Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 20 - 26 October 2016 Issue 1633

ISSUE NO. 1633

20 - 26 October 2016

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Seven held in police raids

Police have arrested seven Bulgarians - six men and a woman - suspected of trafficking women to work in sex clubs.

Four women were freed by units of the Guardia Civil who had been monitoring

the activities of a group involved in the exploitation of women, since March.

Police report that one of those arrested is considered to be the leader who has previous convictions for Turn to page 4

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LOCAL NEWS

Breaking bread A CAR careered off the road and into the front of a local bakery in the Alicante City district of San Blas early on Tuesday, October 18.

The vehicle smashed straight through the front

window of the establishment, causing significant damage, although the precise details surrounding the incident had not been made public as EWN went to press.

Fruity behaviour TWO men have been arrested for stealing almost 2.5 tonnes of pomegranates from farms in and around the Crevillent area.

The fruits had been disappearing from fields since September which prompted police to launch an investigation following numerous complaints from local farmers about their crops being stolen.

At the time of their arrest the pilfering pair had 500 kilos of the felonious fruit in their possession.

Respecting the elements A TOTAL of 21 drownings were registered in Alicante Province this summer, while 99 other people had to be rescued after encountering difficulties in the water.

Among those involved, 50 were individuals aged

over 60, leading the provincial authorities to issue a press release urging caution.

They also advise to take particular care if bathing with children and to avoid entering the sea when lifeguards are not on duty.

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Malu fever hits Madrid

By Matt Ford A RAPTUROUS Alicante bullring played host to a gig from Madrid-born songstress Malu on Saturday, October 15.

Malu has sold 2.5 million albums in a career spanning almost two decades.

The fixed smile-specialist and talent show panel ‘expert’ has been on the road to showcase her latest album ‘Caos,’ (English: Chaos) although she also belted out a selection of her most famous hits during the packed concert.

It was her last performance on this leg of the tour, and she now heads off to America for a series of shows, be-

fore returning to the Iberian peninsula in December for sold-out sessions in Madrid and Barcelona.

Niece of the famous flamenco composer and guitarist Paco de Lucia, Malu has sold 2.5 million albums in a career spanning almost two decades, with her first disc being released when she was just 16-yearsold.

She is one of the undisputed stars of the Spanish pop world and has bagged numerous national and international prizes, including 10 ‘Dial’ awards and two Latin Grammy nominations.

ALL SMILES: Malu.

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Male immigrants intercepted MARITIME RESCUE intercepted a small boat and rescued 11 North African immigrants around 45 miles south east of Alicante on Monday, October 17.

Nine of the occupants, including three minors, were taken to Alicante-Elche air-

port by helicopter, where they were received by Red Cross personnel who provided them with food and blankets. All were reported to be in good health.

The remaining pair were picked up by the Salvamar Polaris vessel

before being taken to hospital by ambulance once ashore at the Port of Alicante.

All of the North Africans were male, and three of them could be children, said a Maritime Rescue spokesman.

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FEATURED NEWS

Is something rotten in the state of Britain?

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Your papers, your views Our readers have been expressing their views about the acquittal of footballer Ched Evans.

www.euroweeklynews.com Here are a few of your comments some of which have had to be cut due to size but we are always happy to hear from everyone.

Broken nation NOBODY has come out of t hi s l ooki ng good, not Evans, not the girl, not the media and certainly not the count r y. The pr obl em i s t hat sex sel l s and t he publics appetite needs to be whet t ed wi t h scandal . I hope Evans and she can put this behind them someday and m ove on wi t h t hei r lives.

David

Moral fibre HE m i ght be i nnocent of r ape but you don’t go ar ound havi ng sex wi t h teenage girls who are so drunk they can’t remember a t hi ng t hen go cl i m bi ng out the fire escape. Maybe prison was too much but I’m glad Evans was named.

He won’t be doing it again.

Sandra

Home heartache

THE LAW: Nobody, no matter how powerful or popular, stands above it.

By Matthew Elliott THE acquittal of footballer Ched Evans at his rape retrial and the ensuing media circus revealed far more about the current state of British society than it did about his character.

Evans is legally innocent but is he morally suspect?

People are entitled to form an opinion on the young man and the mistakes he has made, but some things are beyond dispute.

The girl at the centre of the case, aged just 19 at the time, should not have been forced to change her identity five times.

She should not have had her name revealed on social media. A fundraising campaign to help her resettle in Australia should not be necessary. And what kind of person would send her death threats?

The teenage waitress didn’t ask for any of this. She woke up hung-over one day after a night out with so little recollection of what happened that she feared her drinks may have been spiked.

At her friend’s urging she went to the police, who found that she’d stayed in a hotel room booked by Evans, a 22-year-old Sheffield United striker. They asked Evans and fellow footballer Clayton McDonald what happened.

Both claimed to have had consensual sex with the girl but investigators asked how it could possibly have been consensual if she was too drunk to even remember it?

Simply having a sexual history was enough to condemn this young woman in the world of social media and the eyes of the law.”

At no point did the girl actually claim Evans or McDonald raped her, she hasn’t tried to ‘sell’ her story.

She was desperate to avoid the glare of the media spotlight.

Yet five years later Evans has been cleared of rape having spent two-and-a-half years in prison. The girl’s reputation has been dragged through the mud, her young adulthood changed forever by the cloud hanging over her.

Evans was cleared because the judges, after much hesitation, allowed the girl’s ex-boyfriends to testify that she was ‘sexually confident.’

Forget Ched’s culpability for his involvement in this incident.

Simply having a sexual history was enough to condemn this young woman, not only in the world of social media where she was labelled a ‘slut,’ but also, it would seem, in the eyes of the law itself.

Is this fundamentally any different to a world where a woman needs four eye-witnesses to accuse a man of rape? Or where a religious court punishes a girl for ‘inviting’ assault by wearing a mini-skirt?

What message does this send to women who have been raped, abused and assaulted, especially if the person responsible is a celebrity commanding millions of Facebook followers?

Women may look at this case and think ‘what’s the point?’ Do I really want to expose myself and my family, including my parents, to years of lurid claims about my sex life and possibly even death threats?

We wonder how Savile got away with it for all those decades, and yet here we are in 2016 and the culture doesn’t seem to have changed a bit.

The essence of the law is that nobody, no matter how powerful or popular they are, stands above it: that when it is you standing in the dock or in the witness box your personal life or sexual appetite isn’t investigated unless it is absolutely relevant to the case.

Finally no trial should be influenced by public opinion. Ched Evans and this young woman both had the right to privacy. Should such matters not be settled on their merits away from the public eye until a judgement is made?

That was never going to happen. Isn’t something wrong when a society continues to label the man ‘a player’ and the woman a ‘slut?’

Something certainly looks rotten from where I’m standing…

SUCH a mess. Of course the forgotten victims in this ar e t he f am i l y of t he gi r l concerned and Evan’s famil y and gi r l f r i end t oo. I t must be horrible hearing all t hese det ai l s dr agged through the press for more than five years and all the hateful comments on the internet.

Susan

Generation gap PERHAPS if people cared more about their own lives rather than judging others then the country wouldn’t be in the mess it’s in. Slowly but surely we’re becoming a nation of narcissists obsessed with celebrity culture. I don’t know if the world’s getting worse or I’m just getting older.

Steven

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INDEX News 1 - 40

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European Press 42

Finance 45 - 49

Stocks 46

Leapy Lee 51

Motoring Special 53 - 60

Letters 61

Daily TV 62, 64, 66, 68,

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Local champions FOUR local swimmers have became World Half Oceanman Champions 2016.

Rodreigo Solis Ibanez (Club Tenis Elche) and Zoe Connolly, mum Vicki Connolly and Beryl Altabas (all from Club Natacion Elche) achieved podium positions for their categories in the 5.5km Half Oceanman World Championship.

For the second year running Benidorm hosted the finals of the Oceanman World swimming circuit for both amateur and world experts in open water swimming. After four previous competitions, across two continents, Europe and America, the finals started on Mal Pas beach in Benidorm.

Three different race distances challenged over 500 swimmers of all ages, with distances of 9.3km, 5.5km and 1.5km being split into world qualifying swimmers and non-qualifying swimmers.

In order to be eligible for the prestigious World 9.3km and 5.5km races swimmers had been required to qualify in a previous race from the years circuit.

Each of the four local swimmers had previously qualified for the competition in

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OCEANMAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Hosted by Benidorm for the second year running. their swims around Tabarca Island (5kms) in September this year.

Coming in first of all the male swimmers, Rodrigo Solis Ibanez also gained first position in the male junior 16-19 category with an outstanding time of 1:14:30. Next was Zoe Connolly placed first in the female junior 16-19 category with a time of 1:34:08. Zoe was the youngest competitor of the whole competition.

Mum, Vicki Connolly followed behind Zoe coming second in her 50-59 female category with a time of 1:58:48. The final local champion and oldest swimmer in the whole competition, Beryl Altabas came first in the female 60-69 category with a time of 2:28:25.

Each of them won entry into two or three of next year’s races and ₏550 in cash prizes between them. Congratulations to all.

Human trafficking crack down From Front Page

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trafficking in several countries and was being sought by a number of forces outside Spain.

The arrests were the culmination of Operation Ethereal which aimed to crack down on the trafficking of women into Spain for the purposes of prostitution.

Those arrested are aged between 23 and 49 and are suspected of offences including sexual exploitation, laundering money and membership of a criminal group.

They were taken into custody during operations in the provinces of Alicante, Malaga and Gran Canaria.

The woman were typically tricked into coming to Spain

by promises of good wages in a short period and then subjected to physical violence and intimidation to force them to stay.

Some women were taken to so-called luxury clubs while the rest were forced into prostitution on the streets.

The victims of the gang were moved between various locations including Benal-

madena, Benidorm, Palma in Majorca and Ibiza.

Three of those arrested have been detained in custody while the other four have been released on conditional bail.

Detectives acting in tandem with units of the Bulgarian police have not ruled out more arrests with some expected outside Spain.

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AVE TRAINS: RENFE’s first new purchases in a decade.

New train contract to create employment

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn RENFE’S contract for the supply and maintenance of 30 new AVE trains will generate approximately 1,000 new jobs in the industry.

The operator expects to award the contract, worth over €2.6 million in November with companies Alstom, CAF, Siemens and Talgo in the running.

The trains are the first new purchase for RENFE in a decade. The new contract will be to supply 15 new trains initially and then a further 15. It also includes the subsequent maintenance of vehicles. The trains need to run at speeds of up to 320km per hour at high capacity, carrying at least 400 passengers.

The new trains will work the AlicanteMadrid high speed line.

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Woman dies after crashing A WOMAN in Sax died in a car accident in the town.

The 29-year-old was travelling alone in the vehicle at the time of the accident which happened on the A-31.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident and it appears the car left the road and overturned in the middle of the road.

Fire crews, Local Police,

Guardia Civil and paramedics attended the site of the accident but could not save the life of the female driver who passed away at the scene.

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Bad smell is soon to be a thing of the past LOCAL residents’ complaints about the bad smell coming from drains on the streets in the area around Orihuela’s Plaza de

la Trinidad are soon to become a thing of the past.

The council has announced that the water company has

started work to replace 300 metres of pipes in the sewage system and install a pumping station at the point where the pipes cross a stream which, when it rains, causes stinking leakage.

The project, which will include work on the square itself, Calle Overia, and Camino de San Pedro, is expected to cost €178,815 which will come from a repair fund used to carry out work of this type each year to improve the systems.

Water Cycle councillor Miguel Angel Fernandez, and Hidraqua water company manager Juan Jose Alonso, explained that the old concrete pipes will be replaced with resistant PVC and a pumping station carrying two, three kilowatt pumps which will avoid the system becoming overloaded when it rains.

Work has started on Camino de San Pedro and it is hoped the street will remain open.

ALICANTE: Blue skies replaced by grey.

Rains on the way this week

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE rain in Spain is not falling mainly on the plane this week, as a bag of cold air arrived in the province on Tuesday leading to potentially a week of rains.

According to Aemet, the State Meteorological Agency, rains are forecast throughout Alicante Province until Sunday October 23.

Temperatures this week are expected to remain stable between 18 and 24 degrees with warmer weather returning on Sunday.

Jorge Olcina, director of the Laboratory of Climatology at the University of Alicante, ex-

plained, “What happens is that there remains instability in the upper layers, and surface winds will be from the east and northeast. “ In these circumstances it is normal to have some showers and rain, but nothing extraordinary. As often happens in these cases, the Marina Alta will receive most of the rains.”

After three consecutive years of drought the rains will be welcomed by the agricultural sector, but despite the forecast, the province is still officially on alert for drought.

The Department of Agriculture has recommended caution in agricultural burning to prevent forest fires, despite the ban now ending.

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POMEGRANATE COMPETITION: The winner came from a 300-year-old tree.

Which one is the fairest of them all

By Eleanor Hawkins A POMEGRANATE from a 300-year-old tree has been chosen as the most beautiful in the world during the first competition of its type in Elche.

Organised on Sunday, October 16, by La Unio de Llauradors i Ramaders, the traditional pomegranate peeling and presentation competition this year included an ‘ideal pomegranate’ category for the first time.

The winning piece of fruit, presented by Pascual Serrano Perez with part of a branch and

leaves intact, was a perfect example of the local soft variety of pomegranate grown in the area which has its own protected denomination of origin.

Judges particularly approved of the outer colouring of the pomegranate, which ranged from cream to an intense red colour, revealing it came from a very well looked after tree.

The usual peeling and presentation competition was won by Asuncion Diaz Pastor, who explained that she had learned her impressive technique from her father as a child.

Double double toil and trouble THE Ministry of Agriculture has done a quick 180 turn and will allocate additional agricultural funding to the south of Alicante Province following pressure from town councils,

agricultural organisations and over 60 civic entitites.

The Ministry, led by Agricultural Minister Elena Cebrian, had previously indicated that the southern half of the

province would not be receiving any European Union ‘LEADER’ funds.

These grants, given out as part of the Rural Development Plan, are awarded throughout the region, giving an economic boost and contributing towards agricultural and rural development.

However, following a public outcry, the number of candidates in the region has since been bumped up from nine to 10, meaning that Alicante Province will receive two instead of one, so overall the province will receive €6 million of the €27 million coming from Brussels.

The new southern group of Alicante will include all of the districts of Elche, Orihuela, and Almoradi (48 in total).

Urban areas are ineligible, as candidates must be located in rural areas.

Within the next few weeks, the Official Bulletin of the Valencian Community (DOGV) will publish the definitive list of candidates.

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Youths terrorising area ALICANTE residents in Calle Tintorera, Cabo de las Huertas, have denounced a wave of vandalism in the area.

Residents have reported groups of youths throwing stones in the middle of the night against their homes. One of the residents said

they have repeatedly denounced the situation to the Local Police and consider the action to be a retaliation after they reported a party gathering by youngsters held in a half-built building in the street a few weeks ago.

Locals are demanding more police presence.

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Seal of approval for tourist offices

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA’S tourism offices have renewed their quality seal to achieve the Sicted tourism distinction award.

Councillor for Tourism, Sofia Alvarez, said the two offices; in the centre of the city and in Playa Flamenca, have been given the distinction following quality checks and audits by Turespaña.

This distinction is based on a manual of good practice, encouraging good internal organisation as well as good customer service. Alvarez said: “These are important tourist offices because they are our calling card for the arrival of tourists to Orihuela.”

She said they have added touch screen facilities for visitors and both offices have “improved attention to acces-

SICTED AWARD: Councillor Sofia Alvarez announced the two tourism offices have been awarded for their quality. sible tourism accessible with a portable audio transmission

system for those tourists who have hearing impairments.”

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New ‘Right to Remain’ campaign uncertainty following Britain’s vote to leave the EU. “But nowhere is that uncertainty more worrying and, frankly, unacceptable, than the ambiguity surrounding the rights of European nationals living here and those of British citizens on the continent.”

BREXIT PAGE

By Matthew Elliot and Simon Firth THE wife of the former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is Spanish.

A lawyer of international renown, Miriam González Durántez was born in Valladolid and is an expert on European Union law. She probably needs to be too.

Her husband, the ex-deputy PM, is now writing to 500,000 people in the UK urging them to message Theresa May demanding the rights of EU citizens in the country be guaranteed.

The trigger for this action by the Sheffield Hallam MP is the claim by cabinet minister Liam Fox that these rights could be one of the government’s ‘main cards’ during its Brexit negotiations.

Clegg says his wife’s status in the UK could be affected and that he says is “unacceptable”.

The letter reads, “There is a great deal of

“So many families across the UK are made up of people from different EU countries, including mine. What they are looking for are immediate reassurances that their rights will not be affected

by Brexit.”

His entry into the debate is part of a campaign launched under the title, ‘Right

to Remain,’ which aims to get guarantees on the rights of EU nationals in the UK. The campaign also seeks guarantees about the rights of UK nationals living in other EU member states, something the expatriate community in Spain has already vocalised and is continuing to do so.

All groups are manoeuvring in advance of March next year and the stated British government’s position that it will then trigger Article 50.

But there is first the small matter of a court case to be won by the government’s lawyers.

The case seeks to force Theresa May to seek parliamentary approval before the legal mechanism which begins the two-year EU withdrawal.

While the EU council president Donald Tusk insists there will be no talks until then, Theresa May continues to insist that the two-year countdown will begin in March, come what may.

NICK CLEGG: Urging people to demand guarantees as to the rights of expatriates in EU countries.

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A Question of Residence Brexit has brought the issue of residence into the spotlight, so it is worth taking a look at the Spanish residence rules and what you need to do.

It is encouraging for expatriates that UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, continues to confirm her commitment to secure the rights of British nationals living in EU countries. However, nobody knows exactly what a post-Brexit world will look like, so if you were considering taking action it may be best to act now, under rules we understand, rather than risk doing so later when the rules may become more difficult.

So if you intend to live in Spain post Brexit but have not yet officially registered your presence, it may be a good idea to get this sorted now.

Residence registration Since 2007, EU/EEA nationals wishing to settle in Spain no longer require the residence card commonly known as ‘residencia’.

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks Instead you have to register at the local provincial Foreigners’ Office or a police station.

A right to permanent residence for EU/EEA citizens arises once you can demonstrate continuous residence for at least five years, or less than that in the case of workers in certain circumstances.

Tax residence in Spain There are three situations that could make you resident in Spain for tax purposes.

1. If you spend more than 183 days in Spain in a calendar year, you become Spanish resident whether or not you take out a formal residence permit.

Temporary absences are ignored unless you can prove that you are habitually resident in another country for over 183 days.

2. Even if you spend less than 183 days a year in Spain, you are tax resident if your ‘centre of economic interests’ is in Spain.

This is if the base of your economic and/or professional activities is here.

3. You will also be considered resident if your ‘centre of vital interests’ is here. So if your spouse and children live here, you are presumed Spanish tax resident even if you live and work in another country, unless you can prove otherwise.

Residents of Spain are liable for income, capital gains and wealth taxes on their worldwide assets and subject to the Spanish

succession tax rules. You will generally have to submit annual income and wealth tax returns, plus Modelo 720 to declare overseas assets over €50,000.

It is possible to fulfil the domestic tax residency rules of two countries. The double taxation treaty between Spain and the UK sets out a list of ‘tie-breaker’ rules to establish which country the individual should be paying taxes in. This is independent of the EU and so not affected by Brexit.

It is surprising how many people pay tax in the wrong country. Some think they are not liable to taxes in Spain when in fact they are resident here for tax purposes. Others believe they are resident in Spain but are actually UK tax resident. It has always been important to establish where you should be paying tax and fulfil your obligations; even more so now with Modelo 720 and automatic exchange of information.

The Spanish taxation regime may not be as taxing as you think, especially for retirees with investment capital.

There are compliant taxefficient arrangements available in Spain that can make a considerable difference to how much tax you pay. Seek specialist, personalised advice from a firm with a long history of advising British expatriates in Spain, such as Blevins Franks.

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

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

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NEWS EXTRA

Water fall A TEENAGER was rescued unharmed after falling several metres from an abandoned water tank on the outskirts of San Vicente del Raspeig.

The 14-year-old escaped with just cuts and bruises.

Bus death A 51-YEAR-OLD man who was travelling on a bus in Alicante, died of a cardiac arrest. A SAMU ambulance team arrived at the site but could not save his life.

Free testing TO mark breast cancer awareness day, the Quironsalud Hospital in Torrevieja is offering free mammograms until tomorrow (Friday) to help with early diagnosis.

Call 966 925 761 to make an appointment.

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A new lease of life for old aquarium

By Eleanor Hawkins WORK is due to start this week to renovate Alicante’s municipal aquarium on Plaza Nueva and bring it back to life.

The contract to carry out the renovations and keep the aquarium clean for the first year, has been awarded to Orthem Servicios y Actuaciones Ambientales, the only company which put in a bid for the tender, for €153,228.

The renovation project for the aquarium was drawn up in collaboration with the Coastal Ecology Institute, biologists from the University of Alicante, and members of Seprona, the Guardia Civil’s nature protection branch, and includes the creation of six tanks to house compatible species, the star display will be a round tank containing jellyfish.

Infrastructures councillor Gloria Vega said the aquarium will house Mediterranean species which, after a time in the tank will be returned to the wild, and promised salinity and temperature sensors will ensure the creatures’ welfare.

