Los Alcázares.

This is due to circumstances beyond our control. At the last moment, the licence to run this event has been rescinded. According to the Ayuntamiento de Los Alcázares, Murcia Town Hall is planning to ban all dogs from walking on the promenade.”

Lyn explained that with the announcement made so late, they were unable to contest it and ask for a copy of the law,

DOG WALK: Event was getting more popular, raising hundreds for the Cruz Azul animal welfare charity.

They hope to organise something for next year. if it has been passed, so, regrettably, the event had to be cancelled.

The charity is refunding any registrations paid in advance and these can be claimed at the Cruz Azul

Centre in San Javier.

Lyn said it was a shame, as the event was growing yearon-year, but they are now looking to do something like a mini-Oktoberfest, to include dogs, next year.

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By Gemma Quinn MURCIAN singer and X Factor star, Ruth Lorenzo, has pledged her support for the forthcoming charity event in the city.

The singer will join the charity gala of the Association of Celebrities and Sportsmen against Cancer (AFADECA), which takes place on November 26 at Murcia’s regional auditorium, Victor Villegas.

Minister of Culture and spokesperson, Noelia Arroyo announced the gala with Ruth Lorenzo and representatives from AFADECA and said: “The regional government are open to all kinds of initiatives from social groups to collaborate on important causes such as the fight against cancer.”

The minister also praised “the involvement of artists like Ruth Lorenzo and others and their support for those that are going through delicate situations.”

AFADECA is a non-profit association created to collaborate with the Spanish Association Against Cancer, and in which athletes, celebrities and other, less well-known, people work selflessly, performing activities

RUTH LORENZO: Happy to be involved. to help in the fight against cancer. Money raised from this year’s gala event will go to to the Children’s Oncology Unit of the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca in Cartagena.

Ruth Lorenzo has enjoyed an international music career since appearing on British singing talent show, The X Factor, in 2008.

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Mind how you go FOREIGN Office issues advice for expats THE Foreign Office is offering detailed advice to British citizens living in Spain on how to prepare for visits by friends or family members who have mental health issues.

The advice stems from a joint campaign with the UK’s Mental Health Foundation that aims to raise awareness of how British nationals with mental health needs can prepare before travelling overseas, and is part of World Mental Health Day. Will Middleton, Consular Regional Director for Spain, said: “Staff at our consulates in Spain are seeing more cases involving mental health. A deterioration in mental health whilst visiting a foreign country can cause considerable distress, both to the person concerned and to family and friends. So if you have a guest who has mental health needs, do take some simple steps to help ensure their visit is trouble-free and enjoyable for all concerned.”

British Consulates in Spain handled 67 cases involving mental health needs in 2014/15.

If you are hosting a friend or family member with a mental health condition, you can do a number of things including ask if your visitor has taken out travel insurance and whether the policy covers any preexisting mental health conditions, and has a valid European Health Insurance Card.

If the visitor is on medication, check what they are taking and the normal dosage, and ask them to bring enough for their visit plus some extra to cover any unexpected delays. Find out what support is available locally, in case you need it and ensure you have an emergency contact for your guest and that their passport is valid and safe.

Jenny Edwards, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said: “Many

CHECKLIST: Advice on how to prepare for visits by those with mental health issues. people in the UK with mental health conditions manage them well day to day. However, there are a few extra things to consider when travelling abroad. Check your travel insurance covers pre-existing mental health conditions before travelling and make sure that your medication is legal, available, and

sufficient for your trip.”

For more information about foreign travel and mental health, visit www.gov.uk/fco/mental-health-abroad. You can also view the FCO ‘Mental Health: Travelling Abroad’ leaflet and travel check list on www.gov.uk.

Picasso in Murcia MURCIA’S Museo de Bellas Artes has a Picasso on display until November 22.

The oil painting entitled ‘Corrida de Toros’ has been loaned to the Murcia museum by the Museo ThyssenBornemisza in Madrid.

To coincide with the painting’s arrival, children’s workshops are being carried out on October 24 and 31 for youngsters aged six to 12.

Reservations are required by calling 968 239 346.

Adults can enjoy a free guided tour in Spanish on October 28 and November 11.

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A day and night of equal length HUMANISTS mark the autumn equinox

By Gemma Quinn THE autumn equinox has been celebrated by the Humanists of Murcia with a Jazz barbecue party.

Around 60 members of the group and guests attended the event with the six-piece local band Cold Fusion providing lively Jazz music.

Halfway up a mountain in Valdelentisco near Puerto de Mazarrón, the home of Margaret and Deryck Davison proved an ideal venue with a backdrop of beautiful scenery and few neighbours to disturb. An army of volunteers had spent the morning preparing the venue, and turning up again the following morning to assist in the clean-up.

A prize draw included donations of a €40 voucher

JAZZ NIGHT: Cold Fusion provided lively entertainment for the event. from Restaurante Gula Gula (who also kindly loaned tables, chairs and a chef) and an assortment of products along with a voucher for a beauty treatment from Jane’s Beauty Salon of Bolnuevo. A rota of members manned the bar dispensing large volumes of liquid re-

freshment throughout the evening.

The Humanists of Murcia have a regular programme of walks, a gardening group, and philosophy and discussion groups.

For information go to www.bolnuevo.com and click on Humanists.

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Guinness book of records for expat Tony Matthews AUTHOR believed to have written more football books than anybody else in the world

By Gemma Quinn TONY MATTHEWS, believed to be the world’s most prolific author/writer/co-compiler of football books, has just signed a contract to produce his 150th, entitled; ‘Sir Bobby Robson: 50 Defining Fixtures.’ This will be released by Amberley Publishing next year.

Having written similar books on Jose Mourinho and Steven

Gerrard, Tony has three more with the publishers; Ryan Giggs, Alan Shearer (both due out soon) and also Paul Gascoigne.

Right now, he is working on a similar publication about the career of striker Cyrille Regis who, of course, played for West Bromwich Albion, Coventry City, Aston Villa and Wolves, winning the FA Cup with the Sky Blues in 1987.

Also, two other books recently published under Tony’s name are ‘The Bournemouth FC Miscellany’ and ‘Baggies Abroad’ (mini match reports of every game played by WBA off the British mainland).

Tony said: “An awful lot of research goes into compiling a book of ‘50 Defining Fixtures.’

I enjoy every minute of it, really, but it can also prove to be a bit of a nightmare, especially when you have to choose just

PROLIFIC: At home with a selection of his books.

50 out of perhaps 500, 600 or even more games that the player in question has appeared in.

“Sorting out 50 for Giggsy was very tough as he played in over 1,000 games for Manchester United and Wales. Selecting Shearer’s half-century from more than 800 matches also

proved hard going, as did Gazza’s; he had 435 outings.

“But with the help of several diehard, efficient and, indeed, helpful supporters, footage from YouTube, various matchday programmes and quite a few newspapers, I got there eventually.”

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A New Era For Exchange Of Information Greater international tax transparency has been a major goal for governments in recent years. It is now a reality. A global automatic exchange of information regime goes live in January 2016. If you live in one country and have assets in another, tax authorities - including those in Spain and offshore jurisdictions - will collect and share your financial information under the new Common Reporting Standard.

What is different now?

There has been automatic exchange of information in Europe for some years, under the 2005 Savings Tax Directive, but it only applied to savings income. Globally, many countries signed bilateral tax information exchange agreements, but this only enables them to request financial information about people they suspect of tax evasion.

The new regime covers much more than just interest income. And tax authorities will receive information automatically, on everyone - they do not need evidence of non-compliance

By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks to get it. They will compare information received to what you include on your on tax return so they can check you have properly declared your income and assets.

Common Reporting Standard The technical standard for the new automatic exchange of information is the Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Common Reporting Standard. Almost a hundred countries have so far signed up to it.

It provides for the annual automatic

exchange of financial account information between countries.

The financial institutions that need to report include banks, custodians, guardians, certain collective investment vehicles and certain insurance companies.

There are 58 “early adopters” who have committed to start collecting information in 2016, ready for sharing by the end of September 2017. These include Spain, the rest of the EU, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Liechtenstein, San Marino and South Africa.

Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Monaco, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Switzerland are among 35 more jurisdictions that have pledged to start sharing data in 2018.

In Europe, the Common Reporting Standard will be launched through the revised Administrative Cooperation Directive. It allows authorities to share information automatically on interest, dividends and other

investment income, account balances, sales proceeds from financial assets, income from employment, directors’ fees, life insurance, pensions and property.

What does this mean for you?

If you hold financial assets outside Spain, every year the financial institution will give the Spanish tax authorities information on: • your name, address and date of birth • tax identification number • account numbers • account balances • interest earnings • dividends • sales proceeds from financial assets.

It is essential you understand which assets and income need to be declared in Spain. As a tax resident you are liable to Spanish tax on your worldwide income, gains and wealth. This includes most income which is also taxed elsewhere, eg UK rental income

and UK private pensions.

As a Spanish resident you also need to declare overseas assets on Form 720. The penalties for undeclared assets can be costly, so it is important that you declare everything correctly.

The cross-border tax landscape has completely changed. It is essential that you are up to date on these developments and take specialist advice.

This is also a good time to review your investment assets to ensure that you are holding them in the most tax efficient way for Spain, and that you are using Spanish compliant arrangements. There are tax-compliant opportunities available in Spain that will lower liabilities. You still have the right to structure your wealth and assets in a tax-efficient manner, but need to take personalised professional advice.

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

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Il Divo’s drive to help Age Concern

By Gemma Quinn PREMIERING for the first time in the area, the hugely popular Il Divo Tribute from Benidorm will be performing at Restaurante Los Rosales on Saturday October 17.

After months of negotiations the trio will be bringing their unique sound and style to Guardamar. Il Divo trio are normally found playing to packed houses on the Benidorm circuit where their rich interpretations of classic and popular songs have enraptured audiences from around the world. Hosting the classy evening will be the hugely popular Dee, who recently appeared at Benidorm Palace.

Hoping to drive their funds through the roof will be Age Concern Charity who are holding the raffle. The lifeline team play a vital role for so many sick and elderly people and their present project is to replace an aging minibus. The new one will be specially equipped with fit for purpose hoists and a tailgate lift that will help to transport those who are wheelchair bound.

The charity has a dedicated core of hard working volunteers who not only raise the much needed funds, but also go out on a daily basis to assist those in need.

Tickets for the one-off show are now on sale for â‚Ź17.50 which includes a three-course meal. Call 697 501 992 or visit www.lrshows.com. Doors open at 7.30pm.

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New courses to enhance skills set SANTA POLA offers training for the unemployed SANTA POLA has launched a range of new initiatives for residents with the aim of promoting training for employment.

Working with the Local Development Agency (ADL) of Santa Pola, the programmes include a free English course, to improve language skills and job prospects.

A free course is also available for training in food handling and allergen management. This training offer, scheduled for December, is also intended for the unemployed and will enhance someone's CV. According to the needs and importance of the tourism and hospitality industry in the town, there is a course on social networks focused on how the media tool can improve sales and marketing of businesses. This is planned to take place between November 23 and 26.

For more information and to register and apply for a place,

visit the ADL website at www.adlsantapola.es.

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Weigh-in-club gives to charity LOCAL businesses provided help by donating prizes

By Gemma Quinn A GROUP of ladies calling themselves ‘The Weigh-In Club’ recently held a series of e ve nts in a id of the A EC C Torre vie ja c a nc e r charity and again surpassed their previous best fundraising events in terms of the money raised.

Based at Casa Mia in El Chaparral the ladies raised the sum of €1,679, mainly by selling home-made cakes a nd holding a ve ry profitable raffle, as in previous years. Casa Mia hosted the main event but many other local businesses also provide d he lp by dona ting prizes.

AECC hospital volunteer Ann Bissett was there to collect the money from Caroline Richardson, and was

DONATION: The ladies sold home-made cakes. surprised to be told that in addition to the money raised by the Weigh-In Club a lady named Jackie McGee had raised an additional €470 by organising a coffee afternoon at the Bamboo Lounge in Entre Naranjos.

Jackie’s amount made the total amount raised and do-

nated to the AECC an impressive €2,149 for the charity to use in its research and screening programmes.

Ann thanked everyone for their generosity and hard wor k and r em i nded t he ladies of the need to go for regular breast cancer and cervical smear checks.

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Social events for Torry Army THE Torry Army has organised a number of social events.

The first takes place on October 22 with a day trip to the thermal spa at Archena.

The cost is €22 including coach travel and entrance to the spa. There is a bar and restaurant on site for a drink and some food.

On November 7 at 9pm at Casa Ventura in San Luis, there is a fun quiz night with buffet. The cost will be €7 for Torry Army members and €8.50 for non-members which includes a hot and cold buffet.

The Christmas Dance is also being held at Casa Ventura, San Luis, on December 12, featuring the group Timeless. Tickets cost €12 for members and €14 for non-members including a hot and cold buffet.

For more information or to reserve tickets visit the

Torry Army office in San Luis or call 966 784 111.

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World Sight Da

DIGITAL Precision Eyecare launched at TO support World Sight Day, which was marked last Thursday (October 8), under the banner, ‘Eye Care For All’ and to offer quality eye care for everyone, Specsavers Opticas has introduced a new, cutting-edge way of selecting and fitting customers’ glasses, using imaging software on tablet devices.

Digital Precision Eyecare ensures that everyone receives the right professional care and advice in frame selection and dispensing for their prescription, vision and lifestyle needs.

José Ángel Moral-Tajadura, Business Development Director of Specsavers Opticas said: “This is very clever kit and gets customers much more involved with the frames and lens selection. It’s a quick and easy process which ensures a perfect fit every time.”

Following an eye examination, the optical team assists customers in selecting their preferred glasses. Imaging software on a tablet

is then used to take an image of them wearing the glasses, which in turn captures a range of essential dispensing measurements.

These are unique to the customer and their chosen glasses.

José Ángel adds: “The tablet can also be used to show you what you would look like wearing a range of different glasses to help you make your choice. The intelligent software also helps you choose any lens option you might want, by demonstrating what they do in real time.”

It also provides a more precise reading for varifocal lens wearers to get the correct lens to suit their needs.

Digital Precision Eyecare is now available in both local Specsavers Opticas stores in Torrevieja and Guardamar del Segura.

All staff are fully qualified and trained in using this new equipment.

For more information visit www.specsavers.es

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COSTA DEL SOL

The tide is turning for illegally built properties ‘SO FAR, SO GOOD’ AUAN said, this is good news for many home owners in the Almanzora Valley

GETTING THERE: AUAN and PSOE MPs outside the Sevilla parliament.

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FOR the second week running there was good news for many property owners, especially in the Almanzora Valley.

A Bill amending Andalucia’s LOUA urban development law sailed through its first reading. This should take the pressure off the owners of homes built illegally - but purchased unknowingly - on subdivided plots of land.

“It was an exciting day,” said Maura Hillen, president of AUAN, who attended the parliamentary session. “None of the political groups submitted objections at this stage and we thank them for that.” “Obviously it does not cure everything and we must continue to work,” said Gerardo Vazquez, spokesman for AUAN and other associations.

“But regularising 25,000 of Andalucia’s illegal houses would relieve 25,000 families who acquired properties in good faith and invested their life savings in Spain.”

The Bill will now pass to the Environment and Planning Commission and we hope that the final text will be approved as soon as possible. “It would be a good Christmas present for many people,” Maura Hillen said.

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COSTA DE ALMERÍA

Beautician arrested A WOMAN has been arrested in Antequera for selling laser hair removal treatments in advance to more than 300 people before closing down her beautician salon. Each victim paid between €800 and €1,000 in advance for sessions they never received, the National Police reported.

