Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 8 - 14 December 2016 Issue 1640

ISSUE NO. 1640

8 - 14 December 2016

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Tragedy in Javea

By Matt Ford A popular British couple found dead in a villa on a Javea urbanisation died from carbon monoxide poisoning after breathing in deadly fumes from a faulty boiler.

Derrick and Vicki Holdback died on Thursday, December 1 and police report there were no signs of violence in the couple’s home.

Their bodies were discovered

around 10.30am on the first floor of their home, named ‘Louise’ on Calle Pio Baroja, which forms part of the La Lluca urbanisation.

Two of the couple’s friends had become suspicious failing to see them for several days.

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Local is best THE 1639 (December 1-7) issue of the Costa Blanca North EuroWeekly News contained no less than 90 local news items, demonstrating once again our dedication and commitment to delivering the news that matters most to you, our readers, in each of our six editions. Nobody does it better!

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BMX bandits TWO youths and an underage girl were arrested in Novelda after committing a string of robberies. Alert residents, already worried by a wave of break-ins in rural areas over the last month, contacted police af-

ter noticing suspicious lights in a nearby house. Police soon realised why it had taken them so long to track the housebreakers down; the young robbers used bicycles to negotiate the maze of narrow country roads.

Bully sentenced ALICANTE High Court confirmed a Benidorm councillor’s one-year sentence and €35,611 compensation for bullying a town hall worker. Isabel Mar-

tinez, former Social Welfare councillor, was found guilty of directly undermining the female employee’s ability to carry out her job.

TRACKED DOWN: British man was arrested in Benidorm after fleeing to Spain.

Fugitive Briton arrested in Spain for sex abuse

By Simon Firth A BRITISH man who fled to Spain before he could be jailed for life for sex offences against two young brothers, has been arrested in Benidorm.

After an international arrest warrant was issued for the man, who has not been

named, he was tracked down within 24 hours of the order being issued.

His crimes relate to sex offences carried out against two boys, aged 14 and 16, between 2007 and 2010.

National Police said the man had befriended the parents of the boys who allowed him to spend unsupervised time with

them. He was subsequently charged with 22 offences. In the British courts the man was jailed for rape, incitement to engage in sexual relations with minors, assault and other offences.

It is understood he was jailed for a total of 43 years, but the tariff imposed by the judge is not known.

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Miracle of a father’s love WHAT would you do to offer hope and happiness to your child if they suffered from a rare and crippling disease? For one Spanish father the answer was simple - anything and everything. And answering that question has led him on an unimaginable journey.

Six years ago Miguel Angel Orquin Gonzalez was an unemployed textile worker who had lost his job in the recession after 20 years. He had already fought long and hard to care for Mara, his young daughter and love of his life.

Mara, 13, suffers from idic 15 syndrome, a genetic disorder so rare that it doesn’t even have a common name, being shorthand for Isodicentric 15. It is a chromosome abnormality which causes severe disability in those afflicted and is considered incurable by doctors.

Basic communication and motor skills are badly affected in sufferers like Mara, whose symptoms are especially acute. For her there was no hope, only ‘management.’

Under such circumstances, losing his job, his income, must have felt like the sky was falling down.

But Miguel sensed opportunity rather than disaster.

Rather than despair he decided to bring light into Mara’s life, and shock the entire medical establishment while he was at it, pitting a father’s love against the cold, hard world of science.

With no higher education to his name, Miguel, now 43, enrolled in Valencia’s Faculty of Medicine with one simple, bold and heroic intention - he would become a doctor and devote his life to researching idic 15. He would discover, if not a cure, then at least proper treatment to offer his Mara the chance of living a normal life.

Last year Dr Miguel Orquin Gonzalez qualified after six years of study during which he didn’t just pass his medical degree, nor did he merely excel. In only his second year he left distinguished members of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department speechless when he proposed an entirely original research hypothesis into idic 15.

In fact his proposal was so promising that in 2011 and 2013, while still a medical student, he organised and lectured at specialised conferences on the disease in Minneapolis and Philadelphia in the United States.

When he completed the course

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DR MIGUEL ORQUIN GONZALEZ: Pictured above with his family, a devoted father and doctor on a mission to raise funds for his ambitious research project. in 2015, his thesis on idic 15 scored the maximum grade - a 10 out of 10. “That moment was for me a test, the examination result of how much I loved my daughter” said Miguel.

Now today, having devoted six years to overcoming his first hurdle, Miguel is taking on the next step of what will be a lifelong challenge. He has been steadfastly working on his radical hypothesis of the genetic causes of idic 15 and now needs to bring his research to the next level to begin seeing results.

He is seeking €123,000 in funding to embark on an ambitious research project, a true labour of love if ever there was one. And this is where you come in.

National journalist Javier Cardenas was one of the first to hear of and publicise Miguel’s astonishing story. But he went one further than simply writing about this heartwarming family struggle. Javier put his money where his mouth is and donated his second home to the cause.

Javier put his money where his mouth is and donated his second home to the cause.”

Together Miguel and Javier are offering the Barcelona apartment and €8,000 cash for refurbishment to participants in a special Christmas draw to raise funds for Miguel’s medical research.

The draw takes place on December 22 and each ticket costs just €10, with every penny being used to research idic 15 and help Mara and the countless others who suffer alongside her.

Euro Weekly News has already donated €500 to help Miguel and Mara. Will you contribute €10 to help Miguel continue his adventure, defying the odds and bringing hope to thousands?

Miguel is fighting not only for Mara, but for the sufferers of rare diseases and their families across the world. He has learned the hard

way that, when conditions are so unusual, there is little appetite in the worlds of medicine and public funding to help transform lives already considered lost.

Today he also works as a doctor, giving back to his local community in Castellon, while somehow finding the time and energy to take on the impossible.

He confesses that, after 20 years living a different life as a textile worker, he can’t get used to being called doctor by his patients.

Yet Miguel is more than a doctor. He is a man, a father, a hero, he is all that is good in us. Let’s help him keep this miracle alive and see what he can achieve, no longer alone, but with all of our support.

To donate to this incredible cause simply visit http://un acasaunavida.com/ and help Miguel change the world.

JAVIER CARDENAS: The TV & radio presenter who first discovered Miguel’s astonishing story.

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One had a set of keys to the villa and later told the Guardia Civil that he could smell gas on entering.

After entering the property and exploring the house, they found the lifeless body of Derrick, who was 78 years old, in an armchair. His 68year-old wife was on the floor and had suffered a blow to the head but it is now thought that may have occurred when she fell.

A police investigation subsequently revealed that the combustion chamber of the boiler had been sealed shut and in need of repair.

One neighbour also told police she had noticed that the interior lights of the house were on all night on the Wednesday before they were

JAVEA: The couple were well-known in the area. found and that this was unusual for the couple.

Derrick and Vicki Holdback were well-known in Javea, and the local bridge club president, Royston Bond, said: “It is such tragic news.

The club first learned of the tragedy on Thursday afternoon and immediately cancelled the afternoon’s session out of respect to them both.

“Derrick was an extremely accomplished bridge player

and was well-known throughout the playing community in the Costa Blanca and further afield.

“In the past he had been Chairman of the Javea Bridge Club and was also an active member at the Denia Bridge Club. He returned to play at the Javea School of Bridge & Social Club three years ago, where he was an extremely popular member and won many competitions.

“He and his lovely wife Vicki were always present at the Club’s many social events and they will both be sadly missed by all those people who knew them. Our condolences go to Derrick’s brother Terry, who is also a member of JSBSC, and his wife Gloria, and to all Derrick and Vicki’s family members.”

‘Soiree’ turned into kidnapping THE driver of a breakdown truck parked in Villajoyosa watched in astonishment as he saw a man jump from the back of a car.

His hands were bound but he spat out the cloth used to gag him, calling for help as the car which had stopped at a traffic light sped off.

The 69-year-old businessman later explained to the Guardia Civil that he was spending the evening with two friends and

three prostitutes when two Moroccans burst in on them. Armed with knives and a taser, they tied up the three men, demanding the businessman hand over the large sum of money they knew he received each Friday and kept in the house over the weekend.

At first he refused but after he was stabbed and they threatened to blind him, he revealed that it was in the property where they were heading when he man-

aged to escape.

Guardia Civil investigators soon established that the encounter was a trap, arranged after another prostitute learnt of the existence of the money on a previous visit. The two men and the four prostitutes, who are all Spanish, have now been remanded, accused of robbery with violence, intimidation, illegal detention and belonging to a criminal organisation.

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A whirlwind week for the Costa Blanca

RAIN DELUGE: Wreaked havoc across the Valencian community.

By Sam Croft THE Valencian Community continued to be rocked by extreme weather last week, as heavy rainfall led to widespread flooding and damage to buildings, roads and crops.

Various parts of the region were hammered by rain on Sunday December 4 and Monday December 5. The levels of precipitation in many areas were some of the highest in years.

The Marina Alta municipality of L’Aztubia (close to Pego) was inundated with 123 litres per square metre between Sunday and Monday afternoon. In roughly the same period, Emergency Services 112 of the Valencian Community received 303 weather-related calls.

The rain let off slightly after that, with the alert being lowered from orange to yellow in many areas on Tuesday December 6, although heavy precipitation and the after-effects of flooding remained major concerns.

Widespread damage was reported. An outdoor theatre in Valencia City was forced to suspend its programming, whereas in some inland municipalities streets were so heavily inundated that children were unable to attend school.

Although farmers may have been thrilled initially, it has proven too much for certain crops, particularly clementines.

Agricultural organisations have indicated the rain may have caused â‚Ź100 million worth of damages to citrus crops.

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Traffic accident tragedy AN 86-year-old woman died in Gata de Gorgos after being hit by an articulated lorry on Monday, December 5.

The accident occurred around 11am, close to the N-332 road, with the victim killed on impact after becoming trapped under the wheels of the heavy vehicle.

Paramedics confirmed that there was nothing

they could do for her upon their arrival at the scene, before turning their attention to the lorry driver who was suffering an extreme panic attack.

The latest incident follows an accident on the same stretch of road last month, when four people were injured following a collision involving three cars.

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Protection for coastal land

By Linda Hall

COASTAL STRIP: Campello affected by building ban.

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CAMPELLO has asked the Generalitat to moderate some aspects of its new regulations for coastal development.

The Territorial Action Plan for Green Coastal Infrastructure (Pavitel), which comes into force next year, will protect 6,400 hectares of undeveloped land on the Valencian Community’s coast.

Campello, which will be affected by the ban on building within 500 metres of the shore,

was chosen by the regional government for the launch of the plan last month.

Campello’s mayor Benjamin Soler and Urban Development councillor Mari Carmen de Lamo recently met regional government officials in Valencia to explain Pativel’s effect on the town. They explained the 500-metre veto could hinder development along Campello’s 23 kilometres of coastline as some parts of the centre are inside the now-protected strip.

Jose Luis Ferrando, director general for housing and territory, assured them the Generalitat would consider all appeals regarding coastal protection and urban development in towns like Campello. Appeals against Pativel can be made until January and Campello Town Hall will submit those of private individuals and businesses together with its own so they can be dealt with jointly.

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Blessing and curse THERE is no question that Spain needed rain, but the last week has seen terrible devastation from the torrential rains which have hit most of the country and particularly in Malaga Province which witnessed scenes of flooding and devastation not seen since the 1980s.

Our hearts go out to those who were evacuated from their homes due to the floods and indeed one of the saddest stories is of the young Romanian hostess who had come to Spain to make a better life but was drowned in the basement of the club she worked in.

It’s easy to ignore the cost of insurance when finance is tight especially in the run up to Christmas and New Year but there’s no doubt when events like this occur, the cost of clearing up and re-

placing ruined furniture, let alone structural damage is potentially enormous.

As usual, emergency services did all they could to assist those in distress with people being rescued by helicopter from the top of buildings and from stranded cars, with councils opening temporary accommodation for those who were forced out of their properties.

The previous week saw water spouts and even tornados around Spain and the wet weather was in the process of heading north. along the coast of Valencia towards Catalonia. Hopefully the weather gods are going to settle down in order that those who have been hit by the terrible weather can recover and clean up.

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Friend turned on drinking partner A MUCHAMIEL man killed a friend after running him down with his car and then driving over him three times more.

They argued after drinking together in a bar and disagreeing about who should settle the bill.

The 62-year-old did not survive the attack and afterwards the driver tried to drag his body into the boot of his off-road vehicle, only stopping when horrified members of the public remonstrated with him. He was later detained by Muchamiel’s Local Police and refused to take a breath test.

The case has now reached the Alicante High Court with a jury trial although the

recommended 10-year sentence is lighter than usual in these circumstances. The accused was affected by a “temporary mental disorder and under the influence of alcohol” according to the Public Prosecution department. He suffers from moderate dementia, experiences episodes of irritability and cannot control his impulses “occasionally responding aggressively to trivial issues.”

If found guilty, he also faces a six-month sentence and a €1,600 fine for road safety offences. The Public Prosecutor also recommended €126,536 compensation for the victim’s partner if she can prove that she lived with him and €10,544 for his two children.

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Fire case reopened They claimed that a fire AN investigation into the Torrebrigade sergeant and a Tragsa manzanas fire should not have coordinator mishandled orders been shelved, the Alicante High to start a back-fire that would court ruled. halt the progress of the apForest ranger Emilio Abarproaching blaze by creating a gues and Ernesto Aparicio, an burned area. The environmental spot where they agent, died in the stopped was fire that devastated It took six very steep with 600 hectares of days to exabundant vegetawoodland between tinguish the tion and it was Torremanzanas, fire.� here that the Penaguila and men lost their lives.

Benifallim in August 2012.

A San Vicente court shelved It took six days to extinguish the case in September last year and afterwards colleagues of but the Alicante court has now the two dead men and the six ordered an enquiry into whether who were injured criticised the location for the back-fire their superiors’ handling of the was adequately chosen. disaster.

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More Brexit drama

By John Smith

IT was bound to happen. The political shenanigans of the campaign, the resulting internecine bloodletting and now the feeling that events are moving at a pace of their own. That must mean someone is writing a TV drama and it’s all about Brexit. Playwright James Graham told the BBC he felt moved to write about “the new mood we’re living in which is very different, a bit scary, very divisive, very angry, very confused.” He may have hit the nail on the head there.

I n t h e r e a l w o r l d , i f t h a t ’s t h e r i g h t phrase here, Brexit czar David Davis said access to the single market might necessitate the UK having to pay for the privilege.

That sparked a predictable outburst from one pro-Leave MP who said the British people would be “absolutely outraged” at

tance of the EU’s so-called ‘four freedoms’:services and goods, capital and of course, people.

It was also a week in which former PMs, To n y B l a i r a n d S i r John Major, appeared to push for a second referendum. This would give the public a vote on the deal that is eventually secured by the PM in power at the time but will that still be Theresa May?

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the idea of paying up to £20bn a year to a club we’d just left.

Boris Johnson’s personal views whether uttered in public or private while holding one of the four most important offices of state, continue to puzzle most observers.

While appearing to say he backed the free movement of people, he clarified it by saying it had got out of control and “we needed to take back control.”

His utterances have been described by the Dutch finance minister as “intellectually impossible and politically unavailable”.

Some fear that across the Channel Europe’s stance on the impending Brexit talks could be hardening. Imposing curbs on immigration to the UK will not result in access to the single market, according to the incoming EU President, the Maltese PM, Joseph Muscat. Meanwhile an Italian minister said what was coming out of the UK “needs to be something that makes sense.”

It has also been a week in which a photographer’s lens alighted on something the civil service may wish he hadn’t seen. Carried by one Tory aide the handwritten notes appeared to say: “What’s the model? Have cake and eat it.” And as already mentioned in this paper, the government faces a fresh legal challenge based on Article 127 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. This does mean though an accep-

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THE Marina Baixa Hospital is continuing to have problems with burst pipes, with the latest incident forcing staff to work in pools of water.

Euro Weekly News reported last week that the hospital in Villajoyosa had failing pipework and was in such a poor state of repair that often consulting rooms and laboratories had to be closed due to flooding.

This week the situation appears to have worsened following the collapse

Ceiling collapses at regional hospital of a false ceiling near the Emergency Department laboratory.

The laboratory - where analytical and biochemical tests are performed for patients who come to hospital in an emergency – continued to operate but caused the staff increasing problems as the water accumulated.

It would appear a rupture in the pipeline damaged the plaster and as grooves in the ceiling began to show the water fell into the corridor directly outside the laboratory door.

After several minutes of the water building up in the false ceiling it flooded the area, leaving it completely wa-

FOOD CAMPAIGN: Collected 5,400 kilos.

Generous donations for local food banks

By Caroline Tyszka THE fourth national great food campaign, which collects food for local food banks, has been a huge success.

One local town, La Nucia, collected 5,400 kilos of non-perishable food over three days at the end of November thanks to the generosity of the public and local supermarkets. Participating stores were Dialprix, Supermarket La Nucia, Lidl and the Mercadona at Plaza del Sol in the town.

Misuse of drone NOVELDA’S mayor, Armando Esteve, will not investigate a senior police officer for allegedly misusing a drone.

It was used during surveillance of rural and agricultural areas but the mayor will not take action as urged by the SPPLB police union unless recommended in a technical report.

Instead Esteve intends to keep the Local Police superintendant in his post but suspend drone use, owing to existing legislation he described as “vague and ever-changing.”

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The campaign run nationally by the Spanish Federation of Food Banks was coordinated in La Nucia by Beatriz Pérez-Hickman, councillor for Social Welfare, who was also on hand at some of the supermarkets to receive the many donations.

Seventy volunteers ensured that whilst stores were open people were able to donate food they had purchased in addition to their own shopping.

The 5,400 kilos will be given to the Food Bank of La Nucia who will distribute the items to their registered customers.

terlogged and flowing into the lab.

Staff frantically placed towels and buckets to help reduce the dangers whilst emergency repairs were made.

Union representatives have again spoken out about the necessity for urgent action to be taken and have written to the Minister for Health, Carmen

Stack, informing of the latest in a long line of similar incidents. In the letter they highlight the Ministry “has shown a lack of interest in the situation and wonder if it is waiting for a disaster to happen before taking action.”

Pipework is due to be replaced but this is not anticipated to be until 2019.

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Maroc Challenge helping children TWO rally drivers visited a local British school to collect educational materials before heading off across Morocco.

Juan Serrano González and Alex Lozano Philips from Javea set off on their 1800 km

journey along with 134 rally cars on Sunday December 4.

The amateur team, sponsored

by Elians British School, began their race at Al Hoceima and will have completed six stages before arriving at the finishing

line in Merzouga.