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MUNICIPAL AQUARIUM: Star attraction will be the jellyfish.

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Knife attack in city A MAN was arrested in Alicante City for steali ng a m obi l e phone at knife point from another man.

The 35- year- ol d approached the victim in t he Pl aza del Car m en ar ea of t he ci t y wi t h a kni f e dem andi ng t he phone, as the 26-year-old vi ct i m went t o hand i t over he was stabbed with the knife.

Although he suffered only superficial cuts, he was t r eat ed f or t he i njuries.

The at t acker was ar rested and due to the injuries sustained by the victim, he has been rem anded i n j ai l and i s currently being held at the Fontcalent prison in Alicante.

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Briton arrested for historical sexual abuse crimes A BRITISH man has been arrested on the Orihuela Costa accused of crimes of sexual abuse and child pornography.

Officers from the National Police arrested the 61-year-old under under a European extradition

order which was issued by the judicial authorities in the UK for his crimes which date back to the early 1990’s. It is alleged the man assaulted his own daughter when she was nine years-old and then with another child in 2014, whom he

also showed videos of a sexual nature.

Police launched an investigation into the whereabouts of the man after claims he could be residing in Orihuela.

According to the courts in Nottingham, he

faces charges of crimes of indecent assault, sexual assault of a child, forcing a child to watch a sexual act and intimidation of a witness. For these four offences, the detainee could face a sentence of 39 years in prison.

Children to bring own toilet paper to school

By Matthew Elliott

A SCHOOL near Toledo, central Spain, has told parents to provide their children with bog roll.

The primary school doesn’t have the “budget to cover such resources” and has asked parents to supply each child with six rolls apiece. It is unclear whether bureaucrats have calculated how long they should last.

“What next? Will we be asked to provide chalks? A bottle of fuel? I’m

very angry,” wrote one steaming parent on Facebook.

Parents already have to pay for textbooks and food and opposition politicians have latched onto the issue pointing out that local officials have had a generous pay rise while working families are asked to scrounge around the back of their sofas for a few extra euros.

BOG STANDARD: Parents up in arms about the cheeky request.

An ageing population MORE and more people in Alicante Province are reaching the ripe old age of 100.

In just five years, the number of centenarians has increased by 92 people, 31 per cent more than in 2011, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). There are now 387 people in the province aged over 100 and according to population projections made by the INE, this number is expected to rise to 957 by 2025 and to around 1,393 by 2029.

Around 20 per cent of the province’s population is now aged over 65. This is expected to rise to 30 per cent by 2029.

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AN animal rights activist has started a petition to persuade Spanish authorities to halt Denia’s Bous a la Mar festival in which a bull is run into the sea.

Zoe Gumm believes the practice, where the bull is taunted into chasing spectators before running into the sea, is cruel and should be stopped.

“No animal deserves to be mistreated in the name of tradition. Bulls running down the street isn’t normal behaviour and they only run through fear.

“In previous years bulls have suffered broken bones, heart attacks and even drowned. They get kicked, pulled down in the water and then dragged out with a rope. It’s not acceptable in this day and age.”

Ms Gumm is hoping Spanish civic authorities will agree to an animal and child friendly alternative and believes her option for the traditional event would benefit and not deprive the town of tourist income.

“I think Denia will benefit.

There’s a huge wave of animal awareness at the moment. More

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Halt bull in water run

PETITION FOR CHANGE: To end bull runs and bullfighting schools. people are protesting against events that use animals.”

Her version, which takes place in Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, involves men in outsized inflatable bull suits running along the streets as children and parents run away.

She cites Valencia’s recent ban on setting light to bull’s horns and funding cuts for bull runs and bullfighting schools as

evidence of a shift and is hoping to meet the town’s mayor to persuade civic authorities to halt the tradition.

Find the petition by visiting

https://www.change.org/p/re place-the-bulls-with-people-infun-inflatable-costumes.

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NEWS EXTRA

Sneak thief A MAN is on trial accused of stealing a wallet containing a winning lottery ticket from a man in Benidorm.

As he tried to claim the €60,000 prize, he claimed he had brought it in Elche.

Educate this ONLY half of Spanish adults aged between 15 and 64 have the equivalent of GCSEs, although younger people are staying on at school longer than in previous generations as 65 per cent of 25 to 34-year-olds do have qualifications.

Car thieves FOUR people have been arrested accused of committing 34 robberies from vehicles in Alcantarilla, Murcia. Noting an increase in thefts by smashing a window, police launched an investigation in the summer.

Las Filipinas to be better represented THE international residents of the Las Filipinas urbanisation on the Orihuela Costa will now be more aware of what is going on in their area, and be better represented, thanks to a new president taking over the community.

The FAOC (Federacion Asociaciones de Orihuela Costa) has nominated Francisco Morales, the Facebook webmaster of the N-332 road safety project, and a serving traffic police officer in the Guardia Civil, to take on the role given his notable work in the community already.

As Francisco and his family have recently mo v ed to th e a re a , h e s e e me d a n obvious choice for the FAOC, on account of his commitment to improving the quality of life for those who live, work, and holiday in the area.

Francisco said, “I would like to improve the services and talk with the presidents of the communities of the area to identify the problems they have, with the only aim of having a better community.”

All nationalities are invited and encouraged to join the community initiative.

To find the Facebook page search for ‘Las Filipinas Orihuela Costa.’

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‘Smokers club’ out and snuffed

By Sam Croft

NATIONAL POLICE officers raided an establishment in central Alicante which was allegedly distributing and selling marihuana and other drugs under the guise of operating as a ‘smokers club.’

The bust came on the heels of an extensive investigation which ultimately led to the deployme nt of a polic e pre s e nc e in t he ar ea, soon enough officers were able to verify that people were consuming and selling drugs inside the establishment in question.

When the police raided the building, there were close to 200 people inside, the majority of them consuming narcotics of some kind.

In the operation, the officers managed to seize more than five kilos of marihuana, 432 joints prepared for sale, 452 grams of an undetermined syn-

452 grams of an undetermined synthetic drug, 160 pills, 47 injectibles and five kilos of marihuana were among the haul.

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sniffed out A PREPARED JOINT: One of 432 found during the raid. thetic drug, 160 pills, and 47 injectables.

Six people have been arrested, among them the owner of the establishment and various workers, they have been accused of crimes against public health and pertaining to a criminal organisation.

Other people who were present in the establishment at the time of the police raid received fines, meanwhile the police are not ruling out further arrests.

Family friend has been arrested and denied bail A MAN subjected a minor to sex under the threat he would kill her and her family if she refused.

It is reported that the 55-year-old, who was arrested in Alicante, threatened the youngster by saying he was a dangerous Colombian drug trafficker who would kill if he didn’t get what he wanted.

The man forced her to visit him once a week and she underwent this ordeal for two years, living in a state of fear and panic as he controlled her every move and showed jealously whenever she spoke to anyone else.

Their contact began when the teenager thought she was receiving messages on her phone from a 17-year-old boy.

She later discovered it was the man, who was also a family friend at the time.

The defendant has been denied bail, fearing that he may cause more psychological damage to the victim.

It has also been revealed that he has had two restraining orders against him since 2015, these were for offences against other minors.

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Learning the business THE Playa San Juan Secondary School in Alicante has been temporarily converted into a mini United Nations thanks to a new Erasmus initative.

The ‘Youth to Business Enteprise’ project aims to bring teenagers together from different parts of the continent in a bid to teach them how to become entrepreneurs, additionally the initiative encourages mobility within Europe and offers participants a chance to improve their English.

The project is coordinated by the United Kingdom and in addition to Spain, other participating countries include Turkey, Romania, Slovenia, the Netherlands, France, and Poland.

Working with the assistance of teachers, the students are tasked with creating a business, consisting of eight distinct phases of development.

Each phase takes place in a different country and tests a different skillset, Playa San Juan is currently housing the third phase of the project which revolves around design.

The participating students are staying with families in the city centre, and will visit different businesses in the province during their time in Spain.

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BARRANCO DE LAS OVEJAS: Receiving a major tran

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ALICANTE’S Barranco de las Ovejas is to return to its environmental state.

An ecological trail, with a signposted route that values and highlights the flora and fauna of the site has been created, developed by the council with the collaboration of various administrations, it is hoped the Barranco de la Ovejas will soon stop being known for its odours and discharges and once again be a natural beauty spot.

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nsformation to restore the beauty of the area.

The environmental path will open today, Thursday, with a visit from the Neighbourhood Association of Gran Via Sur and students from the local schools in the area.

Councillor Victor Dominguez said works have been carried out to allow residents to enjoy the scenery, he added, “The Barranco has always been seen as a dumping ground and, although there are still occasional problems to solve, the situation has improved a lot.�

It is hoped this once forgotten area with become an outside classroom and an area for events, as well as a point for bird watching.

ELCHE is to freeze the Property Tax (IBI) next year for citizens.

The ruling local government has given the green light to the draft amendment of Ordinances, Fiscal Tax, and Regulatory Fees, and has taken into account the damage suffered during local road works.

As a result, it will reduce by 80 per cent the rate of rubbish collection to retailers and hospitality businesses affected by works lasting more than three months.

There will also be an 80 per cent rate reduction for catering establishments whose terraces have been affected by works.

Bars and restaurants will also be able to place billboards in public places which previously were subject to regulation.

All these points will need to be raised and approved at the next full plenary council meeting.

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IN TRAINING: Students give up their time to protect and serve their community.

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THIRTY-SIX aspiring Civil Protection Volunteers have begun their training course.

Torrevieja’s mayor Jose Manuel Dolon, and councillor

Javier Manzanares, opened the course and welcomed the students.

Training continues this weekend covering the fire safety, and search and rescue modules, other areas of train-

ing to be covered include first aid and emergency management.

Mayor Dolon highlighted the great work done by the students and praised their “generosity for giving their

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Caught red-handed THANKS to a call from a resident in the area, and the rapid reaction of the Guardia Civil in Crevillent, officers were able to foil a robbery on the Faima industrial estate.

Police received a call from a neighbour warning of loud bangs coming from one of the factories, as officers arrived they found that the window of a unit, used for producing moulds for shoe insoles, had been broken and forced.

As they entered they saw two people running from the scene, with help from the Local Police, who cordoned off the area, officers managed to arrest two men who were found hiding inside the premises, they had already managed to extract the safe.

The two Spaniards have appeared in court and been released with charges.

Struggling to survive

time to the service of helping others.”

Councillor Manzanares also thanked all Civil Protection Volunteers for “the support and commitment they provide to the people of Torrevieja.”

EXTREME poverty has increased in the Valencia Region and according to a report, there are now around 396,000 people in the region at risk.

These are classed as the most vulnerable groups, having to survive on incomes below €332 a month.

The elderly remain one of the most vulnerable, having to stretch their pensions to meet rising costs and to help children and grandchildren, also victims of the crisis.

These are some of the findings of the sixth report ‘The State of Poverty’ which was presented this week.

It revealed that the region is the third autonomy where poverty has increased the most, after Andalucia and Castilla La Mancha.

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Sterilisation for stray cats MORE than 100 stray cats have already been sterilised in Alicante City this month.

The figure was announced by councillor for Animal Protection, Marisol Moreno, with the sterilisations forming part of a campaign launched by the council with a €40,000 bud-

get. The Department for Animals estimates there are around 160 colonies in the city with approximately 5,000 stray cats.

The campaign for capture runs until the end of the month. The cats are then taken to one of 17 clinics that work

from the College of Veterinarians of Alicante to sterilise them before being later released.

The councillor said they are also requesting an increase of the municipal budget to the Department for Animals to further develop more projects.

Egg head injury for brother A MAN has been arrested in El Campello for allegedly assaulting his brother and throwing a marble egg at his head.

The attack happened at the family home when it is reported the suspect grabbed the decorative ornament and attacked his brother with it, crack-

ing open his skull. He was taken to the University Hospital Sant Joan d’Alacant in a serious condition and required surgery, but his injuries were not life threatening. His brother was arrested and spent the night in jail before his appearance in front of magistrates: He was released on bail.

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By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ACCORDING to the latest survey of hotel prices in Spain from the Trivago comparison site, Murcia is the cheapest city for staying in a hotel, with Barcelona being the most expensive.

The average price of a double in the Murcia Region is €60, with Barcelona's average at €171 for one night.

Meanwhile, Murcia is expecting more hotel stays, following news of an agreement with a French tour operator that is expected to generate 15,400 hotel nights in the Region.

Aguilas will be the main destination that will welcome French tourists during the next two years with the tour operator Sea Voyage.

Murcia’s Minister Juan

MURCIA: To welcome more French tourists.

Hernandez, is in Paris with the director of the Institute of Tourism, Manuel Fernández-Delgado, visiting the Professional Exhibition of Tourism and Travel.

They are aiming to promote Aguilas as one of the main destinations on the Costa Calida, which currently has seven ‘Q’ for Quality awards.

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Pharmacies to help promote the flu jab PHARMACIES will actively encourage patients to have the flu vaccination this winter season.

In a bid to increase the vaccination rates amongst high risk groups, the

Ministry of Health has reached an agreement with pharmacies in Alicante Province to participate in the campaign of vaccination, which is scheduled to begin on October 24.

The Regional Minister of Health, Carmen Monton, met with pharmacy representatives who showed willingness to improve vaccination rates.

The Minister said they hoped to

take advantage of the close relationships pharmacists have with patients within their local neighbourhood to raise awareness of the jabs.

Risk groups which are encouraged

Green is the colour

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ELCHE’S bid to be ‘European Green Capital 2030’ is to be boosted.

The council agreed to boost the candidacy of Elche and promote the culture of sustainability.

During a meeting, the council elected Pascual Serrano to be the representative in the forthcoming debate on the state of the city, which will work on sustainable models.

The council agreed to convene a working group on the underground economy, to help prevent illegal businesses.

ELCHE: Bidding for the European Green Capital 2030 title.

to have the jab are those aged over 60, children and adults with chronic illnesses, as well as firefighters, police, security forces, and those in the medical profession.

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Motorway improved WORK has begun on improving the road condition of the A-7 as it passes through Elche.

It comes just weeks after a fatal traffic accident killed four people after a truck collided with two cars. The Ministry of Development recognised it was an important route and there was the need to improve the asphalt which was full of patches.

The stretch of three lanes had continually received complaints about its conditions by users.

However, the work has not solved all the problems and there are still sections in poor condition which will be done at a later date.

The work was carried out in both direction of the road, between kilometre markers 513 and 526. Maintenance was carried out quickly to minimise its effect on traffic.

The motorway, according to reports, registers more than 56,400 vehicles each day.

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Monkey business proves to be illegal

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn SEPRONA; the Nature Protection Service of the Guardia Civil, has recovered 25 monkeys that were being offered for sale illegally.

As part of the ‘Titisali’ investigation, officers investigated seven people in Alicante, Murcia and Sevilla, for alleged crimes relating to the protection of flora and fauna, belonging to a criminal organisation, forgery and theft.

The 25 marmoset monkeys w ere b ein g o ffe re d to pe t shops, being sold on the black ma rk et fo r b e tw ee n € 1 ,800 and €2,000 each. Investigations on homes and stores across Alicante Province as well as in Sevilla , A lmeria an d A lb ac e te , re v ea le d o v e r 6 0 s p ec ie s of the monkey were being sold, but just 25 were recovered by officers. These are now being cared for at animal centres

in Villena and Alicante.

The marmoset monkey is native to Brazil and is a protected species that is often the

subject of illegal trafficking and sale.

Its breedi ng i n Spai n i s pr ohi bi t ed without a specific permit from a zoological centre.

The CITES, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, of which Spain has been a member since May 1986, regulates trade in these endangered species and seeks to preserve their c ons e r vat i on by r egul at i ng t r ade through official export permits in the country of origin and import destination.

MARMOSET MONKEY: Is a protected species.

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Nightclub attack on woman A TEENAGER has been arrested and remanded in custody for biting a woman’s nose following a brawl in a nightclub in Elche.

It is reported the two females got into a fight inside the club close to the Martinez Valero football stadium, but the argument sprawled into the street in the early hours.

The 19-year-old allegedly attacked and started biting the other woman, aged 23, and bit part of her nose off. The woman was admitted to the Vinalopo Hospital and required surgery to her nose.

A friend of the victim and other witnesses identified the attacker to police and she was arrested. She now faces a crime of aggravated injury.

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Loggerhead turtles are Valencia to be capital of food back where they belong VALENCIA will be the World Capital of Food in 2017.

Mayor Joan Ribo said the city has outstanding tourist and gastronomic opportunities presented to it with this designation award which “allows the city to develop sustainable food practices” that fit with “the policies that the city wants to boost in food.”

Ribo, who could not hide his happiness for the election, believes that it is also an opportunity for Mercavalencia,

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

THREE loggerhead turtles have been released back into the sea in the Calblanque Regional Park, Murcia.

Two of them had been rescued from La Manga after becoming entangled in netting and fishing lines with the third being found by divers from a naval base in Cartagena.

The turtles were aged four, nine and 17 and it is believed all would have died from their wounds if they had not been found and treated at the El Valle Wildlife Recovery Centre.

Loggerheads, despite being able to reproduce until anywhere between 47 and 67 years of age, are an endangered species and many are losing their lives due to human negligence such as unattended fishing equipment and

LA MANGA: Three turtles have been released back into the sea.

plastic in the ocean.

The three turtles were released back into the sea after their recovery and have been fitted with microchips which will

help provide vital information if they were ever caught again, to help scientists and marine biologists learn more about the species and to protect it.

Recycling to become the law THE government aims to increase recycling of glass bottles and cans by 70 per cent.

It comes as Valencia prepares to implement the regulation of collection of glass and cans by law, in an initiative inspired by those already introduced in European cities such as Berlin and Oslo.

The project, coordinated by the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Julia Alvaro, will be regulated by the new Law Extended Protection Territory:

“After 2017 we will have to finalise and to agree on the system with all those involved, but we are already holding many meetings,” said Alvaro.

The initiative has already received opposition of large supermarket chains reluctant to cooperate.

The collection process will have two systems. Shops, bars and restaurants will prepare the containers to take them to the sorting centres prior to shipment to one of the two recycling plants in the Valencia

Region, and there will be a series of automatic machines, sending bottles and cans directly to the plant.

Retailers and firms that collect them for recycling, would then receive payment for every bottle and can that is returned which they handle.

The aim of the government is to recycle more and reduce the some five million bottles and cans it reports are ending up dumped on the streets, fields and beaches of the Region.

to further promote its products and was in recognition of the large food companies in the region such as Mercadona, Consum and Anecoop.

The mayor also said the reward is a recognition that Valencia is one of the most promising cities in terms of gastronomic tourism: “We have great chefs who are using our local produce on a daily basis to prepare their best dishes.”

Thirteen cities were competing for the title.

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THE ‘madame’ of a hostess club in Elche has been jailed for three years after holding a w oma n a ga ins t he r w il l and forcing her into prostitution.

A court heard how she tricked a Romanian woman by promising her legitimate work in Spain.

She w a s c olle c te d at B a rc e lona a irport a n d brought to Elche where her documentation and passport were taken and she was forced into prostitution and received death threats if she did not work.

All money paid to her by customers was kept by the ‘madame’ who called herself ‘Ambar.’

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POLICE in Puerto Lumbreras, Murcia, have seized €115,000 from a Dutch man for alleged money laundering.

The arrest came during a routine police security control in the town when officers noticed the driver of a vehicle proceeding to make a U-turn to avoid the control check point, and from being identified.

After a brief chase by police, the vehicle driver got out and continued his flight on foot before police officers intercepted him.

The man had with him a bag in the boot of the car containing wads of cash.

Without being able to explain the origin of the money and without the necessary documentation to carry such a large amount of cash, police proceeded to arrest the man and confiscate the money.

After making inquiries with the Dutch police, it has been found that the individual has a criminal record for drug trafficking and arms trafficking.

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adame jailed After 10 months the woman managed to escape from the club situated on the road from Elche to Torrellano, and she filed a complaint at the police station detailing her daily life being trapped at the club, where around 25 other girls also worked.

The woman had her identity protected and was placed in a protected witness programme for her safety.

As ‘Ambar’ was arrested, police also found 11 bags of c oc a ine on the pre mis e s leading officers to believe she was also trafficking drugs.

Receiving the three year sentence, the defendant appealed on the grounds that the testimony of the woman was not enough to rebut the presumption of innocence, but the Supreme Court rejected all arguments.

held against her will.

Jobless and young act as drug mules CRIMINAL gangs are preying on the long-term unemployed and young people to transport drugs within hours of landing cannabis on the beaches of southern Spain, it is claimed.

Figures show a so-called drugs mule can earn up to €3,000 for picking up the drugs and selling them on.

It is also feared that the harsh economic climate is causing some unemployed people t o g e t i n v o l v e d in the drugs business just to make ends meet.

One lawyer spoke of the drugs t r a d e b e i n g “ ea s y money for families who are suffering but do not think about the consequences.”

He said austerity meant such p e o p l e c h a rg e d fa r less, despite the danger of arrest, than professional drug couriers.

The downside for the gangs was an increasing ability of the police to catch

DRUGS TRADE: Easy money for some families. such people and a reduction in th e e fficie n cy o f the criminal operation.

F o r th e c rimin al g angs though, such people continue to provide a ready source of cheap labour.

In one instance the homeless and jobless had been recruited at a soup kitchen to act as mules.