Mountain rescue FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue a 36-year-old woman on Sunday (October 11) when she sprained an ankle while abseiling in Juzcar. The woman was taken to Ronda hospital, 112 Emergency Services reported.

Man jailed

Crime rate falls

Burned remains

Facebook fight

Get your skates on

RECORDED robberies in Alicante fell by 16.3 per cent during the first half of the year and the region now has the lowest crime rate in its recorded history, with just 48.3 crimes per 1,000 population.

RESIDENTS in the Camp Redo district of Palma complain the charred remains of a motorbike which caught fire more than two weeks ago are still in the street.

The fire also damaged a parking meter.

CIUDADANOS, which was until now in control of the Nerja Council together with the PSOE socialist party, has broken the agreement drawn after a fight between the two parties on Facebook.

Canine exhibitions

Burglars caught

ACCORDING to bylaws now being drafted, bike lanes segregated from traffic are not reserved for cyclists as they are now. Instead they are designed to be used by ‘bicycles, wheelchairs and tricycles for those with reduced mobility, skates, skateboards and similar.’

A MAN has been jailed for one year by a Malaga Provincial Court for threatening, spitting at and injuring National Police officers at Marbella court in November 2014 when they were escorting him before a judge to declare regarding a robbery.

THE canine guide unit of Palma National Police carried out several exhibitions at centres for the elderly demonstrating the skills which the dogs have acquired much to the delight of those attending.

THREE young men from Salobreña have been arrested by the Guardia Civil as the alleged perpetrators of 16 burglaries in homes across the town.

Deal suggested

Attacked aunt

CIRCULO MERCANTIL, owners of Almeria City’s Teatro Cervantes, proposed ceding it free of charge to the municipal corporation for at least 70 years.

In exchange city hall would renovate the building.

A MALAGA woman who attacked her aunt during an argument, leaving her scratched and bruised, has had her appeal rejected and 50 days of community work confirmed by a Malaga provincial court.

Double fines THE new traffic laws in Crevillent include penalties for certain offences, with the aim of improving road safety.

Tougher fines for drink driving or driving while under the influence of drugs have been introduced, including penalties of up to €1,000.

Cancer awareness THE Cancer Association of La Nucia has organised for the fourth consecutive year an awareness and fundraising day for Sunday October 18, starting at 11.30am in the Placa Major, to join the national campaign #SúmateAlRosa marking the International Day Against Breast Cancer.

Self-Employment BENIDORM has organised a course to promote self-employment. The Councillor Maria Jesus Pinto, yesterday presented a new Training Programme for Entrepreneurship, aimed at both unemployed people seeking self-employment and young people who have started or want to start a new business project.

Plant fire FIREMEN took almost six hours to extinguish a fire at ses Veles recycling plant near Son Reus in Bunyola. It affected a pile of cars which had been crushed for recycling. It did not reach the warehouse.

Tram works THE reparation of all damages and other works necessary to bring the tram of Velez-Malaga back to life will have a cost of €1.47 million, according to a report presented on Friday (October 9) by company Ingeotrans.

Unhappy customers

Airline reductions

TWO youths were charged by Local Police for causing bodily harm after allegedly beating a mechanic at a workshop in Manacor because they were not pleased with the service he had provided.

AENA, the Spanish public body that owns and operates the majority of airports in Spain, is offering airlines reductions of up to €300,000 if they open flights to Granada airport.

Free eye tests

Visitors injured

THE Salva Clinic with the Juaneda Care Network gave 40 children under the age of six free eye tests as part of a prevention campaign carried out by the Bona Llum Oftalmedic Foundation to mark Sight Day.

SEVEN people were slightly injured last week in Malaga City when a bus carrying people on a visit to the Green Cities forum collided with a fire engine on its way to an emergency. The bus driver said he didn’t hear the siren.

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Orange alert CITRUS fruit production for 2015-2016 is expected to drop by 11 per cent in Andalucia but Almeria Province is predicted to have a 4.7 per cent fall.

Officially open SPANISH president Mariano Rajoy officially opened 10 kms between Carchuna and Castell de Ferro (Granada) that cost €135 million - €13.5 million per km of the final section of the A-7.

Problem ironed out IRON ore from the reopened Alquife mines will be transported in closed shipping containers. The ore will go by rail to Gador and then by road to the ports.

Fifth school ALHAURIN de la Torre has presented a request for the Junta de Andalucia regional government to build a secondary school to meet the town’s educational needs.

Clean streets COIN Council has put out a call to local residents requesting their help to keep the streets clean. Locals are reminded there are set times to put out rubbish and dog mess must be cleared up.

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Cruise passengers increase in Alicante BUT figures are still a long way off rivals

CRUISING: Growing in Alicante but still long way off competitor ports.

By Gemma Quinn THE number of cruise passengers arriving in Alicante up to the end of August this year is 87 per cent higher than during the same period last year.

The port received 13,409 passengers in the first eight months of the year. But whilst the figures show a substantial growth in the number of

tourists arriving by sea, the figures are still substantially lower than the neighbouring ports of Cartagena and Valencia. Cartagena welcomed over 87,000 passengers this year, a rise of 7 per cent compared to last year, and Valencia had over 200,000 in the first eight months of the year, 9 per cent more than the same period last year.

Alicante’s passengers are just a drop in the ocean of cruise traffic in Spain, which up to the end of August, received 5.14 million passengers at various ports with Barcelona, Balearic Islands, Las Palmas, Tenerife and Bahia de Cadiz being the busiest, accounting for over 83 per cent of all cruise traffic in Spain.

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Injured in shooting SWEDEN: An investigation has opened in west Sweden after two men, aged 20 and 25, were injured in a shooting near an apartment block in Borås. Borås has around 66,000 residents and is one of the country’s key student cities.

Crisis point SWEDEN’S refugee centres are reaching saturation point. The country’s migration agency is calling for gyms and disaster shelters to be used to accommodate the overflow with 1,500 asylum requests coming in each day.

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No fly zone over home FOR security reasons THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been given permission to enforce a no-fly zone over their home Anmer Hall in Norfolk, to prevent photos being taken for security reasons.

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Exports boost GERMANY is on course for another record year of exports in 2015 despite a drop of 5.2 per cent in August compared with the previous month. Germany sold 6.6 per cent more goods abroad in the first eight months of 2015 than in 2014.

Royal snub

Bank losses

LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn is accused of snubbing the Queen after he was expected to be sworn in to the Privy Council, which involves kneeling in front of the monarch, but he declined the invitation.

DEUTSCHE Bank has warned that it would post a net loss of €6.2 billion in the third quarter and that dividends for the year may be scrapped.

Frankfurt fossil

Baby battle A COUPLE from Surrey have launched a legal battle to win back their child who was put up for adoption after they were wrongly accused of abusing their baby.

Bake off A RECORD-BREAKING 14.5 million people watched Nadiya Hussain win the 2015 Great British Bake Off; two million more than last year’s final, showing the growing popularity in the baking show.

A FOSSIL in Frankfurt of a pregnant horse and foetus is believed to be 48 million years old and is the oldest of its kind known to science. It was found in 2000 but analysis has only now been completed on the fossil.

Asylum seekers

What a waste

NORWAY has said it expects to receive 20,000-25,000 asylum seekers in 2015, an increase of the 11,480 people who sought asylum in the country last year.

POLICE in Darmstadt have confirmed that shredded euro notes which have been found in various spots across the city, are real. Police estimate the total value of the money to be between €15,000 and €20,000.

Nobel prize

German gold

SWEDISH cancer researcher Tomas Lindahl was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Aziz Sancar and Paul Modrich. Lindahl is only the fourth Swedish Chemistry laureate ever.

THE Federal Bank has released a detailed list of all the gold Germany owns, hoping to settle fears it has been exaggerating its wealth. The list stretches to 2,300 pages showing Germany owns 270,316 bars of gold.

Lion autopsy DENMARK’S Odense Zoo is preparing to perform a public autopsy on a lion today (Thursday). It has been scheduled during the autumn school break. In 2014 Copenhagen Zoo performed an autopsy for schoolchildren.

Swedish summer SWEDEN: A record number of foreign tourists visited Sweden this summer. Tourists travelling to the Nordic country from abroad spent a total of 387,000 more nights in Swedish hotels compared to last summer.

WIND TURBINES: The Netherlands is not meeting its national target quickly enough.

Not green enough just yet IN five years time green energy will not be as high as wanted DESPITE the rise in the number of wind turbines and solar panels, the Netherlands is not meeting national target quickly enough. Forecasts say in five years time green energy will account for 11.9 per cent of the total, not 14 per cent as wanted.

Facebook fines EIGHT people who left discriminatory and inflammatory state-

DUTCH PRESS ments on Facebook to support the anti-Islam PVV have been fined between €350 and €450.

Going Chinese A DUTCH football club could go

Chinese after Beijing Investment Company was found to be considering investing €35m in Heerenveen premier division football club.

Sales increase HOUSE prices and sales are rising. Real estate organisation NVM said its member agents sold 37,277 houses in the third quarter of this year, a rise of 27 per cent on a year ago.

Not staying A SURVEY has shown than most Syrian refugees in Germany fled their country out of fear for their lives and want to return home when it’s safe.

No quick solution GERMAN Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said there will be no quick-and-easy solutions in the refugee crisis but promised that Germany would push for the EU to share the burden of the refugee crisis more evenly.

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Car charging FIRST point has been installed in a car park

CAR CHARGING: To help promote the eco-friendly means of transport.

THE first charging point for electric cars has been installed in a Moscow car park to help promote the eco-friendly means of transport.

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Russian bombing continues RUSSIA is continuing its air campaign in Syria despite western concerns saying it would target militant group Islamic State. Planes have also bombed rebel groups opposed to the Syrian President.

AIR CAMPAIGN: Targeting Syria.

RESIDENTS and environmentalists have appealed to President Vladimir Putin to stop the planned construction of a radioactive waste processing facility near Lake Baikal in eastern Siberia, saying it could endanger a unique ecosystem.

tics. The licence was declined because of Western sanctions imposed over the Ukrainian crisis.

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A CRACKDOWN has been launched on counterfeit alcohol products and equipment for their production, in a bid to tackle the rising problem of illegal alcohol in Russia. All unlicensed products with over 25 per cent alcohol are to be destroyed.

HUMAN rights organisation ‘Committee Against Torture’ has filed for bankruptcy after being given fines totalling 900,000 rubles (€12,700) after it refused to register as a ‘foreign agent;’ a requirement by law for all NGOs that receive foreign funding.

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BBC worldwide have refused to license production of a Russian version of the BBC’s ‘Tumble’ show in which celebrities train and compete in gymnas-

GROZNY, capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has issued a new ordinance banning cake-cutting and indecent dance moves at weddings ‘to safe-

guard the spiritual and moral development’ of the republic’s youngsters.

Memorial plaques PLAQUES have been unveiled in the West Siberian branch of Russian Railways to mark visits by late leaders Kim II Sung and Kim Jong II in 1984 and 2001, in a ceremony attended by the North Korean ambassador to Russia.

Planning ahead GRAVES have been dug in the eastern Siberian city of Chita for Second World War veterans who are still alive, as the cemetery is running out of space and because it will be too cold to dig graves in winter.

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Lies, damned lies and statistics but the NSI would beg to differ

By John Smith THE quote above is attributed to Benjamin Disraeli from the 19th century but is still relevant today and the National Statistics Institute has just released figures

is the number of music and language teachers in posts in 2007 and still employed in 2015

BANK: Europe’s most valuable bank was fined in June.

Santander fails to keep its fine secret THE Spanish banking giant was recently fined €1m for allegedly breaking laws against money laundering and terrorism financing and reportedly tried to delay the announcement of this fine.

Ministers approved the fine for Santander, the Eurozone’s most valuable bank, in June for “a very serious offence,”

showing the percentage of people who still held their jobs in 2015 compared to 2007.

There are presumably three reasons for the changes, being age of the person, state of the economy and simple movement

“My understanding is that it was a couple of software engineers who put these in.” Michael Horn, chief executive of VW’s US operation explaining that the board was innocent.

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Spain’s Supreme Court said in a written ruling on October 7 and, whilst not giving specific details, revealed that it breached a “law for the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism.”

In the ruling, the court rejected Santander’s request to delay news of the fine being published.

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Honda keeps on growing HONDA has seen a strengthening in the value of its brand for the third year in a row. International consultancy, Interbrand, have recently published the 2015 edition of its Best Global Brands ranking, placing Honda as the 19th most valuable global brand.

Honda’s brand was valued in excess of €19 billion, an increase of 6 per cent compared to 2014.

VW change VOLKSWAGEN has appointed Hans Dieter Poetsch as its new chairman, following a board meeting to discuss the emissions scandal.

Mr Poetsch said it would be “some time” before the carmaker could uncover the details of the test cheating.

Earlier, Volkswagen said it expected to start a recall of cars affected by the scandal in January.

All affected cars will be fixed by the end of 2016, it said.

Messi situation all round ALTHOUGH the prosecution has announced that Lionel Messi should not be charged with defrauding the Treasury of €4.1 million in evaded tax and called for the case against the footballer be dropped, the judge has rejected their advice and has decided that both Messi and his father should be sent to trial.

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The trial will take place in Vilanova i la Geltru on a date still to be set and despite the fact that Messi paid a ‘deposit’ covering the amount outstanding, plus interest, in 2013, there is a possibility that he could be jailed for up to 22 months if found guilty and his father for up to 18 years.

from one position to another but the list shows music and language teachers having the most stable jobs and travel agents and receptionists having the least, with civil servants and accountants ranking a close second.

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Discounted LBG shares CUT-PRICE shares in Lloyds Banking Group are to be sold to the public next year in a move that will complete the sale of the taxpayer’s stake in the bailed-out institution.

About £2 billion (€2.8 billion) in shares (half the amount first indicated

by Prime Minister David Cameron in April) are to be sold directly to consumers, who can register their interest on a government website.

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Century Aluminum Company Westport Innovations Inc FX Energy, Inc. Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. NovoCure Limited Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. Turtle Beach Corporation Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$ 7.13 $ 5.51 $ 6.93 $ 3.92 $ 18.08 $ 12.50 $ 7.43 $ 21.02 $ 7.58 $ 3.02 $ 10.05

2.41 ▲ 51.06% 1.05 ▲ 23.54% 0.99 ▲ 16.67% 0.47 ▲ 13.62% 2.1292 ▲ 13.35% 1.45 ▲ 13.12% 0.80 ▲ 12.07% 2.08 ▲ 10.98% 0.71 ▲ 10.33% 0.27 ▲ 9.82% 0.88 ▲ 9.60%

$ 26.67 $ 3.01 $ 26.90 $ 14.59 $ 5.275 $ 8.80 $ 2.44 $ 3.41 $ 5.78 $ 11.29 $ 11.80

9.54 ▼ 26.35% 0.58 ▼ 16.16% 4.92 ▼ 15.46% 1.70 ▼ 10.44% 0.5801 ▼ 9.91% 0.95 ▼ 9.74% 0.26 ▼ 9.63% 0.34 ▼ 9.07% 0.57 ▼ 8.98% 1.07 ▼ 8.66% 1.03 ▼ 8.03%

Most Declined LDR Holding Corporation Cadiz, Inc. Super Micro Computer, Inc. Carolina Bank Holdings Inc. Ultralife Corporation BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mattson Technology, Inc. China BAK Battery, Inc. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Groceries now available from Amazon Spain

DISTRIBUTION: Company to compete with supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Mercadona and Hipercor.