Co-pilot Alex told the Euro Weekly News the six day drive was going to be challenging but rewarding, “we will stop at some of the villages and give out the school materials Elian’s

has donated, at one point we will only be 6km from Algeria which highlights the distance and terrain we have to cross.”

The 11th edition of the Maroc Challenge this international event is organised for

amateur teams from Europe.

Many drivers are from Spain but some are from Italy, Portugal and Great Britain.

Pupils, staff and parents at the school raised money to help fund the team with a cake sale on December 2 raising a further €235. Pupils also donated toys as Christmas presents for the children in Morocco.

The teams collected 2,000 clothing items, 500 pairs of shoes and 620 batches of school supplies,

to give out during their travels.

Organisers, aware of safety, ensured all participants had the latest technology. Each vehicle is equipped with a spot beacon system enabling them to be located at all times and an SOS message sent if required.

Alex said: “it’s a great chance to have an adventure and enjoy spectacular scenery and we thank Elian’s for all their kindness and fundraising.”

Full details can be found at www.marocchallenge.com.

ELIAS BRITISH SCHOOL: Sponsored the team.

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Long term solution for beach flooding

By Caroline Tyszka FOLLOWING many years of extreme flooding in La Cala de Finestrat agreement has been reached which has seen plans to resolve the problem being drafted.

The Finestrat Council and the Hydrographic Confederation of Júcar (CHJ) have instructed that their joint technical report would now be drafted into a future project aimed at stemming the flow of heavy rainwater.

During heavy rainfall the centre of La Cala becomes a torrid river, flowing through the resort causing danger to life.

Tragically in October 2011 a British couple died and five people were injured when flood water gushed through the local market seeking lower ground, sweeping them and many others off their feet.

One of the main difficulties in finding a solution to the problem has been that the ravine is urbanised and paved, this has made the water run at a much faster pace and unable to seep into soft ground.

TORRID RIVER: Flood water runs at a fast pace.

Juan Francisco Perez, mayor, said: “In La Cala de Finestrat when it rains, flood water not only affects the ravine but a part of the Marina Baixa Avenida. We have for a long time been working with local technicians on a proposal that minimises the problem

but that we could agree with the CHJ.” The approved documents have now been forwarded to the relevant authorities as the plans include the removal of tarmac, building rock blockades and a channel that would send the flow out into the sea.

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Fire out THE Institute of Textile Technology (AITEX) in Alcoy had to be evacuated after a fire broke out. Once the blaze was under control staff were allowed to return to their offices whilst the firefighters continued their damping down.

Brits lead HOTEL occupation figures in Benidorm for November show the British market again led with 46.5 per cent of the market share, with the Spanish being relegated to second place.

Hit by car A 26-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured after being hit by a car in San Vicente del Raspeig. Once stabilised, he was transferred to the University of Alicante General Hospital with multiple injuries.

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UNESCO fires up for local fiestas

By Caroline Tyszka THE Valencia Region’s Fallas fiestas are now included on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.

The announcement arrived at the end of a two-year campaign and was greeted with satisfaction not only in Valencia City but in every town where Fire Fiestas are held on March 19 each year.

The Fallas’ inclusion did not come as a complete surprise as the UNESCO announced in October that they complied with all the conditions required for nomination. These included respect for human rights, accessibility for participants and spectators of all ages, professions and social class. UNESCO also praised the Fallas for their “ever-increasing inclusion of women in planning and completing the event.”

The UNESCO panel was impressed by the satirical features of the monuments that go up in flames on March 19. “This is an important source of inspiration for

FALLAS: ‘Accessible to participants of all ages.’ making cultural heritage relevant in the modern world,” the jury said when the results were announced.

Back in Valencia City, the Speaker of the regional parliament briefly interrupted that day’s session to announce the Fallas’

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new status as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.

“This will unite the Valencian population and will boost the region internationally,” said Generalitat president Ximo Puig.

JAVEA’S miracle twins Valentina and Isabella, born at 26 weeks more than a month ago, are putting on weight.

They were in such a hurry to arrive there was no time to get their mother Arlene to hospital and they were born at the Javea health centre, assisted by a midwife and two paediatricians.

They were immediately transferred to the Baby Unit at Alicante General Hospital where both girls have now overcome the type of infections associated with premature births, their father Craig Drysdale said.

Each weighed barely 700 grammes at birth but a month later Valentina weighed 1.1 kilos and Isabella 920 grammes.

Both are now taking breast milk and the doctors are very satisfied about their progress.

The couple, who are Scottish and have lived in Javea for four years, are renting an apartment in the city to be near them.

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Living in two places at once BENIDORM has fought unsuccessfully for years to obtain Tourist Municipality status. This obstacle prevents Benidorm from obtaining 2 per cent of the tax charged on tobacco and fuel sold in the municipality and would bring in an additional €1 million per year.

Because Benidorm does not comply with all Tourist Municipality conditions it also loses out on additional official funding owing to the discrepancy between the resort’s official and true populations.

Benidorm has 69,045 residents according to the Spain’s statistics office, INE, although water consumption and the volume of rubbish suggest a real population of between 125,000 and 150,000.

Many visitors spend several consecutive months in Benidorm each year but remain on the padron in their home towns to retain voting and other rights.

This obliges the council to provide additional services not reimbursed by the government, said PSOE councillor and spokesman Ruben Martinez, adding that if they were allowed to register in both municipalities this would provide Benidorm with additional funding.

All local council parties voted in favour of the PSOE proposal and town hall spokesman Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate agreed the difference between Benidorm’s official and real population was one of the biggest in Spain.

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Hoteliers complain about senior prices

By Caroline Tyszka HOTELIERS in Benidorm and s u r r o u n d i n g Co s ta Blanca resorts have said that the current price they receive per person for the Spanish pensioner holidays is unfeasible.

The Imserso programme, organised by the Ministry of Social Services, has enabled senior citizens to take heavily subsidised holidays and has helped resorts such as

Benidorm to keep up occup atio n fig u re s d u rin g the winter months.

Hosbec, who represent the hoteliers, however have asked for a review of the pricing structures saying that four-star accommodations work with prices of only 21 euros per person per day full board, a figure that is not profitable for the hotels.

Toni Mayor, President of Hosbec, said: “Prices have

been frozen for three years and although there has been a recovery of the domestic market the set fees are an economic devaluation of the hotel sector during the winter period.�

C a lling for the re vie w Mayor stressed that a decis ion mus t s oon be ma de about a new pricing structure as under the current conditions without a price rise the programme is not viable.

Street dealer nabbed by police A 48-YEAR-OLD Briton stopped by police during a routine traffic control in Benidorm was arrested for carrying drugs.

National Police believe the 8.5 grammes of cocaine and 20 grammes of marihuana found in his possession were destined for distribution in the pubs and discos in the Rincon de Loix area where the man was

flagged down.

The Briton, who has a police record, was brought up before a local judge after making a statement at the National Police station.

Controls at random times of the day have been stepped up in a bid to eradicate the sale of drugs in Benidorm’s principal leisure areas, National Police sources said.

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Mass via the mass media NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CONSUELO church in Altea now has a YouTube channel to transmit Mass on Sundays.

“The idea is to enable people who can’t get to Mass to be present thanks to the internet,” said parish priest Jose Abellan.

The church had been trying out the YouTube channel since mid-November and plans to transmit all Sunday Masses as well as interviews and religious commentaries three days a week.

“Other churches in the Orihuela-Alicante diocese have web pages and blogs, but only ours has a channel that you can watch at home on a smartphone or tablet,” Fr Abellan said.

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Depleted stocks of sea urchins

By Linda Hall ONCE-ABUNDANT sea urchins are now in short supply. Always a local delicacy they have increasingly found their way onto restaurant menus, which has badly depleted stocks.

For years sea urchins were harvested before they could reach adult size and reproduce although a 2005 regional law now restricts collection to limited amounts in December, January and February. Only traditional methods may be used and police keep watch to protect the expensive shellfish from divers who sell them to restaurateurs prepared not to ask awkward questions.

Owing to this shortage Javea, Denia and Calpe fishing guilds are considering the possibility of raising farmed sea urchins. Jose Signes, manager of the Alimentos del Mar Marina Alta (AMMA) which is owned by the three guilds, explained that they are

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populate the Marina Alta coast.

The initiative would allow local fishermen to legally supply all the area’s restaurants and also provide work for fishing guild members, Signes added.

SPAIN’S official Data Protection Agency warned a Denia resident that his CCTV camera infringed regulations.

Volker Pieroth, who lives on a Montgo urbanisation, installed a fake camera that he hoped would discourage burglars when they saw the glow of its red, battery-operated light. He saw the replica cameras in a supermarket and bought four for his business premises and one more for his home.

The Agencia de Proteccion de Datos has now contacted Pieroth, asking him to clarify who installed the cameras, how m any he had and i f t hey wer e connected to a central alarm system.

The Agency also asked him to send a photo of each device and a copy of his authorisation to use it.

“It’s like a bad joke,” complained Pieroth who believes he was reported by a neighbour. There was only one camera which did not work, and it was installed inside his home and was focused on the exterior to frighten off potential burglars, he said.

He has now replied to the Agency, explaining that he does not possess any kind of CCTV system. “Consequently, I can supply none of the requested information,” he told them.

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Rubbish at recycling ONLY 3.5 per cent of the 840,000 tons of rubbish sent to Alicante Province’s five landfill sites were recycled last year. Every week an average of 2,189 tons is buried thanks to inefficient recovery of materials and lack of recycling, claimed Ecologistas en Accion.

The discouraging official figures the Generalitat recently supplied to Ecologistas meant the sites which opened in the last decade are already nearing the end of their active life and are almost full, the group said.

The figure is well below the 10 per cent set by the regional government, Ecologistas pointed out. Practically eight out of every 10 tons of rubbish reaching the province’s plants end up in the tip and compost produced for fertiliser is scanty and of poor quality because organic waste is inefficiently selected.

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Squirrels are back

By Linda Hall THE red squirrels that practically disappeared from the Valencian Community are back on the Costa Blanca.

Last summer the president of the Alicante Province Hunting Federation drew attention to the proliferation of squirrels and the regional government’s Environment Department agreed that the population was growing. But department staff who oversee the release of squirrels and other animals by conservationist groups said that despite the increase, it could not be described as a plague.

Carlos Arribas of the Ecologistas en Accion environmentalists stressed that the squirrels are not an invasive species. They might have been deliberately reintroduced but they have increased naturally and are “likeable, eat pine cones, don’t cause problems and don’t spoil crops,” Arribas said.

Farmers and growers might disagree, as a report by the Generalitat’s Department of Agriculture noted that the squirrels were first seen in pinewoods in 2007 and by 2010

agricultural growers were complaining about the damage they caused.

The Hunting Federation claimed that the squirrels are causing serious problems to the ecosystem. They ‘devour’ partridge and linnets’ nests, are endangering the future of the province’s pines and should be culled, a spokesman maintained.

RED SQUIRRELS: Numbers have increased naturally.

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EDUSI ready for Brussels ALL political parties on TeuladaMoraira Council voted in favour of the Integrated Sustainable Urban Development (EDUSI) plan.

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Local mayor Carlos Linares and Quino Palaci from Crea 360, the consultancy firm that prepared the application, outlined the contents to the members of public who attended the council meeting. Many of them had cooperated on, or contributed to, the final document.

Between 2017 and 2022 the joint Teulada-Moraira and Benissa project anticipates investing in sustainable mobility, green areas, energy efficiency, new technology, social inclusion and the towns’ historic and cultural assets.

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New paediatric unit

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By: Caroline Tyszka LA NUCIA Couincil has allocated €26,000 to fund the building of a paediatric unit at their Pinar de Garaita medical centre.

The new facilities will increase the staffing levels to having four doctors, a paediatrician, three nurses and an auxiliary nurse.

Workers began last week to transform the medical centre with an anticipated timeline of 15 days until completion.

The satellite medical centre was built in 2007 with the aim of decentralising services and taking healthcare to the residents in out of town urbanisations.

When the works are completed the centre will have four general doctors’ rooms and two nurse’s rooms in one wing, in the left of the single floor building, and paediatric care will be established as a separate wing on the right.

Previously the medical facilities have had three doctors, the increase of an additional practitioner is to meet the growing demand of the community.

Bernabe Cano, mayor, said: “This work demonstrates our commitment to the health of La Nucia.

“With the specific paediatric unit and an additional doctor the centre will be able to perform more consultations.”

Erasing past memories ALCOY Council plans to remove the few remaining traces of the Franco era in the city.

The Partido Popular and the Cs party abstained in the resolution that voted in favour of removing the plaques from the walls of social housing. Residents’ com-

munities will be asked to remove them as soon as possible, city hall said.

The plaques bear the yoke and arrows that were the emblem of the Movimiento, the only political organisation allowed during the Franco dictatorship that lasted from 1939 until 1975. Many of

these remain, unnoticed by the young but still an irritant to many of the elderly.

The council will provide substitute plaques, announced city hall which also plans to catalogue all symbols or references in an action agenda that will comply with the Historic Memory Law.

Cultural programmes get awarded funding increases VILLAJOYOSA has increased the funding that it gives to new cultural projects.

The increase means that any approved programme or educational activity will now get funding of €3,400 to help them start up.

The council funding during 2016 amounts to €42,900 an increase from the €39,495 the previous year. In addition €8,000 has been allocated to educational activities specifically.

Maria Angeles Gualde, councillor for culture

and education said: “These groups make up an important social and culture aspect among our residents and so we felt it was essential for the development of their activities that the funding reflected this.”

The application period is now open with the deadline mid-December for interested parties to apply for the grants. Full details and applications forms can be found by visiting the town hall or at www.villajoyosa.com.

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Accident black spot plans By: Caroline Tyszka A RENOWNED black spot on the N-332 in Calpe is set to have new roundabouts in a bid to reduce traffic accidents.

Work will soon begin to install two roundabouts at a cost of €1.5 million, funded by the Provincial Council of Alicante.

The structures will take an estimated six months to complete and will assist the flow of traffic in the north of the town, easily connecting with the CV-746 and allowing quicker access to the centre

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CONTRACTED WORK: Is due to start in January.

and beaches.

When opened drivers using Avenida Generalitat Valenciana will have to stop and allow passing traffic from the opposite direction to flow, currently the system is that vehicles have to turn left on what is a very busy stretch of road.

Just one year ago a resident was killed at the black spot with many more accidents and near misses also

being recorded.

Cesar Sanchez, mayor, stressed that these improvements were necessary since the population had grown from 1,500 residents to 20,000 with an estimated 45,000 using the road generally but in July and August this figure rises to 120,000.

Regarding the new roundabouts he said: “This is a historic day as we begin to build a safer road system,

and despite some opposition I am determined to defend this project.”

GerolaTranser SLU have been awarded the contract which will start in January.

The mayor of Benissa, Juan Bautista Roselló said he felt ‘proud’ of what is anambitious project. He pointed out that it was very important for Benissa, particularly for the urbanisations that can be accessed from Calpe.

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No women for King’s role

More parking blue zones GANDIA is to lose 351 free parking spaces.

The areas adjoining the Renfe railway station, the Official Language School and other central districts will now become Blue Zones (ORA).

Gandia has a daily parking deficit of 2,200 and more Blue Zones will encourage rotation of vehicles in areas with few spaces while generating movement in shopping and commercial areas.

The additional Blue Zone parking spaces will produce €304,000 in 2017, a 44 per cent increase on this year ’s €211,000.

The ORA and tow-truck services are currently provided by the council but the town hall intends to put this out to tender and hopes that the prospect of increased earnings will prompt bids.

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PUPIL PEDIBUS: Children are encouraged to walk to and from school using safe routes.

Walk, don’t drive

By Linda Hall JAVEA now has six pedibus walking routes to the local state primary schools.

This is the second year that they have been in use and this year, for the first time, there is a pedibus line for each of the town’s schools.

The scheme was introduced to enc o u ra g e ch ild re n to w a lk to a nd

from school in the company of other pupils a long s a fe route s tha t a re monitored by adults.

N ot only doe s this re duc e the number of private vehicles that regularly gridlock the roads adjoining the schools each morning and afternoon, said Javea’s education and pa rtic ipa tion c ounc illor M onts e Villaverde, it is healthier, helps to make the children more independent

and sociable, and is environmentally beneficial too.

The routes are part of the ‘Pas a Pas, camins escolars Xàbia’ scheme and the organisation has made a call for the collaboration of parents and volunteers to accompany the children along the pedibus routes.

Information about the routes and times is available on the www.pas apasxabia.com website.

THE organisers of Denia’s Three Kings parade on January 5 decreed that Their Majesties must be male.

One of the Kings traditionally comes from a Moors or Christians company and this year the luck of the draw gave the honour to the Amazigh fila.

This is an all-female company and Amazigh revealed that the town hall was not prepared to let a woman take on the role of King. A female would challenge the credibility of a fiesta that is so important to children, municipal sources said.

Amazighs captain Maria Jose Lopez, is meeting Denia mayor Vicent Grimalt to discuss the problem this week. “It has been so hard for women to achieve their rights. No one has given us anything and it was hard work being accepted as equals in the Moors and Christians fiestas,” Lopez said. “That’s why I am not going to be browbeaten.”

The King will be chosen from one of the Christian companies and Lopez objected that as Amazigh captain, she should have been allowed to choose her substitute. She also complained that no Amzigh member will be on the King’s float “not even as a page.”

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Beware the missed call scam THE Guardia Civil have issued an announcement warning citizens not to call back if a call from a number with any of the following prefixes is received: 355 Albania, 225 Ivory Coast, 233 Ghana or 234 Nigeria.

“The missed call scam is back and usually uses these prefixes,” read the official line.

“If you find a call on your phone which starts with one of these numbers be careful and don’t call back!”

The scam is relatively simple. When a phone owner spots a missed call from an unknown number and returns it, he or she is connected to a ‘special tariff’ number, the proceeds from which are shared between the national and international operators plus the scammer(s).

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School prevention of caterpillar nests A LOCAL council has battled to reduce the number of processionary caterpillar nests within its schools, with over 2016 treatments being made this year to date.

Altea Council, through its Municipal Development Public Company (PDM), has made the treatments to prevent infestations of the dangerous caterpillars that began nesting on trees within school grounds.

The councillor responsible for PDM, Imma Orozco, detailed how the treatment consisted of the placement of pheromone traps and applications of endoteràpia.This is a preventive and curative application technique which involves injecting a pesticide into the trunk of the infected tree.

Trained workers began the programme in June through to July and then continued to treat the trees during November.

Orozco said: “This treatment plan is intended to control the pest for areas where in previous years there has been a high degree of infestation.”

The injection system is a new pioneering way of eradicating pests and replaces the chemical treatment methods that had previously been used.