A look at the number of drugs cases going through the courts shows Malaga is the fifth most active state in terms of prosecutions, while Barcelona tops the list.

The increase in the number of cases was put down to gre a te r polic e a c tivity and success in tracking the mules.

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Independent audit requested AN alleged accounting irregularity of €240,000 at the College of Social Graduates in Alicante is being investigated.

The complaint was filed by the General Council of Schools of Social Graduates of Spain in September, and is accusing the former dean of the college, Francisco Mendez Jara, of the irregularities.

Mendez Jara was in office for three decades before suddenly resigning in August, responding to the accusations he denied any wrong doing and said, “I have a very clear conscience, because all expenses are justified.”

Following his resignation, acting chairwoman Maria Antonia Oliva Verdu, held a meeting with the college board and professionals and said a report had detected a hole of around €240,000.

This money matched transfers allegedly made to the College Council in Madrid in payment for the services of experts to ensure that Alicante collegiate obtain the benefit of legal aid. Oliva Verdu, who was treasurer for at least a term of Mendez Jara, said some of that money went to other operating expenses of the collegial body.

Alicante Council has demanded a full and independent audit in to the 2015 accounts.

The College of Social Graduates of Alicante Public Law Corporation, is made up of professional experts who offer their services for comprehensive advice to employers and workers across Alicante Province.

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Criticism over clandestine talks

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE PP Party in Alicante has criticised the city government for its management in negotiating the arrival of Ikea in the Province.

PP spokesman, Luis Barcala, said they do not understand why the negotiations are being developed outside the municipal commission created specifically for the Ikea development.

This week, the tripartite announced progress in negotiations with Ikea, with the Swedish multinational saying it wanted to open a store in the Rabasa area of the city.

IKEA: Swedish multi-national still waiting.

But the PP has denounced the secrecy with which these contacts are under way with Ikea, asking, “Why are they holding meetings with intermediaries and who are these intermediaries? Why do they do it outside of the Ikea commission?” Barcala criticised the “shame of this government team for having done nothing in all this time to bring Ikea to the area and are then holding clandestine talks.”

Last week it was reported that the land that Ikea wants, is owned by Enrique Ortiz, the real estate promoter in the Gurtel corruption case.

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Woman burned in home fire A WOMAN suffered serious burns to her neck and f ace af t er an acci dent at her hom e i n Elche.

The 53-year-old was hospitalised at the General Hospital of Alicante wi t h second degr ee bur ns f ol l owi ng t he bl aze whi ch st ar t ed i n the kitchen of her home in Calle Juan Diez Martinez.

The bl aze was a dom est i c acci dent and l ucki l y di d not spr ead throughout the rest of the house so did not require the emergency fire crews to attend.

The woman was treated by medical teams at the scene of the fire and when she was stabilised t hey m oved her t o t he General Hospital of Alicante.

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Going from strength to strength

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

HELP Vega Baja have had a period that will go down in the charity’s history.

Not only did they receive a speci a l l o c a l a wa r d in recognition of the support they have given in the community o v e r t h e p a st 3 5 years, but they were then invited to attend the presentation of the charity calendars in Torrevieja, where they were surprised with a cheque for €3,200.

Michele Masson, President o f t h e c h a r i t y s a id , “Our volunteers are over the moon a t t h e r e c o g n i t io n ,

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Our volunteers are over the moon at the recognition, and of course the donations we have received.

years of providing support for the local community has been recognised.

and of course the donations we have received.”

“The team work extremely h a rd e v ery d ay a n d a lthough volunteers do not do their ‘job’ for any reward, to receive this recognition is a great morale boost.”

“With fundraising events such as the Quiz Night on O c to b e r 2 2 , an d o u r e ve r popular Christmas Fayre on

WELCOME SURPRISE: A cheque for 3,200 euros.

November 19, everyone is very busy so it was an absolute delight to be able to go to the office in San Miguel after the cheque presentation from Andy Ormiston and share the news.”

The char i t y cal endar s

are always popular and are now available in HELP’S San Miguel Centre for just €5.

They will also be in the Torrevieja office and La Marina help desk shortly.

The HELP committee will be meeting to discuss where donations should be allocated this year, and they welcome suggestions from charities or individuals who are aware of good causes in the Vega Baja area.

Call office manager Richard Garland on 966 723 733 or email office@helpvegabaja.com.

Brilliant Bar Kenz raises €1, 538 for the AECC BAR Kenz San Luis are prolific fundraisers via their weekly card bingo, collection boxes, race nights and a fashion show.

They were recently able to hand over a

cheque for €1,538 to Debbie Weedon representing ‘Maria and the Pink Ladies’ for the AECC. Jan and Ken would like to thank their

generous customers for helping them throughout the year to raise incredible amounts of money.

If you would like to make an appoint-

ment for a mammogram, smear test, or prostate test, please call the AECC on 965 329 841 Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm.

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A mouth watering anniversary delight

SWEET TREAT: Cakes galore at the DEBRA coffee morning celebrations.

MARKING their ninth anniversary since the opening of the DEBRA charity shop in Urbanisation La Marina, dozens of customers turned up for a coffee and cake celebration.

The coffee morning is a popular event and the cakes are well renowned, and with everything from banana bread and

Bakewell tarts, to carrot cake and chocolate and raspberry pie, visitors were in for a treat as they browsed the store’s bargains.

Donated by Di and Terry Ennis, the cakes were a thank you to customers for their continued support over the last nine years in helping raise vital funds for the DEBRA Butterfly Children Charity.

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What a gr SIMON WESTON CBE was in town once again last Friday evening when he presented his one man show ‘An Evening with…,’ to a packed audience at the Olympia Restaurant, Mil Palmeras.

Simon, who is regarded as one of the best speakers on the UK circuit, showed his worth as he captivated over 350 people who were there to pay homage to the Falklands veteran.

The former Welsh Guardsman was supported on stage by one of the Costa Blanca’s foremost young talents, Rebecca Holt, who, despite her tender years, has also been a long-time champion of the Royal British Legion, organisers of the evening’s event.

And it was Rebecca who got the evening underway with one of her signature acts, a tribute to the war years for which she was dressed in the uniform of an ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) L/Cpl. She gave a masterly perfor-

mance featuring many of the period hits that were especially well received by the audience.

As Becky brought part one of the evening to a close she was pleasantly surprised when Simon Weston then appeared on stage to present her with a jewelled poppy brooch, as a thank you for the years of support that she has provided to the RBL in Spain.

After a short introduction by Branch President, Pastor Keith Brown, Simon then spent over an hour recounting his days from the fateful invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982 that so dramatically changed his life, through the 90 or more operations and medical procedures he has undergone.

He spoke of family life, experiences, and his relationship with the royals, throwing in many anecdotes and amusing stories, all the while radiating optimism, courage, and strength.

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Palmeras admirers enraptured, He then spent over an hour before switching from direct demeeting many of the crowd belivery to an opportunity for a fore the evening was brought to a questions and answers session close. with the audience.

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Still living the dream but what about Brexit?

AUTHOR Andrew Atkinson is writing his latest book, ‘Still Living The Dream - But what about Brexit?’ and is looking for the experiences endured by expatriates living in Spain.

“I am interested in hearing about the lives of expatriates who are still living the dream in Spain after the crisis that hit in 2008,” said Andrew.

“Despite the crisis ending with thousands of expatriates returning back to Britain many thousands still remain in Spain,” added the author.

Andrew, who recently received a letter of acknowledgement from the Queen about his book, ‘Formby’s Lost Love,’ de-

picting the biography of ukulele star George Formby’s fiancee Pat Howson, said, “I will include the stories of expatrites still living the dream in the book, with their views of Brexit.”

“Do they firmly believe they will remain in Spain after Brexit, or will it be the final nail in the coffin, after surviving the crisis endured during 2008 onwards?”

“With the euro to pound sterling at 1.50/£1 a decade or so ago there are fears that the decline currently trending could play a major factor in the future, with Brexit set to kick in two years after 2017.”

Expatriates can send their stories via email to, lancashiremedia@gmail.com.

Christmas Fayre AGE CONCERN Costa Calida is to hold its annual Christmas Fayre at Mariano’s Restaurant in Camposol A, on Sunday, November 19.

Proceedings start at 11am and wrap up at 2pm, the entrance fee which includes a Christmas prize draw ticket, is priced at a bargain €1, while the Fayre itself will feature a bar, cafe, cakes, tombola, plants, sweets, pies, ceramics, bags, jewellery, spices, clothing and much more, carols will be sung by the Wellspring Victory Church Choir.

Anyone interested in a stall should contact 634 336 484 between 10am and 4pm Monday to Friday.

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COSTA DEL SOL

A colourful celebration Alfaz town hall

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Vicente Arques with representatives from the Norwegian, Greek and Ecuadorian consulates.

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AXARQUÍA

By Linda Hall MORE than 5,000 people flocked to the ninth edition of Alfaz del Pi’s International Day. Fifty associations and collectives representing 100 or so nationalities shared the culture, food and folklore of their countries of origin with members of the public.

The principal objective of this yearly date is to generate harmony and integration in Alfaz, where more than half of the population was born outside Spain, said Mayor Vicente Arques.

He was accompanied at the inauguration by representatives from the Norwegian, Greek and Ecuadorian consulates, together with Alfaz’s two councillors for Foreign Residents.

For seven hours visitors to the municipal sports stadium were able to sample food, join in workshops, listen to singers and watch dancers.

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Sports boost

Rain helps

Mango haul

No deposit

ALMERIA Provincial Council is to provide €368,000 for work on sports facilities in Purchena and has approved a new batch of sports grants for towns and villages with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants. The Sports Department has put aside €100,000 for the grants, which will range between €1,000 and €2,500.

BEFORE autumn begins across the Balearics there were dire warnings that, unless there was significant rainfall in October, two of Mallorca’s main reservoirs would be out of action. Fortunately the heavens opened and Mallorca witnessed a wet, wild end to the summer.

THREE men suspected of being behind at least five thefts from fruit farms in the Axarquia area have been arrested by the National Police in Velez-Malaga after the authorities were alerted by a call that three men in a van were stealing mangos from a farm.

THE Valencia region’s biggest supermarket chains will not back plans for a Deposit Return System. Consum, Mercadona and Mas y Mas amongst others spelt out to the Generalitat’s Environment department that there are red lines they are not prepared to cross.

Bizarre dispute

Dog’s life

Jihadist detained

MODEL Claudia Schiffer and her husband are at the centre of a bizarre property dispute with Willi Weber, the former manager of Formula One phenomenon Michael Schumacher, who has accused them of cutting down two 10-metre high pines on his property for a better view.

RESIDENTS in Torrox who live near the Torrox Animal International League (Tail Torrox) are understandably fed up with the constant barking day and night from more than 50 rescue dogs which has been going on for eight years.

A MOROCCAN living in Altea was arrested in a coordinated swoop on suspected jihadists. Three more arrests were made in Ceuta as well as Tetuan and Fnideq in Morocco. The joint operation was carried out by the Spanish police and intelligence service, CNI, with the cooperation of Morocco’s police.

Belongings found THE Guardia Civil has confirmed a rucksack found in the Huercal-Overa countryside belonged to David Oldman, the missing 66-year-old hiker whose body was found by hunters last week.

Violent son

Bigger Ikea

ALMERIA’S Criminal Court has sentenced a drug addict to three months in jail for biting his mother and threatening and attacking a Local Police officer. The 31-year-old man, who lives in Adra with his mother, was found guilty of having attacked her during an argument.

Suspicious sailors THREE men caught acting suspiciously on a boat off the coast of Almeria have been jailed by the High Court after admitting to trying to get drugs into Spain. A Spanish Navy patrol ship spotted the men on a boat and took chase when they sped away.

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Next meeting

ALMOST a quarter of a century after it opened its first Mallorca store, Swedish furniture giant IKEA unveiled its second outlet on the island on October 19. Located right next to the old store in eastern Palma, which will become a warehouse, the new premises is twice the size.

THE group saw 29 people attend its recent discussion on xenophobia, which was apparently very lively. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday November 21 at 11.30am in the social salon of Capistrano Village, Nerja when it will discuss ‘Illiberal Democracy.’

Safer shooters

Diabetes threat

Farm theft

Christmas cheer

THERE are 422 million diabetes sufferers worldwide and 2.6 per cent of global blindness can be attributed to diabetes so Calvia Lions and Specsavers Opticas Santa Ponsa have decided to support World Sight Day with a free diabetes screening event in store on Avenida Rei Jaume on Saturday October 22.

SO concerned is the government of the province of Malaga about theft of produce from farms that it is taking a number of measures to try to ensure that not only are robbers spotted and caught, but that outlets where the fruit and vegetables are sold are also targeted.

THE Generalitat is once again offering its ‘Don’t be alone at Christmas’ programme. Javea and La Nucia town halls have already announced they are participating in the scheme aimed at elderly people on small incomes who live alone and are unable to spend Christmas with their families or friends.

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DENIA’S Local Police no longer have to forego target practice as Javea Town Hall will allow them to use the indoor firing range at the new Portal del Clot police station to carry out their obligatory four-monthly exercises.

Smart city THE mayor, deputy mayor and Innovation councillor for Marbella have been to Madrid for a meeting with the head of the state society for management of innovation and tourism technologies (Segittur) to get a project to make the city a smart destination moving.

Dealers done TWO marihuana growing operations have been broken up in two separate Marbella residences which were located in the Las Albarizas and Bello Horizonte neighbourhoods of the city and four people have been arrested by the National Police.

Walking only PRELIMINARY work on the permanent pedestrianisation of the centre of Torremolinos is set to kick off on Monday (October 24). Ultimately, the council plans to construct a landscaped boulevard which will completely transform the image of the town’s historical quarter.

New hands THE conference and exhibition centre in Torremolinos is now under direct management of the town council, following dissolution of the public society which had been running it.

Safer longer MIJAS will be keeping lifeguards on at weekends along the coastal path until December with two lifeguards patrolling the pathway on bicycles on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 6pm.

Paying out A MALAGA Court has ordered an insurance company which had a contract with the Malaga City Council to pay a woman €8,000 for injuries she suffered after a branch fell on her. Additionally, they will have to pay €1,790 to the owner of a damaged car.

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Swedish emigration SWEDEN: A record number of people emigrated last year, with double the amount leaving the country compared to 30 years ago. State figures report that 55,830 emigrated from the Nordic nation in 2015.

True story SWEDEN: Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in a film based on a true story of a helicopter heist that saw millions stolen from a Stockholm bank depot in 2009.

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The price of a brick INCREASING property prices mean the average brick in a UK house is worth more than £47 (€52) based on the property’s overall value, compared to £35.70 (€39.50) in 2006. In a London property an 89p brick is worth £121.08 (€134).

Cup collection A MANCHESTER charity is hoping to collect 20,000 coffee cups and turn them into useful plastic products. Around 2.5 billion plastic cups in Britain a year end up in landfill.

Filming fine DISNEY has been fined £1.6 million (€1.8 million) over safety issues after Harrison Ford was crushed by the Millennium Falcon’s

BRITISH PRESS hydraulic door on the Star Wars movie set at Pinewood in Buckinghamshire.

A NATIONAL hunt was launched for Rudi the micropig who went missing from an allotment just outside Frankfurt. The campaign to find him has even made national headlines.

UNILEVER has stopped delivery of 200 much-loved products to Tesco stores after the supermarket refused to agree to its 10 per cent price rise, blaming post-Brexit for the rise.

Future ride

POT NOODLES: Off the shelf in Tesco stores.

BMW has unveiled the motorcycle of the future; a sleek, self-balancing bike that the German auto maker claims is so safe riders can use it without a helmet. The prototype was released as part of the company’s 100th anniversary celebrations.

Airport bribe A BERLIN airport worker has been jailed after admitting in court to taking a bribe of €150,000 from a subcontractor at the long-delayed air hub. Berlin authorities have pledged that the Berlin-Brandenburg airport will open in 2017, six years behind schedule.

Clown craze NORWAY: An unsettling global craze has reached Norway as police received reports of people going out in clown masks with sticks and bats scaring local communities.

No deal

DENMARK: Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) has reported its former director Jakob Scharf to the police for violating a confidentiality agreement after he was the subject of a journalist’s new book.

In denial

Pig hunt

Not in stock

SWEDEN has been ranked the best country for girls according to a report by Save the Children. It looked at five indicators; child marriage, adolescent fertility, healthcare, women MPs and secondary school completion.

Police report

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AN 87-year-old right-wing extremist has been sentenced to 11 months in jail for making statements denying the Holocaust ever happened.

She insists Auschwitz was a labour camp, not a death camp.

Best for girls

NORWAY has rejected a post-Brexit trade pact with the UK. It has been reported that Britain wanted to create a task force to work with Norway on a free trade agreement but it was rejected by Norway’s Foreign Ministry.

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Syrian suicide CITY CENTRE: Attracts tourists year round and is pushing locals out.

Disneyfication

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PEOPLE and companies in the heart of Amsterdam have written to the mayor urging him to stop the ‘Disneyfication’ of the city centre, which is attracting tourists year round and pushing locals out of the city.

internet scams is due on trial next week. The man built websites but added software enabling him to get names and passwords off customers.

Web conman

End of life

A MAN suspected of conning up to 400 people out of money via various

MINISTERS are backing assisted suicide for people who feel their life

has been completed. Ministers said ‘elderly’ people, whether ill or not, should be able to take a drug to end their lives.

No bet APPLE has removed dozens of apps from the App Store for online betting following a request from the Dutch gaming authority. Companies such as Unibet and Bwin are already banned in the Dutch market.

A SYRIAN man has been found dead in his police cell in Berlin after being arrested on suspicion of plotting a jihadist bomb attack on a Berlin airport.

Hells angels POLICE were deployed for security as the funeral for murdered Hells Angels boss Aygün Mucuk t ook place in Germany. The head of the Hells Angels gang in Gießen, Hesse, was found dead af t er bei ng shot 16 times.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

Raccoon festival

POPULAR PETS: People were given tips on how best to care for them.

ST PETERSBURG held w ha t mus t be one of the w orld’s more unus ua l events. Residents of the cultural city gathered for the first edition of the Raccoon Festival. The animals are increasingly popular household pets in Russia and people were given tips on how best to care for them.

Veggie victims VLADIVOSTOK police were called out to assist an alarmed man who accused his w ife of forc ing the ir children to be vegetarian and stunting their growth.

Social services were also called but as the children w e re found to be in good health and happy with their mothe r, the re was no reason for a criminal investigation.

Cheats and frauds HISTORIANS have denounced the decision to allow Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky to keep his PhD despite it being compared to a propaganda pamphlet packed with absurdities. The angry historians point to ‘grave er-

rors’ in his thesis and also claim that 33 politicians who ran for parliament cheated or lied in their doctorial papers.

Tense times BORIS JOHNSON is an official enemy of the Motherland. The floppy-haired British foreign secretary accused Russia of war crimes over its alleged bombardment of Aleppo. Moscow has called his comments ‘Russophobic hysteria’ and suggested that it is the Kremlin which should be offended over the West’s intransience and hypocrisy over Syria.

Check mate FORMER world chess champion Garry Kasparov has won a case against

Russia at the European court of human rights. The antiPutin activist was unlawfully detained at Moscow airport for five hours as he tried to attend an opposition rally. Police claimed they were simply investigating counterfeit tickets that day.

Impending doom RUSSIAN news sites reported that the Kremlin had told senior officials abroad to send their families home in anticipation of war. It comes after a mass emergency preparation operation in Moscow. With nuclear missiles being moved to central Europe and former president Mikhail Gorbachev warning of serious danger, tensions are very high.

S7 AIRLINE: Hoping to conquer outer space.

Space race THE most successful private airline in Russia is hoping to conquer outer space. S7 wants to compete with billionaire American initiatives in a new private space race pitting global tech pioneers against one another. S7 chief Vladislav Filyov is being hailed as a national hero, a Russian Richard Branson bringing the space-age back home.

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$167 million (€184 million) is the amount invested in Monarch Airline to allow it to renew its ATOL licence.

large amount of capital into the company, thus allowing it to meet all of the finan-

cial requirements of the Civil Aviation Authority and a complete renewal of its ATOL licence.

“It is testament to the extensive effort by all parties, over the past weeks and months, that we are able to announce the largest investment in our 48-year history, as well as the renewal of our ATOL licences,” said Andrew Swaffield, chief executive of the Monarch Group.

There is however an ongoing problem for

The problem is many people in the country don’t think there is a policy to put the national interest first, they think there is a policy to put people’s narrow ideological interests first,” Claire Perry MP

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MARMITE: Like Brexit, you either love it or hate it!

Tesco and Unilever clash ONE of Britain’s largest manufacturers of branded foodstuffs, Unilever, announced that because of Brexit and the drop in value of the pound it will be increasing its wholesale cast to retailers to ensure it maintains its profit margins.

Whilst no retailer is happy with this decision, one of the supermarket giants, Tesco has decided this is not accessible and has started to ration or remove certain Unilever products from its online offers which means such staples as PG Tips and Marmite may be more difficult to purchase.

As yet, other supermarkets are waiting to see what the outcome will be before taking any

action although budget stores such as Aldi and Lidl may well be laughing as so much of their product is own label and any price increase by competitors is likely to push more business their way as people look to purchase products for less.