By John Smith AMAZON SPAIN has just entered the Spanish grocery market via a new ‘Supermarket’ section on the amazon.es portal but at this stage is not offering fresh produce.

Malaga firm is offering easy downloads UP until now, if you wanted to download an app for an iPhone or iPad you had to go via Apple and for an android app, via Google, but now a Malaga based company, Uptodown.com, is offering a third, and possibly better, option.

It was founded by Luis Hernández and his university friend Pepe Dominguez, who worked together on computers while studying at the University of Malaga and, unlike the Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store, it is available to anyone, anywhere in the world, and is free for both users and app developers.

According to their Facebook page, https://es-es.facebook.com/Uptodown the company was formed in 2002, but it was only four years ago that they moved their business into the mobile arena and things have taken off so well that they are now said to be in the top 300 most visited websites.

Having expanded to a staff of 45, and with the ability to communicate in 13 different languages, they make their money by selling banners on their site.

Following its activities in other world markets, it is taking on local supermarket chains such as Carrefour, Mercadona and Hipercor by offering a wide range of non-perishable foods and cleaning products.

It boasts that orders can be delivered within 24 hours and subscribers to Amazon Prime won’t have to pay delivery charges. In addition, the company is offering same-day delivery of items ordered before 2.45pm for

Madrid residents as that is where its distribution centre is situated.

In the UK, the group is about to run out its Amazon Fresh line which will include fresh food, although industry insiders have questioned whether the

e-commerce giant will be able to offer the same wide range of fresh products as the supermarkets and Ocado.

Time will tell but, in the meantime, there is yet another choice of supplier on the Internet.

Keep up motivation on the job hunt Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females SPAIN isn’t exactly a country that is flush with employment opportunities at the moment, so job hunting can take its toll, even on the strongest and most positive of us.

It eats up all of our time, while sending out CV after CV and then rarely even getting a cordial response from prospective employers is exhausting.

Often, when we start out in search of a job, we’re full of beans, only to lose enthusiasm halfway through when the phone fails to ring offering us a job or even an interview.

The search can quickly get disheartening, but this is where the danger lies. It is important, no matter how hard the struggle to find work is, to keep up motivation.

Keep busy: Don’t let yourself get down in the dumps about not having a job and end up watching crappy TV on the sofa every day.

Stay focused and motivated.

For example, make sure all your professional social media profiles a re up to da te a nd optimis e d for employers.

Spe nd your free time developing a pe rs ona l website to showcase your expertise, past work and portfolio.

There are numerous free website templates available online and it doesn’t take a techgenius to figure them out.

Ask for help : Use the expertise of friends and fa mily to he lp you a long your way. Have someone you trust review your CV and other application materials or even practise interviews with you.

Depending on your profession, maybe set up networking meetings,

just to stay in the loop and maintain contacts.

Stay focused: Everyone likes to see results. When we don’t, we tend to get down and demotivated, thinking all our hard work is for nothing. It’s important, therefore, to keep track of your progress. Each evening, write a list of things you have accomplished in a given day or week. Simple things like this will allow you to see results and keep your mind driven.

Stay positive: Failing to achieve s ome thing can be a m ot i vat i on killer, so don’t be hard on yourself.

Learn from your failures and move on. A posi t i ve m i nd i s a healthy mind.

BE BUSY: Don’t get yourself down.

Stay positive: Don’t be hard on yourself, learn from your failures and move on. A positive mind is a healthy mind.

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Round pegs for round holes The truth is that if you were to put Sergei on reception it would be a nightmare. Happily, this role is filled by Alina and Yulia; both ladies are as bright as a soldier’s tunic button.

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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IT is said that if you want to study human behaviour, watch your fellow man when using an airport.

It works: To deter terrorist intentions, New York’s JFK Airport once engaged two psychiatrists to keep an eye open for oddball passengers who looked out of place, stressed and jittery. As it never occurred to the men’s employers to inform either of the other’s presence, one psychiatrist arrested the other for displaying such bizarre behaviour.

The fact is that we are all different. As we go through life we find we are occasionally square pegs in round holes. Does this apply to any of your staff too?

Running a business calls upon delegation skills. Identifying the abilities and personalities of staff is the essence of good management.

This belief came into sharp focus when, as

Running a business calls upon identifying the abilities of your staff.

BRIGHT: Hotel receptions, for example, require happy, smiling employees. usual, we stayed at our favourite hotel in Riga; Sergei, bless him, has never been known to smile let alone say good morning. The employee is, in a four-letter word, sour. Howev-

er, to his eternal credit, Sergei is their masterful Jack-of-all trades and Mr Fix-It. He is the man with the handyman skills to keep the hotel running smoothly.

Meeting, greeting and pressing the flesh is their speciality; they know their job inside out, they remember their clients and when they discovered it was my birthday, they arranged for me to receive a gift of chocolates and wine in my room.

Our hotel’s owners must take a bow. Each member of staff is perfectly suited to their working role. It is too often forgotten that employers and employees, yes, family included if they are on the payroll, are nature-made to be team players. If they lack skills essential to their job then put them in a role more suited to them; instruct or replace them.

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The price of fame and fortune SIR TOM JONES’S wife has paid a heavy cost LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT I’M a firm believer in the old adage that sooner or later the truth will out. With this week’s revelations concerning the attitude and antics of Sir Tom Jones, my beliefs have proved to be correct. His disgraceful statements about his relationship with his wife Linda came as no surprise to me whatsoever.

Heaven only knows my infidelities are nothing to be proud of, but I most certainly would never dream of describing any of my exes as ‘losing their spark’ or ‘not looking as good as they used to’. This was of course typical of this unfeeling, self-serving individual, who is so far up himself he didn’t even see anything wrong in making statements of this kind.

I happened to know his wife Linda in those far off days. I actually knew her quite well. During one of our many conversations she told me that when he first began to hit the big time he gave her an ultimatum. He

SUPER-STAR: But Sir Tom is no super human being.

told her that she could either give him a free rein to do exactly as he pleased and live a life of luxury as a pop star’s wife, or divorce him and go back to Pontypridd. Poor Linda, she was so in love with him she chose the former and subsequently suffered the consequences.

Is it any wonder she has become a reclusive alcoholic? No, Sir Tom has a record of dumping people who were no longer any use to him. Soon after hitting the big time he dropped his faithful group The Squires, who had been with him from day one, without a penny of compensation to soften the blow. A few years ago he asked one of them to visit his house as he had a large amount of clothes he wanted to get rid of. After taking up the offer and choosing a number of items, his none too wealthy, ex-group member was totally gob-smacked when Tom asked him for £60 in payment.

I could go on but have no space. If you want more you need to order this ole boy’s autobiography. All info on my email.

Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am 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 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Hunted 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Gogglebox

8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Now That's Funny!

2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Secrets of Underground Britain 9:00pm Aircrash 10:00pm Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys 11:00pm Tombstone 1:30am Super Casino

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7:15am Flags of Our Fathers 9:30am Mission: Impossible III 11:40am Godzilla 1:45pm Man of Tai Chi 3:35pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 5:50pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 7:50pm Mission: Impossible III 10:00pm Godzilla 12:10am Lethal Weapon

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Gunsmoke The Sweeney Minder Motorway Patrol Motorway Patrol Magnum, P.I. The Professionals The Sweeney Minder Motorway Patrol Motorway Patrol Gunsmoke The long-running Western series set in Dodge City, Kansas, in the 1880s.

Magnum, P.I. Detective drama series set in Hawaii.

BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge Martin Bayfield presents live coverage of the inaugural World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge.

Invictus The Last House on the Left

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Patch Adams Maleficent Special Mrs. Doubtfire Sex Tape Analyze This Maleficent Special Analyze That The Knights of Badassdom Mrs. Doubtfire Sex Tape Shanghai Noon City Slickers Don Jon

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

9:00am The Premier League Years 11:00am NFL 12:00pm Bpl Legends 12:30pm Premier League 100 Club 1:00pm La Liga Show 2015 1:30pm Fantasy Football Club Highlights 2:00pm The Premier League Years 4:00pm Bpl Legends 4:30pm Premier League 100 Club 5:00pm La Liga Show 2015 5:30pm Premier League 100 Club 6:00pm Football Gold 6:30pm Barclays Premier League World 7:00pm Football Gold 7:15pm Women in the NFL 7:25pm NFL: Jj Watt Special 7:30pm NFL: Dwight Freeney Interview 8:00pm NFL: A Football Life - Jerry Rice 9:00pm NFL 10:00pm NFL Hard Knocks 2015 12:00am NFL Pre-Game Show

7:00am Sex Ed 8:45am The Walk: Sky Movie Special 9:00am Lovesick 10:45am The Gambler An English professor addicted to high-stakes gambling struggles to put his demons to bed.

12:45pm Superfast Anarchic spoof comedy based on the Fast and Furious franchise.

2:30pm Miss Meadows Dramatic thriller about a prim elementary school teacher who moonlights as a gun-toting vigilante.

4:15pm The Martian: Sky Movies Special 4:45pm Unbroken 7:15pm Lovesick 9:00pm Unbroken 11:20pm The Gambler 1:15am Sex Ed

7:00am Cricket's Greatest 7:30am Cricket 4:00pm Living the Dream 4:30pm Cricket Classics 4:45pm Cricket Classics 5:00pm Ashes: Best Days 6:00pm Cricket 7:00pm Cricket 8:00pm Cricket Classics 9:00pm Cricket 10:00pm Cricket 11:00pm Cricket Classics 12:00am Fishing: PDC Invitational Champs 1:00am Cricket's Greatest 1:30am Cricket's Greatest 2:00am Ashes Modern Classics 2:30am Best of ICC WT20 3:00am Cricket Classics 4:00am Gary Newbon Interviews a p Mccoy 5:00am Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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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 at One 2:30pm BBC London 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 at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Still Open All Hours 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm The Kennedys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:20am Asian Provocateur

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 ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Piers Morgan's Life Stories 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Quantum of Solace 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am Britain's Best Bakery 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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Caught Red Handed The Edge Gardeners' World Great British Menu Victoria Derbyshire BBC News BBC World News The Daily Politics Coast Bergerac Cash in the Attic A Taste of Britain The Box The Great British Bake Off Natural World Flog It! Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two The Great British Bake Off Masterclass Mastermind Gardeners' World Great Continental Railway Journeys QI Newsnight Artsnight Later... with Jools Holland The Tempest

You've Been Framed!

Psych Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men White Chicks Educating Joey Essex Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Almost

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am Together 2:15am Russell Howard's Good News Extra 3:00am Asian Provocateur 3:30am Football Fight Club 2

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Proms Chamber Music 9:00pm Leonard Bernstein at the BBC 10:00pm The Joy of the Single 11:00pm Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie 12:00am Britpop at the BBC 1:00am Guitar Heroes at the BBC 2:00am The Joy of the Single

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Heartbeat 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 Foyle's War Law and Order: UK The Vice Inspector Morse Where the Heart is Drama series following the lives of community nurses in a small Yorkshire town.

4:25am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

4:40am Emmerdale Omnibus

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am 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 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm TFI Friday 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:05am Celebrity Benchmark 1:05am Rude Tube

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Gunsmoke The Sweeney Minder Motorway Patrol Motorway Patrol Magnum, P.I. The Professionals The Sweeney Minder Motorway Patrol Motorway Patrol Gunsmoke Magnum, P.I. BT World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge Rugby World Cup Maximum Conviction River Monsters Ax Men Series following the work of North American lumberjacks as they risk their lives to cut timber.

Movies Now ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Toby's Travelling Circus Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Obsession 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Police Interceptors Murder at the Vatican? Conspiracy NCIS: New Orleans NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles Access

8:30am Air Force One 10:35am Fury 12:55pm The Top Ten Show 2015 1:15pm The Dukes of Hazzard 3:05pm Zulu 5:25pm The Last Samurai 8:00pm The Recruit 10:00pm Fury 12:20am Face/Off 2:45am 2047: Sights of Death

7:25am Baggage Claim 9:15am Pleasantville 11:35am Dumb and Dumber To 1:35pm One Chance 3:35pm Anger Management 5:30pm Dragnet 7:20pm Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 9:00pm Dumb and Dumber To 10:50pm Shanghai Knights 12:50am South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

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Hollyoaks Charmed Revenge Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey 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 The Big Bang Theory 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 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Chewing Gum

7:00am Burying the Ex 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 9:00am Sex Ed 10:45am Project Almanac 12:45pm Lovesick 2:30pm The Pyramid 4:15pm Pan: On Set Special 4:45pm The Theory of Everything 7:00pm Project Almanac 9:00pm The Theory of Everything Moving drama about British physicist Stephen Hawking and his relationship with his wife.

11:10pm The Pyramid 12:45am Burying the Ex A guy discovers that some relationships just won't die when his ex-girlfriend comes back as a zombie.

2:30am The Walk: Sky Movie Special 2:45am Sex Ed 4:25am Lovesick

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8:30am ITM Cup Rugby 10:30am Barclays Premier League World 11:00am Premier League 11:30am Football Gold 12:00pm Sky Sports Originals - The Club That Vanished 1:00pm NFL: Atlanta @ New Orleans 2:00pm Phil Tufnell Interviewing Tony Adams 3:00pm Barclays Premier League World 3:30pm Premier League 100 Club 4:00pm Premier League 4:30pm Football Gold 5:00pm Sky Sports Originals - The Club That Vanished 6:00pm Game Changers 6:30pm Barclays Premier League World 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:00pm Football 11:15pm Barclays Premier League Review 11:45pm Barclays Premier League World

7:00am Cricket's Greatest 7:30am Cricket 4:00pm Pace Like Fire:the Rock N Roll Era 4:30pm Cricket Classic 4:45pm Cricket Classic 5:00pm Fishing: PDC Invitational Champs 6:00pm Cricket 7:00pm Cricket 8:00pm NFL: Atlanta @ New Orleans 9:00pm Cricket 10:00pm Cricket 11:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Smackdown 1:00am Cricket 2:00am Cricket 3:00am Ashes Modern Greats 3:30am Cricket's Greatest 4:00am Best of ICC WT20 4:30am Best of ICC WT20 5:00am Ashes Modern Greats 5:30am Ashes Modern Greats

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin's Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Boxing 3:30pm Bargain Hunt 4:30pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Final Score 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News 6:35pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:20pm Doctor Who 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am The Apprentice 2:00am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:05am BBC News

7:00am CITV 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20am Countrywise 11:45am ITV News and Weather 11:55am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:55pm Downton Abbey 2:00pm The X Factor 4:00pm Rugby World Cup 2015 7:15pm Local News and Weather 7:25pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm James Bond's 8:30pm Rugby World Cup 2015 11:15pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:20am ITV News and Weather 12:35am Rugby World Cup Highlights 1:35am Jackpot 247 4:00am Show Me the Telly 4:50am Nightscreen

7:20am War and Peace 10:40am The Lavender Hill Mob 12:00pm Animal S.O.S. 12:30pm Animal S.O.S. 1:00pm James Martin's Home Comforts 1:30pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 2:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 3:00pm Harvest 2015 4:00pm Harvest 2015 5:00pm Harvest 2015 6:00pm Earth's Wildest Waters 7:00pm Flog It! 8:00pm Gardeners World 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm QI XL Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right.

10:45pm Cradle to Grave 11:15pm Cradle to Grave 11:45pm Drive 1:20am La Vie En Rose

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 11:20am The X Factor 1:20pm Tricked 2:25pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed!

3:30pm What a Girl Wants 5:40pm Hotel Transylvania 7:20pm Hulk 10:00pm Bridget Jones's Diary 12:00am Celebrity Juice 12:50am The Almost Impossible Gameshow 1:50am Release the Hounds 2:45am Tricked Hilarious hidden camera magic show.