The councillor highlighted that with the implementation of t he pr ogr am m e wi t hi n l ocal school s t hey ai m ed t o achieve a higher success rate whilst reducing the risk to the children down to zero.

“It is a technique with a low environmental impact and of minimum risk to people,” he said.

The council state that this new method has been implemented in Altea as it is the least harmful to the trees, requiring no drilling into the trunk.

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A roaring success

By Diana Braby ON Wednesday and Thursday evenings last week the stage of the Casa de Cultura in Calpe was transformed into a snowy Victorian London street, to tell the Charles Dickens tale of A Christmas Carol.

It was clear from the moment the curtains opened that a huge amount of effort had been spent creating the Dickensian scene which greeted the audience. Obviously serious effort had been made by the company in terms of scenery and costumes to enhance the performance given by all the performers.

The cast, helped by a narrator, acted sang and danced their way through the story of how the appearance of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future changed the life of Ebenezer Scrooge from a miserable and miserly man to a benevolent kindly old gentleman.

In turn we were taken to his house, that of his clerk Bob Cratchit and various other places associated with his life to teach him the meaning of Christmas.

Philip Ashley, as the Director of the show, had coached the company

SOUNDS FAMILIAR: Members performing in A Christmas Carol. well in all the songs, and a clever mix of Carols, some show tunes and contemporary music woven into a concise script, told this most traditional of Christmas tales in a way that kept people’s attention from the opening number to the final song.

Mention should be made however of the younger cast members, who were confident in their parts in what, for most of them, is not their first language, and also their first

time on stage.

This is the first full length show this group has attempted, having previously concentrated on putting together compilations of songs from different shows. Fifty per cent of the profit from this production will be going to The Friends Of The Children Of Emaus charity.

Full details of this production, and future productions can be found of the Sounds Familiar website www.soundsfamiliar.es.

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HELP of Denia & Marina Alta Diabetes Support HELP of Denia and Marina Alta Diabetes Support Service is led by Dorothy, a recently retired UK Diabetes Nurse Specialist, who has volunteered to organise educational meetings in Teulada and La Xara and help individuals understand their diabetes. The next meeting is Tuesday December 13 in the MABS room of the IMED building, Cami Calvari, Teulada, and begins at a slightly earlier time of 4pm to accommodate the speaker, Maribel Burgos, who is travelling from Alicante and is a dietician specialising in diabetes.

Dorothy would like to send a big thank you to the newspapers and journals that freely inform of the Help, Education and Support that is available on Diabetes through HELP of Denia and Marina Alta.

People with diabetes can be helped through these meetings, or simply through a telephone call or an email. One such person had been managing diabetes for 10 years when they saw a BBC programme on the subject. This programme mentioned the possible complications which can occur to the feet. He became concerned and was fearful of an amputation as the worse case scenario. Fortunately he saw details of HELP Diabetes Support in the local press and contacted Dorothy, who immediately reassured him and referred him to a Diabetes Podiatrist (foot specialist).

For further information contact Dorothy Cook on 634 349 240 or email diabetes.helpofdenia@gmail.com.

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Javea International Bapist Church CHURCH CELEBRATION: Members observe its 21 year anniversary.

IT was a very special day for Javea International Baptist Church as it celebrated its 21st Anniversary on Sat-

urday November 26.

The Church was inaugurated on December 5, 1995 when the congregation consisted of just 11 people led by the founding Pastor, Tim Shupp, from Texas USA, his wife Louise and their three

children.

One of the original members, Barbara Watts, recalls that they drew a curtain across Pedro’s Restaurant to separate them from the customers and as the Service began to draw to an end each Sunday the congregation were a bit like the ‘Bisto Kids’ because of the delicious aroma of lunch coming from the Restaurant. This Restaurant is now the small hotel (closed) on C/r. Cabo De La Nao next to Masymas.

Since the inauguration JIBC has enjoyed many different homes including the XIC Primary School hall, the XIC Senior School hall, The Grande Cafe Toscamar, Restaurante Amanacer, Cabo de la San Antonia, Javea Players Studio Theatre, Javea Pueblo and now The Church Centre on C/r, Favara 8, Javea Peublo.

Pastor Phillip Laver, during his tenure (1999-2004), worked hard and successfully registered JIBC as an

English speaking Church in Spain (Iglesia Bautista Internacional de Javea).

Current Pastor, Steve Hall, gave a very special welcome to everyone at the celebration and said that it was clear that the strong foundations of the early life of the Church can be seen today and that JIBC would continue on a daily basis to strive to be a positive influence within the community.

Everyone enjoyed a sumptuous meal at La Restaurante Cumbre, Cumbre del Sol and tucked into a special Anniversary cake made by Lynn (the cake) Capon, followed by entertainment from 12-year-old soloist Rosanna Post, comedienne Jen Ward and singer Claire HarknessPost.

Everyone is welcome at the weekly 10.30am Sunday Service, led by Pastor Steve Hall, at The Church Centre.

For directions and more information please access their website www.javeabaptist.es or telephone 965 795 847.

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A date with Valley Voices VALLEY VOICES will be singing in Parcent at La Musical, next to the Ajuntament on Monday December 12 at 7.30 pm.

Join them for a concert of Christmas songs old and new, and some favourite carols for audience participation. There is no admission charge but donations can be made on exit, there is a raffle being held so lucky concert-goers may even go home with a prize.

Valley Voices would like to take this opportunity to thank Garcia Villas who have recently, very kindly, given them sponsorship.

FAVOURITE SONGS: Old and new will be performed at the concert.

Helping to make a difference SPECSAVERS OPTICAS in Javea and Calpe are supporting The Friends of the Children of EMAUS by being part of their drive to collect gifts for the children in the home.

Christmas is a particularly difficult time for these vulnerable chil-

dren, so this campaign will fill a Santa’s sack with presents for each of the 100 children in the EMAUS homes, to really brighten up their Christmas and put a smile on their faces.

They are asking for CDs, toi-

letries, games, school stationery and other school equipment, gloves, scarves and hats suitable for babies and children up to 18 years old.

No need to wrap the items, simply drop them into Specsavers Opticas in Javea or Calpe during December.

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Christmas carolling events at Benitachell THE Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir will be filling the Santa Maria Magdalena church in Benitachell once again this year at 7pm on December 16 for their annual Christmas Carol Concert.

It is always standing room only and this year the choir are promising a great programme of festive songs, old and new, with some traditional carols which the congregation can join in with. Entry to the concert is free but there will be a collection on exit.

The concert rounds off a busy week for the choir, who

have also been invited to take part in a carol concert in the Iglesia de Santa Catalina Martir in Teulada old town at 8pm on December 14. Once again, entry is free.

They will also take part in the Lady Elizabeth College annual carol concert at the Condado Club in Denia at 8pm on December 15, together with the senior and junior choirs from the college and guest singers. Tickets cost â‚Ź8 and can be purchased in advance from Condado box office at condadodenia.com or by calling 965 270 027.

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ST NICHOLAS: On hand to greet the excited children.

THE Norwegian community in Alfaz del Pi switched on their Christmas lights, linking live with Norway as has now become traditional.

The f est i ve l i ght s i n Calle Teniente Segui were timed to go on at exactly the same time as the Norwegian town of Kristian-

sund where Father Christm as ( St Ni chol as) was r eady t o gi ve a per sonal greeting via a video link.

St Nicholas, who accordi ng t o t r adi t i on depar t s from Spain loaded with oranges f or chi l dr en who have behaved well, spent the evening with the fami-

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lies of Alfaz before setting off on his long European travels.

Adults were able to partake in a few sips of Glögg, an aroma t i c wi n e t h a t is served hot and is very traditional in Scandinavia, before waving Santa on his way.

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Local artist brings colourful exhhibition to Albir By: Caroline Tyszka ALBIR resident Annelise Johannessen launched her ‘between dream and reality’ exhibition at the weekend with some paintings being sold even before the launch.

Annelise, originally from Norway but raised in Sweden, moved to Albir 14 years ago following a terrible car crash in 1995 which meant she could not continue to work as she had done in the hotel and catering industry.

Following a long recovery from her injuries, which included paralysis, Annelise moved to Spain in 2003 at the age of 46 and joined her

mother and brother who were already living in the area.

Annelise said: “I have been painting for so long having had my first exhibition when I was 22. I find inspiration in my daily life and all that is around me.

This can come from the sea, wind, music or even people around me, I try to see the positive and beauty in things and this is hopefully reflected in my work.”

There are 30 paintings on display all of which have vibrant colours in a style unique to Annelise and which she had worked on for months in preparation for the event.

The opening of the exhibition on December 3 was well attended with music from John the Fiddler and Annelise’s British boyfriend Stephen Morris – who has a wide repertoire from 50s to current music – creating a warm ambience to welcome guests along with mulled wine and canapés.

The exhibition is displayed at Brew Rock, Carretera del Albir, 25 Altea and is open to the public until the middle of January.

Anyone interested in buying one of the pieces can contact Annelise through details given on the price list available at the bar.

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THE CAST: Enjoying a break from rehearsals.

Careline Theatre CARELINE THEATRE’S next production in Alcalali is the pantomime Pinocchio, directed

by Dorothy Fish.

This classic fairy tale takes the wooden puppet Pinocchio on an adventure full of magic and wonder as he sings and dances his way to becoming a real boy. Along the way he will experience the evil Stromboli’s travelling puppet show, Pleasure Island’s snowy mountain, a gold mine and even the inside of a whale.

Performances will be on Thursday January 19 to Sunday January 22 at 8pm, with mati-

nees on Saturday January 21 and Sunday January 22 at 3pm. The first night will be the Party At The Panto, with a free glass of cava and nibbles, with donations from the production going to Help of Denia and Marina Alta, Jalon Valley Help, and MABS. Tickets are available now from Careline Box Office on 652 294 750 or email care lineboxoffice@gmail.com. Tickets prices are €12 for adults, €11 for pre-paid groups of 10 or more and €8 for children under 10 years of age.

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By Linda Hall THE head of the regional government’s Department of Public Works recently visited Teulada station as renovations started.

The Line 9 track, infrastructure, signalling and communications system between Benidorm-Denia have been updated as far as Calpe and work on the Calpe-Teulada section is due to begin in January.

Meanwhile, rehabilitating the line’s station buildings, which include fine examples of early 20th century railway architecture, has already begun, explained Angel Garcia de la Bandera, managing director of regional track operator FGV .

The project is on schedule, said Maria Jose Salvador, the Generalitat’s public works

INSPECTION TRIP: (l to r) Maria Jose Salvador, Angel Garcia de la Bandera and Carlos Linares. chief. The remaining work between Calpe and Denia is vital if the line is to offer a safe, quality service equal to the rest of the Alicante Province Tram system, she stressed.

Teulada-Moraira mayor Carlos Linares and mayors from towns served by Line 9 accompanied Salvador, Garcia de la Bandera and Generalitat offi-

cials as they inspected the station. Linares thanked Salvador for her visit ‘on an important day’ marking the next phase of the Line 9 project.

The mayor also expressed hopes that the ‘trenet’ service would recommence as soon as possible, connecting Line 9 towns and boosting tourism at the same time.

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The Orig TICKETS are now on sale for the Or i gi nal Char i t y Shop and Li br ar y Chr i st m as r aff l e. Once again local businesses and sponsors have been very generous and there are fabulous prizes to be won, including a 42� TV, hampers filled with Christmas goodies, vouchers for restaurants, beauty treatments, hairdressing, wine, chocolates and many other great prizes.

A strip of five tickets will cost you only â‚Ź3, giving you the opportunity to win a fantastic prize and at the same time support their campaign to provide Christmas gifts for the children attending the Raquel Paya School for children with special needs.

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ginal Charity Shop and Library These youngsters are already very excited and looking forward to Santa’s visit and all the presents he has in that bag. Your generous contribution to the Christmas raffle will ensure that they are not disappointed. Thank you for your continued support.

The draw takes place on Saturday, December 17 at 12 noon in the shop.

Find tickets on Avenida Fontana 14, Javea, or the Library in Javea Park.

And if you still haven’t found that s p ec ia l g ift to g ive a love d one this Christmas, then the shop has the perfect

s olution. The y now ha ve €10 gift vouchers available, which make an ideal present.

For more information please see the web page www.charityshoplibrary.com or email info@charityshoplibrary.com

JOANNA BALDWIN’S chamber choir, Music Unlimited, will be leading a delightful, festive evening’s entertainment at El Rancho restaurant in Javea on Friday December 16.

St ar t i ng at 7pm t her e wi l l be a pr e- di nner pr ogramme of seasonal, musical entertainment: some carols for everyone to join in, some items by the choir only. This will be held in the restaurant’s attractive courtyard area and the cold will be kept at bay by a warming glass of mulled wine… or maybe even two!!!

This will be followed by a three-course dinner during which diners are invited to participate in a table quiz for which there will be prizes at the end of the evening.

And the entire evening, concert, dinner, drinks and quiz will only cost you €18.95!!!!!

Book by contacting El Rancho restaurant direct on 965 771 126 to reserve your place and select your menu.

Music Unlimited looks forward to welcoming you there!

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U3A meeting topics for 2017

TROY TALK: The enthralled audience enjoyed the lecture.

The Trojan War lecture WHO says ancient history is boring – not when David Rohl is giving the lecture. He has thoroughly researched his subject and compares, in clear logic, the myths and fiction with the facts and solves the conundrum of how Homer wrote such a clear account of the war, when he was supposedly born 400 years after the sacking of Troy.

We’ve all seen the heroics of Brad Pitt, as Achilles in the Troy film, but learnt such acrobatic movement would not have been possible with the armour of those times.

The Trojan War was a war of siege and attrition lasting 10 years, rather than the swift battle of the film, with Greek armies transported in 1,000 ships and Troy supported by

many tribes living in what is now Turkey.

Archeological digs have been ongoing since the 1800s, eventually finding evidence of a city of 20,000 citizens with a walled royal quarter. The site of the Greek camp has also been found at Besik Bay, where Agamemnon’s fleet would have been drawn up onto the beach.

David has examined the archaeological reports and plans, and has found a dismantled gate into the citadel which he believes was widened to bring in the famous Trojan Horse. Many of the elements and details of Homer’s story, the Iliad, are there in the ruins, including the Scaean Gate, the altar of Apollo and the Tower of Ilium

David also detailed how a catastrophic mix-up in the timeline of ancient history has incorrectly set the Trojan War at 1180BC when it actually took place in 790BC, just 20 years before the birth of Homer, which can then account for how he obtained all the detailed knowledge in the Iliad. Also by this timeline correction the ‘blackhole’ of the Greek dark ages, a blank in the historic evidence, can be seen to have never existed.

U3A Vall del Pop holds its general meetings on the first Thursday of the month at the Polivalent, Murla. See website for further details. The next Egyptology meeting is on December 12 in Jalon.

U3A Vall del Pop holds its general meetings on the first Thursday of the month at the Polivalent, Murla.

They always feature interesting speakers and always have something going on.

The January 12 meeting will cover the topic of dementia risk reduction, with researchers agreeing that if the onset of dementia could be delayed within 20 years, the number of people living with dementia could fall by almost 30 per cent.

There is cautious optimism that these decreases are already happening in developed societies, with reports from Sweden, the UK, Spain and the US suggesting substantial reductions of the dementia burden.

How good is this evi-

dence and why should it be happening? Lawrence Whalley, MD, FRCP(E), FRCPSYCH, and Professor Emeritus of Mental Health at the University of Aberdeen, UK, will be talking about mental health and particularly dementia.

February’s meeting will feature guest speaker, Mr Robert van de Loo, who will be talking about his work with the UN. The March meeting does not have a speaker since it will be the annual general meeting.

The meeting in April will be on the topic of Spanish taxes and the guest speaker will be Mr Daniel Herrenz MS. Lorraine Bellami will be recounting tales of her experiences and places visited as the CA speaker at May’s meeting.

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CHILDREN’S GIFTS: Included toys, games, sweets, clothes and shoes.

Calpe Masons donate ON Thursday November 24, Worshipful Brother, Keith Alcock, Provincial Grand Charity Steward of Valencia and a representative of the White River Lodge, visited El Preventorio children’s home in Gandia to donate gifts collected largely from the Brethren of White River Lodge.

The gifts consisted of toys, sweets, clothes, shoes and games for the children to help celebrate Christmas. The Masons were accompanied

by Ms Silvia Barnish who regularly gives up her free time to help both the children and the Lodge.

The Brethren were greeted by old friend Sr Jorge Luengo, one of the many carers who help to run the home, who had just completed his first Valencia marathon. As always the staff were incredibly grateful to receive these gifts and warmly thanked the Brothers.

The home still needs donations on a long-term basis. They look after around 55 children and receive no money from the state. If anyone would like to donate, please email prensa@glpvalen cia.com. Items can also be left at the offices of Bay Radio in Javea.

Javea School of Bridge THE Javea School of Bridge and Social Club (JSBSC) has been at it again – raising money for charity that is. They recently held a Saturday Bridge tournament for the charity ASPADIS, in their clubhouse on Avenida Tamarits, Arenal.

ASPADIS is a non-profit-making charity, founded in 1980, dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of children and young people with profound disabilities, aiming to achieve their maximum physical, psychological and social development within their main limitations.

Some 60 JSBSC members, including a few guests from other local bridge clubs, turned up to help raise money via table money takings, a tombola, an auction and a grand prize draw. A fantastic total of €2401.06 was raised for this charity.

Maria Teresa Silva again did a brilliant job arranging all the prizes for the grand draw, and Meg Taylor’s two festive cakes raised over €65 in the auction.

Thanks go to the many members who helped out and to the others who turned up to make the event such a success.

Festive fun with PEPA ANIMAL charity PEPA will be hosting two Christmas charity events in December.

The first is a quiz on Monday December 5 at 8pm at Honey Dukes bar in Oliva. Tickets cost €1 and a Christmas meal is avail-

able for a further €5.

A charity raffle will also be held on the evening, with all proceeds going to PEPA Please call Fiona on 678 787 988 to book a place.

On Thursday December

22 there will be a special three-course Christmas lunch with a bumper raffle at Moli Canyar in Potries.

Please email p.e.p.a.animal charity@gmail.com before December 16 to make a booking.

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GERMANY

Shopping spree

Cancer study

NORWEGIANS embraced the ‘Black Friday’ shopping event with a total of 8.1 million purchases made on the day with credit cards. It was reported to be the highest number of card transactions in a single day.

AROUND four million people in Germany have had cancer at some point in their lives. The figures come as a report for the government showed that the number of cancer cases has almost doubled compared to three or four decades ago but the survival rate is increasing.