Market analysts see this as the normal start to any price negotiation between two behemoths of the retail business which they believe will be resolved with a three-way split of the price increase. In such a scenario, Unilever will reduce the increase slightly, Tesco will accept a small loss of profits and the consumer will see the bulk of the increase appear on supermarket shelves.

WITH the various Spanish political parties due to meet with King Felipe prior to October 31 to see whether it will be possible to form a new government without the need for a third election, interim Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has confirmed his belief that in order to have any chance of meeting the requirements of the European Union to go nearer to balancing the budget, the new government will need to reduce spending by at least €5.5 billion per annum.

Retail saga THE acting finance director of Sports Direct has quit as the troubled British retailer continues to reel from the scandal concerning its treatment of workers.

Matt Pearson departs just a few weeks after chief executive Dave Forsey resigned his post and founder Mike Ashley found himself facing a parliamentary committee over workers’ rights.

The company also lost some £15 million after sterling briefly crashed last week forcing the firm to issue a profit warning amid serious concerns over its future form City investors.

The Big Apple may take throne A DEPUTY governor from the Bank of England has suggested that New York will reap the benefits from the City of London’s post-Brexit fall from grace. Sir John Cunliffe said other EU capitals lack the infrastructure and human capital London offers, making the Big Apple the likely benefactor of

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By John Smith AFTER 48 years of trading, Monarch Airline was close to collapse caused by a drop in profits and a need to fund the purchase of 30 new aircraft which were ordered in 2014 and recently was granted a temporary extension of its ATOL licence which allowed it to continue to offer ‘save’ flight options until such time as it came through with further investment.

Now its main shareholder, Greybull Capital has confirmed that it will put a

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a business exodus from the British capital.

Dublin, Frankfurt and Paris have all laid claims to London’s throne since the referendum result was announced but it would take years, if not decades, for them to replicate the financial services ecosystems required to lead the pack.

Monarch as one of it main strengths was its routes to North Africa and Egypt which have seen major dropouts of holiday passengers and the fact that it has to compete with the major budget airlines as well as holiday airlines run by Thompson and Tui. Whilst all is resolved for the short term, the long term may see Britain’s oldest airline consigned to the history books or taken over by a more prosperous group.

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UK house prices FOLLOWING a period when UK house prices stagnated when the Brexit result was known, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has revealed that house prices in September had risen due to a slight increase in confidence and the fact that the number of properties being offered for sale had dropped.

The rise was the first in seven months and may continue to grow as foreign investors take advantage of the weak pound in order to purchase investment properties and this in turn may help to keep the market buoyant.

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

Deutsche Bank rocked with huge fine Photo credit Wikipedia

By Matthew Elliott GERMANY’s biggest bank is facing a potential €12.7 billion penalty from the US Department of Justice over mis-selling of mortgage bonds.

Deutsche Bank was found to have sold mortgages as residential mortgage based securities alongside many other European banks in the wake of the financial crisis.

€12.7 billion, the potential penalty faced by Deutsche Bank over mis-selling of mortgage bonds.

The case is panicking global investors and the International Monetary Fund which has named the bank as posing the largest risk to the world financial system. Deutsche Bank’s value on the stock market is estimated at roughly €16 billion and the potential penalty would be one of the biggest in history for mis-selling mortgage bonds.

Deutsche Bank does have a variety of assets it can sell to raise funds if necessary. In total they are estimated at €1.6 trillion, around half the output of the German economy, and its liquidity buffer is a healthy €215 billion.

TWIN TOWERS: Frankfurt is home of the Deutsche Bank.

The greater picture isn’t so rosy. Deutsche Bank’s share price has halved in the past year, plunging to a near 30-year low last week. The 2015 return on regulatory capital was negative, and stress tests conducted by the European Union this summer found it to be the least resilient of the key continental banks.

It is also one of the world’s most heavily interconnected banks alongside Barclays and HSBC and is considered the most likely candidate should another Lehman Brothers-style collapse usher in a fresh era of recession and uncertainty.

German media report that the government is considering taking over a quarter of the bank which could ease a possible merger with domestic rival Commerzbank and strengthen its regulatory capital ratios.

What happens next depends to a great extent on the final fine issued by the American DoJ. There are realistic expectations that the €12.7 billion may be reduced in light of the evidence that Deutsche Bank may be ‘too big to fail,’ meaning its collapse would pose a risk to other banks and catalyse a disastrous domino effect.

Deutsche Bank has steadfastly avoided tapping its shareholders for capital but may have to if pushed into a corner by the American verdict.

The bank is also battling more than 7,000 separate legal cases and already wields a €5.5 billion litigation kitty.

THERE are more billionaires on planet Earth than ever before but on average each of them is slightly poorer after another rocky year for the global economy.

A joint analysis published

by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates that the total wealth of the global billionaire population plummeted by some €270 billion in the past year. With roughly 1,400 billionaires across the world that represents an average loss of €235 million each.

Falling commodity prices and lacklustre growth in the technology field were highlighted as chief causes of the decline.

“It is too early to tell if the past 30 years extraordinary period of wealth creation is coming to an end, but it is clearly slowing” concluded the authors.

Another striking feature of the report was the shift-

ing geography and demographics of the global billionaire class.

There are still more billionaires in the US than in any other country but only 41 Americans smashed through the platinum ceiling last year, compared to 113 across Asia. Given that 36 American billionaires either died or were relegated to millionaire status the net gain was only five.

Young Chinese entrepreneurs are the fastest growing segment of the new real estate, retail and technology elite.

Despite the shifting sands for many people the song remains the same. According to Forbes the world’s richest man is the familiar Bill Gates of Microsoft, who just edges ahead of Spanish Zara founder Amancio Ortega.

European financial royalty has also seen little

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Bad news for most billionaires change. The continent is considered the best at keeping wealth but not creating it through the continued longevity of the heredity lines of super rich families.

The vast majority of billionaires are self-made, although only one in six female billionaires earned their own fortune. The richest self-made woman is Zhou Qunfei, the founder of Lens Technology, a touchscreen maker which sells to Apple and Samsung.

One super-rich entrepreneur who hasn’t seen his fortune diminish in the global financial climate is Facebook chief Mark Zuckerburg, who is now the world’s fifth richest person with an estimated €40 billion treasure chest at the age of just 32.

MARK ZUCKERBERG: Bad news for some but not for all.

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‘Blame Brexit’ sweeps Europe

DAVID DAVIS: Fighting Britain’s corner in the protracted divorce.

By Matthew Elliott AFTER British prime minister Theresa May met with her Spanish counterpart mariano Rajoy in Madrid for crunch Brexit talks concerning expat pensions and the fate of Gibraltar, Downing Street found itself deflecting claims the UK is set to face a whopping ‘divorce bill’ of €20 billion when it leaves the EU. Analysis from the Financial Times found that there are more than €300 billion of shared liabilities and, as an early departure from the European party, Britain will be forced to cough up its share in any future separation agreement.

Unpaid budget appropriations, pensions liabilities and other commitments make up the bulk of the €20 billion figure, which No 10 has refused to comment on, stating only that it wouldn’t be dragged into a “running commentary on the details.”

The news that Britain is due another hefty financial

hit did little to help keep the pound afloat as it continued oscillating between a 30-year low against the dollar and more manageable territory.

If a majority rule that parliament has the ultimate authority then it paves the way for MPs to simply vote against triggering Article 50.”

One estimate from AFEX reckoned that the pound could sink as far as $1.15 by the end of the first quarter of 2017, suggesting that, despite volatile ups and downs, the long-term outlook is negative.

David Davis, who along with Boris Johnson and Liam Fox has been charged with fighting Britain’s corner in the protracted divorce, has dismissed the fears and suggested that banks and EU chiefs are simply pampering themselves at a ‘blame Brexit festival.’

Much of what happens next will hinge on the crucial court case heard this week at London’s Royal Courts of Justice.

Three of the country’s top judges deliberated over whether parliament, rather than government ministers, has the authority to notify Brussels that Britain is withdrawing from the EU. If a majority rule that parliament has the ultimate authority then it paves the way for MPs to simply vote against triggering Article 50 and therefore preventing the referendum result from taking shape. Putting parliament in the driving seat would also dramatically complicate the already fractious negotiation process.

With 26 member states each wielding a veto, and 27 separate parliaments (including the UK’s) having to cobble together enough support among their various coalitions to give any future deal the green light, the €20 billion figure could be the least of the government’s concerns.

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Purge the Sturge – you know it makes sense LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT CALL me completely out of touch and naive, but can any one of my Scottish friends tell me that Nicola Sturgeon and her party retain anything more than their own blind ambitions and dislike of the English in their political aspersions and endeavours?

They are now (in barely disguised panic mode) hell-bent on bringing in a second referendum for Scottish independence before we leave the EU. (Told ya so!)

Can we just draw back for a minute and consider the possible scenarios here? In a couple of years or so all financial income from the EU will cease. Indepen-

d e n t o r n o t M s Sturge on this most certainly includes Scotland.

A s s u min g s h e ha s by the n achieved her goal, all financial in p u t fro m th e re s t of the U K will also have been withdrawn.

This will leave Scotland, with the only chance of any outside financial input relying on their being independently accepted into the EU, which they most certainly won’t be, and anyone who th in k s o th e rw i s e is living in cloud cuckoo land.

Scotland will then be left entirely dependent on its exports, the only significant one being its rap id ly d w in d ling s upply of N o rth S ea o il a nd ga s – a nd that’s it. With the country curren tly a lre a d y w a llow ing in more debt than even the beleaguered Greeks, just how long do the previously canny Scots think their country can survive with this catastrophic drop in their in-

come? Just how long will it take for the whole country to fall into a state of desolation and economic disaster?

Five years, 10? A previous ly w onde rful c ountry and proud member of our magnificent United Kingdom, isolated behind a border, erected and misguidedly constructed in the name of ‘FREEDOM!’ For heaven’s sake wake up and get rid of this malignant, destructive, self-effusing party, before it really is too late. We need you ‘in’. And without doubt, dear Scotland you need both her and her party of miscreants, well and truly out. Purge the Sturge. You know it makes sense. Keep that mail coming, the ‘ol boy can still take it.

Keep the Faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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FEATURE

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The would-be saviour of Brexit Britain 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

WARNING: the following contains strong language right from the start!

What the **** … Well, this is a family newspaper, after all, so I suppose I’d better tone it down a bit. What is happening is that I am so stunned I need to lie down in a dark room and let my blood pressure drop. Meanwhile, why not flick ahead to the crossword page or go and make that cup of coffee…

Hey, me again. I thought at first it was a belated April Fool’s joke but no.

The article I just re-read is only too true, and my blood pressure has started rising rapidly. Again. And not in a good way. After weeks of depressing news about Syria, refugees, Putin, Corbyn, lecher-in-chief (‘on the gropes’) Trump, who unexpectedly emerges from the woodwork? Yes. You guessed: Tony Blair.

Blair could return to a frontline role in British politics, he heavily hints, to

TONY BLAIR: Saviour of the UK? try to prevent Theresa May’s Conservative Party from destroying the country with a so-called ‘hard Brexit’

and save it from a Labour Party he describes as “ultra-left that takes us back to the 1960s. In the UK at the

moment you’ve got a one-party state.”

The problem is that Blair’s politics

have been tainted by his wars, discredited by some dreadful decisions and, latterly, his money-making schemes.

Yes, in laying the ground work by separating himself from his finances and getting involved in the charitable side of his empire, he’s testing the water about a possible return to politics.

However, as the country lurches deeper and deeper into a state of uncertainty and confusion, at last there is something everyone (right, left, centre, Brexiteers, Remainers etc) can totally agree about: he is definitely not the man to lead the UK to the centre ground.

Nurse, the screens please! That’s better, I’m back on the meds... I’ve calmed down now. But as for you Tony, maybe time to switch to a new diet? Leave off the sour grapes and stick to humble pie... and just desserts, eh?

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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BMW 5 SERIES: 2017 model is a serious update.

Where is the Apple iCar? ONE giant apple-shaped elephant in the showroom is the heavily anticipated, inevitable and yet shrouded in mystery arrival of tech giant Apple into the motoring industry.

There has been no official statement of intent from the Silicon Valley masterminds behind the iPhone over whether an iCar is on the horizon any time soon but the suspicions of potential competitors are certainly being aroused.

Apple has already poached more than 1,000 engineers from top firms in the motoring world, including former Aston Martin and Tesla brainiac Chris Porritt.

It has bought several enormous sites in California and Germany for research and development and registered the domain names apple.car and apple.auto and reportedly been in talks to buy McLaren.

Given Apple’s niche is innovation the iCar will almost certainly be a self-driving electric vehicle.

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Giving up is something a Lauda doesn’t do.

Road safety or robot ?

WOULD you trust an autonomous car? That was the question put to British motorists in a wide ranging survey and the answer was a resounding no.

The behavioural scientists behind the research found out what anyone probably could have guessed – people don’t really trust machines, especially new-fangled ones zooming them along a packed motorway at 80mph surrounded by thousands of other ‘self-aware’ motorised computers.

Almost seven in 10 said that people should be in control of their cars at all times, while more than half said they would feel uncomfortable even sharing the road with an autonomous vehicle.

The main reason given was self driving cars would lack the common sense needed on the roads where human error is frequent and it’s essential to take quick instinctive action to avoid a crash.

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GLICKENHAUS HYPERCAR: Will be one of the top drawers.

By Simon Firth THE 2017 Geneva Motor Show will no doubt see many mouth-watering features at eye-watering prices, but the street-legal Glickenhaus hypercar will be one of the top drawers.

Capable of a speed in excess of 215mph (350kmh), the Scuderia

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JANIS JOPLIN might approve of Mercedes’ new plans, if she could wrap her head around the uber corporate motoring behemoth taking a page out of the hippie playbook and offering owners the chance to rent out their cars.

Not out of sheer generosity of course, rather for cold hard cash. Under a pilot programme to take effect in Germany next month owners can volunteer to have their car equipped with a box connecting it to an online platform.

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European car sales hit September record EUROPEAN car sales grew by 7.3 per cent across September, with volume and premium brands both signalling strong growth, as the industry continues its slow climb out of its worst ever crisis.

Registrations of new passenger cars in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association rose to 1.496 million vehicles in September, a seasonally strong month, compared with 1.395 million in 2015, the Brussels-based Association of European Carmakers, ACEA, said. Renault posted the largest gain among major carmakers with an 18.7 per cent increase, although its French home market edged up just 2.5 per cent.

Fiat Chrysler jumped 14.2 per cent, helped by

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For the 28-nation EU excluding Malta, the 1.46 million tally, a 7.2 per cent gain year-onyear, marked a new record for September, ACEA said, adding the region’s top five markets of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain kept growing. PSA dropped 5.8 per cent, with the Peugeot brand, Citroen and the upscale DS line all showing declines. Ford was the only other major carmaker in the red, with sales down 0.7 per cent.

Volkswagen, a year after its emissions scandal, posted a 3.3 per cent advance in European registrations, its fourth-best monthly result this year.

Luxury badges BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Lexus posted double-digit or near double-digit growth.

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ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher IN addition to using test cars for daily domestic driving, I also use a circular route of around 80 miles of mixed roads which I use to help assess cars. Recently, something very strange happened.

When I got back to base, I drove the whole route again - just for pure pleasure of driving the latest Mazda MX-5.

While you can’t say a lot about the space, comfort and practicality of a two-seater sports car, you can say a lot about its driving dynamics. And in the case of the MX-5, they are just brilliant.

The steering is pin-sharp, the gearshift slick, the chassis balance and suspension set-up keep the car glued to the tarmac, and the exhaust soundtrack is glorious.

Priced from £18,310 (€20,344) the MX-5 is a bargain in its sector. OK, there are rival models that are faster, with more kit and often nearly twice the price - but they are less engaging to drive and far less fun.

My test model used the 1.5 litre 128 hp engine (there is a two-litre with more mid-range power) and it was smooth and keen with its power

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Cornering is a joyous experience, the grip astonishly good. Ride quality is not that high on the sports car buyer’s priority list but even so, this sporty little Mazda

offers decent comfort without sacrificing its poise and stability. Two-seater soft tops are all about the driving, and rightly so. Flip the hood down (its manual, just one quick-release lever) throw a couple of holdalls in the boot (at just 130 litres, not room for much more) and get on your way with the wind in your hair.

The test model was in SE-L Nav trim, costing £20,195 (€22,438) and creature comforts included 7-inch touchsreen, sat-nav, Bluetooth, DAB radio, cruise control with speed limiter, climate control and alloys wheels. Cabin space is comfortable for two adults, the dashboard is laid out well with main dials straight in front of the driver and a lot of buttons on the steering wheels. Oddments space is minimal and there is no glovebox.

Launched more than 25 years ago, the MX-5 has become a modern classic, an iconic design.

Almost one million have been sold and in Europe, the UK is its most popular market. This latest version, offers near-perfect sports car driving.

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The shame of circus live animals I AM ashamed that Mijas Town Hall can’t keep their word after saying that they wouldn’t have circuses with live animals any more.

I am trying to get these two elephants put in a wild life park and really the tigers they have also need to be put in a wild life park, where children can still see them without putting these animals through this.

Constantly in cages on the road, these animals have been going around Spain for over 20 years to my knowledge.

These animals are the same animals and the circus that was Berlin Circus is now Las Vegas circus and now hiding the animals from prying eyes. I can’t believe that they think the public are so stupid. If you agree with my opinion don’t go to the circus, then maybe these people will get the message.

Trilby

Birthday dispute THE season around December 25 had a pre-Christian origin. In agrarian societies the ‘bleak mid-winter’ solstice was experienced as the birthday of the sun-god, ‘the luminous divine child.’

Jesus being born at this time of year contradicts the facts of life in that area. Shepherds ‘abiding in the field’ does not happen then. The flocks are already inside by late autumn.

Jesus began his ministry aged 30 and ended three and a half years later when crucified at Passover which occurs in late March.

That places His birth in autumn, probably late September. Jesus and His disciples never acknowledged His birth, crucifixion or resurrection.

I hope this letter spares at least one person suffering needlessly overwhelming anxiety and/or crippling debts.

Happy holiday.

David

Loopy Lee THANK goodness your publication is only once a week, and not daily, because it must take Mr Lee a week to come up with such total dross.

Listen Loopy, please hang up the pen, you just don’t make sense anymore. With the Tories about-turning

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Just who exactly are we?

I READ with interest your article on the court battle taking place in London over the essential legality of Brexit. I’m no lawyer but I have to say I absolutely agree that parliament, not the voters, should have the final say on when we leave and how we do it. In fact the House of Commons should decide whether we leave at all!

It irritates me no end when Leave campaigners claim that “the people have spoken” and try to portray the vote as a democratic revolution.

The truth is that it was a narrow victory, edged by the Leavers by a small margin and largely thanks to

on almost every piece of legislation, you just might have a surprise in store after this not elected prime minister inevitably screws up.

What government cabinet minister urges, nay demands, demonstrations on the streets of London, outside the Russian Embassy?

That’s what bumbling Boris did and to suggest that Mr Khan the London mayor would prevent the police from doing their job is scandalous.

What you are suggesting is nonsense, if all this rhetoric is so important to you why do you live in Spain? Can’t you start peddling your usual dross about the country you live in, not the country you deserted?

Philip

the spread of lies and scaremongering. The figure of 17 million is thrown around a lot, but the UK has a population of 64 million. That means around three quarters of the public didn’t vote for Brexit and yet here we are... and what about the 16 million that voted against it? Are they not “the people?” Because they lost? Is that who we are?

We elect politicians to make these decisions.

That’s not a perfect system to be sure. Most of them are selfish idiots but if we want a different system let’s talk about it like adults, not let the ‘will of the nation’ be determined by a loud minority.

Anna

Seriously selfish AT about 9:10am every day except Sunday, a van selling goods comes around the area and for over half an hour the driver continuously bangs his loud horn in the area like a demented kid with a new toy, despite his customers usually waiting for him as he turns up at the same time every day. He starts about 100 metres away before reaching the house next door to me.

I have had the same elsewhere in Spain.

Are these selfish people allowed?

I have seen the police stop the people selling melons from the back of

a van in town, but how about people selling bread and such in country areas where there are no police? They need no licence to sell and many probably don’t pay any taxes.

Are these people legal? Can they be stopped, or at least told to keep horn use to a minimum?

Michael

Feria facts DAVE in last week’s edition (1632), wrote about the police moving on a band at Fuengirola port and made an unfounded suggestion that it was because the bar was English owned.

Fact: The band was playing close to several bars, not in a bar, and it was at the request of bar owners that

the police took action because it was interfering with their businesses.

Dave inappropriately compared that incident with Fuengirola Feria. He said, “As the Feria was all Spanish no one in authority gave a damn.”

Fact: There has been a feria ground at its present location in Fuengirola for at least 30 years, and was ‘on the town plan’ for several years prior to the construction of all the apartments adjacent to that area.

Thus, like me, I have lived for 15 years within 150 metres of the Fuengirola feria ground, all owners even from before construction of their properties knew when they bought there would be several feria type activities every year.

It was our choice to buy in that location.

About four or five years ago the town hall took steps to ensure the noise created by the ferias was considerably reduced throughout all the hours of operation, and it now stops earlier than previously.

Elaine

Cycling controversy IN issue 1632, there was a letter with the headline ‘Cyclists know the law in Spain,’ the headline is somewhat misleading. Either they do or don’t.