3:35am The Hot Desk Exclusive interviews with big names from the worlds of music and entertainment.

3:45am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Scream 12:45am Family Guy 1:07am Family Guy 1:29am Family Guy 1:51am Family Guy 2:13am Family Guy 3:00am Together 3:30am Asian Provocateur 4:00am Russell Howard's Good News

8:00pm The Magic of Mushrooms 9:00pm Lost Kingdoms of Central America 10:00pm Arne Dahl 10:55pm Arne Dahl 11:55pm Joy of the Single 12:55am Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie 1:55am Britpop at the BBC 2:55am Guitar Heroes at the BBC

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Judge Judy Where the Heart is Where the Heart is The Prince and the Showgirl FYI Daily The Prince and the Showgirl Hidden Treasure Inspector Morse Police drama series featuring Colin Dexter's enigmatic chief inspector and his sidekick Sergeant Lewis.

Midsomer Murders Lewis Doc Martin Midsomer Murders DCI Barnaby finds a tangled world of crime and intrigue in the art world.

Lewis Hidden Treasure ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Hever Castxle Triathlon 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:55am The Big Bang Theory 12:25pm The Simpsons 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm Channel 4 News 5:15pm Come Dine with Me 5:50pm Come Dine with Me 6:20pm Come Dine with Me 6:50pm Come Dine with Me 7:20pm Come Dine with Me 7:45pm Beautiful Creatures 10:00pm It Was Alright in the 1990s 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:00am TFI Friday 1:05am Scary Movie 2 2:40am Alan Carr: Chatty Man

7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Access 11:45am Cowboy Builders 12:45pm Cowboy Builders 1:45pm Cowboy Builders 2:45pm Columbo 4:30pm Columbo 6:20pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:15pm Funniest Fails, Falls and Flops 7:35pm Funniest Fails, Falls and Flops 8:00pm Now That's Funny!

9:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Football League Tonight 11:30pm 20 Moments That Rocked the 00s 12:55am The Best of Bad TV: The 00s 2:10am The Gadget Show 3:00am Super Casino 5:00am Witches: A Century of Murder 5:50am Make it Big

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Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Suburgatory Suburgatory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Penelope Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory The Golden Compass Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd Brooklyn Nine-Nine How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother

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7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 3:45pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 9:00pm

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Football's Greatest Ax Men Motorway Patrol I Want That Car Motorsport UK MotoGP The Professionals Silverstone Classic 2015 British Touring Car Championship Highlights The Sting FYI Daily The Sting Storage Wars Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach FYI Daily Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach Escape From New York FYI Daily Escape From New York Fearless

9:30am Anaconda 11:15am The Man From U.N.C.L.E Sky Movies Special 11:45am Armageddon 2:30pm Executive Decision 4:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 5:00pm Jaws 7:15pm Anaconda 9:00pm Armageddon 11:40pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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

9:45am Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:50am Ride Along 1:40pm Revenge of the Pink Panther 3:25pm A Shot in the Dark 5:15pm The Waterboy 6:55pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:00pm Ride Along 12:45am Superfast

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Burying the Ex The Top Ten Show 2015 Sex Ed Lovesick Project Almanac The Pyramid The Martian: Sky Movies Special The Theory of Everything Project Almanac The Theory of Everything The Pyramid Burying the Ex A guy discovers that some relationships just won't die when his ex-girlfriend comes back as a zombie.

The Top Ten Show 2015 Sex Ed A young teacher starts giving sexeducation lessons despite not having the relevant experience.

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Freestyler Barclays Premier League Review Game Changers Barclays Premier League World The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold NFL Ford Saturday Night Football Fight Night Boxing from Birmingham.

Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing NFL NFL Football Freestyler Bpl 100 Club

Cricket's Greatest Cricket Living the Dream Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Sky Sports Years Cricket Cricket Cricket Classic Football Football Football Real Madrid take on Levante at the Bernabeu in La Liga.

Football Barcelona welcome Rayo Vallecano to the Nou Camp in La Liga.

Cricket Cricket Pace Like Fire: The West Indies ATP MastersShanghai Highlights Sky Sports Years Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest

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Russia’s wild (open) west

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OUR VIEW

WITH vast, empty lands available for cultivation, Western Europeans may choose to migrate Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

WHIMSICAL as it may sound, modern day Russia could offer a solution to an overpopulated and overrun Western Europe.

According to the Moscow Times, there is a desperate need to populate regions that would benefit from cultivation. As a solution, it served mankind well for a millennium and more.

Forget the myth that Siberia is relentless frozen tundra. Much of south-east Russia enjoys a temperate climate similar to Northern Europe’s or that of Canada.

Over-populated England has the opposite problem to underpopulated Russia. From the 1600s, economic exile, emigration, transportation, assisted passage, coercion, indentured slavery and wars took pressure off England’s unsustainable population expansion. Today, contraception, abortion and family planning are equally effective.

Authorities in Russia’s Far East offer one hectare of land for each relocating family member. Free of all charges, the land’s owners receive the title deeds to the land and buildings.

The only condition is that the land is put to use.

Minister for Development of the Far East,

Alexander Galushka, says: “The intention is to increase the population six-fold to 36 million people from the current 6.4 million.”

Russia Insider also enters the fray: “The huge influx of migrants into Europe might one day force Europeans to flee their own lands to seek shelter.”

Polish media then puts its own oar in, saying: “Having found themselves in the middle of the migrant crisis, many Europeans may wish, o n e da y, to simply run away from the problem,” suggests the Polish news website, Obserwator Polityczny; “Many distressed nations could follow Crimea in opting-out.

“With the deepening collapse

of the We s t, R us si a wi l l becom e t he onl y durable and stable country in an unstable (political) environment. Even today, many people from countries ruled by soft-agenda politicians, unable to cope with the relatively trivial proble m of ille ga l immi gr at i on, l ook t o Russia with admiration and hope. “ R us s ia ns,” i t el abor at es, “sl eep peacefully in their beds all the way from Kal i ni ngr ad on t he Bal t i c to Magadan, Russia’s easternmost large city on the Pacific, confident that whoever comes to them with a sword, will perish by the s w ord. Except , one hopes, EU refugees bearing goodwill.”

ALEXANDER GALUSHKA: Wants a six-fold increase in the population of Russia’s Far East.

Beware the sleeping tortoise IMAGINE just a small proportion of Britain’s 10 million pensioners deciding to take action 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.

THE more I read about the declining state of Britain and the abandoning of traditional values, the more I am convinced that the only way to restore sanity to our country is to rally the troops of the forgotten generation.

If ever we ‘golden agers’ were organised into a cohesive force, there is no end to what could be achieved; after all, there are some 10 million pensioners in the UK alone.

Imagine a mass demonstration of a million or so curmudgeonly old dodderers in the centre of London demanding a reinstatement of common sense, with decisions made based on what is inherently right and not politically expedient.

It would be an incredibly noisy affair with state of the art sound

MOBILISATION: One million marching oldies would be a sight to see. systems available to the speakers so that the hard of hearing could catch every word, although the screech from hearing aid feedback would be excruciating.

Then, having whipped the crowd up into a frenzy of flatulence and denture gnashing, off we would totter towards Downing Street and - unless the stewards were on the

Gibraltar scrap continues IN the annual debate at the United Nations, Spain once again demanded that she and the United Kingdom should reconstitute discussions about the future of Gibraltar without allowing any Gibraltarian involvement.

With the run up to the next elections in both Gibraltar and Spain, the sabres are rattling as usual and there really is little likelihood of any agreement ever being reached.

The Spanish position is absolutely clear that the 1704 Treaty of Utrecht should be repealed and Spain should take control of the tiny little piece of land that is Gibraltar.

Quite understandably, Gibraltar which apart from a not very good football team is seeing quite remarkable financial growth and has taken giant steps to reduce the amount of smuggling which takes place particularly with respect to tobacco, isn’t too happy.

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Fabian Picardo in New York on October 10 accused Spain of being the last colonists in Europe and intimated that without their belligerence, Gibraltar could be ready to take its place as a country in its own right.

At the end of the day, is it really relevant in today’s world that a little spot of land with less than a quarter of the inhabitants of Chichester should cause so much fuss on the world stage?

ball - anywhere else in Southern England that the absent-minded headed for.

Naturally, all establishments en route with toilet facilities would need to be put on red alert.

If all went well and we arrived at our destination before winter set in, forget the passive protest. Actually charging at the police lines would be overly ambitious, but we could limp and shuffle into them with the intention of forcing our way into Number 10.

Who would dare wade into a crowd of old codgers? Any policeman beating up an octogenarian would be a marked man and have his face splashed across every front page in the land. And watercannons would be definitely out of the question; the risk of pneumonia would be too strong.

We t e n d t o f o rg e t t h e v o t i n g Now we power that we command (we tend want to to forget a lot, actually) and the hear your views. potential power that is at our disposal.

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8:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Rugby World Cup Highlights Highlights from the 2015 Rugby World Cup. 12:15am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 1:15am Perspectives 2:20am Jackpot 247

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The Hot Desk The Cube Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus The Almost Impossible Gameshow Catchphrase What a Girl Wants You've Been Framed!

Happy Feet Animated adventure.

Mumble is a young emperor penguin, but he is not like the others.

Lost in Space The Xtra Factor An exclusive insight into the daily lives of The X Factor contestants.

White Chicks Viral Tap Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm I Know What You Did Last Summer 12:35am Family Guy 12:56am Family Guy 1:17am Family Guy 1:38am Family Guy 2:00am Asian Provocateur 2:30am Together 3:00am Football Fight Club 2

8:00pm The Bridges That Built London - With Dan Cruickshank 9:00pm The Many Faces of Les Dawson 10:00pm Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian 11:30pm The Hunters 1:20am Ultimate Swarms 2:20am Ford's Dagenham Dream

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Rosemary and Thyme Rosemary and Thyme Inspector Morse Lewis Midsomer Murders Foyle's War Sunday Night at the Palladium Live variety show from the London Palladium featuring musicians, comedians and more!

Birds of a Feather The classic Essex girls sitcom City Lights Lewis Marple ITV3 Nightscreen Emmerdale Omnibus

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9:35am Football League Tonight 11:00am 2015 Morrisons Great Birmingham Run 1:05pm Mannequin 2:50pm Did You Hear About the Morgans?

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4:10am Britain's Flashiest Families Documentary taking a look at some of the families leading the most extravagant lifestyles in Britain.

5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big

8:10am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 9:40am Rugby World Cup Greatest XV 10:45am Rugby World Cup Highlights 11:50am Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders 12:50pm FYI Daily 12:55pm Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders 2:40pm The Sting 3:40pm FYI Daily 3:45pm The Sting 5:20pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 7:10pm Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 8:10pm FYI Daily 8:15pm Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm High Plains Drifter 11:00pm FYI Daily

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7:00am Burying the Ex 8:45am Sex Ed 10:30am The Walk: Sky Movie Special 10:45am Project Almanac 12:45pm Lovesick 2:30pm The Pyramid 4:15pm Pan: On Set Special 4:45pm The Theory of Everything Moving drama about British physicist Stephen Hawking and his relationship with his wife.

7:00pm Project Almanac 9:00pm The Theory of Everything 11:10pm The Pyramid 12:45am Burying the Ex A guy discovers that some relationships just won't die when his ex-girlfriend comes back as a zombie.

2:30am The Top Ten Show 2015 2:45am Sex Ed 4:25am Lovesick

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Sky Scholars:I Am Siobhan O'connor The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Ford Football Special The Sunday Supplement

7:00am Cricket's Greatest 7:30am Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

8:00am Cricket Classics 9:00am Sporting Rivalries Series profiling some of the greatest rivalries in sporting history.

9:30am Sky Scholars:I Am Siobhan O'connor 9:40am Cricket Shorts 9:45am India Vsth Africa ODI Cricket The third one-day international between India and South Africa at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot.

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7:15am Home Away From Home 8:00am Caught Red Handed 8:30am The Edge 9:15am Escape to the Continent 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 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm The Celts 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

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

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8:30pm The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney 9:00pm The Secret Life of Books 9:30pm The Science of D-Day 10:00pm The Great British Year 11:00pm Lost Kingdoms of Central America 12:00am Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat 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 Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

Wycliffe The Mafia with Trevor McDonald Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order.

The Vice Inspector Morse Teleshopping

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11:10pm The Pyramid 12:45am Burying the Ex A guy discovers that some relationships just won't die when his ex-girlfriend comes back as a zombie.

2:30am The Walk: Sky Movie Special 2:45am Sex Ed 4:25am Lovesick

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The World at a Crossroads ATTEMPTS to analyse issues facing Europe PETER FIELDMAN, the British writer, has been visiting the Costa Blanca this month to promote his new book. Since the outset of the financ i a l c r i si s h e h as b ee n a strong critic of the financial and corporate sectors, which have not only caused misery to millions of people but profited from it.

Political leaders have stood by while ordinary people saw their jobs and homes disappear putting at risk family cohesion. Living between Paris, Madrid and Florence has given him the opportunity to see how different countries were affected by and reacted to the crisis.

In May 2011 he was in Madrid when the group known as Los Indignados took control of the Puerta del Sol. He spent time listening to the speeches and debates taking photographs of the people as well

as the posters and messages which covered the walls of buildings and the metro station.

The same year he read Stephane Hessel’s book Indignez-Vous, translated as Indignaos or Time for Outrage. Although only 32 pages long it conveyed a powerful message and was the catalyst for P e te r to b e g in res e a rc hing a nd writing his own views about what he considered to be wrong in the world.

T h e re s u lt is The World a t a Crossroads.

The book attempts to analyse the issues facing Europe and the World using morality as the main th eme . T h e v a s t dis pa rity in wealth between the elite 1 per cent and the 99 per cent has reached unsustainable proportions and politicians have become celebri-

ties oblivious to their country’s future or the plight of the people they were elected to look after.

Decisions such as the privatisation of national assets, environmental projects or military budgets, had more to do with creating wealth for the rich than benefiting the people. Corruption is endemic in our democratic western societies, where links between politicians, corporations, banks and orga nis e d c rime ha ve be c ome blurred. The growth of tax havens, many of which are under the control of the British Government, are bleeding to death nation states, starved of tax revenue while sinking under huge national debts.

Decades of immigration have transformed our societies into multic ultura l me lting pots a nd many of our towns, cities and sub-

PETER FIELDMAN: Has been visiting the Costa Blanca this month to promote his new book. urbs have become urban ghettos.

The European Union has been transformed from a western rich man’s club into a monster of 28 member states making it impossible to manage. The migrant crisis is spiraling out of control, while Britain is considering leaving the club.

The only solution is to end the

greed, exploitation, corruption and violence dividing people, and redistribute the world’s resources to create a fairer, more prosperous and peaceful planet.

Published by Austin Macauley Publishers in London, The World at a Crossroads is available through Amazon and major bookstores.

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1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:40am BBC News

7:15am Home Away From Home 8:00am Caught Red Handed 8:30am The Edge 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 The Himalayas: 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 8:30pm Building Cars Live 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 Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Pick Me! 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Deals, Wheels and Steals 9:00pm Eternal Glory 10:00pm Lewis Drama with Kevin Whately following on from the Inspector Morse series.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:45am Benidorm 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

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

The Hot Desk Psych Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street 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 Tricked Glitchy The Job Lot Release the Hounds Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Glitchy

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Being Gay in Pakistan 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Together 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:30am Together 2:00am Being Gay in Pakistan 3:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 4:00am Being Gay in Pakistan

8:30pm Welsh Railways: Beating Beeching 9:00pm Yellowstone 10:00pm The People's Liners: Britain's Lost Pleasure Fleets 11:00pm Close to the Edge 11:30pm Close to the Edge 12:00am The Many Faces of Les Dawson 1:00am When Wrestling Was Golden

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat 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 The Vice Inspector Morse Police drama series featuring Colin Dexter's enigmatic chief inspector and his sidekick Sergeant Lewis Teleshopping

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It’s no surprise that Thatcher’s fans don’t like Jeremy Corbyn REGARDING ‘comrade’ Corbyn: I have just read your silly diatribe, Leapy.