BLACK FRIDAY: 8.1 million purchases made.

Rare shooting

Mole discovered

POLICE shot and killed a 35-yearold man in what has been described as a rare incident in the country. Norwegian police have been involved in just four fatal shootings in 14 years.

Abuse charges A FORMER politician has been charged with human trafficking amidst allegations he ordered the sexual abuse of minors in the Philippines which

were live-streamed to the man’s computer in Norway.

Lucky to live AN elderly Norwegian couple were attacked in Värmland after they

stopped to help a car which was overtaking them, but crashed into a lamp post. The driver got out and attacked the couple as the woman fled the vehicle as an axe was thrown at her, with police saying she was lucky to survive.

No cover

Foul play

Genocide probe A FORMAL investigation has been

Ethical arms GERMANY’S Heckler & Koch gun manufacturers have reportedly pledged to stop selling guns to nonNATO members. It had previously armed everyone from NATO armies to Middle East dictatorships promising to sell guns ethically, but will now be more ethical in its selling.

Tram complaint A SYRIAN teenager has reported a Berlin tram driver to police claiming he told her to get off as she was wearing a headscarf. The 14-yearold said the driver announced on the loudspeaker she would have to get off.

BELGIUM

FRANCE TENSIONS remain high in the Paris suburb where a 24-year-old male died whilst in police custody.

There has been an enquiry into his death, but his family dispute the version of events and claim he was the victim of police foul play.

GERMANY’S intelligence agency (BfV) has found an Islamist mole working within the ranks. An arrest warrant has been issued for the 51-year-old who is alleged to have planned an attack against the BfV headquarters in Cologne.

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launched into the 20 French officials who are suspected of involvement in the Rwanda genocide in 1994 which left around 800,000 people dead.

Best restaurant GUY SAVOY’S Paris restaurant has been named the best in the world, according to ‘La Liste.’ France had over 100 restaurants in the list but

Japan came top with 116 ratings in the world’s best 1,000.

Insurance costs INSURANCE for homes and cars is expected to rise in France next year. The average cost of car insurance is expected to rise 2.5 per cent for 2017 and four per cent for home insurance.

BELGIUM is not yet state-funding an anti-AIDS prevention treatment.

A pill taken after unprotected sex has been shown to help fight against contamination with the virus, but the price of the pill is expensive at around €17 per tablet which the government will not yet cover.

Gun auction

THE Belgian Chamber of Translations and Interpreters (BCTI) has welcomed the launch of an official National Register identifying certified translators and interpreters.

A GUN bought in Brussels in 1873 that was used to try and kill poet Arthur Rimbaud by his lover and fellow poet Paul Verlaine, has sold for €435,000 at auction in Paris.

DENMARK

Housing crisis

UK lead

HOLLAND

HOMELESSNESS in Sweden is rising and a Stockholm charity claimed is it a result of the country’s housing crisis eaving many on low incomes unable to afford to rent.

LEADERS of the Danish People’s Party (DF) have met with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage in Copenhagen and hinted at the party wanting to back a referendum to have Denmark leave the EU.

Brexit meeting

SWEDISH pupils, aged 10-14, have improved in the international rankings for their maths and science results based on test results from 2011 to 2015.

Job cuts SWEDISH giant Ericsson has confirmed that around 3,000 workers will lose their jobs in the country as part of a major cost-cutting programme.

Car-pooling CAR-POOLING services that make a profit in Sweden, should count as taxi services and therefore follow the same rules regulating the taxi industry. That’s according to a government inquiry.

Illegal begging A SLOVAKIAN woman has been sentenced to 40 days in prison for begging. The court in Copenhagen also ordered her to be deported. Begging is illegal in the country.

Housing costs DENMARK’S housing costs are the highest in the EU. Danish households use 29.3 per cent of their income on housing and utilities. The EU average is 24.4 per cent.

Christmas charity CHARITY Danish People's Aid, said the number of families asking for help over the Christmas period has increased 85 per cent. Nearly 14,000 families have already applied for

A CASE of animal abuse relating to animal testing has been uncovered by an animal rights organisation at the Flemish Free University of Brussels. Claims say guidelines were not followed.

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SWEDEN

Brighter Swedes

Animal abuse

TWO Dutch MPs have been in London for Brexit talks. Their visit hit the headlines as they were photographed outside Downing Street with notes apparently taken in the meeting in full view which said ‘have cake and eat it.’

Costly plans PLANS have been announced to develop a new stadium and entertainment complex for Feyenoord football club in Rotterdam.

The project will include hotels, housing and shops and has an expected cost of between €1-1.5 billion.

Airport delays THE Lelystad airport expansion has been delayed and will now not open for commercial flights until at least 2019, a year later than planned.

The airport is expected to take holiday charter flights, easing up traffic at Amsterdam’s Schiphol.

Firework fun FROM 264 Dutch councils questioned in a survey, three quarters said they do not plan to restrict the use of fireworks on New Year’s Eve with 55 creating a fireworks free zone around nursing homes and hospitals.

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Red Web

RUSSIAN INTERNET: Firewall will block certain websites and filter search engine results.

CHINA’S Great Firewall, which censors internet access, will be brought to Russia, and be dubbed the ‘Red Web.’ Authorities will be able to easily block certain websites and filter search engine results. It comes amid a huge government drive to crack down on internet freedom and prevent the spread of ‘dangerous’ ideas.

Bad taste A BIZARRE ice-skating routine on Russia’s version of Strictly Come Dancing saw the wife of president Putin’s spokesman dress up as a Jewish concentration camp inmate and skate to an interpretation of Holocaust film Life is Beautiful.

Tatiana Navka was lambast-

ed for the stunt, which saw her wear a striped uniform with yellow six-pointed stars.

Grandmaster flash A YOUNG chess grandmaster fell from the 12th storey of a Moscow apartment complex as he tried to leap across buildings in a daredevil stunt. Yuri Yeliseyev, 20, won the World Junior Chess Championship and also had a penchant for the extreme sport parkour, which involves breathtaking jumps over urban landscapes.

Cruel Love A FRENCH singer who travelled to Moscow to sue a Russian pop star was arrested.

Didier Marouani of the cult band Space was accused by Philipp Kirkorov of trying to extort €1 million

from him. Marouani claims Kirkorov’s Cruel Love is a ripoff of his own song Symphonic Space Dream.

British books THE wonderfully named International Book Fair for High-Quality Fiction and Non-Fiction took place in Moscow’s Central House of Artists. In its 18th edition the fair focused on modern British books and participants enjoyed talks and seminars from different British authors and experts, including Sebastian Faulks.

Deadly debt A DEBT collector is being charged for threatening to blow up a kindergarten where a woman worked unless she paid the 65,000 rubles (€950) she owed. He made 38 calls to the woman at the kindergarten, forcing the school to be evacuated and anti-terrorism police to investigate.

Executive decision ACTION star, martial artist and 1990’s throwback Steven Seagal finally has his brand new Russian passport. The American Hollywood maverick was personally given his new identity by president Putin.

Seagal has travelled regularly to Russia and even played a live gig with the Night Wolves motorcycle gang in Crimea.

Steven Seagal.

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OPEC is to cut oil production THE members of the cartel of oil producing countries, OPEC has announced that it will be cutting oil production (or in reality sales) with effect from January 2017 in an effort to help ease the price up above its current levels which are at an almost historic low.

The reduction is quite signifi-

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1.2 million barrels is the number of barrels per day that will be cut by the OPEC oil producing countries in order to force up prices.

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RBS: Fared the worst amongst British banks.

By Matthew Elliott STRESS tests conducted by the Bank of England have found that the Royal Bank of Scotland would fare the worst among Britain’s banks if a major economic catastrophe occurs.

RBS failed the annual check-up and is now forced to embark on a £2 billion programme of cuts to ensure it can handle another crisis.

Lloyds, HSBC, Santander UK, Barclays and Nationwide

cant as it represents 3 per cent on daily production of 32.5 million barrels, but it is clear that countries can increase their income whilst holding stocks and thus assisting their economies which have suffered over the past 12 months.

Effectively this is good news for countries like Saudi Arabia whose finances are in something of a mess, but is so good for most of

There may be some circumstances where that is defensible, but it should be for the boards of companies and executives to justify that,” Business Secretary Greg Clark on enormous salaries paid to some company bosses.

Royal Bank fails stress tests

were also tested amid a financial climate the Bank of England has described as boasting an ‘elevated risk’ of crisis, as lending rates begin approaching 2008 levels in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

The test analysed the readiness of the banks in the event of £44 billion being wiped off the value of the capital markets in two years. The BoE found that the British banking system would be able to withstand such a calamity, even if only by the skin of its teeth.

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Pension pot AS the Spanish government refuses to agree to an increase in pension of 1.2 per cent requested by the opposition parties, it is estimated that it will need to find a further €7 billion to pay the current pension in 2017.

New trains DEVELOPMENT minister Íñigo de la Serna, has announced that rail operator RENFE will purchase 15 new trains from manufacturer Talgo at a cost of €786 million and will then have the ability within the contract to purchase 15 more.

Donald Trump PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump announced he is to divorce himself from his business interests to let him focus on the presidency and avoid conflicts of interest but he has given few details of who will take over.

Mark Carney sends warning IN a statement which is bound to find favour with some and attract opprobrium from others, Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England, has warned that European economies could be hit if their access to the City of London is impeded after

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Britain leaves the EU. He has made this statement as certain European politicians have suggested Britain should no longer be a major player in the euro market but suggests that more than half the equity and debt raised is raised by firms in the UK.

the airlines which have benefited in particular from the very low prices.

It appears that in a deal which is proudly acceptable to non-OPEC oil producers as well, Iran will be allowed to continue to produce at pre-sanction levels in order to assist the rebuilding of its economy and the market has welcomed the news with prices immediately moving upwards.

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Samsung split SAMSUNG Electronics, the South Korean industrial giant which is already increasing dividends has said that following investor pressure, it is considering dividing the company into two separate firms in order to help the value of its shares.

The intention would be for it to devolve into a holding company and an operating company with the pressure having increased following the fiasco over the battery problems with its new Galaxy 700 model.

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UK, US and Eurozone in the spotlight Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

SINCE the announcement of Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the US, euro performance has been affected; GBPEUR moved back above 1.1750 and EURUSD down nearly seven cents to 1.06. With Mr Trump seemingly keener to tie down a more powerful relationship with the UK rather than the EU, it has sent a message out to the European Union that the Brexit situation has not exactly enhanced the single bloc’s position in the global market.

With regards to Brexit, all the implications and legal battles are due to take place in the coming weeks, as migration and access to the Single Market are the key political issues. There are now rumours surfacing that triggering Article 50 will not necessarily mean the UK has to leave the EEA Membership, which in itself is Article 127. The confusion, rumours and constant meetings between political heads would suggest that Brexit is not going to be as smooth as some

EURO PERFORMANCE: Has been affected by Donald Trump’s surprise victory. would like, and let’s not forget that Parliament may seek to vote in guaranteeing that Article 50 is triggered before Theresa May’s expectant time frame of March 2017.

Mario Draghi, Head of the European Central Bank, has also weighed in with his thoughts on the matter, stating that the EU shall not weaken

its position to cater for the UK’s decision to leave. Limiting the migration flow into the UK was seen as the main driver of the Brexit victory, but the EU has been stern in its concern that limiting the flow of people will not be tolerated if the UK wishes to carry on its free trade with the current members.

Theresa May herself has been hard at work meeting with her seniors, and the latest was the Polish Prime Minister, who visited Downing Street on the last week of November. The meeting was put in place to support entrepreneurs in both the UK and Poland. The Polish UK trade was worth approximately £15bn in 2015, a figure which has risen dramatically since 2006.

Another point on the agenda was to make sure that up to 900,000 Polish workers guarantee their rights in the UK, which would have been pleasing for Beata Szydlo (Poland PM).

The Eurozone itself comes into the spotlight this December, and not only because the US will almost certainly raise its current interest rates, which will have an effect on euro-paired currencies. The ECB will also need to make a decision on its current Quantitative Easing programme, which purchases Government bonds in the hope of raising inflation.

Current inflation levels are miles off of the expected 2 per cent marker, and a continuing trend could see bonds completely dried up to buy in the future. The UK, US and Eurozone are all in the spotlight over the coming few months, and it appears the Trump win has been more positive than investors had predicted.

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Pound of flesh causes uproar JUST when the Bank of England had thought that it was doing so well with the launch of the new polymer five pound notes which have a much longer life and are much more robust than paper notes, someone has come along and burst their bubble!

It started with a tweeted enquiry as to whether the new note (and its successors in higher denominations which are already planned) contained any animal fat and low and behold it does.

There is apparently a small amount of tallow in the make-up of the polymer note and this has put a number of potential users in a spin.

Tallow was used for centuries as a ‘poor man’s’ candle when wax was too expensive and was also a principal component of some soaps. Unfortunately, it is generally obtained f r o m a n i m a l - f at, main ly b ee f o r sheep but also from pigs and this has upset a number of people.

Firstly some vegetarians and the majority of vegans are opposed to the use of any part of any animal in any product and in a very short period of time, 40,000 people signed a petition calling for the notes to be changed and there has been a great deal of negative comment on social media.

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BANK OF ENGLAND: Are keeping fairly quiet on the matter.

One irate tweeter even commented on the irony that she donated her very first five pound note to a vegan charity!

Following these complaints, Hindu reli-

gious leaders have also entered the debate as many devout Hindus will have nothing to do with any item derived from cows, shunning leather goods and they are now consid-

ering whether temples should refuse to handle the new notes.

Jewish leaders have taken a more phlegmatic position as although their religion proscribes the eating of pork, they see no problem in handling the new five pound note as tallow is not a substance that they are prohibited from touching, although it would be unacceptable for anyone to try to eat the note.

There have been no comments recorded from the Muslim community as yet as they have similar dietary restrictions to the Jewish faith, but there is some suggestion that the wearing of shoes made with pig skin soles is prohibited and one scholar says that Muslims should not buy any goods made from pig skin which certainly makes the note questionable.

At the moment the Bank of England is keeping fairly quiet on the matter although it appears that the polymer pellets which ar e pur chased t o al l ow t he not es t o be made and contain tallow are from an outside sour ce t hat suppl i es t hem t o 24 ot her count r i es whi ch use t hem i n t hei r bank notes.

Whilst there are many complaints about the notes, jokers are offering to relieve any of the aggrieved owners of their notes as a favour.

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Mourinho and Ronaldo accused of evading taxes

JOSE MOURINHO: Has allegedly transferred funds out of the UK and Spain.

By John Smith AN international consortium of newspapers which includes The Sunday Times and El Mundo have reportedly joined together to obtain access to reports being held on the website ‘Football Leaks’ which were apparently obtained by hackers who targeted various sports agents around the world.

It is alleged that Jose Mourinho arranged for large volumes of funds to be syphoned out of the UK and Spain whilst he was manager of Chelsea between 2004 and 2007 and Real Madrid between 2010 and 2013 and their eventual destination was the British Virgin Islands (BVI).

The chairperson of the UK public accounts committee, labour MP Margaret (Meg) Hillier reportedly responded to a Sunday Times approach by confirming that the claims should be investigated and she will be speaking to the head of HM Customs and Revenue in committee shortly

Mourinho and Ronaldo are both compliant with all tax rules in both Spain and the UK.” when she will raise the matter for comment.

In addition to Mourinho, it is claimed that Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, who played for the current Manchester United manager has also used his position to send funds from Spain to a British Virgin Islands established company thus allegedly cheating the Spanish tax agency of funds.

Both Portuguese born individuals are represented by agent Jorge Mendes and in a statement he has rejected all allegations of wrongdoing on their behalf and has stated that they are both compliant with all tax rules in both Spain and the UK. The sums involved in moving money via Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and the

BVI are quite significant and may amount to as much as €75 million, with the lion’s share supposedly coming from Ronaldo.

Considering that the Spanish authorities have been so determined recently to prosecute a string of Barcelona players including Messi and Neymar, it will be interesting to see whether this latest information will make them include Real Madrid in their review.

In the meantime, as the BVI is a UK Overseas Territory with a British appointed governor and with an obligation to act in accordance with instructions received from Whitehall, then it should not be that difficult for the Foreign Office and Treasury to get to the bottom of its involvement (if any) in these alleged activities.

Whatever the result of these accusations, it would appear that there are plenty of additional revelations to come about other sporting stars over the next few weeks.

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Battling bureaucracy wears you out LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

TO save on space I have omitted the number of time wasting office visits that had to be endured regarding the subject of this week’s column.

Those of you who have had to deal with Spanish ‘red tape’ will know exactly what I mean! All who are anticipating a retirement on Spanish state pension, can now read on and weep!

According to Spanish law it is a requirement that, irrespective of how many years of contributions you have under your belt, it is obligatory to work the previous final two years up to claiming your pension.

With this in mind, just under three years ago I decided to check how many further years I would need to qualify. I was duly investigated and informed that, if I became autonomous again, I needed to work and contribute up

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OTHERS THINK IT

JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS: Trying to claim for a Spanish state pension. to March of this year. (2016) I decided to regain my autonomy and subsequently, worked, paid my dues and duly turned up last

March to stake my claim The first hiccup was my residencia. This ridiculous tiny piece of paper had become so worn,

they couldn’t make out the NIF number. Couldn’t they just look me up on the computer? Don’t be silly! Appointment at residency

offices for duplicate? Six months! I subsequently supplied an old readable residencia containing all relevant information – rejected, out of date. I then supplied an even older undated form – rejected, no expiry date!

On gestors advice I then obtained a list of my residency records stamped and verified by the Guardia Civil. Rejected, no reason given.

After some four long months I managed, through a colleague, to get a slightly earlier appointment at the residencia offices and duly obtained a duplicate, which I then submitted to the authorities.

To cut a very long story short, I have now been informed they have made an error and I am still 14 months short of qualification.

I now owe them eight months autonomos since March. And have to go back to work!

They have embargoed my bank account and left 55 cents. Be careful out there. They’ll shaft you if they can!

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7:00am Last Knights 8:55am Apollo 13 11:15am Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F 12:50pm Terminator Genisys 3:00pm Last Knights 4:55pm Run All Night 6:55pm The Mummy 9:00pm Terminator Genisys 11:10pm Run All Night 1:10am Executive Decision 3:25am The Rock

7:00am Charmed 7:45am Hollyoaks 8:10am How I Met Your Mother 9:05am Rules of Engagement 9:35am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Young and Hungry 12:00pm Charmed 1:00pm Charmed 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm How I Met Your Mother 5:00pm Young and Hungry 5:30pm Young and Hungry 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Black-Ish 9:00pm The Twilight Saga: New Moon 11:35pm The Big Bang Theory 12:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:30am Tattoo Fixers 1:35am Rude Tube

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10:45am Ted 2 1:00pm Ricki and the Flash 2:50pm The Top Ten Show 2016 3:10pm The Holiday 5:30pm 10 Things I Hate About You 7:15pm Unfinished Business 9:00pm Ted 2 11:10pm Dumb and Dumber To 1:05am Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2:50am Horrible Bosses 2

9:00pm 11:00pm 1:00am 2:25am 4:00am

Secret in Their Eyes Arthur and Merlin The Pack Point Break Big Hero 6 Special Midnight Special God’s Pocket A young man’s mysterious death upends the life of his mother and her crook husband.