The writer suggests that I wrote the letter before speaking to the authorities. I had in fact asked the N332 group what the law was some 12 months previous and was informed that it is illegal to ride a bicycle on the footpath or against the flow of traffic in a one way street.

Their articles confirmed what I had been told.

I think that if a cyclist was to run into somebody with serious injuries ensuing, the law would place its hand on their shoulder wherever they are in Spain. Thank you for helping me and others who feel the same way.

John

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Doctor at Large Doctor at Large Judge Judy Where the Heart is Where the Heart is Wycliffe Carry on Don’t Lose Your Head FYI Daily Carry on Don’t Lose Your Head Columbo Rosemary and Thyme Rosemary and Thyme Agatha Christie’s Marple Midsomer Murders Doc Martin Lewis Colditz Wycliffe ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

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Gillette World Sport Motorsport Motorsport Frasier Frasier Frasier The Morning Line The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Sarah Beeny’s Four Rooms Channel 4 Racing Four in a Bed My Kitchen Rules UK The Crystal Maze Su2c Celebrity Special Channel 4 News Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Formula 1 Locke The Great Beauty Hollyoaks Omnibus

7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 12:10pm Carry on Sergeant 1:45pm Carry on Regardless 3:25pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 4:25pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 5:25pm Can’t Pay Special: Big Family Bust-Up 6:20pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

7:20pm NCIS 8:05pm NCIS 9:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Football on 5 11:00pm Football on 5 11:30pm Redbelt 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette and autowheel.

4:10am Police Interceptors 5:00am Raw Recruits: Squaddies at 16 5:50am Nick’s Quest

Snooker v Darts The Professionals Motorsport UK Motogp Highlights Bundesliga Cash Cowboys Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Pawn Stars British Superbike Championship Highlights Cheyenne Autumn FYI Daily Cheyenne Autumn Fishing Impossible Fierce Natural series seeking out the world’s most fierce animals.

Jackie Chan’s First Strike FYI Daily Jackie Chan’s First Strike Rumble in the Bronx FYI Daily Rumble in the Bronx Mcvicar

10:35am The Patriot 1:30pm The Italian Job 3:25pm Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 5:50pm The Top Ten Show 2016 6:10pm Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods 8:10pm The Italian Job 10:00pm Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 12:15am The Matrix

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:35am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:05am 1:05am 1:35am 2:05am 3:05am 4:05am 5:05am

7:00am 9:00am 11:00am 12:45pm 1:15pm 3:00pm 4:30pm 7:00pm

9:00pm 7:00am Mountain Men 8:35am What About Bob? 10:20am The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 11:55am The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1:25pm Sisters 3:25pm Trainwreck 5:35pm When Harry Met Sally 7:20pm Unfinished Business 9:00pm Sisters 11:00pm Trainwreck 1:10am There’s Something About Mary

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12:35am 3:05am

Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Made in Chelsea Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts Stuart Little.

The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Gogglebox The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Rude Tube Rude Tube Gogglebox The Mindy Project

Stations of the Cross The Finest Hours Down Dog Inferno: Premiere Capture the Flag Grimsby 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi The Finest Hours True-life drama about the efforts of the US Coast Guard to save the crew of a sinking tanker.

Grimsby A secret service agent is forced to reluctantly team up with his lagerswilling football lout of a brother.

In the Heart of the Sea Maritime adventure based on the truelife story that inspired Moby Dick.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi The Returned

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

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Barclays Premier League Preview Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Game Changers Barclays Premier League Preview The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Goals Nissan Game of the Day Nissan Match Choice Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Football

7:00am Cricket 1:30pm Live European Champions Cup 4:00pm Live European Champions Cup 6:30pm Live European Champions Cup 8:30pm Super Heroes: Ali Williams 9:00pm Live Fight Night 12:30am Cricket 1:30am Cricket 2:30am Sporting Rivalries 3:00am Sporting Triumphs 3:15am Sporting Triumphs 3:30am Sporting Triumphs 3:45am Cricket 4:45am Cricket The Verdict, offering analysis following day three of the first Test as Bangladesh host England at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

5:45am Cricket

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10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Points of View 4:15pm The Great British Bake Off 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur 6:50pm BBC News 7:05pm Regional News 7:10pm Weather 7:15pm Countryfile Autumn Special 8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Poldark 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2

7:15am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:00am Glorious Gardens From Above 8:45am Gardeners’ World 9:45am Countryfile 10:45am The Beechgrove Garden 11:15am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:45pm Michel’s Food and Drink 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Great British Menu 2:30pm Great British Menu 3:00pm NFL Live 7:00pm Who’s Spending Britain’s Billions 8:00pm Inside Obama’s White House 9:00pm Horizon 10:00pm Wild West: America’s Great Frontier 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:35pm QI XL 12:20am Downfall 2:45am Countryfile 3:40am Holby City 4:40am This is BBC Two

7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Bear Grylls Survival School 11:00am Peston on Sunday 12:00pm Gino’s Italian Escape 12:25pm Chopping Block 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:40pm The X Factor 3:30pm Midsomer Murders 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm Doc Martin Comedy drama series about a top London surgeon who developed a phobia of blood.

7:30pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:00pm The X Factor Results Live 10:00pm Tutunkhamun 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Peston on Sunday

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am The X Factor 11:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

3:45pm See Spot Run 4:45pm FYI Daily 4:50pm See Spot Run 5:40pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 6:40pm FYI Daily 6:45pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 7:25pm Twilight 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Twilight 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:55am American Dad! 1:25am American Dad! 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:45am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3:15am Teleshopping

8:00pm British Art at War Nash.

9:00pm Aberfan A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.

10:00pm Aberfan A Concert to Remember.

11:00pm Arena A daily magazine programme which looks at the world of arts and entertainment.

12:00am Pink Floyd Beginnings 1967 1972 1:00am Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues.

2:00am Oak Tree: Nature’s Greatest Survivor 3:30am British Art at War Nash.

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8:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 1:10am 3:10am 4:20am 5:15am

Doctor at Large Inspector Morse Heartbeat Heartbeat Agatha Christie’s Marple Lewis Police drama series.

Columbo Carry on Henry FYI Daily Carry on Henry Rosemary and Thyme Lighthearted drama series about a pair of horticulturistscum-amateur sleuths.

Lewis Rising Damp Forever A Touch of Frost Inspector Morse The Kindness of Strangers May the Best House Win May the Best House Win

Shipping Wars Shipping Wars Frasier Frasier Frasier Posh Pawnbrokers Sunday Brunch Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Child Genius v Celebrities: Su2c Special Sister Act Channel 4 News Virginia Mckenna’s Born Free Great Canal Journeys The Grand Budapest Hotel Formula 1 Baggage Claim Food Unwrapped Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures Phil Spencer: Secret Agent Location, Location, Location

7:00am World Cup Top Goalscorers 7:15am Ironside 8:05am Ironside 9:00am The Sweeney 10:00am The Sweeney 11:00am The Professionals 12:05pm Fifth Gear 1:00pm The Classic Car Show 2:00pm Monster Carp 3:05pm Cash Cowboys 4:05pm Cash Cowboys 5:00pm Storage Wars Texas 5:35pm Storage Wars Texas 6:00pm Counting Cars 6:30pm Counting Cars 7:00pm Pawn Stars 7:30pm Pawn Stars 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Pawn Stars 9:30pm Pawn Stars 10:00pm Last Man Standing 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Last Man Standing 12:10am 30 Days of Night 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am 30 Days of Night 2:20am Fishing Impossible

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Milkshake!

Football on 5 The Great South Run The Gadget Show Fail Army Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Now That’s Funny Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Ice Road Truckers 5 News Need for Speed Rip-roaring racing action.

Takers Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette and autowheel.

The Yorkshire Vet Observational documentary series following the vets and patients of Skeldale Veterinary Centre.

Twister Swordfish Spectre Ant-Man Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Spectre Ant-Man RoboCop RoboCop 2

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:50pm 5:20pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:50pm 7:20pm 7:50pm

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8:20am In Her Shoes 10:35am Never Been Kissed 12:30pm Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2:15pm And So it Goes 3:55pm The Bad Education Movie 5:35pm The Simpsons Movie 7:10pm The Wedding Ringer 9:00pm The Bad Education Movie 10:40pm Hot Pursuit 12:15am The Interview 2:15am Stir Crazy 4:15am The Frighteners

9:00pm 11:05pm 12:45am 2:35am 4:25am

Animals Unleashed Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Stuart Little 2 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Tattoo Fixers Crazyhead The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Gogglebox Tattoo Fixers Body Fixers

Lost in Karastan The Finest Hours Capture the Flag Grimsby The Danish Girl True-life drama about the remarkable tale of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe.

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi The Finest Hours True-life drama about the efforts of the US Coast Guard to save the crew of a sinking tanker.

The Danish Girl Grimsby The Returned Down Dog Capture the Flag

SUNDAY TV

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1:30am 2:00am

2:30am

Football Football Football Football Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday EFL Goals Football Football Football Goals on Sunday Football Manchester City host Southampton at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League.

Football Premier League Legends A profile of former Tottenham and Manchester United striker Teddy Sheringham.

Premier League Legends

7:00am Cricket Day four of the first Test as Bangladesh host England at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong. The first of two Tests, this follows a three-match ODI series.

1:30pm Live European Champions Cup Montpellier play Leicester Tigers at Altrad Stadium in the second round of fixtures in the European Rugby Champions Cup. 4:15pm Sporting Triumphs 4:30pm Cricket 5:30pm Cricket 6:30pm Live NFL 10:00pm Live NFL A match from the National Football League. Denver Broncos are the Super Bowl champions.

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Claimed and Shamed 12:45pm The Sheriffs are Coming 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Decimate 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Saving Africa’s Elephants: Hugh and the Ivory War 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

7:30am Claimed and Shamed 8:15am Going Back Giving Back 9:00am Horizon 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Edge 2:45pm Hi-De-Hi! 3:15pm Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em 3:45pm To the Manor Born 4:15pm The House That £100k Built 5:15pm Wild China 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pm The Victorian Slum 11:00pm Morgana Robinson’s the Agency 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am No Place to Call Home 1:15am The Great British Bake Off

8:30pm Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story 10:00pm Sleuths, Spies and Sorcerers: Andrew Marr’s Paperback Heroes 11:00pm The Victorians In the final episode, Jeremy Paxman discovers how in the dying years of Victoria’s reign, artists led a revolt against Victorian values of money and morality.

12:00am The First World War 12:50am Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures in Architecture 1:50am The Most Courageous Raid of WWII 2:50am Fabric of Britain 3:50am Sleuths, Spies and Sorcerers: Andrew Marr’s Paperback Heroes

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am A New Life in the Sun 12:00pm Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Hoarder SOS 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Four in a Bed 5:30pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm My Kitchen Rules UK 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Be Your Own Doctor 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Parents Do the Funniest Things

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Local News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Rebound 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino’s Italian Escape 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Cold Feet 11:00pm ITV News 11:30pm Local News and Weather 11:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:45am Murder, She Wrote 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am You've Been Framed!

11:00am The Hot Desk 11:10am Nim's Island 12:10pm FYI Daily 12:15pm Nim's Island 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm American Dad! 11:25pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am The Cleveland Show

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am On the Buses 7:50am Heartbeat 8:50am Where the Heart is 9:50am Wild at Heart 10:50am Judge Judy 11:15am Judge Judy 11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Murder, She Wrote 1:05pm The Darling Buds of May 2:10pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Britain’s Busiest Airport - Heathrow 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 1:05am Wycliffe 2:10am The Darling Buds of May 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

7:00am 7:10am 8:05am 8:55am 9:55am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 3:55pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:40am 1:45am 2:45am 3:35am 3:45am 4:00am

Football’s Greatest The Professionals The Chase The Sweeney Ironside The Professionals The Chase Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Quincy M.E. Ironside Cash Cowboys Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Motogp Highlights The Fugitive FYI Daily The Fugitive Bundesliga Motorsport UK Monster Carp Movies Now ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 2:00am 4:10am 5:00am

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The Wright Stuff House Doctor 5 News Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans The Good Witch’s Wonder 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Winter Road Rescue Police Interceptors Do or Die Can’t Pay Special: Secrets and Lies Cradle 2 the Grave Super Casino Gps Behind Closed Doors Now That’s Funny Clip show compiling the best internet videos.

HouseBusters

1:20pm Apollo 13 3:50pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 6:55pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 10:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 1:30am Last Knights

8:00am One Night in Istanbul 9:40am Hot Shots!

11:15am Hot Shots! Part Deux 12:50pm The Top Ten Show 2016 1:10pm Working Girl 3:10pm Life 5:10pm Get Smart 7:10pm Ricki and the Flash 9:00pm Get Hard 10:45pm Ghost Town 12:35am Balls of Fury

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:40am 9:10am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:00am 12:30am

Charmed Hollyoaks Rude(Ish) Tube Coach Trip Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Baby Daddy Baby Daddy The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Black-Ish The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Drifters The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

10:45am The Danish Girl 12:55pm Freezer 2:40pm Bridget Jones: Renee Zellweger’s Baby 3:10pm Grimsby 4:50pm The Finest Hours 6:50pm The Danish Girl True-life drama about the remarkable tale of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe.

9:00pm Grimsby A secret service agent is forced to reluctantly team up with his lagerswilling football lout of a brother.

10:30pm Freezer 12:10am The Returned 1:55am Stations of the Cross 3:50am Down Dog A sex-obsessed playboy neglects his ex-wife and awkward teenage son until he’s tricked into believing he’s only got a year to live.

MONDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 12:15am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Goals on Sunday Nissan Football Special Nissan Football Special Premier League Legends Goals on Sunday Nissan Football Special Nissan Football Special NFL Highlights Goals on Sunday Nissan Football Special Nissan Football Special Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 Premier League Review EFL Goals Football Football Gold NFL Highlights NFL Highlights

7:00am Cricket 1:30pm Ab De Villiers Masterclass 2:00pm Sporting Heroes 3:00pm Cricket 4:00pm Cricket 5:00pm Cricket 6:00pm Cricket 7:00pm Cricket 8:00pm Cricket 9:00pm Cricket 10:00pm Cricket 11:00pm Premier League Review 12:00am Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 12:30am SPFL Round Up 12:45am Darts Gold 1:00am Sporting Rivalries 1:30am Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 2:00am Sporting Triumphs 2:15am Sporting Triumphs 2:30am Darts Gold 2:45am Darts Gold 3:00am Time of Our Lives 4:00am Sporting Heroes 5:00am Sporting Rivalries 5:30am Sporting Greats

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Local News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Rebound 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Fishing Impossible 9:00pm The Agenda 10:00pm The New Clampers: Where’s My Car Gone?

11:00pm ITV News 11:30pm Local News and Weather 11:40pm On Assignment 12:15am Judge Rinders Crime Stories 1:10am Murder, She Wrote 2:05am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women

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Cowboys and Angels Claimed and Shamed Money for Nothing Coast Great Guides Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Edge Hi-De-Hi! Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em To the Manor Born The House That £100k Built Wild China Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Great British Menu Autumnwatch Great Continental Railway Journeys Later Live... with Jools Holland Newsnight Weather NFL Wild West: America’s Great Frontier The Apprentice The Victorian Slum

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:00pm Bridging the Gap 10:00pm Horizon 11:00pm Fatal Experiments: The Downfall of a Supersurgeon 12:00am The Brain: A Secret History 1:00am Precision: The Measure of All Things Documentary exploring why we are driven to measure and quantify the world.

2:00am Natural World 2:50am Fabric of Britain Paul Martin presents the surprisingly compelling story of wallpaper.

3:50am Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues.

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Payback time IN the 90’s, Carmen Guillen was a secretary at Caja Madrid which later begat Bankia.

She worked for bank president Jaime Terceiro but when Miguel Blesa took over she was shunted from one Head Office department to another. She ended up in Operations which dealt with credit cards including the opaque ‘Tarjetas Negras’ that oozed undeclared perks for high-ranking bank officials.

Accompanied by 63 others these have now landed Blesa and former Hacienda minister and Bankia president Rodrigo Rato in court.

For years diligent Guillen held on to the paperwork linked to the cards and handed it over in 2014 when auditors unearthed the Black Cards. It’s not revenge, Guillen was quoted as saying, but it’s certainly a dish that she’s eating cold and it must taste delicious.

Holiday spirit ON October 12, Spain’s national holiday, a rash of graffiti and banners announced “There’s nothing to celebrate.” This anniversary celebrates Columbus’s landfall in Hispaniola, the island split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It heralded genocide

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in the name of God, last week’s protesters complained, and the Spanish certainly slaughtered in a knee-jerk, gut reaction to the heathen.

Nevertheless, around 90 per cent of the indigenous population who died, succumbed to imported diseases like smallpox, although protesting about that is less graffiti-friendly than judging the 15th century by 21st century standards.

Never on Sunday THE king recommences talks with political parties next week which suggests an investiture bid on Saturday October 29 or Sunday 30. They ought to leave it until the Monday which appropriately enough is Halloween the right time for scaring MPs into doing their duty by Spanish voters and not themselves.

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Francisco Camps.

PLAGIARISM murmurings always overshadowed the 2012 doctoral thesis of Francisco Camps, ex-president of the Valencian Community. He once stood trial for accepting kickbacks of made-to-measure suits from the corrupt Gurtel setup which made much of its money organising Partido Popular events in the region.

In academic circles they ar e agai n aski ng how he m anaged t o pul l off t he feat of writing a thesis in 23 months.

Ot her s poi nt out t hat the going rate for a madeto-measure doctoral thesi s wor ks out at €11 a page or approximately €3,300.

Peanut s com par ed wi t h t he €30,000 Camps allegedly paid for the suits whose bills were never found.

Easy walking on The Dance Ranch raises historic railway 150 euros for the AECC THIRTY members and friends, plus one dog, assembled opposite the El Saladillo restaurant between Mazarron and Camposol on October 8.

Their route started along the side of the restaurant, and then along what the group refer to as “the old railway line to Puerto,” although actually there never was a railway line, just a proposal and some preparatory diggings. Nevertheless, it has resulted in a good flat walking surface, which is duly appreciated.

The ‘old railway line’ is scheduled for improvements by the Region of Murcia Tourist authority with more than €2 million allocated to the project.

It will create a part of the Network of Greenways of Murcia, and improvements will include provision of shaded rest areas, signage and planting of native species of plants.

The railway was started in 1926 by the dictator Primo de Rivera, but due to economic

reasons was never completed.

Eventually the more active members of the group took a right turn into the pine woods, which gave some welcome shade, a few people thought the promised temperature of 26°C had been exceeded.

They soon rejoined the rest of the group, and after a welcome break in the shade of a large pine tree, started on the return leg.

By 2pm they were all assembled at the La Siena restaurant in Mazarron, along with one or two non-walking friends, to enjoy a ‘Menu del Dia.’ Everyone is welcome to join the group on their monthly walks, or any of the other ‘Humanists of Murcia’ activities, which include discussion and philosophy groups covering a wide range of topics related to how to lead a good life without god.

Please see the website hu manistsofmurcia.com for details of their programme.

SUE BRIFFA and her line dancers re c e ntly he ld a s oc ia l e ve ning with a raffle in the memory of her la te hus ba nd J ohn, a t the C lub in Q ue s a da w he re Sue holds he r classes.

The evening raised €150 which was handed over to Debbie Weedon re pre s e nting M a ria a nd the Pink Ladies for the AECC. J ohn w a s a ls o a tra ine r for the ‘Dance Ranch’ and was particularly good at teaching the beginners.

He is still sorely missed by Sue and her line dancers, and two or three times a year Sue organises a fundraising e ve nt for the A EC C in J ohns memory.

DANCE RANCH LINE DANCERS: Organiser Sue Briffa in the centre.

Gone but hopefully not forgotten IT is with enormous regret that TAABS (Torrevieja Amateur Association of Balladeer Singers) has now been dissolved.

Over the past decade the group has donated and helped to raise thousand-

sof euros for many charities via their wonderful musical direction and dedication.

In the past they have performed as many as 30 concerts a year.

The group would like to thank all

the venues who have supported TAABS and the charities during this time.

A special thank you to the Captain’s Table in Punta Marina and Sunshine Radio, who have been their sponsors.

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MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

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Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving.’

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The Great Gilly Hopkins Directed by: Stephen Herek Starring: Sophie Nelisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, Bill Cobbs Gilly Hopkins has spent her life moving from one foster home to another stirring up trouble wherever she has gone. Faced with another foster home, this time in the loving Christian home of Mamie Trotter, Gilly once again kicks off terrifying another boy living in the foster home and stealing from the blind man across the street. She’s not really a delinquent, all she wants is to be reunited with her birth mum, who abandoned her, and be a real family.

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UK singer and songwriter broke through when featured on Clean Bandit’s single ‘Rather Be’ and Route 94’s ‘My Love’ which reached number one in the UK. Her debut solo single ‘Right Here’ reached the top 10.

• Kim Kardashian, Reality TV Star, October 21, 36 Famous for TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, marrying Kanye West and her children, daughter North and son Saint. She is also a successful entrepreneur in her own right with clothing lines and smartphone apps.

• Arsene Wenger, Football Manager, October 22, 67 The Frenchman began his long career as manager of Arsenal Football Club in 1996 and led them to FA Premier League titles in 1998, 2002 and 2004. A former player himself he played in 67 games scoring four goals. He was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

• Martin Luther King III, Civil Rights Leader, October 23, 59 The first-born son of Martin Luther King Junior the public speaker and civil rights activist has worked to keep alive the memory and causes of his father. He became a community rights activist after his father was assassinated and in 1997 became president of SCLC, a group his father helped found.