Of course you can afford to sneer at the first Labour politician in 60 years who really cares about poor people.

And the first honest one for many years.

I suppose you prefer that nice, lying Mr Blair - but more likely still, you’re a Thatcher fan.

Pull the ladder up, eh?

Andrew, by email

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I READ your article in this week’s paper and couldn’t agree more. I recently lost my Russian Blue cat who was also a rescue and would be interested in giving a home to the grey kitten featured.

Can you send me some more info. ie, is he a male, a solid grey with perhaps darker rings on the tail, short haired, a photo would be appreciated. I realise the kitten is of mixed parentage but being solid grey he is likely to have Russian Blue in him and they are quite distinctive.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards, Lorraine

No tradition NO doubt a little late, but I have just read your full page spread on the burro taxi.

I applaud Mark Bajerski in all he wants to do. Having lived in this area for almost 10 years now, I have seen some slight improvement in the care that these poor animals receive.

But it is still a long way short of satisfactory, and the news that one poor donkey was at the receiving end of a beating and kicking in full view of the public, suggests to me that this is still commonplace treatment, though probably kept out of general sight.

Sixty years a ‘tradition’ in Mijas is not that long really, and the suggestions, by Mark in your article, for change in the way they are used should be implemented.

I am sure that The Donkey Sanctuary are responsible for many improvements in Mijas, but it is time that Mijas Town Hall stands up and actually does something to monitor the plight of these animals.

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Go, Mark Bajerski, go!

Sue Barkes, by email

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Would it be possible to mail us your comments directly, in order that we can forward same to friends around the world?

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Leader’s terrorist friends IN response to Bryan Beckingham’s letter in the Euro Weekly News: As usual, he has either ignored, or is unaware of, the most serious and very disturbing side of Corbyn and that is his love affair with Islam which could ultimately have very serious consequences for the country.

I believe that Corbyn is either a naive fool or a potential traitor.

Jeremy Corbyn, as the new leader of The Labour Party, has a slew of associations with Islamist extremists, more than any other leading British politician.

He has many problematic associations with Islamists and known terrorists. These connections are made all the more galling in the light of his victory in Labour’s leadership election, putting him in the position of being the only leader of a major British political party to have called terrorists his ‘friends.’

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Donkey taxis THE donkey taxi tradition must end.

Trying to improve their lot is doomed to failure. Whether they earn their keep or not, their lives are miserable and painful.

When tourists ask what happened to

the famous donkeys of Mijas, they will learn that the cruel owners and handlers had no right to torture such gentle animals, so the enlightened local town hall stopped it. This is the only way.

Sue Reeve, Alhaurin Golf

Comparison is a disgrace HOLA. Now I know this idiot Lee has finally lost the plot. To compare Corbyn

to Charles Manson is a bl***y disgrace.

He should be ashamed of himself.

We all know Lee’s a fervent, rightwing, Tory-supporting, flag-waving patriot (who’s lived abroad for years).

Even his name brings me out in a rash.

For your information, he’s committed; there are some of his ideals that don’t sit well with me, but he’s been elected, just like the Bullingdon bunch.

We have to have them dictating to us for years so shut the hell up, Leapy (my God, change the name).

Philip, San Fulgencio

I WAS interested to read the article about the new electricity tariffs. We had solar panels installed for €1,595 and they have halved our electricity bills.

They were made in Spain and are guaranteed for 25 years. From bills of about €90 per month we now only pay between €40 and €50, so the panels should pay for themselves in no time!

Pete Sergio, via EWN website

Rocky thanks MANY thanks for yet another great article on the Salon Varietes’ latest production: The Rocky Horror Show. Nice photo too!

And we are all happy to see the regular ad for the theatre bar in each week!

Thank you again!

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Cast: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson Director: Colin Trevorrow Welcome to Jurrassic World, a dinosaur theme park open to the public twenty two years after events at Jurassic Park revolutionised the scene. A dangerous new attraction however, created specifically for the park, is about to introduce itself to the visitors.

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Two pieces of black asphalt walk into a bar and order drinks.

They sit and start chatting but turn quiet when a blue piece walks in. Watch out says one he’s a cycle path!

Unscramble the name of a famous traditional English folk song and tune (one word): NEVER SEES LEG

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PERIOD

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PLIERS

BEATER

QUEASY

BEYOND

REDIAL

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SELLER

DESIGN

SERVER

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Triune 2 Tinier 3 Amount 4 Whiten 5 Intern 6 Amoeba 7 Teller 8 Cesium 9 Inlaid 10 Ensure 11 Scalar 12 Azalea 13 Statue 14 Resize 15 cartel 16 Strand 17 Deacon 18 Please 19 Hollow

YOUR STARS SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Changes involving your domestic scene may be unpleasant. Try to mix business with pleasure while travelling. You can convince anyone of anything. Get your domestic chores out of the way early.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead.

Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives.

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

Make creative changes to your living quarters.

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

Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) New partnerships will develop if you

LIBRA

(Sept 24 - October 23)

You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge. Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing. Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday. join investment groups. Property investments could be prosperous. You can’t do everything on your own.

Family responsibilities are escalating.

Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

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

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Put your efforts into being creative.

Don’t give out any personal information that you don’t want spread around. You could lose a good friend because of it. Learn some new skills that will increase your income. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You can’t make things better if you don’t know what to fix.

WINNERS AND LOSERS 1. Diomed, in 1780, was the first ever winner of which famous horse race?

2. In a speech at Kettering on July 3, 1938, which British politician, said: “In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers”?

3. In rowing and other sports, which French word, translated as ‘to fish again’, is the name given to a contest in which the best-placed of those who failed to win heats compete for a place in the final?

4. Since Sam Snead's victory in 1949, the winner of which golfing tournament has received a green jacket?

5. They called him ‘Fast Eddie’... He was a winner... He was a loser... is a tagline from which 1961 film, starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason?

6. Which actor, who starred as Simon Wicks in EastEnders and as PC Nick Rowan in Heartbeat, topped the UK singles charts in 1986 with Every Loser Wins?

7. Which British middle- and long-distance runner was the first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award?

8. Which entertainer, who was the winner of the TV talent show New Faces in 1975, went on to present the programme between 1986 and 1988?

9. Which film director, producer and restaurant critic was responsible for the films Death Wish (1974), Death Wish II (1982) and Death Wish 3 (1985)?

10. Which London-born snooker player has appeared in six World Snooker Championship finals (1984, 1990-1994), losing each time?

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities.

Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading. Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion.

Listen to others carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

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

TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 21 Very good: 31 Excellent: 38

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

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Use your energy wisely. You may find yourself in the limelight for the wrong reasons. Someone envious of your popularity may challenge you to a debate. Travel for business purposes may bring the highest returns. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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Across: 1 Custard, 5 Cares, 8 Tribe, 9 Caramel, 10 Ages, 11 Heritage, 13 Stream, 15 Rafter, 18 Tattered, 19 Bars, 22 Torrent, 23 Alone, 24 Rests, 25 Everest.

Across 1 Outcast plays a part (4) 3 Prepared props etc to search for gold (8) 9 Land the unorthodox trainer gets (7) 10 More towards the rear later (5) 11 Performers with direction for social group (5) 12 They all moved at the same pace for the arch (6) 14 Stop American Republican getting a break (6) 16 Worship always in religious classes (6) 19 Musical works old piano exercises (6) 21 Whisper to a group of players (5) 24 Lively alcohol around US soldier (5) 25 Promote cocktail at levee (7) 26 Reveal the princess’s nearby (8) 27 A tendency to be crooked (4) Down 1 A motor vehicle and a broken down cart for a tyrant (8) 2 Start cooking pastries (5) 4 US gambling centre attracts Irish impressionist (6)

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Down: 1 Cutlass, 2 Slice, 3 Area, 4 Decree, 5 Corsican, 6 Remnant, 7 Salve, 12 Nameless, 14 Returns, 16 Respect, 17 Gentle, 18 Tutor, 20 Adobe, 21 Base.

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5 Stamps on marine animals (5) 6 Former Tory leader’s about me maximum (7) 7 Gull spotted in Greater New York (4) 8 Wild capers of certain horses (6) 13 Passionate animal doctor embraces he-men (8)

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15 Fixes rapiers (7) 17 Paint two women (6) 18 Head start in user’s guides (6) 20 Great, a small spring (5) 22 I am on time for the picture (5) 23 Girl gets male to help (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 24 represents Z and 25 represents B, so fill in Z every time the figure 24 appears and B every time the figure 25 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Excessively agitated (7) 5 Things that are known or proved to be true (5) 8 Free form dirt (5) 9 At a previous time (7) 10 Responsive to physical stimuli (9) 12 Hotel (3) 13 Joining or attaching by stitches (6) 14 Schoolchildren (6) 17 Short sleep (3) 18 Causes fear in (9) 20 Assign a job or role to someone (7) 21 Large keyboard musical instrument (5) 23 Arranges systematically in groups (5) 24 Sovereignty (7)

Down 1 Centre of interest or activity (5) 2 Consumed (3) 3 Stretched or strained state (7) 4 Money available for a client to borrow (6) 5 Powerful effect or influence (5) 6 Find fault with (9) 7 Decreases in size, range or extent (7) 11 Daily or weekly publication (9) 13 Type of casual footwear (7) 15 Miserable (7) 16 Cold season of the year (6) 18 Is unsuccessful (5) 19 Tale (5) 22 Each and every one (3)

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

1 Samples, 5 Types, 8 Analyse, 9 Among, 10 Total, 11 Dislike, 12 Always, 14 Accept, 17 Furnace, 19 Rests, 22 Chill, 23 Imagine, 24 Screw, 25 Fingers.

Down: 1 Start, 2 Meant, 3 Loyalty, 4 Steady, 5 Teams, 6 Provide, 7 Segment, 12 Affects, 13 Warrior, 15 Certain, 16 Belief, 18 Allow, 20 Seize, 21 Seeds.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Agradable, 8 Leave, 9 Users, 11 Sala, 12 Misa, 14 Date, 16 Lado, 19 Early, 21 Short, 22 Addresses.

Down: 2 Glass, 3 Aves, 4 Azul, 5 Lie, 6 Plumber, 7 Asiento, 10 Sad, 13 All, 15 Above, 17 Ayer, 18 Osos, 20 Red.

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Across 1 Stove (for heating) (6) 4 Well (for water) (4) 8 Serpiente (5) 9 Unhurt (5) 10 Proud (person) (9) 13 De nuevo (5) 15 Espacio (5) 16 Hand (part of body) (4) 17 Poetry (6) Down 1 Fácil (sencillo) (4)

2 To bring (news, luck etc) (5) 3 Frecuente (8) 5 Deber (dinero, explicación, respeto) (3) 6 Gold (metal, commodity, currency) (3) 7 Cycling (8) 11 Estrellas (5) 12 Eyebrow (4) 13 Brazo (de persona) (3) 14 Still (even) (3)

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1. The internet The former vice president Al Gore said: “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” However, it was Vinton Cerf (known as “the father of the Internet”) who helped create the ARPANET system in the 70s, the precursor of the internet.

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2. The radio Guglielmo Marconi has been traditionally incorrectly identified as the inventor of the radio. However, the first creator of this technology was David Edward Hughes who in 1879 (15 years before Marconi obtained the patent for the radio), Hughes did a demonstration of the ability to send Morse code signals over the air.

3. The telephone It is usually Alexander Graham Bell who gets praised for the invention of the telephone, especially because his name was on the patent. However, his invention is reported to have been incomplete and changed after the patent was issued.

Antonio Meucci could not afford the money necessary to file a patent and his actual first prototype for the phone was discarded and later given to Bell.

4. Powered flight The Wright Brothers are commonly accredited as the first to make a ‘human flight.’ However, nine months before

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selling his production in 1888 while Ford did not create a self-propelled automobile until 1896.

7. Recorded audio Many take for granted that it was Thomas Alva Edison who invented the principle of recording and reproducing sound in 1877. However, 17 years earlier, Frenchman Edouard-Leon Scott invented a device which could ‘translate’ audio into visible medium, known as ‘phonautograms’, but could not be played back.

VINTON CERF: The father of the Internet. their famous take-off on December of 1903, New Zealand farmer Richard Pearse was able to also perform a human flight in Timaru (New Zealand) with a craft which resembled modern aircraft much more than the machine created by the Wright Brothers.

5. The light bulb Even though it is Thomas Edison who is usually credited with the invention of the first light bulb, he was the person who made possible the first ‘commercially viable’ one. However, it was Humphry Davy who, in 1809, was able to make electricity pass between two strips of charcoal, creating the first arc lamp. The creator of the light bulb per se was Warren De la Rue although he used platinum which was very expensive and impractical.

6. The car Henry Ford is frequently incorrectly credited for the invention of the automobile which was actually created by the German engineer Karl Benz, founder of Mercedes-Benz. Ford began

8. X-ray photography Even though Thomas Edison’s Fluoroscope became the standard in medicine, the first example of x-ray photography was performed by Wilhelm Röntgen, a physics professor from Germany, who took a picture of his wife’s hand on a photographic plate using Xrays. His contribution was so significant they are often referred to as Röntgen rays.

9. The telescope Galileo Galilei the ‘father of modern physics’ is often credited with the invention of the telescope. However, it was Hans Lippershey, a Dutch spectaclemaker in 1608 and his telescope only magnified objects three times. Galelio did improve his design a year later.

10. The desktop computer The concept of a desktop interface controlled by a mouse is usually attributed to Microsoft’s Windows operating system. However, Xerox invented it based on earlier work by Doug Engelbart and then passed it on to Apple. They began development of their own system influenced by Xerox and released it in 1984 while Windows did so in 1985.

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By Ipiit Having an allergy or intolerance or wanting to eliminate something from your diet can make things difficult when grocery shopping. Ipiit is an app which will allow you to scan the code of a product (there are 300,000 currently in its database which updates constantly) and it will tell you if it contains common food allergens including egg, gluten lactose is more. It is free for android and iOS.

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

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

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

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

No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

TARGET: Average: 29 Good: 37 Very good: 53 Excellent: 66

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION terry wafer waft wafted error erred berry prep pore pored porn poet potent potter upper after roar dory doer dote drop dray deft dent often otter ford fore foray ferret ferry fern order oared yore yard yarn yarned rode rodent rote rotted redo rent topper tofu tore torn toed tern tent rare ardent hydra heft herd hero harry hard hardy harden hare hared nerd nerdy

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Home printing just got a lot easier Falcon Ink is home to thousands of inks and stamps at affordable prices FALCON INK may only have been in Urbanisation La Marina for just over a month, but the company has been established in the UK for eight years and also in Lanzarote.

But now, after a move to mainland Spain two years ago by owner Doug Baker, the company has also moved. The Lanzarote business was sold with the sale featured on a TV show but they are still selling printer inks in the UK. Falcon Ink prides itself on offering the widest range of ink cartridges possible for a full range of printers with over 9,000 in stock at the most affordable prices. They supply to home and businesses and can deliver for orders over €15.