Secret in Their Eyes A former FBI agent revisits the unresolved murder of a colleague’s teenage daughter.

Midnight Special Point Break Carnage Park God’s Pocket The Pack A family must fight for their lives when a ferocious pack of wild dogs lays siege to their isolated farmhouse.

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Main Event Football Gold Football Gold Football’s Greatest Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Premier League Legends Live Intl Pl Tennis: Hyderabad Game Changers The Fantasy Football Club Joshua/Molina: The Weigh-in Football Joshua/Molina: The Weigh-in The Fantasy Football Club Barclays Premier League Preview

Cricket Carp Wars Cricket’s Greatest NFL Highlights Cricket Cricket Carp Wars Cricket Cricket Live Mosconi Cup Pool Cricket Cricket Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Cricket Day two of the fourth Test between India and England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Home Comforts at Christmas 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Christmas Supermarket Secrets 4:00pm Escape to the Continent 5:00pm Final Score 6:10pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:40pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 7:00pm Pointless 7:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:10pm Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:50am The NFL Show 1:20am Hard Rain 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:50am Horrid Henry 9:10am The Powerpuff Girls 9:30am Be Cool, ScoobyDoo! Mystery 101 10:05am Adventure Time 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Carry on Don’t Lose Your Head 12:15pm Judge Rinder 1:15pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm Cash Trapped 2:30pm Death on the Nile 5:10pm Thunderbirds are Go 5:35pm The Chase 6:35pm ITV News London 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm Tipping Point 8:00pm Go for It 9:00pm The X Factor 11:05pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:10am ITV News and Weather 12:25am Senna 2:20am Jackpot247 4:00am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

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The Big Sky Out of the Past Secret Britain Homes Under the Hammer The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British Best Bakes Ever Lust for Life Flog It! Natural World Nativity!

Operation Snow Tiger Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Dad’s Army Walt Disney Robert Rauschenberg - Pop Art Pioneer Andy Parsons Slacktivist In the Dark Half Jackpot This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

1:50pm The Hot Desk 2:00pm Catchphrase 3:00pm Hairspray Live!

5:40pm Peter Pan 6:40pm FYI Daily 6:45pm Peter Pan 7:50pm The Incredible Hulk 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm The Incredible Hulk 10:00pm Scorpion 11:05pm The Xtra Factor 12:05am Celebrity Juice 1:05am Family Guy 1:35am Family Guy 2:05am American Dad! 2:30am American Dad! 2:55am Bordertown 3:20am Bordertown 3:45am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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8:00pm The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum 9:00pm City Beneath the Waves: Pavlopetri 10:00pm Modus 10:45pm Modus 11:30pm Top of the Pops 12:10am Top of the Pops Simon Bates presents the weekly chart show, first broadcast on 28 October 1982.

12:45am Britain’s Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned 1:45am More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on 2:45am Heavy Metal Britannia 4:15am Metal at the BBC 4:45am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

7:10am Gillette World Sport 7:40am Itera Expedition Race Ireland 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Frasier 9:25am Frasier 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Deal or No Deal 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm Jamie’s Super Food 5:30pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Jutland: WWI’s Greatest Sea Battle 9:00pm Pearl Harbour 10:00pm It Was Alright in the 1970’s 11:00pm Paul 1:05am Kingpin 3:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus

8:35am Little Princess 8:50am Paw Patrol 9:10am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:40am Noddy in Toyland 9:55am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10am Shimmer and Shine 10:35am Peppa Pig 10:45am The Fairly Odd Parents 11:20am Hats Off to Christmas 1:00pm Deck the Halls 2:50pm The Nine Lives of Christmas 4:30pm Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 5:30pm 5 News Weekend 5:35pm Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 6:25pm Finding Father Christmas 7:25pm 5 News Weekend 7:30pm Finding Father Christmas 8:10pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Football on 5 11:30pm That’s So 1989 12:30am Impractical Jokers UK

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Movies Now Doctor at Large The Nun’s Story FYI Daily The Nun’s Story Columbo: Dagger of the Mind A Touch of Frost Inspector Morse Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Doc Martin Drama series about a curmudgeonly country doctor and his patients in Cornwall.

The Booze Cruise 2 A is for Acid Wycliffe Drama series about a Cornish police detective.

ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

Teleshopping Shopping from home.

8:55pm 10:00pm 11:10pm 11:15pm 12:45am 1:50am 1:55am 3:30am 4:00am

Snooker v Darts Motorsport UK Bundesliga Cash Cowboys Cash Cowboys Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Tobruk FYI Daily Tobruk Superman FYI Daily Superman The Chase: Celebrity Special River Monsters Firefox FYI Daily Firefox Assassins FYI Daily Assassins Tommy Cooper Teleshopping

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Rocky Rocky II Rocky III The Man From U.N.C.L.E. True Lies The Italian Job X-Men Origins: Wolverine The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Max Payne

10:10am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 12:20pm Ali G Indahouse 1:55pm The Top Ten Show 2016 2:10pm Grimsby 3:40pm Borat 5:15pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 7:25pm Ali G Indahouse 9:00pm Grimsby 10:30pm Brüno 12:00am Borat 1:35am Brüno

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Animals Unleashed Animals Unleashed Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Made in Chelsea Couples Come Dine with Me The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Black-Ish Black-Ish Gulliver’s Travels Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Gogglebox Gogglebox The Big Bang Theo

7:00am Joshua/Molina: Aj Hits Manchester 7:30am Joshua/Molina: Behind the Ropes 8:00am Joshua/Molina: The Countdown 8:30am Joshua/Molina: The Gloves are Off 9:00am Game Changers 9:30am Premier League Preview 2016/17 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 12:30pm Football 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:15pm Football 9:00pm EFL Goals 9:30pm Nissan Game of the Day 11:30pm Nissan Match Choice 12:30am Football 1:00am Football 1:30am Football 2:00am Football 2:30am Football 3:00am Football 3:30am Football 4:00am Football 4:30am Football 5:00am Football

Point Break Arthur and Merlin Moana: Special The Great Gilly Hopkins Midnight Special Secret in Their Eyes Point Break Remake of the cult action romp starring Luke Bracey as an undercover FBI agent tasked with infiltrating a crew of thrill-seeking criminals.

The Great Gilly Hopkins Midnight Special Secret in Their Eyes True Deception Carnage Park God’s Pocket A young man’s mysterious death upends the life of his mother and her crook husband.

7:00am Cricket 1:00pm Joshua/Molina: Behind the Ropes 1:30pm Live European Champions Cup Rugby 4:15pm Sporting Triumphs 4:30pm Joshua/Molina: The Gloves are Off 5:00pm Joshua/Molina: The Countdown 5:30pm Joshua/Molina: The Weigh in 6:00pm Live European Champions Cup Rugby 8:45pm Super Rugby Gold 8:55pm Super Rugy Gold 9:00pm Cricket 10:00pm Cricket 11:00pm Time of Our Lives 12:00am Cricket 1:00am Cricket 2:00am Sporting Triumphs 2:15am Sporting Triumphs 2:30am Sporting Triumphs 2:45am Cricket 3:45am Cricket 4:45am Cricket

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Turning a blind eye Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

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Rafael Catala Polo.

HE must be joking. Justice minister Rafael Catala Polo said that political responsibility for corruption would be settled by the ballot box. Polls routinely show that corruption is a major worry for the Spanish although they happily vote for politicians whose copybooks are indelibly blotted.

Former president of the Valencian Community Francisco Camps sidled his way out of countless accusations of corruption and was regularly re-elected. Once inextricably embroiled in the Suits for Contracts case he resigned but was finally exonerated in a Valencia court where he was

Don’t exaggerate!

Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’VE told you a million times not to exaggerate! I like to watch sport on TV and I’m very good at it. I’ve never lost a frame of snooker or a race and never missed a penalty at a football match. But what I don’t understand are some of the things people say.

My favourite, and not just to do with sport, but on shows where people are being tested they’re asked how they’re going to approach the task they say they’ll give it 110 per cent.

Well you can’t, can you? You can only give 100 per cent. ‘Per cent’ means ‘parts of a hundred.’ Exaggeration like that is just annoying.

There are loads of things people say but mean something completely different. For instance: Swift half? ... seven pints! Your parcel will be delivered between 7am and 9pm… your parcel will never be delivered! Pop round later if you like. Yeah might do... you have more chance of seeing Henry VIII and his six wives than me!

How about indicating you want the last roast potato by offering it to everyone else first? Also, why is it as soon as the waiter

says ‘do not touch the plate it’s extremely hot’ you touch it? Why? Don’t we believe him? Do you think he just made it up?

How about as you get older and you get introduced to someone for first time. ‘This is Adam’. Two things can happen. First, you are not paying attention because over his shoulder you can see someone you really want to talk to so you instantly forget his name. Or, you heard ‘This is Alan’ and you proceed to call him that for the rest of the evening. This happens to Mrs S all the time. Her name is Patti but she gets called Patsy, Hetty, Cathy, Hattie and what cracks me up is she never corrects anybody. She is so polite.

On a slightly different note there is something that’s been giving me the hump for years. In our kitchen we have several electrical appliances that have an LED clock incorporated in them - the oven and microwave in particular - and I can never get them to be the same time on both. What is even worse is that they are directly next to each other. How can that be? I set them to identical times and when I look the next day they have changed!

One is always a couple of minutes different to the other. It drives me nuts! Has anyone got any ideas how to fix that?

I’ll be on Talk Radio Europe on Thurs 15th for my last grump before Christmas. Call in or email me at mikesenker@gmail.com.

Not so very different WHEN Franco died in 1975, Fidel Castro ordered a week’s mourning.

Castro allegedly never forgot that during the guerrilla war, Franco knew exactly where the Fidelistas were holed up in the Sierra Maestra but never passed on that information to the Batista regime.

It also helped that Franco always maintained diplomatic relations with Cuba and Spanish ships regularly flouted the US blockade. It helped even more that Castro and Franco respected each other as soldiers and recognised each other as shrewd and wily Galicians. found not guilty by a Valencian jury. Something similar happens with politicians of all colours and all parties. It’s not only the political parties that have to purge corruption - voters should stop expecting and condoning it.

Other way round THE Partido Popular blamed everyone but itself for Rita Barbera’s heart attack and death,

conveniently forgetting Mariano Rajoy’s insistence that she resign from the party when investigated for corruption.

Why did no-one suggest that she resign as a senator and stay inside the party? Because Rajoy & Co wanted visible a scapegoat, that’s why.

On the back burner JAVIER URKULLU and the PNV nationalists won the Basque regional elections by the skin of their teeth but lost a seat after a recount.

He and the PSOE - PSE in the region – have managed to do what the socialists failed to do after the 2015 general elections and thrashed out an alliance. Pro-independence Basques have never been tempted to take the route chosen by secessionist Catalans who would not flinch from a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

Instead Urkullu and the PSOE have stressed any steps taken will be countenanced by Spanish law which is shorthand for announcing that meanwhile and in the foreseeable future everything will remain just as it is.

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7:00am Breakfast 8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Fern Britton Meets...

12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Lifeline 3:55pm Kung Fu Panda 5:20pm Planet Earth II 6:20pm Songs of Praise 6:55pm BBC News 7:10pm BBC London News 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Planet Earth II 10:00pm My Mother and Other Strangers 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:45am Sunny D 1:10am Citizen Khan 1:40am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:30am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:15am Big Dreams Small Spaces 9:15am Carol Klein’s Plant Odysseys 9:45am Countryfile 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 12:45pm Best Bakes Ever 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Quantrill’s Raiders 3:10pm Dial M for Murder 4:50pm Athletics 5:50pm Heir Hunters 6:35pm Flog It! 7:35pm The Toys That Made Christmas 9:00pm The Lone Ranger 11:20pm QI XL 12:05am Black is the New Black 12:35am Black is the New Black 1:05am Ash Wednesday 2:40am Countryfile 3:35am Holby City 4:35am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Horizon The series that explores topical scientific issues looks at the increasing research into dogs that is giving scientists a greater understanding of humans themselves.

9:00pm Choir of the Year 2016 10:30pm The Flying Archaeologist 11:00pm The Sky at Night 11:30pm Horizon 12:30am How to Build a Nuclear Submarine 1:30am Storyville Documentary about the Cold War spy George Blake.

3:00am Monkey Planet 4:00am The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum 5:00am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

8:50am 9:10am 9:30am 10:05am 10:25am 10:30am

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10pm The X Factor 2:20pm Take Me Out 3:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

4:30pm The Polar Express 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm The Polar Express 6:25pm The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol 6:55pm Catchphrase 7:55pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm The Mask 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm The Mask 11:05pm The Xtra Factor 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:35am American Dad! 2:05am American Dad! 2:30am The Cleveland Show 3:00am The Cleveland Show 3:25am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Horrid Henry The Powerpuff Girls Thunderbirds are Go Adventure Time ITV News Wild Australia with Ray Mears Let’s Do Christmas with Gino and Mel Dragonheart ITV News and Weather Midsomer Murders The X Factor The Chase ITV News London ITV News and Weather Off Their Rockers The Next Great Magician The X Factor Results Show ITV News and Weather Ball and Boe: One Night Only The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jackpot247

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Movies Now A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Heartbeat Wycliffe Inspector Morse Columbo: By Dawn’s Early Light Les Miserables FYI Daily Les Miserables Agatha Christie’s Marple Rosemary and Thyme Land of the Midnight Sun Elizabeth: The Golden Age FYI Daily Elizabeth: The Golden Age Inspector Morse May the Best House Win May the Best House Win You’re Only Young Twice

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch Deal or No Deal The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Jingle All the Way Channel 4 News Paddington Christmas at the Chateau Humans Gogglebox Filth The Iceman The Last Leg Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it Location, Location, Location

8:45am Paw Patrol 9:00am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:25am Noddy in Toyland 9:40am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10am Shimmer and Shine 10:25am Peppa Pig 10:45am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:55am The Fairly Odd Parents 11:30am Football on 5 1:00pm The Gadget Show 1:55pm Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 2:55pm Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever 4:35pm A Prince for Christmas 6:20pm A Cinderella Christmas 7:20pm 5 News Weekend 7:25pm A Cinderella Christmas 8:10pm The Forbidden Kingdom 10:00pm The Expendables 3 11:00pm 5 News Weekend 11:05pm The Expendables 3 12:25am The Last Stand

The Wine Show Fifth Gear The Motorbike Show The Motorbike Show The Big Fish Off Cash Cowboys Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Superman FYI Daily Superman The Great Outdoors FYI Daily The Great Outdoors Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure FYI Daily Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure Death Wish 5: The Face of Death FYI Daily Death Wish 5: The Face of Death Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

8:40am Rocky V 10:30am Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 1:05pm Ant-Man 3:10pm Godzilla 5:35pm The Scorpion King 7:20pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 10:00pm Ant-Man 12:00am Blade

8:15am Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 10:00am Dad’s Army 11:50am The Wedding Ringer 1:40pm Sister Act 3:30pm Pixels 5:20pm The Hangover 7:10pm Pixels 9:00pm Dad’s Army 10:45pm Starsky and Hutch 12:35am Top Five 2:25am Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life 4:20am Eight Legged Freaks

7:00am 7:20am 7:45am 8:05am 8:35am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 1:00pm 2:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 2:10am 3:15am 3:40am

Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Ted Tattoo Fixers Naked Attraction Gogglebox New Girl New Girl

7:00am Arthur and Merlin 9:00am The Great Gilly Hopkins 10:45am Sully: Special 11:15am The Pack 1:00pm Hail, Caesar!

Josh Brolin’s studio fixer has a job on his hands when a pampered movie star is kidnapped.

3:00pm Midnight Special 5:00pm The Top Ten Show 2016 5:15pm Secret in Their Eyes 7:15pm The Great Gilly Hopkins 9:00pm Hail, Caesar!

11:00pm Midnight Special 1:00am True Deception 2:40am Carnage Park 4:05am Secret in Their Eyes A former FBI agent revisits the unresolved murder of a colleague’s teenage daughter.

SUNDAY TV

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

Football Football Football Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Football Live Nissan Super Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday EFL Goals Spanish Football Gold Football Spanish Football Gold Football Goals on Sunday Football Live NFL Football’s Greatest Teams A profile of the Arsenal team that went unbeaten en route to winning the Premier League title in the 2003/04 season.

7:00am Cricket 1:00pm Great Sporting Moments 1:15pm Great Sporting Moments 1:30pm Live European Champions Cup Rugby 6:30pm Live NFL 10:00pm Live NFL 2:00am Football 2:30am Football 3:00am Football 3:30am Football 4:00am Football 4:30am Great Sporting Moments In the late 1970s, jockey Bob Champion was diagnosed with cancer, while his horse Aldaniti suffered a careerthreatening injury.

Incredibly, they would go on to win the 1981 Grand National.

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10:15am Operation People Power with Dave Myers 11:00am Christmas Kitchen 12:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Think Tank 4:55pm Escape to the Country 5:40pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm BBC Music Awards 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Walliams and Friends 12:15am Have I Got a Bit More News for You 1:00am The Graham Norton Show 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:45am Sister Rita to the Rescue 8:30am Flog It! 9:00am Extreme Wales with Richard Parks 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Cash in the Attic 2:30pm Just Good Friends 3:00pm Open All Hours 3:30pm Natural World 4:30pm Alaska: Earth’s Frozen Kingdom 5:30pm A Place to Call Home 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Muslims Like Us 11:00pm Two Doors Down 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Black is the New Black

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

8:30pm The Taff: The River That Made Wales 9:00pm Digging for Britain 10:00pm Time Commanders 11:00pm The Richest Songs in the World 12:30am One-Hit Wonders at the BBC 1:30am Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures in Architecture 2:30am Time Commanders 3:30am The Richest Songs in the World 5:00am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm When Phillip Met Prince Philip 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Hillsborough: Smears, Survivors and the Search for Truth 12:40am Fierce 1:35am Jackpot247

7:00am You’ve Been Framed!