• Claudia Fragapane, Gymnast, October 24, 19 Born in Bristol Claudia represented the UK at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won four gold medals. This made her the most successful English female gymnast at the games in 80 years and led to her being named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.

• Anita Rani, Journalist, October 25, 39 At the age of 14 she hosted her first show at Sunrise Radio.

The journalist, radio and TV presenter is better known for presenting shows including Watchdog, The One Show and Countryfile.

• Hillary Clinton, Politician, October 26, 69 The former first lady is now the Democratic candidate looking to become US President in the 2016 election running against the infamous Republican candidate Donald Trump.

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A doctor says to his patient “I have bad news and worse news.”

“Oh dear, what’s the bad news?”

“You only have 24 hours to live.”

“That’s terrible,” said the patient. “How can the news possibly be worse?”

The doctor replies: “I’ve been trying to contact you since yesterday.”

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

BATEAU CATKIN (10) ENTICE ENZYME FOSSIL HEATER LAVABO MIRROR REGAIN SEASON

SERENE SHRANK STEREO STRAIN STRAIT STRIVE TEEING TWENTY WINTER

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1 Acetic 2 Teeing 3 Grater 4 Trendy 5 Truant 6 Retire 7 Garter 8 Raised 9 Encore 10 Rudder 11 Freest 12 Triton 13 Deepen 14 Coarse 15 Orient 16 Pellet 17 Matrix 18 Tether 19 Senior.

YOUR STARS SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Someone with a larger-than-life imagination makes you smile but that was not their intention.

Try to be diplomatic and steer them in a different direction. Some feelings of loneliness will not be assuaged by working more. Perhaps it is time to consider taking on a pet or giving a current pet more attention.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Sometimes, you find it hard to do things just for the pure enjoyment of it. Realise that not everything has to have a purpose or a profit. Look round this week and seek out something that will please your senses and bring a smile to your lips.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Contact with a less than ideal situation makes you realise just how lucky you are.

It has been clear that the weeks are changeable and your situation at the moment far from settled.

Pity those whose day-to-day life is completely predictable.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) This being a family oriented month, much of it may be spent getting together with relatives and going over old times.

Perhaps you are compiling a photo album for older members of the family or vice versa.

LIBRA

(September 24 - October 23)

Career and home are in disharmony but a bit of compromise soon sorts things out.

You don’t like playing the ‘bad guy’, but honesty is also important to you. Speaking your mind can be liberating although, initially, you may see it as a nuisance and embarrassing.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) An exciting invitation may set tongues wagging and make a loved one jealous. You, meanwhile, are quite bemused by the whole thing. What comes out of this week is that you are of considerable value to others. The mere thought of you not being around sends ripples through your social circle.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Being asked to take on a new and demanding task this week may see you wishing that you had been less visible.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) An interest in technology is not something new to you. What is great, though, is that the penny has suddenly dropped. This week sees you understanding more and wanting to know more.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) An urge to get moving must mean that the new year is round the corner. Certainly, you are questioning where you want to be in the months ahead. A house move or work placement may be on your mind.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Be aware that not everyone is willing to work as hard as you. When approached by someone wanting you to trust them, be sure of their motives. Do what you feel is right but remain firmly in control, especially financially. It may not be the time to make a particular move, although others think that it is. There's no problem with discussing things and talking them through..

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Social demands are made, but try to shuffle them to the weekend. Be diplomatic or someone close could become irritated.

Keep an eye on the small print because something fundamental may have changed in a long-standing arrangement. Suddenly, at the weekend, you are thrust into the limelight.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be aware that leopards do not change their spots, they merely hide them. Those who demand your trust need a cool checking out and don't be afraid to say 'no' as and when necessary.

INVENTIONS AND INVENTORS 1. The invention of which musical instrument is credited to Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1731) of Padua, who was employed by Ferdinando de’ Medici, as the ‘Keeper of the Instruments’?

2. The rock band the Mothers of Invention served as the backing musicians for which experimental American musician, songwriter/composer?

3. What was the name of the Scottish mathematician (15501617) who invented logarithms and also introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers?

4. Which aid to road safety was invented in 1934 by Yorkshireman Percy Shaw?

5. Which American statesman is famous for the inventions of the lightning conductor and bifocals?

6. Which English RAF engineer air officer is credited with single-handedly inventing the turbojet engine?

7. Which English scientist/engineer is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in Operation Chastise (the ‘Dambusters’ raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II? 8. Which key development in the industrialisation of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution was invented in 1764 by Lancastrian James Hargreaves?

9. Which modern form of transport was invented by Sir Christopher Cockerell in the 1950s?

10. Which thermosetting plastic used as an electric insulator and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers was invented in 1907 by chemist Leo Baekeland?

Not a lot of people know that… Thomas Edison was widely known as the world’s most prolific inventor, holding a total of 1,093 US patents. In 2003, he was surpassed by Japanese inventor Shunpei Yamazaki, who was himself surpassed by Australian inventor Kia Silverbrook in February 2008 Answers 1. (Modern) PIANO, 2. Frank ZAPPA, 3. John NAPIER, 4. CAT’S EYES, 5. Benjamin FRANKLIN, 6. (Sir) Frank WHITTLE, 7. (Sir) Barnes WALLIS, 8. SPINNING JENNY, 9. HOVERCRAFT, 10.

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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 D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: • Average: 6 • Good: 8 • Very good: 11 • Excellent: 14

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alee alit elan evil lain lane late lave lean lent leva lien line lint lite live nail tael tail tale teal tile tilt vail vale veal veil vela vial vile alien aline alive anele anile anvil atilt elate elite inlet latte leant leave levin liven navel title valet venal vital entail lateen latent latten leaven levant nettle talent valent valine veinal venial elative entitle veinlet levitate VENTILATE

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Across:

Across 1 Grease properly, it’s a bore (3,4) 5 Two businesses with a drink (5) 8 Gloomy tune Reg and I’d rewritten (5) 9 In Valparaiso, latecomers are cut off from others (7) 10 State little Edward avoided (7) 11 Change some cash if travelling abroad (5) 12 Get rid of a particle (5) 14 Rug spoiled by the Spanish porridge (5) 19 Silly games for the birds (5) 21 Obscure notes about movie excerpts (7) 23 Ruin the star cook (7) 24 Remove part of the opera set (5) 25 Receiver, a French one in the centre of Montreal (5) 26 Spirit from German city's church (7) Down 1 Dora set out to cover the Spanish trial (6) 2 Major in spectacular General’s uniform (5) 3 Daughter of Agamemnon is to choose the first rear admiral (7) 4 Boys around Ireland becoming Scottish landowners (6) 5 Harvest thins out (5) 6 Nice day, possibly, for poison (7) 7 A public toilet for spies (6) 13 Guaranteed to have a broken crate at home (7) 15 Waves to canaries (7) 16 Cabinet to finish on time (6)

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1 Recites, 5 Cocks, 8 Sling, 9 Against, 10 Rapture, 12 Nooks, 13 Misfit, 15 Wanton, 18 Talon, 19 Enlists, 21 Curtain, 22 Stole, 23 Steak, 24 Augment.

Down: 1 Rostrum, 2 Crisp, 3 Tag, 4 Spared, 5 Chain mail, 6 Consort, 7 Sites, 11 Union jack, 14 Splurge, 16 Nascent, 17 Hernia, 18 Ticks, 20 Scope, 22 Sag.

QUICK Across:

17 Sixty minutes for a university award (6) 18 Still getting letters from courthouse renegotiation team (6) 20 Indian instrument is taken up by sailor (5) 22 Left in agony, that's apparent (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 6 represents T and 9 represents P, so fill in T every time the figure 6 appears and P every time the figure 9 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 7 Most current (6) 8 Devastated (6) 9 Look at with fixed eyes (4) 10 Bring into existence (8) 11 One more (7) 13 At no time (5) 15 In new condition (5) 17 Go backwards (7) 20 Person who does no work (8) 21 Twilight (4) 23 Makes allegations (6) 24 Respite (6)

Down 1 Facts and figures (4) 2 Turn away from sin (6) 3 Walk drunkenly (7) 4 Open or candid in expression (5) 5 Ferocious (6) 6 Worried and uneasy (8) 12 Usually, as a rule (8) 14 Feel of a surface or a fabric (7) 16 Not in physical motion (6) 18 Pierce with many holes (6) 19 Talk conceitedly (5) 22 Appear (4)

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

1 Cocky, 3 Rifle, 7 Torment, 9 Again, 10 Abode, 11 Terrify, 12 Samosa, 14 Scream, 18 Partake, 20 Atlas, 22 Skimp, 23 Suppose, 24 Guess, 25 Ahead.

Down: 1 Cutlass, 2 Cargo, 3 Rotate, 4 Flair, 5 Examine, 6 Annoy, 8 Evens, 13 Morning, 15 Clasp, 16 Mislead, 17 Versus, 18 Pushy, 19 Ample, 21 Loose.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Llamar, 4 Thin, 8 Guapo, 9 Rueda, 10 Headlamps, 14 Acero, 15 Badge, 16 Moth, 17 Pensar.

Down: 1 Liga, 2 Amazement, 3 Ajo, 5 Huespedes, 6 Near, 7 Grua, 11 Drop, 12 Farm, 13 Beer, 15 Bee.

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Across 1 Rama (de árbol) (6) 4 Clavo (de carpintero) (4) 7 Puro (5) 8 Pavement (for walking on) (5) 10 Aventura (9) 13 Onza (5) 14 Leader (of group, party) (5) 15 Oar (4) 16 Cañón (6)

Down 1/11 Puerta trasera (4,4) 2 Cotton (7) 3 Prisons (8) 5 Mentiroso (4) 6 Tablet (medicine) (8) 9 Eiderdown (7) 11 See 1 12 Train (railway) (4)

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5 Schindler’s List, a powerful story based on the Second World War, saw Ralph Fiennes chillingly depict ‘baddie’ Amon Goeth. The concentration camp commander massacred thousands of people often randomly shooting people dead, including

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THE JOKER: The silver screen’s baddest bad guy. children and stealing for his own personal gain. The prisoners lived in constant fear for their lives. Unfortunately this character is not fictional.

6 The evil rule bending AI Agent Smith in The Matrix franchise with his hatred of all things human and desire to rule the world just can’t be overlooked. The brilliant Hugo Weaving played the rogue agent and provided movie-lovers with some great action in his sparring against Keanu Reeves character Neo. 7 Who can forget the uncontrolled greed of legendary Wall Street player Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie where he declared ‘greed is good.’ Superbly played by Michael Douglas, his depiction of this unscrupulous character saw him win an Oscar for Best Actor.

8 Who didn’t have nightmares after watching Nightmare on Elm

Street? There are few who would not recognise the burnt face, striped jumper, hat and razor glove of frightful Freddy Krueger.

Enough to send chills up anyone’s spine this baddie attacked his victims in their dreams.

9 Kevin Spacey expertly portrayed the twisted serial killer John Doe in the 1995 hit film Seven. As the tale unfolds Doe executes his plan to kill seven people according to the Bible’s seven deadly sins leading cops trying to anticipate his next move and leaving viewers absolutely horrified.

10 It may be old but the horror film Psycho’s iconic murder scene and screeching soundtrack still lingers on in many minds when thinking of the infamous baddie Norman Bates, played in the film by Anthony Perkins. It’s a hide behind the cushion moment when motel owner Bates (acting as ‘mother ’) pulls back that curtain and stabs Marion to death in the shower.

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: 16 • Good: 22 • Very good: 31 • Excellent: 40

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION emus ever eves foes fees fever fear fess faerie fair fave fare faun fauna faunae faunas fauns fake eaves gums guess gems gees geese gean ease eases aerie aves aver jess jean jeans java aura aurae kava kens enure heave heaves heaver hens

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4 The late Alan Rickman’s excellent portrayal of the internationally feared German terrorist Hans Gruber had Die Hard fans gripped as he and his henchmen stormed the Nakatomi Plaza on Christmas Eve in an attempt to steal $640 million in negotiable bearer bank bonds.

He was no match though for the seemingly immortal hero cop John McClane (played by Bruce Willis) who saved the day and sent Gruber plummeting to his death.

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ELEANOR FLOOD knows she’s a mess. But today will be different. Today she will shower and put on real clothes. She will attend her yoga class after dropping her son, Timby, off at school.

She’ll see an old friend for lunch. She won’t swear. She will initiate sex with her husband, Joe. But before she can put her modest plan into action - life happens. For today is the day Timby has decided to pretend to be ill to weasel his way into his mother ’s company. It’s also the day surgeon Joe has chosen to tell his receptionist - but not Eleanor - that he’s on holiday.

And just when it seems that things can’t go more awry, a former colleague produces a relic from the past - a graphic memoir with pages telling of family secrets long buried and a sister to whom Eleanor never speaks. A hilarious and lifeaffirming story about a woman who wakes up determined to be her best self.

3 Darth Vader’s infamy is probably down to his downright meanness - he ruthlessly hunts down the Jedi - and also, that voice.

James Earl Jones provided the basso profundo for the first three films delivering the line that revealed one of the greatest ever plot twists “No, I am your father!”

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With the sounds of nature literally at your fingertips this app aims to help you to relax and sleep. It can also be used to help you focus on tasks and work. Featuring three guided meditations, a sleep and meditation timer, and an in-app mixer you can also customise your own sounds. If you need a good night’s sleep or help to focus and relax then this app is for you.

1 For many cinema-goers Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the psychotic Joker in The Dark Knight is the silver screen’s baddest bad guy. So scary that even his co-star Michael Caine said he was afraid, you have to give the Australia-born actor a lot of credit especially trying to make the role his own and follow on from Jack Nicholson in the 1989 movie, Batman.

2 The moment when Anthony Hopkins reveals to Jodie Foster in Silence of the Lambs that he is partial to fava beans, chianti and an altogether different organ, he is stamped forever in cinema’s pantheon of all-time baddies.

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Move from the start word (BOAT) to the end word (PIER) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

Solution BOAT BEAT (BOAR) BEAR PEAR (BEER) PEER PIER

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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.

HAND on heart, I am not the least bit superstitious. I came to the conclusion long ago that we are all responsible for our own destiny.

In fact I reached this decision as a teenager, on the day I deliberately avoided walking under a ladder by stepping into the road, and thereby getting myself knocked down by a moped.

I wasn’t long in A&E, just a few minor cuts and abrasions, but it was enough time for me to evaluate the whole question of superstition.

I actually broke a large mirror the day before I married my first wife. Accord-

ing to folk lore that would have condemned me to seven years of bad luck, but my new bride disproved that by getting shot of me after only 18 months and taking our pet love birds with her.

God how I missed them.

I used to carry a rabbit’s foot around with me for luck when I was a little lad, but my mum gave me a pasting for creating an almighty pong in my grey flannel school trousers and wouldn’t believe that a rabbit had anything to do with it. So that wasn’t so lucky either.

Once I threw salt over my shoulder when I accidentally knocked over the salt cellar in a fancy restaurant in London’s West End. Superstition has it that this is supposed to blind the Devil standing behind you, but it wasn’t the Devil behind me on that particular

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occasion, just a waiter, built like Mongolia and somewhat annoyed that I had got him square in the eye.

But luck was with me that time as I managed to talk my way out of another visit to A&E. Back in the 60’s when I was a ‘Mod’ - yes I know, I don’t look that old - I owned a sporty Vespa SS. It was the crème de la crème of scooters, complete with tank aerial; fur seat cover; copper dipped engine panels, and a lighting bar at the front sporting a huge array of Christmas-like illuminations. All of which was lost on the policeman who nicked me one night for no rear light.

All this has led me to believe that I am simply one of life’s unfortunates, who at times finds himself drifting down William Pitt Creek without a paddle.

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Nanotechnology is real thing John Smith Random thoughts...

FIFTY years ago in 1966, a film called Fantastic Voyage was released which told the story of a group of doctors and surgeons who were shrunk to minute size and their submarine was injected into the blood stream of a dying politician.

The story follows their attempts t o j o u r n e y t h r o u g h t h e m a n ’s body, operate on him internally and then exit his body before the submarine with them in returned to actual size with the resulting ‘big bang.’

Needless to say, despite many trials, tribulations and near misses, they were successful and the politician lived to make the world a better place.

In the following decades both films and books have explored the sophisticated possibility of what has become known as Nanotechnology which sees the production of often self-replicating machines that can be used for good such as

NOBEL PRIZE: An example of nanotechnology. the repairing of the human body or bad with the potential destruction of the human race.

Now, three scientists have been awarded a shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research and development of nanomachines so tiny that they are smaller than the width of a single human hair and as this technique is developed, so these machines could be inserted

into the human body to destroy cancerous cells.

The three scientists, Jean-Pierre Sauvage from France, Sir Fraser Stoddart from Scotland and Bernard Feringa from the Netherlands will share the prize of eight million Swedish kronor (€828,000) for the achievements that they have made.

Whilst the medical option is an

THE work Lorraine Palmer does together with volunteers from the La Cala de Mijas area is fantastic as she raises money in order to help women and men to have breast and prostate tests that give quick results, which is as important as receiving good or bad news.

The two charities, Positively Pink and Positively Blue obtain very good rates but every check does require paying for and this really quite tiny charity undoubtedly ‘punches above its weight’ and is helping around 1,000 people every year to either find in the majority of cases that they are well but in a few cases that they are suffering from cancer.

The sooner one discovers the disease, the more chance there is of fighting it and sadly it won’t just go away, despite medical investigation and research performing wonders.

Despite all of the great work these charities undertake, it does seem that the same group of supporters are involved every year and most of them are based in La Cala or the immediate vicinity but to travel from say Marbella to La Cala takes such a short amount of time it’s a wonder that people and companies from a wider area don’t get involved.

Cancer doesn’t respect borders or geographical areas and as Euro Weekly News, a longtime supporter, is read across so much of Spain, it would be fantastic if those who are in the Costa del Sol look to add their support to the charities and those further afield consider if there is anything they can do to promote local organisations offering a similar service or if they don’t exist, perhaps asking advice on how to set up a similar charity that could bring real good to the community.

important one, the actual uses are many and thanks to these three scientists it will become possible to produce a whole range of important machines capable of acting as muscles in the human body, of creating whole areas of new ‘smart’ technology of which we have only dreamed until now and even making tiny thinking machines which can go on to develop new technologies for mankind.

All of this is absolutely brilliant and one can have nothing but praise for these three geniuses but when we haven’t managed to cure cancer, still see thousands dying from malnutrition and unsanitary conditions as well as bombs and deliberate shooting, it makes one wonder whether science needs to take a step backwards and try to fix what so is obviously broken rather than develop a whole new set of potential problems.

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By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ANXIETY is one of the most common mental disorders and one in four Spaniards will suffer a mental disorder at some point.

Despite this high number, Spain invests in mental health €5.5 per €100 of total health expenditure, to mental illness, lower than the EU average of €7. This results in a lack of resources and affects people with mental disorder.

Head of Psychiatry at the Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid, Ceslo Arango, said much of the population will suffer from a minor mental disorder such as anxiety, but there are many cases which are much more serious such as schizophrenia, bipolar or autism spectrum disorder, among others, and have a greater

impact on those affected.

Arango, mourns the investment in mental health saying there should be more.

He said there are many areas that are not being covered by low investment, such as the lack of preventive measures, shortage of resources for early intervention appropriate to the patient’s age, development assis-

MENTAL HEALTH: Needs funding.

tance to children and adolescents or the lack of intermediate resources, such as hospitals and day centres for these people. He also wants to see more support in the work place: “With support and supervision those with mental disorders could have access to a protected employment. The percentage of people with severe mental disorders working in Spain is much lower than in other countries and that makes them have a very low selfesteem.”

The President of the National Confederation of Mental Health, Nel A. Gonzalez, believes the lack of resources “is very noticeable” and notes because of the “meagre investment” waiting lists for patients are “extraordinarily long.”

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GREAT EXERCISE: Gardening tasks offer physical and psychological health benefits.

Get fit with gardening

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn G ARD E NI NG i s a g r ea t fo rm o f ex erc is e fo r eld erly women.

A ne w st u d y c l a i ms ju s t tw o 5 0 -min u te s e s s ions a week c a n i m p r o v e e n d u ran ce , d ex terity a n d b ra in function.

The study involved 24 elderly women at an old people’s home who participated in 15 sessions of gardening intervention. An additional 26 women at another senior centre did not do any gardening.

Health assessments were carried out both before and after and in the group which carried out gardening tasks, such as weeding, planting and watering, there was a significant decrease in waist size, while the waist circumference of women in the control group showed a tendency to slightly increase.

Women’s aerobic endurance was also affected; in a step test the gardening group showed increased scores and the control group showed no improvement.

The gardening group also showed improvements in cognitive and psychological functions.

Marmite loathers may now love it ONE in five people in the world are currently undecided about whether they love or loathe Marmite. If you are one of them perhaps you may be swayed upon learning that the British staple food is in fact jam-packed with health benefits.

Marmite is gluten-free, suitable for vegetarians and is also low in calories.

It has a high concentration of vitamin B, and can in fact be used in place of B vitamin supplements, which are ideal for keeping the liver and kidneys healthy.