The company aims to provide a trusted, reliable and cost effective service and they have tried and tested many of the different brands of inkjet cartridges to ensure their customers get only the highest quality.

A new way to buy printer ink cartridges and save money is to ‘pick ‘n’ mix.’ At Falcon Ink you can now create the multi-pack of cartridges for your printer depending on what you actually need.

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A new range of services are coming soon to Falcon Ink with Doug expanding within the store to meet customers’ needs and requests.

They will soon be selling new and used computers and laptops, offering repairs and will have a selection of greetings cards and crossword and word search books for sale. Customers can also top up their Spanish mobile

phone. With a new printer in store Falcon Ink can print edible photo toppers for cakes, ideal for a party or celebration or to treat someone special with a unique personalised cake.

Printing services also extend to flyers, brochures and posters. Photocopying nightmares also just got easier for businesses with Falcon Ink able to copy 130 pages per minute on their high specification printer and copier.

Falcon Ink, in Phase IV, also known locally as the ‘grey area,’ is home to Falcon Philatelics where thousands of stamps from around the world are available for the avid enthusiastic to the casual collector. Doug admits stamps are “a family thing” with his Mum selling stamps from her business Falcon Philatelics in the 1980s.

Doug took over the family name and business and has presentation packs, new, used, booklets and unmounted mint stamps with everything you could imagine from Dr Who stamps to ones marking Royal Jubilees.

Doug also believes he has the largest collection of German stamps in Spain. There has already been visits from a stamp club who arrive regularly and customers are welcome to come and browse through the collections.

Falcon Ink is open Monday to Friday from 10am-2pm or visit www.falconink.com or www.falconphilatelics.com for more information.

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The true cost of socalled cheap flights ‘NO FRILLS’ airlines ask for more, more and more Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man CHEAP flights are great if you book a year in advance. I remember my first ‘no frills’ flight: It was when I was still working and I was in the USA going to a trade show in Las Vegas; tough job but someone had to do it.

Anyway, I can’t remember the airline but somehow I’d finished up in Dallas and needed to get to Las Vegas. I found this airline doing these flights for about a third of the price of everybody else and was informed it was a new service so I booked it, boarded and sat in my seat. The air hostess came round (this was before political correctness, when they became ‘cabin crew’) and finally got to me and with a big smile asked if I would like to have something to eat: “Hmm, what are the choices?” I enquired. She looked at me and without missing a beat said, “The choices, sir, are YES! or NO!” I have hated them ever since.

Firstly, most of the time they are not cheap unless, as I said, you book way in advance.

Years ago, and I’m sure some of you remember, the deals were all last minute but now if you want to fly within a couple of weeks these no frills airlines are more expensive than a regular flight. The flight is £200, a case £50, to book a seat £20, speedy boarding £20, and what nonsense that is if you have to get a bus to the plane! Then there’s £15 for food on the plane and you never get your first choice!

I remember airlines like Monarch; you booked your flight and you had a case allowance, food on the plane, a movie and, if you needed it, a pillow and blanket which are now sold as a ‘comfort pack!’ Then there are the scratch cards. I just booked a flight from Gib to Heathrow with BA which worked out at half the price of going easyJet and it included a case and food.

Bring back the all-in price I say. I want to see the price it’s going to cost, end of. Not plus, plus, plus. I won’t even talk about Ryanair, that’s a full-page article on its own.

Suffice to say, if the world of airlines needed an enema the tube would go in Ryanair!!!

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

Important to check history of vehicles AS part of this 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.

IN the UK, a warning has been issued by vehicle history check experts HPI about the hidden administrative risks when buying a used car.

The latest survey reveals that 42 per cent of used car buyers do not know who legally owns a car that has finance owing on it. Answer; the finance house, which also has the legal right to repossess that vehicle at any time without warning.

Nearly a quarter of those surveyed assumed the car belongs to the person named on the vehicle’s log book, highlighting the extent of misconception amongst consumers. The good news for those buying from a dealer is that if they discover later that the vehicle is on finance and repossessed, they will be protected by Innocent Purchaser Protection (IPP) and will be able to get their money back.

HPI recommends you always conduct a vehicle history check before you buy as it will tell you if the car has outstanding finance on it and enables you to ensure that the finance agreement is concluded before you complete the purchase.

In Spain, similar checks can be conducted through the website of the traffic department, the DGT, via the website www.dgt.es.

On the front page of the website under ‘Trámites y multas’ you will see a link that reads ‘Informe del Vehiculo.’

The vehicle registry in Spain is managed by the DGT but the information con-

VEHICLE HISTORY: Check before you buy.

tained in the database is available to members of the public who have a legitimate reason for requesting the data.

If you know the vehicle number plate or chassis number you can find out details as the vehicle ownership, specifications, number of previous owners, administrative status and ITV expiration date.

Your identification by means of a digital certificate needs to be provided in order to obtain the information record and there is a small administration fee for obtaining the information which can be paid for by credit or debit card, although the fee is considerably lower than the financial risk of purchasing a car with a dubious history or has sanctions imposed against it.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

Is the list of renters private?

We live in a gated Community of 45 apartments in a coastal village in Almeria.

We have had problems during the music festival period, when rented apartments had 15 or more young people in them. They partied around the pool until the early hours, disrupting owners and their families.

This year at the AGM we voted to employ a security guard and give him a list of people staying in each apartment and not allow anyThe Administrators are quite right, in fact. They have obtained private information about where people are lodging and they can legally use it only for the purpose as-

one NOT on the list through the gate!

The Administrator refused to send out this information to all owners but they have given a list of names to the Security Guard.

The Administrators say they cannot give the list of names to anyone because of the data protection law!

Surely, the President and other owners have a right to see the list?

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

signed. They give the list to the guard for control but

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Information can only be used for purpose assigned. they cannot publish it for general knowledge.

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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Medcare is a medical practice on the Costa Blanca run by a British GP and has clinics in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi, as well as Manchester in the UK. The busy practice has been caring for thousands of British and other expats for more than 10 years and offers all the services you would expect from your GP back in the UK but right here on the Costa Blanca.

Whatever it is you need a GP for, you can rest assured that you are in safe hands with Medcare’s GP, Dr Najma Hussain. An experienced GP, Dr Hussain practised in the UK before setting up Medcare Spain. She is supported by British practice nurse Susan McCrossan and an efficient and friendly team of British reception staff.

As well as general GP consultations, Medcare runs many preventative healthcare initiatives, including free skin cancer checks, flu vaccinations, diabetes tests and complete well man and

BRITISH GP: You can rest assured you will be in safe hands with Medcare. well women body MOTs. This has proved a lifesaver for many patients over the years. One patient, Michael, visited Medcare for a free skin cancer check and found he had the disease. He told us: “I was very impressed with Dr Hussain.

Had it not been for her I would have been in serious bother.”

Another patient, Roy, maintains he would not be alive today without Medcare’s body MOT, and says he cannot thank Dr Hussain enough for finding his heart arrhythmia and picking up his prostate problems.

Currently the clinic is running a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of hidden dia-

betes. Many people are not aware they have the disease and are risking their health by not managing it.

Until the end of October Medcare is offering fasting blood tests to check for diabetes for only €1.

With flu season now upon us, Medcare is also raising awareness of the importance of vaccinations for certain groups of people.

Flu vaccinations are available at Medcare for anyone who wants to avoid this year’s virus, but the jab is especially important for those with chronic illness or weakened immune systems.

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Less invasive test to detect genetic What is lupus? largely unknown disease afabnormalities in unborn babies THIS fects around 40,000 in Spain CURRENTLY this latest test is only available at private clinics in London A BLOOD test that can screen an unborn child for genetic abnormalities is to be offered to pregnant women at a private British clinic.

It is claimed to be the most advanced foetal DNA test able to detect all known genetic abnormalities with the US makers claiming it is as accurate as the current best test available on the NHS, but it is less invasive.

A human’s DNA code has 46 chromosomes. Genetic abnormalities occur when part of a chromosome is damaged or missing, or when extra copies of the chromosome are present.

If a pregnancy is found to be at risk during the first NHS scan, women are then offered an amniocentesis but this test, which involves passing a needle into the womb to take a sample from the placenta or amniotic fluid, and can lead to miscarriage. This new non-invasive pre-natal test (NIPT) which looks for fragments of foetal DNA in the mother’s blood, provides a way of finding out about even slight chromosomal changes, along with more established disabilities such as Down’s syndrome, which affect one in

FOETAL DNA: Test provides a way of finding out even the slightest chromosomal changes.

1,000 babies, without endangering the unborn child.

The National Screening Committee is set to examine trial data to determine

whether NIPTs could be available as standard across the NHS as it could save the UK’s NHS money because fewer invasive tests would

be needed, Currently, this latest test is only available privately at a clinic in London and costs from £900 (€1,200).

IT is estimated that around 40,000 people in Spain suffer from lupus and most of these are women, but few actually know what lupus is.

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease and can be potentially fatal. Its origin is unknown but it is characterised by a multitude of symptoms, manifesting differently over the life of the patient.

Lupus can attack any organ system and its main manifestations appear from the age of 14 to 15 and 45 to 50 years. Epi-

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Nobel prize for medicine won by 3 THREE scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering drugs against malaria and other parasitic diseases.

At a p r e se n t a t i o n in Stockholm, Sweden, it announced the the prestigious prize w i l l b e a wa r d e d to Irish-born William Campbell, S a t o sh i Om u r a o f J apan, a n d C h i n a ’s Tu Youyou.

Professors Campbell and Omura were recognised for finding a new way of tackling infections caused by roundworm parasites that affect a third of the world’s population and can cause illnesses including River Blindness.

Professor Tu was also honoured for her discovery of a therapy against malaria, w hich h a s b e e n f o u n d to significantly reduce deaths from the disease.

The Nobel Prize committee said the scientists’ work had changed the lives of the hundreds of millions of people affected by these diseases.

Each winner will get their diploma and gold medal at an official award ceremony in December.

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Research done and published in The Journal Of The American Medical Association revealed the shocking news that one in four TOFI’s have pre-diabetes and are metabolically obese. What is worse is that a TOFI diagnosed with diabetes would have twice the risk of death than an overweight person due to the fact that lugging the extra weight around reBetter to be fatter and fitter.

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quires muscle, which in turn protects the body.

This is why BMI Body Mass Index is extremely outdated and cannot be relied on for health monitoring. This is based on a person’s height and weight but it doesn’t take gender into account or muscle mass and bone density.

If you have an acceptable BMI read yet your body fat percentage is at 30 per cent, you are not healthy and you are at risk of all sorts of health problems.

Those that think they have a ‘get out of jail free card’ because they are thin, need to take another look at their health. It is entirely possible to be skinny, sick and be metabolically obese, which in the end could be even more dangerous than being overweight.

FitFoxy Has A Simple Solution: • A Healthy Diet • Regular exercise consisting of Cardio and Resistance to retain lean tissue.

SPECIALIST: Dr Luis Perez Belmonte.

This week, Dr Luis Perez Belmonte answers a reader’s questions about blood pressure: • I’m a 55-year-old man, what should my blood pressure levels be?

They should be under 140/80.

• If it’s too high, what should I do? Is it dangerous?

How can I get it down?

You should check your blood pressure every morning for a week and see a specialist in internal medicine. High blood pressure over an extended period of time can be very dangerous. Medication and a healthy, salt-free diet can help get it down.

• What happens if it’s too low? How can I get it up?

If it is always under 90/40 but you have no other symptoms it probably isn’t anything to worry about, but a check-up with a specialist in internal medicine is recommended as a precaution.

• Is the range the same for women of my age?

No, women can have slightly lower levels than men.

• If I’m prescribed tablets, are there any side effects? Will I have to take them for the rest of my life?

There can be some side effects depending on the medication prescribed. If unsure about any symptoms you should see your doctor. Treatment is generally for life but medications can be swapped for more effective ones or to reduce side effects.

• If my blood pressure is ok now, how can I make sure it stays that way?

There are no guarantees as blood pressure can change for many different reasons, but sticking to a healthy diet, getting some exercise and taking your medication will give you the best chance of keeping it under control.

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Gut bacteria could lead to anorexia THERE are three million sufferers in the US RESEARCHERS have suggested that anorexia may be linked to the balance of bacteria in the gut.

They say their study has found that people with anorexia have fewer and less diverse microbes in their digestive tracts compared to those without the eating disorder. This imbalance could be associated with some of the psychological symptoms of

the disorder, like depression, anxiety and further desire for weight loss, researchers said.

Bacteria in the gut plays an important role in healthy brain function as it is involved in signalling functions and so an imbalance in bacteria could affect the brain.

Scientists say whilst psychological and genetic factors are linked with eating disorders, the findings mean that potentially anorexia could be effect i v e l y t re a t e d w i t h a n t i b i o t i c s t o re s t o re t h e healthy balance of bacteria in the gut.

They have demonstrated that their theory works in mice, and early research suggests it may also apply to humans.

Serious eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge-eating disorders affect an estimated 5 per cent of women and 2 per cent of men in the UK and in the US, three million people are affected by anorexia. The condition has the highest death rate of any psychological disorder, as sufferers usually die from malnutrition or suicide.

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KING’S ROAD: Mary Quant shop in a trendy part of Chelsea.

WINE COUNTRY: But 50 per cent of Spaniards say they prefer drinking beer.

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a report confirming that the Spanish have the best health and life expectancy in the continent.

The good news however comes with the caveat that alcohol consumption and obesity may become issues in the country if the present rates continue.

The National Drugs Plan conducted a survey in 2015 and found that alcohol consumption is at 11.2 litres per person per year which is almost twice as much as the world average of 6.2 litres. The average in Europe is 10.9 litres.

On the other side of the findings 31 per cent

of Spanish people told the survey they hadn’t drank any alcohol whatsoever in the past year.

Spain may be known as a wine country to some, but 50 per cent of Spaniards say their favourite drink is beer. Spirits is in second place with 28 per cent and wine third with 20 per cent.

One standard alcoholic drink has 10 grams of alcohol and the WHO reports that binge drinking is anything over six standard drinks in one drinking session.

One standard drink is the equivalent of 200 cc of wine or beer whereas a 50cc whisky equates to two standard drinks.

Swinging London and the first mini skirt ALTHOUGH there is some argument about who first introduced the mini skirt to the world at large 50 years ago, it is generally accepted that one of the leaders in the forefront of fashion at the time, Mary Quant has a strong claim to the title.

It was in 1965, that she first sold a mini skirt (supposedly inspired by the recently introduced mini car) in her shop Bazaar in the very trendy part of Chelsea known as the King’s Road. Soon designers throughout the world were offering mini skirts and mini dresses as

well as the ultra short micro mini to girls and women alike.

As the fashion caught on, so it brought to prominence a 17year-old ‘waif,’ the model, Lesley Hornby (later to change her professional name to Twiggy) who became the face and body of Swinging London.

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In for a treat PET lovers and furry friends are in for a treat as the Town Meets Country event takes place on November 14 in Torrevieja.

The fun day runs from 10am to 5pm behind the V2 petrol garage on Avenida Cortes Valenciana, in between the Needle and Iceland and is in aid of Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre and Last Hope Rescue animal charities. There is a €1 entry fee and this will all go to support Torrevieja’s municipal pound which new councillor for Animals, Carmen Morate, said is going through some positive changes and will not sacrifice any dog or cat now.

The councillor said she is looking forward to the event to let the public know more about the Albergue Municipal pound where there are many dogs and cats waiting for adoption to go to their forever home.