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Why are they keen to stay in the EU? Photographs for possible publication should be sent by email with a full caption to: photonews@euroweeklynews.com david muscroft/Shutterstock.com

ANY dissenting opinions are quickly put down as the ramblings of ignorant racist ill-informed morons. All the time we are assailed by opinions of how much the UK will lose because of leaving black holes, billions lost etc, but no one has ever mentioned how much Britain leaving would cost the EU. How much the eastern bloc countries actually buy from the UK!?

Why do we only hear the mutterings of Frau Merkel (has the cat got the tongues of the leaders of the other 20 odd countries)?

Finally I feel that our own lilylivered spineless occupants of Parliament have relinquished their responsibility to the BRITISH people by hiding behind EU regulations instead of serving the electorate.

R Casali

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Deep trouble REGARDLESS of Brexit the EU is in deep trouble and may not survive, with elections coming in Germany, France, Netherlands and Austria and the rise of the popular vote in all of these countries, who knows what the EU will look like in two years’ time?

Couple this with the sluggish economies of all of the EU block and its inability to tackle ever rising unemployment and its descent into de f l a t i o n , t h e r e is s erio u s doubt that the EU will be able to survive in its present form, while trying to stick to its founding principle of free movement, we can see borders are going up all over the EU. With all the negativity that is happening in the EU, I find it puzzling that your writers can concentrate on something so trivial as the Leave campaign lying; both sides stretched the truth, after all, David Cameron stated that if the UK voted leave, World War Three would break out in Europe In a democratic vote the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, that is the will of the people.

Anon

Utter folly HIGH Intensity Training is a discredited training regime from the

night out. Now it is left for volunteers to clean this area which they do two to three times a week as they are so ashamed of visitors having to see this unsightly mess.

What is our money being spent on? I woul d so m uch l i ke a TV crew from Spain or the UK to see what has becom e of t he once beautiful Cabo Roig.

Maria, Orihuela

Nigel Farage: The saviour of GB? WE spend approximately five months of the year in Spain and the rest of our time in Prestbury Cheshire.

I was born in 1940 and am terribly sad at the decline in GB since I was born.

I spent 40 years of my life selling GB products to many parts of the world, very successfully in Europe in the days of EFTA.

1970s that is, quite frankly, dangerous. The BBC’s Andrew Marr nearly died from a serious stroke after rather foolishly pursuing the ‘fitness in 30 seconds’ that is described as achievable.

Your article describes pushing yourself to the limit for 30 seconds! Utter folly! For the technically minded this is an anaerobic exercise being the kind of fast reaction training required by footballers and squash players.

It develops what is known as Fast Twitch muscle as opposed to beneficial Slow Twitch developed by aerobic sports like jogging, rowing and such. Numerous Post Mortems car-

We welcome the election of Mr Trump and believe that we will be first in the queue for trade deals.

We believe that Nigel Farage has saved GB and should be given a knighthood and an important position in our Brexit negotiations, also a statue of him should be erected in Trafalgar Square!

ried out on sports people who suffered premature death have shown an alarming presence of fast twitch muscle. I rest my case. Please stand well clear of HIT. Ken Bethell, Puerto de Mazarron

Not so nice R E is s ue 1635. H e a dline a nd ‘London Bound.’ I would be very interested to know if Councillor Sofia Alvarez promoted the Costa Grime (Cabo Roig) on her trip to London: the lovely esplanade on a Friday after market day.

Andrew and Lucie Murray

With all the rubbish that is left behind, especially the dozens of plastic bags which are left to blow into the sea which is a catastrophe in itself. The overflowing bins surrounde d by m or e r ubbi sh and overrun with rats feeding from the rubbish. The pavements on both sides of ‘The Strip’ in front of the bars restaurants and cafes is filthy and littered with more rubbish and broken bottles.

We used t o have l adi es t hat c a me a r ound ever y m or ni ng t o clean the streets especially at the entrance to Cabo Roig where a lot of broken bottles and glasses are left by people going home after a

I HAVE just seen the news on the internet that a couple have died in their home because of the poisonous fumes emitted by a faulty boiler. This is an absolute tragedy.

Peopl e have t o be awar e t hat carbon monoxide is a killer. You can’t see it or taste it.

If your boiler is faulty then get it fixed by someone with the right skills to do the job. If not, you’re taking a risk with your lives. It’s a needless loss of life but a CO detector doesn’t cost that much and will at least make you aware if there is any gas in your property.

Chris, Fuengirola

Football grieves I AM old enough to remember the deaths of the Busby Babes on the tarmac at Munich.

That was a terrible day for British football and my city in part i cul ar. Those m em or i es cam e flooding back when I heard about the poor young Brazilians who perished when their plane crashed.

A football club is always at the heart of a community and this is terrible news. I am told that FIFA want a m i nut e’s si l ence at al l matches in memory of this disaster. I think black armbands should be worn too.

Alec Marbella

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‘ONE OF US SHOULD SAY SOMETHING, LAST WEEK SHE WAS ONLY ON THE BOTTLE!’

this is a lovely week when old friendships are strengthened and new acquaintances prove to be relaxing. It is another mellow week but one in which you seriously consider making a major change.

SAGITTARIUS ( November 23 - December 21) There is still a strong accent on family matters and getting things sorted out. The way ahead is clear. If you are able to persuade someone that an idea was theirs and not yours, so much the better. Being in a practical mood serves you well because it is possible to get a lot done in the next few days. The weekend, however, is another matter. It seems you are much in demand and jobs you thought would be done and dusted just aren't.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your mind is still sharp this week and there are many questions that you would like answered. Doing a bit of research proves fruitful and also quite amusing. A recent contact may not come up with the proposition hoped for, but realise that it is still early days. Sometimes, you feel that being far from perfect spoils your chances. We can all do with improvement. Ask your long-term friends what they like most about you and strengthen that area.

this cannot be rushed. However, there is a need to look after your health and get out in the fresh air. Any thought of joining a walking club or health group should be pursued. It will also serve as light relief and take your mind from less happy notions

into it to get the best results.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Make a point of putting on a happy face and your mood will stay high. There is still some more to be done to improve your social life and a recent offer of charity work may be just the thing.

Avoid restricting the sort of folk who you are willing to mix with. Cultural differences apart, it is quite an eyeopener to find out how others live and think. Never assume that you know everything, there is so much out there to explore.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A pleasant surprise makes you a little more optimistic midweek. It is possible for you to take on negativity too quickly.

The next time something does not go according to plan, hold fire. It is amazing what a little time and distance will solve. Because you are in a practical frame of mind, use this to make a check on everyday routines. More could be achieved with forward planning.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A meeting midweek could mean a change to your finances for the better. In the short term, it may be necessary for you to rearrange money and appointments but try not to be too put out. Change is perhaps something that we become less tolerant of after a situation has gone on for a time. In this case, however, the basic problem is still there. Instead of worrying, do your best and then get on with something else

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It is clear that you really love your hearth and home but, every now and again, there is a small voice calling. The good things in life appeal and, to have these, an effort is involved. Do not underestimate the amount of pleasure that you will enjoy when putting in that extra effort. It does, after all, involve other people. Some of those people prove to be quite fascinating.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Being considerably more relaxed about those things which cannot be changed has taken a weight from your shoulders.

It is also easier to understand why others have taken this approach in the past.

There is, however, a balance to be found.

Don't be put off by people who have become sloppy in their approach because this is not going to affect you.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although last week was not run at the pace anticipated, now the pace certainly picks up. Finances are still firmly on the agenda, but this time you will be able to deal on a more relaxed basis.

A contact made recently gives you the opportunity not only to make some money but also to enlarge your circle of friends. When taking up an educational course, throw yourself wholeheartedly

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) There is so much that has come to light in the past few weeks. It is no wonder that your mind is reeling. All will become clear in the weeks ahead and

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be your charming self this week without pushing too much.

A natural approach when you are seeking a response is the best course of action. Simply being in the right place and under someone’s gaze is all that is required. Are you getting itchy because an offer is not forthcoming? Well, if you absolutely must, then get a little bird to whisper in their ear.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Having put in extra effort to bring a zing to this year it is important that you keep the impetus going.

This is not only good for your health and wealth, but also your mind. Although trying something new brings a few odd remarks your way, try not to be sidetracked. Bringing together various friends and family proves fun and really bolsters your mood.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you still patting yourself on the back for that recent achievement? Socially,

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Quick Across 1 Enforce (6) 4 Object used in throwing events (6) 9 Absence of sound (7) 10 Looks at with amorous intentions (5) 11 No longer fresh (5) 12 Lacking in energy or will (7) 13 Needless (11) 18 Jumped over (7) 20 Walk leisurely (5) 22 Approximately, especially of a date (5) 23 Chemical-free (7) 24 More elevated (6) 25 Facially attractive (6) Down 7 Female sibling (6) 1 Be demanding (6) 8 Having great beauty and 2 Bohemian dance (5) splendour (11) 3 Open and genuine (7) 14 Impartial (7) 5 False gods (5) 15 First course (7) 6 Coal miner (7) 16 Shore bird (6)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents X and 11 represents M, so fill in X every time the figure 2 appears and M every time the figure 11 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Assisted, 5 Wall, 9 Leech, 10 Starred, 11 Rancour, 12 Plate, 13 Desist, 15 Appeal, 19 Scour, 21 A la mode, 23 Errands, 24 India, 25 None, 26 Brigands.

Down: 1 Allured, 2 Sheen, 3 Schools, 4 Ensure, 6 Airfare, 7 Ladle, 8 Wasp, 14 Sporran, 16 Praying, 17 Leeways, 18 Hawser, 19 Stern, 20 Rent, 22 Olden.

QUICK Across: 1 Cargo, 4 Surpass, 8 Deprive, 9 Spoon, 10 Evenings, 11 Mere, 13 Mislay, 14 Gamble, 17 Sped, 19 Barbaric, 22 Alter, 23 Pending, 24 Amateur, 25 Stray.

17 Reproduce a recording on a recorder (6) 19 Barely detectable amount (5) 21 Basque headgear (5)

Down: 1 Cadge, 2 Repress, 3 Original, 4 Sledge, 5 Rose, 6 Alone, 7 Sincere, 12 Sawbones, 13 Mascara, 15 Barrier, 16 Tamper, 18 Extra, 20 Cagey, 21 Urge.

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

Across 1 Loro (6) 3 Ácido (4) 7 Plumilla (de pluma) (3) 9 To chat (7) 10 Too much (9) 13 Drill (tool) (7) 14 To give (3) 15 Último (final) (4) 16 Panaderos (6)

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Across: 1 Cobardes, 8 Traer, 9 Nunca, 10 End, 11 Eagle, 12 Entre, 13 Mal, 14 Clave, 15 Irons, 16 Entonces.

Down: 2 Orangeade, 3 Agreement, 4 Dandelion, 5 Sunstroke, 6 Stretch, 7 Gaseosa.

Down 1 Rosa (4) 2 Huertos (8) 4 Quality (7) 5 Oscuro (sin luz) (4) 6 Butterfly (8) 8 Escarabajos (insectos) (7) 11 Useful (information, advice, tool) (4) 12 Grey (in colour) (4)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Resume 2 Redial 3 Bureau 4 Madcap 5 Maraud 6 Regent 7 Podium 8 Retain 9 Corpse 10 Mangle 11 German 12 Carpet 13 Regime 14 Parley 15 Tattle 16 Pliers 17 Arctic 18 Strict 19 Fiasco.

Across 7 Claret is drunk in lobby (6) 8 Pushes steamship around East Sussex resort (6) 9 North is French retreat (4) 10 Is a huge fan of dual seat contraption (8) 11 Followed cart back to the middle of Dukedom (7) 13 Knock the beer back like a king (5) 15 Hypnotise a church member (5) 17 Money that is right for the till operator (7) 20 Worker gets part of liberal (8) 21 Included in the Royal Society (4) 23 Get away from test centre with carbon copy (6) 24 Some nudism album photos are depressing (6) Down 1 Running Bear display (4) 2 Still hiding in attics? (6) 3 A hundred and one departing by chopper (7) 4 Question children (5) 5 Present Spanish gentleman with

brewed tea (6) 6 Burmese leader always has time for a brew (8) 12 Go over soldiers' vehicle (8) 14 The first of the state borders (7)

16 Warder is back to sketch again (6) 18 Sounds like an equine or husky (6) 19 Springfield's Greek poet? (5) 22 Employee's wage packet contains stolen goods (4)

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Plans to get student nurses training on job STAFF shortages are well documented within the UK’s National Health Service but would you trust a teenager to care for you?

In a policy shift, the UK government is announcing plans for a new nursing apprenticeship scheme that will see an expected 1,000 young people a year combine on the job training with studying for a degree.

Officials expect many 18-yearolds to apply for the scheme straight out of school.

T h e trainee nurses will be offered a series of place-

ments in hospitals and sees a move back to the era when nurses primarily trained on the wards and a move away from the current system that requires a degree qualification before being able to practise nursing.

Trainees however will still need to complete and earn their de-

STUDENT NURSES: Can now train on the ward.

gree to fully qualify.

Those for the scheme hope it will help those put off by the high costs of going to university as they can study and earn money at the same time and become more compassionate in the profession, something cannot be taught in the classroom.

However, critics warn that students must have a certain level of knowledge before entering wards. The first students are expected to start on the five y e a r course in September 2017.

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Can a blood test reveal if you will die in the next 5 years?

SCIENTISTS say they may be able to predict if you will die in the next five years from a simple blood test.

The claim comes after scientists say they have found a marker in the blood that detects an abnormality that can hint at a range of serious conditions such as cancer and chronic heart disease and can predict a risk of early death.

A team of international researchers collected data on over 6,000 men aged between 45 and 69 from 1997-1999. They were then followed until 2015 to see if they had passed away and the markers in the blood more closely analysed.

Known as IL-6, the marker proved to be a more accurate measurement than previous methods and was the strongest predictor of death within five years.

The researches claim studies on biomarkers is progressing quickly and is crucial for future treatment targets and to shape future research. It is hoped if abnormalities in blood can be detected earBLOOD TEST: Could show abnormalities. ly, preventive treatment can be carried out.

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App to help track seizures A NEW app has been developed to help track and record seizures suffered by epileptic children. ‘ Tr a c k i t ! ’ h a s b e e n r e -

leased by Apple to be used on the Apple Watch. It allows a seizure to be recorded and logged giving patients and parents the ability to understand the extent of seizures. The app allows you to time and record seizures as they happen, add additional information to seizure entries and store the information.

The information will be confidential but will also be stored on a database on SeizureTracker.com which is expected to have logged more than 1.5 million by the end of the year.

As well as parents being able to help their own children and manage their epilepsy, they are also helping others by participating in the shared database with the details then able to be accessed by researchers studying the condition as the number of seizures suffered by patients are often underestimated.

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THIS week, the Dr answers our questions on Raynaud’s Phenomenon.

• What is Raynaud’s Phenomenon?

Raynaud’s Phenomenon is a condition whereby cold temperatures or strong emotional reactions lead to vascular spasms which block blood flow temporarily.

If when you are out in the cold or at emotional times find that your fingers, toes, ears or nose turn white, then blue, then red over a period of a few minutes or up to a few hours, you may have Raynaud’s.

• When does it happen and what is the cause?

This phenomenon is usually caused by low temperatures and stress. There are two types: primary Raynaud’s, where the cause is unknown and most patients have few symptoms, and secondary Raynaud’s, which is associated with autoimmune diseases, artery problems, certain medications, infections and heavy smoking among others.

• Can I beat it without having to take drugs?

These steps can help keep Raynaud’s under control: keep your body warm, avoid exposure to the cold in any form, use gloves

when outside or touching ice or frozen food, avoid catching cold after active sports, stop smoking as this causes blood vessels to narrow, avoid caffeine and medicines which cause blood vessels to spasm.

If these measures are not enough to control the problem, you should see a Specialist in Internal Medicine for evaluation who may prescribe medication if necessary. It is important to treat the cause of the phenomenon.

• Who does it usually affect and why? When does it appear?

Primary Raynaud’s usually appears in women under the age of 30. Secondary Raynaud’s is association with other conditions and generally appears in the over 30s.

• Can it cause other health problems?

Primary Raynaud’s Phenomenon is usually related to other illnesses and only appears due to cold or stress. Secondary Raynaud’s however is associated to other conditions.

In any case, patients suffering symptoms of Raynaud’s should see a specialist in Internal Medicine for evaluation.

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The Gurkha Palace offers natural, fresh ingredients GURKHA PALACE is a well-known and wellloved Indian-Nepalese restaurant located in the centre of Javea.

Entering Gurkha Palace, their traditional Nepalese furniture and beautifully-set tables with plenty of space between immediately impress. It is no wonder Gurkha Palace is a favourite with both old and new diners.

Their menu offers a vast choice of Indian and Nepalese dishes and all food is prepared daily using fresh, natural ingredients and a mixture of Indian and Himalayan herbs. Start your meal with traditional favourites such as onion bhajis, chicken pakora, seekh kebab or chicken tikka or try something new like their popular Nepalese starter of fried momo, chicken chhoila or fried chili momo cooked with green chilli, garlic, spring onion and soy sauce.

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Urban art aims to unite THIS year, urban art is the star of the campaign for Human Rights. The event in Benidorm on Saturday December 10 runs from 11am along the tunnels that pass under Avenida Villajoyosa.

It has been organised by the Alicante Institute of Culture in conjunction with the town hall and sees urban artists from eight towns; Alfaz del Pi, Benidorm, Castalla, Crevillente, Denia, Elche, Elda and San Juan de Alicante, come together to create a passageway of artwork along the tunnels.

The event marks International Human Rights Day which aims at uniting residents and towns to send a message of equality and respect for everyone working towards stronger coexistence. Last year’s event saw a music concert organised to mark the day and this year it is the turn of art.

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Christmas Fair arrives in Orba SANTA CLAUS: Arrived to take part.

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By Caroline Tyszka A CHRISTMAS concert is to be held on Thursday December 15, raising funds for the La Protectora de Animales in La Nucia.

The international choir, which has over 80 members, will perform alongside the Broadway Performance Academy from Alfaz del

Pi who have specially choreographed dance routines to accompany the music.

The concert will start at 8pm at the Auditori de la Merditerrania in La Nucia with tickets costing four euros.

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Celebrating Christmas CAROL singing has been an important part of the build up to Christmas since Victorian times. The Church of England on the Costa Blanca has a programme of carol singing in worship and praise as Christmas approaches. The list of events below include a range of differing styles of worship and praise, with public carol singing around Denia market and carols by the anchor, on the beach in Albir.

There are traditional services of nine lessons and carols, a Christingle service in Denia, and a number of other opportunities along the coast.