Additionally, it contains folic acid and thiamin, a substance that is key for keeping the nervous system in tip top condition.

So if you have dismissed Marmite in the past, give it another chance. Give Britain - and your body - a much needed boost...with a little help from the almighty Marmite.

LEGIONNAIRES’ disease is a bacterial infection characterised by an acute and potentially life threatening pneumonia. The majority of infections are reported as single (isolated) cases but outbreaks do sometimes occur.

The disease gets its name from members of the American Legion who, whilst attending a convention at a hotel in Philadelphia in 1976, suffered an outbreak of the disease.

The bacterium causing the illness was identified from the lungs of the people who had died and named Legionella pneumophila. However, while the bacterium was only named in 1976, cases have been subsequently identified as far back as 1947 and some probably also occurred before then.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms can include chest pain, a dry cough that doesn’t produce much mucus but may produce blood, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, fever, shaking and chills, headache, joint pain, weakness, stiffness, muscle pain, balance issues, difficulty breathing and general malaise.

How is it spread?

The bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease have been found in water supply systems and can survive in warm, moist, air-conditioning systems used in large buildings, including hospitals.

Who is most at risk?

The chief risk factors are:

alcoholism, smoking, afflictions such as kidney failure, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, prolonged use of a respirator, medications that suppress the immune system such as chemotherapy or steroids, and age.

How is it treated?

Antibiotics are used to fight the infection, and treatment is started as soon as the disease is suspected without waiting for confirmation via a laboratory test.

Additional oxygen and IVs are sometimes necessary.

How can it be prevented?

By avoiding exposure to the main sources of infection, and if an infection is suspected get to a specialist as soon as possible.

If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com

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What is in your beauty products?

EVERY day billions of women, and now a few men, apply make-up and other products to their face and hair in order to look a little better, or ironically more ‘natural.’

But are these products doing more harm than good? Take keratin for instance. This hair product is said to offer silky, smooth locks but also contains formaldehyde, a dangerous toxin.

Eyelash serums can permanently darken your irises, nail salons are full of fumes, and we all know the dangers of sunbeds.

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Spain’s ‘cheap’ GPs heading for the UK

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn SPANISH doctors are headed to the UK to fill surgery shortages. Britain’s largest general practice recruitment firm plans to hire 1,000 doctors over the next four years from across Europe, mainly Romania, Hungary, Portugal and Spain, to ease the shortage of family GPs. They will be loaned out to understaffed surgeries on longterm contracts and will cost far less than UK-trained GPs. The NHS also announced it is launching a pilot scheme which will bring doctors from Poland, Romania, Spain and Italy to fill practices in Lincolnshire. Up to 25 GPs will arrive within the next six months and if the strategy is successful, neighbouring areas will adopt the same scheme.

It comes as more GPs are retiring early in their 50s and not being replaced by

younger trainees.

Despite the need for more doctors, the idea has raised safety concerns as the General Medical Council (GMC) cannot check basic competency of doctors from the EU as this would impede their ‘freedom of movement’ rights.

The watchdog can test their English language skills and all European doctors will have six months of training to improve their English and knowledge of the NHS. Ministers have promised to train more UK-born doctors, but they will not start coming through for another 10 years and the shortfall is needed to be filled now.

NHS: Launching a pilot scheme.

HEALTH & BEAUTY Games give brain a boost NEXT time you tell the kids off for playing too many video games, just think twice as playing could actually boost brainpower.

Researchers have found that spending time in these virtual worlds can actually enhance your perception and attention skills, with people who play between one and five hours a week being able to process visual information 5 per cent more accurately than those who don’t play at all.

The findings, from a study at Nottingham Trent University, suggest those who play video games are faster and more efficient at processing rapidly-presented stimuli.

The news comes after years of video games receiving bad press with studies finding they led to obesity and other health risks, but now, a team of psychologists say they have found some ‘positive aspects.’

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Palliative care is slowly improving around Spain

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn EACH year in Spain around 125,000 patients with terminal diseases require specialist palliative care to help in the best way possible the final phase of their illness.

However, despite the need, many do not get this care.

That’s according to Dr Javier Rocafort, member of the European Association of Palliative Care, to mark the World Day of Palliative Care. He said: “The barriers to access care have more to do with the type of disease. If you have cancer it is easier because the advanced stage is easier to be distinguished.”

However, in the case of non-cancer diseases, which have a more variable course, professionals have more

PALLIATIVE CARE: Emotional symptoms can generate suffering and need to be treated. trouble distinguishing the most advanced stage “and that’s the main reason why

REGULAR BRUSHING: Alleviates adverse effects from staining properties.

Simple pointers to get teeth sparkling YOUR smile is one of the first things people see when they meet you. Luckily, keeping your mouth healthy and fresh doesn’t need to cost you an arm and a leg.

Living in Spain, we all like a bit of red wine.

And who doesn’t love a cup of black tea? It’s important to remember if you regularly consume food and drinks that stain, your teeth will eventually pay the price. That’s not to say you have to bin the wine or the coffee entirely; one can’t expect miracles, after all! But if you’re a big wine or coffee drinker, try to brush your teeth as often as possible to alleviate the adverse effects.

Of course, this isn’t always feasible. However,

there are exisiting foods which have been shown to impove oral hygiene. Firm and crisp foods like raw carrots, popcorn, and celery help clean teeth naturally. If you don’t have the opportunity to brush your teeth after a meal, try capping the meal off with one of these tooth-friendly foods.

Meanwhile, gargling with apple vinegar has been shown to remove stains, whiten teeth, and kill bacteria. And as is so often the case, fruits are our friends: strawberries, lemon juice, and the insides of banana peels have been shown to have good results when it comes to whitening teeth.

Also the tried and tested brushing with baking soda once a week gives a natural dazzling smile.

patients do not have access to palliative care.”

Dr Rocafort also said there

is great inequality of end of life care between the regions in Spain.

He said around half of those who need palliative care will not receive it: “Pain is not the most important” of the symptoms since it is one of the easiest to treat: “There are other causes of more complex suffering and sometimes it is not the physical symptoms but emotional ones that can also generate suffering and need to be adequately treated.”

Spain is one of the European countries where slower progress is made in the implementation and development of palliative care, and has been overtaken by countries that a few years ago were far behind. However there has been an improvement and in the last 15 years care is available in some form in almost all regions.

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Money monster THIS week’s film showing at the cinema in Pilar de la Horadada is ‘Money Monster’ showing tonight (Thursday) at 7pm and Saturday October 22 at 5pm.

People planning on going to the Saturday showing are reminded that Calle Mayor in Pilar will be closed for the procession which starts at 8pm, as well as Calle Canalejas.

The cinema therefore recommends trying to find parking on the Rambla side of the town. This is just a few minutes from the cinema.

‘The Truth’ is next week’s film showing on Thursday and Saturday at the same times.

Tickets cost €5 and the cinema is located in the Duplex Espacio Cultural in Calle Canalejas, 4.

To keep updated on the latest films and monthly specials such as classics and children’s films, search Cinemapilar on Facebook or visit http: //cinemapilar.blogspot.com.es

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Abundance and charity

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

CHRISTMAS GHOST: Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Nick Morgan, leads a full company song and dance number.

IT may only be October but for Studio 32 it is nearly winter and the theatre group are busy rehearsing for their next production, the Broadway musical version of A Christmas Carol.

This seasonal show features the traditional old miser Mr Scrooge and in keeping true to the original Dickens tale, Scrooge is visited on Christmas Eve by the three ghosts of Christmas. The Ghost of Christmas Present (played

by Nick Morgan) tries to show Scrooge the errors of his ways, but in a delightfully different musical interpretation. Nick leads the song and dance number ‘Abundance and Charity’ featuring the whole company with singing, dancing, tap, not to mention acrobatics. Nick is an experienced dancer and actor who joined the company this year for their sell-out production of Fiddler On The Roof,

only weeks after moving to Spain. He brings a wealth of talent to the role, and his song will have you singing and dancing all the way home.

But will the ghosts’ visitations make Scrooge repent of his miserly ways? To find out book your seat for this original entertaining show now.

Show dates are Wednesday November 30 to Saturday December 3 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. All performances start at 7.30pm with doors open at 7pm. Reserved seating tickets are now on sale, priced at €9, and Studio 32 will be supporting the Alzheimer’s Association once again. Tickets are already selling quickly so call 642 080 258 or email tickets@studiothirtytwo.org to reserve yours.

If you are interested in theatre and theatrical costumes why not consider working with Studio 32 in wardrobe? The company is currently looking to recruit a wardrobe supervisor for their expanding collection of costumes. Contact them via their website for more information at www.studiothirtytwo.org. You will also find full details of their productions past and present, including theatre seating plan and reserved ticket status. Tickets are also available from the Tourist Information Office in Urbanisation La Marina; Cards and More, La Marina; The Card Place, Benijofar and Kennedy Supermarket in Los Montesinos.

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October outlet fair in Orihuela ORIHUELA is celebrating a weekend of commerce with the October Outlet Fair which takes place this weekend from tomorrow (Friday) until Sunday October 23.

Fifteen local businesses will participate in the fair which is held in the Plaza Gabriel Miro in the city, showing their local products and highlighting Orihuela commerce.

The fair will run from 10am-2pm and from 5-9pm

on each of the three days.

There will also be activities for youngsters, animation and dance exhibitions.

Following the announcement of the Outlet Fair, councillor for Commerce, Damaso Aparicio, announced that funds totalling €60,000 will be available for more such events, with €20,000 earmarked for more fairs and €40,000 for events, to a maximum of €5,000 per activity.

A tribute night CASA VENTURA in San Luis, will be holding a fabulous tribute evening with Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and the Everly Brothers on Saturday October 26 from 8pm.

There will be plenty of favourite songs to sing along to from the various decades with the event promising to be a great night.

Tickets are €12 including a hot and cold buffet. There will also be a charity raffle on the night to help raise funds for Paul Cunningham Nurses. The charity works to provide end of life care to the terminally ill on the Costa Blanca.

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Remembering local poet Miguel Hernandez

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA is remembering local poet Miguel Hernandez with an exhibition in the Palacio Sorzano de Tejada.

On until November 17, the exhibition gathers the acquisitions of artistic goods related to the Oriolano poet. Councillor for Culture, Mar Ezcurra, said: “Some are items that have been included in the historical-artistic section in the municipal inventory and some have been donated by the own authors after finalising exhibitions organised by the Council of Culture in previous years.”

The event is part of the autumn cultural programme dedicated to Miguel Hernandez which is a tribute to his life, to mark the occasion of the anniversary of his birth on October 30, 1910.

Hernandez was born in Orihuela to a poor family and received little formal education

POET EXHIBITION: Miguel Hernandez is remembered at the Palacio Sorzano de Tejada. but he carved a name for himself in the literary world. He published his first book of poetry at the age of 23 and gained some fame before his death in 1942.

Hernandez used novel images and concepts in his vers-

es, but never abandoned classical, popular rhythms and rhymes. It was reported he was a member of the Communist Party of Spain and campaigned for the Republic during the Spanish Civil War, writing poetry and addressing

troops deployed to the front line. During this time he also married Josefina Manresa Marhuenda whom he met in Orihuela and it was his wife who inspired much of his romantic work. They had two sons.

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Have your say at AGM CLARO members are invited to the 11th Annual General Meeting at 5pm on November 18 at Restaurant Asturias, Punta Prima.

Members who need to update their subscriptions in order to participate in the meeting can do so between 4-5pm in the room where the AGM will take place.

On the agenda is the approval of minutes of the 10th Annual General Meeting, the financial report, political strategy and organisation and the election of the executive committee, plus any other business.

FLAMENCO FESTIVAL: Announcing the city’s first festival in tribute to Miguel Hernandez.

Flamenco festival and poetry unite

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA is preparing to host its first Flamenco Festival tomorrow (Friday), held in tribute to poet Miguel Hernandez.

Councillor for Culture, Mar Ezcurra, presented the ‘Flamenco Festival Miguel Hernandez’ that takes place from 9pm tomorrow (Friday) in the Rincon

Hernandiano, as part of the autumn cultural programme. The event has been organised by the Department of Culture “to celebrate the birth of the most universal poet” said Councillor Ezcurra. She said the festival will feature Rancapino Chico, “one of the most promising young talents within flamenco” accompanied by the guitarist

Antonio Higuero. Award winning Alba Heredia will also take to the stage.

As part of the festival, a conference will also be held on October 26 at the Casa Museo at 8.30pm titled ‘Flamenco and Miguel Hernandez.’ Director of the Miguel Hernandez Cultural Foundation, Aitor Larrabide, will host the conference.

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Tempting tapas to try

Queen comes alive in Torrevieja LOCAL musical groups are coming together for ‘The Queen Symphony’ a tribute to Freddie Murcury, devised by composer Tolga Kashif.

Popular songs will come to life thanks to the Musical Society of the City of Torrevieja, Los Salerosos, the Choir Maestro Casanovas and the Coral Francisco Vallejos.

In announcing the event, councillor for Culture, Alejandro Blanca, welcomed the musical fusion of local entities for the concert which takes place on November 26 at the International Musical Auditorium in the city.

Adrian Hurtado, from Los Salerosos, said: “It is a great musical production that covers a symphony in six movements, with also two pianists, a violinist and cellist.”

Tickets for the concert go on sale on November 2, priced at €7 per person. They can be purchased from the headquarters of Los Salerosos in Calle La Paz 143, Torrevieja, between 6-9pm Monday to Friday.

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TAPAS lovers are in for a treat over the coming weeks as both Almoradi and Guardamar have launched tapas routes.

The 12th Sendero del Tapeo in Almoradi runs until Sunday October 23 with numerous local establishments taking part. You can collect your tapas route passport, known as a folleto, from the Tourist Information office or from any participating bars and cafes.

In Guardamar, the Tapas with History Route is on now until November 6. Local bars, cafes and restaurants are offering a tapas dish and drink for just €2. More info at www.guardamardelsegura.es.

GRAND DESIGNS: House preparing to host family Halloween and fireworks fun.

Remember remember the 5th of November

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn CASA LA PEDRERA is preparing for its most popular event of the year; its annual Bonfire Night Firework Display.

On November 5, at the Grand Design House there will be a spectacular bonfire complete with firework display choreographed to music and a laser light display. Children will receive free sparklers and bring your guy for the bonfire, with prizes for the best one. Food and refreshments will also be available.

Tickets cost €10 for adults and €5 for children under 13. A family ticket for two adults and two children costs €25. Tickets must be paid in advance, call Jenni on 660 816 620.

For those in a spooky mood, get down to Casa La Pedrera from tomorrow (Friday) until October 31 for the Witches Trick or Treat Spell Trail daily from 11.30am-3.30pm.

Tickets cost €10 for children and €3 for accompanying adults. The Fright Night Party is on October 29 from 6.30pm. For more information and to book, call 660 816 620.

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A triumphant finale for fiestas

By Andrew Atkinson THE 2016 Los Montesinos Fiestas came to a jubilant finale when thousands of people attended the return of La Virgen del Pilar, the Alicante town’s Patron, to the Church as the church bells rang out.

Mayor Jose Manuel Butron was in attendance in the procession and later in the Church, alongside his wife and other dignitaries, as thousands of people lined the streets.

“I was delighted once again that the Los Montesinos Fiestas Patroneles 2016 was enjoyed by all, with the fireworks finale thrill,” said Mayor Butron.

Music, fireworks and show time extravaganzas saw many nationalities celebrate the Vega Baja township’s 26th Fiesta.

The town also remembered with respect those that are no longer with us.

AT THE CHURCH: The mayor was in attendance.

“I want to thank the Council and the Festival Committee, along with many others involved, for all their hard work,” said Mayor Butron.

The spectacular Queens and Ladies in waiting, associations, and troupes, added with the streets’ spectacular colourful decorations, made

the annual Fiestas one that Los Montesinos can be very proud of.

La Virgen del Pilar entered the Church as Saluda del Parroco D Victor Manuel Ferrer Garcia conducted the service in front of the dignitaries, Montesineros and expats in attendance.

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Bringing out the home improvement urge John Graham The property expert

IT doe sn ’t m a t t e r i f y o u own an old property, a newly built home or an apartment, o wn i n g y o u r o w n home brings out the home improvement urge in all of us especially at this time of year and at least it requires you to do necessary repairs and m a i n t e n a n c e w o rk around your home.

Always check if you need planning permission first.

Improving your home is one of the most rewarding things you can do and you should a l so t r y t o c h o o s e

KITCHEN IMPROVEMENT: If you can replace your old kitchen units and appliances. the improvements that will add the most value to your home.

I highly recommend that you hire qualified tradesmen and specialists to carry

out your home improve ments.

Never carry out DIY on electrical, gas, plumbing and structural work and alw a ys c he c k if you ne e d

planning permission or permission from your community and only start with your home improvements once you have received written permission.

Here are the Top 10 improvements that home owners carry out, they will improve your home and add value to your home.

1. Any i m pr ovem ent t o your kitchen is good, if you can, go all the way and replace your old kitchen units and appliances.

2. Give your bathrooms an upgr ade and f i t new modern bathroom suites and fittings, include a spa shower.

3. If you have the space add a downstairs guest toilet.

4. I ncr ease your l i vi ng spaces, add an extra en suite bedroom by extending part of your home.

5. Replace your windows and doors, fit the latest double glazing units.

6. I f you have a basement, improve the quality and remodel the space into another living area or entertainment space.

7. If you have a covered terrace or balcony, fit the latest glass screens and doors, turn the space into an all year round living space.

8. If your floor covering looks like it needs a bit of an upgr ade, f i t m oder n wooded f l oor s or i f you have marble floors hire a company to clean and grout your m ar bl e t o l ook l i ke new again.

9. A fresh coat of paint in l i ght past el col our s wi l l f r eshen up your hom e and make it look a little bigger.

10. If your home has old ceiling and wall light fittings, change them all for a new fresh look.

A com bi nat i on of f l oor lighting, table lamp lighting, and spots lighting can transform the look of your home and you can also fit dimmer switches for extra effect.

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Transparency of market to improve

By Mark Stücklin THE Second-Home & Resort Industry Observatory (SHARIO) has signed an agreement with the Spanish Land and Business Registrars Association aimed at improving the transparency of a market that sustains an important industry for Spain.

Under the agreement, the Registrars Association will provide the Observatory with quarterly figures on home sales to foreign buyers for expert analysis in market reports for the second-home and resort industry in Spain. A better understanding of foreign demand for property in Spain will help the industry given its

size and strategic importance.

Foreign buyers invest billions of euros in Spanish property each year, supporting an industry that provides hundreds of thousands of jobs, and has a big impact of Spain’s image abroad. According to a recent study by the Provia developers’ association in Alicante Province, the industry supports 200,000 jobs in the Valencian region alone.

Foreign demand for property in Spain reached a record 13.18 per cent of the Spanish housing market in 2015, with close to 46,000 sales, according to data from the Registrars. Growing foreign demand between 2010 and 2014

helped to mitigate the Spanish real estate crisis, and foreign buyers have played a key role in Spain’s recent housing market recovery.

“An industry so big and important to Spain needs better market information to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, like overestimating demand and building too much,” says Mark Stücklin, Director of SHARIO. “Good market analysis helps reduce risks, improve investment decisions, and increase the confidence of buyers and investors in Spain.”

More information: Mark Stücklin, info@shario.org, T: +34 639 045 159, SHARIO.ORG

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Madrid Rock City AN enormous construction project set to transform the Santiago Bernabeu is a potent symbol of the new construction fervour sweeping the Spanish capital.

Real Madrid are planning to s plash o u t u p wa r d s o f €400 million on remodelling th e i c o n i c st a d iu m, w hich c a n c r a m i n m o re than 80,000 spectators.

The ‘dramatic transformation’ promised by president Florentino Perez will go hand in hand with a vast residential boom set to alter Madrid’s skyline.

The first half of 2 0 1 6 saw

just shy of 2,000 licences fo r h o u s in g c o n s tru ction projects awarded, a 42 per cent increase on the same period of 2015.

It comes amid a huge inc re a s e in th e n u mb er of mo rtg a g es g ra n ted in the city, with some banks even o ffe rin g 1 0 0 p e r ce n t finance for key projects.

Investors are snapping up lo ca l la n d , p riv ate h o me prices are rising at twice the national average, the population is booming and rental market swarming with activity.

This means

that Madrid may soon follow in London’s footsteps and be dominated by buyto-let investors purchasing flats with the sole intention of renting them out.

Analysts are predicting a long-term growth of housing prices and claim that a ne w bubble is highly unlike ly, though of c ours e that’s precisely what was said in 2006.

BERNABEU: Construction is taking off in Madrid

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People power saves eviction of couple AFTER the case ignited scandal in Spain, one of the country’s major banks has decided not to press ahead with the eviction of a deaf and illiterate elderly couple from their home.

Bankia had made all the arrangements necessary to evict the couple, who have lived together in the same Madrid home for more than half a century, due to their son defaulting on his mortgage payments.

Antonio, who is 76, lost his hearing and speech aged four, while his 76-year-old wife Maria was born deaf. Neither can read or write but they found themselves guaranteeing a loan for their youngest son, which held them liable.

After more than 200,000 signed a petition against the eviction Bankia relented.