GM promotions with sponsors Grupo Rubio and Skoda are bringing a brand new style of event to Torrevieja and for

one day only this fun-day with a village fete, country show atmosphere will focus on animal welfare and information, but it’s also going to be a fun day for all the family.

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World breast cancer awareness month BALLOONS will be released in aid of the AECC charity

By Gemma Quinn OCTOBER is World Breast Cancer Awareness Month and for the fourth year running on Sunday October 18, Maria and the Pink Ladies will be holding a special event to mark the occasion.

Release a balloon with a message in memory of a loved one.

This year as in the previous two, Maria and the Pink Ladies have teamed up with Zenia Boulevard to promote the cause at the Zenia Boulevard shopping centre where members of the public can purchase helium filled pink balloons

BALLOON RELEASE: Thousands were released from Zenia Boulevard last year.

which, along with your own messages in memory of a loved one, will be released into the skies in their thousands, at 6pm.

The balloon that travels the furthest and the card returned will win the owner of the card €100 and another €20 to the person that returned it.

There will be live music from midday performed by Dan Davy, Richie Alexander, Kylie Buirgazzi, Nikki G, Nick Gold, Sam Curtis, Suzi G, Raquel Peña Flamenco for all, Janelle and more.

The day will be hosted by Stevie Spit and Sunshine FM will once again be in attendance for the whole day.

All funds raised will be donated to the AECC cancer charity to help support their early detection programme for breast, cervical and prostate cancer.

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Look out for the rat pack panto WILL keep you guessing to the end

By Gemma Quinn STUDIO 32, the Costa Blanca’s brightest musical company, are in the final month of rehearsals for their November production of the pantomime Dick Whittington.

They are fortunate to have the comedienne Karen Love back and this time showing her versatility by playing the evil Queen Rat, who tries to manipulate her way into becoming mayor of London.

She is supported by her two hench rats Nip and Tuck, played by character actress Judith O’Neill and

teenage newcomer Jacob Baylis respectively. Look out for the twists and turns of this favourite pantomime, which will keep you guessing until the end.

The lead actors and actresses are backed up by a strong chorus line of seasoned singers and dancers, including once again the children of Footwork dance school.

Shows are evening performances on November 12 and 13 at 7.30pm and on Saturday there is a matinee performance at 2.30pm as well as an evening performance.

RAT PACK: Queen Rat with Nip and Tuck.

Reserved seating tickets are available by calling Philip on 642 080 258 or

email tickets@studiothirty two.org. Proceeds will go towards local good causes.

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Tasty tapas PLENTY of chance to try local dishes

By Gemma Quinn I F t apas i s your t hi ng, then head to Catral this weekend to take part in the fourth Tapas Route, r unni ng unt i l Sunday October 18.

There are 19 participating bars and restaurants offering tapas and a small beer for â‚Ź2.

Pick up a tapas passport from any of the establishments and stamp it each time you visit for your chance to win in the prize draw.

The tapas route is on tomorrow (Friday) from 8.30pm onwar ds and from Saturday and Sunday October 17 and 18, from 11am-4pm.

La Manga and Cabo de Pal os i s al so host i ng their Tapas Route.

The second Tapas Route will take place in Cabo de Palos, La Manga, Los Belones and El Al gar f r om t om or r ow (Friday) to November 1.

During these dates at participating establishments you will be able to try a specially prepared t apas and dr i nk f or â‚Ź2.50.

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Barn dance returns to the Lo Monte hotel THE next monthly Grendels Bane barn dance will take place on October 23 at Sol Club Room, Lo Monte Hotel on the N-332 near AP-7 motorway junction 770 and Pilar de la Horadada.

Doors open around 7pm and the dancing starts at 8pm.

No dancing experience is required as all dances are called by ‘Smithy.’ The night is an American Supper so bring your own food and drink. Tickets €7.50 at the door or call 966 762 881.

By Gemma Quinn FOLLOWING the weekend’s bank holiday celebrations, fiestas continue in towns throughout the Region.

Urbanisation La Marina hosts the fifth annual fun run on October 18 from 10am and a concert takes place in the Cardenal Belluga Municipal Theatre at 7.30pm.

The fiesta celebrations close on October 25 with a children’s musical at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre from 8pm.

In Pilar de la Horadada on Sunday October 18, there is an exhibition of lace making in the Plaza Campoamor at 10am followed by the Romeria (short pilgrimage) at 10.30am from Calle San Juan along the Rambla Urbana ending at Avenida Camilo Jose Cela.

On October 24 at 8pm there

FIESTA FUN: A children’s foam party took place last year. is the Grand Carnival Parade from Calle Mayor to Calle San Juan and the Ribbon Races on horses along the Rambla Urbana on October 25.

Sunday October 18 also sees the conclusion of the Rojales fi-

estas in honour of the town’s patron saint, the Virgen del Rosario, with the second annual Crazy Car Race from 12.30pm which goes from the Principe de España primary school to Calle Cecilio.

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The two different kinds of property buyers in Spain and what they seek John Graham The property expert

FROM now until mid-December it will be a very busy sales period for the real estate industry in Spain.

Thousands of buyers will be visiting Spain’s coastal resorts and major cities in search of their permanent or holiday dream home.

There is another type of property buyer visiting Spain but they are not in search of their dream home, they are here on business and are the professional buyers or investors.

As a professional surveyor and property adviser, I’m used to dealing with private buyers but I specialise in selling to professional buyers because they are both completely different.

Private buyers are looking for their

DONE DEAL: But are they looking for a dream home or an investment? dream home, to enjoy and relax away from the cold weather; it’s a very emotional buying experience.

Professional buyers are investors, they are looking for properties that meet their investment plan, there is no emotion, it’s facts and figures, surveys, valuations; a serious businessbuying experience.

Investing in property has become increasingly popular and is now almost as common as investing in stocks and bonds and some of the benefits of selling to a professional buyer are that they are normally cash buyers, fast decision makers and will want to complete the sale quickly.

I want to give you a few brief ex-

amples of what the professional buyer will be looking for, so that you will be able to see which type of professional buyer could be interested in buying your property.

Let’s start with the professional buyers who buy properties, not to live in but to rent out. They normally buy a number of apartments or villas in well-located holiday resorts for holiday rentals or apartments in the city centre. The location and price is more important than the condition of the property. There are professional buyers who only buy run-down villas or apartments in top residential areas.

They normally buy older properties and completely refurbish them to a modern standard and resell them, when finished, for a profit.

Other professional buyers are looking for heavily discounted properties that don’t need much work, for immediat resell at a higher price.

Then there are the Mutual Fund

buyers; these are companies who either buy existing properties in top locations or buy land and build properties for investors to buy one or more of them through the company.

The company operating the investment group manages all the properties, taking care of maintenance and rentals. In exchange for this management, the company takes a percentage of the monthly rental income.

A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) is created when a corporation (or trust) uses investors’ money to purchase and operate income properties. They allow investors to buy into non-residential investments.

So, does your property match the professional buyer’s requirements?

If you would like more information or would like to sell your property please contact me.

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Chinese investors are now turning to Spain Photo credit Sergio Gutierrez, Shutterstock

CITIES most popular

By Declan Scanlan ACCORDING to recent findings by Spanish property portal, Idealista, Chinese investors are coming to Spain to expand their property interests due to the ‘adjustment in prices and good economic prospects.’

This is backed up by a Chinese website for investors, juwai.com, which says Spain has the greatest number of Chinese buyers in the property market amongst Mediterranean countries.

The Spanish government has courted Chinese investment in the country’s property with a ‘Golden Visa,’ which grants automatic residence in Spain for thos e i n v e st o r s wh o s p en d o v er €500,000.

Figures indicate that $52 billion (€45.7 billion) has been spent in outbound residential real estate investments by Chinese buyers in 2014.

The investors from China prefer lo-

VALENCIA: The number one location for Chinese investors in Spain. cations such as Marbella, Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona with Valencia being the most popular place in the second quarter of this year.

The biggest markets in commercial re a l es ta te are the U K , the U S a nd

Australia. The juwai findings may not point to Spain overtaking these countries in terms of Chinese investment but the growing Asian interest can only be good news for the Spanish market.

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TWENTY CHAPTERS: Everything is covered, from paperwork to getting a mortgage.

New buyers guide HELPING hand for expats looking to purchase property in Spain is launched

By Eleanor Hawkins SINCE the recession hit Spain, people from overseas have made up an important part of property purchasers and the Spanish Registrars Association has decided to lend them a helping hand with a guide in English.

Drawn up in collaboration with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Association of International Property Professionals, the Guide to Buying Property in Spain has been launched to do just that.

The guide, which can be downloaded for

free from http://www.registradores.org/wpcontent/revista/otros/guideAIpp/ follows the adventures of a British couple who have decided to buy a retirement home in Spain.

Twenty chapters on everything from hunting for the ideal Spanish home to paperwork, getting a mortgage or registering at the Property Registry are covered by the guide, with useful tips and warnings provided.

There are also appendices focusing on how to gain access to records regarding property, the costs involved in buying in Spain and useful links.

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Selling time varies from area to area REPORT shows big differences but the average is 10.6 months

By Eleanor Hawkins A NEW report has revealed that although the average amount of time it takes to sell a house in Spain is 10.6 months, this varies a lot from one area to another.

Tinsa valuators’ IMIE index for July to September revealed that in some areas it can take more than a year, while in oth-

ers, homes are snatched up in just a few months.

The hardest places to sell, the index revealed, were Alava, where it takes an average of 20.4 months, followed by Cantabria (19.7 months), Segovia (17.9 months) and Avila, Toledo and Vizcaya (14.3 months).

Meanwhile in Ceuta, the average amount of time to sell

was just 3.8 months, followed

by Melilla (4.8 months), Soria (6.3 months) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Badajoz both with seven months.

The easiest regional capital cities to sell in are Madrid (6.1 months), Barcelona (6.5 months), Zaragoza (6.6 months), Sevilla with 9.6 months and Valencia (14.3 months.

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Britons are buying one in five Spanish homes

By Eleanor Hawkins BRITONS were responsible for almost one in five property

purchases in Spain in the first six months of the year, the Spanish Registrars Association has reported.

info@administracion-teddybear.com Tel: 616 214 713 Mascha Weston AAFF

After falling slightly over the first few months of the year, overseas buyers bounced back between April and June, making up 12.8 per cent of all second-hand property transactions.

In popular areas this was even higher, reaching 33.5 per cent in the Balearic Islands, 27.5 per cent in the Canaries and 25.7 per cent in Valencia.

Murcia, Andalucia and Catalu単a presented percentages of between 12 and 15 per cent yet Madrid proved less popular with overseas buyers with just 4.7 per cent registered.

Britons were reported to be responsible for 19.8 per cent of sales, followed by the French at 8.1 per cent, Germans at 7.6 per cent, Belgians at 6.4 per cent, Swedes at 5.5 per cent and Italians at 5.3 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Russian presence continued to fall with just 4 per cent registered as opposed to 9 per cent in 2012 and 2013.

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The EU’s countries are to blame for the refugee crisis - not the EU Commission!

GERMANY is claiming ‘moral’ leadership over asylum seekers and is bullying its eastern neighbours to take a share 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

THE commissioner tasked with Europe’s response to the EU’s botched handling of the migration crisis recently boasted that the EU’s Brussels executive isn’t to blame because it’s not elected! He pointed the finger instead at individual EU countries with their border closures and road blocks.

Cameron’s anti-Brexit EU renegotiations seem to be hitting the same road blocks. EU countries fear the UK might ‘destroy the DNA of the European Union.’

The European Council on Foreign Relations consulted 100 leading politicians in 10 key Eu-

ropean capitals: Cameron, apparently, has support for barely a third of his objectives, his key one (slowing the flow of economic migrants to Britain) was rejected by all 10 countries.

Germany’s apparent moral leadership over asylum seekers its open-door policy turning it into the promised land for desperate people - while laudable in theory, has created chaos across Europe.

Goodwill has been lost by its bullying of its poorer eastern neighbours to take a share (added to that, Germany’s VW ‘Dieselgate’ scandal could go well beyond VW itself, with the wheels potentially coming off an en-

tire industry).

The problem within the EU Commission is its bureaucracy

which doesn’t seem to know how to bridge the gap between the opposing points of view within it and so resorts to bullying tactics to enforce Germany’s.

It really doesn’t seem to see the divisions it’s creating unless, of course, its hidden agenda includes removing the UK from the EU on the basis that it creates disharmony through disagreement.

If so, wouldn’t it be better for the UK to leave if it’s no longer welcome in the club? Which then begs the question: Would the UK’s departure be the first domino to fall as the

CAMERON: Is in a minority of one.

EU either fails or becomes an even bigger monster; one that nobody will want?

In nuclear physics, fusion and fission are both explosive. The EU is an experiment in fusion that’s gone wrong. Maybe it’s time to halt the experiment before the laboratory’s blown up?

Meanwhile, the EU continues to limp along. It has faint hope of ever turning into the dream of some of its architects who, unelected by the population of the EU, continue to carve their own, misguided, path.

All this and a couple of million migrants on the march...

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ and ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available as eBooks from Amazon.

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Powerless behind the throne Cassandra Nash A weekly look

Small mercies THE Noos case hearing is set for January 11 when the former king’s son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, stands trial for diverting public funds and money-laundering.

His wife, the Infanta Cristina, will be called upon to give evidence but the Baleares High Court turned down the request from his co-defendant, Diego Torres, for Felipe VI to testify. So there’s no risk of a royal flush.

- and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

AS though Spain’s president, Mariano Rajoy, did not have enough problems, he must contend with Jose Maria Aznar.

The former president, the same person who chose Rajoy to follow him as PP leader, gleefully undermines him at every opportunity.

These have increased since the PP’s dismal results in the Catalan elections, where the party was overtaken by Ciudadanos.

Mariano Rajoy has been a disappointment to Aznar ever since he lost the 2004 general elections. This was partly Aznar’s fault by insisting that the March 2004 terrorist bombings were the work of ETA when all the evidence pointed to jihadists. Rajoy missed his chance then and, when he did reach the Moncloa in 2011, he no longer wanted or needed Aznar as the power behind the throne. That must rankle.

Simple arithmetic IN non-colonial independence votes since

All his own way MARIANO RAJOY: Has been a disappointment since becoming leader of the PP.

1945, the ‘yes’ vote has racked up at least 92 per cent of the ballot. So found a study

by Stephane Dion, a Canadian MP who given Quebec - knows a thing or two about secession.

Artur Mas led Cataluña into regional

elections on the pro-independence ‘Junts pel Si’ ticket to see which way the wind blew.

Together with the radical CUP party they could only notch up 47.8 per cent between them. End of.

MARIANO RAJOY constantly warns of the dangers of coalitions. He fears that when the December 20 general election votes are counted, alliances between current opposition parties could make him a one-term president.

Paradoxically, his huge parliamentary majority has done Rajoy little good. The government pushed through all the legislation it wanted, blithely forgetting that intransigence breeds resentment and dialogue wins votes.

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(€71 million) to Gunther III whose advisors helped him to invest wisely, leaving $375 million (€333 million) to his son.

The younger Gunther has villas in Italy and in the Bahamas and famously bought Madonna’s mansion in Miami Beach, through humans acting on his behalf, for $7.5 million (€6.6 million) in 2000.

Fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, told New York Magazine that his pet cat, Choupette, is “the most famous cat in the world, and the richest.”

A model by profession, Choupette reportedly earned $3.3 million for two photoshoots last year.

She modelled for a car company in Germany and a Japanese beauty product.

Speaking on her behalf, Lagerfeld indicated that his pet may have some personality characteristics in common with Grumpy Cat as “she hates other animals and she hates children.”