Christmas Day celebrations begin with Midnight Mass at the Ermita on the Jesus Pobre road in Javea, with Christmas communion services in all churches at normal Sunday service times. Christmas is a glorious time of the year, and everyone is welcome to join in the celebrations.

• Advent and Christmas agenda: • December 9 2016 – 5.30pm Denia – Christingle Service Christingle is a Service to celebrate the Birth of Jesus. This will be held at La Ermita, Las Rotas, Denia. It is in aid of the Anglican Children’s Society whose work is with the needy children in the UK. First will be carols performed by our singers. The Service of carols, readings and prayer will follow. The highlight of the service is the sharing of the ‘Light of the World’ given to all the congregation and symbolised by oranges bearing a lighted candle. All will be very welcome.

• December 10 2016 – 4.30pm Calpe – Carols in the old town Carol Singing on the Steps of the Church in Calpe Old Town as part of the Christmas Market.

• December 12 2016 – 3pm Albir – Carols on the Beach Carols on the Beach (by the Anchor in Albir). Come along and sing for an hour.

• December 12 2016 Calpe Carol Service

La Merced Church, Calpe. A beautiful traditional carol service with added wonder. With the U3A Choir and Philip Ashley, who would love to see you there.

• December 13 2016 – 5pm Javea – Carol Service At the Ermita on the Jesus Pobre road.

A beautiful service of lessons and carols.

• December 17 2016 – 4.30pm El Campello Carol Service at the delightful church of Coveta Fuma.

With a seasonal drink to follow nearby. A wonderful opportunity to share the celebration.

• December 19 2016 – 4pm Albir – Carol Service at the Church.

This will be preceded by Christmas lunch At Brisa del Mar Restaurant in Albir. Details from Elaine on 636 164 467 or Hazel on 966 895 306 / 659 018 400.

• December 24 2016 – 11.30pm Javea – Midnight

Mass. The first service of Christmas Day is the traditional midnight mass in the beautiful Ermita on the Jesus Pobre Road out of Javea.

• December 25 2016 – 9.45am Christmas Day Service. On this very special day communion services will be held at each of the churches at the regular Sunday service times: Albir 9.45am, Javea 9.45am, Calpe 10.30am Denia 11.45 am, El Campello 12 noon, Gandia 12 noon, and La Fustera 12 noon.

• Every Monday – 11am Denia – Carols by the Monday market in Denia from 11am1pm each Monday until December 19.

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A cruise with a musical difference

By John Smith THERE has been a huge growth in cruise holidays around the world and the concept of themed cruises is becoming ever-more popular.

For the first time, Chris King

who promotes the ever-popular Festival of Legends (which Euro Weekly News is delighted to support) arranged a Festival of Legends cruise which welcomed no less than 230 dedicated music fans on board the Zenith for an eight-day jour-

ney around the Mediterranean.

The vessel left Malaga en route to Alicante, Rome, Livorno, Monaco and back with a large number of incredibly popular and versatile tribute acts including (in no particular order), Elton John, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley, Michael Bublé, Robbie Williams and Rod Stewart.

Music and the Mediterranean make fine partners but it wasn’t just about the cruise, there was plenty of sightseeing and as can be seen from the pictures, whilst it wasn’t possible for EWN to be present, we were certainly there in spirit and it is fair to say that Euro Weekly News is THE newspaper that reaches areas no other paper can reach!

Some of the cruise passenge rs visit Rome

On the return to Malaga, Chris King said “We have had a spectacular cruise Festival of Legends and already 40 rooms have been booked for our next cruise!”

So successful was this first cruise that three more are being planned for 2017, with one honouring the Beatles as it is the 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one celebrating Elvis on the 40th anniversary of his death and a third which will bring together another group of Legends of all types on a journey that leaves from Malaga and heads for Italy with some new ports of call.

Further details will be announced on http://www.thefestival oflegends.com/ but once again, EWN will be supporting not just the cruises but all of the concerts which are planned on dry land for the coming year.

Taking the trial and error out of a labour of love WHEN you come up with an idea for a new restaurant or even a new concept for an eatery, there’s always a chance you’ll have had a spark of divine inspiration.

But how do you translate that idea into reality and how do you get the all-important paying customers through the door, and keep them coming back?

What’s more, how do you do that in one of the most competitive business spheres in the world?

You could dive headlong into it hoping your labour of love will just work out, picking it up as you go along and learning by trial and error. But that could mean a lot of trial and a lot of error.

Or there’s another approach: using the services of a hospitality consultant.

One man who has been in that industry for more than 25 years is Garry Waite.

He aims to inject sound management skills and that all-important creativity into any individual or company contemplating a hospitality-based operation, whether that’s a new restaurant, a hotel or even a franchise that may be running out of ideas.

“I love projects that I can take from

I like the challenges that come with trying to help clients get out of a sticky situation, which normally just takes a fresh pair of eyes.” start to opening. There is a tremendous satisfaction in seeing a plan come together from conception to launch: the design and furnishing of the operation to the style of food and presentation, right up to choosing the right team to run it.”

Garry has been responsible for opening and running some of the Coast’s best known operations from The Golf Club Marbella in the 90’s, to the Oceano Hotel and Beach Club, Tikitano, Lonestar Brasserie and El Rincon de Guadalpin.

As a hospitality consultant Garry is sometimes brought in to help even successful operations revitalise themselves.

“I like the challenges that come with trying to help clients get out of a sticky position. That normally just takes a fresh pair of professional eyes that can

see the wood from the trees!”

Having just finished a contract with one of the Coast’s most successful companies, the La Sala Group, Garry is available to help others achieve their full potential.

Now his wealth of experience, wisdom and involvement in the hospitality sphere is going to come to the aid of readers of Euro Weekly. Garry is to write a weekly column outlining his do’s and don’ts when it comes to a love of food, food service and hospitality. Don’t miss it…

GARRY WAITE: Can help clients achieve their full potential.

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Cadastral Regularisation Process MANY property owners will already be aware of the Cadastral amnesty but there are others who may not.

M Just Consulting have been letting their clients know about this process by sending out newsletters and distributing over 7,000 leaflets to urbanisations in and around the area with all the information needed to update the Cadastral database and to legalise any building or construction work that has been undertaken on properties.

In 2012, the Spanish government decided to update the Cadastral database, and by using drones and aerial images, the Cadastre have detected over 1.7 million illegal properties that have not been declared by owners and which are subject to taxes such as IBI. This process began in 2013 and December 31 marks the end of the period to legalise the Cadastral status.

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The second is ‘Voluntary Regularisation’ in which owners can apply for voluntary legalisation by presenting their own legalisation proposal and paying the appropriate fee. Advice will be required in order to submit the correct documentation.

Putting unused property to good use THE Spanish government is embarking on an ambitious plan to renovate millions of unused apartments for use by families in need or at risk of eviction. The government hope the long-term measures will see positive results by 2020.

Evictions and homelessness continue to plague vulnerable families who have suffered most from the recession. But there is

an estimated 3.5 million empty homes across the country owned by banks and businesses who are unlikely to use them.

By renovating the homes the government hopes to make them fit for occupation and increase their market value, theoretically enabling national property markets to reap dividends further down the line.

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Once the building has been registered, through either the amnesty or the ordinary procedure, the property will then be legal at Cadastral level and will then avoid any penalties or fines but it is just as important to register with the Land Registry.

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Lettings crackdown

by Airbnb network THE short-term rental network Airbnb has announced it is to ban landlords from letting their properties out for more than 90 days a year.

The rule is being introduced in London but the company will doubtless come under pressure to extend this rule to other major cities.

Airbnb had been accused of allowing professional landlords to by-pass local authority planning regulations resulting in a reduction in the stock of homes for longterm rental.

Councils did not have the resources to police this restriction which, it is claimed, led to a rise in prices.

Now the company has been forced to act and anyone wanting to rent their home out for longer than 90 days will have to supply proof of permission from their council.

Earlier this year the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) said: “Given the pressures faced in the capital it is important that properties advertised as being available for more than 90 days a year are genuine holiday lets with appropriate planning permission.”

S imila r limits e xis t in othe r big cities: in Amsterdam it is 60 days a year while in Paris it is 120.

In Barcelona the city authorities in v ite d p e ople to re port the ir neighbours if they suspected them of illegally renting to tourists.

The maximum fine for not b ein g o n the C a ta la n Tourism Register was also raised to €600,000.

RENTAL LIMIT: For landlords in some of the major cities.

Demand for a dream home SPANISH construction is in rude health if the abundance of new property ventures, both residential and commercial, is anything to go by.

The real estate market in Madrid is now on fire with

foreign investment increasing dramatically since the first signs of recovery in 2013.

Indeed the commercial real estate boom is one of the chief reasons the Spanish GDP is predicted to grow by

3.2 per cent this year, one of the fastest rates in the EU. One recent example is the €2 billion investment planned by American conglomerate Cordish who are planning to build a huge leisure centre in Madrid that will create 56,000 jobs and attract five million visitors a year.

This commercial boom is working hand-in-hand with exciting residential real estate developments that are not confined to the capital but are evident right along the Spanish coastline.

Survey after survey shows that more foreign nationals than ever before are considering buying second homes in Spain, with Germans in particularly getting excited over the prospect.

The good news is that, with the construction sector in full swing with new commercial contracts, the finance and willpower is there to invest in the residential market and fulfil the ever increasing foreign demand for a dream Spanish home.

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As houseplants they need very little in the way of special care. Light surroundings (not in direct sunlight to avoid burning the leaves) and moderate regular watering are all that is needed to keep them happy and healthy.

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In previous articles, Poolworx elaborated on how-does-it-work and whatdoes-it-cost? More information can be found on their website www.poolworx.eu You claim to sell happiness, by installing a heat pump?

Davey from Poolworx: “Swimming whenever you want, whatever the season, even around Christmas time! That’s what our customers are looking for and that’s what we deliver.” For Poolworx, secondto-none service starts when people start exploring their options and need more information related to pool heating.

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Periwinkles are a hardy and attractive flower

By By Graeme Tyrrell FINDING the right plant to suit the needs of your garden, balcony space or terrace pots is always an interesting challenge.

Gardens are meant to be enjoyed and relaxed in so it is always worthwhile finding out the best one for your situation.

If you have a stark area to fill with an attractive flowering super hardy groundcover plant that suppresses weeds and needs minimal care once established, then consider Periwinkle, Vinca major and minor.

The prostrate and arching shoots with a choice of yellow rimmed variegated or bright dark green leaves and very distinct bluish or white trumpet flowers make a great floral display when well presented in the garden. The plants grow better in the shade but flower better in the sun.

They don’t need highly enriched soil, just loose enough for their roots to get deep into the soil to get established. Once established they will dominate taking every ray of sunlight, every centimetre of soil surface and every dew drop they can.

Periwinkles climb up and over every plant within their reach so they are great for weed suppression but a pest for your favourite vulnerable plants.

As they are invasive in a garden with most other smaller shrubs coming off second best, they are best given their own area perhaps as a surrounding flowering accent for a larger tree, to fill low maintenance areas or cover a difficult to garden slope.

Periwinkle doesn’t climb the trunks of trees like ivy does and is easier to manage by maintaining a border or line of demarcation. Once established

they can be very difficult to remove from the garden.

Hardy as potted plants they will cascade over the sides of containers making them excellent for hanging gardens and window boxes. Generally they need little care other than watering and often recover well from some neglect if containers don’t dry out completely.

It is so easy to propagate by cuttings, division and layering.

I have stored pots with old pot-

ting mix near my patch of periwinkles to find that they are later brimming with overflowing periwinkles with little effort on my part.

In the garden, plant them in the desired area about 20 cm apart and keep them moist for the first year. They should only need occasional watering even in summer in reasonable water holding soils. Add compost to improve moisture retention if needed.

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Obligatory dog classes abolished

By Eleanor Hawkins SWITZERLAND, which in 2008 brought in a law forcing dog owners to take obligatory training courses following a series of violent attacks by dogs, has decided to abolish the laws as it failed to prove effective.

The decision, made by Parliament in September, has now been confirmed by the Federal Council.

Pusher of the motion and representative of the Liberal Radical Party Ruedi Noser said: “the courses were too expensive, caused administrative overload and their im-

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pact has not been proved.”

The number of incidents such as dog bites has not reduced and there has been no difference noted between dog owners who took the courses and those who didn’t.

Those who defend the courses, however, argued during debates that there has been a drastic drop in ‘dramatic violence’ caused by dogs over the last few years. “It’s true there are no statistics but we can see there is a link,” said Socialist Party member of the Federal Council Alain Berset.

Optional courses will be held for first-time dog owners.

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AIRPORT PARKING CHRIS PARKING Airport Alicante Short and long term parking in 2500m2 covered area. Caravan places also available. Outside parking from 0.77c per day. Workshop service available. Tel 603 518 439 www.chrispark ing.com (236657)

BUY & SELL

I BUY RECORDS 50’s to the 90’s. Best prices for good records. Tel: 622 750 117 / 962 851 809 (236552)

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EL CAMPELLO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, non-denominational Church. Everybody welcome. We meet every Sunday at 11.00 a.m. at Calle San Bartolome 35, Bajo, No.6 (next to Mercadona). For more information: www.elcampellochristian community.org email: campellocc@gmail.com or Tel. Sue Bishop on 965 699 991 or 693 048 200.

CAR PORTS BRICOMADERWOOD.COM. See our advert on page 87

A1 SPECIALIST CLEANING. Carpets, upholstery, 15 years experience 965 058 177 / 697 511 071 marcc@barna clebills.co.uk www.britishbusi nesspagesinspain.es (243339)

HOME HELP, Cleaning, Care Assistant, Waitress. Tel: 699 807 986. (248362)

CARAVANS ARENA Blanca Camp Site. Caravan and Awning as seen & large shed. Plot 109. €5, 500.

Tel: 602 460 890. marymal pas@gmail.com (248341)

BUILDING SERVICES www.100percentplumbing.co m Call for a free quotation 965 835 939 (87006)

CARS WANTED MINI DIGGER, Dumper, Bobcat with operator for hire. Pedregeur based. Keith 639 620 448 (248846) RENOVATION – New Building 35 years experience Fixed price – Warranty 676 869 928 (236650)

CAVITY WALL INST. LEASE on sex shop, Albir, still open for business. Call 652 520 589 (236649)

FLOOR POLISHING: All Marble & Granite types. Professional service. Free estimates. 627 103 412. (232428)

FOR SALE 2 MATCHING Schwinn bicycles. Medium size, hardly used. 21 gear, telescopic forks 95€ each. 677 681 842 (236660)

GARDENING TREE SPECIALIST: Cut and removal of Palm / Pine trees.

Size not a problem. Also dangerous & difficult work. Garden cleaning and gravelling.

Free estimates. 627 103 412.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST, Philip Mann, clinics in Benissa, Moraira, Javea, Calpe and Albir. 686 912 307 (240277) TATTOO Removal by laser fading. Free consultation. www.laser-tattoo-removal. info Calpe. Call 965 837 553 (241892)

HOME & MEDICAL CARE HOME AND MEDICAL CARE - Home care, Nursing services, Providing meals, Cleaning and maintenance, Assistance and many more, all our services can be tailor-made. Please check our website for more information, or ask for a free visit to discuss the possibilities. www.homeandmedical care.es 678 958 650.

INSURANCE

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ITEMS WANTED WANTED – Washers, fridges, freezers, dishwashers, ovens.

Cash Waiting. Tel: 965 874 838 Benidorm to Denia

DANCE MARCIA’S Dance Centre (Calpe) Special kids classes in all disciplines. Adult classes available. Private or group lessons. 607 290 896

MB ELECTRICS. Approved electrician. Any electrical repair. Iberdrola paperwork. Affordable prices. Miquel 655 282 175 www.mbelectrics.es

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Keep your home warm in winter, cooler in the summer. Approx 90% of properties built in the last 40 years have cavity walls that are ideal to insulate.

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CHAIN LINK FENCING 1.50 mts high, post every 3 mts Price from 12€ per metre Quotes 607 417 945 (236626)

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handyjavea@gmail.com. For all villa repairs, maintenance and small building works. Specialists in pool re-grouting, filter and pump problems/replacements. No call out charge, no obligation quotes.

Call 625 397 209, Javea (228117)

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COMPUTERS

DETHLEFFS 675v 2008. Twin axle, twin motor mover 2.5m wide also awning £12,500 (Al bir) smartcar44@gmail.com 602 618 554 (232384)

NEED AN ELECTRICIAN, moving meter boxes to boundaries, problems with meters tripping, new contracts, upgrading electrics. Mark 608 669 165. (249128)

CLEANING SERVICES

MARIA’S Housekeeping Services. Cleaning/Housekeeping Packages, Within Timescale/ Budget. Professional, Friendly, Reliable. 663 659 824 or hal lam_maria@yahoo.co.uk

AIRPORT transfers - Benidorm & surrounding areas. Tel Fred 646 699 014 fredzuide@hot mail.com (248385)

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COINS. English. Pre 1936. Good condition. Single pieces/collections. Tel 602 212 215

PURELY MAINTENANCE For all your maintenance needs - big or small, contact Carl on 965 878 866 or 669 218 928 email purelymaintenance@hotmail.c om (233351)

LOCKSMITH LOCKSMITH/ELECTRICIAN/CA RPENTER for emergency safe opening. Altea area, call Michael Rice: 686 513 510 or Calpe area Sean Gannon: 667 507 630 (244778)

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WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance.

Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 309.

PAINT MOBILE MECHANIC MOBILE MECHANIC, region Denia - Javea. Call Autobastian. Tel 608 860 725 / email autobastian@gmail.com (242000)

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CHAPA Y PINTURA LA PEDRERA. Paint & body workshop! Recognised by all major insurance companies.

Efficient service. We speak English! 965 731 816 / in fo@chplapedrera. com

NEED YOUR PETS TAKEN CARE OF? Not kennels, just a friendly home. Large fenced area. 699 790 080 Altea (241910) COSTA BLANCA DOG Transport. The comfort of your pet is our priority. Excellent rates and Defra run. www.costablancadoghoming.com 675 485 613 (248807)

POOLS SERV/MAINT ESTABLISHED, pool cleaner, Benissa Costa and Moraira, Tel 671 202 985 www.morairapoolcleaning.com (232459).

PROPERTY FOR SALE

CHIHUAHUA puppies with pedigree We also have private hotel accomodation with lots of room and attention for your pet (dogs,cats,bird,etc.)