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Market moving forward

By Matthew Elliott THE price of Spanish housing is growing at a much faster rate than the euro zone average, exceeding it for seven consecutive quarters. The latest data shows that the second quarter of 2016 witnessed a 3.8 per cent increase, lower than Jan-Mar figures but still higher than the euro zone average of 2.9 per cent.

Both Spain and Ireland have seen strong increases in recent years, largely due to making up lost ground as they continue to rebound from the brink of disaster.

France and Italy have fared far worse, while Germany has also performed well.

The news comes as a Spanish real estate revealed its half year report showing that major cities and coastal hotspots are behind

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BOUNCING BACK: Spanish property prices are besting the EU average. much of Spain’s recent price growth.

Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid clocked up increases roughly double the national

average and foreign investors are now considered central to the market’s enduring recovery.

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Permaculture gardening

By Graeme Tyrrell DIVERSITY in ways to undertake gardening is constantly evolving. Permaculture gardening philosophy has been increasingly popular in recent years. Permaculture expands from organic gardening into a more ethical set of principles to design gardens in a sustainable and resource aware way.

The main principle is to become more aware of how nature works in the area that you are rather than how to put what you want where you are and have to fight nature to do it. The outcome is gardening in harmony with nature.

Permaculture is of international interest with the techniques being adopted in remote areas of Afganistan to the capital cities of Europe. The original concept evolved from two Australians, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in pursuit of developing a system that provides a self perpetuating ecology of plants and animals for the benefit of mankind. It has evolved further today to become a vision for a sustainable future in agriculture and horticulture.

Recycling systems based on good scientific methods of water catchment and distribution, plant material being returned to the soil through composting and mulching to

IN ACTION: Creating a self-sustaining ecosystem. enhance growth and soil preparation minimised in a way to evolve the soil ecology to reduce the need to cultivate, are an integrated part of permaculture design.

Permaculture design seeks to create a self-sustaining ecosystem with minimal import and export of materials in order to produce a productive garden. Many people are developing food forests of trees that produce edible fruits and nuts combined with native flora and fauna coexisting to benefit each other.

Permaculturalists are transforming their patios and balconies with vertical gardens

to make full use of their confined spaces to be a productive food supply to the kitchen.

In this way more quality fresh food is being produced almost any where there is space.

The first step to having a permaculture garden is to get to know your site where you wish to grow your garden. The next step is to find out what plants can be grown and what requirements they have. The third step is to plan out your garden with consideration of where water can be obtained and applied in the most sustainable way.

It can be quite complex but worth the effort to have a garden that works for you.

Natural mosquito repellents THERE are various plants which you may have seen in gardens but not realised are great for helping deter mosquitoes naturally.

While citronella is a common ingredient in many mosquito repellents, not everyone realises it is actually a plant they can grow themselves.

Lemon balm is an easy to grow plant which mosquitoes are less than keen on.

Marigolds are known for their pretty flowers, but they also contain Pyrethrum, used as an ingredient in many mosquito repellents.

Cooks will be pleased to know that basil, rosemary and garlic all repel mosquitoes too.

Lavender can be grown both indoors by a sunny window or outside and will provide natural mosquito deterring properties.

Finally, for a colourful garden which mosquitoes won’t be too keen to visit, plant geraniums.

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We’re excited to help Maisie the bunny

EXERCISE TIME: Best not to run on hard surfaces.

House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and pet-sitting and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on 00 44 (0) 777 214 2742.

Best exercise for your dog David THE Dogman Listen to David on TRE every Saturday 10am to 11am Costa del Sol (Gibraltar/Sotogrande) 98.7fm (San Roque to Calahonda) 91.9fm (Calahonda to Motril) 88.9, Costa Calida 92.7fm Costa Blanca (Torrevieja to Elche) 105.1fm (Elche to Calpe) 88.2fm, (Calpe to Gandia & Ibiza) 104.6fm, (Denia to Valencia) 95.3fm Mallorca 103.9fm

MOST veterinarians will caution pet owners not to exercise a dog right after feeding him.

This is certainly true of strenuous exercise, which can make a dog throw up and can lead to gastric torsion.

A recent study by the Divisions of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University proved that exercise after eating seems to burn up more calories by raising the body’s rate of metabolism.

After eating, many dogs will lie down to digest their food.

While sleeping a pet will burn

up a few calories in just keeping his heart and lungs going.

This sluggish behaviour can only encourage the animal to put on weight and to put on fat.

It now makes sense to take your dog for a walk not more than a half-hour after his big meal of the day. This very gentle exercise will also stimulate his digestion. Then after a few hours have gone by, you can put him through a more demanding regimen of activity.

For smaller breeds, simply taking a dog outdoors to relieve himself constitutes a certain amount of exercise. Exercise assists but does not cause defecation and a dog does not need exercise to loosen his bowels unless he is ill.

The cheetah is the fastest land animal known and has been clocked in short bursts up to 60 miles an hour. Dogs in the wild do a lot of running but mostly when they are hunting or chasing prey. Taking a dog on a daily run is not necessarily in its best interest.

Dogs should never be run on hard surfaces like pavements or paved roads but on earth. If you insist on having your dog jog then make certain that the

pace is a fast walk or trot rather than a run, of course this should never be allowed in hot weather. Always check the dog’s feet after a run for cuts and rawness.

A dog can sweat through his feet pads, anus and tongue. He does not have the heat releasing mechanisms of many other animals. Dogs are susceptible to heatstroke and other related problems. Dogs that were bred for cold climates such as Huskies or Akitas have been transplanted by people to warm climates this is not natural and one can expect behavioural and health problems.

Dogs react to heat by panting or digging holes in the earth under shady trees or bushes.

Locking dogs in closed cars can be fatal because a car heats and so do dogs.

Exercise raises your dog’s metabolism and boosts his temperature, which in turn can turn to heatstroke. For obese dogs the problem is worse.

Never exercise a dog in the heat of the day and keep his weight under control. It is also a good idea to give your dog his water dish to enable him to drink before a walk.

IT is very hard sometimes to imagine leaving a pet for a holiday or even longer if work calls us away to another country. Sometimes the pet is so close they are indeed a naturalised member of the family. So when there is a plan to emigrate and leave the country for a long time the worry about what to do with pets is ever more difficult. The question of what to do with Maisie when her family decided to follow a good work opportunity in Spain was one such decision.

Maisie is six years old and has suffered a number of illnesses but she has always recovered so the family are very attached to her.

She is a well-cared-for house rabbit, with a real personality, allowed to roam through a number of rooms inside and she even answers when you call her name by hopping up to you to see what you want.

One major concern was would she survive such an upheaval to a different country, another climate and all the disruption of the move? When the family went on holiday they had always had Maisie cared for at home by housesitters, would they find sympathetic sitters where they were moving to in Spain? It was a concern.

Fortunately they found HousesitMatch. com and a friend who already uses the housesitting and petsitting network reassured them that yes they could find suitable petsitters, and for free, if they planned early enough. So they decided

to take Maisie on their next big adventure to Spain. We’re excited to help them and look forward to finding sitters for them very soon, perhaps for their first trip home for Christmas.

Do you need a sitter? Get in touch. Housesitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house and petsitting, and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation!

Register as either housesitter or homeowner now with a 20 per cent off introductory offer using coupon code PERFECT20.

Go to www.HousesitMatch.com.

MAISIE: Is a well-cared for house rabbit.

Now together forever FOR many, a pet is another member of the family and it can be hard enough to cope with the loss of a loved one without the added worry of fighting bureaucracy to bury them.

New York City has been the latest to provide a solution to this problem by passing new legislat i o n

which will allow the ashes of beloved pets to be buried with their owners.

With six out of 10 families in the US now owning at least one pet and the city registering 1.1 million animals, the measure meets popular demand and will allow the 1,900 non-profit cemeteries in the area to honour the last wishes of those buried there.

“From pets to retired military dogs, this new legislation recognises the special relaFAMILY MEMBERS: Pets can now be buried with owners.

tionship between New Yorkers and their animals,” said George Webster, president of the New York cemeteries association.

Families wishing to bury the ashes of beloved pets with their deceased owners are becoming increasingly common.

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My Sunday lunch Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I ENJOY traditional, if you are English, Sunday lunch. Not every week but now and again. I also love a Sunday beach bar lunch.

So, my beef this week (see what I did there?) is when I book for Sunday lunch whatever you do don’t tell me, when giving me a plate of meat and veg and Yorkshire pudding, that the two of the tiniest potatoes is all I’m getting because you have run out. Now I’m not talking about six in the evening, I’m talking 3 o’clock and I’ve booked. It’s just not good enough.

For goodness sake, they are the cheapest thing on the plate. There is no point in offering me more meat or anything else. I want my roast tatties. I made sure they knew my feelings and I’m sure it won’t happen again. That was the second incident.

The first was that I’ve gone to a very nice Spanish restaurant in La Cala - not cheap - and ordered one of my favourite

dishes, suckling pig. My apologies to any vegetarian readers. Mrs S and my daughter ordered steaks. Theirs came up first nice big, juicy ones. Then my meal arrived - a massive plate with a piece of crackling the size of a small beer mat and potato and a bit of veg. Now, for a nanosecond I thought ‘I won’t say anything’ because my daughter was with her boyfriend and it was only the third time I’d met him.

But only for a nanosecond, because all of a sudden I heard myself saying ‘Excuse me, this is not going to be enough.’ I got daggers from Mrs S and Sarah just looked at me. ‘What? What? Sorry, what am I meant to do?’ Anyway as I was finishing my sample dinner the waiter arrived with another one and I have to say that impressed me. He never said anything when I complained, he just went and used his initiative and kept a customer. So well done him. And if that wasn’t result enough Sarah’s boyfriend paid the bill! Thanks for all your emails. I’m going to write about some of our shared grumps so keep them coming mikesenker@gmail.com.

Husband: Waiter my wife has knocked her drink over.

Waiter: No problem sir I’ll get you another one.

Husband: Thanks, can you make sure she likes sports?

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Check car history AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news 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.

USED CARS: Check out the vehicle’s history before you buy.

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 a staggering 42 per cent of used car buyers don’t know who legally owns a car that has finance owing on it. Nearly a quarter of those surveyed (23 per cent) assumed the car belongs to the person named on the vehicle’s log book but a vehicle with outstanding finance belongs to the finance house which has the legal right to repossess the vehicle at any time.

HPI recommends you always conduct a vehicle history check before you buy. 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, and should, be carried out and can be done so via the DGT traffic department website www.dgt.es On the front page under ‘tramites y multas’ you will see a link ‘informe del vehiculo.’ This will allow you to carry out a report on the vehicle. If you have the vehicle number plate or chassis number you can find out details such as the vehicle ownership, specifications, number of previous owners, administrative status and ITV expiration date.

There is a small administrative fee for obtaining the information which can be paid for by credit or debit card, but this fee is considerably lower than the financial risk of purchasing a car that has a dubious history or has sanctions placed against it.

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

A foreign car in Spain?

I WAS interested in your recent article on using a non-Spanish registered vehicle in Spain. The Local Police stopped me in my UK plated car. I said I had been driving for two months in Spain, which was true. They told me that I was only allowed one month before I need to register the car as a Spanish vehicle. They sent me to the Customs office at Malaga who told me I had to import my car and pay taxes, or return it to the UK. Your article said I am allowed 12 months on UK plates in Spain. Which is correct?

W.S. (Costa del Sol) Are you a tourist or a resident? As a tourist, you have six months in a calendar year to operate a foreign-registered car in Spain. If you arrive July 1, you have six months in that year, and

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

the first six months of the following year. If you in-

tend to take up residence in Spain, you can import your car tax-free but you must do this within 30 days of the date on your residence certificate. That is where the police got the 30 days.

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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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*.

All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aacostablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always.

Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc.

Please keep them coming in!

We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop.

(93325) 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 Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier.

The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl. co.uk. (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are 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). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com We also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION for SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. 16 Nicolas De Bussi Ave, Playa Flamenca. Sunday Service every week 11am to 12 noon, everyone welcome. For further details please phone/fax 966 760 665 (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462)

PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week.

All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, contact Pi larChristian.Community Church@gmail.com / 966 849 448 / 966 848 806. Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm.

For further information see our website www.tcfSpain.org or tel 966 700 391.

(95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 (95472) TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets each Friday 2.45pm to 5pm in The Annex, (behind Age Concern Centre), Calle Paganini, Urb. La Siesta. Our aim is to support stroke survivors and their carers by a range of facilities from speech therapy, rehabilitation exercise, group discussion etc. For info: Louie 966 718 964 or 965 071 920, email: strokesupportgroup@ hotmail.com Donations and further voluntary helpers are needed and guest speakers with relevant knowledge or experience are very welcome.

CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja Evangelical nondenominational Sunday services 11am Children’s church 11am House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Pastor, Rafael Restrepo All nationalities welcome 966 799 273 / 660 127 276. (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca). The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at Casa Ventura, San Luis Urbanisation, at 6.30pm. For further details Hon Sec 965 724 652 FREEMASONRY Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca?

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starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafacb.com.

MEETS at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178.

We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. And every alternate Thursday from 22nd September, there is an Development/Awareness Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30 p.m.

Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday, 23rd October, will be taken by Len Cox David Darnbrough will take the Evening of Mediumship on Tuesday, 25th October. The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday,30th October will be taken

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Take a bow worthy champions: Murray, Marquez and Noren 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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ONCE again, there’s been some exciting sporting action during the last seven days in football, cricket, tennis, golf, motorsport and rugby... and there’s more to come, enough to suit everybody!

FOOTBALL: • There were Premiership wins last weekend for Arsenal 3-2 v Swansea; Bournemouth 6-1 over Hull; Chelsea 3-0 against Leicester; Southampton 3-1 v Burnley; Stoke 2-0 v Sunderland; Watford 1-0 at Middlesbrough and West Ham 10 at Crystal Palace.

• The Manchester CityEverton and WBA-Spurs games both ended 1-1 while Monday’s big clash between Liverpool and Manchester United finished goalless.

• Everton’s goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg saved two penalties, one from City’s Sergio Aguero who’s now missed four spot-kicks this season!

• The Championship’s top two - Norwich and Newcastle - both won 3-1, and Steve Bruce’s first game as Aston Villa’s manager ended in a 1-1 draw with Wolves.

• Huddersfield lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday before a record John Smith’s Stadium League crowd of 22,368.

• Steve McClaren, back in Derby’s hot seat, saw his side beat Leeds 1-0 and Neil Warnock began his reign as Cardiff boss with a 2-1 win over Bristol City.

• Scunthorpe beat MK Dons 2-1 to stay top of FL1, while FL2’s dockland derby ended Plymouth 2 Portsmouth 2; in the SPL Celtic beat Motherwell 2-0.

• La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid trounced Granada 71, Barcelona (4th) beat Deportivo 4-0 and Real Madrid (2nd) crushed Real Betis 51.

• On Tuesday, it was Bayer Leverkusen-Spurs, Real Madrid-Legia Warsaw and Leicester-Copenhagen in the Champions League, followed last night by ArsenalLudo-raz, Barcelona-Manchester City, Celtic-Borussia Monchengladbach and Rostov-Atletico Madrid.

Tonight it’s Manchester United-Fenerbahce, Dundalk-Zenit and Inter MilanSouthampton in the Europa League.

• This weekend’s top PL game is Chelsea-Manchester United, while Rangers meet Celtic in the Scottish LC s/f.

MOTOR CYCLING: • Spain’s Marc Marquez sealed his third World title by winning the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Maverick Vinales.

• Title challengers Valentino Rossi (runner-up) and Jorge Lorenzo (3rd) crashed out in Japan, leaving Marquez on 273 points, 77 ahead of Rossi.

TENNIS: • Andy Murray beat Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in the Shanghai Masters final. This was Murray’s 10th final of 2016 and he’s won six of them and is set to bank over £10 million this year alone!

• Novak Djokovic (soon to be replaced by Murray as world number one) smashed his racquet and tore his shirt after losing to Agut in the semis.

• Aussie Nick Kyrgios has been fined £13,500 for breaching the sport’s Code of Practice for abusive language and unsportsmanlike behaviour on court.

RUGBY UNION: • In the 2016 European Cup, there were opening group wins for Glasgow, Harlequins (43-21 v Stade Francais), Leinster, Northampton, Saracens (31-13 v Toulon), Scarlets and Wasps (82-14 v Zebre).

• Bath beat Pau and Gloucester defeated Bayonne in European Challenge Cup-ties.

• Sadly, Munster’s coach

and former Irish international Anthony Foley, has died in a Paris hotel.

FORMULA ONE: • It’s make or break for Lewis Hamilton in Sunday’s American Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. He has to win to stand any chance of beating Nico Rosberg in the driver’s championship.

• And Nico Hülkenberg could drive for Renault next season.

ROUND-UP: • After winning the ODI series in Bangladesh, England are playing the first Test against the same country in Chittagong (20-24 October). The second Test starts tomorrow week.

• Sweden’s Alex Noren won the British Masters Golf title at The Grove; Lee Westwood (3rd) was the best-placed UK player.

• Congratulations to Jim Crowley, 2016 champion flat race jockey.

• Kenny Miller scored his 100th goal for Rangers in last Friday’s 1-0 win at Inverness CT. • The first round draw for this season’s FA Cup took place on Monday with 32 n o n League

ANDY MURRAY: Won his 10th final of 2016 in the Shanghai Masters.

teams in the hat.

• Boxer Tyson Fury’s licence has been suspended by the BBBC, pending an investigation into drug taking and his personal medical situation.

• Slovakian Peter Sagan is the 2016 World Road Race cycling champion with Mark Cavendish second.

• Olympic athlete Jessica EnnisHill has retired.

• Trinity Gay, aged 15, daughter of Tyson Gay - USA 100m record holder and joint second-fastest 100m runner of all time - has been shot dead in Kentucky.

FACTS: • Five Englishmen between them scored Bournemouth’s six goals against Hull last Saturday, a PL record (I believe).

There were six different marksmen for Liverpool in 6-0 win v Aston Villa (February 2016, four English); seven for Chelsea in 80 win v Villa (December 2012;

one Englishman); seven for Southampton in 8-0 win v Sunderland (October 2014, two English); six for Arsenal in 7-0 win v Everton (May 2005) and seven for Manchester City in 7-0 win over Norwich (November 2013).

• The longest drive in a competitive golf is 515 yards (471 metres) by M i k e

Austin at the 1974 US Senior National Open. He used a 43.5” steel shafted persimmon wood driver.

MARC MARQUEZ: Sealed his third World title at the Japanese Grand Prix.

ALEX NOREN: Won the British Masters Golf title at The Grove.

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Update from the Celts Club De Golf THE Presidents prize was celebrated last Wednesday at home course, La Serena.

With a field of almost 70 players the scene was set for the challenge. Scoring was particularly high as tees were placed in a rather forward location due to unexpected maintenance.

The club was asked to help a members’ nephew who has just been diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. A huge thank you to all members for their generosity in raising a magnificent €1,000. This is much appreciated by the family and will reduce some of the financial worries. All wish Oran

well and a speedy recovery.

Down to the presentation of prizes. Captain Bev Ellender was at hand as she has been throughout the year to assist with the prize giving.

In the visitors’ section, Enda Curtayne with 37 and 2nd Tommy Finegan 33.

The NTP’s were won by Kathleen Maher, Denis McCormack, John O’Brien, Colin Soones and Anslem Molloy.

Category 4:1st Kevin McBride 41, 2nd Giovanni Butto 39, 3rd Jane Knight 39.

Category 3: 1st Roy Ramberg 40, 2nd Tony Edwards 35, 3rd Hep Kinnear 35. Category 2: 1st Geoff Ellender 39, 2nd James McEnery 39, 3rd Jan Jenkins 39. Category 1: 1st Colin Soones 40, 2nd Harry Lee 39, 3rd Terry Fitzgerald 38.

The gross was won by Denis McCormack with 31.

Overall runner-up Holly Thompson with 41 and Presidents prize John Coholan 45pts.

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CD Montesinos’ comeback

By Andrew Atkinson NEARLY three hundred loyal supporters poured into the Municipal Stadium to watch CD Montesinos host CF Racing Playas de Orihuela A in the Segunda Regional Grupo 16 and witness a thrilling five goal encounter that saw Monte come back from 02 down to win 3-2. The Alicante-based club - with a following of over 400 registered fans - see new coach Carlos Perez as the man to change round their fortunes.

It was Carlos’s first league game in charge in the wake of the sacking of Camacho - just two games into the 2016-17 season - after suffering heavy defeats.

New signing, striker Aureu, who shone in the 6-1 friendly win against TodoDeportivo last week, was again amongst the goals.

League leaders RC took the lead in the opening minutes of the game, and added a second to lead 0-2 at the interval.

“The manager told us at half time ‘this is our final,’ we can win the game,” said frontman Carlos.

Aureu reduced the deficit, when slotting the ball into the corner of the RC net, and Carlos netted the equaliser as Monte pursued a comeback. With RC under pressure from a revitalised Monte, Aureu slipped the ball through the visitors defence and Carlos netted what turned out to be the winning

THRILLING ENCOUNTER: Saw Monte change round their fortunes. goal to run out 3-2 victors.

Montesinos travel away to FB Redovan ‘A’ on October 23 hoping to build on their return of form after early season mishaps.

Asked if CD Montesinos can gain pro-

motion this season, Carlos said: “Do I think we can reach promotion? Maybe, we will see.”

Brazilian striker Vazquino, sidelined with injury, is to return to action next weekend.