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Dogs can only learn by association, not reasoning MOST owners have no inkling of the instincts inherent in the pets that they own

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ALL training should be based on the assumption that the dog does not reason and that he learns by the association of ideas.

For training purposes, we create the associations we want with reward.

R e w a rd: This c a n be a pplie d in many ways, depending on the individual animal and what has to be done.

A lthough food is c onde mne d by some, if applied correctly it can be used. However, most dogs like to be fussed, petted and talked to in a friendly voice. Anything that a dog likes can be used as a reward. The end product is entirely dependent upon reward; a dog’s instinct plays a vital role.

The a ve ra ge dog ow ne r doe s not have any idea of the instincts inherent in the dog that he owns. Canine instincts vary in strength between breeds and individuals of the same breed. All

NOT ALIKE: The differences between canines and us outweigh the similarities.

this can be explained by your trainer at question time.

Within the household it is common to find that a dog will link up with some of the family but not others.

A bully who rules by force may obtain implicit obedience but at the loss of friendship and/or affection. This often borders on cruelty.

Most dog owners will never know, nor have any idea, of the pleasure they

are losing in not having a dog which is a faithful companion and partner.

Dogs are not ‘almost human’ and suffering can be caused by people who think that they are, although human and canine social habits have many similarities.

A dog will accept a human as a substitute for a canine and this willingness to accept a human makes him easier to train than most other animals.

Chernobyl: Humans not needed ALMOST 30 years after the dramatic nuclear accident in Chernobyl (Ukraine), the fauna thrives in an area completely uninhabited by humans due to the high levels of radiation.

A study released on October 5, by the specialised press journal Current Biology, has found that Chernobyl now looks more like an animal reserve than the scene of a radioactive holocaust.

Elks, roe and red deer, wild boar and especially wolves are abundant in the 4,200 km area, which surrounds the long-dead nuclear station, and are at least as abundant as the populations existing in other nearby areas which are not contaminated with ra-

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A few of the wealthiest pets on the planet GRUMPY CAT, the feline with a famous frown, became an Internet sensation in 2014 after its owner posted images of her pet online and the animal’s ‘grumpy’ expression was shared around the world.

Tardar Sauce, the original name owner Tabatha Bundesen gave to Grumpy Cat, went on to appear on American primetime TV including American Idol, The Soup and Good Morning America.

She has been involved in sponsorship deals, ‘interviewed’ for Forbes Magazine and has her own line of patented merchandise.

Bundesen has not disclosed the financial details of her cat, however the grouchy pet is reported to be a multimillionaire.

One of the richest ever dogs is a German shepherd named Gunther IV who inherited his fortune from his father, Gunther III. German Countess Karlotta Libenstein left her entire $80 million fortune

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The report has confirmed that there are seven times as many wolves within the affected area as there are in nearby nature reserves.

“This does not mean that radioactivity is good for wild fauna, but that human impact and activities such as agriculture, hunting and deforestation are far worse,” said Jim Smith, co-author of the report from the University of Portsmouth.

“This data illustrates the resilience of wildlife populations when freed from the pressures of human habitation,” says Jim Beasley, co-author from the University of Georgia.

THRIVING: Wild animals are thriving due to the lack of human activity.

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Sunday 18th is our Harvest Festival and we ask people to donate Spanish food, clothes or toiletries to this year’s charity ‘The Benijofar Family Crisis Aid.’ Goods can be left at Hamilton’s Bake House or brought on the day. George will also take the Evening of Mediumship on Tuesday 20th October. Kim will take the Divine Service, with Mediumship, on Sunday 25th October. Contact Wendy on 965 323 028. www.spiritualistcen tre-benijofar.com. New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail .com or info@spiritualistcen tre-benijofar.com. Identificacion Fiscal G54713789.

(95454) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Mike Wright, Chairman 966 722 895 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) HELP Vega Baja. We help people of all ages with all sorts of problems, particularly at times of crisis and emergencies. Offices based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). La Marina Helpdesk Calle Madrid 5 (Tel: 673 109 096). Our offices are open Monday to Friday 10am -1.30pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Friday 10 am - 1.30 pm.

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The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month

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The award was presented on Thursday, October 1, and the new Megane was selected by a panel of automotive industry experts (various innovators and journalists from 01NET.COM, BFM, RMC and Deloitte) in recognition of the model’s innovations in the realms of safety, driver aids, human-machine interface and infotainment package.

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Fourth generation Mazda MX5 ready to hit the road LIGHTEST model yet cuts 100kg off the outgoing version and is the most fuel-efficient so far

By John Smith ACCORDING to Mazda, the latest version of its best-selling roadster comes with a more aggressive look and state-of-the-art technology but still remains true to its concept of being an affordable, lightweight sports car which is fun to drive.

It’s the lightest MX-5 since the first generation, cutting 100kg relative to the outgoing model despite cutting-edge safety and infotainment systems.

The SKYACTIV Technology, introduced for the first time in an MX-5, is the most fuel-efficient to date, underpinning Mazda’s fundamental lightweight sports car principle with specially tuned engines and transmission adapted for the front-mid engine, rearwheel drive layout.

The redesigned chassis im-

proves the MX-5’s agility, has an ideal 50:50 front-rear weight distribution with shorter overhangs and a low yaw inertia moment with the lowest centre of gravity yet.

Its human-oriented interior puts the driver in perfect position with the pedals, steering wheel, gearshift and other important

controls, whilst special wind and noise control, new headrest speakers and a remarkably easy to operate soft top all assist top-down driving.

There is a reduction in accident potential thanks to the latest i-ACTIVSENSE active safety technology, which also offers outstanding passive protection for

passengers as well as pedestrians.

With two petrol driven engines, an economic 1.5 litre and punchier two litre, both with six-speed manual controls, the latest version of the MX-5 should be available to purchase shortly.

ALL NEW: Mazda MX5

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Nissan’s new concept car, Teatro for Dayz NISSAN describes the generation that went straight from the cradle to digital technology as ‘share natives’. This generation will reach driving age in a few years, but has shown little interest in cars so far.

What kind of cars will move share natives? Will they even want to drive? Nissan has designed a provocative solution, Teatro for Dayz. Its name is drawn from the Italian word for theatre and a Nissan minicar.

The concept has an innovative design and features that enable share natives to create and share experiences immediately with friends both onboard and online.

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Designed under the concept ‘a clean canvas’, its key feature is its smooth white interior that allows the instrument panel, seats and even door trim to serve as a blank canvas for expression.

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Updated Dacia Duster will be available soon TWO years after introducing its face-lifted Duster, Dacia is further enhancing its signature model’s appeal with further styling changes and added features.

New upholstery trims, diamond-effect black wheels, the MEDIA-NAV Evolution satnav multimedia system and a reversing camera express the adventurous spirit of the 2016 generation Duster.

More interestingly, however, Dacia is introducing an automated manual transmission called ‘Easy-R.’ Mated to the TCe 90 engine, which is also equipped with Stop & Start, this five-speed gearbox will make life on the road easier for drivers by providing the convenience of a gearbox without a clutch pedal.

Four models will be available with Dacia’s first-ever auto; the Logan, Logan MCV, Sandero and Sandero Stepway but the Duster is not available with this innovative addition and, as the most expensive Dacia, it seems strange that it was overlooked.

The Easy-R is not available as a diesel version but, hopefully, new owners Renault will resolve this in the fullness of time.

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Top Gear changes promised DIFFERENCES in style announced by new host at press conference NOW that Chris Evans is replacing the old Top Gear team (they are to present a new version of the show on the Amazon Channel), he has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be anything other than the main attraction.

Clearly, for a number of reasons, Jeremy Clarkson was seen as the ‘boss’ and the others, although vital to the show, were considered by many to be his sidekicks.

Commenting on the differences he intends to bring to the show, Evans said at a press conference at the MIPCOM (entertainment) convention in Cannes; “They’re the Three Stooges, they are the Bee Gees, they are that and I’m not.

I’m me. I’m a solo artist at the moment. I’m on my own, so do I form a band or not?”

He then continued: “We are going to do things differently, because we have to, we want to. The second you wander off into the ‘Well I’m the main host, and this is my mate over here and my mate over here…’ if there’s three of you, and you go and make a film together, suddenly you’re doing

what they did. Why would you do that?”

Appear i ng al ongsi de Chr i s Evans was the anonymous driver known as The Stig who in his usual inscrutable way said: “I don’t want to say anything specific, but The Stig is here today - that might be a clue as to whether he’s here tomorrow.”

EVANS: In a Ferrari 250 SWB.

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El Valle’s commitment ONCE again the Valley Golf Society has shown its commitment and sensitivity to the problems of those who live in their vicinity.

Throughout the summer the society raises money via its activities which they then donate to local charitable causes, be they organisations or some other local issue or need.

This year the money has gone to buying pushchairs for the children who are in the children’s unit of the Arrixaca Hospital in Murcia. This way the children do not have to feel like invalids when they are taken from one department to another for check-ups, tests and analysis. They can be taken in pushchairs instead of on hospital stretchers.

Last year the funds raised were donated to the DEBRA society for the treatment of the butterfly skin disease and also to purchase food for local disadvantaged families. In 2013, they donated 12 TVs and games consoles to the Children’s Intensive Care Unit and the same year at Christmas, they bought food and gifts for families in need.

In Eroski San Javier, we are proud to partner with El Valle Golf Society. We share their commitment and are at their service when asked to work with them.

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Several matchplay fixtures for Cafe Uno Golf Society at Altorreal

PROUD: Members of one of the longest established golf societies on the Costa Blanca.

Eurogolf TWO-BALL BETTER BALL at La Marquesa EUROGOLF played a two-ball better ball at La Marquesa on Thursday October 8.

The overall winners on c/b were Pino Perito and Ian Stewart with a great score of 44 points just beating, by having a better back nine, Dave King and Bev Evans. In third place were John Barraclough and Marilyn Eckersall with a respectable score of 43 points. Nearest the pins, fifth John

Barraclough, 11th Debbie Weedon, 15th Bob Buckeridge, 17th David Gregson, Gill Britten Bruce Gordon, Keith Wright and Bob Buckeridge.

On Tuesday October 6, Toffs played their normal Stableford and the results were as follows: Gold Division, third Malcolm Foskett 34 points, second John Barraclough 34 points c/b, first Pino Perito 37 points. Silver Divi-

sion, third Colin Hobden 33 points, second Robin Richards 35 points, first Ken Brett 37 points.

Bronze Division, third John Hill 34 points, second Geoff Evans 36 points, first Mary Sanderson 37 points. If you would like to play with one of longest established golf societies on the Costa Blanca (in fact celebrating 25 years this year) please visit the website www.eurogold-quesada.co.uk.

NINETEEN members of the Cafe Uno Golf Society played at Altorreal in Murcia on Thursday October 8.

Several matchplay fixtures were played while the rest of us played a Stableford competition. The course was in quite good condition and once again the weather was kind to us. We returned to Cafe Uno after the game for a meal and the presentation of prizes.

This week’s winners were as follows:1st R Rogers 35 points 2nd B Everett 34 points 3rd G Butterworth 31 points c/b Best front 9 A Baines 22 points Best back 9 G Pope 14 points c/b Nearest the pin B Everett Nearest the pin in 2 G Branton Nobody won the 2s competition so the prize money rolls over.

Today, Thursday October 15, we are playing for the Pedro Cup at Alenda. 1st tee is 11.45 so be at the course by 10.45am.

There will be food and prizes at the Alenda clubhouse afterwards, and the presentation of the cup to the overall winner.

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Wales and N Ireland through to European Championships 2016 ENGLAND already through, Scotland out, Ireland play again Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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FOOTBALL – Wales and Northern Ireland will be playing in next year’s European Championships in France but the Republic of Ireland must wait a bit longer (they are in the play-offs).

Wales, despite losing in Bosnia, booked their place in a major competition for the first time in 58 years, while Northern Ireland qualified for their first since 1986. Sadly, Scotland are out, ousted by Poland’s dramatic late equaliser in Glasgow.

Unbeaten England defeated Estonia and Lithuania in their last two group games and will join hosts France, Albania, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy,

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland in the finals next year.

It’s back to Premiership action this weekend but Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero will not be able to emulate his feat of five goals against Newcastle; he misses the game against Bournemouth through injury.

Elsewhere, Arsenal visit Watford, Manchester United are at Everton, defending champions Chelsea take on Aston Villa and Liverpool, under new manager Jürgen Klopp, travel to Tottenham.

The other top-flight games are Crystal Palace-West Ham, Newcastle-Norwich, Southampton-Leicester, Swansea-Stoke and WBA-Sunderland (Sam Allardyce will be in charge of the Black Cats).

Championship leaders Brighton visit Leeds, FL1 pace-setters,

quarter-finals are Wales v South Africa and New Zealand v France on Saturday, followed by Australia v Scotland and Argentina v Ireland on Sunday. England bowed out with a convincing win over Uruguay. Too late!

RUGBY LEAGUE – A crowd of 73,512 saw Leeds Rhinos complete the treble by beating Wigan Warriors 22-20 in the Grand Final at Old Trafford; a great farewell for Rhino’s duo, Jamie Peacock and Kevin Sinfield.

LEWIS MOTORSPORT – Lewis HAMILTON: Hamilton won last Sunday’s Ahead by Russian F1 Grand Prix in Sochi 73 points in by seven seconds from Sebastian Vettel with Sergio Perez third. championship.

Nico Rosberg retired, leaving Hamilton 73 points ahead of him in the driver ’s championship after registering his 42nd race victory. Mercedes won the constructor’s crown with four races remaining.

Walsall, are at home to Chesterfield and Plymouth, top of FL2, entertain Accrington Stanley. In the SPL, Aberdeen visit Ross County and Celtic go to Motherwell.

La Liga leaders, Villarreal, take on Celta Vigo (3rd) while Real Madrid (2nd) meet lowly Levante and Barcelona (4th) play Rayo Vallecano.

RUGBY UNION – The World Cup

San Miguel Golf AN early start, fine weather, a course in good condition (apart from the continuingly poor tee boxes and compacted bunkers) led to some very good scoring from the majority of the 41 members and seven guests attending. Thirty members scored 30 points or more, and seven bettered their handicap.

The society’s Celtic contingent performed particularly well, taking all three category first prizes, two seconds and a third.

The day’s competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 4th Chris Hamblett (36 on CB), 3rd Keith Wraithmell (36 on CB), 2nd Brian Mulligan (39), and 1st, with the best score of the day, Stanley Matthews with 40 points.

Silver Category: 4th Phil Birtwistle (34), 3rd Linda Cain (36), 2nd Roy Willing (37) and 1st, with an excellent 39 points, Alan MacDonald.

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T.M.G.S. at the immaculate Roda Golf FORTY-THREE members and guests turned out to play on this immaculately manicured course on October 7.

The society continues to grow with new members coming from most European countries, the latest additions come from Holland. Argentinian Claudio Torres bid his farewell

before he leaves for Argentina next week with a fourth place 31 points. Mr Consistency Mick Kennedy was third with 34 points. Colin Marsden resumed normality after last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relapse with level par 36 points.

As I said earlier the Dutchmen are coming and recent

GOLD WINNERS: Kjell Aasebo, Arne Hansson, Ger Nicolasen and John Eyre. member Fred Kras took first place with the best score of the day 37 points.

In the Gold category four countries were represented and in fourth place was Englishman and Captain John Eyre with 33 points on higher handicap.

Third place went to Dutchman Ger Nicolasen with the lower handicap on the same score.

Swedish member Arne Hansson came second on 34, and top was Norwegian Kjell Aasebo on 35 points.