Tel. 660 161 712 www.perrosinspain.com (236642)

ONE & two bed apartments, 100 meters from the beach, own terrace, quiet, near Camp Rio Mar. Available weekly or monthly. Tel: 962 850 498

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STEPHEN HILL Painter/ Decorator. Property Maintenance. 35years experience. www.hillspropertyservice.c om. 646 112 981

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MORAIRA. SEMI-DETACHED TOWNHOUSE WITH GUEST APARTMENT. 3 beds, 2 baths, 85 m2. Swimming pool. Sea view. Ref.: 2ad-3587 – Price: € 130.000, Tel.:670 771 680. www. justhomes.es (228116)

PEST CONTROL BUGBUSTERS Fully legal Costa Blanca Pest Control Company. EST 1994. For all pest problems, commercial and domestic.

Call Lois Clark 619 054 939/96 686 5204. bugbusterslois@hot mail.com. ROESB 05552 CV (232424)

PLUMBERS www.100percentplumbing.co m Call for a free quotation 965 835 939 (87006) RIGHT PLUMBER - plumbing & drainage for a honest, affordable, professional service call 656 303 236 (241899)

ITVSteve. Precheck, collection, test, return. Calpe to Denia and Jalon. 660 340 810 www.itvsteve.es (236593)

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TRANSPORT SERVICE. Local / National. Regular trips Spain – Holland – UK – Spain. Cheapest rates around. All items, including pets. Efficient, friendly service. 634 167 593. (24848) BENIDORM and surrounding areas. Two man removal. 678 067 163 (232432) P&M REMOVALS. Small moves Spain/UK/Spain. Tel: 0044 1495 773771 Mobile: 0044 7519 172306 (248592)

ROLLER SHUTTERS ROLLER SHUTTER REPAIRS, awnings, motors, mosquito blinds. Calpe + 50 kms. 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy .com

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DOGS & ALL PETS VERY WELCOME - 500 year old beamed cottage set in beautiful valley of the charming Jesus Pobre village, Javea.

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(243920) RENTAL APARTMENT RINCON AREA 2/4 PERSONS €250 PER WEEK. WIFI AND EVERYTHING INCLUDED. 0034 602 538 470. jcstevens@home.nl.

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PAUL MERCER, Time Served Painting & Decorating Services, Wallpaper Hanging/Multi Spray Finishes. Free Estimate 692 455 881 (236600)

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3 beds, 3 baths, Price € 380.000, Tel: 670 771 680

PROPERTY SERVICES PROBLEMS with tenant or debtor? Then call us on 634 139 255. (236650)

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FULL/PART TIME Kleeneze Agents required. Choose your own hours. Immediate earnings and a great opportunity to become financially free. Call Brian on 616 786 174 or go to www.new2spain.com ( 249564) FIELD SALES positions available. Must have own transport, English and Spanish preferred, but not essential, must have local knowledge of the area and be smart and presentable.

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TELESALES positions available for our Benissa office.

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DO you want a legal contracted position – in an office – administration – must possess common sense and a desire to work. Full and part time hours available. No time wasters please. Send cv to ssamantha328@gmail.com

12KVA water cooled 3 cylinder diesel generator 1,750€, costs 10K. 12volt/2000 watt victron inverter 750€. Tel: 675 878 601 (247342)

TIMBER SUPPLIES BRICOMADERWOOD.COM. See our advert on page 87 (242550)

SPANISH TUITION TV REPAIRS SPANISH lessons in Altea-Hills www.marialinares.es 678 936 110 (236597)

STRUCTURAL SURVEYS MARK PADDON BSc Hons.

Building surveying. MCIOB, CAAT. From 245 EUROS + IVA. Insured and legally registered in Spain. Tel: 653 733 066 / 962 807 247 www.costablancasurveyors.co m (236622)

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Phone or email for a FREE COLOUR BROCHURE & PRICE LIST NOW. www.woodenpo ols.limited info@woodenpo ols.limited (249646)

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Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”

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Wild horses in Europe

By Matt Ford FORD unveiled two special edition Mustangs aimed at the European market at their recent ‘Go Further’ event in Cologne.

The Mustang Black Shadow will be available to order from January 2017 with either a sixspeed manual or sixspeed automatic transmission, plus a 5.0 litre V8 engine beneath the bonnet.

Key differences from the standard model include black body detailing, 19-inch alloy wheels and a redesigned pony emblem.

The car will be available in Platinum White, Triple Yellow, Race Red and Grabber Blue.

The Mustang Blue Edition evokes the spirit of the classic Mustangs from the

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and 19-inch black alloy wheels.

It is available with either the same 5.0 litre V8 as the Black Shadow, or a 2.3 litre four-cylinder Ecoboost unit, and is already on the market.

Both special models come equipped with an upgraded Sync3 multimedia system with premium audio plus heated and cooled front seats and a black leather interior.

MUSTANG: Grabber Blue Edition.

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Car tariffs fear dismay industry A FAILURE by the UK government to retain continued access to the single market could push up the cost of an imported new car by £1,500, it is claimed.

A tariff of 10 per cent imposed could add more than £2.5 billion to imports and nearly £2 billion to exports.

That could mean paying an extra £1,500 on average.

The figures come from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders whose president Gareth Jones said, “the industry wanted the ability to travel abroad free from barriers and red tape.”

The industry’s recent success could be jeopardised if the car giants choose to invest in countries outside the UK. The SMMT had supported the campaign to remain in the EU and is now lobbying hard to stay in the single market.

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GRAND APP: Allows motoring enthusiasts to follow certain tribes or motoring communities.

New Drive Tribe finally launched AS Clarkson and company blow millions on fantastical stunts in new motoring show The Grand Tour, infuriating the BBC while they’re at it, they’ve also launched a new app.

Drive Tribe is a new selfdescribed ‘digital hub’ for motoring enthusiasts which went online in November.

Now you can access the website and its offers and content by downloading the

app from Google Play.

The app is a deceptively simply idea that makes you wonder why hasn’t anyone thought of it before. Based on the notion that every motoring lover identifies with a certain tribe, or at least gets a kick out of watching others, it incorporates more than 7,000 different tribes, or motoring communities.

With millions of investors with money to play with, Drive Tribe will feature articles, news, videos and adventures from the world’s top racers, writers, photographers and film-makers.

You can join or follow a particular tribe, giving you access to info and news about African street racers, female petrol heads, Volvo connoisseurs or whatever tickles your fancy.

Right now content is still being created and the app is at the wonderful nascent stage where things are still free and offers are being made. But it is filling a huge hole in the market and investors expect hundreds of millions of downloads as it gets properly underway.

The project is not run in partnership with Amazon who are backing The Grand Tour and, with an empire now spanning across TV, the internet and the app world, Clarkson, May and Hammond look set to conquer the entire motoring world.

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Alfa’s eye-catching style injects the fun factor

by Nick Fletcher ALFA ROMEO’S Giulietta competes in the hard-fought hatchback sector dominated by the Ford Focus, Vauxhall Astra and VW Golf, but the pretty and charismatic Alfa has plenty of aces to play when it comes to winning new buyers.

This visually-arresting model has strong appeal to those in the sector who value the image statement of eye-catching styling and the stand-out driving dynamics that puts more fun into hatchback motoring.

After Rolls Royce, Alfa has arguably the most recognisable front grille, a shield-shaped icon which dominates the car and gives it immediate presence and a distinctive persona. Add crouched ready-for action body styling and the appeal of the Giulietta becomes quite compelling.

Priced from £18,700 (21,058 euros) there are petrol and diesel engines available with outputs spanning 120hp - 240 hp and one of the most popular is the 1.6 litre diesel fitted to my recent test model, the Giulietta Business Edition, priced at £19,080 (21,487 euros).

Offering 120 hp, a 0-60 mph time of 10 seconds and a top speed of 121 mph, this

model delivers decent performance with low running costs. The fuel figure is 74.3 mpg combined and emissions are a taxfree 99g/km, making it attractive to business users, especially as standard kit also includes Bluetooth with voice recognition, Uconnect touchscreen infotainment centre with sat-nav, audio streaming, USB and SD reader.

You also get cruise control, dual-zone climate control, front and rear parking sensors, 16-inch alloys and electric lumbar support on the driver’s seat. Another feature is the Alfa DNA switch. You can alter driving modes to Dynamic (more sporty), Natural (economy) and Allweather (more grippy).

Even in Natural, the Giulietta feels quick and responsive and you immediately notice it has better composure on the corners than its rivals and while the sus-

ALFA ROMEO Giulietta.

pension setting is firmer it still delivers acceptable ride comfort.

The interior styling is smart, the dashboard dominated by big twin dials. Oddment stowage around the cabin is sparse and the door bins are ultra slim, but the glove box is much larger than most.

Seating is more supportive in this latest model and while the swooping roofline slightly reduces rear headroom, it is still adequate. The 350 litre boot is a tad larger than that of a Focus, and the split-fold rear seats boost the space though the seats don’t drop fully flat.

Though it has a few cabin shortfalls, the Giulietta wins you over with its sheer visual kudos and its credentials as a sporty driver’s car.

Stats panel: Model: Alfa Romeo Giulietta Business Edition Engine: 1.6 litre diesel Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-60mph 10 seconds, top speed 121 mph Economy: 74.4 mpg combined Emissions: 99g/km

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Phone jockeys face life AUTHORITIES in the UK are set to crack down heavily on drivers who cause accidents while playing on their phones. Extremely heavily. New plans for legislation revealed this week propose that those who cause deaths due to being distracted by their phones could face a life sentence.

By raising the upper limit on sentencing to between 14 years and a full life term the government hopes to send out a ‘clear message’ that recklessly negligent driving will not be tolerated.

Ministers have been under serious pressure of late. In October a Polish lorry driver was sentenced to 10 years after he smashed into a parked car while looking at his phone, killing a woman and her three children.

The case caused particular outrage in the UK but is only one of hundreds of incidents where drivers have been charged causing death through negligence or drunkenness.

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SPORT

Orba Warblers Report THIS week the Warblers travelled to Alicante worried about the wet weather in the past few days. But there was no need to worry as the sun was out and the course played very well indeed. Well done to all.

There were 26 players with only one guest that being Stephen Longbottom who again was made to feel very welcome by everyone there. The game was a stableford competition with two divisions.

Winner of division one and the only par breaking score was top man in form Glynn Braidley (Hcap 8.7) now 8.1 with a nice cut, who got a superb 38pts “well done Glynn.” Second with 34pts was Andy Loeber (Hcap 10.9) and Chris Hoare (Hcap 12.3) was third with 32pts.

Winner of division two with 33pts was Sheila Dindar (Hcap 25.8), Peter Gibson came second with 31pts and just

behind with 30pts was Sylvia Mortensen (Hcap 20.4).

26 players travelled to Alicante where the sun was shining for a stableford competition.

There was six nearest the pins this week thanks to the Birthday sponsor Sheila Dindar. This was very much appreciated by all the members and was won by Barbara Pollitt, Steve Robinson, Dave Knight, Chris Hoare, Michael Morley and again Dave Knight respectively.

There were two two’s achieved by Steve Robinson on hole 3 and Dave Knight on hole 17.

The big game was the final of the

doubles competition between Glynn Braidley and Roger Vicars up against Michael Morley and David Edwards.

The result was a good win for Glynn and Roger four and two. This is the third year running that Roger has won the trophy so he is now everyone’s pick for next year.

Well done to Roger and of course Glynn.

The football card winner was Vicki Loeber with Sheffield United and Vicki kindly donated her winnings to the Captain’s Charity, thank you Vicki.

Next week, Wednesday December 14, the Warblers travel to La Sella for a stableford competition. The first tee off is 10.32am so please arrive by 9.45am for registration.

Guests are welcome subject to availability and current handicap certificate.

To book please contact David at dr.knight1207@googlemail.com or call 634 307 407.

A sound win for La Vila LA VILA proved a point in soundly beating the Valencian side responsible for eliminating them from last season’s playoffs on a player registration technicality. Excellent refereeing meant the game did not degenerate into a war of attrition.

Fierce tackling from both sides at the start set the tone.

After just three minutes La Vila opened the score with a converted try. In the wind and rain

the strong home side showed their superiority in all departments, ending half time 24-0.

The second half was much of the same although CAU did score two tries, converting one.

This showed a defence weakness on the right flank of La Vila, but this was not enough to subdue them and they went on to score another 30 points.

La Vila spoiled their copybook in the final minutes, when

temper got the better of two of their players resulting in one yellow and one red card.

Try scorers for La Vila: Martinez (2), Pajuajis (2), Perayero, Poggi, de Matias and Jara who converted all but one of the tries.

They are now nine points clear at the top of their division with their next game in Valencia against Tecnidex on December 10 with kick off at 4.00pm.

Benitachell Bowls Club BENITACHELL BOWLS CLUB has even more to offer than great bowling! Saturday evening saw 66 members of the club let their hair down at a fun packed Christmas party, a Cava reception followed by great food and the fabulous singing voice of Wayne Horne made the evening a truly memorable event.

Much thanks go to Jinty Chamberlain and her social committee for organising this and many other of the social events held at the bowls club’s own clubhouse throughout the year.

JG Onyx v BBC Jaguars Even though the rain held off, not the best of days for the Jaguars. Winning on only one rink, a final score of 2-8 to the Onyx. Once

again the Challenger team had a fantastic game, winning 16-13.

The BBC Tigers home to El Cid Sabres scored on all four rinks to take 10 points from this match. The Challenger team also kept pace with the team in winning their match.

The Lions were away to El Cid Swords where they shared the rinks and the number of shots to tie the match with five points apiece. Their Challenger league team won their match. The Lions still lead the league table.

For full information of all of our results or for details of the beginners course go to our website at www.benitachellbowlsclub.com.

Busters visit to Alto Real THE weather was great as Busters Golf Society played at Alto Real. As there was a small turnout play was for only first and second place.

Ian Allison was the overall winner with 34 pts, and second was Dave Ryan with 33pts.

Both received cash prizes.

The NTP winners were Dave Ryan (5th and 10th) and Ian Allison (8th). Sleeves of golf balls were given to both players. Ian

also holed the put on the eighth winning the twos pot .

December was the final month for the player of the year competition. Winner this year was Martin Collins with 187 pts closely followed by Bill Peters who trailed by five points in second place and the third was Barry Grinsell who was only seven points behind .

Busters Golf Society is a small friendly group of like

minded people who play on the first Friday of the month. Some original members have moved on so they are looking for more members to swell their ranks.

If you are interested in joining (its free) please email Barry Grinsell at bustersgolfsoci ety@hotmail.com quoting your phone number and current handicap and he will respond.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all at Busters.

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Rosberg retires and Chelsea still lead 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 we have seen some terrific sporting action involving the round ball, the oval ball and several small hard balls… and there is plenty more to come.

FOOTBALL Chelsea still lead the PL after last weekend’s excellent 3-1 away win at Manchester City (their eighth on the trot). City finished with nine men!

Alexis Sanchez scored a hattrick in Arsenal 5-1 win over West Ham; Crystal Palace won at last, beating Southampton 30; Liverpool lost 4-3 in a thriller at Bournemouth; Tottenham whipped hapless Swansea 5-0 (the Welsh club never had a shot on goal, Spurs had 26); Stoke beat Burnley 2-0; Sunderland defeated champions and now relegation-threatened Leicester 2-1; Manchester United drew 1-1 at Everton and

WBA knocked over 10-man Watford 3-1.

Middlesbrough played Hull on Monday.

In last Friday’s Championship game, Nottingham Forest missed two penalties and Newcastle had two players sent-off as the East Midland club won 2-1.

Twenty-four hours later there were wins for Barnsley (3-0 at Birmingham), Bristol City (2-0 v Ipswich), Burton Albion (2-1 v bottom club Rotherham), Derby (1-0 at Wigan), Fulham (5-0 over Reading), Leeds (2-0 v Aston Villa), Norwich (5-0 v Brentford) and Sheffield Wednesday (2-1 v Preston).

In the second round of the FA Cup, non-League sides Barrow and Sutton United k’od Bristol Rovers and Cheltenham respectively; Luton came back from 2-0 down to beat Solihull Moors 6-2 and Macclesfield held Oxford; Last night and tonight there has been Champions League action involving Arsenal, Barcelona, Celtic, Leicester, Manchester City and Real Madrid (and others) while this evening Manchester United and

Southampton play in the Europa League.

It was Barcelona 1 Real Madrid 1 in last Saturday’s El Clasico. Real are now six points clear of Barca (34-28) at the top of La Liga with Sevilla (beaten by Granada) third.

Top PL games coming up: Arsenal-Stoke and Leicester-Manchester City (Saturday) followed by Chelsea-WBA, Liverpool-West Ham and Manchester UnitedSpurs (Sunday).

The FA has said that ‘No club will be immune

from punishment in the child abuse scandal.’ So far around 400 players have come forward stating they were ‘abused’ as youngsters, and now 18 UK police forces are carrying out their investigations.

Gareth Southgate is officially England’s new head coach…

NICO ROSBERG: Has retired from motor racing.

DID YOU KNOW? Of the original 12 members of the Football League, only four are still playing on the same ground they were using back in 1888… they are Blackburn Rovers (Ewood Park), Burnley (Turf Moor), Notts County (Meadow Lane) and Preston North End (Deepdale).

appointed on a four-year contract worth £6 million.

Robbie Neilson is MK Dons’ new manager while Martin Allen has quit Barnet to take over at Eastleigh.

Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare (26) fears his career may be over after fracturing his jaw and thigh bone in a car crash.

CRICKET The fourth Test between India and England is underway in Mumbai. Keaton Jennings, who recently scored 101 not out for England Lions in Dubai, is making his Test debut. The hosts currently lead the fivematch series 2-0 with one game drawn.

RUGBY UNION Last Saturday, Eddie Jones’s in-form England team (with Ben Youngs ‘Man of the Match’) whipped Australia 37-21 to stretch their winning run to 14 matches… thus equalling the record set when they won the World Cup with Martin Johnson and Jonny Wilkinson etc in 2003.

Saracens are still top of the Aviva Premiership, with Bath,

Wasps, Leicester and Exeter chasing them hard.

ROUND-UP 2016 World F1 champion Nico Rosberg (31) has surprisingly retired from motor racing.

Who will be Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes partner next year?

Usain Bolt has been voted the IAFF World athlete of the year for a record sixth time.

Cristiano Ronaldo has donated €3m into the fund for the Brazilian footballers and other passengers involved in the fatal air crash in Colombia.

World number one tennis star Andy Murray is 1-7 favourite to win the ‘BBC Sports Personality of the Year’ award. Gymnast Max Whitlock is 66-1.

Sir Bradley Wiggins could ride again next year after being named in GB’s Cycle Track Team for 2017.

World number one Mark Selby defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 in last Sunday’s UK Snooker Championship final at York’s Barbican.

Tiger Woods (40) is back on track in the golf ’s Heroes World Challenge in the Bahamas. Hideki Matsuyama, ranked 898th, won.